01x03 - Stray (Part 3)

[bunniefuu]

- [Narrator] Previously, on Caitlin's Way--

- [Social worker] This is the sixth home

in two years Caitlin, you have been difficult to please.

- She wants you to go live with them.

- Yeah?

- What if she steals my stuff or worse?

- She's just had some tough times.

- Never lose me, never, ever lose me.

- We're your family.

- I don't need any more families.

- [Man] Cold, hard cash on four legs.

- It's okay, you can trust me.

(wolf growling)

- What a freak show. (crowd laughter)

(rock music)

- [Caitlin] High River, a far cry from the big city.

In a small town, it's much easier to stick out

and much harder to do your own thing.

At least my first day of school is over with.

Now I can just go to my room and have some time to myself.

- [Griffin] We're not going home.

- We're not?

- You brought the martian?

- Oh, funny. Yeah, I know you,

you're that guy who runs the school, right?

Well, your life has just changed.

- No kidding, we've got a fugitive living in our town now.

Don't push me.

- Don't mess with me.

- (laughs) Huh, are you kidding?

It's on.

- You guys, come on, chill.

- C'mon you guys, we're just going biking.

- She's coming with us.

- I'm not going anywhere with you.

- We're going to Flat Top Canyon,

mom said I can't go unless you do, so you're going.

- Lock up your stuff boys.

- Eric, be cool, she just got here.

Just act normal, or try to, just lay off him, all right?

- She rides in the back, with the bikes.

(car engine revving)

- [Eric] Rick, let's go.

- So much for time to myself.

(rock music)

(car engine revving)

(Wishing For A Sail by Dig Circus playing)

♪ There's a devil standing on my tail ♪

♪ But I don't have to beat him ♪

♪ And there's an angel that is tempting me to fail ♪

♪ But I don't really need him ♪

♪ And the waves just keep rolling along ♪

♪ We can drift if the current prevails ♪

♪ Here we are in this slow boat ♪

♪ Wishing for a sail ♪

♪ Wishing for a sail, a sail, a sail, a sail, a sail ♪

♪ I'm wishin', I'm wishin', I'm wishin' for a sail ♪

(rock music)

- It's too much action for you?

- You have no idea what action is.

- You ever had a downhill rush?

- Look, I've been on a bike before.

- Okay, how about this? You and me,

from the top of the rage, down to the river.

- [Rick] Eric, c'mon man, she's never been here.

- [Griffin] Yeah, she's never ridden on rough terrain.

You wanna race, I'll race you.

- I wasn't talking to you.

- I win, you ride home in the back.

- I'll see you at the top. (smooches)

- Ranchers are taking matters into their own hands,

that wolf's got everyone nervous.

- It's k*lling randomly now,

he's not even interested in eating the livestock.

We've got to get the K9 patrol, about a dozen extra men,

and a chopper up from Butte.

- Garth, we're looking for a wolf not an escaped fugitive,

just track them through Longview.

I'll head up the Flat Top Canyon.

- 10-4.

(car engine revving)

(somber music)

- Okay, so the race ends when we get to the bottom.

How much of a head start do you want?

- None.

- None? (laughs) You're making this way too easy.

Okay. Ready, set, go.

(rock music)

- You gotta put some muscle in it.

Yeah.

- Caitlin, pump the brakes.

- Welcome to High River.

- I can't stop.

- Caitlin.

(Caitlin screaming)

(wolf growling)

- Help.

(wolf growling)

- [Rick] Griff.

- [Griffin] The wolf.

- Caitlin, climb up, c'mon.

(wolf barking)

- I can't.

- No.

- [Rick] Caitlin, hurry up.

Caitlin, c'mon.

(horse neighs)

(wolf growling)

- Grab on.

- Use my jacket (inaudible).

- [Rick] Grab on.

- [Eric] Pull it up, climb up. Oh no.

(horse neighing)

(wolf barking)

- [Rick] Pull her up.

- [Griffin] I got you, hold on.

- [Eric] C'mon.

(wolf whines)

- Don't let me go.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- [Rick] That was close.

(dramatic music)

- Get outta here.

(horse neighing)

- There, he's going, dad.

- We can't leave the horse here, he's hurt.

- [Jim] Get back, get back.

(g*n c*ck)

- No. He saved me.

- But the wolf may have already got to him,

might be rabid.

- Run, run.

- It was just a tranquilizer g*n.

- Caitlin, I'm sorry but it was for your own safety.

- You should actually be thanking him,

that horse is rabid, he could've stomped you to death.

- No, that horse saved my life.

Jim showed up late, like every other cop.

- That's enough Caitlin,

and Griffin don't play up to me.

I told you to stay away from Flat Top Canyon.

You lied to me.

- Hey, what's going on?

- The wolf attacked Caitlyn.

The buckskin horse showed up, he took on the wolf.

- Is she okay?

- [Griffin] Well physically, yes, mentally...

- [Dory] Griffin, not now.

- She's fine, just upset.

(rock music)

(knocking on door)

- [Dory] Caitlin?

(knocking on door)

Caitlin?

Hey, I heard what happened, are you okay?

- I'm fine, but your husband tried to k*ll that horse.

- C'mon Caitlin, he was just trying to protect you.

One of the symptoms of rabies is that the animal

goes crazy.

- But that horse saved my life.

- But if that wolf scratched, or bit him--

- You know what, ever since my mother died,

I've been looked after by so-called sane people,

who couldn't care less about me.

And now that I find something that makes me happy,

and makes me feel safe,

you're trying to tell me that he's crazy?

Well I'll tell you something, I'll take crazy

over sane any day.

- Oh, Caitlin.

I'm sorry that you had to go through all that pain.

- [Griffin] Where's Caitlin, shouldn't she be helping out

with this stuff?

- [Dory] Uh, why don't you ask her?

- I can't find her, I've looked everywhere.

Oh no.

Excuse me.

In words you can understand, get out of my room.

- Did you know that one of the symptoms of rabies

is aggressive behavior?

You're foaming at the mouth, maybe you're infected.

- Look, maybe you didn't understand

the first million times I told you.

- Grow up.

Oh and your password, Griffinator, it's way too easy.

And your cyber penpal, Chang, sent you an email.

He says he's sorry you have to live with your crazy cousin.

(door slams)

- So am I.

- Dory, I have to find that horse tomorrow.

We can do some tests on it and find out if he's okay.

- Oh Caitlin, I'm sorry, we can't do that.

- Why not? You're a vet.

- There are no tests for rabies.

- But I just looked it up on Griffin's computer.

- Caitlin, listen to me, there are no lab tests

which can confirm rabies in live animals.

- The animal has to be dead to get a definitive diagnosis.

- Great, so we're just going to wait around here

until that happens?

(soft music)

Where did you go?

(upbeat music)

(wolf howls)

- [Dory] Hey, I could use a hand.

I have to make a call over at Peterson's farm

and I was hoping you could help me out.

- Take Griffin.

- He's gone with Jim to look for the wolf.

Come on, it'll be a great photo opportunity.

They live at the edge of the foothills,

where the wild horses graze.

(upbeat music)

- [Griffin] She sure has got attitude.

You should've seen her face off with Eric.

- [Jim] What's that? Looks like a dead mountain goat.

- Man, she showed no fear you know.

She would have won that bike race

if she stayed on the path.

Eric would have choked.

- She probably felt she had something to prove.

You gotta remember Griff,

after everything she's been through,

she doesn't know how to be just a regular kid.

- All right, I guess I could find a purpose

for her sooner or later.

- Wolf tracks, and they're fresh.

- They're humongous. Look, they go that way.

- [Dory] You know Caitlin,

this is one of my most favorite spots.

You'll be able to get some good shots here.

I saw some of your photographs, they're good.

- They're private, you have no right.

- I thought that maybe the two of us girls should start--

- Hey, it's not gonna happen like that, all right?

I'll try and stay out of your way,

and you try and stay out of mine, deal?

- No, no deal.

Look, I don't want to intrude on your space

but the truth is you're part of my space now.

We have to learn to share that, together.

- Look, just because you and my mother

were some sort of relatives

doesn't mean you and I have to like each other.

- Caitlin, I hardly even knew your mother,

but I'm sure she'd rather have her daughter

with family than with complete strangers.

- What do you know about her?

You didn't even know she was dead until I showed up.

(somber music)

- I know, I wish I could change that, but I can't.

I can't even imagine what you must have gone through.

At least your mother didn't suffer.

- How do you know?

- She had an aneurysm, she died instantaneously.

- An aneurysm?

- You didn't know?

(soft music)

- No. I mean, no one ever told me,

they just took me away and put me in a home.

(soft music)

- [Frank] Stallion's not with them,

this'll be a breeze, c'mon!

- [William] Let's go get him.

(men yelling)

- Well, I'm going to give her a vitamin shot

and then she's going to be ready to foal.

- Thanks Dr. Lowe, I appreciate you looking after her.

Her last birth was real hard.

- Yeah.

Well, you make sure you call me when she goes into labor.

- Alright.

- Alright. Now where is Caitlin?

- She wandered off that way.

(soft music)

(camera clicks)

- Either the wolf's wounded

or he's tracking a wounded animal.

- Dad.

It's the wild horses.

- Wonder what's making them stampede, come on.

(Frank and William yelling)

- [William] You know it, you can count on me Frank.

(Frank yelling)

The stallion.

- All right, you try to keep him away from the herd,

or we'll lose them again.

(Frank yelling)

- [Frank] (laughs) I've got you now buckskin.

- [Jim] Garth, we're at the edge of Flat Top Canyon now.

- [Garth] I'll tell Dory.

- Okay.

(Frank yelling)

- That's why they're stampeding.

- Why?

- [William] Yeah, come on now, move it.

- Rustlers.

- This is so cool.

- Cool nothing, it's dangerous and you're staying here.

- Come on, doesn't being the sheriff's kid

count for anything?

- Not this time.

Stay here.

(car engine revving)

(dramatic music)

- Oh, oh.

(hooves trotting)

(William and Fran yelling)

(horse hooves trotting)

(William and Frank yelling)

- [Frank] Come on boy.

- Oh, my lens.

(stallion neighing)

(dramatic music)

I'm not gonna to hurt you.

So that's it.

You do remember me, don't you?

I was hoping I'd see you again.

- Oh man.

Figures, where there's trouble there's Caitlin.

- [Jim] Howdy boys.

- [Frank] Sheriff, beautiful day.

- You got a permit for the horses?

- No. - Yep.

- No, we don't.

- No we don't have a permit because the horses

technically aren't ours.

- But they're going to be technically.

- They're not going to be ours because he--

don't listen to him, he's not right in the head.

He bit through an electrical cord

when he was a baby (inaudible).

- [William] That did not happen.

- [Frank] You just don't remember.

- Didn't happen.

- You drove 'em in the corral, I've been watching you.

- Well that's true.

- No, yes.

- [William] We did that--

- Just stand together, put your hands behind your backs.

- What for?

- Cooperate with him.

- Okay.

- My Jeep will do 110, how fast your ATV go?

- 30, 40? What's your point?

- Get over here.

(dramatic music)

(wolf howls)

- Why did I let her go?

(dramatic music)

Oh my god.

- [Griffin] Caitlin.

(horse neighing)

- What are you doing here?

You just scared the horse.

- Tracking the wolf, you better beat it

'cause I think he's around here.

Fine, don't believe me.

Why are you so--

(wolf growling)

- Freeze.

(Caitlin screaming) - [Griffin] Help.

- Don't you dare move.

(dramatic music)

(wolf growling)

- Move away, real slow.

He's rabid.

- Yeah, I remember.

(wolf growling)

Get out of here!

- C'mon, get behind the rock.

(dramatic music)

(wolf growling)

(g*n clicks)

(stallion neighs)

- [Caitlin] He's coming back.

(horse neighing)

Look, he's scaring the wolf away.

(g*n shot) (wolf whines)

- [Jim] Good shot Dory, you got him.

- Are you okay?

Caitlin.

- You okay boy? He didn't get you, did he?

- Step back Caitlin.

- You can't, I won't let you.

- Caitlin, he may be rabid.

- No, I'm staying with him.

- He's awesome,

did you guys see the way he took on that wolf?

- All right. We can keep him at the ranch,

but if he shows any symptoms--

- He won't, I know it.

(soft music)

(horse neighing)

Is he going to be okay?

- [Dory] I'm not sure yet.

- Look, I just want to take care of him,

like he took care of me.

- Well Caitlin, just don't get so close to him.

I have to run to the clinic

for a few minutes if you need me.

(horse neighing)

- I don't need you, I don't need anybody.

(soft music)

- [Dory] Caitlin?

- He has rabies, doesn't he?

- [Dory] Nope.

No, if he did, he would have shown signs by now.

- Really?

- Mh-uh, he's yours.

Now we just have to get them registered properly

so no one will ever be able to steal him again.

- She gets to have a horse?

How come I don't get a horse?

- You have a dog.

- Yeah, but a horse.

- Thank you so much, now you have two strays.

- Oh Caitlin, you're not a stray, you're a gift.

You've changed all our lives.

- Oh, if anyone cries I'm out of here.

- Oh, speaking of gifts, here.

To replace the one that got trampled.

It's got a zoom lens, lets you zoom in and out.

- Thank you.

Here.

My new family, the cop, the vet and the geek.

I guess things could be worse.

(shutter clicks)

(soft music)

I'm going to name you Bandit,

after the wonderful horse in the book

my mother used to read to me.

You think we should stick around for a while?

It's weird, I'm out here in the middle of nowhere,

but I don't feel alone.

It's different from the city, but maybe that's good.

Maybe this is how a kid is supposed to live.

(Wishing For A Sail by Dig Circus playing)

♪ Wishing for a sail ♪

♪ Wishin' for a sail, a sail, a sail, a sail, a sail ♪

♪ Wishin' for a sail, a sail, a sail, a sail, a sail ♪

♪ Well all right ♪

♪ I'm wishin', I'm wishin', I'm wishin', I'm wishin' ♪

♪ I'm wishin' for a sail ♪