Scalped
Genre: Crime/Western
Executive Producer: Joe Carnahan
Writers: Jimmy Ellis & Dwight Gallo
Based on the comic series
Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
Cast:
Martin Sensmeier .... Dashiell "Dash" Bad Horse (Regular)
Wes Studi .... Chief Lincoln Red Crow (Regular)
Tantoo Cardinal .... Gina Bad Horse (Regular)
Jessica Matten .... Carol Red Crow (Regular)
Jeff Fahey .... Agent Earl Nitz (Regular)
Kevin Gage .... Diesel (Regular)
Geno Segers .... Shunka (Recurring)
OPENING CREDITS SONG: "The Man Comes Around" - Johnny Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9IfHDi-2EA
Plot: Dashiel “Dash” Bad Horse (Martin Sensmeier) sits in a rundown road house just outside the boundaries of the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He insults one of the other patrons, who promptly attacks Dash. Always ready for a fight, Dash throws the man through the front window of the establishment. Dash then sits back down with his back to the other patrons. The hulking Shunka (Geno Segers) enters the building and everyone points to Dash. Shunka asks Dash if he knows what “rez” he is on. Dash says of course he does, he was born there. Dash takes another drink, then gets up and says that if anyone wants a fight, they ought to make it a fair one - no guns. Shunka smiles and nods, instructing everyone to keep their guns holstered. Three men charge at Dash. He dodges a few punches before grabbing one of their heads and slamming it into the bar. Dash grabs a bottle of whiskey and smashes it over the head of another attacker. The third man pulls a knife and lunges at Dash, but Dash expertly breaks the man’s arm and throws him to the bar floor. Shunka gets in a cheap shot, hitting Dash over the head with his gun, knocking him out.
A convoy of SUVs pull up to the currently under construction Crazy Horse Casino. The men get out of the trucks. Shunka drags a barely conscious Dash out through the unfinished building and into an office. Dash is forced into a seat in front of Chief Lincoln Red Crow (Wes Studi) - the “big man” on the reservation. Red Crow refers to Dash by name, catching Dash by surprise, stating that he was surprised that the man causing all that trouble down at the watering hole was the long lost son of the Prairie Rose Reservation. Dash doesn’t seem interested in catching up, so Red Crow places a bloody knife on top of his desk. He reminds Dash that his old “Uncle” Red Crow is not one to be fucked with. Dash starts to reply, but Red Crow tells him to shut up and listen. He gets up and grabs Dash by the head. Red Crow traces the knife along Dash’s forehead, telling him that he never forgot how to take a knife and slice someone from forehead and all the way back to the base of the skull. Red Crow then pushes the handcuffed Dash onto the floor, where a dead, scalped body lays in a pool of blood. Dash asks if Red Crow still runs amok of the law just to spend time with some sissy boys behind bars. Red Crow laughs and informs Dash that he is the law on reservation these days, not that he expected Dash to know after 15 years away from Prairie Rose. Red Crow informs Dash that he is now the Chief of the Tribal Police and the president of the Oglala Tribal Council. Dash asks Red Crow what exactly he wants with him. Red Crow smiles and offers Dash a job with the tribal police - he could use someone like Dash.
Shunka and Dash stand across a field from a house in shambles. Shunka gives Dash a hard slap on the back, saying it would be a real shame if he died on his first day on the job. They are joined by another member of the tribal police, Officer Franklin Falls Down (Eddie Spears), who informs them that it should be a simple meth lab raid. Dash nods. The three officers kick down the door, all armed with shotguns. One of the meth cooks charges at Dash, but he quickly knocks the man out with the butt of his shotgun. They round up all the cooks in the house and bring them down to the station. As soon as they throw everyone into a holding cell, a call comes over the police radio about a protest down at the casino construction site. Shunka says he’ll stay at the station. He has no interest in dealing with protesters right now. Franklin tells Dash to come with him to help calm things down at the casino. On the drive over, Franklin tells Dash that he hopes he will be an honest cop on the reservation - he’s the only one currently. Dash tells Franklin that he hasn’t decided what kind of cop he wants to be yet.
Arriving at the protest, Dash and Franklin find that the protestors have begun throwing rocks at the building. Dash gets out of the patrol car and quickly jumps into the fray. After he is hit with one of the flying rocks, Dash gets out his billy club and begins shoving the protestors back with it. A woman fights through the crowd and spits at Dash and Franklin. After a moment of recognition, Dash realizes that the protestor is his own mother, Gina Bad Horse (Tantoo Cardinal). He grabs her by the throat and asks her to give him a reason not to arrest her. Diesel (Kevin Gage) emerges and holds a knife to Dash’s neck. He tells Dash to let Gina go before he slices his jugular. Dash lets go of his mother’s throat. Franklin fires a shotgun blast into the air, telling everyone that the protest is over and everyone needs to go home now. Dash watches in anger as his mother walks away with Diesel’s arm around her.
Red Crow emerges from the building and thanks Dash and Franklin for breaking things up. He then tells Dash that he wants to give him a tour of the rez as it has been 15 years since Dash has been around. Red Crow points out the poverty that most of the tribe lives in. He then gives a short speech about how it is his hope that the casino can help change all of that. Soon they arrive in White Haven, a town bordering the Prairie Rose Reservation. The two of them walk into a store. A woman, Carol (Jessica Matten), bumps into them and begins berating Red Crow, who surprisingly brushes off the altercation without incident. Dash watches Carol as she walks away. He clearly likes what he sees. Red Crow tells Dash to keep his eyes off his daughter - she’s more trouble than she would be worth to him anyway. Red Crow purchases a couple of beers from the store. Dash and Red Crow sit in front of the store and drink their beers.
Late at night, Dash drives out to the middle of nowhere. He parks and sits on the hood of his car. Shortly after another car pulls up next to his. Earl Nitz (Jeff Fahey) gets out and asks, “Agent Bad Horse, how are things back in hell?”
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