The Lowdown

Future Governor Washberg. Pastor Mark Sternwick.

This is Marty Brunner. He's my head of security and good friend.

We got big plans for this place.

You don't have a problem selling to us at One Well, do you?

I do not.

- Can you read this? - Looks like Chutto.

What do you want?

Listen, I'm just trying to find out what happened to Dale.

- I barely talked to him. - Okay.

He hung with Grandpa most of the time.

Frank Martin who owns Akron came to me with a great deal.

It was almost too good to be true.

Where the fuck do you get off calling Donald Washberg?

I talk to him. You talk to me.

He wants to hear about Dale.

I told him where the land came from.

Dale Washberg's land?

That was my grandpa's land.

Did Dale ever mention a guy named Chutto to you?

I've never heard of this guy.

Dale wrote this Chutto into his will.

He's given him his share of Indian Head Hills.

Do you have any idea how big this is?

- Betty Jo? - I just heard something

that could be real important to you.

We have been incarcerated.

White families are being attacked every day.

In the media, in the press, our government, everywhere.

Now, in prison, the white people stay with the white people.

Blacks with Blacks, Indians with Indians. Mexicans with Mexicans.

But in there, we had more power...

'cause God made us different.

Thank you, God.

"April 22nd, 1889 was a special day in the history of our state.

Fifty thousand brave men

rushed out into the vast empty prairies and staked their claim."

I'm so proud to see this community grow.

But we are not only building a sanctuary

where white men and women can live free from the evils of secular society.

Listen to me now. We're going to take back what we have lost.

"We honor them today by reenacting The Land Run.

We honor the belief that every man, woman, and child

deserves the right to own property

and live by the labor of their own hands."

Our education system is trying to tell us

how to treat our white children.

Our education system is trying to tell us how to teach our white children.

Children, this vast empty land is your destiny.

Just like the two men who fought over that well.

Sometimes violence... brings good fortune.

We are just the first of many holy communities.

We are warriors for God.

And when we build our paradise, our power will be limitless.

- Thank you, God. - Thank you, Jesus.

Shit!

Donald Washberg.

You're hosting a Land Run reenactment to what?

To mock us? To rub in our face that this land was outright stolen?

Irene, we're just... we're just trying to reenact some bit of Oklahoma history.

Some things should not be celebrated. When is our history gonna be taught?

You're even dressed like one of us. Did you know Will Rogers was Cherokee?

Oklahoma is home of the red men. Remember that.

Irene.

Typical.

I-I know our...

I wanna help. I... I do.

Just... Uh.

Elijah, I have one question for you...

Do you wanna change history?

Do you want to change the history of the law?

- Lee, no. - Are you wearing a hat?

- Yeah, I'm wearing a hat. - Yeah, take that off.

- The hat's my thing. - You didn't invent the hat.

It's weird. Take it off. I can't talk to you with the hat on.

- It's not weird. - Will you take it off? I'm serious.

- Get a kangol. - Jeez.

This is the story of my life. Like, the shit I have uncovered is insane.

What if more people die?

Yeah, okay. Well, they have.

Oh, God!

Yeah, but they're bad guys, so you don't have to cry salty tears for them.

This sounds like it could be dangerous.

The guys who wanted me murdered have been murdered,

so it's hard for me not to see that as a positive.

You should probably start parking out back.

No, no, no, no, no. I've got it. I've got the smoking gun.

I saw it with my own eyes. Trust me.

You have proof? Not just another feeling?

Concrete evidence. Like, you remember Watergate, Deep Throat?

That's-That's like me.

I mean, this is the kind of article that could change an election, you know.

As long as we get it published in time.

Okay, I'm curious. When can I expect this piece, Lee?

You're gonna get it soon, all right?

I just need to have, like, a quick five-minner, and then Pulitzer Prize.

Oh. Thanks.

Say you're making a purchase, a motorboat or maybe a sports car.

Can I write this off? Can I deduct this?

You give me a call, I'm gonna give you the facts.

- It's probably gonna be a yes for me... - What do you know about wills?

- I'm with a client, Lee. - Uh-huh.

Hey, dude.

So what do you know about wills?

- Oil wells? - No, no, like last will and testament.

Specifically in the state of Oklahoma. Like, can you handwrite one?

As long as the testator writes and signs and dates it.

Yeah, it doesn't even need to be notarized.

Okay. And that'll hold up in court?

Well, the family can contest it, and they probably will, no pun intended.

But as long as you have a good lawyer, then you don't need to worry about that.

All right. I need to get a good lawyer.

I am a good lawyer.

Betty Jo, you better not have drug me all the way out here for some bullshit.

No, it's no bullshit. And that better not be a bag full of ripped up newspapers.

I'm a man of my word.

Should we ask Alan about that? Oh, wait.

I had nothing to do with it.

Sure.

I wasn't the only person he worked for.

He was a rough customer mixed up with even crazier motherfuckers.

I don't wanna know. I just want my money.

Hey. You get it when I get what I came for.

Well, I have to count it, don't I?

- Here? - In the bathroom.

You're not gonna slip out a window, are you?

You think this is the type of place that has a window in the john?

This ain't Southern Hills.

And, Frank, there's two people with guns that are in this bar,

people I grew up with in Avant, and if you're in a pickle,

they're the type of people you want having your back.

You know what I mean?

Okay.

This is the location of the will. If that document gets out, you're fucked.

And how do I know that this is the real thing?

I know the guy who saw it.

Who?

Lee Raybon.

That hippie writer?

He was sniffing around, so... I became friends with him.

Poor guy. He thought we were doing all this detective work together.

Squawks like a crow.

You know he's not making it up?

I'm sure of it.

- Great meeting you guys. - You too.

- What was your name again, sweetie? - Jenna.

That's right. Bye now.

Try it again.

Nothing.

Man, I swear that's the last time I let you take my car.

- Sorry, Cyrus. - Yo, Cyrus, I gotta ask you something.

Make an appointment, Lee. I got papers to deliver.

What's wrong with your car?

Acting funny all day. Now it's done.

All right, I'll take you in the van.

All right, fuck it. Put some wear on your shit.

These the papers?

Yeah.

That Monte Carlo, man. It's too much trouble.

- Hey. - Oh. Where is he?

- No, it's just me. - Thank God.

I wanted to talk.

My blood pressure just spiked.

Come on in, come on in. So, where is the old man anyway?

I don't know. I haven't seen him today.

You haven't?

He's supposed to come to a parent-teacher conference.

He is? You haven't talked to him about it?

He doesn't listen to me.

Oh, honey, he doesn't listen to anybody.

I'm sure he's out somewhere acting like a hillbilly Indiana Jones

trying to uncover God knows what.

That boy is just obsessed with the Washbergs.

Yeah, but I mean, he is right though. There is something weird going on.

I was trying to help him figure it out, but...

Hey, maybe you can talk to him.

Tell him I'm good at this stuff. Tell him I can help him.

I mean, he listens to you.

- Oh, the hell he does. - Yes, come on, he does.

Please.

Honey...

if Uncle Ray could teach you one thing, let it be this.

Are you listening to me? Hey, now listen up.

The world is corrupt.

It's all kinda effed up.

There's people like your daddy who fight it.

And then there's other kinds of people

who use that corruption to get what they want.

Can I help you, mister?

Yeah, that'd be great. I'm looking for an old guy named Arthur.

It really don't matter what your daddy uncovers or what corruption he finds.

'Cause it just keeps coming. No matter what, it keeps coming.

What for?

It's like a never-ending game of Whac-A-Mole.

I wanna give him some money.

That's not to say that the truth isn't important.

It is.

I know, but it's not worth getting hurt over.

Or getting put in the trunk of a car.

And it's not worth getting those you love hurt.

Thank you.