Fargo (TV Series)

Before the Law (2015)

Jeffrey Donovan: Dodd Gerhardt

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• Dodd Gerhardt : Fought in the trenches in France - World War I. He was an artillerieschuetzen, my granddad, a gunner. Blasted mustard gas at the Allies. Had them dancing like poisoned rats. Brits caught him in a raid, hung him by his thumbs for six days straight. So this, what we're doing, this is nothing. Are you listening to me?... Is he listening to me?

  Hanzee Dent : Cut off his ears.

  Dodd Gerhardt : Wake him up.

  Hanzee Dent : He's dead, I think.

  Dodd Gerhardt : Weak.

• Floyd Gerhardt : Your grandfather left the ashes of the Weimar Republic and came to this country to build a name for himself. He built an empire from a shoe-shine box. Then, and only then, did he send for your father.

  Dodd Gerhardt : Ma, I know the story.

  Floyd Gerhardt : No, you don't. 'Cause if you did, you'd know that you are just a small part of it. That's what an empire is. It's bigger than any son or daughter. Eat.

  Dodd Gerhardt : I'm not hungry.

  Floyd Gerhardt : I'm your mother, you will eat with me. Your time will come. It will, but this isn't it. And if you stand by me now, I promise you that as soon as this crisis is over, I'll hand you your legacy, and I'll turn my thoughts to the grave.