Part
One
[glass breaking]
KYLE:
Gimme a drink. Whiskey!
MAN:
Come on, let's get out the way.
INEZ:
Hey, come on. You've had your fun, Mister. Now get out.
KYLE:
Whoo-hoo! Take it on now.
INEZ:
Hey!
KYLE:
There you go, partner. Drink up. Heh heh.
MAN:
Gimme a drink.
INEZ:
Yeah. Here's your drink.
BUCK:
Hey, that ain't no way to treat a lady. Gimme that. Gimme that.
KYLE:
Aah!
CHRIS:
Fight's over.
INEZ:
It's about time.
BUCK:
Your knight in shining armor, darlin'.
VIN:
Nathan, he got hisself a little scratch. Look after him.
JOSIAH:
You boys cuttin' up?
BUCK:
Expect more of it now that the railroad's layin' track nearby.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
Ahem. We hear of 7 men who protect this place. Brave men it is said.
BUCK:
We don't mean to brag...
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
My brother has disappeared. Also other men from the railroad camp. All Chinese. I believe they were murdered.
CHRIS:
Why would someone want your brother dead?
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
He asked for changes to make things better for our people. But all those who speak out disappear.
WO CHIN:
They're gunfighters, father. They work for money. They will not help us.
BUCK:
Nice to meet you, too.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
I can pay. This jade is all I can offer you.
JOSIAH:
[speaking Chinese]
BUCK:
What the hell was that?
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
Justice will prevail.
BUCK:
You speak Chinese.
JOSIAH:
Word or two. My father did missionary work with Chinese up in San Francisco.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
[speaking Chinese]
JOSIAH:
Wants to know if we're gonna help him.
CHRIS:
Well, boys... What do you think?
BUCK:
We got no say there. That's private property. But that never stopped us before.
JOSIAH:
No harm lookin' around.
CHRIS:
All right. But only if you keep this. We'll follow you.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
No one must know I asked you to come.
CHRIS:
Never seen ya before.
VIN:
Where can we find the rail boss?
RUPERT BROWNER:
That, sir, would be me. Rupert Browner's my name. I see you've met a few of my employees.
CHRIS:
A little dustup in town.
RUPERT BROWNER:
I lecture 'em, I fine 'em, I fire 'em, and they still need to blow off steam, I guess. I--I will try to see that it does not happen again, uh... Sheriff.
CHRIS:
No badges. We're just paid to keep an eye on things.
RUPERT BROWNER:
Seven of ya? That's an unusual arrangement. Seems to me like the further inland you go, stranger the things ya find. That's progress, my good man. Anyway, I wanna thank you for returning my men. That one there, with the wounded shoulder, is my top foreman. Go on, Kyle, get out of here.
VIN:
Tell me, Rupert, if a man or two were to go missing off the site, you notice?
RUPERT BROWNER:
Well, we got several hundred men workin' here--comin, goin' every day. So it's kinda hard to keep track of 'em all.
VIN:
I reckon. Since we're here, you mind if we take a look around?
RUPERT BROWNER:
No, no. Not at all. Just spread a little money around.
VIN:
Feller could get hisself killed talkin' to us.
JOSIAH:
Gotta catch the strays. That's our best hope. Ones off by themselves.
VIN:
Hmm.
JOSIAH:
[speaking Chinese]
VIN:
What did you say to him?
JOSIAH:
Oh, I told him to have courage.
VIN:
Well, hell, you got his attention. Try askin' if he knows of anyone gone missin'.
JOSIAH:
[speaking halting Chinese]
CHINESE MAN 1:
Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha.
JOSIAH:
What's so funny?
CHINESE MAN 1:
You ask if he know any man who smells good.
JOSIAH:
My Chinese is about as rusty as a dead horse's shoe, but, uh, maybe you can help me here.
CHINESE MAN 2:
Wait, wait, wait.
JOSIAH:
[speaking Chinese][speaking Chinese]
JD:
You got a lot of 'em here, Doctor. Any of 'em, uh, make me a little taller?
DR CHI-CHOW:
Ohh... I give you this.
JD:
Really? Get bigger?
BUCK:
What ya buyin'?
JD:
Uh, nothin'.
BUCK:
Nothin'? Doesn't look like nothin'.
JD:
It's nothing.
BUCK:
What is it?
JD:
Nothin'.
BUCK:
What is it?!
JD:
All right, it's a... a...potion.
BUCK:
Potion?
JD:
Yeah. Dr. Chow Chi, this is Buck. Dr. Chow Chi is like a witch doctor or something. He makes all kinds of remedies, and this one here's gonna help me get taller.
BUCK:
Ohh.
[Dr. Chi-Chow speaking Chinese]
BUCK:
Oh, it's working already.
JD:
Buck, look. He's got all kinds of remedies. He's got one here for good luck. Got one for bad colds. He's even got a love potion. Where's the love potion, Doc? Love potion.
BUCK:
Well, you better grow up, boy. Because all this magic here-- it's just a bunch of hooey. I'm just kidding.
JD:
We'll see what you're sayin', Buck, when you gotta look up to talk to me.
BUCK:
Yeah.
JOHNSON:
Watch where you're goin'.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
[speaking Chinese] Sorry. Sorry.
JOHNSON:
I say you could go?
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
I want no trouble. Help!
JOHNSON:
What did you tell them cowboys?
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
Nothing! Nothing!
McAFEE:
Leave him be, Johnson.
VIN:
Man said leave him be.
JOHNSON:
You best mind your own business, McAfee. You makin' the wrong kind of friends around here.
VIN:
Ain't the way I see it. Good thing you came along.
McAFEE:
Good for who?
BUCK:
Doh! Man, oh, man! Man, this stuff is God-awful. Damn well better make her like me.
DR CHI-CHOW:
Oh, you want her to like you?
BUCK:
Yeah.
DR CHI-CHOW:
I thought you suffer from limp noodle.
BUCK:
Huh? Now, hold on. Now, looky here, Doc. There's nothin' wrong with that. No, I got-- no, that's fine. Fine.
DR CHI-CHOW:
I see. I got what you need. You give special lady to drink, you become her special man.
BUCK:
Yes! That's more like it. Special man.
EZRA:
So, do I have to come up with 6 spots or 4? I've never been good with figures.
NATHAN:
What the hell are you doin'?
EZRA:
Tryin' to ingratiate myself with these good people. Better to ascertain information. Oh, my turn? There you go.
CROWD:
[all grumble in Chinese]
EZRA:
I win? Oh, not again. Imagine that. Beginner's luck and all. One more? One more. Ahem.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
Hey, like to buy girl? She can do many things. Not only cook and clean, but love, too.
NATHAN:
You can't sell that girl.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
She my niece. I can do what I like with her. Hey, she very pretty, huh?
KYLE:
I'll give ya a dollar for the girl.
NATHAN:
Mister, you get the hell out of here.
KYLE:
Hey, boy! This is Central Pacific land. You got no authority.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
$1.00. You can have her for $1.00.
NATHAN:
Wait. Hold it. Wait, wait. $2.00.
KYLE:
3.
NATHAN:
Help me out here, Ezra. You see that man's eyes? He's trying to sell his niece so he can buy opium.
EZRA:
Whereas I find that shocking and most unfortunate, I am hardly a social reformer.
NATHAN:
Well, I ain't turnin' a blind eye to slave trade. $4.00. I got $4.00.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
You like. She make you very happy. You buy.
KYLE:
10. $10.
NATHAN:
I'm out of money.
EZRA:
No wonder, the way you spend it.
NATHAN:
You're gonna take those winnings, and you're gonna buy that girl out of her trouble.
EZRA:
Heh heh. That would be financially imprudent, Mr. Jackson.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
You pay $10? More than $10?
NATHAN:
Wait, wait. You cough up that money, or else I'm gonna tell them where you're hidin' those extra dominoes.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
Anybody pay more than $10? All right, you take.
EZRA:
$11.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
$11. It's a deal. You buy. She's yours.
KYLE:
You're gonna regret you did that.
EZRA:
Oh, I already do.
NATHAN:
Mister, I done seen some low things in my life, but I ain't never seen nothin' like this. You're free to go.
EZRA:
You heard the man. Best be on your way now.
NATHAN:
You got someplace you can go? Huh?
EZRA:
Well, Mr. Jackson, you're now indebted to me for $7.00.
CHRIS:
People are scared.
NATHAN:
Well, they got good reason to be. They figure since they're not from here, they gotta take it.
JD:
Ain't much we can really do to help when none of 'em will speak to us.
BUCK:
I hate to say it, but we got enough trouble back in town.
VIN:
Yeah, but it don't feel right just ridin' away.
[woman screams]
JOSIAH:
That's the man who came to town.
WO CHIN:
Papa? Papa? Papa? Papa! Papa. Papa. Papa.
JOSIAH:
Come on, son.
RUPERT BROWNER:
These senseless tragedies never get easier. Lord knows, this isn't the first accident we've seen, but I just kept hoping it'll be the last.
NATHAN:
I'm not so sure it was an accident.
RUPERT BROWNER:
What makes you say that?
NATHAN:
Well, those rails, they broke his back. But there were bruises on his face. It just don't add up.
VIN:
Hey, this don't look good. He was dragged down here by 2, maybe 3 men.
RUPERT BROWNER:
Well, gentlemen, if this is a murder, I will get to the bottom of it!
CHRIS:
You mind if we lend a hand?
RUPERT BROWNER:
On the contrary, my good man, I welcome the addition of intelligent life in this wasteland. [sighs] Lord.
CHRIS:
All right, we work in shifts. Vin, Josiah, stay with me. The rest of you come back to town.
BUCK:
Good evening, Inez. May I say that you're looking especially lovely this evening.
INEZ:
The usual, Senor?
BUCK:
Oh, yes, the usual. Thank you. Ahem. A toast.
INEZ:
A toast?
BUCK:
To your loveliness.
JD:
I'll drink to that.
BUCK:
No. No, no! No! Hey!
JD:
Say, Buck. Huh? What do you say you and I go for a little midnight dip in the pond? Hey, Buck, what do you say? It's kinda hot. Want to go for a swim in the pond?
EZRA:
Show yourself. Come on out of there.
LI PONG:
I hang your coat?
EZRA:
I-- I'd rather you just tell me what it is you're doing here.
LI PONG:
Folding your beautiful clothes for you.
EZRA:
Well, that's most gracious of you, but I distinctly recall setting you free, Miss, uh...
LI PONG:
My name Li Pong. May I take your coat now?
EZRA:
How on Earth did you find me?
LI PONG:
I ask where the man with the red coat lives. You sit here, please?
EZRA:
Uh, listen, uh, Li Pong, clearly, you don't understand. You don't have to be here.
LI PONG:
Yes, I do.
EZRA:
Now, look, darlin', uh, where I come from, a gentleman does not take advantage of a lady who feels obliged.
LI PONG:
Obliged?
[knock on door]
NATHAN:
Ezra! Hey, that girl's been lookin'-- Oh, you keeping yourself a slave girl now, huh?
EZRA:
Sir, I take umbrage at that heinous accusation. I emancipated this girl. You saw it with your own eyes.
NATHAN:
And those same eyes are seeing this.
EZRA:
I will not sit here and be viciously maligned.
NATHAN:
I don't care what you do. I'm taking this girl with me. Come on, honey. Come on.
LI PONG:
Please let me stay. I have nowhere else to go.
EZRA:
Now, now, darlin', You don't have to go anywhere. You are quite welcome right here. Assuming a bedroll on the floor will suffice?
LI PONG:
Anyplace will do. Thank you.
EZRA:
All right now, calm down. As for you... I believe you owe me $7.00... and an apology.
NATHAN:
We'll see.
JOSIAH:
[speaking Chinese]
WO CHIN:
I don't need strength. I need lik, not lieu.
JOSIAH:
"Lik" is strength? Then "lieu" is... "Lieu" is urinating. Ha ha. You speak English pretty good.
WO CHIN:
Better than your Chinese.
JOSIAH:
Well, that ain't hard. Where'd you learn?
WO CHIN:
My father taught me. He said it would help us to become better Americans. Look what it did for him.
JOSIAH:
Your father wanted something better for you.
WO CHIN:
So now I am alone, with no family. That is better?
JOSIAH:
You know, there's an old Zen story about a man walking along a cliff and sees a tiger coming. He jumps over the cliff, hangs onto a root, looks down, sees another tiger, and the worse thing of all is there's a mouse munching on the root. Well, knowing he was gonna fall, looks over and he sees a wild strawberry growing nearby, takes a bite out of that strawberry, and it is the sweetest thing he's ever tasted. Now, what does that story say to you? Life is precious.
WO CHIN:
You want to teach me something? Teach me to use that gun.
VIN:
Josiah!
CHINESE MAN:
Please, do not do this. I--I will complain no more. I swear.
MAN 1:
Keep dig in'.
[praying in Chinese]
CHINESE MAN:
You can rely on my silence.
[gunshot]
MAN 1:
Now I can.
KYLE:
Ha ha. Well, now, you see how easy that is? You don't gotta touch him
nor nothin'.
MAN 1:
Heh heh heh heh. Cover him up and keep your mouth shut.
[glass breaking]
KYLE:
Gimme a drink. Whiskey!
MAN:
Come on, let's get out the way.
INEZ:
Hey, come on. You've had your fun, Mister. Now get out.
KYLE:
Whoo-hoo! Take it on now.
INEZ:
Hey!
KYLE:
There you go, partner. Drink up. Heh heh.
MAN:
Gimme a drink.
INEZ:
Yeah. Here's your drink.
BUCK:
Hey, that ain't no way to treat a lady. Gimme that. Gimme that.
KYLE:
Aah!
CHRIS:
Fight's over.
INEZ:
It's about time.
BUCK:
Your knight in shining armor, darlin'.
VIN:
Nathan, he got hisself a little scratch. Look after him.
JOSIAH:
You boys cuttin' up?
BUCK:
Expect more of it now that the railroad's layin' track nearby.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
Ahem. We hear of 7 men who protect this place. Brave men it is said.
BUCK:
We don't mean to brag...
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
My brother has disappeared. Also other men from the railroad camp. All Chinese. I believe they were murdered.
CHRIS:
Why would someone want your brother dead?
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
He asked for changes to make things better for our people. But all those who speak out disappear.
WO CHIN:
They're gunfighters, father. They work for money. They will not help us.
BUCK:
Nice to meet you, too.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
I can pay. This jade is all I can offer you.
JOSIAH:
[speaking Chinese]
BUCK:
What the hell was that?
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
Justice will prevail.
BUCK:
You speak Chinese.
JOSIAH:
Word or two. My father did missionary work with Chinese up in San Francisco.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
[speaking Chinese]
JOSIAH:
Wants to know if we're gonna help him.
CHRIS:
Well, boys... What do you think?
BUCK:
We got no say there. That's private property. But that never stopped us before.
JOSIAH:
No harm lookin' around.
CHRIS:
All right. But only if you keep this. We'll follow you.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
No one must know I asked you to come.
CHRIS:
Never seen ya before.
VIN:
Where can we find the rail boss?
RUPERT BROWNER:
That, sir, would be me. Rupert Browner's my name. I see you've met a few of my employees.
CHRIS:
A little dustup in town.
RUPERT BROWNER:
I lecture 'em, I fine 'em, I fire 'em, and they still need to blow off steam, I guess. I--I will try to see that it does not happen again, uh... Sheriff.
CHRIS:
No badges. We're just paid to keep an eye on things.
RUPERT BROWNER:
Seven of ya? That's an unusual arrangement. Seems to me like the further inland you go, stranger the things ya find. That's progress, my good man. Anyway, I wanna thank you for returning my men. That one there, with the wounded shoulder, is my top foreman. Go on, Kyle, get out of here.
VIN:
Tell me, Rupert, if a man or two were to go missing off the site, you notice?
RUPERT BROWNER:
Well, we got several hundred men workin' here--comin, goin' every day. So it's kinda hard to keep track of 'em all.
VIN:
I reckon. Since we're here, you mind if we take a look around?
RUPERT BROWNER:
No, no. Not at all. Just spread a little money around.
VIN:
Feller could get hisself killed talkin' to us.
JOSIAH:
Gotta catch the strays. That's our best hope. Ones off by themselves.
VIN:
Hmm.
JOSIAH:
[speaking Chinese]
VIN:
What did you say to him?
JOSIAH:
Oh, I told him to have courage.
VIN:
Well, hell, you got his attention. Try askin' if he knows of anyone gone missin'.
JOSIAH:
[speaking halting Chinese]
CHINESE MAN 1:
Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha.
JOSIAH:
What's so funny?
CHINESE MAN 1:
You ask if he know any man who smells good.
JOSIAH:
My Chinese is about as rusty as a dead horse's shoe, but, uh, maybe you can help me here.
CHINESE MAN 2:
Wait, wait, wait.
JOSIAH:
[speaking Chinese][speaking Chinese]
JD:
You got a lot of 'em here, Doctor. Any of 'em, uh, make me a little taller?
DR CHI-CHOW:
Ohh... I give you this.
JD:
Really? Get bigger?
BUCK:
What ya buyin'?
JD:
Uh, nothin'.
BUCK:
Nothin'? Doesn't look like nothin'.
JD:
It's nothing.
BUCK:
What is it?
JD:
Nothin'.
BUCK:
What is it?!
JD:
All right, it's a... a...potion.
BUCK:
Potion?
JD:
Yeah. Dr. Chow Chi, this is Buck. Dr. Chow Chi is like a witch doctor or something. He makes all kinds of remedies, and this one here's gonna help me get taller.
BUCK:
Ohh.
[Dr. Chi-Chow speaking Chinese]
BUCK:
Oh, it's working already.
JD:
Buck, look. He's got all kinds of remedies. He's got one here for good luck. Got one for bad colds. He's even got a love potion. Where's the love potion, Doc? Love potion.
BUCK:
Well, you better grow up, boy. Because all this magic here-- it's just a bunch of hooey. I'm just kidding.
JD:
We'll see what you're sayin', Buck, when you gotta look up to talk to me.
BUCK:
Yeah.
JOHNSON:
Watch where you're goin'.
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
[speaking Chinese] Sorry. Sorry.
JOHNSON:
I say you could go?
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
I want no trouble. Help!
JOHNSON:
What did you tell them cowboys?
WO CHIN'S FATHER:
Nothing! Nothing!
McAFEE:
Leave him be, Johnson.
VIN:
Man said leave him be.
JOHNSON:
You best mind your own business, McAfee. You makin' the wrong kind of friends around here.
VIN:
Ain't the way I see it. Good thing you came along.
McAFEE:
Good for who?
BUCK:
Doh! Man, oh, man! Man, this stuff is God-awful. Damn well better make her like me.
DR CHI-CHOW:
Oh, you want her to like you?
BUCK:
Yeah.
DR CHI-CHOW:
I thought you suffer from limp noodle.
BUCK:
Huh? Now, hold on. Now, looky here, Doc. There's nothin' wrong with that. No, I got-- no, that's fine. Fine.
DR CHI-CHOW:
I see. I got what you need. You give special lady to drink, you become her special man.
BUCK:
Yes! That's more like it. Special man.
EZRA:
So, do I have to come up with 6 spots or 4? I've never been good with figures.
NATHAN:
What the hell are you doin'?
EZRA:
Tryin' to ingratiate myself with these good people. Better to ascertain information. Oh, my turn? There you go.
CROWD:
[all grumble in Chinese]
EZRA:
I win? Oh, not again. Imagine that. Beginner's luck and all. One more? One more. Ahem.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
Hey, like to buy girl? She can do many things. Not only cook and clean, but love, too.
NATHAN:
You can't sell that girl.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
She my niece. I can do what I like with her. Hey, she very pretty, huh?
KYLE:
I'll give ya a dollar for the girl.
NATHAN:
Mister, you get the hell out of here.
KYLE:
Hey, boy! This is Central Pacific land. You got no authority.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
$1.00. You can have her for $1.00.
NATHAN:
Wait. Hold it. Wait, wait. $2.00.
KYLE:
3.
NATHAN:
Help me out here, Ezra. You see that man's eyes? He's trying to sell his niece so he can buy opium.
EZRA:
Whereas I find that shocking and most unfortunate, I am hardly a social reformer.
NATHAN:
Well, I ain't turnin' a blind eye to slave trade. $4.00. I got $4.00.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
You like. She make you very happy. You buy.
KYLE:
10. $10.
NATHAN:
I'm out of money.
EZRA:
No wonder, the way you spend it.
NATHAN:
You're gonna take those winnings, and you're gonna buy that girl out of her trouble.
EZRA:
Heh heh. That would be financially imprudent, Mr. Jackson.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
You pay $10? More than $10?
NATHAN:
Wait, wait. You cough up that money, or else I'm gonna tell them where you're hidin' those extra dominoes.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
Anybody pay more than $10? All right, you take.
EZRA:
$11.
LI PONG'S UNCLE:
$11. It's a deal. You buy. She's yours.
KYLE:
You're gonna regret you did that.
EZRA:
Oh, I already do.
NATHAN:
Mister, I done seen some low things in my life, but I ain't never seen nothin' like this. You're free to go.
EZRA:
You heard the man. Best be on your way now.
NATHAN:
You got someplace you can go? Huh?
EZRA:
Well, Mr. Jackson, you're now indebted to me for $7.00.
CHRIS:
People are scared.
NATHAN:
Well, they got good reason to be. They figure since they're not from here, they gotta take it.
JD:
Ain't much we can really do to help when none of 'em will speak to us.
BUCK:
I hate to say it, but we got enough trouble back in town.
VIN:
Yeah, but it don't feel right just ridin' away.
[woman screams]
JOSIAH:
That's the man who came to town.
WO CHIN:
Papa? Papa? Papa? Papa! Papa. Papa. Papa.
JOSIAH:
Come on, son.
RUPERT BROWNER:
These senseless tragedies never get easier. Lord knows, this isn't the first accident we've seen, but I just kept hoping it'll be the last.
NATHAN:
I'm not so sure it was an accident.
RUPERT BROWNER:
What makes you say that?
NATHAN:
Well, those rails, they broke his back. But there were bruises on his face. It just don't add up.
VIN:
Hey, this don't look good. He was dragged down here by 2, maybe 3 men.
RUPERT BROWNER:
Well, gentlemen, if this is a murder, I will get to the bottom of it!
CHRIS:
You mind if we lend a hand?
RUPERT BROWNER:
On the contrary, my good man, I welcome the addition of intelligent life in this wasteland. [sighs] Lord.
CHRIS:
All right, we work in shifts. Vin, Josiah, stay with me. The rest of you come back to town.
BUCK:
Good evening, Inez. May I say that you're looking especially lovely this evening.
INEZ:
The usual, Senor?
BUCK:
Oh, yes, the usual. Thank you. Ahem. A toast.
INEZ:
A toast?
BUCK:
To your loveliness.
JD:
I'll drink to that.
BUCK:
No. No, no! No! Hey!
JD:
Say, Buck. Huh? What do you say you and I go for a little midnight dip in the pond? Hey, Buck, what do you say? It's kinda hot. Want to go for a swim in the pond?
EZRA:
Show yourself. Come on out of there.
LI PONG:
I hang your coat?
EZRA:
I-- I'd rather you just tell me what it is you're doing here.
LI PONG:
Folding your beautiful clothes for you.
EZRA:
Well, that's most gracious of you, but I distinctly recall setting you free, Miss, uh...
LI PONG:
My name Li Pong. May I take your coat now?
EZRA:
How on Earth did you find me?
LI PONG:
I ask where the man with the red coat lives. You sit here, please?
EZRA:
Uh, listen, uh, Li Pong, clearly, you don't understand. You don't have to be here.
LI PONG:
Yes, I do.
EZRA:
Now, look, darlin', uh, where I come from, a gentleman does not take advantage of a lady who feels obliged.
LI PONG:
Obliged?
[knock on door]
NATHAN:
Ezra! Hey, that girl's been lookin'-- Oh, you keeping yourself a slave girl now, huh?
EZRA:
Sir, I take umbrage at that heinous accusation. I emancipated this girl. You saw it with your own eyes.
NATHAN:
And those same eyes are seeing this.
EZRA:
I will not sit here and be viciously maligned.
NATHAN:
I don't care what you do. I'm taking this girl with me. Come on, honey. Come on.
LI PONG:
Please let me stay. I have nowhere else to go.
EZRA:
Now, now, darlin', You don't have to go anywhere. You are quite welcome right here. Assuming a bedroll on the floor will suffice?
LI PONG:
Anyplace will do. Thank you.
EZRA:
All right now, calm down. As for you... I believe you owe me $7.00... and an apology.
NATHAN:
We'll see.
JOSIAH:
[speaking Chinese]
WO CHIN:
I don't need strength. I need lik, not lieu.
JOSIAH:
"Lik" is strength? Then "lieu" is... "Lieu" is urinating. Ha ha. You speak English pretty good.
WO CHIN:
Better than your Chinese.
JOSIAH:
Well, that ain't hard. Where'd you learn?
WO CHIN:
My father taught me. He said it would help us to become better Americans. Look what it did for him.
JOSIAH:
Your father wanted something better for you.
WO CHIN:
So now I am alone, with no family. That is better?
JOSIAH:
You know, there's an old Zen story about a man walking along a cliff and sees a tiger coming. He jumps over the cliff, hangs onto a root, looks down, sees another tiger, and the worse thing of all is there's a mouse munching on the root. Well, knowing he was gonna fall, looks over and he sees a wild strawberry growing nearby, takes a bite out of that strawberry, and it is the sweetest thing he's ever tasted. Now, what does that story say to you? Life is precious.
WO CHIN:
You want to teach me something? Teach me to use that gun.
VIN:
Josiah!
Season One
The Magnificent
Seven (Premiere) 1 2
3
One Day Out West 1 2
Working Girls 1
2
Safecracker 1 2 Witness 1 2 Nemesis 1 2
The Collector 1 2 Manhunt 1
2 Inmate 78 1
2
Season Two
The New Law 1 2 Sins Of The Past 1 2
Love And Honor 1 2
Vendetta 1
2
Wagon Train Part One 1 2
Wagon Train Part Two 1
2
The
Trial 1 2
Chinatown 1 2
Achilles 1
2
Lady Killers 1 2
Penance
Serpents
Obsession
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