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I GIVE YOU,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

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THE WILD BOY

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OF THE NORTH!

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STAND BACK,
STAND BACK.

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McQueen:
GO ON, MOVE BACK.

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LET GO. SOMEBODY
GIVE ME MY OTHER CANE.

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[BOY GRUNTING]

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OW! OHH!

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SHUT UP IN THERE!

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MY GOD.

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IT'S HIM.

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IT'S THE WILD BOY.

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HIS NAME
IS MATTHEW.

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HE CAN'T TALK,
BUT HE CAN HEAR.

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Jenny:
HE SCRATCHED HIS NAME
IN THE DIRT OVER THERE.

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THE REASON HE ACTS
THIS WAY IS BECAUSE

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DR. McQUEEN KEEPS
HIM LOCKED UP
IN THAT CAGE.

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YOU'D BE THAT WILD,
TOO.

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DR. McQUEEN.

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AH, AH.

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DID YOU GET--
DID YOU GET YOUR
PARTIES ALL RIGHT?

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YES, I DID. I NOTIFIED
THE AUTHORITIES
IN MANKATO

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AND SLEEPY EYE
TO KEEP A LOOK OUT,

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AND IF I CAN IMPOSE
ON YOU TO TELL
PEOPLE AROUND HERE:

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I AM OFFERING
A $50-REWARD

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FOR THE RECAPTURE
OF THE BOY.

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- UH, $50?
- THAT'S RIGHT.

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[LAUGHING]

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ISAIAH, THAT ELIXIR
THAT McQUEEN'S
PEDDLING

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PROBABLY HAS
A MORPHINE BASE.

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I'D HAVE TO TEST IT
TO BE SURE.

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ANYWAY,
ALL HE HAD TO DO

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WAS TO GIVE THE BOY
LARGE DOSES
OF THE ELIXIR

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AND HE WAS ABLE
TO CONTROL
HIS MOODS.

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YOU MEAN, THAT'S WHY
THE BOY WAS ACTING CRAZY.

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EXACTLY.

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I CAN TEACH MATTHEW HOW
TO TALK WITH HIS HANDS.

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AND I CAN TEACH
YOU AND JENNY HOW
TO UNDERSTAND HIM.

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YOU THINK YOU CAN?
I'M KIND OF A BONEHEAD.

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I KNOW I CAN.

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YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT
AT ISAIAH'S THIS MORNING,

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AND IT'S HARD
TO BELIEVE THE CHANGE
THAT'S COME OVER MATTHEW.

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HE DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING
MORE LIKE THAT WILD BOY
NOW THAN I DO.

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YEAH,
IT'S AMAZING.

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ISAIAH WANTS TO BRING
HIM INTO TOWN TO MEET
SOME OTHER FOLKS.

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I THOUGHT SUNDAY AT CHURCH
MIGHT BE THE BEST PLACE.

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THAT SOUNDS
SAFE ENOUGH TO ME.

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McQUEEN'S LONG GONE.
I DON'T THINK HE'S
GOING TO BE COMING BACK.

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YEAH. WELL...

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I GOT TO GET GOING.
I GOT AN OFFICE
FULL OF PATIENTS.

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- WELL, WE'LL SEE YOU, DOC.
- MM-HMM.

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I'M GOING TO HAVE $50

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TO SPEND ON ANYTHING I WANT.

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[ISAIAH WHISTLING
"OLD DAN TUCKER"]

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HEY! HEY! HOLD ON THERE.
WHAT'S THE MATTER?

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OH, THIS?

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OH. THAT THERE'S CALLED
WHISTLING, SEE?

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ALL I'M DOING IS
I'M PUCKERING UP
MY LIPS A LITTLE,

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BLOWING SOME AIR
OUT OF THERE,
AND IT MAKES A SOUND.

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NO, NO. HERE.

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HERE, WATCH
WHAT I'M DOING,
OKAY?

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[WHISTLING
"OLD DAN TUCKER"]

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SEE? YOU GOT TO PUCKER
UP YOUR LIPS PROPER.

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THE WHOLE KEY
TO GETTING THE RIGHT
SOUND IS THE PUCKER.

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NOW, PUCKER UP SOME
THERE. PUCKER UP
YOUR LIP.

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NOW BLOW SOME AIR
THROUGH THERE
REAL SLOW LIKE.

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UH-HUH,
WELL...

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YOU AIN'T
QUITE GOT IT,
BUT IT'LL COME.

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REMEMBER, THE MOST
IMPORTANTEST THING IS
THE PUCKER. ALL RIGHT?

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[LAUGHS]

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OH, SAY, BY THE WAY,
I'M TAKING YOU
INTO TOWN TOMORROW

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FOR CHURCH SERVICES.

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ABOUT TIME YOU MET
SOME OTHER FOLKS.

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BUT OF COURSE,
IT'S GOING TO
BE ALL RIGHT.

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DON'T YOU WORRY
ABOUT A THING.

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IT'LL BE FINE.
I PROMISE.

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[WHISTLES]

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[WHISTLES]

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[WHISTLES]

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HO! WHAT THE--

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WHAT'S THE MATTER?

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[WHISTLES]

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OH! YOU FINALLY
LEARNED IT, DID YOU?

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OH, YEAH. YOU GOT
YOURSELF A FINE
WHISTLE THERE. FINE.

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GOOD PUCKER, TOO.

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HERE,
TELL YOU WHAT.

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WHY DON'T YOU GO
ON BACK TO BED,

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GET YOURSELF SOME SLEEP
WHILE THERE'S STILL
SOME NIGHT LEFT? HUH?

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[WHISTLING]

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YEAH,
THAT'S GOOD.

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[STILL WHISTLING]

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Congregation: * YES,
WE'LL GATHER AT THE RIVER *

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* THAT FLOWS BY
THE THRONE OF GOD *

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WELL!

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I MUST SAY YOU'RE
IN VERY FINE VOICE
TODAY.

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[LAUGHTER]

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NO, THEY'RE
VERY FINE VOICES,
AND--

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YOU KNOW, A VOICE IS
A WONDROUS THING.

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IT ENABLES US TO TALK
TO OUR FELLOW MAN,

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AND WE CAN EXPRESS
OUR FEELINGS TO EACH OTHER.

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IT ENABLES US TO PRAISE
THE LORD IN PRAYER AND SONG.

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WHERE WOULD I BE
WITHOUT A VOICE?

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[LAUGHTER]

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NO, IT--A VOICE IS...

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IS A MARVELOUS GIFT FROM GOD,

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BUT TOO OFTEN IT'S TAKEN
FOR GRANTED.

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I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU
A STORY THAT WAS TOLD
TO ME THE OTHER DAY.

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IT'S ABOUT A YOUNG BOY.

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HE'S AN ORPHAN.

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HE CAN'T TALK,

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BUT HE CAN HEAR.

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NOW, IT WAS DUE
TO THIS INABILITY TO SPEAK

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THAT HE WAS PLACED
IN AN ASYLUM--

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NOT BECAUSE HE WAS DEMENTED
OR MENTALLY ILL,

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BUT JUST BECAUSE
OF THE SILENCE.

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NOW, ABOUT--TWO YEARS AGO?

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ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO,
HE WAS PLACED IN THE CARE

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OF A MAN WHO PROMISED
TO HELP HIM.

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INSTEAD, HE USED
THE BOY'S SILENCE FOR
HIS OWN FINANCIAL GAIN,

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DISPLAYING HIM
LIKE A WILD ANIMAL--

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CALLING HIM A WILD
BOY OF THE NORTH.

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Rev. Alden:
WE NOW KNOW THAT HE
WAS NOT WILD, JUST MUTE.

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BUT THANKS TO SOME

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CHRISTIAN GENEROSITY
AND GUIDANCE,

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HE HAS NOW LEARNED NOT ONLY
HOW TO TALK WITH HIS HANDS

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BUT ALSO HOW TO LIVE
A NORMAL HUMAN LIFE.

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NOW, HE'S HERE TODAY
ASKING ACCEPTANCE

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AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

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I, FOR ONE,
WANT TO WELCOME HIM.

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MATTHEW?

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THIS IS MATTHEW,

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AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO
TO THE PEOPLE OF WALNUT GROVE.

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[APPLAUSE]

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WELL, BEFORE WE CONCLUDE
TODAY'S SERVICE,

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I HAD ONE MORE THING TO SAY.

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[CONGREGATION LAUGHS]
I PROMISE YOU,

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IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LONG.

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SOME MONTHS AGO,
THERE WAS TALK OF A REWARD.

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WELL, MY FRIENDS--

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[WHISPERING]
You didn't say
anything, did you?

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TODAY, I SAY THE WILD BOY

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DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE.

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NOW, WOULD YOU ALL STAND
AND TURN TO PAGE 34
FOR OUR CLOSING HYMN?

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COME ON, JEB,
THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THEM.

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THOUSANDS, MAYBE.

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00:11:08,902 --> 00:11:11,872
NO, TAD-POLING
IS FOR KIDS.

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BOUNCED A ROCK
FOR 10 TIMES
ONCE.

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YOU EVER DONE
THAT, MATTHEW?

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CAUGHT ME AN 8-POUND
CATFISH ONCE, TOO.

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00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:36,329
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THAT?

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00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:39,466
MATTHEW'S NEVER
BEEN FISHING.

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AIN'T SKIMMED A ROCK?
AIN'T BEEN FISHING?

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00:11:42,502 --> 00:11:44,271
HOW ABOUT ARM WRESTLING?
EVER DONE THAT?

154
00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:49,476
WELL NOW, LET'S SEE
IF YOU CAN BEAT ME
AT ARM WRESTLING.

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00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:52,012
DON'T BE SILLY!
MATTHEW JUST SAID
HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW.

156
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I'M SHOWING
HIM HOW.

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00:11:53,446 --> 00:11:55,749
JEB, COME ON.
YOU'RE JUST BEING
A SHOW-OFF.

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ALL RIGHT.
GET A GOOD GRIP.

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00:11:57,918 --> 00:12:00,253
NOW, WHEN JENNY
SAYS "GO," YOU TRY
AND PULL ME DOWN.

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00:12:00,287 --> 00:12:02,222
I'LL TRY TO DO
THE SAME TO YOU.

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00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:04,457
Jeb:
UNDERSTAND?

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JENNY, YOU SAY WHEN.

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ON YOUR MARK,

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GET SET,
GO.

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00:12:11,932 --> 00:12:14,367
Jenny: JEB CARTER,
YOU'RE ABOUT THE
RUDEST PERSON I KNOW!

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[JEB LAUGHS]
YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE!

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00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:21,875
WELL, NOW,
NO HARD FEELINGS--
OH!

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00:12:27,014 --> 00:12:28,882
YOU THINK THAT'S
PRETTY CLEVER,
DON'T YOU?

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00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:37,224
WHAT'S HE SAYING?

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00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:39,492
"I MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO FISH OR SKIM ROCKS,

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00:12:39,526 --> 00:12:42,830
BUT I JUST CAUGHT A 110-POUND
BOY AND BOUNCED HIM TWICE."

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00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,044
WHAT DO YOU SAY--
FRIENDS?

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00:13:00,147 --> 00:13:02,149
FRIENDS.

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00:13:09,389 --> 00:13:11,558
OH, DON'T YOU DARE!

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00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:29,109
ISAIAH, BY MY COUNT,
THAT FINISHES UP
THIS ORDER.

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00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:31,845
OH, GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN
CUTTING FOR A WEEK.

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00:13:31,879 --> 00:13:34,381
DON'T STOP NOW, WE
STILL GOT THE JOHNSON
ORDER TO FILL.

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00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:37,317
- YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS?
- I'M AFRAID SO.

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00:13:37,350 --> 00:13:38,485
OHH.

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00:13:41,188 --> 00:13:43,056
[SAW STARTS UP]

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00:13:51,098 --> 00:13:52,499
[SAW SHUTS OFF]

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00:13:52,532 --> 00:13:55,835
- WHAT'S THE MATTER?
- McQUEEN. HE'S BACK.

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00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,282
WHICH ONE OF YOU
IS EDWARDS?

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00:14:09,316 --> 00:14:11,351
I AM.

185
00:14:11,384 --> 00:14:15,055
I HEAR YOU
GOT MY WILD BOY
DOWN ON YOUR FARM.

186
00:14:15,088 --> 00:14:17,457
I GOT A BOY OUT THERE,
BUT HE ISN'T WILD,

187
00:14:17,490 --> 00:14:19,592
NOT ANYMORE.

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00:14:19,626 --> 00:14:22,996
HIS NAME IS MATTHEW,
BUT YOU PROBABLY
ALREADY KNOW THAT.

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00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:25,198
NOT WILD, HUH?

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00:14:25,232 --> 00:14:27,300
[LAUGHS]

191
00:14:27,334 --> 00:14:31,004
YOU THINK YOU CAN LOCK
HIM UP IN A BARN, TAME HIM?

192
00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:33,140
LOOK HERE, McQUEEN,
WE KNOW ALL ABOUT
THE BOY'S PROBLEM

193
00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:34,474
AND WHAT YOU'VE
DONE TO HIM,
SO I SUGGEST

194
00:14:34,507 --> 00:14:37,978
YOU JUST TURN AROUND
AND LEAVE.

195
00:14:38,011 --> 00:14:40,080
McQUEEN, YOU GET
OUT OF HERE.

196
00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:42,215
THAT BOY'S GOT
A NORMAL LIFE NOW.

197
00:14:42,249 --> 00:14:44,451
HE'S ACCEPTED
BY EVERYBODY
IN WALNUT GROVE.

198
00:14:44,484 --> 00:14:45,953
YOU LEAVE HIM BE.

199
00:14:45,986 --> 00:14:47,620
YOU'RE WRONG THERE,
MR. EDWARDS.

200
00:14:47,654 --> 00:14:49,222
NOT EVERYBODY WANTS
AN ANIMAL AROUND.

201
00:14:49,256 --> 00:14:51,191
SOMEBODY HAD TO CALL ME,
DIDN'T THEY?

202
00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:55,162
AND I'M TELLING YOU,
YOU GET THAT BOY UP HERE,

203
00:14:55,195 --> 00:14:58,231
OR I'M BRINGING
THE LAW DOWN ON YOU.

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00:14:58,265 --> 00:15:01,001
WHO ARE YOU TO TALK
ABOUT THE LAW?

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00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:03,270
- ISAIAH, LET HIM GO.
- I'M WARNING YOU, EDWARDS.

206
00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:05,973
I GOT LEGAL PAPERS
THAT SHOW MATTHEW'S
MINE.

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00:15:09,509 --> 00:15:13,080
Almanzo:
GIVE US SOME PROOF.

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00:15:13,113 --> 00:15:15,115
I'M HIS LEGAL
GUARDIAN.

209
00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:17,650
THERE AIN'T A COURT
IN THE LAND THAT WOULDN'T
SUPPORT ME ON THAT.

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00:15:22,555 --> 00:15:24,391
YOU GET OUT
OF HERE, McQUEEN.

211
00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:27,294
THE BOY IS STAYING
WITH ME.

212
00:15:27,327 --> 00:15:30,497
YOU'RE A FOOL, EDWARDS.

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00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:34,067
Almanzo:
ISAIAH.

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00:15:34,101 --> 00:15:36,103
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING
TO HAVE TROUBLE WITH YOU,

215
00:15:36,136 --> 00:15:38,371
SO I WIRED A CIRCUIT JUDGE.

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00:15:38,405 --> 00:15:41,308
HE'LL BE HERE
DAY AFTER TOMORROW.

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00:15:41,341 --> 00:15:42,575
SO WILL I.

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00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:13,173
MATTHEW, EVERYTHING
WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
YOU'LL SEE.

219
00:16:19,512 --> 00:16:21,448
BUT YOU GOT TO BE SURE.

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00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:24,551
I MEAN, EVERYONE
IN TOWN IS BEHIND US.

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00:16:24,584 --> 00:16:26,686
WITH ALL THOSE GOOD THOUGHTS,
HOW CAN WE LOSE?

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00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:43,303
Harriet:
NELS!

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00:16:43,336 --> 00:16:45,038
WHAT ON EARTH
IS ALL THAT--

224
00:16:45,072 --> 00:16:46,406
NELS, WHAT ARE YOU--

225
00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:50,077
AH! NELS, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?

226
00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:55,582
YOU'VE DESTROYED
MY ENTIRE STOCK
OF ELIXIR. OH!

227
00:16:55,615 --> 00:16:58,718
NOW I'VE DESTROYED
YOUR ENTIRE STOCK
OF ELIXIR.

228
00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:00,820
OH! YOU LISTEN
TO ME, NELS OLESON!

229
00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:02,522
NO, HARRIET,
YOU LISTEN TO ME!

230
00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:04,257
LISTEN TO ME NOW.

231
00:17:04,291 --> 00:17:07,194
YOU HAVE DONE SOME
CRUEL AND MEAN THINGS
IN THE PAST,

232
00:17:07,227 --> 00:17:08,795
BUT THIS ONE TOPS
THEM ALL!

233
00:17:08,828 --> 00:17:10,363
WHAT?

234
00:17:10,397 --> 00:17:12,265
THIS BANK DRAFT IS WHAT.

235
00:17:12,299 --> 00:17:13,566
McQUEEN TELLS ME
THIS IS YOURS

236
00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,801
FOR YOUR PART
IN FINDING THE BOY.

237
00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:17,404
WELL, I--HE--OH!

238
00:17:17,437 --> 00:17:20,307
TO THINK THAT YOU
HAD A PART IN THIS
AND THEN WANTED MONEY--

239
00:17:20,340 --> 00:17:22,609
- WELL--
- IT JUST MAKES ME SICK.

240
00:17:22,642 --> 00:17:25,245
HARRIET, I'M TELLING
YOU ONE THING:

241
00:17:25,278 --> 00:17:28,315
IF YOU EVER MENTION
THAT NAME McQUEEN
IN THIS HOUSE AGAIN,

242
00:17:28,348 --> 00:17:29,582
SO HELP ME, I'LL--

243
00:17:29,616 --> 00:17:32,619
NELS.

244
00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:36,156
I JUST HOPE TO GOD THAT
NOTHING HAPPENS TO MATTHEW
AFTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

245
00:17:39,292 --> 00:17:43,130
AND THAT GOES FOR YOU,
TOO.

246
00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:45,232
MOTHER!

247
00:17:45,265 --> 00:17:48,768
OH! HE'S CRAZY!

248
00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:51,804
[CRYING]

249
00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:21,568
QUIET, PLEASE.

250
00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:22,802
[RAPPING GAVEL]

251
00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:25,238
Judge: WILL YOU TAKE
YOUR SEATS, PLEASE?

252
00:18:25,272 --> 00:18:26,806
THANK YOU.

253
00:18:31,178 --> 00:18:33,613
I AM JUDGE AMOS SIMPSON,

254
00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:37,517
AND IT IS MY DUTY TO CONDUCT
THIS HEARING HERE TODAY

255
00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:43,256
AND TO RULE ON
THE LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP
OF ONE MATTHEW ROGERS.

256
00:18:43,290 --> 00:18:46,359
I REMIND YOU THAT
THIS PROCEEDING
IS ONLY A HEARING.

257
00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:48,161
IT IS NOT A TRIAL.

258
00:18:48,195 --> 00:18:50,663
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
WILL HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY

259
00:18:50,697 --> 00:18:55,602
TO STATE THEIR CASE
AND TO BE QUESTIONED,

260
00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:58,505
AND UPON THE COMPLETION
OF ALL TESTIMONY,

261
00:18:58,538 --> 00:19:01,508
I WILL THEN STUDY
THE STATEMENTS

262
00:19:01,541 --> 00:19:06,946
AND RENDER MY JUDGMENT
ACCORDINGLY.

263
00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:10,750
I CALL, UH,
ISAIAH EDWARDS.

264
00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:21,861
- YOUR HONOR.
- MR. EDWARDS,

265
00:19:21,894 --> 00:19:24,431
WOULD YOU
KINDLY EXPLAIN

266
00:19:24,464 --> 00:19:27,567
HOW IT IS THAT MATTHEW
FIRST CAME TO LIVE
WITH YOU?

267
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,269
YES, SIR. THE FIRST
TIME I SAW MATTHEW,

268
00:19:29,302 --> 00:19:33,606
HE WAS IN McQUEEN'S
MEDICINE SHOW
IN A CAGE,

269
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,642
BEING TREATED LIKE
A WILD ANIMAL.

270
00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:36,976
Isaiah: IT WAS DOWNRIGHT
CRUEL THE WAY THAT BOY

271
00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:38,845
WAS BEING TREATED.

272
00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:43,216
WELL, DID HE LOOK
OR ACT WILD TO YOU?

273
00:19:43,250 --> 00:19:44,417
YES, SIR, HE DID,

274
00:19:44,451 --> 00:19:46,686
BUT LATER
I FOUND OUT
DIFFERENT.

275
00:19:46,719 --> 00:19:47,954
WHEN WAS THAT?

276
00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:50,357
IT WAS AFTER
THE ESCAPE.

277
00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:51,991
WE'D BEEN LOOKING
FOR HIM ALL DAY LONG,

278
00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:54,794
ONLY TO FIND HIM
IN THE WILDERS' BARN.

279
00:19:54,827 --> 00:19:57,264
THEIR NIECE, JENNY,
MADE FRIENDS WITH HIM,

280
00:19:57,297 --> 00:20:00,633
AND THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND
OUT HE WAS MUTE.

281
00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:03,002
I DECIDED TO HELP HIM,
GIVE HIM A CHANCE,

282
00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:04,837
SO I TOOK HIM IN.

283
00:20:04,871 --> 00:20:06,939
DID IT EVER OCCUR
TO YOU THAT YOU MIGHT
BE BREAKING THE LAW

284
00:20:06,973 --> 00:20:09,542
BY NOT RETURNING HIM
TO MR. McQUEEN?

285
00:20:09,576 --> 00:20:11,444
NO, SIR, IT DIDN'T.

286
00:20:11,478 --> 00:20:12,979
AFTER SEEING THE WAY
McQUEEN TREATED THAT BOY,

287
00:20:13,012 --> 00:20:15,282
I FIGURED THE BEST THING TO DO
IS JUST KEEP HIM AWAY.

288
00:20:19,286 --> 00:20:21,354
MR. McQUEEN, DO YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?

289
00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:24,023
I DO, YOUR HONOR.

290
00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:28,761
I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK
MR. EDWARDS IF HE EVER
SAW A VIOLENT OUTBREAK

291
00:20:28,795 --> 00:20:31,864
DURING THE TIME
THE BOY STAYED WITH HIM.

292
00:20:36,436 --> 00:20:40,039
ANSWER THE QUESTION,
MR. EDWARDS.

293
00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:44,511
YES, SIR. MATTHEW
DID GO KIND OF CRAZY--

294
00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:46,012
IN THE BEGINNING.

295
00:20:46,045 --> 00:20:49,716
BUT THEN DOC BAKER
KNEW WHAT CAUSED IT.

296
00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:53,019
Dr. Baker:
IT WAS A MODERATE CASE
OF MORPHINISM--

297
00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:56,456
AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT
I BELIEVED IT TO BE.

298
00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:58,658
AND AFTER I'D TESTED
MR. McQUEEN'S ELIXIR,

299
00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:00,960
FOUND IT TO HAVE
A MORPHINE BASE,

300
00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:04,531
I WAS SURE
MY DIAGNOSIS
WAS CORRECT.

301
00:21:04,564 --> 00:21:08,568
Dr. Baker: YOUR HONOR,
IT IS MY OPINION THAT
MR. McQUEEN NOT ONLY LIED

302
00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:11,338
ABOUT THE HEALING POWERS
OF HIS ELIXIR,

303
00:21:11,371 --> 00:21:12,639
BUT HE USED
LARGE AMOUNTS OF IT

304
00:21:12,672 --> 00:21:16,643
TO SEDATE AND CONTROL
MATTHEW'S BEHAVIOR.

305
00:21:16,676 --> 00:21:20,413
YOUR HONOR, I HAVE
MORE THAN 50 AFFIDAVITS

306
00:21:20,447 --> 00:21:24,984
SIGNED BY PEOPLE STATING
THAT MY ELIXIR HAS HEALED THEM.

307
00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:30,289
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT
WOULD OUTWEIGH THE OPINION
OF ONE COUNTRY DOCTOR.

308
00:21:34,694 --> 00:21:37,797
Laura: I'VE BEEN
TEACHING MATTHEW TO
TALK WITH HIS HANDS.

309
00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:42,001
EVER SINCE THEN,
HE'S BEEN SO EAGER
TO LEARN ABOUT EVERYTHING.

310
00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:45,438
MATTHEW IS A BRIGHT
AND KIND BOY.

311
00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:48,841
HE'S JUST TRYING
TO ADJUST TO A NORMAL
WAY OF LIFE.

312
00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:50,710
NOW, CERTAINLY,
YOUR HONOR,
YOU CAN SEE

313
00:21:50,743 --> 00:21:53,946
THAT THESE AREN'T
THE TRAITS OF SOMEONE
WHO'S DERANGED,

314
00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:55,715
SOMEONE WHO IS
SUPPOSEDLY WILD.

315
00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:57,850
MRS. WILDER,

316
00:21:57,884 --> 00:22:00,587
EVEN A WILD DOG
CAN BE TAME FOR A WHILE,

317
00:22:00,620 --> 00:22:02,722
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
YOU WANT HIM

318
00:22:02,755 --> 00:22:05,057
LIVING IN YOUR HOME
WITH YOU, DOES IT?

319
00:22:05,091 --> 00:22:08,495
NOW, ISN'T IT TRUE
THAT YOUR NIECE

320
00:22:08,528 --> 00:22:11,964
IS THE FIRST PERSON
WHO HAS BECOME A FRIEND
OF MATTHEW'S?

321
00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:13,933
YES, IT IS.

322
00:22:13,966 --> 00:22:17,504
JENNY WAS THE ONE
WHO FOUND HIM
IN OUR BARN.

323
00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:21,474
SHE'S ALSO THE ONE
WHO SHOWED US HOW TRULY
GENTLE HE REALLY IS.

324
00:22:21,508 --> 00:22:25,412
WELL, IF HE HAS ALL THESE
WONDERFUL TRAITS AS YOU SAY,

325
00:22:25,445 --> 00:22:27,914
WOULD YOU MIND TELLING US
WHY IT IS THAT HE

326
00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:30,383
ISN'T LIVING
IN YOUR HOUSE NOW?

327
00:22:36,923 --> 00:22:39,559
WELL, YOUR HONOR,

328
00:22:39,592 --> 00:22:42,862
I HAVE A DAUGHTER,
AND SHE'S JUST
A YEAR OLD.

329
00:22:42,895 --> 00:22:45,131
- AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE--
- MRS. WILDER, ISN'T IT TRUE

330
00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:48,401
THAT YOU'RE JUST SCARED
OF THE BOY?

331
00:22:54,774 --> 00:22:56,443
WELL, I WAS--
AT FIRST.

332
00:22:56,476 --> 00:22:59,879
THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL.

333
00:22:59,912 --> 00:23:01,147
NO!

334
00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:02,982
YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND.

335
00:23:03,015 --> 00:23:05,785
Laura:
MATTHEW IS A GOOD BOY.

336
00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:09,422
PLEASE, YOU'VE GOT
TO BELIEVE US.

337
00:23:09,456 --> 00:23:14,060
[MURMURING]

338
00:23:31,544 --> 00:23:34,781
[JUDGE RAPS GAVEL]
Judge: QUIET, PLEASE.

339
00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:36,749
QUIET.

340
00:23:39,852 --> 00:23:42,755
NOW, BEFORE I HEAR
ANY MORE,

341
00:23:42,789 --> 00:23:44,624
I'D LIKE TO HAVE
MATTHEW BROUGHT IN.

342
00:24:15,822 --> 00:24:19,692
YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO CALL
LUTHER ABBOT TO THE STAND.

343
00:24:19,726 --> 00:24:22,962
HE'S A FORMER BUSINESS
ASSOCIATE OF MINE,

344
00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:27,166
AND HE CAN VERIFY
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE
BEEN SAYING HERE TODAY.

345
00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:30,503
Luther: YES, SIR.
CONSIDERING HOW
VIOLENT THE BOY WAS,

346
00:24:30,537 --> 00:24:33,706
MR. McQUEEN
TREATED HIM
AS BEST HE COULD.

347
00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:36,976
HE WAS FED GOOD
AND CLOTHED,

348
00:24:37,009 --> 00:24:40,246
AND HE WAS CARED FOR
REAL PROPER.

349
00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:43,683
MR. McQUEEN ONLY PUT
HIM IN THAT CAGE
FOR THE SHOW,

350
00:24:43,716 --> 00:24:44,951
THAT'S ALL.

351
00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:49,722
AND, UH, AT NIGHT,
HE SLEPT ON A COT.

352
00:24:49,756 --> 00:24:53,259
AND BEFORE I DECIDED
TO STOP TRAVELING
WITH THE SHOW,

353
00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:55,094
IT WAS MY JOB
TO CARE FOR THE BOY,

354
00:24:55,127 --> 00:25:00,099
AND, WELL,
I DID THAT JOB
REAL GOOD, TOO.

355
00:25:05,104 --> 00:25:07,540
THANK YOU, MR. ABBOT.
YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

356
00:25:13,913 --> 00:25:17,183
YOUR HONOR,

357
00:25:17,216 --> 00:25:20,920
IT PAINS ME
TO SAY THAT...

358
00:25:20,953 --> 00:25:24,591
BEFORE YOU SITS
A WILD AND DERANGED BOY,

359
00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:27,694
IN CONSTANT NEED OF CARE
AND CONTROL.

360
00:25:27,727 --> 00:25:31,197
NOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.
JUDGE, YOU CAN SEE
THAT THE BOY IS CALM.

361
00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:35,034
I MUST ADMIT, HE DOESN'T
SEEM VERY WILD TO ME.

362
00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:37,336
JUDGE, YOU CAN WASH
HIM UP AND PUT HIM
IN SOME NEW CLOTHES,

363
00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:41,173
BUT THAT DOESN'T ALTER
THE FACT THAT HE CAN BECOME
VIOLENT AT ANY MOMENT.

364
00:25:41,207 --> 00:25:46,112
NOW, MR. EDWARDS HERE
HAS SAID HE WAS VIOLENT ONCE.

365
00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:48,848
I WONDER HOW MANY OTHER TIMES
HE DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT.

366
00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,349
THERE HAVEN'T BEEN
ANY OTHER TIMES!

367
00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:52,251
I TELL YOU,
THE BOY IS FINE.

368
00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:54,621
MR. EDWARDS, LOWER
YOUR VOICE, PLEASE.

369
00:25:54,654 --> 00:25:57,990
I WILL NOT HAVE
THIS HEARING DEGENERATE
INTO A SHOUTING MATCH.

370
00:25:58,024 --> 00:26:01,327
YOUR HONOR,

371
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,163
THE BOY'S BEEN HERE
FOR BARELY 3 MONTHS.

372
00:26:04,196 --> 00:26:06,165
I TOOK CARE OF HIM
FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.

373
00:26:06,198 --> 00:26:09,035
I'M TELLING YOU
THAT BEFORE YOU SITS

374
00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:12,004
A VIOLENT AND DERANGED
HUMAN BEING,

375
00:26:12,038 --> 00:26:14,707
CAPABLE OF EXPLODING
AT ANY MOMENT.

376
00:26:14,741 --> 00:26:17,176
McQueen:
HE IS A WILD ANIMAL--

377
00:26:17,209 --> 00:26:21,681
I'M TELLING YOU,
AN ANIMAL.

378
00:26:21,714 --> 00:26:22,882
Woman: OH!
McQueen: GET HIM!

379
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:25,051
GET THE WILD BOY!
GET HIM!

380
00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:35,094
ISAIAH!
ISAIAH!

381
00:26:35,127 --> 00:26:36,295
YOU SCUM!

382
00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:39,331
Judge:
ORDER! ORDER!

383
00:26:39,365 --> 00:26:41,768
YOUR HONOR,

384
00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:44,203
I REST MY CASE.

385
00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:01,921
MATTHEW!

386
00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:03,756
MATTHEW!

387
00:27:10,730 --> 00:27:12,098
MATTHEW, ARE
YOU ALL RIGHT?

388
00:27:18,771 --> 00:27:22,875
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

389
00:27:22,909 --> 00:27:26,412
I WAS REALLY WORRIED
I WOULDN'T FIND YOU.

390
00:27:26,445 --> 00:27:28,981
UNCLE ALMANZO'S
LOOKING FOR YOU, TOO.

391
00:27:33,886 --> 00:27:36,155
YOU HAD A RIGHT
TO BE SCARED.

392
00:27:36,188 --> 00:27:38,290
MR. McQUEEN
WAS VERY CRUEL.

393
00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:39,892
IT'S ONLY NATURAL.

394
00:27:43,963 --> 00:27:47,066
YOU'RE NOT CRAZY AND WILD,
SO STOP TALKING LIKE THAT.

395
00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:48,434
YOU'RE A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.

396
00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:50,336
DO YOU HEAR ME?

397
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:57,376
I KNOW YOU'RE
NOT DEAF.

398
00:27:57,409 --> 00:28:01,180
I'M SORRY I YELLED.

399
00:28:01,213 --> 00:28:04,450
MATTHEW,
WHATEVER HAPPENS,

400
00:28:04,483 --> 00:28:07,720
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I THINK YOU'RE
SOMEONE SPECIAL.

401
00:28:14,861 --> 00:28:17,263
WE BETTER GET BACK.

402
00:28:22,334 --> 00:28:23,870
Judge:
NOW, AT THE OUTSET
OF THIS HEARING,

403
00:28:23,903 --> 00:28:25,972
I STATED THAT
THE LEGAL RIGHTS

404
00:28:26,005 --> 00:28:28,808
OF JOSHUA McQUEEN
WOULD BE UPHELD

405
00:28:28,841 --> 00:28:34,280
UNLESS ABSOLUTE PROOF
TO THE CONTRARY
COULD BE MADE.

406
00:28:34,313 --> 00:28:36,348
NOW, TODAY--AHEM--

407
00:28:36,382 --> 00:28:40,352
I'VE HEARD BOTH SIDES
OF A VERY DIFFICULT
SITUATION.

408
00:28:40,386 --> 00:28:43,189
EMOTIONS HAVE RUN VERY HIGH.

409
00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:48,227
BUT THE FACTS REMAIN
IN FAVOR OF MR. McQUEEN.

410
00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:53,099
NOW, I MUST HEREWITH ORDER
THAT THE YOUNG MAN BE PLACED--

411
00:28:53,132 --> 00:28:57,203
I LIED.

412
00:28:57,236 --> 00:28:58,470
Judge:
WHAT?

413
00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:05,244
IT WAS ALL
A LIE.

414
00:29:30,202 --> 00:29:32,972
WHAT'S THIS
ABOUT?

415
00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:36,075
YOUR HONOR,
THAT THERE'S THE MONEY

416
00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:40,947
THAT WAS GIVEN
TO ME BY McQUEEN.

417
00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:43,950
HE PAID ME TO COME
AND LIE FOR HIM.

418
00:29:43,983 --> 00:29:46,485
YOUR HONOR, DON'T
LISTEN TO THIS MAN.
HE'S NOTHING BUT--

419
00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:49,488
MR. McQUEEN,
YOU'VE HAD YOUR
CHANCE TO SPEAK.

420
00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:52,224
NOW SIT DOWN!

421
00:29:59,431 --> 00:30:02,969
YOUR HONOR, EVERYTHING
THAT'S BEEN SAID

422
00:30:03,002 --> 00:30:05,905
BY THESE GOOD PEOPLE
ABOUT McQUEEN IS TRUE.

423
00:30:05,938 --> 00:30:10,042
I KNOW, I WAS THERE.

424
00:30:10,076 --> 00:30:13,445
McQUEEN CALLED ME A...

425
00:30:13,479 --> 00:30:16,582
"BUSINESS ASSOCIATE"?
YEAH.

426
00:30:16,615 --> 00:30:18,384
MAYBE I WAS,

427
00:30:18,417 --> 00:30:20,419
PLAYING THE SHILL

428
00:30:20,452 --> 00:30:25,892
TO GET FOLKS
TO BUY HIS ELIXIR.

429
00:30:25,925 --> 00:30:29,228
MONEY IS THE ONLY REASON

430
00:30:29,261 --> 00:30:32,398
HE WANTS THAT BOY BACK.

431
00:30:32,431 --> 00:30:36,202
PUTTING HIM IN A CAGE

432
00:30:36,235 --> 00:30:41,440
TURNED McQUEEN'S SHOW
INTO A GOLD MINE,

433
00:30:41,473 --> 00:30:45,011
AND HE TREATED HIM
LIKE DIRT--

434
00:30:45,044 --> 00:30:49,081
BEATING HIM
WITH THAT CANE,

435
00:30:49,115 --> 00:30:52,919
STARVING HIM.

436
00:30:52,952 --> 00:30:57,123
AND IT WAS MY JOB
TO KEEP HIM ALL

437
00:30:57,156 --> 00:31:02,628
DRUGGED UP WITH BOTTLES
OF McQUEEN'S MEDICINE.

438
00:31:02,661 --> 00:31:07,199
PAYING ME $50
AND OFFERING UP A REWARD--

439
00:31:07,233 --> 00:31:11,203
DON'T THAT TELL YOU
WHAT KIND OF A MAN HE IS?

440
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:19,145
I'VE BEEN A LOSER
ALL MY LIFE.

441
00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:24,416
I DONE SOME THINGS
THAT WAS PRETTY LOW,

442
00:31:24,450 --> 00:31:27,019
BUT THE SHAME I FEEL

443
00:31:27,053 --> 00:31:29,355
FOR BEING A PART
OF THAT MAN'S CRUELTY

444
00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:31,958
WILL STAY WITH ME
TO MY GRAVE.

445
00:31:36,262 --> 00:31:41,133
JUDGE...McQUEEN
CAN KEEP HIS MONEY,

446
00:31:41,167 --> 00:31:44,503
AND YOU CAN DO WITH ME
WHAT YOU WANT

447
00:31:44,536 --> 00:31:48,074
FOR ALL THE LYING
THAT I DID,

448
00:31:48,107 --> 00:31:50,009
BUT JUST...

449
00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:54,013
DON'T MAKE MATTHEW
GO BACK WITH HIM.

450
00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:01,187
THAT'S ALL I ASK.

451
00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:26,245
AS A--AHEM--

452
00:32:26,278 --> 00:32:30,349
RESULT OF THESE
NEW FACTS,

453
00:32:30,382 --> 00:32:32,751
THE COURT HEREBY RULES THAT

454
00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:35,087
JOSHUA McQUEEN HAS
MISREPRESENTED

455
00:32:35,121 --> 00:32:40,092
HIS ROLE AS GUARDIAN
FOR MATTHEW ROGERS.

456
00:32:40,126 --> 00:32:42,061
Judge:
HE HAS CRUELLY
AND INTENTIONALLY

457
00:32:42,094 --> 00:32:44,730
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF
MATTHEW'S MISFORTUNE

458
00:32:44,763 --> 00:32:48,000
FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL GAIN.

459
00:32:48,034 --> 00:32:53,305
THE COURT FEELS THAT
THIS TREATMENT WAS TO
HAVE CONTINUED UNCHECKED,

460
00:32:53,339 --> 00:32:55,341
AS EVIDENCED BY
THE BRIBERY ATTEMPT

461
00:32:55,374 --> 00:32:59,278
TO ENSURE
A SATISFACTORY DECISION.

462
00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:11,123
I REVOKE MR. McQUEEN'S
RIGHTS OF GUARDIANSHIP
CONCERNING MATTHEW ROGERS.

463
00:33:11,157 --> 00:33:14,393
[TALKING AND LAUGHING]

464
00:33:19,098 --> 00:33:20,266
[JUDGE RAPS GAVEL]

465
00:33:20,299 --> 00:33:22,668
Judge:
IF I MAY FINISH.

466
00:33:22,701 --> 00:33:25,337
IT IS ALSO THE JUDGMENT
OF THIS COURT THAT

467
00:33:25,371 --> 00:33:28,274
MATTHEW ROGERS
IS AN UNSTABLE
AND VOLATILE BOY,

468
00:33:28,307 --> 00:33:33,079
AS WITNESSED
BY HIS ACTIONS
HERE TODAY.

469
00:33:33,112 --> 00:33:38,117
Judge: HE'S NOT READY TO
ASSUME LIFE IN THIS OR ANY
OTHER COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME,

470
00:33:38,150 --> 00:33:41,787
AND I THEREFORE ORDER
THAT HE BE RETURNED TO THE
MINNESOTA ASYLUM IN ROCHESTER

471
00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:45,724
UNTIL SUCH TIME
AS THEY CAN FIND
HIM TO BE NORMAL.

472
00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:47,793
BUT, YOUR HONOR,
LISTEN, HE'S--

473
00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:50,096
CAN'T YOU GIVE
HIM SOME HELP?
I MEAN, THE BOY'S JUST--

474
00:33:50,129 --> 00:33:54,233
MR. EDWARDS,
I'VE MADE MY DECISION.

475
00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:58,804
NOW, THE HOUR BEING LATE
AND TOMORROW BEING SUNDAY,

476
00:33:58,837 --> 00:34:01,640
I HEREBY ORDER THAT MATTHEW
BE REMANDED TO MY CUSTODY

477
00:34:01,673 --> 00:34:04,576
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
CHURCH SERVICES.

478
00:34:04,610 --> 00:34:06,478
Judge:
I WILL THEN PERSONALLY
TRANSPORT HIM

479
00:34:06,512 --> 00:34:10,816
TO THE APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITIES.

480
00:34:10,849 --> 00:34:14,686
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THIS HEARING IS
HEREBY CONCLUDED.

481
00:34:33,739 --> 00:34:35,841
HOW COULD THAT MAN HEAR
ALL THAT HE HEARD

482
00:34:35,874 --> 00:34:37,576
AND THEN SEND THE BOY
AWAY LIKE THAT?

483
00:34:37,609 --> 00:34:40,879
ISAIAH, WE ALL
FEEL THE SAME
AS YOU.

484
00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:44,150
WE WERE ALL SO WORRIED
ABOUT HIM GOING BACK
WITH McQUEEN,

485
00:34:44,183 --> 00:34:46,518
WE NEVER FIGURED
THIS COULD HAPPEN.

486
00:34:46,552 --> 00:34:49,888
AUNT LAURA, ISN'T
THERE SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN DO?

487
00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:51,657
NO,
I'M AFRAID NOT.

488
00:34:51,690 --> 00:34:52,858
WELL, THERE'S
SOMETHING I CAN DO.

489
00:34:52,891 --> 00:34:56,562
MATTHEW, GET YOUR BAG.

490
00:34:56,595 --> 00:34:58,530
ISAIAH, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?

491
00:34:58,564 --> 00:35:01,233
I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT BOY IS NOT SENT
BACK TO AN ASYLUM.

492
00:35:01,267 --> 00:35:03,135
MATTHEW, I SAID
GET YOUR BAG.

493
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:10,409
MR. EDWARDS, HOW DO YOU
PLAN ON KEEPING HIM
OUT OF THAT PLACE?

494
00:35:10,442 --> 00:35:12,278
BY LEAVING.

495
00:35:12,311 --> 00:35:14,180
MATTHEW AND I
ARE GETTING OUT OF HERE.

496
00:35:14,213 --> 00:35:16,815
WHAT?
ISAIAH, THAT'S CRAZY.

497
00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:20,386
IT'S NO CRAZIER THAN
SENDING THAT BOY TO
A PLACE HE DOESN'T BELONG!

498
00:35:20,419 --> 00:35:22,854
WE'LL JUST KEEP MOVING
AROUND. WE'LL START FRESH
SOMEWHERE ELSE.

499
00:35:22,888 --> 00:35:24,756
THEY'LL HAVE THE LAW
AFTER YOU.

500
00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:26,425
THEN WE'LL JUST
KEEP MOVING AROUND.

501
00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:27,659
MAYBE WE'LL HEAD OUT
TO CALIFOR--

502
00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:32,631
MATTHEW, WHERE'S
YOUR BAG?

503
00:35:52,618 --> 00:35:54,286
Almanzo:
WHAT'S HE SAYING?

504
00:35:57,556 --> 00:36:00,926
"IT'S WRONG WHAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
VERY WRONG.

505
00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:03,529
"IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT
THAT I CAME HERE,

506
00:36:03,562 --> 00:36:06,532
AND I WON'T HAVE
YOU BREAKING THE LAW
TO HELP ME."

507
00:36:06,565 --> 00:36:08,300
MATTHEW, LISTEN.

508
00:36:08,334 --> 00:36:11,903
"NO. YOU LISTEN.

509
00:36:11,937 --> 00:36:17,843
"YOU CAN MAKE ME GO,
BUT I'LL JUST RUN AWAY.

510
00:36:17,876 --> 00:36:21,513
"THE JUDGE SAID
THAT I HAVE TO GO
BACK TO THE ASYLUM,

511
00:36:21,547 --> 00:36:26,418
"AND THAT'S WHERE I'LL GO.
NOWHERE ELSE.

512
00:36:26,452 --> 00:36:29,688
"THANK YOU FOR TRYING,

513
00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:31,890
"BUT I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

514
00:36:34,793 --> 00:36:37,229
REALLY, I WILL."

515
00:37:21,039 --> 00:37:23,375
GO ON, HARRIET.

516
00:37:39,825 --> 00:37:41,760
ISAIAH.

517
00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:45,297
MATTHEW.

518
00:37:45,331 --> 00:37:49,335
I, UH...

519
00:37:49,368 --> 00:37:51,303
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY.

520
00:37:55,507 --> 00:37:58,810
IT'S JUST THAT I'M...

521
00:37:58,844 --> 00:38:01,046
VERY, VERY SORRY.

522
00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:06,752
YEAH.

523
00:38:21,767 --> 00:38:25,437
ISAIAH...

524
00:38:25,471 --> 00:38:28,807
MATTHEW...

525
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,877
REVEREND, UM, MATTHEW
WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS

526
00:38:31,910 --> 00:38:35,514
BEFORE THE SERVICES,
IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

527
00:38:35,547 --> 00:38:38,049
CERTAINLY.

528
00:38:38,083 --> 00:38:39,785
LET'S GO ON IN.

529
00:39:02,408 --> 00:39:04,943
I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE ALL
AWARE OF THE HEARING YESTERDAY

530
00:39:04,976 --> 00:39:07,446
AND THE DECISION
THAT WAS REACHED.

531
00:39:07,479 --> 00:39:10,749
Rev. Alden:
MATTHEW HERE WILL BE
LEAVING US AFTER TODAY,

532
00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:12,884
AND HE WOULD LIKE
TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

533
00:39:12,918 --> 00:39:14,520
MATTHEW?

534
00:39:22,728 --> 00:39:25,931
MATTHEW HAS ASKED ME
TO BE HIS VOICE
HERE TODAY,

535
00:39:25,964 --> 00:39:28,400
IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

536
00:39:32,604 --> 00:39:34,072
"I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL

537
00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:38,810
"FOR ALLOWING ME TO BECOME
PART OF YOUR TOWN.

538
00:39:38,844 --> 00:39:42,881
"I MADE MANY WONDERFUL
FRIENDS HERE:

539
00:39:42,914 --> 00:39:44,750
"ALMANZO...

540
00:39:48,787 --> 00:39:51,089
"LAURA...

541
00:39:53,825 --> 00:39:55,627
"JENNY...

542
00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:02,200
"YOU'RE ALL
TRUE FRIENDS...

543
00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:06,938
THAT I HAVE GROWN
TO LOVE VERY MUCH."

544
00:40:09,775 --> 00:40:11,710
I CAN'T.

545
00:40:37,803 --> 00:40:41,039
"EVEN THOUGH MY TIME HERE
HAS BEEN VERY SHORT...

546
00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:47,746
"IT IS SOMETHING THAT
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.

547
00:40:55,286 --> 00:41:00,826
"IT IS MY DREAM TO
SOMEDAY COME BACK HERE...

548
00:41:00,859 --> 00:41:03,929
"AND I HOPE THAT YOU
WILL WELCOME ME THEN

549
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:05,797
"AS YOU HAVE NOW.

550
00:41:12,604 --> 00:41:14,472
GOOD-BYE."

551
00:41:24,716 --> 00:41:26,785
Rev. Alden: IF WE COULD--
Isaiah: EXCUSE ME, REVEREND.

552
00:41:30,756 --> 00:41:36,027
I JUST--I--I FIND
THIS WHOLE THING
AMAZING.

553
00:41:36,061 --> 00:41:38,797
I MEAN, A BOY
LIKE MATTHEW

554
00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:42,734
CAN SAY MORE
WITH HIS HEART

555
00:41:42,768 --> 00:41:45,170
THAN MOST OF US
CAN EVER SAY
WITH OUR MOUTHS.

556
00:41:51,176 --> 00:41:53,645
YOU KNOW,
YESTERDAY...

557
00:41:53,679 --> 00:41:58,817
THIS BOY WAS JUDGED
TO BE UNSTABLE--

558
00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:01,052
NOT NORMAL.

559
00:42:01,086 --> 00:42:03,288
SEE, UM, I HAVEN'T HAD
A WHOLE LOT OF SCHOOLING,

560
00:42:03,321 --> 00:42:08,293
SO I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND
WHAT THAT MEANS.

561
00:42:08,326 --> 00:42:12,263
MAYBE SOMEBODY
COULD EXPLAIN IT TO ME.

562
00:42:12,297 --> 00:42:16,101
LAURA?

563
00:42:16,134 --> 00:42:18,203
DOC?

564
00:42:22,641 --> 00:42:26,845
UM, MAYBE I'M
NOT NORMAL.

565
00:42:26,878 --> 00:42:31,883
JUDGE, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANTED
THAT BOY TO DO YESTERDAY?

566
00:42:31,917 --> 00:42:35,320
Isaiah: I WANTED HIM
TO RUN AWAY WITH ME.

567
00:42:35,353 --> 00:42:37,589
HE REFUSED.

568
00:42:37,623 --> 00:42:40,325
YOU KNOW WHY HE REFUSED?

569
00:42:40,358 --> 00:42:46,264
Isaiah: BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
WANT TO GET HIS FRIEND
IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.

570
00:42:46,297 --> 00:42:50,836
AND MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ME,
WHICH ONE OF US
WAS ACTING NORMAL?

571
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,142
I MEAN, HOW MANY OF US
FIT THAT DESCRIPTION?

572
00:42:59,377 --> 00:43:01,847
JOHN?

573
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,916
Isaiah: I RECALL YOU HELPING
ALMANZO PLOW HIS FIELD

574
00:43:04,950 --> 00:43:08,820
AFTER WORKING
IN YOUR BLACKSMITH SHOP
ALL DAY LONG.

575
00:43:08,854 --> 00:43:13,358
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
CALLED YOU CRAZY FOR THAT.

576
00:43:13,391 --> 00:43:15,661
DEAR OLD NELS.

577
00:43:15,694 --> 00:43:17,328
Isaiah: TWO YEARS AGO,
WHEN WE HAD THE DROUGHT,

578
00:43:17,362 --> 00:43:21,399
YOU EXTENDED CREDIT
TO EVERY MAN IN THIS ROOM,

579
00:43:21,432 --> 00:43:25,103
AND HALF OF THEM
HAVEN'T PAID YOU BACK YET!

580
00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:27,405
THAT'S NOT NORMAL, NELS.

581
00:43:27,438 --> 00:43:29,274
NOT NORMAL AT ALL.

582
00:43:33,779 --> 00:43:35,781
HOW ABOUT YOU, REVEREND?

583
00:43:35,814 --> 00:43:39,751
Isaiah: WHAT DO YOU GET
FOR ALL THE THINGS
YOU DO FOR US--

584
00:43:39,785 --> 00:43:42,988
BESIDES A INVITE
TO A SUNDAY SUPPER?

585
00:43:43,021 --> 00:43:45,824
AND THE RIGHT TO HEAR
ALL OUR PROBLEMS?

586
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,996
YOU, DOC--

587
00:43:51,029 --> 00:43:53,198
YOU TOOK CARE OF THIS BOY,

588
00:43:53,231 --> 00:43:56,334
YOU GAVE HIM YOUR BEST
MEDICAL CARE, YOUR BEST.

589
00:43:59,004 --> 00:44:01,306
Isaiah: WHO'S GOING
TO PAY FOR THAT?

590
00:44:01,339 --> 00:44:03,041
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
OUGHT TO DO, DOC?

591
00:44:03,074 --> 00:44:04,676
YOU OUGHT TO JUST WANDER
AROUND THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW

592
00:44:04,710 --> 00:44:08,747
AND GATHER UP ALL THE MONEY
EVERYBODY OWES YOU.

593
00:44:08,780 --> 00:44:11,382
YOU DON'T DO THAT, DO YOU?

594
00:44:11,416 --> 00:44:15,053
Isaiah: YOU JUST ACCEPT
A DOZEN EGGS,
A BASKET OF TURNIPS.

595
00:44:18,356 --> 00:44:22,293
AND, LAURA,
YOU KNOW

596
00:44:22,327 --> 00:44:25,230
THAT YOU TAUGHT A WILD BOY

597
00:44:25,263 --> 00:44:27,332
HOW TO SPEAK WITH HIS HANDS.

598
00:44:30,368 --> 00:44:33,805
Isaiah:
I MEAN, THAT'S CRAZY.

599
00:44:33,839 --> 00:44:37,075
CRAZY.

600
00:44:37,108 --> 00:44:38,810
I TELL YOU
WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO.

601
00:44:38,844 --> 00:44:40,912
WE OUGHT TO TAKE THIS
LITTLE GIRL RIGHT HERE,

602
00:44:40,946 --> 00:44:45,751
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND
HER ALONG WITH MATTHEW

603
00:44:45,784 --> 00:44:48,887
'CAUSE SHE MET THIS BOY,
THIS...

604
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:53,491
"UNSTABLE,"
THIS "NOT NORMAL,"
THIS "WILD" BOY,

605
00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:57,796
AND SHE MADE A FRIEND,

606
00:44:57,829 --> 00:44:58,997
A FRIEND, JUDGE.

607
00:45:04,169 --> 00:45:06,437
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
OUGHT TO DO?

608
00:45:06,471 --> 00:45:08,907
OUGHT TO GET YOURSELF
A LONG PIECE OF ROPE,

609
00:45:08,940 --> 00:45:12,744
AND YOU JUST HITCH IT
ROUND THIS WHOLE BUILDING
AND HAUL US ALL ALONG--

610
00:45:12,778 --> 00:45:14,946
ALL ALONG WITH MATTHEW,

611
00:45:14,980 --> 00:45:18,716
BECAUSE WE DON'T ACT
ANY MORE NORMAL
THAN THAT BOY THERE.

612
00:45:23,054 --> 00:45:26,291
I MEAN, THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG HERE,

613
00:45:26,324 --> 00:45:28,493
SOMETHING
TERRIBLE WRONG.

614
00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:35,400
I LOVE THAT BOY.

615
00:45:47,078 --> 00:45:49,948
I'M SORRY FOR TAKING UP
THE TIME, REVEREND.
I'M THROUGH.

616
00:46:09,534 --> 00:46:12,037
WELL, MR. EDWARDS,
THAT WAS, UM--

617
00:46:12,070 --> 00:46:16,041
QUITE AN INTERESTING
ARGUMENT YOU MADE
IN THERE.

618
00:46:16,074 --> 00:46:19,544
I THINK MAYBE
YOU OUGHT TO BECOME
A LAWYER.

619
00:46:19,577 --> 00:46:21,479
THANKS, JUDGE,

620
00:46:21,512 --> 00:46:23,281
I COULDN'T DEFEND
A LAW THAT DOESN'T
RESPECT

621
00:46:23,314 --> 00:46:25,817
PEOPLE'S FEELINGS.

622
00:46:25,851 --> 00:46:28,586
WELL, YOU THINK
YOU COULD DO ME
A FAVOR BY, UH--

623
00:46:28,619 --> 00:46:32,958
TRANSPORTING MATTHEW
TO THE AUTHORITIES?

624
00:46:32,991 --> 00:46:34,893
YOU WANT ME
TO DO THAT?

625
00:46:34,926 --> 00:46:41,232
MY OWN SCHEDULE
WON'T ALLOW ME TO TAKE
THE BOY MYSELF, SO...

626
00:46:41,266 --> 00:46:46,571
IF YOU COULD DELIVER
HIM TO THE ASYLUM
IN SAY, UH...

627
00:46:46,604 --> 00:46:49,140
20 YEARS,

628
00:46:49,174 --> 00:46:53,311
I THINK THAT'D BE
JUST FINE.

629
00:46:53,344 --> 00:46:54,880
20 YEARS?

630
00:46:54,913 --> 00:46:57,248
Judge:
YEAH.

631
00:46:57,282 --> 00:47:02,053
LOOK, JUST MAKE BELIEVE
THAT I WAS NEVER HERE.

632
00:47:02,087 --> 00:47:03,221
ALL RIGHT?

633
00:47:13,131 --> 00:47:15,600
GOOD-BYE.

634
00:47:15,633 --> 00:47:18,169
AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU
AND MATTHEW.

635
00:47:33,018 --> 00:47:36,955
MATTHEW, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO GO BACK.

636
00:47:36,988 --> 00:47:40,325
YOU HEAR ME?

637
00:47:40,358 --> 00:47:42,627
SIMPSON'S GONE.

638
00:47:42,660 --> 00:47:45,530
YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO
GO ANYWHERE YOU DON'T
WANT TO EVER AGAIN.

639
00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:52,303
[EVERYONE CLAPPING
AND SHOUTING]