02x09 - The Man from Nowhere

[bunniefuu]

Hoyt, I wanna talk to you--
to all of you.

-We've done all the talkin'
that needs to be done.
-Not quite.

This telegram just come
from Sacramento.

-What's it about, Hoyt?
-[chuckles]
From the state land commission.

He's sending a lawyer
to talk to Libby Matthews.

[chuckles]
Talk ain't gonna
save our cattle.

They need grass,
they need water.

-So do mine.
-Then ride with us then.
We'll get it for 'em.

We're gonna give Libby Matthews
just five minutes to let us
drive our herds on Stone Creek.

Don't be a fool.
You're not gonna scare
Libby Matthews.

You tried that before
and she's still there.

If you try
to run her off that land,
there'll be a killin'.

-That's what she wants.
-Maybe so,

but if you get a b*llet in ya,
what difference will it make
to you or your family

whether your cows
have graze and water or not?

This lawyer will be here
any day now. He'll open up
the Matthews land and--

It ain't Matthews land.
It's public land.

All the more reason
why we should have
this lawyer handle it.

Now let's just try
to be a little patient.

-[scoffs] Patient?
-Jed's right, Hoyt.

Let's see what
the lawyer can do.

Hoyt?

Yeah, looks like
I don't have much choice
in the matter.

All right, we'll let
this lawyer try to

get the Matthews off
the Stone Creek land his way.

If he don't do it his way,
we'll do it my way.

-[r*fle Blast]
-[neighing]

Mister?

Mister, you okay?

♪ [theme]

Ma! Ma, he's gone!

He was right here, Ma!

Look, here's his hat!

-Probably wasn't hurt
bad as you thought.
-He looked real bad, Ma.

His face was all bloody.
I only meant to scare him.

Well, it appears you did.
Come on.

Don't you think
we better look around
for him?

We've got work to do,
Danny.

You didn't eat much.

I wasn't hungry.

DANNY:
Ma! Ma!

What is it, Danny?

Ma, it's the man
that was down
at Dakota Flats.

Come on. Let's get him
into the house.

[groans]

Who are you?

I'm Libby Matthews.

This is my mother-in-law
and my son. Who are you?

I don't know.

What?

I don't know who I am.

But-But your name?

I can't remember.

I can't remember anything.

I can't--

[mutters]

[rooster crowing]

-Good morning.
-Good morning.

I didn't know you were
awake yet. Sit down and
I'll get you some coffee.

I've been awake
for a long time.

I was just lying there
trying to remember
something about myself.

-LIBBY: Can I get you
some breakfast?
-No, thanks, ma'am.

-I'm not hungry.
-You better drink your coffee.

Danny's out trying
to find your horse.

My horse?

You rode onto our property
yesterday afternoon
and Danny--

-Danny what?
-Shot at you.

Well, not at you.
He tried to fire past you.

-He only meant to scare ya.
-Why?

Them ranchers down in the valley
have been trying to
run us off our land.

Danny thought you was
one of them coming here
to make more trouble.

-We're sorry.
-We got no need to apologize.

We got signs posted.
You should have
believed them, mister.

But if I was on
your property,

I must have had some reason
for coming here.

Do you have any idea
what that might have been?

No, none.

But Danny says you had a coat
on when he first saw you.

Maybe there'll be
some identification in it.
He might find it now.

In the meantime,
you need a fresh shirt.
I'll get you one.

What are you gonna do?

Get him one
of Scott's shirts.

Here. Put this on.

-It belonged to my husband.
He's away.
-But he'll be back soon.

He'll be back real soon now.

You really should
eat something, you know.

A little broth if nothing else.
Help you get--

What are some
of the towns around here?

Rockville's, uh,
about six miles away
down in the valley.

Then there's Pinewood.
That's about 20 miles
up in the hills.

Do they mean anything to you?

-No.
-Well, they're both small.

If you lived in one of them,
I'd know it.

Well, thanks for the shirt.
I'll return it to you
just as soon as--

Certainly you're not
thinking of going
right away?

[sighs]
I can't stay here.

Of course you can.
That is, until
you're better.

Well, give it a few days
at least, please.

-Well, maybe a few days.
-Good.

What are you thinkin' of,
beggin' him to stay?

-The man is hurt.
-How do you know he's hurt
as bad as he's lettin' on?

You don't know him.
You don't know
why he come here.

-My guess is them ranchers
sent him up here to scare us.
-You're wrong!

-How do you know?
-I just do.

-If Scott was here,
you wouldn't act--
-Well, he isn't here!

He's been gone for two years
and he may never--

No, wait.

[mutters]

[groans, gasps]

-I heard you cry out.
Is everything all right?
-Oh, I'm fine.

I just had a dream.

I guess you'd call it
a nightmare.

It was all about this eagle
with its wings spread like

it wasn't gonna fly,
but it was angry
and gonna fight.

[chuckles]
It just came closer
and closer, so I--

DANNY: Ma?

-Is there anything wrong, Ma?
-No. Everything's all right.
Go on back to bed.

-Are you sure?
-Yes. It's okay. Go on.

-Good night.
-Good night.

-He feels very badly
about what happened.
-Yes, I know.

He should have waited to find
out what you wanted. He figured
you were one of those ranchers.

Maybe I am.

I don't think so.

Why do these ranchers
wanna drive you off
your land?

There's a drought.
They need water and grass
and we won't sell out.

-Can't you get protection
from the law?
-[scoffs] The law.

The law is on their side.
They say this is public land

and the state owns it
and we're just squatters.

But if the law
tries to put us off,
we'll fight it too.

-The land must be
very dear to you.
-No reason to hide it.

Some people say
it's a myth,

but we know somewhere
on this property
is the Sequoral Ledge.

What's the Sequoral Ledge?

A vein of gold.
My husband is
a mining engineer.

He spent years checking
the stories about it.

Now it's just a question
of getting someone to back him.
That's why he's east.

He'll be back soon
with the money.

In the meantime,
it's just you two women
and the boy, huh?

LIBBY: That doesn't matter.
We'll win somehow.

We have to.

This land,
the Sequoral Ledge,
it's Scott's life.

It's my life too.

I'm gonna be right here
when Scott gets back.

You better try
to get some sleep.

I'll be going into town
in the morning.

-I wonder if I could
borrow a horse?
-Oh, certainly.

-But--
-No, no, no. I'm all right now.

I think it's time
I start trying to find out
who I am.

Oh. Just don't tell 'em
you know us. They'll be
a lot friendlier.

-Good night.
-Good night.

To the right.

Yeah.

Now up. Good.

Down.

I don't know
quite what to tell you.

I suppose I know as much
as the next man about amnesia.

And I know practically nothing.

-Can a person recover?
-Of course.

That is where there's
no physical damage
to the brain.

And none seems indicated.

But it's completely
unpredictable.

Your memory might never return
or it might come back,

any instant, returning
just as mysteriously
as it left you.

But how?
What would make it come back?

Well, who can say?

Usually it's coming in contact
with something or someone
who's familiar to the victim.

[chuckles]

I guess there's
only one thing I can say
with absolute certainty.

Amnesia can be caused
by a blow to the head.

But I've never heard of it
being cured by another blow.

So I don't suggest
that you go home

and hit yourself over the head
with a frying pan.

[chuckles,
clears throat]

Excuse me.
That was a very poor joke.

I should have resisted
the temptation to make it.

That's all right, Doc.

How much do I owe you?

Well, a dollar all right?

Sorry I couldn't do
more for you, but

what you need there's
no prescription for. Luck.

-Hello, Hoyt.
-Hello, Cameron.

I was just fixin'
to stop by your place
and see you.

Glad to save you the ride.
How 'bout another beer?

Say, uh, where's that lawyer
the state was supposed
to be sending down here?

I haven't heard
from him yet.

It's been three days
since you got the telegram.
I think he'd better hurry up.

What do you mean
by that, Hoyt?

Cameron, that's what
I was fixin' to talk
to you about.

If the Matthews ain't off
the Stone Creek land
in one week from today--

-Now, look, Hoyt--
-You listen to me, Cameron.

I'm losing three,
four head a cattle a day.
I'm gonna be wiped out.

So are you. So is every man
in this valley if we don't
quit pussyfootin' around.

-Hoyt--
-One week, Cameron.
One week.

And no more time,
no more talk.

And then we gonna
burn her out.

-NICK: Mother!
-[sighs]

Nick, I wish you wouldn't
start hollering the minute
you come in the door.

-All right, where would you
like me to start hollering?
-Did you get the mail?

-I thought you were
taking a bath.
-I am.

-Right there on those steps?
-Anything for me?

-Nope.
-What is it with
all these baths?

I mean, you take
one, two, three times day.

-What's it get you?
-Clean.

-You had to ask.
-That's strange.
Nothing from Jarrod.

He said he'd write
the minute he got to Rockville.

-There's only probably one stage
out of Rockville each week.
-Yeah.

-I'll get your lunch.
-No, we'll get it
at the chuck wagon.

-I'll tell you something.
It'd be--
-[knocking]

I'm Mr. Blair
from the state land office.

-Ted Blair?
-That's right.

-Oh, please, come in.
-Thank you.

I've heard Jarrod
speak of you many times.
My sons, Nick--

-How do you do?
-How do you do?

-Heath.
-How do you do?

-I hope I haven't come
at an inconvenient time.
-Not at all.

-You're just in time for lunch.
-Well, now, that's nice of you,
but I'm afraid I can't.

I've got to get right back
to Sacramento. Train leaves
in less than an hour.

I stopped by to see
if Jarrod was here.

No, he left
for Rockville last Monday.

Is something wrong?

Well, I got this telegram
this morning from a Mr. Cameron
in Rockville

urging me to see that Jarrod
got to Rockville as quickly
as possible.

Well, he should have
been there three days ago.

BLAIR: Well, unless he planned
to stop somewhere en route.

No, no, he didn't.
He said he was going directly
to see some woman named--

-Matthews?
-Yes.

Well, perhaps there's
no cause for alarm.

On the other hand,
maybe there is.

I think maybe we better
check into it.

I'll have McCall
take over for a few days,
and you saddle the horses, huh?

Right.

-May I?
-Oh, yes, of course.

Can I do something for you?

-Do you know me?
-No.

Well, then I guess
there's nothing you can
do for me, Father.

Wait.

What's the trouble,
my son?

Do you know what
amnesia is?

-Yes.
-Well, that's my trouble.

A few days ago I was knocked
off my horse, and when I came to
I didn't know who I was.

Oh, I see.

I don't know why I came here.
I-- I suppose I hoped
you'd know me.

I'm sorry. Look,
if you need a place to stay--

No, no, Father,
that's not the problem.

Perhaps you should talk
to Dr. Driscoll.

I already have.

Wait. I don't feel I should
let you go without doing
something to help.

Don't worry about it, Father.
There's nothing you can do.

There is one thing.

-You mean pray for me?
-Yes, if you wish me to.

Well, now, I don't know.

Isn't there something
in the Bible about a man
and his name?

Yes. You mean,
"As his name is, so is he."

From Samuel.

That's strange, isn't it?

A man can lose his soul,
and he says, "Sure, Father,
go ahead. Pray for me."

But he loses his name
and he's not so sure.

-You see, I don't know
what kind of man I was.
-That doesn't matter.

It does to me.

That's part of what
I'm looking for.

Not just who I was,
but what I was.

My boy, you forget.

Your name,
everything about you
is already known to him.

Well, if you'll forgive me,
Father,

that's not much
of a comfort to me.

Maybe I belong here
and maybe I belong in jail.

-Somehow I don't think so.
-But you don't know
for sure, do you?

And neither do I.

Maybe that's why I don't
want you to pray for me.

Maybe I'm afraid
of the answer.

-Well, if you'll excuse me,
I have a lot of ground to cover.
-Just one more thing, my boy.

No matter how you feel
right now, just remember,

you're not alone
and you're not forgotten.

We never are.

I'll try to remember that.

Danny? Danny, I--

Oh, I didn't know
you were back yet.

I'm back.

You must be very tired.

You didn't find out anything
in Rockville.

Not in Rockville,
not in Pine Lake.

[sighs]

I walked every street
a dozen times.

Went into every saloon,
every hotel, every store.

I stared at everybody I saw
and they stared back at me
like I wasn't there.

-What'd the doctor say?
-[chuckles]
He wished me luck.

You know, you very nearly
didn't get your horse back.

After Pine Lake,
I almost kept right on going.

-Where?
-I don't know.

Anyplace I guess where
there are more streets to walk,
more people to stare at.

I know how
you must feel, but--

Oh, no, you don't.
I didn't know.

Not until today,
and then it hit me.

Just two days ago,
I had a name,
I belonged somewhere.

I knew people. They knew me.
I had a life!

And you still will have.
I'm sure one morning

you're just gonna wake up
and all of a sudden
you'll remember everything.

-In the meantime--
-In the meantime, what?

You can stay here.
There's a job for you here.

No money, but room and board.

-Look, I know
you mean to be kind--
-No, not kind.

Selfish. We need help here.
You can see that.

And I need to keep on going.
I need to keep searching.

You still can.
It doesn't have to be
a full-time job.

You can use this
as sort of a base.

Some place to always
come back to.
You need that.

I need to find out
who I am!

I know.
And I wanna help you.

Supper's ready
in 20 minutes.

-Danny!
-I forgot--

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Where are you going?

I forgot the wire clippers.
Me and Dakota are gonna fix
the west boundary fence

-where it was cut last week.
-Dakota?

That's what I call him 'cause
that's where I saw him first--
Dakota Flats.

He said it was okay with him.
Sure nice to have him
around, isn't it, Ma?

It sure is, Danny.

-Bye, Ma.
-Good-bye, Danny.

[clears throat]
How do I look?

Scott bought you that dress
just before he went away.

I'd almost forgotten
I had it.

Ma! Ma, you look great!

Don't she look great,
Grandma?

-Gee, it's been so long, Ma.
-Where's Dakota?

Oh, he said he wasn't hungry.
He's out looking
for his coat.

What's for dinner, Ma?

Wash your hands.

-They're clean.
-Go wash your hands.

You said you wasn't
gonna wear that dress
till Scott come back.

I changed my mind.

Howdy, Hoyt.
What you got there?

-Bad news.
-What do you mean?

Got this off a horse--
a horse I found near
the Matthews place.

-Look at these.
-Them are legal papers.

That's right.
Belongin' to Jarrod Barkley,
a lawyer.

A lawyer the state was sending
down here to get the Matthews
off Stone Creek land.

What do you think
happened to him?

-You think he's dead?
-I don't know.

Horse was roamin' free,
legs were scratched and cut.

Saddle hadn't been
off him in days.

-What about talkin'
to the sheriff?
-[chuckles] The sheriff.

He's over in Black Butte.
Besides, I'm tired
of messin' around.

I'm gonna go over
to the Matthews place
tonight, Quint.

And one thing I wanna know
right here and now.
You goin' with me?

-I don't know, Hoyt. I--
-Quint, I'm tired of arguin'.

Hoyt.

I'll get the boys together.

Libby said you was
goin' away for a few days.

Probably be back at the end
of the week. Looks like
it's gonna be a nice night.

The night I wanna see
is the night it rains.

Maybe if they got some water
down in the valley,
them ranchers forget about us.

Danny tells me it hasn't
rained in over five months.

What are those ranchers doing
for feed and water?

I haven't asked them.
No concern of mine.

-Why isn't it?
-What's that supposed to mean?

Well, it just seems to me
that maybe this whole problem
could be solved without a fight.

Like for me and Libby
to give up you mean.

Let 'em drive their stinkin'
cows over my son's land.

Let 'em come. Let 'em in.
Let 'em look for the gold.

And if they find it,
let 'em have it.

Well, let me tell you,
mister whoever you are,

me and Libby
don't give in that easy.

-Ready to go?
-Yep.

-You riding all night?
-I got a lot of ground
to cover.

-Which way you heading?
-Up north.

I wish you weren't going.
I have a feeling
you won't be coming back.

Who is that?

It's riders.

-Come on!
-Get out!

-Let's get outta here!
-Where you going?

[r*fle blasts continue]

Grandma! Grandma,
are you okay? Ma!

Ma!

-Danny, what--
-Grandma's been hurt!

-I'm all right.
It's nothin'.
-Let me see.

-It's just a flesh wound.
-Let me see!

Danny, get a pan
of hot water
and some towels.

[groans]

-Here, Ma.
-Hold this up.

-What'll it be?
-I'm looking for a man
named Vatcher.

MAN:
Well, look over here.

-You're Vatcher?
-That's right.

I work for the Matthews.
I have a little message
for you.

So you're the guy we ran
into up there last night.

[chuckles]
Didn't know they had
a man around the place.

Is that what made you
feel so brave?

You thought you were just
attacking a couple of women
and a boy?

So what's the message,
mister?

-Don't come back.
-Is that all?

That's all.

[chuckles]

Now you listen to me--

Put that g*n away!
Put it away!

That isn't gonna
solve anything.

-I'm Jed Cameron.
-I've heard of you too.

-I was just telling
your friend here--
-I heard you.

Well, the same thing
goes for you.

I wasn't a party
to that raid last night.

I knew nothing about it
until a few minutes ago.

If I had, I'd have
tried to stop it.

Well, you better stop the next
one, 'cause you're not running
those people off that land.

Maybe the Matthews
ain't told you yet.

Stone Creek ain't their land.
They're squatters.

They put in 10 years
of their life up there.

They're there
and they're gonna stay there.

I'm sorry to hear that.
I'd hoped we could
settle this peacefully.

Maybe we could have
before last night.

Now I'm gonna tell you
just one more time.

Don't come back.
The next time I'll be
waiting for you.

[men chattering]

A week!
That was your promise, Hoyt.

That was before I found
the lawyer's horse.

How 'bout the rest of you?
That Matthews hired hand
meant what he said.

The next time
he will be waiting.

Then we don't wanna
disappoint him, do we?

I stand to lose
more than any of you,
but you can count me out.

-What we gonna do, Ma?
-Run along.

-Well, what we gonna do?
-Run along!

-Dakota's in the barn working.
Shall I tell him?
-No!

No. We'll tell him later.

What's this?

What are you hidin'?

This is that man's coat,
isn't it?

Isn't it?
Answer me.

-You found out who he is,
haven't you? Haven't you?
-Yes.

-But you haven't told him.
-No.

-And you weren't going to.
-No. And neither are you.

-Get out of my way.
-Listen to me.

-You can't do this.
-Listen to me. I need him.

I can't go on like this,
not any longer.

I can't fight anymore,
not alone, not without help.

And neither can you.

Look at you.
Last night it was
a b*llet through your arm.

Next time it might be
one through your head.

Dakota's our only chance
of staying here.
If he leaves, we've lost.

-No.
-Yes. I'm tired and I'm scared.

And if Dakota goes,
Danny and I leave.

You can just stay here
and be burned out or driven out
if you want to.

But if that man goes,
I'm through.

You'd-- You'd just let them
ranchers take my son's land?

Yes.

So if you want anything
for Scott, you keep
your mouth shut.

-Beer.
-Sure thing.

-How do we get
to the Matthews place?
-Matthews place?

What do you want
with the Matthews place?

Well, not that I think
it's any of your business,

but we're looking for
a man named Jarrod Barkley.

-Is he a friend of yours?
-He's our brother.

-Your brother.
-That's right.

Well, I found
your brother's horse up
in the hills yesterday.

Looked like the horse
had thrown him
and run off.

I looked around for him
but I couldn't find him.

-I don't like saying this, but
I think your brother's dead.
-Dead?

That's my guess.

Now, just because
you found his horse
doesn't mean he's dead.

That's right, except
we found his horse near
the Matthews place.

How far is it
to this Matthews place?

Well, it's about six miles
right straight down
the west road.

You can't miss it.
You better be careful.

If the Matthews see you,
they won't miss you, either.

DANNY:
An eagle.

Yeah.

Hey, I just had a great idea.
After this post, let's go
for a swim in the lake.

That's good thinking,
Danny.

[horses approaching]

Don't. Who are you
and what do you want?

Our name's Barkley.

-Barkley?
-HEATH: We're looking for
our brother, Jarrod Barkley.

What makes you think
he'd be here?

He's a lawyer representing
the state land commission.
He was coming to see you.

He disappeared,
but his horse was found
near here yesterday.

Somebody said
you might know something.

You were told wrong, mister.

I don't know him
and I never heard of him.

-Put that down!
-Who's it belong to?

A man that works for us.

-Mighty fancy shirt
for a hired hand.
-Mighty fancy.

Put it down.

-Now ride.
-Yes, ma'am.

Ride.

-She's lying.
-I swear, that looked an awful
lot like Jarrod's shirt.

Go on. Get!

They'll be back.
You got no choice now.

-You gotta tell him the truth.
-No.

Them two know
you're hiding something.
And when they come back--

-When they come back,
we won't be here.
-What?

I'm going to see Jed Cameron.
He'll be glad to pay us
the money to get off the land.

What are you talkin' about?
What are you sayin'?
You can't sell this land.

-It's mine.
-It's Scott's!

-Then where is he?
Why isn't he here?
-He'll be back.

-When?
-I don't know.

I'll tell you when--
never.

-No.
-Yes, he's dead.

You can't say that.
You mustn't. You're his wife.

I'm his widow. We're waiting
for a dead man to come back
to find gold that doesn't exist.

-That's not true.
-It is true.
I've known it all along.

-Then why'd you stay here?
-Where else could I go?

Where will you go now?

-Now it doesn't matter.
-'Cause that man
will go with you?

-Yes.
-But what if he won't?

-Well, he will.
-Just 'cause you're in love
with him

don't mean
he's in love with you.

He'll have to go with us.
Where else can he go?

All right. Let's say
he does go with you.
Let's say that.

What happens afterwards
if he gets his memory back?

-I don't know.
-He had a life
before he came here.

He'll go back to it.
He'll have to.

You'll be left empty.

No emptier than I am now.

-What are you gonna say
to Mother?
-As little as possible.

Just tell her we're gonna be
a little delayed is all.

MRS. MATTHEWS:
Mr. Barkley.

I wanna talk to you.
I'm Libby Matthews's
mother-in-law.

Hi, Ma.

h*!

-Did you finish the fence?
-Nope.

-Played hooky instead.
-We went for a swim
in the lake.

-Danny, would you take care
of the horses?
-Sure, Ma.

I have to talk
to you inside.

-Would you like
a cup of coffee?
-Sounds good.

-How 'bout you?
-Yes, please.

What's the matter?

There were a couple
of men here today.

Not ranchers.
Gunmen Hoyt Vatcher hired.

They warned me
that I have to get off
the land right away.

-This afternoon.
-How many warnings
does that make?

I've lost count.

But after they left,
I started thinking,
this isn't your fight.

-If anything should
happen to you--
-I wouldn't worry about that.

I am worried about it.

You asking me to leave?

No, no, of course not.

Well, what then?

Well, it's kind of hard
to explain.

Well, don't try,
because this is my fight.

I've made it mine.

Why? Because you believe
in the Sequoral Ledge
and that maybe you'll find it?

No.

-Then why?
-I don't know.

Maybe I'm just like you.

This place is all I know,

all I have to hang onto.

[horses approaching]

No, don't go out there!
They're Vatcher's men.
They said they'd come back.

[glass breaks]

Jarrod,
it's Nick and Heath!

-What are they yelling
about Nick and Heath?
-Don't believe them.

That's just a trick to make
you think they know you.

Jarrod!

-Keep him busy.
I'll try to get into the back.
-All right.

[clicks empty]

Jarrod.

Jarrod, it's me.
Jarrod, listen to me!

Jarrod!

Jarrod, I'm your brother!
I'm your--

Jarrod, I'm your--

Jarrod--

Where'd you get this g*n?

You gave it to me.
You had it made special
for me in San Francisco.

You gave it to him
for his last birthday.

Just before you left.
Remember?

Don't you remember,
Jarrod?

Nick?

[shudders]

Heath?

Nick! Nick!

[sobbing]

[sobbing continues]

Libby? Libby!

Libby?

-Libby.
-Didn't they tell you
I knew who they were?

-They told me.
-Well, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry and ashamed.
That's not much to say--

You don't have
to say anything.

I was tired and afraid
and lonely.

I needed someone.
I didn't know that,
not until you came.

But--

-You better go.
-Not yet.

Not until I talk to those
ranchers, try and fix it up
so you can stay here.

No, I don't wanna stay.
I don't have to stay.

That's what I was trying
to tell you before
your brothers rode up.

I wanted to go away.
I wanted to go away
with you.

I wanted to start
living again.

But I still do,
even though I know
you won't be there.

I'm not sure I know how,
but I wanna try.

Will you promise me
one thing?

Don't ever stop trying.

I won't.

Good-bye, Libby.

[horses departing]

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