1883 (TV Mini Series)

The Fangs of Freedom (2022)

Sam Elliott: Shea Brennan

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• Mikel : [haranguing immigrants as they pass]  Is this America? Where is this Where is this freedom? Where is this justice? You are sheep with no shepherd. You follow the wolves. You follow the wolves!

  Shea Brennan : [trots between Mikel and those leaving, adamantly]  I'm a man of my word. If you ever see my face again, it'll be the last thing you see.

• Shea Brennan : [surveying the river is overcome by grief]  Goddammit.

  Thomas : [approaches Shea, stops a couple of steps behind]  Missing 'em bad this morning, huh?

  Shea Brennan : I miss 'em bad every morning, Tom. That ain't what's eating at me today.

  Thomas : What's eating you, then?

  Shea Brennan : We're making too many widows. Too many orphans.

  Thomas : We ain't making nuthin'. Their deaths ain't our fault.

  Shea Brennan : They're our responsibility. That makes 'em our fault.

  Thomas : How's this different than sending soldiers over a hill? You knew they was gonna die. You never shed a tear for them.

  Shea Brennan : [turns and shows his grief to Thomas, adamantly]  The hell I didn't.

  [Shea walks past Thomas]