kept waiting right here
We've been sitting here an hour.Fargo · 1996 — 第 1 / 16 章 · 2'07" · B2
Jerry Hires Two Kidnappers, Explained：rob Peter to pay Paul
Jerry is trying to close a deal, not make friends. He hands over a brand-new car and says "I got every confidence here in you fellas," but Carl has already read the fine print: "You want your own wife kidnapped." The small talk about Shep barely hides two men sizing each other up.
あらすじ
Jerry Lundegaard meets Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud in a bar and lays out the job: they will kidnap his wife, and he will split his wealthy father-in-law's ransom with them. He hands over a new car as a show of good faith, insisting they're all set — even as Carl keeps asking why the plan makes no sense.
注目の表現
rob Peter to pay Paulmix-upvouch for someoneconfidence in someone
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このシーンの表現
rob Peter to pay Paul
cover one debt with another
At the bar Carl uses the old proverb to show Jerry's plan just moves the debt around.
Borrowing from the new budget is just robbing Peter to pay Paul.
このシーンの他の表現
- mix-up
a confusion or error
- vouch for someone
to personally guarantee someone
- confidence in someone
trust in someone
- pay in advance
to pay before getting goods
- make sense
to be reasonable
このシーンのメモ一覧
47 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
a confusion or error
Jerry blames an hour of confusion on a simple misunderstanding.
It was a mix-up, I guess.received the car
You got the car?sure thing — A cheerful American way to say sure; fine with friends.
Yeah. You bet.completely new
It's out in the lot there, brand-new, burnt umber Cierra.Link out in the into one blur so it sounds like a single word.
It's out in the lot there, brand-new, burnt umber Cierra.ready, settled
So, we all set on this thing, then?Confidence here in blends across words; hear here in as one unit.
I got every confidence here in you fellas.guys, fellas — Casual address for a group of men; too loose for formal talk.
I got every confidence here in you fellas.said it before
Yeah, you already said that.ahead of time
See, I give you a brand-new vehicle in advance, and then...not going to argue
I'm not gonna debate you, Jerry.a great deal of
What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense.subject clause: The what-clause is the subject: what Shep said is the thing that made no sense.
What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense.fully arranged
Oh, no. It's real sound. It's all worked out.object complement: Want plus object and past participle means you want that thing done by someone else.
You want your own wife kidnapped.be illogical
It doesn't make any sense.wealthy
Her dad, he's real well-off.The are is dropped, so trouble you in runs together.
What kind of trouble you in, Jerry?go into detail
Well, that's... I'm not gonna get into...「Jerry Hires Two Kidnappers」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a job interview disguised as a handshake. Jerry is desperate and out of his depth: he brings a brand-new car, calls the whole thing already "all worked out," and pumps up the help with "I got every confidence here in you fellas." Carl, the smoother of the two criminals, isn't buying it. He keeps circling the same objection — "What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense" — and finally names it outright: "You want your own wife kidnapped." Robbing Peter to pay Paul, he calls it, meaning the money only moves around and never really appears. Jerry's nervous "mix-up" excuses and his refusal to say "what kind of trouble" he's in tell you he's improvising, while Carl calmly decides what the terms are. The power has quietly shifted to the men Jerry hired.
Theme
MoneyThe whole meeting is about moving money around: Jerry can't pay, so his wife's kidnapping is meant to make his father-in-law's wealth cover his debt.
BetrayalJerry is arranging the kidnapping of his own wife, betraying the family whose money he wants the criminals to extract for him.
このチャプターで学べること
- A calm voice can carry the coldest demand.
- The old proverb turns the scheme into plain arithmetic.
- Jerry talks up trust because he has none.
- Every line here is really about who takes the risk.
発音のポイント
- out in the — Link out in the into one blur so it sounds like a single word.
- confidence here in — Confidence here in blends across words; hear here in as one unit.
- trouble you in — The are is dropped, so trouble you in runs together.
It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul.Carl's verdict on the plan: the money just shifts from one pocket to another, so kidnapping Jerry's wife doesn't actually create anything.
You want your own wife kidnapped.Carl says the quiet part out loud, stripping Jerry's scheme of its euphemisms and forcing him to own it.
I got every confidence here in you fellas.Jerry's nervous attempt at reassurance — he's trying to sound like the one in charge when he's really the one who needs them.
What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense.Carl signals that the middleman's pitch was thin and that they're only humoring Jerry until the terms are clear.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Jerry want his own wife kidnapped?
He's in financial trouble and can't pay it off. Since his wife's father is rich, a staged kidnapping would let him collect the ransom — his father-in-law's money — without asking anyone for a loan.
Does Carl believe Jerry's plan?
No. He calls it robbing Peter to pay Paul and points out that staging a kidnapping doesn't create money. He goes along with it, but on his own terms.
What does Jerry mean by "a mix-up"?
It's his excuse for things not matching what Shep promised — the car, the money, the order of the deal. Carl's "You already said that" shows he isn't impressed.
How does the meeting end?
Jerry says "I guess that's it," but Carl tells him it isn't and starts setting the terms. When Carl asks what kind of trouble he's in, Jerry refuses to explain and the scene cuts away.
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第 7 章call the shotsJerry and Wade Argue Over the Ransom
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第 9 章the Marlboro ManWitness Describes the Marlboro Man
第 10 章a deal's a dealKidnappers Call Jerry for More Money
第 11 章would you happen to knowMarge Follows a Name
第 12 章the limits of your lifeCarl Rants at the Parking Attendant
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第 14 章passed awayMike Yanagita Confesses to Marge
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