02x11 - Boundaries

[bunniefuu]

["BEACH" BY HOLLYY PLAYING]

♪ On a beach ♪

♪ On a beach... ♪

Hey.

Hey.

Morning.

Morning.

Didn't expect... last night to-to...

end up like that.

What do you mean,
when you followed me inside?

I don't know, you could've
been asking me to-to get

- a spider or something...
- A spider?

- Or change a lightbulb, I'm tall.
- That's ridiculous.

- Well... uh, yeah.
- That's ridiculous.

Cordi, you know...

- that it's been there between us.
- Yeah.

I just didn't know if...

you thought it was a good idea.

Well...

I'm glad we're here.

And now that we are here,

uh...

what are we?

I'm not trying to put you
on the spot. [STAMMERS]

- Or-or pressure you.
- Okay, um...

Just I-I need to know what
to say to Augie and-and Stella.

Oh, no, no, no, hold on.

We... mm-mm, I don't,
I don't want to force

any kind of role on them.

I'm not Em and I would never ever

- try to be ever...
- I know.

And I'm not Hoyt and I'm not trying

to be Hoyt... I-I-I would lose my job...

You would lose your job.

I know that, Ger, and
the kids, they know that.

I mean, they're more mature
than I-I'd like to accept.

Let me just...
let's just give it a minute.

You know what I mean, just... [STAMMERS]

Things just changed.

- Right, so let's...
- Right, right.

- Okay.
- Of course.

How about this? Uh...

Let's, um...

let's make a pact.

You and me, all right?

Okay. We got to make a deal.

If we start feeling like...

this is going somewhere
we're not comfortable...

we call each other out.

- Oh.
- We can use a safe word.

- I love that, a safe word.
- Yeah?

- Great, what is it?
- Yeah, safe word, yeah.

Uh...

- Dolly.
- "Dolly"?

- Dolly, mm-hmm.
- "Dolly," as in Parton?

No, "Dolly," as in her
cloned sheep namesake.

It was all over the news

- when you moved to town.
- Oh, yes!

We geeked out about it.

- Right! Yes, yes!
- Yes!

Oh, my God!

How did no one else in our class find

this incredible scientific
advancement fascinating?

- Teenagers are tough. Mm-hmm.
- They are tough.

Hence my hesitation
about telling the kids.

- Right?
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[DOOR CLOSES]

WALKER: Hey!

Well, good morning, Cordell.

Morning.

What, you been to w*r?

[LAUGHTER] Been to something.

- Mm-hmm.
- [SCOFFS] No.

I just, uh...

[CLEARS THROAT] Hey, Dad.

Augie, hey.

Butterbean.

Welcome home.

Thanks.

Mm.

Look, i-it's good
that we're all here now.

I need to show you something.

Of course. What's up?

Okay, I'm not really sure

what to believe at this point, but...

when you compare the property lines,

they don't match up, which could mean...

we're living on the Davidsons' land.

What?

Liam, if that's true, we need to fix it.

Before it gets out of hand.

GALE: Marv and I were never quite
the same after we lost the baby.

He just drew further and
further away from me until...

[CRYING]: ... one day, he was just gone.

I'm sorry...

for all that you've lost.

I'm just looking for some closure.

Why won't you just...

tell me what you know?

Your life hasn't been easy.

And these were never my secrets to tell.

And I'm sorry.

Digging it up
will only bring you more pain.

Thank you so much
for that life lesson, Abby.

BONHAM: It's gonna be all right.

So how do we square this up?

WALKER: I imagine with
something more current

than an antique map or some land survey.

- When is this from?
- LIAM: That's why I need us

all on the same page. Dad?

I'm gonna need your copy of the deed

to the ranch, or anything with a more

current date of ownership
to override the Davidsons'.

Well, we have papers, don't we, Bon?

Yeah, I-I think our-our youngest
has a case of idle hands.

The Walkers have worked
this land for generations.

There's nothing more
to ownership than that.

- Liam's just trying to help.
- WALKER: Right.

- Um...
- All right, fine.

If it will put y'all at ease,
I will call my lawyer...

My lawyer... and sort
this all out with him.

At his hourly rate.

Wait...

- Dad...?
- Yeah.

LIAM: Dad!

I really need Dad to cooperate with us.

Yeah, Cordell,

would you please talk
some sense into your father?

You heard Mom, go!

- If the Davidsons catch wind of this...
- Okay. Liam, I know, I know.

- [PHONE CHIMES]
- Um...


I can't look into this
right now, okay? Work.

But I will. I'll get
to the bottom of it.

Okay?

♪

♪

Abeline's not home, Marvin.

That's probably for the better.

Since I think you and I
need to have our own chat.

Turns out, you Walkers have
been living on borrowed land

Since .

Seems to me,
y'all overstayed your welcome.

See for yourself.

"By default, the agreed upon

"land will revert to original ownership

"by John Davidson and proceeding heirs.

"Save for the invocation
of give and take

in the distribution of land."

Yeah, Stan Morrison said
this might come up.

But my family has run a
ranch on this land for years.

It's ours.

Adverse possession and whatnot.

You think that'll hold up in court?

Your word

against a legal document?

Well, I guess I'm willing to find out.

Why are you bringing this up now, Marv?

You hurting for money so bad

you'd thr*aten to kick me off my land?

Just...

thinking about legacy.

Look...

I'm not wild
about the two of us in suits,

hiding behind lawyers.

You got a better idea?

How about a little give and take?

♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

WALKER: Okay.

- All right.
- [CLEARS THROAT]

- WALKER: Thanks.
- Great. Thanks, Rusty.

- Yes, sir, thank you.
- My boy here hooked us up

with some friends and
family discounts today.

Your boy here has some nice prison tats.

Well, reformed, obviously.

We're friends.

Yeah, since when?

Since about, uh, minutes
before you got here.

Yeah, sure, all right.

Look, more friends in Austin means

more chances to find Miles.

- All right, you're on.
- Yep. All right, I'm climbing.

And I trust my instincts.

Like rock-climbing.

Don't look back.

Face what's ahead. Take
it one step at a time.

Okay, so, uh...

a lot of metaphors
about trusting yourself.

- [CHUCKLES]
- I get it.

Can't trust myself entirely.

After all, I didn't
immediately write you off.

No, no, you didn't immediately
write me off.

You tased me and shoved me in the trunk,

which is so much better
than being written off.

Everyone knows that.

♪ With the four, five and ♪

♪ Now we right back to numbers... ♪

All right, looking good.

Keep it going, you're almost there.

Now we're rock and rolling.

All right and...

- Bam!
- Look at that.

- Not too bad.
- All right.

Coming down.

♪ Off, off, off... ♪

- Nice job.
- Thank you very much, sir.

By the way, speaking of, uh, taser-gate,

hope that's not how you treat
all your new friends.

Speaking of new friends,

I was supposed to meet
the D.A. in person today.

Her office canceled last minute. Lame.

Well... give her a chance.

Look, once you meet her,
you'll like her.

All right? She's good people.

Cool, so I should disregard

everything I've heard
about the feud of the century?

[CHUCKLES]

Look, it doesn't affect our work.

All right, for what it's worth,
I trust her.

So regardless of who
her family is, believe me.

- Am I set?
- Yeah, pulley's on.

Okay, climbing.

- Climb on.
- Yep.

So... love thy D.A. neighbor much?

Better tone that down, especially
if things with Geri are a go.

Don't think I didn't

clock the little pep in your step.

Yeah, well, uh, don't get too excited.

Thanks for the nudge.

I don't want it to be weird.
You know, my kids

have known Geri their whole lives.

Yeah, but what kind of little monsters

did you raise if they don't
want you to be happy?

- Okay, all right.
- Trust your instincts.

I do trust my instincts, obviously.

I mean, I'm...

up here on a...

dang wall in the middle of a...

Hey! Hey, hey, hey,
you're not supposed to let go!

You're not supposed to look down.

Well, I-I am looking down and you...

Seriously?!

- Am I set?
- I'm back.

Halfway there.

Yeah, tell me about it. [GRUNTS]

You want to race?

No, I'm not interested.

Oh, come on.

So my dad only came home this morning.

He slept somewhere else last night,

and then wouldn't say much else.

Well, that sucks.

"That sucks"?

That's all you have to say about it?

Colton, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. It's just...

Why don't you just talk
to Todd about this stuff?

What?

[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]

No, I get it, maybe a fling
just isn't a good listener.

What do you mean, "a fling"?

Your rebound.

Your first relationship
since the infamous Trevor.

You know, August agrees that this

probably isn't the
romance of the century.

Okay, that's pretty presumptuous

and disrespectful... of you and August!

Why would he even say that to you?

["EMPIRE BUILDER" BY TYPHOON PLAYING]

Do you really not know why, Stella?

♪ The apocalypse is incoming ♪

♪ Only moving slow and unevenly ♪

♪ Fold over me as
the dying sun goes down ♪

♪

WALKER [ON LAPTOP]: It's my fault.

No it isn't, baby.

Uh, do you want scrambled
or sunny-side up?

Um, you know what?

I don't have much of an appetite since

that Serano mess, so...

You know what, you can't resist

my huevos rancheros.
I think we're out of beans,

I'm gonna run to the store.

Dan. Yes?

I got to ask you.

Is there something
that you're not telling me?

No one wants to fix us
more than I do, all right?

- I'll be right back.
- Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Trouble?

I picked up on your tone. I'm not sure

that Dan did.

Some things have come up.

And I don't know what to think.

What things?

You know how he saved
Liam's life at Walker Ranch?

- Yeah.
- Dan could've just sh*t

that guy in the leg and disarmed him.

But he chose to sh**t him in the back

and k*ll him. Now why would he do that?

Look, honey, I don't know, he panicked.

You know, he was
just acting in the moment.

I don't know.

It just doesn't sit right with me.

And we have been struggling so much.

I'm asking myself why.

Is... is it worth it?

Oh, honey, look, marriage
is-is full of compromise.

Yeah.

Now... I loved your daddy.

But I'd be lying to you if I said

I never considered walking away.

Yeah, I remember.

A partner's dishonesty

can cause...

[SIGHS] a lot of problems.

You just do what's right
for you. Nobody knows

what goes on between two people.

Yeah, okay.

At least, most of the time nobody knows.

Okay, what's that about?

Is that about your talk with Abeline?

She and your father

spoke before he passed.

About what?

Yeah, yeah, you'd think she'd say.

If Cordell hadn't left
that lantern in the barn,

your father would still be alive today.

Everybody knows it,
including their family.

- I don't want to talk about this.
- Well, it's the truth.

- [HORSE SNORTING]
- Mm. [GIGGLING]

- Hey.
- Hey.

Uh, earlier...

were you saying something
about a lantern?

Ah, you heard that, yeah.

It's ancient history.
It's not your concern.

O-Okay, well,

August was saying something

about a lantern with his
family's brand or whatever.

And he got it from the burnt-out barn.

In our barn?

Yeah, he had it in his house,

but he didn't show it to me.

[CLEARS THROAT] Well, that's tasteless.

You know, if I took that lantern
to the authorities,

the Walkers might finally
get their comeuppance.

Well, maybe I could get it from August.

I mean, it's not cool that they have it.

I mean, considering what it means.

Well, thank you, Colton.

Good to know you're on my side.

Yeah.

Hey.

Ger?

I was thinking, uh,
about dinner tonight,

you know, at the ranch, um...
why don't we...?

Why don't we go ahead
and tell the family?

You know, about us?

- Oh.
- Yeah.

O-Okay, um...

- A dinner announcement... that's...
- Yeah, yeah, sure.

Very serious.

Yeah, well, uh, I...

I am serious.

[WHISPERS]: Dolly.

Dolly? Wait, D-Dolly, Dolly?

Just like a little Dolly.

[PHONE CHIMES] Oh, you
got to be kidding me.

_

What, what's that about?

Oh, it's nothing, Liam, he's, he's...

he's obsessing about
whether or not our family

is in a land dispute, and I told
him I was gonna take care of it.

- A land dispute?
- Yeah.

With the Davidsons?

Yeah, but it-it's nothing.

I mean, I'll-I'll handle it.
I don't want to get you mixed up

in all my old family crap.

- Yeah, but it's me.
- Yeah.

I know all of your old family crap.

Okay, you are all over the
place right now, buddy.

"Buddy"? Bu...? So-so "Dolly"

- and now "Buddy"?
- No! Oh, my God!

- It was a little Dolly!
- What did I do?

- Stop, stop.
- I do... but...

Stop.

Okay.

Ooh.

What?

Okay.

- Yeah.
- Oh.

["TOP OF THE WORLD"
BY WILD FEATHERS PLAYING]

Yeah, I'm gonna...

I'll see you at dinner.

Okay. Yeah. Uh...

♪ Sideways rain ♪

Yeah.

♪ Can see your breath ♪

♪ Can hear your pain ♪

♪ Cigarettes... ♪

You know, I know a good shop
that tints car windows.

Just in case y'all
need a little bit more

- privacy.
- Oh, my God!

Stop.

So y'all are finally giving it a sh*t!

It's about damn time.

It's a developing story.

Uh-huh, so what should

the tabloids call you?

Gerdell? Corri? Oh, my...

No, no, no! Cordri!

Stop it, I'm trying to avoid labels.

Okay, labels mean expectations.

You know, people buy

a brand of liquor for
their nostalgia, familiarity,

status. But no labels

means you don't know
what you're gonna get.

And you can't be mad
if what's inside that bottle

doesn't meet your expectations.

Yeah, it could be
intoxicating or it could be

toxic.

Or...

it could be that you're hiding

behind a well-crafted metaphor.

Hmm.

Well, you are

lightyears better than the
guidance counselor that we had.

All I'm saying is...

we're just trying to find our footing.

I don't really know where I land.

Look, it might be like that thing

when a... when a Ranger cares about you

and wants to keep you
from the mess in their lives.

But, listen, from where I'm standing,

it sounds like both you and Walker

want to get to the same place.

I mean, I hope so. [CHUCKLES]

Me, too.

Yeah.

DAN: This is all happening so fast!

I thought we were
in a good place together!

I was trying to be!

But I know

that you were part of Serano's
surveillance operation.

I saw the footage.

Then you weaseled
an immunity deal from me.

- From behind my back!
- I did that to protect you.

And I did that to protect your career!

Hey, do you know what I put up with?!

I had to sit there and watch you
practically sit in his damn lap!

Do you know how exhausting it is?

To sit here and try and
figure out if you're lying?

- Come on.
- Dan, we are not gonna get anywhere

fighting like this... just get out.

Please.

[QUIETLY]: You're kicking me out.

You're kicking me out?
I am a good father

to Colton and I am loyal to this family.

You need this family.

And you rely on my job to protect you.

Wow.

Thank you for that.

You know, I know that I might
not be the best person,

- Dan...
- but you know where I came from.

And how hard I've worked.

The Walkers are not good people.

They've been gunning for us
the second we got here.

I don't understand how you trust them.

I don't.

It's not about them.

It's about us.

Get out.

[KEYS JINGLE]

[DOOR OPENS, SLAMS]

[PHONE BUZZING]

All right, yeah,
I appreciate it, Counselor.

- All right.
- [DOOR CLOSES]

Hold on.

Have a seat.

I found this lantern in your room.

You gonna tell me how it got there?

AUGUST: Yeah, uh...

- I, uh...
- He found it

when he fell through
the roof of the Davidsons' barn.

Stella, what the heck?

Davidsons' barn?

Anyone see you take it?

Yeah, just some friends we had over.

And I told Dad we went
to the barn later, so...

Your dad knows?

You know, going on
someone else's property

without them knowing
is trespassing, son.

You're right, yeah. I'm sorry.

It's just a lantern.

Well, you damn well know
it's not just that

or else you wouldn't have hidden it.

[SIGHS] I should've dealt
with this a long time ago.

You're lucky that no Davidsons saw.

But that'll be the last time.

You hear?

Loud and clear.

No more... secrets.

Yes, sir.

All right.

Go on.

AUGUST: Why would you do that, Stel?

Why would you even say that to Colton?

What, I should just let my friend
fall flat on his face like that?

It wasn't your place to tell him

what to do or what not to do.

I'm sorry, I just didn't want
to lose another friend,

Stella, because of...

because of you.

Like everything that's
happened is all my fault?

What you said about me
and Todd is messed up.

Okay, ho, ho, hold on, wait a second.

What, what's going on here?
Why are we fighting?

Stel?

Augie?

Okay, I said that...

you know, she was still
getting over Trevor Strand.

And she's not ready
for something serious.

And this whole thing
with Todd just isn't.

STELLA: You don't know how I feel.

About Trevor or Todd.
And it's not up to you.

I know, I... [STAMMERS]

I just mean, don't you feel like
you deserve a little bit of fun?

Stel, you know, someone that is-is

less adjacent to family drama?

I feel like we all deserve that.

I'm sorry.

WALKER: Hey?

She knows.

But, hey, will you, uh...

get ready for supper? I'm,
I'm gonna talk to your sister.

- Stel, uh...
- Dad?

As weird as it is

when you walk-of-shame it,

I guess it's cool that you're

getting back out there.

Thanks, Stel.

Do you think Augie has a point?

About it being too soon?

I mean, how do you know

when you should open up with someone?

Or trust them?

Stel, I think, um...

I think, I think you'll know
when you know.

But I also think...

[LAUGHS] your daddy might
not be the best person to ask

about this because I'm still

trying to figure it out myself.

- [KNOCKING]
- Hey, um...

why don't you get ready
for supper, okay?

Hey.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- You gonna...?
- Yeah! Yeah. Yes.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

DISPATCHER: All Rangers within a
five-block radius of South Congress.

Drunk in public, but handle with care.

Copy. The D.A.'s husband is...

in need of an escort home.

Please be discreet.

Howdy, sir.

[GROANING]

I'm Ranger Perez.

How about you come down off the truck

here and we'll get you home to the D.A.?

Oh, my wife?

[SIGHS]

I love her so much.

Bet she'll be glad to see you, too.

I doubt it.

She hates me.

I love her, but she hates me.

Maybe she'll hate you a little less

if you're home safe with her and not...

drunk in public?

Yeah, you're right.

Ooh! [EXCLAIMS]

- [PANTING]
- You got it?

No, that way, that way.

[GRUNTING]

♪ Blackberry brandy ♪

♪ Three-dollar wine ♪

♪ Tall boys... ♪

You good?

[DOOR CLOSES]

Howdy, ma'am.

♪ But it sound too much like work ♪

♪ To me. ♪

Ranger Perez.

Appreciate your help with this.

Wish we were meeting on different terms.

Perez is, uh, Walker's new partner.

Oh, well, if you're with Walker,
you're not on our side.

[SIGHS]

Or I'm Switzerland.

You know, the D.A.
doesn't trust any Walkers.

DENISE: Okay, Dan, that's enough.

Just go get some water.

I'm sorry.

Push.

Uh, we should've kept
our earlier meeting

- on the books.
- No.

It's more memorable this way.

Look, I've read your file.

And I am up to speed
on your search for Ranger Vyas.

DPS might consider it
a waste of time, but...

I'd be willing to...

be as discreet and as helpful

as I can be,

if you could also be discreet.

Ma'am.

- Oh, why don't we...
- All right.

Thank you, Daddy, thank you, Mama.

That was great.

Oh, here, I'll get this.

- Oh, I'll take yours.
- Oh, thanks, Stel.

No problem.

Look at that.

Listen, I know that I
threw out a Dolly earlier.

But it was out of my own fear.

No, fear...

- that wasn't the right word.
- It's okay.

- It's scary.
- It is scary.

But it's not bad.

I'm good to make it real.

- Let's say it.
- Now?

- I mean, this is...
- Your brother's gonna figure it out.

The deed is a problem.

Told you to leave it alone, Liam!

How is the deed on file
from the th century?

Okay? We have to update it,
and clear up the language.

BONHAM: You are just aggravating
the hell out of me, son.

Walkers have lived on this stretch

of land for generations.

All the more reason
that we should re-litigate it,

clear up the vague stipulations.

A deed should explicitly
grant us ownership.

I'm not sure why it doesn't.

Hey, hey, why don't we, uh...

table this talk for another time?

Uh, we wanted to-to say something.

Uh, we, you know, we can get

into crossing lines at a different time.

Yeah, well, speaking of crossing lines,

your son went to the Davidsons'
barn and you didn't tell me.

Need I remind you what happened
last time that a Walker

trespassed on Davidson grounds?

It was harmless, Daddy.

Yeah, well, harmless then
may not be so harmless now.

- [PHONE CHIMES]
- Your son put us in...

Denise Davidson.

The Davidsons want to meet ASAP.

- Neutral ground.
- [SIGHS]

Maybe you'll finally get
your peace summit, Cordell.

Hi there.

So what do we owe the pleasure?

A friend at the County Assessor's Office

tipped me off.

There's been a curious uptick
in looking into our properties.

So I know you have the deeds.
Show it to me.

Okay, uh, Liam?

Got to say, uh, this feels like,

like a bit of an ambush, you know?

Apologies, that's not very neighborly.

GALE: You Walkers aren't
exactly the poster family

for neighborly behavior either.

Okay, hold on, let's all...

keep our heads cool,
keep our wits about us.

- We-we can talk this through civilly.
- DENISE: Mm-hmm.

Well, from the language here,

this land has always been ours.

Your family borrowed it for a period.

But it should've been returned.

What about adverse possession?

Squatter's rights?

Then your father

or your grandfather should've put

that down in writing
once they were able to claim it.

Well, we don't have those
documents on hand right now,

but years of tax returns will go against

a vaguely written deed from .

What are you saying?

We're gonna have to go
to court to sort this out?

- Again.
- GERI: And how's that gonna look?

The D.A. suing her neighbors

over a centuries-old land dispute?

Careful who you hitch
your wagon to there, honey.

I mean, she does have a point.

The D.A.'s office had
a shady track record before me.

And we don't want to
be drawing comparisons.

All right.

[PHONE CHIMES]

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

_

August!

So what about the stipulation
in the deed?

An invocation of something.

I'm not gonna let my family concede

when I don't know
what "give and take" means.

"Give and take"...
It's a horse racing term.

The give-and-take plate
was awarded to the winner

of the race where horses over
a certain height carried

more weight for fairness.

Doesn't make sense in a land deed.

They used to settle disputes
with horse racing.

It's like, you know, a quickdraw,

but without the firearms.

WALKER: Progressive, great.

But is that even relevant

today... I mean, would that hold
up in a court of law right now?

So long as there's a contract,
yeah, I mean, I guess it could.

I got one.

Right here.

Between me and Marv.

Marvin came to me, said he
wanted to take back the land

that his family gave
the Walkers in .

You've known about this since then?

I have.

Neither one of us wanted to get
wrapped up in the legal nuances.

And Marv was bent on getting things

settled quick and dirty,
so he proposed that we...

A horse race?

Are you joking?

I'm not.

If I won, our family would
keep living on the land

like we have for years. If Marv won...

... the land would revert
back to the Davidsons

and we'd be forced to leave.

Okay, uh, what-what happened?

Well, Marv d*ed in the fire.

And while I was, and still am,
incredibly sorry for your loss,

no one else knew about
the agreement after Marv passed,

and I thought it was best
no one else should.

You knew we had a stake to this land

and you said nothing?

First the lantern,

- the deed, now this.
- Ah, well, hell, Gale.

You want to talk about a stake in land?

years.

Walkers have worked
and cared for this land

for damn years.

- 'Cause you stole it!
- Our land, our land.

Okay, okay, okay, we're not
any closer to resolving this.

Marv and Dad, they never fulfilled

this contract that they signed,
so what are we gonna do?

GALE: How about we pick
up where they left off?

A race between families
under Marv's terms.

But how about we raise
the stakes... whoever wins,

owns all of this land, in perpetuity.

That's quite a gamble, Gale,
considering that you only have

that one injured horse
that the kids rescued.

You don't know that.

- Well, maybe I do.
- You don't.

Okay, hold on, we're not
gonna solve this with some...

Wild West means

- of negotiation.
- Yeah, this is nuts, it's nuts.

DENISE: It's also a tradition

that both our fathers honored.

So let's just go back home,

and start drawing up a contract. Liam?

Are you kidding me?
Draw up a contract for...

Challenge accepted.

I'm just curious to see which
one of you Davidsons saddle up.

I bet you are.

All right, I think this language
spells things out nicely.

- I'll type it up.
- Great.

I can't believe this is happening.

It's like I said.

It's tradition.

Best of luck, William.

You, too.

D.A. Davidson-Miller.

[CHUCKLES]

Since you have personally gone
out of your way to dig into

my family's business multiple
times since we've come back

to Austin, I want you
to be the first to know

I'm having my office

reopen my father's
wrongful death investigation.

You'll have to recuse yourself,
you know.

Otherwise it will look like
you're using the county's

resources for a personal
vendetta against my family.

It's not about our families, Liam.

It's about exposing the truth.

[DOOR CLOSES, ENGINE STARTS]

BONHAM: Okay, on a scale of one to ten,

how mad are you at me?

I'm not mad, Bon.

I'm not even disappointed, I'm just...

... shaken.

And I see why

you would keep that to yourself
all those years.

And I've

kept something to myself

for a long time, too.

Marv came to me

a day or two before the fire.

And he told me

that the baby he and Gale had

that we thought had d*ed

after being born...

survived.

The baby survived?

The baby had a medical condition and...

Marv was afraid that
he wouldn't be able to afford

the costs or the emotional toll.

Again, seeing what they went through

with Denise's heart problems.

So he gave the baby away.

And I told Marv

he needed to let Gale know,
I mean, family talks to family.

But I don't know
if he ever got the chance.

[EXHALES]

Why are you coming out about this now?

Well, right after Marv
d*ed, I wanted to tell Gale.

I'd want to know if that was my baby.

No. [SCOFFS]

I meant why are you just coming
out about this to me now?

I don't know.

I got tired...

of carrying it alone, I guess.

You know how that feels.

[EXHALES]

Well, go ahead.

Yell at me for not saying anything.

[SIGHS]

Do you think that...

that's why Marv came on a tear

about the land back then?

I mean, I wondered why he
suddenly needed money, but...

[SIGHS]

Oh, Abby, I wish you would've told me.

Well, I am not proud
of what I've done.

Or what I didn't do or didn't say.

But you didn't have
to accept Gale's challenge.

Well, I guess it's too late
for that now, isn't it?

Well, I guess it is.

[HORSE SNORTING]

It's a nice night.

[CHUCKLES]

I-I meant the sky.

Yeah, I mean, it didn't really,

uh, go down the way

I was hoping tonight would,
would, would turn out.

You're so official.

I'm pretty sure everyone knows.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

Hey.

Please don't forget

all of the years that I have been here

with you as a friend.

Whatever you're facing, whatever it is,

I'm in your corner.

Okay?

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

Well, hope Dad and Aunt
Geri aren't a fling.

Also is it weird to keep
saying the whole "aunt" thing?

I don't think they're a fling.

I think they might start
something serious.

Oh, yeah, well, how do you know?

I just do. It feels right.

And just to say it,

I think Todd and I might be
getting pretty serious, too.

[HORSE NEIGHS, SNORTING]

["WE TREMBLE" BY MONAHANS PLAYING]

[EXCLAIMS, LAUGHS]

Oh, you're quiet
as a church mouse, Geraldine.

You about gave me a stroke.

Sorry, Bon. I'm sure you had

more than enough surprises tonight.

- Oh, my goodness. I guess so.
- Yeah.

Sure was nice seeing you and
Cordell getting cozy though.

Yeah.

♪ A loaded g*n... ♪

He's, uh, he's...

he's out there training for the race.

- Probably trying to process it all.
- Yeah.

Well, night ride's good for thinking.

There's no distractions.

Yeah.

We should've been
celebrating your future

though, not digging up the past.

Well...

for what it's worth,
I do admire your cowboy spirit.

How you take care of
your land, your home.

You always have.

Reminds me of my dad.

Always family first.

Just trying to do right by kin.

We do what's best...

[SIGHS]

Yeah, Cordell's probably
gonna be a while.

You should probably get some shut-eye.

Okay.

All right, good night.

All right, good night, darling.

- Sweet dreams.
- Yeah.

♪ In weighs on your mind ♪

♪ It lays in your mind ♪

♪ Your mind ♪

♪ Your eyes ♪

♪ See it. ♪