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♪ MTV ♪

[Nathan] How long is your family staying, Tommy?

[Tommy] Only one of 'em is my family,

and I'm working on it.

Work faster.

[grunts]

[Jimenez] We don't want your oil here.

[Tommy] You sell a product that your customers are dependent on.

Yes.

[Tommy] It's the same. Ours is just bigger.

[Rebecca] Here's what you're going to do.

You are going to take

your eight-figure settlement like men.

[Tommy laughing]

I'm sorry.

We're not negotiating. This is a surrender.

Successful relationships require sacrifice.

It's a huge mistake.

Say yes.

- Oh, stop, stop! [Shouts] - Get on the blocks, worm.

- What? - Kill the rig!

How'd it go?

She's running.

Well, I don't like gambling,

but it paid off this time.

[Ariana] Cooper, I need to see you.

Can you do that for me?

Yeah. Yeah, I can do that.

Are we moving here for good? [squeals]

[Angela laughs]

I must be out of my fucking mind.

♪ Slow, gentle music ♪

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[Dale] Yeah, it's about the same

as the one we just worked over.

[grunts]

We should work this whole field over.

I mean, these are all 35 years or more in production.

How many total, Boss?

Uh, 17, I think.

- All right. - [sinister ringtone playing]

Oh, shit.

Morning, honey.

Let's make a new rule.

Any time you spend the night banging me on all fours,

you take my call the next morning, you fucking asshole.

Honey, I'm working, okay?

- See? - Aww, hi, boys.

- Hey, Ange. - It's so early.

Well, you know what they say the early bird gets.

Well, I know what he could've gotten.

- [Boss] Oh! - [Dale] Oh!

- [chuckles] - Honey, they just saw that.

[laughs] Who cares?

I'm just having fun.

When will you be home?

I don't know, probably late. We're checking wells.

- In time for supper? - Maybe?

Well, you better be. Cooper's coming.

- It's family dinner night. - Since when?

Since I thought of it when I woke up this morning.

Let's say 7.

I got to drive a 300-mile loop, honey.

Do you think

you can apply a little fucking effort

into repairing the damage that's been done to our family?

What damage are you talking about?

All I said is I'm working,

and I'll get there when I can.

Picking up right where we fucking left off, huh?

Exactly. Picking up where we left off,

which is what I fucking told you.

Geez.

Grumpy.

Okay. I'll see you at 7.

I love you.

All right, yeah, I love you, too.

Oh, and I'm gonna do a little more shopping.

This place looks like a fucking frat house.

But don't worry, I still have Victor's credit card, okay?

Love you. Bye.

Love you, honey. Bye.

[phone chimes]

So, you and Angela.

Giving it another go.

Yeah, we're trying to.

It's pretty hard to say no to her when she's not...

- Dressed? Yeah. - Yeah.

- [laughs] - [Dale] Well, is she aware

that Nate and I are gonna be

at this dinner, you know, 'cause we fucking live there?

She's not thinking that deep inside it, Dale.

- [laughs] - [Boss] Can I come to dinner?

I mean, I don't want to eat.

I just want to sit in the corner and watch her.

[chuckles] Why not?

We can use all the witnesses we can get.

[chuckles]

[sighs]

[line ringing]

[phone ringing]

- Yeah? - [Tommy over phone] Hey, Monty.

Listen, these Andrews wells are underperforming.

They're about the same age as that other one

the other day and about the same production.

Do you want us to keep this work-over crew going or what?

[sighs] How many wells?

Seventeen.

Well, I don't like pressing my luck.

Look, they all pull from the same field,

so there's no risk, there's just expense.

And Monty, the things are old, and they need to be serviced.

I mean, that last one was proof of that, wasn't it?

Work them over one at a time.

I want to see new production reports

- before you start the next one. - Yes, sir.

All right.

♪ Slow, somber music ♪

My God. I'll tell you what,

trying to get money from a billionaire

is like pulling teeth.

I mean, you would've thought I just asked

- the fucking guy for a kidney. - [laughter]

Well, that's how he became a billionaire.

No, he became a billionaire

from betting everything on black, and he hit.

That's how you stay a billionaire.

Once you get the house's money, you start pinching every penny.

You know, that's what I need to find.

Some of that fucking house money.

No, what you need to do

is quit getting fucking divorced, dude.

- [Dale laughs] - No, what you both need to do

is stop getting fucking married.

If ever two people should be single, you two motherfuckers.

- You forget, I know your wife. - Uh-huh.

You run from her like a scalded dog.

- Oh. [Laughs] - So don't give me that shit.

Okay, maybe so.

But she don't call me

at 8 in the morning, buck-ass naked

- for all my friends to see. - [Dale laughs]

And then chew my ass out

before telling me she's going shopping

with another man's credit card.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

- [engine starts] - [laughs]

[engine starts]

♪ Gentle music ♪

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[shifter clicks]

[engine turns off]

♪ Slow, somber music ♪

♪♪♪

[doorbell rings]

- Hey. - Hey.

Thanks for coming.

- Come in. - I'm, uh...

It's fine. I'm used to it.

You can take them off in here.

[exhales]

[Ariana sighs]

When someone dies,

it is tears and meals and then a funeral.

And then the business of death.

Elvio did all the papers.

None of it makes sense to me.

Okay. Uh...

[sighs]

Okay, so this is, uh, this is your mortgage statement.

Looks like he's got it set up on auto debit.

$1,347 a month?

And this one is...

car insurance.

$325 a month.

You have any credit cards?

- Uh, a debit card. - Okay.

Is this your only bank account?

I don't know.

Well, you've got $17,000 in this account.

That's pretty good.

That's gonna cover these bills for about six months.

I got to sell the house.

Well, look, you're just trading mortgage for rent.

I would sell the truck.

- It's paid for. - [baby fussing]

Plus, brings your insurance down,

lowers your expenses.

[baby crying]

[Ariana shushing]

Um, Elvio was contributing to a 401(k).

I'm not sure exactly how much is in there,

but that's your money.

I can ask how you collect it...

Uh... [clears throat]

[chuckles] I'll-I'll give you a minute.

[baby fussing]

Hey, you have a lawnmower?

♪ Dramatic music ♪

♪♪♪

- Thank you. - Right this way, please.

All right.

[Bob] Our concern isn't combustion engine

regulations so much as it is the...

- [man] It's not a concern, Bob? - [Bob] It's not the concern.

I mean, 60% of American electricity

still comes from fossil fuels,

39.8 from natural gas alone,

and that number is climbing.

Now, nuclear, that's maxed out,

unless they build more reactors,

and that's not gonna happen.

Nuclear's not an option for climate change advocates,

even though it's our cleanest

and most reliable form of energy.

Wind is twice as expensive as natural gas,

and solar, four times as expensive.

Plus, on its best day of the year,

a solar power plant generates electricity

for about eight hours.

All our electric vehicles are doing

is exporting their emissions to the power plant.

Our greatest potential for growth

is in exports.

China only consumes

14% of the world's petroleum reserves.

India is at 4.9%.

Russia, a little over 3%.

We feel that our lobbyists' focus

should be on easing the regulations on exports.

Our LNG exports to Europe last year

climbed to 64%

- of total exports... - [clears throat] Bob.

Excuse me, if I may.

What you're not seeing in the States

is this rabid opposition to fossil fuels of any kind.

To their use, to their extraction...

38% of the UK's electricity came from

natural gas piped in

- from Norway, Steve. - Gentlemen...

But-but one quarter's from wind,

which I agree is unreliable and expensive, but...

and this is an important "but"...

- Steve... - [Bob] Energy consumption

is not a social issue, Steve.

The hell it's not. It's deeply social.

And we must endeavor ourselves to educate the world

about our commitment to cleaner ener...

Steve, will you shut the fuck up? My God.

This is why I don't come to these things.

Y'all have been in so many shareholder meetings, you forgot

what it is we actually do for a living.

We are well diggers.

We don't, nor can we ever,

control how our product is used or what it is used for.

There's nothing I can do to make an engine run cleaner

'cause I don't build fucking engines.

I don't care what the governor of California says

about electric vehicles.

I don't care how many career college students

block London traffic or spray-paint a fucking sculpture.

I care that the price of oil

stays between $76 and $88 a barrel.

That is what we should be discussing.

The world has already convinced itself

that you are evil and I am evil

for providing them the one fucking thing

they interact with every day,

and they will not be convinced otherwise.

Stop wasting your time, and stop fucking wasting mine.

Gee, Monty, tell us how you really feel.

[laughter]

You better start caring, Monty.

I mean, your children are going to inherit an oil fortune,

but your grandchildren won't.

What they inherit,

you're gonna have to start building now.

I know the party's not ending tomorrow, but...

it is ending.

♪ Quiet, dramatic music ♪

♪♪♪

[whirring]

[growls softly]

♪♪♪

[barks softly]

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

[squeaks]

[sighs]

♪♪♪

Are you smiling, or are you fixin' to bite me?

[barking]

♪♪♪

We really need to work this out, you and me.

[panting]

[barks]

Baby steps. Fair enough.

Jefe.

♪♪♪

Thank you.

I didn't know you could...

Never mind.

What?

Nothing. It's-it's not my business.

Well, it's my business now.

What'd you want to say?

I-I just, I didn't know

you could drink alcohol and, uh...

[chuckles] Oh. More than one is no good,

but one helps my body produce more milk.

♪♪♪

It makes you so nervous to talk about the body

and watch the body do the things the body's supposed to do.

Why?

I don't know, I think I'm just younger than you.

You don't look younger.

[chuckles] In life. I...

I mean, this is my first job.

None of my friends are married.

Your baby's the first baby I've ever been around.

You're the first person I've ever seen feed one.

[chuckles]

♪♪♪

Your husband's the first person I knew who died.

And here I am, thinking I'm a man.

I asked my grandmother once

how old she felt in her soul.

She was 80, but I always wondered

if she actually felt 80.

She said, in her heart, she'll always be 17.

She told me the trick to life

is enduring all the loss and pain of this place,

but stay 17 in your heart.

♪♪♪

I wonder if I can do it.

The yard looks nice.

Thank you.

I'll, uh, I'll get started on the front yard.

I don't care about the front yard.

Front yard's for the neighbors to look at.

Backyard's for me.

I'm gonna mow it anyway.

Why mow it when I tell you I don't want it?

'Cause I...

I don't know how else to help.

♪♪♪

[whirring]

This motherfucker.

[tires screech]

What the fuck did I tell you? Huh?

I told you to stay the fuck away.

Now you're playing husband? Huh, motherfucker?

Stop it, Manuel! Stop it!

Tengo a mi niño en la casa, pendejo.

What the fuck is this, huh?

Elvio barely in the ground,

and this peckerwood's mowing the fucking lawn?

Yes, he's mowing the lawn.

After he mowed the lawn in the back,

and weeded the garden,

and helped me organize Elvio's bills

and build a budget.

How many times have you come by to help, huh?

Where are all his fucking friends?

Because you don't care if I lose the house

or my baby starves.

You just care if I fuck another man, huh?

That's where you draw the line with my life.

Who do you think you are?

[baby crying]

Baby needs changing.

You gonna do it? I bet he would.

'Cause he wants to fuck you.

- He never mentioned that. - It's what he wants.

Watch close, Manuel.

If he keeps playing his cards right,

he might just get the chance.

Some fucking friend you are.

Get off my lawn before I call the police.

Now.

[baby continues crying]

That's the second time you've pointed a gun at me.

Third time's gonna be the last.

You're goddamn right it is.

And I'll see you tomorrow, motherfucker.

[engine starts]

[tires screeching]

[Rebecca sighs]

[doorbell chiming]

[Nathan] Ah.

I'd like to start out by saying this feels inappropriate.

Meeting in your residence.

It is also my office.

M-Tex doesn't have an office in town?

We have remote offices that move with the rigs

and satellite offices at the man camps, but I promise,

you would find those more inappropriate.

Do you want some coffee?

I'm fine.

So it breaks down like this:

three widows, eight dependents.

Youngest is three months.

I was thinking something like 250 per household,

plus a college fund.

Uh... M-Tex could invest that money now

and essentially pay the tuition with the ROI,

minus the three teenagers.

It makes for a very attractive and compassionate offer

that addresses the short-term needs

and longer-term concerns of the families.

Are you including the cash value of their 401(k)s in that 250?

- I am not. - So in the case of Luis,

it's more like a $600,000 offer.

Not really. They're entitled to the 401(k)

- Regardless of a settlement. - They don't know that.

Their attorney will.

- Do they have attorneys? - Not to my knowledge.

We're gonna make this deal before they get them.

Let me just check

- with the insurance company's... - Don't you dare.

The insurance company isn't gonna offer them anything.

They're going to investigate for a year,

claim it was negligence on the part of the employees

and then wash their hands of it.

There is no cap

for economic or punitive damages for wrongful death in Texas.

And this is a $40 or $50 million dollar lawsuit.

Per incident.

We won't let it get that far.

If they don't bite at 250, we will offer 300.

If they don't bite there, 400.

And if they still don't bite,

I scare the shit out of them for an hour,

and then we offer 500.

We are leaving each house with a check on their table

and a fucking signature on our settlement.

[Ainsley] Hi, Rebecca.

- Still spring-breaking? - [Ainsley] Yeah.

Are y'all working?

We're almost done.

Do you have a swimsuit?

Not on me.

Oh, well, you can borrow one of mine.

[chuckles softly] Yeah, I've got a lot of work

waiting for me back at the hotel, so...

- Right. - Yeah. I'm sorry.

Dang it.

I know, right?

Do y'all want some popcorn?

Popcorn?

Uh, no, I do not. Thank you.

Nate?

Oh, no, thanks.

It's only 30 calories a cup.

[chuckles] Still. Thanks.

Okay.

- If you change your mind... - Uh...

[door opens]

- [door closes] - Are you kidding me?

I know.

The sexual harassment lawsuit's literally writing itself.

I have made that point.

I will make it clearer.

Nothing would please me more.

- [truck beeping] - Excuse me a moment.

Can I help you?

Got a delivery for Norris?

All right.

Mind if I take a look around so we can make a game plan?

A look around?

The house.

- You guys can come on in. - Ah, hi.

- Thank you. - Mm.

Hi.

Uh, let's see...

Don't worry. Mama put it all on her credit card.

Victor's credit card.

- I don't know a Victor. - My stepfather.

Well, I guess he's my ex-stepfather now.

Writing itself, and expanding its scope into fraud or larceny,

depending how a prosecutor chooses to approach this.

Someone should have plausible deniability over this disaster.

Let's present this to the families tomorrow morning.

I'll set it up. [Sighs]

[Angela] Great! Can you guys please help me get

all this old shit out of here and bring all the new shit in?

Okay?

And I'll be upstairs if you need anything,

- all right? - [mover] Yes, ma'am.

Oh, hey, Ned.

Nate.

Hey, I say we just take

everything out into the front yard and unload the truck.

Sounds good to me.

Don't touch the files.

- Got it? - Got it.

[grunting]

Um...

["Something in the Orange" by Zach Bryan playing]

♪ I poisoned myself again ♪

♪ Something in the orange tells me... ♪

[woman] That is my absolute favorite song.

I'm Shelby.

Ainsley Norris.

From Aledo. I heard about you.

Heard about me how?

Well, the boys were all drooling over you

at the country club.

Yeah, my mom sort of wore out our welcome over there.

I heard that, too. [Chuckles]

Is your dad one of those oil guys?

Yeah, it's my spring break.

And you're spending it in Midland?

Well, we were supposed to go to Tulum,

but a bunch of tourists got killed,

and our parents, like, freaked out

and canceled the whole thing.

So lame.

Well, there's a patch party tomorrow night,

- if you want to go. - What's a patch party?

We go out to the oil wells, and bring kegs,

and circle up the cars on the pad and, I don't know,

just dance and blow off some steam.

How fun. Um, yeah.

Yeah, I'd love to go. What time?

9 or so.

Okay. Yeah, I'd love to go.

Great. [Chuckles]

Well, I'll come over and grab you.

Okay.

Thank you.

Course.

- Nice to meet you. - Bye. You, too.

♪ Those headlights around ♪

♪ atmospheric music ♪

♪♪♪

Goddamn it.

This one just started dropping off this past month.

Goddamn it.

Which crew maintains this field?

Luis.

Oh.

These haven't been reassigned yet.

Hey, Boss, can we add a little to your plate?

Oh. [Sighs]

This is a ways from my turf, Tommy.

I mean, ain't this part of that co-op with Conoco over there?

Can't they take this on?

No, this ain't part of the co-op.

Well, here comes a crew now.

Shit.

Bud, that ain't a crew.

Boss, you got anything with you?

Oh, she stays on me.

Listen, get pictures of the license plates,

and don't get caught doing it, all right?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[vehicle doors closing]

I been looking all over for you.

Yeah? Well, all you have to do is

call the number on the lease, Jimmy.

You don't know me to call me my first name.

You call me fucking sir, if you call me anything.

You and me got a real fucking problem.

Yeah?

Yeah. You owe me a lot of money.

How's that?

When all my product burned up on the side of my road.

Oh. [Laughs]

Let me explain something to you, all right?

Number one, it's our fucking road.

It's part of the lease, and we have deeded access to it.

It's not your road till the lease expires.

All right? Number two,

nowhere in this fucking lease does it say

that you can land a fucking plane on it,

and nowhere in this lease does it say

that you can use a plane of ours

to truck your shit into the country.

Because of you, I've got lawyers up my ass

so far they can see out of my mouth,

not to mention the sheriff, and the FAA and the NTSB.

You just put a giant fucking bull's-eye on this place.

You owe me a lot of money.

You know how much that shit was worth?

Do you know how much this shit's worth?

You're the one with the problem, bud.

I'm not the one with the problem.

See, the DEA has a satellite above this fucking field now

just waiting to see what kind of stupid shit you pull next.

And then you coming out here, trying to shake me down

has zero effect on the multibillion-dollar,

multinational corporations that own and run this shit.

They don't care.

See, this is why we didn't want you here.

You know, I got a boss too,

and he lost millions on my road.

He wants it back.

Maybe some of these wells stop working.

Maybe some of 'em start blowing the fuck up.

Bet they'll care then, huh?

Oh, yeah, they will.

They'll care so much that the 1st Cavalry Division

of the United States fucking Army will come out here

and start playing war games inside a month.

You don't know who you're fucking with, Jimmy.

So, why don't you just take your licks, like a fucking man,

and quit stealing planes and landing 'em

on fucking active fucking roadways, all right?

Matter of fact, I got a good idea.

How's this?

How about you buy your own fucking plane,

build your own fucking runway? How 'bout that?

Yeah, well, because then you can trace the plane back to me,

and you know where it lands.

You stick to drilling wells.

You don't know anything about my business.

But you're about to learn.

- [vehicle doors closing] - [engines start]

DEA has a satellite on our field?

Hell no, Dale. I made that shit up.

[Boss] That's a problem.

That's a real fucking problem, Tommy.

I don't need my guys coming out here,

getting shot up by no fucking cartel

in the goddamn desert.

- I'll figure something out. - Oh, you better.

Because none of us stepping foot

on this field until you do.

Goddamn it.

Dale, did you get it?

Filmed the whole fucking thing.

- Excellent. - [engine starts]

[line ringing]

[phone ringing]

Yeah.

Hey, Monty, we got a problem

we got to talk about in person.

I'm headed back to Fort Worth now.

All right, I'll come see you tomorrow.

Yeah, afternoon's better. Just come by the house.

Okay, I'll call you when I get close.

Let's get the fuck out of here.

[sighs]

[exhales]

[exhales]

[water running]

[Ariana] I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[water turns off]

For what?

For kissing you. [Sighs]

It's just... the insult of it, you know?

He does nothing to help, which is fine...

I don't ask him to... then he questions who does and why?

I won't have it.

No, I guess not.

You want to know something funny?

Elvio didn't even like that prick.

[both chuckle]

You know, I'm just here because you're brave enough

to ask for help when you need it.

And I'm happy to give it, if it's any help at all.

It helps.

And I need it.

Gonna be harder than I thought to keep this heart young.

Um, I can make dinner.

Uh, dinner? No, no, thank you, um...

I'm having dinner with... with my family.

Oh. They live here?

Father does.

Uh, mother's in town for...

reasons I can't explain. [chuckles]

This dinner's a "have to," not a "want to,"

if you know what I mean.

I used to know what you mean.

Then they all died.

Don't ever miss a family dinner, Cooper.

'Cause one of them will be the last.

Could even be this one.

Thank you for coming.

Yeah, um, I'll find out about the 401(k).

You know what's different about you?

My... my friends give me all this advice.

Get a job. Sell the house.

Move home.

Find a man.

Like I don't know the options.

No advice from you.

If I could think of something to say that would help,

I would say it.

Nobody has something to say that helps,

but they keep talking.

You listen.

[sighs]

♪ Gentle music ♪

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♪♪♪

[grunts softly]

[vehicle door opens, closes]

♪♪♪

Hey.

Hi, Daddy.

Hey, honey.

Nate.

I'm gonna go, um... yeah.

[Tommy] Yeah, all right.

[keys jingle]

Has this wall always been red?

[chuckling] No.

I didn't think so.

[classical music playing on stereo]

What in the fuck is going on here?

Honey?

Here we go.

Angela.

You said 7, remember?

No, you said 7, I said I had to work.

- You said you'd try. - What's all this shit?

- I did try. - And you failed.

What in the fuck is all this stuff here?

[laughs] Oh, I just steered into the West Texas of it, right?

I mean, we're here.

There's no point in decorating this place

like a condo in Dallas.

Well, where's the furniture that was in here?

I gave it to the movers.

It don't belong to us. We rent it.

Well, this is your furniture now.

From a legal standpoint, no. This would be...?

- Victor's. - Victor's furniture, yes.

Charged it to your husband, did you?

He hasn't checked a credit card bill in decades, honey.

Well, he don't have to.

That's what his accountant is for.

- Well, he doesn't either. - [knocking at door]

[laughs, squeals]

[Angela whimpers] Aw.

Hey, baby, come here.

Oh, my God, you're so skinny.

God, you're filthy.

Have you been playing football?

I-I was helping a friend mow the lawn.

Mm. Well...

God, wash your hands.

Oh, babe, take your boots off.

And do we have time for Cooper to take a shower?

Hell, it's your show, honey.

I'm not gonna take a shower.

Okay.

Here, come sit next to your sister.

You smell like the beach.

You smell like a goat.

- I'll see y'all after a while. - Sit.

Okay.

[clears throat]

[exhales] Okay.

[sighs]

Mm.

My whole family together for the first time in...

it's been ten years.

Sorry. I'm just so fucking happy.

[gasps] Should we bless it?

Why not? I can use anything I can get today.

Grab hands.

[clears throat]

[exasperated sigh]

I couldn't care less.

God cares.

- Ainsley, hold hands. - [scoffs]

So gross.

[exhales]

Lord, thank you for this day

and thank you for bringing my family back together.

And thank you for Dale and Neal...

- Nathan. Nate. - [laughs]

[Angela] Oh, shit.

Sorry, Nathan. Nathan, God.

Course you know his name

'cause you're God, but I didn't know it.

I know it now.

[sighs]

Thank you for this food...

which looks damn good, if I do say so myself...

I found a butcher that imports wild boar

from Italy, if you can believe it.

If you're gonna make a Bolognese, it is by far the best

to use wild boar and not just ground pork.

We still praying?

I'm not sure. Maybe she forgot.

[Angela] Help us to be mindful of those less fortunate.

Help us to celebrate you by living our very best life.

- Amen. - [Ainsley] Amen.

- [Dale and Nathan] Amen. - Amen.

Let's eat. [Laughs]

First time I've heard blasphemy in a prayer.

[Angela] Pass me the wine.

Okay.

So, the food is Italian

- and the wine is French. - Mm.

This is a Pomerol from the Bordeaux region.

It's a little wine-making commune, isn't that cute?

I'm gonna grab a beer. Dale, you want one?

- Thanks. - All right.

Beer?

I can't drink wine.

How come you can't drink wine?

Because I'm an alcoholic.

When did they stop fermenting beer, Mr. Alcoholic?

It's low-alcohol beer.

If they start making low-alcohol wine,

I'll drink the shit out of it.

You're no fun.

Thank you.

[clears throat]

[blows nose]

[coughs, clears throat]

Mmm.

Here you go, bud.

[Angela clears throat]

[sighs] Are you all better from your explosion, honey?

I'm fine.

You know, your sister's following

in your footsteps, baby. She's going to Tech.

I'm sure all the sororities are beside themselves with joy.

Cooper, be nice.

Or maybe just don't speak.

For the rest of your life.

[Tommy] So, uh...

What'd you say this stuff is?

Bolognese.

It's three types of meat... veal, beef, and wild boar...

- like I was telling God. - [Dale] Mm.

So, spaghetti.

Not spaghetti. No.

Spaghetti doesn't use veal or pork

and it doesn't use cream and it doesn't use sugar.

Is there sugar in this?

Not enough to make a difference.

[sighs] How was your day, Nathan?

My day?

Mm-hmm.

[laughs]

Uh, I'm an attorney.

Oh?

Well, I can't...

My day is governed by attorney-client privilege.

So you can't talk about your day?

No, ma'am.

Mm-hmm.

Dale.

How was yours?

'Bout a five, don't you think?

Well, till the end of the day, it was just about a two.

What happened?

You a fucking lawyer now, too?

You want to hear about my day?

All right, here it is.

I stood out in a hundred-degree heat all day

staring at gauges on fucking oil pumps,

until some cartel members showed up

and demanded we pay 'em back

for the drugs they lost on our lease

to the tune of about $30 million dollars.

Guess how they took it when I said no.

- That really happened? - Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, it really happened.

Does Monty know?

I'm going over there tomorrow.

[opera music playing]

♪♪♪

Well, let's see. What else?

My hemorrhoid finally burst.

[groans]

It's amazing how 80 miles of dirt road will

work through one of those pesky ones.

Excuse me.

[dishes clatter]

Dad.

What?

Go talk to her. Say sorry.

All right.

[Ainsley] Be nice.

You don't think we're doing this every night, do you?

I don't know, but this fucking spaghetti's pretty good, though.

Didn't take you long to ruin that dinner.

[pot bangs against trash can]

I spent all day

shopping and decorating and cooking for you.

That's your three favorite things to do, so

I'm glad you did 'em, honey, but if we have

a mouse fart's chance in hell of making this work,

you got to remember why we're here.

[groans]

We're here to work.

Midland's not home to any of us.

How long have you been here, Tommy?

Hmm?

You know, let me answer for you.

Thirty-three years.

You may not like your home, but this is it.

And I need this to feel like a home, if we're gonna be in it.

All right, well, if you want to put a hundred grand

on your husband's credit card to spruce the place up...

Two hundred and twenty.

Okay. Well, do it for you.

Do it 'cause you like it. You know, don't do it for us,

and don't expect us to appreciate it, or even care.

I mean, if you want to cook, be my guest,

but don't expect us to be here when it's ready.

And don't expect us to appreciate it.

I mean, we do,

but don't expect it. See, that's the problem.

You got this image in your brain

of how everything's supposed to go,

but we don't know what that is, you know? We don't see it.

So, when it don't go the way you dreamed it up,

you get pissed off, you throw a tantrum,

and then I get pissed off, throw a bigger tantrum,

and then we're back to square one.

[sighs]

Our children hate each other.

Honey, they're teenagers.

They're supposed to hate each other.

Cooper is not a teenager.

He's a man.

I mean, a man. When the fuck did that happen?

I mean, do I look like a woman

with a 22-year-old?

I'm turning into a GMILF.

The hell's a GMILF?

A grandmother I'd like to fuck.

I'm aging out of cougar, for fuck's sake.

All right, well, listen, honey.

Uh, let me ask you a question, and when I do,

please don't hit me, all right?

What?

At what point are we in your menstrual cycle?

Oh, you motherfucker, don't you dare.

Well, let me guess.

I'm gonna say right towards the end.

You need to be real careful.

Am I wrong?

I am stone-ass serious right now.

Tell me the fucking truth, am I wrong?

[laughs] It's coming any minute.

That's what I figured.

[chuckles] I need a Midol

and a fucking margarita.

Well, here's the good news, we got all of that.

- [crying] - Come here, honey.

Come here.

[sniffles]

[sighs]

You just cry it all out,

and then we'll go finish the spaghetti before it gets cold,

all right?

Call it spaghetti again and see what happens.

Spaghetti.

God, you just couldn't help yourself, could you?

Oh!

- You like that? - No.

- I don't like that. - Mm.

Why in the hell do you think I would like that?

[laughs]

[Angela] You're fine.

This is an unsustainable way for us all to cohabitate.

It's got a shelf life, that's for sure.

[Angela laughing]

What're you smiling for?

Why aren't you?

That's the question.

'Cause I'm old enough to remember

when they were together.

[Angela laughing]

[opera music continues]

♪ Slow, somber music ♪

♪♪♪

[phone buzzing]

You okay?

[shuddering] I'm really scared.

Scared of what?

Every car that drives by.

Every creak this house makes. I... [sniffles]

I don't know how to do this by myself.

I just don't know how to do it.

[sniffles] I'm too scared to even miss him.

You got that big dog by you, yeah?

Yeah, he's on the bed.

Well, there's not a boogeyman in the world

that wants to mess with that dog.

That's why Elvio got him.

To watch over us while he was working.

He chose well.

You've got plenty of things to worry about,

but someone coming in that house is not one of them.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

Sorry for calling so late.

You call anytime.

Good night.

[sniffles]

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

Out late, huh?

Get this motherfucker. Get this motherfucker.

[grunting]

[objects crashing]

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

[sighs softly]

[sighs]

[exhales] Mm.

♪ Gentle music ♪

I didn't mean to wake you up.

It's an early one, huh?

Yeah, I got to go to Fort Worth.

When are you back?

When your period's over.

Watch it.

No, late tonight or in the morning.

You want me to bring you something back from up there?

[sighs]

I should go, too.

I need to sit down with Victor.

Honey, I think he's probably got it all figured out by now.

I mean, he was good to me.

- Yeah. - And he was good to our kids.

He deserves a face-to-face.

Yeah, well, I know you think about it that way,

but from a man's perspective, I'd rather you just call me.

That way you're not sitting around the living room,

- all awkward and stuff. - Mm-hmm.

Doing some weird handshake or half a hug.

Now, if you need to do it for you,

then I get it, that's another thing.

Well, I do.

'Cause this feels like cheating.

Well, hell, it is cheating, honey.

- It's been cheating. - [groans]

Going to Fort Worth is not gonna change anything.

Especially for him.

He has my car.

[laughs] Okay, now we're getting somewhere.

Can I ride with you?

You can do anything you want to.

- [chuckles softly] - [keys jingle]

[sighs]

Last chance to back out if you don't want this.

If you don't think we can make this work.

I don't think we have an ice cube's chance in hell

to make this work.

But I don't possess the power to say no to you.

Especially when you look at me like that.

[sighs] You are so close to being trained.

[laughs] Is that right?

[laughs, sighs]

Get dressed. I'll meet you downstairs.

♪♪♪

[rap music playing over stereo]

Hey, you all know where this fool is?

♪ There's a lot at stake ♪

♪ So you know I'm A-1 ♪

♪ This is my time ♪

♪ Gotta climb up... ♪

Just leave him.

♪ Before my time's up ♪

♪ I know that feeling, that could never stop me ♪

♪ I gotta grind now ♪

♪ They could never copy... ♪

♪ Suspenseful music ♪

♪♪♪

[Angela] Whoo! I mean, let's go!

[laughs]

[groans] This is gonna be fun.

- This is like a road trip. - It is a road trip.

That's what they mean when they say road trip,

what we're doing right now.

Grumpy without coffee. Here.

Not right now. I'll get to it later.

We should play one of those games

where every time you see

an out-of-state license plate you get a point,

and when you see a car with only one headlight working

you get five points.

How do we know they only got one headlight?

It's daytime.

Nobody's got their fucking headlights on.

What happened to your inability to say no to me,

you stick in the motherfucking mud?

I can't do this for four hours.

- [scoffs] - [phone buzzing]

Yeah.

[Rick over phone] Hey, you need to come

see the mess they made over here.

They got all my pipes stacked together.

Six-inch, eight-inch, ten-inch bundled like fucking T-posts.

They should've come on separate trucks.

Yeah, they should've done a lot of shit they didn't do.

I'm gonna need a Cat with a magnet over here

to sort this shit out.

Well, I'm about ten minutes from you.

I'll be right there, all right?

We got to take a little detour, honey.

I'm gonna get to see you work?

That's so hot.

You gonna yell at anybody?

Yeah, probably.

You want me to give you a hand job?

[laughs]

Sweetheart, you got to stay in the truck.

Stay here?

Yeah. There's cranes and excavators

and front-end loaders moving shit everywhere.

You got to have a hard hat and steel-toe boots.

Well, are your boots steel-toed?

[chuckling] Don't you look at me that way.

[laughs]

You're bringing that hard hat home.

[laughs] My God.

You see this shit?

It's gonna take me two fucking days to sort this out.

Yeah, well, that's faster than they can.

I shouldn't have to do it at all.

It's a waste of my fucking time.

- Someone move those pipes! - No, no, no, no, no.

Do not move the pipes.

He'll bleed out. Don't touch him.

[man] We need a Med Sled out here!

[Tommy] Hey, buddy...

[panting]

- Hey, Rick. - [grunts]

Hang in there, buddy.

You just breathe slow. Don't get all excited.

- All right? - I want to call my wife.

I-I don't have my phone. I don't have my phone.

Okay, here. Here.

Okay. There you go.

Listen, we're gonna get you some help, all right?

[Rick] Wait, wait, wait. Hey. Hey.

[panting]

What do I, what do I tell her?

Tell her you love her.

♪ Tense music ♪

Pick up. Pick up. Pick up. Pick up.

- Give me your phone. - What's wrong?

Honey, just give me your phone.

- What happened? - And stay in the truck, please.

[line ringing]

[dispatcher] 911, what's your emergency?

Yes, I'm at a drilling rig

off of Country Road 137.

I'm gonna send you GPS coordinates.

I've got a white male, in his 30s,

and his body's been crushed.

[dispatcher] How was it crushed, sir?

- Oil field pipe. - [dispatcher] Is he breathing?

[Tommy] No, ma'am.

[dispatcher] Okay, do you or anyone on the scene know CPR?

It's not possible to give him CPR.

[singer vocalizing]

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♪ atmospheric music ♪

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