Damnation
Thursdays 10:00 PM on USA NetworkDamnation Season 1 Episode 1: "Sam Riley's Body" Quotes
Girl: How'd you get me off the hook?
Seth: I spoke in parables.
Girl: What?
Seth: I lied.
Girl: What are you striking against?
Seth: The American economic system.
Girl [Laughs]: How are you gonna do that?
Seth: By breaking the system's back, one asshole banker at a time.
Preacher Seth: I believe a miracle is nothing more than a moment of God's attention. A man named Martin Luther argued against the corrupt authorities of his day. He wrote down his argument and then nailed it to the door of a church and he called down a miracle.
Sam Jr.: What'd you have in mind?
Preacher Seth: A revolution.
See, this farmer strike? It's over. Tomorrow, you're gonna sell your wares in town.
Strikebreaker
Strikebreaker: Who would seek revenge for the death of Sam Riley?
Preston [whispers]: His son, Sam Jr.
Strikebreaker: He chews a toothpick, doesn't he?
Amelia: What do we say if someone comes by here?
Seth: Goldenrod for a winter garden. Unexpected beauty pleases the Lord.
Amelia: You're actually starting to sound like a man of God.
Seth: Good because I sure as hell don't feel like one.
Amelia: Seth, they were going to kill us. They had it coming.
Seth: Maybe they did.
Amelia: Why are you shutting me out?
Seth: I didn't know I was.
Amelia: For two years, we've been going from town to town, trying to start a revolution, trying to get the working man to stand up for themselves, and you still won't tell me anything about who you are or where you're from.
Seth: We agreed we wouldn't talk about our pasts.
Amelia: We're burying the bodies of three men we just killed. If that doesn't top what you've done in the past...
Seth: It doesn't come close.
Seth: I've done wicked things in this world, and every day I'm trying to make up for that. When these three don't show up back in Chicago, whatever doctor hired them will be sending more.
Amelia: Good. That's how revolutions begin.
Strikebreaker: So what are you? Some kind of grifter whore?
Bessie: That's exactly what I am.
Strikebreaker: Oh, you're gonna grift plenty out of me, but only if we stay alive.
Preacher Seth: What would I want my fellow man to do to me?
Congregation: I would want him to break my fucking back!
Creely: I thought you'd never find me. You look different than the last time I saw you.
Seth: You killed two men in this town.
Creely: I guess the Lord works in mysterious ways.
Seth: Wanna try and end a third?
Creely: Let's say I'm familiar with my limits.
Seth: Your work in this town is done. You best leave while you can.
Creely: Or else what Preacher? You're gonna save my poor immortal soul?
Seth: [puts his forehead onto the gun]: No, I'll kill you and drag you to hell with me.
Bessie: Who was that?
Creely: My little brother.
