County Line Page #2

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Not the hammer that you were.

Well, I best go feed them pigs.

So long, buddy.

Alrighty.

It's getting to the stage

I guess I always

knew it would

That I can't walk

down that street

I'm getting death

threats here

And death threats there

From everyone that I meet

Well if they knew

a thing about me

Which they obviously

don't

They would not waste their

time or their breath

I may be afraid

of many things...

Don't even think about it.

I hear ya!

Oh well I may be afraid

of many little things...

But I'm not afraid

I'm not afraid of death

Police are on the

hunt for Crank Prattler,

the last of the three brothers

who robbed

Maddie's at the county line.

Earlier today the three

brothers rushed armed

into the restaurant disguised

behind welding masks.

York county Sheriff Clint

Thorne was caught unawares

and held hostage by the

brothers until he found

the opportune moment

to safely retake control.

Sheriff Thorne and maksville

county Sheriff Preston are

now working together to find

the fugitive brothers.

Sheriff Preston...

all right!

Bullet, magnum, high life

get on over here!

A little cheese you was all

yelling about just a minute ago.

That doesn't need to go in.

Hi, dad.

Hey kid.

You look different.

You look more

beautiful every day,

just like your mother.

Welcome home.

Oh, mom would've loved that.

Yeah, well...

she probably would.

It just stopped all of a sudden.

Hmm.

Have a seat, fellas.

We don't know where

our brother's at.

Just wastin' your time.

Oh, I'll find your brother.

Don't you worry about that.

What's that?

It's nothin'.

Nothing?

It's nothin'.

You tattoo something

like that on your neck,

it's gonna be there the rest

of your life and it's nothing?

Well that nothing's popping

up all over the county

like mushrooms under a cow pie.

I guess that's just

a coincidence.

You know, my father was a judge.

And my mother was a lawyer.

They met right here

in this courtroom.

And like all dads, mine wanted

me to be just like him.

Noble, prestigious, honored.

The end all, be all

of the system.

Your last stop before

the end of the line.

All rise, for the

honorable Clint Thorne.

Now of course, my mama...

she wanted me to be a lawyer.

Intelligent, handsome.

A man of speech,

a convincer of truth.

A debater against evil.

Plus, she thought I

looked good in a suit.

What's that got to do with us?

See, I like to look

at a man's job as an

ornate frame of who he is.

But now, his hobbies,

what he likes to do.

Now that's a picture

of who he becomes.

Now take my daddy for example.

He liked to golf,

played nine holes

every day of his life

till the day he died.

And my mama...

she liked to read.

A novel a week.

And she kept a journal of

every book she ever read.

Isn't that amazing?

Now me.

What do I like?

I hunt.

I track.

I chase.

Anything that's in

season, I'm there.

Just waiting for it

to cross my path.

And when it does,

it doesn't get away.

And I never quit.

Now you boys are

gonna see the judge

and you're gonna need a lawyer.

But before you do,

I'm gonna find out

what's going on in this county.

And if I do...

and it's not because of

something you tell me today...

Oh...

By the time you put your

left hands on that good book,

you're gonna be

looking at prison

like it's a country club.

Now, I'm gonna ask you

boys one more time.

What is that?

What do you think?

I think we got a

whole new breed of trouble.

Yeah, we sure do.

We got the whole ball of wax...

Blackmail, corruption.

We're gonna have to put

surveillance in every place

that's got these symbols on 'em.

Yes, sir.

Every available man.

Who do you think is

behind all this?

Yeah.

But I can guarantee you,

whoever it is didn't expect

that idiot to put these

triangles on his neck.

No, sir.

I guarantee that.

What'd you say your daddy did?

My daddy had three jobs

before he died.

Plumber by day,

telemarketing at night,

newspapers in the morning.

My mom bottles perfume on a

conveyor belt as we speak.

As for me, I wanted to be

magnum, p.I.

help them get outta debt.

What I got was speeding tickets

and paperwork

for pennies on the hour.

Yeah, well welcome to a life

of fighting crime.

You can start right here magnum.

Don't you ever get

tired of eggs?

The hens keep layin' em;

They're free.

It's hard to get tired of that.

You still driving mom's car?

You don't like the look of

me in the Miata?

I actually look of you in

the Miata, just sayin.

How you doin', dad?

Oh, I'm fine.

I've been better,

but I stay busy.

That busy got anything to do

with those knuckles there?

I cut myself shaving.

Really?

Where you been?

A little bit of everywhere.

Now, don't get me wrong

it's not that I'm not

glad to see you

because I glad,

but it is hard not to wonder

the reason for

this sudden visit.

A girl can't just come home?

Oh, sure. A girl can

come home anytime.

I'm glad when you come home

but...

you ain't come home in a heck

of a long time.

A cop for a dad.

Can't get nothin' past you, huh?

You still try.

Come on, out with it.

I mean, just-

just tear the band-aid off.

Dad, I'm getting shipped out.

When?

A week.

Where?

The worst of it, I suppose.

I just wanted to come home,

and make sure you don't worry.

I always worry.

Dad, you don't have to worry.

I worried when you jumped off

the swing at the jungle gym.

I mean, how am I not-

how am I not gonna worry

when people are shootin' at ya?

You're my little girl.

Mom never worried.

Your mother had more

faith than I did.

Hey, I got a week.

You'll see me again.

That's it;

C'mon Clint.

Whoo hoo!

That is fast right there,

Sheriff!

Aw, Zack can have all the

money in the world,

he can't buy speed like this!

His cars can eat my dust!

Bring it on! Bring it on!

Hey buddy, boss is calling.

I'll be back.

Tell 'er I'm comin' in.

Roger.

Yes, ma'am this-this is

this is Scooter, ma'am.

Yeah, uh, he is-

he is just now finishing up.

I will-I will have

him home asap.

I-

Clint?

Clint!

Scooter? Scooter!

Clint!

Clint!

Alright, magnum.

Come on, big boy.

I'm gonna get ya good;

Oh, I'm gonna get ya good.

Oh, that's a good-

that is a good one.

You got it all;

That's a good boy, alright.

Come on, high

life; It ain't that bad!

Good lord.

Great.

Hey.

Howdy, Alden.

Sheriff Preston.

How's my car?

There's still a pack of your

sunflower seeds in the glovebox.

Workin' hard?

Work? No.

Just playin' with my pets.

You catch that third Prattler yet?

We will.

Well, between you and Clint,

he's got nowhere to go.

Well, Alden...

I came here because uh...

there was some trouble in

york county last night.

Clint's been shot.

What?

At the dirt track.

He hit the wall at full speed.

Is he alive?

It's not lookin' good, Alden.

Alden!

Come back with my car!

Security to ICU.

Code 1...

security to ICU.

Let me get through! I

just wanna see my friend!

Hold it! Hold it!

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