NYPD Blue (1993–2005): Season 6, Episode 15 - I Have a Dream - full transcript

Angry man:
WHAT KIND OF SON ARE YOU?!

WHAT KIND OF SON?!

NOW YOUR NIGGER FRIEND DORNAN
JUST COST ME MY EYE!

I’M 4 YEARS FIGHTIN’
ON THEM STINKIN’ ISLANDS,

AND THIS McCREE’S AT HOME

FAKIN’ HIS BACK PROBLEM
AND ADVANCIN’ HIS CAREER,

AND THIS MICK BASTARD
IS GONNA FIRE ME?!

GONNA CALL ME DRUNK?

OR I NEGLECTED
A BLOCK OF MY METERS?

I’M GONNA DRAW UP A LIST
OF GRIEVANCES ON HIM!

[POURING A DRINK]



[GLASS CLINKING]

I GOT AN IDEA.

LET ME GO READ
MY ROUTE NOW...

LET HIM KNOW
THAT I MADE MY JOB.

LET ME GO READ MY METERS
FOR MY BOSS.

YOU WANT A FISH?

I’LL BRING YOU BACK
A STUPID GOLDFISH.

[DOOR CRASHING OPEN]

OH, THESE BASTARD NIGGERS!

THESE NIGGERS!

THESE BASTARDS!

[SOBBING] WHAT
DID HE THINK I MEANT?

DID HE HAVE TO CLAW ME
WITH A HAMMER?

I WAS TRYIN’ TO COME IN.



I WAS TRYIN’
TO READ HIS METER.

I DID NOT KICK IN
HIS DOOR.

I DID NOT INTENTIONALLY
KICK HIS DOOR IN!

NOW I’M GONNA
HAVE TO BE HOSPITALIZED,

AND I’LL UNFAIRLY
NEVER GET MY JOB BACK.

OHH...LOOK AT MY EYE.

LOOK AT MY EYE!

LOOK WHAT THEY DID
TO YOUR FATHER.

[GASPING]

MORNIN’, ANDY.

THIS IS A STREET DEALER
NAMED BILLY WILLIS,

THAT BAKER THAT
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SZYMANSKI?

BAKER PUT THIS DEALER
DOWN, TOO?

[SIGHS]

MAYBE IT WAS
JUST AN ACT OF GOD.

MORNING.

MORNING, DANNY.
Russell: MORNING.

THIS GUY
THREW DOWN ON BAKER?

YEAH, ALTHOUGH
WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE
TO RECOVER HIS GUN.

NO WITNESSES YET
VERIFYING HE HAD ONE.

TRY A CANVASS?

YEAH, THAT
SHOULD BE PRODUCTIVE.

YEAH, GOOD LUCK
ON THIS CORNER.

YOU GOT THE HISTORY
ON BAKER.

HEY, ANDY, THAT KID
ON THE CORNER
WITH THE KNIT CAP‐‐

HE’S A C.I. OF MINE.

IF HE’S HANGIN’ HERE,
HE’S GOT SOMETHIN’
FOR US.

HOW YOU DOIN’,
BAKER?

I DON’T KNOW
WHAT THE HELL’S
IN HIS MIND.

4 TIMES I TELL HIM,
FREEZE, GET DOWN.

TAKE IT EASY, KID.

I WAS ON FOOT POST.

GUN RUN COMES
ON THE RADIO.
2 GUYS WITH GUNS.

COME AROUND THE CORNER,
THERE THEY ARE‐‐

PERFECT FIT
FOR THE DESCRIPTION.

DOPE SLINGERS.

ONE GUY BOOGIES.
THIS ONE, I TELL HIM,
"FREEZE AND DROP."

HE GOES FOR HIS GUN.
I DON’T KNOW
WHAT’S IN HIS MIND.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW THEY SAY THERE’S
NO GUN ON THE D. O. A.

AHEM.

J.B.

LET’S GET YOU BACK
TO THE HOUSE, NEIL.

YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
Y‐YOU MIND IF WE LOOK
AROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT?

NO. SURE. THAT’S FINE.

ALL RIGHT,
THE BOTH OF YOU,
STAND STILL.

WHAT? FOR WHAT?
HEY. HEY, HEY.

HEY! HEY!

MUST BE SOME JONES
YOU GOT, TRYIN’ TO SCORE
WITH US IN THE STREET.

HEY, I DIDN’T MEAN
TO BE DISRESPECTFUL,
SIR.

DID I SEE YOU
WITH HIM LAST WEEK?

WITH WHO?

WHAT ARE YOU,
A SMART‐ASS?

I SAW YOU WITH
THAT GUY LAST WEEK.

I WASN’T WITH HIM.
I WAS IN PERTH AMBOY
AT MY COUSIN’S.

YOU’RE A LYIN’ PIECE OF CRAP,
AND YOU’RE COMIN’
INTO THE HOUSE.

LET ME SHOW UP
IN 20 MINUTES, BOSS.
I PROMISE I’LL SHOW UP.

THIS IS A 30‐DAY
MONTH, SO I DON’T
THINK I CAN DO THAT.

I SWEAR HE HAD
A GUN ON HIM.

ALL RIGHT, NEIL.

I’LL SWEAR THAT
IN FRONT OF I. A. B.

LOOK FOR HIS PIECE,
WOULD YOU, MIKE?

YEAH, WE’RE DEFINITELY
GONNA KEEP LOOKIN’.

YOU’RE MAKIN’ A CAREER
GETTIN’ ME OUTTA JAMS.

THE SECOND INSTANCE
IN 6 WEEKS
I’VE FIRED MY WEAPON.

UNDER TOTALLY
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES,
CORRECT?

TOTALLY.
THAT’S RIGHT.

SO THEN FORGET
ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO.

AND THE OTHER
POTENTIAL JACKPOT HERE

IS THE D. O. A.’s GUN
BEIN’ MISSIN’.

NEIL, A SHOOTING
AT A KNOWN DRUG CORNER,

SECOND PERP BOOGIES
WITH THE COP IN PURSUIT.

WHEN I WORKED NARCOTICS,
THE SKELLS’D HANG
THEIR HEADS IN SHAME

IF ONE OF ’EM DIDN’T GLOM
THE D. O. A.’s WEAPON.

I’M ONLY SAYIN’
IT DON’T SMELL GOOD.

THE BAD SMELL, NEIL, IS THE
COP‐FILLED‐WITH‐DOUBT AROMA
COMIN’ OFF OF YOU

THAT PROBABLY YOU WANT
TO DO SOMETHIN’ ABOUT

BEFORE YOUR RAT SQUAD
INTERVIEW...

’CAUSE THAT’S THE WHIFF
WHETS THEM CHEESE‐EATERS’
APPETITES.

ALL RIGHT.

GOT A GOOD ACT,
OLD MAN.

DANNY AND ME
WORKED THE SAME CORNER
SEVERAL YEARS.

I GOT SOMETHIN’ FOR HIM
AS SOON AS I GET
SOME REASSURANCE

ON A PREVIOUS COMMITMENT
HE MADE.

YEAH. HE TENDS
TO BE GOOD
WITH THAT STUFF.

I.A.B.’S HERE.

AND YOU WANT
TO TALK TO ’EM,
RIGHT?

ABSOLUTELY.

READY TO GIVE
YOUR STATEMENT,
OFFICER?

YES, I AM.

COME ON.

SOME HELL OF A THING
ON THIS SHOOTING.

WHAT DO YOU GOT, J. B.?
WILLIS GOT SHOT, NO?

YEAH.
DEALER NAMED WILLIS.

COP TAKES HIM DOWN.
I GUESS YOU GUYS WANT
TO EXONERATE THAT BEHAVIOR.

LET US KNOW
WHEN YOU’RE DONE
CLEARIN’ YOUR THROAT.

I UNDERSTOOD FROM DANNY
I HAD A WHOLE CREDIT
BUILDUP

LIKE SOME MUTUAL FUND
OFF PREVIOUS COOPERATION
I ALREADY GAVE?

THE ZANCANELLIS.

THIS IS JUST ADDIN’
TO THE WEALTH.

NO, WHAT I WAS TOLD
BY DANNY,

SOME MYSTERIOUS WAY,
THIS IS GONNA FURTHER
MY SINGING CAREER.

YOU WANT JERK‐OFF PASSES
TO C. B. G. B.’s, J. B.,

I’LL GET YOU THOSE
TONIGHT. I’M WORKIN’ ON
SOMETHIN’ SUBSTANTIAL.

SINGS DOO‐WOP
LIKE DION‐‐J. B.

DON’T GET EXTRAVAGANT.

READY FOR WHAT
I OBSERVED?

THE ONE COP SHOWED UP EARLY.
I GUESS HE WAS ON FOOT POST.

SECTOR CAR’S ROLLIN’ UP
RIGHT AFTER.

THAT I GOTTA FIGURE IS
SOME OF THESE YOUNG BLOODS
RUNNIN’ A GAME.

THEY CALL 911, THESE KIDS,
REPORT DRUG ACTIVITY.

SECTOR CARS ROLL UP,
DEALERS DROP THEIR STASHES,

THESE KIDS COME
SWOOPIN’ UP THE DECKS.

EXCEPT HOW LONG
YOU EXPECT TO LIVE
DOING THAT?

THESE YOUNG BLOODS
SCOOPIN’ UP THE DECKS
OF DOPE

THE DEALERS THROW DOWN
WHEN THE SECTOR CARS
CAME ROLLIN’ UP...

YOU THINK THEY MIGHT’VE
SCOOPED UP WILLIS’ GUN
AT THE SAME TIME?

IT’S A THEORY.

A HUNDRED
IF YOU GOT A NAME
WHO GRABBED THE PIECE.

IF I HAD A NAME,
I’D MAKE A PRICE FOR IT,

AND WE’D DO BUSINESS,
OR WE WOULDN’T.

EXCUSE ME
STUBBIN’ MY TOE

ON YOUR HUGE
MORAL STANDARDS.

COUPLE ELECTIONS,

HE’LL PROBABLY BE
OUR REPRESENTATIVE
IN CONGRESS.

YOU’RE NOT PLAYING ME OFF
ON THIS SINGING THING,
ARE YOU, DANNY?

J.B., HOW ABOUT YOU
GETTIN’ SOME RECORDING
TIME IN A STUDIO

THE FEDS
GOT INFILTRATED?
SERIOUS?

I’M LOOKIN’
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

I’LL GET THE GUY
WHO GRABBED THE PIECE UP

AND ALL
HIS LIVING COUSINS.

THE RADIO RUN GAVE
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION
OF 2 GUYS CARRYING GUNS.

SO ON ARRIVAL
AT THE SCENE,

I APPROACHED
2 MEN WHO FIT
THE DESCRIPTIONS.

THIS JOB WAS ASSIGNED
TO A RADIO CAR.

SHOULDN’T YOU HAVE WAITED
AND ACTED AS BACKUP?

THEY SAW ME COMIN’
AROUND THE CORNER,

WILLIS AND
THE OTHER DEALER.

I DIDN’T WANT
TO LOSE THEM.

DID YOU ACTUALLY
SEE WILLIS DEALING?

I ASSUMED HE WAS...
BECAUSE WHEN
I WAS SPOTTED,

HE DITCHED
A DECK OF HEROIN.

WHICH YOU RECOVERED?

IT MUST’VE GOTTEN
STOLEN WITH THE GUN.

YOU APPROACH...

YOUR WEAPON DRAWN
AT THIS POINT?

IT WAS A GUN RUN,
SO, YEAH,

IT WAS AT MY SIDE.

I APPROACH WILLIS.
I SAID, "FREEZE."

HIS RUNNING BUDDY
IMMEDIATELY BOOGIED,

SO I STAYED ON WILLIS
AND TOLD HIM "FREEZE" AGAIN...

MORE DIRECTLY.

HE STARTED
BACKIN’ AWAY...

REACHIN’
INTO HIS JACKET,

HIS BACK WAISTBAND.

AT THIS POINT,

I’M AIMIN’ AT HIM.

AGAIN I TELL HIM,
"FREEZE AND GET DOWN."

BUT HE KEEPS MOVIN’.

HE STARTS
PULLIN’ HIS HAND
OUT OF HIS JACKET.

I TELL HIM FREEZE
AGAIN.

"FREEZE.
DON’T MOVE YOUR HAND.

GET ON THE GROUND."

AND HE STARTS
JERKING HIS ELBOW OUT

LIKE HE’S TRYIN’
TO DRAW HIS GUN.

AT THAT POINT,
I OPENED FIRE.

TAKE A MOMENT.

SO AFTER I FIRED...
TWICE...

I APPROACHED WILLIS,
WHO WAS ON THE GROUND...

AND CHECKED
FOR HIS PULSE...

WHICH HE DIDN’T
HAVE ONE.

AND THEN I WENT
AFTER WILLIS’
RUNNING BUDDY,

THINKIN’ HE WAS
ARMED AS WELL.

DID WILLIS EVER GET
THE GUN PAST HIS JACKET
TO AIM IT AT YOU?

DID YOU EVER
ACTUALLY SEE THE GUN
OR JUST WILLIS’ HAND?

I SAW HIS HAND
ON A GUN...

ATTEMPTING
TO DRAW IT.

AUTOMATIC OR REVOLVER?

I ONLY SAW THE BUTT.

IN YOUR OWN MIND...

WAS THERE ANY COURSE
OF ACTION YOU COULD’VE
TAKEN BESIDES SHOOTING?

NO.

I DON’T THINK SO.

WHEN THE COLLARS
FROM THE DRUG SWEEP
ARE BROUGHT IN,

I’LL BE CONDUCTING
INTERVIEWS PARALLEL
WITH THE SQUAD.

MEANTIME, YOU’RE
OFF THE STREETS,

ASSIGNED
TO THE STATION HOUSE.

CONSIDER
THE INVESTIGATION
ONGOING.

YOU WERE WATCHIN’.

YEAH, I WAS WATCHIN’.

HOW DO YOU THINK
IT WENT?

NEIL, DID YOU DO WRONG
ON THE STREET THIS MORNIN’?

NO.

THEN WHY IN THE HELL

DID YOU LET ANY DOUBT
ABOUT THAT IN THE ROOM
WITH I. A. B.?

I SAW HIS EYES
GO TO GLASS‐‐WILLIS.

I SAW HIS POSTURE,
HOW HE REACHED
IN HIS JACKET.

IT ALL SAID GUN.

BUT I NEVER SAW
THE GUN ENTIRELY.

AND I COULDN’T TELL YOU
WITH A PURE HEART

WHETHER HE EVER
HAD ONE OR NOT.

NEIL, MY PARTNER AND ME,
WE GOT GOOD LEADS
IN THIS CASE.

WE THINK WE GOT
A WAY TO WILLIS’ GUN
AND WILLIS’ RUNNING BUDDY.

YOU JUST SIT TIGHT
TILL WE COME IN WITH ’EM.

HIYA.

HOW’S IT GOIN’, VINCE?
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN’ HERE?

I’D LIKE YOU TO OPEN UP
A CASE FOR ME, ANDY.
MAJOR PAIN IN THE BALLS.

I’M WORKIN’
A COP‐SHOT‐A‐GUY.

ANDY, I’M UP TO MY NECK
IN HOT WATER.

I’M IN A BIG POT,
AND THEY’RE GETTIN’ READY
TO BOIL AND EAT ME.

[SIGHS]

RUSSELL’S UP.
TALK TO HER.

I’D‐‐I’D PREFER
MARTINEZ OR MEDAVOY.

RUSSELL’S UP.
HEY, YOU REMEMBER
VINCE GOTELLI?

HOW’S IT GOIN’,
VINCE?

HE’S ABOUT TO BE
BOILED AND EATEN.

WHY DON’T YOU TAKE HIM
INSIDE THERE, GET HIM
A CUP OF COFFEE?

YOU KNOW MY PARTNER
JILL KIRKENDALL.

YEAH.

HEY, VINCE.
HOW’S IT GOIN’?

NOT SO HOT.

UNOFFICIALLY,
I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU
AND SIMONE WERE MARRIED.

UH...

THAT’S RIGHT.

IN ANY REGARD,
MY CONDOLENCES.

THANKS.

I, UH, HOPE
THE UNION WAS HELPFUL
AFTER HE PASSED.

YEAH, THEY WERE.

YOU KNOW,
I WAS FORMERLY
A DELEGATE.

WHAT DID YOU WANT
TO SEE US ABOUT, VINCE?

WELL...AS YOU KNOW,

I’M AN INDEPENDENT
INSURANCE ADJUSTER,

AND ONE OF MY CONTRACTS
IS WITH VIGILANCE LIFE.

THEY IN TURN INSURE
ROMA AUTO LEASING,

WHICH HAS A TOYOTA CAMRY
ON A 12‐MONTH LEASE
TO A MOBBED‐UP MORON

KEEPS REPEATEDLY
GETTING THE CRAP
BEAT OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

CRAP BEAT OUT,
LIKE, UH...SLASHED TIRES?

WELL, SOUP‐TO‐NUTS
IS WHAT HAPPENS
TO THAT CAR.

YOU KNOW?
BUSTED WINDSHIELD,

UH, SLASHED UPHOLSTERY.

WE’RE TALKIN’,
UH, 3 VANDALISMS
IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS.

HUH? AND THEN AGAIN
2 NIGHTS AGO.

THE MOBBED‐UP GUY
COOPERATING WITH YOU?

YEAH, HE COOPERATES
ASKIN’ TO GET
HIS CAR REPAIRED.

WHAT HE DON’T COOPERATE
WITH IS WHO’S WORKIN’
OUT ON THE CAMRY

WITH THE
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER.

YOU THINK HIS CAR TROUBLES
ARE WORK‐RELATED?

WORK‐RELATED
CAR PROBLEMS
IN HIS CHOSEN FIELD

USUALLY INVOLVES
AN EXPLOSION.

I THINK IT’S THE
DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR.

THEY’VE GOT
SOME ONGOING DISPUTE

OVER WHO DRIES
THEIR LAUNDRY WHEN.

WHAT DO YOU WANT US
TO DO, VINCE?

WELL...MAYBE TRY TO GET
THE MOBBED‐UP GUY
TO FILE A COMPLAINT,

GET THE WHEELS
OF JUSTICE TURNING.

OK.

ALL RIGHT.

THE MOBBED‐UP GUY’S
MESSINA.

DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR’S
GROTOWSKI.

MAYBE YOU COULD BRING
THE BOTH OF THEM IN.

OTHERWISE,
I’M GONNA LOSE
THAT VIGILANCE ACCOUNT.

I WANT BAKER RIGHT
ON THE D. O. A.
HAVIN’ A PIECE,

BUT SOMETHING’S
HANGIN’ OVER HIM.

NOT EVERYBODY’S
SUPPOSED TO BE A COP.

[CLEARS THROAT]

WHAT ARE YOU DOIN’?

WORKING AT MY DESK.

AND FILING.

I, UH, I’VE BEEN
HAVIN’ A DREAM
COMIN’ UP ON ME.

HOW DO YOU MAKE OUT?

NOT THAT TYPE.

IT’S OFF
ALL THAT MESS
WITH DORNAN.

IN THE DREAM,
DORNAN PUTS
MY OLD MAN’S EYE OUT.

MY OLD MAN LOST HIS EYE
WHEN I WAS A KID.

HE READ METERS
FOR THE GAS COMPANY,

AND ONE OF ’EM
PUT HIS EYE OUT
IN A PROJECT

WITH A CLAW HAMMER.

A BLACK GUY.

HEY...

YOU DO THIS.
YOU DON’T USE
THAT LANGUAGE.

[SIGHS]

ANYWAYS, DORNAN PUT
YOUR DAD’S EYE OUT.

WHAT I DON’T GET, DORNAN
DON’T SEEM THE TYPE.

HE SEEMS
LIKE A RIGHT GUY.

HE DOES SEEM
LIKE A RIGHT GUY.

HOW’S HE ACCOUNT FOR IT
IN THE DREAM?

HE DON’T SAY ANYTHING.
HE’S NOT IN IT.

MY POP JUST SAYS,
"YOUR BUDDY DORNAN
DID THIS."

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

15th SQUAD.

WHAT’S HE WEARIN’?

YOU’RE THE MAN, J. B.

PURCELL WATKINS.

IS WHO?

HE DROPPED THE DIME TO 911
TO GET THE SECTOR CARS ROLLING.

HE’S AT THAT
HALF‐ASSED VIDEO ARCADE
ON FOURTH STREET.

TRY TO GET
THEM 911 TAPES
FROM COMMUNICATIONS.

HEY. RESUME
YOUR POSITION.

IF YOU’RE BUSY,
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY
UNNECESSARY COMMUNICATION,

BUT...I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU
SORT OF A STATUS REPORT,

WHICH IS JUST TO SAY
HOW HAPPY I AM TO BE
WORKING IN THE SQUAD

AND THE SENSE I HAVE,

WITHOUT BEING
A POLLYANNA,

THAT I HOPE
I’M FITTING IN.

JUST AS AN EXAMPLE,

A LITTLE EARLIER,
I SENSED THAT
DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ

WANTED TO HAVE
A PRIVATE MOMENT
WITH DETECTIVE SORENSON,

AND INSTEAD OF
ITS BEING AWKWARD,

I THINK I WAS ABLE TO MAKE
A LITTLE JOKE ABOUT IT

AND GIVE THEM
THEIR SPACE, AND...

I HAD THE FEELING
AFTERWARD,

A‐AS THEY LEFT
TO PICK UP A SUSPECT,

THAT DETECTIVE SIPOWICZ MADE
A LITTLE TEASING REMARK,

WHICH I THINK WAS
ACTUALLY AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF SOME SORT

OF THE EFFORT
I’D MADE BEFORE.

SIT DOWN.

SORRY WE DON’T GOT NONE
OF THOSE STUPID EARPHONES

FOR YOU TO LISTEN
TO THIS WITH.

Purcell on tape: THEY’RE
DEALIN’ DRUGS OUT THERE
ON THAT CORNER.

ONE’S IN A GREEN HAT
AND A BLUE JACKET.

HIS GUN’S IN THE BACK,
IN HIS PANTS.

WHO’S THAT
SUPPOSED TO BE?

THAT’S YOU, PURCELL,
LOOKIN’ TO GET THE COPS
ROLLIN’ UP ON THE CORNER

SO BILLY WILLIS
WILL DROP HIS DOPE
AND YOU CAN PICK IT UP.

EXCEPT HOW IT WENT DOWN
ON THIS PARTICULAR
OCCASION,

BILLY GOT SHOT,
AND YOU’RE LOOKING
AT ACCESSORY TO MURDER.

THAT AIN’T MY VOICE.

THAT IS YOUR VOICE,

IDENTIFIED BY 3 SEPARATE
FORENSIC LABORATORIES.

AND HOW YOU GO FROM
ACCESSORY TO MURDER

TO JUST
A BYSTANDING SCAMMER

IS GIVIN’ UP
THE STRAIGHT STORY

ON HOW THAT SHOOTING
WENT DOWN.

HERE I GO. A MINUTE
AFTER THAT PHONE CALL,

A COP WALKED UP ON BILLY,
WHICH I’M, LIKE,

"DAMN, THAT’S SOME FAST
POLICE RESPONSE."

COP’S LIKE, "FREEZE.
HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE ’EM.
FREEZE. FREEZE."

BUT BILLY KEEP BACKIN’ AWAY
AND PUT HIS HAND
IN HIS JACKET.

WHO GRABBED UP
WILLIS’ GUN

AFTER THE COP
PUT WILLIS DOWN?

HOW AM I GONNA DO THAT
AND KEEP MY SELF‐RESPECT?

HOW MUCH SELF‐RESPECT
YOU GONNA HAVE IN THE JOINT

AFTER THEY BUST YOU
WIDE OPEN

AND YOU’RE WEARING DIAPERS
FOR UNDERGARMENTS?

AFTER THE COP PUT BILLY DOWN
AND WENT AFTER BILLY’S BUDDY,

JEROME BANKS WENT
THROUGH BILLY’S POCKET.
HE’S WHO GOT THE GUN.

JEROME BANKS.

HE STASHED IT WHERE
HIS GIRLFRIEND’S AT.

APARTMENT 3‐B.

I DON’T KNOW
THE STREET NUMBER,

BUT I’LL TAKE YOU
TO THE BUILDING.

LET’S DO IT.

WE WAS JUST LOOKIN’
FOR FREE DOPE.

THAT COP WALKED UP.

I WAS BEGGIN’ BILLY
IN MY HEAD, "PLEASE,
JUST DO WHAT THE COP SAY."

BUT HE WON’T DO IT.

THEN BAM.

GAME OVER.

YEAH. GAME OVER
FOR BILLY.

I WANT TO TALK TO
RUSSELL KIRKENDALL.

EXCUSE ME?

I’M ANTHONY MESSINA.

MY INSURANCE AGENT
TURNED OVER MY FILE
TO RUSSELL KIRKENDALL.

I’M HERE CLEARING THE AIR
BEFORE THIS DETERIORATES
ANY FURTHER DIRECTIONS.

IS VINCE GOTELLI
YOUR INSURANCE AGENT?

YEAH, CORRECT.

I’M DIANE RUSSELL.

THIS IS MY PARTNER
JILL KIRKENDALL.

HI.

ANTHONY MESSINA.

MY IMPRESSIONS
WITH THIS GOTELLI GUY‐‐

PAR FOR THE COURSE,
SCREWING UP YOUR NAMES.

WHERE WE GONNA TALK?

YOU WANT TO TALK HERE?

I’LL TALK WHEREVER
YOU WANT TO TALK.

MY STORY AIN’T CHANGING.

EVERYBODY READY?

GO AHEAD.

NONE OF THIS
IS GONNA WORK‐‐

HOWEVER I’M BEIN’
SET UP.

THEY CAN MOVE IN
5 MORE FBI POLACKS
OR IRS POLACKS,

OR WHATEVER THE HELL AGENCY
THEY GOT TO WORK ON IT,

TO BEAT ON MY WINDSHIELD
FOR 10 MORE YEARS‐‐

ALL I’M GONNA DO IS KEEP
FILING INSURANCE CLAIMS.

I AM NOT GETTING PROVOKED.

I’M MAKING NO MISTAKE
THAT GETS MY PAROLE REVOKED.

I AM NOT
GONNA GET LOCKED UP,

AND I AM NOT PUTTING MYSELF
IN A POSITION TO FLIP
ON RONNIE PERSICO,

BECAUSE I AM NOT AN IDIOT,
ALL RIGHT?

DO YOU WANT SOME WATER?

AND YOU CAN JUST TELL THEM

THAT THEY CAN KEEP
WASTING THEIR FILM
IN THAT SURVEILLANCE CAMERA

THAT THEY PUT
IN THAT FALSE TRANSFORMER

ON THE ELECTRICAL POLE
THAT THEY PUT UP IN
MY BACKYARD LAST YEAR.

ANTHONY MESSINA
AIN’T MAKIN’ A MISTAKE.

ARE YOU SURE THAT’S
NOT A REAL TRANSFORMER,
ANTHONY?

DO I LOOK I COULD
SHIMMY UP THE POLE
AND CHECK FOR MYSELF?

I WANT NO FURTHER
CONTACT ON THIS!

COULD I FLOAT AN IDEA
WITH YOU, ANTHONY?

THEN I’M
GONNA LEAVE.

IF YOUR DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR
IS WORKING FOR THE FBI,

OR IF HE’S JUST PISSED OFF
’CAUSE YOUR LAUNDRY’S
DRIPPING ON HIS‐‐

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, THAT
COCK‐AND‐BULL STORY.

KNOWING THAT IT’S HIM
VANDALIZING YOUR CAR,

AS OPPOSED TO DOING SOMETHING
THAT’LL GET YOU LOCKED UP,

WHY NOT FILE
A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT?

HEY, EVERYBODY’S
GOTTA WORK

THEIR OWN SIDE
OF THE STREET.

IF HE WAS BEATING UP
YOUR WINDSHIELD,

WOULD YOU HIRE ME
TO SHOOT HIM
IN THE HEAD?

PURCELL GOT THIS
TO ANSWER FOR.

YEAH, YOU GUYS CAN
EXCHANGE HATE MAIL

FROM YOUR
VARIOUS JAILS.

I’M SAYING
HE RATTED ME OUT,

AND YOU STILL
LOCKED HIM UP.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO COOPERATE OFF THAT?

HOW ’BOUT ’CAUSE
IF YOU DON’T,

YOU’RE AN ACCESSORY
TO BILLY WILLIS’ DEATH?

I DIDN’T KILL NOBODY.

NO, YOU SEE,
IF YOU KILLED
SOMEBODY, JEROME,

THAT WOULD MAKE YOU
A MURDERER.

WHAT MAKES YOU
AN ACCESSORY

IS GLOMMING UP
BILLY WILLIS’ PIECE

AFTER THAT COP
HAD TO SHOOT HIM.

HOW YOU COME TO ME
BEING ACCESSORY

OFF NOT FINDING NO PIECE
IN CLARICE’S APARTMENT,

EVEN THOUGH
YOU TEAR IT APART?

’CAUSE WE GOT
NUMEROUS EYEWITNESSES

TO YOU GRABBING UP
BILLY WILLIS’ GUN
ON THAT STREET

AFTER BILLY WILLIS
GOT SHOT.

THAT’S PURCELL, TOO,
YOUR "NUMEROUS EYEWITNESSES."

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU
AND CLARICE DOING

WITH A 14‐MONTH‐OLD
BABY, ANYWAYS?

WHAT ARE YOU, A FAST 15?

I’M 16, ON MY OWN,
AND A MAN SINCE I’M 12.

MAN HAVE CHILDREN.

MAN GO TO JAIL,
ALSO, JEROME,

UNLESS HE HELPS US
WITH THAT PIECE
HE GRABBED UP

AND MAYBE ALSO KICKS IN
WHAT HE SAW GO DOWN

AS FAR AS BILLY WILLIS
FORCING THAT COP’S HAND.

OH, IS THAT
WHAT HAPPENED?
IS IT?
YOU TELL US.

TELL YOU? WHY?
I DON’T HEAR NO ASSURANCES.

RIGHT NOW THE
BIG ASSURANCE YOU GOT
IS IF YOU DON’T TELL US,

YOUR NUTS ARE
GONNA LOOK LIKE
THAT SCAVENGER DOG

AFTER HE GETS FLATTENED
IN THEM CARTOONS.

JEROME, BILLY WILLIS’ PIECE

AND WHAT HAPPENED
ON THE STREET, YOU SKATE.

FAR AS BILLY WILLIS,
HE WAS ALL CRACKED UP.

FACEDOWN POLICE,
YOU ASKING TO DIE.

DID BILLY WILLIS
DRAW HIS GUN?

HE WAS REACHING.
WHERE’S THAT GUN NOW?

SEVENTH AND C.

I GOT THIS OTHER GIRL...
CHANEL.

WE GOT A BABY, TOO.

GUN’S IN THE BABY’S CRIB
UNDERNEATH THE MATTRESS.

WRITE CHANEL’S ADDRESS.

15 YEARS OLD.

GOT CHILDREN BY
2 DIFFERENT WOMEN.

I’M 16.

WILE E. COYOTE.

WHAT?

THE SCAVENGER DOG
IN THE CARTOON

IS WILE E. COYOTE.

YOU GOT A MINUTE?

YEAH, SURE.

I KNOW HER ADDRESS
AND APARTMENT NUMBER

BECAUSE I
PAY THE RENT.

YEAH, YOU’RE FATHER
OF THE YEAR.

YOU GOT A C.I.
NAMED J. B. MURPHY?

WHAT DID HE DO?

HE TRANSACTED
IN PLAIN SIGHT.

COLLARED HIM IN THIS DEAL
WITH SHAWN JACKSON.

THIS J. B. KEEPS PISSING
AND MOANING,

"TALK TO DANNY SORENSON,
TALK TO DANNY SORENSON."

OUT LOUD?

OUT LOUD TILL I
NEARLY GAVE HIM A SMACK
TO SHUT HIM UP.

HE COULD’VE BEEN
WORKING SOMETHING
OUT THERE, SHANNON,

LOOKING TO GET
HIMSELF BUSTED.

COULD YOU HOLD OFF
ON VOUCHERING
THE DOPE HE COPPED

TILL I SEE
WHAT’S WHAT?

SURE. HE’S IN THE HOLDING CELL
NEXT TO THE OTHER MOPE.

YEAH, THE OTHER MOPE
MAY BE WHO
HE WANTS ME TO SEE.

APPRECIATE IT.

HOW’S YOUR SISTER?

GOOD. SHE’S GOOD.

DANNY, CAN YOU
HELP ME OUT HERE?

HELP YOU OUT, J. B.?

WHAT DO YOU GOT
TO MAKE IT WORTH
MY WHILE?

HEY, I BANKED PLENTY
OF FAVORS WITH YOU.

THERE GOES
MY ALZHEIMER’S
KICKING IN.

YOU GOT NOTHING
FRESH FOR ME,

I’LL SEE YOU
IN SEVERAL MONTHS.

AW, I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS!

BELIEVE IT, J. B.

WATCH ME WALK AWAY.

WHAT?

[MOUTHING THE WORDS]

[NO SOUND]

[WHISPERING]
That the cop shot
in the street.

He said you all wanted
information on that.

MAN, YOU WANT TO TALK
OR WHAT?

SURE. LET’S CHAT.

KEYS.

YOU GONNA
BEHAVE YOURSELF?

YOU KNOW IT.

MAKE ’EM PUT IT
IN WRITING, JACKSON.

SORE LOSER.

HAVE A SEAT,
MR. GROTOWSKI.

YOU DON’T THINK
SCRAP IRON’S

A REAL BUSINESS?

SURE, WE DO.
WE APPRECIATE
YOUR COMING IN.

YOU KNOW, THERE’S BEEN
A RASH OF AUTO VANDALISM

AROUND YOUR RESIDENCE.

SPECIFICALLY,
YOUR UPSTAIRS
NEIGHBOR’S CAR,

ANTHONY MESSINA.

YOU MEAN THE GODFATHER,
SCARFACE, AL CAPONE.

YOU’RE AWARE
MR. MESSINA’S CAR
HAS BEEN VANDALIZED

3 TIMES IN THE LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS?

BEING MR. MESSINA’S
DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR,

HAVE THE TWO OF YOU
HAD ANY PROBLEMS?

THE ONLY PROBLEM I GOT
IS HIS LAUNDRY DRIP, DRIP,
DRIPS ONTO OURS,

’CAUSE MY WIFE HANGS OURS OUT
AT A DECENT HOUR,

NOT LIKE HIS GUINEA
MOBSTER WIFE

WHO SLEEPS TILL 11:00,
DOES THE WASH THE AFTERNOON.

YOU EVER TAKEN
A FEW WHACKS ON HIS CAR

WITH A BASEBALL BAT
OVER HIS WASH

DRIP, DRIP, DRIPPING
ONTO YOURS?

HEY, WHY DON’T YOU SUSPECT
SOME OF HIS GUINEA
MOBSTER FRIENDS?

I’M JUST AN IGNORANT POLACK
RUNS A SCRAP IRON BUSINESS.

NO, MR. GROTOWSKI,
YOU’RE THE DOWNSTAIRS
NEIGHBOR WITH A TEMPER

WHO’S LAUNDRY IS GETTING
DRIPPED, DRIPPED,
DRIPPED ON,

AND IF MR. MESSINA’S CAR
GETS SMASHED UP AGAIN,

IT’S YOU
WE’RE GONNA COLLAR.

SO THIS GUY GETS MENTIONED
ON ALL THE NEWS SHOWS,

BEING MOB CONNECTED
AND THIS AND THAT,

AND I’M THE ONE
YOU’RE GONNA ARREST?

IF YOU GO AFTER
HIS CAR AGAIN,
ABSOLUTELY.

THROUGH?

YEAH, WE’RE THROUGH.

THIS GUY’S LIABLE TO PARLAY
A BEEF OVER HIS LAUNDRY

INTO A BULLET IN HIS EAR

AND A TV GUIDE
STUFFED IN HIS MOUTH.

HOPE VINCE’S COMPANY
CARRIES HIS LIFE INSURANCE.

HOW’D YOU DO?

RIGHT WHERE JEROME
SAID IT’D BE,

RIGHT UNDER
THE MATTRESS

IN THE BABY’S CRIB.

PUTTIN’ THE GUN
UNDER A KID’S MATTRESS!

MY C.I. BROUGHT IN
THIS DEAD WILLIS’
RUNNING BUDDY.

WE TOOK A COLLAR
WITH THE GUY.

I SHOULD’VE STOPPED
AT A GIFT SHOP
TO BUY A BOW

WE COULD PUT AROUND
ALL THIS FOR MARTENS.

THIS STILL DON’T REFUTE
WHAT YOU WERE THINKING
OUT LOUD BEFORE, ANDY.

MAYBE BAKER’S NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE A COP.

LEAVE THAT TO THE RAT SQUAD
TO DECIDE.

HEY, UH, I APPRECIATE
YOUR LISTENING

WHEN I WAS RATTLING ON
BEFORE ABOUT MY DREAM LIFE.

SURE.

MAYBE YOU CALL DORNAN.

FOR WHAT?

MAYBE YOUR DREAM’S
SAYIN’ CALL HIM.

YEAH, I’LL TELL HIM I’VE
BEEN DREAMING ABOUT HIM,

AND WAS HE THINKING
ABOUT ME LIKEWISE?

AND WE’LL END UP EXCHANGING
BOXES OF CHOCOLATES.

[DOOR OPENS]

NIGHT, ANDY.

YEAH. GOOD NIGHT.

SO, YOU JUST WANTED SOME
SILENT COMPANIONSHIP?

I’M MAKING IT
A RIGHT SHOOT.

HOW’S IT ANYTHING BUT?

I’M SAYIN’ WITH THE D. O. A.’s
RUNNIN’ BUDDY

BACKING
THE OTHER STATEMENTS,

I’M MAKIN’
THE SHOOT RIGHT.

YOU GONNA TELL
BAKER HE’S OK?

CAN’T UNTIL I WALK IT
THROUGH MY OFFICE.

BUT IT’S ALL RIGHT
IF I DO?

ALL RIGHT.

THESE ARE THE ONES
I LOSE SLEEP OVER‐‐

THE COPS I MAKE RIGHT
THAT MAYBE SHOULDN’T BE
ON THE STREET.

HOW’S IT GOIN’?

GOT A MINUTE?

SURE. HOW’S IT GOIN’?

SO WHAT’S YOUR IMPRESSION?

I.A.B.’S MAKIN’
YOU RIGHT, NEIL.

YOUR IMPRESSION,
OR YOU KNOW THAT FOR A FACT?

THEY’RE MAKIN’ YOU RIGHT
FOR WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE STREET.

WHAT’S THE OTHER SHOE?

I’M NOT WORRIED
WHERE YOU STAND
WITH I. A. B., NEIL.

I’M WORRIED IF THERE’S
SOMETHING ELSE
GOIN’ ON WITH YOU,

AND THAT’S THE OTHER
SHOE THAT’S GONNA DROP.

SO WHAT DO YOU GO
TO BAT FOR ME FOR

IF YOU’RE QUESTIONING
MY FITNESS TO SERVE?

LISTEN TO ME, NEIL.

THAT FEAR I SAID
THIS MORNING I SENSED
COMIN’ OFF OF YOU‐‐

A SKELL FEELS THAT, TOO.

HE CAN HEAR "FREEZE"
COMIN’ OUT YOUR MOUTH,

BUT LET HIM BE
WHACKED OUT
ON ENOUGH CRACK

AND FEELING FEAR
COMING OFF OF YOU‐‐

MAYBE HE DECIDES
YOU DON’T GOT IT UP
TO BACK YOUR PLAY.

SO YOU NEVER FELT FEAR?

NOT IN WHAT
MY INTENTIONS WERE,

OR SHOULD I BE
WHERE I WAS.

NEVER QUESTIONED YOURSELF
TACTICALLY?

SHOULD I BE WHERE I WAS
IN TERMS OF BEING
ON THIS JOB, NEIL.

OF COURSE I QUESTION
MYSELF OVER TACTICS.

MY SON’S GOT A CONDITION
WHERE HE REQUIRES
CONSTANT CARE.

THEY DIDN’T THINK
HE’D LIVE PAST 5.

BUT NOW THEY THINK
HE COULD LIVE UPWARDS
OF 15 OR 20 YEARS.

EVERYONE WORRIES
FOR THEIR FAMILY, NEIL.

NO, I KNOW.

BUT BRINGING
THOSE WORRIES
ONTO THE STREET,

EVERYTHING
GETS TOO CROWDED.

ALL I’M ASKING YOU
TO THINK ABOUT, NEIL,

WHATEVER WORRIES
YOU’RE CARRYING,

DOES NOT STANDING UP
STRONG ENOUGH EARLY

PUT YOU IN POSITIONS
WHERE YOU GOTTA BREAK
TWICE AS BAD LATER ON?

ANYWAYS...

YOU’RE NOT GONNA TRY
AND GET ME PUT OFF THE JOB?

WHAT YOU DO FROM HERE,
THAT’S UP TO YOU.

HARK, I BELIEVE I HEAR
JUDAS ISCARIOT.

HEY, WHAT KIND
OF IMPRESSION

DID I MAKE ON THAT COP,
UH, MARTENSON?

MARTENS. YOU DID GOOD.

YOU’RE GONNA BE 343’d

IN THE COMPLAINT ROOM
TOMORROW MORNING,
JACKSON.

THEY’RE GONNA
KICK YOU LOOSE.

343, HUH?

I’LL PLAY THAT TOMORROW
FOR MY NUMBER.

J.B.: MEANWHILE, WHAT,
I’M LEFT HERE ROTTING

LIKE THE MAN
FROM THE IRON MASK?

ONLY POSSIBILITY
I CAN SEE FOR YOU, J. B.,

THEY FIND SOME
PROCEDURAL DEFECT

IN HOW YOU
WERE SEARCHED.

OH, AND THAT WOULD JUMP UP
IN THE COMPLAINT ROOM
TOMORROW MORNING, TOO?

YEAH, IF IT OCCURS
AT ALL,

THAT’S WHERE
IT WOULD HAPPEN.
LIVE IN HOPE.

YEAH, THANKS VERY MUCH.

NO, J. B., THANK YOU.

WHAT HAPPENED?

"THIS IS VINCE,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,

WAIT FOR THE BEEP."
NO BEEP.

THE MACHINE
JUST CLICKS OFF?

HOW DOES HE STAY
IN BUSINESS?

HI.
HEY, DIANE.

ANDY WENT HOME?

MM‐HMM.

WHAT’S FUNNY?

OH, THIS INFORMANT I GOT,
HE MAKES ME LAUGH.

HE’S ON
A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM,

AND WHEN THEY GIVE HIM
HIS DAILY DOSE IN THE CLINIC,

HE HOLDS THE METHADONE
IN HIS MOUTH TILL HE’S
ON THE STREET.

THEN HE SPITS IT
IN THIS LITTLE PLASTIC
BOTTLE HE CARRIES

AND SELLS THAT
FOR MONEY TO COP.

FROM THAT POINT‐‐8 A. M.‐‐
TILL HE LAYS HIS HEAD
DOWN AT NIGHT‐‐

10 TIMES A MINUTE,
THIS J. B.’S LOOKING
OVER BOTH HIS SHOULDERS,

WHICH, AS MANY HUSTLES
AS HE’S WORKIN’

AND AS MANY SWITCHES OFF ’EM
AS HE’S TRYING TO PULL,

THAT’S DEFINITELY
THE RIGHT APPROACH.

JUST MAKES ME LAUGH.

HE’S GOT SUCH
A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

WANTS TO SING
DOO‐WOP, J. B.

HAS HE GOT A GOOD VOICE?

I’M AFRAID TO ASK HIM
TO SING.

I’LL BE SO SAD FOR HIM
IF HE CAN’T.

ANDY WENT HOME, HUH?

YEAH.

NIGHT.

NIGHT.

NIGHT, DANNY.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RING]

15th SQUAD.

OK.

YEP. THANKS.

ADDRESS RING A BELL?

I’LL SHOOT YOU
FOR WHO TAKES THE TV GUIDE
OUT OF GROTOWSKI’S MOUTH.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU EVER
CATCH A GROUND BALL
EASIER THAN THIS ONE.

MMM.

WHOA!

OH, ANTHONY.

Jill: HOW’S THIS
FOR AN UPSET?

Cop: PERP WITH THE HEAVES
IS THE DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR.

HE CONFESSED?

SAID, "WHAT DOES IT
LOOK LIKE I DID?"

WHEN WE ASKED HIM
WHAT’S GOING ON.

STANDING
ON THE STREET

WITH A BLOODY
BASEBALL BAT.

UH...
JOSEPH GROTOWSKI.

YEAH, YEAH.

I WAS SO PROUD OF HOW ANTHONY
WAS CONDUCTING HIMSELF.

WHAT DID HE GET WITH
TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK?

A HEAD CAVED IN
BY A MORON.

WAS ANTHONY
YOUR FATHER?

YEAH, I’M HIS SON PAUL.

IT’S GOOD JOB
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT’S HARD
TO ENFORCE THE LAW

WHEN NO ONE MAKES
A COMPLAINT, PAUL.

AND YOU CAN TELL
THAT POLACK WHACK JOB

THAT THE ONLY PACIFIST
IN THIS FAMILY’S NOW DEAD.

YOUR MOTHER COULD USE
SOME SUPPORT NOW, PAUL.

HEAR THAT, GROTOWSKI?

AND WHEN YOU’RE DONE
THROWING UP,

YOU BETTER MAKE ’EM SET
YOU A GOOD, HIGH BAIL.

THAT’S ENOUGH.

YOU’RE LUCKY
I WAS AT A MOVIE.

I’M SORRY, MRS. MESSINA.

I BEGGED ANTHONY
TO BUY ME A DRYER.

OK.

[GROTOWSKI RETCHING]

WHY DON’T WE HOLD OFF
INTERVIEWING MR. GROTOWSKI

TILL HE WASHES HIS MOUTH OUT
AT THE HOUSE?

ABSOLUTELY.

THANKS FOR MEETING ME.

SO THAT’S ENOUGH
CHITCHAT.

I’M‐‐I’M HAVING A DREAM
WITH YOU INVOLVED

I WANT TO GET OFF
OF MY CHEST.

OR...

YOU’RE NOT
ACTUALLY IN IT...

YOU’RE REFERRED TO,
ALL RIGHT?

WHAT HAPPENED...

I REALIZED
IN THE DREAM...

HOW MY DAD LOST
HIS EYE WASN’T TRUE,

WHAT I THOUGHT
FOR THE LONGEST TIME.

I THOUGHT HE WAS OUT
ON HIS ROUTE

AT HIS PROPER
APPOINTED TIME...

READING ONE
OF YOUR METERS

AND GOT ATTACKED
WITH A CLAW HAMMER.

WHAT I FIGURED OUT NOW‐‐

OFF MISSING
HIS METER READINGS,
OFF BEING LOADED,

HE’D ALREADY BEEN FIRED
BY HIS IRISH SUPERVISOR,
MY OLD MAN.

GETS OILED UP WORSE
AT OUR APARTMENT,

THEN GOES OUT AGAIN
AT NIGHT

WHEN NO ONE’S EXPECTING
A METER READER.

KICKS DOWN
ONE OF YOUR DOORS,

AND NOT KNOWING WHAT
THE HELL’S GOIN’ ON,

ONE OF YOU
THAT’S THE OCCUPANT

TAKES THE HAMMER TO HIM.

THAT’S HOW IT
MUST’VE HAPPENED.

AND THESE YEARS
OF NOT REALIZIN’,

THAT’S A BIG PART
WITH CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS

HOW YOU PEOPLE ARE.

AND AS FAR AS CHANGING
CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS‐‐

I THINK A BIG PART
THAT’S YOU WAS
RESPONSIBLE‐‐

YOUR EFFORT YOU MADE
AT HELPIN’ ME,

AND THAT I REGRET
IT GOT YOU FLOPPED.

AND I THANK YOU
FOR HELPIN’
CLEAR UP MY DREAM.

PIN A ROSE ON YOUR DREAM.

PIN ONE ON YOURSELF, TOO,
YOU PIECE OF POLACK CRAP.

YOU DRUNK, DORNAN?

YEAH.

I DIDN’T KNOW
YOU WERE AN OILER.

LIKE RIDING A BIKE.

OFF 11 YEARS...

GOOD AS YOU EVER WERE
SOON AS YOU GET BACK ON IT.

I DIDN’T PAY YET
FOR THE LAST 3.

PAY HIM FOR THOSE,
AND WE’LL CALL IT SQUARE‐‐

ALL OF THE BIG HELP
THAT I HAVE BEEN TO YOU
WITH YOUR DREAM.

NOT THIS DORNAN
OR ANY OTHERS.

NONE OF ’EM!

THEY ALL LOST MY EYE.

THEY ALL UNFAIRLY
LOST MY JOB!

I’M NOT DRINKIN’.

I’M GOING HOME.