The Walking Dead (TV Series)
The Same Boat (2016)
Alicia Witt: Paula
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Quotes
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[Carol holds her gun on Paula]
Carol Peletier : I told you to run.
Paula : If you could do all this, what were you so afraid of, Carol?
Carol Peletier : [Carol walks up on Paula extending her gun out to her] I was afraid of this.
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[Paula tells Carol the story of who she was before the zombie apocalypse]
Paula : I was a secretary before. I fetched coffee for my boss and made him feel good about himself. I spent most of my days reading stupid inspirational e-mails to feel good about myself. There was this one that kept going around. A young woman was having a hard time and told her mom she wanted to give up, so her mom went to the kitchen and started boiling three pots of water. She put a carrot in one, an egg in another, and ground coffee beans in the last one. After they had boiled a while, her mom said, 'Look, all three things went through the same boiling water. The carrot went in strong and came out soft. The egg was fragile and came out hard. But the coffee beans changed the water itself.' You're supposed to want to be the coffee beans. See, to me, coffee was just a thing that my boss would drink up. No matter how many times I refilled his damn cup, it was just never enough. I was at work when the Army took over DC. We weren't allowed to leave. They had to evacuate all the important people first - members of Congress, government employees. So I was stuck with my boss. Not my family - My husband, my four girls... My boss was weak and stupid and he was going to die and he was going to take me down, too. He was the first person I killed so that I could live. I stopped counting when I hit double digits. That's around the time I stopped feeling bad about it.
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[Carol tells Paula that she's going to die]
Carol Peletier : You're the one who's afraid to die. And you're going to. You will die. It's what's gonna happen if you don't work this out.
Paula : Are you going to kill me?
Carol Peletier : I hope not.
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[Paula sees Carol holding tight on to her prayer beads]
Paula : Do you really believe in that crap?
Carol Peletier : My faith got me through the death of my daughter.
Paula : Hmm. Well, the good news is maybe you'll see her again soon.
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[Maggie defends her choice to getting pregnant]
Maggie Greene : Women used to just die in childbirth. And they always thought the world was gonna end. Living through it, why would you just give up?
Paula : But are you going to live through it? Anyway, that's cute. Babies are the point. Children are our future. Making bite-sized snacks for the dead. The point is to stay standing.
Maggie Greene : No. Walkers do that. I'm choosing something.
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[Donnie argues with Paula for not killing Carol]
Donnie : You lost your balls, Paula. You should've shot her in the head so they could hear her die.
Paula : If you could just shut up, I'll solve this.
Donnie : Then make the deal or we go in.
Molly : She said shut up, so shut it. You should be glad she doesn't have a sack of gonads to trip over.
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[Carol and Maggie listen to Paula's walkie-talkie orders while they wear covers over their heads]
Paula : Omega, Omega, Saviors down. Go to Gamma code, 'fire'. Alpha channel is not clear. We follow the protocol. Where the hell are you guys?
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[Paula looks at the frightened and gagged Carol]
Paula : You're wondering if there's a way out of this. There isn't. Not unless I say so.
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[Paula leaves Carol and Maggie alone in the slaughterhouse room, threatening them before leaving]
Paula : I want to kill you both right now. It's taking all I have not to, so go ahead, I dare you, try something. Just see what happens.
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[Paula and her group return from killing Walkers inside of the slaughterhouse]
Paula : When's the last time anyone checked this place?
Michelle : It was fine a month ago.
Molly : Sweetie, that was a month ago, shit hardens quick. The guns have gone bye-bye, the food's gone bye-bye, and we got growlers up an down the halls.
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[Paula asks Carol what she's afraid of]
Paula : What are you so afraid of? Are you actually afraid to die? All this and you're afraid of getting your ticket punched.
Carol Peletier : It doesn't matter what happens to me. Just don't hurt Maggie. Don't hurt the baby.
[the Savior group turns to look at Maggie]
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[Paula calls Maggie stupid for getting pregnant]
Paula : You're some kind of stupid, getting knocked up at a time like this.
Paula : [Maggie smiles] You think that's funny?
Maggie Greene : When was it ever smart to get knocked up?
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[Paula tells Carol they're nothing alike after she knocks Donnie out]
Paula : I don't care if your old man used to ring your bell. I see exactly who you are, Carol. I know. You're pathetic. You wanna think we're just the same. Go ahead. You're wrong. He's just a warm body for my bed. That's it. I could kill him in his sleep.
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[Paula and Molly tell Carol who Negan is]
Paula : What do you think you know about Negan?
Carol Peletier : He sounded like a maniac. We were scared. We had to stop him.
Molly : Sweetie, sweetie. We are all Negan.
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[Paula tells Carol that they are both killers]
Paula : I'm still me, but better. I lost everything and it made me stronger.
Carol Peletier : You sure about that?
Paula : I'm alive.
Carol Peletier : With those people, those killers.
Paula : Your people are killers, Carol. That makes you a killer.
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[Carol tries to plead to Paula to not go against Rick]
Carol Peletier : You have to listen to me, please. Rick is a man of his word. He wouldn't put me and Maggie at risk to attack.
Paula : Then he's just as stupid as you are.
