On Deadly Ground

I want every one of you guys over there now! Now!

Welcome to Valdez, Alaska, sir. Rig 59 in sight. Looks pretty hot down there.

Heads up.

Thank God.

What's cooking?

Goddamn it, Forrest, this is a disaster here!

It's totally out of control. I got four guys down.

And all because of your goddamn pal Jennings' lousy...

Your goddamn pal Jennings' lousy what, Hugh?

Come on, the crane's all loaded with explosives for you.

Hey, Forrest is here.

I'm telling you, Forrest, those goddamn preventers caused this.

I told Jennings they weren't up to spec, but he made me use them anyway.

Come on, Hugh...

how'd he make you do anything?

Hugh's been getting sloppy lately, hasn't he?

Certainly has, Mr. Jennings.

Certainly has.

You don't believe me, do you? You think I'm makin' this up.

I can't figure out why someone'd do that to his own rig.

It doesn't make sense.

He's really paying you that much money? Now you believe him over your friends?

Why don't you fall back before you say something stupid?

You used to be a good man.

Now you're nothin' but a whore.

For $350,000...

l'd fuck anything once.

Where's my shield? Hot enough for you in there?

Brand-new preventers!

Don't make sense!

The chain, it's caught!

You! Look at me!

Down!

Bring it down!

What the fuck?

Shit!

Get back!

Very impressive, Forrest, as always.

I'll expect your full report on my desk by morning.

- You'll have it. - I look forward to it.

All right, go on! Get that goddamn diverter up there!

So, what did he say?

I don't know, something about faulty preventers.

Nothing to do with it.

It was human error all the way, as usual.

As in almost every fire or spill you've ever seen.

Am I right, Forrest?

Preventers were not the problem.

And the human error in this case is Hugh Palmer.

He's the rig foreman, it's his responsibility.

And his burden to pay the penalty.

My oil is flowing all over the ocean...

instead of into my refinery, where it's worth money.

I'll have Eskimos and environmentalists...

probing all the orifices of my body for the next two weeks.

Now, why the hell would I do that to myself on purpose?

I don't know. I asked him the same thing.

It doesn't really matter now, does it?

I sort of blew up all the evidence, didn't l?

I guess you did.

I got Tonto with his fish breath busting my balls.

Don't touch me.

Cochise, you want some money? Take this!

Animal.

Hey, don't bust my balls. I'm warning you.

Buy a drink?

Listen to me, you yellow-snow-eating...

welfare-collecting...

redskin piece of shit.

Get the fuck out of here!

You want a smoke too?

"Dances With Whiskey."

Hey, I warned him.

Hey, Cupcake, what the fuck you think you're looking at?

Oh, shit.

Nothing much at all.

Fuck him up, Forrest!

Pussy!

Right about that. Fuckin' pansy.

I haven't seen you here before.

Sit down.

Don't sneak up on me, I might shoot you.

Just don't hit me, that's all.

How you doing, Bubba?

Look, I might have been out of line before.

You were wrong about something.

I know you're no whore.

You were right about that.

You were just wrong when you thought I was a good man once.

Jesus, you sound as bad as me.

What's eating at you?

I'm just under a lot of pressure.

Three of my men are dead...

including your pal, Lorenzo.

You don't know what's going on.

Don't you even give half a shit?

You still don't believe me...

that those preventers are bad?

I believe you. They had stress cracks all over.

If those were new, something's funny.

Goddamn right, somethin' funny. That's what I keep tellin' you.

And if you still can't figure out why Jennings made me use them anyway...

check out the requisition file on Aegis-1.

Go ahead.

You got the clearance. I can't get in there, but you can.

Check it out, then we'll talk.

Listen to me.

I left my daypack and some weapons at your place.

I think I'll pick them up and go up into the hills.

They're in the closet, just get them.

- Upstairs closet? - Yeah.

Hey, Mike. Check it out: Cupcake's date!

Come on, Cupcake.

Don't cry. What happened?

Did your boyfriend leave you?

You know, Pocahontas is still available.

Cupcake's dream date!

Geronimo!

Cochise!

This way.

You still want that brew? I'll get it for you. No hard feelings?

Come on.

Buck up for the suds, pal.

All right, here.

Mutt, get out. You piece of shit.

Come on.

Now, who're we gonna play with now?

Don't break anything, understand?

You wanna play with me?

You want a piece of this?

I'm afraid I'll fuckin' kill him.

Let's get outta here. Come on.

Oh, shit!

Jesus!

I've got you!

Well, let's see, that's Natives: 8, and Oil Workers: 0.

Anybody else want to play with Cupcake?

Take him on.

My nuts!

Hey, buddy. Don't be fucking with oil workers.

My balls!

You're a man, right?

This guy doesn't have a fuckin' clue.

Are you a man?

Oh, Jesus.

Am I a man?

Yeah. I got a big pair of balls right between my legs.

Did you use those to beat up on this little native man?

Big balls, okay.

We'll play a little game, the hand-slap game.

One man leaves the circle.

I miss, you get a shot.

You miss, I get a shot.

All right, I'll play your game...

if you play my game.

I'll play your game afterwards, if I'm still standing.

Because you're a tough guy...

and you got big balls.

All right.

Don't hurt him, Forrest!

Here we go, Mr. Big Balls.

- I'm ready. - Okay.

You gotta be quick.

Why don't you just take your best shot, pal?

This is the man's man.

I'm the cupcake.

One man leaves, here we go.

You're a man, right?

You're a man, right?

Here we go, "man"!

Put your hands up!

Put your hands up!

Shit.

That's disgusting. What is that, halibut?

"Buck up for the suds, pal."

Maybe he ate that at Maggie's.

You're a man, remember? Big balls between your legs. Here we go.

Come on.

Did you see that?

What does it take?

What does it take to change the essence of a man?

I need time to change.

Time.

I do too.

I do too.

Where do you live? I'll give you a ride.

Thank you, brother.

You are about to go on a sacred journey.

This journey will be good for all people.

- But you must be careful. - Right.

- Give me the bottom line. - ABC and CBS are leading with it at 7:00.

Local environmentalists want investigations by the EPA...

OSHA and the Department of Environmental Concerns.

Why all the heat? It's a small oil spill. Accidents happen.

That's why we arranged for a commercial and bought time on the in-state nets.

We can run it in the back.

Mike him that way.

Put it on another circuit and bring it up to half.

- That's okay? - Okay.

Yeah. Okay.