Larry Underwood quotes from The Stand ... TV Quotes Database

Played by Adam Storke

Tied for 4th most-quoted character in The Stand: in 9 of its 57 quotes
Most scenes with: Ralph Bretner (3), Stu Redman (2), Nadine Cross (2)

Lines by Larry Underwood 2

[On the phone, Larry talks to Arlene, his bartender friend in L.A.]

Larry Underwood

Listen, I'm gonna try and get the, uh… the afternoon flight back, so… you put on your sexiest number, I'm gonna take ya out to dinner, then I'll take ya out dancing… then maybe I'll just take ya.

Part I: The Plague

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[As Dorgan oversees the chaining of Ralph and Larry to crossed metal bars…]

Larry Underwood

Tell me something, chief! They teach you this one in Santa Monica P.D.?

Part IV: The Stand

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Scenes with Larry Underwood 7

[Settling down to a rare steak dinner in the city, Larry and Nadine duck when they hear a gunshot.]

Nadine Cross

Oh, I think I lost my appetite.

Larry Underwood

We gotta get outta here.

Nadine Cross

I beg your pardon?

Larry Underwood

I mean, we gotta get outta the city. I mean, it's not just the odds of getting shot. You have any idea what it's going to smell like in two weeks? Five million people rotting in the July sun!

Nadine Cross

Ohhh-kay.

[Nadine pulls out a bottle of pills, but Larry stops her from taking any.]

Larry Underwood

What is that?!

Nadine Cross

Vitamin C.

Larry Underwood

Yeah, I'm sorry. It's none of my business.

Nadine Cross

Apology accepted...mostly because I think you're right. The Big Apple is baked.

Part II: The Dreams

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[Larry and Nadine argue over her refusal to enter the Lincoln Tunnel; she pulls out a bottle of pills, but he snatches them]

Larry Underwood

And you've had plenty of those, thank you very much!

Nadine Cross

Hey! Give that back!

Larry Underwood

No, ma'am. I'm not gonna stand here in the middle of five million dead people and watch you commit suicide! [throws pills away]

Nadine Cross

NOOOO! [slaps him] How dare you! [storms off]

Larry Underwood

Okay. Where're you going?

Nadine Cross

Going to the George Washington Bridge! By myself!

Larry Underwood

Pfft. I don't need this prima donna act… Missy! I really don't! You have fun… getting raped and murdered back on 7th Avenue! Sweetheart!

Part II: The Dreams

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[First meeting of Larry Underwood and Lucy Swann, the latter travelling with a feral boy.]

LSLucy Swann

I'm so pleased to meet you.

Larry Underwood

Yeah, same here, believe me. [to the boy] How ya doin', son?

[The boy pulls out a knife and nearly slashes Larry before the woman pulls him back.]

Larry Underwood

Whoa!

LSLucy Swann

Put that away.

Larry Underwood

Nice kid! Has he had his rabies shots yet?

LSLucy Swann

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. He's–he's been… traumatized.

Larry Underwood

Haven't we all.

Part II: The Dreams

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[At a barbecue, the Committee discusses plans to send spies to scope out Flagg's activities in Vegas.]

Larry Underwood

Well… we haven't been elected one whole day yet, and already we've managed to, uh, reinvent the CIA. Who needs Monday Night Football?

. . .

Larry Underwood

Oh my God, I'm a politician. This isn't Colorado, it's Hell!

. . .

Larry Underwood

I can't believe we're doin' this!

Stu Redman

Hey, if you didn't wanna get your hands dirty, you shoulda stayed off the Committee in the first place! We're probably sendin' people off to get killed!

Larry Underwood

Yeah?

Stu Redman

Yeah, that's right! Makin' decisions like that is what bein' in charge is all about! Either grow up and do it, or get out!

[Everyone stares at Larry in silence.]

Larry Underwood

You're awful cute when you get angry, Stu.

Part III: The Betrayal

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[Larry objects to leaving Stu behind.]

Larry Underwood

This is no game, Stu.

Glen Bateman

Stu's right, Larry. Mother Abagail said one of us would fall by the way.

Larry Underwood

W-what does that mean? Huh? What are you saying? You're a college professor, for god sakes!

Glen Bateman

Not anymore. In case you hadn't noticed, Larry, school is out.

Larry Underwood

Look, I thought he was your friend!

Glen Bateman

Of course he's my friend. But that doesn't matter now.

RBRalph Brentner

It's God's plan—

Larry Underwood

Shut up about God! I'm sick of hearing about God!

Stu Redman

This whole trip was based on the idea that Mother Abagail knew what she was talkin' about.

RBRalph Brentner

That's right.

Larry Underwood

It's not right. It's not right! This isn't God's will, or God's plan! It's a washout! And you got a broken leg, Stu, and I'm not gonna leave you here!

. . .

Stu Redman

When we came on this trip, we put our lives in the hands of Mother Abagail's God. Now, that hasn't changed. If he wants me to eat, he'll send food. If he wants me to drink… he'll send rain. It's his business. Yours… is to go against Flagg! Now, you've got to do that, and you've got to go without me!

Larry Underwood

[choking back tears] Man… do you know how crazy that sounds? Do you know how totally damn crazy that sounds?!

Part IV: The Stand

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[Barry Dorgan, his clipboard-wielding deputy Burlson, and a pack of armed guards stop the Boulder trio on the road.]

BDBarry Dorgan

By virtue of the power vested in me, smartass, you're under arrest.

RBRalph Brentner

In whose name?

BDBarry Dorgan

You know who I speak for.

RBRalph Brentner

Then why don't you say it?

[Dead silence.]

RBRalph Brentner

Well, I'll say it for ya. Calls himself Randall Flagg, but who he really is, is an apostate of Hell. Now, you got that in your little clipboard there, Mr. Burlson?

PBPaul Burlson

I wonder if you men might give me your Social Security numbers?

[Larry, Ralph, and Glen look at each other and burst out laughing.]

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[Larry holds up his hands when the thugs start waving their guns.]

Larry Underwood

Relax! You don't need those. That's why we came here. We got a message for your little tin god.

BDBarry Dorgan

Tin god? Tin god. Man, that's funny. I spent 22 years on the Santa Monica P.D., and I know what happens when guys like you end up runnin' the show. We haven't got a single addict in Vegas. Can your people say the same?

Glen Bateman

Mr. Dorgan, even a man of your apparently limited intelligence should be able to see that your experiences with a few battered babies and drug abusers doesn't justify your embrace of a monster!

[Dorgan smacks Glen across the face, knocking him down.]

Larry Underwood

Oh, that's great. Very good! You get the Rodney King Humanitarian Award for the day, pal.

[One of the thugs jams a rifle butt into Larry's stomach.]

Glen Bateman

It's almost over for them now, Larry. Can you feel it?

Part IV: The Stand

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[As Lloyd tries to deal with Trashcan Man and his nuclear missile, Flagg's energy bolt suddenly rises from the two bodies and begins to transform.]