Running Wild

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Hey, let's go to Aspen.

- To ski?

- - No, to shop.

Oh, god, can it just

be the two of us?

Oh, please,

I am so tired of Melanie.

That dress...

It's like a hot dog

with a belt on it.

You are so mean.

Mrs. Stella?

Miss Stella?

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

There's been an accident.

You did great today.

You call me if

you need anything.

Mrs. Stella?

What do you want us

to do with all the food?

- How much is left?

- Half.

I thought more

people would come.

Um, take it for yourself,

give it to the staff.

Not the alcohol!

Um, throw the rest away.

Maybe I could give it

to the church instead?

Give it to the church,

that sounds good,

I don't know what

I was thinking.

You're mourning.

Hey!

Mrs. Stella!

- Mrs. Stella!

- Leave me alone!

Mr. Ciocca is here,

from the bank.

Give me a minute.

What does he want?

I'm just the maid.

Stella, again, my deepest

condolences to you.

Thank you, Doug.

Was good of you

to come yesterday.

Oh, of course.

So, did you forget something?

No, no, um...

This is really hard to say.

Uh, and forgive me for

the timing of this,

but, in about 90 days, you're

gonna lose everything here.

What?

You all have been in

trouble for a very long time

and JT did not have

the heart to tell you.

The horse market took

a downturn in '08,

JT refused to sellout,

so he leveraged the ranch

for you guys to survive.

This is my ranch, my family's

ranch, I didn't sign anything.

Come on, Stella,

you knew the deal,

you marry JT and he

takes care of you.

That's what your father

wanted and that's why

he signed the

estate over to him.

Plain and simple, you owe the

bank just north of, $6 million.

$6 million!

All money borrowed against

the ranch to keep it afloat.

But in 90 days, the probate process

is going to catch up with you

and the bank's gonna want

this house to cover the debt.

Six million...

What about monarch, what about

monarch and his stud fees?

Breeders are a very informed bunch,

they know what's going on here,

they're just gonna wait

until there's a fire sale

and try and get him for cheap.

Whistler painted a portrait

of my great-grandmother,

she built this place.

- I'm not an art dealer.

- No, but it's worth $2 million.

If I showed you the appraisal with a

promise to sell, would that help?

$2 million would definitely feed the

wolves, yes, for sure, it would.

What?

No, no!

Oh, my god!

Oh, my god!

No, no!

What did you do?!

What did you do?

What did you do?!

This is 10 karats, how much time

does that buy me?

Not enough, honey.

I'm sorry.

Can I help you with

anything, miss Stella?

No, I'm okay.

My grandma used to make me

brush horses every night.

That was my job

around the ranch.

Do you mind?

No, ma'am.

I'm sorry about Mr. JT.

Now, we're competing on

Tuesdays and Thursdays.

All right, you know what,

Susan needs some extra

time on the court.

I'll pay for it,

just make it happen.

Okay.

Thank you.

Oh, Stella, this is

Patrick, my new coach.

- Nice to meet you.

- You, too.

Oh, honey, I am

so glad you called.

Did you get the

casserole I sent over?

I did, yeah, thank you.

I haven't really been able

to, you know, eat much.

Well, that's

probably for the best.

You know, good idea

to stay thin now

more than ever, right?

Tea?

This was really difficult

for me to come here today.

Aw, my door is always open.

Um...

JT messed up.

If I don't figure something out,

the bank is gonna take

the ranch in three months.

Honey, no, it can't be that bad.

I need to borrow $100,000.

Another hundred? For what?

Another?

Yeah, Robert gave JT $140,000.

I thought you knew.

No, nope.

JT didn't tell me that.

He didn't tell me

a lot of things.

- You know what? Let me call the girls.

- No!

We can put something aside

for you under the radar,

maybe open a little shop in town

or get a place in Tahoe.

You don't have any kids, you could just

start over where nobody knows you.

It's not too late.

I mean, you're beautiful.

The ranch, it's been in my

family for four generations.

Stella, ranching

is dirty business.

If JT couldn't save it,

how are you gonna do

it all by yourself?

Sometimes it's better to

just let go of something,

then get dragged down with it.

Sorry, ma'am,

I went to stop them,

but they had all their

paperwork in order.

They're gonna

want this one, too.

Ma'am, uh, give me a second.

Do you know what this is?

Um...

Looks like a bullet.

My great-grandfather

used a knife and hot water

to dig it out of

his wife's back.

She got shot when a gang

of civil war deserters

tried to take this ranch.

The two of them,

just the two of them,

came across this country,

they fought Indians, fires,

and the railroads

to build this place.

My great-grandmother

lost two children

by the time she was 23.

One to a fire and

the other to typhus.

But she didn't quit, she didn't,

she never gave up, she did

everything she had to do

to keep this land,

but I'm just gonna lose it all

to the bank without

even a fight!

Well, okay,

I hear ya, take it easy.

Take it easy?

That's all I've ever done,

it's what's gotten me here!

We are all gonna be in deep,

deep sh*t if I don't

figure something out.

Well, I know that.

Okay, you know the

day-to-day of this ranch

better than anybody else.

I need to know everything about my

husband's business, it's my business.

I need to know what he did

right, what he did wrong

and what around here

is worth saving!

- Now?

- Right now.

We lease this back pasture

to a dairy farm for grazing,

it brings in a little.

Most of the workers

have found jobs elsewhere,

a handful have

stayed loyal to you.

They do general upkeep, mending

fences, painting, et cetera.

Looks like they're

not doing their jobs.

You got five doing

the work of 20,

you're lucky they

haven't walked, too.

A handful of people

pay to stable their horses.

It's good for some floating

cash, but that's about it.

Then there's this fella.

Mr. JT used to get

25,000 to breed him

on account of

the stakes winning.

He comes from a long

line of breeders

and derby cup winners.

It's a damn shame.

Why isn't anyone

breeding to him now?

Ma'am, they're waiting

for you to go under,

so they can buy

monarch outright.

The ranchers, they had their eyes

on this place for a while now.

Mr. JT might have

made some bad decisions,

but this sure

wasn't one of them.

Saddle him up.

I wanna take a ride

around the property.

That's not a good idea, ma'am.

Don't want to take a

chance of injuring him.

- Then saddle up Robbie.

- Yes, ma'am.

Hello, miss Stella.

Bratt, there's a

break in the fence,

I think there's some wild

horses on the property.

- All right, where are you?

- Near the old ranch.

Okay, don't go near the horses

and don't fix the fence.

With any luck, they'll

go out the way they came.

I'll be right there.

We need to get

them off property.

We have to... what?

No, look at them,

they need food, water.

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