Previously on "Big Sky"...
Burying this is not gonna wash away what we've done.
We're in enough trouble with what you did with Rosie!
It's over, brother.
Blake didn't do this to Rosie.
And you know who did.
The things that family's capable of...
Worked for them for 25 years.
The one thing I know is that they're ruthless.
You want to take them on, you leave us out.
From the moment that I met Arthur,
I recognized him.
I think we may have gotten off on the wrong foot.
You called those private investigators...
Cassie Dewell and Jenny Hoyt?
I didn't tell anyone. Please.
- Liar! - You're a monster!
Stop saying that!
Denise has been calling Mary all morning.
And now her phone's going straight to voicemail.
Ms. Leyendecker?!
Angela, why don't you tell me what's going on?
- _ - Proof the sheriff knew
what happened to Rosie was no accident.
Why is everyone so afraid of this family?
Whoo! Yeah!
Help is coming.
Angela. Angela. Angela.
Angela.
Oh, God.
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Did you open the door?
No. Why?
Somebody was here.
It's Ronald. He was watching us.
He went to the trouble of taking her body,
even when he knew we were onto him.
There's a reason for that.
We don't know that she's dead yet.
Come on. I'll put out a call for backup.
- We'll get him. - Yeah.
Is this another one of your manifestations?
No. He'll slip up.
Please stop saying that.
Slipping up means somebody else dies.
Hey.
What?
What is it?
Jenny.
- Know where you are? - I'm good.
Just want to look here.
Alright.
Why don't you let the docs take a look at you?
Get away from me.
I told you and your friend to leave Lochsa.
The Kleinsassers did this.
Well, we don't know what happened yet.
That's BS. You know damn well that they did.
And that makes you an accessory.
That's a big word, lady.
You been doing the Kleinsassers' dirty work for years.
You know what?
If I'm not mistaken, you're just a private investigator,
which gives you squat when it comes to authority,
let alone jurisdiction.
I don't care about your jurisdiction.
Angela's dead because of you.
You're not gonna get away with this.
- Oh, no, I got it. - He's waiting for us now.
Gonna be a long night.
Thank you.
Mm, sure you want to see all this?
Well, it's either this or not sleep all night,
check the locks on the doors,
and watch bad Mark Wahlberg movies.
I won't feel safe until he's caught.
That's understandable.
You think I won't kill you?
Ronald do that?
Can't rule it out.
So, you said you had something about Mary's family?
She has a sister who lives not too far away.
- Rand did this? - You know damn well it was.
He killed Angela.
Angela was one of my people.
Now, what I wanna know, Horst, is did you order this?
No, I did not.
Well, you better get control of your operation.
Don't tell me my business.
- I'll run my own. - Really?
Well, you see, Horst, I got two witnesses
who put Rand at the motel.
And, uh, that Jenny Hoyt, that investigator
Blake brought up here... she survived.
That problem ain't going away.
I am sorry about the girl, Angela. I truly am.
But I have witnesses that put Rand right here on the ranch.
Ain't like how it used to be.
Angela was there talking to the investigator.
What does that mean?
Well, they weren't havin' a pajama party, that's for sure.
Found this at the scene.
Dumping record of all them chemicals
you been putting on your ranch.
Where'd she get this?
- From Gil? - I don't know.
- You gotta fix this. - Naw.
Not this time.
This is your mess.
I am putting my boy in the ground tomorrow.
You need to give me some time to figure this out.
There ain't nothin' to figure out, Horst.
This is where I get off.
I can't protect ya.
Damn it!
Rough night, Sheriff?
What the hell is this?
The future.
Where annoying women run things like ranches,
multi-national corporations,
even countries.
What in Sam Hell are you talkin' about?
Didn't mean to blow your good ole boy brain, there, Sheriff.
I can see you're here on important business.
Lemme guess,
Rand... or JW?
You best shut your mouth.
I don't know why all you men
feel the need to keep telling me that.
You have no idea who you're messing with.
Actually, it's the other way around.
You have a nice night, Sheriff.
See you in the future.
And surprise.
- Whoa! - What?
Camping right now? In this?
Come on. I've been wanting to surprise you.
With a truck? We have a perfectly good mini-van.
Wait till you get inside. I got a great deal on it.
You can drive a truck?
I have many skills that you don't know about, Scarlet.
It's so cool. I want to go for a ride.
Come on. I got everything packed and ready to go,
and I know of this place we can have all to ourselves.
But we need to get there before somebody else takes it.
This is crazy. Camping? A truck?
Crazy awesome.
There's an eagle's nest right above the river.
A pair of them.
We can have s'mores for breakfast
and watch the eagles fish.
Can we please go, Mom?
Can we at least wait until morning?
I still can't find my phone.
That's funny, because I found it
in the car seat.
And got you a new high score on Candy Crush.
Who's your hero?
You are, Arthur.
Come on. We've been talking about getting away.
And this spot is special.
Well, you sure are in a hurry.
I'm in a hurry to have fun. And...
- s'mores for breakfast! - S'mores for breakfast!
Lord help me, but I wanna know
what you two geniuses were thinkin'.
About what?
You lie to me again and your teeth go with it!
Whose bright idea was it to drive a truck through a motel?
It was mine.
You should be talking to Cheyenne.
And why is that?
Caught her talkin' to that Jenny Hoyt.
That ain't no way you solve a problem.
Alright, now, tomorrow,
we're gonna put your brother in the ground.
And after that, we are going to work on figuring out
what we're gonna do with them barrels out
on the back pasture.
Now, I want you both to dig a grave for Blake, by hand.
And while you're digging, I want you to contemplate
the hole you're standing in.
And as it gets deeper, I want you to look around
and consider what's gonna happen
if you screw up again.
'Cause if you do,
that's the last you're gonna see of this ranch.
Here.
Thanks.
Exactly what happened?
The Kleinsassers happened.
They keep happening.
- You see a doctor? - No, I'm fine.
You don't seem fine, Jenny.
I tried to protect Angela. Just happened so fast.
Now, how did they even know
that you were meeting her in the first place?
- I don't know. - Sheriff Wagy?
No. He's definitely dirty, but he didn't set her up.
If I hadn't asked Angela to come meet me, she'd still be alive.
Oh, I don't like where that line of thinking is heading...
Denise, she stuck her neck out for me,
and she got killed for it.
That's on me.
Even if Sheriff Wagy didn't set Angela up,
he's not gonna give her a thorough investigation,
especially if he knows it'll lead back to the Kleinsassers.
What we need to do is to find out what they got on Wagy.
Now, I'd like to go on record
advocating for you to go home
and take a nice, hot lavender bath...
... but I know that, uh,
the chances are greater that a natural disaster will hit, so...
Promise me you'll go home first and get some rest.
I promise.
- What is it? - Address for Nora Danvers,
the missing ranch hand's mother.
Thank you.
_
Are we there yet?
Yes, we are.
Doesn't look like a regular campground.
Well, it's not exactly.
We'll have the whole place to ourselves.
Mm.
There's no service, either.
Why don't you take Phoebe and go explore?
I'll unpack.
No, we can help you.
No, really, I got it.
Come on.
I want you to see it out there.
I'll be there in a second!
How's Jenny?
Pretty shook up. What'd I miss?
Still no word on Mary's whereabouts.
We did find more blood in the main room.
Looks fatal, judging by the amount of it.
What about her family?
She grew up in Utah,
father was splinter LDS.
She broke from the family
except for the youngest sister, Scarlet.
They both ended up in Montana.
So, Ronald meets this woman,
figures out she's about to ID him, and stops her.
Phone, laptop, all missing from the house.
From the call, this wasn't a random encounter.
She knew him.
What about the man in the freezer?
Didn't want to waste any time sending him to the lab.
Trefoil?
I'm good.
Trefoils get no love.
More of a Samoa gal myself, but nothing wrong with a Trefoil.
Can we just talk about what's going on with him?
Prints came back a match for a Steve Lahren.
Disappeared eight years ago.
How'd he die?
- Pithed. - What?
Ice pick to the back of the head.
Okay. Good to know.
Quick. Efficient.
Not Ronald's style.
I was thinking the same thing.
Lemme guess, you ran his name and no connection either.
Correct.
I should get back to Jenny. Let me know if you find anything.
If you're from the bank, I got nothing for ya.
What I got, you ain't gonna like.
I'm not from the bank,
and I don't like them any more than you do.
I'm a private investigator from Helena.
I'm here to find out what happened to your son.
Who hired you?
Blake Kleinsasser.
- No. No. - Wait...
No, you're not coming around here
- and uttering that name! - Blake's dead.
He's dead because he was trying to go against his family.
That family is the curse of this town.
Oh, I know. I know, and I've been trying to find out why,
and I think your son knew something.
Why is not gonna bring him back.
Now, don't tell me anything, of that crap about closure.
Forget closure, then.
How about revenge?
Kleinsassers?
They're what we used to call white trash.
You can't say that anymore, but it's still true.
I always told Cole, "Now, just stay away from them."
What was Cole hired to do on that ranch in the first place?
He never told me what he was doing there,
but he did tell me that he seen something at the ranch.
He seen something that he knew was wrong.
He didn't give me any more details than that.
Then... he disappeared.
And they make me into the nut
for asking about it.
Kleinsassers... they sent some man named Gil
to tell me some story
about how Cole had stolen a truck
from the ranch and run off.
You do know that he was the ranch manager?
Well, he was lying through his teeth,
like somebody put him up to it.
Cole, he... he never called me after that.
He just... vanished.
Need a zip?
I need a pill.
We are done with those.
Remember.
- Hmm. - What happened?
With Blake.
I don't know.
Everybody in this family knows.
Please don't lie to me. I can't take another one.
Stand up.
It was JW.
Why?
He and Blake had an argument,
about that ranch hand I asked you about, Cole Danvers.
I wanted you to hear it first.
What about your father?
- Haven't told him. - Don't.
I want to tell him.
I don't think that's a good idea.
Did I ever tell you
about the time right after you were born,
when I came home from the hospital the first night,
that he was sitting at the kitchen table,
waiting for dinner?
Mnh-mnh.
Yeah, I'd had a terrible, terrible time with you, of course, and...
yeah, I could barely walk,
but there he sat,
pounding his fork and knife,
expecting, demanding that I make dinner.
So I set you down,
and I went to go and make him meatloaf,
his favorite, and...
only this time, I, um...
I put rat poison in it.
Only his slice, though.
But you know what happened?
Nothing.
He just ate it all up.
He asked for another slice.
He drank a big old glass of milk.
He went to sleep, slept like a baby.
Woke up fit as a fiddle.
I swear to God, that man is too damn mean to die.
We'll get through this.
Always do.
I don't want to go to jail.
They make you eat beans
and meatloaf and do push-ups,
and then you get knifed in the shower.
Gotta be honest.
I'm scared.
You ain't going to jail.
Like I said, the old man'll take care of it.
- What if he can't? - He will.
And if he doesn't, I'll take care of it,
just like I'm gonna take care of you.
We'll take over the ranch and we'll run it together, alright?
We'll put Chey out to pasture.
We'll sell off a section, make bank.
It'll be good.
When you take over the ranch,
I wanna build one of them mazes.
- Okay. - Only, like, a real one,
with, like, traps
with wild animals like rattlesnakes, wasps, spiders,
maybe even a bear or something like that,
and scare folks, 'cause people love to be scared.
They get this look, you know?
It's their blood. You can smell it, you know?
It's like it's... it's trying to come out of their glands.
What the hell you talking about?
Yeah, you could just get 'em to sign something
so if something happens to 'em, it's their own darn fault.
That's a bad idea, Rando.
No, it ain't.
I've thought it all out.
I got all these theme nights planned.
I got killer clowns, chainsaw cannibals.
I even got these freaky little kids
with the tiny little fangs.
No, I-I got all these drawings I could show you.
I got all these good ideas
that come to me when I'm in the woods.
'Cause people love to be scared, you know?
There could even be, like, this final chamber
where I'm underneath
in the ground, in a hole, kinda like this.
And I can put my hand up
and pull them down, make them think they're really gonna die.
I could watch that all day.
Let's finish this up.
Talk about it later, alright?
It's gonna be awesome.
Thank you.
Horst, I'd like to say a few words at the grave today.
You don't have to ask my permission for that.
You just say what's in your heart.
Oh, I don't think you want that.
What's that supposed to mean?
Do you want to know what's in my heart?
Why don't you lay down for a little bit?
- And do what? - Collect yourself.
Oh, I'm collected.
I'm all done collecting myself.
I have no idea what you're talking about anymore.
Because we don't talk.
Well, you talk, and I listen. Or, well, I used to listen.
I used to love listening to you.
I used to love listening to you, trying to understand you
and hear you and...
I can't do it anymore.
Well, you just go ahead and do what you need to do.
What I need is to hear you tell me one thing
that isn't a lie.
Before I put my son in the ground today,
I want you to tell me one truth.
A truth.
For once.
Here's a truth.
Every time I look at our children,
all I can see is everything that's wrong with you.
It's like you got a beautiful cowing calf,
perfect conformation, bright, brown eyes,
straight back, wonderful expression.
And her calf comes out wrong.
Well, you figure that's such a pretty cow.
You better give her another shot.
And you do, and that calf comes out
water-headed and blind, or three-legged.
And then you know what you've got to do.
You've got to put that cow down.
So you do, with a bolt to her neck,
and then you hang her from a hook
and you cut her into burger,
and you feed her to your family,
but at least you know she did some good in the world.
But you...
you ain't worth the slaughter no more.
You're just dog meat.
Hmm.
There you are.
There you are, Horst.
And all your truth.
That's the most honest thing you've ever said to me.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
And I hear it.
Loud and clear.
Now, that don't mean that I don't intend to honor my vows.
And keep this family together,
make sure the land gets passed on
the way it's always been passed on
when I'm gone.
I'm a man of my word, Margaret,
and this is my family and my land,
and there ain't nobody, including the Good Lord himself,
gonna tell me what the hell I'm gonna do with it.
A man does, Margaret.
A man does.
That's something you never understood.
A man does.
And what I'm going to do right now
is I'm going to bury our son.
You know when you're gone,
what's left won't be worth a jar of cold spit, right?
Is that the best ya got?
Want my truth?
Dyin' to hear it.
I will kill you.
I expect nothing less.
I told you to leave us alone.
We spoke with Nora Danvers.
She said you came to see her about her son.
I've been waiting for this day a long time.
Dad, what are you talking about?
- Get inside. - I'm not a child.
I don't need you to keep trying to protect me.
I want to know the truth.
- What did you do? - Rosie, please.
Gil, you can help us...
make them pay for what they've done.
I tried to help Cole.
Told him to keep his head down, take the paycheck,
which he did, for a while.
But then he started asking questions.
- Questions about what? - I can't tell you that.
But he started causing problems.
One night, he got into it with Horst, and...
Rand saw them, and he killed Cole.
He thought he was protecting his father.
What kind of problems was Cole causing?
No. No, no. I can't do this.
Because whatever Horst was doing,
you helped him.
Horst trusted I wouldn't talk.
I was too mixed up in it.
It was the only reason I got off that ranch alive.
So, then why did they fire you?
They didn't. They paid me off.
What was Horst doing on that land?
Montana gets the majority of its drinkable water
from natural sources.
This here is the main source to Missoula, Kalispell.
But 20 years ago came the shale boom,
contaminating everything in its wake.
Companies around the state, like Borns Fracking, for example,
they had to make right.
Optically, at least.
They needed somewhere to dump their waste.
And Horst was happy to give it to 'em.
Wagy brokered the deal,
and they split the profits 50/50.
At first, I-I didn't see the harm.
There has to be some sort of paper trail...
contracts, receipts.
This doesn't sound like a small operation.
It's not, but it's a smart one.
The dumping happened on the back pasture,
and Horst keeps all the documents under lock and key
in his office.
Both of which are monitored constantly.
Today's Blake's funeral.
Means they're expecting guests.
Lots of cars coming and going.
What's one more?
That's a horrible idea.
- You got a better one? - I'm not dying on that ranch.
You can't keep running from them.
You owe it to Rosie to do the right thing.
We're gonna eat after we bury him.
John Wayne's hungry.
You know, you don't always have to do what he says.
John Wayne wants a sandwich.
I'm not talking about sandwiches, Rand.
I can't be talking to you.
Says JW?
Oh.
Look what you made me do.
Here. Let me help you.
Here.
There you go. You almost look like a normal person
and not some super weird methy psycho killer.
Leave me alone.
I will if you just tell me
what's going on in the back pasture.
How do you know about that?
Oh, I know all sorts of things I ain't supposed to know.
Like what you did with that ranch hand
and what you did at that motel.
What? Are you gonna stab me?
Or do you need to check with big brother?
Oof.
Hey. Leave him alone.
I think Rand is pretty good at defending himself.
He's also pretty good at killin' ranch hands
and running trucks through motels...
killed a lady there, too.
I think the only good thing he's got going for him
is he ain't killed his brother.
Yet.
You know, I have half a mind
to tell Sheriff Wagy about all the bad things I know,
but I don't think that's gonna do us any good, now, is it?
You think you're so smart.
Keep running your mouth, I dare you.
You know Daddy raised me better than that.
Seems you two got a whole big mess
- that needs sorting. - We don't need your help.
Yes, you do, John Wayne.
You just don't know it yet.
All you gotta do is ask.
Why would they do this?
The Kleinsassers' whole identity is about land.
Why would they poison it?
Better to poison it than to lose it.
Yeah.
Any luck with Mary?
Our freezer friend, Steve.
Apparently, he fathered a child with Mary's sister.
- Scarlet? - Yeah. They weren't married.
The kid took her mother's name, but Steve's the dad.
How does this connect to Ronald?
I have no idea.
I'm not sure if Mary's a fly caught in Ronald's web
- or the reverse. - In this analogy,
I think they're both spiders.
Scarlet's been unreachable, but we have her address.
I'm headed over there now if you want to join me.
I can't right now, but we'll be back in Helena by tonight.
Okay. I'll talk to you later.
Can I come with you?
Arthur?
Arthur, is that you?
Mom, what's that?
It's blood.
Ew. Gross.
Come on.
Let's go, honey.
We are revealed by our grief,
but we must bear it away into this land
and keep it with us forever.
Blake carried a burden heavier than most.
He will be lighter for it now.
He was a good boy, gone too soon.
Margaret, would you like to say a few words?
I'll miss him.
I know what you did.
Let go, Margaret.
Arthur?
There you are.
Sorry, I thought I heard something in the woods.
An animal, and I went to take a look,
and I got a little lost.
- We were worried. - We found something.
- You did? - A bloody leaf.
It was super gross.
It's probably nothing.
Maybe it was a wounded animal,
like a rabbit or a deer.
I hope it's okay.
The woods are full of all kinds of animals.
Nice ones like the deer and the bunny rabbit,
and then there are the animals that need to hunt the nice ones,
like mountain lions, bears, and even wolves,
and sometimes... well, I'm sure you're taught this in school...
but they kill each other.
But it's not a bad thing.
It's what these animals do because they want to stay alive,
and to stay alive, they have to eat the nice animals.
And sometimes, we're lucky enough to find
traces of the struggle, like the blood, but it's okay.
That's nature's way of achieving balance.
If it weren't for those predators,
we'd be a herd of weak, useless animals,
munching on grass, staring at clouds.
We're made better by the knowledge
that there are things out there that can kill us.
Okay. Can we not talk about this anymore?
Let's go set up the tent before it gets dark.
- Yeah. - Sure.
Did I do something wrong?
Phoebe doesn't need to be scared.
I was just trying to tell her the truth about animals.
She should know what kind of place the world is.
She's 10.
Right.
Remember, she's never been camping before,
and you promised this would be fun.
You're right. I'm sorry.
Maybe later you can show me where you found this blood
so I can make sure there's no bad animals around.
No. There's no need for that. It's fine.
Let's finish setting up,
and then maybe we can build a fire,
we can have some s'mores?
Yes.
I'm sorry. I-I just want to protect you.
I know. It's okay.
That's it... Mary's sister's house.
- Wait here. - Well, hold on.
I didn't come all this way to sit in the car.
Listen.
You got a knack for this PI stuff,
but it's not a life I'd recommend.
And long nights aside,
the stuff you see can really break your heart.
I've already seen the worst in people.
Besides, I'm gonna be a famous singer, remember?
Of course.
But I just want to make sure you know
there are other paths you can choose.
Because if you don't, this job chooses you.
That what happened to you?
I guess you could say that.
I mean, I was studying to be a psychologist.
But then I interned at a criminal behavioral unit,
realized I was pretty good at getting under the hood
of guys like Ronald, and before I knew it,
I'd enrolled at the academy.
And, uh, then I lost my sister.
To a man like Ronald.
That's awful.
Like I said, the job chooses you.
Well, I have to close this chapter
before I can open a new one.
And if I can be part of taking down Ronald...
even better.
How do you feel about guns?
My dad used to take me to the range.
Up to you.
_
We gotta go if we're gonna go.
- Let's do this. - And get out.
How do you keep this sort of thing hidden?
However they need to.
Whole operation ballooned over the years.
Horst kept buying up land so we could dump more onto it,
and it just spiraled from there.
Oh, my g...
These were illegals who got poisoned moving this stuff.
And other folks who crossed them.
There's a lot of bodies. Take the picture and let's go.
I need to get a soil sample first.
Here. Let me do it.
I'll do it.
Mm, you're in trouble.
Do you even know what Blake was gonna do?
Doesn't matter much now, does it?
Hey, remember what I told you
about putting nails in your mouth.
Maybe you should get some real food.
I hear they don't have cookies in prison.
That was a beautiful service.
You spoke some fine words.
How's, uh, Margaret holdin' up?
She's emotional.
You know I'm gonna have to bring Rand in
for questioning at least.
There's talk of State getting involved.
- So what? - Them boys are a thorough sort.
They won't look kindly on the events at the motel.
You want to take Rand,
you're free to come on the ranch any time you want.
Same with the State boys.
I'll be sure to give them a warm welcome.
Horst, this ain't something you can manage alone.
Let me talk to him first.
I'll get his alibi such as it is.
But you're gonna have to extend an olive branch.
The only branch I'm going to be extending is my .270.
I may be crippled, but I'm still good with it out to 500 yards.
I want you to hang this.
I said hang it.
I want everyone to see what lives in this house.
Uh, maybe we should wait until the guests leave.
No. I want it hung now.
All of you. Now.
Yeah.
Everybody out. Now.
I made it for Blake.
We're going to come together. Is that understood?
Because if we do not, we are going to lose everything.
Have you got something to say?
- No, sir. - I think you do.
I want to go to Paris.
I want to see that painting in that tower.
Nobody is going anywhere until we...
... until we solve our problem.
Sit down.
Her car's in the driveway.
Excuse me.
Oh, uh, can I help you?
We're looking for Scarlet Leyendecker.
She's not home.
Left in the middle of the night in that damn truck
with her boyfriend and daughter.
Truck? Do... Do you mean, like, a-a pickup
or an RV? That sort of thing?
No, no, like one of those big rigs you see on the interstate.
Rattled the windows.
Uh, I-I'm sorry. Who did you say you were?
Friends of the family. We... We drove in all the way from Utah.
This is Scarlet's boyfriend, right?
This must be an old photo. His hair's grown out some.
Not my style, but to each their own.
Thanks for your help.
Horst.
You got a problem.
- What's wrong? - Thought I saw something.
Come on. Let's get out of here.
Oh, no.
Run!
What are you doing?
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