Tobias Beecher quotes from Oz

Schillinger

I don't want any trouble.

Beecher

No, of course not! You get into a fight, you fuck up your parole! And I hear that for the next few months, you're gonna be a good little boy so you can get out of Oz and save your two sons. You know, I think that's great. But what I'm wondering is: what if Vern never gets out? What if, as he comes up for parole, he gets into a brawl? A knock-down drag-out with his old roomie! What if, every time he comes up for parole, Vern gets into some ugly incident and has to serve his entire sentence? And his two sons, they become monsters. (laughs) That's just what I'm wondering about.

Beecher

Who are you?

Busmalis

Agamemnon Busmalis, a.k.a. 'The Mole'.

Rebadow

The Mole?

Busmalis

I dig. I can dig anywhere. I'm gonna dig my way out of Oz.

Beecher

Hill, you think I'm insane, right?

Hill

Shit, yeah.

So, thank you for last night.

Diane Wittlesey

You wanted Beecher dead, right?

Yeah, I wanted him dead.

Diane Wittlesey

You paid me, right? Two grand?

Yeah.

Diane Wittlesey

Wanna see the body?

Shit. Yeah.

Diane Wittlesey

All right. In here. [She takes him into a room, Beecher walks in.]

What the fuck?

Tobias Beecher

Nice try, Vern baby.

Beecher. [McManus and some COs come in.]

Tim McManus

Got anything to say?

About what? I don't know what you're talking about.

Diane Wittlesey

You wanted Beecher dead, right?

Yeah, I wanted him dead. [tape recording stops]

Tim McManus

You can forget about your parole hearing. Instead, get yourself a good lawyer. We're charging you with conspiracy to commit murder.

This is bullshit. I'm being set up.

Tim McManus

Take him to the Hole.

I can't tell if I gave You a fair Trial or not.And now seeing You like this,I think maybe the punishment exceeded the crime.And I'm...

Beecher

You're what? Sorry? Your honor, you used all your power to crush Me. But the truth is I did kill Kathy Rockwell, and as much as I tried to manipulate the system to get off, I took her life. According to the law, each crime is worth a certain number of Years. You gave me a maximum of fifteen years in this fuckhole. Is that too much? Too harsh? Not Enough? I don't know. You say you're wanted by what you did? Well so am I. If you came here for me to forgive you, you came to the wrong man. He ceased to exist the same day Kathy Rockwell did. You're not get anymore peace out of him than I do out of her.

Keller

The way I see it, you and me, we're not like the rest of them. The Muslims, the Homeboys, the Aryans. See, they all got each other. But you and me are sitting out there with our dicks swinging in the wind. We gotta be able to rely on each other. You know, trust each other.

Beecher

It's hard for me to trust people.

Keller

Me too. But we got a long fucking time together, so why don't we see what happens?

I've been a judge for 16 years. I've made over 2500 decisions. Most of them were good. But only one has haunted me. Yours. You see, I've always prided myself on being fair. That in my court, justice was truly blind. But in your case, that little girl, her parents crying, you being a member of the bar, your prior arrest for DUl, the senselessness of it all, it caught up with me. I was quick-tempered and spiteful to the point where I can't tell if I gave you a fair trial. Now seeing you like this, I-- I think maybe the punishment exceeded the crime. And I'm...well...

Tobias Beecher

You're what? Sorry? Your Honour, you used all your power to crush me. But the truth is, I did kill Cathy Rockwell. And as much as I tried to manipulate the legal system to get off, to get out of it, I took her life. According to the law, each crime is worth a certain number of years. You gave me a maximum of 15 years in this fuckhole! Is that too much? Too harsh? Not enough? I don't know. You say you're haunted by what you did? Well, so am I. And if you came here for me to forgive you you've come to the wrong man. He ceased to exist the day Cathy Rockwell did. And you're not gonna get any more peace out of him than I do out of her.

Beecher

I love you.

Keller

I love you, Toby. (they kiss)

Said

Beecher, don't do this.

Beecher

Do what?

Said

Drink.

Beecher

You like to dabble in peoples' lives, huh? Because you're so much better than us, because you've seen the light. You've seen the face of God. So you wave your dick around trying to help us lowly mortals. Hill, Mershah, Groves, Jefferson Keane. Fuck, you helped Jefferson Keane right into a lethal injection. So in the end, when all is said and done, who have you really fucking helped? Other than yourself?

Said

(proudly) Poet.

Beecher

Poet? I just saw on the news, he killed a man. He's coming back to Oz.

Keller

Look, I know there's no reason for you to believe me, but, um...

Beecher

You're sorry?

Keller

Yeah.

Beecher

And you promise you'll never do it again?

Schillinger hates that his kid uses drugs. Andy's only been here a few days and he's already bought a shitload of tits off me. So I'm saying we let Andy suck on that tit 'til he O.D.s.

Beecher

Or...

Beecher

You got any tattoos?

Andrew

Yeah, a couple. (removes his shirt to reveal a few tattoos)

Beecher

Very nice.

Andrew

How about you?

Beecher

I got one.

Andrew

Yeah? Let me see it.

Beecher

Someday. We don't know each other that well yet.

Beecher

I was raised Episcopalian, which means we thought about God an hour once a week. But you, you think about Him all the time.

Said

Yes.

Beecher

Why?

Said

I want to know Him.

Beecher

Me too. I want to know God, and I want Him to know me. I want Him to know that I'm still here. That I'm still stuck in this place.

Said

He knows.

Beecher

I know you're gonna think this is bullshit. But I feel very badly about my part in Andy's death. Losing a kid, there's nothing worse. And I want to make it up to you.

Schillinger

How? How can you ever make it up to me?

Beecher

You have another son. You don't know where he is. Through my partners at my old law office, I could find him.

Schillinger

And that's supposed to even the score? Make everything okay?

Beecher

It's a start.

Schillinger

Beecher, you're crazier than I thought. There's only one way things will ever be alright between us. You DEAD!

What do you want?

The niggers are up to something.

The niggers are always up to something. So are you.

Look, I know there's been a lot of shit between us all over the years but we gotta put that aside. At least for now. We gotta be bound by the one thing that joins us all together. The color of our skin.

Tobias Beecher

I am not gonna listen to this shit. C'mon, Chris.

Wait a sec. I wanna hear what he has to say.

Nikolai Stanislofsky

I'm Russian, and I'm a Jew. But I'm also white. So Schillinger, do you accept me as a part of your group?

Yes.

Tobias Beecher

Aw, fuck.