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A Father’s Choice (2000) is a touching family drama about love, responsibility, and second chances. When two young sisters suddenly have to live with their estranged father, all three must learn what it truly means to be a family. Through moments of laughter, tears, and rediscovery, they begin to heal old wounds and build new bonds that last a lifetime.
Starring Peter Strauss, Mary McDonnell, and Michelle Trachtenberg, this moving story beautifully explores forgiveness, growth, and the power of family. A Father’s Choice is an inspiring and heartfelt film that reminds viewers that love and understanding can bring people together in the most unexpected ways.
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Starring Peter Strauss, Mary McDonnell, and Michelle Trachtenberg, this moving story beautifully explores forgiveness, growth, and the power of family. A Father’s Choice is an inspiring and heartfelt film that reminds viewers that love and understanding can bring people together in the most unexpected ways.
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00:00:30Time.
00:00:348.8.
00:00:38It's not dark yet.
00:00:40Let's run a couple more.
00:00:52How's that knee holding up?
00:00:53It's pretty good.
00:00:55It's a young man's game.
00:00:58George, I'm looking for a sponsor.
00:01:00Someone will pay my dues and entry fees and some of my expenses.
00:01:05If you do, I'll wear your name on my shirt.
00:01:08I'll make appearances at the car dealerships and in your restaurants.
00:01:12What do you say?
00:01:13You look real good with that rope out there, Mac.
00:01:16This here is your backyard.
00:01:18It ain't no PRCA rodeo.
00:01:21I know.
00:01:22I'll tell you what.
00:01:24You get yourself into the Pacheco at the end of the summer.
00:01:28Range hands, rodeo.
00:01:29You do well there, and we'll talk business.
00:01:33Deal?
00:01:34Deal.
00:01:35Thanks, George.
00:01:35You're in a boy.
00:01:40Mom, come on this way.
00:01:42Let's see.
00:01:46This film contains scenes of violence, nudity, and strong language.
00:01:49Not for children under 18.
00:01:52Especially Chris McLean.
00:01:54Goodbye, Brad Pitt.
00:01:57Mom, species.
00:01:59Isn't that the one where she turns into that and kills all of those?
00:02:03No.
00:02:04Mom.
00:02:05Oh, here we are.
00:02:06Sound of music.
00:02:08Don't you like us anymore?
00:02:10You have a strange sense of humor, Mom.
00:02:12Very strange.
00:02:14I was kidding.
00:02:16Uh-huh.
00:02:16I was kidding.
00:02:17I was kidding.
00:02:42Someone forgot to let Leo out.
00:02:52I let him out before we left.
00:02:54Must have dreamed you did.
00:02:55Can you get him, Kel?
00:02:57I got him before we left.
00:03:05You know, I swear I changed that light.
00:03:08Saturday or Sunday.
00:03:09I know I changed it.
00:03:10I'm sure I did.
00:03:13Chris, read it in the house.
00:03:26Don't move.
00:03:33Mom!
00:03:36Help!
00:03:38Help!
00:03:40Take her from the hospital.
00:03:42Mother died in front of the house.
00:03:45Fiance is still alive.
00:03:46They took two bullets out of her.
00:03:48Witnesses?
00:03:49Just the girl.
00:03:50Is there a motive here?
00:03:51Cash, credit cards, jewelry.
00:03:53Should have left it all.
00:03:54Do girls know about their mother?
00:03:56They know.
00:03:58CPS is on the way.
00:03:59She would have spoken to her.
00:04:13She told me after it happened.
00:04:17We were waiting for the police.
00:04:19What did he say?
00:04:22He said don't vote.
00:04:23Chris, we want to catch whoever did this.
00:04:28So if there's anything you could tell us.
00:04:31If he was white or black or...
00:04:32How tall he was.
00:04:33What he was wearing.
00:04:35It would really help.
00:04:36It's okay.
00:04:44You don't have to answer right now.
00:04:47Alright.
00:04:48For now you're going to stay with Child Protective Services.
00:04:51But we contacted your family in Chicago.
00:04:53Uh, Miller.
00:04:55Gail Miller?
00:04:56Yeah, Gail.
00:04:57And your father and Beckett were tracking him down.
00:05:00He doesn't have a phone.
00:05:00Yeah.
00:05:04He moves around a lot.
00:05:07What's he do?
00:05:11He's a cowboy.
00:05:12He's a cowboy.
00:05:30He's a cowboy.
00:05:33Daddy.
00:05:35No.
00:05:38This is where he is.
00:05:42He's a cowboy.
00:05:50He's a cowboy.
00:05:51It's got to be him.
00:06:19Charlie McClane?
00:06:21Detective Rice, this is Detective Cortez.
00:06:25Thanks for coming down.
00:06:26Glad you found it okay.
00:06:28Where are the children?
00:06:30They're with Child Protective Services.
00:06:32Probably on the way to court by now.
00:06:33Can't just have them, Charlie.
00:06:35They're in protective custody.
00:06:36You have to go before the judge.
00:06:38Who did this?
00:06:53That's what we're trying to find out.
00:06:56How'd you get along with the ex-wife?
00:06:58We didn't talk last couple of years.
00:07:00Did you know she was getting married again?
00:07:02Yeah, I heard.
00:07:04You didn't get to see your kids much, did you?
00:07:06I mean, even before she got hooked up with Callan.
00:07:09No.
00:07:10It's only gonna get worse after she married him.
00:07:13I was 400 miles from here when this happened.
00:07:16Shooting pool in a bar with some friends.
00:07:20I know you boys are just doing your job.
00:07:23But do it on someone else, will you?
00:07:30Pretty much got prints thrown on everything.
00:07:33Okay.
00:07:34I know he's printing the front door now.
00:07:35It's a mission out there.
00:07:36All right, out of here.
00:07:37And I got everything on the second floor,
00:07:38so we'll go ahead there.
00:07:39All right.
00:07:40I'll head out.
00:07:41Okay.
00:07:44Sorry.
00:07:53Bye-bye.
00:09:07I'm very sorry. Jesse was so kind. Such a good mother.
00:09:15You recognize that necklace?
00:09:17I gave it to her.
00:09:20Take it.
00:09:23No, I don't think I should.
00:09:25Oh, she would have wanted you to have it.
00:09:27Please.
00:09:30I won't tell anyone.
00:09:32All right.
00:09:33All right.
00:10:03Charlie McLean, I'm their father.
00:10:22Lisa Everson, Child Protective Services.
00:10:25I'll see if we're on schedule.
00:10:33Hey.
00:10:35Hi.
00:10:36Hi.
00:10:43I can't believe how much you've grown.
00:10:45I'm so sorry about what happened.
00:11:00I can't believe how much you've grown.
00:11:04And Gail's coming, too.
00:11:10All right, Miss Everson.
00:11:24There's been no arrest, Your Honor, and it's important to get the girls out of town for their own safety.
00:11:39All right.
00:11:40Girls, listen up, please.
00:11:42This court looks after your safety and welfare.
00:11:46If we can, we try to keep the family together because we believe it's in your best interest.
00:11:52So, Mr. McLean, I am going to give you your girls.
00:11:56But in light of Mrs. Miller's petition, I'm granting you temporary custody.
00:12:03Now, you'll be assigned a counselor from the Department of Family Services in Beckett.
00:12:07And then in three months' time, you'll appear before the Beckett County Superior Court.
00:12:12Now, if the counselor's reports are positive, and, of course, if the girls want to stay with you, they will.
00:12:17If not, the court will make other arrangements.
00:12:22Now, is that clear, sir?
00:12:25Uh, yes, ma'am.
00:12:27All right.
00:12:28Next case, please.
00:12:42Okay.
00:12:45This is your truck?
00:12:47Yep.
00:12:51She's got 400,000 miles on her.
00:12:56Okay.
00:13:00Come on.
00:13:16What are you doing, Charlie?
00:13:17You never wanted to be a father to those kids.
00:13:20You wouldn't even know how to go about it.
00:13:22It's just not fair to the girls.
00:13:26I'm not going to let you have them.
00:13:28I'm not going to let you have them.
00:13:28Secondhand smoke kills, you know.
00:13:48Secondhand smoke kills, you know.
00:13:51Yeah, well, I'm trying to quit.
00:13:59Yeah, well, I'm trying to quit.
00:13:59I'm trying to quit.
00:14:10I'm not going to let you have to do it.
00:14:12Well, you're never going to let you have them.
00:14:13You're not going to let you have them.
00:14:17Well, I'm going to let you have them go.
00:14:20Hey, girls, this is it. Come on out.
00:14:39Hey, Carl.
00:14:42Good-looking girls, Mac.
00:14:43Thanks.
00:14:45Reckon it's going to take some getting used to.
00:14:48Reckon so.
00:14:49I still think you should stay at my place until we know it's safe here.
00:14:52Yeah, well...
00:14:53Anyway, we've been all over the ranch, and I'm going to leave one of my boys here for a while.
00:14:57Carl, I don't think...
00:14:58That's just the way it's going to be.
00:15:06Carl, girls, this is Sheriff DeWitt.
00:15:10This is Kelly, and this is Chris.
00:15:12Nice to meet you both.
00:15:13Hi.
00:15:15Hi.
00:15:16I'll come by later and check on you.
00:15:17Okay. Thanks a lot.
00:15:23Come on! Come on!
00:15:26That's it.
00:15:28This is Denver, and that's Dallas.
00:15:30Come on in.
00:15:31Let's get you settled.
00:15:37656-613-090, a story of 687.
00:15:41You should have not logged on.
00:15:42This is it?
00:15:58Yep.
00:15:59It's so small.
00:16:01Yeah, well, you get used to it.
00:16:05There's no TV?
00:16:07No.
00:16:08I don't believe this.
00:16:11I'll tell you what.
00:16:13You take the bed, I'll take the couch.
00:16:17Stay off the bed.
00:16:18No, you take the bed.
00:16:21We'll sleep in Chicago.
00:16:22No.
00:16:22You take the bed.
00:16:23We'll sleep in Chicago.
00:16:24No.
00:16:31No.
00:16:40Mr. McLean, I'm Susan Shaw.
00:16:43Mr. McLean, I'm Susan Shaw.
00:16:52I'm a counselor with the Department of Family Services.
00:16:59Where are the girls?
00:17:03Inside.
00:17:05How are they?
00:17:06All right, considering.
00:17:09The youngest, Chris, is still pretty shook up.
00:17:12She saw it happen.
00:17:13I can't believe she's dead.
00:17:18I'm sorry.
00:17:21I can only imagine how hard this is for you.
00:17:27That's my card.
00:17:31Counseling is a condition of your custody,
00:17:33so you need to come into my office as soon as possible.
00:17:36I've scheduled 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
00:17:38We'll meet twice a week.
00:17:40Call me any time if you have questions.
00:17:42Other than that, good luck.
00:17:45Now that they're here,
00:17:47you have to start being their father again.
00:17:49Yeah, well,
00:18:00how the hell do I do that?
00:18:04How the hell do I do that?
00:18:06I
00:18:12call me a
00:18:23It's okay, it's okay, Chris.
00:18:24It's okay, Chris.
00:18:32Kelly!
00:18:33Don't cry.
00:18:34Shh.
00:18:38It's okay.
00:18:39Don't cry.
00:18:40Shh.
00:18:43It's okay.
00:18:44It's okay.
00:18:45Don't worry.
00:18:46Is she okay?
00:18:48She'll be fine.
00:18:49Come on.
00:18:53You want me to get a glass of water or something?
00:18:57No.
00:19:02It's okay.
00:19:03Come on.
00:19:06Come on.
00:19:14From now on, I gotta get the first shower in the morning.
00:19:17I can't hear you.
00:19:20It only takes me five minutes.
00:19:25What'd you say?
00:19:26I gotta get to work in the morning.
00:19:28It only takes me five...
00:19:30What is this?
00:19:34Laundry?
00:19:36Dirty laundry does not go on my Allman Brothers' records.
00:19:41It has to be washed.
00:19:43And who is supposed to wash it?
00:19:47Don't know how.
00:19:50You put it in the sink.
00:19:53You put in some water and soap.
00:19:54Wash it.
00:19:55Hang it up to dry, okay?
00:20:10Okay, this is driving me crazy.
00:20:11Mom braids it.
00:20:19Mom braids it.
00:20:26Okay.
00:20:30We'll braid it.
00:20:35It's a ponytail, not a braid.
00:20:37We'll braid it.
00:21:07Where's my cowboy?
00:21:15Over here.
00:21:18Charlie McLean.
00:21:21You back to work already?
00:21:23Yes, ma'am.
00:21:24I'm going to owe you for the week.
00:21:26Cash money.
00:21:28Where's your girls?
00:21:30Inside.
00:21:31Kelly!
00:21:33Chris!
00:21:34Come on out.
00:21:35There's someone I want you to meet.
00:21:42Hello.
00:21:44I'm Dottie Clayton.
00:21:46And this is my ranch.
00:21:48Which one of you is Kelly?
00:21:50I am.
00:21:51Now, I know your father don't have no soda or junk food in the house.
00:21:58But I've got a fridge full of root beer and boxes of candy bars.
00:22:03And you just come around whenever you like and help yourself.
00:22:07Old Dottie's going to take real good care of you.
00:22:11All right.
00:22:12Take it easy, girls.
00:22:15Things ain't never as bad as they seem right off.
00:22:17All right.
00:22:18All right.
00:22:22All right.
00:22:23Police.
00:22:24All right.
00:22:37All right.
00:22:39All right.
00:22:40Let me...
00:22:40I can't believe Mama lived like this.
00:22:59I can't believe we're living like this.
00:23:02Hey, hey, hey, hey!
00:23:06We won!
00:23:07Hey, hey, hey!
00:23:10Hey, hey!
00:23:12Hey, cow! Hey, hey!
00:23:21It's gonna be a long day.
00:23:23I've had worse.
00:23:24Well, that was just the first truck.
00:23:27Oh, no. More trucks?
00:23:29Oh, we're talking now, but when the last cow is done
00:23:33and it's, oh, somewhere way after dark,
00:23:37you're gonna wanna fall down on a bed and sleep for three days.
00:23:40Ah, since you brought that up.
00:23:42That part about falling down in a bed.
00:23:44Oh, here it comes.
00:23:46Anytime a cowboy starts a sentence with,
00:23:48since you brought that up,
00:23:50you know you're in for a world of trouble.
00:23:52I need to build a new bedroom for the girls.
00:23:55The bunkhouse has a bedroom.
00:23:57Yep, that's right, and I want it back.
00:23:59The girls need to have their own room.
00:24:01We're opposite sexes.
00:24:02We can't be barging in on each other.
00:24:03Oh, and who's supposed to pay for all this new construction?
00:24:07Well, I don't have any money.
00:24:10And Lou, he doesn't even know what money is.
00:24:13He's right about that, boss.
00:24:15Well, I guess that means you.
00:24:18Are they inside?
00:24:19Yep, and they didn't wanna come out.
00:24:21How's my little one?
00:24:23Well, she's still pretty shook up.
00:24:25I don't know if it's because, uh,
00:24:27she's scared the guy who shot Jessie's gonna come after her,
00:24:30or because she saw the whole thing.
00:24:32Or both.
00:24:34Oh, hell, man, go on, build it.
00:24:46Just get it right.
00:24:48Make it pretty, huh?
00:24:50Pretty.
00:24:51Okay.
00:24:53Yep, hey!
00:24:55Come on, hey, hey!
00:24:58I don't want to talk about my feelings again.
00:25:02What do you want to talk about?
00:25:04We have to go shopping.
00:25:07We've already been through this.
00:25:09No, we haven't.
00:25:11You said we can't leave the ranch and that was it.
00:25:13Carl doesn't want you girls walking around town.
00:25:15It's not fair!
00:25:17Well, not everything is.
00:25:19We need to go to a drug store.
00:25:21For what?
00:25:22Tampax.
00:25:24Soap, shampoo, toothpaste.
00:25:27I don't want to use your cruddy stuff and neither does Chris.
00:25:30And besides, we have nothing to wear.
00:25:33Okay.
00:25:35I know you and your sister are trying to get used to the way things...
00:25:40The way things are suck, Dad.
00:25:55The way things are suck, Dad.
00:25:57They're not cowboys.
00:26:00They're girls from Los Angeles.
00:26:02Well, they're part of my life now.
00:26:05Well, then your life has to change, perhaps.
00:26:08Did Carl reach you?
00:26:25About what?
00:26:27Ross and Cortez?
00:26:28No.
00:26:29They picked up a guy for questioning and held him for a few days.
00:26:33It wasn't him?
00:26:36No.
00:26:37Also, Kaelin's going to live.
00:26:40Well, that's good.
00:26:42He sends his condolences and wishes the girls good luck.
00:26:46He say anything about their things?
00:26:48He said he'd have them packed up and shipped in the fall.
00:26:51He sent in them to me or to Gail?
00:26:54Where do you want to tell?
00:26:55Where do you want to tell?
00:26:57What?
00:26:58You said you want to want it?
00:26:59Alright, I'll bring it to.
00:27:00I guess it happened again.
00:27:01Here, rope it to you.
00:27:06Oh, give me a break.
00:27:10We have to buy our clothes in there?
00:27:14Oh, give me a break.
00:27:22Do we have to buy our clothes in there?
00:27:28I do.
00:27:40There she is.
00:27:41Okay.
00:27:46Hello.
00:27:47Hi.
00:27:48Hi.
00:27:48Hi.
00:27:50Hello.
00:27:51Hello.
00:27:53Gail Miller called my office.
00:27:55She called Judge Morgan, too.
00:27:56She's looking for a local attorney who does custody cases.
00:28:00She's determined to get the girls.
00:28:04If I'm going to help, I need history on this.
00:28:10Gail, uh, she was always trying to break us up, right from the start.
00:28:20But Judge, she didn't care.
00:28:22She was always bucking the family.
00:28:24So you married anyway?
00:28:27We were in love.
00:28:29Nobody was going to break us apart.
00:28:31Not even Gail.
00:28:32Mac, the...
00:28:42Let me see that.
00:28:54You can't wear this.
00:28:55I can see through it.
00:28:57So?
00:28:57No.
00:29:05Um, Jesse and Gail, how'd they grow up?
00:29:10What was their upbringing?
00:29:11They grew up in Pasadena.
00:29:12It was a lot of money.
00:29:14My father was a banker.
00:29:16And I was a real step down for the family, as far as Gail was concerned.
00:29:20But she married Whiteley?
00:29:23Oh, yeah.
00:29:24Some big surgeon in Chicago.
00:29:26He runs a hospital there.
00:29:29I have two kids.
00:29:30Big house in the suburbs.
00:29:31Another one in Florida.
00:29:33Now she wants the girls.
00:29:35Yeah, I guess she doesn't think I'll make much of a father, either.
00:29:38Where's Chris?
00:29:47I don't know.
00:29:49Chris!
00:29:52Chris!
00:30:02Chris!
00:30:02Chris!
00:30:08Where the hell...
00:30:13Is this okay?
00:30:17Yeah.
00:30:19It looks real nice, darling.
00:30:34Now this pretty girl's named Georgia.
00:30:36We've roped a lot of calves together.
00:30:39In fact, she's the mother of the colt and I'm riding right now.
00:30:45She's pregnant.
00:30:46She's having a rough go of it.
00:30:49We've got the vet watching her.
00:30:51We're just gonna have to keep our fingers crossed.
00:30:53All right, let's get her cleaned up and fed.
00:30:56I'm teaching you two how to ride.
00:31:00Did Mom ride?
00:31:02All the time.
00:31:03She never rode with us.
00:31:07Never even talked about it.
00:31:10How'd you meet?
00:31:15Your mother never told you?
00:31:17We never asked.
00:31:21How did we meet?
00:31:22Well, I just finished this rodeo up in Tucson and I decided to kick back for a few days before heading up north.
00:31:36Your mother, she'd left home.
00:31:39She had to work as a waitress in this burger joint I just happened to walk into.
00:31:45Can you imagine your mother as a waitress?
00:31:53Oh, she was a bright light in a dark room.
00:31:58And we fell head over heels in love.
00:32:08And in the beginning, she loved this life.
00:32:12The rodeos and the traveling.
00:32:13And then we got married.
00:32:18And then you were born.
00:32:20It got harder for your mother.
00:32:22Living on the road ten months of the year.
00:32:25And when Chris came along, it seemed tough to stay together.
00:32:30She wanted more for you girls.
00:32:32Hell, I want more for you, too.
00:32:38But we just seemed to drift further and further apart.
00:32:41We ended up going our separate ways.
00:32:44You let us go.
00:32:46I just did the best I thought I could.
00:32:49It wasn't good enough.
00:33:02We're working as hard as we can to find the man who killed your mother.
00:33:24But we need your help now.
00:33:26You're the only one who saw it happen.
00:33:29Try to remember.
00:33:30It was dark.
00:33:33The dog was barking in the backyard.
00:33:38The light by the front of the house was out.
00:33:40Your sister went to get the dog.
00:33:43Your mother and Mr. Colin were walking towards the house.
00:33:47The man jumped out of the shadow.
00:33:49He had a gun.
00:33:50He shot your mother and Mr. Colin.
00:33:54He saw him shoot her.
00:33:57He turned to you.
00:33:58No.
00:33:58He said, don't move.
00:34:00Don't move.
00:34:01Mom!
00:34:02Help!
00:34:05He looked at you, didn't he, Chris?
00:34:10He was getting out of the car.
00:34:12He looked right at you.
00:34:14Easy.
00:34:16Help us, Chris.
00:34:18Tell us what he looked like.
00:34:20Come on.
00:34:20You saw him, Chris.
00:34:21All right, that's enough.
00:34:24What did he look like?
00:34:26I said, that's enough.
00:34:30It's all right.
00:34:33We weren't trying to upset her.
00:34:34Well, you did.
00:34:36Listen, Colin didn't see the shooter.
00:34:39He didn't see anything.
00:34:40He can't help us.
00:34:41As far as IDing the killer, it's up to Chris.
00:34:43You don't have any other leads, do you?
00:34:50We're working on it.
00:34:53We've been asking around about Colin.
00:34:55He doesn't have a whole lot of friends in the concrete business.
00:34:58He backed out of a big contract.
00:35:00Costs the union a couple hundred jobs.
00:35:01Lots of bad blood on both sides.
00:35:04Looks like your ex-wife was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
00:35:09Come on.
00:35:09Come on.
00:35:09Come on.
00:35:09Come on.
00:35:11Come on.
00:35:13Come on.
00:35:23Okay.
00:35:24Keep one leg on each side and your mind in the middle.
00:35:27That's all there is to it.
00:35:28Why are you doing this?
00:35:30I just want to get things back to normal.
00:35:33Nothing's normal anymore.
00:35:35You live on a ranch.
00:35:37You ought to know how to ride.
00:35:38Now put your foot in the stirrup and swing your leg over.
00:35:40I didn't see anyone.
00:35:41What?
00:35:45I didn't see anyone.
00:35:46By the time I got there, he was gone.
00:35:48Not now, Kel.
00:35:49Why can't she tell them anything?
00:35:51She just can't.
00:35:52He looked right at her.
00:35:54Get on the horse.
00:35:55She saw him.
00:35:56Get on the damn horse.
00:35:58Why can't she go first?
00:36:00She's been through a hell of a lot.
00:36:01I don't want to have to...
00:36:02It didn't just happen to her.
00:36:04Kelly...
00:36:04She was my mother, too.
00:36:06Come back here.
00:36:07Where the hell do you think you're going?
00:36:09Come back here.
00:36:10I hate this.
00:36:10I hate you.
00:36:12I hate you.
00:36:14Oh, you hate this?
00:36:15You think I like seeing some damn shrink two times a week?
00:36:18You hate this.
00:36:19I wash your clothes.
00:36:21I clean up after you.
00:36:22I have to listen to you complain every damn day.
00:36:25Huh?
00:36:26I got to listen to you complain every damn day.
00:36:35I hate you.
00:36:36Oh, that's great.
00:36:37There's no sheriff tonight.
00:36:53Where's Dad?
00:36:55Who cares?
00:36:57What if he never comes back?
00:37:01He'll come back.
00:37:03He has to.
00:37:05What if he doesn't?
00:37:07Where are we going to go?
00:37:09Who cares?
00:37:11Anywhere.
00:37:15I want to go home.
00:37:22Where are you going?
00:37:33I've been watching you all night.
00:37:35You're trying to McLean, ain't you?
00:37:38I roped against you once up in Oklahoma City.
00:37:42Name's Macy.
00:37:43Kyle Macy.
00:37:45Remember me?
00:37:48You kicked my ass.
00:37:49I told you it was him.
00:37:57I thought I froze a couple years back.
00:38:00Couldn't take it anymore.
00:38:01He's got nothing good.
00:38:02Heard he was going to try some kind of comeback, but don't look like it to me.
00:38:07He's just a sorry ass has-been.
00:38:10He ain't never coming back.
00:38:12Let it go, Mac.
00:38:13Not today.
00:38:16Come on, Mac.
00:38:18I said not today.
00:38:20Come on!
00:38:48Hey Sue.
00:38:49Hey!
00:39:01No!
00:39:02No!
00:39:03No!
00:39:04I gotta go home.
00:39:05Charlie, you're not going home.
00:39:06You're going to jail.
00:39:07No!
00:39:08No!
00:39:09You don't understand.
00:39:10I gotta go home.
00:39:11I'll take a shower.
00:39:12We have a meeting with Susan in half an hour.
00:39:25Do you want to tell the girls where you were last night?
00:39:26Mac?
00:39:27Mac?
00:39:28I went to a bar.
00:39:29I got in a fight and I spent the night in jail.
00:39:30Kelly?
00:39:31Kelly?
00:39:32I want to go back to LA.
00:39:33I want to talk to my friends.
00:39:34We don't even have a phone.
00:39:35I don't even have a phone.
00:39:36I don't want to live here with him.
00:39:37I don't want to live here with him.
00:39:38I want to go back to LA.
00:39:39I want to talk to my friends.
00:39:40We don't even have a phone.
00:39:41I don't want to live here with him.
00:39:42Doesn't matter.
00:39:43I'm back.
00:39:46I went to a bar.
00:39:49I got in a fight, and I spent the night in jail.
00:39:55Kelly?
00:39:56I want to go back to L.A.
00:39:58I want to talk to my friends.
00:39:59We don't even have a phone.
00:40:03I don't want to live here with him.
00:40:07Doesn't matter.
00:40:10At the end of the summer, he won't be our father anyway.
00:40:13Hey.
00:40:16I'll always be your father.
00:40:18You don't know anything about being a father.
00:40:22Chris, do you feel the same way as Kelly?
00:40:26Our mother is dead, and we have to live with him.
00:40:29How do you think we're feeling?
00:40:32What happened to you isn't fair, and it's very, very complicated.
00:40:36You have to grieve your mother's death while trying to build a life with your father.
00:40:41Forget it.
00:40:43My life's gone.
00:40:47Yeah, well, so's mine.
00:40:49I need a smoke.
00:40:50I need a smoke.
00:40:50You got into a fight.
00:40:58You got into a fight.
00:41:00You spent the night in jail.
00:41:04The girls had no idea where you were and nowhere to reach you.
00:41:08Okay, you got into a fight, you spent the night in jail, the girls had no idea where
00:41:19you were and no way to reach you, how did you think they'd react?
00:41:26The guy had it coming and there was supposed to be a cop watching them.
00:41:32Carl had to pull him away and besides that's not the point, it's not Carl's responsibility
00:41:36to take care of your daughters, it's yours.
00:41:38You have to do better than this, that's what temporary custody is all about.
00:41:43Well, maybe it's too hard and I can't do it.
00:41:48You were the one who told me that the girls needed somebody they could talk to about things,
00:41:53somebody they'd be comfortable talking to, well it's not me and it's not ever gonna be.
00:41:59Put down in your report that at the end of the summer those girls go back to Chicago.
00:42:04It's sad, do you know why?
00:42:09You're not just losing the girls to Gail, you're losing the chance to be their father.
00:42:15You are giving up a life you can never have without them.
00:42:19Jessie is dead, you're all they have and they need you, please do not give up on this.
00:42:25You've never been to a rodeo, have you?
00:42:45No.
00:42:46Caps in the chute, you're on the horse in the box.
00:43:04And then, the gate opens and, bang, of course in a rodeo the damn calf's jumping around
00:43:18like a rabbit.
00:43:20Hey!
00:43:21Something to see.
00:43:22What's the matter?
00:43:23It's Georgia.
00:43:24Come on!
00:43:25Kelly, come on!
00:43:26Okay, girl.
00:43:27It's okay.
00:43:28I'm okay, girl.
00:43:29It's okay.
00:43:30Okay, girl.
00:43:31I'm gonna help you.
00:43:32Yeah, it's okay, girl.
00:43:33I'm gonna help you.
00:43:34Yeah, it's okay, girl.
00:43:35I'm gonna help you.
00:43:36I'm gonna help you.
00:43:37I'm gonna help you.
00:43:40I'm gonna help you.
00:43:41I'm gonna help you now.
00:43:55It's okay, girl.
00:43:56Alright, girls?
00:44:01I'm going to help you now.
00:44:02It's okay, girl.
00:44:04All right, girls.
00:44:05Come on.
00:44:07I need your help.
00:44:08Okay.
00:44:11Okay, girl.
00:44:13Just go up there by her head.
00:44:15Okay.
00:44:17That's it, Georgia.
00:44:18We're going to help you.
00:44:19It's okay.
00:44:20It's okay.
00:44:21Whoa.
00:44:22That's a girl.
00:44:23That's okay, girl.
00:44:27She's getting weaker.
00:44:29Come on, girl.
00:44:31Why don't you give up on me now?
00:44:34Okay.
00:44:37Come on, Georgia.
00:44:38You got to push.
00:44:42Okay, girl.
00:44:44Come on.
00:44:46You got to push.
00:44:50Okay.
00:44:50Come on, Georgia.
00:44:55Come on, Georgia.
00:44:58Come on.
00:44:58Come on, Georgia.
00:45:03Come on.
00:45:04Atta, girl.
00:45:05Atta, girl.
00:45:06Come on, Georgia.
00:45:06One more.
00:45:09Come on.
00:45:10Atta, girl.
00:45:11Atta, girl.
00:45:11Come on, Georgia.
00:45:12One more.
00:45:14Atta, girl.
00:45:15Atta, girl.
00:45:16Okay, come on. Attacle. Attacle. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Attacle. Attacle. Attacle. Attacle.
00:45:25Okay. Okay.
00:45:27All right, girls, come over in to help me now.
00:45:29Come on. Go over there and get some hay. We've got to clean her up.
00:45:32That's it.
00:45:36That's it.
00:45:40Okay, now I want you to rub her all over.
00:45:42Come on, clean her up. That's okay. It's not going to bite you.
00:45:45That's it. That's it. Come on.
00:45:46Clean her up. Rub her all over.
00:45:48That's it. Let her feel you.
00:45:50Let her smell you. That's it.
00:45:52Then she'll be good. She'll let people touch her.
00:45:54Okay, now she's going to need someone special to feed her.
00:45:57Almost every hour, someone's going to have to look after her.
00:46:00Okay?
00:46:01You think you can do that, Chris?
00:46:03Okay.
00:46:03You want that job?
00:46:04Yeah.
00:46:05Okay.
00:46:06She's going to be your responsibility.
00:46:08Okay.
00:46:09That's it.
00:46:10She's beautiful.
00:46:14Hi, Susan.
00:46:26Hi, Deb.
00:46:29Charlie McLean stopped by this morning.
00:46:32Yeah, I have a session with him today.
00:46:34He wants to reschedule it.
00:46:35He's putting in a phone for the girls.
00:46:38Huh.
00:46:39Uh, did he say when?
00:46:41He said he'd call you.
00:46:44He was covered with dirt right off the ranch.
00:46:48Well, you know, a lot of guys say that they're cowboys, but he's the real thing.
00:46:54First time I saw him at his house, I thought it was Gary Cooper.
00:46:58Gary Cooper? Very interesting.
00:47:00Deb, please.
00:47:02He's a client.
00:47:03I'm not getting personally involved with him.
00:47:05I'm not saying that you are.
00:47:07No, but you were thinking it.
00:47:10Really, Susan.
00:47:12Aren't you?
00:47:14Well.
00:47:19Okay.
00:47:20Everything four foot and down is Chris.
00:47:23Everything four foot and up is you, Kelly.
00:47:26I'll get the ceiling when I'm done with the phone.
00:47:31Is it going to work?
00:47:31It should.
00:47:34Dottie put in a line a long time ago.
00:47:36I just never used it.
00:47:38Where'd you learn how to do all this?
00:47:40In the army.
00:47:41Did some carpentry, plumbing, electric, a little bit of everything.
00:47:54Girls, the room's not going to paint itself.
00:47:58Um, we've never painted a room before.
00:48:01Okay.
00:48:05It's not that hard.
00:48:07Put a little paint on the brush, and then you put the paint on the wall.
00:48:10That's all there is to it.
00:48:12Let's go.
00:48:13Oh, not so much.
00:48:15Try to get just the tip, okay?
00:48:17Like that.
00:48:20We'll cut the corners first and the edges, and then we'll come back and do the middle.
00:48:24Just like this.
00:48:27Okay.
00:48:29You know, when I was a little boy, my mother hired some local kids to paint the house during
00:48:35the summer, and she told me I had to help them.
00:48:38I didn't know what I was doing, but by the end of the summer, I could paint a whole room
00:48:43by myself.
00:48:44Here, you try.
00:48:50Oh, that's good, Kelly.
00:48:55That's really good.
00:48:56So, how much did your mom pay you?
00:49:01Nothing.
00:49:02It was one of those, uh, paint the house and I'll let you live deals.
00:49:07Sort of like this?
00:49:11Sort of.
00:49:11Is the phone done yet?
00:49:17Oh, my phone.
00:49:20Let's see.
00:49:26Just put the jack in.
00:49:28You try.
00:49:36Now, you don't have any boyfriends I don't know about, do you?
00:49:40Only in Hawaii.
00:49:41Oh, great.
00:49:52Oh, hell.
00:49:53Oh, hell.
00:50:11I was gonna call you.
00:50:16Yeah.
00:50:19What are you doing here?
00:50:21We brought pictures.
00:50:22Maybe the helper will remember.
00:50:24Try to do a sketch this time.
00:50:26No.
00:50:27What?
00:50:28I said no.
00:50:30The shooter's still out there, Mac.
00:50:31I know.
00:50:32What if he comes up here looking for her?
00:50:33Can't find her here.
00:50:34We don't know that for sure.
00:50:35You don't know anything for sure.
00:50:37Mac, they're doing everything they possibly can do.
00:50:39We got six guys on it every day.
00:50:41We run anything that even smells like a lead.
00:50:43We canvass the neighborhood, then canvass it again, and then again.
00:50:46We question everybody who ever knew your ex-wife, whoever knew Cowan.
00:50:49And you're still stuck in the chute.
00:50:52Whoever it was could have shot her right there at the house if he'd wanted to.
00:50:57I'm not gonna put her through this again.
00:50:58She's had a hard enough time dealing with it as it is.
00:51:04She has to put this behind her and move on.
00:51:07I will keep my eyes out.
00:51:09God help the son of a bitch if he ever shows up here.
00:51:12Mr. McClain, you're interfering with a murder investigation.
00:51:17And you're interfering with our lives.
00:51:22Carl, I want you and the deputies off the ranch.
00:51:25Hey, Mac.
00:51:25I appreciate what you've done.
00:51:27But you can go back to L.A. now.
00:51:29We're done here.
00:51:31It's over.
00:51:578.2 seconds.
00:52:048.2 seconds.
00:52:04This is really something, Charlie.
00:52:29What are you doing here?
00:52:32Visiting.
00:52:34Talking with my nieces.
00:52:35What do you want?
00:52:38I just wanted to see the girls.
00:52:41Make sure they're all right.
00:52:43They're fine.
00:52:45I want you to leave.
00:52:47I am so sorry, girls.
00:52:49If I'd had any idea of the circumstances that you...
00:52:52I'm asking you to leave.
00:52:57I'll be in touch.
00:52:58This is David Winston, a local attorney I have on retainer.
00:53:17I thought we should see for ourselves what kind of life you've made for Kelly and Chris before we speak to the judge.
00:53:22What are you talking about?
00:53:25We petitioned the Beckett Superior Court.
00:53:27And the judges agreed to see us in his chambers next week.
00:53:32Why are you doing this, Gail?
00:53:34Because I have to.
00:53:36Because you're not going to change.
00:53:39You never changed for Jesse.
00:53:40All those promises.
00:53:44And you didn't change.
00:53:46You're going to end up hurting those girls just like you did my sister.
00:53:50And I will not allow that to happen again.
00:54:00This isn't about the girls.
00:54:03You just hate me.
00:54:06Look at this.
00:54:08Look how they're living.
00:54:10I can give them everything, Charlie.
00:54:14Who can you give them?
00:54:33Was it good to see your Aunt Gail?
00:54:35Like old times.
00:54:37I was asking the girls.
00:54:40Do you ever go to visit her in Chicago and see your cousins, Chris?
00:54:51Yeah.
00:54:52They came to L.A. a few times.
00:54:55Need to go out for dinner.
00:54:57Come on, Chris.
00:55:00Do you understand why she's here, Chris?
00:55:02Do you?
00:55:03She doesn't want us to live here anymore.
00:55:08That's right.
00:55:09She doesn't want you to stay at the ranch for the rest of the summer.
00:55:12She wants to take you to Chicago right away, and then that's where you'll live.
00:55:18For good?
00:55:21For good.
00:55:21She can't even wait until the summer's over.
00:55:45I don't think it's in her nature to wait for anything she wants.
00:55:50This isn't good for them.
00:55:52And it's worse for Chris.
00:55:53It's hard enough for her to deal with her mother's death without being moved halfway across the damn country.
00:55:58Is she going to come out of this?
00:56:04Yes.
00:56:05When?
00:56:05When she's ready.
00:56:07If she doesn't talk about it, then she feels she's protected from it somehow.
00:56:12It'll last until something triggers an emotional catharsis, and then everything will come out.
00:56:16In the meantime, it would help her if you were able to express your own feelings a bit better.
00:56:26Feelings about what?
00:56:28About Jesse.
00:56:30About what happened with you and the girls.
00:56:34I'm not very good at that.
00:56:37I try.
00:56:37I get all...
00:56:40It takes practice.
00:56:46Are they still out there?
00:56:49Yep.
00:56:53Don't believe this.
00:56:56You ever talk to them anymore?
00:56:59Not for years.
00:57:00I don't think we ever talked.
00:57:03I have no idea why we got married.
00:57:05I was young.
00:57:07It didn't last long.
00:57:08It ended badly, and that's that.
00:57:09Hmm.
00:57:16You seen anybody now?
00:57:21No.
00:57:22Not at all.
00:57:24So?
00:57:25So?
00:57:26So why aren't you seeing anybody?
00:57:28You mean why aren't I dating, or why aren't I in a relationship?
00:57:33Both.
00:57:35I'm not dating because I don't have the time.
00:57:37I can't leave my job at the office.
00:57:39People don't suffer between nine and five.
00:57:42No, they don't.
00:57:43And I'm not in a relationship because the relationships I've been in haven't worked for me.
00:57:53You haven't met the right man.
00:57:55No.
00:57:56No.
00:57:57Not yet.
00:57:59And if you did?
00:58:01Then I'd go out with him.
00:58:03On a date?
00:58:05Or a relationship?
00:58:08Both.
00:58:11Any more questions?
00:58:13Yeah.
00:58:15Do you know how to do a French braid?
00:58:20Yeah.
00:58:22It's easy.
00:58:23I'll show you.
00:58:28Take this hair.
00:58:31Okay?
00:58:33Make it three pieces here.
00:58:34Were you any good?
00:58:45Oh, I had a few good years.
00:58:47Your daddy wanted rodeos in Houston and Cheyenne and plenty of other places.
00:58:52He was a PRCA champ three years in a row.
00:58:55What's PRCA?
00:58:58Professional rodeo cowboy association.
00:59:01What's that for?
00:59:02This is a score line.
00:59:03Gives the calf a head start.
00:59:05I can't leave the box until the calves cross this line.
00:59:08If I do, I break that barrier.
00:59:11That's a ten-second penalty.
00:59:13Then I might as well pack up and hit home.
00:59:16Now, the clock is going to start when I cross that barrier, and it stops when I throw up my hands.
00:59:28Now, ever see a man go from zero to 30 miles per hour in one second?
00:59:41Hang on.
00:59:41Hang on.
00:59:41What's the time?
01:00:018.2 seconds.
01:00:06Pacheco is a small arena.
01:00:07Kind of like Poway.
01:00:11I did a 7-9 at Poway once.
01:00:13Kind of do a lot better at Pacheco.
01:00:16What's Pacheco?
01:00:17Range hands, rodeo local, cowboys.
01:00:21Your daddy does well there.
01:00:23We're going to sit down and talk business.
01:00:26What do you mean?
01:00:28Your daddy's looking for a sponsor.
01:00:32A sponsor for what?
01:00:34Get back into the rodeo.
01:00:35It costs a lot of money to live on the road these days.
01:00:40Motels, restaurants.
01:00:42Got to drive your horse across country, keeping fit and healthy.
01:00:46And the PRCA fees, they ain't cheap.
01:00:49Must be $450 by now.
01:00:52And that's per rodeo.
01:00:54And they got dues on top of that.
01:00:56You never said anything about going back to the rodeo.
01:00:59Tell me.
01:01:00That was before you came here.
01:01:08So now what?
01:01:09We go on the road, we live in motels all year long?
01:01:12This is my life.
01:01:14It's what I do.
01:01:16No!
01:01:17It's not just you anymore!
01:01:19What if I don't want to live like that?
01:01:22Mom sure didn't.
01:01:26Oh, my God.
01:01:56Oh, my God.
01:02:26What school would they be attending, Mr. McLean?
01:02:30I have pre-registered the girls in the finest prep school in Illinois.
01:02:35Orientation is the first week in September, Your Honor.
01:02:37There's still plenty of time to get the girls into the Beckett public school system, Your Honor.
01:02:42What is it you and Mrs. Miller want, Mr. Winston?
01:02:45Well, we'd like you to make a ruling on the custody issue now, Your Honor.
01:02:49The ruling's already been made.
01:02:51Oh, we don't think it's wise to wait three more weeks.
01:02:56Ms. Shaw?
01:02:57All my reports recommend that Mr. McLean be allowed to finish the summer with his daughters.
01:03:02The girls need a secure and stable home as soon as possible.
01:03:07Mr. McLean has already shown he's not able to provide that for them.
01:03:11He is a first-time single parent, Your Honor.
01:03:15Mrs. Miller is ready, willing, and able to step in.
01:03:18No one has yet determined that that will be necessary, Mr. Winston.
01:03:21All right, that's enough.
01:03:22I'll give you an answer by the end of the day.
01:03:52Morgan said you can keep the girls for the summer.
01:04:05He felt it was too short a time to warrant pulling them into overrule the L.A. court.
01:04:10But he has some serious considerations about the girls and about you.
01:04:16Yeah, well, join the club.
01:04:20It's not good, Mac.
01:04:29I don't know what's going to happen to you in September.
01:04:32He could give the girls to Gail.
01:04:39So, uh, what you're saying is that I really only have three weeks left with him.
01:04:44I'm sorry.
01:04:51There's nothing to be sorry about.
01:04:58I wouldn't have gotten this far without you.
01:05:00I wouldn't have gotten this far without you.
01:05:14I dropped early this morning.
01:05:41You know, when I asked your mom to marry me, I didn't have a whole lot of money.
01:05:55I couldn't buy her one of those big diamonds or anything.
01:06:10But there was this Indian, and he had a little store over in Merced.
01:06:17And in the window, he had the most beautiful turquoise necklace you've ever seen.
01:06:23And your mom saw it one day.
01:06:25She told me how much she liked it.
01:06:28She asked me to get it.
01:06:29And I did.
01:06:35So I went back, and I got it for her.
01:06:39And I gave it to her.
01:06:41The day I asked her to marry me.
01:06:43And I was thinking.
01:06:56I think this necklace would look as beautiful on you as it did on her.
01:07:07So I want you to have it.
01:07:08It was so dark.
01:07:23He was in the shadows.
01:07:27It's all right.
01:07:29It's all right.
01:07:32I couldn't see his face.
01:07:35I know.
01:07:35I keep looking to see his face.
01:07:42But I never can.
01:07:45I never can.
01:07:47It's all right.
01:07:48It's all right.
01:07:50It's all my fault.
01:07:53I didn't do anything.
01:07:55No.
01:07:56It's all my fault.
01:07:58No, it's not.
01:08:00There was nothing you could do.
01:08:02There was nothing you could do.
01:08:04I didn't scream.
01:08:07I didn't run for help.
01:08:11I just stood there.
01:08:13It's all right.
01:08:14I just stood there.
01:08:17No, it's all right.
01:08:19No.
01:08:26It's all right.
01:08:27No.
01:08:27Do you think he'll win?
01:08:36If he does, I'm going to have to find myself a new cowboy.
01:08:40I don't like when things change.
01:08:44Nobody does, honey.
01:08:47And they change anyway.
01:08:48You got all the phone numbers you need right there on the counter.
01:09:02Shouldn't go.
01:09:05Dottie said she'd make you dinner.
01:09:07But you're on your own for breakfast and lunch.
01:09:09Chris needs you here.
01:09:12She'll be fine.
01:09:14Just make sure that she, uh, she feeds the dogs and looks after the cult.
01:09:20She's only ten.
01:09:21And don't let the dishes pile up.
01:09:24It's best if you do them as you go along.
01:09:25What if she's not fine?
01:09:28Well, then you take care of her.
01:09:30No.
01:09:31I don't want to take care of her.
01:09:35I don't want to be her mother.
01:09:37I'm a kid.
01:09:38I'm supposed to be a kid.
01:09:40Calm down, all right?
01:09:40Calm down.
01:09:41Calm down.
01:09:41Calm down.
01:09:42Calm down.
01:09:43You don't care about me.
01:09:45You act like you care because you have to.
01:09:47You never cared.
01:09:49You never.
01:09:50That's not true.
01:09:51Yes.
01:09:52Yes, it is true.
01:09:54Do you think I'd be living here with, if, if mom was still alive?
01:09:57You never even thought about us at all.
01:10:27What's that?
01:10:29Letters.
01:10:30For you and Chris.
01:10:31Kelly, I just saw your Thanksgiving place.
01:11:01I had wanted to tell you that you were the prettiest pilgrim on the stage.
01:11:08You were about eight years old.
01:11:12I saw the show.
01:11:14I watched the whole thing from the back.
01:11:20You wore a blue dress.
01:11:22And you saying, God bless America.
01:11:37I didn't know you were there.
01:11:39Yeah, well, there are a lot of things you don't know about.
01:11:45Why didn't you ever mail these?
01:11:47I didn't think you'd read them.
01:12:03No, you can say whatever you want about them.
01:12:06That's probably all true.
01:12:07But don't you say I didn't think about you.
01:12:15There's a little Davey Johnson.
01:12:32Look at this guy.
01:12:33Five years of age.
01:12:34And look at this clown.
01:12:35He's got him.
01:12:35And what a ride.
01:12:36There's Davey.
01:12:37He completed his ride.
01:12:39And the opening of the button bouncing.
01:12:41Way to go, Davey.
01:12:42The crowd loved you.
01:12:43You betcha.
01:12:44And now it looks like I always love you.
01:12:47He's a member of the team.
01:12:49The old and running.
01:12:51That old rock event.
01:12:52Gerald Smith.
01:12:54Well, no cowboy around these parts.
01:12:56He's drawn.
01:12:57Thunderbolt.
01:12:57Here he comes.
01:12:58And shoots open.
01:13:00Thunderbolt comes up high.
01:13:01Look at that.
01:13:02Hang on, Gerald.
01:13:04Eight seconds.
01:13:05And you're right.
01:13:06Hold on.
01:13:06Up the side.
01:13:08Go right.
01:13:08Think you did it.
01:13:09Eight seconds.
01:13:14Here we go.
01:13:15Come Rex.
01:13:16Hold on.
01:13:17He's a man.
01:13:18There's a steer.
01:13:19And here comes Frankie.
01:13:20Look at this.
01:13:21He's got him down.
01:13:25Yes.
01:13:26And under five seconds.
01:13:29Carl Collins.
01:13:32And he's up next.
01:13:33And here he comes.
01:13:34The ball broke the thumb.
01:13:36He's got that little jokey.
01:13:38Down he goes.
01:13:39Now comes the big and roll punch.
01:13:41High street.
01:13:42And look at that.
01:13:43He's under 12 seconds.
01:13:45How are you?
01:13:47That's all the show goes.
01:13:49And the champion Carl Collins.
01:13:51He's at 9.4.
01:13:54Okay, Mac.
01:13:55You're up.
01:13:57Time to beat is 9.4.
01:13:59I'll beat some eight.
01:14:01Now, as you well know, this is a big return for Charlie.
01:14:05He's fighting his way back from injuries for the past few years.
01:14:08It's sure good to see Max back.
01:14:11This roping, this roping event is usually the domain of those young bucks.
01:14:15Ready, Mac?
01:14:19Go get him, Charlie.
01:14:21Yeah, you got him.
01:14:23Come on.
01:14:24Grab him up.
01:14:25Looking good.
01:14:27Yeah.
01:14:437.9.
01:14:45Charlie McLean's comeback time, folks, an amazing 7.9 seconds.
01:14:56Mac is back.
01:15:01Mac is back.
01:15:02I like that.
01:15:03It's catchy.
01:15:04There you go.
01:15:05Oh.
01:15:06How was your knee?
01:15:10Pretty good.
01:15:11That was a good run, Mac.
01:15:13It was a damn good run.
01:15:16I'll drop by Dottie's this week.
01:15:18We've got business to discuss, huh?
01:15:22Atta boy.
01:15:37Congratulations.
01:15:39I didn't know you were here.
01:15:41I didn't want to make you nervous.
01:15:46What's going on?
01:15:48My sponsor wants me to sign a contract this week.
01:15:51Tell me something.
01:15:53What kind of a father do you think I am?
01:15:56I think you're a father who loves his daughters more than anything.
01:16:03Is that enough?
01:16:05Wasn't it enough for you with your father?
01:16:09My father died when I was three.
01:16:11I never knew him.
01:16:14I never had a chance to learn from him.
01:16:20They were just babies.
01:16:23I was afraid I'd let them down.
01:16:25I still feel that way.
01:16:29I would imagine it's the most intimidating thing that you'll ever do.
01:16:33But...
01:16:35I think...
01:16:36you've got what it takes.
01:16:44You think there's any chance I'll get him?
01:16:47I think it's a long shot.
01:16:58I talked to my accountant and we're getting things all set up.
01:17:02After Salinas, we're going to swing through Nevada.
01:17:05Then down to Arizona, cross over through New Mexico.
01:17:09Up Colorado and into Wyoming.
01:17:12And that should bring us into the fall.
01:17:15Then we'll have a few weeks to do some promotion.
01:17:18And we'll start at my place in Modesto.
01:17:21We'll make it a big deal.
01:17:24Sign some autographs.
01:17:25I will give away some rodeo tickets and...
01:17:30Mac, are you with me here?
01:17:36I've changed my mind, George.
01:17:43You said it was a young man's game anyway.
01:17:50I reckon it is.
01:17:53Mac.
01:17:55Thanks.
01:17:58Good luck.
01:18:16So when do you leave?
01:18:19I'm not.
01:18:22I turned him down.
01:18:24But you wanted to be in the rodeo.
01:18:27I thought I did.
01:18:31But then I remembered how lonely it gets on the road.
01:18:36I'd be coming back to that house and it'd be dark and quiet.
01:18:40Of course, it'd be clean.
01:18:43And there wouldn't be any laundry lying on my records.
01:18:48I'd always be wondering where my girls were at.
01:18:52I'd always be wondering.
01:18:53I'd always be wondering.
01:18:57You want to be with us?
01:19:07What's the matter, Carrie?
01:19:09What if we have to go with Gaea?
01:19:10What if we have to go with Gaea?
01:19:11What if we have to go with Gaea?
01:19:12What if we have to go with Gaea?
01:19:14I'm not worried.
01:19:15I'm not worried about Gaea.
01:19:16I'm not worried about Gaea.
01:19:17I'm not worried about Gaea.
01:19:18So, let's go.
01:19:48Daddy, I promise I won't complain anymore.
01:20:18I'm sorry for you.
01:20:40It's alright.
01:20:43It'll be alright.
01:20:48It's okay.
01:21:04I got it for you, folks.
01:21:07There you go.
01:21:08Oh, hey.
01:21:11How you doing?
01:21:13I think we've been better, huh?
01:21:15Yeah, feel ready.
01:21:18Kelly.
01:21:19Chris.
01:21:20Good to see you.
01:21:23Charlie.
01:21:24Hello.
01:21:29Let's go.
01:21:35Your Honor, my sister and I were very close.
01:21:38I've known Kelly and Chris since they were born.
01:21:41In my custody, they would live in a stable, financially secure family environment.
01:21:47Mr. McLean's history as an absentee father is well documented.
01:21:50That's not the question here.
01:21:52The question is, what is at stake for the girls?
01:21:56And, Your Honor, their best interest is having them live with me.
01:22:05I have serious concerns about you, Mr. McLean.
01:22:09You've been unwilling to change your life for so many years.
01:22:12How can I be certain that you're ready to change it now?
01:22:15Girls, do you have anything you'd like to say?
01:22:18Um...
01:22:19It's been really hard for us since our mom died.
01:22:36And, it's been a long time since we knew our dad.
01:22:49And if we go back now, I just think it'd be really sad.
01:23:01Do you feel the same way as your sister?
01:23:22My father loved the rodeo his entire life.
01:23:26He had a chance to do it again.
01:23:32And, he didn't know that.
01:23:37And, he turned it down.
01:23:44He decided that he loved us more.
01:23:47I want to stay with him, Your Honor.
01:24:03I really want to live with my dad.
01:24:17Mr. McLean, would you like to say anything?
01:24:34I've, uh, I've made some mistakes, Your Honor.
01:24:38I'm sorry about that.
01:24:40But, I know what I want now.
01:24:46Do you?
01:24:47Yes, sir.
01:24:52These are my girls.
01:24:55And, I'm their father.
01:24:58We're a family.
01:25:00That's what I want.
01:25:01And, I have never felt that more.
01:25:06And, I feel it right now.
01:25:11Now, I've been told that, uh, they need me.
01:25:18And, uh, I'll be there for them.
01:25:22It's also the other way around, too.
01:25:28I need them.
01:25:31So, uh...
01:25:34Please.
01:25:37Please, Your Honor.
01:25:39Let me be their father.
01:25:52Miss Shaw.
01:25:59Your office stays in close contact with these families following decision?
01:26:07Yes, Your Honor. We certainly do.
01:26:11Okay.
01:26:14Mr. McLean.
01:26:17I hereby grant you full and final custody of your daughters.
01:26:23Yes.
01:26:27Thank you, Sue.
01:26:28You're welcome.
01:26:38You're welcome.
01:26:40Thank you, Susan.
01:26:41Oh, you're welcome.
01:26:45I may need some help with these two from time to time.
01:26:47Someone to talk to.
01:26:49I'd like that.
01:26:50Okay.
01:26:53Come on.
01:26:54Let's go home.
01:26:56How about Saturday night?
01:26:57Sure.
01:26:58Let's go.
01:26:59I'm gonna have you two riding and roping better than me within two weeks.
01:27:02Are you okay?
01:27:03Oh, you got it.
01:27:05Oh, you got it.
01:27:08I'm gonna be sure you really got it.
01:27:09Yeah, so.
01:27:10Are you okay?
01:27:11Are you okay?
01:27:18You're welcome.
01:27:19I'll give you two more.
01:27:41I'll give you two more.
01:28:11I'll give you two more.
01:28:41I'll give you two more.
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