Previously on "Big Sky"...
Blake was a good boy, gone too soon.
MARGARET: What happened?
- It was JW.
- I want you to hang this.
I want everyone to see what lives in this house.
We're going to come together, because if we do not, we are going to lose everything.
JOHN WAYNE: You got some kind of little girl plan?
Take over the ranch?
Just wait and see what happens when the old man passes.
Shaking in my boots, JW.
What was Horst doing on that land?
Twenty years ago came a shale boom, contaminating everything in its wake.
They needed somewhere to dump their waste.
And Horst was happy to give it to them.
I need to get a soil sample.
♪ Come on.
Let's get out of here.
♪ It's them.
LINDOR: Our freezer friend, Steve...
apparently, he fathered a child with Mary's sister.
We're looking for Scarlet Leyendecker.
Left in the middle of the night with her boyfriend and daughter.
This is Scarlet's boyfriend, right?
JERRIE: I won't feel safe until he's caught.
How do you feel about g*ns?
♪ From the moment that I met Arthur, I recognized him.
[SCREAMING]
Stop saying that!
Camping right now?
In this?
I know of this place we can have all to ourselves.
♪ What are you doing, Arthur?
I'm burying a deer.
What happened to it?
Well, accidents like this happen.
Maybe the deer was someplace it shouldn't have been.
Maybe it was meant to die.
♪ Did it die alone?
Can you come closer so that I can see you?
♪ - I-I should get my mom.
- No.
I think this should be our secret.
♪ Why does it have to be a secret?
Well, come here and I'll show you.
Come on.
♪ When something dies, it's our job to make sure it goes to heaven, and part of that job is never telling anyone where it's buried, because we don't want a bad person or some animal to come dig it up.
Why would someone dig it up?
No one will if we keep it a secret.
♪ Why don't you say a prayer over it.
Go ahead.
Go ahead, it's okay.
♪ You need to shut your eyes, or else the prayer won't come true.
♪ And if you keep Arthur and my mother safe, I promise not to tell about this poor deer who had a really bad accident, so it can be safe from bad animals.
♪ Amen.
♪ PHOEBE: What are you doing?
It's a marker.
[ROCK THUDS]
To keep her safe.
♪ Remember, this is our secret, right?
♪ Cross your heart and hope to die?
Cross my heart and hope to die.
[CAR APPROACHING]
- [g*ns CLICK]
- What the hell are you doing?
- We're in this together.
- No.
No, no, no.
You run back to the trucks, and I'll hold them back.
If they see us together, we all die.
Go!
Ugh!
♪ [ENGINE HUMMING]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
HORST: Gil!
¿Qué pasó?
[ENGINE STOPS]
Horst.
What, you get lost on the way to the funeral?
[LAUGHS]
Lying don't suit you, Gil.
Never did.
Come on, get in.
Let's go for a ride.
For old times' sake.
And if I don't?
[g*n COCKS]
Why don't you just get in.
Where's JW and Rand?
On foot patrol.
♪ Come on.
[ANIMAL HOWLS IN DISTANCE]
♪ You just felt the urge to trespass and stare at some barrels of toxic goo?
♪ I wanted to see if they were leaking.
Mm.
Well, imagine some of 'em are and some of 'em aren't.
It ain't none of your business.
Unless you're sprouting a conscience again.
♪ Maybe I have.
♪ Like I said, it's my land, and I can do whatever the hell I want to do with it.
And I am doing the county a favor.
♪ You out here alone?
♪ Eh, no matter.
We'll find out soon enough.
♪ You know, it wasn't Blake who did that to Rosie.
What are you talking about?
John Wayne and Rand did it.
They b*at her.
They made it look like Blake.
They wanted Blake out of the way so JW can take over the ranch.
♪ [LAUGHS]
♪ That don't make no sense.
It's what happened.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
Someone's on the ranch.
What's going on?
I can feel something's going on.
I need you to be strong.
If you're afraid of them, then they've already won.
That's how Daddy controls us...
how they all keep us from even thinking about standing up for ourselves.
You have nothing to be afraid of.
Don't you want to be free of the men?
It's just gonna be you and me when this is all over.
No, this is the end.
This is the end.
This is the end.
- Stop saying that.
- Every night, I lay in bed and I stare at the ceiling.
And there's this dark spot, and it's like a shadow, but it's actually blacker.
And it used to be about maybe this big.
And each night, it grows bigger, and I know it's gonna come down off that ceiling and it's gonna swallow me up.
Ma, I can't do this now.
- Please, it's not real.
- It is real.
I saw it eat a spider, and it's gonna eat everything in this house.
You cannot stop it.
It will swallow everything up, Cheyenne.
♪ I'm gonna figure out a way out of this.
A way that doesn't include JW, Rand, or even Daddy.
I'm done being the good girl and standing by and watching them run things.
We can do it better.
♪ They're gonna k*ll you too.
Not if I k*ll them first.
♪ [FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
♪ [CRICKETS CHIRPING]
Remember our story?
[GASPS]
- Where were you?
- It's my fault.
I woke up to make sure the campfire was out, and Phoebe woke up and came out.
And we didn't want to wake you.
I was calling for you.
Well, tell her, Phoebe.
♪ We went for a walk in the woods.
At night?
I find the night to be comforting.
Full of secret things.
Isn't that right, Phoebs?
We saw a sh**ting star, and there was this owl.
[SIGHS]
I was scared something happened to you.
She was safe with me.
I'm sorry.
We should have told you.
Come on.
♪ [BOTH PANTING]
♪ Let's split up.
I can handle J-Dub.
Okay.
♪ [PANTING]
♪ [BRANCHES SNAPPING]
[WHISTLING]
♪ [WHISTLING CONTINUES]
Dah!
♪ Aah!
♪ Where are you at, you little bitch?
Ugh!
Come on!
[VEHICLE APPROACHES]
Ha-ha.
[ENGINE REVS]
Whoo, baby!
[GASPS]
Yeah!
♪ Whoo!
♪ [g*nshots]
- [GRUNTS]
- [TIRES SCREECH]
[GRUNTS]
♪ Cassie?
Oh, my God.
Wake up.
Cassie.
[GASPS]
Oh.
You okay?
Come on, let me help you up.
No.
- Come on.
Get up.
- Wait.
Oh.
[GROANS]
[SIGHS]
I thought you were dead.
Yeah, so did I.
Rand hit me with his truck.
Where's my dad?
He didn't come home.
He left with Horst.
- And I think they have Jenny.
- [EXHALES SHARPLY]
We need to find them.
Alright, come on.
Come on.
[GRUNTS]
I need to see if Rand's down there.
He tried to k*ll me last night.
But I sh*t him, and he went off the road.
[PANTING]
♪ ♪
- Where is he?
- He's gone.
That means he's still alive.
We deal with him, and then we find Gil and Jenny.
♪ Rand didn't come home last night.
♪ Cheyenne, we have to call the sheriff.
Well, they caught Jenny Hoyt and Gil on the ranch.
♪ We have to fix this ourselves.
H-How, Cheyenne?
How?
Make 'em turn on each other.
Daddy knows.
He just doesn't want to admit what they've been up to.
♪ [POUNDING]
JENNY: Damn it!
Let me out!
[GRUNTS]
[COWS MOOING]
[GRUNTS]
Aah!
All this ruckus, and you ain't even had your breakfast yet.
Now, my boys could take a lesson from you.
[PANTING]
Let me go, Horst.
♪ Let's get some breakfast first.
♪ I'm not hungry, but thanks.
[CHAINS RATTLE]
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Come on.
JOHN WAYNE: Do as he says.
♪ I said I'm not hungry.
I heard you.
- Aah!
- Start walking.
Get your hands off me!
♪ [BIRDS CHIRPING]
[CELLPHONE RINGS]
Hey, you've got service?
It's an unknown number.
[CELLPHONE CLICKS]
Hello?
It's her.
[TELEPHONE RECEIVER CLICKS]
Hello, is this, uh, Scarlet Leyendecker?
Yes, it is.
How can I help you?
[CHUCKLES]
Ms.
Leyendecker, my name is Mark Lindor.
I'm a U.S. Marshal.
Hang up.
I-I-I'm sorry, can you... can you repeat that?
I'm having trouble hearing you.
LINDOR: When was the last time you spoke with your sister, Mary?
Did something happen?
Well, there's no easy way to say this, but your sister is missing.
We have reason to believe she may be in serious danger.
We'd like you to come in and answer some questions.
[CELLPHONE BEEPS]
[PHONE LINE CLICKS]
Ms. Leyendecker?
♪ [SMACKS TABLE]
Who was that?
Nobody.
SCARLET: Phoebe.
♪ Take your shoes off, please.
Kids track all kinds of manure and dirt in here.
Seems like there's already all sorts of nasty stuff in this house.
Well, I'm sorry you feel that way about my home.
We'll see if we can't show you some proper hospitality.
I don't like your hospitality.
I want to leave.
Now.
Well, we can discuss that.
Here.
[CHAIR SCRAPES]
Have a seat.
Please.
Margaret!
Coffee!
For two!
I think that we need to come to an understanding.
Bottom-line this for me.
What is it that you want?
I want you to pay for what this family has done.
Blake, Angela, Rosie, and everybody else that you screwed over.
I saw the body in the barrel.
I know there's more.
♪ I think that you're overstating things just a tad.
- How's that?
- You see, this is my land, and I can do whatever the hell I want to do on my land.
And that includes taking you out back and puttin' you in a barrel and puttin' a lid on that barrel.
And whatever law enforcement you think is gonna come save you, I just tell 'em I haven't seen ya.
This is a big country.
People wander off here all the time and get lost.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Thank you, sweetheart.
♪ CHEYENNE: What's going on here?
None of your damn business, Cheyenne.
Get out.
I just need to speak to Ms.
Hoyt alone.
No, you don't.
She's coming with me.
♪ - [SIGHS]
- [g*n COCKS]
What, are you gonna sh**t me?
- Cheyenne...
- Go ahead.
sh**t us all, if that's how you're gonna fix things.
Cheyenne, I need you to leave things be.
He's just scared.
Ain't you, Daddy?
'Cause there's more of us than there are of you.
Get up.
We're going.
♪ Horst, listen to me for a second...
- [GRUNTS]
- Oh!
Let's go!
[g*n COCKS]
Easy, Jenny.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[BRANCHES SNAPPING]
There's not as much blood.
Starts to taper off.
[BRANCHES SNAPPING]
Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
♪ He's still alive.
He could be anywhere.
♪ ROSIE: Wait, look.
That's Rand's house.
Come on.
♪ DENISE: Okay, what did I miss?
We've been trying to ping Scarlet's cell.
Still nothing.
Well, maybe she turned it off.
Nah, she's probably just out of range.
The signal was bad when we got through to her before.
- [KEYS JINGLE]
- Ah.
Dropped Root Beer's keys.
Yes, I named my truck Root Beer.
Don't laugh.
Who wants coffee?
- Me, please.
- Oh, I'll pass.
Thanks, Denise.
Oh, well, how about now, Mr. Man?
I went all the way to the health food store
- to get your...
- Look, we've got a signal.
♪ - _ - [TABLET BEEPS]
Denise, I'm gonna have to take a rain check on that coffee.
- I'll call Tubb.
- No.
Okay, you can't seriously be thinking about doing this alone.
LINDOR: Ronald could be with Scarlet.
Sirens will just scare him off.
I'll have backup in the area, but Ronald can't see me coming.
I'm coming with you.
No.
Not an option.
I can help you.
If Ronald gets away again...
You want to help me?
Stay here.
♪ Besides, I couldn't live with myself if something happened to you.
I know him.
♪ No matter what happens today, that pain you're feeling, it doesn't ever go away.
♪ [DOOR OPENS]
♪ What was that call?
We just have to leave right now.
We're not going anywhere until you talk to me.
That call?
It was the police... or the Marshals
- or something.
I don't know...
- The police?
Why are the police calling you?
It's Mary.
She's been missing, and I'm her next of kin, and I just...
Okay, I'm sure she's fine.
We have to get to Mary's house.
Now.
But if the police are looking for her, don't you think they've checked the house?
There's no way Mary's there.
Do you love me?
Yes.
Anything do or die for me?
- Of course.
- Poke a needle in your eye?
♪ I would do more than that.
Then we have to get to Mary's house.
There's something in there that they can't find.
♪ [ITEMS SHUFFLING]
HORST: What are we gonna do, Cecil?
What are we going to do?
I am being outflanked by my idiot children.
CHEYENNE: You can't keep her here.
What are you doing?
I am trying to do the right thing!
What you're trying to do is keep your sins buried, but they're piling up, and it's really starting to stink around here.
We don't need your help, Chey.
What we need to do is get rid of Jenny and Gil, Dad.
You know what I think?
I think it doesn't matter what your dumb ass thinks, JW.
He's the one who k*lled Blake.
♪ Cracked his head in with a shovel, didn't you?
- You shut your mouth.
- You're a coward.
Hey!
Hey!
Your sister is right.
You're done.
You're done calling the sh*ts around here.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means that you're not going to get the ranch no matter what happens.
Hell, we'll be lucky if the feds don't come in here and charge the gate, take everything.
Hey, we could still fix this.
You can't k*ll your way out of this.
- Shut up!
- Did I ask your opinion?
- No, I did not.
- It's not my opinion.
It's the truth.
We can't do this.
♪ Your sister's right.
♪ John Wayne, come here.
♪ Come here.
♪ [WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]
♪ What are you talking about?
Go on.
Git.
We'll talk later.
Yes, sir.
♪ So, little girl, you think you're ready to call the sh*ts on the ranch?
Oh, yes, Daddy.
I am.
Good.
I got a job for ya.
Let's see if you got what it takes.
♪ [CAR DOOR SLAMS, CHIMES TINKLING]
What is this, again?
It's an old coworker doing us a favor in a pinch.
It's good enough for me, Arthur.
Peg, you are a life-saver.
No problem, honey.
I've got a Dutch baby in the oven and "The Man from Snowy River" back-to-back on cable.
[LAUGHS]
Oh.
You like "The Man from Snowy River," darlin'?
I don't know what that is.
You don't until you do.
[CHUCKLES]
You're gonna stay with Peg for a couple hours.
Okay, sweetheart?
Where are you going?
Well, Arthur and I, we just have some business to take care of.
Boring adult stuff.
You be good for Peg, and we'll see you in a little while, okay?
Okay.
- Okay.
- Bye.
Come on.
You and Peg are gonna have a self-care day.
♪ [DOOR CLOSES]
♪ ♪ ♪ Well, hello, Montana Rose.
[CHUCKLES]
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Fancy seeing you back here.
Step into the light.
I wanna see one last pretty thing before I go into the maze.
- [g*n COCKS]
- Rosie.
You go on ahead.
[SIGHS]
You'd be doin' me a favor.
Rosie, I know you think it'll feel good, but I promise you, it won't.
He's gotta pay for what he did.
He's done.
Rosie.
♪ Rosie, he's done.
[GASPS]
[GASPS, WHIMPERS]
Hey, Ma.
♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
♪ [SIGHS]
Horst did this.
♪ [WHIMPERS]
[SCREAMING]
[PANTING, GRUNTING]
[CHAINS RATTLE]
Come on.
Where are we going?
You wanna get out of here?
This is how it's gonna go.
♪ You're not gonna let me go.
Are you, J-Dub?
♪ Come on.
♪ [SIGHS]
There should be a turn-off coming up soon.
LINDOR: Well, how far is it?
Ten minutes?
It looks like the road winds up the mountain.
I think you should call for that backup now.
Not yet.
I want to see what we're dealing with first.
We need to be smart about this.
Ping them again.
♪ - [TABLET BEEPS]
Talk to me.
Jerrie, what's happening?
They're heading back into town.
What?
Where are they going?
I-I-I'm not sure, but it looks like they're heading towards Mary's house.
♪ [SIGHS]
Don't forget your coffee.
Be safe.
[KEYS JINGLE]
♪ [GROANS SOFTLY]
Chey.
I'm so sorry.
♪ What are you doing?
♪ Oh...
[STAMMERS]
[GROANS]
♪ What did they ask you to do?
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Steve was Phoebe's father.
I trusted him.
Until I didn't.
He liked to do certain things to me.
Dirty things.
Bad things.
I can't hear this.
You wanted to know the truth.
I was so young, I didn't know any better.
I was gonna leave him, but...
[SIGHS]
Then I got pregnant with Phoebe, and so I stayed.
It was the biggest mistake of my life.
But I fixed it.
How'd you fix it?
I stuck a screwdriver into his skull.
♪ [LAUGHS]
I'm sorry.
That's what I did.
You wanted to know the truth.
That's the truth.
Then I wrapped his body in plastic and called my sister, and I made up a story.
[LAUGHS]
My sister has held Steve over me my whole life.
She's not who you think she is.
She's a bully.
♪ Here you thought she was just a successful telemarketer.
♪ Appearances can be deceiving.
What are you talking about?
♪ You can tell me anything.
♪ Ronald.
♪ - [GASPS]
- [TIRES SQUEAL]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
Are you mad?
♪ No.
♪ I just don't know what to say.
Why don't you tell me the truth?
About what?
When you're in love, there are no secrets.
Only raw hearts.
I showed you my raw heart.
Show me yours.
♪ I don't know what you're asking me, Scarlet.
[SEATBELT CLATTERS]
♪ I know who you are.
What you've done.
And I love you just the same.
[GASPS]
♪ I've understood you since the moment I met you.
We're all human.
Humans are animals, and animals have urges.
[SIGHS]
You've felt them.
So have I.
No, that's not true.
Kiss me.
♪ Kiss me.
♪ It's all true.
♪ Now we can either keep pretending, or we can be who we are.
It's your choice, buster.
I don't want to pretend anymore.
Then we need to get to that freezer, my love.
Phoebe can't know what I did to her father, and if they find him, our little adventure is over, and I'm not willing to give that up for anything.
♪ [DOOR CLOSES]
[SIGHS]
Rand's dead.
♪ ♪ [EXHALES SHAKILY]
♪ That came out of you.
♪ And it's spreading.
♪ There's nothing there.
♪ You need to stop taking them pills.
I'm not taking any pills.
I see everything so clearly, and it's you.
♪ You are the cancer on this house.
♪ [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪ [GRUNTS]
Get out of here.
Go.
You're not like them, Chey.
Yes, I am.
Now get out of here, before JW
- and Rand show up.
- Drop the g*n now!
- Drop it!
- Dad!
- Now!
- It's okay.
Leave her.
- ROSIE: Chey, drop it!
- Drop the g*n!
Okay.
I'm not gonna k*ll him.
It's true.
Okay, you're making a big mistake.
You can trust me.
Trust?
Talk to me again about trust.
You're gonna have to if you want to save Jenny.
♪ Where is she?
She's with JW.
I can take you to him.
Are you really willing to risk her life to find out?
♪ [SCREAMS]
[GRUNTS]
W-Why are you doing this?
This isn't like you.
What happened to you?
- Shut up!
- Blake left.
You stayed, you put in the work, but it didn't matter, did it?
You were still second in line.
You don't understand!
You don't know what you're talking about.
[SCREAMS]
[GROANS]
JENNY: Blake was innocent.
You drugged Rosie, had Rand b*at on her, all 'cause you wanted the ranch for yourself.
This is family business.
You k*lled Blake.
Your own brother.
Say it.
Say it.
♪ I k*lled my brother.
♪ Say it!
[VOICE BREAKING]
I k*lled my brother!
- [g*nsh*t]
- Aah!
[GROANING]
Ah.
Oh.
You okay?
This is your fault!
It's over now, J-Dub.
♪ - Hey!
- [GRUNTS]
Get off her!
He needed me to be the bad guy!
I did it for the family!
Ahh!
[g*nsh*t]
[GROANING]
♪ You're the bad guy now.
[GASPING]
[GRUNTS]
♪ Cheyenne.
You should go.
Your father will k*ll you, Cheyenne.
No, he won't.
[CHUCKLES]
I'm all he has left.
♪ [SIGHS]
The ranch is all yours.
♪ You should go on.
I want to stay with him for a while.
[SIGHS]
Let's get the hell out of here.
[SIGHS]
We still have one last score to settle.
♪ ♪ ♪
RONALD: Is it safe?
SCARLET: Do you think the police are here?
I don't know.
We make sure the coast is clear, then we get in and we get out.
I know right where the body is.
No one will ever know we were there.
I need you, Ronald.
We need each other.
You see that, don't you?
I see everything much clearer now.
Is this what love is?
Love can end.
I think what we have is even stronger than that.
I don't have a name for it, and maybe it's one of those things that can't have a name.
♪ [SIRENS WAILING]
[SIRENS BLIP]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
[GEAR SHIFT CLICKS]
[CAR DOORS CLOSE]
We meet again, ladies.
Y'all need to move out of the way.
We'll be taking it from here.
You girls should have got gone when I told you to.
A lot of good people started dropping when you rolled into town.
Just not the ones you hoped for, right?
[CHUCKLES]
Funny.
- Let's get out of here, huh?
- No, I'm not finished here.
It used to be that you could make a black woman disappear off the face of the Earth, no questions asked.
It's that kind of world that made you two who you are, what you are.
A word of caution... you mess with one of us and the rest will rise up and bring you to your knees.
I'm gonna tell the world exactly what you are.
Wait, you got this wrong.
- You keep your mouth shut.
- I saved your life.
You should...
You should be thanking me.
I'm one of the good guys.
Tell me why I needed saving.
- Tell me why I needed saving.
- Come on.
Let's go.
You want to be on the right side of history?
Go on.
Sheriff Wagy ordered me to put you in the ground.
You weren't supposed to survive that night.
You get in the damn car.
We're done here.
You should have put her down when I told you to.
Git!
That's right.
You're done.
[CAR DOORS OPEN, CLOSE]
[ENGINE STARTS]
Wagy.
SHERIFF WAGY: You should have put her down when I told you to.
Git!
♪ Sheriff Tubb's on his way.
- You get it all?
- Yeah.
[SIGHS]
♪ They're done.
We got 'em.
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪ [SIRENS STOP]
[ENGINES SHUT OFF]
[CAR DOORS OPEN, CLOSE]
♪ [DOOR CREAKS]
Mary?
Mary?
I should have warned you.
My sister collects dolls.
Maybe she needs to be seen to remind herself that she exists.
It's hard to know what's real when you live alone.
No one to react to the things that you do.
I don't think that's why she collects dolls.
Maybe not at first.
Dolls have to listen.
They can't talk back.
You can pull their arms off and they won't scream.
I'm sure she's done that.
I had a G.I. Joe when I was little.
My mother used to lock him away in his box whenever I made him do something impure, something she didn't like.
She called it the Bad Boy Box.
I pulled his arms and legs off one time.
He just stared at me.
♪ [BREATHING QUICKLY]
It's gone.
Maybe she moved it.
- Could it be someplace else?
- No, it was here.
She didn't move it.
♪ They must have found it.
[SIGHS]
This is it.
This is it.
It's finally catching up to me.
[CRYING]
Why were they even looking for Mary in the first place?
Calm down.
I can't go to prison.
What will happen to Phoebe?
[SOBBING]
♪ [VEHICLE APPROACHING]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
[IGGY POP'S "THE PASSENGER" PLAYS]
Did you hear something?
♪ [CAR DOOR CLOSES]
What the hell are you doing here?
- ♪ I am a passenger ♪
- I need to finish this.
- Go.
Home.
- ♪ And I ride and I ride ♪
I can't.
♪ I ride through the city's backsides ♪
♪ I see the stars come out of the sky ♪
♪ Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky ♪
Follow me, and keep your distance.
♪ You know it looks so good tonight ♪
♪ ♪ I am a passenger ♪
♪ I see the bright and hollow sky ♪
♪ Over the city's ripped back sky ♪
♪ And everything looks good tonight ♪
♪ ♪ Singin' la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪
Ronald Pergman!