Yellowstone (2018) s03e01 Episode Script

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[BIRDSONG]
[MUSIC]
Ride those east pastures, Kayce.
With all this rain, see if any
of that clover came up.
Yeah. It'll be easy to spot.
You gonna be back by tonight?
Yeah. Doesn't Doesn't take
long to quit something, son.
I'll be back by noon.
Let's go.
Here. You'll dress in the car.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[TATE SCREAMING]
Hey. Hey. Hey. Tate. Tate. Look at me.
Tate, Tate, stop.
It's okay, it's okay. Stop.
Don't say it.
I don't have to.
I can't say it any better than that.
It's okay.
Just Just go back
to sleep, son, okay?
[MUSIC]
Exactly as I told you
to say it, understood?
Understood. Trust me.
Trust me?
[SCOFFS]
- He's gonna walk in here
- [KNOCKING]
- Okay, no.
- [DOOR OPENS]
Hello, John.
Lynelle.
I, uh I don't know where to start.
I know where to start.
We had evidence that
the Becks used aircraft
to poison cattle along
the highway 89 corridor
south of Emigrant.
Upon serving a warrant
based on that information,
we discovered additional
evidence of a kidnapping
We know all this, Jamie.
Livestock agents are bound by law
to intervene in any active crime.
That duty supersedes
jurisdictional boundaries.
You gonna fight this, John?
Are we wrong?
You're not wrong.
But it doesn't alter the lens.
It doesn't change the way
it looks and how it looks
Is all that matters anymore, John.
Six people died.
The door is closed, John.
Let's just be honest.
When the blanket gets
pulled back on this thing,
and the nation knows
that the family member
that was kidnapped was yours
This stops looking like law enforcement
- and starts looking like
- It looks like a feud.
It looks like a gross misuse of power.
LYNELLE: We have been sitting
here banging our heads
against a wall, and we
don't have a solution.
I have a solution, Lynelle.
You leave the blanket right where it is.
I'll resign as livestock commissioner
and accept full responsibility
for my agents' overreach.
And you, you stop looking.
You let it go.
You talk about militias
and human smuggling
and you take the credit.
And you leave me and
my family out of it.
That cleans things up on my end.
This is a state issue and
that's where I want it to stay.
And this keeps it a state issue?
It gives me what I need, yes.
Great.
Have you thought about your replacement?
Give me till next week.
Thank you, John.
I won't forget this.
I won't let you.
I'm sure you won't.
There was a closed door
meeting with the governor,
the attorney general,
federal officials, and Livestock
Commissioner John Dutton.
Now, Dutton's office is
under intense scrutiny
for its use of force in
multiple gun battles
that led to the death of
both Beck brothers
How do you think this is
gonna work out for him?
Depends, on whether he's
as smart as I think he is.
I watched him.
In a field.
He had honor when most wouldn't.
What are you saying?
I'm saying, maybe he's not
the enemy we think he is.
When there's one thing
that two men want,
they can either share it or be enemies.
Are you suggesting we share it?
Suggesting things isn't
my job, Chairman.
That's yours.
This side looks good.
That side too.
You feel good turning cattle back out?
It should have clovered
up this last rain.
I think we ought to wait until July.
We're running out of hay.
Feeding cattle all summer
is no way to make a living.
Shit, we'll just do
it like the old days:
grab a chuck wagon, bring it out here
and we'll babysit 'em all summer long.
It's not the worst idea.
The fuck?
Who the fuck are they?
Y'all lost?
Uh, it's a possibility.
Uh, is this part of the
Paradise Valley Sporting Club?
Wrong side of that fence.
Ah. I told you. [CHUCKLES]
You all staying at the Sporting Club?
Uh, they own it.
Who are they?
Providence Hospitality management.
I'm Ellis Steele.
My firm is representing Market Equities.
We don't know what that is.
They manage resort properties.
We watch out for their interests.
This your land?
Incredible.
I didn't catch your name?
That's 'cause I didn't offer it.
Fair enough.
We'll get out of your way.
You know, I can understand
you being wary,
bunch of city folks
wandering in your field.
I apologize.
Why don't you come by the
resort and have dinner, on us?
After all, you're going to be neighbors,
it's best if we all get along.
[CHUCKLES]
We're going this way, folks.
The properties highlighted in red
are the ones we've purchased.
How much acreage total?
A little over 17,000.
[CHUCKLES] Ooh, damn.
Good job, Beth.
It's what you pay me to do.
Any of it commercially zoned?
Most of the highway
frontage is multi-use.
But the corner properties,
they're commercial.
Why, what you thinking?
I want you to hold off on
the conservation easements.
That income offsets our tax liability.
I know, but there could be
bigger income on the horizon.
Market Equities bought Jenkins' place.
Hired a hotel management
group to oversee it.
- That was fast.
- The estate didn't have a choice.
He was losing six figures a month.
Bank was going to call the note.
So, who is running the property now?
Providence.
That's a big company.
It's the one you bring in
when your goal is expansion.
And your expansion is bigger
than casinos and golf courses.
You heard any rumors about their plans?
Probably the same as their plans
in Austin and Scottsdale.
Beth, keep buying.
Buy every fucking thing
you can get your hands on.
Will do.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS]
[CONSTRUCTION SOUNDS]
What's wrong with the old barn?
It's seven miles from this
half of the ranch, Jim.
Hey, Lloyd, what, uh
What was that old joke
about the two fat chicks
- and the wheelbarrows?
- [LAUGHS]
That wasn't a joke, Jake.
That was you at the Cooper branding.
- You guys wanna hear a joke?
- [ALL] No.
All right, check it out.
There's this big Texas oil guy, right?
Goes into this bar down at the border,
sits next to this vaquero and says,
"Hey, man, you a rancher?"
Vaquero says, "Yeah, yeah, I got
fifty acres down by the river."
Big Texas oil guy says,
"Oh? Oh, on my ranch,
"I can get in my truck in the morning,
and I still don't reach the
front gate by sunset."
Vaquero sits for a second,
nods, and says,
"Yeah, man. Yeah, I used to
have a truck like that too."
I
He was bragging about
the size of his ranch,
- and the vaquero
- That was almost funny.
All right, I got one.
Y'all hear about the guy
that goes to see a doctor,
and the doctor says, "Sorry
to be the one to tell you this,
"but you got cancer head to toe.
Only have one week to live."
Man says, "A week?!
Well, that's not enough time!
Doc, you gotta do something.
I need more than a week!"
And the doc thinks,
he sits down and he says,
"I'll tell you what to do:
"you go find yourself
a barrel racer girl
with two little dogs,
and you marry her."
And the man says, "That's
gonna make me live longer?"
And the doc says, "No.
But it'll make that week feel
like a fucking eternity."
[LAUGHING]
I don't know. I think mine was better.
Jimmy, when you're all growed up,
and you've actually dated a woman,
you'll think it's hilarious.
That's it.
Let's go up to the big
barn. You're done.
Let's go.
Lloyd, let's get them
mules out of the field.
Let's clean up that chuck wagon.
We're running a spike camp
this summer, understand?
Ethan, come on.
Wait, what's a spike camp?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
It's 38 even.
Care to donate to the jar fund?
-
- Sure.
I'm good.
You know, you should start
a "GoFundMe" page.
What's that?
It's, um
It's a pickle jar the
whole world can reach.
Your boy?
Dealing with this
and he still does that to you?
Someone's doing it to you, too.
Not anymore, they're not.
How
How did you make him stop?
My boyfriend put his
head through a wall,
then I smashed his skull
with an eight pound ashtray.
New boyfriend.
Big-ass ashtray.
It's just a thought
[PHONE RINGS]
Hey.
KAYCE: What's Providence Hospitality?
It's a problem.
How big?
They don't get any bigger.
Listen, don't tell Dad. Okay?
I gotta go, some asshole's
standing in our river.
Hey.
Hey!
How ya doing?
You're trespassing!
Huh?
Trespassing!
What?
Get out of our fucking river.
I can't. That would be trespassing.
This fucking guy
I see the women in this valley
have gotten a lot more fashionable.
Yeah?
I see Chippendale's changed
their policy on capped teeth.
What's that?
It's an insult.
Never mind.
Only an insult if I understand it.
Yeah, that's not true.
But that's a conversation
for another time.
That we'll never have.
Both sides of the river
are private property.
I know. That's why I can't get out.
Well, how did you get in?
My family owns a place upriver.
Cross Creek Ranch. You know it?
Yeah, that's five miles upstream.
- I was blessed with stamina.
- I highly doubt it.
When I played golf,
I'd do 36 holes in a day.
I like this much better.
It's just like golf, but with fish.
You have any interest in dinner?
No.
I meant in general.
No. I dine on my joy for life.
- Ah.
- Just stay off our fucking land, okay?
Yes, ma'am.
I'll stay off your fucking
land. I promise.
Thanks for the talk!
You're the most interesting thing
that's happened to me today.
You should analyze that.
[CHUCKLES]
How'd it go?
Like I expected.
It's a good trade for them.
They were happy to make it.
How bout you? You happy?
I never wanted that office, Beth.
I just wanted the control.
I still have that.
This might be a tougher sell.
Well, lucky I got you to sell it for me.
How are the fields?
They're green.
No clover?
None that I could see.
Grass is tall, though.
I was thinking we should
run a camp up there
and keep an eye on 'em.
Oh, and there's something going
down at Paradise Valley.
There's a bunch of suits
wandering around up there
when we got up there.
Suits?
Yeah, I was gonna get to that.
Well, one problem at a time.
I need to name my replacement
as Commissioner.
I'm naming you.
You mean you're just
gonna tell me this now?
After you already quit?
If I told you before, you'd say no.
- Then I couldn't quit.
- Well, I'm still saying no.
- Kayce
- I ain't no politician!
You want a politician?
You've got one standing right there.
You got another one in the bunkhouse
- living like a fucking orphan.
- Kayce
I told you I would help
you run this place,
and I'm doing that the
only way I know how.
I won't do it.
Can I make a suggestion?
Yeah, as long as it's you.
Can't be me.
I need family in that office, Beth.
You can have family in that office.
I can't trust him.
All he does is prove it.
You can trust him to
be exactly what he is.
Jamie will always do what
is best for himself, Dad.
And he will use that office
to become popular
with his constituents.
His constituents are ranchers.
What's good for their ranches
is good for ours.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
- [GRUNTING]
- One, two, three.
- Go, go!
- Run, run, run, run!
Go, go, go!
- Oh!
- Oh, shit.
- Oh, shit.
- Goddamn.
- Woo!
- First time you ever got me.
Jimmy.
Okay, okay, okay, okay, come on.
Come on, you get bucked
off shit for a living now.
This'll be a piece of cake for you.
Take into consideration that
you got to have a brain in
order to get it concussed, so,
you'll be all right.
Hey, bro, just try not to rope my dick,
or your mom's gonna be really pissed.
[BELCHES]
- Gimme the fucking rope.
- That's funny.
Okay, here we go.
- Okay.
- All right, on the clock.
One, two
- It's not personal.
- Three!
Here we go.
Jump!
Ooh!
That's what we call karma, bitch.
Karma.
Your mom's gonna be really pissed.
Hey, pretty boy, you're up.
Uh, no, I'm good.
You're good?
- Yeah.
- What?
He don't gotta if he don't want to.
No, no, Jamie, you gotta
pay your dues, bro.
Yep.
Hey!
Let's rally, let's rally, let's rally.
- Here we go.
- So how does it work?
- Spin on the Y.
- Yep, on the Y.
Okay.
Here?
Okay.
No, this.
- There he is.
- Bro, damn.
There he is.
Tell us how you feel!
Tell us how you feel!
Show us how you feel!
[CHATTERING]
- [GRUNTS]
- Woo!
That's how he feels.
Okay, okay, I don't really understand
the purpose of this, but let's do it.
Oh!
[LAUGHING]
Let's do it! Let's do it!
On three, right?
[LAUGHING, CHATTERING]
- Here we go. Here we go.
- One, two
- three!
- Take off coming!
[SHOUTING]
- Ooh!
- Oh!
Shit!
What are you doing?
I tried to lay it on his waist
so he wouldn't go down hard.
Yeah, well, you sure fucked that up.
- His head?
- Is he all right?
- Are you good?
- Damn.
When is it my turn with the rope?
[LAUGHING]
What the fuck are you doing?
And why are you still awake?
What, is it late?
Jimmy, it's 3:30 in the morning.
Get a fucking watch, will you?
- You okay?
- Yeah.
Be careful with these idiots.
Ain't a brain cell between
the bunch of them.
In one fucking hour you have
to saddle the whole barn.
We're pushing pairs in the morning.
And that means I want wall tents set up
and I want that chuck
wagon up fucking wind
or you'll be sleeping with
the goddamn grizzlies.
And you
You're supposed to keep
a cap on these morons.
Act your fucking age, would you, Lloyd?
[GROANS]
[MUSIC]
Monica?
Is everything all right?
- Yeah.
- Tate okay?
Kayce's with him.
Doctor gave us some pills to
help him sleep, but I just
Don't trust pills, you know?
Yeah. Me either.
Anyway, I'm just
I'm trying to find my way upstairs.
Yeah, I know You make a
left turn out of that kitchen
and you're in a damn maze.
Ain't that the truth.
You know, Monica,
I never got to say I'm sorry.
I just sent him down
there to feed his horse.
Trying to give him some responsibility,
not that it's my place,
but I should've asked.
It's not your fault that they took him.
And I can't thank you enough
for bringing him back.
Well, we all got him back.
Kayce used to tell me
what a war it was for you,
keeping this place.
When this land belonged to my people
a hundred and fifty years ago,
children were stolen
and men were killed.
Families herded away like cattle.
And nothing's changed.
Except you're the Indian now.
Maybe so.
Um, Kayce said that you're
building a camp near the cattle.
Yeah. Don't have much choice.
Or someone will try to
kill or steal them, too.
Will you do me a favor?
Anything.
Would you take Tate with you?
I can't think of a better medicine
than stars for a ceiling.
Yeah.
Would you do that for me?
Of course.
- Good night.
- Good night.
Monica?
Stairs are back there.
Thanks.
[MUSIC]
All right, coming shotgun there, huh?
Stick that horse back in the barn.
Move your gear out of the bunkhouse.
Move it where?
The lodge.
Why?
'Cause I can't have the
livestock commissioner
living in the bunkhouse.
I'll make the appointment
official tomorrow.
And if you betray me again,
you are dead to me, son. You understand?
Yes, sir. Thank you.
Dad.
I won't betray you. You have my word.
Well, we're about to find
out what that's worth.
Kayce, you and Rip take the wranglers,
start pushing the herd.
We'll be right behind.
All right, let's go.
Keep an eye on him.
You know I will.
I'm, uh
I'm sorry about the Commission.
It's just not me.
You're my son.
I know exactly who you are.
And don't you ever be sorry for it.
We're ready here, boss.
[COWS LOWING]
Nothing prettier on this earth.
It's as free as a man can be.
Makes you wonder
Who's gonna feed this world
when there's none of us left.
Nobody, Lloyd.
World's just gonna go hungry.
Zorro, Pedro
[MUSIC]
I'll head back to the ranch.
You guys good?
- Yeah.
- Enjoy.
This how they used to do it, Grandpa?
Just like this.
Why don't you run up there,
see if you can steal some
of the last kindling?
They have a cease and desist order.
State court has no authority here.
- Get them out of here.
- State court didn't issue it.
Circuit court out of Helena.
Are you council for Chairman Rainwater?
- I am Chairman Rainwater.
- Huh.
Ellis Steele, my firm is
representing Market Equities.
It would be best if you spoke
through legal council.
I'll speak for myself.
Without council present or advising,
you could claim lack of capacity
and the court could nullify any
agreement suggested or implied.
Are you saying I'm incapable
of understanding you when you speak?
Unclear at the moment.
But I can assure you this:
When I'm done,
my client's position
will be perfectly clear.
Look at you guys.
I thought moving the
class outside for a day
would get you off your phones,
but you're still staring
at your tiny screens.
Liking photos of people
you've never met,
commenting on their lives
while they comment on yours.
Do you have any idea what is happening
in the world you live in?
Do you think that the
photo on your screen
has anything to do with that world?
The world you live in
is slowly shrinking.
There is a tiny a group
of men who are buying it
and stripping it naked and
selling you what they extract.
They are raping your world and
selling you what they take.
I mean, they sell you
the water you drink,
the air you breathe
and you line up for it like sheep.
They will kill your brother
and steal your child
and pollute everything you love.
And you'll never notice
because you're so hypnotized
by a world that doesn't exist.
[SIGHS] Well
What a waste of my fucking time.
You know, houses are like boats:
they need to be Christened.
Well, the thought's crossed my mind.
To your new house.
Mmm.
Thank you.
[MUSIC]
Just kidding.
Oops.
Let me pour you another.
No, no, no, you don't.
I'll take that one. Come here, honey.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[WOLVES HOWLING]
Don't worry about that wolf, mamas.
I won't let him get to you.
[COWS LOWING]
Dad's not back yet.
Not coming back.
He's with the herd tonight.
He got the easy job.
[WOLF HOWLS]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
Hey. Hey. Hey.
Where are you going?
[CHUCKLES] You're all right. Hm?
You're all right.
So, that wolf, he's out there
walking around by himself,
calling out to his friends
so they always know where he is.
'Cause he's scared?
No.
Wolves don't get scared.
It's not in their genes.
They get weary.
Get smart.
Like people.
Yeah. Like some people.
I have nightmares.
[MUSIC]
Wanna talk about 'em?
Well
I'm in that room.
The floor just disappears
And I fall.
Keep falling.
I scream.
No sound comes out.
No one hears me,
so no one comes to help me.
Know what dreams are?
It's your memories and your imagination
all mixed together in
into this soup of what's real
and what's made up.
But the thing about this soup is:
you can change the ingredients, Tate.
You can put in whatever you want to.
Any memory, any fantasy.
You can You can be a baseball star
who opens Christmas
presents all day long.
Hm?
So, when you close your eyes later
decide what you're gonna dream.
And that'll be the dream.
Have you ever had a nightmare?
I have this one
Where I'm driving down the road
and there's these people pulled over.
I pull over to help, but
They don't want help.
They want something else.
What do they want?
Doesn't matter.
'Cause you changed the ingredients.
That's right, I changed the ingredients.
[MUSIC]
So now it won't come true.
There's a place where
the sun doth shine ♪
And the birds keep time with ♪
Now it won't come true.
That's the home of my Caroline ♪
She's dancing in the sky ♪
[MUSIC]