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S1 E15Unfinished Business

If you wanna arrest me, go ahead. You wanna follow me? Come on. You wanna see something? Get a warrant. Thanks for the beer. Beyond that, you wasted my fucking day, company men.

BBeth

[on the phone to Marty] I really wanted to see you. I've been thinking about something all week. I think...I want you to fuck me in my ass. [pause] I've never done that before, but I think I want you to do it to me.

The newspapers are gonna be tough on you. And prison is very, very hard on people who hurt kids. If you get the opportunity, you should kill yourself.

MHMaggie Hart

There's no such thing as forgiveness. People just have short memories.

You know, you know what, I don't think I've been very clear with you Rust. If you were drowning, I'd throw you a fuckin' barbell. Why would I ever help you?

Because you owe a debt.

TPThomas Papania

You know there's a little church around here? Pretty old? Black minister?

You must mean Son of Life, sir. That place shut down. '05, I think, just after all them hurricanes.

TPThomas Papania

Mmm. You live around here?

No, sir. I live in St. Martin. Got a parish contract. Take care of some cemeteries, public schools.

TPThomas Papania

All right. Thanks. Hey, you know how to get to 49 from here?

Sure. About a half-mile, you'll see a left. PR 1435. Take that. About 7 miles of fields, you'll hit 49 before Crowley.

TPThomas Papania

Know your way around, huh?

Oh, yeah, boss. I know the whole coast. My family-

TPThomas Papania

[cutting him off] Thanks.

[Papania drives off. Errol steps off the lawnmower, wipes sweat from his forehead and surveys the field he's been mowing]

My family's been here a long, long time.

ESErrol's Sister

You have a good walk?

[affecting a refined English accent] Yes, my dear. Top-notch walk this morning. Top-notch constitutional. It's been weeks since I left my mark...would that they had eyes to see.

Now, Betty, I have very important work to do. My ascension removes me from the disc and the loop. I'm near final stage. Some mornings, I can see the infernal plane.

Look, as sentient meat, however illusory our identities are, we craft those identities by making value judgments: everybody judges, all the time. Now, you got a problem with that... You're livin' wrong.

What's scented meat?

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