Savannah (TV Series)
Playing with the Enemy (1996)
Paul Satterfield: Tom Massick
Quotes
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Edward Burton : [on car phone] Yeah?
Reese Burton : [excited] I couldn't wait to see you in person!
Edward Burton : Reese?
Reese Burton : Daddy, I have the most incredible news!
Edward Burton : What?
Reese Burton : Tom and I are engaged.
[he sits next to her, smiling]
Reese Burton : Isn't that wonderful? Oh, Tom wanted to tell you in person, but I jumped the gun. Here's Tom...
Tom Massick : I didn't mean for you to hear it this way, Edward.
Edward Burton : [grinning darkly] On the contrary. It's the perfect day to hear the news.
Tom Massick : I love your daughter very much, Sir, I'll do everything in my power to make her happy.
Edward Burton : Oh, I'm sure you will, Tom.
[nods ominously, puts down the car phone]
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Tom Massick : [a knock on his office door] Come in.
Peyton Richards : [entering, surveying his office] Ah, you are some piece of work, sugar.
Tom Massick : What do you mean?
Peyton Richards : Well, I thought you were a two-bit con artist,
[nodding head in mock awe]
Peyton Richards : but I'm much more impressed with you now.
Tom Massick : I told you I went straight.
Peyton Richards : [still nodding] Oh, you did. Straight to Reese Burton.
Tom Massick : I love Reese.
Peyton Richards : [dripping with irony] I'll bet you loved her ever since you two were kids.
Tom Massick : [smiling] I only met her a few months ago.
Peyton Richards : You could be telling the truth about that. You might not have met when you were kids. I mean, Tommy Henderson was a few grades ahead of Reese Burton in elementary school.
Tom Massick : Henderson?
[feigns ignorance, shakes head]
Peyton Richards : [places the envelope on his desk] You've been a little pet project of mine.
[smirks]
Peyton Richards : Whatever happened to poor little Tommy after his father shot himself? Well, his mother married some tough guy from Jersey named Massick.
Tom Massick : Why have you taken such an interest in my life?
Peyton Richards : [smiles] Because it is just so melodramatic. All these twists and turns, and now, here you are in Savannah, right back where you started from.
Tom Massick : [softly] What do you want?
Peyton Richards : I wanna shake your hand, mister.
Tom Massick : Why?
Peyton Richards : Because... I hate Edward Burton every bit as much as you do.
Tom Massick : I figured I had a lot of company in that regard... but, uh... what did he do to you?
Peyton Richards : Let's just say that he owes me too, and we'll leave it at that.
Tom Massick : All right.
Peyton Richards : You and I have a lot in common.
[leaning over his desk]
Peyton Richards : If there's anything that I can do... to help you bury Edward Burton, please let me know.
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Tom Massick : [on phone] If that equipment isn't here by Thursday, I'll see you in court.
[Reese is outside]
Tom Massick : Then give me my deposit back!
[throws down the receiver]
Reese Burton : [entering] What happened?
Tom Massick : The boat my equipment was on, it sank.
Reese Burton : There must be insurance.
Tom Massick : The retailer didn't buy coverage.
Reese Burton : Well then, they have to give you your money back.
Tom Massick : It's like getting blood out of a turnip.
Reese Burton : You can sue.
Tom Massick : No, that will take years. I need the gambling equipment now.
Reese Burton : Buy it from someone else.
Tom Massick : Cash flow problem, Reese. My capital's tied up in other investments.
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Reese Burton : I've called every distributor and manufacturer of gaming equipment in the fifty states. I've found one that could outfit us in time, but... it's gonna cost an arm and a leg.
Tom Massick : How much?
Reese Burton : Fifty thousand.
Vincent Massick : [from behind bar] It's more than an arm and a leg. It's a whole damn body.
Peyton Richards : Well, forget the casino. How about bingo night?
Tom Massick : I think I might just have to let this little boat go under, because, uh,
[crumples bar tab]
Tom Massick : I'm not going to disturb my other investments.
[rises, leaves]
Reese Burton : [sighs] I can't stand to see him get burned. I've asked Daddy for a loan, but he doesn't have any money.
Peyton Richards : [skeptical] Your Dad doesn't have any money?
Reese Burton : Not available money.
Peyton Richards : That's more like it.
Reese Burton : I should have learned by now that the only way to get money out of my father is to pry it away with a crowbar or to catch him in bed with a sheep.
Peyton Richards : [scoffs, surprised by her normally sedate friend] Wicked, Reese.
[then gets inspired...]
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Peyton Richards : [as Tom stands deep in thought] Don't look so hang-dog. I've got a proposition for you.
Tom Massick : Yeah, what's that?
Peyton Richards : Let's say I deliver your gambling equipment in time for your fancy-shmancy opening.
Tom Massick : You got fifty thousand?
Peyton Richards : This is 'what if'...
Tom Massick : [dismissive] Armed robbery is a felony.
Peyton Richards : [smirks] Let's say I got the money, and I deliver the equipment. I'm gonna want something in return.
Tom Massick : Why are you so bound and determined to help me?
Peyton Richards : 'Cause I want Edward Burton to feel some pain, and I can't imagine anything that would gall him more than to see the son of his old enemy rise up from the ashes.
Tom Massick : What did he do to you?
Peyton Richards : [coldly] Plenty.
Tom Massick : Well, some day you have to tell me the story.
Peyton Richards : Some day I might. Okay, here are my terms. I deliver the equipment on time and on schedule and I deliver for free.
Tom Massick : Free?
Peyton Richards : That's right. It won't cost you a penny.
Tom Massick : What's the catch?
Peyton Richards : I get half the boat.
Tom Massick : [snickers] Half the boat?
[she nods]
Tom Massick : Dream on.
Peyton Richards : You heard me, sugar. Half the boat.
Tom Massick : I can't agree to that
Peyton Richards : Sure you can. You don't want Edward Burton to watch you crawl out of town with your tail between your legs.
Tom Massick : You're laying it on a little thick.
Peyton Richards : I know what you think, because I think the same way too. You're gonna say yes...
[leaning in suggestively, her mouth close to his face]
Tom Massick : Okay. You pull it off... You get half the boat.
Peyton Richards : [smirks] I know what else you're thinking.
[leans in for kiss, but pulls away at the last moment, then leaves Tom standing there]