Part Two

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EZRA:
There we go, gentlemen, here you go.
MAN:
Hey! I need me another drink over here.
EZRA:
I was not made for honest labor.
INEZ:
Then let me do it.
EZRA:
Do what?
INEZ:
Tend your bar. I clean and make repairs... till you and I really get the place going. By then, you'll make me your partner.
EZRA:
Uh, listen, Senorita, uh, I'm not lookin' for a partner, and you... certainly cannot tend bar here.
INEZ:
And you can?

EZRA:
You see that gentleman at the end of the bar?
INEZ:
Mm-hmm.
EZRA:
He'd eat you like half a sandwich.
INEZ:
Would you care to bet? One dollar. I serve him. Any trouble, you win.
EZRA:
Fine. It'll be a dollar more than I made yesterday.
INEZ:
What will it be?
MAN:
Well, now, ain't you just a pretty little frijole? I need me a rye whisky. Comprende?
INEZ:
Si, Senor.
MAN:
Now I need me a kiss.
INEZ:
Do you?
MAN:
Yeah. No kiss... no money.
INEZ:
I see.

MAN:
Get ready for some heaven.
INEZ:
There's your kiss.
EZRA:
What's your name?
INEZ:
Inez Recillos.
EZRA:
Well, Senorita Recillos... welcome to your new job.

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VIN:
All these men deputies, too?
YATES:
Sure, soon as I steal them some badges.
VIN:
Well, well. You're a long way from home, Eli Joe.

ELI JOE:
Well, I figured I'd see some more of this beautiful country... look up old friends. Hang him.

VIN:
You sure went to a whole lot of trouble not to face me alone.
ELI JOE:
You're thinkin' it's cowardly. I think it's smart. See, I know all about your 6 amigos. You all have been making quite a name for yourselves around here.
VIN:
Real proud of yourself, ain't ya?
ELI JOE:
Yeah, I suppose, but it had to be done. You see, I ain't been sleeping too well ever since I pinned that murder on you.
VIN:
Your conscience bothering you?
ELI JOE:
I ain't got a conscience.
VIN:
How about Jess Kincaid? You killed an innocent farmer just to frame me for murder.
ELI JOE:
Got you off my trail, didn't it? Course this little voice inside keeps tellin' me Vin Tanner's gonna
Come lookin' for me, settle up old scores. So I figured I'd find you first. I'm glad I did. Let's do this. Gotta get back on the trail.

MAN:
Take cover!
ELI JOE:
Don't let him get away!
VIN:
What took you so long?

CHRIS:
Thought you might need this. Hyah!

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EZRA:
Now, now, no need to rush in all at once. One at a time, if you please. Yes! You, sir, a whiskey?
Why, of course. Be my pleasure. This here is our finest single malt. Join you? I'd be honored. To your health, sir.
INEZ:
I have an idea!
EZRA:
About what? A bank we can rob?
INEZ:
About food. I think we should offer something to eat, like the hotel does. Try it.
EZRA:
Muchas gracias, Senorita, but I am drinkin' my dinner.
[footsteps rushing]
MAUDE:
Have you lost your mind? The sign outside says "Drinks for a penny." What next? Pay people to come in here? My God. At this rate, you'll be broke in no time.
EZRA:
Well, isn't that the object of your little exercise, Mother? Might as well help it along.

MAUDE:
Oh, and that you have. I have just come from the bank, where I discovered that you paid your own money to buy this glorified shack!
EZRA:
Well, who else's money was I supposed to use?
MAUDE:
Somebody else's. Anybody else's.
EZRA:
Right, right.
MAUDE:
Ezra, rule number one-- never run a deal on your own money. Good Lord, I thought I taught you better than that. What have all my efforts been for?
EZRA:
Your efforts? Your efforts?
[crash]
EZRA:
Exactly what effort have you ever exerted that wasn't entirely self-serving?
MAUDE:
Children.
INEZ:
Would you like to try some?
MAUDE:
Mmm! Muy bueno. Who made this?

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EUDORA:
For you, Daddy.
BUCK:
Oh, thank you, Eudora, my little pumpkin. You ready? Hush, little baby, don't say a word papa gonna buy you a mockingbird and if that mockingbird don't sing papa gonna buy you a diamond ring

WOMAN:
Wake up, Bucky. Wake up, Bucky. Ooh! Sorry, honey, I gotta go. I don't want to be late for work. Bye, honey.
BUCK:
Ohh.

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JOSIAH:
Go on in, Brother Buck. Sanctuary's always available for the troubled soul.
BUCK:
I'm not troubled. What makes you think I'm troubled?

JOSIAH:
Ok. Forget I said it.
BUCK:
Say, Josiah?
JOSIAH:
Yep.
BUCK:
Have you ever thought about marriage?
JOSIAH:
Well... animals mate, plants grow, flowers bloom. Seems to be the natural order of things.
BUCK:
Maybe that's it. It oughta be natural, right? It's not something that's forced on you.
JOSIAH:
Exactly. Then again... could be the fates sendin' you a blessin'.

BUCK:
Yeah?
JOSIAH:
Fine wife, delights of a child. Most men would live and die for that.
BUCK:
Yeah. Well, tell me this. How do I know that Lucy is the one for me? I mean, I hardly know her.
JOSIAH:
Seems to me that'd be a good starting point if you want it.
BUCK:
Well, what do you mean?
JOSIAH:
Get to know the girl.

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CHRIS:
I circled back 2 miles. Looks like they gave up on us.
VIN:
Probably fixin' to break camp and get the hell out of here.
CHRIS:
If they're smart, that's what they'd do.
VIN:
He ain't gettin' away this time. I'm going to drag that murdering sack of dirt back to Texas, and he's going to tell the jury the truth.
CHRIS:
I don't know, Vin. Truth and Eli Joe don't seem like a likely mix.
VIN:
I've lived with Kiowas and Comanches. I know a thing or two about getting the truth out of people.

CHRIS:
I look forward to seein' that. Too bad we got to keep him alive. Since we do, we best get us some help. Come on.

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JD:
Hey, Buck. Josiah. We gotta ride.

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CHRIS:
Split 'em up. Everybody takes a man.
VIN:
Fella in the serape's mine.
CHRIS:
All right, boys, like we planned.

CHRIS:
Hold it right there!
MAN:
Unh.
MAN 2:
Unh.
CHRIS:
Hyah!
MAN:
Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

VIN:
You're finished, Eli. Yates! Where is he? Where is he? I got no problem killin' you.
YATES:
It won't change the fact that he's gone. Took off early. Got a head start out of the territory. Guess he knew you were coming.

VIN:
I'm gonna find him. Wherever he is.

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MAUDE:
I think you'll find this room delightful. It has a lovely view down Main Street, just as you requested. I call it the Presidential Suite. The very best appointments. I'm expecting new linens from the capital soon.
ELI JOE:
Oh, this is gonna do just fine.
MAUDE:
Well, you enjoy your stay now.
ELI JOE:
Mm-hmm.

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NATHAN:
Go on. Move it. Come on.
MAN:
Don't push.
MARY:
I hear you're going after Eli Joe.
JD:
Yes, we are, ma'am.
MARY:
How long will you be gone?
JOSIAH:
However long it takes.
NATHAN:
Way we figure, Eli Joe is just a day ahead of us.
JD:
Where to first?
VIN:
What's this all about?
CHRIS:
Thought you could use some help.
VIN:
Much obliged, but, uh, my business with this man is mine and mine alone.
JOSIAH:
Got no argument there, it's just... it's awful big country out there is all.
BUCK:
We all ride in a different direction, one of us is bound to cross his path.
EZRA:
It's a mathematical certainty.
CHRIS:
You got a chance to finish this now. You may not get another one.
VIN:
All righty then. Meet up at my wagon in, uh, 20 minutes.
MARY:
Vin... good luck to you.

VIN:
Thank you, Ma'am.
BUCK:
20 minutes? Long enough for a man to get to know someone, right?

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[man and woman laughing]

LUCY:
Buck? Uh... Buck, honey.
BUCK:
I think you can drop the "honey" part.
LUCY:
Oh, Buck, I'm sorry. I sure never wanted you to find out about Luther this way.
BUCK:
Luther?
LUTHER:
What?
BUCK:
Is that your name, boy?
LUTHER:
Well, yeah.
BUCK:
Luther?
LUCY:
You--you gotta understand, Buck.
BUCK:
What do I gotta understand?
LUCY:
Luther's the father of my baby. But he wouldn't admit it, so I... well, I made a play for you, Buck.
BUCK:
Oh, wait. Are you tellin' me I was second choice to--to--to him?
LUCY:
No, I, no, it was only a play to force his hand.
BUCK:
So I wasn't, uh, any choice at all?
LUTHER:
Listen, Mister, I love her, and we're getting married. And besides, I couldn't stand by and watch her marry another man 'cause 'cause she's, you know... she's, you know, and I'm...
BUCK:
What you, uh?
LUTHER:
Well, not you.
BUCK:
You sure got a way with words there, Luther. You certainly do.
LUCY:
Thank you.

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ELI JOE:
So long, bloodhound.

MAN:
Buenos dias, Senor Vin.
VIN:
Howdy.
BUCK:
Don't ask.
[clicks]

CHRIS:
Vin!

VIN:
Hold your fire! Hold your fire! Don't kill him!
CHRIS:
Surround the hotel!
JD:
We got you, Buck

VIN:
Take him alive!
MAUDE:
Oh! Oh! My presidential suite!
VIN:
I'll take the roof.
JD:
There! There he is!
NATHAN:
Up here.
VIN:
Oww!
ELI JOE:
Argh! Aah!
VIN:
We got some unfinished business in Texas.

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JOSIAH:
All right. Take him away.
CHRIS:
I know you wanted him alive.
VIN:
You did what you had to. I can't clear my name if I'm dead.

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EZRA:
Well... you win, Mother. You always do.
MAUDE:
Well, of course, Darling. I've known you since you were an itty-bitty baby. That's always gonna be my trump card. That's a mother's advantage. Now, come here and give me a kiss before I leave.
EZRA:
You're leaving? But your place is a gold mine. It's booming.
MAUDE:
Well, that's the whole idea. You buy depressed property, you get it going, and then you sell it at the height of its popularity. I made a fortune.
EZRA:
Spend it in good health, mother.
MAUDE:
Oh, I already did. I reinvested it in another very depressed property.
EZRA:
You aren't-- you can't possibly be--
MAUDE:
Yes. The new owner of the Standish Tavern. Banks are delighted to sell paper on imminent foreclosures.
EZRA:
Foreclosure?!
MAUDE:
Well, you don't have to thank me. I knew that you'd just about die with embarrassment. I just dropped by to make final arrangements. I can't leave without ensuring my interests are looked after by someone I can trust.
EZRA:
Oh, no. Never! I will never work for you.
MAUDE:
Well, fine, if that's your attitude. I'll find another bartender.
EZRA:
Bartender? Then who's the manager?
MAUDE:
I came, I saw, I conquered.

EZRA:
Wait! Just tell me one thing. Why? I mean, why here? Why me?
MAUDE:
Somebody's got to keep you sharp, son. We're business people. And we're the best at what we do. Don't ever forget that.

EZRA:
Yes, indeed. An amazing woman.