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Howdy, boys.

Howdy.

Welcome to your lift seats. What can I get for you tonight?

Hey, how you doing, Courtney? Can I get five steak sandwich, General?

Five, General.

All right, fries, tater tots, or onion rings with ice? You know I want tater

tots. Heck, I dream of tater tots.

Day and night.

Hey, what's the drink? I'm going to have a Dr. Pepper. What you guys want to

drink? Dr. Pepper. Yeah, Dr. Pepper. Very cold here.

Yeah.

Sure thing. Will that be all?

That's going to be it. How are you doing tonight? Doing all right? I'm doing just

great. We'll have it out as fast as we can. We cook everything fresh.

Fresh. That's just great.

That's why we love it.

I'm in love with myself, I'm in my house for some time now.

Reading and writing and reading and thinking and searching for reasons and

listening to seasons. The autumn, the spring, the summer, the snow, the rain,

the low south, and the record will go.

Value the lights and the windows are down, the dogs coming in, the dogs going

out. But when they can't get in, down with the shot, I ain't necessarily

worried about what I got. I'm trapped in my world, but I can't make a stop at my

summit. It's all in my comfort, it's all in my feet, the bottom, I rise to the

top, but I think to myself that I can't survive. The world outside goes, goes,

goes, goes.

Yes, dude.

situation come up and do y'all reckon we can talk to Amziah for a minute?

Are you asking their permission?

Of course you can talk to me.

Was it serious?

As in, I shouldn't be making a joke kind of serious?

Found these barrels in a stolen truck.

I'm thinking maybe honey, so we're trying to find someone to confirm it.

Where is it? That's where 81 Spurs North.

And who's telling it? No idea.

Chuck pulled over and the driver ran off.

What's the weight of the barrel?

About 600 pounds.

I bet that's honey, then.

And you know just by the weight?

Oh, no. Nothing else gets that heavy.

You guys work together?

I'm his friend, and I'm his counselor. He makes sure I don't say something

stupid. That's a 24-7 job.

Ricky's got a law practice here in town.

And you make the honey?

Not sure the bees make the honey, but I.

keep bees in my extract yet.

What does that mean, extract?

That means I bring it in from the fields and take it to my processing plant,

barrel it, bottle it, and sell it to people. And little bears.

How much do you think that much would be worth?

For a bear like that?

A guy like me, $1,500, $1,600 a barrel.

But the street value is many times that.

Like what we tell it.

Well, everyone gets their own practice figures and their own game. I know if it

was me cutting 600 pounds of mine in one-pound jars, I could make $12,000 a

barrel. We got about 20 barrels on that truck.

About a quarter million dollars.

Well, we're trying to identify who the owner is.

There's been a lot of honey theft, and we want to identify the owner

independently. Well, you go letting honey guys know there's 20 barrels of

honey sitting in a truck on the side of the road, you're suddenly going to have

a lot of guys that suddenly have a lot of honey stolen.

I would be careful poking around in this business, fellas. It is not full of kind

people.

Would you have a way to tell us where it's from or who it is?

Well, I can try.

Can you get a barrel to me here so I can take it to my plant, melt it out?

Yes, sir.

The only way to see who the owner is is to... Melt out that honey and see if you

left a marking up in there for a situation like this.

Guys do that.

Well, you do what they think their honey's gonna get told.

So you think there could be evidence of where it's from in the bottle?

Well, I think it's your last option the way you look at it.

It's a bullshit room right there, eh?

That's not enough to melt it down in one light?

No, not even close.

If you do like what you've seen so far, I just got a bright idea that's going to

turn this operation up another notch.

I'm going to call a previous employee of mine.

A man who'll have everything a man could need and more in this department. This

dude is a scripting strength, fellas.

His name's Rennie.

backwards all the way here i never even put it in the drive i stabbed him are

you kidding here you got hearing aids so you'll be able to hear the smoke alarm

that's not my business but that sounds like an overdue deal for him this is

colmar it's uh it's me i don't know how long it's gonna take i have no idea but

you're welcome to hang out as long as you want i didn't call you called renee

good day to talk to you yep why skin hair lately no why you acting like that

you got a tragedy of a haircut

Yeah,

we do, man. I'm not gonna lie.

Like that in-break kid right out of the living room. Nice shit.

Yeah, except people pay me to play, so I'm not just going to sit up here and

give everyone a free show.

It's all right, son.

I don't want to answer this.

What kind of banjo you got?

Fender 54.

You ever hear of that?

Yeah, those are like banjos for if you're not a professional.

What's yours?

I play a deering. I haven't played a Fender 54 since I was probably like 12.

I know someone with a pre-war Gibson Granada. That's what we play from time

to time.

Hey, you know somebody with a Granada?

Re-war. Who?

Don't tell people, because then they tell people, and then the banjos are

stolen. I was going to steal a fucking banjo. You steal banjos, Remick, all the

time. You don't have to yell at me.

I'm just saying, I didn't know anybody had a granada. Well, now you do.

He's a bad little man, ain't he?

What's that?

You must make a lot of money playing that deer, ain't you?

I do great.

And I'm serious, you see? Isn't that a bad question?

What?

What are you doing on for the thing that ain't not planned on Friday night?

He just read your book, man.

See that door?

Everything goes in there.

We can get lost along the way, and the other end of the road.

It's about that hard, but it ain't very.

Shannon's got the rest of the dress where you want it. Oh, hey, girl.

You didn't have to do that.

You remember I didn't buy what he called it.

What's going on?

Trying to figure out whose godforsaken honey this is.

Is that Rimmick?

Yep, and his ventriloquist doll.

You think this is going to work?

I have no clue.

I've never done it like this before.

You've got to admit, it looks bad.

Where do you want this stuff?

I don't know, Rimmick, you tell me.

That was a dumb question, I know.

Are we getting paid for this?

Now that is not a dumb question.

I don't think. What do you say?

I don't even know the same thing.

Hey, what was your name again?

Colmar. Colmar.

All right, Colmar.

Raise your hand in the air if you asked Colmar to be here tonight.

I guess that's his babies, huh?

Everything's a gift, am I right, little dude?

Good Lord, it's hot in here to make me glad.

Do not come in here if you think you're going to die.

No promises, but it's all this extra heat and gravity.

They might just get this little honey good job by morning.

We won't be able to see it. There's more than enough.

So this is the extractor for the honey.

So you put the frames in there, and it spins around super fast, and the honey

comes out.

Oh, that's fantastic.

Look.

Turn it over there.

Pop that guy down.

And the honey comes out.

Where's his hair?

Why is my extractor on?

You want to know how it works.

Is his hair in my extractor? I don't know.

Is all my hair gone? Is his hair in my extractor?

Yeah, I think his ponytail fell in.

You got his bloody hair in my honey. I want to see a mirror.

No, you don't. Just sit tight.

Maybe it's in the pipe. Can I pull it out and look? You don't touch another

damn thing, you son of a bitch.

Look at there.

Maybe cuss.

I want to get Christian. I haven't done that in two years. Thanks a lot, Remy.

Somebody get Paul Comart to a hospital.

I'll take him.

Get him up. We got to move fast. Come on, buddy.

Why is no one looking at me?

Is it bad?

Be honest with me.

I'm going to take care of you, buddy. Right now, we're just going to walk,

okay? There's nothing bad.

I'll get you a new hat, buddy.

You're going to need whatever part of you is in the extractor. What do you

need from us?

We can help, we just don't want to be in your hair. Well, it's kind of hard not

to be right now.

Can't believe I just said that.

Looks like it's dangled. I shot down my honey hatch.

Then get it out. I can't.

Liar. We're going to need this game from in there so that they can put it back on

in the hospital.

What'd you say? That's what they've been doing?

Suck it back on?

Yes, and liar.

Why else were you going to go fishing it out?

Save my honey. What kind of question is that? Now I think we've got to get it

out so we can save that poor boy's skull.

Sweet Jesus.

I didn't think of that.

Tell him we can get that thing grafted back onto the coal. Go on. You're right.

You're right. We ain't got a choice. You're right.

Guys, there's a 24-hour gas station across the street. I'm going to go sit

tight out. We got to go wake up the guy that confessed to you after the rest of

that kid's a scout.

Shit.

I still didn't explain it to him. I was trying to get both of them.

What did I tell you was my fault?

What the fuck are you doing in the art room?

I can't even begin to explain that to you, and I'm not here to defend myself,

dude. Then which one?

The right one.

Yep, yep, yep.

Well, you see something, boy? It's talking.

Did he have a ponytail?

Well, yeah, he had a ponytail. Who else's ponytail would it be?

Yeah.

Oh, shit! Oh, God!

Gosh, damn son of a bitch. Get out of there. We need a cooler. There's a ball

cap. There's a ball cap in there. He was wearing a baseball cap. Yes!

Oh, shit, I ain't got a cooler. Why'd you tell me to get a cooler? No, the

first thing that came to my mind, all right, was because we need one, don't

mean to got one.

What about a gallon of jars?

No, no, it cost me eight bucks a pop. Hell no. Are you being serious? Yes, I'm

being serious. Go get one of them big bear jars.

It cost me a buck twenty.

Ha! And hurry up!

Omar's heading me.

We're going to do that.

What? I don't know. Where are we going with that thing? Calling them now.

We better be able to put all this back together.

It's Ricky.

We got these kids here. Where are you guys at?

Medicine Park.

All right. We're on our way.

That is not where I'd be going if I didn't get my party knots on back on. No

one here is Mr.

Green. Oh, shit. My chest is starting to hurt. This is a long ass drive.

So what?

situation. I'm sure it is.

But that doesn't change the fact that we gotta drive it to whatever godforsaken

hospital he chose to go to.

Somebody! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Give me a cold one.

Fuck.

Oh, shit. Excuse me, ma'am. I got a condition.

And I forgot to take my prescription pills. And then the banjo kid lost his

head. And they even denied traumatic.

And I think I need some attention because it could be here right about

now. OK. Can you fill out these two reports and get me your address card?

Okay, I think I have to tell you, my chest is hurting and I have to tell you

that.

You still want me to feel that other shit?

Something about your equipment.

I didn't mean to mess anything up. No, it's all right. It's all right.

Nothing's damaged.

Except you had a core.

Nothing's over, I don't think.

I'm glad you're playing.

Okay.

What's it feel like?

I'm on some good shit right now, so I'm not feeling anything too bad.

Plus, Remick put me through my patchy fentanyl.

Because I was fed a mess. They weren't cooking. Hey, hey, Colmar, stop talking,

bro. Does someone hear me?

Shit, let me know.

Shit, I'm sorry. Son of a bitch.

What's going on?

Can I have it, please?

Yeah, I think you might have put me in a bit of a position there.

Hey, yeah, yeah.

I got your lucky hat back.

For real?

Yeah.

Kind of do yourself a favor and when you leave here, don't forget it, because you

are going to need to wear it for a while.

Okay.

He had to bring it back for them to do that for me. It's easy.

But thank you.

We started with coffee, iced tea. Just coffee, please.

Oh, my God.

Nice kiddo.

Are you back around here?

Yeah.

Okay. How long have you been back?

Not long, a few months.

It's so good to see you.

Are you going to sit down? I can't right now.

I didn't know you ever came out this far.

Well, it's not normally far. I'm out on my rotation.

I can't really begin to explain what brought me out here today.

You doing all right?

I'm in one piece, which is more than I'm paying for some of the folks I've been

around today.

And actually, did you get into the foster homes after you left us?

Kind of.

Isn't that safe to work, folks? Folks have been to you?

It's a job.

Listen, I'm going to be playing a gig at the Sand Palm in a few weeks.

It's right up the road. You can't miss it.

You're all for it.

Maybe you can come on by and you and I can discuss.

Maybe something better.

That's what's up.

Okay.

Will you even tell me you're back?

Of course.

What do you think?

I loved it. You guys are great.

Come here. Come here. I've got something I want to talk to you about.

All right.

Now, I've been thinking.

I've got a big haul coming up, and I could use some help.

In the bee yard?

In the bee yard.

Is that something you'd actually need help with?

Well, it is actually something I could help with, yeah.

You think you'd be able to do it?

I know you'd be able to do it.

Would you be able to tell me if it wasn't cut?

Well, I wouldn't have to.

I'd just replace you.

You want to try it?

I don't know.

Maybe.

You don't have to make up your mind as yet. Let's go get some food in our

bellies before you leave.

Follow me.

When's the last time you've been to a potluck?

I don't know if I ever have.

Dear sweet Jesus, let me just tell you something. For as long as I can

remember, I've always wanted to walk. I'm going to do a potluck.

Food displayed out on the table is a higher point in my lifetime than I

traditionally have been.

Because there's truth and there's lies in every potluck. You see, there's a

story in every day.

And I'm here to tell you which is the truth and which is a lie.

Starting with Miss Aberdeen Black Eyed Peas.

Now, every door Ms. Aberdeen would walk through, in or out of, she'd make this

sort of throat-clearing, chest-clearing cough kind of sound.

Well, actually, that's Ms. Aberdeen. Why do you make that sound when you walk

through the door? She said, oh, I'm just casting out the demons on the entrance

and the exit.

I think that's true.

Next up, we've got the Treggers Masturbators. Now, you see, the

Treggers, they've got their kids.

Anyway, I'll see him around down, down, down, down, and he freaks me out.

I'll turn the corner, and there that little SOB is.

It's Kyle, with a full-grown man's face and upper body.

It's like one of those lollipop-gilled munchkins.

Thinks it's over a firmkin.

Exactly.

And, uh, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's tough on me.

When I see him, I, I truly do not know whether to talk to him like a child,

that he technically is, or some 50-year-old alcoholic.

So are you basically just his lover?

Damn right I am.

Those master stains are alive.

Because of that kid.

Stay away from him.

Here's some good news.

Miss Juanita's green bean casserole.

Now, Miss Juanita's mom lost her eyesight, so she couldn't tell Duke to

get an open door and a glass door so she didn't get walking in there.

So, Juanita moved down here to take care of her. So, there's some meat.

Absolutely, there's some meat.

Skip all this meat and go straight to the brisket. This brisket is made from a

recipe from a coal.

Little church out in the middle of nowhere. Turned your old butter and

kiss? No, it's not.

Make it beautiful?

I am not making nothing of it. I'm serious.

Lady Jill Koch joined this church out in the country with a bunch of women

wearing the denim and the unibrow.

I mean, those eyebrows just make you want to go back to that church and pair

of clippers and set those poor girls free.

From their eyebrows?

Amongst other things.

Because soon after, my friend found out that the head guy was married to my 19

-year-old.

That's when she stole his recipe and defected himself.

That's true.

And finally, we arrive at the gravy.

The gravy is basically its own element on the periodic table. Why? Because we

ladled it over everything we got on our plate.

And everybody here agrees on gravy, because we don't think a meal's worth

eating until our heart stops pumping while we're eating.

That's how it's included.

Thank you, my friend.

I'm going to do it anyway.

Absolutely.

Perfectly clear.

I don't understand the word.

How do you know this man?

He stayed with them when they were kids.

Oh, do you want to be foster dad?

Yes, ma'am. Back with me and Glenda. Her and her brother stayed a couple years.

Oh, is that right?

I didn't know I'm glad back then. I moved here to help my mother when she

lost her eyesight.

This place, this community, be coming and going.

Coming into the fields, bringing meals from near and far.

Talking to each other.

Well,

every hive is made of three kinds of bees.

You want me to break it down for you?

Sure. Okay.

Let's start with drones.

Now, the drones are the biggest, all right? There's not too many of them, but

without them, there wouldn't be a hive at all.

And you got the worker bees now. These worker bees do everything.

From cleaning to nursing, to building a hive, to taking care of the dead.

Also the foragers, meaning they fly off and read when they climb down the world

back to the hive.

That's the ones you see here, worker bees, garden, detecting the hive with

intruders, which will come.

Yeah, they know they have some lovely battles ahead of them.

But I reckon they're honored to fight those battles because they do it for

their community.

Look at that.

I think you're one of them.

and colonies built up like a house?

Mm-hmm.

Lord, half my life is a waste.

Takes patience.

Patience is better than being smart.

Trust me, I've met plenty of smart guys who've been waiting around long enough

for something to go.

Yeah, I know. I've got to be patient this morning.

Come on in.

Do you remember this place?

Yeah.

Hey! Hey, Johnny!

Hey, Kateri, come meet Tater Tots.

Name is Tater Tots because I love Tater Tots.

Tater Tots.

Hey, not just Kateri. She's going to make you feel bad and happy. She's going

to love you and feed you too much.

Hey, what kind of music do you listen to?

Probably not the same kind as you.

Oh, I bet I like the same kind as you. Mine's got more banjo in it. Hey, you

know what this is?

A ukulele?

No, not a ukulele. It's a mandolin.

instrument that projects music to transcend time and space.

Bruno! Rio!

Come here, Terry! Stop!

I got a couple Brazilians living out in back. If you're a samba player, it's

probably them.

So, are you going to tell me what kind of music you're listening to? Why did

you say you have a couple of Brazilians living out back?

What was I supposed to call them?

People.

Well, I got a couple of reasons why I pointed out their ethnicity. I mean, A,

one of them doesn't speak a lick of English.

B,

God, that's when I remember reason number two.

Welcome.

I'm Bruna. And this is Murilo.

What's your name?

Terry. That's the perfect name.

Have you been told it? No.

That's the perfect name.

Did you love the beat?

Yes, they were beautiful.

And do you know this song?

He plays this song always. He's upset.

Do you know it? I don't think so.

you

are

a singer everybody's a singer all right he's

gonna drop some of that armor you got on you this is a safe place i promise you i

miss this music

He's in our group. You actually met him one night. We were playing all that

shit. That place is all them people.

Why are you inviting him over here?

No, we need to sit. I'll just listen.

No, you can't just listen. I just taught you the part. That's not an option.

I'm going to have a panic attack.

Do you always do this to people when they visit your house? Do what?

Or some of the uncomfortable situations.

Well, I guess, yes, if you think things are uncomfortable, which it's not. It is

for a lot of people.

This is not a concert.

Jesus.

No more than this? Oh, there they are.

Hey, thanks for inviting us over.

Hey.

Everybody say hi to Terry.

Terry, what are you playing? Nothing. It's my deepest nightmare.

Well, you'll see.

Hey, do that intro, will you, since you got to fiddle? Indeed.

Indeed.

Hey, and you don't even act like you don't remember your part.

I don't. I don't remember my part.

You ready? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Dig deep. Yeah.

one two three four

Means the world

don't have people calling me that in public. Your name is? I'm Mrs. McCurdy.

I'm the head teacher.

You take it for this woman?

Yes. It's in a closet between the two bathrooms on this main hallway with two

of these doors. Do you have any idea why the deans are acting like this? Why

they're so damn pissed? Because Mr.

Wilburn, our maintenance man, he tried to spray them with pesticide and we

found he was just doing the whole thing. Oh, that'll do it. We need to get to a

radio so you can communicate with us. Radio?

Yeah, okay. We'll walk you home.

We'll walk Stunky.

Why are these kids over here in the bleachers?

Well, those are the allergic kids and the stung kids over there.

Stunk kids. Yes, at least they can.

We've got them on Ben's role because they're all falling asleep because of

the microwave.

All right, how about smoke?

Is that for the bees?

Yes, we were told that bees behave better when they're smoked.

Well, they do, but it helps if you smoke the high instead of the air we're all

breathing.

Hang it in the well.

Serena, how do you use it?

Push the top.

Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, shit.

Cursing teaches cursing. Back the kids up, man.

Come here, come here. You got it, you got it, you got it.

This whole scenario is way more melodramatic than it needs to be.

Bees and children and teachers in hot weather should never be in the same

place.

Hey, Jerry, I can't see your face, man.

Yeah,

I agree with the gal on the other end of the radio. That was a bad idea.

Take over, will you?

Professor, King's assistant is asking if this thing was on the jugular. Yes, this

thing is in his jugular.

Ah, come on.

Listen, if he's allergic and he was stung in the jugular, you better get him

an epipen or an ambulance quick, here. We don't have any more epipens, but

we're calling the clinic now for an ambulance.

God, I hope they're in the same clinic. Don't want to go to surgery.

We're going to see a cutout.

Sammy,

don't even start with me. You already misrepresented our brand once. There's

that walking dog.

Hang on.

When will we know about the ambulance from Mr. Cosgrove? They said the

ambulance is bitten, but they reached out to Medicine Park Regional, and

they're sending a Metaflight helicopter.

Did they just say they were coming in a helicopter?

The kids are coming out of the building and the kids are closing the bus

windows. We need to move the bus so they can get some air.

The kids need to stay on the bus as they're boarded. Okay, can anyone drive

a bus?

Nobody on campus, only Mr. Costner has a bus license.

My man Jimmy lives in an RV.

He can drive your bus for you.

The kids must...

Did you tell the guy on the bus about the potholes?

What are we doing?

Oh, good night.

Oh, shit.

I forgot, didn't I? This is something I was supposed to invite you to, and I

drove you straight here, didn't I?

Yeah, don't see you tonight. Here at Riffy's.

Hey, Riff.

Riffy and Terry.

Terry and Riffy. Terry, put them in, too.

Hey, Zai. Hey. You have guests?

Oh, yes, we do.

Folks, I want to first introduce y'all to a new buddy of mine.

Recently modified for Aerodynamics, this young man has come out to grace our

presence tonight along with his pre-war gifts and good night to put on a show.

The one, the only, Colmar.

And I don't know how many of y'all remember, but Terry and her brother

stayed with me and Glenda for a couple years.

Back when I believe you were about eight, nine years old.

And I remember one evening, we were coming from pulling honey, and he was

all excited about running a fresh jar down to our neighbor, this older lady,

Mrs. Twyman.

Anyway, she went inside, she grabbed the jar, and she went running out of the

house, and she tripped on the steps going outside.

She face-planted, broke the jar open, spilled the honey everywhere, and you

remember this?

Popped right back up.

Buddy named and crying, marched back in the house, got a fresh jar of honey, ran

out the house, this time at double speed, at the first time, down the same

steps, without drifting to that jar.

You know what we did?

We came back, and we sat

on those same steps, and we watched bees come in for miles around.

So they picked up every single bit of that honey.

I don't know the moral of that story, but I do know that there are a whole

bunch of things that are glad she's getting her knee.

And that, folks, is my way of introducing Gutierrez, not before she

does her solo.

Hey, hey, hey.

I'm here.

I'm here, okay?

I'm gonna get you up.

Please? You gotta help me because I can't do this, okay? I need you to get

up. I need you to get up, please.

Please, please, please.

I need you to get up.

There was no lethal physical trauma on the examination, which means that he was

unharmed on the outside.

They ran a toxicology screening on him, and all the results came back negative,

and they did a full-body x-ray, and they did note that there was some

calcification on his arteries and on his heart, and they said that there was a

98% occlusion in his left anterior descending artery, and

that...

In and of itself, it's lethal.

With foul play being ruled out, there won't be any further investigation into

his death, Kateri.

Officer Conlon, here will be your contact for the theft investigation.

Kateri, we just want to let you know that we are out looking for anyone

involved in a theft, okay?

I can imagine you don't want to talk to us right now.

But we would love to get as much information from you as we can when you

feel like it.

i know mary's on this car and that's my mobile so please reach out okay

and buy it with a good man and we'll do right by it

that for about two years.

They planned to die.

And they took us away from MZ and put us in a family with two parents.

And then my mom got custody of us again.

Then where'd you go?

Everywhere.

You go town and town.

And you were the head of work for her.

What'd she do?

She worked on farms.

And then she got caught up with some police.

And she didn't do what they wanted her to do, so she got sentenced.

And then she hung herself in her cell.

And Joel and I went a few more home until we were old enough to be

on our own.

And now I'm here.

So what all do we need to do?

Well, there's a lot to navigate.

But anxiety, I think the will for that's good.

You have to use a honey plant.

But the business didn't make enough the past few years to be profitable.

Now, there were a few guys that came around and tried to buy it off of them,

but they liked doing it too much.

And he was also giving away almost as much honey as he sold. So he has some

debt that probably would have been covered by this kid's crop. What does

that mean for me? What do I need to do?

It means you've got to take on the debt that the business accrued. How much?

$30,000.

Now, we can liquidate the business assets and probably cover the debt that

way.

Or... Try to see if one of these guys is still interested in buying the business

without the bees.

No.

There's also pain.

What about him? What happened?

He got a DUI.

He got drunk after he heard M. Zion died.

Then he got pulled over, and he's carrying two. So it could be six to 12

months, which means you're without qualified help.

Plus, you don't have a crop.

You're without bees, and you've got to take on the debt that the business of

food... Stop.

Is it here and keep the plant running?

Yeah.

Even without him dying?

Yes.

Why?

Because he left it to me.

All right.

I'll get the paperwork going.

I'm going to find out who stole them.

There's ways to know.

Someone watched him and learned where he kept everything. He deliberately set out

to take it all.

They followed him.

They stopped him.

They pulled into the pastures at night.

and loaded up everything he'd built and took it all away.

I'm gonna find them.

And I'm gonna take it all back.

I hope you do.

The honey, Tammy, we don't have any money. That's how we'll get money. Looks

like a bee.

Looks like a bee?

Yes, it looks like a bee.

How? Where?

Not here.

Not close by.

Not close by?

Well, they probably moved the earth on the moon.

You moved them?

Yep, looking at these two of them all the way.

Looking at them all the way?

Yeah, looking at the people above me, these two of them all the way.

Looking for a beekeeping operation somewhere around here? You know anybody

around here that makes honey?

I'm looking for a beekeeping operation somewhere around here. Yes, I'm calling

to see if you took delivery of any hives between May 10th and May 18th. I'm

calling to see if you bought any hives any time in May. Sir, do you think you

did? Yes,

I'm calling to see if you took delivery of any hives between May 10th and May

18th. I know you called earlier.

Do not want you to take me off your call list and do not call me back.

They hang up on me, I go search for hives. They sound suspicious, I go

search for hives. They get defensive, I go search for hives.

Do you know if you bought any hives after May 10th? No, I don't, but I

wanted to know what you were asking for and who you were.

Don't tell them who I am. Don't tell them who I am? No, think of something.

Think of something.

My name is Chelsea Holden. I'm the Assistant Director of the State Ag and

Cultural Board. I'm calling to see if you bought any hives any time in May.

Hello? Sorry, is this Chelsea of the State Ag and Cultural Board? I'm calling

to see if you've got any bees around May 10th. Yes, Doctor. Let's speak alone.

Have someone look for a queen.

All the queens are painted green by the sky, except the supers.

The supers would have a cane, wood burned into them.

Can you move on, please?

You said there's something in the supers?

Yes, the supers would have a cane, wood burned into them.

Okay, I can't deal with this right now. If we can, we'll call you back, okay?

No, this thing, it's a lot bigger than just your cow or the colony.

Have you talked to the running operation?

I don't keep hunting anymore.

You got the wrong damn number.

That's Buddy.

They have a pickup stall in Fuller Bay.

Now, you can steal what you want around here, but you can't steal a man.

Running out of honey.

And honey, I've been driving all 500 miles a day.

You're never going to find us. Don't leave.

Honey, I'm sorry.

Look, no one wants to tell you this, but...

You guys are probably just going to need to close up, Sean.

Hello? I thought you were calling around about Stonehenge.

Sorry?

I think you guys might have had Marilyn Marshall and Honey come through your

plant in a while.

We got a call from an investigator who learned we were looking for our stolen

barrels.

We think it's two guys looking together.

One who steals everything with a crew of foreigners that don't know what he's

dealing with.

The morning off loads it all, too.

How'd you figure it out?

So there were skids to your tracks and then bitty hearts.

And then we can de-hide the colonies and draw some honey to pick her up right

here.

Victory Orchards. Is this Chelsea?

Yes, this is Chelsea.

So we talked a while back and we were finally able to open a few hives and we

did find a few supers with the caves burned in.

And we were able to fish out a few queens and they were green.

So that's proof enough for me.

And I'm looking back and we bought six hives from a gentleman named Pete.

So I tried to call him but it looks like he gave us a fake name and number.

I also took a look at some security footage and found a license plate, too.

Would you like that?

More than anything.

I have a license

plate at the back.

Stolen hide.

It's bad track.

Boy, you need to go inside, eh? How do you?

See ya.

I like it.

I'd avoid the oysters, though. I knew a guy that lost all the feeling in his

limbs after eating the oysters.

And then he died.

You know anything else about this guy?

No. What do you want to know?

I want his phone records from the summer, specifically May. Any numbers he

has, home, cell, and any of his address and anything else he can get me.

How much for all of that?

$200. Have you ever been caught?

I got out.

What do you need time for?

Fraud.

Do you have this guy's disconnected number?

Yes.

Anything else?

Not today.

We gave him a disconnected number. Have you heard of a winged stone?

These are all the people he called on the night of the theft.

Over the next few days, do you recognize anyone else?

Do you think he's tired at all?

He's done if you're ready.

I found the beast.

Where? Out by Santa Mira Mill.

Are you all gone?

I think so.

I tracked the guy out there, but there's a ton of land.

Did you find him later?

I tried.

I went back out there, but I can't get to him.

Is it rigorous?

I'm telling you the roads and river are cutting them off, but I'm lucky that I

saw them the first time.

I know.

I don't know.

And if I found them, I'd need help moving them.

And I need someone who's worked at space before.

Could it be someone who knew I'm Zaya?

Because I can't paint anyone.

And it would be even better if it was someone who wasn't afraid of breaking

the law.

I'm on the roll right now. with an accident, so before you tell me

anything, will we be going outside the school boarder counter for more than a

week?

If so, I gotta decide if this works or not. No, we'd be out by Centermere Mill.

We'd be stealing back the line.

And these?

These are the guys that stole my dad's car, right?

Yeah.

I should get these leads back. You go get a crew and burn this fucking house

and sell them.

Probably be smarter to go steal a lot.

Why's that?

How do you mean?

Well, let's start where they are.

I don't know where.

Do you have any empty barrels with no honey in them? I only have empty barrels

with no honey in them. Dang it, dog. I'm stuck.

Sorry, I'm a lot of times flipping back when things aren't so shitty.

I'm going to say this is our best way in without getting caught.

There's a lot of forest to cover.

Yeah, but this field has good forage. Makes me think that these are between

here and back at Santa Mira Mills property. And that's where any good deep

people would put them.

Are we going to work these two this way?

That's the only way I would do this.

You just have to pack light and use what we have at that column to get those bees

out of there.

What do you mean?

I'm working on that.

But can you load them up at the plant?

Why?

Do you want plausible deniability or not?

How many?

Hey, thank you. Ten or twelve.

When? Tonight.

And make sure the lid's intact with no leaves. Main thing is we just gotta

start looking for the hives early.

Bye. Like sunrise.

So if we do find them, we'll be able to move them by sundown.

We're just going to take all day.

Before you're even able to pull it off at all.

And is it there in camouflage boxes?

Yeah, he transferred them to hide them.

We're going to need a trailer to get us all out of here.

No.

So you get a trailer loaded up to park it on this bridge. You got to do that

before the sun comes up.

I'll meet you at 5.15 a.m. in the morning.

And then from here, we'll take my ride up to the off-basket field and start our

hike to the river.

Hey,

put this on.

In case anyone finds us, it'll look like we're hunting.

No, they don't. It's in the bag.

Oh,

so careful with that backpack. There's Velcro on it.

So we know there's no one around. Don't go over it.

I was in a strip club once, and the music suddenly stopped.

Everybody heard me open my vocal.

That's it. They're there. Look. They're the trees.

Oh, shit.

Nice spot.

Well, it's a bit of a knock at the moment if I hadn't filled our bags with

other shit.

Looks like we're going to have to get wet.

You can swim, right?

Native, what can you say?

I'm a little racist about the way I answer that.

What does that mean?

Well, my knowledge of nativeness is unfortunately mostly that Pocahontas

money.

Well, there's your answer.

Yeah, but she's in a canoe in that.

You haven't been around anybody in his eyes, B.

That's not particularly true.

Oh, shit.

You still haven't been stung?

I'm telling you, they don't sting me.

Is that like a native thing?

Can you say that?

What's that mysterious shit supposed to mean?

Huh?

This is the time to be happy.

one of my searches.

They said I was predictable.

I'm anything but predictable, am I right?

I'm not.

You said you're predictable.

No, I'm not.

Just the enemies I make up in my head.

Do you have a boyfriend or something?

Mm-hmm.

All the way up to basic.

Which branch?

Marines.

And then I did that for two years.

And then I got a dishonorable discharge.

For what?

Drugs.

Those doors will fuck you up.

I never even been on a plane.

When you're in someone's country.

Killing people.

What did you do after that?

Well, I got busted after as a civilian.

I did 18 months.

And then when I came back home, that guy took me in.

He let me live with him for a year.

And he gave me work when no one else would.

He never cared about anyone.

A lot of guys were working for him at the time.

You got me with my guard down.

Not usually this sports, right?

But hey, I guess someone's gotta know this stuff in case I die on the way out

of this place.

Also, this is a fuckload of height.

I wasn't expecting this much when I was doing my amateur calculations.

You're gonna need to be very aware that some of these might not make it all the

way down the river.

And the sun's gonna go down soon.

Between 20 to 50 bees on these rats.

Keep these off the riverbank in the middle of the water.

Otherwise they're going to bottom out.

It's a proud day for Blue Armadillo's girlfriend.

Did you know whose bees those were?

I didn't know and I didn't care because they were abandoned and they needed

bees.

How did you hear about them?

Some migrant workers at Cool Cabbage nearby, they said they were abandoned.

The reason they were abandoned is because the owner died.

It was an accident in his extraction plant.

He was keeping his hives on his family's land and so they inherited everything

after he passed.

The family installed cameras on their land for poachers.

So... It doesn't look good. They're not happy about the death or the

trespassing. The family doesn't want to press any charges. They just want to

properly sell the bees and honey through auction.

What'll happen to the bees?

They'll stay here a few days and we'll keep an officer around.

And then we'll hold an auction for them as well as the honey.

And buy them all back at that point if you still like to.

If I agree to that, will Verma get released too?

He's not getting arrested for the honey. He's getting arrested for breaking

parole. He needed to check back in the last 12 hours, and I understand he was a

no-show.

Then I'll do an auction.

I'll drop an agreement of assolution, and I want both parties to sign tonight.

I did some talking to Rennick.

He said you brought those all the way downriver.

He did.

Just the two of you?

Hell of a thing.

Oh, you're going to get real sick of hearing my voice today.

Some of us pulled you some money

together. This should get you up to around $10,000.

Look at this. Is anybody clear on that?

Don't worry about that.

Hey, for the lot of 388 gallons of honey, we are going to start at $5,000.

Now you go in there and take it all back.

55, can I get a 6, 6, 6, I need a 6, I've got a 6, can I get a 6, 5, 6, 5,

thank you sir, 65, now 7, 7, 7, 7, now I need a 7, 5, 7, 5, 75, I need 8, 8, 8,

can I get an 8, I have an 8, can I get an 8, 5, 8, 5, 8, 5, now 9, 9, 9, can I

get a 9, 9, and 9, 5, 9, 5, can I get a 9, 5, 9, 5, now 10, 10, 10, what do you

give 10, 10, now 10, 5, 10, 5, 10, 5, 10, 5, I've got it, can I get 11, 11,

11, what do you give 11,

11 going what?

11 going twice.

Goal to Don McCoy. All right, moving on to the beads now. We have 37 highs.

That's 3-7 with 222 supers in total, and we are going to start the bidding at

Deja Vu 5000.

So can you get a 5, 5, 5, 5, now 55, 55, 55, 55, and you get a 6, 6, 6, and you

get a 6. I've got 6. I'm going to get a 65, 65, 65, now 7, 7, going to get a 7,

7, now 75, 75,

75, going to get an 8, 8, 8, I need an 8, I have an 8, going to get an 8, 5, 8,

5, 8, 5, now 9, 9, 9, going to get a 9, holding an 8, 5, I need a 9, 9, now I

need a 9, 5, 9, 5, now 10, 10, I've got 10, going to get a 10, 5, 10, 5, 10, 5,

now 11, 11, going to get 11, 11, 11, what do you give 11, what do you give

11, 11, go to 1.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McCoy.

You're in a different level than this guy. You know that, right? What does

that mean?

It means he's like a big local ag horse cock.

In what?

Business. What business?

He's got a farm chemicals company.

Slaughterhouse. Rain fleet.

Livestock. Caster processing plant. Whatever that is.

It's a crop. It's a little seed. It'll kill you if you don't process it right.

What's going on in that? I don't know. He's a laborer on a farm. I don't think

he's going to name you Otis.

We can get on this.

Oh, shit.

Medical bills. Phone shit. Bank shit.

There's an article some newspaper girl's working on about all the people he's

fucked over.

It's good shit.

I told you to tell me about Don McCoy. Yeah.

He's a dog.

He has a corn business that drops his prices so low that it puts several of us

out of business.

He knew what he was doing, too.

Do you know about cutting?

Well, everyone around here who has a phone or one sees a dog cutting, they

believe off of everything.

Interestingly enough, the only one who sprayed for it was Don McCoy. It was

awful lucky that she was the one who sprayed for that.

25 heifers.

A heifer is a cow that hasn't had a calf yet.

So it turns out that they were pregnant with a high birth weight bull.

So a heifer's body is not built to have calves that are out of a high birth

weight bull.

When the heifers started calving, the calves were way too big.

You had to pull them with a cane.

Cut them out of the heifers.

It turns out the guy I bought them from was just a millman that was hired by a

guy named Dog.

And that won't take him down? No.

Put the case so long that they all went broke. And with one, the judge threw out

their case.

Why is this guy still with me? Who?

Thunderland. He's old.

He's been trying to take him down for years. Why isn't he doing anything?

He tried.

He set up a whole anonymous local interview thing with people in the area.

Why?

Because everyone got scared.

And they didn't have enough to start a full investigation.

And Dobb knows how not to be close to a crime.

And anyway, it doesn't matter, because any judge that would pass it up to the

next level is an investor in one of them afforded.

Or an in-law, or an old friend from high school.

Get it?

And by the way, Dobb knows he's just one rate away from going to jail, which

makes him even more careful and more protective.

Now, if you really want to ruin someone's life like him, you really want

to make him suffer.

And take away everything.

You get him thrown in jail.

He'll never get caught in a crime. He's too smart for that. And he's got too

many people working for him to cover his tracks.

No one can afford to beat him in court. No one can get a ruling in their favor.

No one can pass the case up out of county.

And no one from state can come in and dig through his shit and prove anything.

The only way to get him to jail is to get him next to the crime. And that

triggers an investigation where he can be stopped at.

And he's busted.

And trust me, he knows that.

You know where to do something?

Thunderwood. Oh, yeah. Uh, yeah. I need something close enough to the dog to

come in and start digging into his life.

Any investigation could take a person down for hiding enough shit.

The dog already planned for that because he didn't know if it could happen. But

McCoy will probably just flee. How?

Because he's got access to a little private plant. And like a mining

airstrip, I wanted to steal it. He just flies in and out.

He's got bank accounts in other countries.

Sounds like someone's been staying there.

keep bees.

You got supers on your bet.

I used to.

Sounds like somebody had a colony collapse.

Three. Almost overnight.

That's a tough break. I'm sorry.

Thank you.

I have some guys run bees in my business.

We have so many colonies now, can't even keep count of them. I mean, all over the

state now, pretty much.

It's a lot bigger than I ever thought it'd be.

What's your honey?

White clover.

White clover?

Yeah.

Oh, that's a pretty rare crop.

Well, I don't make a lot of it yet.

There's a guy who had white clover honey out by Ashley and Bob Cheeto.

Is that right?

Eh, nothing special.

That white clover grows really fast, and that nectar has a real specific quality

to it.

I could.

I'd make all my crops white clover honey.

You got a good thing there.

What kind of dog is he?

Ah, he's just a mutt.

He no good.

He stopped being worth the price of dog food a long time ago.

He'd cry all day if I don't load him up and take him with me.

What's his name?

Churchill.

You know, like the prime minister. I'm kind of a big history buff.

How long you had him?

About 12 years now.

He's the best dog I ever had.

Aren't you, baby?

Well, all right then.

You take care, little one.

Me too.

Okay.

Thank you.

What's wrong with his wife?

She's sick.

I don't remember with what.

Someone's not rinky-dink. That's all I know.

She's had it for a while, though.

You didn't even know what I was.

It's like you've never seen me before.

Well, in my world, people not seeing you, it's a gift.

Feeling not all bad or all good.

You know, they're not just one thing.

It all depends.

You know, whether they're hot, hungry, young, old.

Each one of them got a different side.

We're so pleased to be here with you. Thank you for inviting us. This is

Johnny. Come outside.

We'll be right back. Don't you know it's not polite to hide?

Oh Johnny, won't you come outside with me?

Thank you.

What is this?

Somebody made up a meal for Janie. Is this from you?

No, I found it on the counter.

Must be one of her sweet angels looking out for her.

Thank goodness.

Aren't you all just a group of angels? No, I'm not, but I'll take credit.

She just appreciates your prayers and your cards so much.

Well, you think about her all the time.

Tell her that for me, please.

She's just going to be so thrilled that somebody taught her tonight.

Take care.

Some people say I'm a joke.

What? I'm McCoy's wife.

But I just think that's the wrong way back.

Doing what I think I should. Oh yeah.

Doing what I think I should. We got an investigation?

when i was a little baby

My buddy's right here.

you

Hey, babe.

I've been good.

Back up and running again?

I will be.

Need a few people I can trust, but then I won't be.

Well, you'll find your people, I have no doubt.

People think alike that look out for you.

I've been blessed.

You started to be, aren't you?

I will.

I'm ready to be back out in those fields.

I miss it.

Well, we're over on the evidence roundup on the McCoy case.

What's that?

No, the McCoy business.

I tried to stay away from the homicide.

People out here like to kill each other too much for me to even want to deal

with that.

Do you know how she died?

Yeah.

Rising poison and castor beans.

McCoy had a whole castor processing business.

If he did it at all.

But if it wasn't him, whoever did it, did it with McCoy's cross.

500 people attended that event that night.

In my opinion, we'll never know who did what.

Did you ever have any open up with? Of course.

It was hard not to. He was a big operator.

I know he wanted to buy Amzaya's operation, but that was before I was

ever around.

Well, we've been looking through his stocks and his crops, and something that

looked like it was Amzaya's. I believe that.

Anyone who stole from us could have sold it to anyone.

You think the people that stole from Amzaya's got out there?

I'd imagine so.

Does that matter to you?

Not really.

And if they end up coming for you?

I don't have any fantasies or I don't have competitors and rivals.

And you can be prepared for when they show up or you can act like they're not

even out there.

But that doesn't mean they don't exist.

And that doesn't mean they're not coming for you.

So what's your next move?

To get some hives.

Get some workers.

And take back over.

I know the bees.

I know the weather. I know the crops.

I know the point where anyone else would give up and I won't.

And I could do this for the rest of my life and survive long past my last

rival.

I hope you do.

Well, I just wanted you to know that we're around.

We got our hands full.

There's a lot to come through that on the court property.

Most of it can't even be counted.

We might not even be able to locate all of it.

Who will be yours?

I haven't been pulled this season, according to the records.

It's the same.

That's a crying shame.

some asking around and i understand your compadre's parole is coming up

I just made it seem kind to me.

Let's start with the drones.

Now, the drones are the biggest, all right?

There's not too many of them, but without them, there wouldn't be a hive

at all.

Then you have the worker bees.

Now, the worker bees do everything, from cleaning to nursing to building a hive

to taking care of the dead.

But also the foragers, meaning they fly off and bring what they find out and

roll back to the house.

That's the way to see here, worker bees, gardens, protecting the animals from

intruders.

But I reckon they're honored, the fact that it's been, because they do it for

their community.

Worker Bees Society, we will be there for you.

But when it's time for a new one.