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This stone, I found it

out in the desert.

Was struck by lightning.

It is bad luck.

They say, "When a man

hides his past,

he has no future."

We go in at dark.

Bury the stone, you bury

your past and bad luck.

It's apple.

Will you two just get a room?

I have a room. In fact,

I have a whole house.

I just let you stay in it.

What's with the dress?

I'm meeting Stacey to play pool.

I don't want you hanging

out at the Dry Mouth.

Where else are

we supposed to play pool?

Nowhere. That's the point.

Peaches, you on the clock?

You know Doc, they didn't

give the worm a choice.

Since your wife left, I swear,

you'd crawl right in here with it.

So, what're we talking about?

Worms.

Oh come on, Johnny. You used to have to

buy me dinner and get me drunk first.

When did I ever

have to buy you dinner?

How 'bout it, Preacher? Are you

feeling moved by the spirit?

I believe I do.

Look at Peaches

and the Reverend.

He never goes with

any of the other girls.

Hannah calls it insider trading.

How else do you think

she got this place?

Where were you?

Had to walk.

If your car wasn't so loud

you'da come and picked me up.

The guns stay in the car.

What the f***, man.

So this is hell.

So these four guys

walk into a bar.

- Something wet.

- Wet we've got.

Beer.

- So where you boys headed?

- Maybe we're here.

Honey, Baker is smack in the middle

of Las Vegas' large intestine.

Everybody's

just passing through.

What the f*** you lookin' at?

Nothin'. I was just wondering what

you guys do for fun around here.

Johnny, let's play pool.

Johnny, come on.

Yeah, you go play pool, Johnny.

You're not even here for five minutes,

you almost get your ass kicked.

That hillbilly?

What's he gonna do?

I wasn't talkin' about him.

My daddy said, "The only thing sadder

than a half-empty glass of whiskey..."

"Is when both

halves are empty."

Yeah.

Hannah.

Doc, maybe

you should run an I.V.

so I don't have to run down here

every two and a half minutes.

Another 40 CC's, stat.

Mind if I join you?

I'm more of a straight-up

drunk than a social drinker.

Wow. It'll be like

a triple-shot tonight.

Oh, you're gettin' a bonus.

Oh, yes you are.

Cody. Mezcal.

Send over eight depth charges.

God damn. How did these

people lose the west?

Cody didn't lose it.

I hear there's one

for every man he's killed.

Bullshit.

Or one for every woman.

If there's any trouble, Sheriff

Bishop can handle that bunch.

Bishop.

Yeah.

What kind of western town

would we be without a sheriff?

Sheriff?

Oh come on, that's horseshit.

Look at this f***in' place.

- What's horseshit?

- Hannah said the sheriff's name is Bishop.

Pike wouldn't be that stupid.

Pike wouldn't be.

What about the good doctor?

He says the guy wakes up one

day, doesn't remember anything,

and then later

he just disappears.

Amnesia? Bullshit.

Pike's not gonna forget

ten million dollars.

Little conspicuous,

don't ya think?

Yeah.

I wanna get a good look

at this sheriff.

I'm getting too old

for this sh*t.

I'll take care of it.

- Hey, Tonto.

- Careful.

Oh well, how tough can he be? He needs

Geronimo and Pocahontas to protect him?

I think they're protecting you.

Sh*t.

Yeah, this is the sheriff.

What?

Okay, I'm on my way. And listen, Hannah,

you leave the shotgun under the...

I'm sorry.

Damn.

Johnny!

- What the f***?

- P*ssy.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! That's a bit

too much, don't ya think?

A man should be able

to hold his whiskey.

Harriet, tell Ronny to

get over to the Dry Mouth.

Will do, Sheriff. Now, please.

God damn Ronny, Sheriff needs

you over at the Dry Mouth.

Sounds like

they're tearing it up.

- Turn on your radio.

- Ronny!

Mezcal, man, I did

not mean that... Oh!

Oh!

I don't ever wanna see

you in my town again.

You understand?

Home.

Now.

Not you.

Sheriff.

Get him outta here.

Alright, yeah. Come on.

Come on. Let's go.

In the end we will remember

not the words of our enemies,

but the silence of our friends.

I'm sorry, Sheriff. I mean, I

didn't even hear the call.

We figured it out.

It's an anal thermometer.

Then why is he still here?

If you had that money,

would you be?

- What you gonna do, burn the whole town?

- Why not?

All you gotta do is blow on it and this

f***in' town'll go off like a Roman candle.

Come on, guys.

It's the four of us

against the whole town.

What the f*** happened

to you, Stillman?

What, you get a little whiff of p*ssy

and you're ready for retirement?

It's a bunch of

f***ing hillbillies.

Cole.

Control your brother before

I do something he will regret.

You put your jacket back on,

or you leave your

f***in' guns in the car.

After all these years, I never

thought we'd find him out here.

You know, prison

is a funny thing.

On the inside,

it's like an eternity.

Then they give you

back an old suit...

30 bucks, a bus ticket,

to go back to life.

And it feels like it was

just yesterday, but...

it wasn't yesterday.

F***in' ten years ago.

We lost ten years.

I envy him

if he doesn't remember.

I'm gonna need you to take out those

cell towers and the phone lines.

I want that sheriff and his deputy

out of town for a few hours.

How the f*** are

we supposed to do that?

Get creative.

Hey, Stillman. Cole's

only my half brother.

What?

Cole is only my half brother.

That means he can control me

only half the time.

Any casualties?

Peaches broke a nail.

I will take a brawl over a

cowboy convention any day.

You know, I'm thinking about

sprucing up the place anyway.

Really? The Dry Mouth hasn't

been spruced up since 1912.

Okay. I get it now.

Hello.

I like your hair.

You look pretty good

yourself, cowboy.

Is that for a, uh,

special occasion?

I'll let you know

tomorrow morning.

Do you believe

in second chances?

Yeah. And third, and fourths.

Even a glass that's

half empty's half full.

And it might just be

the best half.

Good mornin'.

This is Hank Greely

with the Valley Sales Yard.

The market was three

to four dollars lower...

Should I wait?

Nah. I got a ride.

Just take care

of the other tower.

And you know, people always say it's

not the heat, it's the humidity.

Well let me tell ya something.

It is the heat.

It's not stopping.

No thanks.

Mighty fine coffee.

I know how good

the coffee is. It's my town.

Is it?

So, you boys are just

uh, takin' in the sights?

Enjoying our weather?

We did take in the thermometer

this morning. It is big.

Tell me something, Sheriff.

Why would you wanna be

reminded on such a grand scale

of just how f***in' hot

it is here?

It's just there to sell gas.

See this?

Apparently there's only two

like this one in the world.

Fella I won it off

told me that made it lucky.

Wasn't lucky for him.

What do you think it is makes one

man lucky and another man...

not so much?

I think about it.

Think about it a lot.

But then I've had

a lot of time to think.

Well, I think...

a man does the best he can with

the cards he's been dealt.

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