[Giving a church sermon] What is it about California, that we all came to this place? [Inhales deeply] Maybe it’s the sunshine. Maybe it’s the friendly people. When you think of the promise of the American Dream, you think of California. But it is just a dream. It’s not real. We were told the atom bomb meant the end of war. That didn’t work out, did it? We were told America’s always getting better, it’s always moving toward a better future. But the future is getting closer, and we can see it. Their “better future” is a cliff’s edge. And it’s coming up fast, isn’t it? [Sighs] These soldiers that we’re fighting abroad, their families, we have more in common with them than we do with the people here in power, the real enemy.
That’s about all the horseshit I can take.
Coop. Coop, come on. [Congregationalists murmurs with Howard getting up and walking to door]
Mr. Howard? [Cooper sighs] I’m sorry, I didn’t hear what you said.
[Stops and turns around] I said that, um... this is about all the horseshit I can take.
I didn’t realize that America’s favorite gunslinger was so sensitive. [Congregationalists chuckles]
I have my principles, Miss Williams, that’s all.
Uh-huh. And those principles of yours... how much did Vault-Tec pay to take them off your hands?
Well, this is America. Everybody has a sponsor, and, uh, I’m not ashamed to earn a living.
Vault-Tec is the largest company in America. There’s a lot of money in selling the end of the world.
Well, I’m sure there’s a lot of money in selling a political ideology that ends in breadlines.
Fascist.
Okay, uh, sorry, this was a mistake. We’ll be leaving.
Oh, no, I’m-I’m quite glad you brought Mr. Howard today. You see, it happens that I know your wife. And perhaps a side of her you don’t.
...
[Walking in hallway with Moldaver] How do you know my wife?
My research company was acquired by her division. We were developing this kind of technology that’s... difficult to monetize. Cold fusion. Infinite energy. That’s what I was on the verge of achieving when Vault-Tec swept in and bought up every company I’d ever worked for.
Every one of them? So, what are you, a millionaire communist?
Hypocrisy is like violence in your movies. If you only let the bad guys use it, the bad guys win.
Yeah? I, uh, I got a little showbiz secret for you. A good bad guy doesn’t see themselves as the bad guy.
America has been locked in a resource war for over a decade. Vault-Tec bought the means to end that war, the same war you fought in, so they could put it on the shelf. All because it didn’t fit into their business model. [Holds out listening device] I want your help in getting it back.
What is it?
It’s a listening device.
A listening device. You... you want me to spy on my wife? [Softly chuckles] Good luck with the revolution.
You can keep it. As a token. I’m not a communist, Mr. Howard. That’s just a dirty word they use to describe people who aren’t insane.
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