Hey, let's go to Aspen.
- To ski? - - No, to shop.
Oh, god, can it just be the two of us?
Oh, please, I am so tired of Melanie.
That dress...
It's like a hot dog with a belt on it.
You are so mean.
Mrs. Stella?
Miss Stella?
I'm afraid I have some bad news.
There's been an accident.
You did great today.
You call me if you need anything.
Mrs. Stella?
What do you want us to do with all the food?
- How much is left? - Half.
I thought more people would come.
Um, take it for yourself, give it to the staff.
Not the alcohol! Um, throw the rest away.
Maybe I could give it to the church instead?
Give it to the church, that sounds good,
I don't know what I was thinking.
You're mourning.
Hey!
Mrs. Stella!
- Mrs. Stella! - Leave me alone!
Mr. Ciocca is here, from the bank.
Give me a minute.
What does he want?
I'm just the maid.
Stella, again, my deepest condolences to you.
Thank you, Doug.
Was good of you to come yesterday.
Oh, of course.
So, did you forget something?
No, no, um...
This is really hard to say.
Uh, and forgive me for the timing of this,
but, in about 90 days, you're gonna lose everything here.
What?
You all have been in trouble for a very long time
and JT did not have the heart to tell you.
The horse market took a downturn in '08,
JT refused to sellout,
so he leveraged the ranch for you guys to survive.
This is my ranch, my family's ranch, I didn't sign anything.
Come on, Stella, you knew the deal,
you marry JT and he takes care of you.
That's what your father wanted and that's why
he signed the estate over to him.
Plain and simple, you owe the bank just north of, $6 million.
$6 million!
All money borrowed against the ranch to keep it afloat.
But in 90 days, the probate process is going to catch up with you
and the bank's gonna want this house to cover the debt.
Six million...
What about monarch, what about monarch and his stud fees?
Breeders are a very informed bunch, they know what's going on here,
they're just gonna wait until there's a fire sale
and try and get him for cheap.
Whistler painted a portrait of my great-grandmother,
she built this place.
- I'm not an art dealer. - No, but it's worth $2 million.
If I showed you the appraisal with a promise to sell, would that help?
$2 million would definitely feed the wolves, yes, for sure, it would.
What?
No, no!
Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
No, no!
What did you do?! What did you do?
What did you do?!
This is 10 karats, how much time does that buy me?
Not enough, honey.
I'm sorry.
Can I help you with anything, miss Stella?
No, I'm okay.
My grandma used to make me brush horses every night.
That was my job around the ranch.
Do you mind?
No, ma'am.
I'm sorry about Mr. JT.
Now, we're competing on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
All right, you know what,
Susan needs some extra time on the court.
I'll pay for it, just make it happen.
Okay.
Thank you.
Oh, Stella, this is Patrick, my new coach.
- Nice to meet you. - You, too.
Oh, honey, I am so glad you called.
Did you get the casserole I sent over?
I did, yeah, thank you.
I haven't really been able to, you know, eat much.
Well, that's probably for the best.
You know, good idea to stay thin now
more than ever, right? Tea?
This was really difficult for me to come here today.
Aw, my door is always open.
Um...
JT messed up.
If I don't figure something out,
the bank is gonna take the ranch in three months.
Honey, no, it can't be that bad.
I need to borrow $100,000.
Another hundred? For what?
Another?
Yeah, Robert gave JT $140,000.
I thought you knew.
No, nope.
JT didn't tell me that.
He didn't tell me a lot of things.
- You know what? Let me call the girls. - No!
We can put something aside for you under the radar,
maybe open a little shop in town or get a place in Tahoe.
You don't have any kids, you could just start over where nobody knows you.
It's not too late.
I mean, you're beautiful.
The ranch, it's been in my family for four generations.
Stella, ranching is dirty business.
If JT couldn't save it,
how are you gonna do it all by yourself?
Sometimes it's better to just let go of something,
then get dragged down with it.
Sorry, ma'am, I went to stop them,
but they had all their paperwork in order.
They're gonna want this one, too.
Ma'am, uh, give me a second.
Do you know what this is?
Um...
Looks like a bullet.
My great-grandfather used a knife and hot water
to dig it out of his wife's back.
She got shot when a gang of civil war deserters
tried to take this ranch.
The two of them, just the two of them,
came across this country, they fought Indians, fires,
and the railroads to build this place.
My great-grandmother lost two children
by the time she was 23.
One to a fire and the other to typhus.
But she didn't quit, she didn't,
she never gave up, she did everything she had to do
to keep this land, but I'm just gonna lose it all
to the bank without even a fight!
Well, okay, I hear ya, take it easy.
Take it easy? That's all I've ever done,
it's what's gotten me here!
We are all gonna be in deep,
deep shit if I don't figure something out.
Well, I know that.
Okay, you know the day-to-day of this ranch
better than anybody else.
I need to know everything about my husband's business, it's my business.
I need to know what he did right, what he did wrong
and what around here is worth saving!
- Now? - Right now.
We lease this back pasture to a dairy farm for grazing,
it brings in a little.
Most of the workers have found jobs elsewhere,
a handful have stayed loyal to you.
They do general upkeep, mending fences, painting, et cetera.
Looks like they're not doing their jobs.
You got five doing the work of 20,
you're lucky they haven't walked, too.
A handful of people pay to stable their horses.
It's good for some floating cash, but that's about it.
Then there's this fella.
Mr. JT used to get 25,000 to breed him
on account of the stakes winning.
He comes from a long line of breeders
and derby cup winners.
It's a damn shame.
Why isn't anyone breeding to him now?
Ma'am, they're waiting for you to go under,
so they can buy monarch outright.
The ranchers, they had their eyes on this place for a while now.
Mr. JT might have made some bad decisions,
but this sure wasn't one of them.
Saddle him up.
I wanna take a ride around the property.
That's not a good idea, ma'am.
Don't want to take a chance of injuring him.
- Then saddle up Robbie. - Yes, ma'am.
Hello, miss Stella.
Bratt, there's a break in the fence,
I think there's some wild horses on the property.
- All right, where are you? - Near the old ranch.
Okay, don't go near the horses and don't fix the fence.
With any luck, they'll go out the way they came.
I'll be right there.
We need to get them off property.
We have to... what?
No, look at them, they need food, water.
That's not allowed.
What do you mean, it's not allowed?
It's a federal crime to feed a wad of feral horses.
We've got enough problems.
You take the flank, we'll herd them back out the way they came.
But, no, I can't do that, they're gonna die!
Well, then, you're gonna have to call the office of land management
and wait for them to come take them.
That could take weeks, they got so many wild horses.
I mean we can't just, please, feed them?
Water them?
Not without breaking the law and I want no part of that.
- They're suffering. - I know and it's awful,
but that's the way things are, the law won't allow it.
I have done what other people have told me to do my entire life.
Can you give me a hand?
I told you, ma'am, I've no interest in breaking any laws.
You know what, that's enough with the ma'am stuff,
my name is Stella, okay?
And I, Stella, would love your help.
Please, okay? I won't turn you in, okay?
Thanks for nothing, cowboy.
Coming?
Now what?
Well, now we call the office of land management.
And where do they take the horses?
Holding pens all over the west.
They got thousands of horses, head to tail.
- Is that our only option? - Well, I never said that.
Well, what aren't you telling me?
Can't let them drink too much at first.
Well, look, I'm covered in hay
and dirt and horse shit, just tell me!
What are you afraid of?
There is a program that could help us with the horses,
but it involves doing something I'm not comfortable with,
going back to prison.
So, that's the situation, Mr. Bussey.
Look, if you can get the department of corrections
to approve you for the prep program, you got my blessing.
I am already through half my feed budget
and it ain't even may.
Asking for more money from congress
is like trying to squeeze apple juice from an orange.
Okay, it's only 14 horses, but every little bit counts, but I need documentation.
Progress reports, veterinary records created on each animal.
- Will do. - This has got to be done right, okay?
Just in case some nut comes out of the woodwork
and they're there, let me tell you.
So does this mean that we can feed and water the horses?
It means I'll look the other way,
because I'm pretty sure that toothpaste
is already out of the tube.
Good luck, miss.
Let's just hope this is the last time we talk.
Done, now what?
Now we get in touch with the prison.
Well, how much are they gonna provide?
Not much, but enough to keep the lights on and the water on.
If we pull this off, we might convince the breeders
that we know what we're doing.
Let's just take it one step at a time.
Okay. Aren't we gonna just call the prison?
That is a conversation better I go have myself in person.
Oh. Good.
Yeah, you need two security cameras over the door, at least six down here.
You gotta cover every inch of the place.
Twenty-four hour recorded feed.
- Got it. - Twenty-four hours?
The prison rehabilitation equine program works
mostly with inmates incarcerated for non-violent reasons.
Drugs, theft, fraud.
They're more likely to hack into your computer,
than hack you to pieces.
Still, we gotta cover ourselves for liability to protect you and us both.
Also, box up any and all personal items.
If it's not nailed down, it could walk.
Eliminate the temptation.
How long will the approval process take?
Four to six weeks.
Well, I don't have six weeks.
Look, animal assisted programs lower recidivism rates,
they teach the inmates nurturing
and compassion and give them some valuable work skills.
That's our objective, miss Davis, not saving your ass.
All right, well, the good news, miss Davis,
is you've got a prep graduate right here running the show
and he cared enough to call in a big favor for ya, so...
You implement all these security measures
and I will see what I can do about freeing up
the state funds for you as fast as I can, okay?
- Good seeing you, Holt. - You too, buddy.
Thank you.
How am I supposed to pay for all this stuff and the staff?
No, just wait.
Not this one.
Okay.
- Hey, there. - Hey.
Well, after all the cat six cable and the cameras,
you got about $200 left.
You should buy everybody a nice dinner.
Yes, ma'am.
Think your friend's here to help?
Doesn't look like it, does it?
Nope.
Matter of fact, the Hutchins had their eyes
on this property for some time now.
I hear they want to build condos.
I'm not sure. But I'll try.
- She's just... - Weak.
Yeah.
- You don't see that every day. - No, you sure don't.
Let's go, everybody out!
Miss Davis.
- Bratt. - Holt.
So, what you got for me?
Well, let me walk you through these guys.
Jon Kilpatrick, five years for grand larceny.
Six-time loser at the end of his sentence.
He does well here, he'll get a parole hearing,
but, Scottish sob, real hot head.
He's gonna be the Alpha here, so...
Keep an eye on him.
Carlos Gonzales, failure to pay child support, tax evasion,
possession of illegal firearms.
Dave Sullivan, six years for vehicular homicide. Drunk driving.
You get three words out of him in the next three months, that'll be an earful.
Matt barker. This kid, online fraud, banks, computers, cell phones.
Smartest one of the bunch, but he had to kick a serious meth addiction.
He was killing it in prison it, but he put in for horse duty.
And Debrickshaw Smithson, this kid got out of JUVIE
and then two weeks later was busted for arson on his 18th birthday.
He's had nothing but bad breaks his whole life.
He just needs something good to put him on the right track.
If this program was built for anyone, it's him.
That's your team. They behave, they do what you want,
they will accelerate their parole hearings!
They step out of line and there are plenty of volunteers happy to take their place.
Miss Davis, I need you to sign here to release your funds.
Bus will be back at 5pm sharp,
take them back to home sweet home.
Welcome to the prep program, miss Davis.
Bratt, they're all yours.
- Thanks for doing this, Holt. - Good luck.
Gentlemen, get ready to be kicked, bitten and bucked off.
The most important lesson you can learn here is Patience.
These are wild animals,
they've never interacted with humans before,
so you're going to have to earn their trust and respect.
You're gonna be handling them, training them.
You are not listening to me, Irish!
Scottish.
It's Irish if I say it's Irish and if you can't listen to me,
you can't hear what these horses have to say
and that makes you no damn good to me.
- Got it? - Got it.
But first you're gonna do chores to get them used to you.
Today you will be shoveling their shit.
All right, gentlemen, follow me to your pile.
Good, kick it up there.
All right, boys, about 40 more of these and you're done.
One day down, 89 to go.
You really took charge of those men.
Makes me wonder if you were a prisoner or a guard.
You'd like to know what I did to get in there, wouldn't you?
No...
Yeah, sure, do you want to tell me?
Goodnight, Stella, see you in the morning.
Everything's gonna be just fine.
Guys, roll camera.
Okay, your sister is already here. You look great.
Rolling!
Meredith, tell us why we're here.
The object of our mission is to save these animals
and our moral and ethical integrity is on the line here.
- All right. - We got that.
Hey, honey.
- Thank god you're here. - What's happening?
Honey, it's as bad as what daddy did.
They're hurting the animals.
All right, we got 90 days to get this horse tame enough
that someone will buy it.
Start slow. If you get impatient or rough with this mustang,
mustang's gonna come out on top.
Just like you and chopper in the shower, cupcake.
Hey, man, get me out of here. Why I gotta go first, man?
Take a breath and focus on the horse, he's more scared then you are.
He's never seen a human before.
Go on over there and try and touch him gentle
on the muzzle with the back of your hand.
Just like chopper.
Debrickshaw, focus!
If you can't get your hands on that horse,
how are you gonna saddle him?
How am I supposed to get my hand on him,
- if he keeps running around like that? - Talk to him, calm him.
Talk to him? Shit, and say what?
Just like chopper.
Not another word out of you, Irish!
What you want me to say to him?
Think of the first nice thing someone said to you
when you went to prison.
Say that.
Go on.
Hey, bro, hey...
Just calm down, everything's gonna be okay.
That's it.
Hey, look, man, I know you don't wanna be in here.
- Keep talking to him. - You cool?
It's working, it's working.
All right, that's it. Back off, slow.
Hey, hey, hey, look here, man, look here.
You don't wanna be here, all right,
and you didn't do nothing wrong, you just got unlucky.
You just help me out here, man, you get your shit straight,
maybe we can get your ass out of here.
Maybe we both could.
Yeah, you hear me, don't you? Mm-hm, you do.
We're gonna get out of here together, ain't we?
You just be cool and everything's gonna be all aces.
Just be... Just be cool, just be cool.
Shh... That a boy, we cool.
How does it feel to touch a wild animal?
Aw, it's so sweet.
All right, that is enough out of you, Irish!
It's Scottish, you arse.
Whoa!
I don't have time for your bullshit!
If you're not gonna be a help, you're gone!
It takes one phone call!
I'm sorry, miss Stella, I was just joking.
It won't happen again, I promise.
Nice job in there.
Don't pay attention to what anybody out here is saying,
you keep it in the ring, you'll be fine.
If I'm not mistaken, your horse needs a name.
Aces.
I'm gonna call you aces.
What's up, buddy.
Fourteen new horses, huh?
Think you got another monarch in the bunch?
- Oh, no, he's one of a kind. - Sure is.
Hay is delivered Tuesday mornings, miss Stella.
Hey, thank you, Walt.
Sounds like you could use some glucosamine.
Those mustangs can be predisposed to arthritis
and joint pain and glucosamine can reverse all that.
Yeah, I have a sanctuary for them,
kind of the love of my life.
Have we met?
Meredith parish.
I got a ranch down in Texas.
Wow. Stella Davis.
Yeah, I think you might know my sister.
Hey, Walt, do you have any glucosamine?
Yep, but supplements can get pricey.
Yeah, the program I'm working with
is on a very restricted budget, so.
Well, that's all right, I'll get it.
No, no, that's okay, I couldn't possibly let you do that.
Sure you can. It's for the horses.
In fact, here's a few of my babies.
- Oh. - Pretty proud of them.
Glucosamine is pretty powerful stuff.
My horses don't look anything like this.
Nobody takes care of them like I do.
They don't lie, they don't betray and when you love them,
they love you right back. Gotta protect that.
That's what I'm trying to do.
Hey, why don't we grab lunch?
That's my cell phone.
Yeah, sometime later in the week.
- Markent's, Noonish? - Sure, yeah.
Okay.
Thanks, hook her up, Walt.
The wild mustang is an American icon and should be left wild and untamed.
As the widow of a billionaire,
Meredith parish is much more used to
traveling in private jets or limousines,
but she's not afraid to get her hands dirty.
Aren't they gorgeous?
Meredith owns a giant ranch across Texas
and new Mexico and has turned it into a horse sanctuary.
She just bought 500 wild mustangs
that wondered onto a Hopi reservation in Nevada.
These horses can run free on my sanctuary,
they will never be subjected to ranch owners
using them or abusing them.
Now they can live out the rest of their lives in peace.
It's my goal to keep these magnificent animals
from ever becoming property.
So, are we doing the right thing?
Come with me.
Hey, doc, thanks for coming out.
- What you got there, Bratt? - Glucosamine.
Miss Davis wants to know if she should give it to the horses.
Tits on a bull.
Not gonna help them, not gonna hurt them either.
Think if you return it, you'll get your money back?
Oh, Mrs. Meredith parish bought these.
Meredith, of course.
Who is she? What does she want?
She thinks all horses should be left to run free in the wild
and she'll take on anybody she thinks is interfering with that.
Me?
If she thinks you're hurting them.
Look here, that's a pocket of puss.
This fella's got strangles, a glandular bacterial infection.
It's contagious and rampant.
No, George b...
Imagine, hundreds of horses
drinking out of one small infected waterhole.
- Is it fatal? - It can be.
If left untreated it'll travel the horse's innards.
You're doing the right thing here.
What's going on out there is not fancy math.
All online, you look it up, make up your own mind.
I'm not late, am I?
Have a seat.
I ordered your lunch.
- Beets are in season. - Looks delicious. Thank you.
Any trouble giving the horses glucosamine?
Um, I saw a vet and...
And he said they don't really need it,
so you decided to give it back to me.
Listen, I don't want to get in the middle of anything,
I'm just trying to save my ranch.
Yeah, by exploiting wild animals.
You should have seen them when they broke through
the fence to get onto my property, they were starving.
I guess they were so lucky that they found you.
So you could brand them and geld them
and saddle them and take away their freedom.
Well, it was either that or turn them over to the OLM.
Those horses are done.
I'm sure, they'll work as slaves for a couple of years
and you'll Fawn over them as your pets.
Then they'll get old and then someone will shoot them in the head.
I've seen what happens when they're broken by human hands.
Why don't you just leave them alone?
In a drought where there's no food or water?
Where they overpopulate and starve to death?
Exaggerations propagated by the ranchers.
The New York times, science news, why would they lie?
Because they sell ad space to the ranchers
who don't want to share the grazing land that they have,
because it'll lower profit margins.
Exploiting defenseless animals is irrefutably wicked.
I am here to protect them at any cost.
So, if you don't stop what you're doing,
I will make an example out of you.
Don't get timid with this horse, Irish,
you do, he's gonna eat your lunch.
If you get bucked off, and everybody does,
roll with the throw and you keep on rolling
until you're out of the way.
All right, boss, let me go to work.
Good luck.
Shh, shh. Shh, shh.
Whoa, whoa!
- Stay on there, Jon! - Come on!
Easy, easy, easy.
Easy, easy there.
Debrickshaw, take that.
- Jon, Jon? - How'd I do?
That was awesome. Come on, let's get you up.
You all right?
I'm good.
Maybe you wanna take a minute between rounds, huh?
Nah, nah, nah.
All right, let's get on up out of here.
Hey...
- I'm gonna call you buster. - 'Cause he busted your ass?
No.
Buster Douglas was the first guy to knockout Mike Tyson.
Right, buster?
All right, toughness, let's see what you got.
Shh...
Shh. Shh.
Shh, buster.
Good boy.
That's my boy.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
That's a good boy.
Hi, sir. Please help us spread the word about Stella Davis.
Hello, Lincoln county.
This is Darryl Meads and I'm at
rich east high school's big event.
I'm standing with philanthropist Meredith parish.
Tell us, why are we all here today?
Well, Darryl, we wanted to get the word out.
One of your neighbors has been capturing
free wild horses with the intention
of holding them in captivity, breaking them,
exploiting them for her own personal gain.
Now, principal Brooks, what is your take on all this?
Darryl, I'm an animal lover.
And the thought of someone in our community
breaking the backs of majestic American mustangs,
it's too much.
And I'm so grateful to Meredith
for shedding some light on this here.
People just wanna be of service.
So come on down to rich east,
to our free car wash which is open 'til 5pm.
And learn something about these free wild horses held in captivity.
Let's get the word out.
Thank you, Meredith. Now back to you in the studio.
That was so good!
High school kids.
Aw, so passionate. So eager to jump in.
Excuse me. Can we just talk for a second?
They're here! They're here!
Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Equine slavery's got to go!
Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
Take it easy!
Come with me.
Step aside!
- Talk to me, ma'am. - Take your hands off me!
Hello.
Stella, what the hell is going on over there?
I'm trying to get breeders to take a look at monarch
and I see your name in the paper. The headline reads,
"luxury ranch brings convicts to Lincoln county."
There's a picture of monarch with the prisoners.
They're not taking care of them, are they?
- No. - Well, it sure looks like it.
Equine slavery's got to go!
I can't believe her.
I'll take care of it.
You better. Because I'll tell you something,
no breeder's gonna come within a hundred miles of you
with this kind of press.
Meredith planted a story in the newspaper.
She's trying to make me look like I'm some kind of animal abuser.
Well, the way I see it, you got two choices here:
You can sit there feeling sorry for yourself
or show some grit and prove her wrong.
Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Equine slavery's got to go!
As you see, this ain't real easy.
So I want you to think before you act.
What you think this horse needs?
Some sacking out with rope.
Getting used to me walking around.
- Good instincts, kid. - Still works.
Alright, get after it.
Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Equine slavery's got to go!
That's it, nice and gentle.
In those spooky areas first.
- There, across the flanks. - Go on, Matty.
In the spooky area, yeah.
Ooh, yup.
- Keep moving, keep moving. - Ooh! Yeah, you got her now, Matt.
- Keep going, buddy. - Pay attention to the horse.
That's right, let her sneak up on ya.
Go! Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
Doing good. Pay attention to the horse.
- That's it. - Hey, hey!
- Easy, easy. - Wait! Wait!
Stop!
- Hey! - Hey, Debrickshaw, stop!
- Shut up! - I got him, boss.
We're tryin' to do somethin' and then y'all getting us hurt!
You try getting your ass in there with them horses!
Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Equine slavery...
Okay, okay, okay! Hey! Calm!
Just calm down, kid, okay?
Just ignore these...
The hell do they know about what we doing in there?
- That ain't right! - I know. Trust me, I know.
- Let it go. - Sir, they ain't got the right.
All good, boss. All good.
That's it!
We're all good here.
Why don't you go clean out a stall.
Go on, let's go.
That was good of you to do, Jon.
- What happened to Irish? - Thought you were Scottish.
- You alright, kid? - I'm good.
We're about done here.
I think you guys should head out back.
We've had enough fireworks for the day.
Hell of a day.
How many more days of this do we have?
For you, 21.
For me, 20 years times 360.
20 years? You're gonna be working 'til you're 70?
I look 50 to you?
Forty-nine?
Fire! There's a fire!
Hey, boss!
Do you smell smoke?
Yeah...
Oh, my god!
Go get the horses, monarch first!
Turn this bus around, boss!
We can't change the plans unless we're told.
Boss, there's a fire!
- Gotta turn this bus around! - Sit down!
You gotta do the right thing here.
Let us out so we can help!
Stop the bus.
Junior!
Quick, get him outside!
Roll it, roll on that. Roll! Go!
Listen.
If I gotta go back there...
You guys ain't never coming back to this program!
Mrs. Stella!
Octavia, here.
Put these together, please, hurry.
Mrs. Stella!
You're gonna let them burn.
You're just gonna sit there and let them burn.
Let's call it in.
HQ, this is bus 1260, we got a big...
Okay! Octavia, water!
Aren't you in here for arson?
Shouldn't we help?
We are helping them.
- You set it on fire? - Screw you, old man.
I asked you a question.
I just told you, I didn't set that fire.
Hey, get off of him!
Get off! Get off!
Water! Octavia!
Matt, back down!
- Right now! - Okay!
Buster!
- Buster! - - Sit down!
Sit down right now!
Listen to me!
Listen to me! Sit down!
I'd never do that, man!
Okay, man, sorry.
Get the hose.
I told you, I'd never hurt aces!
So are we going?
- The horses! - They're fine. They're fine.
Mrs. Stella, are you okay?
I'm fine.
Showed some real grit in there, Stella.
We need to call Colton right away, this isn't over yet.
Why do we need Colton? You guys got the fire.
Debrickshaw was the last person in there.
Oh, shit.
Thank you.
Nice, Sullivan.
Look alive, look alive.
Here it is, here it is, it's coming, oh god!
Get back so they can get in.
Yeah! There they are!
Get up on the fence, get back so they can get in.
That's what we're here for, people!
That's what we're here...
Bussey's here!
Colton!
Give me a moment!
I've got some ideas!
Well, ideas aren't gonna cut it.
If I don't have proof this wasn't arson, we're done.
Hello, Mr. Bussey.
You don't seem surprised to see me.
Nope.
Darling, you have someone very powerful
working against you.
I am so underfunded and understaffed.
- And yet here you are. - Yeah.
I was told that some of the horses were burned alive,
and one of the inmates is a convicted arsonist.
The horses are fine.
They're right over there in that corral.
I believe you, Ms. Davis,
but unfortunately some folks above my pay grade
feel that these horses are unsafe.
You can tell them they're wrong.
You know that government
doesn't work that way, right?
I've got orders to take them to the closest holding facility.
So you're gonna take these horses away
so they can spend the rest of their lives
stacked on top of each other?
Because of bullshit allegations whispered into a politician's ear.
I have orders.
These men may spend the night in jail.
There may be guards all over the place.
But when they're with these horses, they are free.
And you're gonna take that away from them.
I promise you, I promise you,
these men would never hurt the horses.
I need more than your word.
Good enough for me.
But if you're still wafflin', buddy,
take a look at this.
Looks like your new security system
overloaded the junction boxes, Ms. Stella.
Thank you, Colton, I'll fix those immediately.
Don't you people have jobs?
- There's no horses! - Where are the horses?
What, you were supposed to save the horses.
You are in over your head.
I suggest that you find a less expensive hobby
and stop wasting my damn time!
You have not failed.
It's just time to recommit!
Pull up your socks! Go! Alrighty.
Save those horses!
Come on, George b.
That's it.
Oh, you.
I want so much for you to feel better.
Hey, Ms. Stella.
Could I talk to you for a minute?
Yeah, yeah, George B's in here.
We just have to keep him quarantined.
- I'll come to you. - Okay.
- Hi. - Hey.
Who do you have there?
Ah, he's pinto.
He is a little salty today, aren't ya?
Like the bean?
No, pinto actually was the first horse to cross America.
Every state from capital to capital.
- Over 20,000 miles. - You don't say.
True fact, ma'am.
I looked him up online, back at the prison.
This bit's too tight, though. See, it's irritating him.
- Got ya. - Always have to mind their comfort.
Sometimes it's the little things that matter the most.
Well, then, lesson learned.
Me and the boys have...
No, we really appreciate it.
The way you stood up for us the other day there.
And since this is coming to an end,
we wanted to give you something just to say thank you.
Thank you.
It was actually Debrickshaw's idea.
But the guards let us into the workshop last night,
and, well, we came up with the lettering.
Thank you.
It's the best present anyone's ever gotten me.
- What are you doing here? - To see Stella.
I don't think she's gonna want to talk to you.
Hey! Get off my ranch!
I come in peace.
No cameras, no press, it's just me.
I have nothing to say to you.
Well, you only have to say one word.
Yes or no. Just hear me out, okay?
I would like to adopt your horses, all of them,
and set them free on my property.
It would complete your prison program.
I can re-frame all of this.
"Stella the grieving widow
sets her horses free."
Cameras flash, I forgive you,
everybody loves you, they already love me.
- We both win. - No.
You win, I lose my ranch.
I have 30 mares.
We breed them with that magnificent bucking stallion you've got in there.
Full market value, then we set the colts free on my property.
You win.
What's your price?
You say this prep program was a mistake,
that it's hideous and wrong and that all horses should be free.
All horses deserve a second chance just like those men,
- they deserve... - Those men are criminals,
who are in jail because they hurt people
and you brought them out here and they could hurt those horses.
It's not what I've seen here.
Stella, these guys are in and out of jail
all their lives and they probably will be.
And I'm sorry, but that's the truth.
You want your old life back?
It's one little word. Say yes.
Hey, congratulations are in order.
- Word travels fast. - Mm-hm, it's a good offer.
You're a real hero.
Is there a burr in your saddle, cowboy?
Oh, no, ma'am.
You get to keep the ranch and save your ass, I'm happy for you.
- I haven't said yes yet. - Why the hell not?
I told you I needed 24 hours, I wanted to talk to you first.
- What for? - Because we're a team.
Listen, her offer's only good if I discredit the program, the guys and you.
She wants to kill prep.
But it doesn't just save the ranch,
it saves everyone their jobs.
My ex-wife hooked up with a real son of a bitch after me.
He'd knock her around, I'd hear things,
but she told me stay out of it.
Then he hit my kid.
I went to confront him, things went sideways,
and I beat the hell out of him,
put him in the hospital.
My ex pressed charges, and I went away.
So there it is.
You have a son.
Yeah. He'll be 14 now.
I haven't seen him since he was five.
When I went away,
I thought everything that mattered in my life left me.
But about halfway through my sentence
I got into the prep program.
Best thing that ever happened to me.
It made me see that beating I put on that asshole
been living with me my whole life...
long before he got there.
And now it's gone. Turns out I'm pretty good with orders.
Yeah. Pretty good.
I know everyone thinks these guys are circling the drain,
but they are worth fighting for.
I know.
It's your decision, and I won't stand in your way.
- I know what you're doing. - You do?
Oh yeah, yeah. Pressure, pressure and release.
You think I'm trying to break you?
Maybe. Or rehabilitate me.
I gotta go turn the horses out.
Good night, Stella.
The giving gal award goes to a woman who
last year, generously donated over $1 million
to the president lieutenant's project.
Mrs. Meredith parish.
Thank you.
Thank you, Charlotte.
And it is my pleasure to serve.
I just hope that I can inspire you all
to give of yourselves.
This is our biggest fundraiser of the year.
You know what that means.
The biggest donor gets this gift.
Yeah, that's right, girls.
So let's hear it, let's see it happening!
Every dollar will help to go
to promoting historic preservation...
And patriotism.
Yay!
Now, I sense some nervousness in this room.
'Cause we've had a little bit of a public dispute,
but, Stella, come on up here.
We have managed to find some common ground.
Yay!
Thank you, Meredith.
But I'm not taking your offer.
'Cause I know that the work we've done on my ranch is good.
And the prep program, it's a link between man and animal.
It rehabilitates the convicts
and gets the horses healthy and ready for adoption.
So they all get a second chance.
What I have seen in the last 90 days on my ranch has been magical,
and I'm more proud of that than anything I have ever done in my entire life.
So our horses will be auctioned off this weekend at the Usa QHA regionals.
If any of you are interested in adopting,
but let me warn you, they are gorgeous.
Well, that's just about enough of that, isn't it?
So let's get back to it, shall we?
And, ladies, let's bring on the food and the booze!
And let let's kick up the band,
'cause we all know why we're here, it's giving season!
- Whoo!
You sure about this?
Meredith says we need to recommit.
Are you gonna chicken out?
No.
Good.
Ready?
Stella, we've got a major problem.
That crazy bitch.
Well, we better get a move on it
if we're gonna get these horses rounded up
before auction tomorrow.
Listen, I know that they're not allowed to leave the property,
but I need their help in bringing back these horses.
Sorry, ma'am, we can't. We have to follow protocol.
You have other people here. Why don't you get them to do it?
We don't have enough folks to round up all these horses.
Plus, they're the trainers, these horses will only come to them.
Hey, folks! Welcome to Usa QHA regionals.
If you're participating in tomorrow's auction,
please register over at tent number four.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Hey! I got something!
Hey, you all! Hey, Matt got something, come on!
Hey! There they are!
Go for Bratt.
Yeah, boss. Yeah, we've got eight so far.
Almost got pinto.
Debrickshaw, he's out looking for aces.
Good work, keep it up.
Come over here! This way, come here!
You done now, you little shitter?
Come on. Come on.
Settle here.
Only three left, including buster.
I ain't worried.
He'll stick close to home.
What are you doing here?
They're tracks, they definitely came this way.
- Yeah. - Mrs. Stella, that woman was here.
She wanted to talk to you.
So I feel like she didn't know anything.
Oh, I gave her a piece of mind.
Okay, thank you.
- What was that about? - Meredith stopped by.
I mean, what could she possibly be up to now?
Hey, there.
You must be one of those guys they're looking for.
What are you doing?
What are you doing out here?
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Yeah, somebody trained you really well.
Now, don't you move or I'll be ass over teakettle,
and we don't want that, do we?
Come on now, aces.
Look, I know you're scared, buddy.
I promise, I ain't gonna hurt you.
No, that's the last thing I wanna do, bro.
Whoa! Whoa! Where are you going?
I got this, boss.
I was just taking him home.
Yeah, to put firecrackers up his ass?
- I wouldn't do that. - Yeah?
You're something else.
Sitting there acting like you don't know what I'm talking about.
Come on!
I don't know what you're talking about.
- Get off! - Oh!
Hey, don't be afraid.
I would never hurt you more than it hurt him.
I got you. I got you.
The drought's killed a lot of critters out here.
It's getting too dark to follow the trail.
- I'm not quitting. - No one's quitting.
The auction's not 'til 2pm tomorrow.
We'll get up at crack of dawn and start again.
You're not gonna sleep?
Oh, no, I'm okay.
I just wanna thank you for everything, Bratt.
Breaks my heart to think about how far we've come
just to see it all fall apart.
We're gonna find those horses and get back in time.
I hope so.
I was actually starting to believe I could save the ranch.
Mr. JT told me a story once.
About how your great-grandmother named the double diamond,
not 'cause diamonds are pretty but 'cause they're unbreakable.
I was the one who told him that story.
And I get it, toughen up, but I'm not in the mood for a lesson right now.
I wasn't trying to give you a lesson,
just tell you that whatever happens tomorrow,
great-grandmother would be proud to call you her blood.
You're a hell of a woman, Stella.
There they are!
Damn it. You get this one, I'll go after the other.
Don't come up here, Stella.
You don't want to see this.
Howdy, folks! All of you here for the horse auction, come on in.
Sale's about to begin.
All in? All done?
Sold the horse 45,000 by 193. 45,000.
Just sold for 45,000. Let's give him a hand.
Up next we have a herd of 13 horses from historical
double diamond horse ranch.
Ninety days ago these horses were wild mustangs.
But since they have been trained under the care
of Ms. Davis from the prep program to be well broke horses.
This is a perfect fit for any and all of your equine needs.
Alright, we got a nice fine gelding right here.
Can anybody use this horse right here for $500?
And 500.
Get 'em right here for 500.
400 then.
May I?
Thank you.
Hello, I'm Stella Davis,
I'm the owner of the double diamond ranch.
I just felt I needed to come up here
and remind you that these noble creatures
helped build our country.
They carried cowboys up the Chisholm trail,
mounted men through the Tetons
and settlers from the east coast to the west.
And today, these mustangs are helping troubled men
make a new beginning with an old craft.
Horse training.
And in turn, these men are giving these horses
a beautiful new start.
This is what our horses looked like 90 days ago.
This is what they look like now.
The truth is, this majestic animal needs our help.
Overpopulation, drought and other factors
are leaving thousands of them left to die out in the plains.
Some of you may have heard that headline on a blog or something.
But I've seen the real thing.
And that....
That's as close as 25 miles from right here.
Don't come up here, Stella.
You don't want to see this.
Oh.
Are they all gonna end up like this?
Yep, most likely.
I'm gonna go take some shots,
this is what people really need to see.
Nothing we can do here.
We need to get back.
I'll, uh, talk to Bussey.
Let him know they're out here.
Hopefully he can do something.
Come on.
In this room, I see a lot of different people
from very different backgrounds.
But we're all here today because we agree on one simple thing.
We love horses.
Help us help these horses.
Thank you.
$400.
I got 400! Four, 500! Anyone got 500?
And 500.
600, I have.
700. 700?
How about an 800?
- What are you doing? - Buying a horse.
1,110? 1,100.
1,200.
1,300.
1,400.
All in? All done?
Sold the horse $1,400 by 178!
Yeah!
Good luck with your continued work.
- Congratulations. - Thanks.
You've got a great horse here in old buster.
He'll do it for you.
Ladies and gentlemen, that was the last
of the double diamond horses!
They love us!
No, man, they love our horses.
Uh, yeah, right. Us and our horses.
I think we're off to a start.
Turns out I'm pretty good with horses.
Yeah, pretty good.
Really good.
Really good, uh-huh. Pretty good.
You deserved better, George b.
- Hey, Stella. - Hey.
Thought I could check to see if you need anything before I get on the road.
Oh, I'll be okay until Monday.
You know, maybe I'll just check and see if the hens...
Oh, everything's fine, no, go see your son.
You're a good man, Bratt.
Your son's gonna love you.
Trust me.
I hope so.
- See you Monday. - Okay.
Hey, boss.
I told you to call me Bratt.
Bratt. Good luck with your boy.
- Thank you, Scottish. - It was Irish.
Thank you.
Don't let this place burn down without me.
No chance, brother.
Hey, Jon.
They're ready for you now, Ms. Stella.
Thank you.
He's been DNA'd,
lineage confirmed, also high motility,
it's a worthy investment.
Yeah. And he is beautiful.
Ma'am, I would like to stand your horse at stud.
That's terrific.
But I would like to personally choose its mares.
Of course.
Yep.
- Thanks for everything. - You're welcome.
Now, let's get the measurements of the horse.
Excuse me, folks, I forgot something.
Go. Go see your boy.
I'll be here when you get back.
Yes, ma'am.