Bud and Pam and his aunt and uncle go to a new bar and dance to Jimmy Buffet song. Husband: "I'm pretty sure this is Wild West, out on Richmond."

Now Uncle Bob tries to train Bud how to ride a mechanical bull that's in some barn somewhere. Husband: "This is the Karate Kid portion of the movie." Back at the trailer, Sissy writes Bud a letter apologizing for being opinionated and assertive. Then she cleans house, like a good, obedient housewife. Then Pam shows up while Sissy's lying on the marital bed.

Next we see a long scene of Bud driving into the trailer park, with a rolling horizon in the background. Husband says "WTF? What are those hills? Where the hell is that?" Bud walks into the house, where Pam's waiting. He thinks she's done all the cleaning, saying "I just love a woman's touch in the house." She doesn't correct him. Bitch. Husband: "That lady's never cleaned a thing in her life."

Bud decides to cut the cast off his arm. He bosses Pam around, telling her to turn up the radio, which is playing "Looking for Love." While she's inside she finds the note from Sissy and hides it. Then she tells Bud she wants to move in with him. Like any right-minded woman would choose a trailer over a penthouse overlooking downtown.

Next we have a montage set to "Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys": Bud and Pam dancing at a '70s-era bar, Bud workin' at the ship channel, Bud riding the mechanical bull.

Then we finally see Sissy at work. She's a wrecker! Is this what inspired Flashdance? She does back to Wes's trailer and finds the redhead secretary from Gilley's in bed with him. He tells her "You can't expect a man like me to be faithful to any woman." And why not? Poor Sissy. She throws a carton of cigs at him, then he beats the shit out of her and then tells her to fix him breakfast. This movie is depressing.

Bus says to Pam "Contrary to what you and your daddy think, all cowboys ain't dumb. Some of them got smarts real good, like me." Then Pam tells him she had a shirt made for him. Sugar momma. Is this where we are introduced to the class theme in the film?

Bud works the midnight shift at the refinery with Uncle Bob, who tells him pride is one of the seven deadly sins, and that he needs to suck it up and reconcile with Sissy. A big storm's a brewin' with massive thunder. Then HWS pauses the movie for an extended discussion on safety goggles with husband, who is a mechanical engineer. When we unpause, lightning hits one of the tanks at the refinery, causing an explosion that kills wise old Uncle Bob right after his eloquent delivery of advice.

Sissy shows up at the funeral. She tells Aunt Corene that she loved Uncle Bob. Everybody cries. "He was my uncle too," she says. "Our divorce ain't final yet." She asks Bud if he's happy, and he asks her if she is. They both lie, saying yes. Then Sissy says Wes got fired from the bull-running job because he was hurting too many people. She's still with that douchebag? Well, he is pretty hot.

After the funeral Corene gives Bud Bob's rodeo belt buckle. He's the Prodigal Son.

Fuck yes. It's Charlie Daniels.

Dance contest!*** I wish people still organized those. Pam is dressed like Pocahontas. It's hot.

The extras in this movie are awesome. Someone just had an authentic old-school Houston Rodeo shirt on. The dancers are genuinely good. This, so far, is the best part of the movie.

Now Wes and Bud are competing on the mechanical bull. Sissy looks scared of Wes. Can't imagine why. Pam looks proud of Bud, even though he loses the first round. Now Husband is regaling us with his tales of riding the mechanical bull at a place called Sunset Ranch in Los Angeles.

Husband: "When are they gonna hook back up?" HWS: "I don't think they do." Husband: "Are we 'Headed For A Heartbreak?'"

Now it's Bud's turn to ride the bull as a finalist. Travolta overacts the hell out of this scene. But Bud wins, and Pam gives Sissy the slant-eye, while Wes forces her out of Gilley's. He slaps her, tells her to pack for Mexico, and loads a revolver. Husband thinks Wes's character has changed halfway through the movie, but I think he's always been evil. He's an ex-con! Then husband makes joke about "putting me in my place."

Bud wins the bullriding contest while Wes steals the money the winners are supposed to get. Pam gets pissed at Bud because he's only trying to make Sissy jealous, and confesses to hiding Sissy's note. She says she doesn't love Bud and he needs to go save Sissy from Wes. Then she says this awesome line: "But I tell you what, if you ever wanna make her jealous you know where I am." Pam's all right.

Bud finds Sissy sitting outside in the getaway car, and tells her he loves her and apologizes for being a cad. Then he sees her bruised face.

He goes inside and kicks the hell out of Wes, causing money to spill out of his pockets, revealing him as the thief. Bud and Sissy then walk out of Gilley's arm-in-arm to "Lookin' for Love." They crawl into the cab of Bud's truck, and Bud put's Sissy's license plate back in the cab. The end.

***Some of the best dance sequences are in the DVD extras. Patsy Swayze, mother of Patrick Swayze and Houston native, choreographed the movie. Check out the above scene, which didn't make the final cut.