All language subtitles for Wiseguy S02 E17 Hip Hop on the Gravy Train 1080p AC3 BluRay x264 (1)

[woman] Tonight, on Wiseguy...

Newquay played me
like an old tune!

We'll do it again.

You know what to listen for.

I have a new manager,
Vinnie Terranova.

You can't know how good it feels

to be givin' my mother
this house.

Your deposit was returned
against insufficient funds.

I'm not broke, am I?

The bloody thing bounced!

It's that dumb move
your wife made.

You hagged out Vegas bimbo.

- [Claudia moans]
- Does Winston

do this for you, huh?

You're a piece of scum
for what you did to me.

That's the music business, babe.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

[soft blues music]

♪ Maybe he's not much ♪

♪ Just another man ♪

♪ Do what he can ♪

♪ But what does he care ♪

♪ When a woman
loves a man... ♪

Are you all right?

Nobody's got the pain anymore.

Not like Billie.

The words just flow
like dark honey

from her lips.

This business stinks.

Forgot the tradition
in rhythm and blues,

without that, what have you got?

Synthesizers, crossover charts,
plastic surgery,

[chuckles]

You know you are much too young
to be so cynical.

- I'm a realist.
- Mm.

Isn't that why you married me?

I'm just a sucker
for a pretty face.

[chuckles]

No, I married you
for your brains

and your smile.

And because you believed in me.

It was your drive that got
Shakala out of the ghetto.

Well, let's hope
your gambling habits

haven't put us back there.

You know there are
worse things in life

than being in the ghetto.

- Really?
- Mm-hm.

Name two.

Waking up next to
Winston Newquay.

Ew, there's a perverse thought.

What's the second?

Waking up without you.

No, I won't let that happen.

No matter where we end up.

You don't understand, baby.

The Feds have me
nailed to the wall.

This record return scam
translates to tax evasion.

Isaac, you let your temper
get the best of you.

Oh no, Cushman,
he deserved that beating.

I mean,
we had such a sweet deal going.

I ship his retail chain
LPs and CDs on the side,

and then we'd split
the extra cash.

But he has the gall
to shortchange me

by billing me
for some other label's returns.

Gee, how do you like that?

There's just no honor
amongst thieves anymore.

You're damn right.

And now he's squawkin'
to the FBI about our deal.

Isaac, this
never woulda happened

if you hadn'ta smacked him
upside the head

with his own walking stick.

Well, how was I supposed to know
the law was trailing him?

They're after him,
now he's giving them me?

So you give them somebody else.

What?

Take the immunity, Isaac.

Hey, I may be broke
and goin' to jail,

but I'm not gonna flush
my reputation down the toilet.

That's all I got left.

Turn Chatty Cathy
for some federal snoops, uh-uh.

Isaac, Winston Newquay
would bore you an eighth orifice

for a lot less, he's been tryin'
to do it for years.

He's the one they're after.

Give him to them.

I can't stand the idea
of you being in prison.

You think looking at you

from the other side of wire mesh
grating is my idea of fun?

Amber,
I can't betray my friends.

He knows
you're a gambling addict.

He stole your livelihood
in a card game.

Now where is
the friendship there, Isaac?

You play the hand you're dealt.

I live my life
on that principle.

And what am I supposed to do

while you're stickin' to
your principles

for three to five?

[sighs]

We'll mortgage the building.

I mean, thank God
we kept it in my name.

And with the money,
we'll start another company.

We've done it before,
but God, Isaac,

you gotta come to Jesus, baby.

You gotta stay outta jail.

There is no company to start.

No artists,
no ticket on the gravy train.

You'll find them,
with the same instincts

that got us here to begin with.

You know what to listen for.

We'll do it again.

I love your spirit.

And I love you.

You've gotta do this baby.

Do it for me.

♪ Oh he's gone,
he left me and my blues ♪

We're no closer to
exposing Winston Newquay

than we were months ago.

I don't see that I'm getting
much bang for the buck.

What I see
is your continued relationship

with Bobby Travis,
an innocent private citizen,

who's become attached to you
at the hip.

Well, Travis is on his own now.

Well he is, more or less.

He's got his own contract
with Radiance.

[Frank] This is Winston and
Claudia Newquay,

owner of Radiance Recording,

the largest privately-owned
company in the country.

With no stockholders
to answer to,

Newquay's able to get away with

more of the criminal practices
in this business

than he would
a publicly-accountable company.

I'm building a relationship
with this guy.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Newquay distrusts you.

Well yeah, he thinks I'm a hood

smitten with show business.

I'm an amusing annoyance.

Another roadside attraction
for the rock and roll bus.

How long, if ever, before
you're more than an amusement?

Paul, when Twine lost Shakala
to Newquay in a poker game,

we got lucky.

We got an opening.

Newquay inherited Vince and
Travis's contract with Shakala

and whether Newquay likes it
or not,

Vinnie's on the inside and he's
obligated to keep him there.

An office is not a case.

Do we wait for another
poker game to get lucky again?

That game was not luck,
Paul, it was fixed.

Where's the proof?

And even if you have it,
so what?

We are in the business
of organized crime,

not busting card games.

[man] Paulburt Pauly Ranfield
runs the game

in which Newquay bested Twine.

Now he was kicked out of Vegas
in '82

for skimming a casino bank,
never charged.

The owners didn't want
the publicity or the scrutiny.

And he was tossed out of
the Bahamas three years ago

for running
crooked gambling junkets.

He continues to run
illegal card games

for entertainment industry
honchos

and movers and
shakers in Manhattan.

Where is this going?

Twine was involved
in selling cleans,

they're counterfeit CDs,

with the head of a retail chain,
guy by the name of Cushman.

Organized crime, Paul.

[Frank] Cushman's ready
to roll over on Twine

because Twine beat his brains
out for shortchanging him.

We have Twine on assault,
conspiracy to defraud,

and tax evasion.

He's nailed Paul
and he knows it.

He's willing to turn
state's evidence for immunity

and give us Newquay.

He will, or he has?

Well, he's been stonewallin' us.

The man has done
hard time, Frank,

what makes you think he'll talk?

This operation cannot depend
on a long shot

and that's all
we've been going with.

To top things off,
Newquay's a power broker.

His political connections
should not be taken lightly.

Paul, I am inside his business.

Having an office in his building

does not make you
a part of his business.

He's shut you out of
the operation hasn't he?

Hasn't he?

Yes.

Then you better get
the bleachers

in this circus filled or
I'm folding the tent.

There are businesses
a lot less benign

than the music industry
that could use your attention.

You're not getting through
to Newquay,

you're manipulating
Bobby Travis.

Neither of which
makes me sanguine.

That's all.

[Bobby]
The biggest corporate honchos

in the entertainment industry
are 50 feet down the hall

and we've been denied access
to the proceedings.

I mean, what's the point
in havin' a contract

if it's not gonna be honored,
huh?

Vinnie?

Earth to Vinnie.

What?

I said, what's the point
in having a contract

if it's not gonna be honored?

Well, that's the music business,
babe.

Yeah.

It's in there Vince,

I can feel it
just down the hall.

All that power passin' us by.

A full glass of greed
and we have to stay here

and wait for the spillage.

- Where you goin'?
- To claim what's mine.

He doesn't want us in there.

I didn't say us, I said me.

Bobby...

I have an agenda with Winston
that doesn't involve you.

And it's in your best interest

to stay clear
of the spillage, okay?

My life's been on a roll
with you, man.

I don't know
what you're talkin' about,

but I'm not afraid of
a little flack.

You know who I am don't you?

I know that's your callin' card,
but you got heart, man.

I--I've learned a lot
workin' with you.

Don't shut me out.

You've got your own contract
with Radiance.

You've got your own career here.

We are not partners.

Don't...don't do that.

Haven't I helped you?

Yeah, we've helped each other.

It's time for you
to be on your own now.

[door slams]

- [bright music]
- [indistinct chatter]

I can't stand this.

You did the right thing
to re-sign.

I didn't re-sign my contract.

Shh, shh, shh.

The contracts will never end
with that stinkin' clause.

Yeah, hi, here's some weird guy
down on the 15th floor

goin' through
the secretary's desk,

you better get down there.

Thanks.

Glass of water, please.

You're looking terrific,
Claudia.

It's the one thing
I do really well.

[chuckles] Thanks.

Well, you got self-effacement
down to an art too.

And I know you're key
to Winston's success.

He'd never admit that.

Not publicly maybe,
but it is in writing.

What do you mean by that?

I've done some homework
on Radiance.

You own as much
of this company as he does.

Hold onto that thought.

I'll be right back.

I don't want you followin' me.

I can't be responsible for you.

What's gotten into you?

[Vince]
Who's that guy with Eddie?

Now you wanna talk.

Would you just tell me
who he is?

Harvey Sticks, Major Money
Management, business manager,

takes care of rock stars.

I wanna get back in the studio,
Winston.

Radiance needs you on tour.

I'm sick and tired of singin'

wet dream fantasies to children.

[Winston] Well, they're

My music made me.

No more touring.

I'm getting even on the albums
I owe you

and then I'm outta here.

Excuse me?

He said kiss off I think.

This is business, Claudia.

Half of which I own, Winston.

If you wanna be anything more
than you are,

which is a notch above bar band,
you'll listen to me.

I want to record.

And I say you're not ready.

Your participation
in this business

is supposed to be silent.

Like your participation
in our marriage.?

Not anymore, Winston.

No, I think
I finally found a way

to make you pay attention to me.

Gimme a ginger ale.

What's your problem?

I'm bein' raped.

I didn't re-sign.

I've got an additional album
clause in my contract.

Typical deal on first contracts,
extend and suspend.

He's gotta deliver an album,
what, every 12 months?

Every six months.

Oh, that hurts.

If he misses a delivery,

he owes Radiance
an additional album.

If Newquay can keep him
on the road for six months--

A year.

Insteada two albums,
Eddie owes Winston four albums.

And upon owin' him four?

My contracts are automatically
renewed at his option.

Don't you have a manager?

I fired him
for makin' this deal.

I was stupid to trust him.

What was I supposed to do?

Two years ago, I was naive kid
lookin' for the big break.

I'm a musician, what do I know
about makin' deals?

I'm stuck with Newquay
for another five years.

[glass shatters]

Hey, hey, what's wrong with you?

[people murmuring]

Okay, hold it down.

[Winston] Are you all right?

What do you care, man?

Except that maybe I can't play.

Take your mutt
and get out of here.

Hey, this is Radiance business.

Well, it's not yours.

Now look Sammy,
I am in this business

to learn everything you know.

And if you read the small print
in my contract,

that's exactly what it says.

Full and total access
to all aspects of the business

that owns my contract,
which is you.

So you can take
that little Lord Fauntleroy act

and save it for the duration

because I am one member
of this court

you do not push around.

Come on, Eddie.

Let's announce your re-signing.

Let everyone know
your hand's all right.

Ladies and gentlemen,
no speeches tonight.

I just want
to thank you for coming

to this intimate party
to celebrate

the re-signing of Eddie Tempest
to Radiance Recording.

[people applaud]

More importantly,
his hand is just fine,

but I'll let him
tell you himself.

Oh, I take
complete responsibility

for the cheap crystal.

[people chuckle]

Make nice.

Yeah, my hand's all right.

[people applaud]

Really surprised to be here
celebrating my new contract.

Really surprised, and thrilled
to be able to use this event

to announce that I have
a new manager,

Mr. Vinnie Terranova.

[people applaud]

[Eddie] Come on,
let's hear it for him.

[people applaud]

[dramatic music]

Now, I need
the real thing, Leon.

I need it bad.

I mean,
no second choices here, man.

No, the boy's the best.

I need to eat, you know.

You're gonna love this kid,
he's got somethin'.

Look here, he used to be in
a gang called The Deads, right?

- Mm-hm.
- But this one left,

hit the streets,

and started singin'
anti-gang raps.

- Yeah?
- Yeah, he's bad.

He's gonna rap himself
right into the poor house.

[indistinct] There he is.

♪ Standin' on the corner ♪

♪ Just droppin' dope lyrics ♪

♪ So come a little closer ♪

♪ Make sure you hear it ♪

♪ Word from my brother ♪

♪ Tryin' to earn
a little money ♪

♪ So, hear me out folks ♪

♪ Ain't a damn thing funny ♪

♪ I don't affiliate
with gangs or cocaine ♪

♪ 'Cause cocaine pertains to
change your state of brain ♪

♪ But I would never tell you
don't do cocaine ♪

♪ Or show a picture
of your brain ♪

♪ Fryin' like a chicken wing ♪

♪ No, that ain't my style ♪

♪ No, me and my crew ♪

[rapping indistinctly]

- Excuse me, man.
- Yeah, yeah.

♪ Suicidal, while you was
wearin' sweat suits ♪

♪ Adidas and gold ♪

♪ I was payin' my dues
sleepin' out in the cold ♪

♪ Diggin' outta trash cans ♪

♪ While the people
doin' damage ♪

♪ The only meal I knew
was potato chip sandwiches ♪

[upbeat music]

You're scratchin' that rhythm

off of Anita Baker's beat,
right?

You a lawyer or somethin'?

Isaac Twine's my name,
Shakala Records.

I wouldn't trust me either.

You got a manager kid?

I mean, we can make each other
a lot of money.

[Isaac chuckles]
Talk to me, son.

I know you can talk, 'cause
I just heard the rap, huh?

Look, I am in
the music business.

I need a guy like you and
you need a guy like me.

I'm not running a scam on ya,
but I tell ya what I'll do.

Okay, six bills, no strings.

Now just don't blow it
on no drugs.

All right, chill?

Give me a call and
we'll talk, all right?

- Damn.
- What?

Those two punks that
bumped into us, you know 'em?

You got boosted.

Couldn'ta done it better myself.

Hold this man.

Wait a minute, wait a minute!

Hey!

[dramatic music]

It's all there.

Gonna gimme your card or what?

- Hell yes.
- Aight.

Yes.

I'll be callin' you.

[Isaac chuckles] Yes.

[Eddie] You know I came
down here the other night

and watched the sun come up.

Comin' straight down the block,

like the street was built to it,
like, like...

The enda the rainbow, huh?

Yeah.

[sighs]
You can't know how good it feels

to be givin' my mother
this house.

It's like so good, it's selfish.

I want you to feel that way
'cause you're good guy Vinnie.

Oh, thanks.

Yeah, I do know that feeling.

You give your mom a house?

No, I told her the truth.

You know I've been carrying
that one check in my pocket

for over a year
lookin' for the perfect place?

And when I wrote it,
I felt...I felt religious.

She never had anything
to look at but industrial waste

being dumped
into the Ohio River.

Then when we moved
to the city it was concrete.

Mr. Tempest.

Hey Irene, how you doing,
you got the key?

I'm terribly sorry,
but your deposit was returned

against insufficient funds.

What are you talkin' about?

It's gotta be
some kind of mistake.

[Irene] Yeah, I'm sure it is.

Well, I'll try and
keep the house off the market

for a couple of days until
you get things straightened out.

You tell Harvey
you were writin' a check

on this house?

Nah, man. There's gotta be
some kind of mix up here.

Oh man, I can't believe this.

All right, just settle down.

All right,
we'll take care of it.

We'll take a run over
to Money Management

and we'll get it all
straightened out.

Hey, you got a manager now, kid.

Come on, let's go.

Mr. Sticks is out of the country

and without his approval
I can't give you those files.

They're privileged
client information.

Well this is
the privileged client.

He doesn't need permission.

I'm sorry, company policy.

Hey, listen to me, man.

No policy is gonna keep me

from buyin' a house
for my mother.

You got that?

- [banging]
- [Vince] Hey.

Give him the files, David.

Mrs. Newquay,
you know I can't do that.

Of course you can,
I just told you to.

Oh wow, you sound
pretty natural givin' orders.

[Claudia] Actually,
I'm a little outta practice.

My husband is the one

who usually gets his way
by intimidation.

Oh.

Even with people he doesn't own?

Why don't we just call this

my contribution to motherhood,
shall we?

Thanks Mrs. Newquay.

I owe you one.

[chuckles]
You're a great talent Eddie.

We wanna keep you happy
at Radiance.

Now if you have
any other problems,

you just give me a call.

Thanks a lot pal.

Chump.

[Bobby] But we're not partners,
remember?

[Vince]
This has nothing to do with

a business relationship, Bobby.

I'm callin' in
a personal debt here.

But it doesn't look good
for you to be comin' to me--

Will you just
quit screwin' around

and get to these printouts?

No, really Vinnie,
I'm worried about your image.

You don't want Winston Newquay
to think you need

a lowlife like me to understand

what makes the music world
go round.

Hey, come on, man.

I don't know what frequency
you guys are on.

And I don't really care.

I just wanna find out
what's in here.

This isn't for Vinnie,
it's for me.

Do it for me, okay?

[dramatic music]

It's gonna take some time.

All right.

Four limos to and
from the beach,

a thousand bucks an hour.

What, you couldn't take a taxi?

Hey, they were waitin' for us
when we got to LA.

Two grand for hors d'oeuvre
at the hotel.

What?

I travel with
a friggin' carnival.

Well start checkin'
everybody's noses,

'cause that's where
the money went.

[sniffs] Up their noses.

Not me, not my band.

You know your last tour
didn't even break even?

Come on, the houses were packed.

Your accounts with Radiance
get charged back

for every dime
that caravan spends, Eddie.

What, Newquay forces me to tour

and then he makes me pay for it?

That's what
the road's all about.

And Radiance is not
the World Bank.

[Vince] Wait a minute, Eddie,

doesn't Harvey send you
a statement every month?

I make music, man.

Harvey's supposed
to handle all that.

Do you have any reason
to trust him?

Yeah, Newquay gave him
a seal of approval.

All of Radiance's big acts
leave their business to Harvey.

Hm.

No way, man.

I'm not broke am I?

Well, you're not broke,
but you are on empty.

What about Eddie's last album?

That's goin' platinum.

What about
the royalties for that?

He wiped them out
by takin' a huge advance

to pay Radiance
back for the cost

of the album he made
before this one.

Sorry, gents, it's one of
life's little realities.

The government calls it
deficit reduction.

Accountants call it an oxymoron.

[dramatic music]

Hey, Eddie.

You play poker?

No, why?

[tapping]

You got hustled.

[sighs] Man.

Vinnie, I don't know
what to tell you.

I tracked Harvey Sticks and
Major Money Management

as far as the Cayman Islands.

Beyond that, it's a blizzard
of shredded paper.

There's nothing to tie Newquay
to any of it.

Ah, there's gotta be.

It was too easy
for Claudia Newquay

to get into
Eddie Tempest's file for us.

She was wielding
more than client power.

Yeah, I get your drift.

Newquay is funneling his artists
to Major Money and Sticks,

so they can drain
the artists' assets

into offshore accounts.

That's the way it looks
in Eddie's financial statements.

Now, if we can tie Newquay
to Major Money,

we can get him on fraud,
embezzlement, and tax evasion.

Yeah but, the only link
that I have between him

and Major Money is
a 10,000-dollar check

to Paulburt Ranfield.

Is that the guy
that ran the card game

where Twine lost his company
to Newquay?

Yeah, that's the guy.

Now, the check came outta
Eddie's account,

but he doesn't know
anything about it,

or Paulburt Ranfield,
or poker for that matter.

Well, maybe we'll pick Paulburt
up for questioning.

We'll try out your theory
about fleecing Twine.

Nah, a badge
isn't gonna scare this guy.

What, are you thinkin' about
friendly persuasion?

Yeah, very friendly.

Gonna ask him if
he wants to meet my relatives.

[fax machine buzzes]

You can't blame me
for your wife.

I wasn't out of Heathrow

when they had me
back on the plane.

They should have thrown you
out of the plane, you berk.

Look at this.

Now, I've just authorized
the transfer of funds

from Major Money Management
to Eddie Tempest.

You shouldn't do that.

I know that, for God's sake.

I could be thrown in jail

if my ownership position
in this company

was made public knowledge.

But somebody had to do it,

because you let
his account run dry.

[dramatic music]

Your problem is not the money.

It's that dumb move
your wife made

ordering my people-- [shouts]

My wife can afford to be dumb.

She has a bosom
you could nest in.

You, however, have nothing
to rely on but your brains,

which apparently
have deserted you.

Now, Eddie Tempest couldn't hold
a debate with a doorstop,

but he has a career that might
be worth 200 million dollars.

He only cares about two things.

His music and his mother.

He has been carrying
a single blank check

in his pocket
for over a year now.

The one thing that
he has asked of Major Money

is to keep enough cash
in his account

so that he can write that check

if he ever finds
the perfect house

for the little old lady.

Well Harvey, he wrote that check

and the bloody thing bounced!

Oh, God.

I have devoted most of the day
to salvaging this fiasco,

which is why
I was transferring funds.

The--then it's okay.

No, it is not okay.

Eddie Tempest may be a moron,
but Vinnie Terranova isn't,

and Vinnie has Eddie's books.

What is all the yelling about?

[Harvey] Claudia.

Sit down and shut up.

Now, I wanna know why
Eddie's account

is short the money.

I put it in that shopping mall
you're building in Paramus.

You are getting on
the next flight to Nassau

and making sure that my fax
authorization is destroyed

and replaced by one of your own.

Now get out!

You hagged out Vegas bimbo.

Have got any idea of
the ramifications

of your little prank?

What prank?

Authorizing the release
of Eddie Tempest's books.

Well they're his books
aren't they?

You stay out of my business
or I swear to God,

I'll have you committed.

This is half my business,
remember?

And things are gonna change
around here now.

I'm gonna be involved
in Radiance,

just the same way that
Amber is involved with Isaac.

They've got a much
better marriage than we've got.

Amber is involved
with the business every day.

She's not out getting waxed.

You are not gonna be involved
in this business

'cause you have no idea
how it works.

Then I'll find out how it works.

Or I'll go right to
a divorce attorney

and find out exactly what

my half of this company
is worth.

Bimbo my butt!

With a jack hammer.

Hey, Pauly, come here.

Hey, smack, what's up?

Newquay needs to see you
right away, come on.

What's the story?

So, uh, Pauly...

you had to leave Vegas
in kind of a hurry

back in '82, didn't ya?

Hey, where are you goin'?

What are you talkin' about?

[both chuckle]

That's all been squared away.

Squared away with whom?

The old man Devertino.

Somethin' in my safe
makes me untouchable.

[laughs]

What?

Oh, I guess
you didn't hear the news.

What news?

Old man Devertino's dead.

Whatever you had on him,

it doesn't pull
any passes with his son.

Hey, where we goin'?

Vinnie.

We can make a deal, right?

Come on.

It was a cold deck.

The dealer knew every card
before it hit the table.

[Pauly groans]

Newquay played me
like an old tune!

Guys, Newquay, he's the one
been settin' you up for weeks.

[Pauly screams]

- What are you doin'?
- [shouting indistinctly]

[Pauly]What are y--come on,
you can't put me in there.

[Isaac] Shut up.

[Pauly] Come on,
give me a break.

- [giggles]
- [Isaac] I said shut up.

[Pauly] Lemme outta here.

If he doesn't give me back
my company,

I'm gonna kill him
with my bare hands.

Great Isaac, and you'll be up
on a murder charge.

She's right Isaac,
Newquay's got signed papers.

It's gonna be the testimony

of one rip-off artist
against another.

I want my company back!

There is a way.

- [Isaac] Yeah?
- Yeah.

I'm all ears.

All right,
I'm inside Radiance, right?

But Newquay's keepin' me
at arm's length.

Confront him
about the card game.

If you work out a deal with him,

you can run Shakala
under his banner.

Together, we can find a way
to take his company.

No, man, I cannot work for
that bastard.

Well, what's the alternative?

I start another empire.

I got the talent.

I mean, have you heard
my new rapper?

One rapper
doesn't make an empire.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Okay, look, this is ridiculous.

You guys are standing here
hatching plans,

we can't possibly implement.

And why not?

Because you're about to
go to jail, my darling, okay?

[Pauly] Come on, man, lemme
out! Gimme a break, will ya?

Look, Vinnie might not like
hearing this,

but you're facing
racketeering charges

with the Justice Department.

He's been offered immunity
and I want him to take it.

Well, look,
there is nothing about my life

that they don't already
know about.

If he makes a good deal I want
him to take the immunity too.

Wait a minute.

Why are you so damn anxious
to help us out?

Isaac, I was goin' places
with you.

I wanna make some significant
money in this business.

The only person that's gonna
make any money at Radiance

is Sir Winston.

Come on, Isaac, let's take him.

I never believed in
peerage anyway.

Me neither.

- Right.
- All right, you got a deal.

America for the Americans,
right Vincenzio?

- Yeah, right.
- [chuckles]

[Eddie] You know,
Newquay really came around.

First thing this morning,
he sends over a messenger

with a cashier's check
for the down payment

on my mom's house
and a note apologizing.

What do you expect him to say?

"You caught me with my hand
in the cookie jar,

so here's just enough money
to shut you up"?

Eddie, how stupid can you be?

Isn't it obvious

if Claudia Newquay
can release your books

and Winston can
write you checks,

that Major Money Management
will make good on,

that the Newquays are
controllin' every dime you earn.

What am I supposed to do?

Quit bein' stupid.

Hey, quit callin' me that.

Quit fittin' the description.

Rockers gotta grow up
before they grow old.

Now I can get you an attorney

to cancel your contract
with Major Money.

And you can learn to spend
one day a month

makin' sure you know
where your money is.

You know, I worked my tail off
trying to give

as good as I got to my music

and Newquay steals my money
and laughs at me?

I'm gonna kill
the son of a bitch!

Whoa, no, no, no, Eddie
Eddie, wait a minute.

Don't do anything nuts, okay?

There's too much at stake here

for you to blow it all
by gettin' crazy.

Where you goin'?

Goin' for a walk.

All you gotta do,
as I have said all along,

is help us with
our investigation of Newquay.

In return, we'll drop
the assault charges against you

and make sure that
you're never prosecuted

for any criminal activity
that you took part in

while operating Shakala Records.

Mr. McPike,
we want that in writing.

I just want my company back.

Oh, since you lost your company
in a card game

that was both crooked
and illegal,

I don't see any reason
why Shakala

shouldn't be restituted to ya.

Or at least that part of Shakala
that wasn't involved

in your illegal activities.

As far as
the related tax problem goes,

I don't work
that side of the street.

You are a hard man.

Mm. You shoulda seen me
in my prime.

[Vince] Oh, Mr. McPike?

Before you leave,
wanna take out your badge

and open up the liquor cabinet?

[Pauly]
You keep him away from me.

Don't expect the Feds
to protect you Paulburt.

I'll give you everybody.

I'll give you Devertino,

I'll give you
all the players from Vegas,

names, numbers,
anything you want.

What about Newquay?

[chuckles]
Little fish, no problem.

I--I'll give him to you
on a platter.

All right [indistinct],
let's go.

[tense music]

Well, there goes the first rat
off of Newquay's ship.

[laughs]

You stole our company.

Isaac had
a little heart-to-heart

with your pal Paulburt.

The papers have already
been signed.

That could keep you tied up
in court for years.

Even with whatever proof
you think you have.

I can out-spend you
and out-last you.

Yeah, we know that.

That's why I have
a better proposition.

I'm listening.

Look, you don't need
the litigation or the publicity,

but you do need Isaac.

I've got Shakala.

That's all I wanted.

Isaac is Shakala.

He made it, built it.

Nurtured the talent.

And without Isaac,
Shakala's a stack of contracts.

And without Shakala,
Isaac's a broken man.

Nobody forced him
to bet his life away.

Look, your black music division

has consistently been
your lowest grossing.

Let Isaac run Shakala
under the Radiance label.

You'll have
a successful company.

Isaac will regain his dignity.

And maybe if he's forced
to work with somebody else

he'll become more responsible.

Well, it seems to me
that I've managed

to confiscate everything of his

except his most valuable asset.

Are we open to negotiations?

Don't flatter yourself.

[chuckles]

Isaac's a luckier man
than he thinks.

- Done.
- Good.

We'll all make lots of money.

[Claudia] How nice.

[Winston]
This is a business meeting.

Then I think
I should be included.

[Winston chuckles]

Yes, I forgot.

I think there's a lot
you've forgotten lately.

I thought one of us oughta
remember our anniversary today.

Obviously you didn't.

A day that will live in infamy.

Don't push me Sammy.

Look, I better be going here.

Oh no, no, no, no, stay.

We're not shy about
our family dramas.

If you could manage to tear
yourself away from pedicures

and Cartier long enough
to put in the hours

and devotion to your
alleged business interests,

then maybe everybody
would perceive you

as more than just a dilettante.

Your libido may be worth
its weight in carats darling,

but don't let's overdramatize.

[dramatic music]

You're brutal.

I pay for that right.

Well, have Isaac
come by my office.

It's been a novel experience
talking to a woman

who prefers acquiring capital
to spending it.

[dog barks]

How can you let him
treat you this way?

Winston loves me, he just
has a hard time showing it.

Claudia, you let this man

treat you like a doormat,
for money?

You can't buy back your

Do you think that
you can get back on top

by crawling under my husband?

Don't think because
we were friends for a long time

that I don't see
what you're after.

Look what he's done to you.

Well, look what I've got.

And you gotta go crawling

and groveling to get a job
for your husband.

I love my husband

and there's nothing
I wouldn't do for him.

Obviously.

Vodka, neat, right?

No, I'm abstaining, Winston.

I'm trying to cleanse my soul
of the evils of temptation.

I hope you're not getting
religious on me.

Working with a born-again Twine,
won't be much fun.

We are cut from the same cloth,
after all.

I'm a humbled man.

But still a greedy one, I hope.

Your phone call
sounded so urgent,

I was getting a little worried
about you.

Well you said if I had
a problem, you could help.

[Claudia] Mm-hm.

What's the problem?

Your husband,
he's ripping me off.

How's that?

I think your husband and

Harvey Sticks have got
a cushy deal goin'.

They use Major Money Management

and a lot of other people.

Thanks.

I know you're an integral part
of Radiance.

I think you know plenty.

I would like
some straight answers.

Actually, I'm Winston's partner.

I'm a full partner.

Your husband's a thief.

Maybe you're
bein' ripped off too.

[chuckles] No, no.
No, it's worse than that.

I'm being tolerated.

Well, barely.

Yeah, I know.

I've seen the way he treats you.

I wouldn't let anybody
treat my woman like that.

[romantic music]

[fax machine buzzes]

[Isaac] Winston,
if you just leave me alone

and let me do what I do best,

I'd have a better chance
of success

than I did at that
so-called poker game.

[chuckles]
Water under the bridge, Isaac.

You're a filthy, lying,
slimy piece of scum

for what you did to me.

I'd like to cut you
wide and deep

and feed you the tender parts
till you choke.

Just had to get that
off my chest.

I understand.

Radiance will give you a much
higher profile in the business

than you ever had on your own.

Now, why don't we call Billboard

and tell them
what tomorrow's headline is.

What's the matter,
second thoughts?

Oh no, not at all.

I just forgot
a very important appointment.

Make yourself at home.

Thank you Jesus. [chuckles]

Step on it, I'm in a hurry.

[phone beeping]

[phone ringing]

- [phone ringing]
- [tense music]

[Eddie] Let's do it on the bed.

[Claudia] Right.

[romantic music]

Does Winston do this
for you, huh?

[phone rings]

[Claudia moans]

I'm gonna rock your world, baby.

- [Claudia screams]
- [glass shatters]

[dramatic music]

[shredder buzzes]

[dog barks]

[dog whimpering]

[chuckling] Speckles,
you naughty dog.

What have you been up to?

[phone beeps]

Hello, there's been an accident.

We need an ambulance.

I never thought I'd be happy
doin' business with you guys.

Right, I call the shots,
no debate.

You have any problem with that,
we call it off right now.

I just want my company back
and not go to jail.

Yeah, the latter
being the more important.

All right,
your activities inside Radiance

will be fully monitored.

If you're compromised
in any fashion,

I'm pullin' you out
for your own protection.

And if you do,
does the deal still stand?

I need Newquay.

That's not an answer
to my question.

Listen, you don't have
a lotta options here.

The hell I don't.

I just as soon go to jail,
as to go through this game

and not get my company back.

You will play the hand
you're dealt.

Keep talking to me
about gambling.

All right, come on.

I will cut you for it.

[dramatic music]

You got a deal.

I never win at those things.

And you think I do? [chuckles]

[laughs]

[melancholic music]

[Bobby]
I feel like it's my fault.

If I hadn't told him he was just
another dumb rocker,

got him all upset about
his money and Newquay, poor kid.

Bobby, you're not responsible.

Eddie believed in livin'
true to his gut,

that's what made
his music so great.

I'm glad you saw
she got the house.

Yeah, I made sure
Radiance paid for it

outta Eddie's insurance policy
with 'em.

You know what Twine told me
Newquay said?

What?

Between what Claudia spent

and what he made
on Eddie's death,

he figured he broke even.

Can you believe it?

[Eddie] You can't know

to be givin' my mother
this house.

[music continues]

[upbeat music]

[bright music]