Heartland (CA) s19e02 Episode Script

1
- Previously on Heartland.
- (AMY) It's nothing fancy,
just dinner with my family.
Seems like we're making it official.
Everybody already knows, except Lyndy.
(REPORTER OVER RADIO)
Officials are keeping
a close eye on weather conditions
as the forest fire west of Hudson
continues to burn out of control.
(AMY) We're being evacuated.
(NATHAN JR.) I want to
introduce you to somebody.
(NATHAN SR.) Don't be ridiculous.
I'd recognize Marion anywhere.
(GRACIE) I've been running ranches
my whole life and I
am pretty good at it.
Not if you're going to
make Amy's family the enemy.
Look, my family's trying
to undo the damage.
That starts with signing this agreement.
Even if I sign the deal, it doesn't mean
I'm not going to be fierce competition.
- I play to win.
- So do I.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(INSECTS CHIRRING)
Hey, did you get Dewdrop
from the pen all by yourself?
- And I found the shampoo.
- Nice job!
I love how hard you're working
to get her ready for the show,
but we've got to get
cleaned up for dinner.
GG's making spaghetti.
I'm not hungry.
What? Who are you?
And what have you done with my daughter?
- (LYNDY LAUGHES)
- (AMY KISSES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTING)
Ink Pots Society.
Teen book club, huh?
Bit of an oxymoron though, isn't it?
Aren't book clubs just an
excuse for bored housewives
to gossip and drink wine?
- (YOUNG WOMAN SCOFFS)
- (AMY CHUCKLES)
Definitely no wine at this one.
Just some good books
and smart discussion.
I prefer real life to books.
Oh, you're more the, uh,
- cheerleader on horseback type.
- Sure.
Flag team is similar to cheerleading.
The skill and talent it
takes often gets overlooked.
Riding looks easy to people
who just read about it.
Enjoy your book club, though.
I'm sure it'll be thrilling.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(GIGGLES)
Yeah, I'm looking forward
to finally experiencing
one of these legendary family dinners.
See you at 7:30.
This time, nothing will stop me.
All right. Bye.
Hey.
(LIGHT MUSIC)
- (LOUD NEIGHING)
- Whoa!
What are you doing?
Easy, easy, easy.
- (LOUD NEIGHING)
- (NATHAN JR. HOLLERS)
(GRUNTING)
(SIGHING)
("DREAMER" BY JENN GRANT PLAYS)
And at the break of day ♪
You sank into ♪
Your dream ♪
You dreamer ♪
You dreamer ♪
You dreamer ♪
I just think if Dad is committed
to a summer on the circuit,
that we should, you know,
hire an extra set of hands part-time.
Uh-huh. With what money?
Generally, ranch hands
expect to be paid.
We'll make it work.
I've already emailed
you a couple of names
- that were recommended to me.
- (JACK) Oh!
So this isn't really a discussion.
You two have already made a plan.
What is this?
This has to be a misprint!
Pryce Beef cannot
sell steaks that cheap.
I wanted to talk to you
about that after dinner.
How much are they undercutting us?
30%.
They're trying to drive
us out of the market.
That's a bold move.
They're going to bankrupt
themselves right alongside us.
Well, unless they found a
way to tighten their belts.
Maybe I should be asking
Nathan for some tips.
- Yeah, which is another reason.
- (LISA) Oh, OK!
You two, no more business talk.
We're going to be on our best behaviour.
This dinner was postponed
because of the fire,
and this is a do-over.
And Nathan deserves a
nice Heartland welcome, OK?
Don't look at me. I'm through
causing any more conflict
for Amy and her boyfriend.
Oh, boyfriend.
I think I'll be drinking
scotch at dinner tonight.
Can we all please just call him Nathan?
We haven't told Lyndy yet,
so I don't want to put a label on it.
Fair enough. We'll
follow your cue, honey.
Thanks.
It does feel right to
go slow when it comes to Lyndy.
Just just don't wait too long, OK?
She's getting smarter every day.
I know.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(SIGHS)
(NATHAN JR. INHALES SHARPLY)
Hey.
- Sorry I'm late.
- Nathan!
What did you do to your eye?
(LAUGHING)
(LYNDY) Come with me.
- This way.
- Oh!
- Oh.
- (NATHAN JR. LAUGHS)
You can sit right here
- Uh, Lyndy?
- by the broccoli!
O K. This is perfect.
(AMY CHUCKLES)
Although I am a long ways
away from that garlic bread.
(AMY LAUGHS)
What happened to your eye?
I, uh
I was bucked off my dad's horse, Rowdy.
- Ouch.
- Mm-hmm.
He's been sitting out
in the pasture a while,
and Dad doesn't ride anymore,
so Gracie's, uh, Gracie's
putting her foot down,
- says we need to sell him.
- (JACK) Well, that's a shame.
Why don't you use him around
the ranch a little more?
Well, maybe he's a one-man horse.
Seems that way.
He's a cutting prospect, worth a lot.
That is, until he started bucking.
(AMY) I don't really
have any client horses
'til later in the week.
If you want to bring him by,
I could have a look at him tomorrow.
But you promised to help Dewdrop and I
prepare for our 4-H show.
I know. And I can do both.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
Hey, guests get to skip dish duty.
Oh, I'm happy to help.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Business must be good.
Ah, it's OK.
OK? I mean, most ranches are raising
their prices just to break even,
and you guys are
lowering them somehow.
Oh, yeah, Gracie's got a magic touch
when it comes to finances.
Says she's found some, uh
- efficiencies.
- Wow.
To undercut us by that
much, she must be a wizard.
Ahem.
So, that's the Heartland family dinner.
Yeah, that was pretty much it.
Hmm.
Really thought Lou was gonna
pull out some sharper knives.
Actually, I was pretty
sure of that myself.
Yeah, and Lyndy really did me dirty.
I think she was telling
me to eat more vegetables,
- puttin' me by the broccoli.
- Yeah.
She keeps us all on our toes.
- Uh-huh.
- But thank you
for being understanding
about being careful with her.
Mm-hmm.
We're not hiding it from
anyone else, though, right?
No second thoughts?
No. No!
- Hey.
- Hmm?
- No! No.
- (KISSING)
But you have to admit
being sneaky is kind of fun.
- Hmm.
- (AMY CHUCKLES)
- (DOOR OPENS)
- (KISSING)
Ahem.
- (WHISPERS) Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
I forgot I promised you
I would help you bathe your 4-H heifer.
You can come to my show too, Nathan!
- Watch us win!
- I love the confidence!
I'll be there.
(AMY CHUCKLES)
(SOFTLY) She just invited
me to her first show.
That's got to mean something.
Yeah.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(ADVENTUROUS MUSIC)
Come on!
- Nice recovery, sweetie.
- Amy says
I take my leg off too soon,
and that's why he swings sideways,
- but I can't seem to fix it.
- Well, you'll get there.
Slow and steady isn't just a saying.
I can't afford slow and steady.
Could you pass me that flag?
The Hudson Wilds have tryouts tomorrow.
I'm taking Dodger.
The Wilds?
The rodeo flag team?
They're very showy and extroverted,
that's not usually you.
One of them was at Maggie's yesterday,
putting up posters.
She took one look at
me and didn't believe
I could even ride a horse,
let alone make the team.
Hmm. So you want to prove her wrong.
It just made me furious.
Why would she judge me?
She doesn't even know me.
I want to see the look on her
face when I show up with Dodger.
What if you make the
team and you have to ride
alongside this girl?
Well, I won't actually join.
Like you said, I have
better things to do
than bedazzle my jeans.
Hmm.
Katie, speaking as
someone who has been judged
and underestimated countless times,
this is a waste of your energy, honey.
Well, then it's my
energy to waste, I guess.
Thanks for the great pep talk.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
- (MUSIC PLAYS OVER PHONE)
- It's the last rodeo ♪
For this old Romeo ♪
There'll be no more
chasing dreams tonight ♪
I see Nathan's got you
doing some grunt work.
(MUSIC STOPS)
Yeah, I am multi-talented.
I guess you've been judging me based on
my lipstick and shiny belt buckle.
Excuse me?
Nathan told me that you're skeptical
of my business prowess.
Surprised, not skeptical.
This is what I do.
I get ranches out of the
red and into the black.
Well, now you're speaking my language.
I'd love to know your strategy.
Sometimes legacy companies,
family companies, they get complacent.
Stick to old ways that cost them money
'cause it's just the way Grandpa did it.
Heartland hasn't been complacent,
and we have a history of reinvention.
Look at our bison herd.
Yeah, you folks have been real scrappy.
How'd you find enough room
to beat our prices by so much?
Well, it wouldn't be a competition
if I spilled our secrets.
(TENSE MUSIC)
So you're saying there's a secret?
(SHOUTS) Hey, you forgot your
phone.
OK, be a good boy.
Let's do this, Rowdy.
- (LOUD NEIGHING)
- Whoa! Ah!
- Whoa! Oh!
- Rowdy, easy now!
(LOUD NEIGHING)
- (AMY GRUNTING)
- Hey! Hey, steady now! Steady!
(AMY SIGHS)
Well, it's been a while
since I got to test
my bronc riding skills.
- Are you OK?
- Yeah, yeah.
(NATHAN JR. SIGHS)
You know, if I didn't know any better,
I'd say you were a
little worried about me.
What? No, me? No. You're a pro.
- Yeah.
- My heart was in my throat,
- but that's unrelated.
- Oh, sure.
(AMY CHUCKLES)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(MOOING)
(LOU) Come on! Hup, hup! Hey, cow!
(MAN) Hup! Yup! Yup!
(LOU) Hup! Come on!
- (MAN) Hey, cow!
- (LOU) Hey!
That guy there, you got him?
Hey, cow.
- Watch that side.
- (MAN) Yes, ma'am.
Let's go. Yup, yup!
- Hey! Yeah!
- (MOOING)
Good! Come on!
- Yup.
- He came highly recommended
from Silver Plains
Ranch down in Colorado.
He's so highly recommended,
why'd they let him go?
Ms. Fleming, Mr. Bartlett,
I truly appreciate being considered.
Mind if I ask why you
left your last job?
To be frank, it changed hands.
New owners had us pumping
the herd full of hormones.
Well
droughts and rising costs
got ranchers taking shortcuts.
I prefer what you folks do, natural.
(CLANK AND RATTLING)
How can you not like him?
He is everything we need!
It's just an instinct, Lou.
No, no. I'm sorry,
but I'm gonna need an actual answer.
He was too polite.
Polite?
You want to pass
because he tipped his hat
and called you Mr. Bartlett?
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
- (LOU SIGHS)
You gonna answer that?
It's not even mine.
It's, uh, Gracie Pryce's.
She left it behind.
(JACK SIGHS)
Well, I was about to go return it!
- Hmm
- You think Pryce Beef
might be taking shortcuts
like Silver Plains?
No, I don't.
Maybe they got an angel investor,
or maybe they're leasing more land
we don't know about, or
maybe they got a loan from the bank.
People do that.
Then why wouldn't Gracie
just come out and say that?
Because she's probably getting a kick
out of seeing you all tied up in knots.
(LOU SCOFFS)
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(LOU) Gracie?
Gracie?
Gracie?
(SOFTLY) Walk away, Lou. Just walk away.
(LOU GRUNTS)
Beef feed?
(DRAMATIC SOUND INDICATION)
Oh, Nathan, this is not good.
(SIGHS)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(CLANKING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
You stalking me now?
Only 'cause I know what it's like
to lose your phone.
- Total panic, am I right?
- (LOU CHUCKLES)
(AMY) That's great, sweetheart.
Just stay confident and relaxed.
And I want you to keep her
moving until the judge says
set her feet, and then what do you do?
(AMY LAUGHS)
Good! You're going to
do so good at your show.
- I want to keep practising.
- (AMY SIGHS)
(AMY) I know you do. But
I have to work with Rowdy,
and I can't be in two places at once.
Well, maybe Lyndy would
let me accompany her
and Dewdrop while you tack up?
No, thank you! I don't
need a babysitter.
(LIVELY MUSIC)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTING)
- (LAUGHING)
(MOOING)
Keep it up, girls.
Circle around. Yeah. Just like that.
Thanks for coming out, ladies.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(AMY) You guys are really good.
So good I'm reconsidering
my current life decisions.
Well, thank you. But don't be nervous.
On this team, if we mess
up, we just laugh it off,
keep on going.
Perfection is the enemy of growth.
- Who said that?
- Our captain, River,
when I fell off during
tryouts last year.
Well, this is a surprise.
You put up posters asking
for riders to try out,
and you're surprised when they show up?
Cute.
I admit it.
I did not take you for a horse girl.
FYI, we pay attention to
position and equitation.
OK? So if you sit like
a sack of potatoes,
even a great horse won't make up for it.
Thanks for the tip.
I love to be proved wrong.
So good luck.
Come on.
Come here. You're OK, Rowdy.
Good boy.
- (LOUD NEIGHING)
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Come on. Stand.
What, is he still acting up?
- (AMY SIGHS)
- This is more
than just a green horse, Nathan.
Honestly, he doesn't
even want to be tacked up.
All right. So what's the next step?
I'd really like to talk to your dad.
My dad's rough days are outnumbering
his good ones right now.
I'm not telling him about Rowdy.
Don't you think keeping
it from him could backfire?
I think, sometimes, keeping a secret is
the right thing to do.
Point taken.
What if I didn't tell
him that Rowdy's for sale?
What if I just said I'm
tuning him up for you?
Hmm.
(ADVENTUROUS MUSIC)
(MAN) OK!
Back on. Back on.
- (CHEERING AND CLAPPING)
- (WOMAN) Yeah!
Not bad, bookworm!
We can work with that.
We weren't perfect, and the other riders
are really, really talented.
But Dodger did amazing.
And, uh, we're through
to the interview round.
Hmm! You going to do the interview?
Yeah.
Gave me a list of
questions so I can prepare.
"How will you embody
the mantra of the Wilds
to have grace and
optimism under pressure?"
Sounds daunting already.
Lisa, I'm sorry I was
rude to you yesterday.
Turns out the girls
aren't what I expected.
They're nice, supportive,
and encouraging.
Hmm. Bedazzled?
(AMY CHUCKLES)
That too, but
I still felt like I fit in.
Or I could.
Sounds like a good lesson.
Was it? Now I could be rejected.
Might have been easier not to care.
Ah.
(LISA CHUCKLES)
(SOFT MUSIC)
- (DOOR OPENS)
- (APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS)
Grandpa,
I know how Pryce Beef
is undercutting us.
I found something when I
was returning Gracie's phone.
You mean you were snooping.
Accidentally!
Lou, I don't want to hear it.
Look, they are supplementing
their cattle with grain,
fattening them up with cheap feed
while claiming to be grass-fed.
Oh it's a heck of a dumb decision
to misrepresent their product.
Yeah, and one email to Crown Shoppers
or Garland Foods with that evidence
would take down their business!
(LOU SIGHS HEAVILY)
And ruin Amy and Nathan's relationship.
Oh, most likely.
But it would be the right
thing to do, wouldn't it?
Well, it's not just
about us or the buyers.
They're burning their customer, too.
- So what do we do?
- Quite frankly,
I don't know.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(LOU SIGHS)
All right. What stuffy
do you want tonight?
- The cow.
- Oh!
Very good choice.
Here you go.
What's wrong?
You seem awfully quiet tonight.
Lyndy
you know that you can
talk to me about anything.
Is Nathan your boyfriend?
Why would you ask that question?
I saw you kissing.
Oh.
Well, yeah. Um
I think Nathan is my boyfriend.
I like him a lot.
You like him too, don't you?
No. I don't like secrets.
I'm sorry.
Sometimes
sometimes even grown-ups
have trouble talking
about tough things like that.
I don't want him to
come to my show tomorrow.
Lyndy that's not very kind.
Nathan was so excited
that you invited him.
I want it to be just us, just you.
(LIGHT MUSIC)
I get oatmeal in the morning!
I never got any oatmeal today.
Where's my oatmeal? I want that oatmeal!
- Hey, hey, hey.
- I want my oatmeal
- in the morning!
- Dad. Dad.
You already had breakfast.
(AMY) Mr. Pryce?
- Who are you?
- I
I'm Amy. I'm Nathan's friend.
Do you remember this guy?
Rowdy. Yeah, of course
I know Rowdy. Yeah!
Great horse. Very sensitive.
- How so?
- He could feel your moods.
(NATHAN SR. CHUCKLES)
He really liked people, but
when I tried to saddle him,
- he bucked up a storm.
- Oh, no.
What did you do about it?
I stopped trying to ride him.
For about a week, I just
let him wander around
and follow me around when
I was working in the field.
(NATHAN SR. CHUCKLES)
Most in-your-pocket horse I ever saw.
Hey.
- What's wrong?
- I left him.
Rowdy, I left him! I
left him in the field!
- No, no, no, no!
- I left him tacked up
- in the field
- Hey, Rowdy's fine!
Rowdy's fine, OK? That
happened a long time ago.
No one was around, so you had
to drive yourself to the hospital.
- Yeah.
- Yeah. Yeah.
I left him tacked up
there for for two days.
I didn't go back for
him. Where is he now?
Well, Amy's taking care
of him at Heartland.
We didn't want him
sitting out at pasture.
You ain't you ain't
selling him, though.
No, Rowdy's my horse!
I ain't parting with
him! That's my horse!
- No, no, no! Hey, hey, hey!
- Oh, no
Who are you?! What are you doing here?
- Oh, no, I
- Calm down! Calm down!
What's going on?! I think you should go.
- They're stealing my horse!
- OK, Dad. Dad, Dad, OK.
- Hey. You've got to go.
- OK, OK.
- They're
- OK. Hey, hey, hey.
- They're trying to
- Hey, hey. What?
OK, here, listen.
Hey. You're OK.
- (NATHAN JR. SIGHS)
- You know, it might
actually help your dad
if he was able to say
a proper goodbye to Rowdy.
You saw how he blew up back there.
It would just open up a wound.
So, uh, you calling yourself my friend,
I I probably shouldn't
read too much into that, right?
Nathan.
- No.
- Hmm.
(AMY SIGHS)
Saying I was your girlfriend just
felt like a lot to throw at your dad.
Yeah, you're probably right.
Uh, what time is Lyndy's
event this afternoon?
I got a meeting in the city,
but I should be back in time.
So actually, uh
What? They changed the schedule?
Yeah, it, um
It was last minute, but I'm just headed
to pick her and Dewdrop up now.
I could try to reschedule.
No, don't. Don't do that.
There's gonna be other shows.
Just come by Heartland after.
All right, if you're sure.
Tell Lyndy I'm sorry,
and I'm rooting for her.
- Yeah, I will.
- OK.
(TENSE MUSIC)
- Hey, Lou.
- Hey.
- Is Lyndy ready?
- Yeah.
Lisa's just helping her do her hair.
OK.
- (LOU SIGHS)
- Amy, hold up.
Um, I just, I need to
fill you in on something.
Lou, what are you doing? Are
you going after them again?
Just keep reading.
No.
No, there's no way that
Nathan would do this.
I saw it with my own eyes,
Amy, enough grain to
feed their entire herd.
And it was hidden! I mean,
Gracie almost caught me.
OK, well, if it was hidden,
maybe Nathan doesn't know about it.
Just talk to him, OK?
Before you blow up his life again.
What if I ask him out
right, and you're wrong?
- I'm ready!
- Oh, you look amazing!
So good, Lyndy! You're
going to do great out there.
- Ready?
- Thanks. Yeah.
(LYNDY LAUGHS)
- (SIGHS)
- (DOOR OPENS)
(RIVER) Hey! Come sit.
So, Katie, you're
vying for our last spot.
So we thought it only
right that the rest
of the team members get
to hear your answers.
You got the interview
questions yesterday?
- Yeah.
- Great.
Why do you want to be a flag girl?
Or a cheerleader on
horseback, as you called us?
That wasn't one of the questions.
It's a pretty basic one, though.
Fine, if I'm being honest
Please do.
I didn't want to be a flag girl.
Maybe I need to rephrase?
At first, I just wanted to try out
because I wanted you to see
that you made a mistake about me.
I don't just read about riding in books.
- So you wanted to show me up?
- Yeah, I did.
And I think I succeeded.
OK, that's not really an attitude
that we encourage.
Our mantra is grace and optimism.
Vendettas aren't our thing.
(SOFT MUSIC)
(ANNOUNCER) And in the arena now,
we have the yearling heifers.
This looks like it'll be
one tough class to judge.
(WOMAN) Go, hon!
(INDISTINCT CHATTING)
- Hi, Amy.
- Hey!
How'd it go?
I blew my interview.
- Oh, I don't think that's true.
- No, I did. Trust me.
(AMY CHUCKLES)
- (WOMAN) Good job, darlin'!
- (INDISTINCT SPEAKING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
I figured I'd swing by just
in case the class got moved.
- (AMY CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
- Glad I did.
Uh, what's Lyndy doing?
She's not supposed to stop yet, is she?
(ANNOUNCER) Uh, number 19,
Lyndy Borden, has been disqualified.
You need to take care of Dewdrop now.
No matter how upset we are,
we still have to look
after our animals first, OK?
(MOOING)
(NATHAN JR. SIGHS)
Is she all right?
Not really, but she will be.
She saw us kiss the other
day in the round pen.
Oh.
Oh, that must have been confusing.
Yeah.
She was pretty mad at
me for keeping a secret.
So mad that she asked me to
to uninvite you from the show today.
And then when you showed
up, she lost it.
(NATHAN JR. SIGHS)
So her class wasn't
actually rescheduled.
You just told me
that so I wouldn't come.
No, I
I was stuck.
I didn't want to hurt you, Nathan,
and I didn't want to upset my daughter.
Well, I hate to say it, but
you failed on both counts.
Nathan, this is the
first serious relationship
I've been in since her dad died, and
it's a big change for her
to wrap her emotions around.
Amy, I'm not upset with Lyndy.
You decided to lie instead of having
an honest conversation with me.
I mean, you say this is
a serious relationship,
but you keep us hidden away.
You say it's for Lyndy.
(SOFT MUSIC)
But I'm beginning to wonder
if she's just an excuse.
Because you can't commit to us
or call me anything
other than your friend.
(RECEDING FOOTSTEPS)
- (INSECTS CHIRRING)
- (STALL DOOR CLANKING)
(STALL DOOR CLANKING)
(SADDLE THUDS)
No, sir.
Uh-uh.
Untack him.
Grandpa, I told him
he could pick a mount.
He's not riding Champ.
(LISA) What's the matter?
Champ needs the exercise, Jack.
I'm sorry.
There's been a change of plans.
We're not hiring at the moment.
(RECEDING FOOTSTEPS)
(LOU SIGHS)
Sorry.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- Looking for Nathan?
- I went by his house.
He wasn't there, so I
assumed he would be here.
Yeah, well, he must be
running some errands.
Today's my day with my dad.
You two had a fight, huh?
What'd he do?
(AMY CHUCKLES)
No, Nathan's wonderful. This was all me.
Now that I find shocking.
You two got a game going on?
Yeah, except today
he's refusing to play.
Can't tell if he even knows who I am.
Mr. Pryce, it's good to see you again.
Oh, you're Nathan's friend.
He's smitten with you.
The feeling's mutual.
How come you don't want
to play a game with Gracie?
- (NATHAN SR. CHUCKLES)
- Oh, hey, Gracie.
Hey, Dad.
Yeah, I don't
I don't much feel like playing games.
(GRACIE) OK, we could do something else.
You want to go for a walk?
I'd like to go see my horse.
I left him, you know?
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
Don't feel right, Gracie.
Just don't feel right.
- (LAUGHING)
- (INDISTINCT SPEAKING)
(MAN) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. OK.
Come on! OK, Let's go. Get this in.
(WOMAN) Uh, fries! We need more fries.
- Here, here!
- (LAUGHING)
I would absolutely lose
my mind if I had to deal
with that level of nonsense.
I've been working here for a while.
Well, you make it look easy.
(POP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)
Before you order I'd
really like to apologize.
I made some totally wrong assumptions
about you and the Wilds.
You're not the first, won't be the last.
What I saw at the tryouts
made me really want to
be a part of your team.
I think you guys could
have made me a better rider.
And I am a bookworm, but
I'm not someone who only
wants to live through books.
I want to be adventurous.
Original.
That's what I should
have said when you asked.
Would have been a good answer.
Thanks.
And hey, if you ever
need the space for, like,
a team event or something,
you'd all be welcome here.
Wait, you do that?
Like, even though you
didn't get the spot?
Sure.
Yeah. Yeah, I I misjudged you, too.
Not the first. Won't be the last.
(LAUGHS)
Honestly, it was totally dumb to think
that just because you
started a book club,
you wouldn't know how to ride.
I've been in your shoes.
Oh, yeah? You a secret poet?
Close.
Classical cellist.
No way!
I don't think I've met a
real-life cellist before.
We need someone like you on the team.
Welcome to the Hudson Wilds.
Are are you serious?
As Bach's cello suite number five.
It's a very advanced piece of music.
I got that.
Wait for you ♪
'Til the sky gets light ♪
(CLICK)
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
(LOU) Take it Gracie
didn't run this by you?
(NATHAN JR. SIGHS)
You think I'd be OK with this?
Times have been tough.
She knows I never go
in this thing anymore.
She hid it right under my nose.
You didn't tell Crown
Shoppers or Garland?
No.
Six months ago, maybe I would have.
But Amy seemed pretty convinced
you were in the dark, so
I wanted to give you a
chance to explain yourself.
Thank you.
Let me, uh, let me talk to my sister.
Find out how bad this is.
Nathan, if this isn't the first order,
if, uh, Gracie's been
lying to the customers,
that needs to come out.
I know.
I I can't sit on
that kind of information.
Not even for my sister's boyfriend.
I understand the stakes here, Lou.
Just
Just give me a day.
OK.
(CLATTERING)
He's probably not gonna remember me.
I probably smell like a hospital.
I'm sure you smell fine, Dad.
We're gonna take things slow, all right?
Hey, Dad.
I need to steal Gracie a moment.
You and I have something to discuss.
Son, I come here to see my horse.
Whatever bone you got to pick
with your sister, it can wait.
(HOOFBEATS)
Hey, hey!
Easy there, young fella.
Oh (CHUCKLES)
Well, there's no question
whose horse he is.
He's a good boy.
Lots of talent.
(AMY) I was just about
to try riding him again.
You tried him in a copper roller bit?
He's got a lot going
on in his head of his.
Roller bit helps him focus.
Kind of like the way Gracie girl likes
to chew gum when she's playing chess.
(SOFTLY) Helps her concentrate.
Maybe one of these days it'll
actually help me beat you.
(NATHAN SR. CHUCKLES)
I think I've got a roller
bit on one of our old bridles.
Maybe we can try it together.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(WHISPERS) You hear that?
(WHISPERS) I'm sorry
I left you out there.
(ROWDY SNORTING SOFTLY)
Do you wanna tell me what had
you come in so hot earlier?
Not right now, I don't.
(SOFTLY) He called me Gracie girl.
First time in
I don't know how long.
(NATHAN SR. SNIFFS AND SIGHS)
(NATHAN SR.) I always loved that colt.
(AMY) Good boy, Rowdy.
Easy.
(NATHAN SR. SIGHS)
I know we got to sell him.
Dad, we don't have to
talk about that now.
Yeah. Yeah, we do.
Horses ain't cheap.
Rowdy needs a job.
It's OK.
I made my peace with it.
It sure was nice seeing
him again, though.
There's one more thing I want to try.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
You know, I'm not sure
we should sell him.
He's too unpredictable to
hand over to anyone else.
Just it could make us look bad.
You hear that, Rowdy?
You're coming home!
- (ROWDY NEIGHS)
- (NATHAN SR. LAUGHS)
(GRACIE AND AMY LAUGH)
(VEHICLE APPROACHING)
(BRAKES SCREECH)
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
(GRACIE) Took his meds
and he ate his whole dinner
without one argument.
Where'd that come from?
Place you've been hiding it.
I had to cut your padlock.
What are you doing, Gracie?
Our herd is grass-fed.
I know.
I swear, I was gonna talk to you.
How long you been using it?
- I haven't started yet.
- At all?
- Not a single bag?
- It's just an option.
If we don't start getting the animals
to market faster, then
we're going to have
to up our prices again, match Heartland.
And the truth is, that wasn't working.
This isn't what Dad would want,
- and it's not what I want.
- Dad?!
(GRACIE SNORTS)
Do you know how much
Dad's care costs us?
We barely can afford it now.
And I don't want to see him
in some awful, cheap home
because I couldn't do my job.
You can't cut me out of
decisions like this, ever.
OK.
OK.
(SOFTLY) I'm sorry.
Please.
(NATHAN JR. SIGHS)
And we'll always find
a way to look after Dad.
Together.
I should have told you.
Yeah, you should have.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(LISA) There you are.
We need to talk.
Lis, before you lecture me about it,
I know we need help around here.
I'm going to keep looking,
but it's an expensive decision,
and I refuse to be rushed.
We're not replacing Tim.
Feels a little like we are, though.
It's not a betrayal to
give someone new a shot.
Yeah, I know.
But we got a good thing going.
I don't want to pick a bad apple.
You will know them when you see them
if you're willing to
keep your eyes open.
In the meantime
I'm not afraid of a little hard work.
Give me that.
Going away for a time ♪
(JACK LAUGHS)
I'm not following where you go ♪
(AMY) I'm sorry I lied to you.
It was the wrong move.
And you were right. (SIGHS)
It's not just about Lyndy.
I have a hard time
talking about us to anyone.
It's new territory for me,
being in a relationship.
I get that.
(NATHAN JR. SIGHS)
We didn't exactly
have a normal beginning.
(NATHAN JR. LAUGHS)
I'm in this though, Amy.
Even if it's not easy.
Well, in the future,
I promise to try not to spare you
from those tough conversations.
(NATHAN JR. CHUCKLES)
The future.
I like the sound of that.
(AMY CHUCKLES)
Apology accepted.
(AMY SIGHS)
Speaking of, I've
I got my own apology to make.
I should have listened to
you earlier about my dad.
Oh. (CHUCKLES)
It was pretty cool seeing
him and Rowdy bond again.
Yeah.
Yeah, it was.
So what are we going to do about Lyndy?
I think she just needs time.
Time
(SNIFFS)
I can give her time.
More time with you
and her is all I want.
Yes, I'm gonna wait for you ♪
Yes, I'm gonna wait for you ♪
♪♪♪