Wanna have a look?
Good afternoon, boy.
Your father was sure first-rate.
I miss him.
I wish I missed him.
You would if you'd known him.
Stay.
Your mom's boyfriend in Iowa, he smoke?
Yeah, a lot.
Did he hit you?
Mostly my mom.
Jimmy. Jimmy, no, no.
My parents scraped and saved to get us out of El Paso.
To get a quiet place, far away from everything.
(Crane) Then they put an interstate through it.
(Jean) This would have killed them.
- I remember your parents. - You do?
- Yeah, they were good people. - What a mess. Did you know Griffin?
Yeah.
He was two years behind me in high school.
Do you know how he died?
Yeah, it was, uh...
Up in Calgary at the stampede. A car accident.
Guess everybody in town knows that.
Well, it was a long time ago.
I was driving, you know.
Guess everybody in town knows that too.
- Well, hello. - Hello.
Well, I'm not so sure I'm happy to see you in here, Einar.
How about a club soda, Eileen?
I can do that for you.
- I hear you have a granddaughter. - Yeah. By God, I do.
How old is she?
She's still shiny. She still expects everything's gonna turn out all right.
- (man) Shit! - That's a good age.
(man) Here, buy yourself a fucking drink.
You're one lucky son of a bitch.
You know those guys?
The one in the hat is Jed Spear's boy, Josh.
And the other guy?
Some dude from the Midwest.
Einar.
- Her ex-boyfriend's in town. - Yeah, I know he is.
He's staying down at the Sage Creek Motel.
Why in the hell didn't you arrest him?
'Cause I can't do anything, except keep an eye on him. Unless he bothers her.
Does she know he's here?
I haven't told her yet.
Look, if he'd been out at your place, I could make that enough.
You'd let me know if he'd been out there bothering you?
Oh, he doesn't bother me one little bit.
- Jesus. - (printer whirs)
Here.
Bad news.
That's 15-2,
15-4...
That's two runs of three and a pair which puts me out.
- I haven't had a decent hand all night. - Well, don't growl. You dealt half of them.
I'm not growling. Give it here.
- You want some help getting to bed? - No, I'll manage that.
I always thought this was one of your best.
Why, thank you.
Ever wish you'd lived a different life rather than living up here and working with me?
No.
I was always happy that I found work that suited me.
Since I was a kid, all I ever wanted to be was a cowboy.
Shit.
- How about now? - Now too.
Mind if I leave Griff here with you for a while till her mother comes home?
There's an errand in town I'd like to run.
Be all right with me if she stayed up here all the time.
Hey.
Be careful with that errand.
(knock at door)
Yeah?
Take it easy, buddy. What do you want?
I'm helping you pack.
You don't know how much I love her.
Your love was written all over her face when she got here.
There's nothing more useless than running after a woman that doesn't want you.
She wanted me to find her. If she didn't, she wouldn't have come back here.
Pull over. Here.
Keep going. I see you back here again, I'll kill you.
You've seen too many westerns, old man.
That doesn't exactly work in your favor.
- You need a ride? - A ride would be fine.
- That man threaten you? - Yeah, he sure as hell did.
Jean Gilkyson's a friend of mine. She doesn't want you here.
- You don't know her like I do. - No, you're right. I don't.
I'll make this simple for you - I don't want you here.
Now, get going.
Is this something we're gonna have to talk a lot about?
No, Einar.
We never have to talk about this again.
Jean?
- What? - Get dressed. I wanna talk to you.
What is it?
Just had a chat with your ex-boyfriend.
Thought you oughta know he was in town.
- You mean Gary's here? - He was.
- Gary's in town? - He left.
Well, we should call Crane.
Crane knows all about it.
- I'm sorry. - Tell me something. I'm a little confused.
By bachelor number one and bachelor number two.
Are you screwing Crane Curtis for protection or sport?
Would you like to ask your daughter how she feels about it?
Don't bring Griff into this. You don't know about her.
- And whose fault is that? - Oh, it's my fault, Einar. Right?
Isn't it my fault? Isn't everything my fault?
Griffin flipped a coin.
What are you talking about?
Griffin flipped a coin and I lost.
So I was the one driving.
It was three o'clock in the morning and we were both tired.
We wanted to make it down to the rodeo in Great Falls.
It was a flipped coin?
What was it - a quarter? Was it a nickel?
- I don't remember what it was. - I wanna know what killed my boy!
I killed him, Einar.
Is that what you wanna hear?
It wasn't the change in our pockets
or the weak-ass coffee or the rain.
It was me.
I fell asleep and I flipped the car six times.
I killed Griffin.
You got no argument from me.
You think it's something I forget?
You think I'm not sick with it every day of my life?
But I tried to keep living and you haven't.
Is that why you hate me so much?
You know, you act like I killed you the day Griffin died.
Well, great.
Lie all the way down and we'll bury you.
What's the matter? You're afraid no one will come to the funeral?
- We'll talk about your leaving tomorrow. - We're done talking.
Just so you know,
I have been trying.
But forgiving...
just isn't easy for me.
Son of a bitch. What the hell did he call it?
What - does he think he's a preacher or some goddamn thing?
Know-it-all.
(Jean) I'm sorry we woke you up so early.
That's OK. I'm not a great sleeper anyway.
Hey, I got a regular mattress out in the storage shed.
Maybe you and I can wrestle it in here after work.
Did you drink the whole bottle?
She left. She walked out of here and took the kid.
That her idea or yours?
I didn't drink the whole thing.
Which side of your ass you want the needle in this morning?
Left.
(winces)
Well, what'd you dream about last night?
I didn't dream at all.
I lay awake all night, wondering if you'd ever stop blaming the world for whatever.
Wondering if you'd be able to hold on to the family you've got.
I managed to hang on to you, didn't I?
Have you ever wondered why I'm the only one left?
Well, I have my boy. I have his memories.
Yeah.
Maybe he'll remember how desperately he wanted to get out of here.
How bad he wanted a life of his own.
If you weren't a cripple, I'd jerk you out and kick your ass.
Oh, talk sense.
I never saw the day you thought you could kick my ass, Einar.
- Einar! - What?
I wanna go see the bear.
You've seen the bear.
- I want you to take me to Angie's. - You're not up to it.
I'm not asking permission, goddamnit! I want a ride!
Well, then call a taxi.
- I'm going back. - What?
I'm staying with my grandpa and Mr. Bradley.
- The hell you are, Griff. - Yes, I am.
No, you're not!
You're not going anywhere. You're staying.
I'm going back, OK?
You make decisions like they don't matter for anybody else but you!
That is not true. I always think about you first.
Then it should start to show.
Griff! Get back here! I'm not gonna say it again.
(Nina) Let her go.
Let her go be with her grandfather for a while.
Do you think I'm a shitty mother?
I think you're doing the best you can.
That's her second-grade picture.
Of your daughter?
Yeah.
We were having a picnic at the river and she went for a swim.
She wanted to practice.
She was a great swimmer.
And I, uh...
I looked away for a minute.
And she was... gone.
She was...
I would do anything to have that minute back.
But I'm never gonna.
- Nina, I'm... - We're not supposed to outlive our kids.
You have to understand that about Einar.
- Where's your mother? - She's staying with Nina.
You walked all the way out here by yourself?
I got hungry.
Want one egg or two? We got a lot to do today.
How about two?
What are we gonna do with that?
You spread it around so we don't have to walk in it.
Here, slide on over here and take the wheel.
- Come on. - I can't drive.
You're not gonna be driving. You're gonna be steering.
Come on. You can do it.
Turn before you get to that fence. Don't touch anything else.
Yeah.
OK.
- Set. - Yeah.
Six o'clock in the morning, I wake up to gunfire.
And I look out the window and everything's shot to hell in the yard.
- Jonesy, it's pottery. - Still, man.
Shouldn't you be catching people who are shooting the neighborhood up?
Why the hell didn't you tell me Gary was in town?
Excuse me.
- I didn't think you'd want to see him. - Well, I had a right to know.
I just... I would have thought you'd had enough of him.
Come on, Crane. Why don't you ask me what you really wanna know?
Why didn't I just walk away the first time he hit me?
Why didn't I just call the police? Right? It's so simple.
- Crane, are you gonna deal with this? - Just give me a second here.
Jean.
(Jonesy) I couldn't care less about his personal problems.
(Griff) There's a buffalo over there. His name is Ronnie.
And then there's two wolves.
Tom and Jerry.
Come on. Look.
Food.
Come on.
Aren't you hungry?
You had enough?
Yeah.
Yeah, I've had all I need.
No, no, no, that's OK.
I gotta run to the feed store for a minute. You think you can fix Mitch some lunch?
Sure.
OK, then.
(Mitch) Einar?
Einar!
- Mitch? - Griff.
- Get Einar for me. - He went to town.
Oh, no.
Do you know where he keeps my medicine?
- In the refrigerator? - Go get it for me.
- Right now? - Quick as you can.
OK.
- OK. - OK. Good girl.
Do you... you know how to load it?
Yeah, just... That's it.
OK.
Pull the pants down, stick it in me and push the plunger down.
(grunts)
Was that OK?
It was so smooth, I thought my mom had done it.
Thank you.
Hey.
Jean.
As it turns out, you're right. I'm a complete asshole.
I never judged you for being with him, though.
You're wrong about that.
You made it stop. You left him.
You wanna know the ugly little truth?
You stay because you don't think you deserve any better.
'Cause you think it's the best you can do.
It's Mr. Bradley.
How you doing?
We can't just leave him there, Einar.
We walked into his business.
Hell, he was just doing what bears do.
We can't punish him for that.
You got to let him go, Einar.
Get him out of that cage.
Don't you lie here and think I can do that.
You know, I can get myself shaved in the morning.
- All the way dressed too. - OK.
Could probably manage to stick myself in the butt with one of those syringes.
But what I can't do is continue to lie here every day and watch you mourn
for a life you think you should have had.
There are people everywhere who think they got dealt a bad hand, Einar.
Hey.
Did I give him too much?
No.
You did great today.
(growls)
(roars)
Goddamn bear.
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
I never do anything right.
Well, what do you think?
Attagirl.
- Right, let's try third. Let the clutch out. - Third?
Now, let's go to the left.
Not too hard.
OK, that's good. You're getting the hang of it.
There you go. I think we're gonna get this thing done.
Hey, Griff. How's life on the ranch?
It's good.
Jean, you got two customers out here.
Hey.
- We're just visiting, OK? - OK.
I miss you. What you been doing?
Einar's been teaching me how to drive.
Why don't you go look to see what Nina's got in the kitchen for special?
- OK? - OK.
Would you care if I took her camping?
Thanks for bringing her in, Einar.
- Did she say driving? - It's a ranch.
- She's 11. - I know, I know. She...
But she's a good girl.
Good kids don't get that way by accident.
- Is that a compliment? - It's just the way it is.
What else you been teaching her?
I don't know enough
to know what to teach a girl.
What I'm saying...
is if you wanna come back to the ranch, that's...
that's gonna be OK.
Maybe tomorrow then, when you get back.
Tomorrow would be fine.
I think camping would be great.
She'll love that.
- Do you want all of these? - Yep, all of 'em. Hold on to those.
What's the medicine for?
When we get that bear in the cage, I'm gonna give him a shot.
That way, he can sleep all the way up to the mountain.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.
- Jesus Christ, Gary. - How are ya?
God, you look great.
I thought you left town.
Well, I wanted to see you.
You know I miss you.
I don't want you here, Gary. Can't you understand that?
Must be nice for Griff, living up here with her grandfather.
Country living and all.
Of course, it's not for you.
Just give it up, Gary.
I'm not coming back to you.
Can we just at least sit down? Have a drink or some kind of...
Offer me a coffee or some...
It's pretty country up here.
Might stick around a while.
We're gonna get caught.
These are government guys we're stealing this from.
They went home to dinner a long time ago.
I thought you said we're just borrowing it.
As long as I pay my taxes, it's the same thing. Let's go.
OK, now scoot on over and get ready to back up.
Come on ahead. Easy.
Come on.
Whoa.
OK.
Here.
Hold that still.
- When I tell you, you start cranking. - OK.
(growls)
- I'm a little bit scared. - That makes two of us.
Start cranking.
OK, now get in the truck.
OK.
Come on.
(roars)
Einar!
- Get behind me. Get behind me. - Einar, I'm sorry.
Get in the truck.
Walk slowly and don't look right at him. Get in the truck!
Go on.
Look here.
(car horn)
- Einar! - Wait a minute. Oh, shit.
Are you OK?
I think that he went through an artery.
I think you'd better get me to a hospital.
- Oh! - Sorry.
(phone rings)
(Nina) Hello?
What?
I was just trying to pull... Oh!
Pull the, uh, loft door down.
You know, to keep the bats out.
'Cause once those bats get in the rafters,
then you can't hardly get 'em out.
And that's when he fell.
Right. That's when I fell.
It was just dumb. I didn't know what the hell I was doing.
- Let's try this again, Einar. - Hmm? Oh, Jesus, no...
I hit the gearshift.
- I didn't mean to. - It wasn't your fault.
It was an accident.
You did everything just right tonight.
As well as your dad could have done.
(horse whinnies)
I guess God kept me alive to bring her into the world.
But every day, I wish...
I wish it was me that died in that car instead of Griffin.
I wish you both had lived.
I was fallen-down drunk the night that Mitch got mauled.
That's why I couldn't get the bear off him before I did.
He never said anything about it.
He never would.
You.
I'm not just gonna lie down here.
(bear roars)
Just keep going.
Heard you made a hell of a fall, Einar.
You're lucky you only cracked two ribs.
It was the soft part of the yard.
- Am I finished? - Not yet.
I'm going to keep you here for a little bit, make sure your spleen's OK.
Ah, I'm fine.
Well, I'll check back on you this afternoon.
So you can double-bill me?
Seems fair to me. You are twice the trouble.
Let's give it a day or two, OK?
Hmm.
Couple of days. That's bullshit.
(Jean giggles)
Einar?
OK?
Yeah, I'm fine. Got clumsy.
Mitch.
Mitch, we set the bear free.
I know.
Thank you.
You want me to run some breakfast out to Mitch?
No. Usually coffee's enough for him in the morning.
You know,
she could go to school here.
Not a bad school.
Whoa, Jimmy.
Stay there.
- What do you want, Gary? - It's time to come home, baby.
I love you, Jean.
You love me?
- That's what your love feels like. - You bitch!
- Mom! - Don't you ever hit me!
- Mom! - Don't you hit me!
- Mom, are you OK? Mom! Mom! - Come on.
- Mom! Mom! - Let her go, Gary!
- Let go of me. - Are you coming or staying?
Hey! Take your hands off her!
- What the hell? - (gunshot)
Get in the car. Get in there!
Griff, get out of the car.
- Griff! Griff, goddamnit! - (Jean) Griff!
Mom!
- Mom! - (engine fails to start)
Come on.
Mom.
- Come on. - Mom.
- It's enough, Einar. - Mom.
(Einar) You leave her alone. Now, come on here. Come on, get.
Get out of here. Get away, you greedy little bugger.
- She didn't do anything to you. - That's Mitchell. He's a boy.
Yep.
Come on.
Get outta... Goddamn...
(bus driver) Loma. Loma, Nebraska.
So what about you, Mitch? You know anything about this?
About what?
So you don't know anything about it?
I just drove him home from the hospital.
Mm-hm. Of course. Right.
Hello, Officer Curtis.
Good afternoon there, Griff.
Einar.
Would you stay for lunch today?
Yeah, I might.
I gotta speak to your grandfather for a second, though, first.
Ah, heck. It can wait. Here, let me grab that for you.
So, how was she today? Looks good, huh?
- Yeah? Did you do the milking? - Yeah.
Think it might rain today.
No, it's gonna stay warm.
I didn't say anything about the temperature. I said it might rain.
Would you bury me next to Griffin?
Don't you think you oughta die first?
It's gonna happen, you know.
Where the hell else do you think I'd bury you? It's where my family lies.
You think the dead really care about our lives?
(Mitch) Yeah, I think they do.
I think they forgive us our sins.
I even think it's easy for them.
(Einar) Griff said you had a dream about flying.
Yeah.
I got so high, Einar,
I could see where the blue turns to black.
From up there, you could see all there is.
And it looked like there was a reason for everything.
(# "Don't" by Shania Twain and Robert John Mutt Lange)
# Don't
# Don't you wish we tried?
# Do you feel what I feel inside?
# You know our love is stronger than pride
# Oh
# No, don't
# Don't let your anger grow
# Just tell me what you need me to know
# Please talk to me
# Don't close the door
# Mmm
# 'Cause I wanna hear you
# I wanna be near you
# Don't fight. Don't argue
# Give me the chance to say that I'm sorry
# Just let me love you
# Don't turn me away
# Don't tell me to go
# Don't
# Don't give up on trust
# Don't give up on me, on us
# If we could just hold on long enough
# Mm
# We can do it
# We'll get through it
# Don't fight. Don't argue
# Just give me the chance to say that I'm sorry
# Just let me love you
# Don't turn me away
# Don't tell me to go
# Don't protend that it's OK
# Things won't get better that way
# Don't do something you might regret someday
# Don't
# Don't give up on me
# Don't
# We can do it
# We'll got through it
# Don't fight. Don't argue
# Just give me the chance to say that I'm sorry
# Just let me love you
# Don't turn me away
# Don't tell me to go
# Don't
# Don't fight. Don't argue
# Don't give up on me
# Give me the chance to say that I'm sorry
# Say that I'm sorry
# Just let me love you
# Don't give up on me
# Don't turn me away
# Don't tell me to go
# Don't
# Don't fight. Don't argue
# Give me the chance to say that I'm sorry
# Just let me love you
# Don't give up on me
# Don't turn me away
# Don't tell me to go