Original subtitles

Get those hands up! Bat, v/o: there's a reason

They Called it the wild west.

Doc shores: three years ago they Killed a rancher...

Dumped his body in the canyon.

Easy...

Doc shores: you want me to clap You in chains?

Stuff you in a cell with Those thugs.

[grunting]

[whistle blows]

Bat, v/o: I was just a young man When I first headed west.

In the years that followed, I became

A cowboy... A gunslinger...

And even served as Sheriff of dodge city,

One of the most lawless towns In the country.

My name is bat masterson.

Now I'm a reporter and I've come West again to chronicle

The world that I know best...

The american west.

The lure of gold, land, Destiny flooded the frontier

With men both good and bad.

These are the incredible true Tales of the wild west.

♪

[thunderstorm]

♪

Bat, v/o: chasing stories can Lead to all kinds of places.

[sighs]

Even though I read About the west

Sometimes those stories

Can follow you back east.

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Doc shores: beg your pardon.

I'm looking for a writer, Name of masterson.

He's traveling, Due back any day.

I'll tell him You stopped by.

Doc shores: that's a shame.

The thing is he sent me This letter years ago...

Told me if I ever made My way east, look him

Up and his newspaper.

You're doc shores, Gunneson county?

Used to be.

Well, I used to be Bat masterson.

[chuckles]

Welcome to new york.

Sorry about the precaution, Old habits.

Well, sorry I never Wrote back.

When you were sheriff In colorado

You worked with The pinkertons.

More than once.

There was one Agent he was um.

Well, how should I put this?

Unique in his abilities.

Charles siringo.

I haven't spoken That name in years.

Bat: he's why I wrote The letter.

You saw him work up close.

Can you give me The truth, doc?

Well, when it Comes to charlie.

Truth is in the eye Of the beholder.

But I'll tell You what I saw.

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When I was sheriff In '88, the smith brothers

Robbed a train in Grand junction.

I reached out to The pinkertons for help.

And they sent me, him.

Doc shores: what in the name?

Charles siringo: Attention, sheriff.

Attention is the key To everything.

Your firearm well-maintained And oiled regular will

Never fail you.

I found the same applies To one's faculties.

Do you mind pointing that In a less lethal direction?

Give me your name now, Or I'll end you right here.

Special agent Siringo.

And you are the man They call doc.

You're with The agency?

I understand You have the names

Of the fugitives.

You only lack The whereabouts.

Doc shores: we keep these Guns locked up.

How did you manage to...?

Near as we can tell, it was bob And jack's smith

Wherever they went to ground.

They dug deep.

Charles siringo: are they Men or moles, sheriff?

Three years ago, They killed a rancher in west

Creek, dumped his body In the canyon.

Those men aren't A joke to me.

Where the smith Brothers hail from?

Doc shores: kansas.

Their pa has a farm In cawker city.

Charles siringo: I assume You sent your counterpart

Into cawker paid him a visit.

Doc shores: he did,

But the old man Wouldn't tell him a thing.

Wouldn't Expect so.

No matter what a man's done,

It's still someone's little boy.

All right.

What do you suggest?

Try again, Without the badge.

So...

Cawker city?

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Pa smith: beth!

Beth, come on over here.

This here's charlie north.

He'll be helping Around the farm.

Ma'am.

Mr. Smith, you never told me You got the prettiest

Daughter in all of kansas.

Oh, well, mr. North, You're making me blush.

Charlie.

Please?

[chuckling]

Charlie, you'll Get us caught.

You know, maybe I oughtn't Just pass through.

Maybe I'll stay on.

Earn your daddy's respect.

One day, buy this Place from him.

Well, now you're Just speaking foolishness.

You know what?

I could mend this If you'd like.

I mean it.

Good place like this.

A family should live here.

Beth.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

You just made me think Of my brothers.

I'm sorry.

They've been on The run for months.

We had no word until My brother bob sent me this.

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Bob smith, v/o: dear beth.

I'll pray this letter finds you In better spirits than myself.

Jack and I made it To price in utah.

We are safe if lacking In comfort.

Yours truly, bob.

All that work for $150 score.

Hey dummy, you Listening to me?

I'm writing our sister.

Yeah, what's she Going to do?

Send homemade Johnny cakes.

You just don't think.

♪ [tense] ♪

Look at him.

Look at him, little Bobby's angry.

You feel like trying something.

Go on.

Go on, boy.

♪ [tense] ♪

I'm sorry jack.

Yeah.

Sorry is exactly what you are.

♪

Charlie?

Charlie, are you there?

He's gone.

Whoever he was, what You tell him, girl?

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Bat: I had heard Siringo was ruthless in his

Methods about leading a young Lady on like that.

Here's what you Got to realize.

It wasn't charlie siringo Who did that.

It was the part he played.

The minute that skin Served its purpose...

He shed it.

It sounds Like a lonely life.

Where'd that leave you with The smith brothers?

Doc shores: I went to utah,

Coordinating our forces there,

And we moved in, hoping those Boys couldn't smell us coming.

[crickets]

♪ [suspense] ♪

Jack, jack, there's Someone out there.

I don't Hear nothing.

Be quiet I'm telling you.

It's just your Cowardly imagination.

And I want to Prove it to you.

No, no, no, Jack, jack.

Oh, no, no, No, no.

Doc shores: get those Hands up!

Where's the other one, huh?

Where's your brother?

♪ [suspense] ♪

S] ♪

Get those hands up!

Where's the other one, huh?

Where's your brother?

♪ [suspense] ♪

[hit]

Jack smith: whoa, easy.

Now we got us a party sheriff.

Let him go.

Jack smith: or what?

You gonna shoot me, huh?

- come on we're leaving. - hey, hey!

Two can play that Game, jack.

- yeah? - mm-hmm.

Jack: nice bluff.

I don't think you got it In you sheriff.

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I've come this far.

I can go a little further.

Deputy: drop it.

Ok, easy now sheriff.

What seems to be the problem?

I always hate it when They feigned innocence.

There was no Money in sight.

Both their stories were in Lockstep, so all I could do

Was cart them off to Colorado to await trial.

How'd you Like your chances?

Ranking on witness Testimony alone?

Not the hand I'd Choose to play.

What did siringo Have to say?

He became possessed of A certain notion,

That his methods could Get us to our confession.

To this day, I can't Believe I listened.

Charles siringo: a full Confession is the only

Guarantee of conviction.

I can't beat One out of them.

Beating a man's Body gets you nowhere.

You break into his mind.

You want me to clap You in chains stuff you in

A cell with those thugs.

To gain their trust.

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Listen. Siringo,

We are all pleased with your Work,

But the job here is done.

Don't you have somewhere To get back to?

Someone waiting for you?

♪

Look, these aren't Doe-eyed farm girls.

They'll see straight Through you.

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Good thing I'm Full of surprises.

♪

I'll give you three days.

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[door rattling]

Backs on the wall. Now.

Move!

[unlocking cell door]

You all stay put now.

♪

♪

[locking cell door]

Charles: what you got for grub Around here?

Y'all know I keep A quiet jail.

I won't be far away.

♪

Charles: well now,

What did you all do?

♪

You talk too much boy.

And if I was you...

I'd learn to sleep With one eye open.

♪

[spits food]

♪

Nicles title theme plays] ♪

[footsteps]

Here.

Sorry about him.

Partner don't take Kindly to new faces.

My brother.

He doesn't take kindly To anyone.

Clive hooker.

Bob smith.

How'd you get Banged up bob?

Oh uh...

Family disagreement.

Charles: I had a little Disagreement

Myself out in wyoming.

What happened?

One tooth feller came At me across a card table.

Had to put him down.

Took 'em a while to Hunt old clive down.

When they did...

I went peaceful.

Owned up to it.

So, here I sit,

Waiting for wyoming To come collect me.

What about you?

Sent any souls Across the river?

♪

You ever feel like

You lived a life That wasn't your own?

♪

Like it...

Belonged to someone You never even met?

A man shouldn't Fool himself.

Not about his own nature.

You live a lie long enough,

Comes a day you look In the mirror

And don't know your Own face.

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Bat: how long did siringo Last in the cage?

Two days came and went.

Nothing to Show for it.

Nothing but a knife Down his boot for protection.

And one other thing.

We agreed on a Code word.

Something he couldcall out

If things went south.

Sidewinder.

Sidewinder.

Doc shores: mm hmm.

Did he have Cause to use it?

[thunder rumbles]

♪

He's taken us for A pair of fools.

I'll handle it If you want.

Bob: and what if you're Wrong? Huh?

You're the one Who's been

Buddying up with the spy.

You're just too stupid To see it.

Jack, I'm telling you, He's all right.

Get out of my way.

No.

What'd you say?

Bob: jack, I don't Want to fight.

[punch] [bob falls to ground]

Ah, yeah.

[jack and charles Struggling]

[fighting]

[jack and charles Struggling]

Doc shores: good morning, boys.

How are we?

Oh, what's happening in here?

Jack: nothing sheriff.

He just asleep.

Doc shores: sleeping, huh?

Jack: yes, sir.

Do you have anything You want to say to me?

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Nicles title theme plays] ♪

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You have anything You want to say to me?

No.

All right.

[jail door locking]

[scuffle]

♪

Oh bob...

Why don't you go on and Give that over to me?

You killed me, jack.

Get away!

Get the sheriff,

I'll tell him everything!

You be quiet boy!

We robbed that train.

It was jack's plan But I went along.

He shot me In the head.

And he wouldn't let Me see a doctor!

You got grazed, boy!

[jack kicks bob]

♪

[fighting]

[struggling]

[punching]

[jack falls to the floor]

[footsteps]

Sidewinder.

♪

[cell door unlocking]

♪

You all right?

♪

Bob?

Bob?

Can you hear me?

Bob: I don't want to die.

Charles: you won't.

I promise.

Who are you?

My name is charlie.

♪

Bat, v/o: with their Confessions secured,

Bob and jack smith were Sentenced

To seven years in the Colorado penitentiary.

Charles siringo worked as An undercover detective

For 20 years.

He published best-selling Books

About his career As a pinkerton.

♪

You and siringo Keep in touch?

For a time.

He was always off workin' Some new case.

Different name, Different face.

You saw the Real thing.

So did bob smith.

Word is, charlie visits Bob in prison every year.

Makes sure he's doing All right.

If you ask me,

That's the real Charles siringo.

♪

Well...

I got a train to catch.

♪

Thank you, doc.

Safe travels.

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Good to be back.

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