Wild Cards

Previously on wild cards.

You lied to me, max.

I could be on the other side

Of the world right now.

I'll give you the egg. You keep your badge.

I stay out of jail and you can catch your brother's killer.

That's why I need my best people on this.

That means you.

Thank you.

Her too.

What do you want?

Six more months off my dad's sentence.

Two weeks?

Deal.

He's dead.

The 33 million is nothing

Compared to what this can get us.

What is this?

What's this? This is the con man's bible.

The handbook of hornswoggle.

The fundamentals of the fleet.

Yeah, I know what it is. I've already read it.

You gave it to me for my 16th birthday.

Well, read it again.

You need to be focused on the long game.

I am focused.

You've gone soft, honey.

Et tu bruté?

You did give back our $33 million egg.

Okay, we need to give it a rest, fellas,

And rise up.

How can we move forward if we keep living in the past,

All right?

Thanks for the insight, dr. Phil

But are you planning on handing anything else

Over to the cops?

Yeah, that shirt because that's a crime.

That was uncalled for.

You're right. I was feeling attacked, I apologize.

Darling, what we wanted to say is... We forgive you.

Well, it sure doesn't seem like it.

But don't do it again.

Which brings us back to the book.

Remember who you are, kiddo.

I hear you, pops.

So we all agree to leave the past behind

And look forward to our very bright future.

If this keeps up,

I'm going to need a shot of insulin.

Next on the docket. Where are you two living?

Ricky's gonna find us a place.

Which would have been far easier

On a budget of 33 million.

Sorry, I am-- I'll find us something acceptable.

Oh, speaking of self-sacrifices.

Hello, chief li. How can I be of service today?

Of course.

I would love to do another assignment.

But for two weeks off my dad's sentence, as we discussed.

Oh, and I want a mini basketball hoop.

And a mini basketball hoop.

And a thighmaster.

And a thighmaster.

Face cream.

And face cream.

Chief li...

-Hello. -

He must have cut off

Or he was going through a tunnel or something.

How's your breakfast?

Hi, there.

You need to clean out your scuppers.

Are you talking to me?

Yeah. Scuppers are clogged up.

My what?

The gutters that drain the excess water.

They need to be cleaned out.

Oh. I mean, it's fine.

The boat never leaves the marina, so I'm good.

I used to do it for your brother, daniel.

Now it's your home. Need to take care of it.

Show it some love or it'll rot from the inside.

I'll be by this weekend.

I'm fine, really. It's--

Morning, chief.

Are you gonna tell me what the case is?

Li didn't tell me much about it.

Well, is there a file?

Really?

Okay, can we just lay all our cards out

On the table and hash this out?

There's nothing to hash out.

Oh, there's a bunch of hashing to be done.

What do you want me to say, max?

I don't know, say anything.

Say that you hate me. Say that I'm a liar.

Say that you think my new shoes are super cute?

Thanks. I got them on sale.

But can we move past this and back to the way we were?

We'll never go back to the way things were, max.

You still don't trust me, do you?

Why should I?

Oh, I don't know. Let me count the ways.

Did I steal the egg? Yes.

But did I return it? Of course I did.

But I also helped you get your desk back,

Handed you your brother's killer

And took the blame when you disobeyed these orders.

But sure, feel free to hold a grudge.

All right. Fine.

Look, there's been an attempted murder

At the pruett ranch.

On who?

Target's name is paul. That's all I know.

Why all the secrecy?

Pruetts are a really private family.

They've been on their land for a hundred years or so now,

And they carry a lot of influence in the area.

Russo wants their endorsement for mayor.

Yeah, exactly.

Saddle up, partner.

This little bit of country

Is about to get a lot more rock 'n roll.

Hi. Detective ellis to see the pruetts.

We didn't send for any police.

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

Max.

Wait here.

Thank you.

Well, they don't seem very neighbourly.

No.

You must be russo's detectives.

That's us.

I'm rose pruett.

Follow me.

Russo didn't give us much information about the victim.

I didn't give any.

Why not?

Our business is our business.

A woman with few words and great jeans, I like that.

Okay, well, is there anything you can give us?

Someone tried to kill paul.

Who's paul?

This is paul.

Someone tried to kill your horse?

He has a name, don't you, paul?

Someone knocked out the ranch hand

I had posted here to get to him.

Is it normal for you to post guards in front of your stables?

No, but he's a $10 million stud.

Whoa, nelly!

Ten million buckaroos just for being suave.

He's a champion-breed horse.

Horses have good intuition about people.

Look, he trusts you.

You hear that? The horse trusts me.

Look, ma'am, no offense,

But isn't there some kind of a livestock commission

That handles these cases?

That's like sending a locksmith to deal with a bank robbery.

Okay. Fair enough.

Walk me through what happened.

My men saw the flames from the bunkhouse,

And then a figure running off in the dark.

Did your men chase after this figure?

Yeah, but they lost him.

They had to put out the fire to save my horse.

Well, look, I've been to my fair share of arson sites,

And, uh, this is not it.

How so?

There's no sign of an accelerant.

It's a wood barn full of hay, right?

I mean, if the point was to burn it down,

They would have used gasoline.

The whole thing would have been up in flames in minutes.

What, you don't agree?

I absolutely agree, but I just stepped in something,

And I'm pretty sure it's not oatmeal.

I hope you kept the receipt.

Hey.

Oh, this is lana, our vet. I called her right away.

Detective ellis, this is max. Did paul sustain any injuries?

My examination isn't finished,

But aside from some mild smoke inhalation, he's okay.

Rose, you got trouble in pasture nine.

Shane's getting into it with mike wyatt, and he took his gun.

Who's shane?

My son.

Cattle didn't knock over your fence, mike.

You're telling me that's not the pruett brand

On those cattle?

You calling me a liar?

Where I'm standing,

It's the only explanation that makes sense.

You take one more step, shane,

You'll meet the business end of a shotgun.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Forget the boots. I'm going to need a rifle.

What the hell is going on?

Y'all broke down my fence