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very much and love each one very much".

I could see you coming.

Why, Mr. Benedict, this is a good surprise!

We're having a wedding.

Sure is plenty of excitement.

"Dearly beloved...

"we are gathered here in the sight of God

and in the face of this company...

"to join together this man

and this woman in holy matrimony...

"which is an honorable estate

instituted of God.

"David, wilt thou have this woman

for thy wedded wife?

"To live together after God's ordinance

in the holiest state of matrimony?

"Wilt thou love her, comfort her,

honor her...

"and keep her in sickness and in health,

and forsaking all others...

"keep thee only unto her

so long as you both shall live?"

I will.

"Lacey, wilt thou have this man

for thy wedded husband...

"to live together after God's ordinance

in the holiest state of matrimony?

"Wilt thou love him, comfort him,

honor him...

"and keep him in sickness and in health,

and forsaking all others...

"keep thee only unto him

so long as you both shall live?"

I will.

"Bless, O Lord, this ring...

"that he who gives it and she

who wears it may abide in thy peace...

"and continue in thy favor

unto their life's end.

"Amen".

With this ring, I thee wed.

"Those whom God hath joined together,

let no man put asunder.

"For as much as David and Lacey have

consented together in holy wedlock...

"I pronounce that they are man and wife".

Are you ready to come back

to your old, beat-up cowhand?

I'm no different than I was when I left.

We Texans like a little vinegar

with our greens. It gives them flavor.

What do you think of old King Tut?

Boy, howdy, that's some hunk of beef!

He's gonna make history, too.

When Bick finishes this breeding program,

he'll have an animal...

that's 99 percent beef

and the rest exaggeration.

Say, Ollie, do you see that?

That's Rink's truck.

I don't want him

hauling through my place.

Jett's got the easement, Bick.

He's got a right to go through the land.

No two ways about that.

I'm tired of his prospecting.

I want him out of here.

He's borrowed about all he could.

He's down to his last collar button.

Sure he is.

Buy him out, Ollie.

Buy him out and get him out of here.

Hello, Jett.

What do you want?

My well came in, Bick.

Fine.

That's wonderful, Jett.

Everybody thought I had a duster.

You all thought Spindletop and

Burkburnett was all the oil there was.

I'm here to tell you it ain't, boy. It's here.

There ain't a dang thing

you gonna do about it.

My well came in big, so big.

And there's more down there,

bigger wells.

I'm rich, Bick!

I'm a rich one. I'm a rich boy.

I'm gonna have more money

than you ever thought you could have.

You and the rest of you

stinking sons of Benedicts.

Leslie, go into the house.

Take the women with you.

Jett, we're glad you struck oil.

Now, you go on along home.

My, you sure do look pretty, Miss Leslie.

You always did look pretty.

Pretty, good enough to eat.

Wait a minute.

Take it easy!

You're touchy, Bick.

Touchy as an old cook.

You should have shot him a long time ago.

Now he's too rich to kill.

Tell your client that Reata is my property.

And the name of Reata is my property.

The Texas courts are fair.

He is to cease using the name of my ranch

in his oil schemes.

I won't have oil digging on Reata.

I won't stand for its name being used.

Is that clear?

Mom?

Mother?

They say Aunt Luz was really in love

with Jett Rink herself.

Even if she was old enough

to be his mother.

Now, Luz...

She was a character.

She was always trying to keep him

from getting married.

He had to run off to marry you.

What's that?

Who said what?

Somebody. I forget.

You know what they say?

That every girl in Texas was trying

to catch Papa.

They said, quote:

"There wasn't a prize bull like him

since Sam Houston got married".

That's enough from her.

I'm sure it's quite true, darling.

It took me two whole days to land him.

Really? It all sounds so fascinating

and uncouth.

Where are you going?

Down the road to Smitty's for Coke.

With who?

Nobody.

Stay at home.

Hey, you!

Hello, Papa.

Hi.

Where have you been?

Down the road for a Coke.

With who?

Bob.

- Howdy, Mr. Benedict.

- Hello, Bob.

Well, good night, Mr. Benedict.

Excuse me, Papa.

Look, Papa, are you busy now?

Never too busy for you, young fellow.

What's on your mind?

Well, Daddy, it's like this.

I am, Mama. I'm going to be.

I want to go to Harvard

and then to Columbia premed.

So you want to be a doctor?

Yes.

How about Reata, Jordy?

He's counting on you to take over.

Yes, I know he is. I know it.

But there are 50,000 guys who can do it

better than I can.

I don't want to live my life

pushing cows around.

I'd die for Papa if I had to.

Your father doesn't want you to die

for him. He wants you to live for him.

Talk to her, will you, Daddy?

Reason with her.

I don't want this pinned on me.

I'll take all the blame.

You just sort of soften the blow a little bit.

I'll talk to him myself.

You can persuade him, Mom.

I know you can.

It's not gonna be easy, honey.

Maybe I can catch her at a weak moment.

You can do it, Daddy. I know you can.

Darling, I've been thinking...

Me, too.

About the children.

That's funny. Me, too.

We must be getting old.

Speak for yourself.

I wonder if we love them enough

to do what's really right for them.

Why, sure.

I hope so.

I mean...

so we love them too much perhaps.

So much that we keep from doing

what's right for them.

Not me.

You don't have to worry about me.

It's always the mother.

The theory is she doesn't want

her fledglings to leave her nest.

Try their own wings. All that sort of stuff.

You mean...

you'd be perfectly willing to sacrifice?

Yeah.

I'd sacrifice for her. You know that.

I'm not so sold on that...

girl's school in Switzerland

you're stuck on.

Now, don't get your feathers up.

Judy's not crazy about that school either.

Of course she isn't.

That's exactly why she needs to go.

I wouldn't push her.

She...

wants to go to Texas Tech.

That's a man's school.

Girls go, too.

It's got the best animal husbandry course

in the country, she says.

She wants to be a rancher,

like her old man.

Like Bob Dace.

She's just got her little schoolgirl crush

on that hulking Bob Dace.

She's got her mind set on it.

That's what she wants.

And I, for one, am willing to sacrifice.

What do you say?

It seems we've hatched

an odd pair of fledglings.

Brace yourself.

Jordy wants to be a doctor.

He wants what?

He wants to be a doctor.

He's absolutely set on it.

Over my dead body!

You know what he's supposed to do.

Well, he's not.

He'd die for you, but he's not gonna

live his life for you. And he's right.

He'll do as we've all done.

He wants to go to Harvard first,

then Columbia premed.

You're pretty handy with those terms.

I can see who's been cooking this thing up.

Of course...

this would mean a big sacrifice

on your part.

No matter where he goes to school...

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