Walker

You know, if you get back in bed,

I'm pretty sure nothing bad can happen today.

Is that how it works? Just, uh, you know,

close the blinds, pull up the covers and, uh...

Pancakes. Banana pancakes. Yeah, well,

I'd probably burn 'em.

Oh, I know you would.

Thanks.

Did you get any sleep?

Yeah, yeah. You know, uh,

maybe a couple minutes between 4:00 a.m. and-and rooster.

Just thinking about Bonham's bail hearing all night? Yeah.

And what I'm gonna say to the ranch hands.

And how to even start packing.

And why the hell

I went back for Dan Miller. And...

Okay. I think that's enough

"ands" for one morning.

You know what?

Cordi? You clearly need

your one good thing.

My-my what, now?

Your one good thing.

It's something my dad used to do.

Back when we used to move a lot.

Back when Frank was taking you all over

for the heart treatments? Yeah.

Every moving day, Dad would have something

waiting for me. One good thing. A gift. A meal.

You know, s-something special.

It made

days like today feel a little less...

A little less, uh, painful?

Exactly.

He was a port in the storm.

And maybe you can be, too.

Mama, morning.

Hey.Yeah. It's, uh, time, Cordell.

Yeah. Morning, Geri.

Hey.

One good thing. All right.

Well, let me tell you, uh

it's not gonna be this.

How do you end an era

almost 150 years in the making?

I don't know the answer

to that, and the man who would

have the answer to that can't be here.

Families were born here. Friendships cemented.

Boy, we had some good times, too.

Christmas parties. Barbecues.

Uh, Fourth of July fireworks, right over there.

Y'all remember.

But there were some hiccups. You know,

we had some failed businesses. I mean,

who-who really ever needed

Walker Hooch?

I've known some of you for, uh,

longer than I can remember.

Others, not quite as long.

But I want to tell you this:

If you ever did one honest day's work at Walker Ranch,

then you are family.

How's it coming with the prep?

One thing I just don't understand:

Why did Dad bury that lantern?

It was the murder weapon.

Because he didn't know what it was.

But what he did know is that lantern

has brought this family nothing but pain for years.

Good riddance.

Now, could you please sit down and eat?

You need to be at your fighting weight

to bring your father home today.

Right? Yes, ma'am.

My daddy always says,

uh

family shoots you straight.

Tells you how it is. So, that's why I wanted

everyone together here today, one last time,

uh, for, uh,

for the last day of operations at Walker Ranch.

I wanted to thank you for all the blood and sweat

you've poured into this place. I also wanted to

be here to answer any questions, uh, you might have. MAN: So, what,

25 years and all we get

is "I'm sorry",

"grab a handful of peppers out of the patch

on your way out"? I don't know what the Davidsons'

intentions are. My-my hope is...

Maybe you should have asked before you raced.

Trust me, you, uh, you don't want me asking the Davidsons

for anything on your behalf.

He just had to turn around. Sorry?

I-I didn't...

I didn't catch that, Leon. Dan Miller.

We're all in this mess because you just

had to turn around and be the bigger man.

Do you feel like the bigger man now, Cordell?

My family will not rest

until y'all are

all squared away somewhere. Okay?

That's a promise. I'll just...

I don't know where yet.

Well, by all means... take your time.

Bonham Walker

is guilty, Your Honor.

He perpetrateda fraud.

And not just against my family,

but the people of this city.

25 years.

The Walker family have built a business,

a legacy, on their good name.

In the coming weeks, we will lay out witness testimony,

financial transactions and evidence that prove

the defendant was inside the barn

at the time of Mr. Davidson's

murder, struck him

in the head with a lantern,

and then buried his murder weapon

so that his crimes could never be unearthed.

Well, I am sorry,

Mr. Walker,

but your 25-year fraud is over.

Well, that was a remarkable string of fiction

about everything other than why we're here, Madam D.A.,

Thank you so much for that. Your Honor, this is very simple.

A 68-year-old man has been

charged on very thin evidence.

This man has no priors.

Not only is he innocent, but he's definitely

not a flight risk. DENISE: He's not a flight risk?

He was just out destroying evidence last week.

He tossed out a 25-year-old lantern.

Can we please stay on planet Earth?

Of course, of course. He was just casually

burying his own murder weapon.

Your Honor, if the Defense is not able

to finish a statement...

Mr. Walker is correct.

D.A. Davidson Miller

tighten it up. Yes, sir.

Thank you, Your Honor.

You know what, while we're at it,

why don't we discuss this very wild conflict of interest?

If the D.A. won't proactively

recuse herself,

then the Defense will be filing

a motion for disqualification.

Can the bench please

step in here? DENISE: There is no state law that

specifically prohibits me... I don't want to hear it.

You're not gonna prosecute your own father's murder, Madam D.A.

The Defense's motion is granted.

Thank you, Your Honor. This'll be your last hearing on this matter.

Now, on the matter of bail.

Given the previous attempts

at destruction of evidence,

bail is denied.

Son.

Thank you.

Well, ain't this this the horseshoe on the other foot.

Bet you've been in this room hundreds of times.

Never like this.

Daddy, y-you're not gonna be in here for long,

you hear me? Now, don't

blow sunshine up my ass.

How'd it go with the ranch hands?

The-the bunkhouse is behind you.

Uh, uh, a few... holdouts. Uh...

That's how it's gonna be, you know.

So, you need to steel yourself. Hang tough.

Hey. Hey. Oh.

You okay?

I'm fine. How are you?

Oh, I'm fine, darling. I'm fine. Mm.

So, where we at?

I'm required to tell you, by law, that

the D.A.'s office has offered you a plea deal.

Ten years.

Seven, with good behavior.

You would plead guilty

and admit to the murder. ABELINE: Well,

I'm sure you told Denise exactly where she could put that.

In more lawyer- appropriate terms,

I did, yeah. BONHAM: So, ten years

if I admit to murder.

Yeah.

I'm not a guilty man, son.

I know that. We know that.

I don't think Denise is gonna take your word, though.

Well, speak up, Cordell.

You and Cassie been looking into.

Marv's murder.

Can we beat this?

Uh...

Well, I-I think

I said I would win the race,

and look where that got us,

so I don't-I don't think I'm the guy to-to really...