The New Law: Part One

Part One

MARY:
Billy!
GUN-MAN:
Aah!
JOSIAH:
Say your prayers, son.
CHRIS:
Behind you, Vin!
CHRIS:
On your left!
BUCK:
Hold on there, cowboy. Whoo!
BUCK:
Hey! Now, you just stay inside like I told you, Miss Millie. Right over here. Come on now.
JOSIAH:
Arise, sinner. Get up peacefully now.
SERGEANT:
Go on now, move it! Picked the wrong town to mess with. Get over there.
BUCK:
Get up! Get your hat on. Get up! Git! Hide behind a woman, what kind of man are you? Get up!
SERGEANT:
Murderin' pack of thieves. Rode into the wrong town, didn't ya? You boys are looking at a stiff
neck and a short drop.
JOSIAH:
Easy there, Sergeant.
SERGEANT:
He killed my driver and left me to die, stole my artillery wagon. Where's my artillery wagon, you
bastards?
VIN:
Loaded wagon should be easy trackin'.
SERGEANT:
You volunteerin'?
VIN:
You payin'?
SERGEANT:
Five dollars.
VIN:
You'll get your wagon back, then.
SERGEANT:
I'll get a unit together and haul these dogs away for you.
STOREKEEPER:
What did they do to my store?
MAN:
Coach comin' in!
STAGE COACH DRIVER:
Hyah!
BILLY:
Chris! Chris! Chris!
MARY:
Billy, wait!
BILLY:
Chris!
CHRIS:
You all right?
STAGE COACH DRIVER:
Whoa!
BILLY:
Grandpa!
JUDGE TRAVIS:
Billy, my boy.
BILLY:
Grandpa!
JUDGE TRAVIS:
How are you, huh?
MARY:
Judge, we weren't expecting you.
JUDGE TRAVIS:
I have a trial in Watsonville. I got to leave in a couple of hours.

JUDGE TRAVIS:
Billy boy, you've grown so fast. What the hell happened here?
VIN:
It's all been taken care of, Judge.
JUDGE TRAVIS:
Billy, how is school going?
MARSHAL BRYCE:
Gentlemen. I have a long-standing policy-- no firearms within city limits. I'll have your guns, please.
JD:
Who the hell is this?
JUDGE TRAVIS:
Federal Marshal Walter Bryce. He's the new law in town.

BUCK:
Mister, you'd better be prepared to fight for these guns, 'cause that's the only way you're gonna get them.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
If it comes to that, so be it.
CHRIS:
You don't want it to.
NATHAN:
Without us, you got no backup.
JOSIAH:
Except the good Lord... and he's got lousy aim.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
You must be the defrocked priest. I know about you. All of you. And I know about your arrangement with the Judge.
BUCK:
Well, then, I guess you know what you can do with your policy.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
I know this all seems rather abrupt, but I'm a reasonable man. I'm going to give you 24 hours to comply, after which, you leave town, check your guns, or go to jail.
EZRA:
Well, how very reasonable.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
In the meantime... if you'll excuse me... I have work to do.
VIN:
Care to explain this to us, Judge?
JUDGE TRAVIS:
The railroad has been pressuring folks back in Washington. They're gonna start laying some tracks through this territory, and they want it to be safe.
MARY:
So, just tell them we're already in good hands.
BUCK:
Yeah, the cattle ranchers are on the run. We got new settlers comin' in here all the time.
JUDGE TRAVIS:
Already told them all that. But the railroads want to ensure that they have a badge out here,
Someone official.
NATHAN:
Lot of good official will do when all those bullets start flying everywhere.
JUDGE TRAVIS:
The marshal's been doing things his way for a lot of years. He's got a rock-solid reputation for cleaning out a lot of rough towns back in Kansas.
VIN:
This ain't Kansas.
JUDGE TRAVIS:
Time was when I could have stopped him. But now, with the damn railroads pulling all the strings... and I might add, a mess like this isn't going to help you any. All right, I got to catch that stagecoach. Only have time to have a visit with my grandson. Nothing more I can do. I'm sorry.
JD:
Judge, you pay us to protect this town. How do you expect us to do it without guns?
JUDGE TRAVIS:
I don't. You're relieved of your duties as of now.
JD:
We're not gonna take this, are we? Where'd Chris go?

MARY:
Seems Marshal Bryce is here to stay.
CHRIS:
Yeah.
MARY:
Well, I suppose a town can never have too many peacekeepers.
CHRIS:
Why do I get the feeling our new marshal doesn't agree with you?
MARY:
Well, Bryce may not want you here, but the people of this town do. All right, not everybody, but--
CHRIS:
I've been here long enough as it is.
MARY:
So, what will you do now?
CHRIS:
I got some unfinished business I've been putting off. Take care of that.
MARY:
Billy will miss you.
CHRIS:
Mary? Would you say good-bye for me?
MARY:
Yeah.

JD:
So, Nathan, you stayin'?
NATHAN:
I'm all this town's got in the way of a doctor. Maybe no more guns, but there's still plenty of other ways for people to get hurt.
JD:
Good. Good. That's good. That's really good. Uh, Buck, hey, Buck. Are you, uh, thinking about sticking around?
BUCK:
You couldn't drag me out of here with an 8-horse team.
JD:
So, you're gonna go head-to-head with Bryce on this gun thing?
BUCK:
JD, do you see that little filly sitting in the corner over there? That is the only person I plan on going head-to-head with.

JD:
Oh, Buck, come on. You've been working on Millie for 3 months.
BUCK:
Exactly. And in a few minutes, all that hard work is gonna pay off.
JD:
Buck's stayin'. Uh, Vin, Ezra, you stickin' around?
EZRA:
As for myself, I'm a few well-played poker games away from owning this saloon. And with no guns in town, there should be fewer ways for disgruntled losers to seek reprisal.

VIN:
There's always tar and feathers.
EZRA:
Ha ha ha.
JD:
Vin, how about you?
VIN:
Well, I figure it's a matter of time before that marshal finds my name on a wanted poster.
JD:
Tell him you were framed. It's about time you cleared that whole thing up.
VIN:
I aim to, kid. Right after I track down the sergeant's artillery wagon.
JD:
Artillery wagon? Well, maybe I'll go with you.
EZRA:
I don't believe he invited you, son.
[hammering]
EZRA:
Well, JD, what oracle of wisdom has our new marshal revealed?
JD:
"By order of the marshal, a curfew shall be enforced at 11 p.m., after which time, there
shall be no loitering, no imbibing of alcohol, no gambling. Effective immediately."
[crash]

STOREKEEPER:
"No spittin', no open fires, no open liquor bottles." It's about time.
MRS POTTER:
No 7 men to watch over us.
STOREKEEPER:
And I say good riddance. We're movin' into a modern age. What do we need with a bunch of gunslingers?

CASEY:
Some show this morning, JD of course, your riding got a little clumsy.
JD:
You gonna start in on that "I'm better than you" junk? 'Cause I ain't in the mood.
CASEY:
So it's true? You 7 are breaking up?
JD:
We are not breaking up, all right? We're just--just doing something different for a while.
CASEY:
What are you gonna do?
JD:
Me? Hell, I could always find work as a hired gun. There's plenty of that around, but I'm thinking about heading off to Texas, join the Rangers.
CASEY:
So, you wanna leave?
JD:
I didn't say that.
CASEY:
So, you wanna stay?
JD:
I didn't say that either.
CASEY:
'Cause if you do, there's plenty of stuff you can do around here.
JD:
There is? Like what?
CASEY:
Ha, well, you can get a job.
JD:
Ha ha ha. A job?
CASEY:
Yeah.
JD:
Me? No.
CASEY:
No one cares if you go or stay anyway!
JD:
This day just keeps gettin' worse.

STUART JAMES:
Ah! Ha ha ha. Hold still, Juanita. Hold that bottle up. There you go. Ha ha ha. Yeah. Ha ha ha.
GUY ROYAL:
Mr. James.
STUART JAMES:
Guy Royal. Hell, last time you set foot on my ranch, you were trying to buy it. Still ain't for sale.
GUY ROYAL:
Might be soon if you can't get your cattle to market.
STUART JAMES:
Don't count me out. I always get them through.
EARL:
Yeah, but how many homesteads and fences you gotta ride around? And how much meat's left on their bones once you get there? And how much good grazin' land you got left to fatten them up in the first place?
STUART JAMES:
Who the hell is he?
GUY ROYAL:
This here's Earl. He's a new hire. What he means to say is that town's growing, and the number of settlers is growing with it. It's time we put our foot down.
STUART JAMES:
We?
GUY ROYAL:
Us ranchers start working together instead of against each other, well, that might be a damn powerful force. Turn that place into a ghost town.
EARL:
No town, no settlers, no fences.
GUY ROYAL:
You see, once that railroad starts coming through, we might get some control over some mighty valuable land.
STUART JAMES:
That town's got those 7 men watching over it. Hell, you went up against them once. So did I, except I ain't in a hurry to do it again.
EARL:
Ha ha ha. I guess you hadn't heard.

NATHAN:
Can I help you?
MARSHAL BRYCE:
I hear you're the doctor in town.
NATHAN:
No, I just heal folks best I can, but I ain't no doctor.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
That's exactly what I wish to discuss. I've been doing this job a long time, and I've seen a lot of snake oil sold off the backs of wagons.
NATHAN:
Snake oil? You call sewing up gunshot wounds and setting broken bones snake oil?
MARSHAL BRYCE:
No. I call it practicing medicine without a license. And from this point on... you're out of business.

MILLIE:
I don't know how you men drink so much beer and not feel it. I mean, I just had one and...my, my. Ha ha ha.ha ha ha.
BUCK:
You're a delicate flower, Miss Millie. Some old smoky saloon is no place for you. What do you say we find us a nice soft haystack to watch the sunset from?
MILLIE:
I know what goes on in haystacks.
BUCK:
Why, I'd never take advantage of you.
MILLIE:
Oh?
BUCK:
Well, sometimes my darker side does get the best of me. now, will you excuse me for just one minute? Because nature is screaming out my name right now, ok? No peeking.

MARSHAL BRYCE:
You're under arrest.
BUCK:
[sigh] oh! Ha ha ha. You know, if I hadn't just gone, you would have scared it right out of me. Aah! Oh! What are you doing?
MARSHAL BRYCE:
Like I said, you're under arrest.
BUCK:
Aah!
MARSHAL BRYCE:
For public indecency.
BUCK:
Oh, you're going to regret this, Marshal.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
I know I will.
BUCK:
I'll be right back, Miss Millie.

JD:
So you decided to go.
JOSIAH:
Fate decided. I'm just followin'. We were just passing through, anyway.
JD:
The town's gonna be a preacher's dream-- no drinkin', no gamblin'.
JOSIAH:
Not much to do for an old reformer like me. besides, if God's everywhere, best to start lookin' sooner more than later.
NATHAN:
Ha ha ha. That means he's gonna find a burning bush to talk to.

JD:
I thought you said you were staying.
NATHAN:
Not where I ain't needed. I figure the folks up at that reservation might appreciate my help more.
CHRIS:
You got a fix on that artillery wagon?
VIN:
Found some tracks this morning headed east. Which way you goin'?

CHRIS:
South. Purgatory.
VIN:
Watch your backside.
EZRA:
I suggest we leave before the cold shroud of puritanism smothers us all.

BUCK:
Unfair imprisonment! I demand a trial!
CHRIS:
Ol' Buck, he always lands on his feet.

BUCK:
Let me talk to somebody!
CHRIS:
Well.
EZRA:
Gentlemen.
VIN:
Adios.

CHRIS:
See ya, kid.
JOSIAH:
Comin', kid?
JD:
No, I'm gonna stick around and wait on Buck.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
Time's up, JD. You know the law. Hand over your firearms. Well done, son.

JD:
Hey, Billy, Miss Travis.
MARY:
I've been looking for you.
JD:
Did you hear that Buck's got to stay in there for 2 more days? 2 more days. This marshal had got his head up his--
MARY:
Uh, yes, well.
JD:
Oh. Right. Sorry, Billy.
MARY:
JD, would you be interested in working for me?
JD:
A--a job? What, here at the paper? Why me?
BILLY:
'Cause she asked Ma to ask you.

JD:
And what did she say, Billy?

MARY:
Well, she, um, she might have said a little something. You know, but I do need the help. My printing press has got a mind of its own. Will you just think about it?
JD:
Uh, think about what?
MARY:
The job.
JD:
Yeah. Yeah, I'll give it some thought. Thanks for the offer, Mary.
MARY:
That was supposed to be a secret. Ow!
MARSHAL BRYCE:
Hey, let me help you. You all right?
MARY:
Mm-hmm.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
Billy, hand me a nail, son.
MARY:
Actually, Marshal, I'm glad you stopped by. I was wondering if you might consent to an interview for my paper. Perhaps talk about your plans for the town.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
How charming of you to ask.
MARY:
Well, quite frankly, the town is concerned. I think people are worried that some of your methods might not work here.
MARSHAL BRYCE:
People? Well, let's dispel their worries. Shall we talk over dinner tonight?
MARY:
Oh. Well, um... yes, that would be fine.
BILLY:
Ma, when's Chris coming back.

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