Things are gonna get ugly here.
Ugly is my middle name. [pause] Actually, it's Jude.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
Shit. [sighing]
Breakfast?
Look, I know I kissed you last night, but I thought I was gonna fucking die.
This isn't about a kiss. I didn't see you eat for five days straight. And I was serious last night. My family shouldn't have dragged you into this.
I've only known you for five fucking minutes. I was a criminal long before Marty Byrde showed up with a bag full of cartel cash. So spare me your fucking pity. [gets in the car]
It's not pity. I just think you deserve better. I think you're pretty spectacular, to be honest. Now eat your burrito.
[pause, then Ruth lowers her window]
I prefer French toast sticks.
[on the phone] Wendy. How are you?
Better. Thank you.
It's been a very difficult time, I know, and I'm sorry that you had to go through it.
I appreciate that.
I think you're going to be very pleased because I have been thinking about the question you asked. "What's next?" Do you know what a charro is, Wendy?
Uh, cowboy?
A Mexican cowboy. And my grandfather, well...he was a charro, and nothing would impress him more to know that I was the proud owner of an American horse farm. And it would make a beautiful piece in the legitimate empire that you are building.
We can certainly start to look into that right away.
I have one in mind already. The best one in Kentucky. They're expecting a visit from you this afternoon, and, Wendy...uh, this is the one I want, so...you and Marty, you must get it for me. ¿Sí?
Of course.
Something is wrong. You're not happy.
No, I am. Very. I just-- I just have... I just want to know... Why did you let Marty come home?
Do you not want your husband back?
No, of course I did. We all did. It's just...We didn't pass your test.
Marty passed. I didn't know him, now I do, and you're very lucky, because he's just like me.
How so?
He wants to win.
[after threatening him] Any questions?
Good. Now quit parkin' in the crippled spot. What you got ain't a disability. Just poor fuckin' judgment...
Are you really okay? This doesn't feel like something you'd get over in a day.
Well, it was-- it was hell. I wasn't lying, and I-- I told the kids that, but, um... Wendy, this might have been the best thing that could have ever happened. I spent a decade afraid of something, and when it finally arrived, it wasn't at all what I thought it would be. And I wasn't who I thought I would be.
What does that mean?
It means you were right. Me burying my head in the sand wasn't gonna keep us safe, but I figured out what is.
What's that?
I'm gonna turn Agent Miller. I'm gonna put her in our pocket. That's what I told Navarro. That's what got me out.
The warrant is gonna expire in a couple of weeks. If we just wait it out, she'll be gone.
They're gonna keep coming back. That's what Maya said, that this is gonna be a long play for them.
"Maya"?
Yeah. Yeah, that's what she said. Years. We'll never know when the hammer's gonna fall, and she's very... she's very good. [laughs] I don't know if I can stay in front of her. But if we own her... all the anxiety goes away. Wendy, if you want safety, if you want to get the kids out, this is it. You hear me?
People...People don't just turn an FBI agent.
Right.
So why don't we just...take a breath...
What are you doing?
...be still.
Don't do that. You asked me to get involved, and this is what it looks like. This is me supporting you, Wendy.
[on the phone] Why didn't you tell me you wanted to butcher a horse?
How did you get this number, Wendy?
This was supposed to be a legitimate expansion. A legitimate business and you've just ruined it.
The horse is still alive. I own the farm. Everything about this is legitimate.
The horse is gravely damaged. The owner here is devastated. You've just undermined everything we've been working on. We're supposed to be partners.
Partners? No, no, no. You exist for me to use! What did you think, huh? That because you are American, you are not gonna get your hands dirty? Wendy, if I am at war, you're at war! We're not partners. I own you! And if you call me again like this, I will make sure that you remember that.
[about the kids] Do you think, uh, grounding works? As a principle?
Not as well as prison does.
Remember in Chicago when they were like 10 and 7, and they wanted to know what murder was?
Vaguely.
And Jonah asked, if someone's driving and they hit somebody who was walking, was that murder?
And I said no, it was manslaughter.
He kept saying it over and over again. Manslaughter. Manslaughter...
Why are you remembering this now?
And Charlotte realized it was "mans laughter". It was funny.
[Helen and Nelson are watching the car carrying their latest victim Sue, the Byrdes' marriage counsellor, slowly sink into a lake]
She was a good listener. Do you ever get tired of this?
NNelson
No, not really.
Good. Keep your schedule open.
I have that feeling like when you just quit a job. Tell your boss to get fucked, walk out to your car and just drive away. It's a good feeling, man. [laughs] I've never been a fan of the routine. I've never been a person other people can force into a thing. I mean, I'm peaceful, I'm loving, but I'm not like the others. I'm not. I'm not like the others, and I will not fall in line with the others. When they're saying "This is normal, what you walked into is normal, what we built here is normal, and your reaction to it is wrong. That's not normal." No. No. Mmm-mm. [pause, notices an American flag emblem on the dashboard] You serve in the military? [The taxi driver says nothing.] I get it, I get it. Thank you. I can never do that, thank you for your service. Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night and play out the worst possible scenario? Like you're driving your car, and a kid comes out of nowhere on a bike or one of them scooters, and you smack into that kid, and...the kid dies. The good part of your life is over. I wake up, I'll just flash to that. Me, not you. In my warm bed, roof over my head. [singsongs] In my warm bed, roof over my head. Food in the fridge—fridge in the first place, I'll wake up, I'll just start thinking about the guy by the gun store who lives in a tarp. And the city just keeps fucking with him, and he's just a guy. He's just a guy, he's just a guy, he's just a guy out of his mind. He's probably a marine, because he has that look, much like yourself. He has that look much like yourself and he's just trying to get it all...you know, he's just trying to get by, but he can't, 'cause he can't, 'cause he can't, 'cause he can't get...[tears up] but he can't...find the click anymore, the...the...the key. Can't get it all...put together again. But there are days, I would imagine, there are days when, when it's like...when it's close. When it's, like, this close to, like..."Oh...I remember. I remember what my mind was, before the thing happened that ruined my mind. I remember who I am now, and I don't gotta sleep on the sidewalk by the gun store in order to not to kill myself, or kill my wife." But then...[exhales] he loses it. Another day goes by, I'll lie in my bed, cry about...killing the kid on the scooter, or...the homeless marine, or my father dying. And my father was not a good person, but...I imagine him there at the end. I just want to hold him. You know? That's kind of always been a problem of mine, I'll go deep into another person's shit, or I spin out on a thing that hasn't happened yet. It might not happen. But I worry. I just worry. Like Tom Petty. What a shame. [inhales] My day's been going good, man. How's your day been going?
Ben does not have to die because he told Erin. He has to die because Erin is not the last person he will tell.
I'm late for my own felony. See you later!
God's a motherfucker. Isn't he? Built me smart enough to know how fucked up my life is. But not quite smart enough to haul my ass out of it.
I need a favor.
What kind of favor? And... You ever just lose your fucking keys? Or is every goddamn thing with you DEFCON 5?
Well, you know, actually, uh, DEFCON 1 is -- is worse than DEFCON 5.
Well, they're all fucking bad, Marty.
[enters the Byrde house] Where the fuck is he?! Hmm?!
You all right?
Where's the man?! When you came last night and said all that fucking shit?!
Okay, slow down. What are you talking about?
Lemme get you water.
NO! NO! NO!
Hey, what is going on?
Wyatt! They killed Wyatt. He's dead! He's dead! [stammering] And, and, and, and... And I... And I know you know who did this! You... You tell me who he is. You tell me where he is. You tell me his name. Tell me!
We don't... We don't know. I'm sorry.
[Ruth becomes furious and aims her rifle to Marty]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
You're a fuckin' liar!!! And I'm gonna kill you!!! I'm gonna kill you if you don't tell me!!!
[trying to calm Ruth down] Ruth! No, you won't! No, you are not! Relax!
Listen to me! Listen to me! We don't know anyone who would want to kill Wyatt! Maybe the... the KC Mob?
This wasn't the fucking KC Mob! and they killed Darlene too! You know anybody else who might wanna kill her? Huh?! YOU FUCKING CUNT!!!!
Okay, listen. Listen to me. I'm sorry this is happening. You need to calm down.
I'll tell you his name.
No, you will not.
His name is Javi Elizondro. Okay, I'll tell you everything I know.
Okay, look. That man... That man works for the FBI, and he runs a drug cartel. So even if he is responsible, he is not...
[to Ruth] Ruth, Ruth, Ruth. Do not hurt this man.
Or what!? Your whole fucking family will be murdered, huh!? If you want to STOP ME! You're gonna have to FUCKING KILL ME!!!
[Ruth leaves the Byrde house and gets back to her car]
[stops Ruth] Ruth. Ruth, you can't drive like this! Not with Zeke in the car.
No! You're gonna step the fuck back from me, or I'm gonna take this fuckin' rifle and blow your fuckin' guts out all over the FUCKIN' YARD!!!
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