Yellowstone (TV Series)

Cowboys and Dreamers (2020)

Gil Birmingham: Thomas Rainwater

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• Thomas Rainwater : You've become a very difficult man to get a hold of.

  John Dutton : Yeah, well, I have this new rule: I only carry my phone in places with no service. Otherwise that son of a bitch stays on the kitchen counter.

  Thomas Rainwater : Well, I envy you that luxury. I thought it was time we discuss our new problem.

  John Dutton : Yeah. Doesn't seem to be going away on its own, does it?

  Thomas Rainwater : Not this one. The FAA has approved a portion of your land as the airport location, as I'm sure you're aware. The state will make an offer and after you refuse...

  John Dutton : The attorney general handles eminent domain cases for the state, and I'm not concerned with that office anymore.

  Thomas Rainwater : It's the Governor's decision.

  John Dutton : I'm not worried about that office either.

  Thomas Rainwater : It's four thousand jobs, John.In a state where that makes a difference. Not supporting this will cost her the office.

  John Dutton : Well, I'm surprised you're against it, Tom.An airport right down the street from your casino, I'm no hotel manager, but that sounds like a good thing to me.

  Thomas Rainwater : I have some ownership issues with the casino property.

  John Dutton : Well, I'm not going to help you with the problem that prevents you from building a casino.I don't want a casino any more than I want an airport.

  Thomas Rainwater : I don't really want another casino either. It's an insulting... and wickedly ironic... revenue stream for an Indian Nation. It is a means to an end and that end is this valley looking like it did before a white man stepped foot on it. We want the same thing for very different reasons. And we can have our fight later, but we'll have nothing to fight over if they build a city here.

  John Dutton : Well, I agree with you on that.

  Thomas Rainwater : You know my business background. It's never one fight that determines if a project moves forward. It's an accumulation of fights. Corporations hate "complicated". And they need to see a return. They have the money. They have the manpower. They have the influence and the reach, but the one thing corporations never have is time.It's their only enemy.And that's how we beat them. We give them a dozen things that take time.Now, I have someone with a reputation of finding those things.And she is merciless when she's found them.

  John Dutton : Well... I have one of those, too.

  Thomas Rainwater : I'm aware.That's why I'm here.I think they should meet. Put their heads together.Then who knows what mischief they'll come up with together.

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  John Dutton : I'm just warning you: this genie does not go back in the bottle.

  Thomas Rainwater : Neither does mine.