Neuman and Hughie in “Unfinished Business”

Fuck, I’m gonna miss New York bodegas.

Hughie

Listen, we need to talk. You can still stop all this, alright? Just stop.

You must be pretty desperate if you’re throwing a Hail Mary like this. Jesus.

Hughie

Five minutes, alright? Just five minutes where we cut the bullshit and we talk–just you and me–about how fucked all this is!

What it is, is politics. You know how it goes, strange bedfellows.

Hughie

Yeah, but it’s not like you’re palling around with Mitt Romney! You’re working with Homelander! He’s gonna kill the President. That sounds fucking insane coming out of my mouth! [pause; Neuman just shrugs] Wow. When Homelander chucks all the Starlighters into internment camps, you’re just–You’re cool with that, too? [pause] You didn’t know about the camps. Why do you think that you were at Tek Knight’s? That’s what his prisons are for.

I gotta get back to it.

Hughie

I still have all the dirt on you. What you said at Tek Knight’s. Everything.

Is that a threat?

Hughie

No. Because when we drop it, then you’ll kill us all. Like you said, mutually assured destruction. But it doesn’t have to be that way. And if you’re even, like, one percent of the person that I knew, then I don’t think you really wanna do this. You can still step back. Vic, it’s not too late.

[beat] Thanks for coming by. [pause; Hughie starts walking out] I’m sorry… to hear about your dad.