Previously on Outsiders:
My kin was killed. I'm here to claim the body.
We don't got no unidentified bodies on premises right now.
I don't know what your game is but that was my cousin Tice.
We will be doing a full investigation.
Wade, I know you're lying to me.
It was an accident. I have a little boy.
That mountain is gonna come for you, just like it did your daddy.
You come near my sister again, I'll kill you. Do you know him?
- I don't know who you... Sally-Ann!
What?
- Hey! - No, James.
- Leave him alone. - Get off me!
Sally-Ann!
Miss Grimes, it feels weird, sitting in this office, getting paid for nothing.
Hey, where my boy?
Tice never gone on a run before.
- Well, maybe he's lost. - He ain't lost. He's dead.
Everything you do just digs us deeper.
- Take him to the box! Do it now! - Hey! Hey! Hey!
One of us betrayed me, who has other ideas about things.
- What did you do? - What you asked.
I made one call to the gun shop, G'Win.
- You care about this family. - Yeah.
I need you to do something for me. I got no one else to go to.
We'll get you out of here. Don't worry.
This family needs a leader who sees, who's ready to fight.
The Bren'in is dead.
Then kneel before your king.
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Look at you, all spiffing.
Very nice.
Why, thank you, Foster.
I thought you'd be up at the grave already.
Asa, my friend...
...we gotta have us a little talk.
- About? - Oh, about you leaving.
Sad to say for good this time.
Did I do something to displease you?
Oh, no, no.
Look, this ain't personal.
This about the future of the clan.
I'm leader now.
I gotta be thinking about the safety of our people every minute, every day.
You were down there too long with them. You're infected.
And that infection, it's just gonna spread.
Now, I can't let that happen.
I'd like to pay my respects to my Bren'in, if that's okay with you.
Your Bren'in...
...is standing right here.
So you show your respect by doing what he tells you.
Walk away.
Oh.
Is this how you gonna lead, Foster?
- Over the barrel of a gun? - No, not a gun.
Guns.
Many as I can get my hands on.
There's only one way to deal with some people.
Fire.
And which people are those, Foster?
The folks down there or the ones up here?
Like I said, you're a clever boy.
So you take care of yourself.
And don't show your face up here ever again.
Death comes in its own time.
No one to blame.
I blame myself.
If I hadn't been locked up in those chains...
...I would've been there watching over her.
Goodbye, queen.
Go now to join the spirits of the mountain...
...who guard and protect us from the other side.
Hey.
- You feeling all right? - I'm just thinking.
About what?
It don't make sense.
What don't?
How she passed, Lady Ray.
- What do you mean? - There's mysteries to it.
She was sick and old. Ain't no mysteries to it.
No, but she took a bath. The water was still in the tub.
But her towel was sitting where I left it. It was folded up and it weren't damp.
- Ruminating on it won't bring her back. - Why did she went to her bed soaking?
- I mean, why...? - Are you blaming me?
I didn't have nothing to do with it. I have nothing to do with it.
She's dead. She's gone. There's nothing anybody can do. Just drop it.
All right.
Hey, where you going?
I'm just taking a walk.
We have passed this oak...
...since our people come to this mountain to be free.
Like the mighty wood, our Bren'in bends with wind...
...and stands strong against storm.
With this oak...
...our new leader takes rule.
What was that last part?
I said...
...but if the oak be taken in a manner impure...
...so the new Bren'in shall not endure.
Shouldn't be no concern to you, if you come by your power proper.
Well, I got no concern.
Let our survival never be questioned.
Let our enemies shrink away.
Let us love our land and our freedom.
Let us only move forward.
- I gotta talk to you. - About what?
- Better go someplace else. - You got something to say, say it here.
You killed Lady Ray.
Why would you wanna go...
...and say a half-rats thing like that? - You lied to me.
You said you was going to talk to her.
- If I'd have known what you was gonna... - You what? What would you have done?
We're better off, in case you don't see that.
We got a war coming and what was she doing? Nothing.
She was twiddling her thumbs, acting her dizzy age.
If she didn't go, we'd all be going.
G'Win knows.
You dumb sumbitch.
- What the hell did you say to her? - I didn't say anything.
I didn't have to. She's got all these questions about how she passed.
- Shit. - Yeah.
Why weren't there no footsteps from the tub to the bed?
And why didn't she use a towel?
I mean, G'Win's like a dog after a bone. She ain't just gonna let it go.
Once she figures it out...
...what are you gonna do then?
Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Stop all that clattering.
Why don't y'all gather around? I got something important to share.
Some of you old ones...
...you were there the day my fa took the oak.
And what a glorious day that was...
...but not only because he took power...
...but because on that day...
...he chose my mother...
...to be his bride.
Now, I've followed my father's footsteps in becoming your leader...
...so I think maybe I should follow him all the way...
...and take myself a wife.
But who? Hm? Who?
What woman could I possibly choose to be my queen?
Now, there are beauties...
...among us, huh?
Not as many as some would like. But there is only one.
Only one woman amongst all the rest.
Only one who has the strength...
...and a caring heart above all other hearts...
...and a goodness, born of this mountain.
And so I ask...
...with a heart that is open and full...
...will you...
...be my queen...
...G'Winveer?
This don't seem right.
She's your son's woman, Foster.
You should refer to me as Bren'in.
And clan history makes it clear...
...that I'm free to choose any unmarried woman to take as my own.
My dear...
...this is destiny.
I appreciate the kind words, Bren'in.
I understand we have clan history.
I understand we have rules.
I accept.
What? Huh?
What's that? Who's there?
Huh?
Now where the hot hell you been?
I can understand you not wanting to celebrate our new Bren'in...
...but it weren't right you not being there to send the old one on her way.
Well, I was hoping to be there but Big Foster had other ideas.
I've been banished, Krake.
How?
You won that pit fight. That give you the right to stay.
And since when does a soul get banished without a circle being called?
Yeah. Welcome to the new regime, my friend.
He's still hungry for guns, you know.
Even after getting Tice killed?
If that lunatic gets more guns, that's it.
The clan's doomed.
Now, what are you gonna do about it?
I'm gonna make sure Foster never sees a single one of those guns...
...but I'm gonna need your help, cousin.
Well, that's what I told him.
Yeah, that's... Hang on a second.
- Hey. Hello, Breece. Caleb here? - Hey.
Cay, your dad's here.
Hey, Cay, can you come down here? I wanna talk to you for a moment.
I don't know, Kersey. You know, sandwiches, chips.
You know, nothing too fancy. We're just trying to get people's opinions on stuff.
Yeah.
Six-thirty.
All right, see you then.
What's that all about?
Liaison stuff. Just a meeting. You wanna sit down?
Hey, Caleb, come on. Let's go. We're gonna go home, okay?
Come on...
I thought I was staying here till Tuesday.
I've changed my mind. Let's go.
- Dad. - Hey.
I said we're gonna head off. Let's go get your stuff.
I'll run him by. We'll have spaghetti for dinner.
- I want spaghetti. - Hey, Breece.
- How is that supposed to help? - Can I stay?
Did you just hear what I said? Get your goddamn shit! No more back talk!
Pretty strong language. That's a kid.
Yeah, well, he gotta learn to listen like anybody.
- Why don't you sit down, have a coffee? - I'm fine over here.
I'm just gonna take him home where I can keep an eye on him.
We got a lot more eyes on him over here.
What's this about? You really wanna stay here?
Yes, sir.
Okay.
All right. Well, you stay here.
You just, you know, it looks like it's gonna rain out there...
...so why don't y'all just stay indoors and play some board games...
...something like that? - Okay.
I love you very much.
I love you too.
Yeah.
Okay. Well, you go play.
You good?
Yeah.
Scratch bingo, a crossword puzzle...
...lotto, daily number. - Okay.
- Can I talk to you? - Excuse me, son, there is a line.
It's okay, ma'am. I ain't buying anything.
- We don't want any trouble, okay? - I'm not fixing to give you any.
I would just like to know where Sally-Ann is.
- That's all. - Howard. You better leave.
It's okay. Don't get excited. I'm just asking you a question.
Can you please just? Can you please tell me where I can find Sally-Ann?
You buying something, that's fine. Otherwise, get on out.
- Where's Sally-Ann? - You want me to call the cops?
No, I want you to help me.
I never done anything to you. Why won't y'all tell me where Sally-Ann is?
All right, I warned you. Here I go, calling the cops.
You folks not hear me?
Y'all not see me?
I'm a human person!
I'm same as you!
I'm asking for your help. All y'all can do is sit there and turn your back on me.
Yeah, we got a crazy Farrell in the store. The Rev-n-Bev on 22.
He really is calling the cops. You go.
You a hateful type.
Hey. Hey. Hey, hey.
You gonna do this?
I am.
With my fa?
My goddamn father?
He's just a sad, bitter old man.
Foster...
What?
He doesn't care about you one little bit.
He's only doing this to try to put me down the way that he always does.
He's dragging you to it. Why are you doing this?
Are you trying to hurt me?
- I'm not doing this to you. - Then who are you doing it to?
Your lostie? He doesn't care about you either. He never did.
I picked you up.
I've been picking you up a long time.
After our baby. After Eloise died, I...
No, please. Don't make this any harder than it...
- No, I don't wanna... - You got to listen to this!
When she died, it broke you.
You was so low, you didn't even know your goddamn name.
And I held you.
I cried with you.
We built you up, made you into a healer, and now, all you wanna do...
...is hurt people? - Listen to me.
- What? - Everything has a reason, even this.
A reason? Then what is it?
- Go on, tell me. What is it? - We got rules.
- We got traditions. We got principles. - Rules? What are you...?
- Your fa is the Bren'in now! - Horseshit!
That's not the goddamn reason!
The best part of you is your gentle part.
Where you been?
Getting a lesson in the workings of democracy's where I been.
You and Sally-Ann still good?
Can't say for sure.
Went down to where she works but they say she don't work there no more.
Did you go to her house? Hm?
Can't do that.
Her brother's there and I beat his ass good last time I seen him.
Well, listen, cousin, I need your help with something.
Nope. I don't think so. No, sir. No, thank you.
- It's okay. Krake gave it to me. - I don't care if Krake gave it to you.
Look at me. I'm down two fingers because of that.
Listen, all I need is a contact...
...the name of the guy who bought the last jug you took.
Well...
...last time I seen him, I kind of beat his ass pretty good too.
Hasil, you're our goodwill ambassador down there. Who haven't you beaten up?
- I don't know. Lots of folks. - All right. Don't worry about it.
- I know a guy who'll buy it. - You coming up?
I'm gonna stay down here.
Less chance of getting my throat cut in the middle of the night.
- Okay. - The Bren'in wants to see you.
She does? What she want?
You don't know?
What you mean? Don't know what?
Lady Ray's dead, Hasil.
We got ourselves a new Bren'in now.
Oh, man.
Yeah. It's safer down here.
Hey there, wife.
Hello.
I know you ain't got no feelings for me...
...except hate.
No matter.
What I said about you before...
...in front of the clans...
...I meant every word.
You are a rare creature, G'Winveer.
You got a power inside you.
Fire. Just like me.
And just like me, you know that your power, it come from the mountain.
Well...
...maybe in time...
...you'll come to have some appreciation for me.
Well, I do have some appreciation for your presence...
...and your belief in what you're saying...
...even though most of the time, what you're saying's complete horse muck.
I banished Asa.
That news trouble you?
No, not at all.
He's of no concern to me.
I need you to understand something.
You are my queen...
...and I will have you, one way or another.
Now...
...I'd rather that you enjoyed it.
So you just tell me what you want...
...and I will tell you what I want.
I'm your queen...
...but until you run the gauntlet, I'm not your bride.
So until we're married, you get no special privileges.
No, I hear you, bud. They're talking about putting a woman on the 10-dollar bill.
Yeah, they ought to give Robert E. Lee his due, put him on the 50. Heh.
Yeah, liberal tit-suckers in Washington.
Yeah. I know. Yeah.
Oh, I gotta go, buddy.
Lord on high.
- Two of my prayers answered at once. - Two?
One, that I'd see you again, two, you'll carry a jug of that beautiful 'shine.
- You get the other jug I left you? - Did I get it?
Damn stuff changed my life. Forget Viagra.
I was walking hard as rock after drinking this stuff.
I'll take it you'd be interested in taking this one off my hands.
I'll pay. Name your price.
- No, I'm not looking for money. - That's good, because I ain't got any.
- Ha-ha-ha! - Look, I was looking to make a trade.
What you want?
I'm looking for a gun.
Ooh, I ain't got a gun, man, so...
You had one last time we spoke.
Well, that was my brother's wife's gun and she needed it back. Ahem.
But hold on! Oh, wait. I got a friend, well, he's sort of a friend.
And him and his buddies, they got a whole house full of guns.
- What you looking for? - Something impressive. Automatic.
I'll call and get him here. It might take a while.
- I'm in town. Not a problem. - Why don't you come back around 7?
The store's closed, I'll see if I can get him.
Done.
As y'all probably know, we've run into some bumps in the road...
...in terms of building the road.
But One Planet's expecting construction...
...to move forward smooth from here on out. Go ahead, Dan.
What's happening with the processing plant?
Lot of jobs when they start building. I don't think coal company's picked a site.
We have picked a site...
...and they expect all the permits...
...and finished plans will be done in the next two months.
- All right. - Sorry, three months.
Sorry about that. Three.
Folks, I just wanna move on...
...to talk about a situation that's impeding the progress that we all want...
...by that, I mean, the Farrells...
...and getting them off the mountain. I wanna open it up...
...hear people's ideas and thoughts on how that might happen.
Breece, how about we take up a collection?
Go buy us a nuke and blast them off that hill?
- That's helpful, Jake. Thank you. - No, hell.
I'll kick in the first 20 right here.
All right, let's talk about things we can actually do now.
Like them or not, the Farrells are part of this community.
Seems to me they've been there as long as the mountain.
Do we wanna kick them out and let some coal company move in?
I don't really understand what all the talking's about.
We know where they live. Right?
Right up there on that mountain, keeping us from jobs.
Now, it's been two years I've been sitting. I ain't sitting no more! Huh? You hear me?
I don't want those animals down off the mountain.
I got daughters, for chrissake.
- I got a family. - Hell yeah.
- It's my job to protect them. - Yes.
It's all well and good sitting around here...
...eating cookies and talking about it but the time for that's over.
- We gotta do something. - That's right.
- Do something! - Absolutely.
- Now. - Hell yeah. Hell yeah.
Look, I wanna make one thing clear, okay?
We're all here because we all need jobs.
Everybody understands that, okay?
We gotta make sure we do it right, but the one thing we wanna accomplish...
...is finding a way to get the Farrells off the mountain...
...so we can get up there, get coal and get jobs.
Do you understand what I'm saying? Okay, okay.
I wanna make sure we're all on the same page...
...because a lot of opinions going around.
Well, that went well, I think.
Nope, it was perfect.
I obviously hired the right man for this job.
And this group, you can see how much they respect you.
Well, I don't know about all that.
- I guess I'll head home after I get done... - Breece, your night's just getting started.
Now you've got your core group in place...
...it's time to move on to more focused, one-on-one conversations.
But not here...
...not with any strange faces around like yours truly.
I have no idea what you mean.
Ha, ha. Take them out to a bar.
Buy them some drinks, whatever they want.
They'll feel much freer to tell you what they really think.
These boys get any freer, I'll have a riot on my hands.
So be it. You just keep them talking about one thing.
How do we get the Farrells down?
That's the objective. We get them down...
...everybody gets jobs.
Miss Grimes, this is $500.
How much are you expecting these boys to drink?
Whatever it takes.
And if you need more money or anything...
...you just let me know.
Hey. How's it going, Abel?
At your service, General Jackson. Yes, sir.
Don't be a tool, Donnie.
- This the guy? - Yes, sir.
Tells me you're a genuine Farrell. That true?
- Born and raised. - Cool.
I respect a people who stick to their own.
- Says you got a jug of your wine to trade. - Yeah.
Yeah, that is a fact.
I was hoping to get a jug or two as a finder's fee...
- Shut your hole, Donnie. - Okay.
Goddamn.
This HK45's a real clean shot. I got Remingtons. I got M&P9s.
That Glock will take a man out at 600 yards.
What about that one?
Man after my own heart.
This baby will make an impression.
Well, that's the idea.
Wade. Wade.
- Whoa! Wade! - Jesus Christ, Ledda.
- What the hell are you doing? - Why don't you answer your phone?
- Is Caleb here? - What?
- Have you seen him? Caleb? - Huh?
- Caleb. - Hey. No.
- I've been all over town looking for him. - Listen to me.
- I dropped him off at your place. - No, no, no.
- I dropped him off with Breece. - The kids were watching a movie...
...I went in to check them and he's gone. - What?
The girls thought that he went upstairs to use the bathroom.
- When did they last see him? - I don't know.
- Could be 20 minutes, an hour. - Where is he?
- Ledda, where is he? - I don't know, Wade.
Jesus Christ. All this talk you give me...
...about being a lousy goddamn parent...
...and you go and you lose my goddamn boy.
Listen to me. You go home right now. You leave your phone on.
There's only one place he can be. Them Farrells took him. Goddamn it.
Caleb!
Excuse us, Bren'in.
We need a word.
Eyes ain't been laid on cousin Asa in a day and a night...
...and there's whispers you banished him.
As you surely know, clan law says no Farrell can be banished without a circle.
Oh, I appreciate clan law.
It served us well for the past 200 years...
...but it's the next 200 we should be worrying about.
I banished Asa. I ain't whispering about it.
I did it to protect us all.
- Well, the elders feel it's time... - You know what I'm feeling?
Maybe we don't need the elders anymore.
So why don't y'all go on?
Yeah, I'll send word if your services need rendering.
Dried up pests. They've always been against me.
What right they got to confront me? They never questioned my ma's word.
Maybe they did when she first took the oath.
- You know what I mean? - I don't care. I'm the Bren'in.
Foster, you don't demand trust. You earn it.
Why do you think I consented to marry you?
Because I believe that you have the promise to lead fairly and wisely.
But you have to calm yourself...
...be measured in your thoughts and your deeds.
You treat people right, they'll stop questioning you.
Trust me on that.
I will. I'll trust you...
...once you earn it.
And where was you two?
Off doing the bear?
Oh, go on home, boy.
You don't get to tell me what to do no more, do you?
- Foster, don't... - Don't you...
- What the hell is wrong with...? - Hey, hey.
I will handle this.
Oh-ho-ho-ho. You are making a fool of yourself.
You would know now, wouldn't you?
Sad old man chasing a young thing like that.
Well, I don't care what you think.
- I only care what she thinks. - She's trying to wreck you.
Who do you think it was that let the boys know we was coming for their guns?
It was her. It only could've been her.
And you think I don't know that?
Why the hell you think I took her for my queen?
Keeping her close, that's the only way of keeping her behaved.
Look, the world is changed, boy.
This is where we are now, and it ain't changing back no matter what you do.
- But I could do something, couldn't I? - What?
I could change this thing from top to bottom, get the elders together...
...and tell them you killed Lady Ray. Tell them the truth.
- Where were you the night she perished? - You know where I was.
- I was in chains, pretending to be you. - No. No. Thing is...
...you're the one come up with the plan to kill the old bird.
I never would've considered such a terrible thing...
...if it weren't for you bringing it up. - I never said that.
But you open your mouth and you tell folks that I done it...
...then I'll just say that you done it.
And you got nobody.
Nobody who can explain your whereabouts.
- We need to close up. - You have a good night.
I'm gonna settle up with you.
These Farrells been making us poor...
...since my daddy got stopped from mining 30 years ago.
They act like they own that mountain, do whatever they hell they please.
Hell, one of them tried to screw my sister.
- He didn't get her, did he? - I stopped him.
How you think I got banged up?
If we want jobs, we gotta get them down off of there.
Mm-hm. - I still say we blast them off. Ha-ha-ha!
- You know how to make a bomb? - Yeah. Instructions on the Internet.
Think we ought to stick to things that don't involve breaking the law.
Let's all get together again tomorrow, come up with some good ideas.
The only idea I got is go up there and kill them.
- You're no good to drive. - Get off of me.
I'll get him home, Breece.
Come on, buddy. Come on.
Fine, after you take me to kill them.
Thanks for the drinks. We'll get him home.
Caleb!
Watch the road, boy. You want me to drive?
Hell, we wouldn't get three feet with you behind the wheel.
Oh, don't worry. Some of us know how to hold our liquor.
Hey. That's him. That's the Farrell that tried to screw my sister.
- Are you sure? - That's him, damn it.
All right, hang on. Hey, get them guns back there.
- We're gonna get ourselves a Farrell. - Oh, we're gonna get his ass.
Whoo-hoo! - Get his ass.
- Turn around. Turn around. - Turn around, man.
What the hell you doing, Jake?
Come on! Get his ass!
Do it. Come on.
Caleb.
Caleb?
Caleb.
- Hey, now. Say it again? - I'm trying, I can get another one.
I can get you a hundred more where that came from.
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