American Primeval (2025) s01e06 Episode Script

1
Where's my mother?
[in Shoshone] Anyone comes,
kill them.
Hmm.
[in English] Where
are you going?
To get your mother.
[grunting]
Hyah!
[Sara moaning]
[Virgil] Oh, there she is.
Morning, Ms. Holloway.
Hope you haven't
been too jostled.
Oh, you're fine right there.
Don't you get any ideas.
- You see anything back that way?
- Not a soul.
[Virgil] This little
dance is just a precaution
in case they ain't the
only ones trailing.
Need to pick up the
pace. Now, Ms. Holloway,
I'm gonna make you a
little more comfortable.
You try to run, it's gonna
be trouble. You understand?
Whatever you are making,
I can give you more.
Deal.
My husband in Crooks Springs
This husband of yours know about
the fellow you shot back east?
I'm offering you the opportunity to
earn more by doing the right thing.
I'm offering you the
opportunity to stop talkin'
or this will get a lot
uglier than it needs to.
You don't understand.
No, what you don't
understand, Ms. Holloway,
is that our current circumstances are
a reflection of our past decisions.
Now perhaps you'd like to
use this as an opportunity
to reflect on your
past decisions.
You run, I'll put a
bullet in your face.
Tilly, wait here till evenin'.
Anybody but Newt's boys
come, you take 'em out.
Now,
we'll make camp at Black's
Ridge. Meet up there.
Ms. Holloway,
don't make him mad.
I don't wanna see you get hurt.
After you.
[exhales]
[mumbling]
[gun cocks]
Where is she?
You sure don't die real easy.
[groans softly]
Need to find work where bending
over is not a required skill.
- [bones cracking softly]
- Ooh!
Little less heel
would be appreciated.
[knock on door]
Nope! Busy in here!
Well, you got a visitor.
You're like a burning piss
I can't shake, Governor.
Back to arrest me again?
Just you and your man there?
What's this?
It's my final
offer, Mr. Bridger.
And if you do not find
all of this satisfactory,
I assure you that my next proposition
shall become severely less generous.
Well,
it appears you've located the one bridge
across my fondness for this place.
A signature, Mr. Bridger,
and we shall be done.
Would you like me
to read it to you?
I may not be able to read,
but I sure can count.
It'll take a good bit of business for you
to break even on this sort of payment.
That's for me to manage.
I'm sure the Lord will light
your way in that respect.
He will indeed.
Well, I wish I could say
it's been a pleasure.
[Jim] Bartering can add
tension to a relationship.
I hope there's no
bitterness between us.
Oh, none at all. At all.
So what's next?
I'm going to burn your
fort to the ground.
I'm giving you and everyone here two days
to clear out before I light the torches.
Why the hell would he do that?
It's called fortifying, Sammy.
Less posts are around, harder it
is for others to make their way in.
Especially soldiers looking to
stomp out that Mormon flame.
Ain't that right, Governor?
When evil comes knocking,
you lock the door.
And hope it hasn't already
gotten inside with you.
I do what's required to
protect my people, Mr. Bridger.
A line must be drawn or
else we will cease to exist.
And I will not let that happen.
Have a wonderful day.
Governor. Sir.
We have a situation.
I'm traveling to Gilbert to
give my sermon. Is it urgent?
It is.
Go ahead.
The woman who survived the
ambush knows it was us.
Attempts have been made to notify
Washington. We need to act.
Extinguish the flame
before it spreads.
No way around it, but the woman is a
threat to everything we've built here.
Do we know where this woman is?
With the Shoshone.
- We want no trouble with the Shoshone
- Red Feather has joined them.
Gives us an opportunity
to eliminate them all.
Then get it handled.
And do not speak of
this to me again.
Yes, Governor.
- Hello. Hello. Sister. Brother.
- [man] Governor Young.
- Hi. How are you?
- What is your name?
Charlotte.
May the Lord bless
you, Charlotte.
- And what is your name?
- Samantha.
- Samantha. May the Lord bless you.
- [man] God bless you, sir.
Thank you.
Have more.
[woman] May the
Lord be with you.
[humming softly]
My God.
[continues humming]
[muffled] Brother Pratt.
Brother Pratt.
Where's Brother Cook?
He stole William's watch.
[rustling]
[horse snorting]
[whinnies]
[horse continues whinnying]
[wood creaking]
[soft thudding]
[banging on door]
[continues banging]
[wolves snarling]
[growling]
[snarling]
No!
No! Stop!
[screaming]
Stop!
[gasping, panting]
Brother Pratt has
returned to the flock.
What about Cook?
Not as fortunate.
Best I could make out
the men they were with left them both
for dead. I explained to Brother Pratt
of his wife's murder at
the hands of hostiles
and of our plans to
avenge her death tonight.
I'm going with you.
I am going with you.
As you wish, Brother Pratt.
Get him prepared.
You really want him to go along?
He's traveled into madness.
We'll allow him his revenge.
And if he sees his
wife is still alive?
Put him at the
front of the charge.
Let fate finish it.
[man] To arms! Ready!
[men yelling]
[yelling]
- [drums beating]
- [people hooting]
[in Shoshone] For Stone Woman.
To give you strength.
[ululating]
[Lucas] Should get
her some blankets.
Likely to freeze
to death overnight.
Ah, later.
Let her shiver a while.
Teach her some compliance.
I don't need your
goddamn look, Lucas.
We ain't doing nothing to her.
Just making money.
Go give her your blanket
or whatever you please.
Here you go, Ms. Holloway.
You have goodness in
your eyes. I can see it.
Please help me.
I can't.
Help me get to my
son, please. Please.
I can't, ma'am.
- [rustling in distance]
- [horse neighs]
The hell we got here?
Is that Tilly?
Gonna get hisself
plugged if it is.
Pull back or get shot!
God damn it.
Take him out!
Son of a bitch.
[gunshots]
[groaning]
[breathing shakily]
[Virgil] Lucas!
Talk to me!
Okay. Run.
[gunshot]
Lucas?
You hit, little brother?
[gun clicks]
[gun clicking]
My friend
It's just about money.
That's all it is.
That's all this is.
With them gone,
that's a hell of a lot
for you and me to split.
What you say?
[Isaac grunts]
[screaming]
[both grunting]
[growling]
[screaming]
[Isaac panting]
[panting]
Virgil Virgil Virgil
Virgil. Virgil? Virgil!
Virgil. Virgil, come on, get up.
Virgil. Stop. Come on!
Get up.
[wind blowing]
[James] Fan out, boys.
Stay alert.
Something ain't right.
[man shouting indistinctly]
They knew we were coming.
How'd they know we were coming?
- Here they come!
- [men yelling]
[ululating]
Kill these savages!
[men shout indistinctly]
[speaks Shoshone]
[man] Kill 'em all!
[gasping]
Abish. Abish. Abish.
[screaming]
[gunshot]
[Sara] Devin!
[Devin] Mama!
- Are you okay?
- I'm okay.
You're hurt.
[Devin] A wolf. I'm fixing her.
[in Shoshone] Are you okay?
[in English] Mr. Reed,
can we get out of here?
[horse neighing]
And how are things this good
morning, Brother Hickman?
All fine, Governor. It's done.
Only one thing left to do, then.
Yes, sir.
Indeed.
[faint revelry]
[fiddle music playing]
I always figured you'd be working
on this fort till your dying day.
That was the idea, Sammy.
Till Jesus or God whispered in them
Mormon prophet's ear to hunker down.
To hunkerin' down.
There's healthier ways
to grow old than this.
That's a hell of a
lot of money, Jim.
What the hell else am
I gonna do with it?
Except get murdered or robbed
out in the wild someplace.
- Jim!
- Yeah?
Mormons is here, Jim!
[music stops]
Torches in hand.
[man] Light it up!
Speaking of robbers.
[man 2] Don't leave
anything standing!
Get these animals
out of here first.
We want the livestock.
Burn it down. In the name
of our Father in heaven.
Burn it all down!
That's it. Fire here.
It's closing time.
For us all.
- Amen, brother.
- That's right.
Whatever remains behind the
bar is free for the taking!
[all cheering]
You're a good man, Bridger.
I've been a wild rover ♪
For many a year ♪
And I spent all my money
On whiskey and beer ♪
You go over yonder
and I'll go this way.
Burn it all, brother.
Wanted you to see this, old man.
I believe you may have found
your calling, Wild Bill.
As they say,
even an ape can start a fire.
[glass shattering]
I've grown partial
to this blade.
For many a year ♪
And I've spent all my
money On whiskey and beer ♪
But now I'm returning ♪
[Young] "Brothers and sisters, we have
endured anguish and pain to reach Zion."
"And we must not allow men
of evil to steal it away."
"For we are invaded
by a hostile force."
"Coming once again to
plunder and burn our houses."
"Lay waste to our fields."
"Hoping to accomplish
our destruction."
"But if our kingdom
of God holds strong,
grows, spreads, increases
and prospers in its course,
it will cleanse, it will purge,
and purify the world
from wickedness."
"No man, no set of men,
no president
- shall control me before my God."
- [horse whinnies]
You wanna ask, don't you?
What does it mean?
This is my family.
There's my wife.
[speaks Shoshone]
[in English] Her
name was Spring Rain.
My son.
[speaks Shoshone]
[in English] Little Bear.
Family.
They died?
They have crossed over.
[exhales] Give it a try.
Careful.
[Devin] Works good.
Works real good.
Thank you, Mr. Reed.
Think I'm faster than before.
You wanna try?
Yeah.
Beautiful.
What?
What?
What is that?
- What?
- Hold still.
- What is it?
- No
I don't know, it's beating.
I won't tell anyone.
I want to try.
[Sara] How much further, do
you think, to Crooks Springs?
Midday. Unless something arises.
I'll try to think of something.
You'll be fine.
You and the boy.
It's what I keep telling myself.
I know a place we
can stop before town.
Get some rest. Clean up some.
Saying I need to make myself
more presentable, Mr. Reed?
Everything about you is
presentable, Ms. Holloway.
[Sara] Have you
been here before?
Yeah.
Years ago.
Where will you go next?
Where we started from.
It's the only land I know.
Not interested in seeing
what else you might find?
My wife and son are there.
That's where I belong.
I suppose there's no
place for us there.
I know how to survive out here.
Alone.
Then I Then I
think it's best if
if I ride into town
with him on my own
so as not to confuse
anyone with our entrance.
Okay.
Devin!
Mr. Reed is going to start
back to Fort Bridger.
It's time to say goodbye. We'll continue
on to Crooks Springs on our own.
Without you?
You don't need me from here.
But we're not there yet.
You're close. Half a mile over that
ridge, you'll be in Crooks Springs.
So now we have to go by ourselves?
To a place we don't even want to be?
- Your father is there.
- We don't need him!
You're supposed
to look after us.
He did.
We looked after each other.
It's your time to lead now.
[speaks Shoshone]
[in English] You're welcome.
[Sara] We'll take care of her.
I know.
Thank you again.
You're welcome.
I hope you find that
smile you are looking for.
[Sara] Isaac.
I wish it were your smile that
I was going to be looking for.
I do too.
The real reason I asked you
to let us ride in on our own
is I couldn't let Devin's father
see the way I look at you.
The way I'm looking at you now.
[Devin] I don't want to go.
- We don't have any choice.
- There are other towns, a lot of 'em.
It's the only one
where your father is.
What does that matter? We can keep
going. We can go to California.
If people keep coming and they
find me, he will be all you have.
You said those men were gone.
They aren't.
The truth is I can't
protect you forever.
If more ever show up, I need you
with someone who will keep you safe.
Where'd that come from?
- We shouldn't be going without him.
- Let me help you get on your horse.
I can do it myself.
- Wait, wait, please.
- Get on the horse.
- Wait, please. Stop.
- Get on the horse.
- You're coming with me.
- I'm not leaving them.
Get on the fucking horse.
Please, I have some money
and you can have it all.
[Sara shrieks]
You think I'm joking?
Get on the fucking horse.
- Get on the fucking horse.
- Go on, Mother. We'll be okay.
Don't look at them. Get
on the fucking horse.
Get on the horse!
No.
Don't do it.
- We'll be okay.
- I'll shoot them, I swear!
- They'll keep coming.
- [Devin] No.
Shut your fucking mouth!
Get on your goddamn horse!
[Devin] Don't do it.
Get on the horse!
- [gunshot]
- [exclaims]
[grunting]
[coughs]
[grunting]
You all right?
[Isaac grunts]
Isaac.
I'm right here with you.
Thank you. Thank you.
[somber instrumental
music playing]
You sure about this?
Let's go to California.