Heaven's Prisoners (1996) - full transcript

I want a drink.

I want a drink
all the time.

Sometimes I wake up
in the morning,

my eyes pop open,

and I think, I got
to have a drink...

beer, bloody Mary,
whatever.

Even now, and
I don't know why.

I haven't
had a drink
in three years.

Three years,

Yeah.

Sometimes
I'll be talking
with my wife,



and the whole time
we're talking,

I'm thinking about
this bar I used to
go to.

The whole
conversation,
I'm thinking,

I'd rather be
in that bar
than anywhere.

The glasses
all lined up...

My seat right
on the corner...

All those
colored bottles...

The ice
in my glass,

that burn.

Man,
it felt real good
going down.

That'll never
happen again.

I can't drink.
I know that.

Drinking fucked up
my whole life.

Excuse me, father.
I'm sorry.



That's alright,
Dave.

How is your wife?

How's Annie?

You love your wife,
don't you?

You have a good life now since
you left the police department.

Yes, I do.

And if you begin
drinking again,

what will happen?

I would lose
everything.

But knowing this,

knowing that you would
lose everything...

you would lose
your wife,

your business,
and your self-respect,

still you want
a drink?

Yes, I do.

You're absolved
of your sins.

Go in peace.

What you got there?

Lunch.

What's for lunch?

What do you want?

Let's get
the air mattress
out of the locker.

What if one
of the reels
goes out?

You'll never notice.

There's a plane.

So, wave.

No, no,
no, no, no.

Look.

It's in trouble.

Jesus.god.

Alright, you take
the wheel right now.

Coast guard
New Orleans,

this is whiskey,
Alpha, bravo 4-7-2-7.

Come in. Over.

Coast guard,
New Orleans. Come in.

We've got
a small twin-engine
plane crash,

1 mile due north
of the southwest pass. Over.

What's its status?It's sinking.

In need of immediate
assistance. Over.

On our way.

Dave, we didn't refill
the air tanks last time.

There's still
some in there.

Not more
than 25 feet here,

if they haven't
settled into the silt.

I can get
the door open.

It's deeper
than 25 feet.
You know it is.

There's a trench
running right
through the pass.

Dave.

Hang outside
in case one of them

comes up
underneath the boat.

Come on.

Dave.

Grab her.

Hand her to me.

God.

Come on.

Come on.
Baby.

Alright, now.

What's the little
girl's name?

I'm sorry.

Her name.

Alafair.

Is she
your daughter?

That's right.

I'll go look in
on her for you.

In the meantime,
why don't you look
over that information

and make sure
that I wrote it
down accurately.

Alafair?

That was
your mother's name.

She's probably
an illegal anyway.

We wouldn't
wanna make problems

for the nuns,
now, would we?

What if she is
an illegal?

Immigration is
going to send her
right back.

My...

What an interesting
family you have.

Did you know
your daughter speaks
nothing but Spanish?

She told me
her father
and uncle

were killed
by soldiers
in El Salvador.

She said a priest
was bringing

her and her mother
to america

when the plane
caught fire

and crashed
into the water.

Is she going to be
alright, sister?

She's fine.

What she needs now
is someone to care
for her.

I'll get her.

It's alright.
It's alright.

Shh.

Shh.

Shh.

You're just
having a dream.
It's okay.

Shh.

That's where
your mother is.

Cielo?

Up in the sky.

In El cielo.

In heaven.

En El cielo.

You come with me,
little guy.

I want you
to light a candle.

Por su mama.

Yeah.

Can I help you?

Minos dautrieve.

Drug enforcement
administration.

Who did you expect?

Immigration maybe?

I'd invite you in,
Mr. Dautrieve,

but I gotta
go to work.

That's alright,
I just wanted
to ask you

one or two
things about
the plane crash.

Like what?

Like, why
didn't you all

wait for
the coast guard

after you called in
on the emergency
channel?

My wife gave them
the position.

They could see
the oil and gas
on the water.

No need for US
to stick around
now, was there?

Hey, do I know you?I don't think so.

See,
I got this problem.

A diver found
a suitcase

with a bunch
of child's clothes
in it.

Little girl's,
in fact,

but, there wasn't
a kid on that plane.

Now, what does that
suggest to you?

Since when
does the DEA care
about some little kid?

Actually, it's
the other three
I'm worried about.

Three? What
do you mean three?

Two women
and the priest.

What about the guy
in the pink shirt,
the one with the tattoo?

What guy?
And what pink shirt?

Well, there
were four adults
on that plane.

From what I hear,
it's kind of murky
down there.

Maybe you only
thought you saw
four people.

I read your file,
robicheaux.

Tell me,
did you really do
all that shit?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

You smoked
three guys

when you were on
the New Orleans pd.

One of them was
a government
witness.

He was a pimp
and a drug dealer,

and he dealt to play
when he drew down
on me and my partner.

Yeah?

Is that when
they asked you

to retire
from the force?

Hey, wait a minute.
I do know you.

You were that
point guard at lsu

about 15 years ago.

Downtown dautrieve.

You were all-American
or something, am I right?

Honorable mention.

Yeah.

Well, I guess
I wasted my time
coming out here...

you a model citizen
and all.

So...

I know y'all
gonna forget
about meddling

in DEA business.

'Cause I don't want
to have to come
back out here,

bring immigration
with me.

Maybe take something
you were planning
on hanging onto.

Hey.

Can't stop being a
homicide detective,
can you?

Boy, that DEA agent really
got under your skin.

He gave me some
sort of shuck

about one
of the people
on the plane.

Hey.

That pilot
was a priest,

probably just
muling illegals.

Nothing new
about that,

certainly
nothing the DEA

should care
about anyway.

But the guy
with the tattoo,

they want me
to try to pretend
I never saw him.

It sounds like
good advice to me.

Thing is, I think
that whoever blew
up that plane

was trying
to smoke that guy.

And we weren't
supposed to see it.

What about alafair?

Well, that's what's
bothering me.

Whoever
took out that plane

wasn't counting
on anyone else
being onboard.

They certainly
weren't counting on
anyone surviving.

You think someone
might come after her?

I think I need to find out
more about the guy
in that plane.

Dave.

Dave, Dave.

I'd throw it
all right back
in the water, me.

It's nobody's
business, Dave.

Nobody's.

Is Robin around?Yeah. She's on next.

Hey, customers aren't
allowed back there.

I'm not a customer.

Fuck off, Jerry.

Hey.

They put
the first team

back on the street?

How are you doing,
streak?

I heard you were
back on the bayou

selling worms
and all that jazz.

That's right. I'm just
a tourist here now.

You really
hung it up for good?

That's right.

That must take guts

to boogie on
outta it one day

and do
something weird
like sell bait.

What did you say,
"sayonara, crime-stoppers.

Keep your guns
in your pants."

Something like that, yeah.-

Although I am in town

to, find out
about a guy.

I think he might
have come in here.

I'm not exactly
an information
center, streak.

A lot of guys
come in here.

Well, this one
you definitely
would remember.

A big dark guy
with a...With a head
the size of a watermelon

and a tattoo of
a green-and-red snake
on his chest.

Now, why would I
get to see it?

Here comes the bride.

Robin, you're not
dropping the dime
on anybody

'cause the guy's
already dead.

He was killed
in a plane crash

with some illegals
and a priest.

The only survivor
was a little girl.

And Annie and I are just
trying to find out everything
about her that we can.

Annie.

How is Annie?

She and I ought
to get together

one of these days.

Hey, Jerry. Wake up.

The lady wants a drink.

Give me a fresh
orange slice this time.

I don't know
what Johnny dartez
would be doing

with a priest
and some illegals.

Who's Johnny dartez?

A guy who runs drugs
for bubba.

For bubba rocque?

I know you, right?
You're a cop.

Nope.

Now, come on, man.
I got two big talents.

One is as a mixologist,
the other's for faces.

I'm no cop.

Maybe not anymore.

Don't you
remember me?

It's Jerry something-
or-other, right?

You went up the road
about five years ago

for bashing in
some tired, wheezing,

broken-down old man
with a lead pipe.

Ain't that right, Jerry?

How was Angola, brother?

Can I buy you
a drink, lieutenant?

As I recall,
you used to get
kinda thirsty

about this time
of day.

Hey, you're getting
in my face, partner.

So?

Right about now
I'm thinking

your head would make a
real nice toilet brush.

I ain't no
swinging dick.

I know better
than to fuck with
the wrong people.

Don't I, Robin?

He ain't no swinging dick.

Hey, listen.
You didn't hear
anything from me, alright?

Bubba's crazy, Dave.I've known bubba my whole life.

There's nothing you can
tell me about him that
I haven't heard before.

Take care now,
darling.

Dave, you remember
that man,

rent from US
this morning,
the one talk funny,

and not from
around here, no?

No, I don't,
but what about him?

He run the boat
on the bar

and bust off
the propeller.

You want me
to go get him?

No.

I'll go.
Where's he?

South of the four corners.

You ask him
where he come from,

he don't know how
to keep the boat
on the bayou.

What's the trouble,
partner?

Batist says
you ran over
a sandbar.

Let's have a look.

Nice and easy,
motherfucker.

Don't look up, my friend.

That'd change
everything for US

and make things
real bad for you.

Looks like it hurts.

Now, you can get out
of this easy,

or toot could sculpt
your ears over

and make your head look
like a fucking mannequin.

He'd love to do it for you.

He was a voodoo priest
or some fucking thing

down in Haiti.
Tell him what you did
to Robin, toot.

You talk too much,
get finished.

Want to eat.

Guess what he did to her.

Fuck you.

What?

You heard me.
I said fuck you.

Whatever you do to me here,
I'm gonna square.

If I don't,
I got friends who will.

Yeah?
I got news for you.

You're still breathing
'cause I'm in a good
fucking mood.

When you start
talking to somebody
else's whores,

when you start poking
your nose into other
people's shit,

you got
to pay the man.

That's the rules.

Old time
homicide roach

ought to know that.

Hey...

Robin got off easy.

Put her finger in the door,

broke it for her.

Come on, man.
I'm hungry.

Alright, I'm going to
wrap this up for you

'cause you're
starting to remind
me of a dog down there.

You got a house.

You got
a boat business.

You got a wife.

You got a lot
to be thankful for.

So don't get in
nobody else's shit.

Now,
we'll let the man

pay his tab.

Not for nothing,
toot. I could eat
a little something.

Let's eat.

That's all
you think about...

that big, fat belly.

Hey.

Dave,
let the sheriff
handle it.

The sheriff?

For god's sakes,
that guy is
an ex-dry cleaner

who looks like
a frito salesman.

What the hell
is he going to do?

Jesus.

You look good,
considering.

Minos dautrieve.

The door was open.

I'm curious...

Why a bunch
of moral retards

who deal
in dope and whores

are suddenly so
interested in you.

Why didn't you
want me to know

Johnny dartez
was on that plane?

Was dartez
working for you?

He was.
Till he hitched
a ride on that plane

rigged with a bomb

and bubba rocque
or somebody that
worked for bubba

blew him
outta the sky.

Along with the other
four fucks on that plane.

Look, all I know
is I want bubba
off the board.

Well, you're never
going to do that
by squeezing his people.

No? And how is it

you have all
this omniscient
knowledge?

Hey, man,
we grew up together.

I know bubba rocque.
We were in high school.

He was one of those guys
who was eating light bulbs

and pushing thumb tacks
into his kneecaps.

You know what?

I think you may
have the delusion

you're still
a police officer.

And I want you
to drink it all up.

There you go.

I'm gonna go
into New Orleans.
I'll be back tonight, alright?

You're supposed to
be in bed.

Ever since
that plane went down,

the DEA has
been here twice,

and we've had
our lives threatened.

Now, the sheriff's
a real nice guy

who should be
taking the stains out
of people's clothes.

This situation
is not going to
take care of itself.

I'm just going to go
straighten this out.

What's happening,
streak?

Well, I'll tell you
what's happening.

You are getting
on a plane...

To key west, Florida.

Hey, what am
I going to do
in key west?

The boys down there
would rather
watch you dance.

You'll go work
in a restaurant

owned by a friend of mine.
That's what you're gonna do.

One of your
a.A. Pals?

I got enough troubles
of my own without...

Getting
my head shrunk

by a bunch
of ex-drunks.

Hey, this is
a really nice restaurant.

A lot of famous
people go there.

Tennessee Williams
ate there one time.

Whoopee.

Listen, Dave...

I got plenty
of fingers.

I'm sorry that happened.
That was my fault,

and I'm very sorry
about that.

Forget about it.
Comes with
my stage career.

Robin!

Hey!

I think you're
already there,
baby doll.

Give-give me the damn thing.

No more bullshit.

I'm gonna square
what those guys did
to you and me,

and when I do,
you'll not be
welcome in New Orleans.

You understand me?

I got your plane ticket
right here,

and I got $200 for you.

Wow.

Just like
the old streak,

riding in
on a white horse

to save
little Robin again.

Should have
been a priest
or something.

My friend's name
and number is right
there on the envelope.

There you go.

Hey.

Would you stay
just a minute,
please?

I promise I'll
get on the plane.

Just...

Sit me...

Sit with me
just for a minute.

Where's Jerry at?

He's upstairs
in the office.

Aah!

God damn!
Jesus Christ!

How much you make
dropping that dime
on Robin and me?

Didn't get nothing!
What are you talking about?

Stay down, Jerry.
You look real good
with the carpet.

You're a fucking psycho.

Guy with the initials
e.L.K. Came to see me.

You know who
that might be?

He's a fucking hit man.
He'll kill me.

He gonna have to
get in line, partner.

Eddie keats!
That must be
who they sent.

Who's they?

Look, everybody does it.
You hear something
about bubba rocque

or his people talking
about him or somebody
getting outta line,

you call up his club about it,
you get 100 bucks.

It don't even
have to be important.

I'm going to
have a little talk
with bubba rocque, brother.

If I were you,
I'd find another zip code.

Dave robicheaux.Hey, bubba.

I got your dreamsicle,
hangin' down low.

What's that bull...
what is that bullshit?

Hitting me in the head
without a mouthpiece?

You lucky, man.
You are lucky.

What are you
drinking, Dave?

Nothing for me, thanks.That's right.

I heard you were fighting
the hooch for a while.
You winning?

Yeah.good for you.

I got some tea.

Here. Use the coaster
for me, alright?

Clarence.

Beautiful.

Thank you, Clarence.

Hey, bubba,
I got a little problem

I thought you might
be able to help me
out with.

Name it.

A Haitian guy named toot

and somebody
named Eddie keats
came to see me.

They left me with a few
stitches in my head.

Bartender at smiling Jack's
said he sicced them on me

by calling
one of your clubs.

They also hurt
a friend of mine,

and I wanted to,
take care of it.

Is that why you're here?Yeah.

What's the name
of this motor-mouth
at smiling Jack's?

I already had
a talk with him.

Look, Dave,
I know Eddie keats.

He does not work for me.

From what I hear,
he don't put stitches
in people's heads,

he smokes them.
And this boy toot,
he's some kind of psycho zulu,

likes to torture people,
take pictures of it.

Forget these clowns, Dave.
Good for nothing.
Eat some shrimp.

I hear Johnny dartez
was working for the feds.

Did I make you nervous?

Hey, Dave, you and me
we got history, right?

We go way back.

I know you.

Hell...you know me.

How do you think
I have this house

and all
the business I got?

'Cause I run scared
every time some no-dick

like minos dautrieve
and the DEA with their thumb up
their ass

come up with
some bullshit
they can never prove?

I don't know, bubba.

I don't know
what you think.

Maybe if a person
wants to find out,

you just
got to keep fucking
in the same direction.

You know something,
partner?

That's a two-way street.

Is that right?

Dave robicheaux.

I can see in your
baby-blue eyes

you would just
love to take me.

Please, Mr. Robicheaux,
hit him.

Dave, you
remember claudette
from new iberia.

I'm a little vague
on people from
back home sometimes.

A pleasure.

Well, I'll bet
you remember her mama...

Patty fontaneau.

I'll bet good money
you lost your cherry

at one of her cribs
on railroad Avenue.

Bubba, fix me
a gin rickey.

The thermos in
the icebox, baby.

I'd like one
in a glass, please.

You know, Dave,
this broad can
drink gin rickeys

all day long
and not get loaded.

I think she got a...
Hollow heinie.

I don't think Dave
is used to our kind
of talk.

He's married, too,
isn't he?

Claudette...

Honey...come here.

Baby, I don't wanna
get on your ass
all the time,

but do you think
it's possible

to put a coaster
under this goddamn
thermos once in a while?

I got rings on the bar,
rings on the table.

I got rings all over
the motherfucking house.

And look...
A stack of coasters.

Hey, I got to be running.
I'll see y'all later.

Okay, Dave, I'll make
some phone calls.

I'll see if I can't
find this Eddie keats.

In the meantime,
anybody gives you
any problems...

I cancel their act.

Hey...

Give me a hug.

Whoo-hoo.

Yeah.

I'll see you later.Yeah.

I'll walk you out.

Eddie keats owns a club
out on the Pearl highway

called the jungle room.

Did you like
my butterfly?

I didn't notice it.

Sure, you did.

Stay here.

Can I help you?

Lovely little girl.

Go back inside, honey.

I think you better leave.

Tell your husband
Victor romero stopped by
to say hello.

Hey, Sammy..

Hey, how you doing
there, kids?

Come here! Come here,
you little fuck.

Hee hee hee hee!

What do you think,
friend, looking for
a little taste?

What do you think, Sammy?White, black, or yellow?

Take it easy.

My good friend robicheaux.

You miss me?

Ooh!

God damn!

You were gone
a long time.

Did you take care
of everything?

I found one of those
guys that roughed me up.

Went to his place,
had a chat with him.

What?
What does that mean?

What's the matter?

Victor romero
says hello.

Who?

I don't know.
Some guy came by today.

Somebody came here?Yeah.

Don't worry.
I took care of it.

Well, hey, hey,
hey, did the guy
say what he wanted?

What he wanted
was to scare the shit
outta me and alafair,

and that's exactly
what he did.

What did the guy
look like?

I don't know.
He looked like
a big bad guy, Dave.

Jesus.

So is this the way
it's gonna be?

We can't have kids
of our own,

now I'm with
a child pretending
we have a family?

What do you think
I'm doing all this for?

I'm out there
protecting that family.

Hey, Dave, bullshit.

You're not
a cop anymore.

We gave all that up,
remember?

What do you mean, we?

I had to live
through it, too.

And I won't do it
again, Dave.

I can't.

What is that now,
is that some kinda threat?

Read it how you want.

What'll it be, Dave?

When a young man
such as yourself

reaches out to me,
I take it serious,
bubba.

I invite you
and your lovely wife
to New Orleans.

We talk...

Work some things out.

I see an opportunity
to do some business.

You wanted to move
into New Orleans,

and I wanted a piece
of northern Louisiana.

I go home,
tell my people...

I think
this young man
has some juice.

The next thing I know...

You're blowing up airplanes
full of people.

Calling a lot of
unnecessary attention
to your business.

So what
I'm wondering now is,

did I make a mistake
in my previous assessment
of you?

The guy on the plane,
Johnny dartez,

was working
for the feds.

And I didn't know
dartez was running
wetbacks on the side.

Fine. You turn him off.

But you do it with
a little discretion.

A little fucking precision,
for Christ's sake.

I mean, even Tony
and dom here,

when they blow out
a guy's candle,

they don't kill
women and children
along the way.

There is no problem,
Mr. Giancano.

I hear Dave robicheaux
came to see you.

Dave and I
grew up together.

Now he ain't gonna be
a problem unless
we make him one.

I know Dave robicheaux,
too.

And for a long time,

the man's been a massive
fucking migraine

to all of US
in New Orleans.

I'll also bet you
that barn you call a house

that he made your boy
dartez on that plane.

Which makes
you responsible
for any future grief

the man may cause.

Dave is cool.

A few years back,
he bottled out

and moved to the swamp
to sleep it off.

He don't want any part
of this shit.

The man may have
been asleep,

but that was before
you crashed an airplane

on top of his fucking head
and woke him up.

Guys like that,
you wake them up,

they don't go back
to sleep so easy.

Not without help,
anyway.

Are you saying
that you don't think

I know how to play a guy
like Dave robicheaux?

I'm just telling you
the way it is.

You want to do
business with me,

you clean up
your fucking act.

We will, Mr. Giancano.

And, bubba.

Tony and dom will be
checking in on you
from time to time.

See what you're up to.

You don't have
any problem with that,
do you?

No, not at all.

Come on, baby.

I went to ti-neg's
last night.

Then I went out
to sycamore point.

Sat on the dock
all night

thinking about
what an asshole
I've been lately.

You didn't drink?

No, I did not.

Look, Dave,
if you wanna go back
to the first district,

maybe we should
think about it.

No...no.

Why not?
Because you don't think
I could handle it?

No.

Because I don't
want you to handle it.

You and me.

That's the only thing
I have in my whole life

that means anything
to me anymore.

Please don't let me
mess that up.

I won't.

I'm over here!

Unh!

Dave?

Annie!

He's out here!

Go.

You're gonna be
alright, doll.

You're gonna be
alright.

I promise.

I promise.

I love you.

Dave.

Hey, man,
you got to help me.

You got to take her
to the hospital for me.

I know if I go
after them right now,

I'll be able
to catch them.

But we got to get her
to the hospital.

I'm gonna jump in the boat.
I know where I can get them,

but...you gotta hurry up and
get over with her right now.

Go as soon as you can.

Dave.

Make sure
you put a coat on her

because she felt
kind of cold to me.

Annie already gone,
Dave.

She gone.

She gone?

God.

My god.

Alafair.

Alafair.

Alafair,
you alright?

You alright?

Batist here.
Now, come to batist.
Come to batist.

Come to batist.

Honey...

You ain't got to be
scared no more.

It going to be alright,

going to be alright.

Batist going to take
good care of you,
you'll see.

That's right.

It's alright
you cry.

It's alright to cry.

The truck over here.

We got supper
already fixed.

You ain't
eat nothing all day.

We got to take her folks
back to the motel.

No, no, no.
They already left.

You put
this coat on now.

You want
to stand out here
and be a duck

come on now.
Come on, let's go.

Jesus.

Feed ducks with Annie.

Hey. Hey.

You just having
a bad dream,
little guy.

You got to go
back into bed.

Donde estaannie?

Well...

She's gone away.

She, um...

You got to go
to bed now.

Good luck
out there, you.

Okay.

I'm gonna take
an outboard down the bayou.

You should close up
in a couple of hours.

You hear me?

I heard you.

I'll watch
alafair, too.

Yeah, you do that.

Evening,
Mrs. Rocque.

Well,
Mr. Robicheaux,

last time I saw you,
you were on your way over here.

You must like it.

It's a real
swinging place.

Where's your husband?

In Houston
on business.

Well, how nice for you.

And maybe
for you, too.

Hey, baby...

What's with
the vitalis twins?

Tony and dom
are friends of mine
from New Orleans.

You care to join US
for a drink?

Nah.

Well, if you
change your mind.

I was very sorry
to hear about
your wife.

You a tough guy?

Hey, I got
something for you.

What's that?

I got your dreamsicle
hangin' down low, partner.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

Are you saying
fuck you to me?

I'm saying fuck you,
fuck your mother,

and fuck your dog.

Fuck!

Here's your
dreamsicle now.

Pick him up.

Who are you talking to,
you fucking...

shit.

Drop the cuervo,
partner,

before
I blow your shit
all over the bar.

Breathing
down there, Dave?

Let's all go have
a little sit-down,
shall we?

Jesus.

Any more lube
in that coif
of yours, po-Jo,

your hair's going to start
breaking off in the comb.

Honey, get them
all another round.

Bring me
a diet coke,
would you?

Well, well, well...

now, isn't this nice?

Although, I got to wonder

what bubba would make
of two low-level
wop dog-dicks

sitting here
having highballs
with his wife.

Dave?

Minos...

Why don't you
put that piece away
for a few minutes

and come outside?

I'm not that
kind of guy, dom.

Ha ha ha.
I love this song.

You want to dance,
Ms. Rocque?

On second thought,
I better not.

I got to take
my friend Dave home.

Seems he's had himself
one fucker of a night.

Y'all tell bubba
I said hey.

I told him
to get outta there.

But I didn't know...

I'm looking for
a guy named toot.

You know anybody
named toot that lives
in this neighborhood?

I think this guy's
onto something.

Yeah...

Yeah, I know toot. Stays above
the hardware store on Josephine.

Thanks, man.

Yeah, right.

Jesus Christ, how we supposed
to get this up there?

I don't know.

It's a two-man job.
They only ordered...

Shit.

Drop it, toot,
or I'm gonna park one

in the back of
your fucking head.

Toot, what happened
to your door?

Aah!

Two more steps,
and we're going home.

On 3 here. Go on.

Bobby, get it
off the railing.

You're gonna
scratch it.
Ease it there.

Come on, let's pull away
from there?

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Unh!

Aah!

Aah!

Unh!

Aah!

Unh!

Get down.

Hey!

Help!

Sir, please sit down.

It's your play, toot.

Shoot that fucker.

Shoot the motherfucker!

Shoot him.
Kill the asshole!

No, ma'am. You've
gotta stay back, miss.

Pontiac Catalina.

Had one of these,
same color...

a convertible.

Somebody's
going to steal
them shoes.

You're a long way
from new iberia,
Dave.

The man was involved
in a murder.

You go to his apartment.
You're gonna find a shotgun.

I'm sure the sheriff's
gonna wanna have
that as evidence.

Hey. Hey.

Look, the captain's
going to want
a statement...

And maybe more,
depending on his
blood pressure.

When you get through here,
I'll follow you
to the first district.

Dave. Dave.

Who'd that bedbug kill?

He killed my wife.

Okay, now. Come back
before dark now, okay?

Alright.

Hold on, honey.

Whoo!

Wow, this is
really out among

the pelicans
and the alligators.

Robin,
is that you?

Ask me after I'm sure
I'm back on planet earth.

I flew on a shitty
little airline

where the pilot got
a three-day-growth
of beard

and blows garlic
and Boone's farm
all over the place.

We were dropping
through air pockets
so fast,

I thought I was
going to toss
my cookies.

Robin, what are
you doing here?

Well...

Now...

My god.

You said you had
a little girl,

but you never said
she was perfect.

Hi there, sweetie.
What's her name?

Alafair.
Alafair, honey,
this is Robin.

Hi. Hola!

Want to show me...
Your house? Your casa?

Come on.

Ooh!

What happened
in key west, Robin?

...one of
the bartenders
found out

I used to
s-t-r-i-p.

And he made
a move on me

one day during
happy hour.

It's not worth
talking about.

This is a really
nice place.

So what did
you do to him?

Let's find
your room.

Robin.

That doesn't
look like your room.

Robin.

This is your room.

Is this
your monkey?

Ooh ooh ooh ooh.

Robin, what did
you do to him?

Well...

I broke a bottle
of grenadine
across his face.

It wasn't that bad.
It looked worse than it was

on account of the
cherry juice and all.

This is
the guest room.
Am I right?

You know, you say bayou,
and I think...

The swamp and nets
and shit hanging,

but this is...
This is...

Really nice.

Why don't you, me,
and Alfie here

go on out to that dock
and have ourselves a soda.

So, can I say
something?

You're not
gonna take it
the wrong way...

I mean, 'cause I mean this in
the nicest possible way, but...

I just don't want you
to think I came up here

to try and
straighten you out,

'cause you are
who you are.

I'm cool with that.

I just...

Think that...

At some point,

you're gonna
have to decide
who it is

you wanna be
for the rest
of your life.

If you wanna be
a pissed-off guy

trying to right
every wrong

that's ever been
done to him, or...

You wanna be...

Alive.

Hey...

Either way,
streak...

I'm your
biggest fan.

Alright.

Hello.

Dave, please
help me.

Annie!

It's alright.Jesus.

It's alright.Jesus.

I'm here. I'm here.Jesus.

Robin.It's alright.

I was on the phone
with Annie.

No, no. You were
just dreaming.

Jesus.You were just dreaming, baby.

I got to go
get a drink.

Here, here, just lie
down with me, okay?

Just lie with me.
Lie with me. Lie with me.

There, there,
there, there,
there.

That's better.
That's better.

That's better.

Who belongs to that?

Bubba's wife.

Hey there,
Mrs. Rocque.

I had a flat tire.

Can you give me a ride
to my aunt's on west main?

Yes, I can...

Or I could,...

Change that tire
for you.

There's no air
in the spare,
either.

What a lovely
little girl.

Hello.

Claudette rocque,
this is my friend,
Robin.

She's going to be
staying with US
for a while.

Have me met?

Not formally.

You're a performer
of some kind.

That's right.

You work at that
little place
on bourbon...

smiling Jack's.

That's right.
Now I remember you, too.

You came in one time
with a couple of...

Real pretty girls...

asked me to work
a private slumber party,

but I don't really
go in for that sort of thing.

I think you got me mixed up
with someone else.

Well,
maybe you're right.

The girl
I'm talking about
was real trash.

She had
a butterfly tattoo
on her belly.

Well, anyway,
it was real nice
to meet you, Claudia.

Come on, sweetie.

Well, she's enchantin'.

Nice to see you back
in the swing of things.

What brings you out
this way, Mrs. Rocque?

It's claudette, Dave.

My cousin lives
at the end of the road.

I come to new iberia
about once a month
to see my relatives.

I see.

Am I putting you out?

No.
just give me a minute.

Wait for me
in the truck.

You look uncomfortable.

I didn't get
very much sleep
last night.

Would you like
a gin rickey?

Not for me, thank you.

I gave it up
for a while,
almost a year.

Then people
started telling me

they liked me
better drunk.

Anyone ever say that
to you, Dave?

Hey, let me ask you
something...

what do you think
the odds are of you
having a flat tire

right by
my front Lane?

Now the good detective
is wondering
what the lady wants.

Take a look.

We had
a little argument.

Apparently, I fell.

At least that's
what bubba said
when I came to.

I'm pretty sure one
of my ribs is cracked.

What do you think?

I think...

You should see a doctor.

Don't you want to know
what we fought about?

That's none
of my business.

We fought about you.

You're not afraid
of bubba.

You know he's not
really so tough.

I know you shouldn't
jerk him around.

I know
that if you mess
with his pride,

you're gonna meet
the guy that wheeled

his crippled cousin
into the coolie.

Hadn't heard
that one before.

I know one thing
bubba's afraid of.

And what's that?

Bubba's never done time.

I don't think he could.

I don't think
he'd last three days.

I believe he would
do anything

to stay out
of the joint.

He has nightmares
about it.

He's been having
a lot of them since
that plane went down.

You know what?

I changed my mind.

I'll get out here.

Say, Dave,
you ever get bored
of the stripper's act,

come on by.

How you hanging, streak?

That's some boat
you got.

Hell, take a ride
with US.

This baby
can eat a trench

all the way
across the lake.

What are you doing
with these people?

Friends from
New Orleans.

You want a beer?

How deep is the mob
into you, bubba?

You got to be paying
those guys big dues,

Hey, you got it
wrong, Dave.

People pay medues.
I win, they lose.

Now, you want
a beer or not?

I want
those other two men
that killed my wife.

I had nothing to do
with that, Dave.

When I want
to straighten out
a problem,

the person's going
to see this face.

They were your people.

I'm going
to tell you something,

and I'm going
to tell you
only once...

now, you can accept it,

or you can
stick it up your ass...

I am one guy.

I am not
a crime wave.

When you mess
with the action
out of New Orleans,

you fuck with
hundreds of people.

Do you understand,
Dave robicheaux?

My wife had to be buried
in a closed casket.

I want you to think
about that for a minute.

Now, I'm gonna find
those two men,
and when I do,

I'm going
to squeeze them
extra hard.

And if your name
comes out of either one
of their mouths,

I'll be back here,
to feed

your sorry fucking ass
to the shrimp.

You wouldn't
leave it alone, Dave,

so they closed the door
on your nose.

Leave me out
of your shit, Dave.

I'll tell you,

this Dave robicheaux
makes me very
uncomfortable.

You tell me
he's not a problem.

Next thing I know,
you go out
and kill the man's wife.

What the fuck is that?

Now my people tell me
robicheaux smoked

one of the shooters
on the streetcar,

which would explain
why Eddie keats

is calling me
every five minutes
asking for my protection.

Make it sounds like
he's coming apart,

like he might
be a problem.

What the fuck
is going on?

I'm taking care of it.

You'retaking careof it?

That's right.

So, on top
of everything else,

your husband
doesn't even show me
the proper respect

of coming in here
to see me himself.

Instead
he sends his wife.

No one sent me.
Bubba doesn't
know I'm here.

Really?

Bubba's not...

Well.

What the hell
does that mean?

Unhappy childhood
and all that.

From now on,
you need to talk,

I'll be the one
listening.

And why should I
trust you?

The daughter
of some whore.

Hey, I learned a lot
from my mother.

She was a good
businesswoman.

I'm asking
for a second chance

to prove to you
I can handle things...

Eddie keats,
Dave robicheaux,

my husband.

And this time,
Mr. Giancano,

I promise you,
you won't be
disappointed.

Yeah?

N.o.p.d. Tells me
our friend toot
had a bad day.

They're saying
he missed the bus.

Well, that's
very clever, minos.

Say,
you busy right now?

Why?

Eddie keats
wants to say hey.

I saw one like this
once before,

back when I worked
homicide in Atlanta.

This must've been
a real son of a bitch.

You see this,
this white stuff underneath
his fingernails?

This guy actually
tried to claw the paint

off this bathtub.

So how come you haven't
called the sheriff yet?

I thought you might
wanna have a look
before they...

Come along, messed up
the crime scene.

That's real considerate
of you, minos, but...

I'd prefer if you'd
cut the cute act.

I figure you
brought me here

to get my reaction
and see if I was the guy

that threw that radio
into that bathtub,
am I right?

Did you?

I wish I had.

You know a guy
named Victor romero?

Why you want to know?

He came by the house
right before
it happened.

He tried to shake
Annie's tree.

And you think
he's the third guy?

Dave...

Let me give
you some advice
I know you won't take.

Forget about romero.

Now, I don't know
his resume by heart,

but you are talking
about a true
genetic fuckup

who gets off
on hurting people.

And I'd sure hate
to see you
or those close to you

get hurt any more
than they already have.

Did you hear
what happened to Eddie?

I heard he had
a real nice service.

They cremated him,

put him in a vase
or something.

I got up too late to go.

What about
Victor romero,
you seen him lately?

I don't know
that person.

You fucking my wife,
Dave?

Come on, Dave,
get up.

I ain't through.

Shit!

Aah!

Hey, bubba, you wanna
go to the hospital?

Heh heh heh.
No, I don't want
to go to no hospital.

Hey,
tell me something...

I really
shook your peaches

with that first shot,
didn't I?

Yeah.

Let me ask you something.

What makes you think
I was messing around
with claudette?

Cuervo gold.

Well, she said
she was in the truck
with you.

And I know she knows
how to get a guy
on the bone.

Hey, man, you're talking
about your wife.

Hey. She's human.

You know something, bubba?
I got a strange suspicion

that you're a man
without a future.

Yeah?

Why is that?

Well, I mean,

you're in the backyard,
sparring with
the featherweights,

trying to be
16 years old again,

one of these days,
somebody's gonna come along

and take it all
away from you.

Hey, Dave...

Nobody...

Is going to cool out
my action.

But it's real nice
of you to worry.

Take it easy.

What are you
doing in here?

I couldn't find
your keys,

so I had to pry
the lock off
with a screwdriver.

I'm sorry
about the damage
to the door.

I want you to get out
of this room.

What is this, like,

your church where
you come every day
to suffer?

That's none
of your damn business,
what this room is.

That's not a part
of your life.

You know what I think?

I think...

She wouldn't expect you
to be acting this way.

I think she'd be doing
just what I'm doing now.

How would you know that?

I mean, you're not her.

How would you know that?

I'm finished.

Jerry got busted again.

Jerry falgout...
you know the bartender
over at smiling Jack's.

He was arrested
up in natchez for...

Stealing
social security checks.

Pretty pathetic.

Robin, you and I ought
to have a little talk.

Hello?

Bien, gracias.

Me llamo alafair.

Yo soy,
de El Salvador.

Hey, hey, darling,
let me have that.
Thank you. Thank you.

Can you get yourself
ready for bed?

Hello?

Sweet girl.

Who is this?

This is Victor romero.

I'll be in
in a minute.

I'm hearing
a lot of stuff
I don't like to hear.

Most of it's got
your name on it.

You still there?

Yeah, I'm still here.

I hear you wanna cut
a slice out of my ass...

like I'm responsible
for every crime
in Louisiana.

You saying I'm killing people
on airplanes and bathtubs,

going around the
quarter, telling people

I should be looking
over my shoulder

before something heavy
falls on me.

You there?

I'm listening.

So I'll tell you
my deal.

People
I do business with
are saying I'm too hot,

like, maybe I won't
be around next year,

that this guy robicheaux
is a hard tail and don't play...

so you're
fucking me, man.

Hey, Victor, I really
don't give a shit
about your problems,

why don't you
write all this down
on a postcard,

and maybe I'll read it
if I get some free time.

There's was cello
in the front room

and a fan
in your bedroom

and a telephone
in your hall,

except I tore it
out the wall for you.

And while I did
your old lady,

you were outside,
hiding in the dark.

I'm going to find you.

Kiss my ass.

If you don't
get off my back,
robicheaux,

I'm going to kill
the kid, the whore,

and that old fuck
you got working for you.

You want all that
on a postcard, too?

You're going after him,
aren't you?

Hey, streak...

You remember the time
you took me
to midnight mass

over at
Saint Louis cathedral?

And afterwards we walked
across the square

and had beignets
at the cafe du monde,
remember that?

I remember.

I thought
you were serious
about me that night.

Robin...

I was just
too messed up to...

To realize
that all you wanted
was to help me.

That's all
you've ever wanted.

I just wish I could
return the favor.

Let me know if you
need anything, Dave.

Hey, thank you, burgess.

You look like you
could use a shower, Jerry.

Have you not been
showering lately?

I'm floating around on
an ice cube that's melting
in a fucking toilet.

That's a swell metaphor,
Jerry, but I need a name.

What do you want?

Victor romero.

Jesus, you've got
a fuckin' obsession, man.

Look, I don't know where he is
and I don't wanna know.

Give me a name, Jerry.

I ain't got any.

Look, I'm telling you the truth.

I've got no reason
to cover for this cat.

You know why I'm after
these people, don't you?

Hey, I had
nothing to do with that.

Let me tell you something, man.

I'm going to find
those people, and when I do,

you're going
to be real glad you're in here.

I'll see you
when you get out,
partner.

He's got a cousin.

What's that?
He's got a cousin?

So fucking what?

I don't know
the cat's name.

Come on!

Romero brought him in
the bar a few times.

He had pulled a scam
everybody
was laughing about...

counterfeit tuxedos like they
was Roberto Armani
or some-fuckin'-thing.

Where's
this cousin at now?

I don't know.
I only met him
once or twice.

I think he used
to run a laundry

in the quarter
or something,

called, Juan's...

or Jose's.

Who sent you?

What'd you say?

Well, hey there.

I was just about
to go on up to bed.

Can I get you something
to drink, Dave?

Yeah.

I'd like to have
a gin rickey.

Where's
your little thermos?

My thermos is...

I guess your husband
is not in charge anymore,

is he, Mrs. Rocque?

Bubba was never
in charge.

Ha ha heh.

All that...

Boxing macho bullshit.

The man's crazy
as a fucking loon.

You really think he could
actually run

anything for very long
without fucking it up?

And all the while
you're playing
the battered wife.

Ha ha. I am
the battered wife.

Aah!

Aah!

You...

Sent those men to kill
my wife, didn't you?

You bought the hit,
yes or no?

I bought the hit
on you.

What are you going
to do now, Dave?

You going to kill me?

Go on. Go on, do it.

Do it!

Come on, Dave.

Come on, blow me away

so you can go home to the whore
and the kid and pretend
you're a good man.

Killing a hundred
of you...

Wouldn't make up
for one Annie.

It ain't in there, baby.

Bubba...

What are you doing up?

911 emergency.

I'd like to report
a shooting

at bubba rocque's house
out on the river.

Your name, sir?

Your name?

Good luck, bubba.