Previously on "Big Sky"...
JERRIE: Every time I pick up, there's breathing on the other end, and then the line goes dead.
- It's Ronald.
- SCARLET: Do you have a secret you want to tell me, Arthur?
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]
- I don't have any secrets.
- LINDOR: We got something.
That's his mother's grave.
Any of you think that what happened to Blake is somehow good for this family, you're mistaken.
JENNY: Tell us about that night with Rosie.
They said I att*cked her.
That's not who I am.
Look, Blake, you got to give us more
- to go on.
- As first-born son, I'm due to inherit the ranch when my father passes.
My brothers don't exactly like that idea.
We'd like to speak to the victim, Rosie Amaya.
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
Poor girl's been through enough.
They ain't gonna find Rosie.
[SIREN WAILS]
Step out of the car, please.
This will go a whole lot better if you don't fight.
JENNY: I need to get in there and check Blake's story.
♪ RAND: Hey!
♪ [WHISTLES, CHUCKLING]
You still look pretty, just like I remember you.
Golden hair.
♪ [g*n COCKS]
♪ It's just like that movie.
Pow!
Indy sh**t that Arab bastard.
I always thought that was funny as hell.
Put it down now.
Or what, you sh**t me on my own property?
How's that gonna look?
[g*nsh*t]
I said drop it.
♪ Now you're gonna let me walk away.
Careful.
It's slippery.
Stay back!
Back!
Back!
♪ Unh!
[LAUGHING]
- [GRUNTS]
- [g*nsh*t]
JOHN WAYNE: Get off her, Rand!
- [g*n COCKS]
- Just havin' some fun.
I said get off her, and so help me God, I...
I'll sh**t you.
- [CHUCKLES]
- You son of a bitch.
Go on, git!
I don't want any trouble.
[g*n UNCOCKS]
Your psycho brother att*cked me.
Naw, he was just defending the ranch from trespassers.
That is what you're doin'.
I'm just trying to help Blake.
How's that?
I want to check his story.
Said he brought Rosie to the caretaker's cabin.
There might be something there to back him up.
How about I just show it to you?
♪ ♪ We're only a few miles from the station.
Right...
- We took a right.
- Shut up.
♪ Take me back to the station!
- Now!
- I said be quiet!
Why don't you look at me?
Deputy Gregor, look at me.
Can you do that?
- Can you look at me?
- Shut up.
♪ What the hell is this?
This is where we say goodbye.
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
Are you taking me out of the car?
What's gonna happen to me when you take me out of the car?!
Deputy Al Gregor in Lochsa Springs.
♪ [PANTING]
♪ [GRUNTS]
No!
[GRUNTS]
♪
[GATOR ENGINE REVS]
JOHN WAYNE: Here we are.
Caretaker's house.
Not much to look at.
Go on.
Do your investigatin'.
Did you see Blake that night?
No.
What about Rosie?
This how you investigate?
Ask a bunch of questions the sheriff already asked?
You know where she is?
I don't keep track of Blake's... ladies.
Go on, have your look.
I'll protect ya from any critters that might wander by.
Play it one more time.
[BEEP]
CASSIE: What the hell is this?
Take me back to the station! Now!
- DEPUTY GREGOR: Shut up!
- Deputy Gregor, look at me.
DENISE: She left her phone on.
But the service cuts it off after two minutes.
- Cassie wanted us to hear this.
- If you're trying to scare me,
- you've done that.
- She's not picking up.
- Been trying all night.
- Now!
What about Jenny?
- Same.
Goes right to voicemail.
- Right now!
[SIGHS]
- Please.
- Okay.
Don't change your plans.
I'll call you when I know something.
- I'm going up there.
- We're just a few miles
from the station, right?
[DOOR CREAKING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪ [FLOOR CREAKING]
♪ Find any clues?
Whoa!
[SIGHS]
Blood?
Pubic hair?
- Eyelashes?
- [SCOFFS]
Found her in this room over here.
This place has rats, though, so they probably licked away all the good stuff.
Do you mind?
I see why Blake likes you.
♪ Do you need something?
I'm trying to work here.
♪ [FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING]
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
[GATOR ENGINE STARTS]
Oh, damn it!
♪
[MUFFLED SPEAKING]
♪ ♪ She was recording this.
What are we gonna do?
♪ I'm a little nervous.
It's been a while.
You know what they say.
Bucked off, best thing to do is just get right back on.
I'm not a cowboy.
[LAUGHS]
No?
[BOTH LAUGH]
- You're tougher than most cowboys.
- Mm-hmm.
[APPLAUSE]
I came here to hear you sing.
Knock that back...
and knock 'em out.
Let's go.
MAN: Jerrie?
Last call, Jerrie?
Let's go, Jerrie, last call.
["GASOLINE AND MATCHES" PLAYS]
[SCATTERED CHEERS]
♪ ♪ ♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ Listen what I say ♪ ♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ Let me have my way ♪ ♪ I'm gonna keep on knockin' till the door unlatches ♪ ♪ You and me are gasoline and matches ♪ ♪ Baby, baby, you make me ♪ ♪ You make me feel a spark ♪ ♪ Well, I feel a spark and the fire catches ♪ ♪ You and me are gasoline and matches ♪ ♪ You pull my pin and you trip my wire ♪ ♪ You come in and set my heart on fire ♪
[VOICE BREAKING] ♪ Knock me out, you... ♪ ♪
[FEEDBACK]
Jerrie!
Hey, hey, Jerrie, Jerrie!
Jerrie, why'd ya stop?
I saw someone...
- Ronald...
I-I saw Ronald.
- Where?
No, no, no.
Please, let's go.
It's okay...
I got ya, I got ya.
- [RINGING]
- CASSIE: Hi, you've reached Cassie Dewell.
Please leave a message.
Thanks.
[BEEP]
[SIGHS]
Where are you?
[BEEP]
♪ [BRAKES SQUEAL]
♪ Damn it.
♪ [SIGHS]
♪ - [HORSE NEIGHS]
- That-a-boy.
Yeah.
Hey, stranger.
You still talking to me?
Who else am I gonna talk to?
You still mad at me for leaving?
Yes, I am.
And there's not a thing you can do to make it up to me, so don't even try.
But I don't believe you did that to Rosie.
And I love you even though you left me.
I'm not like them.
I mean, I know how it looks, but I'm not.
I would've gone, too, if I had a place to go.
Let me tell you a little secret, baby sister.
You don't need a place to go.
You just go.
East, west, China... hell, it don't matter.
Just...
If you don't go soon,
- chances are you never will.
- Mm.
I know.
So what are you waiting for?
I don't know.
Maybe I'm scared I'm gonna miss something here.
Minute I stopped worrying about that, I was free.
Hmm.
[CHUCKLES]
You know the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up?
Hmm?
That poster you got me.
The white lion?
- Yeah.
- You still got that?
Yeah.
You know, I think about what it would be like to be that lion.
You know, walkin' around all powerful and sayin', "S'up," to all the normal lions.
[CHUCKLES]
But then I think about the poachers and how they'd all be trying to, you know, k*ll that lion because it's special and different and how maybe, if they k*lled it, they could get some of its power.
You know, a lot has changed around here.
And John Wayne and Rand and...
[CHUCKLES]
You want to tell me?
Hear 'em talking about mineral rights all the time.
He's got Rand digging holes in the back pasture.
You know they were there that night...
with Rosie.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I seen 'em come in late.
And the next day, they made a big show about finding her.
JOHN WAYNE: What are you two talking about?
Oh, you know.
White lions.
- Isn't that your spirit animal, J-dub?
- [CHUCKLES]
- Ah.
- I don't got a spirit animal.
Yeah, I was thinking more of a weasel maybe.
Careful, Chi.
Oh, I'm all out of careful.
Come on.
You can't take a joke, now, huh?
[CHUCKLES]
I guess if I had a spirit animal, it'd be a wolf.
- Oh.
- Badass wolf.
Yeah, well, white lion can b*at your badass wolf any day.
Ah, come on.
Come on, stop messing around.
Alright, alright.
Dad wants to see you guys for a breakfast meeting.
Mark Lindor, Deputy U.S. Marshall.
I need the Sheriff, front and center.
Now.
Would you like a butterscotch?
Sheriff first.
Please.
♪ ♪ [MUFFLED SPEAKING]
♪ Hell, man.
What in the hell were you thinking bringing her back here?
DEPUTY GREGOR: It's my fault.
I'll fix it.
- I'll fix it.
- There's no way to fix this!
[MUFFLED SPEAKING CONTINUES]
I believe one of your deputies picked up a friend of mine last night.
That right?
And, uh, what friend might that be?
Cassie Dewell.
Cassie Dewell, that gal who sh*t that state trooper, Legarski.
Yeah, we picked her up.
Suspected DUI, resisting arrest, could be as*ault on an officer.
But you know what?
We're gonna let that one slide, free of charge.
No, you are going to let her go.
- That's what you're going to do.
- This where you stick your badge in my face and Fed-'splain the law to me, city boy?
This is where you answer the phone.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
ANGELA: Sheriff, it's the Governor's office.
[RECEIVER CLICKS]
Lochsa County Sheriff's Office.
Yes, sir.
Please hold.
Sheriff Wagy.
Yes, sir.
Uh-huh.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Oh.
I understand, sir.
Mm-hmm.
Thank you.
♪ Thank you.
Coffee?
No matter what Blake's done, there's always a place for him in this family.
May I have some coffee, please?
Well, he only came back 'cause you're dying.
Hey.
Don't you touch her.
- I can defend myself.
- Yeah, shut up.
Aah!
HORST: Hey, hey!
Mm!
I'm of half a mind to sh**t all of you.
Sure you got enough b*ll*ts there, Dad?
Yes, sir, I do.
Now, Cheyenne, you need to apologize to your brother.
Nobody wants a brash mouth on a pretty girl.
You need to know your place, and you need to show him some respect.
- Yeah, suckin' hind teat...
- Hey!
Randall, shut your mouth, or I'll shut it for you.
- He punched me.
- I know he punched you.
I'll talk to him later, but you need to apologize to him now.
Sorry.
[CHUCKLES]
Thank you.
- This is crazy.
- Now, may I please get...
some coffee?
Coffee now so I can discuss some things.
- Here you go, sweetheart.
- Thank you.
[SIPPING]
Is it okay?
That's a damn fine cup of coffee.
That's one of your talents, making coffee.
Now...
Now, the bacon, on the other hand, that's a little crispy.
Fried all the good stuff out of it.
And what's the point of eating bacon if you ain't gonna eat the fat?
I mean, that poor hog, he d*ed for no reason if you're gonna fry him up into a corn chip.
I need moisture.
I want moisture in my bacon!
Dad, please...
I just want...
I just want to have a little fun.
Can I have a little fun?
Please.
Sit down, sweetheart.
Sit down.
Go on.
Horst, if you want me to fry you up some more bacon,
- I'd be hap...
- No, no, no.
Alright, it's fine.
I gotta tell you, it's really nice to see the family all around the table like old times.
Everybody's here.
Alright.
Well, I might as well get right to it.
John Wayne's gonna be taking over the ranch.
Wha...
What about Blake?
Violated the moral turpitude clause of the ranch covenant.
It's been in effect since a Kleinsasser first put a fence post in.
I see no reason to abandon it now.
I don't want the ranch.
Well, there'll always be a place for you here.
I'm gonna pass soon, and I want to go knowing that the ranch is in capable hands.
Got the lawyer, AJ, drawin' up the paperwork seeing to it that John Wayne calls the sh*ts.
- I won't let ya down, Dad.
- 'Course you will.
Hopefully I'll be worm food by the time that happens.
In the meantime, we need to circle the wagons, ride the fence line, and make sure no other folks get in our business.
- Sit down.
Hey, hey.
- Blake.
- Blake.
- Blake, sit...
Right over there is where we sh*t Cecil.
BLAKE: Yeah, I remember.
You were too afraid to take the sh*t.
Now every time I look at him up on the wall, I swear to God...
he knows what I'm thinking.
This why you brought me up here?
Talk about my childhood?
I told your mother, when I croak out, I wanna be b*rned, and I don't give a rat's ass what you do with me after that.
Though, I...
I promise I'll see you through this nonsense with Gil's daughter.
I didn't do that to Rosie.
There's some things in my life that I've done that I'm not proud of, but one thing I've never done is lie.
It's the man that owns the sin.
We all seen that girl.
[SIGHS]
Never could figure out why you run off.
Your mother... you broke her heart.
You wanna know why I left?
You remember his name, Pa.
- Cole Danvers...
- I told you to forget about that.
- How could I forget about that?
- It's easy!
You put it in the box, and then you put the box in a hole, and you forget where the hole is.
And the green grass grows all around, all around.
[CHUCKLES]
I did it to protect Rand.
You know that.
Same as I'm protecting you.
Same as I'd do for any one of yous.
[SCOFFS]
You know, there's not a day that goes by I don't think about what we did.
About what you made me do.
Rand's not right.
He's never been right.
And you know it.
Man who owns his sin, my ass.
- Hyah!
- [HORSE WHINNIES]
♪ LINDOR: Was smart thinking with the phone.
You said there was another car there?
Did you get a look at it?
No.
But it was the Sheriff.
Probably working with the Kleinsassers.
You wanna call your son?
[SNIFFS]
In a bit.
[SIGHS]
Need to clear my head.
Well, how 'bout some Hall & Oates?
Works every time.
"Private Eyes"?
Underrated album.
And "I Can't Go for That" is just a perfect pop song.
Cheer you right up.
[CHUCKLES]
Your loss.
I'm sure.
I'm sure it is.
Well, when you come up for air, I've got something on Ronald Pergman.
Tell me you got the bastard.
Not quite.
Had some game cameras put up by his mother's grave.
Yeah.
He shows up the other night, takes out his blankie, curls up, and sleeps on her grave.
I left him a note.
What?
What do you...
- Like...
You left him a note?
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, something to mess with him.
Why not grab him if and when he comes back?
Well, that's the plan.
I put in for round-the-clock surveillance, but that's gonna take a while to okay.
We'll get him.
Behavior like that means he's got compulsions he can't control.
[SIGHS]
Thanks for the ride.
Anything you need, just ask.
Help us find Rosie Amaya.
Send me her info.
I'll call it in to my techs.
[SIGHS]
Hey, you really mess with Hall & Oates, like, for real?
That's...
I am not ashamed.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Thank you.
Sorry for what happened to you.
I'm here if you want to talk about it.
[SIGHS]
Nothing to talk about.
What's that?
Found it at the caretaker's cabin.
Denise checked.
It's the bottle Blake bought at the bar.
There's barely a dent in it.
He did say something was off that night.
What if this whiskey was drugged?
Toxicology report was missing from the file.
I'm gonna get it tested.
Lindor's gonna help us find Rosie, so that's good.
♪ ♪
_ ♪
RONALD: There.
What's wrong with her?
She hit her head.
Why'd she hit her head?
'Cause she's got a really big secret, and her sister got jealous.
[CHUCKLES]
Kiss her and make her better.
Boys don't kiss dolls.
- You have to!
[CHUCKLES]
- No.
Yes.
Hey.
[SIGHS]
Is something wrong?
Mom, Arthur won't kiss the doll and make her better.
- Boys don't kiss dolls.
- Mm.
[SIGHS]
♪ [SMOOCHES]
[LAUGHS]
I'll always be with you.
[LAUGHS]
All better.
Tell me what's going on.
My partner was abducted by the Sheriff last night, and your brother Rand chased me down with an axe.
Wait.
What?
I snuck on the ranch to take a look at the caretaker's cabin.
Something doesn't make sense about that night.
[SIGHS]
I never should have asked you to come up here.
You asked me to help.
I'm doing that.
I know.
And I can't tell you how much I appreciate you being there for me when I needed you, but things have changed up here, and I don't want you getting dragged into something I can't get you out of.
- I'm not quitting.
- You don't know what my family's capable of.
This is my problem to fix.
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
See you made it home okay last night.
assh*le.
Easy there, brother.
She was trespassin'.
I made sure she was okay.
'Bout Rand?
Nothing happened.
Dad wants to see you.
Now.
♪ [SIGHS]
Just promise me you'll go.
♪ SCARLET: Did you decide on a movie for tonight?
"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." Remember when he finds the golden ticket?
I used to watch it with my mom.
That was my favorite part.
He m*rder*d those children.
He did not.
Willy Wonka was a good man.
He gave that boy and his grandfather an opportunity of a lifetime.
Well, I think he's a creep.
Not in the mood for a movie.
You can watch it yourself.
Okay.
Okay?
That's not what you're supposed to say.
I'm confused.
Did I do something wrong?
- All day, I've had this feeling.
- Did you?
No.
Think really, really hard why I might be mad.
I really don't know.
_ Okay.
I can explain.
For every lie...
- you get a shock.
- [ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]
The Arrow's End.
Mm-hmm.
I stopped by there after work.
They have a karaoke night,
- so I was curious.
- To do karaoke?
Seriously?
I'll have you know, I was Sky Masterson
- in "Guys and Dolls."
- I don't know what that is.
It's a musical.
- [ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]
- I think that's a lie.
- "Guys and Dolls" is a musical.
- The part about you being in it.
Yes, you're right.
I wanted to be in it, but I was too shy to try out, and my mother wouldn't let me.
Okay.
Now this?
"I'll always be with you."
- There's this woman I deliver to...
- Mm-hmm.
- How old?
- Old.
- What color hair?
- Red.
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]
All of that was a lie!
[WHIMPERS]
Yes, you're right.
I'm sorry.
The truth is, is I found it.
And I thought it was sort of sad, like a lost note that belonged to somebody or meant something to somebody.
I believe things find you for a reason, just like I found you.
And if we walk around all day letting things blow past us...
letting opportunities pass us by, why, we're no better than dogs, so I picked it up.
The more I thought of it, the more I thought maybe I was meant to find that note.
It could be about us?
Yes, exactly.
Everything has a reason.
My sister always says that.
She's a wise woman.
I think this note found me...
just like I found you.
♪ I have a fragile heart, Arthur.
I always have.
But I think that I'm falling in love with you.
♪ I need to talk to you.
No, not right now.
I've got a terrible headache, and I've got a lot of work to do.
Can you just stop, please?
[SIGHS]
[PILLS RATTLING]
Hmm?
Come on.
C-Can I have another one, please?
[SIGHS]
Okay.
What do you want to talk about?
Why do you let him speak to you like that?
I...
I've told you, he doesn't mean anything by it.
Yes, he does.
And him giving the ranch to John Wayne, that's gonna be a disaster.
No, Cheyenne, that's life.
Stuff happens, okay?
And you accept it.
No, it happens 'cause you let it.
What gives you the right to talk to me like that?
You want to know why you got nothing?
Because you asked.
John Wayne and Rand?
They never asked for a damn thing their whole lives.
They just take.
Because they can, because it's their God-given right to do whatever the hell they want.
And what do you think's gonna happen when Daddy passes?
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
I don't want to think about that.
Don't make me think about that.
It's gonna be the same as it ever was.
You need to leave here.
Why would I do that?
Because there's nothing for you here.
Look, if you think I'm gonna sit by like some cut flower, you're wrong.
I'm not like you.
I know what's been going on around here.
I've seen the trucks coming
- and going in the back pasture.
- Okay, okay.
- You better stop talking about that.
- Oh, I know...
- Why?
Because I need to know my place?!
- I don't want you...
- Yes!
- Well, guess what?
I am done with that, and so are you!
And you're done with these!
No!
No!
Don't you dare!
Don't you...
Don't you...
- Give me those!
Give me it!
- How dare you!
Aah!
Stop it, stop it, stop it!
Stop it!
There ya go!
Yeah!
That's the spirit!
[GASPING]
We're gonna get you through this, Blakey.
- I don't need your help.
- That's right.
You just keep running away from your problems.
I'm not going anywhere.
You invited those investigators up here to snoop in our business.
Just know, if they poke their nose where it's not supposed to be, we're gonna poke back.
You go anywhere near Jenny, and I'mma let everybody know what's really going on up here.
[LAUGHS]
What, are you threatening me?
You gonna punch me?
Punk.
You wanna hit your daddy?
Come on.
Haul off!
Hit me!
Come on!
You have not got the balls to hit me!
You think you're better than me?!
You're no better than the manure you're walking on, punk!
Go follow him.
Make sure he cools off.
♪ Rand?
Are you flying straight?
Like an American eagle.
Good boy.
♪ You know, he's just lookin' out for you.
You don't know what you're talking about.
- You wanna take a ride, cool off?
- No.
Go do something I shoulda done a long time ago.
[ENGINE STARTS]
♪ CASSIE: Wait.
Stop here.
This should be where Rosie's place is.
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
Lindor's sure this is her location?
Yeah, got a ping from her cell signal.
Denise says there's only one cabin down this road.
There it is.
[g*n COCKS]
WOMAN: Put your hands where I can see them!
Now turn around slowly.
♪ Rosie.
That's right.
Mind telling me what you're doing here?
♪ JENNY: There's a lot of people in this town who don't like us asking questions.
[SCOFFS]
I bet.
Sheriff Wagy?
And his Deputy.
Rand and John Wayne.
Yeah, I heard they were looking for me.
What for?
I don't know.
And I don't wanna find out.
That family's bad news.
♪ Can you tell us about the night that you were att*cked?
It just didn't make any sense.
One minute, we're joking around, and the next, blackness.
Like you were drugged?
I had a friend in college who got roofied.
I remember she told me what it was like.
She says she lost the entire night.
That's what this was like, only I woke up and I was b*at to hell.
Was it just you and Blake there at that cabin?
- [MUFFLED SPEAKING]
- I didn't...
I had no idea...
It was the same old Blake I remember.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Oh, stop being stupid.
Look at his sweater!
[LAUGHS]
I know what you're thinking, but it wasn't weird or anything like that.
I was looking for an old saddle my father left in the cabin.
But it wasn't there.
♪ BLAKE: [GRUNTING]
♪ Damn it!
[SHOVEL CLATTERS]
♪ [TAB POPS]
♪ I've known Blake my whole life.
This didn't seem like a thing he would do.
And then I started having these flashes.
RAND: So pretty.
[GROANS]
♪ Rand was there.
I'm sure of it.
♪ ♪ [VEHICLE APPROACHING]
♪ JOHN WAYNE: What are you doing?
Come on.
Get the hell out of there.
[SIGHS]
His name was Cole.
He was just a kid who'd showed up looking for work.
I remember him.
He stole a truck and ran off.
That's not what happened.
Pa woke me up that night, took me down to the cabin, and there he was.
Throat cut with a shovel.
I asked Pa what happened, he said it was an accident.
Maybe it was an accident.
No, it wasn't.
Rand k*lled him.
You don't know that.
Yeah, I do.
I found a bloody shirt in his room.
He straight up told me he did it.
I guess Cole was making fun of him when they were supposed to be working.
Rand got mad, he swung the shovel at him!
JOHN WAYNE: Pa must have had his reasons, right?
BLAKE: Yeah, protecting the family.
But this kid had a family, too!
John Wayne, they deserve to know what happened!
♪ We need to bury him.
And let him rest.
I think we need to bury him back up.
No, no, I'm not gonna do that.
Yeah, you are!
We're in enough trouble with what you did with Rosie!
It's over, brother.
What do you mean it's over?!
You don't have a say in the ranch anymore!
Burying this is not gonna wash away what we've done.
John Wayne...
♪ Unh!
[GASPS]
♪