Yellowstone (TV Series)

Going Back to Cali (2020)

Gil Birmingham: Thomas Rainwater

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• Angela Blue Thunder : There is no protection from me, Tom.

  [Angela pours water on a smoldering bundle of sage] 

  Angela Blue Thunder : You know that. It's barely been a year and already you're burning sage praying for a change, instead of being it.

  Thomas Rainwater : I'm trying to make it a better place.

  Angela Blue Thunder : All you've managed to do thus far is take all of our casino profits and buy land a Fortune 500 company is about to steal from you. And there is nothing you can do about it.

  Thomas Rainwater : You're what I'm doing about it.

  Angela Blue Thunder : You know what they say about making deals with the devil.

  Thomas Rainwater : No, I don't, Angela. What do they say?

  Angela Blue Thunder : That's the big mystery, Tom.

  Thomas Rainwater : Is that a yes? You'll help?

  Angela Blue Thunder : If that's what you want to call it.

  [angela exits] 

  Thomas Rainwater : She's not evil, Mo. She's just angry and trying to punish the world for everything it did to her.

  Mo Brings Plenty : Yeah, I know. That's what evil means.

• Thomas Rainwater : There's two futures for this valley: One with the land stripped of the second homes and hobby farms, and returned to the way it used to be... You drive twenty miles into the park and that's how our whole nation looked at one time. Modern society wants people to go to school and learn a trade to make money to buy food, clothes, a place to live. But on land that hasn't been ravaged by man, you don't need to buy food. You just go find it. You don't buy clothes, you make them. And you don't buy houses, you seek shelter. You live with the land. Not on it.

  Doug : You said two futures. What's the other?

  Thomas Rainwater : The other's where you live. Concrete world with stick houses and grass that can't survive without fertilizer and sprinklers. You know someday this planet's going to shake your world off it's back like dirty water.

• Doug : I am not sure this is appropriate, Chairman. I don't represent the Jenkins' estate. Or, whatever's left of it, I mean.

  Thomas Rainwater : His estate is not my concern at the moment. Is there any validity to this?

  Doug : It's a chess move. It puts you on the defensive. Stops you from building.

  Thomas Rainwater : But... But they don't have a winnable case.

  Doug : Well, define winnable. If you mean a judgment in their favor? No.But, you know, they can drag this out for years.This isn't a leveraged land developer, this is a multibillion dollar corporation that can spend , 50 or 100 million dollars in legal fees. And the reality is, that, you know, I doubt they even want your land. They just don't want an Indian casino adjacent to a planned community.

  Thomas Rainwater : So, they'll try to buy me out.

  Doug : I doubt they'll even bother. May I ask you a question? A personal question? Why build a casino in the first place? I mean what's the real reason? There are better locations with far better access.

  Thomas Rainwater : There's two futures for this valley: one with the land stripped of the second homes and hobby farms, and returned to the ways it used to be... You drive twenty miles into the park and that's how our whole nation looked at one time.Modern society wants people to go to school and learn a trade to make money to buy food, clothes, a place to live. But on land that hasn't been ravaged by man, you don't need to buy food. You just go find it. You don't buy clothes, you make them. And you don't build houses, you seek shelter. You live with the land. Not on it.

  Doug : You said two futures. What's the other?

  Thomas Rainwater : The other's where you live.Concrete worlds with stick houses and grass that can't survive without fertilizer and sprinklers. Someday this planet's going to shake your world off its back like rainwater.The casino gives me the money I need to make sure that happens. The first future is the only future.

  Doug : People prefer concrete, I'm afraid. Nobody wants your future.

  Thomas Rainwater : No one in your world.

  Doug : Well... I wish I could tell you how to fight them.

  Thomas Rainwater : If anyone knew how to fight them, there'd be no such thing as reservations.

• Thomas Rainwater : I'm trying to make it a better place.

  Angela Blue Thunder : All you've managed to do thus far is take all of our casino profits and buy land a Fortune Company is about to steal from you. And there's nothing you can do about it.