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GOOD MORNING, MR. HADEN.

GOOD MORNING.

YOU HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, MOST CHARMING.

THANK YOU. HOWEVER THAT ISN'T WHY I BROUGHT YOU HERE, THAT IS.

THERE'S YOUR MAN, ROSATTI. LUCAS MCCAIN. I KEEP THAT THERE TO

REMIND ME EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY THAT A SLUG FROM HIS RIFLE

PUT ME IN THIS WHEELCHAIR FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. I'VE DIED A

THOUSAND DEATHS SINCE THAT SHOOTOUT WITH MCCAIN, BUT I'LL

SETTLE FOR ONE, FAST, FINISH FOR HIM.

YOU'LL HAVE IT.

HERE'S EVERYTHING I'VE DUG UP ON HIM, GOING BACK TO WHEN HE

LIVED IN ENID, OKLAHOMA. NOW IF YOU WANT MORE...

IF I DO, MR. HADEN, I CAN MANAGE IT MYSELF.

REMEMBER, REMEMBER THIS, BEFORE HE DIES, HE'S GOT TO KNOW

I ARRANGED IT. I WENT TO A LOT OF TROUBLE TO BRING YOU HERE

FROM NEW ORLEANS. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE FOR NOTHING.

I NEVER FAIL, MR. HADEN.

I TAKE PRIDE AND PLEASURE IN MY WORK.

MCCAIN'S FAST WITH THAT RIFLE.

THE MORE PRIDE FOR ME.

AND HE'S SHREWD.

THE MORE PLEASURE FOR ME.

YOU'LL GET ONLY ONE CHANCE.

DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE.

THERE'LL BE NO MISTAKE.

HOW CAN I BE SURE?

I HAVE WAYS. I AM DIFFERENT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE DIFFERENT?

IS THAT THE WAY YOU'LL DO IT?

IT WILL DEPEND UPON MY MOOD.

IT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL, ON THE SOUTH 40.

WELL, HOW MANY POSTS ARE DOWN?

OH, ABOUT 3 OR 4. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ROTTED OFF AT THE

BASE.

WELL, THERE'S ONLY 10 HEAD GRAZIN' OVER THERE. WE'LL ROUND

'EM UP AND PUT 'EM ON THE EAST PASTURE 'TIL WE CAN PUT UP SOME

NEW POSTS.

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, MISTER?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

THE DOOR WAS UNLOCKED. I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF ENTERING.

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE A NOTE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAD

CALLED, MR. MCCAIN.

YOU ARE LUCAS MCCAIN?

THAT'S RIGHT. WHO ARE YOU?

MY NAME IS MARIO ROSATTI. I'M SURE YOU NEVER HEARD OF ME, BUT

I'VE CERTAINLY HEARD OF YOU.

OH? HOW IS THAT?

IN YOUR HOMETOWN, ENID, OKLAHOMA.

I THINK...THIS WILL EXPLAIN.

JOHNNY MORGAN!

AND THE OTHER SIDE.

JOHNNY MORGAN SAID HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF YOURS.

THAT'S RIGHT, THE OLDEST AND THE BEST.

ON MY JOURNEY WEST, I STOPPED IN OKLAHOMA. I NEEDED SOME LEGAL

ADVICE AND JOHNNY MORGAN WAS MOST GRACIOUS AND HELPFUL.

HE'S A MAN WITH A GREAT HEART.

THAT'S JOHNNY, ALL RIGHT.

I'M PLEASED TO MEET YOU, MR. ROSATTI.

PLEASURE IS MINE.

YOU SIT DOWN, I'LL GET YOU A CUP OF COFFEE.

I'M ON MY WAY TO SAN FRANCISCO, AND JOHNNY SUGGESTED

THAT I STOP TO SAY HELLO TO YOU DURING MY TWO DAY LAYOVER IN

NORTH FORK. SO HERE I AM, AND HELLO FOR JOHNNY.

HELLO. THE NAME IS ROSATTI, YOU SAY?

YES, MARIO ROSATTI.

OH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT GREETING I GAVE YOU, BUT...

I UNDERSTAND. ONE CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL ABOUT STRANGERS.

WELL, ANY FRIEND OF JOHNNY'S IS NO STRANGER TO ME.

THANK YOU.

OH, MR. ROSATTI, THIS IS MY SON--

OH, YES, MARK!

WELL, SEEMS LIKE MR. ROSATTI KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US,

SON.

HOW DO YOU DO, MARK?

HI, MR. ROSATTI.

MR. ROSATTI'S STAYING IN NORTH FORK A FEW DAYS. HE'S A

VERY GOOD FRIEND OF-- A FRIEND OF JOHNNY MORGAN'S.

WELL, SEEMS LIKE MARK KNOWS LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU, TOO.

WELL, I SORT OF SIDLED UP TO THE DOOR.

WHERE'S YOUR BAGGAGE?

I LEFT IT WITH THE STATION MASTER. I CAME HERE DIRECTLY

FROM THE TRAIN, RENTED A HORSE AND RODE OUT.

WELL, MARK, DO YOU MIND SIDLIN' TO TOWN AND PICKING UP

MR. ROSATTI'S BAGGAGE? HE'LL BE STAYING WITH US.

OH, NO, NO, PLEASE.

PLEASE, YOU'LL BE OUR GUEST.

AND WE DON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.

SEE WHAT I MEAN? ALL RIGHT, SON, GET GOING. WE'LL SET UP A

COT FOR YOU HERE IN THE LIVING ROOM.

BUT PLEASE BELIEVE ME, MR. MCCAIN--

NOW, LOOK, YOU CALL ME LUCAS, I'LL CALL YOU MARIO, ALL RIGHT?

THANK YOU, LUCAS. BUT PLEASE BELIEVE ME, I WASN'T PLANNING ON

ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

WELL, WHO SAID YOU WERE? IT WAS STRICTLY MY IDEA. YOU FINISH

YOUR COFFEE, I'LL PUT YOUR HORSE AWAY. YOU'VE HAD A PRETTY LONG

RIDE.

LUCAS, HOW CAN I REPAY YOU FOR ALL THIS?

JUST MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.

MARIO? I...I WAS THINKING.

IT SURE IS HARD TO BELIEVE.

WHAT?

YOUR REASON FOR COMING HERE.

HARD TO BELIEVE?

YEAH, WHAT YOU WERE TELLING PA AND ME AT SUPPER. ABOUT THE

WAY THINGS ARE IN YOUR COUNTRY?

OH. SIT DOWN, MARK.

ALL THOSE PEOPLE WORKING THE LAND FROM THE TIME THEY'RE

YOUNG 'TIL THE TIME THEY DIE, AND... AND THEN JUST TO HAVE

SOMEONE COME IN AND TAKE IT ALL AWAY FROM THEM. TO ALWAYS LIVE

IN SUCH FEAR.

SOCIETY'S SOMETHING TO FEAR.

NEVER KNOWING WHEN OR WHERE IT'S GOING TO STRIKE.

YEAH, BUT...BUT THEY'RE JUST A BUNCH OF BANDITS.

MUCH MORE, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION. IT SPREADS FAR

AND WIDE LIKE THE TENTACLES OF AN OCTOPUS.

AND NO ONE TRIES TO STOP THEM?

FEAR PARALYZES MOST MEN, MARK.

BUT AT LEAST A FEW BRAVE ONES HAVE SPOKEN UP.

AND?

UNFORTUNATELY, FOR THE MOST PART, THEIR VOICES WERE STILLED

EITHER BY A BULLET THROUGH THE HEART, A STILETTO THROUGH THE

THROAT OR THE GARROTE.

GARROTE?

YES, IT'S WEAPON OF STRANGULATION PRIZED BY THE

SOCIETIES. TRAINED PROFESSIONAL ASSASSINS. THEY COME IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHERE THE VICTIM IS SLEEPING. AND WITH ONE

HARD PULL, HIS LIFE IS SNUFFED OUT.

WELL, ANYHOW, THAT'S ALL BEHIND YOU NOW.

THE WOUND HEALS, MARK, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE SCAR TO

REMIND ONE OF THE PAIN.

YOU'LL FORGET. IN THIS COUNTRY, A MAN KEEPS WHAT HE

WORKS FOR.

I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO THAT.

WELL, LIKE MY PA SAYS, "WITH HARD WORK, THERE'S NOTHING YOU

SET YOUR MIND TO THAT YOU CAN'T GET." WELL, AND THERE'S NOTHING

TO FEAR EITHER. OF COURSE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE NEVER RUN

INTO ANY TROUBLE, BUT THEN MY PA, WHY, HE STANDS UP AND

FIGHTS.

AND HE USUALLY WINS?

OH, HE ALWAYS WINS, AGAINST ALL COMERS.

GOOD EVENING.

LUCAS? I ENVY YOU.

HMM?

YOU HAVE A PASSIONATE CHAMPION.

OH, I WOULDN'T SAY HE'S EXACTLY A FAIR JUDGE.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THERE IS AROUND HERE OR

ANYWHERE WHO CAN GET THE BETTER OF YOU.

WELL, THERE MUST BE SOMEBODY.

I DON'T THINK SO. I AGREE WITH MARK. THAT'S EXACTLY THE

WAY I FELT ABOUT MY FATHER, SO IT MUST BE TRUE.

WELL, IT'S A BIG DAY TOMORROW, SON. LET'S TURN IN,

HUH? GOOD NIGHT, MARIO.

GOOD NIGHT, LUCAS.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT, MARK.

UH, IT GETS KIND OF CHILLY AT NIGHT, YOU...YOU MIGHT WANNA USE

THIS BLANKET.

THANK YOU, MARK.

MARIO? I...I SURE I'M GLAD YOU'RE STAYING HERE.

THANK YOU.

[GUNSHOTS] OH, MARIO, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU

COME UP.

I'M SORRY, LUCAS, BUT I GUESS I HAVE THE OLD COUNTRY HABIT OF

WALKING TOO QUIETLY.

OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, I WAS JUST CHECKING MY RIFLE. SAY,

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A RIDE WITH ME? I'LL SHOW YOU

SOME OF OUR COUNTRY.

NO, THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT YOU TO TROUBLE YOURSELF.

NO, IT'S NO TROUBLE. BESIDES, IT MUST BE PRETTY DULL FOR YOU

AROUND HERE.

DULL?

OH, I MEAN NOTHING VERY EXCITING TO DO.

ON THE CONTRARY, WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER COMMONPLACE,

I FIND QUITE EXCITING.

WELL, THEN, WE OUGHTA RIDE UP TO TWIN PEAKS, YOU'D REALLY

ENJOY IT UP THERE.

I JUST REMEMBERED, I CAN'T.

I PROMISED TO HELP MARK AS SOON AS HE CAME BACK FROM TOWN.

OH, HE'S BEEN WORKING ON YOU, HAS HE?

WELL...

HE'S BEEN WORKING ON ME, TOO.

WANTS YOU TO STAY A WHILE LONGER. YOU KNOW, MARIO, HE'S

TAKEN MORE THAN AN ORDINARY SHINE TO YOU. HE'S NEVER QUITE

MET ANYBODY LIKE YOU. WHY DON'T YOU STAY A FEW EXTRA DAYS?

NO, I'M SORRY. THERE ARE THINGS TO BE DONE. I MUST BE ON

THE TRAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.

NEVER DO THAT! NEVER STEAL UP BEHIND ME LIKE THAT.

BUT-- DO YOU HEAR ME, NEVER! YOU

COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHY DID YOU COME TO ME

ANYWAY?

I...I...I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

WRONG?

THE...THE WAY YOU WERE STANDING HERE AND LOOKING OVER

THERE, I...

I'M SORRY IF I FRIGHTENED YOU.

WAIT.

IT IS I WHO AM SORRY.

PLEASE FORGIVE ME, MARK.

SURE.

I WAS LOOKING INTO THE PAST.

RELIVING THAT DAY.

WHAT DAY?

THAT DAY.

FIRST THERE WAS THE MORNING, IN THE MARKETPLACE OF OUR VILLAGE.

MY FATHER SPOKE TO THE OTHER MEN WHO HAD GATHERED THERE.

HE SPOKE OPENLY AGAINST THE SOCIETIES. HE DARED TO SAY IN

PUBLIC THAT THEY HAVE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT WAS

RIGHTFULLY THEIRS.

I CAN STILL SEE THE DAZZLING FIRE IN HIS EYES AND THE

NEWBORN HOPE IT KINDLED IN THE FACES OF HIS LISTENERS.

HE...HE WAS A BRAVE MAN, YOUR PA.

HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL MAN.

THAT AFTERNOON MY FATHER AND I WERE OUT IN THE FIELDS. IT WAS

EARLY SPRING JUST AS IT IS NOW.

MY FATHER SANG AS WE WALKED.

THE SUN WAS PLEASANT ON OUR BACKS.

THEN A HORSEMAN RODE UP. NOT A WORD WAS SAID. THE HORSEMAN

FIRED HIS GUN.

MY FATHER FELL DEAD.

THE HORSEMAN TURNED AND RODE AWAY.

THERE WAS A HILL ON THE EDGE OF OUR FIELD. SO STRANGELY THE SAME

AS THAT. MY FATHER LOVED THAT PLACE THE MOST. WHEN WE

FINISHED INSPECTING THE FIELDS, WE WOULD SIT THERE AND HE WOULD

TELL ME STORIES. BEING WITH HIM, LISTENING TO HIM, I WAS

COMPLETELY HAPPY. MY FATHER WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL MAN.

I BURIED HIM THERE, THEN I SET OUT TO AVENGE HIM, FIND HIS

MURDERER.

MARIO?

YES?

DID YOU FIND THE MAN WHO KILLED YOUR PA?

I FOUND HIM.

DID YOU KILL HIM?

MANY TIMES.

MANY TIMES.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND, PA.

THE WAY MARIO GOT UP AND WENT OUT AFTER SUPPER WITHOUT EVEN

SAYING ANYTHING.

WELL, HE SAID HE WAS GOING FOR A WALK, THAT'S SOMETHING.

NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN.

HE...HE DIDN'T SAY WHY.

THERE'S NOTHING MYSTERIOUS ABOUT A MAN WANTING TO BE BY

HIMSELF FOR A BIT, SON.

YEAH, BUT THAT WAS A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO.

MARK, LET HIM BE. HE'LL COME BACK WHEN HE'S READY.

MANY TIMES.

HMM?

WHAT MARIO SAID ABOUT KILLING THE MAN WHO MURDERED HIS PA.

MAYBE YOU MISUNDERSTOOD HIM.

NO, I HEARD HIM CLEAR, PA.

"MANY TIMES," HE SAID.

WHAT COULD THAT MEAN?

WELL, IT COULD MEAN HE'S LIVED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

A THING LIKE THAT IS NOT EASY TO FORGET.

WELL, I'M GOING TO BED, PA.

I GUESS, I WILL, TOO.

WHAT IS THIS, MARIO?

TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE.

LEAVE? IT'S NOT EVEN NOON YET.

NEVERTHELESS, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO.

BUT YOUR TRAIN DOESN'T LEAVE TILL 8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT?

I'M NOT GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO, CHANGE IN PLANS.

OH, SUDDEN THOUGH, ISN'T IT?

THAT'S MY WAY.

WHAT ABOUT MARK, AREN'T YOU GONNA WAIT 'TIL HE COMES HOME

FOR LUNCH?

IT'S BEST THAT I NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. IT'S BEST FOR ME AS

WELL AS HIM.

WHAT'RE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WHAT'RE YOU DOING, MARIO?

WHAT I WAS PAID TO DO.

PAID TO DO?

WHAT I CAME HERE FOR, KILL YOU. I WAITED UNTIL NOW BECAUSE

I HAD AN UNEXPECTED PROBLEM, YOUR SON. BUT IN MY BUSINESS, I

CAN'T AFFORD PERSONAL FEELINGS.

A JOB IS A JOB, JUST AS IT IS NOW.

DON'T TRY FOR YOUR RIFLE, LUCAS.

YOU HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE.

Lucas: MARIO, WHY ME?

Mario: RALPH HADEN.

Lucas: HADEN?

MY CLIENT, AND HE WANTED THE SATISFACTION OF YOU KNOWING IT

BEFORE YOU DIED. THOSE ARE HIS FEELINGS IN THE MATTER, MINE ARE

PURELY BUSINESS. NOW...

PA?!

[THUD] WHAT'RE YOU THINKING ABOUT,

SON?

ALL ALONG MARIO HAD PLANNED TO KILL YOU.

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO CHANGE HIS PLANS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WELL, IN THAT ONE SPLIT MOMENT, HE FOUND HIMSELF AND HIS

FATHER IN YOU AND ME.

SPLIT MOMENT?

WHEN YOU TOSSED ME THAT RIFLE, MARK, HE COULD HAVE

EASILY FIRED. HE WAS AN EXPERT, A PROFESSIONAL. HE HAD ME, SON,

BUT HE DIDN'T SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER.

THEN HE WANTED TO DIE?

I THINK IN THAT ONE MOMENT, HE REALIZED HE NO LONGER HAD

ANYTHING TO LIVE FOR. HE FOUND A WAY OF GOING HOME, MARK.

FOR GOOD.

YOU KNOW, PA, IT MAY...MAY SOUND KIND OF STRANGE BUT...

BUT I THINK I KNOW HOW HE FELT.