Return to Lonesome Dove (1993): Season 1, Episode 4 - The Passing - full transcript

Innocents become caught in the crossfire as the hostilities increase, and Newt Dobbs considers his unlooked-for inheritance before he begins to think about who he should support in the range war that looks increasingly likely to take place. Last in series

Many tears, can you
do this for me?

Bet this is more than you
thought you were bitin' off.

Don't recall
what I thought.

Might as well
get this said.

We have a problem.

Never had much else.

Agostina is Gus' daughter.

She's gotta be taken
care of proper.

We owe that
to Gus.

Now, you're gonna see
to it, and so am I.

Knowing you, Woodrow,



You're gonna have
to chew on this a while,

So I'll be waitin'.

I believe I'll go on,
put your stallion up.

Vega.

Agostina Vega.

Serena Vega
was your mother?

Yes.

The woman you killed.

She stepped out in front of
a bandit, should've died.

She saved
her brother's life.

A man who robbed,
burned, murdered

On both sides
of the border,

Even his own people.

I did nothing that night
wouldn't do again.



Pull it.

He would have.

Where was my father
that night?

Back in Bravo,
fighting a fever

From a bullet
your bandit uncle put in him

3 days afore.

Did he talk about my mother
to you...ever?

He did, as I recall.

What did he say?

Many things.

And that he felt
love for her.

He told you that?

Hell, old Gus said he loved
someone every other week.

Have to say he meant it
that time, though.

Didn't talk to me
over a year

After I told him

She stopped a bullet
from my colt.

My uncle told me
that he raped her.

Agostina.

Who give you that name?

My mother.

Tells you all you need
to know, don't it?

Did he know?

Did he know about me?

If he had...we'd have met
a long time ago.

There aren't any beds.

This place is pretty homey
for Woodrow.

These boys have
been here over a year,

And they're still
sleepin' on the floor.

Got a roof--

Somethin' to keep
the wind off 'em.

Sorta.

It's deplorable.

Well, you can be certain
of one thing, Clara.

What's that?

I'm damn sure gonna
see you get a bed.

I just thought
you should know.

I got me a new partner,
which is...

the daughter
of Augustus McCrae.

That's fine.

That's
just fine.

Well, that's it, then.

Well, I swear.

I supposed you'd
be leavin', too.

Ladies.

How long you figure
it'd take to build a house?

Had a house.

Then you turned this place

Into a home
for widows and orphans.

I mean a real house,
like the one Clare had.

I got good hands
here now.

Got some mouths to feed,
is what we got.

Gotta admit
that music's soothin'.

I don't admit that...

and you don't
want me to, neither.

Why's that?

I did,
the argument'd be over.

A man might
even get some sleep.

No.

No. Not here.

You belong
with the women.

In the house.

It's warm
in the house.

Get on down there.

Go on.

Well, suit yourself.

Hell of a night,
Woodrow.

You wonder how many
stars is up there?

You start countin'...

better dang well
beat yourself.

Take them.

It's Danley
and Logan.

Let 'em go.

But they shot
2 of our men!

We can't risk any more.

No. We can't leave
Danley and Logan.

Newt!

You heard
what I said.

That's him, all right.

I'd heard
he'd moved north.

Who?

Cherokee Jackson.

Killer...

from the Indian nations.

What about our cows?

We got more cows,
Newt.

You and the men mean
a hell of a lot more to me.

Come on.

I want to get these two
back to headquarters.

Hyah!

Newt.

You may be a harder
judge than I am.

You want me to back off
from what we just saw?

I don't think you want me
runnin' anythin' around here.

You want justice.

So do I.

But it's gotta be
regulated.

When the governor
hears there's an outlaw

As savage as the man
we just seen on the run,

Then he'll have to back
my idea for a militia.

Then...

we'll get the help
that we need.

Where I come from,
we did our own regulatin'.

I'm tryin' to get you

To think a little
broader than that.

We got to set rules

For an entire territory
right here.

Don't you se?, We could've
chased those men down

And strung 'em up
to a tree...

but what about
the next rustling?

And the one
after that? Hmm?

And so on?

Hey.

We've got to use
this situation

To set a precedent

That will not be forgotten
in my lifetime.

Maybe not even
in yours.

Don't you understand
that, Newt?

I'm tryin' to.

You're a good man.

You're a good man!

Hold onto him!

Hold onto him!

Hang with him!

She rides just as good
as the men, daddy.

Sure does.

Maybe better,
if you ask me.

Hoo!

Ohh!

!Andale, andale!

Hang with him!

All right!

She has more respect
for him, too.

Respect for a horse?

Sure.

Want a horse
to be gentle,

You be gentle.

Want a horse
to be confident,

You got to be
confident.

Horses likes a rider
that sits on him.

Nervous rider...

don't know
what to say.

Horses don't talk, dad.

Oh, sure they do.

You sneak out
real late at night,

Don't let the horses
know you're comin'...

you'll hear them havin'
whole conversations.

They be talkin', arguin'
amongst each other.

It's true.

I knew a horse
once...ahem...

used to write
poetry.

yeah!

Couldn't spell
worth a hoot.

But the words,
they all rhymed out

Nice and even,
though.

Aw, dad,
you're jokin' us.

No, I'm not.

Yeah.

Hey, July...

you want to try
the next one?

You know somethin'
about this one

I don't want
to find out?

Uh-Uh.

Go.

Hey. Compadre...

bring cloud watcher
down here.

Hooah!

Hooah!

hooah!

You ready for this?

Well, I better be.

Didn't come up here
for a free ride.

He can't to keep his head down
where it belong.

Good luck.

He's got somethin'
to prove.

Especially after the way
he seen you ride.

Oh, boy.

You gentlemen have worked hard

To bring prosperity to Montana.

But it seems we've brought
a plague upon ourselves.

It used to be
a few hungry indians

Running off with our stock.

Now it's outlaws driving them
all the way up

Into the Missouri breaks,
blocking out their brands

And selling them
for themselves in Canada.

And what's even worse,
homesteaders--

Which in my book
stands for rustlers--

People with
a dozen head one year

And a hundred head
the next.

They're some mighty busy cows,
they are.

Or some mighty busy men.

Now, then, I had
3 dozen head of cattle

Stolen yesterday,

And 2 good hands
took bullets

In the exchange.

I'm getting heartily tired
of this, gentlemen.

It's time we took action.

Yeah.
Yeah.

And...

you should all have
a copy of this list here.

I want you all
to look very carefully

At every single
name on it.

I don't see that
Hat Creek honcho on this list.

Yeah.
Yeah.

He's not on my list.

He's not on
my list, either.

Woodrow Call
is no rustler, gentlemen.

Well, he ain't here.

Why ain't he on this list?

Call's a Texas ranger...

or he used to be.

Sure, we've had
our differences.

But I'm confident that
when the time comes,

He will ride with us.

It's just that
he's a very...

self-sufficient man.

Everything's under control.

What about Captain Call?

You can't be serious

About leaving him
off that list.

What's at stake here

Is far more important
than one man.

You said that no one
would be independent

Of whatever actions we take.

Precisely.

But when these actions
take place,

Every independent,
including Captain Call,

will come under
our protection,

And they'll soon see that
without that protection,

They will not
be able to survive.

And when Montana
becomes an independent state,

Then the alliance will be able
to control the price of beef,

Its distribution through
the new railway lines,

And the people in office.

Hmm?

Gentlemen, to the alliance.

The alliance.

Aye.

Women are funny
creatures, Woodrow.

You bring them the breadth
of the country

On the back of a horse,
and when they get there,

They expect to sleep
on a mattress at night,

Not a cold dirt floor.

That's what you're going
to town for, mattresses?

I'm going to order
a mattress

And sundry other things
people need

When they establish a home.

If you're buying a mattress,
that's your business.

It better not show up
on any Hat Creek account.

Don't get too close
to no dress shops, neither,

While you're there.
Don't want to lose you.

I can't leave this outfit now.

Someone's got to be here

What has a feeling
for women.

Work gloves.

Yeah.

Terrible thing
how some people

Take to liking
each other.

Ain't it, Woodrow?

You getting at something?

Nope.

Woodrow.

I want to
set something straight.

Hurry, Many Tears!

I know Gus
was mostly to blame

For you leaving Newt.

You having to haul him
all the way back to Texas

Is what done it.

I reckon we can always
find someone dead

To blame things on.

It was Gus made you leave
when you did.

If you'd have been there,

Newt wouldn't have
gotten into trouble.

If I was here,

Newt wouldn't have been
put to the test.

Test seems to
have failed.

You were fair...

with Gus' girl.

And it pleases me so
that you were.

As if Gus was...

reaching back
from the grave

To clean up
some of the mess he made.

It weren't your fault alone.

Gus just ain't around
to blame.

And in the pain of...

losing him...

I suppose I...

held only
to his finer qualities.

I appreciate your
hostilities is subdued.

Help me get up.

Hello, girls.

You going into town?

You going to get
some candy?

Don't you eat
too much.

You get sick and fat
like me.

You don't want
to be fat like Cholo.

You take care
of my girls, now.

Martin, crying:
Mommy!

* they swam the wide rivers
and climbed the tall peaks *

* and camped on the prairie
for weeks upon weeks *

* starvation and cholera,
hard work and slaughter *

* they'd reach California *

* in spite hell
and high water *

* come a fall daisy rider *

* come a fall daisy rae... *

Mr. Walker, if you don't mind,
I'd like to ride back

And ask someone to come
along to town with us.

Agostina?

Go right ahead, July.

High time you get
your nerve up.

All right.

Maybe old Martin here would
like to change places with me.

Do I get a say
in the matter?

What would you say?

I'm afraid
of men like you.

Afraid?

Why's that?

Some men just scare a woman.

That can't be a good thing.

It might be.

I never been sure.

Maybe we should find out.

It's been a long time since
I knew a man who made me laugh.

Go back, July!

Get Woodrow!

Aah!

Mommy!

Mama!

Stop! Stop! Stop!
Stop! Stop!

Mama?

Sally!

Stay down!

Mama!

Aah!

Sally!

No!

Get behind the wagon!

Aah!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Oh...

don't move.

Stay still, girls.

Are they done?

Mommy!

Mommy!

They're done.

We get the pickings?

Be quick!

Ha ha!
Hey, hey!

Ride.

Mama.

Shh!

They're coming in.

Clara...

God, don't die.

Look over there,
over there yonder.

Pretty.

It's eatable.

No more for me.

Doing pretty good,
Isom.

Hardest part is over.

Captain!

Captain!
Captain!

They've been ambushed.

Lord!

They's all ambushed
in the canyon.

Boys, get on and mount up!

Terrible attack!

Mount up!

Whoa! Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Mommy!

Martin!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Come here, baby.

Shh...

mommy!

Mommy!

She's alive!

She's alive!

She's alive!

We have to get her
back to the house!

Come!

Cholo is here!

Mama?

She's hurt.
We'll help her.

Cholo is here.

Captain.

He was charging
whoever cut him down.

He got a piece of them,
though.

Blood trail
lead this way.

Pea?

Captain?

Tell the boys...

go tend to Clara.

We'll go on.

We ain't gonna lose
this son of a bitch.

Git up. Come on.

We'll finish this
for you...ranger Walker.

Whoa! Whoa!

Easy there, boy.

Don't get throwed
in the puddin', now!

Throw that sack
over his head.

All right.

Who's Newt?

What is it?

Mr. Dunnigan wants you
up to the house.

I need a fresh horse.

Frank, the man needs
a horse. Tend to that one.

What happened?

Outlaws.

Time's come, Newt.

Do you know who done it?

Same mob we think
shot 2 of our own.

I want this whole outfit

Armed and ready for a week's
ride in 30 minutes.

Where are we headed?

To put a stop to what's
already out of hand.

30 minutes.

Yes, sir.

Who'd do such a thing?

Can't just be rustlers
or thieves. Can't.

Vultures.

Paint horse.

There he is.

This far north?

That's him, captain.

Son of a bitch
killed my brother.

He get into those hills,

He can hold us off.

I need me an extra horse.

I only got one.

Come on, let's go.

Give me a stirrup, Pea.

Is that him, captain,
Cherokee Jack?

I believe so.

Giddup!

There he is.

Captain.

He had that on him.

Money.

For the kids,

From their uncle Isaac.

No, I can't.

That's blood money.

End it now.

When I hear what I want,
we will.

Pa!

Pa!

He's done it!

He's done it!

What's this?

Delegations from all around
the alliance.

They look like
an army.

That's right.

Billy.

We got Cherokee Jack.

Supposed to say
a message to the women.

Your mama?

She's sleeping,
sweetheart.

Papa.

Si. Papa.

Who is it?

It's Pea Eye.

Ma'am, captain said

Get the women and children
to the fort.

You're to go quickly.

Uh...where's Isom?

With the captain.

He's going to help stop
the Dunnigan outfit.

He sent for help
from them homesteaders.

What about Cherokee Jackson?

He's gone to hell, ma'am.

Juana!

Billy.

Fetch my shotgun.

Are you sure the governor's

Going to stand behind you
on this?

If those are our cattle
behind those fences,

He will.

I'm looking for
Warren Raab.

I'm Raab.

I'm Gregor Dunnigan.

I know you.

I hear you been
selling my cattle.

Well, that's a lie.

Well, in that case,

You wouldn't mind us
looking over your stock,

Would you, mister?

Stay back!

Go ahead.

That one's ours.

That one, too.

Well, that can't be.

I never seen
that animal before.

You know the penalty for
stealing cattle, don't you?

But I ain't done nothing.

Pa!

Billy!

Watch it!
The boy's got a gun.

No, Billy!

Stop it.

Stop!

Don't shoot.

Don't shoot.

He's just a boy.

That's right.
Put down the gun.

He's just a boy.

Oh, dad.

Oh, God!

No!

No!

No!

No! No...

they're coming up
through the pass.

You boys stay here.

Isom.

That's a whole lot of guns.

As good a place as any...

to make a stand.

You bet.

They're a-comin'!

Let's gather up.

I'm riding out to 'em.

If something happens to me

And they keep on this way,

Wait till the main body
gets full over the ridge

Before you throw
your dynamite.

Otherwise you'll just
warn 'em and lose 'em.

When it blows,

There'll be
some confusion.

Snap off
a few quick ones,

Then ride away
if you can.

Them other ranchers come to you,
join with them.

Good luck.

Good luck.

Good luck to you,
captain.

Captain.

I'll ride with you.

No, Pea.

You stay by these men.

Yes, sir.

If I get kilt,

Just stuff my body
any old place.

That'll do.

Yes, sir.

It's Captain Call.

Hold the column.

Hold!

Hold it up.

Spread out.

That's as far as you go,
Dunnigan.

How's that?

A killer,
name of Cherokee Jack,

Said you paid him
to gun down my people.

That's a damn lie.

Said this is what
you give him to do it.

I can't abide you,
Dunnigan...

murdering just
to get more grass.

It's a hell of
a sorry thing.

You don't know
what sorry is yet, mister.

I think I do.

And I hold you responsible.

Quite frankly,

What you think
doesn't matter anymore.

Now, you get out of my way.

I'm going to count to 3.

If you don't drop
that shooter in the dirt,

I'll put a hole
in your heart.

What about all these men?

Cut off the head,
the rest don't rattle long.

You're a fool.

1...

Newt.

He's lying to you, boy.

The captain don't lie.

You mean I do?

Yes, sir.

That's your money pouch.

I remember.

I'll kill you myself
if I have to.

2...

eh?

I've got
some information in here...

captain!

Drop your guns.

Them are ours.

They got to pay
for what they done.

Mr. Thompkins, if you
want law and order,

It's going to have to
start with you.

You can't possibly
think that--

1...

surely
you can't imagine that--

2...

if we surrender,

We demand a proper trial.

You'll get your trial.

Tell the others it's over.

"In God have I
put my trust.

"I will not be afraid
what man can do unto me.

"Be merciful unto me,
o God,

"Be merciful unto me,

"For my soul trusteth in thee.

"Yea, in the shadow of thy wings
will I make my refuge

Until these calamities
be overpast."

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Gideon.

I've talked to Cholo
and the girls.

We're going back
to Ogalalla.

Now, you are welcome
to stay.

I feel welcome.
I do.

But the little I've learned
in my life

Has been from hard lessons.

You can't run away
from the ashes.

You have to...

rebuild from the ashes.

Will you wait
for first foals?

All the same to you,
we want to beat the frost.

I'll see to it Pea Eye
and some of the boys

Get you all the way
safe back.

Woodrow.

Patron.

Vaya con dios,
patron.

A fella have to
give him that, Newt.

Man gets leaned on
as hard as Captain Call...

needs him some time alone.

I suppose.

Long as I've known
Woodrow Call,

He's been in charge.

Think about
all them questions

Been put to him
in his lifetime.

All them problems

Other folks
bring to him.

Huh.

No wonder
he want to leave Texas.

What happens soon as
he gets up here?

No problem.

Who does everybody
look up to?

Is it people
that bring in problems, Isom,

Or him looking
to take them on?

Well, can't say that
it matters much, really.

Long as he handles 'em...

one problem at a time.

You know, I--
I need to tell you...

when I was, uh...

when I was riding back
from the canyon.

Mm-hmm.

I wanted to ask you
to...

go to town, uh...

you know, with us,
and...

ah, then that
shooting started and--

July...

us?

With us?

Yeah, well...

with, uh...me.

Yeah.

With me.

You went
against him.

I had to.

Why?

Did you ever know
his plans, really?

That alliance?

Did you?

I should have.

I know what he told me.

I just never added it up
to what he did.

I just could never figure that.

Never.

Well, he was good to me.

I never tried
to picture anything else.

Will you be staying here?

Yes.

You won't take
what he offered you, will you?

I don't think
he'd want that offer to stand

The way things turned out.

It stands.

No.

Good-bye.

Go to hell, Newt Dobbs.

Are you looking
for somebody?

Found him.

Get things said?

What could be.

We said some hard words
between us.

Yes, sir.

I regret that.

Me, too.

Some things
didn't get said, too.

Well, that's over now.

No, it ain't.

Your mother Maggie...

Gus, he said
I let her down.

Never cared
to admit that.

Well, that was
a long time ago, captain.

Not for me.

I'm so sorry
to have never known her.

It wasn't about you, Newt.

It was me.

How I felt about myself.

My failings.

You picked
a good spot, captain.

There's a bunch
of work to do.

Seems you
might know horses

Almost good as me now.

Captain, I'm moving on.

This is your dream.

Ain't no reason
it can't be your dream, too.

It's the same reason
you couldn't live a life

You didn't decide on
by yourself.

I understand that now.

I'd be obliged
if you tell Pea Eye

And the boys...

thanks
for all they done.

Don't want
a big good-bye.

It's time, captain.

I reckon.

Newt...

Dobbs--That was
your mother's name.

Call...

that's...Scots.

So they tell me.

It's had no dishonor
I'm aware of.

You want to be leavin'
all of this here...

for steady work
and steady wages?

This civilized world
of yours, captain...

we ain't part of it.

What about that
whore of Maggie's

You had that child with?

What's his name?

Newt, wasn't it?

You sayin' Jake's
my pa, captain?

Well, I'd a hell
of a lot rather

It was
Jake than you,

'Cause Jake knew people
could make mistakes.

Like my mama
the day she made me.

Barbed wire draws
a nasty line, mister.

That sense of honor
that ties Newt to Dunnigan--

You give him that.

You can't run away
from the ashes.

You have to...

rebuild from the ashes.