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They say everything's bigger in Texas.

Big open fields...

big cities...

big balls.

But what really makes Texas so big?

It's her heart.

My gosh, you're, like, here in Dallas!

Good morning. Let's go.

She exudes an undeniable strength

and determination to persevere.

I've been here many times, but only ever scratched the surface.

I feel like you should do this with your shirt off

and baby oil or somethin'.

But, this time, I've got one of my closest friends

and "Boondock Saints" co-star Sean Patrick Flanery

to show me what keeps Texas' big ol' heart beating strong.

Yeah!

All right, hit it!

Here we go! Yeah, baby!

That was crazy!

Before Daryl Dixon, I had a role as an Irish-Catholic vigilante.

I was a total F'ing badass.

But Murphy MacManus was nothing

without his twin brother, Connor,

played by my good friend Sean Patrick Flanery.

Sean's been in dozens of films and TV shows.

He's an author.

The guy even owns his own martial-arts school.

He's a Texas boy, born and raised.

He's ditched his L.A. life to move back here

to be closer to his family.

I'm meeting up with him at his place outside Houston,

where we're gonna ride to Dallas and he'll show me firsthand

what keeps him coming back to the great state of Texas.

Yeah! Texas!

Why are we so proud to be from Texas?

Well, where else is there to be from?

We like to cowboy up in Texas, you know?

We ain't got no room for bein' candy asses.

Texas has its own army. They're not messin' around.

So they're extremely independent.

They are the Lone Star State for a reason.

Self-reliance is something you'll find in any Texan.

They pull themselves up by their own boot straps

and, make their own way.

There's no place better.

Hey, bu-u-ddy. Nice.

People are on the ground.

In the closed guard technique, I teach you

how to prevent him from standing.

That looks pretty good, Harrison.

I'm exhausted just watching this.

Yo! What's up, brother? Yeah.

How you doin', man? How you doin', man?

All right. Good to see you, man.

You too. This is intense.

Did you drive all the way from Downtown?

I did, yeah. You want to throw a gi on, get choked?

Hell, no.

Hell, no. I...

I don't blame you, brother.

Hell, no. I don't blame you.

Let's grab some coffee, man. Let's take you inside.

I haven't seen your family in forever.

I mean, we met on "Boondock Saints," as well. Yeah.

No, we met before that. Did we? When?

Yeah. When?

Are you kidding me?! The auditioning process.

No. No. Wait. Tell me the story.

Is it something you can say on camera? Or no?

No. Really?

God, no. Okay. Never mind.

No, I can't say it. We'll talk about that later, then.

We will. This is juicy.

How long you been doing jiu-jitsu?

Man, now almost 20 years, brother.

Wow. Yeah.

I remember going to... Doing the USO tour with you.

I remember you sparring with all the soldiers.

There's a line of soldiers,

so it's like, Let's... "Let's beat up the actor."

You know what I mean?

What made you move from California out to Texas?

This place mellowed me down.

It's just a completely different lifestyle.

And I wanted the little turds

to know their mamaw and granddaddy.

I mean, I grew up with my mamaw and granddaddy,

and I wanted that for them.

Um... as a matter of fact, dude,

I just lost my dad in January, but...

Dude. Yeah, it's all right. It's all right.

Dude. But that was a...

You know, it's, like, one

of the most important people in my world. Yeah.

Yeah. You know what I mean?

I wanted them to know their granddaddy. You know what I mean? Yes. Of course.

So it's not just, "Show me a picture."

They spent last summer in his pool, you know?

He taught 'em how to pee on plants.

You know what I mean? It's... You know what I mean? Right, right, right.

I got a picture with, Charlie holding a Coors Light,

you know, with Granddaddy. Right, right, right, right.

It's good to have the... the grandparents

around the kids, you know? It's a great thing.

I missed out on that as a kid. That's great.

Ming... Mingus met my dad one time.

My dad was, like, super-scared to meet my son

'cause he was hooked up to these machines and tubes...

and the whole thing.

And Mingus comes in, and he goes, "Where's my grandpa?"

Before I could even say anything,

he bolts over there and jumps up on the bed...

and they just looked at each other, and I was like, "."

Right? And they just both started cracking up.

No.

Yeah. It was awesome.

I'm grateful that Sean and I

are finally getting this one-on-one time.

It's something we don't get a lot of

between our work and family schedules.

Yes. That was awesome. You remember that?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. You remember that Doberman? Just, whack...

And a three-day road trip to Dallas with my brother

is something I think we could both use right now.

Yeah, let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it, homey.

Where are you going, Daddy?

I'm going with Reedenstein.

We're gonna tour... What?!

The great state of Texas, the GST.

- What? - You're on a motorcycle?!

Yes. I'm gonna come back

with all kind of good stories.

Your little boys were so cute.

They're like, "You're gonna ride a motorcycle?"

They crack me up every single day, man.

Yeah. They're awesome.

On this trip, I want to see Texas through Sean's eyes,

so he's taking me on an adrenaline-fueled tour

of his home state.

We'll do some shooting here outside Houston,

ride the bulls in New Waverly,

and check out life in the fast lane

at Texas Motorplex in Ennis.

And in a few days, we'll meet up with my good friend

and renowned tattoo artist Oliver Peck

at his compound in Dallas.

Basically this ride will be the "Boondock Saints" reunion

that everyone's been waiting for,

but in real life...

and without the Irish accents.

Where are we goin'? There's a spot up here.

It's a buddy of mine, Donovan, owns it.

You can shoot anything you want there.

Wow.

Guns are a big part of the culture in Texas.

I think it's back to that pioneer spirit of Texas.

Jesse James and Billy the Kid,

they're pretty notorious in Texas, and they had guns.

We check the cattle a lot,

and there's wild hogs out there.

If this big 400-pound boar hog is running at you

and you ain't got anything in your hand, you're kinda screwed.

This is gonna be killer. You ready?

Hell, yeah. Let's check it out.

Hello, Donovan! Hey. What's goin' on, man?

- How are ya, brother? - You doin' all right?

Good to see ya, man.

So, this is what we got, guys.

This is who we decide who's the best shooter.

Ho-ho-ho! God. God.

What's that five-armed gizmo up there?

That is what we call a Texas Star.

You will be shooting the shotgun at that one.

Once you shoot one of those plates,

it's gonna start rotating.

- Ooh. - Like this?

- Yeah. - Wow. Okay.

And then you have to shoot it on the move.

Well, what if I hit the barrel?

What happens? It won't explode or anything?

No, no. It's not gonna explode. I promise. Good.

I think you're good.

The setup's gonna be, guys,

is we're gonna start here with our pistols.

We got six plates.

You have to knock down all the plates.

Sweet! Set it down to where our shotgun

is gonna be staged and ready to go.

Safety off.

And that's what you're gonna shoot at the Texas Star. Okay.

- Sound good? - Are you timing us?

How are we supposed to know who wins if we don't time?

I don't know. Like, maybe... maybe

by the number of things that get hit. I don't know.

- All right, my man. - Okay.

What are we bettin' for?

- A sandwich? - Yeah.

Let's just do this.

She-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na.

She-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na.

Here we go. Line on top. On the beep.

Man. It jammed. We're...

So, what happened was is, you accidentally hit the magazine

and your mag started popping out..

Can we edit out those first two shots?

'Cause I... Damn it. All right, here we go.

Ready?

Good. Good.

I'm impressed.

- Good. Lay down... - Boom.

Move on.

- Yeah. - Whoo!

- Very good! - 43.

That doubled the score. - 43.59.

That's respectable. Clear. Reset.

Easy. Set it down. Move, move, move. Good.

Good.

Good.

Nice! 24.59!

I'm ju... I'm just gonna leave now, thank you very much.

24.59.

Don't leave me hangin', man.

Nice. Nice. I would like to thank

the great state of Texas for my victory...

and my balls.

Okay, so, what we doin'?

- You're both shooting. - Sweet.

"The Boondock Saints" was my first major leading role,

during a phase when I wasn't even sure

I wanted to be an actor.

But having Sean there as a brother

to guide me off-screen as much as he did on,

made all the difference in the world.

That, and the fact that we got paid to take out Mafiosos

in the most epic ways imaginable.

In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti.

Or something like that.

Dude, thank you so much. That was so fun.

You're very welcome, guys. Brother, this was killer.

Great, man. Y'all come back any time y'all want. Thank you, man.

We'll do it again. I will be back.

- Sean, we'll see you around. - All right. Take care, brother. Thank you.

- Dude, you're like a cowboy. - Clint Eastwood, brother.

Dude, you know how many interviews I've done

on "Walking Dead" when they're like, "In a zombie apocalypse,

what would be your weapon of choice?"

and I go, "Sean Patrick Flanery."

That's beautiful.

- Whoo! - Yeah!

He got kicked in the face.

It's gonna hurt.

Dude, all this open road. This is awesome.

Wide open.

Yee-haw! Pow! Pow!

That's how you ride in Texas, baby.

Sean and I are deep in cattle country

as we continue our journey north to Dallas.

But, first, Sean wants to show me

what it really means to cowboy up,

as we make our way to a bull-riding arena

in the small town of New Waverly,

because what's more quintessential to Texans

than seeing cowboys at a rodeo?

I do kinda wanna go off-roading

and chase some of those cows and ponies.

Dude, I remember doing "Boondock Saints II"

with you, remember?

And I was on the horse, and I was terrified.

You were like, "Flanery! Flanery!

Aah! Aah! Aaahhh!"

So now let's stick you on a bull.

Ooh, yeah, that's... You can smell the right there.

That's the smell of cow butthole.

The King String Bucking Bulls.

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Look at these cute little cows.

I like the spotty ones. I'm so not a cowboy.

"I like the spotty one."

Cattle's synonymous with Texas.

There's cattle everywhere. Beef industry's huge.

Our cattle provide a life for us.

That type of industry bred Texans

to be hardworking and self-reliant.

I grew up showing calves, ropin',

but I've always wanted to be a bull rider

just because the persona, to be honest with you.

This is the 34th annual Houston Rodeo.

It gets my heart pumping, my guts wrenching,

and the adrenaline's just a-flowin', man.

To most people, eight seconds is nothing,

but for a bull rider,

it's how long it takes to make or break you.

It's those eight seconds that determine the winners

from those who go home empty-handed.

It's a dangerous and demanding sport,

but for some cowboys, it's what they live for.

Lookit. With a full catcher's mask on.

Lots of fun, Jared. In 10 seconds.

- Go time, man! - Go, J. Go, Jared!

- Go, man! - Yeah!

- Go! - Whoo-whoo!

- Yeah! - Whoo!

Yeah!

He got kicked in the face.

You guys ever seen someone get kicked in the face?

- Plenty of times. - That's crazy.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey! - What's up, guys? B.A.

- I'm Sean. My buddy Norman. - Sean.

- Hey. Nice to meet y'all. - Nice to meet you.

Pleasure, man. What y'all think about that?

They kicked that guy in the face.

Yeah, I know. Right in front of y'all, right?

That's crazy, yeah. Yeah.

That's kinda why them guys are out there.

They call them clowns. They used to.

But they're pretty much bullfighters and life savers

- if you ride bulls. - Yeah.

Yeah, this is kinda what we do for a living, man, is, breed

and raise 'em and buck 'em.

Here comes the artillery, right there.

Dude, that's a blue heeler, right?

Those are my favorite dogs.

They're trying to get him to the out gate. Yeah.

I want one. I'm trying to get "Walking Dead"

to give me that dog.

It's like, Daryl has a dog.

Good job, pup.

Is this like a-a training ground for bull riders?

Yes. And bulls. Some places you go, only...

They only want certain people there,

or they are secretive about stuff.

The thing about this place?

It doesn't matter who you are, they'll give you a chance,

no matter where you been at in life.

Right, right, right. That's cool.

You don't find that everywhere anymor... anymore.

That's why I hang out here. It's a family.

Family, yeah. Yeah.

That's awesome. Yeah, it makes a big difference.

How often do you climb on a bull?

When I'm not hurt? Yeah.

Every day, rodeoing. Whoa.

I can. Every day I can.

How long can you pull that off without serious injury?

It's... You're gonna get injured.

- Yeah! Bill! Bill! - Buck 'im, Bill!

- Whoo! Whoo! - Heave!

One of the worst injuries I ever had,

I had a bull hit me in the side with his horn.

Broke three ribs, lacerated my spleen...

punctured a lung, and ruptured my liver,

and they called my mom and told her that,

"He might not make it." I lost too much blood.

But, I did.

Yeah.!

Y'all ever thought about riding bulls?

I can't say I've ever thought about it, to be honest.

Do you have something soft to start him off on?

Yeah. Definitely. Come check it out.

Mount up, homey.

- Okay. - So, this'll get tight on you.

Then you run it across your hand.

When the bull comes up,

get your free arm out in front of you.

Like that? Yep. And when he kicks, sit down.

Yep.

- Like that. - See?

You want to me to do it one time and you'll see if it helps you?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. You go up, down, up, down, up, down.

Yeah. I haven't done that motion in at least a week.

- Come on, man. - Whoa.

There you go.

Yeah, I know I look like an idiot.

I-I'm not very good at this. We went to the gun range.

I was bad at that, as well.

Do I look like John Travolta in that movie?

I feel like you should do this with your shirt off

and baby oil or somethin'. I feel like... I feel like,

"Don't hurt me. I have a day job."

You know what I'm sayin'? Sean, let's see what you got.

- Squeeze harder. Yeah! - Yeah!

He's there. He got it.

- Yeah! - Never would I...

- Yeah. - Come on, Reedus!

Get on the back! Come on!

I feel like you could get on bulls.

- Yeah, let's put him on a bull. - He got some...

He got some muscle. Let's put him on a bull. Yeah.

- Hey, we got one loaded for you. - I'll do it. What the hell?

Yeah. Do it. Do it. Yeah! Do it.

So, this is Bill.

Just like a oversized Harley?

- Big... Big dude. - -like four Harleys.

Yeah?

Bill, the bull, he's no bully.

He's friendly? He's a pet.

They wrote a book about him. Really?

Yeah, they bring him to schools for bully-dealin'.

He's famous. Yeah.

I'll rodeo his ass.

I gotcha.

Try to frame him out.

Are those his balls right there?

Hell, yeah, dude. Holy...

Do people ever ea... Like, eat the balls?

Like, is that a thing? Yeah, actually, they do.

Mountain oysters. Ooh, but they are good.

- They're good? - It's like a light liver flavor.

Good for the wang? Yes, sir.

That what I... That's what I imagine. Yeah.

Thank you for not killin' me.

God bless you.

I know you can.

Thank you so much for sharing this with us, man.

Any time. I've never seen anything like this.

- This is awesome. - Yeah. Yeah.

Any time y'all riding those bikes down through here,

just come check us out.

Thank you!

It's crazy, that lifestyle

of a rodeo guy, you know?

Like, you work so hard, you get beat up,

and if you don't make eight seconds

you go home with nothing.

Like, it's a rough life. That's crazy, man.

Those guys aren't around.

- I'm hungry. - Yeah, me too.

French fries?

I'll sort ya out with some fries, homey.

French fries!

What's up? Hi.

Why are you gonna cry?

Do it. Do it. Do it. No.

I have nothing to sign. Will you sign my name badge and...

No, crazy lady. Have a good day. Nice to meet you.

Yeah, of course, of course. Do what? Sign the thing?

I'm gonna have to buy a new name badge,

but it's so worth it.

Okay, happiest moment in my life.

Thank you. Aww. You're super-sweet.

- Bye. - All right.

We should grab a dang quesadilla.

Why not?

Do you remember all that time that we were auditioning

for "Boondock Saints"? Do you remember all that?

Like, Keanu Reeves and Mark Wahlberg

and all those people? Yep. I remember it all, man.

That was nuts. You'd be at the bar

and, like, Keanu Reeves would walk by. Yeah.

He was talking to Brad Pitt, he was talking to everybody.

Yeah. I know that Bon Jovi was a... an option, too.

Yeah.

Did you test with other people? No. No.

I didn't... Yeah, I didn't either.

I ju... I only tested with you. But I heard Patrick Swayze.

Really? But who knows if any of it's true?

Yeah. You know, you ask those guys, they're probably like, "What?"

What movie?" You know what I'm sayin'?

Over the years, people have told me that my scowl

makes me look like I'm unhappy.

I'm ready.

But for me, happiness

can be a million different things.

Know what I'm sayin'?

And right now, it's a simple...!

As reminiscing with an old friend

over a plate of chili fries.

And kicking their ass at Big Buck Hunter.

Beat me in the fake.

Tomorrow, Sean and I will continue our ride to Dallas,

but, tonight, I'll go to bed happy, scowl and all.

If you run through those, throw your arms up to the sky,

I could sell that as a Viagra commercial.

Dude, you used to, like, race go-karts, right?

I used to race everything on four wheels, man.

How'd you get into that? My dad used to race.

He was the chief steward of the SCCA in Louisiana.

That's so cool.

So, I fell in love with racing as a kid.

And then you do it, and you're like, "Whoa, gimme more!"

I love cruising down an open stretch of road

as much as the next guy,

but in Texas, they take cruising to new speeds.

330 miles per hour in 3.6 seconds, to be exact.

That's why Sean is taking me from New Waverly

to the Texas Motorplex in Ennis.

It's the first National Hot Rod Association super track

and a place for diehard drag racers to test their limits...

and, of course, their eardrums.

I'm gonna strap you behind 1,000 horsepower

and see what happens.

Probably a little underwear urination on your part, but...

let's check it out anyway.

Baby.

Texas Motorplex.

My, this is a big spot, dude.

I smell octane...

and balls.

You smell balls?

I'm chubbin' up a little, man.

With loads of wide-open space

and fans that love high-octane action,

Texas has a strong racing culture

that fuels their passion to compete

in one of the most dangerous sports there is.

Plus, it's exciting as hell to watch.

Car culture in Texas is huge...

Motorcycles, NASCAR, drag racing.

Always been an option of something cool

to go to on the weekends every since I grew up.

People get really excited about motorsports here.

They come out in droves to see it.

I like the way they look. I like the way they sound.

When those things take off, it sounds like Godzilla.

Hey, Jeff. Yeah?

How are ya, brother? What's up, brother?

Good to see you, man. Nice to meet you.

This is my buddy Norman. What's up, man? Norman.

- How are you, bud? - It'd be cool.

What are you doing to it right now?

So, right now, we're out testing.

- Yeah. - So, what we got to do is,

between every round, you got to tear these things down.

I mean, you've got to service them, you got to check

on the valve springs, you got to run the valves,

you... you gotta, check all the bearings.

I mean, you've got all kinds of stuff.

You won't be good at this stuff at all if you don't test it.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So, today, yeah,

that's what we're gonna do. We're gonna run both.

This one here's about ready to go.

So, what kinds of horsepower does that... 4,000.

Man, you oughta hop in there when we light it up.

Do it. I would love to. I'd love that.

You oughta do it, dude. I would love that.

Yeah. It'd be a blast.

Let's do it. Come on.

Thank you for letting us watch this, man.

- Abs-Absolutely, brother. - Thank you.

What's up, man? Hey. Norman.

- Brandon Post. How you doing? - Nice to meet you. Hey. Norman.

- Justin. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, man.

Here and get up underneath here.

Put one right there.

Put a foot right there. Just step right down.

Wow, this is such a confined space.

- Yeah, right? - Isn't it crazy?

Dude, how do you even get your shoulders in here? It's, like, claustrophobic.

Yeah, you got to cross them. Cross them to get them back.

Wow, this is like the Batmobile, man.

This is crazy.

This is awesome and terrifying all at the same time.

You ready? Kay!

Here we go.

Holy.

You heard a "wow!"

When the engine revved,

it felt like my head was gonna pop off.

- Yeah. Yeah. - I feel like I've just morphed

into another dimension or something.

You are in another dimension, brother.

You guys need to race. I'm down.

I'm not getting in that thing. I've got cars.

- You got cars? - Yeah, what do you got?

I've got cars. I've got cars here.

- Strap us in. - These are two cars

we have here, right here.

You can get in these cars. Let's do it.

- Let's go. - Let's do it.

- Come on. - Do it.

All right.

Good luck, homey.

Good luck, homey.

I want a do-over.

- Yeah. - Hey.

That was a badass burnout, dude.

- Boom! - I want a do-over.

I want a do-over. Time to redo.

Out here, precision, horsepower,

and a whole lot of fuel

is what makes every one-thousandth of a second count.

One miscalculation could end it all in an instant.

And here I thought it was just the dudes

on the bucking bulls that make Texans badass.

Boom!

That's crazy. Right?

That's just like... like...

You just leave, like, your balls back here.

Like, your whole body takes off. That's nuts.

Your skeleton's still here on the floor.

Amazing! Thank you so much. Absolutely.

Hey, we had a great time getting to know you guys. Yes.

- Yeah, that was awesome. - That was, brother.

That was... That was killer. Y'all are welcome any time.

- Thank you. Thank you so much. - Any time at all.

That was fun. I have to admit. That was awesome.

I honestly could have camped out there

and done that for a week.

It's crazy how much time he spends working on stuff

and such a little time actually racing. You know what I mean?

Man, it's like four years of foreplay

for a minute of action.

I'm ready to get my snack on.

Hungry? Yeah.

Bubba's BBQ, baby!

Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo-hoo!

- Get something to eat? - Yes, sir.

Just follow me around this way. Follow you.

- Yes, sir. - Brother, it's an RC plane.

Remote control.

They're everywhere. These are cool.

Wow. Dude, that... Yeah?

Was the Michael Jordan of airplanes

in World War II. Really?

And that is badass.

Me and my dad built all the World War II planes,

me and my dad did. Wow.

And we hung 'em from fishing line,

and so, like, if you... if you left the window open,

the breeze would make 'em, like, kinda dogfight.

That's so cool. I had Japanese Zeros,

I had German Messerschmitts.

He was? I didn't know that. Wow. He was a fighter pilot in the Air Force, yeah.

Wow. I was so proud...

We spent countless hours making model airplanes.

Some of the b-best memories of me and my dad, man.

Dude, that's so cool you used to do this all.

But just knowing that your... your... your dad

flew those gives you a different...

It's... It's like superhero stuff. You know what I mean? Yeah.

- Yeah, totally. - You know what I mean?

He was great with paint.

I-I could never paint worth a damn,

but he... he made 'em pretty...

Pretty amazing, man.

Yeah.

It's remarkable how a place we stumbled into

can evoke such vivid memories.

That's what's so great about rides like this...

You get to discover new sides to people.

Here you go, guys.

That's good, man. Yeah, that's like Thanksgiving.

Isn't it? Yeah.

To anyone else, these planes

are just objects hanging from the ceiling,

but to us, they're a reminder of the man that Sean calls a hero.

Is this a shortcut to Dallas you're taking me on?

Nah, we're taking a little, flower love ride,

'cause I want you to see the beauty that Texas offers.

Some of these flowers will drop you to your knees, brother.

This area is called what? Bluebonnet Trail.

Are you about to propose to me?

Is that what's going on right now?

Well, at least you haven't seen the ring yet.

God, that's beautiful.

Dude, I swear to God, if you run through those

and just throw your arms up to the sky,

I could sell that as a Viagra commercial for sure.

I'm a quiet person.

I spend time observing and not speaking.

I believe that sometimes we do need to take it all in

and just look at the flowers.

Okay, not like when Carol tells you to look at the flowers.

You know what I mean.

The bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas.

It's the most important flower there is.

They spring up in the spring.

I mean, when I was a kid,

my grandmother would take me and my brother

and place us in 'em and take pictures.

People do that today with their children, their dogs.

You got your spring pictures

done for the year in a bed of bluebonnets,

but that's, like, the Texas thing to do.

Man, it's a beautiful sight.

They're a beautiful, beautiful thing.

It doesn't get much better than this, you know?

Life is good, man, you know?

I'm a lucky dude, man. Yeah.

That's gonna be a pretty sunset right there. Yep.

As nightfall surrounds us,

the glowing skyline of Dallas acts as our beacon.

Tomorrow, we'll meet up with my old friend Oliver Peck,

but, tonight, we rest.

I have a feeling we're gonna need it.

So, are you gonna put some ink on Reedenstein here?

He's gonna put some ink on me. Is that right?

What's the best thing that y'all make with peaches?

The ice cream?

- The ice cream. - Peach ice cream, man.

This is my breakfast.

- This is really good. - Thank you.

My God. If y'all are interested in, like, craft sodas and stuff,

we actually have 450 different craft sodas

from all over the United States.

I-I will be honest. They taste terrible.

- I'll try one if you try one. - All right.

I'm going pickle for you.

- I hate pickles, dude. - Yeah.

Grab bacon.

We're gonna do this until we throw up.

That's disgus...

Yes! I-I did the same thing, man.

There are two types of people in the world...

Morning people...

and the people who need their producers

to drag them out of bed at 600 a.m.

I'm obviously the first one.

Good morning. Let's go.

That's how we start the day here.

Another beautiful day, man.

I'm screaming for this sun to come up like a big bald head.

Today, Sean and I are headed up to meet Oliver Peck

for a barbecue at his place.

But, first, we'll make our way to his shop...

Elm Street Tattoo in Deep Ellum,

a section of the city that's east of Downtown

and notable for its growing art community,

a welcomed contrast to the tough-guy persona

that Texas is typically known for.

Dallas has an interesting personality.

Like, Austin is music town, and Houston is old town.

Dallas is pretty-much-anything town.

Dallas is a great city. It's got a lot of heart.

The Deep Ellum area has always been extremely inviting to me.

Lots of opportunities there for artists,

for murals or paintings, musicians,

and there's lots of theater here.

If you want to see something new, go to Dallas.

I can't wait to meet Oliver Peck, man.

I don't have any tattoos, but I'm kinda fanboying

on this cat. Yeah, he's great.

He's got a great personality, and he's always smiling.

You'll love him.

This is it. Deep Ellum.

This is a cool little area, right?

This is killer, man. Yeah.

Yeah. Here we go. Look at this!

Whose bike you think that is?

Homey Rodriguez's. Whoa-ho-ho-ho!

You almost fell into it.

What's going on, guys?

- Haaa! What's up, buddy? - Hey!

- How are ya, man? I'm Sean. - I'm good. Nice to meet you.

Very nice to meet you, brother. What's up, man?

How it's goin', buddy? How you been, dude? Good to see you again.

Good to see you. I'm great.

Oliver Peck and I met a few years ago

at a charity event for Fleet Week in New York,

and we've been friends ever since.

He's known for his American traditional tattoo designs

and his annual Friday the 13th Tattoo-a-thons,

one of which earned him a Guinness World Record

for tattooing the number 13

415 times consecutively within 24 hours.

Must've been his lucky day.

I brought you a present.

I brought you a... a Boy Scout shirt.

- We all got one. - The whale knife.

- Whoa. - Yeah. Cool, right?

I thought you'd like that.

What's that? That's for the knife.

Shut up. It's bad luck to take a free knife.

That's all? A $5? That's all you're gonna give me?

Is that true? Yeah, man.

- Yes, it is. - I didn't know that.

- Yeah. - I didn't know that.

Are we all gonna wear matching shirts later or what?

- We are, yeah. - Of course.

I never made it to Boy Scouts.

I was in Cub Scouts, and our whole troop got disbanded

'cause we burnt down the cabin at one of the camp-outs.

That's a great shirt, man.

- Yeah, man. - Yeah. Very cool.

So, are you from Dallas?

Dallas-Fort Worth Area Metroplex.

I've been here my whole life. Wow.

How long you been tattooing? Like, how many years?

Well, I started tattooin', late '80s, early '90s,

and I was just tattooing punk-rock style.

Then I got out of jail.

I found out that there was people

that did tattooing for a job. Wow.

And so I was like, "That's... that's good."

So, are you gonna put some ink on Reedenstein here?

He's gonna put some ink on me. Is that right?

Yeah, for a change. I'm excited. Yeah, man.

You're gonna let him tattoo you?

Yeah. So, I've got this whole arm.

I've convinced these non-tattooers to tattoo me.

Mike Ness from Social Distortion.

Yeah, yeah. I see it. Yeah.

He did the "Social D" right there,

and then J Mascis, Dinosaur Jr., just did the "J."

You... You got balls of steel to let Reedus... Ha ha!

I-I want to put on my Boy Scout shirt for this.

I'm gonna set this up.

So many dice. What's the dice stuff?

I love dice. I love to gamble.

I'll roll you for 20 bucks right now if you want.

All right. What do you do just the high number?

Is that how you do it? Play Cee-lo.

- See, how do you play Cee-lo? - It's a three-dice game.

You got to teach me Cee-lo at some point.

You want to play real quick? All right. Yeah, yeah. Show me how to play.

- Okay. - So, you got three dice.

Whenever you roll doubles, the other dice are your point.

One. Not a good point.

Not a good point.

4, 5, 6. That's the ace.

Now you have to tie that, or he wins.

Wait. F-First of all, this could be the first time Ha ha!

Reedus beats me at anything. Yes!

He beat me at racing and shooting.

- Good God! - Yeah.

- We'll see. - Holy...

Brother, you could close this out with a victory.

Yeah. Yeah.

Nope. 1, 2, 3.

Aah! You crapped out.

Damn, does that suck! You beat me, homey. You beat me.

I really like that game. Here we go. Let's do this tat.

All right, let's do it.

I can run the foot pedal.

Dip it in that. So...

It's gonna hurt.

Me?

No. Okay, good.

Little deeper and slow.

Yeah.

Boom.

You gonna put a little SPF on there?

- That's go... Hell, yeah. - All right!

All right.

Just slow. There you go.

- That's it. - Very cool. Nice.

Brother, thank you, man.

- Hell, yeah. - That was rad.

Let me get a good look it here.

- How'd we do? - Who has to go home?

I'm gonna be honest... In his letters...

are pretty... They're right-sized. Yeah.

I'mma... I'm gonna give it to Norm.

Ink master!

All right, so, we're gonna hit the street.

- Yeah, let's check it out. - Yeah, man.

Yes. Come here.

We got stuff to do, but...

How you doin'? My God.

- You got to lick him! Lick him! - No, don't.

- Please don't give me... - Lick him!

- Don't lick, don't lick. - Do you promise to take him?

My gosh, you're, like, here in Dallas!

My God. Whoo, Lord!

- I'm in love! - Nice to meet you.

Yeah, I love Dallas.

I saw Johnny Cash at the Majestic Theatre in the '90s.

Wow. How cool is that?

And then this big building to our right

is the Lew Sterrett County Jail.

I spent a fair amount of time in there. Ha!

Multiple visits.

When we get up here, we'll join on to the parade route

where JFK was where the shots were taken.

Wow.

President's car is now turning onto Elm Street,

and it will be only a matter of minutes

before he arrives at the Trade Mart.

Look up and to your right. Right across the street.

That's the building. That building

on the top sixth floor on the corner,

where the shots were taken.

It appears as though something has happened

in the motorcade route.

Stand by for a severe gunshot wound.

You'll see "X's" on the street, the two places he was hit.

"X." Look. There's the "X." Look at that, Reedus.

Yep, I see it. Wow, man. Wow.

And then here's an "X." Yep.

Wow. Pay... Pay my respects. Wow.

In one tragic moment, a family, a country,

and the course of history were changed forever.

The painted X's beside the grassy knoll

represent the lasting impact that day in November

had on the city of Dallas.

Tell me you just put that up, like, last night.

We... This was in our old house before we moved here.

Get set. They're off!

- Go! Go! - Go! Go! Go!

Up here, pull in the gate.

After riding over 200 miles from Houston to Dallas,

we finally made it to Peck's compound

for a good old-fashioned barbecue.

This is cool. These all your buddies? Yeah, man.

Show us around. Yeah. All right.

But, first, I got to see his massive warehouse that houses,

well, his house.

I'll give y'all the tour.

Give me the tour. Yeah.

Some may call it quirky, but Oliver calls it home.

So, I built all this stuff.

This is our outdoor- but-still-indoor lounge area.

- So, did you grow up skating? - Yeah. Hey, Audra!

- Hey. - Hi. How are you?

- Hey. - Hi.

- And Sean. - Hey. Great to meet you.

Very nice to meet you. Pleasure to meet you.

This is, like, man cave times a million. Right?

Beyond.

We've been working on it for a while.

- Welcome. - This is too cool out here.

The hallways of the house is a nine-hole mini-golf course.

So...

all AstroTurf.

My God. The Lemon Peeler!

Growing up, this was, like, rich kids had that.

Yeah, a regular bike was like 30 bucks,

and this was like 110.

What about this?

Tell me you just put that up, like, last night.

We... This was in our old house before we moved here.

- Yeah. - Really?

No, I've had that for a long time.

- Yeah. - Wow.

You've probably already noticed

the rooms are not square.

None of the corners are right angles.

They're all skews everywhere.

Tell me the philosophy behind that.

What do I hate about every other house I've ever lived in?

It's square. I'm like, "No way. Not me."

If I moved some things around, would you notice?

- Yes. - Probably so.

- Really? - He would notice.

We go into the garage.

How long did it take you to acquire all these bikes?

The last 10 years, I've really ramped up my hoarding this.

This is a go-to-jail bike. Is it?

I found out if you do 175 miles an hour,

they just take you straight to jail.

- Did you find out... - The hard way.

- You did? - Yeah.

They're just like, "Double the speed limit.

Straight to jail." Solid. Solid work, brother.

Straight to jail.

All right. Party time, man.

Barbecue and Cee-lo.

Ladies and gentlemen...

- Ha ha ha! - Shut up. -Dude.

Come one, come all. Gather around the paddock area.

It's time for a little bit of "armadiller" racing.

Armadiller. Armadiller race.

Now, armadiller racing in Texas

is a sport most closely aligned to NASCAR.

Well, it is.

'Cause you got to have somebody steer it

or it'll crash into the wall and burst into flame.

Bay-beh-ber-bitty-bah!

They're rarin' to go, man.

- He touched me. - You got your racing gloves?

- Right down here. - Walk right down there.

All right. It will be your job

to inspire that armadillo on a grueling 16-foot trek.

This is our speed cones, down here.

This is our speed cones, down here.

Just want to see your game face, guys.

Rrrrgh.

Guys, if you'll line 'em up...

Armadillos, on your mark, get set...

And they're off!

- Go! Go! - Go! Go! Go!

- Did you win? - Norman.

- Norman did. - Norman's got it.

What? He swerved at the end there.

- Who won? - Check the cameras.

Photo finish.

- Close. - It was close.

All right, I strongly suggest

that we give the animals a break.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Everybody have a beer. It will enhance the next race.

Almost got it.

You wanna... You wanna do a little game real quick?

Rollin' for $20!

All right, here we go. Here we go.

What makes the heart of Texas beat so strong?

Four!

It's growing up in a place that encourages you to be bold,

to take chances, to be whatever you want to be,

regardless of the risks involved.

With a heartbeat like that,

it's no wonder Texans live life to the absolute max.

Before this trip, I already considered Sean a brother,

but these last few days have brought us even closer together.

He's shown me the pride he has for his father, for his roots,

and why he will always call Texas his home.

- Pleasure to meet you. - Thank you for everything.

- Yeah, man. - All right, we're out.

Brother, seriously, it's all been a pleasure, man.

But there's one thing he hasn't shown me, one last adventure.

This time, though, no cameras allowed.

This ride?

This one's just for us.