The Son (2017–2019): Season 2, Episode 7 - Somebody Get a Shovel - full transcript

You gentlemen wanna say anything
before we get started?

Anyone?

Okay.

The matter at hand is the sale
of McCullough Oil.

This here is the contract
Mr. Sweeney was kind enough

to send over to my office,
unsolicited,

oh so many weeks ago.

Now, I've used this as the basis
for a counteroffer.

There's no counter.

Excuse me?

That deal is
off the table.



Here is
our latest offer.

Listen to me,
you shit-grinning afterbirth.

I came here
to treat with you,

and you will hear
my conditions.

I want a full half of everything
that comes out of the ground,

every cent in oil,
every dollar in gas...

Half of everything right down the
middle, before the taxman gets it.

Also,
I want the photo negatives

and any other dirt
you've collected on my boy.

Continue.

We keep my name.

"McCullough" on the papers,
"McCullough" on the trucks,

and I want my boy Pete here
front and center.

This is a family business,
and I want this family



at the center of whatever it is
you call this... partnership.

Is that it?

Yeah. That's it.

No.

Excuse me?

That offer your lawyer
marked up

was made to a man who had
things to offer in return,

a man with a name,

a man with resources
to build on.

You got no money,
you got no friends,

and all the ranchers
that used to kiss your ass

have all
turned against you

in favor of a bigger piece
of meat.

And of course,
that sodomite son of yours

is never gonna sit
on the Railroad Commission.

You got Miss Garc?a to thank
for that last part, by the way.

Perceptive woman.

You shit-town Caesars
carry yourselves like royalty,

but to me and my backers,

you're nothing but
a collection of parts.

When something breaks,
price goes down.

You thought you was
fighting a war,

but we was just
doing business.

And I do it better
than you.

So, you're gonna
take that deal

because that deal's commensurate
with your current value,

which is the value
of every other south Texas boob

I've had to meet with in
this godforsaken little town.

You get an eighth,
just like everyone else.

You're gonna
sign my paper,

and then you're gonna
shake my hand

because that is how business
is done.

Mm.

Well-played, Mr. Monahan.

Well-played.

Daddy...

Well?

"Well" what?

Well, what the hell
are you boys staring at?

Somebody get a shovel.

What the hell
were you thinking?

I wasn't gonna let
that happen, OK?

Exactly what
were you thinking?

I wasn't thinking.
It just happened.

You really gone
and done it this time, Eli.

You really gone
and done it.

Eh, you're both right
in thinking that I lost it.

Hmm.

Well, you can
gloat on it tomorrow.

Tonight,
we clean up this mess.

Pete, head home.

Grab the quicklime
and the shovels.

There's a tarp in the truck.
You got a mop and a bucket?

I do.
Show it to me.

When you're done, Finn,
fetch the Sheriff.

I'll deal with the bodies.

All right.
You two, get to it.

Charles, c'mon.

I wanna stay
with the Colonel.

- You're coming with me.
- Pete. Pete...

We can use
the boy's hands.

Do what you want.

It used to be, you had
a problem with a man,

you settled it
and you left him there.

Wasn't no reason
to clean up.

Soldiers don't need
to hide.

Hiding things
is for slaves.

When you were at war
and the enemy fell,

you just moved on and let
the body go the way of nature.

Animals always eat
the soft parts of a man first...

Eyes, nose, cheeks.

Ooh-whee!

Oh. It's just you,
Sheriff.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

I told you it was bad.

This is more than bad.

Christ.

I'm gonna need your help,
Moses.

I ain't getting paid enough
for this.

My piece of the pie
just got a whole lot bigger.

Done.

I just need to make sure
you're all in.

Why is that, Colonel?

We got one more stop
after this.

You're a good man.

Shut. Up.

I'm just
passin' the time.

It's bad enough
I have to look at you.

I don't want to
hear you.

Well, we're both working
for Roy Endicott,

so we're on
the same side now.

Just... stop.

Pbht!

Ugh.

Ingrate!

Hold it right there.
Put the gun down.

I will not. You gotta get
her out of here, Niles.

I'm not kidding around.
Buddy Monahan is dead.

Why don't you go pull on
the other one, Pete?

No games.

Monahan, the two hired guns,
and the barrister... all dead.

She's next, I think.

You ain't sure?

You wanna stay
and find out?

There's a little shack
at the crossing at Blackridge.

I'll meet you
as soon as I can.

Peter.
What's happening?

Go with Niles and wait.
He'll keep you safe.

I'll come and meet you
as soon as I can.

- Why?
- My father's coming for you.

You need to leave
right now.

Don't ask questions.
Just trust me.

Our people are going to want
to know who did this.

Are you gong to tell them?

His widow would give you
a very slow death, I think.

Army soldiers.

Don't.
It itches.

I don't care.

Not gonna let you
smear the edges.

I have to go.
You know I have to.

The men have decided.

The men have been
lied to.

Isn't this
what you wanted?

Didn't you say we should
all band together

and kill all the whites?

No, this is wrong.
The time is wrong.

What do you want me
to do?

I want you to not die.

Hey.
I want that, too.

Do you think I'm stupid?

No.

Why do you lie to me?

I didn't.
I d-don't lie.

I should hold your head
under the water

till that paint
washes off.

You know, Fat Wolf
had one thing right...

This stinks
of white people.

He just got
the wrong white people.

Soldiers don't need
to hide things.

Slaves do.

Scalped-A-Dog
attacked Ingrid.

She killed him.

Then what?

Then I helped her
bury him.

If a spider asks for help
eating your children,

do you say yes?

I owe her.
She's a slave because of me.

No, she's a slave because
her people came onto this land,

called it their own.

But you're worse.

What do you mean?

She's not Numunuu.
You are.

You know better.

But you hide things
from me.

You lie to your people.

People will die because of
what you have done!

You can tell them.
I won't say you're wrong.

If I say something,
they'll cut your eyes out

and Fat Wolf will find another
reason to get us killed.

How is it that I have
ruined all my sons?

Toshaway.

Nothing is moving.

Everything's asleep,
Tiehteti.

Fire at will!

Eli.

It was a trap.

I'm sorry.

For what?

White people
and their guns.

The white slave killed
Scalped-A-Dog,

and I think you knew it.

Mm?

Eli, I need to
ask you something.

Not now.

Fat Wolf wants me,
Eli.

Please, let me go
with the Yaparuka.

Let me be someone else's
problem.

No.

I just want to go somewhere
where no one hates me.

I said no.
You brought death and pain.

You're gonna die with us.

It's her decision.

Did you tell her
I would give her 10 horses?

Th-That's a great price.

She wants me to suffer.

She's stupid.

Where will you go?
North?

They don't
tell me anything.

My people
have already left.

Go on.

They need you.

You know my hands shake
when I'm alone.

I don't like to eat.

I can't remember the last time
I slept through the night.

You made me feel safe.

The first thing in a long time
that's made me feel that way.

Goodbye.

Took you long enough.

Bodies ready to load?

Yeah.
Just inside the door.

Pete, Finn,
put the bodies in the ground.

Charles and Dart,
stay with me and finish up.

Finish up what?

Gotta go over
everything twice.

You need the Sheriff
for that?

I need all the hands
we can spare.

Then why don't I stay?

I don't think you have the
stomach for this kind of work.

I've been doing your dirty work
for a long time now.

I need you
to understand me.

You don't wanna be here
for what comes next.

Pete,
let's hit the road.

What are you gonna do,
Daddy?

You gonna get on your hands
and knees and clean the floor?

No, sir, I will not.
No, sir, no.

This cleanup's gonna require
more blood, ain't it?

Pete.

Who is it, Daddy?

Who else has got to die?

Come on.

Say her name.

Say it.

She's a human being.

Say it.

Don't do this.

I didn't think you could
stoop this low...

All the way
to the bottom.

Don't you know what this will do
to our family?

It will save us!

Maria Garc?a dies
and this is over.

Don't you want this over?!

Don't you want
your children safe?

That's what I want
more than anything else...

Anything...
To keep you safe.

You made me a promise in Mexico
you'd be here 100%.

So are you here?
Hmm?

Are you here?

Ms. Garc?a?

Ms. Garc?a,
this is Sheriff Dart.

I need to speak with you,
ma'am.

Ms. Garc?a, open the door.

Come on, Sheriff.
Come on, come on.

Well, where the hell
is she?

He can't do this.

Settle down, brother.

I think he meant to kill
those folks tonight.

I think he acted
like he was gonna...

Gonna make peace
just to get us in that room.

I don't believe that.
Think happened how he said.

He got angry,
lost his head.

He went into that meetin'
cross-strapped!

He had it in his head all along
to go after Maria!

This hole
ain't gonna dig itself.

C'mon.

Mama?

Sorry, baby.
Um...

I was trying
to stay quiet.

What's the rifle for?

I had a bad dream.

What about?

It's nothing, baby.
Why don't you go back to bed?

Where's Daddy?

I don't know.

Well...

is he with Granddaddy?

I don't know.

- Why'd they bring Charles along?
- Honey, I don't know.

- Then what do you know?
- Nothing, Jeanne Anne.

Nothing.
They don't tell me shit.

This is what it's like
being in this family.

It's just waiting up all night
and being told nothing

and having to take
what they give you...

What little they decide
to give you.

That's what it's like for me,
anyway.

I'm sorry, Mama.

Don't be.

Hey.
Everything's gonna be okay.

All right?
Nobody's gonna come.

I did not want this for you,
baby.

I wanted better.

Charles.

Let me have the rifle.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.
That shirt needs to be burned.

Give it here.

Who's there?

Charles.

Honey,
where is everybody?

Is that blood?

- Mom, Mom.
- Honey.

Leave it alone.

Charles.

Aah.

Damn bastard.

Did you sleep?

No.

This cabin
is disgusting.

Yeah.

Well, it's better
than a hole in the ground.

But Her Majesty
is welcome to switch.

Is that coffee?

Sort of.

You think Pete's right?

You think Eli's
coming for me?

I do.

Did you know
the Battle of Princeton

was one of the most important
of Washington's victories

in the Revolutionary War?

One of Washington's spies

- was a student at the university.
- Can I see?

Hey!
Hmm.

Jeanne Anne.

Sorry.
Thought I saw a mouse.

She's incorrigible.

Go fetch
your brother's book.

Hi.
God.

Late-night poker game
over at Pink's.

Oh.

Tell you what, them aces
just kept jumping into my hand.

Breakfast smells great.
Two more plates, por favor!

Hey, Pete,
you as hungry as I am?

No.

Did you do it?

By the time we got to her place,
she was already gone.

Seems to have left
in a hurry.

Oh.

I understand
you're pleased.

It's all right.

There was no sign
of Niles Gilbert, either.

You know anything
about that?

Are you kidding me?

If she's alive, yeah,
I-I'm happy about that.

But don't you ever question
my commitment to this family.

I made you a promise,
and I've honored it.

I shot that man.

I-I buried those bodies.

I was ready to let Maria die
for you.

That's what you wanted.
That's what you got.

I'm gonna go wash up.

Then I'm gonna ride the fences,
if that's all right with you.

Of course.

I'm sorry.

I know I've asked
a lot of you.

I appreciate
everything you do.

I bought this little
parcel a couple of months ago,

before the Colonel
tossed me out on my ear.

It's a good spot
for a little farm.

I got a woman coming.

Emma Calhoun.

Good woman.

Fine family.

Educated.

Listen to this.

"I am not a woman
who babbles like a brook"

or sits on a shelf

or drapes herself on a divan
like an ancient piece of lace.

If that is what you want,
then stop your letters.

But if you want a strong hand,
a bright mind,

and an unrestrained tongue
to guide you,

"then I am
what you seek."

Well, I mean shit,
right?

You don't deserve her.
Right.

Who goes there?

Boy... you look like
hammered dog shit.

Put the gun down.

Not yet.

I'm thankful
for last night's tip, Pete,

but today is a new day,

and you've been known
to blow with the wind.

Now, are you gonna draw
on your daddy

when he comes down
that road?

Will you do
what has to be done?

Answer the question.