The Lord's Day

Hell on Wheels 2×8

& Psalms: Building a house for, anyhow, huh? Only folks stay behind on the railroad is them scrawny-ass clodhoppers with them saggy-titted wives and squawking-ass babies. That what you want to be?
    Elam: Yeah. Something like that.

& Durant: For your sins, you will come to dinner tonight with me and my wife.
    Cullen: Your wife?
    Durant: Don’t look so horrified. Oh, and wear a clean shirt.
    Cullen: Yes, sir.
    Durant: And... Mrs. Bell will be your escort. Understood?
Ω Hannah Durant is the very woman on the board, huh?

& Psalms: Why you looking so down, hmm? Look how good this hearth draw, huh? All you need now is some walls, windows, door, roof. Practically done.

& Eva: In Chicago, you ain’t never seen nothing like them buildings. Some of them are, like, 6 stories tall.
    Toole: You should see the buildings in New York... twice that. Me brother lives in a building 10 stories tall.

& Toole: In the saloon, the men are wagering whether the baby will be born white or... Something else.
    Eva: Shall we leave this place?
    Toole: Maybe... It’s a big world, after all, isn’t it?

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& Hannah: Regarding Mrs. Bell... my husband is making some changes.
    Cullen: Is Mr. Durant firing her?
    Hannah: Be careful with whom you align yourself... My husband believes you have a future on the railroad, and I do, too.

& Black Moon: I realized I am, and always will be, a Cheyenne.
    Ruth: No, you are a baptized Christian.
    Black Moon: Ruth, after I became a Christian, I killed my brother, and I killed your father. I broke my father’s heart, just like you broke mine.

& Black Moon: Your father was right. This is a bad place. You should leave.
    Ruth: I’ve just started a new church. I can’t leave.
    Black Moon: Then you will die.

& Durant: Now, you listen to me. I own every piece of land between here and council bluffs and as far as you can see in either direction.
    Elam: Mr. McGinnes and me, we have an arrangement...
    Durant: There are only two ways to leave this railroad. You die in my employ, or... you walk back through Indian territory. Back to whatever squalid slave shack from which you came.

& Lily: You want me to leave my train car.
    Hannah: I need suitable accommodations. I’m sure you understand...
    Lily: I have nowhere else to go.
    Hannah: You’re a smart girl. You seem to know your way around. I’m sure you’ll find something.

& Cullen: Lily... You shouldn’t test a man who’s jealous or afraid for his livelihood. Especially not when he’s both. Hey. Don’t want to test a man.

& Sean: I want the truth!
    Ruth: And I thought it was me you wanted.

& Elam: What happened, Durant kicked you out of your fancy railroad car?
    Cullen: Something like that. What about you? You get tired of building your dream house?
    Elam: Something like that.

& Elam: You ought to know, Mr. Durant offered me a new job.
    Cullen: Oh, yeah?
    Elam: Yeah. He want me to do something... I’m sure you ain’t gonna like at all.

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