City of Hope (1991) - full transcript

What about the Angels,
Nick? You like the Angels?

Nick!

What?

The Angels?

I hate the fuckin' Angels.

Every time I think they're
gonna do somethin',

they do the exact opposite.

An inconsistent group of people.

The Padres, I got in my
pocket. They're always the same.

They suck.

You got anything, Yoyo?



But to what degree do they suck?

I mean, there are
many different levels.

Have you got anything
for my fucking head, Yoyo?

Anything of
a pharmaceutical nature?

I'm not carrying that sort of item anymore,
Nicky.

Talk to Stavros.

If I buy from Stavros,
then I bet with Stavros.

Hey, look!

I don't expect you guys to work,

but could you park your butts
somewheres out of the way?

We got equipment
moving through here.

You know what my head
feels like today, Riggs?

You want to take a sick day,
Nicky? Be my guest.

If you don't want me here,
why don't you just fire me?



'Cause I can't fire you.

You mean you don't
have the balls to fire me.

No, it's out of respect
for your father.

Who you don't have
the balls to stand up to.

It's...

Fuckin' Riggs, I swear.

You won't fire me?
I quit.

Don't put it that way, Nicky.

As your union
representative, I...

That's it,
I fuckin' quit. I'm out of here.

You're not really gonna bet with Stavros,
are you, Nick?

The guy's a fuckin' pirate.

He'll throw those Greek
odds at you, Nicky!

Look, I'm sure you've got
some people who can handle the job,

but my hands are tied. You know,
I deal with the union.

You go find Yoyo,
he's the shop steward on this job.

I already talked
to the man over him.

What? What,
Belcher at the Local?

Yeah.

What did he say?
He said talk to you.

That if you made a stand,
then maybe his membership would accept.

Right.

What that means is,
his guys walk for two weeks

till I kiss their ass and hand
them all kinds of concessions.

Then maybe, maybe they'll
take in a handful of your people.

On top of them,
which I already got on the job.

Which includes four, five guys

who only sit and
read the paper all day.

Hey, I made a bid on this job.

You're saying no.

Maybe some
other job, all right?

Something for the city,
but not on this one.

I'm out on a limb on this one!

I mean, there's no way I can bring
your people on and still make my bid.

What the hell!
What's he doin'?

Nicky?

So, we're good enough to
pay rent on these apartments,

but we're not good enough
to build them?

No. Excuse me.

- Riggs!
- Yo!

Where the hell's Nicky goin'?

He says he's quittin'.

That...

Stavros.

Late breakfast?

I need some crank.

What am I, a drugstore?

Stavros, look,
you are a fuckin' drugstore.

Now, I need enough
for a day or two.

Did you have anything
to eat today?

I got juices,
I got papaya drink. Yoo-hoo.

Coke, Stavros.

Papaya drink is good.
It's 10% real juice.

Just give me the fucking drugs,
will you?

Yo, Nicky,
you havin' breakfast or scoring coke?

Hey!

Tell the whole world,
why don't you?

You better
be buying drugs.

Breakfast here'll
kill you.

You want
a beer, Nick?

Sounds good.

What, are you playin' hooky?

I quit.

- All right!
- Whoo!

Hey, Nick, you owe me.

Put it on my tab.

You don't have a tab.
Start one.

Whoo!

Later!

You know who that is?

She is married to the
assistant to the District Attorney.

Little shit name of Zimmer.

They got a beautiful car.

I used to fuck her.

Really?

Yeah, really!
In high school.

Yvonne Plasky.

Bet she shit a brick when she
saw where the hook brung her car.

She's gonna turn this way!

You guys, when she turns,
I'm gonna point at her, you laugh like

I'm tellin' you something
really hot about her.

All right. Vinnie, go sit in the
front seat and eat your breakfast.

But, Carl, I'm all dirty.

That's the point,
dipshit. Move it.

If she wants to know is her car done,
tell her you gotta ask me,

only you're on
your break now. Go!

What are you laughin' at,
Turkey? Get back on that Buick.

Yo, Turk! Steal any
good cars lately?

All right, you two.
Business.

Tonight's the night.

We just need the wheels,
Carl. They still available?

Is that asshole in on it?

Not so far.

You got a problem with Nick?

I got a problem with his whole fuckin'
family. What's he doin' out of work?

He's the only fuck I know

stupid enough to
quit a no-show job.

All right. You keep
this one on a leash.

Vinnie's got the keys.
Yo, Vinnie!

We're on the job,
we're cold, man.

We are like ice water.

We're pros, dude.

If you two fuck this thing
up and my name gets into it,

I'll have you converted into building
materials. You understand me?

Vinnie! You fat
fuckin' hemorrhoid,

get in here!

Professionals.

Hey, hey, there,
big and beautiful!

Don't start up
with me, Levonne.

Hey, you know I finish
what I start now.

You best reel that
thing of yours back in

before somebody
out here step on it.

Go ahead.

Levonne?

Whoa. Well,
now look who done come down off the hill

to mingle with us common folk.

Professor Oreo.
Yo, Malik!

We got us a royal visit here.

You on an errand for City Hall?

I wondered if you could
help me get some people

down to the council
meeting tonight.

There's a bond issue
for the school.

The white man's school.

Our kids go to them.

You got no kids, Wynn.

Black people's children
go to those schools.

Well, now we talkin'
about black people?

See, now you got to
get that shit clear, Wynn.

You playin'
the white man's game.

Don't come down here lookin' for support,
brother!

Look, look! There's not enough of us
in the city to fight amongst ourselves.

I have a little power
on the council.

You believe that?

You got shit, Wynn.

You got crumbs off
the white man's table.

Look!

I gotta run. You don't have
to back me or what I say.

Just come tonight
and bring some people,

so they know we're still alive.

Nice of you
to stop by, Wynn!

Don't be no stranger now.

Any luck?

Not with those two.

I'll hit the projects next.

Wynn?

Have you thought
anymore about Franklin?

What can I do for Franklin?

Well, you talk
to people all day.

Business people, shop owners...

And you expect me to ask them
for a job for my brother-in-law?

How's that gonna look?

They do it, all the time.

They are nepotistic
sleazebags, remember?

Wynn, he's a black man.
He lives in your district.

He's had some bad breaks, but...

Grand theft is not a bad break!

Drop me off here.

Look, I promise that if
something comes up for him,

I'll do the best
I can. Okay?

That's all I'm asking.
Okay.

Hang tough.

Yeah. You, too, baby.

"Mad Anthony again,
the lowest man in town.

"And this time,
I've really gone off the deep end.

"Everything, and I mean
everything on our shelves

"has been marked down
to rock-bottom prices.

"All your electronic and
computer-age needs under one roof..."

We're here every day.

We see what happens here.

It's the Spanish.

It hasn't been the same
since they showed up.

They make this noise
with their teeth,

this sucking noise.

I was raised on this block.

Now I wouldn't walk here alone.

I'm a married woman with
children. Means nothing to them.

And these people
out on the street!

You walk out your door,
it's a friggin' lunatic asylum!

Needles in the sandboxes
in the park!

These crack vials.

No respect.
No sense of responsibility.

It's the welfare.
I mean, why work?

The government
takes care of you.

I used to feel bad for the kids,
but they're the worst.

Thirteen years old
with a baby on their hip.

Do you ladies have a complaint?

Complaint? Have
you been listening?

A specific complaint.
A criminal charge.

See, Connie?
They don't care.

They don't care!

You gotta be gang-raped
and roasted at the stake

before they'll lift a finger.

Hey, if it was your kids
out here on this street,

you wouldn't be sittin'
on your ass, doin' nothin'!

Look at this!

There's your tax money,
right there!

Why do we bother?

Jesus fuckin' Christ.

In stereo. The skinny one's
like my mother's cousin.

A bitch on wheels.

They got a point maybe,
but it ain't our fault.

I'm gonna drive by DeLillo's.

Will you quit with that?
It's over.

Never. I'm not givin'
up on it, all right?

Just what I need. O'Brien.

Morning, fellas.
Bill.

You goin' to the mayor's
dinner on Friday night?

What, a hundred bucks
a pop? Forget it.

But I'll see you there,
won't I, Mike?

Now, take these,
push 'em around to people on your beat.

You make that kid Ramirez,
you run him in.

We ran him in yesterday.

Bring him in again.
What for?

Suspicion of being on
my shit list.

Make it a priority, Tommy.

Have a good one.

What's your
problem with O'Brien?

He's an asswipe.

So?

So, he ain't a detective.
He's a fuckin' politician.

Everybody's a politician.

Yeah? I'm not.

Why do you think I'm
still in uniform at my age?

'Cause you're stupid.

Right.

'Cause I don't kick back to the
pols every time I turn around.

A hundred bucks
a pop. Christ!

I wonder if she's workin' today.

Hey, forget about her, kid.
She's history.

I don't know, maybe
you should start small, Nick.

Open up a lunch
wagon next to Stavros.

Yeah, Nicky's Food-O-Rama.

A restaurant's
gotta have personality.

And very
hot waitresses.

Yeah. That can
be part of it.

I'm sorry I'm late.
I had a class.

You got Tables 6 and
9. I started them for you.

All right.

Good seein' you folks again.

I'm sure Larry can iron
out all the details with you.

Take it easy, Alex.
Take care.

I'll send your waitress
right over.

Thanks, doll.

So, what are these details?

He talked about racquetball.

The District Attorney would
be happy to have your backing,

but we need to get more
specific about the parameters.

We're discussing certain
properties on L Street.

I recall the
previous conversation.

L Street has to come down
for Galaxy Towers to go up.

If those buildings
aren't clear in a week,

the New York money walks,
the Japanese walk,

the whole thing falls apart.

If we get past that,

we'll need major juice on the development
package when it comes up at council.

He's the District Attorney,
fellas. This stuff's all municipal.

Who's municipal?

This comes down from Baci,

the second-most indictable
mayor in the state.

You must have a file like
a phone book on the guy.

The District Attorney
is very concerned

about municipal corruption,
but to take on a machine like Baci's...

I'm just not sure what
the incentive would be.

If your man tries for the Senate next year,
he'll need a lot of resources.

Any effort on his part to
improve the climate in this city...

We're moving mountains here,
fellas, and you give me a week.

But we're always interested in
support from the business sector.

I think you can count on us.

Hi! I'm Angela.

You gentlemen know
what you want?

Everything, and I mean
everything on our shelves,

has been marked down
to rock-bottom prices!

You want me to give
your program free computers,

you understand I don't get
them free from the manufacturer.

The program isn't funded to
make purchases of more than...

If these are people
without money,

then they're not likely
to be my customers, right?

Look, you're a member
of the community.

You do business here.
You hire local people.

I wish
I could hire local people.

I haven't had a night
watchman for two weeks.

You advertise for minimum wage,
you know who shows up?

Deviants show up.

Mentally disturbed people,
blind people...

You need
a security guard?

You got someone?
I might.

This is a friend of yours?
My wife's brother.

Gettin' the old freeze out,

No tickee, no nookie.

Sure. Tell him
to come on over.

He's got a record.

This one's the ultimate, man.

This one makes Nintendo
look pathetic.

I've never played Nintendo.

Where you been raised,
boy? You got a TV, don't you?

We got a TV.

And a VCR, right?

No.

Well, shit, man!

Don't be invitin' me
over to your house,

watchin' some old
Mr. Rogers network dog-dukey.

Something else you need? Stereo,
VCR, CD player? A dehumidifier!

Thank you, no. But about Franklin,
look, you don't have to...

Hey, look.
He paid his debt, right?

Look,
you're my representative on the council.

Someday I got a matter that needs
representing, quid pro quo. Am I right?

Bullshit. You haven't
got a thing.

We've got the dumpster
contract thing.

We've got the kickbacks
on the elderly lunch program.

We've got eight major
no-show jobholders

donating a full quarter of their generous
salaries to your political action fund.

He's just blowin' smoke, Mayor.

This is stuff that
just fell into our laps.

I hate to think what a serious
investigation would turn up.

- So, your guys want to bust my balls,
- Sal!

Hi, Phil, how you doin'?

No. Not at all,
Mr. Mayor.

The District Attorney
is well aware

that in municipal government
there are many gray areas.

Mr. Mayor!

Mrs. Spivak! Say hello
to your mother for me.

God bless you.
God bless you.

What does he want?

The apartment buildings we
discussed before. On L Street.

He's your brother, Pauly.
What's up?

He's putting
the usual pressure on,

but he won't go along
with the other thing.

"He won't go along
with the other thing"?

He's a virgin all of a sudden?

He forgets how he owns
these fuckin' buildings!

Gentlemen!

This is a conversation
I should not be hearing.

All you need to understand

is that the success
of the development package

that's been proposed by certain very
good friends of the District Attorney

has become essential
to your political future.

We're down to the wire on this,
fellas. We need results.

I'll leave the details
in your capable hands.

Larry!
Hey, Bill.

This a social visit,
or are we under arrest?

Hey, I hear your man's
makin' a run for the Senate.

Only a rumor, Bill.
Only a rumor.

If you need any help...
I'll keep that in mind.

I pay you, what,
45 grand a year,

you can't even deliver
your own brother?

Sal, I talked to him.
Lean on him, Pauly!

With what? Joey's hooked
up with Kerrigan now.

He's got his own thing going...

Yo, Gus. Hey,
what'd they do? Close down the dog track?

No, they made a mistake
on my check here.

They left off the overtime.

Well, if you don't put in time, Gus,
how can you put in overtime?

I'd like to condemn
your fuckin' house.

Have a good one, pal!

Man.
It's more than a guitar.

It's a pre-CBS Strat with a Kahler whammy,
single stack coil,

full MIDI rack kit,

Mesa Boogie amps
that are fuckin' cherry!

Never been over 30 dBs.

The guy played like folk
music on it or somethin'.

Yo, this thing has
no fingerprints on it.

Man, you're suckin' it
down today.

Nutrition.

Man cannot live
by narcotics alone.

You should take it easy.

I'm a free man today, Bobby.

Shit is gonna happen.
Important stuff.

I can feel it.
Right.

Hey, it's Mr. Goodwrench and
his faithful companion, Jim!

So, what happened
to the face, Jimmy?

Fuckin' boogs got him last
night down on M Street by the tracks.

Ooh.
For a small fee

I'll hook you up
with some steroids.

Two weeks,
you'll be beefed up for a rematch.

Fuck that shit!
We're goin' down there,

we're gonna kick some ass tonight.
You guys want a piece or what?

Haven't I seen this
on WrestleMania?

Chickenshits.

Yeah, we'd love to help you out tonight,
but we got a gig.

This Bud's for you!

What a dick?

What is he, 19?

Eighteen. He dropped out
this year.

That's how old my
brother was when he died.

Hey,
did he tell you about the demo we're doin'?

Top of the line production,
man. Twenty-four track.

Yeah, right.
On whose nickel?

Well, that was somethin' we
wanted to talk to you about, Nicky.

Carl is big time now,
Nick. The guy is connected.

You know that warehouse fire,

took down half the waterfront,
but no one got a scratch?

That was Carl.

He's not just
a loan shark anymore.

Look, we done a couple of things with him,
turned out real good.

Yeah. And this is very serious money,
Nicky.

You know, with this one,

we retire, go back
to the music full-time.

We figured
since you're our friend

and you're not on the tit anymore,
well, if you want in...

It's a declaration
of independence.

You know,
think of it as "fuck you" money.

Isn't there anybody you
want to say "fuck you" to?

I'll be right out.
Ten minutes max.

Yo.

Hey, Nicky, how's it goin'?

Just fine.
Good to see you.

You're in big trouble,
pal. Where's the old man?

He's in there with Uncle
Pauly. You really quit this time?

Yeah, yeah.
Where's Mom?

She's in the kitchen,
supervising the galley slaves.

Are you on something?

Come on, we gotta talk.
Nicky!

Hey, listen, you ditch me now

and I tell Mom you spent the
weekend with a married man.

That was over a year ago.

My hands
are tied on this, Joe.

If you don't come through,

the whole thing
comes down on my head.

I raised the rent
to the legal ceiling.

I had the heat off for
three weeks in March.

The buildings stink from
garbage I don't pick up.

Pauly, these people are not
leaving! They have nowhere to go.

You know what you can do.

No fuckin' way.

Don't mention that again,
you understand me?

Look, have something
to drink, will ya?

I gotta find my kid.

Hey, Joey,
you're gettin' skinny!

Yeah, right. I'm on
a steady diet of agita.

So, where did you learn
how to make Italian food?

Italian food, Jewish food,
Chinese food, yuppie food.

Laurie.

Where is he?

Nick?
Yeah.

He went out with Mom.
I think they went out back.

The only kind of food I
don't make is Japanese food.

Those people eat
some strange things.

Nick, I will
never say no to you,

but I'm not going
behind your father's back.

You go to him, have it out,
whatever, then come to me.

Okay, okay, I'll talk to him.

First. You talk to him first,
then you come to me for money.

Are you getting
enough sleep, Nicky?

You look drawn.

- He's on drugs, Mom.
- Hey, shut up, Laurie!

I have guests.
I'll send your father out.

Try to be nice.

So, what happened
to last week's paycheck?

The Angels took it.

The Angels?
What, this is football?

Football? The Angels,
baseball!

So, I'm a cultural
illiterate, I'm sorry.

What, this is money
you owe, I take it?

For $2,000, I'm a free man.

I got maybe $50.

It's in my bag in the
TV room. Help yourself.

I'm namin' my first
kid after you.

Boy or girl.

It's like fake alligator,
right? Dark brown?

You bet this on sports, you die.

No way, no way!
You're my hero.

I'm an idiot, right?

My son does
the same thing to me.

He's family.

What's the story?

No story. I just quit.

You got another job?

No.

Then how can you quit
a good set-up like you got?

I'm bored outta my skull
over there. Sittin' around...

Who says you gotta sit around?

Hey, if it's more responsibility you want,
I can set it up.

No! I don't want you
settin' shit up for me.

I don't want
any part of it anymore.

Part of what?

Nick, I'm a builder.

I make things where
there was nothing before.

What, is there something
wrong with that?

You kiss up to Baci

and every other scumbag
downtown with a nickel in their pocket.

The outfit tells you to put
three guys on the payroll

that you never even seen,
you do it.

If they told you to roll over and die,
you'd do it.

You think I like to take
that shit off of them?

What do you think puts
the food on the table?

Nick, I always try
to do right by you,

by your mother,
Laurie, and Tony!

Yeah.

You did a job on him, all right.

Your brother died in the war!

What could I do about that?

What could you do?

You could have stood up for him

instead of throwin' him in
like you did!

I would've killed for that kid!

Don't do me any favors
like you did for Tony.

Joe!

What is this, an antique?

What do you get on this thing?

Milton Berle? Sid Caesar?

I gotta fix you up
with some new equipment,

introduce you to the state of
the art. What do you say, Nick?

I'm in.
Let's fuckin' do it.

We went through a
lot of trouble for you.

They give me a gun
from Toys "R" Us here.

Well, what do you expect?

Look at this outfit!

You look handsome
in a uniform.

Please.

If anybody I know sees me
in this, I'm movin' to Canada.

Franklin, it's just a start.

Might as well have a sign on my back say,
"I make chump change."

This gonna keep
the parole off your back.

It don't even fit, Reesha!

My prison clothes
looked better than this.

Would you just stick
with this for a while?

Not bad.
Too old, but not bad.

Her boyfriend thinks
it's Halloween!

Yo, birdlegs!
Come back here, darlin'.

I got somethin' for you.

Stuck up bitch!

Look at that one!

Them ain't real, Desmond.

Woman over 30
carry her tits up there?

That's plastic, man.

Miracle of science.
Foam fuckin' rubber.

- Hit the bricks, fellas.
- Come on.

Move it!
Hands out at your sides. Let's go!

What'd we do? That's for us to figure out,
homeboy.

Spread 'em wide!

Come on,
empty out your pockets.

How can I hold the wall
and empty my pockets?

Yo,
man. Did we ask for your opinion, punk?

Keep your yap shut!

Where'd you hide it?
Hide what?

You know what I'm talkin' about.
Don't get smart with me?

What are you two
faggots doin' down here?

Man, this is
a free fuckin' country!

Where'd
you hear that one?

You keep your shit down south
of L Street from now on, hear?

And I'm gonna point
you in the right direction.

Now move it.

Go on, beat it!

Faster!

I don't think those
were the ones, Paddy.

They were up to
something down here.

Didn't have a nickel
between 'em.

You think we stepped
on them a little too hard?

They're probably up there
laughin' at us right now.

If you can't get respect,
you settle for fear.

I think the ones we want
are a little older.

I've seen
that kid I had before.

He's headed for the dirt farm.

God, look at that.

She's beautiful.

She must be 15 or 16.

They keep makin' new ones every year,
don't they?

American cars went to
shit after the Mustang in '65.

But fine lookin' snatch,
they keep stampin' it out.

Regular production line.

Lookie here.
Look who we got there.

El Senor Ramirez!
A credit to his race!

Fuck you, man.

My fuckin' luck! We finally get a
girl in the band, she's a lesbian.

No, she's not.

I just asked her out,
she said, "No way."

This town's full of chicks
who won't go out with you.

Yeah, lesbians, all of 'em.

It's like the fluoride in fuckin'
water supply or somethin'.

Who is that?
I know that girl.

Just some
lesbian, Nicky.

I want to know that girl.

Yo, I got business.

We're up in five, Zip.

And I'll
be there, Bobby.

He's like a mother to me.

Que pasa, Chato?
What's in the pantry?

Blow. Extra strong.

Yeah? Could be shit,
could be stairway to heaven.

What do you say we step
into my office and find out.

Thank you.

Yo, you got a son, I heard.

That's all right, another little
Ramirez runnin' around in the world!

Hey, Nicky!

Hey, Riggs.

I want you to know
there's no hard feelings.

Sure.

Your father's been
so square with me,

I feel a certain
amount of loyalty.

Right.

He's like your brother was.

You need him,
he's right there for you.

And I'm the only washout in the family,
right?

No, I didn't mean it that way.

Hey, look,

I'm not in the mood to hear war
stories about my brother right now.

All right, yeah.
Okay?

Yeah!

Hey, thanks for quittin'.
Takes a big load off my back!

Any time.

Hey,
Nick! I hear you quit your job.

So what's it to you?

This looks like the vig
for maybe one month here.

You're into me for two grand.

You lose your job,
I got a reason to be concerned.

Where'd you get this from,
your mommy?

I hope you die.

Check, one, two,
one, two, three, four.

Yo,
Pancho! You too fucked up to play or what?

No, way, jefe!
I am el numero uno!

That thing the right key?

We'll find out.
Let's boogie!

Uno, dos, three, four!

This used to be a city
where the children

would inherit
their parents' houses.

You got married,
you lived upstairs.

It wasn't easy,
but you shut up and you did it.

And a couple of years later,

God willing, there's children,

and you took over the payments.

Do you know how much
our bills went up...

I talked to him again.
And?

He jumped down my
throat. It's not gonna happen.

That's what he thinks.

I think that's very
unfair to our teachers.

You'll have your turn
to speak, Nidia.

All I'm sayin' is
that this bond issue

is an insult to the working
people who built this city.

Thank you.

Any other comments before
we hear from the council?

Mrs. Gianfreddo.

I'd like to comment on this
issue of quality in our schools.

My husband and I send
our children to St. Agnes'

and it costs an arm and a leg,

not to mention ironing the
damn uniforms every night.

But I wouldn't have them
in these public schools.

I was born and bred
in this town,

and when I went to J Street,

teachers got a fraction
of what they get today,

with none of this
psychological counseling

and computer technology
nonsense they have today...

Not much of a turnout
for our side.

Just the Death-to-Taxes posse.

Listen, guys,
I've gotta break rank on this.

Why?
What?

'Cause I got Crespi breathing
down my neck in November

and I don't want him to beat
me on the head with this tax thing.

Peter...
So we lose seven to two

instead of six to three,
like we always do?

There's a principle
involved here.

Yeah, well, I don't have your ethnic
thing going in my district, Wynn.

I can't afford to go down
with the ship. I'm sorry.

I mean, English as
a second language?

Now, maybe I missed something,
but where I went to school

English was the first language.

And has reading changed
that much in 25 years?

I like you.

What?

I don't really know you,
but I'm positive that I like you.

I recognize you. You were a senior
when I was in ninth. You remember?

Thank you very much.
It's been a great set.

Yeah.

You had a brother who played basketball,
right? He was ahead of me. Yeah.

Tony.
Tony Rinaldi.

He was a major heartthrob.

Yeah, he went over there, and...

Yeah.

Yeah, that was...
That was sad.

You went out with that creep.

That whositz,
Michael Rizzo, right?

We got married.

Really?

I walked
right into that?

Was he a creep in
high school already?

I don't remember.

You're not with him anymore?

Free woman.

Well, listen, I'm Nick,
and I like you.

But I gotta go now. I gotta drive my
friends to pick up some equipment.

I'm like their designated driver,
you know what I mean?

But I'd like to see you again.

You didn't see me this time.

It's nice to meet you.

I like you.

You said that.
You don't know me.

Yeah, I do.
You're somethin' great.

I'm glad you think so.

Yo, Nicky. Game time.

I will see you again.
Believe this.

Who's that?

Some drunk.

Cute drunk.
Very cute drunk.

White faggot-ass motherfuckers!

If they don't got a gun,
I'd fuck 'em up good.

Fuckers!

We didn't do shit, man,
and they treat us like that.

Cracker-ass bastards.

Bastards!

We gonna do the time,
we might as well do the crime.

Dickless cocksuckers!

Yeah, we fuck 'em up good.

Look at this
faggot-ass motherfucker.

Hey!

Fuck, man,
what you...

Hey, where you runnin',
white boy?

Hey, what?
Cut that out! Help!

Hey! Hey.

Shut the fuck up, faggot!

Cut...
Hey! Cut it out!

Help.

Grab him, Desmond!

Help! Help!

Come back here, faggot!

Help!

Jesus, what happened to you?

All the other problems
we're hearing about tonight,

the unemployment, the drugs,
the street crimes,

those will always be the highest

where the people
have the least education.

So, you can pay now
or you can pay later.

I mean,
if you had a brain tumor,

you wouldn't shop around for the
cheapest surgeon, you'd look for the best.

And that's what we're voting on tonight,
the best for our children.

Or do we sell out their
futures for a few tax dollars?

Thank you.

I think we're ready
for the vote now, folks.

All in favor of the motion
to implement Bond Issue C

as a method of raising additional
revenues for the city schools,

raise your hands.

All opposed?

The motion fails,
seven votes to two.

Quit kidding yourself,
tough guy.

You're goin' one place.
Get in here!

I mean, we can't go out on
the street and sell 'em ourselves.

Straight ahead up here.

Now, Carl is giving
us 45% wholesale value.

The guy is slime.

Yeah, but you
owe him money, right?

So, we split this score
and he'll be off your back.

Pull up to the loading dock.

We'll go around. The key
only works in the front.

You got a key?

I told you, it's simple.
Like jerking off.

What's jerking off?
Come on, Moe.

Nyuk, nyuk.

Christ.

You dead, sucker!

"We'll beat
the best price in town

"or else you get
the shit for free.

"Mad Anthony
is the lowest."

We want the Mitsubishi, JVC,
Panasonic, top-dollar stuff only.

And nothin' bulky.

Freeze!
Shit.

Shit. Shit.

What are you doin' here?

What the fuck you mean,
"What are you doin' here?"

Hold it, fucker!
What you tryin'?

I'm getting down on the floor.

I told you to freeze.

What is this, Simon Says?

Shut the fuck up and
get down on the ground!

That's what I was doing!
You, too!

Just relax,
man. Don't shoot that thing?

Yeah, we haven't stolen nothin'.

Yeah, maybe we could work a deal,
What... How about 100 bucks?

You ain't got 100 bucks.
Shut up!

We'll give you whatever we got,
and then...

If you don't shut up,
I'm gonna shoot your dick off.

I don't think this deal
thing is gonna work, Bob.

Zip, you stupid sack of shit!

You told me nobody
was gonna be here!

Goddamn, you're the
worst thieves I ever seen.

I got to go call the
cops now, all right?

Should we have our hands on
the back of our necks or something?

Listen, do me a favor, will you?

Shoot his dick off. I'll
vouch for you in court.

Fuck you, motherfuckers!
All right, fuck you!

Stupid!

Whoo!

Okay, the light's better, you've calmed
down. Now, we need to be positive.

I was in the car
when they caught 'em.

One more time now.
Are these the boys?

Yes. That's them.
I'm positive.

Okay. I'll take you to Detective
Riley. He'll record your statement.

Faggot.

Man, what'd you
have to hit him for?

'Cause he's a white
motherfucking faggot.

How'd you know that?

Look, if they ask us,
we say he wanted to suck our dicks,

and we tried to get away.

What's that gonna do?

They drop the case.

Being a faggot's against the law,
so we walk.

Say he put his hands on you.

Nah, man!

Fuck, say he put 'em on
you. Didn't nobody touch me.

Whoa, no skin off my butt.

This is a gross
misfeasance of justice here!

When we walked by,
the door was wide open!

What would you have done?

We assumed there was
a 24-hour sale goin' on.

We stick our nose in the
door two fuckin' centimeters

and fuckin' Rambo over
here comes down on us,

yellin' out racial epitaphs,
wavin' his piece around.

Yeah, this man
is dangerous, Officers.

He almost blew my
friend's private organs off.

The gun's got no bullets in it,
sucker.

No bullets?

It's plastic.

You know how
embarrassing this is?

Shit. Do you hear what he's sayin',
Bob?

Brother Franklin.

Hey, Tyrone!

Malik.

Nah, nah, Tyrone.

Malik.
Yeah.

Well, look at you!

Yeah, look at you, brother.

Yeah, I... I was recently
incarcerated. Pretty sorry?

So, man, what happened to you?

I've surrendered myself
to the will of Allah.

Man, I knew you would
pull this shit.

Look, I got a plate glass window,
no witnesses...

Well, I surrendered myself
to the will of Mad Anthony.

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Yo, the dude was a faggot.
He got what he deserved.

Even if that was the case,
which I doubt,

it's not against the law
to be a homosexual.

Yes, it is.

So,
you approach this guy...

The fucker approached us!

Hey. What's the story here?

They sayin' assault. This
faggot come up to us in the park.

This isn't any of
your business, Levonne.

I'm makin' it my business.

He put his hands on Desmond.

- Is that true?
- Levonne...

Is that true?

He tried to... You know.

Yeah, but I popped him one,

so he'd run on away
from us. Self-defense!

You boys, you don't say anything

until I can get you some legal
aid down here, you understand?

Yes, sir.

Levonne, this isn't
a murder case!

Hey, Jeanette, you okay?

They got my boy here.

Is he one of those?

Lord.

Did he do bad?

Just keep 'em quiet

till I can get 'em a lawyer,
okay? Go on, keep 'em quiet.

Hey, brother.

Don't forget your weapon.

It's a jungle out there.

Hi.

Hi.

Your friends in the band
never came back?

Yeah, they got tied up.

Motor problems?

It's like totally dead.

You know much about cars?

Not a thing. Do you?

No.

Then what are you doing
looking under the hood?

That's what people do, right?

You know, you shouldn't be
walking around here alone at night.

I'll walk you home.

It's all right, I can manage.

I'm serious,
it's dangerous around here.

Wait, look...

I'll walk on the other side of the street,
all right?

Don't be dramatic.

I'm on Lincoln,
just between J and K.

Okay.

So, are you happy?

What? What kind
of question is that?

It's an important question.

You mean, am I happy right now?

With your life. Are you
happy with your life?

I'm not gonna tell you that.

What about you?

Me? No. I'm not happy.

Maybe if I had someone like you to be with,
I could be.

Are you always like this?

No. I'm usually, you know,
asking the regular bullshit.

You know, like,
"What do you do?"

and, "What does your
apartment rent for?"

I don't have time
for that shit right now.

You're on a deadline or somethin',

You ever been in a car accident?

Yeah.

Things like slow down,
they become real clear?

Important shit is goin' down
in my life right now, all at once.

Like I saw you tonight.

Hey, I'm not that great.

Yeah, you are.

Yeah, well,
tell me the worst thing about yourself.

The worst.

I put up with jerks
in my life for too long.

What, is that me?
I'm a jerk?

I didn't say that.

Thank you.

The jury's still out.

Well, what do I do,
turn your stomach to look at or somethin'?

No.

What, am I neutral? Attractive?
What? What are you...

You're a good-lookin' guy and you know it,
too. Big deal.

Well, I think
you look fantastic.

And if you're not married or
involved with anybody right now,

it's because nobody's
figured out what you're worth.

Hey. Hey,
what's the matter?

You can't say things like that.

Why not?

'Cause you don't know me,
that's why not.

It's funny, I was...

I was married for
eight fuckin' years

and my husband never said
one thing that nice to me.

Anyway, I don't know you,
so it's just words.

I'm sorry.

You were married eight
years to Michael Rizzo?

Who the fuck did you go
out with in high school?

Mary Ellen Battaglia.

Mary Ellen Battaglia?

Yeah.

Mary Ellen Battaglia needed an
instruction manual to chew gum.

She had other things, you know.

Yeah! She had tits
in the third grade.

Her major fuckin'
accomplishment in life.

Yeah, well, I didn't live with
her for eight years, you know?

Well, it was like I was with the
Moonies or somethin', you know?

That was my life.

I couldn't imagine
anything else.

Did you have any kids?

I have a son.

Yeah? That's cool.
Little guy?

My mother takes him
part of the time.

I'm going back
to school and I...

I got a job at a restaurant.

DeLillo's.

Have you been following me?

No, I saw you in there once.

It's a public place, you know.

Jesse, that's
my little boy, he...

He has this disease.

Congenital, it makes him
like spastic.

They call it
"severely involved" now.

And what do you do to have fun?

Fun?

I tell you, Nick, it's like
you asked me am I happy.

It's not something I can think
a whole lot about right now.

You said my name.

What?

Nick. You said Nick. I love that,
you sayin' my name.

You are a strange
fucker and I think maybe

you should walk on the other
side of the street, like you said.

Listen, I could get my sister to
babysit. She owes me, you know.

She's always borrowing
money from me,

and then we could go out,
you know? We could...

Hey! Hey! Just slow
down. Cool your jets.

I want you to take me seriously.

I don't think you take
yourself seriously, Nick.

I mean, those friends of yours,
come on.

Yeah, I know, I know, but...

You know, they're really
not bad guys.

I mean, they're loyal.

Dogs are loyal.

Well, this is my place.

You know when you're a kid,
a teenager, right?

And it's Saturday
night and you go out,

and every place you walk into,
you think,

you know, this is it, you know?

I mean, there's gonna be somebody
terrific in here and I'm gonna meet her

and my life's gonna be
completely different after tonight.

Today has been
a wild day for me.

I mean, unbelievable shit
has gone down.

But I've had that
feeling right here.

And I haven't had it in such a long time,
you know,

because it never happens!

You never meet that girl
or she's not the right one.

And then I see you.

You're gonna make me cry again.

Damn it, I'm just...
I'm kind of tired.

Angela Sabino. Angela.

That's what it sounds like.

So, what if I call you up?

Worse things could happen.

Good night, Angela.

Good night, Nick.

You did it, didn't you?

What?

Don't bullshit me, Rinaldi.
You did it.

I did what?

Don't hand me that.

What if I did?

You're fuckin' with me now.

Don't fuck with me.

You did it.
Didn't you, you fuck?

I saw you with her.

You don't own her, Rizzo.

And if you ever did,
then you don't anymore.

You stay away from her.

No. You stay away from me!

You got your uniform, your fuckin' badge,
you're a big man?

This uniform is the only
thing that stands between you

and a fuckin' trip to the
hospital right now, pal.

If I was off-duty, I'd bury you.

Yeah? What time
do you get off?

You're history, Rinaldi.

You're dead!

You're out of line, Mike.

It's none of your business.

You ride with me,
that makes it my business.

You settle your personal
shit on your own time.

Fine! Just butt out, okay?
No problem.

You're gonna get yourself
in trouble.

Just shut the fuck up
about it?

They popped the window
out of here last night.

They're gonna be all
over us in the papers.

This is all part of
a systematic campaign

to undermine black
manhood in this country!

You stand up for yourself,
the white boy is gonna cut you down!

These young brothers
are being sacrificed

into the jaws of
the racist conspiracy.

That's three pages' worth.
I'll have to do some editing.

We had Dwight Rollins, unarmed,
shot to death by racist police this April.

Hollis Washington beaten
to death while in custody.

Why don't you ask the Great White
Hope here what he thinks about it?

Somebody busted your window?

Morning, Wynn. What do you
plan to do about this park thing?

- Park thing?
- Yeah.

Two young black men approached
in a park by a white homosexual.

Now, they give him what for,

next thing you know,
they bein' run in by the cops for assault.

Last night?

What are you gonna do about it?

Call the police...

Go straight
to the enemy!

Man got nothin' to say for the
African-American community!

Man just a stooge in the system!

You know,
half of everything you say is true, Malik.

The other half is pure shit.

That's off the record, Kyle.

Fuckin' politicians.
Off the fuckin' record, Wynn,

what do you plan to do
for the young brothers?

First, I'll investigate
the charges.

What, you sayin' the
brothers are lyin'? Is that what?

Councilman Himes promised a thorough
investigation of the incident. Period.

Excuse me.

Fuckin' politicians.

I'm not gonna tell you
what to do about this, Les.

I just want you to understand the
kind of pressure we are under here.

First thing this morning,
I get a call from somebody

from the P Street
Community Center.

I'm not backing down on
this. Those kids are dangerous.

I understand that,
but the homosexual thing complicates it.

We have a very tenuous
relationship with the people in this city.

What homosexual thing?

They didn't tell you?

The boys said you made advances.

God damn it.

There was a follow-up call
from the police department.

Hi, Les.
Hi.

They suggested that,
in light of the circumstances...

That's a lie!

God, what happened to him?

I saw an article in
the paper this morning.

It said he was mugged in the
park by some kids last night.

God.
Did they say what race?

What?

What were the race of
the kids, black or white?

Black.

Great.

Hey, Larry, wait up!

That doesn't have
anything to do with you.

Suzanne, now,
you know better than that.

He's younger,
but not that much younger.

Like, I was a senior
when he was in ninth grade.

By now, that's not
such a big deal, right?

And he's good lookin'
and everything,

so I don't think much about it.

I get out to my car, it's dead.

Turn the key, not a sound. That
piece of shit that Michael left me,

I hate to even
look at the thing.

And then he shows up,
this guy, Nick,

and he's, like,
lost or somethin'.

Listen to me talk
about this stuff. Am I stupid or what?

They beat me up and then
they say I came on to them?

I'm sorry, but to me
that's a big deal!

Of course it is. There's
a principle involved here.

A very important principle!

Of course there is, Les,
if you say so.

I'm not a homosexual.

I understand that, but
we have a public profile.

And if I was, so what?

What does this school stand for?

Let's do this inside, okay?

Well, we have your prints
all over the van.

Outstanding.

An ever-tightening net
of circumstantial evidence.

Who was the third guy?

Hell, you got the prints.
You tell us.

Look, you give me a name,
I'll put a word in with the court.

Wait a minute, you guys hang
around with Nick Rinaldi, don't you?

Nick who?

Forget it,
Bob. He's too fuckin' smart for us.

Look, we give up.

It was him.

Yo, Asteroid!
Say, "I did it."

I did it.

No, I did it.
No, I did it.

No, I did it.
No, I did it.

I did it. No, I did it.
I did it.

I did it! No, I did it!
I did it! I did it!

I did it! I did it!
No, no, I, no, I did it!

Hey, O'B.!
Long time no see.

Engine problems?

You're the one with the problem,
Carl. Get in.

Nice rig you got here, O'Brien.

You're doin' all right
for yourself.

I can always be doin' better.

Aw, I hate to see a man
unsatisfied with his station in life.

What's the beef?

Mad Anthony's? Last night?

Can't help you.
How much did they clear?

Nada. Your little friends,
Bobby and Zip tripped over their dicks.

You should know better.

Got nothin' to do with me.

They talked.

I don't fall for that shit,
O'Brien. You should know better.

I got Leo Snider at
Rahway comin' up for review.

He says if I help him,
he'll put your ass away for me.

The vending machine hijack?

Lehman's furs?
The fire on the waterfront.

Why not throw in the
Kennedy assassination?

I hate to be the one
to break this to you,

but a lot of people
don't like you, Carl.

What do you want?

Suspect number three.

Somebody left a hot van
outside of Anthony's,

and the security guy says
he saw the third outside,

but he couldn't make him.

I figure that somebody on
the inside gave you the key.

That's all?

And a player to be
named at a future date.

Nick Rinaldi.

That's very good news.

You know, we should have
a talk like this more often.

You tell Snider
to eat shit and die.

You sound bitter, Carl.

I hate to see a man
unhappy with his station in life.

Hey, Carl.

Somebody pulled the
distributor head off this thing.

There's nothin' to it.

Whose car is it?

I don't know. Some girl.

Hook brung it in.

Tell her we're gonna
replace the ignition system.

Hey, Carl.

When are you gonna
give me somethin'?

You tell your boyfriend Ramirez

he can come in by himself
or we can bring him in.

The second way is
not gonna be any fun.

This is a condemned
building, miss.

I give you two days.

Two days, I come back here,
you better be gone. Comprende?

Let's go, Mike.

Jesus, what a pit.

That baby is gonna get sick.

I used to come in here and shoot
pigeons up on the fourth floor.

Hundreds of 'em. They come
in through the broken windows.

It's good for the reflexes.

Yeah, you should slow
those reflexes down a little bit.

Can you imagine living
in a place like this?

My father lived here
when he was a kid.

It was a different
building on the same spot.

Probably the same kind of dump.

But he got himself out, right?

He ran numbers till his
cousin got him on a job.

Then you guineas moved in
and the place went to hell.

Funny guy.

So what do
you wanna do for lunch?

Let's cook up
some pigeons?

Nah, I'm sick of Italian food.

Um, excuse me.

Do you know a boy named Desmond Price,
lives in this building?

He's already talked to the police,
the social worker...

I'm your councilman
in this district.

I seen your picture.
I'm Desmond's mother.

Great.
Could I talk with him?

You think my boy lie?

No. But I would like to
ask him a few questions.

You think he lying.

I don't know.
I wasn't there.

Sometimes,
under pressure from the police,

kids can say a lot of things to
keep themselves out of trouble.

Get out here, Desmond!

My son doesn't lie.

I want to be able to
help to clear this thing up.

Sit.

Talk to the man.

Hi, Desmond.
I'm Wynston Himes.

I'm your councilman
in this district.

I seen your picture.

Right.

Can you tell me
what happened that night?

Go on, tell the man
what you told me.

Me and my friend
Tito was hangin' out at the park.

Not doin' nothin'.

Sittin' on this bench.

And this dude in
sweats sit by us,

and start talking that he
give us money if we let him...

You know.

What words did he say?

Suck us off.

Then he reached for me,
but he didn't touch me,

'cause, see,
don't nobody touch me.

But he was gonna.

And that's when Tito went off on the man,
pops him in the face,

one-two-three and we run off.

And that's it?

Then the cops catch us
and run us in.

And that's the truth? You're not
just sayin' this to stay out of trouble?

My son doesn't lie, mister.

And he ain't goin'
to no family court.

Well, I'll try and make sure
that doesn't happen.

Thank you for talking to me.

And if any newspaper people come by,
try not to...

We already talked with a man
from Black Courier this mornin'.

Them faggots always
after you up to the park.

Be happenin'
all the time, mister.

Get back in your room, Desmond.

Thank you.

His son was third party in
a robbery attempt last night.

The other two got caught,
he got away.

We haven't ID'd him yet.

Hard evidence?

I can nail his ass to the wall.

Look at that.

My heart rate.

Yeah.

I croak on this damn thing,

they'll be able to
make a printout of it.

Anyway, I thought
you'd be interested.

I appreciate it, Bill.

If things turn out right,
we won't forget you.

We could do it through
our own office, of course.

I can handle it!

We've got a timetable on this,
Mayor.

The Japanese want it
cleared by the weekend.

If the Japanese pull their
money out, we got a real...

I can handle it.

Right. It's your turf.

Rinaldi's practically
your brother.

All you goombahs are
practically brothers, right?

We just need
those buildings cleared.

I don't want
to hear Parks Department.

Ben Ianucci, that mamaluke!

Do you people
ever go in that park?

There are no street lights. It's like
the Dark Ages, the medieval times.

You know that a professor
got mugged there last night?

A supposedly intelligent
person?

I wouldn't go out in that park
in a Sherman tank after dark!

Pauly! Come inside.

I feel like I'm livin'
in a Charles Bronson movie.

Excuse me, ladies, please.
There's animals out there!

Now! Pauly!
Fiscal crisis. Excuse me.

They don't listen.
They never listen!

Yo, Gus. Hey, what's
the fuckin' story here?

You're shut down, Joe.

For what?

You got a septic clearance
that isn't up to spec.

Come on,
I got a green light on that months ago.

Yeah, but not on paper.

You know where it came from.

I know. Then,
I suggest you go back to where it came from

and you talk to them.

What the fuck do you
think I'm out here for?

Septic clearance, my ass!

We're still on the clock, Joe.

Yeah, well, you call Belcher and you
get off the clock. This could take a week.

Belcher says no
breaks from the local.

The contract stands.

What the fuck is that?

Your juice has
been cut off, Joe.

Whatever problems you got downtown,
you clean 'em up,

we can cut you some slack.

Come on.
Don't take it personal.

Yo! Yo, Tommy!

Joe...
Tommy, wait up!

Man, I'm sorry.

Did Nicky come back today?

No.

Hey, Joe!

Joe, we gotta talk.
We got problems.

That two-bit crook you work for

has got problems,
starting right now!

We got a situation here, Joey.

Get in. I gotta stop by the
apartments on the way downtown.

Fuckin' Gus shut me down!

It's Baci,
right? It's this fuckin' L Street deal!

We got worse problems than that,
Joe.

Nicky's in trouble.

What trouble?

He and Bobby
Krausse and that kid Zip,

they tried to do Anthony's
warehouse last night.

What, is he in jail?

No, he got away, but
they know he was in on it.

It doesn't make sense.

I mean,
why would Nicky need to do a robbery?

Was anybody hurt?

Nah, no guns.
But the thing about it is,

the DA's office
is buttin' into it.

The guy's buckin'
for Senate, right?

They figure they go after
Nicky, respectable family,

juice with the people downtown,
shows he's impartial, right?

Incorruptible, all that shit.

They're tryin' to bury him, Joe.

They got a stolen van,
Anthony's place, no mercy.

I asked the Mayor as a
personal favor to hold them off

and he's made an effort.

But I got to tell you,
I don't think his heart is in it.

And what would it take to
put his heart back into it?

What we talked about
with L Street. Tonight.

This is my kid!

You're using my kid
against me like this?

Your nephew?

It's grand larceny,
Joe! And Nicky put us here, not me!

Look at this place, Joe.
It's a dump.

It wouldn't be if your outfit
didn't have my hands tied.

It's comin' down anyway,
sooner or later.

They're not askin' you
to do the thing itself.

They just need to be sure
once it's done,

you don't go fixin'
the place back up.

Where's Nicky?

He's okay. They
haven't found him yet.

I put the word out, kid gloves.

I'm gonna have to
go to Kerrigan on this.

What the fuck!

Yo! Gus!

Hello, Joe, what do you know?

What's this?

You got six or
seven violations here

and I haven't even
been to the basement yet.

You!

You're gonna
pay some fines, Joe.

You fuck!

And just yesterday
it was all up to code.

Things fall apart quick,
don't they?

Hi.
Hi.

I'm Nick.
I was...

Yeah, I'll go get her.
She's in the annex.

Thanks.

Yo,
Nicky! You a busboy here or what?

What are you guys doin' out?

City shut us down.

What for?

What do you care?
You quit.

Nicky, come over here,
I want to talk to you.

Nicky, the cops come by just
after your old man left the site.

You in trouble?

I might be.

You need a few bills
to see you through?

No, no, no, no.

They had a real
hard-on for you, Nicky.

If I were you, I wouldn't go
back to your place for a while.

Take it light.

Thanks.

All I see right now
is that you and your people

are selling off my district,
piece by piece.

What brings revenue to the city,

what brings life to the city,
is good for everybody.

Right. The
trickle-down theory.

But things only seem
to trickle down so far.

You can't expect the developer
to build if he can't make a profit.

And you don't expect people
to watch their neighborhood

being plowed under
without lifting a finger.

The development creates jobs.

With jobs, people
can afford higher rents.

And those jobs are gonna
go to the people on L Street?

Tell me another one.

I was hoping that we could
cut some kind of a deal here.

You mean a personal deal?

Well, I hear that you got your
brother-in-law on Mad Anthony's payroll.

What does that mean?

I understand what it's like.

New guy on the council.
The last man at the banquet.

People expect you to deliver.

Okay. I got housing inspectors,
they got teacher's aides.

You keep pushing Galaxy
Towers the way it's set up now,

and we'll fight you on blighting
classification we'll fight you on evictions,

we'll fight you on construction and
demolition, every little step of the way.

We'll make the L Street
apartments a symbol

for everything that's
fucked up in this city!

They can't be a symbol
if they aren't there.

Sounds like they got you by the short one,
Joey.

I was wondering,

since your people have fronted
me the money on this thing...

You want me to get
Baci off your back?

Well,

he's hurting your investment.

We invested in you, Joe.

This creep, he's using
my family against me.

You think he didn't check
with us before he made a move?

And if I blow my bid on the apartment
building? If I can't make the payments?

What would a regular bank do?

You're not a regular bank! I'm
carrying your people on my payroll.

Look, Joe.
We appreciate that.

We really do.

You'd still get to put up buildings,
you just wouldn't be your own boss.

Maybe you never were, really.

I borrowed from you to
get something for myself.

Without Baci,
without my brother.

That's not the way
our society works, Joe.

You got something good,
first everybody on top of you gets a taste,

then you share what's left
with everybody below you.

We're social animals,
human beings, not dogs.

Come on, Joe.
You'll do what you have to.

And the people who know, the people
that count, they'll understand, Joe.

And they'll respect you for it.

Thanks.

Shit!

Les? Preparing a lecture?

Right.

Listen, we heard about
you getting mugged.

I was really sad to hear that.

Thanks.

And we heard the rest,

the rumor, about
the countercharges.

I wanted to say that we're really
glad you're gonna fight this out.

Who's "we"?

"We" us. You know,
those of us who are gay on the faculty,

our friends in the community.

How could everybody
have heard of it so soon?

Anyhow, we... I think it's
great that you're taking a stand.

Who says I'm taking a stand?

I'm not gay, Roger.
We know that.

What if I stonewall,

and the police and the press
and everybody believe the boys?

What if it
backfires? What...

What if it plays right into the hands
of the racists and the fag-bashers?

Homophobics.

Sorry. But what
if that happens?

If you just roll over for them,
they'll never change.

Hi.

Hi.

Um, I heard about Les.

That's so awful.

Yeah.

Take care.

Yeah, you, too.

Hi, baby.

Hi. How'd it go today?

Les Pullman was
mugged last night.

I know.

It's gonna get worse, too.

How could it get worse?

The two kids who beat him up
say he was coming on to them.

Les isn't gay.

How do we know that?

'Cause he isn't.

Levonne Willis
is stirring the pot.

He's worked up a meeting for
tomorrow night at the Community Center,

and the whole point is to
nail me to the wall in public.

Don't be paranoid. Do you
know who those boys are?

I talked to one of them.

Do you think
he was telling the truth?

Levonne is gonna have me up in front
of every heavy hitter in the community,

the black press, everyone,
and he's gonna ask me that same question.

Now, how do you think
I'd better answer?

Do you think they were
telling the truth?

Politically speaking,
it doesn't matter!

It matters to me.

You like that.
You like that, don't you?

Yes, you like that.
You like that so much.

I'm 10 years older than my
brother was when he was killed.

Okay, let's go for a walk, okay?

He was just a kid.
My big, famous brother.

I've been thinking...
Such a good boy.

What have I done with
my life in those last 10 years?

I mean, what have I got
to show for all that time?

What do you think
you should've done?

I don't know.

Have a family?

No. Not a family.

Do somethin' heroic?

Maybe. Not... You know,
not in the Army, though.

What? What is that?
Nothing like that.

What is that?

Somethin' big.
I want to be my own boss.

What, like your father?

No. Not like him.
Not anything like him.

So it's you.

Yeah.

I guess I shouldn't
be surprised.

People do favors for me,
I do favors for them.

You know how it works, Joe.

Why does it have to be tonight?

Look, the fire is very minor.

We gut two or three floors on the
abandoned side, other side of the firewall.

After I get my kid in there,

make a few adjustments to the
sprinkler system, we get a flood.

Water damage. Nobody gets hurt,
nobody moves back in either.

I don't like it.

You're not supposed
to like it, Joe.

You're supposed to bend over,
spread your cheeks, take it like a man.

I'm not too fuckin'
thrilled about it myself.

Don't organize any block
parties down there tonight.

It's life, Joe.
What are you gonna do?

You don't have to
do this, you know.

I'm not gonna let 'em
run my life.

If I back down now, they win.

Who's keeping score?

I'll see you in a bit.

I have to be careful
when he's got a cold.

He's always had
a hard time breathing.

Hey, you shaved.

Yeah, there was
a razor in there.

Ooh. I use that
for my legs.

You're
lucky you got skin left.

Yeah, well,
I haven't been to my place all day.

You break up
with your girlfriend?

I haven't been
with anybody for a while now.

Why not?

Whenever I need
somebody, it's like, zap,

all the women
in the world disappear.

I swear they smell me comin' from like
a block away and they hide somewhere.

It's the same with guys
when they find out I got a kid.

They figure all I got on my mind

is roping 'em
into getting' married.

Well, what is it
you got on your mind?

Usually somethin' about
how much sleep I can get

and still go to school
and go to work

and do Jesse's
therapy every night.

It's very romantic.

Well, I guess you can
get used to anything.

I don't want to get
used to it. It sucks.

You can't be a creep, okay?

I mean, you start any bullshit,
I just don't have the energy.

I'll do my best.

I'm kind of defensive?

You're like a Surgeon
General's warning with legs.

Well, I'm sorry.
I mean it though?

Don't worry about it.

Do you have anything?

Aren't you on anything?

No, I have something.

You got quite a supply there.

Well, a girl can dream,
can't she?

You want?

Yeah, when we get to that point.

Wait.

What?

What is it?

It's all right.

You still up for this?

I could be persuaded.

You okay?

Yeah. When I started to go off,
I caught a cramp in my foot.

A foot cramp!

You know what?
What?

It went away though.
Yeah?

"Dear Dr. Ruth, Lately,
my wife's been having orgasms in her toes."

Come here, my baby.

"Is this normal?"

Bring me
a towel, baby.

Don't stand
in front of the window.

Poor Mrs. Hurley is
gonna have a stroke

if she sees your pretty
behind moonin' out at her.

Did I make you forget?

Forget about what?

All your problems.

Sugar, I forgot my name.

Joe, how long
have you been here?

I don't know.
not long.

Are you hungry?

Mrs. Ramirez
made a casserole.

No. I'm not hungry.

Joe?

Something the matter?

Nicky's in trouble.

He's wanted for a robbery.

Is he all right?

I don't know, Pina.

They haven't found him yet.

He didn't do it.

Yes, he did.

Then I'll get
Bart on the phone...

No, it's gonna take
more than a lawyer.

I've already put
things in motion.

What does that mean?

What did you do?

Help. Help.
We need help.

We need help clearing our
warehouse of these fantastic bargains.

We've got great deals. Psychoses,
neuroses, dementia, amnesia,

schizoid, paranoid, psychotropic seizure,
hebephrenic, melancholic,

agoraphobic, alcoholic,
manic, manic depressive,

genetically regressive,
rabies, scabies, char-babies.

Help, help.
We need help.

We need help clearing our
warehouse of these fantastic bargains.

We've got great deals. Psychoses,
neuroses...

Maybe we could plea bargain.

No, we have to have
something that they want, Bobby.

Besides Nick.

That's out.
That's out.

We're gonna do time then.

Right.

Maybe this is hell.

No, if this was hell,
my mother would be here,

reading from USA Today about

which foods are the most
mucus-producing when you have a cold.

Compared to my house,
this is Disneyland.

Bring on the night,
shut out the light!

Bring on the night,
shut out the light!

Bring on the night,
shut out the light!

Shut out the light!
Shut out the light!

Shit. What'd
he have to do that for?

Damn.

Hey, if you want to sneak off,
you can go out the front door.

Half the fire engines in the
world are down on L Street.

I think it might be one
of my father's buildings.

You father owns a slum?

Back it up.
Come on, people.

Come on. Come on,
we don't want any injuries here.

Come on, back it up.
Let's go. Let's go.

Let's get everyone
back here! Move 'em on back.

Kevin?

Kevin! You got it
under control?

The floors are startin'
to fall though!

It won't spread next door,
but you got a flood in this one.

Your water main went
with your sprinkler system.

And, nobody hurt though?

We may have some
people on the fourth here.

But that side's abandoned!

Anymore up there?

Nothin' we could see.
If anything's

on the fourth floor,
it's impossible to get to 'em.

Where were they?

Down on the floor.

Nick!
Move it back, let's go.

- Nick! Nick!
- Back it up, folks.

Hey,
where you goin'?

Yo, folks.

Nick! Hey,
what'd I tell you? Hey!

Yo, back it up, let's go!

Hey, Paddy. Have we
still got a want on that kid?

Isn't that Ramirez?

After the funeral.

All right, come on,
move back. Let's go.

Help! Help!

Help, we need help! Help!

Any messages for me?

We got bargains.
We got deals.

All your electronics needs!

We got deals. Under
one roof. Under one roof.

Help! Help!
We need help!

Man, who the fuck are you?

I am the lowest.
Who the fuck are you?

Look... Hey, Levonne!
Levonne, you workin' here?

No, I just came by
to check out the show.

Look,
I ain't seen so much paper in all my life.

And all of 'em ask
the same damn questions.

You see, it helps them to
stall while they try to figure out...

Why settle for less
when you can have it all?

Why settle for less
when you can have it all?

Money talks, nobody walks.
Money talks, nobody walks.

Money talks. Money talks,
but nobody walks.

Hi, Wynn.

Hi. How many
people was it?

13 families,
a couple of singles.

Only a few have family
they can stay with.

And how long till they rehab
the side that didn't burn?

Rinaldi says it's totaled. He's
gonna knock it down and sell the land.

The development package.

Not very subtle, are they?

I'll see you later, Wynn.

Yeah.

Levonne.

What's this, Wynn?
A photo opportunity?

And what would you be
saying if I didn't come?

Hi.
Hi.

Whose is this?

It's mine. Would you hold
her for a minute? Yeah?

Yeah. Felice had to work today. Hey,
there.

What's your name?

She looks
just like you.

Yeah. Maybe.

Look, can I talk
to you for a minute?

I wish you'd reconsider
this meeting tonight.

Look, if you have to go and kiss
the man's ass, that's your problem.

That's off the point, Levonne!

Now this here, this is
what's worth fighting for.

We have to choose
where we make a stand.

What, what do you mean, "we"?

Okay, it's your ass.

They probably started
it themselves.

They had no power in there.

They used candles and shit.

They probably knocked
somethin' over.

Arson.

Arson. It was
a torch job. Professional.

How do you know that?

'Cause I lived here
40 years, that's how.

Listen to me, I want you to
be calm about this, all right?

That guy you went off on
yesterday made the charts.

Nick Rinaldi?

What'd he do?

Robbery suspect.
Suspect, right?

No guns involved.
No priors.

No reason to believe
he's armed or dangerous.

We see him, you stay in the car,
I make the call, all right?

Right?
Right!

Just let me at him
in the fuckin' car.

You're a mess, kid.

Where you turnin'?

The site up here. He
was workin' that job.

Ferraro checked it out
yesterday. He quit.

Fuckin' deadbeat.

She takes up with
a fuckin' deadbeat thief!

So what's it to you anymore?

Hey, Tom, it reflects on me,
all right?

She's my ex-wife,
the mother of my child!

Child?

You never told me you had a kid.

A boy or girl?

Boy.

How old?

He's two.

Two-year-old son?

I never knew you had a kid.

Well, I do.

Hector.

Whatever she wants,
you cut your price in half.

I'll pay the difference.

And don't let her know.

Hey, Errol!
Hey, Errol!

Morning, fellas!

It was a lot more fun playing
here when they were afraid of me.

Yeah, I took them to court.

This was restricted?

Yeah, no blacks, no Jews,
no undesirable elements.

I'd hang out at the 18th green
by the clubhouse and just smile

and make the old bastards
12-putt the final hole.

Took two years before
anybody said hello.

Must've been tough to
concentrate on your game.

I never played better.

So you've got yourself
a nice little mess, Wynn.

Makes me glad I'm retired.

Well, you were operating
on a bigger scale.

Scale doesn't matter.

You always try
to gain some ground,

no matter what the situation is,

you make some
good come out of it.

I don't see how this
is good for anybody.

You think those boys
are lyin', don't you?

Well, it...

You wouldn't be here otherwise.

I think that it's too big for them
to go back on their story now.

I didn't use enough club.

I hate it when I do that. I
nibble my way up to the green.

It's a failure of nerve.

Why I should have to
take a stance on this at all...

You're not a policeman.

Right.
Nor a judge.

Right.
Right.

But the moment will come

when Levonne Willis will put it to
me in front of the whole community.

"Do you think
our boys are lying?"

Wedge?

What?

Do you think I could use
a wedge from this far out?

I don't play.

Tennis? Racquetball?
I don't play anything.

You do have a problem.

You...

You could say you believe them.

If we're
gonna take power,

we have to take
responsibility, too!

You're absolutely
right, Professor.

How are you, darling?

It's good to see you
up and around again.

You got your color back.
That's marvelous.

You should've been
there last night, Ernie.

We had a big one.

The equipment our boys have now.

Not like in your day,
a bucket and a ladder.

How's your fingers?
Make a fist, make a fist.

Beautiful! Beautiful!

Did you come
for the lasagna, Joe,

or is this official business?

Two people are dead
because of you and me.

They were trespassing.

Those are the kind of
people accidents happen to.

You suck.

Joe,
things change fast,

people get hurt.
I'm sorry about that.

It was an accident.

Now if everybody stands up

like a good soldier,
we can stay on top of it.

Joe, in the next couple
of years,

this town is gonna
be one big yard sale.

And anyone with a half
a brain will make tracks

and let the blacks and the Spanish
duke it out over whatever's left.

I want you off of my kid.

I'll call Walsh. We'll take
his name out of the computer.

It never happened.

And the other two?

Anthony is good people. He'll
drop the charges if I tell him to.

Tell him to.

Surprise!

Mrs. Donnelly,
90 years old.

Joe, 90 years ago,
the Irish ran this town.

There were horses
shitting on Jefferson Street.

My grandfather
got here off the boat,

they gave him
a scoop and a shovel.

Now I run the place.

America?

Let's try it one more time.

I'm gonna step out for a second.

If I'm not back,
do The Star-Spangled Banner, okay?

I want to be able to
hear your voice, Warren.

Where the hell have you been?

I've been calling your
apartment. There were police.

They came here?
Yeah. Big show.

The kids treated
me like a TV star.

I got some problems.

Bein' late with the rent is
having some problems, Nick.

Cops after you for robbery
is being seriously fucked up.

Listen...
No, you listen.

You know where
Mom was this morning?

In church, praying for you.

You turn her into a religious fanatic,
Nicky, so help me...

Laurie. I need you
to do something for me.

We had a deal.

You remember?

After Tony died? You
and me against the world.

How come I'm always helping you
out and I never get anything back?

I helped you
with that marriage deal.

You fucked up my engagement!

He was an asshole!

He was my asshole!

Hey, listen, listen, listen.

I'm gonna turn myself in, okay?

I just need to straighten
some things out first.

I think Dad might be in trouble.

Yeah, one of his apartment
buildings burned down last night.

People were killed. Yeah,
I'd say he's got trouble.

I think it might be worse than that,
all right?

Now... Now call him up,
be nice to him.

You know, I don't know,
talk or somethin'.

Why can't you do that?
I can't.

Why not?

I can't!

It doesn't work
that way between us.

Please don't get hurt, Nick.

I was one of the first black
mayors of a major city in this county.

A lot of media pressure, millions
of people affected by my decisions.

But there was no way I could turn
my back on the people who put me in.

So, I brought some
of them along with me.

Some of them messed up.

Well, they're only people.
They're human.

I let it go at first
because I didn't believe it,

and then because I
didn't want to believe it,

and finally because we would lose
more ground by cleaning house in public

than by sweeping it
under the carpet.

It took 12 years for all
that to catch up to me.

That's a pretty nice run,
the way things go these days.

You decided not to run again?

There were three Grand Jury
indictments hanging over my head.

If I'd stood for another term,

a lot of people
would have gone down

and I would have
gone down with them.

So, I should lie
and hope for 12 good years?

This isn't the
Old Testament, Wynn.

People didn't vote you in so
you can test your moral fiber.

If you're going to
be a leader, lead.

Take it to the man
every chance you get.

This is not about a
fight with white people.

It's always about that, Wynn.

If it isn't, you're
just another ward heeler.

You don't defend anything.

You attack what's wrong.

That's what a leader is.

I worked so hard to
get on the damn council,

I never thought about...

You can't know how
you're gonna play the green

when you're still
back at the tee, Wynn.

You just figure it out
when you get there.

Hey, Nick?

I figured you might be here.

This was always your
favorite hiding spot.

What do you want?

To see if you needed help.

What do you want to help me for?

Your brother must have saved my
ass a half-dozen times over there.

And then your father.

When I got back I was pretty
messed up. This job has been...

Hey, look,
you don't owe me nothin'.

All right.

The offer stands though.

You need money?

A go-between?

I mean, after your friends
thrown you in...

Who said that?

The guard saw me.
What are you talkin' about?

The cop that came
by here just said,

"His pal threw him in."

Carl. Fucking Carl!

What are you gonna do, Nicky?

I gotta find something out.

Hey, thanks, man.
I owe you one.

Right.

Fucking kid.

How are your...

How are your classes this year?

They're fine.

Sometimes I really miss it.

The classroom,
the faculty politics.

Well, it's all a bit tame now,
isn't it?

I know why you're here,
Wynn. Let's get on with it.

I understand why you want to
hold your ground on this thing.

Why is that?

Because you're
telling the truth.

But you're not gonna go
to bat for me, are you?

This is not about
what I think is right.

I have to represent
the people in my ward.

If I was black and they were white,
would that stop you?

Les, there are two possibilities
as to what's going to happen.

Number one,
if you drop the charges,

a few of the people at school,

not the ones that you respect the most,
will whisper.

"Where there's smoke,
there's fire."

That you're gay. That you must
have made a move on those boys.

Number two,
if you push this thing,

those same accusations
will come out in the press,

in a court of law,

you're labeled
a homosexual and a racist.

And finally it comes down
to your word against theirs

and it doesn't matter
what the verdict's gonna be

'cause those same people are
gonna still think that you're guilty.

Now, I can't stop any of that.

At all.

But if you do drop the charges,

I will do everything I can
to make it a clean break.

This stinks.

To high heaven.

It's the fugitive.

You got a problem?

Yeah. You.

You fuckin' rolled over on me.

That's not a very
nice thing to say, Nick.

Now, the way I see it, you stuck
your nose where it wasn't invited.

Then your two little
friends fucked up

and even the dumbshit
cops in this town

were smart enough
to run you down for it.

Nah. You rolled over on me.

They didn't have to whack
you with phone books,

they didn't have to
step on your fingers,

they walked in the fuckin'
door and you were ready to spill!

You rolled over on me,
just like you did on Tony!

Don't talk to me
about that old shit.

Your best fucking friend
and you threw him in.

You think he was a fuckin' hero,
don't you?

Tony. He was a punk.

Who do you think was drivin'
the fuckin' car that night?

Who was drivin' shitfaced and went
up on the curb and hit that woman?

Who ran away, ran his
little All-State ass away

and left me there
with my leg all fucked up

and that woman layin'
on the ground?

That's bullshit.

Ask your daddy, Nick.
Ask him what went down.

And get out of my way.
I'm closin' up.

That fire last night.

What about the fuckin' fire?

It was you, wasn't it?
You did it.

Like I said before, Nick,

ask your daddy.

You fuckin' liar!

You fuck!

You finished, Nick?

'Cause if you're not,
I'm gonna blow your fuckin' brains out.

If ever the laws
of any state are broken,

a duly authorized organization
springs into action.

We may be called
the state police,

the state troopers,
the militia, the rangers,

or the highway patrol.

These are the stories
of the brave men,

whose training,
skill and courage

have preserved and enforced,

have enforced and
preserved our state laws.

Thank you.

Gentlemen, brothers
of the shield,

I salute you

and I bid you farewell.

You can't walk, kid.

Who needs a wife when you
got this fuckin' guy on your case?

10-4, brothers!

Take care.

- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Early!
All right.

- Hey, Mikey!
- Hey.

Jerry! Stand 'em up! A round of drinks
for all these lousy beatwalkers here!

You hit the lottery, O'Brien?

I'm movin' up to the DA's
office. Special investigator.

That's great to hear.

All those years
suckin' up to the pols.

I'd hate to think
there's no payoff.

Everybody drinks but him.

I don't see why I
gotta say all that again.

People have to hear it
with their own ears.

I don't like sayin' it.

You ain't got nothin' to be ashamed of,
do you?

Part about him
tryin' to touch me.

Did he touch you?
No.

You know, you can tell me.

It don't mean a thing
about you if he did.

No.

But he did try to?

No. I mean, yes.

Desmond, what's the one
thing I tell you the most?

The one thing.

Be a man.

What?

Be a man!

And how you do that?

Stand up for yourself.

No! You stand up for
what is right.

Baby, I'd dive down
into hell to keep you safe,

but you gotta be
straight with me.

Now I'm gonna ask you
one last time, okay?

Wynn! Excuse me.

Hi.
Hi.

You talk to him?

Did you believe him?

Yes.

What are you gonna do?

All right, then!
If everybody would please

just grab a chair and sit down.

We're just waiting on
Jeanette Price and her son.

We can get started now.

It's nice to see all of you
concerned people here tonight.

I appreciate your support.

We have a lot to
talk about tonight.

Desmond Price!
Tito Rollins!

Two of our young men have
been accused of a serious crime.

I've had all
the charges dropped.

Their names will not appear
on any criminal record.

The root of the problem was
another overreaction by the police force.

At the next council meeting,

I will present a demand
for a Civilian Review Board

to investigate the
death of Hollis Washington

and several other
incidents in the past year.

But more importantly,

more importantly,
we had a fire last night.

Thirteen of our families
were left homeless

and resulted in the death of a young
woman and her three-month-old baby.

The City's response
to this was pitiful!

Instead of finding
temporary shelters

and rehabilitating
those apartments,

the City is pushing
through a deal

to knock them down
and replace them

with a high-income
condominium and a shopping mall!

Now when they needed our rent,

they jammed us in there,
they didn't turn the heat on,

they didn't collect the garbage,

they didn't provide
street lights

or police protection or
any of the other services

we should have expected
as residents of this city.

But now, now,

now that they can
smell a profit,

they want to burn us
out and plow us under.

They want to drive a wedge
through this community,

cut us up to pieces,
until we dry up and blow away.

See, I know what they're thinking.
I know what they're thinking.

See, they're thinking that we
are just a bunch of poor people,

a bunch of black people
and Hispanic people,

a bunch of people who
just got off the boat

and can't get it
together down here!

People who don't even know
how to work together!

People who don't care,
people who don't count

and people who don't even vote!

So I'm gonna ask you right now,
are we gonna prove them right?

No!

Are we gonna lie down
and take this?

No!

Are we gonna allow them to push us around,
shut us down and burn us out?

No!

Well, you know,

just three blocks
from here, up the hill,

the Mayor and four councilmen

are attending a dinner to raise
funds for next November's campaign.

Now, we were not invited.

Now, I think we ought
to go up there

and let the Mayor know just
how left out we feel. Don't you?

I think we ought to go
up there and tell the Mayor

that if he don't get
his act together real fast,

then he is the one who's gonna be
left out of the City Hall next election!

All right, let's do it!

- Yes, sir!
- Right on!

Is everybody behind me?

They're comin', baby.
All of them.

I hope I've got
the address right.

What are we going to do?

We'll figure that out
when we get there.

I have fought
at the municipal level

to provide corporate
tax incentives

to lure industry
back to our city.

I have fought at the state
and federal levels for funding

to rebuild our roads,
to light our streets,

to keep the police and
firefighting forces up to strength.

But more importantly,

and this I take
particular pride in,

I have fought against
the environmental alarmists

and the special interest groups

that would block important developments
like the Galaxy Tower complex

which promised to
revitalize our economy

and put our city
back on the map.

And I intend to
keep up this fight.

And with your help,

we will once more

be a city with a future,

a city on the move!

Truly, a city of hope!

I've brought some
concerned citizens.

They've been lookin'
for you, Mr. Mayor.

Yeah, Mayor!

You got a minute?

A little help?

Thanks.

You just gettin' out of work?

Nah. Just goin' in.

It's a tough gig,
the night shift.

Yeah.

Your hand's messed up.

My life is messed up.
This is nothin'.

You play?

Nah. I suck.

My brother used to try to
teach me. He was the real thing.

All-State guard.
Big deal.

Play around here?

Sacred Heart.
Tony Rinaldi.

Snap!
Tony the Tiger! Yeah!

I played against that dude.
Sucker was bad!

Fire up those Cazzie Russell jumpers,
no arc, bam-bam-bam!

He kill you with that jump shot.

Where'd he play in college?

Marines got him.

Yeah? He go over?

I did that.

Infantry.

He make it back okay?

Nah.

Nice ball-handler, too.
He was fast for a white guy.

Not fast enough.

Hey, look, I gotta run.

Take it easy?
Yeah, you, too.

Tony the Tiger.

What a waste.

When you can have it all. Why
settle for less when you can have it all?

Why settle for less when
you can have it all? Why?

Why settle for less
when you can have it all?

You can have it... Why?

Why? Why settle for less
when you can have it all?

Angela Sabino. Why settle for
less when you can have it all?

You can have it!
You can have it all!

Yeah, but she might
be out front.

All right, well, just tell her that I got
hung up, but I'm on my way, all right?

Thanks.

Rinaldi. I got
a want on you, punk.

Yeah, stick it up your ass.

I'm not playin' around, asshole!

You don't have your little
cop suit on. I don't have to...

Freeze! Lay it down, pal!

It's me, you fucks!
Mike Rizzo!

You're lettin' that
cocksucker get away!

It's all right.
He's one of ours.

What's the fireworks for?

I had a suspect tryin'
to take my head off.

Armed?

He hit me with a
fuckin' garbage pail!

Assault with a deadly
trash receptacle.

Yeah, fuck you.

Come on, let's get him.

It's that punk, Nick Rinaldi.
We're supposed to pick him up.

They called the dogs off
on that guy, Mike.

What?

He got a clean bill this
afternoon. Where were you?

Hey, that piece of yours,
is it private or on loan from the job?

It's mine!

You been drinkin', Mike?
What the fuck...

You didn't hit him, did you?
He resisted arrest!

He wasn't wanted. Did
you read him the book first?

He's a piece of shit!

Did you hit him?
I don't know!

I suppose we could say
we were there in time to see,

and then that
he went after you...

Hey, Paddy,
I'm not goin' for this!

If this happened to you...

Then I'd deserve to get
my ass kicked off the force.

Accidents happen, kid.
We gotta close ranks here.

Well, I'm not
goin' for it, period!

You mean you're
not gonna back me up?

He's my partner. What am I gonna do,
shoot him?

Paddy, you know me!

You'd better hand
your piece up here, Mike.

I don't believe this. I
don't believe you fuckin' guys!

What happens if he dies?
What happens to me?

Mike,

do you believe
in a supreme being?

How'd you find me here?

I saw your address
in the police report.

What do you want?

I want to talk.

Forget it.
Come on, man.

What? You won.

Great.
You want to rub it in?

I'm sorry we fucked you up.

A little late for sorry.

I know you're not a faggot.

We've got a long way to go,
don't we?

Look, I got to run.

You mind if I hang
with you a minute?

It's a free country.

Where'd you hear that one?

You're a teacher?
Yeah.

What do you teach?

Urban relations.

Yeah? What's that?

Who's that?

Nick?

Are you up there?

Riggs told me
I might find you here.

I needed a place to rest.

I've been worried about you.

Worried?

Worried about what,
that the cops would pick me up?

Make you look bad in the papers?

I don't know.

You rob a place that
belongs to a family friend.

I mean, what is that?

What, you need money?

You need money, you come to me!

And how do you make your money?

I don't steal it!

No?

I swore this wasn't
gonna happen to you.

Not after Tony.

I was gonna look after you.

How?

By chasing me into the Marines,
like you did with him?

They were drunk
and they stole a car!

And they hit somebody and
they left them in the street!

He wasn't a hero, Nick.

He ran away from it!

And he came to me and he
wanted me to cover for him!

I took him to the station.

Yeah. Down to all your pals.

Nick, they would've found out.

They had the woman in the
hospital with a broken back.

And his pal, Carl,
in the hospital ready to spill his guts!

I did the best I could.

I got Tony a choice,

the service or jail.

Some fuckin' choice.

You think you get through this life
without making choices like that?

You told him to go.

All my life,

I thought that
I was the one in control.

I made sure I had the juice.

I had all the angles.

Jesus!

I'm not in control of
a damn thing.

Did you come here to turn me in?

Nobody's after you, Nick.

I took care of that.

How?

I talked to some people and...

You did a favor.

Yeah.

I did a favor.

You had Carl burn down L Street!

Nicky, they were
comin' after you.

They weren't gonna
give you any choices.

Daddy,

those people,
they burned up in there!

I saw when they brought 'em out,
a girl and a little baby!

I let 'em do it.

Jesus Christ.

I let 'em do it!

Daddy? I'm fucked up
over here.

Nick! You're bleeding!
Daddy.

My life is such a fuckin' mess.

Hold on. I'll get help.

No, no, no, no, no, no!
No, no!

Stay with me, please?
Stay with me.

Please? Don't leave me
here alone.

Okay. All right.

I'm scared.

All right.
I'm scared.

God. Nick.

Jesus! It's bad.

No, no, no! Wait, wait,
wait, where you goin'?

Where you goin'?

I'm not going anywhere.

Just breathe easy, okay?

Okay.

Take it easy.
Okay.

I'll be right back.
All right.

Stay here.

All right.

Help!

Help! Over here!

Come on, we need help!

Over here, in the building!

Hey, we need help over here!

Hey! Hey, you!
You! Help! Up here!

Up here in the building!
We need help!

We need help.
Yeah, help!

Yeah, help!
Over here! Help!

Help! We need
help over here!

Help! Help!
Help!

Over here!
Over here!

In the building!
In the building!

Over here!
Help, help!

Help! Over here!

Over here in the building!
Help! Help! Help, we need help!

Help! Help!

Help! Help!

Help, we need help
over here, over here!

Over here! Over here,
over here in the building!

Help, we need help!
Help! Help, we need help!

We need help over here!
Help, we need help over here!

Help in the building!
In the building!

In the building! Help, we need help,
we need help, we need help.

We need help! Help! Help!

Help, we need help!
Help, we need help!

Help, we need help!
Up, up here!

Up! Help! Help.

Help, we need help! Help!

Help, we need help!
Up here in the building!

Help. Help, we need help.

Help, help!

Help, help!

Help, help, help.

Help, help, help.

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Help!