[about the kids] Do you think, uh, grounding works? As a principle?
Not as well as prison does.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
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!!!
It's a little early in the day for theology.
It costs you nothing to help us.
Hmm. Costs me nothing to fuck you either.
DRDeputy Ronnie Wycoff
So you're telling me you're not taking over where Darlene left off?
No, what I'm telling you is Wendy's playing chess, and you're playing fucking Candyland.
[about Wendy] When we was growing up... she's the only thing on the whole planet that really loved me. And I'm including God in that equation. She's... she's the only thing... that really loved me. And I always wanted her to be proud of me, you know. I just fuck up too much, and, you know, I just... I fuck whatever up, and then I, you know, I apologize and then fuck up again and... You think she'd be proud of me now? The way I'm handling this? I think she would be. You tell her I'm sorry. You... you tell her I forgive her. You, you can do that for me, can't you? Yeah, yeah. You can do that.
Does Wyatt have a will?
Kid ate spaghetti out of a can and used a screwdriver to start his car. What do you think?
You talk to a lawyer?
No. Last time I spoke to a lawyer, she water-boarded me. Not really my kind of people.
How many guys get with pet pythons have you dated?
If I said three, would you judge me?
Yes.
Two, then.
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