That fucking Fred Gevoltz had money stashed everywhere.
That thieving prick.
Should've known better than to skim from you, right?
Right?
Hey, Moe, lemme see your new ear.
Billy, cut the shit.
Billy, you're gonna pull the fucking sutures!
Just wanted to see if they did
as good a job on you as they did on holyfield.
Hey, guys, quit fucking screwing around, will ya?
I got 2 kids home with bronchitis!
You're alws fuckin' around.
Fuckin' relax, will ya?
Fuck, if he comes out here again, he's gonna kick your ass.
Fiona needs me to pick up some dayquil, too.
Those fuckin' morons. I swear to god.
Remember Tina Connelly?
Chick with the big cans that drowned, right?
Yeah. What about her?
Her parents' 3-Decker across the street's gettin' renovated.
Turned into to yuppie condos.
The fuck do you care?
Yuppies move in, property values go up,
Starbucks on every corner.
It's the american fuckin' way.
Lattes and minivans for everybody.
When your kid wants to buy a house on the hill?
I work so my kid can buy a house wherever the fuck he wants.
Then you can stick 'em in that little cup there you got in your ear.
Oh, what the fuck?
What the fuck was that?
Joey, what the fuck?
They're like superballs.
Hey, you fuckin' morons better find every one of those fuckin' molars.
I swear to god.
Somebody I.D.'S that body, I'm gonna be fuckin' pissed!
That's it. Right there.
It's right by your fuckin' leg.
You're fuckin' kneeling on it.
I know. What the fuck?
You're kneeling on the fuckin' thing.
You ready to order?
No. We're waiting on one more, Tony. Thanks.
Here he is.
Mr. Speaker.
- How are you, Tommy? - Good. Thanks for coming.
Oh, my pleasure. Good to see you.
Hello, gentlemen. Jeff, Ancot?
- Anton. - Anton.
- Jeff. - Jeff, nice to meet you.
We appreciate you making the time.
Ah, not at all.
Excuse me. Tony, can I get a cup of coffee?
I thought we might have some breakfast.
Just coffee. My wife stuffed me with french toast.
So, gentlemen, Tommy says
that you've got big plans for the old harris mill.
Well, it's a wonderful property,
but the numbers aren't going to work for our people out in California.
Unless we get some legislative assistance.
Tax credits.
We know there's a bill before the house,
but since you basically control the house,
Tommy Felte should make our pitch directly to you.
You brought me a couple of sharpies.
I don't wanna shatter any illusions,
but we got 75 independent-minded legislators up there.
I got about as much control as a kindergarten teacher.
Thanks, Tommy. That said, let's see what you got.
Here's our project and a rough projection
of the tax incentives it would take to bring
our development dollars to Rhode Island.
Speak, you know my financial ties to these gentlemen.
Yeah, they renovate the mill, you make money.
To avoid any conflict of interests,
I'll recuse myself from all house matters relating to the bill.
That said, I'm gonna take my coffee
and I'm gonna go sit at the counter.
That's very smart. I appreciate your integrity.
See that girl over there Moe's talkin' to?
I did her.
You? You tapped that?
The girl with the jacket and the hair? The cute girl?
Yeah, she's a cop groupie. I met her at the hot club.
Yeah, you're full of shit.
She was wearing these green cotton underwear,
had the muppets on 'em.
The muppets?
Fuck you.
Not all of them, just Kermit.
All right. Let's badge her,
see what room she sent Moe to.
All right, you go. I never called her back.
The underwear kind of freaked me out.
Excuse me, miss?
I was wondering if you could tell me which room
you sent the man with the head bandage to?
Is this an official police matter?
Yes, it is.
I sent him to room 1008,
a Mr. John Smith.
I'd tell you the address,
but when I looked before, I saw it wasn't in the system.
So a Mr. John Smith from nowhere?
That's great.
- No good? - No. No. That's fine.
You know, I was wondering if you could tell me
you wouldn't happen to be a fan of the muppets, would you?
Not really.
Maybe when I was a kid.
Is there anything else I can do for you?
I told you she was a cop groupie.
Look, just because she gave me the room key,
doesn't mean you did her.
4 words...
green, cotton, Kermit, underwear.
Y eah.
Exactly what's our probable cause?
A guest in the room below called in a disturbance.
Oh, yeah. I think I do hear something.
Rhode Island state police!
Shit.
United States secret service.
You've gotta be fuckin' shitting me.
Hello, Moe.
Who's gonna pay the bills when we get back?
Do I have everything?
Did I give you Mary Rose's tuition statement?
Yeah, that and the mortgage.
What?
Nothing. I'm sorry I brought it up.
The speaker all but signed off on the tax credits,
and when he does,
The deal with the harris mill developers will go through.
You know, if for some reason it doesn't...
it will.
Ok, girls. What do we do?
Look both ways.
Yeah? And?
I don't know why you wanna be involved
in that harris mill project in the first place.
Instead of using tax dollars to put condos where a factory was,
why not put a factory where the factory was?
The old industrial base is dead and gone to Asia.
The old harris mill's been empty for 30 years.
Empty except for all the artists you wanna evict.
Those artists will be well taken care of.
If they don't like it, they can go to their statrep, right?
Now there's a good idea.
Condos will improve the tax base,
help outwith money for schools,
Make 'em better for people who have kids and stuff.
I'll get it.
Rose Caffee Weaver, we're to search the premises.
- Tommy! - Everyone stay seated!
Sit at the table. Sir, sit down.
Put your hands on the table.
Clear!
- Clear! - Clear!
All right, clear!
Let's tear the place apart.
You better be damn sure about what you're doing here.
Sir, I have a warrant to search the house
for evidence pertaining to the production and distribution
of counterfeit currency.
If you'd like to consult a lawyer,
he'll verify the warrant's valid.
Jimmy, wanna take a look at this?
It's ok, mom.
What do you mean, we'll get it back?
- We'll get it back. - Get what back? It'll be all right.
That's great.
Eileen? Eileen, you gotta know how sorry I am.
You couldn't wait 3 hours until Tommy wasn't there?
It wasn't my choice.
Look, they just wanna embarrass Tommy
because they think it'll increase the pressure on Michael.
Since when has Michael bent to pressure from anyone?
You think he even cares what happens to Tommy?
I'm sorry.
For judge chase to sign the warrant,
they'd have to show him some kind of witness deposition, or something.
Thanks, Jimmy.
Hey, Alex, it's me.
Tell me about judge chase.
His wife, what companies does she represent?
Any of those with matters before committee?
M.G.E., Matteo. Good.
Dump 'em both off the committee calendar.
Call it a change in the political climate.
Gotta go.
"He took toad firmly by the arm,
"led him into the smoking room,
"and closed the door behind them.
"that's no good, said the rat.
"talking to toad will never cure him.
he'll say anything. "
Come help me make tea.
"After some 3 quarters of an hour, the door opened,
and the badger reappeared. "
Hey, sorry your search came up dry,
but nobody asked you to charge in there like a fat lady at the buffet.
You compromised our security
when you injected yourself into our operation.
You're just looking to pass the buck because you blew the house
on a grade one ass clown like Moe Reilly.
Mr. Reilly came to us voluntarily,
something he obviously wasn't comfortable doing with you.
Excuse me?
No, he came to you because he knew
he could get you to pay for the plastic surgery on his ear.
- We merely arranged for the surgeon. - Who paid for the hospital?
It was a federal V.A.
You blow in here, demand access to our files with no reciprocity,
and then you insinuate that we're a bunch of corrupt blabbermouths?
Fuck you.
Do you or do you not have a personal relationship
with Michael Caffee?
We both grew up on the hill. It's not like I'm sucking his cock.
We want full control from here on in.
Your men will answer to us on a strictly need to know basis.
- Let me give you a hand with that. - I got it.
Just put the legs where the dents are-
Are you deaf? I said I got it.
Ok.
Look...
I know Lila and Noni were upset.
They were terrified.
Well, just tell 'em everything's gonna be ok.
Tell 'em it was a mistake, huh?
Tell 'em uncle Mike gives his word
it will never happen again.
I don't lie to my kids.
And why should I let you?
You can't blame this on Michael.
You know, secret service agents,
they don't come to your house by accident.
They just have it out for him for what people said in the past.
I mean,
everyone has counterfeit pass through their hands
one time or another.
He gave you some, didn't he?
He gave you counterfeit.
He had just gotten home.
It was all he had.
He just wanted me to be proud of him.
Tommy!
If they raided your home,
I would be just as supportive of you.
Noni's asleep?
Yeah.
Do you want me to carry 'em upstairs?
You knew something like this would happen.
What did your mother say?
She wants to be fair.
She's supposed to treat us both the same.
You're not the same.
He's a gangster.
I'm gonna go check on mary rose.
You know, you're allowed to hate him.
I don't.
There's nothing I can do anyway.
Enough with the computer for tonight.
You all right?
Are you?
Your father and I are fine.
They're out to get uncle Michael, aren't they?
Your uncle's a very smart man.
Whatever trouble he's in, I'm sure it'll blow over.
You think he belongs in prison.
I think anyone who breaks the law deserves to be punished.
Lights out in 5 minutes.
I love you.
You've done a very nice job, Michael.
Yeah, well, I- I left the record albums
because I know you're particular about the order.
You wouldn't believe what those men did to my underwear drawer.
I'm surprised I didn't find half my things on the roof.
Elvis.
6 months after we got here from dublin,
My mother, lord rest her,
bought this album for me.
She hated everything but be-bop and swing.
But she bought this.
- Quite the doings at your mother's? - Where are the rest of the jackals?
Watching the front door like the foolshey are.
Well, I guess that makes you the smart one.
So, can I ask you a couple of questions?
You know me. If there's one thing I never answer, it's questions.
Come on. I'm from the hill, too.
But you work for the journal.
You want to get a fair hearing in the press,
you're gonna have to talk.
Silence can be misinterpreted, dicky,
but never misquoted.
Not this fuckin' picture!
Those fuckin' feds, man.
They got no fuckin' respect for people's property.
I'll piss on their fuckin' warrant.
Hey, you guys wait here.
It's a fuckin' mess in here!
We're still cleaning, Freddie.
Who's got a fuckin' dog upstairs?
Fuck you!
I'll kill that fuckin' dog right now.
The feds didn't show up at my mother's door on a hunch.
Who you got in mind?
I don't point out rats. I stomp on 'em.
Yeah. That's a good policy to have.
What? Don't worry.
I'm not stupid. They got nothin'.
Freddie, relax, will you? Have a tasty kake.
I'm on a diet. No sugars.
I don't think you can resist 6 hard inches
of cream-Filled goodness
once you see it right up there.
Fuck you in the ear with a monkey dick.
Give me a couple packs of that cinnamon gum shit over there.
Here. Go crazy.
Enjoy yourself.
You know, Michael, you've been a good earner for me.
But this raid...
too public for my taste.
So I'm giving the bookie trailer back to Moe.
Hey, come on, Freddie.
Don't argue with me. I've already made up my mind.
And your funny paper business? That's gone, too.
This thing brought fed heat. I don't fuckin' need fed heat, Michael.
All right. I'll lay off the counterfeit for a while.
No. It's done. Over. The business is over.
I don't know, Freddie.
God gave us all free will, you know?
Yeah.
He also gave me Johnny and his pliers, too.
Here. That's for your gum.
My kids, they love this shit.
Get in the fuckin' car.
Get in the fuckin' car!
Fuckin' morons!
Judge chase's wife is on line one.
She wants to know why her committee hearings have been dumped.
Tell her I'll call her back.
You got a minute for me?
Speaker, always. Come on in.
Ah, kipling. I like it.
Yeah, my ma had me memorize it when I was 8.
So, the tax credits your developers want,
it's not going to happen.
You know, if it's the overall cost-
Nah, it's the entire package.
Any time a rep has a financial stake
in a bill before the house, it's going to be controversial.
Doubly so in your case,
thanks to the recent search warrant of your mother's.
That was my brother. It was not me.
I know that,
but it's the kind of story that gets in the papers.
You've always been proud of your independence, Tom,
and you're never openly disloyal,
but you've always put the hill first-
Before the state, the party,
needs of the leadership.
When have I ever denied you my vote, Mr. Speaker?
Never... but you always make me ask.
I'll push through the LNG bill,
and I'll give you my support on the casino.
Now, Tommy, do you honestly think this is about a single issue?
If I'm going to take a hit for one of my reps,
it's because I know that anytime I need their vote,
whatever their personal feelings or obligations,
I know that I can simply mark it down.
Can you give me that assurance?
There you go. And that's for you, sweetheart.
Thank you very much.
Hey, handsome.
How's it going?
- What are you doing? - Don't sweat.
I've been driving loose for an hour.
There's nobody following me.
Trust me, I'd know.
So, the prick who ratted me out,
it was Moe, right?
- Michael... - Thanks, man.
Michael, wait.
You can't touch him. You hear me?
Do I look like a fuckin' moron to you?
Don't kick yourself.
I knew Moe was jumbled up with your boys as soon as I saw he got his ear fixed.
Don't worry. It's going to be fine, kiddo.
Coffee, Joe, and 2 rolls to go.
All right, buddy. Coming up. 2 up.
Tommy.
Hey, leo, how you doing?
Good. Tommy, you got change for a 50?
Not on me, no.
Does your brother print wedding invitations, too?
And does he take payment in cash?
Hey, knock it off. Knock it off, will you?
- What? - Knock it off.
Oh, man.
Tell him his money's no good here.
Yeah, see...
he ain't heard that before, right?
They're just busting your chops. You know how it is.
Here's your change.
1.50 and 5.00...
Just wait till I buy boardwalk and park place.
Here's your real money, here's your real money.
- Keep it, Joe. - Yeah, keep it.
Yeah, keep it, because his brother will just make more.
Ok. Right, right.
Tommy, be good.
Hi.
Room 1008. Anything come in for me?
Hold on a second.
- Dan? - Yeah.
This is the gentleman from room 1008.
Oh, right. Hi.
I'm Dan O'Keefe, the hotel manager.
This is embarrassing.
Your rooms...
the convention at the civic center,
golf equipment.
It turns out some months ago
some executive from nike booked your rooms.
Can't you put them in another part of the hotel?
I'm afraid the entire hotel is booked.
You're kidding me.
Well, we called around to locate the nearest available rooms,
but given the size of your group,
the best we could do is the Red Roof Inn
in Fall River.
Fall river, Massachusetts?
Well, it's really just a hop, skip, and a jump.
We took the liberty of packing your bags.
Frank, this gentleman's tab is on the house.
Tell your mother my mother says hi.
What are you doing?
Running some things out to the car.
And what are those, new shoes?
I'm returning them.
They don't fit as well as I thought, and they're kind of expensive.
Let me see.
They're beautiful.
You should keep 'em.
I'll never wear them.
Eileen, we can afford one nice pair of shoes.
I got plenty of other deals in the works.
That's not why I'm returning them. I just don't want them.
If you didn't want them, you wouldn't have bought them.
You know, please, just...
I like you having nice things. It's important to me.
- You're being ridiculous. - Then let me be ridiculous.
I'm your husband. Can't I buy you one nice pair of shoes?
They're just shoes.
Hey, kid, where are you?
I'm-I'm out in situate.
I'm running down a witness for carbone.
And where are you really?
I'm in situate. I'm running down a witness for carbone.
Jesus.
Oh, fuck.
Motherfucker.
Oh, come on.
God. Fuck this.
Oh, shit.
Fuck. Son of a bitch.
Fuck.
Oh-Oh, fuck.
Goddamn it!
Fuck!
Oh, shit!
My mother's house, you cunt!
Michael.
It's a personal matter, Decco.
Let him go.
You know, Moe and me, we're just settling accounts, right?
There.
Now we're quits.
- Fuck! - Jesus! Fuck!
You, get him to a hospital.
If anybody asks, say- Say he was eating you out,
and you came like a monster, and you pulled too hard on his new ear.
They're never going to believe that.
They will if you shove your tits in their face.
Moe, I was never here.
Fuck!
It's my new fuckin' ear!
Fucking Mike!
So, how's your mother?
She's good. You know, all things considered,
she's like she always is.
Defiant and independent.
And you?
I've had better weeks, but that's life, eh?
That's where you're wrong.
Life doesn't just happen. You make it.
Sometimes you have to unmake it
so you can make it over again.
So, how do I unmake my brother?
Oh, it's his fault that the speaker killed the Harris Mill tax credits.
Now, I know you want me to say yes,
so you can launch into whatever sermon
you came down here to deliver.
So, go on. Have at it.
You know what people see in you right now?
They see a weakened animal alone on the savannah,
ripe to be prey.
And how do they know you're weak?
Because if you were strong,
you wouldn't waste your time
on petty revenge, like hotel rooms.
Not being beholden is all well and good,
but when you're bleeding from the gut,
The smart animal seeks the shelter of the herd.
Loyalty can be a very pragmatic virtue.
You want me to get down on my knees and kiss the Speaker's ring?
Son, I don't care what you do.
I'm a gorilla. I live in the jungle.
Who lives and dies on the savannah
makes no difference to me.
Hey.
It's good to see you.
I'd like to return these.
Is there something wrong with them?
No, they're just not for me.
You know...
I thought I might be hearing from you.
Why would you think that?
Come on in, honey.
The hours I'm putting in at the mill...
I don't get to see enough of you.
Is uncle Mike home?
Ah, no. Your uncle works very late-
Practically graveyard shift.
It's very tough in his business.
I bet.
I don't think dad likes him very much.
Nonsense.
When 2 boys grow up in the same room,
they naturally throw their toys at each other.
But when one of them's in trouble,
the other one always rides to the rescue.
Are you wearing lip gloss?
No.
No, no. It looks good.
But a darker shade might be better with your coloring.
I can pick some up for you
next time I'm at philene's?
You want a donut?
No, thanks.
Did uncle Mike really throw someone off a roof?
I'm sorry.
Your uncle has been cursed
with a volatile nature,
but deep down in his heart, he is the best of men.
And if we love him- And I certainly do-
We will support him against all those people
who want to see him brought low.
The cop still watching outside?
Nah, I think they went up to that block party on york.
Oh, hey, did you hear about Moe?
He picks up this tranny hooker,
but what he doesn't know
is this girl's got a fucking cock, all right?
Until she's nibbling on his ear,
and he puts his hand down between her legs.
And was so fucking shocked that he jerks away,
leaving his new ear in the tranny's teeth.
Fact. Is that so?
Yeah, I, uh-Ahem.
I wasn't there or nothing,
but it makes for a hell of a story, right?
Right.
Can I pour you a shot?
If you're pourin', I'm drinking.
Slainte.
Are you still carrying around Moe's fake ear?
Yeah, right here.
And I'll make that cocksucker pay to get it back, too.
You really don't like him, do you?
He's a fuckin' prick.
Billy...
you want to mess with him?
I mean, I got an idea of how you could fuck with Moe real bad.
Worse than a tranny hooker?
Different.
I'm all ears.
Get it?
Come on, let's go.
Where we going?
Trust me.
Hey, Mikey,
What are we doing back here,
across from Fred Gevoltz's house?
I thought we were going to fuck with Moe.
We are.
We're just going to throw in a spot of- urban renewal.
Urban renewal?
Yeah. Follow me.
No, go ahead.
Jeez.
The developers really gutted this place.
- Fuck. - Yeah.
Sleepy Joe Connelly used to invite my grandfather over to this house
to watch the fights on tv.
They'd sit right there.
No shit?
Now it's going to be a yuppie's yoga room?
Fuck that.
4 generations of Connellys called this place home.
Get the corners.
Right.
I was there, you know.
Took Tina Connelly around lacero beach.
- Yeah? - Those jugs of hers were beasts.
Oh, god. Monster.
So, you got Moe's ear?
- Yeah. - Put it under the can.
Why?
Because when the cops find his ear,
they're going to think Moe torched the place.
Hey, good, yeah.
Ok, so, clarence gets up, and he says,
"we have a moral responsibility
to the poor black children in africa. " Right?
You know this guy.
So, Laura gets up, and she says,
"well, what about our moral responsibility
to the poor black children of south Providence?"
Yeah. You know what I'm saying?
She drives me crazy. I can't stand her.
Oh, god.
This is a polack and a portuguese
singing an Irish war song. It's blasphemy.
You want to get it, paul? Believe these guys?
Oh, my god.
That was awful, Tommy, do the poem.
In the office- The kipling.
Speaker, it's been a while.
I insist. It'll be a good moral lesson.
Come on, Tommy. These heathens could use some morality.
Yeah.
I will come down there and hurt you.
Show 'em what your mother taught you.
Seriously.
Come on, Tommy.
Yeah, come on, Tom.
Let's hear it. Let's hear it, Tom.
Let's hear it.
"If you can trust-
If you can-"
"If you can keep your head
when all about you are losing theirs... "
"and blaming it on you,
"if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
"but make allowance for their doubting, too.
"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
"twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools
"or see the things you gave your life to broken
"and stoop
and build them up with worn out tools... "
"if you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue
"or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch,
"if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
"if all men count with you, but none too much,
"if you can fill the unforgiving minute
"with 60 seconds worth of distance run,
"yours is the earth and everything that's in it.
"And, which is more,
you'll be a man, my son. "
Who knew folks on the hill could read?
Representative Shakespeare, salud.
Here, here.
Mr. Speaker?
You think a guy with that literacy could use a few tax credits?
The tax credits are the finance committee.
They're out of my purview.
Aw, man, come on.
Did you take those shoes back?
I didn't have anything to wear them with.
How long can we cover the mortgage?
A little while.
We can go to my parents.
They made a ton of money when they sold the store.
I'm not asking your parents for money.
We can take mary rose out of bayside and put her in a public school.
You know, I...
I had this under control.
It felt good.
I swore to you I'd never let you down.
When you do, I'll let you know.
Hey, these fuckin' cuffs are tight.
Boys, these fuckin' cuffs are tight.
Watch the fuckin' ear, will you, pal?
Watch the fuckin' ear!
Lieutenant, Mr. Riley is a top level informant
in an on-Going federal investigation.
Moe Riley is a known criminal asshole
guilty of murder.
You have no direct physical evidence.
His ear was found next to the vic's body.
No, no, no. It wasn't his ear. It was an ear prosthesis,
and just because it was near the victim's body
doesn't mean our man was at the scene.
Well, the murder weapon was found in Mr. Riley's car.
He claims it was planted.
Yeah, ok.
What about motive?
One wacko paddy mcshitbone kills another wacko paddy mcshitbone.
These guys get into shooting beefs all the time over a ham sandwich.
Look, we're all law enforcement here.
We should be working with each other, not against.
What? What, one hand washes the other?
And when the big bust happens, we all share in the credit nice-nice?
Get the fuck out of here.
I have real police work to do.
Excuse me, partners. Take care of that.
This guys trying to bust my balls.
These are your people. You have to talk to them.
They're local, we're state.
They like us about as much as we like you.
Please...
without a man on the inside, we got no case, no hope.
We might as well pack up and go back to D.C.
Fuck.
Maybe we should help them pack.
Fuck them. Let's go to dunkin'.
Get a nice sandwich.
Next time, we go to your place?
No. It's not going to happen.
I date college boys.
Your place can't be any scuzzier.
You used to date college boys.
Fine.
We'll go to my place with my 3 bulimic roommates puking in the toilet.
What's wrong with this place?
If you don't get it.
Look, why don't you just put $200
on the bedside table, and we'll make it official?
What are you talking about?
I am not some fucking sperm receptacle.
Wednesday night. I'll take you for sushi.
Sure.
Lila and Noni don't want to go to your mother's.
Well, we go every sunday after church.
They're scared.
Men with guns practically knocked down the door.
Hey, honey, I know. What do you want to do?
Wou it be so awful if we didn't go this week?
Stop being such babies. Now get up.
Get up.
Lila and Noni are ready to go.
Are you sure?
I talked to them. They're cool.
Good. That's settled.
Let's go.
Hey, what are you doing?
Hi, guys.
Oh, hello, my favorite girls.
- Give us a kiss. - How are you?
Great. How are you?
Don't you look so pretty?
Tommy, give us a kiss.
So, what did father Kenny talk about?
- Adultery, ma. - Adultery. I knew it.
I made some nice potatoes for you.
Smells good, ma.
Here.
I will-I will-
- Thank you, thank you. - You want a taste?
There's gravy down at this end of the table.
Yes, I'll have some wine.
See? Look at my wife- Feeding me...
- That's plenty. Don't want to be drunk. - All right, just take a taste,
You're going to get drunk on the gravy?
Tommy.
Bless this house.
Amen.
All right, let's go. What do we got?
Yeah. Can I have a roll?
I need a-Mom, can I have a roll?
A roll, please.