All language subtitles for Maverick s02e11 Island in the Swamp

Over here, gentlemen.

I need help.

C 'est un homme.

Bonjour, monsieur.

Bonjour to you.

Parlez -vous English?

Non. Est -ce que monsieur parle
français?

Yes, that means if I had to speak
French, no.

C 'est une prison.

C 'est un criminel.

From the entertainment capital of the
world, produced for television by Warner

Brothers.

This is a bayou country, somewhere along
the Mississippi.

I say somewhere because I wasn't in any
position to know exactly where at the

time.

Morning.

Morning.

Nice day.

Have you by any chance noticed that I'm
bound hand and foot?

I noticed.

Aren't you going to untie me?

I'm thinking about it.

You're thinking about it?

Mister, I don't know who you are.

Well, I might still have some
identification in my pocket.

I haven't had a chance to look since I
came to you.

I'll look for you.

Nothing on you, mister, but this here
cigar.

That cigar you're eyeing so hungrily
might be my last for quite a spell.

Could be my first.

We're being spied on, I think.

Oh, that's my big sister, Victoria.

She's kind of shy.

I'm not in much shape to do her any
harm.

You are going to untie me, aren't you?

What you got you can offer me in return?

That cigar.

Well, I already got that.

But you don't know what to do with it.

You'd probably smoke it and that'd be
the end of it.

You know what that cigar's good for?

What?

Baked. You mean you take this here cigar
and bait that hook and then you... No,

no. It's the aroma they go for.

You have to prepare a mixture.

How?

Well...

I can't talk anymore with my hands tied.

I wouldn't recommend this style of
travel for any extended period of time.

How do you fix that mixture, mister?

Well, you dig you some worms and you put
them in a pail with some dirt in it.

And you wet it down and put the cigar in
the middle and cover the pail.

Uh -huh.

You leave it overnight, and the next
morning, you just throw the cigar away

bait your hook with those worms.

That'll really get the big ones, huh?

Oh, yeah.

Nothing under 15 pounds will come near
it.

Say, where are we?

Ellis Settlement.

Say, I reckon you're mighty hungry.

I sure am.

I've been in this boat for one day that
I'm sure of.

Come on inside.

I reckon we got some gravy and rice and
coffee to brew.

Well, the finest menu in St. Louis.

Wouldn't sound more attractive.

You'll like this here gravy rice.

Friends taught my granddaddy how to brew
it when he first come here.

What's your sister's name again?

Victoria.

Have you ever seen anything but the top
of her head?

We have.

Ain't no stranger likely ever to.

Here's your gravy rice.

Well, thank you.

Ah, red gravy.

Like a New Orleans sauce.

What'd you make this gravy out of,
molten brimstone?

I reckon it is a little warmish till you
get used to it.

Can't you breathe, mister?

Afraid to. Might set the house on fire.

Maybe you better try some plain rice and
some dry shrimp, maybe.

Maybe you're right.

Uh -oh.

Here comes Daddy Herbert and Oliver.

What do you mean, uh -oh?

You'll find out soon enough.

We got a stranger here, Daddy.

Nice catch today.

You been hanging around Victoria?

No, you stop it, Oliver. He ain't been
hanging around Victoria.

Why, he don't even know her. She's been
hiding out ever since he got here. You

sure about that, Lady Bird? Sure I am.

We ain't been here but a few minutes.

Well, all right.

But that's just a sample of what's in
store for you in case you do get notions

about Victoria.

All right.

If I should get any notions about
Victoria, I think it's only fair that

both sides of the picture.

Just hold your fire, folks. Hold your
fire.

Now, hold your fire, Oliver. Hold your
fire. No man can talk like that to an

orphan. Now, no, Oliver, you started the
whole thing. I want him in condition so

he can talk to us.

Hey, Herbert, if Oliver don't calm down,
you drop that pole on his head, will

you? Yes, Daddy.

Now then, Lady Bird, where'd you find
this stranger?

He drifted in, Daddy, in a rowboat.

Well, where's his boat at now?

We forgot to tie it off.

Oh.

Your boat's long gone, stranger.

What you mean he drifted in?

He did. He was all tied up.

Then what'd you untie him for?

Never mind, never mind.

What's your tale of woe, stranger?

Well, I was on the River Queen down to
St. Louis.

Passenger? Yeah.

I was walking back to my cabin and
somebody hit me from behind and I guess

put me in one of the lifeboats and set
me adrift.

You drifted into a bad spot, mister.

We generally don't take strangers around
here.

Right now, you're just downright not
welcome.

Look, I'm not going to be around long
enough to cause you any bother.

I'll be on my way right now.

You ain't got no boat.

We ain't got none to spare.

You telling me I'm on an island?

Well, near as could be.

Could get to the mainland on foot if you
walk south.

Ain't likely, though.

Ten miles of mud and foot underwater.

Full of mud holes, gators, moccasins.

Why can't someone just roll me to the
mainland?

Because you saw it, that's why.

Shut up, Oliver.

You open your mouth too much.

I sure can't roll you now, stranger.

We owe it to the citizens of the colony
to hold a vote on the measure.

But I didn't see it.

See, he saw it. I told you.

Confound it, Oliver. I told you to shut
your mouth.

Let's go inside and grab a bite to eat
while we cool off.

Herbert, give Oliver a pole and help him
out.

What's your name, stranger?

Brett Maverick.

My name's David Forge.

This is my son, Herbert.

He's by my first wife, Isabel.

Lady Bird, you've acquainted yourself
with.

She's by my last wife, Mary Penn.

And this is Oliver Offord.

He's moving around Victoria.

Where's Victoria?

She's hiding out behind the pig trough,
Danny.

Oh.

Victoria!

She's got to learn to face strangers one
of these days.

Victoria! You stop acting like a young
'un. I'll come out there in a switch and

treat you like one.

We're an English colony, mister.

America's now, but we've all got pure
English blood in us.

We've got a family of plantagenets
living here.

Not many times brag about having a
plantagenet.

That's true. I I don't know many towns
boasting the planet in it

Victoria

I'd appreciate if you wouldn't gawk at
her when she comes in mister.

We got to break her into meeting
strangers slow like Well, I'll try to

little as possible.

Oh It's my daughter Victoria

She's by my middle wife, Earlene.

Victoria, meet the stranger.

Pleasure, man.

Now, wasn't that nice?

Yours ain't got gravy.

Well, thank you.

Doggone all this excitement.

Getting a little tickling in my chest
every now and then.

Been getting a little worse lately.

Don't worry about it. I knew a man that
had that same tickle would live to be

over 70.

Oliver, what do you want to go and do
that for?

You break a mirror, you bring on a man
so he'll look.

Because he was using it to gawk at her?
I saw him.

First I thought he was staring at
himself.

Real pleased with himself, I thought.

But I snuck a look, and it was Victoria
he was staring at.

Now, I warned you. Now, just hold on,
Oliver. Cool down.

Cool down. You're a visitor in my home,
and I demand respect.

Herbert, go outside and bring in that
pole. I aim to eat this meal in peace.

Yes, Daddy.

Now, you've all heard the stranger's
story.

Anyone having anything to say in favor
of the stranger, please address the

court.

Just one thing, Daddy.

What is it, Lady Bird?

That boat he come up in had writing on
the side of it and a number three.

Now, I can't read, but that writing was
the same as the name on that big

riverboat passed by here just nine -four
last.

Sounds like it could be a lifeboat.

Any comments?

Before you rest my case, I'd like to ask
just one question.

Well, why is it a crime even if I did
come here on purpose?

They'd keep shut if I had you, son.

Talk like that, you'd lose your case.

Any more comments?

Well, I've been sitting here listening,
thinking.

Thinking about this thing from all four
angles.

I asked myself, suppose I was a
government spy and I want to do a little

sneaking around out on Ellis Settlement.

How would I set about it?

Did you answer yourself?

No. I just wouldn't row in there.

Because nobody would believe me if I
told them who I was.

Not even if I said I was a preacher.

How would you get in here without
causing no questions?

I'd tie myself up, set myself adrift,
and let the rise of the water float me

Nobody could say I came in on purpose.

By an odd coincidence, that's exactly
how I arrived on this island.

There's sure been a lot of questions
asked since I got here.

That's true. True.

True. But could be we're just a grunt
slyer and a government spy figured out.

True. Makes sense.

But even if I was a spy, which I'm not,
I haven't seen anything, so what could I

report?

Depends on how good a spy you'd be,
stranger.

There are things to be seen, and we
ain't sure you ain't seen some of them.

am.

Is there any more comments?

I've spoke my piece.

Hey, exchangee.

If you kindly step in the store out of
earshot, we'll try and reach a verdict

you.

Now, we're not going to put any guard on
you.

Around here, stealing a boat will get
you hung.

Well?

I say the spy set on ruining us.

I vote we get rid of him quick and easy.

I second the motion.

Now, there's another thing to consider.

Suppose he is a government spy.

And he don't go back sooner or later.

Others are going to come in looking for
him.

That ain't so good.

That's true. That's true.

My boy don't speak very often.

When he does, he generally comes up with
something real bright.

Stranger, you can come out now. We've
reached an agreement.

It's the decision of this township.

We don't know no more about you now than
we did when we first started out.

Therefore, it's not considered good
thinking to let you leave here.

Therefore, we ain't gonna let you leave
until we're sure about you one way or

another.

I give you my word, I didn't see what
you think I saw. We don't all agree on

that. When we do, we'll let you go.

Meantime, since we ain't bad people at
heart, being of pure English blood...

You can live among us, one of us. A free
run of the island, free vittles.

So long as you don't try to escape.

If you try to escape, we'll have to lock
you up.

Because we ain't got time to be fetching
you back all the time. You understand?

All right, where do I eat and where do I
sleep?

Oh, you sup with us and I'll show you
where you sleep.

This court is hereby declared dismissed.

Just come over here. You bring him over.

They'll say we made a bad vote.

You can quarter here.

We break bread at daybreak.

Well, what time is that?

Well, it's a different time a few
seconds each day.

Good night.

Good night.

Hello, Miss Victoria.

Miss Victoria?

Let's have your boots.

My boots? What for?

I figured even you wouldn't be foolish
enough to try to cross that swamp

barefooted. Come on, let's have them.

Days dragged into a week. It started
dragging for two.

I must have explored that island a
hundred times.

It didn't take long to walk from one
side to the other.

In fact, if you weren't careful, you'd
walk right off of it.

Hello, Miss Victoria.

We hang men for stealing boats in this
country, stranger.

Even if you managed to get out on the
river, you'd just get lost.

Anyhow, we got the fastest boatman on
the river.

You wouldn't get very far.

You find my boy don't speak very much,
stranger.

When he does open his mouth, he gently
comes up with something real bright.

Yeah, doesn't he?

Every day I could see civilization
passing by, almost within calling

I finally gave up waving when I found
that all I accomplished was they waved

back.

It's a land of no return.

Who are you?

I'm just a stranger that drifted in.

And I've stayed to become one of the
oldest families on the island.

They just don't let outsiders leave
here.

But they've already seen us when I
anchored my launch out in the river.

But they won't bother me. You see, I'm
the postman.

Postman? Well, some of them do receive
mail.

And if you'll answer, I have a
government contract to pick up and

Here, hop in.

Crawl under this top.

We'll smuggle you out to my lodge when
we're ready to leave.

I'm grateful to you, sir.

There, you're hidden.

Throw on in before they get suspicious.

Lie still and keep covered. I won't be
long.

Something wrong?

Yeah. Seen anything of a stranger in
city clothes?

Not a thing.

If you do, give me a holler.

I'll do that.

An hour went by.

Seemed an awful long time for a man to
deliver mail.

And another thing I didn't like.

I could just barely see it from the
crack under the canvas.

I didn't like the tattoo on that
boatman's hand.

robbing us. You know it.

Them garments sell for $75 or better on
the open market.

$10 a piece.

Mighty fat markdown, ain't it?

This isn't the open market, Forge.

And consider the risk I take peddling
these things in the city. In all, I get

some here $20 or $30 a piece.

Of course, if you'd like to try to
peddle them yourself, it's your goods.

You know I can't do that.

Then $10 is my price.

Take it or let it pass.

We'll take it.

But I'm telling you, you're robbing us
blind, and I know it.

See you next week.

Where you been?

Taking a bath.

Mr. Stranger?

Hmm? There is one way you can deal me
out of this cigar.

That is, if you really want to.

How's that?

There's one thing I've always wanted to
do.

Maybe... Maybe you could help me.

What?

I wouldn't even talk about it to people
here.

But you being a stranger... What do you
got on your mind, Lady Bird?

You can read and write, can't you?

Well, if the words aren't too big.

I can't.

Well, you got something you want me to
read to you?

No, I want you to learn me so I can read
myself.

Learn you?

To read and write.

We got books.

Pretty ones, too.

A red one, a blue one, and a speckled
one.

Bet they're all good ones, too.

I'll bet this red one's the best one,
though. It's the prettiest.

The history of the decline and fall of
the Roman Empire.

This one's hard even for a teacher to
read.

And the blue one?

Oh, that's French. I can't even read
that one myself.

And this one?

the speckled ones pay there at Lady
Bird.

Poor Richard's almanac.

It's about people a lot like you.

Can you learn me to read it?

You really want to learn to read, don't
you?

And write.

It's even more important to me than
fishing.

I wish I could help you, but I can't.

Teaching is an art you have to train
for.

I couldn't teach you to read. I wouldn't
know where to start.

Then you can't help me?

I'm sorry.

Leastways, you're honest.

Guess that deserves something.

You giving it to me?

Wouldn't really bait the big ones
anyway, would it?

No.

You still moonin' over them books, Lady
Bird?

I reckon so.

Maybe one of these days you'll be able
to read them all.

You reckon?

Maybe we'll have a schoolhouse right
here on this mud box. When do you reckon

we'll come by this schoolhouse, Daddy?

Oh, by and by.

Got some bad news for you, stranger.

You mean things can get worse?

Gonna have to lock you up for a spell.

Why? Oh, reasons.

Take him away, Herbert.

I'll suffocate in here.

Had you rather we kill you fast?

You know, Oliver, you're the only man I
know who can win a debate by asking a

question.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, us men folks
have talked it over.

Money's nice. We like it.

But we decided to do something for our
very own.

So this batch goes to the women folks
and the young 'uns of the colony.

sort of with you.

Ain't that nice?

Yeah.

Lady Bird!

Lady Bird!

You know what this is?

It's a dress, Daddy.

Oh,

here, here's a real nice one.

Here's a real nice one.

I guess that was the big secret.

Shipping crates.

The place was a hotbed of Bayou Pirates.

Well, that's the last of it.

Maybe your mama can cut it down for you.

All right, Herbert.

You and Oliver go let the stranger out
before his mother's dead.

Hey, you all right in there?

I'm still alive, that's about all.

Boy, it's sure hot in here.

Must be. You look like you've been
running. I feel like it, too.

A day or so later, I was nailed into the
hut again.

They were expecting visitors, and they
didn't want them to visit me.

It's all right. It's all right, Lady
Bird. They won't hurt you.

The settlement welcomes you Cajuns.

We are Cajuns come in peace to hear what
you offer.

You the Cajun spokesman?

I speak for the Cajuns.

Why did they choose you?

Because I can speak your language.

Oh. Who ever told you that? Will you
just come on in town and follow us? We

to do some fair trading with you.

Mr. Stranger?

Well, hi, Lady Bird.

I brought you back your shirt.

Oh, thank you.

Hey, how come you haven't been around to
see me the last three nights?

Daddy's afraid you might siphon out on
me what they're up to.

What are they up to?

They're trading the Cajuns out of some
fishing boats.

Oh, well, you better run along before I
do siphon that information out of you.

Good night.

Tu sais, je suis très content.

Le bateau était pourri.

Tant mieux pour toi, mon vieux.

Over here, gentlemen.

I need help.

C 'est un homme.

Bonjour, monsieur.

Bonjour to you.

Parlez -vous English?

Non. Est -ce que monsieur parle
français?

If that means if I do speak French, no.

Parlez -vous...

When the trading ended, things became
the same again.

Well, almost the same.

Hello, Miss Victoria.

Hello, Victoria.

It's a nice day.

Well,

I don't know.

I kind of got attached to a stranger.

I don't think he'd give us no harm.

Come, Father David.

We've allowed you to have your way for a
coon's age. I tell you, he's a danger

to the whole colony.

Simon Teller is almost certain he saw
him jump out of Samson's boat the other

day. And he's trying to get away as sure
as sin.

Now, what if he'd made it?

Where'd we be?

Confounded, doing him in amounts to
murder.

Sometimes a man's forced to kill, David.

And have you noticed the change in
Victoria lately?

When we started this thing, it was for a
good cause.

Murder seems to take all the good out of
it.

Not murder, David. Self -defense.

I still don't like it.

Well, now, would you abide by popular
vote?

If the rest feel like us, would you let
us see it our way?

Yeah, yeah. I suppose I'll have to, to
be fair, yeah.

I hated to be unfair, but I decided I'd
better get out of this place fast.

dressed for a fancy New Orleans ball,
and walking out into that stretch of

that even the roughest island men were
edgy about going into.

Daddy Forge had said I'd have more sense
than to go into this swamp barefooted.

I wonder what he meant.

Hello, Victoria.

Taking a little stroll, are you?

Well, it's a nice night for it.

Oh, is that the way we dress for walking
in the marshes these days?

Very nice.

Well, what's this?

Looks like a boat, doesn't it?

Feels like a boat, too.

Don't hurt him, mister.

I don't want to hurt him. Then let him
go.

Well, if I let him go, he might get up
and hurt me. I wouldn't like that

Who is this great defender, anyway?

Allow me to introduce myself, monsieur.

I'm called Philippe Thériault.

Howdy, I'm Brett Maverick.

Now, what do you say let's get up and
both shake hands? I would consider such

thing a pleasure.

Who's this person, chérie?

The stranger.

Oh, the prisoner.

Am I wrong in believing that you two
were just about to run away together?

Monsieur, it was you in the time we were
trading that I saw this beautiful

flower.

In time,

we met.

Which is more than I can say.

We fall in the love, and now we go live
with my people.

How did you ever talk to her in the
first place?

Monsieur.

I'm a pure French blood.

I think we better go now.

I hate to be a third party on a
honeymoon, but we better get underway.

What do we do with him? We gotta take
him, honey.

Even Daddy'd turn on him now.

Shh.

They are coming.

From which way, honey?

This way and from this way.

Many of them.

I don't hear anything.

I have an ear for this one, monsieur.

I even knew that my Cherie was not alone
when you followed.

That is why I was not at the boat when
she got here.

I'm convinced.

Let's go, Cherie.

They ain't taking to the deep.

Then they gotta have a boat.

Let's get ours.

now between us and the river.

There are very good swamps in this
meadow, Jesus.

My brother's the best there is.

Oliver's second best.

We wait a while so they won't know
exactly where we are.

I don't understand. How can they know
where we are?

We haven't made a noise to speak of.

By the same way, I know where they are,
monsieur.

They stopped.

That means they gotta be over in slum
Mars.

And Oliver's got them headed off at the
river.

It's real bright, son. Keep pulling.

We have no fool then.

They are getting closer.

And there is only one direction still
open for us.

Honey, that's the way to Arkesh.

I'll go take a look.

What is this cash, Victoria?

Some time back in the last big storm, a
freight boat washed up into the bayou

and wrecked.

It was just a plumb full of real
valuable freight.

Clothes and silver, all kinds of things.

Well, our men found the boat, cashed the
cargo.

We've been selling it little by little
to Mr. Samson.

Was the name of this freighter by any
chance the Maria?

You know about it?

Yeah, it was in the papers.

The crew got away in a lifeboat.

They gave them rehab and was lost.

We ain't as bad as we might sound if you
look straight at us.

We didn't reckon on spending that money
foolish.

We need a school on the island and lots
of things.

Why, we ain't even got a church with a
roof on it.

We must go to the cash.

You just stay in there. This is where I
leave you.

They'll be here any second.

I know. You two run along.

I'll try to throw them off your trail.

Why does Monsieur sacrifice himself for
us?

Because I am of pure maverick blood.

Now, you two go ahead.

I won't be able to sacrifice myself.

I hope someday we can repay you.

Godspeed, sir. Au revoir, Monsieur.
Merci infiniment.

Yeah, same to you.

You're the case bring the torches with
one foot from here

Green sleeves was my delight.

Light your torches and

let's get in there.

Green sleeves

was my heart.

Might need to hear him talk.

That boy of yours doesn't say much, but
when he does... Where is Victoria at?

Victoria? Well, they left here over a
half hour ago. Went back the same

direction you came from.

What do you mean, they?

Oh, she and a Frenchman named Philippe
Thoreau.

Gone to get married.

There goes that tickle heart again.

I told you not to worry about that. Man,
I knew had the same thing reached 70.

What in tarnation are you doing here
anyway?

Taking inventory.

This fellow's got a bigger nerve than I
ever crossed before.

Inventory of what?

Oh, to see if you had enough goods here
to make it worth my while to throw in

with you.

You got a pretty fair cargo.

What makes you think we'd let you throw
in with us?

Oh, because I can make you three times
as much as anyone else.

You know, all of a sudden, I like the
way this fellow talks.

Well, I don't.

Now, watch him, Herbert.

Oliver's getting up at you again.

Cool down, Oliver. The conversation was
just getting interesting.

Keep talking, stranger.

The name is Maverick.

Keep talking, Mr. Maverick.

I'll be glad to, Mr. Offord.

Now, what kind of business you boys
doing now?

I'll tell you.

You're selling garments worth $75 for
10.

That's a mighty big mark down there.

That's true.

How much do you allow you could sell
them for?

Oh.

Anywhere upwards from $60.

That's mighty big talk, considering we
stole these goods.

What'd you have in mind for yourself?

Well, 5%. Well, that's three times more
than you're getting now.

And you could build a mighty pretty
schoolhouse with profit like that.

Wouldn't it be nice to see Lady Bird and
the others reading and writing like

they knew how?

It won't hurt to listen to what he's got
to say. And the deal don't mean a thing

if he don't deliver.

We're with you, mister.

Now, how are you going to get more money
for these goods?

Well, it's easy.

You've been operating illegally with
vermin like Samson.

When what you've been doing isn't
illegal.

What do you mean?

Well, the Maria was abandoned by her
crew.

That means the Maria belongs to anyone
who finds her. It's a law of the sea,

salvage.

And the insurance has already been paid
on the cargo, so you can sell those

goods on the open market in New Orleans.

Is that a fact?

Yeah, true.

He'll be a cousin to a bull gator.

You know something, Maverick?

What's that, Mr. Offord?

We don't need you anymore, do we?

No, no, no, Anthony.

We made a deal with a stranger, and we
gotta stick by it.

I'll tell you something, David.

We wouldn't have had the stomach to kill
him in the first place.

A gingerbread boy, I am, I am.

I can run, I can, I can.

She's looking downright girlish lately,
ain't she?

You know, I used to think Victoria was
all there was in a woman.

I'm beginning to change my mind some
lately.

Are you insulting my daughter?

Praising one.

You're determined to marry a forge one
way or another, ain't you?

There goes that old tickle heart again.

The man I knew with the same thing lived
to see 70.

I wish you'd stop saying that.

I am 70.