Down River

Sheriff, is that you?

Sheriff, you in there?

Yeah, I'll be out in a second.

Hold your horses, my Lord.

Trying to sneak up on me?

Guilty.

It's kind of pretty.

Yeah.

It's kind of scary.

What's with your new friend?

I'm not sure.

You put it in evidence though.

Speaking of evidence,

I was by the office and I

happened to see a bill for $1,800

for a soil sample from some forensic lab.

Where did you get that soil sample from?

Back over there.

So you've been here before?

What ah...

What were those results?

- Apparently it was $1,800 worth of motor oil.

There wasn't no blood in it?

No.

Huh.

I'll order.

You want the same thing?

Yeah?

Stop rocking.

- Stop rocking, what's wrong with you?

Kelly Grace, how are you? - Hey, Shep. Good.

- It's Tuesday, so chicken fried steak.

I think she still likes you, what do you think?

You just wait and see, I guarantee you're gonna have

twice as much collard greens as me.

Man, she still is a looker though.

You remember I went to high school with her younger sister?

I didn't have a chance.

Gonna tell you what? Good genes run in that family.

Hmm.

Don't tell Heather I said that, she wouldn't like it.

Oh.

- Oh. - Honey?

Hey, big man,

you all right? - He's fine.

There you go.

Let me get these for you here.

All right, here you go, buddy.

- Thanks, Ronnie. - Always.

- Darlene, I'll be back in a few.

He's a good kid.

I can't believe she moved up north and married some loser.

I heard he even served time too, real peace of-

Sheriff.

Go ahead.

Go for Shep.

- Hate to interrupt your lunch.

- We really need to get new radios, you know that?

- Bernice and Jim are at it again.

You wanna let them fight it out or go over?

It's fine, I'll head out.

I'll come with you.

- No, that's the last thing you need to do.

I'll have it wrapped up in five minutes.

What you need to do is go see your mama.

She keeps asking about you.

How long's it been?

Oh, I don't know.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Sheriff, go see your mama.

Darlene, put it in a doggie for me.

- Oh Mama, you ain't gotta get up.

Here.

Give your mother a hug.

Sit on down.

All right.

Sorry, I've been busy.

You look tired.

You seeing things again?

Can't get it out my head.

- Maybe it's just the Lord trying to talk to you.

- Oh, I think He done said enough.

- Looks like it's getting better.

It ain't ever gonna heal.

Mills.

Yes, sir.

- Dale put this on my desk today.

Can you explain what the hell this is?

That's an evidence report, sir.

It's part of an ongoing investigation.

What were they investigating?

Shade tree mechanics?

No.

No, it doesn't matter.

What matters is this, $1,800.

See?

Right there, 1,800. - Yeah.

Let me ask you something.

Who do you think this reflects on?

That's rhetorical. I'll tell you, it's me.

It all falls on me now.

And I don't know if you have a windfall of cash

in your department,

but I've been working here a long time

and we have a little thing called a budget,

and I emphasize on the little.

Yes, sir.

- Get it together, you understand?

I know that Dale is a dick, but if you're not careful,

he's liable to have your job one of these days.

Understood.

My damn badge.

Buddy.

Daddy.

- Oh, my goodness. - Daddy,

I wanna ride with you in the truck.

You heard it.

He wants to ride with me, I'm his favorite.

Yeah, of course you are.

It's got nothing to do with the fact

that your car has fancy lights and a siren.

- No, it doesn't. - No, no.

What is going on here?

- Sorry, sorry, sorry. - There we go.

- All right, great. - I'll see y'all at home.

- Hey, is there something on my cheek right here?

Here, let me check.

- Buddy, something right here. - Mm-hmm.

- Hey, me too. - Hey, give your mama a kiss.

- I love you. - Say bye.

- Bye, Mama. - Bye, baby.

All right, let's go, buddy.

Oh, you're so heavy.

Now, I gotta tell you that's pretty sharp

so be careful now, you hear?

So,

the bad guy had your granddaddy right in the cross hairs.

That's right.

Bullet comes outta the gun.

It's coming straight for you.

- Ah. - Pew.

It goes right off of him, hit the badge,

protected your granddaddy, saved his life,

and that is why your granddaddy always said

we protect the badge-

Because the badge protects us.

Oh, I forgot to do something.

- What's that? - You're going to jail?

Pay us $50 and you'll get out.

Is everything okay, Daddy?

Yeah, buddy.

I need you to listen to me now, okay?

Mm-hmm.

- Daddy's gonna go help this man, all right?

Okay.

- I need you to stay in the truck, do you understand?

Yes, sir.

- No, I need you to say, "I understand."

I understand.

- Okay, you stay right here, all right?

Looks like a pretty long way down there.

Yeah, it's still probably pretty cold this time of year.

Why don't you come on over here and we can talk about it?

Hey, look at me.

Look at me, it's gonna be all right.

Just gimme your hand.

Come on.

There you go, just come on over.

That's good, you're doing fine.

Better look out.

Hutto is loaded for bear today.

Fantastic.

- Mills, get your here ass in here.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

How do you think I got that?

Not a question, I'll tell you.

Your friend,

the great sheriff of Fisher County, Ronnie Long,

came traipsing in here this morning,

gave this shovel to Diane,

and told her that it needs to be submitted into evidence.

Now I'll tell you where it's gonna be submitted

is right the hell back where it came from.

Where do you think he thinks he's got the authority

to do something like this?

I don't know.

- Unless he thinks he's still sheriff,

which we know ain't true,

'cause he ain't been sheriff for the past damn seven months.

You're the sheriff.

And I know he's your friend and all,

but he ain't the sheriff no more,

and you've got to let him know that.

- Ma'am, I'm gonna need you to get down from there.

- Why don't you come over here and arrest me?

Uh-huh.

You know I don't like you on that ladder.

- Well, someone's gotta get the house ready for the baby.

- Yeah? - Yeah.