Deadly Western (2023) Movie Script
(dramatic music)
(triumphant music)
(upbeat music)
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- No.
No, no, no.
No, no.
No!
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- Rough night, Sheriff?
- I guess so.
How'd you sleep?
- 110 Degrees in a cramped
cell, I've had better.
- Sorry about that.
I'm so glad that school is out
I really need a change
See what's summer's all about
Vacation in my brain
(worrisome music)
(worrisome music continues)
Wandering through Wichita
Down my salvation
I'm counting all the ways I gone wrong
And I'm lonesome
Lonesome in love
(upbeat music)
- Hello, Sheriff.
- Hey, Sheriff.
(upbeat music continues)
- Do I know you?
- (snickers) Very funny, Sheriff.
- I wasn't trying to be funny
and I'm asking a question.
- Oh, you really don't recognize me?
What, drink too much last night?
- I don't know.
I have no memory.
Woke up this morning not
knowing who the hell I was.
If I wasn't sporting this
badge, I wouldn't have any idea.
- Well, I'm Stella, and
believe me, we know each other.
(upbeat music continues)
- Maybe I should see a physician.
I must be sick or caught something.
- The physician caught something too.
- Oh yeah?
- Four in the chest.
Cooper and Hope?
Does that ring a bell?
- I don't...
My mind's a big blank.
I'm trying to figure out, but I can't.
What the hell's wrong with me?
I don't even know what the guy
in the cell is in there for.
- Well, that's Ace.
He's a petty thief but he
ain't no threat to you.
He actually doesn't mind being in there
'cause you feed him.
Tell me what you do know.
What's going on in there?
- It's just a big blank.
I'm trying to figure it out but I can't.
I might need to step down as sheriff.
I don't think I can do the job like this.
- What about Cooper and Hope?
You're bound to come here next.
You need to protect us.
You need to protect your wife.
- Wife?
- [Stella] Yeah.
- Where is she?
- She's out visiting her parents.
- When is she expected back?
- I reckon it's today.
(glass thudding)
- Thank you.
I appreciate it.
(worrisome music)
- They came last night.
In the middle of the night, they came.
- Don't listen to him, Clark.
James is the town drunk.
- Who came last night, James?
- The men with the lights.
They came.
I saw them.
- Who are they?
- I don't know.
They came and they picked up the physician
and they took his body away.
They don't belong here.
They're wrong.
- People rob graves, James.
They were probably taking the body away
to take whatever property they could take.
- The lights.
- What lights?
- What about the lights?
- What lights?
(James sighing)
I'll will keep an eye out for him, okay.
(worrisome music)
(worrisome music continues)
- The worst thing in the world is a man
that doesn't appreciate
the sanity of marriage.
I find that unforgivable.
What do you think, dear?
- I think he's a pig.
(gun thudding)
I've never been so offended in my life.
He has no class, honey.
- There's one thing I can't stand
is a man that doesn't
know how to treat a lady.
- He's no gentleman.
- Get up.
Boy, get up.
(upbeat music)
I'm gonna give you a chance.
I thought about this long and hard.
Usually I take a fat
piece of shit like you
and put a bullet through his head.
But I'm not gonna do that.
I'm not gonna shoot you at all.
She's gonna shoot you.
(gun booming)
(both laughing)
Yeah, baby, get him.
- Wow.
(gun booming)
The bull's gonna have a meal tonight.
(foot thudding)
(mysterious music)
- I want to thank you
for the bourbon, Sheriff.
- Yeah, my pleasure.
I've got quite the problem and
I'm hoping you can help me.
- Me help you?
That's a first.
What could I possibly help you with?
- Can I trust you with information?
I mean, if I tell you something,
will you keep it confidential between us?
- Of course, I'm your friend.
- You're my friend, but I locked you up
I mean, how's that a friend?
- You've got a job to do and
you've always treated me well.
That's a friend.
You're the only real friend I have.
- I'm happy to call you a friend then.
(glasses tinkling)
Now I've got this problem and
I'm not sure how to handle it.
- Okay.
- I have no memory whatsoever.
It's like I woke up this
morning, my mind was just blank.
I know my wife comes back to town today
but I have no idea who she
is or what she looks like
and I don't know you.
I'm in quite the bind here.
- That is a problem.
What do you think caused it?
- No idea.
I keep wondering why,
but nothing's clicking.
You know I walked to town
today, I walked the entire town
and you what looked familiar to me?
- What?
- Nothing.
Not a single thing.
I hope my wife can spark
something in my mind.
- Oh, she will.
She is...
She's very pretty.
You'll remember her.
- And if I don't?
- You will.
It's probably too much pressure, you know?
You gotta deal with Cooper and
Hope and protecting the town.
That's a lot for one man.
- I guess so.
- You should talk to the preacher.
The preacher should be able to help ya.
(Clark sighing)
- Thank you.
(door creaking)
- What are you doing?
You told me I was gonna
be in here six weeks.
- [Clark] When did I say that?
- Yesterday.
- See, I don't remember.
(Clark chuckling)
(Ace chuckling)
(door creaking)
- Am I gonna get in trouble if I leave?
(tense music)
(harmonica music wailing)
(upbeat music)
- How's the morning, Preacher?
- Hot.
- It's brutal today, that's for sure.
- I spoke to Stella.
She told me about your problem.
- Is a preacher supposed to be in a bar?
- I was saving souls and I was thirsty.
- I guess it's okay then.
- So what'd you do?
Did you fall down and crack
your skull or something?
- No.
- You've been drinking?
Little apple jack, moonshine maybe?
- I don't know.
I can't think of an explanation for this.
I thought maybe you could.
- Why me?
- You're a preacher.
Don't you have a special
connection with the Man up there?
- No more than you do.
I work for the Man.
Dedicated my life to Him.
But it doesn't give me
an extra connection.
But I don't think this is a
spiritual matter, Sheriff.
This is a medical issue.
You need the physician.
And he's dead.
- So what's the answer?
- I think you should give it some time.
Ride it out.
You know, sooner or
later, someone somewhere
will trigger your memories
and they'll come back
to you like a flood.
- You think so?
- Sure.
Of course, I have no idea
what I'm talking about.
My opinion.
You take it for what it's worth.
- Thank you, Preacher.
- (chuckles) Yeah, glad I could help.
Laugh along with
And tell my secrets to
(harmonic music wailing)
Looking for a friend
There's so much of life to see
And so little time
It's back to school before I know
And my summer's all behind
It's no fun to be alone
when the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
Won't you send someone around
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
(upbeat music)
- [Stella] Hey, how are you doing, Beth?
- I'm doing fine, how are you?
- I'm good.
Have you talked to your husband yet?
- No, why?
- Well, I think he's having
some issues with his memory.
He might be having a mental breakdown.
- What else is new?
- What brings you here, Elias?
- My legs.
- (chuckles) Very funny.
We oughta keep you around
here just for laughs.
(Elias laughing)
- I'm here because you need me here.
That's why I'm here.
Seems like y'all are having a problem
that your sheriff's lost all his men.
- Yeah, it's Cooper and Hope.
They ambushed them in their sleep.
I've never seen anything so cowardly.
- Yeah, they killed later by Still Lake.
I came home with a blood bath.
Even kidnapped the sheriff there.
Good old Guss.
Found his body in the desert.
Showed him no mercy.
- It's terrible.
So many people have left our town.
They can see the storm coming.
- Yeah, they was the smart ones.
The storm's brewing and this
town's next on their cycle.
- Well, there's only two of them.
- For now.
- Well, you and Owen better be ready.
If the people aren't afraid anymore,
they'll return to town
and we can prosper again.
- If they ran once they run again.
We have to rebuild.
We have to get rid of the
cancer and rebuild this town.
I just hope your husband's up for it.
- He will be.
He's the only thing
that can save this town.
- What a great job he's done.
- We voted him Sheriff.
We believe in him.
- Of course.
But I reckon that you didn't
have much of a choice, right?
I mean, he didn't have
to take a step forward,
but the whole town took a step back.
- Why did I even bring you here?
- (chuckles) You know why he did, Sis.
Because you know that I know how
to handle equations like this.
Your husband gets to keep his shiny star
and I'm gonna be the one
that puts everyone at ease.
How about another?
(Elias laughing)
Well, I'd expect better service.
I see you're not swimming
in business around here.
(upbeat music)
- I think we should just take the town.
- We will.
- No, we should stay
after we take the town.
Just kill them all and we
can stop moving all the time.
It's getting old, honey.
I'm getting tired.
- I understand what you're saying,
but we need to keep moving.
We can't stay in one place for too long.
If we stop, they'll find us.
We need to keep moving
and take what we need
and what we want.
- I want to settle down.
- We will, once we have
enough money to survive.
- When we have enough money,
we'll find a place and
just live our lives.
- Definitely.
But if we run outta money we have
to start spilling blood again, won't we?
- Well, I guess so.
(upbeat music)
- The lights.
They come at night and they
have these lights like eyes.
They look like the devil.
Could they be the devil?
- You're not looking at the
world with sober eyes, James.
You're drinking too much.
And when you drink too much
fantasies can take over.
- (sighs) I was not drunk when I saw them.
- When are you not drunk?
- I said I was not drunk when I saw them.
They came and they picked
up the body of the physician
and they dragged him off.
They weren't normal.
They were wrong.
- How often are you seeing them?
- (sighs) I saw one of them last night.
- And you saw a demon you think?
- It was a person.
Well, it looked like a person.
Does a demon look like a person?
Is a demon here?
- They can take any
form they want, I guess.
Why do you think you're the
only one that sees them?
- I don't know.
I think they come out at night
and I don't hardly sleep.
They probably think that I'm sleeping.
But I'm not sleeping.
When I see them I, I, I hide.
(tense music)
(upbeat music)
- I thought we got rid of you, Elias?
- You always just disliked me, Preacher.
Always.
Why is that?
- Because you're dislikable.
- Well, that ain't very
kind of you to say.
I'd expect a little better treatment
from the man of the cloth.
- Fine.
Welcome back then.
- What's your issue?
- No issues.
I haven't got any issues.
None.
- Well, you look like you got issues.
You talk like you got issues.
(Elias sniffing)
Hell, you can smell like you got issues.
- Stella told me my husband
was having a problem.
What problem?
- He's having memory problems.
A lot of them.
I'm hoping that seeing you
will trigger his memories
and they'll come back to him.
- He can't remember anything?
- Well, I saw him going to the outhouse.
He remembered how to do that.
That's one memory.
- I bet he'll remember me.
- Yeah.
Tough to forget that face.
- (scoffs) Oh, Preacher.
(upbeat music continues)
- I had a feeling you'd still be here.
- Where am I gonna go?
- I think you can find
better places than this.
- Not really.
Thank you, Sheriff.
- No problem.
- Any word on Cooper and Hope?
If you give me a gun,
I'll be ready to help.
- Give you a gun?
You ever fired a gun before?
- No.
But you could show me.
I love this town, I'm
ready to fight for it.
- You wanna protect your
comfortable bed there?
Ace, you can get arrested
and locked up in any town
not just this one.
- Yeah, but I like being arrested here.
- I'll tell you what.
Let me get my head together
and I'll make you a deputy
and you can help me scare
off those two criminals.
Deal?
- Yes sir, Sheriff.
(upbeat music)
- All right.
You two hold it right there.
Sweetheart, I wouldn't
do that if I were you.
I will gladly kill myself a lady
just as I would a man.
Now I hear you two have
collecting a lot of gold lately.
And I want what you got.
- [Cooper] Not gonna happen.
- You don't get it.
There are prices on both of your heads.
I could kill you both
right now and collect,
but I'm giving you a chance.
Now, give me what you've got.
- You shut up, you little girl.
- Hey now, I wouldn't
do that if I was you.
(gun booming)
(upbeat music continues)
- Who are you?
- It's a hot day.
I'm not very fond of days this hot.
I was planning on finding
something to drink,
but I also wanted to kill Buck as well.
But you beat me to it.
- Who was he?
- When you wiped out the town
of Whitebridge you missed one.
Buck.
He took what he could.
What you guys left.
Again doing all them bad things
like including killing my sister.
I had every intention
of killing him myself.
But watching him die,
that's pretty damn good.
- You seem pretty comfortable.
- I don't scare easily.
- How about now?
(woman chuckling)
- What can we do for you?
Clearly you want something.
- Well, you two have been very lucky.
You've been going town to town,
riding around with Lady
Luck on your shoulder.
You can't go on like this forever.
You two need more backup.
- You want to join us?
- I do.
- So you could take our money?
- Well, I would want my rightful share
from whatever we make from this day forth.
- She's right, we could use backup.
Besides, I kind of like her.
- Okay, what's that mean?
- It means we bring her along
with us to the next town.
Look at her.
She's got that fire in her eyes.
I can see it.
- If you proved to be dead weight,
then you'll be dead weight.
You understand that?
(gun booming)
- See, that felt good.
It would've felt better
if there was at least life left in him.
(Hope chuckling)
(latch clicking)
- It's good to see you.
I heard you can't remember anything.
Do you remember me?
- You're my wife?
- Yes, that's right, you do remember.
I'm your wife.
- God.
- Do you remember my brother?
- No.
- You don't remember me?
Well, it wasn't that long ago
when I just kicked your ass.
- You kicked my ass?
- Who cares who beat who.
What do you have set
up for Cooper and Hope?
- I'm still figuring that out.
- Well, you better
figure it out real soon.
Ah, hell, I don't even think
you're cut out for this stuff.
So I'm gonna tell you what we're gonna do.
- You're not the sheriff.
I am.
- You know what they did
to the last two sheriffs
they encountered?
It wasn't pretty.
And they'll do worse to
you 'cause you're soft.
- Elias, you don't always
have to be so confrontational.
Can't you two just get along for my sake?
Is that a difficult thing?
It hurts me that you two
don't like each other.
- I can't imagine why I don't like him.
It might have something to do
with him being such a huge asshole.
- Well, yeah, you looking to
get your whooped right now.
- By you?
You're serious?
Now guys like you who
talk so much aren't shit.
If you're trying to
intimidate me, you're failing.
(Elias laughing)
- No, Elias, no more.
You shouldn't be fighting with each other,
we should be banding together.
- [Elias] I don't let anyone
get smart with me, Sis.
- Getting smart with you is probably rude.
I should have dumbed it down.
- Come on, boy.
I'll let you get the first punch.
Come on.
And then I will see if it's two
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
- Yeah.
- You can't remember shit,
and you still can't fight.
Boy, you're a mess.
- That's enough.
And my summer's all behind
It's no fun to be alone
when the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
(fist thumping)
(Clark thudding)
I'm looking for a friend
(upbeat music)
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
(fists thudding)
- Yeah, oh.
- [Elias] Okay, okay (laughs).
You're good.
- Are we done?
- [Elias] Okay.
- [Beth] Yes.
You are both done.
(Elias laughing)
- [Stella] All right.
Why don't you both go inside the bar,
I'll make guys a drink.
- Alright?
- You punched it out now
you guys can talk it out.
- Come on.
(Clark laughing)
Come on, brother.
(upbeat music)
- He's never done that before.
- Done what?
- Beat Elias.
He's never had that killer instinct.
The last time they fought, he was down.
He quit.
Not this time.
- People grow.
- It's like he's not the same person.
He looks like the same man.
But what the hell is going on with him?
- I think I should apologize
for being dismissive with you.
- Apologize?
(chuckles) Well, thank you.
That's a first.
No apology needed.
You're right, I'm an asshole.
- Oh, I think we both acted like one.
- Yeah, you was dragged into it.
Didn't know you had it in ya.
Pretty impressive work there, Sheriff.
- I appreciate you calling me Sheriff.
Oh, what are your ideas?
I wanna protect the town,
but outside of waiting with my gun drawn,
I don't really have much.
- Well, that don't really
sound like a strategy to me.
- It isn't one.
It's all I can come up with.
(both laughing)
- Well, you gotta, you
gotta look at their pattern.
See, looking for ambushes.
We split up.
No one knows what hit 'em.
Now we know that a storm's
coming and so we need everyone
to be ready and armed so when
those two joker come to town,
we beat them to the punch.
I say we take care of this problem
in a relatively quick fashion.
- Okay, sounds good.
Do we have a plan B?
- Plan A has to work.
Cooper is the best damn sharpshooter
the world has ever seen.
If we don't get to him first,
you and everyone else in
this town will be massacred.
(Elias sighing)
- Okay.
So I guess we make plan A work then.
(upbeat music)
- Why don't you lie down?
You'll never fall asleep
sitting up like that.
- I'm sorry, I'm keeping you up.
I wanna sleep.
My mind is racing.
I keep thinking about today
and everything just seems so odd.
- In what way?
- I should remember things.
I should remember our wedding, right?
- It was a great day.
I was so nervous.
But there you were telling me to calm down
and that we were heading into
a new chapter of our lives.
The preacher was there.
He smiled.
He knew us both since we were children.
And there we were, bowing
our love to each other.
It was so beautiful.
- I can see it.
- If you don't remember
now, you'll remember soon.
- Feels like a memory, but I can see it.
- See, you do remember.
You gonna go to sleep now?
- Yeah.
(upbeat music continues)
I had a thought.
And you may not like it.
I want you to leave town
until Cooper and Hope
are chased out of it.
Go back to your parents.
I don't want you to get hurt.
- I am here for you.
I'm here to fight with you.
This is our town and I
am not running from them.
- They've destroyed every
town they've gone to.
- Yes, they did, but this is
the end of the road for them.
They'll walk in, but
they'll be carried out.
- I'm really happy you're my wife.
- I'm happy to hear that.
(upbeat music continues)
Are you gonna go to sleep now?
- I had a vision when I
was fighting your brother.
I don't understand what I saw,
but it felt like a memory.
- Tell me about it.
- I don't know how to put it.
There were these strange
mechanisms I'd never seen before.
It like...
Oh God, I don't know how to explain it.
- You got stunned out there today.
You're a creative guy.
Your creative side kicked in.
That's all that was.
- Yeah.
Yeah, you're probably right.
Yeah, let's go to bed.
- Okay.
- Hmm-uh.
(upbeat music)
I'm so glad the school is out
I really need a change
See what's summer's all about
Vacation in my brain
(worrisome music)
(James sighing)
(James groaning)
- No, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
(James groaning)
- [Hope] How'd you sleep?
- Like a baby?
- You ready for today?
- What kind of question's that?
- A normal question.
- No, it's not.
You don't ask anyone if they're ready.
You plant doubt.
Of course we're ready.
We've been ready since we
first started spilling blood.
The question is, Jane, are you ready?
Do you have any doubt in that
pretty little mind of yours?
- If I had any doubt, I
wouldn't be here right now.
- There you go.
She's going to be an
important part of our team.
(upbeat music)
He gets nervous.
- I thought he didn't have any doubt.
- He doesn't like to
talk about his feelings,
but he gets scared just
like everyone else.
- Mm.
You two married?
- No.
We just sort of found each other.
I was locked up and him
and his gang came into town
and began tearing it up.
When the dust settled,
bodies were everywhere.
He found me.
He pointed his gun at my head.
And then lowered it.
And that was that.
We were together ever since.
- (chuckles) And what
happened to his gang?
- He didn't want them
or need them anymore.
It became me and him against the world
and wouldn't have it any other way.
- That's why he's resisting
me joining the team, huh?
- He's not a fan of any change.
He'll warm up to you.
You just gotta come through today.
Once you show him your worth,
he'll start treating you right.
(upbeat music continues)
Hey, saddle up.
- No, he is not in there.
- There's blood on the
road by the livery stable.
And mark's like a body was dragged.
- Like the physician?
- Yes.
- Do you think Cooper and Hope came early?
- No.
If it was Cooper and Hope
they wouldn't have stopped
with James.
Nah, somebody else got him.
- [Clark] What's wrong, Preacher?
- James is missing.
- Drunk-ass James probably wandered off.
He'll find his way back.
- He never leaves town and
there's evidence he was hurt.
There's blood.
- Oh my God.
- Well, he kept saying that there
were people come in at night.
Maybe he wasn't imagining it.
- Well, that old drunk hasn't
had a real thought in 20 years.
Only thing he speak of is bullshit.
My apologies, Preacher.
I'm sure just a wanderer
came into town, found him,
took what he got and killed him.
- No, I'm not dismissing what he said.
I think we need to keep every option open
until we figure this out.
- Yeah.
- He's not right, Honey.
He once said that a horse talked to him.
Everything that he was
saying was just madness.
- I'm not ready to call
everything he said madness.
Listen, something strange
is going on in this town.
First, the physician
disappears, now James.
We'll deal with Cooper and
Hope when they show up,
but after that, I'm gonna figure out
what the hell is going on.
- Well, I'm gonna keep looking.
- Yeah.
(sinister music)
It's okay to be nervous, Elias.
Perfectly natural.
- Oh, I'm not nervous.
- Well, you look nervous.
And you ought to be nervous.
This is a very serious situation we're in.
We may not make it out alive.
- Well, I'm gonna get out alive.
We all are.
- It'll be a moment of truth.
With help from the Lord
above, we'll make it through.
- Are you even able to kill, Preacher?
- Well, as David said to Goliath,
"I come to thee in the
name of the Lord of hosts.
This day will the Lord
deliver thee into my hand
and I will smite thee."
- Yeah, I'm not losing my bar
and I'm not losing my life.
We're gonna do every
single other town a favor.
We're gonna get rid of this cancer.
- I'm looking forward to it.
Nervous or not, I cannot wait.
- Cannot wait?
Why's that?
- Well, Cooper is almost a legend, right?
The fastest draw, sharpest shooter.
No man has beat him.
I'm gonna be the one that beat him.
And I'm gonna be the one
that everybody speak of.
- Everyone already speaks of you.
- (chuckles) Well then they'll
speak of me positively.
- Listen, we are not going
for celebrity status here.
That's not our agenda.
We need to focus on survival
and victory over the evil
force coming our way.
If one of us has a
chance to take them out,
we take them out.
There won't be one moment
where we spare Cooper for you, Elias.
- Hey, if you kill him first,
be my guest, kill him first.
I was just hoping to
have first crack at him.
(anxious music)
(anxious music continues)
(gun booming)
- Ace, I need your help.
- What, my help?
Okay.
- Follow me.
- You gotta let me out.
- It's unlocked.
(tense music)
Ace, you said you wanted to help,
I'm gonna give you your chance now.
- Whatever you need.
I'm ready to fight these bastards.
Oh, I got a great idea
of how I can get 'em too.
- Yeah, tell me about it.
- We shoot their horses in the legs
and then they'll fall down and get hurt.
Then we pounce.
- Okay.
We'll definitely think about that one.
In the meantime, I need you as a lookout.
All right, if you see them, you tell us.
You think you can handle that?
- Sure.
Sure I can.
I know this place where there's this bush
and I can hide behind that bush
and have a great view of the mountain.
I'll see them.
They won't see me.
- Okay, sounds good.
Ace.
Don't shoot the horses.
If you're in danger, shoot to kill.
Okay?
- I won't let you down.
(tense music continues)
- Are you sure you trust him to do that?
- It's better than him being
a sitting duck in that cell.
You know he'd never leave it.
- Well, he is homeless.
What do you expect?
- If we all get through this
I'm gonna make sure he
has a roof over his head.
And a room without bars.
- Sounds good.
I hope he doesn't do anything stupid.
(wind bellowing)
- Oh shit.
There are three of them?
Oh shit.
- (chuckles) I must
thank you for the laugh.
I find it quite amusing.
- Get off your horse right now.
- Should I listen to him?
- He does seem very serious.
You might want to listen to him.
- Yeah, we don't wanna get hurt.
(anxious music)
- What's your name, Son?
- My name's Ace.
And you're not taking this town.
- Well, Ace, isn't this
a job for a sheriff?
I'm working for him.
And I'm gonna make sure
the whole town is safe.
- Let me ask you a question.
You ever killed a man?
You haven't have you.
I'm gonna give you a chance.
You wanna kill me?
You wanna save this town?
Here's your chance.
Let's draw.
You win Hope and Jane, they turn around
and never enter the town.
I win, you die.
Business as usual.
- I have your word.
If I win, you'll leave?
- Certainly.
(Jane laughing)
- Yeah, we'll leave and
you'll never see us again.
(tense music)
- Deal.
Let's do it.
(gun booming)
(Ace groaning)
- Everybody, get ready.
(anxious music)
(Jane giggling)
(tense music)
- If we get outta this okay,
can I fix you supper sometime?
- Let's talk about this
after we get through this.
- Oh, you don't give
a man much confidence.
It hurts a man's soul to be
shot down on the verge death.
- Fine, we'll do dinner.
But only 'cause you're cooking.
- I got something to look forward to now.
(tense music)
- Mr. Cooper.
Ladies.
(gun clattering)
Welcome to our town.
- Your town?
- Yes, it's our town.
And we're a peaceful town.
I'm here to ask you to reconsider
what you're planning to do today.
No good can come of it.
- In case you didn't
know, Mr. Preacherman,
this is our town.
We're gonna make it abundantly clear.
- Think about your actions.
There's still time for you.
There's time for you to seek
God and find forgiveness.
- You think I can do that?
You think there's hope for me.
(Cooper laughing)
- Son, there's always hope.
There's always hope.
You can be forgiven.
You can be reborn into
a new and glorious life.
But you have to start today.
That's why God put us together here.
He wants me to talk to you and
bring his children back home.
- Wow.
Just wow.
I needed to hear this.
This is why God put us together.
I don't know how to thank you.
- Well, I think we need
to have a drink together.
Celebrate this new start.
- Well, hallelujah.
I never turned down a drink.
- Praise God.
I'm buying.
We'll have a drink and we'll
talk about the new Cooper Gang.
- Lead the way.
- Follow me.
(tense music)
(gun booming)
(guns booming)
(guns booming)
(tense music continues)
(Beth groaning)
- Turn over.
(foot thudding)
Let's do it like this then.
(fist thumping)
(Beth yelling)
Oh, you're a tough bitch.
Not tough enough, but tough.
- [Beth] Oh yeah.
(fist thumping)
(Hope groaning)
(fists thumping)
(Beth groaning)
(Hope chuckling)
(gun booming)
(guns booming)
(tense music)
- No!
Cooper, I want you, Cooper.
I want you.
(tense music continues)
- He's the last one left.
Let's finish this.
- No, Elias wants this.
He's always wanted this.
That's why he came here.
We have to let him end this.
- No matter what?
- No matter what.
(anxious music)
- I've heard about you,
Cooper, for so long.
Here's the day you finally feel
the pain you caused others.
- Is that right?
- Yeah, that's right.
I've been preparing for this for years.
I'm ready for you.
- I see a guy like you in every town
that think they have what it takes.
And the answer's to beat me.
Y'all think the same.
You'll end up the same.
(guns booming)
(Elias groaning)
(upbeat music)
You don't have the
balls to do it, Sheriff.
(Cooper groaning)
(gun booming)
(Cooper groaning)
(gun booming)
- That's for Elias.
I'm so glad the school is out
I really need a change
- Why did it have to end like this?
This a nightmare.
- It is.
But the nightmare's over.
- You think so?
We're the only ones left.
You can't have a town with two people.
- The word will get out.
People will learn that
the Cooper Gang is dead,
then they'll return.
They'll lay their roots here.
The town will be reborn and rebuilt.
- I don't think I should
be sheriff anymore.
I think you proved a
better fit for the job.
- No.
You were born for this.
You have heart.
I would never take that away from you.
- I think I'm remembering
how much I love you.
When the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
Won't you send someone around
I'm looking for a friend
- Good.
So maybe we can renew our vows
and now you'll have a new clear memory.
- That sounds great.
(gun booming)
(Clark gasping)
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
(Clark screaming)
(Clark screaming)
(anxious music)
(anxious music continues)
(anxious music continues)
(engine humming)
(car door thudding)
- Don't even think about it.
Just trust.
We have snipers and they won't
hesitate to take you out.
(gun clattering)
- What the hell is going on?
- I love the look.
I really cannot get enough of it.
Every time this happens,
we end this little game
and we get that look of total shock.
You have it now.
You wear it well.
- Are you gonna tell me what's going on?
- You are not Sheriff Owen Clark.
Actually, nobody here is
who they think they are.
- I've no idea what you're talking about.
What the hell are you talking about?
- There's a problem.
We have too many prisoners
and not enough prisons.
So we have to let some
of the bad guys back out
on the streets again hoping against hope
that they won't break the law again.
And they do.
They go back and once
again, we failed society.
So we had to find another way.
Christine, you wanna take it from here?
- Criminals never change.
Doesn't matter how many
times you cry on the shoulder
of a psychologist or what
kind of meds they give you.
But you see, five years ago
we figured something out.
The rare ones can be reset.
- Reset?
What the hell is that?
None of this is making any sense.
- We found a way to wipe a memory.
Well, we found a way
to wipe entire memories
and create a new person.
That took a bit of
experimenting, let me tell you.
The first few turned
into drooling vegetables.
But when you're making an omelet,
you have to break a few eggs.
Now we've proven that
a person can be reset.
A person can change their ways
if they are completely erased and reborn.
- Who am I?
- You're brand new.
You'll be issued a new name.
You've proven our theory
that a small percentage
of people can change under the
right set of circumstances.
- What did I do?
- You don't need that information.
All you need to know is
that you passed the test.
You won.
Yay, be happy.
- You killed my wife.
You allowed an entire
town to die for what?
An experiment?
- She isn't your wife.
She's a two-time murderer.
Cooper over there is a serial killer.
Hope killed her two kids
in a most brutal fashion.
Elias is a serial rapist.
And Stella, a brutal
murderer in her own right.
We implanted memories
in them, new identities
to see if they would
return to their wicked ways
and they did.
Just look at the evidence.
They're all dead, but not you.
- I wanna know who I was.
I wanna know who I am.
- Right now, you're the man
that's gonna get in that car.
- I'm not going.
- Oh yes you are.
This isn't a choice.
This is your chance to start a new life.
You wanna know who you were?
You spent the last 15 years
of your life in prison, okay?
You killed 11 people.
You marched into an elementary school
and you shot up a bunch
of innocent children.
That's who you were.
It's not who you are.
(anxious music)
- It is okay.
You're not that man anymore.
You've been cured remember?
- At what cost?
- You feel sorry for these scumbags?
Don't.
They were never going to change.
You have.
- What?
Why didn't I have
memories like the others?
I couldn't remember anything.
I didn't even know where the hell I was.
- A slight mistake was made with you.
The implanted memory didn't take.
But it doesn't matter.
The end result is the same.
Now, get in the car.
There's nothing to think about here.
We have dozens of towns just like this
and we are creating a better
society because of it.
You don't understand it all?
Fine.
But you're going to get into that car
and you're going to be glad that you did.
This is your shot at a fresh start.
We saved your ass.
- I shouldn't have been saved.
- And you see, just by saying
that you deserved redemption.
- Who are you to play God?
Who the hell do you think you are?
She was a good person.
She didn't deserve to die.
Who the hell do you think you are?
- All right, we're going in circles here.
How about I answer any
remaining questions you have
inside the car.
We're gonna take you to your new home.
I think he's gonna be a good
addition to our community.
- Screw you.
(gun booming)
- You blathering idiot.
We had such big plans for you.
It would've been great.
Could've been a contender.
Now I guess we're back
to square one, aren't we?
No worries.
I've got this.
School is out
I really need a change
See what's summer's all about
Vacation in my brain
Tired of these same old faces
I need someone brand new
Someone I can laugh along with
And tell my secrets to
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
There's so much of life
to see and so little time
It's back to school before I know
And my summer's all behind
It's no fun to be alone
When the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
- Morning, Sheriff.
How are you doing today?
- I'm good.
I'm sore.
What the hell happened to me?
- You got shot.
You were with the Cooper Gang.
They been going from town
to town and taking over.
You chased them off.
But they're coming back.
- Okay.
- Is there something wrong?
- I can't remember anything.
I have no memory.
- Your wife and her brother
are on the way here.
I'm sure they will help you remember.
(uneasy music)
(uneasy music continues)
Tired of these same old faces
I need someone brand new
Someone I can laugh along with
And tell my secrets to
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
There's so much of life
to see and so little time
It's back to school before I know
And my summer's all behind
It's no fun to be alone
when the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
Won't you send someone around
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
(upbeat music)
I'm a creature with no skeleton inside
Got no home address
I come and go where you command
And it's fine with me
It is fine
I'm a baddy that you
keep from beating now
I'm a lover, you don't love
but love to keep around
And it's fine with me
Promise that it's fine
Maybe I'm a fool
It's not like I'm
explaining something new
You need examination
I'll be your medication
Whatever, whenever
I'll never tell you no
(upbeat music continues)
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
Looking for a friend
(triumphant music)
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
- No.
No, no, no.
No, no.
No!
(upbeat music continues)
(upbeat music continues)
- Rough night, Sheriff?
- I guess so.
How'd you sleep?
- 110 Degrees in a cramped
cell, I've had better.
- Sorry about that.
I'm so glad that school is out
I really need a change
See what's summer's all about
Vacation in my brain
(worrisome music)
(worrisome music continues)
Wandering through Wichita
Down my salvation
I'm counting all the ways I gone wrong
And I'm lonesome
Lonesome in love
(upbeat music)
- Hello, Sheriff.
- Hey, Sheriff.
(upbeat music continues)
- Do I know you?
- (snickers) Very funny, Sheriff.
- I wasn't trying to be funny
and I'm asking a question.
- Oh, you really don't recognize me?
What, drink too much last night?
- I don't know.
I have no memory.
Woke up this morning not
knowing who the hell I was.
If I wasn't sporting this
badge, I wouldn't have any idea.
- Well, I'm Stella, and
believe me, we know each other.
(upbeat music continues)
- Maybe I should see a physician.
I must be sick or caught something.
- The physician caught something too.
- Oh yeah?
- Four in the chest.
Cooper and Hope?
Does that ring a bell?
- I don't...
My mind's a big blank.
I'm trying to figure out, but I can't.
What the hell's wrong with me?
I don't even know what the guy
in the cell is in there for.
- Well, that's Ace.
He's a petty thief but he
ain't no threat to you.
He actually doesn't mind being in there
'cause you feed him.
Tell me what you do know.
What's going on in there?
- It's just a big blank.
I'm trying to figure it out but I can't.
I might need to step down as sheriff.
I don't think I can do the job like this.
- What about Cooper and Hope?
You're bound to come here next.
You need to protect us.
You need to protect your wife.
- Wife?
- [Stella] Yeah.
- Where is she?
- She's out visiting her parents.
- When is she expected back?
- I reckon it's today.
(glass thudding)
- Thank you.
I appreciate it.
(worrisome music)
- They came last night.
In the middle of the night, they came.
- Don't listen to him, Clark.
James is the town drunk.
- Who came last night, James?
- The men with the lights.
They came.
I saw them.
- Who are they?
- I don't know.
They came and they picked up the physician
and they took his body away.
They don't belong here.
They're wrong.
- People rob graves, James.
They were probably taking the body away
to take whatever property they could take.
- The lights.
- What lights?
- What about the lights?
- What lights?
(James sighing)
I'll will keep an eye out for him, okay.
(worrisome music)
(worrisome music continues)
- The worst thing in the world is a man
that doesn't appreciate
the sanity of marriage.
I find that unforgivable.
What do you think, dear?
- I think he's a pig.
(gun thudding)
I've never been so offended in my life.
He has no class, honey.
- There's one thing I can't stand
is a man that doesn't
know how to treat a lady.
- He's no gentleman.
- Get up.
Boy, get up.
(upbeat music)
I'm gonna give you a chance.
I thought about this long and hard.
Usually I take a fat
piece of shit like you
and put a bullet through his head.
But I'm not gonna do that.
I'm not gonna shoot you at all.
She's gonna shoot you.
(gun booming)
(both laughing)
Yeah, baby, get him.
- Wow.
(gun booming)
The bull's gonna have a meal tonight.
(foot thudding)
(mysterious music)
- I want to thank you
for the bourbon, Sheriff.
- Yeah, my pleasure.
I've got quite the problem and
I'm hoping you can help me.
- Me help you?
That's a first.
What could I possibly help you with?
- Can I trust you with information?
I mean, if I tell you something,
will you keep it confidential between us?
- Of course, I'm your friend.
- You're my friend, but I locked you up
I mean, how's that a friend?
- You've got a job to do and
you've always treated me well.
That's a friend.
You're the only real friend I have.
- I'm happy to call you a friend then.
(glasses tinkling)
Now I've got this problem and
I'm not sure how to handle it.
- Okay.
- I have no memory whatsoever.
It's like I woke up this
morning, my mind was just blank.
I know my wife comes back to town today
but I have no idea who she
is or what she looks like
and I don't know you.
I'm in quite the bind here.
- That is a problem.
What do you think caused it?
- No idea.
I keep wondering why,
but nothing's clicking.
You know I walked to town
today, I walked the entire town
and you what looked familiar to me?
- What?
- Nothing.
Not a single thing.
I hope my wife can spark
something in my mind.
- Oh, she will.
She is...
She's very pretty.
You'll remember her.
- And if I don't?
- You will.
It's probably too much pressure, you know?
You gotta deal with Cooper and
Hope and protecting the town.
That's a lot for one man.
- I guess so.
- You should talk to the preacher.
The preacher should be able to help ya.
(Clark sighing)
- Thank you.
(door creaking)
- What are you doing?
You told me I was gonna
be in here six weeks.
- [Clark] When did I say that?
- Yesterday.
- See, I don't remember.
(Clark chuckling)
(Ace chuckling)
(door creaking)
- Am I gonna get in trouble if I leave?
(tense music)
(harmonica music wailing)
(upbeat music)
- How's the morning, Preacher?
- Hot.
- It's brutal today, that's for sure.
- I spoke to Stella.
She told me about your problem.
- Is a preacher supposed to be in a bar?
- I was saving souls and I was thirsty.
- I guess it's okay then.
- So what'd you do?
Did you fall down and crack
your skull or something?
- No.
- You've been drinking?
Little apple jack, moonshine maybe?
- I don't know.
I can't think of an explanation for this.
I thought maybe you could.
- Why me?
- You're a preacher.
Don't you have a special
connection with the Man up there?
- No more than you do.
I work for the Man.
Dedicated my life to Him.
But it doesn't give me
an extra connection.
But I don't think this is a
spiritual matter, Sheriff.
This is a medical issue.
You need the physician.
And he's dead.
- So what's the answer?
- I think you should give it some time.
Ride it out.
You know, sooner or
later, someone somewhere
will trigger your memories
and they'll come back
to you like a flood.
- You think so?
- Sure.
Of course, I have no idea
what I'm talking about.
My opinion.
You take it for what it's worth.
- Thank you, Preacher.
- (chuckles) Yeah, glad I could help.
Laugh along with
And tell my secrets to
(harmonic music wailing)
Looking for a friend
There's so much of life to see
And so little time
It's back to school before I know
And my summer's all behind
It's no fun to be alone
when the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
Won't you send someone around
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
(upbeat music)
- [Stella] Hey, how are you doing, Beth?
- I'm doing fine, how are you?
- I'm good.
Have you talked to your husband yet?
- No, why?
- Well, I think he's having
some issues with his memory.
He might be having a mental breakdown.
- What else is new?
- What brings you here, Elias?
- My legs.
- (chuckles) Very funny.
We oughta keep you around
here just for laughs.
(Elias laughing)
- I'm here because you need me here.
That's why I'm here.
Seems like y'all are having a problem
that your sheriff's lost all his men.
- Yeah, it's Cooper and Hope.
They ambushed them in their sleep.
I've never seen anything so cowardly.
- Yeah, they killed later by Still Lake.
I came home with a blood bath.
Even kidnapped the sheriff there.
Good old Guss.
Found his body in the desert.
Showed him no mercy.
- It's terrible.
So many people have left our town.
They can see the storm coming.
- Yeah, they was the smart ones.
The storm's brewing and this
town's next on their cycle.
- Well, there's only two of them.
- For now.
- Well, you and Owen better be ready.
If the people aren't afraid anymore,
they'll return to town
and we can prosper again.
- If they ran once they run again.
We have to rebuild.
We have to get rid of the
cancer and rebuild this town.
I just hope your husband's up for it.
- He will be.
He's the only thing
that can save this town.
- What a great job he's done.
- We voted him Sheriff.
We believe in him.
- Of course.
But I reckon that you didn't
have much of a choice, right?
I mean, he didn't have
to take a step forward,
but the whole town took a step back.
- Why did I even bring you here?
- (chuckles) You know why he did, Sis.
Because you know that I know how
to handle equations like this.
Your husband gets to keep his shiny star
and I'm gonna be the one
that puts everyone at ease.
How about another?
(Elias laughing)
Well, I'd expect better service.
I see you're not swimming
in business around here.
(upbeat music)
- I think we should just take the town.
- We will.
- No, we should stay
after we take the town.
Just kill them all and we
can stop moving all the time.
It's getting old, honey.
I'm getting tired.
- I understand what you're saying,
but we need to keep moving.
We can't stay in one place for too long.
If we stop, they'll find us.
We need to keep moving
and take what we need
and what we want.
- I want to settle down.
- We will, once we have
enough money to survive.
- When we have enough money,
we'll find a place and
just live our lives.
- Definitely.
But if we run outta money we have
to start spilling blood again, won't we?
- Well, I guess so.
(upbeat music)
- The lights.
They come at night and they
have these lights like eyes.
They look like the devil.
Could they be the devil?
- You're not looking at the
world with sober eyes, James.
You're drinking too much.
And when you drink too much
fantasies can take over.
- (sighs) I was not drunk when I saw them.
- When are you not drunk?
- I said I was not drunk when I saw them.
They came and they picked
up the body of the physician
and they dragged him off.
They weren't normal.
They were wrong.
- How often are you seeing them?
- (sighs) I saw one of them last night.
- And you saw a demon you think?
- It was a person.
Well, it looked like a person.
Does a demon look like a person?
Is a demon here?
- They can take any
form they want, I guess.
Why do you think you're the
only one that sees them?
- I don't know.
I think they come out at night
and I don't hardly sleep.
They probably think that I'm sleeping.
But I'm not sleeping.
When I see them I, I, I hide.
(tense music)
(upbeat music)
- I thought we got rid of you, Elias?
- You always just disliked me, Preacher.
Always.
Why is that?
- Because you're dislikable.
- Well, that ain't very
kind of you to say.
I'd expect a little better treatment
from the man of the cloth.
- Fine.
Welcome back then.
- What's your issue?
- No issues.
I haven't got any issues.
None.
- Well, you look like you got issues.
You talk like you got issues.
(Elias sniffing)
Hell, you can smell like you got issues.
- Stella told me my husband
was having a problem.
What problem?
- He's having memory problems.
A lot of them.
I'm hoping that seeing you
will trigger his memories
and they'll come back to him.
- He can't remember anything?
- Well, I saw him going to the outhouse.
He remembered how to do that.
That's one memory.
- I bet he'll remember me.
- Yeah.
Tough to forget that face.
- (scoffs) Oh, Preacher.
(upbeat music continues)
- I had a feeling you'd still be here.
- Where am I gonna go?
- I think you can find
better places than this.
- Not really.
Thank you, Sheriff.
- No problem.
- Any word on Cooper and Hope?
If you give me a gun,
I'll be ready to help.
- Give you a gun?
You ever fired a gun before?
- No.
But you could show me.
I love this town, I'm
ready to fight for it.
- You wanna protect your
comfortable bed there?
Ace, you can get arrested
and locked up in any town
not just this one.
- Yeah, but I like being arrested here.
- I'll tell you what.
Let me get my head together
and I'll make you a deputy
and you can help me scare
off those two criminals.
Deal?
- Yes sir, Sheriff.
(upbeat music)
- All right.
You two hold it right there.
Sweetheart, I wouldn't
do that if I were you.
I will gladly kill myself a lady
just as I would a man.
Now I hear you two have
collecting a lot of gold lately.
And I want what you got.
- [Cooper] Not gonna happen.
- You don't get it.
There are prices on both of your heads.
I could kill you both
right now and collect,
but I'm giving you a chance.
Now, give me what you've got.
- You shut up, you little girl.
- Hey now, I wouldn't
do that if I was you.
(gun booming)
(upbeat music continues)
- Who are you?
- It's a hot day.
I'm not very fond of days this hot.
I was planning on finding
something to drink,
but I also wanted to kill Buck as well.
But you beat me to it.
- Who was he?
- When you wiped out the town
of Whitebridge you missed one.
Buck.
He took what he could.
What you guys left.
Again doing all them bad things
like including killing my sister.
I had every intention
of killing him myself.
But watching him die,
that's pretty damn good.
- You seem pretty comfortable.
- I don't scare easily.
- How about now?
(woman chuckling)
- What can we do for you?
Clearly you want something.
- Well, you two have been very lucky.
You've been going town to town,
riding around with Lady
Luck on your shoulder.
You can't go on like this forever.
You two need more backup.
- You want to join us?
- I do.
- So you could take our money?
- Well, I would want my rightful share
from whatever we make from this day forth.
- She's right, we could use backup.
Besides, I kind of like her.
- Okay, what's that mean?
- It means we bring her along
with us to the next town.
Look at her.
She's got that fire in her eyes.
I can see it.
- If you proved to be dead weight,
then you'll be dead weight.
You understand that?
(gun booming)
- See, that felt good.
It would've felt better
if there was at least life left in him.
(Hope chuckling)
(latch clicking)
- It's good to see you.
I heard you can't remember anything.
Do you remember me?
- You're my wife?
- Yes, that's right, you do remember.
I'm your wife.
- God.
- Do you remember my brother?
- No.
- You don't remember me?
Well, it wasn't that long ago
when I just kicked your ass.
- You kicked my ass?
- Who cares who beat who.
What do you have set
up for Cooper and Hope?
- I'm still figuring that out.
- Well, you better
figure it out real soon.
Ah, hell, I don't even think
you're cut out for this stuff.
So I'm gonna tell you what we're gonna do.
- You're not the sheriff.
I am.
- You know what they did
to the last two sheriffs
they encountered?
It wasn't pretty.
And they'll do worse to
you 'cause you're soft.
- Elias, you don't always
have to be so confrontational.
Can't you two just get along for my sake?
Is that a difficult thing?
It hurts me that you two
don't like each other.
- I can't imagine why I don't like him.
It might have something to do
with him being such a huge asshole.
- Well, yeah, you looking to
get your whooped right now.
- By you?
You're serious?
Now guys like you who
talk so much aren't shit.
If you're trying to
intimidate me, you're failing.
(Elias laughing)
- No, Elias, no more.
You shouldn't be fighting with each other,
we should be banding together.
- [Elias] I don't let anyone
get smart with me, Sis.
- Getting smart with you is probably rude.
I should have dumbed it down.
- Come on, boy.
I'll let you get the first punch.
Come on.
And then I will see if it's two
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
- Yeah.
- You can't remember shit,
and you still can't fight.
Boy, you're a mess.
- That's enough.
And my summer's all behind
It's no fun to be alone
when the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
(fist thumping)
(Clark thudding)
I'm looking for a friend
(upbeat music)
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
(fists thudding)
- Yeah, oh.
- [Elias] Okay, okay (laughs).
You're good.
- Are we done?
- [Elias] Okay.
- [Beth] Yes.
You are both done.
(Elias laughing)
- [Stella] All right.
Why don't you both go inside the bar,
I'll make guys a drink.
- Alright?
- You punched it out now
you guys can talk it out.
- Come on.
(Clark laughing)
Come on, brother.
(upbeat music)
- He's never done that before.
- Done what?
- Beat Elias.
He's never had that killer instinct.
The last time they fought, he was down.
He quit.
Not this time.
- People grow.
- It's like he's not the same person.
He looks like the same man.
But what the hell is going on with him?
- I think I should apologize
for being dismissive with you.
- Apologize?
(chuckles) Well, thank you.
That's a first.
No apology needed.
You're right, I'm an asshole.
- Oh, I think we both acted like one.
- Yeah, you was dragged into it.
Didn't know you had it in ya.
Pretty impressive work there, Sheriff.
- I appreciate you calling me Sheriff.
Oh, what are your ideas?
I wanna protect the town,
but outside of waiting with my gun drawn,
I don't really have much.
- Well, that don't really
sound like a strategy to me.
- It isn't one.
It's all I can come up with.
(both laughing)
- Well, you gotta, you
gotta look at their pattern.
See, looking for ambushes.
We split up.
No one knows what hit 'em.
Now we know that a storm's
coming and so we need everyone
to be ready and armed so when
those two joker come to town,
we beat them to the punch.
I say we take care of this problem
in a relatively quick fashion.
- Okay, sounds good.
Do we have a plan B?
- Plan A has to work.
Cooper is the best damn sharpshooter
the world has ever seen.
If we don't get to him first,
you and everyone else in
this town will be massacred.
(Elias sighing)
- Okay.
So I guess we make plan A work then.
(upbeat music)
- Why don't you lie down?
You'll never fall asleep
sitting up like that.
- I'm sorry, I'm keeping you up.
I wanna sleep.
My mind is racing.
I keep thinking about today
and everything just seems so odd.
- In what way?
- I should remember things.
I should remember our wedding, right?
- It was a great day.
I was so nervous.
But there you were telling me to calm down
and that we were heading into
a new chapter of our lives.
The preacher was there.
He smiled.
He knew us both since we were children.
And there we were, bowing
our love to each other.
It was so beautiful.
- I can see it.
- If you don't remember
now, you'll remember soon.
- Feels like a memory, but I can see it.
- See, you do remember.
You gonna go to sleep now?
- Yeah.
(upbeat music continues)
I had a thought.
And you may not like it.
I want you to leave town
until Cooper and Hope
are chased out of it.
Go back to your parents.
I don't want you to get hurt.
- I am here for you.
I'm here to fight with you.
This is our town and I
am not running from them.
- They've destroyed every
town they've gone to.
- Yes, they did, but this is
the end of the road for them.
They'll walk in, but
they'll be carried out.
- I'm really happy you're my wife.
- I'm happy to hear that.
(upbeat music continues)
Are you gonna go to sleep now?
- I had a vision when I
was fighting your brother.
I don't understand what I saw,
but it felt like a memory.
- Tell me about it.
- I don't know how to put it.
There were these strange
mechanisms I'd never seen before.
It like...
Oh God, I don't know how to explain it.
- You got stunned out there today.
You're a creative guy.
Your creative side kicked in.
That's all that was.
- Yeah.
Yeah, you're probably right.
Yeah, let's go to bed.
- Okay.
- Hmm-uh.
(upbeat music)
I'm so glad the school is out
I really need a change
See what's summer's all about
Vacation in my brain
(worrisome music)
(James sighing)
(James groaning)
- No, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
(James groaning)
- [Hope] How'd you sleep?
- Like a baby?
- You ready for today?
- What kind of question's that?
- A normal question.
- No, it's not.
You don't ask anyone if they're ready.
You plant doubt.
Of course we're ready.
We've been ready since we
first started spilling blood.
The question is, Jane, are you ready?
Do you have any doubt in that
pretty little mind of yours?
- If I had any doubt, I
wouldn't be here right now.
- There you go.
She's going to be an
important part of our team.
(upbeat music)
He gets nervous.
- I thought he didn't have any doubt.
- He doesn't like to
talk about his feelings,
but he gets scared just
like everyone else.
- Mm.
You two married?
- No.
We just sort of found each other.
I was locked up and him
and his gang came into town
and began tearing it up.
When the dust settled,
bodies were everywhere.
He found me.
He pointed his gun at my head.
And then lowered it.
And that was that.
We were together ever since.
- (chuckles) And what
happened to his gang?
- He didn't want them
or need them anymore.
It became me and him against the world
and wouldn't have it any other way.
- That's why he's resisting
me joining the team, huh?
- He's not a fan of any change.
He'll warm up to you.
You just gotta come through today.
Once you show him your worth,
he'll start treating you right.
(upbeat music continues)
Hey, saddle up.
- No, he is not in there.
- There's blood on the
road by the livery stable.
And mark's like a body was dragged.
- Like the physician?
- Yes.
- Do you think Cooper and Hope came early?
- No.
If it was Cooper and Hope
they wouldn't have stopped
with James.
Nah, somebody else got him.
- [Clark] What's wrong, Preacher?
- James is missing.
- Drunk-ass James probably wandered off.
He'll find his way back.
- He never leaves town and
there's evidence he was hurt.
There's blood.
- Oh my God.
- Well, he kept saying that there
were people come in at night.
Maybe he wasn't imagining it.
- Well, that old drunk hasn't
had a real thought in 20 years.
Only thing he speak of is bullshit.
My apologies, Preacher.
I'm sure just a wanderer
came into town, found him,
took what he got and killed him.
- No, I'm not dismissing what he said.
I think we need to keep every option open
until we figure this out.
- Yeah.
- He's not right, Honey.
He once said that a horse talked to him.
Everything that he was
saying was just madness.
- I'm not ready to call
everything he said madness.
Listen, something strange
is going on in this town.
First, the physician
disappears, now James.
We'll deal with Cooper and
Hope when they show up,
but after that, I'm gonna figure out
what the hell is going on.
- Well, I'm gonna keep looking.
- Yeah.
(sinister music)
It's okay to be nervous, Elias.
Perfectly natural.
- Oh, I'm not nervous.
- Well, you look nervous.
And you ought to be nervous.
This is a very serious situation we're in.
We may not make it out alive.
- Well, I'm gonna get out alive.
We all are.
- It'll be a moment of truth.
With help from the Lord
above, we'll make it through.
- Are you even able to kill, Preacher?
- Well, as David said to Goliath,
"I come to thee in the
name of the Lord of hosts.
This day will the Lord
deliver thee into my hand
and I will smite thee."
- Yeah, I'm not losing my bar
and I'm not losing my life.
We're gonna do every
single other town a favor.
We're gonna get rid of this cancer.
- I'm looking forward to it.
Nervous or not, I cannot wait.
- Cannot wait?
Why's that?
- Well, Cooper is almost a legend, right?
The fastest draw, sharpest shooter.
No man has beat him.
I'm gonna be the one that beat him.
And I'm gonna be the one
that everybody speak of.
- Everyone already speaks of you.
- (chuckles) Well then they'll
speak of me positively.
- Listen, we are not going
for celebrity status here.
That's not our agenda.
We need to focus on survival
and victory over the evil
force coming our way.
If one of us has a
chance to take them out,
we take them out.
There won't be one moment
where we spare Cooper for you, Elias.
- Hey, if you kill him first,
be my guest, kill him first.
I was just hoping to
have first crack at him.
(anxious music)
(anxious music continues)
(gun booming)
- Ace, I need your help.
- What, my help?
Okay.
- Follow me.
- You gotta let me out.
- It's unlocked.
(tense music)
Ace, you said you wanted to help,
I'm gonna give you your chance now.
- Whatever you need.
I'm ready to fight these bastards.
Oh, I got a great idea
of how I can get 'em too.
- Yeah, tell me about it.
- We shoot their horses in the legs
and then they'll fall down and get hurt.
Then we pounce.
- Okay.
We'll definitely think about that one.
In the meantime, I need you as a lookout.
All right, if you see them, you tell us.
You think you can handle that?
- Sure.
Sure I can.
I know this place where there's this bush
and I can hide behind that bush
and have a great view of the mountain.
I'll see them.
They won't see me.
- Okay, sounds good.
Ace.
Don't shoot the horses.
If you're in danger, shoot to kill.
Okay?
- I won't let you down.
(tense music continues)
- Are you sure you trust him to do that?
- It's better than him being
a sitting duck in that cell.
You know he'd never leave it.
- Well, he is homeless.
What do you expect?
- If we all get through this
I'm gonna make sure he
has a roof over his head.
And a room without bars.
- Sounds good.
I hope he doesn't do anything stupid.
(wind bellowing)
- Oh shit.
There are three of them?
Oh shit.
- (chuckles) I must
thank you for the laugh.
I find it quite amusing.
- Get off your horse right now.
- Should I listen to him?
- He does seem very serious.
You might want to listen to him.
- Yeah, we don't wanna get hurt.
(anxious music)
- What's your name, Son?
- My name's Ace.
And you're not taking this town.
- Well, Ace, isn't this
a job for a sheriff?
I'm working for him.
And I'm gonna make sure
the whole town is safe.
- Let me ask you a question.
You ever killed a man?
You haven't have you.
I'm gonna give you a chance.
You wanna kill me?
You wanna save this town?
Here's your chance.
Let's draw.
You win Hope and Jane, they turn around
and never enter the town.
I win, you die.
Business as usual.
- I have your word.
If I win, you'll leave?
- Certainly.
(Jane laughing)
- Yeah, we'll leave and
you'll never see us again.
(tense music)
- Deal.
Let's do it.
(gun booming)
(Ace groaning)
- Everybody, get ready.
(anxious music)
(Jane giggling)
(tense music)
- If we get outta this okay,
can I fix you supper sometime?
- Let's talk about this
after we get through this.
- Oh, you don't give
a man much confidence.
It hurts a man's soul to be
shot down on the verge death.
- Fine, we'll do dinner.
But only 'cause you're cooking.
- I got something to look forward to now.
(tense music)
- Mr. Cooper.
Ladies.
(gun clattering)
Welcome to our town.
- Your town?
- Yes, it's our town.
And we're a peaceful town.
I'm here to ask you to reconsider
what you're planning to do today.
No good can come of it.
- In case you didn't
know, Mr. Preacherman,
this is our town.
We're gonna make it abundantly clear.
- Think about your actions.
There's still time for you.
There's time for you to seek
God and find forgiveness.
- You think I can do that?
You think there's hope for me.
(Cooper laughing)
- Son, there's always hope.
There's always hope.
You can be forgiven.
You can be reborn into
a new and glorious life.
But you have to start today.
That's why God put us together here.
He wants me to talk to you and
bring his children back home.
- Wow.
Just wow.
I needed to hear this.
This is why God put us together.
I don't know how to thank you.
- Well, I think we need
to have a drink together.
Celebrate this new start.
- Well, hallelujah.
I never turned down a drink.
- Praise God.
I'm buying.
We'll have a drink and we'll
talk about the new Cooper Gang.
- Lead the way.
- Follow me.
(tense music)
(gun booming)
(guns booming)
(guns booming)
(tense music continues)
(Beth groaning)
- Turn over.
(foot thudding)
Let's do it like this then.
(fist thumping)
(Beth yelling)
Oh, you're a tough bitch.
Not tough enough, but tough.
- [Beth] Oh yeah.
(fist thumping)
(Hope groaning)
(fists thumping)
(Beth groaning)
(Hope chuckling)
(gun booming)
(guns booming)
(tense music)
- No!
Cooper, I want you, Cooper.
I want you.
(tense music continues)
- He's the last one left.
Let's finish this.
- No, Elias wants this.
He's always wanted this.
That's why he came here.
We have to let him end this.
- No matter what?
- No matter what.
(anxious music)
- I've heard about you,
Cooper, for so long.
Here's the day you finally feel
the pain you caused others.
- Is that right?
- Yeah, that's right.
I've been preparing for this for years.
I'm ready for you.
- I see a guy like you in every town
that think they have what it takes.
And the answer's to beat me.
Y'all think the same.
You'll end up the same.
(guns booming)
(Elias groaning)
(upbeat music)
You don't have the
balls to do it, Sheriff.
(Cooper groaning)
(gun booming)
(Cooper groaning)
(gun booming)
- That's for Elias.
I'm so glad the school is out
I really need a change
- Why did it have to end like this?
This a nightmare.
- It is.
But the nightmare's over.
- You think so?
We're the only ones left.
You can't have a town with two people.
- The word will get out.
People will learn that
the Cooper Gang is dead,
then they'll return.
They'll lay their roots here.
The town will be reborn and rebuilt.
- I don't think I should
be sheriff anymore.
I think you proved a
better fit for the job.
- No.
You were born for this.
You have heart.
I would never take that away from you.
- I think I'm remembering
how much I love you.
When the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
Won't you send someone around
I'm looking for a friend
- Good.
So maybe we can renew our vows
and now you'll have a new clear memory.
- That sounds great.
(gun booming)
(Clark gasping)
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
(Clark screaming)
(Clark screaming)
(anxious music)
(anxious music continues)
(anxious music continues)
(engine humming)
(car door thudding)
- Don't even think about it.
Just trust.
We have snipers and they won't
hesitate to take you out.
(gun clattering)
- What the hell is going on?
- I love the look.
I really cannot get enough of it.
Every time this happens,
we end this little game
and we get that look of total shock.
You have it now.
You wear it well.
- Are you gonna tell me what's going on?
- You are not Sheriff Owen Clark.
Actually, nobody here is
who they think they are.
- I've no idea what you're talking about.
What the hell are you talking about?
- There's a problem.
We have too many prisoners
and not enough prisons.
So we have to let some
of the bad guys back out
on the streets again hoping against hope
that they won't break the law again.
And they do.
They go back and once
again, we failed society.
So we had to find another way.
Christine, you wanna take it from here?
- Criminals never change.
Doesn't matter how many
times you cry on the shoulder
of a psychologist or what
kind of meds they give you.
But you see, five years ago
we figured something out.
The rare ones can be reset.
- Reset?
What the hell is that?
None of this is making any sense.
- We found a way to wipe a memory.
Well, we found a way
to wipe entire memories
and create a new person.
That took a bit of
experimenting, let me tell you.
The first few turned
into drooling vegetables.
But when you're making an omelet,
you have to break a few eggs.
Now we've proven that
a person can be reset.
A person can change their ways
if they are completely erased and reborn.
- Who am I?
- You're brand new.
You'll be issued a new name.
You've proven our theory
that a small percentage
of people can change under the
right set of circumstances.
- What did I do?
- You don't need that information.
All you need to know is
that you passed the test.
You won.
Yay, be happy.
- You killed my wife.
You allowed an entire
town to die for what?
An experiment?
- She isn't your wife.
She's a two-time murderer.
Cooper over there is a serial killer.
Hope killed her two kids
in a most brutal fashion.
Elias is a serial rapist.
And Stella, a brutal
murderer in her own right.
We implanted memories
in them, new identities
to see if they would
return to their wicked ways
and they did.
Just look at the evidence.
They're all dead, but not you.
- I wanna know who I was.
I wanna know who I am.
- Right now, you're the man
that's gonna get in that car.
- I'm not going.
- Oh yes you are.
This isn't a choice.
This is your chance to start a new life.
You wanna know who you were?
You spent the last 15 years
of your life in prison, okay?
You killed 11 people.
You marched into an elementary school
and you shot up a bunch
of innocent children.
That's who you were.
It's not who you are.
(anxious music)
- It is okay.
You're not that man anymore.
You've been cured remember?
- At what cost?
- You feel sorry for these scumbags?
Don't.
They were never going to change.
You have.
- What?
Why didn't I have
memories like the others?
I couldn't remember anything.
I didn't even know where the hell I was.
- A slight mistake was made with you.
The implanted memory didn't take.
But it doesn't matter.
The end result is the same.
Now, get in the car.
There's nothing to think about here.
We have dozens of towns just like this
and we are creating a better
society because of it.
You don't understand it all?
Fine.
But you're going to get into that car
and you're going to be glad that you did.
This is your shot at a fresh start.
We saved your ass.
- I shouldn't have been saved.
- And you see, just by saying
that you deserved redemption.
- Who are you to play God?
Who the hell do you think you are?
She was a good person.
She didn't deserve to die.
Who the hell do you think you are?
- All right, we're going in circles here.
How about I answer any
remaining questions you have
inside the car.
We're gonna take you to your new home.
I think he's gonna be a good
addition to our community.
- Screw you.
(gun booming)
- You blathering idiot.
We had such big plans for you.
It would've been great.
Could've been a contender.
Now I guess we're back
to square one, aren't we?
No worries.
I've got this.
School is out
I really need a change
See what's summer's all about
Vacation in my brain
Tired of these same old faces
I need someone brand new
Someone I can laugh along with
And tell my secrets to
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
There's so much of life
to see and so little time
It's back to school before I know
And my summer's all behind
It's no fun to be alone
When the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
- Morning, Sheriff.
How are you doing today?
- I'm good.
I'm sore.
What the hell happened to me?
- You got shot.
You were with the Cooper Gang.
They been going from town
to town and taking over.
You chased them off.
But they're coming back.
- Okay.
- Is there something wrong?
- I can't remember anything.
I have no memory.
- Your wife and her brother
are on the way here.
I'm sure they will help you remember.
(uneasy music)
(uneasy music continues)
Tired of these same old faces
I need someone brand new
Someone I can laugh along with
And tell my secrets to
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
There's so much of life
to see and so little time
It's back to school before I know
And my summer's all behind
It's no fun to be alone
when the sun is going down
Hey, God, if You're listening
Won't you send someone around
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
(upbeat music)
I'm a creature with no skeleton inside
Got no home address
I come and go where you command
And it's fine with me
It is fine
I'm a baddy that you
keep from beating now
I'm a lover, you don't love
but love to keep around
And it's fine with me
Promise that it's fine
Maybe I'm a fool
It's not like I'm
explaining something new
You need examination
I'll be your medication
Whatever, whenever
I'll never tell you no
(upbeat music continues)
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
I'm looking for a friend
Looking for a friend