Hoyce and Bess Guthrie are long married Montana ranchers who come to a major crossroads in their lives. An oil company has offered to buy them out and Hoyce wants to sell while Bess hopes to keep the land in the family for future generations.
Acting
Rowlands and Crenna weaponize decades of screen history against each other.
Writing
Dialogue that understands how couples weaponize silence.

Director
William A. Graham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gena Rowlands filmed this between her final collaborations with John Cassavetes, bringing that raw intimacy to network television.
The oil company is deliberately faceless—this story knows the real antagonist is the marriage itself.
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