03x14 - Journey into Violence

[bunniefuu]

You know, uh...

It might save
some time

if we split up.

Probably would,
as late as it's gettin'.

Tell you what--

I go down further
down the line,

and you
follow up here.

-That's what I figured.
-What's that?

That just gives me
about twice as much
fence to check as you.

Well, you're young
and healthy.

It'll be dark
before I'm through.

Maybe I'll spend the night
in the line shack,

come on in
in the morning.

Suit yourself.

Heath Barkley?

What can I do
for you?

Remove your weapon.

Look, if you fellas
are figurin' on
robbin' me, well, I got--

Silence!
Now hear my words.

On the morrow,
you will stand

before a tribunal
of my people

to be tried on
a charge of m*rder.

For m*rder?

There's no more to be said.
Now get on your horse.

Look, mister, I don't know
what kind of loco talk
you're makin', but I--

Enough!

He'll be punished
properly at the trial.

Now put him
on his horse.

Hurry. The day wanes,
and we must travel far.

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Well, are you ever
gonna move it?

All right,
that's three.

You want to try
for four?

You just caught me
when I was very tired

from riding the fence
all day.

Saddest story
I've ever heard.

Isn't Heath here yet?

Dinner will be spoiled
if we wait much longer.

No, and as late
as it is,

I doubt if he'll be
comin' in at all.

Well, we'd better
eat, then.

Although I must say
I don't like the idea

of his eating from a tin can
in that line shack.

Especially if he knew
we were having
a beef roast.

The truth of the matter is,
I think Heath was looking
for an excuse

to spend the night
out on the range.

You're probably right.

Heath told me that,
once in a while,

he likes to be
off by himself,

do a little thinking.

He says it makes him
appreciate it more

when he gets back.

This is the one?

It is.

Pig!

k*ll him.

k*ll him right now!

You'd find
no gratification in such
an action, my child.

-Yes, I would.
-Silence!

When the sun rises,
then will he be judged.

And punished
according to the laws
of our people.

So be it.

Now fetch him
some food, child.

Put him in the cage.

Wait a minute.

See what else
he's got.

All right.

Uh-oh,
lookie here.

Hey.

That's real nice.

Give me that.

MAN: How much money
you got there,
Brother Cyrus?

It counts to
better than $20.

Get in.

Hey, ain't that
a lot for him?

[all laughing]

You know,
Brother Cyrus,

five years of livin'
with a man a sick as
her husband was...

and this long period
of mournin'--

It ain't good for
either her oryou.

I know,
Brother Benjamin, I know.

And I aim to speak to
Brother Hemit about that.

[overlapping chatter]

Quiet, brethren.

We will begin.

State your name.

You know my name.

This court has been
convened, Heath Barkley,

to judge you
on the charge of m*rder.

Have you anything to say
before sentence is passed?

I don't know what
this is all about.

But if you think
I m*rder*d somebody,

you should turn me
over to the sheriff.

No!

You k*lled
one of our people.

Therefore, you shall be
tried by our laws.

I am your judge,
and they your jurors.

I tell you,
there's some mistake.
I didn't k*ll anybody.

-You k*lled
this woman's husband.
-When?

Five days ago.

Mister, you're wrong.

Five days ago,
I was home,

working on
my family's ranch,
and I can prove that.

He died
five days ago,

from a b*llet
you put in him
five years ago.

What are you talkin' about?

His name was Joshua,

and he was
a man of peace.

Yet on the third day
of March in 1872,

while passing by night
on the road near
white springs,

you accosted him,
attempted to rob him,

and then shot him!

If you deny this,
you lie!

I don't deny I was
around White Springs
about that time.

And I shot at someone.

But the man was
trying to rob me.

I was bedded down
for the night,

and he was trying
to steal my horse.

-[crowd murmurs]
-Silence!

Then you admit
you shot Joshua?

I only admit that
I shot at someone.

I don't know who.
I don't even know
if I hit him or not.

Your mark was true.

The b*llet lodged
in his back.

It could not
be removed.

It slowly spread poison
in his system,

until that poison
k*lled him!

He was paralyzed from it.

He had no feeling
from the waist down.

He could feel nothing,
nothing at all.

He couldn't walk,
he couldn't do anything.

For five years,
he was like that.

I had to carry him
every place he went,

like a little baby.

Can't you understand?
I didn't m*rder him.

I was only
protecting myself
and what was mine.

It's Joshua's word
against yours.

But he's dead.

Look, can't you see
I'm not the kind of man

that goes around robbin'
and killin' people?

Doesn't anybody
believe me?

-No.
-No.
-No.

What say you, brethren?

Does he speak the truth?

[crowd murmurs]

So be it.

Heath Barkley,

you have been found
guilty as charged.

I tell you,
I'm not guilty.

Your sentence
has been prescribed.

Eye for an eye,
tooth for tooth,

hand for hand,
and foot for foot.

Therefore, as you've
taken away life,

you must replace it
with your own.

You can't k*ll me
for something
I didn't do.

I did not say
you'd be put to death.

I said you must replace it
with your own life.

You will replace
the one that's been
taken from us.

What do you mean
by that?

In time, perhaps,
you will learn the goodness
of our ways.

We are a simple people.

We ask for little

and take only what
Providence provides.

We live
in righteous fear

and look upon one another
for sustenance.

You, therefore, will provide
as Joshua provided.

I don't understand
what you're talking
about.

By your hand, this woman
was left without support

or provision.

Accordingly now,

you will serve her
as you're directed.

What do you mean,
as I'm directed?

You can't
make me serve her
or anybody else.

You will do
as you are told,

work as you're directed,

and live out your days
in penance.

In doing so, you have
been given your only hope
for salvation.

What's it gonna be,
Brother Barkley?

[grunts]

You gonna behave yourself
so's we can get along?

Tell him
what to do.

I need wood
for my fire.

It gets cold
at night,

and I like
a nice, big fire.

Come along.

Well, now, this is
hard to figure.

What?

Why, Heath didn't get
to this part
of the fence.

I left him just
a little beyond here.

Maybe he went after
some new wire.

No, if he wanted wire,
he'd have come home for it.

He wouldn't have stayed
at the line shack.

He might be trying
to get in some
extra bunk time.

Uh-huh. Well, now,
we'll just see to that.

Then,
on the other hand...

Maybe he isn't.

That enough?

I said I liked
a big fire.

That's right,
you did.

Well, I can't say
as I blame you.

A warm fire can be
kind of comforting

to someone
who's alone.

It helps.

I'm sorry.

What for?

That you lost
your man.

That you're alone.

No woman should be
like that.

Listen, don't you try
to soft-talk me.

I just said I'm sorry.

And I am.

You waste water like
it was real easy to get.

Well, it ain't.

It's gotta be carried up
from the lake.

So, from now on,
that'll be your job.

Now, you get back
into your cage.

Evening, Bettina.
You got enough wood?

For a while.
I brought his food.

[sniffs]
Well, I'd say
that's right fine,

if I was
a little hog.

Here, lie down there
and slop it up.

Don't!
If you k*ll him,

you'll be
doin' him a favor.

All right.

I don't want to
do him no favors.

Bettina, sit down.
I want to talk.

What about?

About you and me.

About what
I've been sayin'
to Brother Hemit.

It ain't right,

us two being the only
two hereabouts
that ain't--

Bettina...

You know I got
a feelin' for you,
don't you?

You forget I'm in
mourning for a year.

Well, Brother Hemit
could fix that
if he was of a mind.

I don't think so.

Time, woman.

Just give it
a little more time.

All set?

Yeah,
I sent Collins out

to scrape up
some more men.

He's gonna meet us
down at the west gate.

We'll find him.
Don't you worry,
we'll find him.

It's been two nights,
Jarrod.

We know.

[sighs]

That enough?

For the men
and womenfolk, maybe.

But you gotta remember,

we got a lot of
mighty thirsty horses
back to camp.

So, you just keep
right on haulin'.

You and me
and Brother Hemit's

gonna ride down
the valley tonight.

What about him?

If we ain't back
by morning,

Brother David
will keep him busy.

Oh, I reckon her seein'
him work like that

kind of satisfies the
hate she's got for him.

Just so it don't
satisfy it too much.

Where are they going?

-Huntin'.
-At night?

There's fresh meat
in the valley.

You mean there
are cattle herds
in this valley--

Strayed all over
this time of year.

If a dumb animal
is guided to us,

we accept it as
a gift of Providence.

Here's your food.

Providence, huh?

That kind of thinkin'
might explain a lot
of things.

What do you mean?

Nothin'. But if I wait
long enough,

maybe Providence
would provide me

with something
a little more digestible.

Good night.
Come along, Brother David.

You're wasting
your time.

There's nothin'
under that dirt
but rock.

Besides, you couldn't
get far anyway.

Cyrus' dogs
won't allow it.

They'd catch you
and tear you apart
if you tried to escape.

Is that for me?

Providence moves
in mysterious ways.

You'd be no good to me
or anyone else

if you didn't eat.

Is that
the kind of stuff
Hemit lets you read?

Nobody knows
I have it.

I found it.

You been to places
like that?

San Francisco?
The Barbary coast?

Sure, lots of times.

Is it a place of sin?

It depends on
how you look at it.

Those women--

You find them
attractive?

I suppose so.

Of course,
there's a lot of
different ways

a woman is
attractive to a man.

Am I attractive?

I'd say so.

To men like Cyrus
and some of those
others.

I don't care about them.

I'm askin' you.

Well, I might
be able to give you
a better answer

if you'd
clean yourself up

and started lookin'
the way a woman should.

[chuckles]

[chiming]

[knock on door]

-Fred.
-Evening, Victoria.

Uh, still no luck.

Nick and Jarrod
asked me to come by

and tell you they're
gonna bed down at
the line shack tonight.

Then we'll all start
looking again at sunup.

Mm-hmm. Well...

Thank you very much.

I guess I'll go
to bed now.

-Good night.
-Good night.

[branch snaps]

Who's there?

Leave,
whoever you are!

Before
you're shamed!

You hear me?

Come on.

You can't escape!

If you run,
they'll k*ll you!

They can't k*ll me
if they can't find me.

-I'll tell 'em.
-No, you won't.

Not if you're any kind of
a woman, you won't.

How do you know what
kind of woman I am?

Listen, you could
find out.

You see, I could
speak to Hemit--

-No.
-Please.

I'll do anything
you want.

I'm sorry.

They'll find you!
They'll bring you back!

Then you'll be sorry!

Where's Barkley?

He attacked David,
and he ran off
over there.

You take this road.

I'll circle above.

Heath Barkley!

You move one step
closer to that horse,

and I'll be forced to
blow your brains out.

[whip strikes]

Enough.

Temper justice
with mercy, Cyrus.

Let him down.

Now, understand me.

We are not
of a savage nature,

but rather
a gentle people.

For we believe
that forgiveness

is better
than revenge
or punishment.

I hope by now that
you have learned

the hopelessness of
trying to escape.

Or the next time,
your punishment
will not be so simple.

Seeing as how you people
are so gentle,

so understanding,

my family--

Their minds ought
to be set at ease.

At least let 'em know
they don't have to...

Worry about me anymore.

I mean, you'd expect
the same consideration...

Wouldn't you?

It would weigh heavy
on my conscience

if others suffered
because of your sins.

What have you
that they may know,
would recognize?

I had a coin...

On a chain.

He took it.

Give it to me.

I will consider
the matter.

Now, see him
to his tasks.
And be wary.

All right, move.

You ain't even finished
haulin' water. Move!

It is only right
that his family
be set to ease.

JARROD: It's like
he's just vanished.

We're runnin' out of
places to look.

You sound like
you're giving up.

Nobody's giving up,
Mother.

It's just that
the men, well,
they're getting tired--

Well, then get
other riders.

We already have.

There'll be
a dozen men here
ready to ride at sunup.

-Good night, Mother.
-Good night, Mother.

[horse passing]

It's his lucky coin.

"The living know
that they shall die,

but the dead
know not anything."

"You would do well
to put Heath Barkley
from your memory.

He is as a dead man."

-Oh, no.
-Now, wait a minute.

It says "as" A dead man.

Not "is" A dead man.

Seein' as how we're
so close to Stockton,

what do you say
we go on in and have
a little refreshment?

I say that's
a good idea,

a real good idea.

Shh.

Go away.

Let me sleep.

I brought you
some coffee.

Please, I want
to speak to you.

Some other time.

I'll say again
what I said by the lake.

I could make life
better for you.

I could speak to Hemit.

What about?

About--
About you taking me
for your wife.

Is it so much
to your dislike?

I bathed for you.
You saw me.

And my hair--

I washed it
and combed it.

Do you like it?

Yes, I do.

Then you like me
as a woman.

There's a lot more
that goes into
bein' a woman

than just takin' a bath
and combin' her hair.

I feel like a woman.

When men look at me,
I feel like a woman.

What men? Cyrus,
some of those others?

They're not men,
they're animals.

My husband
was just like them.

I married him
'cause I was told to.

I didn't love him,
I couldn't.

For a long time,
I thought I could
never love anyone,

any man...

'Cause I thought
they were all like that.

But now I'm not sure.

You looked at me
by the lake,

and you said,
"I'm sorry."

Please, I don't
want your pity.

HEMIT:
Bettina? Bettina?

Wake up, child.
Wake up, I say.

You gotta understand,
Brother Hemit,
it wasn't his fault.

He partook of liquor,
did he not?

That's what I mean--
It was the liquor.

You know
how it makes him.

He couldn't
help himself.

That'll be all,
Brother Benjamin.

Ah, my child.

What is it?
Did you not sleep well?

I was restless.

That's understandable,
very understandable.

Considering the trying
times you've endured--

A woman all alone,
without.

My child, I've decided
it's be wrong

for you to suffer
any longer.

A woman is only
made whole by the
bonds of marriage,

and that's how
it should be.

You wish me
to remarry so soon?

I wish only
for your happiness.

Therefore, I decree
that your period of
mourning be ended,

and on
the morrow's sun,

I will bind you in wedlock
to Brother Cyrus.

Cyrus?

Who else among us
is without a woman?

Or she without a man?

It is ordained.

Come, now.

Be happy for
your salvation
from loneliness.

As you wish.

That's better.

Now...

About the money
your departed husband
left you.

I believe it was $100,
was it not?

Yes.

I'll need $50 of it...

As a dowry for
Brother Cyrus. Now.

Now?
I don't understand.

He's been put in jail
in Stockton.

The money is necessary
for his release.

And what better use
could the money be put to

than in behalf
of one's betrothed?

I'll get it.

May I go with you?

I need cloth for
a proper wedding dress.

I'll have
the wagon hitched.

Be ready in
five minutes, now.

No question about it--
This gives us reason
to hope.

I'll round up the men
and meet you out at the ranch
in about an hour, all right?

We'll be ready.

Come on!

Whoa!

You go purchase
your cloth

while I get Cyrus.

What's that?

That's called perfume.

Here, have a sniff.

How much is it?

The small bottle
is a dollar.

A dollar.

That stuff sure does
smell good.

You sure do have
a lot of nice things
in this store.

Why don't you take
a look around?

You don't have
to buy anything
you don't want.

Thank you.

Peace, Brother.

That purplish cloth
sure is pretty.

I'm afraid
it's very costly.

It isn't cloth.
It's pure silk.

I need something
like that for
my wedding dress.

See? I want it
to look like this.

Oh.

Bettina,
we're ready to go.

I'm sorry,
I'm still looking.

She was just showing me
a picture of the dress
she wants to make.

A dress like that
is not for you.

It is the cloth
of a scarlet woman.

This is more fitting.

-What is the price?
-$3.

Pay for it,
and keep us
waiting no longer.

I'll get your size.

Please,
I have to hurry.

Audra had that dress
made for this photograph
last year.

There's no doubt
about it.

It had to be torn
from a family
photograph.

Heath carried one
around like that
in his wallet,

only smaller--
Same as me.

What I'd like to know
is where the girl got it.

Fred, have you got
any idea where they
might be camping now?

This being the dry
season of the year,

I'd expect they'd be
back in the hills,
near the lake.

At least that's
where they camped
two years ago.

You take your boys
and try Blue lake,

and we'll take ours
and get Shadow lake.

All right.

Well, good night,
Brother David.

Good night,
Brother Cyrus.

You miss me today,
Brother Barkley?

Well, don't you worry.

'Cause after Bettina
and me gets married
in the mornin',

we'll have
the rest of the day,

just you and me.

And the next,
and the next after,

for just as long
as you say.

CYRUS: Bettina.

Bettina,
do you hear me?

I'm in bed, Cyrus.
What do you want?

Well, I come to say
good night.

-Thank you. Good night.
-That's all?

I'm very tired, Cyrus.

I'm goin' to sleep now.

Well, all right.

Good night.

I'll see you
in the morning.

They call it perfume.

Is it too much?

Considering the rest
of this place, no.

It's kind of nice.

Cyrus should be pleased.

I didn't buy it
for Cyrus.

I bought it--

Well, to prove to you
that I could be a woman.

Bettina...

You are a woman.
It's just--

What? That I'm not
enough of a woman?

You could teach me.
I can learn.

It takes a man
to teach a woman,
doesn't it?

The others, Cyrus.

And even the man
that was my husband--

You were right
when you said
they're animals.

But you're marrying
Cyrus tomorrow.

I can't marry him
if I'm not here, can I?

You'd run? To where?

Anywhere
you'd take me.

I know where they keep
the key to the padlock.

We'd need horses.

I can get 'em.

What about the dogs?

I'll take care of 'em.

All right?

Understand one thing.

In case you want
to change your mind,

there are laws,
civilized laws,

that'll keep them
from taking you back.

And I'll see to it.

And I'll help you
get a new start.

But as for me...

I'm not part
of the bargain.

You're a man,
Heath Barkley--

The only man
I've ever known.

And I'm learning
already.

I think--

I think I would be
disappointed

if you were part
of the bargain.

I'll hurry.

Well, there's nothin'
around here.

Let's try Pine lake.
It's two miles on up.

[owl hooting]

[dogs barking]

[g*nshots]

-Up ahead there.
-Come on.

I didn't want
this dress.

I had another one--

A pretty one--
All picked out.

But Hemit wouldn't--

She's dead.

Him!

It's his fault
she's dead!

All right,
hold it right there!

Throw 'em down, boys.

You all right?

I'm all right.

This girl was to be wed
on the morrow.

Why?

Why, in the name
of justice,

couldn't the b*llet
have found you
instead of her?

She was trying
to help you escape,
wasn't she?

Why? Why?

For five years,
her heart cried out
for vengeance.

You're wrong.
It wasn't vengeance.

You corrupted her.

The days
you spent with her,

you stole into her mind
like the serpent of Eden,

and you made her
see evil as good.

No. I just
gave her a chance

to see herself
as she could be--

As a woman.

You turned her against
her own people,

against the memory
of her own husband.

Against living here
in darkness.

The darkness is outside
in your world,

where sin and temptation
blot out god's light.

We kept Bettina away
from Satan's reach.

And away from life.

There's a lot that's
bad in the world,

but hiding from it
isn't the answer.

You've got to fight it.

And, in the meantime,
enjoy all the good.

You see, Bettina wasn't
trying to free me

nearly as much
as she was trying
to free herself

and begin to live.

You understand,
I have to report
what happened here

to the sheriff.

I understand.

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