Yellowstone

All these cows are heifers.

Jamie.

Ever think about what you want to be when you grow older?

You.

I mean as a job.

I always figured one day I'd do your job.

Take a look at that.

Harvard?

Congratulations, son.

I didn't apply to Harvard.

I applied for you.

It's a great honor. And you earned it.

You busted your ass in school and this is your reward.

Where's Harvard, Connecticut?

Boston.

That's... that's really far.

You wanna be me someday?

Then become something that can help me protect this place.

What do you want me to become?

A lawyer.

You always say that you don't respect lawyers.

Well, become one that I can.

Why a lawyer?

Lawyers are the swords of this century.

Words are weapons now.

I need you to learn how to use 'em.

You don't deserve this...

I suppose I'm to blame for you being so angry

you'd want to hurt me...

But it's not me you hurt.

It's your brother and sister. Sit down.

You understand it's as much their future

you've risked as it is your own.

Yeah. If I could just...

If you could just what?

Explain?

What do you want to explain, Jamie?

Well, I um...

I didn't tell her everything.

You don't get it.

You gave her a thread.

And she can weave it into whatever she wants.

You'd better get with her and find out

exactly what it is she wants, you understand?

And if what she wants is ruining this ranch

with some story about me,

then you act like my fucking lawyer

and sue her and her fucking magazine

right back to New York, you understand?

So this is what an Ivy League education can get you?

No, this you have to take.

It's a lot nicer than I expected.

Yeah. And he did all this with no money.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

How can I help you?

The sound of a casino making money

is not cards flipping.

It's slots ringing...

Little soothing chimes and bells

with no particular rhythm but certainly a harmony.

And all of them... each one...

in the universally pleasing key of 'C.'

I know how a casino works.

And the cards flipping make a difference.

My best croupier.

Even with nine and a half fingers.

He makes more than a row of gas station slots in a week.

So, let's skip to the part where you talk to me

about my casino in Paradise Valley.

Hm.

Dan Jenkins.

What value does he provide you at this point?

You already took his land.

Whatever it is you think you're get from Jenkins,

you'll get better from us.

I'm not looking for partners.

And yet, you have one.

Jenkins is worthless to you.

We, however, can offer you something of real value.

I'm breathless with anticipation.

Slots.

Only available through our leasing company.

Extorting a public official in his office.

With three witnesses...

How convenient for me.

Well, we are not obligated to lease out equipment to anyone,

Chairman, we're simply offering you our expertise.

The contractors,

the communities, the Dan Jenkinses.

John Dutton.

Whatever it is, we know how to negotiate it.

Make it stay far away.

You're 18 months from needing slot machines.

You have plenty of problems to face before that one.

The last thing we want to see

is a casino the size of the fucking Wynn

on the north gate of the Yellowstone National Park.

And we will fuck you at every turn, Thomas.

Unless we have a reason to support it.

And right now, we don't.

I suggest you give us one.

I feel an 'or else' coming.

You bet your ass it's coming.

Ladies.

Stirring hornets' nests all over.

They're all so scared, Mo.

They got good reason to be.

Watch how he does it.

This is the next thing you need to learn.

What I need to do is make some extra money.

What the hell kind of trouble you in, kid?

The kind it takes money to fix.

There's a buckin' horse fraternity at the fairground.

You stay on for eight, you'll pull a check.

Sitting on a buckin' horse

is the only thing I've seen you do well, Jimmy.

Yeah, I was fuckin' taped to it.

You think tape can keep you in the saddle?

You fall off 'em when they're running straight,

you stick to 'em when they break in two.

Maybe that's your talent, Jimmy.

- How much does it cost to enter? - Couple hundred.

But you can win a few grand.

I don't have a couple hundred to spare.

I'll spot you.

Why would you do that?

Why do you think?

This one's done.

Lloyd. Ready for another.

Go get us another horse.

The balls on this son of a bitch.

Quite the about-face on the news.

You accepting responsibility for something.

Not like you these days.

You in business with the Beck brothers now?

Yeah, yeah, I'm putting...

I'm putting slot machines in my barn.

Look, it's not a fuckin' joke.

Once they get screws in you, John,

they never take them out.

Now, we can have our differences,

but we want them nowhere near this valley.

How'd they get screws in you?

I got in pretty deep at one of their casinos, John.

And?

I couldn't cover the debt.

And?

And they came up with ways that I could.

Now they own you.

Look, I'm giving the man who used to be my friend some advice.

Now, you're on their radar.

For the love of God, find a way off it, John.

I never stopped being your friend, Donnie.

You stopped being mine.

I suggest you start being my friend again,

big fella, because as you can see,

the walls are closing in on all sides.

When you do this in the rodeo, ain't no saddle.

Just you, your rigging, and the horse.

But for now...

let's just see if you can stay in the saddle.

Hell yeah! Jimmy, there you go.

One, two, three, keep riding!

Four, five, six, seven, honk!

Jump off.

You're a winner.

Rip, you see that?

- Eight seconds. - Yeah, Jimmy. I saw.

Why is he on that rank bastard?

Needs to make some extra money.

Gonna have his go at the rodeo.

He can barely sit on the broke ones, Lloyd.

You're gonna get the fucking kid killed.

He sit him pretty good.

Hey, Jimmy.

You know why you never met an old rodeo cowboys?

'Cause there aren't any.

I'm old.

You just look old.

Yeah, I won't die, I promise.

I'll hold you to that.

Hey. Make sure he don't get hurt now.

What's next?

We get you in a bucking chute.

Thank you.

- Hi. - Hi.

Dan Jenkins' office.

Uh, do you have an appointment?

Not what I asked.

Stop right there...

Ahh!

Fuck!

Do you know what a fucking mess

you've made in this valley?

I didn't kill your fucking cattle.

I know.

Beck brothers did it so I'd turn on you.

They did it because you're building

the biggest casino outside of Vegas

right against my goddamn fence.