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Vance?

Vance, wake up.

I'm awake, Stretch.

Someday you're gonna come in here without signaling

and I'm gonna blow your head off.

Wait'll you see what I found.

Okay, Gabe.

Old friend of ours. Remember?

Well, well.

If it ain't the witness.

We was in the Rio Lobo saloon,

he come trotting in asking where there was a doctor.

Looked right past me as if he'd never seen me before.

Too bad he didn't look that way five years ago.

Pointed us out in the courtroom just like that.

Greatest little witness you ever did see.

I saw them hit a man from behind and rob him.

Forty lousy dollars is all we got.

That mouth of yours cost us three years!

We're leaving here tomorrow.

You got until then to make up for them three years.

Or you won't be needing no doctor.

Joe, I want you and Jamie to ride on into Rio Lobo.

I'm gonna swing by the old Barton place,

see if it's still for sale.

You want me to go talk to Jennings about those horses?

Yeah, that's a good idea.

Remember, I'm not gonna pay more than $35 a head.

Wouldn't pay him a penny more myself.

I'll meet you in Rio Lobo later this afternoon.

Right, Pa.

Whoa.

Whoa.

You've got yourself in a mess.

Boy.

Easy now.

Too hot a day for you to get mixed up with some fencing wire.

What I don't understand is why someone didn't get you out of this.

All right, all right.

Up you go, up you go.

Hello?

Anybody here?

Forgot to feed you, huh?

Thirsty too.

All right, up.

There.

Should be somebody around.

Hello?

Anybody here?

Hello?

Take better care of the house than they do their animals.

"Found your calf snarled in wire.

"If you have to be away, suggest you hire someone

"to take care of your livestock."

Hello? Hello?

There.

Feel a little better, huh?

I just fainted is all.

- Have another sip of water. - Thank you.

- No, you just stay put. - I'm all right now, honest.

I know you are. Just stay put.

Oh, I feel like a big, fat, old buffalo.

You don't look like a fat old buffalo.

Where's your husband?

Oh, he left this morning before first light.

He rode into Rio Lobo to fetch the doctor.

Mmm, kind of risky leaving you alone, you know?

When's the baby due?

Land, not for a month yet.

Would you help me up, please?

I... I want to sit in a straight-back chair.

Please?

All right.

Here, let me... Let me get your feet around here.

- Oh, thank you. - There we are.

Oh, thank you.

See, what happened was,

yesterday morning I got this big long walloper of a pain,

and then it went away. Just like now.

Uh-huh. Was that the first time?

Oh, and then last night, it happened again.

Mmm-hmm.

I think it's just this awful heat wave we've been having.

- Yeah. - But that is when Zachariah

decided to ride into town and fetch the doctor,

and I was to stay in bed until they come back.

Yeah, but you didn't.

Well, it got daylight.

I'm just carrying a little bitty baby, so I ain't sick.

Now, your husband was so worried about you,

he rode off without even tending the stock.

Something wrong?

Anything happen to Bathsheba?

- Who? - Bathsheba.

- The cow, our milk cow. - Oh, no, no, no.

The cow's fine.

The calf got a little mixed up with some wire fencing.

- That's Barabbas. - Barabbas?

That calf, he's always getting into things like that.

- Well... - He all right?

A few little cuts.

I gotta put some bacon grease on those cuts.

Now... I'll do it.

Where is it?

Over there, some dripping's over by the stove.

Now, you just stay put, you understand?

And don't you move.

You said that just like Zachariah.

I'll bet.

Well, so?

I'm thinking.

No. No, it's no good.

It's... It's too far out in the open.

We're gonna get outgunned.

That stage has never had two men riding shotgun.

It will, tomorrow.

It's money coming in for the auction, not just payrolls.

All the more reason why to take a chance.

You ever see a dead man spend money?

Gotta be, uh... another way.

- You promised to sit. - I never.

Didn't cross my heart or anything.

Besides, when Zachariah and the doctor get here,

they're gonna be starving. I wanted to get this all...

And you're gonna be sitting right in that chair.

- Oh, I'm all right. - Oh, you're all right, are you?

- Yes. - Is that why your husband

rushed out to get the doctor?

Now, come on over here. Now, sit right down.

Careful now.

Zachariah didn't say I had to be an invalid.

Now, I found you lying on the floor because you wouldn't listen.

Now, it's about time you started listening.

I ain't like that!

Am I?

You sure are.

What's your name, mister?

Cartwright. Ben Cartwright.

Teresa Burnside.

I'm right proud to make your acquaintance.

Well, I'm right proud to make your acquaintance, ma'am.

Your front name, is it Ben like an Arab,

or is it Benjamin?

Benjamin.

Now, that ain't funny.

If your name is Benjamin, then you should say Benjamin

instead of laughing about it.

Oh? Really? Why's that?

Well, folks should be called by their whole names.

It's more respectful, that's why.

Never thought of it that way.

What is the point in naming a baby

iffin somebody's gonna come along and change it

to whatever they wanna call it?

Yeah.

Yeah, I see what you mean.

Like, I'm gonna name our son Ezekiel as soon as he comes.

- Ezekiel? - Yeah, Ezekiel.

Same as in the Bible.

And better not anybody let me hear them calling him Zeke.

The Bible don't go calling him Zeke anyplace, does it?

I don't think it does.

See?

Like my own name... Teresa.

Do you know what they used to try and call me?

Oh, it used to make me so mad, those kids in school.

They used to try and call me Tessy.

Tessy! Can you imagine that, calling me Tessy?

- You know what we're gonna do? - What?

We're gonna get ourselves some more coffee.

Oh, all right. You know what I used to do?

I used to put my nose up in the air and walk right by 'em.

That's one of the reasons I fell in love with Zachariah.

He never once called me Tessy.

But you know, folks keep calling him Zach.

Now, you know that ain't fitting.

- Of course not. - Mmm.

I call him by his whole name every time, Zachariah.

Excepting for love names, of course.

Just for each other.

You know what I mean, don't ya?

Yes, I certainly do, Teresa.

Zachariah. Mmm, got a music to it.

You know, all whole names got a music to 'em.

Mister Benjamin Cartwright.

That ain't getting dinner ready, is it?

Uh-uh, you just stay sit.

Oh. I forgot.

Have some coffee.

Vance?

- Vance? - I thought I told you

- to shut your face, witness. - I don't...

I don't care what you do to me.

Good, 'cause I'm gonna kill you anyway.

Look, they told you what I was doing in Rio Lobo.

I was looking for a doctor.

Oh, wow, you just tell me where it hurts.

We'll take care of that.

My wife is gonna have a baby next month

- and something's gone wrong. - Oh, your wife is having...

Shut up!

You're gonna be a papa.

Yeah.

Why didn't you say something about that before?

Oh, well, I was afraid, um...

She's out there all alone, you know?

I got a farm.

I, uh... I can't let you go, kid.

What do you mean you can't let him go?

Now, sh... His wife is gonna have a baby,

you understand that?

Well, you should have said something about that sooner.

- I mean, I just, uh... - W...

Well, you know too much about what we're gonna do tomorrow.

I won't tell a soul. I swear I won't.

No, you gotta stay here,

and we're gonna keep you here until we leave.

That's the best I can do.

You're gonna leave him here?

He's the one that sent us to jail.

My wife didn't.

Couldn't you just send a doctor out to her?

Yeah.

Um... But where... Where is it?

Maybe you could draw us a map.

Sure. Um...

Uh, north out of Rio Lobo, and, uh, turn east at Table Rock.

- Yeah. - And then it's a wagon route.

- Oh, yeah. - Right through the willows.

And it's right in... Right in there.

Okay, witness.

I'll never forget you for this.

I know you won't, kid.

What are you looking at over there?

I just don't want to look at a jackass, that's all.

Well, you must have found a mirror, then.

'Cause what do you think them shotgun riders is gonna do

when they come out of Rim Canyon...

And see a pregnant lady with a busted down wagon?

Why, they're just gonna drop their guns

and jump down and help her.

- No! Please! - Gabe!

If he moves, shoot him.

Get back to that bunk.

All right, we can skip Rio Lobo.

Old Branch Road goes right across country to Table Rock.

Go get her.

Please, a ride like that can kill her!

Well, that's just a chance we're gonna have to take.

Something's happened to him, Mr. Cartwright.

- Oh, I... I don't think that... - No.

You're thinking so too.

I can feel it.

He wouldn't have left me alone this long

if he could have helped it.

Well, maybe...

Maybe something happened to his horse

and it left him on foot.

Go and get him.

Please, Mr. Cartwright. I need him!

All right. All right.

Here, grab hold of my hand.

Squeeze. Squeeze hard. Hard!

Don't be ashamed to cry out. Squeeze.

- Hey, Joe. - Hey, Jam, how you doing?

Oh, pretty good. Is Pa here yet?

- Uh-uh. No. Where you been? - I was over at the corral

taking a look at Jennings' horses.

- What'd you think of them? - Oh, good. Yeah, all of them.

Yeah, wasn't a bad one in the string.

That was my feeling exactly. That's why I bought 'em.

- No kidding? The whole string? - Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, I was looking for you in Jennings' office.

Wanted you to get an example of some fine, fine horse-trading.

Really? Hey, what happened?

Well, I just went in, I told Jennings

he's gotta be the best horse breeder in the country, and...

- Yeah? - They just have to be

the best string of horses I've ever seen in my whole life.

Got to be worth $40, $50 a head.

- What did Jennings say? - Oh, he agreed with me completely.

But then I told him, unfortunately,

I was only prepared to pay $20 a head,

and that would be an insult to those kinds of animals,

and so I just didn't think it would be right

to even make an offer.

He spent the next 40 minutes telling me

he wouldn't be insulted by $30 a head.

That's pretty good.

So, that's the price you ended up paying for 'em?

Uh-huh, $30 a head.

- $30. - $5 a head less

- than Pa was gonna pay. - Mmm.

You know, Joe, I was, uh...

Kinda chatting with some of Mr. Jennings' hands.

Oh, yeah? What'd they say?

Well, not much.

They just, uh, mentioned that Mr. Jennings

was willing to sell for $25 a head, but, well...

- What? - That's the way it goes.

Who told you that?

I was just kidding, Joe. Honest.

- They said $35. - Oh.

Little joke.

You got a great sense of humor.

Let's find Pa.

There's something awful wrong with me, Mr. Cartwright.

No, no, you're fine.

My mama lost three babies...

Before she had me...

And another one after.

There was something about the way she carried us.

We... We was...

We was turned wrong.

Breeched.

I won't lose Zachariah's baby, Mr. Cartwright.

Well, of course you won't.

Doctor won't let you lose that baby.

Yeah.

Oh.

Now I'm acting like a baby my own self.

Now, now, you just stay put. I'll shoo 'em right in.

Ah, boy, sure glad to see you.

Who are you?

My name's Cartwright. Ben Cartwright.

I... I guess I really should say Benjamin.

But your wife, uh...

Well, she needs you real bad.

She'll be just fine now that you're back.

Who's he?

Aren't you her husband?

Well, I never said I was.

I'm a friend of Zach's.

I come to fetch ya. Your husband's got himself hurt.

- Where is he? - He's with the doctor, ma'am.

Well, she's in no condition to travel.

Well, that... That's up to her.

I'm just doing her husband a favor.

He needs ya.

Maybe you oughta let the lady make up her own mind.

He... He's hurt real bad.

Oh, I'm going, Mr. Cartwright. I'm going.

Oh... Oh, all right. All right, all right.

We'll... We'll both go. I'll go with you.

Now, just sit down. Come on.

Now, we, uh, gotta get the buckboard ready

and we'll put the mattress on top of that. Come on.

- Okay? - Yeah.

There.

Put as much straw as we could under the mattress,

but it'll still be a rough ride.

Now, if you feel any pain,

you just cry out and I'll stop.

I wanna get you to Zachariah in good shape.

I mean, you... You and the baby.

- You'll be fine. - Yeah.

- All right, pull up here. - Huh?

No, no, she's all right.

We just go to the right here.

- Rio Lobo's straight ahead. - You heard me.

Give me your gun belt.

I thought we was going to my husband.

You'll see your husband, ma'am.

I'll take that gun belt.

This way.

Is this the old Barton place?

Yeah.

Sure a lot more run down the last time I saw it.

Somebody's fixed it up. Maybe somebody else bought it.

Joe, I don't see Pa's horse.

Maybe he didn't show up. Maybe something happened to him.

Don't jump to any conclusions. I'll check the house.

Doesn't look like anybody's home.

I'll check it. You look around out here.

Joe, what do you want me to look for?

Pa's riding Buck, isn't he?

- You know Buck's tracks. - Yeah.

That's what you're looking for.

All right.

Anybody home?

- Nothing out there. - Yeah, Pa was here.

He left a note chewing the people out for not taking care of their stock...

Calf and a horse.

There's no horse out there now.

Well, they left, and they left in a hurry.

Food's on the table.

Let's head back towards Rio Lobo.

We... We didn't pass anybody.

They might have gone off the road.

What's the lantern for, Joe?

Well, we just may have to do a little night tracking.

Get your horse.

Whoa.

What are you doing? Get back up there.

Look at her.

I'm all right, Mr. Cartwright, honest.

You heard what she said! Move, get back up!

You wanna kill this woman and her baby?

She ain't my woman, it ain't my baby.

You do as I say.

Please!

You might as well pull that trigger right now,

'cause I ain't moving from here while she's in this pain.

Get away from that woman.

You want to deliver her to your boss dead?

I ain't got no boss.

What are you, a messenger boy?

We're partners.

Is that better?

Now, is this pain any different from the other one?

I mean, can you feel the baby moving?

Hands!

Get me... to Zachariah, Mr. Cartwright.

He needs me.

Now what's the matter?

She just fainted, this time.

Anything happens to this woman,

I'll be coming after you for the rest of your life.

You keep your mouth off me

or the rest of your life could end right here and now.

They're coming.

About time.

Watch him.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Who's he?

He's some loudmouth, found him playing nursemaid.

Uh-oh, here it comes.

- Come on, I'll carry you. - No, if Zachariah's hurt,

I don't want to make it worse for him by being carried.

Well, come on, let's get out of here.

Oh, Teresa.

- Here. - Whew. Thank you.

- I missed you so much. - Oh, I missed you too.

I really did.

You get over there.

Stay there.

Go on!

You're shaking.

Oh, I'm just tired, is all.

Gabe, take care of the horses.

Gabriel?

I thought that was your whole name.

Letting him call you Gabe.

Where's your self-respect?

Go on, kid.

Zachariah, this is Mr. Benjamin Cartwright.

Mr. Cartwright, this here's my husband, Zachariah Burnside.

Zachariah.

And, sir, my name is Stretch,

and Fetch, and Fish, and Catch.

And yours, sir, name must be Vance, and Dance, and Fancy Pants.

Well, I sure am.

To your health, sir.

Yeah.

Cartwright...

Cartwright...

Oh, yeah.

Big spread up north.

The Ponderosa... right?

That's right.

Turned me down for a job once.

I don't remember you.

It wasn't you.

Some... big... lummox.

One of your sons.

He was a good judge of character.

Nobody judges me!

Whoa! Vance! Back up, back up.

Calm down.

Look, you can have those two.

I want this loudmouth.

Gonna follow me the rest of my life, are you?

I'm gonna take you out of here right now.

No!

No! No! Leave him alone.

- What's the matter with you... - The little lady said no.

I changed my mind.

We can use him just like we can use her.

Mr. Cartwright is our insurance for tomorrow.

Zachariah, what's tomorrow?

That's why they brought you here, Teresa.

They're gonna rob the stage.

He's holding back on you.

He said "they." He should have said "we."

'Cause you're gonna stop that stage for us tomorrow, Tessy.

Don't you call me Tessy!

I ain't stopping no stage for anybody who calls me that!

Why, I wouldn't stop no stage for you

even if you called me by my whole name.

Your name is whatever I want it to be, Tessy,

and you're gonna do like I tell you.

Because the first time you get barky,

friend Cartwright is gonna get a bullet through his head.

And after that...

If you even look cockeyed...

That little old baby of yours...

Ain't gonna have no papa.

There isn't any way to follow any tracks in this.

I don't think so.

Pa's?

Yeah.

What do you think, Joe?

I don't think they stayed on the road.

I think he dropped it here for a reason.

Let's cut across the creek.

I never should have told them about you.

No.

No place else I'd... I'd wanna be excepting with you.

No matter what.

Could I... I have a drink?

Those pains you've been having...

- Oh, nothing, really. - You've been having more of them?

- When was the last one? - Oh, a while back.

Ain't enough water in here to feed a mouse overnight.

Gabe, fill them buckets.

The storm is getting worse.

Sure is.

That girl, she needs a doctor now.

She can have a passel of 'em after we hit the stage.

Now, you get back there where you belong.

Her pains are getting quicker...

Get back there!

Stretch?

He can move a lot faster than me.

He'll get his tomorrow. They all will.

Now, this is where we make the move.

Yeah, take a closer look.

Watch it, stupid. Can't you do anything right?

You see now, Gabriel?

You let him call you Gabe instead of your whole name,

now he's calling you stupid.

You got something on your mind, stupid?

My name ain't stupid! It's Gabriel!

You back talk me and your name'll be mud!

You're stupid!

Oh.

He oughta be lucky he didn't drown in the well.

You got something on your mind, witness?

Zachariah, don't.

That's right, you listen to your little mama

and you won't get hurt.

Now, get back to your bunk.

I said get back to your bunk!

I'm getting my wife a drink of water!

Easy now. Take it easy.

Her pains are getting more regular and stronger.

But they were worse yesterday.

This is different.

She's going into labor.

Take your water and you get back to that bunk!

You, with the big mouth, you wanna talk, you talk to me.

Come on over here.

- Easy, Vance. - Come on.

Vance, he's mine.

Oh, I'm not touching him.

Come on. You wanna talk? Spit it out.

You might as well forget about that lady

in your plans tomorrow.

The pains are less than 15 minutes apart.

- She's going into labor. - No, no, you said next month.

Babies can't read calendars, and that ride sure didn't help her any.

Then I don't have to wait for you, do I?

Shut your face.

They've been gabbing over there.

She might be faking it.

- Suppose she isn't? - Same game.

She gonna be in that road with that baby or without it.

Now, listen. She needs a doctor right now.

Odds are the baby will be breeched.

Then it won't be born in a hurry, will it?

You...

Get back there. Come on, come on.

That was a crazy thing to do. There was no chance.

They're gonna kill us anyway, even if they get their money...

You gotta wait for the chance.

We're gonna wait to die.

All right, now, cut it!

I had enough of your whispering and scheming.

This... This girl needs help.

Go on, get... Get up. Get over there.

You can't leave her just like this.

Get. Go on!

- She's in pain! - Sit down!

Now, that's better.

And if you got any bright ideas cooked up,

you just forget about 'em, 'cause you ain't gonna do nothing,

and I'm gonna tell you why.

'Cause just like Tessy's gonna stop that stage

so you don't get hurt,

you're gonna behave so that Tessy ain't... Ow!

Don't you dare!

And you were named for an angel.

Hurt him, Zachariah!

Oh!

This isn't like the others.

- I'm gonna have a baby. - Oh, God.

Uh, here.

Take... Take care of those two. Go ahead.

Go on, take care of them.

Well...

Pa? You... You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. Fine.

We... We seen him running, and, uh...

I'll tell you all about it later.

We're just about to have a baby.

Uh, why don't you take this one and his two friends over there

and put them in the back there in the stable.

Make sure they stay there.

You just hang on tight.

Oh. Oh.

Hey, how 'bout this, huh?

How 'bout this?

Oh. Oh. Here's your mommy.

There's your mommy.

Oh, what a beautiful young fella.

Well, looks like you've been pretty busy, Dr. Cartwright.

Yeah, just a... A little bit.

Yeah, just a little bit.

All the pains gone now?

Yes.

Why don't you take those two fellas in to the sheriff

at Rio Lobo and I'll... I'll meet you there soon.

Right. You take care. It's a beautiful boy you got.

Good luck. Bye, Pa.

Bye.

Well, has he said "Mama" yet?

No.

How can I ever thank you?

Just by taking good care of the little fella and his mama.

You know, knowing Teresa has made me realize

how much I've missed not having a daughter.

Ezekiel...

Ezekiel Benjamin Burnside...

Shh...

I would like you to meet your papa, Zachariah Burnside.

And our very best friend, Mr. Benjamin Cartwright.