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ANNOUNCER: Previously on Elkhorn...

SEWALL: Met a boy once.

Gifted with great ambition,

cursed with a weak heart.

[GUNSHOT]

ROOSEVELT: Would your maiden name be

Von Hoffman as in the daughte

of Louis Von Hoffman?

My father has been most supportive

of our Western venture.

ROSIE: I never did catch your name.

- Wilmot Dow.

- Rosie Maddox.

COWBOY: New to town, boys?

[GUNSHOT] - No! Don’t!

- I told you, if you were afraid of

privations and discouragements, don’t come.

- And I came with Mary’s blessing.

I ain’t decided whether I’m stayin’.

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[HISSING IN DISCOMFORT]

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- Heyah!

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MADDOX: Ain’t a huckster yet been able

to make it to the porch,

but you’re welcome to give it a go!

- (stammering) I beg your pardon, Ma’am,

but I’m no huckster. [GUNSHOT

MADDOX: Don’t care for liars, neither!

I can spot you boys a mile out.

Ain’t no self-respectin’ cowboy wearin’

no glittery knife out here on the frontier.

Just beggin’ for a bandit to lift it off ya.

You salesmen might be good at talkin’

others outta their money,

but you’re sure darn fool with your own.

Now state your business

or be gone.

- I came to commission the services

of the best seamstress in all of the Badlands.

Although perhaps

I should reconsider?

After all,

I’m a darn fool with my money.

- A customer?

Well,

why didn’t you say so to begin with?

Come on!

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Well, you’re in luck.

I’ve got two pelts left over from last winter.

Buckskin ain’t a popular getup around these parts.

- Well, I’ve wanted a suit since I was a boy.

- Better move that darn foot

and everything else attached to it!

- Sincerest apologies, Ma’am.

- I ain’t no Ma’am neither,

just Maddox.

A huckster I can spot a mile out,

but a Roosevelt,

at arm’s length, I suppose.

Heard you were tryin’ your hand out this way ranchin’ anyhow.

I’m from New York m’self, y’know.

Upstate.

You’ve never heard of it.

Look, buckskin ain’t practical out here.

It don’t breathe,

and it shrinks when it storms.

And it storms aplenty.

- It’s not for every day.

It’s for a profile, for the papers, back east.

It’s high time they knew the ranchman and not the politician.

I’ve got a photographer coming.

MADDOX: Can’t measure you if you don’t stand up straight.

- Sorry, the ride must’ve

tuckered me.

- Hold on.

- I’m just fine.

- Here.

- As I was saying,

a photographer is en route

from New York.

He should be here in around five days.

So the suit must be ready. MADDOX: Hmm.

It’ll be ready,

by the skin of my teeth, but it will be ready.

- Thank you, Ma-

Thank you- Maddox.

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[THUD] [GLASS BREAKS]

MADDOX: Mister Roosevelt?

Mister Roosevelt?

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♪♪ [THEME MUSIC] ♪♪

♪♪ [THEME MUSIC] ♪♪

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DOW: Well,

that’s mighty sweet of Aunt Mary.

Does she miss me?

I certainly miss her.

Especially her cookin’.

Heckuva lot tastier than what I got goin’

in the kitchen that’s for sure.

- Was all that yapping just to say that dinner’s ready?

- Well, Uncle,

folks out here, they might call that

po-lite conversation.

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What on earth can that be?

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[COCKING GUNS]

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[GRUNTING]

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DR. STICKNEY: Take a big, deep breath for me.

[GROANING]

Give me one more.

[SIGH]

Infection of the digestive system.

- Enteritis. DR. STICKNEY: Mm hmm.

- You needn’t have summoned the doctor.

I easily could’ve told you as much.

SEWALL: Just relax now, Mister Roosevelt.

- Bosh, Bill!

I’ve beaten this many times before, and

I will beat it once more.

DR. STICKNEY: With respect, Sir,

that was in New York, with

sanitary conditions and plentiful medicine.

You’re in no condition to be doing much of anything,

and it’s gonna take us the better part of a week

to get the proper remedies out from Chicago.

- I cannot

wait a week!

I have important preparations

to attend to. Enough of this foolishness!

MADDOX: Now, you just lie yourself down, Mister Roosevelt!

You got yourself a condition,

and throwin’ a temper tantrum

ain’t gonna make it no better!

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DR. STICKNEY: Keep him well rested,

plenty of water.

Fever should break in a day or two,

with any luck.

SEWALL: And without luck?

DR. STICKNEY: Just

keep him rested. Alright?

- The photographer is expecting an excerpt

from my book

about my exploits on the frontier thus far.

If it is not finished when he arrives, then...

MADDOX: Then he won’t get it,

will he?

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- I’ve seen this one time too many.

Just as good a chance that his fever don’t break than it does.

- So what do we do?

- Well, I can tend to him here, but

what your boss needs is tawote.

- Tawote?

Not familiar. - It’s a local medicine

from the Sioux village just a ways north here.

- Sioux? MADDOX: That’s right.

Tawote’s made from the sweet flower

and bitter roots that grow near ’em.

Remedy for just about anything that ails you.

- If only Merrifield were here.

He’d ride there and back somethin’ quick.

- Well, I’m not Merrifield, but

I’ll give it a go.

DOW: Uncle, I can go.

You’re still a little shaky in the saddle.

MADDOX: Well, whoever’s goin’, they need to go now.

Mister Roosevelt ain’t got so much time.

You ride straight on,

there ain’t no reason why you can’t be

back by sundown tomorrow.

- Best get on then.

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- I’m afraid he’s done for, Ma’am.

[HEAVY SIGH]

- If the fish are spoiled by time they reach Dakota,

imagine their arrival in New York.

- Freight from Columbia’s too slow.

It ain’t lastin’ between the ice houses.

- Well, until they can build faster trains,

we’ll just have to build more ice houses,

won’t we?

- Makes perfect sense.

Oh,

this arrived for you.

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Everything alright, Ma’am?

- I am wonderful,

simply wonderful.

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JOE: What do you want me to do about the-

the fish?

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[HORSE WHINNIES]

SEWALL: Easy, easy, easy.

Good girl. Yeah.

Yeah. I know we’re both tired.

I’ll keep at it if you will.

Hyah!

[GALLOPING HOOFBEATS]

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MADDOX: Now you just relax.

This ain’t for you,

not yet anyway.

I ain’t missed a deadline yet

and I ain’t about to.

- My seamstress and my warden.

MADDOX: By any name, I intend to see that you get better.

If only to see how silly you look in this getup

when it’s done.

- It’s the

dress of the American Frontier.

- And what’s next, then? Hmm?

A top hat like Abraham Lincoln?

Hmm.

You just worry about getting better.

- Oh, I will get better.

This will not beat me.

- Oh, I believe you.

Now rest.

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[PANTING]

[PANTING]

[PANTING]

[PANTING]

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BULLY: Boo!

BULLY: What’s the matter? Does

The-o-dore have a tummy ache?

- Leave me be-!

BULLY: Or what? You’ll cough on us?

ROOSEVELT: Go away!

I’m not afraid of you!

[GLASSES BREAK]

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[YOUNG ROOSEVELT YELLS]

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[PUNCHING]

ROOSEVELT SENIOR: Hey! What’s going on there!?

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BULLY: Daddy won’t always be around to protect you,

The-o-dore.

ROOSEVELT SENIOR: Theodore,

you were supposed to stay inside

until your pain subsided.

- It’s never really gone.

It always comes back.

- Alright. Come on, sit up now.

Do you remember our trip to Africa?

- Of course.

- The jackals on the safari,

remember how they always went after the weaker prey?

There are plenty of jackals in this world, Theodore.

And they’ll always come after you if you let them,

but it is not their choice.

It’s yours.

Just as you’ve chosen to strengthen your character,

so too must you also your body.

And we can make your body, Theodore.

But until you have that strength,

you must project it,

or the jackals will have you.

Come on.

Let’s go inside and get that cleaned up.

And you’ll need yet another pair of glasses.

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[HORSE WHINNIES]

- Whoa, whoa, whoa!

[HORSE BLUSTERS]

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[GRUNTING]

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SEWALL: Stubborn beast.

What?

What’s gotten into you?

[HORSE WHINNIES]

Easy, easy, easy.

Shh...

I went and pushed you too far, didn’t I?

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Alright.

We best get goin’.

It’s a long walk ahead of us.

Come on.

MARQUIS: With a second mine in the Black Hills,

we’ll have the clay extracted by the spring

and we will finally- MEDORA: Stop!

MARQUIS: My love, we were just- MEDORA: Get out!

- What’s the meaning of this?

- I’ve been looking for you everywhere.

- He can’t be serious!

- Father feels he’s given us enough.

MARQUIS: But for certain, he must understand what,

what we are trying to build here.

- What he understands is profit

and our lack, thus far.

We are spread too thin,

across too many ventures,

too many industries.

- Gutless old fool.

- We will find the money elsewhere.

[MARQUIS SIGHS]

- Let us sell the hotel.

- I beg your pardon?

- It will take far too long to turn a profit in itself.

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First, you insult my father,

and then, you offer my business to be sacrificed?

It is you who has spread us so thin, dearest.

And now you have put our entire enterprise

at the mercy of the coming round up

and our fate

in the hands of those who

do not wish us to succeed.

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- So

we must consider those whose

fate is in our hands,

who have benefitted from our mercy.

We will call in our debts.

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- You know, you oughta be thanking me?

Yeah.

Most cowboys would put you

outta your misery.

Huh?

Nothing.

Okay. Well,

you’re welcome.

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You smell that girl?

That’s a fire.

Come on.

Let’s go. Come on.

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ROOSEVELT SENIOR: A few more steps.

Alright, Son.

Happy birthday.

- What is all of this?

- Tools, Theodore.

These are the tools you’ll need to make your body.

Three days of the week

will be dedicated to lifting.

We’ll have someone here to help you.

And on Wednesdays, Mister Colson,

who’s the champion of the gym,

is going to train you on boxing.

A life worth living is active and inquisitive, Theodore.

Wasted only when you stop discovering,

and you stop challenging yourself.

You can’t let your body dictate its limits.

Your mind is strong enough to reach beyond.

- But, Dad the doctors said I should-

- No. It’s not about the doctors.

It’s up to you.

Here. Come here.

Come on now.

Ball up a fist, like this

with your thumbs on the outside, both hands.

I want you to bend your knees.

Alright?

Okay. Now using only these first two knuckles,

I want you to hit straight into the bag.

Good.

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[HITTING BAG] Keep those knees bent,

shoulders strong.

[HITTING BAG]

DOW: Excuse me, Ma’am.

- Oh, a man of his word.

- Rosie?

- You don’t look so pleased to see me.

DOW: No, (stammering) I’m pleased.

I’m more than pleased, it’s just uh-

ROSIE: Well, these are for Mister Roosevelt.

They’re leftovers from the old hotel.

- How did you know?

MADDOX: Well, that’s simple, ain’t it?

I told Doc Stickney to fetch my niece.

Girl, what took you so long?

- Hold on. So? - ROSIE: Auntie Maddox took over

lookin’ after me after my folks passed.

MADDOX: And she turned out pretty well, despite it.

[LAUGHTER]

ROSIE: Auntie, Wilmot here’s

the one I was tellin’ ya about.

- The handsome fella? ROSIE: Auntie!

Don’t pay no mind to her.

Well, I should be getting back to work now.

MADDOX: You be careful, you hear? ROSIE: Of course.

- Rosie...

that was awful kind of you.

- Of course. Don’t worry.

Mister Roosevelt’s in good hands.

DOW: I’m sure.

Hey, ah,

do you-

It’s dark out, and do you need someone to ride back home with you?

- No. That’s alright. The hotel buck driver brought me.

- Oh. Okay.

- Well,

good night Wilmot.

- Good night, Rosie.

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[DOW CLEARS THROAT]

Ma’am, uh, [MADDOX SCOFFS]

do- uh- MADDOX: Hmm.

Yes, Ma’am.

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SEWALL: Alright.

Wish me luck, girl.

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[COCKS RIFLE]

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LOUISE: Now, it ain’t polite to lurk like that.

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MADDOX: Made you some tea, Mister Roosevelt,

if you can keep it down.

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Mister Roosevelt?

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MADDOX: Theodore Roosevelt!

- Only my enemies

and my mother

have taken such a tone.

MADDOX: Well, you’ll be feelin’ the wrath of both

if you don’t get yourself back into that bed this instant!

- I just need to finish this excerpt,

and then I’ll be right back to resting.

It’s as you said,

I’ve never missed a deadline,

and I’m not about to. MADDOX: Well, I wouldn’t had said that

if I was knockin’ on the gates of heaven.

Then I’d be doing more important things

than making some darn fool his shirt.

Don’t go thinkin’ you’re the first stubborn man

I’ve ever come across.

There used to be a Mister Maddox, you know.

Tried to raise his hands to me

while under the whims of whisky.

I tell you what, I showed him

the underside of an iron stove lid,

and I ain’t never seen him since.

- Are you resorting to threats now?

- I’ll resort to whatever I see fit

in order to get you on the mend.

- Why...

do you care?

I am but a stranger to you.

- You ain’t a stranger.

You’re a neighbor.

And if neighbors don’t look out for each other,

ain’t no one gonna make it out here.

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- I’ve made my decision.

I will return to bed. MADDOX: Hm hmm.

Come on.

This way.

Careful.

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SEWALL: Is this entirely necessary?

LOUISE: A stranger rides onto your property under dark?

I’d say so.

- And if he said he needed help,

I’d believe him.

Look, all I’m only asking to swap horses.

I’ll make you a fair offer.

- Money’s fair, sure.

’Cept it leaves us stranded with a broken pony

while you take off with our good one.

- The money’s just a gesture of good faith.

Now, I’ll get you a fresh horse, a good horse,

once I get back to the ranch.

- And uh,

whose ranch did you say this was, again?

- Mister Theodore Roosevelt.

[LAUGHTER]

WALTER: And who else you got on that ranch, huh?

Wyatt Earp?

[LAUGHTER]

SEWALL: Please?

Please.

My friend is suffering.

If you delay me further, well,

he may,

he may meet his end.

LOUISE: He takes us for a couple of simpletons,

just ripe for the hoodwinkin’

with that bum pony.

- I ain’t hoodwinking no one.

LOUISE: Check his pockets.

WALTER: Get up!

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Maybe it’s an autograph from Theodore himself!

What else you got?

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Hey!

- Don’t.

LOUISE: Calm down, Walt.

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I think he’s telling the truth.

This woman,

she mentions that Roosevelt.

Be an awful big act, to have wrote all this up just in case.

Seems to me the only thing you might be guilty of is

making your wife quite lonely.

- Had to leave Mary back East.

LOUISE: You didn’t have to do nuthin’.

- Ain’t safe out here.

LOUISE: That one there told me the same thing,

when he said he wanted to come out and go full homesteadin’.

’Cept...

I didn’t let him tell me no.

The way I see it,

if we struggle, we struggle together.

We build our future out here together.

You understand?

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- Yeah.

Hmm.

- Give him the horse, Walt.

- What?

- Man’s got places to be.

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- Thank you, Ma’am.

- Now, don’t forget about us.

And good luck with Mister Roosevelt.

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[HORSE WHINNIES]

♪♪ [SALOON MUSIC] ♪♪

♪♪ [SALOON MUSIC] ♪♪

- Marquise.

- Bob.

- To what do WE owe the pleasure?

- Hmm.

That’s a lovely piano, isn’t it?

♪♪ [PLAYING A FEW PIANO KEYS]

And recently-tuned.

ROBERTS: Just last week.

After a few cowhands got a little rowdy near it.

Had to replace a few of the ivories, too.

MEDORA: Curious.

That you can afford such luxuries

and yet remain months behind on rent.

- Now then,

that there’s necessary, to bring in customers.

MEDORA: There isn’t another saloon

for twenty miles, Bob.

I think your customers

can make do.

- You know I’m good for the money.

MEDORA: Then be good for it now,

Bob.

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- Now look here.

Don’t matter who you are,

I don’t care for nobody questioning my honor

or trying to shake me down.

- You refuse to honor your debt?

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- If you’re gonna shoot me, you best go and do it.

I’ll settle the debt in due course.

And word of advice?

Next time you wanna go threatin’ a fella,

maybe bring someone a bit sturdier to do the threatin’.

MARQUIS: Fine advice.

[PUNCH] [IMPACT ON BAR]

My wife was very clear, Bob.

Your bill has come due.

ROBERTS: (sputtering) I’ll- pay-

every cent,

by tomorrow! I swear! I swear!

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MEDORA: We are exercising our legal right

to collect all outstanding debts.

MARQUIS: Put the word out.

If any soul who owes our enterprise a single cent,

it is time to settle up.

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[HOOFBEATS]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

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SEWALL: Hello?

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Hello.

Hello.

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Friend.

Friend.

Need medicine-

(bad pronunciation) Wote?

Wate? Wote?

MAHKAH: Owákahnige sni.

SEWALL: My friend,

sick.

Need medicine.

Medicine please.

Lady Maddox, I was sent here by Lady Maddox.

MAHKAH: Maddox? Maddox!

SEWALL: Yes, yes, Lady Maddox.

MAHKAH: Ah, tawote. Sinkpe Tawote.

SEWALL: Tawote! Yes! Tawote! I need tawote.

- Trade.

- Yeah.

- No tawote. Trade.

SEWALL: No.

My wife gave me this. No trade.

This.

This.

- Trade.

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- Tawote.

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- Tawote.

[CHUMANI IN SIOUX]

[WAPASHA IN SIOUX]

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- You have saved my friend’s life.

[SPEAKING SIOUX]

Thank you.

Thank you.

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Thank you.

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[PROMPTING HORSE]

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DOW: Misses Maddox,

is Mister Roosevelt going to pull through?

MADDOX: If this fever don’t break soon,

he ain’t gonna last the night.

DR. LANDRY: What do you think I’m gonna tell you, Theodore?

- Nothing I haven’t heard a hundred times.

That I have asthma,

a bad heart, and I’m blind as a bat.

- You forgot about your weak stomach.

You shouldn’t be running up stairs,

much less going on extravagant hunting trips.

- Are you suggesting that I’m not taking my health seriously?

Because it’s precisely the reason why I called you here.

I’m to be married next month, and

I want to be strong for her.

- Well, if you also intend to live a long life with her,

then it needs to be a sedentary one.

- I’ve been told that by everyone my entire life,

everyone except

my father.

- I was sorry to hear of his passing.

- With all due respect, if he were here now,

he would tell you just the same as I.

That the life you describe is not one worth living.

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- (muttering) Father.

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MADDOX: Not a moment too soon!

Take a detour, did we?

SEWALL: It’s a long story.

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Theodore,

can you hear me?

I made it, boy.

Come on.

You gotta fight.

You hear me, Theodore? You gotta fight.

Now, you hear me?

MADDOX: Mister Roosevelt,

I need you to drink this now.

SEWALL: Is he gonna be alright?

- Maybe.

Just maybe.

[SPITTING] [COUGHING]

I know.

I know. [COUGHING]

CYRIL: I’m here to see Mister Roosevelt.

Is he in?

SEWALL: Mister Roosevelt is uh...

he’s uh- ROOSEVELT: He most certainly is!

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Shall we get started?

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♪♪ ♪♪

- Could we try it without the glasses?

ROOSEVELT: Of course.

CYRIL: That’s great, Mr. Roosevelt!

MADDOX: I ain’t much use with any of this.

You gentlemen, take care.

- And you as well, Ma’am.

MADDOX: Boy, you best stop calling me Ma’am

if you wanna keep things straight between

you and my Rosie.

DOW: Ahh,

Missus Maddox.

MADDOX: Just Maddox.

- Just Maddox.

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- And stay still.

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- Uncle,

this all seems silly as heck, don’t it?

CYRIL: Absolutely perfect, Mr. Roosevelt!

SEWALL: Well,

I don’t know what to tell you, Wil.

He said it was perfect.

[CHUCKLING]

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- We’ve been receiving payments all day

for debts I do not even recall holding.

- Good.

But I doubt they are enough to build mines

or ice houses.

- Those can wait.

You are enough.

- You were right

about the hotel.

It may never turn a profit,

but it was never about that.

We must civilize this place,

if you intend us to stay

and not for some greater good.

For us.

For the family we’ll build here.

♪♪ ♪♪

- Family..?

Are you saying that you? - Not yet.

[GENTLE LAUGHTER]

But someday soon.

After all...

what good is an empire

without an heir?

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[DOOR SQUEAKS]

- Best keep drinking this.

- I’m on the mend. Just...

all that posing took it out of me,

and it turns out that buckskin doesn’t breathe so well.

TR: You saved my life, Bill.

How do they do it?

These men, in Dakota,

they look death

right in the eye, and they do not blink.

- Yeah, you just ain’t seen ’em blink.

They’re no braver than us.

I’ve been

thinking about Mary a lot.

Thinking that maybe, ah,

you know, us being apart

it ain’t so good.

- What are you saying, Bill?

Do you wish to go back?

No.

I want Mary here.

Start my own adventure with her,

the good, the bad

and all it brings.

- Well,

I’d be delighted.

What say you bring her here after the round up

once all the work is completed?

- Alright then.

I was planning on heading home to winter anyhow.

Looks like the train will just be a bit more

crowded coming back in the spring.

- Well,

it sure will be nice to have a woman’s touch

around the place, won’t it?

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