All language subtitles for Wiseguy S02 E16 High Dollar Bop 1080p AC3 BluRay x264 (1)

[woman] Tonight, on Wiseguy...

I got my eye on Eddie Tempest.

You mean as in to steal him
away from Newquay?

You know, rebel without a clue,

I'd love to work with you.

And you can do any kind of music
you want at Shakala.

And I will put that in writing.

That's proper.

Let's raise it a million.

My company against the pot.

Come on, Sammy.

You got the nerve
for a little high dollar bop?

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

I cannot believe
that you let Bobby Travis

write a 50,000-dollar check

so Diana Price could take
a Caribbean vacation.

Frank, I had to keep her
away from Newquay.

Besides, investing
in Diana Price's songs

makes good business sense.

And provided
you're still in the business

when she finishes writing them.

Now you got Bobby Travis
doing business

all over the world.

How's he gonna help us in Japan?

[Vince] Now, he's working on
a distribution deal with Vitton.

Now, if you wanna
go after corruption

on an international level,

maybe Bobby can help us
open the door.

Oh, I don't know, Vince.

The OCB has never manipulated
citizens like this before.

Now you tell me what happens
to Travis and Price

when this case is over

and they don't have
any Vinnie Terranova

to keep them afloat.

Diana's and Bobby's careers
were in the toilet.

I got 'em kickstarted,
the rest is up to them now.

All right.

Well, we got enough on Twine
to Ziplock him for tax evasion.

And we can nail Albert Cushman,

the owner of
the Music Blitz chain

for the record scam switch

he tried to pull on you
and Twine.

Yeah, but that's just
the tip of the iceberg.

Isaac's hot because
he got double-crossed

by the guy he's been
running scams with all along.

Honor among thieves?

I don't know,
Isaac's a pretty straight guy.

But it makes him vulnerable.

I think if we stick with him,

we can get right
to the top of this thing.

Which brings us
to Winston Newquay.

Grand master of this circus

and he doesn't want
anybody in his tent

that he can't control.

So I'm gonna keep pushing
until I get a response.

And when I do...

In Tokyo?

Until Thursday.

Isaac sending Bobby Travis
to negotiate with Vitton

is like the scullery maid
into high tea.

We need to talk, Winston.

We'll speak later,
three PM sharp.

What is it, Claudia?

I'm just wondering what you did

to make Diana flee the country.

Are you worried that
I did it for business

what you do for sport?

Sometimes I do it for spite.

I thought you bought
150,000-dollar vehicles

for spite.

Depends on my mood.

Sometimes I buy
50,000-dollar fur coats.

Diana is a memory?

What else would she be?

Oh, Winston.

Why do we do this to each other?

You make me wildly jealous

and I retaliate by buying
very expensive things

and then we fight and
then we go to bed.

You call it fighting,
I call it foreplay.

I miss being in the office.

You'd rather be here
than playing tennis

and sipping Saint-Émilion
in the club?

I'm drowning out there.

I've lost my focus.

At least when I worked here,
I got to see you.

Amber and Isaac
still work together.

I could give you
a small label to run.

No, you're missing the point.

I need you.

What if we just skipped
the fighting this time?

What a wonderful idea.

Come to Mommy.

I don't think I want to.

Oh, you bad boy.

Now, come on.

There's my big boy.

Oh, Winston.

I am running out of ways
to get your attention.

[machine beeping]

Hey, Isaac.

These are sketches for
Diana's promotional campaign,

I already okayed them.

- Oh, really?
- Yeah.

You know that rapper
you wanted me to check out?

Think he's just another
kid form suburbs,

probably an orthodontist's son.

If you want rap, you gotta
go to the streets for it.

You're the man who'd know.

This ridiculous.

You and Travis have got to
find a recording artist

until Diana gets back
from Jamaica with her songs.

If she ever comes back.

She'll come back.

Travis is scouting the clubs
for new talent.

- Oh, scouring the clubs?
- Yeah.

Hm.

That sounds like an excuse
to spend Shakala of money

on recreational sex and
mind-altering stimulants.

Nah, he found this great band
from West Texas

called Bertha's Tornado,

he's gonna sign 'em
when he gets back from Japan.

- I've heard Bertha's Tornado.
- [Vince] Yeah and?

It's strictly a bar band,
Vincent,

we need something fresh.

How about Eddie Tempest?

[laughing]

Forget it, Vincent.

Newquay has Eddie Tempest
in indentured servitude.

The kid is tugging
at his leash, Isaac.

[Isaac] I don't doubt it.

I mean, anybody who
does business with Newquay

comes away with
their vitals in a Dixie cup.

Wait a minute.

What makes you think
you can get Tempest?

He doesn't like what
Newquay's doing to his music.

Sir Winston wants him
to be commercial,

Eddie doesn't want
to be neutered.

Eddie doesn't understand
the business

or appreciate what
Newquay can do for him.

You can call Winston
what you want

but the man does know
how to package the goods.

Well, so do you.

No, listen to him, Isaac.

He's making sense here.

Yeah, all we need is
something that Eddie wants.

We get a top performer

and Newquay gets it stuck to him
in the bargain.

[laughing]

Morning, chief.

What you got for me today
besides promises?

[Vince] Not now, Monroe.

Would you get out of my chair?

[groans]

Thought you picked up
a pretty good piece of change

from that car commercial
Travis set up for you.

Twenty thousand Dollars just
doesn't go as far as it used to.

I wanna work
with you and Travis.

I like you.

Diana Price singing my songs
would've been...

[hisses] electrifying.

I've looked into
your royalty structure.

You've made some money in
the last 10 years, haven't you?

I didn't say
everybody screwed me.

Mm-hm. Then why
the shuck and jive act?

How'd you grow up, Vinnie?

I mean, money-wise.

I never missed a meal,
if that's what you mean.

Well, I did.

Doesn't look like
you've missed too many lately.

[Monroe]
I'm talking about growing up.

And I still feel
that bulldog called poverty

nipping at my heels every day.

When somebody messes with me,

I feel like they're trying
to put me smack back

in the middle of the fruit belt
in Buffalo, New York.

Shucking and jiving

keeps me in the fighting pitch
poverty used to.

You got my numbers, baby.

Oh, yeah, I think so.

What is it, the...
the Lucky Times Saloon?

Saloon and 24-hour
barbecue emporium.

I need a working environment
to create.

[groans]

[groaning, laughing]
I can still do it.

Put me down, you little twerp,
before you bust the butt.

[laughs]

You know I don't like that.

[laughing]

- [Tanya chuckles]
- [Monroe mutter indistinctly]

I bet you can't do that.

Why would I want to?

So, you rang?

I've got my eye on
Eddie Tempest.

You mean as in to steal him
away from Newquay?

- [Vince] That's right.
- Uh-huh.

Um, hello?

Yes, Mr. Terranova is ready
for his treatment now.

Thank you.

You're not serious.

I am serious.

Look, Vinnie,

don't you think you ought
to have a few preliminary bounds

before you climb into the ring
with Mike Tyson?

I mean, you know what
you're doing here, right?

I think it's about time for
a new number one around here,

don't you?

Well, it's not an original idea,
but nobody's done it yet.

Okay.

What makes you think
Eddie can be had?

All we need is something that
he can't get at Radiance.

Oh, you mean
like 16 year old girls?

Would you cut it out?
We were just fooling around.

[Vince]
No, I'm sure Eddie Tempest

doesn't have any problems
in that department.

No, what we need

is something that
he can't get anywhere else.

- Johnny.
- [Vince] Right.

It's true.

A full-out rocker like Eddie

would kill to work with
a genius like Johnny.

Young lady,
you have a devious mind.

That's why I love her.

So what do you say, Johnny?

Wanna give it a shot?

Why not?

I usually have to do
all the crazy stuff myself.

Twelve ball off the five
in the corner.

- [rock music]
- [indistinct chatter]

You wanna go again, is that it?

[Vince] Hey, hey, hey,
come on, knock it off.

Relax, will you?

Man, this guy just
can't take a joke.

What is it with you
and [indistinct] anyway?

I don't even come here to see
you get your nose smashed

in the back of your head.

Eddie, I'm sorry, okay.

You gotta excuse
the laughing man here.

This is a business call.

We came here to talk to you
about your music

and where you're going with it.

Just--just hear us out,
all right?

Come on, let me buy you a beer.

All right, come on,
step into my office.

I'm gonna stay here, okay.

Bop till you drop, Tee.

You wanna play with me?

So where my music is going
is nowhere.

Newquay is sanitizing
everything I do.

[Vince] I know you're gonna find
this difficult to believe,

but, um, this man
sitting next to me here

is the solution
to all your problems.

Newquay won't get you
decent producers at Radiance?

You sign with Shakala and
the one and only Johnny Medley

will be fine tuning
every note out of your mouth.

It's kinda weird to imagine,
you know.

The only thing I can imagine
this dude doing

is stand-up comedy.

Time out, junior.

You're talking to Johnny Medley.

The one thing I take seriously
is my work.

What am I supposed to do,
beg him?

Look, you know what Sam Phillips
did for Elvis Presley, right?

And what Nick Lowe
for Elvis Costello?

Well, that's exactly what
Johnny Medley can do for you.

Sounds cool.

It would be nice
doing an album with him.

But before I can even
think about it,

there are a couple
major problems

I gotta deal with.

Yeah, Newquay and what?

My songs.

I keep writing them
and it's like the same one,

over and over.

[sighs]

Do you know who Monroe Blue is?

What, are you serious?

Of course I know Monroe Blue is.

Man changed my life.

"Guiding Hand," remember that?

Gotta be the best song
Blue ever wrote.

When I was 13,
I heard Old Duke singing

on this itty bitty black station
outside of Cincinnati.

[sighs]

Hit me hard.

[Vince] Get this.

I think I can work it out

where you can record
"Guiding Hand"

on your first album for Shakala.

How do you mean work it out?

[Vince] Well, Blue's with us now
and he's available.

Now you wanna talk to him

and find out
just how available he is?

[laughs]

Welcome to the majors, kid.

[blues music]

[Monroe] Music's always been
in me, you know.

Bubbling and gurgling and
waiting for me to turn it on.

But it's not like I operate
out of a vacuum,

all alone and flying solo.

What do you mean?

Influences, boy.

I listen to other folks' music
and it feeds my head.

I'm talking about geniuses
like Smokey Robinson,

Doc Pomus, Allen Toussaint.

But it's not always the guys

who work
in the same territory I do.

I listen to a little Miles,
some Coltrain,

a little Mingus.

They put me in the mood,

just like they just did surgery
on my emotions.

Yeah, I hate Jazz.

Then you're gonna need
air-sickness bag

when you find out what else
opens my spickets.

Country.

Yee-haw. [chuckles]

You probably think those guys
are a bunch of ignorant,

redneck, chip-kickers.

But they can write some lyrics.

Hank Williams, Merle Haggard,
Guy Clarke.

Why you think
brother Ray Charles

did a whole country album?

Those country cats know how
to get to the truth in a hurry.

Yeah, I don't see how
they can do any better

than James Brown or Sly Stone.

Man, Clarence Carter,
Muddy Waters.

You telling me some dude
with stuff on his boots

is gonna be able to put them
in the backseat?

I'm not talking about backseats,
young blood.

Music's music,
no label required.

You ought to learn how to
pick up on every kind there is.

Hey, Monroe, why don't you
let him off the hook

so we can talk
some business here, huh?

The man only listens to Dion.

I know, what about Robert Cray
or Ry Cooder?

Then you in the club, baby.

Well, thank you very much.

Newquay just wants you to do
the same thing over and over.

The only thing that's supposed
to change is your haircut.

You're telling me?

He's got me on
a one-way street to self-parody.

I'll be gonezo
by the time I'm 25.

But it doesn't have to be
that way.

[Monroe] Unless you
stick with Newquay.

Look, the dude can't get soul
from the promotion department.

And the producers
he's getting you,

man, they ought to be riding
shotgun on garbage trucks.

We'll be your safety net,
we'll let you do what you want.

That's level, but I still got
a contract with Newquay.

What, you got a net
for that too?

No, I don't have a net for that

are lawyers
that specialize in loopholes.

Yeah, and there's another thing.

I went to the audiologist
the other day

and he told me I got a problem
at 4,000 Hertz.

I'm losing the high end,

that's why all my songs
are sounding bogus.

The songs are my department.

You really wanna work with me?

I heard your music, man.

You know, rebel without a clue,

I'd love to work you.

And you can do any kind of
music you want at Shakala,

and I will put that in writing.

That's proper.

You get me out of my contract
with Newquay

and we got a deal.

All right, salud .

[glass clinking]

[announcer speaking
indistinctly on TV]

[Amber] What is this?

You're sitting around
and waiting, Isaac.

The only person I see moving
forward around here is Vinnie.

What is happening to you?

Did you ever stop to consider

that maybe I'm just getting
old and tired?

Oh, really?

Well, I wonder who that was
making love to me last night.

[laughs] Come on.

Come on, sugar dumpling,
now there's no need

for you to look like
the last act of Othello .

Everything is
firmly under control.

Don't worry, be happy, huh?

That already swept
the Grammy's, my love.

What are you worrying about?

Geez, how much do we need?

I mean,
we don't want for nothing.

Not clothes, not houses,
not cars.

How many times can you
go around the world

before you start getting dizzy?

I am just trying to keep it all
together, Isaac.

Wait a minute,
isn't this what you want?

To run your own company?

Yeah, I do, but you give
this company what I can't.

I'm good with numbers,
you're good at nurturing talent.

Talent is what we're built on.

[Isaac]
I just don't feel the need,

we got plenty of money.

We've got plenty of money, yes,

where is this coming from,
Isaac, this gambling money?

it's not going through
the books.

Baby, I'm on
this fantastic winning streak.

Every roll of the dice
comes up a winner.

It's like when we first started
this business.

Isaac, it's gonna end.

[chuckles]
Of course it's gonna end.

If it went on forever,
how much fun would that be?

I just wanna see how far
I can push it.

Get off it, man.

You've been ringing me dry

since the day I jumped on
your assembly line.

If you were as smart
as you're supposed to be,

you'd figure out that I'm not
like every singer you got.

Not the same sound,
not the same brain power,

not the same anything.

But you keep telling me
you want me to sound

like one of your Boy Scouts.

Makes me wanna puke.

I need somebody producing me

who's gonna give me
room to stretch,

like that Medley dude.

Now, he could take me places
in a recording studio

I never been.

All I gotta do
is sign up with Shakala.

How'd you like that, Winnie?

I go to Shakala,
I get Medley and Monroe Blue.

Do you think anybody
could top the three of us?

[scoffs]

You're damn right they couldn't.

So you'd better
get this straight.

I'm out of here if you
don't start dancing to my tune.

I want Monroe Blue
and I want Johnny Medley.

Medley.

Are you sure you haven't had

any evidence of
Tanya drinking at home?

No alcohol on her breath,

no bottles of liquor
opened on the sly, no--

No, no, no, what I--
what I'm trying to say here

is that honestly, really,

we have one of
the straightest homes

in rock and roll.

Isn't that right, Tanya?

In rock and roll.

Drinking in class
suggests a pattern of behavior.

Teenagers rarely have
their first taste of alcohol

while the teacher
is explaining Beowulf .

Maybe Tanya thought

that she could
understand it better drunk.

[taps table]

Oh, look, look, look,
Mr. Upchurch,

come on, ease up
on the looks that could kill,

it was just a joke.

Stop treating me like Mr. Chips.

I subscribe to

I know my way
to the records store,

I know who you have produced

and I know what
your lifestyle is.

Now, Tanya is your wife

and she is more mature than
most of her fellow students,

but she is still
a 16-year-old girl.

Both of us
have a responsibility to her.

Please don't suspend me.

Look, I apologize, Mr. Upchurch,

but this--this was
an isolated incident.

Tanya's got an incredible mind,
you know that.

You see the A's she pulls down,

she's not the kind of kid

you wanna throw out
into the street.

I'm not.

[Johnny] Hey, all right!

This time.

But if it happens again,
she is out of here.

Why don't you head back
to class?

Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

[Upchurch] And, uh, Mr. Medley.

If you ever enter
my office again,

you had better be straight
or I'll phone the police.

[laughs]

Okay, deal.

Come here, Tanya.

Honey, I gotta go,
I've got a History test.

Okay, go, go, go, go.

Do you know anything about
the War of the Roses?

Yeah,
it had a terrible soundtrack.

[laughs] You're crazy.

[squeals]

See you tonight, I love you.

I love you too.

[car honks]

Winston.

You the campus flasher
I keep reading about?

I think we need to talk.

[Winston] In a business sense,
it is a very bad form.

[Johnny] I'm a musical genius,

I don't know anything
about business.

But you know a lot about me.

How did you think I would
respond when I discovered

that you were trying to
help Isaac

steal Eddie Tempest from me?

[laughs] Wait a minute.

Steal?

Winston,
we're just a couple of guys

sitting around in a bar,
we were just talking.

Eddie Tempest
is a restless Native.

You were giving him
a verbal form of firewater.

How did you hear
about all of this?

The little wanker
marched into my office

and started telling me
he was gonna work with you

and that madman, Monroe Blue.

[Johnny laughs]

Oh, come on,
Winston, he's a kid.

You know how they
talk through their heads.

Johnny.

After working with me
for all these years,

I think I deserve better.

I really do.

I believe we're here.

Where's here?

Well, get out and
see for yourself.

[sniffs]

- [tires squealing]
- Winston, Winston!

[man] Johnny.

[ominous music]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Vinnie, it's Bobby.

Hey man, how you doing?

You calling from a bathtub
full of geisha girls?

Hardly.

He's sticking it to us.

Just like I knew he would,
just like every other

father-killing,
mother-raping son of a--

[Vince over phone] Aye, whoa,
whoa, whoa, slow down a minute.

Slow down. You gotta tell me
who you're talking about

before I can agree with you.

Twine, who else?

He's already got Diana's EP
in the stores over here.

Now you better lay off
the saké, Bobby.

That release date
isn't for three weeks yet.

I'm holding a copy
in my hand, man.

It's got a 15-minute
dance version

of "Brite Side" on one side

and three standards on another.

All brought to you courtesy of
the King of Queens,

Isaac Twine.

That [indistinct].

I don't believe it,
he went out the back door

and halfway around the world
on us.

What I can't figure,
Isaac knew I was coming here.

I mean, what,

he think I wasn't gonna
go in a records store?

I don't know,
greed can overpower judgment.

Greed or need?

Well, that's what
I'm gonna find out.

Yeah, well, if you hit him,
you kick him after he's down

and tell him I wish
I was there to do it myself.

No, if I hit him,
he won't be able to hear

what I have to tell him.

[phone rings]

Hello?

Vinnie, it's Tanya.

I need you to come over to
St. Matt's as fast as you can.

Okay.

Bye.

They broke Johnny's back.

[sighs]

[sniffling]

Doctors gave him
enough pain killers

to tranquilize
the entire state of New Jersey.

Whenever he wakes up,

he starts screaming for me
to get him out of here.

They're afraid
he's gonna hurt himself.

I'm afraid he's gonna try and
hurt Newquay if he gets out.

It's all right, it's all right.

You know what you have to do?

You have to take him
out of town for a while.

Can you do that? Hm?

Okay.

[Johnny] Tanya.

Tanya, where are you?

Tanya.

[groaning]

Tanya. [coughs]

Tanya.

I'm here, Johnny.

I'm here.

[melancholic music]

Threw that poor guy, Medley,
off the parking garage roof

like he was throwing off
table scraps.

There's no way
we're gonna tie Newquay to it.

I know it.

What we can do
is bring a case against Twine

as soon as Travis gets back
from Japan.

The Japanese aren't gonna
tell Travis anything.

All you're gonna
get out of Isaac

is a mouth full of
flashing teeth

and a lot of fast talk.

Isaac is running a scam a minute

and I'm the one that's
always taking it in the shorts.

All right.

I'm gonna sit on top of
Mr. Isaac Twine

and see where he takes me.

I'm going after
that rat bastard, Newquay.

The first thing I'm gonna do

is take Eddie Tempest
away from him.

Vince, you are taking this
very personally.

He's messing with
my business, Frank.

- Vince.
- I--I consider it my business.

I spent a lot of time and effort

resurrecting Dead Dog Records.

Every time I turn around,

Newquay or Twine
is trying to pick my pocket.

That makes me take it
very personally.

I'm good at this business, Fr--
I am.

I really am.

If I wasn't a cop, I really
could run a record label.

I'm not gonna let
these vinyl vampires beat me.

[clicks]

[door opens]

Isaac.

Hey, Vincent.

You know,
I was just looking for you.

Yeah, that's good
'cause I'm looking for you too.

What's the problem?

You're the problem, Isaac.

Travis was in a record store
in Tokyo

and he found Diana's EP
on the shelves already.

It's a little ahead of schedule,
wouldn't you say?

[laughs]

What are you laughing about?

You're running a game
on us here.

You go out the back door
with the master and

make some quick cash

that Travis and I are never
supposed to get our hands on.

- Huh?
- Those damn Japanese.

They came out with it
a week and a half sooner

than even I thought they could.

I mean, their technology
is something else, isn't it?

Yeah, yeah.

Well, all I care about is
the money you owe Travis and me.

One's for you
and one's for Travis.

What's that?

Mr. Fuji is putting money
in your accounts

as Diana's records sell.

We are partners, Vincent.

And you partake in
all the spoils.

Come on,
I'm on a roll with you, kid.

We are going places.

I told you I'd teach you

everything about
the record business,

but first, let's go take
some of Winston Newquay's money.

Yeah, I'm all for that.

Next time
you pull a stunt like this,

why don't you let me in on it?

[laughs] Don't worry,
you'll be the first one to know,

my friend.

[man] Seven, nine, six,
queen and six.

Two thousand.

Call.

Call.

I call.

[grunts]

[laughing]

There is no way
you can beat me, Winston.

Neither at cards or business.

You tried to steal Diana from me
and you couldn't.

And the way things are going,

I wouldn't be a bit surprised

if Eddie Tempest winds up
recording at Shakala.

[chuckles]
Don't get carried away, Isaac.

A few hands of poker
are hardly a career.

The cards will change.

Uh-uh.

I've been touched by
the hand of God

and Vinnie Terranova.

[laughs]

Only thing I want my hands on
is more of your money.

Somebody's gotta pay for
Johnny Medley's hospital bills.

Deal.

Okay, train's leaving
the station, all aboard.

[imitates train whistle]

Shh, if you don't shut up,
they're going to catch us.

Okay, shut up, shut up.

[indistinct chatter]

[Johnny chuckling, muttering]

Look man,
do what the little lady says

or I'm gonna break
a piece of your cast off

and stuff it in your mouth.

You know, Monroe's kinda crazy
like an outhouse red, isn't he?

- [Monroe] Shut up, man...
- [Tanya shushing]

- You can't move him.
- Says who?

Oh, she's red.

You see that, yeah.

Oh, Monroe, listen man,

did I tell you where me
and Tanya are going?

- No.
- [Johnny] Fiji, man.

- Great place to heal, huh?
- [Monroe] Mm-hm.

[screams, whimpers]

Oh no, look, check it out, man.

Hit my cast.

Oh, come on man, be serious.

Seriously man, hit my cast,
it's a great sound.

If I were to record
with the [indistinct] Brothers,

they're gonna use it, man.

- [Monroe] Mm-hm.
- [Johnny] No question.

[man] Nine of diamonds,
king of spades,

deuce of diamonds, deuce of
spades, three of diamonds.

Twenty thousand.

And raise you 20,000.

Ow!

[laughs]

Looks like Sir Winston's
gonna lose

his starched Turnbull and
Asser shirt.

[chuckling]

Hey, where you going, Winnie?

Up till now, Isaac, you've added
a little color to my life.

A morsel of comic relief.

I didn't think
losing a little money

would get to you, Sammy.

[laughs] Oh, it has nothing
to do with the money.

You're just not in my class.

Figuratively or financially.

Don't you walk away from me.

You cease to interest me, Isaac.

Well, let's raise the stakes,
no limit.

Does that interest you?

Unless you can't take
the heat, Fischbein.

Deal.

[ominous music]

[man] Three of clubs,
10 of clubs, 10 of spades.

I'm out.

Too rich for my blood.

That leaves you and me, Winston.

Read it and weep.

[laughs]

I do take markers.

[man] Four of hearts.

[tense music]

Jacks, two pair.

[man] 10 of spades,
an actual pair.

[music continues]

New deck.

[music continues]

[man] Ace, possible straight
and a three.

A hundred thousand.

[suspenseful music]

Call 100.

Last card, down and dirty.

Another 100,000.

[Winston] I'll see that.

And let's raise it a million.

Paulburt, you take my marker?

No way, Isaac.

Not with this kind of bread.

Not so fast,
just give me a minute to think.

You've had a lifetime, Isaac.

You're not gonna come up with
that kind of money

and nobody in their right mind
is gonna front you for it.

- [chips clattering]
- I said give me a minute.

The only thing that you've got

that's worth that kind of money
is your company.

And even you aren't crazy enough
to risk that.

[Isaac] You add another zero to
that check and you've got a bet.

[ominous music]

What are you doing?

I'm part of that company.

And you work for me.

I know what I'm doing.

My company against the pot.

This is ridiculous.

I won't do it.

It's a bet.

You're all witnesses.

Come on, Sammy.

You've got the nerve
for a little high dollar bop?

[music continues]

If you do.

[Isaac] Full boat, king high.

My lawyers will be in touch
with you later this morning.

[melancholic music]

It was a winner, I know it.

Come on, let's get out of here.

So, Mr. Terranova,
is this goodbye?

No, not really.

Not even close,
to tell you the truth.

I just stopped by to find out
where my office is.

This ought to be good.

[Winston laughs] Your office?

I'm sorry, that doesn't compute.

You did win
Shakala Records, right?

Correct.

And part of Shakala
was Dead Dog Records,

which I sold to Twine,
so, now I work for you.

You're mad.

[Vince] I'm happy.

I've got a contract that says
I go wherever Dead Dog does.

So, here I am.

Now, if you'll just point me
to my office please.

Well, I trust that you can live
with temporary happiness.

The lawyers I'll unleash
on your contract

as soon as
this conversation is over

should wipe that smile
off your face.

Well, I'm sorry
you feel that way.

I could do Radiance some good.

I'd be curious how.

Well, I did bring Diana Price's
career back from the dead,

didn't I?

And I get along with
Eddie Tempest,

your husband doesn't.

And I'm connected to
a different set of power brokers

than you usually
rub elbows with.

[Winston] All of which
makes you intriguing,

but not necessarily employable.

[Claudia] Why not?

He's obviously a quick study.

He's made a lot of money
for Isaac and Amber.

Maybe we should give him a try.

Very well.

Might prove amusing for a while.

You can have the office
down the hall.

I'll show you the way.

Great.

Is there anything
you want me to go to work on?

[laughs] Well, yes.

Perhaps you could show me
just how much of a hold

you have on Eddie Tempest.

All right, fine.

I'll have him here tonight.

How's that?

Oh and by the way,
Travis goes where I go.

Pretty sorry homecoming
for you, isn't it?

I don't know what to say.

How about you, Amber, you okay?

Gee, fine, thank you.

Never freaking better.

Poor Amber.

She thinks the curtain
will never rise again.

But she doesn't seem to remember

I built Shakala from
a fist full of clay

and I can do it again.

Might just be fun.

[laughs]

I've been feeling
a little lax lately, anyway.

Well, if there's anything
I can do.

Yeah, you know, anything at all.

"Yeah, you know,
anything at all."

You know, such generosity
sounds pretty strange

coming from two guys
who threw in with Newquay

before the pennies
were even on Isaac's eyes.

Well, he didn't leave us
much of a choice.

I didn't, did I? [laughs]

You're gonna have to do
a lot better next time,

you know that.

I plan to, believe me.

Is it me or?

I don't get it,
you don't seem to be too upset

about losing your business here.

[Amber] You know, go figure.

I haven't seen him this excited
about business in months.

Damn right I'm excited.

Excited about finding
the kind of talent

that'll help us build
our new company.

But first,
I have a few accounts to settle.

Isaac, why can't you
just leave this alone?

Look, I have always
paid my debts.

And I expect
to be treated in kind.

Albert Cushman owes me
for those phony album returns.

I thought you took care
of that already.

He hasn't paid me a dime.

You know, I'm carrying
30 percent of that debt myself.

I wouldn't mind a piece of him.

Would you be happy if
I brought you one of his ears?

What makes you think
one of his ears

is gonna be available?

Because I'm gonna remove it
personally.

Well, if nothing else,

Twine has a beef
about Cushman's punctuality.

A little anger might make for

more interesting conversation.

You ready, Frank?

This thing better be working.

It'll pick up a mouse burp.

[rock music]

Isaac.

You miserable being!

I'm moving.

[Isaac over radio] You...

- double-crossing, son of a--
- [grunting]

[Frank] You take your hands
off him!

Take your hands off of him.

Federal officer.

Federal officer.

You back it up.

Federal, indeed,
that's very impressive.

- I'll impress you.
- I know the drill.

I know the drill.

[Vince] Eddie's not asking
for much, Winston.

I thought you were
working for me now.

Yeah, I was trying
to smooth things up

between you and Eddie,

but it looks like you wanna
keep him on the warpath

and I don't understand that.

I won't be dictated to.

Yeah and I won't work for
some skuzbag

who thinks he can stick it to
anybody, any time he wants to.

Or does what he did
to that little dude, Medley.

I never laid a hand on him.

I won't be intimidated either.

Well then give these guys
a chance to do something else.

You know, we could settle this

if you weren't trying to prove
you got more testosterone

than anybody else in the room.

Looks to me like the cat's
about a quart low.

Winston, we are businessmen,
we can negotiate.

Hey, don't stall us, man.

Look, you give Monroe
the money you owe him

or I'm out of here, permanently.

Oh, is that really
what this is about?

What money do I owe you, Monroe?

Writer's royalties
for "Strutting Honey."

I believe you signed a contract.

Oh man, I was a kid back then.

Contract is a contract.

- To hell with you, Newquay.
- No, no, wait a minute.

[talking indistinctly]

[Winston] Eddie.

Do you wanna play in a garage
for the rest of your life?

'Cause that's the only place
you'll get a booking

if you walk out on me.

Yo, I don't even care, man.

That's what dudes like you
don't understand.

It doesn't matter
if I'm playing in my garage

or giant stadium,

as long as I'm playing.

It's the music, man,
not the money.

Ah, purity.

Aye, Monroe,
this is jive, let's book.

[Winston] Don't be so impatient.

Monroe, how much money
am I supposed to owe you?

Quarter of a million,
plus change.

Very well.

This should make us even.

Let me see that.

125 grand?

Man, you are a freaking thief.

You can do better than this,
Winston, a lot better.

Take it or leave it, Monroe.

It's a one-time offer.

Monroe.

I'll take it.

I feel good.

Not exactly
a very auspicious beginning.

You still got Eddie Tempest,
don't ya?

I'm wondering what
you're gonna do for me next.

Well, what do you want me to do?

When I want you, I'll call you.

Well, don't wait too long.

The meter's running.

[tense music]

[Frank] Albert Cushman linked
Twine to a series of scams,

not the least being

shipping Music Blitz recordings
off the books,

and the two of them
pocketing the money.

[Vince] Yeah, that's how Isaac
bankrolls his gambling Jones.

[Frank] Twine's not talking,
not even to protect himself.

"I've done time before,
I'll do it again,"

that's all I'm getting from him.

And I either roll this guy over

or the judicial system's
gonna tear him a new one.

Isaac's a big believer in

letting the cards fall
where they may.

Well, there is a card
that fell nowhere.

Lab's been all over it,
can't find anything.

I don't know how
Newquay did it, man.

But he fixed that game.

Think I'm gonna have to have
an up close and personal

with Paulburt, the little rodent
that ran that thing.

Best laid plans.

Crooked card game

gets you into the middle
of Newquay's empire.

Good luck for us,
bad luck for Newquay.

From now on, I'm dealing.

[rock music]

[upbeat rock music]

[bright music]