All language subtitles for S3E19 - The Benjamin Burns Story

That's all there is?

You're lookin' at it.

I've been up and down
this creek bed

in both directions.
That's all there is.

Well, I told you, Adams.

I smelled that dust
40 miles back.

I knew there wasn't
no water here.

Ben, there's no sense
being happy about it.

I reckon you young 'uns is
gonna get a taste of how we done it

long before they ever mapped out

all these water holes
for you, nice and pretty.

What do you mean, Mr. Burns?

MAJOR: He means
a dry March, that's what.

A pint a day for each person

till we hit the next water hole.

Then all you gotta worry about

is whether the sand buries
you before the wolves get you.

You're dang fools.

Let's go back, Flint.

That's it, Major.

Well, we might as well face it.

From now till the time that
we get to the next water hole,

which is about 60 miles,

we're gonna ration the water.

One pint a day per person.

Two pints per head of stock.

How come we get half
as much as the animals?

FLINT: Well,
I'll tell you, Mr. Owen.

If you'll pull a wagon for us,

we'll make sure that your
ration's doubled. Won't we, Major?

You bet.

Mr. Adams, you're
supposed to know this country.

Is this the way
you treat your people?

Owen, in this kind of country,

this train travels from
one water hole to the next.

I've been through here
a lot of times.

I've never made it once that
we didn't hit at least one dry hole.

Just our tough luck this time

we happened to hit two in a row.

Not much of an answer.

Can you think of a better one?

All right. Charlie, Bill...

get the water back to the train.

Put those barrels on my wagon.

That's my wagon,
Mr. Owen. Understand that?

All right, get back
to the train, everybody!

You sure there's nothin' between
here and Frenchman's Crick?

Not that I could tell.

It's gonna be
a long, hot summer.

Yeah, it sure is.

Well, let's go.

What I'd give
for a cup of coffee.

Or a glass of cool
Illinois spring water.

My mouth feels like
it's full of glue.

You young 'uns don't know

what it means to have it tough.

You know, Mr. Burns...

Chicago isn't exactly the ideal
training ground for this sort of thing.

Boy, 30 years ago,

Bill Sublette and me
lived for a whole month

right here in this desert
on nothin' but cactus buds.

No water, no nothin'.

If it weren't for this bunch
of tourists holdin' us back,

I'd have you across
in a couple of days...

with plenty of water to boot.

You're traveling
with a train this time.

Ah! Might just as well
be travelin'

in one of them
plushy red parlors

you youngsters like so much.

I really don't mind
the hardships.

When we get to California,

and Kathy and I get married,

all this will seem like a
pretty small price to pay.

Hardships? All of what?

When I was your age, a
man wouldn't be found dead

in one of these
travelin' bedrooms.

Wagons was for women.

And sick women, at that.

Grandfather, what did you
say about water a minute ago?

Kathy, I said we'd have
plenty of water soon.

To my way of thinkin',

we don't need any more than
we got right now anyway.

But I guess all of you
start thinkin'

that if you don't get
a bath pretty soon,

you'll start sickening up.

Oh, McCullough boy!

What's on your mind, Ben?

You're supposed to be
a scout, ain't you?

Well, you ought to know.

You ain't proved it to me yet.

I'm afraid you're gettin'
soft like the rest of 'em.

If Old Man Sublette ever knew

that you let these
barrels run dry,

he'd have bull-whipped you.

Tell me, how far
is it to Frenchman's?

Too far on the water
we got left.

What's that supposed to mean?

FLINT: Well, maybe
we're in for trouble.

But maybe it'll rain, and maybe
we'll make better time. Maybe.

Maybe. You got all the
maybes but the right one.

And which one is that?

Shining Water.

KATHY: Shining Water?

A creek the Indians talk about
in the Furnaces. It's a legend.

BEN: A legend! Why, it's
the sweetest, coolest legend

I ever drunk out of.

I've been all through the
Furnaces, and I haven't seen it yet.

You ain't looked
in the right place.

You think you could find it?

Think? Why, boy,
I know I could find it.

Major!

What's up?

Ben here says he can
find the Shining Water.

Well, I wish I could
believe that.

Well, Major, I can't
just walk you to it.

It's been over 30 years.

But it was up in the
Furnaces I found it.

Old Bill Sublette and me...

We was chasin' a bear.

He had stolen a
hindquarter of that buck meat

out of our camp.

That's when I found it.

If he knows what
he's talkin' about,

shouldn't we
hightail it up there?

Flint, how long would it take
you to get there and back?

Three days. Four, if we
make allowances for a search.

Ben... Major...

I've been through
the Furnaces several times.

I don't think there's
any water there.

You'd be wasting your time.

Ben, you really think
you can find it, huh?

If I get within just a few
miles of them Furnaces,

don't you worry.
I'll smell the water.

Well, we might get about
a half a dozen volunteers

and all the containers you
could loan on a pack mule.

Ben, if you'll guide 'em,

Bill and Flint will go with
you and do everything else.

It's a gamble at best, Flint,
so we won't wait for you.

We'll meet you at Black Mesa.

Bill, get a pack mule.

I hope you know what
you're doin', Ben.

If you don't, I don't
think this wagon train

will ever get
to Frenchman's Springs.

And we might not make
Black Mesa.

Are you sure, Grandfather?

This isn't just another
one of your wild stories?

Now, child, ain't you
ashamed of yourself?

You know your grandfather
never told no wild stories.

If Mr. Burns says there's
water there, it's there.

I take his word for it.

By golly, he's a good boy!

Even though he's
a dude, I like him.

I think he'd make
a fine husband for you.

You goin' with us
in the morning?

Couldn't keep me away. Good.

Make a man of you! Ha ha ha!

By golly, I think I'll
have a drink on it.

Grandfather, you've
already had your water.

Water? Who's talkin'
about water?

What a man. He's getting old.

Sometimes he exaggerates things.

He's got a right to, hasn't
he, after the life he's led?

You know, Kathy, your
grandfather's living history.

But he's still an old man.

He could hurt himself.

No, no. He'll still be around

when our children make him
a great-grandfather.

He'd have been one already if
your family weren't so stubborn.

Well, you know Mama.

She's gotta see
her daughter's wedding.

Now, John...

the Furnace mountains
aren't Chicago.

You take care of yourself.

Now, look, you stop worrying.

It's gonna take more
than the Furnace Mountains

to keep me from
coming back to you.

Oh.

Bill, I knew this old thing
would come in handy sometime.

Got it from a sheepherder
up in Wyoming years ago.

You finally found something
that smells worse than you.

Wait a minute. I don't
care how bad it smells.

It'll hold more water
than them jugs of yours.

Yeah? I'll use it on
one condition. What?

That you use
your water out of it

from here till
we get to California.

I'm only tryin' to help.
You're tryin' to be cute.

You take that.

You know how badly
we need water, boys.

If old Ben here is right,
you can make it in four days,

but you better
make it with water,

'cause we only got
four days' supply left.

We'll do our best, Major.

Don't you get
your bile up, sonny.

I'll get you there, don't worry.

You better, old man.

I don't think you know what
you're talkin' about anyway.

Shining Water. Sounds
like a patent medicine.

BEN: Hey, young fella.

I'll bet that big mouth of yours

will be the first one
dippin' into that water

when I lead you to it.

If we're goin', let's go.

I want you to know, Major,

I'm holding you personally
responsible.

If we don't find water,

I'll see that you never
lead another wagon train.

If you don't find water,
Mr. Owen,

you don't have to worry
about it anymore,

'cause the desert will
take care of all of us.

Used to be an outcropping
up there on that peak.

Ain't there now.

I don't remember
any outcropping, Ben.

Yeah. A bunch of white stones.

What'd you think, I
dreamed it up or something?

No, that's 30 years ago, Ben.

I ain't never forgot
a landmark in my life.

Could've been an earthquake.

A lot can happen in 30 years.

What direction from the
outcropping was the spring?

Well, I ain't exactly sure.

You old fool,
you'd better be sure.

Save your strength, Owen.

Let him talk. As soon as
he gets me mad enough,

I'll jam the barrel of
this rifle down his throat.

Ha ha! I'm kind of
lookin' forward to that, too.

Owen, you lay off Mr. Burns.

Or what?

Or you'll answer to me.

You've been out in the sun
too long, sonny.

Ben, you said
it was in a valley?

Yeah, way up high there.

And from the sides, you
can't see no trees or anything.

But they're there.

Ain't no stream, either.
Just a little spring

that fills a pool
and goes no place.

All right, we'll
give it a try, Ben.

Let's split up.

You see that mass of rocks
up there on the hill?

We'll use that as a checkpoint.

Anybody finds a stream
or a spring,

we'll fire a couple of shots.

If we can't find it,
we'll meet there

when the sun's
at the top of that peak.

You're not too used
to this country.

You'd better take the mule
and stay down here.

All right? Let's separate.

Where you goin', Johnny boy?

Can't even trust
mountains no more.

I guess everything's
goin' to ruin.

Blame you, horse...
Why don't you smell it?

If I had my own mule,

we'd have been belly-deep
in water by now.

Come on, horse! Breathe!

You find anything?

No, not a sign.

Here.

I thought we ran out
of water yesterday.

That's strictly for emergencies.

Take it easy! That's gotta last!

Flint...

maybe there's no such
place as Shining Water.

Maybe.

But if old Ben would
come this far lookin' for it,

I figure he must've
seen it once.

It's time we were gettin' back.

Yeah, could be.

I reckon I'd better take a look.

These dang hills didn't
used to be this steep.

Yeah.

I didn't find a thing, Flint.

How'd you make out? Not a sign.

Aaaah!

That was Mr. Burns!

All right, fan out!

If you find him,
use the same signal.

Hyah!

Ohh.

What do you think, Flint?

I'd give him a couple of hours.

It's a miracle he's not dead

from that fall already.

What are we gonna do, Flint?

Well, we can't move him.

He's gonna die anyway.
That's what you said.

Yeah, that's what I
said, but I'm no doctor.

OWEN: What's the difference?

I feel sorry for the old man.

But it's pretty obvious
we can't move him,

and it's pretty obvious
we can't stay here.

What would you do, Mr. Owen?

Ride away and leave him here?

What do you think?

We're gonna stay here
without any water?

Or food?

We'll all die.

Look, you can't just
leave him here.

Bill, you think you can find
your way back to the train?

Yeah.

Go on back and take
everybody with you.

I'll stay here with Ben.

OWEN: You don't have to stay.

Look at him. He won't last long.

Everybody has to die
sometime, Owen.

But they don't have
to die alone.

Flint, I'll stay with you.

That isn't necessary, John.

No, I want to stay.

He means a lot to me.

Besides, a man like him...

He just can't lay down and die.

He's more important than that.

All right.

Bill, before you go,
give me a hand.

We'll build some
sort of a lean-to,

get him out of the sun.

That's not very sturdy.

Bill, wait.

Tell the Major we'll catch up

just as soon as we can.

You got any water? No.

Give me your canteen.

You had that all along?

That's right.

And we're so thirsty
we can't even talk?

You've been doin'
a pretty good job.

Ah.

What are you gonna do
with the rest of it?

Look, Owen...

there's a man over there,
there's two of us,

and we don't know how long
we're gonna be here.

You're not gonna
waste water on him.

You better get movin'
before I break his neck.

You keep your mouth shut.

Tell the Major to
keep the train goin'.

We'll catch him. All right.

You won't get too far
without water, Flint.

On your way back,
keep your eyes open

for Ben's spring.

Hmm.

And you'd better take
his horse along.

All right. Good luck to you.

All right, let's go.

Well, they're gone.

How long do you think
he'll hang on?

Well, he's a tough old man.

Then how long can we
stay here with him...

without water?

No one asked you
to stay, Mr. Colter.

No one said it was
gonna be easy.

I told you how I feel
about Mr. Burns.

It's just that...

Look, Flint, I'm from Chicago.

I know my way around
in the city.

But out here is
something else again.

Yes, I understand that.

John, it'd be easier on all of
us if we had some more water.

Yeah, it would on me.

You stay here and keep
your eyes on Ben.

He said this spring just sort
of came up out of the rocks,

so I'll have a good look around.

Flint, wait a minute,
wait a minute.

What if something happens?

Then we'll go back
to the wagon train.

Oh.

And you might get the
horses and get 'em out of sight.

Why?

This is Shoshone country.

I wouldn't want a
hunting party to spot 'em.

And pull my rifle for
me. You might need.

Where are the horses?

They're back up the canyon. Why?

Indians. They're
headed this way,

but they haven't
seen us. Come on.

They're coming this way.

Take it easy, John.

We're all right. They
don't know we're here.

Uhh!

Don't move.

I can't stand snakes.

John, the Indians will hear it.

It's coming.

It's coming at me.

Colter, don't.

We at least have a
chance against the snake.

I'm sorry.

You got any sores in your mouth?

No.

Let's get the poison
out of this.

Ow!

Come on.

Is there anything
I can do to help?

Some water.

BEN: Water. Uhh...

Give him some.

Look, Flint, we got...

Give him some!

FLINT: John.

You'd better loosen
this tourniquet.

Yeah.

We gotta get you
back to the train.

I can't.

Look, you've got
to have treatment.

You can ride.

Ben... Ben can't.

Flint, nothing can help him now!

Nothing!

You said so yourself.
He's dying.

We have to stay here
and die with him...

just to keep him company, Flint?

Flint? Flint, do...

Flint?

It isn't fair.

He's lived his life.

Why do we have to stay
here and die with him?

Why?

Why?! Why?! Why?!

Oh, wait a minute, Flint.

Wait a minute.
I'll get this off.

You'll be more comfortable.

There. There, you're better now.

Shining Water.

Shining...

No, Flint.

Flint, Flint.

I'll find water.

You lie down. I'll find it.

I'll find it, Flint.

Hurry up, old man.

Will you die?

Water.

There isn't any water.

There... There isn't any.

I got lost out there.

I couldn't find my way back.

I was gonna die out there.

Flint.

Flint, please.

Please, let's try and get back.

Flint, please,
let's try and get back.

Let's try.

Why don't you die, old man?

Why don't you give up and die?

That's enough, that's enough.

Take it easy on
that water, fella.

Come on, easy.

Is it true? About Grandfather?

I'm afraid so, ma'am.

Is he dead?

He wasn't when I left,

but he's in real bad shape.

And John?

He stayed out with Flint
and your granddad.

Honey, if your man is
out there with McCullough,

he'll be back, all
right. Don't you worry.

He will, won't he?

You bet your boots he will.

I hope.

Water.

Where's my horse?

Where's my horse? Give it to...

Flint?

Flint, he's dead.

The old man...
He finally died, Flint.

He's dead, Flint. He's dead.

I had a dream.

I dreamed I was...

Bad dream.

No, Flint. We can go back now.

Come on, let's get
back to the train.

Come on, we can go back.

We can go back
to the train. Come on.

Come on, come on.

I'm sorry.

Flint?

Flint?

There was plenty
of water there, huh?

Just like he said.

Come out of a rock
in the middle of nowhere.

All you could...
All you could use.

Are you sure you can
find your way back there?

Yeah, I think so.

He ain't goin' no place
with a leg like this.

It'd flat mortify. Look at it.

Pretty stupid of you, wasn't it?

Lettin' a rattler sneak
up on you like that.

I won't argue about that.

Ow! Charlie...

Well, I'm glad
you got back, kid.

Pour it on him, Charlie.

I'll take care of him.

I know it's not much
consolation, Kathy...

but I don't think he suffered.

Not from the moment he fell.

I know you did all you could.

It was brave of you.

Kathy, don't say that.

Johnny Colter, I want
to tell you something.

There isn't a man on this train

doesn't appreciate what you did.

Major...

I know you're tired
and need your rest.

I'll let you go in a minute.

Ordinarily, Flint would
handle this himself.

But he's not in very good
shape right now. I know.

I'm sending another party
back to Shining Water.

I'm not quite
that Flint knows the way.

He's still pretty hazy.

Do you think you could
give Bill Hawks

good enough directions
for him to find the place?

Major, more than that...
I'll take them.

A man could walk it
in a couple of days.

John, you can't!

Won't be necessary.
You've done your share.

Listen, Major... it's important!

Besides Flint,

I'm the only one who
knows where the place is.

And, well, I don't think
I could show them.

I'd have to take them.

It seems to me that
what you need more

is about a week's sleep
and a belly full of good grub.

Major!

I've got to go.
I've got to take them.

All right, son.
Don't get excited about it.

You get a nice sleep
and some food.

You can take out in the
morning as soon as it's light.

Good night, Kathy.

Good night, Major.

Coffee?! Yep.

Why, Charlie, you old goat!

Where'd you
scrounge up the water?

You know us old-timers,
Major. We have our ways.

Oh, that's fine.

Well, don't waste it.

What in the name of
common sense you got in that?

You know I didn't
have any spare water,

so I used whiskey.

Charlie, I'm gonna...

Say, boy...

what's eatin' you?
What's the matter?

Oh, I was just thinkin'.

About old Ben, huh?

I've wanted to see a lot
of men dead in my day,

but never somebody
who was a friend.

Well, you know, Flint...

it's perfectly natural
for a man to want to live.

It's sort of built in us,

like a bird when he flies south,

or a fish swimmin' upstream
to where he was hatched.

A man wants to live,

even if there doesn't seem
to be much of a reason.

Old Ben was tougher
than most, so he...

took a little longer time
dyin', that's all.

Yeah, but I wanted him to die.

I kept layin' there,
and all I could think was,

"Hurry up, Ben. Die.

Get it over with."

Well, I'd have probably
felt the same way myself.

They tried to kill me.

And bury me.

And bury me!

I'll kill 'em.

I'll... I'll kill 'em...

if it takes a million years!

I'll kill 'em!

I can't eat it, Major.

Tastes just like sand.

Charlie, that's the first time

I ever saw you
do anything sensible

with your own cooking.

Aaaah!

Aaaah!

McCullough!

Do you have to do this now?

Right now, Kathy.

Go ahead, Ben.

Tell us what happened.

Ask...

Ask McCullough.

He... He done it.

He tried to smother me.

Couldn't wait for me to die.

Piled rocks on me.

I never thought...

he'd try to do that.

But I come back, McCullough.

I come back to...

To kill you!

Now, easy, Ben. Easy.

That's a pretty serious
charge to make, Ben.

You said yourself
you were out of your head.

Take a look at this.

I...

tore that off his jacket

when he was tryin' to finish me.

You rotten killer!

MAJOR: All right, anybody else?

You had no call
to do that, Major.

I got call to do
anything I have to

to keep order.

A couple of you boys...
Pick Flint up.

Flint?

Take him to my wagon.

Goldangit.

Why didn't you
speak up out there?

I know you didn't kill him.

How do you know?

Don't I/

I don't even know myself.

What kind of talk is that?

I laid there for
a couple of days, Major.

Not five feet away from him.

I had a fever.

My leg felt like
it was a tree trunk.

And I hurt.

I hurt like I never hurt before.

And all I could think was...

"Why doesn't he die?"

I told you about that.

It's a perfectly normal
way to feel.

I didn't tell you a few things.

That last night, I did
a lot of dreaming.

Crazy dreams.

I kept seeing water and...

thinking about things
when I was a kid.

Then, all of a sudden,
I was standing over Ben.

And I could hear him breathing.

It sounded sort of like
a horse when he's dying,

and I couldn't stand
the way it sounded,

so I took my jacket,
put it over his head,

and then the breathing stopped.

It was like I was two people.

Like I was doin' it,

and yet I was standing
back, watching.

And even though it was
murder, I was glad,

because he'd be dead
and I could get out of there.

You were out of your head
with that snake bite.

What difference does that make?

Flint, it could make
a lot of difference.

Those people out there are
just waitin' for Colter to get back.

I don't know how I could...

do a thing like that to Ben.

Not to Ben.

You couldn't.

Major! Major!

Here comes Hawks! Ha ha ha!

Here it is, folks!
Come and get your water!

Just like I told you, Charlie...

Use it all the way
to California.

That was lucky, wasn't it?

He led us out there

just like he'd been
raised in this country.

He did, huh?

That's good, Johnny.

I got something I want to
show you. Come on back here.

All right.

What's happened?

Come on, I'll tell you.

No.

It can't be.

I buried him.

Did you see him do it?

Who?

McCullough.

Did you see him try
and smother the old man?

That's right, Johnny.

Most of these people think
McCullough tried to kill old Ben.

We don't think. We know.

John?

How about it?

Did I?

Don't you know?

Well, Flint was delirious
for three days.

He was out of his mind.

That's all we need to know!

Hold it!

Come on, leave him alone!

Bill... we shoot the next man

that tries to lay
a hand on Flint.

Get away from him, all of you!

OWEN: We won't let him
get away with what he did!

How about that?!

All right, now, stop it!

He didn't do anything!

What did you say?

Go ahead, Johnny.

Speak your piece.

Flint didn't try
to kill Mr. Burns.

Shut up, son.

No, it's the truth.

I did.

Mr. Burns was dying.

Everyone thought so.

And it was all right till
Flint got bitten by the snake,

and then he was out of his mind.

John! No!

I'm sorry, Kathy.

The only excuse
I can offer is that...

something happened
to me out there.

The desert, no water...

no one to help me, not
even to talk to. I just...

Mr. Burns...

everyone said you were
going to die anyway.

And...

I didn't want to die
out there alone.

At the time,
it didn't feel like...

I mean, somehow it didn't
seem like it was murder.

You filthy little scum.

Why, you...

I told you to keep
your mouth shut once.

Now try to open it.

I told him someday
he'd eat his teeth.

Now...

I want you all to listen

because I'm gonna do
some talkin'.

We was all three
pretty low out there.

McCullough was out of his head.

I had all I could do
to keep breathin'.

The boy here
was scared to death.

There's nothing wrong with that,

seeing it's the first time

he ever was out
in this rough country.

What I'm sayin' is...

we ain't never gonna
know for sure

what really did happen
out there.

Flint was snake-bit.

A man can do anything
when he's snake-bit.

As for young Colter here...

Well, for a fella from the city,

I think he had a heap of
guts to stay out there with me.

Oh, shucks. I...

I should've just
laid down and died

like any decent critter,

and nothin' would've
happened at all.

Nothin' but...

I ain't admitting
anything did happen.

Is that the way
you want it, Ben?

I said it, didn't I?

All right, you heard it.

Go on back to your
wagons, everybody.

Go on, get!

Just a minute, boy.

You know you're a greenhorn
out here, boy.

That's why I've gotta say
what I'm gonna to you.

Whenever you want to kill a man,

don't ever pick one
as ornery as me.

Heh!

This is the last one.
You eat all this soup,

you're gonna grow up
to be nice and mean.

You know, there's much
been made out of that, uh...

That legend water.

All right, don't rub it in.

KATHY: John?

If Grandfather
can forgive you...

I can, too.

How can I forgive myself?

Myself.

Don't worry.
They'll be all right.

Maybe.

No, not maybe.

Because she told me
she'd marry him,

no matter what happened.

Stubborn, just like her ma.

Ben, I never figured you
to be the forgiving type.

You ain't never had
a granddaughter.

You know, McCullough...

if it had been you
that tried to kill me,

I'd have chased you
all over the world

just to cut your throat.

But I never would've
had a chance.

Neither would you,
if you was in my shoes.

Because, well...

this is our backyard.

When we kill a man,
he stayed killed.

You know...

that's the trouble with this
here younger generation.

Heh heh. They can't
do anything right.