[Quinn] Previously on Ransom Canyon...
- Few dozen head missing, boss. - Tell the boys to saddle up.
Which one of us is trying to steal the other one's girlfriend?
[grunting]
- You should see yourself. - You should see yourself.
[Staten and Jake laughing]
I figured you could use a real bed.
I just bought me a half-dozen big old fat Angus.
The boys I bought 'em from say they know you.
- Stealing cattle, ripping off an old man. - You left me no choice.
I get you 20K, and y'all are gone.
That is a little keepsake from Odin.
- Bull. - So you rodeo.
- I used to dabble. - The ever-mysterious Yancy Grey.
You want to start doing me favors? Why don't you hit that chop shop?
[tense music playing]
My ranch is in dire financial straits.
That's why I'm pushing so hard on this pipeline.
- I don't come without a caveat. - Neither do I.
["All the Ways" by Ray LaMontagne and The Secret Sisters playing]
[Davis] We should go to New York.
[Quinn] Right now?
No. [laughs] Next week.
- Next week? - Mm-hmm.
- Okay. - Come on.
We could eat in shamefully expensive restaurants,
make love in shamefully expensive hotels,
maybe audition for a local symphony.
- [Quinn laughs] - I mean, I don't know.
I'm just... I'm just spitballing here.
What do you think?
I think Santa Fe sounds charming.
[chuckles softly]
- That part of my life is in the past. - Mm.
I want to keep it there.
Things are starting to fall into place.
You know? Gracie's is taking off.
- My soap is selling. - Mm-hmm.
- Soap. - [Quinn laughs]
- And then there's this guy. - Oh.
Oh.
How's that coming?
Promising.
Mm.
Feels like the kind of thing you don't walk away from.
♪ Oh, let me love Love, love, love, love ♪
♪ Love, love you all the ways ♪
[romantic light rock music fades]
["Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues" by Larkin Poe playing]
♪ Bleach blonde bottle blues Baby's got a short fuse ♪
♪ Boom bombshell Raising hell in white linen ♪
♪ She been everywhere, seen everything Saw it on the big screen ♪
♪ Y'all got nothing on that ♪
♪ I said, "Ooh-ooh, child What you gonna do?" ♪
♪ I said, "Ooh-ooh, child What you got?" ♪
♪ I said, "Ooh-ooh, child What you gonna do ♪
♪ With them bleach blond bottle blues?" ♪
♪ Oh, you gotta ride at your own risk ♪
♪ You gotta ride at your own risk ♪
- [feisty country music halts] - [gasps]
Well, this I did not see coming. Huh!
[laughs]
Tell me, just between us girls, how did you swing this, you and Davis?
I didn't swing anything, Paula Jo.
- We're seeing each other. - Ah.
- Want to know what I think? - Not really, no.
I think my ex-husband's having a bit of a midlife crisis.
I think he's second-guessing himself, his choices.
He's trying something... new.
Well, this has been fun.
- [Paula Jo] Mm. - [footsteps receding]
[Davis] Hey, I picked up some breakfast.
Where are you headed off to in such a hurry?
- Why don't you ask your ex-wife? - My ex...
[troubled music playing]
[sighs]
[engine starts]
What did you say to Quinn?
Nothing.
Although she did see me naked.
And I think she was a little intimidated.
[laughs]
Now, you mind telling me where our son is?
[exhales]
- [indistinct commentary] - [Lucas] Oh, come on, come on! Yes!
[Reid laughs]
There's no way this guy shows up on Saturday.
Ben's dad saw his name at our rodeo, Tilden Hooper. I'm telling you.
- You guys feed the horses? - [both] Yes, sir.
What, school starts at 10:00 now?
We figured we'd skip chem to give you the good news.
- We found your missing cattle. - Where?
- Tilden Hooper, Epic Ride, Houston. - Beavis, Butt-Head.
- [taps key] - [Reid] Huh?
- Where are my cattle? - Pasture Four, all six of them.
Hey.
Thank you.
And get your asses to school.
- [clicks key] - [video continues]
[Reid] Dude, look at him go.
[indistinct chatter]
Stick around. Two-for-one specials for anyone on this list.
- [man] Thank you, ma'am. - You're so welcome.
[laughs]
Are you hiding from me, Yancy Grey?
No.
No, I, uh, actually came here to see you.
Bullshit. You're riding in the rodeo.
Uh, you know, I was considering it.
Oh really? The All-Around?
Okay, I... I realize that you rode back in the day,
but bareback, saddle bronc, and bull riding?
- Worried about me? - No, no, no.
Okay, this is serious. I've seen guys not walk away from the All-Around.
I'm gonna be fine. I just gotta get a little training in.
Three days ain't a lot of time.
No, it is not.
So Austin Water & Power just up and gave you a seat on their board.
- How convenient. - It's convenient for you, babe.
Don't call me that.
[scoffs] Fine.
Be boring.
Look, it's not the first time I had to clean up one of your messes.
I've got it under control, all right?
Like you have parenting our son under control?
Or protecting his inheritance?
Or being faithful to anyone?
Face it, control isn't exactly your strong suit.
You had your chance. Now it's my turn, babe.
Okay, listen to me, P.
Cap will fold. It's just a matter of time.
- And Staten-- - Staten is stonewalling you.
Yes, I know.
I have a plan that even Staten Kirkland won't be able to fight.
- I appreciate the gesture, P, but-- - I'm not doing this for you.
I'm doing this for Reid. This ranch is our son's legacy,
and I won't let you run it to the ground.
[ominous music playing]
Looks like Kirkland was right about someone running his boy off the road.
Hey, keep your damn voice down.
[sighs]
We don't know anything for sure.
Something like this would tear this town apart.
So what are you gonna do?
Some digging.
- [class bell rings] - You think you would ever?
Dude, I would love to.
- But there's no way my dad would let me. - Too tall.
- I'm too short for it. [laughs] - [Reid] Okay.
- [Lucas] See you later. Have a good one. - Take it easy.
Uh, wow, okay. So you and Reid go on one cattle drive
and all of a sudden you're BFFs?
Yeah, I guess we bonded.
That's really amazing.
Yeah, right?
Yeah, no! Lucas, do you not understand
how weird it is for me to see the two of you together?
Yeah. Little bit of an idea.
- Okay, look, you know I have no choice. - I get it.
Keeping up appearances for your father,
but does that require you to keep dating Reid?
Look.
You are all that matters to me. You know that, right?
[Lucas scoffs]
Then end it with Reid.
He's a good guy deep down. He doesn't deserve this.
And neither do I.
[poignant music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[raucous music playing]
What do you mean, naked?
Not a stitch of clothing. Just standing there, staring at me.
If she's stripping down to jump in the shower, then they're obviously still--
- Still hooking up? No. - Yeah.
- No. - [Yancy] Definitely.
Sorry, just thought you might want an honest male perspective.
Once you've been there, it's kinda fair game.
Charming.
Don't listen to him, Quinn. He's a dead man walking.
- He signed up for the Rodeo All-Around. - Thanks for your vote of confidence.
Sorry, I thought you might want an honest female perspective.
[woman] Hey.
Can I get 12 shots of Fireball and six Shiners?
- I'll ring 'em right up. - Thanks.
It's been like this all day.
I gotta give it to you, El. Hosting that stock draw was a great call.
Look, Davis is crazy about you.
You have nothing to worry about. And Paula Jo's just being Paula Jo.
Exactly.
And despite all her Paula Jo-ness,
he still got bored and left her for that former Miss Texas.
And then left her for the dental hygienist in Dallas.
- Oh my God, remember her? She had huge-- - Tits.
- Teeth. - Teeth, yes.
Everyone has baggage, Quinn.
Men are slow learners.
Sometimes we have to make the same mistake over and over
until the one woman comes along that...
makes us want to be better.
[clears throat]
[Yancy] What do you want?
Well, what I want is a face like yours,
one of them buckle bunnies and a hotel room.
But in lieu of that, I guess I'll just
settle for checking up on my favorite bull rider. Hmm?
You'll get your money. You just worry about your end, huh?
Oh, you put 20 grand in my hand,
I'll be sipping piña coladas in Key West by Wednesday.
But if you don't,
everybody in there is gonna find out who you really are.
[sinister music playing]
Mm-hmm.
Look at that.
It's you.
[chuckles]
[under breath] Oh God.
Paula Jo. What the hell are you doing here?
Grief is looking good on you, Staten. Reid said you'd be alone.
I hope you don't mind, I brought an old friend.
- So Austin Water & Power, huh? - Mm-hmm.
You always did know how to seize a moment, Paula Jo.
- Which leads me to why I'm here. - Answer's no.
Are we finished?
Not only have I been authorized to double your offer,
I also got you an extension on your leaseback.
Yeah, the answer's still no.
You'll say yes eventually.
They always do.
I bet old Hollis Fuller won't be so hard to sway.
What, with his ranch falling on hard times,
his son's gone, now his wife's in a home with dementia.
Wow. Not a decent bone in your body, you know that?
You'd know.
Can we please not rehash that night?
Oh stop it, I am talking about Reid.
Seriously, I really appreciate you stepping up for him.
I wish he'd just move to Austin with me,
but that boy has a love for Ransom I never possessed.
[Staten scoffs]
You know how hard it is to get the smell of horse shit out of Gucci?
[Staten chuckles]
[both laughing]
Speaking of things that, uh, don't smell right,
why is it that Quinn O'Grady
was in my ex-husband's shower this morning?
See, that's what I thought.
In fact, I was surprised it wasn't your shower.
You know, Amalah once told me
she always thought you two would end up together.
Mm.
Mm, mm, mm.
But Quinn and Davis,
I don't see it, I don't see it, I don't see it.
Do you?
I don't really give a damn.
Mm.
[grunts]
[horses grunting]
["I'm Back" by Sherilyn playing]
♪ I gotta fight to keep the dream alive ♪
♪ Won't waste my time getting bitter ♪
♪ Beat every circumstance to prove ♪
♪ That I was born a winner ♪
♪ Took me forever Pulled it together ♪
♪ Everybody had their doubts ♪
♪ But I'm back ♪
♪ And stronger than ever ♪
♪ Like a rebel, I'm back ♪
♪ Better never say never ♪
[exhales]
[rebellious country music fades]
[phone vibrates]
It's all your fault.
That's what I'll tell your mom if you make us late for the rodeo.
- I do not want to be on her bad side. - No, no, you don't. All right, I'm coming.
[upbeat country music playing]
[announcer over PA] We are here on a beautiful Texas afternoon
for the Tri-County PRCA Championship Rodeo.
It's time to let loose and have some fun, y'all.
Now let's give our flag carriers a big round of applause, shall we?
[cheers and applause]
[horses galloping]
[music fades]
Quinn, hey. I'm so glad you came. I...
I thought you might bail on me after...
After your ex-wife and I saw each other naked?
- Right. - Yeah.
About that, I, uh...
Here's the thing.
- So-- - It's all right, you can tell me later.
[soft, emotional music playing]
[announcer] Just a few riders left in the bareback pit.
I gotta tell you, this is a mean competition.
Grey! You're after Hooper.
[announcer] That's the man to beat right there.
Tilden Hooper on...
- [announcer continues indistinctly] - [horse whinnies]
- You look ready. - Watch me, brother, I'm always ready.
[aggressive rock music playing]
[horse snorts]
[horse whinnies]
♪ I'll get it done ♪
[bell rings]
[horse grunting]
[horse squeals]
[horse grunting]
[horse squeals]
[horn blows]
[announcer] A huge ride for Hooper.
Man to beat.
[man] Come on!
[announcer] Tilden Hooper, your national champion,
showing them how it's done.
[music ends]
Hey, man, you think Tilden will sign my program?
Cut it out. This is business.
- Who you boys got your money on? - Oh, yo.
We got the inside on a ringer.
Should be paying off big if he come through.
Yeah, if... if that was legal, of course.
Yeah.
- Of course. - [Freddie] Yeah.
Have a good one.
You are a goddamn idiot, you know that?
[announcer] Next up on One for the Money is one of your own.
Yancy Grey out of Ransom Canyon.
Let's see what this young man can do.
[intense music playing]
[horse grunts]
[horse panics]
[bell rings]
[horse snorts]
[horse grunts]
Feet.
Use your feet, kid.
[horse squealing]
[Yance cries out]
[horse squeals]
[horn blows]
[announcer] Grey saves it.
- [groans] - [crowd gasps]
Eighty-seven points!
- That puts him just behind Hooper. - Ah.
[cheers and applause]
That's how you do it.
[music fades]
- [Yancy] Not bad, huh? - You were amazing.
Yeah.
No celebrating yet. Still got two rides to go.
Well, it sounds like you're gonna need a little luck to see it through.
[romantic song playing]
♪ Think you should warn somebody ♪
♪ 'Cause I got lost in the fold ♪
♪ Was looking for somebody ♪
Even better than I imagined.
Oh, so you've been imagining this?
Shut up.
♪ I got tied up and lost ♪
♪ In your mind But the truth is ♪
♪ Ooh, it's always been It's always been you ♪
Hey!
Next ride's for you.
♪ I can't pretend Hard as I try to ♪
[laughs]
Wishing the boys good luck?
Just one.
Yeah, yeah, about that--
Can we not do this, Kai?
Look, Ellie, you gotta ask yourself.
First, sheriff is picking him up off the side of the road.
Next, he's glad-handing rich ranchers and bringing shady friends to town?
Okay, first of all, I dragged him to that fundraiser.
Second, those guys aren't even his friends.
I get it, okay? I was skeptical too, but I was wrong.
And so are you, so can you just...
Just let it go, okay?
Please.
[rugged guitar music playing]
- [horse whinnies] - [gate slams]
[bell rings]
- Thank you. - Mm-hmm.
Man, I never been to a rodeo in the VIP before. Sure this is okay?
Of course it is, you're with me.
- Where the hell is Lauren? - Hi.
- So your phone does work. - Tim.
- Hell, are you dating Lauren now too? - Wow, really?
I'm just breaking the tension, baby.
Let's go sit over there. I think it's gonna happen.
- What is? - We got a Rodeo queen alum here.
They should be asking you to come down and take some pictures.
And I'm happy to be your arm candy, baby. Okay?
I'm going to the bathroom. A little help here?
- What, you want me to shake it for you? - Reid.
- Go. - All right.
Okay, let's go.
What are you doing here?
Just hoping to catch a glimpse of you and Reid in all your glory.
Can you stop? I'm trying to find the right time.
There is no right time to break up with someone.
[emotional music playing]
Look, you can keep justifying this all you want, but I can't anymore. Sorry.
Lucas...
What the hell? You don't return my calls, texts.
The sheriff came to my house last night
- asking about a blue F-250. - Shh.
No, no shh, I'm tired of you and your damn secrets.
Me, I... I love a good secret.
Fill me in, boys.
Oh, I am... I'm... [laughs] I...
Tipped the announcer Lauren was here.
Yeah, he wanted to surprise her.
- [Reid] Yeah. - A little shout-out to the alumni queen.
[laughs]
Best let you get back to it, then.
- [Tim] Thank you, sir. - Yes, sir, thank you.
- Hey, boys, one more thing. - [tense music playing]
Y'all remember where you were the night of Randall's accident?
I was at home.
I was with Lauren, sir.
Why?
No reason.
Enjoy the rodeo, you hear?
Yes, sir, you too.
- See you soon. - You too.
I told you then, and I'll tell you now. The truth's gonna come out.
- We can't talk here. We can't talk here. - We need to--
Come on.
Johnny Walker Black, neat.
Yeah, I got you, Mr. Fuller.
[Paula Jo] Allow me.
Aren't you a little past your prime to be playing honey pot?
[laughs]
Aren't you a little long in the tooth to be keeping up a ranch?
Look, Cap.
If there's something both our families understand,
it's... it's losing someone before their time.
More charming by the minute.
I'm just saying, take emotion out of the equation.
We gotta think about the people who are still with us.
Assisted living, that can't be cheap. What if you had to join her?
Are you ready for that?
Financially, you gotta be smart--
You're wasting your time, Paula Jo.
Unlike your ex, real ranchers don't roll over easy. Isn't that right, Cap?
Damn straight.
[Paula Jo laughs]
- I'm bored. - [Staten] Mm-hmm.
Councilman Boone! Just the man I was looking for.
If it isn't the ex-Mrs. Collins. How the hell are you?
- Better now that you're here. - Mm.
Let's chat.
[rock music playing]
[women laughing]
- [man] Here you go. - Thank you.
[distant cheering]
- [Tim] He knows about the truck. - [Reid] There's nothing tying us to that.
[Tim] Dude, he came to my house!
[tense music playing]
What did you hear?
Nothing, sorry.
That's just fantastic. Fantastic.
- Relax, we're fine. - How long was he there?
He didn't hear shit, okay?
- [bell rings] - [Davis laughs]
[Quinn] Thank you.
[Davis] Thank you.
[distant cheering]
- [indistinct chatter and laughter] - [glasses clinking]
[sighs]
Just tell me.
Is there still something between you and Paula Jo?
[sighs]
Look.
I won't lie, we have fallen into old habits from time to time.
- [reassuring music playing] - But that ended before you and me.
That's how it's gonna stay.
You sure? 'Cause she still walks through your house like she owns it.
- [distant cheering] - [sighs] Yeah.
I just need to know you're in this and I'm not making some kind of fool out of--
No.
[rugged guitar music playing]
[announcer] You think he deserves a little money? Let's make a little noise.
Yee-hoo!
[horn blows]
[screams]
[whinnies]
[announcer] What a ride for Yancy Grey.
As our saddle bronc portion comes to a close,
Grey now finds himself neck and neck with Hooper.
[music fades]
[indistinct chatter over PA]
[cattle lowing]
Pretty slick out there, son.
- You're not supposed to be back here. - [Freddie] I've been watching the odds.
Turns out you are so damn good,
you're favored to take All-Around.
But if I bet against you, well, we take home a lot more than 20.
You want me to throw it?
You want you to throw it.
No chance. That wasn't the deal.
Hmm. Well...
See, there's a new deal, amigo.
Six seconds, you get bucked off that bull.
- [ominous music playing] - And if you don't, well...
[cattle lowing]
...it won't just be some cattle that goes missing.
I think you know who I'm talking about.
[grunts]
You better cool your jets, superstar.
Six seconds, you go down.
Got it?
[cheering in distance]
Yeah.
Good man.
There we go.
You got this. I believe in you.
[serious music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[horses galloping]
[Staten] You know...
before she died,
Amalah made me promise
to find one thing to be happy about every day.
And of course I said yes, but...
without her...
Then there's this moment at Randall's birthday party
where I saw you across the room,
and you turned, and you...
you looked at me.
And I felt it.
[sentimental music playing]
I just let myself see you.
- Why couldn't you just say that? - I know, I...
After Randall...
I just disappeared.
And I pushed you away.
You were broken.
I am broken.
But if someday I'm not...
it'll be because of you.
[scoffs]
♪ I'm following the lead Of the setting sun ♪
Don't be with him.
What?
Be with me.
Staten...
[exasperated sigh]
It's too late.
It's not too late.
[whispers] It's not too late.
Goddamn it.
It's too late.
It's... It's not...
♪ I wanna go home ♪
♪ Back where I came from ♪
[announcer] You've been cheering for the cowboys all night.
How about we give it up for the cowgirls?
Man, are these riders fast!
Making that cloverleaf pattern one right and two left.
The louder you get, the faster they go.
There you are. Hey, listen, I've been thinking, and--
- Babe, can this wait? - No, this is important.
- Just give me one second. - Reid, please!
Look, I...
I really am sorry, but, um...
I just think us getting back together was a mistake.
What?
[sighs]
I'm really sorry.
I am.
Is this because of Lucas?
Yeah. Uh...
Yeah, it is.
[Reid exhales, clears throat]
[Lauren] Wait, what are you--
- Hey, man. - Hey.
- [Reid grunts] - [Lauren] Jesus! Oh my God!
Are you okay?
What is the matter with you?
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
[announcer] Yancy Grey looking good tonight.
He's gonna need 90 points in his bull ride
to edge Hooper out of that All-Around title.
No easy feat, but if he can pull it off, he'll walk away a champion.
It all comes down to this.
Yancy Grey and an adversary that needs no introduction.
- [bull snorts] - Thor!
[Thor bellows]
- [gate rattles] - [crowd gasps]
[Thor bellows]
[intense music playing]
[man] Careful.
[Thor bellows]
[gate rattles]
- [bang on gate] - [people murmuring]
- [bell rings] - [Thor bellows]
Come on, come on, come on.
[announcer] Four seconds.
Five.
Let go, you son of a bitch.
[crowd clamoring]
[leather creaking]
Six seconds!
[people shouting encouragement]
[horn blows]
- [crowd cheers] - [Ellie] Whoo!
[crowd gasps]
[Yancy grunts]
[Thor bellows]
He's up!
- [crowd cheers] - With 92 points and $20,000!
Ladies and gentlemen, your All-Around roughstock rodeo champion,
Yancy Grey!
- I didn't order that. - [Paula Jo] I did.
Mind if I join?
[uneasy music playing]
Oh man.
[man] Good job, amigo.
Nice ride.
Thank you. [groans]
[exhales]
Hell of a ride.
- Thank you. - See ya down the road.
Yeah.
Man.
- Thank you, guys. Yeah. - You good for it?
[groans]
So now you owe me 40K.
That was a real dumb move, son.
[officer] We found our guy.
[Freddie] We had a deal, Yance.
Why'd you screw this one up too, huh?
Cat got your tongue, buddy?
["With Fire" by Katie Sevigny playing]
Wait, what the hell?
- This your cow salesman, Cap? - Yeah, that's the guy.
- He had a buddy with him. - We'll find the buddy.
Cap, I can explain those guys.
The only thing you need to explain to me
is where in the hell you learned to ride like that. Hmm?
You're making me proud, kid.
These, uh, badges, they want me to go down and make a statement.
So I'll see you at home?
- See you at home. - Yeah.
- You okay? - Better now.
♪ Playin' with fire ♪
Grey, I need to talk to you.
I'll see you around, champ.
Get this asshole to the station.
I'm coming for you, buddy. [laughs]
♪ But the truth is not behind my eyes ♪
♪ It's in your hands ♪
- You got a problem? - You're the one with the problem.
You fell for a con man.
- Oh, I think I know who Yancy is. - Hell...
[laughs]
You don't even know his real name.
♪ Yeah, we're playin' with fire ♪
♪ Playin' with fire ♪
♪ With fire ♪
[moody folk song ends]
[soft music playing]
[music fades out]