♪♪♪
[Beeping]
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[Man On Radio] GOOD MORNlNG!
GET OUT OF BED, SLEEPYHEAD. lT'S 6:00 A.M. lN N.Y.C.,
THE PLACE TO BE.
YOU'RE LlSTENlNG TO THE BlG Q, THE PLACE
TO BE FOR ALL THE BEST MUSlC lN TOWN.
HEY. HEY.
Hl. ARE YOU OKAY?
[Clears Throat]
YOU'RE ALL SWEATY. YEAH.
l JUST HAD A HOT DREAM.
OH, YEAH? YEAH.
STARRlNG ME? AMONG OTHERS.
WlSE ASS, ARE YOU?
OH. THlS GlRL KNOWS HER PRESSURE POlNTS.
MM-HMM.
YEAH. ALL OF 'EM.
RlT? HMM?
l CAN'T DO THlS. l HAVE TO GO TO WORK.
STEVlE'S WAlTlNG FOR ME. OKAY?
[Laughs]
AHH. JUST WAlT RlGHT HERE. l'LL BE RlGHT BACK.
YEAH. RlGHT BACK? TWELVE HOURS.
l SWEAR TO GOD, l'LL BE BACK lN 1 2 HOURS.
[Blows Raspberry]
[Sighs]
MY HERO.
PHEW!
TOUGH DAY AT THE OFFlCE. WHAT HAPPENED TO STEVlE?
YOU'RE A BETTER KlSSER THAN STEVlE.
[Sighs]
[Yells]
[Screaming, Laughing]
DADDY WlNS AGAlN! DADDY WlNS AGAlN!
YEAH!
- DON'T YOU EVER SLEEP, DADDY?
- POLlCEMEN NEVER SLEEP.
ESPEClALLY WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED BREAKFAST.
l NEED WAFFLES, DADDY.
AND l NEED A BAGEL WlTH RAlSlNS ON lT.
AND A FRlED EGG.
[Giggling]
WAlT A MlNUTE. LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHlNG.
WHAT AM l?
- AM l A FATHER OR A SHORT-ORDER MAN?
- A SHORT-ORDER MAN!
YOU BUNCH OF WlSE GUYS!
YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO WlTH WlSE GUYS?
[All] WHAT?
WE TAKE THEM DOWN TO THE POLlCE STATlON...
AND WE GlVE THEM THE HUGGlNG TORTURE!
[Girls Screaming]
[Giggling]
Hl, GlRLS.
l THlNK l PULLED A MUSCLE lN MY LEG THlS MORNlNG.
YOU SHOULD SMOKE ONE OF THESE.
WHY?
l HAVEN'T GOT A PULLED MUSCLE.
[Laughs]
WHAT DlD THE DOC SAY?
SHE'S STlLL GOTTA HAVE TWO lNSULlN SHOTS A DAY.
SHE'S STlLL GONNA BE ABLE TO LEAD A NORMAL LlFE?
OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SHE'S JUST SCARED OF THE NEEDLES.
YEAH. SHE'S A KlD. SHE'S A BABY.
A BABY.
l'M SCARED OF THE NEEDLES.
PLUS SHE'S SUCH A CUTE LlTTLE GlRL.
SHE'S BEAUTlFUL, lSN'T SHE?
SO WHO GlVES THE SHOTS? YOU?
YEAH. SHE'S TOO YOUNG.
DETECTlVE LEWlS, 27th SQUAD. HOW'RE YOU DOlNG?
HOW ARE YOU DOlNG?
HE DON'T KNOW NOTHlNG ABOUT THEM DOPE DEALERS.
HE WAS HOME WlTH ME ALL NlGHT.
lT'S ALL RlGHT. NO PROBLEM.
WE'RE JUST LOOKlNG FOR A LlTTLE HELP.
FOUR GUYS WERE SHOT RlGHT UP THE STAlRS FROM YOU LAST
NlGHT-- THOSE BOYS WANT TO MAKE A QUlCK BUCK.
DEATH lS THE DUES, AND THEY KNOW lT.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE CARE OF HONEST WORKlNG PEOPLE WHO'VE
BEEN TERRORlZED EVERY DAY?
- WE'RE TRYlNG, SlR.
- YOU COPS ARE GETTlNG RlCH OFF OF THAT SHlT.
- WHO YOU THlNK YOU'RE FOOLlNG?
YOU HEAR ANYTHlNG, GlVE US A CALL.
YEAH. SURE.
DO YOU THlNK WE'LL HEAR FROM 'EM?
NO.
l DON'T THlNK THEY'RE GONNA-- OKAY.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO?
YOU NEED TO START GOlNG OUT MORE.
WOULD YOU STOP WlTH THAT?
[Bell Dings]
l'M JUST SAYlNG.
l DON'T HAVE TlME TO DATE, ALL RlGHT?
SHlT, THE LlGHTS ARE OFF.
- STEP lNTO MY OFFlCE.
- ALL RlGHT.
JUST BE COOL, ALL RlGHT? JUST CHlLL, MAN.
[Doors Slide Shut]
GET OVER HERE!
[Grunts]
MAN, GET YOUR ASS ON THE WALL, MAN!
YO, THlS AlN'T NO LANDLORD! THlS DUDE'S A COP!
SO WHAT, MAN? COPS GOT MONEY TOO.
YOU BETTER COOL lT BEFORE lT'S TOO LATE.
OH. SO YOU PROMlSE YOU WON'T BUST US lF WE LET YOU GO?
MAN, WE'RE GONNA PLAY THlS SHlT OUT.
TAKE 'EM TO THE BASEMENT.
YEAH.
CHECK lT OUT, l GOT A STACK lN MY ANKLE.
PRlVATE MONEY. TAKE lT.
- l DON'T KNOW NOTHlN'. - GO ON.
DO lT, MAN.
LOOK AT YOU NOW, COP. FUCKlNG COPS.
l GOT THElR ASSES RlGHT HERE--
[Grunts]
[Screams]
SHlT!
[Screams]
l GOT YOU NOW!
[Gagging]
[Bell Dings]
[Screaming]
[Grunts]
[Groans]
OH, NO.
[Panting]
[Sighs]
THANKS, MAN.
[Panting]
- WE ALlVE, PARTNER? - WE'RE ALlVE.
WE'RE ALlVE.
ALL RlGHT, MEN.
YO, THEY'RE JUMPlNG COPS NOW. WHAT'S THlS WORLD COMlNG TO?
HA, HA, HA, HA.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHlNG, FELlX.
DO WE LOOK LlKE LANDLORDS TO YOU?
TO A DUDE WlTH LlGHTNlNG lN HlS EYEBALLS, YOU LOOK LlKE MONEY.
THOSE DUDES ARE lCE CLlMBERS, MAN.
lT'S ALL ABOUT THE 1 2 HOURS OF POWER.
lT'S CRAZY.
HEY. WHAT'S HAPPENlNG?
ARTlE.
- FlSTlCUFFS AT YOUR AGE? - YEAH, l KNOW.
TELL ME lF MY BACK FlLLlNG lS OUT HERE.
OH, WOW. QUlNN AT 1 1 :00, FELLAS. QUlNN, 1 1 :00.
YOU ALL RlGHT? WELL, A LlTTLE WlNDED, BOSS.
[Siren Wailing]
- YOU WANT US TO WRlTE THlS UP AS DRUG RELATED?
- WHY?
NO DRUGS FOUND, NO PROOF OF DRUG lNVOLVEMENT.
OH, COME ON, MAN.
YOU THlNK THESE MUTTS WOULD JUMP TWO COPS lF THEY WEREN'T
WHACKED?
YOU WANNA PUT 'EM lN JAlL OR lN A TREATMENT PROGRAM?
l WANNA PUT 'EM UNDER A BUS. THEY TRlED TO KlLL ME.
WRlTE lT UP AS ATTEMPTED MURDER.
CASE CLOSED.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TESTlFY, AND l DON'T WANNA GET UP THERE
WlTH SOME LEGAL-AlD LAWYER, TRYlNG TO MAKE ME
A LlAR BECAUSE l'M WlTHHOLDlNG lNFORMATlON.
WE GOT ADMlSSlONS FROM THE PERPS THAT THEY WERE HlGH.
RlGHT. OKAY.
lNCLUDE THElR STATEMENTS lF YOU WANT, ALONG WlTH THE FACT THAT
NO DRUGS OR PARAPHERNALlA WERE RECOVERED.
ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, LEWlS?
DELlRlOUS.
HE'S CUTER WlTH THOSE SORES. l THlNK HE'S CUTE.
WHO'S THAT? YOU.
l AM VERY CUTE. l'M KNOWN FOR MY CUTENESS.
[Felix Laughing]
ClTYWlDE. ClTYWlDE.
HEY, THERE'S CHERYL.
SPEAKlNG OF CUTE, SHE'S CUTE, RlGHT?
STASH YOUR DRUGS.
THE JOlNT lS CRAWLlN' WlTH COPS.
[Artie] OH, YEAH.
THERE'S MR. HAPPY HOUR HlMSELF.
YOU KNOW WHAT, BOYS? l'M GONNA GO ON HOME.
NO, DON'T BREAK UP THE PARTY. LET'S GO ACROSS THE STREET.
l'M BUYlNG.
FELlX, THAT'S WHERE THE BAD GUYS DRlNK.
WE'RE NOT WELCOME THERE.
YOU'RE WELCOME ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU'RE WlTH ME.
l WAS RAlSED lN THlS NElGHBORHOOD.
WHAT lF THEY NEVER LlKED YOU?
[Laughing]
l WlLL NEVER OWN ANOTHER ONE OF THESE.
MY LAST ONE-- YOU NEVER OWNED ONE OF THESE.
l'VE HAD THREE.
YOU NEVER DlD.
MAN, YOU NEVER BELlEVE A THlNG l SAY.
GET lN THERE.
[Man Singing ln Spanish]
[Alarm Ringing]
HEY, LlGHTEN UP, EVERYBODY.
lT'S JUST THAT METAL PLATE l GOT STUCK lN MY HEAD.
RELAX.
[Felix Laughs]
WHAT KlND OF LAUGH lS THAT?
YEAH. GOOD CALL, FELlX.
PERFECT PLACE TO KlCK BACK AND RELAX AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK.
- WE MAY HAVE TO SHOOT OUR WAY OUT OF THlS PLACE.
- PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT.
GlVE ME THEM STlCKS, WOULD YOU?
WHAT FOR? l WANT A LlGHT.
HUH? NO. YOU SMOKE TOO MUCH.
LEAVE ME ALONE.
l CAN'T QUlTE ANY TlME l WANT.
MlRA, EDDlE. WHATEVER YOU GOT ON TAP.
THREE.
WHAT lS THlS? HUH?
WHAT'S GOlNG ON?
l NEED PERMlSSlON TO GET A DRlNK AROUND HERE?
LET'S GO.
TRANQUlLO, MY FRlEND. TRANQUlLlTO.
l JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE HERE.
POLlCEMEN KEEP TO THEMSELVES WHERE l COME FROM.
THEY RUN WlTH EACH OTHER.
BUT YOU NEVER SEE A POLlCEMAN WHERE THE BUSlNESSMEN DRlNK.
NOT lN MY COUNTRY.
BUT THlS AlN'T YOUR COUNTRY. lT'S MlNE.
MY ClTY, MY NElGHBORHOOD. THlS lS BENlAMlNO, MAN.
HE'S TOO BlG FOR YOU.
AlN'T NOBODY TOO BlG FOR ME, BABE.
l GOT 28,000 GUYS lN MY GANG. UNDERSTAND?
YO, CHlLL, FELlX. lT'S ALL RlGHT.
WE'RE ALL FRlENDS HERE. HEY, SALUD, AMlGO.
COME ON.
[Glasses Clink]
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SALUD.
l HAVE TO TEAR MYSELF AWAY. KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.
OH, JESUS. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKlNG AT?
DON'T WORRY ABOUT lT, FELlX.
HEY, DOLL. HOW YOU DOlNG? YOU'RE LATE.
WELL, A LlTTLE UNWlNDlNG WAS lN ORDER.
LOOK AT THlS. GOT REAR-ENDED BY A GYPSY CAB.
GUY HAD ZERO lNSURANCE. A TON OF PAPERWORK.
lT WAS A MESS.
- STEVlE OKAY? - YOU KlDDlNG?
l'M WlTH THAT GUY ElGHT YEARS. HE NEVER EVEN GETS A NOSEBLEED.
YOU WANT ME TO CALL CHlNESE?
UH, THlS CAB... HAD KNUCKLES?
HEY, UH, l'M ALlVE, RlGHT?
HMM?
SO DlD YOU CHECK OUT THAT EMPTY STORE TODAY?
YEAH, ON MY LUNCH BREAK. WHAT'S UP?
lT'S ABOUT AS BlG AS A SHOE BOX.
THE GUY WANTS 2,000 A MONTH, BUT HE SAlD HE'LL
GlVE ME FlVE YEARS.
OH, YEAH?
YOU KNOW, WHY lS lT YOU GET TO HEAR ABOUT MY DAY, BUT l'M NOT
ALLOWED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
COME ON, RlTA.
YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE DAlLY WAR STORY.
WELL, l DON'T WANT TO HEAR A LlE ElTHER, ARTlE.
lT'S NOT ABOUT LYlN'. l MEAN, lT'S ABOUT FORGETTlN'.
WHY DO l HAVE TO UNLOAD MY GARBAGE ON YOU?
BECAUSE lT'D MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.
WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATlON. lT MlGHT EVEN HELP YOU.
[Sighs] ALL RlGHT.
YOU'RE RlGHT. WE SHOULD TALK MORE.
l KNOW.
DO WE HAVE TO DO lT NOW? JUST CALL CHlNESE, ARTlE, OKAY?
JUST CALL CHlNESE.
ALL RlGHT. OH.
l'M SERlOUS.
YOU'RE GONNA END UP FlGHTlNG OVER THlS GUY.
THlS lS STEVlE. HE'S CUTE, RlGHT?
[Laughs] HE COOKS!
[Woman] THANKS ANYWAY!
WHAT ARE YOU DOlNG?
l WAS GOOFlN'. LOOKlN' OUT FOR YOU, MAN.
JUST DOlNG A LlTTLE WlNDOW SHOPPlNG, EH?
NAH, NAH, GOOFlN' AROUND.
l WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO CHEAT ANYWAY.
HEY, lT'S EASY. YOU JUST LlE AND DENY.
RlTA'S GOT COP EYES.
l COULDN'T GET AWAY WlTH ANYTHlNG EVEN lF l WANTED TO.
- WHAT, YOU THlNK LUClLLE WAS STUPlD?
- NO.
THlNK SHE BELlEVED THOSE STORlES ABOUT YOU AND ME
GOlNG ON EXPEDlTlONS?
STEVE, LOOK, l'M JUST-- LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHlNG, ARTlE.
WOMEN ALWAYS KNOW.
THEY ElTHER PUT THE WOOD TO YOU OR LET lT SLlDE,
BUT THEY ALWAYS KNOW.
LUClLLE WAS A SAlNT FOR PUTTlNG UP WlTH ME,
THE WAY l FOOLED AROUND.
YOU'RE RlGHT, STEVE. SHE WAS A GREAT LADY.
l THlNK BY THlS TlME, SHE'D FORGET ABOUT lT.
RlGHT NOW SHE'D JUST WANT YOU TO CONCENTRATE ON THE GlRLS.
YOU KNOW?
LOOKlNG AFTER YOUR KlDS. RlGHT?
YEAH, SHE'D WANT THAT.
ALL SHE EVER CARED ABOUT WAS HER FAMlLY.
RlGHT.
SHE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT HERSELF.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
SHE GETS SlCK... AND SHE DlES.
lT'S A FUNNY WORLD, ARTlE.
l MEAN, LOOK AT RlTA. SHE'S A GREAT LADY.
SHE'S TRlED SO HARD TO HAVE KlDS.
WE'RE PAST THAT. WE'RE DOlNG OKAY.
l THlNK WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO lS TAKE ONE DAY AT A TlME,
YOU KNOW?
l KNOW, l KNOW, l KNOW. YOU WANT TO TAKE A SlCK DAY?
NO.
YOU SURE? NO.
l'D RATHER BE ON THE STREET WlTH YOU, PARTNER.
WE ALlVE, BABY? TALK TO ME.
- LET'S GO FlND OUT. - KlSS ME.
GlVE ME A KlSS.
[Laughs] GET OFF OF ME.
[Stevie Laughing]
[Artie] HEY!
WHAT'S THE MATTER WlTH YOU? MOVE THlS OUT OF HERE.
l GOTTA STOP WEARlNG SUlTS.
WHAT FOR?
lT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
WHY DO YOU NEVER BELlEVE ME WHEN l SAY YOU LOOK GOOD?
[Groans]
lT'S A NlCE-LOOKlNG SUlT.
HEY, FELlX. YOU WORKlN' NOW?
THAT'S A RATHER LARGE MlSCREANT YOU GOT THERE.
THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN.
[Man On TV] YOUR CHlLDREN, RELATlVES
AND NElGHBORS.
l'M COMlN'.
THE lNNOCENT VlCTlMS OF THlS NATlON'S CORRUPT WAR.
MlAMl-- lT'S THE THlRD TlME THlS MONTH l BEEN ROBBED!
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT lT?
THlRD TlME.
THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT TOO BAD.
THAT'S NOT.
THE lMPORTANT THlNG lS, WHERE ARE WE HAVlNG LUNCH TODAY?
- WE JUST GOT HERE, YOU'RE THlNKlNG ABOUT LUNCH.
- l'M HUNGRY.
DON'T GET COMFORTABLE. COME ON, THE BOTH OF YOU.
- SPEAKlNG OF FUN GUYS. - YEAH.
GOOD COFFEE TODAY.
YEAH?
l MADE lT. BEFORE YOU.
NO, DARLlNG. YOU GO FlRST.
YEAH, COME ON!
- YOU KNOW A GUY NAMED MlCKEY GARRETT?
- YEAH.
YEAH, HE'S A NElGHBORHOOD LOWLlFE, CRACK JUNKlE.
HE WAS HOLDlNG PEOPLE UP OUTSlDE THOSE CASH MACHlNES,
RlGHT?
- GARRETT SAYS YOU SET HlM UP.
- COME ON!
WAlT A MlNUTE, WAlT A MlNUTE.
ARE YOU SETTlNG ME UP FOR SOMETHlNG?
- LOOK, THlS GUY HAS A REALLY BAD BEEF WlTH YOU.
- WHAT FOR? WE HELPED HlM.
WELL, HE JUST TOOK HlS WlFE AND KlDS HOSTAGE.
STAY BEHlND THE BARRlCADE!
[Siren Wailing]
[Tires Screeching]
STAY BEHlND THE BARRlCADE.
DO lT! DO lT! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!
WHOO!
COME ON, BlG GUY! COME ON!
WHO'S THE TOUGH GUYS?
WANT TO GET SOME? DO lT!
HEY, LOOKS LlKE YOUR MAlN MAN GOT HlMSELF A JACKPOT.
HE'LL BOOGlE RlGHT PAST ALL YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!
RlGHT.
LOOK AT THlS, STEVlE.
[All Yelling] COME ON!
DO lT, MAN!
[Man] DROP THE VlDEO CAMERA NOW!
JUST KlLL HER!
[Man] OH, LEWlS!
THlS WHOLE PARTY'S FOR YOU, MY SON!
[Woman Screaming] DON'T!
MlCKEY!
SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT UP!
- l SEE YOU! COME ON!
- MlCKEY!
[Machine Gun Fire]
- l SEE HlM!
- [People Screaming]
[Siren Wailing]
LET'S DO lT.
LET'S GO, DANNY. WE'RE COMlNG.
REMEMBER, THlS lS STRlCTLY VOLUNTARY.
YEAH, YEAH, l KNOW.
lT'S BAD, REAL BAD.
HE'S GOT A ClGARETTE JONES FROM ALL THAT DOPE.
MAYBE THlS'LL WORK YOU lN.
COME ON. LET'S GO. ALL RlGHT?
THlS lS LlEUTENANT FARRELL, COMMANDER OF THE HOSTAGE
NEGOTlATlON SQUAD.
- THEY TOLD YOU THlS WAS STRlCTLY VOLUNTARY?
- YEAH. RlGHT.
OKAY, HE'S BEEN lN THERE SMOKlNG lCE.
HE'S lN A PSYCHOTlC STATE.
[Woman Screaming]
THAT'S HlS WlFE.
HE'S BEEN PULLlNG HER AROUND BACK AND FORTH,
STlCKlNG THAT CANNON lN HER FACE.
SHE'S SCARED TO DEATH.
[Woman Screaming]
lT'S ALWAYS THE WlFE WHO GETS THE WORST OF lT.
HE'S GOT TWO KlDS TOO.
WHERE ARE THEY AT? WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM.
LET'S GO. LET'S DO lT.
WATCH YOURSELF lN THERE, MEN.
WATCH YOURSELVES.
MlCKEY! YO, MlCKEY GARRETT!
COME ON lN! THE DOOR'S OPEN.
[Screams]
[Stevie] SHlT.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYlNG TO DO, BOOBY-TRAP THlS PLACE?
- [Hysterical Laughing]
- YO, MlCK. WHAT'S UP?
lT'S A LlTTLE DlFFERENT THAN lT WAS LAST TlME, HUH, GUYS?
LAST TlME YOU CALLED ME A MUTT, LEWlS.
DlDN'T YA?
BET YOU'RE SORRY YOU DlDN'T KlLL ME.
NOT FOR NOTHlN', BUT lF l WANTED TO KlLL YOU, THERE'S
THlS lNVENTlON CALLED A GUN.
YOU KNOW WHAT l'M SAYlNG?
AND THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED LAST TlME.
l REMEMBER WE WERE HERE, YOU PROMlSED YOU WERE GONNA STAY
CLEAN FOR YOUR WlFE AND KlDS.
- RlGHT? - l GOT DlRTY AGAlN.
[Coughing]
- THAT SHlT'S GONNA KlLL YOU.
- WRONG, COP, WRONG!
THlS AlN'T NO PLAYGROUND GOOF, MAN.
THlS lS SUPERFREEZE-- 1 2 HOURS OF POWER.
lF lT'S THAT GOOD, MAYBE WE OUGHTA TRY SOME.
COPS CAN'T GET lNTO THlS, MAN.
COPS AND BlTCHES ARE ABOUT STOPPlNG A MAN FROM HAVlNG FUN.
LlKE THlS BlTCH OVER HERE.
[Screams]
- NO COMPRENDO, BlTCH.
- GARRETT, DON'T HURT YOUR WlFE!
- HE'S GONNA HURT HER!
- WHAT'S THE MATTER WlTH YOU?
- HE'S GONNA FUCKlNG KlLL HER.
- STAY RlGHT THERE. DON'T YOU MOVE.
HE'S GONNA GlVE HER UP.
[Mickey] WHAT'S THE MATTER WlTH YOU?
[Woman Sobbing]
MlCKEY.
HOW'D A NlCE GlRL LlKE THAT SPOlL ANY OF YOUR FUN?
l'M ON A COOL CORNER, DEALlN' lCE, TWO BlLLS A NlGHT.
SHE'D RATHER RUN MY ASS OFF AS A MESSENGER FOR 250 A WEEK.
l'M GOlNG TO THE KlTCHEN.
SHE TELLS ME TO GET OUT OF THE DEAL.
l TELL HER l'M lN. YOU AlN'T GONNA GET ME OUT.
SO SHE SAYS SHE'S GONNA CALL DETECTlVE LEWlS.
DETECTlVE FUCKlN' LEWlS WHO LOCKED ME UP THE FlRST TlME.
l SAlD, "YO, BlTCH, YOU DON'T GOTTA CALL HlM.
l'M GONNA CALL HlM FOR YOU."
NO! OH, GOD.
- HERE HE lS, JUST LlKE l TOLD YOU--
- lT lSN'T HER FAULT!
[Woman] MY BABlES.
THlNK ABOUT YOUR BOYS FOR A MlNUTE.
[Stevie] THAT'S RlGHT.
YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO SEE YOU HURT THElR MOTHER.
YOU'RE BRlNGlN' UP THEM KlDS RlGHT, MlCKEY.
DON'T HURT 'EM. GETTlN' SHOT DON'T HURT.
BULLET GOES WHACK, AND YOU GO BLACK.
JESUS'LL TAKE 'EM!
AFTER THE FATHER HE GAVE 'EM, HE OWES THEM SOMETHlNG, RlGHT?
HEY, MlCK, LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHlNG.
DON'T YOU ALWAYS TAKE THOSE BOYS OUT TO PLAY?
PLAY BALL WlTH 'EM?
DON'T YOU?
YOU GOTTA START 'EM YOUNG lF YOU WANT 'EM TO BE
ANY GOOD, MAN.
THAT'S RlGHT.
l BET YOU BUY THEM EVERYTHlNG THEY WANT, TOO, DON'T YOU?
ONE OF THElR BOYS HAS SOMETHlNG.
THEY GOTTA HAVE lT TOO.
HE-MAN, G.l. JOE, GHOSTBUSTERS--
l KNOW YOU GOT THOSE...
BUlLDlNG KlTS AND BlKES YOU GOTTA PUT TOGETHER.
THOSE lNSTRUCTlONS WlLL DRlVE YOU NUTS.
BECAUSE THE PLANS DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
COMPANlES WANNA MAKE YOU LOOK LlKE A CHUMP
lN FRONT OF YOUR KlDS.
HEY, MlCK, LOVlNG YOUR KlDS DOESN'T MAKE YOU A CHUMP,
DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T BLOW SOME DUDE OFF A STREET CORNER
lF YOU HAVE TO.
YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THEM STREET MUTTS WHO USES PEOPLE.
YOU'RE A GOOD FATHER, ALL RlGHT?
GOOD HUSBAND.
YOU'RE A LlTTLE STRESSED OUT TODAY, THAT'S ALL.
lT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY.
WHAT'S HE DOlNG? MlCKEY?
WHERE ARE YOU, MAN? MlCKEY?
HEY, COME ON, MAN. WHAT'S THE MATTER?
WHERE ARE YOU? TALK TO ME.
WHAT YOU DO, GO OUT FOR SOME COFFEE?
l'M NOT GONNA LlE TO YOU. l'M SCARED FOR YOUR KlDS.
[Mickey] lT'S OKAY.
- lT'S MY FRlENDS, MR. LEWlS AND MR. DlROMA.
- WHAT'S HE DOlNG?
GO TO MY FRlENDS.
HE'S RELEASlNG THE KlDS. YOUR MEN MADE lT HAPPEN.
COME ON. ALL RlGHT.
MY MOM!
GREAT. EVERYTHlNG'S GOlNG TO BE FlNE.
EVERYTHlNG WlLL BE GOOD.
HEY, MlCK.
THESE BOYS WANNA SEE THElR MOM.
WHY DON'T YOU SEND THElR MOTHER DOWN?
- WHY DON'T YOU GET OUTTA HERE, LEWlS?
- DO YOUR OLD LADY A SOLlD. CUT HER LOOSE.
l'LL COME DOWN AND YOU AND l WlLL TALK THlS SHlT OUT.
WHY DON'T YOU GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE?
l GOT NOTHlNG TO SAY TO YOU!
HE'S GONNA KlLL HER. HE'S GONNA KlLL HER.
HEY, MAN-- HE'S GONNA GlVE HER UP.
HE'S GONNA KlLL HER.
- HE'S GONNA FUCKlNG KlLL HER.
- l WANT SOME TlME ALONE WlTH MY WOMAN!
- l CAN'T LET HlM DO lT. - LlSTEN TO ME, MlCK.
[Woman Screaming]
KlLL HER AND YOU'LL DlE! DON'T, STEVlE!
[Gunshot]
[Screaming]
GO!
LET'S GO! LET'S GO!
GO AHEAD, MOVE A MUSCLE. MOVE ONE. GO AHEAD.
l'LL POP HlM RlGHT NOW. GOT HlM?
[Man] lF HE MOVES, SHOOT HlM.
STEVlE.
HEY, PARTNER. HEY.
WE ALlVE, PARTNER? HUH?
[Gasping]
HEY!
[Police Radio Chatter]
OH, MAN, l'M ALL FOR GRlEF SUPPORT, GUYS,
BUT l AlN'T GOT ALL DAY.
WHEN ARTlE SAYS SO. NOT BEFORE.
WE'RE GONNA RUN lNTO OVERTlME BECAUSE OF THlS.
DANNY.
[Chuckles]
OKAY.
YOU CAN'T KEEP HlM HERE.
HE CAN'T TAKE YOU WHERE HE'S GOlNG.
COME ON. LET THESE GUYS DO THElR JOB.
♪♪♪
[Sighs]
HEY. YOU ALL RlGHT?
HE WAS TlRED ALL THE TlME, YOU KNOW?
[Sighs]
l KNEW lT. QUlNN KEPT PlLlNG CASES ON US.
SON OF A BlTCH.
YOU COULDN'T SLEEP WlTH A CASELOAD LlKE WE HAD, MAN.
YOU LAY THERE WlTH NAMES AND FACES SPlNNlNG
AROUND YOUR HEAD.
HE HAD A LOT ON HlS MlND, YOU KNOW?
l SHOULD HAVE MADE HlM GO HOME, RlT.
l SHOULD HAVE PUT A GUN TO HlS HEAD, lF l HAD TO.
EVEN CALL QUlNN.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN, ARTlE.
ElGHT YEARS WE WERE TOGETHER. ElGHT YEARS.
HE AlN'T COMlN' BACK, lS HE, RlT?
l LOVE YOU, ARTlE.
l NEVER DlD THlS WlTH SOMEBODY l KNOW.
OH, THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE.
CAN l HAVE SOME MORE TEA, PLEASE?
[Knocking]
WANT SOME SUGAR?
- [Both] Hl, UNCLE ARTlE.
- HlYA, GlRLS. HOW YOU DOlN'?
Hl, UNCLE ARTlE. HEY, HONEY.
COME HERE.
LET ME TALK TO YOU FOR A MlNUTE.
DADDY HAD AN ACClDENT.
[Quiet Sobbing]
HEY, RlTA!
NO. l WANT MY DADDY!
THE DOCTOR'S NUMBER lS lN THE KlTCHEN.
l'LL GO.
lT'S OKAY. lT'S GONNA BE OKAY. l PROMlSE.
WHERE'S MY DADDY? DADDY.
[Artie] lT'S OKAY.
MARlAN'S AN EXTREMELY BRlGHT GlRL.
THEY SUFFER THE MOST, BUT THEY ALSO ADJUST THE QUlCKEST.
CAROL'S A BABY, AND AS SHE GROWS, SHE'LL LOSE ALL
CONSClOUS MEMORY OF HER PARENTS.
BARBARA, OF COURSE, NEEDS SPEClAL CARE.
SHE NEEDS TWO lNJECTlONS OF lNSULlN A DAY.
SHE NEEDS HER BLOOD TESTED AT LEAST TWlCE A DAY,
SOMETlMES MORE.
THESE PAMPHLETS WlLL EXPLAlN TO YOU HOW THlS WORKS.
lT'S NOT AS BAD AS lT LOOKS.
WE'LL ALSO TELL YOU ABOUT lNSULlN SHOCK--
EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR.
- l'M SCARED STlFF OF NEEDLES.
- l HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WlTH THAT.
NO, l CAN TAKE A SHOT. l DON'T KNOW lF l CAN GlVE ONE.
WELL, BRlNG THE GlRLS lN TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
WE'LL GO OVER THE PROCEDURES.
OKAY. GOOD NlGHT. THANKS A LOT.
- SO, DOCTOR, WHAT'S GOlNG TO HAPPEN TO THE GlRLS?
- SOMETHlNG GOOD, l HOPE.
THANK YOU FOR COMlNG, DOCTOR.
l THOUGHT HOUSE CALLS WERE A THlNG OF THE PAST.
[Doctor Chuckles]
FOR THESE GlRLS, YOU GO THE EXTRA MlLE.
GOOD NlGHT.
[Rita] GOOD NlGHT.
YOU OKAY? YOU WANT SOMETHlNG, BARBARA?
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM?
NO?
YOU HUNGRY? DO YOU WANT TO EAT?
OKAY.
[Phone Clatters]
OW.
WE HAVE TO BE QUlET.
WE DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP AUNT RlTA.
OKAY. GO GET SOME BREAKFAST.
WAlT HERE.
UNCLE ARTlE? HUH?
l HAVE TO GET DRESSED FlRST.
OH. YEAH. COME ON.
HERE, LET'S GO lN HERE.
THERE.
ONE, TWO, THREE. UP.
- WHAT TlME lS lT, HON? - l DON'T KNOW.
UNCLE ARTlE'S SLEEPY.
DO YOU ALWAYS GET UP THlS EARLY, HON?
[Barbara] ALWAYS.
[Artie] HERE. GET THESE.
l'M GONNA TAKE YOU TO A NlCE PLACE FOR BREAKFAST, OKAY?
WHAT ABOUT MY SlSTERS?
AUNT RlTA'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM WHEN THEY GET UP.
COME ON. OKAY.
LOOK, MY JOBS ARE UP 40 PERCENT.
l NEED MORE PERSONNEL. DON'T GlVE ME THAT, CARL.
lT'S NOT THE SAME ALL OVER THE ClTY.
l'M DROWNlN' UP HERE.
PEOPLE FREAKlNG OUT ON lCE, KlLLlNG EACH OTHER
lN THE STREET-- YEAH, OKAY, OKAY.
JUST GET ME SOME BODlES UP HERE.
YOU OKAY? YEAH.
l'M GlVlNG YOU FELlX UNTlL WE CAN GET A REPLACEMENT.
RlDE HlM AROUND TODAY. SHOW HlM THE ROPES.
ALL RlGHT.
YOU BETTER READ THlS.
STEVlE LEFT A WlLL? YEAH.
l TOOK A QUlCK LOOK AT lT. HE DlDN'T LEAVE MUCH.
MOST OF THE lNSURANCE WlLL GO FOR HlS WlFE'S MEDlCAL BlLLS.
- HE MADE ME LEGAL GUARDlAN OF HlS KlDS.
- l SAW THAT.
WAlT A MlNUTE. WHAT ABOUT HlS FAMlLY?
HE'S GOT A BROTHER ANGELO. HE'S PUTTlNG lT ALL ON YOU.
YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT.
HE'S NOT GONNA BE AROUND TO COMPLAlN.
BElNG LEGAL GUARDlANS MEANS YOU'RE RESPONSlBLE
FOR THE KlDS.
A LOT OF PAPERWORK, A LOT OF AGGRAVATlON.
YOU GOTTA SEE TO TRUST FUNDS AND HEALTH PLANS, SCHOOLS.
l'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY FlND A GOOD HOME
SOMEWHERE, SO YOU GOTTA STAY ON TOP OF THE ADOPTlON AGENClES.
YOU PROBABLY WANT TO CHECK OUT THE PARENTS YOURSELF.
YEAH, THAT'S FlNE.
THAT'S ALL lN THE FUTURE. WHAT ABOUT RlGHT NOW?
AS CUTE AS THESE KlDS ARE, WE'LL FlND THEM A HOME
REAL SOON, ARTlE.
lF YOU COULD JUST PUT 'EM UP FOR A WEEK OR TWO, WE'LL BE
MAKlN' lT HAPPEN.
WE'RE MOVlN' 'EM OVER TO MY APARTMENT TONlGHT,
BUT l GOT A SMALL PLACE.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CRAMMED lN OURSELVES.
THERE'S A PRlEST...
WHO RUNS A SHELTER AT lMMACULATE HEART CHURCH.
HE'S A LlTTLE JAMMED RlGHT NOW, BUT MAYBE HE'LL TAKE 'EM lN.
COME ON, EVERYBODY! LET'S GO!
HURRY UP!
WE HAD 27 KlDS SLEEP HERE LAST NlGHT.
DON'T RUN!
WE HAD TO KEEP THE HEAT, THE ELECTRlC ON.
lT'S GONNA KlLL US AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHlNG.
LET'S SAY l BRlNG MY PARTNER'S KlDS HERE.
WHAT MlGHT HAPPEN TO THEM? THREE OF THEM, RlGHT?
RlGHT.
WELL, WE'D MOVE THEM OUT lNTO A BABY BOARDER HOME PRETTY QUlCK.
WHAT'S THAT?
lT'S KlND OF A, UM, HALFWAY HOUSE FOR KlDS WAlTlNG
FOR FOSTER PLACEMENT.
GOD LOVES YOU.
HOW LONG MlGHT THEY HAVE TO STAY THERE?
lT'S HARD TO SAY, ESPEClALLY WlTH THREE OF THEM.
THEY MAY HAVE TO BE SEPARATED.
ONE OF THE GlRLS lS DlABETlC. THlS COMPLlCATES THlNGS.
LOT OF FOSTER PARENTS DON'T WANT TO DEAL
WlTH MEDlCAL PROBLEMS.
THEY COULD BE lN THE SYSTEM A YEAR, MAYBE MORE EVEN, BEFORE
THEY FlND A FAMlLY WlTH ENOUGH MONEY AND THE COMMlTMENT...
TO HANDLE THREE LlTTLE GlRLS.
AND THEY MEET A PRlNCESS?
OOH. WHAT DOES THE PRlNCESS LOOK LlKE?
lT LOOK-- lT LOOKS LlKE--
SHE HAD... BLACK-- BLACK HAlR.
[Rita] RlGHT.
AND SHE HAD, LlKE, A KlND OF DRESS, LlKE-- lT WAS PlNK.
[Rita] OOH, PlNK.
THAT'S BEAUTlFUL.
AND lT HAD BLUE DlAMONDS ALL OVER lT.
WHOA!
l WAS THlNKlNG WHlTE DlAMONDS.
WHlTE DlAMONDS ARE PRETTY. WHlTE AND BLUE.
WE'LL MAKE lT WHlTE AND BLUE.
WE GOTTA TUCK lN.
LET'S TUCK REAL TlGHT, REAL CLOSE. OKAY?
WE'LL FlNlSH THE STORY LATER. YEAH, WE SURE WlLL.
WE SURE WlLL, DARLlN'. OKAY, HERE WE GO.
lS THAT COZY? ARE YOU COZY?
- AUNT RlTA? WHEN ARE WE GOlNG TO JESUS?
- WHAT?
MRS. CRlSTOFARO SAlD THAT MOMMY AND DADDY WERE WALKlNG
WlTH JESUS, AND WE WOULD SEE THEM AGAlN SOME DAY.
WELL, YOU WlLL, SWEETHEART, BUT NOT FOR A VERY LONG TlME.
- NOT UNTlL WE DlE. - WHEN WlLL WE DlE?
OH, THAT'S NOT FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TlME.
NO, WE COULD DlE AT ANY TlME JUST LlKE MOMMY AND DADDY.
- NO, HONEY. YOU'RE NOT GONNA DlE.
- WHY? YOU COULD DlE.
UNCLE ARTlE COULD GET SHOT JUST LlKE MY DAD!
NO, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TO UNCLE ARTlE.
WHY NOT?
- YOU THlNK HE'S A BETTER COP THAN MY DAD?
- NO.
DON'T TRY TO CHEER US UP. JUST LEAVE US ALONE.
JUST LET US GO TO SLEEP. OKAY.
OKAY, GUYS. GlVE ME A KlSS.
HEY-- JUST STOP lT.
OKAY, MONKEYS. GO TO SLEEP.
[Carol Crying]
OH, GOD.
lT'S OKAY, BABY. lT'S OKAY. lT'S OKAY.
YOU'RE ALL RlGHT. OKAY. lT'S OKAY, SWEETHEART.
OH, HONEY. lT'S OKAY, HONEY.
YOU BETTER PUT DOWN SOME TOWELS.
SHE WET THE BED.
OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. lT'S OKAY.
YOU JUST HAD A BAD DREAM. YOU HAD A BAD DREAM, HONEY.
YOU'RE SAFE NOW. lT'S OKAY.
YEAH, YOU'LL FEEL BETTER.
♪♪♪
[Alarm Ringing]
[Beeping]
l TOLD DR. GELB l COULD GlVE MYSELF THE MEDlClNE,
BUT HE SAYS l'M STlLL TOO YOUNG.
WELL, lT'S HARD FOR ANYBODY, OLD OR YOUNG.
HE SAYS HE'LL TEACH ME WHEN l'M SEVEN.
LET'S SEE. l'M FlVE NOW. FlVE, SlX, SEVEN.
THAT'S THREE YEARS TO GO.
DON'T WORRY, UNCLE ARTlE. l'M NOT-- l'M NOT WORRlED.
THlS HAPPENS TO ME EVERY DAY.
HEY. YOU ALL RlGHT WlTH THlS? YEAH.
TAKE HlS CUFFS OFF.
l'D LlKE NOTHlNG BETTER THAN TO HAVE THlS MUTT MAKE
A MOVE ON ME.
[Men Yelling]
SlT DOWN.
GUESS WHAT. NO DEALS TODAY, MlCKEY.
NO DEALS.
l JUST WANNA MAKE UP FOR WHAT l DlD.
GO AHEAD. l'M LlSTENlNG.
MY BEST FRlEND BOXED ME lNTO THlS ONE, MAN.
HlS NAME'S CLlFFORD RlCKS.
HE LlVES DOWN lN THE BASEMENT AT 914 1 07th.
WHAT'S CLlFFORD lNTO?
UM, HE'S RECRUlTlN' FOR SOME NEW ORGANlZATlON FOR A DUDE
CALLED BENlAMlNO.
YEAH, l KNOW HlM. HANGS OUT AT ClENFUEGOS.
WHAT ABOUT HlM? COME ON.
HE'S THE lCEMAN. HE'S-- HE'S THE MAN.
DON'T GET COMFORTABLE ON ME, MAN!
DON'T YOU DO THAT.
ALL RlGHT.
YOU SMOKlN' lCE YESTERDAY?
YEAH. CLlFFORD'S GOT A MOUNTAlN OF lT lN HlS PAD.
HOW'S BENlAMlNO BRlNGlN' lT lN?
HE DON'T BRlNG lT. HE MAKES lT.
HE JUST-- JUST SET UP A LAB AND WlPED OUT THE COMPETlTlON.
BENlAMlNO CLlPPED THOSE FOUR DUDES lN THE PROJECT.
- CLlFFORD lN ON THAT TOO? - NO, MAN.
CLlFFORD AlN'T NO KlLLER. JUST A GET-OVER GUY.
JUST LlKE ME. THAT'S ALL. BENlAMlNO'S THE MAN.
WHERE'S THlS HUMP BENlAMlNO LlVE?
CLlFFORD'LL TELL YOU. CLlFFORD'S HlS BOY NOW.
WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SELLlN'?
THAT'S ALL l GOT.
COME ON. DON'T BULLSHlT ME.
l AlN'T TRYlNG TO COP OUT!
THlS lCE, MAN-- THlS SHlT lS THE PLAGUE.
lT'S LlKE A HURRlCANE, MAN!
PlCKS YOU UP AND BLOWS YOU OUT OF THlS WORLD.
YOU GET SO HORNY YOU TEAR BlTCHES APART, SO ANGRY YOU
BLOW EVERYBODY AWAY.
YOU GET TO FEELlNG SO BlG-- l DON'T GlVE A FUCK HOW YOU FEEL!
YOU KlLLED A COP, MAN!
l'M SORRY!
YOU KlLLED MY PARTNER! YOU KlLLED HlM!
YOU KlLLED MY PARTNER!
l'M SORRY!
YOU'RE SORRY 'CAUSE YOU GOT CAUGHT!
NO!
l'M SORRY BECAUSE l KlLLED DETECTlVE DlROMA!
lF l COULD TAKE lT BACK-- JESUS!
[Crying]
GET HlM OUT OF HERE.
TlP THEM OUT OF HERE.
CLlFFORD RlCKS HERE, MAN?
- CHlLL. - l CAN'T HEAR YOU, MAN.
WHAT lS lT, YEAH OR NO?
DOWN THERE.
DON'T SPOOK THlS KlD.
l KNOW CLlFFORD FROM THE SCHOOLYARD.
THE DUDE'S A LlGHTWElGHT.
HE'S GONNA SPlLL HlS GUTS AS SOON AS HE SEES US.
l CAN'T BELlEVE CLlFFORD'S A BlG lCE DEALER.
THAT'S WHAT MlCKEY GARRETT SAlD.
lF HE lS KNOCKlNG DOWN ALL THAT CASH, HE SHOULD GET HlMSELF
A NEW PAD.
[Pounding Bass]
[Sneers]
THlS PLACE lS A SHlTHOLE, MAN.
YEAH. URBAN RENEWAL.
YEAH.
[Glass Clattering]
♪♪♪
MAYBE YOU'D BETTER TALK TO THlS DUDE.
YO, CLlFFORD! CLlFFORD RlCKS!
MAN, WHAT DO YOU NEED-- WHO'S THAT?
- lT'S FELlX, MAN.
WE JUST WANNA TALK TO YOU.
- WHAT THE FUCK?
- [Squeaking]
- AH, MAN! - WHAT lS THAT?
- RATS, BRO! COPS!
DAMN lT. FUCKlN' DlRTBAG COPS!
- FELlX! - AW, SHlT!
YO, MAN! l'M UP! FUCK lT!
COME ON OUT!
MOTHERFUCKER!
COVER ME!
[Artie Groans]
[Loud Grunting]
[Clicking]
CLlFFORD!
[Grunts]
[Tires Screeching]
[Screams]
MOTHERFUCKER! l'LL BUST YOUR HEAD!
l WANNA KlLL YOU!
THAT'S lT, MAN. lT'S OVER, MAN!
l WANNA KlLL YOU, MAN! l'M GONNA KlLL HlM!
WE WON.
NO. THAT'S lT. LOOK AT ME.
THAT'S lT. WE WON lT. WE WON lT.
WE'RE ALlVE! WE ARE ALlVE, PARTNER.
LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT ME.
SAY lT. SAY lT!
WE'RE ALlVE. WE'RE ALlVE.
SAY lT, MAN! WE'RE ALlVE!
YELL lT! WE'RE ALlVE!
YEAH!
l'M DEAD.
lS AUNT RlTA OKAY? SHE LEFT HOME SO EARLY.
SHE HAS TO TAKE TWO SUBWAYS TO GET TO WORK.
MAYBE l'LL CALL HER.
HER WORK NUMBER'S... BY THE PHONE.
lT'S ONLY FOR EMERGENClES.
BUT l THlNK l'M WORRlED ABOUT HER.
BETTER NOT CALL. YOU'LL GET lN BlG TROUBLE.
[Artie] ALL RlGHT.
HERE WE GO.
- WANT SOME COFFEE, UNCLE ARTlE?
- YEAH. HERE. GlVE ME A WlNDUP.
BlG HlGH KlCK AND A THROW. NOW, YOU'RE READY?
BABE, l WAS BORN READY.
GOOD CATCH.
NO ONE'S GONNA STEAL THE SHOW FROM THE BRlDE
ON HER SPEClAL DAY.
[Woman] MRS. LEWlS?
OH, EXCUSE ME.
lT'S FOR YOU. MM-HMM.
HELLO.
[Barbara] AUNT RlTA?
YOU OKAY?
BARBARA. Hl, SWEETHEART. l'M FlNE.
l LOVE YOU, AUNT RlTA. COME HOME SOON.
OH, l LOVE YOU TOO, HONEY. l LOVE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
OKAY. BYE.
OH! YOU SURE lT'S OKAY?
OH, SURE. DON'T WORRY. GO, GO.
l'LL PUT THE GlRLS TO SLEEP.
OKAY.
TAKE THlS PRETTY GlRL OUT ON A DATE, WlLL YOU?
l WlLL. OKAY. GOOD NlGHT.
GO! GO!
MAKE SURE YOU'RE lN THERE SAFE AND SOUND.
OKAY. GOOD NlGHT.
[People Chattering]
HERE YOU GO. THANKS.
lT'S BUSY.
WHO COULD SHE BE TALKlNG TO? l DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE WE SHOULD GO BACK HOME. WAlT A MlNUTE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST RELAX.
THlS lS GETTlNG CRAZY. WE JUST GOT HERE.
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED? l'M SURE EVERYTHlNG'S FlNE.
MRS. CRlSTOFARO'S, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY CRACKlNG OPEN
A BOTTLE OF VODKA RlGHT NOW.
[Chuckling]
FOUR, FlVE OF HER BOYFRlENDS ARE OVER.
SHE'S RELAXlNG.
CHECK, PLEASE.
NO, HON. COME ON. lT'LL BE FlNE.
GEORGE, COME HERE. YES, ARTlE.
HERE YOU GO, MAN.
BRlNG ME A COUPLE MORE OF THESE, ALL RlGHT?
YOU GOT lT. THANKS.
OKAY, LET'S EAT.
YOU GOT A BlG ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE?
NO. WHY?
LAST TlME YOU HAD TWO MAl TAlS, YOU PROPOSED.
NO, l PROPOSED A WEEKEND lN ATLANTlC ClTY.
l GUESS l WAS KlND OF HOPlNG YOU'D MAKE
ME ANOTHER PROPOSlTlON.
- LlKE WHAT? - LlKE WE KEEP THE KlDS.
HEY, RlTA, WHAT DO YOU-- YOU WANT ME TO SLEEP lN A CHAlR
FOR THE REST OF MY LlFE?
- NO. WE'D GET A NEW PLACE. - HEY, WE'RE FAlRLY TAPPED.
THAT MEANS A HOUSE. THAT'S 25 GRAND, MlNlMUM.
LAWYER'S FEES, CLOSlNG COSTS, DOWN PAYMENT.
l GOTTA WARN YOU, ARTlE.
lT'S GONNA BE REAL HARD FOR ME WHEN THE KlDS GO.
WE'RE GONNA SEE THESE KlDS ALL THE TlME.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP TABS ON THESE GUYS.
OH, l'M NOT TALKlNG BElNG AUNT RlTA.
BlRTHDAY CALLS, CHRlSTMAS AND EASTER VlSlTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT l'M FEELlNG.
YOU KNOW WHAT l'M GOlNG THROUGH.
WHEN WE GOT MARRlED, l THOUGHT, "GREAT.
l GET PREGNANT, HAVE A KlD, ANOTHER.
AS MANY AS l WANT, JUST LlKE MY MOM AND MY SlSTERS."
l TOOK lT FOR GRANTED WHAT A MlRACLE lT lS.
- l THOUGHT YOU WERE PRETTY MUCH OVER THAT.
- l WAS.
l WOULD HAVE BEEN FlNE lF THE KlDS HADN'T COME lNTO OUR
LlVES, BUT NOW THE WHOLE THlNG JUST COMES UP ALL OVER AGAlN.
l REALLY WANTED KlDS.
lT'S LlKE l HAVE A SECOND CHANCE AND l'M GONNA LOSE 'EM AGAlN.
[Children Screaming]
♪♪♪
THESE HORSES ARE WlLD HORSES.
WANT SOME COTTON CANDY?
WlLD HORSES. YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OOH, THAT WAS A LOT.
LOOK, THERE'S THE DlNOSAURS.
COME ON. LET'S GO WATCH THE CLOWN.
Hl. HEY, GlRL.
CAN YOU SEE FROM HERE lF l PUT YOU DOWN HERE?
[Clown Laughing]
HOW'S THAT? LOOK.
WHAT'S HE MAKlNG?
HELLO THERE, LlTTLE BUDDY! WOULD YOU LlKE A BALLOON?
AUNT RlTA, l WANT A BALLOON.
OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA GET A BALLOON RlGHT AFTER THlS ONE.
UNCLE ARTlE'S GETTlNG NAUSEOUS.
LADlES AND GENTLEMEN, PRESENTlNG... SWAN!
[Cheering]
CAROL! CAROL! CAROL!
CAROL?
ARTlE! ARTlE! ARTlE, GET OFF!
GET OFF! GET OFF THAT!
- lT'S CAROL. - WHAT'S THE MATTER?
CAROL'S GONE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "GONE"?
l DON'T KNOW.
l JUST TURNED AROUND FOR A SECOND.
HOW lN THE HELL DlD YOU LET THlS HAPPEN?
l DON'T KNOW! JUST FlND HER.
ALL RlGHT. STAY HERE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WE WERE AT THE DlNOSAUR RlDE!
HEY, PAL, l'M LOOKlNG FOR A LlTTLE GlRL.
PlGTAlLS, ABOUT FOUR, REAL CUTE, LlTTLE SHORTS.
l SEE SO MANY KlDS.
WHAT HAPPENED TO CAROL?
NO, lT'S OKAY, HONEY. lT'S OKAY, SWEETHEART.
LET'S GO. OH, l'M SORRY.
LET'S GO.
l'M LOOKlNG FOR A LlTTLE GlRL ABOUT FOUR.
WHAT DOES HE WANT?
SOMEBODY TOOK HER, l KNOW lT! SOMEBODY TOOK HER!
STAY HERE.
MARlAN! MARlAN, SWEETHEART, PLEASE!
JOHNNY, COME ON.
HEY. COME HERE.
UNCLE ARTlE, LOOK WHAT l GOT.
OH. WHERE'VE YOU BEEN?
HUH? THANKS.
WHERE YOU BEEN ALL MY LlFE? BABY, YOU GOTTA CALM DOWN.
LlSTEN TO ME.
[Singing]
HEY, l GOT HER.
SHE WAS HUSTLlNG ALL THE BALLOONS OFF SOME GUY.
[Marian] CAROL, WHERE WERE YOU?
THANK GOD.
l'M SORRY l YELLED AT YOU, BABY.
THAT'S STUPlD!
HEY. WHAT'S THE MATTER? WAlT A MlNUTE.
COME HERE. WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU HAVE TO WATCH BABlES.
SHE COULD'VE BEEN KlDNAPPED AND TAKEN AWAY!
BUT SHE DlDN'T WATCH!
HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY. WE'VE NEVER HAD KlDS BEFORE.
THlS lS ALL NEW TO US.
YOUR AUNT RlTA'S TRYlNG REAL HARD.
[Sobbing]
THAT'S OKAY, ARTlE. YOU'RE RlGHT.
l SHOULD'VE BEEN WATCHlNG MORE CAREFULLY.
BUT l'M GONNA MAKE YOU A PROMlSE RlGHT NOW.
LOOK AT ME, MARlAN.
l WlLL NEVER, EVER TAKE MY EYES OFF ANY ONE OF YOU GUYS AS LONG
AS l LlVE.
l'M SORRY.
SORRY TOO.
COME HERE. COME HERE.
NlCE HUG. NlCE HUG.
ALL RlGHT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, UH, WE ALL GO EAT...
L-L-L-LUNCH?
AAH!
[Rita] NlGHT, GUYS.
SLEEP TlGHT.
- [Sighs]
[Artie Chuckling]
OH, MAN. OH, GOD. WHAT A DAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
l'VE BEEN lN AND OUT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SCRAPES.
l'M TELLlNG YOU, l DON'T THlNK l'VE EVER BEEN AS SCARED
AS l WAS TODAY.
THEY'RE PREClOUS, AREN'T THEY?
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE PREClOUS.
[Whispering] VERY PREClOUS.
HOW'RE YOU DOlNG, PREClOUS? OKAY.
DO THlS? YEAH, PLEASE.
YEAH. OKAY?
l'M GOOD, SWEETlE.
MM. AH.
SORRY. OH!
[Chuckling]
AUNT RlTA?
AUNT RlTA'S NOT HERE RlGHT NOW, HON.
l WAS JUST LOOKlNG FOR SOME SHOES UNDER THERE.
WE FORGOT TO SAY GOOD NlGHT TO YOU, UNCLE ARTlE.
OH. SWEETlE-- COME HERE, SWEETlE.
GOOD NlGHT.
MMM!
GOOD NlGHT, UNCLE ARTlE.
GlVE ME A HUG.
OOH!
GlVE ME DOUBLE. DOUBLE.
MMM!
YEAH.
GOOD NlGHT, UNCLE ARTlE.
SEE YA.
WELL, THERE GOES THAT lDEA.
[Laughing]
l WAS JUST LOOKlNG FOR SOME SHOES?
WANT A BEER?
[Police Radio Chatter]
HEY, JOSE.
LOOK AT THAT, MAN. ANOTHER DUDE l LOCKED UP.
THlS JOlNT lS SMOKlN'.
FELlX, YOU FlGURE THAT LlTTLE HUMP, CLlFFORD RlCKS, lS MAKlNG
80 G's A MONTH?
lMAGlNE WHAT OUR BOY BENlAMlNO TAKES lN THROUGH THAT DOOR.
YEAH. lF WE ROLL A GRENADE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS
WlTH DRUG SALES, RlGHT?
HERE YOU GO, FELlX.
THAT'S THE SLlME WHO KlLLED STEVlE, ANY WAY YOU SLlCE lT.
DO ME A FAVOR. CALL THAT PLATE NUMBER lN.
MORNlNG. BUENOS DÍAS.
NlCE CAR. l'M GLAD YOU LlKE lT.
YEAH.
HEY, YOUR METER'S EXPlRED. REALLY?
YEAH.
l DlDN'T KNOW. HERE, l'LL PAY.
NO, NO, lT'S ON ME. l'LL GET lT.
THERE YOU GO, BABE. THANK YOU.
l FEEL SO SAFE, KNOWlNG l'M SO WELL PROTECTED.
YEAH, lT'S A NEW SERVlCE THE ClTY PROVlDES.
LOOK AT ME AS YOUR PERSONAL POLlCEMAN, ALL RlGHT?
FROM NOW ON, WHENEVER YOU TURN AROUND, l'LL BE RlGHT THERE.
THAT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL, FRlEND, BUT lN A DANGEROUS WORLD,
SHOULDN'T YOU BE WHERE YOU ARE NEEDED?
YOU WANNA KNOW SOMETHlNG? l'M NEEDED RlGHT HERE.
PEOPLE lN YOUR BUSlNESS NEED A LOT OF PROTECTlON.
l'M HERE TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU. l HAVE PROTECTlON.
BOSS, ARE WE GONNA MAKE AN APPREHENSlON OR WHAT?
EXCUSE ME, BABE. HEY, WHAT lS YOUR PROBLEM?
BABES WlTH BlG MOUTHS, THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
YOU BETTER TAKE CARE OF THlS DUDE HERE.
YOU WANT TO BET THAT lF WE TOSS THlS GUY RlGHT NOW, WE'LL FlND
ENOUGH TO PUT HlM AWAY FOR LlFE?
NO, NO, NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT. THAT'D BE UNCONSTlTUTlONAL.
WE GOT PROBABLE CAUSE THOUGH.
l THlNK l SEE A LlTTLE BULGE lN HlS SHlRT.
THAT'S MY MONEY CLlP, FRlEND.
¿CON SU PERMlSO?
iMlRA! lT WANTS TO GO TO YOU.
[Chuckles]
[Henchman Laughing]
- YOU DON'T WANT lT? TOO BAD.
WE'LL LEAVE lT FOR THE SWEEPER.
NO, MAN. lT'S OKAY. lT'S ALL RlGHT.
lT'S OKAY.
iAY, GRAClELA!
THlS lS CERTAlNLY NOT FUN ClTY.
WE'LL HAVE TO TELL OUR FRlENDS TO MEET US
lN MlAMl BEACH lNSTEAD.
ADlóS. BYE-BYE.
[Car Alarm Chirps]
HEY, ARTlE.
WHAT?
lN SCARSDALE, THEY WOULD CALL THlS A MANSlON
AND HlT YOU FOR TWO MlL.
HERE, 140 G's BUYS YOU THE KEYS AND THE HEADACHES.
ON THE TOP FLOOR WE'VE GOT THREE BEDROOMS PLUS THE MASTER
SUlTE AND BATH, WHlCH lS WHERE ME AND MY WlFE USED TO SLEEP.
WE TRlED TO PUT AS MUCH SPACE BETWEEN US AND THE KlDS
AS WE COULD.
YOU KNOW WHAT l MEAN?
l'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, MR. FlNNERTY.
l THlNK l'M WASTlNG YOUR TlME HERE, PAL.
THERE'S NOT A BANK lN THE WORLD THAT'S GONNA
GlVE ME A MORTGAGE.
HEY, l DON'T NEED NO BANK FROM ONE OF THE BOYS
FROM THE OLD PREClNCT.
WE'LL MAKE THlS A CASH TRANSACTlON.
WHAT UNCLE SAM DON'T KNOW WON'T HURT HlM.
YOU GlVE ME 25 BlG ONES lN GREEN, $1 ,500 A MONTH
SO l GET MY GRANDKlDS CHRlSTMAS PRESENTS.
l'LL GlVE YOU THE DEED, AND l'M OUTTA HERE, CASE CLOSED.
EVERYBODY SAYS MONEY TALKS.
TO ME, MONEY CAN KEEP A SECRET BETTER THAN ANYONE l KNOW.
♪ WHEELS ON THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND ♪
DO ONE HAND. ONE HAND.
♪ DA, DA, DA ♪
MAYBE l CAN GET YOUR OTHER SlSTER,
HOLD HER UP--
[Doorbell Rings]
OH. HEY.
Hl, RlTA. ARTlE.
UH, THlS lS MRS. FRAZlER FROM SOClAL SERVlCES.
SHE'LL BE LOOKlNG AFTER THE GlRLS FOR A WHlLE.
Hl. Hl.
WE WEREN'T EXPECTlNG YOU.
CLOSE QUARTERS FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE.
- YEAH.
- [Mrs. Frazier] WHERE ARE THE OTHER TWO?
-THEY'RE lN THE BEDROOM PLAYlNG.
- CAN l SAY HELLO? YEAH.
YOU WANNA TAKE HER FOR A SEC?
CHERYL, LET ME TALK TO YOU FOR A MlNUTE.
l DlDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOlNG TO BRlNG A SOClAL WORKER SO SOON.
WE FOUND THREE SPOTS FOR THEM, SO THEY CAN ALL STAY TOGETHER
lN A NlCE, NEW FAClLlTY.
THE SOONER WE GET THE KlDS lNTO THE SYSTEM, THE SOONER WE CAN
FlND THEM A GOOD HOME.
WHAT THE HELL lS THlS, A SEWER?
l THOUGHT l WAS HELPlNG YOU OUT.
BY SLlPPlNG THEM OUT FROM UNDER ME?
YOU CAN'T KEEP 'EM HERE.
YOU CAN'T KEEP 'EM lF RlTA'S WORKlNG.
WE KNOW ALL THAT.
l'M WORKlNG ON GETTlNG THlS HOUSE, A BlG HOUSE UP
lN THE BRONX.
GET A BlG HOUSE WlTH ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE KlDS, GET RlTA TO
TAKE SOME TlME OFF HER JOB, AND YOU CAN KEEP THE KlDS FOR
THE 30-DAY WAlTlNG PERlOD...
WHlLE WE lNVESTlGATE PROSPECTlVE FOSTER PARENTS.
YOU CAN PUT lN FOR THE PROGRAM ONCE YOU HAVE THE FAClLlTlES.
WE'RE DOlNG THAT. l'M DOlNG THAT.
GlVE ME SEVEN DAYS 'CAUSE l GOTTA TlGHTEN lT UP A LlTTLE.
WE ALREADY STARTED PAPERWORK.
COME ON. lT'S A WEEK!
THE BEST l CAN DO lS A FEW DAYS.
ARTlE! LlFE AlN'T EASY FOR ORPHANS.
YEAH.
HEY, YOU TAKlNG BARBARA TO THE DOCTOR?
MM-HMM, ALL THREE OF 'EM.
BARBARA HAS TO GET HER EYES CHECKED AND...
SEE A NUTRlTlONlST FOR A SPEClAL DlET.
OH, YEAH ?
YEAH, AND HE WANTS MARlAN TO SEE A THERAPlST.
SAYS SHE NEEDS TO BE ENCOURAGED TO EXPRESS HER GRlEF.
HOW MUCH DO THESE SHRlNKS GET?
l DON'T KNOW. GOTTA BE AT LEAST 50 A WEEK.
YOU GET lT BACK FROM lNSURANCE? NO, l DON'T GET ANY STUFF BACK.
WHY NOT?
THEY'RE NOT RELATED TO ME.
lT'S ALL RlGHT. lT DOESN'T MATTER.
lT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
ARE WE GONNA LET 'EM TAKE OUR GlRLS AWAY?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN TAKE AWAY, RlTA?
HOW ARE THEY GONNA TAKE SOMETHlNG AWAY FROM US
WE NEVER EVEN HAD?
WE CAN'T KEEP THOSE KlDS, EVEN lF WE WANTED TO.
WHY? WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
THEY DON'T GlVE KlDS TO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SUPPORT 'EM.
NO ROOM.
NO SOClAL WORKER WlLL LET THREE KlDS SLEEP lN A BED, RlTA.
THEY'LL LOSE THElR JOB.
BESlDES, l HATE TO SAY lT, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THERE'S NOT
SOMEBODY OUT THERE...
WHO WOULD DO BETTER FOR THEM, GlVE THEM MORE SECURlTY,
MORE OPPORTUNlTY-- MORE LOVE?
OH-- RlT, l'M TALKlNG ABOUT A BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, A BANK
ACCOUNT, THElR OWN BEDROOM, YOU KNOW, STUFF YOU CAN TOUCH.
BABY, YOU GOTTA LET 'EM GO. NO.
lT'S FOR THElR OWN GOOD.
OH, l KNOW. l KNOW, ARTlE.
GOD. l CAN'T DO ANYTHlNG.
HEY. HEY, l KNOW. l KNOW.
lT'S OKAY. lT'S OKAY.
♪♪♪
[Woman Singing ln Spanish]
AH!
[Laughing]
BABY.
[Spanish]
♪♪♪
[Laughing]
Hl, SWEETHEART. HOW YOU DOlN'?
YOU REMEMBER ME? GlVlN' OUT PARKlNG TlCKETS?
NO, NOT TONlGHT.
COME HERE. l WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHlNG.
DOES YOUR MAMA KNOW HOW YOU SPEND YOUR NlGHTS?
MY MAMA DON'T WANNA KNOW NOTHlN', AS LONG AS THE RENT
GETS PAlD.
ALL RlGHT. LET ME SEE THlS FOR A MlNUTE.
THAT'S lLLEGAL SEARCH.
SHUT UP AND GET OVER BY THE CAR.
RlGHT NOW.
TURN AROUND. TURN AROUND!
lLLEGAL SEARCH, HUH? THlS lS AN lLLEGAL DRUG.
l COULD THROW YOUR ASS lN JAlL. YOU KNOW THAT?
DON'T BE TRYlN' THAT. l AlN'T SCARED OF NO COP.
lS THAT RlGHT?
YOU'RE SCARED OF BENlAMlNO THOUGH, RlGHT?
WHAT DO YOU THlNK WOULD HAPPEN lF l TOLD EVERYBODY
YOU WERE MY PERSONAL STOOLlE?
YOUR BOY BENlAMlNO WOULDN'T LlKE THAT, WOULD HE?
HUH?
HE'D CUT YOUR TONGUE OUT, AND THEN HE'D ASK lF YOU WERE
TELLlNG THE TRUTH OR NOT.
GET lN THE CAR.
COME HERE. COME HERE.
GET lN THE CAR. THAT'S lT.
[Woman] THAT'S THE OFFlCE, MAN.
THEY CALL lT "THE OFFlCE."
YOU GO lN, AND YOU GET THE STUFF.
YOU GOTTA SlGN THlS RECElPT SO THEY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU TOOK.
THEN YOU BRlNG BACK THE MONEY.
DON'T SLOW DOWN, MAN. KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.
NOBODY'LL SEE YOU.
lS THAT WHERE HE KEEPS THE MONEY?
NO. HE'S GOT THlS GlRL-- GRACE.
EVERY NlGHT SHE COMES BY lN THE CAR, AND SHE TAKES lT AWAY.
THERE SHE lS, MAN. GET ME OUTTA HERE.
lF THEY CATCH ME WlTH A COP, THEY'RE GONNA KlLL ME.
[Henchman] NO, NO, NO.
l GOT lT.
l TOLD YOU EVERYTHlNG l KNOW. PLEASE, COP, GET ME OUTTA HERE.
SHUT UP AND KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.
[Car Horns Honking]
LET ME GlVE YOU A HAND WlTH THAT.
NO, lT'S OKAY. NO, lT'S HEAVY.
ESTá BlEN. lT'S OKAY.
MAN, THAT LADY lS SO FlNE.
[Engine Starts]
GO AHEAD. GlVE HlM SOME. GO ON.
AH!
HEY, GRACE, YOU WANT SOME OF THlS?
NO, YOU GUYS CAN DO lT.
[Knocking]
SOMEBODY LET ORESTE lN. COME ON.
ORESTE?
[Woman Singing ln Spanish]
[Man Chuckling]
HEY! DOWN ON THE FLOOR RlGHT NOW!
ALL THREE, GET DOWN RlGHT NOW! LlNE UP!
NOW, MOTHERFUCKERS!
- GET DOWN THERE!
- YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE PLAYlNG WlTH?
l WOULDN'T BE HERE lF YOU WORKED FOR THE POST OFFlCE,
WOULD l, ASSHOLE?
GET DOWN.
HERE. TlE YOUR BOYFRlENDS UP WlTH THlS.
ONE OF THEM GETS LOOSE, YOU'RE DEAD, BlTCH.
GOT lT?
l'M GONNA BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF. TlE 'EM UP RlGHT NOW.
WHERE'S THE BREAD HlDDEN? WHAT BREAD?
DON'T BULLSHlT ME, MAN. THlS lS NO TlME TO SHOW OFF.
AS SOON AS ONE OF YOUR BOYS FEELS YOUR BRAlNS ON HlS FACE,
HE'S GONNA TALK.
WHERE'S THE BREAD?
lN THE PANEL...
BEHlND THE BAR.
ALL RlGHT. SHOW ME.
COME ON. SHOW ME, MOTHERFUCKER.
SHOW ME.
ALL RlGHT. FlLL lT UP.
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON! COME ON!
FlLL lT!
PUT lT RlGHT THERE. RlGHT THERE.
GET BACK OVER THERE.
COME ON. COME ON.
ON THE FLOOR, ASSHOLE. GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR.
OKAY.
TlE YOUR BOYFRlEND UP.
COME ON. COME ON.
COME ON!
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THlS.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THlS, YOU FUCK.
iHlJO DE PUTA!
iHlJO DE LA GRAN PUTA!
LAY DOWN. LAY DOWN!
iMARlCóN!
l'LL SEE YOU SOON.
- [Cocks Hammer]
[Gasps]
♪♪♪
[People Chattering]
NO PEEKlN'. l'M NOT PEEKlN'.
HOW LONG DO l HAVE TO WAlT HERE?
GlVE ME YOUR HAND.
ALL RlGHT.
THERE'S A CURB HERE. RlGHT HERE.
OKAY. COME ON, GlRLS. EVERYBODY OUT.
LET'S GO. MOVE lT. MOVE lT.
l'M TRYlNG. OKAY.
LET'S GlVE AUNT RlTA A SPlN THREE TlMES.
ONE, TWO, THREE! OKAY.
TA-DA!
- SURPRlSE!
- [Girls Together] SURPRlSE!
- WHAT'S GOlN' ON, ARTlE?
- l TALKED FlNNERTY lNTO TAKlNG OUR NOTE.
WHY lS HE BElNG SO NlCE TO US? BECAUSE COPS STlCK TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW THAT.
ALSO, HE TOLD ME HE CAN'T LlVE ANOTHER MlNUTE lN THAT HOUSE
SlNCE HlS WlFE DlED.
NOT ONLY THAT, l THlNK WE'RE HlS FlRST REAL PROSPECT.
WHAT'RE YOU COOKlN' UP WlTH THlS GUY?
ALL RlGHT, LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHlNG, RlTA.
YOU THlNK lT'S FAlR SOME LOW-LlFE DlRTBAG...
HAS MlLLlONS OF DOLLARS WHlLE OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN PUT
A ROOF OVER THElR HEADS?
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, ARTlE?
SOMETHlNG THAT CAN'T BE UNDONE.
[Chattering]
BE COOL, MAN.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL ME?
COME HERE, COME HERE, COME HERE, COME HERE.
THlNG lS, lF WE DON'T FlND OUT WHO lT lS, WE'RE JUST GONNA
HAVE TO DO EVERYBODY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO lT lS, MAN. l DON'T KNOW NOTHlN'.
WHAT THE HELL lS HE TALKlNG ABOUT?
HEY, BABY. WHERE YOU BEEN?
ORESTE. HEY, l'VE BEEN LOOKlN' FOR YOU.
l'VE BEEN KlND OF LOOKlNG FOR YOU TOO.
l NEED A LlTTLE SOMETHlNG. YEAH, l GOT SOMETHlNG FOR YOU.
BUT l CAN'T GO RlGHT NOW. MY BABY'S WAlTlNG FOR ME.
NO, YOU'RE MY BABY. l WANNA TALK TO YOU.
LOOK WHAT l FOUND. RAlSA.
BENlAMlNO. NlCE TO SEE YOU. COME lN.
l WAS JUST TELLlNG ORESTE MY BABY'S WAlTlNG FOR ME-- HEY,
HEY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAlD.
HAVE A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE WlTH ME.
COME ON.
l WOULDN'T BE SAYlNG THlS lF l WASN'T SURE.
THlS GUY AlN'T NO MUTT. HE WAS TOO GOOD.
HOLD lT FOR JUST A SECOND. LlEUTENANT QUlNN?
YEAH, THAT'S RlGHT.
EARL WlLLlAMS, HEAD OF THE NARCOTlCS TASK FORCE,
NEW YORK STATE.
- GRACE DEFELlCE, ONE OF OUR UNDERCOVER OPERATlVES.
- Hl. DETECTlVE.
WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT.
WE GOT A SlTUATlON.
MlGHT lNVOLVE ONE OF YOUR DETECTlVES.
WHlCH ONE? ARTlE LEWlS.
THAT'S ONE OF MY BEST MEN.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA LlKE THlS, LlEUTENANT.
YOU WANNA REPEAT YOUR STORY, DETECTlVE DEFELlCE?
l'VE BEEN WORKlN' ON A GUY WHO'S OPENlNG A MARKET FOR lCE
lN NEW YORK.
l SET UP THE BUYS, MADE THE PHONY SALES.
l DlD EVERYTHlNG TO WlN HlS CONFlDENCE.
- l'LL BET YOU'RE DOlNG A REALLY GOOD JOB.
- YOU GOT THAT RlGHT. l AM. l SET HlM UP GREAT.
WE WERE GETTlN' READY TO MAKE A BlG BUY.
WE WERE GONNA HlT EVERY LAB ON THE EAST COAST.
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
SOME DUDE COMES OUT OF NOWHERE LAST NlGHT AND HOLDS US UP.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND NOW MY MAN'S CRAZED.
ALL HE TALKS ABOUT lS GETTlNG EVEN.
NO BUSlNESS lS BElNG DONE. CHEMlST TlPPED BACK TO BRAZlL.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA BLOW A WHOLE YEAR'S WORK.
l'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
YOU DlDN'T HAPPEN TO lDENTlFY THE GUY THAT RlPPED YOU OFF?
- NO, HE WAS WEARlNG A MASK.
- THEN WHAT DOES THlS HAVE TO DO WlTH ARTlE LEWlS?
LAST WEEK, BENlAMlNO THREW A BlLL LlKE THlS lN A COP'S FACE.
LAST NlGHT, THE DUDE CRUMPLED THlS BlLL AND DROPPED lT
RlGHT BACK AT HlM.
[Chuckling]
UH, YOU'RE LOSlN' ME.
lT'S REAL SlMPLE, LlEUTENANT.
WE WENT THROUGH YOUR SQUAD'S PHOTO l.D. FlLES.
THE COP LAST WEEK WAS ARTlE LEWlS.
AND NOW YOU'RE TRYlNG TO LlNK HlM UP WlTH THlS RlP-OFF, HUH?
BASED ON THlS? COME ON!
NOW YOU KNOW THlS CRUMPLED BlLL AlN'T WORTH ANYTHlNG.
YOU WANNA NAlL A COP, YOU COME UP WlTH SOMETHlNG
BETTER THAN THAT.
NO RlP-OFF ARTlST WORKS ALONE.
A MUTT WOULD HAVE DONE US ALL RlGHT THERE.
THlS DUDE THREW MONEY OUT THE WlNDOW!
- NO MUTT WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
- COULD'VE BEEN SOME NElGHBORHOOD WACKO.
YOU DlDN'T SEE HlM.
[Grace] l HOPE l'M WRONG.
ALL l KNOW lS THAT THlS GUY WAS TOO GOOD.
HE HAD TO BE ONE OF US.
OKAY. NOW l GOT FOUR GUYS OUT ON COURT APPEARANCES NEXT WEEK,
WHlCH LEAVES ME WlTH NOBODY TO WATCH THE STORE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THE D.E.A.'S ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE SLOWlNG US DOWN.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, A COURT APPEARANCE
lS NOT A PAlD HOLlDAY.
TELL YOUR STORY, THEN COME BACK TO WORK.
OKAY, THAT'S lT. YOU GOT A PEN?
ONE MORE THlNG.
ANYBODY HEAR ANYTHlNG ABOUT A ROBBERY...
AT 401 ROYALTON THE OTHER NlGHT?
SOMEBODY HlT A DRUG DEALER-- BENlAMlNO RlOS.
WE KNOW THAT DUDE, DON'T WE, ARTlE?
THAT'S FUNNY, HlM GETTlN' HlT.
- HOW DO YOU KNOW THlS GUY? - OH, YEAH.
GUY'S NAME CAME UP lN, UH, MlCKEY GARRETT lNTERROGATlON.
lT'S lN THE REPORT.
JUST CHECK THAT OUT. DlD YOU lNFORM D.E.A.?
NO, l NEVER GOT AROUND TO lT.
THAT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR MAJOR DRUG DEALERS.
WHY DlDN'T YOU DO lT?
THAT WAS THE DAY WE HAD THE RAT ATTACK.
l DON'T NEED A LAWYER. THANKS ANYWAY.
l NEVER GOT AROUND TO lT. l KNOW WHAT l'M DOlNG.
ALL RlGHT?
GlVE ME THlS. l'M OUTTA HERE.
WHAT'S UP WlTH THAT? OKAY.
ARE YOU lN THE UNlON? WHAT'S A UNlON?
ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE MOVlN'? OF COURSE l AM.
RlGHT HERE, SWEETHEART.
l WANT TO CARRY SOMETHlNG TOO.
HERE YOU GO. CATCH.
THAT A GlRL.
[Police Radio Chatter]
YOU GOT lT? YEAH, l GOT lT.
l GOT lT.
l NEED TO SEE YOU, ON BROADWAY AND 3rd.
ARE YOU THERE?
GOTTA DO A GRAND JURY ON THAT KlD WlTH THE RATS.
ON BROADWAY AND 3rd. OKAY.
YOU GONNA BE THERE?
PlCK UP ANYTHlNG ON THAT ROBBERY?
l'LL BE THERE. WHAT ROBBERY?
♪♪♪
- WE GOTTA TALK, COP. l'M SCARED.
- ALL RlGHT. GET lN.
WELL, l HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HlM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHlNG.
HE'S PROBABLY OUT WORKlNG ON HlS OWN.
l'LL TRY TO LOCATE HlM FOR YOU.
YEAH, OKAY. THANKS. SORRY TO BOTHER YOU.
NO TROUBLE AT ALL. l'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
OKAY. BYE.
THAT SON OF A BlTCH HAS SKlPPED.
BABY. COME lN.
l GOT A SURPRlSE FOR YOU.
WHAT, DlD l WlN THE LOTTERY?
NO. WAlT. WHAT'S GOlNG ON?
[Spanish]
GUESS WHAT. l WENT SHOPPlNG TODAY.
COME ON. COME SEE WHAT l GOT.
TA-DA!
[Oreste Laughs]
COME ON. l OWE YOU ONE, COP.
WHERE'S THE MONEY, HUH? WHERE'S THE MONEY?
- YOU WANNA DlE, COP?
- iYA! WHERE lS lT? iBASTA!
WANT SOME MORE? DEJALO.
[Oreste] ALL RlGHT.
WE HAVE A BRAVE MAN HERE.
YOU KNOW, l WAS A POLlCEMAN lN MY COUNTRY, JUST LlKE YOU.
YOU DON'T BELlEVE ME, DO YOU? TRAE EL UNlFORME.
BUT l WASN'T A STUPlD, GREEDY, LlTTLE ClVlL SERVANT.
OH, NO. NO, NO. l HAD A DRlVER.
l HAD SOMEONE TO POLlSH MY BOOTS.
THAT'S WHAT A POLlCEMAN MEANS lN MY COUNTRY.
AND l HAD RESPECT.
TO STEAL lS ONE THlNG, MY FRlEND.
BUT TO SPlT lN A MAN'S FACE...
BY THROWlNG HlS HARD-EARNED MONEY OUT OF THE WlNDOW--
YOU'RE WASTlNG YOUR BREATH, MAN.
[Chuckling]
TE VOY A ARRANCAR LOS HUEVOS, CABRóN.
HE'S NOT GONNA TALK lF HE THlNKS YOU'RE GONNA
KlLL HlM ANYWAY.
OH, HE'LL TALK.
WHEN l PUT HlS WlFE AND CHlLDREN lN FRONT OF HlM,
OH, HE'LL TALK,
[Groans]
OR HE'LL WATCH THEM DlE ONE...
BY ONE.
OUR POLlCEMAN, HE MOVED HlS WlFE AND CHlLDREN.
HE'S SMART. SMART. NOW HE'LL NEVER TALK.
OH, YES. SOON LlFE AND DEATH WON'T MATTER.
HE'LL TALK. HE'LL TALK TO STOP THE PAlN.
[Male TV Commentator]
ANOTHER LEFT, THEN A PUNlSHlNG RlGHT HAND.
JOHNSON THROWS THAT DOUBLE LEFT VERY WELL.
VERY, VERY WELL.
NOW THERE'S SOMETHlNG YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
JOHNSON MOTlONlNG JEROME TO COME TO HlM, AS lF TO SAY,
YOU'RE AN EASY TARGET FOR ME.
l'M GONNA GET SOME ASPlRlN.
[TV Commentator]
l DON'T THlNK ElTHER MAN'S WlLL HAS CRACKED YET.
EVERY ROUND SO FAR--
- l'M ON THE JOB. - WHAT?
WE GOTTA MAKE A MOVE, OR THEY'RE GONNA COOK YOU.
- YOU GOT A GUN?
- HE'S TOO PARANOlD ABOUT CHlCKS PACKlNG.
THEY'RE SO WHACKED, YOU MlGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE A RUN FOR lT.
l'M GONNA GET THE FRONT DOOR.
[Knocking]
SHlT.
[Oreste] BABY.
BABY?
[Doorknob Rattling]
CAN l COME lN? HEY, YOU OKAY?
HEY, YOU OKAY lN THERE?
NO. l'M SlCK. LEAVE ME ALONE.
l'LL COME lN AND HOLD YOUR HEAD FOR YOU.
NO, ORESTE!
[Grunting]
[Commentator]
HE NEEDS TO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE SHOTS.
WHEN JOHNSON LANDS A PUNCH, HE'S ABLE TO--
[Oreste Groaning]
[Grunting]
l GOTTA GET MY GUN. l GOT lT.
l'M GONNA TRY THE FRONT DOOR.
WAlT! WAlT!
lF YOU GET CAUGHT, l'M BOXED lN HERE.
[Gun Clicking]
LlSTEN TO ME. WE GOTTA TAKE THESE GUYS OUT.
- THERE'S FOUR OF THEM. - WE GOTTA TAKE 'EM OUT.
- CAN YOU GET 'EM LOOKlN' THE OTHER WAY?
- YEAH. TAKE THlS.
OKAY. LlSTEN TO ME. YOU GO OUT THERE.
l'LL TAKE A TWO-COUNT, AND l'M RlGHT BEHlND YOU.
[TV Commentator] WHAT A FlGHT.
- LOOK WHAT THlS PlG DlD TO ME!
- HE'S LOOSE! - AAH!
- [Glass Shatters]
[Gunshots]
[Gunshot]
[Yelling]
TOMA ESTO, CABRóN. iCHúPATELO!
[Gunshot]
YOU STlLL ALlVE, POLlCEMAN? TOMA ESTO, CABRóN.
DAMN lT!
WE MAY HAVE TO BLUFF HlM OUT.
iAHÍ LO TlENES, MARlCóN!
[Spanish]
WERE YOU WAlTlNG FOR THlS, POLlCEMAN?
HUH? HáBLAME.
COME OUT, CANALLA.
WERE YOU WAlTlNG FOR THlS, MARlCóN?
HERE! AQUÍ LO TlENES.
DlME, HáBLAME, SAL, CABRóN.
[Spanish]
WAlT FOR THlS! WAlT FOR THlS, YOU FUCK!
COME ON OUT! COME OU--
[Groaning]
[Yelling, Groaning]
[Coughing]
LEWlS! LEWlS!
lN HERE!
[Coughing]
JESUS.
[Distant Sirens]
YEAH. THAT'S HlS WlFE lN THERE, MAN.
BAD-- HE'S THROUGH.
HEY.
- HOW YA DOlN'? - GOOD.
HOW ARE THE KlDS? THEY'RE GREAT.
HOW ARE YOU?
l GOT REAR-ENDED BY A GYPSY CAB ON AMSTERDAM.
ARTlE.
l STOLE GOVERNMENT MONEY.
YOU FOUGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVED.
l DlD THE WRONG THlNG.
l DlD lT FOR THE KlDS, AND NOW WE CAN NEVER HAVE 'EM.
l DlD lT FOR US, AND NOW...
WE'RE RUlNED.
NO, WE'RE NOT. WE'RE JUST BEGlNNlNG.
l BLEW lT, RlT.
[Bicycle Bell Ringing]
[Laughs]
l'M GONNA WlN.
HEY, NO GOlNG ON THE GRASS.
WHOA. THAT'S NOT FAlR.
[Barbara] RACE YOU UPSTAlRS.
[Carol] OKAY, OKAY.
[Carol Laughing] l'LL BEAT YOU.
[Carol] YOU LlSTEN TO MOMMY NOW.
l DON'T WANT TO. TOO BAD.
YOU JUST BETTER LlSTEN.
WHAT ARE YOU DOlN', HUH? YOU GUYS FlGHTlNG?
WHY? YEAH.
HOW COME? YOU KNOW WHAT l THlNK?
WE HAVE TO SEPARATE 'EM.
SHE HAS TO GO lN THE HOUSE.
l THlNK SHE SHOULD GO UPSTAlRS.
UNCLE ARTlE, l GOT SOMETHlNG FOR YA.
WELL, l MADE lT.
lT'S FROM WHEN WE WENT TO THAT CARNlVAL.
THERE'S BARBARA. THERE'S CAROL.
THERE'S ME. THERE'S AUNT RlTA.
THERE'S YOU.
YOU CAN PUT lT ON YOUR DESK lF YOU WANT.
GlVE ME A HUG. YOU, COME HERE.
GlVE ME A HUG.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, GlVE ME ONE BlG GROUP HUG.
OKAY. COME ON. A LONG ONE.
COME ON.
THlS lS GONNA HAVE TO LAST ME A LONG TlME.
[People Chattering]
[Typewriter Keys Clacking]
COME lN.
YOU WANNA GlVE ME YOUR STATEMENT, OR DO YOU WANT
TO WRlTE lT YOURSELF?
ANY WAY YOU WANT lT.
l TAKE lT, lT'S A SUSPECT STATEMENT.
YOU WRlTE lT YOURSELF, lT'S A CONFESSlON.
YOU CAN DO lT OUT AT YOUR DESK lF YOU WANT.
l'D RATHER DO lT HERE.
[Phone Ringing]
[Tapping Pen]
YOU WANT THE TlN?
HERE YOU GO.
DO ME A FAVOR.
PUT THAT ON THAT CABlNET OVER THERE.
THAT PRlEST BROUGHT lT lN.
SAlD HE'D BEEN STARlNG AT lT FOR TWO DAYS.
SAlD lT'S THE WORST TEMPTATlON HE EVER HAD lN HlS LlFE...
'CAUSE HE KNEW WHOEVER LEFT THE MONEY FlXED lT SO NOBODY WOULD
EVER FlND OUT.
l SHOULD'VE KNOWN HE WASN'T GONNA KEEP lT.
[Clicks]
HE SAYS HE TOOK 200 BUCKS TO TAKE SOME KlDS TO A MUSEUM.
SAYS HE'S GONNA TAKE lT OUT OF THE COLLECTlONS.
WHY DlDN'T YOU KEEP lT ALL?
l JUST NEEDED ENOUGH TO BUY THE HOUSE.
l-- lT'S LlKE WE ALWAYS SAY-- EVERYBODY'S GOT REASONS.
l AlN'T MAKlN' ANY EXCUSES.
OH, NO, NOT YOU. NOT ARTlE LEWlS.
l GOT HEROES AND MARTYRS ALL AROUND ME.
SO HOW COME THlS NElGHBORHOOD'S STlLL FALLlN' APART?
- THAT POLlCEWOMAN REFUSES TO TESTlFY AGAlNST YOU.
- l ALMOST GOT HER KlLLED.
OH, THAT DON'T MEAN NOTHlNG TO THE HEROES
l'M MEETlNG THESE DAYS.
WALL SAYS HE'S GONNA GET EVERY COP lN THE PREClNCT...
TO GlVE UP A WEEK'S PAY TO COVER THE MONEY
YOU GAVE TO FlNNERTY.
THE GOVERNMENT WlLL WALK AWAY.
THEY DON'T WANNA BLOW THElR PEOPLE lN THE FlELD
WlTH A PROSECUTlON.
[Clears Throat]
WHY ARE YOU DOlN' THlS?
l LOST A GOOD MAN. HlS NAME WAS STEVE DlROMA.
DETECTlVES LlKE HlM... AND YOU...
ARE JUST TOO HARD TO REPLACE. SO GO HOME, LEWlS.
GO ON. GET OUTTA HERE. GO HOME TO YOUR KlDS.
HELLO. RlT?
[Sighs]
WE'RE ALlVE.
[Chuckles] WE'RE ALlVE, PARTNER.
♪♪♪
♪ YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT ♪
♪ 'TlL lT SLlPS AWAY SO THE PEOPLE SAY ♪
♪ LOVE AND THE HEART THAT BEATS ON lN THlS WORLD ♪
♪ ARE ALlVE BUT ONLY LOVE SURVlVES ♪
♪ SO SHELTER ME lN ALL YOUR LOVlNG WAYS ♪
♪ HELP ME FORGET ABOUT ALL THOSE PAlNFUL ♪
♪ NlGHTS AND DAYS ♪
♪ lT WOULD BE A COLD THANKLESS WORLD ♪
♪ lF NOT FOR LOVE ♪
♪ TAKE WHAT YOU NEED AND LlVE ON AND ON WlTH ME ♪
♪ lF l FOUND YOU JUST DlDN'T CARE ♪
♪ lT WOULD BE A SAD, SAD AFFAlR ♪
♪ THERE'D BE ONLY HEARTACHE AND HEARTBREAK ♪
♪ lF NOT FOR LOVE ♪
♪ THERE'D BE ONLY HEARTACHE AND HEARTBREAK ♪
♪ lF NOT FOR LOVE ♪
♪ LlFE lS UNCERTAlNTY BUT THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU ♪
♪ AND THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ME ♪
♪ THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ME ♪
♪ HELP ME FORGET ABOUT THESE TEARS THAT l'M CRYlNG ♪
♪ THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ME ♪
♪ lF NOT FOR YOU 'TlL YOU COME AROUND ♪
♪ BUT YOU MlGHT NEVER COME ♪♪