Previously on Wildfire.
This is really great publicity for Wildfire.
Kris Furillo, she's an ex-con.
Why not let them do an article on Tina and Wildfire?
Wildfire wins, we're gone.
I want to find our mother. You don't want me to. Why?
Ever since you got here there's been nothing but tension and chaos.
Oh, honey, are you jealous?
[Pablo] The more attention she gets, the better she rides. Tina wins.
I love you. This is fun.
But it can be more. No, it can't.
Dad, Kris is important to me. I'm in love with her.
My name is Danielle Davis. Are you my mother?
Do you have a problem with Tina? I have a problem with you.
If you wanna choose Tina, Matt, choose Tina.
About to catch some preseason football. You wanna join? Who's playing?
You're the one with Tina Sharp. I hired her to help us win the Sandpiper.
[horse neighing] [Jean] Todd!
Don't move him! Oh, my God!
[Woman on TV] With the Sandpiper Classic only days away,
Raintree's Wildfire is the horse to watch.
Odds-on favorite Avatar, of Davis Farms,
faces a run for his money if multiple Derby winner
Tina Sharp has anything to say about it.
[Tina] Pablo is the boss. Dad, you should know--
We would not be here if it wasn't for him and his crew.
Hey, that's Raintree. Junior, how could you let 'em hire Tina Sharp?
Why? You've had Sartino booked for the Sandpiper for six months.
Don't make excuses. Sit down.
Listen, Raintree's been out of the game for more than a decade.
Twelve years if you count that nag that Henry ran at Del Mar in '93.
So now they have a good horse. I still think we'll take them.
Not with Tina riding. That horse looks terrific.
His times are great and she is psyched with all this folderol.
She's gotta have her own press agent. Dad, you have a press agent.
Anyway, maybe they're overconfident. No, I don't buy it.
Pablo's hungry. He's not distracted. None of 'em are.
Raintree is barely hanging on, but if they win this purse, they are back in business.
Some of it's luck. It is a horse race.
It is my horse race.
You go over there and tell Tina I'll pay her price plus 10,000 and a bonus if Avatar wins.
Steal the Ritter's jockey? I can't do that. They're our friends.
You think Jean wouldn't do the same? Or return the favor in the future?
I'm starting to have serious questions about your commitment to this business.
First that stupid infatuation. Leave Kris out of this.
If I did, would you then be capable of carrying out a simple errand for me?
If that means you'll lay off me seeing her, I'll do it, but don't get your hopes up.
Tina's not gonna go for it.
Oh, and this is Kris Furillo.
This is a really amazing story.
She was an ex-con. [Kris] I fixed your stirrup for you.
What'd you come in to tell me?
Tell you? Oh, um, Todd's coming back from the hospital tomorrow.
Not that you care.
Of course I care.
What a thing to say.
[Man] ♪ With the morning light got your mind in sight ♪
♪ And I wanna be there all my life ♪
♪ With the morning light got your mind in sight ♪
♪ And I wanna be there ♪
♪ 'Cause you're all I ever dreamed of ♪
♪ Your stars are lined in threesomes ♪
♪ And all is right ♪♪
[Jean] I want you to take it easy, okay?
Come on.
Go. I gotta do some stuff in the barn. Okay.
I know. Let's just get you up to the porch, huh? Easy.
Todd, give me your hand, buddy. It's okay. We're fine.
Anything else we can do? No, I don't think so.
Why don't you and Kris come by after he's had a rest.
You've been great.
Nice and slow.
[door opens]
[door closes]
He looks good.
Yeah, well, Jean still says he's having trouble with his eyes.
You meant Todd. Oh. [chuckles]
I meant Wildfire.
You know, he's been short on his workouts since that accident.
Thank God everything turned out okay.
All right, let's get this straight.
We both don't like each other, but we both wanna win.
So?
So, there's everything I know, there's everything Pablo knows.
What do you know? You're the one who brought this guy back from the glue factory.
He wants to balk in the stretch. Oh, please, tell me something I don't know.
Would you just listen? Okay.
If you're tight in the pack, you're gonna be looking for daylight
and he's gonna be looking for somebody to bite.
But if you keep his head straight, he'll take himself out of trouble.
But if you push him, he's gonna be thinking of you
and everything else in the world except for winning.
Cool.
Why are you doing this to Matt?
[laughs] I think it's actually what he's doing to me.
You know that's not what I mean. He cares about you.
Are you scared you're not gonna get him back? That's not what I'm saying.
No?
Bring Wildfire out to the track when you're done, okay?
[Jean] He conked right out.
He is gonna be starving when he wakes up.
When does Henry get back? Oh, I don't know, but I wish he was here.
Well, where are you going?
You're gonna go see Tina.
Mom, I say I'm sorry every day.
I had my cell phone turned off. Even Todd understands what happened.
I don't care what Todd understands. You missed your meeting.
Sometimes people miss meetings. It's not a big deal.
As soon as I got your message, I was at the hospital.
And you left the minute you knew it was okay.
As soon as they said he was fine, yes, I left for a little while.
Can we stop talking about this?
Look, can you at least
have dinner with your brother and me the night he gets home from the hospital?
Yes, of course. Give me a minute.
I'm gonna go tell Tina I'm gonna be busy tonight.
[door closes] [sighs]
Mr. Ritter. This isn't a good time, Bobby.
Yeah, well, this isn't good news. You know the Pats took a nosedive.
You're down 8 large. They'll beat the Dolphins next week.
You can't go double or nothing. You got nothing. They're not gonna lose!
Well, you better hope your Ouija board isn't lying,
'cause the vig goes up a hundred a day starting now.
Okay, just give me some space.
I got a lot going on. [Tina] Just give me ten minutes.
She's what's going on? She's cute.
[ringing]
Hello?
Hang up, Dani. I've got it.
[Isabel] Ken, Dani called.
You never told her? Why would I?
What difference would it make? People need to know who they are, Ken.
I can't talk about this now. We have an agreement.
Well, funny you should mention that.
I suggest we meet to discuss it.
When I left, you held all the cards.
The situation has changed.
[line disconnects]
[Junior] Sandpiper always means the end of summer to me.
Yeah, but I'm thinking it's the beginning of something.
Oh, yeah? What?
Well, what if Wildfire wins?
Then he wins.
It won't have anything to do with us though, will it?
[chuckles] No. What, are you kidding?
What if Avatar wins? Well, he won't.
[both laugh]
Well, then Wildfire will win the next time.
It's just a horse race.
Yeah.
[Kris laughs]
[phone ringing]
Telemarketer? Local news about Wildfire and the Sandpiper.
Shouldn't you talk to them?
They'll just ask about Tina Sharp.
What am I supposed to say? Yeah, she's molesting my son.
Molesting?
Yes!
Okay, sorry.
I understand.
She's what, in her twenties?
She's here to ride the horse. She'll ride the horse. She'll go away.
And Matt will have a good story to tell his soccer team.
I don't see it like that. Okay. You're right, of course.
Stop that! Don't do that.
She-- This girl--
this woman is like some horrible preying, nasty--
I don't know what. Something with sharp little teeth and claws.
You know, there's not a lot you can do about this.
The more you hassle him, the more attractive she'll get.
So, he says come over to ride Avatar.
He'll give you 10,000 over your fee and some kind of bonus.
[laughs]
Is this the same Ken Davis
who would not meet my price last year?
Let him suffer. Great.
Well, I delivered the message, as requested.
And now we can both forget all about it.
[Tina] Okeydoke.
Hey. Hey.
[soft laugh]
You're not putting much into that kiss. What's with you?
Nothing. What were you talking to Junior about,
yesterday, at his car?
Yeah. I was at his car saying hi. Do you have a problem?
The Sandpiper's in a couple days and Avatar's our main competition.
Wow! Man, this place is like something else.
It's like living in a frickin' fishbowl.
Okay, okay! Forget I said anything.
What I do and who I talk to is my business.
It's not Pablo's, it's not Jean's,
and it's definitely not yours, okay?
You want some help?
Yeah. You wanna help me muck?
You know, some pleasures just never get old. [chuckles]
You nervous?
About the Sandpiper?
I am.
We haven't given Ken Davis a real horse race in a long time.
Why does everyone think that Avatar is the only other horse in the race?
Because he's the horse to beat,
and we have a long history with Davis Farms.
Some of it isn't very pretty. Really, like what?
Oh, God. Where to start?
Well, there was the time that Ken's father
bribed our jockey and won the Sandpiper, 1939.
He bribed him to choke?
Davis horse won the purse,
and that money put their farm on the map.
Henry never forgave them. I think he's still shocked
that I even thought about marrying Ken.
Can I ask? Yeah, I brought it up.
The Davis' will do anything to win.
And in the back of my mind, I guess I couldn't shake the idea
that...Ken wanted Raintree more than me.
And maybe in the back of my mind,
I wanted the security more than I wanted him.
Why are you telling me all of this?
I just thought you should know where we're all coming from.
How's recuperation going?
I hate these dumb exercises. They don't work!
I get the same score every time.
Let me see.
Hey, your circles are getting better.
You're a pretty bad liar.
[chuckles] Okay. So let's do something else.
Like to the death? You're on!
But you know, sometimes it pays to go low-tech.
Like what?
I got you something. Come on.
You got this for me?
Foosball will improve your eye-hand coordination faster than anything else.
You know, the army uses it to rehabilitate soldiers. They do?
You ever play? You kidding? I'll slaughter you.
Not a chance.
You wanna play the winner out there?
Everything okay? Yeah. Why wouldn't it be?
After a couple of hours reading trust documents,
foosball should sound pretty good.
How'd you know what these were? I've got assets held in trust.
Anything I can help you with? No, I just--
I'm supposed to get money out of this thing Henry set up.
I can get it when I turn 21, but...
what if you need the cash now?
You need a parental signature.
Is there a way around that? No.
Matt, how much money do you owe?
Hey, whatever it is, I can lend it to you.
Better you owe me than some bookie.
I can handle this myself.
Are we still playing or what? Yeah.
Hey. Hey.
I'm so glad to see you. Sometimes it feels like I'll never get away from work.
Forget about work.
Here we are deep behind enemy lines.
You think this is a mistake?
I'm serious.
You know I don't care what my dad or anyone says.
I want you.
That's me being serious.
[giggles]
Do you want to-- Yeah. But not here.
And there's a big rock under my back. Oh.
Oh!
You wanna come over to my house? What about Dani and your Dad?
Your trailer? Yeah. That's not special.
It would be to me.
Nice.
Hold on a minute, guys.
Meagan.
You know, I don't usually take a meeting during a serve.
Oh, I think we're in the middle of a volley.
Oh. Well then, let's see how hard you wanna play, shall we?
Shall we?
How'd he feel? Fine. Why?
[Matt] You were two seconds off.
Well, I can't break a record every time out.
I would break your stupid horse. [Wildfire neighs]
Take a break. Uh-huh.
Why don't we go to the barn? We could--
We don't need a break, honey. I do.
Wow. Lovely as ever, Isabel. Don't bother, Ken.
We have to get this straightened out. I don't see why.
Just follow our plan, and eventually they'll get tired of trying to find you.
That's not the point. Things are different.
[Ken] And how is that? You understand I'm a widow now.
That doesn't change our agreement. It was an inhuman agreement.
I had to sign or leave with nothing. I didn't deserve that.
You seem to have done pretty well.
I would love to chat about the past 15 years, Kenny,
but let's get to the real reason I'm here.
Dani thinks that-- I don't care what Dani thinks.
What a surprise. What are you doing here?
Are you Isabel Mattia?
I have to go.
Please. Ken.
Let her go. You're Isabel Mattia, aren't you?
I'm Danielle. I'm your daughter. And timid!
Wait! No, no, no, no. No, no, no. Please don't go.
Please don't go! Can't we just talk about it?
[Ken] No, honey.
I'm going after her! Listen. I know what's best!
It's hard to believe, but it's true. Just let me go!
You're letting her get away!
Mama!
[sobbing]
Hey. You okay? Me? Yeah. I'm fine.
Good.
Jean, there's something you have to know.
Matt's gambling again.
How do you know? He was looking into his trust.
How much does he owe? A lot, I think.
He didn't wanna talk to me.
What am I supposed to do?
Henry caught him last time and he promised to go into a program.
Well, he has to want to stop.
How can he not want to?
Didn't he see his father take us down with gambling?
Yeah, I don't think he believes that.
Well, what can I say to make him believe that?
You know, maybe it's Pete who has to say something.
How can you say that? You met him. He's Matt's father.
I am not gonna call Pete.
He wouldn't even stay to see the boys. I can't call him.
There has to be another way.
What about an intervention after the race?
What are you doing?
I just wanna remember this.
Everything.
♪ Somethin' is strange ♪
Ooh! [both laughing]
♪ I see in your face ♪
♪ Somehow I feel ♪
Hey, stranger. Hi.
You ever been up into the hayloft?
Yeah. You're freezing me out.
No. I am getting ready for a big race and thinking about all the things I gotta do.
Gotta keep my eye on the ball, baby.
You're breaking up with me, Tina.
We were never together in the first place.
[chuckles] That's not true. Yes, it is.
And I said it over and over again.
You wouldn't listen.
You know what I think the problem here is?
I think I know you better than you want me to.
This is what I wanted to avoid.
It was fun, okay? End of story.
You're cute.
♪ If you would just try ♪
♪ To read ♪
♪ My mind ♪
That was--
It was.
What are you doing?
Remembering this.
But I'm still here.
You'd better be.
Kris.
Uh. Oh, my God. Pablo!
Um, this is a really bad time.
We need you in the house now. [Kris] Okay!
Come back later. If you insist.
I mean, who do we have? Gary's gone.
Hey!
Tina Sharp just called. She's riding Avatar in the Sandpiper.
Davis made her an offer.
Junior Davis.
Excuse me.
Um, has the workout been canceled, or do you want me to get Wildfire ready?
Yeah, get him ready. We'll have a jock by this afternoon.
Okay.
Well, what about Gary Turino?
Gary's a guaranteed fourth place finish. I'd rather scratch.
What? And hand the race to Ken Davis?
No way. We need this win.
The money could put us back on our feet.
Look, Tina Sharp shined a spotlight on us, and now everyone's watching.
The press, investors, buyers.
This is our chance to put Raintree back on top, and we may not get another one.
Now call Gary. We gotta try.
Tina Sharp wins races 'cause she's passionate and has to prove something.
They say fight fire with fire.
Dude. What's up?
What are you doing, man? Ow!
You stole our jockey. Why would you do that to my family?
What are you talking about?
Now, listen. This deal has taken way too long to close.
No, I'm not changing the numbers. Get off the phone.
Yeah, I've seen their figures, and I don't like 'em.
They don't--
[phone smashes] What the hell are you doing?
You stole Tina Sharp, and you did it behind my back.
You knew I wanted her to ride Avatar. You're the one who told her.
I was about to buy you a Rolex. Job well done.
I only did that because I was sure Tina would say no.
She turns us down all the time because she's booked.
I even told her you'd sweeten the pot, and she laughed.
The pot wasn't sweet enough. She came to me with a price. I said yes. Done deal.
Man, oh, man. This Kris girl's got you really hoppin', doesn't she?
I hope she sees more than dollar signs in you.
This might be hard for you to understand,
but we actually love each other.
Yeah? Then try it without the Porsche.
Then you'll understand.
Where's the jock?
Jean and I have discussed it, and, um--
We're not gonna hire a new jock.
You guys, he's worked so hard. You can't scratch now.
We're not. We're hiring you.
No. Really?
God, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I swear, I won't let you down. I promise. [laughing]
Do you hear that? Do you hear that?
It's between you and me now. We're gonna show them.
Just so you know, Tina Sharp did a minute, 35 on Avatar this morning.
Let's go.
Damn.
Matt. Hey, Mom.
We have to talk.
Okay, well, I'll be home for dinner.
[door opens, closes]
I want three grand on Denver. Forget it, man.
Come on. Kickoff's in a few minutes.
You're 16 large into me already, bro, with interest.
You gotta pay to play. Dude, I need this bet.
Can you just take the freaking bet?
Look, you are developing a serious problem, my friend.
I need this! Take it.
Get out of here.
[groans]
Hey. Get off of him. Come here.
[groans]
[grunts]
[grunting continues]
That's it. Enough.
It is not over, you hear me?
I saw her.
She ran away from me like I was something disgusting.
She locked her car door.
I don't understand. You don't. Mm-mm.
I can't tell you how horrible it was.
I mean, he must've done something so evil to her.
Would you try to talk to him?
I mean, maybe if she knew we both wanted to see her--
But she doesn't wanna see us.
Dani, stop doing this to yourself. It isn't gonna happen.
Help me. Please.
[crying] I feel like
somebody ripped out everything inside me.
I have to find her. And you have to help me.
Please, just find her.
I don't know if I can.
You okay?
I don't know.
[sniffs] Yeah.
Whatever it is, deal with it. You gotta focus on this race.
When you needed the Ritters,
they were there for you, 100%.
Now it's your turn to be there for them 100%.
[gasps]
[table bangs] What was that?
[stumbling sounds]
Oh, my God! Oh, Matt!
Oh, my God! [Todd] Whoa! What happened?
Did you beat the guy up? [groans]
[gasps]
You've gotta call Pete.
[gasps] If you don't, I will.
[door slams] Kris. Give me a chance to explain.
Explain what? How you stole our jockey to ride Avatar?
Look, Tina came to my dad and asked for a ton of money. He said yes.
I didn't think she'd do that. You didn't think at all!
I thought about us!
My dad said that if I spoke to Tina, he'd leave us alone.
Leave us alone to do what? Laugh about how you stabbed the Ritters in the back?
I didn't stab them in the back. Well, you set it in motion.
Deal with the consequences. This is so screwed up!
Plus my sister's flipping out. She wants me to help her-- Why don't you?
'Cause my dad's at the bottom of that too! So what?
Your dad controls everything that you do! No! Not anymore!
I won't let him come between us.
If I have to choose, I choose you! No!
I'm not gonna run away from this! I'm not gonna let you
leave your family because of me!
I will get an apartment in town. We could live there.
I can't.
You can. Look, Kris, I'll pay.
It's not about the money!
It's my life.
And the Ritters have put so much faith in me
that I can't screw this up, Junior, I can't!
You won't. I'll help you.
No. It's just gonna make your dad madder and the Ritters more upset.
I told you, I don't care about him! You've seen it! My family is a farce!
Mine isn't.
[sighs]
I'm so sorry. [gasps]
[gasping] I can't-- I can't see you anymore.
I thought this was what you wanted.
I thought you loved me.
[gasping] I-- I do.
Oh!
[knocking] You busy?
[groans]
What happened to you?
[sighs]
Matt. I punched up Bobby pretty good.
How is he?
A lot worse than I am. [chuckles]
Ow. I'm not supposed to say that I'm glad.
I'm glad.
It's good to see you.
What's wrong?
I just needed to see you.
Mm-mm. Ow!
[indistinct chatter]
Hi. I'm looking for Isabel Mattia.
Isabel Mattia-Paris? I can call her room. Who can I say is here?
Ken Davis, Jr.
Junior?
I'm Isabel.
I'm your mother.
[whispering] Oh, my.
You're so slow. We're late!
Well, let's go.
Wait. What's wrong?
Uh, long story. Nothing. Uh--
Did you see her? No.
You did. You saw her! Let's go!
I know you. You did. Don't lie to me.
You saw our mother. No, I didn't.
Damn it! If you don't tell me, I'm gonna scream!
Can you calm down? No!
Did she run away? No.
So you did. You spoke to her.
You don't wanna know this.
I do! I have to!
What did she say? What did she do?
Dani-- Just tell me!
Isabel Mattia... she was Dad's wife.
And our mother.
My mother.
Not yours.
[Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
We have a late scratch in today's ninth race.
In the ninth race...
[children chattering, laughing]
Move and you're dead meat. Get your hand off my back.
It's not my hand, it's a gun. Get in there.
Turn around. [cocks gun]
Look, Bobby-- Look at what? I wanna see some cash.
Okay, okay. I-I swear, I'll get it. This is a bad idea.
You punching me out in front of my friends is a bad idea.
You trying to walk away from what you owe me is a bad-- [gasps]
Put the gun down! Just put the gun down. Matt, take it.
Get it. Now what is it you want? My money.
[Bobby grunting]
[shouting] How much?
16 grand plus the vig-- 500.
Here.
This ought to put an end to that. Give me his gun.
If he hadn't tried to kick my ass in front of my friends,
if he would have just paid me what he owed me...
Now your debt's paid. What about the rest?
Not finished.
So what's fair? You give him a shot now?
Dad? You wanted to play.
These are the rules.
Go on.
[groans]
Hey, hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey!
[Matt coughs, groans] You never take his action again!
Take his action?
There's nobody within 100 miles of here that would touch it!
See ya around, Matt.
[groans]
Dad.
What did you want? To get shot in the leg or worse?
What is wrong with you, son?
I don't know. I fell behind.
You're more than a little behind.
And if you weren't on the ground now, I'd put you there myself!
And if Henry was here, he'd do the same.
Come on. Get up.
Get up.
Now, you're in the program, right?
You're not gonna miss any more meetings,
and you're not gonna put money on anything,
do you understand me?
I don't know. Hey.
Sure, you do.
If you forget, I'll remind you.
Okay? Okay.
[Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 22nd Annual
running of the Sandpiper Stakes.
Today's card features some of the finest...
[sighs]
Kris, this is my dad, Pete Ritter.
Hi. Nice to meet you.
I hear you're a hell of a rider.
Matt here sure thinks a lot about you.
Thanks.
I'm gonna go find Todd. All right, I catch up to you.
Good luck, Kris. Nice to meet you.
What happened to your face? It's a long story.
You should see the other guy, though.
Are you scared? [sighs]
Yeah, well, just sit in the saddle,
and you know what to do.
Thanks. You're gonna win.
[sighs]
[people chattering]
[Pete] Charlie.
Pete.
You paid that guy off?
Yeah. Here, I'll give you the rest back, with interest.
You have my personal note. No problem.
Just pay me back when you have it. Thanks, Charlie.
I just think the boys are better off without me.
They don't feel that way.
Yeah, I guess.
I think I'll move back to town.
I just haven't told them yet.
They'll be glad to hear it.
They're my family.
Yes, they are.
I want Jean back.
That's too bad, man.
She won't be coming.
We'll see. Yeah.
We will.
Are you supposed to be running? It's good for him.
[Announcer] The horses are on the track.
[Announcer] The horses are approaching the gate.
[Announcer] Two minutes. Two minutes to start.
Jean. Pete.
[Announcer] It's post time.
Ken Davis. What a clown.
I'm with you on that.
[Announcer] We are now just seconds away from the start of the race.
[clicks teeth]
All horses are approaching the gates.
The horses are now in the gate.
All gates are closed.
We are ready for the start of the race.
The flag is up!