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imdb: 8.7

emmys: 1 nomination

SAG awards: 1 nomination

golden globes: 1 win



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John Dutton III

John Dutton owns and operates the largest cattle ranch in the country outside of Bozeman, Montana.

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Best Television Actor – Drama Series

1 win: 2022

“Shh. Shh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, easy. Easy. Oh. It’s not fair, this life. I know you deserve better. Best I can offer you is peace.” — John Dutton

“The things we lose to keep you fed.” — John Dutton

“Ah, damn it. Your mother was always better at this. Yeah. Should have done that yesterday. No. The answer’s no. Yeah. When you say no, it must be the death of the question. If there’s even a hint of maybe, the questions won’t stop until they find something you can’t say no to. You got to learn when to think like a lawyer, you understand? And when to think like a landowner. Or a lawyer’s all you’re ever gonna be. Yeah. Well, I’ll say this. You… you got your mother’s hands.” — John Dutton

“No, I got a meeting in Bozeman. Why don’t you take your badge out with you today? Take a rifle too. It’ll keep them from bringing home any extras. Well, the badge is for the ranchers riding with you. It’ll keep them from bringing home any extras. Leverage is knowing if someone had… all the money in the world. This is what they’d buy.” — John Dutton

“Boy, you sure made a mess of this. Those look like livestock to me. I’m impressed you said that with a straight face, Ben. Yeah, well, cattle don’t know the difference between your land and ours. God damn it, I just– I just don’t see anyone gains from all this, Felix. I’ll bring up hay so they don’t wander. Lee! Clear everyone out.” — John Dutton

“I know. Now clear them out. We have any little recourse on the Reservation land? Make some. Hello, Trent. Well, it’s only Tuesday. This is not the day, Dirk. Cowboys, not criminals. We’re gonna do this my way, all right? You understand? My way.” — John Dutton

“Hello, Governor. Yeah, well, it’s easy to do well when the outcome’s decided. Yeah, well, it’s easy to do well when the outcome’s decided. Yeah, well… I don’t want him in politics. Yeah, with a constituency of one. It’s a new chief showing off for his voters. We’ve all done it. I could use a lunch.” — John Dutton

“Goodnight, sweetheart. Good to have you home.” — John Dutton

“Got tiger stripes on his legs. You know what that means, don’t you? Pure. One of his ancestors probably bucked a conquistador and took to the hills. You manage to break his spirit, no horse will serve you better. Yeah. I used to think the same thing at your age. Hope you prove me wrong. Would it have made a difference? You don’t want to be on the wrong side of this, son. I’m not telling you what to do. I just don’t want you to get in trouble. Good lord, even here the world just keeps on coming. Yeah. One only a grandson could fix. Thought I’d come see Tate play in the dirt, maybe even join him. I guess the early grandpa gets the worm, huh?” — John Dutton

“Can I give you some advice, Kayce? Someday your son’s gonna test you. He’s gonna force you to make a decision that not only determines his future but you place in it. I want you to remember me standing here, son, before you make that decision, because this– this is a consequence of choosing wrong. I just want to know him, Kayce. No, I don’t. I don’t. We’ve met, but I don’t really know him. And he doesn’t know me. Is it too much to ask that you help make that happen?” — John Dutton

“Hold on. 1138. Get rid of her. I needed you at the auction. I don’t mean checking brands. You can’t run this place if you won’t interact with the people, Lee. This ain’t running it. This ain’t running it! This is working it. God damn it, 38 years old, you still don’t know the difference.” — John Dutton

“Looks like a breech. No, we’ll pull it– we’ll pull it while she’s down. You got her? You feel the legs? Easy, mama. Easy, easy. All right, go. Shh, easy, mama. Shh. When you look at that calf, what do you see? Yeah. That’s what a cowboy should see. But a cattleman sees a $293 investment worth $1,100 in seven months whether it feeds anyone or not. Well, we see it the way we see it, son.” — John Dutton

“It’s ’cause nobody here cares about rodeos. Yeah, well, parading us in front of your friends, Dan, isn’t an honor. It’s a– it’s an insult. You want to build subdivisions, move to Dallas. I won’t have them here. Yeah, that’s right. Nothing happens in this valley I don’t know about. Yeah, in this valley it does. You bet your ass it does because every family you move in moves a family I know out.” — John Dutton

“First thing you said I agree with. Watch me. I’m skipping straight to ‘or else’ with you, you cocksucker, and from now on ‘or else’ is all you get. And by the way… you owe me a horse, you son of a bitch.” — John Dutton

“You know how to ride a horse? Yeah, maybe so. But you’re a cowboy today. Thank you for this.” — John Dutton

“Can you do it? He’s got some go. Hold on. I’ll get him going for you. Just might be.” — John Dutton

“My biggest concern is a subdivision sucking on our river. I don’t want you to stop it, Ron. I want you to move it. He says he’ll do something, you’re not gonna stop him, if you call that honest.” — John Dutton

“They don’t belong to you. Every one of them wears a brand. If anybody tries to move them off the Res– I understand your position, Thomas, and what you think you need to do… but I won’t allow you to make victims of the people who elected me just to appease the people who elected you. Let’s keep this about cattle. If you act like a thief, Thomas, I will treat you like one.” — John Dutton

“Everyone’s forgotten who runs this valley.” — John Dutton

“Yeah. Hold on. Lee, get in there. Hit him with the light. God damn that boy. Get behind him. Now take us down. No. Hold your fire. Pull back. Pull back. Abort. Everybody pull back. Wheel us around. I said wheel us around! We’ve still got men down there. Drop us down and push those bastards back. Closer. All right, we’re through.” — John Dutton

“Tell them to hold off. I found him. Give me the reins. All right. Go straight to Jamie. Tell him everything while it’s fresh, all right? We’ll just– we’ll just– we’ll just rest here a bit. Then we can– we can pick a spot together, huh? How’s that sound? Yeah. Okay.” — John Dutton

“Turn it down. What did Kayce tell you? I should have seen this coming. He didn’t want the cattle. He wanted this.” — John Dutton

“Boys. He’s one hell of a horse. I know. I saw. You want to stay for supper? You can put him in the barn.” — John Dutton

“I need you more than ever. Can you stay for a while? Everyone.” — John Dutton


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Kayce Dutton

“Don’t have to get ’em all out. Just that stallion. Once he’s gone, the rest will leave on their own. Maybe I should just leave him where he is then.”

“Hey, buddy. Yeah, they call him a tornado. I’m just making this up as I go, babe. I’d step back a bit further if I were you. It’s all right. I know it don’t seem like it, but it is. Easy. Easy. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy, easy. That’s it. That’s it. Hey. Whoa… whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa! You kids get back! Hey, hey, hey! That’s it, that’s it. Come on. It’s all right. It’s all right.”

“No fear in this one. He got that from you. Yeah, sure. Yeah, it was something. All right. Well, he’s probably thinking I took his freedom.”

“That’s it. Come on. That’s it. That’s it. That’s it, buddy. Spanish blood. He’ll serve me just fine with spirit intact. I didn’t know them were your cattle. Yeah, well, the list of things I don’t want is endless. You telling me what to do is one of them. Well, if I’d have known there was sides, I wouldn’t have been there at all. Rough week, huh? He’s at Monica’s parents.”

“Anything else? You know him. You’ve always asked too much.”

“Who knows?”

“I notice you never ask for appliances with your pants on. Oh, yeah? Ugh, Billings. It’s so far. He just wants to know his grandson. I guess we could give him that. What do you think? That is the meanest thing you’ve ever said to me.”

“This wasn’t here when I was a boy. None of this was. I will say this though. These transplants sure can make some ice cream. It’s, um, a person who moves to a place, and then they try to make that place just like the place they left. Not one bit. It’s all right. Here. Give me that. Hold that in both hands and eat it from the top so it don’t fall off again. They’re all transplants.”

“Yeah, you sure they were women, Lee? How’s Mr. Daniel? Good for you. That’s ’cause I’m the only one who got to know him. Closure, I guess. You? Not sure you’ll find that here. Any chance you’d join us?”

“All right, buddy. Here, grab– grab that rod. Reel him in. There you go. Reel it in, buddy. Can you pull him up? That’s a big one, huh?”

“Here, wait, don’t touch it. It’s kind of hot. Careful. People do it every day. Yeah, looks like you’re ready to eat.”

“Who are you kidding? Bet you haven’t fished here in years. Well, he told me to leave. It’s different. You know that. What I’m proving, you’ll never understand. You’re a 38 year-old bachelor living in your father’s house, working 100-hour weeks for a nibble of his approval. Is that the dream, Lee? Sure as shit ain’t mine. Hey. Hey, hey, hey.”

“It’s okay, buddy. We’re just brothers arguing, man. Nobody’s mad, okay? It’s all right.”

“They divvying up the cattle? They ain’t yours to divvy. That’s the Navy Cross. You wouldn’t believe what I had to do to get that one.”

“Well, if you plan on keeping his cattle, you’ll get to know him real well. Well, that won’t get you too far with him. What do you want from me? Well, he’s reasonable till he’s provoked. Then reason don’t factor in at all. Doubt that helps you, but that’s who he is.”

“It’s his fight, not mine. This is my home. I’ve been nothing but a friend to everybody here. If somebody wants me to leave, you can tell them to come make me.”

“Yah! Yah, yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Hang on, okay? I’m gonna get you out of here. In case you don’t already know, there’s no such thing as heaven. Hey.”

“Yeah. Ain’t got the breeding of your stud, but he has a heart. He would have died for me. He almost did. No. I brought him for you. You can put him in the barn.”


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Monica Dutton

“Bet it was fun putting him in the trailer. How are you planning on getting him out? Sure, son, in about a year. You mean no common sense. He got that from you.”

“Wow. My brother actually talked to you. Well, that was progress. I got parent conferences tonight, so you’re on Tate patrol. I wonder what he’s thinking. Well, he’s right. Supper’s ready.”

“What was he doing here?”

“Hey, we need a new dishwasher. Number one, I make more money than you do, cowboy. And number two, I already bought it. No pants is so you don’t bitch about driving to Billings to pick it up. Tell me about today. You know what I think. But we’ll give it to him anyway. It’ll happen to us too someday. Tate’ll move away and have a family of his own, and all we’ll get is little fixes. I know, baby, but it’s true. We can make another. That way when he leaves, it won’t hurt so bad.”

“Oh, hey, we gotta make the dressing. The D was a gift, believe me. Well, he better make it his thing, or he’s gonna end up like his father. He’s my brother. I can say it.”

“Of course not, but my grandfather’s not here.”

“Here’s another one. You lay everywhere but the coop. Staying for dinner. If you can say it to him, you can say it to me. Come on, Tate. We’re being sent to our room.”

“Go back to your room. Now.”

“I deserve to know what happened, Kayce. He was my brother. What happened? Baby, why won’t you talk to me?”

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Beth Dutton

“Yeah, uh… sure is building something. Of course he didn’t. He couldn’t find his ass with both hands. Give me a minute. I can hear you screaming halfway down the hall, Craig.”

“No one wants to merge with you. You have a three-to-one debt ratio. It’d be easier to sell VCRs. What do you think’s gonna happen when I dump out 18% share tomorrow morning? I’ll tell you what. The stock will drop below 10, SEC will suspend trading, and every creditor you have will file on you. Your company will be chapter 11 by Friday, and since we’re your largest creditors, I can promise you there’ll be no negotiating then. I will be CEO of IL Energy by Monday. I will fire every fucking employee. Then I will sell your leases and equipment to Chevron for 30¢ on the dollar, and you, buddy, you will have the unique distinction of being the only drilling company to go bankrupt in the largest oil boom of the last century. Won’t that look good on a resume?”

“That’s where it’s gonna end up if you don’t suspend the dividend and allow us to assume management. Don’t look at him. You’re dealing with me now. So what’s it gonna be? Are we restructuring your company tomorrow or killing it? I just saved your house. I put your kids through college. Maybe you should say something more appropriate. You’re welcome.”

“Why not? Hey, Dalton, give me another one. Do you feel close, Ted? My turn. You’re in real estate or something equally as unimportant, married, couple of kids, one on the way. That was your excuse to come out here. Need the break. Work, family life. It’s so demanding. A little fresh air, a little ‘me time.’ You came alone ’cause none of your friends could afford it, and those who do, they– they have wives a lot smarter than yours ’cause let’s be honest, Ted, you didn’t come here to fish. You’re hunting. That’s why you’re sitting in a bar instead of standing in a river. I ain’t judging you, buddy. Morning, gentlemen. I’m hunting too, just not hunting you. You look like a real soft fuck, Ted. All you city boys do. Gentlemen, mind if I join you?”

“You were right. They’re building a city. Goodnight, Daddy.”

“Well, if it isn’t bachelor number two up at the crack of 9:30 and dressed to seize the day. No weekends on a ranch. You know that. Well, women in this family don’t live much past 40 anyway, so I might as well enjoy my time. Same thing I always do. Fixing something you couldn’t. You missed breakfast.”

“He’s not there. You look nervous, Rip. Like a stray dog who can’t enjoy being in the house ’cause he’s so worried about the broom. I don’t really sleep. Oh. Adjusting my web. You know, life’s not that complicated, Rip. You either walk on down the hall… or fuck me.”

“You ruin it every time. That’s funny. I always remember your dick as being bigger. I guess that’s just the nostalgic in me.”

“Hey, cowboy. Last time I saw you, that was high and tight. You’re the only one that shares that opinion. What are you doing here? Penance. Penance you earn. Closure you find. Look somewhere else, and you might. I don’t get near those fucking things.”

“And he never will. I’m not going anywhere. Just tell me who to fight.”

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Jamie Dutton

“The state of Montana has never gauged its progress by the size of its cities. We measure our progress by how those cities impact the people and the land surrounding them, the land that feeds them, provides their water, nourishes their souls.”

“Well, it’s a summation of our state constitution, which clearly states that land preservation and property rights take precedence over public expansion. For essential public services like hospitals, schools, highways– not housing developments.”

“You want to suggest to my father that he clear-cut his land, be my guest. You’re a braver man than me. Well, maybe it should grow… up. Condos, Alan, like they have in San Francisco.”

“Hey, you know who’s really good at it? Doctors. Here, let me do it. Let me do it. All right, Alan asked me to mention it, so I will. They’d allow us to harvest the timber before the– yeah. Can I do this? Mm-hmm, I understand. Mm. Yeah. I told them no. Hey, I said you wouldn’t consider it. Should you consider it? Absolutely. We could use the money and the leverage that comes with it. Did you hear me?”

“One phone call. I’ll be right back. Civil maybe, but if you’re talking prosecution, we need friends in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”

“Yeah. It’s Saturday. Nice to see you’re still smoking. What are you doing here?”

“Hey, Kayce, let’s go. Grab a horse.”

“Think they should hold here. Kayce might be the only man who can outride him. Lee, get my horse. Whoo! Little late in the year for that. Look at that. Oh, she’s pretty. Look at that one.”

“‘Cause they have no choice, Kayce. Every day, just like this. Only thing we haven’t done in years is see you, Kayce. Whoa!”

“He’s right, though. It is a good day. He said ‘fucker.'”

“You’re not joining him?”

“Both in one night? So this is how you remind them? So this is how you remind them? This is not the way to remind them. It’s a– it’s a bad idea.”

“Yes, sir, yeah. I hear you. Give me four mounted agents and four agents on ATVs out there right now. Yes. I hear– okay. Okay, thank you. Thank you. All right, state police are sending a chopper out to look for him.”

“What happened? The usual, nothing. How could you know he wanted the cattle that bad?”

“Dad. It’s time.”

“He’s never looked at me the way he looked at Lee. You have me.”

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Rip Wheeler

“You Jimmy? Dirk Hurdstram’s boy? You alone, Jimmy? I’ll take that as a yes. You’re a two-time loser, Jimmy. One more felony, and they throw away the keys. You know what? You might do all right in prison. You got the lips for it. No, no. You’re a thief.”

“Jimmy, I’m gonna give you two choices. One is I take you and all this shit, and I drive you down to the sheriff’s office, and it’s good riddance to your sorry ass, or you prove that you deserve another chance. From what I can see, you don’t, but it ain’t up to me.”

“It’s getting cold, Jimmy. You know what? Fuck it. I’m taking you to the sheriff’s. Just get up. He doesn’t. But he will. Now, you be a man about it. Don’t scream. You know where the ranch is? You start Monday.”

“You’re up early. Yeah, well, they say spiders don’t, so… what are you doing?”

“There’s a music festival in Livingston this weekend. You want to go with me?”

“That’s where they’re doing it.”

“Hey. Hey, Jimmy. Let’s go. You’re late. Let’s go. You’re late. You know how to ride a horse? Figures. Come here. Give me your shit. Let’s go. That there is Ron. You do whatever the hell he asks you to do. Come on, get on. Get on the horse. Get on the horse, Jimmy. Pull the reins to stop. Kick him in the belly to go. All right, let’s move.”

“This is the last one. Jimmy, hey, get your ass up here. Shut the fuck up. Crank this thing until I tell you to stop. You’re a criminal. What do you care? Getting in trouble’s the only skill you got. The only difference is now, you ain’t gonna get caught. Start moving it down the river. Let’s go. That’s good enough. Start moving it this way now. Hey, quit looking at fish.”

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Thomas Rainwater

“Senator. Did you enjoy your tour? Well, it’s good that you took it. Inequity must be witness to be changed. Please have a seat. I never met my mother, and I wasn’t raised here. Till I was 18, I thought I was Mexican even though I didn’t look Mexican and I didn’t feel Mexican, if one can feel their heritage, which I believe one can. When I turned 18, my adoption records were unsealed, and imagine my surprise.”

“I confronted my adopted parents, who said they lied to protect me. They said as a Mexican, I would face discrimination, sure, but as an Indian, I would know a hatred that had to be endured to be fully understood. They thought they were giving me a better chance at life. That’s this nation’s policy toward us, always has been. If we want a better life, all we have to do is stop being Indian. My people are the only ones that can change that policy.”

“The gambler’s money is like a river, flowing one way… our way. Senator, you’ve never driven a road or walked a trail or skied a mountain in Montana that didn’t belong to my people first. This nation doesn’t want to give it back? So be it. We’ll buy it back… with their money. I want you to help me spend it. Come. Meet the people we’re saving.”

“Well, I hope I’m not intruding. Well, I’m not here to see your grandfather.”

“I want to thank you for helping the other day. I don’t know your father. I hope it didn’t put you in an uncomfortable position. Those are bargaining chips, a means to an end. Politicians are like crabs. We move sideways to go forward. An honest man? I do. It’s a rare thing these days. To help me understand the man I’m negotiating with. It helps. Thank you for your time. Have a good evening.”

“You didn’t ask me here to hunt. I’m here to talk cattle. They don’t belong to you either. They belong to the people now. They’ll never leave the Res. We’ll use them to raise calves, wear our brand. Your people don’t know the concept of victim. How can you stand there on a ranch the size of Rhode Island and accuse me of theft? Is this your idea of respect? Letting some crippled old man ride his lame horse out toward your half-tame buffalo so he can pretend to be something we haven’t been in a century? Look what you’ve reduced us to.”

“Thank you, Senator. We’re gonna need it.”

Senator Huntington

“I’m sorry I’m late. I wanted to see the reservation first. No, no, I did not. Oh. I can’t imagine what your mother overcame just to raise you here. I’m gonna change that policy. So what do you want from me?”

“I’ll have a senate hearing on this next month. You have the full weight of my office behind you.”

Tate Dutton

“Daddy! Can I pet him?”

“Dad! Is this for me?”

“Is this where you ate ice cream when you were a boy? What’s a transplant? That don’t make sense. Is he a transplant?”

“‘Course I do. I’m Indian.”

“Let me do it, Grandpa. Yeah. Hi-yah! This horse ain’t got any go.”

“I caught a fish! Yeah.”

“It’s a good day. Hey! Don’t throw things at my Dad. Fucker.”

“Dad, I’m the fastest runner. I’m bucking. I’m bucking. And he falls.”

“Mama?”

Broken Rock Reservation

“Well, I suppose your homework is in the kitchen doing itself. Oh, he’s gonna be fun to break. Well, holler at me if you need my help.”

“Free tomorrow? Could use a hand. Bring a horse. Just not that one.”

“Can’t hear ya. Come about 2 feet closer. I think you shouldn’t, but coming on our land is bred into you people.”

“When those cattle walked onto our land, they became our cattle to do as we please. Son of a bitch. You should respect your veterans.”

“This is a tribal issue, John. Livestock commission’s got no authority here. The Chief’s at Commencement, but I’m calling the shots.”

“Cattle wandered onto res land, John. Neither did we till the government showed us. Ha. Now I guess we’re showing you. I argued against it, but the new chief… hungry for a fight, this one. I don’t either, but he don’t think like me. Grew up in Denver, went to some big university. Now he thinks like you. I’ll keep ’em here as long as I can, John.”

“How’s it going over there? Oh, okay, I’ll make it. How could you give him a D, Monica? He’s your nephew. What can I say? Math is not his thing, like his father.”

“When I get my steers, I’m gonna take one, carve out a porterhouse the size of a radiator. You don’t like it, maybe you shouldn’t have rounded them up. What is that one? It’s a Silver Star. You got one of those? What do you have to do to win one? You got to kill someone to get one of those. Ain’t that right, Kayce? What about that one?”

“What’s he doing here?”

“Backstraps. Can’t. Just need a few words with this young buck here. Can you give us a minute? Hard to talk about you when you’re standing here, darling.”

“The Nation will keep the cattle. Your father will try to take them back. He has every right. We had every right to take them, so now we will fight. You will be judged for the actions of your father. If you do nothing, you will be judged for that too. They all will. Maybe it’s best you go home for a while, eh? You know what I mean. Pretty silly thing to say on a reservation. I don’t ask much, but I’m asking you this. Go home. Take care of my granddaughter. Be good to that boy. Until they find a care for human nature, a man must stand with his people. And we are not your people.”

“Get ready. They’re coming. Let ’em. Let’s get out of here. Robert, let’s go!”

“Put your gun down! Hold them back! Get over in front of them! Hold them back!”

“I want them back.”

Jimmy Hurdstrom

“You’re either a servant or a king in this place, and I ain’t no fucking servant. Oh, what the fuck, man? What the fuck, man? Wait, wait, wait! Wait, wait! Fucking psycho, wait!”

“You’re with the Yellowstone? Wait, just– why would John Dutton give a shit about me?”

“Uh… I don’t–“

“I just saw a trout. Holy shit, is this legal? Thought the Yellowstone was gonna keep me out of trouble.”

Rancher

“They even got the barb wire tore down. That is our property, God damn it. You think I won’t? I’ve had enough of your shit. Let me tell you something–“

Dan Jenkins

“In the state of Montana, no permit is required to build a power source for a mine or a mill. Now, we’ll construct our own mill that will also allow us to harvest wood directly from the forest, cutting our lumber cost by 65%. Damming the river here will generate enough power to light everyone home in the subdivision. Now, this is a self-sustaining community 30 miles from the most pristine wilderness in North America. Now, if you don’t see the potential in that, we need another bank.”

“Beavers do it all the time. On our land it’s our river. Now, this isn’t California, gentlemen. This is Montana. We can do whatever we want.”

“I was thinking about you yesterday. A friend of mine in Jackson Hole was talking about their rodeo. Bozeman doesn’t have one. Why not? Oh, you’re wrong, John. Every millionaire I know wants to be a cowboy. Authenticity’s the one thing that money can’t buy. It’d be good for Bozeman and a great way to honor men like you. It’s called progress, John, and progress doesn’t need your permission. What do you care what I build? You expect me to believe that you’re concerned about the environment? You raise cattle, you fucking hypocrite. You know what I think it is? I think it’s ego. I think it chaps your ass to walk through a grocery store and nobody knows who you are.”

“With every winner, there’s a loser. Can’t stop it, John. Go ahead, say it. It’ll make a lawsuit much simpler. Say, ‘stop building or else.'”

“Hi, Marian, how are you? Hi, how are you? Hello. Thank you. How are we all doing here? Yes. Thank you for joining me. Bye. That’s because you live in the city. Cities are the sunsets of civilization… monuments to an exhausted landscape. Man is migratory by nature. What you’re feeling is instinct… a hunger for new land that’s woven into your DNA. That’s the reason our species survived when countless others failed. That tingle is the sensation of touching your destiny. Oh, no.”

Casino

“Ladies and gentlemen, let’s welcome the new chairman of Broken Rock, Thomas Rainwater!”

Bar Guy

“My name’s Ted. Where are you from? Really? I’ve been here a week. You’re the first person I’ve met who’s actually from here. Can I buy you another drink? You don’t live here anymore, though, not dressed like that. You came back for a family reunion. No, no, those never happen at home for some reason. Let’s see, Bozeman is a college town, so I’m gonna say a school reunion, class of… 2006. Am I close? Ah, it feels like I’m getting close. Who the hell are you to judge me? What’s wrong with me?”

Banker

“What about water and power? You don’t need a permit for that? See, the bank’s concern is that you’re gonna break ground, and the state or the fucking EPA paper us in lawsuits because we built a power plant without a permit. We see the potential. I just– there are no restrictions on damning a river?”

“I feel different here. My skin tingles. Never felt like this before. The fuck was that?”

Montana Lawyer

“The constitution clearly denotes the state’s right to eminent domain and grants the authority to condemn property for the public good. Housing is essential. Bozeman has doubled in size in a decade. We’re 30 miles away, and our population is less than it was 40 years ago. Why? Because their fence guarantees we don’t grow. Stagnation is death for a town, and the Duttons are the ones killing it.”

“It’s 30,000 acres, Jamie. That isn’t a fraction of the ranch. Okay, look, you can harvest the timber first, no environmental review, nothing. You can cut every tree to the root. Just mention it, Jamie. The town grows, or it dies. Condos? Who wants to live in a condo in Montana?”

Governor Lynelle Perry

“Well, poetic if it were true, since a Dutton founded the town. As it stands the defendant is correct. Our land use laws are quite clear. For this commission to grant eminent domain, you must show public need, not desire. The plaintiff hasn’t shown any legal imperative for a vote. No, this case is dismissed.”

“John. How are you? Thank you. Jamie did well at the hearing. I couldn’t hit it if he didn’t tee it up, and my offer still stands, John. He’s already in politics. How concerned should I be about this issue on the Res? Well… we should schedule a lunch.”

Committee

“This doesn’t sound like a legal argument, Mr. Dutton. It sounds like a lecture. I think that’s enough posturing. Let’s put it to a vote.”

Montana Construction

“I don’t know how you’re gonna get ’em out by yourself. Best of luck. That bastard kicked my truck door so hard, we had to use a crowbar to get it open. That damn mustang’s done more in one week to stop drilling than every environmental group in the state.”

“Where’d you find this guy? Yellow pages. Ad says he works with problem horses. Oh, this’ll be interesting. Kid’s fucking crazy.”

Bob

“God damn it, Bob, I didn’t come here to do business with these people. We’ve been trying to work this out for three hours, Craig. This is the alternative. We’re just asking you to suspend the dividend. Good. You made the right choice, Craig. We’ll get you through this.”

Craig

“I thought we were gonna try and work this out, Bob. We don’t want to merge. I’m not gonna be bullied by your hatchet man, Bob. We will pull our funds, and we will take our business down the street to Chase. And kill the stock! I started this company in my garage. Bitch. Thank you.”

Montana Businessman

“Beth. Bob– Bob needs you. I don’t think he has a minute.”

Lee Dutton

“You’re not coming, Dad? I mean, they won’t give us any trouble over strays. I mean, hell, they’ll probably help us round them up.”

“Whatever happens next happens to you first. Back up. It was a mess when I got here. I got to go.”

“You know, there was barbed wire on this fence a week ago. Move out! All right, let’s go!”

“1138. Lost one last year. Old gal just turned 11. I was at the auction. Dad, I stand in bullshit 12 hours a day. I’m not gonna do it at night. That’s Jamie’s job. I’m running it right now. Don’t start with me. Shit, one’s down.”

“Can we get her up? Okay, ready? Not yet. Okay, got them, I got them. All right, tell me when. Tell me when. Whew. I see a life I got to feed and defend until it grows up and feeds me. Wish I saw it different, Dad.”

“Well, shit, Kayce, I’ve dated women with shorter hair than you. I know.”

“Race you. Yah! Yah! Whoo!”

“Fish on. Tate. Whoo! Got him. Whoo! Any luck?”

“You’re gonna raise him on a reservation? He told us all to leave. You were just the only one who did. Right, so you’re gonna raise him in that meth-filled desert to prove a point. Shit, I miss being young. You wake up in the morning, and you just keep right on dreaming, huh? Whoa! Oh. Tate!”

“You gonna tell me there’s no fight in that blood?”

“We don’t choose the way, little brother.”

“We hold here. We’re in position. Ready? Yah, yah! Yah! Yah! We ain’t going anywhere without our beef. Keep them moving. You want ’em back, come and get ’em! Oh! Look at you… you’re a man now.”

Livestock Auction

“♪ Our flag was still there ♪ Oh, say does that star-spangled ♪ Banner yet wave ♪ O’er the land of the free ♪ And the home of the brave ♪”

“Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to welcome you out to the 2018 Greater Montana Livestock Auction. We’re gonna start out with lot number one. It’s Royal M. Duke, a 2013 registered English bull offered by Double G Angus Ranch, sired by Supreme Domino out of Miss Domino. Now we’re gonna start the bidding out at 25,000. I’m at 25. I’m at 50. I’m at 55, gonna go 60, at 60 now, now 5 on 65,000, 65 looking for 70. 75, 75 and now bid at 80, 80,000, 85? 85, now 90, 90?”

“John. I wouldn’t wish the week you’re having on my mother-in-law.”

“50, 60, 60. Now 70. 70 now. 75, now bid at 80, 80.”

“John. The word has it you’re hiring. I can’t stop him. You can. Jimmy’s the only family I have left. The favor’s to me, not to him. Please. Please. Yeah. I remember when your way was the only way, and the world was better for that.”

“Sold it to you. 135. Sold it, 135.”

Ranch Hands

“Now, what the hell are we supposed to do with buffalo? You’ll see. Yeah, well, how much these sumbitches cost? Well, they ain’t cheap.”

“Yah! Move it!”

“Hold up here. They’re coming.”

“Who’s that? Is that one of ours? What the hell’s he doing? You see that? Jesus Christ! What do we do now?”

“We got to get the fuck out of here. 40 tours in Afghanistan, and I got to deal with this shit in fucking Montana. Jesus Christ, John, we got to get out of here. Yes, sir. Hang on.”

Land Development

“You got green for water. Blue is sewage, yellow for gas. Driveways are marked in pink and corner buildings in red. If I were to dam the river… I’d do it right there around the bend. That’s your property upstream? Now, I’m not gonna lie to you. There’s gonna be a severe impact to your land. Erosion’s my biggest concern. There’s nothing you can do. On their land, it’s their river. I mean, I can’t stop the river from flowing.”

Resort

“Hello. Sir? Oh, good! It’s been a long time. Thank you for coming by. You look well.”

News Reporter

“A dispute over cattle between tribal police, BLM officers, and member’s of Montana’s livestock association turned deadly last night… leaving three men dead. The FBI– the FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs agents are investigating two of the deaths as murders, and thought jurisdictional issues will certainly complicate the investigation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office is pledging every available resource.”

Preacher

“Let us pray. ‘Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried…’ Amen.”

Montana Cop

“Jesus, that’s John Dutton. Commissioner, you all right?”


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