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<i>♪ MTV</i>

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Bass is dedicated to justice.

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Seems sometimes there's

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<i>hardly much room for anything
or anyone else.</i>

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Looking for a Moody O'Neil.

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<i>You set out to hang
an old Black woman</i>

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<i>in a white man's noose.</i>

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Go collect your blood bounty,
up-jumped slave catcher.

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<i>I wonder how much blood
you left in your wake</i>

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on your path to freedom.

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No more than I had to.

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<i>You are a killer, just like me.</i>

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Upon careful review
of the evidence,

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I pronounce you not guilty.

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<i>You 50 bucks short, Florence.</i>

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I delivered a living,
breathing man into the hands

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<i>of a Texas Ranger.</i>

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<i>Ramsey.</i>

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Who is Mr. Sundown?

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Bass Reeves.

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Mr. Sundown is <i>cinco</i> peso.

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<i>There was a boy
that I loved like a son.</i>

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<i>I'm going after
the man who killed him.</i>

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<i>♪ tense, ambient music</i>

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You a lawman or an outlaw?

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Today, a bit of both, I reckon.

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My daddy said they're
one and the same.

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Your daddy a smart man.

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Every man has hell
in his heart...

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some just more than others.

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Go on, get.

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<i>♪ ominous music</i>

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Whew.

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<i>♪ Woke up one morning
on the Chisholm Trail ♪</i>

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<i>♪ With a rope in my hand
and a cow by the tail ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Ki-yi-yippee-yippee-ay,
yippee-ay ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Ki-yi-yippee-yippee-ay</i>

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<i>♪ Last night on guard,
and the leader broke-- ♪</i>

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Got him?

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Damn it, Sherrill!

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We need him talking.

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Grab his feet.

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Whoa.

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Wrists and ankles. Tight.

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<i>♪ soaring, triumphant music</i>

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Now, you'd best be
spilling them beans

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before Mama don't
recognize you no more.

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I killed Mama.

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You two fixing to meet.

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<i>♪ quiet, tense music</i>

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Enough.

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Last time I'm gonna ask.

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Where Mr. Sundown?

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Holed up your Black ass,
I reckon.

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But I say unto you,

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it shall be more tolerable
for Sodom

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on the day of judgment
than for thee.

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Saddle up.
We ride for Glen Rose.

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What about him?

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Take his boots. Cut him loose.

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His boots? What about his scalp?

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Night's coming quick.
The man hurt.

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Got no horse.

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That a problem for you, Deputy?

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Stupid is what it is.

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Stupid and soft.

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Thirty mile to Fort Worth.

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Twenty to Glen Rose.

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Brutal terrain, barefoot.

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No way he'd get to either.

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You sure about that?

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Sure you don't get a vote.

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Who here believes Zion,

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that paradise of which we dream,

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must be built in a faraway land?

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Is that where we want
to deepen our relationship

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- with the Almighty?
- No.

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Is that where we want
to prosper?

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No.

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Such a powerful word.

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One most of us have heard
all our lives.

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It's been used against us
for too long.

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So, why exodus to the Territory?

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Why not say yes?

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Why not better our lives
here and now?

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If the answer is yes,
then the question is only: how?

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The winds bring word
of prosperity up north.

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A Black county commissioner
in Illinois.

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A state representative
in Michigan.

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But I ask you,

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has some providence touched

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our brothers and sisters
in Chicago

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that does not deserve
to touch us, too?

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Do they have a conviction
in Detroit

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that we ourselves have mislaid?

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I ask again,
why build paradise afar

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when we can build politicians
of our own right here

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- in Fort Smith?
- Yes!

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Now, I say that's the true path
to the city over the hill.

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To freedom.

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Deputy Rogers.

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You shine like a polished penny
in your Sunday best.

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Thank you, Miss Esme.

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Your words, they, uh...
they shine, too.

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I reckon
you gave them folk more to chew

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than their mouths normally hold.

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- I hadn't seen Sally.
- She running a fever.

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Some awful thing.
Day and a half now.

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Tuesday, then?

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Bass, he's not due back
for at least a week.

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You and Sally deserve a night
for what's important.

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What's important is
peace and quiet, is it not?

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Mama knows best.

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Mm-hmm.

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Miss Esme?

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May I walk you home?

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It'd be a pleasure, Deputy.

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Jennie.

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Y'all come on.

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Come on.

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Ah-ah.

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Let me tell you something.

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I'm all ears.

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Next time you shoot a man
in cold blood over my say so,

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I'll put you in cuffs
and haul your ass

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directly to Judge Parker.

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- You mind if I share, too?
- Think carefully.

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I'm not in the listening mood.

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The minute we began
this expedition,

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we was waltzing with the devil.

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And the sooner you accept that,

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better odds of survival.

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For all of us.

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Bass.

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This is good a place as any.

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I knew this Injun posse man

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when I was first deputized.

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We'd be out on the plains,

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just like now,

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and he'd be a-grubbing
and a-farting.

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And I'd say, "Is that you
playing that buttock banjo?"

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He'd just nod and he'd say, uh,

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"Me do, me do."

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That always soured my supper
something fierce.

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What about you, little red boy?

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You do?

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You do, too?

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'Cause I know old Bass,

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he won't touch
a lick of my cooking.

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Likely it's the bullshit that
spews out of your fetid mouth.

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Well, I'd say you swallowed
a white man word.

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I may know
the white man's language,

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but I'll fight you
like the Injun I am.

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Your Injun mama,

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she must've done
a whole heap of seed swallowing

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in order to grow
that white tongue of yours.

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You want to jerk that iron,
half-breed?

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Go ahead.

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<i>♪ quiet, tense music</i>

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No more talking.

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<i>♪ Jesus paid it all</i>

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<i>♪ All</i>

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<i>- ♪ Had left a
- ♪ Stain</i>

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<i>♪ Crimson stain</i>

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<i>♪ Sin has left a crimson stain</i>

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<i>♪ He washed it white as snow</i>

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<i>♪ Jesus paid it all</i>

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<i>♪ All to him I owe</i>

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<i>♪ Sin has left a crimson stain</i>

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<i>♪ tense music</i>

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Mama?

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Hush.

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<i>♪ intriguing music</i>

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Well, I'd say you're a bit
sooner than expected.

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Esau owe me a debt.

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I only aim to collect.

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Ranger Pierce don't accept
armed company.

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I ain't here for a cup of tea.

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I'm a Deputy U.S. Marshal.

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And I'm Pete. This is Puck.

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And that giant there is Malachi.

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Rules are gospel around here,
badge or no badge.

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<i>♪ quiet, tense music</i>

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Expect them back.

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Shiny.

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This a-way, Deputy Marshal.

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And mind the traps.

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Never know when one will jump up
and bite you.

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<i>♪ intriguing music</i>

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Sorry, Miss Rachel.

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Oh, I sullied the floor.

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Oh, Jesus.

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Now, where do you think
you're going?

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All right. Bite down.

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All right.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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<i>♪ uplifting music</i>

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Aren't you just...

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Oh, come here.

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Oh.

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Well, you have
your father's eyes.

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Let's hope that's all
you got from him.

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Are you feeling well, Jennie?

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Yes, ma'am.

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Isn't that wonderful?

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You get your rest.

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That's what's important now.

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Thank you, ma'am.

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We'll see you back at work
in the morning.

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You were missed.

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Even for a day.

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<i>♪ somber music</i>

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Come on, baby.

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Harriet, I want you to take
your brothers and sister

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down to the waterfall.

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Mama, who's that white lady?

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Do what I say.

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Okay.

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That's quite the brood

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you and Bass
have been blessed with.

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Where are the little ones
off to?

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- Why you here?
- And this one,

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practically a grown woman now.

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Hard to believe
I was the first to hold her.

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Did you know that, Sally?

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No, ma'am.

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Jumped on me just like a duck
on a june bug.

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Sally, get inside.

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Don't be cross before
the conversation even starts.

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What conversation?

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Trust you'll find
your way from here.

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I could've found my way
from back there.

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I'll be seeing you real soon.

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<i>♪ ominous music</i>

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Decided to pay that visit.

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You did.

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Question is,
are you a servant of justice,

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or rather,
some species of queer?

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Neither.

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Just here to collect
on what you owe me.

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- What might that be?
- Fifty-dollar difference

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between a pair of boots
and a man.

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You rode hundreds of miles
for pocket change?

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It's the principle, generally.

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But I do got a wife
and five kids to feed.

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Well, every dollar counts
in the game of love and chance,

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don't it, Silvia?

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I'm not sure
I catch your meaning

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or that it matter much.

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Well, hitch your horse, then.
Money's inside.

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<i>♪ intriguing music</i>

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Come find me.

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Awful fine on a Ranger's due.

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Well, I've become a man
of opportunity and enterprise.

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Cattle, mostly.

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Supplying the Yanks with the
finest beef you've ever tasted.

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You let your badge
weigh you down, Bass.

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Mine has set me free.

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You don't know me.

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Oh, but we've known each other
for centuries.

262
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Double what I owe
for your effort.

263
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,756
You see my monster upon entry?

264
00:24:13,756 --> 00:24:17,126
Never spied anything like it.

265
00:24:17,126 --> 00:24:19,295
I purchased this land
from an old mining outfit.

266
00:24:19,295 --> 00:24:22,399
When they failed to strike, they
considered it all worthless.

267
00:24:22,399 --> 00:24:24,967
But the things they unearthed,

268
00:24:24,967 --> 00:24:27,370
buried deep
like the secrets we keep,

269
00:24:27,370 --> 00:24:30,873
giant beasts
who once roamed freely,

270
00:24:30,873 --> 00:24:33,342
now resigned to the dark.

271
00:24:33,342 --> 00:24:36,979
Only spoken of
in legend and lore.

272
00:24:36,979 --> 00:24:38,981
Like Mr. Sundown?

273
00:24:42,151 --> 00:24:44,921
Well, cock-a-doodle-doo.

274
00:24:46,022 --> 00:24:50,393
You know, I was wondering
when the foreplay would end

275
00:24:50,393 --> 00:24:52,328
and the rutting would begin.

276
00:24:54,263 --> 00:24:57,400
Are you hungry?
Steak, of course.

277
00:25:00,202 --> 00:25:03,540
"Unholy War"?

278
00:25:03,540 --> 00:25:06,008
Well, isn't that
just delightful?

279
00:25:06,008 --> 00:25:07,877
I wrote it.

280
00:25:07,877 --> 00:25:11,814
Did you, now? All by yourself?

281
00:25:12,815 --> 00:25:15,084
I'm gonna be a poet.

282
00:25:15,084 --> 00:25:16,953
Your mother fancied
her letters, too.

283
00:25:16,953 --> 00:25:20,790
I taught her, of course.
Wasn't an easy task.

284
00:25:20,790 --> 00:25:22,959
Some folks fancy
some fine words,

285
00:25:22,959 --> 00:25:25,828
think they know every book.

286
00:25:25,828 --> 00:25:27,497
You've had your time.

287
00:25:27,497 --> 00:25:30,066
Now, if you don't mind,
I got a wagonload of goods

288
00:25:30,066 --> 00:25:32,334
to unpack
and four more kids to corral.

289
00:25:32,334 --> 00:25:36,372
George is doing well,
politicking his sweet heart out.

290
00:25:36,372 --> 00:25:38,374
Seems to forever be
in Austin, however.

291
00:25:40,076 --> 00:25:44,046
And these laws
they're fighting to pass.

292
00:25:44,046 --> 00:25:45,882
I suppose they're good
for some folks,

293
00:25:45,882 --> 00:25:47,517
not so good for others.

294
00:25:47,517 --> 00:25:49,486
Do you have an opinion?

295
00:25:49,486 --> 00:25:51,821
No.

296
00:25:51,821 --> 00:25:53,490
You should.

297
00:25:56,959 --> 00:25:59,929
She's such a precious thing
even as sick as she is.

298
00:25:59,929 --> 00:26:02,031
What a joy it will be
to have her

299
00:26:02,031 --> 00:26:04,066
and your children back home.

300
00:26:04,066 --> 00:26:06,168
This is they home.

301
00:26:06,168 --> 00:26:08,505
They're not my laws,

302
00:26:08,505 --> 00:26:10,507
- but they arrive all the same.
- Sally, get upstairs.

303
00:26:10,507 --> 00:26:12,542
- She's fine.
- Sally.

304
00:26:16,278 --> 00:26:19,215
You'll feel better
soon, sweetheart.

305
00:26:19,215 --> 00:26:21,350
<i>♪ contemplative music</i>

306
00:26:28,190 --> 00:26:29,592
You need to leave my house now.

307
00:26:29,592 --> 00:26:31,494
I can see my generosity
is not appreciated.

308
00:26:31,494 --> 00:26:35,565
- Generosity.
- Why, yes.

309
00:26:35,565 --> 00:26:39,569
There are men who conspire
to root you out from your land.

310
00:26:39,569 --> 00:26:42,471
And they got their tails up.

311
00:26:42,471 --> 00:26:44,974
Surely, you know this.

312
00:26:46,342 --> 00:26:48,978
Oh, dear.

313
00:26:48,978 --> 00:26:51,413
You've seen it, haven't you?

314
00:26:53,082 --> 00:26:54,851
In town?

315
00:26:57,319 --> 00:26:59,956
- You're a wretched woman.
- Wretched?

316
00:26:59,956 --> 00:27:02,491
Would a wretched woman
offer your children

317
00:27:02,491 --> 00:27:05,394
the opportunity to tend
my beautiful home?

318
00:27:05,394 --> 00:27:07,997
Or would you prefer that they be
turned out as field niggers?

319
00:27:08,731 --> 00:27:11,233
Oh, my.

320
00:27:11,233 --> 00:27:13,235
Get out, devil.

321
00:27:13,235 --> 00:27:15,037
Now!

322
00:27:36,125 --> 00:27:38,127
<i>♪ atmospheric music</i>

323
00:28:09,726 --> 00:28:11,360
Made quite an impression.

324
00:28:12,461 --> 00:28:14,163
Didn't I?

325
00:28:14,163 --> 00:28:16,065
You did.

326
00:28:18,567 --> 00:28:21,137
Just maybe not
the one you wanted.

327
00:28:22,504 --> 00:28:25,074
I reckon folks ain't ready
to stray too far

328
00:28:25,074 --> 00:28:27,143
from the safety of silence.

329
00:28:29,211 --> 00:28:30,947
I am.

330
00:28:32,448 --> 00:28:34,150
Are you, now?

331
00:28:37,319 --> 00:28:38,988
What changed?

332
00:28:41,290 --> 00:28:45,527
Nothing yet, but the laws will

333
00:28:45,527 --> 00:28:49,098
if we don't fight back.

334
00:28:49,098 --> 00:28:51,167
They'll take it if you let 'em.

335
00:28:52,368 --> 00:28:54,103
And we ain't gonna do that.

336
00:29:22,464 --> 00:29:24,133
There you go, Bass.

337
00:29:29,739 --> 00:29:32,074
A touch warm in here, isn't it?

338
00:29:32,074 --> 00:29:33,542
Hadn't noticed.

339
00:29:35,511 --> 00:29:38,014
We often get a breeze
at this hour.

340
00:29:45,454 --> 00:29:48,157
A beautiful night.

341
00:29:48,157 --> 00:29:50,059
Stars are out.

342
00:29:52,094 --> 00:29:54,030
Cows seem antsy.

343
00:29:56,432 --> 00:30:00,169
A Chinaman once told me
that terror...

344
00:30:00,169 --> 00:30:02,138
tenderizes the flesh.

345
00:30:03,439 --> 00:30:05,507
He was referring
to dogs, of course--

346
00:30:05,507 --> 00:30:08,344
it's a delicacy in the Orient--

347
00:30:08,344 --> 00:30:10,546
but I decided to employ
the practice here.

348
00:30:11,848 --> 00:30:13,649
You be the judge.

349
00:30:13,649 --> 00:30:16,652
Judgment ain't my jurisdiction.

350
00:30:16,652 --> 00:30:19,155
Jury and executioner, then.

351
00:30:23,459 --> 00:30:24,593
And?

352
00:30:24,593 --> 00:30:26,562
Better than dog, I imagine.

353
00:30:26,562 --> 00:30:28,497
Well, dog tastes like shit.

354
00:30:28,497 --> 00:30:30,066
So does this steak.

355
00:30:33,169 --> 00:30:35,237
I admire your steel, Bass.

356
00:30:35,237 --> 00:30:36,672
Your brevity.

357
00:30:36,672 --> 00:30:38,540
Everything about you, really.

358
00:30:45,514 --> 00:30:47,716
What's your grift, Esau?

359
00:30:47,716 --> 00:30:49,852
Careful now.

360
00:30:49,852 --> 00:30:52,454
Curiosity killed the deputy.

361
00:30:52,454 --> 00:30:56,225
I've been enjoying your company
so far.

362
00:30:56,225 --> 00:30:59,361
Saw that safe
all chock with greenbacks.

363
00:30:59,361 --> 00:31:01,130
More money than I'd earn

364
00:31:01,130 --> 00:31:03,199
arresting every outlaw
in the territory.

365
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,734
Twice.

366
00:31:05,734 --> 00:31:07,536
Count me interested.

367
00:31:07,536 --> 00:31:09,405
Are you, now?

368
00:31:09,405 --> 00:31:11,707
No king built
much of a kingdom alone.

369
00:31:16,946 --> 00:31:20,249
You know, Bass,
when I accepted that man

370
00:31:20,249 --> 00:31:22,852
was no more, no less
than the animals that we hunt,

371
00:31:22,852 --> 00:31:24,887
corral and consume,

372
00:31:24,887 --> 00:31:27,924
regardless of race or station,

373
00:31:27,924 --> 00:31:30,927
I decided dominance was
my only path forward.

374
00:31:30,927 --> 00:31:33,595
You know this to be true, too.

375
00:31:33,595 --> 00:31:36,833
But you still wrestle
with the religion.

376
00:31:36,833 --> 00:31:39,936
Indoctrinated to keep you weak.

377
00:31:39,936 --> 00:31:43,305
You shed that,
you'll truly experience freedom.

378
00:31:43,305 --> 00:31:47,209
God's never been further
from my grasp.

379
00:31:47,209 --> 00:31:49,378
Well, God is always in mine.

380
00:31:51,580 --> 00:31:54,150
I arrest the
"will not be missed."

381
00:31:54,984 --> 00:31:57,353
Sadly, all Black thieves
and killers.

382
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,389
I deliver their boots.

383
00:32:00,389 --> 00:32:02,791
Their bodies are worth
far more than the difference.

384
00:32:05,461 --> 00:32:07,930
Now, the myth of Mr. Sundown,

385
00:32:07,930 --> 00:32:10,799
that's taken a fanciful flourish
from reality.

386
00:32:12,568 --> 00:32:15,271
Not that I mind.

387
00:32:15,271 --> 00:32:17,673
<i>♪ dramatic, tense music</i>

388
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,522
I'll be the biggest supplier
of beef

389
00:32:33,522 --> 00:32:35,524
from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.

390
00:32:35,524 --> 00:32:37,593
Off the backs of wanted men.

391
00:32:37,593 --> 00:32:40,829
Off the backs of dead men,
far as anyone cares.

392
00:32:41,998 --> 00:32:44,233
Still, I ask you,
would you rather swing

393
00:32:44,233 --> 00:32:47,937
from a government gallows
or eat my food, breathe my air,

394
00:32:47,937 --> 00:32:49,872
sleep in my quarters?

395
00:32:49,872 --> 00:32:52,574
Cost seem high,

396
00:32:52,574 --> 00:32:55,577
even for a life already lost,

397
00:32:55,577 --> 00:32:58,247
or one they're just
renting from you.

398
00:32:58,247 --> 00:33:00,516
Blood, sweat,
little bit of pain.

399
00:33:02,451 --> 00:33:05,654
Pennies on the dollar when
a rope's your only alternative.

400
00:33:22,071 --> 00:33:23,940
Home as promised.

401
00:33:27,809 --> 00:33:29,378
Seems starved.

402
00:33:31,847 --> 00:33:33,950
Oh, yeah, she is.

403
00:33:37,853 --> 00:33:39,421
Bass?

404
00:33:40,722 --> 00:33:42,824
You care to do the honors?

405
00:34:38,580 --> 00:34:41,017
Do you believe
in what I'm building?

406
00:34:42,384 --> 00:34:43,719
Do you?

407
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,821
Yes.

408
00:34:45,821 --> 00:34:47,823
Yes, what?

409
00:34:48,824 --> 00:34:51,893
Yes... sir.

410
00:34:51,893 --> 00:34:53,429
Have I not been patient?

411
00:34:55,364 --> 00:34:58,767
Yes... sir.

412
00:35:03,372 --> 00:35:05,074
Bass.

413
00:35:05,074 --> 00:35:07,043
Go ahead, unshackle him.

414
00:35:07,043 --> 00:35:09,045
<i>♪ tense, ominous music</i>

415
00:35:41,877 --> 00:35:43,812
Well...

416
00:35:43,812 --> 00:35:45,614
now for you, Bass.

417
00:35:49,685 --> 00:35:50,919
What?

418
00:35:54,022 --> 00:35:56,392
Time to bear those chains again.

419
00:36:06,968 --> 00:36:08,870
You're the real monster.

420
00:36:08,870 --> 00:36:10,672
Well, yes.

421
00:36:14,910 --> 00:36:17,813
You should've known better
than to take me for a fool.

422
00:36:20,082 --> 00:36:21,650
Just as I should've known better

423
00:36:21,650 --> 00:36:23,819
than to think of you
as more than a slave.

424
00:36:27,623 --> 00:36:30,592
We've known each other
for centuries.

425
00:36:40,802 --> 00:36:42,804
<i>♪ dramatic, rhythmic music</i>

426
00:36:42,804 --> 00:36:44,440
Goddamn, kid.

427
00:38:14,696 --> 00:38:16,665
<i>♪ tense, ominous music</i>

428
00:38:30,779 --> 00:38:32,248
Just leave me be.

429
00:38:32,248 --> 00:38:33,315
Almost got it.

430
00:38:33,315 --> 00:38:35,817
Goddamn it, just leave me be.

431
00:39:47,323 --> 00:39:49,591
Devil's got me by the hand, kid.

432
00:39:51,126 --> 00:39:53,028
If it ain't the gallon of blood
I've gushed,

433
00:39:53,028 --> 00:39:54,630
then it's gonna be
the damn fever.

434
00:39:54,630 --> 00:39:57,366
And that ain't no way to die.

435
00:39:59,835 --> 00:40:01,370
Jesus, Sherrill.

436
00:40:02,738 --> 00:40:05,974
I might be a right prick

437
00:40:05,974 --> 00:40:08,677
about you people,

438
00:40:08,677 --> 00:40:11,246
but I ain't stupid about lawmen.

439
00:40:13,014 --> 00:40:15,684
You're gonna make one hell
of a Deputy Marshal.

440
00:40:17,453 --> 00:40:19,921
You go save Bass.

441
00:40:19,921 --> 00:40:22,023
Go on. Get out of here. Go.

442
00:40:22,023 --> 00:40:24,025
<i>♪ tense, suspenseful music</i>

443
00:40:25,861 --> 00:40:27,729
Get.

444
00:41:49,177 --> 00:41:51,179
<i>♪ somber, atmospheric music</i>

445
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:27,949
He got Pistol. Headed that way.

446
00:42:27,949 --> 00:42:30,218
<i>♪ suspenseful, dramatic music</i>

447
00:42:33,555 --> 00:42:35,090
Free those men.

448
00:43:25,340 --> 00:43:28,109
<i>♪ quiet, tense music</i>

449
00:43:34,282 --> 00:43:37,218
Legend is yours, Bass Reeves.

450
00:43:39,354 --> 00:43:41,857
The light in the storm.

451
00:43:41,857 --> 00:43:45,293
Death is the only light
in this darkness.

452
00:44:07,515 --> 00:44:09,484
<i>♪ contemplative music</i>

453
00:44:21,062 --> 00:44:23,098
- Go and help the others.
- Okay.

454
00:44:36,377 --> 00:44:38,013
Sherrill?

455
00:45:36,772 --> 00:45:39,274
<i>♪ atmospheric music</i>

456
00:45:43,712 --> 00:45:45,681
<i>♪ soaring, triumphant music</i>

457
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:22,183
Take these men someplace safe.

458
00:46:29,424 --> 00:46:31,326
Somewhere free.

459
00:46:41,737 --> 00:46:44,105
I hear Kansas good.

460
00:46:47,475 --> 00:46:50,746
No one's gonna ever know...

461
00:46:50,746 --> 00:46:54,215
that you made history today,
Deputy Reeves.

462
00:47:00,621 --> 00:47:02,390
Come on.

463
00:47:59,314 --> 00:48:01,449
I reckon Sherrill
would want you to have this.

464
00:48:04,285 --> 00:48:06,754
It's yours.

465
00:48:06,754 --> 00:48:08,824
I'll tell Parker you earned it.

466
00:48:11,759 --> 00:48:13,161
First...

467
00:48:16,798 --> 00:48:19,267
...you ought to stop
in Checotah.

468
00:48:19,267 --> 00:48:21,436
Go marry that pretty girl.

469
00:49:07,582 --> 00:49:09,817
<i>♪ soft, gentle music</i>

470
00:49:48,289 --> 00:49:50,325
I'm home.

471
00:49:51,993 --> 00:49:54,229
Every part of me.

472
00:49:55,997 --> 00:49:58,233
And me.

473
00:50:01,336 --> 00:50:03,371
Forever.

474
00:51:36,797 --> 00:51:38,866
<i>♪ "Unholy War" by Jacob Banks</i>

475
00:51:53,514 --> 00:51:55,983
<i>♪ Unholy war</i>

476
00:51:57,118 --> 00:52:00,088
<i>♪ My demons are coming</i>

477
00:52:01,456 --> 00:52:05,626
<i>♪ Boy, you better run</i>

478
00:52:05,626 --> 00:52:09,064
<i>♪ Go take your freedom, oh, no</i>

479
00:52:10,631 --> 00:52:12,567
<i>♪ Wade in the water</i>

480
00:52:13,768 --> 00:52:17,872
<i>♪ Be gone by morning</i>

481
00:52:17,872 --> 00:52:22,410
<i>♪ Don't you let them
find you here ♪</i>

482
00:52:22,410 --> 00:52:25,513
<i>♪ Oh, no</i>

483
00:52:26,681 --> 00:52:29,784
<i>♪ Let love lead you home</i>

484
00:52:29,784 --> 00:52:31,886
<i>♪ Oh, no</i>

485
00:52:34,021 --> 00:52:38,793
<i>♪ Let redemption keep you warm</i>

486
00:52:38,793 --> 00:52:42,097
<i>♪ So you better run</i>

487
00:52:46,901 --> 00:52:48,869
<i>♪ atmospheric music</i>