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Fargo · Season 1, Episode 15

Jeb Cheney and Hank Larsson in “Unfinished Business”

JCJeb Cheney

You Minnesota boys don't got much in the way of backbone, now, do ya?

Well, now, I wouldn't say that. Just like to think things through.

JCJeb Cheney

Mm. Army?

Yes, sir. Liberated France in the great war. Not single-handedly, but I like to think they couldn't have done it without me.

JCJeb Cheney

Well, then, you know it's the generals that do the thinkin' and everybody else just says, "How high?"

I'm not gonna debate the merits of top-down decision makin' with ya, Captain. 'Cept to say I had a lieutenant in the war, and h-he told Eisenhower to go to hell once, on account of his orders woulda got us all killed. And I send that man a card every Christmas - 'cause I can.

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