Billy The Kid (2022) s03e08 Episode Script

[BILLY] Previously, on Billy the Kid.
- [GUNSHOTS]
- [BILLY SHOUTS]
- [BODY THUDS]
- [CATRON] Of course I can believe
that Sheriff Garrett
took a shot at the Kid.
That doesn't mean he killed him.
You ever heard of Billy the Kid?
I'm the man who killed him.
I've received a lot of
reports from people telling me
they've actually seen
glimpses of the Kid since then,
but Billy the Kid is still alive.
I'm here to announce that
I'm increasing the reward
for his capture or death to $75,000.
- [CROWD GASPING]
- [JESSE] You said that it wasn't just Garrett.
There was someone else
that we had to kill.
Yeah. Thomas Catron.
[JESSE] Just the Governor
of New Mexico, huh?
[CATRON] Billy the Kid
is a cold-blooded killer.
He belongs in the past,
and not in our new America!
The Rings run most things
out here in the west, Billy.
The secret societies of wealthy people.
The Santa Fe Ring is the oldest
and most powerful ring of them all.
And sitting at the very
top is Thomas Catron.
You're gonna get yourself
shot trying to kill someone
you've never met.
You're gonna end up like
your journalist friend.
I want no part of that. It's suicide.
I still love you and
I'll never forget you.
You won't have died in
vain, my sweet Edgar.
What kind of man was you father?
Oh, I don't talk about my family.
They don't matter. I left
home as soon as I could.
Been on the run from the law ever since.
You once told me you wanted
to meet Billy the Kid.
Well, maybe now is your chance.
Go out there and say hello!
Stop it! I won't talk
to you about Edgar,
and I won't talk to you about
Billy the Kid ever again.
Do you understand?
I'm kinda sick of being on the run.
From now on, you and me are the hunters.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Hello, Pat.
Was it all worth it?
No.
- [GUNSHOT]
- [PAT GRUNTS]
[BILLY] You coming with me?
[JESSE] You know what I think.
I told you what I'd do if
you walked away from me!
Do what you have to, Kid.
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[DISTANT ANIMALS CALLING]
Who the hell is that?
- It's Billy.
- It can't be. He's dead.
[BILLY] No, he ain't.
Look.
Easy.
See?
I ain't some ghost, Sam.
[SIGHS]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
So, what do you need?
Well, I still got unfinished
business with Thomas Catron.
I need help getting connected to him.
I can't exactly go riding
into Santa Fe, now can I?
And you know everyone
in Lincoln County, Sam.
I thought maybe you could help.
I got to get real close to him, Sam.
[SIGHS]
I can't help you, but I
think I know someone who can.
- Who?
- His daughter, Emily.
She runs The House for him now.
And why the hell would
she want to help me?
Surely, she's gonna run
and blab to her father.
[SAM] Nah, she won't. Just talk to her.
When she comes in to get the mail,
I'll tell her that you want to see her.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Here you are, Miss Emily.
- Ah, thank you, Sam.
Whatever would I do without you?
Thank you kindly.
Um, just a moment, Miss Emily!
Yes?
I've been approached
by a certain person.
He's very anxious to meet you.
Do I know this person?
Who is he?
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[WHISPERS] It's Billy the Kid.
[SCOFFS]
Billy the Kid is dead.
No. He's alive.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
He's alive?
Do you want to meet him?
I think so.
He may come by The House
tonight after it's dark.
Tell him to come in the back door.
My mind is rather in a whirl, Sam.
I still can't believe
what you've just told me.
You'll believe it better,
after tonight, Miss Emily.
Hm.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR CREAKING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
- [GUN CLICKS]
- Miss Emily?
Yes.
I don't know what to call you.
Is it William? William Bonney?
Most people just call me Billy.
Hello, Billy.
Hello.
Would you care for a drink, Billy?
I wouldn't say no to a
whiskey, if that's all right?
[EMILY CHUCKLES] Of
course it is. Me too.
I, uh, call it Lincoln Water.
Thank you.
I believed you were dead.
So, this seems very strange.
Old Sam speaks very highly of you.
Shall we sit down?
Why did you want to see me?
I would very much like
to meet your father.
Meet him?
Why would you want to meet him?
Well, perhaps I can guess,
given your reputation.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Your father is a
I know what my father is.
He killed my husband.
- I didn't know that.
- At least he ordered it.
Of that I'm certain.
That's why I hate him.
[BILLY EXHALES]
You said you want to meet him?
Just not in Santa Fe.
Yes. I understand.
But perhaps I can help you, Billy.
I would like to.
My father is actually planning
to go on a whistle-stop tour
of the whole territory pretty soon,
stopping at various places
to address open-air meetings.
I could maybe get you an itinerary.
That would be very helpful.
A lot of the people here in Lincoln
truly love and respect you.
That's nice to hear.
But truthfully, I'd prefer that
no one talked about me at all.
[EMILY] I don't know about that.
Somebody has to stand up for those
who can't stand up for themselves.
[SIGHS]
I better be goin'.
How can I reach you?
Uh
You give word to Sam when you're ready.
It was a pleasure
meeting you, Miss Emily.
I'll show myself out.
[SIGHS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Are you excited to be
going on this tour, Father?
[CATRON] I am.
I'm going to be traveling
by special train.
People everywhere in this
territory got me and my bank
to thank for the railroad.
New Mexico is getting civilized at last.
What do you think of this hat?
[EMILY CHUCKLES] It suits you.
[CATRON] Good.
Will you give me an itinerary?
I'd like to imagine where you are.
You won't have time to write, I know.
Sure. It's almost
agreed. I'll send you one.
What is it you really want to achieve?
I mean, by doing this tour.
First off, my darling,
a governor has a duty
to show his face to those he represents.
They can see my picture in the papers,
but that's not the same thing.
They need to see me in the flesh.
And, after all, it
might just be the start
of a more important campaign.
What do you mean?
Hm.
Well
Some important people here in Santa Fe
are starting to say I should
head up the Democratic ticket
for the next President.
- Hm.
- Of course, I'm not taking that
very seriously at the
moment. But if I was,
I know I should be across
all the national papers.
Catron for President
Now that has a ring to it.
[EMILY CHUCKLES]
Try this.
Okay.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
Have you stopped worrying
about Billy the Kid?
You know, that's a very funny thing.
The moment we all started
to talk about this tour,
about the train, all the
places we're going to go to
I started to think less
about Billy the Kid.
What is he, after all?
He's just a hoodlum.
[EMILY CHUCKLES]
A scrawny little kid, who
got his name in the papers
once or twice.
But what is he to me? Hm?
He's nothing to me.
I'm glad you think so.
[CATRON] I'm telling
you right now, this tour
is the starting pistol to
my run at the presidency.
I already have the support of the Masons
as well as the backing of
a lot of very important,
very wealthy people
across this entire country.
They all recognize what I've
achieved here in New Mexico.
How I stood up to the Mexicans,
the Indians, and all those
who challenge our special destiny!
[CATRON SIGHS]
I'm sorry.
It's just my passion.
I can't help it.
I can see the road ahead.
I know you can, Father.
I know you can.
[FOOTSTEPS PATTER AWAY]
This is my father's itinerary.
He's setting off from Santa
Fe in exactly two weeks.
He's very excited.
[SIGHS]
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Thank you.
Goodnight, Billy.
Goodnight, Miss Emily.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[HORSE GRUNTING]
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[HORSE NEIGHING LOUDLY]
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[JESSE] Any ideas?
[BILLY] A few.
Some places I've passed through before.
How 'bout you?
Well, it seems to me we
wait for the train to leave
the most populous cities.
Somewhere quieter, less newsworthy.
Then how about Mesilla?
I know we only saw it
from the courthouse,
but it's somewhat familiar territory.
[JESSE] Let's do that, then.
Maybe we go in a few days
before the circus arrives.
Mesilla it is.
[SNIFFLES]
[BILLY] So, you gonna tell me
why you came back?
Oh, not much.
[BILLY CHUCKLING]
All right. Suit yourself.
Whatever your reason, I'm glad.
[JESSE] I got to
thinkin' about my old man.
How maybe I judged him a little harsh.
The truth is, he, uh
He wasn't much in my life.
He hustled like he was
trying to outrun something.
Maybe outrun us.
The first time I ever got arrested
was with him and my ma.
[CHUCKLES] Counterfeit money.
Ma used to say, that, uh
You know, he, he
didn't care about us.
But
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
Maybe in his own way, he did care.
Just didn't know how to show it.
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
Everyone needs family, don't they?
[BILLY] I'm just glad you came back.
Goodnight, Jesse.
[EXHALES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
Not too shabby.
I'd say it's, uh damn near perfect.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DISTANT TRAIN HORN BLOWING]
[TRAIN DINGING]
I guess you should
probably go down tomorrow,
get us some more food,
some papers, feed the horses.
[JESSE] Right.
Jesse
Just don't do anything to
draw attention to us, okay?
Who do you think I am?
[JESSE CHUCKLES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BLOWS]
[CARTS RATTLING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
How much?
Depends what you want.
Everything.
"Everything" is five dollars
in advance.
Come on.
Come on.
[DOOR OPENS]
Where the hell have you been?
Doin' what we said.
The stores were slow to open.
Took care of the horses.
[GRUNTS]
[BILLY] Looks like Catron's
security is already here.
I don't think we should
go out again today.
No need.
This place is a shithole.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
We need you to look at these
pictures very carefully.
Let us know if you
recognize any of these men.
No.
Yeah, he was here earlier.
You sure?
[SIGHS]
Yes.
[MAN] Jesse Evans.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
Hey, you sure no one got
a real good look at you?
Uh-huh.
[SIGHS]
What is it with you?
Something ain't right.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BILLY] Look.
[MAN] All right, let's get 'em!
Shit! They're onto us. We
gotta go. We gotta go now.
[GUN CLICKING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUNFIRE]
[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
- [GUNSHOT]
- [MAN GRUNTS]
- [GUNSHOT]
- [MAN GRUNTS]
[MAN] Open up! Shoot the damn door.
[GUNFIRE]
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
- [HORSE NEIGHING]
- [MAN SHOUTS]
[GRUNTING]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[GUNFIRE]
[GRUNTS]
- [GUNSHOT]
- [MAN GRUNTS]
[SHOUTING]
[GUNFIRE]
- [GLASS SHATTERING]
- [MAN GRUNTS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING]
[GUNFIRE]
- [MAN GRUNTS]
- [HORSE NEIGHING]
- [GUNFIRE]
- Let's go!
[GUNFIRE]
[MAN] Go after 'em!
[GRUNTING]
- [SLICING]
- [GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING]
[HORSE NEIGHING]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[HORSES GRUNTING]
[EMILY] My father wrote to me.
He told me, after what happene,
he had seriously
considered ending his tour
right there and then.
But he decided it had to go on.
Otherwise, people might
think he was a coward
who would quit at the
first sign of danger.
He also said that security
had been massively beefed-up,
especially for the final stop.
He wanted to reassure me about that.
His itinerary hasn't changed?
He's dropped a few of the smaller stops.
He really wants to get to Albuquerque.
That's all that really matters to him,
getting all the attention and
publicity of making it there.
Being some kind of hero.
The man of the moment.
We missed our chance.
Not necessarily.
I have an idea.
What do you mean?
[EMILY] If we pull everyone's
attention off my father,
just for a moment and cause confusion,
maybe it allows you to get closer,
without being detected.
And, uh
who exactly is gonna
cause this distraction?
My father has been begging me
to appear on stage with him.
He wants to be seen as a family man
with a loving daughter.
He needs my public endorsement.
Well, I can give it to him.
Nah. No. No.
I don't want you putting
yourself in danger for me.
For you?
I'm not doing this for
you, but for my poor husband
and all the other people
my father has destroyed.
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
You sure about this?
Yes.
I'll obey him one last time.
I don't know. It's
[EMILY] Don't worry about me.
And don't try to stop me
doing it, because I will.
Whether you take advantage
of it is up to you.
Okay.
[SIGHS]
[BILLY] Okay. I can see I
ain't gonna change your mind.
Okay.
[SIGHS]
Can I ask one last thing of you?
What is it?
[BILLY] I knew a
a journalist by the name of Ash Upson.
He was a writer for
the Daily New Mexican.
He wrote an article
about the Santa Fe
Rings, exposing the power
and the corruption
including your father.
And they killed him, buried the article.
I wanna ask that you ensure that article
sees the light of day,
make sure it gets published.
I'll do my best.
Thank you.
I couldn't do any of this
without you, Miss Emily.
Goodnight.
[EMILY] Goodnight.
[TRAIN HORN BLOWING]
[DINGING]
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
- [EXCITED CHATTER]
- [CHEERING]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
What do you think of this, sweetheart?
[CHUCKLES]
It's incredible. And it's all for you.
No, this is all for America.
This is the future, right here.
[CROWD CHEERING]
[CATRON] This is the start
of a brand-new America.
[UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING FADES]
Mr. Kane.
[PAUL] Thomas.
[CATRON] It's good to see you, Paul.
[PAUL] I trust you
had a pleasant journey.
[CATRON] Indeed I did.
[PAUL] Okay, boys, let's go.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
Folks, ladies and gentlemen,
it is my great privilege and honor today
to welcome the Governor of New Mexico,
and the future President of
our United States of America.
- To our fair city.
- [CHEERING]
Let's all show your appreciation
for our governor, Mr. Thomas Catron,
a man of the people, for the people.
[CROWD CHEERING]
[PAUL] Let's hear it now. Come on.
- [CHEERING]
- [WHISTLING]
[CATRON] Fellow Americans,
we stand on the very
threshold of change.
And I promise I will
be there to lead you.
- [CHEERING]
- [APPLAUSE]
[CATRON] We Americans came to
this land to create a dream.
To take over this vast land from
pagans and devil-worshippers.
[CROWD CHEERING]
My friends, we succeeded.
But that is not enough.
We still don't benefit
from the millions of dollars
worth of oil, coal and gold
that remain buried beneath our land.
Those riches belong to us.
[CHEERING]
[CATRON] The descendants
of the Mayflower,
the lords of this country,
the purveyors of its destiny.
- [CHEERING]
- [APPLAUSE]
[CATRON] Today, I have a very
special treat for you all.
She hasn't joined this pilgrimage,
this journey of hope, until now.
Ladies and gentlemen, I
am so proud to introduce
my beloved daughter, Miss Emily Catron.
- [CHEERING]
- Come on out.
There she is. Isn't she beautiful?
[GASPING]
Ah!
Isn't she just beautiful?
[EMILY] I'm not used
to this. Forgive me.
But I really want to talk
to you about my father.
[CROWD SHOUTING ENTHUSIASTICALLY]
I want to tell you the
truth about my father.
[CHEERING]
[EMILY] This is very important.
My father is a very special man.
He is a very important man.
My father wants you to know the truth.
He wants you to know the real man,
the man who wants to be the president
of all the American people.
[CHEERING]
But the truth is,
my father has no intention of being
the president for everyone,
just for his rich friends.
My father is corrupt.
[CROWD BOOING]
He's the head of a secret
organization called "The Rings"
who run just about
everything in this country,
from the political parties,
to the judiciary Everything!
They are criminals!
But you want to know
his greatest crime?
He ordered the killing of my husband,
his own son-in-law, Edgar Walz.
[GUNSHOT]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[SOFT EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUN CLICKS]
- [GUNSHOT]
- [CROWD SCREAMING]
Okay. Let's go! Billy, come on!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[GUNFIRE]
[GRUNTING]
Stop right there!
[GUNFIRE]
[SCREAMING]
[GUNFIRE]
[PANTING]
[DRIVER] Whoa, whoa!
- [GUNSHOTS]
- Go! Go!
Alright! Move!
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
- [GUNSHOT]
- [MAN GRUNTS]
[GUNFIRE]
- [BILLY] Jesse!
- [JESSE] I'm hit!
[BILLY] Come on, get up! Get up!
- [MAN] He's hit, he's down!
- Come on.
[JESSE GROANING]
[BILLY] Get the hell outta here!
[JESSE GROANING]
- [GUNSHOT]
- Ah.
- [BODY THUDS]
- Fuck. Fuck.
[JESSE GROANING]
Ah, shit.
[PANTING]
Billy, I ain't running
anywhere. You gotta go.
No, I ain't leavin' you. Come on.
- [GUNSHOT]
- Come on. Come on.
[JESSE] No!
[MAN] We got 'em surrounded, boys!
- [GUNFIRE]
- [PANTING]
- Get down!
- Ah!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[MAN] Just hold on, wait 'em out.
Billy, listen to me for once.
You gotta go. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- I got your back.
- No way, brother.
We're in this together.
We're in this together.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[JESSE] We got him. Hey!
[LAUGHING] We got him.
We did it.
We got him.
[BILLY] Jesse,
- I ain't leaving you.
- It's okay.
[JESSE SIGHS]
It's okay.
[SIGHS]
Okay?
It's done.
Let's give 'em hell.
Yeah?
[JESSE CHUCKLES]
Let's give 'em hell, Kid.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [GRUNTING]
- [GUNFIRE]
[AGENT] There they are! Go, go, go! Ah!
[GUNFIRE]
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
- [GUNFIRE]
- [MAN SHOUTING]
Ah!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Ah, go!
- [GUNSHOT]
- Whoa!
- [GUNSHOT]
- [MAN GRUNTS]
[GUNFIRE]
[GRUNTING]
- [JESSE GROANS]
- [AGENT] You're surrounded.
Throw your guns down,
if you want to live.
- [JESSE GROANING]
- [AGENT] I'll count to five.
One
Two
- Three
- [GUNFIRE]
[JESSE SHOUTS]
[GUNFIRE]
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
[GUNSHOT]
[EXHALES]
[HOOVES CLOPPING]
Billy!
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[CHUCKLES]
[GEORGE] It's all over the papers.
They sayin' anything
about Jesse in there?
[GEORGE] Sure. They call
him the "outlaw Jesse Evans,
a criminal, a fugitive".
Always the same old story.
Never the full picture.
Jesse Evans sacrificed his life
for mine. That's what he did.
- [BABY FUSSING]
- Hey
He didn't die for nothing.
[BABY FUSSING]
Thank you so much,
George. For everything.
So? You guys decided
on where you're goin'?
[BILLY] Yeah.
Mexico.
Dulcinea's still got family down there.
I'm leavin' Billy the
Kid behind, George.
Forever.
We've been through a lot together.
We lost a lot of good
friends along the way.
I just hope it was worth it.
We followed you because we believed
in what you were doin', Billy.
We made a difference.
You just think of me from
time to time, all right?
[GEORGE LAUGHING]
[TEARFULLY] You kidding me?
Take care of yourself.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
Come on!
[CHUCKLING]
[SOFT STRING MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]