1883 (TV Mini Series)

The Crossing (2022)

Sam Elliott: Shea Brennan

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• Shea Brennan : It shocks me, Thomas, that they haven't quit yet.

  Thomas : I don't know why them folks'd want to go home. Their home sound like hell.

  Shea Brennan : 'Cuz it's the hell they know. Most terrifyin' thing on this planet is the unknown.

  Thomas : That's 'cuz you ain't never been whipped, Captain. Let someone put a whip to your back, tell me the unknown is what scares you. These folks ain't never goin' home.

• Shea Brennan : It takes a lot to surprise me, Thomas. These people, they've never been allowed to think for themselves. Now they can hardly think at all.The fact they ain't headed for Galveston and begging their way on a boat for home shocks me. It shocks me, Thomas. That they haven't quit yet.

• Josef : [sighs, rises, walks away, stops and turns]  Uh Oregon. You've seen it?

  Shea Brennan : [nods his head]  I've seen it.

  Josef : What was it like?

  Shea Brennan : It's worth the risk if that's what you're asking.

  Josef : That's what I'm asking.

• Wade : [mounts horse, reins and rides off]  Well, have a look around, Captain. We're starving already.

  Shea Brennan : [discontented]  This talking back is getting contagious.

  Thomas : [sardonically]  You need to have a word with that farmer. A word that sticks. Let me do it, I'll make sure it sticks.

  [Shea chuckles quietly]