Pulled from the wreckage of Clyde lidgard's trailer.
I mean, in what world did you think it was okay
to break into Clyde's trailer?
The door was unlocked.
What?
I had a feeling about something and just wanted to take a look.
Oh, well, if Joe pickett had a feeling,
then by all means.
And what exactly did you find?
The place went up in flames before we had the chance to see anything.
Hmm.
And how convenient that both of you
just happened to be outside when the explosion happened?
Yes. Thankfully, we were.
I saw brake lights.
Somebody else was there.
Really?
And there any witnesses?
Yeah. Me.
Like I said.
You know what, pickett? I'm not asking you anymore.
The next time I find you some place you shouldn't be,
I am taking you to jail.
And you too.
I keep wondering how far up the chain this thing goes.
You think sheriff barnum is in on all this?
This is all getting way too dangerous.
I agree.
Which is why I think you should distance yourself from it.
Maybe tell Nate that you can't represent him.
- Me? - Mm-hmm.
- What about you? - What about me?
Clyde lidgard has a photo of you.
You're in the middle of this thing somehow,
- whether you like it or not. - Exactly!
There is a murderer out there who killed someone in our backyard.
How can we defend ourselves if we don't know who?
Or... or why?
We're not gonna be safe until we know the truth,
and right now, I seem to be the only one who's even looking for it.
You know who knew the truth, Joe?
- Who? - Ote keeley.
You know who else? Clyde lidgard.
Maybe in this case,
knowing the truth gets you killed.
We can't be taking chances like that.
So what, we just pretend like we're safe?
Hope for the best?
You know, when I was growing up,
I promised myself I would do a betterjob
raising my kids than my mom did raising us.
You know who would have been left to raise our kids
if we died last night?
My mom.
Joe, you just might have to make peace with the fact
that you'll never know what ote was trying to tell you.
Whatever he had to say got him killed.
And if we knew it, it could get us killed too.
We're here, so...
They were frontiersmen.
They were outdoorsmen.
And they will pass into the gates of heaven
wearing the majestic colors of the Denver broncos.
The throwback orange and blue
of the '70s and '80s, of course.
So on this day, let us celebrate these men's lives
and take them with us in our heart.
Amen.
Like to see the repo man come take ote's truck now.
What's up, man?
- I'm sorry about your cousin. - Yeah. Glad you took the bastard out.
You bet. My pleasure.
Clyde lidgard, he was a troubled man.
I'm just sorry I didn't get up there sooner.
I could've stopped the whole thing from happening.
Oh. Y'all excuse me.
- Hey. - Hey.
I heard about lidgard's trailer blowing up.
- Hmm. - Jesus.
I'm just glad that you're all right.
- I appreciate that. - Mm-hmm.
So it's every last one of us, hmm?
How can they do this?
Bye, daddy.
Come on, April. Let's get.
April, enough.
I said knock this shit off.
Let's go.
You listen to me when I talk to you.
Get in the car. What are you doing? Don't look at me like that.
- Don't give me that attitude. - Jeannie. Hey.
Hey, Jeannie, need a hand?
Uh, if you want, April could come to our house this afternoon.
We don't have anything going on.
- Don't you dare judge me. - I'm not. Jeannie, I'm not.
My husband's dead, I'm getting kicked out of my house,
and I got 30 bucks in my pocket,
and you want to help?
Help me keep my home.
Next week, April and me are gonna be living out of my car.
So the eviction's going through?
Whole trailer park got sold out from under us
about three months back.
Some new owner.
And they're evicting all of you?
No, we own our home.
We don't own the land under it. We rent that.
How's it legal for them to Jack up our rent
and steal our houses from us?
It isn't... well, it shouldn't be.
Ote promised me he was taking care of all this.
Said he had it all worked out.
What do you mean he had it worked out? Worked out with who?
Never said.
I know it was sketchy.
You ask me, it's this land nonsense got him killed.
Not some bullshit antler robbery or whatever.
So you're...
You're some kind of lawyer, ain't you?
You think that maybe you can help me keep my house?
I just... I don't think I can get involved.
I'm sorry.
I'm... I'm just worried...
Jeannie. Jeannie, Jeannie.
I'll look into it, okay?
I'll look into it.
Let's just...
Just keep it between us, all right?
It's okay.
Hey, April.
Come see your horse whenever you want, all right?
He really misses you.
All right, y'all.
Thank you.
Have you heard anything about someone buying out the land
from underneath the trailer park?
No. Why?
Just something Jeannie keeley told me.
Apparently, she and the rest of the tenants are being evicted.
New owner.
- Rough timing. - I know.
Man.
Maybe I was a little harsh earlier.
No, you were right.
I want to make sure that I'm around to watch our girls grow up,
walk 'em down the aisle someday.
You were right, marybeth.
I'll quit looking into these murders.
It's time to drop this.
Okay. And I'll quit Nate's case.
Okay. Good.
Nothing but game warden business from now on.
Yeah.
How do they eat if no one feeds them?
Well, they're predators.
So when they're outside, they hunt their prey from the sky.
Sort of stinks for the little animals on the ground, doesn't it?
You'd think so, but predators and pre y,
they help each other in a way.
You see, e very animal has something special,
born with something that lets them thrive.
Like secret powers?
Yeah, kind of like that.
Prey, they have evasive maneuvers, camouflage.
And the more predators can force them to practice protecting themselves,
the tougher and safer they become over time.
And that, in turn, forces the predators
to get better at hunting.
So they push each other to be better.
Which ones are people, predators or prey?
That depends on the person, I guess.
Probably the situation too.
What's nice about the natural world
is falcons can't pretend
to be anything besides what they are, predators.
But people are different.
You never know which they truly are at first.
That takes time.
They're treating you okay?
Not being rough with you or anything, right?
I've seen worse.
Look, I have bad news,
so I'm just gonna come out with it, all right?
I haven't practiced law in years.
And when I did, it was mostly...
Wills and contracts.
It was nothing like this.
Nate, you need a real defense attorney.
Someone with resources and experience.
I'm fighting for my life here!
Yeah.
You are.
I'm just not your best chance of getting out of here.
I get it. They scared you.
There's a lot of pain in this world, marybeth.
A lot of cruelty, a lot of injustice.
And most people don't have the courage
to look at it straight.
They just act like they don't see it.
But you,
you're here.
You're right here, marybeth.
And that's 'cause you're a fighter.
And I see it. I see it all in you.
Because I'm a fighter too.
Jeannie keeley thinks ote might've been killed
because of some sort of land dispute.
Now that's something that your lawyer can look into for you.
I'm sorry.
The keeleys, they...
They live near elk bend valley, right?
Yeah.
This might be nothing, but, uh...
I saw this group of men once
in the woods in that area holding maps.
They were acting funny.
What does "acting funny" mean to you?
Like they didn't want me to see their faces.
I couldn't make out what they were doing,
but they weren't dressed for camping or hunting.
Hey, Joe.
I just wanted to wish you well out there tomorrow.
You know, lopened hunting season for 23 years,
and I w tell you something, I crapped my pants every one of 'em.
Don't worry. You're gonna do great.
”Don't be chained to a desk,
machine, or store counter.
Prepare for a career in conservation and ecology."
You promised me.
You said that you would never drive them when you were like this!
Now just look at you!
"Live the outdoor life you love
as a game warden.
Sleep under pines.
Catch your breakfast from icy streams.
Live and look like a million."
That's what I'm gonna be when I grow up.
A game warden.
Me too.
I want to go where you go.
Then we'll both go.
J” Paul and Silas bound in jail j”
j” had no money for to go their bail j”
j” keep your eyes on the pn'ze, hold on... j”
Excuse me.
Could I see a copy of the sales records
for the land underneath sunny days mobile home park?
Hmm, we don't really file land sales by business names like that.
Oh, okay. But how do you file them?
We just sort of put 'em in a big pile...
Like that.
I mean, for now.
Right.
Looks good to me.
Enjoy yourselves.
J” hold on j”
-j” hold on j” -j” hold on j”
j” keep your eyes on the pn'ze j”
j” hold on j”
sorry.
J” well, the only chains we can stand j”
quick check, and I'll be on my way.
J” are the chains of hand in hand keep your eyes on the pn'ze j”
j” hold on j”
j” got my hand on the freedom plow j”
j” wouldn't take nothing for my journey now j”
j” keep your eyes on the pn'ze j”
j” hold on j”
-j” hold on j” -j” hold on j”
j” keep your eyes on the pn'ze j”
j” hold on j”
ooh.
- Hello. - Hello.
Ladies.
Is this real or, like, a stripper thing?
He's a game warden, not a cop.
Thanks.
Are there strippers in game warden uniforms?
I honestly wouldn't know.
Okay.
Pace yourselves.
- We will. - Have fun.
-J” hold on j” -j” hold on j”
-j” hold on j” -j” hold on j”
j” keep your eyes on the pn'ze j”
j” hold on j”
called animal rescue about an hour ago.
Must've got caught up in this new barbed wire.
- Huh. - This used to be the Rasmussens' property.
I've been hunting these woods for 30 years.
Now someone else buys it and closes it off to hunting.
I don't know.
Not too neighborly, if you ask me.
Right. Barbed wire is custom.
That is not factory-made.
- Oh, yeah? - Mmm.
- Sounds expensive. - It is.
- All right. How we doing? - Hey, how you doing?
How are you? Hey.
If you distract him, I'm gonna...
- Just distract him. - Yeah.
Whoo! Whoo!
Hey, birdie.
- Hey, hey, over here. - Just easy.
- You're, ah, bleeding. - Uh...
Sharp beak.
Doing it all wrong. Move your arms a bunch. I'll do the rest.
Okay.
Come on.
Well,
what a nice surprise,
opening the door and finding you, deputy.
It's not a social visit, unfortunately.
I'm here to follow up on a tip.
Trying to locate some stolen property from your previous home.
You mean my ex-fiancé's home.
Do you know anything about that?
God, who cares about some stupid chairs?
- Hmm. - You didn't say anything about chairs.
See, the thing about these chairs
is they're $20,000 each,
and there's two of 'em.
At that price, whoever took them,
well, that would be considered grand larceny.
I handpicked those chairs. Those are my chairs.
You're lucky that you're so damn attractive.
Othennise, I'd probably have to haul you in right now.
Damn.
Maybe we could just bring them back, hmm?
Say they were in storage or something.
What do you think? I could use the long drive.
Give me a chance to get a good look at those, uh...
$20,000 chairs.
Well...
I'm watching my daughter's children
till she gets home, so I can't right now, but...
- Okay. - I'm free tonight.
Well, then.
I'll, uh, pick you up at 8:00.
Who are you?
Taylor maldonado, wind river animal rescue.
Ernie here came from our rehab.
Looks like he's got to come back.
Oh, you got a rehab facility on the reservation?
Yeah.
It's a lot better than the one that you guys have in Cheyenne.
And I should know.
I was the game biologist there until thatjerk-wad les etbauer took over.
You're not a fan?
Yeah, let's just say
he and I didn't see eye to eye on the value of my skin tone.
So I created my own rehab on the res.
We may not be as high-tech,
but we sure care more than you guys do.
Present company excepted.
Maybe.
You think you'd be able to do an independent analysis of a scat sample?
Yeah, but why wouldn't you just send it to Cheyenne?
Last sample I sent to Cheyenne, uh...
Let's just say it went missing.
I wouldn't mind keeping a low profile on this.
Ah, so you want me to play name that shit?
Well, if you could.
Would it piss off your boss?
If he knew.
Then I'm in.
Thanks for rushing over, Joe.
- What's the problem exactly? - Geraldine ferraro is missing!
- What? - Their emus.
Looks like she was snatched right out from under the fence.
Gotcha.
You know, I'm not trying to do your job for you,
but looks to me like that pack of wolves
they reintroduced to the mountains here last year
has found this farm.
- How do we stop them? - Will they come back?
Well, if it is wolves, they'll keep coming back.
Oh, no.
If your pen doesn't have a concrete bed, I mean,
they can go underneath pretty much any fence.
But we can't afford to build a concrete bed.
We're barely getting by as it is.
We gotta help these sisters out.
They're good people. Salt of the earth people.
I'm sure you realize I don't exactly have the budget
to lay 'em a new foundation.
Well, a move is probably your best bet.
There is an old chicken farm for sale out by 22.
I could call in some favors,
see if we can get it at a good price.
You know, it's funny.
They call us game wardens,
but we spend most of the time looking after people.
Would it be possible to pull one land deed before you go?
Not tonight.
My wife's making lamb.
I, uh, open tomorrow at 10:00 am.
Hey, uh, you don't happen to know offhand
who the Rasmussens sold their ranch to, do you?
I file the deeds. I don't memorize them.
Pickett?
Any relation to marybeth pickett?
She's my wife.
She was in the office all afternoon looking at land deeds.
Maybe she knows.
Marybeth, let me ask you.
Do you think Joe is really well suited to his job?
Well, he sure loves it.
It's not quite the same thing now, is it?
I was a game warden for a long time.
I saw a lot of good men get killed doing it.
You know, what happened up at crazy woman creek was lucky.
But I'll ask you, in your estimation,
is Joe a consistently lucky guy?
I think he should take that new job with interwest,
don't you?
What new job?
Oh, I'm sorry.
I wasn't aware he hadn't told you about it.
Hi.
Hey, buddy.
Vern, what a surprise.
Bourbons all around!
We've got some celebrating to do.
Mmm-mmm!
To Joe pickett, land consultant.
Land consultant?
Wow.
The job I told you about with interwest resources?
It's official, Joe. You are their guy.
A new job? That's fabulous.
What's it pay?
Take Joe's salary and add a zero to it.
Oh-ho! A zero, huh?
That's my favorite number, when it comes at the end.
There's longevity to it too.
Lasts the length of the project, five to ten years.
And some stock options maybe.
It took me three decades to leverage that job
as game warden into some real money,
but look at you.
Only took you three months.
My advice, when someone threatens to overpay you,
act quick!
They're in here.
There they are.
Hmm.
So that's what $20,000 chairs look like, huh?
That does not look very comfortable to me.
- They're not. - Yeah.
I guess I just don't get it, then.
I mean...
First saw these chairs in a storefront in Saint-germain.
And I didn't even have a good place to put 'em.
But I wanted 'em.
And I had the means, and so I just did it.
It felt so good to buy something this expensive on a whim.
- Hmm. - At that moment,
I knew my life would be different from then on.
The past did not have to equal the future.
Not anymore.
Turns out they were only ever chairs after all.
Well, hey, maybe I've got something
that can cheer you up.
Does that do anything for you?
It might.
- Hmm. - No. Not here.
I will not be seen having sex with a public servant.
Wait, are we gonna have sex?
Great, yeah.
Hey, how about we...
How about we just get these into my truck and we get out of here, huh?
I've got the perfect place for you to go, uh, slumming.
Yeah.
There was a wounded eagle.
Ernie.
How long have you known about the job offer?
I didn't think it was real.
How long?
Three days.
He brought it up at the hospital.
You know, Joe, I grew up in a house full of secrets.
I never knew if the nice family friend
was about to become my new stepdad
or if my mom was gonna pick us up
in the middle of the night and move us to another state
for reasons that I still don't fully understand.
But when we got married and we wrote our own vows,
there was one that was especially important to me.
"I, marybeth vankeuren,
vow to never keep secrets from you."
And you stood there
and you vowed it right back at me.
And here we are.
I didn't know it was real.
What about ote keeley taking your gun?
Sure knew that was real.
Yeah.
Yeah, I did.
You're changing, Joe.
You're changing.
You know, you used to tell me everything.
I really thought we were in this life together.
- We are. We are. - Oh, yeah?
You feeling really open with me right now?
You feel really connected to me right now, Joe?
I was 12 when I decided
this is what I wanna do.
And here I am.
And I love it.
I know.
I didn't know that job choice was gonna force my third child
to sleep in a crib in the closet.
Or that my wife would have to check the low-income box
when filling out school applications
or that I could put myself and the ones that I love,
the ones that I swore that I'd protect, in harm's way.
I didn't know that. I was 12.
And everything seemed to just make perfect sense then.
And then...
You know, being forced to make that choice again now,
knowing what I know, seeing clearly the sacrifices
that the ones that I love are forced to make
because of this job that I love,
it's a different kind of choice, you know?
It's a...
Selfish choice, maybe.
It's just a choice that I hoped I wouldn't have to make.
Okay.
Anything else you want to tell me while we're doing this?
About what?
About anything, Joe.
I guess I should tell you
that I sent a second scat sample in to another lab.
But technically, that's game warden business,
so it doesn't count against our deal.
Okay.
Anything else?
I guess I, um...
I should admit that I haven't told you...
That I know you spent half a day at the city clerk's office
pulling land records.
That is not the same... that's not...
Call it even?
We're in this.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
I love you.
Yeah, I love you.
Now, while you were rummaging around
in that clerk's office...
You find anything?
Look at this.
So all of these properties were bought by the same company in the last six months,
red sky holdings.
Wow.
And this is the dates.
Oh, that's the old Rasmussens' place.
- Really? - Yeah.
- You know it? - Yeah, hold up. Wait.
Yeah, I think that's right here. Okay.
- Show me. - Okay.
Right there.
All right. They also bought the land underneath the trailer park.
Where's that?
There.
Where else did they scoop up land?
Excellent question. Give me that.
Yep.
Okay. Here. Here.
Uh, here.
Here.
See that spot in the middle?
Bouviers' emu ranch.
- Joe. - Hmm?
Is there a chance that all of this,
that the land grab, even the murders,
could have something to do with the pipeline?
Well, pipeline's being built all the way out there,
so it doesn't make sense to connect it all the way
- back through elk bend. - Right.
- How much did all this land cost? - All in?
About 13 million.
Vvhoa.
I mean, that's way outside barnum's price range.
Well...
Not if he had help.
Hmm...
What about the scarletts?
That old rasmussen property had this custom barbed wire around it.
The scarletts are one family in twelve sleep
I could think of who could afford something like that.
It's not airtight, but...
Yeah, I agree. That's something.
Yeah.
Hmm.
What?
Okay, I might have a way we could find out if you're right, but...
Joe,
you have got to promise to be careful.
That's my middle name.
There it is. That's the law firm.
Well, I should get there in about 20 minutes.
- Okay. - You be safe.
It's not me I'm worried about.
You know, lawyers don't usually shoot people.
Here we go.
- Love you. - Love you.
You lost, warden?
I'm just here to clear up some game warden business.
Make it quick. We're sitting down for dinner.
Game warden's here, boys.
So stop talking about all them fish you've been catching.
What do you want, game warden?
- We're eating. - There was an incident the other day
at the old rasmussen property.
A fence was downed and a wounded animal got through it.
Not to mention the area had been booby-trapped.
Not sure how we can help you with that, game warden.
You want something, miss?
The sunny days mobile home park?
Your client bought the land underneath it and then jacked up the rent.
Just wanted to let you know that that level of lease hike
violates several Wyoming statutes that prohibit predatory leasing tactics.
So first, we will be filing injunctions
to stop the evictions.
And then we intend to file a civil suit
against both red sky holdings
and your client, or clients, who own it.
So whose name should I cite in the suit?
Well, now, little lady,
let's just slow your roll a bit, shall we?
You can send any of your so-called statutes to me,
and I'll decide if there's anything for my client to be concerned about.
And as far as revealing the name of the owner,
that you're gonna have to get a court order for.
I just thought we could make this easy.
Sure you did.
And until then,
you be careful out there, okay, Ms. Pickett?
You'll never win this.
Yeah, you might be right,
but I can make it hurt like hell going down.
So explain to me why this is our problem.
Well, if animals were needlessly suffering
because you were too lazy to fix your fence,
or if people got hurt because you booby-trapped it,
well, then... then yeah, it'd be your problem.
Is that all, game warden?
Yeah, that's all.
I'll take this.
Pickett!
Is your wife a lawyer?
Why's that?
Red sky looking for new representation?
I'm gonna enjoy running all of you out of town.
Ah, well, good luck with that.
Oh, arlen...
If you're trying to conceal land deals,
probably not the smartest move
to use the same custom barbed wire
that you use here on this ranch.
Whoopsie.
- Yeah. - Is this a good time?
You said to call when I had something.
Oh, no, it's fine.
Well, this one has me baffled.
So Iran its DNA through a local database,
and it didn't get a hit.
Could it be a foreign animal?
Like, an exotic pet?
Yeah, you know, it's possible.
If you'd like, I could send it off
to an international database and see what comes back.
Iappreciate that. Thanks.
"Live and look like a million," huh?
Hey.
- Oh, my god. - Hey.
- Oh, my god. Are you okay? - Hey, hey. Yeah, I'm all right.
- Joe. - I'm all right.
Well, it's, um...
It's definitely the scarletts.
Those assholes. Ugh!
What happened?
Ah. Yeah, I'm all right.
It was stupid.
I promise, anything you want to say to me, I'm already saying it.
I'm already saying it to myself.
Joe, we got to call sheriff barnum right now.
They cannot do this.
You are an officer of the state, for god's sake.
Yes, they can do this,
because barnum's not gonna do anything.
If they killed me, I'm pretty sure
no one would have looked into that too closely either.
Just like no one really cared when ote died,
- no one really cared about the outfitters. - Okay.
But I'll tell you what, they pushed the wrong guy this time.
- Hey. - They pushed the wrong guy this time.
They pushed the wrong guy this time...
Joe, the important thing is, you are home and you are okay.
- Yeah. - Joe.
Yeah.
You're home and you're okay.
- Hmm. - Joe.
Yeah.
I just have all these details.
I just can't stop 'em spinning around in my head.
Ote keeley, cooler.
Outfitter murders.
Clyde lidgard, the photograph, the pipeline, the land grabs.
It's like I have all these pieces to the puzzle,
and I just can't fit 'em together.
- I just wish I was smarter. - Joe.
There's just some piece to this that I'm just not seeing.
I just can't.
I just can't see it.
Hey.
I just can't see it.
I can't see it.
I just can't.
Willie.
Rosie.
Hippity hop.
Come get your food, little fella.
Where are you guys?
There you go.
Willie, don't eat too much.
It's Sheridan.
Right?
Don't worry. I'm a friend of your dad's.
You got some secrets.
Got some little friends in the woodpile.
Don't you?
I've been watching you.
I've seen you feeding 'em.
Hey, do your mom and dad know about your friends in the woodpile?
Good.
Whew. That's good.
You should just keep it to yourself.
Because I know the people that killed ote keeley.
And those people, they want to kill everybody
who knows about those little critters.
I'll tell you what.
I'll make you a deal.
I won't tell them
that you know about these critters
if you don't talk about them to anybody else.
You think you can do that? It'll be our little secret.
Okay?
But...
If you do tell your dad
or your mom or your little sister
or even your stupid little doll,
those people are gonna come back here,
and they'll kill you with an ax.
They'll chop you up into little bitty pieces
while you're sleeping in your bed.
We don't want that to happen, do we?
Now, the bad news is that your little pets,
they're gonna go to heaven.
But you and your family don't have to
as long as you keep your mouth shut.
Understand, darling?
Mm-hmm. Can you smile for me?
Come on, big smile, big smile.
Good.
Run along. Probably past your bedtime.