Yellowstone

- Ride those east pastures, Kayce.

With all this rain, see if any of that clover came up.

Yeah. It'll be easy to spot.

You gonna be back by tonight?

- Doesn't... Doesn't take long to quit something, son.

I'll be back by noon.

Let's go.

Here. You'll dress in the car.

Hey. Hey. Tate. Tate.

Look at me.

Tate, Tate, stop. It's okay, it's okay.

Stop.

Don't say it.

I don't have to.

I can't say it any better than that.

It's okay.

Just... Just go back to sleep, son, okay?

- Exactly as I told you to say it, understood?

- Understood. Trust me.

Trust me?

He's gonna walk in here--

Okay, no.

Hello, John.

Lynelle.

- I, uh... I don't know where to start.

I know where to start.

- We had evidence that the Becks used aircraft

to poison cattle along the highway 89 corridor

south of Emigrant.

Upon serving a warrant based on that information,

we discovered additional evidence of a kidnapping--

We know all this, Jamie.

- Livestock agents are bound by law

to intervene in any active crime.

That duty supersedes jurisdictional boundaries.

You gonna fight this, John?

Are we wrong?

- You're not wrong. But it doesn't alter the lens.

It doesn't change the way it looks and how it looks--

- Is all that matters anymore, John.

Six people died.

The door is closed, John.

Let's just be honest.

When the blanket gets pulled back on this thing,

and the nation knows that the family member

that was kidnapped was yours...

This stops looking like law enforcement

and starts looking like... - It looks like a feud.

It looks like a gross misuse of power.

We have been sitting here banging our heads

against a wall, and we don't have a solution.

I have a solution, Lynelle.

You leave the blanket right where it is.

I'll resign as Livestock Commissioner

and accept full responsibility for my agents' overreach.

And you, you stop looking.

You let it go.

You talk about militias and human smuggling

and you take the credit.

And you leave me and my family out of it.

- That cleans things up on my end.

- This is a state issue and that's where I want it to stay.

- And this keeps it a state issue?

- It gives me what I need, yes.

Great.

Have you thought about your replacement?

Give me till next week.

Thank you, John.

I won't forget this.

I won't let you.

I'm sure you won't.

- There was a closed door meeting with the Governor,

the Attorney General, Federal Officials,

and Livestock Commissioner John Dutton.

Now, Dutton's office is under intense scrutiny

for its use of force in multiple gun battles

that led to the death of both Beck brothers...

- How do you think this is gonna work out for him?

- Depends, on whether he's as smart as I think he is.

I watched him.

In a field.

He had honor when most wouldn't.

What are you saying?

- I'm saying, maybe he's not the enemy we think he is.

- When there's one thing that two men want,

they can either share it or be enemies.

Are you suggesting we share it?

- Suggesting things isn't my job, Chairman.

That's yours.

This side looks good.

This side too.

- You feel good turning cattle back out?

- It should have clovered up this last rain.

I think we ought to wait until July.

We're running out of hay.

Feeding cattle all summer is no way to make a living.

- Shit, we'll just do it like the old days:

grab a chuck wagon, bring it out here

and we'll babysit 'em all summer long.

It's not the worst idea.

The fuck?

Who the fuck are they?

Y'all lost?

Uh, it's a possibility.

Uh, is this part of the Paradise Valley Sporting Club?

Wrong side of that fence.

Ah. I told you.

- You all staying at the Sporting Club?

Uh, they own it.

Who are they?

- Providence Hospitality management.

I'm Ellis Steele.

my firm is representing Market Equities.

We don't know what that is.

They manage resort properties.

We watch out for their interests.

This your land?

Incredible.

I didn't catch your name?

- That's cause I didn't offer it.

Fair enough.

We'll get out of your way.

You know, I can understand you being wary,

bunch of city folks wandering in your field.

I apologize.

Why don't you come by the resort and have dinner, on us?

After all, you're going to be neighbors,

it's best if we all get along.

We're going this way, folks.

- The properties highlighted in red

are the ones we've purchased.

How much acreage total?

A little over 17,000.

Ooh, damn.

Good job, Beth.

It's what you pay me to do.

Any of it commercially zoned?

- Most of the highway frontage is multi-use.

But the corner properties, they're commercial.

Why, what you thinking?

- I want you to hold off on the conservation easements.

- That income offsets our tax liability.

- I know, but there could be bigger income on the horizon.

Market Equities bought Jenkins' place.

Hired a hotel management group to oversee it.

That was fast.

- The estate didn't have a choice.

He was losing six figures a month.

Bank was going to call the note.

- So, who is running the property now?

Providence.

That's a big company.

- It's the one you bring in when your goal is expansion.

And your expansion is bigger than casinos and golf courses.

- You heard any rumors about their plans?

- Probably the same as their plans in Austin and Scottsdale.

Beth, keep buying.

But every fucking thing you can get your hands on.

Will do.

- What's wrong with the old barn?

- It's seven miles from this half of the ranch.

Hey, Lloyd, what, uh...

What was that old joke about the two fat chicks

and the wheelbarrows?

That wasn't a joke, Jake.

That was you at the Cooper branding.

You guys wanna hear a joke?

No.

All right, check it out.

There's this big Texas oil guy, right?

Goes into this bar down at the border,

sits next to this vaquero and says,

"Hey, man, you a rancher?"

Vaquero says, "Yeah, I got fifty acres down by the river."

Big Texas oil guy says, "Oh? Oh, on my ranch,

"I can get in my truck in the morning,

and I still don't reach the front gate by sunset."

Vaquero sits for a second, nods, and says,

"Yeah, man. Yeah, I used to have a truck like that too."

I...

He was bragging about the size of his ranch,

and the vaquero... - That was almost funny.

All right, I got one.

Y'all hear about the guy that goes to see a doctor,

and the doctor says, "Sorry to be the one to tell you this,

"but you got cancer head to toe.

Only have one week to live."

Man says, "A week?! Well, that's not enough time!

"Doc, you gotta do something.

I need more than a week!"

And the Doc thinks, he sits down and he says,

"I'll tell you what to do:

"you go find yourself a barrel racer girl

with two little dogs, and you marry her."

And the man says, "That's gonna make me live longer?"

And the Doc says, "No.

But it'll make that week feel like a fucking eternity."

- I don't know. I think mine was better.

- Jimmy, when you're all growed up,

and you've actually dated a woman,