[Panting]
[HeartBeating]
- [Panting Continues] - [Beating Continues]
[Girl Laughing]
[Geese Honking]
[Panting]
That shit!
- Hello! - Hello!
[Both Laughing]
- So, did you ask 'em? - Yep. They said fine.
- Oh, good! - Sure it's okay with your mom, right?
Yeah. She doesn't care. She's working.
- Isn't she coming up this weekend? - I don'tknow.
So, uh, come on. How cute is he? Spitit out.
-[Giggling] Oh, he's kind of gorgeous. -Yeah?
He's sort of like a cousin, butnotreally.
- He wants to be a forestranger. - Oh, good.
After dinner we could set a fire in your room, and he can come and rescue us.
You should have seen the look on her face.
- I never laughed so hard, I swear. - [Chattering Continues]
- Hi, Gulliver. How you doing, boy? - [Whinnying]
- [Nickering] - Hey, Pilgrim.
- Come here. - [Nickering Continues]
Hey, babe. Such a beautiful boy.
What are you thinkin', huh? What are you thinkin', boy?
You wanna go for a ride?
Let's go for a ride. Come on. Come on, boy. Come on.
[Dial Tone, Phone Dialling]
[Phone Ringing]
- Hello. - It's me.
- Hi. - Hi.
So what train are you taking?
- Um, I should be in by 2:00. - Okay.
You wantme to pick you up?
No, I can take a cab. Grace go riding?
Mm-hmm. What do you want to do about dinner?
- I hadn't thought. - [Phone Ringing]
- I can ask to try thatplace... - Oh, hang on.
- They're here, so... - [Ringing Continues]
I'll let you go. We'll figure it out when you gethere, okay?
- [Ringing Continues] - Yeah. Okay. Okay, then. Bye. Hello.
[Girls Giggling]
- Oh, God, please! - [Chattering]
Where are the paintings? It's about her work, and we can't even see it.
- But we're trying to... - We can change the colour of the deck.
- And we can move it up so then you could see the pain... - We need to see the paintings.
- She's an artist. Have you checked on her going rate? - Gottschalk.
Yes, the legal department's on thatrightnow.
- David! - [David] Did you speak to Felton?
Yes. We're suing.
Well, is that absolutely necessary? lt'll justmake it a bigger story.
- Am I on the speaker? - David, he signed an agreement...
thathe wouldn't talk to the press,
and now he's libelled me by saying I faked the figures.
You're not going soft on me, are you?
- Well, nothing like a good public feud. - Exactly.
- [Girls Chattering, Giggling] - You know thatkid Adam?
- Yeah? - Mm-mmm. Very cute!
- I think you'd make a good couple. - I don't think so.
- You think he's cute? Are you serious? - I think he's cute.
[Judith] Who's thatkid thatlives next door to you?
I think, I think, l... [Giggling]
I think you have a crush on him.
All right. Let's take a short cut. Let's take a short cut.
- You know, we can't even read it. - Friday is confirmed.
No, no, no, no, no, no. We have to re-shoot this.
- ¶ I said it ¶ - ¶ I said that ¶
- It's "that"! I swear to God. - lt, it, it, it!
- That, that! - Fine. Let's start again. Ready?
- All right. Fine, fine. - All right.
[Together] ¶ I methim at a party ¶
¶ And he told me how to drive ¶
- ¶ He said he'd like to do it faster ¶ - [Whinnying]
¶ I said it... ¶
- Come on. - [Chuckling] Judith.
¶ I said it ¶ lt!
Come on.
- Gulliver. Gulliver, up! Up, Gulliver. - [Whinnies]
- Judith! - Hey! No!
- No, no, no! - Grace, look out!
- [Yelling] - [Whinnying]
Pilgrim!
- Judith! Judith! - Grace!
[Whinnying]
[Whinnying Continues]
- [Grunts] - Hello!
[Giggling]
- [Whinnies] - [Whimpering]
No.
Gulliver!
Gulliver! Stop!
Hold it, Gulliver!
Gulliver! Come on!
[Horn Honking]
[Pilgrim Whinnying]
[Whinnying]
[HeartBeating]
[Phone Ringing]
Robert.
[Whispers] Judith's dead.
And what about Grace?
- She's in pretty bad shape. - [Man] It's a multiple trauma.
- Where is she? - She's still in the O.R.
O.R.? What for?
It's, it's, it's a mid-shaft tib-fib fracture with a vascular compromise,
meaning the blood supply to the lower leg...
I think they have to take part of the leg off.
Which leg?
The rightleg.
[Nickering]
- Oh, Jesus. - [Whimpering]
[Woman Whispering] Okay.
[Snorting]
- [Snorting Continues] - Just take it easy.
This is gonna be tough on both of us.
So let's notmake it any harder than ithas to be.
[Whinnies]
[Panting]
[Machine Beeping]
Judith.
- Thatbag's almost empty. - Oh, they'll be in to change it.
Leave it up to these people. Excuse me.
- My daughter needs a new I.V. - Yes, I know. We have her down.
Well, I'd like it taken care of now, please.
You have to stand up to these people constantly.
I'm sorry.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
We really should lether get some rest, and I do have to change the bandage.
You can come back in a couple of hours and see how she's doing.
[Woman] Mrs MacLean?
Mrs MacLean, you have a call on line two. You can take itright there.
- Hello. - Annie, it's Liz. How's Grace?
[Sighs] Her leg was very damaged, and they had to remove it.
Oh, God. Annie, I'm so sorry.
Listen, l, I know that you're being hit with a lotnow.
It's hard to think about anything else, butl have to talk to you aboutPilgrim.
Hello?
Yeah, I'm here.
I've never seen an animal with these injuries still breathing.
I'd like your permission to puthim down.
- It's, it's really the best thing... - Uh, l... Y... Uh...
- You mean shoothim? - Annie.
Well, um...
Um, look, Liz. The doctor's here rightnow,
and l, I can't... make this decision on my own.
Annie, I understand that, butl have to know...
- Just do what you can, okay? - No matter whatl do, this horse will never be the same.
Well, look, l, l, l, I just don'tknow. It's Grace's horse...
- It's notright to make it suffer. - I cannot deal with this now.
l-lf you need a yes or a no, then don't do it.
Okay? Just, just, just, j-just do what you can for him, okay?
Right.
Animal should be put down. Anybody can see that.
What did he say?
Nothing. He's just going off duty.
Well, that's important information, huh?
Christ.
Doctors, huh.
I'm gonna get to know all the nurses' names.
It's, it's good to know their names.
- I'll go get some of her things. - I'll go.
No, I'll go. You stay,
in case she wakes up.
- [Thudding] - [Whinnying]
[Snorting]
[Whinnying Continues]
[Car Horns Honking]
You guys go on ahead. I'll be up by Christmas.
[Robert] I meant to tell you. I got those tickets for the Knicks game.
- Good. - Wanna come, Annie?
No. Why don't you go with a friend, Grace?
Yeah.
Wanna eat something else, honey? We can order out something else.
No, I'm justnot thathungry. That's all.
Well, you should try to eat anyway. It's the only way you're gonna...
I said I wasn'thungry.
- Wanna watch some television? - She should finish first.
Maybe. I just... l... I can't.
- Here. - I'm sorry.
No, Dad! I gotit. Gotit.
[Softly] Sorry.
- You've gotta stop doing that. - What?
Helping her all the time,
running to her every time she trips, anticipating her.
You know, Annie, this didn't justhappen to you.
[Bell Ringing]
[Chattering]
[Girl] Hi, Grace.
I don't care whathe told you. The man's a liar.
He's an actor, for God's sake.
- He'd do anything to get a cover. - [Phone Ringing]
Gracie, whathappened?
It doesn'tmatter. I just...
I don't wanna come back. That's all.
Well, what are you gonna do? I mean, you have to go to school, sweetheart.
I said no! I don't want to come back. That's it. I wanna go home.
Grace, listen to me, hmm?
Your leg is justhealing, and you have to give the rest of you time as well.
Is that your version of a pep talk?
Well, you're not staying home all day, feeling sorry for yourself.
You're gonna get up, and you're gonna figure this out.
Fine.
It's still early. What's your next class?
Gym.
¶¶ [Rock, Muffled]
¶ It don'tmean a thing without an attitude ¶
¶ No, no, no ¶
- ¶ Attitu... ¶ - [Music Stops]
[Man Announcing On TV] An excellent jump. Head and hands, eyes, perfect.
Pilgrim moves with absolute confidence at the command of Miss MacLean.
[Announcer Continues, Indistinct]
- Whatis it, sweetheart? - I wanna see Pilgrim.
[Thunder Rumbling]
[Beeping]
- Hello. - Hi.
Hi.
It's so good to see you. How are you doing?
- She's doing just great. Aren't you? - I'm fine.
Watch your step.
[Liz] Mind how you go. It's muddy back there.
- [Thumping, Whinnying] - Back there?
What do you mean? Why isn'the in the barn with the other horses?
[Snorting, Thumping]
- [Whinnying, Thumping Continue] - Well, Grace, you see,
Pilgrim justisn't the same horse thathe used to be.
As a matter of fact, maybe now's not the best time for you to see him.
I really wanna see him.
- Can you open it, please? - [Snorting]
Hey!
Hello, beautiful boy.
- [Gasps] - [Snorting]
[Whinnies]
[Whimpering] No!
- [Grace] No. Oh, God. No, no. Wait. - [Robert] Grace.
- No, Grace. - No, no, no, no! Leave me alone!
Here. Grace.
- Grace! - Mr MacLean, I'm so sorry.
- Dad, why didn't you tell me? - I'm so sorry.
[Grace Crying]
You should have told her, Annie. This animal is beyond help.
Annie, can I have your permission now to puthim down?
No.
[Phone Ringing]
And getme every publication on riding, racing, breeding.
Everything. Medical publications as well.
Veterinarian journals. And tell 'em it's me, and I wantitnow.
- Hold on, hold on. Gottschalk. - I'll call him back.
- He's on his way to the airport... - Lucy, I'll call him back.
I'll call him back. Just getme whatl want.
[Annie's Voice] "A million years before man,
"they grazed the vast and empty plains,
"living by voices only they could hear.
"They first came to know man as the hunted knows the hunter,
"for long before he used horses for his labours,
"he killed them for meat.
"The alliance with man would forever be fragile,
"for the fear he'd struck into their hearts...
"was too deep to be dislodged.
"Since thatNeolithic moment,
"when a horse was firsthaltered,
"there were those among men who understood this.
"They could see into the creature's soul...
"and soothe the wounds they found there.
"The secrets uttered softly into troubled ears.
These men were known as the Whisperers."
It's perfectly shot, perfectly cropped,
perfectly laid out, and I am so bloody bored.
Start again.
Thank you. Would you excuse me for one minute?
Yes.
- Hello? - Yeah. This is Tom Booker.
- I got a message you called. - Oh, hello, Mr Booker.
It's Annie MacLean from Cover.
You know, the magazine.
Um, well, thank you for returning my call...
- Is there something I can do for you? - Yes, yes.
I read this article about what you do for people with horse problems.
Well, the truth is, I help horses with people problems.
[Chuckling] Well, whichever way you want to putit.
Um, this article said that you were, you were a, a horse whisperer.
Oh, they said that, huh? A whisperer. Hmm.
And I was hoping that you'd come to New York...
and take a look atmy daughter's horse and possibly do some...
[Chuckling] Ma'am, I'm sorry, butl'm, I'm afraid you've misunderstood...
whatever itis you read because that's not exactly whatl do.
-I mostly conduct clinics... -Could you come to New York for the day?
It's only a few hours by plane...
And I'm not doin' them now. I'm on my way to Montana.
- I have a ranch to take care of. - I'd pay your fare. Uh, first class.
Ma'am, first class to Montana is a waste of good money.
Well, if you could just give me a time when you'd be available.
See, am l, am I being too polite when I say "no" here in Nevada?
Does thatmean "yes" where you are?
I'm really sorry for your situation, but there's nothin' I can do.
You just called the wrong person.
I'm sure there's some fine horse doctors back east.
No, butl don't want a horse doctor. I want you.
So I hope everything goes okay with you and your horse.
- Well, but, you see, it's notmy horse. - So, so, goodbye now.
- [Dial Tone] - [Coins Clatter]
Grace?
Grace, it's Mom.
Grace?
Are you all right?
- I've decided aboutPilgrim. - Oh.
I think we should puthim down.
It's not fair to lethim suffer.
- Well, I think that's a very... - Maybe they should putme down too.
- What? - I'm notmuch use any more.
[Inhales]
- [Machine Beeping] - You're getting a fax.
[Inhales]
You're up late.
Is it?
- How was the dinner? - Is Grace asleep?
- Yeah, I think so. - Nothing we haven'theard before.
Justlouder this time. That's all.
- So why'd you go? - One of us had to.
They're still our friends, Annie.
Listen, I had a thought.
What do you think we go someplace warm, the three of us?
Bermuda or the Bahamas or... What?
Mmm, nothing.
No, I just don'tknow if Bermuda would be such a good idea.
Grace would have to wear summer dresses or shorts.
Oh, of course, of course.
Whatis it?
I want to take Pilgrim out to see this horse guy... drive him out to Montana.
- [Laughs] - No, I'm serious.
Wait. I thought you said you didn't like the way he sounded on the phone.
Well, I didn't.
- I want to take Grace with me. - You're kidding.
Liz'll find me a trailer. We can stay atmotels along the way.
- You made arrangements already? - No, I just checked out a few things.
Wait a minute. Drive a crazed horse...
Oh, he's not crazed, Robert. Don't exaggerate.
- I just can'tpack up and leave. - I'm not asking you to. I'll do it.
By yourself? How? You can't take care of Pilgrim.
He'll be sedated. I do know a thing or two abouthorses.
- What about the magazine? - I'm in charge.
- I can oversee things from Montana. - Oh, you're in charge.
What about Grace? The doctor says she needs stability.
I can't say he's being all that effective with her.
Are you a psychiatrist? He says it takes time.
I don't care whathe says!
I cannot sithere and pretend everything's gonna be all right.
- I am notpretending. I am trusting... - We have to do something!
We are losing... We are losing her!
I don't care what the doctors say. They don'tknow her.
I don't care if this doesn't sound rational.
Nobody is suggesting anything better!
l, I can't explain it, Robert. I justhave this feeling.
I justknow it's the right thing.
Why, Annie?
I justknow it.
Does this, uh, cowboy vet know that you're coming?
Yeah.
- Whatif Grace doesn't wanna go? - She will if you think she should.
And you think it's best if I don't come.
- No, that's not whatl said. - Daddy?
I don't wanna go.
Straightback. Come on.
- A little closer. A little more. - [Pilgrim Whinnying]
Watch it. Getbehind him.
- [Whinnying Continues] - [Man #1] Hold it. Getback!
- [Man #2] Watch it! - [Man #1] There he goes, Eddie!
-Why don't you getinside and... -[Man #1] We're doing the best we can!
It's the only way to load this kind of horse. [Yells]
Keep trying!
- We should give him another sedative. - We did.
- [Whinnies] - Get the gate! Get the gate!
Get out of here! Hold that door!
- [Men Yelling] - [Snorting]
You got a gun, justin case?
Of course not.
That's probably best.
You may want to shoot yourself halfway to Ohio.
¶¶ [Electronic]
[Thunder Rumbling]
[Truck Engine Revving]
[Revving Continues]
- [Whinnies] - [Truck Horn Honking]
[Whinnying Continues]
Grace, are you hungry? Do you want to stop for lunch?
I don't care.
I want to find a place before it gets dark. What do you think?
- Grace. - Doesn'tmatter.
Okay, listen up. This is whatl'll do:
I'll get to the nextmotel, see if they have a fax...
-[Thumping] -[Annie Gasps] Oh, wait. Hang on. Uh...
I gotta go, okay? Later.
¶¶ [Muffled]
Grace, do you wanna put your music on up here?
[Muffled] Grace.
Do you want to put your music on up here?
[Man #1On Radio] And when you purchase your Eureka World Deluxe Vac...
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[Man #4 On Radio] This here man was rejuvenated in the grace of the Lord.
- He was washed. - ¶¶ [Country]
Mmm, Grace, look at this.
Do you wanna see that?
- I don't care. - [Mocking] I don't care.
Oh, it'll be fun.
You haven't see any of the sights yet. It's history.
When I was 13, I used to love doing things like this.
Well, you were never 13, Mom.
Oh.
Greatidea, Mom. Now what?
[Sighs] How long is this gonna go on?
- What? - You know whatl mean.
Do you want us to go back home? Is that what you want?
What are you asking me for?
You didn't ask me if I wanted to come in the firstplace.
Now I get to decide? Sorry.
Do you know who I'm doing this for?
- I'm doing this for you. - Bullshit!
It's all about you... about you deciding, about you being right!
-lt's like we work for you or something! -I don'tbelieve this!
- How come Daddy didn't come, huh? - What do you mean?
You know everything. You figure it out.
- Your father had to work. - Yeah, right.
Please stop acting like you know what you're talking about.
You are amazing, you know?
I mean, you actlike I don't even live in thathouse any more.
You think I don'tknow what's going on? You think I'm still five years old.
- When you actlike this, you are. - How long are we gonna be away, huh?
- I don'tknow. I don'tknow. - Whatif this guy can't do anything?
I don'tknow!
I don'thave all the answers.
No, you just actlike you do.
[Crying]
- You okay, ma'am? - Yeah, I'm, I'm fine.
[Ranger] That young lady's gettin' a little worried.
Oh, sorry. Sorry.
- Good night, ma'am. - Good night.
[Beeping]
- You buckled up? - Mm-hmm.
- Are you cold? - A little.
[Man #5 On Radio] You may have seen the Kennel Club champion...
being rewarded with a box of chocolates the other day.
Veterinarians and humane...
[Woman] ¶ Butl can't get you out of my mind ¶
[Woman On Radio] Winter weather got you down?
Wilson Travel is offering charter packages to sunny Orlando, Florida.
[Man #6 On Radio] Well, looks like lots of precipitation, overnight.
Rainfall an inch and a half. Plus, itlooks like another half an inch...
[Man #7 On Radio] He had an epiphany.
Paul had been transformed by the grace of God,
so he was a new creation in Christ.
He said the man was completely...
[Man #8 On Radio] Up from down in the Northern Plains, John Deere.
We're glad to see you.
[Grace] Gee, this place looks like fun.
Don't they believe in signs around here?
What would they say? "Ten miles to Big Rock, twenty miles to Bigger Rock"?
- No. - Great trip. I'm having so much fun.
I think I should turn here.
[Grace] Oh, yeah. Those rocks over there. Much more interesting.
[Panting]
[Sighs]
[Thunder Rumbling]
[Boy] Can we take a look atBronty's foal when we're done here, Dad?
Sure. As long as she don'tmind.
There's this kid at school says we should have imprint-trained him.
Says if you do it as soon as they're born, makes 'em easy to handle later on.
That's what some folks say.
There's this thing on the TV about a guy who does it with geese.
He has this aeroplane. These baby geese all grow up thinking it's their mom.
He flies it, and they just follow him. You hear about that, Uncle "T"?
Yeah. Heard aboutit.
-What do you think about all that stuff? -Well, I'll tell ya, Joey.
Itmightbe all right for geese to grow up thinkin' they're aeroplanes,
buthorses, as far as I can tell, can't fly.
We expecting company?
- You know who itis? - Nope.
[Cows Mooing]
- Mr Booker? - [Both] Yeah?
Tom Booker?
[Mooing Continues]
Annie MacLean from New York. We talked on the phone.
I had a little bit of a hard time finding the place. There are no signs.
Oh, there are plenty of signs, justnotmany of them pretty.
Why do I get the impression that you're justnot driving through?
I want you to take a look atmy horse.
It won't take long, and if you still feel the same way, I'm sure I can find...
You thinkin' aboutpersonally driving me back east?
Oh, no, no. [Chuckling]
No, I broughthim along and my daughter too. We're, we're at the Lazy "J" Motel.
You hauled him all the way outhere?
Well, yeah. I had a trailer.
It's notlike I made him run alongside the car.
- By yourself? - Mm-hmm.
Well, I appreciate the pains that you've obvious...
Look, please don't do the "Shucks, ma'am" thing again.
I have just driven a few thousand miles for a few minutes of your time.
I have broughthim all the way outhere.
Just take a look athim. If you still feel the same way,
I will be on the road by morning, and you'll never hear from me again, okay?
Deal?
We're at the Lazy "J" Motel. Whenever you're free.
You don'thave to call.
[Chuckling] Jesus!
- [Knock AtDoor] - [Annie Chattering]
- Mom, the door. - [Into Phone] No.
- [TV, Indistinct] - No services, and one doctor in town.
I managed to find a therapist for Grace.
I had to drive, like, two hours.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Did they get the colour corrections?
- Yeah. - I'm Tom Booker. Is your mother around?
She's on the phone. She'll be right out.
- Could l... - Mom, there's a cowboy here.
This is not Gottschalk's business. Why is he interfering with this?
I told him I'd take care of it.
No, I told him I'd take care of it, and I will take care of it.
I justhave to getmyself settled here.
Well, um, putit in a memo, and I'll sign it.
This your first time in Montana?
Oh, no! Really?
Uh, it's absolutely ridiculous. It's completely ridiculous.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can imagine.
I can imagine. They are?
Then why did you go to meethim, alone, secretly?
That's, that's funny.
No, really?
- I can'tbelieve that. - Is she gonna be long?
Probably. She's on the phone 23 hours a day.
- What does she do? - She's an editor.
An editor. Ah, ah, yeah.
Justin case she hasn't told you, which she probably hasn't,
I don't wanna be a part of this, okay?
- Mm-hmm. Thank you. - [Phone Hangs Up]
Hi. Sorry about that.
Grace, this is Mr Booker. Did you look atPilgrim yet?
- I was gonna take thatlook now. - Would you like me to come with you?
I have to run over to the office and give Mr Peterson a cheque.
- Doesn'tmatter. - Grace,
do you wanna come with us... take a look atPilgrim?
Probably best she stay behind anyway.
Okay.
- Howdy, Lester. - Howdy.
- Goin' to see thathorse? - Yeah, thoughtl might.
You know, I hope you gotinsurance. That dirty son of a bitch.
[Whinnying]
Ha! Hyah!
[Snorting]
[Snorting Continues]
[Whinnying Continues]
[Snorts]
[Whispering] Shh, shh.
Well, you're the closest anyone's ever gotten.
I have to be honest with you.
I still feel you've made a long trip for nothin'.
Butbefore I even think aboutit,
I need to know somethin' rightnow.
And it's a question for Grace.
You see, when I work with a horse, it's no good justme doin' it.
- The owner's gotta be involved too. - That'll be complicated.
You can make it as complicated or as easy as you like,
but she's the one that's gonna be ridin' him.
Am I right?
Hey? Right?
Now here's the deal:
I don'tknow thatl can do anything,
butl'm prepared to give it a go, if you'll help.
- [Scoffs] - Oh, you have a problem with that?
Isn'tit, like, obvious?
Not to me. Either you want to or you don't.
- Look, I'll talk to her... - Excuse me. With all due respect,
this is her decision, not yours.
Now I don't wanna waste anybody's time here... mostly mine.
Well, nothin' else to do around here.
That's not good enough. I can'thelp you.
What do I have to do?
I said, what do I have to do?
Well, what does she want?
Does she want you to take care of her horse?
- Somethin' like that. - And they're stayin' in the motel?
- The Lazy J. Can I have some butter? - Not exactly a tourist stop.
Well, well, what about the girl? Doesn't she go to school?
I don'tknow.
You know, I just think she's got a lot of nerve showin' up here,
draggin' that, you know, poor animal and that child all the way...
Honey, don't eat with your fingers.
Frank, don't you think she's got a lot of nerve?
Well, hell, I don'tknow. According to Tom, she's a pretty determined woman.
She musthave thought it was worth it.
Yeah. Well, I guess they'll want feedin', bein' outhere all day long.
I don't think they'll expect that.
What, they gonna drive 40 miles into town every time they want a hamburger?
- Mixed salad. - What?
Well, I believe women from New York eatmixed salads.
- Ain't thatright, Tom? - I believe so.
Well, that's just what we need...
a vegetarian from New York on our cattle ranch.
[Woman On Radio] A Great Traveler, interested, notmerely a good one,
is a kind of introspective.
As she covers the ground outwardly,
so she advances towards fresh interpretations of herself, inwardly.
And this is the quality which lends Starks' books...
the memorable poetic density which is their special cachet.
Moreover, itis this quality which makes them as fresh and...
¶¶ [Orchestral]
[Clears Throat]
[Snorts]
[Snorting Continues]
[Snorts]
[Whinnying]
You at a good place to quit?
I gothim moving out a bit, but that's aboutit.
Still a long ways away from gettin' a leg over him.
[Whinnies]
Well, we're movin' along.
[Snorting]
[Snorts]
What's he doing?
Is this some kind of physical therapy?
[Phone Ringing]
[Pilgrim Whinnying]
[Annie] Hello? Hello? What?
- No, you're breaking up. - [Whinnying Continues]
Hold on, hold on.
Don't start a fight with him. Joey, give me the rope.
Just to pull him back. We'll never gethim outta there.
Letme go in after him.
[Whinnying Continues]
[Panting]
[Nickers]
Mr Booker, I'm really not comfortable with you taking these kind of risks.
[Pilgrim Snorts]
- Oh, God! - Hey, hey! Pilgrim!
[Tom] Lethim go!
Lethim go.
[Joe] Does thathurt you?
Only when I kick somebody.
Don't you go to school?
I'm taking a break. Don't you?
School turns out early for us...
so we can work the ranch.
[Joe] Look athim outin the pasture.
He musthave been a big, beautiful-lookin' horse.
How was he to ride?
Excuse me. I've got chores to look after.
[Clears Throat]
Are we in the way?
Should we leave?
I guess we'll go, then.
[Nickering]
[Nickers]
From now on, leave your phone somewhere else.
Miss MacLean, would you and your daughter like to stay for dinner?
Joe, take off your hat at the table. I don't want to say it again.
Uh, dear Lord, we are humbly thankful for these gifts,
for the blessings on our home, our family and our guests.
And bless those that aren't as fortunate.
Bless all God's creatures. Amen.
[All] Amen.
- Like some roastbeef? - Looks great. Thanks.
Thank you.
- Want some milk? - Yeah. Thanks.
Old Hank got us a couple more men to move the cattle.
And whatkind of cattle do you raise, Mr Booker?
Well, we run a mixed herd, butmostly Black Baldies.
Wh-What are those?
Black Angus Herefords, instead of straightHerefords.
- Oh, Black Angus. Of course. - [Joe] There you go.
And, uh, wh-what's the difference?
-They suit the weather better. -Their udders are black instead of pink.
They don't getburnt with the sun bouncin' off the snow.
They make good mothers.
Our daddy raised straightHerefords.
You know, that's interesting. l... I've always wondered...
every time I eat when I go into a restaurant...
what's the difference between a regular steak and a Black Angus steak?
I can never taste the difference,
butl could swear that one was more tender than the other.
I didn'tknow there was thatmuch difference between the cows.
Of course, I've never been on a cow farm before.
It seems to me that the bulls have the best of the time,
justlaying around the fields,
waiting for somebody come along and ask them to do their work.
served up as hamburger or somethin'.
On balance, I reckon I'd choose being a cow.
[All Laughing]
Yeah.
Hey, young man.
[Diane] You getback up to bed!
So, how's the Lazy "J" holding up for you?
Oh, it's fine.
I still can't get used to how dark it gets around here, though.
Every time I leave the ranch, I hold my breath until I can see the motel.
[Frank] Well, by golly, that's a lot of drive time.
You know, Tom, while you're working on thathorse of theirs,
Annie and Grace should move into the old creek house.
Nobody's usin' it. It's silly for her to be driving back and forth...
when she, she don'tknow her way around that well.
Well, that's very kind of you, butreally we're fine where we are.
Oh, hell, look, I know the Lazy "J."
Whole place is as good as falling down around your ears.
Frank, they're already all settled in.
And anyway, I'm sure they want their privacy.
It's got doors, Diane.
It's private as can be.
Tom?
I don'thave a problem with it. I think it's up to Annie.
Well, it'd be great for when my dad comes to visit.
Where is your dad, honey?
He's athome, working.
Yeah. I don'tknow, um...
Is it worth it, really?
I mean, how long do you think you'll carry on working with Pilgrim?
That depends on Pilgrim.
I know. Me too.
When are you coming to visit?
Yeah, well, there'll be plenty of room 'cause we're moving down to the ranch.
Yeah, yeah. They've got this really cute little house down by the creek.
It's really pretty.
Okay. Okay. I love you too.
Hold on.
Dad wants to talk to you.
Hi. [Laughs]
[Robert] She sounds like she's doing all right. How is she?
Yeah. You know, I think she seems to be getting more comfortable on the ranch,
which is, which is the only reason I said yes to this move.
Well, itmakes sense.
So, how are you doing out there in the Marlboro country?
Is the magazine complaining at all?
Yeah, butnothing I can'thandle.
Lucy says she thinks Gottschalk's plotting. But what else is new, huh?
So, when are you coming home?
You know, I asked him thatmyself tonight, and he doesn'tknow.
Hmm. I miss you, Annie.
Yeah, I know. We miss you too.
Good night.
'Night.
[Phone Hangs Up]
Did you ask him to come visit?
You already did. Do you wantme to help you pack?
[Snorting]
[Snorting Continues]
- Hi. - Howdy.
What's he doing?
He's trying to gethim to hook on.
How's it going?
[Snorts]
[Nickering]
[Whinnies]
[Snorting]
[Whinnies]
[Snorts, Whinnies]
[Panting]
[Whinnying]
[Cows Mooing]
[Whistles]
- [Cows Mooing] - [Man Shouting]
Get, get! Hyah! Let's go! [Whistles]
Get over there! Get! [Whistles]
[Shouting Continues] Hyah! Hyah!
[Mooing Continues]
Ha! Come on! Ha!
[Man Whistles]
[Mooing]
[Moos]
[Mooing, Shouting Continue]
Hey, you over there!
Wanna make yourself useful?
- Hey, Hank. - Yeah?
I think you got a volunteer here. You wanna take care of her?
Where's Grace? Grace?
[Moos]
[Bellowing]
- [Man] Hyah! Hyah! - [Mooing]
[Chattering]
[Mooing Continues]
[Gasps]
[Man Whistling]
- [Laughing] - [Man Shouting]
[Whistling, Shouting Continue]
- You okay? - Cocktail hour yet?
- What? - I said, is it cocktail hour yet?
[Whistling, Shouting Continue]
Come here a second.
You handled thatpretty well.
I think it's time you started earning your keep around here.
So when you're not working and you're not doing your therapy,
I'd like you to help with the horses... rubbin' 'em, cleanin' the stalls.
Think you can handle that?
- That's not a question, is it? - Nope.
Okay.
Oh-ho!
[Laughter]
[Man] ¶ I was out walkin' one morning for pleasure ¶
¶ I spied a cowpuncher come a-lopin' along ¶
¶ His hat was throwed back and his spurs was a-jinglin' ¶
¶ And as he approached he was singin' this song ¶
¶¶ [Continues, Indistinct]
[Diane] Hey, you little ones. How are you?
He got a flat on his little pick-up.
You know you're not allowed to go swimming in the river.
Marie here made the bestpie... cherry pie. Go get some.
As luck would have it, he didn't have all the lug nuts off,
but the jack slipped and fell right on thatrock he calls a head.
[All Laughing]
Is he okay?
Well, itrearranged his scalp about 12 inches...
He always dreamed of having a place where he can raise horses...
and have a whole separate life.
My grandson Joe is named for him.
Somebody told him about a place called Stockett.
He got on his horse, and he rode over there,
and he got off, and he walked as far as he could one way,
and then he turned around, and he walked as far as he could to the other.
And then he decided that that's where he was going to settle.
And that's where we raised Frank and Tommy.
[Chuckles] Where do you call home?
She's from New York, Mom.
Um... well, I was born in London.
Butl'm from all over, really. My father was a diplomat,
and so we moved constantly.
Oh, my. That sounds very important.
[Laughs] He was... He was a wonderful man.
He died when I was 12, but we, we lived all over the world.
It-lt's not the same as, as knowing a place like this.
Well, sometimes people carry it more on the inside...
than the outside.
¶¶ [Singing Continues, Indistinct]
[Diane] You guys done with these?
[Women Chattering]
[Annie] This family has quite a history.
[Diane] Yeah, it's a story, all right.
I love how she calls him Tommy.
Yeah, always did. I think she always favoured him.
[Chuckles] She loves tellin' this story...
about when he was two years old, he ran off...
and they found him sleepin' in the barn...
between two gianthooves of a Percheron stallion.
He said thathorse was protectin' him,
and nobody could convince him otherwise.
[Car Door Opens]
[Car Door Closes]
[Kids Laughing]
Why do you always wear thathat?
'Cause it fits my head.
Wanna try it on?
[Tom] What do you wantme to do? What do you wantme to do?
Hmm? What do you call that?
Okay, one more time. You gonna sit on me?
So you can watch this. I don't wanna do this too many times.
Okay, put your finger there. Okay?
Okay? Loop's knotted, right?
Looks like the only way to getit off is to break the touch, right?
Now watch. You watchin'?
Watch carefully.
- Again, again! - Again, again! One more time!
Oh, no, no. I don't fall for that one twice.
- Now you guys get on. - [Giggling]
Here.
Oh.
[Chuckling]
What?
Do you ever sit still for just a minute?
[Sighs]
Well, you sit still too long in New York and you getrenovated.
Why is it, that sometimes I get the feeling that you're laughing atme?
I don'tknow. Why?
No. You're supposed to say you're notlaughing atme.
Oh, I see. You take care of both sides of the conversation, do you?
It's a man's world, Mr Booker. Most women have to.
You can call me Tom.
Maybe I am laughin' a little bit.
I figure, since you're here, itmight be nice to relax into the place a bit.
Oh.
Yeah.
Well, it's beautiful country.
And I could see having some kind of a,
a vacation place, retreat,
butl don'tknow how you do it full-time.
Don't you miss the rest of the world?
What's there to miss?
Well, if you've never lived in a city with museums,
and theatre and, and restaurants and music...
l... Well... I can't explain.
Well, does Chicago count?
- You lived in Chicago. - That's where I metmy wife.
You, you were, you were married to a woman in Chicago?
Yeah, really. A woman.
[Chuckling] Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't, I didn't... No, I'm so...
I was studying engineering,
and she was studying music... the cello.
I once heard her play a Dvorak concerto, and I thoughtit was...
the mostbeautiful piece of music I'd ever heard in my life.
Huh.
So... just who's laughin' at who here?
Jogger, huh?
I don't jog, Mr Booker. I run.
That's lucky for you.
The grizzlies around here mostly go for joggers.
You sleepin' okay in thathouse?
Well, I don't sleep well anyway, but the house is fine, yeah.
- [Snorts] - Oop. I have a way with animals.
That's all right. He's just young. Hold out your hand just a little lower.
That's it. So he can get the smell of you.
He's beautiful.
- Now how come you don'tride any more? - Hmm?
Grace told me you used to ride when she was younger.
She did?
- Yep. - Oh. Uh...
I don'tknow, uh...
No time, I guess.
I thoughtit was supposed to be spring.
- Enjoy the day. - You too.