01x22 - Under Western Skies

[bunniefuu]

(upbeat rock music)

- Winter, when I lived in the city

I didn't think about it very much.

(whistle blowing)

That's 'cause it wasn't much fun.

- Man I love this game.

- This is my first winter with Bandit.

- Having girls on the team is just not what hockey needs.

- No, I don't get it man.

They're all on the ice with their elbows

and their aggression in the corners.

Remember that?

- Please, they make hockey so vulgar.

- And then they come out here and they're all,

oh my hair, I got helmet hair.

(boys chuckling)

- Yeah, but man those shoulder pads make them look hot.

- What?

- Hockey is a game of strength, the power.

- I mean, they're all muscle, no style, no finesse.

- You got to be able to take a hit.

They just don't have what it takes.

- This game has got to change.

(water spitting)

(upbeat music)

(camera clicks)

- Being with him, makes everything special.

I guess if you love something,

it doesn't matter where you are.

♪ There's a devil standing on my tail ♪

♪ But I don't have to beat him ♪

♪ And there's an angel that's tempting me to fail ♪

♪ But I don't really need him ♪

♪ And the waves just keep rolling along ♪

♪ We can drift if the current prevails ♪

♪ But here we are in this slow boat ♪

♪ Wishing for a sail ♪

♪ Wishing for a sail ♪

♪ Sail, sail, sail ♪

♪ I'm wishing ♪

♪ I'm wishing ♪

♪ I'm wishing for a sail ♪

(upbeat music) (ball thudding)

- Stop it!

- Come on out.

You shouldn't play with scissors.

- Funny.

- What are you doing? Why are you cutting up your pictures?

- Oh, for this.

It's called decoupage.

- Deco what?

- I glue my photos onto the box with shellac.

- What are you gonna do with the box?

- I'm gonna use it to keep my photos in.

- Oh, cool, hey favor?

- Again?

(upbeat music)

(ball thudding)

- Lucky.

(upbeat music)

- You're not even trying.

(upbeat music)

(ball thudding)

- Lucky again.

- I can't believe you actually think

you're gonna make the team.

- Oh, believe me, it's a done deal.

(upbeat music)

- Missed again.

(upbeat music)

(car engine revving)

- Just give me a hint.

I'm on the team, right?

Okay, you don't have to say anything,

just blink once for yes and twice for...

- Griff, give it up.

- Dad, it's just, I have to make the team this year.

- Let's just say you did okay yesterday.

- All right.

- Nothing is definite until after final tryouts.

- Okay.

- What's up bud? - Hey.

- Are you on the team?

- It's all taken care of.

- Who needs talent when your dad's the coach?

Let's go Travis.

(gentle music)

(grass rustling)

♪ If everything ♪

- This spot looks good to me.

Is it good for you boy?

♪ Were perfect and beautiful ♪

♪ Then what kind of world would it be ♪

I'll take some shots, you check out the area.

♪ When I break (indistinct) ♪

♪ What kind of world would it be tomorrow ♪

(camera clicking)

(whistle blows)

- Breakaway drills, let's go.

Come on guys, line it up.

Anderson, find a hole.

(upbeat music)

- [Woman] You got it. - [Man] there you go.

- Steve you're up.

(rock music)

- Oh, yeah.

- You're next Griff.

(Griff mumbling)

- Down by a point (indistinct) breakaway, he shoots.

- All right break (indistinct).

(boys cheering)

(camera clicks)

(horse neighing)

- Bandit.

Bandit, where are you?

- (indistinct) Let's go.

- Hey, I'm open.

I'm in the clear!

(bodies smashing)

(whistle blows)

(suspenseful music)

That was dirty.

- Perfectly legal.

- Dirty.

- Legal.

- Coach, penalty. - Griff, it was a clean hit.

You got caught with your head down.

You're all over the place.

(horse neighing)

- Bandit, what is it boy?

What's the matter?

You're caught in the trap.

No, what the?

Help, somebody help me.

What am I gonna do?

Help, yes, I'll go get Dori.

Everything's gonna be okay.

I'll be right back.

(suspenseful music)

- I don't know, man.

Maybe there is something to this girl power.

They're not totally useless man.

Look at them.

Look how they're digging in the corner though.

(girls grunting)

- They're not digging, it's squirming, they're scared.

- They can skate too man.

- But they don't have the stamina, you will see.

(girls grunting)

(whistle blows)

- Okay, let's take the team.

(team cheering)

Anderson.

- Good job buddy.

- Jimmy Alexander.

- Yes.

- Jimmy martin.

- Yeah.

(indistinct)

- Come on Billy.

- Pam Brown, Brett Stevens.

- You better make this man.

- He's saving the best for last.

- Johnny Ray and Tanner Lankford.

Griffen Lowe and Edgar Kowalski,

you make up the alternates.

(echo sounds)

Congratulations team.

Okay, lets get busy and play some hockey.

(crowd cheering)

- Dori, Dori!

- Caitlin.

- It's Bandit. - What's wrong?

- He's caught in some kind of trap.

You have to help him.

(horse neighing)

(car approaching)

(horse neighing)

- Oh, my the trap must have been there for years.

Okay, easy boy, easy boy.

- Do something Dori, he's in pain.

- Oh, I don't know.

- What don't you know, help him.

- All right.

I think it's better if we take the trap off here.

It's gonna be painful,

but I think it's better than moving him with it on.

- Hurry!

It's gonna be okay boy.

You're gonna get through this.

You're gonna be okay.

(horse wincing)

- Severe laceration could cause infection.

Possible severed tendon.

I'm gonna have to operate.

(Dori sighs)

- He's gonna be okay, right?

- I'm running out of time, that sedative is wearing off.

Caitlin, I need your help.

Caitlin, can you help me?

Caitlin, please.

I'm gonna give him a shot and in about five minutes,

he's gonna fall over and I need you to be by his head

to make sure that he doesn't hurt himself.

Can you do that?

Caitlin.

- Oh, okay I can do it just help him.

(suspenseful music)

- Griff, I think we should talk about this.

- There's absolutely nothing to say.

- How would it look if I gave you

a place over a better player?

- I can never show my face in the arena again.

You totally humiliated me.

- You didn't try hard enough.

You didn't earn a place on the team.

- You're my dad, I can't believe you didn't support me.

- Okay, I think I got all the dirt out.

We'll monitor for infection over the next few days.

I gave him a good shot of antibiotics.

How's he doing there?

- I think he's still sleeping.

- Okay, well horses come out of anesthesia very quickly.

You'll know it's happening when his eyes start to flutter

and I want you to step back

because he could strike out at you.

- Bandit would never hurt me.

- Not on purpose, but please be careful.

- Dori.

Dori what happened?

- Oh, he stepped on an old leg hold trap.

The skin across the fetlock was lacerated

right down to the bone and the coronet band was damaged.

No bones were broken and luckily the tendon was intact.

- It's gonna be all right?

- I'm not sure.

I did what I could.

- Well, he's in good hands.

- Jim, he's in shock.

I think I shouldn't have taken the trap off.

I should've waited till we got here.

It might've been too much for him, I don't know.

- I know you did what you thought was best.

- Yeah.

- Dori, Dori, he's not breathing.

Bandit is not breathing, do something.

(suspenseful music)

- It's okay.

- Bandit, Bandit, Dori what's happening to him?

- Jim grab my Epi out of the bag.

His heart stopped.

- What's going on?

- Caitlin, move away.

- No.

- Okay, I'm giving him a shot of adrenaline

to restart his heart.

Okay, everybody he's starting to come to.

When he wakes up, it's gonna be very sudden.

So be careful.

(horse neighing)

- He's all right, isn't he?

He's okay.

- Be better if he stood up.

- Get up boy, please.

- Caitlin run to the house

and get some blankets and the heat lamp.

I'm afraid we're gonna lose him Jim

and if that happens I don't know what Caitlin is gonna do.

- Hey, what's with all the stuff?

- Bandit had an accident

- Oh no, is it bad?

I'm coming.

- No, not now.

He's in really bad shape and he needs me.

I have to go.

Dori didn't know what she was doing.

- She had to make a snap decision.

- What if taking the trap off means...

What if it means that she made things worse?

It's all her fault.

- Caitlin, Dori is a great vet, but she's a human being.

You might think she made a mistake,

but it could be that Bandit would've gone in shock

even if she hadn't taken it off when she did.

Neither of us will know that.

- Even she thinks she messed up.

- You hungry?

I'll get you some blankets.

(slowbeat music)

- All his vitals were stable and I felt

that it would be a mistake to operate in the field.

Yeah.

Really?

Oh, okay, thank you, Steve.

Thanks, bye.

- Were you right taking the trap off?

- It's not a matter of right or wrong Griff.

It's a judgment call.

And he said that he would have done what I did.

I heard that you made the alternate team, congratulations.

- Oh, please.

Dad gave my spot to a total stranger.

- He said that if you tried harder you...

- He judges me by a completely different standard.

He went really light on Taylor

and there's no way she's better than me.

He probably just gave her a place 'cause she's a girl.

- Your father would not have put Taylor before you,

if he didn't have a good reason, he's fair.

He had to judge the two of you and obviously he thought

that she was the better player for now.

Griff, you know he did what he felt was the right thing.

- No, mom, I don't know that.

- Hey.

He's not talking to me?

- How's Caitlin?

- She's mad too.

- Me.

- She thinks maybe you made a mistake.

She's scared honey, that's all.

- So he went into shock?

- Yeah, because Dori messed up.

- She called another vet.

He said he would have done the same thing she did.

- Really?

- Yeah.

(indistinct) really messed up to my dad.

- You didn't make the team?

- No, all my friends did.

- I thought it was a done deal.

- So did I.

It's like he was out to get me.

- Maybe he was out to teach you something.

- Like what?

- I don't know, but for you

it was always about making the team

not about playing hockey.

You have to really love something to be good at it.

- I love hockey just as much as the next guy.

- The game is about what's in here.

(soft music)

Dori says Bandit might not make it, but he has to.

He's so strong.

- Maybe it's not about being strong,

maybe it's like the game.

Getting better is about what's in here.

- I have to make him see everything he loves,

everything he'll miss if he...

You can't die, I won't let you.

- Hey heads up, behind you.

- Pass it up.

Too bad Griff didn't make the team.

- Yeah, what a drag.

- You remember when the rustlers they were after you

and the wolf was after me,

you saved me from it.

You were strong enough for both of us.

I need you to be like that again.

(water splashing)

Think of the grass at the clearing.

You love that grass.

If you get better we can go out there

and you can eat as much as you want.

(sentimental music)

I'll give you some apples too.

Remember how we always go into town to get them?

- Don't leave us.

(horses galloping and neighing)

(Bandit neighing)

- You made it.

I knew you were (mumbles).

(sentimental music)

(Bandit neighing)

Thank you.

This is for you.

(Bandit neighing)

- Caitlin how's Bandit?

- He's great, he's gonna be okay.

- That's great, honey.

- Caitlin, this is beautiful, thank you.

- Thank you.

- I'm gonna put all my precious things in it.

- Dad I was thinking maybe if I concentrate some more...

- Hey, just because you're an alternate

doesn't mean you won't crack the lineup.

Now let's start on your wrist shot.

I noticed you're not getting enough snap.

- Yeah, snap.

(indistinct)

- Just drag it back.

That's it, you got it.

- When you take something for granted,

sometimes it's hard to follow your heart,

but when you almost lose what you love the most,

your heart shows you the way.

Hey, Dori, wait up.

I'll give you a hand.

♪ Wishing for a sail ♪

♪ Wishing for a sail ♪

♪ Sail, sail, sail ♪

♪ Wishing for a sail ♪

♪ Sail, sail, sail ♪

♪ Sail, sail, sail ♪

♪ For a sail ♪

♪ For a sail ♪