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[Jack stands up to Bobby by punching him in the face]
Jack Stall: Okay, you motherfucker! Get over there, you son of a bitch!
Jack Stall: [Jack kicks Bobby in the ribs before holding Bobby's head up] Come here. Are you laughin'? Are you laughin' now...
Jack Stall: [Jack punches Bobby again in the face] You motherfucking, cock

sucking piece of shit?
[as Judy pulls Jack away]

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[Tom explains to Edie what happened to Joey Cusack]
Edie Stall: What are you, like, some multiple personality schizoid? It's like flipping a switch back and forth for you?
Tom Stall: I never expected to see Joey again.
Edie Stall: Oh, yeah. Joey. What, was he in hiding? Was he dead?
Tom Stall: I thought

he was. I thought I killed Joey Cusack. I went out to the desert, and I killed him.
Edie Stall: Oh, my God.
Tom Stall: I spent three years becoming Tom Stall. Edie, you have to know this. I wasn't really born again until I met you. I was nothing.
Edie Stall: I don't believe you.

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[Edie asks Tom about where the name 'Stall' came from]
Edie Stall: So... you didn't grow up in Portland. And you never talk about your adopted parents because you don't have any! And our name... Jesus Christ, my name. Jack's name. Sarah's name? Stall? Tom Stall? Did you just make that up? Where did that name come from?
Tom Stall: I mean... It was

available.
Edie Stall: Yeah. I guess I was available, too.

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[Tom is frisked as soon as he enters Richie's home]
Ruben: Got to frisk you.
Tom Stall: Nah, I'll save you the trouble. I'm not packing.
Ruben: I got to frisk you.
Tom Stall: All right. I don't smell very good. I've been driving pretty much non-stop 15 to 16 hours.
Ruben: I'll

hold my nose.

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[Edie drives Tom home from the diner and starts to flirt with him]
Edie Stall: We never got to be teenagers together.
Tom Stall: Uh-huh.
Edie Stall: I'm gonna fix that.

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[Tom questions Jack about beating Bobby up and getting expelled]
Tom Stall: What the hell were you thinking?
Jack Stall: I wasn't thinking.
Tom Stall: Obviously not.

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[Mick talks to a reporter about Tom saving all of their lives]
Mick: I'm telling you, those men they were - They were going to kill us. They were going to kill us, and if it weren't for Tom... He's a hero.

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[Richie yells at one of his men when the man examines the dead body of a dead henchman]
Richie Cusack: What are you going to do, give him mouth-to-mouth? Did you see my brother? Fuckin' leave this and let's just kill that little fuck!

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[first lines]
William Orser: [Leland and Billy walk out of the motel room] So we keep headin' east?
Leland Jones: Yeah, that's the idea.
William Orser: Stay out of the big cities?
Leland Jones: Uh-huh.
William Orser: I think I'm tired.
Leland Jones:

[Leland smiles] Yeah. Me, too.

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[Edie asks Tom for the truth about if he's Joey Cusack]
Tom Stall: Edie. Honey, are you okay?
Edie Stall: Tell me the truth.
Tom Stall: The truth?
Edie Stall: Please, you can do that, can't you? You can do that, can't you, please?
Tom Stall: What do you think you heard?

Edie Stall: It's not what I heard. It's what I saw. I saw Joey. I saw you turn into Joey right before my eyes. I saw a killer... the one Fogarty warned me about. You did kill men back in Philly, didn't you? Did you do it for money, or did you do it because you enjoyed it?
Tom Stall: Joey did, both. I didn't... Tom Stall didn't.
[as Edie runs into the

bathroom to vomit]

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[Tom tries to take advantage of Mr. Fogarty's good side after getting Jack back]
Carl Fogarty: You see how cozy it can be when you decide to play nice? Now, come on, Joey. Get in the car. You won't need your toothbrush. We'll take care of everything.
Tom Stall: I think it'd be better if you'd just leave now.
Carl Fogarty: [Mr.

Fogarty stops] Joey.

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[Mr. Fogarty and his men have a conversation with Tom in the diner]
Tom Stall: We really are quite busy here today as you can see. So if you gentlemen aren't going to be eating, I really should offer your seats to paying customers.
Carl Fogarty: Hmm. Well...
Carl Fogarty: [Mr. Fogarty pulls out a $100 bill and lays it on the

table] Now we're paying customers.
Tom Stall: [Tom picks up the bill] I can't take this.
Carl Fogarty: It shouldn't be a problem for you.
Tom Stall: What's that supposed to mean?
Charlie Roarke: Mr. Fogarty's just making conversation here.
Tom Stall: Well, whatever you want to

call it, this conversation is over.
Charlie Roarke: I think he wants us to leave, Mr. Fogarty.
Frank Mulligan: Do you know what he does when he don't like people, Mr. Fogarty.
Carl Fogarty: Yeah. I'm scared. We should leave before he goes all 'Dirty Harry' on us.

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[Tom's daughter Sarah has a a bad nightmare about the shadow monsters]
Jack Stall: What's wrong, Dad?
Tom Stall: Hi, kiddo. Sarah's just had a bad dream.
Jack Stall: [Jack turns on the light] Oh.
Sarah Stall: I saw monsters Jack.
Jack Stall: [Jack gasps] Monsters? What kind?

Sarah Stall: I don't know. They came out of my closet, and then they were in the shadows.
Jack Stall: Hmm, shadow monsters. Well, they look pretty scary, but they really can't do anything. Especially when the lights are on. They're scared of the light.

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[Mick the diner chef tells Tom and Pat about the craziest girl he ever slept with]
Mick: Yeah. She used to have these crazy goddamn dreams where instead of her boyfriend, I was some kind of demented killer. I woke up one night, she stuck a goddamn fork in my shoulder.
Tom Stall: You're kidding me.
Mick: Nope. I'm spurting

blood. She's sitting there crying, going, 'Baby, I love you, I love you.'
Tom Stall: [Pat laughs] So, what happened? You broke up with her, right?
Mick: No, I married her.
Mick: [Pat continues to laugh] Hey, it lasted 6 years. Nobody's perfect, Tom.
Tom Stall: I guess not.

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[Tom sees Edie come out of the bathroom dressed up as a cheerleader]
Tom Stall: [whispering] Holy cow.
Edie Stall: [Edie reveals that she isn't wearing any panties under her skirt] What? Do you need some help with that, big boy?
Tom Stall: Uh... Maybe.
[Edie whips Tom's belt off as it slams to the wall]

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[the news reporter Jenny Wyatt interviews Tom as he arrives home from the hospital]
Jenny Wyeth: We're in Millbrook, just outside the home of American hero Tom Stall, who's just now returning from the hospital with his family. Mr. Stall, Jenny Wyatt, WRPK news. I have a few questions for you. How did it feel when you saw the guns of those ruthless killers pointed directly

at you.
Tom Stall: How did it feel?
Jenny Wyeth: Yeah.
Tom Stall: Not very good. Not very good.

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[Mr. Fogarty asks Tom if he's from Philadelphia]
Tom Stall: Pennsylvania? Is that where you gentleman are from?
Carl Fogarty: [Mr. Fogarty rolls his eyes] Yeah, like you don't know.
Tom Stall: Sorry. Did - Did we know each other?
Carl Fogarty: [Mr. Fogarty removes his sunglasses, looking up at Tom] You

tell me.

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[Sam talks to Mr. Fogarty while pulling him over on the side of the road]
Sheriff Sam Carney: What's your business in Millbrook, sir?
Carl Fogarty: We're tourists.
Sheriff Sam Carney: What business did you have at Stall's diner today?
Carl Fogarty: We heard the coffee was terrific.

Sheriff Sam Carney: Let me make something clear to you and... Mr. Mulligan.
Carl Fogarty: Uh-huh?
Sheriff Sam Carney: This is a nice town. We have nice people here. We take care of our nice people. Do you understand?
Carl Fogarty: Yeah, sure.

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[Richie tells Joey he's pissed at him]
Richie Cusack: I'm pretty pissed at you, bro-heem. You could've called. You could've dropped a postcard in the mail. We're brothers, what'd you think would happen.
Tom Stall: I thought that business would come first.
Richie Cusack: Well, yeah. Yeah, I know.

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[Leland takes inventory of how much water him and Billy have]
Leland Jones: How are we on water?
William Orser: Probably not enough.
Leland Jones: [Leland holds up the empty water jug] Yeah.