Kaleidoscope

Ozark 1×8

Martin 'Marty' Byrde: I'm talking about decisions. ... I'm just saying that any decision made, big or small, has an impact around the world.

Del Rio: Louis? A man who only talks business is a failure in all aspects of life. Just golf.

Del Rio: The best smack talk? No talk at all.

Bruce Liddell: I'm serious, there's nothing you could do. Like my dad always said, "Everything happens for a reason."
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Your dad sounds like he was full of shit. With all due respect.
Bruce Liddell: Yeah, well, perhaps.
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: You really believe that? You really think that there's some... some preordained chart, floating around up in the ether, with our fate all figured out?
Bruce Liddell: I don't know about a preordained chart...
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: That's a bunch of crap. Things happen because human beings make decisions, they commit acts... and that makes things happen. And it creates a snowball effect with the... you know, their world around them, causes other people to make decisions. Cycle continues, snowball keeps rolling. And even when that's not the case, when life's events are not connected to other people's decisions and actions, it's not some bullshit fucking test sent down from the universe to check your resolve, you know.
Bruce Liddell: Okay.
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: I mean, what would the reason be for some healthy five-year-old to get a brain tumor? Or why would a tsunami wipe out a village? You tell those families everything happens for a reason. No, sometimes people make decisions, shit happens, and we gotta act accordingly. Or you can... crawl in a hole and die, you know?

Bruce Liddell: Do you know who you are? You're the guy who makes everyone late to the party 'cause you have to pick up your ear medication.

Del Rio: You know how it works. You think your life is going one way, and... then you look over here and it's different. Like that, in the blink of an eye, it changes. Grab what you can while you can.

Del Rio: I need someone who's not just brilliant, but who also has integrity. Because integrity, my friend... is the shield to greed and vanity.
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Well, you want somebody with integrity to do a job where they have to discard their ethics.
Del Rio: Are you talking about societal ethics or your own?
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Well, probably both. You know... people live in a social contract, right?
Del Rio: Okay. So then what job would you take? Big Tobacco?
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: No.
Del Rio: JP Morgan?... What's the difference?
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: The latter plays in a market that already exists.
Del Rio: So you're saying... that because you're not necessarily the manufacturer, you can see a way around the clash of ethics?
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: I would contend that this is a little bit more of a complex issue.
Del Rio: Okay, fair enough. So let's say there wasn't a social contract. What are your ethics? The one thing that trumps all the others?
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: To protect and provide for my family.
Del Rio: Exactly. You will be able to provide. More than you can possibly dream. Because you are the best I've ever seen, Marty. And we will protect you.

Wendy Byrde: Cons?
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Jail.
Wendy Byrde: Mm. Leaving your family, pissing off a cartel.
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Those things would never happen. And I wouldn't be a mule. I wouldn't be a dealer. I'd be just pushing my mouse around my desk.

Wendy Byrde: We can't... We can't do this. Can we?
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Why can't we do it?
Wendy Byrde: You really gonna do this?
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Are we gonna do this?
Wendy Byrde: Well... I'm good with it if you are.
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Same here.
Wendy Byrde: Then I guess we're really gonna do this.
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Yeah?
Wendy Byrde: Hmm? We're gonna do it?
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Mm. Hmm?
Wendy Byrde: Mm. I guess so. Yeah.
Martin 'Marty' Byrde: Okay.

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