Chapter 9: Take care of yourself
Munchie’s tail was run over by a car he was chasing. To heal, he laid down on his mat and rested. Whenever I passed his little nook, there was the Munchster, lying quietly with his snout on his paws, allowing nature to do its part.
After a few days he was back in action, barking, tinkling on the garage floor, and charging the house in hopes of getting a biscuit.
I thought about what some of us humans might do if we were injured. We might just keep chasing cars, work harder or blame someone and waste time complaining. Munchie let all of that go in favor of his natural wisdom. He was smart enough to rest when he needed to, and loved himself enough to do it.
SCREEN CAPS
Continuing with our screen caps series for Louis' role on
PRIMEVAL: NEW WORLD here are stills from his second episode, "
The Sound of Thunder, Part 1".
As usual, here is a
direct link in case the slide show has technical issues. Sometimes only the first 100 pictures of the collection are displayed but there are really 241 images altogether, so be sure to visit the actual site.
TRANSCRIPT
Breaking Bad: Say My Name
All screencaps are from the screencaps collection here at The Friends of Louis Ferreira.
Transcript by Casey.
[Mike drives Jesse and Walt to meet with Declan and his men in the desert.]
Jesse – There. That’s them.
[Mike parks the car.]
Mike – (sighs) Your play Walter. You’re on your own.
[Walt, Mike and Jesse get out and approach Declan.]
Declan – Looks like you’re about a thousand gallons light here Mike. (small laugh) Where’s the juice?
Walt – The methylamine isn’t coming.
Declan – (tilts his head to look at Mike) Why is that? (Looks back at Walt) And who the hell are you?
Walt – I’m the man who’s keeping it.
Declan – (Points at Walt and turns to Mike) What the hell is this? We had an agreement, right? We got our deal, so where’s the tank, Mike?
Walt – Mike doesn’t know where it is. Only I do. You’re dealing with me now, not him.
Declan – Why don’t you just cut to what it is you want, or what you think is gonna happen here, all right? ‘Cause we’re - we’re gonna get what we came for.
Walt – That thousand gallons of methylamine is worth more in my hands than it is in yours. Or anyone else’s for that matter. But, I need distribution.
Declan – (smiles and chuckles) Distribution?
Walt – That’s right. So if you agree to give up your cook and sell my product instead, I’ll give you thirty-five percent of the take.
Declan – (laughs) Thirty-five percent?! Wow, are you kidding me? Thirty-five… Mike, please tell me this is a joke. You know how far we had to stick our necks out to get our hands on this cash? And why the hell would we want you? You realize we have our own operation, right?
Walt – I know all about your operation. You see, my partners here tell me that you produce a meth that’s seventy percent pure,
if you’re lucky. What I produce is ninety-nine point one percent pure.
Declan – So?
Walt – So, it’s grade school T-ball vs. the New York Yankees. Yours is… just some tepid off-brand generic cola. What I’m making is Classic Coke!
Declan – All right (he turns to his men). Okay, so, um, if we just waste you… right here, right now and leave you in the desert then there is no more Coke on the market, right? See how that works? There’s only us.
Walt – Do you really wanna live in a world without Coca Cola?
[Declan laughs. His men look to make a move but Declan stops them with a raised hand. Walt tosses a bag of meth at Declan’s feet. Declan stares at it.]
Walt – My partner tells me that your crew switched to a P2P cook because of our success. You dye your meth with food coloring to make it look like mine. You already ape my product at every turn. But now you have the opportunity to sell it yourself.
Declan – I need you to listen to me. We’re not gonna give up this deal to be your errand boys, do you understand? For what? To watch a bunch of junkies get a better high?
Walt – A better high means customers pay more. A higher purity means a greater yield. That’s one hundred thirty million dollars of profit that isn’t being pissed away by some substandard cook. Now, you listen to me. You’ve got the greatest meth cook in Amer-, no, the two greatest meth cooks in America right here. And with our skills, you’ll earn more from that thirty five percent than you ever would on your own.
Declan – Yeah. So you say. I’m just wondering why we’re so lucky? Why cut us in?
Walt – Mike is retiring from our crew. So his share of the partnership is available if you can handle his end – distribution. And if you give him five million dollars of the fifteen million that you brought today. Just think of it as a finder’s fee for bringing us together. We have forty pounds of product ready to ship. Ready to go. Are you ready?
[Declan picks up the bag of blue meth.]
Declan – (small laugh) Who the hell are ya?
Walt – You know. You all know exactly who I am. Say my name.
Declan – Do what? I don’t… I don’t have a damn clue who the hell you are.
Walt – Yeah, you do. I’m the cook. I’m the man who killed Gus Fring.
Declan – Bullshit. Cartel got Fring.
Walt – You sure?
[Declan studies Walt, then looks to Mike. Mike shakes his head.]
Walt – That’s right. Now, say my name.
Declan – You’re Heisenberg.
Walt – You’re goddamn right.
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