[Snowbird] I'm going to start shoveling.
[machine revving]
Ugh!
Oh, I didn't see you there.
I'm so sorry.
Whoo!
[narrator] On this episode of Alaskan Bush People...
[Billy speaking]
Dad has an idea to do a Boomtown.
Being back on the mountain's just what the wolf pack needs.
Thought we used to have more siblings.
The whole key to success is the family working together.
Everybody stop. What you're doing.
[Bear] Guys!
Something bad is going on.
[Rain] Where is everybody?
For the past year, we've been through a lot.
[Rain] Are you okay?
What?
But some point, something happens that breaks you.
-[Snowbird] Knock, knock. Knock. -Hey.
[Snowbird] Hi, Priskin, baby.
Hi, Louis. Hi, baby.
[Gabe] You glad that he's here?
What do you mean, am I glad that he's here?
He got out.
I wasn't going to tell you.
- [Snowbird] Gabe! - [Gabe] I know.
[Snowbird] Reuniting with the wolf pack
is definitely a major thing about coming back.
But along with the wolf pack, I have missed my cats.
Hi, guys. I'm home.
[Gabe] How was Browntown?
It was good.
[Gabe] Was it like a ghost town?
It was, but it felt like we were coming home.
Going back to Alaska, for myself, I definitely found what I needed to find.
I don't know if I've ever seen things as clear as I do right now.
The wolf pack needs me, and I, most definitely, need them.
[narrator] The wolf pack is reunited
and hoping to bring North Star Ranch back to life.
While the main house exterior is complete,
the interior is months away from being livable.
With most of the family living in town following their devastating fire,
progress on the ranch has slowed.
Making matters worse, father Billy's health is in decline.
[Ami] Billy isn't feeling well.
Billy's physical heart is weak, but Billy's bush heart,
which is essence of who he is, is stronger than ever.
He will conquer this. I have no doubt in my mind.
[Gabe] You know, Dad's definitely feeling bad.
He needs to start feeling better, and the fire pretty much left us desolate
so severely, it's gonna take a lot to rebuild.
And we're staying in town.
Town is the worst.
We're not going to get anything done if we're fighting the roads
to get up and we're fighting the roads to get down.
We've got to get back up there.
That's people, that's animals, and you get back up there and get back at it.
[Billy speaking]
- [Bear] You went somewhere? - [Snowbird] It was good.
[all laughing]
Wish you all could've gone, honestly.
It was that fun.
She ran really good.
They did rename her, but she sounds the same.
She still has the integrity heart,
and when we took her out of the ocean, she was doing just fine.
[Billy] I am so proud.
We got the integrity that I'm about to bust.
But right now, it's so important to stay focused on mountain.
You know, it's time to get something going again and make some progress.
You know, this is an old legacy for me,
this is a multigenerational dream.
One day we're going to wake up and I'll be gone.
When that day comes, this ranch has to sustain the family,
and it's going to be the ranch that actually makes our family what it is
and gives us the freedom and independence we fought for all our lives.
[Billy speaking]
Very short period of time, we were talking about dip lines and getting gold.
The dream is still there, but we need to get back on mountain.
[Billy speaking]
[Bear] Build shacks close by.
Are you thinking about doing like a teepee-style thing or...
I was thinking that we could tent it.
[narrator] Billy's vision is to clear land near the main house
and erect a cluster of tents allowing the Brown siblings to quickly repopulate
the mountain as a Boomtown and continue the rebuild of their ranch as a wolf pack.
[Billy] It's been really hard just not being able to stay on the mountain,
all of us being together like we always have,
that's when the Browns are at their best.
The whole key to this Boomtown is the family working together.
It put us closer, better than easy.
One generator to another 25 generators.
As soon as we get up here, the better.
I'm not backtracking and building trapper shacks
and living in little cabins or tiny houses or tents or teepees.
[Billy speaking]
[Bam Bam] I'll build my house.
I don't know, but I'm building the house. I'm not gonna
take time building some other little things.
Well, my grand vision for the mountain hasn't really changed at all.
It's, uh, it's to have a self-sustaining ecosystem
and permaculture paradise on top of the mountain.
That's been the idea since we got here.
That's going to continue to be the idea until it actually happens.
[Gabe] Look, I'm Bam.
Goodnight, guys!
[all laughing]
I'll see you in the morning.
[Snowbird] Dad knows better than any of us
the inevitable, if you spend enough time in town, you do lose a part of yourself.
We belong on the mountain.
We belong with the trees and the wolves and the bears.
I'm just putting my faith in Dad's master plan.
[Bear] So, you like this spot?
[Snowbird] This is pretty good, actually.
- I like it. - I like it.
I like it.
[narrator] Before constructing tents for their base camp,
the siblings must clear 20,000 square feet of land
just beside their parents' main house.
[Rain] I think let's start with the burned ones
and then work our way on from there.
[motor revving]
[Bear] Uh, it definitely feels pretty good to be back at the ranch and getting
the blood flowing again and actually building up the ranch again,
'cause we came so close to losing it all with the fire.
It just feels really awesome to be back
and be able to be working on it again.
[Bear] Timber!
[Snowbird] Whoo! Eh, two for one.
Using one tree to fall ten.
- [Snowbird] Whoa! - [Rain] Whoo!
[Snowbird] I think the idea to do a Boomtown
is to get back to kind of how things were in Alaska.
Just have a little camp where everybody is, everybody is close.
Even if not forever, I think it's what we need for right now.
I picked the worst spot.
There are definitely gonna be people who'd be like,
"You're moving up in a tent in winter?"
That's who we are.
[laughs] I joke that I'm half penguin.
We love the cold.
[Bear] Let's take it all the way to the corner.
- One... - [all] Two, three.
Whoo!
[Bear] Where's Gabe when we need him, eh?
[Gabe] What do you want me to do now?
There's a chainsaw down there, if you want to grab that
and start taking down these widow-makers over here.
Drop them and if they don't feel a ton, buck 'em up.
[narrator] Further up mountain, Bam begins
the first steps of repairing his own land after the wildfire.
He recruits brother Gabe for help removing dead fire damaged trees and stumps.
[Gabe] Bird, Rain, and I, we were talking about
if I go and help Bam with some of his projects,
I guess he has some trees to buck up, that'll give him a little bit
more free time to help us put up Boomtown.
It's kind of that, you know, left hand helping
the right hand to-to scratch the back or something.
I don't think that's a saying, but that's what I'm doing now.
Couple good methods to clearing brush.
One, the single throw pick-up.
Thusly.
And then there's the Gabey-patented brush roller 1000,
highly controversial, somewhat sought-after technique.
At first, you're just stackin' them.
And then before you know it, you have enough to start rolling them.
Then once you start rolling them, pretty soon you have a giant bundle of brush.
One clean sweep.
It's not just, you know, doing something for Bam
so that he'll help us put up Boomtown, like,
I think that it's important right now
that we all come together as a family unit,
even if something we're doing could be done with one person.
I think we need to pull back together.
Especially with the fire, we need to accomplish things
and the only way we're going to do that is
if we all do it together, and together spells Bam.
I mean, it doesn't actually, but... you know.
Oh, yeah. So, it's a bush bath there.
You come out smelling like pine cones, pine cones and squirrel dung.
[Snowbird] No.
Mm-mmm.
No.
[sniffling]
[crying]
[gun cocks]
[gunshot]
[gunshots]
[sobbing]
[gunshots]
[Bear] Three shots is not good.
It means that there is an emergency.
Something bad is going on.
[narrator] The Browns are working to reestablish a base camp
on their mountain ranch, but sister Bird receives
a devastating call from down mountain.
[Bear] Anybody here? Guys?
[Rain] Bear...
[Bear] Rain, what's up?
[Rain] I don't know. I haven't seen anybody.
[Bear] I'm really worried about Dad right now,
actually, 'cause Dad has bad seizure problems.
[Rain] Bird?
[Bear] What's up? We heard three shots.
[Snowbird speaking]
[Snowbird panting]
- Birdie, what's going on? - [Rain] What's wrong?
[Snowbird panting]
[Bear] What?
-[Rain] What happened? Is he okay? -What about him, Birdie?
[Rain] Is he okay?
[Snowbird sobbing]
[Bear] Is he okay?
[Bear] What?
Birdie, it's okay. It's okay.
He's is gone? He's dead?
[Snowbird sobbing]
[Bear] How?
[Snowbird speaking]
[Snowbird] Mr. Cupcake passed away.
You know, it's...
Pretty devastated, honestly, and I don't know,
I just caught off-guard.
[Bear] It's okay, sis. It's okay.
Come on. I don't believe that.
[Snowbird] It's very hard to process.
Mr. Cupcake was very close with all of us,
um, and he was a very, very important part of the family.
[Bear] He-he had a great life.
He did.
He was... There was never a happier dog than him.
When we first got him, it was very special
'cause we didn't know if we were getting a dog.
Him and I had a very close bond.
Oh, look at him.
I was nine when we got him.
I promised her last night, Rainy could name the dog.
Mr. Cupcake.
- [Billy] Mr. Cupcake? - Mr. Cupcake.
[Bear] Cupcake, hey, Cup.
Good boy. Keep digging.
[Snowbird] Uh, guys, Cupcake's swimming to us.
[Gabe] He's helping.
[Rain] That is a loyal dog.
[Snowbird] I think he'll like this spot.
That way he can overlook everything and see the sunset.
[Gabe] Mr. Cupcake is a really important member of the family,
so we picked this grave site for him.
It kind of overlooks everything and it's right next close to the house
for people who want to pay their respects, and it's a good spot.
I still can't believe he's gone.
Lot of good times with him, though.
I mean, we had so many good times.
He was certainly a happy and stubborn dog.
I just really enjoyed how spirited Mr. Cupcake was.
Any time I take off running, he would just latch behind me,
wouldn't let me run at all.
A lot of good memories with the pup, it really, it really was.
[Rain] Uh, guys, that's, like, solid rock.
I'm trying to dig it out a little bit
so we can get our picks around it and lift it up.
[Bear] I think we'll get through it.
It looks like it's budging.
[Snowbird] I mean, heck, we want to be miners, right?
It's just practice.
[Rain] We have a lot in store to do.
And I'm a little bit worried that we won't be able to get everything done.
But the top priority is working on Cuppie's gravesite.
[Gabe] Two people hold, the rest of us get down there with hands.
One, two, three.
Roll it. Roll it.
[all grunting]
Well, Mr. Cupcake meant a lot to everybody,
which is why it's important for us all to stick together.
I'm definitely determined to just keep pushing for Mr. Cupcake.
It is getting dark, but I would like to keep going
if everybody else is good just until we get it.
[Bear] You know, guys, if there's anything
to work into the night for, I'd say this would be it.
[Snowbird speaking]
[machine whirring]
It's very unexpected, the news about Cuppie.
No one had time to, to grieve over the loss
of the majority of our property and now we lose Cupcake.
I'll make him a nice coffin.
We'll put him to rest.
I decided to build Mr. Cupcake's coffin,
my personal way of saying goodbye to him.
The top of it's actually a bunch of old fence pieces.
The base is actually an apple box
and some handles that makes it a lot easier to move.
It's really important to be able to give
Mr. Cupcake the resting place that he deserves.
He was there for, obviously, the Opal, for Browntown,
for Mom's cancer.
He's a part of the wolf pack.
Every time I stop, it kind of hits me, to be honest.
For the first few months that we had him, I-I did his training.
Cupcake, bow.
[all cheering]
Out of the way.
His training lacked when he was older, but he was a good puppy.
Shake.
Good boy.
[Noah] He and I kind of grew apart.
I always figured that I'd have time to someday be able to kind of
take him out for walks and kind of retrain him up again.
But it turns out we don't have as much time as we think.
[Snowbird] I really wish you could eat the snow and it didn't taste burnt.
At the moment, I'm just trying to keep my mind off of everything
that's happening, you know.
Well, playing in the snow is something Cupcake and I always loved to do.
I'd bury him and he would even help me dig
when I'd make my igloos and holes and stuff.
And so playing in the snow is just,
I don't know, it's a way to remember him and honor him.
There is some tiny little prints.
You might be deer.
Hey, you look like deer.
You're...
[Snowbird speaking]
And he's gone this way.
Actually, it looks like there's a lot of prints.
When I see paw prints in the snow, my first thought is Cuppie, of course,
but then I'm like, "No, it can't be Cuppie."
Like I thought, maybe coyote, but then looking closer, I don't know what it is.
He went in the woods.
Some of it even looks old.
He went down this way.
It's headed towards Rain's house.
[Snowbird speaking]
It's definitely canine prints, and it's not coyote
'cause their prints are a lot thinner.
It's definitely not normal just to find dog prints, especially, like, down here.
[Snowbird speaking]
I was thinking maybe a hunter, but there,
again, there would be people prints as well.
Wait.
[Snowbird speaking]
It looks like little ears.
I don't want to scare him.
No.
I think he left.
It looks like he ran off.
But I... I think this is a dog.
Like, we're a long way from anything
and I'm just very confused on where a dog would have come from.
I've come to Rain's house and right in front of me
is this little, cute little dog.
And then all of a sudden, it's gone and it's like,
how is there a dog on the mountain?
I mean, if there's a stray dog up here, like,
he's definitely going to be hungry.
He's going to be cold.
I'm going to open Rain's door because it's warmer in there
'cause he won't be laying on the ground,
and then I'm going to get some food for him.
It definitely feels like a coincidence.
We just lost Mr. Cupcake.
Is Cuppie trying to tell me something?
Or is this coming straight from my imagination?
If you can hear me a little doggie, it's open.
Go on in.
Just lay on any clothes you find.
[Rain] Oh, is this just the canvas? Okay.
You have to put me in this bag and throw me
over your shoulder like you're Santa Claus.
It will have to be the left shoulder.
[narrator] With Mr. Cupcake's burial set for the following day,
Noah and Rain assemble the first tent for their campsite.
[Noah] Let's get them all laid out.
[narrator] But an unexpected injury has the duo shorthanded.
To say that I sustained quite a few injuries in my life would be an understatement.
But this newest one is my shoulder.
It was fine before, but I woke up with one of those,
like instantaneous, just boom.
[Rain] This one?
- [Noah] Yes. - [Rain] That... Ow.
Okay. I think this will go pretty quick.
[Noah] Okay. Six more poles, please.
[Rain grunting]
How about all 18 of them?
[Noah] But we don't want them in the way, so that's far enough.
Noah and I work well together under certain circumstances,
but also now Noah has a hurt arm.
[Noah] I just feel like there's something missing
that's supposed to be connecting them.
[Rain laughing]
[Noah] Come on. Let's do this.
Get in there and help seat it.
[Rain] Done.
[both grunting]
[Noah] I'll hold this, you grab the centerpiece.
Almost.
[Rain] Pull.
- [Noah] Got it. - Whoo!
We did it.
- [Noah] Yeah. - Yo, yo, yo.
Oh, look who finally decided to show up
on the second half of the day.
[Gabe] We set the master plan into motion.
This is great. This is exactly what I wanted.
Got Bam to come down and help us with the tent.
Are they all the same size?
No. There are three different sizes.
[Gabe] So that's a good thing.
Even if it is just doing tents and things, it brings the family together,
you know, and that's when we work the best
is when we're all working together.
[Bam Bam] Middle piece, end piece, end piece, corner piece,
corner piece, middle piece.
- Yeah, I got this. - [Rain] We already figured it out
when you were gone.
Noah and I raked up...
Bam, do you mind? Okay, guys, earth to Bam.
[Rain groans]
So, I'm all for anybody doing anything that gets them
secure on the mountain and lets them do what they want to do,
but I'm not at a point right now where I really want to throw myself into a tent.
Logistically, it doesn't make sense to put up a silly tent,
really just trying to stick to my guns of having something that is real
and permanent and awesome and not a tent.
[Noah] So this one holds...
[Rain] Hold... Guys, guys, guys.
[Noah] Hold, hold, hold, hold.
The people that didn't set up the other one need to slow down.
Bam, it's better if you use your teeth.
Here, let me show you.
No, I'll probably replace these straps with something else.
- [Rain] Can I, can I show you how I did it? - [Bam Bam] Stop. Stop.
- I need my teethies. - I don't need it, Rain
Let me teeth it.
Well, Noah and I put up the first tent with, pretty much,
no hiccups with only three arms.
So for Bam to just come up and act like he knows what he's doing
and then he's like putting in the pieces wrong,
it's very frustrating, to be honest.
-[Noah] Hey, Gabe. -[Bam Bam] What are you looking at?
- [Noah] Gabe? - [Gabe] Yeah.
[Noah] You might give him a hand.
Really appreciate it.
How low can I go?
[Rain] Go, go, go, go.
[all cheering]
I get that there's a lot going on
and that we have to focus on the task at hand.
But if we don't have fun and we don't play around, like, you know, what's it for?
You know, I feel like it's my responsibility to just show them
the-the funny side of life.
Okay, what do I do with it?
[Bam Bam] Take it to the side and unroll it.
[Gabe] Just like a big cinnamon roll.
- Gabey. - [Rain] Wait. Hold on, guys.
[Bam Bam] Told you to be careful.
Hold it. I broked it.
[Billy] It's really great that Bam wants
to achieve perfection and build permanence.
But, you know, the more important thing,
I think, is having fun, including the family.
Oh, she floats, guys.
[all laughing]
[Billy] We've always taught 'em,
it's the family working together...
- Three! - [Billy] Hip.
- [Gabe] Got it. - Yeah!
[Billy] ...and having fun with the family.
- Run, Rain, Run. - Run, Rain.
[Billy] I think that's one thing that makes us extremely strong.
If you're not having fun doing it, you're going to look
back on it and it's not going to be one of those memories.
[overlapping chatter]
- [Rain] Listen. - That is...
Maybe you should pay attention and stop talking about sweet rolls.
[Rain speaking]
[Snowbird] So, I actually came to see if you have any food.
Are you hungry? [laughs]
[Snowbird] No, no.
I was running around, just like playing in the snow,
and there was like a bunch of like deer track
and like bunnies and stuff like that.
Oh, yeah They been up here, all over.
But then I came across a track that's dog.
I saw prints, I followed 'em to Rain's house,
and as I was going down Rain's road, I saw, like, a dog peeking out.
Like, I didn't see it good.
- You saw a dog? - Maybe.
I saw its head.
I saw, like, its top part...
And you're not just imagining it.
No.
To be honest, it's a little bit of a coincidence
what Bird said about a dog.
I mean, we're a long way away from town, could be like coyote tracks
or something, you know.
Maybe she's just seen dog prints and all,
I know she's taking the Cup thing pretty hard,
but I'm a little hesitant to believe her, to be honest.
So, I want to get some food from you, if you have any.
Oh, okay. Okay, so that's why... Okay, that makes sense.
I got a, uh... It's a jerky stick.
Perfect. He will like that.
Do you have anything else?
- I think I got some... - He's probably starving.
[Bear] Bagel?
What? This is a perfectly clean content.
It's a strange place to keep a bagel, honestly.
It's completely, it's completely waterproof, weatherproof, sibling proof.
You get a lot of people trying to steal your bagels?
I've got some Bam and Noah prints up here before, like,
"Where Bear's bagel?"
I'm like, "Find the bagel if you can."
[Snowbird] And you think I'm imagining things.
[laughs]
Is that it?
Uh, I have some chicken I was keeping cool on the roof.
Okay.
That's where I pictured chicken would be.
It's cold up there.
I've been keeping it refrigerated.
Bear has his food in a case on his roof,
and it's, it's a little you know, out of the ordinary,
but it's very bush and it keeps mice and everything else away.
So it's not a bad idea.
Don't eat all of it.
[Bear] I had two pieces, it's still fresh.
Package is a little moist.
[Snowbird] I think the dog is definitely going to like the chicken
because I don't know how long it's been out here.
He has to be hungry.
[Bear] If there's a dog out here, we'll find it.
[narrator] Coming up...
He's basically like our eighth child.
[narrator] ...an emotional send off for the beloved
Mr. Cupcake.
[Billy speaking]
[Gabe] What do you think? Are we carrying Rain in the bag?
- [Rain] Yes. - [Noah] Definitely.
[Rain] Fill me in.
- I'm... [screams] - [Noah] Drag her.
[Rain laughing]
[Rain] Whoo! Heartburn.
It's noisy.
[Rain laughing]
[narrator] The Browns are eager to replant roots on their mountain
as they carry out father Billy's vision
of a Boomtown-inspired base camp.
But up mountain, Bear and Bird are hoping to lure out a mysterious
animal lurking around their property.
[Snowbird] So it's... I believe it's staying under Rain's house.
Chicken.
[Bear] Chicken.
[Snowbird] Hey, puppy, are you still there?
Who's a good boy? Come on, boy.
I got some food for you.
Well, Bird is really confident there is actually a lost dog out here.
To be honest, I'm not sure if Bird isn't just a little stir-crazy.
[Snowbird] Don't want to get too close.
I'll let you go in first.
I'm not sure if she's not, you know, mistaken.
It could be, like, coyote tracks or something.
- [Snowbird] Puppy. - [Bear] You see him?
[Snowbird] No.
Bear thinks I'm insane.
He's like, "There's not a dog up here.
It's-it's coyote prints."
I'm like, "I can tell the difference between coyote prints.
It's a dog. I saw. I know for sure."
- Check inside. - [Bear] Okay.
[Snowbird] Puppy?
[Bear] Come here, boy.
You in there?
[whistles]
- [Bear whistles] - [Snowbird] No?
Got him, Birdie.
Okay, stay.
Hold on, Bear. Hold on.
[Bear] He's in the cage.
I went ahead and closed it.
[Snowbird] Oh, he's in the...
[Bear] Yeah, we got him.
[Snowbird] Wow.
Hi.
[Bear] I can't believe it's sitting in the cage.
You got it? You got it?
[Snowbird] Yeah. Hi, pup.
[Bear] Hey, good pup.
We happened to go in to Rainy's house and sure enough,
in Jackson, Rainy's little dog's cage, the dog's in it.
I guess it was water in there or something, and the dog went right for it.
[Snowbird] Hi, buddy.
Who's a good boy?
Yeah? Here, I have some meat sticks.
[Bear] Oh, yeah. Give him the meat sticks.
Those things are delicious.
I am, one, relieved that it's safe and we can help it
and feed it and get it warm.
Two, it definitely means I'm not crazy.
I'm not insane.
There is actually a dog on the mountain.
[Bear] It's crazy the way we would find this guy so far out.
I mean, we're in a pretty good ways away from town.
- [Snowbird] It is. Yeah. - [Bear] Well, we should see if we can find
if anyone in the vicinity is missing any animals.
[Snowbird] Yeah.
[dog whines]
I like your eyes.
Yeah, they remind me of someone.
Yes, they do.
It's almost unbelievable that there would just be a dog up here
because we just lost Mr. Cupcake.
I don't know, but it almost does feel like a sign.
I know how it feels to lose a pet.
I know how the owner of this dog is feeling,
and I know that they're feeling they might not ever see him again.
And so I want to reunite this dog with his owner, because even if
Mr. Cupcake can't come home, somebody else's dog can come home.
We are going to find your mommy.
[Bear] Yeah, we will.
[Gabe] Rain, I don't think you can escape.
[Rain] I think I can.
[grunting]
[Bam Bam] Bring me the sticks, Gabey.
[Rain] No, hold on, I'm escaping.
All right.
Just give me some of the sticks.
Come on. Let's do this.
- Well, that's a leg. - [Rain] Wait, hold on.
I know I can do this.
[frustrated scream]
[narrator] With the smaller tents assembled,
the Browns return to the last remaining structures of their campsite.
And while mother Ami looks after the lost dog,
they're joined by their two remaining siblings.
I need to know how many long ones there are.
Put all the long ones right here.
[Gabe] How long are the long ones?
Longer than the short ones.
[Noah] That makes sense.
You know, it's definitely good to be working with the guys.
I think we're getting a lot more done together than we would individually.
So this next tent we're putting up is even bigger
and it's going to take even more manpower.
So, yeah, we're going to need the extra hands.
[Bam Bam] The three long ones go down the middle and each side.
We're missing a long piece right here, guys.
Bird, don't pack the empty... Don't pack it with dirt.
[Bam Bam] Do we have all legs, are we missing some?
- [Noah] Maybe. - What you'll do with them?
- [Noah] I don't know. - Birdie has a short one.
[Snowbird] I have a short one.
[Bam Bam] Long, long, long, long, long.
It is highly packed with dirt.
[Bam Bam] That's why you shouldn't do that.
[Snowbird] I mean, if it is fun and I enjoy it, I'm going to do it.
[Bam Bam] That's irresponsible.
[Snowbird] Nah, it's fun.
It's not often these days that all of us are like
on the same project and doing the stuff together at the same time.
The magic of that can quickly get lost.
- [overlapping chatter] - Bird, stop.
Hey, bird. Stop. Stop.
[Snowbird] I'm just pulling it out.
[Noah] Take off that piece and remove the ends.
[Snowbird] There's... It's too many.
I think it's a balance of being focused
when you're working and not taking it too seriously.
But some people take it a little too far and, like, the job never gets done.
[both grunting]
- [Gabe] You have bested me. - [Bear] Mind your surroundings.
I can see why Dad is having us all work on this together.
Building the Boomtown, it's not just about building the Boomtown,
it's about becoming united again and all working together
as a way to work through our issues
and come out stronger in the end.
[Bam Bam] Lift.
Lift with your backs, not your arms.
Bear, help Bird.
[Bear] All right. Break loose.
- [Bird] No. - Rain, help me.
[Bam Bam] Bear, come here.
This is completely packed with dirt.
It's supposed to go. See that line?
[Bear] Yeah, that's pretty packed in there.
That's why they don't, they don't pack 'em with dirt.
[Snowbird] Nobody was packing dirt into the connectors,
and packing dirt into the poles does nothing.
[Gabe] Everybody's yelling difference of opinions
and yelling back and forth, and we're all trying to figure out
what we're doing and nobody knows what we're doing.
And I don't know what we're doing.
I sure don't know what we're doing.
I'm not sure anybody else does either.
- [Bam Bam] Hold on. - [Noah] Please stop talking.
[Snowbird] ...in, one, two, three, four...
[overlapping chatter]
[Rain] While arguing back and forth about this tent
is just useless, you know, we all have a common goal.
We're all in this together and we need to remember that.
I want go ahead and start a fire and help with light and everything.
- Do it. Yeah. - [Gabe] Wait, wait, wait, wait. What?
Oh, you're going somewhere?
[Snowbird] He's going to do a fire.
We want to raise this.
[Bam Bam] Guys, let's raise the tent.
- [Noah] We need all hands to lift this. - [Bam Bam] Yes.
[Rain] Everybody stop what you're doing.
The entire reason that Dad is having us build this is to be together as a family.
[Bam Bam] We have to get the job done and we're losing the light.
So let's get the job done.
That's what I'm doing.
[Noah] We are going to need a speech.
[Bam Bam] All right. You want a speech?
Here's a speech.
[Gabe] Hi. Are you cooking deer?
[Snowbird] I'm cooking deer.
- You want to smell? - [Gabe] Yeah.
Ahh!
[Snowbird speaking]
Oh, Bird brought back some deer from Alaska and it smells so good.
It just, it just takes me right back.
- Oh, give that back. - [Snowbird shrieks]
[Snowbird] Gabe! Bad kitty!
Bad cat.
It makes me feel really good to share this Alaskan deer with the family.
Seeing Gabe's face, totally worth it.
How long has it been since you've had Alaskan deer?
Forever and a day.
Go ahead.
Ahh!
Good?
Wow.
[Gabe] It tastes so good.
Give me all of the venison. I want it all.
Wow, that's good.
[Snowbird speaking]
Oh, they're not getting it.
[laughs] But I have to.
- [Bam Bam] Hold on. - [overlapping chatter]
[Bam Bam] Stop taking things apart.
We have to get the job done and we're losing the light.
So let's get the job done.
That's what I'm doing.
[Bear] We are going to need a speech.
[Bam Bam] All right. You want a speech?
Here's a speech.
We're a family.
We need to stick together regardless of
if it's a big thing or a little squabble
and actually get the jobs done for everybody.
- [Gabe] Yeah. - [Bam Bam] So let's get this last one up,
the big hurrah and line them up for floors and things.
And to be honest, what Mom and Dad would say right here
is to have fun and do it together because
that's what a wolf pack does.
It's like Dad always said, you cut long ways into the deer's leg,
put the other hoof through, make it a backpack and carry it out.
[Rain] I don't know how that adjusts, but okay.
[Gabe] I think one thing that's hard is just,
you know, learning to listen to each other.
At the end of the day, as long as there's a tent standing erect,
I'll be happy.
[Bam Bam] Let's go. One, two three, again.
[Snowbird] Wait. Are we holding or raising?
[all] We're raising.
[Gabe] Just a little bit above your head, Bird.
[Noah] I'm running with one arm...
[Bam Bam] Right here, Bird, right here, right here, right here.
As long as there's a Boomtown by the end of the day,
I think that's the most important thing.
And that's how it's always been, you know?
We'll fight a little along the way, but we all fight together.
Oh, my goodness.
[Snowbird] I can see couches, throw pillows.
I can wear my rat slippers, you know.
[Bam Bam] I think we'll call it a day.
[Bear] Just bring around tickets, right?
[Billy] You know, you did a good job.
[Noah] Thank you.
[Billy] You did a very good job, Bear.
[Snowbird] Nothing but the best for Cuppie.
[Billy speaking]
Remember when you'd have your seizures,
he'd come sit by your feet and help calm you down.
And I remember the first day of my cancer treatment,
I could barely make it to the bed, he jumped right up there and laid beside me.
He was the only little brother that I'll ever have.
[Billy] I know.
He's basically like our eighth child.
[Bam Bam] May he rest in peace.
[Snowbird] You know, growing up the way that we did,
you know death from a young age.
Things die and they're no longer here.
It's just the way of life.
But it doesn't make it any easier, ever.
It's not easy to say goodbye to Mr. Cupcake, not at all.
[Noah] Is there anything you want to put in with him?
[Ami] I had Dad cut a lock in my hair and I took a piece of Cuppie's hair,
tied them together.
[Bam Bam] You ready?
[Gabe] Yeah. Let's do this, guys.
Later, Cuppie.
[wood creaking]
[Gabe] There it goes.
River.
Yeah.
[Rain] It's very difficult.
We're all struggling a lot.
But coming together like we are, it's definitely
what Cuppie would have wanted.
And I think this is the only way to get through something that's detrimental.
[Snowbird speaking]
[Bear] I would like to fire a shot, too.
Go for it.
[Ami] For you, Cuppie.
- [Bear] Ready? - [Snowbird] Ready.
[Bear] Aim, fire.
[gunshots]
Ready.
Aim, fire.
[gunshots]
Ready.
Aim, fire.
[gunshots]
[Snowbird] Goodbye, Mr. Cupcake.
[all howling]
[Snowbird] Who's a good boy?
[narrator] Days later, in the down mountain town of Loomis,
Bird has a lead to reunite the lost dog with its owner.
So, I found a, uh, a missing dog poster and I'm like,
"Wait a minute, that's the dog we have on the mountain."
His name was, ironically, Bear, and it's time for Bear to go home.
[car honking]
Oh, there's my baby.
[Bear barks]
Bear, it's me.
Hi.
Oh, he is so happy.
Where have you been?
Sweetie pie!
Where did you run to?
[Snowbird] He was up on our mountain, actually.
He is very happy to see you.
I missed you.
You know, with everything that's happened in the past couple of days,
losing Cupcake and everything,
I'm glad that I could reunite somebody else with their dog.
Bear, I want to say bye.
Come here. I want to go, okay.
It was nice meeting you.
Yeah.
Right now, especially, right after we lose Cuppie,
there's a lot happening with the fire and everything, and there's a lot to rebuild.
So I think being close and being together is what we need right now.
The Boomtown is the next best thing for the ranch.
[Gabe] One more time, when you're gonna hit,
and he hits it hard.
Oh! I see a little bit of split on there.
[overlapping chatter]
[Gabe] He's got to move it over.
Oh!
[Bam Bam] I loosened it up for you.
I want an instant replay.
[Bear] There is a lot of work that needs to be done to make it the dream mountain.
But there's one thing about us, we are up for any challenge
and we're certainly up for this challenge.
[Snowbird] Now that we have the tents up,
we could bring the Longhorns.
And after we get Longhorns, we can bring the horses.
After the horses, we can bring the goats.
[Gabe laughing]
It'll be nice to get all the animals back up here
and start, you know, building the ranch up again.
[Snowbird] It's like, if it wasn't going to be hard,
nearly impossible, it wouldn't be the Brown way.
[narrator] On the next episode of Alaskan Bush People...
[Bear] We really need to be getting the animals back up here.
[Snowbird] We'll fill the corral, make sure no one gets bored.
- Bored. - It's bored.
[Bear] We've been trying to babyproof this place.
Those things are a little bit sharp.
I am just so excited for River to visit
the mountain for the first time.
[howling]
[River screaming]
Showing River how I live my life to the extreme.
We're going to have 20 kids.
[gasps] Twenty?
It's really hard to think about life without Dad.
Dad was always my hero and he always will be.
[siren wailing]
[Rain] I'm pretty worried.
[tearfully] Dad was my guardian angel.
No matter what happened, he would always be there.
- [man] Yo, Dad! - [man 2] Wake up, Dad.