Twin Peaks, Season 3

Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017) is an American dramatic television series, originally airing on ABC and revived on Showtime, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation, headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, of the brutal murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer.

Gordon Cole:
IT'S COOPER. THEY FOUND HIM.

Denise Bryson:
Where?

Gordon Cole:
SOUTH DAKOTA, DENISE. HE'S IN A FEDERAL PRISON IN SOUTH DAKOTA. WE'RE GOING OUT TO SEE HIM TOMORROW.

Denise Bryson:
I heard.

Gordon Cole:
YES? HOW'S THAT?

Denise Bryson:
You're taking Agent Preston with you?

Gordon Cole:
YES.

Denise Bryson:
Really, Gordon?

Gordon Cole:
WHAT ARE YOU GETTIN' AT, DENISE?

Denise Bryson:
Well, I know your profile, Gordon. Beautiful agent, barely 30...

Gordon Cole:
I'M OLD SCHOOL, DENISE. YOU KNOW THAT. BEFORE YOU WERE DENISE, WHEN YOU WERE DENNIS AND I WAS YOUR BOSS, WHEN I HAD YOU WORKING UNDERCOVER AT THE DEA, YOU WERE A CONFUSED AND WILD THING SOMETIMES. I HAD ENOUGH DIRT ON YOU TO FILL THE GRAND CANYON - AND I NEVER USED A SPOONFUL BECAUSE YOU WERE AND ARE A GREAT AGENT. AND WHEN YOU BECAME DENISE, I TOLD ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES, THOSE CLOWN COMICS, TO FIX THEIR HEARTS OR DIE.

Denise Bryson:
Yes, and as I've said many times before, Gordon, I can never repay you enough for that kindness.

Gordon Cole:
AGENT TAMMY PRESTON HAS THE STUFF, DENISE.

Denise Bryson:
I know, I know. I'm speaking more as a woman now than as the Chief of Staff of the entire Federal Bureau of Investigation. Don't you just love saying "Federal Bureau of Investigation" sometimes, all at once, unabbreviated? It just gives me such a thrill.

Gordon Cole:
IT IS THRILLING, DENISE.

Denise Bryson:
And Tammy... Tammy is such a beautiful woman.

Gordon Cole:
THERE'S ROOM IN THIS FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR MORE THAN ONE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, DENISE.

Denise Bryson:
[blushing] Oh, Gordon...

Janey-E Jones:
Now let's get to it. Explain to me exactly what Dougie did to make him owe you money.

Jimmy:
He borrowed it.

Janey-E Jones:
What do you mean, "he borrowed it"?

Tommy:
He took points on a football game. He got greedy, he doubled down. It didn't work out for him. Out 20 grand he was, plus interest. Now, that was three weeks ago.

Jimmy:
Meter's still running. It's up to 52.

Janey-E Jones:
So let me get this straight. People were playing games. He made a bet where he lost $20,000. But you want him to pay you back $52,000?

Tommy:
Very good. That's correct.

Janie-E Jones:
Okay, so you get this straight. My husband has a job, he has a wife, he has a child, he does not make enough money to pay back $52,000 for anything. We are not wealthy people. We drive cheap, terrible cars. We are the 99 percenters. And we are shit on enough, and we are certainly not gonna be shit on by the likes of you.

Jimmy:
Nevertheless, lady...

Janey-E Jones:
So here's what we're gonna do. Without my knowledge, my husband came to you for a loan of $20,000. You were nice enough to give it to him. But he should never have been gambling like that. I'm gonna pay you back. Now, at my bank, where we make less than one percent interest on what little money we have, people would be turning cartwheels just to get 25 percent interest on any loan, and that is what I'm generously gonna give to you right now, $25,000. That is my first, last, and only offer to you. What kind of world are we living in where people can behave like this? Treat other people this way without any compassion or feeling for their suffering? We are living in a dark, dark age, and you are part of the problem. Now, I suggest you take a good, long look at yourselves because I never want to see either of you again.

[she leaves]

Jimmy:
Tough dame.

Tommy:
Tough.


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