Oh, Robby. What a nice surprise.Spotlight · 2015 — 第 20 / 21 章 · 2'14" · B2
Robby Confronts His Old Friend, Explained：lay something on someone
Robby shows up at an old friend's house to get a confirmation for the story, and the visit turns personal. "Everybody knew something was going on, and no one did a thing," he says. The friend fires back - "You were right, Robby" - then asks the question that cuts: "Where were you?"
あらすじ
Robby visits Jim Sullivan at home and asks for confirmation so the paper can run the story. Jim is stunned and angry, refusing to be told what to do, and admits he defended the offenders because it was his job. The exchange ends with Robby's blunt question about why Jim was silent for so long.
注目の表現
out of your minddid a thinglay something on someoneWhat took you so long
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このシーンの表現
lay something on someone
to dump a burden or accusation on someone
吉姆被罗比逼到爆发，吼道你跑到我家来，把这摊烂事 lay this shit on me，觉得自己被当成了替罪羊。
Don't lay your problems on me; I have enough of my own.
このシーンの他の表現
- out of your mind
crazy or completely unreasonable
- did a thing
to do nothing at all about something
- What took you so long
a reproach for arriving or acting very late
このシーンのメモ一覧
28 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
Come on in.liaison
Come on in.Hey, hon, look who I found outside.Hey, hon, look who I found outside.Karen, can you give us a minute?Good to see you, Karen.I'm out of time, Jim.liaison
I'm out of time, Jim.unless I get confirmation from your side.unless I get confirmation from your side.unless clause
unless I get confirmation from your side.crazy or completely unreasonable
Are you out of your mind?Everybody knew something was going on, and no one did a thing.to do nothing at all about something
Everybody knew something was going on, and no one did a thing.past continuous
Everybody knew something was going on, and no one did a thing.We gotta put an end to it.liaison
We gotta put an end to it.Yeah, I helped defend these scumbags, but that's my job, Robby.Get out of my house.to dump a burden or accusation on someone
You come to my home and lay this shit on me!You come to my home and lay this shit on me!So where were you?a reproach for arriving or acting very late
What took you so long?wh-question in the past tense
What took you so long?liaison
What took you so long?「Robby Confronts His Old Friend」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a reckoning between two men who know each other too well for excuses. Robby needs a confirmation, but what he really wants is an admission, and he presses with the plainest fact he has: "Everybody knew something was going on, and no one did a thing." Jim's anger is the anger of being cornered - "Don't tell me what I gotta do" - and his defense, that he was only doing his job, is exactly the defense the whole city used. When he finally concedes, "You were right, Robby," it is not Robby who absolves him. The last question hangs in the room - "So where were you?" - turning the accusation back on everyone who looked away.
Theme
GuiltJim admits he knew and stayed silent, and Robby's question forces him to sit with that complicity.
JusticeThe confrontation frames the abuse as a shared failure, not one man's crime, and demands accountability.
発音のポイント
- Come on in — liaison
- out of time — liaison
- put an end to — liaison
- took you so long — liaison
Everybody knew something was going on, and no one did a thing.The accusation at the heart of the scene: the whole community knew and stayed silent.
Come on. This is our town, Jimmy.Robby's appeal to shared responsibility, arguing this is their city to fix.
Yeah, I helped defend these scumbags, but that's my job, Robby.Jim's uneasy defense: he did his job representing them, and that is what he hides behind.
Are you out of your mind?Jim's stunned reaction to being asked to confirm the story against his own side.
Don't tell me what I gotta do.His refusal to be lectured, the wounded pride of a man cornered in his own home.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Robby visit Jim at home?
He needs confirmation from Jim's side before the paper can run the story, and Jim is someone who knows what happened.
Why is Jim so angry?
He feels cornered in his own house and resents being told what he should do about the abuse he once helped defend.
What does Jim finally admit?
He admits Robby was right and that everyone knew something was going on, though he still resists taking the blame.
What does Robby ask Jim in the end?
He asks where Jim was, turning the accusation back on him for staying silent for so long.
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