Yellowstone (TV Series)

The World Is Purple (2020)

Gil Birmingham: Thomas Rainwater

Quotes 

• John Dutton : You've got to be fucking kidding me... .Decided to start the day with a little theater, did you?

  Jamie Dutton : Just a little. It's good to see you again. Governor

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Jamie.

  Jamie Dutton : Please, have a seat. There's coffee, some orange juice, and some assorted pastries over there for anyone willing to brave gluten.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : I, for one, am not afraid of gluten. Could you make me a plate, please, and some coffee? Well, I say we just dive in. Mrs. Hayes, would your team like to start?

  Roarke Morris : The forest service lease has been secured. FAA has approved both the airport and runway plans. The airlines have agreed to finance the build of their respective terminals. Our leases with retail vendors are in place, which allows us to fund the airport build... without using state funds, which negates your requirement to place the bond on the ballot, because we don't need the bond

  [One of MKT Equities staff member said, "Did you see this?"] 

  Roarke Morris : . We just need...

  [Ellis Steele hands his smartphone to Willa Hayes after receiving an alert, "MKT Equities CEO accused of workplace harassment by Jane Doe"] 

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Mrs. Hayes, is there an issue?

  Beth Dutton : Problem, Willa?

  [Beth Whispers] 

  Beth Dutton : Take that you fucking bitch.

  Willa Hayes : Ellis? Uh, I need to step out for a moment. Roarke has the authority to speak on our position.

  John Dutton : Roarke. Which one is he?

  Roarke Morris : That's me. Once you put a name to this face, you will never forget it.

  John Dutton : No, I don't believe I will.

  Roarke Morris : Now... What this provides the state is the added tax revenue from the airport, from ticket sales, car rentals, hotel taxes, fuel sales... and all with zero investment. It's a perpetually renewable resource that doesn't cost the state one dime. Which brings us to you, Mr. Dutton. The land most suitable to the airport build... is this tract.

  Jamie Dutton : If you're discussing purchasing land from the Yellowstone, you will need to discuss it with me.

  Beth Dutton : Actually, you have to discuss it with me. I have power of attorney over the estate.

  Jamie Dutton : If the estate were in Utah. That's where you filed the documents. The State of Montana does not recognize power of attorney issued by other states.

  John Dutton : The land is in Montana.

  Jamie Dutton : Mm-hm. But her authority is in Utah.I mean, if she was an attorney, she would know that. As it stands, I am the legal authority representing the Yellowstone, and I approve the sale of that tract.

  John Dutton : The hell you will.

  Jamie Dutton : Yes, I will, because if I don't, the Land Commission will condemn it and you will get paid one tenth of what it's worth. And you will also lose millions on attorneys because I cannot represent the ranch and condemn it at the same time.

  John Dutton : Then don't condemn it.

  Jamie Dutton : It's not my choice. It's her choice.

  John Dutton : It's your choice? What do you choose, Lynelle?

  Governor Lynelle Perry : There is no choice anymore, John. There are only options.

  Thomas Rainwater : Could I see the environmental impact report?

  Roarke Morris : The forest service report is in your packet.

  Thomas Rainwater : Not the forest service report. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife report on the impact of an airport beside the river that feeds our oldest national park. The one flowing beside runway one, right there.

  Angela Blue Thunder : That will be the basis of our lawsuit, in case anyone was curious. It will be a class action suit because it impacts native land and park land. We'll meet with attorneys from the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Sierra Club, you know. All the gang will be there.

  Roarke Morris : Best of luck.

  Angela Blue Thunder : We stopped wolf hunting for a fucking decade. What do you think we're going to do to an airport? We don't need luck. See you in court.

  Thomas Rainwater : That's your angle, too, John.How does this impact your land? Join our suit. It won't cost you a cent. You won't have to hire an attorney. We'll do it for you.

  John Dutton : A little curve ball from the Reservation. That land is mine. And no one can sell it but me.

  Roarke Morris : I'd say that as much as you can: "that land is mine". Get it all out of your system.

  John Dutton : Lose your pets, Roarke?

  Roarke Morris : Hmm?

  John Dutton : Mm? You think you're winning this game, you don't even know the goddamn rules. I'm gonna teach them to you... You don't say hello, you don't say goodbye. You got nothing to say to me, son?

  Beth Dutton : He never has anything to say, Dad.

  Jamie Dutton : Oh, I have plenty to say, Beth.

  Beth Dutton : Oh, yeah? Well, I'm all fucking ears... That's what I thought.

• Angela Blue Thunder : You know, your office has a balcony.

  Thomas Rainwater : From the balcony, I see the parking lot. From the roof I see the reservation.

  Angela Blue Thunder : I like the view of the parking lot better.

  Thomas Rainwater : You know, you can wish we weren't your people, but we are.

  Angela Blue Thunder : That's not what I wish.

  Thomas Rainwater : What do you wish, Angela?

  Angela Blue Thunder : I wish I could go back in time and tell our people to sell every weapon they have. Every horse. Then take that money and go to New York and hire the biggest law firm in the city. If I could do that, we wouldn't be standing here. We'd be standing at the gates of Yellowstone and still calling it home.

  Thomas Rainwater : We'll stand there again.

  Angela Blue Thunder : Not with you we won't. There's no such thing as morality. There's own the land and there's lose the land. That's all you'll be judged by. Not how you do it. Winners are never judged by "how". They save that for the losers.

• Thomas Rainwater : Could I see the environmental impact report?

  Roarke Morris : The forest service report is in your packet.

  Thomas Rainwater : Not the forest service report. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife report on the impact of an airport beside the river that feeds our oldest national park. The one flowing beside runway one, right there.

  Angela Blue Thunder : That will be the basis of our lawsuit, in case anyone was curious. It will be a class action suit because it impacts native land and park land. We'll meet with attorneys from the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Sierra Club, you know. All the gang will be there.

  Roarke Morris : Best of luck.

  Angela Blue Thunder : We stopped wolf hunting for a fucking decade. What do you think we're going to do to an airport? We don't need luck. See you in court.

  Thomas Rainwater : That's your angle, too, John.How does this impact your land? Join our suit. It won't cost you a cent. You won't have to hire an attorney. We'll do it for you.

  John Dutton : A little curve ball from the Reservation. That land is mine. And no one can sell it but me.

• Angela Blue Thunder : You have a window, you know.

  Thomas Rainwater : A window to what?

  Angela Blue Thunder : In a room full of his enemies, you look like his friend.But you're not his friend.

  Thomas Rainwater : No, I'm not.

  Angela Blue Thunder : You have an opportunity to free that land of him. And it will look like everyone but you who did it.

  Thomas Rainwater : I'm not a criminal.

  Angela Blue Thunder : It's only a crime by their laws. By our laws, which have outlasted an ice age,it is duty. To protect our land and preserve our way of life.It is religion. Or did you buy into their religion when you bought into their laws?

  Thomas Rainwater : I will beat them with their own rules.

  Angela Blue Thunder : They make their rules to be broken.The United States has broken every rule it has ever made.From its first treaty with France to every treaty with us,to their last treaty with Iran.They only hold others to their rules. They make war when they want, where they want,they take what they want, then make rules that keep you from taking it back. They make rules for the slave and they make rules for the masters.You're following the slave rules. But if you follow the masters' rules,then you'll kill him, and give us our land back. You travel with a man from a warrior clan, but you do not let him make war. You make him a slave, too. Maybe you've heard enough that you don't ask permission. Maybe you go and make war for our people. And then... we go home.