All language subtitles for S3E11-The Deserter

A treaty had been signed
with the Mescalero Apaches,

and with the coming
of peace to the territory,

Fort Chaplin was
being closed down,

and the soldiers were
being sent to other points

where there was
more need for them.

Within another week,
the last handful of troops

under Colonel Howard
Meston would be gone.

Until civilian law could
fill the void they left,

the territory would
be laid wide open,

Fair game for a
well-organized band of outlaws.

Wells Fargo had
reason to be concerned,

and they'd sent me to
confer with Colonel Meston.

Yes, it's a problem, Mr. Hardie,

and it's not one I can
do anything about.

I have to go where I'm ordered.

I understand that,
Colonel Meston.

And Wells Fargo is used to
taking care of its own trouble.

We're just wondering if you might give
me some information about these outlaws.

Rumor has it that
their leader is an officer

who used to be
stationed at this post.

A man named William Rath.

I suppose it was
bound to get out.

Then you'd say those
rumors were true.

Lieutenant Rath
showed greater promise

than any officer that had
ever served under me.

It was a real disappointment

to see a man of
his quality turn bad.

Could you tell me about it?

There was a payroll for
the entire military district,

locked in the office
safe overnight.

Rath was officer of the day,

and as my adjutant, he
knew the safe's combination.

I guess the temptation
was too great.

He took the money.

I don't see how he could
possibly think for a minute

that he could get away it
without being discovered.

I don't think he did
expect to, Hardie.

It's my guess that he was
already planning to desert.

He'd put in for a transfer
east to be near his wife,

but the request was turned down.

He was angry about that.

I think when Rath saw
the money, he lost his head.

No! That is not true.

My husband is no thief.

You never found that
money, and you have no proof.

Mrs. Rath, this is Jim Hardie,

special agent for Wells Fargo.

Mrs. Rath came
here from Illinois

when she heard about the
trouble that her husband was in.

Illinois? That's a long way off.

I've got to find him.
Look, don't you see?

Somehow I've got to help
him prove that he's innocent.

But you're from Wells Fargo.

You've heard what they said
about his joining the outlaws.

Now you're probably
against him, too.

No, Ma'am. I'm not against
him unless he's guilty.

I was sent here to protect
our stages and our wagons.

Someone's been holding them up,

and the reports have it that
it could be your husband.

It's a lie. Everyone's lying.

Everyone's against him.

Stage is leaving, Sir.

Very well, Sergeant.

Well, have a good trip, Ma'am.

Thank you.

Yes, a real fine
girl that Mrs. Rath,

but I wish she'd
never come here.

Is it true what she said,

that you didn't actually find
the payroll on her husband?

MESTON: You're thinking
I've made a mistake.

No, I have no idea what
Lieutenant Rath did with the money

or where he's hiding out now.

We discovered the
theft the next morning

when the paymaster
checked the strongbox.

Naturally, I put the
lieutenant under arrest.

But he managed to knock
Sergeant Bergman down

and get to a horse.

How long ago was that?

Oh, a couple of months.

My patrols have had no luck
combing the hills for him, and

I've had my own hands full getting
ready to vacate this post on schedule.

I see. And what about Mrs. Rath?

There's uh... There's
no place here for her.

I persuaded her to go
on to the next station.

From there, she can get
a stage to take her east.

Well, we'll take good
care of her, Colonel

That
would be appreciated.

Good day.

Is your name Bergman?

What if it is?

You're the one that let
Lieutenant Rath get away.

Yeah, that's right.

He had a wallop like a
mule. Took me by surprise

With a horse saddled and
no one at the gate to stop him.

Now, wait a minute. Are you
saying I arranged for him to escape?

No, you said that. I didn't.

You were eavesdropping on
the colonel and me just now.

That's a lie. Is it?

Well, this much I will say.

Bill Rath was a tough
man for discipline.

And if he took you
out on a mission,

you got the job done,
you got back alive.

Sounds like he might
have been a good officer.

I got no more use for officers
than any other non-com,

but he knew his business.

I'd have got fed up, too,
having somebody hog credit

for the work I did and...
and kill my transfer.

Are you talking
about the colonel?

I've said all I'm
going to, mister.

Well, I guess we'll
be traveling together.

As far as the next
station anyway.

Driver tells me you
work for Wells Fargo.

Pierce is my name, George Pierce

My name's Hardie.
Nice to know you, sir.

I'm a settler here at the fort.

Does the fort closing down mean

that you'll be going
out of business now?

Oh, no. I'm moving
my store to a new town

that's building
over on the flats.

Believe me, this territory
is headed for a real boom

now the Apaches have been tamed.

I hope you're right.

Looks like we're ready to roll.

After you, Sir. Thank you.

A million details to look
after in a move like this one,

and now on top of everything
else, I have to find out why

a shipment I ordered hasn't
reached my new store yet.

If I was in your position, I'd
be worried too, Mr. Pierce.

Didn't you hire guards
for your shipment?

Why, no.

You don't think those outlaws
might have grabbed it off?

Wagonload of supplies
is pretty tempting.

Mr. Hardie, I owe
you an apology.

There was no call for me
to behave the way I did.

Don't worry about it.

Can I ask you a
question, Mrs. Rath?

How long have you been married?

Almost three years.

We've always been apart
what with the fighting going on.

That's why we were so hoping

that Bill would
get his transfer.

I see.

And then instead to
learn that he was...

I hope you're not going
to be disappointed in him.

Of course, I'm right.

Bill could not have
done the things they say.

Keep quiet.

What is it?

Pull 'em up! Whoa.

We're stopping.

Let's
have that gun, mister.

Hardie?!

When'd you get out of
Yuma Prison, Crocker?

Get over there.

Drop it over. Don't
try to hand it to me

Drop it.

Captain, this is Jim Hardie,
top gun for Wells Fargo.

You better play it safe
and put a slug in him.

I put him in Yuma State
Prison for three years.

That's why he wants to kill me.

Hold him. I'll decide later.

Bill, it's true. Everything I
refused to believe about you,

it's all true.

Ellen, please. No,
don't touch me.

I'm sorry, Ellen, but
we can't wait all day.

All right, get out.

Anything I've got, you're
welcome, Rath. Just don't shoot me.

You like having your
wife see you like this,

as a common road agent?

You shut up.

All right, get in the coach.

Now, what about you?

What happens if I let you go?

That's your problem.

I told you, Captain.
Let me plug him.

No, no! You can't!

Bring him along.

Get ready to ride.

Whoa.

Who's on guard
here? Show yourself!

Come on in, Captain.
Everything's clear.

Why didn't you challenge us?

I could see who you were.

You'll get the whole
camp wiped out this way.

I gave you a password.
After this, use it.

All right.

All right, what?

All right, sir.

Let's go. Ho.

Ellen, please talk to me.

I can't.

I don't know what to say.

I don't know what
to believe anymore,

seeing what's become of
you, how you've changed.

One thing you can believe,

one thing that hasn't changed,

I'm still your husband,
I still love you.

You've got to love me.

You can't turn against me now.

Whose bedroll is this?

Mine, Captain.

Clean up this camp.

You'd all live like
pigs if I'd let you.

Do something about it.

Those two called you captain.

Did you give
yourself a promotion?

Cut this man loose.

I gave you an order.

That's one I'm not taking.

You handle things
high-handed around here,

but bringing that
Wells Fargo man here

is a threat to all of us.

Is that how you all feel?

Get one thing straight.

Nobody tells me what to do.

Here's my authority.

Who wants to challenge it?

I'm willing to take
your word, Hardie.

Promise to behave,
and I'll free your hands.

I'd thank you for
freeing my hands,

but I can't make
you any promises.

Hand me your knife.

I said to hand it over.

Just don't step out of line.

Here, take it away.

She won't eat, huh?

Why did I take
her off that stage?

Why didn't I let her go on
back where she belongs?

Out of my life.

Better that she forget me

than to have seen me like this.

She's just lost her whole world.

You don't get over
that in a minute.

I'll say one thing
for you, Rath.

For a small outfit,

you've shown where
discipline can pay off.

You've got 'em working
like a Cavalry unit.

Quit needling me, Hardie.

When I think of all I've lost,

what I traded, for this.

Was your choice, your trade.

Oh. So you believe that charge
the colonel's pinned on me.

Are you saying you
didn't take the payroll?

Of course, I didn't.

Even if I'd been tempted,

I'm not a fool.

Was you that left it unguarded.

I did,

for about ten minutes.

I had to break up a fight
out behind the stable.

You know how it is with a
bunch of soldiers on pay night.

That would've given someone
time to get in and unlock it.

They knew the combination.

Only one other man did know it.

The colonel.

Oh, I've had plenty of time to
figure out what he's done to me.

As long as he sits
in that stockade,

I can't reach him.

But next week,
they close it down.

Then he's got to
come out in the open.

Then we'll see about
getting the truth out of him.

Who goes there?
You got to give the password!

Something's up.

Mr. Hardie, what is it?

I don't know.

Can't tell from here.

Who are you
punishing, Mrs. Rath?

Him or yourself?

I don't know what to do.

I... I don't even
know what to feel.

He isn't the man
I thought I loved.

He's an outlaw, a thief.

He's a man in trouble.

You maybe able to help him.

Get ready to ride.

I'm getting my chance
sooner than I hoped.

One of my men just
brought word from the fort.

The colonel's found out
about the stage hold-up.

He's out with all his
men, hunting for me.

What are you gonna do about it?

I'm gonna let him find me.

Got a surprise
planned for the colonel,

but there's no time to lose.

Column of twos.

Forward, ho!

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking I can get up
there without been seen.

No, you're not going to do it.

You're not going after Bill.

Please, whatever he
is, whatever he's done,

I'm not going to let you do it.

That's no way to help him.

Whether he's been wronged
or not, I couldn't say for sure.

But I know if he does what
he's thinking about doing now,

he'll make the biggest mistake
he's ever made in his life.

You're gonna have to
trust me for just a little while.

Who else can I trust?

You won't be sorry.

Please, let me go
with you. I can ride.

I can't very well
leave you here.

If I make it, I'll
holler back to you.

You bring the horses
up as fast as you can.

All right.

Hyah! Get up now!

Aah!

Yi! Right here!

Looks like the trail's
run out, Colonel.

You and half the men
scout in that direction.

I'll take the hill.

Is that wise,
Colonel, splitting up?

We're few enough as it is.

You have your orders, Sergeant.

Yes, sir. Corporal!

You and the last
three men stay with me.

Ho!

Corporal?

You take the men and ride on.

But, Sergeant, the
colonel said that...

I don't care what
the colonel said.

I'm disobeying orders.

He's going to blunder
into something sure,

and I mean to
keep an eye on him.

Well, you outrank me.

Looking for me, Colonel?

You're surrounded.

Tell your men to
throw down their guns.

Drop 'em.

Now dismount.

Dismount.

Yah.

So these are the
scum you run with now.

Watch who you're
callin' scum, mister.

Stay out of this,
Crocker. I'll handle it.

I wouldn't let
myself believe it.

I wouldn't admit that an
officer that had served under me

could come to this.

Better to be an outlaw
and no pretense about it

than a lying snake who happens
to wear a colonel's uniform.

I've lived for this moment.

Thought about nothing
else since you framed me

and robbed me of my career.

Framed you?

You deny it?

I won't listen to such nonsense.

I did nothing to you.

No, nothing,

except steal that payroll
from your own safe

and see that the
blame was put on me.

Are you serious?

I'm beginning to think you are.

I think that you
really believe this.

Give me a reason I shouldn't.

Lieutenant, I swear on
my honor as a soldier,

I know nothing of what
happened to that money.

I'm beginning to think
that you don't, either.

I told you so at the time.

That's right, you did.

But who besides one of
us could have stolen it?

That I don't know.

If you're willing, though,

together we can work this out.

Come back to the
fort, Lieutenant.

You mean surrender?

It's up to you.

I don't know of any other way.

This is no kind of life for you.

Come in, and
between the two of us,

we'll find out what's at
the bottom of this mess.

Put up your guns.

I said put them up!

Captain, you ain't
listening to him!

Don't be a fool.

He's just trying to
save his own neck.

You hear me, Captain?

Shut up. I'm thinking.

While you're at it,
think about your wife.

She's a fine girl, Lieutenant.

Think about what
she'd want you to do

under these circumstances.

All right, Colonel.

Maybe I'm a fool,

but I'm sick of the
life I've been leading.

I'll go back with you.

I'll take my chances.

We got something
to say about that.

You've got nothing to say.

You didn't like the way
I ran this outfit, Crocker.

You should be
happy to get rid of me.

Yeah, we let you go, and
the next thing you know,

you'll be leading the Army
in here to clean us out.

Throw down your gun.

Tell your men to do the
same, or you'll be next.

Throw down your guns.

Next time, you'll know
not to turn your back.

Have your men pick
up the guns, Colonel.

Bill, we heard it all.

Go back and clear yourself.

You understand,
there's no assurance

I can prove I didn't
take that payroll?

You will. Somehow you will.

We heard gunshots, Colonel.

Thought we'd better
ride over and have a look.

Where's Sergeant Bergman?

Isn't he with you, sir?

He left us a half an hour ago,

said he was coming to join you.

We've seen no sign of him.

I'll leave this up
to you, Colonel.

I'm going to go
back to the fort.

Yah!

All right, Pierce,

you won't need that gun.

Drop it.

Wasn't there enough
profit in that store of yours

that you had to
resort to killing?

I don't like killing, Hardie,

but he wanted it
all, all to himself.

It isn't fair.

I was the one who
worked the whole thing out.

I was the one that
got the fight started

to give Bergman a
chance to open the safe.

I didn't think Bergman knew
the combination to the safe.

I got it for him by
watching the colonel

put my account books away,

but Bergman had to
go and hide the money

and keep my share from me.

Well, I've settled with him.

We'll hold you here until the
authorities can settle with you.

Move.

Mr. Rath, this is my last official
report from Fort Chapman.

I've explained completely all
the circumstances of your case

and your voluntary surrender.

I don't know what higher
authorities will decide to do.

I understand, sir.

I'm afraid Wells Fargo
is to be considered.

I'll put in the best
word that I can,

but their stages
have been held up,

and there's a lot of money
that'll never be recovered.

Do you mean...

Will he have to go to prison?

I've made mistakes,

and I've done things
I knew were wrong.

I'm ready to take my medicine.

It's time for
retreat, Mr. Hardie,

the end of a fighting Army post.

I'd like you to join us.

Thank you. I will.