Blue Ridge (2020) - full transcript

Listen to that.

Now this is
real music.

Lame.

Dad stop.

Much better.

So honey bun or bear claw?

Aren't they
basically the same thing?

- Not at all.
- Surprise me then!

You got it!

Harvey's here we come.

Dad.



Dad?

Hello, dad?

You're doing that
stare thing again.

You are your mother's
daughter; you know that.

You're scanning
while we're waiting.

And you're laying that
accent on pretty thick.

You'll catch it too when
you've been here longer.

I mean, do you think you're
ever gonna unpack?

It's only been
seven months.

That's not too
long at my age.

I reckon.

All right, I'll be
right back.

- ¡Hola!
- Howdy.

You been busy?



S... Sorta.

Honey bun or bear claw.

Huh?

Honey bun or bear claw?

Big decision
of the day.

Aren't they sort
of the same?

That's like saying
North Carolina and Texas

barbecue are the same.

Sorry.

Honey bun's got
less cinnamon.

Harvey said he was hiring.

I just recently moved
here myself.

Career change.

Are you from
around here?

Just passing through.

Hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Trying to grab some
cash before I head north.

The Appalachian, ha.

I hiked the Golden Crest
of California...

which is the equivalent.

Cool.

Maine to Georgia.

That's a commitment.

Takes a lot
of discipline.

Yes sir.

You don't look
like a hiker.

That's the beautiful thing
about hiking, isn't it?

Anybody can do it.

Yeah...

I'll be right back.

Where is he?

Where is Harvey?

Help!

Help!

Shut him up!

Hey man...
Do you hear anything?

Shh.

Uh-oh.

Good job!

You all right, Harvey?

Yeah.

Good work;
thanks Justin.

Man, I tell ya...

two tours of duty,
four special ops,

three stick-ups
here in 40 years.

And nobody's ever surprised
me that bad, Justin.

You were
outnumbered.

Well so were you.

I'm just not the man
I used to be, man.

Well, none
of us are.

Harvey, I'm
gonna bring Maddie in.

Wait for the cavalry to arrive.

Okay, thanks
again buddy.

Oh, man.

Better check
your phone.

Mom's probably
calling.

My phone's broke.

Goodness gracious, Sheriff!

Roadhouse called, they're
wanting their mules back.

Did you run
the tags?

You put a whoopin'
on these boys Sheriff.

There ain't nothing to
brigadee about 'em now.

Did you run
the tags?

Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.

The car's
stolen, Sheriff.

- Outsiders?
- Yes sir.

Yeah, Philly got
a warrant out for 'em.

Murder.

How did you know
something was amiss?

Every millennial I've ever known
is always on their phone.

- Obsessed with the stupid thing.
- Hmm.

He was just standing
there... alert.

You learn that in the army?

Dad?

Mom's gotta be
worried sick; let's go!

All right,
you're in charge.

Oh, yes sir.

You know, if I had a phone
I could've called mom.

Justin...

Oh! Now that's what I call
good country music.

Thank you, ladies
and gentlemen.

Me and the boys are gonna take
a little bit of a breather now.

Give the mayor a chance
to get up here and say howdy.

I want you all to give
it up for Mayor Brady.

Yeah!

How about that
band, y'all?

I would like to hand
the mic over to our

gold-level sponsor and our
town's newest developer...

Your very own Vivian
McGrath-Keagan.

Hello, friends
and neighbors.

Like most of you I grew
up here in Blue Ridge.

My roots, like
yours, run deep.

I've seen the world and that
means I've seen the differences.

Our history speaks for itself.

Believe me when I say this is
one of the few places left in

in our country where we can say
it's safe to raise a family.

We give neighborhood watch...

its truest meaning.

Friends stands by friend,

family protects family.

Blue Ridge is our home.

Hey, it's Justin, leave it.

Well, this definitely
ain't getting mom back.

Sorry, we're late.

Could've called.

Phone broke.

He beat up some
bad guys at Harvey's.

Does trouble just find you
or do you seek it out?

Both!

But of course...
this could've all been resolved

- if I had my own phone.
- No!

Where were you while your
daddy was beating up bad guys?

She was safe
in the car.

Safe?

Safe like when you
chased that pick-pocket

with her in a stroller?

People run with
strollers all the time.

Run, yes...
chase, no.

My job was to
protect and serve.

You can't put that
on a calendar.

That's the story
of my life.

Come on!

- Hi.
- Hey.

I missed you.

You comin'?

Come on, you can shake a few
hands, kiss a few babies.

Sheriffs don't
kiss babies.

You could do the dunk tank and I
could throw some apples at you.

Can you blame me?

Sorry we were late.

Again.

You're not
helpin' any.

Sir?

- Sir...
- Hey, Becky.

- What's up?
- Elli, wait.

Don't go in.

We've got a
problem, sheriff.

- What?
- You know Vivian, the developer?

Yeah...

She's been murdered.

She's back there.

- Who found her?
- Mrs. Pierce.

She went looking for Vivian
when she heard their yells.

She found her all right.

She's in shock.

What did she want
from the deceased?

She's working
some land next to Vivian's

house with her husband Jim.

After this,
get a statement.

Sheriff!

- Mayor...
- This is terrible.

Just horrible... and on
the biggest day of the year.

What's our plan?

Our plan?

This sort of thing's never
happened around here, Sheriff.

Take one step
at a time.

That's how you
solve these cases.

Let me tell
you something.

We're a tight-knit community
with a resistance against

change and outsiders.

And you're both.

Which is why we
brought you in.

To clean things up a bit.

To bring a fresh perspective.

Or maybe do some good that
only an outsider could do.

Clean this up, okay?

We'll do our job.

Whether they want to or not,
the community is depending

on you Sheriff.

Make sure you do
your job right.

What a day.

Out of the frying pan into
the fire, huh Sheriff?

- Did you clean Harvey up?
- Yes sir.

Three bandits are
behind bars.

Pennsylvania staties
are on their way.

Probable cause
of death?

Capillary damage was in the
surrounding interstitial tissues

on her lower extremities.

English Becky for
the love of Pete.

Scratches
and bruises...

broken ankle...

probably from
a struggle.

I'm guessing, cause of death
is blunt force trauma

to the back of the head.

There's dirt impacted
in the wound.

Take a look at that gash.

Probably from a rock,
don't you think?

Yeah, I think.

We're having the
area searched.

Anyone search these
porta potties, hmm?

Oh...

My theory Sheriff is...

if I was a killer
I wouldn't wanna hide

no evidence in a toilet.

Report what you find.

- Okay c'mon...
- All right.

Ha!

Oh, uh... fine, uh!

I'll go find
some proper attire.

On it, Sheriff.

Persons of interest?

At this point,
the whole town.

When was the last
time you saw her?

- During her speech.
- And anyone...

can now own a piece of
this mountain paradise...

starting in just the 700s.

Please, I know it
seems drastic-

You won't
get away with this!

If you have any questions
I'd love to-

Here we go.

Vivian's part of
the McGrath family.

Old man Cliff's daughter.

She was his pride and joy.

- Was?
- Until she married big-city Lem Keagan.

He took her off to D.C.
where she made some real

money and came back "different,"
as us locals say.

What happened next?

Well...

things escalated pretty
quickly after that.

Thompson, don't puke on the crime scene.

Ah, hey Sheriff-

Hey Sheriff?

Are them my
fishing waders?

Well, they were
in your truck.

Well, that would
make them mine.

Well there ain't no
evidence in there.

I figured.

What, you figured?

- Ah, gah...
- We gotta be sure.

- Yeah, he's right.
- Well...

In six months,
nothing.

Then on the busiest
day of the year,

a robbery and a
murder to boot!

When it rains
it pours.

- Where you going?
- Find Lem.

Clock is ticking.

I think I left my...
phone in there.

You lost?

Lem Keagan
live up there?

All right, Sheriff.

I didn't recognize you from
your picture in the paper.

Yes sir, right up
that road right there.

It's not on the map, it's right
up there make that right.

I thought...

I thought we'd check on
him once we heard but...

I figure a man
needs his moment.

Were you there
at the festival?

I had a heifer in the
red angus competition.

What's your name?

Jim, Jim Pierce.

Nice to meet
you, Jim.

Yes sir.

Right up there?

Yep, a long way
up there.

Becky, I just ran into Nancy's

husband, Jim Pierce.

He was at the festival,
put him on the list.

I'm gonna search the perimeter
before dark and check on Lem.

10-4, Sheriff.

What
were you thinking idiot?

Hello?

Sheriff's department.

Hello?

You can't back down now!

It doesn't work that way!

Look man, we had a plan
and now you just like...

I lose money because of this!

I'm gonna kill you!

You're dead!

So dead!

I'm gonna kill you!

What were you
thinking, you idiot!

This is why we prac-

- Wh... who are you?
- Sheriff Wise.

What's going on?

Lem Keagan?

Yeah.

What?

What happened?

Is there a number I can call, a
family member to reach out to?

No.

Viv was all I had.

She was my
only family.

Were you here
all day?

Is there someone that
could vouch for that?

I can shoot you a
pic of my game log.

Is there a human that
could vouch for that?

My buddy in Tulsa.

We'd been playing
for hours, so-

He could tell you.

Is there anyone you could
think of that would

do something like this?

Kill my wife?

We never should've
moved here.

Old man Cliff
McGrath...

- the rattlesnake.
- Your father-in-law?

You think he
could've done it?

Yeah, I despise
that man.

I'm gonna go pay
him a little visit.

Where's my keys?

If you drive,
I'll arrest you.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm not going
anywhere Sheriff.

Give me the keys.

I'll get your statement
in the morning.

Sober up.

More coffee?

Thank you.

Thompson,
can you check for me...

Thanks for letting us use-

Than... Thanks for letting us-

Thanks for letting us use the
diner as an office, Elli girl.

Elli girl, that's stupid.

How about we grab
dinner sometime?

Like old times?

Old times, old times...

Old times is like bad times.

You want to go dancing?

You love to dance.

I've been practicing my moves.

Yeah, come on.

You can do this...

Justin.

You can... You can do this.

You can... You can do this.

You ever heard of
courtesy flush?

We all know the town hated her.

And I've heard you say most
people kill out of passion.

But, I think she died
because of that land.

Look at this.

It's massive.

Practically its own county.

She owned
all that land?

Every stick and stone.

Even her husband didn't
have any shares.

Yeah,
she was leveraged big time.

Banks trusted her, had investors
eating out of her hand.

Yeah, she made a
down payment of...

two and a quarter million
to start construction

on the clubhouse and
the first nine homes.

How much did
the land cost?

Not a penny.

Daddy McGrath.

So he owned all this?

Yep, sure did.

Well where is
he at in all of this?

She pulled a Jacob and Esau.

Tricked him out of it.

He was having
some trouble with the IRS.

He transferred it all to her,
but when he settled it

she didn't give it back.

The way I see it,
either she finagled him,

she deceived him or,
I don't know...

Maybe he just
trusted her too much.

All right,
coconut for the lady.

Pecan for the gent,
apple for the Sheriff.

Courtesy of the chef.

Oh!

Oh, here.

Viv...

I'm sorry you had
to see that ma'am.

You knew her?

We played softball
together in high school.

I always thought of her
as too big for Blue Ridge.

I'll get you
some coffee.

Who are the suspects?

M'm...

old man McGrath,
disgruntled father.

Betrayal.

If she dies according
to NC law, half the land

reverts back to him.

The other half...

her husband.

He has an alibi.

Ever heard of
the three day rule?

Isn't that when a lady gives
you her number and you've got

three days to call her back?

In North Carolina,
you stand to inherit...

you gotta outlive the
deceased by three days.

Else, next in line
gets their share.

It's the three day rule.

Maybe we
should meet somewhere else.

I like the coffee.

All right...

We need to figure out what
happened to Vivian when

she left the stage.

We need to set up a
tip-line at the station.

We need to ask the Mayor
to loan us some floaters.

And we need to stay on Lem.

Make sure that he doesn't
have any accidents.

I'll do it.

I'll do it.

Elli's got
Maddie tonight.

You guys go home
and get some sleep.

Relieve me in the morning.

I'm gonna settle up here.

Yeah, you will.

You two are too
comfortable.

Ha-ha!

You need to respect
your elders.

Yeah you will.

You ready?

- How much I owe ya?
- Mmm...

$8.43...

That's it?

I gave you the
military discount.

Elli no, we're
working here.

It's all right.

The town tipping
me now, too?

No, that's all me.

Oh wow, Sheriff.

I mean, you really gotta
work on your pick-up lines.

It's awful.

Will-

Will you...

will you go out...

Justin... how long
have you been here?

- Seven months.
- Mm-hmm.

And how many friends
have you made?

I mean, besides me and
Maddie and my parents.

Becky...

Thompson...

They work for you.

So is that a no?

Justin...

I have seen you run
head first into danger

more times than
I can count.

You're the bravest man I've
ever known and now here

you are nervous asking me out.

Well...

Justin, we were
together for 10 years.

We have a kid together;
I make you nervous?

That's a good thing.

It was never
you, okay?

It was...

- The excitement?
- No!

It's danger.

Well it's a small town now.

It's small town problems.

Murder.

I'll quit.

What are you
gonna do, hmm?

You gonna be a
JV football coach?

Just give me
a chance.

Justin...

All right,
how about this.

How about you solve
the case, okay?

And then you
relax a little?

Just settle down.

Then we'll see.

We'll see?

We'll see.

Stop - We'll see.

- I gotta go get Maddie.
- We'll see?

- Stop it.
- We'll see.

Pullin' up to Lem's house.

I'll call in if
I see anything.

Over and out.

Sleep tight, Lem.

After trying
both and considering...

I think I like
honey buns better.

Good call!

Next time we'll microwave
it for about 10 seconds.

Change your life.

So any boys I need to
take to jail for you?

Maybe...

We'll see.

There's this one boy
that I like but...

he doesn't know I exist.

Good.

Are you working?

No.

Busted... no wonder we don't go
to that other trail like always.

That's someone's
daughter...

And it's my job-

It's my job to
figure out...

who harmed her.

I get it but...

you've got too
much going on.

You moved here
to slow it down.

No, I moved here
to be with you.

And it will slow down.

Well at least you're
not far away.

That's the spirit.

I can't believe you
didn't tell me first.

I should've been
the first one to know.

You're right,
I'm sorry.

Uh, I got to get
back to mom's.

How about the same
time tomorrow?

I'd like that.

Okay you two, keep it safe.

Let me know when you
need any help.

Deputy 2 will come a'callin'.

Is that a
church bell?

Something like it.

It's not Sunday.

Who are these yahoos?

It's for Vivian.

McGrath's Appalachian
roots run deep.

It's tradition to ring
the bell for every year

the deceased lived.

Calls the neighbors
and family together.

What are you trying
to tell me?

I'm telling you, we're about
to walk into a backwoods wake

filled with moonshine swillin'
fiends who won't take kindly

to an outsider's justice.

Got it.

Stay here.

Hey fellas, I'm looking
for the old man.

I'm gonna kill you...

and keep that
badge as a trophy.

Hey!

Can you help me get
them in the trunk?

Uh-yep.

McGrath?

- McGrath?
- Get out.

Go...

Come on.

McGrath?

Get in the house!

Go and cut me a switch.

How'd you get past my men?

What you want, boy?

Can I have a moment
in private?

These are all my kin, it's
about as private as it gets.

Sorry for your loss.

My condolences to you,
and to your family.

You have any idea
who may have done this?

I can't imagine.

Your daughter's plans for the
property weren't too popular.

- You think that had something to with it?
- Maybe.

Would it surprise you
if someone suggested that

you may have done this?

Well if you want to find
suspects you can start

flippin' rocks over
all over Blue Ridge.

You didn't answer the
question, Mr. McGrath.

How old is your
daughter, Sheriff?

When my little girl was young

we were about as close...

as a father can get
to his daughter.

I loved her.

But...

when a man leaves this life

all he has left is his legacy.

That's all he has.

And this land is McGrath legacy.

We've had this land long before
Sherman marched to the ocean.

But...

my daughter robbed me of that.

She swindled, trashed and
parceled off my legacy.

Well, it's yours again.

At least half of it.

Your son-in-law
has the other half.

Good day, Sheriff.

You didn't answer
the question!

Did you kill
your daughter?

It's just land Sheriff.

It's just land.

And Sheriff...

I'm gonna give you three
days to find her killer.

And if those so-called
badgers can't do the work...

Mountain justice
is gonna take over.

And I will guarantee you

that these mountains will burn!

You heard the old man.

We got three days.

That killer's out there, Becky.

Here you go, Justin.

- Appreciate it, Harvey.
- Yeah, absolutely.

Ah, it's the least
I can do man.

You saved my store and
probably my life, you know.

How's Penny?

Well, life's taken a few
sharp turns here for us.

Well, we just-

kinda stretched to the limit
if you wanna know the truth,

right now, but we'll
be all right.

We'll be fine,
don't worry about us.

Stop and Save ain't the only
egg in the basket, you know?

So we'll be fine;
we'll be good.

And then as far
as her, she-

She's just worried.

We worry most
about what we love.

Yes sir, yes
sir we do.

Hey, let me let y'all
get back to it there.

If you got any questions
just holler.

- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

So... what
do we have?

I mean, there's no murder
weapon, no witness.

No solid suspects.

Let's see if Thompson has anything.

- Hey boss?
- Did you confirm Lem's alibi?

I been trying.

But Lem doesn't actually
know this guy's real name.

And the gaming company
ain't too keen on passing

out private information

without a warrant.

So Lem's alibi "GunDart468" is
still just an avatar for now.

- Get the warrant.
- We may not need to.

Ah, I got the
sugar in my-

Why is that,
Deputy Thompson?

Uh...

Well we got an anonymous email

through your tip line.

Great idea, Sheriff,
by the way.

With a very interesting photo.

Seems your boy Lem...

lied...

He was at the festival.

You have visual proof that
Lem was at the festival?

Well, the photo
was taken right before or

after the estimated
time of Vivian's death.

Find out who
sent that photo.

Get one of the IT folks
at the library to help.

Copy that!

- He has a crush on one of them.
- What?

Aw, Becky...

Ah, Becky I heard that.

Where's Lem?

At the funeral home.

We're on our way.

Deputy Thompson
don't get no respect.

On a day like
today nobody's out?

It'll stay that way.

There's a killer
on the loose.

Yes ma'am, I understand.

All right.

Yes ma'am, I will tell
him that if I see him.

All right.

Mayor Brady...
said she couldn't find you.

Wanted to know
where you were.

Said she wants an update
on the case asap.

She said, and I quote,

"The town is waiting."

- Is Lem in there?
- Yeah.

Good work.

You find out
who sent this?

Not yet, they're
working on it.

You ask the
IT girl out?

Maybe.

That would
be a no.

What do you
want us to do?

I'll either make an
arrest or I won't.

When's the funeral?

Geez.

You always sneak
up on people?

Sometimes.

You found something.

Your wife's
murdered...

You lied to me about
where you were.

Which just so happens to be the
place where she was murdered.

She knew no one
here liked her.

Treated her like she
was an outsider-

You're floundering, Lem.

You gotta talk
straight to me.

Or I'm gonna
take you in.

She practiced that
speech for weeks.

Our morals are strong.

Our history is even stronger.

No... no, no, no.

What does that even mean?

Stupid speech.

I heard it so many times.

Even I had it memorized.

All that mumbo-jumbo about
the mountains' welcoming arms.

Blue Ridge...

is our home.

And she has wide arms,
welcoming arms...

plenty of room for growth.

Family stands by family.

She just wanted people
to like her, you know?

She just wanted to
break through to them.

I knew it would
never work.

But I'm the outside
looking in, you know?

She wouldn't listen
to me, she never has.

I went there to make sure
that nothing happened to her.

I was worried about her.

I mean you can understand

that, can't you Sheriff?

I just wish she
knew I was there, you know?

She thought differently.

Wait a minute.

That's Elizabeth Wade,
Jeremiah Wade's wife.

Jeremiah Wade,
the musician?

The Wades hate my wife's
family and they always have,

from what I hear.

They used to own that
land back in the day.

And they've always
wanted it back.

They would hound the
old man for decades.

When Vivian got it...
I mean...

We expected to get some bricks
thrown threw the windows and

she was surprised
when we didn't.

And she would talk
to you about this?

You know how families talk
about politics or football?

Yeah.

Well, at the McGrath
family reunion,

all you talk about is
the no-good Wades.

Don't leave town.

Where am I gonna go, sheriff?

I mean yeah, our marriage
wasn't perfect but...

Viv is all I had.

- Old man's holding out.
- McGrath?

I bet he thinks he knows who
did it and

he's not gonna tell an outsider.

And I bet he's gonna kill the
man he thinks did it...

Jeremiah Wade.

The Wade/McGrath feud?
This all a part of that?

It's time to meet Jeremiah.

Give me his whereabouts.

Don't let Lem leave your sight.

Yes, sir.

Come on, I'll take you
to your car, Becky.

Sheriff,
he's in there.

Evening, sheriff.

I can't say as we've
had the pleasure.

I don't believe we have.

I've heard a lot
about you though.

Ex-Green Beret...
Medal of Honor....

May I?

It's beautiful.
Did you make this?

Yeah. Not much
different making a gun

or an instrument when you
get right down to it.

It's all about
shape, structure...

and the purpose.

Purpose?

They both move people.

Do you know why we're here?

Yep, I do.

My wife sent you those photos;
they were supposed to be

anonymous but like
I tell my kids,

nothing on the internet's
anonymous.

And so like a good detective,

you deduce that we sent a photo
that may have pointed

you in the direction of
a potential killer.

And after consulting
with the potential killer-

Suspect.

Fine, suspect.

You've learned...

with of course the help
of your local detectives...

about the problem
between my family,

and the family of
the deceased.

Do I
got another suspect on my list?

Namely me.

That's pretty much the
definition

of cut to the chase.

Very well deduced
I must say.

Well, you don't have
to have two possums in a pot

to know you're cookin'
for two.

Why were you anonymous
with that photo?

And what... ignite an already

combustible feud?
No, thank you.

We just wanna help out
where we can

to find that poor girl justice,

not reignite a war.

A war?
It was that bad, huh?

You are an outsider.

Our family's been fighting
over that land

since the
War of Northern Aggression.

My great, great, great
granddaddy

was cheated out of it
by McGrath.

Where were you at
the time of the murder?

Oh, I don't know.

Somewhere all by myself with
nobody to testify to it.

I took the picture, sheriff.

The mayor's my alibi.

Convenient.

Now would I kill
for that land?

Absolutely.

It's not something I'd
expect an outsider

like you to understand,
but did I?

No.

I did not kill that woman,
nor hire somebody to kill her.

A hitman...
I didn't think of that one.

I'd take a real hard look
into that snake McGrath.

I don't care if she
was his daughter.

That man is one land-hungry
son of a gun.

Don't leave town.

Jeremiah Wade, what a creep.

He says the mayor's his alibi.

Nah,
he wouldn't get his hand dirty.

He'd pay someone to do it...

send in the photo to frame a
McGrath.

Lem's a Keagan,
not a McGrath.

If Lem gets jailed,
he has a better shot of getting

that land off the old man.

He wants that land;
he hates the family.

What other motives
do we need?

We're not short on
motives, we're short on evidence.

Well...

Old man McGrath...

disappeared.

What?

Yep... and no one's
heard from him all afternoon.

Who's watching Lem?

Pardon?

If you're here,
then...

Deputy...

No, I was lookin' for McGrath;
dispatch was supposed

to call me back with
a floater-

We're understaffed sheriff!

Get in the car, Thompson.

Lem? Lem?

Lem?

Becky, search downstairs.

Thompson, upstairs.

Should I call an ambulance?

You should call
the coroner.

This is my fault.

He's dead because of me.

He's dead because there's
bad people in this world.

And you're not one of them.

Hey...

Find Cliff McGrath.

The son-in-law's dead and that
means he's the

sole owner of that land,
and the #1 suspect.

You find him...

and you bring him in.

Do you know anyone
in ballistics?

My roommate
from the academy.

She's in Raleigh now.

Does she owe you
any favors?

No, but I'll put it
on my tab.

With a bullet,
we can trace it back to a gun.

The killer just made
their first mistake.

Freeze!

Hey!

Becky, stay with the body.

Police! Freeze!

Stop! I said stop!

Stop! Police!

Stop!

Where'd she go?

Pierce's cows.

Get in the house, quick!
Someone's coming!

Evening, Jim.

Evening, sheriff.

You lost again?

Is your wife home?

What does she got to do
with anything?

Do you know what
happened to Lem?

You don't have to be Matlock
to know what all those

police lights mean.

Something bad happened.

Can you call your wife out?

I'm not gonna ask you again.

Nancy, darling...
come on out here.

What's all this?

Have you been here
all evening?

All night.

Like he said.

Did you hear or see
anything suspicious?

A gunshot.

You didn't
call it in?

Sheriff, this is Blue Ridge.

Gunshots are like copperheads;
they're everywhere.

Ain't nobody hollerin'
unless they're bit.

You didn't... stop by?

What you pokin' at, sheriff?

There was a man
murdered tonight.

I'm just doing my job.

So you are.

Thompson and
Becky, meet me at the diner in ten.

Let's get the mayor
there too.

Copy, sheriff.

I got your call sheriff.
So what do you have?

When I was in the army,

I was stationed in the
desert a lot and when you're

in the desert,
you think about one thing

over and over and
over again...

water.

Water is the most vital
necessity on this planet.

See this?
Know what that is?

It looks like
Vivian's land.

That's the future
Eagle's Nest Gold Resort.

See this?
That line going through there?

That's the river that
runs through it.

Plenty of maps have rivers,
so why would you kill for it?

I thought I'd take
a look for myself.

It's the only water
for miles.

What does this have
to do with anything?

Water rights.

What?

The right to use
the water.

When I was in the desert,
people would kill for water.

And who would kill for water
in the Blue Ridge Mountains?

Someone whose livelihood

came from that water...
farmers.

So Mayor, I've got the warrant
for the arrest of

Jim and Nancy Pierce.

What?

Our prime suspects
are the Pierces.

When I went to the river,
I saw it.

I saw Pierce's cows
drinking from the river.

And without water,
the cows will die.

Kill or go broke.

But don't they lease that land?

This is the lease agreement

between McGrath and the Pierces

for 5 years guaranteed
water rights.

But see this?
The golf resort gets in the way.

Because you can't have a cow
drinking out of a water

hazard on the 14th hole.

So you're trying to tell
me they killed Vivian

and her husband over water,
over cows?

Well, ain't this a surprise.

Mayor... sheriff.

Jeremiah.

So you said you got a
warrant for a broken lease.

Nancy found
Vivian's body,

and she was also at Lem's
crime scene.

Look, just don't swing
and miss because you

don't get 3 strikes with
this, okay?

Hi, Jeremiah.

With pleasure, ma'am.

I heard back from my roommate...

about the ballistics on
the killer's gun.

What's next, sheriff?

We finish it.

We gotta end this before
someone else gets killed.

Wades... filthy Wades.

Maddie, go in the bathroom
and lock the door.

- O-kay.
- Go!

Really?

Yeah, really.

You killed my Vivian.

What are you talkin' about?

Now I'm gonna kill you.

You're drunk.

You thought you'd
get it back... my land.

But no, you ain't gonna
never see it.

From what I
understand,

if I had killed your Vivian...

I'd be doing you a favor.

You murderer, I'll kill you!

Hey! Hey!!!

You take this to the
mountain boys,

not here... you hear me?

Not in my place.

Just centuries of cussin'
and fightin' and feudin'

and you think it's
all gonna end here,

right here in this booth?
In front of all these people?

You're idiots...

the lot of you.

Cliff, you're drunk.
Out.

Out!

I'm gonna be waiting
for you outside.

Mm-hmm.

MM-hmm.

Go sober up.

And what are you gonna do?

Well, I'm gonna drink
my coffee of course.

Come down to Elli's Diner.

We're gonna finish something
that I should

have finished a long time ago.

You two go around the back.

Keep your heads.

Handcuffs... not body bags.
Let's roll.

Head out the back, Nancy.
I'll scare 'em off.

Alright, you bushwhackers,
get off my-

A heck of a way
to greet a solicitor.

And it's loaded.

Sheriff, I didn't know it
was you.

She tried to make
a break for it out the back.

I didn't know it was y'all.

Do you always answer the
door with a double barrel?

I do when there's
a murderer on the loose.

What's this all about?

- We have a warrant for your arrest and hers.
- What?

Go inside and check and see if there's
anything that matches ballistics.

You have the
right to remain silent;

anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.

You think we murdered Lem?

You have the right
to an attorney.

- And Vivian.
- What?!

Sheriff, we're poor.
You gotta understand.

That golf course would have
tripled the value of our land.

We were one of the few that
were alright

with it being put in.

What about your cows?

Cows? Sheriff, I got that
one prize heifer and that's

more than I can handle.

I don't have the gumption,
nor the demeanor to deal with

any more than one of
them dumb animals.

We lease our land for grazing.

We lease part of the McGrath
land for water sure but we

had a deal with the old man.

A percentage of the money
went to him, okay?

It was like we said,
the value of the golf course

surmounts any rent
money from cows!

Then whose cows are they?

It's me.

Oh, pick up.

Pick up, pick up, pick up.
Come on, Justin.

This is Justin. Leave it.

Mom, what's going on?

It's okay.

Why'd you run from me?

Because I was scared!
He was dead!

Becky here.

Get Justin.
They're gonna kill each other.

Hurry, please!

We found McGrath.

He and Wade are
about to kill each other.

Maybe I should let 'em.

They're at Elli's...

and your family is there.

Come on out here, you coward!

Get a taste of the ol'
Blue Ridge hambone!

You murderer!

Come out and
face me like a man!

You killed my daughter.

We all know you did.
You killed my kin.

Come on out here, you coward!

Look up!

Whoa, look out!

Whoo!

Ooh!

Somebody change my shorts.

Deputy
Thompson, are you still there?

Whoo!
Yeah, no problem.

I'm coming up behind you.

We're almost there, sheriff.

Hold on, Elli.

Wades.

The filthy Wades!

I should've figured you
couldn't fight your own battles.

Hoo-ha!

No!
No, stop! Stop this right now!

Stay back, Elli.

This is between me and him.

Get your skinny butt
outta here.

Not until you put
your guns down.

Put 'em down!

Mom! Mom!

Maddie, you stay back!

Hey!

Justin!

Pointing guns at one another
like it's the Wild West?!

There's innocent people here.

There's my family!

My daughter!
My legacy!

You had your chance, sheriff...
now it's mountain justice.

What justice?

He didn't kill your daughter.

You liar!

I have proof.

He don't care about proof,
sheriff.

It ain't about that girl,
it's about him finally

having a reason to
pull that trigger.

You want this too?

If he wants blood,
I'll oblige him.

Then fine...
just you two.

You wanna be gunslingers,
then so be it.

But you tell your men to put
down their guns,

because I'm the law!

And if you've got
a problem with that,

you gotta go through me!

Do it!

Alright, you kill one another.

Whichever one of you is
standing,

I'm gonna arrest for
murder immediately.

Don't put generations of hate
on your daughter's grave.

Don't put your failures as a
father on that man.

He didn't kill your daughter,
I promise you that.

Get back.
Everybody back, back.

Do you know who killed her, boy?

No, no, no.

Face me, you coward!

This ends here, now!

Put it down, Jeremiah.

Put it down or
I'm puttin' it down.

So what? You're gonna play
big city boy now?

Get him outta here.

Hey, sheriff.

Hey, Harvey.

When's that door comin' in?

Uh, Wednesday they said.

Sorry about that.

Well, that's alright.

You just call it
collateral damage there.

Is that what Lem was?

Or was he always
part of the plan?

Huh?

We're both soldiers.

We've had death smile at us,

and we smiled back.

So stop pretending.

I didn't recognize
it at first...

but that brand on your cows...

H-H...
Harvey Harrison.

Your other egg in the basket.

So?

So, the ballistics showed that
the gun that was used

to kill Lem was used in a murder
up in Philadelphia.

Uh...

Those robbers,
they were from Philly.

Coincidence?
I don't think so.

I think that that gun...

is the same gun...

that you got in your
hand right now.

Justin look now...

We have to do
what we have to do...

to protect what we love.

Is that justification?

No.

But to be honest, it's how
I've learned to sleep at night.

I like you, Harvey...

but if you pull that gun...

I'm gonna have to kill you.

Are you that fast?

I'm as fast as I need to be.

Nah, I like you too
Justin so it's

just a terrible shame-

Stop!!!

Drop it.

Put it down, Penny.

Stop.

It was both of us.

Baby, please no!

I killed Vivian.

But I didn't mean to.

I asked if I could
talk to her.

You know, in private.

Vivian.

So we stepped into the woods...

there wasn't anywhere
else to go.

I need for you
to think about...

And I unloaded on her.

We won't make it without
the cows, you see?

It's what keeps us afloat.

But she just listened;
didn't say anything.

Can't make it without the cows;
it's what keeps us afloat.

I told her about
our lease with her father.

And the lease that we signed
with your father...

She'd already made up her mind.

...does that not
mean anything to you?

I'm sorry.

That's not what bothered me.

It was her smile.

Condescending
like we don't

try hard enough or...

maybe we should find another
way to make money.

How do you
sleep at night?

When she tried to leave...

I'm not finished!

I pushed her.

I wasn't done talkin'
so I pushed her.

But she had those red heels...

...in the woods.

She tripped over a rock...

and hit her head.

I knew she'd be
dead in a minute.

I could tell by
the way she hit.

I could see it in her eyes.

When I told Harvey...

he said,
"We done stepped in it

now and we gotta finish it...

...it's our only chance."

If-if we had killed
the husband,

the land would have gone
back to Cliff and he would

have honored our lease,
I know he would have.

And-and...
we would have had the cows

on the Pierce's land
like we wanted.

And we've put all of our savings
into them cows.

Oh!

Nobody was supposed to
know because the deputy's

got a gun that had slid up under
the shelf there.

And I found it and
nobody was supposed to

know and it was untraceable.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Put down the gun.

Nobody else has to die.

Put the gun down.

Nobody else has to die.

It's okay.

It's okay.

You didn't ask me how
old my daughter was.

She's 12.

Thank you.

Sheriff.

Bye, baby.

Good evening, sheriff.

Want some dessert?

No thanks,
I got a date.

Date night?

Nice!

I'm all
cleaned up,

and ready for my date.

You know they treat you like
you're one of their own

now that you've solved that
case.

I'm the same guy they frowned at
when I got here.

Well...

you did good, Justin.

Protect and serve.

That's what they're
payin' me to do.

Well, listen to you just
dropping your "g's"

and becomin' all local.

I reckon'!

You know, Justin...

I think I realized somethin'.

It took me 10 years
to figure it out but...

I finally understand why you
charge head first into danger.

It's because if you won't do it,
nobody else will.

I guess.

It's admirable.

It's important.

I'm ready!

You ready?

The theater is two counties over
and I don't wanna miss previews.

I'm ready!

Bye, mom.

Bye, just have her
back by 10.

Okay.

Well, come on!

Dad, you're doing that
stare thing again.

I'm just scanning.

I'd start driving.

We're gonna be late
for the movie... again.

No more boxes... you unpacked!

This is home.

So what is this
boy's name?

Ah! You almost
got me there, you know?

Yeah, not a chance,
Dad.

A mystery, huh?

I like a good mystery!