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We're home.

Oh.

Let me check on the horses. Whoa, whoa.

Whoa. Whoa.

Come on. Oh, I missed you so much.

Oh, big.

Brian.

Brian, come here. Look at my chicken. You all right?

I'm just glad to be home.

It should be in the coop.

But there's two missing.

Ma?

Ma?

What happened to the pumpkins we planted back here?

I suppose they just never came up.

How can we have Thanksgiving without pumpkins?

I thought Robert E. was going to take care of the place while we were in

He was.

There's just been no rain lately.

That's usually what water there was left for the animals.

It hasn't rained the whole time we've been gone. Five weeks?

It was dry for months.

with a serious problem?

Not yet.

It's been dry the last couple of years. We've been hoping for rain, but... We

still do have water in the well, don't we? I just checked. I've never seen it

low.

We'll have to carry it up from the creek.

We did that when I first moved in. I suppose we can manage.

I'll help you.

Thank you.

You are staying, aren't you?

Staying?

Staying for dinner.

Of course he is.

Oh, well, no, I... But you do love each other.

You said so, didn't you?

Yes, but... We're not going to win you right away.

Not right away.

No. So you'll be courting, huh?

Well, I ought to do it.

Where are you going?

To see Ingrid. I promised her I'd be back as soon as we finished.

Finished? We barely even started.

It's hard to be apart from somebody you love.

You may go, Matthew.

Thanks. And try to get a haircut, too.

Right.

I'll help you unpack.

Would you like something to drink? I could put on the kettle.

I've got no water.

It's not that there's no water.

You've just got to use it carefully.

Well, we don't really need pumpkins, but I do need herb in my medicine.

Well, come on. I'll show you where they grow wild and we can gather them

together.

Right now?

Sure. I want to go down to the clinic. What's your hurry?

Well, it's been a long time and I'm... I can hold another day.

Besides, it gives us a chance to be together.

Alone.

Alone?

I'll show you my world.

I've already seen your world.

I live here, remember?

Only what I wanted you to see.

And now?

Now I'll show you everything.

Right up here.

Right back there.

There's the foxgloves.

These are all brown now.

No matter.

I need to dry the leaves anyway, didn't you tell us?

I got a surprise for you.

Dandelions.

For your liver detoxifying tea.

You were listening.

I liked you in Boston.

Every word.

You only need the roots to make the tea, right?

That's right.

Go on.

Make a wish.

What'd you wish for?

If I tell you, it won't come true.

We're courting.

Not supposed to keep secrets.

Is that what you think Corden means?

What do you think it means?

The time when you talk.

Talk?

Is that all?

Well... I thought it was Corden and Sparkett.

When you bring each other things.

Like when I brought you the catfish.

No.

No, things like flowers.

There's none growing now, so...

What else do you like? Oh, exactly. You find out what your mutual likes and

dislikes are, what your common interests are, and then you see.

What?

If you're compatible.

If you are?

Oh, I suppose you go on.

To the next step?

Mike and Sally, was they courting?

Yeah.

They went all the way to Boston to get her.

She wasn't going to come back, but I guess she changed her mind.

Remember when we got up on stage, she ran right to him.

She told him that she loves him, too.

I did not see this.

How's the thing?

I love you.

Matthew, we have trouble finding food.

If no rain, you and Cesar may go to other places.

No.

Ingrid, I'm sorry I haven't been here to help.

But I'm here now, and it's going to rain.

It always does.

I'm not going anywhere.

Miss Dorothy? Hmm?

What are you making for the Thanksgiving supper?

I don't know.

Everybody in town brings something.

Well, I'm sort of famous for my corn pudding.

Which is going to be pretty hard to make without corn.

Ain't you got any better looking produce than this? No, and you ain't going to

get any until it rains.

No corn, no pumpkins?

What are we going to eat for Thanksgiving anyway?

How about some of that candy you're so all fired fond of?

You should have seen all the candy they had in Boston, Mr. Bray.

So many kinds you could never use at all.

Well, I guess you wouldn't want any of mine, then, would you?

Well, you can never have enough gumdrop.

Brian had this heart set on having turkey at Thanksgiving.

Maybe we'll get lucky and find one before then.

Of course, all the hens and young ones will be off to find water.

All that's left are the lone wolves.

Wolves?

I thought we were tracking turkeys.

Yeah.

See? There's his mark.

Lone wolves are usually an older gobbler.

They don't travel with the flock. They kind of like being off on their own.

Why?

It's just their nature.

It makes them hard to catch.

So that makes them the real crime.

Yeah.

Look, see?

He's been here, all right.

It's where he's been threatened.

Threatened?

Tracked a hen.

Like this.

if I were a hen, I'd show up.

And then what?

Then they mate.

Oh.

Can a lone wolf mate?

Yep. Of course.

You might like some solitary time once in a while.

What wolf?

Go off someplace private, roost, think.

So turkeys think a lot, do they?

Mm -hmm.

Hens, do they do the same?

No.

But they ought to.

Indeed.

It's time I get back into town.

There's a meeting.

Plan a Thanksgiving supper.

Will you come?

I don't care much for those town meetings.

Like you said, it's a good chance for us to be together.

You're such a waste of time.

The way she came off that stage and threw herself into his arms.

Wasn't that the most romantic thing?

Romantic? Don't you mean embarrassing?

Hugging like that in broad daylight?

If you ask me, she ought to be looking for someone stable to support her and

those kids. Oh, and I suppose that would be you, wouldn't it? What's wrong with

me? I did all the doctoring around here while she was gone. I'm a professional

man. The cave was a stick of dynamite. Just waiting to be lit.

I got the match.

Here come the lovebirds now.

Well, thank you all for coming.

I'd like to open this meeting with a prayer.

At this time of Thanksgiving, we give thanks to you, Lord, and ask that you

bring us the rain that we so desperately need.

Amen. Amen.

Now, until the Lord sees fit to answer our prayers, I think that we should do

our very best to help ourselves and proceed with the annual Thanksgiving

Now, Lauren, I assume you'll be donating your usual bushel of corn.

Oh, no, I ain't got enough to sell.

I can't be giving anything away.

Lauren, whatever you give comes back to you. Oh, no, it don't. But you know it

does. All he knows is when things are scarce, he drives up prices.

Oh, what you talking about?

I make barely enough to keep alive.

You're making a killing.

Like you are raising the price of your whiskey? I ain't seen you cutting down

my whiskey. Gentlemen, please.

That's enough.

Settle down.

Now then, who has any potatoes that they can spare?

Well, it is going to rain, isn't it?

Even in time, the worst droughts end.

Drought? Is that what this is?

Well, it could be.

Things don't break.

How are we going to manage?

Well, Cheyenne say that drought's a natural part of life.

Just got to find a way to live through it.

Well, what about bathing?

What about the children and the clothes?

You can use the pond.

Water's no good for drinking, but you can still bathe in it.

What happens when we don't have enough to drink?

We'll go look further out.

This? This is where you live?

This is one of the places.

Right here?

Yeah. I like being able to see the stars.

Got a place to get out of the rain.

If there were any.

Look, go ahead.

I always wanted to build a house here.

It's awfully far from town.

Yep.

I could live this far away from my patients.

But you said you couldn't live at the homestead because I'd build it for

Abigail. True, but I think we're jumping ahead a little.

Oh, are we?

Didn't you and David used to talk about where you wanted to live?

No.

Well, you know we wanted to live in Boston.

So, what did you do when you was courting?

came to my home for supper.

We went on rounds in the hospital.

Talked about our cases.

What?

Sounds like we had a lot in common.

Yes.

More than we do?

In many ways.

I thought so.

Think we have enough in common?

I hope so.

I don't know. Let's go see.

You stay right here beside me, Myra, honey.

I don't want to interfere with your powers.

You only make them stronger. That's this lovey -dovey stuff.

Get on with it.

Don't rush it. It's delicate work.

What is it? Shh, quiet.

It's a divining rod.

Doubted the water. I had no idea that was still done.

Oh, we had a real engineer come through here once. He couldn't find water.

Nearly as good as Horace did.

Bing's been doing it for generations.

It's in our blood.

I think

I got something!

Sully, do you think they'll find water?

They might if they dig deep enough.

Even if they do, it's not going to fix everything.

It's not going to help them grow their crops.

This

is

mata, pomme blanche.

It grows even when there's no water. It looks like a turnip. That's right.

Some kind of cactus?

It's a prickly pear.

Cut it open.

Fruit inside.

Sweet.

When there's very little water from the sky, we must find it in the earth.

And when we see Willow Street, we know there's water underground.

Do the townspeople know this?

Doubt it. Why not?

They don't ask.

Well, you could show them. You think they'd listen? Of course. They need

Cloud Dancer, would you please come with us into town and talk to them? He's not

supposed to leave the reservation.

Why would he endanger his life to help them?

Because it's Thanksgiving.

And the Indians help the pilgrims, remember?

Townsfolk ain't pilgrims.

They're not starving.

Not yet.

What the hell's going on? The Indians know how to find food and water during a

drought. Cow dancing says they'll teach us.

Teach us?

Oh, please, take a look. They have prairie turnips and berries to trade.

Lauren, your customers are really used to food.

Wouldn't hurt to look, Lauren.

My customers won't eat this stuff.

We ain't that desperate.

Chief, no trading.

Get him.

I understand.

I understand you do not respect the earth.

You've made her angry. Yeah?

Well, you're making me angry.

That's crazy.

Get back to the reservation.

Paul, we call the army.

Jake, they came in peace.

They came here to help us. You're making a terrible mistake.

Why do they all have to be so bullheaded?

They're going to ruin Thanksgiving for everyone in the entire town.

I guess they just don't care.

Well, I do. We've got to do something.

We'll think of something.

Pull off that Thanksgiving supper, Reverend.

We got nothing to be thankful for.

The Pings ain't never been wrong about a well.

I ain't finished crying.

Oh, this is the second day we've been out here, isn't it?

If a Ping can't find water in two days, that means there ain't any water out

here to be found.

Let's all join together and pray.

Dear Lord.

We've been praying for weeks and we ain't seen a drop of rain.

We can't drink to prayer.

Then what are we going to do?

I ain't enough.

Time to get out of this miserable place.

You're leaving?

That's not the answer, Hank. Listen, I hear the Indians have got a hidden

spring. How do we go out there and get some of their water? No, there is no

hidden spring.

Then where did they get those crops from? From the land. They tried to show

Let him speak.

They have been here for generations. Been droughts before. How do you think

made it this long? They're savages.

Look, if you can live off that stuff they eat, go ahead and do it. You go

with them. Yeah, I want them anyway.

I told you they wouldn't listen.

Wait, please. We can find a way through this.

If we help each other, like the early settlers who stuck together in times of

trouble, they survive.

Jif, let them go.

But they're good people. They've got to understand.

You've tried to reason with them twice.

The Cheyenne tried to help them. They turned their backs on them. So what's

answer?

To walk away?

You cannot fix everything.

You think you can just tell people, this is what you gotta do, and they will,

but they won't.

You can't change some things, and you can't change some people.

I don't believe that.

That's just another thing we don't agree on.

Maybe we don't have enough in common.

Right, lover boy. It's enough.

Let's go, Myra.

You sure you won't stay till Thanksgiving?

What's there to stay for?

Nothing left here but dust.

You're wrong, Hank. There are a lot of good people left here.

After long, drought keeps up.

No one's going to drive cattle through here.

Mines will shut down.

Sure y 'all don't want to come along to Oregon.

There's lots of business in them logging town.

I don't leave my friends that easy. Hank, please, let Myra stay.

How can you do this? They're in love.

So what?

I'll give you the money for the contract.

I'll find it somehow.

Ain't about money, Michaela.

Ask one to leave you sure and put out the lands.

Yeah.

Myra!

I'll follow you, Myra!

How are you?

I got someone to take my place. I'll come after you.

I don't care if I have to go clear to China.

I love you!

Hey, hey, hey, slow down, slow down. That's all you're getting.

Got some stew ready. Want to stop and eat?

Might as well.

Been had a customer all morning.

Need.

Maybe Hank's got the right idea.

What? I can't keep going much longer, Grace. I got to think about selling.

Before my horse is dying, I lose everything.

Everything I worked so hard for.

What about what I worked for?

You'll still be able to have it in another town.

We'd have to start all over again.

As long as we're together.

Robert E.

This is the first real home I've ever had.

I'm somebody here. Not a slave and not a servant.

Lucy.

I think you're somebody, Grace.

I thought we meant something to each other. Now, please, don't make me leave

without you.

That's enough, ain't it?

Couple more buckets.

How come I'm the one doing all the hauling?

Because it was my idea to come out here, and I'm cutting you in on the profits.

Lauren.

We don't want no trouble.

We just want some of your water.

You know what's good for you? You won't try stopping us.

I won't stop you, but the water has thickness in it.

No drinky. Bad water.

You get him?

We ain't no fools.

We know what you're trying to do and it ain't gonna work.

Come on, Jake.

Let's get out of here.

You know the town needs water.

You've been holding out on us.

Never mind where. Just go grab a bucket in your purse.

Pardon me?

Yes, indeed, folks. It's Thanksgiving.

Give me the money. Two bits of bucket. Fill them up. Fill them up. You can't

sell this water. Now, who says we can't? It's immoral, charging people for water

in this drought.

We're going to throw lives for this. And it's a bargain at any price.

Reverend. Jake, this is wrong. You can't profit from other people's trouble.

People who have no money also need this water.

That's their problem.

How can you say that?

Get down!

All right, that's it, folks. Take it easy. No more. We're keeping our hands

ourselves.

Please try to relax, Robert E. You're going to be fine.

Did you give him the medicine? Yes, I did.

What's wrong?

Seems like dysentery.

What caused it?

They did.

Michaela, you've got to help them.

Where did you get that water? None of your business.

Lauren, tell her.

Well...

And it won't compress my stomach.

Lauren. Well, it was the Indians spraying out by the reservation.

Hell, he told you the Indians don't have any springs. But we found a pond.

It must have been contaminated.

We're sorry already. Are you going to help us or not?

Two bits, please.

Two bits?

A bargain at any price, wouldn't you say, Jake?

Give her the money.

I don't know.

See how fast those clouds are moving?

I think this storm's going to blow right over us.

Come on.

Come back and finish your supper.

Come on.

Now we have to think about what we're going to cook.

Everyone all right?

The barn's on fire!

I saw smoke.

Sally! Lightning has the fire. Is everybody all right?

Yes. No, thanks to you. Where were you?

You know where I was.

We almost lost everything.

I needed you here.

Well, I'm here now.

Well, it's too late, Sally. It's too late.

I don't need you now.

I don't need you at all.

She's awfully angry.

You stuck your hand in a hornet's nest that was hidden.

I have done that myself.

Well, this is what it's going to be like being with a woman.

I don't know if I'm fit for it.

You lived with Abigail.

I was much younger then.

I got kind of used to being on my own, coming and going as I please.

Does this suit you?

I don't like being fenced in.

Not even for love?

You went all the way to Boston for love.

That's why she said she came all the way back here.

Man and woman are not meant to be alone.

Like Mother Earth and Father Sky.

Everyone needs a partner before they become unbalanced.

It's nature.

Dr. Mike's an awfully strong force of nature.

You both take it easy.

I guess we'll be canceling the Thanksgiving supper.

What? You want to go ahead with it?

Yes, I do.

Grace, Robert, what do you think?

Well... Just because we ain't got much food doesn't mean we all shouldn't get

together and give thanks. Thanks?

For what?

I'm thankful Dr. Mack was here. So am I. I don't know what we would have done

without her.

Well, I'm sure we all have something to be thankful for.

Isn't that right, Lorne? I guess.

But still, we don't have anything special to eat on a special occasion.

We'll manage, and we'll make it special.

Why don't you tell everyone to bring what they can find and come on over to

cafe?

So you'll join us?

I suppose.

I've been thinking, Robert, eh?

Seeing all those folks so sick.

All that matters is...

You and me together.

Alive.

It don't matter where. It seems to me we have more to be thankful for than most.

We have somebody to love.

Afternoon, Dr. Mike.

How'd you find me?

Followed the track.

You were listening.

I'll go teach him.

Sally, I'm sorry about the things I said.

We do have a lot of things in common.

The way we care about people, about doing what's right.

The children.

If anything would have happened to them or to you, I couldn't have lived with

it. I know. You've always been there when we needed you.

I've always tried to be.

Maybe I've come to expect that.

It frightens me.

Why?

Because I've never had to depend on anyone.

Same here.

Sully.

In my heart, I know where I want to be.

But I don't know how we'll get there.

Neither.

There's no maps.

But if you're willing to set off without one... I

am.

And I know where to start.

Beautiful. The place I come when I lose my way and I have to find it again.

You're showing anyone this place.

Not even Abigail.

How about some flowers?

Well, it's going to have to be bright.

Hope you don't mind.

Brought some friends for supper.

Mind?

We're honored.

Just like the first Thanksgiving.

They're eating with us?

We can't refuse, can we, Jack?

After all, they provided all the food.

He ain't sitting with me.

Thank you, Cloud Dancing.

Do not thank me.

It was Sully who said we should come.

And the spirit said we should take the hand of the child.

Show him the way.

Even if he does not want to go.

Spirits, as usual, make sense.

Dear Lord, we have asked much of you lately, forgetting to thank you for the

gifts which you have already given us.

The gift of life itself,

the gift of love, and the gift of friendship, which brings us together

share in this bounty.

For all of these things, we thank you.

And we say amen.

Amen.

Cloud dancing?

Perhaps you'd like to offer a prayer.

Yes.

I want to thank Mother Earth for her kindness.

Let's eat.

Very good.

Myra?

You back?

It's what I've been praying for.

Ain't this a picture on less than a week already overrun by engine.

Hank, sit down.

It's Thanksgiving.

What are you doing back there, anyway?

Nothing. Lost a wheel, is all.

I couldn't have been. I tightened that wheel myself.

We got to thinking about the holidays.

That's potatoes already.

Lotto.

Whatever.

There you are, Hank. Welcome back.