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1:08

how

1:10

much longer until we can turn the car on?

1:13

We should wait another half hour.

1:16

If we want the gas to last until morning,

1:18

god. I've never been so cold in my life.

1:20

Keep on another

1:23

jacket over you.

1:24

Oh, no. No. Keep it. You already gave me most

1:26

of the clothes.

1:27

I'm okay.

1:30

Yes. The good news is that I'm so cold. I

1:32

can't even think about who's screwed we are.

1:35

I can't stop

1:36

thinking about how screwed we are.

1:41

Tell me.

1:44

You don't I think about a k?

1:46

Come on. It'll just drop me from what cold am.

1:49

Tell me.

1:51

Ugh. Alright.

1:54

So even if we risk the gas to get back down

1:56

the mountain, the snow is too deep to guarantee

1:58

we wouldn't get stuck.

2:01

Right. So we're

2:04

stuck up here freezing to death. And if we don't

2:06

wanna die of hypothermia, there's only

2:08

one other place to go. Biraska.

2:11

Yeah. But even if

2:13

we wait until daylight and walk through the woods,

2:16

we wouldn't be able to find it. I don't

2:18

have enough service on my phone to plug

2:20

in the coordinates from the node. Okay.

2:22

You can stop. Maybe I don't wanna

2:24

be reminded. Shit. And

2:26

even if we did have service, and

2:28

we're able to map the new camp

2:30

and make it there without succumbing to

2:32

the elements. Once we got there, we

2:34

wouldn't be able to defend ourselves. Only one

2:36

bullet and vest. can

2:38

we be shot outside? That

2:42

time stories need to work, Walker. Also,

2:45

that last part is not true. Wouldn't be shot

2:47

down on-site. Your dad said he wants to see

2:49

you. Then

2:51

you would be shot down-site or

2:53

worse. Right or

2:56

worse.

2:59

I'm turning the car off. No.

3:02

We need a conserve. Oh my

3:04

god. Even

3:04

this cold there is warming up the car right now.

3:06

It'll heat up in a few

3:08

minutes. What's

3:09

your phone out?

3:10

It's

3:12

up to nineteen percent. That's

3:14

good.

3:23

What's in that notebook? You're

3:25

always writing in it.

3:28

letters?

3:30

More letters, the theme of our lives,

3:33

and who are they to.

3:38

Okay. You don't have to tell me

3:40

what do you read about?

3:42

Just everything.

3:46

I guess they've turned into more of a journal

3:48

than anything.

3:51

Leo thought that might help me. I I don't know.

3:53

process, I guess. And

3:55

do that?

3:59

Yeah.

4:02

Sometimes it even feels like he's really reading them.

4:05

They're to Kyle. Yeah.

4:09

Not that he ever will

4:11

read them. You don't know that.

4:14

Okay. I I know which

4:17

him said. But you don't believe him?

4:19

If

4:20

we think about it logically,

4:24

Never mind. It doesn't matter. No. I wanna

4:26

know what you think. I can handle it.

4:28

Fine.

4:31

If we think about it logically, what would be

4:34

the point of sedating Kyle

4:36

to a near Comatose

4:36

state for a decade? Why

4:39

not just kill him if you wanted to be an

4:42

issue.

4:43

Maybe the land he's made it to you. They they

4:45

didn't want Kyle to die, so this was

4:46

the compromise. But then why

4:48

are the obvious payoffs? Oh, okay. Fine. Maybe

4:51

Maybe Clairey took a liking to Kyle. He

4:53

is from Killian's line. Clairey hates

4:55

me. Paid in Kyle.

4:58

And he didn't lift a finger to stop Jimmy

5:00

from b eating him to death. Okay. Well then,

5:03

well, maybe it is all a lie, and Kyle really

5:05

is gone, and maybe we'll die without ever finding

5:07

out anyway.

5:13

Or maybe they're keeping Kyle sedated

5:15

because he's leverage. leverage over

5:17

whom?

5:19

Over me. Jimmy

5:21

said something to me last week. He said,

5:24

Graham likes to play sick games with

5:26

his kids.

5:29

So weaponized love?

5:33

He married at my high school girlfriend.

5:35

I wouldn't put it past him to keep Kyle

5:37

waiting in the wings to trot out whenever he

5:39

wants to fuck with me or control

5:41

me. But he hasn't done

5:43

that used Kyle against us. So

5:46

maybe you're right and Kyle's just gone.

5:50

He

5:51

hasn't done it yet.

5:55

What

5:55

are we gonna do, Sue? It's

5:58

only one fifty four AM.

6:00

So I guess we're pray that the

6:02

gas lasts until morning. Hopefully,

6:05

the sun will be warmer, and maybe

6:07

we'll be able to think clearly, figure

6:09

something out. than

6:11

if we can. And we

6:14

walk down the mountain, see if we can make

6:16

it to a road, hope the

6:18

sheriff's department doesn't have game cameras all

6:20

over the mountain.

6:22

I

6:24

never wanted to die here You

6:29

won't.

6:32

How

6:32

are you feeling other than cold?

6:34

back pain, headaches?

6:38

Don't worry about that, Kaye.

6:40

I bet

6:41

you issued some heroin right now.

6:43

I

6:46

wish

6:48

I had a lot of things, but no shortcake.

6:51

I'm glad I don't have anything.

6:53

Even if we die? Even

6:55

if we die. You're going to

6:57

see you again. You're going to see me.

7:00

this version to me, not just the fucked

7:02

up one. He wasn't

7:04

so bad. Okay.

7:06

He was a bit trying. Do you

7:09

really think it would be so hard to find Nebraska

7:11

if we just set out looking for it in the morning?

7:14

It's a needle in a haystack situation.

7:16

k? trust me, Kyle, and I went

7:18

through this before. But the coordinates they they

7:20

gave us, we could Do Jack shit for

7:22

us without GPS. but

7:24

don't you think that they wanted us on this access

7:26

road? We can't really beat that far,

7:28

maybe even only a couple miles. That

7:30

might as well be a thousand miles if we don't

7:32

know which direction and to go in.

7:35

I still think we owe it to the universe

7:37

to try. If we can

7:39

kill Graham, we get Kyle back.

7:42

Kill Graham was what? Are one bullet?

7:44

We have the vest too. The vest will save

7:46

one of us from a chest shot. It won't

7:48

do shit. If a shot in the head,

7:51

Who said I was going to wear the vest?

7:53

Yep. No

7:55

one is going to wear the vest. We'll talk about it in

7:57

the morning, but think our best bet

7:58

is to get the fuck off this

7:59

mountain. That's not what you were saying last night.

8:02

Yeah. Well, that was

8:04

before we found out they took everything we

8:06

had to defend ourselves with. So

8:10

we're giving up. For now,

8:12

we are. We're not showing up there with one

8:14

bullet. Why not? It's

8:15

still a chance, isn't it? Did

8:18

you know I hired two different PIs to

8:20

try and find Kyle? They couldn't.

8:23

Said records of him had been scrubbed from everywhere.

8:25

I want him back,

8:28

Sam. And I want everyone

8:30

in that place to be freed from further horror.

8:32

Isn't that what

8:32

you promised them? These you would come

8:34

back and save them. See if we can't just

8:36

give up without trying. Oh,

8:41

are you going? Smoke.

9:19

Fuck. Hey.

9:23

Hello.

9:25

Eric? I've been calling

9:27

you for hours. Can you

9:29

hear me? Eric, kind

9:32

of where are you. It's really

9:34

loud. That's

9:36

the win. Look, I need you

9:38

to

9:42

Can

9:42

you hear me?

9:43

Brisking.

9:47

I'm I'm

9:47

not in town. I'm on the mountain. I

9:49

know need you to call Lee a Kimber and

9:51

I were fucked.

9:52

I couldn't do this with you. I'm

9:56

in risking.

9:57

What? Hang on. Are

10:00

you there?

10:03

Yeah. I can I can hear you.

10:05

Did you say that you're in risking?

10:07

Yeah. Where are I went to

10:09

the hotel, but you guys were gone. Your

10:11

room is ransacked by the way. You you can take the

10:13

picture to that one. Why

10:15

are you in Driski? I

10:18

wasn't able to do anything from Chicago. So I was

10:20

getting frustrated, and then you asked

10:22

about the breakfast sandwiches and I thought, yes,

10:24

hey, you probably need more food

10:26

something around it.

10:28

So I took an overnight bus and delivered them personally.

10:30

That's insane. Yeah.

10:33

Well, you're

10:34

my friend. And also

10:37

I used to the guy that shot with cheeseburger.

10:39

That's

10:40

a chance in hell. Why why the

10:42

fuck didn't you knock when you dropped off the

10:44

sandwiches? The car

10:46

wasn't there. But

10:48

Kimber was,

10:48

oh, shit.

10:51

I ended up going to a he

10:53

stated a bed in breakfast in town.

10:55

stolen credit card, good

10:56

WiFi. Look, man. We're up on the

10:58

mountain. Cops have us blocked in.

11:00

Get trapped up here and we're freezing.

11:03

What do you want me to do? You

11:05

have a car? Where

11:07

would I get a car in? III

11:09

told you I took the bus. You don't know how to hotwire

11:11

a car Do you? No.

11:13

I I can watch some videos on

11:16

YouTube.

11:17

Fuck. Fuck.

11:19

Fuck.

11:21

Are you okay, man? Could you

11:23

call Leah? Tell them what's going on.

11:25

We're trapped at the top of the access road

11:27

on state road two eighty two.

11:29

The turn off by the reservoir look out.

11:32

Look for the plow road.

11:34

Okay. Got it. I'll tell

11:36

it. I will figure out how

11:38

to hotwire

11:38

car. Whoa, man. Whoa. Whoa.

11:41

Whoa. Whoa. Before this

11:42

call fails, do me a favor. Open

11:44

your GPS app

11:45

and and map some coordinates for

11:47

me. Sure. But

11:48

you know you have service at the moment and

11:50

you can do that yourself. Yep.

11:53

You're right. Hang on.

11:55

Got

12:00

it.

12:01

It don't sound and food. Think

12:03

about that. It's an hour and

12:05

a half walk from here. I'll text them to

12:07

you.

12:07

That's for? Yeah.

12:09

It's

12:10

Never mind. I've got it now. even

12:13

if

12:13

you lose service at this point in time because the GPS

12:16

was still tracking. That's not how my

12:18

gerbil died. What?

12:22

should I I'm losing you. Eric,

12:24

listen, I need you to find that fucking

12:27

hard drive. It's the only insurance we

12:29

have for life. So maybe you could

12:31

hack in to, like, the

12:32

website that makes the hard drive and find out who bought

12:34

the one in this area.

12:36

That's

12:38

why I came here. What? Say that

12:40

again. I said that's

12:42

not something I can do. And then I asked if you

12:44

had any reason for storing

12:46

it. Cleary's dead and it

12:48

wasn't at Graham's house. Jimmy

12:50

isn't the type to keep good paperwork. We thought

12:52

maybe it could be up at Barrasca. If

12:54

they have WiFi could be the

12:56

major source of entrepreneurship. Plain

12:59

sight. What does that mean? It's

13:01

buried in a server. The

13:03

life various hospitals in the business.

13:04

Cool district data

13:07

center. Can you

13:07

hear me? Eric?

13:13

Sam,

13:14

Call Lea. Call

13:17

Lea and Talba where

13:18

Kimba is.

13:18

Make sure you could can

13:20

Lea call Leah and tell her

13:22

where.

13:51

Sam,

13:51

you okay? I got service.

13:54

Eric's here. And dressing. I

13:56

just talk talk to him. I heard the scream

13:58

when you weren't here. III knew you were

13:59

close, but I still thought I know. I

14:02

think that's the fastest I've run. since

14:04

the life is a great track. It's

14:08

okay. You're okay. We're

14:11

okay. And in realized

14:13

we're

14:13

so close to the shiny gentleman on this

14:14

side of the mountain. It

14:17

might not be. Hit echoes like

14:19

crazy in here. You said you talked off

14:21

to Eric. He's here.

14:22

Yeah. Shit.

14:25

Okay. It's been

14:25

twenty minutes. We have to turn the car

14:27

off. Oh, gosh. Just

14:29

two more minutes, please. You light in all the cold

14:31

air. Okay.

14:37

Wow. Eric's here. Can you

14:40

help us?

14:41

Oh, God,

14:42

will they hurt him? Eric

14:45

knows to keep a low profile. He's using

14:47

a stolen name and credit card. He's gonna call

14:49

Leah and tell her where we are.

14:51

Can't she do anything? I

14:52

don't know. That was

14:55

something else. When I had service, I

14:57

was able to map Nebraska.

14:59

What? Really? I had

15:01

service So I plugged in the

15:03

GPS coordinates. It's

15:05

an hour

15:06

and a half walk, probably

15:09

longer with how deep the snow is getting. They

15:12

wanted us to be weak when we

15:13

arrived. And they want

15:15

us to be weak enough to miss our one

15:17

shot. It's not much of a game

15:19

when one side has all the advantage. Hey,

15:22

you got me though.

15:27

Great.

15:30

Kimber, I'm

15:30

going alone. No.

15:33

No.

15:33

I'm not again. No. The fuck you are not.

15:36

Yeah. am. My

15:37

gun, my bullet, my

15:40

fucking pound of flesh. Remember?

15:42

I remember. I want to kill

15:45

Graham. It is my right.

15:46

Kimber. No. Say how just

15:49

no. You know how important this is to

15:51

me.

15:51

Or important than being alive at all?

15:53

What about Kyle? What if you could

15:55

have saved him, but you wouldn't guide yourself killed for

15:57

no fucking reason? Well, and have to know where he

15:59

is first.

15:59

I have to go and kill your dad. Look,

16:02

I have a plan. Then tell me what

16:04

it is. You are not part of it.

16:06

Kimberly, I can't.

16:08

No. No. You wouldn't do this to me, Sam. You

16:10

couldn't. You know I need this. So

16:12

don't try and play the hero now. I've

16:14

been dreaming about killing that mother fucker

16:16

for a decade. You do not know what he

16:18

put me through.

16:23

I have

16:26

an idea just why I can't let

16:28

him near you again. You don't

16:31

get to control

16:31

that. I don't need your permission,

16:34

Sam, any man's permission to do

16:36

anything.

16:36

Yeah. You're right. don't

16:38

need my permission, but you know you're not getting

16:40

close to him without me. You

16:43

would really do that to meet leave

16:45

me behind.

16:45

Yeah. I would, and

16:47

I'm going to.

16:50

Fuck you. Fuck you.

16:52

You

16:53

can hate me, Kaye, but I'm not

16:55

letting him take anything else from you, not

16:57

your life. or anything else.

16:59

I'm going alone. You're the one

17:01

taking from me now. You're no different from

17:03

him at the end of the day. You're

17:04

just like Graham after girl,

17:06

but just killing him fucking selfish. I

17:08

tried to tell you. And I

17:10

have been working for

17:11

this for ten years and you're

17:13

stealing it from the nightmares

17:16

will never go away now. I

17:18

fucking hate you, Sam. I hate

17:20

your face. His fucking

17:22

face. I

17:22

can't let you die. I'll find Kyle

17:24

for you. I promise. Eric

17:26

is going to come for you. Eric and

17:29

Matt.

17:29

tied. I went to

17:32

you. I've died. You,

17:34

instead of Kyle. I think about it

17:36

every day. Me

17:42

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20:01

Whatever

20:02

happens. I

20:05

love you.

20:06

Okay?

20:26

There's a lot to think

20:28

about when you're walking towards death.

20:30

But instead of the

20:32

existential bullshit, I expected.

20:35

My mind wandered in and out

20:37

of the past. Traveling

20:40

in moments, I've been unable to callinger

20:42

for a decade. memories

20:44

of my family as

20:46

we were in a good time. Memories

20:48

of my childhood friends.

20:50

Good moments, bad moments. Things

20:52

I regret.

20:55

I guess you could say it was a version of my

20:57

life flashing before my eyes.

20:59

just

21:00

happened very slowly, painfully

21:05

slowly. Despite

21:10

oh

21:11

what I told Kimbreh, I

21:14

really didn't want to

21:16

die sober. didn't want

21:18

it to

21:18

hurt. So much in life had already

21:20

hurt. And I guess it was too much to

21:22

ask the death to be peaceful.

21:26

Now,

21:26

It was going to be

21:29

terrifying, violent, and

21:30

painful. I helped.

21:33

Fuck. I begged

21:34

God that things would go as

21:36

planned. and that if they didn't, it

21:38

would at least be a headshot over before

21:40

I knew what happened.

21:44

an hour in, I became

21:46

so cold. But I started to actually

21:48

wish I was at Nebraska, instead

21:51

of dreading it. a daydreamed

21:53

about warmth. Maybe Graham

21:55

would take me inside one of the buildings

21:57

to talk to me.

21:59

Maybe

21:59

he just arrest me and put me into the back of a police

22:02

car, warm air, blowing all

22:04

over me. I

22:07

hadn't gotten a lot of sleep. So when I came upon

22:09

a mile marker, I almost didn't believe

22:12

what I was

22:13

seeing. It was a jungle

22:14

jam. Place that half

22:17

buried in the deep snow.

22:20

I could see the top half of

22:22

the slide. Monkey bars.

22:24

Whatever number was painted on, it was

22:26

hidden below. I gave it

22:28

a white earth.

22:29

gonna shut me up just

22:31

the same. With

22:34

all the memories

22:34

playing through my head, I kept coming back from

22:37

one, very recent

22:39

one. Something Eric had said

22:41

on the phone about the

22:42

records being hidden in plain sight.

22:45

At the end,

22:46

from the static

22:48

stealing most of his words. swear he said

22:51

school data centers. I

22:54

couldn't stop thinking about that.

22:57

My mind went back to it

22:59

again and again because it

23:01

would be just like my dad,

23:03

but it's games, to

23:05

hype records

23:06

deck gates of abuse in the school

23:08

for anyone to see. Maybe

23:11

just like him to flaunt.

23:14

drisking high school, had a computer lab in the basement.

23:16

Colin and I used to sneak

23:18

in there, dick around all the time. I'm

23:20

right next door to the lab.

23:24

risking historical

23:25

society.

23:27

It was almost too perfect, too

23:30

obvious. So the

23:31

thought slipped away. like, smoke on

23:33

the wind. And eventually, there was

23:35

only room for cold thoughts.

23:41

I

23:43

was wearing

23:44

six layers of clothing

23:46

but frozen to the core by the time the

23:48

sun turned the sky and murky

23:51

gray. fingers were too

23:53

stiff and cold to even light a

23:55

cigarette. The phone slipped from my

23:57

numb fingers more than once and I had to

23:59

retrieve it from

23:59

the snow. at least the GPS

24:02

was easy to follow. After

24:04

another twenty minutes, she

24:06

felt like fucking hours.

24:08

I was forced to cut across

24:11

the

24:11

river. I

24:18

almost didn't have

24:18

the strength. I wondered

24:21

if at this point I would succumb to the cold before

24:23

I reached for us. But

24:25

I wanted to get as close as

24:27

I could. My chances of

24:29

survival were dwindling to almost nothing.

24:32

I became more and more determined to at least get

24:35

there. I wanted to look

24:37

Graham in the face and

24:39

tell him what I thought of him. The

24:41

dot on the map was getting closer and

24:43

closer, but I was desperate to sit down out

24:45

of the wind. The

24:48

thought was becoming power fully

24:50

attractive. Every soft stretch of

24:52

snow, a new place to lay down and

24:53

rest. So

24:56

it's just about drop. What I

24:58

finally noticed, the familiar edges of

25:00

a mine account.

25:02

I

25:04

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25:05

it, renewed by my

25:07

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25:09

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25:11

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This

26:24

camp

26:27

was

26:27

different than the other Barrasco operation.

26:30

was more exposed, flatter.

26:32

The building spread wider apart.

26:34

To tell tell air

26:37

of death and

26:38

suffer it was the same.

26:40

The sheriff

26:42

must have been tracking me

26:44

because he was already standing in

26:46

the large clearing facing me.

26:49

surrounded by eleven of his men,

26:51

including a smoking Jimmy

26:54

Prescott. Jimmy was standing

26:56

a few feet behind my father smoking

26:58

a cigarette in the shelter of a

27:00

building's east. He winked

27:02

at me.

27:03

What a fucking

27:05

prick. before

27:08

I

27:08

even realized they were behind me, two uniformed

27:11

deputies, pinned my arms to my sides,

27:13

and dragged me the last few

27:15

yards in a can. thirteen

27:18

men, thirteen

27:20

men, and one bullet.

27:22

I couldn't believe it all came down to

27:24

the flighty whims of Jimmy

27:27

Fuck being

27:28

Prescott. They

27:31

don't

27:33

me at

27:36

the sure of his feet when he

27:38

looked down at me and discussed. Here

27:41

he was. After all

27:43

these years, a man who'd only ever

27:45

been on cups of my

27:47

nightmares, ineffective, impotent,

27:50

stupid.

27:52

knew better now. He

27:55

was the big boss, the

27:57

mastermind, the

27:59

main event.

28:03

I ignored everyone

28:06

else as I stood up to look to share up eye

28:08

to eye. And

28:10

I realized we really were almost

28:12

identical in every way.

28:14

His hair was the same dark

28:16

brown color as mine. line.

28:19

His streaks lightly with gray.

28:21

His skin on his face boasted only

28:23

a few light creases. and

28:26

knew my terrible lifestyle had given my

28:28

face a similar weathered appearance.

28:31

I wondered how Cambra was able

28:33

to look at me every day. how

28:36

she loved me at all. Hello,

28:40

son. Welcome home.

28:42

This

28:44

isn't

28:45

my home, and I'm

28:47

not your

28:49

son. Lots of

28:52

things could be

28:54

debated, Sam, but not

28:57

that. I am your dead.

28:59

You are

29:00

a fucking disgrace.

29:02

Officer

29:06

Greg, teach my

29:10

son some

29:14

respect. I

29:17

didn't

29:17

bother to tell myself.

29:19

Not sure I even could have.

29:21

My blood was pumping so slowly

29:23

in my reactions. clumsy and

29:26

stunted. Greg's

29:27

fourth punch split my cheek open under my

29:30

left eye, and I didn't

29:32

rush to get up from the

29:34

numbing now, now pressed

29:35

against my face. Nope.

29:37

It was in

29:40

that

29:40

moment that I felt Alaska all

29:42

around me again. The change

29:45

event you hadn't deafened it at

29:47

all. A

29:49

where I could hear them whispering through the walls.

29:52

Same words I'd heard ten years

29:54

before.

29:54

Tell me. Don't

29:58

lose me.

29:59

The buildings

29:59

at the sheriff's back was

30:02

definitely the door. It

30:06

was larger

30:06

than the other. and

30:09

radiated the same aura, agony and

30:11

death. They concentrated

30:13

on that building instead of the beating.

30:16

I was taking from Greg. It helped

30:17

me focus. They

30:20

brought me back to

30:20

my feet. I only got out of it

30:22

down again, but I kept getting out No

30:25

matter how pink the snow was turning

30:27

underneath me.

30:29

Still. That's

30:38

enough

30:39

enough. Now

30:45

listen to fuck up Samuel. This little

30:48

mission of yours ends

30:50

today I don't know what you thought a woman

30:52

in a junky could do against me,

30:54

against an operation of this size,

30:57

but it's disappointing.

30:58

clearly

31:00

you didn't get

31:01

your mother's instincts or

31:03

my intelligence.

31:05

So I'm gonna

31:08

give you

31:08

a few options. You could

31:10

hand over the gun and scurry back to that

31:12

get all you crawled out of. No.

31:17

Really? because that would be a very good

31:19

idea. You come into

31:21

my town and raise health for

31:23

days. You scare some good people

31:25

including my own wife. You broke into my house,

31:27

burned a picture of my daughter,

31:29

your sister, and Pete Emily.

31:31

You're lucky

31:34

you're still breathing sun.

31:36

I didn't

31:38

touch your

31:40

wife. No.

31:43

That was Kimber to Star. Wasn't

31:45

it? I sent me out to retrieve her from the

31:47

mountain an hour ago. I

31:49

got

31:51

unfinished business with that girl.

31:53

Yeah. I

31:57

know. I know exactly what

31:59

you did to

31:59

Kimber, to

32:00

my sister, to other

32:03

people. You're a sick piece of

32:05

shit, a cancer. I'm

32:07

gonna watch you die.

32:16

Wouldn't buy

32:17

all meats, take your shots, Samuel?

32:19

I'm a

32:20

reasonable man. I

32:22

played fair. We left you

32:24

a vest in a bullet.

32:26

You just

32:27

remember, boy, your reign better be

32:30

true because when you come at the

32:32

king, better not miss. Believe

32:35

me, I won't.

32:36

Or

32:40

you could

32:40

use the sense you were born

32:42

with to go home to your junky friends in lifestyle. I'm not

32:45

doing that anymore. But you

32:47

will again because you're

32:49

weak. Now unless you

32:52

wanna hear the other option. Why don't you

32:54

fuck off? No.

32:56

There are things you need to answer for.

32:58

I don't answer to anybody,

33:01

Sam. Kelly and Claire, you

33:03

learned that lesson the hard way.

33:08

Just tell me. When

33:10

did you hurt

33:11

Whitney? Careful.

33:16

I have finished your sister's

33:18

death. after

33:22

after you

33:24

braked her.

33:26

oh

33:28

a

33:35

fucking pistol whipped me.

33:37

And

33:37

before my vision had even cleared,

33:40

he snapped one of my ribs with the toe of

33:42

his boot. I lay

33:43

curled on my side, unable

33:45

to move as the pain radiated from my

33:47

chest to my spine and scattered

33:49

to every nerve in my body. Oh,

33:52

god. I wanted some the fucking smack. If I was

33:54

high

33:54

enough, death would feel like a

33:57

glorious footnote.

34:00

the

34:01

pain

34:03

was manageable. I rolled over to my

34:05

hands and knees spinning blood into

34:07

the snow. Graham

34:10

was still standing above me. Red rage spread

34:12

across his face. And

34:14

I just couldn't fucking help myself.

34:18

They have

34:21

a store spot.

34:22

i have a sore spot

34:24

You

34:28

say anything that filthy about your sister

34:30

ever again, I will shove my gun under

34:32

that ballistic vest

34:32

and shoot you

34:33

in a fucking gun.

34:36

What about my

34:39

mother? Can I

34:41

ask about her?

34:44

your

34:47

mother. What a woman she was?

34:53

you killed her. I didn't lay

34:55

a hand on your

34:57

mother. I loved

35:00

Elizabeth. Loved her. She died

35:01

because she driving truck.

35:04

I don't believe you. Who

35:06

gives us shit? This isn't

35:08

a q and a. than

35:11

mine. Why am I

35:13

still

35:13

alive? You had your chance

35:15

to leave. You

35:18

decided to stick around and say

35:20

disgusting things about your

35:22

sister. So in this case -- Was I

35:24

wrong about any of it? -- you were talking about things

35:26

you know

35:28

nothing about I loved Whitney.

35:30

More than you could

35:32

imagine. You're a fucking monster.

35:37

Oh,

35:38

come on now, Sam. Is that any way to talk to

35:41

your father? Maybe I'll get ramirez over

35:43

here next to teach you some more respect.

35:45

Here now. I'm my father.

35:47

there. Not

35:49

anymore. I'm afraid it

35:51

doesn't work like that.

35:54

I know how you

35:55

did the Kimball. Yeah.

35:58

Sure. But you know

35:59

the

36:01

circumstances, the context,

36:04

Would you rather

36:06

it had been someone she didn't know

36:08

or someone that disgusted

36:10

her like that geriatric fuck

36:13

leery

36:13

or cocaine Jimmy over here? I

36:15

would rather, hit up with no

36:17

one. You better watch your tone with

36:19

me, boy. It's bad enough that my men are

36:21

seeing what a joke my own son

36:24

has become. Let's set him inside. Let's just talk you

36:25

and me.

36:27

Oh, yeah?

36:28

that chambered ground

36:30

in your pocket getting itchy.

36:32

Go

36:33

ahead. Pull that gun on me so I could

36:35

kill you nice and legal. You expect

36:38

me to leave you care

36:40

about legal. Your cop. Running a human trafficking.

36:42

Right?

36:43

Fucking cop.

36:44

No, Sammy.

36:48

I'm

36:48

a businessman.

36:50

You could be two. I don't

36:52

want any part of your business. No.

36:55

you don't, which is fucking

36:58

confusing. You don't know

37:00

me? You're still my

37:02

son. I'm

37:04

an alpha. That's why I can't figure out what the fuck happened to

37:06

you. You've got the blood of

37:08

kings running through your veins and you

37:10

filled them with tar.

37:12

I only son,

37:14

a white trash drug addict. How

37:16

do you think that makes me

37:19

feel? This should be your birthright

37:21

and you're too weak to take

37:23

it. I'm stronger than you think, Ram.

37:25

Oh, yeah. Strong enough to lift

37:28

or a bullet to

37:30

the

37:30

head. Are

37:32

you? Hey, boss. Look what I

37:35

call lurking around the perimeter.

37:36

a local

37:37

Fifteen.

37:40

Fifteen

37:41

men. Fuck. Two

37:43

I hadn't seen previously came around

37:45

the side of the building pushing a

37:47

woman in front of them.

37:52

Well, welcome

37:56

Princess.

37:56

Glad you decided

37:59

to tag along.

38:00

I'm sorry. I'm

38:03

sorry, Sam. I I shouldn't have.

38:05

I thought that Well, no.

38:07

I heard

38:08

you turned into a looker, but I yet to confirm

38:10

it myself. Hello again, sweetheart.

38:12

Don't your fucking touch

38:14

her. Don't your touch

38:17

her. Shit. Fuck.

38:21

this

38:21

one years? Well

38:24

hell. Maybe the apple didn't

38:26

fall too far from the tree after all. Stay

38:28

away from

38:29

her. Damn. you. kill you.

38:34

Don't.

38:36

Stay away.

38:37

You're fucking. You're

38:39

fucking perverse man or

38:42

Sammy. That's no way to talk in

38:44

front of a lake. This

38:46

is your dest fucking

38:48

warning.

38:49

Don't worry. We'll

38:52

catch

38:53

up soon, Kemper. Let

38:55

her go. Let her

38:57

go. I'll do whatever

39:00

you

39:02

want.

39:05

And that Sammy brings us to

39:07

your other

39:08

option. Hold on. I swear. sweaterly.

39:12

Good. You're gonna stay here

39:13

and run this shit with me.

39:15

Get your hands dirty

39:18

for once No,

39:18

Sam. Don't. Deputy Sutton, shut

39:21

her

39:21

up. Uh-uh. Mike,

39:23

don't

39:23

you fucking dare?

39:26

You beat Month.

39:29

Sup,

39:29

Walker. I don't

39:31

work for you.

39:34

Now then

39:36

about the

39:39

family business. You want Kimmer to walk out of here instead

39:41

of being dealt with, like,

39:43

defective property she is, you're gonna have to prove

39:45

your end. And I mean,

39:48

really in so

39:50

why don't you go on inside?

39:53

pick yourself out a girl and

39:55

make me

39:56

some

39:58

money.

39:59

I

40:08

can't. Can't what?

40:10

Can't stay end up? Or are you

40:12

saying you're too much of a pussy to take

40:15

your place at my side? I'm

40:17

sorry, sure, kick.

40:18

I can't

40:19

do it. Turns

40:21

out my son is

40:23

a weak little shit

40:25

as suspected. Sudden.

40:30

Take your friend's side. Last chance,

40:32

Sammy. No.

40:33

No. No. You can't. You can't take her

40:35

in there. I'm begging you.

40:38

Now disappointing.

40:40

hell is

40:45

This shot her. Without

40:47

even turning the

40:48

look at her, a sheriff

40:50

shot Kimbre in the chest

40:53

where she stood. She fell

40:55

over into the

40:58

snow

40:58

without making

40:59

a sound. No,

41:04

Kimber. No.

41:26

Pérezka

41:28

stars Khosbros, a

41:31

Sam Walker,

41:32

Sarah Jarkin, a Kimmer

41:34

Dastaro,

41:35

Bo Napp, as

41:36

Eric Tucker, Mark Durwin, as Graham

41:38

Walker, Gary Galone,

41:40

as officer

41:41

Greg, and Erica

41:43

McKnight,

41:43

as Mike Sutton. Sean

41:46

Maguire is Jimmy Prescott, Nick Segar, as

41:48

officer Ramirez, with

41:51

additional performances

41:51

by Sean

41:54

Royal's, Shantal

41:55

Williams. Mara Shuster left

41:58

commits. Jeffrey

41:59

Kennedy, Winston story,

42:02

Diana

42:02

rooney Rooney. written

42:04

and created by Rebecca Clingle,

42:06

directed by Kristen Burke,

42:08

executive produced by

42:09

Coles Brause,

42:12

Rebecca Clingle, Rob Harding,

42:14

David Henning, Sandra Yealink,

42:16

and Michelle Zarate, co

42:19

executive producer, Shen Yun

42:21

He

42:21

Yu, produced by Brandon Weisner, original score

42:23

and composition by Darren Johnson,

42:26

additional music

42:27

by Brian Kessley.

42:30

music

42:30

editor, Ryan Castley, and David Tadashore. Audio

42:32

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42:35

Tadashore and Gabe

42:38

Burch, edited by Nealy

42:40

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42:40

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42:42

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42:44

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42:46

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42:49

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42:52

Casting director,

42:54

Meg Mormon, and Sunday

42:56

Bowling, assistant director,

42:57

Kelsey Adams, script

42:59

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43:00

Omar Barahona,

43:04

production Tom

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Yang. Production assistant,

43:08

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43:10

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43:13

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43:19

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