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WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?

IT'S MORNING, PA.

MORNING?

YEAH. OH, IT'S EASY TO BE UP AND DOING IT IF YOU'RE NOT

GALLIVANTING AROUND TILL ALL HOURS.

WELL, SON, EVERY NIGHT IS A BARN DANCE. WHAT TIME IS IT?

4 O'CLOCK.

EVEN AT 5 O'CLOCK, IT USUALLY TAKES A GOOD POKE WITH

A SPUR TO GET YOU UP. [YAWNING] WHAT MAKES YOU SO BUSHY-TAILED

TODAY?

I'M JUST CLEANING MY RIFLE.

AH, EVEN FROM HERE I CAN SEE YOU'VE GOT TOO MUCH OIL IN THAT

SIGHT. YOU'LL GET A GLARE.

OH. UM, PA, YOU--YOU WERE OUT SO LATE AND ALL LAST NIGHT,

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TELL YOU.

WHAT?

OLD SPIKE'S BACK.

WHO?

OLD SPIKE, THAT 8-POINT BUCK I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.

OH, YEAH, HE TURNS UP EVERY YEAR, ABOUT THIS TIME.

I SAW A SPUR IN THE CREEK, WELL, HE REALLY SUNK IN IT. WHY,

I BET HE DRESSES OUT ABOUT 140 POUNDS?

YOU'RE GONNA SHOOT HIM WITH THAT .22?

YUP.

HOW NEAR DO YOU FIGURE TO GET TO HIM?

OH, 50, 75 FEET.

DO YOU THINK HE'LL LET YOU GET THAT CLOSE?

OH, HE'LL LET ME, ALRIGHT.

YEAR BEFORE LAST I WAS TRACKING HIM, JUST FOR PRACTICE. WELL,

HE--HE DOUBLED BACK ON ME, CHASED ME UP A TREE, BUT I

DIDN'T HAVE MY RIFLE THEN. THIS YEAR IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT.

WELL, 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, I'M GOING BACK TO BED,

SON. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR HUNTING.

FOR 4 YEARS NOW, HE'S BEEN COMING AND STRUTTING AROUND IN

THESE HILLS. HE LOOKS DOWN ON ME AND SNORTS, ALMOST AS IF TO SAY,

"GO HOME, KID, SEND YOUR PA, AND I'LL TAKE HIM ON." THAT SON OF A

A GUN'S BEEN INSULTING ME FOR TOO LONG.

INSULTING YOU?

JUST BY BEING ALIVE.

HE'S JUST SUCH A SMART ALECK, HE GETS IN MY CRAW. YOU--YOU

NEVER SEEN HIM COZ HE'S AFRAID OF YOU. HE RESPECTS YOU, BUT

THIS YEAR IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT. I GOT MY RIFLE NOW,

AND I'M GONNA GET HIM IN MY SIGHTS, LINE HIM UP, PULL THE

TRIGGER, AND HE'S GONNA COME DOWN.

TRIGGER, AND HE'S GONNA COME DOWN.

YOU'RE STILL UPSET?

AND WHY SHOULD I BE ANGRY WITH THE LIKES OF YOU?

MMM, YOU GAVE A GOOD IMITATION OF IT LAST NIGHT.

YOU MUST HAVE DANCED WITH EVERY GIRL THERE!

AH.

HOLD THIS. DID YOU HAVE ANY BREAKFAST?

AH, JUST COFFEE. MARK MADE IT AT 4 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.

4 O'CLOCK?

HE WANTED TO GET HIS CHORES DONE EARLY SO HE COULD GO OUT

HUNTING.

AH, THE NEW RIFLE. GUESS HE WANTS TO PROVE HOW GOOD HE IS.

YEAH, HE'S TRYING TO PROVE SOMETHING, ALRIGHT.

BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MARSHAL, IT MIGHT BE A

GOOD IDEA. HE'S THE ONE WHO'S UPSET.

WHY?

DON'T YOU REMEMBER?

OH, THE BULLFROG IN HIS SHIRT LAST NIGHT? I DIDN'T DO

THAT, LOU, NILS DID.

TRY TO CONVINCE THE MARSHAL OF THAT. HIS DIGNITY'S RUFFLED.

WELL, HE LOOKED LIKE A WHIRLING DERVISH LAST NIGHT

TILL THEY GOT THAT FROG OUT, DIDN'T HE? YOU SAY IT STILL

BOTHERS HIM? WELL, THEN, I THINK I'LL JUST GO OVER AND NEEDLE HIM

A BIT.

WELL, GOOD MORNING, MARSHAL.

MORNING, LUCAS.

QUITE A PARTY LAST NIGHT.

YEAH, I SUPPOSE IT WAS, FOR SOME.

YOU REALLY THAT UPSET OVER AN OLD BULLFROG? YOU SHOULDA

SEEN YOURSELF LAST NIGHT, HOPPING AROUND LIKE A...CAT WITH

HIS FOOT IN A PAPER BAG.

VERY FUNNY. COME ON IN HERE AND HOLD THIS WHILE I GET A

HAMMER.

ALRIGHT, GROUCHY.

WELL, YOU REALLY THINK I DID IT.

POINT OF LAW, MICAH. IS PUTTING A BULLFROG DOWN A MARSHAL'S

BACK A MISDEMEANOR OR A FELONY?

NEITHER.

WELL, THEN YOU BETTER LET ME OUT OF HERE OR I'LL SUE YOU FOR

FALSE ARREST 'CAUSE I DID NOT DO IT.

YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT THE FROG, LUCAS, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T

DO IT.

REEF JACKSON'S IN TOWN.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I KNOW, AND I KNOW JUST HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT HIM. I'VE GOTTA

KEEP YOU HERE, LUCAS, TILL I FIND JACKSON AND GET HIM OUTTA

TOWN.

GIVE ME THOSE KEYS, MICAH.

SORRY.

MICAH, COME BACK HERE!

COME BACK HERE, MICAH. MICAH!

Lady: HARRY?

YES, MA'AM.

I THINK I'LL GO OUT FOR A WHILE. WILL YOU TAKE CARE OF

THINGS FOR ME?

SURE WILL, MISS MALLORY.

I'LL BE AT THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IF YOU NEED ME FOR

ANYTHING.

ALRIGHTY.

MICAH? MICAH, DID YOU AND LUCAS MAKE-- MAKE UP?

I CAN SEE THAT YOU DIDN'T.

WELL, I MUST SAY YOU'RE NOT BEING A VERY GOOD SPORT ABOUT

IT. AFTER ALL, YOU AND NILS HAD YOUR FUN LAST NIGHT. THE LEAST

YOU CAN DO IS LET MICAH HAVE HIS TODAY.

YEAH. YEAH, LOU, I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT. UH, YOU KNOW I

HAVE AN IDEA HOW YOU AND I COULD SWITCH THIS JOKE ON MICAH.

HOW?

WELL, YOU GET THE KEYS FOR ME OUT OF HIS DRAWER AND LET ME

OUT. HE'LL HAVE A...FIT WHEN HE FINDS ME GONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD OR NOT, THE WAY YOU WERE DANCING

WITH THOSE GIRLS LAST NIGHT.

COME ON, LOU.

HURRY UP.

WHAT'S YOUR HURRY, LUCAS?

LOU, COME ON.

MICAH'LL NEVER TRUST THIS JAIL AGAIN UNTIL HE FINDS OUT

HOW YOU GOT OUT OF HERE.

THAT'S THE JOKE.

LUCAS, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.

LOU, DID ANYBODY CHECK INTO YOUR HOTEL THIS MORNING?

NO. MICAH WANTED TO KNOW THE SAME THING. WHO ARE YOU LOOKING

FOR?

ASK MICAH.

[WHISTLING] HEY, GOOD MORNING, LUCAS.

SAY, YOU'RE SURE UP EARLY, CONSIDERING WHAT TIME YOU GOT

HOME LAST NIGHT.

YEAH, NILS-- DID YOU SEE MICAH THIS

MORNING?

YEAH, I SAW HIM.

HE'S NOT MAD OR ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BULLFROG I PUT DOWN

HIS SHIRT LAST NIGHT, IS HE?

WELL, HE WASN'T EXACTLY DANCING A JIG, BUT HE'LL GET

OVER IT. NILS, UH, DID ANYBODY RIDE INTO TOWN THIS MORNING?

DID ANYBODY RIDE INTO TOWN?

SURE, YOU RODE IN, I RODE IN, SWEENEY RODE IN--

I MEAN STRANGERS, NILS!

YEAH, A LITTLE SKINNY GUY, WOULDN'T WEIGH 100 POUNDS WITH A

POCKET FULL OF ROCKS. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY SPECIAL.

I'M LOOKING FOR REEF JACKSON.

OH, YOU HAD THAT SAME LOOK OF HATE ON YOUR FACE THE FIRST TIME

YOU TOLD ME ABOUT HIM. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK REEF'S IN TOWN?

I HEARD.

LUCAS, I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO, BUT

IF YOU GO THROUGH WITH IT, YOU MAY REGRET IT. YOU LEAVE THAT

RIFLE WITH ME TILL YOU COOL OFF.

DID YOU SEE JACKSON?

NO. LUCAS!

LOU?

HELLO, MICAH.

HAVE YOU SEEN LUCAS?

YEAH, I SAW HIM THIS MORNING WHEN HE FIRST RODE INTO TOWN.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE?

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

I'LL SAY THERE IS. I...HAD HIM IN JAIL AND HE...GOT AWAY.

WELL, THEN, WASN'T THAT A BIT DRASTIC IN VIEW OF THE

CIRCUMSTANCES?

WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES?

WELL, IT WAS ALL DONE IN THE SPIRIT OF FUN.

OH, YOU--YOU MEAN THAT THING ABOUT THE FROG? OH, THAT'S ALL

FORGOTTEN. ANYWAY, LUCAS DIDN'T DO THAT, NILS DID.

THEN WHY WAS LUCAS IN JAIL?

THERE'S A MAN NAMED REEF JACKSON IN TOWN. LUCAS HATES HIM

MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THE WHOLE WORLD, AND WITH JUST CAUSE. IF

HE FINDS HIM BEFORE I DO, HE'LL KILL HIM IN COLD BLOOD, AND I

WOULDN'T CONDEMN HIM FOR IT, BUT A JURY MIGHT NOT FEEL THE SAME

WAY ABOUT HIM. SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE HIM.

MICAH, I DID SEE HIM.

I TURNED HIM LOOSE.

MICAH? MICAH, LISTEN TO ME.

I THOUGHT IT WAS THAT SILLY BULLFROG THING AGAIN. IT WAS TO

BE ANOTHER JOKE.

IT'S NO JOKE, LOU.

WE GOTTA FIND HIM.

YEAH. YEAH.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THAT?

NOTHING, I HOPE.

WHO IS THIS MAN JACKSON?

AN OLD FRIEND OF LUCAS. LOOKS JUST LIKE HIM, SO I UNDERSTAND.

UNDERSTAND? YOU MEAN YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM?

NOPE.

WELL, THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW HE'S IN NORTH FORK?

I DON'T, BUT I CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE. AN UNSIGNED TELEGRAM

CAME ADDRESSED TO LUCAS LATE LAST NIGHT SAYING REEF WOULD BE

IN TOWN TODAY. TELEGRAPHER SHOWED IT TO ME, AND I TOLD HIM

NOT TO DELIVER IT. WELL, I'M GONNA GO LOOK FOR LUCAS, AND I

HOPE I DON'T HEAR A RIFLE SHOT BEFORE I FIND HIM.

HOPE I DON'T HEAR A RIFLE SHOT BEFORE I FIND HIM.

HELLO, LUCAS.

GRANNY, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE BACKSIDE OF YOUR OWN

SPECTACLES. HOW'D YOU KNOW IT WAS ME?

BOY, I CAN HEAR A FLY CAT-WALKIN' ACROSS THE SWATCH OF

VELVET AND TELL YOU WHETHER SHE'S A BLUEBOTTLE OR A HORSE.

MY NEPHEW AIN'T HERE.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M LOOKING FOR REEF?

ONLY REASON YOU EVER COME TO CALL, SEE IF I HEARD FROM HIM.

AIN'T.

I HEARD HE WAS IN TOWN.

THAT'S MORE THAN I HEARD.

YOU STILL FIXIN' TO KILL HIM?

BLOOD'S THICKER THAN BEET JUICE, LUCAS, BUT I DON'T HOLD WITH

THAT BOY. I DON'T HOLD WITH YOU NEITHER. I MIND BACK IN

OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, WHEN THE MARK OF THE DEVIL WAS ON BOTH OF

YOU. SEEN YOU ONE MORNING DIGGING AN IRRIGATION DITCH.

THEN YOU LAID DOWN YOUR SHOVELS AND HAD A FIST FIGHT FOR OVER AN

HOUR. THEN YOU SMILED, THREW SOME WATER ON EACH OTHER AND...

WENT BACK TO DIGGIN'.

I REMEMBER A DIFFERENT TIME.

FROM WHAT I HEARD, I CAN UNDERSTAND YOU WANTING TO PUT

REEF UNDER, BUT I AIN'T HEARD REEF'S SIDE OF THE STORY. THESE

PAST 10 YEARS, HE'S BEEN TOO BUSY RUNNING.

IF THERE IS A SIDE TO HIS STORY, WHY IS HE RUNNING?

MAYBE HE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO KILL YOU, LUCAS.

TRY AND THAT'S A MISTAKE HE'S ALREADY MADE. HE WOULDN'T BE

BACK THERE IN THAT BARN, WOULD HE?

I SAID HE WASN'T HERE.

MIND IF I TAKE A LOOK?

YOU THINK I'M LYING?

LIKE YOU SAID, GRANNY, BLOOD'S THICKER THAN BEET JUICE.

GO AHEAD.

[RUSTLING] FIND ANYTHING?

A BARN OWL.

GUESS THAT OLD BARN OWL DON'T TRUST YOU NO MORE THAN YOU TRUST

ME. PEOPLE LIKE ME, THE LESS WE HAVE, THE PROUDER WE ARE ABOUT

WHAT WE GOT. I AIN'T GOT TWO QUARTERS TO RUB TOGETHER, BUT AT

LEAST I ALWAYS GOT TOOK AT MY WORD, UP TO NOW. NOW I--I

RECKON I AIN'T GOT THAT NEITHER.

GRANNY, MY MISTRUST DOESN'T MAKE YOU ANY LESS A FINE WOMAN.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO REEF JACKSON, I WOULDN'T TRUST A

PREACHER WHEN HE SAID AMEN.

WILL YOU LET ME KNOW IF REEF TURNS UP?

WILL YOU LET ME KNOW IF REEF TURNS UP?

[RINGS BELL] LUCAS! I CAN SEE YOU HAVEN'T

SIMMERED DOWN.

NOT TILL I FIND WHO I'M LOOKING FOR. ANYBODY NEW

REGISTER YET?

NO.

DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?

LETTING YOU OUT OF JAIL WAS NO JOKE, WAS IT?

DID MICAH LAUGH?

NO!

THEN I GUESS IT WASN'T.

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO KILL REEF JACKSON?

DIDN'T MICAH TELL YOU THAT, TOO?

ONLY THAT YOU HAD TO, NOT WHY.

[SLAMS BOOK SHUT] ALRIGHT, LOU, I'LL TELL YOU

WHY. REEF JACKSON, MY BEST FRIEND, ONCE SHOT ME IN THE

BACK, LEFT ME TO DIE AND TRIED TO STEAL MY WIFE. THAT'S RIGHT,

HE PUT A SLUG IN MY BACK AND HATRED IN MY HEART. YOU WANT THE

DETAILS? NO, I DIDN'T THINK SO.

LUCAS MCCAIN, YOU DON'T OWN YOURSELF! YOU BELONG TO MARK,

AND MAYBE JUST A LITTLE TO ME.

AND I DON'T WANNA SEE YOU DEAD BY REEF JACKSON'S BULLET, OR AT

THE END OF A ROPE IF YOU KILL HIM. THERE'S A SAYING IN THE OLD

COUNTRY, "HATE IS LIKE LIGHTNING, BLUE-WHITE, AND THEN

IT'S BRIGHT RED LIKE FIRE, BUT DON'T LET IT CONSUME YOU."

MR. MCCAIN, GRANNY MEDE SAYS IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO COME.

THANKS, SON.

HE'S DOWN IN THE BARN. GOT IN ABOUT A HALF-HOUR AGO. LUCAS, HE

TOLD ME HIS SIDE OF THE STORY.

LUCAS?

CHANGED, HAVEN'T YOU, LUCAS?

THE MCCAIN I KNEW WOULD HAVE PULLED THAT TRIGGER AND

BEEN CLEANING THE RIFLE BY NOW.

I HEARD YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR YEARS.

WELL, HERE I AM.

LET'S GET AT IT.

I'LL MAKE IT AS EASY FOR YOU AS IT WAS FOR ME.

WELL, AREN'T YOU GONNA SHOOT?

I WOULDN'T SHOOT A PIG IN THE BACK.

NO, I GUESS YOU WOULDN'T.

LUCAS, YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS, BUT WHEN MARGARET DIED, I LOST

AS MUCH AS YOU DID. EXCEPT I NEVER HAD HER. ALRIGHT, YOU'VE

BEEN LOOKING FOR ME, YOU FOUND ME. SO LET'S GET THIS SHOOTIN'

OVER BEFORE IT'S SO LATE THAT WE WAKE UP THE PEOPLE. WELL, WHAT

ARE YOU STARING AT? GO ON AND SHOOT! YOU WANNA GET A BETTER

LOOK? YOU WANNA SEE WHAT 10 YEARS OF RUNNING AND JUMPING AT

SHADOWS WILL DO?

REMEMBER HOW I WAS, LUCAS?

STRONG AS YOU, 10 POUNDS HEAVIER AND A YEAR YOUNGER.

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME? WHY AM I LIKE THIS AND YOU'RE STILL LIKE

THAT?

I'M NOT A MAN ANYMORE! I'M JUST A BARREL OF PAIN AND FEAR, AND I

WANNA DIE. YOU'VE GOT EVERY REASON IN THE WORLD TO USE THAT

RIFLE, DO IT!

LUCAS, YOU GOTTA DO IT! YOU KNOW I CAN'T KILL MYSELF! YOU'RE NOT

GONNA LET AN OLD FRIEND JUST ROT AWAY A...STAB AT A TIME.

I'M SORRY, REEF, I CAN'T HELP YOU.

LUCAS, COME BACK!

COME BACK!

YOU KNEW I COULDN'T KILL HIM, DIDN'T YOU, GRANNY?

YOU KNEW I COULDN'T KILL HIM, DIDN'T YOU, GRANNY?

EVENING, SON.

HELLO, PA.

YOU--YOU HUNGRY? I CAN GET SOME SIDE OF MEAT OR SOMETHING.

I JUST WANNA GO TO BED.

I--I'M KINDA OF TIRED, TOO.

THAT 8-POINT BUCK GET AWAY FROM YOU?

NO, I--I FOUND HIM.

COULDN'T YOU GET CLOSE ENOUGH?

I GOT WITHIN 50 FEET OF HIM.

WHAT HAPPENED? GET NERVOUS?

NO, I WAS AS STEADY AS A ROCK.

WELL, DON'T TELL ME YOU DIDN'T LOAD YOUR RIFLE.

NO, IT WAS LOADED, PA.

I JUST-- JUST WHAT?

I JUST DECIDED MAYBE I--I'VE BEEN AFTER HIM FOR TOO LONG.

I WANTED HIM TILL I GOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET HIM, THEN I SAW

HIM UP CLOSE. HE WASN'T LIKE I THOUGHT HE'D BE. HE--HE WAS

SORT OF RAUNCHY-LOOKIN', AND-- AND PATCHES OF HAIR OUT OF HIM.

HE--HE SAW ME, HE--HE LOOKED RIGHT AT ME, BUT HIS EYES WERE

SORT OF TIRED LIKE--LIKE AS IF HE WERE TRYING TO SAY,

"YOU WANNA WIN? WELL, THEN GO AHEAD AND SHOOT, COZ--COZ

IT MEANS AN AWFUL LOT TO YOU TO WIN AND--AND IT MEANS NOTHING

TO ME TO LOSE."

SO YOU DECIDED NOT TO SHOOT HIM, TOO?

I GUESS THAT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO YOU, DOES IT, PA?

MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, SON.

A WHOLE LOT.