[Autumn] It's quite
a piece of land you got.
There's something kind of
special out here, you know?
- [low rumbling]
- [grunts]
f*ck!
[crows squawking]
Your west pasture's
gonna be mine.
And the g*dd*mn
State of Wyoming says so.
- Why west?
- You tell me.
[thunder crashes]
- What would you sell this ranch for?
- I wouldn't.
[laughter, chatter]
- ♪ Hurt anymore ♪♪
- [Trevor] About my dad
going after your land?
We'll take everything you got.
[choking]
[Royal] Dear God,
we ask that
You show us the way here.
'Cause we're in trouble.
- Where's the body?
- The body's gone.
That's all there is to know.
[Autumn] Something's
happening here.
Something bigger
than you and me.
[grunts]
You d*ed two years ago.
- [shouting]
- [panting]
[Royal] First there was a storm
of carbon and molten rock.
And that begat granite and soil.
Then land shook
and cracked and rose
till it spiked the sky.
And forests grew and d*ed.
And grew a hundred times again.
And people grew and d*ed.
And grew a hundred times again.
There were storms and seasons,
and fences and blood.
Wonder and vengeance and regret.
And the land and the sky
didn't give two shits.
♪ ♪
[crickets chirping]
[distant bird hooting]
[floor creaks]
- [Amy] Hey.
- Hey.
I can't sleep.
Come on.
You know...
- ...I didn't have ice cream until I was...
- Ten years old.
Yeah, you've mentioned it
a couple hundred times.
Sorry.
That's what old people do,
isn't it?
Repeat themselves.
You're not that old.
Right.
Hmm.
The other morning, at breakfast,
why was your leg bleeding?
Well...
Cut it on a fence.
I don't believe that.
[D-Money] D-Money back
with you on Drive Time.
[over radio] And I am so sick
of talking about this,
but we got to talk about it.
The quarterback situation...
Come on.
...for the Denver Broncos
once again looks abysmal.
And I got news for you:
I don't think they're
gonna figure it out
in the draft, either.
I mean, let's be honest...
[Joy] Morning, Gladys.
The other day you said
bring one of these by, so...
here it is.
Thanks.
Everything all right, Gladys?
Good. That's good.
Hey, you ever listen
to this yahoo D-Money
go on about the Broncos
on the radio?
The guy talks like
he can see the future.
You sure everything's all right?
Hey!
Okay, settle down.
- He's got a g*n!
- I know.
- Drop it.
- [man shouts]
It's okay, I got it!
[shouts] Get the hell off me!
I will break your arm
if I have to.
The f*ck you will!
- I will break your arm!
- f*ck you!
[bones cr*ck]
[whimpering]
[panting]
Well, I told you, didn't I?
[mumbling]
This is bullshit.
It's not like
I robbed the place.
For the record, that's why
they call it attempted robbery.
Y'all need to be
concerning yourselves
about the real trouble
around here.
And what's that?
People just... poof...
disappearing.
Like, about six months ago,
my cousin,
he just disappeared
for six seconds.
He was here,
and then gone.
By any chance was he a fan of
methamphetamine like yourself?
No.
And I heard some guy
on the Tillerson ranch,
he disappeared too,
just last week.
Trevor something.
Thanks for the tip.
Morning.
Think you could process
my friend here?
Be careful with his arm.
And don't let him disappear.
[Matt] Morning.
Heard about your heroics
at the gas station this morning.
- Nice work.
- Morning. Thanks.
- Hey, so you know...
- Do me a favor and call Luke Tillerson,
see if there's any news
about Trevor.
- Will do. So, also...
- Please call over to the lab
and see if they got anything yet
off that buckle he gave us.
Copy that.
Anyway, so Trudy Cole...
[Trudy] ...they turn
and see a dozen cruisers
pursuing their canine,
who's sprinting toward them
with the chief's umbrella
in his mouth.
[laughter]
My K plan is a little
different, but necessary.
If it isn't the Lander chief
of police, right here in Wabang.
Joy, good to see you.
So, what do you think, guys?
How's Trudy's K plan
compared to mine?
Come on, now, you can answer.
It's a free country,
still, barely.
Uh, both are pretty good.
Hear that, Trudy?
Mark likes my plan better.
Thanks, Mark.
Got a second to talk, Joy?
Come on, Trudy,
this isn't the first time
Trevor's whereabouts
have been, you know, unknown.
Sure, but apparently
Luke and Billy
went over to the Abbotts'
after they were at the Pit Bar.
I'm up to date on Luke's theory
of the case.
Now, if you want
to go look for Trevor
down in Lander, then please do.
Keep me informed.
I'll do likewise.
And no hard feelings, okay?
I really do look forward to us
working together when I win.
Have it your way.
Only makes things easier for me.
You take care now, Joy.
[clicks tongue]
Trudy's a damn girl's name.
- [♪ Slim Whitman: "Indian Love Call"]
- ♪ Ooh-ooh ♪
[Luke] Four days, Dad.
It's been four days.
The phone company said
there's been no calls
from his phone since that night.
I called the credit card
company,
they won't let me get...
[Wayne] Trevor ain't
a child, Luke.
So untwist your panties
for a heartbeat, all right?
♪ When I'm callin' you...
Luke's right to be worried, Dad.
Just doesn't feel right.
Make Royal an offer
for his west pasture.
[chuckles] An offer?
The assessor's gonna rule
in our favor.
He's already bought and paid
for, why would we make him
- an offer?
- Offer him a million for it.
[Luke] A million dollars?
- The hearing's next month.
- [Wayne] Hearings!
Hearings. You know what animals
got the best hearings?
Bats. Bats and moths.
They bounce sound off of walls
and each other.
Echolocation.
That's also how they mate.
Ultrasonic sexual communication.
[chitters]
[softly] They are
remarkable creatures.
Remarkable.
[chittering]
[exhales sharply]
Nothing.
You couldn't hear it with a...
Oh, sh*t!
Billy, what are those things?
[chittering]
A megaphone?
Yeah.
Make him the offer.
I want that land.
Why?
Oh, Jesus.
You sound just like your mother.
Billy, go tell Carol
to fix me a Clamato.
Take your brother with you.
[door closes]
That son of a bitch
cares more about
some worthless f*cking pasture
than his own son.
- He must feel something.
- [scoffs]
I'm sorry, Luke.
I'm not offering him sh*t.
[footsteps departing]
[shovel scraping dirt]
[insects trilling]
♪ ♪
[low bellow]
[bellows]
- [♪ Kendrick Lamar: "DNA"]
- ♪ I got, I got, I got, I got ♪
♪ Loyalty, got royalty
inside my DNA ♪
♪ Cocaine quarter piece, got
w*r and peace inside my DNA ♪
♪ I got power, poison, pain
and joy inside my DNA ♪
♪ I got hustle though, ambition,
flow inside my DNA ♪
♪ I was born like this,
since one like this ♪
♪ Immaculate conception ♪
♪ I transform like this,
perform like this ♪
♪ Was Yeshua's new w*apon ♪
♪ I don't contemplate,
I meditate ♪
♪ Then off your f*cking head ♪
♪ This that
put-the-kids-to-bed ♪
♪ This that I got,
I got, I got, I got ♪
♪ Realness, I just k*ll sh*t ♪
- ♪ 'Cause it's in my DNA ♪
- [speaks inaudibly]
♪ I got millions, I got riches
buildin' in my DNA ♪
♪ I got dark...
Sorry. Hi.
I'm here to pick up a
prescription for Autumn Rivers.
It's for lamotrigine.
It should've been called in...
Yep. Got it right here.
Have you taken this before?
Because if not,
- I need to...
- Not my first lamotrigine rodeo.
Got to stay stable.
♪ ♪
[radio playing softly]
Hey, uh, is Royal Abbott in here
by any chance?
I saw his truck parked outside.
I'm Perry Abbott.
Royal's my dad.
Hi. I'm Autumn.
I'm camping on your land.
Right.
Yeah, yeah.
My dad mentioned you.
This is what I call
a great place to have a beer
in the middle of the day.
[Cupcake] Hell yes to that.
- I'll have what he's having.
- [bartender] Coming right up.
[Perry] So, uh...
[clears throat]
...how long are you planning
on staying around here,
on our land?
Hmm, I'm not really sure.
- Not yet, at least.
- Why's that?
I'm still waiting for my sign.
[chuckles]
Well, um, the thing is, uh,
- Autumn...
- Mm.
...thing is, um... well...
- My family's...
- How long you been married?
I just saw the ring
on your finger.
A little over ten years.
Oh, that's amazing.
She's missing.
My wife.
Nine months now.
No one knows anything.
Perry, I want to tell you
something.
For the longest time,
I felt like I was
in a dark room.
I'd be feeling along the wall,
searching for a light switch.
And, y-you know,
you-you start to think
that maybe
there's not one there.
But then...
[snaps fingers]
...there it is.
[zipper closes]
It was really nice
talking to you, Perry.
Um...
You tell your dad I say hi.
[door closes]
[engine idling]
Hey, Amy. You want a ride?
You want?
No. Thanks.
Maybe Trevor's
with your mom somewhere?
What do you mean?
[humming "Dreams"
by Fleetwood Mac]
♪ You say you want
your freedom ♪
♪ Well, who am I
to keep you down? ♪
♪ It's only right
that you should ♪
♪ Play the way you feel it ♪
♪ But listen carefully ♪
♪ To the sound ♪
♪ Of your loneliness ♪
♪ Like a heartbeat,
drives you mad ♪
[doors beep]
[clerk] Mrs. Abbott?
Mrs. Abbott!
Wait, wait.
- You forgot this.
- Oh, thanks.
- Yeah, you're welcome.
- [horn honks]
Rebecca?
[metal clinking]
[cattle lowing]
Ow. sh*t.
- [Rhett] You all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
f*ck.
- You sure you're all right?
- Yeah, I'm sure.
Worry about yourself,
about riding tonight.
It's your last sh*t, pal.
Keep your head on straight.
- My head?
- What's that?
What about you?
Moving the cattle
for no good reason and...
Sorry, you-you making
the decisions around here now?
- And what about Perry?
- What about him?
No, go on.
Get it out now, Rhett,
'cause if I hear you
talking this way
around him or your mother...
Oh, right,
can't hurt Perry's feelings.
Fragile as he is.
You done?
Your brother's not fragile.
You and him are just different.
You're more like me.
[footsteps approaching]
- [Royal] Hey.
- [knocks on door]
You ready?
I was, uh...
I was praying for Rhett,
for tonight.
Couldn't do it.
I-I never felt that before.
Okay.
Did you, did you hear
what I just said?
- I'm sorry.
- Sorry?
Y-You may have made up your mind
about God a long time ago,
but is it really possible
that you still don't understand
that for me...
I-I was at the market today,
and I thought I saw Rebecca.
It wasn't her, of course,
but this-this everything,
it's all... I feel like...
What do you,
what do you want me to say?
[scoffs]
[cheering, applause]
[announcer speaking
indistinctly]
[music playing in distance]
[Royal] You know,
walking over here, I saw
Ricardo Olivares's daughter
Maria.
She's back in town, huh?
Yeah. Guess so.
You guess so?
[chuckles]
I always rode better
when your mother was watching.
- Figured if I won, you know...
- No, oh, my God.
- Stop it. Stop, stop.
- What?
[Joy] Well, that's a sight.
Two generations
of Amelia County rodeo greats.
Sorry, Royal, can I get
a minute alone with Rhett?
Can it wait
until after he rides?
- Yeah, it'd be better if...
- It's about Trevor.
He finally turn up?
- Where, Vegas?
- Actually it's just Rhett
I need to talk to,
if you don't mind.
- He's just about to ride.
- And he's gonna do great.
You know, the bull you got
last time was just bad luck.
I'll-I'll be quick, I promise.
All right, then.
You feel good?
Yeah.
Good.
- All right.
- Okay.
What's going on?
Trevor's belt buckle
was found in the parking lot
over at The Pit Bar.
It had some blood on it.
We had it tested and it came
back that it was your blood.
What?
That's... I mean,
how does that even...
Your DNA is in the state system
from a DUI you had last year.
Any idea why your blood
was on that buckle?
I don't know what to tell you.
I really don't.
I mean, I was there that night,
but... that's it.
Okay.
Thanks.
Good luck out there.
They found Trevor's belt buckle.
Has my blood on it.
[cheering, applause]
[announcer] All right, folks,
let's hear it for Wabang's own,
Rhett Abbott,
now in fourth place
before his third
and final ride,
- looking to jump to the top...
- Go Uncle Rhett!
...of the leaderboard tonight.
And I think this hometown
cowboy can do it, folks.
Come on, Rhett.
He's something special.
[announcer continues
indistinctly]
Everything okay?
Yeah.
[man] You good?
[bull bellows, snorts]
♪ ♪
[distant cheering]
[bull snorts]
- [cheering, applause]
- Hold on!
You got it! Hold on!
[grunting]
♪ ♪
- Yeah! Yeah!
- [cheering, applause]
♪ ♪
[cheering continues]
Yeah, Rhett!
- Why'd you leave grad school?
- [Maria] I just wasn't as focused
as I should have been,
or at least as I was in college.
My mom isn't cutting me
any slack, that's for sure.
It's like she thinks if she's
enough of a constant bitch,
I'll reenroll just
to get away from her.
Far as I'm concerned, you
should stay right where you are.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
I'm not sure I agree
with you on that.
Well, it'll grow on you.
[chuckles]
Can we get two more, please?
[pills rattle]
What you got there?
Oh, painkillers.
Bull rider's best friend.
I bet.
- Got to be careful with those.
- Oh, yeah.
I know it. I know it.
Why didn't you ever
ask me out in high school?
Or, you know, ever?
Didn't think you'd say yes.
Oh, I wouldn't have.
[laughs softly]
You want to dance with me?
Can you really dance?
Well, I'm not drunk.
No, I mean, can you
dance at all? Even sober?
Well, definitely not sober.
♪ ♪
[man] Ooh.
- Sorry.
- [Rhett] Whoa, hey.
Hey, hey. Where you going, pal?
I think you owe
somebody an apology.
It's all right, Rhett. I'm fine.
Do yourself a favor, son,
and sit back down.
I told her I was sorry.
Well, tell her again.
I'm not much
for repeating myself.
Well, let's change that.
Just give me a second,
hold on a second here.
- Wait, wait. Hey.
- [both laugh]
- You okay, there?
- You impressed yet?
Let's get you home.
All right.
- Come on.
- [Rhett] Let's get me home.
[Maria chuckles]
For what it's worth,
I would've still taken that guy.
Oh, yeah, anyone could see that.
I'll call you tomorrow?
Mm-hmm.
[Maria] Mm.
Okay. Mm.
Good night, Rhett.
[both exhale]
Bye.
[chuckles]
[zipper opens]
[urinating]
[Mark] What the hell?
[urinating continues]
You're pissing on my car, Rhett.
Oh, sh*t, I'm sorry. I didn't...
I didn't realize.
Well, stop pissing then.
Uh... [exhales]
Not so easy to turn off
the faucet after riding bulls.
You think that's funny?
Oh, come on,
it's a little funny.
[chuckles]
[urinating continues]
[Joy] I have to go out and see
Frank Harlan tomorrow morning.
Oh, boy. About what?
Got to kiss the ring
of the Chamber of Commerce
if you want to be sheriff
in Amelia County.
You think if I'm sheriff
they'll give me a new desk?
[metal door closes]
[Joy] Hey, there.
Did some celebrating
tonight, huh?
The kind that required taking
a leak on Mark's cruiser?
It was an accident.
It's pretty dumb is what it was.
But seeing as you rode
so well tonight,
I'm gonna let this one slide.
You call someone yet
to come for you?
Yeah.
[exhales]
So here's the deal, Rhett.
Starting tomorrow,
we're gonna be talking
to everyone who was
at The Pit Bar that night.
And please believe me
when I tell you
that if your memory is gonna
get any better about things,
it'd be way, way better for you
if that happened,
like, right away.
Because, trust me,
whatever happened,
it's gonna come out.
Always does.
Always.
Okay.
[sniffles]
Okay, Rhett.
Okay, look.
Trevor and I got into a scuffle
out in the parking lot.
He was drunk, popping off.
I gave him a bloody nose,
that was it.
He was on his feet yelling at me
as I walked back in the bar.
And that was all of it.
Why not tell me that
straight away?
Because Luke's been crazy
about this from the get.
I mean, he tell you
about coming to our house,
driving through our fence.
I should have told you.
[knocking on door]
Royal's here.
Have him wait outside.
Anyone else see this scuffle?
Was anyone in the lot
with you two?
No.
No, it was just me and Trev.
♪ ♪
Wait here.
- Joy's getting Rhett.
- Okay.
♪ ♪
[keyboard clicking]
[Joy clears throat]
Hiya, Royal.
- Joy.
- He's all yours.
Lucky me.
Come on.
I'm gonna tell you something,
but you got to keep it
to yourself.
Okay.
I've always told you,
and everybody else,
that my parents d*ed
when I was a kid.
That's only part true.
My dad d*ed, but not my mom.
After my dad, I was...
I was real upset.
And I left.
I ran away.
I never went back.
Never saw my mother.
Or my sister.
Mm-mm.
Yeah, I had a sister.
A younger sister.
I never saw
either of them again.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[birds chirping]
Okay, well, that's my spiel.
- Your what?
- [bird squawks]
Why I'm running for sheriff.
I know you always
supported Burt.
I'm hoping
you'll support me, too.
Hmm.
Last week, one of the fellas
that works for me
was down near the south end
of my property,
about a quarter mile
up the mountain.
There are these caves
around there.
Anyway, he's down there
and he hears a weird noise.
[screeches]
Like, from an animal.
So he goes to check it out...
...and he hears this rumble.
[imitates rumbling]
It's coming from the mouth
of one of these caves.
[screeches]
So he gets his torch out,
heads in.
He shines his light
deeper still,
and he sees.
What?
Mastodon.
Prehistoric elephant, basically.
Inhabited this area
during the late Pliocene
up to their extinction
at the end of the Pleistocene.
Those are eras.
And it isn't the first time
that one's been spotted
around here, either.
Fur trappers used to spot them
all the time.
And hunters.
Of course, the Indians
got tons of stories.
Sightings.
So, if you're going
to be sheriff...
...what are you going to do
about that?
♪ ♪
[softly] Whoa.
So, uh, I was wondering,
if we could sort of start over?
Absolutely.
I'd like that.
Yeah, the other night,
in the barn,
you said that you don't
remember anything
from before you were
nine years old.
Why?
I was in some kind of accident
when I was a kid.
I woke up in the hospital
in Jackson.
Only thing I could remember
was my name.
Why'd you push me in that hole?
Maybe I just...
...needed to see
what would happen.
Hmm.
[grunts]
I'm sorry, Royal.
I'm happy that you came back.
Truly.
I need you to promise me
something,
that you're not gonna
say anything,
to anyone about this.
You know, the hole, all of it.
And that you'll stay away
from my family.
'Cause they don't know
anything about this.
If you can do that,
you... you can stay.
I appreciate that, I do.
But I'm gonna need
more than that.
I need to know what happened
to you in there.
All right, listen to me, okay?
'Cause this is the truth.
This isn't something
to be poked at,
- or-or tested...
- Why the hell not?
Where did you go?
What did you see?
- I saw this place.
- And?
- It was different.
- How?
Another time.
What do you mean?
The past?
Or the future?
Holy f*cking sh*t.
Oh, my God, Royal.
You traveled
through f*cking time?
Did you see me?
Stay quiet about
what you've seen,
and you can stay,
and we'll keep talking,
about all of it.
You have my word.
[Autumn] Okay, Royal.
Okay.
Mastodon. [chuckles]
[tires screech]
Something wrong?
No.
[♪ Lee Hazelwood's Woodchucks:
"The Man"]
What...?
[Amy] Going for a hike, Grandma!
[Matt] Hey,
how'd it go with Frank?
Fine. Weird.
[Matt] Yeah, here, too.
You're not gonna believe this,
but we've got all kinds
of calls coming in
about people seeing
a mountain disappear.
Hmm?
- A what?
- [Luke] Joy!
We need to talk.
♪ ♪
Whose blood's on that buckle?
- Well, we're still waiting for...
- Bullshit!
I know it's Rhett Abbott's.
And so do you.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[Amy] I saw Trevor
on the mountain.
On the trail. I think he's dead.
[Joy] Arrest him for what?
We are investigating,
and this buckle...
[phone ringing]
g*dd*mn it, it's Rhett's blood.
Joy, it's Royal.
Amy was out hiking.
She found Trevor.
He's dead.
What?
[♪ Reverend Gary Davis:
"Death Don't Have No Mercy]
♪ Death don't have
no mercy in this land ♪
♪ Death don't have no
mercy in this land ♪
♪ He'll come to your house
and he won't stay long ♪
♪ You'll look in the bed
and somebody will be gone ♪
♪ Death don't have
no mercy in this land ♪
♪ Well, Death will go
in any family in this land ♪
♪ Well, Death will go in every
family in this land ♪
♪ Well, he'll come to your
house and he won't stay long ♪
♪ Well, you'll look in the bed ♪
♪ And one of your family
will be gone ♪
♪ Death will go in
any family in this land ♪
♪ Well, he never takes
a vacation in this land ♪
♪ Well, old Death never takes
a vacation in this land ♪
♪ Well, he'll come to your
house and he won't stay long ♪
♪ You'll look in the bed
and your mother will be gone ♪
♪ Death never takes
a vacation in this land ♪
♪ Talk ♪♪