Moonshiners (2011–…): Season 7, Episode 2 - Shine in the Sky - full transcript

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Man: moonshiners are
A tight-knit group

Because we have a common ground.

You're doing something illegal.

The outlaws stick together.

Because we've got
The same mentality.

If you're on this
Side of the law,

The only people
That have your back

Is the one's that have a knife
Sticking in theirs if they turn.

Narrator: in appalachia,
It's early spring,



And the race is on
To secure a still site,

Mash in,
And start making money.

It's the time the wheat
Is separated from the chaff

As inferior producers
Who can't keep pace

Begin to fall by the wayside.

I don't know of anybody

That's ever done
Anything like this.

In tennessee, two masters may
Have finally bitten off

More than they can chew...

Digger: we're going to do
A three-pot still.

I can't believe I let you
Talk me into this.

I only got one hand.Oh, I got the weight.

...A backwoods pact
In kentucky...

Sondra: the fact that chico
And I have to bring in help,



That's really scary.

If anybody finds out
Where I am running liquor,

This is jail time.

Narrator: ...And a family feud
In north carolina.

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♪ no one can hold me down ♪

♪ or make me change my ways ♪

♪ so don't waste your breath
Sayin' ♪

♪ crime never pays ♪

♪ goin' for a ride ♪

♪ runnin' to survive ♪

♪ when you're livin'
Outside the law ♪

♪ we're livin'
Outside the law ♪

Man: this is how
We make the moonshine!

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A copperhead hit her on the leg.
She hasn't moved since.

Am I going right
Or left or straight?

Go straight.

Narrator: in north carolina,
A snake bite has

Cutie pie fighting
For her life...

Josh: I'm freaking
The *bleep* out, man.

...As josh scrambles
To find the antidote

That could save her.

Josh:
Cutie pie might not make it.

Her breathing and body
Language -- I know my dog.

She is in bad shape.

Narrator: while setting up
His new still site...

[ yelping ]

Cutie pie!

...Josh's dog cutie pie
Was bitten

By a venomous
Copperhead snake.

Son of a bitch!

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I'm afraid her heart might stop
Because she's panting like crazy

And this big-ass snake
That bit her,

I'm sure she got
A really big dose of venom.

[ sighs deeply ]

I'm hoping and praying that
She's going to be all right.

I had this dog
Before I had my kid.

Cutie pie, she's
Always there for me.

I've had her
For like 14 years.

She's definitely my sidekick.

The first time
We started the bike,

I had been leaving her at home,

And I noticed
She had been pouting.

She looked at me like,
"Are you going to leave me here?

I can't believe this!"

So, I said,
"All right, come on."

And she jumped right up
On the harley

And stood right up on the tank,
Just like she belong there.

I knew it was meant to be.

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That's my best friend.

That's the problem with dogs.

The most loyal friend you'll
Ever have, but they don't last.

It's bound to happen.

It's going to be something,
And I don't want it to be today.

My season started off
Really rough.

I'm so far behind.

I've got people
Breathing down my neck.

Right now, that's
The least of my worries.

All I can think about
Is cutie pie.

[ sighs ]

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One thump keg. One thump post.
One manifold.

Narrator: in tennessee's
Great smoky mountains,

It's back to the drawing board
For two shiners

With a thirst
For innovation.

Here will be
Our thump cake.

In order to meet their ambitious
1,100-gallon season goal,

Mark and digger sketch plans
To add a 300-gallon pot

To their 400-gallon still.

I don't know of anybody that's
Ever done anything like this.

Digger:
Our agenda today is we are
Going to start a new vision.

We're gonna do
A three-pot still.

All right, so, we've got
300 gallons of mash here.

We've got 200
In each of these.

We are going to increase
Our capacity.

We are going to give us more
Flexibility on what we can run.

It's a big bite
To have to digest,

But I think we're up
To the task.

You can't imagine how big
This monster is going to be.

I can't believe I let you
Talk me into this.

Oh, hell.

Narrator:
A fallen tree crushed mark
And digger's still...

Are you *bleep* me?

...And with it, their hopes
For a fast start to the season.

We've got to come up
With a plan.

We've got to
Make liquor.

And I'm thinking I want to run
A three-barrel still.

Can you imagine how much time
It's going to take?

Digger: the loss of the still,
That's a tragedy.

Now we are behind.

We've got to start
Running liquor,

But with adding 300 gallons
To our production value,

We're going to catch up
If everything goes right.

Is that kind of what
You've got in mind?

Exactly what
I got in mind.

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I don't like
Brand new copper.

Too shiny.

Yeah, I like it when
It gets green and kankered up.

Where we are at at this point,
We are going to cut out

Our manifold
That all of the connector arms

Will go into to go
Into the thump keg.

The three-pot outfit
Is going to give us

More flexibility flavor-wise,

Because we are going to have
One flavor come in here,

One flavor come in here,
And then one in the middle.

It's going to be
A steam chamber

Where all three barrels of steam
Blend together

Before they are
Ever condensed.

And hopefully,
It's going to bring

A little more flavor
To the table.

There's something sticky
All over your ruler.

You ain't been measuring
Yourself again have you?

You quit worrying
About measuring myself

And do your measuring.

Measure twice.

Cut once.
Unless it's into your finger.

Mark: this damn copper, it's
Set us back like three grand.

And you know, we don't have
Any room for error.

We don't want to waste any.

It's going to be
A hell of a task.

It's going to be like building
A swiss watch for king kong.

Watch that sharp end
Going towards your jugular.

Yeah, I can see me sticking this
In my jugular,

How that would be
Detrimental to you.

Yeah, I've got to go find
Somebody else who knows

How to bend copper.

[ laughs ]

Yeah, let's get this side
All stitched in.

Watch your finger.

This is a big innovation
For moonshining.

It's different.

I don't think anybody has ever
Done one of these before.

Somebody has painted an imagine
Of a handsome son of a bitch

On this side
Of this thing.

They've done the same
Thing over here.

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Narrator: in north carolina,
A father-son team

Are preparing for another season
In the woods.

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Ow! Dag gum!

Before they can mash in,
Jeff and lance

Must repair a leak
In their still.

But tension over
Last year's failures

Threaten to derail
The task completely.

Last season's attempt to produce
A premium absinthe

Crashed and burned...

[ retching ]

...And the shiners took
An even bigger hit

When their partner mark left to
Start an operation of his own.

Yeah.

If we don't produce this year,

Jeff: we are going to be
In bad trouble.

If we can get 700 gallons
This year,

We will have plenty of money
To put us through the winter.

Pull it over that way.

Lance: you know, I'm feeling a
Little bit of pressure this year

Just because of
The absinthe mess up.

I think I've bit off a lot more
Than I can chew,

And dad, he's never been
This overbearing before.

So, I really want to get
His approval back.

Narrator: the poor showing jeff
And lance had last season

Put them at the bottom of
The cut throat moonshine market.

They now need to
Reestablish themselves

Through the laborious process
Of moving their product

One sale at a time.

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If she wasn't so old
It wouldn't scare me so bad.

Narrator: at a north carolina
Animal clinic,

Josh anxiously awaits
An update on cutie pie.

Red dog:
I really feel for josh.

He loves that dog, and he's had
Her ever since she was a puppy.

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Narrator: cutie pie's
Veterinarian has asked

To speak to josh off camera
And in private.

Josh:
Is she going to be okay?

Thank you, doc.

Right now, they've done about
All they can do for cutie pie,

And I can't just stay here.

I got all kinds of people
Wanting shine.

Having to walk away and just
Leave her on that table

Thinking cutie pie might die,
Well...

It kills me.

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Narrator: coming up...This is insane.

...Smoky mountain setbacks.That cramp up?

Mark: it's frustrating
The hell out of me.

We don't have no choice.

We've got
So much money invested.

Narrator: ...And in north
Carolina, a costly mistake.

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Narrator:
Across appalachia, moonshiners
Have left the starting gate.

And in the bluegrass
State of kentucky,

The first couple of shining has
Made their return to the woods.

Sondra:
We really are going to hoof it
This year aren't we?

Chico and sondra
Are searching

For the perfect spot
Among the trees

To get their new still site
Off the ground and out of view.

What's the matter
With you?

You've been laid up
All winter lazy?

Yeah, pretty much.

After a slow start, sondra
Turned their season around

By tapping into
A lucrative female market

With her
Fruit-brandy recipes.

It's good isn't it?

Bringing them within 40 gallons
Of their 350-gallon season goal.

It tastes
Like watermelons!

But their season almost
Came to an abrupt end

When their still site drew
The attention of nearby hunters.

We've set a goal
This season -- 375 gallons.

We're going to focus on
The higher quality brandies.

We've tapped into
The female market.

It sells for more on the gallon.

It was good to us last year.

Why change what ain't broke?

I see my nice-sized trees
Out that way back in there.

I don't know if that's
Something that you,

That we could use
At all.

They're kind of hard
To build off of.

This year is going to be
A little different

As far as our setup.

Oh, god.

Last year,
We ran on the ground.

The focus of our still site
Was make it look

Like something it's not.

We used a deer stand,
Like a deer blind,

But we still drew attention.

Last year we camouflaged it
Where people could see it.

We are going to
Cover this one.

We are going to move
The entire operation

Up off of the ground
In the trees.

How high up
Are you thinking?

High enough up
My nose starts to bleed.

Narrator: this season,
Chico and sondra have a plan

That will truly get their
Operation off of the ground.

They are going to build a still
Site high in the tree tops.

Constructed of 2x10 joists,
The tree platform will be enough

To house their still, mash
Barrels, and completed orders.

Water pumped
From a nearby mountain creek

Will allow them to make mash
And cool the condenser.

A boom-and-pulley system
Will allow them

To haul raw materials up
And lower finished product down.

Finally, chico and sondra
Will camouflage their platform

From the bottom and sides,

Rendering their site
Virtually invisible.

These two are perfect,

They are just exactly
What we are looking for,

But we've got to have
Three or four perfect.

Dang!

Well, I mean,
This is part of it.

And if that means 32 feet up in
A tree, then that's what it is.

I see a bunch
Of straight trees.

Yeah, now you're getting
The picture.

We've just got to find a group
That's closer to water.

This is the fun part.

You get to walk around
With me in the woods.

We ain't got nothing
Illegal on us.

I can throw you
In the creek.

[ chuckles ]

Chico: me and sondra,
We've got kids at home.

So, we have to make sure
That me and her are safe.

We get it up in the trees
So we are not at eye level.

Where people is not looking,
People don't see us.

But yeah, see these four.

This is about what
We're talking about.

It's covered.

I mean, the undergrowth,
We are hid.

If we go from there to here
To here to here,

It's the tree house
You always wanted.

Right.

But, when we start
Getting materials and stuff

To build in here,
I do need more help.

I'm not a carpenter.

To pull this off,
I'm going to need outside help.

But when it comes to people
That I trust at my still site,

I really don't trust anybody.

We will cross that bridge
When we get there.

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Digger:
This is aggravating as hell.

By the time we get
This build done,

We won't feel like
Making liquor.

Narrator:
In the mountains of tennessee,

Innovation is underway
As mark and digger

Put their three-pot still plan
Into motion.

We see if we got two foot
Left on one of these.

Digger: well, our goal today is
To build the body of the pot,

Which is 300 gallons.

I'm going to just go ahead
And cut this.

Once we get
This three-pot done,

It should give us 100 gallons
Of liquor every time we run it.

That's double what
The twins will do.

The building
Of this three-pot still

Is going to be
A little bigger project

Than what we thought, but we are
Writing another chapter

In the history books
Of moonshining.

It's going to be something
Nobody has ever seen.

About the time
We get this done,

Some prick will come in here
And catch us.

Catch us? We ain't doing
Nothing wrong yet.

We are going to build mailboxes
Back here out of copper.

[ chuckles ]

With the rolls
Of copper we have,

One roll is not enough
To make the body.

So, we've got to take
Another roll,

Tin lop those two pieces
Together to make a circle.

That makes the body of the pot.

This is probably
Going to take us days

To build
This damn still.

Them old timers build one
Five or six hours bigger.

That's what they say,
But I don't know.

Mark: being able to build
A still form scratch,

It's just another way
Of me honoring my heritage.

I hope you didn't have
Anything planned

For the rest of the day.

A still as big as we are
Going to try to build,

It takes a lot of copper.

Tremendous amount of soldering.

We don't know how this is
Going to play out.

Now, wait a minute.
*bleep* damn it.

That's
A little bit flimsy.

That hard copper is better
For these bodies.

Digger: we scrimp and save,

And we can make a little better
Bargain for our buck,

We go for it,
And that's what's happened

Here with this copper.

Boy, that's
Flimsy mcflimsy.

Mark: the copper really wasn't
Intended for this use,

And it's creating a hell
Of a problem for us.

You don't bend, you don't work
On these every day.

It's hard to keep the
Damn figure in your head right.

This is insane.

The rigid copper
That we needed

Almost always makes itself
A perfect circle.

It's frustrating
The hell out of me

Because this is killing
A lot of time,

And we need to start
Making liquor.

We are learning
All over again.

You can tell
It's been a while.

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Is it coming back out
In the middle again?

I can't see.

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*bleep* damn it!

It ain't meant to be!

[ bleep ]

Narrator: coming up...

...Father knows best
In north carolina...

This ain't going to be
No fun.

...And it's back to the grind
In the tar heel state.

This is
A pain in the ass.

Ow! God dang.
That's hot as *bleep*

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It coming back out
In the middle again?

I can't see.

*bleep* damn it!

It ain't meant to be!

[ bleep ]

Narrator: frustrations mount
In the volunteer state

As mark and digger
Are paying the price

For pinching pennies
On copper.

We haven't even gotten off
Of the ground this year,

And we are already
Three weeks behind.

We've got to start
Running liquor,

And every day
That we are focused

On getting this third pot ready,

It puts us behind
Even further.

Digger?
Eh?

Why don't you say we just go in
And start growing pot?

That's more work
Than this.

Bull*bleep*

There ain't nothing
More work than this.

You need to put your damn energy
Into fixing this copper.

Let me
Start you down here.

If we can get it hooked
In just two or three places.

Yep.

That crimp up?That crimped up.

Mark: we are trying to get it
Crimped where we can tin lock it

And hook it together
As round as we possibly can.

The season will be dead
Over by the time

We get
A damn pot built.

A moonshiners time
Is very critical,

And this is really knocking
A head in our time.

We don't have room
For any more mistakes.

If this don't get it
Some semblance of round,

Then it will just have
To be whatever shape it is.

If we can get the bottom,
We'll be on the right track

Because then it'll have the
Stability and we move it around.

If this works,
And we get it on there,

I'll actually look
Forward to soldering.

We've got
So much money invested,

We don't have no choice.
We are going to see it through.

It's going to be something the
Moonshine world has never seen.

Keep your fingers crossed
About this here, puss.

Are you *bleep* me?

[ laughs ]

Here.

This three-pot still, it's
Fought us every step of the way,

But if it does what
We've got plans for it to do,

We are going to
Solidify our reputation

As the purveyors
Of quality homemade liquor.

For once in the last
Couple of days,

Something went mine
And digger's way.

There is still a tremendous
Amount to be done.

We've still go
To build the cape.

We've got to bring in the thump
Keg and the manifold we built,

But we feel good about today.

Thank the moonshine gods
And the lord.

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Well, lance, we've got to make
The best liquor we can make.

I want to regain
Our customers we lost.

Narrator: in north carolina,
Jeff and lance

Are heading into the woods

For their first mash-in
Of the season.

Try to get back
In the swing of things.

Narrator: jeff and lance's
Absinthe experiment

Wouldn't be the first time
An attempt to make liquor

Had toxic results.

In ancient rome, wine makers
Found that the use of lead pots

Gave their wine a sweeter,
More appealing flavor

And extended its shelf life.

What they didn't know
Was that the lead

Which pleasantly
Flavored their wine

Also caused
Impaired mental function,

Seizures, kidney failure,
And death.

The testing of wine
Residues from ancient rome

Reveal that they contained 1,000
Milligrams of lead per liter.

A single teaspoon full of
The wine would have been enough

To cause symptoms
Of chronic lead poisoning.

Thousands of years
Later in the u.S.,

Prohibition era demand for
Illegally produced alcohol

Was so high that many
Unscrupulous moonshiners

Cut corners by building stills

That used lead soldered
Car radiators

As condensers.

Running shine through
These radiators

Tainted the liquor
With toxic levels of lead,

Resulting
In widespread poisoning,

And in many cases, death.

This it, dad?

This is it.

It looks pretty good.

Lance: I screwed up so big
Last year with that absinthe,

But it's just getting old.

Dad, he knows what he's doing.

He's done it for years
And years.

It's just when he's
Telling me over and over,

I get tired of hearing it.

If he showed me the kind
Of respect that I show him,

I think we'd get along
A whole lot better.

Lance, where's the lids
At for these?

I didn't cut them out.

I completely screwed up.

I forgot to cut the lids,
And I am going to figure out

Something to cover
These barrels up quick.

You can figure out
How to make the lids

Since you didn't
Cut them out.

Keep it up!

I'm going on.

Narrator: without proper
Plastic lids for his barrels,

Lance is employing
An old moonshiner's trick

Of using empty corn
And sugar bags

To protect his mash
Against wildlife

And unwanted debris.

You always add a little more
Time to go and cut some lids,

But this storm,
It's right now on us.

I'm just going to make
These do for now.

I think that's it.

[ thunder rumbles ]

Narrator: coming up, an outsider
Gains access in kentucky...

...And in north carolina,
A father's patience runs out.

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Josh: well, right now,
I'm trying to get set up.

I went to get supplies
So we can get started.

I don't know.

Cutie pie's got me messed up.

Kind of got me down.

Narrator: in north carolina,
With cutie pie's plight

Weighing heavily on his mind,

Josh pushes forward on his
First mashing of the season.

Josh: this season,
I've got a perfect still site.

We are at red dog's.

We got permission to be here.

It's got good water, and we're
Going to get this dam put in.

We are going to get
Our water supply.

Get some mash made.

We are going to start
Making some whiskey.

This ain't going to be no fun.

Dragging this *bleep*
200 yards, it's soaking wet.

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All right, this is where
We are going to put our dam.

What we are going to do is we
Are going to take some wood,

Plywood, and we are going
To board this up right here

And we'll cut a hole in it.

I'm going to run
That pipe through it.

And so, the water that's not
Flowing over the dam

Is going to be forced
Through the pipe.

And then I'm going
To run this pipe

All the way down
To my still site.

We'll have good,
Fresh, clean water.

Narrator:
Moonshiners often build dams

Along creeks and streams

To provide their condensers with
A steady supply of cool water

Without the noise and
Potential mechanical problems

Of a motorized water pump.

I tell you what, a damn partner
Would come in handy

Right about now.

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It's hot as *bleep*.

It just don't feel right being
Down here at the still site

And now having cutie pie.

She's like an alarm dog.

If anything comes around,
She lets me know.

And I miss that.

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All right.

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Pretty much got it dammed up.

Right now, I've got to get the
Rest of these pipes hooked up.

When I get that done,
We'll have a water supply.

You see me out here season
After season, busting my ass.

Making moonshine
Because I have a love for it.

I just love the thrill of it,
The heritage of it.

This is my family history.
It's in my veins.

It's something that I had
A desire to do

Before I even knew
Why I had a desire to do it.

All right,
We should have water now.

This is the last piece.

Let's go make some mash.

We got some water.

This year, I plan on selling
More shine than ever before.

I'm making my family recipe,
The cherry bounce.

But to get this season
Kicked off,

I'm just going to start off with
Some traditional corn whiskey.

I'm behind the 8-ball.

I've got a lot of people
Wanting moonshine.

I ain't got no time to waste.

Ow! God dang.
That's hot as *bleep*

This is a pain in the ass.

I'm going through
A whole lot of effort.

To drag all of this pipe and all
Of the supplies up in here

And get all of this set up.

I really need a partner.

And I just ain't sure about
How I want to share

My still site with and my money.

The only person
That I've got that

I could stand beside
Is cutie pie.

We are mashed in.

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Oh, lord.
Don't fail me now.

Oh, no! No!

Narrator: it's hammer to nail
In kentucky as chico and sondra

Start construction on their
New still site in the trees.

Chico: our thought is we want
To actually build

A distillery up
In the tree tops,

And we camouflage it.

If we get up there, nobody
Is going to see our still,

Smell our mash,
Where we are completely

Out of sight, out of mind.

But me and sondra
Aren't carpenters.

We are going to have to
Bring in outside help

To build this stand.

That's something
I've never done.

Watch your ass!

Sondra: the fact that chico
And I have to bring in help,

That puts us in such
A vulnerable position.

Anyone who knows where
Our still site is,

They could come in
At any time.

Take the still, destroy it,
You know?

Call the police.
That's really scary.

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The only way I know
To feasibly bring someone in

Is I know just as much dirt
On them as they do me.

To keep somebody honest,
You've got to know what cards

They are holding on
The other side of the table.

Here, let's walk over here.
I want to talk to you a minute.

I got a buddy of mine.
Pretty good carpenter, terry.

I've known him
Most of my life.

He runs
A little liquor himself.

I don't want to come across
As threatening,

But I know what you got going
On, and you know what I do.

If anybody finds out
Where I'm running liquor

I'm dead in the water.

This is jail time.
You know what I mean?

Yeah, and I don't want
You saying nothing about me.

There's an unwritten code
Among shiners, outlaws alike.

If you're telling on somebody,
You're a rat.

It's that simple.

This tree is going to
Have to come out.

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Going the wrong way.

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*bleep* damn!

I only got one hand.Oh, I've got the weight.

We are physically building

A suspended distillery
In the trees.

I want it big enough
Where the mash barrels

Can be sitting
There working off.

The still can be
Sitting there running.

We are close enough to the creek
Where I can pump water to us.

We'll about to put deck boards
On here pretty quick.

There ain't nothing no better
Than hillbillies at work.

Hell, I ain't really
Even paying labor.

I'm trading that
Up in liquor.

I just want to get this noise
Out of my woods.

I've got to let it get calm,
Let it get quiet

Before I start moving
Anything else in.

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Jeff: we'll just have to saw it
Out of the road.

That's just another setback.
That's moonshining.

Narrator:
Over in north carolina,

Jeff and lance head
To their still site,

Unsure if their mash
Has been affected

By the last five days
Of torrential storms.

Lance: when it gets hard rain,
Trees come down.

You know,
Everything gets muddy and soupy.

I'm really hoping that the lids
I made out of them corn bags

Held up in this heavy rain.

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Tim: this is my greatest
Marketing strategy yet.

Fire truck!

This is going to market the fire
Number 32 cinnamon moonshine.

We've got all kinds
Of lights and stuff.

[ siren wails ]

Okay, I didn't mean
To cut that on.

So, just, you know,

Testing. Testing.

What is this?

Just in time!

This is a fire truck
For marketing moonshine.

Look on the door.

That's the label
Off of the bottle.

Look at this.

When it goes -- bam --
Open this door.

Look at that.

When you go to a festival
You can sell it!

Yeah!

It's going to be
Like the ice cream man.

I can hear you! Come get your moonshine!

Engine number 32!

They're going to hear
The siren,

They are going to come up

And say, "Oh,
It's the moonshine man!"

♪♪

Narrator:
Back in north carolina,

Lance's makeshift
Mash barrel lids

Were no match for mother nature.

It would have worked
If he would have taped it

All the way
Around the barrel,

But he only taped it
On one side.

When the rain fell on it,
It just caved in

And dumped the water
In the barrel.

Narrator: rainwater
Diluted and cooled the mash

To the point
Where fermentation ceased.

I'm sorry, but I messed up
Because I was in a hurry.

That's what I keep
Trying to tell you.

Slow down.

It makes me wonder if lance
Has got what it takes.

This is not a business to be in
If you're not serious with it.

I mean, it's my bad, dad.
I'm sorry.

I love making moonshine,
But when you're hearing somebody

Tell you constantly what to do,

It gets more like you're at
A job, and you've got a boss.

That takes the fun
Out of it for me.

Well, I'll work on it.

I'll get this
All cleaned up, set up.

I'll get the still ready.

I'm trying to earn
Dad's respect back,

And I can't make
Another mistake.

I'm going to make sure

I get everything right
From this point on.

No matter how much time
I spend down here,

I will make sure
That we don't fail again.

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Thank you.

Narrator:
100 miles to the east,

Josh braces for the news
From cutie pie's veterinarian.

Josh:
The doctor finally calls.

He wants to talk to me
About something.

There's no telling
What that means.

When doctors want to talk
To you about something,

It's never good news.

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I'm just ready to see my dog.

Hey, mr. Owen.
I'm dr. Hughes.

How are you doing?

I've been helping to care for
Cutie pie while she's been here.

So, snake bites
Are pretty serious.

With a copperhead bite,
The venom tends to bind

The coagulation vectors
In our bloodstream,

Where she is at risk
For spontaneously bleeding.

It's certainly a
Life-threatening scenario and --

That could still happen?No, sir.

I think at this point,
We are past that concern,

And her coagulation
Vectors as of today

Are back
In the normal range.

Oh, my god.

And so, I think we are
Finally at the point

Where it's safe
For cutie pie to come home

And continue treatment
At home.

Thank you so much.

I've just about had
A heart attack over this dog.

The way
He was talking to me

Scared the living *bleep*
Out of me!

That was one of the biggest
Reliefs I've had in a long time.

She's going to be right
Over here on the side.

There's my baby.

Cutie pie, are you ready
To see your dad?

Hi, baby!

So, let me
Just show you her arm.

So, right here
On the inside edge,

You can see how it's still
A bit red and swollen there.

The swelling has
Gone down a ton.

That means she's
A lot more comfortable,

And you are welcome to get
Her right out of there.

Yeah. Oh, god.
Yeah.

It was all I could do
To hold my tears back.

I don't care how hard-core
And heavy-duty you are.

That's my baby.

You just unwrap that
When she gets home.

She's still
A little bit sensitive,

And she'll still have
A little bit of lameness

For maybe 24 hours
Or so.

You want to talk about
A feeling of relief,

It feels really good
To be headed home with her.

I don't ever want to deal
With that again.

Okay, guys, well, y'all don't
Hesitate to call us

If you have
Any problems.

Thank you, again.Absolutely.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you. Take care!You, too.

All right.

Dad's girl! Yeah!

Now that cutie pie
Is doing better,

I'm ready to get back on track
And start making some liquor.

All right, babe.

Narrator:
Next time on "Moonshiners"...

We got to get
Mashed in today.

...Family turmoil
In louisiana...

Well, I don't know
What to tell you.

Well, I didn't think
It would take two days!

You're going to have
To watch what you say!

...A moonshiner struggles
On his own in north carolina...

I'm down here by my damn self
Trying to do something.

You told me you wanted
30 gallons of moonshine!

...And a sale goes south
From one moonshiner.

What can we do
To work it out?

We can whip your ass.
How about that?