On this episode Of "Moonshiners,"
Warning shots In the smoky mountains...
There's people over here That will hurt you physically.
-right. -they will do you bodily harm.
Come on, you bastard.
Son of a bitch.
Some cop, even if he pulls me Over to see if he can help me,
He's gonna discover I got liquor in here.
...Failure to launch In tennessee...
*bleep*. There's the law.
There's the law, Right there.
I'm fixing to go Set this deal up.
We're gonna haul All this liquor
In three different Vehicles.
...And a shiner On the lam in north carolina.
Hell, no.
Holy *bleep*
♪♪
♪ going for the ride ♪
♪ running to survive ♪
♪ when you're living Outside of the law ♪
♪♪
♪ when you're living Outside of the law ♪
This is how we make The moonshine.
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I'm glad old kelly Has called us, want to meet us
And bring us a little bit of That liquor he's been making.
Yep.
I mean, this is done money In our pocket.
We're pretty much officially Bootleggers, ain't we?
At this point, We're back to bootlegging.
In the autumn twilight Of the tennessee hills,
Mark and digger are meeting up With their corn-liquor producer,
Kelly, to pick up A load of shine.
I still can't Believe it.
He was willing to make This liquor for us.
Yep. And I was more than Happy to give it to him.
I'd like to have two more just Like him out there making it.
We still have dedicated Corn customers,
And we were fortunate.
We was able to recruit kelly To come in and step up
And help us with that.
Boy, she's clear now.
He's done shown he has potential To make good liquor.
If there's anybody I think That can replicate our liquor,
I believe it'd be him.
Well, we showed him.
I got all the faith In the world in him.
♪♪
This barn was built for A models and wagons.
It wasn't build For f-150s.
No, it wasn't.
I left me enough room To get out of here.
No, I... You didn't leave me none.
-you boys doing all right? -yeah.
How you doing, cousin?
Well, it's a dandy Old barn.
This property's Got some history.
There's a bona fide Killing up here,
And then, a fellow hung himself Out here in this barn.
Well, ah...
If I ain't mistaken.
Damn it.
You might not know this about Mark, but he's be skittish.
Oh, hey, boy, You ain't fidgety, are you?
He's getting behind me. I know his moves.
He's gonna hit me, ain't he? -hey.
Okay, I don't want to talk No more about this *bleep*.
You know I'm superstitious About it.
You know, I'm not even Gonna let myself think
Any negative thoughts At this point.
I've done put those Behind me.
Let's see if we can't do Some liquor trading here
And forget All this craziness.
♪♪
Got a good bead.
-some of this is That run we run. -yeah.
This is gonna be what we run. I can tell with it right now.
The first thing I did Was smell that,
And anybody that knows How you taste,
You taste most of it Through your nose.
That may be That first run.
You taste it, And see what you think.
I think it's First run, but...
That tasted like the run That we helped you with,
I mean... -well, good.
Then, that's The second run.
I mean, there it is.
It's right on the money. That's what we were looking for.
That's what we need To sell this liquor.
Well, then, you hit it On the money.
Sure enough, It's really decent liquor.
So, on that aspect, As far as making liquor,
He's doing The right things.
I don't know if anybody Ever taught you
How to carry A case of liquor,
But you always Hold it on up to you.
They wouldn't Bust out that way.
He's always got a better Plan for something.
I'm gonna Make him happy.
Let's go.
With this exchange Of corn shine, mark and digger
Are within striking distance Of their season goal.
Quality was fine.
Digger; hell, yeah. It was spot-on.
I couldn't tell Any difference
Between what That second run was...
He's run it the way We asked him to.
Yeah. Yeah, he ain't Cutting no corners.
What did we run over Just then?
It's probably A dead body.
Yeah.
♪♪
I tell you what.
It's always a big risk Bootlegging liquor.
I don't care if it's one jar Or 20 gallons.
It's an income for me, and it Means a lot to me and my family.
On the windward side Of the smokies,
Mike is crisscrossing County lines
To supply buyers All over eastern tennessee.
I've got this First buyer lined up.
I've known him, probably, 10 years or better.
He wanted 6 gallons of high-shot Liquor -- 120, 130 proof.
Got to get a little more money Out of this deal.
I was gonna charge him $150 a gallon for it,
And he's the only man That I'll front liquor to
'cause I know he'll Bring me my money back.
Along with supplying His local customers,
Mike's ambitious plan to gain New buyers in cocke county
Could help him Hit his season goal,
Or put him in the Crosshairs of moonshiners
Already controlling The territory.
And here we are, Right here.
♪♪
What did you say?
Where you Want this at?
What are you doing, Old white lightning?
Yeah.
That's your High-shot liquor.
You know, I have to have $150 a gallon for that.
That's $900 in all.
So, how long do you Think it will be
Before you get the money.
That'll be fine.
What the hell is The tire for, anyway?
Does he?
Yeehaw.
What's he Gonna be?
Let me try.
Whoa.
Yeah.
Check that out, boo.
Got his horn, huh?
Ah. Ah. Come here.
Get on him.
All right, buddy. We'll see you man.
All right. Take care of yourself.
I'm gonna tell you something.
So, I was playing With that goat.
Boy, he's rough.
Smells like a rough night In jail, is what it smells like,
If you know what I mean About that.
♪♪
Will do.
In graham county, North carolina, jeff and lance
Are making the most Of their presidential spirit.
Me and dad, we come down To run our last bottle
Of george washington rye.
With a renewed focus this season On their heritage corn whiskey,
As well as their high-dollar George washington rye,
The father-and-son duo Are slowly chipping away
At their season goal.
This is my money Bucket, ain't it?
If you say so.
Well, yeah. If the money Comes out right here.
Well, that's it.
We've probably got around 40 gallons of george washington,
And I feel like We're winning back
Some of the customers We lost last year.
Well, you've got it Figured out how to run it,
I mean, make it A good, smooth liquor.
Now, the only problem is, We got to get rid of all of it.
I've got a customer Wanting a lot of it all at once.
Are you sure He's got the money
Or is this another Bootlegger deal?
He's told me he's willing To front me
Half the money Up-front.
I get the other half Of the money,
Tell him where The liquor's at.
Done deal.
You're better off to sell To one person,
But to me, it sounds like You're fixing to get set up,
Somebody willing to pay you For something they ain't got.
This is gonna put $7,500 In mine and dad's pocket.
This is gonna set me And dad up for the winter.
If you think you're Gonna sell that,
Do it, as long as you Got all our money
Before you tell him Where the liquor's at.
Oh, we got Liquor running.
Carrying on george's recipe
Makes me proud To be a moonshiner.
This is head. -yeah.
We don't want to get That mixed up.
That's rye whiskey.
This successful run will yield Jeff and lance 10 gallons,
Bringing the total To 50 gallons
Of george washington Rye whiskey.
Smells good, too, Don't it?
And now, all we got to do Is hurry up
And get rid of All of it.
♪♪
Cutie pie, we're gonna have To take a different truck.
My truck has done got So doggone hot,
We're gonna have to Find us another ride.
All right. You ready?
All right.
On the carolina piedmont, Josh is devising a plan
To safely bootleg 175 gallons Of plum brandy.
I'm fixing to go set This deal up.
We're gonna haul All this liquor
In three different Vehicles.
I'm afraid to put all my eggs In my basket,
Like I did After the fire.
All my stuff Is burning.
Look. Ah!
The whole 150 gallons of Cherry bounce is up in flames.
This time, we're gonna Split it up a little bit.
Red dog is gonna Haul some, hopefully.
Chuck is gonna Haul some.
I'm gonna haul some.
If josh can't get every ounce Of his liquor to the bikers,
His largest shine sale ever Will go south,
Ruining this and Potentially future seasons
With his major distributor.
All right, cutie pie.
I'm ready to Get it over with.
So, I'm about to head over To my stash spot.
I'm gonna get 60 gallons Out of my 175-gallon stash,
Haul it to red dog's, Begging for a favor.
I've done swapped up vehicles And taken every precaution
I can to make sure that these Guys get this load of liquor.
They're breathing Down my neck.
So, I'm going the back way Down this dirt road.
I got some stuff on me,
And I don't really Want to get pulled over.
Cutie pie, Did you let one rip?
Good god.
Holy crap.
I can taste it.
You can get a line
And I can get a pole
And we go down To the crawdad.
♪♪
Got blue lights.
Hell, no.
♪♪
Holy *bleep*.
We're not here To threaten you,
But we're here to educate you, Just a little bit.
An intruder in tennessee.
I can show you 30, 40 tombstones up here
That ought to be chiseled With the words
"I was warned."
Holy *bleep*
In north carolina, Josh is in a race for freedom.
They gonna get us If we don't hurry up.
So, I'm about to head To my stash spot.
So, I'm going the back way down This dirt road, the last place
I was ever expecting To run into the law.
What the hell?
I know that dirt road Just as good as anybody.
I used that dust To my advantage.
Even the small amount Of moonshine in the truck
Could land him in jail Long enough
To sever ties permanently With his biggest buyer.
I knew if I kicked up A bunch of dust
And I raised hell, he'd have No chances on catching me.
I'm looking out The rearview mirror.
All I see is a big dust cloud, No cop in sight.
Oh, yeah!
Holy *bleep*, Cutie pie.
Well, right now, I guess I've outrun him.
Hell to the yeah.
Luckily, I was on the dirt road,
Or I'd have never been able To get away.
♪♪
All right, cutie pie.
All in all, we're pretty lucky, Ain't we?
As long as we can Stay out of jail,
We're doing okay, Ain't we?
It's like a bullet Fired out of a gun now.
There's no Getting it back.
I'm sure the law has got An apb out on this truck,
But I've got to Get to the stash house,
Get the stash to red dog's, Hide this vehicle,
And, well, we're going To have to come up
With some other way To make sure
That these guys Get this load of liquor.
I've got to Ditch this thing.
Shoot, did you poot?
♪♪
-you got it? -yeah.
I just don't want to push on you If I have to fall forward.
Well, if it gets Away from you,
You can turn the son Of a bitch loose
And let it go Where it wants to.
Yeah, I just don't Want to ram that hand truck
Up your butt crack.
As the looming winter Months wax on the horizon,
Mark and digger Are taking part
In the centuries-old Moonshine tradition.
Me and mark are Gonna make a little run
Our of everything We had left over.
Every year, we'll find Five or six bags of sugar,
Some barley, And some rye.
We're gonna take All these ingredients,
And we're gonna come in and Make us a little old two-barrel
Run of mash And use them up.
The duo are mashing In a two-grain rye whiskey
From their Surplus ingredients
That could push them north Of their season goal.
That little cold spell
Is bringing this Leaves off of here.
Fall is up on us, and our window Of opportunities for this season
Is closing on us quickly.
But we feel very confident
We're gonna hit Our 1,100-gallon goal,
But you know, there's still Not any room for error.
We're gonna Grab the barley.
The rye is Already ground.
♪♪
Oh, yeah. That's perfect, coz.
Oh, yeah. It's perfect. Look at that.
Oh, I wouldn't stick it In that hole for nothing.
Damn. Sure is dusty liquor, ain't it?
Mm-hmm.
-you got it? -I got it.
Hey, you fellows. Did I sneak in on you?
Just a tiny bit.
There ain't nothing no good, Or you wouldn't be here.
Well, You're kindly right.
Got a fellow, This season, around,
Been selling a little liquor Over this way.
So, it ain't A local boy.
No.
He's from a county over.
So, I figured I'd see What you wanted to do.
Well, that ain't good business To be coming
In somebody else's county.
You figured out Who he is?
Well, I had to ask Around a little bit,
But I know Who he is and...
Well, he ain't too smart, or he Wouldn't be doing this *bleep*.
It's an unspoken rule when You're in the liquor industry,
You don't mess around With other people's customers.
He's come over here And he's trying to get
In our damn pocket book.
Not only is it hurting Our business,
We know these other boys That's in the business, too,
And it's hurting them In our county.
We need to talk To this young man.
That being said, I went ahead And I made contact
To buy some liquor From him.
Well, you just let us know, and We'll be there ahead of time.
I don't want to get Too stirred up, now.
-no, we ain't. -we ain't gonna kill him.
That ain't our style.
It's better for us To go talk to him.
I mean, he might run Into somebody else
That ain't gonna Be so pleasant.
If it had been 30, 40 years ago,
I know it wouldn't have Been handled so nice.
Moonshine's Lines of demarcation
Have long been paved With bloodshed,
But no one was more ruthless Than bootlegger
Dutch schultz.
While the rest of the country Was suffering
Through the great depression,
Schultz was making An estimated
$2 million a year moving Illegal booze from new jersey
To parts of the bronx.
He eventually took over The entire borough
By kidnapping his main rival And blinding him
By wrapping gonorrhea-soaked Bandages around his eyes.
From there, he pushed south Into manhattan,
Running headlong into Mob kingpin arnold rothstein.
The clash left Schultz's partner dead
And rothstein assassinated Outside a manhattan hotel.
Dutch schultz's Cold-blooded tactics
Proved effective, But short-lived,
As he was gunned down In a jersey city steakhouse
By members of The notorious hit squad
Murder, inc. At the age of 33.
I'll let you know. I'll see you later on.
Thanks, kelly.
That's them young ones that want To get in this business.
They think They know everything.
Kelly set up a meet to buy Some liquor from this boy.
Now, he doesn't know it, but We're gonna be there, as well.
He needs to have An opportunity to learn
The right way Of doing it.
And then, if he's a prick And he ain't no damn account,
Then we'll treat him Accordingly.
♪♪
Next fellow I'm going to see up here...
I've got 10 gallons of liquor On the back of the truck.
I ain't never sold To this fellow before,
So I'm a little bit Skeptical about it.
I want, you know, to see how He acts and everything.
But I've got to Take a chance,
'cause I'm expanding My clientele.
On the hillsides Above the french broad river,
Mike is pushing Into new territory
With a sale to An unfamiliar customer.
We're in a good location.
I ain't worried about Nobody else seeing us.
The biggest thing I'm worried about
Is waiting on the fellow To show up, you know.
That's always My biggest deal.
When you're doing A bootleg run,
You've always got a particular Time to meet up,
But somebody is gonna Be late all the time.
♪♪
All right. Looks like That would be him, right,
Coming down the hill.
Phew.
All right, now.
What do you say, bud?
I've got it On the truck.
You want to taste it?
You got some money On you, don't you?
All right, bud.
♪♪
Just taste A little of it.
♪♪
Like it pretty good?
That's where...
Well, that's sort of my business On about where it's made.
The only thing you Need to know is, I make it,
And I'm here To sell it to you.
It'll be $1,000 For both barrels,
If you want Both barrels of it.
You'll take both?
I'll count her out, So we'll see.
Let's get you loaded And get you out of here with it.
Have a good one, buddy.
We'll see you, man.
♪♪
Got them benjamins, man.
Ready to get out Of here now.
Hoo. Oh, that makes me nervous.
Mike now needs to leave The safety of the mountains
For his next big sale In town.
I really don't like that, You know,
Coming out in the middle of town With a load of liquor,
Meeting her at a car lot Somewhere, you know.
It sort of makes me nervous, But we'll get it done.
I promise you.
Lord, it's a-popping some, This four-wheel drive is.
I'm fixing to pull out here On the main road.
I'd better go ahead and try to Put it in two-wheel drive.
Come on, you bastard.
Son of a bitch.
This son of a bitch Won't change back over.
I'm gonna have to Sit here and...
Oh, god.
These people running 40 And 50 miles an hour
Up and down the road,
I mean, I don't know What the hell
I'm gonna do until it Goes back two-wheel drive
'cause I can't go down the road At 5 miles an hour.
Anytime you're on an incline In four-wheel drive,
That oil has settled to the back And it takes, hell,
Sometimes an hour to get it To go back into two-wheel drive.
It'll go back Sooner or later,
But I'm worried about getting This liquor delivered right now.
Let me text this woman And tell her I...
♪♪
No, I don't know What to tell her.
*bleep* There's the law.
There's the law, Right there.
Come on, you bastard.
Son of a bitch.
Back in tennessee, mike is Stranded in rival territory.
I'm worried about getting this Liquor delivered right now.
Let me text this woman, Tell her I...
♪♪
I don't know What to tell her.
*bleep* There's the law.
There's the law, Right there.
I mean *bleep*.
Some cop, even if he pulls me Over to see if he can help me,
He's gonna discover I got liquor in here.
Man, this woman is getting Impatient with my ass.
Yeah.
"Okay, man. I'm still waiting, No longer than 10 minutes.
I've got a life, too," She said.
Yeah, no *bleep*.
You think I want to be Stranded out here.
If she'll just sit there and Wait on me, I'll be all right.
But yeah, if I don't Get this liquor sold,
She'll go back And tell people.
That can potentially Cost me sales in the future.
I've been set level A little while.
Put her in neutral.
Oh. There that son of a bitch Goes, right there.
Let's get on down The road with it now.
Let's turn This *bleep* down.
Thank god.
I'm a coming.
You ain't got to text me No damn more now.
I'm almost there.
Get the hell Out of the way.
Get your ass over. I can go now.
If she can just wait Just a second,
I'll be in here.
Hoo. Thank god. I've got to get out
And try to make things right With this woman now.
Sorry I'm late. My truck screwed up on me.
I know you're aggravated, But just let me get this liquor.
♪♪
Damn liquor is falling out Everywhere.
Let me...
Let's get this stuff Loaded up, boy.
I'm gonna -- I'm ready to get out of town.
$800, ma'am.
I'll count it out Real quick.
I know it's all there.
I trust you.
Just get...
Yep.
Holler at me On the next run...
-okay. -...If you need anything.
Get the hell out of dodge.
Get the hell out of here.
I've had enough damn trouble For the night, sir.
Out here in the middle Of town, phew...
I'm just ready to get back To the woods, where I belong.
♪♪
After this deal is done, We'll have $7,500 in our hands.
It just don't Feel right to me.
It just don't feel right To you 'cause it's my deal.
In graham county, jeff and lance Are on their way to stash
The entire 50 gallons Of george washington rye
For their largest sale Of the season.
I mean, it feels to me like You're getting set up today.
It might not be a setup.
It just may be somebody That's wanting
Our george washington That bad,
But it's odd that somebody Is willing to pay $7,500
For something They ain't even seen.
This takes the burden Of bootlegging off my back,
Running liquor All over kingdom come.
You have to take A little bit of a risk,
But when the reward Is this high,
You have to throw caution To the wind.
We're moonshiners.
It's how we make Our living.
I got a pretty good spot Picked out.
You're gonna be looking Down into a junkyard.
There's been nobody Down there in a long time.
Is this the road?
This is it.
I don't know. This don't feel right, here.
The best way to hide In plain sight.
And a good way To get caught, too.
Nobody is gonna expect A thing out here.
We got all this junk Laying around.
You know, I usually Try to pick a place
That's more out of the way To drop the shine.
To me, it's like Unloading the shine
Right in the middle Of town.
We can hide it right there In the, behind that bucket.
Nobody is gonna see it From over there.
Nobody is gonna see it From up there.
Nobody is gonna know That the liquor is here
Except me and you, and once I've been paid, they will.
All right. Let's get it unloaded.
I've tried to get away from The bootlegging part of it.
You get caught, And that's a federal offense.
But I made An exception this time.
I drove it To this dead drop.
To me, that's the safest Way to do it.
That way, you're not Connected with the money
And the shine together.
I'm gonna make sure That everything goes
Exactly as planned.
We really need a payday, And this is a big one.
♪♪
We'll close up, And we'll get out of here.
Lance, let's get Out of here.
-yep. -you set it in there.
This is the biggest risk We've took all season,
But the reward is great.
And if we can make This deal go through,
We'll be set on money For all winter.
Don't you wish we could set All of our deals up like this?
Oh, hell, The deal ain't done yet.
♪♪
We just outran the law A little while ago.
We barely got away From them.
I'm about scared to even be Loading anything in this truck.
I know they're Looking for us.
With darkness As his only ally,
Josh's freedom Hangs in the balance
As he tries to get his shine To red dog's.
This is about crazy, to get On the road with this right now.
Right, now I'm like A damn fugitive.
Any time you run into law, If you get away,
You're a damn lucky Son of a gun.
The best thing I can do is Get my stash loaded up,
Get it to red dog, Take this truck,
Get rid of it before They catch me in it
And lock my heinie on up.
♪♪
Well, we're almost To red dog's house.
I need somebody I can trust to Help me get rid of this liquor.
I'm asking a lot For somebody that said
They wasn't gonna have Nothing to do with it.
Hopefully, we can beg him for A favor if we change his mind.
Red dog.
Hey, man. What's going on?
You out late at night, Ain't you?
I need to ask A favor of you.
Oh, hell. What's up, man?
You ain't in trouble, Are you?
I'm kicked back, Drinking a couple of beers,
Ready to watch The football game.
And it's saturday night,
And I don't want to be bothered With no moonshining crap,
But it seems he has got his butt In some kind of trouble.
Before you say "No," you've got To at least hear me out.
I've gotten myself In a predicament and...
Imagine that.
I lost a bunch Of my stash and stuff,
About lost my whole operation, And I need you to do me favor.
I don't know that it's such A good idea that I tell red dog
That I've been running From the law,
But I really need him.
I know you're In trouble, man.
I can tell by the way You're acting.
Let me know What the deal is.
I need you to haul 60 gallons of liquor.
*bleep*. That's dumb as hell.
Man, there ain't No damn police
Coming up my driveway, Are there?
Would you do that For me?
Well, you know, I just ain't Into all that no more.
I won't make a habit Out of it,
And I'll make it Worth your while.
I'm too damn old to go to Federal prison over a run.
I will not make A habit out of it,
And I'll make it Worth your while.
Damn.
I really need you To help me.
Wait a damn minute.
Yeah, you've got somebody that's Handed you a lot of money.
Got me on edge, And I don't like it.
Cold feet In north carolina.
I know you're In trouble, man.
I can tell by the way You're acting.
Let me know What the deal is.
I need you to Do me a favor.
I need you to haul 60 gallons of liquor.
*bleep*. That's dumb as hell.
I'm kind of In a rush right now.
I got a bunch Of stuff going on.
Where's the liquor at?
I got it in the back Of the truck right there.
We can unload it Wherever you want me to.
I just need you to take care Of this 60 gallons,
And I got to haul ass.
I don't know, man.
Just, can you get To them for me,
And I can trust you To do that?
Yeah.
I didn't want to come out Of retirement,
Get back into all this,
But he's gotten himself Into a situation
Where he can't handle it By himself.
All right. I'm running --
I got... All right.
So, I need One more favor.
Aw, hell. What is it?
I need you to let me borrow One of the trucks
Or the vans Or something tonight.
What's wrong with That vehicle there?
There's nothing wrong With it.
Well, why are you Wanting to borrow one?
The truck may be in trouble, But I'm not.
Ah, don't hand me That *bleep*.
I offer to Give you a hand.
You want my arm and ask For my britches.
Your ass is in Some kind of trouble.
Now, come on.
I was coming down River road earlier,
And I had some stuff On me,
And as soon as I pull out, The law pulls out behind me.
You're running From the police?
Well, technically yes, but I'm Not running right this minute.
I got away.
You got liquor On the truck,
You come straight to my house, To where your still site is,
And want me to stash your liquor And haul it somewhere.
Man.
I can almost smell the damn Police coming up here.
I just need to hide This truck for right now.
I'll come back with a truck And a trailer later
Where I can Haul it in close.
I'll get the truck out of here. Don't worry.
All right.
Why don't we stash the truck Out somewhere by the old barn.
That means You'll help me?
Hellfire and three Got matches, man.
What's wrong with you?
Yeah, you may Leave here walking.
I don't know.
So, you'll let me stash The liquor here,
And you'll let me Hide the vehicle,
But borrowing a vehicle Might be out of the question?
It might be, yeah.
So, I won't ever ask you To do this *bleep* again.
Aw, hell, you'll be here Next week wanting some *bleep*.
Supposed to have Some old woman that'll come
And get you to haul Your ass around.
Thank you, red dog.
Red dog has agreed To do the bootlegging run.
He's agreed to loan me A vehicle.
So, if I can just Get home tonight
Without getting Into any trouble...
I think I got an old tarp there We can hide it with.
Me and chuck are gonna Go get the rest
Of the liquor In his truck.
We're gonna meet These bikers,
Get this liquor sold, And be done with it.
I appreciate you Letting me use it, man.
Oh, man, I'm crazy, And you are, too.
I'm going to The house.
Don't leave home After you get there.
We're all crazy as hell For being into all this.
♪♪
How do you Want to handle this?
I don't know.
We need to just kind of feel This fellow out, I guess.
See what his intentions are, why He's over here selling liquor.
In tennessee, mark and digger Are on their way to confront
An out-of-town moonshiner who's Encroaching on their territory.
Kelly has enlightened us About this guy
That's bringing a little Liquor in the county,
And he's stepping on Some people's toes.
I understand if people Are calling him
To buy liquor from him.
That's one thing, but they need To go to him in his county.
Well, the thing about it is, Ain't nobody gonna be calling
Nobody that they ain't never Met before to buy liquor.
I mean, it's like Popcorn said --
"You can't sell it If nobody knows you got it."
It ain't just us. It's affecting the whole county,
And it affects The economy over here.
I talked to kelly.
He's supposed to meet This fellow at 10 o'clock.
I don't want to have a big Blown-up confrontation but...
No.
...When it comes down to brass Tacks, I ain't above it.
In our little world, You're in an industry
That doesn't need Any undue attention.
But we want him to learn that You got to be accepted by folks
Before you start coming in
And bashing your way Into their world.
-who the hell is this? -this is mark and digger.
-how you doing, young man? -pretty good. How you doing?
We're all right.
So, you into peddling A little liquor.
Well, yeah. Got a lot of clients Wanting a lot of liquor.
Ain't there nobody Over in your county
That wants to buy No liquor?
I'm not coming over here, You know,
Trying to pull customers Or nothing like that.
There are people Calling me wanting liquor.
So, I mean, I've got to do
What I've got to do To sell my liquor.
I'm not trying to step On nobody's toes.
That may be where we have to Agree to disagree a little bit.
We kind of feel That you are stepping
On our toes A little bit.
If you'd been raised up Where we was in,
You respected people That made liquor,
You wouldn't be stepping in In another county.
I respect that rule.
I ain't try to Come over here.
I ain't try to pull No customer from nobody.
We're not here To threaten you.
We're here to try to educate You just a little bit
On what you may be Getting into.
I don't know who y'all Selling you.
-I understand that. -people is calling me.
You just ain't getting What we're trying to tell you.
There's people over here That will hurt you physically.
-right. -they will do you bodily harm.
Come on, baby.
She said, "I'm a good girl, dad. Am I getting a bath?"
I bet that feels good. Don't it, girl?
For all you people out there That keep saying
That I don't never Give this dog a bath,
That's just Her damn color.
It ain't me.
Oh, no, don't do that.
Wait.
You know what Everybody says?
"When are you gonna give That dirty dog a bath?"
That little dog is Always just so dirty.
She's not dirty.
She gets into Everything.
If there's a dead Critter around,
She's gonna get in it, Roll in it.
She's gonna go kill something And gonna roll in that.
Old chicken crap -- Oh, that's her favorite.
Get out there and roll around In the stinkiest chicken turd
She can find.
Every time she goes to the still Site, what does she do
But get completely covered In mud and dirt.
What do I got to do?
Come home and Give her a bath.
Say, "I ain't no dirty dog. I ain't no dirty dog.
I'm a clean dog.
Yeah, I'm a clean dog. I just look dirty."
Yeah.
You just ain't getting what We're trying to tell you.
There's people over here That will hurt you physically.
-right. -they will do you bodily harm.
And plus, on top of that, If it turned out sorry liquor,
That ends up reflecting On all of us.
Take a horn of it, And see what you think of it.
All right. That's fair.
If it ain't no good,
I'll go on and do my own Thing somewhere else.
That's not bad.
No, no, It's decent liquor.
Well, I wouldn't make Nothing that ain't decent.
Man, you still ain't getting What we're telling you.
You're making Good liquor,
But we're the nice guys In this neighborhood.
There's boys around here That ain't nice.
I can show you 30, 40 tombstones up here
That ought to be chiseled With the words
"I was warned."
I'm not gonna sell anything To nobody that ain't no good,
And I'm not trying To outdo nobody.
I'm telling you.
We're not the villains here. -no, we're far from it.
We want to help you Do something.
But you've got to pay your dues Just a little bit.
I understand that.
So, I'm gonna assume You're getting a minimum
Of 30 gallon a run.
30 gallon a run, That's about right.
With a little bit of respect pay On that 30 gallons a week,
$20 a gallon, we'll tell The guys that you're all right.
We'll put the word out that You've got a green light
To sell 30 gallons a week In this county.
I'll tell you what I'll do -- And I'll be honest with you --
I'll give you $10 A gallon on it.
That's the best that I can do, personally.
-digger? -let's go.
We'll let him just fend For himself.
You won't take $10 a gallon.
$15 is all I can do.
That's all I'll agree to -- $15.
Lay it to it. That's your deal.
Whatever you see fit.
$15 for 30.
Respect me a little bit.
I've got a family To raise.
$15 is good.
We've got a deal.
-we've got a deal. -the deal stands?
The deal stands.
Only what's sold Over here.
Only what's sold here.
We've come to an agreement Of me giving them
$15 a gallon For every gallon
I run in cocke county.
You guys will get Your money.
We're gonna live up To our end of the deal.
You live up to yours.
Hey, my word Is my bond, son.
-fair enough. -you'll have your money.
I promise.
With your liquor there, You need to load it up
'cause it's No sale tonight.
♪♪
We're going up here And meet with my buyer.
He's gonna pay me The second half of the money.
We'll tell him where His liquor is at.
I don't know what To expect up here.
Yeah, you've got somebody that's Handed you a lot of money.
It's just got me on edge, And I don't like it.
On a long stretch Of north carolina highway,
Lance is driving Towards a big payday,
Or directly into a trap.
I'm a little nervous, but I've got to get this deal done.
We'll just have to hope he's Legit and this all pays out.
How are you?
Pretty good. You're liquor is in place.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, it is. Right there.
Yeah.
Go right down here To the parts store...
-uh-huh. -...And a little repair shop.
-yeah. -take that road. Follow it out.
When you see a junk yard, see a Bulldozer, right behind it.
I greatly appreciate it,
And hopefully, we can do A lot more business together.
-appreciate it. -thanks, man. Appreciate you.
We got paid.
It feels good to Have the money.
- hello? - I got the money.
Hell, I've been Worried about it,
But if you've got the money, I'm glad.
Dad's happy. I'm happy.
This guy is gonna be A good customer.
This has put put $7,500 In mine and dad's pocket.
That money is going To go a long way
Setting us up For the winter.
It's a huge weight Off my shoulders.
We got it done good. We got it done right.
Next time on "Moonshiners"...
Which key is it?
There it is.
...No place to hide In kentucky.
Who the hell is that?
He hasn't given in To anybody yet, has he?
No.
And tickle's future At belmont farms
Is on a razor's edge.
Can we really risk Our whole operation
On one guy That might go sour?