Okay, spit.
All right, let's check this pirate ship.
Upper deck.
Mm-hmm.
Lower deck.
Mm, okay, good.
Off to bed.
Okay, come on.
Get up in there.
Mama.
Hm?
I want Daddy to tuck me in.
I know ya do.
But your daddy off gallivantin'.
And what I tell you about your daddy
when he off gallivantin', hm?
He always come back.
He always come back, that's right.
'Cause you his butter bean.
And you my butter bean.
And there ain't nothin' gon' keep you away from us ever.
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
Find your other shoe, Coy.
We got work to do!
I'm lookin', Mama!
Tarlee!
Put some muscle in it.
Use little strokes, like that.
Put 'em there.
Just drop 'em.
Go on, get some more.
Coy, stop it 'fore I take take that stick to you.
That ain't our generator.
Come here.
You done your mornin' chores?
I'm tired, Mama.
Oh, you tired, huh?
Come on over here.
Come on, sit down.
Come on.
Sit down, I'ma tell you a story.
All right.
Once upon a time there was a little boy
who lived on a tiny farm by a shallow creek,
and his family worked very hard
to make that tiny farm prosper.
But that creek just wouldn't give 'em enough water.
So one day, the mama asked the little boy, she say,
"Take them pebbles from that creek bed,
"pile 'em up along the bank, and soon enough
"the creek gon' run deep, give us all the water we need."
And the boy set out, but the day was hot
and the little boy grew tired.
And then he look up and notice
a bunch of crows in the trees.
And the little boy call out to the crows and say,
"Crows, help me take these pebbles from the creek bed
"and pile 'em up along the bank."
And a crow say, "What's in it for us?"
The boy said, "Well, know you all like all the tomatoes,
"but Mama always rushin' ya off.
"Our creek run deep, our farm get bigger,
"then there be enough tomatoes for everybody.
"What you think about that, crows?"
The crows think, think, think and they think,
and the crows say, "We'll help you as long as you help.
"We not going to be doin' all the work."
And the little boy say, "Sound good to me.
"That'd be just fine."
So then the crows swoop down, scoop up a pebble,
stack 'em lightnin' fast on the bank, so fast
the little boy say, "They don't need my help.
"They be done in no time."
And then he leaned back, closed his eyes,
think he's a smart boy.
Soon enough, wake up from his nap, and guess what?
What?
He was covered in pebbles.
Covered in pebbles so much that he couldn't move.
And the little boy say , "Crows, crows!
"What you do, crows?"
The crows fly down, the crow say,
"Little boy, we said we'd help long as you help.
"That was the agreement, but you done fell asleep
"and left all the work for us,
"and we can not let that stand."
So then the crow stood on his chest, lean in and say,
"I sure was lookin' forward to them tomatoes.
"But them eyeballs of yours look mighty fine.
"I think I'll have a taste."
And he pluck out the eyeball and swallow it whole.
And then he pluck out the other one
and he swallow that one, too.
And he said, "Mm-mm, mighty fine indeed."
And then he fly off.
Now what you learn from that story?
It's a big ol' ugly world and don't nobody owe you nothin'.
Ain't no half-steppin'.
You do the work, you reap the reward.
You lazy, you lose body parts.
You want your eyes plucked out?
No!
Well go on.
All right then, best to get to work.
You better eat that bacon, boy.
You know how many jars of okra that cost us?
I want to see a clean plate when I get back.
Mornin', Lemon.
Taxes was last week.
We're paid up.
Now this ain't that.
Gon' need to come in.
Dixon!
I'm comin'.
Like I said, we're gon' need to come in.
You play?
I smell somethin' cookin'.
Hey, little man.
Whatcha got there?
Bacon.
Mm.
I ain't never seen you before.
Ain't a reason you should have.
Lemon.
Take a seat.
Now.
You know I wouldn't be here if I didn't have to be.
Can't this wait till Tarlee get home?
How long he been gone?
You got to go see Tommy.
Can't I just deal with you?
I told you all I know.
Ain't no way around this one.
It might be a day or two for it to play out,
and we're stayin' 'til it's done.
Tarlee got the truck.
Best get walkin' then.
Finish up, Coy, we headin' out.
Sorry, Lemon.
He got to stay.
Don't worry, I'm real good with kids.
Way it is.
These two men gon' take care of you for a spell.
You be good.
Maybe draw me some of those pictures.
And I'll be back real soon.
You in my heart, butter bean.
You in my heart, Mama.
Tommy, that Cassidy girl's here.
Oh good, invite her in.
Kitchen.
Well hey.
Come on in, sugar.
Take a load off.
You've got to excuse me, but the boys wanted some biscuits.
Hell of a ramble through those woods.
You must be parched, hm?
I suppose you're wonderin' why I summoned ya.
I reckon you got a good guess, though, huh?
Here ya go.
Where's Tarlee?
I don't know.
Truly.
Yeah, I figured.
Well, drink up, you need your electrolytes.
Mm-mm!
The key is to wait till they're almost done
and then you brush 'em with a little bit of butter.
Mm, they brown up real nice.
Anyone tells you to brush 'em with an egg is an ignoramus.
Tarlee is skunked, Lemon.
Pay taxes every month.
Wade tell you otherwise?
No, no, he did not.
But this ain't about my generator.
I provide you a means to power and you pay on time
and I thank you for that.
I like helpin' you.
You keep up your end.
Gives me peace of mind.
That way all I have to worry about is bakin'.
Keeps the cookie jar full.
Now, this is somethin' else, Lemon.
Tarlee is a dreamer.
Dreams of more for you and your boy
than he can scratch out of that earth,
and I don't blame him.
I don't blame him, not one bit.
But dreams can be dangerous,
can blind a man to his duties, make him take risks.
Sometimes those risks don't pay out.
You might end up owin' a debt to somebody.
In this case, it's me.
Now, I gave him a chance to make it right.
I told him to go fetch me somethin', bring it back.
Done, clean slate.
But I hadn't seen him since I tasked him,
and you know what the consequences are if he lets out.
This is as hard on me as it is you,
but we both know the Creed.
Find Tarlee, return what's mine or I'll murder your boy
and I'll bury you alive right next to him.
Biscuits are ready.
I'll give ya a couple for the walk.
Are you okay?
No, I am not.
I'm pourin' peach today.
Don't need a drink.
Knox?
Hagen.
Need a car.
Don't got nothin' to barter.
Got a delivery need to be made today.
You do that and you can use the car.
It's the Heathens, now.
I been puttin' it off so they're hot to get it.
Sound fair?
Don't you even touch this box
less you put these gloves on, ya hear?
What is it?
Vitriol.
Burn through your flesh, clear to the bone.
They just lost city folk.
Harmless, for the most part.
Hallowed day.
Brought you a vial from Grady.
Lift your arms.
What?
This is sacred soil.
No weapons allowed on this land.
We seek to bear witness to the Fire Keeper.
Hallowed day.
Brought a vial from Grady.
Hallowed day, indeed.
Behold, from the ether
to the physical form, nature provides.
Nature provides.
You gon' want these gloves.
What they doin'?
Wait here.
Hallowed day.
Our earthly bodies are merely lanterns for our fire.
Inconsequential, intransient.
And though these vessels are weak,
our flames burn bright and strong,
for through the elements we are connected
to the natural order.
Nature provides.
Our faith is being tested, but fear not.
This malady is an illusion.
From the ether to the physical, we shall send it back
from whence it came.
Back to the ether.
Back to the ether
Back to the ether.
Tarlee?
Tarlee.
Tarlee?
No.
Tarlee!
Okay, oh!
Okay.
Okay, okay.
Okay.
What did you take?
Good to see ya again.
Shut it.
That say Knox on it.
Take a bushel of Empires, peak ripeness,
you pick the best three or four,
that's about the sweetest thing as you can ever put
between two layers of crust.
Anybody that tells you to add sugar
to an apple pie is an ignoramus.
You asked Tarlee to slash.
He ain't no criminal mastermind.
This what you have him do?
I am failn' to see a vexin' element here, Lemon.
It looks like he succeeded.
He got caught, Tommy.
Percy Knox done chopped his hands off,
leave him to walk to the hospital.
The man can't till an acre of dirt.
You think he gon' walk 38 miles before he bleed out?
My husband is dead.
The father of my child lyin' in a ditch somewhere
halfway down the mountain.
I am sorry to hear that.
But Tarlee was skunked.
I ain't arguin' that.
It's the nature of the Amends.
We got laws, folks follow the Creed, folks survive.
But you an Arch stealin' from another Arch.
Tarlee stole from Percy, not me.
On your word.
I'm callin' a Query.
Council gon' hear about this.
The Cassidys even been here three generations?
Four.
Four?
Well then.
Query away.
It's certainly your right, due process and all.
This is done.
Sendin' your boys home.
Here on out, come tax time, Wade meet me
at the edge of my property.
No Runion gon' set foot on my porch again, you hear?
That sounds fair.
Hold up, sugar.
I am so sorry, but this is the wrong watch.
Percy's granddaddy left him a watch on his deathbed
and it had a nice little message inscribed on the inside.
This ain't it.
What are you sayin'?
Tarlee took the wrong watch.
He's still skunked.
And due to his untimely death,
it is up to you to set it right.
He done what ya asked.
Well, he tried.
The debt is paid.
I see we have a difference of opinion.
Guess I'm not gon' change your mind.
All right, go on.
My brother'll give ya a ride home.
I got my truck, don't need a ride.
Oh, it's no trouble.
One of the boys'll drive yours.
Give you and Bull a chance to chat.
Looks like someone's been busy while you were gone.
Takes a while to dig a grave.
Proper I mean, six feet down.
Takes a while.
See the moon right now?
They say you dig a hole, fill it back in
during the full moon, you'll have extra dirt left over.
Gravitational pull and such.
Science.
Of course, now you got a body in that hole,
you going to have extra dirt left over full moon or not.
I believe that's called displacement.
Damn it.
I was outside last night.
Wish I had paid closer attention.
I'd say it was a half moon maybe?
You strong willed, Lemon, like most folks on this mountain.
Hell, it's our definin' feature.
And you going to have to do what your conscience dictates.
But I'm going to give you somethin' to think about.
That hole's gettin' filled in tomorrow.
No matter what's goin' on with the moon,
you the one that's going to have the most influence
over how much dirt's left over.
Nice talkin' to ya.
Coy, get on over here.
Come on now.
Hey.
Hey, I was playin' in the dirt, Mama.
Uh-huh, I see.
Now you going to go play in the tub.
Go on in, now.
Go.
Did ya talk to Tommy?
Yeah.
And?
She make good biscuits.
And clean off your shoes.
Going to dirty up my porch.
Things gon' drag on here another day,
and I know 'cause of that you got to stay here,
but you ain't stayin' inside my house.
I'm still a married woman and my husband ain't here.
And you can tell Tommy you want, I don't care.
You on the porch tonight and that's that.
All right.
Mm, yep.
And I get you supper in a bit.
And blankets.
I like her.
♪ Lord, I don't want to die in this storm ♪
♪ Let the wind blow east, let the wind blow west ♪
♪ Lord, I don't want to die in this storm ♪
Boy, you got dirt in places
I ain't know you could get dirt.
You have fun today with your babysitters?
Yes.
Good.
They gon' be here one more day.
I got a few errands to run tomorrow.
But then that's it.
Things gon' be back to normal.
Mama?
Yeah?
I want Daddy to tuck me in.
Daddy had to go down the mountain.
But he miss you somethin' fierce.
And we going to all be together again real soon, okay?
Okay.
You're in my heart, butter bean.
You're in my heart, Mama.
What time is it?
Sun'll be up in an hour.
You cook eggs?
What?
You know how to cook eggs?
Yeah, I know how to cook eggs.
Make sure my boy eat.
And fill in that hole you dug.
Ain't gon' be no use for it.
What time is it?
You know how to cook eggs?
♪ The blackest crow that ever flew. ♪
♪ Would surely turn to white ♪
♪ If ever I prove false to you ♪
♪ Bright day would turn to night ♪
Number one, Sam's on the front porch
with a double-barreled 12-gauge.
Number two, you got a .38 snub tucked in your trousers.
Number three, my hands is empty.
I figure that's three reasons you ought to lend me your ear.
You got my ear.
What ya done to Tarlee was righteous.
Folks follow the Creed, folks survive.
And yeah, we in agreement on that.
Before you did what ya did,
you ask why?
No.
Everybody know he a deal rat.
What you got 'round here worth more than a pocket watch?
Plenty.
And that's all he take?
He was skunked.
Somebody tasked him to it.
Who?
Tommy Runion.
No, Runion, Knox been in truce for 17 years.
That's why it couldn't be a Runion that stole it.
Cassidy steal from Knox, it get handled proper.
Runion steal from Knox?
It's war.
Somethin' happen, Percy?
Recent like?
Ruffle some feathers?
Uh.
That old oak.
What oak?
23 acres north, little outcrop field,
was Runion property once, Knox now.
Has been since the truce.
Last month the big old oak tree got struck by lightnin'
and I went up and took it down.
Tommy was up in arms.
Said her granddaddy planted that tree.
I told her my property, my tree.
I paid her no mind.
Next day, not a peep.
I figured she got over it.
She ain't over it.
She gettin' even.
Your granddaddy' watch for her granddaddy' tree.
You got proof?
Enough to call a Query.
Then why are you here?
They got my boy.
Couple Runions at my place now.
Say if I don't do what they ask, he dead.
He all I got.
I need your help, Percy.
Set me straight with Tommy.
I get Coy out where I know he safe, then we call the Query.
Make Tommy pay for what she done.
Council won't stand for it they know the truth.
So, what'd she send you for?
The other watch.
What other watch?
She said Tarlee took the wrong one.
She want the one with the inscription on the inside.
Ain't but one watch, Lemon.
No inscription on the inside, just say Knox on the back.
What are you really doin' here?
Percy we got...
Sounds like you was really wheelin' and dealin' in here.
You think a watch gon' make it even?
My granddaddy planted that tree.
Blood needs to be shed.
You got that.
Why can't it stop now?
Arch killin' another Arch, no matter the reason,
that means war.
Oh, Tarlee stole from Knox, got caught, got killed,
you came here for revenge.
That'll pass.
What about Sam?
Where you think I got the gun?
Go on, look.
Long as you ain't here to say otherwise,
council'll figure one of the Knox boys got ya.
So, what, you gon' shoot me now?
Yeah.
Well, not in here.
Got to look like you was runnin'.
Bull, please.
I got a little boy.
Yeah, I know.
That's tough.
Long as things go smooth with you here,
Wade'll drop him off at your next of kin.
Now, he'll grow up ashamed of ya,
but he'll grow up.
Let's go.
Take it slow.
You just gon' leave him here like that?
Yeah.
Oh my God, he's still alive.
What?
He's still alive.
Hey!
You going to chase me or stand there till you bleed out?
The hell?
♪ Ah ah oh ♪
Hey!
Hey, hey! ♪ Ah ah oh ♪
A man with a gun's coming.
Hey, a man with a gun is headed this way.
Excuse me.
A man with a gun is comin'.
He's almost here.
I couldn't stop him.
Let's go.
This is sacred soil.
I ain't here for any of you all.
Just her.
I'll be on my way.
Your weapon or your life.
Any you all don't want to get shot, best move.
I ain't playin'.
Ain't going to warn you all again.
Take him down.
Back to the ether.
Can't ya just shoot him?
Get off me.
What the hell?
Your earthly body is just an illusion,
a lantern stained by sin.
Let us wash it clean.
You all ain't washin' nothin'.
Back to the ether.
- Back to the ether. - The hell is wrong
with you all?
Back to the ether.
The hell is that?
- Back to the ether. - No!
Back to the ether.
Hallowed day.
How the hell's this place so quiet?
She got chickens, don't she?
Ain't they supposed to be cluckin' or somethin'?
They are, don't you hear 'em?
No.
Bull hit a tree again.
Did ya hear that?
I ain't deaf.
You ready for this?
I ain't never killed no kid before.
It's up to Bull who does it.
You keep an eye on him.
That's why I don't ride with you, Bull.
Can't stop that thing unless you run into somethin'.
Bull, where you at?
The hell?
Oh.
Coy alive?
Is Coy alive?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Percy's dead.
You seen what's left of Bull.
It's over, okay?
That's the end.
Yeah, yeah, that's it, that's it.
That's it, that's it, yeah.
Hit me in the head!
I'm gon' kill you.
Hey, what is that?
Is it a horse?
No.
You just keep on colorin'.
The hell?
Wade, there's a goat in the kitchen.
Stay where ya are.
Coy, go on and play in your room.
I got to take care a few chores
and them I'm gon' make you dinner, okay?
Go on.
Just take it easy.
Wade in the yard.
I'ma let you go, but I got two shells for ya you try me.
Ya understand?
Yes, I understand, yes, ma'am.
Go on out the door.
Okay.
Get.
Wait, wait.
Keys in the truck.
You gon' get in it and drive away.
Wade.
Wade!
Oh!
What the hell did you do?
Both of 'em had a chance to walk away.
They made their choice.
Time you make yourn.
Tell Tommy it's over.
I mean, I don't know if you noticed,
but Tommy ain't the "it's over" type.
I mean, you saw how she acted about a tree.
What you think she's going to do when she finds out
what you done to her kin?
Now the only way that she'll ever consider it over
is if she makes an example out of you and your boy.
But I'll give her the message.
You're right.
I got to end this tonight.
You just gon' leave me down here with these two?
Lucky I don't bury you alive.
Look like it's a full moon after all.
Makin' some griddle cakes shaped like animals.
What you want, bobcat?
Possum.
Possum?
I ain't never tried a possum.
See what I can do.
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ♪
Get the stuff you want.
Okay.
- ♪ Ooh ooh ♪ - Good.
Thank you.
Here ya go.
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪
Thank you.
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪ - All right.
Tiger, turtle.
Now, run fetch your boat from the bath tub.
♪ Ooh ♪
Hey, maybe we find a place with a little lake,
get you a real boat to play with.
Canoe.
You like that?
Yeah.
Start thinkin' of names.
Good boat got to have a good name.
Want to play hide 'n seek?
Okay, squish down there on the floorboard.
Make yourself nice quiet and small.
Gon' pull up to this nice lady' house
and I'm gon' run in and tell her to look for ya.
Whatever you hear, you you stay hid, okay?
Okay.
Nobody find you till I get back, you win the prize.
Okay.
You better not be trackin' dirt through my house.
Bull?
This ends here.
I know you're upset, Lemon.
Let's just both take a deep breath and calm down
so we can talk about this.
Ya hungry?
I'm makin' some skillet cornbread.
Best cornbread has the least ingredients.
Ain't much more than buttermilk, eggs,
and 100% pure cornmeal.
That's the key.
No flour under any circumstances.
Anybody who tells you to put flour
in cornbread is an...
You ready to go?
Uh-huh.
Grady?
You need the car again?
Drink?
I'm good.
Okay.
Got the word from down the mountain.
Some hikers found a body with no hands
about 15 miles from here.
Took him into town.
I reckon that's Tarlee.
15 miles, huh?
He fought real hard to come back.
You get any Knox boys in here?
Two, three times a week.
First one you see, you tell him to go up
to Tommy Runion's place, in the kitchen in the cookie jar.
They find Papa Knox' pocket watch.
Never mind how you know, hear?
Just pass it on.
And then you lay low.
Gon' be a war.
I see.
And you?
Me and Coy gon' head on down the mountain.
Ain't nothin' for us here no more.
Left a loose end at my place.
Would you check in on it for me?
Going to either end with this key or a shovel.
I let you choose which one.
Keep my goat, chickens, anything else you want.
For your troubles.
Take care, Grady.
Remember that story I told you?
About the little boy and the crows?
What I told you?
I said this a big ol' ugly world
and don't nobody owe you nothin'.
In Cornbread is an...
Ain't no half-steppin'.
You lazy, you lose body parts.
But you do the work, you reap the reward.
That's only true if the game ain't rigged against you.
How 'about we play a new game?
Yeah.
Go see what's at the bottom of this here mountain, hm?
You in my heart, butter bean.
You in my heart, Mama.
♪ If I should lose most everything ♪
♪ Tell you what I would do ♪
♪ Pull some bow across the string ♪
♪ Fall away, fall away blues ♪
♪ And if you broke that fiddle bow ♪
♪ I tell you what I would do ♪
♪ I'd start singin' another tune ♪
♪ Fall away, fall away blues ♪
♪ And if you silenced all my sound ♪
♪ I tell you what I would do ♪
♪ I'd dance all night and never sit down ♪
♪ Fall away, fall away blues ♪
♪ Fall away ♪
♪ Fall away blues ♪
♪ Fall away ♪
♪ Fall away blues ♪
♪ Fall away ♪
♪ Fall away blues ♪
♪ Fall away ♪
♪ Fall away blues ♪
♪ And if you broke my only heart ♪
♪ I tell you what I would do ♪
♪ I'd find another when we part ♪
♪ Fall away, fall away blues ♪
♪ Fall away ♪
♪ Fall away blues ♪
♪ Fall away ♪
♪ Fall away blues ♪
♪ Fall away ♪
♪ Fall away blues ♪
♪ Fall away ♪
♪ Fall away blues ♪