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Sundays 8:00 PM on Paramount1883 Season 1 Episode 5: "The Fangs of Freedom" Quotes
I think cities have weakened us as a species. Mistakes have no consequences there. Step into the road without looking, and the carriage merely stops or swerves. The only consequence, an angry driver. But here, there can be no mistakes because here doesn't care. The river doesn't care if you can swim. The snake doesn't care how much you love your children, and the wolf has no interest in your dreams. If you fail to beat the current, you will drown. If you get too close, you will be bitten. If you are too weak, you will be eaten.
Elsa
The land of no consequences behind us, we are in the land of no mercy now.
Elsa
Thomas: Missin' 'em bad this morning, huh?
Shea: I miss 'em bad every mornin' Tom. But that ain't what's eatin' me today.
Thomas: What's eatin' ya then?
Shea: We're makin' too many widows, too many orphans.
Thomas: We ain't makin' nothin'. They deaths ain't our fault.
Shea: They're our responsibility. That makes 'em our fault.
Thomas: How's 'is any different than sendin' soldiers over a hill? You knew them was gonna die. Never shed a tear for them.
Shea: The hell I didn't.
James: Where you goin'?
Margaret: I don't recall the part of our vows that said I need to ask your permission to go somewhere.
The only way you survive this is workin' together, leanin' on each other. This trip ain't even got hard yet, but hard's comin'. The river is what happens when you don't work together. [points to Josef] That is your leader. You chose 'im. Now follow him or choose someone you will follow.
Shea
Margaret: I envy you, becomin' a woman out here. No rules, no worries, or whispers about what you should be. There's no such thing as freedom, Elsa. Don't let anyone tell you there is. There's laws, there's rules, there's customs, responsibilities everywhere. The more people you cram together, the more rules there'll be. I don't know what life is like in Oregon, but there'll be rules there, too. This trail is as free as you'll ever be. The only rules you need to follow are the ones in your heart.
Elsa: Can we talk about sex now?
Margaret: We just did.
If you decide to do it again, do it outside of earshot of the damn camp.
Margaret
Just once, I'd love to see the world through your eyes. One day you'll see 'em through mine, though, and it breaks my heart.
Margaret
Elsa: If I have a baby, are you man enough to help raise it? Well?
Ennis: You ain't like anyone I ever met. Hell yes, I'm man enough! Doubt I'm that lucky, though.
Elsa: [kisses him] Mornin'.
Ennis: Good mornin'.
Elsa: I'm gonna go tell Daddy.
Ennis: Tell daddy what?
Elsa: That we're gettin' married!
I'd known death since I was a child. It's everywhere. But it had never touched me. It had never placed its rotten finger on my heart until today. Today, my eyes died. I see the world through my mother's eyes now. Yes, freedom has fangs and it sunk them in me. I chose to love him. He chose to love me back, then chose to protect me. And a man we've never met chose to kill him and made me colorblind. [kills the man] Maybe killin' this man will get my eyes back. Maybe it won't, but I chose to find out.
Elsa
