Harold Meachum quotes from Iron Fist

Harold Meachum

Ward, try to learn from me. You hire people when they're young, single, looking for something to commit to, to build their lives around. Pay them twice what they're worth. It builds loyalty. It's something I learned from Wendell.

Harold

The first rule of war and business is to know your enemy.

Ward Meachum

Yes, you've told me that, but in this case...

Harold

Have you considered this might be someone hired to make us look bad at a time when we don't want to look bad?

Ward

Yes, Joy and I have been all through that.

Harold

Yeah, much trickier if this actually is young Danny Rand come back to life.

Ward

That's impossible.

Harold

Stranger things have happened. If this is Danny...

Ward

Dad, come on.

Harold

Think!

Ward

If this is Danny, we can't let him go public.

Harold

No, no we cannot. Now, there are other questions to consider as well. If he's still alive, does that mean his parents are still alive? Who else knows he's alive? What does he know? Who has he told? How the hell did he learn martial arts? Why has he waited this long to show up? Huh? And now that he's here, what does he want?

Ward

I don't know.

Harold

Neither do I. Which is why you can't just send some idiot to beat the shit out of him, understood? Now we need to approach this with finesse.

Ward

Like the way you handle everything in life?

Harold

Don't be smart with me Ward. Leave this to me. I'll tell you exactly what to do.

Ward

Like always.

Harold

Like always.

Harold

Hello, Danny.

Danny

Harold?

Harold

Do you remember that song I used to sing, that would annoy the shit out of you?

Danny

Danny Boy, right?

Harold

Yeah. [hums the tune of Danny Boy] And I am dead, as dead I well may be. And you will come, and find the place where I am lying, and kneel and say, and I'll be there for me.

Danny

I thought you were dead.

Harold

And I thought you were dead, so I guess that's something we have in common.

Danny

I didn't die.

Harold

No, clearly not. I understand you were taken in by some monks. What? Order of the... Crane Mother?

Danny

Yeah, how did you know?

Harold

Oh, we dead know a lot. But not everything. Where exactly is this monastery? Hey, where is the monastery?

Danny

K'un-Lun. It's one of the seven capital cities of Heaven. I probably never should have left. At least I understood my place there.

Harold

And what was your place?

Danny

I was a warrior. Only in the middle of a fight did I fully come alive. The harder someone hit me, the more everything came into focus.

Harold

What kind of warrior are you? Hey, listen to me. What do you mean you're a warrior?

Danny

I became one in a long line... of Immortal Iron Fists. Living weapon. The sworn enemy of The Hand.

Harold

Wait? What's that? The sworn enemy of who?

Danny

The sworn enemy of The Hand.

Harold

What exactly does that mean?

Danny

It is my duty to destroy The Hand.

Harold

And this is something you can do? You can destroy The Hand?

Danny

I am the only one who can do it.

Harold

Danny.

Danny

You died! I saw pictures.

Harold

Yeah, I did die.

Danny

You look the same age as when I last saw you. Your visit, it wasn't a hallucination.

Harold

No. No, I had to see for myself. We had to protect ourselves, protect Rand. It's not every day that someone comes back from the dead, is it? Yet here we are. [pause] So, are we good? [pause] Danny?

Danny

You've all I've got.

Harold

[hugs Danny] You're home now.

Danny

You have no idea how long I've been waiting to hear that.

Why is it that a man so obsessed with his own longevity, can be so careless with the people who control his fate? The Hand is concerned with this rebellious streak you've shown. You left the confines of your penthouse.

Harold

I explained that already. There was someone claiming to be Danny–

Danny Rand. The lost heir to your company, yes. He and Madame Gao met earlier tonight. She finds it odd that you failed to mention the man whose identity you helped restore is also the legendary Iron Fist, the sworn enemy of The Hand.

Harold

Danny Rand doesn't even know I'm alive. I have no idea what an Iron Fist is. Sounds like a sex toy.

Harold

What would you do if you found out you could live forever?

Oh, anything I want, I guess.

Harold

No, be specific. What would you do?

I'd eat ice cream for breakfast.

Harold

Really?

Well, and lunch. Yes, sir.

Harold

Amazing.

Thank you, sir.

Harold

That wasn't a compliment.

Bakuto

This is all very touching, but... time is up. [draws his sword] This blade has cut down kings, emperors, lords and tyrants. If you would've told me I might use it on a... businessman−

Harold

Well, I wouldn't want to desecrate the integrity of your blade.

Bakuto

Hmm. [swings and misses on purpose] You're not going to want to move Harold. I don't want to have to swing twice. Any last words?

Harold

Yeah. Ward, I invested my life into you, to raise you to be a great man. You've been the biggest disappointment of my life. Joy, I apologize for choosing Ward over you, it was a mistake. Never trust him again. Joy, I love you.