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Come in, Postley.

Sit down.

Did I do anything wrong, Gordon?

Sit down.

I've got a wire here from Placerville.

They've arrested a man for robbery and murder.

Oh, what's that got to do with me, sir?

He also administered a man for robbery and murder.

Oh, I don't know what's going on.

I don't know what's going on.

Oh, what's that got to do with me, sir?

He also admitted to holding up the Virginia City Bank a year and a half ago.

It'll be a few days before the legal work is trained now,

but that means that the sentence against you will be reversed.

You'll be a free man.

I don't pretend to know how you feel, Postley.

I have it to spend a year and a half in a cell for something that you didn't do.

All that I can say is that we're sorry.

The law is sorry that we made a mistake.

But thank heavens, we found out that it was a mistake.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

I think I'll go back to my cell.

Postley?

Yes, sir.

Good luck.

Thank you, Warden.

Thank you.

It's all right.

That was a long day.

Well, that'll be you just wait a few years.

They get longer.

Come on, let's get some beef.

Well, that sounds great.

Hey, pretty good cowboy.

I haven't seen a man in a better cell.

Thanks.

Hey, Joe.

Hey, Joe.

Didn't expect to see you back so soon?

You ever been finished up in town?

Oh, I was just finishing up.

I thought you might want to see this.

It's a wire that was sent to Sheriff Coffee.

Oh, yeah?

John Postley.

Postley?

What about him?

He's been released from prison.

A man in Plaserville confessed to the robbery.

Oh, no.

You're in a half.

Some come out of the alley that night,

you had to tell the jury that.

It's not your fault they found him guilty.

It was not a question of whose fault it is.

Joe, it happened.

There weren't any other suspects.

You didn't bring in the verdict that jury did.

You imagine how he must have felt all that time in prison,

knowing he was innocent.

A pod could have been worse.

It could have been the rest of his life.

There are always a lucky man.

I imagine he's feeling pretty good right now.

Howdy Ben.

John, it's been a long time.

Come on.

We heard that the news might have been on the guard.

Don't know what to say.

What's down there is down there is nobody's fault.

Thanks, John.

For what?

It was making it easy for him.

I told you it wasn't nobody's fault.

Come on, come on. Let's have a drink.

No, I don't want to drink.

I'm sorry I didn't get by earlier.

I wanted to come by and tell you there was no hard feelings.

I got busy up at the diggens this past month and I didn't get a chance.

You were doing some mining?

Yeah, a little bit.

I thought the farming was your stuff.

It was, but I lost that little piece of land I had.

Well, look, there's plenty of good farming land right here in the Ponderosa.

No, no, no.

I reckon I'll stick to mining for a while.

Any luck?

Well, I've had some pretty good signs.

I thought I could buy a bowl of beans with you.

Well, look at you, you need a steak or anything like that.

You don't be able to have things, you're a man.

I can manage all right.

Keeping busy is the main thing.

You're sure now?

I'm sure.

Well, I just...

I can't be on my way.

When you come by and tell you there was no hard feelings.

Well, John, I'm happy you did.

And, you know, anything that you need, you just have to holler.

Well, you know there is one thing.

That prison fool's nothing to shout at, but my own cook in is even worse.

I could use an invite to supper some night.

Well, but tonight, now the cooks are away, but they say I'm a pretty very hand in the kitchen.

Dude, I got some supplies on the mule outside. I gotta get them up to the line.

Well, come on, I think, huh?

You got yourself a supper here.

Well, fine. We'll see you here tomorrow.

All right.

John?

Yeah.

Good to see you again.

It's good to see you, Ben.

Real good to see you.

And that was a conversation.

And I got to admit to something.

It took a load up my mind to see how well he'd come out of it.

See him here.

I hope he has a lot of luck with that mind of his.

If it's you or you, some.

You know, that minding can be pretty rough when you try to go to love.

Oh, yes, it can.

That man has so much pride, he just won't let anybody help.

You got to give him credit.

Yeah.

Tell you something else we got to give him.

That's a supper that he'll never forget.

Chicken and dumplings, the works.

Chicken and dumplings.

Dad, burn it, Paul, can't you? Can't you do it another day?

I mean, I got to leave in the morning.

It'll take me two or three days to make old land camps.

Well, no, that's exactly why I sent you on that little mission.

Make sure that John gets a chance of dumplings.

Of course, having Joel along will just make the time fly by.

You don't, that's okay.

That's all.

Good name, Mr. Curry.

Good name, Paul.

Chicken and dumplings.

I hate to make a pregnant myself.

I have anything that says this good in a long time.

Well, this is here for.

You sure weren't fooling him and you said you'd think it's work.

A bus for potatoes?

Well, you talk me a little.

I'll tell you, working in a mine sure gives a fella an appetite.

Why'd you ever decide to give a mining a try?

Well, a fella had to sell before me, died.

I've not some books on mine, and so I read them.

I better than staring at the wall.

And when you're in a sulfur long time, you used to working inside.

Besides it? I can hit it big, you know.

You said you had some encouraging oesamples.

Oh, I ain't sure, Ben.

I'm working in all the bands in mine looking for a new vein.

You really just kind of going on what I read in the books.

I sure hope I'm right.

Well, you know you could get an outside expert to take a look.

Yeah, no, I could, but you never know who you can trust in if it looked good.

You know, they'd be swarming all over me in an hour.

It's done, it's for sure.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Ben, you used to do some mining, didn't you?

Some.

Well, look here. Couldn't you give me a fair idea what I got myself into?

Well, I'm no expert, but I'd be able to take a look.

Whoa, when could you do it?

Anytime you say.

Well, look here. A couple hours, daylight left.

How about right now?

All right, fine.

You want to go to the West, Candy?

Sure.

I'll settle over, sir.

Well...

This could be my lucky day.

Ha ha ha.

Well, there she is.

Come on.

Come on.

Careful, these timbers, they've been here a long time.

That's right up ahead here.

You know, now that we're here, I'm almost afraid to have you look.

What?

Oh, well, Reagan, because it means so much to me.

Well, John, if we never look, we'll never know.

You're right, Ben.

You're absolutely right. Let's go.

There it is.

Oh, wait. You did all that yourself in one month?

Oh, that chef was already started. I just did the rest of it.

You really don't do that, don't you?

I don't do anything. You really want it, Ben.

Well, let's get down.

Take a look. Be careful on that rope ladder.

I'll get a ladder.

I don't know if John knows anything but money, but he does all the meaning of the word work.

Yeah.

I hope very second has been for nothing.

Yeah, you got that ladder in it.

Are you looking for this?

Hey, what are you doing, John?

What is it, some kind of joke?

No, I had no joke, Ben.

Mistake, I pulled a ladder up. I didn't mean to.

Made a mistake, but we all make mistakes, don't we?

Well, mistake or whatever, John. Come on.

Drop that ladder and bring the light down.

What for?

John, you did a lot of hard work.

But you went in and off, you hit it, Ben?

Yeah, I did do a lot of work, didn't I?

Oh, get down here. Bring that light down so we can see what you got.

I know what I got, Ben. I got you.

John, John, John.

John, John, are you there?

I'm here, Ben.

We came here as friends trying to help.

You and Candy come to help me, did you?

I can't let you do that, Ben. You've done enough for me already.

John, listen to me.

No! You listen to me.

When was the last time that you helped me out?

Sometimes I can't remember how long ago it was.

Time don't matter, does it?

John, we know how you feel.

No, you don't know how I feel.

If you will, you will.

Hey, John. John?

Look, we just dropped that ladder down and made us out of here.

We'll just forget this ever happened. We won't say you were to anyone.

Ben, would you promise me that if I let you out, you won't say anything to anybody?

Now you promise?

Yes, I promise.

How about you, Candy? Do you promise?

I promise, John.

That's funny.

Now, who are you going to tell if I don't let you out of there?

John, you just can't leave us here to die.

Oh, no, no, no. You're not going to die, Candy.

I don't know. I wouldn't let that happen.

There's food and water there.

Everything a man could want.

Everything you gave me.

John!

John! John!

John! John!

John!

John!

No.

No.

It's not the others tonight. I can't get a hole anywhere.

Swap.

Heh.

Heh.

Eh.

Eh.

Eh.

Eh.

Eh.

Eh.

I don't know how long this is gonna have to last us.

He said he'd give us food and water.

That's what he said.

And the state of mind is no telling you.

How about Joan Hoggs?

Would they get back?

We don't show up, they'll look for us.

He'll find us.

I can't eat.

But you find your way here without post-ly.

Now we're just gonna have to wait and hope that it comes to sense as it makes a mistake.

What do we do in the meantime, just sit here?

Yeah.

We sit.

And pray.

Heh.

And pray...

Heh.

Hi.

This is English.

Puffledm.

Oh, God.

Oh, God, this is not English.

Sh, I know.

Uh, anyway.

I hope they're both here.

I can't wait to get the look on their face when they see how quick we got those line shacks checked.

Yeah, my old man working quick, but I sure he'd do without breakfast.

Well, maybe you get lucky, maybe someone was checking the dump was left.

Sounds good.

Yeah, well, you put the horse away and I'll check on the check.

All right.

Hey, Pa.

Hey, Pa, we're home.

Pa.

Pa.

Hey, we're back early.

You hear that chicken lift?

Yeah, take a look at this.

Everything's still on the table from dinner last night.

You'd like Pa to leave a mess like that?

Sure ain't. Nobody in the house either.

Well, it couldn't be too far off, but the horse is out there in the barn.

I think I have a look around. You check with the boys in the bunkhouse.

This doesn't make any sense.

Under the hands saw them this morning, the horses are still in the barn.

Now the wagons are missing.

Maybe somebody drove them into Virginia City for something.

Oh.

Even if you're right, they would have been back by now.

So what about the dinner dishes? How do you explain that?

I can't.

Even Joe, Pa.

Sorry to come call him so late, but I want to see you Pa for a minute.

He's not here, John.

He didn't say anything to you last night about where he was going to be today, did he, John?

Well, that's why I come by. I come to apologize for not coming to dinner last night.

It works hard at the mine all day yesterday. I just plumbed for God and fell asleep.

What is it? Something wrong?

We don't know.

Nothing I can do.

No. No, thank you, John.

Well, I'll be on my way.

Look, you sure you tell him that I'm sorry about last night, huh?

Yeah, we'll tell him, John.

Nice seeing you, boys again.

Yeah, good night, John.

Coming right in town and we'll look around.

People are making a big thing and nothing.

So I hope we are.

I don't think we've been down here.

Well, sir, got a hard time to tell the River tonight and day.

I don't know.

How long do you think?

Oh, day, day and half.

It was more like a week or a month.

How long do you think you'll keep us down here?

Huh?

Oh, I don't know.

Yes, you do, yes you do. Wherever that's how long?

You can't let us out, Marilyn.

We're going to spend the rest of our lives down here.

Well, now, but, Kelly.

We're here, huh? Yeah.

And there's nothing too much that we can do about our teams.

And he promised to bring us food and water.

He promised. Yes, he did. He'll bring it to you.

But you said yourself he's sick. He doesn't know what he's doing.

Suppose he doesn't come back.

Suppose he just leaves us here to die.

Well, did my friends think I'd forgot about him?

Mostly let us out of here.

Can't be done, Candy.

You and yourself said that I've done a lot of work here.

Besides, it ain't so bad, is it? You've got food and water.

You got each other to talk to.

I never had nobody to talk to.

Hey, John.

Now, just listen for a minute now.

It's not going to work. They go now.

Look for us when they get back, horse and Joe.

They know that you were the last one to be with us to see us.

And they're going to find you and it'll be all over.

Well, they don't have to find me, Ben. I found them.

What?

Yeah, I went by the ranch last night.

Told them I was sorry. I missed dinner the other night.

They're right worried about both of you.

I had more for it to help them.

They'll find out.

Somehow they'll find out.

No, I don't think they will, Candy.

And I've had a long time to think about this, you know.

Look, John, they'll see the dishes that were left on the table.

But three settings there. They'll see that to know your lines.

Oh, well, ambitious.

Now, I took the liberty the other night of going back in the house

and washing mine up and putting them away.

It's a habit I got in prison.

Now, why don't you both stop arguing and pleading with me?

You know, Tom, I did the same thing when I first went to prison

but it don't do no good at all.

All it does is get you all upset.

Here's some more food and water for you.

I'll be back in a couple of days. Take it, Ben.

Take it.

Take it.

Of course, you don't compare to that meal you prepared for me.

After a while, it gets to taste pretty good.

Then after a while, nothing tastes like anything at all.

Goodbye, fellas.

Kevin.

Kevin. Kevin, they're open.

Hey, wait a minute.

I'll be sure he's gone.

Kevin.

Kevin.

You'll face your light.

Easy.

Easy. It's quiet as you can.

You should not have tried to escape.

You should not have tried to escape.

You should not have tried to escape.

You should not have tried to escape.

You should not have tried to escape.

You should not have tried to escape.

Nothing, huh?

Nothing.

Nobody's seen him or heard of him.

Two weeks and nothing.

What about the reward posters?

They're all done.

They sent them out to every town within 200 miles.

I don't know what good they're going to do.

The news has been in every newspaper from Carson City to Placiville.

If anybody had any information we'd heard by now.

What we can do is wait.

Yeah.

How long do you think a man could stay alive down here?

A food and water.

A long time.

A long time.

A lifetime.

Do you ever think about dying?

Every man does, I guess.

I thought about a lot since we were down here.

It's funny.

First I was afraid that he wouldn't come back and we'd die.

And I sit and let... listen.

Wait.

I'm afraid that he'd come back.

Now I pray that he won't come back so it'll be over.

As long as you're alive, there's a chance.

Chance to what? To go blind in the darkness to go out of our minds?

It isn't he just take that shot gun and get it over with?

Just get it over with.

Let me fix something to eat.

Yeah, you'd hungry.

Think I'll take a little ride into town.

What force you can check the telegraph office again?

Maybe something's turned up.

I'll swear kidding ourselves.

It's been a month, the only chance we had that kidnappers were holding them for ransom

and even that's no good now.

It's no use.

Why? Why? Dad, Bernie and I keep thinking that door's going open.

We're just going to be standing there like nothing ever happened.

Morning, boys.

Beautiful morning.

You're awful quiet this morning. I figured I'd be happy to see me.

Hey, I brought a newspaper.

I'll read to you a little bit. I can't have any breakfast.

Yes, sir. You're both famous now.

Yeah, you're right on the front page.

Yes, sir. It says reward offered for anybody knowing anything about you.

You sure you don't want me to read it to you?

Well, I'll read it to you anyway.

Yeah, it says cart right, missing.

One...

Guess what, it says, is it a week?

Month? Year?

I guess, man.

You're insane, Postley. You know that, don't you?

You're insane and you're trying to drive us insane, but it won't work.

I feel sorry for you, John.

You're down there and I'm up here.

And you feel sorry for me.

I'm free to go anyplace I want to.

No, you're not. You can't get away from here.

You got to keep coming back day after day, week after week.

You just as much a prisoner as we are. You'll never be free.

Well, now, what if I just go away and let you die?

Oh, you won't. You can't.

You wouldn't have anything to live for.

You're sure of that, aren't you? You're real, sir?

Yes. Yes, I'm sure.

You're the trap, John. You'll never be free. Never.

Well, we'll see about that.

We'll see about that.

No.

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

Do it!

No!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Who's insane now, pal?

All right.

Who's insane now?

Oh!

Water for a friend?

I can't let nothing happen to them.

This will do, all right.

No!

No!

Oh!

We're out of water.

I know.

I'm sorry about the dynamite.

I'm all right now.

I don't know what happened to you. All of a sudden it was there.

Forget it, I understand.

You know, if we ever get out of here,

you know, owe me a lot of back wages.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

John, easy.

Oh!

Oh, it's a casserole.

John, John, just take it easy.

Oh! Oh!

Here, drink some of this.

It'll help that pain.

Oh!

What?

John, you...

You had yourself a real bad accident.

You busted your legs up real good.

They'd have been hurting you worse.

The doc said you'd have lost them both.

I got that.

The doc's already been here and gone.

A little Joe's taking him back to town.

Where am I?

You may find the roset, John.

Hi, DeRosa.

Oh, I can't be.

John, I told you to lay still.

You got two busted legs and if you keep moving around,

you ain't gonna set proper.

Hey, John, you ain't gotta go nowhere.

You got another six weeks in here.

Six weeks?

Well, sir, Dr. Zorders,

you lay still and it'll be just underneath.

What do you think it'll work?

Oh, it's just...

Just wondering how awesome Joe would do.

That figure.

He'd be worrying about them.

And if I smet you all, I couldn't believe it.

Believe what?

We were.

We care about each other.

I guess I just wasn't used to it.

You know the way I was always saying,

I wouldn't stay in the same spot very long.

I was making out like I was...

getting me to leave.

I just never meant it, that's all.

Never thought you did.

I always thought I meant it when I said it.

I think about as much sense as post-week.

Oh, candy.

Nobody makes much sense sometimes when you think about it.

You have problems.

You hope for the day when they'll be over.

When they are over,

you dream of new problems to take their place.

Yeah.

I guess it was that a new problem about it.

What new problem?

Haven't friends.

Morning.

Morning.

How you feeling?

Fine.

Good.

You've got yourself a lot of rest yesterday, that's for sure.

See if you can skip back a little bit.

Easy.

There you go.

Yeah, I brought you some soup in your last night.

You've already asleep.

Little Joe's not the best cook in the world, but...

I'll try some of this anyhow you need it.

Why are you doing all of this?

Well, what?

Taking care of me, feeding me.

I really know each other, huh?

You ain't no friend of mine.

My Pa always said that every man with your friend

really showed you otherwise.

It ain't no big thing being friendly to folks.

Eat up, Joe.

You need strength.

Pa?

Sorry about you, Pa.

I have been reading about it in the paper.

I'm real sorry.

No. Thank you, Joe.

By the way,

that little piece of foreign land, Paul promised you.

Still yours if you ever change your mind.

He sure wanted you to have it.

I need you to hang out.

I need you to hang out.

Joe, Joe, folks let's go.

I mean, he's gone.

I could get out of bed with two broken legs.

I don't know, but he did.

Joe!

What an tarnation.

He got into you anyways.

He had some water.

What?

Water.

You got to help, Joe.

Take it easy.

I don't know why I got to.

Let's get him in the house.

No, no, no, they'll die.

I never met him to die.

Joe, what are you talking about? Who'll die?

Your boy.

In the mine.

Paul.

What man? Where?

I'll show you. I'll show you.

I'll hitch up the deal.

Harry!

Harry!

Oh, God, he's alive.

There's some water.

I'll show you.

Hey, God, he's alive.

There's some water.

He's already. He's going to make it.

Come on.

Come on, let's get you out of here.

Let's get him in the house.

Here.

Some more water?

Yeah.

Take it easy.

Take it easy.

It's not. It's not.

Oh, my son feels good.

How did you find this?

Postley.

Postley, he told us.

Postley.

I wanted you to feel what I found.

To know the darkness and the loneliness.

Happen to help me.

I don't know why.

I don't know why.

I don't know why.

I don't know why.

I don't know why.

I don't know why.

I don't know why.