- [dramatic music playing] - Son.
No, no!
You need somethin', friend?
I was told to ask for Royal Abbott.
This here's Cecilia. What's your name?
Ben Younger.
Whatever you're doin' here, I'm not gonna let it happen.
Amy, my family ate every damn meal together
every day of the week because that's what families do, okay?
[Autumn] What the fuck was that, Royal?
That's one of the reasons I think you're Amy.
When did Rebecca get back?
She was with Amy and they were running like lightning--
[Cecilia Abbott] Did you see where they went?!
Mommy, where are we going?
We're goin' somewhere special.
You were in a coma.
[Wayne Tillerson] Funny, it didn't feel like that.
Your brother's havin' emergency surgery, come on.
[Deputy Matt] [over phone] You heard from Joy?
Called her earlier, didn't hear back.
[Matt] She's not responding.
Stop!
I'm not your enemy!
There's a rock on this necklace. It's kind of unusual.
Where did you get this?
[Royal Abbott] This is a public birth ledger.
1878?
That's the year I was born.
No fuckin' point to any of it.
I hear ya, your words.
That's, that's all they are is words.
Don't see any void.
Just the same land as I've always known, ordinary as ever.
Just 'cause you can't see it or understand it
doesn't mean it isn't real.
Well, maybe if you told me sooner, I'd know.
I know... I know this is hard on you.
I haven't shared any of this with you.
That's my point, Royal.
I'm gonna look for Amy.
Talk to Autumn before ya head out.
She might just get us one step closer to understandin' all this.
[horse neighs]
[dramatic music playing]
[ambient nature sounds]
♪
[music stops]
[ambient street noise]
[country music playing in distance]
[pedestrians chattering]
[sighs]
♪
[♪ George Strait: "Right Or Wrong"]
♪ Please just remember ♪
♪ Right or wrong, I'm still in love with you ♪
♪
Well, let me guess.
Havin' a hard time findin' work,
figured you'd take another shot.
Brandon, right?
- Ben. - Mm.
But yeah, that's me.
Well, Ben...
I told you once, I'll tell you twice,
I ain't got any work for ya.
Now, if you don't mind, it's Silver Dollar Saturday.
I got a day off ahead of me.
Rather not spend it being pestered to death.
Well, the truth is, I didn't...
come in here to trouble you.
I'm... I'm lookin' for my wife.
She ran off and, uh...
I'm try-trying to find her.
A woman that pretty is usually looser than a tooth, Ben.
Always lookin' for the next best thing.
♪
[country music playing in bar]
[patrons chattering]
1981... you took first ridin' Red Rock.
- You ride? - Nope.
Left that for my brother, Rhett, and my dad.
And would I know your dad?
Yeah...
his name's Royal Abbott.
[low tense music playing]
I came through the same hole you did.
♪
Yeah.
[eerie theme music playing]
[singers vocalizing]
[music fades out]
[birds chirping]
[pastor] Well, this world can seem patternless...
ya know, life at a glance presents itself as a random series of events
and the world we thought we knew can slip out from under us all in a night.
But the dawn always comes
and we're reminded that "coincidence" is not a word in God's book.
He's arranged every moment.
So, that's why we must keep our faith.
Amen.
[congregation] Amen.
Before we conclude, Cecilia Abbott wanted a moment
to, uh, say something about her beautiful granddaughter, Amy.
As, um, some of you may know, uh,
my granddaughter, Amy, went missin' last night.
Uh, she was the love of my life, of our lives.
I made some flyers in the hopes
that I could get some help in spreadin' the word.
[whispers] First the mother, now the daughter.
[parishioner] How awful.
My, my cellular number is beneath her photo.
- [parishioners murmuring] - She was wearin' a blue coat--
I can hear everything you're saying.
- Don't be an asshole. - Autumn, please.
Do you have any idea what the Abbott family are going through?
I think you all are the reason why Jesus kicked everything over in the church.
He'd rather hang with lepers and prostitutes.
This is a family in need.
- You can help 'em or not. - Autumn.
And don't be assholes.
[parishioners gasping, murmuring]
Autumn!
Uh, well, thank you, uh, Cecilia, and thanks to, uh, her new friend.
Hey... what a bunch of sanctimonious pieces of shit.
What, what are ya doin'?
I'm puttin' those people back in their place.
You know what?
- [speaker] God bless you, Cecilia. - Yeah.
I don't need you to defend me.
What I need is to be able to go back into my church
not feelin' more judged than I already do.
- Why would you ever go back in there? - I-I'm open to you bein' here
as long as we're on the same page that you're new to all this,
but if you can't do that, then you make yourself scarce.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
- Yes or no? - Yeah, yes.
- Yes. - Yes, yes.
Okay.
[dramatic music playing]
[Wayne] [singing] ♪ When my way was dark as night ♪
♪ He would shine His brightest light ♪
♪ When I was trying to get to you ♪
♪
[light zapping]
I can hear the light.
[breathing heavily]
You don't look so good.
I feel fine.
I'm fine.
- I'm fine. - Are you sure, son?
You don't have to be here. You can go on home if you're tired.
[Patricia Tillerson] It better be your best room...
with a garden fuckin' view!
- [orderly] We don't have a garden. - Oh, hell.
Satan has sent his emissary.
Hey, Mom.
Well, you look like hell spit you out.
Mama's here, baby.
I'm here.
I'm right here.
Baby?
Baby, wake up, I brought treats.
- Just wake up, okay? - [sighs]
[TV playing]
[Martha] And you searched inside too?
[Matt] [over phone] We did, nothin' seemed outta place.
Frank's certifiable and everyone knows it.
Look closer if you have to.
That's why I'm callin', Martha.
He's letting us onto his land to keep searching.
I... thought you'd wanna be there.
[tense music playing]
- [phone beeps] - Come on!
♪
Thank you.
Uh, each of us deputies is, is a designated map holder.
We'll direct everyone on a grid in our search for Joy.
- Stick together, yeah? Yeah. - [all] Yeah!
[Matt] Okay, let's do it!
[all chattering]
[deputy] Section one, you're with me!
Got some rocky terrain, so watch your step!
[Matt] Okay, alright.
♪
[people chattering]
[outside chatter]
[dog barking]
Women 'round here don't walk around dressed like that
with a gun on their hip.
They wanna know where you're from.
I wanna know when you're from.
Where am I?
You're in 1882.
[panicking] No... no.
How?
Same thing happened to me.
- [Deputy Sheriff Joy] Is that Zeppelin? - [chuckles]
"Kashmir" is my favorite song.
I'm a traveler of both time and space.
I'm Dah zee youmb bike. Falling Star.
I don't belong here.
Put this on.
Stay here until I come back for you.
- Oh-- - Seriously, just... stay put.
[outside chatter]
- [people chattering] - [dog barking]
Wait!
Hey!
[panting]
Wait!
If you're not gonna listen to me, I suppose it's pointless
to tell you to keep the English between us.
Well, I'm sorry, I j-- I just--
Let's go.
Wh-Where are we goin'?
Wait, no, no, no, nope.
Fuck me.
Don't ride where you're from?
[country music playing]
Levon, you have an Allen wrench?
- In my left pocket. - [cat meows]
Okay.
[door opens]
Hey. Levon was kind enough to lend me his tools.
So sweet of you to do that for us.
♪
- Whitefish. - What?
Whitefish, Montana.
I don't know if that's where we'll end up, but that's where I wanna start.
You know we'll have to drive clear back through Wabang
- if that's where we're headed. - That's alright, as long as I'm with you.
- Really?! - Hell yeah.
- [both laughing] - Really.
For your ribs?
No, my head.
[Cecilia] Since when?
Uh, since I was 10. My mother put me on 'em.
So, your mother was odd, huh?
Yeah.
Where are you from?
I don't know.
I was adopted.
I kept asking my mother, "Where am I from?"
She'd never answer me.
I became agitated,
and this was her way of getting me to keep still.
[suspenseful music playing]
[office chatter]
The substance degrades under spectral laser analysis...
[lab assistant] Sir, you can't be here.
- ...It's found inside-- - [lab assistant] ...permission to be
in this area.
If you could just wait in the lobby,
I'll let Dr. Bintu know that you're here.
How 'bout I stay right here?
It looks like she's almost done.
It's yours, I presume.
What do you want?
And try not to speak Chinese to a Swedish pig.
I'm a scientist, Mr. Abbott.
We're two people, Doc. Make it sound that way,
especially since you want somethin' from me.
Not from you, the land.
- My land. - Is it?
Belongs to your wife's family, if I'm not mistaken.
Does she know you're here?
Okay, you asked me what I want,
but the first question you should've asked
is, "What's beneath the land?"
Yeah, but I ain't askin' that 'cause you ain't got answers.
Yet.
But I have questions... A lot.
Like why the combination of elements in this that shouldn't exist does.
Or why most of my equipment fritzes when I try to test it.
Shall I go on? I-I have about 83 more.
Oh, 83, huh? You're precise.
There's this theory that the fabric of time and space is fluid,
that it can be quantified, like water.
Gives meaning to the phrase "time is a river."
That's what I believe is flowing beneath the land.
Time.
Science doesn't make sense until it does.
And none of this will make any sense at all until someone,
me, preferably,
is able to figure out what all of this really is.
[light, tense music playing]
You know, you left somethin' for me.
I'm leavin' something for you.
I hope I never see you again.
♪
[country music playing in car]
[Perry sighs]
So, you, uh... you jumped in the hole because what, your, uh, your wife did?
- Yeah. - Mm.
You mind reachin' in the, uh, glove compartment, hand me my--
Right, smart-ass.
So why'd your wife jump in the hole?
Oh... I'm not sure she did.
- What do you mean? - She left, without a trace.
It's like she fell off the face of the Earth.
- So when you showed me the hole-- - Hold on.
What do you mean I showed you the hole?
- You showed me the hole. - Well, did I tell ya to jump in it too?
No.
Well, thank God. Thought I was gettin' dumb in my old age.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
[bird cawing]
[horse neighs]
Talk about the rest of this later.
Dad--
Not yet.
Will I be able to go back?
[sighs]
Perry, you think about what you did jumpin' in that hole...
what it meant for your life.
You may find your wife.
What if you don't?
What if you never see that hole again?
What if ya end up stuck here?
My daughter's in good hands with you and Mom.
Look, I ain't got no life raft for you.
Far as I know...
that hole stayed closed from the time I came through
'til you walked up on me and Cecilia.
Mom know about the hole?
I ain't married.
You're not married to Cecilia?
[Cole Hendricks] His Highness himself, huh?
- Royal Abbott. - [Young Royal] Yeah.
Cole... how are the crabs?
[Cole] Ridin' your mama for free.
Yeah, I figured.
- Started to think you weren't gonna show. - [Young Royal] Yeah, no.
Per-- Uh, Ben.
Fellas, this is Ben. Ben, fellas.
This fucker right here is Cole Hendricks.
That's Dalton Lyle, Ace Webb, Ty Riggins, Jack Kester.
So, uh, Ben, what gets you side by side with this one?
- Well, he's lookin' to ranch hand. - The Tillersons are lookin'.
Yeah, he's lookin' to get on a real ranch, not some mechanized playpen.
- Where you from? - [Young Royal] Billings.
Billings. You ever ride at Big Timber?
I keep both feet on the ground.
Who the hell is from Billings and doesn't ride?
The old man says he doesn't ride. Why would he lie to you?
Everybody lies, Royal.
Hm.
[♪ Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters: "Don't Fence Me In"]
Anyways, Bushwhacker's ready for ya, Royal.
♪ Don't fence me in ♪
♪ Let me ride through the wide open country that I love ♪
♪ Don't fence me in ♪
♪ No ♪
♪ Pop, oh, don't you fence me in ♪
[Joy] So you've been here 14 years?
[Falling Star] Yep.
[birds chirping]
When are you from?
- 1972. - [scoffs]
[light music playing]
When I showed up, a hunting party found me.
They thought I was a witch.
I mean, my clothes, my tattoos.
I could barely speak Shoshone.
They were about to kill me, and then, she stepped in.
She had a vision that I had been sent here to help.
Sure enough, later that year, they signed a treaty,
and I was able to translate, negotiate behind the scenes.
Been doin' it ever since.
So you were like a lawyer?
[laughs] No, nurse.
I'm good at triage, what can I say? [chuckles]
What do you do?
I'm the Sheriff... of Wabang.
Mm, acting Sheriff.
[Falling Star scoffs]
- And the white folks are okay with that? - [Joy chuckles]
Some.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
[Falling Star sighs]
[wind blowing]
[horse neighs]
Sumner, you can dismount.
- [Falling Star] You're late. - Sorry, Falling Star.
We, uh, we got a late start.
Mr. Sumner ran into the thing that none of us can control.
Nature.
Took a good and strong crop.
As long as there are 10 bags on that wagon.
Now, he's agreed that when things get better,
you'll get the other five bags.
Isn't that correct, Mr. Sumner?
I will hold you to that.
[Joy grunting]
♪
Royal!
Royal, son, now get your skinny ass back up here!
[tense music playing]
Put him up here. Right here.
Now sit down, Royal.
[indistinct chatter]
♪
What was that?
That is a man gettin' out of payin' the rent he owes.
They live out on the edge of our territory.
- [horse neighs] - He pays us in goods to stay there.
♪
How did you get here?
A hole, a big black hole in the middle of the field.
How'd you get here?
I... followed a... a trail, I think.
- [bird caws] - Can you take me,
to the hole?
It's gone.
Can't you make it come back?
[chuckles]
I don't think it works that way.
I have a wife and a daughter.
[solemn music playing]
Things happen out here.
[chuckles] Ya just gotta learn to accept.
Goodbye, hardware store... where Thad Reston tried to grab my ass.
Hm?
Bye, movie theater, where I got my first hand job.
[chuckling] What?
Thad Reston grabbed your ass.
- No, I said he tried. [laughs] - Okay, right.
[hit brakes]
[Maria Olivares] Everything okay?
♪
That's your brother's truck, right?
Do you wanna go see if he's--
Yeah, you mind if I go in there and... s-say bye to him?
Not at all.
I'll be back, quick. Won't even sneak a drink.
- And then Wabang's in our rearview. - [Maria chuckles]
[indistinct chatter]
[birds chirping]
[dramatic music playing]
What the hell is this?
Amy went missin' last night, at the rodeo.
Why didn't you call me?
'Cause you said nothin' was gonna keep you from leavin'.
Jesus Christ, Dad.
- Rhett-- - You could've called me.
I did! You didn't answer.
[country music playing in bar]
I was hopin' you had left
'cause now you won't be able to.
Why don't you sit down? Have a drink, son.
What do you mean?
They're comin' after our land hard.
Your brother's gone.
[clears throat]
Perry's gone.
[patrons chattering]
[Rhett sighs]
[tense, emotional music playing]
[Maria] How'd it go?
Uh...
Amy's missing.
- Oh, my God. - Yeah.
She was taken when she was with my mom at the rodeo.
♪
I can't leave, Maria.
I understand.
[engine starts]
Any of this makin' sense to you?
I believe a lot of things that don't make sense to people.
You wanna set the table?
So tell me a little bit about your family.
Very rich.
And as you said, odd.
Anything more than that would take longer than dinner.
Hey.
Hey, Royal... You wanna help?
[Young Royal] Actually, I didn't think anything could surprise me.
Then you came along.
Yeah, surprised me too.
[Young Royal sighs]
Look, I get being in pain 'cause your wife's missin',
but enough to throw yourself in a hole?
Just don't make no sense to me.
[birds chirping]
Gets worse, don't it?
[tense music playing]
I killed a guy... in a fight.
It was an accident.
[Young Royal sighs]
♪
And I guess, maybe it wasn't an accident.
I had a lot of rage.
Hm.
Who was it?
[Perry Abbott] Wayne Tillerson's son.
♪
Don't tell me you two are best friends.
[laughing]
No, I can't stand the fucker. [laughs]
Never could... hm.
I'm gonna give you a job
but you keep all this to yourself, understand?
Yep.
Good.
Let's go get some supper.
Somethin' I wanna show you.
[light music playing]
[country music playing in home]
Sorry I'm late, y'all.
Not late, Royal, just early for tomorrow's work.
Royal.
Royal, why is he here?
- Ma'am. - Ma'am? Oh, don't "ma'am" me.
- Oh, relax, Ceci. - Well, yesterday you came
around lookin' for work, so now you come around lookin' for food?
Yeah, somethin' like that.
I could use the extra hand.
- Okay? We'll make it work. - You don't make those decisions, Royal.
♪
Look, we can talk about this after supper.
I already promised him some of your sister's peach cobbler.
- What is it, charity for thy neighbor? - Hm. You're suddenly religious?
[Young Royal] Hm.
Don't let him get you into any trouble.
Yes, ma'am. Yes, Ceci.
Miss Abbott.
[Young Cecilia sighs]
Go on, grab a plate.
♪
Here you go, Daddy.
- There we are. - [door opens, closes]
[speaker] Hey.
- Oh, there's a snack if I ever seen one. - Oh.
- Oh, my God, get up here! - [Young Cecilia laughs]
Is that...
Wayne Tillerson?
- Told you I got something to show you. - Holy shit.
- I'm hungry. - [slaps backside]
Royal, one of these days you're gonna trade in your horse
for a good woman like Ceci. Or maybe not...
- knowing you. - [scoffs] Come on.
Can't fuckin' stand him. See?
[tense music playing]
[machine beeping]
[distorted beeping]
[upbeat music playing]
[singing "Trying to Get to You" by Elvis Presley]
♪ I've been traveling over mountains ♪
♪ Even through the valleys too ♪
♪ I've been travelin' night and day ♪
♪ I've been runnin' all the way ♪
♪ Baby, tryna get... to you ♪
[light, peculiar music playing]
[belting] ♪ When I read your lovin' letter ♪
♪ Oh, my heart began to sing ♪
♪ Mm ♪
- ♪ Oh, there were many miles ♪ - Yeah?
Yeah, okay.
- ♪ Between us ♪ - [car honks]
♪ But they didn't mean a thing ♪
- ♪ No ♪ - [gunshot]
Mom, Dad! Hey!
[Wayne] Billy, Billy!
Hey, easy. Don't speak. Don't, don't try to speak.
Billy, baby, you were shot!
Can you hear me, baby? Can you hear me? Yes?
How did this happen? Who did this?
Tell your mother. Come on now, baby.
Oh, Jesus.
Well, that's a hell of a twist this story just took.
What are you gonna do now, Wayne?
- [loud bang] - Fuck.
- Huh? - "If I sharpen My flashing sword...
"and my hand takes hold on justice...
I will render vengeance on my adversaries."
Deuteronomy, chapter 32... verse 41.
How 'bout Wabang Sheriff, 9-1-1?
No, this time I'm gonna break Royal Abbott.
Old Testament style.
[Patricia] That's bullshit.
No!
We're doin' this Dad's way.
We're doin' it Dad's way.
[tense music playing]
Nuh-uh, I didn't teach you to sit down and pee.
I stood you up like a man.
I needed you on my side in there.
- Mom, listen-- - Listen to a weak apology, is that what?
[quietly] Goddamnit, you're so shortsighted.
What is this, some kind of play?
Are you makin' him think you're turning on me, is that it?
What?
This ain't a play.
This is as serious as it's ever been.
[indistinct chatter]
I'm just... seein' things...
differently now.
[quietly] And I need you trustin' me.
I don't need you ridin' me.
Okay, okay, come here.
What happens next is on you.
I know.
And if I'm gonna get him on my side and get Billy sorted...
I need you to go home.
- Um-- - I need you to go home.
Can you do that for me, and trust me?
Okay.
Haha, look at you.
This is what I've been waitin' for.
Hmm.
That's right.
- [people chattering] - [dogs barking]
[melancholy music playing]
[Joy] No.
♪
[crying]
♪
[sobbing]
I'm not goin' home, am I?
Now may not be home, but...
- it's a nice place to stay. - [sobbing]
♪
[fire crackling]
[Joy sighs]
This is my favorite photo of you. Do you remember when we took that?
- Mm-hm. - Mm-hm.
Anything?
No.
It's okay.
You can't say that. No one can.
[Martha crying]
Mom, look, it's Mama Joy.
- Look! - Rose, please, not now.
Rose?
Let's let Mommy have a moment.
Come on, sweetie.
[light, tense music playing]
[crying]
♪
[exhales]
♪
I guess your family didn't, uh, teach you much manners, huh?
[chuckles] My mother thought we should all have our own personality.
That it makes the collective stronger.
It sounds like a cult.
Or your church.
When was the last time you had a home-cooked meal?
Long time.
Probably too long.
This is nice.
It's different.
So, tell me what you-- what do you know about this hole of Royal's?
[Royal clears throat]
It's not Royal's.
Belongs to the universe.
What do you think it is? What do you think it's for?
I'm still learning.
I know in my gut it's got something to do with this family.
[tense music plays]
I'm kinda beat. I might go upstairs and read some.
Do you mind?
Could I borrow your Bible?
[Cecilia] Okay, be right back.
Why the sudden interest in the Good Book?
Like I said, I like learning.
Doesn't hurt to learn new things.
Well, Bible's full of old things, isn't it?
Time doesn't have a beginning or an end, it just is.
Mm.
This was my daddy's, okay, so, please, take good care of it.
Thanks, I will.
Where's [groans] your son, Perry?
Mm, just patchin' up some things that need tendin' to.
Rebecca?
Yeah.
- See any of Amy in her? - Oh, I don't know, Royal.
I just-- All I know is Amy's still out there, somewhere.
Well, was she helpful at least?
No, she cussed out the whole congregation.
I met a geologist at, uh, UW today. Dr. Nia Bintu.
She mined some samples under the West Pasture.
- How? - Without permission.
I didn't know until it was too late.
Do you wanna know what she thought was underneath the land or?
I know all I need to know, Royal.
- Okay. - Okay.
[Royal clears throat]
- Rebecca's back. - Hm?
Rebecca's back.
She took Amy.
There were witnesses.
Amy's not missin'. She's gone.
And it's my fault.
I threatened her.
I told her that if she ever hurt Perry, that I would...
well, that I would do anything to keep that from happenin'.
And I told her I would not let her take Amy.
And I drove her away, and I didn't tell you about it.
She was having an affair with Lewis Mays.
- What're you-- - Yeah.
- What're you-- - I couldn't tell ya.
I just held the secret
and... and I had to live with it.
And I'm sorry.
[light, tense music playing]
- So, this is what it feels like, huh? - Mm.
- Yeah. - [Royal exhales]
[inhales] Hm.
[Autumn] "Everyone that is of the truth hears My voice."
[light music playing]
Do you believe in fate?
Something brought me here.
What would that be?
[Autumn] That's what you're gonna help me figure out.
Oh, my God, Royal, you traveled through fuckin' time.
Did you see me?
It's hard to really know anyone else, isn't it?
No matter how long you've known 'em.
It's hard enough to know yourself.
"So whatever you wish that others do to you...
"do also to them...
for this is the Law and the Prophets."
[♪ Kay Kyser and His Orchestra: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"]
♪ Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition ♪
♪ And we'll all stay free ♪
♪ Praise the Lord and swing into position ♪
♪ Can't afford to be a politician ♪
♪ Praise the Lord, we're all between perdition ♪
♪ And the deep blue sea ♪
♪ Yes, the sky pilot said it ♪
♪ Ya gotta give him credit ♪
♪ For a son of a gun of a gunner was he ♪
♪ Shouting Praise the Lord, we're on a mighty mission ♪
♪ All aboard, we ain't a-goin' fishin' ♪
♪ Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition ♪
♪ And we'll all stay free ♪
♪
♪ Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition ♪
♪ And we'll all stay free ♪
♪ Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition ♪
♪ And we'll all stay free ♪