02x03 - The Jennifer Churchill Story

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Donovan.

Under your cover.

Jennifer, No point in being a bad loser.

Stop this.

Tell us something and come to your supper.

Jennifer, do you hear me? Yes, Father.

I hear you. I'm not hungry.

I'm. Cause you are not a decent chef
west of Cincinnati.

I don't expect you to thank me
for coming all the way out to Missouri

just to keep you from running off
to San Francisco after that.

What's his name?

Andre Armand, sir.

Armand Dubois. Not.

Sounds like a French stool.

Greasy, indigestible.

However, I do expect you
to conduct yourself like a lady

of spirit and character.

You have exactly 5 minutes to make
yourself presentable and to develop and

deliver.

Yes, Father.



I can do it.

Farmhand rattle and break.

That's
how I built the Missouri and Eastern

class.

Spent brakeman.

He knows I'm a boy.

Wagon

Train was cutting a pie shaped piece
off the corner of Kansas with California

looking about as close as the moon

box was supposed to be, bringing up
a group of wagons that had fallen behind.

But he was late for the rendezvous.

After a week, they still want kickin
dust over the horizon.

So the majors sent me back to find him
before trouble did.

Honey, I am McCullough.

What's up?

I'm just getting lost to the real wagons.

Once you pull up the whole outfit
before we get the plat,

she sat me down at home alone.

All right.

You can't push a bunch of greenhorns
like this too fast.

You know, there's hardly
one good hand in a whole lot of them.

What didn't you tell them to stay in line?

Tell them I told them a hundred times.

I'll manage it.

I was just coming down
with some of my gear on the supply wagon.

Send him on down.

Yeah, sure.

Hey, plant.

Yeah.

You know, they tell me that Rome wasn't
built in a day,

and I figure it's just like,
take one of these greenhorns

and trying to make a frontiersmen
out of it.

Maybe you're right, but I'm going to teach
this one left from right in one minute.

Yeah. Huh?

Oh. Hey,

where the lame brain
is supposed to be driving this rig?

I beg your pardon?

You heard me.

The driver, the man in charge.

Have we met?

I doubt it.

The name is McCullough.

I'm in charge of this batch of wagons.

More or less.

How nice.

Well, now, Mr.

McCullough, was it? Well, what?

You wanted to see The driver?

You mean you're planning to drive this rig
to San Francisco all alone?

I am.

You think those horses are going
to find their way by themselves?

You think they'd get laughed here?

Besides, I was busy.

Yeah, I noticed.

It's out of the question, lady.

You just have to turn back.

Don't be absurd.

No sense in arguing.

It's impossible.

Obviously, you don't know who I am.

No, no.

I'm afraid I missed the.

The debutantes cotillion this year.

I'm Jennifer.

Jennifer Smith.

Charmed.

You still go back?

Look, Janet.

Jennifer J e double and I fdr.

I loathe diminutive, Don't you?

Only way you can stay on the train,
Jenny, is to

hire a professional driver. Oh.

Are you applying for the position, Mr.
McCullough?

I am not.

But the big outfit's
at the head of the wagon.

They usually have
some spare hands out of that.

I will try and arrange it. Hi.

Naturally,
it'll have to be cash in advance, though.

Naturally. Oh,

I left my money on the.

Well, I left it.

You see this wagon? Naturally.

You don't understand.

I know. I put you in San Francisco.

Double wages. That's alright, isn't it?

Now hit it.

And I'll just have to get along the best
way I can.

You certainly wouldn't
expect me to advance you.

The money would.

You're very kind, Mr.

McCullough. But I couldn't accept.

Really? Not.

Not from a stranger.

Well, looks like you got everything
under control.

I have.

All right, all right.

You fall in behind Mr. Worcester here.

Everything he does, you do
the same thing in the same way if you can.

You think you can handle that?

I can handle anything.

Anything I want to. That is.

Oh, well, I'll follow along
and pick up the pieces if I can.

Here, Mr. McCullough?

Yes, Miss Smith.

Thank you for not making it
the other way around.

Right.
If you were the one I had to imitate.

I'm afraid I could never managed
to be quite so ill bred.

Good day.

She's a looker.

Yeah, Charlie,

She's a look and she won't cause

any trouble back

when you're home.

So how about you put you?

I thought you weren't hungry.

Oh, don't be silly.

I'm wrong.

I was just talking to

Aunt.

I hadn't noticed.

It's good, Charlie.

Thank you.

Well,

I guess I'll join in the night tonight,
Miss Smith.

And that, Mr. Wooster.
Thanks for the blanket.

Oh, that's all right.
I wouldn't use it. No. How?

My beard keeps me one.

Oh. What's the coyote?

You better get used to that sound.

You're going to be hearing it
a lot between here and San Francisco.

I sound so lonesome.

Lonesome for somebody

like that dog of yours,

Mr. McCullough?

Yeah.

You think I'm pretty dreadful, don't you?

That's right.

Willful.

Stubborn, spoiled.

No, I am.

As far as you're concerned, I'm.

I'm completely hopeless.

I guess. So.

So you're going to send me right back
where I started from, aren't you?

No, I don't think I wouldn't like to.

But the rivers are running pretty high,
and I'd be affordable again

for more than a week.

And we haven't got the time to waste.

Can't live here.

So. So, San Francisco.

If you make it.

This rather long walking.

That's been done before.

Oh, you can bunk in here.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, but there's a supply wagon.

I thought I got you.

I do.

On it, then on. It's plenty of room.

Besides, once we cross the plateau,
about out most of the time.

A one thing, though.

Just one. Yeah.

Keep away from the horses either.

And I haven't got time to be out
looking after them.

Did it ever occur to you, Mr.

McCullough, that I wasn't born yesterday?

Frankly, no.

They say that all frontiersmen
are half savages, too.

Thanks for the offer,
but to be honest, collecting.

I prefer coyotes to wolves

itself.

Well, it's been kind of a hard day.

I guess I'll turn in.

Not a good night.

I thought you preferred coyotes.

Could

I do it?

Oh, well, you can sleep here.

It's not the Ritz, but it'll do.

Go on.

It's matter

of address here.

Is going to take a while to dry.

Here's some old stuff of mine
that's kind of shrunk.

You can put these on

in the morning.

Thank.

That's my

little sleepy.

Well, where are you?

I mean, there's only one.

Didn't I tell you?

Well, I never sleep in a wagon.

Makes me feel kind of trapped.

Close, dead.

I thought I mention that.

Well, goodnight,

Mr. McCullough.

Yeah, I. I'm.

Well.

I'm sorry I misinterpreted a dumpy.

Don't misunderstand.

It's not that I'm a saint. It's just that.

Well, I guess you're not my type.

I'm too much of a lady.

Not enough of a woman.

Headquarters here?

Junction City.

Never been there.

Mule in back once, sir.

Population 93, I believe.

Rather a rough element.
There's a whole town.

I've thought, sir. Reserve it.

All of it. Of course. All of it.

Notify their ship.

Never mind. We'll bring our own.

Oh, I'm afraid not, sir.

One chance to go to the moon
when I am the moon, Mr.

Churchill. But not Kansas.
What's the difference?

Indians, Mr.

Churchill.

Chefs Frightened to Death of Indians
by Jennifer Merry.

That Frenchman costing me a fortune.

Rewards pollsters, detectives
mucking up my schedule.

Now she's mucking up my digestion.

Now. Well, I don't believe it
if they don't find them.

Her eyes this side of the south paths.

All the women on the other wagons
do all the cooking.

You won't let me ride a drive, so.

Well, anyway.

Prairie stew. Sit down, Charlie.

It's good.

Have a son gave me the recipe.

She said it was delicious.

I added
a few special ingredients of my own.

Yeah.

Well, it's

unusual.

Yeah, unusual.

It's most unusual to over eight.

Thank you.

Must be the urban and along a trail.

All right.

You must have been herbs.

Look like herbs.

It's.

It's fine, Jenny. It's just it.

Well, I guess I'm not very hungry.

Me neither.

Must be the weather, Charlie.

Yeah, that's it. The weather?

Yeah, the weather.

Charlie.

Thank you.

We're going.

Scientific research.

They mean.

Well,
They say coyotes eat anything, right?

Right.
They say it, but they can't prove it.

We can if this pot's empty in the morning,
we'll know they'll eat anything.

You know,
I think she's got something that.

Give me that one

Indian

thing.

Don't stand there.

Oh. Indian people, do they

look like Indians to me?

Yeah.

Black, 18 years old, Friendly
at least twice a year.

Rating body.

How can you tell? Hating women.

Huh? Yeah.

Don't have to have women.

Let me slow them down a lot.

You sound like him.

Those were the big Have those Indians to.

Know They're bounty hunters.

I like Indian best.

I don't

like.

You. Shush.

All right.

The mighty long ride
just to look for a missing girl.

Buy a lot of horseshoes with $5,000.

Yeah, I guess that's up.

Oh, you've got a picture of me.

Yeah. Yeah.

Got it from a Saint Joe paper, huh?

Well, I haven't seen her.

Imagine

running away from all that money to this.

And with a pet dog.

Yeah. Must be local.

It must be mad if we take the wagons.

No, no.

Help yourselves. Thank.

Come on.

I like you boys to meet my sister.

She decided to leave the plantation
in Virginia.

Moved to California. It's out of jail

now. To Joe.

Why, yes, Plain Hannah.

I'd like you to meet
Ted Prentiss and Tex. Ha.

So now I'm pleased to make
your acquaintance.

Names that some railroad tycoons
doubtless run up to San Francisco.

And Ted and Tex here figured to beat
the Pinkerton men to the reward.

Well, I'm sure they can do just that.

Yes. Well, ma'am,

if she's in the Kansas territory, well,
she'll find a common press.

Truly, I have.

Yeah.

You've got folks in California, Miss

McCullough, ma'am.

Not folks.

Exactly.

Well, not yet, That is.

You see, Mama.

Mama thought it was downright disgraceful.

A girl my age and not even engaged yet.

She talked it over with my sister, Betty,
Lou and Sarah, and that is.

And they decided there was lots
more eligible men in California

and less competition
for them at home to get my meaning.

I guess so.

Thing is,

from what I see,

I don't see no need to go all that way

about it. Joe,
I told you to stop flirting.

I'm not flirting, honey.

I'm just speaking a simple truth.

Well,
that kind of talk gets misunderstood.

There you go, boss.

And again, he's always boss just because
he's the oldest and the only boy.

Anyway, I'm sure this gentleman

wouldn't mistake my meaning,
now, would you?

I sure. Male.

I mean, No, ma'am.

Let's get out of here.
I'll show you around.

It's a waste your time.

Now read like that Churchill girl
with nevertheless a minute on it.

Tap out of it like this.

Come on, it's up this way.

Must the wagon.

Sally? Joe.

That's your name, isn't it?

Sally? Joe.

I heard McCullough talking to them.

Bounty hunters is even.

So. What I mean is.

Well, it's a long, long way to California,
as the song says.

I thought you and me
made us want to be friends.

I'm Frankie Palmer.

How nice

friends it is. Then

I choose my own friends. Oh, come now.

You aren't nearly

as standoffish with them bounty hunters
as in an upright roadside.

Well, you don't hit like a lady, now,

do you kiss like one?

I love you.

All right, Jenny. Quiet.

Go back to your wagon, Palmer.

Keep away from.

Did it ever occur to you

I might be able to take care of myself?

I salute you.

I'm just looking
after my little sister and.

Oh, so the train went east.

Collette and I went west,

and that's the whole story.

Poor little rich girl or spoiled
little rich girl?

Stubborn little rich girl.

Well.

She got the last one.

Did you? Hmm.

I thought fairytales always ended,
and they lived happily ever after.

That depends on you, doesn't it?

Why me?

You get me Steve to San Francisco
and I'll double any reward

my father offers.

I shouldn't have said that.

Should I love this fellow?

I'm on an awful lot.

Maybe.

Maybe I'm just that stubborn

all my life.

Ever since my mother died, people
have been making me do things their way.

Governesses, teachers, my father.

Maybe just once.

I wanted to do things my way.

Just once.

Makes sense.

I guess.

Rent?

Yeah.

You're pulling out.

Cinnamon. Didn't I tell you.

Because of me?

No, not because of you.

Jenny,

I work here. Remember?

Major Adams?

I've been to scout camp,
so that's about as far as Fort Kearney.

One company.

Sorry, I got enough houses already.

I'll miss you.

Thanks.

I miss you

very much.

Goodbye, Jenny.

Save it for Armand.

Tell him.

Tell him I send my

all out.

McCullough.

I got to have a little talk. You and me.

What's on your mind, Palmer?

What about last night?

Now? No hard feelings.

What I mean is Frankie Palmer
don't like the whole.

No, gracias. You see?

All right, It's forgotten thing. I was.

I was thinking we could be partners.

You and me. I mean, partners.

I know about the girl, you see,
but do you know

she's no more your sister than I am?

She's that messenger's the one.

They're all she is.
Oh, come on, McCullough.

I can't handle this alone.

All right, But then.

Well, I don't want no trouble.

You see, Manning? What?

We worked together,
and it goes smooth as silk.

She trusts you,
so I'll shut up the old man,

and you lead her a sort of lamb to
the slaughter, you might say.

What about the reward?

We split half and half

could be wrong,
you know, we could be in Times Square.

But why not now?

What do you say?

All right,

I think it over

that.

I knew you'd come back. You think?

But let's not.
Forget what I said last night.

Just heard from the dock.

I don't think of the overland stage
with some minor junction city.

You'll be in California
before the top of the Chimney Rock.

Well,
that's what you wanted, isn't it? Yes,

that's what I want.

Then hurry.

Wait a minute.

My senses was.

How are you helping me calm.

I get my things with lose to you.

All right.

Naturally, I fall in good time.

Oh. I'll have fun.

Took home.

A little

help.

Now I'm warm

So my.

Have you ever thought
about getting married?

Oh, yeah, I've thought about it.

I didn't.

You one reason or another.

Round time, round place

girl.

You're really not that bad.

Have the material, you know.

Except you do snore.

I wonder a man snoring.

Oh, probably.

I hear that it's an old French custom.

That settles at weddings off.

What's out of the question?

I don't know how to say.

Stop snoring, darling.

In French.

Anyway,

I'm not so sure

I'm in love with him anymore.

Oh, a girl can't be in love.

Really?

In love with two men at once,

can she?

I wouldn't know.

Were you?

You do think it's a good idea, don't you?

Which one? My not marrying our man.

Yeah, I guess so.

Maybe I should marry you instead.

Marry me?

I said that I was.

Half a step.

Well, then I'm open to suggestions.

Did anyone ever tell you

that marriage was for grownups?

I could be growing up?

I think you're

cute,

authoritative.

Think

two or three days.

Oh, too close.

Maybe we should take a long way around.

We already are.

I wish I had a needle as fine as I could,
so I'd.

Throw.

That man to my coattail, and down the road
I'd go.

Get along home. Home and get along.

Home, Home.

Cindy, Get along.

Home, Home. Cindy.

I'll marry you someday.

I wish I was an apple hanging on a tree.

And every time that little girl, he'd
take a bite of me.

Get along. Home, Home and get. Along.

Home, home.

Cindy, Get along home.

Homes and be married someday.

Long. Home homes in big.

Head, long home all year long home homes

when to marry someday.

You better all up here

for a while The storm come.

You know

I don't look very friendly.

That is a thing to put that up
to protect the clam miners.

The most hospitable men in the West
famous for it.

Hope you're right.

I'm right.

Give me that.

Yeah.

Come on.

All right.

If you don't trust me, take the horse
and wait over there by the rock.

I forgot you drown easily.

Hello?

Anybody hum?

Even Evenin.

You read?

Yeah.

Here, Here.

And you understand?

I'm just looking for some shelter.

There's a storm coming. What said had.

There's a storm coming.

Storm?

Here.

Worry

most hospitable men in the Northwest.

Famous for it.

I've been holed up here.

It's like what can look better?

Get out of here.

For a resourceful frontiersman.

Looks like you do give up easily.

If you think you can do any better.

You mind if I try?

Right?

I hadn't.

I hope you know what you're doing quite

well.

Suppose you happen to have a comb.

Oh, well, it's not quite like crashing

the cotillion, is it?

I'll be.

You mind hooking me up?

They didn't teach you this
finishing school.

The same principle.

The subtler technique

keeper one

She's very effective to two.

Hello?

Anybody home?

It's you.

Woman.

I know a woman inside a junction. She.

Why do you say that? Mirage?

You can read Mirage in the rain.

Why can't you Horizon water it.

Good evening.

Could you gentlemen

spare a little fire and a little food?

Looks like a woman.

How sweet of you to notice.

Sounds like a woman.

In your sleep to.

Shall we go in?

After you, ma'am.

Thank you.

Grew up water.

I still think it's a mirage.

A shimmer.

Oh, excuse me.

That's all right.

We're together.

Oh, it's a mirage.

Oh, little cold.

But she's all.

She's all wet

and coffee.

And I said good coffee.

Yeah, or more where that come from.

Stopped raining

Mercury.

You sure?

Lucky man have a wife like that.

Are you on your husband?

Take the bed.

I say.

You and your husband.

We take the band for a meal.
Broke down in here.

Oh, how very generous of you.

Oh, you've been a perfect darling.

Oh, you too.

Come in, dear.

Yeah.

Tonight. Goodnight.

Sweet dreams

and real band.

I'd forgotten what we looked like.

Oh, I could sleep on my

blue.

Yeah.

How long has it been since you've said
I love you to somebody?

Oh, well.

Say it now,

please.

You don't have to mean it.

Just say

I love you.

Come on.

I love you, Jenny.

And nice

and even nicer.

You're married. Hi.

What's wrong?

You going home?

Hamish Mackay.

Just going out to bed down my horse,
if that's all right.

Maybe. Maybe not.

Oh, I don't understand.

She's sleeping.

Get over there.

Tie him up.

Now, wait a moment.

Oh, you got me on so wrong.

Yeah,

And you, too, Want the reward?

No, don't need it.

We ain't no bounty hunters, McCullough.

It's her.

She's a nice girl.

Mr. McCullough.

If Annette, your name a fine girl.

And we don't aim to see
an old bounty hunter driving into Junction

City like a criminal I'm
not a bounty hunter rewards image.

A bounty? Seems
to me you got this all wrong.

I'm on her side taking her to Junction
City.

Want you to put her on the stage
for San Francisco.

If you don't believe me,

ask her old man, Grand Junction City.

And most of them fingered in men,
bounty hunters.

I didn't know that.

We've been on a wagon train
searching for it.

Yeah, Yeah.

She's got the wagon, train, bus back.

Major. Hmm?

Girl acted like she trusted him.

She can sh**t down him to me.

I don't tell him with women.

You sure you didn't
bring her here by force?

Force? Jenny

I'm pretty good, fellas,
but I'm not that good.

Yeah, I reckon we get you a room.

Better on time, Fred.

Thank you.

Well, I ain't going nowhere.

No buzzards Come by here every day or so.

If we could get it in Mexico.

Suppose we said we had her and we lost her
and she went to Mexico.

What?

That dangers are greatest driver
if they believed it.

Yeah. Which they won't.

No, not without proof.

We've got proof.

They'll believe us.

Get the horses right? Yeah.

You suppose she gets me in here?

Oh, no. Women are right, Devils.

I'll leave a note.

Oh. Oh,

yeah.

Friend,

please.

Let's

play.

Therefore,
I'm taking her to Junction three,

claiming the. Reward.

Wait here for me.

I'll work out of bed.

I You're the one who stole the charge.

Your girl headed for Mexico?

Yeah.

I'm the fella.

What? You'd like to know you're wrong.

That so?

That night down about an hour ago.

Riding a mule.

Are you sure?

I saw her
myself. She's an innocent person.

What is it?

Your name? Evelyn McCullough.
That's right.

Why the arrest?

What's the charge?

ductIon? And let's see.

This one is for kidnaping,
as*ault and battery,

Unlawful transportation
of a female person against her will theft.

Question about it being grand.

A petite item.

One pet dog.

Well, I don't know what she's trying
to prove, but I'm sure going to find out.

Oh, boy,

I've got another one of these
resisting arrest.

Thought I might need it.

Let's go, boys.

You got a visitor,

Mr. McCullough.

One man, sir.

I'm Richard Churchill.

Can't say that I blame him.

I had a chat with my daughter.

Seems to be a slight misunderstanding.

That's a slight understatement.

She thought you were trying to double
cross. Ah.

Oh, These have been dropped.

You're free to go

and I just have a minute.

You're forgetting something.

It's in the sum of $10,000.

And that the reward was $5,000 at once.

I've lived with Jennifer
for over 20 years.

What you went through is above
and beyond the call of duty.

Let's just say with a it's very.

You do that, don't
even bother to sign the check

You ever lose?

Sometimes. Not very often.

I like humor.

Come on. I'm not coming to work for me.

Sorry, Mr. Churchill.

I'm not for sale.

That's where you're wrong. McCullough.

I've learned two things in my life.

One thing is that every man has his price.

Sometimes that's wealth,
security and possession.

Sometimes it's honor, courage and freedom.

Price is never the same,
but every man's got one.

Well, I'll settle for getting out of here
as soon as possible

and as far away
from your daughter as possible.

Why don't you marry her, Jenny?

That's right.

I want to commit suicide.

I can think of less painful ways
than that.

Don't tell me are false. I am our father.

You, however, are in love with her.

In love her?

Mr. Churchill,
any man that would be in love with

your daughter would have to be
as lame brained as she is.

That's the second thing I've learned.

McCullough Every man's a little lame brain
one way or another.

Yeah.

I'm living proof that you're right.

Good luck.

I just got a message.

It's all settled in.

Hammond will arrive in Junction
City on Friday and travel east together.

The wedding will be in Boston.

Union Bank has drawn up a tentative
guest list.

You'd better
look it over. Some other time.

You don't seem very happy at your wedding.

I just pay the bills.

I'm just tired. I.

I had a headache.

Due to your great passion for almond.

Why not?

McCullough?

Oh. Don't be absurd.

He thought of the reward.

You know,

he did.

Oh. Naturally,
I wouldn't take it job either.

Why should he?

He doesn't need you
any more than you need me.

And of course, he doesn't need you.

Philip
McCullough is perfectly self-sufficient.

He doesn't need anyone.

Nor does he want anyone.

People said that
when wanted to build a railroad,

they didn't need it.

What made them change their minds?

I did Salesmanship
basis of the Industrial Revolution.

So I stole an Eskimo.

You've got time enough and you're good
enough.

Is no Eskimo.

Makes it easier.

He said, I do love you.

He say so.

Certainly not.
I don't think he knows it himself. Yeah.

Oh, Papa,

Sometimes you're positively lovable.

Sometimes.

Hi. Hi.

Everything's going well up here.

That's fine.

What are you doing here?

I signed up for San Francisco. Remember?

This time I brought two drivers
just in case.

I thought our man was on his way east.

He is.

And what's in Frisco?

I'm not sure.

It's what's between here
and there that counts.

Meaning enough time to slice to an Eskimo.

I'm no Eskimo, Jenny.

I know that makes it easier.

Jenny,

I'm going to have to talk to you.

Plenty of time by, but later.

Yeah, by.

Oh, well,

maybe during the rest.

In the Nuba mountains where
the rain has gone by and the weather.

Praying to the Lord,
we stay together side by side.

No, wide, wide

wagons. Oh.

A passenger with a.

Tongue
wondered if he said we're going to sh**t.

Down on a poor island.

The weather ran through the road.

Restated,
gathered side by side on the one.