True Blood (TV Series)
Beautifully Broken (2010)
Nelsan Ellis: Lafayette Reynolds
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Quotes
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Lettie Mae Thornton : [rushing to the bathroom] What are you doing to her?
Lafayette Reynolds : [carrying Tara] Savin' her life! You're to busy praisin' Jesus to realize your daughter's tryin' to move in with him permanently!
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Lafayette Reynolds : With a momma like you it's a miracle she ain't tried this years ago!
Lettie Mae Thornton : Where are you takin' her?
Lafayette Reynolds : Hospital!
Tara Thornton : [crying] No, no!
Lettie Mae Thornton : I'm goin' with you.
Lafayette Reynolds : You failed this girl for the last time.
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Tara Thornton : The one time in my entire life I thought I was happy, I was a fucking zombie What the hell is wrong with me, Lafayette?
Lafayette Reynolds : Life ain't not having problems, Tara! It's about being able to deal with the ones you got.
Tara Thornton : Well, obviously I can't.
Lafayette Reynolds : You can and you will, if I gotta drag your narrow ass through this world kicking and screaming. Buddha wasn't lying when he said life is suffering. It don't mean you get to check out early and leave me here.
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Jesus Velasquez : [as Tara & Lafayette enter] Can I help you?
Ruby Jean Reynolds : [clearly out of it] No. That's just my son, Lafayette.
Lafayette Reynolds : Hi momma.
Jesus Velasquez : [to Ruby Jean] You told me your son passed away.
Ruby Jean Reynolds : He did. God killed him, 'cause he's a faggot. But he keeps comin' back.
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Tara Thornton : [about Ruby Jean] Why didn't you tell me?
Lafayette Reynolds : She made me promise not to. Didn't want nobody seein' her like this.
Tara Thornton : But six months, Lafayette? Alone in this place? Even she didn't deserve that.
Lafayette Reynolds : That's right. She don't deserve it. You know much it cost keepin' her here? More than two legal jobs worth. That's how much.
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Tara Thornton : [about Ruby Jean] You think I could end up like her?
Lafayette Reynolds : There's some darkness in this family, Tara. My momma, your momma. But they ain't strong enough to beat it. We are!
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Tara Thornton : I don't need to go to the hosptial. Just pull over please.
Lafayette Reynolds : [drives to a stop] You tried to kill yourself!
Tara Thornton : I didn't plan it. I just saw the bottles and I thought... enough. I deserve some peace.
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Lafayette Reynolds : [before they leave the hospital] Is you feelin' me?
Tara Thornton : I'm feelin' you.
Lafayette Reynolds : Is we clear?
Tara Thornton : We clear.
Lafayette Reynolds : We got it?
Tara Thornton : We got it.
Lafayette Reynolds : Alright now.