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00:00:00Here he is, Lord.
00:00:29Charlie Baxton, 84 years.
00:00:36We're going to see, uh, Harry.
00:00:57Like I said, Lord, here's Charlie Baxton.
00:01:0684 years he believed in you, but more than that, he figured you believed in him.
00:01:12He lived his life accordingly.
00:01:15Generous to his friends.
00:01:17Strangers, too, for that matter.
00:01:20A loving man.
00:01:22A forgiving man.
00:01:26Well?
00:01:30Charlie lived in a simpler time. The world wasn't so bent on going to heck.
00:01:35He was a lucky man.
00:01:39Amos?
00:01:43Well, you folks might not believe it, but I have nothing to say.
00:01:49Said it all when he was here, I reckon.
00:01:52Say the amens, Brother Jordan.
00:01:54In your name we pray, Heavenly Father, for the eternal peace of Charlie Baxton.
00:02:02He's simple cowboy.
00:02:04Amen.
00:02:05Amen.
00:02:09Well?
00:02:28Hello, Mama.
00:02:30It's been a while.
00:02:38Girl, don't go there again.
00:02:40Just let go of it.
00:02:46It's good to see you again, Jake.
00:02:49You too.
00:02:55You know what?
00:02:56Once or twice in life, if you're real lucky, you get the chance to do something bigger and braver than you think you can.
00:03:04This may be one of them times I expect.
00:03:21Well, when life hands you lemons, I always say make lemonade.
00:03:26A little shot of tequila now and then never hurt either with or without.
00:03:29With.
00:03:30Gosh, Amos, I have missed your lemonade.
00:03:33Well, that's one thing to miss.
00:03:35That's yours on the end there, John William.
00:03:37No tequila, no sugar, just plum sour, just like...
00:03:40Your granddaddy dying to get her home.
00:03:44I'm doing something different with my life.
00:03:47This way of life's never done anything but put people in their graves way ahead of time.
00:03:51Your granddaddy's scared the heck out of a whole century.
00:03:55I was thinking more of Mama.
00:04:07You ever notice how hard it is to impress a fella that owns this many acres of genuine Texas cow patties?
00:04:14Amos, I have missed you.
00:04:17Right back at you, Jake.
00:04:22We sure have spent a big part of our lives out here on this porch.
00:04:26Some of the best parts, anyway.
00:04:30Like old Charlie says, used to say, the best parts of life are the little ones all added up.
00:04:41Look here.
00:04:45It's like I used to.
00:04:55Mama.
00:04:57Grandpa.
00:05:01Why don't you just drag me behind the car like a new rope?
00:05:04Don't go flying off the handle like that, Will.
00:05:07This is Charles Bankston's last will and testament, and we're obliged to honor it.
00:05:13Besides, the witness that signed off on it's sitting right there.
00:05:16Jump on Amos.
00:05:17I imagine he did more than witness it.
00:05:19Conspires more than like it.
00:05:21Like it or not, Will, Charlie left his interest to the Dry Creek Ranch to Jacqueline Cooper.
00:05:28Jake, will you retain your late wife's holdings?
00:05:31It all stays in the family.
00:05:33Family.
00:05:34Took somebody dying to get the girl to set foot back on the place.
00:05:38How can I partner up with her when she won't even speak to me?
00:05:41Will, it was Charlie's idea of a joint venture.
00:05:45No, Otis.
00:05:46It was Charlie's idea of having the last word and you darn well know it.
00:05:52What are you laughing at?
00:05:54I could draw up a buy-sell agreement.
00:05:56Why don't you just buy out Jake's interest?
00:05:59Disgruntled partners do it all the time.
00:06:01How about you, Jake?
00:06:03Just buy your daddy out.
00:06:05I could draw up the paperwork.
00:06:06Now you hold on one minute, Otis.
00:06:08This ain't no business partnership.
00:06:10It's a family.
00:06:11Not so you'd notice.
00:06:12Would you stop talking about me like I'm not even here?
00:06:15Habit, I guess.
00:06:17It's not for me to tell you how to work this out, Will, Jake.
00:06:22But I can tell you this much.
00:06:24Aside from whatever else you owe,
00:06:27you've got one heck of an inheritance tax breathing down your neck.
00:06:32If you folks can't work together, then that's the end of Dry Creek.
00:06:40I believe I'll have that special lemonade now, Amos.
00:06:43I believe I'll join you.
00:06:59You know, Will, it really isn't all that hard.
00:07:02I don't want them hard.
00:07:04It affects them the way it always did.
00:07:06Not the eggs. Life, John William.
00:07:09You just go down that hall and you wake your daughter up and you tell her...
00:07:13And you tell her that you want to talk.
00:07:17And you sit down on the edge of the bed and you just tell her your side of this.
00:07:21And then you shut your mouth while she tells you her side.
00:07:24You know, try little things, you know, like let her finish a sentence.
00:07:28Just go in there and for once try to act like you don't think.
00:07:33Things always have to be your way or the highway.
00:07:40Come on.
00:07:52Amos says breakfast is on the table getting cold.
00:07:56You coming?
00:08:10John.
00:08:22John William.
00:08:24Old Charlie didn't set this deal up to provoke another family fight.
00:08:28He was hoping for a family reconciliation.
00:08:32That's going to take the two of you.
00:08:34Come on. Call her.
00:08:36I don't know how to use that thing.
00:08:38It's hard. Just punch in a number.
00:08:40I don't know her number.
00:08:42Well, if you ain't going to call the girl, maybe you better put your thinking cap on.
00:08:46Because this time the bank may not let you roll your note over and play dead.
00:08:50They haven't had a problem with it in a dozen years, Amos. Why should they now?
00:08:54Maybe you don't owe the bank enough money.
00:08:58Maybe that's the problem.
00:09:00You just need to go down to the bank and convince them that they made a terrible mistake by loaning you the money in the first place.
00:09:07You certainly have a strange point of view, Amos.
00:09:09Yeah, well, when you ain't the lead dog, that's the point of view you get.
00:09:13Amos will work on my headaches.
00:09:15But this liniment's not doing a bit of good for this old horse's leg.
00:09:19I told you I can stop them headaches and I don't need no liniment.
00:09:23That's funny coming from you.
00:09:25You are the headache most of the time.
00:09:27If you'd only just...
00:09:28Look, Amos. She quit on me twice.
00:09:31First time eight years ago, second time two weeks ago.
00:09:35I'm not calling her.
00:09:37And I'm not letting you do my banking.
00:09:41And there's not gonna be any foot rubbing, so deal with it.
00:09:51Relax, Amos. Bill collectors don't drive fancy cars like that.
00:09:55California license plate.
00:09:59I believe the girl has come home.
00:10:01Why would she be driving a car like that?
00:10:09I told you!
00:10:11I knew it! I knew it!
00:10:14Did you have to go back and gather up your stuff, huh?
00:10:18Come on.
00:10:29His name's Billy.
00:10:43Carmen, you're going.
00:10:45What's going on, girl?
00:10:47You waltz out of here while there's still shoveling dirt on your mom's grave.
00:10:51And you waltz back in eight years later like nothing ever happened.
00:10:55Only something did happen, didn't it?
00:10:57Yep, you're right. Billy.
00:10:59Charles William Cooper happened.
00:11:01Where's the father?
00:11:04You know, nothing I ever said then ever mattered.
00:11:07Nothing I'm gonna say now is gonna matter.
00:11:09So the way I see it, it doesn't really matter, does it?
00:11:13All right, let's just get this over with, then.
00:11:15The land's worth little or nothing after five years of drought and taxes.
00:11:19The taxes have gone sky high.
00:11:22How's 5,000 earnest money?
00:11:25Why don't we just dicker the details?
00:11:27How about 50,000, that is, earnest money?
00:11:3290 days till closing, water, mineral rights.
00:11:35Seller, that's you, pays for the environmental study.
00:11:39Here's my check for 50,000.
00:11:42It's good, don't worry. You can call the bank.
00:11:47Where'd you get this kind of money?
00:11:49How the heck are you gonna get the rest?
00:11:51Same way I got this. Worked my back off for it.
00:11:57Hope you've got some tape. You're gonna need it.
00:11:59Hi.
00:12:01Oh, hey, Bug.
00:12:04You're my Grandpa Will, aren't ya?
00:12:08I'm Charles. That's a great grandpa.
00:12:12And William, that's a you. Right, Mama?
00:12:16You can call me Billy.
00:12:20How you doing, Billy? Good to know you.
00:12:25How you doing, Billy? Good to know you.
00:12:33Get him out of the brush back there. I don't need any educated guesses.
00:12:37I need an accurate count.
00:12:39You fellas take the northern pasture and Gabe and I...
00:12:42Yes, sir.
00:12:44We'll take the river section.
00:12:48Where you going, Will? Them boys can do the count.
00:12:51You and me supposed to go up...
00:12:53Get your co-conspirator to help you out. See if she's got it in her.
00:13:06It's Morgan and Lucky. They're here.
00:13:18Hi.
00:13:20Hi, girl.
00:13:22How you doing?
00:13:24Hey. How'd we do?
00:13:26You're half a day early. Yeah, I know.
00:13:28How'd Lucky do? Oh, he did just fine.
00:13:30He got all the rest he needed.
00:13:32Hardly any traffic once we got east of Tucson.
00:13:34Oh, great.
00:13:36Hey, buddy.
00:13:38Easy.
00:13:43Easy. That's it.
00:13:45That's it. That's good.
00:13:50Second stone, all right.
00:13:52We've been working on it all morning.
00:13:54I helped. Yes, you did.
00:13:56Sure you did, Billy.
00:13:58Hey, how you doing?
00:14:05Like I always told you, Will...
00:14:08There's a whole lot more to that girl than you've been willing to see.
00:14:13I got a feeling things are gonna get real interesting around here.
00:14:22Hey, Grandpa.
00:14:24Maybe Mama will let you ride Lucky.
00:14:27We'll see, Billy.
00:14:30Come on, now.
00:14:45Take it.
00:14:47Seems like every time prices are down, we're between a rock and a hard place.
00:14:50We've been beat up in the last three auctions.
00:14:53Well, look at it like this, Will.
00:14:55We ain't the only ones taking a beating.
00:14:57We ain't the only ones in the hill country milling around out here.
00:14:59Yeah, that's true. Come on, boy. Here you go.
00:15:03Half those people are selling off land as fast as they're selling off cattle.
00:15:07Sell 1,000 acres and save 1,000.
00:15:10Here you go.
00:15:12Now, let's cover our feed bill for the last month.
00:15:17Time's always changing, Will.
00:15:19Yeah, not on Dry Creek, by golly.
00:15:22You said anything to Jake?
00:15:24I said anything to Jake about what?
00:15:26Oh, Jake.
00:15:28You know, ranching stuff, heifer stuff, bull stuff.
00:15:31We ain't got no money stuff.
00:15:33What are you talking about?
00:15:36Amos.
00:15:38Just how bad is it?
00:15:42What, nobody's gonna answer my question?
00:15:44Grandpa Charlie was a heck of a cowboy.
00:15:47Just wasn't much of a businessman.
00:15:49And you are.
00:15:50We're starting to work it out.
00:15:52You know, it's a little late to start working this out, don't you think?
00:15:56Things didn't go to heck when Grandpa died.
00:15:58They went to heck when you were out on the rodeo circuit six months out of every year.
00:16:01Did it ever occur to you that the rodeo winnings is what kept the Dry Creek afloat through the drought years?
00:16:06You don't think I was out there riding bulls and broncs for belt buckles, do you?
00:16:10I know what you're thinking.
00:16:12Prodigal son returns home, try to take over.
00:16:15Somebody sure as heck has to.
00:16:18You know something? I wish to gosh you were the prodigal son returning.
00:16:21I'd knock you on the ground right now.
00:16:25I wish to gosh I was the prodigal son too,
00:16:27because I would have knocked you on the ground eight years ago when you unplugged my mama.
00:16:34Let's go, Billy.
00:16:52How did I get so lucky after finding you?
00:16:55I guess you found me, huh, boy?
00:16:58That's the way it should be.
00:17:00Show your mama.
00:17:02Okay.
00:17:06There you go, spoiling him.
00:17:08He's worth spoiling.
00:17:10Lookie, Mama.
00:17:11That's great, Billy.
00:17:16That is one fine looking piece of horse flesh.
00:17:19What are you going to do with it?
00:17:21Oh, it's what I've already done with him, Amos.
00:17:23He's fast. He's a winner.
00:17:25Is that so?
00:17:27Believe it or not, we were building up quite a reputation out on the west coast.
00:17:31Lucky running, me training.
00:17:34My plan was to use my winnings to set up a training facility with a rehab center for injured horses.
00:17:39I was this close.
00:17:41So why'd you walk away from that and come back to the hill country?
00:17:44I truly wish I could tell you, Amos, but I don't know myself.
00:17:49Oh, sure you do.
00:17:53Billy, you all right?
00:17:59Where did you get this buckle?
00:18:18Come here.
00:18:34Here, Mama.
00:18:36I never want you to come in here again, you understand?
00:18:39This isn't our stuff.
00:18:45Come here. Hey.
00:18:47I'm not mad at you.
00:18:50Okay? I just want you to understand that this stuff doesn't belong to us.
00:18:54It's his.
00:18:56It belongs to Grandpa?
00:18:58Yeah.
00:19:00These things are very important to him.
00:19:02They're his.
00:19:07Sorry, Mama. I thought they were yours, too.
00:19:18Come on. Let's go.
00:19:34It's wildfire whiskey by a half-feet as they come into the stretch.
00:19:37Cover that drum.
00:19:39Come on, Bucky. Come on, Bucky.
00:19:41Yeah, big boy. Yeah.
00:19:43That's our horse.
00:19:45That's our horse.
00:19:47Come on, Bucky.
00:19:50Go, Bucky. Go. Go, Bucky. Go, Bucky.
00:19:53That's a good horse, Jack.
00:19:55Oh, again.
00:19:57Come on, Bucky.
00:20:03What a race.
00:20:11Like I said, that's good horse flesh, honey.
00:20:13You've done good.
00:20:15I'll tell you, all the people I've ever worked with,
00:20:17I've never met anybody who could train a horse like she does.
00:20:20She's got some real talent.
00:20:22What do you think of your girl's horse, Mr. Cooper?
00:20:24I think that horse must come from some pretty good bloodlines.
00:20:28Like the daughter, sir.
00:20:30You staying around these parts, Morgan?
00:20:33Yeah. Yeah, I think I might check out this hill country of yours.
00:20:37Yeah, the Chamber of Commerce ought to hire your daughter, sir.
00:20:40She's not talking horses. She's talking Texas.
00:20:42Texas, huh?
00:20:47Um...
00:20:49I think I'm going to have to get going.
00:20:51It's getting kind of late.
00:20:53Thanks again, Morgan, for bringing Lucky
00:20:55and for bringing the video of his last race.
00:20:57I know you didn't get a chance to see him before you left,
00:21:00and I thought your dad would get a kick out of it.
00:21:03There you go.
00:21:05It's good to meet you, son.
00:21:07You come back again, all right?
00:21:09Come back all the time.
00:21:11There's always a sideshow going on around here.
00:21:13I appreciate that.
00:21:15Pleasure, Mr. Cooper.
00:21:17See you, Billy.
00:21:19Well, don't just stand there, girl.
00:21:21Walk the man out to his truck.
00:21:23Ain't you a liberated woman?
00:21:25Ha-ha!
00:21:32I've forgotten how beautiful this place can be.
00:21:40You, uh...
00:21:42You better get going.
00:21:44You're going to go.
00:21:52Morgan...
00:21:56We've, uh, been friends for a long time.
00:22:01Let's not mess it up.
00:22:03Before I met you,
00:22:05I thought I was a pretty good trainer.
00:22:07But you taught me
00:22:09that the first thing you teach a horse is to trust you.
00:22:14Now, does that work for people, too?
00:22:28I don't get to see you.
00:22:30Take it easy.
00:22:33Take it easy.
00:22:37I thought you were sticking around.
00:22:40This country's pretty big, isn't it?
00:22:55What?
00:22:57Did I say anything?
00:23:00I know what you're thinking.
00:23:02No, Morgan's not Billy's dad.
00:23:04No, he's not my boyfriend.
00:23:06No, he's not going to be my boyfriend, either.
00:23:08You know what I was thinking, Jake?
00:23:10I was thinking that standing out here
00:23:12in this moonlight,
00:23:14you look just like your mama.
00:23:17I do?
00:23:20She always had this certain look in her eye,
00:23:23like she knew some secret
00:23:25that me and Will were never going to figure out.
00:23:29Oh, me and Will used to shovel it at her.
00:23:32She loved every minute of it, too.
00:23:34She could dish it back just as good
00:23:36as we could shovel it at her.
00:23:38That's not how I remember it, Amos.
00:23:40Well, it ain't the kind of thing
00:23:43that a little kid can understand.
00:23:46You know,
00:23:48you never have really understood
00:23:50just how much they loved each other.
00:23:54It's funny how
00:23:56some people can find so much love,
00:23:59other people just can't get it right.
00:24:06After Billy's dad...
00:24:10Gosh, I just gave up on it.
00:24:14I don't have the time or energy for that stuff.
00:24:19Mom left her roses, didn't she?
00:24:23When your mom and pop first got married,
00:24:26she planted about a dozen fancy rose bushes.
00:24:30They burned in the summer,
00:24:32froze in the winter,
00:24:34the deer ate them, the bugs ate them.
00:24:36No matter how hard she tried,
00:24:38they always come up looking like a bunch of sticks.
00:24:41There are roses out here everywhere, Amos.
00:24:45Well, you see,
00:24:47your daddy thought them rose bushes
00:24:49was a pain in the back,
00:24:51so his idea was just to smother them out.
00:24:53So when we dug that north stock pond,
00:24:55he took a whole truckload of dirt
00:24:57and brought it down here
00:24:59and dumped it right on top of them sticks.
00:25:01Of course, that just happened to be
00:25:03some of the best-fertilized dirt
00:25:05in the hill country.
00:25:07So nature took its course,
00:25:09and next thing you know,
00:25:11Sarah's roses was popping up
00:25:13out of the cow patties.
00:25:15Your daddy was mad as a hornet, too.
00:25:18But she thought he hung the moon.
00:25:23She didn't know he was trying to kill him?
00:25:25John William may be ornery,
00:25:27but he ain't stupid.
00:25:29He planted two more long rose for her.
00:25:35That just happened to be
00:25:37the same year you were born.
00:25:40You know,
00:25:42if you could turn loose of that anger,
00:25:45that pain,
00:25:48you might find time and energy
00:25:50for that love.
00:25:53I'm telling you,
00:25:55if you don't, you're gonna need to get a clock
00:25:57and some vitamins.
00:25:59If you don't get that stuff right,
00:26:01ain't nothing else ever gonna matter.
00:26:09Come on.
00:26:27What's going on?
00:26:29There's nothing wrong with this road.
00:26:31Maybe not for you, but I'm not gonna risk
00:26:33exercising like it with these rats in the road.
00:26:36What's with the silver?
00:26:38It's a battle.
00:26:40I just want Billy to see it.
00:26:42Can I ride with you, Grandpa? Can I, Mama?
00:26:45I thought you were gonna help me upgrade the road.
00:26:47Sure you can, son.
00:26:49All right, and be careful.
00:26:51Take good care of him.
00:26:52I will.
00:26:54Okay, let's get in there.
00:26:56Hold on to that horn.
00:26:58Okay.
00:27:01Let's go, Grandpa. Bye, Mom.
00:27:08Let's go.
00:27:26Oh, shit!
00:27:33Hey, Will, that girl sure knew what she was doing
00:27:35when she bought that big black horse.
00:27:38Oh, shit.
00:27:45Well, Mr. Cooper,
00:27:48I've been trying to track you down all day.
00:27:51Well, we've been right here for five generations.
00:27:54Shouldn't have been that hard.
00:27:56I heard your daughter was home.
00:27:58That should speed things up.
00:28:00Bob Sanchez, Sanchez Realty,
00:28:02out of San Antonio, Austin.
00:28:05My condolences on your loss, Mr. Cooper.
00:28:08But now that Mr. Bankson's passed on,
00:28:10AmeriDeal is prepared to make more or less one last offer.
00:28:13And what would that be exactly?
00:28:15More or less? Which is it?
00:28:17Mr. Cooper, we're giving you a very fair offer.
00:28:20More than fair when you consider the current circumstances
00:28:23in the ranching business and market conditions.
00:28:25Mr. Sanchez, are you trying to buy acreage from the Dry Creek?
00:28:28No, Ms. Cooper, we're trying to buy all of the Dry Creek.
00:28:31Land, improvements, implements, livestock.
00:28:34AmeriDeal wants the whole operation, lock, stock and barrel.
00:28:37Well, for the last time, Mr. Sanchez,
00:28:40the Dry Creek is not for sale, and it's not going to be for sale.
00:28:43It's not going to be divided up into them ten-acre ranchettes,
00:28:47and it's not going to be a tax-write-off for some big corporation.
00:28:51The truth, Ms. Cooper, you can sell or lose it.
00:28:55The sale to AmeriDeal has a lot to offer.
00:28:58And it assures the rest of your years will be a lot more comfortable.
00:29:06You see that hill right there, Mr. Sanchez?
00:29:09That's known as Liberty Hill.
00:29:11The town's named after it.
00:29:13A bunch of folks buried up there just happened to be my kin.
00:29:17They made it through a lot of different wars,
00:29:20diseases that no one even thinks about anymore,
00:29:22drought, pestilence, the Great Depression.
00:29:24They were stewards of the land.
00:29:26They were stewards of the land.
00:29:28They passed it on, the care of it, the love of it.
00:29:31And that's what we're going to do.
00:29:33The girl and me, we're going to pass it on.
00:29:36That's the way it works, my pal.
00:29:38Mr. Cooper, well, this is a new millennium.
00:29:44You've got to stop looking back over your shoulder and look ahead.
00:29:47And you're going to be hit with an inheritance tax
00:29:49that's probably 35% of what this whole place is worth.
00:29:54Between you and me, Mr. Sanchez,
00:29:57I'd like nothing more than to give it up,
00:29:59spend the last of my days in a lap of luxury.
00:30:02But between you and me, it'd be downright embarrassing
00:30:05to be the only one who didn't have a little stress.
00:30:07I'm not planning on being the one who, after five generations,
00:30:11dropped the ball. No, sir.
00:30:15You're the last of your kind, Will Cooper.
00:30:19My hat's off to you for going down fighting.
00:30:22But go down, you will.
00:30:31You better talk some sense into your father,
00:30:33not to lose this place to the bank and the tax man
00:30:36and get nothing in return.
00:30:38Take care, now.
00:30:44You're telling the truth, isn't he?
00:30:46We're a little behind on the note.
00:30:48Ira Collins is down at the bank.
00:30:50He's been rolling the Dry Creeks balloon note
00:30:52over for ten, maybe twelve years.
00:30:54One more rollover is not going to make or break him or us.
00:30:57We'll pay the interest a little on the principal,
00:30:59and the tax man, well, let's pay that off, too.
00:31:02And why am I just now hearing about this?
00:31:04Jake, I just wanted to spare you.
00:31:06Spare me? Yeah.
00:31:07Don't do me any favors, all right?
00:31:09I am my mother's daughter, after all.
00:31:20I love you.
00:31:51Yes.
00:31:57All right, they're making it work out in California,
00:31:59and it'll work here, too.
00:32:01You just need to listen to me with an open mind.
00:32:04You drive a pickup truck.
00:32:06You think of your horses as tools.
00:32:08But there is a whole world of people out there
00:32:10who buy those ten-acre ranchettes,
00:32:12drive Lincoln Navigators on semi-annual leases,
00:32:14and think of their pleasure horses as big investments.
00:32:17Those people take care of their horses.
00:32:19Those people take care of their investments.
00:32:21That is where we come in,
00:32:23the Dry Creek Training Stable and Equine Rehabilitation Center.
00:32:29Specifications, pro forma.
00:32:32Oh, I see. You've been talking to Amos.
00:32:35He's gonna go in to hock up to your eyeballs
00:32:37to get out a hock up to your back.
00:32:39Right now, the future of this place is held together
00:32:41the same way as it was in the past,
00:32:43with rusted barbed wire and rotted rubber bands.
00:32:46There's room here for a horse operation.
00:32:48There's been a cattle operation ever since it started,
00:32:50and that's the way it's gonna wind up.
00:32:53I'm gonna talk to Ira Collins at the bank tomorrow,
00:32:55and we'll do what we've always done. It's just that simple.
00:32:57You know, that might work for you,
00:32:59but sure as heck doesn't work for me.
00:33:02Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.
00:33:04There's one thing for sure.
00:33:06This time, we're not gonna be doing it just your way.
00:33:08And for the record,
00:33:10I haven't eaten beef in six years.
00:33:12I'm a vegetarian.
00:33:14I don't believe in killing animals.
00:33:16I believe in healing them.
00:33:47I'm talking to a nationwide network
00:33:49of trainers and managers,
00:33:51all in desperate need of rehabilitation for their horses.
00:33:53That's where the training and rehab facility comes in.
00:33:55Up and running in 90 days, near immediate cash flow.
00:33:58Ira, you and I both know
00:34:00the cattle market's got no place to go but up.
00:34:02Now, we did all right with that Angus Herbert cross.
00:34:05We just need a little more time to get the mix right,
00:34:08and we'll pay off this number one deal
00:34:10that we've been working on.
00:34:12We're gonna have to do it again.
00:34:14Time to get the mix right,
00:34:16and we'll pay off this number once and for all, but for now...
00:34:18Look, it sounds like a good plan, Will,
00:34:20but this is now.
00:34:22And right now, I can't give you the time,
00:34:24not even if you reduce the principal by 50%.
00:34:27Look, this is an up-and-coming trend.
00:34:29We tie in with a big restaurant chain, maybe two.
00:34:32We feed and sell exclusively
00:34:34at a predetermined price per pound.
00:34:36There's no risk in it.
00:34:38If you would just look at the proposal, Mr. Collins,
00:34:40it's all there, an integrated and complementary concept
00:34:42for the horse operation.
00:34:44I'm telling you, service the horse lover.
00:34:46That is where the money is.
00:34:48I must say, I'm impressed.
00:34:50Very impressed.
00:34:52I've never seen a better pro forma
00:34:54cash flow analysis on a horse ranching operation.
00:34:56It's all beautifully laid out.
00:34:58It's all here in black and white.
00:35:00The trouble is,
00:35:02I can't get approval
00:35:04for any additional loan commitments
00:35:06until and unless you make
00:35:08a substantial reduction in the current note.
00:35:10You're already holding our land
00:35:12and improvements as collateral
00:35:14worth far more than what we're asking.
00:35:16Ms. Kubrick, Jake, we're here to talk
00:35:18about the Dry Creek's current obligations.
00:35:20This will work, Mr. Collins.
00:35:22It's cutting-edge.
00:35:24Look, all right, the girl said her piece.
00:35:26Now, you and I have to talk some turkey.
00:35:28I simply came here to roll a note.
00:35:30Now, let's get to it.
00:35:34Like I said, Jake,
00:35:36it's all very well thought out.
00:35:38No argument.
00:35:40And if you'd had this plan a year ago, before...
00:35:52I can't do it, Will.
00:35:56Not this time.
00:35:58If I did it for you,
00:36:00I'd have to be doing it for them,
00:36:02and we'd all go to heck.
00:36:04You, me, and them.
00:36:06I wouldn't have to help them.
00:36:08Rex over there, didn't his daddy
00:36:10do the carpentry work on these teller cages?
00:36:12And Fausto, his daddy
00:36:14split the first oil well in Colorado County?
00:36:16Saved this very bank from going belly-up
00:36:18back in 31.
00:36:20Charlie Banks in the Dry Creek.
00:36:22He stayed on the board of this bank, served on it
00:36:24till the day he died.
00:36:26Them is what made Liberty Hill.
00:36:28And I might add, kept you in the job
00:36:30for over 25 years.
00:36:32It's not the same Liberty Hill, Will.
00:36:34Newcomers aren't farmers or ranchers.
00:36:36Times change.
00:36:38People change. Banking changes
00:36:40to keep the pace.
00:36:42Will, ranching has changed.
00:36:50When I married Sarah,
00:36:52old Charlie Banks made me make three promises.
00:36:56To love that woman with all my heart.
00:36:58To always wear a clean shirt in my camp.
00:37:00And to always pay my debts.
00:37:02And I'll keep that promise
00:37:04till the day I die.
00:37:08And we just gotta get through this.
00:37:10What do you want me to do, Ira?
00:37:12Just tell me.
00:37:14Just pay it off, Will.
00:37:16It's been due ten times over.
00:37:20We're not on the good old boy system anymore.
00:37:24Tell me something, Ira.
00:37:26Have we changed?
00:37:28Have we changed?
00:37:30You, me.
00:37:38Would 50,000
00:37:40buy me half a year?
00:37:44120 days.
00:37:48Come on, Ira.
00:37:50You know,
00:37:52I can maybe
00:37:54get you another 90.
00:37:56If I apply it
00:37:58to principle.
00:38:02Got any tape?
00:38:10Well,
00:38:12what did you good old boys come up with?
00:38:14We talked it over and worked it out like we always do.
00:38:16Put another band-aid
00:38:18on a gushing artery?
00:38:20Sounds like a good, solid business plan to me.
00:38:22You know,
00:38:24after all that work I did,
00:38:26he didn't really look at it.
00:38:28He just sort of dismissed it.
00:38:30You're two of a kind, you know that?
00:38:32As for you, you...
00:38:34Ira ought to be fired
00:38:36or retired.
00:38:38You just don't understand the system, young lady.
00:38:40Ira's a good sort.
00:38:42He's just stuck between a rock and a hard place
00:38:44like the rest of us.
00:38:46He's the biggest junkhead in five counties, if you ask me.
00:38:48I thought you thought I held that honor.
00:38:52I hadn't met Ira Collins.
00:38:54You want the post office or the feed store?
00:38:56No matter what the bank says,
00:38:58we've still got bills to pay.
00:39:00Feed store.
00:39:02I'm picking up in front of the post office.
00:39:04Probably the one with his pockets turned inside out.
00:39:08I'm not used to
00:39:10dry creek folk calling ahead with their order.
00:39:12Miss Cooper.
00:39:14Jake.
00:39:16Welcome to the cell phone generation, Dabney.
00:39:18We'll get somebody out to load you as fast as we can.
00:39:22Your order's all set up, Morgan.
00:39:24Anything else we can do for you?
00:39:26Yeah, Dabney.
00:39:28One more thing.
00:39:40Here we go.
00:39:42Yeah, give me a second. I'm just making some room here.
00:39:44Hey, let me give you a hand.
00:39:46Morgan?
00:39:48Hello, Jake.
00:39:50What are you doing here?
00:39:52I got bills to pay.
00:39:54Excuse me.
00:39:56Get this truck loaded right up for you.
00:39:58Listen, if you have it in your head
00:40:00to stick around,
00:40:02I'm sure you'll get a job as a horse trainer somewhere.
00:40:04There's lots of horse ranches.
00:40:06I could put in a good word for you.
00:40:08Here you go, Morgan.
00:40:10We'll keep all the special oats in stock for you
00:40:12from now on.
00:40:14You don't really work here, do you?
00:40:16Yeah, I'll, uh,
00:40:18rest, thanks.
00:40:34I'm coming, old man.
00:40:36Oh, you
00:40:38would not believe what I had to go through
00:40:40to get here dinner.
00:40:48I know.
00:40:50You miss Grandpa, too.
00:40:52Come on.
00:40:56Oh, uh,
00:40:58I just saw the clock
00:41:00and I saw the light was on.
00:41:02I figured I'd better come down here
00:41:04and take a look.
00:41:06You know, uh,
00:41:08Jake,
00:41:10I've been wanting to have a talk with you.
00:41:12Yeah?
00:41:14You know, you need to cut yourself
00:41:16some slack.
00:41:18I mean, nobody can do it all, girl.
00:41:20You just take a look
00:41:22around.
00:41:24There's some really good things happening here.
00:41:26I mean,
00:41:28your home,
00:41:30Billy's a fine little
00:41:32boy,
00:41:34and that big old black horse of yours is really
00:41:36something else. He's fast.
00:41:38You know, the day when you were
00:41:40working him out, I thought for a minute
00:41:42my watch was busted.
00:41:44Must have set you
00:41:46back a pretty penny, huh?
00:41:48I bought him with the money Mom
00:41:50left me.
00:41:52That's kind of putting all your eggs in one basket,
00:41:54huh?
00:41:56It's the only basket I had.
00:41:58Besides, he didn't cost that much.
00:42:00Didn't come from Champion Bloodlines.
00:42:02Nobody believed him but me.
00:42:04I figure Lucky
00:42:06is my ticket to the
00:42:08promised land.
00:42:10Hmm.
00:42:12You know, Jake,
00:42:14it gets awful lonely
00:42:16in that promised land
00:42:18by yourself.
00:42:34It's hard
00:42:36to imagine all you've been seeing from a horse
00:42:38with no bloodlines.
00:42:40Can I help you two gentlemen?
00:42:42Here's the real reason why he's a winner.
00:42:44Jake Cooper, horse trainer extraordinaire.
00:42:46Jake, would you like to meet Alex Kerwin?
00:42:48Rio Bajo Farms over in Travis County.
00:42:50Mr. Kerwin?
00:42:52Ever since Morgan and I partnered up, I've heard
00:42:54nothing but amazing things about you
00:42:56and your horse. I just had to see
00:42:58for myself. Partners?
00:43:00Hmm. That was fast.
00:43:02Well, I've been needing someone like Morgan for a long time.
00:43:04I know first class when I see it.
00:43:06We train, breed, and sell.
00:43:08And of course,
00:43:10I'm always on the lookout for buying the right horse.
00:43:12Yeah, I'm familiar
00:43:14with Rio Bajo Farms, but I need to
00:43:16let you know, Mr. Kerwin, Lucky's not for sale.
00:43:18And he's already been in the winner's circle
00:43:20more than once.
00:43:22What Morgan means is the really big
00:43:24winner's circle.
00:43:26Now maybe we can work something out.
00:43:28The three of us.
00:43:30With Morgan being trainer, running under my silks,
00:43:32splitting the profits,
00:43:34you do trust Morgan, I'm sure.
00:43:36Excuse me.
00:43:40You should have known better than to bring him here.
00:43:42Uh, Jake, we never even talked about
00:43:44Lucky being for sale until you took a look at him.
00:43:46I only brought him here because...
00:43:48Because he's got the money and you have the time
00:43:50and I have neither, right?
00:43:52Your little partnership looks like it could solve all my problems. Is that it?
00:43:54Well, exactly, Miss Cooper.
00:43:56Exactly.
00:43:58Alex,
00:44:00we've seen what we've come here to see.
00:44:04Miss Cooper.
00:44:06You know, Morgan, I can fight my own battles.
00:44:12I didn't bring Alex here to make her offer on Lucky.
00:44:14He's seen the videos.
00:44:16He took one look at him, he knew he was a winner.
00:44:18That's his business.
00:44:20I brought him here because I wanted him to meet the amazing woman
00:44:22who took a no-blood line skittish cult
00:44:24and turned him into a winner.
00:44:34Line saddle here, item 24 on your list.
00:44:36It's made in, uh, York.
00:44:58Times must be tougher than I thought.
00:45:00This ain't that much of a crowd.
00:45:04If you want to go play, Billy, you can.
00:45:06Stay where I can see you, okay?
00:45:08Remember, Billy, stay where I can see you.
00:45:10Okay.
00:45:16Right, Chandra, it's the hottest item Matt just auctioned.
00:45:18I wonder how high that bidding's gonna go.
00:45:24You know, I don't know.
00:45:26I don't know.
00:45:28I don't know.
00:45:30I don't know.
00:45:32I don't know.
00:45:38Jack, what?
00:45:40It is you, isn't it?
00:45:42Stone, hi.
00:45:44Oh, my, my.
00:45:46You're the spitting image of your mom.
00:45:48Mm-hmm.
00:45:50Where you been keeping yourself?
00:45:52Oh, I've been around.
00:45:54Wow.
00:45:5660 years of hard work to the highest bidder.
00:45:58Oh, well.
00:46:00I'm gonna get my taxes for one more year.
00:46:02Good afternoon, Jake.
00:46:04Mrs. Stone,
00:46:06this is Morgan Murphy.
00:46:08I know Morgan here.
00:46:10He's been helping me all morning
00:46:12to get this organized.
00:46:14Oh, excuse me, dears.
00:46:22That's my kind of woman.
00:46:26Hannah Stone's my kind of woman.
00:46:28Trouble is,
00:46:30they make darn few of them like that anymore.
00:46:32You sure are making yourself at home
00:46:34here in Liberty Hill.
00:46:36Places begin to grow on me.
00:46:38Some nice people.
00:46:40Here we go, folks.
00:46:42The prize of the whole shebang,
00:46:44one of a kind.
00:46:46What we have here is a classic, folks.
00:46:48It's one of a kind.
00:46:50I bet this beauty's 100 years old if it's a day.
00:46:52Hannah? Hannah Stone, am I right?
00:46:54Sam's granddaddy built it.
00:46:56You heard it, folks. Sam's daddy built it.
00:46:58Granddaddy. Sam's granddaddy built it.
00:47:00I'm sorry.
00:47:02Sam's granddaddy built it.
00:47:04All right, Randy, let's get this show on the road.
00:47:06Now, you heard the lady, folks.
00:47:08This 100-year-plus desk, solid pecan wood,
00:47:10is beyond price.
00:47:12Let's see if we can get close to something fair for it today.
00:47:14All right, who wants to start us out?
00:47:16What do you want to give for it?
00:47:18Who'll go $300? Who'll go $300? $300?
00:47:20Who'll go $400? $400? $400?
00:47:22Who'll go $500? $500?
00:47:24Who'll go $800? $800?
00:47:26$800? $800?
00:47:28$800? $800?
00:47:30$800? $800?
00:47:32$800? $800?
00:47:34$800? $800?
00:47:36$800? $800?
00:47:38$800? $800?
00:47:40$800? $800?
00:47:42$800?
00:47:44$800?
00:47:46$800?
00:47:48$800?
00:47:50$800?
00:47:52$800?
00:47:54$800?
00:47:56$800?
00:47:58$800?
00:48:00$800?
00:48:02$800?
00:48:04$800?
00:48:06$800?
00:48:08$800?
00:48:10$800?
00:48:12$800?
00:48:14$800?
00:48:16$800?
00:48:18$800?
00:48:20$800?
00:48:22$800?
00:48:24$800?
00:48:26$800?
00:48:28$800?
00:48:30$800?
00:48:32$800?
00:48:34$800?
00:48:36$800?
00:48:38$800?
00:48:40$800?
00:48:42$800?
00:48:44$800?
00:48:46$800?
00:48:48$800?
00:48:50$800?
00:48:52$800?
00:48:54$800?
00:48:56$800?
00:48:58$800?
00:49:00$800?
00:49:02$800?
00:49:04$800?
00:49:06$800?
00:49:08$800?
00:49:10$800?
00:49:12$800?
00:49:14$800?
00:49:16Amos, we ought to sort out all this old equipment and sell off anything we're not using.
00:49:21We should have an auction.
00:49:23Maybe find out if that trophy saddle of mine's worth anything.
00:49:25You know, Will, what you did for Hannah was mighty fine.
00:49:29But you need to remember, no good deed goes unpunished.
00:49:33We just have to...
00:49:40...put one foot in front of another.
00:49:47Where'd this come from?
00:49:49Smiling Sam's used cars.
00:49:51Where's your little purple love machine?
00:49:54Smiling Sam's used cars.
00:49:56We have bills to pay.
00:49:58They're paid.
00:50:16What in the world are you doing?
00:50:38Acupuncture.
00:50:40My dad will cure him. He's a little old, but...
00:50:43...I'll give him some relief. At this point, that's all that can be done.
00:50:46Besides hydrotherapy, and I can't pull that off here.
00:51:06Oh, come on, Grandpa. Read it again.
00:51:09I don't have to read it. I got it memorized by now.
00:51:12Please?
00:51:13Just not sleepy, are you?
00:51:16Let me see.
00:51:18I think... I think I got the trick.
00:51:32What are you doing, Grandpa?
00:51:34Looking for something, Billy.
00:51:36Grandpa, what are you looking for?
00:51:42Just close your eyes.
00:51:44It's a surprise.
00:51:49Okay.
00:51:51Long long time ago, he was your mama's.
00:51:54Now he's yours.
00:51:56His name's Buddy.
00:51:58Since you're gonna be up all night...
00:52:00...maybe you and him could talk things over, get to know each other.
00:52:04Come on, hop in bed.
00:52:06To both of you.
00:52:08Get in there.
00:52:13Did you talk Mom in bed when she was little?
00:52:17Not often enough, Billy.
00:52:20Is that why she's so mad at you now?
00:52:23No, son. It's a bunch more complicated than that.
00:52:27There you go.
00:52:34I'm not mad at you, Grandpa.
00:52:37I love you.
00:52:41Goodnight, son.
00:52:43Goodnight.
00:53:07I didn't know you were...
00:53:09Oh, yeah. I'm just finishing up.
00:53:11Goodnight, Buckaroo.
00:53:27Here you go, little Buckaroo.
00:53:29You finish those, I'll give you some more, okay?
00:53:31Your great-grandpa used to say, waste not, want not.
00:53:33Easy. That's all the syrup we got.
00:53:36Gotta think of other folks.
00:53:38That's a novel concept coming from you.
00:53:40Just what's that supposed to mean?
00:53:42The check.
00:53:44Oh, yeah. I've been meaning to talk to you about that.
00:53:46Yeah, that check was for the buy-sell agreement.
00:53:48I was buying you out, remember?
00:53:50You cashed the check.
00:53:52I don't ever remember us coming to an agreement.
00:53:54You got any coffee?
00:53:58Billy, why don't you take one of Amos' biscuits,
00:54:01a bloody bear,
00:54:03and get outside and wait on the porch?
00:54:06Like Grandpa Charlie said,
00:54:08it's a partnership.
00:54:10You put in $50,000,
00:54:12I put in a lifetime of blood and sweat.
00:54:14I'd say that makes us partners.
00:54:16That money bought family 90 days at the bank.
00:54:22Family. Discuss matters.
00:54:24They talk about their thoughts and their ideas,
00:54:27their problems.
00:54:29I bought us 90 days, Jake.
00:54:31You bought us 90 days.
00:54:33You bought us 90 days with my money.
00:54:35That's a decision we probably should have made together.
00:54:38You know, you have not changed at all in eight years.
00:54:42If you would just for once stop and listen...
00:54:46Grandpa, there's a man sitting on the porch!
00:54:48At this time of the morning?
00:54:50Who is it, Billy?
00:54:52Just sitting there.
00:54:54He told me to find my grandpa.
00:54:56Excuse me.
00:54:58Billy, honey, come finish your breakfast.
00:55:04Ira.
00:55:06Morning, Will.
00:55:08I couldn't bring myself to knock at being so early.
00:55:12You look like you just run over your favorite cow dog, Ira.
00:55:16What's happened?
00:55:18I should have called you last night,
00:55:21but I couldn't make myself do it.
00:55:25What's wrong?
00:55:27They let me go, Will.
00:55:30They let me go, Will.
00:55:3325 years and they let me go.
00:55:37They can just do that.
00:55:40Yeah, I get the pension and all,
00:55:43but it wasn't my choosing.
00:55:47And neither was the other, Will.
00:55:50I told them it was a promise.
00:55:53I told them we had a deal.
00:55:56Northern Lights Bank Shares is
00:55:59calling the note on the Dry Creek.
00:56:04I'm sorry, Will.
00:56:10You want some breakfast, Ira?
00:56:14You've come a long way to get out here.
00:56:27I know just what you mean, my grandson and son.
00:56:32Irene, can you tell me who took over Ira Collins' job?
00:56:36Well, that'd be Mr. Wainwright, Jack Wainwright,
00:56:39from Seattle, Washington.
00:56:41Where can I find him?
00:56:43Well, he's in the loan committee meeting with all the other...
00:56:46You can't go in, Mr. Cooper!
00:56:48What we have to focus on this quarter
00:56:50is moving our non-producer,
00:56:53I had a feeling I'd find you here, Sanchez.
00:56:56We'll talk later, but right now I'm looking for Jack Wainwright.
00:56:59And you would be...?
00:57:01Will Cooper, Dry Creek Ranch.
00:57:03Ah, Mr. Cooper.
00:57:05Well, if you'll just wait out in the lobby.
00:57:07I signed over a check for $50,000 in return.
00:57:10I was promised 90 days' grace to sell off stock and pay a note.
00:57:14Now, what happened to my $50,000?
00:57:16Directly transferred to the bank.
00:57:19Now, what happened to my $50,000?
00:57:21Dry Creek Ranch, yes.
00:57:23Duly applied to the balance of the loan.
00:57:25A past-due loan and...
00:57:28insufficient to cover that loan.
00:57:31We've decided as a committee to call the note.
00:57:34Well, what happened to my 90 days?
00:57:36What happened to five generations of honest work and trust?
00:57:39Trust on both sides.
00:57:41Mr. Collins had no authority to accept those conditions.
00:57:44Mr. Collins did not and does not
00:57:46represent Northern Light's bank shares.
00:57:49Your note has been called, and yours isn't the only one.
00:57:52Who made that call, you?
00:57:54Or was it Sanchez over there?
00:57:56Or some outfit called Americrook?
00:57:58No, Mr. Cooper, the decision came from Seattle.
00:58:01Now, if you'll just...
00:58:03Dry Creek is gonna be cut up and sold off
00:58:05for 10 times, 20 times what's owed.
00:58:08Mr. Wainwright,
00:58:10that gives bank robbery a whole new meaning.
00:58:14Disposal of the property will be Seattle's decision.
00:58:17And here's my decision.
00:58:21You sent Matt on to Seattle.
00:58:23You're in Texas now, mister.
00:58:25I'm really sorry, ma'am.
00:58:28We'll talk later, Sanchez.
00:58:43Let's go.
00:59:01Seattle pulled the plug.
00:59:03We either pay the note or they'll call a collateral.
00:59:06Which means?
00:59:08Means, uh, just about done in.
00:59:11Got our work cut out for us?
00:59:13Yes, sir.
00:59:14Where do we start?
00:59:17First, we cull the breeding stock.
00:59:21And then we find a buyer for the rest,
00:59:23get the best price we can.
00:59:25Then we flesh out and round up
00:59:27every head of stock on the place.
00:59:29And pray.
00:59:32Amos, your horse needs a ride.
00:59:34I believe he does.
00:59:41Let's go.
01:00:11Come on.
01:00:41Let's go.
01:00:57Whoo!
01:01:02Stop right there!
01:01:06What's going on in there?
01:01:08Get in there!
01:01:14Get up!
01:01:21Come on.
01:01:33That a girl, Jake.
01:01:35You ain't lost your touch.
01:01:38Come on.
01:01:40Come on.
01:01:42Get in there.
01:01:44Come on.
01:01:46Come on.
01:01:48Come on.
01:01:50Come on.
01:01:52Come on.
01:01:54Come on.
01:01:56Come on.
01:01:58Come on.
01:02:00Come on.
01:02:02Come on.
01:02:04Come on.
01:02:06Come on.
01:02:08Come on.
01:02:10Come on.
01:02:35How'd it go, boss?
01:02:37Not good enough.
01:02:39Come on.
01:02:41Go.
01:02:43Go.
01:02:56Come on, boss.
01:03:03Come on.
01:03:05Come on.
01:03:09That's close enough.
01:03:30Well, not by a long shot.
01:03:33Our tallies match close enough, Fuller, but I'm gonna be a lot shorter on a head count
01:03:36that I made not more than two weeks ago.
01:03:45I can't say I'm a bit surprised.
01:04:06Disappointed, but not surprised.
01:04:10Charlie used to say nothing done in a hurry is ever done right.
01:04:15We're way short here, Jake.
01:04:16If you give me some more time, I might be able to...
01:04:19We have to throw in the breeders to even come close, Amos.
01:04:21Well, jingle bells, John Williams, what are we gonna have left then?
01:04:25A heck of a collection of cow patties?
01:04:26We're not gonna have anything left to build on.
01:04:29What good is land without stock?
01:04:30Well, good stock without lamb.
01:04:33What did Charlie's daddy have when he started?
01:04:36Rumor was about two dozen head of rustled heifers and a bully barred from somebody whose
01:04:41name he couldn't recollect.
01:04:42We can cut your checks in as we weigh that last year load.
01:04:45Tomorrow we load up the breeding stock and the bull pasture.
01:04:50Are you sure?
01:04:51That's almost like the end of the trail.
01:04:53You heard him.
01:04:54Load them up.
01:04:55Let's have them make a new trail.
01:05:18This was Sarah's favorite spot.
01:05:20I'm glad she didn't see this.
01:05:32What are we celebrating?
01:05:33Oh, I don't know.
01:05:34The end of everything.
01:05:35Well, let's have us a drink to pessimism.
01:05:36Maybe the beginning.
01:05:37They take the ranch.
01:05:38We don't have to make any more payments on the note.
01:05:39I pay my debts.
01:05:40Well, here's to darned fools and pessimists.
01:05:41Cheers.
01:05:43Billy, get in the cab of the truck.
01:05:44I'll get him.
01:05:45Looks like it's moving pretty fast.
01:05:46I'm going to get down to the barn.
01:05:47That wasn't so bad.
01:05:48It was.
01:05:49It was.
01:05:50It was.
01:05:51It was.
01:05:52It was.
01:05:53It was.
01:05:54It was.
01:05:55It was.
01:05:56It was.
01:05:57It was.
01:05:58It was.
01:05:59It was.
01:06:00It was.
01:06:01It was.
01:06:02It was.
01:06:03It was.
01:06:04It was.
01:06:05It was.
01:06:06It was.
01:06:07It was.
01:06:08It was.
01:06:09It was.
01:06:10It was.
01:06:11That was too close.
01:06:16The barn!
01:06:22Amos, call county fire.
01:06:26Hang on, Billy.
01:06:28Hang on.
01:06:34Sir, we got a lightning strike at Dry Creek Ranch on County Road.
01:06:37We got our barn on fire.
01:06:41We got our barn on fire.
01:06:59Stay put, Billy.
01:07:11Billy, you stay in the truck.
01:07:13Don't move, okay?
01:07:15But Mom, we're working.
01:07:16No, I know, baby.
01:07:17I'm going to get him.
01:07:18I promise.
01:07:19You stay here.
01:07:38It's okay, Lucky.
01:07:39Calm down, buddy.
01:07:40Whoa, whoa.
01:07:41Easy.
01:07:42We'll get you out of here.
01:07:43Hold on.
01:07:50Mama!
01:07:51Thanks, Lucky!
01:08:06Weaver!
01:08:07Billy!
01:08:08Billy, get out!
01:08:10Billy!
01:08:15Is he all right?
01:08:16Think about the house.
01:08:17All right.
01:08:18Lock him in if you have to.
01:08:19Oh, boy.
01:08:20Come here.
01:08:21Come here, boy.
01:08:22Hey!
01:08:23Come on.
01:08:24Come on.
01:08:25Come on.
01:08:41Come on.
01:08:42Come on.
01:08:43Come on.
01:08:44Come on.
01:08:45Come on.
01:08:46Come on.
01:09:02Jesus.
01:09:11Come on.
01:09:12Yeah, yeah.
01:09:13Let's get up.
01:09:24I got you.
01:09:25Daddy!
01:09:36Yeah.
01:09:37Yeah.
01:09:38Yeah.
01:09:39Yeah.
01:10:05Wow.
01:10:06Look at that.
01:10:09Born that in San Antone, July of 72.
01:10:12That was right.
01:10:15Well, that's a darn fool move, John William.
01:10:17You could have polished it up.
01:10:21Fourth of July rodeo, right?
01:10:23Yes, ma'am.
01:10:24The year I was born.
01:10:26How was I supposed to know you were born a week early?
01:10:29What about all my other birthdays?
01:10:32You know, Fourth of July, it's a big rodeo purse.
01:10:36We sent you a present, didn't we?
01:10:38I didn't want your presents, all right?
01:10:40I wanted you to be around, like a father.
01:10:43It's one thing I always said.
01:10:44When I had Billy, at least I'd be around for him.
01:10:46You know why that buckle meant so much to me?
01:10:48It's the hardest ride I ever took.
01:10:50I spent all my time thinking about your mama having my baby, you.
01:10:53All right, the both of you, just shut the heck up!
01:10:57I swear, heads as hard as green pecans.
01:11:00You know, I spent most of my life right here, working Dry Creek.
01:11:04And I'm doing what I love, and I feel like a mighty lucky man.
01:11:07But ranching ain't no easy business.
01:11:09It ain't for the faint of heart.
01:11:11You work the good times as well as the bad.
01:11:13And you're a big help if you don't need much sleep.
01:11:15You must don't get your blood in the boil.
01:11:17You know, John William, living with you ain't always been no bed of roses.
01:11:20I understand that hard times and burying people you love can make a man tough.
01:11:25But this girl's aching inside.
01:11:27And she's been giving all she's got to help us.
01:11:29And what do you do? You keep cutting her off at the knees.
01:11:32And as for you, Jake, you ought to understand by now
01:11:35that your daddy's done more with less than any other man around these parts, rodeos and all.
01:11:39Don't you know he dies a little bit every time you...
01:11:43Both of you, you're two of a kind!
01:11:46Don't you hardheads get it?
01:11:48What happens to all this don't matter.
01:11:50What happens to this is what matters.
01:11:53Family, that's all there really is.
01:12:01What's the matter?
01:12:03Amos?
01:12:07Help is over here, fella!
01:12:09Amos?
01:12:11Hey, we got some stuff.
01:12:13Amos, you okay? Come on, Amos.
01:12:15Amos?
01:12:22He's out of ICU. He's in room 104 now.
01:12:25You can stick your head in the door but only stay a minute.
01:12:27All right.
01:12:30Come here.
01:12:33Come on.
01:12:49You hardheaded old peckerwood.
01:12:51You almost let yourself in.
01:12:54Why not get so riled up?
01:12:58Believe me, Amos, wake up and I ain't got anybody to talk to.
01:13:04You, uh...
01:13:09I hate this place.
01:13:13I can't remember a worse day besides the day I lost Sarah.
01:13:21The girl said some pretty awful things to me that day.
01:13:25Said she'd hate me, hate me till the day I die.
01:13:29How did it all come to that?
01:13:31How did it all come to that?
01:13:34How the heck did it all come to that?
01:13:40Grandpa told her he went numb that day, too.
01:13:46He didn't want to say goodbye to his baby girl.
01:13:52I had to do it.
01:13:55I had to take her off this dirty machine.
01:14:01Sarah's never gonna come back, Amos.
01:14:04Not being Sarah yet.
01:14:08Not in this world.
01:14:14I couldn't just let her lay there.
01:14:21Well, anyway, I could talk to Jacob about it.
01:14:24I didn't want her carrying the load of that decision.
01:14:28You know, I never thought I'd wind up losing...
01:14:33the both of them that day, my wife and my daughter.
01:14:38Please wake up, Amos.
01:14:40The good Lord didn't bring us this far just to drop us off behind.
01:14:43Grandma, what's wrong?
01:14:57What?
01:15:27They think it was a stroke.
01:15:30Maybe mild, and...
01:15:32he's still partially sedated.
01:15:37Go figure.
01:15:39Laid back, Amos...
01:15:41having a stroke.
01:15:43Maybe he'll shake it off.
01:15:45A lot of people do.
01:15:47Yeah.
01:15:50We won't know anything for 24 hours or so.
01:15:54How about you? Are you okay?
01:15:56Oh, gosh, no, I'm not okay.
01:16:02I, uh...
01:16:04I just don't have any more answers.
01:16:11Yeah, you do.
01:16:27Oh.
01:16:34Irene.
01:16:36Morning, Will Cooper.
01:16:38I heard about the fire, and I hope Amos is going to be all right.
01:16:41I'm looking for that fellow Wainwright.
01:16:43He's out at the office at a meeting, Will.
01:16:46All right, where do I find Sanchez?
01:16:48Well, Mr. Sanchez does an office here at the bank, Will.
01:16:52Is there anybody here that actually runs the place?
01:16:56Will, is there?
01:16:58I believe that's you, Will.
01:17:00What's me?
01:17:01Your cell phone. It's ringing.
01:17:03I don't know...
01:17:08Belongs to Amos.
01:17:10Answer it for me, will you?
01:17:12Hey, hello?
01:17:16It's the hospital, Will, for you.
01:17:20Will Cooper.
01:17:26Thank goodness you're here, Mr. Cooper.
01:17:28How serious is it?
01:17:29Very. We've done everything we know how.
01:17:31How long has this been going on?
01:17:33Most of the morning, but it's getting worse.
01:17:35John William Cooper, it's about time you got here.
01:17:38Now, you tell this jailer here to give me back my pants,
01:17:40because we're going home.
01:17:42Absolutely out of the question.
01:17:44Bed rest and monitoring is what was ordered.
01:17:46Your test will be back in...
01:17:48Now, you heard the lady, Amos.
01:17:50Turn around and get back into bed
01:17:52before this goes from serious to worse.
01:17:54You mean as in dying?
01:17:56Oh, no, no, no.
01:17:57If you got a feeling somebody needs to do that,
01:17:59you do the honors,
01:18:00because I'm figuring on sticking around
01:18:02for another 20 years or so
01:18:03just to make people like you and her miserable.
01:18:05Now, give me my pants.
01:18:07You know what could kill a felon?
01:18:08Laying around in that bed back there,
01:18:10hard as rocks, counting the ceiling tiles.
01:18:12Now, Will, I'm going home.
01:18:14You get me my breeches, or I'm going like this.
01:18:16Wouldn't do to have his back waving in the breeze.
01:18:19Get the man his pants.
01:18:21I'm getting the doctor.
01:18:22He could do that.
01:18:23Maybe he knows who stole my breeches.
01:18:27You know, when I was up there in that coma,
01:18:29I had the strangest dream.
01:18:31I dreamt she was rubbing my feet.
01:18:33I'm worried about you.
01:18:34How many fingers you see?
01:18:35I ain't counting fingers.
01:18:37What happened to Jake?
01:18:39I don't know.
01:18:40One minute, she's standing in the hospital room door.
01:18:43Next minute, she's gone, just like before.
01:18:46We've been out in the parking lot
01:18:47and her old truck just wasn't there.
01:18:49Well, it ain't like she just took off, Will.
01:18:58Whoa!
01:18:59Will?
01:19:00I wanted to die to stay in the hospital, Will.
01:19:03Where in blazes this fool think he's going in such a hurry?
01:19:06Looks like you're gonna get a chance to ask him.
01:19:08He's turning into Dry Creek.
01:19:19What the heck's going on here?
01:19:49Jake can't sell this place out for money.
01:19:51No, I couldn't, and I wouldn't.
01:19:54Then somebody tell me what's going on here.
01:19:57Amos, who let you out of the hospital?
01:19:59I let myself out, Jake.
01:20:00What do you fellas want to answer his question?
01:20:02Bygones be bygones, Mr. Cooper.
01:20:04Congratulations.
01:20:05Congratulations for what?
01:20:07It's gonna be a big boost for Liberty Hill,
01:20:09the county, and the whole hill country.
01:20:11Northern Lights Bank share is glad to be a part of it.
01:20:13What you're looking at, Mr. Cooper,
01:20:15is phase one of the Dry Creek training stables
01:20:17and equine rehab center,
01:20:19and I am proud to be part of it.
01:20:21Jake, you want to tell your daddy
01:20:22what these guys are talking about?
01:20:24It's my dream.
01:20:26It's coming true.
01:20:30All right, Lucky, here's how this is gonna work.
01:20:33You gotta go run your race,
01:20:35I gotta run mine.
01:20:38We can do this, buddy.
01:20:40Together we can all do this.
01:20:43You want me to take him?
01:20:45He'd be happy if you'd do the honors.
01:20:50Come on, boy.
01:20:53Jake.
01:20:58We're gonna rebuild the barn.
01:21:00Add some new stables right over there.
01:21:02That's where the new hydrotherapy pool's gonna go.
01:21:04Morgan called Mr. Kerwin.
01:21:06He's agreed to be our financial partner.
01:21:08Put up the seed money.
01:21:10For the next two years,
01:21:12Lucky runs under his silks.
01:21:14He wants his winnings, and he will win.
01:21:16Cover our nut, he comes back
01:21:18and races for the Dry Creek.
01:21:20When his racing days are over, he comes home,
01:21:22and his bloodlines start here,
01:21:24where he belongs.
01:21:26This has always been a cattle ranch.