03x25 - Run of the Savage

[bunniefuu]

No sign of him yet?

Nope.

Nick, what makes you
so sure it's Briles
we're after?

One of the newest
hands at the ranch
is why.

That's no reason though.

Well, he told me himself
he used to hang around
Cherokee strip.

So did I once, but that don't
make a man a thief.

I got it all figured out.

Scientifically, right from
this book.

Isn't that one of the books
Jarrod brought home?

That's right.

And this Winfield,
he's got it all
figured out.

Says you can spot
a criminal by his face.

-His ears, for example.
-By his what?

His ears.

The way I make it out is
that you draw a line

straight back from
a man's eye.

If his ear falls below
that line,

he's a criminal.

That's all?

That's it.

So we started missing things
around the ranch,

and I started taking
a closer look at all the hands.

And you came up with
Bill Briles?

He's got the lowest ears.

-Quiet! Sh!
-[horse approaching]

Well, we'll see
who laughs now.

It's Bill Briles.

Gotcha!

Heath, what'd I tell ya?

What's wrong?

Look at that.
Low ears!

Briles, what are you
doin' out here?

What do you mean,
what am I doin' out here?

Just answer the question.

Now look, I didn't do
nothin' wrong.

What's goin' on here?

We just caught ourselves
a thief.

Nick, Briles and I
rode out here together

lookin' for you.

He could still
be the thief.

Nick, not 20 minutes ago,

somebody broke into
the tack room

and stole four
of our best saddles.

That's what we rode out here
to tell you.

How do you know
it wasn't him?

Because he was standing right
beside me when it happened.

Oh.

Nick, why don't you let
the sheriff handle these things?

Do that, will you, Nick?

Maybe you got it
wrong, Nick.

Maybe we're supposed to be
on the lookout for people
with high ears.

Chapter four, suspects.

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I'd say it's hot enough
for a beer.

You buyin'?

All right.

Well, what
do you know?

I gotta go over
to the office first,
sign a couple of papers.

I'll wait inside.

Nick, you'd have just enough
time to go see the sheriff.

I'll get around to that.

By the way, here's
something you can have.

Winfield.

So that's what
that ear business
was all about.

A lot he knows.

If you'd asked, Nick,
before you ran off
playing detective,

I could've told you
there's no proof
the system works.

I got proof it don't.

-Hi, Nick.
-Hi, Maggie.

What's all the excitement?

Beer. No, no, no, no.
Whiskey. Whiskey.

You catch your thief?

Just pour the whiskey.

You didn't catch him.

Did anyone ask you?

I never knew you
detective fellas
were so temperamental.

Maggie, I remember
the good old days

when bartenders used to
mind their own business.

I remember
the good old days, too.

There hasn't been
a big spender in here
since the Fourth of July.

Here's to big spenders.

Town's full of drovers
now, and they don't get paid
till all the cattle is sold.

Well, nothin' to do
but wait.

Well, your waitin's
through, lady.

Here. Play somethin'.

You dance?

Why not?

I think we better
sit this one out.

I just thought you wanted
a little excitement, honey.

Watch it, Sonny.

Say, how old
are you, anyhow?

Old enough, sister.

Hey, there's enough here to
set 'em up for everybody!

Wait a minute, boy.
Put that money back
in your pocket.

Why don't you stick your nose
back into your own business,
mister?

[piano playing stops]

What's the matter?
Didn't you hear me?

You put that bottle
back up here
on this bar.

Right now!

Don't worry about it, mister.

There's enough here to buy
this whole stinkin' place.

I don't care
how much is there.

I don't sell to kids.

Now give me that bottle.

Here.

Now you don't wanna sh**t
the best bartender in
Stockton, do ya?

I told you to cut it out.
Now hold it.

Well, a bunch of
real sports, huh?

What's your name, mister?

Who, me?
Nick. Nick Barkley.

And what's yours?

Danny.

Just Danny. And you wanna
remember that, Barkley.

Oh, Danny, I sure will
remember it.

You take this g*n,
put it back in your holster,

and leave it there.

You better get on home
before your folks start
wonderin' where you are.

Who's the desperado?

You were lucky
you weren't gunned down.

Harry, give my brother here
something for his nerves,
will ya?

You know, I think I've seen
that kid somewhere before.

That kid's hard to overlook.
Give me one, too, will ya,
Harry?

What was goin' on?

First of all,
he came in here,

was gonna
buy the place a drink.

Then he was gonna
buy the place.

Then he was gonna
sh**t Harry.

Sheriff catches him
runnin' around with that g*n,

he's gonna be in
a mess of trouble.

He and trouble aren't
too much strangers, I'm afraid.

You know, Nick, he reminds me
of someone I used to know.

Yeah? Who?

You when you were
about that age.

Oh, yeah?

Yes, sir, I can remember you

getting bailed out of
quite a few scrapes

when you were
no older than he is.

Two of a kind, huh?

Wiggins.

Wiggins who?

That's what
that boy's name is.

Daniel Wiggins.

I can remember I did
some legal work for his parents

when they moved here
about a year ago.

What kind of parents
let a boy out like that?

They probably
don't know he is.

I think it was a Doctor
and Mrs. Wiggins.

I made some kind of
a financial agreement

to keep him in school
up in San Francisco.

They live out on
the north side of town,

just beyond
the stage stop.

That boy doesn't
straighten out,

he's never gonna see
the best side of 16.

Oh, he'll probably
grow out of it.

Grow up to be mayor.

Mm-hmm. Probably.

Nick, speaking of
city officials,

when are you gonna
go see the sheriff?

I was gonna go over there...

Of course, if you're
a little too embarrassed

to let him know you've
been doin' detective work
on your own...

I'm going.

Harry, he's buying.

-Yes?
-Oh, howdy.

You Mrs. Ray Wiggins?

Yes. What is it?

Well, my name's Nick Barkley.

I know it's
none of my business,

but it's about
your son, Danny.

What on earth
are you talkin' about?

Well, he seems to be makin'
quite a show of himself
around town,

and I thought maybe you
and the good doctor

should know about it
before he gets into trouble.

Mr. Barkley, I don't know
what you're talkin' about.

I don't have a son.

But you just said
that you're...

I believe my wife
was quite explicit, sir.

We do not have a son.

-I...
-Good day, sir.

Jarrod. Heath around?

Nope.

Oh.

Hmm.

-Well, what'd he say?
-Who?

Who? The sheriff.

Oh, oh, the sheriff.

Well, I got so busy
in town that... Well, I...

Nick!

Jarrod, you said that
Dr. And Mrs. Wiggins

live out by
the old stage stop, right?

Yeah, that's right.

I went out to see them.
You know what they told me?

No, I don't know
what they told you.

They didn't even have a son.

Well, they do.

Well, now why would they
say such a thing then?

I don't know,
but what I am
interested in

is what the sheriff
intends to do about
our two missing horses

and five of
our best saddles.

Will you stop pushin'?
I intend telling him.

When?

Nick, are you gonna help me
move that herd south or not?

Heath, you're the one
I've been waitin' for.
Come on. Let's go.

Nick!

You comin'?
Where have you been?

Been out there in the barn
gettin' the gear ready.

In the barn?
Ain't no work in the barn.

The work's out
where I am.

You're sure getting
in a hurry.

Hey. My saddle.
It's gone.

Brushed out again?

Yeah, this thief
must be half Indian.

He sure knows how
to cover tracks.

I just got that saddle
broke in good, too.

Let's like I'm gonna
have to break in another one.

Hold it.

Think it best
I went and see the sheriff.

Come on, Cobo.

Four days.

You finally get around
to telling me about it.

There were reasons,
Fred.

Yeah, sure.

This all you're missing?

Up till now.
I haven't checked
in the past ten minutes.

Get in line
and take your turn.

What's that
supposed to mean?

It means this, Nick.

For the last two weeks,
there's been a rash of thievery.

Every outlying ranch
for 15 miles has been hit.

You think it's
a g*ng or somethin'?

I don't know.

There have been
some drovers in town,

but I haven't
made up my mind yet.

No clues, nothing?

Nothing.

Nobody's heard anything,
nobody's seen anything.

I've circled every ranch
lookin' for tracks.

The few tracks
I found just petered out
before they led anywhere.

Heath and I had
the same kind of luck.

Nick, I'll do
the best I can.

Thank you, Fred.
I'll see you later.

Boy.

I wanted words with you.

Yah!

I said I wanted
words with you, boy.

Well, I don't want
none with you.

Don't you get smart with me.

Just stay away from me.

Why'd you come back here?

Well, I'll tell ya.

I knew you'd be
worried about me...

Daddy.

You touch me one more time,
and I'll blow your head off.

You murderous little savage.

Get out of this town
before something happens.

Go away,
for your mother's sake.

What are you whisperin'
about, huh?

You afraid somebody's
gonna hear?

She's my mother!

She's my...

Come on, yah! Yah!

Danny!

Danny.

It's Nick Barkley.
I wanna talk to ya.

Well, I should
have figured.

Why did you
follow me, Barkley?

You set that trap
for me out there?

Uh-huh. Sioux deer trap.
You walked right into it.

Visitors not welcome.

You sure were hangin'
high and loose out there.

Trap a man like
you'd trap a wild animal.

That's very funny.

This whole roof will
come down on top of
you, you know that.

Just so you know it.

You steal all this stuff,
did ya?

Uh-huh.

What are you, 14 years old?

You recognize this,
Barkley?

It's my saddle.

I told you in
the saloon you'd have
reason to remember me.

I sure can pick the ones
to help out, can't I?

I don't need any help.

You sure did when you got
into it with your old man

in the middle of that street.

If you had left us alone,
I'd have k*lled him.

Your own father.

He's not my father.
Now shut up about it.

Now that you got me here,
what do you plan on
doin' with me?

I ain't decided.

Well, now sooner or later,
you're gonna have to
turn me loose.

You sure about that?

Now let's see.
What do you want
for supper?

Canned beef, truffles,
caviar.

Caviar?

It's a little too fancy

for a Barkley, isn't it?

All right,
we'll just have beans.

Do you know where you are?

Sure. It's
a worked-out mine.

Not worked out.
Abandoned.

What's the difference?

There's a big
difference.

This is the old ophir mine.

Sixteen men
were buried alive here.

That's why they
closed it up.

This whole mountain's
fault is shifting.

Well...

Then nobody'll come
nosin' around, will they?

You know, you never
did answer

about why
you followed me.

What difference
does that make?

Let's get back to
this little business
of yours, shall we?

How do you get rid
of all this stuff?

Well, you see,

I sell this junk cheap
to storekeepers.

They don't ask questions
as long as they make
a neat profit.

We're all thieves together.

Uh-huh.

Is that what you plan
to be when you grow up?

A thief?

I just practice
what the good book says.

"An eye for an eye,
and a tooth for a tooth."

I've had mighty good teachers.

You seen Nick?

I figure he left early.

His bed wasn't
slept in last night.

Maybe he met a pretty girl
in town last night.

Yeah, maybe.

Maybe we better take
a little look around for him.

If he shows up grinning
full of some wild story,

you can help me break
his foolish neck.

You keep shakin' that,
you won't have to worry
about ever gettin' loose.

Well, I got it figured out
now what I'm gonna do with ya.

I'm afraid I'm not gonna
bring very much from
your business partners.

No, probably not.

But how much you figure
you're worth to your family?

What are you getting at?

I figure I'll
ransom ya.

[chuckles]

I'm afraid I'm not gonna
bring much there either.

Well, I'm not greedy.

Now let's see.

I need enough to get me
set up in style somewhere else.

But not so much that
they're gonna have trouble
gettin' it in cash.

Danny, you know what
you're talkin' about?

You're talkin' about
kidnappin'.

There's a big difference in that
and stealing things

to trade for food to eat.

You think that sheriff's
gonna see the difference?

There's a big difference.

They catch up with ya
on somethin' like this,

I can't help ya.

Oh, that's right.

That's right. That's what
you followed me out here
to do, wasn't it?

Yeah.

Just untie those ropes,
you'll make everything
all right.

I could try, Danny.

-[laughs]
-Danny, I could try!

I could say I got
thrown off my horse,

and you found me,
and helped me out.

That's all that happened.

They'll believe me.

Five thousand dollars.

That's what they're
gonna believe, Barkley.

Five thousand dollars.

Yeah. Let's see here.

To the Barkley's.

If you want Nick
back alive,

get $5,000 in cash.

Have...

Mrs. Barkley...

Deliver to Indian Springs

at noon today.

I'll be watching.

No trick.

Or no Nick.

There. That oughta do it.

Yeah, that oughta do it.

First step to you
bein' hanged.

Catchin' a Sioux
ain't that easy.

You're no Sioux.

That's where you're wrong.

Danny Running Dog,
that's me.

Danny Wiggins.

Wiggins.

Yeah.

That's his name, not mine.

He's her husband,
that's all he is.

Who's your father?

Maybe these looks of mine
got you fooled.

My father was an Indian.

Running Dog.

It was his name.

He took my mother
from a wagon train.

Later, they rescued her.

When I was born,
she wouldn't even look at me.

So they sent you away?

Yeah, but I kept runnin' off
to go back to her.

She hated me.

Never could understand why.

And then he told me.

Told me who I really was.

Five thousand dollars,
Barkley.

That's all I'm gonna
think about now.

Whoa.

Hyah! Yah!

Heath, it's Nick's horse.

JARROD: I'd say we don't
have much choice.
Get the sheriff.

No.

You don't think you're
going out there alone?

Yes, I am, just as soon
as you bring me the money
from the bank.

Now look, we don't know
who we're dealing with.

We are dealing
with Nick's life.

I'm aware of that, Mother,
but we're not gonna
save his life

by doing that
that note says.

The note says "If you
want Nick back alive."

That seems plain enough.

No, it isn't plain enough.

Believe me, I know something
about the pattern of kidnappers.

They're scared.

Once they get
the money, they...

they usually
k*ll their victims

so they can't
identify them.

Nick is safe as long
as he's of value.

After that,
there's no tellin'.

Well, when they...

Last year, when they
kidnapped the Tompkins boy,

they let him go.

They probably felt
sorry for him.

But it's more likely
they knew he was too
young to identify them.

We could hide out early
near Indian Springs.

Catch him as he
picks up the money.

And if you don't,
if something goes wrong?

I don't wanna do anything
that will jeopardize

any chance Nick might have.

All right.
We'll get the money.

Jarrod, Heath.

Get the sheriff.

[wood creaking]

You still worried
about your neck?

Both our necks.

Well, they have that note
by now.

Next thing, they'll hightail
into town, get that money
out of the bank.

You know, you ain't
near as talkative
as you were.

I was just thinking.

Thinking about how much
alike you and I are.

[laughs]

No, I'm serious.

I remember when I was
about your age,

my father gave me a horse.

He told me the day
I learned to ride
that horse,

I'd become a man.

Yeah, and I suppose
you went right out
and rode him, huh?

No, no.

No, that old horse threw me
farther than most crows fly.

He was quite a horse though.

I remember I used to
go into the barn at night

to sleep just to be near him.

You know that I'm not
interested in your horse

or your story.

Oh, I loved that animal.

But he didn't love me
too much though.

One time, I went in
to curry and groom him.

He liked to k*ll me.

Somethin' about that horse,
he just hated
the sight of me.

So I decided that I'd hate him
just as much as he hated me.

I took my r*fle.

And I went into the barn,

and I aimed that old r*fle
right between his eyes.

I couldn't pull the trigger.

Why not?

'Cause I found
I still loved him.

And all of a sudden,
I understood

there was nothing I could do
about the way he felt about me.

So I knew
what I had to do.

I had to walk away from him.

I had to forget him.

I had to start thinking
of something else,

something bigger, something more
important to do with my life.

I had to go on
livin', Danny.

For myself.

I'd have pulled the trigger.

Plannin' to sh**t
my mother, are you?

No. It's your brothers
I'll be lookin' out for.

Danny, supposing all of this
goes according to your plan.

You get the money.
Then what?

Well, hole up here till dark.

Get as far away as I can
before morning.

What about me?

First town I go through,
I'll drop a note to your folks

tellin' 'em
where to find you.

Danny, hold up a minute.
Wait a minute.

Look, it's not
too late, you know.

You can call
this whole thing off.

I don't know nothin'
about the law,

but my brother's
a lawyer. He does.

Maybe between he and myself,

we can straighten
this thing out for you.

Leastwise,
we'll stick with you.

I can't! I haven't got
any choice now.

Can't you understand that?

There's Indian Springs.

We can take cover
in these rocks here.

I'll take care
of the horses.

We got two hours.

Wish I could tell you
it's gonna seem shorter.

Just as long
as he shows up.

Whoa.

Ma'am.

What are you
doin' here?

Just huntin' rabbits, sir.

Well, hunt 'em
someplace else.

Sure, Sheriff, but
what's happening?
What's going on?

Never mind. Get back
there and stay
out of sight.

Yes, sir.

Look!

Let's get
the horses.

Our horses,
they're gone.

Five thousand dollars!

Maybe you can use that
to buy over your mother.

Use $1,000 to make her
admit you exist.

Shut up!

And another $1,000
to make her look at ya.

I'm warning you.

You can always use the rest of
it to make her love ya.

I said shut up!

Danny!

That's the end
of the tracks.

At least we know
he was in this area.

Fan out,
keep your eyes open.

Danny.

Danny, you all right?

Can you move?

Can you move your legs?

I guess we're...

We're in somewhat
of a mess, huh?

Yeah, you could say that.

You know...

There's no reason for you
to believe me now,

but I was gonna leave a knife
where you could get to it...

With a little work.

Why, Danny?

I don't know for sure.

But it doesn't matter now.

It matters, Danny.

It matters.

We're both gonna
get outta here together.

It's too late, Nick.

No, Danny.

It's not too late.

It's never too late.

Danny, the cleaver.

The cleaver over there.
Can you reach it?

It's right next to
your right arm.

Try to reach it.

Reach out for it.

That's it.

Come on, Danny. Try.

Come on, boy.

Danny, your g*n.
Can you reach your g*n?

Can you get to it?

It'll give you more reach.

Throw it over here.

Now get outta here!

Danny, we're goin'
outta here together.

Look, Danny...

I can't promise you that...

That your mother
will ever change.

But I'll help you, Danny.

Our whole family will.

No.

You try and move me,

and the rest of that ceiling's
gonna come down.

Danny, we're going outta here
together.

Besides...

black Irishman
and half Indian...

That's a team that's
pretty hard to beat.

What do ya say? Come on.

[grunts]

All right.

Come on, boy.

Let's go.

Come on. Let's get
outta here.

Danny. Danny, remember.

Together. Huh?

Still couldn't find him?

-No.
-We looked everywhere.

Includin'
the saloon.

-I thought he liked it here.
-He did.

Maybe he was just
puttin' on an act.

Oh, I don't believe that.

Neither do I.
He wouldn't run out on me.

I know how
you feel, Nick.

But he wouldn't be the first
backslider we've run into.

I still think something's
happened to him.

Why don't we give
the back range one more search?

All right.

Well, what happened
to you?

Mrs. Barkley, I know
it cost plenty

squarin' all the things
I took,

so I dug this up
for you.

You mean to tell me
you went back into
that mine

after I gave you orders
not to, knowing full well
a good sneeze,

the whole thing'd
come down on top of ya?

Don't you listen
to anybody?

Only when they're right.

Ah, come on.
Get cleaned up, boy.
Come on, move.

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