01x09 - The Run to Tumavaca

[bunniefuu]

The men did a good job
on the drive.
Give my thanks.

There'll be something extra for
them at the end of the month.

I'll tell them, Mr. DeWalt.

Come on in for a drink.

Oh, no thanks.

Been a long ride.

I'll just turn in.

You're getting old, George.

You ought to have
a woman like I got.

Keeps a man young.

Laurel, I'm home.

Laurel!

George!
Laurel is gone!

Laurel?

Let go, Arnold.

Arnold, let go.

Why? Why?
What have I done?

Oh, come on, Jess,
no more horsing around.

Grown man like you
can't even swim.

All right, but just
don't let go of me.

If I start to go under,
you pull me up.

I will.

Now start moving your arms
like I showed you.

Is this how you two
round up those new calves?

[ Jess coughing ]

Well, Andy was
learning me how to swim.

Oh, is that
what he was doing?

Well, you remember what
happened when I fell in
the river up in Lolo.

Yeah, and I also remember
you said you were gonna help me

at the relay station
this afternoon.

And I will.

And what about
those calves?

I'll do that right now.

It's done.

I finished tending to them
an hour ago.

I'm sure sorry you had to do
all that extra work, Slim.

Well, that's all right

because I'm gonna take
this afternoon off

and do a little fishing.

And you two can take care
of the relay station.

Oh,
can't we go fishing, too?

Jonesy went in to Laramie
for a few days.

Somebody's got to be there.

Maybe-- Maybe
after we change the teams

on the afternoon stage
we can go.

Then there are three mares
that got to be shod,

the harness
has got to be mended.

The tongue on the wagon's
got to be repaired.

No, I don't think you two
will have enough time.

Is this enough bread?

Yeah, better too much
than not enough.

Them passengers
will be hungry.

I don't know why things
work out this way.

The bigger hurry you're in,
the more things go wrong.

And I'm supposed
to be fishing.

Well, how come you let Jonesy
have so much time off?

He can do all this
without any trouble at all.

He heard about
a traveling doc in Laramie,

a man that could
cure his back.

The stage is due.

I'll get the first team.

Andy, will you do
my share of the dishes?

Well, can't I help you
out there?

All right.
Jess, come on.

Hello, Tex.

Howdy, folks.

There's hot coffee inside,
so just help yourselves.

Jess.

Laurel.

Oh, thank goodness
I found you.

I've looked
everywhere for you.

Found me?

What are you doing here?

Nothing can happen
to me now.

Hey,
what's that all about?

Oh, Jess has covered
a lot of territory.

Bound to have been a woman
in it somewhere.

Jess, I never thought
I'd see you again.

I didn't intend you would.

No, don't please.

When you left the ranch,
I nearly lost my mind.

I've spent months
trying to find you.

I hired men to trace you.

Well, you found me,
but it's still no good.

Well, it seems that it was
easy for you to forget.

No, it wasn't easy.

I love you, Jess.

Go back to the Diamond D.

I can't.

I'm not ever going
to go back there.

I was going to
go to Mexico,

but, well,
now finding you here...

But don't you see,
Jess,

it's as though
we were meant to be?

It means you got off a stage
at a relay station

where I work,
that's all.

I need you, Jess.

More than ever,
I need you now.

There was a time when
I told myself I needed you.

I believed it,
but I was wrong.

Now I need this
and it isn't wrong.

Jess, there's
no turning back from here.

I have nothing,
I'm alone.

I can't go back home,

there's too much
that has happened there.

And...

even if you don't love me,
if you ever did, Jess,

please, please help me
get to Mexico.

The other passenger
is staying over.

We'll move south
along the Sangre de Cristos.

It will be the longer way,
but easier on you.

Where is Tumavaca?

Here.

But why that place?

I heard it was one of
the loveliest places in Mexico.

I thought it might help us
find what we lost, Jess.

[ door opening ]

I'm sorry.

Come on in, Slim.

I'll get ready.

Well, you got
the trail picked out?

Yeah, along the foothills
of the mountains.

What happens
when you hit the desert?

Well, I'm gonna pick up
the Rio Grande here

at the south end
of the Cristos.

Follow it south
to a place called Tumavaca.

That's right through
the warm springs

of Apache country.

Well, it's better than further
west and through the--

But why Mexico, Jess?
Why any place at all?

'Cause it's mostly my fault

she got into trouble with
her husband in the first place.

That's water under the bridge,
I'm talking about now.

So am I. You don't know
DeWalt like I do.

If he finds her,
he's liable to k*ll her.

You got your gear?

Just taking
some food and water.

You've got
some wages coming.

That makes it
sort of final.

I'd just as leave,
not take 'em.

I'll get
your horses ready.

You ought to be pretty close to
the South Platte by nightfall.

Isn't Andy gonna say
goodbye?

Goodbyes are kind
of hard for a kid.

Yeah, I guess.

Tell Jonesy.

Tell him
I'll see him around.

ANDY: Jess.

Glad to see you're not sore.

Jess, you coming back?

I'll be back, Andy.

Well, when?

So long.

[ door opening ]

Here they are.

All right, that's it, doc.

Take your kit and get out.

Ah...

How come you figure a body'd
wanna leave a place like this?

Well,
I don't know, Roy.

Must be to go
somewhere better.

You're a fool.

There ain't
nowhere better.

Is there, mister?

George.

George, fetch me that tintype
of Laurel, will you?

Who you calling a fool,
Gareth?

If it fits wear it.

Ease off, Josh.

And you, too, Gareth.

I-- I want you to find somebody
and bring her back.

It's a "her"?

She must be special.

You willing to pay
to bring her back?

That's my wife.

I'll pay $3,000
for her safe return.

Just where do we look
for this little lady?

Mister, if I knew that,
I wouldn't need you.

You don't need him.

You could put this in the hands
of the U.S. Marshal in Casper.

Remember,
I said her safe return.

She the one that
put you down like that?

What are you gonna do
with her, mister?

I wouldn't let
that trouble you.

Just bring her back.

Mm, we'll do that,
Mr. DeWalt.

Me and my brother Josh.

Don't count that money till
you got it in your hands, Roy.

You two may not be
the ones to find her.

And again if you do, maybe
you won't get to bring her back.

I hired all three
because you're the best.

I don't care if you work
together or separately.

But if there's anything
between you,

you'd better
forget it for now.

There's nothing between us.

Well, just make sure
that "nothing"

doesn't cause her any harm.

How far have we come?

Sixty or 70 miles.

Are you sorry
you're helping me?

No, of course not.

Please, Jess, look at me.

Did it mean so much to you
leaving that place?

You wouldn't understand.

Oh, yes, I do.

It's wanting to belong,

to be part of something,
isn't it?

I guess
it's something like that.

I covered a lot of country

before I stopped
at the Sherman place.

I remember.

I didn't belong
at the Diamond D.

No, maybe not.

But we aren't there now.

Don't you see, Jess,
this is different.

We can be
part of one another now.

You're still married.

Arnold never made me feel
as if I belonged with him.

It was more as
if I belonged to him.

You were
the only man who--

Don't talk like that!

It was wrong before
and it's wrong now.

Is it wrong
that I love you?

No, but it's wrong
and I still want you to.

Let's go,
we've stopped long enough.

Yeah, I've known it
for a long time.

I've known it,
watched it, suffered it.

It's not a thing
a man admits very easily.

I reckon not.

You-- You don't seem
very surprised.

I've suffered, too.

Then you knew about
her and other men?

I knew.

Then-- Then why,
why do I want her back?

Because I love her.

Well, it's been 2 days now
and still no news.

Do you mind
if I ask you something?

Go ahead.

How is it a man,
a man like you

who's fought Indians,

made the biggest part
of the wilderness

in North Wyoming
bow to you,

built up the biggest
cattle ranch north of Texas,

now how is it a woman
can make you turn into a--

Hold up, George.

Ain't there an answer?

Yeah.

Yeah, there's an answer.

Woman, that's the answer.

You find the right kind,

there's no telling
how far a man can go.

You find the wrong kind,
you...

But you just said
you still loved her.

So I did.

[ sighs ]

I've got some things
to tend to.

Well...

Oh, yeah, go ahead.

George.

George, I almost forgot.

Today is payday
for the hands.

Take care of it for me?

Sure.

You-- You reckon
any of the others know?

One thing they know
is to keep their mouths shut.

Some have been
with us a long time.

Long enough for you

not to have to wonder
how they feel about you.

You're a good friend,
George.

Oh, if I am, it's 'cause
you've been a good friend to me.

She's taken every cent of cash
I had in there.

Almost $65,000.

Oh, she couldn't have.

But she did.

If Gareth and Crystal find--

Now where are you going?

We've got to trace them
ourselves.

If they find her
with that money,
they'll k*ll her for it.

But 2 days,
they've got 2 days' start.

Let her take her chances;
she's no good.

Don't go after her.

You don't understand.

I said I love her,
not the money.

You won't find her.

I know where she is.

You what?

She's gone to Tumavaca,
Mexico.

You knew all the time?

Well, I've seen
what she was doing to you.

I've watched it ever since
you brought her to the ranch.

I've been hoping
she'd leave you.

Who was it this time?

Rios, Montero Rios.

You know, you sold him

some horses
a month or so ago.

I heard them
planning the whole thing.

Can't make it alone.

Maybe we better
rest a spell.

Oh.

Thank you.

We're better
than halfway there.

I'm almost too tired to eat.

No wonder.

We've been riding steady
for 3 days and nights.

Could we rest tonight?

It's you
who has been pushing.

Let's rest tonight.

All right.

Oh, this is good.

I feel so safe.

You'll never know
what you've done for me, Jess.

Let's just say it's for
what might have been.

If you'd only let it,
it could have been so good.

Andy, supper's on.

Coming, Slim.

Warmed-over Mulligan
again.

Did you wash your hands?

Yeah, at the pump.

Slim, when do you figure
Jonesy will be coming back?

What's the matter,
don't you like my cooking?

Oh, sure.

I was just wondering.

Oh, he ought to be
back tonight,

tomorrow morning for sure.

Where do you suppose
they are now?

Jess and Mrs. DeWalt?

Oh, they ought to be
coming onto the Rio Grande

sometime tomorrow
I guess.

When do you figure
he'll be coming back?

I don't count on him
coming back, Andy.

He said he would.

Eat your stew.

Something or someone always
trying to drag him away,

but he always comes back.

Yeah, but this time
it's a woman.

Well, what's so special
about a woman?

When you get
a few more years down you,

you won't be asking.
Come on, eat your stew.

[ knocking on door ]

Andy, see who that is.

Is this here the relay station
for the Overland Express?

That was
mighty good stew, Roy.

You would like it.

Eat a man's food
and then pull a g*n on him!

That's enough, Andy.

Boy, you'd better listen
to your brother.

Else you might not grow
to be any bigger.

And you leave him alone.

And no more from you,
Mr. Sherman,

unless
you're asked something.

Let's ask him, Roy.

She's getting further away.

Yeah, I reckon so.

Couple of days ago
or so, a stage done

come through here
with a lady on it.

Real pretty lady.

Long golden hair,
kind of young.

You must have seen her.

So?

So we found out, when the stage
pulled out of here

that little lady
wasn't on it.

We found that out
from the driver.

Now we know
she was on that stage

at the Donahue relay station.

But she never
got into Laramie.

You know
what she did?

She got off here.

What's your business with her?

Well, I'd say
our business was money.

About $3,000
worth of money.

What's she done?

Oh, nothing, boy,
except run out on her husband.

So he sent you to find her.

Now how do you suppose
he figured that out?

You know, there's something
I can't rightly figure, Roy.

You suppose that rancher fellow
wants his missus back

because he loves her
or because she shot him?

Josh, that would take
a mite of time to figure.

Now we got a lot of time,
but Mr. Sherman here,

he ain't got no time at all.

Now where did you say
she went?

I didn't.

Where did you say?

Don't tell him, Slim.

Oh, now, boy, don't you know
better than to talk

while your older brother
is speaking.

Maybe I'm pointing this here
thing in the wrong direction.

She went to Mexico.

Whereabouts in Mexico?

A place called Tumavaca.

How's she getting there,
the stage?

By horseback.

Josh, you-- you don't think
he might be lying to us, do you?

He could be
telling the truth.

All right.
All right.

Let's say he is.

But you sure
wouldn't let that little lady go

all that way by herself,
now, would you?

Yes, she did.
She went all alone.

He's not only sassy, Roy,
he's a liar.

Sit down, Mr. Sherman.

Sit down!

Now that we've all had
our exercise,

who did she
go away with?

A fella by the name
of Jess Harper.

And that means
there was only one?

That's right.

Boy, go get your coat.

Gets mighty cold
on the trail at night.

You're not taking him
with you.

Oh, is that a fact?

Well, supposing we get all
the way to this here Tumavaca

and find out
that little lady ain't there,

I say our trip will sort of be
a waste of time, wouldn't you?

I'll give you the map
he used.

You can see the trail
he's taking.

Now you almost made
the population one less

in this here territory.

That boy would only
hold us up, Roy.

Besides,
they ain't going no place.

They got this spread
to keep.

They know we'd be back
if they was lying.

Yeah, I reckon so.

Oh, you wouldn't
have a mind

to start following us now,
would you?

Much obliged
for the eatings.

Come on, Slim,
you got to wake up.

Slim?

Come on, Slim.
Please, Slim.

Jess.

So serious.

So pensive and serious.

You know what I wish?

I wish those thoughts
were of me.

You know, sometimes,

just sometimes you remind
me of a very little boy.

Sometimes
when you look at me,

it's like
you're laughing at me.

I'm not laughing now.

What do you think, Roy?

I think the money is
as good as in our pocket.

Yeah.

How soon you figure
we'll come on to him?

Can't be far now.

You are a paradox sitting
there like that, Jess Harper.

If I didn't know better,

I'd say you had
no interest in me at all.

Oh, you would, huh?

Well, I think I'll show you just
how much interest I do have.

No, you don't.

Ah. Seems a shame
to bust in on you right now.

Look, why don't you just keep
on doing what you're doing, huh?

Mister, that's a sure way
to get your head blown off.

He's right, brother Roy.

Roy, I've seen her.
It's her.

You know, that rancher fella
sure knew what he was doing,

paying all that money
to get her back.

Yeah.

Oh, she's pretty.

And you know what, Roy,
she's got one of them,
uh, them little hickeys.

Where?
Where?

Right here.

No.

Miss DeWalt,
it's time to go home!

Arnold.

Who are you?

Well, I'd say, we're sort
of friends of the family.

And not by marriage,
by money.

k*ll them, Jess.

Where's DeWalt?

Well, he's home,
of course.

Ask the little lady why.

What's he talking about?

How should I know?

How much is my husband
paying you?

$3,000.

He really loves you
a whole lot.

I'll pay you $5,000
to let me go.

You've got that much money
with you?

Yes, in my traveling bag.

I didn't think.

I'll say you didn't.

That'll slam
the coffin lid for sure

unless we get
awful lucky.

[ g*nsh*t ]

Oh, Roy.

Gareth.

[ g*nsh*t ]

Gareth!

Now I want to know
what's going on.

You've got to stop it,
Jess.

That's just what
Arnold used to do.

I won't be
talked to like that.

I don't like it.

Oh, you don't?
Well, you didn't
hold off asking me

to give up everything
I worked for.

You didn't hold off
asking my help.

Now I want some answers.

What right have you
to ask me anything?

A little while ago,

there didn't seem to be
no limit to my rights.

That was
when I wanted it that way.

Where did you
get that money?

And what did
that bounty hunter mean

about your husband
being home, of course?

It's none of
your business, Jess.

Answer me!

Jess, you're hurting me.

What about your husband?

I shot him.

Obviously,
I didn't k*ll him.

Well, I can tell
you are glad at that.

What about the money?

I emptied his safe.

How much?

Over $60,000.



No wonder
he wants you back.

You don't know Arnold.

He wants me back
because he loves me.

I'll bet he loves you.

He's a weak, spineless man

who closes his eyes
to anything

he doesn't want to see
or believe about me.

I wasn't the only one,
was I, Laurel?

Thank you for making it
easy for me.

I've come to Tumavaca
to meet Montero Rios.

That's right, a man,
a real man

who knows what he wants
and isn't afraid to take it.

He makes me feel
like a woman.

Some folks got
another name for it.

I wonder if your husband
would pay me that $3,000.

Don't you threaten me,
Jess.

Then again I reckon
that's the least I owe him.

We're going back.
Mount up!

Whoever it was,
he did a better job

at sh**ting back up
the trail.

Aren't you getting tired
of getting me out of scrapes?

Good ranch hands
are hard to come by.

Besides, you promised Andy
you'd come back.

Well, I got a score
to settle first.

You don't even know
who it was.

All I gotta do is find
somebody named Rios.

She'll be with him,

and whoever did this
won't be far away.

Where is the Rios ranch?

¿Como desea?

Where is the Rios ranch?

Rancho Rios.

Ah, Rancho Rio.

[ speaking Spanish ]

Thank you.

Oh, Montero.

Oh.

I told him if you didn't arrive
safely I'd k*ll him.

Laurel.

Laurel.

Laurel, listen,
it's all right.

It's all right,
we'll start all over again.

Laurel.

You disgust me.

In my whole life, I've never
met a man, a real man.

I've looked.

Oh, yes, I've looked,

but you're all alike--

weak, stupid.

And most of all,
you're spineless.

If just once
I could meet a man

who knew what it was
to be a man.

Is that your bid, Arnold?

What is it you expect?

I don't know.

And if you have to ask,
you don't know.

Haven't I given you
everything you wanted?

Yes.

Have you--
Have you ever done without

since we've been married?

No.

Have I ever asked you
for anything?

Have you ever sacrificed?

No.

Then-- Then what is it?

I told you, I...

I don't know.

Mrs. DeWalt,
have you ever given anything,

anything but yourself?

Appears to me like you've been
doing all the gettin'.

And from the way
you accept it,

maybe that's the way
you've been all your life.

You say you don't know
what you expect from a man.

Well, maybe
you should stop accepting

and start looking
for a way to give,

a way to being a real woman,
a real wife.

Hey, that was
her traveling bag.

If we ride up to that shack,
he'll pick us off for sure.

There's over
$60,000 in that bag

and he had to
take it from her,

because knowing her,
she didn't give it up easy.

Besides
I owe him something.

Yeah, maybe you do, but how
do you figure going about it?

Simple.

You ride in on one side,
I'll ride in the other.

One of us is bound
to get him.

One of us is bound
to get shot.

Slim!

Yeah.
Now what?

Whoever is in there better
throw out the money and his g*n,

or we'll fill the room
with lead.

Slim!

Like I said, it's simple.

What are we gonna do
with this?

It's DeWalt.

That's Laurel's bag.

Stay right there
both of you.

I've had enough g*ns
for one day.

We took it off a man
in there.

Don't I know you?

Could be.

Me and my friend have
tramped around some.

Gareth.

Laurel.

George Hanover was right,
Arnold.

I've decided
to come home with you.

You have.

Rios doesn't want you
without the money.

Arnold,
I'm trying to tell you

that I'm sorry
for everything I've done.

You're a little late.

Isn't it strange
how quickly it can be over?

Arnold.

That's what it is, Laurel,
over, just like that.

A little while ago I--
I couldn't live without you.

You've got exactly
what you had when we first met.

The clothes on your back.

We'll be home tomorrow.

Home, that's a nice word.

A little while ago
you told me something

you said to Mrs. DeWalt
about belonging.

And now you're mooning over
the word home.

Well, I think the big open's
almost lost you for good.

Yeah.

Well, I noticed you used to like
to break away once in a while.

Only often enough to know
it's still out there.

Don't try to josh me.

You never
completely lost that itch

any more than
I have or will.

You know,
maybe that's true.

But for Andy, I can't scratch
that itch as often as you can.

It's not too hard to get you
on the trail, Slim.

Well, that's true.

Just you
with one foot in trouble

and the other in
a barrel of axle grease.

That ain't so.