Last Tour Home (2024) Movie Script
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[grinding]
[crumbling]
[water flowing]
[soft music]
[water flowing]
[soft orchestral music]
[heavy breaths]
[somber orchestral music]
[water flowing]
[person hitting ground]
[water flowing]
[water flowing]
[birds chirping]
[cow mooing]
[vehicle on gravel road]
[birds chirping]
[tires crunching gravel]
[truck running]
[truck revving]
[birds chirping]
[cow mooing]
[soft music]
[cow mooing]
[soft music]
[footsteps]
[soft music]
[cow mooing]
[soft acoustic music]
[horses neighing]
[soft acoustic music]
[birds chirping]
[water flowing]
[soft acoustic music]
[paper rustling]
[soft acoustic music]
[wind chimes ringing]
[footsteps]
[water flowing]
[engine trying to start]
[metal clanking]
Excuse me?
[exhales]
Can I help you?
Is this 469--
Indian Creek Road?
Yeah, it is. Is there
something I can help you with?
[man] I spoke to someone
about the Craigslist ad.
Craigslist?
It said y'all needed some
help around the property.
Did, did it?
Well, I can assure you we don't
need any help around here.
[metal clanking]
-[engine trying to start]
-Right.
[thudding]
It's kind of too late for that
because
I already got hired, so.
Oh, yeah. By who?
-I think his name was Willie.
-[metal clanking]
-Willie?
[gravel crunching]
[woman] Craigslist? Goddamn it,
Willie.
I told you, we don't need any
help around here.
[Willie] Hey, hey. Whoa.
That's grandpa
to you, young lady.
I may not look that old,
but you call me what I am.
Now that's 25 cents in the jar,
little miss.
[girl] Grandpa, I mean it. I
don't any need help around here.
[Willie] Have you been
down to the barn today?
[girl] No, but I will
after I'm done here.
Now you go out there and tell
him to get out of here.
[Willie] Okay.
We just need a helping hand
until we get thing's back on
track.
I know it's been hard on you
since Nana died.
Plus we owe it to our vets.
Give 'em a leg up when
they get home from
fightin' for our country.
[girl] A vet?
You really think it's a good
idea
to have one of them around here?
[Willie] One of them? I'm
one of them and you know that.
Now look, this is my house,
and I'll decide who
gets hired around here.
You go show that soldier to his
bunk.
[paper rustling]
Hey, I love you.
-[girl] Y ou do?
-[Willie] Damn right I do.
Wait.
[water flowing]
It's just temp work until
we get something sorted
with our new cattle coming in.
Okay.
Show you to your bunk.
Walk, I'm not gonna beg you.
[acoustic guitar music]
[worker] How many acres y'all
got?
200, but about 100 of them are
useless
because of the wildfires.
But we're getting back on track.
Used to be my Nana's, so
it's a little eclectic.
It's perfect.
It's not the Hilton,
but you'd be surprised
how comfy that thing is.
I'm used to 'em.
It's perfect.
Thank you.
Got a bathroom.
[door slams shut]
And as far as showers
go, there's the river.
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Or you can come inside if you
want.
River's perfect.
I'm just about done with
my chores for the day.
I just have to check the barn.
So you can just get
started tomorrow morning.
And breakfast is at 5:30.
Copy that.
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So the cattle and the horses
are about a mile inland,
and there's a barn out
there that needs some TLC.
You can get started on that if
you want.
Sure. Yeah.
[acoustic guitar music]
I'm Nikki, by the way.
I'm Tyler.
Okay.
[water flowing]
[birds chirping]
[Willie] Mm, that smells good,
Nick.
God, I'm hungry.
You're always hungry.
[Willie] Are they on their way?
[Nikki] They're on their way.
It's not even eight o'clock yet.
Well, it's almost.
Hold your horses.
[Willie] What is this?
It's vitamins.
Great, mm, vitamin water.
Well, you're kind of sickly.
I don't need vitamins.
I need a pick me up.
You need some sunshine.
Come on, give grandpa some
shine.
Are you kidding me?
[sighs] I've been up since
the ass crack of dawn.
Doing what?
[chuckles] It doesn't matter
what?
You don't do anything.
[talking over each other]
[Willie] Just, come
on like three fingers.
You keep it up there.
I'll give you a finger.
I can't, I can't reach it,
which I don't appreciate, quite
frankly,
but that's all right.
[Nikki] Just a little bit.
That's crazy, come on.
At least three fingers.
Two fingers.
All right, two fat, two
fat fingers, there you go.
Just a little bit more and
that's it.
All right.
Not good for your heart.
Yeah well, at least I'll die
happy.
[Willie] I tell you, this
stuff's good for you.
You just don't believe it.
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[woman] Smells good, Nick.
[Willie] Oh, thank God they're
here.
-Hi cute little baby. [kisses]
-Hey baby.
[man] I thought
you quit drinking old man.
[Willie] Really?
[others talking at once]
[Willie] I did quit drinking,
but drinking didn't quit me.
Can I help you here?
So who's muscle man outside?
[Nikki] Oh, he's just a
farm hand that Willie hired.
Sure is cute.
[Willie laughing]
-Didn't notice that.
-[Willie] I ain't repeatin'
that.
[woman] Sure you didn't.
[soft country music]
[Willie] I am so hungry.
Been smelling this for two
hours.
[man] Nick tell you about that
buck I got in Gore Creek?
[Willie] Yeah, I heard.
So I guess dinner's at your
house next Wednesday night?
Venison stew at it's finest.
[laughs] Okay.
Who's the hunk, Nick? New
boyfriend?
-[Willie laughing]
-[woman] Don't give her a hard
time.
[Bill] He's better than the
last one.
[woman] Bill!
[Willie] Bar wasn't
set real high, was it?
[chuckles] I'm sorry, baby.
[plates clanking]
-You guys are so mean to her.
-[Willie laughs]
[soft country music]
[woman] I'll take a little of
that.
[Willie] Cold shot, it doesn't
bite.
[woman] Should we say grace?
[Willie] Wait a minute, we
gotta set one more plate.
The soldier's gotta eat, too.
[knocking on door]
I'll get it.
[woman] I'll get the plate,
you cooked.
We're gonna need another chair.
He can't sit on the floor.
-I hate you.
-[Willie laughs]
[Willie] You don't mean that.
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Tyler.
Siska.
I'm a Puma Sitka, but
you can call me Bill.
Right.
Well, it's nice to meet you,
Bill.
[Bill] Nice to meet you, Tyler.
[door clicks shut]
[plates clanking]
-Hi, Michelle.
-[Willie laughing]
Hi.
[laughing]
Yeah, I know.
Well the food ain't
going to eat itself, boy.
Come on in.
I got a chair for you right
there.
[banjo music]
Hi.
Hi.
[soft banjo music]
Well, Nikki, how about we say
Grace?
Oh, okay.
Hey easy, son. Get
your hand off my stick.
Sorry about that. [laughs]
[Willie] I'm sorry. Go ahead.
[Nikki] Okay.
Lord, we thank you for this
food.
We thank you for the
animals who provided it.
We thank you for the hands
that prepared it, my hands.
And we ask that you bless
all those who we've lost.
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Just keep them in your loving
embrace.
Thank you for this food. Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
[Willie] Hey, hey, hey,
hey, hang on a second.
Where's your tradition?
You forget already?
A toast.
-[glasses clinking]
-To family.
To family.
[Willie] To the friends,
and the new friends.
[Michelle] I'll get you a glass.
[Bill] Get that boy glass.
All right, so where did you get
the Buck?
[Bill] Gore Creek, I told you.
[Willie] Yeah, I know,
but that's a big area.
Now, where were you exactly?
[Bill] Gore Creek is
all you need to know.
[Willie] [laughing] Why?
'Cause it ain't like I can get
there.
Although you could strap me
into the side by side once in a
while.
[Native American flute music]
[water flowing]
That was real good, Nick.
[Willie] Darn right it
was. My baby can cook.
Like her Nana.
[soft music]
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[Tyler] Well thank you ma'am,
for dinner
I think I'm gonna head
in and get some rest.
Get an early start for
y'all in the morning.
Thank you.
[Willie] Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You haven't even had a chance
to have some of Nikki's famous--
Apple pie.
[Michelle] Nikki makes
the best apple pie.
I knew I smelled something
good cooking in there.
[Bill] Don't worry.
Slice of pie ain't gonna
hurt those muscles.
[Michelle] I'll help.
You guys just sit here and
relax.
God forbid you do any
more work in the kitchen.
Thank you, sweetie.
[soft music]
So Tyler, where you from?
It's actually not too far from
here.
I was born in Rogue River.
Rogue River?
So you a local boy?
Yes, sir.
What year did you graduate?
Oh, you can't be much older than
Nikki.
I, I actually never graduated.
I dropped out before I finished
my senior year and enlisted.
Hmm?
What branch?
Navy.
[Willie] Did they deploy you?
Yes sir, they did.
Where'd they send you?
They sent me to Afghanistan.
[Willie] Of course.
Sent you to the desert, huh?
Well, we appreciate
your service, young man.
I served two tours myself. 'Nam.
I walked in on two legs
and rolled out in one of these.
Well, I guess I should be
thanking you
for your service then.
[chuckles] I appreciate it.
We all had to do our part.
Some were just luckier
than others, I guess.
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Where were you based?
Kandahar.
No, in the States.
What was your base?
Where did you go to training?
Klamath.
Pie.
Thank you, sweetheart.
There's ice cream in the
kitchen from the Locket's cows,
but I left it off,
because you know Willie's
lactose intolerant.
I'm gonna run to the
restroom real quick.
Is he okay?
[Willie] Yeah yeah, he's fine.
Just, you know, Nikki's beans
takes some gettin' used to.
[door closing]
[tense music]
[door clicks shut]
[sniffs]
[water running]
[dark music]
[faucet turns off]
[wind whooshing]
[dark music]
[sniffs]
[toilet flushes]
[dark music]
Is everything all right?
[Willie] Yeah yeah, he's all
right.
He just, umm. Well he--
He lost his sister two years
ago.
They found her body pretty
close to the Klamath base.
Autopsy report said she
died from hypothermia.
Didn't explain the
contusion to her skull.
I know.
And the medical examiner said
that the rape kit showed
substantial injuries.
She was seeing some guy
up at the Klamath base.
[Willie] I mean, we all
knew that it was foul play.
The damn cops wouldn't do shit
about it.
So that's why he's kind
of sensitive about it.
Right.
Right, of course.
[Willie] Think it's time for
this old fart to get some sleep.
That vitamin shit water you
serve, really,
God really knocking me out.
You sure it wasn't the shine?
Well, I can handle shine,
-you know that.
-[Nikki laughs]
I can't handle all that
healthy shit you wanna feed me.
[wheelchair whirring]
Listen Tyler, I'll a-- I'll
talk to him tomorrow.
It'll be all right.
Okay.
-[Willie] I'll see you in the
morning.
-Thank you.
See you tomorrow.
-Here you go.
-Night.
Night.
-Oh, breakfast is at 5:30.
-5:30.
Mhmm.
See you there.
See you there.
Thank you for dinner.
Gee--
[water flowing]
[water running]
[dishes clanking]
[water running]
[faucet turns off]
[water splashing]
[water flowing]
[water flowing]
[soft acoustic guitar music]
[soft acoustic guitar music]
[water flowing]
[birds chirping]
[coffee brewing]
Well, well look who slept
in a little, huh sweetie?
[Nikki] What are you talking
about?
[Willie] Well, I saw the boy
head down
to the barn about 30 minutes
ago.
Fuck me.
[Willie laughs]
You better get going, sweetie.
Don't want that piece of shit
old barn
to fall on that boy his
-first day on the job.
-[Nikki laughs]
-[birds chirping]
-[Willie chuckles]
[Willie sniffs]
[soft music]
[Willie] You have a good day.
[Nikki] Mm-hm.
[Willie chuckling]
[acoustic guitar music]
[cattle mooing]
[ATV running]
[acoustic guitar music]
Hey, you some kind of
psychopath or something?
Pardon?
I don't know anybody
whose gonna get up at dawn
without drinking a big
old cup of shitty coffee.
Well, thank you, Nikki.
You didn't come to breakfast.
Thank you.
[cup clanking]
Should we get back to work?
Hey,
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sorry I snuck up on you last
night.
That's all right. Don't worry
about it.
Your apple pie was great.
[chuckling]
[acoustic guitar music]
[engine starting]
[upbeat instrumental music]
[upbeat instrumental music]
[upbeat western music]
[engine starting]
[soft instrumental music]
[valve squeaking]
[wheelchair running]
Hey boy.
Just want you to know,
I'm happy with all the
work you've been doing.
You been working hard, and I
wanna do something for you.
-Okay.
-What do you think of her?
She a beauty?
[Tyler] She is.
As long as you're working
for me, she's yours.
[Tyler] Thank you, sir.
Now it needs a little tuneup,
I imagine,
maybe a water pump.
But after that she should be
gold.
[birds chirping]
I appreciate it.
-Thank you.
-Go check her out.
All right.
[birds chirping]
[birds chirping]
[Willie] You made me lunch
after all.
[Nikki] These aren't for you.
[Willie] Really?
In some states that's
considered elder abuse.
But you enjoy your lunch.
[laughs]
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Nikki, you don't have to bring
me food.
It's just a jerky sandwich.
Got it well, thank you anyways.
You wanna go eat these in the
barn?
Sure. [sighs]
I guess you're not a real cowboy
unless you're smelling
horseshit while you eat.
[soft music]
[opening beer can]
[sighs]
I needed this. Thank you.
Sure. [sighs]
Thanks for help today.
[exhales]
-You guys just feed him...
-[horse neighing]
or you ever ride him?
I ride, I just...
since Nana died, I,
I don't like leaving Willie
alone for too long, you know?
[acoustic guitar music]
You think he'd be all
right for a few more minutes.
[soft instrumental music]
[Tyler] Wow, it is so beautiful
out here.
Took it for granted when
I was out here, I guess.
Couldn't wait to get the hell
out
and now all I wanna do is stay.
[Nikki] Yeah, gramps said
that you were from here?
You're a Higgins boy.
[Tyler] Yeah, unfortunately.
You might have heard about my
brother.
[Nikki] Yeah, the accident out
at Riley Road.
I was in eighth grade
when I heard about that.
I'm sorry.
[Tyler] Yeah.
You know, that's what the
military's for, running away.
Just running away from your
problems here into more of 'em,
just somewhere else.
[horse snorting]
[Nikki] Maybe I should have done
that.
[Tyler] Your parents still
around or is it,
is it just you and Willie?
[Nikki] Well, my parents had me
really young.
My mom was just 17, and umm--
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my mom died when I was about 12.
And my dad just couldn't
handle me all by himself,
so he started drinking himself
away.
And Willie tried to get him
help,
but that, it didn't end up so
good.
So--
I'm sorry.
What about you, you
have family out here?
[sighs]
I have no idea where my mom's
at.
And my dad, well,
last time I saw him
was when he beat me and
my brother to a pulp
one drunken night.
Yeah, so,
he might still be locked up.
He might be dead, I don't know.
I stopped caring a long time
ago.
Just figured it'd be easier to--
grieving he's dead than it would
be to
keep hope that he might
make something of himself
while he was still living.
Hmm.
[acoustic guitar music]
I guess we have more in
common than I thought.
I guess so.
[chuckles]
[Nikki] Well, it's
gettin' dark, we'd better get
back.
Willie's probably hungry.
[Tyler] Yeah. [chuckling]
Hey, did you ever sneak into
Hemi and Hogs when you were
young?
-Oh God, all the time.
-[Tyler laughs]
Nana and Willie, I still
go in from time to time.
Yeah?
Is Janice still there
serving up those pulled pork
sandwiches?
[sighs]
Janice died five or so years
ago,
but the pulled pork lives on.
Are you up for a cold one and
some grub?
[acoustic guitar music]
Yeah, sure.
Let's go.
Go baby.
[soft acoustic music]
[fire crackling]
[hurried footsteps]
[clattering]
[utensils clattering]
[microwave beeping]
[microwave humming]
[Nikki breathing hard]
-[slaps]
-[microwave door clicks open]
[microwave door shuts]
Well, hello to you, too.
[Nikki] Oh, hi.
Hi.
[Willie stammers]
You gonna make an old
man eat alone tonight?
Yeah, I hope you don't mind.
I'm going to Hemi and Hogs
for a beer,
with a friend.
A friend, huh?
And what friend would that be?
[chuckling] Have fun sweetie.
[chuckling]
-[fire crackling]
-[chuckles]
A friend.
[water flowing]
[rustling]
[soft piano music]
[Willie snoring]
[soft piano music continues]
[kisses]
[Willie snoring]
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[water flowing]
You know, I was just
kidding about the river.
[both laugh]
You can use the shower inside
the house.
I don't mind the river, Nikki.
[truck door clicks open]
[Nikki] Thanks.
[Tyler] Yes ma'am.
-All right.
-[door closing]
[soft piano music]
[door closing]
I hope you don't mind me saying,
but you look really pretty
tonight.
Thanks.
Well, shall we? I'm getting
hungry.
[truck starting]
[truck revving]
[pinball bells ringing]
[beer pouring]
[country music on the jukebox]
[Tyler] Shit hadn't changed a
bit.
[Nikki] Hey, Eric.
Hey, Nick.
How are you?
Nice to see you.
What can I get you?
[Nikki] Hey, can we
get a couple of beers
for me and my new friend?
And if you have any of those
pulled pork sandwiches,
we'd love a couple of those.
You got it sweetie.
[]
Whoop, on the house.
Any friend of Nikki and
Willie's a friend of mine.
I gotta come see your gramps
again soon.
Tell him I said hello, will ya?
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-Cheers.
-Cheers.
[glasses clinking]
[Nikki] So.
So.
[laughs]
I'm curious, Tyler Higgins,
what brought you back here?
I know it wasn't the ad
looking for a professional shit
shoveler.
I don't know why I came back.
[crowd murmuring]
It's my home, I guess.
Your home?
No family, no friends.
No job.
Hey, got a job, boss.
[laughs]
Yeah.
So, how long were you deployed?
The first one was 15 months
and then I went back again.
-[Nikki] Wow. That's a long
time.
-Yep.
I'll bet your girlfriend had
a really hard time with that.
Didn't have a girlfriend.
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So, you think about going back?
[sighs] Nope.
I've done my time, so I'm out.
[bar chatter and music playing]
I'm thankful for your service
and all.
And Willie loves the heck
out of guys like you.
But when Bill comes around,
it's probably best if you
just don't talk about that.
Yeah, it's, it's horrible
what happened to her.
[crowd murmuring]
Where did you say you were based
again?
[waitress] I've got two Sammies.
There you go. Hi, Nikki.
Hi.
And y'all ordered a side
of tequila as well, right?
Aw. Thank you, Eric.
Welcome home.
-It's good to be back.
-[glasses clinking]
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Oh my gosh, I love this song.
You gonna finish what
you're eating first,
before you get up.
[Nikki] [laughs] It's better
cold. Comin' cowboy?
And I can't pretend
I ain't fallin' in love
Gettin' lost in every word
She says
Even though we just met
She don't know it, know it
Yet
[country music]
I can just see it now
Holding hands by a white
Little house on the edge of
Town
Where the truck can't turn
Around
She don't know it yet
But she's gonna be the one
Next to me in a wedding dress
Keeping every promise,
Staying together till the very
End
Yeah, and I [indistinct]
A time we won't forget
She don't know it yet, know
It yet
[country music]
[lyrics muffled]
As she's leavin' me
I gotta let her know
That we're meant to be
She don't know it yet, know
It yet
She don't know it yet, know
It yet
She don't know it yet
[country music]
See, that wasn't so hard.
Yeah.
I have to pee.
Okay.
[crowd murmuring]
[door closing]
-[country music]
-[lyrics muffled]
You're dying to sell
Want a little taste now
[lyrics muffled]
Getting her out of your mind
Ah, fuck that's good.
Get away, get away, get away
Before she sets your heart on
Fire
[lyrics muffled]
To her desire
She's got angel's wings
And a devil's curse
It's safe to say
She's dangerous
[country music]
She's got angel's wings
And a devil's curse
She's got angel's wings
And a devil's curse
It's safe to say
She's dangerous
[crowd chatter and laughter]
That's a mighty fine dress
you got on there, miss.
Thanks. My husband likes it too.
Hey, can I get another round of
tequila?
You mind if I get you this
round?
I can get it myself, thank you.
Hmm. Hey, I'm just trying to
be a gentleman.
Don't touch me.
Hey.
I said, don't fucking touch me.
She said don't touch her.
So that means don't fucking
touch her.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey boys.
No fucking way.
Higgins.
Tyler fucking Higgins.
I can't believe you have the
balls
to show your face back here.
[Nikki] Tyler, who
the fuck are these guys?
We're old pals, girly.
[]
See you got yourself a new
girlfriend, Ty.
[Thug] Seen her before.
She owns that ranch up at
Wagoner Creek with that cripple.
Let's get out of here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Come on, come on Ty.
Come on, Blue Falcon.
Why don't you have a beer
with us for old time?
You see, you used to get all
the girls back at the base.
Such a ladies man, weren't you
Ty?
Klamath Base's Finest Bachelor.
Look at you, buddy.
Look at that beard, it's coming
in nice.
[rock music]
[all slugging and grunting]
[punches thudding]
[glass breaking]
[thug slugging]
[Tyler slugging]
-Hey.
-[cocking gun]
All right, everybody out.
You know the fucking rules.
[acoustic guitar music]
[truck running]
[engine shuts off]
[Tyler sighs]
Who were those guys?
[clicks tongue]
They were some guys
that I enlisted with.
[crickets chirping]
And you were all based in
Klamath?
Yes.
Look I, I don't really
wanna talk about them.
It's probably a mistake for us
to go out.
[crickets chirping]
You know, Bill's sister was in
Klamath,
the night that she was...
[crickets chirping]
Yeah, you know, maybe it was
a mistake going out tonight.
For what it's worth, I had a
good time.
[door closing]
Yeah.
Yeah, me too.
[sighs]
[soft music]
[Tyler slamming wheel]
[water flowing]
[somber music]
[water flowing]
[somber music]
[Michelle] Were they military?
[Nikki] Yeah, I think so.
One of them said something
about a base,
but I don't, I don't fully
remember.
[Willie] Holy crap.
Is the kid all right?
Did you get hurt?
I'm okay, I just-- I don't know.
He had like a flip switch or
something.
-[Tyler clearing throat]
-[knocking on door]
[Michelle] Morning.
[Tyler] Good morning.
So Bill, how many head of
cattle are we talking about?
Bill?
About two dozen head.
-[Michelle] Coffee?
-Should be here in
in about three weeks.
[Tyler] Sure.
Will the southeastern land be
enough?
[Willie] I think that's gonna be
fine.
Hey boy. Come on, sit down with
us.
Let Nikki whip you up some eggs.
No, that's, that's fine.
I've got a lot of work to do
today,
so I'm gonna get back to
that if you don't mind.
[Willie] Okay, suit yourself.
[Tyler] It's nice to see you,
Michelle.
[Michelle] You too.
[Tyler] Bill.
[somber music]
[door closing]
[Willie clearing his throat]
[somber music]
[birds chirping]
I think the cowboy needs your
help out by the stables, Nick.
[somber music]
Okay.
Call me later.
-Yeah.
-[kisses]
[somber music]
[kisses]
The boy could be trouble.
Hey, can we not do this?
I did some digging.
[Willie] [sighs] Billy,
not all soldiers around here are
bad.
I'm not saying all soldiers
are bad,
but the ones that raped Lily
and left her for dead were,
and they're still out there.
Bill.
Turns out your cowboy out there
was deployed no less than a
week after they found Lily.
[Willie] Okay, and?
And from Klamath.
Boys are deployed from
Klamath all the time, Bill.
I don't think that means
anything.
The same base that
Lily was last seen at.
Transferred no more than a
day after they found her,
then deployed halfway across the
globe.
He either knows something
or he was a part of it.
I know it.
You know what I know?
I think you should leave.
[footsteps]
I'm sorry, Willie.
[Bill] What if it was Nikki?
[sighs]
Bill, how many times do we
have to
-go through this?
-If this was Nikki,
this case would still be open.
[]
But it wasn't.
It was my Lily.
It ended.
She doesn't have a white
grandpa.
She just has me,
another Indian.
And because of that,
she wasn't murdered and she
wasn't raped.
She mysteriously ended
up by the river bank
in the middle of the night
and died of hypothermia.
And again, because we're Indian,
we have to accept that?
Well I don't fucking accept it.
And I won't stop
until I find the men
responsible, and kill them.
And I'm not asking permission.
[somber music]
[water flowing]
[Nikki] I think we should talk.
Or we could go fish.
[water flowing]
Okay.
[water flowing]
[water flowing]
[Tyler] God, this land out here
is so beautiful.
[Nikki] Imagine what it would've
looked like
if the people who had found it
actually had been able to hold
onto it.
They had to fight just to fish.
Just to fish salmon out these
waters
that their ancestors had
been fishing for centuries,
long before the white man
came and just took everything.
And what little water there is
left,
they diverted from the
people who really need it.
I didn't know that.
[water flowing]
[Nikki] Did you know that every
treaty dating back to the 1850s
granting tribes in Oregon their
rights
to their fishing grounds
and hunting grounds
have been broken?
I didn't know that, no.
[water flowing]
What tribe are you from?
I'm from the Filipino tribe.
But I thought you were--
[Nikki] You thought I was
Native?
No.
My mom's parents were Filipino
and they didn't really
wanna have anything to do
with a half white teenage
pregnancy,
so I don't really know very
much about where I come from.
I don't know where I fit into
history.
I know we messed up
their history pretty bad.
But I always envied Bill and
Lily,
about how they knew where they
came from.
They knew who their people were.
I don't have any people.
I'm sorry.
[Nikki] It's America, right.
But this was their river.
[Tyler] Whose river?
The Rogue Indians.
This was their ancient fishing
grounds
before they were pushed
onto the reservations.
Now it's just a tourist
spot for their boats,
and for a bunch of rednecks to
go fishing.
Like my grandpa.
Those are Lily's words, not
mine.
[water flowing]
This was the river that
they found her body at.
What?
They found her body right here.
How did you know that?
[]
[Tyler] [sobbing] I was there
that night, Nikki.
[woman] I'll go get it.
Okay, go get it.
[Nikki] You were where?
[people shouting]
[Tyler] I saw her.
I saw her. [sobbing]
You saw Lily?
[]
[Tyler] I think it was the
last time anyone saw her.
[dark music]
[party chatter]
So when I was serving, I was
free off base.
I happened to see her pull up.
[man] This is for you,
shoot your shot, come on.
[Tyler] She was fine.
I'd seen her before.
She was dating one of the guys.
[dark music]
When I went to leave,
I saw her.
Briefly.
[party chatter]
She was in between two soldiers
from base.
One of them was her boyfriend,
and the other, I didn't
know at the time, but Wes.
It was the guys at the bar other
night.
[]
She wasn't crying but
she looked uncomfortable,
like she was trying to tell
me something with her eyes,
like she needed me to help her.
[sobbing]
[Tyler] I got so drunk that
night that I passed out on the
couch.
I woke up hours later to the
sound
of the truck speeding off,
screaming,
I thought that--
And then when I went to leave,
I--
[]
But the driver's side door
was open, the engine was off.
And then as, as I was
driving home, I saw him.
He was--
looked like he'd been
running, he looked exhausted.
He had blood on his right hand.
[etheric music]
I could tell his face had been
scratched.
[sobbing]
I couldn't shake what I saw,
so,
that night I went straight
to the authorities.
By the time I got there
and told them what I saw,
they said they had already found
her.
They said she died of
hypothermia.
[Nikki sobbing]
They didn't listen to the word I
said.
You should have made them
listen.
[water flowing]
I know.
[Tyler] After that I went
straight to my superiors.
It was the same rhetoric with
them.
They, they didn't want to hear
it.
I told them who I saw,
and they called them in for
questioning.
That was it.
The next thing I knew
I was on a transport
headed to the Middle East.
Coincidence?
I don't know.
Did you tell them what
you saw on the road?
His hands covered in blood,
scratches on his face.
[Tyler] I guess you just didn't
think to mention that, huh?
I did.
They wouldn't listen.
[sighs]
[Bill] These the same men
you had your run in with at the
bar?
Yeah.
What are their names?
Names, Tyler.
Jackson Campbell,
Wes Miller,
and the third one I didn't know,
but he was at the bar the other
night.
Well, thanks for telling us
that Tyler.
So what should we do now?
Should we call the police or
something?
No.
[]
Did you not hear what he just
said?
They've made it very
clear where they stand.
This case is closed.
It's done.
[]
But Bill, we can't just let--
[Bill] You guys should go.
I'm sure Willie's looking for
you.
[somber music]
[sobbing]
I'm so sorry, Michelle.
[somber music]
[Nikki's footsteps falling]
[door creaking]
[water flowing]
[Bill crying]
[solemn music]
[truck running]
[weather vain whirring]
[solemn music]
[truck running]
[doors closing]
[]
[wheelchair whirring]
Can I help you boys?
[man] Yeah, we're looking
for a man about yay big.
Throws a vicious punch.
I heard you kicked your ass
the other night at the bar.
Oh, you're funny. No bell
ringing, huh?
Tyler Higgins. You seen him?
Come on, go back to your
trailer park where you belong.
Just let us know and
we'll be on our way.
We won't even hurt you or
your precious little peach.
[engine revving]
You guys got on matching
T-shirts, Jesus Christ.
It ain't Halloween yet, boys.
Where'd you get those fatigues
though?
Is there an army/navy in town?
For a cripple, you like
to move your mouth a lot.
I mean, why don't you come down
here
and back those words up?
[Nikki] Whose truck is that?
Just tell us old timer.
Where is he? Where's Tyler
Higgins?
[truck running]
Hey dude, look who it is.
-Shit, the cavalry's arrived.
-[laughing]
There he is, woo. [clapping]
Come on boys, let's give him a
hand.
The man we've been waiting for.
Home a hero.
[laughing] You see at
the bar the other night,
you know you were teasing us a
little bit
with that foreplay, but--
you didn't say hello.
Oh, he said hello when he
kicked your ass at the bar.
What the fuck are you
doing here, Jackson?
Oh, that's nice.
You got yourself a sweet little
hometown girl, don't you?
Hey,
I haven't properly introduced
myself.
I'm Jackson.
Oh, I know who you are,
and I know what you did you sick
fuck.
[blows a kiss]
Ty here,
he's been telling you
those drunken stories
that he told the police, huh?
Years ago.
Probably in his best
interest if he stops running...
his fucking mouth.
-I saw you.
-What's that?
I said I saw you on the road.
You had blood all over
you, you were scratched up.
And I know you saw me too.
You didn't see shit.
I did.
I know what you did to Lily
Green, you motherfucker.
[laughing] Who's Lily Green?
You motherfucker!
Oh hey.
[gun cocking]
[Willie] Thanks for stopping
by boys.
Better get going though.
You don't wanna be late to
your come to Jesus meeting.
Watch yourself Higgins.
Watch yourself.
-Let's go boys.
-[spits]
Pretty girl you got there,
Higgins.
Be a shame if anything happened
to her.
But if it does, hell,
that's on you.
Woo-hoo.
[doors closing]
[truck running]
[clothes rustling]
[loading gun]
[vehicle approaching]
[water flowing]
[Willie] You leaving so soon?
[water flowing]
Tyler?
Did you ever see any of your
buddies
killed when you were out in the
desert?
[water flowing]
Yeah, me too.
You know, I remember I
lost a bunch of buddies.
Every day I wanted to run.
So I remember,
carrying my buddy Jones...
for five miles.
Hell, a bomb blew off half his
face.
And all I could think to do was
run,
I put him over my shoulder.
I ran
and I ran.
And I was running away from
all that death, mayhem.
Hell, I think he was
dead by the second mile
but I didn't stop.
War's a scary place kid.
And it's not just on the
battlefield out in the desert.
War's everywhere.
And you're fighting one
right now with yourself.
Yeah.
You know, you had a duty
when you're in the military,
a duty to defend and to protect.
Unfortunately you did your
country a disservice that night,
'cause you didn't protect
and you didn't defend.
And you're gonna have to
learn to live with that.
Don't you ever be ashamed
of fighting for our country.
Just get better at doing
it in your everyday life.
Do you understand me, boy?
[]
Yes, sir.
[solemn music]
[Willie] And Lily, she was, God,
she was our special girl.
So beautiful,
so smart, so full of life,
a whole future ahead of her.
Those men should be shot dead
for what they did to her.
If I wasn't a cripple,
I'd go kill those motherfuckers
myself.
[solemn music]
[truck running]
[Tyler screaming]
[truck accelerating]
[Tyler pounding on wheel]
Fuck!
[dark music]
[cocking gun]
[indistinct chatter]
[truck running]
[traffic passing]
[truck starting]
[Tyler] [faint whispering] Bill,
what are you doing, Bill?
[trucks running]
Bill, what are you doing?
[Tyler] No. Bill.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Bill, what the fuck.
[truck accelerating]
[gravel crunching]
[truck dying]
[door closing]
[running footsteps]
[knocking]
[door closing]
[crickets chirping]
Bill, I know what you're
thinking.
Dude, don't do this, man.
You know Lily was
going to Portland State
on a full academic scholarship.
I didn't know that.
Pre-Med.
She wanted to be a doctor.
Girl was gonna cure cancer.
She probably could have.
Another young Native woman,
murdered,
before she ever got the chance
to leave a mark in this world.
[crickets chirping]
My mother, murdered.
Her sister, found dead.
Lily's best friend, gone
missing.
All cases gone cold.
I won't sit back...
and watch them take our
women from us anymore.
Now I'm gonna go in that dump,
and I'm gonna kill him,
and you can go home.
[crickets chirping]
[door closing]
[rustling in truck bed]
[opening door]
[door closing]
[tense music]
[person laughing]
[Thug] You're fucking weird.
[person giggling]
[tense music]
[muffled speaking]
[knocking on door]
[woman] Who's that?
[woman] Who is it?
[dark music]
[Bill slugging thug]
[both slugging and grunting]
Get the hell outta my house or
I'm calling the fucking police.
[thug screaming]
[Bill] You want to tell me
what happened to Lily Green?
[screaming] I can't do it.
I don't know who you are. No.
-Oh no, stop. [screaming]
-[bone breaking]
[thug groaning]
-[Bill] Get up.
-[thudding]
-Get up, punk
-[thug groaning]
[]
-[thudding]
-[grunts]
[Bill slugging]
You two were seeing each other.
[solemn music]
Look at me.
Ahhh!
Did you rape her?
[thug sobbing]
-[Bill slugging]
-[grunting]
-[thudding]
-[grunting]
-[thudding]
-[grunting]
You raped her, didn't you?
[grunting] Okay, we
raped her, we raped her.
[Bill] She had a head injury,
Wes.
Who hit her in the head?
Was it you?
[thudding]
[]
[Bill slugging]
[Wes whimpers] He'll kill me!
Okay.
Jackson hit her. Jackson hit
her.
She said she was gonna tell,
she was gonna get away.
It was Jackson.
So she hit him.
Jackson hit her back, I
don't know what happened.
I don't know what happened after
that.
Please, please.
[dark music]
[crickets chirping]
[]
[footsteps]
[Wes whimpers]
[Wes] Please no, no.
-[Bill stomping]
-[groans]
-[choking sounds]
-[Bill stomping]
[Bill stomping]
[squelching sounds]
[dark music]
[crickets chirping]
-[Bill stomping]
-[squelching sounds]
[dark music]
[tense music]
[footsteps]
[Tyler] What'd you do with him?
[Bill] Who?
Oh, him?
Poor guy died of hypothermia.
[footsteps]
Goodnight, Tyler.
[door opening]
[distant howling]
[door closing]
[distant howling]
[truck starting]
[truck running]
[Tyler sighs]
[]
[truck alert dinging]
[doors closing]
[footsteps]
[somber music]
[tense music]
[screen door closing]
[Jackson] Where is he?
River.
[heavy breaths]
You saw who did this?
It was that Tyler guy from the
bar,
and some, some Indian guy.
It was bad, Jackson.
It was really bad.
You've only told me about
this, yeah?
Yeah, I only told you.
But, we gotta get the cops out
here.
No cops.
I'm serious.
No.
Did you call someone from the
base?
Jackson.
[thug retching]
Coyotes got to him.
He's-- [coughing].
Sean, start the truck.
-Paige, go inside.
-What are you--
Go inside.
-You're not gonna say a fucking
word to no one.
-What are you gonna do?
-Not gonna say a fucking word to
anyone.
-What are you gonna do?
You understand?
-Do you understand me?
-Okay.
You're not gonna say a fucking
word
to anyone, do you got it?
Okay.
[solemn music]
[door clicks open]
[shaky breaths]
Fuck.
[door closing]
You and Willie need to leave.
Excuse me?
Bill killed that soldier.
What soldier?
Where is he? Where's Bill?
What happened, Tyler?
Bill's fine.
I think.
[]
[door closing]
Okay, somebody better tell
me what the fuck is going on.
Nikki, Michelle's here to
take Willie to her mom's house,
and I think you should go too.
I'm not going anywhere until
somebody
tells me what's going on.
[Michelle] Willie, I don't think
you understand.
Bill killed that guy. They're
coming here.
Please, I'm going to my mom's.
[Willie] I do understand.
I don't care. Get your
paws off me, Michelle.
If you think I'm gonna leave my
house
and let these knuckleheads
get themselves killed!
With all due respect, you're
outta your goddamn mind.
Now, y'all need to just go.
But I'm gonna sit on my
porch with my gun and my beer
and defend my house!
[Tyler] How much time do
you think we have, Bill?
[Nikki] Time till what?
[Bill] Till they come for
Tyler and I.
Okay, here's a crazy fucking
idea.
Why don't we call the cops?
The cops will come
and they'll arrest me.
[Tyler] Yeah, but that's
not before the others
try and come and kill Bill
first.
He ain't coming. Come
on Nikki, let's go.
I'm going nowhere. This is my
house.
[heavy breaths]
Okay honey, you better go to
your mom's.
Okay.
[Willie] Nikki, come get
Nana's rifle.
[tense music]
[truck starting]
[truck revving]
[Tyler sniffing]
[trucks revving]
[trucks passing]
You got us into this mess,
now talk some sense into him.
Lily was his goddaughter too,
Nick.
If you ask me, somebody should
have done
what Bill did a long time ago.
-[birds chirping]
-[water flowing]
They take one step towards him
and you shoot 'em dead, you hear
me?
I'm not letting anything
happen to my grandpa, too.
[]
Just like old times.
We've seen some shit, haven't
we?
-[barrels clink]
-We're fixin' to see a lot more.
Thank God, I was getting bored
out here.
[cocking gun]
[]
[trucks passing]
So this is why you
came back, for revenge?
[heavy breaths]
Because you just put the only
family I have left in danger.
No, Nikki, I did not come
back for revenge, okay?
I, I don't know why I came back,
alright?
I think I just wanted, I
just wanted justice for her.
I just didn't think through how,
or how me coming back
here would do any good.
Clearly it has not.
You know that I cried for
years straight
after they found her body.
And Willie said that the
pain would get better,
that would get more
tolerable, but it didn't.
-[water flowing]
-[sobbing]
And that is not half of
what Bill went through.
You know what he said to me,
when I was crying at his
sister's funeral?
That we have to steer away from
the pain,
and we have to face it head on,
because that's the only way
that we can fight for her,
and fight for her memory
and fight for justice.
So you better hope for your
sake that we get justice,
even if we have to kill
these motherfuckers.
I hope we get that justice
too, Nikki.
[water flowing]
[kisses]
[whispers] Just incase.
[heavy breaths]
[truck running]
[gravel crunching]
[Jackson] We're Nelly Echo.
We don't need anybody with
a happy trigger finger.
Wait for my signal, over.
We don't leave until
those fuckers are dead,
you understand me?
The girl too.
[]
We're gonna string 'em up,
and gut the motherfucker.
I'm gonna watch him fucking
bleed.
[trucks crunching gravel]
[truck alert dinging]
[doors closing]
[Willie] Hey Bill, look who's
back.
Hello boys.
What are you doing back here?
You selling some Girl Scout
cookies today?
So you're the motherfucker
that killed Wes, huh?
Who?
You know who.
[Bill] That white trash who
raped my little sister?
Yeah,
he's dead.
Cold got to him.
[motorcycle running]
I know what you did.
You think I give a fuck about
that little prairie nigger of
yours?
She wasn't good for
anything more than a fuck.
Hey, let me get this straight.
You're up here to play,
is that what you want?
I'll tell you what, let's play.
[guns cocking]
[heavy breaths] What do I do?
-[Tyler] Hold.
-[Nikki] What do I do?
-[Nikki] What do I do?
-[Tyler] Hold.
[panicked breaths]
[Nikki] He's coming closer.
[Nikki shakily] I'm gonna shoot.
No, no, no. Do not shoot.
Nikki, do not--
[gun firing]
-[guns firing]
-[grunting]
Ow, fuck.
-[gun firing]
-[thuds]
-[guns firing]
-[Tyler] Stay behind me.
-[gun fire]
-Stay close, okay?
Come on.
[guns firing]
[guns firing]
-[rifle clicks]
-[heavy breaths]
[gun cocking]
[gun cocking]
-[gun firing]
-[grunts]
-[guns firing]
-[grunting]
[Willie] Fuck! Goddamn, goddamn.
[]
[footsteps]
[water flowing]
[thug screaming]
-Fuck! Fuck!
-[groaning]
[panicked breaths]
Oh my God, Willie.
[Willie growling]
-[Willie] I'm fine.
-[dark music]
[guns firing]
[thug screaming]
-[guns firing]
-[gun clanking]
[guns firing]
[Jackson grunting]
[gun firing]
-[gun firing]
-[bike revving]
[Jackson] Hey.
Hey, stay here, come on.
-Stay. That's an order!
-[bike revving]
I said that's a fucking order!
[bike accelerating]
Fuck.
[grunting]
[gun cocking]
[gun firing]
Fuck!
Fuck.
Fuck you!
Fuck you! [screaming]
Run.
What?
I said,
run.
[Jackson grunting]
[cocking gun]
[Jackson] Fuck.
[water flowing]
[Jackson screaming]
[cocking gun]
[]
You messed with the
wrong prairie nigger.
-[gun firing]
-[thuds]
[]
[Nikki] Willie, breathe.
[sobbing]
Please, wake up.
Don't leave me.
No. [crying]
No, no, no, no, no.
Breathe, in and out. Breathe.
Breathe.
[]
[Nikki crying]
Wake up.
[somber piano music]
[water flowing]
[somber piano music]
-[wind chimes ringing]
-[birds chirping]
[liquid pouring]
[wind chimes ringing]
Thank you, baby.
[birds chirping]
You know sweetheart,
sometimes your knight in shining
armor,
might just be a cowboy
in dirty work boots.
[birds chirping]
You know, I don't know
what I would do without you.
I ain't going anywhere.
At least not yet.
[birds chirping]
Look at me.
Who loves you?
You do.
You're damn right.
[kisses]
Now go on.
[birds chirping]
[]
-[birds chirping]
-[water flowing]
[running footsteps]
You break my granddaughter's
heart,
and I'll fucking kill you.
[soft music]
[birds chirping]
[water flowing]
[soft music]
[birds chirping]
[water flowing]
[soft music]
[birds chirping]
[whispers] Forgive me.
For failing you in life.
[water flowing]
And I will honor you in death.
[birds singing]
[bird calling]
Hi, Lily.
[bird calling]
[birds singing]
[soft music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[music ends]
[]
[grinding]
[crumbling]
[water flowing]
[soft music]
[water flowing]
[soft orchestral music]
[heavy breaths]
[somber orchestral music]
[water flowing]
[person hitting ground]
[water flowing]
[water flowing]
[birds chirping]
[cow mooing]
[vehicle on gravel road]
[birds chirping]
[tires crunching gravel]
[truck running]
[truck revving]
[birds chirping]
[cow mooing]
[soft music]
[cow mooing]
[soft music]
[footsteps]
[soft music]
[cow mooing]
[soft acoustic music]
[horses neighing]
[soft acoustic music]
[birds chirping]
[water flowing]
[soft acoustic music]
[paper rustling]
[soft acoustic music]
[wind chimes ringing]
[footsteps]
[water flowing]
[engine trying to start]
[metal clanking]
Excuse me?
[exhales]
Can I help you?
Is this 469--
Indian Creek Road?
Yeah, it is. Is there
something I can help you with?
[man] I spoke to someone
about the Craigslist ad.
Craigslist?
It said y'all needed some
help around the property.
Did, did it?
Well, I can assure you we don't
need any help around here.
[metal clanking]
-[engine trying to start]
-Right.
[thudding]
It's kind of too late for that
because
I already got hired, so.
Oh, yeah. By who?
-I think his name was Willie.
-[metal clanking]
-Willie?
[gravel crunching]
[woman] Craigslist? Goddamn it,
Willie.
I told you, we don't need any
help around here.
[Willie] Hey, hey. Whoa.
That's grandpa
to you, young lady.
I may not look that old,
but you call me what I am.
Now that's 25 cents in the jar,
little miss.
[girl] Grandpa, I mean it. I
don't any need help around here.
[Willie] Have you been
down to the barn today?
[girl] No, but I will
after I'm done here.
Now you go out there and tell
him to get out of here.
[Willie] Okay.
We just need a helping hand
until we get thing's back on
track.
I know it's been hard on you
since Nana died.
Plus we owe it to our vets.
Give 'em a leg up when
they get home from
fightin' for our country.
[girl] A vet?
You really think it's a good
idea
to have one of them around here?
[Willie] One of them? I'm
one of them and you know that.
Now look, this is my house,
and I'll decide who
gets hired around here.
You go show that soldier to his
bunk.
[paper rustling]
Hey, I love you.
-[girl] Y ou do?
-[Willie] Damn right I do.
Wait.
[water flowing]
It's just temp work until
we get something sorted
with our new cattle coming in.
Okay.
Show you to your bunk.
Walk, I'm not gonna beg you.
[acoustic guitar music]
[worker] How many acres y'all
got?
200, but about 100 of them are
useless
because of the wildfires.
But we're getting back on track.
Used to be my Nana's, so
it's a little eclectic.
It's perfect.
It's not the Hilton,
but you'd be surprised
how comfy that thing is.
I'm used to 'em.
It's perfect.
Thank you.
Got a bathroom.
[door slams shut]
And as far as showers
go, there's the river.
[]
Or you can come inside if you
want.
River's perfect.
I'm just about done with
my chores for the day.
I just have to check the barn.
So you can just get
started tomorrow morning.
And breakfast is at 5:30.
Copy that.
[]
So the cattle and the horses
are about a mile inland,
and there's a barn out
there that needs some TLC.
You can get started on that if
you want.
Sure. Yeah.
[acoustic guitar music]
I'm Nikki, by the way.
I'm Tyler.
Okay.
[water flowing]
[birds chirping]
[Willie] Mm, that smells good,
Nick.
God, I'm hungry.
You're always hungry.
[Willie] Are they on their way?
[Nikki] They're on their way.
It's not even eight o'clock yet.
Well, it's almost.
Hold your horses.
[Willie] What is this?
It's vitamins.
Great, mm, vitamin water.
Well, you're kind of sickly.
I don't need vitamins.
I need a pick me up.
You need some sunshine.
Come on, give grandpa some
shine.
Are you kidding me?
[sighs] I've been up since
the ass crack of dawn.
Doing what?
[chuckles] It doesn't matter
what?
You don't do anything.
[talking over each other]
[Willie] Just, come
on like three fingers.
You keep it up there.
I'll give you a finger.
I can't, I can't reach it,
which I don't appreciate, quite
frankly,
but that's all right.
[Nikki] Just a little bit.
That's crazy, come on.
At least three fingers.
Two fingers.
All right, two fat, two
fat fingers, there you go.
Just a little bit more and
that's it.
All right.
Not good for your heart.
Yeah well, at least I'll die
happy.
[Willie] I tell you, this
stuff's good for you.
You just don't believe it.
[]
[woman] Smells good, Nick.
[Willie] Oh, thank God they're
here.
-Hi cute little baby. [kisses]
-Hey baby.
[man] I thought
you quit drinking old man.
[Willie] Really?
[others talking at once]
[Willie] I did quit drinking,
but drinking didn't quit me.
Can I help you here?
So who's muscle man outside?
[Nikki] Oh, he's just a
farm hand that Willie hired.
Sure is cute.
[Willie laughing]
-Didn't notice that.
-[Willie] I ain't repeatin'
that.
[woman] Sure you didn't.
[soft country music]
[Willie] I am so hungry.
Been smelling this for two
hours.
[man] Nick tell you about that
buck I got in Gore Creek?
[Willie] Yeah, I heard.
So I guess dinner's at your
house next Wednesday night?
Venison stew at it's finest.
[laughs] Okay.
Who's the hunk, Nick? New
boyfriend?
-[Willie laughing]
-[woman] Don't give her a hard
time.
[Bill] He's better than the
last one.
[woman] Bill!
[Willie] Bar wasn't
set real high, was it?
[chuckles] I'm sorry, baby.
[plates clanking]
-You guys are so mean to her.
-[Willie laughs]
[soft country music]
[woman] I'll take a little of
that.
[Willie] Cold shot, it doesn't
bite.
[woman] Should we say grace?
[Willie] Wait a minute, we
gotta set one more plate.
The soldier's gotta eat, too.
[knocking on door]
I'll get it.
[woman] I'll get the plate,
you cooked.
We're gonna need another chair.
He can't sit on the floor.
-I hate you.
-[Willie laughs]
[Willie] You don't mean that.
[]
Tyler.
Siska.
I'm a Puma Sitka, but
you can call me Bill.
Right.
Well, it's nice to meet you,
Bill.
[Bill] Nice to meet you, Tyler.
[door clicks shut]
[plates clanking]
-Hi, Michelle.
-[Willie laughing]
Hi.
[laughing]
Yeah, I know.
Well the food ain't
going to eat itself, boy.
Come on in.
I got a chair for you right
there.
[banjo music]
Hi.
Hi.
[soft banjo music]
Well, Nikki, how about we say
Grace?
Oh, okay.
Hey easy, son. Get
your hand off my stick.
Sorry about that. [laughs]
[Willie] I'm sorry. Go ahead.
[Nikki] Okay.
Lord, we thank you for this
food.
We thank you for the
animals who provided it.
We thank you for the hands
that prepared it, my hands.
And we ask that you bless
all those who we've lost.
[]
Just keep them in your loving
embrace.
Thank you for this food. Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
[Willie] Hey, hey, hey,
hey, hang on a second.
Where's your tradition?
You forget already?
A toast.
-[glasses clinking]
-To family.
To family.
[Willie] To the friends,
and the new friends.
[Michelle] I'll get you a glass.
[Bill] Get that boy glass.
All right, so where did you get
the Buck?
[Bill] Gore Creek, I told you.
[Willie] Yeah, I know,
but that's a big area.
Now, where were you exactly?
[Bill] Gore Creek is
all you need to know.
[Willie] [laughing] Why?
'Cause it ain't like I can get
there.
Although you could strap me
into the side by side once in a
while.
[Native American flute music]
[water flowing]
That was real good, Nick.
[Willie] Darn right it
was. My baby can cook.
Like her Nana.
[soft music]
[]
[Tyler] Well thank you ma'am,
for dinner
I think I'm gonna head
in and get some rest.
Get an early start for
y'all in the morning.
Thank you.
[Willie] Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You haven't even had a chance
to have some of Nikki's famous--
Apple pie.
[Michelle] Nikki makes
the best apple pie.
I knew I smelled something
good cooking in there.
[Bill] Don't worry.
Slice of pie ain't gonna
hurt those muscles.
[Michelle] I'll help.
You guys just sit here and
relax.
God forbid you do any
more work in the kitchen.
Thank you, sweetie.
[soft music]
So Tyler, where you from?
It's actually not too far from
here.
I was born in Rogue River.
Rogue River?
So you a local boy?
Yes, sir.
What year did you graduate?
Oh, you can't be much older than
Nikki.
I, I actually never graduated.
I dropped out before I finished
my senior year and enlisted.
Hmm?
What branch?
Navy.
[Willie] Did they deploy you?
Yes sir, they did.
Where'd they send you?
They sent me to Afghanistan.
[Willie] Of course.
Sent you to the desert, huh?
Well, we appreciate
your service, young man.
I served two tours myself. 'Nam.
I walked in on two legs
and rolled out in one of these.
Well, I guess I should be
thanking you
for your service then.
[chuckles] I appreciate it.
We all had to do our part.
Some were just luckier
than others, I guess.
[]
Where were you based?
Kandahar.
No, in the States.
What was your base?
Where did you go to training?
Klamath.
Pie.
Thank you, sweetheart.
There's ice cream in the
kitchen from the Locket's cows,
but I left it off,
because you know Willie's
lactose intolerant.
I'm gonna run to the
restroom real quick.
Is he okay?
[Willie] Yeah yeah, he's fine.
Just, you know, Nikki's beans
takes some gettin' used to.
[door closing]
[tense music]
[door clicks shut]
[sniffs]
[water running]
[dark music]
[faucet turns off]
[wind whooshing]
[dark music]
[sniffs]
[toilet flushes]
[dark music]
Is everything all right?
[Willie] Yeah yeah, he's all
right.
He just, umm. Well he--
He lost his sister two years
ago.
They found her body pretty
close to the Klamath base.
Autopsy report said she
died from hypothermia.
Didn't explain the
contusion to her skull.
I know.
And the medical examiner said
that the rape kit showed
substantial injuries.
She was seeing some guy
up at the Klamath base.
[Willie] I mean, we all
knew that it was foul play.
The damn cops wouldn't do shit
about it.
So that's why he's kind
of sensitive about it.
Right.
Right, of course.
[Willie] Think it's time for
this old fart to get some sleep.
That vitamin shit water you
serve, really,
God really knocking me out.
You sure it wasn't the shine?
Well, I can handle shine,
-you know that.
-[Nikki laughs]
I can't handle all that
healthy shit you wanna feed me.
[wheelchair whirring]
Listen Tyler, I'll a-- I'll
talk to him tomorrow.
It'll be all right.
Okay.
-[Willie] I'll see you in the
morning.
-Thank you.
See you tomorrow.
-Here you go.
-Night.
Night.
-Oh, breakfast is at 5:30.
-5:30.
Mhmm.
See you there.
See you there.
Thank you for dinner.
Gee--
[water flowing]
[water running]
[dishes clanking]
[water running]
[faucet turns off]
[water splashing]
[water flowing]
[water flowing]
[soft acoustic guitar music]
[soft acoustic guitar music]
[water flowing]
[birds chirping]
[coffee brewing]
Well, well look who slept
in a little, huh sweetie?
[Nikki] What are you talking
about?
[Willie] Well, I saw the boy
head down
to the barn about 30 minutes
ago.
Fuck me.
[Willie laughs]
You better get going, sweetie.
Don't want that piece of shit
old barn
to fall on that boy his
-first day on the job.
-[Nikki laughs]
-[birds chirping]
-[Willie chuckles]
[Willie sniffs]
[soft music]
[Willie] You have a good day.
[Nikki] Mm-hm.
[Willie chuckling]
[acoustic guitar music]
[cattle mooing]
[ATV running]
[acoustic guitar music]
Hey, you some kind of
psychopath or something?
Pardon?
I don't know anybody
whose gonna get up at dawn
without drinking a big
old cup of shitty coffee.
Well, thank you, Nikki.
You didn't come to breakfast.
Thank you.
[cup clanking]
Should we get back to work?
Hey,
[]
sorry I snuck up on you last
night.
That's all right. Don't worry
about it.
Your apple pie was great.
[chuckling]
[acoustic guitar music]
[engine starting]
[upbeat instrumental music]
[upbeat instrumental music]
[upbeat western music]
[engine starting]
[soft instrumental music]
[valve squeaking]
[wheelchair running]
Hey boy.
Just want you to know,
I'm happy with all the
work you've been doing.
You been working hard, and I
wanna do something for you.
-Okay.
-What do you think of her?
She a beauty?
[Tyler] She is.
As long as you're working
for me, she's yours.
[Tyler] Thank you, sir.
Now it needs a little tuneup,
I imagine,
maybe a water pump.
But after that she should be
gold.
[birds chirping]
I appreciate it.
-Thank you.
-Go check her out.
All right.
[birds chirping]
[birds chirping]
[Willie] You made me lunch
after all.
[Nikki] These aren't for you.
[Willie] Really?
In some states that's
considered elder abuse.
But you enjoy your lunch.
[laughs]
[]
Nikki, you don't have to bring
me food.
It's just a jerky sandwich.
Got it well, thank you anyways.
You wanna go eat these in the
barn?
Sure. [sighs]
I guess you're not a real cowboy
unless you're smelling
horseshit while you eat.
[soft music]
[opening beer can]
[sighs]
I needed this. Thank you.
Sure. [sighs]
Thanks for help today.
[exhales]
-You guys just feed him...
-[horse neighing]
or you ever ride him?
I ride, I just...
since Nana died, I,
I don't like leaving Willie
alone for too long, you know?
[acoustic guitar music]
You think he'd be all
right for a few more minutes.
[soft instrumental music]
[Tyler] Wow, it is so beautiful
out here.
Took it for granted when
I was out here, I guess.
Couldn't wait to get the hell
out
and now all I wanna do is stay.
[Nikki] Yeah, gramps said
that you were from here?
You're a Higgins boy.
[Tyler] Yeah, unfortunately.
You might have heard about my
brother.
[Nikki] Yeah, the accident out
at Riley Road.
I was in eighth grade
when I heard about that.
I'm sorry.
[Tyler] Yeah.
You know, that's what the
military's for, running away.
Just running away from your
problems here into more of 'em,
just somewhere else.
[horse snorting]
[Nikki] Maybe I should have done
that.
[Tyler] Your parents still
around or is it,
is it just you and Willie?
[Nikki] Well, my parents had me
really young.
My mom was just 17, and umm--
[]
my mom died when I was about 12.
And my dad just couldn't
handle me all by himself,
so he started drinking himself
away.
And Willie tried to get him
help,
but that, it didn't end up so
good.
So--
I'm sorry.
What about you, you
have family out here?
[sighs]
I have no idea where my mom's
at.
And my dad, well,
last time I saw him
was when he beat me and
my brother to a pulp
one drunken night.
Yeah, so,
he might still be locked up.
He might be dead, I don't know.
I stopped caring a long time
ago.
Just figured it'd be easier to--
grieving he's dead than it would
be to
keep hope that he might
make something of himself
while he was still living.
Hmm.
[acoustic guitar music]
I guess we have more in
common than I thought.
I guess so.
[chuckles]
[Nikki] Well, it's
gettin' dark, we'd better get
back.
Willie's probably hungry.
[Tyler] Yeah. [chuckling]
Hey, did you ever sneak into
Hemi and Hogs when you were
young?
-Oh God, all the time.
-[Tyler laughs]
Nana and Willie, I still
go in from time to time.
Yeah?
Is Janice still there
serving up those pulled pork
sandwiches?
[sighs]
Janice died five or so years
ago,
but the pulled pork lives on.
Are you up for a cold one and
some grub?
[acoustic guitar music]
Yeah, sure.
Let's go.
Go baby.
[soft acoustic music]
[fire crackling]
[hurried footsteps]
[clattering]
[utensils clattering]
[microwave beeping]
[microwave humming]
[Nikki breathing hard]
-[slaps]
-[microwave door clicks open]
[microwave door shuts]
Well, hello to you, too.
[Nikki] Oh, hi.
Hi.
[Willie stammers]
You gonna make an old
man eat alone tonight?
Yeah, I hope you don't mind.
I'm going to Hemi and Hogs
for a beer,
with a friend.
A friend, huh?
And what friend would that be?
[chuckling] Have fun sweetie.
[chuckling]
-[fire crackling]
-[chuckles]
A friend.
[water flowing]
[rustling]
[soft piano music]
[Willie snoring]
[soft piano music continues]
[kisses]
[Willie snoring]
[]
[water flowing]
You know, I was just
kidding about the river.
[both laugh]
You can use the shower inside
the house.
I don't mind the river, Nikki.
[truck door clicks open]
[Nikki] Thanks.
[Tyler] Yes ma'am.
-All right.
-[door closing]
[soft piano music]
[door closing]
I hope you don't mind me saying,
but you look really pretty
tonight.
Thanks.
Well, shall we? I'm getting
hungry.
[truck starting]
[truck revving]
[pinball bells ringing]
[beer pouring]
[country music on the jukebox]
[Tyler] Shit hadn't changed a
bit.
[Nikki] Hey, Eric.
Hey, Nick.
How are you?
Nice to see you.
What can I get you?
[Nikki] Hey, can we
get a couple of beers
for me and my new friend?
And if you have any of those
pulled pork sandwiches,
we'd love a couple of those.
You got it sweetie.
[]
Whoop, on the house.
Any friend of Nikki and
Willie's a friend of mine.
I gotta come see your gramps
again soon.
Tell him I said hello, will ya?
[]
-Cheers.
-Cheers.
[glasses clinking]
[Nikki] So.
So.
[laughs]
I'm curious, Tyler Higgins,
what brought you back here?
I know it wasn't the ad
looking for a professional shit
shoveler.
I don't know why I came back.
[crowd murmuring]
It's my home, I guess.
Your home?
No family, no friends.
No job.
Hey, got a job, boss.
[laughs]
Yeah.
So, how long were you deployed?
The first one was 15 months
and then I went back again.
-[Nikki] Wow. That's a long
time.
-Yep.
I'll bet your girlfriend had
a really hard time with that.
Didn't have a girlfriend.
[]
So, you think about going back?
[sighs] Nope.
I've done my time, so I'm out.
[bar chatter and music playing]
I'm thankful for your service
and all.
And Willie loves the heck
out of guys like you.
But when Bill comes around,
it's probably best if you
just don't talk about that.
Yeah, it's, it's horrible
what happened to her.
[crowd murmuring]
Where did you say you were based
again?
[waitress] I've got two Sammies.
There you go. Hi, Nikki.
Hi.
And y'all ordered a side
of tequila as well, right?
Aw. Thank you, Eric.
Welcome home.
-It's good to be back.
-[glasses clinking]
[]
Oh my gosh, I love this song.
You gonna finish what
you're eating first,
before you get up.
[Nikki] [laughs] It's better
cold. Comin' cowboy?
And I can't pretend
I ain't fallin' in love
Gettin' lost in every word
She says
Even though we just met
She don't know it, know it
Yet
[country music]
I can just see it now
Holding hands by a white
Little house on the edge of
Town
Where the truck can't turn
Around
She don't know it yet
But she's gonna be the one
Next to me in a wedding dress
Keeping every promise,
Staying together till the very
End
Yeah, and I [indistinct]
A time we won't forget
She don't know it yet, know
It yet
[country music]
[lyrics muffled]
As she's leavin' me
I gotta let her know
That we're meant to be
She don't know it yet, know
It yet
She don't know it yet, know
It yet
She don't know it yet
[country music]
See, that wasn't so hard.
Yeah.
I have to pee.
Okay.
[crowd murmuring]
[door closing]
-[country music]
-[lyrics muffled]
You're dying to sell
Want a little taste now
[lyrics muffled]
Getting her out of your mind
Ah, fuck that's good.
Get away, get away, get away
Before she sets your heart on
Fire
[lyrics muffled]
To her desire
She's got angel's wings
And a devil's curse
It's safe to say
She's dangerous
[country music]
She's got angel's wings
And a devil's curse
She's got angel's wings
And a devil's curse
It's safe to say
She's dangerous
[crowd chatter and laughter]
That's a mighty fine dress
you got on there, miss.
Thanks. My husband likes it too.
Hey, can I get another round of
tequila?
You mind if I get you this
round?
I can get it myself, thank you.
Hmm. Hey, I'm just trying to
be a gentleman.
Don't touch me.
Hey.
I said, don't fucking touch me.
She said don't touch her.
So that means don't fucking
touch her.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey boys.
No fucking way.
Higgins.
Tyler fucking Higgins.
I can't believe you have the
balls
to show your face back here.
[Nikki] Tyler, who
the fuck are these guys?
We're old pals, girly.
[]
See you got yourself a new
girlfriend, Ty.
[Thug] Seen her before.
She owns that ranch up at
Wagoner Creek with that cripple.
Let's get out of here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Come on, come on Ty.
Come on, Blue Falcon.
Why don't you have a beer
with us for old time?
You see, you used to get all
the girls back at the base.
Such a ladies man, weren't you
Ty?
Klamath Base's Finest Bachelor.
Look at you, buddy.
Look at that beard, it's coming
in nice.
[rock music]
[all slugging and grunting]
[punches thudding]
[glass breaking]
[thug slugging]
[Tyler slugging]
-Hey.
-[cocking gun]
All right, everybody out.
You know the fucking rules.
[acoustic guitar music]
[truck running]
[engine shuts off]
[Tyler sighs]
Who were those guys?
[clicks tongue]
They were some guys
that I enlisted with.
[crickets chirping]
And you were all based in
Klamath?
Yes.
Look I, I don't really
wanna talk about them.
It's probably a mistake for us
to go out.
[crickets chirping]
You know, Bill's sister was in
Klamath,
the night that she was...
[crickets chirping]
Yeah, you know, maybe it was
a mistake going out tonight.
For what it's worth, I had a
good time.
[door closing]
Yeah.
Yeah, me too.
[sighs]
[soft music]
[Tyler slamming wheel]
[water flowing]
[somber music]
[water flowing]
[somber music]
[Michelle] Were they military?
[Nikki] Yeah, I think so.
One of them said something
about a base,
but I don't, I don't fully
remember.
[Willie] Holy crap.
Is the kid all right?
Did you get hurt?
I'm okay, I just-- I don't know.
He had like a flip switch or
something.
-[Tyler clearing throat]
-[knocking on door]
[Michelle] Morning.
[Tyler] Good morning.
So Bill, how many head of
cattle are we talking about?
Bill?
About two dozen head.
-[Michelle] Coffee?
-Should be here in
in about three weeks.
[Tyler] Sure.
Will the southeastern land be
enough?
[Willie] I think that's gonna be
fine.
Hey boy. Come on, sit down with
us.
Let Nikki whip you up some eggs.
No, that's, that's fine.
I've got a lot of work to do
today,
so I'm gonna get back to
that if you don't mind.
[Willie] Okay, suit yourself.
[Tyler] It's nice to see you,
Michelle.
[Michelle] You too.
[Tyler] Bill.
[somber music]
[door closing]
[Willie clearing his throat]
[somber music]
[birds chirping]
I think the cowboy needs your
help out by the stables, Nick.
[somber music]
Okay.
Call me later.
-Yeah.
-[kisses]
[somber music]
[kisses]
The boy could be trouble.
Hey, can we not do this?
I did some digging.
[Willie] [sighs] Billy,
not all soldiers around here are
bad.
I'm not saying all soldiers
are bad,
but the ones that raped Lily
and left her for dead were,
and they're still out there.
Bill.
Turns out your cowboy out there
was deployed no less than a
week after they found Lily.
[Willie] Okay, and?
And from Klamath.
Boys are deployed from
Klamath all the time, Bill.
I don't think that means
anything.
The same base that
Lily was last seen at.
Transferred no more than a
day after they found her,
then deployed halfway across the
globe.
He either knows something
or he was a part of it.
I know it.
You know what I know?
I think you should leave.
[footsteps]
I'm sorry, Willie.
[Bill] What if it was Nikki?
[sighs]
Bill, how many times do we
have to
-go through this?
-If this was Nikki,
this case would still be open.
[]
But it wasn't.
It was my Lily.
It ended.
She doesn't have a white
grandpa.
She just has me,
another Indian.
And because of that,
she wasn't murdered and she
wasn't raped.
She mysteriously ended
up by the river bank
in the middle of the night
and died of hypothermia.
And again, because we're Indian,
we have to accept that?
Well I don't fucking accept it.
And I won't stop
until I find the men
responsible, and kill them.
And I'm not asking permission.
[somber music]
[water flowing]
[Nikki] I think we should talk.
Or we could go fish.
[water flowing]
Okay.
[water flowing]
[water flowing]
[Tyler] God, this land out here
is so beautiful.
[Nikki] Imagine what it would've
looked like
if the people who had found it
actually had been able to hold
onto it.
They had to fight just to fish.
Just to fish salmon out these
waters
that their ancestors had
been fishing for centuries,
long before the white man
came and just took everything.
And what little water there is
left,
they diverted from the
people who really need it.
I didn't know that.
[water flowing]
[Nikki] Did you know that every
treaty dating back to the 1850s
granting tribes in Oregon their
rights
to their fishing grounds
and hunting grounds
have been broken?
I didn't know that, no.
[water flowing]
What tribe are you from?
I'm from the Filipino tribe.
But I thought you were--
[Nikki] You thought I was
Native?
No.
My mom's parents were Filipino
and they didn't really
wanna have anything to do
with a half white teenage
pregnancy,
so I don't really know very
much about where I come from.
I don't know where I fit into
history.
I know we messed up
their history pretty bad.
But I always envied Bill and
Lily,
about how they knew where they
came from.
They knew who their people were.
I don't have any people.
I'm sorry.
[Nikki] It's America, right.
But this was their river.
[Tyler] Whose river?
The Rogue Indians.
This was their ancient fishing
grounds
before they were pushed
onto the reservations.
Now it's just a tourist
spot for their boats,
and for a bunch of rednecks to
go fishing.
Like my grandpa.
Those are Lily's words, not
mine.
[water flowing]
This was the river that
they found her body at.
What?
They found her body right here.
How did you know that?
[]
[Tyler] [sobbing] I was there
that night, Nikki.
[woman] I'll go get it.
Okay, go get it.
[Nikki] You were where?
[people shouting]
[Tyler] I saw her.
I saw her. [sobbing]
You saw Lily?
[]
[Tyler] I think it was the
last time anyone saw her.
[dark music]
[party chatter]
So when I was serving, I was
free off base.
I happened to see her pull up.
[man] This is for you,
shoot your shot, come on.
[Tyler] She was fine.
I'd seen her before.
She was dating one of the guys.
[dark music]
When I went to leave,
I saw her.
Briefly.
[party chatter]
She was in between two soldiers
from base.
One of them was her boyfriend,
and the other, I didn't
know at the time, but Wes.
It was the guys at the bar other
night.
[]
She wasn't crying but
she looked uncomfortable,
like she was trying to tell
me something with her eyes,
like she needed me to help her.
[sobbing]
[Tyler] I got so drunk that
night that I passed out on the
couch.
I woke up hours later to the
sound
of the truck speeding off,
screaming,
I thought that--
And then when I went to leave,
I--
[]
But the driver's side door
was open, the engine was off.
And then as, as I was
driving home, I saw him.
He was--
looked like he'd been
running, he looked exhausted.
He had blood on his right hand.
[etheric music]
I could tell his face had been
scratched.
[sobbing]
I couldn't shake what I saw,
so,
that night I went straight
to the authorities.
By the time I got there
and told them what I saw,
they said they had already found
her.
They said she died of
hypothermia.
[Nikki sobbing]
They didn't listen to the word I
said.
You should have made them
listen.
[water flowing]
I know.
[Tyler] After that I went
straight to my superiors.
It was the same rhetoric with
them.
They, they didn't want to hear
it.
I told them who I saw,
and they called them in for
questioning.
That was it.
The next thing I knew
I was on a transport
headed to the Middle East.
Coincidence?
I don't know.
Did you tell them what
you saw on the road?
His hands covered in blood,
scratches on his face.
[Tyler] I guess you just didn't
think to mention that, huh?
I did.
They wouldn't listen.
[sighs]
[Bill] These the same men
you had your run in with at the
bar?
Yeah.
What are their names?
Names, Tyler.
Jackson Campbell,
Wes Miller,
and the third one I didn't know,
but he was at the bar the other
night.
Well, thanks for telling us
that Tyler.
So what should we do now?
Should we call the police or
something?
No.
[]
Did you not hear what he just
said?
They've made it very
clear where they stand.
This case is closed.
It's done.
[]
But Bill, we can't just let--
[Bill] You guys should go.
I'm sure Willie's looking for
you.
[somber music]
[sobbing]
I'm so sorry, Michelle.
[somber music]
[Nikki's footsteps falling]
[door creaking]
[water flowing]
[Bill crying]
[solemn music]
[truck running]
[weather vain whirring]
[solemn music]
[truck running]
[doors closing]
[]
[wheelchair whirring]
Can I help you boys?
[man] Yeah, we're looking
for a man about yay big.
Throws a vicious punch.
I heard you kicked your ass
the other night at the bar.
Oh, you're funny. No bell
ringing, huh?
Tyler Higgins. You seen him?
Come on, go back to your
trailer park where you belong.
Just let us know and
we'll be on our way.
We won't even hurt you or
your precious little peach.
[engine revving]
You guys got on matching
T-shirts, Jesus Christ.
It ain't Halloween yet, boys.
Where'd you get those fatigues
though?
Is there an army/navy in town?
For a cripple, you like
to move your mouth a lot.
I mean, why don't you come down
here
and back those words up?
[Nikki] Whose truck is that?
Just tell us old timer.
Where is he? Where's Tyler
Higgins?
[truck running]
Hey dude, look who it is.
-Shit, the cavalry's arrived.
-[laughing]
There he is, woo. [clapping]
Come on boys, let's give him a
hand.
The man we've been waiting for.
Home a hero.
[laughing] You see at
the bar the other night,
you know you were teasing us a
little bit
with that foreplay, but--
you didn't say hello.
Oh, he said hello when he
kicked your ass at the bar.
What the fuck are you
doing here, Jackson?
Oh, that's nice.
You got yourself a sweet little
hometown girl, don't you?
Hey,
I haven't properly introduced
myself.
I'm Jackson.
Oh, I know who you are,
and I know what you did you sick
fuck.
[blows a kiss]
Ty here,
he's been telling you
those drunken stories
that he told the police, huh?
Years ago.
Probably in his best
interest if he stops running...
his fucking mouth.
-I saw you.
-What's that?
I said I saw you on the road.
You had blood all over
you, you were scratched up.
And I know you saw me too.
You didn't see shit.
I did.
I know what you did to Lily
Green, you motherfucker.
[laughing] Who's Lily Green?
You motherfucker!
Oh hey.
[gun cocking]
[Willie] Thanks for stopping
by boys.
Better get going though.
You don't wanna be late to
your come to Jesus meeting.
Watch yourself Higgins.
Watch yourself.
-Let's go boys.
-[spits]
Pretty girl you got there,
Higgins.
Be a shame if anything happened
to her.
But if it does, hell,
that's on you.
Woo-hoo.
[doors closing]
[truck running]
[clothes rustling]
[loading gun]
[vehicle approaching]
[water flowing]
[Willie] You leaving so soon?
[water flowing]
Tyler?
Did you ever see any of your
buddies
killed when you were out in the
desert?
[water flowing]
Yeah, me too.
You know, I remember I
lost a bunch of buddies.
Every day I wanted to run.
So I remember,
carrying my buddy Jones...
for five miles.
Hell, a bomb blew off half his
face.
And all I could think to do was
run,
I put him over my shoulder.
I ran
and I ran.
And I was running away from
all that death, mayhem.
Hell, I think he was
dead by the second mile
but I didn't stop.
War's a scary place kid.
And it's not just on the
battlefield out in the desert.
War's everywhere.
And you're fighting one
right now with yourself.
Yeah.
You know, you had a duty
when you're in the military,
a duty to defend and to protect.
Unfortunately you did your
country a disservice that night,
'cause you didn't protect
and you didn't defend.
And you're gonna have to
learn to live with that.
Don't you ever be ashamed
of fighting for our country.
Just get better at doing
it in your everyday life.
Do you understand me, boy?
[]
Yes, sir.
[solemn music]
[Willie] And Lily, she was, God,
she was our special girl.
So beautiful,
so smart, so full of life,
a whole future ahead of her.
Those men should be shot dead
for what they did to her.
If I wasn't a cripple,
I'd go kill those motherfuckers
myself.
[solemn music]
[truck running]
[Tyler screaming]
[truck accelerating]
[Tyler pounding on wheel]
Fuck!
[dark music]
[cocking gun]
[indistinct chatter]
[truck running]
[traffic passing]
[truck starting]
[Tyler] [faint whispering] Bill,
what are you doing, Bill?
[trucks running]
Bill, what are you doing?
[Tyler] No. Bill.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Bill, what the fuck.
[truck accelerating]
[gravel crunching]
[truck dying]
[door closing]
[running footsteps]
[knocking]
[door closing]
[crickets chirping]
Bill, I know what you're
thinking.
Dude, don't do this, man.
You know Lily was
going to Portland State
on a full academic scholarship.
I didn't know that.
Pre-Med.
She wanted to be a doctor.
Girl was gonna cure cancer.
She probably could have.
Another young Native woman,
murdered,
before she ever got the chance
to leave a mark in this world.
[crickets chirping]
My mother, murdered.
Her sister, found dead.
Lily's best friend, gone
missing.
All cases gone cold.
I won't sit back...
and watch them take our
women from us anymore.
Now I'm gonna go in that dump,
and I'm gonna kill him,
and you can go home.
[crickets chirping]
[door closing]
[rustling in truck bed]
[opening door]
[door closing]
[tense music]
[person laughing]
[Thug] You're fucking weird.
[person giggling]
[tense music]
[muffled speaking]
[knocking on door]
[woman] Who's that?
[woman] Who is it?
[dark music]
[Bill slugging thug]
[both slugging and grunting]
Get the hell outta my house or
I'm calling the fucking police.
[thug screaming]
[Bill] You want to tell me
what happened to Lily Green?
[screaming] I can't do it.
I don't know who you are. No.
-Oh no, stop. [screaming]
-[bone breaking]
[thug groaning]
-[Bill] Get up.
-[thudding]
-Get up, punk
-[thug groaning]
[]
-[thudding]
-[grunts]
[Bill slugging]
You two were seeing each other.
[solemn music]
Look at me.
Ahhh!
Did you rape her?
[thug sobbing]
-[Bill slugging]
-[grunting]
-[thudding]
-[grunting]
-[thudding]
-[grunting]
You raped her, didn't you?
[grunting] Okay, we
raped her, we raped her.
[Bill] She had a head injury,
Wes.
Who hit her in the head?
Was it you?
[thudding]
[]
[Bill slugging]
[Wes whimpers] He'll kill me!
Okay.
Jackson hit her. Jackson hit
her.
She said she was gonna tell,
she was gonna get away.
It was Jackson.
So she hit him.
Jackson hit her back, I
don't know what happened.
I don't know what happened after
that.
Please, please.
[dark music]
[crickets chirping]
[]
[footsteps]
[Wes whimpers]
[Wes] Please no, no.
-[Bill stomping]
-[groans]
-[choking sounds]
-[Bill stomping]
[Bill stomping]
[squelching sounds]
[dark music]
[crickets chirping]
-[Bill stomping]
-[squelching sounds]
[dark music]
[tense music]
[footsteps]
[Tyler] What'd you do with him?
[Bill] Who?
Oh, him?
Poor guy died of hypothermia.
[footsteps]
Goodnight, Tyler.
[door opening]
[distant howling]
[door closing]
[distant howling]
[truck starting]
[truck running]
[Tyler sighs]
[]
[truck alert dinging]
[doors closing]
[footsteps]
[somber music]
[tense music]
[screen door closing]
[Jackson] Where is he?
River.
[heavy breaths]
You saw who did this?
It was that Tyler guy from the
bar,
and some, some Indian guy.
It was bad, Jackson.
It was really bad.
You've only told me about
this, yeah?
Yeah, I only told you.
But, we gotta get the cops out
here.
No cops.
I'm serious.
No.
Did you call someone from the
base?
Jackson.
[thug retching]
Coyotes got to him.
He's-- [coughing].
Sean, start the truck.
-Paige, go inside.
-What are you--
Go inside.
-You're not gonna say a fucking
word to no one.
-What are you gonna do?
-Not gonna say a fucking word to
anyone.
-What are you gonna do?
You understand?
-Do you understand me?
-Okay.
You're not gonna say a fucking
word
to anyone, do you got it?
Okay.
[solemn music]
[door clicks open]
[shaky breaths]
Fuck.
[door closing]
You and Willie need to leave.
Excuse me?
Bill killed that soldier.
What soldier?
Where is he? Where's Bill?
What happened, Tyler?
Bill's fine.
I think.
[]
[door closing]
Okay, somebody better tell
me what the fuck is going on.
Nikki, Michelle's here to
take Willie to her mom's house,
and I think you should go too.
I'm not going anywhere until
somebody
tells me what's going on.
[Michelle] Willie, I don't think
you understand.
Bill killed that guy. They're
coming here.
Please, I'm going to my mom's.
[Willie] I do understand.
I don't care. Get your
paws off me, Michelle.
If you think I'm gonna leave my
house
and let these knuckleheads
get themselves killed!
With all due respect, you're
outta your goddamn mind.
Now, y'all need to just go.
But I'm gonna sit on my
porch with my gun and my beer
and defend my house!
[Tyler] How much time do
you think we have, Bill?
[Nikki] Time till what?
[Bill] Till they come for
Tyler and I.
Okay, here's a crazy fucking
idea.
Why don't we call the cops?
The cops will come
and they'll arrest me.
[Tyler] Yeah, but that's
not before the others
try and come and kill Bill
first.
He ain't coming. Come
on Nikki, let's go.
I'm going nowhere. This is my
house.
[heavy breaths]
Okay honey, you better go to
your mom's.
Okay.
[Willie] Nikki, come get
Nana's rifle.
[tense music]
[truck starting]
[truck revving]
[Tyler sniffing]
[trucks revving]
[trucks passing]
You got us into this mess,
now talk some sense into him.
Lily was his goddaughter too,
Nick.
If you ask me, somebody should
have done
what Bill did a long time ago.
-[birds chirping]
-[water flowing]
They take one step towards him
and you shoot 'em dead, you hear
me?
I'm not letting anything
happen to my grandpa, too.
[]
Just like old times.
We've seen some shit, haven't
we?
-[barrels clink]
-We're fixin' to see a lot more.
Thank God, I was getting bored
out here.
[cocking gun]
[]
[trucks passing]
So this is why you
came back, for revenge?
[heavy breaths]
Because you just put the only
family I have left in danger.
No, Nikki, I did not come
back for revenge, okay?
I, I don't know why I came back,
alright?
I think I just wanted, I
just wanted justice for her.
I just didn't think through how,
or how me coming back
here would do any good.
Clearly it has not.
You know that I cried for
years straight
after they found her body.
And Willie said that the
pain would get better,
that would get more
tolerable, but it didn't.
-[water flowing]
-[sobbing]
And that is not half of
what Bill went through.
You know what he said to me,
when I was crying at his
sister's funeral?
That we have to steer away from
the pain,
and we have to face it head on,
because that's the only way
that we can fight for her,
and fight for her memory
and fight for justice.
So you better hope for your
sake that we get justice,
even if we have to kill
these motherfuckers.
I hope we get that justice
too, Nikki.
[water flowing]
[kisses]
[whispers] Just incase.
[heavy breaths]
[truck running]
[gravel crunching]
[Jackson] We're Nelly Echo.
We don't need anybody with
a happy trigger finger.
Wait for my signal, over.
We don't leave until
those fuckers are dead,
you understand me?
The girl too.
[]
We're gonna string 'em up,
and gut the motherfucker.
I'm gonna watch him fucking
bleed.
[trucks crunching gravel]
[truck alert dinging]
[doors closing]
[Willie] Hey Bill, look who's
back.
Hello boys.
What are you doing back here?
You selling some Girl Scout
cookies today?
So you're the motherfucker
that killed Wes, huh?
Who?
You know who.
[Bill] That white trash who
raped my little sister?
Yeah,
he's dead.
Cold got to him.
[motorcycle running]
I know what you did.
You think I give a fuck about
that little prairie nigger of
yours?
She wasn't good for
anything more than a fuck.
Hey, let me get this straight.
You're up here to play,
is that what you want?
I'll tell you what, let's play.
[guns cocking]
[heavy breaths] What do I do?
-[Tyler] Hold.
-[Nikki] What do I do?
-[Nikki] What do I do?
-[Tyler] Hold.
[panicked breaths]
[Nikki] He's coming closer.
[Nikki shakily] I'm gonna shoot.
No, no, no. Do not shoot.
Nikki, do not--
[gun firing]
-[guns firing]
-[grunting]
Ow, fuck.
-[gun firing]
-[thuds]
-[guns firing]
-[Tyler] Stay behind me.
-[gun fire]
-Stay close, okay?
Come on.
[guns firing]
[guns firing]
-[rifle clicks]
-[heavy breaths]
[gun cocking]
[gun cocking]
-[gun firing]
-[grunts]
-[guns firing]
-[grunting]
[Willie] Fuck! Goddamn, goddamn.
[]
[footsteps]
[water flowing]
[thug screaming]
-Fuck! Fuck!
-[groaning]
[panicked breaths]
Oh my God, Willie.
[Willie growling]
-[Willie] I'm fine.
-[dark music]
[guns firing]
[thug screaming]
-[guns firing]
-[gun clanking]
[guns firing]
[Jackson grunting]
[gun firing]
-[gun firing]
-[bike revving]
[Jackson] Hey.
Hey, stay here, come on.
-Stay. That's an order!
-[bike revving]
I said that's a fucking order!
[bike accelerating]
Fuck.
[grunting]
[gun cocking]
[gun firing]
Fuck!
Fuck.
Fuck you!
Fuck you! [screaming]
Run.
What?
I said,
run.
[Jackson grunting]
[cocking gun]
[Jackson] Fuck.
[water flowing]
[Jackson screaming]
[cocking gun]
[]
You messed with the
wrong prairie nigger.
-[gun firing]
-[thuds]
[]
[Nikki] Willie, breathe.
[sobbing]
Please, wake up.
Don't leave me.
No. [crying]
No, no, no, no, no.
Breathe, in and out. Breathe.
Breathe.
[]
[Nikki crying]
Wake up.
[somber piano music]
[water flowing]
[somber piano music]
-[wind chimes ringing]
-[birds chirping]
[liquid pouring]
[wind chimes ringing]
Thank you, baby.
[birds chirping]
You know sweetheart,
sometimes your knight in shining
armor,
might just be a cowboy
in dirty work boots.
[birds chirping]
You know, I don't know
what I would do without you.
I ain't going anywhere.
At least not yet.
[birds chirping]
Look at me.
Who loves you?
You do.
You're damn right.
[kisses]
Now go on.
[birds chirping]
[]
-[birds chirping]
-[water flowing]
[running footsteps]
You break my granddaughter's
heart,
and I'll fucking kill you.
[soft music]
[birds chirping]
[water flowing]
[soft music]
[birds chirping]
[water flowing]
[soft music]
[birds chirping]
[whispers] Forgive me.
For failing you in life.
[water flowing]
And I will honor you in death.
[birds singing]
[bird calling]
Hi, Lily.
[bird calling]
[birds singing]
[soft music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[spiritual music]
[music ends]