01x05 - The Soil

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Outer Range". Aired: April 15, 2022 - present.*
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Centers on Royal Abbott, a rancher fighting for his land and family.
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01x05 - The Soil

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[tweaker guy] Y'all need
to be concerning yourselves


about the real trouble
around here.


[Joy] And what's that?

People just... poof!
disappearing.

[tires screech]

[Royal] Amy was out hiking.
She found Trevor.


He's dead.

Look, this is important.
Don't let him answer his phone.

He doesn't know about the body.

[Matt] Where'd you go after
the fight with Trevor?

- To be with a girl.
- Who were you with?

He was with me.

[Wayne] They're hiding
something.


[Patricia] Something
about Trevor.


[Wayne] About the land.

[shudders]

There's more than money
at play here, toots.

[Gary] He was dead less than ten
hours from when he was found.


- When was he last seen?
- Eight days ago.

[Royal] Put up that rock
around your neck,


and I'll put up my west pasture.

- What?
- You heard me.

[grunts]

♪ ♪

[Wayne laughing]

[laughing]

[whoops]

- [♪ Suuns: " "]
- ♪ And what you see...

[Wayne] I'm a winner.
Yes, I am, boys.

♪ What you, what you...

[laughing, whoops]

[tires screech]

Get on out here, boys!

I'm home! [laughs]

Hey! Hey!

Hey! I got something, boys!
[laughs]

♪ What you, what you...

Hey! I found it!

[chuckles]
I found it.

[laughs]

I found it.
I found it.

Dad?

[panting softly]

[Wayne] And Royal.

Do you see what I saw?

[groans]

- Pa.
- Dad.

Oh, sh*t. Dad.

[sirens wailing]

♪ ♪

- [ambulance departing]
- [siren wails]

♪ ♪

[♪ Lee Hazlewood:
"Your Sweet Love"]

♪ Stranger's arms ♪

♪ Reach out ♪

♪ To me ♪

♪ 'Cause they know ♪

♪ I'm so lonely ♪

♪ Then my mind ♪

♪ Goes back to you ♪♪

[Royal panting]

Royal.

Royal.

Royal!

Time's a m*therf*cker.

- Huh?
- ♪ ♪

[grunts]

[grunts]

[groans]

[panting]

♪ ♪

[sirens wailing in distance]

[engine starts]

[Kathy] I mean,

he just dropped
right in front of the kids.


They said it was a stroke.

Well, Wayne's been sick
for-for a while now.

- [dogs barking]
- Yeah. I know.

It was really traumatic.

Does Royal know?

Oh, I-I don't know.

Royal's been gone
since the morning.

Does Patricia have
power of attorney?

Oh. I-I don't know.

- [dogs barking, howling]
- Are you coming to Bible study later?

Now, when was the last time
I missed Bible study?

Uh-huh.

Kath, I-I got to get out
with the dogs.

[phone beeps]

Royal! Boys!

[hammers pounding]

Hey.

The other night with Joy,

I should've figured
something different to tell her.

I f*cked up.

[sniffles] Sorry.

Well, I f*cked up, too,
didn't I?

How's that?

I was dumb enough to help you
in the first place.

[tools thud, clang]

Hey.

There's no way I'm gonna
let you go down for this.

[wood thuds]

Okay?

[tool clangs, thuds]

[wood floor creaking]

[floor creaks in distance]

♪ ♪

[floor creaks]

If you think I'm the type

that won't sh**t you
in the back, you're wrong.

[Autumn] Okay,
I'm turning around.

I knocked.

I did knock.
The door was open, so...

My name's Autumn.

I know who you are.

Empty your pockets.

Oh, I was just looking
for something of mine.

Necklace. Your husband has it.

He took it from me yesterday.

- See, we played a hand of...
- Poker.

I heard.

Well, it's not your necklace
anymore, though, is it?

You lost. He won.

That's such a binary way
to look at it.

There's more to everything
than just winning or losing.

Not poker.

Whatever you're doing here,

whatever you're trying
to get done,

I'm not gonna let it happen.

Do you understand
what I'm saying to you?

Something's already happening.

I need my necklace.

Get out of here.

[grunts]

Has Royal
been acting different lately?

Different how?

Like he's keeping secrets.

Get the hell out of here.

It's hard to really know
anyone else, isn't it?

No matter how long
you've known 'em.

It's hard enough
to know yourself.

Sorry for the trouble,
Mrs. Abbott.

[screeches]

[screeches]

[screeching]

[footsteps approaching]

Got the full employee list
and schedule for last week.

[Joy] Anyone there
we haven't talked to yet?

[Matt] There's a Hector
on the schedule

four times, but always
with a different phone number.

[scoffs] Damn manager thinks
we give a crap about illegals

- during a m*rder investigation.
- [hawk screeches]

[car door opens]

[car door closes]

[TV playing indistinctly]

[speaking Spanish]
I wasn't involved.

- I don't know anything.
- Hey.

We're not here
for anything else, okay?

Answer our questions truthfully
and we'll be on our way.

Is this one of the men

you saw fighting
in the parking lot that night?

Just him. Not the other one.

Are you sure?

Take another look.

Yes, just him.

♪ ♪

Okay. Gracias.

[engine turns off]

[indistinct chatter]

[Nia] I think I spoke

to a Wayne Tillerson
maybe six weeks ago?

He was in the process
of acquiring some land

and wanted it surveyed.

Surveyed? For what?

Is your head okay?

Yeah.

He never specified.

Are you a friend of his or...?

No, I'm a neighbor.

So, that was it?

- You never heard from him again?
- No.

Is that all you wanted to know?

Look, there's a rock
on this necklace.

It's... kind of unusual.

Where did you get this?

You know what it is?

The outside is amber.

As far as the rock

encased in it,
the only way to know for sure

is to run tests.

The amber is likely

stabilizing whatever is inside.

Our spectroscopy laser
would provide total composition.

If you left it

here with me,
I-I could investigate.

[gasping]

No.

Thank you for your time, though.

Wait. Are you sure?
I agree it's quite interesting

- and...
- Yeah, I'm sure.

[Nia exhales]

[door opens, closes]

- "BY ."
- [keyboard clacking]

It's a mining company, maybe.

Yeah. Oh, oh, that's it.
Right there.

Right there. Yeah.

Hey, "contact." "Contact."

- That's it.
- [pencils clatter]

[pencil writing]

- [line rings]
- [automated voice] BY Mining.


For general inquiries,

dial - ...

[line chimes]

[automated voice] The number
you have reached, eight...


[Kathy] "From there,
Elisha went up to Bethel,


and some boys came out
of the town and jeered at him.

'Get out of here, baldy, '
they said.

'Get out of here, baldy.'

Elisha looked at them
and called down a curse

on them in the name of the Lord.

And two bears
came out of the woods

and mauled of the boys."

Uh...

[chuckles softly]

So, how does God's judgment

play out in our own lives?

Hmm?

Would anyone like to share?

[Ida] Well, I don't know
if it's judgment or not,

but the doctor told Walt
he needs his hip replaced.

Course the insurance company
is saying something else.

[Kathy] Hmm.

Anybody else?

Cecilia? How about you?

Um, did today's reading
bring anything to mind for you?

Oh, um...

[exhales]
I guess...

Hmm. I...

I don't know.
[chuckles]

I guess, uh...

I just feel a little lost.

Feel a little lost. Yeah.

Do you want us to pray
for you, Cecilia?

Ladies, yeah,

let's all lay hands
on Cecilia here.

[quiet, indistinct chatter]

- [♪ Ella Fitzgerald: "Get Thee Behind Me Satan"]
- Heavenly Father...

look down
on our sister Cecilia here.

- She is lost, dear Father.
- [woman clears throat]

Show her the way...

♪ Get thee behind me...

CC? Hi.

Um, look, a few of us are gonna
go over to the Tillersons',

look in on Patricia
and the boys.

♪ But the moon is low ♪

♪ And I can't say no ♪

♪ Get thee behind me ♪

♪ Get thee behind me, Satan ♪

♪ I mustn't be kissed ♪♪

- Mrs. Tillerson?
- Oh!

- You have visitors.
- Oh...

- [footsteps approaching]
- [Kathy] Hi,

Patricia.

We heard about Wayne's stroke.

And, of course, we're all
just heartbroken about Trevor

and we just want you to know
that our prayers are with you.

Cecilia Abbott.

How are you doing, Cecilia?
How's your family?

Everyone alive and kicking?

I see you didn't
bring me anything

like your friends here.
That's a shame.

Idle hands are
the devil's plaything, you know.

Patricia, I know
there's been a lot of tension

- between our families...
- [Patricia] Tension?

Is that what you're feeling?

Tension?

All right.
[chuckles] Well...

[Patricia] No,
not all right, Kath.

You remind me, Cecilia.

You remind me,
and your casserole friends here,

what the Bible says
about k*lling.

♪ ♪

[indistinct whispering]

[kettle thuds]

[burner clicking]

- [smoke alarm beeping]
- Oh.

God damn it.

[smoke alarm continues beeping]

[grunts]

Oh, no.

[door opens, closes]

[whispering]
You're just...

just a baby, aren't you?

Hmm?

What happened to you?

♪ ♪

Okay. Okay.

[straining]

[grunting]

Okay.

[grunting]

Okay.

[Billy] ♪ Though
I tried not to hurt you ♪


♪ Though I tried ♪

♪ Guess that's why they say ♪

♪ Every rose has its thorn ♪

♪ Just like every night ♪

♪ Has its dawn ♪

♪ Just like every cowboy ♪

♪ Sings a sad, sad song ♪

♪ Every rose has its thorn ♪

[♪ Poison:
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"]

♪ Yeah, it does...

[Wayne] Billy.

Something wrong?

What do you think happens
to animals' souls when they die?

♪ I listen
to our favorite song ♪


♪ Playing on the radio ♪

♪ Hear the DJ say
love's a game...


I think the earth
swallows them up.

♪ But I wonder...

[Wayne chuckles]

And sometimes
spits them back out.

♪ And I know ♪

♪ That you'd be here
right now...


I've had dreams about the
animals in this house and the...

thirst for... vengeance

their brothers and sisters

and fathers,

mothers

must feel.

♪ Just like every cowboy ♪

- ♪ Sings a sad, sad song...
- [chuckles]

Let them try.

♪ Has its thorn...

I wish they would.

Is that what
you would want from us

if somebody k*lled you?

Vengeance?

♪ Cuts you, the wound heals ♪

♪ But the scar ♪

♪ That scar remains ♪♪

Yeah.

I call this guy Bobby.

- Yeah.
- [chuckles]

[monitor beeping steadily]

[thundering hoofbeats]

f*ck him.

There's no power of attorney,
no will,

no anything
that allows us to do business

while he's incapacitated
like this.


Baby, you're his son.
You just tell people

what you want done,
and they'll do it.

- Not the bank.
- Yes, the bank. Everyone.

Luke, honey, listen to me.
[exhales]

You need to start
acting more like him.

- You think he would let anyone take any of his sh*t?
- [scoffs]

I'm not him, am I?

No.

You're not.

Do you really have no idea
why he wanted that Abbott land?

No.

It's not for grazing, though.

- Maybe gas or trona?
- Huh?

Who knows, maybe it came to him
in one of his f*cking dreams.

Have you asked Billy?

Have I asked Billy?

[chuckles softly]

Well, Wayne is
a certified son of a bitch,

but he's got a nose
for things like this.

Are you serious?

We've been talking for days now

about how he's off
his g*dd*mn rocker and all that.

I mean,
you said that to him yourself.

Luke, honey,

just because
you say something to a person

doesn't necessarily mean
you mean it.

If I were you, I'd find a way

to get that land.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [phone rings in distance]


- [Matt] Hey.
- [knock on door]

We're getting food
from Lynette's.

I know you like
that chicken they have.

You know how many times
I sat with Perry,

right here in this office,
talking about Rebecca?

Where she could be,
what might have happened to her?

I know it.

Election's in three weeks.

People understand
these things take time.

What do you think?

Think Perry did it?

With the help of his family?

I don't know.

I really don't.

What's your gut say?

He's a good man.

Good man.

[scoffs softly]

When...

When I was about ten years old,
I...

was friends with a girl,

a white girl
who lived on a ranch

near the reservation
where I grew up.

And one day,
her uncle and one of his buddies

saw me walking home
from school alone.

They pulled over
and asked me if I wanted a ride.

And I knew
if I got in that truck,

something bad
would happen to me.

And so I said no,
and I kept walking.

And they came at me,
and I fought them off,

and I ran to the woods,
and I made it home.

And my parents...

They said they couldn't
do anything about it

because white folks
don't get charged

for attacking Indian girls
on a reservation.

Just doesn't happen.

You never told me that before.

Something inside me was talking,

and I listened.

He did it.

[inhales deeply]

Macaroni salad.

- Huh?
- With the chicken. At Lynette's.

Okay.

[door opens]

[door closes]

Where's Dad?

Don't know. He left real early.

[Perry exhales]

Where'd he go?

[sighs]

The hell is going on with him?

[Cecilia] Oh,
he's always been...

It's in me, too, you know.

[Cecilia] What?

What's in him.

[sniffles]

And what's... not.

[Cecilia sighs]

[Cecilia] It's hard enough
to know yourself,

let alone anyone else.

I'm gonna grab a beer in town.

- [car door closes]
- [footsteps approaching]

Sorry.

- Didn't mean to interrupt.
- You didn't.

Is your dad around?

No.

Sorry.

Stop saying you're sorry.

What're you doing out here?

Thought I might run into Royal.

No luck.

Decided to get in
a quick mindfulness session.

Mindfulness?

Mindfulness.

What are you doing out here
past your bedtime?

Uh...

I just want to...

...be alone.

Sorry.

There's a place.
[clears throat] Not in town.

It's, uh, different.

It's kind of wild, but...

...you might like it.

[♪ Anesthesia: "Dirt"]

♪ Mm, desperation ♪

♪ For the rates ♪

♪ Self-admiration ♪

♪ Takes the reins ♪

♪ Rise, eagle,
rise from the ashes ♪


♪ Into a firefight
you will rise ♪


♪ Go ♪

[screams]

♪ In the end ♪

♪ They lose again ♪

- [screaming]
- ♪ In the end ♪

♪ We rise again ♪♪

[♪ The Heavy Heavy:
"Go Down River"]

Get a whiskey
and a beer, please.

You ready for Saturday?

Sorry?

The finals.

Ready as I'll ever be.

♪ Under my reef ♪

Thank you.

♪ See your reflection ♪♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[Autumn] I think people have
always thought I was strange.

Or worse. Defective.

My family thinks that,
that's for sure.

Yeah.

Pretty sure my family
thinks that about me, too.

What?

I think your family's
really special,

but if they think that
about you,

then they're wrong.

Mm.

[Autumn chuckles softly]

How did you meet your wife?

College.

UW.

She was from, uh, California.

Near Bakersfield.

She wanted to move back there
after school.

We argued about it a lot.

We, uh...

The last night I saw her,
we argued.

[sniffling]

I went to bed.

I woke up a few hours later.

And she wasn't there.

[sniffles]

M-Maybe she walk-walked off

and something happened.

[exhales]

Or maybe she was just fed up.

I...

And maybe I'll never know.

[exhales, sniffles]

[Perry clears throat]

[Perry sniffles, exhales]

What if I told you

it's possible to understand
what happened to her

even without knowing
exactly what happened to her?

What do you mean?

What you're going through...

What if it's...

bigger than you?

Bigger than all of us.

[clock ticking]

[dogs barking]

[vehicle approaching]

[exhales]

[vehicle door opens]

[clock ticking]

♪ ♪

[sighs]

[exhales]

[vise cranking]

♪ ♪

[gasps softly]

[high-pitched ringing]

[panting]

[crying]

Royal.

[light fixture creaking]

[panting]

[♪ Kris Kristofferson:
"Casey's Last Ride"]

♪ Casey joins the hollow sound ♪

♪ Of silent people
walking down ♪


♪ The stairway to the subway ♪

♪ In the shadows down below ♪

♪ Following their footsteps ♪

♪ Through
the neon-darkened corridors ♪


♪ Of silent desperation ♪

♪ Never speakin' to a soul ♪

♪ The poison air
he's breathin' ♪


♪ Has the dirty smell of dyin' ♪

♪ 'Cause it's never seen
the sunshine ♪


♪ And it's never felt the rain ♪

♪ But Casey minds the arrows ♪

♪ And ignores the fatal echoes ♪

♪ Of the clickin'
of the turnstiles ♪


♪ And the rattle of his chains ♪

♪ "Oh," she said ♪

♪ "Casey, it's been so long
since I've seen you" ♪


♪ "Here," she said ♪

♪ "Just a kiss
to make a body smile" ♪


♪ "See," she said ♪

♪ "I've put on new stockings
just to please you" ♪


♪ "Lord," she said ♪

♪ "Casey,
can you only stay a while?" ♪


♪ Casey leaves the underground ♪

♪ And stops
inside the Golden Crown ♪


♪ For something wet
to wipe away ♪


♪ The chill that's on his bone ♪

♪ Seeing his ♪♪
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