1 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:08,008 [birds chirping] 2 00:00:10,093 --> 00:00:12,469 [Laura] Three, two, one. 3 00:00:12,470 --> 00:00:14,596 [happy music playing] 4 00:00:14,597 --> 00:00:17,308 [Laura and Mary giggling] 5 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:22,438 - [Mary] No, let me do it! - [Laura] No, let me do it. 6 00:00:22,439 --> 00:00:24,441 [both laughing] 7 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:31,739 I think that was faster. [chuckles] 8 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:33,158 Fast enough to win? 9 00:00:33,908 --> 00:00:35,243 It depends who we're racing. 10 00:00:36,536 --> 00:00:37,412 [Laura grunts] 11 00:00:37,996 --> 00:00:40,164 How much do Ma and Pa owe Miss Henderson again? 12 00:00:40,165 --> 00:00:42,500 - Six dollars? - Six dollars and thirty cents. 13 00:00:44,002 --> 00:00:46,670 I'll win the slingshot competition and the ring toss. 14 00:00:46,671 --> 00:00:47,672 That's ten cents. 15 00:00:48,173 --> 00:00:50,966 You'll win the embroidery competition and the essay contest. 16 00:00:50,967 --> 00:00:52,926 That one's worth a whole dollar. 17 00:00:52,927 --> 00:00:55,721 It won't make up all the debt, but it'll make up some of it. 18 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:56,723 Shh. 19 00:00:58,224 --> 00:01:00,142 I don't want them to know that we know. 20 00:01:00,143 --> 00:01:03,229 - I wanna win the money and surprise them. - All right. 21 00:01:06,858 --> 00:01:09,693 [Carrie fusses] 22 00:01:09,694 --> 00:01:11,946 [horse whinnies] 23 00:01:12,822 --> 00:01:14,865 - Admiring your corn again? - [Charles] That's right. 24 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:18,203 Next year we'll plant twice as much and buy a milk cow 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,748 and get to building a bigger house… 26 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:25,667 one with bedrooms. 27 00:01:25,668 --> 00:01:26,503 [laughs] 28 00:01:30,006 --> 00:01:31,841 Mortgage payments will come in any day now. 29 00:01:32,425 --> 00:01:35,344 The crops will be in. I'll do more winter hunting and trapping. 30 00:01:35,345 --> 00:01:38,306 We'll have plenty of furs to sell. Dream big. 31 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:42,059 I'll dream big when that mortgage starts coming on time every month. 32 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:43,353 [both laughing] 33 00:01:45,063 --> 00:01:45,897 [Caroline chuckles] 34 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:49,109 - What do you think about a bigger house? - Yes. 35 00:01:49,651 --> 00:01:50,943 We want a sleeping loft. 36 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:54,656 - And a bookcase for our treasures. - And a sitting room. And a stove. 37 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,991 Never hurts to know what you want. 38 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:59,952 Dream as big as the sky. Make a plan to get it. 39 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:02,579 All I'm dreaming about right now is Founders Day. 40 00:02:02,580 --> 00:02:05,083 Our plan is to eat popcorn and dance at the dance. 41 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:06,668 Solid plan. 42 00:02:08,837 --> 00:02:09,671 I wanna dance. 43 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:11,923 [Caroline chuckles] 44 00:02:12,715 --> 00:02:14,717 [Caroline laughs] 45 00:02:16,845 --> 00:02:18,012 [Caroline laughs] 46 00:02:23,226 --> 00:02:24,434 [music fades] 47 00:02:24,435 --> 00:02:26,520 [old-timey piano music playing] 48 00:02:26,521 --> 00:02:28,523 [indistinct chatter] 49 00:02:32,694 --> 00:02:37,115 [both] Independence is a town named after a way of life. 50 00:02:37,615 --> 00:02:41,952 The families who came here were hoping for freedom 51 00:02:41,953 --> 00:02:44,205 and a fresh start in a new place. 52 00:02:45,331 --> 00:02:47,250 - You see, I much prefer your cobbler. - [chuckles] 53 00:02:49,335 --> 00:02:51,587 I didn't know that you could play the piano, Mr. Scott. 54 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:52,588 Years of lessons. 55 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:55,132 In the West, I'm all about the new songs. Any requests? 56 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:56,466 [footsteps approaching] 57 00:02:56,467 --> 00:02:59,553 There's a raffle and kettle corn and lemonade. Come on! 58 00:02:59,554 --> 00:03:01,139 [both laugh] 59 00:03:02,891 --> 00:03:04,976 Silly me, thinking it would be a family day. 60 00:03:05,476 --> 00:03:08,395 - It's hard to compete with lemonade. - [women chuckle] 61 00:03:08,396 --> 00:03:11,106 Not wrong about that. It's good to see you both. 62 00:03:11,107 --> 00:03:12,108 [William] Mm. 63 00:03:13,359 --> 00:03:15,611 I heard the Osage are riding out next week. 64 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:16,905 Most of them, yes. 65 00:03:18,281 --> 00:03:19,324 Will you go with them? 66 00:03:21,242 --> 00:03:22,994 - We haven't decided yet. - No. 67 00:03:27,165 --> 00:03:29,374 We heard school's starting in September. 68 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:32,337 Thank goodness. The girls have had enough of my lessons. 69 00:03:32,921 --> 00:03:34,129 Oh. 70 00:03:34,130 --> 00:03:38,885 - I thought you'd be teaching. - I don't know. I… I have my hands full. 71 00:03:39,385 --> 00:03:42,096 Ladies and gentlemen of Independence, 72 00:03:42,597 --> 00:03:44,599 may I have your attention, please? 73 00:03:45,725 --> 00:03:49,437 Let me be the first to wish you all… 74 00:03:51,231 --> 00:03:52,774 [crowd clapping and cheering] 75 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:55,777 …a Happy Founders Day! 76 00:03:57,946 --> 00:03:59,197 Hit it, Scott! 77 00:04:00,114 --> 00:04:02,699 [piano playing jaunty music] 78 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:04,494 [children laughing] 79 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:12,167 Here you go. 80 00:04:12,168 --> 00:04:15,087 The ring toss is at the same time as the three-legged race. 81 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:18,132 - You're not gonna be able to do both. - I could enter the ring toss. 82 00:04:18,633 --> 00:04:20,593 If I win, I could give you my prize money. 83 00:04:21,177 --> 00:04:23,428 - You told her? - She won't say anything. 84 00:04:23,429 --> 00:04:26,181 - We don't need help. - We do need help. 85 00:04:26,182 --> 00:04:29,935 If we end up staying, you could teach me how to make flower crowns. 86 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:31,271 Then we'll be even. 87 00:04:33,815 --> 00:04:35,065 That's fair. 88 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:38,902 Pa says to dream as big as the sky, and then make a plan to get it. 89 00:04:38,903 --> 00:04:40,905 [piano music continues in background] 90 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:43,615 So let's go get it. 91 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:46,243 [playing upbeat music] 92 00:04:46,244 --> 00:04:48,161 And no one knows where he went? 93 00:04:48,162 --> 00:04:52,416 Apparently, he asked Dr. Blake in Elk City to take on his patients, 94 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:55,044 and then he rode right off the face of the earth. 95 00:04:56,838 --> 00:04:59,132 - Haven't heard anything since. - [Lacey] Mm-hmm. 96 00:05:00,216 --> 00:05:02,051 Maybe he went back to his wife. 97 00:05:02,593 --> 00:05:05,095 - Why would you… - Or maybe he went off to divorce her. 98 00:05:05,096 --> 00:05:06,847 It's 50-50. At least now you know. 99 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:10,309 Know what? I don't know anything except that he was untruthful. 100 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:13,061 I wouldn't give up on him, not yet. 101 00:05:13,062 --> 00:05:15,189 - Since when are you an optimist? - Uh… 102 00:05:16,232 --> 00:05:17,858 - I am not an optimist. - Mm-hmm. 103 00:05:17,859 --> 00:05:19,818 I just know a girl in love when I see her. 104 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:21,404 Who said anything about love? 105 00:05:22,363 --> 00:05:23,906 [Lacey inhales deeply] 106 00:05:25,950 --> 00:05:27,451 Oh, we're almost out. 107 00:05:27,452 --> 00:05:28,369 [gasps] 108 00:05:29,078 --> 00:05:31,496 Do you want to go shoot some holes in this barrel? 109 00:05:31,497 --> 00:05:34,374 I always feel so much better when I shoot holes in things. 110 00:05:34,375 --> 00:05:35,834 No. No, thank you. 111 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:37,462 [Mr. Edwards clears throat] 112 00:05:39,964 --> 00:05:40,922 How romantic. 113 00:05:40,923 --> 00:05:42,257 Mind if I borrow her? 114 00:05:42,258 --> 00:05:44,217 Go on. I'll finish up here. 115 00:05:44,218 --> 00:05:45,845 [indistinct chatter] 116 00:05:47,305 --> 00:05:49,389 [White Sun] Why'd you tell him we hadn't decided yet? 117 00:05:49,390 --> 00:05:50,558 Because we haven't. 118 00:05:51,809 --> 00:05:54,895 You've said you didn't wanna walk away from everything we've built here, 119 00:05:54,896 --> 00:05:56,438 so what changed? 120 00:05:56,439 --> 00:05:58,732 I felt like I made a difference at the signing. 121 00:05:58,733 --> 00:06:02,444 I'd like to keep doing that. Translating, negotiating, looking out for our future. 122 00:06:02,445 --> 00:06:05,906 Your father wouldn't like it, not after everything you put into the house. 123 00:06:05,907 --> 00:06:07,658 I don't care what my father likes. 124 00:06:08,242 --> 00:06:11,371 It was one thing when the land was in limbo, but the deal is done. 125 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,290 I'm afraid we won't be welcome. We won't be safe. 126 00:06:15,291 --> 00:06:17,919 - On our own land? - That's not how they'll see it. 127 00:06:19,921 --> 00:06:21,922 Louis said he'd buy the house and the farm. 128 00:06:21,923 --> 00:06:24,801 Maybe starting over will be the best thing for all of us. 129 00:06:26,969 --> 00:06:28,971 [melancholy music playing] 130 00:06:31,766 --> 00:06:32,975 All of us. 131 00:06:36,854 --> 00:06:38,773 So you just wanna leave Julia here. 132 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:42,777 She'll always be with us. 133 00:06:53,871 --> 00:06:55,205 [music fades] 134 00:06:55,206 --> 00:06:58,126 - [man 1] Happy Founders Day to y'all. - [man 2] Happy Founders Day. 135 00:07:00,169 --> 00:07:03,297 - You told me the money would come. - It's from my father. 136 00:07:06,217 --> 00:07:07,884 He put Carrie's name in the Bible. 137 00:07:07,885 --> 00:07:09,887 [bell ringing in the distance] 138 00:07:15,017 --> 00:07:15,935 What? 139 00:07:19,021 --> 00:07:20,314 Mr. Gustafson had a stroke. 140 00:07:20,982 --> 00:07:23,817 - Oh no. - He's alive. He's still recovering. 141 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:26,903 His wife says they can start payments once their son comes to help, 142 00:07:26,904 --> 00:07:28,864 but that would be long after the harvest. 143 00:07:28,865 --> 00:07:31,325 - No money for a year? - At least. 144 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:36,998 The girls need new clothes, new shoes, books for school. 145 00:07:37,498 --> 00:07:40,042 We're already low on cornmeal, flour, beans. 146 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,127 And we're in debt. 147 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,129 I hate kicking a sick man out of his house, 148 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:46,924 but we could repossess, look for a new buyer. 149 00:07:49,010 --> 00:07:50,678 I'd have to go back to get things settled. 150 00:07:51,345 --> 00:07:54,182 Even if we had money for the trip, I… I can't be here alone, Charles. 151 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:57,101 [Carrie fusses] 152 00:08:03,024 --> 00:08:04,649 [Carrie fusses] 153 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,319 I need to get that teaching job. 154 00:08:06,903 --> 00:08:08,069 What about Carrie? 155 00:08:08,070 --> 00:08:11,407 I'll find someone to watch her. Or I'll bring her with me. 156 00:08:12,825 --> 00:08:14,368 This town's growing like a weed. 157 00:08:14,869 --> 00:08:17,163 They'll need good carpenters before the snow comes. 158 00:08:17,872 --> 00:08:20,499 Every time Eli James opens his mouth, it's about that railroad. 159 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:21,792 There must be jobs there. 160 00:08:22,376 --> 00:08:23,543 [hopeful music playing] 161 00:08:23,544 --> 00:08:24,629 Something will turn up. 162 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:27,757 [Caroline sighs] 163 00:08:32,094 --> 00:08:33,054 Dream big. 164 00:08:38,059 --> 00:08:40,102 [indistinct chatter] 165 00:08:42,396 --> 00:08:44,940 [all cheering] 166 00:08:44,941 --> 00:08:47,276 [Sarah] On your mark, get set, 167 00:08:48,611 --> 00:08:49,569 go! 168 00:08:49,570 --> 00:08:51,572 [crowd cheering and encouraging] 169 00:08:53,282 --> 00:08:55,033 - [Lacey speaking French] - [Laura] Go, go, go! 170 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:56,118 - You got it! - Come on! 171 00:09:00,790 --> 00:09:02,290 We have our winner! 172 00:09:02,291 --> 00:09:03,458 [Mr. Edwards hoots] 173 00:09:03,459 --> 00:09:04,460 Bravo! 174 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:08,630 - All right, let's go. - [girls laugh] 175 00:09:08,631 --> 00:09:10,174 - Good job, girls. - [Mary] Come on! 176 00:09:11,175 --> 00:09:12,218 [Laura laughs] 177 00:09:12,927 --> 00:09:14,637 You must've been a good father. 178 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:17,890 I tried. 179 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:23,229 They were lucky to have you. 180 00:09:23,938 --> 00:09:25,606 [music fades] 181 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:33,697 - Okay, enough slush. - [Mr. Edwards chuckles] 182 00:09:33,698 --> 00:09:36,283 I have a slingshot competition to judge. 183 00:09:36,284 --> 00:09:38,286 [indistinct chatter] 184 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:46,544 [Jemma] Both of you pull at the same time. 185 00:09:47,044 --> 00:09:49,754 No, pull together. You're pulling separately. 186 00:09:49,755 --> 00:09:52,883 Okay, now hold on the left. And on the right… 187 00:09:53,384 --> 00:09:54,843 Okay, it's… it's… Oh! 188 00:09:54,844 --> 00:09:56,511 [both chuckle] 189 00:09:56,512 --> 00:09:58,138 It's a spectacular day. 190 00:09:58,139 --> 00:10:00,015 I did have a vision, didn't I? 191 00:10:00,016 --> 00:10:01,142 - Yes. - [chuckles] 192 00:10:01,726 --> 00:10:05,937 I hear Mary is Romanzy's big competition for the essay contest. 193 00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:08,982 I haven't heard a word of it, but she's been practicing for weeks. 194 00:10:08,983 --> 00:10:10,818 Oh! May the best speaker win. 195 00:10:11,402 --> 00:10:12,361 [Jemma chuckles] 196 00:10:13,321 --> 00:10:15,655 I've been thinking about how much I miss teaching. 197 00:10:15,656 --> 00:10:19,284 [Jemma] Higher on the right side. Exactly, like that. Hold it. Hold it. 198 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:21,329 Perfect. [sighs] 199 00:10:23,247 --> 00:10:24,831 I'm sorry, you were saying? 200 00:10:24,832 --> 00:10:28,127 I… I'd like to take the teaching position when the term starts. 201 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:33,049 Caroline, that position's been filled. A young woman Margaret recommended. 202 00:10:33,549 --> 00:10:37,470 She has two years' experience and comes with very high marks. 203 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:38,888 Oh. 204 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:42,182 You know teaching's for unmarried women. 205 00:10:42,183 --> 00:10:44,643 Those are not my rules. They're just the rules. 206 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:47,521 You've got your baby and your family. 207 00:10:48,022 --> 00:10:52,233 And I'm sure you'll agree this town needs as many young, fresh faces 208 00:10:52,234 --> 00:10:53,735 as we can tempt. 209 00:10:53,736 --> 00:10:55,029 - Of course. - [Jemma sighs] 210 00:10:56,781 --> 00:10:59,325 Besides, I've got something else for you. 211 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:01,993 Once the railroad comes in, 212 00:11:01,994 --> 00:11:04,872 I'll be entertaining and hosting new arrivals. 213 00:11:05,373 --> 00:11:07,582 [whispers] Eli is planning to run for mayor. 214 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:09,752 That's a secret. Don't say a word. 215 00:11:10,252 --> 00:11:12,295 I'll have my hands absolutely full, 216 00:11:12,296 --> 00:11:15,299 which means I won't have much time for the Women's Society. 217 00:11:16,425 --> 00:11:17,677 I'd like you to take it on. 218 00:11:18,386 --> 00:11:22,014 I'd still be the director, of course, but you'd manage the day-to-day. 219 00:11:24,475 --> 00:11:25,643 The women look up to you. 220 00:11:26,143 --> 00:11:27,602 [unsettling music playing] 221 00:11:27,603 --> 00:11:28,688 I'm flattered. 222 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:32,024 Unfortunately, I need paid work right now. 223 00:11:33,401 --> 00:11:34,985 Oh, I didn't realize. 224 00:11:39,281 --> 00:11:40,866 I'll let you get on with your day. 225 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:50,251 The Judson's planning to expand their restaurant and bakery. 226 00:11:50,876 --> 00:11:53,086 They'll be looking for an excellent cook. 227 00:11:53,087 --> 00:11:55,464 I'd be happy to recommend you, if that's of interest. 228 00:11:57,591 --> 00:11:59,259 Yes, thank you. 229 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:02,221 And you'll let me know about the Women's Society? 230 00:12:03,097 --> 00:12:06,100 You'd want a working woman to head your society? 231 00:12:07,435 --> 00:12:09,520 We're all working women, aren't we? 232 00:12:10,020 --> 00:12:12,022 [heartwarming music playing] 233 00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:16,025 [music fades] 234 00:12:16,026 --> 00:12:20,322 I was wondering, now that the treaty is signed, 235 00:12:21,073 --> 00:12:23,367 if the town might be getting some railroad work. 236 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:25,119 If so, 237 00:12:26,454 --> 00:12:28,664 I'd appreciate you putting in a good word for me. 238 00:12:29,206 --> 00:12:30,707 There certainly is work, 239 00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:33,878 and I'd be happy to recommend you as a potential foreman. 240 00:12:34,378 --> 00:12:36,088 We could use a man like you. 241 00:12:37,006 --> 00:12:37,840 Thank you. 242 00:12:38,340 --> 00:12:42,803 Of course, a railroad in Independence will take some time, 243 00:12:43,512 --> 00:12:46,306 but there's plenty available on the extension lines. 244 00:12:46,307 --> 00:12:49,017 Could be Nebraska, or, more likely, Colorado. 245 00:12:49,018 --> 00:12:51,020 [indistinct chatter] 246 00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:56,941 I don't know if I like the idea of being that far away from my family. 247 00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:59,236 It would only be for a year or so. 248 00:13:00,154 --> 00:13:02,948 I'll imagine you've got big plans for that land. 249 00:13:03,449 --> 00:13:05,576 - Yes. - Think about it. 250 00:13:06,285 --> 00:13:08,495 Now I need to go see about my girls. 251 00:13:08,496 --> 00:13:12,957 They have a knack for finding trouble. They get that from Jemma, not me. 252 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:14,835 - [Eli chuckles] - [kids laughing] 253 00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:20,131 I am pleased to announce that our first-prize winner 254 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:25,554 for excellent design, color choice, and stitchwork is… 255 00:13:29,725 --> 00:13:32,435 - Mary Ingalls. - [clapping] 256 00:13:32,436 --> 00:13:34,522 - Thank you. - [Margaret] Well done. 257 00:13:35,564 --> 00:13:36,524 [laughs happily] 258 00:13:37,358 --> 00:13:39,318 Excellent work. Very good. 259 00:13:46,367 --> 00:13:47,368 [groans in exasperation] 260 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:50,578 [Emily laughs] 261 00:13:50,579 --> 00:13:52,372 - Congratulations. - [chuckles] 262 00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:55,376 Thank you. You won something too? 263 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,837 Gingersnaps, first prize. Didn't have much competition. 264 00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:00,840 [both laugh] 265 00:14:02,550 --> 00:14:04,468 I haven't seen Caleb anywhere. 266 00:14:05,594 --> 00:14:07,763 He was a little down this morning. 267 00:14:08,597 --> 00:14:09,973 Wouldn't tell me why. 268 00:14:09,974 --> 00:14:12,100 [upbeat music playing] 269 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:13,811 Maybe you can find him, cheer him up? 270 00:14:15,938 --> 00:14:17,856 [Emily laughs] 271 00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:20,359 [door opens, closes] 272 00:14:21,151 --> 00:14:22,361 Thank you, ladies. 273 00:14:26,615 --> 00:14:28,533 [music fades] 274 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:29,410 Hello. 275 00:14:31,412 --> 00:14:32,955 Dr. Tann, welcome back. 276 00:14:34,248 --> 00:14:37,501 - I was hoping we could, uh, talk. - Well, I need to get going. 277 00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:40,713 I don't require company, thank you. 278 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:44,425 - I'm just back from Philadelphia. - Well, I hope you had a nice trip. 279 00:14:44,925 --> 00:14:48,094 - Emily, I'd like to explain. - There's no need. A no is a no. 280 00:14:48,095 --> 00:14:50,973 I sent divorce papers home just after our Christmas. 281 00:14:52,808 --> 00:14:54,435 My wife wouldn't sign them. 282 00:14:56,687 --> 00:14:57,521 I see. 283 00:14:59,690 --> 00:15:01,400 When you asked about the future, 284 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:05,029 I knew I had to go and get it settled immediately. 285 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:10,409 So I did. 286 00:15:13,954 --> 00:15:14,914 Hm. 287 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:16,957 Enjoy your day. 288 00:15:17,541 --> 00:15:19,543 [emotional music playing] 289 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:23,631 [Mr. Edwards] Want some? 290 00:15:24,214 --> 00:15:26,383 Fought off Old Man Spencer for the last of it. 291 00:15:27,551 --> 00:15:29,553 It's fine. He doesn't have any teeth anyway. 292 00:15:34,224 --> 00:15:35,475 [music fades] 293 00:15:35,476 --> 00:15:36,643 Cheer up. 294 00:15:36,644 --> 00:15:39,979 It's Founders Day. Two years of Independence. 295 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:42,690 Sam Parker just told me a crew of young men came into town 296 00:15:42,691 --> 00:15:44,360 to work construction last week, 297 00:15:45,402 --> 00:15:46,445 charging half the rate. 298 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:48,113 Half the rate? 299 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,033 They even know one end of a hammer from the other? 300 00:15:51,533 --> 00:15:52,368 Does it matter? 301 00:15:57,331 --> 00:16:00,124 The couple that bought our land in Wisconsin just defaulted. 302 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:00,960 [sighs] 303 00:16:02,378 --> 00:16:05,130 Thought I might try to pick up construction work this fall, but… 304 00:16:06,924 --> 00:16:08,342 I just can't seem to get ahead. 305 00:16:12,513 --> 00:16:16,308 I have a spot of work chasing strays on a cattle drive coming up. 306 00:16:17,101 --> 00:16:18,227 Happy to split the job. 307 00:16:20,020 --> 00:16:22,146 Probably give you a milk cow for free. 308 00:16:22,147 --> 00:16:24,525 The calves, they struggle to keep up with the herd. 309 00:16:25,442 --> 00:16:27,611 Sure your girls would love some fresh butter. 310 00:16:28,362 --> 00:16:31,365 - Now, that's generous. - Nah, purely selfish. 311 00:16:31,949 --> 00:16:34,660 If you don't stick around, you don't help me build my house. 312 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:39,832 - A house? - Hm. Things are settled with the land. 313 00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:42,001 Figured 314 00:16:43,544 --> 00:16:44,962 maybe I should get settled too. 315 00:16:48,257 --> 00:16:50,883 Look, don't worry about those young men and their cheap work. 316 00:16:50,884 --> 00:16:54,346 First gust or gale that hits, people want good work from professionals. 317 00:16:57,725 --> 00:17:00,394 What do you say we go into this rail-splitting competition, 318 00:17:00,894 --> 00:17:02,354 show these young men who's boss? 319 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,278 Hi, Laura. Who's your friend? 320 00:17:10,154 --> 00:17:11,405 This is Good Eagle. 321 00:17:12,614 --> 00:17:15,199 Good Eagle, this is Edith and Romanzy. 322 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,872 - How come you never came to play with us? - You were mean about Caleb. That's why. 323 00:17:20,456 --> 00:17:22,040 Have you finally learned to read? 324 00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:24,835 Or will you have to sit with the babies when school starts? [laughs] 325 00:17:26,253 --> 00:17:27,337 I can read. 326 00:17:27,921 --> 00:17:30,382 Next competitor, step forward. 327 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:42,644 [coughs] 328 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:46,606 [Romanzy and Edith laugh] 329 00:17:46,607 --> 00:17:50,193 So I guess you were lying about being able to hit a rabbit from 20 paces. 330 00:17:50,194 --> 00:17:52,488 [both laugh] 331 00:17:53,113 --> 00:17:55,532 [sad music playing] 332 00:17:59,995 --> 00:18:01,997 [bell jingles] 333 00:18:23,310 --> 00:18:25,187 I won the embroidery contest. 334 00:18:25,979 --> 00:18:27,981 You should've seen Romanzy's face. 335 00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:30,901 Congratulations. 336 00:18:33,987 --> 00:18:35,530 [music fades] 337 00:18:35,531 --> 00:18:36,698 Are you all right? 338 00:18:40,994 --> 00:18:41,995 You got a letter. 339 00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:45,374 From my mother. 340 00:18:46,416 --> 00:18:47,251 Your mother? 341 00:18:47,835 --> 00:18:51,712 After Christmas, Emily put notices in newspapers all over the country. 342 00:18:51,713 --> 00:18:54,091 My mother saw one, and she wrote to me. 343 00:18:54,716 --> 00:18:57,552 She said that she didn't know what had happened to me. 344 00:18:57,553 --> 00:19:00,429 She's living in Cincinnati now, and she wants me to come home. 345 00:19:00,430 --> 00:19:02,598 [melancholy music playing] 346 00:19:02,599 --> 00:19:03,725 Oh. 347 00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:06,145 I wanna see her more than anything. 348 00:19:06,895 --> 00:19:09,231 But what if Emily gets upset at me for leaving? 349 00:19:10,357 --> 00:19:11,942 Emily won't be upset. 350 00:19:13,235 --> 00:19:14,361 She'll miss you. 351 00:19:16,613 --> 00:19:17,698 But she won't be upset. 352 00:19:18,615 --> 00:19:19,741 What about you? 353 00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:25,164 Family is everything. 354 00:19:27,124 --> 00:19:28,542 I want you to have that. 355 00:19:40,387 --> 00:19:41,555 But I'll miss you too. 356 00:19:44,057 --> 00:19:44,975 [music fades] 357 00:19:45,559 --> 00:19:49,061 Independence, the word, stands for freedom and self-sufficiency. 358 00:19:49,062 --> 00:19:52,607 And Independence, the town, stands for those same values. 359 00:19:52,608 --> 00:19:55,234 I don't want to go to school next year. 360 00:19:55,235 --> 00:19:56,778 Forget about those girls. 361 00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:58,321 We'll sit together, 362 00:19:58,322 --> 00:20:01,365 and no one will bother us 'cause we're smarter than all of them. 363 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:04,035 You don't even know if you're staying yet. 364 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:05,912 [Romanzy continues in background] 365 00:20:05,913 --> 00:20:07,748 I might be all alone next year. 366 00:20:08,332 --> 00:20:11,083 You have your sister. You'll never be alone. 367 00:20:11,084 --> 00:20:13,336 [Romanzy continues in background] 368 00:20:13,337 --> 00:20:14,213 You're right. 369 00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:17,382 [Romanzy] …for other like-minded individuals. 370 00:20:18,091 --> 00:20:19,926 His hard work paid off. 371 00:20:19,927 --> 00:20:22,387 Our town is more than Independence. 372 00:20:22,971 --> 00:20:24,014 It is home. 373 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,433 - [all applauding] - [Jemma exclaims] 374 00:20:30,979 --> 00:20:32,022 First. 375 00:20:33,273 --> 00:20:35,817 Well done, Romanzy James. 376 00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:39,528 Last but not least, Mary Ingalls. 377 00:20:39,529 --> 00:20:41,156 [indistinct chatter] 378 00:20:44,701 --> 00:20:46,328 Miss Ingalls? 379 00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:51,499 - You should go up there. - [Reverend] Miss Ingalls? 380 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:54,835 - No. Mary's the smart one. - Last call for Miss Ingalls. 381 00:20:54,836 --> 00:20:56,171 You're just as smart. 382 00:20:57,589 --> 00:21:00,300 Then the competition is concluded. 383 00:21:00,801 --> 00:21:01,843 Wait! 384 00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:04,763 I'm Miss Ingalls. 385 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,351 [crowd murmuring] 386 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:24,615 [hooves clopping] 387 00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:26,326 [horse whinnies] 388 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,833 Independence… 389 00:21:34,876 --> 00:21:37,421 is a town named after a way of life. 390 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:45,761 [tender music playing] 391 00:21:45,762 --> 00:21:49,182 Independence is actually a funny name for a town like this. 392 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:53,979 The prairie is so big, and we're so small. 393 00:21:56,023 --> 00:21:57,190 The truth is 394 00:21:58,775 --> 00:22:00,944 none of us can make it alone here. 395 00:22:03,238 --> 00:22:04,740 We need help from each other 396 00:22:05,365 --> 00:22:07,117 when we need a place to live 397 00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:09,619 and when we get sick 398 00:22:10,370 --> 00:22:11,830 and when we get lonely. 399 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:17,293 Independence isn't about self-reliance 400 00:22:17,294 --> 00:22:21,881 or liberty or freedom or any of those things. 401 00:22:21,882 --> 00:22:24,092 It's a place to come together, 402 00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:27,971 a place to find out who you really are. 403 00:22:28,972 --> 00:22:33,267 Independence means getting to know people who have been here a long time 404 00:22:33,268 --> 00:22:35,895 or people who have just arrived, 405 00:22:35,896 --> 00:22:38,940 people who are different from anyone you've known before 406 00:22:39,566 --> 00:22:41,735 or people who feel like family. 407 00:22:43,570 --> 00:22:44,612 [footsteps approaching] 408 00:22:44,613 --> 00:22:48,283 Independence isn't really a place. 409 00:22:49,284 --> 00:22:50,494 It's an idea. 410 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,872 It's the people you carry around in your heart. 411 00:22:57,709 --> 00:22:59,043 [applauding] 412 00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:01,337 - [woman] Good job, Laura! - [crowd cheering] 413 00:23:01,338 --> 00:23:02,838 [man 1] Good job, Laura! 414 00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:04,090 - Whoo! - Yeah! 415 00:23:04,091 --> 00:23:05,384 Bravo! 416 00:23:05,967 --> 00:23:08,052 - [man 2] Amazing speech! - [whistling] 417 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:09,054 Laura! 418 00:23:10,972 --> 00:23:11,973 Laura! 419 00:23:13,016 --> 00:23:13,934 Bravo! 420 00:23:14,434 --> 00:23:15,685 Good for you, Laura. 421 00:23:16,186 --> 00:23:18,062 [indistinct] 422 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,606 Her speech was just great. 423 00:23:21,316 --> 00:23:22,275 [Reverend clears throat] 424 00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:30,617 And the winner is… 425 00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:40,459 Romanzy James. 426 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:41,544 [Jemma exclaims, laughs] 427 00:23:41,545 --> 00:23:43,463 - Well done! - [Eli] Bravo! 428 00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:45,340 Bravo! 429 00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:49,594 Thank you. 430 00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:54,850 [man] Here's to more. 431 00:24:01,022 --> 00:24:02,149 It doesn't matter. 432 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:05,152 That was the best speech I've ever heard 433 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:07,404 and the truest. 434 00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:13,285 What do you say we go have some music? 435 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:16,829 - [fiddle playing] - [Laura giggles] 436 00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:18,832 [audience claps rhythmically] 437 00:24:19,332 --> 00:24:21,626 [man vocalizing] 438 00:24:22,836 --> 00:24:23,712 [man] All right. 439 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:10,008 [Mr. Edwards laughs] 440 00:25:24,064 --> 00:25:25,397 [music ends] 441 00:25:25,398 --> 00:25:26,690 - [people whoop] - [man] Yeah! 442 00:25:26,691 --> 00:25:28,108 [Laura giggles] 443 00:25:28,109 --> 00:25:29,236 This way. 444 00:25:32,072 --> 00:25:34,074 [slow music playing] 445 00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:49,839 What's rattling around up there? 446 00:25:51,299 --> 00:25:54,344 You ever thought about settling down again? 447 00:25:57,138 --> 00:25:59,432 I've tried my hand at a settled life. 448 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,143 It doesn't agree with me. 449 00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:09,192 See, I think I've realized that I am… I'm at my best when I'm part of a family. 450 00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:16,700 I wish I could give that to you. 451 00:26:17,450 --> 00:26:18,618 [melancholy music playing] 452 00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:35,510 [laughing] 453 00:26:39,931 --> 00:26:41,307 Can we talk? 454 00:26:41,308 --> 00:26:44,269 Just because we danced doesn't mean I have anything to say to you. 455 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:48,481 - You have every right to be upset. - I'm glad we agree on that. 456 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:53,528 You made me feel like a fool. 457 00:26:56,239 --> 00:26:58,949 - I'm sorry. - Why didn't you just tell me? 458 00:26:58,950 --> 00:27:02,495 I don't know. I… You caught me by surprise, I suppose. I… 459 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,123 I didn't expect to fall in love again. 460 00:27:06,916 --> 00:27:08,752 [heartwarming music playing] 461 00:27:10,754 --> 00:27:13,465 I thought about you every moment I was away. 462 00:27:15,216 --> 00:27:17,844 And I very much want you to be part of my future… 463 00:27:20,930 --> 00:27:22,223 if you'll still have me. 464 00:27:24,184 --> 00:27:25,018 [Emily scoffs] 465 00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:29,230 Now maybe we just… 466 00:27:31,441 --> 00:27:34,152 have another dance for now. 467 00:27:43,411 --> 00:27:44,787 [music fades] 468 00:27:44,788 --> 00:27:46,790 [slow music continues] 469 00:27:55,632 --> 00:27:57,758 I remember the first time I saw you dance. 470 00:27:57,759 --> 00:27:59,968 I remember you barging in with a wagon full of books 471 00:27:59,969 --> 00:28:01,553 in the middle of our cotillion lesson. 472 00:28:01,554 --> 00:28:04,056 You offered to show me the library. 473 00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:06,183 I wanted your Jane Austen. 474 00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:09,229 - Come on. I was charming. - You certainly thought so. 475 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:14,067 We had no idea what was ahead of us. 476 00:28:18,113 --> 00:28:19,030 Love. 477 00:28:20,198 --> 00:28:21,241 War. 478 00:28:21,908 --> 00:28:22,784 Loss. 479 00:28:24,244 --> 00:28:27,038 - Promise. - We thought everything was possible. 480 00:28:28,915 --> 00:28:32,669 - We wanted to find a new way to live. - It's not what I thought it would be. 481 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:35,338 I'm not sure it ever is. 482 00:28:41,678 --> 00:28:43,138 I wanna try again. 483 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:45,974 To start again. 484 00:28:46,975 --> 00:28:48,727 I wanna feel that promise, 485 00:28:49,769 --> 00:28:51,020 that possibility. 486 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:58,695 You were right. 487 00:29:00,363 --> 00:29:02,115 She'll always be with us, 488 00:29:05,034 --> 00:29:06,369 no matter where we go. 489 00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:22,677 I'll, uh… I'll talk to Louis about the farm. 490 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:24,637 Mm. 491 00:29:38,526 --> 00:29:40,987 [crowd applauding] 492 00:29:42,489 --> 00:29:43,781 [music fades] 493 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:45,784 [light piano music playing] 494 00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:49,454 - [Carrie coos] - Hello, sweet, happy. 495 00:29:50,371 --> 00:29:51,456 Yeah. 496 00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:54,458 May I have this dance? 497 00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:56,002 [footsteps approaching] 498 00:29:57,086 --> 00:29:58,421 We can watch Carrie. 499 00:30:01,716 --> 00:30:03,218 [Carrie gurgles] 500 00:30:06,930 --> 00:30:08,932 [both chuckle] 501 00:30:11,267 --> 00:30:13,353 I know the day didn't go exactly the way we hoped. 502 00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:16,773 It never does, does it? 503 00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:23,863 I know we can make it work. 504 00:30:26,574 --> 00:30:27,659 We always do. 505 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,502 [music continues] 506 00:30:42,757 --> 00:30:44,759 [tender music playing] 507 00:30:54,227 --> 00:30:55,812 [Russell] What have you done? 508 00:30:56,938 --> 00:30:59,357 What have you done? You've ruined lives. 509 00:31:00,024 --> 00:31:02,986 What are you gonna do? You're not gonna walk away from me. 510 00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:04,404 - Hey! - [Eli] I won't. 511 00:31:04,904 --> 00:31:06,154 I'll be right back. 512 00:31:06,155 --> 00:31:08,032 [Russell] Don't walk away from me, James. 513 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:12,786 Hey! Don't you walk away from me, James. 514 00:31:12,787 --> 00:31:14,621 I said not here, Kind. 515 00:31:14,622 --> 00:31:16,958 Pay for it? I paid with my sweat. 516 00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:19,543 - [Charles] Leave him be, Russell! - [thunder crashes] 517 00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:20,460 [Russell] Hey. 518 00:31:20,461 --> 00:31:21,795 He's a snake. 519 00:31:21,796 --> 00:31:24,798 He lured us all here to watch us get thrown out of our homes. 520 00:31:24,799 --> 00:31:27,135 Go on! Tell him, James. 521 00:31:28,344 --> 00:31:31,096 Now that the deal with the Osage has gone through, 522 00:31:31,097 --> 00:31:33,557 the government wants to kick us all off our claims 523 00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:35,726 unless we pay up in the next two weeks. 524 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:38,645 - What do you mean? - The Homestead Act isn't any good here. 525 00:31:38,646 --> 00:31:40,731 Now that they bought the land from the Osage, 526 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:43,233 the government wants a return on their investment. 527 00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:48,030 Eli and his railroad sold us a lie, and now we're left with the bill! 528 00:31:48,031 --> 00:31:49,573 I did no such thing. 529 00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:51,325 [thunder rumbles] 530 00:31:51,326 --> 00:31:52,409 How much do they want? 531 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:54,119 [tense music playing] 532 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:55,288 Dollar fifty an acre. 533 00:31:58,249 --> 00:31:59,334 Fair market value. 534 00:32:02,211 --> 00:32:03,670 And if I don't have it? 535 00:32:03,671 --> 00:32:06,715 The marshals will see to it that you and me and any other fool who can't pay 536 00:32:06,716 --> 00:32:08,342 will be cleared out behind the Indians. 537 00:32:08,343 --> 00:32:11,470 Progress isn't without its bumps and bruises. 538 00:32:11,471 --> 00:32:13,431 To hell with you and your progress. 539 00:32:17,977 --> 00:32:20,104 [thunder rumbling] 540 00:32:24,108 --> 00:32:26,319 I could arrange a loan from the railroad. 541 00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:29,906 A foreman's salary would be more than adequate to pay it back, 542 00:32:30,823 --> 00:32:32,659 even double your land. 543 00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:35,203 It would just be for a year… 544 00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:38,289 maybe two. 545 00:32:40,416 --> 00:32:41,584 What do you say? 546 00:32:52,679 --> 00:32:53,721 [sighs] 547 00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:04,315 [thunder rumbling] 548 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:10,697 How much did you hear? 549 00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:12,240 Enough. 550 00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:22,291 What will the harvest bring in? 551 00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:25,169 I… I don't know. 552 00:33:26,713 --> 00:33:28,172 Enough to buy ten acres? 553 00:33:30,258 --> 00:33:32,635 We could sell off some of the furniture, 554 00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:36,514 the pocket watch, the combs, the fiddle. 555 00:33:38,474 --> 00:33:41,394 If our jobs come through, it might get us through the winter. 556 00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:47,859 Or I could take the foreman position. 557 00:33:52,488 --> 00:33:54,490 We didn't come all this way to be apart. 558 00:34:15,178 --> 00:34:17,180 [thunder booms] 559 00:34:21,976 --> 00:34:23,727 [wind whooshing] 560 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:24,687 What is that? 561 00:34:32,862 --> 00:34:34,154 Prairie fire. 562 00:34:34,155 --> 00:34:35,364 [Russell] Let it burn. 563 00:34:35,865 --> 00:34:39,410 Let Eli's town burn to the ground. It's what he deserves. 564 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:43,830 Fire! Fire! 565 00:34:43,831 --> 00:34:45,792 [tense music continues] 566 00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:53,424 [bell clanging] 567 00:35:05,603 --> 00:35:07,270 [fire crackling] 568 00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:08,356 [Emily] Eli, go. 569 00:35:09,357 --> 00:35:10,191 Here. 570 00:35:11,859 --> 00:35:13,194 Take it. Be careful. 571 00:35:13,736 --> 00:35:16,030 [Charles] We need to dig a firebreak! 572 00:35:17,573 --> 00:35:19,575 [indistinct yelling] 573 00:35:20,743 --> 00:35:22,912 [wind whistling] 574 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:33,755 Fast and straight! 575 00:35:33,756 --> 00:35:37,135 Keep going! Keep going! 576 00:35:53,401 --> 00:35:55,820 [music builds, fades] 577 00:36:01,534 --> 00:36:03,910 - [melancholy music playing] - They'll put it out. 578 00:36:03,911 --> 00:36:07,205 - What if they can't? - Then we can run to the creek. 579 00:36:07,206 --> 00:36:10,333 That's where all the birds and rabbits and snakes would go. 580 00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:12,295 Then that's where we'll run. 581 00:36:12,795 --> 00:36:14,797 [Carrie fusses] 582 00:36:16,549 --> 00:36:18,551 [children speak indistinctly] 583 00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:27,977 ♪ Let us pause in life's pleasures ♪ 584 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:30,688 ♪ And count its many tears ♪ 585 00:36:31,731 --> 00:36:35,484 ♪ While we all sup sorrow with the poor ♪ 586 00:36:36,777 --> 00:36:42,032 ♪ There's a song that will linger Forever in our ears ♪ 587 00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:46,204 ♪ Oh, hard times, come again no more ♪ 588 00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:52,877 ♪ 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary ♪ 589 00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:58,089 ♪ Hard times, hard times Come again no more ♪ 590 00:36:58,090 --> 00:37:03,053 ♪ Many days have you lingered Around my cabin door ♪ 591 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:07,766 ♪ Oh, hard times, come again no more ♪ 592 00:37:07,767 --> 00:37:09,977 [tense music playing] 593 00:37:11,395 --> 00:37:12,980 [woman] It's not working! 594 00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:19,779 [indistinct yelling] 595 00:37:22,823 --> 00:37:24,909 [fire roaring] 596 00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:28,412 [indistinct yelling] 597 00:37:35,544 --> 00:37:37,170 We need to fall back! 598 00:37:37,171 --> 00:37:38,172 No! 599 00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:40,924 We have to keep fighting! 600 00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:43,843 No one's losing their life for your town, Eli! 601 00:37:43,844 --> 00:37:46,013 [wind whistling] 602 00:37:47,723 --> 00:37:48,933 [music fades] 603 00:37:50,309 --> 00:37:52,143 - Get back! - [man] Fall back! 604 00:37:52,144 --> 00:37:53,646 - Get back! - [man] Get back! 605 00:37:55,189 --> 00:37:56,106 [Eli] Fall back! 606 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:58,149 [indistinct yelling] 607 00:37:58,150 --> 00:38:00,069 [Eli] Everyone, fall back! 608 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:01,946 Come on! 609 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:07,410 [man] Get away from here! 610 00:38:10,663 --> 00:38:12,665 [fire roaring] 611 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,462 [wind whistling] 612 00:38:20,464 --> 00:38:22,466 [creaking] 613 00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:26,345 [Charles] The wind is shifting. 614 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:30,808 [wind blowing loudly] 615 00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:34,437 [Charles] It's shifting! It's shifting! 616 00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:37,148 [indistinct chatter] 617 00:38:40,276 --> 00:38:42,278 [coughing] 618 00:38:44,572 --> 00:38:46,574 [melancholy music playing] 619 00:38:50,369 --> 00:38:52,663 [indistinct chatter] 620 00:39:08,637 --> 00:39:10,181 [thunder rumbling] 621 00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:14,352 [both panting] 622 00:39:18,898 --> 00:39:20,775 [young girl 1] It's finally over. 623 00:39:28,741 --> 00:39:31,034 Oh, Mother, I knew I'd see you again. 624 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:32,452 [people coughing] 625 00:39:32,453 --> 00:39:33,454 [young girl 2] Awful. 626 00:39:34,121 --> 00:39:35,873 [young child] That was, like, awful. 627 00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:45,216 [Mary and Laura gasp] 628 00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:47,259 [Caroline] Hey. 629 00:39:48,302 --> 00:39:49,427 It's all right. 630 00:39:49,428 --> 00:39:51,430 [Mary sobbing] 631 00:39:54,558 --> 00:39:55,434 We're safe. 632 00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:57,436 Let's go home. 633 00:40:00,439 --> 00:40:01,649 [horses snuffling] 634 00:40:07,780 --> 00:40:09,073 [horse whinnies] 635 00:40:17,998 --> 00:40:19,375 Whoa, easy. 636 00:40:28,175 --> 00:40:29,427 - [Jack barks] - Jack! 637 00:40:30,344 --> 00:40:32,346 - Come here. Jack! - [Mary giggles] 638 00:40:33,180 --> 00:40:34,473 [Jack whines] 639 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:36,725 Let's see the damage. 640 00:40:37,643 --> 00:40:38,560 [Laura] Jack! 641 00:40:38,561 --> 00:40:40,019 [Mary and Laura laugh] 642 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:42,105 [music fades] 643 00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:43,857 - [Jack barks] - [Mary and Laura giggle] 644 00:40:43,858 --> 00:40:45,860 [corn rustling] 645 00:41:01,584 --> 00:41:03,210 It's not enough to salvage. 646 00:41:04,712 --> 00:41:05,546 No. 647 00:41:09,258 --> 00:41:10,426 Where will we go? 648 00:41:13,012 --> 00:41:14,346 Back to the Big Woods? 649 00:41:17,558 --> 00:41:18,726 Is that what you want? 650 00:41:21,187 --> 00:41:22,270 [sighs softly] 651 00:41:22,271 --> 00:41:23,856 [melancholy music playing] 652 00:41:24,607 --> 00:41:26,025 I like who we are here. 653 00:41:31,447 --> 00:41:34,492 We came here to be the best versions of ourselves, and we did that. 654 00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:37,995 We could do it again. 655 00:41:40,789 --> 00:41:41,874 Let's keep going. 656 00:41:44,543 --> 00:41:45,419 Go where? 657 00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:52,718 I'm afraid we can't stay. 658 00:41:54,553 --> 00:41:55,554 What do you mean? 659 00:41:58,599 --> 00:41:59,433 I'm sorry. 660 00:42:01,894 --> 00:42:03,687 Mary, give him the money. 661 00:42:06,774 --> 00:42:09,610 [coins clinking] 662 00:42:12,279 --> 00:42:15,658 You could use this to pay off the debt at the store. 663 00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:23,457 We didn't win as much as we hoped, but we could get work somewhere. 664 00:42:28,212 --> 00:42:29,838 It's got nothing to do with that. 665 00:42:36,804 --> 00:42:38,013 You keep it. 666 00:42:39,098 --> 00:42:40,015 You earned it. 667 00:43:02,746 --> 00:43:03,789 Come here. 668 00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:10,462 [panting] 669 00:43:29,023 --> 00:43:30,691 You said this was forever. 670 00:43:33,193 --> 00:43:34,403 [music fades] 671 00:43:35,195 --> 00:43:36,864 I wanted that to be true. 672 00:43:39,116 --> 00:43:40,825 When I imagine the future, 673 00:43:40,826 --> 00:43:42,786 when I dream about us, 674 00:43:44,913 --> 00:43:46,957 I always see the best possible outcome. 675 00:43:48,083 --> 00:43:49,293 You have hope. 676 00:43:50,669 --> 00:43:51,503 I do. 677 00:43:55,924 --> 00:43:57,551 Sometimes it's not enough. 678 00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:06,435 [birds chirping] 679 00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:21,575 I'm sorry, Half Pint. 680 00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:26,955 I wish I'd done everything differently. 681 00:44:28,749 --> 00:44:30,751 [emotional music playing] 682 00:44:34,963 --> 00:44:36,507 Hope is everything. 683 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:38,967 [Charles scoffs softly] 684 00:44:41,553 --> 00:44:43,389 It's the only thing. 685 00:44:46,308 --> 00:44:47,601 Don't give up on it. 686 00:44:50,396 --> 00:44:51,855 Don't give up on us. 687 00:44:55,192 --> 00:44:56,110 I won't. 688 00:45:06,829 --> 00:45:09,373 Will people come to say goodbye this time? 689 00:45:11,125 --> 00:45:12,459 We'll make sure of it. 690 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,842 [indistinct chatter] 691 00:45:20,759 --> 00:45:22,428 Oh man. [laughs] 692 00:45:24,012 --> 00:45:26,890 - No. - [Lacey] No? Don't say it out loud. 693 00:45:27,474 --> 00:45:29,184 - We're gonna pick a date. - [Emily] Nope. 694 00:45:29,685 --> 00:45:32,062 - Exactly. It stayed there. - [laughing] 695 00:45:34,273 --> 00:45:36,275 [indistinct chatter] 696 00:45:40,487 --> 00:45:41,697 Where's Mr. Edwards? 697 00:45:44,158 --> 00:45:45,783 I'm sure he'll be here soon. 698 00:45:45,784 --> 00:45:47,786 [indistinct chatter continues] 699 00:45:53,375 --> 00:45:55,294 It's too much. 700 00:45:56,295 --> 00:45:59,338 It's all worth three or four times what you owe. 701 00:45:59,339 --> 00:46:00,507 We can't take it with us. 702 00:46:01,008 --> 00:46:03,510 These won't last long in the store window. 703 00:46:05,679 --> 00:46:07,389 Let me at least pay you for the plow. 704 00:46:08,098 --> 00:46:10,433 Consider anything extra an early wedding present 705 00:46:10,434 --> 00:46:11,559 when the day comes. 706 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,103 [emotional music continues] 707 00:46:14,730 --> 00:46:16,355 [Emily chuckles] 708 00:46:16,356 --> 00:46:17,524 Oh! 709 00:46:21,779 --> 00:46:22,696 [Dr. Tann] There we go. 710 00:46:23,822 --> 00:46:24,823 [Charles] Go, go, go, go! 711 00:46:26,158 --> 00:46:27,158 [White Sun] Keep going. 712 00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:28,702 [laughing] 713 00:46:29,369 --> 00:46:30,286 Yes! 714 00:46:30,287 --> 00:46:31,580 When do you ride out? 715 00:46:32,289 --> 00:46:33,707 Next week. 716 00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:35,459 You? 717 00:46:37,252 --> 00:46:38,170 Tomorrow morning. 718 00:46:47,846 --> 00:46:49,515 Thank you for your kindness. 719 00:46:52,392 --> 00:46:53,935 I hope we meet again. 720 00:46:53,936 --> 00:46:56,021 [emotional music continues] 721 00:47:15,541 --> 00:47:16,625 Don't forget me. 722 00:47:18,752 --> 00:47:19,670 Never. 723 00:47:45,028 --> 00:47:47,531 I'm trying to take a picture with my mind. 724 00:47:49,283 --> 00:47:50,284 Me too. 725 00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:04,798 Will you write to me? 726 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,594 I like the way you see the world. 727 00:48:10,262 --> 00:48:11,888 I'll write you every week. 728 00:48:11,889 --> 00:48:13,514 I'll write you back. 729 00:48:13,515 --> 00:48:16,351 We'll have so many letters we could make a book. 730 00:48:23,191 --> 00:48:25,193 [Good Eagle sobs] 731 00:48:26,528 --> 00:48:29,156 I'll take a piece of you with me in my heart. 732 00:48:37,623 --> 00:48:38,540 Let's go. 733 00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:44,170 The first to welcome us and the last to say goodbye. 734 00:48:44,171 --> 00:48:46,339 - [Dr. Tann chuckles] - Thank you for everything. 735 00:48:46,340 --> 00:48:49,676 Look after yourself, Charles, after that family of yours. 736 00:48:50,636 --> 00:48:52,511 Be sure to steer clear of those chutes. 737 00:48:52,512 --> 00:48:54,138 [chuckles] 738 00:48:54,139 --> 00:48:55,432 [music fades] 739 00:48:58,060 --> 00:49:00,020 He couldn't bear to say goodbye. 740 00:49:02,522 --> 00:49:04,441 But he loves you both very much. 741 00:49:06,234 --> 00:49:08,236 [wagon pulls away] 742 00:49:09,279 --> 00:49:11,280 - Tell him thank you… - [tender music playing] 743 00:49:11,281 --> 00:49:14,159 …for finding Santa Claus on the prairie… 744 00:49:17,079 --> 00:49:18,580 and for being my friend. 745 00:49:21,083 --> 00:49:22,000 I will. 746 00:49:25,545 --> 00:49:27,547 [birds chirping] 747 00:49:37,683 --> 00:49:38,808 [Caroline sighs] 748 00:49:38,809 --> 00:49:39,935 [Lacey cues horse] 749 00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:11,967 Think of how much fun the rabbits will have eating our garden. 750 00:50:13,301 --> 00:50:14,928 Who's gonna live here now? 751 00:50:17,931 --> 00:50:20,517 [Charles] Maybe a new family looking to make their own memories. 752 00:50:22,102 --> 00:50:23,310 [Jack barks] 753 00:50:23,311 --> 00:50:25,230 [Charles] Maybe one of the Osage staying behind. 754 00:50:29,901 --> 00:50:32,362 Or maybe just the flowers and sky 755 00:50:33,113 --> 00:50:34,072 and rabbits. 756 00:50:47,586 --> 00:50:49,295 [music fades] 757 00:50:49,296 --> 00:50:53,758 [Laura, Mary] ♪ There is a happy land, far, far away ♪ 758 00:50:53,759 --> 00:50:57,512 ♪ Where saints in glory stand bright Bright as day ♪ 759 00:50:58,096 --> 00:51:02,266 ♪ O, to hear the angels sing Glory to the Lord our King ♪ 760 00:51:02,267 --> 00:51:07,146 ♪ Loud let his praises sing praise Praise, praise for aye ♪ 761 00:51:07,147 --> 00:51:11,567 ♪ Come to the happy land Come, come away ♪ 762 00:51:11,568 --> 00:51:15,905 ♪ Why were you doubting stand? Why still delay? ♪ 763 00:51:15,906 --> 00:51:20,576 ♪ O, we shall happy be When from sin and sorrow free ♪ 764 00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:24,331 ♪ Lord, we shall live with thee Blest, blest for aye ♪ 765 00:51:24,915 --> 00:51:27,124 Jack, come! Jack! 766 00:51:27,125 --> 00:51:28,460 [Jack barking] 767 00:51:30,045 --> 00:51:32,338 Pa, stop the wagon. Stop the wagon. 768 00:51:32,339 --> 00:51:33,298 Whoa. 769 00:51:34,633 --> 00:51:36,384 Jack, come back! 770 00:51:37,052 --> 00:51:39,303 Jack! Jack! 771 00:51:39,304 --> 00:51:41,306 [tense music playing] 772 00:51:43,141 --> 00:51:44,809 - [barking] - [Laura] Jack! 773 00:51:44,810 --> 00:51:46,812 - [horse whinnies] - [Jack barks] 774 00:51:48,396 --> 00:51:49,313 Mr. Edwards? 775 00:51:49,314 --> 00:51:51,316 [tender music playing] 776 00:51:51,983 --> 00:51:53,151 It's Mr. Edwards! 777 00:51:58,990 --> 00:51:59,825 Whoa. 778 00:52:01,409 --> 00:52:03,495 Thought I might join you, if you don't mind. 779 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:07,207 My wife's cousin lives in Minnesota. 780 00:52:08,458 --> 00:52:11,586 Town called Walnut Grove. Husband owns a store there. 781 00:52:12,671 --> 00:52:14,589 Heard the land is good and the people are kind. 782 00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:21,303 - What do you think, girls? - [girls] Yes. 783 00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:22,514 [chuckles] 784 00:52:25,225 --> 00:52:26,101 Lead the way. 785 00:52:27,310 --> 00:52:28,770 All right. [cues horse] 786 00:52:29,437 --> 00:52:30,272 Come on. 787 00:52:46,496 --> 00:52:48,498 [music swells] 788 00:53:17,485 --> 00:53:19,487 [closing theme music playing] 789 00:54:38,566 --> 00:54:40,485 [music ends]