Yellowstone (TV Series)

The Reek of Desperation (2019)

Kevin Costner: John Dutton

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• Governor Perry : Gewürztraminer, a variety originating in Tramin, a German-speaking village, in northern Italy.

  John Dutton : My father fought those bastards. Now we're drinking their wine.

• Kayce Dutton : You want 'em in pasture 12?

  John Dutton : Well, that's what I was thinking.What do you want?

  Kayce Dutton : Well, there's no hot wire around that river.We could leave them there a month or so, but then they might cross.And God knows where they'll go.In pasture nine, there's a creek and a fence all the way around it.We could leave 'em there until November.

  John Dutton : Well, nine it is.

  Kayce Dutton : You never wanted 'em in 12, did you?

  Kayce Dutton : Well, all the world's a test, son. Don't ever let it trick you into thinking different.

• Livestock Agent Steve Hendon : I need a fingerprint scan?

  Ryan : I got it.Place your fingers flat on that device.

  Livestock Agent Steve Hendon : Let's see your driver's license, please.

  John Dutton : To be an agent, you gotta go to the police academy first. We can drag that out for a bit.But you can't hold my office without the badge.

  Kayce Dutton : I don't want your office.

  John Dutton : You can't have it for about 15 years.And it'll take you that long to earn everyone's trust. Understand, Kayce, this office is how you protect the ranch and every ranch like it.

• Kayce Dutton : Can I talk to you alone for a second?

  John Dutton : Give us a minute.

  Kayce Dutton : I don't know about this, Dad. There's just so many things that can go wrong.

  John Dutton : Kayce, whoa, whoa. You just let me... you just let me worry about that.

  Kayce Dutton : I can't pass a polygraph test.

  John Dutton : Well, you won't have to.

  Kayce Dutton : Well, what about a psych eval?

  John Dutton : Well, you won't have to take one of those either.

  Kayce Dutton : Gotta go.

  John Dutton : Kayce? What makes you think you wouldn't pass a psyche evaluation?

  Kayce Dutton : My whole life.

• Bar Patron : Your wine flight.

  John Dutton : I think these are for you.

  Governor Perry : I'm gonna need all of them?

  John Dutton : Probably.

  Governor Perry : Well-played, John.

  John Dutton : Oh, we've just started playing. I told you to find another Attorney General. Now I found one for you.

  Governor Perry : Yes. You put me in a position where now I have no choice but to fight you. The Attorney General's supposed to do my bidding, John, not yours. Jamie was... he was just such a convenient way to serve both our needs.

  John Dutton : Anyone blows him by now. The only thing that matters to him is approval. Once he's elected, we can't give him that anymore. Popularity controls him, and then you know the consequences of that.

  Governor Perry : I'm gonna get him to step down.

  John Dutton : And how are you gonna do that?

  John Dutton : How I do it is not important. What matters is you don't fight me on this. But your opponent, I choose next.

  Governor Perry : And so the pack turns on itself. Guess that was inevitable.

  John Dutton : You got in the middle of family.

  Governor Perry : Don't you dare wave that flag at me. We don't have families. We have employees we're related to. Can you name the last time that you had a conversation with one of your children about how their day went or how they feel or... what they dream of?Yeah.I can't either.You're supposed to sip it, John.

  John Dutton : Not drinking it for the taste.Their mother died in front of them, Lynelle.That's how every day goes for 'em. Don't have to ask my kids how it went.You don't have to ask yours either... do you?

  Governor Perry : No.Well, this isn't the way I thought life was gonna turn out. I gotta tell you, John.

  John Dutton : Well, it's worked out pretty much how I figured it would, except for the... losing her part.Never saw that coming.

• John Dutton : Well, all the world's a test, son. Don't ever let it trick you into thinking different.