Moonshiners (2011–…): Season 6, Episode 2 - Take Me to the River - full transcript
[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[BIRDS TWEET]
♪ COME WHERE THE MORNIN' ♪
♪ AIN'T GOT TIME TO DIE ♪
♪ COME WHERE THE MORNIN' ♪
♪ LET THE ANGELS
STOP AND SIGH ♪
I COME OUT HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR
TO MAKE MOONSHINE
BECAUSE IT'S A TRADITION.
♪ OHHH HMM ♪
MY FAMILY BROUGHT
MOONSHINE FROM WALES,
IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND,
BACK IN THE 1700s,
AND TO BE ABLE TO CARRY
THAT ON, I JUST LOVE IT.
I'M KEEPIN'
A DYIN' ART ALIVE.
[ INSTRUMENTS CLACK ]
Narrator:
AS THE ONCE-FROZEN STREAMS
OF APPALACHIA SWELL
WITH THE PROMISE OF SPRING,
WATER ISN'T THE ONLY
CLEAR LIQUID ROARING TO LIFE.
MOONSHINE SEASON IS HERE.
FIRST LIGHT
OF THE SEASON.
IN LOUISIANA,
TWO MASTER CRAFTSMEN
ARE BACK IN BUSINESS.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
BROKE DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
A SHINER LOSES HIS HEAD
IN TENNESSEE.
OH! YOU SON
OF A BITCH, YOU!
AND, AN OLD
PARTNERSHIP REVISITED.
[ SUSPENSEFUL
BANJO MUSIC PLAYS ]
WHAT'S SHAKIN'?
♪♪
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪ NO ONE CAN HOLD ME DOWN ♪
♪ OR MAKE ME CHANGE MY WAYS ♪
♪ SO DON'T WASTE YOUR BREATH
SAYING ♪
♪ CRIME NEVER PAYS ♪
♪ WE'RE GOING FOR A RIDE ♪
♪ RUNNING TO SURVIVE ♪
♪ AND LIVING OUTSIDE THE LAW ♪
♪ WE'RE LIVING
OUTSIDE THE LAW ♪
Man: THIS IS HOW
WE MAKE THE MOONSHINE!
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
[ BIRDS TWEET ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ TRANQUIL TUNE PLAYS ]
MAKIN' MOONSHINE ON THIS LEVEL,
PRETTY HARD TO DO IT BY MYSELF.
TRYIN' TO RUN THE SHINE,
TRYIN' TO SELL THE SHINE,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A SLIPUP
AND CAN COST YOU EVERYTHING.
Narrator:
ON THE PIEDMONT PLATEAU,
A CHARRED RUIN
IS ALL THAT REMAINS
OF JOSH'S EMPIRE
IN THE MAKING.
LAST NIGHT, I HAD SOME REAL
BAD LUCK AND THIS TRUCK,
EVERYTHING I WORKED FOR
ALL WINTER LONG
JUST WENT UP IN FLAMES.
Narrator:
BY INSULATING HIS SITE
AGAINST THE COLD,
JOSH WAS ABLE TO MAKE SHINE
THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS.
I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE
SHINE ALL YEAR ROUND.
ULTIMATELY STOCKPILING
400 GALLONS OF LIQUOR
IN A SUBTERRANEAN STASH TANK.
THIS RIGHT HERE
IS MY ACE IN THE HOLE.
BUT WHEN FIRE COMBINES
WITH HIGH-PROOF LIQUOR --
[BLEEP] STASH HOUSE!
$40,000 WORTH OF MOONSHINE
CAN VANISH IN A FLASH.
[ LIGHTNING STRIKES ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ BIRDS TWEET ]
I HAVE NO IDEA
HOW THIS FIRE STARTED,
BUT IF I HAD MY GUESS,
THE BATTERY HAD TO HAVE
SHORTED OUT
OR THE WIRES SHORTED OUT
OR SOMETHIN' SHORTED IT OUT.
UNLESS SOMEBODY DID IT TO ME.
THIS SEASON,
I WAS PLANNIN' ON MAKIN'
1,000 GALLONS OF MOONSHINE.
I BEEN WORKIN' ALL WINTER LONG
AND I'VE MADE OVER 400 GALLONS.
BUT WITH THIS STASH HOUSE
GOIN' UP IN SMOKE,
I'M BACK DOWN TO ZERO.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]
[BIRDS TWEET]
Digger:
EVERY YEAR, AT THE BEGINNING
OF MOONSHINE SEASON,
I MAKE IT A POINT
TO GO PAY HOMAGE
TO MY PREDECESSORS,
MARK AND I BOTH.
I FEEL THAT THEY DESERVE
OUR RESPECT.
AND WE GO VISIT A COUPLE
OF THEIR STILL SITES.
TO US, THAT'S LIKE GOIN'
TO THEIR GRAVESITE.
EVERY PLACE THAT I GO VISIT,
I KNEW THE MEN PERSONALLY.
MARK AND I WOULD REFER
TO IT AS A SACRED MONUMENT.
[ BIRDS TWEET ]
THIS IS HALLOWED GROUND.
THIS IS WHERE ALL THE GROUNDWORK
WAS LAID OUT
FOR WHAT WE ENJOY DOIN'.
THIS OLD SILVER CLOUD STEEL
RIGHT HERE THAT'S RUSTIN' DOWN
AND BEEN BEAT DOWN
BY AN OLD TREE,
IT MIGHT JUST BE SOME OLD
RUSTED METAL TO SOMEBODY ELSE,
BUT BACK IN THE DAY,
IT WAS SOMEBODY'S DINNER TABLE.
THAT'S WHAT FED 'EM.
THAT'S WHAT CLOTHED 'EM.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT
HAMMERED OUT THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
NOT ONLY DID
THEY HAVE TO WORK HARD
TO GET THE INGREDIENTS IN HERE
AND THE LIQUOR OUT,
THEY HAD TO EVADE THE LAW.
THEY WERE HARD ON THE TRAIL OF
THE MOONSHINER BACK IN THE DAY.
AS THEY STILL ARE NOW, TODAY.
YOU KNOW,
THIS IS OUR HERITAGE.
THESE OLD BOYS WORKED HARD.
AND I'M GLAD TO CARRY
ON THEIR TRADITION.
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE,
ON THE WESTERN SLOPES
OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS,
OLD-GUARD MOONSHINERS
MARK AND DIGGER
ARE MASHING IN FOR THE
FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.
WHERE'D YOU PUT THAT
FOURTH MASH BARREL AT?
IT'S SITTIN' RIGHT HERE.
-NO, I BROUGHT IT.
MEAN, THAT MASH BARREL
JUST DIDN'T WALK ITSELF
OUTTA HERE.
-I DIDN'T DO IT.
DON'T BE SCREWIN'
WITH ME LIKE THIS, MAN.
I AIN'T MESSIN' WITH YA.
I BROUGHT THAT OTHER
BARREL UP HERE.
MAYBE IT BOUNCED
OFF THE TRUCK.
WE GOTTA FIND
THAT BARREL.
I'LL GO LOOK FOR IT.
YOU MIGHT NOT -- I MIGHT
OUGHTA GO WITH YA.
FAIR ENOUGH.
GET IN, CHICKEN [BLEEP]
DIGGER BROUGHT ME TO THIS SITE
BECAUSE AN OLD MOONSHINER
BY THE NAME OF TRIPP FINCHUM,
WAS DECAPITATED
BY INDIAN SOLDIERS
AND THE LEGEND IS THAT
OLD WHITEY
ROAMS THIS HOLLOW
BECAUSE HE CAN'T EVER REST.
HE DON'T KNOW WHERE HIS HEAD IS.
LOOK RIGHT YONDER.
THAT BARREL DIDN'T FALL OUT
OF NO TRUCK RIGHT THERE.
THEN WHY IS IT
LAYIN' THERE?
Mark:
THIS PLACE, IT IS CREEPY,
BUT I'M A GROWN MAN NOW.
I DON'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE
IN GHOSTS.
WE CAN USE THIS LEGEND
AND FOLKLORE TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE
TROUBLED BY LOCALS
AND THEY CERTAINLY
WON'T BE HERE AFTER DARK.
I AIN'T COMIN' IN HERE
NOW BY MYSELF.
YOU BELIEVE
WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
I KNOW WHAT I KNOW.
FIRE IT UP THERE, CLOUD.
NO HEAT THERE, PUSS.
[ OMINOUS MUSIC CLIMBS ]
THERE WE GO.
YEAH, I CAN FEEL HEAT
ALL THE WAY OVER HERE.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A JUST
SIMPLE CORN RUN
HERE IN FINCHUM HOLLER.
YOU KNOW, IT DON'T TAKE
A LOT OF CORN.
JUST FOR THE FLAVOR.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT
FLAVORS WE'RE GONNA DO,
BUT, FIRST, WE'RE GONNA
RUN OUR EQUIPMENT,
TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GONNA
OPERATE THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
THAT WAY, WE DON'T WASTE
ANY EXPENSIVE FRUITS AND NUTS
ON A RUN THAT
MIGHT NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
THAT'LL SMELL LIKE
A CASE OF CORNBREAD
IN A MINUTE.
-YEAH.
IT'S READY TO PITCH
MY YEAST IN.
[ LIQUID SWISHES ]
I'D SAY IN ABOUT 4 DAYS,
I'LL BE BACK WITH YA,
WE'LL PUT
THE STILL TOGETHER,
WE'LL RUN THAT MASH,
AND WE'LL GET OUTTA HERE.
I'LL COME BACK
AND STIR IT.
WELL, YOU HAVE AT IT.
I AIN'T AFRAID OF NOBODY.
YOU HAVE AT IT, BROTHER.
BEEN GOOD KNOWIN' YA.
[ COW MOOS ]
[ BUBBLING ]
THIS SEASON, I WAS HOPIN'
TO MAKE 1,000 GALLONS.
AFTER LOSIN' MY STASH HOUSE,
THAT'S GONNA BE IMPOSSIBLE
TO MAKE WITHOUT A PARTNER.
IT'S JUST NOT
A ONE-MAN OPERATION.
I DON'T CARE HOW YOU SLICE IT.
IT'S MORE WORK
THAN ONE MAN CAN DO.
Narrator: IN SPARTANBURG,
SOUTH CAROLINA,
DESPERATE TIMES ARE CALLING
FOR DESPERATE MEASURES.
Josh: IT'S HARD TO FIND
A PARTNER IN CRIME
BECAUSE YOU GOTTA BE ABLE
TO TRUST 'EM WITH YOUR LIFE
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU
TRUST WITH YOUR LIFE?
PROBABLY NOT VERY MANY.
AND THE ONE PERSON
I CAN THINK OF,
WELL, THAT'S THE LAST PERSON
THAT I WANNA ASK.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
WHAT'S SHAKIN'?
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
Narrator: COMING UP...
A MIDNIGHT RENDEZVOUS
GONE AWRY.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS
IN LOUISIANA.
IF WE CAN'T FIND
A STILL SITE,
WE'RE JUST UP THE CREEK
WITHOUT A PADDLE.
THAT AIN'T GONNA WORK.
TROUBLE IN TENNESSEE.
MIGHT HAVE TO GO GET YOU
SOME HORMONE REPLACEMENT.
YOUR DAMN
ESTROGEN LEVEL'S
PRETTY HIGH RIGHT NOW,
AIN'T IT?
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[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
WHAT'S SHAKIN'?
HEY. WHATCHA INTO?
I JUST THOUGHT I'D DROP
BY AND CHECK YA OUT.
PLAYIN' WITH
ANOTHER FIDDLE.
YOU KNOW, MAKE
ANOTHER INSTRUMENT.
DECENT WINTER?
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REALLY GOOD WINTER.
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
HAVE HAPPENED.
GOOD DEAL. GOOD DEAL.
HOW 'BOUT YOU?
WHAT YOU BEEN INTO?
AH, SWINGIN' A HAMMER
EVERY MORNIN',
BACK TO BEIN' BILL
THE CARPENTER AGAIN
AND THAT'S, UH...
-WHERE YOU WANNA BEEN ALL ALONG.
YEAH. YEAH.
I MEAN,
I WAS A HAPPY CARPENTER
EVEN BEFORE I STARTED
MAKIN' LIQUOR
AND NOW,
I'M DOIN' BOTH.
OBVIOUSLY, I HAVEN'T BEEN
MAKIN' A LOT OF LIQUOR,
BUT A LITTLE BIT
OF LESS STRESS, THOUGH.
EASIER THAN WORKIN'
WITH ME, HUH? [laughs]
YEAH. YEAH.
♪ MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ♪
♪ JOSH BURNED
MY GUITAR CASE ♪
♪ I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT ♪
-AAGH!
♪ BUT I WANNA HIT 'IM
IN THE FACE ♪
OW-HOW!
[ SHOUTING
INDISTINCTLY ]
Narrator:
ONCE THICK AS THIEVES --
YOU FANCY YOURSELF
A PERFECTIONIST.
BUT YOU GOTTA
ADMIT YOU'RE NOT.
JOSH AND BILL'S
PARTNERSHIP COLLAPSED.
TALK TO ME LIKE THAT
ONE MORE TIME,
I'LL PUNCH YOU
IN YOUR [BLEEP] MOUTH.
AND THEN ERUPTED.
[BLEEP]
-[CUTIE PIE BARKS]
AH-AGH!
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYS]
[BIRDS TWEET]
HOW ARE SARAH
AND THE KIDS DOIN'?
SARAH'S GOOD.
MY KIDS ARE GOOD.
WHAT KINDA FIDDLE
ARE YOU MAKIN'?
AH, JUST NOODLIN' AROUND.
I GOT A LITTLE KIT.
HERE LATELY I'VE BEEN
WORKIN' ON
GETTIN' RID OF THE STRESSFUL
PARTS OF MY LIFE.
THE HARDEST PART OF IT
WAS THE CUT WHERE THIS --
-FITS LEVEL?
-WHERE THAT FITS INTO THAT.
SO I'VE BEEN DOWNSIZIN'.
I'VE BEEN GETTIN'
MY LIFE BACK TOGETHER.
WELL, I JUST THOUGHT
I'D STOP AND SAY HEY, MAN.
WELL, GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.
-YOU TOO, BUDDY.
LAST FALL, JOSH HAD LEFT
A PRETTY GOOD CHUNK
OF MONEY IN THE MAILBOX.
I'D LAID DOWN A BUNCH OF MONEY
FOR ALL THE COPPER,
YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OUR FITTIN'S,
AND HE GAVE ME THAT PAID BACK.
THAT WAS
A RESPECTABLE GESTURE.
ANYWAY, I JUST THOUGHT
I'D DROP BY
AND CHECK YA OUT.
I STILL LOVE YA,
BROTHER.
JOSH KINDA SURPRISED ME
WHEN HE
WALKED INTO THE BACKYARD TODAY.
I REALLY HADN'T SEEN 'IM
SINCE LAST YEAR.
-GOOD TO SEE YA, BUDDY.
-GOOD TO SEE YA, MAN.
I'M PRETTY SURE HE KNOWS
ME AND HIM AIN'T GONNA BE
WORKIN' TOGETHER ANYMORE,
BUT HE SEEMED TO BE
HAVIN' A COUPLE STRUGGLES.
HOPE HE FINDS HIS PATH.
Josh: BILL'S TOTALLY HAPPY,
DRIVIN' NAILS.
WASN'T NO REASON
FOR ME TO EVEN ASK.
I REALLY, REALLY WOULD LIKE
FOR HIM TO COME BACK.
BUT I JUST KNEW,
WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK,
BY THE LOOK ON HIS FACE, THAT
THERE WAS NO NEED IN ASKIN'.
THERE'S NO NEED
TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE.
AND THAT HORSE IS DEAD.
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Patti:
THERE'S A LOT AT RISK
WHENEVER I'M MAKIN' SHINE.
I'M TAKIN' A CHANCE OF ME
NOT COMIN' HOME.
I'M TAKIN' A CHANCE
OF MY FREEDOM TAKEN AWAY.
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
I'MA PICK SOME OF THESE
OFF THE TREE, DADDY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY HERITAGE
AND, IF WE DON'T KEEP IT GOIN',
THEN IT'S JUST AN ART
THAT JUST DIES OFF.
Narrator: DOWN IN
RED RIVER PARISH, LOUISIANA,
TWO SHINERS ARE PICKING
A NEW DIRECTION.
THIS HERE IS A MAYHAW,
KINDA TASTES LIKE
A LITTLE SWEET CRABAPPLE.
THAT'S WHAT ME
AND DADDY ARE GONNA TRY
TO MAKE SHINE OUT OF THIS YEAR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
MAKE MAYHAW JELLY
AND IF IT TASTES AS GOOD
AS THE MAYHAW JELLY,
WE WON'T KEEP THIS SHINE
IN OUR BACK POCKET LONG.
OH. IT'S SWEET AND HOT,
ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
Narrator:
LAST SEASON, PATTI AND DAVID
PERFECTED A CAJUN JALAPEÑO SHINE
IT'S COMIN' OUT,
160 PROOF.
YEAH.
AND REACHED THEIR GOAL
OF 400 GALLONS.
BUT A NEARBY FRACKING WELL
CONTAMINATED THE WATER TABLE,
RENDERING THEIR SPRING UNUSABLE.
IT'S BEST WE PACK UP AND
START OVER IN A NEW SPOT.
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WE DID GOOD
WITH THE CAJUN SHINE,
SO I CAN'T SEE WHY WE
WON'T DO GOOD WITH THIS.
WE GOT HERE IN THE NICK
OF TIME, THOUGH,
'CAUSE THERE AIN'T MANY
ON THE TREE NO MORE.
OUR GOAL, THIS YEAR,
IS TO MAKE 600 GALLONS,
BUT WE'RE GONNA RIDE
THE WAVE OF THE HARVEST.
WE'RE GONNA HAND-PICK
THE FRESHEST FRUIT,
THE VEGETABLES,
WHATEVER'S IN SEASON.
YEAH.
I'M HOPIN' TODAY IS THE DAY
THAT WE FIND A GOOD
FRESHWATER SOURCE
THAT WE NEED FOR THE RUN
ON OUR STILL SITE.
Narrator: LOUISIANA IS
THE SECOND-RAINIEST STATE
IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
HOWEVER, THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THIS MOISTURE SITS IN SWAMPS,
MARSHES, OR OTHERWISE STAGNANT,
NONPOTABLE BODIES OF WATER,
UNSUITABLE FOR MAKING MOONSHINE.
[BIRDS TWEET]
YOU BEEN THINKIN', THOUGH,
DADDY, FOR 2 HOURS.
Patti:
IT'S SO HARD TO FIND A GOOD
WATER SOURCE HERE IN LOUISIANA.
WE BEEN LOOKIN' ALL WINTER.
WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING YET.
THAT'S DARN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU THINK LONG,
YOU THINK WRONG.
GOD DANG, DADDY.
HIT ME IN THE DARN FACE
WITH THAT LIMB!
WELL, YEAH, IT HURT.
WHY YOU DID THAT?
Patit: YEAH. I'M GONNA GET
YOUR ATTENTION.
[ DAVID CHUCKLES ]
FINDIN' A WATER SOURCE HERE
IN LOUISIANA, IT'S HARD.
IT'S NOT LIKE BEIN'
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THERE'S SPRINGS COMIN' OUT
EVERYPLACE.
YOU WANNA FIND A SPRING THAT THE
WATER'S COMIN' OUTTA THE GROUND.
THAT'S WHERE
THE PUREST WATER IS.
Patti: YEAH.
TASTE THE WATER.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES]
Patti: THAT AIN'T GONNA WORK.
WE AIN'T GONNA RUN CRAP
UNTIL WE FIND US A SPOT.
WE ARE TRYIN'
TO GET OUR GALLONS UP.
I KNOW IT. I KNOW IT.
-600 THIS YEAR.
-THAT'S 200 FROM LAST YEAR.
-I CAN'T MAKE WATER.
I'M JUST TELLIN' YA.
♪♪
Narrator: HIGH
IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS,
MARK IS CROSSING STATE LINES
WITH 20 GALLONS
OF ILLEGAL MOONSHINE,
A FEDERAL OFFENSE.
AFTER A STRING OF ARRESTS
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER --
I'M GAME FOR ANYTHING.
CAROLINA SHINERS JEFF,
MARK, AND LANCE
ARE MAKING A POWER PLAY TO FILL
THE VACUUM LEFT BY THE BUST
AND TAKE OVER THE NEIGHBORING
TERRITORY FOR THEMSELVES.
TONIGHT, MARK IS
MAKING HIS FIRST SALE
IN THE NEW TERRITORY.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator:
HISTORICALLY, AS ILLEGAL LIQUOR
FLOWS FROM MOUNTAIN STILLS
TO MASON JARS
ALL OVER APPALACHIA,
SO, TOO, DO VIOLENT CONFLICTS
OVER BOOTLEGGING.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY,
ONE SUCH POWER STRUGGLE
BECAME KNOWN AS
THE ROWEN COUNTY WAR.
IN 1884,
TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL
LIQUOR CLANS IN THE SOUTH,
THE MARTINS AND THE TOLLIVERS,
BOTH CLAIMED SOVEREIGNTY
OVER THE SHINE TRADE
IN ROWAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
THIS POWDER KEG ERUPTED
WHEN THE PATRIARCH
OF THE MARTIN FAMILY WALKED
INTO A LOCAL SALOON
AND EXECUTED
HIS TOLLIVER COUNTERPART.
THE BARSIDE MURDER SPARKED
3 YEARS OF BLOODSHED,
SO RAMPANT THAT THE GOVERNOR
OF KENTUCKY HAD TO
CALL IN THE STATE MILITIA
TO QUELL THE VIOLENCE.
BY 1887, THE FEUD WAS OVER.
BUT 38 MEN LAY DEAD
IN ITS WAKE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ STEAM HISSING ]
[ BLEEP ]
[ STEAM HISSES ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
Narrator:
STRANDED ON THE STATE LINE
WITH 20 GALLONS
OF ILLEGAL LIQUOR,
-[BLEEP]
-MARK IS STARING DOWN
A FEDERAL OFFENSE.
Man: ALL RIGHT.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]
[CRICKETS CHIRP]
[ METAL SQUEAKS ]
I'M FIXIN' TO GO UP
HERE TO MEET MY BUYER.
I'M ALMOST WHERE
I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET HIM.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
BELIEVE I SEEN 'IM.
TURN THAT LIGHT OFF.
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[Voice disguised]
Man: NICE.
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
Man: AH.
[ DISTORTED,
SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ TRANQUIL TUNE PLAYS ]
♪♪
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator: IN LOUISIANA,
TWO SHINERS PREPARE TO BRAVE
THE UNFORGIVING SWAMP LANDS
IN SEARCH OF FRESH WATER.
I'M READY TO FIND
OUR SITE.
ME TOO.
-TODAY.
♪♪
Patti:
WE BEEN LOOKIN' FOR US
A STILL SITE
WITH GOOD WATER
FOR MONTHS, NOW.
HOLY SNAPARONI,
IT'S NASTY IN HERE.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE WANTIN'
TO INCREASE OUR GOAL
FROM 400 TO 600.
IF WE CAN'T FIND SOMETHIN',
WE'RE JUST UP THE CREEK
WITHOUT A PADDLE.
I'M JUST WALKIN' ALONG HERE
WHERE THIS WATER IS.
I KNOW IT LOOKS
MARSHY AND NASTY,
BUT EVENTUALLY, I'M GONNA FIND
THE HEAD OF THIS SPRING.
THAT'S WHERE YOUR CLEAN,
CLEAR WATER COMES FROM,
THAT WE WANNA USE IN OUR MASH.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
YEAH.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS,
CHORD STRIKES ]
MAN, THAT'S COMIN'
OUT GOOD.
[ SLURP ]
THAT'S GOOD.
Narrator:
THE PROPER WATER pH
IS CRUCIAL WHEN MAKING MASH.
WATER THAT'S TOO ALKALINE
PREVENTS THE BREAKDOWN
OF COMPLEX STARCHES,
WHILE WATER THAT'S
TOO ACIDIC KILLS YEAST,
BOTH OF WHICH WILL
PRODUCE BITTER-TASTING,
LOW-PROOF ALCOHOL.
WHAT'S IT SAYIN'?
[ OMINOUS CHORDS STRIKE ]
THANK GOODNESS.
HIGH-FIVE.
-YEP.
THAT'S A SIDE-FIVE.
THAT WASN'T
NO HIGH-FIVE.
YOU'RE ALWAYS READY.
[ INSECTS CHIRP ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
HOW 'BOUT THEM APPLES?
DAMN,
IT'S SPOOKY UP HERE.
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE --
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S COMIN' YOUR WAY.
MARK AND DIGGER'S CORN MASH
HAS BEEN FERMENTING
FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
NOW, THE SHINERS ARE READY
TO START THEIR FIRST RUN
OF THE SEASON.
[ CRICKETS CHIRP ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
DIDN'T TAKE LONG
TO GET DOWN TO MASH.
I'LL RUN ME OUT
A JAR OF THAT
AND I WON'T GIVE A DAMN
ABOUT OLD WHITEY HERE
OR WALKIN' HOME, EITHER.
MY GRANDMOTHER'S ALWAYS
TOLD ME ABOUT THE
LEGEND OF OLD WHITEY
AND FINCHUM HOLLER
AND I KNOW THE PLACE
IS NOT HAUNTED.
BUT, STILL,
IN THE BACK OF MY MIND,
THE THOUGHTS WERE THERE
THAT WERE IMPLANTED IN ME
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY.
[ CRICKETS CHIRP ]
GET YOUR CORD DOWN HERE
AND WE'LL LIGHT
THIS BURNER UP.
RIGHT THERE.
BE CAREFUL THERE NOW.
I'M WIT' YOU.
I'M READY TO WARM UP
A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S A TINY BIT CHILLY.
I'M GONNA BE HUZZLIN'
RIGHT HERE A LOT.
TO ME, LIGHTIN'
THE STILL NEVER GETS OLD.
KINDA REMINDS ME BACK
TO MY VERY FIRST RUN
WITH JB AND POPCORN.
YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE
BIT ANTSY ABOUT IT.
IT'S KINDA LIKE THE FIRST
TIME YOU WITH A GIRL.
I WAS WANTIN' TO DO IT WORSE
THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD,
EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T SURE HOW.
I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK.
BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL,
WONDERFUL MEMORY.
I HEAR SOMETHIN' UP
THERE, RATTLIN' AROUND.
PROBABLY A BEAR.
I THOUGHT HE WAS
JUST ACTIN' A FOOL,
BUT MARK'S A LITTLE
SPOOKED HERE.
THAT PASTE IS SETTIN' UP
GOOD AROUND THAT CAP.
I KINDA FEEL SORRY FOR 'IM,
BUT THIS GONNA MAKE MY LIFE
SO MUCH EASIER, TO MISS
WITH HIM EVEN FURTHER.
OH! YOU SON OF A BITCH,
YOU!
[BLEEP] YOU.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M DONE WITH YOU.
♪♪
[ DISTORTED MUSIC PLAYS ]
THAT PASTE IS SETTIN' UP
GOOD AROUND THAT CAP.
Narrator:
MARK AND DIGGER ARE WAITING
ON THEIR FIRST SHINE
OF THE SEASON.
BUT IDLE HANDS
ARE THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND.
OH! YOU SON OF A BITCH,
YOU!
[BLEEP] YOU.
WHAT? [laughs]
BY GOD, YOU'RE
ON YOUR OWN, BIG BOY.
I'M DONE WITH YOU.
YOU GONNA WALK
OUTTA HERE BY YOURSELF?
I JUST BOUND TO BE
BY MY [BLEEP] SELF,
WITH MY HEAD CUT OFF.
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU'VE HURT OLD WHITEY.
AH, HE'S JUST AN [BLEEP]
MA-A-RK!
MA-A-RK!
MARK!
HE'S JUST A PRICK.
I'M JUST DONE WITH HIM.
I GUESS I'M ON MY OWN.
OH, WELL.
[ SIGH ]
I DON'T HAVE NO CHOICE BUT
TO STAY HERE TONIGHT WITH HIM,
BUT, I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE THAT
NO BETTER THAN I DID.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT
MAKIN' NO LIQUOR.
I'M DONE WITH IT.
SO IF YOU WANNA MAKE
THAT RUN, YOU HAVE AT IT.
WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO?
I AIN'T GONNA DO [BLEEP]
MIGHT HAVE TO GO GET YOU
SOME HORMONE REPLACEMENT
THERAPY OR SOMETHIN'.
YOUR DAMN
ESTROGEN LEVEL'S
PRETTY HIGH RIGHT NOW,
AIN'T IT?
[ CREATURE CALLS IN DISTANCE ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
WE GOT LIQUOR
DRIPPIN' DOWN THERE.
WELL, LET'S MAKE
THIS DAMN LIQUOR.
AIN'T NO SENSE
IN BURNIN' PROFIT
BECAUSE YOU'RE IGNORANT
AND I'M A CHICKEN [BLEEP]
BE A HAPPY TADPOLE
DOWNSTREAM.
-YEAH.
-IT'S HOT.
I BELIEVE IT'S --
IT'S LOUD!
-WELL, HELL, IT OUGHTA BE.
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 160,
-THAT'S 160 PROOF.
-180 PROOF.
-YEAH.
YOU KNOW, LOOKIN' BACK
AT IT NOW, IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY.
STILL DON'T LIKE IT HERE.
DON'T GET ME WRONG.
I'M NOT GOIN' THAT FAR.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S MY BROTHER.
YOU KNOW, I FORGIVE 'IM.
WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE PARTNERS.
YOU WANT A LITTLE
HORN OF THIS
TO GET YOU
OVER YOUR SORENESS?
YEAH.
-I MEAN GET YOU A GOOD'ERN.
IT DON'T TAKE MUCH
OF THAT.
IT IS GOOD.
MM. THAT LIQUOR EASE
YOUR MIND A LITTLE BIT?
YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.
Narrator:
MARK AND DIGGER'S FIRST
SUCCESSFUL RUN OF THE SEASON
YIELDED 30 GALLONS
OF STRAIGHT CORN WHISKEY,
WORTH $3,000 ON THE STREET.
DAMN.
FEEL ANY BETTER?
WELL, HONESTLY, I AIN'T
FEELIN' NO WORSE.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
ARE YOU READY TO
GET MASHED IN TODAY?
YEAH. WHAT WE'RE DOIN'
TODAY IS ILLEGAL.
YEAH.
IF IT WAS EASY,
EVERYBODY'D DO IT.
IT'S A NOODLE.
EVERY GIRL'S GOTTA HAVE
A BATHROOM IN THE WOODS.
YEAH.
NO, IT'S A ONE-A-SEX.
A WHAT?
-A ONE-A-SEX, FOR A WOMAN.
YOU CAN USE THE BATHROOM
A HECK OF A LOT EASIER
THAN I CAN IN THE WOODS.
♪♪
NEED ME TO DO IT?
FIRST LIGHT
OF THE SEASON.
YEP.
WE WANTED TO BOIL THE MAYHAWS
TO BREAK 'EM DOWN.
THAT SMELLS GOOD.
-MM-HMM.
SO WE COULD SMASH 'EM,
GET THE JUICE GOIN' OUT OF 'EM.
SEE THAT RED JUICE
COME OUT?
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET
THE FLAVOR FROM.
I USUALLY MAKE JELLY
OUT OF MAYHAWS.
IT'S REAL SWEET.
DANG.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Patti: SO THAT'S THE KIND
OF FLAVOR I'M LOOKIN' FOR.
NOW WHETHER I CAN GET IT
OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW,
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW 'TIL YOU TRY.
I ALSO KEPT A LITTLE BIT
OF THAT JUICE.
WHEN IT'S TIME TO DISTILL THIS,
I WANNA BRING IT BACK
AND POUR THAT INTO MY THUMPER
AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL INFUSE
THAT FLAVOR INTO THE SHINE.
Narrator:
INSTEAD OF A TRADITIONAL
GRAIN LIQUOR, MADE WITH CORN,
PATTI AND DAVID
ARE MAKING FRUIT BRANDY
FROM FRESH-PICKED MAYHAW,
A SMALL APPLE INDIGENOUS
TO THE WETLANDS OF THE
SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.
BRANDIES ARE MADE
FROM PURE FRUIT MASH,
WHICH IS FIRST HEATED,
IN ORDER TO BREAK DOWN
THE FRUIT'S NATURAL SUGARS
AND PECTINS,
ENSURING A MORE
COMPLETE DISTILLATION.
BUT PATTI AND DAVID PLAN
TO FURTHER ENHANCE
THE MAYHAW FLAVOR
OF THEIR LIQUOR
BY PUTTING PURéED MAYHAW
IN THE THUMP KEG.
THE ALCOHOL VAPOR FROM THE POD
WILL PICK UP MORE OF THE FRUIT
SWEETNESS AND ESSENCE
AS IT PASSES
THROUGH THE THUMPER
BEFORE IT'S CONDENSED
INTO THE FINAL PRODUCT:
MAYHAW BRANDY.
MMM.
I HOPE IT TURNS OUT JUST
LIKE THE WAY IT SMELLS.
LET'S GO DUMP THIS
IN THE BARREL.
THIS RIGHT HERE'S
THE LIVE INGREDIENTS.
START BREAKIN'
ALL THE SUGARS DOWN
AND MAKIN' 'EM FERMENT.
PROBABLY
WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR,
IT'LL JUST BE BUBBLIN'.
NOW, WE'LL WAIT
7 TO 10 DAYS
TO SEE HOW
OUR MAYHAW TURNS OUT.
YEAH, BUDDY.
♪♪
[ CREAKING ]
♪ OH OH OH OH OH OH OH ♪
Josh:
THERE'S ONE THING YOU DON'T DO:
YOU DON'T TRUST ANYBODY,
WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY,
WOMEN, AND LIQUOR.
FINDING A NEW
PARTNER'S NOT EASY.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT BILL'S
NOT COMIN' BACK,
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO FIND
SOMEBODY ELSE.
Narrator: IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
WITH NO SHINE AND NO PARTNER,
JOSH'S SITUATION
HAS BECOME DIRE.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
-HOW YA DOIN'?
-EXCELLENT. HOW'RE YOU?
GOOD. GOOD.
IT'S BEEN
A LITTLE WHILE.
MY BUDDY GINO,
HIS FAMILY'S MADE MOONSHINE
BACK IN THE PAST.
SO I TRUST HIM.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN
MAKIN' SOME EXTRA CASH?
I COULD USE
A LITTLE HELP,
MAKIN' SOME SHINE,
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
YEAH, I'M SERIOUS.
I NEED SOME HELP.
IN LOUISIANA, YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT'LL BITE YA ON THE BUTT,
SO THE HIGHER I CAN
GET OFF THE GROUND
WHEN I NEED TO GO TO THE
BATHROOM, THE BETTER I AM.
[ SCRAPING ]
I THINK DADDY'S LIKIN' MY IDEA.
HE'S OVER HERE, HELPIN'.
I THINK THE NOODLE'S
TOO THICK.
IT'S GONNA WORK.
YEAH.
I TELL YOU WHAT:
LOOKY THERE.
GOT MY TOILET PAPER.
ALL I GOTTA DO IS ROLL IT UP.
THAT'S IT.
YOU MESS IN THAT HOLE,
YOU COVER IT UP,
THEN YOU'RE OFF
TO THE NEXT ONE.
♪♪
YOU INTERESTED IN MAKIN'
SOME EXTRA CASH?
Narrator:
IN THE PALMETTO STATE,
JOSH IS TRYING TO BRING
HIS SEASON BACK FROM THE BRINK.
I COULD USE
A LITTLE HELP,
MAKIN' SOME SHINE,
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
YEAH, I'M SERIOUS.
I NEED SOME HELP.
YOU AIN'T GONNA GO
TO JAIL.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
I HEAR YA.
NAW.
NAW, WE'RE GOOD.
SEE YA, MAN.
A LOTTA CRAZY [BLEEP]
BEEN GOIN' ON.
THINGS THAT ARE
JUST OUTTA MY CONTROL.
IT WOULD BE REAL EASY FOR ME
TO JUST SAY [BLEEP] IT,
THROW MY HANDS IN THE AIR,
AND NOT EVEN WORRY
ABOUT ANY OF THIS ANYMORE,
JUST TO HELL WITH IT.
SEEMS LIKE SOMETIMES
A MAN CAN'T EVER GET AHEAD.
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
[ LIGHTNING CRASHES ]
♪♪
[ BUBBLING ]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
[BIRDS TWEET]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator:
IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA...
JEFF AND LANCE ARE MAKING MASH
FOR THEIR NEXT RUN OF SHINE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
PHEW.
THAT THING TASTES SWEET.
HOO-HOO.
[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
YOU DON'T HAVE NOBODY
TO WATCH YOUR BACK
OVER IN TENNESSEE.
WHAT IF SOMEBODY COME
AND GIVES YOU A PROBLEM?
Narrator:
NEXT TIME, ON "MOONSHINERS,"
THINGS GET EVEN WORSE FOR JOSH.
I DON'T WANNA SIT HERE
AND WHINE AND CRY,
BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN HAVIN'
A WHOLE LOTTA GOOD LUCK LATELY.
SOMEBODY'S BEEN IN HERE,
HAVE THEY, BOY?
LOOK AT THAT BARREL.
Narrator:
A CLOSE ENCOUNTER
IN TENNESSEE.
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
THE HONEYMOON IS OVER
IN KENTUCKY.
YOU HAVE A BUG
ON YOUR SHOULDER.
YOU WANT ME
TO WIPE IT OFF?
NOT RIGHT NOW, NO!
HE'S NOT A JERK.
HE'S NOT A [BLEEP]
HE'S A [BLEEP] IDIOT.
YOU KNOW,
THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS
IS THIS POLAND
ORDER GETS CANCELED.
TIM SMITH IS
RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
Tim:
I DONE SPENT HALF THE MONEY
THAT I BORROWED TO DO THIS
ON A 90-DAY NOTE,
SO I GOTTA COME UP WITH A PLAN.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[BIRDS TWEET]
♪ COME WHERE THE MORNIN' ♪
♪ AIN'T GOT TIME TO DIE ♪
♪ COME WHERE THE MORNIN' ♪
♪ LET THE ANGELS
STOP AND SIGH ♪
I COME OUT HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR
TO MAKE MOONSHINE
BECAUSE IT'S A TRADITION.
♪ OHHH HMM ♪
MY FAMILY BROUGHT
MOONSHINE FROM WALES,
IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND,
BACK IN THE 1700s,
AND TO BE ABLE TO CARRY
THAT ON, I JUST LOVE IT.
I'M KEEPIN'
A DYIN' ART ALIVE.
[ INSTRUMENTS CLACK ]
Narrator:
AS THE ONCE-FROZEN STREAMS
OF APPALACHIA SWELL
WITH THE PROMISE OF SPRING,
WATER ISN'T THE ONLY
CLEAR LIQUID ROARING TO LIFE.
MOONSHINE SEASON IS HERE.
FIRST LIGHT
OF THE SEASON.
IN LOUISIANA,
TWO MASTER CRAFTSMEN
ARE BACK IN BUSINESS.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
BROKE DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
A SHINER LOSES HIS HEAD
IN TENNESSEE.
OH! YOU SON
OF A BITCH, YOU!
AND, AN OLD
PARTNERSHIP REVISITED.
[ SUSPENSEFUL
BANJO MUSIC PLAYS ]
WHAT'S SHAKIN'?
♪♪
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪ NO ONE CAN HOLD ME DOWN ♪
♪ OR MAKE ME CHANGE MY WAYS ♪
♪ SO DON'T WASTE YOUR BREATH
SAYING ♪
♪ CRIME NEVER PAYS ♪
♪ WE'RE GOING FOR A RIDE ♪
♪ RUNNING TO SURVIVE ♪
♪ AND LIVING OUTSIDE THE LAW ♪
♪ WE'RE LIVING
OUTSIDE THE LAW ♪
Man: THIS IS HOW
WE MAKE THE MOONSHINE!
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
[ BIRDS TWEET ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ TRANQUIL TUNE PLAYS ]
MAKIN' MOONSHINE ON THIS LEVEL,
PRETTY HARD TO DO IT BY MYSELF.
TRYIN' TO RUN THE SHINE,
TRYIN' TO SELL THE SHINE,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A SLIPUP
AND CAN COST YOU EVERYTHING.
Narrator:
ON THE PIEDMONT PLATEAU,
A CHARRED RUIN
IS ALL THAT REMAINS
OF JOSH'S EMPIRE
IN THE MAKING.
LAST NIGHT, I HAD SOME REAL
BAD LUCK AND THIS TRUCK,
EVERYTHING I WORKED FOR
ALL WINTER LONG
JUST WENT UP IN FLAMES.
Narrator:
BY INSULATING HIS SITE
AGAINST THE COLD,
JOSH WAS ABLE TO MAKE SHINE
THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS.
I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE
SHINE ALL YEAR ROUND.
ULTIMATELY STOCKPILING
400 GALLONS OF LIQUOR
IN A SUBTERRANEAN STASH TANK.
THIS RIGHT HERE
IS MY ACE IN THE HOLE.
BUT WHEN FIRE COMBINES
WITH HIGH-PROOF LIQUOR --
[BLEEP] STASH HOUSE!
$40,000 WORTH OF MOONSHINE
CAN VANISH IN A FLASH.
[ LIGHTNING STRIKES ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ BIRDS TWEET ]
I HAVE NO IDEA
HOW THIS FIRE STARTED,
BUT IF I HAD MY GUESS,
THE BATTERY HAD TO HAVE
SHORTED OUT
OR THE WIRES SHORTED OUT
OR SOMETHIN' SHORTED IT OUT.
UNLESS SOMEBODY DID IT TO ME.
THIS SEASON,
I WAS PLANNIN' ON MAKIN'
1,000 GALLONS OF MOONSHINE.
I BEEN WORKIN' ALL WINTER LONG
AND I'VE MADE OVER 400 GALLONS.
BUT WITH THIS STASH HOUSE
GOIN' UP IN SMOKE,
I'M BACK DOWN TO ZERO.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]
[BIRDS TWEET]
Digger:
EVERY YEAR, AT THE BEGINNING
OF MOONSHINE SEASON,
I MAKE IT A POINT
TO GO PAY HOMAGE
TO MY PREDECESSORS,
MARK AND I BOTH.
I FEEL THAT THEY DESERVE
OUR RESPECT.
AND WE GO VISIT A COUPLE
OF THEIR STILL SITES.
TO US, THAT'S LIKE GOIN'
TO THEIR GRAVESITE.
EVERY PLACE THAT I GO VISIT,
I KNEW THE MEN PERSONALLY.
MARK AND I WOULD REFER
TO IT AS A SACRED MONUMENT.
[ BIRDS TWEET ]
THIS IS HALLOWED GROUND.
THIS IS WHERE ALL THE GROUNDWORK
WAS LAID OUT
FOR WHAT WE ENJOY DOIN'.
THIS OLD SILVER CLOUD STEEL
RIGHT HERE THAT'S RUSTIN' DOWN
AND BEEN BEAT DOWN
BY AN OLD TREE,
IT MIGHT JUST BE SOME OLD
RUSTED METAL TO SOMEBODY ELSE,
BUT BACK IN THE DAY,
IT WAS SOMEBODY'S DINNER TABLE.
THAT'S WHAT FED 'EM.
THAT'S WHAT CLOTHED 'EM.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT
HAMMERED OUT THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
NOT ONLY DID
THEY HAVE TO WORK HARD
TO GET THE INGREDIENTS IN HERE
AND THE LIQUOR OUT,
THEY HAD TO EVADE THE LAW.
THEY WERE HARD ON THE TRAIL OF
THE MOONSHINER BACK IN THE DAY.
AS THEY STILL ARE NOW, TODAY.
YOU KNOW,
THIS IS OUR HERITAGE.
THESE OLD BOYS WORKED HARD.
AND I'M GLAD TO CARRY
ON THEIR TRADITION.
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE,
ON THE WESTERN SLOPES
OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS,
OLD-GUARD MOONSHINERS
MARK AND DIGGER
ARE MASHING IN FOR THE
FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.
WHERE'D YOU PUT THAT
FOURTH MASH BARREL AT?
IT'S SITTIN' RIGHT HERE.
-NO, I BROUGHT IT.
MEAN, THAT MASH BARREL
JUST DIDN'T WALK ITSELF
OUTTA HERE.
-I DIDN'T DO IT.
DON'T BE SCREWIN'
WITH ME LIKE THIS, MAN.
I AIN'T MESSIN' WITH YA.
I BROUGHT THAT OTHER
BARREL UP HERE.
MAYBE IT BOUNCED
OFF THE TRUCK.
WE GOTTA FIND
THAT BARREL.
I'LL GO LOOK FOR IT.
YOU MIGHT NOT -- I MIGHT
OUGHTA GO WITH YA.
FAIR ENOUGH.
GET IN, CHICKEN [BLEEP]
DIGGER BROUGHT ME TO THIS SITE
BECAUSE AN OLD MOONSHINER
BY THE NAME OF TRIPP FINCHUM,
WAS DECAPITATED
BY INDIAN SOLDIERS
AND THE LEGEND IS THAT
OLD WHITEY
ROAMS THIS HOLLOW
BECAUSE HE CAN'T EVER REST.
HE DON'T KNOW WHERE HIS HEAD IS.
LOOK RIGHT YONDER.
THAT BARREL DIDN'T FALL OUT
OF NO TRUCK RIGHT THERE.
THEN WHY IS IT
LAYIN' THERE?
Mark:
THIS PLACE, IT IS CREEPY,
BUT I'M A GROWN MAN NOW.
I DON'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE
IN GHOSTS.
WE CAN USE THIS LEGEND
AND FOLKLORE TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE
TROUBLED BY LOCALS
AND THEY CERTAINLY
WON'T BE HERE AFTER DARK.
I AIN'T COMIN' IN HERE
NOW BY MYSELF.
YOU BELIEVE
WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
I KNOW WHAT I KNOW.
FIRE IT UP THERE, CLOUD.
NO HEAT THERE, PUSS.
[ OMINOUS MUSIC CLIMBS ]
THERE WE GO.
YEAH, I CAN FEEL HEAT
ALL THE WAY OVER HERE.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A JUST
SIMPLE CORN RUN
HERE IN FINCHUM HOLLER.
YOU KNOW, IT DON'T TAKE
A LOT OF CORN.
JUST FOR THE FLAVOR.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT
FLAVORS WE'RE GONNA DO,
BUT, FIRST, WE'RE GONNA
RUN OUR EQUIPMENT,
TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GONNA
OPERATE THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
THAT WAY, WE DON'T WASTE
ANY EXPENSIVE FRUITS AND NUTS
ON A RUN THAT
MIGHT NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
THAT'LL SMELL LIKE
A CASE OF CORNBREAD
IN A MINUTE.
-YEAH.
IT'S READY TO PITCH
MY YEAST IN.
[ LIQUID SWISHES ]
I'D SAY IN ABOUT 4 DAYS,
I'LL BE BACK WITH YA,
WE'LL PUT
THE STILL TOGETHER,
WE'LL RUN THAT MASH,
AND WE'LL GET OUTTA HERE.
I'LL COME BACK
AND STIR IT.
WELL, YOU HAVE AT IT.
I AIN'T AFRAID OF NOBODY.
YOU HAVE AT IT, BROTHER.
BEEN GOOD KNOWIN' YA.
[ COW MOOS ]
[ BUBBLING ]
THIS SEASON, I WAS HOPIN'
TO MAKE 1,000 GALLONS.
AFTER LOSIN' MY STASH HOUSE,
THAT'S GONNA BE IMPOSSIBLE
TO MAKE WITHOUT A PARTNER.
IT'S JUST NOT
A ONE-MAN OPERATION.
I DON'T CARE HOW YOU SLICE IT.
IT'S MORE WORK
THAN ONE MAN CAN DO.
Narrator: IN SPARTANBURG,
SOUTH CAROLINA,
DESPERATE TIMES ARE CALLING
FOR DESPERATE MEASURES.
Josh: IT'S HARD TO FIND
A PARTNER IN CRIME
BECAUSE YOU GOTTA BE ABLE
TO TRUST 'EM WITH YOUR LIFE
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU
TRUST WITH YOUR LIFE?
PROBABLY NOT VERY MANY.
AND THE ONE PERSON
I CAN THINK OF,
WELL, THAT'S THE LAST PERSON
THAT I WANNA ASK.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
WHAT'S SHAKIN'?
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
Narrator: COMING UP...
A MIDNIGHT RENDEZVOUS
GONE AWRY.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS
IN LOUISIANA.
IF WE CAN'T FIND
A STILL SITE,
WE'RE JUST UP THE CREEK
WITHOUT A PADDLE.
THAT AIN'T GONNA WORK.
TROUBLE IN TENNESSEE.
MIGHT HAVE TO GO GET YOU
SOME HORMONE REPLACEMENT.
YOUR DAMN
ESTROGEN LEVEL'S
PRETTY HIGH RIGHT NOW,
AIN'T IT?
[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
WHAT'S SHAKIN'?
HEY. WHATCHA INTO?
I JUST THOUGHT I'D DROP
BY AND CHECK YA OUT.
PLAYIN' WITH
ANOTHER FIDDLE.
YOU KNOW, MAKE
ANOTHER INSTRUMENT.
DECENT WINTER?
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
REALLY GOOD WINTER.
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
HAVE HAPPENED.
GOOD DEAL. GOOD DEAL.
HOW 'BOUT YOU?
WHAT YOU BEEN INTO?
AH, SWINGIN' A HAMMER
EVERY MORNIN',
BACK TO BEIN' BILL
THE CARPENTER AGAIN
AND THAT'S, UH...
-WHERE YOU WANNA BEEN ALL ALONG.
YEAH. YEAH.
I MEAN,
I WAS A HAPPY CARPENTER
EVEN BEFORE I STARTED
MAKIN' LIQUOR
AND NOW,
I'M DOIN' BOTH.
OBVIOUSLY, I HAVEN'T BEEN
MAKIN' A LOT OF LIQUOR,
BUT A LITTLE BIT
OF LESS STRESS, THOUGH.
EASIER THAN WORKIN'
WITH ME, HUH? [laughs]
YEAH. YEAH.
♪ MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ♪
♪ JOSH BURNED
MY GUITAR CASE ♪
♪ I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT ♪
-AAGH!
♪ BUT I WANNA HIT 'IM
IN THE FACE ♪
OW-HOW!
[ SHOUTING
INDISTINCTLY ]
Narrator:
ONCE THICK AS THIEVES --
YOU FANCY YOURSELF
A PERFECTIONIST.
BUT YOU GOTTA
ADMIT YOU'RE NOT.
JOSH AND BILL'S
PARTNERSHIP COLLAPSED.
TALK TO ME LIKE THAT
ONE MORE TIME,
I'LL PUNCH YOU
IN YOUR [BLEEP] MOUTH.
AND THEN ERUPTED.
[BLEEP]
-[CUTIE PIE BARKS]
AH-AGH!
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYS]
[BIRDS TWEET]
HOW ARE SARAH
AND THE KIDS DOIN'?
SARAH'S GOOD.
MY KIDS ARE GOOD.
WHAT KINDA FIDDLE
ARE YOU MAKIN'?
AH, JUST NOODLIN' AROUND.
I GOT A LITTLE KIT.
HERE LATELY I'VE BEEN
WORKIN' ON
GETTIN' RID OF THE STRESSFUL
PARTS OF MY LIFE.
THE HARDEST PART OF IT
WAS THE CUT WHERE THIS --
-FITS LEVEL?
-WHERE THAT FITS INTO THAT.
SO I'VE BEEN DOWNSIZIN'.
I'VE BEEN GETTIN'
MY LIFE BACK TOGETHER.
WELL, I JUST THOUGHT
I'D STOP AND SAY HEY, MAN.
WELL, GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.
-YOU TOO, BUDDY.
LAST FALL, JOSH HAD LEFT
A PRETTY GOOD CHUNK
OF MONEY IN THE MAILBOX.
I'D LAID DOWN A BUNCH OF MONEY
FOR ALL THE COPPER,
YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OUR FITTIN'S,
AND HE GAVE ME THAT PAID BACK.
THAT WAS
A RESPECTABLE GESTURE.
ANYWAY, I JUST THOUGHT
I'D DROP BY
AND CHECK YA OUT.
I STILL LOVE YA,
BROTHER.
JOSH KINDA SURPRISED ME
WHEN HE
WALKED INTO THE BACKYARD TODAY.
I REALLY HADN'T SEEN 'IM
SINCE LAST YEAR.
-GOOD TO SEE YA, BUDDY.
-GOOD TO SEE YA, MAN.
I'M PRETTY SURE HE KNOWS
ME AND HIM AIN'T GONNA BE
WORKIN' TOGETHER ANYMORE,
BUT HE SEEMED TO BE
HAVIN' A COUPLE STRUGGLES.
HOPE HE FINDS HIS PATH.
Josh: BILL'S TOTALLY HAPPY,
DRIVIN' NAILS.
WASN'T NO REASON
FOR ME TO EVEN ASK.
I REALLY, REALLY WOULD LIKE
FOR HIM TO COME BACK.
BUT I JUST KNEW,
WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK,
BY THE LOOK ON HIS FACE, THAT
THERE WAS NO NEED IN ASKIN'.
THERE'S NO NEED
TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE.
AND THAT HORSE IS DEAD.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Patti:
THERE'S A LOT AT RISK
WHENEVER I'M MAKIN' SHINE.
I'M TAKIN' A CHANCE OF ME
NOT COMIN' HOME.
I'M TAKIN' A CHANCE
OF MY FREEDOM TAKEN AWAY.
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
I'MA PICK SOME OF THESE
OFF THE TREE, DADDY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY HERITAGE
AND, IF WE DON'T KEEP IT GOIN',
THEN IT'S JUST AN ART
THAT JUST DIES OFF.
Narrator: DOWN IN
RED RIVER PARISH, LOUISIANA,
TWO SHINERS ARE PICKING
A NEW DIRECTION.
THIS HERE IS A MAYHAW,
KINDA TASTES LIKE
A LITTLE SWEET CRABAPPLE.
THAT'S WHAT ME
AND DADDY ARE GONNA TRY
TO MAKE SHINE OUT OF THIS YEAR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
MAKE MAYHAW JELLY
AND IF IT TASTES AS GOOD
AS THE MAYHAW JELLY,
WE WON'T KEEP THIS SHINE
IN OUR BACK POCKET LONG.
OH. IT'S SWEET AND HOT,
ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
Narrator:
LAST SEASON, PATTI AND DAVID
PERFECTED A CAJUN JALAPEÑO SHINE
IT'S COMIN' OUT,
160 PROOF.
YEAH.
AND REACHED THEIR GOAL
OF 400 GALLONS.
BUT A NEARBY FRACKING WELL
CONTAMINATED THE WATER TABLE,
RENDERING THEIR SPRING UNUSABLE.
IT'S BEST WE PACK UP AND
START OVER IN A NEW SPOT.
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WE DID GOOD
WITH THE CAJUN SHINE,
SO I CAN'T SEE WHY WE
WON'T DO GOOD WITH THIS.
WE GOT HERE IN THE NICK
OF TIME, THOUGH,
'CAUSE THERE AIN'T MANY
ON THE TREE NO MORE.
OUR GOAL, THIS YEAR,
IS TO MAKE 600 GALLONS,
BUT WE'RE GONNA RIDE
THE WAVE OF THE HARVEST.
WE'RE GONNA HAND-PICK
THE FRESHEST FRUIT,
THE VEGETABLES,
WHATEVER'S IN SEASON.
YEAH.
I'M HOPIN' TODAY IS THE DAY
THAT WE FIND A GOOD
FRESHWATER SOURCE
THAT WE NEED FOR THE RUN
ON OUR STILL SITE.
Narrator: LOUISIANA IS
THE SECOND-RAINIEST STATE
IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
HOWEVER, THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THIS MOISTURE SITS IN SWAMPS,
MARSHES, OR OTHERWISE STAGNANT,
NONPOTABLE BODIES OF WATER,
UNSUITABLE FOR MAKING MOONSHINE.
[BIRDS TWEET]
YOU BEEN THINKIN', THOUGH,
DADDY, FOR 2 HOURS.
Patti:
IT'S SO HARD TO FIND A GOOD
WATER SOURCE HERE IN LOUISIANA.
WE BEEN LOOKIN' ALL WINTER.
WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING YET.
THAT'S DARN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU THINK LONG,
YOU THINK WRONG.
GOD DANG, DADDY.
HIT ME IN THE DARN FACE
WITH THAT LIMB!
WELL, YEAH, IT HURT.
WHY YOU DID THAT?
Patit: YEAH. I'M GONNA GET
YOUR ATTENTION.
[ DAVID CHUCKLES ]
FINDIN' A WATER SOURCE HERE
IN LOUISIANA, IT'S HARD.
IT'S NOT LIKE BEIN'
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THERE'S SPRINGS COMIN' OUT
EVERYPLACE.
YOU WANNA FIND A SPRING THAT THE
WATER'S COMIN' OUTTA THE GROUND.
THAT'S WHERE
THE PUREST WATER IS.
Patti: YEAH.
TASTE THE WATER.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES]
Patti: THAT AIN'T GONNA WORK.
WE AIN'T GONNA RUN CRAP
UNTIL WE FIND US A SPOT.
WE ARE TRYIN'
TO GET OUR GALLONS UP.
I KNOW IT. I KNOW IT.
-600 THIS YEAR.
-THAT'S 200 FROM LAST YEAR.
-I CAN'T MAKE WATER.
I'M JUST TELLIN' YA.
♪♪
Narrator: HIGH
IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS,
MARK IS CROSSING STATE LINES
WITH 20 GALLONS
OF ILLEGAL MOONSHINE,
A FEDERAL OFFENSE.
AFTER A STRING OF ARRESTS
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER --
I'M GAME FOR ANYTHING.
CAROLINA SHINERS JEFF,
MARK, AND LANCE
ARE MAKING A POWER PLAY TO FILL
THE VACUUM LEFT BY THE BUST
AND TAKE OVER THE NEIGHBORING
TERRITORY FOR THEMSELVES.
TONIGHT, MARK IS
MAKING HIS FIRST SALE
IN THE NEW TERRITORY.
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[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator:
HISTORICALLY, AS ILLEGAL LIQUOR
FLOWS FROM MOUNTAIN STILLS
TO MASON JARS
ALL OVER APPALACHIA,
SO, TOO, DO VIOLENT CONFLICTS
OVER BOOTLEGGING.
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IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY,
ONE SUCH POWER STRUGGLE
BECAME KNOWN AS
THE ROWEN COUNTY WAR.
IN 1884,
TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL
LIQUOR CLANS IN THE SOUTH,
THE MARTINS AND THE TOLLIVERS,
BOTH CLAIMED SOVEREIGNTY
OVER THE SHINE TRADE
IN ROWAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
THIS POWDER KEG ERUPTED
WHEN THE PATRIARCH
OF THE MARTIN FAMILY WALKED
INTO A LOCAL SALOON
AND EXECUTED
HIS TOLLIVER COUNTERPART.
THE BARSIDE MURDER SPARKED
3 YEARS OF BLOODSHED,
SO RAMPANT THAT THE GOVERNOR
OF KENTUCKY HAD TO
CALL IN THE STATE MILITIA
TO QUELL THE VIOLENCE.
BY 1887, THE FEUD WAS OVER.
BUT 38 MEN LAY DEAD
IN ITS WAKE.
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[ STEAM HISSING ]
[ BLEEP ]
[ STEAM HISSES ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
Narrator:
STRANDED ON THE STATE LINE
WITH 20 GALLONS
OF ILLEGAL LIQUOR,
-[BLEEP]
-MARK IS STARING DOWN
A FEDERAL OFFENSE.
Man: ALL RIGHT.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]
[CRICKETS CHIRP]
[ METAL SQUEAKS ]
I'M FIXIN' TO GO UP
HERE TO MEET MY BUYER.
I'M ALMOST WHERE
I'M SUPPOSED TO MEET HIM.
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BELIEVE I SEEN 'IM.
TURN THAT LIGHT OFF.
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[Voice disguised]
Man: NICE.
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
Man: AH.
[ DISTORTED,
SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ TRANQUIL TUNE PLAYS ]
♪♪
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Narrator: IN LOUISIANA,
TWO SHINERS PREPARE TO BRAVE
THE UNFORGIVING SWAMP LANDS
IN SEARCH OF FRESH WATER.
I'M READY TO FIND
OUR SITE.
ME TOO.
-TODAY.
♪♪
Patti:
WE BEEN LOOKIN' FOR US
A STILL SITE
WITH GOOD WATER
FOR MONTHS, NOW.
HOLY SNAPARONI,
IT'S NASTY IN HERE.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE WANTIN'
TO INCREASE OUR GOAL
FROM 400 TO 600.
IF WE CAN'T FIND SOMETHIN',
WE'RE JUST UP THE CREEK
WITHOUT A PADDLE.
I'M JUST WALKIN' ALONG HERE
WHERE THIS WATER IS.
I KNOW IT LOOKS
MARSHY AND NASTY,
BUT EVENTUALLY, I'M GONNA FIND
THE HEAD OF THIS SPRING.
THAT'S WHERE YOUR CLEAN,
CLEAR WATER COMES FROM,
THAT WE WANNA USE IN OUR MASH.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
YEAH.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS,
CHORD STRIKES ]
MAN, THAT'S COMIN'
OUT GOOD.
[ SLURP ]
THAT'S GOOD.
Narrator:
THE PROPER WATER pH
IS CRUCIAL WHEN MAKING MASH.
WATER THAT'S TOO ALKALINE
PREVENTS THE BREAKDOWN
OF COMPLEX STARCHES,
WHILE WATER THAT'S
TOO ACIDIC KILLS YEAST,
BOTH OF WHICH WILL
PRODUCE BITTER-TASTING,
LOW-PROOF ALCOHOL.
WHAT'S IT SAYIN'?
[ OMINOUS CHORDS STRIKE ]
THANK GOODNESS.
HIGH-FIVE.
-YEP.
THAT'S A SIDE-FIVE.
THAT WASN'T
NO HIGH-FIVE.
YOU'RE ALWAYS READY.
[ INSECTS CHIRP ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
HOW 'BOUT THEM APPLES?
DAMN,
IT'S SPOOKY UP HERE.
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE --
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S COMIN' YOUR WAY.
MARK AND DIGGER'S CORN MASH
HAS BEEN FERMENTING
FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
NOW, THE SHINERS ARE READY
TO START THEIR FIRST RUN
OF THE SEASON.
[ CRICKETS CHIRP ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
DIDN'T TAKE LONG
TO GET DOWN TO MASH.
I'LL RUN ME OUT
A JAR OF THAT
AND I WON'T GIVE A DAMN
ABOUT OLD WHITEY HERE
OR WALKIN' HOME, EITHER.
MY GRANDMOTHER'S ALWAYS
TOLD ME ABOUT THE
LEGEND OF OLD WHITEY
AND FINCHUM HOLLER
AND I KNOW THE PLACE
IS NOT HAUNTED.
BUT, STILL,
IN THE BACK OF MY MIND,
THE THOUGHTS WERE THERE
THAT WERE IMPLANTED IN ME
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY.
[ CRICKETS CHIRP ]
GET YOUR CORD DOWN HERE
AND WE'LL LIGHT
THIS BURNER UP.
RIGHT THERE.
BE CAREFUL THERE NOW.
I'M WIT' YOU.
I'M READY TO WARM UP
A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S A TINY BIT CHILLY.
I'M GONNA BE HUZZLIN'
RIGHT HERE A LOT.
TO ME, LIGHTIN'
THE STILL NEVER GETS OLD.
KINDA REMINDS ME BACK
TO MY VERY FIRST RUN
WITH JB AND POPCORN.
YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE
BIT ANTSY ABOUT IT.
IT'S KINDA LIKE THE FIRST
TIME YOU WITH A GIRL.
I WAS WANTIN' TO DO IT WORSE
THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD,
EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T SURE HOW.
I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK.
BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL,
WONDERFUL MEMORY.
I HEAR SOMETHIN' UP
THERE, RATTLIN' AROUND.
PROBABLY A BEAR.
I THOUGHT HE WAS
JUST ACTIN' A FOOL,
BUT MARK'S A LITTLE
SPOOKED HERE.
THAT PASTE IS SETTIN' UP
GOOD AROUND THAT CAP.
I KINDA FEEL SORRY FOR 'IM,
BUT THIS GONNA MAKE MY LIFE
SO MUCH EASIER, TO MISS
WITH HIM EVEN FURTHER.
OH! YOU SON OF A BITCH,
YOU!
[BLEEP] YOU.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M DONE WITH YOU.
♪♪
[ DISTORTED MUSIC PLAYS ]
THAT PASTE IS SETTIN' UP
GOOD AROUND THAT CAP.
Narrator:
MARK AND DIGGER ARE WAITING
ON THEIR FIRST SHINE
OF THE SEASON.
BUT IDLE HANDS
ARE THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND.
OH! YOU SON OF A BITCH,
YOU!
[BLEEP] YOU.
WHAT? [laughs]
BY GOD, YOU'RE
ON YOUR OWN, BIG BOY.
I'M DONE WITH YOU.
YOU GONNA WALK
OUTTA HERE BY YOURSELF?
I JUST BOUND TO BE
BY MY [BLEEP] SELF,
WITH MY HEAD CUT OFF.
[ LAUGHS ]
YOU'VE HURT OLD WHITEY.
AH, HE'S JUST AN [BLEEP]
MA-A-RK!
MA-A-RK!
MARK!
HE'S JUST A PRICK.
I'M JUST DONE WITH HIM.
I GUESS I'M ON MY OWN.
OH, WELL.
[ SIGH ]
I DON'T HAVE NO CHOICE BUT
TO STAY HERE TONIGHT WITH HIM,
BUT, I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE THAT
NO BETTER THAN I DID.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT
MAKIN' NO LIQUOR.
I'M DONE WITH IT.
SO IF YOU WANNA MAKE
THAT RUN, YOU HAVE AT IT.
WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO?
I AIN'T GONNA DO [BLEEP]
MIGHT HAVE TO GO GET YOU
SOME HORMONE REPLACEMENT
THERAPY OR SOMETHIN'.
YOUR DAMN
ESTROGEN LEVEL'S
PRETTY HIGH RIGHT NOW,
AIN'T IT?
[ CREATURE CALLS IN DISTANCE ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
WE GOT LIQUOR
DRIPPIN' DOWN THERE.
WELL, LET'S MAKE
THIS DAMN LIQUOR.
AIN'T NO SENSE
IN BURNIN' PROFIT
BECAUSE YOU'RE IGNORANT
AND I'M A CHICKEN [BLEEP]
BE A HAPPY TADPOLE
DOWNSTREAM.
-YEAH.
-IT'S HOT.
I BELIEVE IT'S --
IT'S LOUD!
-WELL, HELL, IT OUGHTA BE.
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 160,
-THAT'S 160 PROOF.
-180 PROOF.
-YEAH.
YOU KNOW, LOOKIN' BACK
AT IT NOW, IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY.
STILL DON'T LIKE IT HERE.
DON'T GET ME WRONG.
I'M NOT GOIN' THAT FAR.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S MY BROTHER.
YOU KNOW, I FORGIVE 'IM.
WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE PARTNERS.
YOU WANT A LITTLE
HORN OF THIS
TO GET YOU
OVER YOUR SORENESS?
YEAH.
-I MEAN GET YOU A GOOD'ERN.
IT DON'T TAKE MUCH
OF THAT.
IT IS GOOD.
MM. THAT LIQUOR EASE
YOUR MIND A LITTLE BIT?
YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.
Narrator:
MARK AND DIGGER'S FIRST
SUCCESSFUL RUN OF THE SEASON
YIELDED 30 GALLONS
OF STRAIGHT CORN WHISKEY,
WORTH $3,000 ON THE STREET.
DAMN.
FEEL ANY BETTER?
WELL, HONESTLY, I AIN'T
FEELIN' NO WORSE.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
ARE YOU READY TO
GET MASHED IN TODAY?
YEAH. WHAT WE'RE DOIN'
TODAY IS ILLEGAL.
YEAH.
IF IT WAS EASY,
EVERYBODY'D DO IT.
IT'S A NOODLE.
EVERY GIRL'S GOTTA HAVE
A BATHROOM IN THE WOODS.
YEAH.
NO, IT'S A ONE-A-SEX.
A WHAT?
-A ONE-A-SEX, FOR A WOMAN.
YOU CAN USE THE BATHROOM
A HECK OF A LOT EASIER
THAN I CAN IN THE WOODS.
♪♪
NEED ME TO DO IT?
FIRST LIGHT
OF THE SEASON.
YEP.
WE WANTED TO BOIL THE MAYHAWS
TO BREAK 'EM DOWN.
THAT SMELLS GOOD.
-MM-HMM.
SO WE COULD SMASH 'EM,
GET THE JUICE GOIN' OUT OF 'EM.
SEE THAT RED JUICE
COME OUT?
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET
THE FLAVOR FROM.
I USUALLY MAKE JELLY
OUT OF MAYHAWS.
IT'S REAL SWEET.
DANG.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Patti: SO THAT'S THE KIND
OF FLAVOR I'M LOOKIN' FOR.
NOW WHETHER I CAN GET IT
OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW,
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW 'TIL YOU TRY.
I ALSO KEPT A LITTLE BIT
OF THAT JUICE.
WHEN IT'S TIME TO DISTILL THIS,
I WANNA BRING IT BACK
AND POUR THAT INTO MY THUMPER
AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL INFUSE
THAT FLAVOR INTO THE SHINE.
Narrator:
INSTEAD OF A TRADITIONAL
GRAIN LIQUOR, MADE WITH CORN,
PATTI AND DAVID
ARE MAKING FRUIT BRANDY
FROM FRESH-PICKED MAYHAW,
A SMALL APPLE INDIGENOUS
TO THE WETLANDS OF THE
SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.
BRANDIES ARE MADE
FROM PURE FRUIT MASH,
WHICH IS FIRST HEATED,
IN ORDER TO BREAK DOWN
THE FRUIT'S NATURAL SUGARS
AND PECTINS,
ENSURING A MORE
COMPLETE DISTILLATION.
BUT PATTI AND DAVID PLAN
TO FURTHER ENHANCE
THE MAYHAW FLAVOR
OF THEIR LIQUOR
BY PUTTING PURéED MAYHAW
IN THE THUMP KEG.
THE ALCOHOL VAPOR FROM THE POD
WILL PICK UP MORE OF THE FRUIT
SWEETNESS AND ESSENCE
AS IT PASSES
THROUGH THE THUMPER
BEFORE IT'S CONDENSED
INTO THE FINAL PRODUCT:
MAYHAW BRANDY.
MMM.
I HOPE IT TURNS OUT JUST
LIKE THE WAY IT SMELLS.
LET'S GO DUMP THIS
IN THE BARREL.
THIS RIGHT HERE'S
THE LIVE INGREDIENTS.
START BREAKIN'
ALL THE SUGARS DOWN
AND MAKIN' 'EM FERMENT.
PROBABLY
WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR,
IT'LL JUST BE BUBBLIN'.
NOW, WE'LL WAIT
7 TO 10 DAYS
TO SEE HOW
OUR MAYHAW TURNS OUT.
YEAH, BUDDY.
♪♪
[ CREAKING ]
♪ OH OH OH OH OH OH OH ♪
Josh:
THERE'S ONE THING YOU DON'T DO:
YOU DON'T TRUST ANYBODY,
WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY,
WOMEN, AND LIQUOR.
FINDING A NEW
PARTNER'S NOT EASY.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT BILL'S
NOT COMIN' BACK,
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO FIND
SOMEBODY ELSE.
Narrator: IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
WITH NO SHINE AND NO PARTNER,
JOSH'S SITUATION
HAS BECOME DIRE.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
-HOW YA DOIN'?
-EXCELLENT. HOW'RE YOU?
GOOD. GOOD.
IT'S BEEN
A LITTLE WHILE.
MY BUDDY GINO,
HIS FAMILY'S MADE MOONSHINE
BACK IN THE PAST.
SO I TRUST HIM.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN
MAKIN' SOME EXTRA CASH?
I COULD USE
A LITTLE HELP,
MAKIN' SOME SHINE,
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
YEAH, I'M SERIOUS.
I NEED SOME HELP.
IN LOUISIANA, YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT'LL BITE YA ON THE BUTT,
SO THE HIGHER I CAN
GET OFF THE GROUND
WHEN I NEED TO GO TO THE
BATHROOM, THE BETTER I AM.
[ SCRAPING ]
I THINK DADDY'S LIKIN' MY IDEA.
HE'S OVER HERE, HELPIN'.
I THINK THE NOODLE'S
TOO THICK.
IT'S GONNA WORK.
YEAH.
I TELL YOU WHAT:
LOOKY THERE.
GOT MY TOILET PAPER.
ALL I GOTTA DO IS ROLL IT UP.
THAT'S IT.
YOU MESS IN THAT HOLE,
YOU COVER IT UP,
THEN YOU'RE OFF
TO THE NEXT ONE.
♪♪
YOU INTERESTED IN MAKIN'
SOME EXTRA CASH?
Narrator:
IN THE PALMETTO STATE,
JOSH IS TRYING TO BRING
HIS SEASON BACK FROM THE BRINK.
I COULD USE
A LITTLE HELP,
MAKIN' SOME SHINE,
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
YEAH, I'M SERIOUS.
I NEED SOME HELP.
YOU AIN'T GONNA GO
TO JAIL.
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I HEAR YA.
NAW.
NAW, WE'RE GOOD.
SEE YA, MAN.
A LOTTA CRAZY [BLEEP]
BEEN GOIN' ON.
THINGS THAT ARE
JUST OUTTA MY CONTROL.
IT WOULD BE REAL EASY FOR ME
TO JUST SAY [BLEEP] IT,
THROW MY HANDS IN THE AIR,
AND NOT EVEN WORRY
ABOUT ANY OF THIS ANYMORE,
JUST TO HELL WITH IT.
SEEMS LIKE SOMETIMES
A MAN CAN'T EVER GET AHEAD.
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
[ LIGHTNING CRASHES ]
♪♪
[ BUBBLING ]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
[BIRDS TWEET]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator:
IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA...
JEFF AND LANCE ARE MAKING MASH
FOR THEIR NEXT RUN OF SHINE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
PHEW.
THAT THING TASTES SWEET.
HOO-HOO.
[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
YOU DON'T HAVE NOBODY
TO WATCH YOUR BACK
OVER IN TENNESSEE.
WHAT IF SOMEBODY COME
AND GIVES YOU A PROBLEM?
Narrator:
NEXT TIME, ON "MOONSHINERS,"
THINGS GET EVEN WORSE FOR JOSH.
I DON'T WANNA SIT HERE
AND WHINE AND CRY,
BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN HAVIN'
A WHOLE LOTTA GOOD LUCK LATELY.
SOMEBODY'S BEEN IN HERE,
HAVE THEY, BOY?
LOOK AT THAT BARREL.
Narrator:
A CLOSE ENCOUNTER
IN TENNESSEE.
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
THE HONEYMOON IS OVER
IN KENTUCKY.
YOU HAVE A BUG
ON YOUR SHOULDER.
YOU WANT ME
TO WIPE IT OFF?
NOT RIGHT NOW, NO!
HE'S NOT A JERK.
HE'S NOT A [BLEEP]
HE'S A [BLEEP] IDIOT.
YOU KNOW,
THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS
IS THIS POLAND
ORDER GETS CANCELED.
TIM SMITH IS
RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
Tim:
I DONE SPENT HALF THE MONEY
THAT I BORROWED TO DO THIS
ON A 90-DAY NOTE,
SO I GOTTA COME UP WITH A PLAN.