Julie Benz credited as playing...
Annie Garrett
- Guido Levits: I thought you should see this for yourself.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: Annie! Annie! Don't you ever interfere with the training of one my horses without asking me.
- Annie Garrett: I'm sorry.
- Guido Levits: You could have been the world's toughest mother, Mary Lou, and it wouldn't have helped Mora.
- Annie Garrett: I remember the day you were born. From the moment you tried to stand on those skinny legs, I fell in love with you.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: What did you do the last time you had big problems?
- Annie Garrett: Got Pregnant and Ran off with the Stable Boy.
- Ross Garrett: [Rubs fingers] Come on.
- Annie Garrett: What?
- Ross Garrett: I know your folks, they gave you some money.
- [Rubs fingers again]
- Ross Garrett: [Annie hands him a gas card] Gas Card?
- Annie Garrett: It's as good as...
- [first lines]
- Annie Garrett: [Tolo whinnies] Alright, I hear ya. I'm comin'. Hey, hey boy, hey. Got a cookie for ya. Yeah. I know you hate travelin' but, we gotta get goin'. Alright? Let's go.
- [Tolo stands there]
- Annie Garrett: Alright, if you wanna stay here, fine!
- [Tolo walks out and follows Annie]
- Monte Shelton: So, Ross got a job in California huh?
- Annie Garrett: Yeah, at a place called Tillman Farms in Hidden Valley.
- Monte Shelton: Come on. Tell me about the job.
- Annie Garrett: [sighs] Well, if it works out, Ross's got a job as barn manager.
- Monte Shelton: Really? Why did you guys leave Billings?
- Annie Garrett: Oh, he had a disagreement with the barn manager.
- Monte Shelton: I heard you were gone for two days before they knew he quit.
- Annie Garrett: I didn't know about that 'til later.
- Monte Shelton: Boulder, Cheyenne, Denver? They all have it in for him too?
- Annie Garrett: Monte, that's not fair!
- Monte Shelton: Look, every time he gets under pressure, his temper blows and he runs. You know it. He ever run on you?
- Annie Garrett: He came back.
- Monte Shelton: How did Taylor handle it?
- Annie Garrett: [laughs] Got mad at me. Ross told her it was mommy's fault why he left.
- Monte Shelton: Oh man. I don't know. I don't know why you stay with him. Well... I just think you could do a lot better, that's all.
- Annie Garrett: Monte, he's my husband. Just accept that, all right?
- Monte Shelton: You're right I'm sorry. So, how's your folks?
- Annie Garrett: Company dad worked for just got downsized so, he's out lookin' for a new job.
- Monte Shelton: Your life's a soap opera.
- Annie Garrett: [laughs] Ain't that the truth?
- Douglas McCloud: You're gonna be so far away.
- Annie Garrett: I know.
- Douglas McCloud: And what about the holidays and... your's and Taylor's birthday?
- Annie Garrett: C'mon, there hasn't been a birthday celebration around here since that night, and you know it.
- Douglas McCloud: Annie...
- Annie Garrett: I just don't wanna get into it right now.
- Douglas McCloud: Alright.
- Douglas McCloud: [silence]
- Douglas McCloud: But what about your financial situation?
- Annie Garrett: There's a lien on Tolo. We had to take a loan out to pay the bills.
- Douglas McCloud: Using a horse as collateral? I didn't know you could do that.
- Annie Garrett: People do it all the time.
- Douglas McCloud: Hmm.
- Annie Garrett: Please um, don't say anything to Mom.
- Douglas McCloud: I won't! Annie, come on. She loves you.
- Annie Garrett: She loves Taylor. That's what's important.
- Douglas McCloud: [reaches into pocket and pulls out money and a gas card] This is about all I can afford but... uh, it's for you.
- Annie Garrett: Dad...
- Douglas McCloud: Oh, look, it's just a gas card. You can send it back to me when you get there.
- Robert Tillman: [into a phone] Well, I don't know what to tell you, Mrs. Garrett.
- Annie Garrett: [into a phone] So, you sold the farm and his job along with it?
- Robert Tillman: Well I explained all of that to Ross when I gave him the two-thousand dollars.
- Annie Garrett: Y-You gave him what?
- Robert Tillman: $2,000. Figured we owed him that. He uh... He didn't tell you
- [Annie sighs and hangs up phone]
- Robert Tillman: Mrs. Garrett?
- [Annie fixes Taylor's coat]
- Taylor Garrett: Mom, Mom, Mama I can do it.
- Annie Garrett: [sits down] Oh.
- Taylor Garrett: Are you mad at me?
- Annie Garrett: Mama's mad about a lot of things but, not you honey.
- Taylor Garrett: Where are we gonna sleep tonight?
- [They walk to the stall where Tolo is sleeping]
- Annie Garrett: [Annie and Taylor are lying in the straw] Hey, you warm enough?
- Taylor Garrett: Mmhhmm. Mom?
- Annie Garrett: Yeah?
- Taylor Garrett: Who's gonna take care of us until Daddy gets back?
- Annie Garrett: I am honey. By God, I am. Hey, go to sleep.
- Taylor Garrett: Mmhhmm.
- Taylor Garrett: Morning mom.
- Annie Garrett: Mornin'. There's a cinnamon roll and some milk in that sack over there. There's a bathroom down the aisle. Why don't you go brush your teeth and them come help me?
- Taylor Garrett: Why are you braiding Tolo?
- Annie Garrett: We're gonna make some money today.
- Annie Garrett: Are you the lady who needs a mane braided?
- [gasps]
- Annie Garrett: You're Mary Lou O'Brian!
- Mary Lou O'Brian: Was the last time I checked. Look, I know his mane needs pulling, but don't. He goes bananas.
- Annie Garrett: Mind if I try?
- Mary Lou O'Brian: You wanna get bitten? Go ahead.
- Annie Garrett: [to the horse] Hey, hey there. That's a good boy. There, you're gonna be just fine. That's right. It's alright. You're gonna be fine.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: I'll be darned. He never lets anybody do that. What's your name?
- Annie Garrett: Annie Garrett. And this is my daughter Taylor.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: [to Taylor] I have a granddaughter about your age. Are you from around here?
- Annie Garrett: No.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: How did you know who I was?
- Annie Garrett: Monte Shelton's the first one to tell me about you.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: You're from Denver!
- Annie Garrett: Monte's kinda like a second father to me.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: Umm... how long have you been around here?
- Annie Garrett: Just a couple of days.
- Annie Garrett: I'm lookin' for a stable job. Muckin' stalls, I'll do anything.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: You're in a hurry, huh?
- Annie Garrett: Right now I need to be.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: Bring your resume by next week and... I'll take a look at it.
- Annie Garrett: How 'bout tomorrow?
- Mary Lou O'Brian: Lotta barns. Why so many?
- Annie Garrett: They were my husband's jobs. Everywhere he worked, I worked.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: You two still together?
- Annie Garrett: No.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: Since when?
- Annie Garrett: He left three days ago.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: He split the day you got here?
- Annie Garrett: Yeah.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: Look, this is a small farm Annie, and we just scrape by as it is. If I hire you today and your husband shows up tomorrow, you leave!
- Annie Garrett: That's not gonna happen!
- Mary Lou O'Brian: I've heard that tune before.
- Annie Garrett: Look, I can do more than just muck stalls. I'm a good groom, I'm a heck of a trainer, especially with kids. And I can break and train horses.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: If I hire you today where are you gonna live? How are you gonna get to work without a car? And who is gonna take care of Taylor?
- Annie Garrett: I know those are problems I need to solve, but I really need this job, Mrs. O'Brian. Please, just... gimme a chance to prove I'm worth the gamble.
- Taylor Garrett: What about Dad? How's he gonna find us?
- Annie Garrett: Honey... I don't think your Dad's lookin' for us.
- Taylor Garrett: What do you mean?
- Annie Garrett: I mean... I don't think he's comin' back.
- Taylor Garrett: But you said that he was.
- Annie Garrett: I know, I was hopin' he would. I'm sorry.
- Taylor Garrett: What did you do to make him go?
- Annie Garrett: Taylor, I didn't do anything to your Dad.
- Taylor Garrett: I don't believe you! I want my Dad!
- Annie Garrett: [speaking to group] All good dancers take ballet first. And all good horseback riders first master dressage. It teaches you the control and discipline you need to become a great rider. And you know what else? Hmm? You also get to fall in love with some really great horses.
- Annie Garrett: So, tell me about Mary Lou's daughter.
- Guido Levits: Mora?
- Annie Garrett: Yeah, where is she?
- Guido Levits: Crown-Hills Cemetery.
- Annie Garrett: What happened?
- Guido Levits: Uh... got into drugs all kinds of things. Run away for days at a time. Came home pregnant once, had Colleen. Ran away again and died of an overdose.
- Annie Garrett: How old was she?
- Guido Levits: Seventeen.
- Annie Garrett: Aw... So sad.
- Guido Levits: Killed Mary Lou's marriage. Just about destroyed her. Still carries a lot of guilt. She thinks if she had been a stronger mother, Mora would have been okay.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: Um... I just got off the phone with the manager over at the equestrian center, and he tells me he's got a Ross Garrett working there nights mucking stalls. Would that be your Ross Garrett?
- Annie Garrett: I'm sure it is. Look, I'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything to anyone. I don't want Taylor to know.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: [nods head] Annie, you've done... really well here. You should be proud of yourself.
- Annie Garrett: Thank you.
- Mary Lou O'Brian: Good night.
- Annie Garrett: Good night.