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The Gentlemen · 2020 — 第 4 / 15 章 · 2'50" · B2

Mickey and Rosalind Plan His Exit, Explained：laying pipe

At home, Mickey tells Rosalind he is ready to get out of the business and looks forward to spending more time with her. She answers with a flat "Course you are," then lays out the danger: if word gets out, it reads as weakness, so any trouble must be stamped out quietly and neatly.

あらすじ

Mickey Pearson and his wife Rosalind talk at home about his plan to leave the business. He says he looks forward to spending more time with her; she answers, "Course you are," and warns that getting out can look like weakness, and that any threat must be stamped out cleanly. Elsewhere, Fletcher stalls Ray and Raymond by saying he is still laying pipe.

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このシーンの表現

laying pipe

a pun on pipe-laying and story setup

When Raymond pushes him to get on with it, Fletcher claims in film slang that he is laying pipe.

The writer spent three episodes laying pipe before the payoff.

このシーンの他の表現

  • course you are

    mocking agreement that nobody believes

  • fuck off

    go away, crudely

  • other halves

    partners, spouses

  • stamp that out

    crush something completely

  • barbie

    a barbecue, informally

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · A2middle age

midlife, the middle years

I like middle age.
表現 · B1fine wines

high-quality wines

I like gentrification, private schools, fine wines, and a spoonful of caviar to help my medicine go down.
発音spoonful of

Link spoonful of so it sounds like one word.

I like gentrification, private schools, fine wines, and a spoonful of caviar to help my medicine go down.
表現 · B1look forward to something

be eager for something

But most importantly, I'm looking forward to spending more time with you. 199 Course you are.
表現 · B1knock around somewhere

hang around without purpose

Look, I don't want you knocking around here feeling all unemployed and lost with yourself.
スラング · B2fuck me

an exclamation of surprise — Vulgar exclamation; only among close company.

Well, fuck me.
表現 · B2someone's other half

partner or spouse

Most wives would beg their other halves to get out of this game, but not you.
表現 · B2get out of the game

leave the criminal trade

Most wives would beg their other halves to get out of this game, but not you.
表現 · B2read as something

be seen as a sign of weakness

If word spreads that you're getting out, that could read as weakness. 1994552
文法 · B2If word spreads that you're getting out

conditional clause: The if-clause sets the rumor as a condition, and the that-clause spells it out.

If word spreads that you're getting out, that could read as weakness. 1994552
表現 · B2stamp something out

crush something completely

Rosalind warns Mickey that any rumor of his exit must be crushed at once.

So you're gonna have to stamp that out without any gentrification. 199455205
文法 · A2have to stamp

have to: Have to marks an obligation forced by circumstances, more spoken than must.

So you're gonna have to stamp that out without any gentrification. 199455205
表現 · B2do something messy

do something brutal or ugly

Don't you do anything messy.
発音love you

Love you runs together into love-ya.

I fucking love you, babe.
スラング · A2babe

a term of endearment — Affectionate address for a partner, not strangers.

I fucking love you, babe.
表現 · C1finger on the trigger

ready to pull the trigger

I've got a red hot Russki with her finger on the trigger.
表現 · A2deal with something

handle something

Gotta deal with it. I don't mind the two of yous.
スラング · B1yous

you, plural, nonstandard — Nonstandard plural you, heard only in casual speech.

Gotta deal with it. I don't mind the two of yous.
スラング · B2fuck off

go away, crudely — Crude dismissal; never in formal company.

Go on, fuck off.
表現 · A2waste someone's time

use up someone's time pointlessly

why are you wasting our time?
文法 · B2what happens in my world and what doesn't

noun clauses: Two noun clauses sit side by side as the object of know, contrasting what does and does not happen.

I know what happens in my world and what doesn't.
文法 · C1why Michael should be motivated

predicative clause: The why-clause after is explains exactly what he fails to understand.

What I fail to recognize is why Michael should be motivated.
表現 · C1lay pipe

a pun on pipe-laying and story setup

When Raymond pushes him to get on with it, Fletcher claims in film slang that he is laying pipe.

As they say in the film game, I'm laying pipe.
スラング · B1barbie

barbecue, informally — Casual British and Australian; menus print barbecue.

Yes, it is, Fletcher. I love a barbie.
表現 · A2at the same time

simultaneously

So that heats up your knees and cooks at the same time?
表現 · B1as it happens

by chance, as a matter of fact

Yeah, all right. Got a bit of Wagyu in the freezer, as it happens.
表現 · B2be wasted on someone

be lost on someone

I've never had Wagyu. Yeah, well, it'll be wasted on you, but it's all I've got.
表現 · B2get one's hands on something

obtain something

How'd you get your hands on that?
発音hands on

The s in hands links onto on.

How'd you get your hands on that?

「Mickey and Rosalind Plan His Exit」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the surface this is a domestic scene, but it is really a business meeting in bed. The couple's shorthand — "Course you are," "That's because I know you, darling" — is the language of two people who have run an empire together and no longer need to pretend. Rosalind's advice is pure risk management: leaving can "read as weakness," and if enemies smell opportunity there will be a fire, so he must "stamp that out" without making a mess or doing it himself. Her last instruction — "That's why you've got people, remember?" — is the whole moral economy of the film: power means never getting your own hands dirty. The scene's warmth and its ruthlessness come from the same place.

Theme

PowerRosalind's advice reframes leaving as a power problem: show weakness and rivals act, so threats must be removed without leaving fingerprints.
TrustThe couple can finish each other's sentences and disagree without flinching, a partnership as much as a marriage.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Rosalind's calm shows she knows the trade as well as he does.
  • Smoke and fire turn a warning into an image you remember.
  • The couple joke about 'other halves' while living outside normal life.
  • Leaving is treated as a project with rules, not a feeling.

発音のポイント

  • spoonful of — Link spoonful of so it sounds like one word.
  • love you — Love you runs together into love-ya.
  • hands on — The s in hands links onto on.
Most wives would beg their other halves to get out of this game, but not you.

A compliment aimed at a wife who understands the business: most partners would want out, but she treats the exit as a problem to manage.

As they say in the film game, I'm laying pipe.

Fletcher's excuse for taking his time: in the movie business, 'laying pipe' means setting up story, and he uses it to say the reveal is coming.

And if you smell smoke, it's 'cause there's a fire,

Rosalind's warning that a small sign of trouble means a real threat is already burning — and dealing with it late is what gets expensive.

I like gentrification, private schools, fine wines, and a spoonful of caviar to help my medicine go down.

Mickey's list of comforts, delivered like a joke: he wants the polished middle-class life, and the caviar line echoes the old Mary Poppins song.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Rosalind answer "Course you are"?

Because she doesn't believe him. He says he looks forward to spending more time with her, and her flat reply turns it into a joke between two people who both know it isn't that simple.

Why does Rosalind warn that getting out could "read as weakness"?

If people learn Mickey is stepping away, rivals may see an opening. She is warning that leaving has to look like a decision, not a retreat.

Why does Rosalind tell Mickey not to do anything messy himself?

Because, as she puts it, that is why he has people. She wants the threat handled cleanly and at arm's length, so he keeps his position and his hands clean.

What is Fletcher doing in the barbecue scene?

He is stalling. Asked why he should be believed, or when the story will pay off, he says he is a storyteller who is still "laying pipe" — setting up the next part before he delivers it.

Why does Raymond call Fletcher a sly fox?

Because Fletcher keeps talking without giving answers, working in the barbecue setup and circling the question. It is half a compliment and half a warning about his character.

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