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consumers, but the farmer--

[dog barking]

SAM:
Off with your head.

Can't believe you were

sleeping with all that light

in your eyes.

Made up my mind.

Of course you have.

I'm going to

Scratch's with you.

Don't you want to be

home with the boys?

Oh, they're fine.

They're sick of me.

I want to start working again.

I don't want you around it.

I've seen the papers.

Papers, barn.

Frank.

We have time.

[music playing on radio]

Hey, Fin.

Hey, Paula.

[inaudible].

Yeah.

Here, give that to me.

Thanks.

Thanks for the car.

Good luck.

All right.

It's nice to meet you.

Morning, guys.

Hey, Jimmy.

Got the atrazine

to the crop duster.

Uh, where's Scratch at?

Out with the birds.

Oh, you go see Scratch

and I'm going to unload.

Been a few years since

you've been out here.

You're getting a little

bony for my taste.

Well, I ain't one of

your sows, Scratch.

Well, it's not

daddy's farm anymore.

Mm-mm.

We're doing too

much, to be honest.

I can hardly keep

things straight.

We should, uh, we should

set up a regular shipment.

Frank and I have

things worked out.

Well, that way you don't

even have to think about it.

We moved on from on

just feeding seed.

We stock or can stock almost

every medication, antibiotics,

hormone, herbicide, you

name it that you've used.

She's excited.

Hadn't been out in a while.

Well, we should be supplying

you with most of your stuff

like we used to.

Gigas sells me my

feed same as you did

and they unload my products.

I get what I need,

doesn't get easier.

They're squeezing you.

They're squeezing you too.

You might as well

be a tenant farmer.

At least I'm

still in the black.

Scratch, we need the work.

Like I told Frank, I got a

little job you could do for me.

I've been using every bit of

persuasion and charm I have--

You think we're just going

to wish our problems away?

...to keep Scratch and every

other client we still got.

[bell ringing]

BETTY:
What was that job

Scratch was talking about?

FRANK:
It's not

on the up and up.

BETTY:
Why would he come to

us with something illegal?

And then think that we would

do something like that?

Margins are tight, some

people are willing to bend.

[children yelling]

I'm close with McKibbin.

How much is the system worth?

Phew, more than

10 house payments.

He was impressed, he

was real impressed

when I talked him through it.

He said he just had

to run the numbers.

There he is.

ELENA:
'Course I'll do it.

Ickentas.

I'm not a chicken.

[speaking spanish]

No, you get in.

You don't know how to swim?

'Course I do.

Eat it.

No.

Put it in your mouth.

Ew.

Chicken.

ELENA:
Chicken.

Thought you might have some

questions about the system.

Oh, your demo

was very thorough.

Well, I'd love to go over it

again with you, Mr. McKibbin.

Oh, that's all right.

All right, you ready to

write that check then?

Come on, Frank.

You know the deal.

Oh, I'm giving it to

you at nearly cost.

I can't do any better.

I buy the system from

Gigas, they buy my home.

I need this one.

It's just the way it is.

[child shouting]

Indian summer.

Close your eyes.

Come on.

Close 'em.

Let's see now.

Does-- does it go in here?

No?

OK, maybe it goes in here.

Stop.

Does it go here?

500?

Down payment on the

system from McKibbin.

It's a done deal.

Frank.

[exhale]

You gonna finish that in time?

That don't look

like a pirate vest.

Looks more frontier boy.

I'm gonna whip you,

you keep that up.

Looks like it's

moving or something.

Yeah?

It's good.

Thanks.

FRANK:
But it's not real.

I ought to make you come

out with me some time.

You need to see what it's

like to get your hands dirty.

You're right.

There's a real future for

me in the family business.

I want that tech school

application in my hands

tomorrow.

You got me?

Boy thinks he's too

good for the real world.

[knocking]

Finley, open up.

He-- we were raised

thinking that--

You don't have to

excuses for him.

You both worried

about a lot of things.

I'm not stupid.

Why don't you teach me

how to use your pipe?

What?

I just thought that

we stop pretending.

I won't tell your dad.

It's a bong, not a pipe.

And it's some

pretty strong stuff.

Well, let's fire it up.

OK, don't be a dork, Mom.

Right.

Here, hold this.

OK.

We should probably go out here.

Out there?

Yeah, out here.

OK.

Exhale.

[dog barking]

Whoa.

Whoa.

What?

BETTY:
Did you see that?

That bright-- it's

a purple streak.

Mom.

[laughter]

What?

[laughter]

I applied.

You were just

yanking his chain?

[laughter]

FINLEY:
Few months ago.

I applied to the Art

Institute in New York.

New York?

Like not the AG science?

I showed one of the

professors my portfolio.

BETTY:
How-- your portfolio?

My drawings.

You want to go?

If they want me.

You only have to do one thing.

What?

Make yourself happy.

[music playing]

[men's voices in background]

FRANK:
If you could tell

me who it is that sells,

so I can-- come on, Ed.

Who is it?

ED:
I can't.

You know that, Frank.

I know, but--

FRANK:
You told us

that you could help--

Morning.

Well?

An offer's been

made on the place.

Well, we just made a payment.

Ah--

Frank?

The bank has tried to

work with you on this,

but we have an offer on

the property outright.

We need the back

payments on the house.

Morning, Finley.

Mr. Kroger.

Sam.

Go on.

Fin, get Sam in the truck.

Go on.

I'm sorry to catch

you with the boys.

Oh, no.

No-- no trouble at all, Ed.

Well, we have a big

sale coming in, Ed.

Right, Frank?

That's right.

Right.

In order to retain ownership

of the property, we need it.

Now.

I can give you till

the end of the week.

It's Gigas, isn't it?

That man from Gigas?

Yeah.

I wish it were in my hands.

Forgive me.

Ed?

Halloween's end of the week.

How am I going to

finish the costume?

Dad?

Dad?

Dad?

Frank?

Yeah, no, no, I'm all right.

I'm all right.

I'm all right.

What happened?

No, no, I just-- I

need to, uh-- I just

need to close my

eyes for a moment.

[grunts]

How you feeling?

Ah, I can't get comfortable.

Need anything?

Come to bed.

I'm freezing.

Sale to McKibbin

gonna be enough?

I need to give him

a little more time.

Uh-- Scratch has some

kind of problems with one

of his dairy cows.

I'll go see if I can wrangle

something over there tomorrow.

I want you to get some rest.

[cows mooing]

BETTY:
You've got to leave

them on increase, a hormone.

SCRATCH:
All of 'em?

More productive but hell

of a lot less durable.

BETTY:
Fecal worm on this one.

I've got an antibiotic that'll

get rid of this infection

before you can say Jesus.

My Gigas rep said I'd

send him to slaughter.

Well, it hasn't gone systemic.

He would only know

that by looking at her.

You don't feel right,

but she'll be fine.

Just make sure to keep

them separated, OK?

The healthy from the sick.

Everything they got goes

into making that milk.

Well, Frank and I have a good

supply of that antibiotic.

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