Blind Your Ponies

In Butte, the team prepares for their game against Twin Bridges. The Broncs play well, but Twin Bridges wins. Tom gets angry because he fouled out in the fourth quarter. Dean tells him that they are a team, so he is not responsible for losing the game. Diana rallies their spirits again, even though Sam has trouble believing that they can win any more games.

Diana comes over to Sam’s house and gets angry with him because she can tell that he has given up on the team. Diana asks him if he thinks that they can win every game, and Sam says that he does not believe it. Diana gets angry, but Sam says that he does not want to set himself or the boys up for more defeat. Diana says that life is about hoping and getting your heart broken and continuing anyway. Diana tells Sam that they can learn something from the team’s perseverance, but Sam says he does not know if he can do it anymore. Diana accuses him of being in love with his self-pity. Sam gets upset but Diana tells him that if he is so afraid to live that he does not take any risks, then the man who shot Amy may as well have shot him.