[horse whinnies]
[tense music playing]
Dear God, please bring Mom home.
Let's get down to brass tacks, Roy, you're on my land.
I'll give you 200 acres on the South Pasture instead.
I felt for y'all, about my dad goin' after your land,
but now I don't give a shit.
[grunts, gags]
[Royal Abbott] Let's fix this.
[Perry Abbott] You're not callin' the sheriff?
[Royal] We dial that phone, both of you go to jail.
Did y'all hear that?
Everything alright?
Yeah.
Oh, my God, Royal traveled through time.
I never told you why I ran away as a kid.
I wanted to disappear.
[Perry] And when was that?
[Royal] 1886.
[bison lowing]
[gasps]
[Luke Tillerson] We found what he was lookin' for.
[Patricia Tillerson] Do you think it's valuable?
[Luke] I think it's probably the most valuable thing we've ever seen.
Mom... where have you been?
[yells] Amy?! Where are you, Amy?!
[gasps] God is gone!
[Perry] I confessed.
Son, no! No!
[ominous music playing]
[gunshot]
[Autumn screams]
[truck thudding]
[truck roaring]
[Maria screams]
[melancholy music playing]
[Royal] I just want my family back.
All I want is our family back.
Our family is gone. Amy's gone.
No, she's not.
[tense music playing]
[Royal] The darkness was almost the worst of it.
The wrenched rock streaming past me, tearing at me
as I was swallowed into a bottomless pit.
An inhale of the Earth that took me into its guts
and was gonna shit me out.
Just an endless black
that I hoped would end with a thud,
with my death,
and end all the pain that it was creating.
But I kept goin'.
A slow motion, free fall of torture.
When I realized it was me who was the pain,
when I realized that I had created the hole inside me,
it spat me out
like it never wanted me in the first place.
No!
♪ ♪
[ambient nature sounds]
[hooves thudding]
[cow lowing]
♪ ♪
[cowboy] Shit.
[cow moos]
The calf.
- Hey, baby. - [cowboy] Whoa, girl.
Hey, hi.
[cow lowing]
♪ ♪
[cow groans]
She's suffering.
[lowing]
Get on with it.
This is gonna hurt Pop.
First pregnancy comes out like this,
it's like a bad omen... or somethin'.
She's in pain.
- [cow lowing] - Oh, shit.
Whoa, mama.
[cow groans]
Hey, hey.
Shh. Take it easy.
Oh, you're okay.
Hey, you're okay.
♪ ♪
[cow lowing]
[gunshot]
[silence]
[cowboy] Hey, baby.
Always surprised to see you so tenderhearted.
Yeah, well, it's only animals.
[grunting]
People I got figured out.
[tense music playing]
[Cecilia Abbott] Our family is gone.
It's all gone.
Our children are gone.
Amy's gone.
[Royal] No.
No, she's not.
[slow cooker beeps]
Royal... if you know where she is, you better tell me right now.
I need you to come upstairs.
- Is she up there? - I think.
- I mean, there's something-- - Royal!
- I'm still trying-- - Is Amy upstairs?!
I'm trying to explain it to you. Just wait. Cece.
Wait, don't go upstairs without me explaining this.
- Well, then explain it! - Cece, wait!
[Cecilia] No!
Come on!
[Cecilia panting]
- Amy! - [Royal] No, don't!
[Autumn groaning]
- This is Amy? - [Royal] Yes.
What are you doin', Royal?! What are talkin' about?!
[Royal] I know it doesn't make any sense, but this is her.
This is Amy! I'm sure of it!
Royal? Royal, where am I?
What's-What's wrong with her?!
Clearly she's in a lotta pain, Royal. Take her to the hospital!
You do what's right, you step up!
Be a man!
[Autumn panting]
Cece?
[groaning]
Wait.
- Let me talk to you about this. - No, no.
[dog whimpers]
[Autumn groaning]
[tense music playing]
Royal?
What?
Why do you think I'm Amy?
Where'd you get that scar on your head?
Does Amy have one too?
That night I dropped you off in the woods,
you talked about time, and the mineral, and other things,
and how this is all connected. Well, how?
How is this all connected?
- Does Amy have the same scar as me? - What are you not tellin' me?
- [Autumn wincing] - Come on, Autumn, I need answers!
[groaning]
♪ ♪
I'll take you to the hospital.
Don't move.
Few hours ago you were trying to kill me...
and now I'm your granddaughter. [chuckling]
♪ ♪
Hey... don't go to sleep.
Probably have a concussion.
I'm in too much pain to go to sleep, Royal.
Oh, good.
Don't you think it's funny?
I told you in your barn...
something bigger than you and me was happening.
Yeah, you also told me somethin' brought you here,
and that you were raised in a cult,
and that yellow was power.
Why do you think that I'm Amy?
Come on, Royal...
tell me something, tell me some small thing about myself.
Give me a-- just a lottery number.
- Give me something-- - Stop!
Your wife... oof, she's gonna have her hands full with you.
- Keep Cecilia outta this. - Well, you didn't.
[laughs] You see how crazy she thought you sounded?
Ow.
Ah, it's different being on this side, isn't it?
You tryna convince people that you're not crazy.
You said you couldn't remember anything before you were nine.
- And how old's Amy? - Eight.
She'll be nine, soon.
♪ ♪
Ah, I see.
[Royal clears throat]
Royal, what happened to Billy?
I don't know.
♪ ♪
Did you just leave him there to die?
You didn't even-- Y-You didn't call 9-1-1?
I had Amy's phone.
Couldn't find it when I was gettin' shot at.
So after that, I just wasn't in a saving mood.
[soft chuckle] You saved me, though, didn't you?
All 'cause of a scar.
♪ ♪
[Billy gagging]
[music intensifies]
[eerie theme music playing]
[singers vocalizing]
[music fades out]
[insects chirring]
[truck engine sputtering]
Come on, don't do this.
[engine sputtering]
[both sigh]
It's alright.
- Come on. - [engine sputters]
- [engine roars] - Yeah, there we go.
[laughs]
Okay.
[Rhett Abbott] Where the hell did they come from?
[Maria Olivares] I've never seen that many in my life.
[Rhett] Fuck.
- [hooves thudding] - [Maria] [gasps] Rhett!
[both breathing heavily]
Which way?
[both chuckle]
If we're gonna do this, we need to do it right.
- Yeah. - Okay?
So, uh...
maybe let's find a place to sleep and leave that decision in the morning?
Yeah.
[truck rumbling]
- [siren wailing] - [indistinct chatter]
[tires screeching]
[victim] My kid's with me. I got no idea where my wife is.
She's not answering the phone.
[officer] Sheriff's still not picking up.
[victim] I know, I know.
- [indistinct chatter] - [phone ringing]
[parishoner 1] Did you hear what she said?
[parishoner 2] "God is gone."
I think that thing with Trevor and Perry broke her.
Broke or not, she could go to hell for that kind of blasphemy.
Jess, shift ended four hours ago.
Go home and rest. Need you fresh.
Nope, sorry.
Ain't goin' nowhere 'til we find the Sheriff.
You know me better than that.
Matt.
Before you say a thing, we're on it.
We put out an Amber Alert for Amy statewide.
Plus I got two cruisers back at the rodeo grounds, questionin' folks.
- Did anyone see anything? - I can't answer that.
Maybe someone did, but then all hell broke loose.
Hey, if we had a picture of Amy,
- that's really gonna help a lot. - Alright.
- You got one on your phone? - Mm-hm.
- [people fighting] - Jess.
[indistinct yelling]
Hey! Hey!
Hey, this is a Sheriff's station!
[people shouting]
- Go send that to Lucy. - 'Kay.
[sighs] We got a ton of calls.
I gotta get back out there, Cecilia, especially with Joy not responding.
Wh-Where is she?
I mean, that's who I came to see, no offense.
She's not picking up her cell, no response on the rover.
Tracking on her cruiser's GPS puts her out on Harlan country.
- No idea why she's there. - Hm.
Keep that to yourself, okay?
Everybody's got enough on their plate.
- Mm-hm. - Hey... we'll find Amy. I promise.
[people chattering]
[speaker] Just one minute, I'll be right with you.
[melancholy music playing]
Cecilia Abbott. [sighs] Crazy night, right?
I've never seen so many damn bison in my life.
Hey, when did Rebecca get back?
I was shocked to see her. Tried to say hi.
- Waved, ya know, "Rebecca!" - You saw Rebecca?
Yeah, at the rodeo. She didn't hear me, though.
Are you sure?
I've never been somebody to report on things I hadn't--
No, no. Just answer the question. Are you sure?
Yes, I'm sure it was Rebecca. I still have my vision, thank you.
She was with Amy. They were running like lightning--
- Did you see where they went? - No, they disappeared in the crowd.
Cecilia?!
[siren wails]
Hey.
We're here.
Hey, now. Come on, wake up.
- Get your fucking hands off me! - Alright, alright. Relax.
- Relax. - Oh, shit. My head is killing me.
- We're here. - [sighs] Good.
Now, you can abandon me and go find Grandma.
How? I don't know where she is because I had to stay here with you.
You didn't have to do anything, old man.
You stayed off a goddamn hunch.
You know, we wouldn't be goin' through any of this
if you hadn't set foot on my land.
I mean, do you realize how much you fucked up my life, Amy?
[car horn honks]
[driver] Move outta the street!
Go around, damnit!
- [tires screeching] - [driver] Learn how to drive, dickhead!
[Royal] Keep drivin', asshole!
Just take me inside, Royal.
Damn you for comin' into my life! Goddamn you!
- [Autumn whimpering] - I'm, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Hey...
I'm not gonna hurt you.
[light, eerie music playing]
[music intensifies]
What the fuck was that, Royal?
That's one of the reasons I think you're Amy.
[siren wailing]
[ambient nature sounds]
[wind blowing]
[muffled rock music playing]
[gasps]
[♪ Fontaines D.C.: "Televised Mind"]
[grunting]
[heavy breathing]
[laughing]
Yes!
Yes! That's right!
That's right! I did it!
♪ ♪
Yes, I did it!
♪ That's a televised mind ♪
Yes!
♪ ♪
♪ That's a televised mind ♪
- Yes! Yes! - ♪ That's a televised mind ♪
[Billy Tillerson] Luke!
[muffled grunting]
[electricity zapping]
[distorted music playing]
["Televised Mind" continues]
[Luke groaning]
[Luke yelling]
[song ends]
[chuckles] Damn.
Truck looks like how I feel.
[clerk singing]
- How ya doin'? - [cats meowing]
- [Rhett sneezing] - [clerk] Gesundheit.
You only get it once.
[Rhett] Sorry, I'm allergic.
- [cat meows] - Ah, Jesus Christ.
[clerk] [chuckles] Kinda jumpy, ain't ya?
- What do you two need? - Hi, uh, we need a room.
How long, honey? An hour?
Two?
- [Rhett] Uh, yeah. - The whole night.
Ahh, regular folks.
Don't get many of you checkin' in around here.
There we go.
Here's some paperwork for ya. 70 bucks up front.
[meowing]
- [cat growls, hisses] - Jesus.
[clerk] You sure about this one?
Cats know.
[Rhett] Alright.
- [clerk] Let Daddy do his work. - [hisses]
There ya go.
[keys jingling]
At least it doesn't smell like cat piss.
Here's to small miracles.
Just to be safe.
Well, we will, uh, look back and joke about this someday.
A little "remember when" type of moment.
Remember when you were judged by a chubby cat?
- [Rhett] Yep. - [both laughing]
I don't agree with him, though.
I think you're kinda wonderful.
[laughs] You're pretty new at this whole relationship thing, huh?
Yeah.
I've spent so much time trying not to be who I was,
I'm not...
I'm not sure who I am.
- But... - Maria, I--
...I like how I feel when I'm with you.
[gentle music playing]
Good.
'Cause if I made it past a bison stampede just to be undercut by a cat,
- I would be pretty damn pissed. - [both laughing]
[phone buzzing]
[ringback tone]
[tense music playing]
Let's go get that rodeo stink off you.
I'm done talking for tonight.
[insects chirring]
♪ ♪
[dog barking]
- [Cecilia shushing] - [barking]
[tribal drum music playing in distance]
[sighs, sniffs]
- [cocks gun] - [Cecilia] Hey.
- Shit. You. - Where's Lewis?
- He's in there. - Call him.
- Lewis, need you out here, dude! - [Lewis] I'm busy!
[Lewis singing in native dialect]
Lewis!
- Come on, man! I need you out here now! - What did I tell you about--
[exhales] You couldn't warn me?
[David] She's got a fucking gun.
[Cecilia] Rebecca?
Rebecca, get out here now!
Lewis? I thought we were meditating.
Holy shit. That's a gun.
- Gun! Gun! - [women screaming]
[woman] What the fuck?
[turns off tribal music]
[dog barks]
Bet your ancestors are proud, huh?
You always were a sanctimonious harpy.
Let me guess...
Rebecca did exactly what she said she'd do?
What was that?
- Take back what was hers. - [fire crackling]
Where's my granddaughter?
[Lewis] No idea.
No idea where Rebecca is either.
Rebecca stopped speakin' to me a long time ago.
I'm guessing you're in a world of hurt right now.
You never thought this day would come, did you?
Is it because you all are so used to stealing without any repercussions?
If anything happens to my granddaughter, may God forgive me.
Will Amy forgive you...
when she finds out what you said to her mother?
[tense music playing]
[crying] Please bring Amy back.
Why are you doing this to me? [inhales] Why?
Please bring Amy back. Please bring Amy back.
[muttering]
[somber music playing]
[engine starts]
[radio host 1] Do you think we have an alien invasion happening?
[radio host 2] I do.
First the mountain disappeared,
and now bison that's been damn near extinction,
walk by the dozens.
[radio host 1] Jerry Picker has about 10 or 20 of 'em
out on his ranch maybe 30 miles out.
You think maybe they just got loose?
- [Amy Abbott] Mommy? - [gasps, sighs]
- Amy. - Where are we going?
We're goin' somewhere special.
We'll talk about everything once we get there, okay?
[unsettling music playing]
- [door creaks] - [Luke breathing heavily]
♪ ♪
Oh! Oh, fuck yeah.
[distorted voice] Someone's brain is egg.
All scrambled now, ain't it?
Luke, are you okay?
- Trick question. Clearly not. - Why are you talking... to me?
[distorted voice] Am I?
Who... who are you?
[distorted voice] Well, since you sound like an owl,
I guess I'm Luke.
- No, I'm Luke. - Are you?
- Yeah. - The loser that nobody believes in?
The one who has people talking about you behind your back?
- Shut... shut up! - Saying that you are the worst Tillerson?
- Shut up. Oh, God. - Oh, you don't like to hear the truth?
Oh, this has gotta be that shit that was in the ground.
Luke, you're running a close third behind a lunatic who can't stop singing
and your dead brother.
How much do you matter?
Actually, you're worthless.
Billy's Daddy's favorite
and you're hopin' that diggin' up some Texas tea
is gonna make ya important.
Yeah, I did what they couldn't do!
Not Billy, not Trevor. Me!
- Me! - But do you know what to do with it?
[owl hooting]
Okey-dokey, Luke, listen up 'cause this is important.
The West Pasture, whatever it is in the ground,
people will want it.
And you gettin' it to them is gonna make you important.
Are you ready to be important... loser?
Yeah.
[echoing] Yes!
- [tense music playing] - [Luke grunts]
[Luke groaning]
Dad?
What's the matter with you?
You alright, son?
Wh... Why are you walking?
Why wouldn't I be walking?
You were in a coma.
Was I?
Funny, it didn't feel like that.
♪ ♪
You were, you were out for days.
Well, I guess I musta traveled on through whatever it was.
[voice whispering]
Your brother's having emergency surgery.
- Come on. - Billy?
Billy's been shot.
♪ ♪
[nurses murmuring]
[groaning]
[Royal] Is she, uh, gonna be okay?
[doctor] Chest films came back. Two broken ribs.
Autumn, you came close to puncturing a lung.
How long does it take to heal?
Depends how much you follow instructions.
I never felt pain like this, ever.
[doctor] You got yourself a concussion too.
You're lucky. This could've been a lot worse.
I've seen a lotta other injuries tonight.
Stampede... other things.
You've been a little cagey about what happened.
Any reason why?
There's somethin' you wanna say, doc?
I'm more in a listening mood, Mr. Abbott.
Hm... got caught in the stampede.
That's it.
- No "other things." - [doctor] Autumn.
[Autumn] [groans] I was stargazing and the stampede came.
And he saved me.
Probably wasn't expecting to, but...
he did.
[doctor] Like I said, you got lucky.
I'll write up your discharge orders and we'll get you back home.
You're gonna need plenty of rest and to move with caution.
Drink plenty of fluids.
Maybe don't stargaze during a stampede?
We'll get her to you as soon as we wrap her ribs.
I'll see ya out there.
[tense music playing]
♪ ♪
[ringback tone]
[automated voice] [on voicemail] You have reached the voicemail box
of Cecilia Abbott.
Please leave a message after the tone.
- [phone beeps] - Hey.
Uh, I'm just as, just as worried about Amy as you are.
And, and, and I will-- we will find her, whatever it takes.
I swear.
I swear to you, Cecilia.
And, um...
I've kept so many secrets from you...
- and I, and I just-- - [automated voice] The mailbox is full
and cannot accept any messages at this time.
Goodbye.
♪ ♪
Did I hit you too hard on that oversized noggin of yours?
Why don't you leave me be, Wayne.
I'm not here for you. I'm here for Billy.
Well, don't let me keep you.
Alright, let's go, Dad.
You're like a bad omen.
Always around for our misery.
It's been that way since... you first showed up on that land.
Why don't you focus on your boys instead of our past, Wayne?
Ya know, time is too short.
Time reveals all... Royal.
- Where's my son? - [nurse] Right this way, Mr. Tillerson.
You're on a short leash, Mr. Abbott.
You remember that.
[light music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
Billy's here.
- Yeah. - I wanna see him.
Might raise more questions you don't have answers for.
[tense music playing]
You know the words I wanna say to you the most right now?
What?
- I'm hungry. - [both laughing]
[insects chirring]
[vending machine buzzing]
[keypad beeping]
[vehicle approaching]
[light, tense music playing]
[vending machine whirring]
[door opens]
[Maria] You okay?
Yeah, uh, Tabby tried to steal the last candy bar.
[both chuckle]
- Alright, here's the selection. - Let's see.
Oh, I see.
- Okay. These are all my favorites. - Oh. Oh. Well then, okay.
- Yeah. Sorry. - Where does that leave me?
[both chuckle]
Over 350 incidents reported to the Amelia County 9-1-1 call center.
They stampeded for several hours, wreaking havoc.
Several incidents of accidents were reported,
- but only four people were transported - [phone buzzing]
to County Mercy Hospital.
Local ranchers have been assessing the damage to their land...
Hello?
[Deputy Matt] [over phone] Martha, it's Matt.
- You heard from Joy? - Uh, Joy? No.
Called her earlier. Didn't hear back.
Did something happen?
[Matt] She's not responding.
Did something happen?
Where are you?
[Matt] We're out at Frank Harlan's, but...
I need you to stay home right now, Martha.
Stay by your phone.
[somber music playing]
[wind blowing]
- [distant chatter] - [crows cawing]
[dog barks]
[tense music playing]
[camera clicks]
♪ ♪
[warriors whooping]
[rumbling]
[warriors whooping]
♪ ♪
[panting]
[warriors whooping]
- [blade slicing] - [grunting]
♪ ♪
[gasping]
[panting]
♪ ♪
[birds shrieking]
♪ ♪
[hooves pattering]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
[yelling]
[groaning]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
[struggling]
[panting]
♪ ♪
[speaking Shoshone] Stop!
I'm not your enemy!
I'm a friend!
Cheyenne...
Shoshone.
I come in peace.
My name is Joy.
I am...
...lost.
[hooves pattering]
♪ ♪
[horses neighing, whinnying]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
♪ ♪
[grunts]
♪ ♪
[music fades out]
- [Royal] Here, let me help you. - No, I got it. I'm okay.
- You're not okay. You're stubborn. - [Autumn groans]
Are you gonna tell your wife what happened?
About what we saw?
No, she's goin' through enough already.
You mind if I take a shower?
Towels are in the cupboard.
Thanks.
Whatever it is that we saw last night...
I was right to come here.
We'll see.
That's very existential of you.
[solemn music playing]
[Wayne singing "Home Sweet Home" by Mötley Crüe]
♪ You know I'm a dreamer ♪
♪ But my heart's of gold ♪
♪ I had to run away high ♪
♪ So I wouldn't come home low ♪
♪ Just when things went right ♪
♪ It doesn't mean they were always wrong ♪
♪ Just take this song ♪
♪ And you'll never feel left all alone ♪
♪ Take me to your heart ♪
- ♪ Feel me in your bones ♪ - Dad?
♪ Just one more night ♪
♪ And I'm comin' off this long and windin' road ♪
I know what's in the West Pasture.
- [lights zapping] - [Wayne Tillerson] ♪ I'm on my way ♪
♪ I'm on my way ♪
♪ Home sweet home ♪
[ambient nature sounds]
[groans]
[Royal] I called you.
I know... Your voicemail cut off.
We're gonna find Amy.
This world's so upside down. I don't know what to do.
Ya know, gettin' this family back...
it starts with you and me.
How's that?
[light music playing]
Remember you used to talk about God's plan?
How anything, good or bad, easy or hard, could just be chalked up to His plan?
And you asked for me to trust that...
- for you... for our love. - [Cecilia takes deep breath]
Well, I'm askin' you to do that for me now.
And I know it doesn't make a lotta sense...
♪ ♪
but it's real.
[light, tense music playing]
What's this?
Me.
Where I come from.
This is a public birth ledger.
♪ ♪
1878?
That's the year I was born.
♪ ♪
[music intensifies]
[sighs]
[wind whooshing]
[radio host] You're listening to 98.2 FM Radio Rock...
- Royal! - ...Cheyenne's home to the best
- in rock music. - You gonna take all day?
You're startin' the day at 10 a.m., huh?
- When did you start? - Six A.
Same time every day.
You know, not much about me changes.
You say that like it's a good thing.
You expectin' company?
[cowgirl] No.
[radio host chattering]
[Royal] Hey.
Do you need somethin', friend?
I was told to ask for Royal Abbott.
That's me.
This here's Cecilia.
What's your name?
I'm... Ben.
Ben... you got a last name?
- [cow moos] - Are you from around here?
Ben Younger. Passin' through lookin' for work.
You fixin' for any ranch hands?
Try the Tillersons.
I will.
Thank you.
Cecilia... Royal.
[radio host] You're listening to 98.2 FM Radio Rock,
Cheyenne's home to the best in rock music.
[♪ Pink Floyd: "Time"]
♪ Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day ♪
♪ You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way ♪
♪ Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown ♪
♪ Waiting for someone or something to show you the way ♪
♪ Tired of lying in the sunshine ♪
♪ Staying home to watch the rain ♪
There's this theory that the fabric of time and space is fluid.
That's what I believe is flowing beneath the land.
[Wayne] Perry Abbott is travelin' time.
- You wanna know your dad? - Yeah, his name's Royal Abbott.
I came through the same hole you did.
♪ ♪
[Autumn] Time doesn't have a beginning or an end.
They wanna know where you're from. I wanna know when you're from.
Mom, look, it's Mama Joy.
- [Joy] Where am I? - [native] You're in 1882.
No.
- They're comin' after our land hard. - [grunts]
Perry Abbott is in violation of his bail.
Therefore, the deed to your ranch shall be forfeit.
Retribution, Royal, for Trevor and for Billy.
This time I'm gonna break Royal Abbott, Old Testament style.
[Autumn] What do you want, Luke?
- West Pasture. - And what if that's not meant for you?
Not ready to consider that yet.
♪ ♪
- You can't win this! - [bird shrieks]
- [Autumn] How much time do you have? - I don't know! I don't know!
She's gonna lose her ranch! She's gonna lose it forever!
[grunts]
What do you think it is, the hole?
I don't know.
My family's broken now because of it.
I need you to keep an eye on Autumn.
[Rhett] Say that like you think she's gonna do somethin' bad.
She has. And from what I know, she'll keep goin'.
♪ ♪
[crying]
[various] Royal! Royal... Royal...
Time is a river, Royal. This is your destiny.
[Autumn] I wish you could see what I see.
♪ ♪
[Royal] Your future's comin'. You gotta help me stop it.
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