Outer Range (2022) s02e04 Episode Script

Ode to Joy

1
There's this theory that the
fabric of time and space is fluid.
Time. That's what I believe
is flowing beneath the land.
[ROYAL ABBOTT] I never told
you why I ran away as a kid.
- [GUNSHOT]
- My dad and I were huntin'.
It was an accident.
- And when was that?
- 1886.
I gotta get back out there, Cecilia,
especially with Joy not responding.
Wh-Where is she?
[DEPUTY MATT] She's not
pickin' up her cell.
No response on the rover.
[SPEAKING SHOSHONE] Stop!
Shoshone.
I'm a friend!
I'm not going home, am I?
Now may not be home, but
it's a nice place to stay.
[SOBBING]
Mom, look. It's Mama Joy, look.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[HORSE NEIGHS]
- [WESTERN MUSIC PLAYING]
- [PEOPLE CHATTERING]
Royal, chin up!
[PERSON GRUNTS]
Don't be ashamed to
look anybody in the eyes.
These people got a leg up, but
we all come from the same God.
What 'bout Injuns? You
said they was Godless.
Royal Sumner, don't ever mistake
a white man for an Indian.
[HAMMER TAPPING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [KNOCKS ON TABLE]
- J.B.
- What'd I tell you?
- That you'd come back.
And here you are.
Means you should get off them
haunches and get what I came for.
[CHUCKLES] Nothin' like
a man with new money.
[DOG BARKING]
Ain't a barn, Royal.
[DOOR BELL RINGING]
- Let's see if they fit.
- Ain't for me.
Royal, come sit.
He's a boy, they'll be too big.
He'll grow into 'em.
Hey, that's his job.
Hm?
Yeah, that's my job.
[AMBIENT STREET NOISE]
[HORSE NEIGHS]
Young man
how do they feel?
Too big.
[J.B. SIGHS]
Well, get up and let's, let's see
how bad they, they slide around.
Ahh, maybe a, a pair of thick socks.
His ma can knit.
Pleasure doin' business with you.
Come on.
Levi
sorry, but, uh, you're short.
- The hell I am.
- Prices went up.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- It says
- Watch how you talk to me.
[J.B. GRUNTS]
[QUIETLY] You tryna embarrass my son?
No, it ain't nothin' like that.
Business is slow, so prices went up!
You stay put.

[SIGHS]
Have a seat in the corner.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
[DISTANT INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[AMBIENT NATURE SOUNDS]
[JOY] I hate to be the one
to have to tell you this,
but, uh, yeah, Michael Jackson was
the biggest pop star in the world.
- Bigger than Zeppelin?
- Mm-hm.
- The Beatles?
- He owned The Beatles.
Paul was pissed. Go fish.
How?
The kid was adorable, but he
sang a love song to his rat.
Ben, I know.
You kept this from me for four years.
I didn't think you could handle it.
- [SOFTLY] Bitch.
- [BOTH LAUGHING]
[FALLING STAR COUGHING]
[LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [QUIETLY] Oh, shit.
- Why don't you talk to the elders now?
It's gettin' worse.
I will when you say yes to my request.
[SIGHS, SNIFFLES] Until
then, they need me strong.
Fuck strong.
They need you alive.
Joy, this cancer's all through me.
All those years workin' as a nurse,
I know what's comin'.
Look, you have been by
my side for four years.
You know everything I know.
[SPEAKING SHOSHONE] Krum has arrived!
Will you go?
Yes.
But I'm not the one to replace you.
I can't be.
Because you're goin' home?
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
- [PEOPLE CHATTERING]
- [DOG BARKING]
- Mornin', Joy.
- Long ride?
- In more ways than one.
- [MAN] They are not toys. Thank you.
How's our friend?
Fighting, as best she can.
Won't be long now.
Sorry to hear that.
Falling Star's always done
so much for her people.
Makin' these transitions
easier than they should've been.
Nah, never been easy.
Sometimes I think that's
what's been killin' her.
Have you decided yet?
Whether or not you're
gonna be our new liaison?
Mr. Krum, we should get started.
Sun's perfect.
[AMBIENT NATURE SOUNDS]
[BUFFALO GRUNTING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[BUFFALO ROARS]
[LIGHT WESTERN MUSIC PLAYING]

[SPEAKING SHOSHONE] Let's go back.
Come on.
No! This is our land, too!
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[MAJESTIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[BUFFALO GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
You better run!
You dirty bow bender.
[GUNSHOT]

Alright. [GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS] Come on.

Do you mind if I, uh, adjust your hair?
- Yes, I mind.
- Ow!
I said no.
[CARSON KRUM] She said no.
Give us a minute, Sully.
You know the important thing
about moments like these?
Enlighten me.
These will be seen by more
people comin' to this country,
and your stories will be more known,
and the tension between the
natives and the future homesteaders
will disappear.
Mm.
These frustrating times
are temporary, Joy.
The future you see,
it's gonna fall very fuckin'
short of what you think.
Some would say that was pessimism.
No, not where I come from.
Time will tell
but until that day comes
we'll do everything we can
to maintain the peace between
your people and the homesteaders.
Let's get to why we
were here, Mr. Sullivan.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[SULLIVAN "SULLY" COOPER]
Perfect Smile, everyone.
Proud to be Shoshone!
[CAMERA SNAPS]
[EERIE THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGERS VOCALIZING]
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
You just got the auntie eyes.
[FALLING STAR CHUCKLES, COUGHS]
If you get back
what do you think it'll be like?
I don't know.
When I think about the specifics
too much, I just get sad.
Why?
Time.
It doesn't wait.
Rose is 11 now.
Maybe Martha moved on.
Will they believe me if I tell them?
Will they think I'm crazy?
[FALLING STAR] Love
true love
it will pierce through all of that.
It's just that we
weren't in a great place.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
A while back, there
was this preacher who
made an example of us
'cause we were two women in love.
A family.
That son of a bitch stood in
front of that whole congregation,
people who trusted me to protect them
and I bit my tongue
'cause I was runnin' for Sheriff.
What did Martha say?
I don't remember.
If you can lie that easy
time is not the thing you
should be worried about.
I know.
Joy
you are not the same person.
When you get home
Martha will see that.
[SPEAKING SHOSHONE] They took Flowers!
They took Flowers!
They took Flowers!
Flowers!
They took Flowers!
Who?!
White men!
The ones who live where
the trees were felled!
Why were you out there!?
We wanted to prove ourselves!
To bring back food for everyone.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
The men - they came out of nowhere.
The warriors are on a hunt
They won't be back
until nightfall. By then,
Flowers will be lost to us.

When I find her, they will
do everything to stop me.
Don't let them.

[DOG BARKING]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

Mountain Lion!
Bring me a fast horse!
[HORSE NEIGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]


There's a feeling I get
when I look to the west,
and my spirit is crying
for leaving.
There are two paths you can
go by, but in the long run,
there's still time to
change the road you're on.
[FALLING STAR COUGHING]

[HOOVES RUMBLING]
[TENSE GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING]


[SNIFFS]
[EXHALES] Okay.
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
[DISTANT FIDDLE MUSIC PLAYING]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[DISTANT YELLING]
[PERSON SHARPENING KNIFE]
[FIDDLE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[YELLING, SCREAMING]
- [STICK SNAPS]
- [BLADE SLICES]
[GRUNTING, YELLING]
[BLADE SLICES]
- [SHOUTING]
- [STRUGGLING]
[INDISTINCT YELLING]
[FLOWERS PANTING]
[CHOKING, GASPING]
Hey, hey, hey! You break Abel's fiddle,
he'll take a knife to
you, and I'm not gonna
[YELLING]
- [SLAPS]
- Oh!
[ABEL GRUBS] Enough
foolin' around, Shelton!
[FLOWERS SCREAMING]
Whoa!
I'ma give you one chance
to let her come to me.
Hey, you look like a man,
but you don't sound like one.
[HEAVY BREATHING]
That said, I'd kill y'all the same.
[GRUNTING]
[FLOWERS SCREAMS]
[GUN CLICKS]
[JOY YELLS]
- Fuck! [YELPS]
- [GUNSHOT]
Whoa! Hey! No, no, no! Come on!
- Damnit! Damnit!
- [GUNSHOTS]
[PANTING]
[SPEAKING SHOSHONE] We need to go. Now.
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [BOTH PANTING]
[SHELTON CAPE] I'm gonna
come for her! And you!
You're bleeding bad.
Mine'll be the last voice you hear!
You better run!

[JOY GRUNTING]
Hang on, Flowers.
Thank you.
[LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[LITTLE ROYAL] Here ya go.
[LEVI SUMNER] How are them shoes?
They hurt.
You'll grow into 'em.
Little pain's good for ya.
It's part of bein' a man.
[COW MOOS]
Izzie, get inside.
Afternoon, ma'am.
Mr. Sumner.
Go back to your plantings.
This don't concern you.
- This the cow?
- [COW MOOS]
That's her Daisy.
Levi, what's goin' on here?
Your husband needed money
for your son's shoes.
Now the bank don't take
collateral on livestock,
but my brother's buildin' up his
ranch, and cattle are hard to come by.
That cow's gotta get
us through the winter.
Cow's sold. You can leave.
Alice, come on now.
- Alice.
- Mr. Sumner, your wife.
For whatever reason, my husband
chose not to inform me of this sale.
- [LEVI] Put the gun down.
- That said, this cow remains here.
- Put the rifle down.
- It's gonna take more than some
fancy shoes to measure up
to those cattle barons, Levi!
- [SLAPS]
- [ALICE YELPS]
Me and the boy are gonna
work our way outta this.
[HOOVES THUMPING]
Levi Sumner?
[FARBER] Mr. Cape, what's goin' on?
Savages stole right onto my property.
Cut down two of my hands.
Took off into the woods.
I hear you got trackin' abilities, Levi.
You heard right.
[SHELTON] Well, you help me,
[SIGHS] I'll give some consideration
to you workin' on my land.
Go get a rifle, and some bullets, boy.
- We're goin' raccoon huntin'.
- [SHELTON] Alright.
Go on, go on before he gets mad.
[SHELTON] Mr. Farber,
you tell the Sheriff.
I'ma stay on their
trail. You come find me.
- [HORSE NEIGHS]
- Come north of my woods.
Ha! Let's go!
I'll be back for the cow.
Cape's mad as a hatter, Levi,
and he's gonna get somebody killed.
And you see that, don't you?
The only thing I see is our future.
Hey! Best track is on foot!
[LIGHT, DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Come on!
Royal, Royal, Royal! You be careful!
- [CROWD SHOUTING]
- Please, calm down!
- Just listen.
- String 'em up!
May I remind you, Mr.
Krum is our Indian agent.
He's not goin' off half-cocked,
so I suggest you listen to him.
He knows of what he speaks.
Thank you, Sheriff.
- I realize tempers are high
- [CROWD SHOUTING]
and if the rumors of
what happened yesterday
It's certainly shocking!
- [CROWD SHOUTING]
- Let the man speak!
[CARSON] Outrage. No question.
But as a government agent,
I must urge restraint.
Now come spring, we're
gonna relocate the Shoshone.
And as we speak, Congress
is redrawing the borders
in favor of you.
What does this have to do with white men
bein' killed on private property?!
- [CROWD SHOUTING]
- You work for the government.
Why are we listenin' to you?
A person of your stature,
I wouldn't expect
to be filled with blood lust.
Alright, let's simmer down a bit.
I think I speak for the
landowners in the valley
when I say restraint sounds
like the wisest measure here.
Let the law handle
[CHUCKLES] the Indians.
You can be sure we'll
get the last laugh.
There ain't nothin' to laugh
about in this situation.
Perhaps because you're the jape.
- Watch your tongue.
- And you remember your place.
My place is on this land.
- And it belongs to all of us!
- [CROWD SHOUTING]
Belongs to those who can afford it.
And I don't see many
of those people here.
[CROWD SHOUTING]
[SHERIFF HORACE BELL] I swear to God
I'll put a bullet in the next
cracker that puts their dust on me!
My fight ain't here. It's
out there with Shelton.
Whoever's with me, let's ride!
[CROWD SHOUTING]
Who's got a firearm?!
[JOY GROANING]
[SPEAKING SHOSHONE] Flowers!
We have to go!
If we don't do something for your leg,
we won't make it back.
[JOY GRUNTS]
[JOY GROANS, PANTING]
Let me see your leg.
Take the horse.
[JOY GROANS]
This is all my fault.
No. It's not.
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
I was about your age
when I was attacked.
They almost got me, but I got away.
What happened kept playing
in my mind over and over.
I couldn't stop it.
When I grew up, I swore
no one I cared about
would ever feel like that.

They told me what they
were going to do to me.
And the whisky on their breath
You're safe now.
[FLOWERS CRIES]
You came for me.
I'm not leaving you behind.
Not knowing what I know.
Coming after me was a risk.
If something happens, you might
never get back to your time.

Take the horse.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
And you tell Falling
Star they are coming.
[GROANS]

[LEVI] [WHISPERS] Shelton.
[HORSE NEIGHS]
Shelton.
[WHISPERS] Are you talkin' to me?
[SOFTLY] Hitch your damn horse.
How is my horse interferin'
with your ability to track?
- [HUSHED] It's too damn loud.
- [HUSHED] Watch your cracker mouth.
When's the last time
you been huntin', boss?
That is none of your goddamn business.
Okay, I don't know much
but I know enough not
to brave Injun country
and let them know I'm comin'.
Now if that's your
plan, you go with God.
Otherwise, get down off your horse.
What do you suggest we do?
If one of them's injured,
then they're movin' slow.
We split up, close in on the bastard,
then there's nowhere to run.
That's what I suggest sir.
Whoa.
[SHELTON MUTTERING]
I'll be back for you.
Well
which way should I go?
Follow the blood.
More consistent trail.
Alright.
What the hell are you
doin' still standin' here?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[COCKS GUN]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
[SPEAKING SHOSHONE] Flowers!
You made it!
I'm sorry I ran.
Where is Joy?
She was wounded
and she stayed behind.
Wounded?
Were they following her?
They're coming. And fast.
[SIGHS]
You want to prove yourself?
Track down our warriors
and bring them back.
[FALLING STAR PANTING]
Mountain Lion.
Don't be afraid.
Your heart has courage.

[JOY PANTING]

[GROANING]
- [NEARBY RUSTLING]
- [GASPS]
[BUFFALO GRUNTING]
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
[HEAVY FOOTSTEPS]
[CRYING]

[SNIFFLING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GROANING]
[SINGER VOCALIZING]

[GROANING]
[PANTING]

[VOCALIZING]
Ha! Get!
[HEAVY BREATHING]
[GROANS]
Damn fool!
That way, now. Hold it.
Don't make a sound like that
idiot or I'll have your ass.
Shoot anything that moves.
Go!
[AMBIENT NATURE SOUNDS]
[GROANING]
- Shit.
- [NEARBY RUSTLING]
[JOY PANTING]
- Careful with that, Royal.
- Don't move!
- I can't.
- Shut up!
I know what you're feelin'.
I do.
Are you out here alone?
Where's your father?
I know someone named Royal.
Tries to be a good man
unlike your father.
He's not a good man, is he?
Where I come from,
they jail men like him.
Men who hurt women and children.
You don't have to be
that kinda man, Royal.
You could be different.
You could s-start by helpin' me.
- Please.
- Stay right where you are, boy!
Quiet down, you dog.
Martha, Rose, I love you. I tried.
Your Injun gods ain't
gonna save you now.
You're gonna do this
in front of your son?
No.
I want him to have the honor.
Go on, Royal.
Sight down like I taught ya.
Your choice.
Head shot or straight through the chest?
Whenever you're ready, boy.
Sumner
know this
the day you die, your
family will rejoice
'cause they'll finally be free of you.
If I'm lucky, my wife
will die in childbirth,
and I'll be free of them.
- Go to hell.
- [LEVI] You first.
What are you waitin' on, boy?!
Come on! [GRUNTS]
[LEVI GROANING]
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
Royal!
Royal!
[GROANS] Royal! Wait!
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SETTLERS SHOUTING]
[HORSES NEIGHING]
- [GUNFIRE]
- [SETTLERS SHOUTING]
Reload! Quick like!
What's going on, Farber?
[SHOSHONE WARRIORS WAR CRY]

[HORSE NEIGHS]
- [LITTLE ROYAL CRYING]
- [JOY] Royal!
Royal! Wait!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Royal, wait!
[GROUND RUMBLING]

[MUSIC SLOWS, CALMS]
[LOW, QUIET MUSIC PLAYING]

[DISTORTED, ECHOES] Royal!
[AMBIENT NATURE SOUNDS]
[GRUNTING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Royal?
Joy?

[4 HAVEN KNIGHTS: "I'M JUST A DREAMER"]
I'm just a dreamer ♪
Dreamin' of you ♪
I'm just a dreamer ♪
Dreamin' of you ♪
Don't tell me, darling ♪
My love is through ♪
I'm waiting, won't you ♪
Please return ♪
I sit and dream of you ♪
My love is true, dear ♪
For only you ♪
Please, say you love me ♪
And you'll be true ♪
I'm waiting, won't you ♪
Please return ♪
I sit and dream of you ♪
I'll stay by your side ♪
'Til the day that I die ♪
Please won't you be true to me ♪
I gave you my love ♪
For yours in return ♪
Darling, won't you hurry,
hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry ♪
Back to me? ♪
I'm just a dreamer ♪
Dreamin' of you ♪
Don't tell me, darling ♪
My love is through ♪
I'm waiting, won't you ♪
Please return ♪
I sit and dream of you ♪
My love is true, dear ♪
For only you ♪
I'm waiting, won't you ♪
Please return ♪
I sit and dream ♪
Of you ♪

- I'm just a dreamer
- [GROUP VOCALIZING]
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