Hell on Wheels (TV Series)

Durant, Nebraska (2012)

Anson Mount: Cullen Bohannon

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Quotes 

• Cullen Bohannan : [Durant has just rescued Cullen from execution by firing squad]  What the hell you doin' here anyway?

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : [Durant produces a piece of paper]  This... is a warrant for your execution.

  Cullen Bohannan : Yeah? No shit.

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : And this...

  [he produces another piece of paper] 

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : ... is a pardon. Signed by my friend Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War.

  Cullen Bohannan : Playin' God comes natural to you, don't it?

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : [chuckling]  Well, yes. But, like any benevolent God... I'm here to help you.

  Cullen Bohannan : I'm supposed to believe you don't want nothin' outta this?

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : On the contrary. My motives are purely selfish. But that is not to say that you can't benefit as well. You have a lot of unfinished business on this earth, Mr. Bohannon. What will it be? Life...

  [he holds up the pardon] 

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : ... or death?

  [he holds up the execution warrant and gives Cullen a meaningful look] 

• Cullen Bohannan : What's to keep me from lighting out of here first chance I get, huh?

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : For a man like you, his word is stronger than any set of shackles.

• Lt. Weston : Now, Mr. Bohannan. You are guilty of armed robbery and sedition. A capital offense. I may be able to get that commuted to life, if you give me the names of your cohorts.

  Cullen Bohannan : Yeah. I might just fly my ass outta here if I sprouted me some wings.

  [his head is dunked back into the tank] 

• Doc Whitehead : I'll pray for you, son.

  Cullen Bohannan : If you going to pray, pray for me to die well, Doc. That's all I got left.

• Thomas 'Doc' Durant : [holding gun on Bohannan]  I can't help wondering if I haven't made a grave mistake.

  Cullen Bohannan : I'm beginning to come around to the same conclusion.

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : I think you should thank me.

  Cullen Bohannan : Tell you what, I'll say "your welcome."

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : I could always make you.

  Cullen Bohannan : I don't think so.

  Thomas 'Doc' Durant : [pushes the gun in his face]  You don't know a thing about me.

  Cullen Bohannan : Well, I know... I know you're the type of man who likes to do his dirty work from a distance. Not up close like this.

  [grabs the gun and puts him in a head lock] 

  Cullen Bohannan : Who's the executioner now? Why don't you ask for a stay, huh?