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Ride Season 1 Episode 2 Recap ‘Rodeo and Juliet’ · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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Speaker 1: Valeria has this idea about sheep, like buying sheep, I
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Speaker 1: don't shaving sheep. I don't know.
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Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hallmark review podcast.
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Speaker 2: I'm Megan, I'm Wendy, and today we're reviewing Ride season one,
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Speaker 2: episode two, Rodeo and Juliet, which originally aired on Sunday,
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Speaker 2: April second on the Hallmark Channel. If you'd like to
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Speaker 1: Always jump into our Facebook group Girls Gone Hallmark. I
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Speaker 1: will say Ryde has been a little bit slow on
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Speaker 1: the uptick talking over there, but so was the Way home. Hmm.
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Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean people aren't watching it.
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Speaker 2: Well, it's premiere very well, with one point three million
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Speaker 2: on premiere date, so I'm curious to see the numbers
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Speaker 2: are not out as of the recording of this episode.
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Speaker 2: For episode two, can I give you a little bit
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Speaker 2: of criticism about this show?
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Speaker 1: Up top?
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Speaker 2: Oh, I thought you were to say about me? Go ahead, cool?
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Speaker 1: Why would I say about you? My gosh? Okay, I
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Speaker 1: am accustomed to watching shows that are written to be
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Speaker 1: binge watched, you know what I mean, maybe huge cliffhangers
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Speaker 1: at the end, so then you want to watch the
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Speaker 1: next one. I don't feel that this show is written
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Speaker 1: like that.
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Speaker 2: I would agree with that, that's all.
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Speaker 1: And maybe I'm just programmed now to like want to
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Speaker 1: consume one after another after another.
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Speaker 2: I have been watching a lot of I would say
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Speaker 2: episodic television, television that's not dropping all at once, and
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Speaker 2: some of it is streaming. But I kind of like
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Speaker 2: that it a doesn't dump me with ten hours of
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Speaker 2: viewing that feels overwhelming mm hmm and lately wanting more.
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Speaker 2: But I would agree. I think shows that are written
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Speaker 2: for binge watching are written differently.
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Speaker 1: Well. I think that The Way Home was written to
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Speaker 1: be binge watched.
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Speaker 2: It's always like way the Huge was supposed to be
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Speaker 2: a Netflix series.
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Speaker 1: No, I didn't know that. Yes, it would have done
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Speaker 1: very well on Netflix.
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Speaker 2: I think the EVP of Programming at Crown Media, her
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Speaker 2: name is Lisa Hamilton Daily, brought it over with her.
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Speaker 2: She was a former Netflix executive.
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Speaker 1: That's really interesting.
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Speaker 2: So I think that speaks perfectly to your point that
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Speaker 2: it was originally written to be a Netflix show and
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Speaker 2: therefore binge able.
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Speaker 1: Are you ready for a synopsis for Rodeo and Juliette
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Speaker 1: I am. After Cash's ride, the mc murray's are back
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Speaker 1: in business, Tough and Valeria are forced to work on
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Speaker 1: their friendship as they work to save the Rancho.
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Speaker 2: We open with more sweeping ranch scenes and we see
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Speaker 2: Cash fake interviewing Missy about the Rodeo. They're joking around
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Speaker 2: and he asks her, where do you see yourself in
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Speaker 2: five years? And she jokes that she sees herself running
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Speaker 2: for her office and I feel like this is like
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Speaker 2: a rodeo queen pageant type interview. M He's like, that's
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Speaker 2: a Valeria answer, and she says her real answer is
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Speaker 2: I see myself right here.
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Speaker 1: And he asks her.
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Speaker 2: About and illusions, which are like dancing horses, and he says,
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Speaker 2: isn't that part of your dream? And she's surprised that
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Speaker 2: he knows that, And they're talking, saying the past few
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Speaker 2: months have him been easy, but they have him been terrible,
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Speaker 2: And then in the distance we hear Isabelle call out
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Speaker 2: Austin's back, and that's the moment we realize that this
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Speaker 2: is a flashback. Austin exits his truck, waving around his trophy,
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Speaker 2: hugs his mom and this spell between Missy and Cash
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Speaker 2: it's broken. He closes their conversation with You're gonna be
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Speaker 2: the best miss Rodeo Rocky Mountain there's ever been, and
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Speaker 2: Missy runs off to Austin.
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Speaker 1: The next thing, we are back in present day and
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Speaker 1: isabel and Casher in the kitchen. Isabelle is telling Missy
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Speaker 1: is going to be a great coach, and he says
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Speaker 1: he needs a new bull, not a new coach. Side note,
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Speaker 1: I felt this was a conversation that you've had with
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Speaker 1: your own son, Megan.
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Speaker 2: Do you know what I'm talking about? I need a
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Speaker 2: new bowling ball that's going to be the thing that
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Speaker 2: makes me great.
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah. Isabelle says that they can't afford a new bull,
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Speaker 1: and Missy walks in as Isabelle is lecturing Cash that
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Speaker 1: Missy was the only one to get his head right
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Speaker 1: before the last ride and Cashton asks Missy about what
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Speaker 1: about your brand ambassadorship with Frontier and she says she's
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Speaker 1: just gonna let him know that it needs to be
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Speaker 1: done from McMurray ranch, at least until Cash gets his sponsorship.
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Speaker 1: Side note here, I think it's kind of weird that
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Speaker 1: it's the same man who is in control of the
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Speaker 1: brand ambassadorship, who was also in control of Cash's sponsorship.
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Speaker 2: Well he was Austin's sponsor as well.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, but I just think it's weird.
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Speaker 2: I think they just got to keep him in the
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Speaker 2: mix somehow, because clearly Isabelle has issues with jb M.
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Speaker 2: And I think that's also the only way it works
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Speaker 2: to have like Austin be the face of these ad campaigns.
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Speaker 2: And yeah, Missy's like this tiny little footnote, it's just.
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Speaker 1: The money man.
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Speaker 2: He's the money man.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. So Tough walks in and he's annoyed at the
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Speaker 1: number of texts that Valeria has already sent him that
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Speaker 1: morning about her ideas to shake up the ranch. And
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Speaker 1: Valeria has this idea about sheep, like buying sheep, I
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Speaker 1: don't shaving sheep. I don't know, and Tough does not
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Speaker 1: like it, and Isabelle's like, look, we are super in debt,
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Speaker 1: so any you know, any way to get this family,
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Speaker 1: like to save the ranch, Like, let's let's hear your ideas.
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Speaker 1: And next we have Cash He offers up to ride
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Speaker 1: in local competitions, you know, to make a little money,
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Speaker 1: but Missy tells him, Nope, you're gonna get hurt before Cheyenne.
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Speaker 2: That's right. We cut to Isabelle walking around her office.
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Speaker 2: She's thinking about something and she makes a phone call
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Speaker 2: and whoever she's speaking to, I think it's Hank, but
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Speaker 2: she says she's not ready to sell the ranch and
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Speaker 2: she needs a plan B and we get an opening
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Speaker 2: title and I feel like we kind of had this
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Speaker 2: information already.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Like, didn't they talk about that in the pilot
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Speaker 1: at the end?
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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, that's so too. We see Missy walking on
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Speaker 2: the ranch and she runs into Cash Mendon of Fence
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Speaker 2: and she wants to talk to him about coaching, and
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Speaker 2: Missy says, it's not about you not being good, but
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Speaker 2: you could be a star with me. And Cash says
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Speaker 2: Austin didn't have a coach, and this just launches a
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Speaker 2: theme of this episode, and Missy says, I was Austin's
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Speaker 2: uncredited coach. And she talks again about talking to Frontier
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Speaker 2: about being a remote influencer, and I just wonder, is
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Speaker 2: there anybody under the age of twenty five on this
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Speaker 2: staff who's shouting that's not how any of this works.
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Speaker 2: Like you can be an influencer and have another job,
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Speaker 2: and in fact, your other job makes you a better
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Speaker 2: influencer in this case.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like I'm super critical of that particular
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Speaker 1: storyline as well.
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Speaker 2: Oh, there's so much wrong with it. The homework ranch
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Speaker 2: audience doesn't care about that. I know of it.
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Speaker 1: I know, I know, I do me too. Val and
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Speaker 1: Tough are in the stables, and she apologized for stepping
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Speaker 1: on his toes, but she's just trying to be creative,
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Speaker 1: and he throws some shade at her and asks if
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Speaker 1: she's going to be around to execute her creativity.
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Speaker 2: Isabelle and Hanker in the kitchen, and she appears to
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Speaker 2: be pitching him to talk to an investor. We don't
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Speaker 2: know who the investor is yet. He says, you deserve
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Speaker 2: to retire with a healthy nesting, and she takes issue
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Speaker 2: with this, either because she's not ready to retire or
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Speaker 2: she doesn't think she's quite old enough to be thinking
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Speaker 2: about retirement. He just wants what's best for Canyon, she thinks,
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Speaker 2: and she wants what's best for the ranch. She says,
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Speaker 2: I just need you to be on my side, and
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Speaker 2: he says, I've been on your side since grade school.
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Speaker 2: In fact, I might be too loyal, you know.
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Speaker 1: He says in this scene he goes Canyon could be
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Speaker 1: the next Bozeman, and I had to laugh out loud
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Speaker 1: because we know a couple of people who live in Bozeman.
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Speaker 1: We do. Yeah, I was like, oh, was that like
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Speaker 1: a hot draw? Like is that the Franklin, Tennessee you
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Speaker 1: know of Montana? Yeah?
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Speaker 2: Do you know it is very expensive to live in Bozeman?
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Speaker 1: I didn't know how I did bonkers, Well, so is Franklin. Indeed,
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Speaker 1: Missy's now at Frontier Jeans. Now I'm wondering is she
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Speaker 1: in Houston?
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Speaker 2: I kind of think so, okay, but because they don't
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Speaker 2: have offices in Colorado.
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Speaker 1: But are you just telling me that Missy flew to
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Speaker 1: Houston that day or did she drive? Like what's happening here?
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Speaker 1: Like it's very this like timeline is very confusing to me.
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Speaker 2: Huh. I agree?
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Speaker 1: And I just finished a series about time travel, which
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Speaker 1: I felt like I got to this timeline. I'm like, Houston, like,
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Speaker 1: let's make it at least Denver, you know what I mean?
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Speaker 2: Yeah?
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Speaker 1: Anyway, Missy's our Frontier Jeans and she's talking to JB
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Speaker 1: and She tells them she needs to be at the
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Speaker 1: ranch and hopes that they'll move their deal to Canyon,
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Speaker 1: And she pitches him a different campaign with the focus
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Speaker 1: on the McMurray ranch, and JB likes this idea. And
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Speaker 1: here she promises to double their click throughs in one week,
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Speaker 1: and he really likes that idea. Now, I feel, like
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Speaker 1: you mentioned earlier the audience here, are they going to
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Speaker 1: understand what the clickthroughs is and all that jargon?
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Speaker 2: Well, that's a good question. Can I poke some holes
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Speaker 2: in the rest of their marketing plan?
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Speaker 1: Yes, ma'am one.
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Speaker 2: JB is resistant because he says there aren't any frontier
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Speaker 2: stores there in Canyon. JB, she is an internet influencer.
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Speaker 2: The people don't have to live where she lives to
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Speaker 2: look at her photos. Oh my gosh. Also, she says,
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna double your click through rates in a week,
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Speaker 2: and I this is also not how influencer marketing works,
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Speaker 2: because it is about building brand loyalty. So while someone
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Speaker 2: might not immediately purchase the jeans you're wear, over time,
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Speaker 2: they're gonna be like, that's what Missy McMurray wears. The
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Speaker 2: next time I go buy jeans, I'm gonna look at
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Speaker 2: Frontier jeans because this super cute girl who's a Rodeo
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Speaker 2: queen wears them like it's not an instant transaction.
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Speaker 1: Right, And even if they don't have frontier stores, like,
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Speaker 1: they're gonna be shopping online.
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Speaker 2: Yes, it's the Internet.
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Speaker 1: I know, I know, I know. It drives me nuts.
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Speaker 1: Missy's in this next scene driving home from who knows
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Speaker 1: where the airport Texas, Texas, I don't know, but she
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Speaker 1: is listening to a talk show hosted by Desiree something
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Speaker 1: or other and it's about rodeo stuff and she said, no,
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Speaker 1: I'm not being disrespectful. She's annoyed at the host for
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Speaker 1: blaming a female bronco writer. The whole sentiment of this
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Speaker 1: like talk show is that she, the woman who died,
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Speaker 1: was great at her sport, but also the talk show
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Speaker 1: host kind of minimizes her as a as an athlete.
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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, the theme of this episode is misogyny.
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Speaker 1: Okay, there we go.
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Speaker 2: That's great, Little Ladies is what they could have titled
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Speaker 2: this episode.
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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, And the host says something about having a
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Speaker 1: book signing in Canyon and Missy looks interested.
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Speaker 2: Back at the rand Valaria agreets Missy, and things are
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Speaker 2: still awkward between these two former best friends, and Missy's
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Speaker 2: talking about how she's trying her best to make this
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Speaker 2: brand ambassadorship work, but she doesn't know how she's actually
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Speaker 2: going to do what she promised JB she was capable
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Speaker 2: of doing, and Valarius says, well, she looks and she's like, wow,
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Speaker 2: they've got a ton of followers. She says, you should
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Speaker 2: post from Austin socials because he's got a ton of
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Speaker 2: followers too, and Missy thinks that would be too easy.
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Speaker 2: Don't ride on the coattails all your man m in
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Speaker 2: comes Hank and Hawkeye Gus, and Missy thinks Gus is
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Speaker 2: there to see her, and it's kind of a little
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Speaker 2: bit embarrassing when he's like actually, turns out Gus is
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Speaker 2: from an oil family. Valeria and Cash are pissed. They joke,
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Speaker 2: how many wells do you think he's gonna dig? And
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Speaker 2: they're not happy to see him on their ranch and
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Speaker 2: we cut to commercial.
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Speaker 1: So this is the plan, B the investor mm hmm.
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Speaker 1: We come back from commercial and Gus is looking at
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Speaker 1: the ranch and he thinks it's beautiful and he tells Isabelle,
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Speaker 1: you know he's looking to get out of the oil
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Speaker 1: business and into ranching.
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Speaker 2: And in the kitchen, they're all asking questions about what
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Speaker 2: it means to have Gus as an investor, and isabel
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Speaker 2: tries to tell them nothing's gonna change. She's just gonna
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Speaker 2: be the money guy. I just just give it a shot.
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Speaker 2: And everyone is so contrary in this episode. I just
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Speaker 2: want to be like, shut up. They're worried he'll overstep Valeria.
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Speaker 2: There's no love loss, she says, Oh, rich people are
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Speaker 2: the same. They think everything is for sale. But isabel says,
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Speaker 2: we need a bigger plan than sheep. And in this
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Speaker 2: scene there's lots of crossed arms and sour puss looking faces,
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Speaker 2: but Isabelle says, he's come in to dinner, so be
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Speaker 2: on your best behavior tomorrow night.
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Speaker 1: And first of all, Valeria, stand down, girl. You are
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Speaker 1: not family right for.
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Speaker 2: A ranch hand promoted in this episode. But at this point, yeah,
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Speaker 2: I'm like, it is not your decision. Nope, it is
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Speaker 2: Isabelle's decision. Quite frankly, yes, So I'm super annoyed of
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Speaker 2: the and I'm just calling her our gal val from
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Speaker 2: here on because every time I see Valeria, I want
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Speaker 2: to say Valeria and so yeah, she says val to me,
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Speaker 2: now and our next thing. Cash and Missy are out
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Speaker 2: on the ranch. They're in like a what is that ring?
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Speaker 2: M hmm, and she's coaching him now on like exercise
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Speaker 2: and getting ready for competition, and he's super reluctant, but
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Speaker 2: he starts to do what she says, Yeah, I have
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Speaker 2: cash kettlebells. We cut to Tough and Valeria getting out
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Speaker 2: of a truck and Valaria is asking about Tuff's love
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Speaker 2: life and he says he's not dating, but he has
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Speaker 2: a eate and they're there to check out the sheep
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Speaker 2: and he says, how did you know these sheep were
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Speaker 2: for sale? And she says, I still got some friends
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Speaker 2: around here, and then Tuck mentions the slazy guy we
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Speaker 2: saw a couple times in episode one who we learned
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Speaker 2: his name, Tucker Clark. He apparently works at the pawn
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Speaker 2: shop and he's got a neck tattoo and v Larry says,
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Speaker 2: I've I've heard of him, but I've never met him,
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Speaker 2: and Tough does not believe this. Vlaria finds mister Brigsby
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Speaker 2: and she asks him about the sheep, and he's angry
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Speaker 2: at her and tells her to get off my land
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Speaker 2: and I'm not gonna be selling you anything, and she says, oh,
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Speaker 2: I guess he still remembers. Apparently she used to beat
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Speaker 2: his daughter in barrel racing, and so much for the sheep.
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Speaker 2: But Tough is thrilled by this news. That is not
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Speaker 2: a good enough excuse.
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Speaker 1: I was hoping for something more.
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Speaker 2: Here, right, we were gonna get some of the dirt that
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Speaker 2: we've been yeah, dancing around.
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Speaker 1: I was like, it's just because she was a better
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Speaker 1: rider than your daughter. Like that's like, I was like,
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Speaker 1: is she lying here? We're back to Cash and Missy
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Speaker 1: working out, and Cash is already annoyed and he storms off.
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Speaker 1: That's all I have here, Like, I guess he wasn't
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Speaker 1: liking her coaching at this moment. I don't know I have.
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Speaker 2: We're back to Cash planking, which I think is told
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Speaker 2: me that she's got him kettlebelling in one scene and
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Speaker 2: planking in the next, Like this rodeo dude is like,
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Speaker 2: get the hell out of here.
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Speaker 1: In his cowboy boots.
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Speaker 2: No less totally. He's mad that she's dropped her ambassadorship.
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Speaker 2: He's mad that she's coaching him, mad that he's not
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Speaker 2: as good as Austin, although part of this is unspoken,
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Speaker 2: but yes, you got.
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Speaker 1: All that from what twenty second scene, and then we
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Speaker 1: had to a commercial.
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Speaker 2: We see shots of the downtown Canyon area outside of
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Speaker 2: Desiree Lockhart's and books signing, and inside Jannine. Jannine's and
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Speaker 2: asks if Missy's gonna sell Desiree jeans. Missy says no,
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Speaker 2: I'm just going to give them to her. But Janine,
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Speaker 2: I hope they give her a bigger arc than this,
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Speaker 2: you know. She says, oh, apparently death sells, but Missy
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Speaker 2: isn't going to go that route. Missy approaches Desiree gives
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Speaker 2: her the jeans, and Desiree says, you want a sealfie,
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Speaker 2: but Missy wants more than that. She wants to be
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Speaker 2: on her show and does Ray's like, I don't know
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Speaker 2: about having a rodeo queen on my show. She says
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Speaker 2: a frontier wants to pay for ad space, They're welcome
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Speaker 2: to pony up the money, and then Missy says, by
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Speaker 2: the way, I'm the widow of Austin McMurray, and Dosrey goes, oh, well,
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Speaker 2: in the that case, I really wanted to have Austin
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Speaker 2: on the show, so you should stick around and we'll talk.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, she totally pulls the widow card, and you see
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Speaker 1: Missy likes or not Missy see Jenny like smirking to
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Speaker 1: the sacket. Next seing Missy's back at home and Val
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Speaker 1: walks in and says, it looks like Austin McMurray's widow
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Speaker 1: book the show. Missy's a little bit disappointed because it
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Speaker 1: has nothing to do with her, but instead, you know,
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Speaker 1: being Austin's widow. And she comes across this ring box
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Speaker 1: that Austin proposed with and she's like setting out trinkets
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Speaker 1: I don't know, and Foul encourages Missy like you need
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Speaker 1: to make room for your own achievements here stop kind
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Speaker 1: of like living because of Austin's achievements.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I blew past a detail in this scene until
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Speaker 2: the very end of the episode because when she pulls
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Speaker 2: out that wooden ring box, she says, oh, he knew
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Speaker 2: me so well. And then we come back to this
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Speaker 2: later in the episode.
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Speaker 1: That's right.
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Speaker 2: We cut to the boys helping Isabelle unload groceries, and
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Speaker 2: incomes Gus and as annoyed as I am, with cash
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Speaker 2: and tough in their attitude about this investor. It is
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Speaker 2: kind of funny when Cash sees Gus get out of
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Speaker 2: the truck and goes, oh, you think you bought those
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Speaker 2: boots on swait. Here, Gus is very polite. He's brought
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Speaker 2: a pie and two bottles of wine, and Tough and
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Speaker 2: Cash are real dicks about the whole thing, and he
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Speaker 2: joke about the wine being from a great year and
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Speaker 2: he's just being polite. Dude, can't win.
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Speaker 1: No, not at all. Isabelle explains here to Gus, said
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Speaker 1: they're going to do evening rounds to show him what
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Speaker 1: that ranch life is really like. And they headed to
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Speaker 1: the stables, and this is where we see like Missy
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Speaker 1: and Val they're like preparing milk for the calves, and
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Speaker 1: Isabelle dismisses Val. Val does not seem to like that
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Speaker 1: so much, but she keeps Missy around and is like
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Speaker 1: using Missy to help Gus like feed the orphan calves.
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Speaker 1: And he says what they have there special and he
18:11
Speaker 1: wants to be a part of it, and Isabelle leaves
18:13
Speaker 1: the two of them missing. Gus are chatting and he
18:16
Speaker 1: confesses he knew that she would be able to make
18:19
Speaker 1: Murray ranch, and just as this conversation is happening, Cash
18:23
Speaker 1: walks up and he wants to know what's up, and
18:26
Speaker 1: he is annoyed that Gus is wooing the town's widow.
18:29
Speaker 1: He got a little it's here because I'm like, is
18:32
Speaker 1: he jealous or is he being protective or both?
18:36
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, good point. It's time for dessert.
18:40
Speaker 1: And by the way, they're eating Limon ring pie, which
18:43
Speaker 1: is my favorite pie ever.
18:45
Speaker 2: Just a side note, Gus asked Missy about being on
18:49
Speaker 2: Desiray show, and Isabelle says, be careful because Dosray can
18:52
Speaker 2: get people to reveal secrets, and Gus says, talk about
18:56
Speaker 2: your trick writing, and he tells the table that he
18:58
Speaker 2: and his niece are fans of her trick, and Cash
19:00
Speaker 2: is being an ass saying, oh, that's convenience that you're
19:03
Speaker 2: a fan, and also you want to invest in this ranch.
19:06
Speaker 2: Missy butts in and says, maybe I'll talk about being
19:08
Speaker 2: a rodeo coach and Cash us know anything about bull
19:11
Speaker 2: riding Gus, And Gus makes the mistake of saying he's
19:15
Speaker 2: been to the running of the bulls and tough scoffs
19:17
Speaker 2: because that's the same and honestly. Gus holds his own
19:20
Speaker 2: in this whole saying, he says, I know it's not
19:22
Speaker 2: that I can appreciate their strength and their speed. Valeria
19:26
Speaker 2: quizes him on how many bulls you need to breed
19:28
Speaker 2: a hundred cows, and Gus jokes about the lucky bull
19:31
Speaker 2: in that situation, which is kind of an unfortunate joke.
19:33
Speaker 2: But no one is softening towards Gus in this moment.
19:37
Speaker 2: Missy tries to explain how special the ranch is to
19:39
Speaker 2: them and why they're so defensive, but Valeria can't let
19:43
Speaker 2: it go. She's asking him about your family legacy, and
19:45
Speaker 2: he says, I know my family has a bad reputation,
19:48
Speaker 2: but that's why I want to do this. Cash says
19:50
Speaker 2: he's proven something to his daddy, but Gus holds his
19:53
Speaker 2: own with this jolly bunch of assholes, and he says,
19:56
Speaker 2: all I have is my word, but I won't stay
19:59
Speaker 2: where I'm not welcome, and he leaves, and Isabelle is
20:03
Speaker 2: pissed at tough Cash and Valaria and says, you could
20:06
Speaker 2: have just lost us the ranch.
20:08
Speaker 1: Yeah, your sheep ain't saving the ranch.
20:10
Speaker 2: Valeria.
20:13
Speaker 1: We come back from commercial and Missy and Isabella are
20:16
Speaker 1: cleaning the stables and Missy asks Isabelle about the radio interview,
20:20
Speaker 1: wants to know her opinion on it. Missy tells her that,
20:23
Speaker 1: you know, she has some hesitation about talking about Austin
20:27
Speaker 1: and exploiting him to sell jeans, but Isabelle is supportive
20:30
Speaker 1: to Missy and encourages her to tell her own story.
20:34
Speaker 2: And we see Valeria loading her horse up and tough
20:37
Speaker 2: things she's leaving. She's leaving again, but she says, no,
20:40
Speaker 2: I'm going to sell my horse to Brisby because the
20:42
Speaker 2: reason I was beating his daughter is because my horse
20:45
Speaker 2: is better. She wants to get him to sell in
20:47
Speaker 2: the sheep this way, but Tough doesn't want her to
20:50
Speaker 2: do that. Apparently he has another idea.
20:51
Speaker 1: Next scene, Missy is on the phone with JB from
20:54
Speaker 1: Frontier and he's heard about the potential radio interview she's
20:57
Speaker 1: going to do with Desiree Lockhart and he's not.
21:00
Speaker 2: Happy about it.
21:01
Speaker 1: He tells her that she needs to cancel and then
21:04
Speaker 1: hangs up on her, and she's confused at his demands.
21:07
Speaker 1: Just then, she reposts a photo of her and Desiree
21:11
Speaker 1: from Austin's what appears to be Instagram, but it's not Instagram.
21:16
Speaker 2: Yeah.
21:17
Speaker 1: And then the next scene, right after we have Missy
21:20
Speaker 1: is at the radio interview. She's completely defied JB's demands
21:26
Speaker 1: of her canceling it, and Desert is asking a ton
21:29
Speaker 1: of questions about Austin. And here we have like we
21:31
Speaker 1: see Missy try to like chime in about, you know,
21:34
Speaker 1: being a brand ambassador for Frontier and Desire is not
21:37
Speaker 1: having any talk other than Austin. And then they take
21:43
Speaker 1: some phone calls in color. Chad from Canyon calls in
21:46
Speaker 1: it's cash and he asks Missy the same question we
21:50
Speaker 1: see asked him the very first scene, how does she
21:53
Speaker 1: see herself in five years? And then she goes on
21:56
Speaker 1: to like promote her genes again. I guess I mean
21:59
Speaker 1: she has nice self reflection here.
22:01
Speaker 2: Yeah, sheds her own story to tell, right.
22:04
Speaker 1: But in the end she gets her like jeans mentioned
22:08
Speaker 1: which was the goal? Was it?
22:10
Speaker 2: Not?
22:10
Speaker 1: Okay?
22:11
Speaker 2: M In her truck, she gets a call from JB,
22:13
Speaker 2: who's scolding her for being unprofessional put through the magic
22:16
Speaker 2: of this fake internet that they live in, trafficked to
22:18
Speaker 2: the website Spiked during her interview. He says he still
22:21
Speaker 2: has something to prove, but he softened a little bit,
22:23
Speaker 2: and let me tell you this CEO is entirely too
22:25
Speaker 2: involved in influencer relations for this giant company.
22:30
Speaker 1: Tough, okay, this is, this is I have one sentence
22:33
Speaker 1: for the next scene. Tough and Val go back out
22:35
Speaker 1: to the sheep farmer with an offer and he accepts.
22:39
Speaker 2: Yeah. Basically, multiple income streams for the mc murrays.
22:43
Speaker 1: Oh yeah. Missy meets Isabelle outside of the ranch and
22:46
Speaker 1: isabel tells her that she's proud of Missy's interview and
22:50
Speaker 1: pokes fun about Cash calling in here. Missy promises Cash
22:53
Speaker 1: will land the sponsorship and they will save the ranch,
22:56
Speaker 1: and she also promises to keep Cash alive.
22:59
Speaker 2: I do everything I can to make sure he stays safe.
23:02
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't blame Isabelle. I would not want
23:05
Speaker 2: my son if my husband and other son had also
23:08
Speaker 2: died doing the same.
23:09
Speaker 1: Yeah. I understand her reservations, yes, But also in the
23:13
Speaker 1: same breath, she's telling Missy like, you are going to
23:15
Speaker 1: be an excellent coach.
23:17
Speaker 2: So yeah, if I can't stop the train, at least
23:20
Speaker 2: I can guide the direction it's going. Yeah, okay, that's fair.
23:23
Speaker 2: We see isabel in her office and Tough and Val
23:25
Speaker 2: join her and Isabel announces she's making them co forman
23:28
Speaker 2: and naturally, Tough is not thrilled by this idea, but
23:31
Speaker 2: she says it'll free you up a little bit because
23:33
Speaker 2: I need you to step in as cash as Bullfighter.
23:35
Speaker 2: So again, I don't like it, but I'm gonna put
23:38
Speaker 2: the best people with him possible.
23:40
Speaker 1: The next time we have Tough in his date are
23:42
Speaker 1: having a beer and I'm sorry, I tell you or
23:46
Speaker 1: I know, yes, you knew that this guy was going
23:48
Speaker 1: to be an ongoing suiture for Tough. But do we
23:52
Speaker 1: have his name?
23:54
Speaker 2: Well, only from IMDb, they never say in the episode,
23:57
Speaker 2: and it's Julian.
23:58
Speaker 1: So Julian asks about like Tough's music, and he explains
24:02
Speaker 1: it's just a hobby, you know, and Tough is kind
24:05
Speaker 1: of like in this what am I doing with my life?
24:08
Speaker 2: I like music.
24:09
Speaker 1: Now been demoted to co foreman with Val and I'm
24:14
Speaker 1: getting back into the bull fighter stuff, and Julian tells him, hey, look,
24:19
Speaker 1: is this is not a demotion, this is a read statement.
24:22
Speaker 1: Tough likes that idea. I guess, I don't know. I
24:26
Speaker 1: found this scene to be really weird, only because I
24:28
Speaker 1: feel like these two have zero chemistry. Oh, In my opinion,
24:33
Speaker 1: I need they need.
24:34
Speaker 2: To develop it more. I feel like they're being very
24:38
Speaker 2: gentle with the Hallmark viewer on this storyline. Perhaps Mincy's
24:42
Speaker 2: in her room looking at Austin's buckles and memorabilia. Cash
24:46
Speaker 2: comes in and says there's a bull on the way
24:48
Speaker 2: to the ranch and he knows she was behind it
24:50
Speaker 2: after her talk with Isabelle, and he says, I'm willing
24:53
Speaker 2: to try this coaching thing if you are in Doug Cash,
24:56
Speaker 2: she has been trying. They say they need to set
24:59
Speaker 2: some ground rules. I don't have. We talk about what
25:00
Speaker 2: those ground rules are, but they shake on these ground
25:02
Speaker 2: rules that they haven't discussed, and Missy gets a message
25:05
Speaker 2: and excuses herself. But Cash is about to leave and
25:08
Speaker 2: he spots the wooden box from earlier, and we have
25:11
Speaker 2: a flashback to the opening scene, and as Missy's walking away,
25:15
Speaker 2: we see Cash put that wooden box in his pocket.
25:17
Speaker 2: We see Austin and Cash catching up. Austin says, I'm
25:20
Speaker 2: gonna propose, and Cash is kind of reserved about this. Again,
25:24
Speaker 2: this goes back to the whole theme of this episode.
25:26
Speaker 2: He says she can't be a rodeo queen if she
25:28
Speaker 2: gets married, and Austin says she can say no if
25:31
Speaker 2: she wants cash. Is pissed. He hops down from the truck,
25:34
Speaker 2: goes around to his glove compartment and pulls out the
25:37
Speaker 2: dancing horse box and he empties out a necklace from
25:40
Speaker 2: the box and he gives Austin the box and says,
25:43
Speaker 2: you have to use this to propose because she loves
25:46
Speaker 2: those dancing horses and your recall, Missy said, Austin just
25:50
Speaker 2: knew me so Well, here's my question.
25:52
Speaker 1: Why can't she be miss Rodeo Queen if she's married,
25:56
Speaker 1: she can't be missus Rodeo Queen.
25:58
Speaker 2: Well maybe I don't know, Like you can't be Miss
26:01
Speaker 2: America if you're married either.
26:03
Speaker 1: Oh my god, I'm rolling my eyes so hard right now.
26:09
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah.
26:11
Speaker 1: We are back in present day, out of this memory,
26:14
Speaker 1: and Missy walks up to meet Gus at the ranch
26:18
Speaker 1: and he tells her how great she is and how
26:21
Speaker 1: she was awesome on the radio show, and he asks
26:24
Speaker 1: her to go to coffee, but she declines. He says
26:27
Speaker 1: he's still interested in the ranch, but I.
26:29
Speaker 2: Can't wait forever for the ranch. There's lots of ranches around.
26:34
Speaker 1: Oh, He's like, yeah, he gives her an ultimatum, Ah,
26:37
Speaker 1: there's another ranch for me somewhere out there if you
26:40
Speaker 1: don't go have coffee with me. He doesn't give her
26:43
Speaker 1: that ultimatum.
26:43
Speaker 2: But yeah, that's not what I think he's saying. I
26:45
Speaker 2: think he's using ranch in lieu of lady. Oh okay,
26:51
Speaker 2: Like I think both are at stake here. But he's like,
26:54
Speaker 2: there's lots of ranches around.
26:57
Speaker 1: Quote unquote ranches. Yeah, there's a bunch of lighties around. Okay,
27:03
Speaker 1: that's don't gross him out for me. I kind of like, Gus,
27:07
Speaker 1: I don't want to think that.
27:09
Speaker 2: He's I think he's just saying, like, I get it
27:11
Speaker 2: that you're not ready, but I'm not going to wait forever.
27:14
Speaker 2: I'm not going to pine for you.
27:16
Speaker 1: I'm a hot camaditie myself, lady, and he is.
27:21
Speaker 2: He's hot and loaded and brings pie and wine. We're
27:27
Speaker 2: back at the bar. Tough and Julian are still chatting,
27:29
Speaker 2: and Toughsi's val walk in and he gets up to
27:31
Speaker 2: a greader, but incomes sleazy pond shop guy Tucker Clark,
27:34
Speaker 2: and Tough sees Valeria and Tucker having a conversation, but
27:40
Speaker 2: Tough it's clearly having an internal conflict because Valeria had
27:43
Speaker 2: said she did not actually know him.
27:46
Speaker 1: Okay, is there There's got to be one bar in
27:49
Speaker 1: this town, and Valeria is not. She just walks in
27:53
Speaker 1: like with this sketch dude, thinking no one's going to
27:56
Speaker 1: see her, Yes, hanging out with this guy that she's
28:00
Speaker 1: she has she doesn't know. And then on top of it,
28:03
Speaker 1: the bar's not that big. I'm like, was tough wearing
28:06
Speaker 1: cats invisibility cloak here because he's right out of you know, eyesight,
28:12
Speaker 1: staring at them playpool. Valeria doesn't see him.
28:16
Speaker 2: Excellent points.
28:17
Speaker 1: And that's the end of the episode and scene. Do
28:20
Speaker 1: you see why here? This is not bingeable? Like there's
28:23
Speaker 1: no I mean, there's a little cliffhanger here because we
28:27
Speaker 1: want to know more about like val and this sketchy
28:30
Speaker 1: neck tattoo guy, but not enough to watch another episode.
28:33
Speaker 1: Back to bag, Why are you laughing?
28:37
Speaker 2: Because I think I like this show more than you do.
28:40
Speaker 1: I think you might be right about that.
28:44
Speaker 2: I would say I would not say it's not bingeable.
28:47
Speaker 2: I feel like a binge able show takes one story
28:50
Speaker 2: and stretches it over ten episodes, whereas an episodic drop
28:55
Speaker 2: takes ten individual smaller story, right, So I feel like
29:00
Speaker 2: in a bingeable show you get less information in each
29:04
Speaker 2: episode sometimes. Yeah, but again, I think it comes down
29:07
Speaker 2: to the level of enjoyment you have for a show.
29:09
Speaker 1: How okay, So let me let me let me explain.
29:13
Speaker 1: The first episode I liked. I thought there were a
29:16
Speaker 1: lot of problems, but I was gonna be because that
29:18
Speaker 1: was a pilot. Pilots are always different. Second episode, this
29:22
Speaker 1: show still does not have me yet, like, so I
29:25
Speaker 1: will give it a third and I'm going to give
29:29
Speaker 1: it a ten because We're gonna watch all of them
29:31
Speaker 1: for this podcast.
29:32
Speaker 2: But I don't think he's we're coming back for Ride
29:35
Speaker 2: season two.
29:35
Speaker 1: I don't have to like every episode or the show.
29:39
Speaker 2: I didn't say you had to. I'm not suggesting anybody
29:43
Speaker 2: has to enjoy anything.
29:45
Speaker 1: And I have to admit I having a really hard time.
29:47
Speaker 1: I cannot help but compare The Way Home to this
29:51
Speaker 1: show and how it made me feel, and how I
29:54
Speaker 1: liked one more than the other.
29:56
Speaker 2: Yeah, because these are your first homemark series that you've watched,
30:00
Speaker 2: and a handful of episodes of Chesapeake Short correct. Yeah, Yeah,
30:03
Speaker 2: I think the Way Home was special.
30:05
Speaker 1: I think so too talk about special We laughed about
30:09
Speaker 1: who are you writing for? Who are we writing for?
30:11
Speaker 2: This week? Oh?
30:13
Speaker 1: Last week's choice was super easy, I think, but who
30:16
Speaker 1: do you who is it? This week?
30:17
Speaker 2: I'm torn between two people. I'm gonna go Isabelle. Why
30:23
Speaker 2: because and I was torn between Isabelle and Missy. But
30:26
Speaker 2: I'll explain my reasons for Isabelle. I think she's fighting
30:30
Speaker 2: against what the family wants for what she knows might
30:34
Speaker 2: be best for the ranch. And she's making decisions that
30:37
Speaker 2: she knows might upset people, naming co formans, bringing on
30:41
Speaker 2: an investor. She's pushing back against some of what Cash
30:45
Speaker 2: wants as a bull rider, but she's trying to do
30:47
Speaker 2: it all in what's best for the ranch and what's
30:50
Speaker 2: best for the family, and those are hard decisions to make.
30:53
Speaker 1: I am gonna have to agree with that. Nice I
30:55
Speaker 1: agree with that. Can I also point out our unnamed
30:58
Speaker 1: ranch hand from last episode not in this episode at all?
31:02
Speaker 2: Nope, And.
31:05
Speaker 1: It kind of bugs me because it's not a very
31:08
Speaker 1: diverse cast. No, it is not, with the exception of Julian.
31:13
Speaker 2: Yeah, who's Greek? I mean, diversity is welcome, we do.
31:20
Speaker 2: I think they're like, well, we have a gay cowboy,
31:23
Speaker 2: and we're gonna play it safe.
31:25
Speaker 1: Yeah that.
31:28
Speaker 2: Multiple things can be true homewark, Yeah.
31:31
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, So let's just see how this plays out. Yeah.
31:37
Speaker 2: Well, we will be back next week with a recap
31:42
Speaker 2: of Ride episode three, but also Wendy's getting a break
31:48
Speaker 2: that she perhaps needs, so come back and see how
31:49
Speaker 2: that's gonna work. Of course, yesterday we dropped our review
31:54
Speaker 2: of Loving Them All Deeves, So if you haven't listened
31:55
Speaker 2: to that, give that one. Ah listen, I think our
31:58
Speaker 2: thoughts on that movie might surprise you. If you like
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