If anything happens to Haley, I don't know what I'll do.
Nothing's gonna happen to Haley.
Buck, will you relax or this thing's gonna start bleeding again?
To hell with the leg. I don't care if it rots and falls off.
I just don't want them to take her away from me.
I ain't much, Jesse, but I'm all that that kid's got.
You're gonna need surgery on that knee.
And the closest distance from where you're sitting to the hospital.
The High Mountain Rangers.
No.
You okay?
I am now.
I'll catch up with you in 20 minutes. You better believe that one, Buck.
Jesse, you can't turn this over to them.
You're not in any position, Buck, to tell me what I can and what I can't do.
He's right, Mr. Hawks.
They'll put Buck in jail and they'll send me back.
Haley, tell me the truth.
Did Buck force you to go with him?
Of course not.
I wrote him a letter and asked him to come for me.
This whole thing was my idea.
My mother and stepfather don't want me.
They never wanted me.
My mother doesn't even know me anymore.
I asked Buck because...
I need somebody.
But I'm sorry.
I don't want you hurt or in jail.
If I'd known, I would never have written.
I'm sorry.
You've had a great couple of weeks together.
And I ain't no quitter.
And I'm not gonna give up until you and I are together.
Hey, we gotta help him.
Take Haley to the house.
What am I supposed to do when I see Matt?
You did the right thing, son.
I'm going to the hospital with Buck.
Dad, you know we're gonna have to bring her down.
Do what you have to do, son.
Where's your hat?
My hat?
Left it up on the hill.
Guess he wouldn't go get it for me.
What's a cowboy without a hat, Buck?
I ain't much.
Jessie, she's just as pretty as ever, just like you said.
You got that right.
Buck, it's great to see you.
I just wish it was about something else.
Hey, listen, what can I say?
Jessie, I feel like an antique.
You are an antique, Buck.
Excuse me, officer.
We were told Buck Dawkins was arrested and brought here.
Is he under guard?
He was just wheeled into surgery.
Broken leg.
What about Haley?
Do you know where she is?
Is she all right?
Maybe you better talk with Mr. Harks.
He saw her.
He's right over there.
Thank you.
You saw Haley?
Is she all right?
She's fine.
She's fine.
Where in hell is she?
What is going on?
Do you want to tell me what's going on?
Do you want to tell me why you have a daughter
that doesn't want to have anything to do with you?
Don't you talk to my wife that way or I'll...
You what?
Come on.
Don't tell me, let me guess.
The horses are gone too.
You got it.
Cody, that little rat.
Temper, temper, temper.
We'll find him.
It shouldn't be too difficult.
Are you kidding me?
Cody knows this country better than I do.
To tell you the truth, I'd rather be tracking my dad.
How are you doing?
Okay, just a little sore.
It's going to get easier.
We're just backtracking back there.
Confuse them.
Are they getting closer?
Close, no way.
Why'd you do that?
That's my big brother back there.
Can't totally humiliate him.
Come on.
Jesse, you can't leave those kids out there
on that mountain like this.
It isn't right.
I know, I'm just trying to buy some time.
Want some coffee?
Yeah.
Have you got something in mind here?
I'm not sure.
Remember Lisa Elliott?
Beverly Hill's lawyer.
Yeah, of course I do.
I gave her a call.
She's big on the L.A. political scene.
She told me that the party bosses
are considering Howard Spencer
for the United States Senate.
Now that is big time.
That's real big time.
Jesse, it's so good to have you here.
Sweetheart, what did my hospital cool them in?
This is so neat.
What, the cave?
The cave, the cabin, the trees, the horses,
pork and beans, the way you live, Cody.
So special, you know?
I'm sure there's some things
where you live that are special too.
I've lived in boarding school since the first grade.
What about summer vacation?
Six weeks of summer camp.
You ever see your folks?
Sure, I get to go home for Christmas and Thanksgiving.
It really isn't that great.
It just seems like every time I go home,
Mom and Howard always get too tight.
Don't you have any brothers or sisters?
I've got Matt.
He's great.
No, there's only me.
I think that's why they get into a fight,
especially when I'm there.
I heard them one night.
It was pretty awful.
Howard, I guess he can't have kids.
I don't think he can stand me.
He called me that drunken cowboys kid.
Talk to your mom about that?
I can't talk to my mom.
She's either drunk on pills or both.
Sounds like she's got some problems.
Yeah.
So, how'd you meet Bart?
Actually, that was really neat.
See, I didn't even know who my natural father was
until three years ago.
I snuck into my mom's room and went through some of her stuff.
I found an old legal paper with Buck's name on it.
I also found an old newspaper clipping
with a picture of Buck writing this humongous brahmable.
So I started writing to different rodeo associations
asking for information on Buck.
It took about six months,
and he finally wrote to me.
It was so exciting.
How bad.
How'd you guys get together?
That took a while.
See, we just wrote letters for about a year and a half.
Then we arranged it so we could meet at a museum.
It was a school field trip.
It was great.
When we arranged this?
I don't get it.
Get what?
Well, excuse me for saying this,
but it sounds like your parents really don't want you.
Why don't they just let you live with Buck?
I don't know, Cody.
I really don't know.
Don't look at me.
Why?
Because I look gross, that's why.
Well, the sun's up.
We gotta move.
I'll settle with horses.
How long was I out?
About 15 years.
That's about right.
Chessie, I got men on the line.
You want to take it?
Sure.
So, Buck, fill me in.
I know you got married,
but I didn't know you had a daughter.
Yeah.
I was only married to Nancy for a couple of years.
You know, in those days, I was no prize.
And I still ain't.
Anyway, I come back from a rodeo one weekend.
The house is empty, except for the divorce papers.
So we go to court, split things up.
Nancy gets half,
and her lawyer gets the other half.
You know how that is.
So what about your daughter?
Well, I agree to pay Nancy $400 a month for child support.
The judge says I can have Haley for two weekends a month,
and after she's five years old,
I get her for two weeks out of the year.
So what happened?
I show up at Nancy's place,
and the house is empty from my first visit.
Gone.
I find this out later.
She goes to Las Vegas to become a showgirl or something.
She had the looks.
Anyway, she marries this big wheel from L.A.
named Howard Spencer.
I didn't find this out for two years,
so I go to L.A. to look him up.
All I want to do is see my daughter.
And good old Howard, he tells me to hit the road.
So I hit good old Howard.
About five others, including three cops.
Hey, I was a wild man.
Next thing I know, I'm doing 60 days in the L.A. County jail.
The day I get out,
the judge slaps me with a restraining order
saying I can't see my daughter under any circumstances whatsoever.
You didn't go see a lawyer?
To tell you the truth, Jackie,
I don't remember a heck of a lot after that.
You see, I crawled into a bottle of whiskey for about nine years
and went to sleep.
What woke you up?
My daughter.
She come looking for me.
Saved my life.
Dr. Berman, call the police force.
Dr. Berman, call the police force, please.
Jesse, what did Matt have to say?
After he quit yelling,
he said that he hadn't found Cody and Haley,
but he thinks they're bedded down around 10,000 feet.
Are the kids going to be okay out there?
They'll be more comfortable than you are.
I feel like I've been walked on by a bull.
Pretty, isn't it?
It's beautiful.
How'd you know?
Know what?
I named it Lake Beautiful.
Come on.
You were the proud owner of Lake Beautiful?
Yep.
So who owns Mount Incredible over there?
That's me, too.
I'll sell that one to you, though.
Come on.
What you got?
Arrogance is what I got.
What do you mean?
Better not talk about it.
Let's go.
Hello?
Anybody here?
Right here.
I just had a call.
They had news about the whereabouts of my daughter.
I made that call Mr. Spencer.
And about her whereabouts,
I know exactly where she is.
Maybe not exactly,
but I do know where she is.
What are you trying to do?
Is this some sort of shakedown, extortion, what?
I'm not trying to do anything.
I'm not going to negotiate with you, pal.
Will you just listen?
I want you to drop the kidnapping charge.
I want you to back off,
and I want Buck to have shared custody
of his daughter with your wife.
Custody?
No way.
When I called you, Spencer,
I asked you to bring your wife.
Nancy is ill.
She had to stay at the hotel.
Mr. Spencer, I'm a former peace officer.
You're right.
Your wife is very ill.
At 3.30 this morning,
she paid $400 for illegal drugs.
What do you want, money?
I want your money.
I want your stepdaughter
to have an opportunity to live a normal life.
She's a good kid.
She deserves it.
So I assume
Buck is your idea of what a parent should be.
Buck isn't perfect.
You and I,
we both know that.
But he's all that Haley has right now.
And if this kidnapping charge goes to court,
then your wife's drug problems
are going to come up.
Now listen, Spencer.
I don't want to hurt you,
and I certainly don't want to hurt your wife,
but no one
is going to hurt that little girl anymore.
Why don't you get your wife some help,
and maybe she can be a real mother,
a real mother to Haley again.
So Izzy, when am I being transferred to the folky?
Well, as soon as the doctor clears it.
Any word on the kids yet?
No.
They've been out there a long time.
Izzy Flowers, that's quite a handle.
I knew a guy once named Izzy Flowers.
He was a hell of a bronc rider from...
Pocatello, Idaho?
Yeah.
That's my Uncle Izzy.
You're kidding.
I am not kidding. I can't believe it.
Watch the foot.
Hello.
Wow.