"Promised Land"


 

 

 

 

 

 


~Al: I think we need to take a trip to the little bank robber's room. "Promised Land"

~Al: You've got that look, Sam.
Sam: What look?
Al: That look - the 'I'm gonna save the world' look. "Promised Land"

(Al arrives and wants to have a talk with Sam)
Al: Uh, Sam, I think we need to take a trip to the little bank robbers' room.
Al: I know that you're sympathetic with the situation here because it's your hometown and all of that, but Ziggy says there's a 73.9% chance that if you surrender you'll leap.
Sam (stunned by the idea): Leap? Why would I want to leap, I’m home!
Al: But you're here to save the brothers, right?... so? You gotta turn yourself in! Right??... So?! Let's go!!... Right?! 

(Sam tries to comfort Beth, the pregnant teller, but ends up in the middle of a quarrel)
Sam: I'm really… sorry that you got mixed up in all of this.
Beth: That's alright. My daddy lost *his* place a while back. The way I see it, Gus Vernon has it coming.
Carrie (sharply): Beth!!
Beth: Well, he does! I don't know why you're always protecting that man.
Carrie: Because he's our boss, that's why, and we wouldn't have a job if it wasn't for him.
Beth (sighs): Some job. Two dollars an hour, no benefits (to Carrie) and you. I should've never quit the Dairy Queen.
Carrie (acidly): If you ask me, that's where you belong.
Beth (sweetly): Well, at least I don't have to sleep with the boss to keep my job.
Carrie (now enraged): You little bitch!!
Beth (still sweetly): Takes one to know one!

(They approach each other with violent intent. Sam quickly interposes between them)
Sam: Alright, ladies… please. (Sizing each other up, they return to their places) 

(Sam is running along the country road leading to Vernon's house. Al is waiting for him at the crossroads, calling him to hurry up. Sam finally comes to a stop next to Al)
Sam (breathless, wheezing painfully): I'm out of shape, Al…
Al: Yeah well, next leap maybe you'll leap into Carl Lewis or something, but right now, you gotta suck it up. 

(Sam has been surprised by Gus Vernon, who holds him at gunpoint)
Sam: Why'd you do it? How could you steal all those people's land?
Gus: What you call stealing, I call business.
Sam: Guess it makes it a little easier to sleep at night.
Gus (aggressively businesslike): I saw an opportunity, so I took it.
Al: What a nozzle! I'd like to grab his Adam's apple and pull it out through his nostrils.