The Last Cowboy 2024 - New Hallmark Movies 2024 - Hallmark Romance 2024 - Romantic Movies 2024.mp4
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00:00:00Oh
00:00:06This ain't gonna be easy
00:00:08Yep, yep. Yep
00:00:11You sure you're okay?
00:00:13No, I'm not. Okay
00:00:15Me neither
00:00:30Oh
00:01:00Here he is, Lord, Charlie Baxter.
00:01:23Eighty-four years.
00:01:41Good to see you.
00:01:43Hi.
00:01:45Hi, sweetie.
00:01:52Like I said, Lord, here's Charlie Baxter.
00:01:56Eighty-four years he believed in you.
00:01:59But more than that, he figured you believed in him.
00:02:02He lived his life accordingly.
00:02:05Generous to his friends.
00:02:07Strangers, too, for that matter.
00:02:10A loving man.
00:02:12A forgiving man.
00:02:17Well...
00:02:19Charlie lived in a simpler time.
00:02:21The world wasn't so bent on going to heck.
00:02:24He was a lucky man.
00:02:28Amos?
00:02:32You folks might not believe it.
00:02:34I've nothing to say.
00:02:37He said it all when he was here, I reckon.
00:02:40Say the amens, Brother Jordan.
00:02:43In your name we pray, Heavenly Father.
00:02:46For the eternal peace of Charlie Baxter.
00:02:50He's a simple cowboy.
00:02:52Amen.
00:02:53Amen.
00:02:54Amen.
00:02:55Amen.
00:02:58Well...
00:03:17Hello, Mama.
00:03:19It's been a while.
00:03:27Girl, don't go there again.
00:03:29Just let go of it.
00:03:35It's good to see you again, Jake.
00:03:37You too.
00:03:46You know what?
00:03:47Once or twice in life,
00:03:49if you're real lucky,
00:03:50you get the chance to do something bigger and braver than you think you can.
00:03:54This may be one of them times I expect.
00:03:59Well, when life hands you lemons,
00:04:01I always say make lemonade.
00:04:03A little shot of tequila now and then
00:04:05never hurt either with or without.
00:04:07With.
00:04:08Gosh, Amos, I have missed your lemonade.
00:04:11Well, that's one thing to miss.
00:04:14That's yours on the end there, John Williams.
00:04:16I'll be back in a minute.
00:04:18I'll be back in a minute.
00:04:20I'll be back in a minute.
00:04:22I'll be back in a minute.
00:04:24I'll be back in a minute.
00:04:26That's yours on the end there, John Williams.
00:04:28No tequila, no sugar, just plum sour.
00:04:30Just like...
00:04:31Your granddaddy dying to get her home.
00:04:34I'm doing something different with my life.
00:04:37This way of life's never done anything
00:04:39but put people in their graves way ahead of time.
00:04:42Your granddaddy's scared the heck out of a whole century.
00:04:45I was thinking more of Mama.
00:04:57You ever notice how hard it is
00:04:59to impress a fella that owns this many acres
00:05:01of genuine Texas cow patties?
00:05:05Amos, I have missed you.
00:05:07Right back at you, Jake.
00:05:12Sure have spent a big part of our lives
00:05:14out here on this porch.
00:05:16Some of the best parts, anyway.
00:05:20Like old Charlie says,
00:05:22used to say,
00:05:25the best parts of life are
00:05:27the little ones all added up.
00:05:31Look here.
00:05:34We're four of them.
00:05:36Just like I used to.
00:05:46Mama.
00:05:48Grandpa.
00:05:51Why don't you just drag me behind the car like a new rope?
00:05:54Don't go flying off the handle like that, Will.
00:05:58This is Charles Bankston's last will and testament
00:06:01and we're obliged to honor it.
00:06:03Besides, the witness that signed off on it's sitting right there.
00:06:06Jump on Amos.
00:06:07I imagine he did more than witness it.
00:06:09Conspires more than like it.
00:06:11Like it or not, Will,
00:06:13Charlie left his interest to the Dry Creek Ranch
00:06:16to Jacqueline Cooper.
00:06:18Jake, will you retain your late wife's holdings?
00:06:21It all stays in the family.
00:06:23Family.
00:06:24Took somebody dying to get the girl to set foot back on the place.
00:06:28How can I partner up with her when she won't even speak to me?
00:06:32Will, it was Charlie's idea of a joint venture.
00:06:36No, Otis.
00:06:37It was Charlie's idea of having the last word
00:06:39and you darn well know it.
00:06:42What are you laughing at?
00:06:44I could draw up a buy-sell agreement.
00:06:46Draw up a buy-sell agreement?
00:06:48Why don't you just buy out Jake's interest?
00:06:50Disgruntled partners do it all the time.
00:06:53How about you, Jake?
00:06:55Just buy your daddy out.
00:06:57I could draw up the paperwork.
00:06:58Now you hold on one minute, Otis.
00:07:00This ain't no business partnership.
00:07:02It's a family.
00:07:03Not so you'd notice.
00:07:04Would you stop talking about me like I'm not even here?
00:07:07Habit, I guess.
00:07:09It's not for me to tell you how to work this out, Will, Jake.
00:07:13But I can tell you this much.
00:07:15Aside from whatever else you owe,
00:07:18you've got one heck of an inheritance tax breathing down your neck.
00:07:23If you folks can't work together,
00:07:25then that's the end of Dry Creek.
00:07:31I believe I'll have that special lemonade now, Amos.
00:07:34I believe I'll join you.
00:07:44Humming
00:07:50You know, Will, it really isn't all that hard.
00:07:53I don't want him hard.
00:07:54It affects him the way it always did.
00:07:56Not the eggs.
00:07:57Life, John William.
00:07:59You just go down that hall and you wake your daughter up and you tell her...
00:08:04And you tell her that you want to talk.
00:08:07And you just sit down on the edge of the bed
00:08:09and you just tell her you're a side of this.
00:08:11And then you shut your mouth while she tells you her side.
00:08:14You know, try little things, you know, like let her finish a sentence.
00:08:18Just go in there and for once,
00:08:20try to act like you don't think.
00:08:23Things always have to be your way or the highway.
00:08:42Amos says breakfast is on the table getting cold.
00:08:46You coming?
00:09:12John William.
00:09:14Old Charlie didn't set this deal up to provoke another family fight.
00:09:19He was hoping for a family reconciliation.
00:09:22That's gonna take the two of you.
00:09:25Come on, call her.
00:09:26I don't know how to use that thing.
00:09:28Well, it ain't that hard.
00:09:29Just punch in a number.
00:09:30I don't know her number.
00:09:32Well, if you ain't gonna call the girl,
00:09:34maybe you better put your thinking cap on.
00:09:37Because this time the bank may not let you roll your note over and play dead.
00:09:41They haven't had a problem with it a dozen years, Amos.
00:09:43Why should they now?
00:09:45Maybe you don't owe the bank enough money.
00:09:49Maybe that's the problem.
00:09:51You just need to go down to the bank
00:09:53and convince them that they made a terrible mistake
00:09:56by loaning you the money in the first place.
00:09:58You certainly have a strange point of view, Amos.
00:10:00Yeah, well, when you ain't the lead dog,
00:10:02that's the point of view you get.
00:10:04Maybe it's the work of my headaches.
00:10:06But this liniment's not doing a bit of good for this old horse's leg.
00:10:10I told you I can stop them headaches,
00:10:12and I don't need no liniment.
00:10:14That's funny coming from you.
00:10:16You are the headache most of the time.
00:10:18If you'd only just...
00:10:19Look, Amos.
00:10:20She quit on me twice.
00:10:22First time eight years ago,
00:10:24second time two weeks ago.
00:10:26I'm not calling her.
00:10:28And I'm not letting you do my banking.
00:10:32You're not gonna be any foot rubbing, so deal with it.
00:10:42Relax, Amos.
00:10:43Bill collectors don't drive fancy cars like that.
00:10:46California license plate.
00:10:50I believe the girl has come home.
00:10:52Why would she be driving a car like that?
00:10:57Ha-ha-ha!
00:10:59I told you!
00:11:01I knew it! I knew it!
00:11:03Did you have to go back and gather up your stuff, huh?
00:11:18His name's Billy.
00:11:26Come on.
00:11:34You're coming, you're going.
00:11:36What's going on, girl?
00:11:38You waltz out of here while they're still shoveling dirt on your mama's grave,
00:11:42and you waltz back in eight years later like nothing ever happened.
00:11:46Only something did happen, didn't it?
00:11:48Yep, you're right.
00:11:49Billy.
00:11:50Charles William Cooper happened.
00:11:53Where's the father?
00:11:55You know, nothing I ever said then ever mattered.
00:11:58Nothing I'm gonna say now is gonna matter,
00:12:00so the way I see it, it doesn't really matter, does it?
00:12:04All right, let's just get this over with, then.
00:12:06The land's worth little or nothing after five years of drought and taxes.
00:12:10The taxes have gone sky high.
00:12:13House $5,000, earnest money.
00:12:16Why, we'd dicker the details.
00:12:18How about $50,000, that is, earnest money?
00:12:2390 days till closing, water, mineral rights.
00:12:26Seller, that's you, pays for the environmental study.
00:12:30Here's my check for $50,000.
00:12:33It's good, don't worry. You can call the bank.
00:12:38Where'd you get this kind of money?
00:12:40How the heck are you gonna get the rest?
00:12:42Same way I got this. Worked my back off for it.
00:12:48Hope you've got some tape. You're gonna need it.
00:12:50Hi.
00:12:52Oh, hey, Bug.
00:13:01You're my Grandpa Will, aren't ya?
00:13:05I'm Charles. That's a great grandpa.
00:13:08And William, that's a you. Right, Mama?
00:13:13You can call me Billy.
00:13:17How you doing, Billy? Good to know you.
00:13:23Get him out of the brush back there.
00:13:25I don't need any educated guesses. I need an accurate count.
00:13:28You fellas take the northern pasture and Gabe and I...
00:13:32Yes.
00:13:34We'll take the river section.
00:13:40Where you going, Will? Them boys can do the count.
00:13:43You and me supposed to go up...
00:13:45Get your co-conspirator to help you out.
00:13:47See if she's got it in her.
00:13:53It's Morgan and Lucky. They're here.
00:14:05Hi.
00:14:07Hey, tiger. How you doing?
00:14:10Hey. Hey. How'd we do?
00:14:13You're half a day early. Yeah, I know.
00:14:15How'd Lucky do? Oh, he did just fine.
00:14:17He got all the rest of the animals.
00:14:19Hey, buddy. Easy.
00:14:26That's it. That's it.
00:14:28Wow. That's good.
00:14:33Second stone. All right. I've been working on it all morning.
00:14:36I helped. Yes, you did.
00:14:38Sure you did, Billy.
00:14:40Hey, how you doing?
00:14:42I'm good.
00:14:45Like I always told you, Will,
00:14:48there's a whole lot more to that girl than you've been willing to see.
00:14:53I've got a feeling things are gonna get real interesting around here.
00:15:04Hey.
00:15:06Hey.
00:15:08Hey.
00:15:10Hey.
00:15:13Hey, Grandpa.
00:15:15Maybe Mama will let you ride Lucky.
00:15:18We'll see, Billy.
00:15:36Take it.
00:15:38Seems like every time prices are down, we're between a rock and a hard place.
00:15:41We've been beat up in the last three auctions.
00:15:43Well, look at it like this, Will.
00:15:45We ain't the only ones taking a beating.
00:15:47Half the brands in the hill country are milling around out here.
00:15:50That's true. Come on, boy. Here you go.
00:15:53Half those people are selling off land as fast as they're selling off cattle.
00:15:58Sell 1,000 acres and save 1,000.
00:16:01Here you go.
00:16:03Now, let's cover our feed bill for the last month.
00:16:08Time's always changing, Will.
00:16:10Yeah, not on Dry Creek, by golly.
00:16:12You said anything to Jake?
00:16:14Said anything to Jake about what?
00:16:17Oh, Jake.
00:16:19You know, ranching stuff, heifer stuff, bull stuff.
00:16:22We ain't got no money stuff.
00:16:24What are you talking about?
00:16:27Amos?
00:16:29Just how bad is it?
00:16:33What, nobody's gonna answer my question?
00:16:35Grandpa Charlie was a heck of a cowboy.
00:16:38Just wasn't much of a businessman.
00:16:40And you are.
00:16:41We're starting to work it out.
00:16:43You know, it's a little late to start working this out, don't you think?
00:16:47Things didn't go to heck when Grandpa died.
00:16:49They went to heck when you were out on the rodeo circuit six months out of every year.
00:16:52Did it ever occur to you that the rodeo winnings is what kept the Dry Creek afloat through the drought years?
00:16:57You don't think I was out there riding bulls and broncs for belt buckles, do you?
00:17:01I know what you're thinking.
00:17:03Prodigal son returns home, try to take over.
00:17:06Somebody sure as heck has to.
00:17:08You know something, I wish to gosh you were the prodigal son returning.
00:17:12I'd knock you on the ground right now.
00:17:15I wish to gosh I was the prodigal son, too, because I would have knocked you on the ground eight years ago when you unplugged my mama.
00:17:25Let's go, Billy.
00:17:37Let's go.
00:17:44How did I get so lucky after finding you?
00:17:47I guess you found me, huh, boy?
00:17:50That's the way it should be.
00:17:52Show your mama.
00:17:53Okay.
00:17:58There you go, spoiling him.
00:18:00He's worth spoiling.
00:18:02Lookie, Mama.
00:18:03That's great, Billy.
00:18:07That is one fine looking piece of horse flesh.
00:18:10What are you going to do with it?
00:18:12Oh, it's what I've already done with him, Amos.
00:18:14He's fast.
00:18:15He's a winner.
00:18:16Is that so?
00:18:18Believe it or not, we were building up quite a reputation out on the west coast.
00:18:22Lucky running, me training.
00:18:25My plan was to use my winnings to set up a training facility with a rehab center for injured horses.
00:18:30I was this close.
00:18:32So why'd you walk away from that and come back to the hill country?
00:18:35I truly wish I could tell you, Amos, but I don't know myself.
00:18:40Oh, sure you do.
00:18:44Billy, you all right?
00:18:50Where did you get this buckle?
00:19:06Come here.
00:19:25Here, Mama.
00:19:27I never want you to come in here again, you understand?
00:19:30This isn't our stuff.
00:19:35Come here. Hey.
00:19:38I'm not mad at you.
00:19:41Okay? I just want you to understand that this stuff doesn't belong to us.
00:19:45It's his.
00:19:47It belongs to Grandpa?
00:19:49Yeah.
00:19:51These things are very important to him.
00:19:53They're his.
00:19:58Sorry, Mama. I thought they were yours, too.
00:20:05Come on.
00:20:12Come on. Let's go.
00:20:27It's wildfire whiskey by a half-leaf as they come into the stretch.
00:20:30Cover that draft.
00:20:32Come on, Lucky. Come on, Lucky.
00:20:35That's our horse.
00:20:37Go, Lucky.
00:20:41Go, Lucky. Go.
00:20:43That's a good horse, Jake.
00:20:45Oh, again.
00:20:47Come on, Lucky.
00:20:53What a race.
00:20:56A black horse has been out of the gate five times, folks.
00:20:58Three wins any place twice.
00:21:00Looking back, Lucky has owned and trained...
00:21:02Now, like I said, that's good horse flesh, honey.
00:21:04You've done good.
00:21:06I'll tell you, all the people I've ever worked with,
00:21:08I've never met anybody who could train a horse like she does.
00:21:11She's got some real talent.
00:21:13What do you think of your girl's horse, Mr. Cooper?
00:21:15I think that horse must come from some pretty good bloodlines.
00:21:19Like the daughter, sir.
00:21:21You staying around these parts, Morgan?
00:21:24Yeah, yeah, I think I might, uh,
00:21:26check out this hill country of yours.
00:21:28Yeah, the Chamber of Commerce ought to hire your daughter, sir.
00:21:31She's not talking horses. She's talking Texas.
00:21:33Texas, huh?
00:21:38Um...
00:21:40I think I'm gonna have to get going.
00:21:42It's getting kind of late.
00:21:44Thanks again, Morgan, for bringing Lucky
00:21:46and for bringing the video of his last race.
00:21:48I know you didn't get a chance to see him before you left,
00:21:50and I thought your dad would get a kick out of it.
00:21:54There you go.
00:21:55Okay.
00:21:57It's good to meet you, son. You come back again, all right?
00:22:00Come back all the time.
00:22:02There's always a sideshow going on around here.
00:22:04I appreciate it.
00:22:05Pleasure, Mr. Cooper.
00:22:07Yeah.
00:22:08See you, Billy.
00:22:10Well, don't just stand there, girl.
00:22:12Walk the man out to his truck.
00:22:14Ain't you a liberated woman?
00:22:16Ha-ha!
00:22:19Huh? Huh? Huh?
00:22:22I've forgotten how beautiful this place can be.
00:22:32You, uh...
00:22:34You better get going.
00:22:36Go.
00:22:43Morgan...
00:22:46We've, uh, been friends for a long time.
00:22:52Let's not mess it up.
00:22:54Before I met you,
00:22:56I thought I was a pretty good trainer.
00:22:59But you taught me
00:23:02that the first thing you teach a horse is to trust you.
00:23:06Now, does that work for people, too?
00:23:16I don't get to see you.
00:23:18Take it easy.
00:23:22I thought you were sticking around.
00:23:25The country's pretty big, isn't it?
00:23:46What?
00:23:48Did I say anything?
00:23:51I know what you're thinking.
00:23:53No, Morgan's not Billy's dad.
00:23:56No, he's not my boyfriend.
00:23:58No, he's not gonna be my boyfriend, either.
00:24:00You know what I was thinking, Jake?
00:24:02I was thinking that standing out here in this moonlight,
00:24:06you look just like your mama.
00:24:09I do?
00:24:11She always had this certain look in her eye,
00:24:14like she knew some secret
00:24:16that me and Will were never gonna figure out.
00:24:20Oh, me and Will used to shovel it at her.
00:24:23She loved every minute of it, too.
00:24:25She could dish it back just as good as we could shovel it at her.
00:24:29That's not how I remember it, Amos.
00:24:31Well, it ain't the kind of thing
00:24:33that a little kid can understand.
00:24:37You know,
00:24:39you never have really understood
00:24:41just how much they loved each other.
00:24:45It's funny how
00:24:47some people can find so much love,
00:24:51other people just can't get it right.
00:24:57After Billy's dad,
00:25:01gosh, I just gave up on it.
00:25:05I don't have the time or energy for that stuff.
00:25:15Mom loved her roses, didn't she?
00:25:19When your ma and pa first got married,
00:25:22she planted about a dozen fancy rose bushes.
00:25:27They burned in the summer,
00:25:29froze in the winter.
00:25:30The deer ate them, the bugs ate them.
00:25:32No matter how hard she tried,
00:25:33they always come up looking like a bunch of sticks.
00:25:36Roses out here everywhere, Amos.
00:25:38Well, you see,
00:25:40your daddy thought them rose bushes
00:25:41was a pain in the back,
00:25:43so his idea was just to smother them out.
00:25:46So when we dug that north stock pond,
00:25:48he took a whole truckload of dirt
00:25:50and brought it down here
00:25:51and dumped it right on top of them sticks.
00:25:53Of course, that just happened to be
00:25:55some of the best fertilized dirt in the hill country.
00:25:58So nature took its course,
00:25:59and next thing you know,
00:26:01Sarah's roses was popping up out of the cow patties.
00:26:06Your daddy was mad as a hornet, too.
00:26:09But she thought he hung the moon.
00:26:13She didn't know he was trying to kill him?
00:26:16John William may be ornery,
00:26:18but he ain't stupid.
00:26:20He planted two more long rose for her.
00:26:26That just happened to be the same year you were born.
00:26:31You know,
00:26:33if you can turn loose of that anger,
00:26:36that pain,
00:26:39you might find time and energy for that love.
00:26:44But I'm telling you,
00:26:46if you don't, you're gonna need to get a clock
00:26:48and some vitamins.
00:26:50If you don't get that stuff right,
00:26:52ain't nothing else ever gonna matter.
00:27:01Come on.
00:27:18What's going on?
00:27:20There's nothing wrong with this road.
00:27:22Maybe not for you,
00:27:23but I'm not gonna risk exercising lucky
00:27:25with these rats in the road.
00:27:27What's with the silver?
00:27:29I don't know.
00:27:31I just want Billy to see it.
00:27:33Can I ride with you, Grandpa? Can I, Mama?
00:27:36I thought you were gonna help me upgrade the road.
00:27:38Sure you can, son.
00:27:40All right, and be careful.
00:27:42Take good care of him.
00:27:43I will.
00:27:45Okay, let's get in the car.
00:27:47Hold on to that horn.
00:27:49Okay.
00:27:52Let's go, Grandpa. Bye, Mom.
00:27:59Let's go.
00:28:17Oh, shit!
00:28:19That's more like it.
00:28:24Hey, Will, that girl sure knew what she was doing
00:28:26when she bought that big black horse.
00:28:29Oh, shit.
00:28:36Well, Mr. Cooper,
00:28:39I've been trying to track you down all day.
00:28:42Well, we've been right here for five generations.
00:28:45Shouldn't have been that hard.
00:28:47I heard your daughter was home.
00:28:49That should speed things up.
00:28:51Bob Sanchez, Sanchez Realty,
00:28:53out of San Antonio, Austin.
00:28:56My condolences on your loss, Mr. Cooper.
00:28:59But now that Mr. Bankson's passed on,
00:29:01AmeriDeal is prepared to make more or less one last offer.
00:29:04And what would that be exactly?
00:29:06More or less? Which is it?
00:29:08Mr. Cooper, we're giving you a very fair offer.
00:29:11More than fair when you consider the current circumstances
00:29:14in the ranching business and market conditions.
00:29:16Mr. Sanchez, are you trying to buy acreage from the Dry Creek?
00:29:19No, Ms. Cooper, we're trying to buy all of the Dry Creek.
00:29:22Land, improvements, implements, livestock.
00:29:25AmeriDeal wants the whole operation, lock, stock and barrel.
00:29:28Well, for the last time, Mr. Sanchez,
00:29:31the Dry Creek is not for sale, and it's not going to be for sale.
00:29:34It's not going to be divided up into them ten-acre ranchettes,
00:29:38and it's not going to be a tax write-off for some big corporation.
00:29:42The truth, Ms. Cooper, you can sell or lose it.
00:29:46The sale to AmeriDeal has a lot to offer.
00:29:49And it assures the rest of your years will be a lot more comfortable.
00:29:57You see that hill right there, Mr. Sanchez?
00:30:00That's known as Liberty Hill.
00:30:02The town's named after it.
00:30:04A bunch of folks buried up there just happened to be my kin.
00:30:08They made it through a lot of different wars,
00:30:11diseases that no one even thinks about anymore,
00:30:13drought, pestilence, the Great Depression.
00:30:15They were stewards of the land.
00:30:17They were stewards of the land.
00:30:19They passed it on, the care of it, the love of it.
00:30:22And that's what we're going to do.
00:30:24The girl and me, we're going to pass it on.
00:30:27That's the way it works, my pal.
00:30:29Mr. Cooper, well, this is the new millennium.
00:30:35You've got to stop looking back over your shoulder and look ahead.
00:30:38And you're going to be hit with an inheritance tax
00:30:40that's probably 35% of what this whole place is worth.
00:30:45Between you and me, Mr. Sanchez,
00:30:48I'd like nothing more than to give it up,
00:30:50spend the last of my days in a lap of luxury.
00:30:53But between you and me, it'd be downright embarrassing
00:30:55to be the only one who didn't die of a little stress.
00:30:58And I'm not planning on being the one
00:31:00who, after five generations, dropped the ball.
00:31:03No, sir.
00:31:06You're the last of your kind, Will Cooper.
00:31:10My hat's off to you for going down fighting.
00:31:13But go down, you will.
00:31:22You better talk some sense into your father
00:31:24now that he'll lose this place to the bank and the tax man
00:31:27and get nothing in return.
00:31:29Take care, now.
00:31:35He's telling the truth, isn't he?
00:31:37We're a little behind on the note.
00:31:39Ira Collins down at the bank.
00:31:41He's been rolling the Dry Creeks balloon note over
00:31:43for 10, maybe 12 years.
00:31:45One more rollover is not going to make or break him or us.
00:31:48We'll pay the interest a little on the principal,
00:31:50and the tax man, well, he'll have to less pay that off, too.
00:31:53Why am I just now hearing about this?
00:31:55Jake, I just wanted to spare you.
00:31:57Spare me? Don't do me any favors, all right?
00:32:00I am my mother's daughter, after all.
00:32:02I'm sorry.
00:32:32I'm sorry.
00:32:49All right, they're making it work out in California,
00:32:52and it'll work here, too.
00:32:54You just need to listen to me with an open mind.
00:32:57You drive a pickup truck.
00:32:59You think of your horses as tools.
00:33:01There's a whole world of people out there
00:33:03who buy those 10-acre ranchettes,
00:33:05drive Lincoln Navigators on semiannual leases,
00:33:07and think of their pleasure horses as big investments.
00:33:10Those people take care of their investments.
00:33:12That is where we come in,
00:33:14the Dry Creek Training Stable and Equine Rehabilitation Center.
00:33:20Specifications, pro forma.
00:33:22Oh, I see. You've been talking to Amos.
00:33:25Going to go in to hock up to your eyeballs
00:33:27to get out of hock up to your butt?
00:33:29Right now, the future of this place
00:33:31is held together the same way as it was in the past,
00:33:33with rusted barbed wire and rotted rubber bands.
00:33:36There's room here for a horse operation.
00:33:38This has been a cattle operation ever since it started,
00:33:41and that's the way it's going to wind up.
00:33:43I'm going to talk to Ira Collins at the bank tomorrow,
00:33:45and we'll do what we've always done. It's just that simple.
00:33:48You know, that might work for you,
00:33:50but sure as heck doesn't work for me.
00:33:52Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.
00:33:55There's one thing for sure.
00:33:57We're not going to be doing it just your way.
00:33:59And for the record, I haven't eaten beef in six years.
00:34:02I'm a vegetarian.
00:34:04I don't believe in killing animals.
00:34:06I'm into healing them.
00:34:28I'm sorry.
00:34:45I'm talking to a nationwide network of trainers and managers,
00:34:48all in desperate need of rehabilitation for their horses.
00:34:51That's where the training and rehab facility comes in.
00:34:53Up and running in 90 days, near immediate cash flow.
00:34:56Ira, you and I both know the cattle market's got no place to go but up.
00:35:00Now, we did all right with that Angus Herbert cross.
00:35:03We just need a little more time to get the mix right,
00:35:06and we'll pay off this note once and for all, but for now...
00:35:09Look, it sounds like a good plan, Will, but this is now.
00:35:13And right now, I can't give you the time,
00:35:15not even if you reduce the principal by 50%.
00:35:18Look, this is an up-and-coming trend.
00:35:20We tie in with the big restaurant chain, maybe too.
00:35:23Feed and sell exclusively at a predetermined price per pound?
00:35:27There's no risk in it?
00:35:28If you would just look at the proposal, Mr. Collins, it's all there.
00:35:31An integrated and complementary concept for the horse operation.
00:35:34I'm telling you, service the horse lover.
00:35:36That is where the money is.
00:35:39I must say, I'm impressed. Very.
00:35:42I've never seen a better pro forma cash flow analysis
00:35:45on a horse ranching operation.
00:35:47It's all beautifully laid out.
00:35:49It's all here in black and white.
00:35:51The trouble is, uh,
00:35:53I can't get approval for any additional loan commitments
00:35:56until and unless you make a substantial reduction in the current note.
00:36:01You're already holding our land and improvements as collateral
00:36:04worth far more than what we're asking.
00:36:06Miss Cooper, Jay,
00:36:08we're here to talk about the Dry Creek's current obligations.
00:36:12This will work, Mr. Collins. It's cutting edge.
00:36:15Look, all right, girls, set her piece.
00:36:18Now, you and I have to talk some turkey.
00:36:20I simply came here to roll a note.
00:36:22Now, let's get to it.
00:36:25Like I said, Jay, it's all very well thought out.
00:36:28No argument.
00:36:29And if you'd had this plan a year ago, before...
00:36:42I can't do it, Will.
00:36:46Not this time.
00:36:47If I did it for you, I'd have to be doing it for them,
00:36:50and we'd all go to heck.
00:36:52You, me, and them.
00:36:54Well, that'd be a darn shame, wouldn't it?
00:36:56I would have to help them.
00:36:58Rex over there, didn't his daddy do the carpentry work on these teller cages?
00:37:02And Fausto, his daddy split the first oil well in Colorado County?
00:37:06Saved this very bank from going belly-up back in 31.
00:37:09Charlie Bank's in the Dry Creek.
00:37:11He stayed on the board of this bank, served on it till the day he died.
00:37:15Till the day he died, them is what made Liberty Hill.
00:37:18And, I might add, kept you on the job for over 25 years.
00:37:22It's not the same Liberty Hill, Will.
00:37:25Newcomers aren't farmers or ranchers.
00:37:28Times change, people change, banking changes to keep the pace.
00:37:32Will, ranching has changed.
00:37:36When I married Sarah,
00:37:38old Charlie Bankston made me make three promises.
00:37:42To love that woman with all my heart,
00:37:45to always wear a clean shirt in my camp,
00:37:49and to always pay my debts.
00:37:51And I'll keep that promise till the day I die.
00:37:58Now, we just gotta get through this.
00:38:00What do you want me to do?
00:38:02Now, we just gotta get through this.
00:38:04What do you want me to do, Ira? Just tell me.
00:38:07Just pay it off, Will.
00:38:09It's been due ten times over.
00:38:12We're not on the good old boy system anymore.
00:38:18Tell me something, Ira.
00:38:20Have we changed?
00:38:22You, me?
00:38:24Yeah.
00:38:30Would 50,000 buy me half a year?
00:38:37120 days?
00:38:41Come on, Ira.
00:38:45I can maybe get you another 90,
00:38:49if I apply it to principle.
00:38:54Okay.
00:39:02Well, what did you good old boys come up with?
00:39:05We talked it over and worked it out like we always do.
00:39:08Put another band-aid on a gushing artery?
00:39:11Sounds like a good solid business plan to me.
00:39:15You know, after all that work I did,
00:39:18he didn't really look at it. He just sort of dismissed it.
00:39:20You, you're a two of a kind, you know that?
00:39:23And for you, you...
00:39:26Ira ought to be fired or retired.
00:39:29You just don't understand the system, young lady.
00:39:31Ira's a good sort.
00:39:33He's just stuck between a rock and a hard place like the rest of us.
00:39:36He's the biggest jughead in five counties, if you ask me.
00:39:39I thought you thought I held that honor.
00:39:43I hadn't met Ira Collins.
00:39:45You want the post office or the feed store.
00:39:48No matter what the bank says, we still got bills to pay.
00:39:51Feed store.
00:39:53Pick me up in front of the post office.
00:39:55I'll be the one with his pockets turned inside out.
00:39:59Not used to dry creek folk calling ahead with their order.
00:40:03Miss Cooper.
00:40:05Jake.
00:40:06Welcome to the cell phone generation, Dabney.
00:40:09We'll get somebody out to load you as fast as we can.
00:40:13Your order's all set up, Morgan.
00:40:16Anything else we can do for you?
00:40:18Yeah, Dabney, one more thing.
00:40:22Thanks.
00:40:27Here we go.
00:40:28Yeah, give me a second. I'm just making some room here.
00:40:31Hey, let me give you a hand.
00:40:33Morgan?
00:40:35Hello, Jake.
00:40:37What are you doing here?
00:40:39I got bills to pay. Excuse me.
00:40:42Get this truck loaded right up for you.
00:40:45Listen, if you had it in your...
00:40:49Listen, if you had it in your head to stick around,
00:40:53I'm sure you'd get a job as a horse trainer somewhere.
00:40:55There's lots of horse ranches.
00:40:57I could put in a good word for you.
00:40:59Here you go, Morgan.
00:41:01We'll keep all the special oats in stock for you from now on.
00:41:04You don't really work here, do you?
00:41:07Yeah, I'll take care of the rest. Thanks.
00:41:19Fuck.
00:41:25I'm coming, old man.
00:41:27Oh, you would not believe what I had to go through to get your dinner.
00:41:41I know. You'll miss Grandpa, too.
00:41:44Come on.
00:41:48Oh, uh...
00:41:50I just saw the clock, and I saw the light was on.
00:41:54I figured I'd better come down here and take a look.
00:41:57You know, uh...
00:41:59Jake...
00:42:01I've been wanting to have a talk with you.
00:42:03Yeah?
00:42:05You know, you need to cut yourself some slack.
00:42:09Nobody can do it all, girl.
00:42:12You just take a look around.
00:42:15There's some really good things happening here.
00:42:18I mean, your home.
00:42:21Billy's a fine little boy.
00:42:24And that big old black horse of yours is really something else.
00:42:28He's fast.
00:42:30You know, the day when you were working him out,
00:42:32I thought for a minute my watch was busted.
00:42:36Must have set you back a pretty penny, huh?
00:42:39I bought him with the money Mom left me.
00:42:43That's kind of putting all your eggs in one basket, huh?
00:42:46It's the only basket I had.
00:42:48Besides, he didn't cost that much.
00:42:50Didn't come from champion bloodlines.
00:42:53Nobody believed him but me.
00:42:56I figure Lucky is my ticket to the Promised Land.
00:43:03You know, Jake...
00:43:05It gets awful lonely in that Promised Land by yourself.
00:43:13Come on.
00:43:26It's hard to imagine all you've been seeing from a horse with no bloodlines.
00:43:31Can I help you two gentlemen?
00:43:33Here's the real reason why he's a winner.
00:43:35Jake Cooper, horse trainer extraordinaire.
00:43:37Jake would like you to meet Alex Kerwin,
00:43:39owner of Rio Abajo Farms over in Travis County.
00:43:42Mr. Kerwin?
00:43:43Ever since Morgan and I partnered up,
00:43:45I've heard nothing but amazing things about you and your horse.
00:43:48I just had to see for myself.
00:43:50Partners? That's fast.
00:43:53Well, I've been needing someone like Morgan for a long time.
00:43:56I know first class when I see it.
00:43:58We train, breed and sell.
00:44:00And of course, I'm always on the lookout for buying the right horse.
00:44:04Yeah, I'm familiar with Rio Abajo Farms.
00:44:07I'll let you know, Mr. Kerwin, Lucky's not for sale.
00:44:10And he's already been in the winner's circle more than once.
00:44:13What Morgan means is the really big winner's circle.
00:44:17Now maybe we can work something out, the three of us.
00:44:21With Morgan being trainer, running under my silks, splitting the profits,
00:44:25you do trust Morgan, I'm sure.
00:44:27Excuse me.
00:44:31You should have known better than to bring him here.
00:44:33Jake, we never even talked about Lucky being for sale until you took a look at him.
00:44:37I only brought him here because...
00:44:39Because he's got the money and you have the time and I have neither, right?
00:44:42Your little partnership looks like it could solve all my problems, is that it?
00:44:45Well, exactly, Miss Cooper, exactly.
00:44:49Alex, we've seen what we've come here to see.
00:44:55Miss Cooper.
00:44:57You know, Morgan, I can fight my own battles.
00:45:03I didn't bring Alex here to make an offer on Lucky.
00:45:05He's seen the videos, he took one look at him, he knew he was a winner.
00:45:08That's his business.
00:45:10I brought him here because I wanted him to meet the amazing woman
00:45:13who took a no-blood line skittish cult and turned him into a winner.
00:45:17I'm gonna find Saddle here, item 24 on your list.
00:45:20It's Maine and Joker.
00:45:22That's the mouth of it.
00:45:24Last name is Mickey Lyon.
00:45:25Saddle's the one they worn out.
00:45:26That's the first of the four.
00:45:27Five points.
00:45:28Man, both of them are funny.
00:45:29100 dollars.
00:45:30We'll go 100 and a half one time.
00:45:31100 and a half.
00:45:32We'll go two and a half.
00:45:33We'll go two and a half.
00:45:34We'll go two and a half.
00:45:35We'll go two and a half.
00:45:36We'll go two and a half.
00:45:37We'll go two and a half.
00:45:38We'll go two and a half.
00:45:39We'll go three and a half.
00:45:40We'll go three and a half.
00:45:41We'll go three and a half.
00:45:42We'll go four.
00:45:43Go four one time.
00:45:44We'll go three and a half.
00:45:45We'll go four.
00:45:46Go four one time.
00:45:47We'll go 50.
00:45:48We'll go 50 one time.
00:45:49Times must be tougher than I thought.
00:45:52This ain't that much of a crowd.
00:46:05You wanna go play, Billy, you can.
00:46:07Stay where I can see you, okay?
00:46:10Remember, Billy, stay where I can see you.
00:46:12Okay.
00:46:15Right, Chandra, it's the hottest item Matt just auctioned.
00:46:19Wonder how high that bidding's gonna go.
00:46:28Jack, what?
00:46:29It is you, isn't it?
00:46:32Stone, hi.
00:46:33Oh, my, my.
00:46:35You're the spitting image of your mom.
00:46:38Mm-hmm.
00:46:39Where you been keeping yourself?
00:46:41Oh, I've been around.
00:46:43Wow.
00:46:4460 years of hard work to the highest bidder.
00:46:48Oh, well, pay my taxes for one more year.
00:46:52Good afternoon, Jake.
00:46:54Mrs. Stone, this is Morgan Murphy.
00:46:57I know Morgan here.
00:47:00He's been helping me all morning to get this organized.
00:47:03Oh, excuse me, dears.
00:47:07That's my kind of woman.
00:47:11Hannah Stone's my kind of woman.
00:47:13Trouble is, they make darn few of them like that anymore.
00:47:17You sure are making yourself at home here in Liberty Hill.
00:47:21Place is beginning to grow on me.
00:47:23Some nice people.
00:47:25Here we go, folks.
00:47:27The prize of the whole shebang, one of a kind.
00:47:31Here we go, folks.
00:47:33The prize of the whole shebang, one of a kind.
00:47:37What we have here is a classic, folks.
00:47:39It's one of a kind.
00:47:40I bet this beauty's 100 years old if it's a day.
00:47:42Hannah?
00:47:43Hannah Stone, am I right?
00:47:44Sam's granddaddy built it.
00:47:46You heard it, folks.
00:47:47Now, Sam's daddy built it.
00:47:49Granddaddy.
00:47:50Sam's granddaddy built it.
00:47:52I'm sorry.
00:47:53Sam's granddaddy built it.
00:47:54All right, Randy, let's get this show on the road.
00:47:56Now, you heard the lady, folks.
00:47:57This 100-year-plus desk, solid pecan wood,
00:48:00is beyond price.
00:48:02But let's see if we can get close to something fair for it today.
00:48:05All right, who wants to start us out?
00:48:07What do you want to give for it?
00:48:08Who'll go $300?
00:48:09Who'll go $300?
00:48:10$300.
00:48:11Who'll go $400?
00:48:12Do I hear $400 bid?
00:48:13$400.
00:48:14Now, who'll go $500?
00:48:15Who'll go $500?
00:48:16$500.
00:48:17$500 anybody?
00:48:18$500 anywhere?
00:48:19Oh, come on now, folks.
00:48:20Now, we're trying to help a lovely lady give the government its due.
00:48:22They need it more than we do.
00:48:24Now, who'll go $500 one time?
00:48:26Who'll go $500?
00:48:27Who'll go $500?
00:48:28Now, who'll go $600?
00:48:29Who'll go $600 one time?
00:48:30Zachary just in the back now.
00:48:31We're cooking.
00:48:32Let's go $700.
00:48:33We don't want that tax man to win now, do we, folks?
00:48:34Who'll go $700 one time?
00:48:35$700.
00:48:36Now, who'll go, wait, do I hear $800 anywhere?
00:48:37Oh, now, folks, you won't find another like this in all of Texas, or in all the world.
00:48:42Native pecan wood, and I need $800.
00:48:44Now, who'll go $800 one time?
00:48:46Who'll give me $800 bid?
00:48:48Now, folks, you know that this here is a jewel.
00:48:50This one sets the pace.
00:48:52Now, do we come here today to raise money or just eat barbecue?
00:48:55I'm talking to you, Randy.
00:48:56You've still got sauce in your mustache.
00:48:57Now, let's go $800 one time.
00:48:58Who'll go $800?
00:48:59Who'll go?
00:49:00Cole Jordan in the back for $800.
00:49:01Now, who'll go?
00:49:02Do I hear $900 anybody?
00:49:03$900 anywhere?
00:49:04Do I hear $800 going once?
00:49:05$800 going twice?
00:49:06$1,000.
00:49:07$1,000.
00:49:08Now, is that you, Will Cooper?
00:49:09Yep.
00:49:10$1,000 now going once.
00:49:11$1,000 going twice.
00:49:12Come on, folks, let's get a little bit up higher in the saddle, shall we?
00:49:13Let's make it $1,200.
00:49:14$1,200.
00:49:15Anybody going to top that?
00:49:16Anybody anywhere?
00:49:17She's sold right there to Will Cooper for $1,200.
00:49:18Thank you, Will.
00:49:19Now, let's go $1,200.
00:49:20$1,200?
00:49:21That's money we could use.
00:49:22We don't need a desk.
00:49:23Jacob, you don't know what just happened here.
00:49:24You got farther to go than I thought.
00:49:25You ladies need a beer?
00:49:26No, I'm good.
00:49:27I'm good.
00:49:28I'm good.
00:49:29I'm good.
00:49:30I'm good.
00:49:31I'm good.
00:49:32I'm good.
00:49:33I'm good.
00:49:34I'm good.
00:49:35I'm good.
00:49:36I'm good.
00:49:37I'm good.
00:49:38I'm good.
00:49:39I'm good.
00:49:40I'm good.
00:49:41I'm good.
00:49:42I'm good.
00:49:43I'm good.
00:49:44I'm good.
00:49:45I'm good.
00:49:46I'm good.
00:49:47I'm good.
00:49:48I'm good.
00:49:49You two got a beer?
00:49:50Yeah, sure.
00:50:07Amos, we ought to sort out all this old equipment and sell off anything we're not using.
00:50:11We should have an auction.
00:50:13Maybe find out if that trophy saddle of mine is worth anything.
00:50:16You know, Will, what you did for Hannah was mighty fine.
00:50:20But you need to remember, no good deed goes unpunished.
00:50:24We just have to...
00:50:31...put one foot in front of another.
00:50:39Where'd this come from?
00:50:41Smiling Sam's used cars.
00:50:43Where's your little purple love machine?
00:50:46Smiling Sam's used cars.
00:50:48We have bills to pay. They're paid.
00:51:14What in the world are you doing?
00:51:16Acupuncture.
00:51:18If I die, it'll cure him. He's old.
00:51:21But I'll give him some relief.
00:51:23At this point, that's all that can be done, besides hydrotherapy.
00:51:26And I can't pull that off here.
00:51:32I'm sorry.
00:51:34I'm sorry.
00:51:36I'm sorry.
00:51:38I'm sorry.
00:51:40I'm sorry.
00:51:57Oh, come on, Grandpa. Read it again.
00:52:00I don't have to read it. I got it memorized by now.
00:52:03Please?
00:52:05Just not sleepy, are you?
00:52:07Let me see.
00:52:09I think... I think I got the trick.
00:52:23What are you doing, Grandpa?
00:52:25Looking for something, Billy.
00:52:27Grandpa, what are you looking for?
00:52:33Just close your eyes.
00:52:35It's a surprise.
00:52:40Okay.
00:52:42Long, long time ago, he was your mama's.
00:52:45Now he's yours.
00:52:47His name's Buddy.
00:52:49Since you're gonna be up all night,
00:52:51maybe you and him could talk things over, get to know each other.
00:52:55Come on, hop in bed.
00:52:57The both of you.
00:52:59Get in there.
00:53:04Did you talk Mom in bed when she was little?
00:53:08Not often enough, Billy.
00:53:10Is that why she's so mad at you now?
00:53:13No, sir. It's a bunch more complicated than that.
00:53:17There you go.
00:53:25I'm not mad at you, Grandpa.
00:53:28I love you.
00:53:32Good night, son.
00:53:38Humming
00:53:57I didn't know you were...
00:53:59Oh, yeah. I'm just finishing up.
00:54:01I'm calling it quits after I balance my checkbook.
00:54:08Dog barking
00:54:18Here you go, little buckaroo.
00:54:20You finish those, I'll give you some more, okay?
00:54:22Your great-grandpa used to say, waste not, want not.
00:54:24Easy. That's all the syrup we got.
00:54:27Got to think of other folks.
00:54:29That's a novel concept coming from you.
00:54:31Just what's that supposed to mean?
00:54:33The check.
00:54:35Oh, yeah. I've been meaning to talk to you about that.
00:54:37Yeah, that check was for the buy-sell agreement.
00:54:39I was buying you out, remember?
00:54:41You cashed the check.
00:54:43I don't ever remember us coming to an agreement.
00:54:45You got any coffee?
00:54:49Billy, why don't you take one of Amos' biscuits?
00:54:53Bloody bear. Get outside and wait on the porch.
00:54:59Like Grandpa Charlie said, it's a partnership.
00:55:03You put in $50,000.
00:55:05I put in a lifetime of blood and sweat.
00:55:07I'd say that makes us partners.
00:55:09That money bought family 90 days at the bank.
00:55:15Family discuss matters.
00:55:17They talk about their thoughts and their ideas.
00:55:20Their problems.
00:55:22I bought us 90 days, Jake.
00:55:24You bought us 90 days with my money.
00:55:27That's a decision we probably should have made together.
00:55:30You know, you have not changed at all in eight years.
00:55:34If you would just for once stop and listen...
00:55:37Grandpa, there's a man sitting on the porch.
00:55:40At this time of the morning?
00:55:42Who is it, Billy?
00:55:43Just sitting there.
00:55:45It's home in the fall, my grandpa.
00:55:47Excuse me.
00:55:49Billy, honey, come finish your breakfast.
00:55:57Ira.
00:55:59Morning, Will.
00:56:01I couldn't bring myself to knock at being so early.
00:56:05You look like you just run over your favorite cow dog, Ira.
00:56:08What's happened?
00:56:11I should have called you last night, but...
00:56:15I couldn't make myself do it.
00:56:18What's wrong?
00:56:21They let me go, Will.
00:56:2425 years, and they let me go.
00:56:28They can just do that.
00:56:31Yeah, you know, I get the pension and all, but...
00:56:34it wasn't my choosing.
00:56:37And neither was the other, Will.
00:56:41I told them it was a promise.
00:56:44I told them we had a deal.
00:56:47Northern Lights Bank Shares is...
00:56:50calling the note on the Dry Creek.
00:56:54I'm sorry, Will.
00:57:00You want some breakfast, Ira?
00:57:03You've come a long way to get out here.
00:57:24I know just what you mean, my grandson and son.
00:57:28Irene, can you tell me who took over Ira Collins' job?
00:57:32Well, that'd be Mr. Wainwright, Jack Wainwright from...
00:57:35Seattle, Washington.
00:57:37Where can I find him?
00:57:39Well, he's in the loan committee meeting with all the other...
00:57:41Mr., you can't go in! Mr. Cooper!
00:57:43What we have to focus on this quarter is moving our non-producing loans...
00:57:46out of the portfolios.
00:57:48I had a feeling I'd find you here, Sanchez.
00:57:51We'll talk later, but right now I'm looking for Jack Wainwright.
00:57:53And you would be...?
00:57:55Will Cooper, Dry Creek Ranch.
00:57:57Ah, Mr. Cooper.
00:57:59Well, if you'll just wait out in the lobby.
00:58:01I signed over a check for $50,000.
00:58:03In return, I was promised 90 days' grace to sell off stock...
00:58:06and pay a note.
00:58:08Now, what happened to my $50,000?
00:58:10Dry Creek Ranch, yes.
00:58:12Duly applied to the balance of the loan.
00:58:14A past-due loan, and...
00:58:17insufficient interest.
00:58:20Insufficient to cover that loan.
00:58:22We've decided as a committee to call the note.
00:58:25Well, what happened to my 90 days?
00:58:28What happened to five generations of honest work and trust?
00:58:31Trust on both sides.
00:58:33Mr. Collins had no authority to accept those conditions.
00:58:36Mr. Collins did not and does not represent Northern Lights Bank shares.
00:58:40Your note has been called, and yours isn't the only one.
00:58:43Who made that call? You?
00:58:45Or was it Sanchez over there?
00:58:47Or some outfit called a Maricrook?
00:58:49No, Mr. Cooper, the decision came from Seattle.
00:58:52Now, if you'll just...
00:58:54Dry Creek is gonna be cut up and sold off...
00:58:56for 10 times, 20 times what's owed.
00:58:59Mr. Wainwright, that gives bank robbery a whole new meaning.
00:59:05Disposal of the property will be Seattle's decision.
00:59:08And here's my decision.
00:59:12You sent Matt on to Seattle.
00:59:14You're in Texas now, mister.
00:59:16I'm really sorry, ma'am.
00:59:19We'll talk later, Sanchez.
00:59:47Seattle pulled the plug.
00:59:49We either pay the note or they'll call a collateral.
00:59:52Which means?
00:59:53Means, uh...
00:59:55We're just about done here.
00:59:57Got our work cut out for us?
00:59:59Yes, sir.
01:00:00Where do we start?
01:00:03First, we call the breeding stock.
01:00:07And then we find a buyer for the rest and get the best price we can.
01:00:11Then we flesh out and round up every head of stock on the place.
01:00:14And pray.
01:00:17Amos, your horse needs a ride.
01:00:19I believe he does.
01:00:41Let's go.
01:01:11Got it.
01:01:41Get up right there!
01:01:45Come on in there!
01:01:46Get up!
01:01:48Get in there!
01:01:51Get up!
01:01:52Get up!
01:01:53Get up!
01:01:54Get up!
01:01:55Get up!
01:01:56Get up!
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01:02:03Get up!
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01:02:07Get up!
01:02:08Get up!
01:02:09Get up!
01:02:10Get up!
01:02:12Come on.
01:02:24Atta girl, Jake.
01:02:25You ain't lost your touch.
01:03:10How'd it go boss good enough better get back out there
01:03:40oh
01:04:10That's close enough well not by a long shot our tallies match close enough fuller
01:04:25But I'm gonna be a lot shorter on a head count that I made not more than two weeks ago
01:04:40I
01:04:54Can't say I'm a bit surprised
01:04:57Disappointed but not surprised
01:05:00Charlie used to say nothing done in a hurry is ever done, right?
01:05:04We're way short here Jake you give me some more time
01:05:08We have to throw in the breeders to even come close Amos what jingle bells John weaves
01:05:13What are we gonna have left in a heck of a collection of cow patties?
01:05:16We're not gonna have anything left to build on what good is land without stock a good stock without lamb
01:05:22What a Charlie's daddy had when he started
01:05:26Rumor was about two dozen head of Russell heifers and a bully bar from somebody whose name he couldn't recollect
01:05:32We can cut your checks in as we weigh that last year loads me tomorrow. We load up the breeding stock
01:05:38And the bull pasture
01:05:39Are you sure that's almost like the end of the trail you heard him?
01:05:44Load him up
01:05:46Let's make a new trail
01:06:08This was Sarah's favorite spot glad she didn't see this
01:06:21What are we celebrating
01:06:23Well, I don't know
01:06:26The end of everything. Well, let's have us a drink to pessimism
01:06:31Maybe the beginning they take the ranch. I'm gonna have to make any more payments on the note. I pay my debts
01:06:37Well, here's to darn fools and pessimists
01:06:48Billy get in the cab of the truck. I get him. Looks like it's moving pretty fast. I get down to the barn
01:07:01That was too close
01:07:06The barn
01:07:12Amos all County fire. Hang on Billy
01:07:24So we got a lightning strike dry Creek Rancho County Road
01:07:36Oh
01:07:48Stay put Billy
01:08:02Stay in the truck don't move. Okay
01:08:06No, I know baby, I'm gonna get him I promise you stay here
01:08:28Okay, calm down buddy
01:08:36Oh
01:08:39Oh
01:08:41Lucky
01:09:04See, all right lock him in if you have to
01:09:11Oh
01:09:41Oh
01:10:02Come on
01:10:11Oh
01:10:41Oh
01:10:55Look at that
01:10:59One that San Antonio July 72
01:11:04Well, that's a darn fool move John William you could have polished it up
01:11:09Fourth of July rodeo, right? Yes, ma'am
01:11:13Here I was born
01:11:15How's that supposed to know you born week early?
01:11:18About all my other birthdays
01:11:21You know fourth of July it's a big rodeo purse
01:11:25Always sent you a present in there. I think once your presents, right?
01:11:29Wanted you to be around like a father
01:11:31It's one thing I always said when I had Billy at least I'd be around for him
01:11:34You know what? I buckle meant so much to me. It's the hardest ride I ever took
01:11:38I spent all my time thinking about your mom. I having my baby you all right to both of you. Just shut the heck up. I
01:11:46Swear heads as hard as green pecans
01:11:49You know, I spent most of my life right here working Dry Creek
01:11:52And I'm doing what I love and I feel like a mighty lucky man, but ranching ain't no easy business
01:11:57It ain't for the faint of heart. You work the good times as well as the bad you're big help
01:12:02If you don't need much sleep, you must don't get your blood in the ball, you know, John William living with you
01:12:08Ain't always been no bed of roses
01:12:10I understand that hard times and burying people you love can make a man tough
01:12:15But this girl's aching inside and she's been given all she's got to help us
01:12:19And what do you do you keep cutting her off at the knees?
01:12:22And as for you jake you ought to understand by now that your daddy's done more with less than any other man around these parts
01:12:28rodeos and all
01:12:29Don't you know he dies a little bit every time you
01:12:33yeah
01:12:34Both of you you're two of a kind
01:12:36Don't you hardheads get it? What happens to all this don't matter
01:12:40What happens to this is what matters?
01:12:43Family, that's all there really is
01:12:57Help us over here fella
01:13:00Hey, we got some stuff we got
01:13:11He's out of icu he's in room 104 now you can stick your head in the door, but only stay a minute
01:13:30Okay
01:13:38You hard-headed old peckerwood you almost let yourself in why don't you get so riled up
01:13:47Please name is wake up. I ain't got anybody to talk to
01:13:56You uh
01:14:00I hate this place
01:14:05I can't remember the worst day. So it's day lost there
01:14:12Girl said some pretty awful things to me that day
01:14:16Said she hate me hate me till the day I die
01:14:20How did it all come to that
01:14:24How the heck did it all come to that
01:14:29Grandpa charlie, he went numb that day, too
01:14:36He didn't want to say goodbye to his baby girl
01:14:42I had to do it. I had to take her off this dirty machine
01:14:51Sarah's never gonna come back. He was not being sarah yet
01:14:56So
01:14:58Not in this world
01:15:04I couldn't just let her lay there
01:15:11Well, anyway, I could talk to jake, but I didn't want her carrying a load of that decision
01:15:20You know, I never thought I'd wind up losing
01:15:25Both of them that day my wife and my daughter
01:15:30Please wake up famous. The good lord didn't bring us as far as to drop us or behind
01:15:36Come on, what's wrong?
01:15:55So
01:16:17They think it was a stroke maybe mild and he's still partially sedated
01:16:26I
01:16:27Don't think you're
01:16:29laid back amos
01:16:31Having a stroke, maybe he'll shake it off
01:16:35A lot of people do
01:16:37Yeah
01:16:40We won't know anything for 24 hours or so, how about you? Are you okay?
01:16:46Gosh, no, i'm not. Okay
01:16:52I uh
01:16:54I don't have any more answers
01:17:01Yeah, you do
01:17:03Hmm
01:17:23Irene
01:17:26Morning will cooper. I heard about the fire and I hope amos is going to be all right
01:17:30I'm looking for that fellow wainwright. He's out of the office at a meeting will all right. Where do I find sanchez?
01:17:37Well, mr. Sanchez does an office here at the bank will is there anybody here that actually runs the place?
01:17:46Will is there
01:17:48I believe that's you will what's me your cell phone. It's ringing. I don't know
01:17:53Room
01:17:58Belongs to amos
01:18:00Answer it for me, will you?
01:18:02Hey, hello
01:18:06It's the hospital will for you
01:18:10Will cooper
01:18:15Thank goodness you're here. Mr. Cooper. How serious is it? Very we've done everything we know how
01:18:21How long has this been going on most of the morning it's getting worse
01:18:25John, william cooper. It's about time you got here
01:18:27Now you tell this jailer here to give me back my pants because we're going home
01:18:31Absolutely out of the question bed rest and monitoring is what was ordered your test will be back
01:18:37You hurting the lady amos turn around get back into bed
01:18:41Before this goes from serious to worse worse. You mean as in dying?
01:18:45Oh, no, no
01:18:46No
01:18:46If you got a feeling somebody needs to do that
01:18:48You do the honors because i'm figuring on sticking around for another 20 years or so just to make people like you and her miserable
01:18:54Now give me my pants. You know what could kill a fella laying around in that bed back there hard as rocks counting the ceiling tiles
01:19:01now will
01:19:02I'm going home. You get me my britches or i'm going like this
01:19:06Wouldn't do to have his back waving in the breeze
01:19:09Get the man his pants i'm getting the doctor. Yeah, you do that. Maybe he knows who stole my britches
01:19:15You know when I was up there in that coma I had the strangest dream
01:19:20I dreamt she was rubbing my feet
01:19:22I'm worried about you. How many fingers you see? I ain't counting fingers
01:19:27What happened to jake? I don't know
01:19:30One minute she's staying in the hospital room door next minute. She's gone. It's like before
01:19:35We're down the parking lot and her old truck just wasn't there
01:19:38Well, it ain't like she just took off will
01:19:45So
01:19:48Whoa
01:19:49Will I wanted to die and stay in the hospital will we're in place this fool think he's going in such a hurry
01:19:56Looks like you're gonna get a chance to ask him. He's turning into dry creek
01:20:15So
01:20:35What the heck's going on here
01:20:39Jake can't sell this place out for money. No, I couldn't and I wouldn't
01:20:45Can somebody tell me what's going on here?
01:20:47Amos who let you out of the hospital?
01:20:49I let myself out jake one of you fellas want to answer his question bygones be bygones. Mr. Cooper
01:20:54Congratulations
01:20:55Congratulations for what?
01:20:57It's going to be a big boost for liberty hill the county and the whole hill country
01:21:01Northern lights bank share is glad to be a part of it what you're looking at
01:21:04Mr. Cooper is phase one of the dry creek training stables and equine rehab center
01:21:08And I am proud to be part of it. Jake. You want to tell your daddy what these guys are talking about?
01:21:14It's my dream it's coming true
01:21:20Okay, lucky here's how this is gonna work you gotta go run your race you're gonna run mine
01:21:28We can do this buddy together we can all do this
01:21:35You want me to take them i'd be happy if you do the honors
01:21:38Please
01:21:42Come on boy
01:21:45Jake
01:21:50We're gonna rebuild the barn I had some new stables right over there that's where the new hydrotherapy pool is gonna go
01:21:56Morgan called mr. Kerwin. He's agreed to be our financial partner put up the seed money
01:22:01For the next two years lucky runs under his silks
01:22:04Wants his winnings and he will win cover our nut he comes back and races for the dry creek
01:22:10When his racing days are over he comes home
01:22:13And his bloodlines start here where he belongs
01:22:16This has always been a cattle ranch
01:22:20You better get your premium beef scheme up and running, huh, daddy
01:22:25South pasture still has 50 head left. We're keeping half the breeding stock in bowls
01:22:35Okay, we'll use your horse for the rest of the afternoon zachariah is yours too come on big fella
01:22:43Morgan look after belly. Will you jake and I got some work to do?
01:22:49Jake let's go for a ride
01:22:56Take a look at the gates