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Previously on Yellowstone...

Fished a radio collar out of the Yellowstone River.

Seen any wolves around lately?

Sounds like poachers.

- Sure does. - Care to ride with us?

Monica wants to have a funeral.

She wants him here where she can visit.

Whatever she wants, you... You give it, son.

I can't serve both.

I choose her and I choose my son.

You promised and you took millions in lease payments!

You have no case.

And you know it.

You're better than I expected.

I am here just to find a soft landing.

How busy are you tomorrow night?

New York would like to drop the suit.

Find a way to ruin this family, Ellis.

Hey, let's go to a bar in Bozeman.

Yeah, that's a bad idea every time.

Aren't you a tall drink of water?

I'm married. Go on.

I'm taking your husband home.

What day is it?

Thursday, I think.

What happened to you?

Fucking men.

Worked you over pretty good, huh?

I'm talking about the cop that arrested me.

Prick is in the club three nights a week.

He can't cut me a break?

They get you for D.U.I.?

Aggravated assault.

Some bitch from California tried to fuck my husband

so I beat her with a beer bottle.

So, you're like a fucking criminal.

I am the wrath of a woman scorned.

Call it what you will.

It's always some bitch from California.

Every fucking time.

Bethany Dutton. Let's go.

You don't look like a Bethany.

I'm not a Bethany. I'm a Beth.

My hero.

Knock when you're done.

Boy, you have really fucking done it this time.

What's the big deal, Jamie?

I got into a bar fight in Bozeman.

I mean, Montana Board of Tourism

should put that on fucking t-shirts.

I don't think the Montana Board of Tourism

is too fond of locals beating the shit

out of tourists on vacation.

Well, that's why I called you.

You can find the rug to sweep this under, right?

There is no rug for this one, Beth.

It's a County Attorney issue.

So your best bet is to hope this woman has a plane to catch

or she's too hungover to come down here

and file formal charges.

This is your legal advice?

Sit here and hope?

It's not advice. It's your only option.

If she doesn't file charges,

and that's a big fucking "if" considering the photo

I saw of the grapefruit on her forehead,

then I will ask the County Attorney

to show some mercy based on your diminished capacity

to control your fucking emotions.

So, yeah, you just sit here and hope.

But no matter what, if this reaches the press,

it's a big embarrassment for our father.

You mean my father.

Your father's out of chances to be embarrassed, isn't he, Jamie?

I'm going to go back to my cell.

I'm going to take a nap.

And you're going to sit on the fucking steps of this place

and you're going to wait for Miss California

to walk up, and when she does, you are going to stop her.

How the hell am I going to do that?

It's not my problem, Jamie.

Hey. You got this Dutton assault case?

Uh, yes, sir.

Why no charges against the complainant?

It was a bar fight, wasn't it?

It was one hell of a bar fight from the report.

There is no self defense in a bar fight,

which is to say the victim is a defendant as well.

Is she coming in?

- I'm waiting for her now. - I'll wait with you.

You have the Montana Educators Luncheon at noon.

Cancel it.

Governor, I think that sends the wrong message.

All right, who exactly attends the Montana Educators Luncheon?

Everyone. Senator Perry will be there.

Legislators, School Superintendents,

the President of Montana State.

Why do they call it the Educators Euncheon

if there's no educators there?

It's Thursday, Clara, all the educators are in school.

Tell you what, when the Educators' Luncheon

is about teachers, I'll go.

Who are they?

It's the policy advisors' meeting.

Policy advisors for who?

For you.

How can my policy advisors have a meeting

about policies without me?

Um...

You're in my seat.

So what policies are we discussing today?

Nobody?

Let's see...

"In accordance with the U.S. Green initiative,

"Montana is leasing 7,000 acres in Powder River County

to Sun Energies."

What is Sun Energies?

It's a solar farm company.

Mm. And you are?

Stanley... Roberts.

And you are?

Your chief policy advisor, Mr. Governor.

Well, nice to fucking meet you.

I tried to schedule a lunch but you're...

She said you aren't taking lunches.

Where's your office, Stanley?

Just... Right down the hall.

Know what? So is mine.

Ever dawn on you just to come by and say howdy?

My mistake.

I'd say.

Let's see what other policies I'm proposing.

Suspend natural gas leases on state land

in Powder River County to support

the Sage Grouse Restoration Project.

Um, there's been a precipitous drop in sage grouse numbers

and there is empirical evidence

that gas exploration and extraction

have a negative impact on the sage grouse environment.

And what effect do you think seven thousand acres

of solar panels are going to have on their environment?

There's... no evidence that solar panels

would have any impact on the sage grouse environment.

What do they do with the sage brush

when they put in the solar panels?

They, they...

They would clear it before putting in the solar panels.

They remove the sage brush.

Yes, sir.

Sage grouse live in the sage brush.

They do.

And you don't think removing the sage brush

is going to have an effect on the population?

I just said there's no evidence...

Know what scares me about you, Stanley? You're serious.

You're looking at me and you're not joking.

I think tops on my agenda today

is going to be budget discipline. You're all fired.

I'm very mindful of our tax payers' money,

and you are all wasting it.

I'll advise myself on policy, Clara.

How much money did we just save?

I would say...

Roughly 1.6 Million dollars in salary and benefits

if you're serious.

Oh, I'm pretty serious.

Look at that.

What a great day for the State of Montana.

Where to next?

We have an emergency meeting with park officials

and U.S. Fish and Wildlife.

Emergency meeting about what?

Doesn't say.

Usually means someone died in the park.

They're in your office.

What's the emergency?

Governor, we'd like for you to take a look at this map.

The red lines indicate the path of a radio-collared wolf

associated with the Rescue Creek pack.

All right.

As you can see...

Wherever we see these clusters,

we associate with a kill site.

They'll feed on a carcass for a few days, then they'll move on.

They left the park here roughly three weeks ago,

they traveled the tree line to here,

then they dropped down in this valley to here.

Mm hm.

That's my ranch.

We're aware.

The wolves clustered here for three days,

around what appears to be a kill,

then they move straight south for thirty miles to here.

Now, that's the Yellowstone River...

They jump into the river, according to this data

and they swim downstream for five miles.

Wasn't aware wolves swam down rivers.

They don't.

We recovered one of the radio collars from the river.

What are you getting at?

We think the wolves were killed on your ranch

and the collars transported back to the park.

You think my cowboys killed those wolves.

We think your cowboys killed those wolves.

Yes sir?

We had any wolves messing with the cattle?

Wolves? No sir.

Fish and Wildlife came by asking the same thing.

All right.

There you have it.

Look, if they get into your cattle

you gotta do what you gotta do.

My guess: they shot them from a distance

didn't notice the collar,

got spooked and tried to cover their tracks.

These radio collars aren't monitored by us.

An NGO pays for this research,

and they have the same data we have

and they are going to draw the same conclusion.

When they do,

they will come after you with both barrels, Governor.

Look forward to it.

Anything else?

Thank you, gentlemen. Governor, we have the...

Yep.

Environmental groups can be a real problem.

Yeah, you don't say.

This is Clara.

It's Jamie, let me speak to him.

Attorney general.

Yeah?

All right, there is a good chance I can make this go away.

But, in case I can't, I need you to know

that I'm in police station in Bozeman

hoping to convince a young woman to drop

the aggravated assault charges she plans

to file against your daughter.

This fucking day.

Can I, uh...

Can I have a little more context, Jamie?

Yeah, she mouthed off to Beth in a bar

and it went about how you'd expect.

All right. Just, uh, keep me posted.

Is there a crisis manager on my team, by any chance?

Well, that would be your press secretary who you never hired,

so I guess your crisis manager is me.

Can I have a minute?

Having fun yet?

No chance you'd want to change jobs?

You'd hate this one more.

Any chance you're in Helena?

A good chance.

- Lunch plans? - Not anymore.

You know Benny's Bistro? Sure.

- Noon? - You made my day.

Yeah, maybe you can make mine. See you in a bit.

Yes, sir.

Miss Brewer.

I understand you'd like to press.

Very much.

I feel I must point out that by doing so,

you are exposing yourself to prosecution.

How am I doing that?

There is no self defense claim in a bar fight.

I assume you had been drinking, and I understand you

approached Miss Dutton and instigated the incident.

I didn't instigate anything.

Oh, um...

Let me see.

Yeah, you approached Miss Dutton and stated,

"I'm taking your husband home.

"You can come with us and watch

or he can tell you about it tomorrow."

Are those not your words?

I mean...

I was kidding.

Mm.

She didn't find it very funny.

No shit.

Making statements or actions that threaten harm to another

or make them feel they are in danger is assault.

You don't have to hit somebody to commit assault,

you just have to present a threat.

You presented the threat.

So if you press charges

the state must press charges against you.

And since you are not a resident of Montana,

you present a flight risk and you bail will be withheld.

Do you understand what that means?

So she just...

She just gets away with it?

She didn't get away with anything.

She spent the night in jail and she's going to be charged

with disorderly conduct.

The choice is yours.

I can't wait to get out of this state.

Those fucking hillbillies.

Well, the feeling is mutual.

May I leave?

Please.

Saved me a ton of paperwork.

Thanks.

Happy to help.

What're they doing?

For Kayce's boy is my guess.

They told us this spot.

If I would've known I would have dug that hole for you.

We don't mind. It's part of the ceremony.

There's a dead horse over there.

When did he die?

He died Monday.

I got an excavator coming out tomorrow to bury him.

We'll bury him now.

We'll put him in the ground beside the boy.

Can I ask you why?

You can ask, but I ain't gonna answer.

Kayce's all right with this, then?

He knows.

Well, you're gonna need a big hole.

Jake, Ethan, run back to the barn

and grab us a bunch of shovels.

I'll help you, Mo.

Thank you.

Don't wish for what you don't want.

You're in it now, John. You might as well accept it.

All right.

Explain this job to me, because it makes no sense.

All I do is go to middle schools and ribbon cuttings.

Well, when the legislature's in session

you'll be praying for ribbon cuttings.

At the end of the day, Montana is a business...

12,000 employees, 600,000 customers,

and you're the CEO, and that's all there is.

And you really need to change your perspective

about these school meetings, too.

You know, these kids are gonna remember meeting the governor

for the rest of their lives.

And who knows, you might even inspire one of them

to become the governor one day.

I mean, that's how I was inspired.

All right, point taken.

I stepped on a few land mines it appears.

Already?

Others stepped on them for me.

Seems my daughter got herself into a bar fight

and has been arrested.

I'm sorry. It's not funny.

I can see how that's funny to anybody but me.

All right, well, if it doesn't go away, just ignore it.

You don't comment on your personal family.

You love your daughter and hope she learns from her mistakes.

If she's convicted, what are my...

what are my options?

You have none.

Well, I take that back, you could pardon her,

but that's officially the end of your political career, so...

I don't have to wait until the end of my term

to pardon someone?

I would strongly advise it

but no, you have the authority to pardon,

to commute sentence, grant clemency,

whenever you want.

But once you open that Pandora's Box,

it does not close, so...

Next land mine?

Environmental groups relating to...

wolves.

- Avoid them at all costs. - Yeah.

Buffalo and wolves were the bane of my two terms.

They are kryptonite.

You need to stay away and try like hell

to avoid taking a position.

And you need to get an environmental advisor.

Not one of your rancher buddies, an environmentalist.

Someone who understands the way that they think

so they can explain to you what the hell it is they're thinking.

Here's my best advice about this job.

Good governors initiate action,

and bad governors spend all their time reacting.

There are plenty of things to clean up besides an airport.

You're the only man I know who would actually pout

over winning the election that he entered.

I'm not pouting.

Skulking, maybe, but... not pouting.

You know, this is as much your legacy as that ranch.

You're a smart woman, Lynelle.

Oh, you're just figuring that out?

Just enjoy your lunch, John. It's on me.

Disorderly conduct?

Way to go.

You're welcome.

Now I gotta pick up trash on the highway

with all my fucking free time.

Which car is yours?

I can't take you back. I have to go to Helena.

- Which one? - I'm serious.

Well, how do you want me to get home, Jamie?

Huh? Want me to hike my skirt up on the on-ramp?

I doubt it'd be the first time.

What the fuck is that?

What's what?

The baby seat. What the fuck is that for?

You have a child?

Do you have a child, Jamie?

A boy.

God gave you a boy?

You have my womb cut out of me...

and God gave you a boy?

Fuck you!

Beth?

Let me guess, is it that brood mare

of a fucking campaign manager?

- Yes. - I saw her coming.

Beth.

Come on, Beth. Beth, stop, stop, stop!

Taking you to that clinic is the greatest regret of my life.

Of all the awful shit that you have done

in your 45 years on this planet,

Jamie, that is... that is really saying something.

What...

What did you name him?

He's named after me.

Of course he is!

That's what the world fucking needs.

Another fucking you.

Beth.

Dad doesn't know about this. Nobody knows about this.

Don't worry about me telling him.

I'm gonna take him from you.

I'm going to rob you of fatherhood, Jamie.

You don't deserve it.

And he deserves better than you.

Next time you see him, you can kiss him goodbye,

because he's as good as gone.

Car trouble?

Actually, I just got out of jail.

And when they let you out, they just let you out,

there's no, uh, no phone call to a friend

or a bus ticket.

Just, you know, let you out on the street.

Seems an unfair policy toward one who is clearly

having trouble coping in society, don't you think?

Definitely creates, uh...

Additional challenges for sure.

Right?

- Do you need a... - Ride?

I'd love one.

Thank you.

What are the odds that you have a cigarette?

Not good.

Well, aren't you cute?

Mom's gonna kill you, Dad.

Is Mom the jealous type?

Mom wears the pants, if you know what I mean.

Sister, I know exactly what you mean.

Stop the car.

Nobody told me.

He didn't tell anybody.

Just pulled up and saw all the cars.

Should we, uh, get closer?

I think this is as close as they want us, Dad.

So how was jail?

Loud-mouthed pussy.

You and I are going to have a long talk later.

Yeah, well, I'm going to sleep later.

We'll have a short one now then.

Impulse control.

Find some.

I don't think they want us here.

Even if they don't want us,

they need to know we care enough to stay.

Make me a promise.

Don't ever let them do that to me.

Turn me to ashes and throw me to the wind.

That's all the care I want.

John.

I'm not sure the protocol.

There's no protocol now.

Ceremony's over.

I wish I'd known.

Grief isn't meant to be shared.

But comfort is.

They could use some now.

John...

This isn't the place but we do need to talk.

About what?

About the three hundred jobs you eliminated

when you canceled the airport project.

A lot of very unhappy people on the Reservation.

Can you meet me at the Capitol tomorrow?

I think you should meet me on the Reservation.

Show the people you care enough to visit.

I can do that.

I know how you feel.

I wished I didn't, but I do.

I buried a son right over there.

I remember.

Blaming yourself, aren't you?

Yeah, I did that, too.

Still do some days.

I'll tell you something I've never told anybody.

I had a brother for about eighteen hours.

His name was Peter.

He was born early,

and his little heart wasn't strong enough.

Not much they could do back in those days.

Not a lot they can do now.

So, they just gave him back to my mother.

The doctors hoped and we prayed and...

neither worked.

And it changed my mother. It hardened her.

She never... she never tried to have children again.

Years later, I was grown and Lee had just been born.

Both my parents are looking at him, taking turns holding him.

And my father got white as a ghost,

looked at my mother and said,

"Peter lived a perfect life.

"All he saw of this planet was you

and all he knew was you loved him."

That boy lived a perfect life, Monica.

We're the only ones who know it was brief.

All he knew was you and that you loved him.

Thank you.

Named him after me.

I did.

Means more than you'll ever know, son.

I know what it means.

Yeah.

Hang on to this.

Even if you don't use it,

now is not the time to stop drawing a paycheck.

I'll find someone to take your place

if that's what you want.

It's what I want.

Looks like you got tossed off one.

Just been digging graves.

Horses go in the field, you know that.

Yeah, I know but they wanted it beside the boy.

Didn't figure you'd say no.

They say why?

My guess is the boy has something to ride into Heaven.

Uh, the Poison Creek outfit, they reached out,

they're short handed to brand.

They wanted our help so, if you're all right with it,

go over there tomorrow.

When are we starting?

Well, next week.

You plan on being here, don't you?

I mean, it's not my place to...

- I'll be here. - All right.

Park Rangers came and asked me

some question about wolves that held up here.

You know anything about that?

Mm. They pulled down a cow,

and I asked Ryan to go out and shoot 'em.

He shot the ones with the damn collars on 'em.

I was worried that it was going to cause you a problem

so I tried to outsmart 'em and I guess I didn't.

So, I'm sorry, sir.

Where are the wolves now?

In a place that nobody will ever find them.

Horses in heaven.

Mm-hm. That's the best I could figure it.

Wouldn't that be something?

♪ Well, in you ♪

♪ The good I'll do Good I'll do, oh ♪

♪ The good I'll do ♪

♪ The way the grass smells At night ♪

♪ And you've got flames All in your eyes ♪

♪ As they reflect the sparkler ♪

♪ And you say we'll never die ♪

♪ Grab me by the hands Just as callused as I am ♪

♪ Say your proud ♪

♪ Well, there's blue jeans in the driveway ♪

♪ And you're walking Inside sideways ♪

♪ The wine always affects you In beautiful kind ways ♪

♪ Ask me if I'm staying And I say that I'm ♪

♪ Sleeping on the floor ♪

♪ Won't you tell me that you need me ♪

♪ 'Cause lately I've been Needing someone to remind me ♪

♪ I'm worth more than Just an evening ♪

♪ I awoke to kitchen smoke, You dancin' ♪

♪ Like God's moved In you before ♪

♪ Well, in you ♪

♪ The good I'll do Good I'll do, oh ♪

♪ Good I'll do ♪

♪ Well, in you ♪

♪ I'm new, I'm new Oh, how I'm new ♪

♪ Look in my eyes ♪

♪ I don't wanna to hide ♪

♪ I've been waiting for you All damn night ♪

I know but he's gotta go somewhere.

♪ Sundress, I'll undress With nails on your skin ♪

♪ Turning white ♪

♪ Getting high out in Austin Drunk in Tennessee ♪

♪ I don't care where I am As long as you're with me ♪

♪ Those boys downtown talk So much shit when I leave ♪

Good job, Reese.

♪ Well, in you ♪

♪ The good I'll do Good I'll do, oh ♪

♪ The good I'll do ♪

♪ 'Cause in you ♪

♪ I'm new, I'm new Oh, how I'm new ♪

♪ The way the grass smells At night ♪

♪ And you've got flames All in your eyes ♪

♪ As they reflect the sparkler ♪ Whoo!

♪ And you say we'll never die ♪

♪ Grab me by the hands Just as callused as I am ♪

♪ Say your proud ♪

So how many are y'all running this year?

Bout the same as last year.

But we won't add any yearlings this year though.

Not with diesel prices and corn.

- No. - Shit.

When this finally makes it to the butcher shop,

it's gonna sting.

It's good to see your boy back.

It's just for the summer.

He graduated, got a job in Boise.

But my daughter wants to stay.

We'll see if I can make a cowboy out of her

shit-for-brains husband.

Only thing he seems to like making is babies.

Is that right?

World sure is shrinking where you are.

It's good to see that airport squashed.

That ain't gonna change nothing, Delbert.

I mean, shit, it might slow it down a bit.

At least the world hasn't found out about this place yet.

It breaks my heart to think of the world we're leaving them.

Breaks my heart, too.

Hell, I don't even have any kids.

Higgins.

What took you so long?

I've only been Governor a week.

I see you survived.

- Thank you. - Well, there's a catch.

A catch?

Yeah, it's a supervised release for six months.

Supervised by who?

You're looking at him.

So, you release me from prison just to kidnap me?

More or less. Need your help.

With what?

Help me understand you.

Help me understand the way you think.

What do I get in return?

You just got it. Get in.

- Where am I staying? - With me.

I'm no political strategist

but granting clemency to a woman you're shacking up with

in the Governor's mansion lends itself to some negative press.

At the ranch.

Oh, great. With your bi-polar sociopathic daughter?

She's hardly ever there.

So you know, I just went a year without sex,

which is the longest I've gone since the first time I had it,

and I'm still not fucking you.

Oh, God.

Our relationship will be purely professional.

Let her in.

Miss Atwood.

Oh, come on. It's Sarah. Have a seat.

I took the liberty of ordering us a bottle of Rosé.

I hope you don't mind.

Well, can't say I've ever had it.

Oh. Well the French,

they drink it like water in the summer.

Try it.

It's refreshing.

It's nice.

What?

Oh, I'm just trying to decide

the best path forward.

How do we manage this?

How do we as a company, recover?

How do we save face?

But most importantly, how do we reverse his decision?

Either reverse his decision or get our money back.

I mean, the state is facing a multi-billion dollar lawsuit

and you know it.

You won't win.

With some of the most vital elements

of your development now in a Conservation Easement,

the argument is moot.

We don't have to win.

We just need to keep it in the news long enough

to assassinate your father's reputation

and choose a politician to support as the next governor.

Hm.

I'm getting ahead of myself.

The purpose of this dinner was to seek a soft landing.

Not to threaten positions.

Let's figure out if we can even get along first.

Are you hungry?

Not really.

Mm-mm. Me neither.

I've had enough of this fruity shit.

[deep breath

Do you want to go to the bar?

Sure.

Oh, that's not funny.

Then why are you laughing?

I'm laughing because I'm uncomfortable.

You're uncomfortable because you find it funny.

I'm dreading arguing with you in court.

You should. You should.

Yeah?

How the hell are you still single?

Well...

when you live on a ranch an hour from town...

an hour from anything...

You don't live on a ranch anymore.

Hm. No, I don't.

I'm feeling a little irresponsible.

Hm.

I'm starting to feel that way myself, too.

Oh.

Take me somewhere and prove it.

♪ But you know I've always been ♪

Follow me.

Okay. I don't hear anybody.

Wow.

This way.

- You... - No.

This is what I call a fucking bathroom.

Wait. Wait...

Who cares? Let him listen.

What are you doing?

Nothing, baby. Just thinking.

Maybe you should think about something different.

I'd love to. But... it ain't gonna happen.

Go back to sleep.

Who is this bitch?

Yeah, not her real name.

What a surprise.

Our Justice system is in a state of utter collapse, huh?

And to think of all the hard work I did to put you in prison.

And think of all the hard work I'm doing to stay out.

And I do mean hard.

I'll pick you up some Doxycycline when I'm in town

to kill whatever funk your snatch caught in the clink.

Mm. Thanks. Could you also get me a toothbrush?

I hate to keep using yours.

Oh, well. Back to work.

I am not starting this day sober.

Next time on Yellowstone...

John: First Duttons to settle this valley...

fighting was all they knew.

She is not gonna help you, Dad.

You have invited your worst enemy to sleep in your bed.

Market Equities or its partners.

We can do whatever we want.

They want the land, Dad.

That is all that you need to understand.

Cowards rule the world these days, Rip.

I think it's time we showed them what we do and how we do it.