a year apart, paul and peter, who were in line to one day run the farms as partners. cousins but raised more like brothers. here they are in 1978 in cutoffs fishing barehanded, latter day huck and tom. in 1980 they were on the same high school football team. roger's son, paul, was smart and handsome and a playboy, while gus's boy peter just two rows down was tough and blunt, hotheaded really. >> pete has a reputation, i think, over in colusa county. his mouth basically has given him a reputation because of the things that he has said. >> i'm a little different than the rest of them. >> reporter: oh, boy. so he is. calls them as he sees them even when it comes to his own family. >> there is too much money involved and everybody is afraid of what they might lose if they say something, even if it's right. >> reporter: there was one family member pete did have a deep connection with.