Promised Land

Russel Greene:
A wise man is nothing but a fool with a good memory.

[Reading a poem she wrote when she was attacked]

Dinah Greene:
Somewhere outside my body, I am screaming. Somewhere in the night, I am fighting for my life. But here, down in my heart and deep in my soul, my voice calls your name: Mama. My mind remembers all the times you held me when I cried and sang to me when I was afraid of the dark. There is evil out there and now I must face it, but before I go, I want to say "I love you" and I wish I had told you so before I left today.

Claire Greene:
God has taken you this far down the road. He won't abandon you now. I know He won't.

Russel Greene:
I'll promise you one thing. I'll never take any unnecessary mesures. I won't try to be a hero.

Claire Greene:
Too late. You already are a hero.

Russel Greene:
You know what, honey?

Claire Greene:
What?

Russel Greene:
Mark can keep his mansion and his money and his cars cause right now I'm holding in my arms the greatest treasure on Earth.

Russel Greene:
I don't understand it. When I was in the Corps, I could swim through ice water for hours.

Claire Greene:
When you were in the Corps, you had hair... and youth and stamina.

Russel Greene:
Get in here and warm me up, woman, and I'll show you stamina.

[Baby shoes are hanging from the rear-view mirror]

Russel Greene:
What is this?

Claire Greene:
They're Dinah's. She found them in her treasure box cleaning out things and hung them there.

Russel Greene:
What in the world for?

Claire Greene:
Just a reminder. You know, with the baby coming, she just wants us to be extra safe.

Russel Greene:
Well, it's a nice gesture, but I don't appreciate looking like a teenage low-rider.

Claire Greene:
Believe me, you don't.

Dinah Greene:
You guys are too old to kiss.

Russel Greene:
"Too old"? "Too old to kiss"? I don't think we can let that one slide.

Claire Greene:
No.

Russel Greene:
You get the bucket, I'll get the hose.

Claire Greene:
Well, I can certainly see how any woman would be terribly, terribly attracted to you.

Russel Greene:
You could, huh?

Claire Greene:
Yes. I myself am absolutely helpless in the face of such charm.

Russel Greene:
Helpless?

Claire Greene:
Yes.

Russel Greene:
You don't know anything about helpless. I still get weak in the knees everytime I even think about you.

Claire Greene:
Weak?

Russel Greene:
In the knees. You know my knees are shot.

[Opening Credits Narration, Season One]

Russel Greene:
My name is Russell Greene. Maybe you passed me and my family out on the highway. Maybe you were driving some fancy sports car or an old beat up four-door. Or maybe you've had some hard times like us and you're out on the road with your house hitched up behind you, and America the Beautiful up ahead. But whoever you are you be sure to give us a wave the next time you drive by. Cause we're your neighbors, and we're all on the road together.

[Opening Credits Narration, Season Two]

Russel Greene:
My name is Russell Greene. Maybe you passed me and my family out on the highway. Maybe you were driving some fancy sports car or an old beat up four-door. Maybe you had someplace to be. Or maybe like us you're living out your dream with your house hitched up behind you, and America the Beautiful up ahead. But whoever you are you be sure to give us a wave the next time you drive by. Cause we're your neighbors, and we're all on the road together.