01x11 - Dark Verdict

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[ whistling ]

Anybody home?

JESS: Hold it right there,
mister.

Now you can
turn around, slow.

Mac.

Jess, what are you
doing up here?

Well, I work here.
What are you doing here?

Last I heard of you,
you were down in Texas.

Get too hot for you
in the Panhandle?

They almost cut me.

Amigo, I'm in a jam
with that lame horse.

I'll say you are.
It belongs to Doc Webb
in Laramie.

I don't know anything
about this Webb.

But when I wake up
this morning,

who's jamming
a g*n in my ear?

Vern Cowan.

Vern? He's still
cheating the rope?

Yep. He takes my buckskin
I've raised like a kitten

and leaves me with that
three-legged dog.

Jess, you got to
let me have a horse,

so I can go out
after that--

It's not my horses
to give, Mac.

I'll pay for one.

Oh, Vern overlooked it in such
a big hurry to swap horses.

Here. Ah, here, it's more than
your crowbait's worth,

but I got to be
on my way.

That buckskin of mine covers
ground like a jackrabbit.

Well, let me write you
a bill of sale.

All right.

Mac,
you catch up with Vern,

skull him once for me.

Huh, that's a deal.

Well, fella, let's have
a look at that leg.

That's Doc Webb's horse.

Where's the man
that rode him in?

He just left.
I sold him a horse. Why?

You knew that was
Doc Webb's horse.

Yeah, I knew it.
He's got a bad leg.

I'm gonna take him back
to the doc as soon as I fix it.

Well, don't hurry.
Doc Webb's dead,

and we're gonna hang
the horse thief that k*lled him.

Come on, get up, get up.

Come on.

You seem to be in a hurry.
What's going on?

Did you see anybody
heading this way?

Yeah, not more than
five minutes ago.

A fella riding
one of my horses,

bought it from Jess.

You talked to him then?

Yeah, asked me if I'd seen
a stranger on a buckskin.

I said no and he took off
across country.

It seemed like he was
heading for Longridge.

That's our man, let's go.

Hey, wait a minute.
What did he do?

k*lled Doc Webb.

Come on.
Come on.

Any word from Andy
and Jonesy?

Yeah, they're staying
on another week.
There's a letter inside.

- Where are you going?
- After Hedrick
and his bunch.

You're not joining up
with them, are you?

No, I'm stopping them
before Hedrick has them
lynch the wrong man.

- Wait, I'll go with you.
- You stay out of it.
I'll see you later.

[ whistling ]

Howdy.

Take the rope off his neck,
Hedrick.

I'm running this posse,
not you, not your g*n.

You want to swing
alongside your friend,

just sh**t one of us.

Not one of you, Hedrick.

I'm taking you out
with the first shot.

Now take that rope
off his neck. Move!

You gave this k*ller a horse
so he could get away.

Now you're gonna sh**t me
to save his neck from the rope.

I'm beginnin' to wonder
how you're figuring this, Jess.

Mac didn't k*ll
Doc Webb.

Mac didn't?

Oh, you know
this gentleman.

That's interesting.

Maybe you know too much.

Maybe you belong
up here with him.

One last time, Hedrick,
the rope.

Jess!

Let it drop, Carter.

Thank you.

Thank your friend, Jess.

I guess I was
right about you.

What were you doing when
Mac here shot Doc Webb?

The rope, Hedrick.

- Ease off, Jess.
Put the g*n down.
- No.

Don't make things
any tougher than they are.

Do like I tell you.

And let them go on
with the lynching?

There's not gonna be
any lynching.

Now put the g*n away and take
the noose off that man's neck.

Thanks, amigo.

Thanks, amigo.

Now what more do you want,
Sherman?

Jess is in this with him,
I know it.

And I know better.

Jess didn't leave my place
last night,

and he attended
to the morning stage
when it came through.

That's not
good enough for me.

Well, let's get this straight,
Hedrick.

What's your stake
in this?

I'm a special deputy
in charge here.

Appointed by whom,
Sheriff Kiley?

Kiley wasn't in town.

My father appointed me when
Doc Webb's body was found.

Your father has no authority
to appoint deputies,

organize posses.

My father appointed
more lawmen

than you ever saw,
Sherman.

And that was ten years ago
before he retired.

He's not
territorial judge anymore.

And I suppose you are.

What are you gonna do with
this k*ller, turn him loose?

No, we're gonna
take him into town.

Give him to Sheriff Kiley
to hold for the circuit judge.

He'll have his day
in court.

The circuit judge ain't due here
for at least a week yet.

Well, what's the rush?
You got hanging fever?

Sam, ride back to Laramie
and get my father.

Have him meet us
at the relay station.

We'll hold court there.

Your father can't hold a trial.
He's not a judge anymore.

He cleaned this territory
up once, didn't he?

He knows how to handle K*llers
just as good as he ever did.

And nobody in Wyoming
is gonna say

this man didn't get
all the justice coming to him.

Hangman Hedrick, that's what
they called your old man

when he was a judge.

That's your idea
of a fair trial?

Well, that's all the trial
your friend here is gonna get,

and that's it.

So either put up your g*n
or start sh**ting.

Now, Slim, we're all friends
and neighbors here.

Why don't you listen
to what Jim says, huh?

You and Jess
saved my neck, mister.

Don't get yourself shot.

I'll take my chance
with that trial.

Besides, I want you around
so there'll be one.

You know this fella, Jess.
What about him?

Oh, we rode
together once.

Mac's no angel, but I'm sure
he didn't sh**t the doc.

If he had, the posse'd never
taken him like they did.

Mac's too good a man
with the g*n.

That's good enough
for me.

Mac said he was chasing
the gunslinger named Vern Cowan.

Well, I know Vern, too.

He'd k*ll doc for a horse
or anything else he wanted.

I'm gonna try
and bring him in, Slim.

Will you stay with that posse
and stall the trial?

I might be able to do
something better.

If I get word to Sheriff Kiley,
there won't be a trial.

Not with Hedrick presiding.

Good, that's all I need
is time, Slim.

Now you hold tough,
I'm counting on you.

Gentlemen.

Judge Hedrick.

I'd like a word
with you, sir.

Yes, Mr. Sherman.

Before we go any further,
I want Sheriff Kiley out here.

I'm afraid
that won't be possible.

Ben Kiley is dead,

shot by the same man
who m*rder*d Dr. Webb.

Kiley is dead?

Shot in the back
six times,

exactly as Dr. Webb
was slain.

Where's that rope?

All right, none of that.

We brought
the prisoner here for trial,

and that's what
he's gonna get.

No matter how we feel
about what he's done,

we're not a l*nch m*b.

Judge, I want you to talk
to your son, these men.

Tell them you have no legal
right to try this prisoner.

I'm aware of the legalities
involved, Sherman.

Good. Then we can get word
to the circuit judge

and have him call
a special session.

Are you suggesting
that I'm no longer capable

of performing
the duties of a trial judge?

No, sir.
I'm talking about the law.

I expect you
to tell these men.

The only law involved
in this case stems

from a text in the Bible,

a text that we're
all familiar with.

It's also a creed
by which I've lived

during my long career
on the bench,

and it's a creed
by which I still live.

"Thou shall give
life for life,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
hand for hand, foot for foot,

burning for burning."

Prisoner, pray for your soul,
as I shall pray for mine.

Deputy, no one but the law
carries a g*n in court.

Please disarm the others
and the trial shall proceed.

Come on out, Carl,
I know it's you.

Nobody is after you.
I want to talk to you.

Well, the last time you said
you was through with talking.

You said what you'd do
if you caught me butchering

a Sherman steer.

This time I didn't
see you butchering
any of Slim's steers.

I want some information.

Did you see anybody riding
a buckskin around here today?

No, sure haven't.
But if I should see him,
what do you want me to do?

Just give him plenty of room.

The people of the territory
of Wyoming versus John MacLean.

You're charged with the crime
of m*rder, Mr. MacLean.

- How plead you?
- Judge Hedrick?

It's customary to address
the bench as Your Honor.

Your Honor,
this has to stop right here.

Everybody in this room
knows as well as I do

that you're preparing
to commit m*rder.

You're challenging
the authority of this court?

I am.
It has no authority.

The courts are supposed
to protect a man's rights.

You are setting out to deny
this man his rights.

And this is no court at all.

You can't hold a trial.

You don't even
have a prosecutor.

We'll appoint a prosecutor.

Jim, stand up,
and I'll swear you in.

Your son
is not a prosecutor, judge!

Even if you do
swear him in,

he won't have any more
authority than you do.

Mr. Sherman, be seated
before I find you in contempt.

Where is the defendant's
lawyer?

That's one of his rights,
and you can't deny it.

Of course.

We have no intention
of denying

the defendant
representation.

Mr. MacLean, feel
free to choose any man

in this room
to represent you.

The law
also recognizes

your right to plead
your own defense.

The law.

How can you use
that word, Hedrick?

Mr. Sherman, I've warned you.

One more personal
attack on this court,

and you'll be barred
from the proceedings.

Think this over.

How would you
like to be standing

where John MacLean is?

Judge Hedrick--

Think this over, Sherman.

How would you feel if you
were Doc Webb's widow?

Hello, Bob, I'm looking
for a man riding a buckskin.

Have you seen anything
like that today?

Nope.
I didn't see no man,

but I saw a mighty fine-looking
buckskin a while back.

- See them trees over there?
- Yeah.

Well, the horse hobbled there

and I figured that the rider
was around someplace.

Mind you now,
it's none of my business.

Many thanks, Bob.

They pay off on you dead
or alive, don't they, Vern?

You got the wrong man, friend.

Yeah, well, if I have,
I'll apologize later.

Now you're gonna turn around
and get on your horse,

or would you rather
have it in the back?

Now what's it gonna be?
We got a long ride.

The trip will
be a lot easier

if I haul your carcass
back in a blanket.

Where are you taking me?

Laramie.

Laramie?

Well, look,
we can talk this over.

Why?

Well, you ain't no lawman.

I've-- I've seen you
someplace before.

Yeah, Panhandle,
a couple of years ago.

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

I know who you
are now, it's Jess.

- Jess something, ain't it?
- That's right.

Well, look, Jess,
we can work this out.

I'd make you
a lot sweeter deal

than any bounty money
you're gonna get.

A lot sweeter, Jess.

Save your breath,
we're going back.

Well, you better
sh**t me right here then,

because the sheriff
at Laramie tried to take me

in last night,
and I k*lled him.

The sheriff?

That's your alibi?

That's the truth.

I didn't do it, but I know
the man who did.

It figures.

Vern Cowan had the doc's horse
when he made me swap.

And this,
this other man, this Vern,

if there is such a person,
he's a friend of yours?

I'm particular about
who I pick for a friend.

Or a cellmate?

What does that mean?

You're not gonna ask
this court to believe

you've never
been in prison.

You have been arrested before,
haven't you, Mr. MacLean?

I've been in jams,
lots of them.

I've k*lled a couple of men.

I'm not proud of it,
I'm not denying it.

But I never shot a man
who wasn't gunning for me.

I never shot a man
in the back,

and I -- sure didn't
do the thing

you're trying
to hang me for.

Is that all you have
to say in your defense?

What the devil do
you want me to say?
It's the truth.

Young man, you have
a great deal to learn.

Blasphemy won't help.

Judge Hedrick...

Your Honor, if you're
gonna call this a trial,

hadn't you better try
and find some witnesses?

A witness for the defense?

Who would that be?

All right, I'm one.

You knew him?

No, but--

Just answer my questions
yes or no.

Had you any knowledge
of the defendant's

whereabouts
at the time of the murders

with which
he is charged?

No, sir.

You admit you have had
no personal relationship

with the defendant?

I admit that.

Just as I suspected, you're
merely obstructing this trial.

I have something to say.

According
to your own testimony,

you know nothing
about the defendant.

Please sit down, Mr. Sherman.

No.
I'm gonna say this.

This is a court of law.

This is a kangaroo court.

But you're gonna listen
to what I have to say.

Now all of you--

Don't make a move, Sherman,
or I'll blow your head off.

Kick that g*n over to me.

In my days as a jurist,
I dealt with many like you.

You sh**t anytime
you want, judge.

But until you do,
I'm gonna say this.

There's one witness
that you should hear

before you decide
to hang John MacLean.

And I'm talking
about Vern Cowan.

Is Mr. Cowan in the court?

He will be.
Jess has gone after him.

Just give us time.

I'm sure Doc Webb and
Sheriff Kiley pleaded for time,

and they didn't get it.

To sum up, gentlemen,

the defendant
John MacLean has admitted

that he's been
in jail before.

He further admits having k*lled
other men in the past.

It's been proved

that he rode Doc Webb's
horse to this very place.

Beyond any doubt,
this man is guilty.

He gave up to your posse
without a fight.

Does that sound like a man

who's running away
from two murders?

The accused was outnumbered.

The posse was determined
and heavily armed.

Possibly he counted
on the leniency

so prevalent
in our courts of law today.

If you'll please be seated,
Mr. Sherman, we'll proceed.

Judge, you're gonna wait--

What are you
gonna do?

Get down.

I said get down!

Great job, Slim.

Did you help them
tie the knot?

I'm sorry, Jess.

Maybe you were asleep
when it happened.

Go on, get it
off your chest.

All I asked
for was a little time.

Just time enough
to catch Cowan.

Well, I got him outside,
but what good does it do?

Couldn't you
stop him?

Didn't you even try?

I tried, Jess.

Slim.

Who did that
to you?

I don't know.

Jim Hedrick, I think.

When they tried
to take Mac,

I started fighting,
that's all I remember.

Anything I can
do for you, Slim?

No.

You hold tight.

I got a little
something to do.

Where are you going?

I'm going visiting.

I haven't been invited,
but that's all right.

I'm bringing
a nice present.

But, Jess.

Jess?

You should have
heard the judge,

he sure
told him.

Hey, boys, here,
have another drink.

Yeah.

Tonight,
we're celebrating.

To the judge.

Gentlemen, gentlemen, I only
did what had to be done.

This country needs more men
like you, Judge Hedrick.

[ footsteps approaching ]

Fearless enforcers
of law and...

Vern, I want you
to meet these men.

You're all
in the same business...

m*rder.

What are you
doing here, Jess?

Why, Mr. Special
Deputy Sheriff Hedrick,

I've been doing a job you and
your brave posse set out to do,

catching the man who k*lled
Sheriff Kiley and Doc Webb.

That's Vern Cowan.

He m*rder*d Kiley and the doc
just like you m*rder*d Mac.

Only he did his k*lling
alone with a g*n.

It took six of you
and a rope to get Mac.

What's the matter,
Carter?

Don't you want to propose
another toast or something?

No?

I guess Mr. Carter
doesn't feel up to it.

Anyone else?

No toast?

Then I'll make one.

To law and order,
Hedrick, your style.

Come on, special
deputy sheriff, draw!

One of you other heroes, any one
of you, all of you, come on!

Oh, you got to
help me out here.

I want to do some k*lling,
but I'm not a m*rder*r.

So you murderers will have
to go for your g*ns.

No, Jess.

Nobody draws.

Now you're gonna
get what you want.

You can wait a little
while, can't you?

I don't know.

I don't think I can.

Sure, you can.

It'll only be a week

and the circuit judge
will be in town,

and then we'll have
them, all of them,

tried and sentenced
for m*rder.

And at the hour
of 11:30

on the morning of
the 16th day of August, 1870,

you shall be taken from
this place of confinement

to the place
of execution,

and there to be hanged
by the neck until dead.

[ strikes gavel ]

The clerk will call
the next case.

The people of the territory of
Wyoming versus James Hedrick,

Matthew Hedrick,
Samuel Berlet, Thomas Willet,

Isiah Carter
and Abraham Edwards.

The charge, that they did
willfully conspire to commit

and did commit
the crime of m*rder

on the person
of John MacLean...

And according
to your conscience

render a just verdict,
so help you God.

ALL: I do.

The jury will be seated.

Mr. Prosecutor, you wish to
make an opening statement?

I do, Your Honor.

Gentlemen of the jury,

people of this territory
have called on you

to perform
a very solemn duty.

They ask you to defend the most
sacred right ever won by a man,

the right
to trial by jury.

Now we shall prove that
the defendants in this action,

who themselves are enjoying
all the benefits of this right,

did in fact deny another
human being his day in court

for a mockery of this precious
procedure we call trial by law.

The defendants did condemn
and execute an innocent man.

Now don't be deceived
by their willingness

to stand trial
as a group.

By waiving their right
of double jeopardy,

they, as individuals, seek only
to play upon your sympathies.

To cloud over a crime
of such horrible magnitude

that no one alone
wishes to answer for it.

Guilt of this kind
can't be hidden any more

than the ends of justice
itself can be denied.

Now, sir, will
you tell this court

when it was
you first realized

that the posse under
James Hedrick's direction

was going to lynch
John MacLean?

Objection.

Counsel is leading
the witness.

Sustained.

I will rephrase.

Did James Hedrick or any member
of the posse say to you

that they intended
to lynch John MacLean

- if they caught him?
- They did.

Well, when was
the statement made?

Hedrick said it right after
he saw Doc Webb's horse.

Well, that was before John
MacLean had been captured.

It was.

Jess, tell the court
and me.

How do you feel
about capital punishment?

For example,
if I would've said

you were hanging
a certain guilty man,

what would
your reaction be?

Some men I can think of,
I'd like to tie the knot.

You like to tie
the knot.

In another words you'd
approve of hanging this man?

Yes, if a court of law found
him guilty, a legal court.

Then if my son were
to tell you he's hanging a man

he believed guilty
of a loathsome crime,

you'd not feel morally offended
by that form of punishment.

- Answer yes or no.
- No.

Not if your son was an officer
of the law, a legitimate one.

Will you please confine
your answers to yes or no?

No!

Order.

When James Hedrick said he
was going to hang MacLean,

did he say MacLean
would not have a trial?

No, but I knew
what he meant.

You thought you knew
what he meant.

Well, I wasn't too far wrong.
When I caught up with them,

they had a rope
around Mac's neck.

And you, sir, when you
caught up with the posse,

what did you have in
your hands, was it a carbine?

It was.

Did you threaten
the posse with it?

I told Jim to take
the rope off Mac.

You were going to free
the prisoner, is that right?

And if the posse
had refused,

you were going
to start sh**ting.

- Yes or no, mister?
- Yes!

And it's too bad I didn't
start sh**ting first.

That's all.

Now, James, following
the capture of the man,

you believed had m*rder*d
Dr. Webb in cold blood,

did you
and your posse,

as we have heard
in testimony here,

place a noose around
the suspect's neck?

- We did.
- You did?

And what was
your purpose in doing so?

Were you going to actually
lynch him on the spot?

No, sir.

Was this news
merely a device

by which you hope
to make MacLean confess?

It was.

He's a liar!

Order.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Now with a noose around
MacLean's neck, what happened?

Jess came from behind
some brush

with his carbine
pointed at us.

- Was he prepared
to sh**t?
- Yeah, he was.

Did he order you
to release the prisoner

- under pain of death?
- He did.

Then Jess' friend
Slim Sherman appeared.

Yes, sir.

And he too was carrying
a g*n in his hands.

Yes, sir, a .45.

You and the posse
were armed, of course.

Did you, at any time,
draw your weapons?

No, sir, they had
the drop on us.

I see.

Then as a compromise occasioned
by those circumstances,

you agreed rather
than release your prisoner,

you take him to Sherman's
place for a hearing.

That's right.

Yes.

Jess and Slim must
have agreed to this also

since they had you
and the posse covered.

Yes, sir, they did.

Mm-hmm.

Next thing he'll say
we lynched Mac.

The way things
are going,

it wouldn't make
any difference if we did.

Order.

Now, Mr. Carter,
will you tell the court

how long you've
resided in Laramie?

Over 12 years.

You're married
and have children?

Yes, sir,
two children.

Your Honor,

the prosecution
will stipulate

that all the defendants
are men of high character,

pillars
of the community.

In the interest of saving
the court's time,

we'll even further
stipulate that,

prior to that day when
they committed m*rder,

they were as innocent
and pure

in spirit
as newborn children.

The court will accept
the stipulation

if the defense
has no objection.

No objection, Your Honor.

We, the defendants,
are guilty.

Guilty of defending
certain precepts

without which
this territory

would never have
opened for settlement.

Remember what this place was
and what it's becoming now.

Remember,
this rich wonderful land

was a jungle of wild
animals in human form.

Animals like Vern Cowan,
animals like John MacLean,

the man we hanged...

here are the men the prosecutor
asks you to destroy,

honest, hardworking men

who came to this land

when it was a haven for
gamblers, thieves and K*llers.

Because they
had the courage

to fight the Cowans
and the MacLeans,

you now have a world
where honest, God-fearing men,

men like you,
gentlemen of the jury,

may live and prosper.

Will you destroy
those useful lives

in payment for
the life of a man

who should have died
for crimes unpunished?

The decision
is yours, gentlemen.

We face it without fear,
secure in the belief

that we're also just
fighting side by side,

united in a common cause.

What's taking that
jury so long anyway?

About something like this,
there isn't any easy decision.

You don't think
there's any doubt

we'll be acquitted,
do you?

They haven't
made the man yet

who can predict
what a jury will do.

Maybe not.

But this much
I know.

You were great
in there.

I don't know when
I've been more proud of you.

Judge, I...

I guess we all
owe you a lot.

And no matter how
this thing turns out,
I want to thank you.

That won't be
necessary, Carter.

I only spoke the truth
for you and the others.

Yeah, I know.

Sell the prosecuting
attorney.

What are you
talking about?

That trial we held,
it wasn't legal.

And that man
we strung up wasn't guilty.

And no matter
what the verdict is,

nothing's gonna
change that.

What's got
into you anyway?

Let's face up
to facts, Jim.

No matter what
your father says...

it's still a lynching.

Will you shut up!

Jim!

I'll take care
of this.

Sit down.

Jim, maybe it's my fault

that you never learned to
check that temper of yours,

but there's one thing
you've got to understand.

What Carter was
saying was that he...

felt he had
done wrong,

or maybe some others
who feel the same way,

that's something you've
got to get used to.

But you conducted
MacLean's trial yourself,

and it was
a fair one.

Come on in.

The jury reached
a decision.

Everybody rise.

Has the jury
reached a verdict?

We have,
Your Honor.

The defendants will rise
and face the jury.

What is your verdict?

We, the jury,

find the defendants
guilty of homicide.

And to this verdict,

we add our strongest
recommendations for clemency.

We find the said
act of homicide

to be without
criminal intent.

The court agrees
with the verdict,

and with the jury's
recommendation.

It is the opinion
of the court

that the defendants'
act of homicide

is punishable only on the basis
of individual indictments.

Until such time
as proper charges are drawn,

the court releases
the defendants

on their own
recognizance.

Going somewhere?

Yeah. Judge Hedrick's
quite a hand

at quoting the Bible
from what you tell me.

Well, I believe
in that stuff too.

An eye for an eye,
a tooth for a tooth
and a life for a life.

I don't like the verdict
any more than you do,

but it stands.

Maybe to you it does,
but not to be.

If Jim Hedrick
and his father

can pass out justice
around here, so can I.

So I'm gonna pass out
some justice and move on.

What you're talking
about is as wrong

as anything
the Hedricks have done.

Maybe I'll wind up
a deputy sheriff or a judge.

You'll wind up dead,
there's no percentage in that.

You tried to stop me once,
Slim, don't try it again.

Then don't make
me have to, Jess.

I guess
you're right, Slim.

It'll blow over
in time.

I'm sorry.

Oh, Slim.

I'm sorry, Slim.

You've been
a good friend.

I didn't do that,
Slim.

You got to believe me.
That's the way I found him.

Is there
anyone else around?

I don't know.
I was just looking to see.

I'd sure like to know
what happened, Jess.

I found this
on the floor.

Haven't had a chance
to look at it yet.

"Dear Jim, I defended
you in court today,

you and the others, but
I could not defend myself.

As a judge, there
was no defense

for my part in the crime
we committed.

Living as I've
always lived,

there is only one
possible verdict for me.

I know it is going
to be hard for you

to accept this admission
of guilt on my part,

just as it would be hard
for you to understand

that neither Sherman
nor Harper

or anyone else is to blame
for what I now must do.

By the time
you find this,

I will have
carried out

the only justice
that is left for me.

May God bless you
and help you

to become a better man
than your father."

- [ g*nsh*t ]
- Slim!

You're heading in the wrong
direction, aren't you?

Home is back
that way.

I'm moving on, Slim.

Everything I touch
turns to trouble.

The sheriff didn't
seem to think so.

Otherwise he wouldn't
have cleared you.

There wasn't
much else he could do.

What happened here, Jess,
could have happened anywhere.

Don't blame yourself.

You mean you want me to
stay after what I did to you?

I've been
decked before.

Worse things
can happen.

Yeah,
I guess they can.

I thought
you'd be mad at me.

Never mind
what you thought.

I got a lot of work to do.
So do you.