Dakota's Summer

And here's Dakota Rose!

She will now move into a series of vaults.

There's one and back on board!

Let's give her a hand, folks!

Oh, that's a hard fall, folks! Let's hope she's okay.

Now how about some energy? Let's help her up!

My name is Dakota Rose.

You'd think that my being the granddaughter of rodeo legend Austin Rose...

Would make me a great trick rider myself.

But so far, that's clearly not working out.

Yep, times were challenging for the Sweethearts,

and I wasn't exactly helping.

I lost my foothold. That's all.

I told you to make that foothold looser.

- Why didn't you listen to me? - Because you're my sister, not my coach.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a big welcome to the Lone Stars...

Captain Dawn Morton and Julia Reneau.

There she is, God's gift to the rodeo world.

Be nice, Miss Madison.

I am being nice.

- She never makes a mistake. - Well, she's pretty good.

Y'all see that?

That is how you trick ride.

You obviously haven't heard of a concept called modesty.

I say if you got it, you might as well flaunt it.

I say the next time we ride against each other...

you're going down.

Good luck with that, princess.

You've been eating my dust since grade school.

I owned you then, and I own you now.

Forget about her.

- So what's with them? - It's so stupid.

They used to be best friends in fourth grade,

and then Dakota booked the lead in the school play.

She got to play a princess and Dawn...

played a frog.

Dawn never really got over it.

Well, she would make a good frog.

Relax.

Come on. You're ready for this.

Are we ready to show 'em what we got, girls?

Put your hands together and welcome the Sweethearts of the Rodeo!

Right there, wouldn't it be easier for the girls to do a Triple Wedding Ring?

If they did the Triple, they wouldn't be able to do the Four Leaf Clover.

Everybody knows that's the stronger trick.

I doubt everyone knows that, actually.

What do you know? You're just a bull rider with 10 cracked ribs.

I got the best of that bull. Don't you worry about me.

The way I look at it, we owe that bull, 'cause we got some cheap part-time help.

All right, folks, I wanna remind you to join us in a few months...

for the Buttercup Challenge Finals.

A lot of the young ladies you saw riding here in today's trial competition...

will be there for the big one.

And as we lead into the second day of competition tomorrow,

it looks like the Lone Stars are in first place.

Congratulations, ladies. And way to go, Stars!

They are not better than us.

Well, these are just the prelims.

We've got two months before the finals.

Come on. Let's pack it up.

- You need to check Silver's right front shoe. - I know that.

I'm just looking out for you 'cause you're my little sister.

Maybe it's time to face the fact that you and I are both very different.

Yeah.

You don't know the half of that.

Hey.

Any news from Nicole?

Not for a couple weeks now.

- But she's real busy. - Yeah.

Well, I guess you're just gonna have to hang in there.

That's what I'm doing.

- I'll see you tomorrow. - Nice and early.

Yes, ma'am.

What does that mean, what you said back there?

What?

I said we're different. You said, "You don't know the half of it."

- I don't remember saying that. - Trust me, you did.

Does it have to do with the fact...

- that we don't look like each other? - We look like each other.

Blake, do we look like each other?

- Not even close. - See?

A lot of sisters don't look like each other.

Not in the way that we don't look like each other.

Just let it go, okay?

You're hiding something from me. I can feel it.

Kristen!

What do you want me to say?

I want you to say the truth, whatever it is.

All right.

Mom and Dad and I should have told you this a long time ago.

You're adopted.

What?

Why didn't you guys tell me this?

It happened when you were a baby.

Grandpa had something to do with it.

But other than that, I don't know anything else.

Dakota!

Hi, sweetie. You okay?

Honey, you were a beautiful little baby.

Three weeks old when we got you.

It was an amazing day.

When you got here, we knew you belonged with us.

- We wanted to tell you a long time ago- - We did.

But the years went by and...

we didn't have the head...

or the courage.

You were our miracle.

You know, we just never wanted you to feel any different.

I know tons of people who are adopted...

and it's no big deal.

But you guys have lied to me my whole life.

- Dakota! - Dakota, honey.

Come on, now. Come on. Let's go.

Let me help you.

You take it easy out there today.

Just a couple of basic tricks, all right?

Ladies and gentlemen, give a big round of applause...

to Dakota Rose.

Ladies and gentlemen, give a big round of applause to Dakota Rose.

There is a little cowgirl with a whole lot of spunk.

- Nice fall, Dakota. - Am I missing something?

Or isn't the rider supposed to stay on the horse?

Truth is, the only reason she's on the Sweethearts...

is because she's Austin Rose's granddaughter.

Oops, not anymore.

You little troll!

- How dare you! - What happened to you?

You used to be so nice, and now you're the Wicked Witch of the West.

- It doesn't make any sense. - You better watch your back, Dakota.

I'm not afraid of you.

Come on. She's not worth it.

What has gotten into you?

I know it was wrong, but she deserved it.

You can't just stoop to her level, Dakota. You gotta take the high road.

I can't!

Dakota.

We feel that you need to take some time off from the Sweethearts...

to think about what's really important to you.

It's not fair.

Dakota, we do believe in you.

You know, you say that, but I feel like you guys don't.

I feel like everyone's against me.

- Honey, you can't just leave. - Then what am I supposed to do?

This is all your fault because you lied to me.

Where exactly are you gonna go?

The middle of nowhere sounds pretty good to me.

Why don't you visit your grandparents?

They're not even my real grandparents anymore!

Your grandfather needs help running the ranch.

Honey!

That's the last place on earth where I wanna go...

but this is the last place where I want to be.

Why are you Crying?

Because you're my baby girl.

- We'll see you soon. - Yeah.

You have fun.

- See ya. - Bye.

Oh, Dakota!

Look at you! Oh.

Oh, we're so glad you're here.

We've got all kinds of good things planned.

Hey.

- How was your trip? - It was fine.

F.Y.I., just so we don't have to pretend, I know you guys aren't my real grandparents.

We know you know.

And we want you to know it doesn't make any difference to us.

You guys started raising miniature horses?

Cute, aren't they?

Home again, home again.

I put some white chicken chili in the slow cooker,

and I'm gonna make some biscuits.

And I did some peach cobbler for dessert.

Sounds good to me.

Do you know who my real parents are?

Oh, sweetie.

Perhaps it's best if you just get on with your life.

We're just saying that some doors are better left unopened.

You need to be fair with me.

That's all I'm asking.