04x08 - No Kindness for the Coward

[bunniefuu]

[WIND]

[DISHES CLANKING]

[EXHALES]

[EXHALES]

John, will you say grace?

Dear Lord, bless this food for
our use and us for thy service,

and please make us mindful of the needs

and feelings of others. Amen.

That's all God gets tonight?

Nothing for your father?

And please help Daddy find
those horse-thieving cowards

and hang them from the nearest tree.

[POUNDS TABLE] You think that's funny?

You don't pray for harm
to come to anyone, son.

You pray that your father
and the men riding with him

make it home safe to us.

That is the prayer.

And that's the only prayer,
do you understand me?

Yes, ma'am.

[SIGHS]

Now say it again.

[MUSIC]

Dear Lord, please watch over our father

as he seeks justice in your name. Amen.

Amen.

[MUSIC]

[g*nf*re]

Thank you.

They're making for the trees!

They get to cover,
they'll tear us to pieces!

Run faster, goddammit!

Jesus!

Let 'em get close!

[g*nf*re]

Don't stop!

[MUSIC STOPS]

[GRUNTS]

[DRY FIRE]

Ah!

[GRUNTING]

Ah!

[PANTING]

No, no!

Ah! God!

Stop!

Stop, goddammit!

Ah!

[SCREAMING]

You scream.

[GROANING]

You sh*t?

Sorry, son of a bitch bucked me off.

What're we gonna do with him?

Advertise.

[GRUNTING]

All right.

I don't care if you live or
die, but should you live...

You tell them about me.

Tell who?

Everybody like you.

[GROANS]

All right.

[MUSIC]

[CLICKS TONGUE]

- Hey.
- Good Lord.

What happened? What happened?

What had to happen.

- No!
- That's not mine.

Get inside. Get inside!

I'm not getting blood
all over your floor,

- I'll strip down out here.
- I don't care about my floor!

- Spencer! Water boiling now.
- I'll strip down.

Just go help your mama.

- [GASPS]
- Help your mama.

[GROANS]

sh*t.

[LAUGHS] You can't let me die out here.

They won't make it. [GRUNTS]

MOM: James Dillard? Get inside.

sh*t.

Get inside.

[GROANS]

Oh, Lord. No!

No! [WAILING]

[MUSIC]

Is this enough room for you, baby?

What do you think?

I have five shirts and
a pair of boots, Beth.

You are the perfect man.

I gotta go to work.

Yep. Me too.

[MUSIC]

- Son... you can b*at him.
- How?

How can I b*at him?

Every politician in the
state owes him a favor.

The one thing I had
was name recognition.

But it's his name.

- Now he has it.
- Son...

He's gonna use everything against me.

- He's gonna use you against me.
- He won't.

The f*ck he won't.

You know where all the
bodies are buried...

Yeah, because I buried them.

Maybe so, but they're not your bodies.

You set up a meeting with him,

and the two of you decide
what's off limits.

The world's gonna find
out about you anyway.

Let the world find out about me.

We tell the world about me.
We control the narrative.

I acted in defense of my only child.

That's all the world gets to know.

You're the attorney general.
You can seal the record.

Only a judge can seal the record.

What judge owes you a favor?

None. [SNIFFS]

Then find one, or invent one.
Whichever you can do fastest.

Am I a fool for even considering this?

He's the fool, Jamie.

Who's going to vote for him?

The environmentalists?

The transplants from New York or L.A.?

To them, he is the face of
everything in this world

they have been taught to despise:

a white, sixty-year-old landowner.

Use everything he is against him.

What does your father
covet more than anything?

Power.

And what office holds the
most power in this state?

Livestock Commissioner?

The governor.

So, if it's power he wants,
why hasn't he run before?

Because he knows he can't win, Jamie.

He isn't running for governor.
He's running against you.

And as soon as you drop out,

he'll pick a candidate to replace him.

He's bluffing, Jamie.

Call him on it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, set up a press conference.

[MUSIC]

- _
- [PROTESTERS YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

_

[PROTESTORS CHANTING]

_

_

I say we press charges for trespassing

and destruction of private property.

Oh, nice of you to join us.

Sorry. Protestors are blocking the road.

Took me a while to get through.

They're blocking a public roadway.

Sheriff's department isn't
doing anything about it?

What are twelve deputies going
to do about protestors?

Get me the attorney general's office

and the governor's office.

This is not a protest.
It's an occupation.

Meet with the county attorney.
I want them charged today.

Well, I'd be careful if I were you.

The last thing that we need

is these people Facebooking
their friends in New York

and then we have protestors outside
our building on Wall Street

with national news coverage.

Are you suggesting we do nothing?

No, I'm suggesting we be careful.

The first thing I would do is
get the press out of there.

Mm-mm.

- We can't tell the press to leave.
- Of course you can.

It's private property, right?

Once we get the press out of there,

we don't have to be careful anymore.

And then?

Once the press is gone, you
can press charges, right?

And then the sheriff's department,
they can drag them out

by their hippie hair.

Removing the press
makes it a bigger story.

Removing the press becomes the story.

Let them bitch about that all they want.

They won't bitch for long.

People in Montana,
they don't like bad news.

They moved here to escape all that sh*t.

They want to know the weather,

they want to know what
time the rodeo starts

and they want to know who
the Bobcats are playing.

If they want bad news,
they'll watch CNN.

And CNN ain't here.

Well, I'm not sure the New
Yorker in me can trust that.

Well, you're not in New York now, buddy.

Your instincts are worthless here.

Ellis, inform the press
to vacate our property.

I can do it.

They'll take it better from a local.

[MUSIC]

[DOOR SHUTS]

[MUSIC]

Horses!

[SHOUTING]

Tampico.

- Looks good.
- Yeah.

- Bay horse?
- Yeah.

- Stringbean, think you can handle him?
- Yes, sir.

Thank you.

- [CHATTERING]
- Horses!

Here we go, here we go.

- Yes, sir.
- All right.

You roped him?

Got thrown at him. [LAUGHS]

- Horses!
- Curly Bill back there.

Get done? I'll help you.

Got him.

Downtown.

Ah, the one Chance lost his hat in?

- This Curly Bill?
- Yes, sir.

Oh, boy, you best screw your hat
down in the morning, Jimmy.

[MUSIC]

There you go. Right there.

All right. Okay.

[GRUNTS]

Hey, cowboy.

Could use a bath.

Yeah, he earned one today, huh?

I ain't talking about the horse.

Yeah, I might have earned one too.

So about that dinner you owe me.

That's right, I do owe you.

I sure am hungry.

Well, like you said, I need a shower.

All right. So, after your shower.

[LAUGHS]

It's a great idea, but, uh...

my trailer's about a
two hour ride that way.

Wash rack right over there.

Yeah, it is.

So, I'll meet you back
here in half an hour.

[MUSIC]

[GRUNTS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Hi.

[SNIFFS]

Hello.

Ever been to the café in Paducah?

No, I haven't.

Well, it's pretty good.

Well, Paducah it is, then, huh?

- Great.
- Great.

Guess I'll just, uh...
just finish up here, then.

Just so you know, there is
a shower in the bunkhouse.

When I said wash rack, I was being coy.

- Coy?
- I was flirting.

Well, that's good.

[LAUGHS]

It's kind of hard to describe with words

how uncomfortable I am right now.

I can imagine.

I'll meet you over at the truck.

- Deal.
- Deal.

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

[MUSIC]

GROUP WALLA: Stand up,
fight back! [CHANTING]

SUMMER: What do we do? [CHANTING]

- Stand up, fight back!
- SUMMER: What do we do?

Stand up, fight back!

When the land we want is
under att*ck, what do we do?

- Stand up, fight back!
- SUMMER: What do we do?

[MUSIC]

GROUP WALLA: Stand up,
fight back! [CHANTING]

- SUMMER: What do we do? [CHANTING]
- PROTESTERS: Stand up, fight back!

When the land we want is
under att*ck, what do we do?

- Stand up, fight back!
- SUMMER: What do we do?

- Stand up, fight back!
- SUMMER: What do we do?

Hey, gotta take this
whole party back to town.

Hey, you, cameraman, get down!

Excuse me?

This is all private property.

Lawyers have decided it's too
much liability to having you here.

- Liability?
- That's right, insurance.

Your cameraman could fall off,
hurt himself, sue, no bueno.

Your serious?

Very. Look... what's your name?

- [PROTESTERS] Stand up, fight back!
- Leslie.

So I'll make you a deal, Leslie,

give me your number and
when something worth filming

is about to happen,
I'll give you a call.

Why would you do that?

Well, let's just say
I'm a concerned citizen.

- [PROTESTERS] Stand up, fight back!
- SUMMER: What do we do?

Stand up, fight back!

- That's my cell.
- Stand up, fight back!

You know, um...

Leslie, I wouldn't, uh,
wouldn't unpack the truck

- if you know what I mean.
- I know what you mean.

Well, I was born in Waco,
went to school in Tarleton,

vet school at A&M,

then I been at the Sixes ever since.

What about you?

I, uh, wasn't much of a student.

Dropped out when I was about
fifteen after my mom d*ed.

Got in a little bit of trouble,
did a couple of turns in jail.

All right, so we're telling
the truth, the whole truth...

[LAUGHS] Yes, ma'am.

All right. Continue.

Got hired on at the Yellowstone
as a favor to my grandfather.

A favor they took back

after I got tore up pretty
good by a bucking horse.

So here I am.

So, you weren't a cowboy
before the Yellowstone?

Well, to be honest, I'm not sure
I'm much of a cowboy now.

Jimmy.

Mr. Owensby. Good to see you, sir.

- How are ya?
- Good.

- This is my wife, Maggie.
- Nice to meet you, ma'am.

- Nice to meet you.
- Ma'am, how are you?

Good. How are you?

Doctor Blodgett gave
you a day off, I see.

An evening off is more like it.

Y'all enjoy your supper.

- You, too, sir.
- Thank you.

When the boss of Wagner
Ranch knows you by name

and bothers to use it,

I think that means you're
cowboy enough for him.

Yeah, maybe so.

[EXHALES]

It's my first date with a Texan,

so I don't really know the protocol.

Walk me to the door.

I can do that. [EXHALES]

[COVER ME UP BY JASON ISBELL]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Okay, now what?

Now's the tricky part.

Should you kiss her?

If you don't and she wanted you to,

she's gonna think you don't like her.

But if you do and she ain't ready,

you got yourself another problem.

Yeah, wouldn't want to be in your shoes.

It's a pickle for sure.

Think it through.

Ask yourself this, Jimmy.

What would a cowboy do?

♪ Put your faith to the test ♪

♪ When I tore off your dress ♪

♪ In Richmond on high ♪

Well, you haven't hit me yet.

Yeah, you're doing good so far.

She might even be up for another one.

♪ And the old lovers sing ♪

♪ "I thought it'd be me ♪

♪ Who helped him get home" ♪

Well, I...

I should probably ride
off into the sunset.

♪ One I'd never seen ♪

The sun's already set, Jimmy.

♪ So girl, hang your dress up to dry ♪

♪ We ain't leaving this room ♪

♪ 'Til Percy Priest breaks open wide ♪

♪ And the river runs through ♪

♪ And carries this house on the stones ♪

♪ Like a piece of driftwood ♪

♪ So cover me up ♪

♪ And know you're enough ♪

♪ To use me for good ♪

♪ Cover me up ♪

♪ And know you're enough ♪

♪ To use me for good ♪

[FOOTSTEPS]

Is there, uh... specific
seating, or... ?

JOHN: Wherever you want.

Carter, you grab a seat right here.

- You sit next to me, baby.
- Okay.

- Sir?
- On the table's fine.

It looks formal, Rip.
But it's not. It's just supper.

[GROANS]

Here.

There's fruit in the salad.
I don't want that.

- Yeah.
- Yeah, I'm all right.

It's good for the prostate.

I have Gator make it for Daddy. No?

Doctor says he needs to
eat fruit with every meal.

Yes, it is good for the prostate.

Lots of things are
good for the prostate.

We just don't talk about
them at the dinner table.

You know, there's this holistic
doctor at the Deerfield Club.

He specializes in... in Tantric healing.

Now that, that is good for the prostate.

- Tantric, what's that?
- Mm-hmm.

Don't encourage her.

It focuses on the erogenous zones.

- E-what? Erogenous zones?
- Mm-hmm.

Areolas, vulva, phallus, sphincter.

Is that Latin?

And you've done this?

You're just pouring
gas on the fire, Rip.

Just dumping it right on the damn fire.

I love it, but I don't
think it's for you, baby.

I think you're wound a little tight.

But it is a good idea for you, Daddy.

And he is good.

He made my knees wobble
for a f*cking week.

Jesus Christ.

He recommends that you see him monthly,

but after my first session with
him, I was like, a month?

I'm seeing your ass tomorrow.

Are we still talking about the salad?

No, Carter. We're well past salad.

Can I have some?

- Have all you want.
- That's good.

Start young. Keep those pipes clean.

This is every meal, Rip.

This is where she gets her revenge.

BETH: Revenge?

How is me trying to prevent you from
getting prostate cancer revenge?

Revenge for what?

I don't know. I cannot figure it out.

Why don't you just ask her?

Why don't you ask me, Daddy?

Ask me how me being the
only one making conversation

at this table is somehow vengeful.

Every meal. Just like this one.

Beth, you're not gonna do
this at breakfast, are you?

'Cause I have to eat my breakfast quick.

What? Do what? What am I doing?

What the f*ck am I doing?!
You know what I'm doing?

I'm f*cking leaving,
that's what I'm doing.

[MUSIC]

[GRUNTS]

Excuse me, sir.

[GROANS]

Yeah, right there.

On the bright side of things, now...

now I can eat this in peace.

Can I still have cake after supper?

Hell, you can have some right now.

Cake with steak?

Cake with your steak.

What in the f*ck was that about?

What kind of childhood bullshit

are you working out at the dinner table?

Yeah, that's what it is, Rip.

It's the table.

It's that whole f*cking room.

It's this stifling, oppressive,
false f*cking fantasy of a family

that just does not exist.

Never f*cking existed.

Do you know there was four
different forks and spoons

on that table, Rip? Four.

There's an oyster spoon on the table.

Do we eat oysters?

No.

But by God do we have
the f*cking spoon for it.

If you don't like the room,

then eat in a different room.

At a different f*cking table.

I mean, look, there's
a table right here.

Why don't we eat right here?

What do you say?

So, what's the biggest
one you've ever seen?

Six feet.

- That's a big snake.
- That's a big damn snake.

We were rebuilding the horse stalls.

It was in the barn?

It was in the barn.

- Did you see it?
- Oh, yeah, I saw it.

He was about your age
and when he saw it,

he did exactly what the rest
of the other boys did:

he ran up the wall like a damn spider

- and hung from the rafters.
- RIP: That's true.

But, hey, discretion is the better
part of valor and trust me,

there was a ton of valor up in
them rafters, let me tell you.

- Did you k*ll it?
- Hell, no, I didn't k*ll it.

You know how many mice those things eat?

And I wouldn't let any of
the boys k*ll it either.

But I had this old heeler...
do you remember him?

- I do.
- You remember?

Oh, sure.

Well, he was meaner than
sh*t. And he was cat quick.

And one day he found that snake,

and, oh, my God, those two,
those two went at it...

What happened?

You be careful when you open this.

Oh!

[LAUGHING]

Count those rings

- and you'll see how old it is.
- Thank you.

Sweetie.

Life is plenty hard, you don't
need to help it, you hear me?

You're saying I make life harder?

Every day.

[RATTLING]

No, that's yours. You keep that.

What do you say?

Thank you.

[MUSIC]

[LAUGHS]

Let me see them.

[WOLF HOWLS]

[MUSIC]

[PHONE RINGS]

MOE: Something wrong?

I didn't know y'all had
wolves east of Big Timber.

- MOE: There aren't.
- There's one.

MOE: You saw a wolf?

Staring at him right now.

MOE: Let me talk to the Chairman.
I'll get back to you tomorrow.

Kayce, whatever you do, don't sh**t it.

If it gets near my horses,
I'm sh**ting it.

MOE: If it goes near
your horses, it's a test.

And if you sh**t it, you fail.
I'll call you tomorrow.

All right, buddy, time to get out.

Close your eyes.

Close my eyes?

Well... things down
there are not the same.

Not the same how?

Well, sometimes it just
gets stiff as a board

for, like, no reason.

Is that... Is that happening right now?

Got any solutions?

You know, I'm gonna let your
dad handle the solutions.

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

I think it's time you
gave Tate the talk.

What talk?

The sex talk.

Your father never...

Of course he didn't.

Your son is sitting in
the bathtub with a...

I can't even say it. A boy issue.

I need you to go in there

and talk him through
how to deal with it.

Well, I'm sure he'll figure out how
to deal with that all on his own.

Kayce, he's got to understand...
You know, the... the purpose of it.

How we're all animals
and how life is created.

- Baby, he grew up on a ranch.
- Oh.

He's been watching animals
screw since he was born,

and then he watched them have babies.

He's helped me pull calves
and foal out horses.

He knows everything he
needs to know about sex.

And one day when he's sixteen,

I'll sit him down I'll tell
him why he shouldn't

- until he's married.
- [CHUCKLES]

And he's gonna promise me...

and then, one Friday night,
he's gonna go out

and meet some girl, they're gonna
fall in love and f*ck like rabbits

until they break up
or she gets pregnant.

'Cause that's exactly
what happened to us.

Yes, I guess we outgrew that, huh?

Oh, yeah, there was something
else I forgot to mention.

Yeah?

Yeah.

What was it?

Oh, yeah, we did it again.

What did we do?

f*cked like rabbits 'til I got pregnant.

You're pregnant?

[LAUGHS]

[MUSIC]

[MONICA LAUGHS]

Can your dog come to bed with me?

He's everybody's dog, buddy.

Tell that to the dog.

Why's Mom crying?

Oh, I'm just happy, honey.

You're gonna be a brother.

- You're having a baby?
- [KAYCE LAUGHS]

Yeah, we sure are, honey.

I knew those weren't
naps you were taking.

Ugh.

You better start saving
up your money, Dad.

I don't babysit for free.

Come on, Sunka. [CLICKS TONGUE]

All right. I stand corrected.

He does not need the sex talk.

We sure could've used it, though.

You're happy, right?

I'm happy.

[MUSIC]

[GRUNTS]

[SNIFFS]

[MUSIC]

[PANTING]

They're here.

Time to take one for the team.

Yeah.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

- Go, go, go!
- [WOMAN SCREAMS]

[MUSIC]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

Hey!

[SCREAMS]

You have no right to be here!

[SCREAMS AND GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS, GROANS]

- Okay.
- Get up... get up!

- I'm getting up! Okay!
- Move, move!

[MUSIC]

REPORTER: More than
protesters have been arrested

as we've seen.

[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]

Okay, okay.

- _
- [SHOUTING]

I thought we pulled the news crews.

They were set up on the road.

How did they know to set up on the road?

Unclear. Tipped off.

Probably one of the protestors.

In total, protestors
have been arrested

and charged with criminal trespassing,

criminal mischief,
and failure to disperse.

Three have been charged with
as*ault on a police officer,

and the leader of Free
Earth, Summer Higgins,

has been charged with felony
aggravated as*ault on a peace officer.

She was arrested a few weeks
ago for a similar as*ault

on Livestock agents
and Sheriff's deputies

in an unrelated protest.

Hm.

Seems the narrative is in our favor.

We need a big news day in New York.

If this goes national, the
narrative will be flipped.

[PHONE RINGS]

- Hey, Daddy.
- Morning, honey.

New York Times,
how may I direct your call?

Brett Eaves at the national desk.

What are you doing today?

Loading bulls. You?

- Loading bullshit.
- This is Brett.

Hey, Brett, are you aware of the protest

happening in Montana that was
broken up by Federal agents?

- No, protest over what?
- Some airport.

people were arrested.

And I think three or four
ended up in the hospital.

KNBS. It's worth a watch.

I think you'll see the potential.

- Thanks, I'll check it out.
- More to come.

What're you up to, sweetheart?

[GROANS]

What you asked, Daddy.

Have a good day.

Go ahead and bring them boys.

[GRUNTING]

[LOWING]

Let them sift in there now.

Hey, bulls. Hey, bulls.

Hold up, boys, hold up,
boys. Hold up, boys.

Let 'em load. Let 'em load.

[GRUNTING]

Go ahead, Teeter.

Where'd you get the heifers?

I put them out yesterday.

Good, I don't need any of
these tearing down fences

looking for a girlfriend.

You want me to drive?

Nah, I'll drive.

[PHONE RINGS]

This should be good.

- Yeah?
- JAMIE: We need to meet.

- About what, I wonder.
- Is there a time that works?

You know where the ranch is.

- Come by whenever.
- I'd prefer a neutral site.

[LAUGHS] The ranch is a neutral site.

Not for me.

Yeah, and whose fault is that?

You know where to find me.

After we drop these bulls,
we're gonna meet the sheriff

- in town.
- Okay.

You know, you're the only one
in my life who don't ask me why

when I say we're doing a thing.

I figure you'll tell me why
if you want me to know

or I'll figure it out

- when we get there.
- Not calling you out for it, Rip.

I'm thanking you for it.

[SNIFFS]

I know who tried to k*ll me.

Sir, maybe the sheriff isn't
who you should be talking to,

maybe you let me f*cking handle it.

I'd like to k*ll him myself, Rip.

But he's sitting in prison

and that's where he's going to stay
for the rest of his shitty life.

We're meeting with the sheriff
right now to figure out

how we make that life
just a little shorter.

[MUSIC]

[ENGINE STOPS]

[MUSIC]

Hold it, sir. Hold it. Hold it.

Nobody's eating.

They're just staring at each other.

What do you got in the truck?

Got a p*stol in the glove box.

Got a r*fle behind the seat.

Get in the truck.

[CLEARS THROAT]

- [GRUNT]
- [ENGINE STARTS]

[MUSIC]

They're gone.

I'm gonna need wallets, rings, watches.

On the f*cking table!

Open it. Open it!

Hands on the table!

Don't you f*cking move!

Eyes front.

That's right. That's right.

He's back. The cowboy's back.

- Hey.
- [g*nf*re]

[SCREAMING]

[GRUNTS]

[COUGHS, GRUNTS]

He's around the corner.

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

You think that's gonna save you,

- you f*cking coward?
- I'll f*cking k*ll her,

- I swear to God, I'll f*cking do it!
- That's right,

then you won't have anybody
to hide behind, will you?

Party's almost over.

You see it?

- I got it.
- Whenever you want.

Ah!

[SCREAMING]

[PANTING]

Trying to... call my daughter, John.

Okay.

Hey, there you are.

Hey, Dad, can I call you later?

- I got the kids crawling all over me...
- Honey, no. I'm...

I'm not that sure you can.

What?

Dad?

Dad?

Debbie, this is John Dutton.

Is everything okay?

No, honey. Everything's not okay.

[MUSIC]

[NO DIALOG]

[MUSIC]