Wiseguy (1987–2009): Season 3, Episode 7 - People Do It All the Time - full transcript
- [Narrator] Tonight on Wiseguy.
- [Daniel] I told her
not to marry the guy.
- When it's convenient
for you to be a father
you preach fatherhood.
Most of her life, you
weren't even there for her.
She's pregnant.
- I wasn't exactly stellar
in the parenting department.
I wanna be better at this
than I was at being a dad.
- We've got a lot of
years ahead of us.
(dramatic music)
- I never thought
about getting old.
- We are getting old.
Look at us.
We're getting old!
- You make it sound
like being a grandfather
is some kind of
a death sentence.
- Don't kid yourself.
This is nothing to
look forward to.
(dramatic music)
(gentle music)
- I told her not
to marry they guy.
I still can't believe
I got a daughter
old enough to be married.
- You know, we went through
all this in your cabin
eight months ago.
- 10 months, 10
months, all right?
10 months they've been married.
This is the first time they
have me over the house.
- With that attitude of
yours I'm not surprised.
Have you invited them
over to your place?
- Come on, I'm her father,
I don't have to do that!
- So where is that written?
You know, you better
get used to the fact
that Lauren is married and
she's married to Stephen.
(sighing)
- It's just such a
big world out there.
She hasn't had a chance to
see what it has to offer.
- You remember what it was
like being in love, don't you?
- What, at 20?
All romance and no reality.
And with Sheila, the
reality came too late.
You know, kind of
like a hangover.
I am not ready for this.
- Stephen, are you ready?
Oh, great.
Stephen?
- Yeah?
I'm ready.
(blowtorch hissing)
- God!
Stephen?
(pan clanking)
(sighing)
- How do you feel about Mexican?
- I feel helpless.
I mean, my kid is living in
some hole in the East Village.
Her husband, the sculptor,
he doesn't make a dime.
Does he try to do
something about it
and make his life better?
No!
He thinks his poverty
gives him the right to stew
in his own arrogance.
- [Vinnie] Well, maybe
what he ought to do is try
to sculpt that chip
off your shoulder.
- You know, maybe someday
you'll be a father pal,
and then I don't think
you're gonna run around
giving out the advice
quite so easily.
- Well, I'll tell you what.
Until then, no charge, okay?
What are you doing?
You're stalling here.
Come on, you're gonna be late.
Come on!
- All right, all
right, all right.
Hey, maybe you can come with me.
- No, forget it.
- Here.
Why don't you just
get dressed, okay?
Let's just try to
get through this
evening without
you two fighting.
- What's gotten into you?
- You know, it's always me.
It's always in my head.
If I ever get over my bad mood
and click my heels
together three times
this'll all turn into corn
fields and blue skies.
- I didn't think
that's what you wanted.
- There's plenty of things you
don't bother to think about.
- You're the one that said
you understood about my work
and what it meant to me, Lauren.
The only one.
- Well, I'm not the
only one anymore.
I'm pregnant.
(dramatic music)
Are you angry?
Are you happy?
Talk to me.
- I'm happy, I'm happy, baby.
I wasn't expecting it so soon.
It's gonna change things.
- For the better.
Because this baby comes
from our loving each other.
People do it all the time.
(dramatic music)
(electricity shorting)
Oh, damn it!
- Oh, damn it!
- So, nothing like a
carton of cigarettes
after a great meal, huh?
How you two doing?
- Great.
- Fine.
- This is just
our weekday place.
Weekends we go to our
estate in the Hamptons.
- You know, I remember
what starting out is like.
Listen, honey, I was thinking.
I got all this furniture
that's collecting dust
in a house in Jersey
that I rent to a friend.
Maybe you guys could
use a few things.
I'm just trying to help you out.
- We can take care of
ourselves, Mr. Burroughs.
- No, it's dad, dad, all right?
Come on, Mr. Burroughs.
Now, I'm not
threatening your pride.
- Daddy, Stephen
only, only means--
- Yeah, I should
mind my own business.
- You government guys
just can't stand the idea
of right to privacy, can you?
Why don't you just
bug our apartment,
and find out how we're doing?
- Your apartment's
got enough bugs.
- Daddy!
- You know, this might come
as a big surprise to you,
but you are not the first
artist who's had to struggle
and I am not the first
father who's been worried
about his daughter!
- She's my wife.
I'll worry about her.
- Yeah, well, she was
my daughter before
she was your wife!
- Please, stop it!
I feel like some
piece of territory
and you're both trying
to stake a claim.
(Lauren crying)
This was supposed
to be a nice dinner,
with three consenting adults.
We're two adults short!
(silverware clanking)
(Lauren crying)
(door slamming)
- You two fighting
about my coming over?
Let me tell you something,
that is my daughter
and I can see her
whenever I want,
whether you like it or not.
I don't have to deal with you.
So you can strike that off
your argument list right now.
- The world doesn't
revolve around you.
This is great, you're, when
it's convenient for you
to be a father you
preach fatherhood.
For most of her life, you
weren't even there for her,
and you couldn't make
your own marriage work.
Don't come in here
and mess up mine!
I'm in love with my wife.
- Shouldn't somebody go
see if she's all right?
- She's not all
right, she's pregnant.
(dramatic music)
(Lauren crying)
(blowtorch hissing)
- You know, she's
still crying in there.
- She knows I'm here for her.
- You're miles away.
You know, you believe it or
not, I know how that feels.
It's an obsession.
- It's just art for me.
- Be careful you don't
get lost in it, Stephen..
You get dizzy from
the lack of oxygen.
You start to lose
touch with reality.
Other things, well,
other things aren't as
important as they should be.
- What I do is important,
Dan, and I'm not giving it up,
not like you did.
- I don't have to defend
what I did with my music.
I'm just telling you you're
gonna have to find a balance
between your
artistic inspiration
and your practical obligations,
or it's gonna eat you alive.
There's room for
both if you allow it.
- Yeah, I see how you
made room for both.
- You do what you gotta
do to get by, son.
You know, you've
got a lot of talent,
and you've got guts.
And that makes it
harder to ask for help.
But, listen, I know
guys in business.
I'll make some calls.
Maybe I can find you a job.
- I got a friend
in construction.
He's got connections down here.
I'm gonna give him a
try first, but thanks.
- Fair enough.
Congratulations, dad.
- Thanks, gramps.
(gentle music)
- Patty cake, patty cake,
baker's man, bake a cake
as fast as you can!
(laughing)
Bake it, roll it, and, oh, I...
- Hi son, how are you?
- What's the matter?
He was just saying hello.
Come on, let's try it again.
Patty cake, patty
cake, baker's man.
(equipment humming)
- Your friend Mike told
me you were a welder,
but I need a bolting man.
You ever work the iron before?
- No, but I learn fast.
- You won't have time to learn.
Just do as you're told.
The city's breathing
down my neck to guarantee
their schedule to
the government.
Now I gotta make up time.
I got exposed skin out
there, where I ought to have
concrete deck already,
you get my point?
Good, because that
sucker's gonna
get topped out in three months.
Pays 20 bucks an hour.
You'd make $1,000 a
week on over time.
Now here's the deal.
I got these minority quotas
shoved down my throat
with these government jobs.
But what are you gonna do?
Union doesn't like it
either, but they play nicey
with the government
when they need
their image airbrushed, huh?
I got a guy, Martinez,
got hurt in his down time.
He's taking a breather.
If you can work under his name
I'll cash his checks for you.
75 bucks a week,
check cashing fee.
You got a problem with that?
- Nope.
- Good, because that's how
you make nicey with me.
(gate clanking)
(elevator rumbling)
- Ready?
(drill buzzing)
- Hey!
You're moving too slow!
- I'm a welder, not a bolter.
I can't drive 'em any faster.
- Well, you better hurry up.
You're gonna be driving taxi.
Now, you finish with that one.
Move on down to the next one.
You don't have to
tighten every one of 'em.
- What happens if I
don't torque every bolt?
- I'm the foreman, pal.
Let me worry about that, huh?
- This new guy up here,
that young fellow,
he's a bit of a eager beaver.
I think you ought to have
a little talk with him,
you know what I mean?
- Hey, kid!
Come here.
You a structural engineer?
- No, but I know something about
metal and tensile strength.
I can read your spec sheets.
If I don't torque every bolt
those beams aren't gonna hold.
- They'll hold.
- For how long?
- I'm only worried about
the first 100 years.
- If I don't torque 'em it's
gonna put too much stress
on the steel.
- You know what stress
is in this business?
It's bids and schedules
and supplies and labor.
It's the city screaming about
their precious pre-leases,
and cutting into
your profit margins
with their penalty clauses.
You see that building?
Maybe one of 20 I
put up in this city.
This building will last
for as long as it has to.
Stop worrying.
'Cause worrying is
for the unemployed.
- [Vinnie ] We got you a
subscription to a magazine
that comes along with
a gift certificate
for sheep cell treatments
for anti aging.
(men laughing)
- That is really funny guys.
- Hey gramps, lighten up.
We wanna help you celebrate.
You're taking this kind
of hard, aren't you?
- You know, if you
guys don't mind
I think I'd like to
celebrate alone, okay?
- Yeah, sure, fine, okay.
(door clanking)
(upbeat music)
- I've got it.
- Hey, it's on me.
Anybody who tells the big
Irish man how to do his job
better get real drunk.
- Thanks.
Salyut.
(bottles clinking)
- Who do you know to get
work under Martinez's card?
- I needed a job.
Martinez got hurt
on his down time.
Morgan needed a fill in.
- Martinez got hurt on the beam.
Security cable broke.
Hit the deck.
Now, Mr. Morgan and his bosses,
they don't want no trouble.
So they buy Martinez a nice
little vacation in Florida.
- You mean they paid him off?
Why didn't you go
to the authorities?
- Maybe they close us down.
I need work.
I got work.
- What about your
friend Martinez?
That guy got hurt.
What's he gonna do when
the money runs out?
- Martinez's name
stays on the payroll.
Keeps all his benefits.
Union don't know.
Tax man don't know.
Martinez is getting a nice tan.
You're doing our
friend a big favor.
- It sounds like we're all
doing Morgan a bigger favor.
I don't like seeing people
get taken advantage of.
- Amigo, that kind of
thinking can make big problem.
Just be happy you got a job.
You got a baby to pay for.
- I don't know the first
thing about being a father.
- Who does?
So you don't look
too happy about it.
- No, it's great,
it's great, it's just,
we didn't exactly
plan it so soon.
- Well maybe not you.
- My wife would never do that.
- You know for sure?
- Yeah.
We talk about things like that.
- It doesn't happen by talking.
- How many kids you got?
- Four.
- Four?
- First a daughter, and
then more daughters.
We had to keep trying for a boy.
(speaking foreign language)
they make you feel like a daddy.
(Speaking foreign
language) the boys,
they make you feel like a man.
- I gotta move my stuff
and make room for the kid.
I don't even know what I need.
(upbeat music)
(gentle music)
- First of all you need a crib.
You need a changing table.
You need a chest of
drawers for all this stuff.
This stuff is expensive.
Come on, take the money.
And how about toys?
A kid needs to play
with some toys, right?
You know what diapers
cost these days?
It's like throwing away a
dollar every time the kid goes.
- How do you know?
- Well, I passed a store
on the way over here.
- I appreciate the
offer, but I can't.
We wanna make it on our own.
- Come on, this can
be just between us.
- I don't keep secrets
from my husband.
- What, are you gonna let
his pride get in the way
of the child's well being?
- Nothing is gonna
get in the way.
(door slamming)
Hi!
- Hi.
- How'd it go honey?
- Good, it was fine.
Are you gonna stay for dinner?
- No, can't.
Just came by to see my baby,
wish you congratulations
on your first day of work.
- Thanks.
I have some work to
do in the other room.
Excuse me.
- What about dinner?
- I'll eat later.
- Wow, he doesn't give an inch.
- It's a good thing
I've had practice
with loving difficult men.
- You know, if you
feel like you need me,
I want you to know
you can come to me.
I wasn't exactly stellar in
the parenting department.
I wanna be better at this
than I was at being a dad.
- You don't have to
apologize, daddy.
We've got a lot of
years ahead of us.
- Bye sweetheart.
- Bye.
(door closing)
(piano music)
- Stephen?
(dramatic music)
(drill buzzing)
- Amigo.
You better get going
out on the next beam.
(foreign language radio
broadcast playing)
(drill buzzing)
- Come on, come on
whaps, come on, let's go.
This ain't no party.
- Chico.
- Where's Morgan?
- He had no leave.
Said he'd take care
of you on Monday.
- I worked all week.
I gotta sit with
this 'til Monday?
- You can sleep with it
for all I care, next?
(gentle music)
- [Sheila] I never used to
think much about tradition.
Makes more sense as I get older.
- Mom!
Oh, it's beautiful!
- Your father and I brought you
home from the hospital in that.
You look wonderful, baby.
How's Stephen?
- Fine.
(laughing)
- Don't worry.
Men take this right of
passage stuff very seriously.
God, your father went
out and got dead drunk
when he found out
I was pregnant.
- Well, daddy's trying
to be a part of all this.
It's sweet.
I don't think he's very
happy about the baby.
- Well, your father was
always very talented
at hiding his feelings.
I'm sure he's happy for you.
(laughing)
Although,
(laughing)
I can't see him thrilled
about being called grandpa.
(laughing)
- No!
(laughing)
- Anyway, it's how you and
Stephen feel that's important.
How'd your dinner go?
- Oh!
- That good, huh?
- They don't know
how alike they are.
- Yeah, well, they may not
know it, but they sense it.
That's why they fight.
Why do you look so tired?
- Oh, I've been
interviewing for jobs.
I had to leave the print
shop because of the fumes.
- Stephen has a job.
- Well, you worked when
you were pregnant, right?
You worked during
your whole marriage.
- The whole marriage was work.
And I,
I didn't wanna find
myself a grieving widow
with no skills, trying
to support myself
on a dead cop's pension.
Besides, in those days
if a woman didn't espouse
independence she was an
embarrassment to her species.
What's wrong baby?
- Did you ever do
anything that you thought
was a betrayal of daddy?
I'm not talking about sex.
- Yeah.
I'd say the worst betrayal
was being angry at Dan
for three years
before I told him.
- And if you had to do
something that you thought
would help him even though you
knew he'd be angry about it?
- I'd do it, and then I'd
tell him about it in bed.
But I'd try it out on
your old mother first.
Well, Lauren's
worried about Stephen.
He's getting paid in
somebody else's name.
Lauren saw the check.
- Fraudulent impersonation
doesn't exactly qualify
as an OCB investigation.
- Oh, don't give me your
bureaucratic list of rules
and regulations.
This is your daughter.
- Don't tell me what
my responsibilities
to my daughter are!
- Somebody should.
- Well, not you.
- I earned that right.
I was there.
I raised her.
You were terrified
of even holding her.
She was never a gift to
you, she was a burden,
and you're doing
the same thing now.
You're making her pay
because your ego can't deal
with becoming a grandfather.
- It's not my ego I'm
worried about, it's Lauren!
- Then help her find
out what's going on.
Just don't bring
her name into this.
I don't want anything
to cause problems
between her and Stephen.
You know, the damage you really
ought to be worrying about
is not the fact that
you're getting older,
it's that you're 45 years
old and you're still alone.
(gentle music)
- Got a gorgeous day, huh?
Where's your grandson?
I saw you playing with
him the other day.
- He went home with his parents.
They live--
- You know, my daughter's
gonna have a baby soon.
- You're too young.
(laughing)
- It's my first.
You know, I bet
it's great becoming
a grandfather though, huh?
I mean, you get to
teach them all the stuff
you didn't get right yourself.
- Yeah, and they
never say thank you.
(laughing)
They come to your
house for Thanksgiving.
My wife slaves over them.
The little brats sit in
front of the TV like zombies.
They change channels
all the time.
I can't even watch a ball game.
Oh, you'll find out.
(laughing)
When they get older, they'll
wanna borrow the car,
they'll wanna borrow money.
Little ingrates.
They think you owe them.
- Well, I, I gotta
get back to work.
You have a nice day.
(skateboards rolling)
- Nice?
Nice is when the family is gone.
Don't kid yourself.
This is nothing to
look forward to.
- So long.
(dramatic music)
(playing acoustic guitar)
- Your son in law's working
under false union documentation.
Probably the only way
the kid could find a job.
- Yeah, this Tommy Morgan.
He's got Tommy
Morgan Construction.
He works as his own
general contractor
and it's mostly on
federal HUD projects.
- Hmm, which in a significant
number of cases these days
is considered a
license to steal.
- Stephen's working
under a false name
with a fake Social
Security Number
for bogus union benefits
that some deadbeat
named Hector Martinez
is collecting.
You get anything on
this Martinez yet?
- [Frank] I'm working on it.
- Guys, guys, please, will you?
You know, Dan you were
bitching about this kid
when he didn't have a job.
Why don't you just
leave him alone
and let him earn his bread?
- You know, I didn't
ask for your opinion.
- No, but you wanted
me to hold your hand
when you were nervous about
seeing her in the first place.
You abandoned a right
to run Lauren's life
when you left your family.
- Well, I'm trying
to change that now.
- No you're not.
You're trying to take control.
She fell in love with somebody
without your permission
and you can't stand it.
- Oh, come on, Vince!
- No, no, no, no,
let him finish.
He's on a roll.
- She may make a few mistakes,
but they're hers
to make, not yours.
You know, you're putting your
own guilt out on her marriage.
- You know, maybe someday
when you're a parent
you'll figure out that
understanding this Freudian crap
doesn't make the job any easier.
- I'm not looking at
deep meanings here.
What I see is a kid
who's trying to live up
to his responsibilities.
You can't force him
to do it your way.
- But I can sure as hell
try and protect my daughter
from the consequences
of him doing it his way!
- Yeah, okay, all right,
and why don't you tell me
what they are?
'Cause the only consequences
I see is you missing out on
your last chance to be a
caring father to your daughter.
You can't even take any
joy in the fact that
she's having a baby!
You make it sound like
being a grandfather is
some kind of a death sentence!
(sighing)
Man.
- You know, you're right.
All of a sudden I keep thinking
about being closer to dying
than to being born.
I see myself sitting
on a park bench,
watching the world go by.
- I never thought
about getting old.
- You're getting old.
I'm getting old.
We're getting old.
At least you're gonna
be able to grow up
with your grandchild.
By the time that happens to me,
he's gonna be screaming
in my hearing aid,
wiping the drool off my chin.
- Yeah, at least your
grandchildren will be able
to see their grandfather,
'cause mine never will.
- But what am I gonna
say to this kid?
What do I do?
- You go to the store.
You buy a teddy bear.
You smile, he cries.
You coo, he smiles.
You're off to a hell of start.
- Is that what you did
with your boy, Frank?
- If I was an expert
on familial affairs
I would not be sleeping
alone in a house
that I rent from you, I
wouldn't be seeing my kid
every other weekend, and I
wouldn't be sitting by the phone
waiting for the bitch to
call, hoping she's asking
to get back together again.
- Oh man, oh, you guys,
I'll give you both a glass
of hemlock, put you
out of your misery.
Will you, please?
You're driving me nuts.
- Well, at least
we're good at keeping
other people's
houses in order, huh?
- Well, that along with the
gold watch at retirement
should make sitting
on the park bench
a real gratifying experience.
- Man.
(drill buzzing)
- Hey, I'm meeting
my wife during lunch,
so if I'm late--
- No problem, we cover you.
(drill buzzing)
(tools clanking)
- Hey, that's the third
time this week man!
These bolts are bogus.
Somebody's gotta do something.
- Go meet your wife.
Stop worrying about things that
aren't your problem anymore.
(gentle music)
- Oh!
- What?
- Oh my God!
(laughing)
That's beautiful.
- What's it sound like?
- [Morgan] OCB, huh?
We rarely have such
impressive visitors.
- Oh, no thank you.
Well, I understand you
have some union problems.
- I don't have any
problem with those boys
I can't negotiate
without government help,
in fact, my real beef
is federal watch dogs
slowing down my work.
- Yeah.
Well, the government
always likes to know
where its money's going.
- I put up buildings
of concrete and steel,
not $300 toilet
seats in Washington.
- You wouldn't mind if I have
a look upstairs, would you?
- Suit yourself.
(gate clanking)
- This whole place is
crawling with OSHA inspectors.
- This is supposed to be
pulled up to 355 foot pounds.
I show 240.
You boys didn't quite get it.
- Looks like we got some cheap
welds that need replacing.
- I've got friends in
Washington, important ones.
- I'll bet you do.
Florida too.
Remember Hector Martinez?
You know, failure to file an
on the job accident report
with OSHA is a federal offense.
Hiring labor with false
union documentations,
failure to make
standard safety codes,
and if what Martinez
says is correct
using inferior overseas
bolts and then billing
the developer for the
cost of the real thing.
Since you're a public altruist
with a federal contract
that translates to
government fraud, sport.
- Hey, hey!
I work here man.
- Not anymore, pal.
(men chattering)
- Looks like we're gonna have
to red tag this job site.
- Gentlemen.
Federal officer.
Pending structural
investigation the government
is closing this site down.
(piano music)
- Honey, I'm home.
(piano music)
Sweetheart?
(piano music)
- [Announcer] Passengers
holding tickets for destinations
south, including Trenton,
New Jersey, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Washington,
please board your bus
at gate three.
Passengers holding tickets
for destinations south,
including Trenton, New
Jersey, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Washington
DC, please board your bus
at gate three.
- Well, I really gave
Stephen more credit.
He's behaving like a
spoiled, petulant brat.
- I wasn't honest with him.
- You were only
trying to help him.
I mean, we were just
concerned for his safety.
- Don't try and justify it.
I lied.
- You didn't lie to him.
You just didn't tell him.
- The sin of omission
doesn't make me less a liar.
It's like you not telling daddy
about how you used to feel.
I don't want my marriage
to end up like yours.
I'm sorry.
Stephen and I just don't
wanna make the same mistakes.
That is, if we
still have a chance.
- No, no, no, no, no,
come on now, don't worry.
You'll make up.
He'll come back.
- You don't know Stephen.
- Well, no, but we both
know somebody just like him.
A man with the
soul of the artist
and the responsibility
of supporting a family
is a man at war with himself.
- I want Stephen to succeed.
His art means everything to him.
He needs my help and
I wanna give him that.
- Yeah, I know, I wanted to
be mother, muse, mistress,
and a feminist.
It's a very tall
order for one woman.
You end up getting caught
between supporting his dream
and easing the burden of
his inevitable compromises.
But you gotta think of yourself,
'cause one day you can wake up
and say to yourself not
even what do I want but
what's left?
(gasping)
- You heard anything
from him yet?
(people chattering)
(upbeat music)
- The boys, they say somebody
spoke to the federals.
Funny thing.
You were missing when
the trouble went down.
- Well, I didn't do it, but
I am sort of responsible.
And I want you to
know that I'm sorry.
But if you guys
wanna kick my butt,
in all honesty I
wouldn't blame you.
- Where we come from telling
the truth can make you dead.
Which is why a lot of us don't
have the nerve to apologize.
(laughing)
Come on, I'll buy you a drink.
So what's happening, man?
- I gotta get out of the city.
- What about (speaking
foreign language), the baby?
- That's not gonna work out.
- If I had a dollar for
every time my wife and I
had a fight, I'd
be one rich man.
(laughing)
- We didn't have a fight.
It was a mistake.
- Did you find out
about another man?
- No.
She lied to me.
- That's all?
There are plenty of things
my wife don't tell me.
She don't think I need to know.
(laughing)
- Well, that's not the
way it's supposed to be.
We're supposed to be able
to talk about everything.
- You talk too much.
You're the man.
She the woman.
Amigo, you got a problem?
You go home.
You take her to bed.
You raise the iron.
(laughing)
(gentle music)
- I didn't know they were
gonna shut the place down.
- I should have known you'd
drag the government into this.
- Well, what did
you expect me to do?
You come to me for help.
- I expected you to be discreet.
- I involved other people.
I can't control everything!
- Oh no?
Isn't that what you think
you're so perfect at?
Spending all your
time with machines,
talking to faceless voices,
managing people's lives
you know nothing about?
- You're treading water, Sheila.
- And you're
treading on this kid.
(sighing)
(rapping at door)
- Stephen?
- I'm sorry baby,
I didn't mean--
- No, it's my fault.
Please forgive me!
- I'm sorry for what I said.
(sighing)
- You're tough, Sheila.
But you're probably right.
I'm awful sorry.
I really screwed things up.
- It's okay, it's
not your fault.
- Well, it's gotta
be somebody's fault.
(classical music)
You know, you run
the bass that high
you're gonna blow
these speakers.
- You know, I'm trying to
enjoy my relaxation here.
- Man, it's cold in here.
Don't you pay the heating bill?
- I thought the heat was
included in the rent.
Well, Tommy Morgan
found a new career,
testifying before
the ethics committees
about federal
building contracts.
- Defective bolts, the
old boy politics, huh?
- The public likes to call
it influence peddling.
Oh, please toss it.
You know, I got a weekend
off from crime and corruption
and I'm trying to enjoy
a good book, a good beer,
a good Beethoven,
a man's castle!
- Frank, you know,
I was thinking about
what you told me.
You know, about
enjoying my grand kid.
- Well, thanks, uncle.
- You're absolutely right.
- You know, I think you're
gonna make a swell grandfather.
(laughing)
- Yeah, I wanna be close
to that kid, you know?
I wanna give him
the very best of me,
like you do with your son.
- Drake's a good kid.
- And I want that
baby to have things,
a nice home, happy
parents, fresh air.
- Well, fresh air
never hurt anybody.
- Good schools, and a
backyard to play in.
Kind of like this one.
You know Frank, you really
helped me figure this out.
And you've been a great tenant.
- Eh?
(piano music)
(dramatic music)
(upbeat music)
- [Daniel] I told her
not to marry the guy.
- When it's convenient
for you to be a father
you preach fatherhood.
Most of her life, you
weren't even there for her.
She's pregnant.
- I wasn't exactly stellar
in the parenting department.
I wanna be better at this
than I was at being a dad.
- We've got a lot of
years ahead of us.
(dramatic music)
- I never thought
about getting old.
- We are getting old.
Look at us.
We're getting old!
- You make it sound
like being a grandfather
is some kind of
a death sentence.
- Don't kid yourself.
This is nothing to
look forward to.
(dramatic music)
(gentle music)
- I told her not
to marry they guy.
I still can't believe
I got a daughter
old enough to be married.
- You know, we went through
all this in your cabin
eight months ago.
- 10 months, 10
months, all right?
10 months they've been married.
This is the first time they
have me over the house.
- With that attitude of
yours I'm not surprised.
Have you invited them
over to your place?
- Come on, I'm her father,
I don't have to do that!
- So where is that written?
You know, you better
get used to the fact
that Lauren is married and
she's married to Stephen.
(sighing)
- It's just such a
big world out there.
She hasn't had a chance to
see what it has to offer.
- You remember what it was
like being in love, don't you?
- What, at 20?
All romance and no reality.
And with Sheila, the
reality came too late.
You know, kind of
like a hangover.
I am not ready for this.
- Stephen, are you ready?
Oh, great.
Stephen?
- Yeah?
I'm ready.
(blowtorch hissing)
- God!
Stephen?
(pan clanking)
(sighing)
- How do you feel about Mexican?
- I feel helpless.
I mean, my kid is living in
some hole in the East Village.
Her husband, the sculptor,
he doesn't make a dime.
Does he try to do
something about it
and make his life better?
No!
He thinks his poverty
gives him the right to stew
in his own arrogance.
- [Vinnie] Well, maybe
what he ought to do is try
to sculpt that chip
off your shoulder.
- You know, maybe someday
you'll be a father pal,
and then I don't think
you're gonna run around
giving out the advice
quite so easily.
- Well, I'll tell you what.
Until then, no charge, okay?
What are you doing?
You're stalling here.
Come on, you're gonna be late.
Come on!
- All right, all
right, all right.
Hey, maybe you can come with me.
- No, forget it.
- Here.
Why don't you just
get dressed, okay?
Let's just try to
get through this
evening without
you two fighting.
- What's gotten into you?
- You know, it's always me.
It's always in my head.
If I ever get over my bad mood
and click my heels
together three times
this'll all turn into corn
fields and blue skies.
- I didn't think
that's what you wanted.
- There's plenty of things you
don't bother to think about.
- You're the one that said
you understood about my work
and what it meant to me, Lauren.
The only one.
- Well, I'm not the
only one anymore.
I'm pregnant.
(dramatic music)
Are you angry?
Are you happy?
Talk to me.
- I'm happy, I'm happy, baby.
I wasn't expecting it so soon.
It's gonna change things.
- For the better.
Because this baby comes
from our loving each other.
People do it all the time.
(dramatic music)
(electricity shorting)
Oh, damn it!
- Oh, damn it!
- So, nothing like a
carton of cigarettes
after a great meal, huh?
How you two doing?
- Great.
- Fine.
- This is just
our weekday place.
Weekends we go to our
estate in the Hamptons.
- You know, I remember
what starting out is like.
Listen, honey, I was thinking.
I got all this furniture
that's collecting dust
in a house in Jersey
that I rent to a friend.
Maybe you guys could
use a few things.
I'm just trying to help you out.
- We can take care of
ourselves, Mr. Burroughs.
- No, it's dad, dad, all right?
Come on, Mr. Burroughs.
Now, I'm not
threatening your pride.
- Daddy, Stephen
only, only means--
- Yeah, I should
mind my own business.
- You government guys
just can't stand the idea
of right to privacy, can you?
Why don't you just
bug our apartment,
and find out how we're doing?
- Your apartment's
got enough bugs.
- Daddy!
- You know, this might come
as a big surprise to you,
but you are not the first
artist who's had to struggle
and I am not the first
father who's been worried
about his daughter!
- She's my wife.
I'll worry about her.
- Yeah, well, she was
my daughter before
she was your wife!
- Please, stop it!
I feel like some
piece of territory
and you're both trying
to stake a claim.
(Lauren crying)
This was supposed
to be a nice dinner,
with three consenting adults.
We're two adults short!
(silverware clanking)
(Lauren crying)
(door slamming)
- You two fighting
about my coming over?
Let me tell you something,
that is my daughter
and I can see her
whenever I want,
whether you like it or not.
I don't have to deal with you.
So you can strike that off
your argument list right now.
- The world doesn't
revolve around you.
This is great, you're, when
it's convenient for you
to be a father you
preach fatherhood.
For most of her life, you
weren't even there for her,
and you couldn't make
your own marriage work.
Don't come in here
and mess up mine!
I'm in love with my wife.
- Shouldn't somebody go
see if she's all right?
- She's not all
right, she's pregnant.
(dramatic music)
(Lauren crying)
(blowtorch hissing)
- You know, she's
still crying in there.
- She knows I'm here for her.
- You're miles away.
You know, you believe it or
not, I know how that feels.
It's an obsession.
- It's just art for me.
- Be careful you don't
get lost in it, Stephen..
You get dizzy from
the lack of oxygen.
You start to lose
touch with reality.
Other things, well,
other things aren't as
important as they should be.
- What I do is important,
Dan, and I'm not giving it up,
not like you did.
- I don't have to defend
what I did with my music.
I'm just telling you you're
gonna have to find a balance
between your
artistic inspiration
and your practical obligations,
or it's gonna eat you alive.
There's room for
both if you allow it.
- Yeah, I see how you
made room for both.
- You do what you gotta
do to get by, son.
You know, you've
got a lot of talent,
and you've got guts.
And that makes it
harder to ask for help.
But, listen, I know
guys in business.
I'll make some calls.
Maybe I can find you a job.
- I got a friend
in construction.
He's got connections down here.
I'm gonna give him a
try first, but thanks.
- Fair enough.
Congratulations, dad.
- Thanks, gramps.
(gentle music)
- Patty cake, patty cake,
baker's man, bake a cake
as fast as you can!
(laughing)
Bake it, roll it, and, oh, I...
- Hi son, how are you?
- What's the matter?
He was just saying hello.
Come on, let's try it again.
Patty cake, patty
cake, baker's man.
(equipment humming)
- Your friend Mike told
me you were a welder,
but I need a bolting man.
You ever work the iron before?
- No, but I learn fast.
- You won't have time to learn.
Just do as you're told.
The city's breathing
down my neck to guarantee
their schedule to
the government.
Now I gotta make up time.
I got exposed skin out
there, where I ought to have
concrete deck already,
you get my point?
Good, because that
sucker's gonna
get topped out in three months.
Pays 20 bucks an hour.
You'd make $1,000 a
week on over time.
Now here's the deal.
I got these minority quotas
shoved down my throat
with these government jobs.
But what are you gonna do?
Union doesn't like it
either, but they play nicey
with the government
when they need
their image airbrushed, huh?
I got a guy, Martinez,
got hurt in his down time.
He's taking a breather.
If you can work under his name
I'll cash his checks for you.
75 bucks a week,
check cashing fee.
You got a problem with that?
- Nope.
- Good, because that's how
you make nicey with me.
(gate clanking)
(elevator rumbling)
- Ready?
(drill buzzing)
- Hey!
You're moving too slow!
- I'm a welder, not a bolter.
I can't drive 'em any faster.
- Well, you better hurry up.
You're gonna be driving taxi.
Now, you finish with that one.
Move on down to the next one.
You don't have to
tighten every one of 'em.
- What happens if I
don't torque every bolt?
- I'm the foreman, pal.
Let me worry about that, huh?
- This new guy up here,
that young fellow,
he's a bit of a eager beaver.
I think you ought to have
a little talk with him,
you know what I mean?
- Hey, kid!
Come here.
You a structural engineer?
- No, but I know something about
metal and tensile strength.
I can read your spec sheets.
If I don't torque every bolt
those beams aren't gonna hold.
- They'll hold.
- For how long?
- I'm only worried about
the first 100 years.
- If I don't torque 'em it's
gonna put too much stress
on the steel.
- You know what stress
is in this business?
It's bids and schedules
and supplies and labor.
It's the city screaming about
their precious pre-leases,
and cutting into
your profit margins
with their penalty clauses.
You see that building?
Maybe one of 20 I
put up in this city.
This building will last
for as long as it has to.
Stop worrying.
'Cause worrying is
for the unemployed.
- [Vinnie ] We got you a
subscription to a magazine
that comes along with
a gift certificate
for sheep cell treatments
for anti aging.
(men laughing)
- That is really funny guys.
- Hey gramps, lighten up.
We wanna help you celebrate.
You're taking this kind
of hard, aren't you?
- You know, if you
guys don't mind
I think I'd like to
celebrate alone, okay?
- Yeah, sure, fine, okay.
(door clanking)
(upbeat music)
- I've got it.
- Hey, it's on me.
Anybody who tells the big
Irish man how to do his job
better get real drunk.
- Thanks.
Salyut.
(bottles clinking)
- Who do you know to get
work under Martinez's card?
- I needed a job.
Martinez got hurt
on his down time.
Morgan needed a fill in.
- Martinez got hurt on the beam.
Security cable broke.
Hit the deck.
Now, Mr. Morgan and his bosses,
they don't want no trouble.
So they buy Martinez a nice
little vacation in Florida.
- You mean they paid him off?
Why didn't you go
to the authorities?
- Maybe they close us down.
I need work.
I got work.
- What about your
friend Martinez?
That guy got hurt.
What's he gonna do when
the money runs out?
- Martinez's name
stays on the payroll.
Keeps all his benefits.
Union don't know.
Tax man don't know.
Martinez is getting a nice tan.
You're doing our
friend a big favor.
- It sounds like we're all
doing Morgan a bigger favor.
I don't like seeing people
get taken advantage of.
- Amigo, that kind of
thinking can make big problem.
Just be happy you got a job.
You got a baby to pay for.
- I don't know the first
thing about being a father.
- Who does?
So you don't look
too happy about it.
- No, it's great,
it's great, it's just,
we didn't exactly
plan it so soon.
- Well maybe not you.
- My wife would never do that.
- You know for sure?
- Yeah.
We talk about things like that.
- It doesn't happen by talking.
- How many kids you got?
- Four.
- Four?
- First a daughter, and
then more daughters.
We had to keep trying for a boy.
(speaking foreign language)
they make you feel like a daddy.
(Speaking foreign
language) the boys,
they make you feel like a man.
- I gotta move my stuff
and make room for the kid.
I don't even know what I need.
(upbeat music)
(gentle music)
- First of all you need a crib.
You need a changing table.
You need a chest of
drawers for all this stuff.
This stuff is expensive.
Come on, take the money.
And how about toys?
A kid needs to play
with some toys, right?
You know what diapers
cost these days?
It's like throwing away a
dollar every time the kid goes.
- How do you know?
- Well, I passed a store
on the way over here.
- I appreciate the
offer, but I can't.
We wanna make it on our own.
- Come on, this can
be just between us.
- I don't keep secrets
from my husband.
- What, are you gonna let
his pride get in the way
of the child's well being?
- Nothing is gonna
get in the way.
(door slamming)
Hi!
- Hi.
- How'd it go honey?
- Good, it was fine.
Are you gonna stay for dinner?
- No, can't.
Just came by to see my baby,
wish you congratulations
on your first day of work.
- Thanks.
I have some work to
do in the other room.
Excuse me.
- What about dinner?
- I'll eat later.
- Wow, he doesn't give an inch.
- It's a good thing
I've had practice
with loving difficult men.
- You know, if you
feel like you need me,
I want you to know
you can come to me.
I wasn't exactly stellar in
the parenting department.
I wanna be better at this
than I was at being a dad.
- You don't have to
apologize, daddy.
We've got a lot of
years ahead of us.
- Bye sweetheart.
- Bye.
(door closing)
(piano music)
- Stephen?
(dramatic music)
(drill buzzing)
- Amigo.
You better get going
out on the next beam.
(foreign language radio
broadcast playing)
(drill buzzing)
- Come on, come on
whaps, come on, let's go.
This ain't no party.
- Chico.
- Where's Morgan?
- He had no leave.
Said he'd take care
of you on Monday.
- I worked all week.
I gotta sit with
this 'til Monday?
- You can sleep with it
for all I care, next?
(gentle music)
- [Sheila] I never used to
think much about tradition.
Makes more sense as I get older.
- Mom!
Oh, it's beautiful!
- Your father and I brought you
home from the hospital in that.
You look wonderful, baby.
How's Stephen?
- Fine.
(laughing)
- Don't worry.
Men take this right of
passage stuff very seriously.
God, your father went
out and got dead drunk
when he found out
I was pregnant.
- Well, daddy's trying
to be a part of all this.
It's sweet.
I don't think he's very
happy about the baby.
- Well, your father was
always very talented
at hiding his feelings.
I'm sure he's happy for you.
(laughing)
Although,
(laughing)
I can't see him thrilled
about being called grandpa.
(laughing)
- No!
(laughing)
- Anyway, it's how you and
Stephen feel that's important.
How'd your dinner go?
- Oh!
- That good, huh?
- They don't know
how alike they are.
- Yeah, well, they may not
know it, but they sense it.
That's why they fight.
Why do you look so tired?
- Oh, I've been
interviewing for jobs.
I had to leave the print
shop because of the fumes.
- Stephen has a job.
- Well, you worked when
you were pregnant, right?
You worked during
your whole marriage.
- The whole marriage was work.
And I,
I didn't wanna find
myself a grieving widow
with no skills, trying
to support myself
on a dead cop's pension.
Besides, in those days
if a woman didn't espouse
independence she was an
embarrassment to her species.
What's wrong baby?
- Did you ever do
anything that you thought
was a betrayal of daddy?
I'm not talking about sex.
- Yeah.
I'd say the worst betrayal
was being angry at Dan
for three years
before I told him.
- And if you had to do
something that you thought
would help him even though you
knew he'd be angry about it?
- I'd do it, and then I'd
tell him about it in bed.
But I'd try it out on
your old mother first.
Well, Lauren's
worried about Stephen.
He's getting paid in
somebody else's name.
Lauren saw the check.
- Fraudulent impersonation
doesn't exactly qualify
as an OCB investigation.
- Oh, don't give me your
bureaucratic list of rules
and regulations.
This is your daughter.
- Don't tell me what
my responsibilities
to my daughter are!
- Somebody should.
- Well, not you.
- I earned that right.
I was there.
I raised her.
You were terrified
of even holding her.
She was never a gift to
you, she was a burden,
and you're doing
the same thing now.
You're making her pay
because your ego can't deal
with becoming a grandfather.
- It's not my ego I'm
worried about, it's Lauren!
- Then help her find
out what's going on.
Just don't bring
her name into this.
I don't want anything
to cause problems
between her and Stephen.
You know, the damage you really
ought to be worrying about
is not the fact that
you're getting older,
it's that you're 45 years
old and you're still alone.
(gentle music)
- Got a gorgeous day, huh?
Where's your grandson?
I saw you playing with
him the other day.
- He went home with his parents.
They live--
- You know, my daughter's
gonna have a baby soon.
- You're too young.
(laughing)
- It's my first.
You know, I bet
it's great becoming
a grandfather though, huh?
I mean, you get to
teach them all the stuff
you didn't get right yourself.
- Yeah, and they
never say thank you.
(laughing)
They come to your
house for Thanksgiving.
My wife slaves over them.
The little brats sit in
front of the TV like zombies.
They change channels
all the time.
I can't even watch a ball game.
Oh, you'll find out.
(laughing)
When they get older, they'll
wanna borrow the car,
they'll wanna borrow money.
Little ingrates.
They think you owe them.
- Well, I, I gotta
get back to work.
You have a nice day.
(skateboards rolling)
- Nice?
Nice is when the family is gone.
Don't kid yourself.
This is nothing to
look forward to.
- So long.
(dramatic music)
(playing acoustic guitar)
- Your son in law's working
under false union documentation.
Probably the only way
the kid could find a job.
- Yeah, this Tommy Morgan.
He's got Tommy
Morgan Construction.
He works as his own
general contractor
and it's mostly on
federal HUD projects.
- Hmm, which in a significant
number of cases these days
is considered a
license to steal.
- Stephen's working
under a false name
with a fake Social
Security Number
for bogus union benefits
that some deadbeat
named Hector Martinez
is collecting.
You get anything on
this Martinez yet?
- [Frank] I'm working on it.
- Guys, guys, please, will you?
You know, Dan you were
bitching about this kid
when he didn't have a job.
Why don't you just
leave him alone
and let him earn his bread?
- You know, I didn't
ask for your opinion.
- No, but you wanted
me to hold your hand
when you were nervous about
seeing her in the first place.
You abandoned a right
to run Lauren's life
when you left your family.
- Well, I'm trying
to change that now.
- No you're not.
You're trying to take control.
She fell in love with somebody
without your permission
and you can't stand it.
- Oh, come on, Vince!
- No, no, no, no,
let him finish.
He's on a roll.
- She may make a few mistakes,
but they're hers
to make, not yours.
You know, you're putting your
own guilt out on her marriage.
- You know, maybe someday
when you're a parent
you'll figure out that
understanding this Freudian crap
doesn't make the job any easier.
- I'm not looking at
deep meanings here.
What I see is a kid
who's trying to live up
to his responsibilities.
You can't force him
to do it your way.
- But I can sure as hell
try and protect my daughter
from the consequences
of him doing it his way!
- Yeah, okay, all right,
and why don't you tell me
what they are?
'Cause the only consequences
I see is you missing out on
your last chance to be a
caring father to your daughter.
You can't even take any
joy in the fact that
she's having a baby!
You make it sound like
being a grandfather is
some kind of a death sentence!
(sighing)
Man.
- You know, you're right.
All of a sudden I keep thinking
about being closer to dying
than to being born.
I see myself sitting
on a park bench,
watching the world go by.
- I never thought
about getting old.
- You're getting old.
I'm getting old.
We're getting old.
At least you're gonna
be able to grow up
with your grandchild.
By the time that happens to me,
he's gonna be screaming
in my hearing aid,
wiping the drool off my chin.
- Yeah, at least your
grandchildren will be able
to see their grandfather,
'cause mine never will.
- But what am I gonna
say to this kid?
What do I do?
- You go to the store.
You buy a teddy bear.
You smile, he cries.
You coo, he smiles.
You're off to a hell of start.
- Is that what you did
with your boy, Frank?
- If I was an expert
on familial affairs
I would not be sleeping
alone in a house
that I rent from you, I
wouldn't be seeing my kid
every other weekend, and I
wouldn't be sitting by the phone
waiting for the bitch to
call, hoping she's asking
to get back together again.
- Oh man, oh, you guys,
I'll give you both a glass
of hemlock, put you
out of your misery.
Will you, please?
You're driving me nuts.
- Well, at least
we're good at keeping
other people's
houses in order, huh?
- Well, that along with the
gold watch at retirement
should make sitting
on the park bench
a real gratifying experience.
- Man.
(drill buzzing)
- Hey, I'm meeting
my wife during lunch,
so if I'm late--
- No problem, we cover you.
(drill buzzing)
(tools clanking)
- Hey, that's the third
time this week man!
These bolts are bogus.
Somebody's gotta do something.
- Go meet your wife.
Stop worrying about things that
aren't your problem anymore.
(gentle music)
- Oh!
- What?
- Oh my God!
(laughing)
That's beautiful.
- What's it sound like?
- [Morgan] OCB, huh?
We rarely have such
impressive visitors.
- Oh, no thank you.
Well, I understand you
have some union problems.
- I don't have any
problem with those boys
I can't negotiate
without government help,
in fact, my real beef
is federal watch dogs
slowing down my work.
- Yeah.
Well, the government
always likes to know
where its money's going.
- I put up buildings
of concrete and steel,
not $300 toilet
seats in Washington.
- You wouldn't mind if I have
a look upstairs, would you?
- Suit yourself.
(gate clanking)
- This whole place is
crawling with OSHA inspectors.
- This is supposed to be
pulled up to 355 foot pounds.
I show 240.
You boys didn't quite get it.
- Looks like we got some cheap
welds that need replacing.
- I've got friends in
Washington, important ones.
- I'll bet you do.
Florida too.
Remember Hector Martinez?
You know, failure to file an
on the job accident report
with OSHA is a federal offense.
Hiring labor with false
union documentations,
failure to make
standard safety codes,
and if what Martinez
says is correct
using inferior overseas
bolts and then billing
the developer for the
cost of the real thing.
Since you're a public altruist
with a federal contract
that translates to
government fraud, sport.
- Hey, hey!
I work here man.
- Not anymore, pal.
(men chattering)
- Looks like we're gonna have
to red tag this job site.
- Gentlemen.
Federal officer.
Pending structural
investigation the government
is closing this site down.
(piano music)
- Honey, I'm home.
(piano music)
Sweetheart?
(piano music)
- [Announcer] Passengers
holding tickets for destinations
south, including Trenton,
New Jersey, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Washington,
please board your bus
at gate three.
Passengers holding tickets
for destinations south,
including Trenton, New
Jersey, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Washington
DC, please board your bus
at gate three.
- Well, I really gave
Stephen more credit.
He's behaving like a
spoiled, petulant brat.
- I wasn't honest with him.
- You were only
trying to help him.
I mean, we were just
concerned for his safety.
- Don't try and justify it.
I lied.
- You didn't lie to him.
You just didn't tell him.
- The sin of omission
doesn't make me less a liar.
It's like you not telling daddy
about how you used to feel.
I don't want my marriage
to end up like yours.
I'm sorry.
Stephen and I just don't
wanna make the same mistakes.
That is, if we
still have a chance.
- No, no, no, no, no,
come on now, don't worry.
You'll make up.
He'll come back.
- You don't know Stephen.
- Well, no, but we both
know somebody just like him.
A man with the
soul of the artist
and the responsibility
of supporting a family
is a man at war with himself.
- I want Stephen to succeed.
His art means everything to him.
He needs my help and
I wanna give him that.
- Yeah, I know, I wanted to
be mother, muse, mistress,
and a feminist.
It's a very tall
order for one woman.
You end up getting caught
between supporting his dream
and easing the burden of
his inevitable compromises.
But you gotta think of yourself,
'cause one day you can wake up
and say to yourself not
even what do I want but
what's left?
(gasping)
- You heard anything
from him yet?
(people chattering)
(upbeat music)
- The boys, they say somebody
spoke to the federals.
Funny thing.
You were missing when
the trouble went down.
- Well, I didn't do it, but
I am sort of responsible.
And I want you to
know that I'm sorry.
But if you guys
wanna kick my butt,
in all honesty I
wouldn't blame you.
- Where we come from telling
the truth can make you dead.
Which is why a lot of us don't
have the nerve to apologize.
(laughing)
Come on, I'll buy you a drink.
So what's happening, man?
- I gotta get out of the city.
- What about (speaking
foreign language), the baby?
- That's not gonna work out.
- If I had a dollar for
every time my wife and I
had a fight, I'd
be one rich man.
(laughing)
- We didn't have a fight.
It was a mistake.
- Did you find out
about another man?
- No.
She lied to me.
- That's all?
There are plenty of things
my wife don't tell me.
She don't think I need to know.
(laughing)
- Well, that's not the
way it's supposed to be.
We're supposed to be able
to talk about everything.
- You talk too much.
You're the man.
She the woman.
Amigo, you got a problem?
You go home.
You take her to bed.
You raise the iron.
(laughing)
(gentle music)
- I didn't know they were
gonna shut the place down.
- I should have known you'd
drag the government into this.
- Well, what did
you expect me to do?
You come to me for help.
- I expected you to be discreet.
- I involved other people.
I can't control everything!
- Oh no?
Isn't that what you think
you're so perfect at?
Spending all your
time with machines,
talking to faceless voices,
managing people's lives
you know nothing about?
- You're treading water, Sheila.
- And you're
treading on this kid.
(sighing)
(rapping at door)
- Stephen?
- I'm sorry baby,
I didn't mean--
- No, it's my fault.
Please forgive me!
- I'm sorry for what I said.
(sighing)
- You're tough, Sheila.
But you're probably right.
I'm awful sorry.
I really screwed things up.
- It's okay, it's
not your fault.
- Well, it's gotta
be somebody's fault.
(classical music)
You know, you run
the bass that high
you're gonna blow
these speakers.
- You know, I'm trying to
enjoy my relaxation here.
- Man, it's cold in here.
Don't you pay the heating bill?
- I thought the heat was
included in the rent.
Well, Tommy Morgan
found a new career,
testifying before
the ethics committees
about federal
building contracts.
- Defective bolts, the
old boy politics, huh?
- The public likes to call
it influence peddling.
Oh, please toss it.
You know, I got a weekend
off from crime and corruption
and I'm trying to enjoy
a good book, a good beer,
a good Beethoven,
a man's castle!
- Frank, you know,
I was thinking about
what you told me.
You know, about
enjoying my grand kid.
- Well, thanks, uncle.
- You're absolutely right.
- You know, I think you're
gonna make a swell grandfather.
(laughing)
- Yeah, I wanna be close
to that kid, you know?
I wanna give him
the very best of me,
like you do with your son.
- Drake's a good kid.
- And I want that
baby to have things,
a nice home, happy
parents, fresh air.
- Well, fresh air
never hurt anybody.
- Good schools, and a
backyard to play in.
Kind of like this one.
You know Frank, you really
helped me figure this out.
And you've been a great tenant.
- Eh?
(piano music)
(dramatic music)
(upbeat music)