Film: No Country For Old Men (2007)

Played by: Garret Dillahunt

The Rumpus:
Perhaps a distant relation of Officer Lou from Fargo, Deputy Wendell (played by forever-cast-as oddball hicks Garret Dillahunt) is a slow-on-the-uptake number two to Tommy Lee Jones wise old cowboy Sheriff Ed Tom Bell. His job, and he's pretty damn good at, is to try his luck with the obvious knowing full-well his boss is miles ahead down the investigative path. He may not have the answers, but he often gets the question right. "It's a mess, ain't it, sheriff?" he asks, examining a scene of bodies, blood, drugs, and abandoned pick-ups somewhere near the middle of nowhere. "If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here," replies Bell with a weary shake of the head.

Coenism:
As well as an eye for the obvious, he has a heart for the victim: "Aw, hells bells. They even shot the dog!"