The Rodeo Thief (2020) - full transcript
An injured bull rider, that's seen his best days in the rodeo, agrees to steal roping horses for an unforgiving loan shark.
Find out what you've got
and if it's one of 30
bulls of the whole pen,
you're hurtin'.
Your meniscus is hurting,
your carpal tunnel
is bothering you,
and so you just pay
a few then you leave.
Call people out like
for stealing your stuff
behind the shoot again.
Four-second ride, put that
baby in slow motion, 60%.
That's an eight-second ride
on social media, people.
I mean, you're at school in
math class, like, oh oh oh.
On to the next one.
Every single post put
"On to the next one."
The last thing you wanna-
- Lovely day, lovely day.
Yeah.
How you guys doing
over here, huh?
Another day, another dollar.
♪ Lovely day, lovely day ♪
Ah.
♪ Lovely day, lovely
day, lovely day ♪
Oh.
Pest control?
- Oh.
- Don't move.
Don't turn around.
- Don't turn around.
- Okay.
- Act natural.
- Okay.
That's fucking natural?
Get the fuck in here, you
stupid son of a bitch.
What are you doing?
- You stupid shit.
- Okay, okay.
Leave it.
Let it bleed.
What do you want?
Texas Downs.
Two weeks ago.
You made a bet.
I don't have it.
Is that going to
be your final answer?
What do you want me to say?
Look I have, I
have kids at home-
- They know that their dad's
a degenerate piece of shit?
Huh?
The watch.
The chain.
The ring.
That buys you two days.
The ring?
You either give me that ring,
or you give me that finger.
That choice is pretty easy.
What?
You ever bet on the horses?
No.
You ought to give it a try.
It's easy to fix.
Yeah.
Jockey gives you the signal,
the fix is in, odds go up.
Just like clockwork.
I'll remember that.
Usually these envelopes
are filled with cash-
- He was light.
And this?
I gave him two days.
That's a message
so he don't forget.
A message?
From who?
He's got three
little girls at home.
You want your money, or not?
If I want you
to send a message,
I'll tell you to send a message.
What do you want
me to do with it now?
Sew it back on?
I want you to shut up and
do what you're told to do!
The finger comes
out of your end.
I'm going to need some
time off after this.
Time off?
You own a time share
that I don't know about?
I'm done.
Just go home.
Okay?
Get some rest.
Come back in two
days and we'll talk.
See you, Boone.
All right.
How's the back?
Hurts.
The leg?
Hurts worse.
My brother had a
picture of you from 2008.
He framed it.
Look at that.
Good looking guy.
Yeah.
Hey look, I'm sorry to
hear about your mother.
Word travels fast in
this town, don't it?
Yeah, well, that's
a small town for you.
You can resent it but in the end
you're just another part of it.
Anyway, she was nice.
The beer is on me tonight, okay?
All right.
Have a good night.
Thank you.
Goddamn it.
I should have knocked.
Can't seem to
keep anything down.
I'll call the
doctor first thing.
Take pills to go to sleep.
Pills to wake up.
What the hell is the difference?
The difference is that
something is going to work.
Maybe.
Maybe I'll just shut
my eyes tonight and
by the morning this
nightmare is finally over.
You can't talk like that.
I saw the bank sent
another letter.
A few days ago.
When were you going
to tell me about it?
- I wasn't.
- Why the hell not?
The letter was
addressed to me.
I'll call the loan
officer first thing.
The doctor after.
In that order.
Which one of these
help you sleep?
I already took them.
Good.
You won't mind if
I steal a couple.
There's the amount of the
loan pay off, right there.
Three copies.
You've got to do
the same to each.
I sign this and hand
you over that money
and that house is mine?
As long as the payment is
made by end of this week.
Once that happens, the
house is untouchable.
But you've got to give
me a check by Friday.
The bank closes at five.
Otherwise, come Monday
they will foreclose
and take your mother's land.
Well this takes care
of the reverse mortgage
and the back property tax.
Anything else?
That'll do it.
How long have we
known each other?
Since we were kids.
And I never once asked you how
you made this kind of money.
I told you.
Rodeo insurance.
Since when do they start
giving out PPOs to bull riders?
Huh?
She can never know about this.
Yes?
Rodeo?
Rodeo.
Thanks, Billy.
Bet you had a good time
putting her in the trailer.
This one?
Goddamn, 1500 pound
Texas tornado.
You want to pet him?
Maybe next year.
So what brings you up here?
Came to see Palmer.
He bought a stallion.
Bringing him in this afternoon
if you want to hang out.
I can do that.
The boys busy?
For you?
They'll make time for you.
Come on.
Out!
All right, listen here.
I think we can make some
money off of these guys today.
The way they've been roping.
What do you think?
Man, I had a late
night last night,
but I think I'm up for it.
I am too.
How much you got?
I've got 200 to put on it.
Let's do it.
Hey, boys.
What you got?
I've got 200 here
that says you boys can't
rope half as fast as us.
I'll play with you.
He'll play.
We'll dang sure play.
- Well let's see-
- Show your money.
Let's do it.
I'm short.
Short again?
- Typical team roper.
- Go figure.
Let's do some gambling, boys.
Sweet, thanks.
Who's up first?
We'll let you girls go first.
There you go!
About ready to
give it another go?
Me?
Hell no.
A lot easier
than riding a bull.
A lot safer for that matter.
Goddamn right.
It ain't that.
It, shit.
I don't know.
You're afraid.
Even cowboys get scared
from time to time.
Yeah.
Maybe if you were
a better bull rider
you wouldn't have gotten
bucked off to begin with-
- You son of a bitch.
Goddamn it.
Hey, you all.
Look who came to pay us a visit.
I'll go get him.
All right.
Don't be greedy.
My father used to say,
if a horse could speak,
you wouldn't like
what he'd have to say.
I didn't expect to
see you up here.
What can I say?
I missed the fellas.
Hey, I don't pay you
all to clown around!
Keep waiting for the day
you'll sell him to me.
He'd make a fine race horse.
I didn't buy him to
put him up for sale.
Shame.
Well, I guess it's
like asking the barber
if I need a haircut.
Same answer, every time.
Come on in the barn.
You can watch me
drink a cold one.
Oh, that sounds
like a lot of fun.
The team must be
doing pretty well.
Not bad.
It would be a whole lot better
if you were still a part of it.
Never was much for roping.
Yeah, well these
cowboys can't seem
to grasp the one
skill you always had.
You knew it was better
to keep your mouth shut
and look stupid, than
open it and prove it.
I heard about your momma.
Terrible thing.
I appreciate that.
You could come back to work?
I already got a job.
Yeah.
Throwing your weight around so
someone else doesn't have to.
The bank is going
to take the house.
And you won't sell me the horse?
I ain't having this
conversation, Palmer.
You've always treated
me like a son.
But you've got to stop.
I can look after my own.
Fine.
You don't want to ride?
Then you get back
up on the bull.
That much, you were good at.
Bull broke my back.
Bull broke your heart.
Look, this life we choose
will always give us
something to fall back on.
And sooner or later we
all land flat on it.
Listen to what I'm
telling you, son.
Boone, you chickenshit!
Get your ass over here!
Now!
What the hell happened?
Oh, you know what's going
on, you son of a bitch.
Yeah, yeah.
You think you can
sleep with my sister,
and kick her the curb
like a piece of trash?
I didn't kick
anyone to the curb.
Goddamn it, she left me!
Bullshit!
Come on, Boone, get up.
Be a man.
You want to beat the
shit out of each other
for an hour over
Brenda, goddamn it!
I want to spend
all damn night, you-
Fuck this.
- Come on, Jeremiah.
- Goddamn it.
You should have
thought about it
before you fucked my sister.
You want me to break this up?
No.
This is cowboy shit.
Yeah, come on, Boone.
Don't nothing
change with you cowboys, huh?
Jeremiah told me what happened.
Surprise, surprise.
What the hell are
you doing here?
I came to bring your
mother some flowers.
Is she asleep?
Yeah.
I helped put her to bed.
She isn't well.
I know that.
So, what are you
going to do about it?
Are you reading my mail now?
This is addressed
to your mother.
Well that's
something couples do.
Read each other's mail.
I just glanced at it.
Yeah, well, we ain't
a couple no more.
That's right.
You're an asshole.
- That's why we aren't.
- Okay.
Come on, Brenda!
Come on, goddamn it!
Just stay!
- Look, I can't-
- Please.
I can't.
Why not?
Because that's
what couples do.
- Asshole.
- God damn it.
Brenda!
Brenda, hold on.
What?
I'm paying the bank Friday.
And the house, it
will be in my name.
We could fix it up.
Make it our home.
Your mother used to tell me,
never go someplace that you
don't know your way out.
I don't know my way
out with you, Boone.
Who says you've got to leave?
I do.
You got that money you owe me?
Money?
What money?
I already paid Patty.
What the fuck are
you talking about?
I promise you, sir.
I am squared up.
I can show you.
What the fuck do you
mean you already paid Pat?
He sent somebody
over to my house last night.
Okay?
What do you mean
one of his guys?
What the fuck are
you talking about?
I'm his guy.
Another guy.
You all look alike.
If I find out you're
lying, I'm going to come back
and cut your dick off.
Jesus Christ.
What the fuck, Pat?
You told me to wait two more
days and you get another guy
to cash in my job?
Relax.
Relax?
That job was my mine.
I need that fucking money.
I said, relax.
Give us a minute, will you?
Who the fuck is that?
That's my son.
Your son?
Yeah.
Now I can explain
everything, okay?
Are you calm?
Can you hold your fucking
horses for a minute?
And sit down?
I said sit down!
What I said was for you to
take a couple of days off,
come back, and
that we would talk.
I had Codi take
care of Mr. Finger.
You'll split the cut with him.
It's only fair.
He's fresh out of Huntsville.
He still needs some work,
but to the potter
goes the clay, okay?
Besides, I think
I know something
that will make everybody happy.
I was out after this.
You knew that.
I heard you, yes.
But I don't dig for
water under the outhouse.
Let me ask you something.
Every time you got
up on that bull,
did you think to
yourself, this is it.
One last ride?
The smart money says no.
So there's some reason
why you want out
so bad, and I want
to know what that is.
My mother is sick.
And the bank is after the land.
The money I was making here
is going to get us
out of all that.
Goddamn it, Pat, that's
the reason I came to work
for you in the first place.
I see.
I want you to work with Codi.
One job, show him the ropes
and when he's in a good place
you'll get all your money
and then you can do
whatever the fuck you it is
you want to do.
We got a deal?
I'm not a
goddamned babysitter.
No.
But you're going to find
out that letting the cat
out of the bag is a whole
lot easier than trying
to put him back in.
All right.
Good.
I'll be in touch.
Fucker.
What?
Hold on, slow down.
All right.
I'll be right there.
What the hell happened, Billy?
You said I had until Friday!
Just calm down!
Calm down?
Damn it!
A third party came in.
That's really all I can say?
That's all you can say?
Bullshit!
Are you done?
So what happens now?
Can I...
An appeal process?
Anything?
No, Boone.
I'm sorry.
But like I said on the
phone, the house belongs
to someone else now.
You ain't going to tell me?
I want to, I do, but I
can't lose my job over this.
Is there any way
I can make a bid?
Honestly, I don't know.
That would be between you
and the new landowner.
Sorry about your office.
We lost the house today.
It is what it is.
That's it?
That's all you have
to say about it?
If there wasn't
something wrong
there wouldn't be
anything right.
Dad worked hard for this land.
This house is all we've got.
The only thing I got left
to maybe give to my kids
when I'm old.
I never thought for you to
be the having children type.
What type am I?
The rodeo type.
Same as your dad.
Drinking.
Womanizing.
He'd come home only one
or two nights a week.
Who taught you to
throw a football?
Me.
Who took you to all your
roping competitions?
Me.
I paid those gate fees.
Not him.
He was off in Arizona
somewhere, maybe locked up
for all I know.
Same as your uncle.
You cowboys, hanging on to
this lifestyle likes it's,
like it's a goddamn disease!
God forbid you
should have children.
I'm going to find out
who bought the house.
Make an offer.
With what money?
I've got some saved.
You could sell that horse
of yours you never see.
I ain't selling the horse.
Well.
Your Uncle Kyle's
not in the will.
I figured, figured you should
be the one to tell him.
Morning.
Morning.
Who are you here to see?
Kyle Carson.
All right.
May I see your
identification, please?
Thank you.
You've got five minutes.
Nice pajamas.
Thanks, man.
I miss my Lucchese's, though.
Yeah, I bet.
How are they treating
you in there?
All right?
Not bad.
I'm up for parole in a month.
No shit.
Already?
Yeah.
It doesn't look good though.
Why not?
Fucking Mexicans.
Always trying to act all hard.
Let them fight
the skinheads, man.
Stay out of that shit.
I don't know.
It's just something I've
got to do on my own, man.
You don't forget all that shit.
What's new with you?
Same old.
You back on a bull yet?
Not anymore.
A guy in here said a
rodeo came through town,
said you weren't in it.
You working for Pat now?
Yeah.
Does my sister know?
Fuck no.
Do I look stupid to you?
Yeah, kind of.
Working for Pat when you
could be out there on tour.
I couldn't walk for
seven months, Kyle.
I didn't know what else to do.
All right, man.
I'm sorry.
How is she anyway?
Not good, man.
Oh, coughing up blood and, I
went and saw her doctor and,
he said best case scenario,
she lives another
couple of months.
Listen, I've got to
tell you something.
What is it?
She left you out of the will.
She said that?
She don't mean nothing by it.
Fuck that!
Fuck that!
She never given a shit about me.
Don't say that.
The only reason
I'm telling you is
just in case something happens
to me, you need to know.
You got heat?
I don't know.
You fucking know
if you've got heat
or if you don't got heat.
Pat's got me in on
something with a new guy.
Codi.
His son.
I don't trust him.
Listen to me.
You still got that horse?
The fastest way to double your
money is you fold it in half
and put it in your pocket.
You hearing me?
Look, I don't want to
be asking permission
to come to your funeral.
You are all I have left.
What about what I said?
About the will?
Fuck her.
I'll be seeing you.
Guard.
Guard!
Get the fuck out of here.
What the fuck
are you doing here?
You been following me?
The old man came through.
Wants you to take me along.
Where were you before prison?
El Paso.
Why?
Who'd you work for?
Guy named Ramirez.
Ramirez from El Paso.
A hotshot like your dad?
Yeah, more or less.
Which one was it?
Does it matter?
Guess not.
I'm going to clean up.
Take a shower.
Well how long is
that going to take?
Well I ain't in a rush, slick.
Cold beer in the fridge.
Fucking asshole.
How the hell are you Pat's kid?
It's safe to say you
don't look anything alike.
You know, there's more
to family than blood.
Is it true you own
a $100,000 horse
that you won't
sell it to anybody?
Hey.
You see that?
Right there.
That door.
Yeah.
That's what we
call a dead drop.
It's like a secret location
when people pass
packages, money-
- I know what the
hell a dead drop is.
All right, smartass.
Go check it out.
There should be a
package for you.
Hey, it's how we do
things in North Texas.
What happened?
No answer.
No answer?
You sure?
What the fuck do you
think no answer means?
Shit.
What's that for?
Self preservation.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
There he is.
There's the door.
Go get it.
Easy now.
Who the fuck are you?
It doesn't matter.
Come on, let me have it.
Where Boone at?
He's in the truck.
You must be the new guy?
Yeah.
Something like that.
Come on.
Shit!
Fuck.
Put it down!
You first.
We're on the same
goddamn team here, man.
Then it shouldn't be hard
for you to put it away.
What the hell did you
shoot him for, Codi?
I've know this guy five years,
he wouldn't do a
goddamned thing.
I'm just doing
exactly how I was told.
You were told to
listen to me, goddamn it!
Look, if you've got a
problem take it up with pops.
He's the one that
gives me orders.
Not you.
Yeah, that's going to be good.
I'm going to have
to call you back.
You look upset.
Fucking right.
Codi killed that
man in cold blood.
He knew about the drop
and he shot him anyway.
Is there something
you're not telling me?
I'm the one that gave
the order to shoot the guy.
He was talking to the cops.
He was trying to get protection.
And you weren't going
to tell me about it?
He pulled a fucking
gun on me, Pat.
Hey, who the fuck do you
think you're talking to?
I don't have to
tell you jack shit.
You work for me!
Get that through your
thick fucking skull!
Anything else you want?
Tonight's cut puts
me where I need to be.
I'm out.
Is that right?
I was always
loyal to you, Pat.
I never broke that trust.
Like that asshole
uncle of yours?
Just let me have my
money and get out of here.
You're not thinking
this through.
You think I'm going to let
you just walk out of here?
C'est la vie?
What's this?
That's the deed to
your mother's land.
I bought it from the bank.
You bought it from the bank?
That's right.
Now, I don't have any use for
it, that's not why I did it.
I did it to prove my point.
You're only out of this business
when I tell you that I have
no further use for you.
Right now, I'm telling
you that I ain't done
with your redneck ass.
I'll kill you.
No, you won't.
You'll try, but see you're
not thinking this through.
You're not thinking
about your sick mother
and what will happen to her.
Or that black
girlfriend of yours.
Not to mention that
low-life, scum sucking,
fuckhead uncle of yours.
What?
You think that I
can't slit his throat
from behind this desk.
I make one call, they're
delivering you an American flag.
What do you want, Pat?
I want a horse.
Not your horse.
A roping horse.
Two of them.
There's a rodeo in
Childress in two days.
Your old boss is entering
two of his finest.
I want you to steal
me those horses.
How do you want me to do that?
Set a cartwheel
up outside of town.
No chance.
Those boys know me.
Everyone that you love,
everyone that you call family
will die if you
don't do this for me!
Is that clear enough for you?
I do this, you hand over
that deed to the house.
That's mine.
And my family ain't
to be touched.
Well it can't hurt
your chances, kiddo.
I'll give you until tomorrow
to give me an answer.
But if you don't show,
I'll show you what it means
to drive black cattle at night.
I found out who
bought the house.
Now I've got to make a choice
between doing something awful
or something worse.
Palmer always got me out of
trouble when I was a kid.
Uncle Kyle was always
running from the law.
And you were always sick.
But you all got me through
those years after dad left.
I ain't never
going to forget it.
But now, I need someone.
I need someone.
I never asked you why he left.
You always blamed uncle Kyle.
But deep down I knew it was me.
And I hate myself for it.
I wish that bull
would have killed me.
Kept me going, knowing that
some day that big boy was going
to put me where I belong.
Underneath that arena dirt.
Always so dramatic.
That's what you think this is?
Your father, before he
left, did one thing right.
What's that?
Talk slow, and think quick.
You need something
with a little more kick?
Why the hell not?
Because I know
how you cowboys get.
Here you go.
Try that.
Well, well, well.
Boone "Lightning" Carson.
Or is it just Boone now, huh?
What do you say, Tip?
Well it's been
a long time, huh?
Last I seen you they
was carting your carcass
off the Abilene Arena
on a stretcher, huh?
What are you doing back home?
I never really left.
You see, that's why
they call it a circuit.
Because eventually it ends.
But you wouldn't know anything
about that, would you?
Well, I do know your old
boss wants to sponsor me.
Good for him.
Very good.
Say, the least I can
do is buy you a drink.
Huh?
Taking your spot and all.
Not tonight.
What's that?
I said not tonight.
Hey, guys.
If you two want to beat
the hell out of each other,
take it outside.
I'm going to take a piss.
Good to see you, Tip.
Too scared to get
back on the bull.
And too proud to pass
the torch to someone new.
Say that again.
I said you're too scared-
- Oh!
You chickenshit!
Oh!
Come on, Boone.
She told you to take it outside.
Oh my God, napkin.
Shit.
I've had worse.
Lightning.
Lightning.
So what the hell, man?
You don't answer
you phone no more?
Your mama's been
calling for you.
The bartender even called
me to come pick you up.
It sounds like you
closed this place down.
Literally.
What time is it?
Time to get your ass home.
I got square hay to put
out and a pasture to clear.
Come on.
Goddamn right.
You got money for a
cab to come back later
and get your truck?
Hmmm.
Lost it.
You lost it.
Hmm.
Goddamn.
Boone, what the fuck
is wrong with you?
Do you know how much those boys
at the ranch look up to you?
Goddamn, there ain't one day
that goes by that one of us
ain't telling a Boone
Carson story or laughing
about one of the many
times you came over just
to give Palmer hell.
If they saw you like
this, it would crush them.
Erase every good
memory they ever had
of Boone 'Lightning' Carson.
That ain't me no more.
That ain't you no more.
Well they don't
need to know that.
And I sure as hell
don't believe that.
Change that shirt.
You smell like a distillery.
Get up.
Hey.
Good morning.
You got my message?
Yeah.
I was asleep.
It was three in the morning.
What's going on?
That day you always talked
about that would come.
It's here.
Are you stupid?
I told you not to get
caught up with that guy.
You've got to stick around to
help take care your mother.
Which is exactly why I'm
going through with this.
You know I worry
when you get like this.
I'm just trying to
do the right thing.
Not that.
The drinking.
The decisions.
Hasn't your mother had enough?
I was never good
to you, Brenda.
Everybody knows that.
But I got to ask you
for one last thing.
Stay with mother.
In case something
bad happens to me.
Of course.
I'd do anything for your mother.
I appreciate that.
I'll be back when it's over.
I'm pregnant.
Say that again.
You're going to be a father.
July is 13.95.
I'll do it.
But it's a two-man job.
Codi's your man.
Not him.
I need somebody
who knows horses.
Someone I can trust.
No offense.
Go fuck yourself.
Yeah, you too.
Okay.
Someone that you can trust.
Codi's still going
to be there watching
the job the whole time, just
in case you try to get cute.
It's got to be soon.
These boys head out early.
There's a place right
along the way that's going
to be perfect for this.
And?
We could run into some issues.
These guys carry guns and
they're not shy about using them.
That's why Codi's going
to be there watching.
They can't even
know he's around.
They sniff someone is on
their ass this thing is over.
All right?
These cowboys treat their
prize horses like gold.
They'd rather die
than see them stolen.
Just do it!
And one more thing.
When this is done and you try
and fuck me, I'm going to walk
in here and I'm going to
put a bullet in your head.
You, too, Ponytail.
All right?
You've got my word.
Giddy-up.
Go.
Go.
Play nice.
What the hell are
you doing here, Brenda?
It's your nephew.
I think he's in trouble.
Not a lot I can do
from in here is there?
That's why I
need you to make parole.
I need you to get out.
It's not that easy.
It can be.
Boone, he's about to do
something and, it's just,
we won't make it far if
something happens to him.
And you know that.
I'll see what I can do.
Well, you're going to have
to because it ain't just him
and me anymore.
We're having a baby.
You and Boone?
Yeah.
I can't do this alone.
Please.
Do you ever get the
feeling that none of this
means a goddamned thing?
That none of it matters?
Where I'm from, where I'm going.
All this shit and
mess we leave behind.
I just don't fucking
understand it.
You know, when
you figure that shit out,
you'll be good to go.
Driver!
Put your hands up!
Throw the keys out the window!
Not today.
Now get
out real easy like.
Get out!
Keep those hands
where I can see them!
Shut the door.
Come on, motherfucker.
Get over here.
Don't fuck around.
Turn him around front.
Get him on his knees.
- Get him on his knees.
- Let's go.
Trailer, trailer.
Come on.
Get to the door.
Open it.
You sure you
about that, partner?
Did I stutter?
Open it.
Howdy.
Hey, what's
going on back there?
Go, go, go!
Put down the fucking phone.
I said drop it.
We've got to get
the fuck out of here.
Warden.
On your feet.
This ought to be
real quick and simple.
You give me one good
reason why I should even
let you sit down in front
of that parole board?
Always in the whites.
Solitary.
You know, you straighten
up and we might
just could move you to post.
They got a goddamn
tropical smoothie in there.
So?
I'm ready to go home.
I'm ready.
Get off me.
What is this?
What the fuck is this?
Pops going to hit
the fucking roof
when he finds out what happened.
Ah, I see.
You set this up?
Do you really think you're
going to get away with it?
Not if you're around
to tell anyone about it.
Okay.
Look, I'll leave town.
I can disappear.
You'll disappear.
Where do you think you're going
to go where Pat's not going
to find you?
A rat?
In the family?
At what point do you think
he's going to stop looking
for a piece of shit like you?
You'll never see me again-
- You're right.
Okay wait, look.
I knew it.
I knew you didn't
have it in you.
All right, can we quit
fucking around and untie me?
Come on.
All right, what happens now.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Now you all here know me.
If any one of you all has a
problem with what happened here
you can leave now.
I ain't going to
hold any ill will.
It's all good with us, Boone.
Damn right.
I owe you boys my life.
You were here when I needed you.
And I ain't ever
going to forget it.
That's what cowboys do.
Let's clean this
piece of shit up
and then let's get some beers.
Yes sir.
- Sounds like a plan to us.
- Thanks, boys.
Yes, sir.
Pat.
Easy!
Easy!
We're not armed!
Where's Codi?
Codi's gone.
We came as fast as we could.
Who the hell is this?
Hey, he's with me, all right?
Shit went south.
They had the horses.
It was all Codi's fault.
Is that right?
He got greedy.
Why in the hell
would he do that?
The fuck if I know.
But he's halfway
to El Paso by now.
You're telling me that
Codi tipped off your guys?
He was either in on
it, or he spooked them.
Okay?
Think.
Could he have called Ramirez
in on this one, or what?
Ramirez?
How do you even know
that fucking name?
Is it possible?
Yes or no?
Well where are the horses?
I don't know.
Perfect.
Nobody knows where the
goddamn horses are?
I do.
Show me.
I see an empty horse arena.
The old man said that
my horses would be here.
Do you see any horses?
They'll be here.
When?
Do I look like the type of
guy that has time to waste?
He says they'll be
here, they'll be here.
Well?
Where are the goddamned horses?
I told you.
Go get my horses.
I don't care how you
do it, just do it.
Old Creepshow
wants the horses.
What do you want to do?
That son of a bitch ain't
taking any of my mine.
He ain't getting
them without a fight.
He ain't getting mine.
There's a problem.
Problem?
What problem?
They don't want
to give you shit.
Do they know who I am?
No.
But it wouldn't matter
much if they did.
You set me up.
You set yourself up, Pat.
Who the fuck do
you think you are?
The only asshole in
Texas with a gun?
You're going to pay for this.
All of you!
You think you can humiliate me?
This is how it's
going to work.
You're going to
get in that truck
and you're going to drive your
ass as far away as possible.
If I wake up tomorrow and
hear you're hanging around,
I'm going to kill you.
You can explain to the buyers
why you don't have the horses,
and why you're running with
your tail between your legs.
Big man.
Big man!
Yeah.
What about your mommy's land?
Yeah.
Right?
I own it!
Remember that, you stupid prick?
I have the deed!
This deed?
Sign it over to
me right now, Pat.
It ain't a discussion.
This doesn't change anything.
I'm going to come back and
I'm going to press you.
All of you!
Hard!
Unlikely.
Try me.
On the other hand, we can
tie the other end of that rope
to one of these horses right
here and drag your creepy ass
out of town with it.
See how long it takes before
your limbs start tearing off.
That's a promise, Pat.
Say goodbye
to your uncle for me.
Well we're all happy
to hear you say that,
because the boys are
going to drag you anyway.
Give him a ride, boys!
All right.
Everything looks good.
You got a check for me?
Okay.
I'll get this to the
loan officer downtown.
Should have the new deed
processed in about two weeks.
Free and clear.
Thank you, Billy.
No hard feelings, all right?
Take care of yourself, Boone.
You too.
Looks like you got
your wish, Carson.
So, darling, let me
get another one of these.
Here you go.
Thank you.
What the hell do you want?
I brought you a beer.
Yeah.
Feel like you need
to clean the bar
with my face a little bit more?
Look.
Sorry for being an asshole.
All right.
Give them hell on the circuit.
Hey.
I hear tell you're
going to be a daddy.
Yep.
Hey, here's to what
the future brings.
That bar is hard.
I was hoping you were going
to be here when I got back.
I made you a promise.
How is she?
She's gone.
Hey, hey, hey.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Okay.
You two look good together-
- Actually, I just
stopped by to say goodbye.
Goodbye?
He's all yours.
The way I see it, a horse
ain't meant to wait around.
Especially on some
chickenshit bull rider.
What do you want for him?
Nothing.
I know you'll do right by him.
He deserves that much.
You sure you don't need a job?
What was that you always
said about asking a barber
if you need a haircut?
Same answer every time.
Take care, Palmer.
Barkeep.
Hit me.
Oh.
Cheers.
That was a good one.
Could I have
a beer, sweetheart?
Thank you.
Jesus Christ!
Man, I told you I
wasn't lying about Pat.
Relax.
I ain't here about that.
Then what is it that you want?
Listen, man, I'm here
to help, not hurt you.
Take this card and call the guy.
Get that finger sewed back on.
- What?
- Take it.
Mention my name, he'll
fix you right up.
Thank you.
There's something else.
That security firm you work for,
are they hiring?
Are you asking me for a job?
Yes or no?
Well, I mean, I,
I can put a good word
at the main office,
but it's not the kind of
stuff you want to get into.
Right?
Unless you've got
something bigger
I can sink my teeth into.
All right.
How much do you know?
I know about that
game in Oklahoma.
I know you're involved.
Ah, the poker game.
Well, that's not
just a poker game.
See, down south from there,
there's a fortune buried
underneath this old man's ranch.
Yours for the taking.
I can get you into.
I'm listening.
Well first, we're going
to have to change your name.
Jessup Cross.
That's right.
Hey, cheers.
Cheers.
What could go wrong?
and if it's one of 30
bulls of the whole pen,
you're hurtin'.
Your meniscus is hurting,
your carpal tunnel
is bothering you,
and so you just pay
a few then you leave.
Call people out like
for stealing your stuff
behind the shoot again.
Four-second ride, put that
baby in slow motion, 60%.
That's an eight-second ride
on social media, people.
I mean, you're at school in
math class, like, oh oh oh.
On to the next one.
Every single post put
"On to the next one."
The last thing you wanna-
- Lovely day, lovely day.
Yeah.
How you guys doing
over here, huh?
Another day, another dollar.
♪ Lovely day, lovely day ♪
Ah.
♪ Lovely day, lovely
day, lovely day ♪
Oh.
Pest control?
- Oh.
- Don't move.
Don't turn around.
- Don't turn around.
- Okay.
- Act natural.
- Okay.
That's fucking natural?
Get the fuck in here, you
stupid son of a bitch.
What are you doing?
- You stupid shit.
- Okay, okay.
Leave it.
Let it bleed.
What do you want?
Texas Downs.
Two weeks ago.
You made a bet.
I don't have it.
Is that going to
be your final answer?
What do you want me to say?
Look I have, I
have kids at home-
- They know that their dad's
a degenerate piece of shit?
Huh?
The watch.
The chain.
The ring.
That buys you two days.
The ring?
You either give me that ring,
or you give me that finger.
That choice is pretty easy.
What?
You ever bet on the horses?
No.
You ought to give it a try.
It's easy to fix.
Yeah.
Jockey gives you the signal,
the fix is in, odds go up.
Just like clockwork.
I'll remember that.
Usually these envelopes
are filled with cash-
- He was light.
And this?
I gave him two days.
That's a message
so he don't forget.
A message?
From who?
He's got three
little girls at home.
You want your money, or not?
If I want you
to send a message,
I'll tell you to send a message.
What do you want
me to do with it now?
Sew it back on?
I want you to shut up and
do what you're told to do!
The finger comes
out of your end.
I'm going to need some
time off after this.
Time off?
You own a time share
that I don't know about?
I'm done.
Just go home.
Okay?
Get some rest.
Come back in two
days and we'll talk.
See you, Boone.
All right.
How's the back?
Hurts.
The leg?
Hurts worse.
My brother had a
picture of you from 2008.
He framed it.
Look at that.
Good looking guy.
Yeah.
Hey look, I'm sorry to
hear about your mother.
Word travels fast in
this town, don't it?
Yeah, well, that's
a small town for you.
You can resent it but in the end
you're just another part of it.
Anyway, she was nice.
The beer is on me tonight, okay?
All right.
Have a good night.
Thank you.
Goddamn it.
I should have knocked.
Can't seem to
keep anything down.
I'll call the
doctor first thing.
Take pills to go to sleep.
Pills to wake up.
What the hell is the difference?
The difference is that
something is going to work.
Maybe.
Maybe I'll just shut
my eyes tonight and
by the morning this
nightmare is finally over.
You can't talk like that.
I saw the bank sent
another letter.
A few days ago.
When were you going
to tell me about it?
- I wasn't.
- Why the hell not?
The letter was
addressed to me.
I'll call the loan
officer first thing.
The doctor after.
In that order.
Which one of these
help you sleep?
I already took them.
Good.
You won't mind if
I steal a couple.
There's the amount of the
loan pay off, right there.
Three copies.
You've got to do
the same to each.
I sign this and hand
you over that money
and that house is mine?
As long as the payment is
made by end of this week.
Once that happens, the
house is untouchable.
But you've got to give
me a check by Friday.
The bank closes at five.
Otherwise, come Monday
they will foreclose
and take your mother's land.
Well this takes care
of the reverse mortgage
and the back property tax.
Anything else?
That'll do it.
How long have we
known each other?
Since we were kids.
And I never once asked you how
you made this kind of money.
I told you.
Rodeo insurance.
Since when do they start
giving out PPOs to bull riders?
Huh?
She can never know about this.
Yes?
Rodeo?
Rodeo.
Thanks, Billy.
Bet you had a good time
putting her in the trailer.
This one?
Goddamn, 1500 pound
Texas tornado.
You want to pet him?
Maybe next year.
So what brings you up here?
Came to see Palmer.
He bought a stallion.
Bringing him in this afternoon
if you want to hang out.
I can do that.
The boys busy?
For you?
They'll make time for you.
Come on.
Out!
All right, listen here.
I think we can make some
money off of these guys today.
The way they've been roping.
What do you think?
Man, I had a late
night last night,
but I think I'm up for it.
I am too.
How much you got?
I've got 200 to put on it.
Let's do it.
Hey, boys.
What you got?
I've got 200 here
that says you boys can't
rope half as fast as us.
I'll play with you.
He'll play.
We'll dang sure play.
- Well let's see-
- Show your money.
Let's do it.
I'm short.
Short again?
- Typical team roper.
- Go figure.
Let's do some gambling, boys.
Sweet, thanks.
Who's up first?
We'll let you girls go first.
There you go!
About ready to
give it another go?
Me?
Hell no.
A lot easier
than riding a bull.
A lot safer for that matter.
Goddamn right.
It ain't that.
It, shit.
I don't know.
You're afraid.
Even cowboys get scared
from time to time.
Yeah.
Maybe if you were
a better bull rider
you wouldn't have gotten
bucked off to begin with-
- You son of a bitch.
Goddamn it.
Hey, you all.
Look who came to pay us a visit.
I'll go get him.
All right.
Don't be greedy.
My father used to say,
if a horse could speak,
you wouldn't like
what he'd have to say.
I didn't expect to
see you up here.
What can I say?
I missed the fellas.
Hey, I don't pay you
all to clown around!
Keep waiting for the day
you'll sell him to me.
He'd make a fine race horse.
I didn't buy him to
put him up for sale.
Shame.
Well, I guess it's
like asking the barber
if I need a haircut.
Same answer, every time.
Come on in the barn.
You can watch me
drink a cold one.
Oh, that sounds
like a lot of fun.
The team must be
doing pretty well.
Not bad.
It would be a whole lot better
if you were still a part of it.
Never was much for roping.
Yeah, well these
cowboys can't seem
to grasp the one
skill you always had.
You knew it was better
to keep your mouth shut
and look stupid, than
open it and prove it.
I heard about your momma.
Terrible thing.
I appreciate that.
You could come back to work?
I already got a job.
Yeah.
Throwing your weight around so
someone else doesn't have to.
The bank is going
to take the house.
And you won't sell me the horse?
I ain't having this
conversation, Palmer.
You've always treated
me like a son.
But you've got to stop.
I can look after my own.
Fine.
You don't want to ride?
Then you get back
up on the bull.
That much, you were good at.
Bull broke my back.
Bull broke your heart.
Look, this life we choose
will always give us
something to fall back on.
And sooner or later we
all land flat on it.
Listen to what I'm
telling you, son.
Boone, you chickenshit!
Get your ass over here!
Now!
What the hell happened?
Oh, you know what's going
on, you son of a bitch.
Yeah, yeah.
You think you can
sleep with my sister,
and kick her the curb
like a piece of trash?
I didn't kick
anyone to the curb.
Goddamn it, she left me!
Bullshit!
Come on, Boone, get up.
Be a man.
You want to beat the
shit out of each other
for an hour over
Brenda, goddamn it!
I want to spend
all damn night, you-
Fuck this.
- Come on, Jeremiah.
- Goddamn it.
You should have
thought about it
before you fucked my sister.
You want me to break this up?
No.
This is cowboy shit.
Yeah, come on, Boone.
Don't nothing
change with you cowboys, huh?
Jeremiah told me what happened.
Surprise, surprise.
What the hell are
you doing here?
I came to bring your
mother some flowers.
Is she asleep?
Yeah.
I helped put her to bed.
She isn't well.
I know that.
So, what are you
going to do about it?
Are you reading my mail now?
This is addressed
to your mother.
Well that's
something couples do.
Read each other's mail.
I just glanced at it.
Yeah, well, we ain't
a couple no more.
That's right.
You're an asshole.
- That's why we aren't.
- Okay.
Come on, Brenda!
Come on, goddamn it!
Just stay!
- Look, I can't-
- Please.
I can't.
Why not?
Because that's
what couples do.
- Asshole.
- God damn it.
Brenda!
Brenda, hold on.
What?
I'm paying the bank Friday.
And the house, it
will be in my name.
We could fix it up.
Make it our home.
Your mother used to tell me,
never go someplace that you
don't know your way out.
I don't know my way
out with you, Boone.
Who says you've got to leave?
I do.
You got that money you owe me?
Money?
What money?
I already paid Patty.
What the fuck are
you talking about?
I promise you, sir.
I am squared up.
I can show you.
What the fuck do you
mean you already paid Pat?
He sent somebody
over to my house last night.
Okay?
What do you mean
one of his guys?
What the fuck are
you talking about?
I'm his guy.
Another guy.
You all look alike.
If I find out you're
lying, I'm going to come back
and cut your dick off.
Jesus Christ.
What the fuck, Pat?
You told me to wait two more
days and you get another guy
to cash in my job?
Relax.
Relax?
That job was my mine.
I need that fucking money.
I said, relax.
Give us a minute, will you?
Who the fuck is that?
That's my son.
Your son?
Yeah.
Now I can explain
everything, okay?
Are you calm?
Can you hold your fucking
horses for a minute?
And sit down?
I said sit down!
What I said was for you to
take a couple of days off,
come back, and
that we would talk.
I had Codi take
care of Mr. Finger.
You'll split the cut with him.
It's only fair.
He's fresh out of Huntsville.
He still needs some work,
but to the potter
goes the clay, okay?
Besides, I think
I know something
that will make everybody happy.
I was out after this.
You knew that.
I heard you, yes.
But I don't dig for
water under the outhouse.
Let me ask you something.
Every time you got
up on that bull,
did you think to
yourself, this is it.
One last ride?
The smart money says no.
So there's some reason
why you want out
so bad, and I want
to know what that is.
My mother is sick.
And the bank is after the land.
The money I was making here
is going to get us
out of all that.
Goddamn it, Pat, that's
the reason I came to work
for you in the first place.
I see.
I want you to work with Codi.
One job, show him the ropes
and when he's in a good place
you'll get all your money
and then you can do
whatever the fuck you it is
you want to do.
We got a deal?
I'm not a
goddamned babysitter.
No.
But you're going to find
out that letting the cat
out of the bag is a whole
lot easier than trying
to put him back in.
All right.
Good.
I'll be in touch.
Fucker.
What?
Hold on, slow down.
All right.
I'll be right there.
What the hell happened, Billy?
You said I had until Friday!
Just calm down!
Calm down?
Damn it!
A third party came in.
That's really all I can say?
That's all you can say?
Bullshit!
Are you done?
So what happens now?
Can I...
An appeal process?
Anything?
No, Boone.
I'm sorry.
But like I said on the
phone, the house belongs
to someone else now.
You ain't going to tell me?
I want to, I do, but I
can't lose my job over this.
Is there any way
I can make a bid?
Honestly, I don't know.
That would be between you
and the new landowner.
Sorry about your office.
We lost the house today.
It is what it is.
That's it?
That's all you have
to say about it?
If there wasn't
something wrong
there wouldn't be
anything right.
Dad worked hard for this land.
This house is all we've got.
The only thing I got left
to maybe give to my kids
when I'm old.
I never thought for you to
be the having children type.
What type am I?
The rodeo type.
Same as your dad.
Drinking.
Womanizing.
He'd come home only one
or two nights a week.
Who taught you to
throw a football?
Me.
Who took you to all your
roping competitions?
Me.
I paid those gate fees.
Not him.
He was off in Arizona
somewhere, maybe locked up
for all I know.
Same as your uncle.
You cowboys, hanging on to
this lifestyle likes it's,
like it's a goddamn disease!
God forbid you
should have children.
I'm going to find out
who bought the house.
Make an offer.
With what money?
I've got some saved.
You could sell that horse
of yours you never see.
I ain't selling the horse.
Well.
Your Uncle Kyle's
not in the will.
I figured, figured you should
be the one to tell him.
Morning.
Morning.
Who are you here to see?
Kyle Carson.
All right.
May I see your
identification, please?
Thank you.
You've got five minutes.
Nice pajamas.
Thanks, man.
I miss my Lucchese's, though.
Yeah, I bet.
How are they treating
you in there?
All right?
Not bad.
I'm up for parole in a month.
No shit.
Already?
Yeah.
It doesn't look good though.
Why not?
Fucking Mexicans.
Always trying to act all hard.
Let them fight
the skinheads, man.
Stay out of that shit.
I don't know.
It's just something I've
got to do on my own, man.
You don't forget all that shit.
What's new with you?
Same old.
You back on a bull yet?
Not anymore.
A guy in here said a
rodeo came through town,
said you weren't in it.
You working for Pat now?
Yeah.
Does my sister know?
Fuck no.
Do I look stupid to you?
Yeah, kind of.
Working for Pat when you
could be out there on tour.
I couldn't walk for
seven months, Kyle.
I didn't know what else to do.
All right, man.
I'm sorry.
How is she anyway?
Not good, man.
Oh, coughing up blood and, I
went and saw her doctor and,
he said best case scenario,
she lives another
couple of months.
Listen, I've got to
tell you something.
What is it?
She left you out of the will.
She said that?
She don't mean nothing by it.
Fuck that!
Fuck that!
She never given a shit about me.
Don't say that.
The only reason
I'm telling you is
just in case something happens
to me, you need to know.
You got heat?
I don't know.
You fucking know
if you've got heat
or if you don't got heat.
Pat's got me in on
something with a new guy.
Codi.
His son.
I don't trust him.
Listen to me.
You still got that horse?
The fastest way to double your
money is you fold it in half
and put it in your pocket.
You hearing me?
Look, I don't want to
be asking permission
to come to your funeral.
You are all I have left.
What about what I said?
About the will?
Fuck her.
I'll be seeing you.
Guard.
Guard!
Get the fuck out of here.
What the fuck
are you doing here?
You been following me?
The old man came through.
Wants you to take me along.
Where were you before prison?
El Paso.
Why?
Who'd you work for?
Guy named Ramirez.
Ramirez from El Paso.
A hotshot like your dad?
Yeah, more or less.
Which one was it?
Does it matter?
Guess not.
I'm going to clean up.
Take a shower.
Well how long is
that going to take?
Well I ain't in a rush, slick.
Cold beer in the fridge.
Fucking asshole.
How the hell are you Pat's kid?
It's safe to say you
don't look anything alike.
You know, there's more
to family than blood.
Is it true you own
a $100,000 horse
that you won't
sell it to anybody?
Hey.
You see that?
Right there.
That door.
Yeah.
That's what we
call a dead drop.
It's like a secret location
when people pass
packages, money-
- I know what the
hell a dead drop is.
All right, smartass.
Go check it out.
There should be a
package for you.
Hey, it's how we do
things in North Texas.
What happened?
No answer.
No answer?
You sure?
What the fuck do you
think no answer means?
Shit.
What's that for?
Self preservation.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
There he is.
There's the door.
Go get it.
Easy now.
Who the fuck are you?
It doesn't matter.
Come on, let me have it.
Where Boone at?
He's in the truck.
You must be the new guy?
Yeah.
Something like that.
Come on.
Shit!
Fuck.
Put it down!
You first.
We're on the same
goddamn team here, man.
Then it shouldn't be hard
for you to put it away.
What the hell did you
shoot him for, Codi?
I've know this guy five years,
he wouldn't do a
goddamned thing.
I'm just doing
exactly how I was told.
You were told to
listen to me, goddamn it!
Look, if you've got a
problem take it up with pops.
He's the one that
gives me orders.
Not you.
Yeah, that's going to be good.
I'm going to have
to call you back.
You look upset.
Fucking right.
Codi killed that
man in cold blood.
He knew about the drop
and he shot him anyway.
Is there something
you're not telling me?
I'm the one that gave
the order to shoot the guy.
He was talking to the cops.
He was trying to get protection.
And you weren't going
to tell me about it?
He pulled a fucking
gun on me, Pat.
Hey, who the fuck do you
think you're talking to?
I don't have to
tell you jack shit.
You work for me!
Get that through your
thick fucking skull!
Anything else you want?
Tonight's cut puts
me where I need to be.
I'm out.
Is that right?
I was always
loyal to you, Pat.
I never broke that trust.
Like that asshole
uncle of yours?
Just let me have my
money and get out of here.
You're not thinking
this through.
You think I'm going to let
you just walk out of here?
C'est la vie?
What's this?
That's the deed to
your mother's land.
I bought it from the bank.
You bought it from the bank?
That's right.
Now, I don't have any use for
it, that's not why I did it.
I did it to prove my point.
You're only out of this business
when I tell you that I have
no further use for you.
Right now, I'm telling
you that I ain't done
with your redneck ass.
I'll kill you.
No, you won't.
You'll try, but see you're
not thinking this through.
You're not thinking
about your sick mother
and what will happen to her.
Or that black
girlfriend of yours.
Not to mention that
low-life, scum sucking,
fuckhead uncle of yours.
What?
You think that I
can't slit his throat
from behind this desk.
I make one call, they're
delivering you an American flag.
What do you want, Pat?
I want a horse.
Not your horse.
A roping horse.
Two of them.
There's a rodeo in
Childress in two days.
Your old boss is entering
two of his finest.
I want you to steal
me those horses.
How do you want me to do that?
Set a cartwheel
up outside of town.
No chance.
Those boys know me.
Everyone that you love,
everyone that you call family
will die if you
don't do this for me!
Is that clear enough for you?
I do this, you hand over
that deed to the house.
That's mine.
And my family ain't
to be touched.
Well it can't hurt
your chances, kiddo.
I'll give you until tomorrow
to give me an answer.
But if you don't show,
I'll show you what it means
to drive black cattle at night.
I found out who
bought the house.
Now I've got to make a choice
between doing something awful
or something worse.
Palmer always got me out of
trouble when I was a kid.
Uncle Kyle was always
running from the law.
And you were always sick.
But you all got me through
those years after dad left.
I ain't never
going to forget it.
But now, I need someone.
I need someone.
I never asked you why he left.
You always blamed uncle Kyle.
But deep down I knew it was me.
And I hate myself for it.
I wish that bull
would have killed me.
Kept me going, knowing that
some day that big boy was going
to put me where I belong.
Underneath that arena dirt.
Always so dramatic.
That's what you think this is?
Your father, before he
left, did one thing right.
What's that?
Talk slow, and think quick.
You need something
with a little more kick?
Why the hell not?
Because I know
how you cowboys get.
Here you go.
Try that.
Well, well, well.
Boone "Lightning" Carson.
Or is it just Boone now, huh?
What do you say, Tip?
Well it's been
a long time, huh?
Last I seen you they
was carting your carcass
off the Abilene Arena
on a stretcher, huh?
What are you doing back home?
I never really left.
You see, that's why
they call it a circuit.
Because eventually it ends.
But you wouldn't know anything
about that, would you?
Well, I do know your old
boss wants to sponsor me.
Good for him.
Very good.
Say, the least I can
do is buy you a drink.
Huh?
Taking your spot and all.
Not tonight.
What's that?
I said not tonight.
Hey, guys.
If you two want to beat
the hell out of each other,
take it outside.
I'm going to take a piss.
Good to see you, Tip.
Too scared to get
back on the bull.
And too proud to pass
the torch to someone new.
Say that again.
I said you're too scared-
- Oh!
You chickenshit!
Oh!
Come on, Boone.
She told you to take it outside.
Oh my God, napkin.
Shit.
I've had worse.
Lightning.
Lightning.
So what the hell, man?
You don't answer
you phone no more?
Your mama's been
calling for you.
The bartender even called
me to come pick you up.
It sounds like you
closed this place down.
Literally.
What time is it?
Time to get your ass home.
I got square hay to put
out and a pasture to clear.
Come on.
Goddamn right.
You got money for a
cab to come back later
and get your truck?
Hmmm.
Lost it.
You lost it.
Hmm.
Goddamn.
Boone, what the fuck
is wrong with you?
Do you know how much those boys
at the ranch look up to you?
Goddamn, there ain't one day
that goes by that one of us
ain't telling a Boone
Carson story or laughing
about one of the many
times you came over just
to give Palmer hell.
If they saw you like
this, it would crush them.
Erase every good
memory they ever had
of Boone 'Lightning' Carson.
That ain't me no more.
That ain't you no more.
Well they don't
need to know that.
And I sure as hell
don't believe that.
Change that shirt.
You smell like a distillery.
Get up.
Hey.
Good morning.
You got my message?
Yeah.
I was asleep.
It was three in the morning.
What's going on?
That day you always talked
about that would come.
It's here.
Are you stupid?
I told you not to get
caught up with that guy.
You've got to stick around to
help take care your mother.
Which is exactly why I'm
going through with this.
You know I worry
when you get like this.
I'm just trying to
do the right thing.
Not that.
The drinking.
The decisions.
Hasn't your mother had enough?
I was never good
to you, Brenda.
Everybody knows that.
But I got to ask you
for one last thing.
Stay with mother.
In case something
bad happens to me.
Of course.
I'd do anything for your mother.
I appreciate that.
I'll be back when it's over.
I'm pregnant.
Say that again.
You're going to be a father.
July is 13.95.
I'll do it.
But it's a two-man job.
Codi's your man.
Not him.
I need somebody
who knows horses.
Someone I can trust.
No offense.
Go fuck yourself.
Yeah, you too.
Okay.
Someone that you can trust.
Codi's still going
to be there watching
the job the whole time, just
in case you try to get cute.
It's got to be soon.
These boys head out early.
There's a place right
along the way that's going
to be perfect for this.
And?
We could run into some issues.
These guys carry guns and
they're not shy about using them.
That's why Codi's going
to be there watching.
They can't even
know he's around.
They sniff someone is on
their ass this thing is over.
All right?
These cowboys treat their
prize horses like gold.
They'd rather die
than see them stolen.
Just do it!
And one more thing.
When this is done and you try
and fuck me, I'm going to walk
in here and I'm going to
put a bullet in your head.
You, too, Ponytail.
All right?
You've got my word.
Giddy-up.
Go.
Go.
Play nice.
What the hell are
you doing here, Brenda?
It's your nephew.
I think he's in trouble.
Not a lot I can do
from in here is there?
That's why I
need you to make parole.
I need you to get out.
It's not that easy.
It can be.
Boone, he's about to do
something and, it's just,
we won't make it far if
something happens to him.
And you know that.
I'll see what I can do.
Well, you're going to have
to because it ain't just him
and me anymore.
We're having a baby.
You and Boone?
Yeah.
I can't do this alone.
Please.
Do you ever get the
feeling that none of this
means a goddamned thing?
That none of it matters?
Where I'm from, where I'm going.
All this shit and
mess we leave behind.
I just don't fucking
understand it.
You know, when
you figure that shit out,
you'll be good to go.
Driver!
Put your hands up!
Throw the keys out the window!
Not today.
Now get
out real easy like.
Get out!
Keep those hands
where I can see them!
Shut the door.
Come on, motherfucker.
Get over here.
Don't fuck around.
Turn him around front.
Get him on his knees.
- Get him on his knees.
- Let's go.
Trailer, trailer.
Come on.
Get to the door.
Open it.
You sure you
about that, partner?
Did I stutter?
Open it.
Howdy.
Hey, what's
going on back there?
Go, go, go!
Put down the fucking phone.
I said drop it.
We've got to get
the fuck out of here.
Warden.
On your feet.
This ought to be
real quick and simple.
You give me one good
reason why I should even
let you sit down in front
of that parole board?
Always in the whites.
Solitary.
You know, you straighten
up and we might
just could move you to post.
They got a goddamn
tropical smoothie in there.
So?
I'm ready to go home.
I'm ready.
Get off me.
What is this?
What the fuck is this?
Pops going to hit
the fucking roof
when he finds out what happened.
Ah, I see.
You set this up?
Do you really think you're
going to get away with it?
Not if you're around
to tell anyone about it.
Okay.
Look, I'll leave town.
I can disappear.
You'll disappear.
Where do you think you're going
to go where Pat's not going
to find you?
A rat?
In the family?
At what point do you think
he's going to stop looking
for a piece of shit like you?
You'll never see me again-
- You're right.
Okay wait, look.
I knew it.
I knew you didn't
have it in you.
All right, can we quit
fucking around and untie me?
Come on.
All right, what happens now.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Now you all here know me.
If any one of you all has a
problem with what happened here
you can leave now.
I ain't going to
hold any ill will.
It's all good with us, Boone.
Damn right.
I owe you boys my life.
You were here when I needed you.
And I ain't ever
going to forget it.
That's what cowboys do.
Let's clean this
piece of shit up
and then let's get some beers.
Yes sir.
- Sounds like a plan to us.
- Thanks, boys.
Yes, sir.
Pat.
Easy!
Easy!
We're not armed!
Where's Codi?
Codi's gone.
We came as fast as we could.
Who the hell is this?
Hey, he's with me, all right?
Shit went south.
They had the horses.
It was all Codi's fault.
Is that right?
He got greedy.
Why in the hell
would he do that?
The fuck if I know.
But he's halfway
to El Paso by now.
You're telling me that
Codi tipped off your guys?
He was either in on
it, or he spooked them.
Okay?
Think.
Could he have called Ramirez
in on this one, or what?
Ramirez?
How do you even know
that fucking name?
Is it possible?
Yes or no?
Well where are the horses?
I don't know.
Perfect.
Nobody knows where the
goddamn horses are?
I do.
Show me.
I see an empty horse arena.
The old man said that
my horses would be here.
Do you see any horses?
They'll be here.
When?
Do I look like the type of
guy that has time to waste?
He says they'll be
here, they'll be here.
Well?
Where are the goddamned horses?
I told you.
Go get my horses.
I don't care how you
do it, just do it.
Old Creepshow
wants the horses.
What do you want to do?
That son of a bitch ain't
taking any of my mine.
He ain't getting
them without a fight.
He ain't getting mine.
There's a problem.
Problem?
What problem?
They don't want
to give you shit.
Do they know who I am?
No.
But it wouldn't matter
much if they did.
You set me up.
You set yourself up, Pat.
Who the fuck do
you think you are?
The only asshole in
Texas with a gun?
You're going to pay for this.
All of you!
You think you can humiliate me?
This is how it's
going to work.
You're going to
get in that truck
and you're going to drive your
ass as far away as possible.
If I wake up tomorrow and
hear you're hanging around,
I'm going to kill you.
You can explain to the buyers
why you don't have the horses,
and why you're running with
your tail between your legs.
Big man.
Big man!
Yeah.
What about your mommy's land?
Yeah.
Right?
I own it!
Remember that, you stupid prick?
I have the deed!
This deed?
Sign it over to
me right now, Pat.
It ain't a discussion.
This doesn't change anything.
I'm going to come back and
I'm going to press you.
All of you!
Hard!
Unlikely.
Try me.
On the other hand, we can
tie the other end of that rope
to one of these horses right
here and drag your creepy ass
out of town with it.
See how long it takes before
your limbs start tearing off.
That's a promise, Pat.
Say goodbye
to your uncle for me.
Well we're all happy
to hear you say that,
because the boys are
going to drag you anyway.
Give him a ride, boys!
All right.
Everything looks good.
You got a check for me?
Okay.
I'll get this to the
loan officer downtown.
Should have the new deed
processed in about two weeks.
Free and clear.
Thank you, Billy.
No hard feelings, all right?
Take care of yourself, Boone.
You too.
Looks like you got
your wish, Carson.
So, darling, let me
get another one of these.
Here you go.
Thank you.
What the hell do you want?
I brought you a beer.
Yeah.
Feel like you need
to clean the bar
with my face a little bit more?
Look.
Sorry for being an asshole.
All right.
Give them hell on the circuit.
Hey.
I hear tell you're
going to be a daddy.
Yep.
Hey, here's to what
the future brings.
That bar is hard.
I was hoping you were going
to be here when I got back.
I made you a promise.
How is she?
She's gone.
Hey, hey, hey.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Okay.
You two look good together-
- Actually, I just
stopped by to say goodbye.
Goodbye?
He's all yours.
The way I see it, a horse
ain't meant to wait around.
Especially on some
chickenshit bull rider.
What do you want for him?
Nothing.
I know you'll do right by him.
He deserves that much.
You sure you don't need a job?
What was that you always
said about asking a barber
if you need a haircut?
Same answer every time.
Take care, Palmer.
Barkeep.
Hit me.
Oh.
Cheers.
That was a good one.
Could I have
a beer, sweetheart?
Thank you.
Jesus Christ!
Man, I told you I
wasn't lying about Pat.
Relax.
I ain't here about that.
Then what is it that you want?
Listen, man, I'm here
to help, not hurt you.
Take this card and call the guy.
Get that finger sewed back on.
- What?
- Take it.
Mention my name, he'll
fix you right up.
Thank you.
There's something else.
That security firm you work for,
are they hiring?
Are you asking me for a job?
Yes or no?
Well, I mean, I,
I can put a good word
at the main office,
but it's not the kind of
stuff you want to get into.
Right?
Unless you've got
something bigger
I can sink my teeth into.
All right.
How much do you know?
I know about that
game in Oklahoma.
I know you're involved.
Ah, the poker game.
Well, that's not
just a poker game.
See, down south from there,
there's a fortune buried
underneath this old man's ranch.
Yours for the taking.
I can get you into.
I'm listening.
Well first, we're going
to have to change your name.
Jessup Cross.
That's right.
Hey, cheers.
Cheers.
What could go wrong?