01x25 - Ride or Die

[bunniefuu]

Evenin'.

Did you see
who it was, Tom?

Nobody,
nobody in town, sheriff.

He was medium height
and medium weight.

He got away, huh?

Not for long, Tom.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Anybody gets a drink outta here,
they gotta be real thirsty.

Pretty early in the year for
Sodium Wells to start drying up.

That's too bad.

It's going to make
everything a lot tougher.

Slim, the sheriff and his men
have already given up.

You don't even know
what the k*ller looks like.

We go beyond this point,
there's no turning back.

Well, he's out there
whoever he is.

His trail's right here
like I figured.

Now what's he doing out there
if he's not guilty?

Boy, if I ever get
in real trouble,

I hope
I get you for a lawyer.

You just won't take no
for an answer, will ya?

Not when there's
a m*rder involved.

All right, so what happens
if you do catch up with him?

You think
he's just gonna hold still

while you ask him
questions?

I'll leave that to a judge
when I bring him back.

And suppose
he don't want to come back?

Then I'll change
his mind.

Now if you give me
half the water you've got left,

I'll say so long
for a while.

- Not this time.
- Don't argue
with me, Jess.

I'm holding
the card, Slim.

You're asking me
for half my water,
don't forget that.

Somebody gunned
down Tom Houston,

are you
forgetting that?

You haven't
got a chance out there.

Well, that k*ller thinks
he's got a chance out there.

I'm willing
to take the same odds.

It's easier
to run than to follow.

It's the only way, Jess.

If we let a person like that
g*n down a person like Tom,

if we stand around clucking
and shaking our heads

every time somebody gets hurt,
then we're next.

We'll wake up
with a surprise look

on our face
and a b*llet in our chest.

I figure
the kinda people we are,

we'd rather be buzzard bait
than be buzzards.

Now how about
that water?

Thanks, Jess.

Meet me here in 3 days
with water and provisions.

If I'm not back
in that time,

don't waste your time
looking for me.

[ g*n c*ck ]

[ g*nshots ]

All right, I shot the lazy,
good-for-nothing horse.

You satisfied?

We couldn't leave him
to die in the traces.

He was going to die,
you know that.

That animal still had a couple
of more miles left in him.

Jack, he could
hardly stand.

All right,
all right.

Well, here we are,

left with one horse
and a two-horse wagon.

We can't move
an inch.

Well, there's
still some water left.

Maybe another wagon
will come by.

This time of year?

In this bake oven?

Couldn't
we have waited?

Did we have
to try to cross now

during the worst
drought in years?

Look, I didn't know that
when we left Independence.

Even if I had known
we couldn't have waited.

Gold is where you find it
and when.

I don't know how many maps
that drunk prospector in Natchez

might have gambled away
to how many people.

I just knew
I had to be first.

Just once in a man's life
he's got to strike it big,

just once!

Even if the map
is a fake...

we still got
California ahead.

There's lots of those
sheep out there

waiting
to be fleeced.

[ horse snorts ]

Jack.

Well, where did you
come from?

With you here, we must be
pretty close to a town.

Well, I wouldn't hold
my breath till the next town

if I were you.

We're a long ways
from no place.

Oh. Well, I guess
I should've known.

We're in a pretty
tight spot.

I just had to destroy
one of my horses.

With only one left,
we can't move.

Yeah.

I've been
trailing a man.

He robbed a bank
and m*rder*d a guard

up ahead
in Spartanville.

He's pretty smart.

He bushwhacked me,
nicked my wrist.

He got away
in the dark.

Me, I can't make it
to Laramie,

I can't make it back
to Spartanville either.

Huh,
it's funny, you know,

we saw you coming
and thought we
were outta this.

All you've done is bring us
another problem.

Well, now, mister,

you can't move at all.

Unless I was to hitch
my horse to your wagon,

and we all
travel together.

Well, you don't have
to think twice to realize

there's no other way.

Well, now
this is luck.

The old fortune wheel
is beginning to turn
our way, Deborah.

Yes, sir.

Why don't you
just lead your horse
right over here, mister...

Kane, Vernon Kane.

Well, I'm Jack Farnum
and this is my wife Deborah.

Ma'am.

We're sure
lucky we met.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

All right, Jack,
let's call it a mornin'.

What do you mean?

Well, we stop here.

What for?

Well,
this where we noon.

Noon?

Mister,
you are green.
You mean to tell me

you haven't been
stopping every day
when the sun's high?

No.

Hmm, no wonder
you k*lled your horse.

But not me.

Don't move.

Get his g*n.

Let go.

Toss it here.

Who owns
this wagon?

I do.

Who are you?

My name is Kane.

And I've been
trailing somebody

who looks exactly
like you,

robbed a bank in Spartanville,
shot the guard.

Does that answer
your question?

That wrist answers
my question.

You took a few shots
at me a ways back.

Well, I sure did.

Turns out you're a better man
with a g*n than I am.

But then you've had
a whole lot more experience.

I don't know what he's been
telling you, folks.

Yes, a bank has been robbed
and a man m*rder*d.

But it happened back in Laramie,
not in Spartanville.

And I have reason
to think he's the k*ller.

I'll say this
for you, mister.

You sure
can twist things

to save your neck
from stretching.

I'm not twisting things.
He is.

We'd have been
trapped out here except for him.

He gave us
his horse

when one of ours
had to be destroyed.

He saved our lives.

Sure,
to save his own skin.

I didn't have to share
the wagon with 'em.

If I'm what
you say I am,

I could've shot them both
and taken everything for myself.

You better get yourself
a better case

than the one you got,
mister.

If you had k*lled 'em
and I'd have caught up with you,

there would have been
a clear case against you.

The kind you couldn't
wiggle out of.

Now what the man
is saying is,

that he hasn't
got a clear case.

Not like
the one against him.

Why, there are
ten witnesses in Spartanville

who'll testify to the crime
he committed.

I thought
you were smart.

I take it all back.

You are smart with a g*n,
like the rest of your breed.

I'm not gonna
argue with you.

I'm just taking you back
to Laramie to stand trial.

Aren't you satisfied
k*lling one man?

Take me back, how?

Walk while you ride?

Neither of us
would make it back.

Take my horse
out of the traces

and leave these people
stuck out here again to die?

Is that your idea?

There's only
one thing to do.

Turn the wagon around
and we'll all go back together.

Look, mister,
we're heading west.

- I'm sorry.
- Sorry won't do.

Watch it, Jack,
he's not the arguing kind.

Sure, he wants to go back
to Laramie.

Ahead is where they're
gunnin' for him.

Stands to reason he'll go
in any direction but that way.

I don't care
what he wants.

- He's not taking
my wagon.
- Jack.

We're taking
your wagon.

I'll be wanting
your g*ns.

Water and feed for me
and my horse.

Then we'll be on our way
to Laramie.

Where's
your r*fle, mister?

Where is it?

In the wagon.

Too bad you don't
trust people like I do.

You won't be
getting too much sleep

if you don't learn
how to trust your fellow man.

[ laughing ]

Mrs. Farnum,
I'd like to talk to you.

I can't think of any subject
we have in common.

We have one though.

Survival.

You seem
to have made

all the decisions
along that line.

Your husband seems
to have taken Kane's word

against mine
from the beginning.

I'm not so sure
you have.

And I don't
want you to.

Why not?

We've got
a long ways to go.

I might need a friend
before we get there.

I'm sure you're
perfectly capable

of running things the way
you have since you joined us,

with your g*ns.

I just saw a good man

and a good friend
die in Laramie.

And I believe
Kane k*lled him.

Of course,
you have proof.

No.

And Mr. Kane accuses you,
also without proof.

From my viewpoint,
the only difference

between the two of you

is that he didn't take
over our wagon at gunpoint.

I explained that.

Not to my satisfaction,
you haven't.

All right,
at least you listened.

I didn't have
much choice.

Here.

Oh, come on,
Jack.

You don't call
that firewood.

Well,
it's dark out there.

Farnum,
you start the fire.

We'll go get
the wood, Kane.

Jack?

Hmm?

I'm beginning
to have some doubts.

About getting
out of this alive?

So am I.

No, aside from that.

I'm not quite sure
which one of them to believe.

Neither.

You think
they're both criminals?

I don't care.

What I do
care about is,

one of them is forcing us
to cover ground

we've been
over before.

Then you're siding
with Kane.

Well, of course.

For the time being
anyway.

At least until we can get
rid of the other one.

What then,
get rid of Kane?

Well, if necessary.

Listen, Deborah,
maybe I'm green,

maybe I don't think like
some illiterate westerner

who knows all about
wagons and horses.

But I know
a lot about men.

And for the most part,

none of them
deserve an even break.

You've lived by that principle
for quite some time now.

It hasn't
worked out too well.

Well, that's just what I need
at this particular moment.

Nice, loyal wifely
remark like that.

You should have left me
when my luck started to run bad.

I knew what you were
when I married you, Jack.

If I'd wanted to leave you,
I would have done it long ago.

And now you can't,
whether you want to or not.

[ laughs ]

Till death us do part.

There's no point
in us fighting.

Ah, we'll get out
of this mess, Deborah.

I know we will.

Things will be good
in California.

I hope so, Jack.

[ grunts ]

[ gasping ]

Whoo-wee!

I like
a good fight.

I like that.

You got exactly
what you asked for.

I like you.

Tell me something,
Kane,

if I didn't have a case
against you,

why are you trying
so hard to get rid of me?

Mister...

they can't hang me
for the Laramie job.

But I'm wanted
for a couple of small things

that might cost me
a year or so,

if I'm brought in.

But you did k*ll
the night deputy.

Now do I look like
the kind of a man

that'll just
hold still?

Let himself get shot
by some old man with a badge?

Sure,
I k*lled the deputy,

and I cached away
the bank money

where I can lay
my hands on it again.

Now...

if you decide to violate
this confidence

and say that
I confessed to you...

why, I'll just have
to say you're a liar,

and you'll just
have to squirm,

because you'll know
you got the right man,

and there'll be
nothing in the world

you can do about it.

Now isn't that
interesting?

Say, did you
ever meet a bad man

whose mind works
like mine does?

You're crazy.

Cold and crazy.

Well,
if I didn't know better

I'd say you were deliberately
trying to hurt my feelings.

He can't go
without sleep much longer.

We got a long ways
yet to go.

Patience, Jack,
patience.

Any good gambler
knows that, hmm?

So...

how much sleep
can he get in the saddle?

That's enough.

May I have my ration of water,
is that asking too much?

Here, take mine.

Thank you, no.

Don't play
lady martyr with me,

I don't have
the time for it.

I can't afford to have a sick
female on my hands either.

Now hurry up
and drink this

before I really get mad
and pour it down your throat.

[ coyote howling ]

A matter
of minutes now, I'd say.

Hey, how are
we gonna work this?

You got a knife?

We don't have
to k*ll him, do we?

Of course we do.

Well, I got a kitchen knife
in the wagon somewhere,

don't know
exactly where.

Wait.

Is your wife asleep?

Why?

Well, suppose
she wakes

while you're finding
the knife, what then?

I don't know.

All right,
forget it.

[ coyote howling ]

Plenty of rocks.

You could use
one of them.

Me?

No.

You're in better shape
than I am.

You didn't have
to fight him.

I--
I couldn't do it.

All right,
suit yourself.

But as long
as he's alive,

he's gonna keep heading you
in the wrong direction.

Besides, if I were
in your spot,

I'd be thinking
about her.

What do you mean?

You mean to tell me you hadn't
noticed him looking at her?

I'd k*ll any man that looked
at my wife like that

just on general
principles.

Oh, yeah, you're
just talkin',

trying to give me
a reason.

Well, I've given you
more than one reason.

I'm running
fresh out by now.

You do what you want.

[ screams ]

[ laughing ]

If you're gonna
thank me, don't.

A man can't help
but appreciate
his life being saved.

I don't know why I did it,
maybe a reflex,

just not wanting to see
anybody die like that.

You can call it
anything you want to.

I won't fight
with you about it.

We're both still alive
because of her.

For some reason
she married you,

and that's why I haven't
broken your neck.

But you stay
your distance.

And that's the last warning
you're gonna get from me.

[ laughing ]

Do you know how I
happened to be awake?

No.

But I'm sure glad
you were.

I was just getting ready
to steal some water.

I'll get you some.

No, I'm not thirsty now.

You sure?

You know, you didn't
have to tell me that.

I don't like your part
of the country at all.

We don't recommend this part
to tourists very often.

The things it drives
people to do,

that's what frightens me.

I was almost a thief,

my husband
a m*rder*r and you--

I don't know what
it's caused you or Kane to do.

I'd just as soon not go
through all that again.

But if we get out of this,
I'd like to show you my ranch.

I'd like you to see what
the west is really like.

The good part.

[ coyote howling ]

A fortune teller
at home once told me

I was gonna
take a long trip.

She told that
to everybody.

She couldn't have
known how long.

I haven't stopped traveling
for almost 5 years.

Where was home?

I was born
in Kansas City,

never left there
until I was almost 20.

How I wanted
to travel.

Well, I finally
pestered my folks

into taking me
on a trip to New Orleans.

I met Jack
on the river steamer.

I'd had
enough traveling

since then
to last me all my life.

Up and down
the Mississippi, huh?

And the Missouri,
the Platte, the Ohio.

The boats kept getting
smaller and dirtier.

A long streak
of bad luck, huh?

Hmm.

And still with us.

And you stuck by him
through all of that?

Yes.

At first it was
because I loved him.

That's gone now,
has been for some time.

I don't know why.

Maybe he needs me,
I don't know.

He needs you.

You know, his luck as a gambler
may be running short.

But he's got a lot
of it in other ways.

[ yawns ]

Excuse me.

Why don't you sleep?

I'll watch.

I won't see
m*rder done.

Thanks.

[ coyotes howling ]

[ mumbling ]

Water!

Water!
I found water!

Everybody,
come and get it!

I found water!

Water!

And who found it?

Me! A tenderfoot.

Mississippi Jack Farnum,
that's who!

[ laughing ]

All right,
let's go.

Hyah!

Here we go.

Well, that takes care
of things.

How far are we from--
from anywhere?

Well, it's more than
a day's ride to Sodium Wells.

And there's
nobody there.

That's right,

and it's two more days
to Laramie.

That's it then.

We're finished,
thanks to you.

Well, that leaves
another decision to be made.

I've already made it.

None of you are
gonna like this one

any better
than the others.

We've got
one chance left.

One of us with all
the water we've got left

might just make it
into Laramie.

I'm leaving you here
and going on alone.

Why, you--

I told you,
you weren't gonna like it.

The way I heard it,
the captain always
goes down with the ship.

He tries
to save it first.

Well, why not me?
Why you?

Whatever they believe,
Kane, you're a k*ller.

You'd leave us
out here to die.

Well, why can't
my husband go?

Just doesn't have enough
savvy to make it, ma'am.

He'd be dead
the first day.

You might
need this.

What about
the shells?

You'll get
the shells.

I'll be back,
if I make it.

Hey, what are you
riding that way for?
That's northeast.

I'm gonna ride
in the shadow of the hills

for as long as I can,
if that's all right with you.

Where'd this water
come from?

I don't know.

Where's Jack?

Where's my horse?

My horse is gone.

He's taken it.

He found water
someplace.

Why didn't
he tell me?

He's found water
and he's packed out.

He's deserted us
for just a lousy--

I'll k*ll him!

There he is.

Dirty river rat.

Kane, don't!

[ g*n fires ]

No!

Wait a minute, Kane.
Don't do anything foolish.

Why not?
You were foolish.

Please listen
to me, wait.

You were
mighty foolish.

You ran off to leave me
rot and feed the buzzards.

Look, it isn't
just the water.

It's more
than that.

I found some gold.

It's all ours,
yours and mine.

We share and share alike.

Well, why should
I give you half?

Please, please
g-g-give me a chance.

Chance?
Did you give me a chance?

I was gonna send
for help, honest, I was.

- Sure you were.
- I swear.

Would I leave my wife
out here to die?

I swear I was going
to send for help!

His big strike,
finally found.

Iron pyrite.

They call it
fool's gold.

Poor Jack.

Never mind.

That was pretty
good sh**ting.

Hmm.

You've got
no brains, just luck.

Sometimes it's better
than brains.

Didn't even ask me
where the bank money is.

Kind of forgot
about it.

No brains.

What will you do
with it, if you get it?

Take her,

the money,
and run?

I would take it
back to the bank.

No sense at all.

[ gasping ]

Telegraph pole,


Laramie.

My lucky number...

seven, se--

You were right,
Slim.

The west does have
a lot of beauty in it,

and some nice people.

I'm glad I saw
your ranch.

And I've enjoyed meeting you,
Andy, very much.

Thank you.
Same here.

You've a lot
to be proud of.

If you felt like
staying around,

there's a lot
of fine country here,

most of it
worth seeing.

No, it's time
I was going home.

I've had enough traveling
to last me a long time.

Yes,
I guess you have.

Take care of yourself,
Deborah.

Thank you.

Maybe
that fortune teller

will predict a change
of luck for me.

I hope so.

Hey, Slim.

How do fortune tellers
tell fortunes?

Well, a lot
of different ways, Andy.

Cards, tea leaves,
they read your palm sometimes.

Let me see yours.

Are you gonna
make a prediction?

Yep.

I predict that you better
wash your hands

if you want
any supper.