Buffalo '66 · 1998 — 第 10 / 15 章 · 2'18" · B1

Billy Reveals the Fixed Field Goal, Explained:on purpose

Billy isn't just organizing mail. He's telling the Goon that Scott Wood threw the game: "He got paid money and he missed it on purpose." Under the month-by-month instructions is a man planning his death — the letters to his mother keep arriving after he's gone.

あらすじ

In a prison room, Billy Brown hands the Goon a stack of pre-written letters, each marked with a month. He explains that when that month comes, the letter goes in the mailbox — including the one for his mother's January birthday. Then he explains why he hates kicker Scott Wood: the man missed the field goal on purpose.

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このシーンの表現

on purpose

deliberately

Billy hears the field goal was missed for money and decides his whole ruin was plotted.

She stepped on my foot on purpose.

このシーンの他の表現

  • pay attention

    focus your mind

  • comes before

    happens earlier than

  • pick your nose

    dig in one's nose

  • cut it out

    stop doing that

  • field goal

    a kick through the goalposts

このシーンのメモ一覧

46 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · A2like all the other ones

the rest of them

Just look at the thing, like all the other ones.
表現 · A2pay attention to something

focus your mind

In the visiting room, Billy drills Goon on the months and snaps him back to focus like a child.

Goon, pay attention, we're almost done.
発音pay attention

Pay attention links into a single pay-attention sound.

Goon, pay attention, we're almost done.
表現 · A2this one says ...

this one reads

See, June? This one says June.
表現 · A2have a month mark

a month label

They all have a month mark.
表現 · A2come before something

happens earlier than

Billy spells out the order of the months to Goon, teaching him the simplest calendar lesson.

June comes before July and after May.
表現 · A2put something in the mailbox

into the letter box

So any time you hear that it's June, ...just put this in the mailbox, all right?
文法 · B1any time you hear that it's June

time clause: The any time clause sets when the main action should happen, namely each June.

So any time you hear that it's June, ...just put this in the mailbox, all right?
発音that it's June

In that it's, the t in that almost disappears.

So any time you hear that it's June, ...just put this in the mailbox, all right?
表現 · B1trust someone with something

rely on you

Can I trust you on these? Are we done with these?
表現 · A2one's own something

belonging to each

You got it. They've all got their own month.
表現 · A2on the back of something

on the reverse side of

The month is written on the back of the thing.
表現 · A2pick one's nose

dig in one's nose

When Goon picks his nose in front of him, Billy is disgusted but polite about telling him to stop.

Please don't pick your nose in front of me.
スラング · B1I'm dumb

am I stupid — A sharp comeback when someone treats you as stupid.

What do you think, I'm dumb?
表現 · B1cut it out

stop doing that

Billy keeps teasing Goon, who finally snaps that he will stop helping if the joke does not stop.

Cut it out, Billy, or I'm not gonna do it.
発音Cut it out

The t in Cut it out flaps into a d, sounding like cud-it-out.

Cut it out, Billy, or I'm not gonna do it.
表現 · B1know for a fact that ...

be certain

I heard from guys in here who know for a fact...
文法 · B1who know for a fact

relative clause: The who clause describes the men, identifying them as the ones who truly know.

I heard from guys in here who know for a fact...
表現 · B1do something on purpose

deliberately

Billy hears the field goal was missed for money and decides his whole ruin was plotted.

...that he missed that fucking field goal on purpose.
表現 · A2get paid

received payment

That he got paid money and he missed it on purpose.
スラング · C1motherfuck

a very strong insult — Extreme profanity; never use it in polite speech.

That motherfuck. That motherfuck.
表現 · B1I'll tell you what ...

here is what I will do

I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.
表現 · B1kick a field goal

a kick through the goalposts

Billy dismisses the kicker as worthless, blaming one field goal for ruining his life.

That motherfucking, 10-cent field goal kicker, I'm gonna kill him.
表現 · B2not give a fuck

care at all

And I'll tell you something, I'll kill myself, too, 'cause I don't give a fuck, 'cause I'm not coming back here, you understand?
文法 · B1I'm not coming back here

present continuous for future: The present continuous can mark a fixed future plan, here that he will not return.

And I'll tell you something, I'll kill myself, too, 'cause I don't give a fuck, 'cause I'm not coming back here, you understand?
表現 · B1remember what someone told you

keep in mind what

Just remember what I told you.
表現 · A2got this

have it handled

You got this, right?
表現 · B1when is this one going

when is this one mailed

When is this one going? This one is going in January.
表現 · A2for someone's birthday

the birthday of my mother

This is for my mother's birthday.
スラング · C1fuck me

betray or screw me over — Vulgar plea not to be betrayed; informal only.

Goon, please, please don't fuck me here.

「Billy Reveals the Fixed Field Goal」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene looks like busywork — letters, months, a man instructing a friend. It isn't. "Any time you hear that it's June, just put this in the mailbox" is Billy rehearsing a future he won't be part of. The letters are already written, dated and stacked; all that's missing is someone to send them, because Billy plans to kill Scott Wood and then himself — "I'll kill myself, too, 'cause I don't give a fuck." Sorting the mail by month is his way of staying alive in his mother's eyes after he's gone. And the anger underneath isn't really about one kick: he can't accept that his ruined life might hinge on a field goal he believes was bought.

Theme

BetrayalBilly believes Scott Wood took money and missed the kick on purpose — a betrayal he has carried for years.
RevengeHe calmly arranges monthly letters, then vows to kill the man he blames and then himself.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A tiny mail routine becomes a test of trust.
  • One rumor is enough to justify a man's rage.
  • Billy folds his own life into his revenge plan.
  • The softest line here is the final plea.

発音のポイント

  • pay attention — Pay attention links into a single pay-attention sound.
  • that it's June — In that it's, the t in that almost disappears.
  • Cut it out — The t in Cut it out flaps into a d, sounding like cud-it-out.
That he got paid money and he missed it on purpose.

The kicker wasn't just unlucky — Billy insists he was bribed to miss, which is why he blames him for ruining his life.

When I get out of here, I'm gonna fucking kill him.

Billy swears that once he's released he will kill Scott Wood — the threat that drives everything he does next.

I heard from guys in here who know for a fact...

His evidence is prison gossip, not proof; "know for a fact" makes rumor sound certain.

June comes before July and after May.

Billy is teaching the Goon how months work so the letters get mailed at the right time.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Billy want Scott Wood dead?

He believes the kicker was paid to miss the field goal on purpose, and he blames that miss for ruining his life.

Why does Billy make the Goon mail the letters by month?

He's setting things up so his mother keeps getting letters after he's gone — he doesn't plan to come back.

Is Scott Wood actually guilty of throwing the game?

The film never proves it. Billy only repeats what he heard from other inmates, so it stays an accusation, not a fact.

What does "know for a fact" mean here?

It means being completely certain, but Billy only heard it secondhand — the phrase makes gossip sound like proof.

Did Billy really mean the part about killing himself?

It's left open, but his calm, matter-of-fact tone and the pre-written letters suggest he's serious about not coming back.

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