Episode: 6
An engineer tells Willa Stone to accept the money for her land. Willa agrees to sign the sale if her sheep remain safe. Flint gives her twenty-four hours to remove the flock or he will eat them. Willa calls out for her sheepdog, Buck, but he does not respond. When she begs the engineer for help, he points to the grass. Willa walks into the brush and finds Buck lying dead on the ground.
The engineer urges Willa Stone to take the buyout cash for the oil. Willa agrees to sign the papers if her sheep stay unharmed. Flint threatens to eat the flock unless she removes them from the ranch within a day.
Willa calls across the yard for Buck, but the sheepdog never comes. Flint mocks the animal as useless. Willa breaks down in tears and questions the engineer, who reluctantly points toward a patch of tall grass nearby.
Willa walks into the tall grass and spots Buck lying dead on the ground. She drops to her knees in horror. She looks back toward Flint, who stands with his weapon and smiles smugly at her.
“Miss, there's oil under this land. It's a real gold mine. Think it through—take the money. Our boss may be ruthless, but he's fair. Agree to sell and he won't cheat you.”
“I'll sign off on you selling the ranch. But I have one condition. I raised every sheep on this ranch. Nothing happens to them.”
“You've got one day to get those damn sheep out of here. Otherwise, they're going in my belly.”
“Sir, have you seen my Buck? He's a big black-and-white dog. He's gentle—he'd never bite anyone. Please, tell me. He means everything to me. My parents left him to me. He's my family.”
Willa collapses to her knees beside Buck's dead body in the tall grass. Horrified by the loss of her family dog, she looks back at Flint, who stands smiling smugly with his holstered gun. How will Willa confront her armed uncle, and what will Flint do to her now that she knows the truth?