Gallows Road (2015)

- Emma and the kids
weren't too happy about me
moving them closer to town,
but it was best
for the business.
- Let me help you out here.
- Thanks.
- - Hey, Jake.
- Bob Collins.
- Nice to meet you, Bob.
- This is Seth.
- - How you doing?
- Seth Collins.
- Nice to meet you.
- All right, good luck.
- Thanks.
- Hello, Seth, Bob.
- Hey, Preacher Sam!
- Looking good!
- Preacher Sam, how you doing?
- I'm doing good.
Well, see you all tomorrow.
- Yeah, let's give it a ring.
Oh yeah, should be all right.
- I remember when Mama
used to ring that bell
'til our feet hit
the front porch.
Used to drive Daddy crazy.
- He'd be proud.
- Yes, he would.
This is for him, for the family.
- Collins brothers.
We got us a business
that we can share.
The hard work is
going to pay off, too.
- God's been good to us.
I'm just happy to
have my baby brother
as my business partner.
Look, I gotta run.
I gotta meet Emma and
the kids at the pond,
and she don't like me
being late for anything.
- Well, you better go
and get out of here, Bobby.
I'll see you and the family
tomorrow for the Grand Opening.
- You know it.
See you then.
- I'm hungry, Pops.
- Well, you know
I think Mama, she made
some corn bread and
some homemade jam.
Y'all ready for a picnic?
- Yes.
- All right, come on.
- This is for you, Miss Emma.
- Thank you, sweetheart.
All right.
- Thanks, Mom!
- Let's go.
- Michael, wait up.
- How's the store looking?
- Tomorrow's a big day.
We've even got Grandma's
dinner bell hanging outside.
- That loud thing?
I'm sure the customers are
really gonna like that.
- It ain't that loud.
- Yes, it is.
That thing sounds
like a train coming.
- Well, I'll tell you what.
We never missed a meal.
- Oh yeah, you right about that.
- What else you got in there?
- Some jam.
- There's a biscuit, too.
- - Yes, indeed.
- Every time I see
that tree over there,
it reminds me of when
I was a little boy.
Me and my daddy, we
planted this little seed.
It grew into something
really beautiful.
That's how God is with us.
He takes our family and
He rains down His love.
- Daddy?
Hey, Pop!
Daddy.
- He ain't here.
We found him this morning...
facedown in the creek.
Ain't but a foot deep.
- Matty, do you know
what happens in the woods
when all the wolves die out?
- No, I don't, Snake.
- When they get hunted down...
that's when they move in.
- What are you
even talking about, Snake?
- What about the store, Matty?
First the store, then
what? The whole town?
No.
I ain't gonna let them...
take our town.
That store was my daddy's store,
your daddy's store.
- I know.
Why does it have to be
anybody's store, Snake?
Can't it just...
Can't you just let it...
Just let it be?
- You always was soft.
- Okay.
We're gonna to scare 'em well.
Let's run them out of town
for good, Snake, me and you.
The Cain brothers.
Let's do it, let's do it!
Let's do it, yeah!
I ain't soft.
Snake!
- Where are them kids?
- They was here somewhere.
- - I have no ide...
- Check the closet.
- Closet.
I know they're here somewhere.
Mama Bear, did you
see those kids?
- No!
- - Mama Bear!
- No!
- - A-ha!
I see 'em.
Where are those kids?
I'm gonna eat those kids.
- Uh-oh.
- I'm gonna get ya.
- I'm gonna get ya.
I'm gonna get ya.
- Oh, babe. Come get into bed.
Y'all know you can't
hide from Papa Bear.
There you go, son.
I love you, baby girl.
- I love you, too, Daddy.
- Michael.
Don't I get a goodnight kiss?
- Too old, Dad!
- Too old?
How about an "I love you"?
- Too old!
- Well, I tell you what.
Tomorrow's opening
day for the store.
I want my son to
be the first one
to ring that bell so loud
that the whole town will hear.
- Really?!
- - Really.
- All right!
- - All right.
- Okay. You guys
get some sleep, okay?
- Dad?
I love you.
- I know, son.
Love you guys.
Night!
Mmm, Mama Bear!
Papa Bear wants some honey.
- Come on then, Papa Bear.
- Come on, Jake!
- Come on, Jake!
- I'm comin', hold on.
- Jake, where ya going?
I made your favorite,
mashed potatoes and gravy!
- I'm just going out with
the boys to get some beers.
That's all. No harm.
- When did you start
drinking again?
- Come on!
- Who are those boys?
- Snake and Matty.
I met 'em at the
stables, hangin' around.
- Do they work there?
- No.
Listen, Carrie. Just put
my food on the warmer.
I'll be back later, all right?
Hey, their uncle is
Sheriff Joe Cain.
I mean how much
trouble could I get in?
- Okay.
- I'll see you later!
- I love you.
- I know you do.
- Let me guess,
she made your favorite.
You know, Jake, 50% of
marriages fail for a reason.
- Don't do nothing stupid now.
- Just gonna scare 'em, Joe.
That's it.
- That's it.
- You got it, Joe.
- You're gonna
go on a little ride
with me and Matty here.
- Sheriff.
- Raise 'em up, boys.
To the brotherhood.
To the brotherhood.
- Brotherhood.
- Woo!
- Ah!
- Burns.
- You boys have fun, now.
- You sure know
how to make a man
feel good, Mama Bear.
- I'm just proud of you.
You been working so, so hard,
for so long, on this one.
- Still a lot to do.
Got a long way to go.
- You sure you and Seth
know what you doing?
- Well, we gonna be all right.
If the store is successful,
it can go a long way in
healing a lot of old wounds.
Besides, honey.
God done brought us this far.
We can't turn around now.
- Okay.
You comin' in?
- I'll be in in a minute.
- I trust you, Bob.
- Okay.
- I know what you all up to.
I don't want no trouble.
This is my property.
Go on home, now.
If you leave now, we'll just
act like this never happened.
- I tell you what.
Kinda hoping you don't forget.
I don't think you're
understanding me.
The big picture,
we don't like you.
We don't want you here.
- I don't care
whether you like me or not.
What I do know,
this is my property!
I'm not asking you,
I'm telling you!
Now, get on outta here!
- Bob?
- It's okay, Emma.
Just get on back inside.
Go on. Get back inside.
- Done gone and
made me real mad.
- Shep, get 'em!
- No!
What're you doing?!
- No, no, no, Jakey.
You're one of us. Remember?
The brotherhood.
We gonna burn 'em.
- Burn 'em?
- Matty?
- - Yeah?
- Light it up.
- Now?
- Right now.
- No, Matty! No!
Matty, don't do it.
- Fire works.
- Throw it on the porch.
- No, Matty! Don't do it!
He's got kids in there.
- Get in the truck.
Now!
- Bob lost
his wife and two kids.
- Yeah, it's a real pity.
- Doesn't look like an accident.
- Of course, it was.
- There's a
bottle on the porch.
- Hey!
It was an accident.
- Sure.
- How do we rise above
the ashes of such a loss?
The loss of a good woman,
and her two innocent children?
This is an unthinkable pain.
A pain that reaches to the
deepest recesses of our soul.
There are no human
words to console,
but there is
comfort in His word.
The word ministers to our soul,
calms our spirit,
brings new life into us,
and gives us the
reason to live again.
"Fear not, for I am with you."
Isaiah 41:10.
- The last thing
I said to my wife
was, "Trust in God."
It was God that let this happen.
- I could use a little
help around the store today.
- I plan on going fishing.
- I'm going fishing, too.
- Sit down, sweetie.
- May I be excused?
- You haven't
finished eating yet.
- Go.
- Yes, Ma.
- Yeah, go.
What? Tell.
- You know I have nightmares.
I do.
I see that flaming
bottle in my sleep.
Why Bob?
- We can't change the past.
We have to move on.
- You even know where he lives?
- No, I don't.
He wants it that way.
- Is that what
you tell yourself?
- You don't think
I want him to come back?
You don't think I haven't tried?
He hardly talks anymore.
Not even to me.
He comes into the store,
gets what he needs, and leaves.
He's built a wall
around himself,
and ain't nobody gonna
get through that.
- Then, you've got
to keep trying.
- Jake?
Jake.
You need to go home now, son.
- It's early.
- - Yup.
- You were out all night again.
- I'm tired.
- I am, too.
- Yeah, well
I work all day long.
- So do I.
- Yeah, right.
- What, you think I
just sit around all day?
Can't be going out on the town,
spending our money on drinking.
- Yeah, our money.
You mean, my money.
I earned it.
It's my money. I earn it.
I'll do what I wanna do with it.
You could get a job.
You can go out
and pay the bills,
and I'll stay home and
play with the kids.
- You don't even know your kids.
- That rabbit.
If you'd have been there...
you would've caught that
rabbit, and I wouldn't have
to waste time
throwing that knife.
I do miss 'em though.
I miss 'em, boy.
Now, I'm out here by myself.
Ain't nobody but me and you.
You my best friend now.
You're my everything now.
Yeah.
- I got you!
- Who's there?
Man, am I hearing things?
Huh?! What?!
Hey, wait.
Come back here!
Come back here.
I'm gonna get you!
You can't get away from me!
Come here!
Think you can mess with me?
- Had your head spinning.
- That was luck.
Here, give me your hand.
Now, if you don't mind,
I have some fish to catch.
- Wait. Where you going?
Can't you tell me?
- No.
- Is it a secret?
Well, if you ain't
gonna tell me,
then I'm just gonna follow you.
- Here it is.
The best fishing spot around.
- Wow.
I ain't never seen this.
- You just have to know
the right path to follow.
Come on.
- Here, let me help.
First, you need some real bait.
Fresh from the soil.
Deer jerky, take a
little pull of this
to give it some extra muscle.
- Wait, did you just pull
the worm and the deer jerky
out of the same pocket?
- It looks cool when
you chew it, too.
- Did your dad teach
you how to cast a pole?
- I ain't got no daddy.
- Maybe you could meet my dad.
- I got something!
- You did?
- Bay, I
actually got something!
- Hold onto it with two hands!
- Help me! Help me!
Grab it!
Grab it! Grab it!
- I got it.
I got it. Oh!
- Hey, hey!
- - We caught a fish!
- It's slippery.
- Well, duh, it's slippery.
It's been in the water.
- High five!
Give me a high five!
What do you see?
- A Bigfoot and a dog.
- Wait! What?!
- Let me see!
- - Shh!
- We gotta go!
- Run!
- Come on!
Let's get outta here!
Hey, wanna do this
again after church?
- Church?
- - Yeah!
- Don't you go to church?
- I've never been.
- The church is on the
hill, off of Old Route 37,
just past the fork in the road.
You can't miss it.
All you have to do
is just look up.
- Okay, see ya then.
- - Okay, bye.
- Mom says you went fishing.
Bet you didn't catch nothin'.
- Not much.
- Not much?
- What're you two up to?
No good?
- Thinkin' about it.
- Sheriff.
I need to get your
signature on these reports.
- You sign 'em.
- Yes, sir.
- Whatcha need?
A little cash'd be good.
- You boys ever
gonna settle down,
find you a good woman,
maybe a job?
- Why?
- You got me.
Why work, when you can mooch?
- Thank you, Uncle Joe.
Hey, uhh...
You ever hear anything else
about the older Collins brother?
- What older Collins brother?
- Hey, Pete.
- Hey, Jake.
What're you drinking?
- The usual.
- - You got it.
- Where you been, Jake?
Ain't seen you in a while.
- That's five.
- You're not too good
for us now, are you?
- Thanks.
- No, just not, you know?
I been in a mood lately.
- Wanna have a
little fun tonight?
Pop some coyotes?
- Nah, not tonight.
- Gotta get that
fire outta your head, boy.
It's been a while, now.
You startin' to make
me real nervous.
I get a little crazy...
when I get nervous.
- A little crazy?
Now, you know that man saw us.
- What I know...
is that that old man...
way off in the woods.
Which is exactly
where we want him.
Hey, Gibby!
Deputy Gibby!
Be sure to tell this
fine, little lady here
you ain't never kissed no girl.
I mean you're law
man, after all.
You should always
tell the truth.
- Yeah, Snake. Whatever, okay?
Well, you know I've got
my uniform in the car.
I can go put it
on and arrest you.
- You catch yourself another
beatin' like you did last year.
Keep runnin' that mouth.
- Just...
joking.
- A joke.
- Now, you know you ain't
the law around here.
- Well, sure we are!
Don't you forget that.
Law around here...
is what we make it.
What is this, church?!
Who wants to drink with
the brotherhood, huh?!
Fill me up, Matty!
- You been in your
head all morning, Jake.
What's going on?
- I'm good.
- No. No, you're not.
I've known you
long enough to know
when something's
up, so what's up?
- Thinking about leaving Carrie,
moving onto another town.
I don't know.
Just wanna be by myself.
- What about the kids?
Your job? You just
can't run off.
- Why not?
I woke up this morning
doubting everything, Frank.
I got two kids and a
wife I can't relate to.
- Yeah, well no one
said marriage is easy.
You have to work at it.
- I tried, Frank.
I mean no offense.
I'm thankful for the job
you've given me at the stable,
but there's gotta
be something more.
- It's an honest living.
You're providing
for your family.
- Yeah, barely.
- You know that
my wife gave up on me.
Gave up on us.
Thought there was something
better out there, I guess.
Long time, I blamed myself,
but eventually I realized
it wasn't my fault.
She just didn't wanna
be married anymore.
She did the easy thing and
just gave up on the marriage.
See, the problem with
doing that though
is it creates a lot
of pain on both sides.
Trust me.
Think about this, Jake.
Think about what you're doing.
- Well, maybe people
ought not get married.
- You know what you have?
Beautiful wife,
beautiful kids...
I want that.
I'll probably never
have a child of my own.
But I want what you have.
- Thou shalt not covet.
You just broke a commandment.
- Yeah, I think you
know what I mean.
- I'm sorry for throwing
all this on you, Frank.
- Then maybe you should
put those big-boy pants on
and man up.
Be a father.
Be a husband.
It's family, Jake. It's
the greatest gift of all.
- I'm done.
- Lord, we bless your name.
Hallelujah!
Come on, put your hands together
for our preacher,
Preacher Sam, come on!
- Amen!
What a wonderful God we have!
This morning, my sermon comes
to you from the book of...
- What're you doing here?
- I figured I'd come try it out.
- Who, among you,
if he has 100 sheep,
and loses one of them,
does not leave the
99 in the wasteland,
and follow the last
one until he finds it?
There will likewise be
more rejoicing in heaven
over the repentance
of one sinner,
than over 99 righteous people
who have no need to repent.
- Amen!
- - Amen!
- When those Cain
boys gonna repent?
- We let the law do its job.
- Preacher, that
sheriff ain't done nothin'
about what happened
to that man's family.
- We put our trust in God.
We don't follow man's
law, we follow God's law.
Amen, let the church say amen.
- You did pretty good up there.
- Oh, I get a little
happy, if you know what I mean.
Preacher Sam,
pleased to meet you.
- Hey, Preacher Sam.
- Who are the Cain brothers?
- They're a couple of
boys needing prayers.
- Let's go, Puck.
- Nice meeting
you, Preacher Sam.
- Nice meeting you, too.
- Come on, let's go!
- Okay!
- Stick 'em up!
- You scared the
crawdads outta me, Bay!
Don't do that!
- Now, we're even.
You seen anything?
- Ain't seen nothin' yet.
Old man's been
sleeping on his porch.
Seems like forever.
- You'd think he'd be
thirsty, or hungry...
- Hasn't moved a muscle.
I just don't get how he could
stay still for that long.
- I could stay still forever.
- Pff, sure.
- - Yeah.
- Get off, Bay.
- What're you talking about?
- Get your hands off of me!
- What're you talking about?
Get your hands off...
Uncle Bob?
- Come on.
- Oh, we're so busted.
- You know better, Bay.
- Oh, no. No
wonder he didn't move.
- Here. Sit down.
- Yes, Sir.
- You wanna tell me why you two
been snoopin'
around my property?
Trespassing is against the
law. You know that, don't you?
- I wouldn't mind being
that scarecrow right now.
- It was her idea.
I just wanted to go home.
- What?!
You know you wanted
to check him out!
You said he was some sort
of Bigfoot or something.
- Did not!
- - Did so!
- I did not!
You.
You have some real
neat stuff, Uncle Bob.
Did you make all this?!
- Yeah, it's all pretty cool.
Wish I could make
stuff like this.
- Come on, Puck.
- Yeah. I made 'em.
- The other day, I was looking
at a picture on your mantle.
Is that your family?
I'm Puck.
What's your dog's name?
- Shep.
- Cool, I like that name.
Come on, Bay.
- Bye, Uncle Bob.
- Every time I see
that tree over there,
it reminds me of when
I was a little boy,
and me and my daddy, we
planted this little seed
that grew into something
really beautiful.
That's how God is with us.
He takes our family, and
He rains down his love,
and we become all
that we can be.
- Bob?
- I love you, too, Daddy.
- Dad, I love you.
- I know, son. Love you guys.
- I trust you, Bob.
- What you doing, son?
- Changing the battery,
but I wanna check the oil first.
- Yeah?
All right, well I don't have
to be at work for a while.
Would you like to go for a walk?
- I'll go when you get back.
It's just a battery.
- It's just a
battery. Looks good.
Sounds good. All right,
I'll see you in a bit.
- Want some lemonade?
- Yeah.
- Hello?
- Hey, Bob.
I, uhh...
got your things.
Salt, sugar, cereal,
toothpaste, and
toilet paper.
It's good to see you, Bob.
Man, these are beautiful.
Even trade?
- Even.
- I know how you
like your licorice.
Hey, Bob?
The preacher gave a
good sermon today...
on forgiveness.
- All right, that's good.
Here you go, boy.
Most of us start work first
thing in the morning, Jake.
Not last.
- I'm sorry, Frank.
- Just get to work.
- Jakey!
You ready for a big one tonight?
- I'm working overtime tonight.
- Come on, now.
Bang, bang, bang.
Don't you love me no more?
- Just got stuff
I gotta figure out.
- What you
got to work out, Jake?
What, another way to
smash on them horseshoe?
Now, you ain't been much
of a team player lately.
Seems like you've
got it in your head
that you different somehow.
You're just like us.
- I ain't nothin' like you.
- Fine.
- I'm going over to Bob Collins.
- No, no, no. See, you ain't.
For one, Jake, you
ain't got the stones.
Two...
I'll just stop you.
- You just try it.
- Break it up!
I said break it up!
- Big boy thinks he can
throw punches around.
- Shut your mouth, boy.
You been drinking, Jake?
Just go on home. You
know better than that.
- I need the money, Frank.
- If you need the
money, you won't come to work
drinking tomorrow, now will you?
You, and your brother,
and that so-called sheriff
think you got this
town wrapped up.
I can't speak for
everyone else around here
because they're too
afraid to speak up.
But, you boys are no good.
- See ya around, hero.
- You do know that,
in the State of Texas,
if you trespass, that's
grounds for getting shot?
I keep my rifle
loaded all day long.
I see you coming
around here again,
I just might mistake
you for a coyote
trying to steal my chickens.
You think that's funny?
I guess we'll just have to
see what happens, won't we?
Now get off my land.
- Sure, hoss.
Whatever you say.
- Hello?
- Hey, Carrie.
- Hi, Frank, how are you?
- Oh, I'm fine. It's just...
Look, I had to send Jake home.
I lost my temper a bit.
He got in a scuffle with
one of the Cain brothers.
Jake's been drinking again, too.
- Oh.
If you need anything,
I'll help if I can.
- Okay. Thanks, Frank.
- Where were you?
- Work.
- Got in a fight, huh?
- Yeah, I got in a fight.
- Frank called
to check on you.
The electricity was
turned off last night.
- Well, I paid it.
- Well, obviously you didn't!
- Would you two stop yelling?
- Don't talk to your
daddy like that, please.
- I ain't got no daddy.
Daddy, what is a daddy?!
- You listen to your
mom, and you be quiet.
- I don't wanna be quiet.
All you do is yell and scream!
Why can't I, huh?!
- Get out! Get out!
Get out!
Leave! Get out of here!
Get out of here!
Goodbye.
Puck. Puck.
Puck! Puck!
Puck!
Puck! Puck!
Puck!
- Ooh! Ah!
That blanket is stinky!
My, I can't see how you can
stand to lay on that thing.
Well...
gonna get a wash today, 'cause
I can't stand it anymore.
That is disgusting! My!
All right. There we go.
All right, now.
No! No, no, no!
Shep, come on now!
Come on, move!
No, let it...
Shep! Let it go.
Let it go! Shep,
will you let it go?!
Just take it. Take it!
Take it!
- Puck?
Puck, it's me, Bay.
- Just leave me alone.
- What's the matter?
- Nothing, I'm fine.
- No, you're not, or
you wouldn't be crying.
- I ain't crying.
- Look at me, Puck.
What happened?!
- I busted my lip on a rock.
- Somebody hit you, didn't they?
- My daddy hit me.
He was all drunk, so
I guess it's okay.
He don't smack me
when he ain't drunk.
- He shouldn't be
hitting you, Puck.
Drinking or not, that
just isn't right.
- That's just Jake.
- You have to tell
someone, Puck.
- Who am I going to tell?
Besides, ain't no
one to listen anyway.
- How about telling my dad?
He'll listen to you, Puck.
- I'll be okay.
- Come on.
Come on, Puck.
- Mm-mmm.
- Come on.
Come on.
- Hey, son.
- Hey, Dad.
- Hey, grab a seat. Move that
stuff outta the way there.
- Okay, Dad.
- Be right with you.
- What's going on, son?
- Dad, this is my
new friend, Puck.
She got hurt.
- Ah, you got hurt?
Let me see.
Well, well, well.
You know, I think I
have just the thing
that'll fix you right up.
I told you he was nice.
- Fresh strawberries.
Go ahead. Take one.
Tell me what you think.
- Yeah?
- - I'll take one.
- I know you will take one.
- Thank you.
- You're very welcome.
Ah, there's that smile.
- Well, we'll be going, Papa.
- All right.
Where you off to?
- Fishing.
- Of course. Fishing.
Come here, you.
- Come on, Puck.
- Hey, Puck.
- - Yeah?
- Why don't you
take these with you?
- Thank you.
- Ooh, yeah. More strawberries.
- Give some to
your mom! I love you, son.
- Love you, too, Dad.
- Bye.
- Well, Mr. Billy,
another satisfied customer.
- There he goes.
- Where we going, Snake?
- Come on, Jake.
- All right, Snake.
Comin' up on me.
- There you go, Jake.
We just gonna play a
little game of chicken.
- Come on, Snake! Floor it!
Cut him off!
Yes!
- We gonna circle around.
- Jakey!
How about that brotherhood now?
- Ain't no brotherhood...
with you or your
crazy, law man uncle.
What?
You think 'cause you got a job,
and you earn a paycheck,
you're some kind of role model?
You're a liar, Joe.
A 10-star-wearin' liar.
You know what they did.
Covering it up like
a hole in a wall.
- Now, don't you be talking
to my family like that, boy.
- I know what's
behind that wall.
Them cries from them kids.
That poor man's wife.
They didn't do nothing to you.
Them cries are coming to get ya,
all three of you.
You just wait.
- Why don't you
boys hit the road?
Beat it!
You know something, Jake?
I could come up with about
a dozen legal reasons
to put a bullet through
your head right now.
But, lucky for me,
I only need one.
- Sheriff?
Everything all right?
- Just fine.
Get this cleaned up.
- Tell you what, you
be sure and tell your mom
I said hello, and have her
stop by the shop, okay?
- Okay.
- James? You do the...
- Ow!
You do the same. Tell
your dad I said hi.
- Okay.
- - Bye-bye, now.
- Can we go get some ice cream?
- What you doing, Carl?
- Hey, Seth.
How you doing, bro?
- Licorice?
- - For me?
- Hell yeah.
- Licorice. Don't mind if I do.
Thanks, bro.
- Come on by tonight, Carl.
Your sister's cooking
your favorite.
- I remember a picture
on this wall, right here,
of me and my daddy
holding a big, old fish.
Right over here,
was a picture of my daddy
winning the gun show.
Good times, huh?
I believe I'll have me some
of this black licorice.
One of them carvings, too.
Who makes these anyway?
- My brother, Bob.
- Didn't know you had a brother.
- Yeah, you did.
You murdered his
wife and two kids.
That'll be $4.78.
- Thanks for the licorice.
- Sheriff.
I can't have your little
nephews come into my store
and stealing from me.
- Who? Snake and Matty?
They ain't no harm.
- You mean like the
no harm they did
to my brother and his family?
- Oh.
The accident.
- We ain't calling
that no accident.
- Well, seems to me
you're gonna have to.
Now, that happened months ago.
People have left
alone what should be.
If you wanna go starting
that all up again,
you be my guest.
But, you know those boys.
You start something,
I might have to
look the other way.
- Yeah.
You're real good at that,
aren't you, Sheriff?
- You got a
real nice store there.
Nice families.
You 'bout done here, boys,
'cause I'm getting hungry.
- Me too.
- Mr. Knight,
you're gonna be fine, sir.
You've been transported to
USMD Hospital at Arlington.
You were in a car accident,
and you hit your
head pretty hard.
Just try to relax.
Let me go get some pain
medicine and some ice chips.
- Thank you.
- Some pretty nice strawberries
in the kitchen there.
Honey, I'm so sorry.
I love you so much.
- I know, Mom. I love you, too.
- Your daddy,
he loves you, too.
He's just having a hard time.
- It's okay.
My new friend, Bay, took
me to see his dad's store.
He has everything in there.
That's where I got
strawberries from.
He said we could
come by any time.
- I think
that'd be a great idea.
We're gonna be okay.
Okay?
Hold on, I'll be right back.
Hello?
- Carrie, it's Frank.
- Hi, Frank.
- Jake's been in a car accident.
- Where is he?
- USMD.
- Okay, I'll be right there.
Puck, we've gotta go.
Barry! Where is your brother?
Puck, go put on a clean shirt.
- Paging Dr.
Porter. Paging Dr. Porter.
Dr. Porter, please
pick up a red phone.
- Frank.
- Hey.
It's okay. He's okay.
Your dad's okay. He
had his seatbelt on.
- I was so upset.
He was so angry.
- I know.
Jake hasn't been himself
for some time now.
To be honest,
I've almost had to fire him,
more than once.
Don't worry, his job is safe.
When he's straight, he's the
best worker I've ever had.
But, something is
eating him up inside.
If we don't help him beat
whatever demons he's fighting,
it's just gonna get worse.
- Miss Carrie.
- - Yeah.
- Your husband's gonna be okay.
- I'll stay here.
- I'm sorry, baby.
I love you.
- I love you, too.
- Okay.
- We'll be all right.
- Here you go, Therese.
- Thanks.
- Hey, Ruby.
How's Jake Knight doing?
- He's in some pain,
but I'm ordering him
some pain medicine.
- Okay, good.
It could've been a lot worse.
Must have a guardian
angel, that's for sure.
- Yes sir, Doc.
- I'll be in Room 3.
- Thank you, Doctor.
- Hey, Frank.
- How's it going?
- Oh, you know.
Is Carrie here?
- She went to get coffee.
Told her I'd hold down
the fort for a while.
But, you know what?
I don't do bed pans.
- Oh, man.
I sure could go for one
of your greasy hamburgers.
Spicy ketchup, mustard.
- Ask, and you shall receive.
- Seek, and you shall find.
- Knock, and the
door shall be opened.
- Look at you. I didn't know
you knew any Bible verses.
- Yeah, well, Pops.
- Hey. Don't tell Miss Ruby.
- We'll get you
back on your feet.
There's a little
something extra in there
to help you out.
- I can't take this.
- It'll help out,
but it's not gonna
fix your problem.
- Yeah, well thanks
for the hamburger.
- I am not gonna let
you off that easy, Jake.
There are people
who care about you.
They worry about what
you're doing to your life.
They wanna help you, and
you can't even see that.
You're walking
down Gallows Road.
I know, 'cause I've
been there myself.
It's a dark road, son.
It's like you're blindfolded.
When you get to the
end of that road,
there's these wooden
steps you have to go up.
It's like you're in quicksand.
You're just sinking
deeper and deeper.
When you get to the
top, there's a scaffold
with a rope hanging on it.
The rope makes this...
high-pitched screeching sound
as that knot digs into
the side of your neck.
Just like that, your
feet are free of land.
Snap.
You break.
The most important thing about
Gallows Road, Jake, is this.
That blindfold that
you're wearing,
you put it there yourself.
You can't be pointing fingers
and blaming everyone
else for your problems.
You wanna make your life better?
Then, do it.
Get off that road.
You can turn back
any time you want.
But, you're the one that's
gotta take that first step.
- I was there.
I just stood and watched.
- Watched what?
- Matty Cain threw
a flaming torch
at Bob Collin's porch.
I tried to help 'em,
but Snake put a gun to my chest.
- That was an accident,
so they say.
- Yeah.
So they say.
- Yeah.
- What's worse
than a man dying...
is not being able to live.
I'm a coward, Frank.
- You're not a coward.
You made a mistake. Fix it.
- I ain't worth fixing.
I'm already gone.
- Nobody gone.
You're off course, that's all.
- I can't sleep. I can't work.
I can't get through a
day without drinking.
I keep seeing them two kids,
and that man's poor wife.
My kids, they don't know me.
And my wife, she's afraid of me.
I wish I could take
that night back, Frank,
but I can't.
- There ain't no sin...
greater than God's
forgiveness, Jake.
- Forgiveness?
So, God's gonna forgive me,
just like that?
- Yeah.
Just like that.
Says so right here
in the Good Book.
You know how you get it?
- How?
- You just ask.
- Hey, Shep.
Come on now.
Hey, boy, I got your favorite.
Here. Here you go, Shep.
Shep?
Shep?
Shep, come on now.
Here, it's your favorite.
Shep. Come on, Shep.
Come on, Shep.
Don't you die on me, too.
Aw, Shep.
Shep.
- Bay came to see me.
- He found you, huh?
- Yeah, he found me.
He's a good boy.
You all doing a
good job with him.
He gettin' tall.
Maybe gonna be as
big as his daddy.
- So, what you saying?
- Just saying.
- I'm real sorry, Bob.
- Know what I remember?
It was really hot that night.
I can still smell the flowers.
My wife was looking nice.
Mary and Michael...
Those kids...
were the sunshine of my life.
- I know.
We all miss 'em.
Life just isn't fair.
- You don't know.
But, you're right.
Life just isn't fair.
- Bobby, you ever think
about forgiving that boy?
- What boy?
- Jake.
He got a little girl, young.
You ever think about
the pain and the guilt
that he has to live with?
- You ever think about what
I have to live without?
I lost...
my two kids.
My wife.
What about my kids?
They should be out playing.
Me and the kids.
What about my wife?
Who I got to come home to?
- You...
You could go back
off in them woods
and hide in your cave,
your safe place...
like I did when Dad died.
Or you can put God here,
right here.
'Cause when you got God,
you're safe anywhere.
Now, I know I can't
make you do nothing
that you don't wanna do.
But, you gotta keep
moving, big brother.
You walked out on me, Bobby.
You walked out on me
and this store.
Our store.
You runnin' and hidin'
off in them woods.
You ain't doing nobody no good.
You ain't got to run
and hide no more, Bobby.
You got friends and family
that love you and miss you.
I'm your only brother, Bobby.
I miss you.
Please.
Please...
come to church
with me this Sunday
just like old times.
- That what you
think I been doing?
Hiding?
You ain't got to go to
no church to talk to God.
I been talking to God.
I made me some decision.
I'm gonna kill them boy.
All three of 'em.
Thanks for the licorice.
- Hello?
Hello?
- Jessie.
- Seth?
- - Yes.
- It's me, honey.
- Baby, you okay?
- I'm okay.
I just called to
tell you I love you.
- Bay, go to your room.
What's wrong?
- It's Bob.
- What do you mean?
- He knows they coming for him.
He's gonna kill 'em, Jessie.
- Baby?
- - I gotta go.
- Where are you going?
Seth.
Bay!
- I'm gonna smoke
that man out like a rat,
finish what we started.
- And you're
sure you wanna do this?
- I never been more.
- Forgive me, God.
- One, two, three, four.
- Okay!
- Now, we're even.
- Killed ya.
- Let's play again.
- Jake Knight's room, please?
Jake?
Someone's been here.
- Where?
- Our house.
I was taking the trash out,
- and I...
- Carrie?
- I'm coming home.
- Jake?
- Okay, good. Ms. Combs
seems to be doing better.
Vitals are good.
Let's go ahead and
take her off Demerol,
switch her to Tylenol.
- Okay.
- Mr. Knights. Okay, good.
His x-ray, CT came
back negative.
Still wanna monitor
him one more day.
If he's tolerating liquids,
just remove his IV.
- Yes, sir.
- Hello, this is Frank.
- Hey, Frank.
I need to borrow
another work truck.
- What're you
doing outta the hospital?
You need your rest.
- I can rest when this is over.
- No, Jake. Listen to me.
Jake. Jake, what're you doing?
- I gotta go.
- Jake. Jake!
- Barry.
- - Dad?
- Are you okay?!
- I'm okay.
Puck.
Show me what you saw.
Carrie, I want you
to listen to me.
When I leave, I want you
to take Barry and Puck
into the bedroom
and lock that door.
- Okay.
- I want you to
lock the front door,
- and I'll be back soon.
- - Okay.
- I'm afraid, Jake.
- Don't be.
- Okay.
- We're a family.
You understand me?
We're a family.
- Seth?
- Preacher Sam.
Can we talk?
- Sure.
- My brother come to me.
He told me something
very unsettling.
- Seth?
- He said he gonna
kill them Cain boys,
and Jake, too.
- He can't do that, Seth.
- Oh, he can.
And, he will.
He ain't got nothing
left to lose.
- You go to the
person who wronged you,
and forgive them.
- Preacher Sam, you and I
both know it ain't that easy.
They took his little boy.
They took his little girl.
And they took his wife.
And I'm starting to
take it real personal.
- Seth, I'm here
for you, always.
- But, if you was me...
what would you do?
- I'd have to ask
you to pray for me.
- There he is, Carl!
You had me scared to death.
Are you okay?
- I'm sorry, Mama.
- Come on. Take me to Bob.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who
trespass against us.
But, lead us not
into temptation.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power,
and the glory.
Amen.
- Why don't you come
on out in the light, Bob?
Where I can see you.
- You took my family, my blood!
Took 'em from me.
- Come on now, Bob.
You gonna sit there nice
and quiet, and burn.
Just like your
wife and kids did.
- Gonna kill you, Snake,
you and your brother there.
You all ain't gonna do
no harm to nobody...
no more.
- Why?
- This ain't about no store.
- You're right though.
I just don't like you.
I don't like your family.
I don't like your kind.
But, I tell you
what it is about.
It's about the blood.
It's about the scavengers.
And it's about your
blood to spill.
- You're pure hate.
May God forgive you.
- Never was no God in my world.
- My God.
You're gonna wish there was.
- This is my
battle, little brother.
- It's our battle, bro.
- Put the gun down, Snake.
- Two birds, one gun.
Matty.
Put that gun on Bob's
little brother here.
Matty!
- Sheriff. 10-33.
We have three armed suspects
inside the old Aledo mill.
They're in a standoff position,
and they have their
weapons drawn.
- Copy that.
Hold the perimeter.
Do not make a move until I
get there. I'm on my way.
- David 927, I'll be en route.
- Sheriff.
Snake, Matty, and Jake...
They're in there
with Bob Collins.
- I heard you the first
time, Gibby. Do not move!
I'm on my way. Confirmed.
Gibby.
Gibby!
- Who's this?
- My husband is
in there, isn't he, Carl?
- Jessie, stay in.
- You tell me.
- He's in there, isn't he?
- I don't know...
- No, no, no!
- Jessie!
Your husband is inside.
Weapons are drawn.
I need you to stay calm.
- Uncle Bob!
- Bay? Where's Bay?!
- Papa!
- - Bay!
- Bay! Go on
and get outta here!
- No, Papa! Don't do this!
- Run! Get outta here now!
- No, Papa.
Not without you or Uncle Bob.
- Let me go!
If something happens
to my husband or child,
I'll come after you myself.
You will feel from a
woman like you have never!
- Don't you
have a mama or papa?
I know if you did,
they would miss you.
Forgive.
I forgive you!
- Snake?
- No!
- Put your weapons down!
- Are you okay?
- On the ground now!
Hands above you head!
Do it now! Do it now!
Snake?
- I got one in custody.
- Please. Please, Bob.
Please forgive me.
- I already have, son.
- Snake, don't
leave me, brother.
I don't want to
be the last wolf.
- Start
medical, we got one here
with a gunshot wound,
left chest, one down.
Stay with me, man. Stay with me.
Tell 'em to step it up.
We need 'em code out here.
Talk to me. Come on, talk to me.
Come on. Stay with me.
- Hey, Bob.
- Hey, Seth.
- You ready to do this?
- I guess so.
- Let's get going then.
Hey, kids!
Your Uncle Bob is here.
- Hey.
- - Hey.
- Bay. Hi, Maji.
- Hey, Bob!
- Hi, Jessie.
- Today is a good day.
- It is, Jessie.
- Why don't you all go on ahead,
and give us a moment.
- Sure. Come on, kids.
Let's go. We'll
leave you two alone.
- I just...
need a few moments
to catch my breath.
I don't know if I can do this.
- Bob.
Yes, you can.
Look, I...
I was saving this
for just the right moment.
Little welcome-back
gift from the family.
You know you can't
ignore God, Bob.
- Yeah, that is...
hard to do.
- See ya there?
- Oh, yeah.
I'll be there.
- Today is a very important day
in our community.
We welcome back a member.
Bob Collins.
When you hear the
word community,
oftentimes you think
of it as small.
But, we're not small here.
We have big hearts,
big dreams,
hard-working people
all working together to improve
the lives of our families.
In a city, whether
small or large,
there's a common thread.
Together, we struggle.
And together, we love.
So together, today,
please join us
in celebrating the opening
of the Collins
brothers' antique store.
Bob, would you do the favor?
- I'd be honored.
All right.
- You did good, Jake.
- Thanks for not
giving up on me, Frank.
- I'm proud of you,
and so is your family.
You did the right thing.
- Well, I'm staying here.
I'm not going anywhere.
With my family.
- I wanna go in
the antique store
- right now.
- - All right, let's go.
- Hey, what
about that bird call?
You were gonna teach me.
- Try this.
- My turn.
- We need to work on that.
- Okay, so my bird
call doesn't impress you,
but how about?
Here we go.