All language subtitles for The Rifleman S04E28 Day of Reckoning

I see the two cattle barons
are back from the big city.

We got 18 dollars a head,
micah.

Well, that's a pretty good
price for beef these days.

You get all 20 head safe
to the market, lucas?

Uh-huh. No trouble at all.

Thanks for cuttin' your trip
short.

When are you leavin' for the
marshals' convention. Tonight?

Now that you're back,
right after church.

Well, we're headin' that way
now, sit with us?

My pleasure.

I hope you don't mind the town
council votin' on a new preacher

While you were gone.

He an' his son arrived sooner
than expected.

That's fine with me, I'll always
go along with the major-

You, uh, know preacher jamison?

Micah, did this man tell you
anything about himself?

He did. We took into
consideration

He was outside the law
for a spell, but, uh,

He served his time in prison an'
paid his debt to society.

Did he tell you how he rode
the oklahoma border?

Burnin' out settlers, stealin'
their lands, dishin' out misery

For so many dollars he could
spend in a saloon?

What I did in a wild youth
was inexcusable,

An' all I can do is ask
forgiveness for those I hurt.

Whatever may have been done to
you, I ask your forgiveness.

Forgiveness. Did you tell
them everything, jamison?

How you were hunted like
an animal

After you grew too old an' slow?

After you lost your nerve
with a gun?

Now you finally had no place
to turn to,

No more rocks to crawl under.

Is that the only way you can get
a peaceful night's sleep?

Hidin' behind that collar?!

Micah: Lucas!

Jamison, I swore I'd kill you
if I ever-

Lucas!

That was a fine sermon,
mr. Jamison.

Thank you, marshal,
I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Some of the townsfolk will
be working on the rectory

This afternoon.

We're tryin' to hurry you outta
that hotel room an' into a...

Fit house for you an'
your son.

Thank you, again. An' good day.

Good day.

Mark, I'm sorry you had
to witness

What happened at the
church.

I understand, pa.

You had a good reason

For talkin to mr. Jamison
like that.

Must have been nearly
25 years ago,

Jamison rode the oklahoma
border country

Before there was any law.

He'd do anything to force
a farmer out.

Anything short of killing.
He was too smart for that.

I remember you tellin' me
once h-

How you watched your
own pa's farm burn.

The house, an' barns,
an' fields.

A lifetime o' my pa's work.

When he died, my pa was
an unhappy man.

The army finally came in an' put
an end to jamison's raids.

Pa, I'm not takin' mr. Jamison's
part, but- wh-

But maybe he's really sorry
for all that he's done.

Mark, it's more than what he's
done! It's the hypocrisy-

Micah, how could you an'
the town council

Be taken in by jamison?

It's still a question of whether
we were taken in, I'd say.

Well, there's no question
in my mind,

Jamison is nothing but a coward
hidin' behind the cloth.

I was just tellin' him,
when you cooled down,

You'd be the first to say a man
has a right to another chance.

Oh, now wait a minute, micah.

If he'd come into north fork
to open up a general store,

To buy a piece o' land
an' farm it,

You wouldn't hear one word
from me.

Every man out of prison has
a right to a fresh start,

But to use the church-

Do you think your feelings
about the preacher

Will have an effect on your work
as a deputy while I'm gone?

Why would it?

Because he's a citizen,
like everybody else,

An' he deserves your protection.

Now look, micah, I despise
the ground jamison walks on.

From now on, mark an' I will go
to the marinette church.

But I'll treat jamison just like
anybody else,

As long as I'm wearin' your
badge, all right?

That's good enough for me.

An' I hope by the time
I get back,

Your opinion of him will
change a little.

Bye, mark.

Mark: Have a good trip, micah.

Stay away from that redeye
at the convention.

Three drinks at convention
is my limit now.

Well, what d'you know?

There he is, brother charley,
jus' like we've been told.

Runnin' himself
another church again.

You reckon he's wearin'
a gun yet?

I've told you, I no longer
carry a gun.

Now, I wonder why that'd be.

I hear a man has a...
Powerful likin' for a gun.

All of a sudden figurin' he's
better off not wearin' one!

Well, maybe he figures that
wearin' that turnabout collar

Makes him a whole lot safer.

Is that right, mr. Jamison?

Why do you follow me?

Uh, well, we got business
here. Peaceful business.

I guess you might sort o' call
us, uh, goodwill ambassadors.

You see, we come into town
an' sort o' tell folks

All about their new preacher.

Oh, that church is gonna
be so empty

When we get through givin'
our sermon.

Can't you leave my son
an' me live in peace?

Why, sure, preacher.

Now, all you gotta do is strap
on a gun one time...

An' you'll see the last
of us.

But he ain't gonna be able
to see much

With a foot o' dirt
over his eyes.

Now, we'll be back later,
preacher,

Soon as we have some
refreshments.

You won't go away,
now, will you?

Well, it's a nice day.

Mark, when you finish your
lunch,

Bring me back a sandwich,
please?

All right.

I see we've got visitors.

Who are they, pa?

Uh, the breen brothers,
a couple o' vultures.

Tryin' to build up a reputation
as gun hands

But being mighty sure their man
is either old or sick,

Or has a bounty on 'im, so they
can shoot 'im in the back.

You run along.

Brother willie, we got
a visitor.

What do you boys want
in north fork?

Well, marshal, we're just in
town for the day.

Right now, we had intentions
of goin' in here

An' gettin' ourselves a drink.

Can't say that's any way for
the town lawman to greet a guy.

Well, I'm... Givin' you two
fair warning.

Don't try an' notch your guns
while you are in north fork.

Marshal, me an' my brother
charley,

We're just peaceful men,
goin' our peaceful way.

Your way better be peaceful.

Right up until the time
you ride out.

Don't you two ever take a bath?

Seems like the kind o' marshal
that gets mad over nothin'.

Way he's talkin', maybe he's
taken the preacher's side.

Brother charley, the marshal
always stays

On the side of the law.

Now, the law ain't gonna
worry us none

If we get that preacher riled up
enough to come gunnin' for us.

I'm kinda gettin' tired
of waitin'

For the preacher to get
riled up.

Well, maybe we've been goin'
at him wrong.

Maybe we oughta do something
today to make the fur fly, huh?

I hope you don't mind me comin'
in like this, mr. Mccain.

What do you want, boy?

Why, I don't right know,
I guess.

Maybe I do, but I just
don't know just how to say it.

You were gonna talk to me about
what happened this mornin'.

I wanna say I'm sorry.

The differences between
your pa an' me

Shouldn't have been
said in front of other people.

Well, that makes me feel
better, mr. Mccain.

I mean, better a little.

Mr. Mccain, I sure like this
town,

Havin' a real house to live in.

Since my ma died, we haven't
been living in real houses.

Did your pa send you over
here to talk to me?

Oh, no, sir.

I'm supposed to be on an errand
to the livery stable.

Well, maybe you better get
on with that errand, boy.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Mccain?

When I grow up an' do something
bad, I mean,

If I do something bad,
will it always count against me?

No, of course not.

But it counts against my pa?
He's different?

Now, look here, boy,
I said I was sorry

About what happened this
morning.

I am, it- it won't happen
again.

I won't say another word
in this town about your father,

Good or bad.

But makin' believe he's not
even in town, well,

That's even worse than yellin'
things at him.

Don't you think you'd better
get on with that errand?

Somethin' the matter?

I don't know why your pa
has to be so mean.

Well, you got my pa all
wrong. It's not meanness.

I don't know what else
you'd call it then.

My pa wouldn't hurt anyone-

Maybe it's just because there
are some things he can't forget.

Well, lots of things were
done to my pa, mark.

He forgets.

Well, maybe they're different
things.

Some things you forget easier,

Other things are kinda hard
to forget.

Me an' my brother didn't
catch the sermon

This mornin', preacher.
What was it about?

I spoke on transgressions,

How an evil deed hurts the
doer more than the victim.

Transgressions, huh?

I guess you oughta know, first
hand about something like that.

I sure am sorry I missed your
sermon, preacher.

You got a real good
speaking voice.

Let's see, the last time
I heard it-

Must have been the time
you an' your boy

Run that shopkeeper
out of town.

I based my sermon on the
transgressions

Of my former life.

It served the dual purpose

Of tellin' the congregation
all about me.

That took real nerve.

Yes, sir, I really gotta hand it
to you, preacher.

I guess you told them about the
time you burned down

A land office an' then showed up
claiming people's land,

With a lot o' phoney deeds.

I omitted nothing.

It must have been a long
sermon.

I wonder if he told you
about how his boys stopped

The stage out at tucson,
an' left two ladies for dead!

An' then him an' his boys
rode away.

I wonder if he did that.

I know nothing about any
stage hold-up.

Oh, you just must have
forgot, preacher.

Driver said it was you
personally dragged

Those women out of the stage.

That's a lie!

Well, I guess he told you
folks about the old man

His boys hung from a barn
rafter!

I wonder if he told you that
the old man was still alive

When they set fire to the barn.

W- wait! Wait! These are
all lies!

I've never taken a human life.

If these things were true,

Do you think the law would
permit me to be free?

Wait, please.

They told lies.
Those men told lies.

I'm sure they did. Come on!

Oh, preacher, we thought
you'd told them everythin'.

You saw the truth couldn't
destroy me, so you lied!

What town are you gonna
go to next, preacher?

You know, willie, it seems
to me that a man

O' real godly ways would
save us the trouble

O' always looking high
an' low for 'im.

How about it, preacher?

A showdown here?

Or are we gonna have to chase
you to another town?

There are no other towns!

I hope he goes an' puts
on his gun.

Then we got a right to
protect ourselves, ain't we?

He'll be wearin' a gun
all right this time.

His spineless back is right
up against the wall.

Hey, I seen the marshals,
kid, go over to the office.

That's good. That's good.

With the preacher comin' at us,

An' the marshal takin' his side,
that puts us in the right.

Yeah, you get ready to...
Handle the marshal, huh?

Awful things, pa!

They just kept on talkin', an'
talkin, an' you could tell

They were all lies,
the way they said 'em.

But- but everyone seem
to believe it.

Jamison, I'm sorry about
the breens,

I'll run 'em outta town.

No, let them be.

They speak from ignorance,
their words can't hurt me.

Lies never can.

But your words- your silence
that's destroying me.

Mark, aaron, you better
wait outside. Go on, boys.

Jamison, there's one thing
standin' between you an' me.

You're a fraud. You're a coward
hidin' behind that cloth!

That's not so!

You proved it in tucson the day
that old man came after you

With a gun, when you threw
away your own gun,

An' begged for your life.

That's not the whole story!

Can you deny it's true?!

It's true that I didn't have-

You know it's true!

It's true I didn't have the
strength to hold a gun

Because a strange thing
happened!

I saw an old man coming at me,

An old man who couldn't
even handle a gun!

An old man who was a moment
away from death!

And I saw myself.

I saw myself, and from that
day forward,

I found myself becoming a part
of every person that I met!

Feeling their hurt, and their
joy, if I said an unkind word,

I felt the hurt of it, as though
the word was spoken to me.

Right now I can feel the torture
that's going through your mind.

Well, don't judge me, please,
let god do that!

Jamison, can you look me
in the eyes,

An' tell me it wasn't fear that
made you turn into a preacher?

I can't do that, because
I don't know myself.

You don't know
whether you're hiding

Behind that collar or not?

I don't!

I- I- it's possible that I
might be motivated by cowardice.

I pray each night that such
is not the case!

Why did you come to this town?

Why do you put me into
conflict with myself?

Believe in me. Give me
strength, come to my church!

Believe in you.

You don't know how much I wanna
believe in you, but jamison,

You don't even
believe in yourself.

Believe in me. For the love
of god, believe in me!

I've got to have somebody's
faith to hold onto.

I'm wondering in darkness.

Help me, I've got to have some
time to prove myself.

Please, give me a little time.

Jamison, if you stay in north
fork,

The people will come back
to you.

They'll realize those
men lied.

But as for myself, I can never
listen to a man

I doubt preachin' a sermon.

Especially a man that doubts
himself. I understand.

I... Guess this is the end
of the line for me.

Well, perhaps it wouldn't
matter so much if...

Only I knew the
truth about myself.

Pa?

Aaron, I've been doin' a lot of
thinkin' about your father.

A coward would never wonder
if he's a coward.

Takes a brave man to say
he isn't sure,

Brave and an honest man.

My pa sure is honest,
mr. Mccain.

Everything he says,

You just know it's comin'
from way inside of him.

Son, I'm goin' over to talk
to your father now.

He's a lot bigger man
than he thinks he is.

There's only one of them
there, pa.

Boys, stay back.

See you kinda lost your collar
there, preacher!

I've taken it off,
I'll no longer wear it.

Well, er, I reckon that's
enough for us, just, uh,

To see if you had the nerve
enough to wear a gun.

That's all you wanted?

You've got no intention
of calling me?

No, no. I, er, reckon just
seeing the collar off o' you

Is enough for us.

Pa!

Haven't you forgotten somethin',
mr. Jamison?

You're kind of undressed,
aren't you?

I broke my vow,
never to wear a gun.

That collar belongs on a
man of stronger faith than mine.

A little while ago, you asked
me not to judge you,

That it should be left to god.

Now you're tryin' to judge
yourself.

I won't ask you to shake my
hand, lucas.

Now. But sometime in the future,
I hope you'll do me the honor.

A few minutes back, I was
on my way over here

To ask you to
do the same thing.

Pa, everybody is going back to
work at the rectory,

And the ladies got some cake
there.

Won t be any left if we don't
get over.

Well, let's get over there.

It looks like we're finally
home.

Well, come on, let's get some
cake.

Okay, come on.

Well?