Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) s01e04 Episode Script

Many tears, can you
do this for me?
Bet this is more than you
thought you were bitin' off.
Don't recall
what I thought.
Might as well
get this said.
We have a problem.
Never had much else.
Agostina is Gus' daughter.
She's gotta be taken
care of proper.
We owe that
to Gus.
Now, you're gonna see
to it, and so am I.
Knowing you, Woodrow,
You're gonna have
to chew on this a while,
So I'll be waitin'.
I believe I'll go on,
put your stallion up.
Vega.
Agostina Vega.
[Sighs]
Serena Vega
was your mother?
Yes.
The woman you killed.
She stepped out in front of
a bandit, should've died.
She saved
her brother's life.
A man who robbed,
burned, murdered
On both sides
of the border,
Even his own people.
I did nothing that night
wouldn't do again.
[Cocks rifle]
Pull it.
He would have.
Where was my father
that night?
Back in Bravo,
fighting a fever
From a bullet
your bandit uncle put in him
3 days afore.
Did he talk about my mother
to youever?
He did, as I recall.
What did he say?
Many things.
And that he felt
love for her.
He told you that?
Hell, old Gus said he loved
someone every other week.
Have to say he meant it
that time, though.
Didn't talk to me
over a year
After I told him
She stopped a bullet
from my colt.
My uncle told me
that he raped her.
Agostina.
Who give you that name?
My mother.
Tells you all you need
to know, don't it?
Did he know?
Did he know about me?
If he hadwe'd have met
a long time ago.
There aren't any beds.
This place is pretty homey
for Woodrow.
These boys have
been here over a year,
And they're still
sleepin' on the floor.
Got a roof--
Somethin' to keep
the wind off 'em.
Sorta.
It's deplorable.
Well, you can be certain
of one thing, Clara.
What's that?
I'm damn sure gonna
see you get a bed.
[Door creaks open]
I just thought
you should know.
I got me a new partner,
which is
the daughter
of Augustus McCrae.
That's fine.
That's
just fine.
Well, that's it, then.
Well, I swear.
I supposed you'd
be leavin', too.
Ladies.
How long you figure
it'd take to build a house?
Had a house.
Then you turned this place
Into a home
for widows and orphans.
I mean a real house,
like the one Clare had.
I got good hands
here now.
Got some mouths to feed,
is what we got.
[Guitar plays music]
Gotta admit
that music's soothin'.
I don't admit that
and you don't
want me to, neither.
Why's that?
I did,
the argument'd be over.
A man might
even get some sleep.
No.
No. Not here.
You belong
with the women.
In the house.
It's warm
in the house.
Get on down there.
Go on.
Well, suit yourself.
Hell of a night,
Woodrow.
You wonder how many
stars is up there?
You start countin'
better dang well
beat yourself.
Take them.
[Cow bellows]
It's Danley
and Logan.
Let 'em go.
But they shot
2 of our men!
We can't risk any more.
No. We can't leave
Danley and Logan.
Newt!
You heard
what I said.
[Neigh]
[Whistles]
That's him, all right.
I'd heard
he'd moved north.
Who?
Cherokee Jackson.
Killer
from the Indian nations.
What about our cows?
We got more cows,
Newt.
You and the men mean
a hell of a lot more to me.
Come on.
I want to get these two
back to headquarters.
Hyah!
Newt.
You may be a harder
judge than I am.
You want me to back off
from what we just saw?
I don't think you want me
runnin' anythin' around here.
You want justice.
So do I.
But it's gotta be
regulated.
When the governor
hears there's an outlaw
As savage as the man
we just seen on the run,
Then he'll have to back
my idea for a militia.
Then
we'll get the help
that we need.
Where I come from,
we did our own regulatin'.
I'm tryin' to get you
To think a little
broader than that.
We got to set rules
For an entire territory
right here.
Don't you se?, We could've
chased those men down
And strung 'em up
to a tree
but what about
the next rustling?
And the one
after that? Hmm?
And so on?
Hey.
We've got to use
this situation
To set a precedent
That will not be forgotten
in my lifetime.
Maybe not even
in yours.
Don't you understand
that, Newt?
I'm tryin' to.
You're a good man.
You're a good man!
Hold onto him!
Hold onto him!
[Neigh]
Man: Hang with him!
She rides just as good
as the men, daddy.
Sure does.
Maybe better,
if you ask me.
[Men shouting]
[All shouting encouragement]
Hoo!
[Shouting continues]
Ohh!
!Andale, andale!
Man: Hang with him!
[Neigh]
All right!
[Neigh]
She has more respect
for him, too.
[Neigh]
Respect for a horse?
Sure.
Want a horse
to be gentle,
You be gentle.
Want a horse
to be confident,
You got to be
confident.
Horses likes a rider
that sits on him.
Nervous rider
don't know
what to say.
Horses don't talk, dad.
Oh, sure they do.
[Horse snorts]
[Chuckles]
You sneak out
real late at night,
Don't let the horses
know you're comin'
you'll hear them havin'
whole conversations.
They be talkin', arguin'
amongst each other.
It's true.
I knew a horse
onceahem
used to write
poetry.
[Both chuckle]
yeah!
Couldn't spell
worth a hoot.
But the words,
they all rhymed out
Nice and even,
though.
Aw, dad,
you're jokin' us.
No, I'm not.
[Horse neighs]
[Breaks up laughing]
Yeah.
Hey, July
you want to try
the next one?
You know somethin'
about this one
I don't want
to find out?
Uh-Uh.
[Clicks tongue]
[Light clapping]
Go.
Hey. Compadre
bring cloud watcher
down here.
Hooah!
[Neigh]
Hooah!
[Neigh]
hooah!
You ready for this?
Well, I better be.
Didn't come up here
for a free ride.
[Horse neighs]
[Neigh]
He can't to keep his head down
where it belong.
[Neigh]
[Neigh]
[Neigh]
Good luck.
[Neighing
and snorting]
He's got somethin'
to prove.
[Neigh]
Especially after the way
he seen you ride.
[Neigh]
[Neigh]
[Neigh]
Oh, boy.
Dunnigan:
You gentlemen have worked hard
To bring prosperity to Montana.
But it seems we've brought
a plague upon ourselves.
It used to be
a few hungry indians
Running off with our stock.
Now it's outlaws driving them
all the way up
Into the Missouri breaks,
blocking out their brands
And selling them
for themselves in Canada.
And what's even worse,
homesteaders--
Which in my book
stands for rustlers--
People with
a dozen head one year
And a hundred head
the next.
They're some mighty busy cows,
they are.
[Laughter]
Or some mighty busy men.
Now, then, I had
3 dozen head of cattle
Stolen yesterday,
And 2 good hands
took bullets
In the exchange.
I'm getting heartily tired
of this, gentlemen.
It's time we took action.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And
you should all have
a copy of this list here.
I want you all
to look very carefully
At every single
name on it.
I don't see that
Hat Creek honcho on this list.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Man:
He's not on my list.
Second man: He's not on
my list, either.
Woodrow Call
is no rustler, gentlemen.
Well, he ain't here.
Why ain't he on this list?
Call's a Texas ranger
or he used to be.
Sure, we've had
our differences.
But I'm confident that
when the time comes,
He will ride with us.
It's just that
he's a very
self-sufficient man.
[Murmuring]
Everything's under control.
What about Captain Call?
You can't be serious
About leaving him
off that list.
What's at stake here
Is far more important
than one man.
You said that no one
would be independent
Of whatever actions we take.
Precisely.
But when these actions
take place,
Every independent,
including Captain Call,
will come under
our protection,
And they'll soon see that
without that protection,
They will not
be able to survive.
And when Montana
becomes an independent state,
Then the alliance will be able
to control the price of beef,
Its distribution through
the new railway lines,
And the people in office.
Hmm?
Gentlemen, to the alliance.
The alliance.
Aye.
Women are funny
creatures, Woodrow.
You bring them the breadth
of the country
On the back of a horse,
and when they get there,
They expect to sleep
on a mattress at night,
Not a cold dirt floor.
That's what you're going
to town for, mattresses?
I'm going to order
a mattress
And sundry other things
people need
When they establish a home.
If you're buying a mattress,
that's your business.
It better not show up
on any Hat Creek account.
Don't get too close
to no dress shops, neither,
While you're there.
Don't want to lose you.
I can't leave this outfit now.
Someone's got to be here
What has a feeling
for women.
Woodrow:
Work gloves.
Yeah.
Terrible thing
how some people
Take to liking
each other.
Ain't it, Woodrow?
You getting at something?
Nope.
Woodrow.
I want to
set something straight.
Hurry, Many Tears!
I know Gus
was mostly to blame
For you leaving Newt.
You having to haul him
all the way back to Texas
Is what done it.
I reckon we can always
find someone dead
To blame things on.
It was Gus made you leave
when you did.
If you'd have been there,
Newt wouldn't have
gotten into trouble.
If I was here,
Newt wouldn't have been
put to the test.
Test seems to
have failed.
You were fair
with Gus' girl.
And it pleases me so
that you were.
As if Gus was
reaching back
from the grave
To clean up
some of the mess he made.
It weren't your fault alone.
Gus just ain't around
to blame.
And in the pain of
losing him
I suppose I
held only
to his finer qualities.
I appreciate your
hostilities is subdued.
[Martin crying]
Girl: Help me get up.
Hello, girls.
You going into town?
You going to get
some candy?
[Giggling]
Don't you eat
too much.
You get sick and fat
like me.
You don't want
to be fat like Cholo.
You take care
of my girls, now.
Martin, crying:
Mommy!
[Children singing
indistinctly]
they swam the wide rivers
and climbed the tall peaks
and camped on the prairie
for weeks upon weeks
starvation and cholera,
hard work and slaughter
they'd reach California
in spite hell
and high water
come a fall daisy rider
come a fall daisy rae
[Children continue singing
indistinctly]
Mr. Walker, if you don't mind,
I'd like to ride back
And ask someone to come
along to town with us.
Agostina?
Go right ahead, July.
High time you get
your nerve up.
All right.
Maybe old Martin here would
like to change places with me.
Do I get a say
in the matter?
What would you say?
I'm afraid
of men like you.
Afraid?
Why's that?
Some men just scare a woman.
That can't be a good thing.
It might be.
I never been sure.
Maybe we should find out.
It's been a long time since
I knew a man who made me laugh.
[Gunshots]
[Girls screaming]
[Screaming]
[Screaming]
Go back, July!
Get Woodrow!
Aah!
Mommy!
Mama!
Stop! Stop! Stop!
Stop! Stop!
Mama?
Sally!
Stay down!
Mama!
Aah!
Sally!
No!
Get behind the wagon!
Aah!
Martin: Mommy!
Mommy!
Oh
don't move.
Stay still, girls.
Are they done?
Martin: Mommy!
Mommy!
They're done.
We get the pickings?
Be quick!
Ha ha!
Hey, hey!
Ride.
Mama.
Shh!
They're coming in.
[Men whooping and hollering]
Clara
God, don't die.
Man: Look over there,
over there yonder.
[Laughing and shouting]
Pretty.
[Whooping]
It's eatable.
No more for me.
Doing pretty good,
Isom.
Hardest part is over.
[Horse approaching]
Captain!
Captain!
Captain!
They've been ambushed.
[Speaking Spanish]
Lord!
They's all ambushed
in the canyon.
Boys, get on and mount up!
Terrible attack!
Man: Mount up!
Whoa! Whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa.
Mommy!
Martin!
Mommy!
Mommy!
Come here, baby.
Shh
mommy!
[Crying]
Mommy!
She's alive!
She's alive!
She's alive!
We have to get her
back to the house!
Come!
Cholo is here!
Mama?
She's hurt.
We'll help her.
Cholo is here.
Captain.
He was charging
whoever cut him down.
He got a piece of them,
though.
Blood trail
lead this way.
Pea?
Captain?
Tell the boys
go tend to Clara.
We'll go on.
We ain't gonna lose
this son of a bitch.
Git up. Come on.
We'll finish this
for youranger Walker.
Whoa! Whoa!
Easy there, boy.
Don't get throwed
in the puddin', now!
Throw that sack
over his head.
All right.
Who's Newt?
What is it?
Mr. Dunnigan wants you
up to the house.
I need a fresh horse.
Frank, the man needs
a horse. Tend to that one.
What happened?
Outlaws.
Time's come, Newt.
Do you know who done it?
Same mob we think
shot 2 of our own.
I want this whole outfit
Armed and ready for a week's
ride in 30 minutes.
Where are we headed?
To put a stop to what's
already out of hand.
30 minutes.
Yes, sir.
Who'd do such a thing?
Can't just be rustlers
or thieves. Can't.
Vultures.
Paint horse.
There he is.
Call:
This far north?
Isom:
That's him, captain.
Son of a bitch
killed my brother.
He get into those hills,
He can hold us off.
I need me an extra horse.
I only got one.
Come on, let's go.
Give me a stirrup, Pea.
Is that him, captain,
Cherokee Jack?
I believe so.
Giddup!
[Galloping horse approaching]
There he is.
Isom: Captain.
He had that on him.
Money.
For the kids,
From their uncle Isaac.
No, I can't.
That's blood money.
End it now.
When I hear what I want,
we will.
[Gunshot]
Pa!
Pa!
He's done it!
He's done it!
[Shouting]
What's this?
Delegations from all around
the alliance.
They look like
an army.
That's right.
Billy.
We got Cherokee Jack.
Supposed to say
a message to the women.
Your mama?
She's sleeping,
sweetheart.
Papa.
Agostina:
Si. Papa.
Who is it?
It's Pea Eye.
Ma'am, captain said
Get the women and children
to the fort.
You're to go quickly.
Uhwhere's Isom?
With the captain.
He's going to help stop
the Dunnigan outfit.
He sent for help
from them homesteaders.
What about Cherokee Jackson?
He's gone to hell, ma'am.
Juana!
Billy.
Fetch my shotgun.
Are you sure the governor's
Going to stand behind you
on this?
If those are our cattle
behind those fences,
He will.
I'm looking for
Warren Raab.
I'm Raab.
I'm Gregor Dunnigan.
I know you.
I hear you been
selling my cattle.
Well, that's a lie.
Well, in that case,
You wouldn't mind us
looking over your stock,
Would you, mister?
Stay back!
Go ahead.
That one's ours.
That one, too.
Well, that can't be.
I never seen
that animal before.
You know the penalty for
stealing cattle, don't you?
But I ain't done nothing.
Billy: Pa!
Billy!
Man: Watch it!
The boy's got a gun.
No, Billy!
Stop it.
Stop!
Don't shoot.
Don't shoot.
He's just a boy.
That's right.
Put down the gun.
He's just a boy.
Oh, dad.
Woman: Oh, God!
No!
No!
[Sobbing]
Woman: No!
No! No
they're coming up
through the pass.
You boys stay here.
Isom.
Isom:
That's a whole lot of guns.
As good a place as any
to make a stand.
You bet.
They're a-comin'!
Let's gather up.
I'm riding out to 'em.
If something happens to me
And they keep on this way,
Wait till the main body
gets full over the ridge
Before you throw
your dynamite.
Otherwise you'll just
warn 'em and lose 'em.
When it blows,
There'll be
some confusion.
Snap off
a few quick ones,
Then ride away
if you can.
Them other ranchers come to you,
join with them.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Good luck to you,
captain.
Captain.
I'll ride with you.
No, Pea.
You stay by these men.
Yes, sir.
If I get kilt,
Just stuff my body
any old place.
That'll do.
Yes, sir.
It's Captain Call.
Hold the column.
Man: Hold!
Hold it up.
Spread out.
That's as far as you go,
Dunnigan.
How's that?
A killer,
name of Cherokee Jack,
Said you paid him
to gun down my people.
That's a damn lie.
Said this is what
you give him to do it.
I can't abide you,
Dunnigan
murdering just
to get more grass.
It's a hell of
a sorry thing.
You don't know
what sorry is yet, mister.
I think I do.
And I hold you responsible.
Quite frankly,
What you think
doesn't matter anymore.
Now, you get out of my way.
I'm going to count to 3.
If you don't drop
that shooter in the dirt,
I'll put a hole
in your heart.
[Chuckling]
What about all these men?
Cut off the head,
the rest don't rattle long.
You're a fool.
1
Newt.
Dunnigan:
He's lying to you, boy.
The captain don't lie.
You mean I do?
Yes, sir.
That's your money pouch.
I remember.
I'll kill you myself
if I have to.
2
eh?
I've got
some information in here
captain!
Drop your guns.
[Galloping horses approaching]
Them are ours.
They got to pay
for what they done.
Mr. Thompkins, if you
want law and order,
It's going to have to
start with you.
You can't possibly
think that--
1
surely
you can't imagine that--
2
if we surrender,
We demand a proper trial.
You'll get your trial.
Tell the others it's over.
"In God have I
put my trust.
"I will not be afraid
what man can do unto me.
"Be merciful unto me,
o God,
"Be merciful unto me,
"For my soul trusteth in thee.
"Yea, in the shadow of thy wings
will I make my refuge
Until these calamities
be overpast."
Amen.
Man: Amen.
All: Amen.
Gideon.
I've talked to Cholo
and the girls.
We're going back
to Ogalalla.
Now, you are welcome
to stay.
I feel welcome.
I do.
But the little I've learned
in my life
Has been from hard lessons.
You can't run away
from the ashes.
You have to
rebuild from the ashes.
Will you wait
for first foals?
All the same to you,
we want to beat the frost.
I'll see to it Pea Eye
and some of the boys
Get you all the way
safe back.
Woodrow.
Patron.
Vaya con dios,
patron.
[Thunder]
[Rooster crows]
A fella have to
give him that, Newt.
Man gets leaned on
as hard as Captain Call
needs him some time alone.
I suppose.
[Cow moos]
[Horse neighs]
Long as I've known
Woodrow Call,
He's been in charge.
Think about
all them questions
Been put to him
in his lifetime.
All them problems
Other folks
bring to him.
Huh.
No wonder
he want to leave Texas.
What happens soon as
he gets up here?
No problem.
Who does everybody
look up to?
Is it people
that bring in problems, Isom,
Or him looking
to take them on?
Well, can't say that
it matters much, really.
Long as he handles 'em
one problem at a time.
You know, I--
I need to tell you
when I was, uh
when I was riding back
from the canyon.
Mm-hmm.
[Clears throat]
I wanted to ask you
to
go to town, uh
you know, with us,
and
ah, then that
shooting started and--
July
us?
With us?
Yeah, well
with, uhme.
Yeah.
With me.
[Both laughing]
You went
against him.
I had to.
Why?
Did you ever know
his plans, really?
That alliance?
Did you?
I should have.
I know what he told me.
I just never added it up
to what he did.
I just could never figure that.
Never.
Well, he was good to me.
I never tried
to picture anything else.
Will you be staying here?
Yes.
You won't take
what he offered you, will you?
[Sighs]
I don't think
he'd want that offer to stand
The way things turned out.
It stands.
No.
Good-bye.
Go to hell, Newt Dobbs.
[Sighs]
[Clucking tongue]
Are you looking
for somebody?
Found him.
Get things said?
What could be.
We said some hard words
between us.
Yes, sir.
I regret that.
Me, too.
Some things
didn't get said, too.
Well, that's over now.
No, it ain't.
Your mother Maggie
Gus, he said
I let her down.
Never cared
to admit that.
Well, that was
a long time ago, captain.
Not for me.
I'm so sorry
to have never known her.
It wasn't about you, Newt.
It was me.
How I felt about myself.
My failings.
You picked
a good spot, captain.
There's a bunch
of work to do.
Seems you
might know horses
Almost good as me now.
[Sighs]
Captain, I'm moving on.
This is your dream.
Ain't no reason
it can't be your dream, too.
It's the same reason
you couldn't live a life
You didn't decide on
by yourself.
I understand that now.
I'd be obliged
if you tell Pea Eye
And the boys
thanks
for all they done.
Don't want
a big good-bye.
It's time, captain.
I reckon.
Newt
Dobbs--That was
your mother's name.
Call
that'sScots.
So they tell me.
It's had no dishonor
I'm aware of.
[Neighing]
You want to be leavin'
all of this here
for steady work
and steady wages?
This civilized world
of yours, captain
we ain't part of it.
What about that
whore of Maggie's
You had that child with?
What's his name?
Newt, wasn't it?
You sayin' Jake's
my pa, captain?
Well, I'd a hell
of a lot rather
It was
Jake than you,
'Cause Jake knew people
could make mistakes.
Like my mama
the day she made me.
Barbed wire draws
a nasty line, mister.
That sense of honor
that ties Newt to Dunnigan--
You give him that.
You can't run away
from the ashes.
You have to
rebuild from the ashes.