All language subtitles for the_equalizer_s01e09_mamas_boy

Ronnie is in trouble.

Trouble? That has to do with drug.

You don't really know how your son
spends his time, do you?

Speedballs.

Cocaine and heroin.

He's being seduced by a charming,
ruthless psychopath.

I'm setting a trap. I'll need you as the
bait.

No, I don't fight that way.

I use different weapons.

And I win every time.

You know, right?

Well, then I...

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Since when are you Mr. Big around here?
Since you can't go in until we're ready.

That's since when.

Just chill, all right? Just chill.

Close the door.

Darkness is the criminal's friend,
Ronald.

The moon alone will light our heinous
deed.

Jeffrey Sims is out there.

Good old reliable Jeffrey.

How much of his daddy's money does he
want to spend tonight?

He brought a lot of friends from our
school.

Did you ever hear of a bellwether,
Ronald?

A bellwether is a sheep that leads the
other sheep.

Just tie a bell to its neck, and the
other sheep will follow it anywhere.

Let's tie a bell to Jeffrey, Ronald, and
see if he follows.

Walk in two, Jeffrey.

Walk and sleep.

That's the light of my life you're
looking at. He's a nice looking boy.

How old is he? Ronnie will be 17.

It's quite a challenge having a career
and raising a son.

It is, but Ronnie makes it easy. He's a
great kid.

First rule of advertising.

Get their attention any way you know
how.

Second rule.

When you've got the best, promote it.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the
best.

Victoria Baines.

Victoria is the best creative director
in the history of advertising. That's

right. She has created a campaign to
sell so many of these little beauties.

The highways of America will be in
permanent gridlock.

Victoria.

I salute you. Speech. Speech.

I'll say my speech until the first
quarter figures are in. Third rule of

advertising, always find somebody else
to take the blame.

Sorry.

Where have you been?

I was at Dina Frazier's party. I told
you. That party ended hours ago.

So I went out for coffee with Eugene
Benton.

Fine, but couldn't you have called?

Great, now I gotta check in every 15
minutes. Ronnie, I was worried thick

you. Look, do I ask where you've been?
That's not the same.

It is the same.

It's exactly the same.

I mean, you don't have to answer to me.

So I don't have to answer to you.

Hello. Victoria.

Yes, Jim.

Why are you home? We need you. I told
you, I cannot make it to the office

and that's it.

But our Texas client... I don't care if
they came from Alaska. They'll have to

wait. Hey, calm down.

I am calm.

It's just a little problem I'm having at
home.

Victoria, can't it wait until we
clear... Look, take them to lunch, get

drunk, turn on your fatal charm.

I don't care. Goodbye.

Your son has become a different boy,
hasn't he?

Yes, he has.

Sluggish, sleeps late, sudden changes of
mood, flies into rages. How do you know

this?

Did you notice when these changes first
occurred?

Well, it's hard to say. I mean, Ronnie's
father and I have been divorced for

three years. It wasn't what you'd call
amicable.

Ronnie's father and I... I mean, he was
very insecure about my career. He was

struggling, and he... Baines.

We are talking about your failing son,
not your failed marriage.

I'm sorry.

Well, I didn't... I didn't want to
burden him with too much supervision.

His father had been much too hard on
him.

They had terrible, terrible scenes. They
haven't spoken now in two years.

Has your son acquired any new friends
lately?

Well, he has been spending a lot of time
with Eugene Benton.

He's an older boy who is sort of a
legend of the school.

Eugene was a star athlete who went to an
Ivy League college.

Uh, other than that... You don't really
know how your son spends his time, do

you?

No, I don't.

Help me, Mr. McCall.

I have nowhere else to turn.

That's why I'm here.

People line up to get their kids into
this school.

What's the problem?

Drugs. Yeah, well, I've checked it.
Through narcotic and through the youth

office at the precinct. We've had no
reports.

It's there, Jeff. It's everywhere,
McCall. It's like a plague.

Put it down one spot, it pops up
somewhere else.

You know how many drug busts I've made?

Hundreds. Is Eugene Benton worth
busting?

Eugene Benton.

All city, basketball and soccer.

Won the Fresnel Prize, that city -wide
for an essay on brotherhood.

Real role model for the younger kids.

Went on to the Ivy League.

A year later, he was flunking out the
hard way.

They popped him with two ounces of
cocaine in the dorm.

How much time did he get?

About a half hour.

Expulsion from college was considered
punishment enough, and Eugene promised

reform.

What if I were to get Eugene Benton to
lead you to one of the big suppliers?

Oh, that would be a very nice gesture on
your part.

If you give Eugene to me, your boy's off
the hook.

moved it, Eugene.

I moved it all.

Any jam -ups?

No, nothing. Everything went down
perfect.

How much did you do yourself?

Well, just a little taste in the cab
downtown.

Really, just the two of you, Gene.

It's no problem, Ronald.

Executive perks.

It's the least I can do for my star
salesman.

Thing is, you have to be careful you
don't cross the thin red line between

seller and buyer.

Well, I know.

Because then you join the chump brigade,
and I'd have to change my whole

orientation toward you.

Look at this bread, Eugene.

It took 15 minutes.

They followed me around like sheep.

The commodity that produces its own
demand.

Now Jeffrey wants an eighth.

I'm telling you, he's bringing the cash
down tonight.

Power, Ronald.

I don't know.

Jeffrey's got a big mouth. I mean, he
might get us busted.

Not to worry, Ronald.

People like us don't go to jail.

We get notes from our strengths.

Guidance counselors and other sort of
establishment bozos.

And then we report.

And they make us heroes.

Behind every great fortune, there's a
great time.

weight program build up your confidence

or

there hello

victoria vanessa is gilbert around is it
really important

I think I'll take that up with him.
Because you know how Gilbert goes off

wall every time he speaks to you.

Oh, great.

My day is made.

Gilbert, I need a minute of your time.
Look, I'm trying to earn enough to pay

your alimony. This is important,
Gilbert. Believe me, I wouldn't expose

to your childish scorn if it weren't.

Ronnie is in trouble.

Trouble? With parents like us, he's
doomed. Can we do without the famous

wisecrack just this once?

This has to do with drugs.

Well, all the kids are into that these
days. You'll just have to keep your

fingers crossed he outgrows it.

How can you be so casual about your own
son?

He never uses my name.

I never hear from him.

I might as well be dead as far as he's
concerned. This isn't just an adolescent

phase, Gilbert. Please, I'm very, very
frightened for him.

You never liked the way I raised the
boy. Okay, the ball's in your court. You

handle it.

At least talk to him. He knows where I
am. He won't. Come, you know how

he is. Sure, he gets it from his father.

The boy is on his own.

Hey, Eugene!

Why is this lying, brothers? I thought I
felt something oozing around me.

Eugene, take people off.

You must take the pressure with the
process, as my dad say.

You haven't met my two friends.

Ralph, Sonny, Abby.

Ralph's working on his live story, Up
from the Sewer.

Sonny's is called Down from the Street.

You shorted us, Eugene.

You're off a gram and four -tenths. Four
-tenths?

But I didn't know you guys could do the
practice.

So I'll make it up to you in the next
book.

No way.

You said that the last time. You're
making us look like jerks, man.

We'll take a refund now.

You'll take what I give you when I give
it to you.

This.

It's a so -called smart criminal class,
Ronald.

Pushovers. Nothing to them.

Come on now, give him a shot.

He won't hurt you.

Come on.

Protect your interests, mama's boy.

Harder.

Harder.

Harder. Harder.

Enjoy it.

Put your hands behind your head.

This is the dark side of drug dealing,
Ronnie. Something you could certainly

look forward to if you continue doing
it.

You're not a cop.

If I'd been a cop, you'd be in big
trouble.

For doing what?

Counting money in a public place?

If I was a cop, I would have monitored
all your transactions. I would have

witnesses. I would have an undercover
officer on your tail. But you're not a

cop. So who are you?

A friend of your mother's.

Oh, I get it. Making points with mom.
Don't you be smart with me, young man.

Your mother is worried sick about you.
Yeah, I'm sure she is.

I mean, think of what it'll do for her
image, right? To have her little Ronnie

get busted as a major drug dealer.
That's not it, and you know it. Look,

you just want to get next to moms.
That's where it's at.

I mean, you told her, I'll take care of
the problem with the little brat, right?

You know, save you the embarrassment.

Well, you can tell her not to worry. You
know, I'm just as slick as he is in

business. and I'll do just as well. So
you tell her that.

I can't breathe.

You're having an anxiety attack,
Jeffrey.

What's happening, Gene?

Jeffrey's allergies are acting up again.
I did too much, Ronnie. Price agreed,

Jeffrey. You're going to have a very
uncomfortable night, and I'd appreciate

if you'd have it in your own house.

Can you walk? I don't know.

Put one foot in front of the other.

Big boys clean up their own, Jeffrey.

Welcome to the wonderful world of
adulthood.

He'll be fine.

Maybe I should put him in a cabin. I
said, he'll be fine.

You have to call two weeks in advance
for reservations.

And then when you get there, they want
my chance.

And so then he said he loved me. And I
said, if you can't come up with a better

line than that.

Is this a Picasso?

Is this a Picasso?

Excuse me, Mr. Selden. I'm sorry to
interrupt.

Oh, that's quite all right. Are you the
avid art collector I've been dreaming

about most? No, no, I'm afraid I'm not.
No.

Might I have a word with you privately?

I'm sorry. I'm rather busy at the
moment.

Your ex -wife sent me.

My goodness, a process servant.

No, I'm not that either.

But your son.

I'm not interested.

Gilbert, that isn't going to help.
Vanessa, please.

Yeah, I thought this might happen.

Things get tough and she lays it all on
me. Well, it won't work.

Your son's life is in danger.

Look, I beg your pardon, sir. I do have
a business I'm trying very hard to

maintain. If you'll excuse me. Are you
afraid to be a real father?

Get out of my gallery. Gilbert, wait,
please.

You're doing this for me. I know it.

You're doing this to prove that you've
left that other life behind. Well, I

have. You have it. You can't.

I don't want you to.

Help your son, Gilbert, if you can.

Jeffrey,

the friend of Ronnie.

Who was the friend?

Jeffrey?

Speedballs.

Cocaine and heroin.

Supplied by a boy called Eugene Benton,
a friend of Ronnie's.

What does my son have to do with it? He
filled him with cocaine.

Then introduced him to Eugene.

What's his legal exposure?

It's his spiritual exposure you should
be worried about.

Your son is in very deeply.

He's being seduced by a charming,
ruthless psychopath.

He's floating away into the darkness of
some other life.

And you can't turn away from it.

You can't blame your business. You can't
blame your marriage.

You can't even blame yourself.

What can I do?

The boy hates me.

Can I tell you something?

You walk away from that boy now. You
turn your back on him, and you are

condemning him to prison.

Or the grave.

How are you, McGon? Fine, how are you?

Oh, great, great.

Need a favor?

Eugene?

You don't know me, but I wonder if you
could spare a few moments.

Join me for a little talk.

Sorry, but Mommy told me never to get
into strange cars.

Go on.

The man's not thin.

You're not getting paid enough to take
this kind of punishment.

Get in the car, wise guy.

Looks like you'll have to drive yourself
home.

Sorry.

Nice work, McGon.

Okay, get up.

How good is he?

Very good.

Very gifted amateur.

No, no, Peggy, you don't understand.

No, I'm trying.

You have got to get the mechanical over
to the printer by four o 'clock.

That soon?

Yes, it is a rushed job, but it has to
be done.

Okay. Also, you've got to set up a lunch
for me with John. I told him two weeks

ago that I would see him at... Wait a
minute, Peggy.

No,

don't. Don't let him.

He's dead.

So glad you came straight home.

It's getting rather tedious sitting here
in the dark.

Very interesting place you have here.

Reminds me of my days in the Orient.

I don't know what you're selling, but I
don't want any.

Oh, now, now, and I've gone to so much
trouble.

You want what I gave you, chauffeur?

No, I don't fight that way.

I use different weapons.

And I win every time.

Interested?

The Japanese tea ritual to perfection.

You must have spent a lot of time over
there. No, but I studied the culture

extensively. Haiku poetry, the tea
ritual, the martial arts.

It's a culture that fits a man like me.

And what exactly is a man like you?

16th century samurai.

400 years old and still lethal.

That's my kind of society.

Not like today where you buy something
and a month later it falls apart.

How did you find me?

Oh, I was doing business with a couple
of young men from across town.

I believe one of them was called Ralph.

Anyway, they ran dry and we can't have
that, can we?

Do you mind?

There really is no way to treat a
potential customer of him.

Funny. A guy like you doing business
with the Slime Brothers?

Well, their product isn't readily
available in supermarkets.

It's also hard to picture a guy like you
doing coke.

Oh, no, no, no, I don't touch it.

But in my business, there's a lot of
people I have to keep happy. What is

business?

Keeping people happy.

A traditional

Japanese weapon.

Really? I do admire your style.

Thank you.

Now, as to the purpose of my visit, I'll
be going away for a while and I'll need

to store up on a larger quantity.

I'll back a truck up to your house if
you want.

Two kilos will do.

Two? Keys?

Are they arranged?

Might be out of yours.

That'll cost $150 ,000.

You tell me where, you tell me when. You
bring the product, I'll bring the

money. It doesn't go down that way.

Number one, you pay half down, half on
delivery.

Sounds reasonable.

Number two, I don't do business with you
till I've teched you out.

If I had known you had such a high
-class clientele, I would have sent you

better Christmas present. I've been
knowing that guy for years. I love your

syntax. What business is he in?

I don't know, man.

Music business?

Or the oil business?

Or something to do with the government?

Love your precision.

That's the one problem with being a
criminal. You need a terrible class of

people.

Yo, you got that hundred, man?

Did you really think that I was going to
bribe you to get information that I

could bully out of you?

I hope your stupidity isn't catching,
Ralph.

Yeah, we're stupid.

Real stupid.

Every day it's the same routine.

He comes home from school, barricades
himself in there, blasts... the music

his brain and lays there dreaming.

After an hour or two, he goes out. Most
of the time, he's not home for dinner.

You've been making dinner for him?

Well, for the last few days.

How do you find the time?

I've been doing half days at the office.
I can't think about work with this

thing hanging over me. Can't think about
work?

The first time I ever heard that.

Let's not argue, Gilbert. Please.

Second room down the hall.

If there's a man in there, just put the
check under the door and get out through

the kitchen.

I came to talk to you, Ronnie.

Oh, yeah? About what?

Oh, lots of things.

Name one.

Our relationship.

Well, that shouldn't take long. We don't
have a relationship.

Look, I want to come back into your
life. Well, I want you to stay out.

I want you out of my room, out of my
apartment, out of my neighborhood, and

of my life.

Well, you don't want to go.

Great.

I'll take a hike.

Gene, can I stay here tonight?

What's the trouble, partner? Your mama
getting too heavy on your head?

No. My old man came back. He started
doing numbers on me.

I'm getting my own place if you just let
me crash your car. Sure, Ronald.

It'll just be for a little while until I
get my own place.

It's just a little runaway ploy, Ronald.
You'll go home to mama soon enough. No

way, man. I'm out of there for good.

Beautiful.

Welcome to Eugene Benton's home for
wayward boys.

Yeah.

Right, I've got that.

Okay, Jeff, thank you.

Of course I'll keep you informed.

Bye.

I don't really know who you are, but
you're the only one who's offered any

Glad you could come, sir.

My son hates me.

It's worse than that.

Your son is about to become a criminal,
lost to you and to himself probably

forever. Well, what can I do?

I have been asked to try and save him.

I can only do that with your help.

Well, I'll do anything.

First I need $75 ,000, now in cash.

Well, I don't think I can raise that
amount at such short notice.

Sudden change of heart, isn't it?

I'll get it. I'll get it first thing
tomorrow morning. Good.

And don't worry, you'll get it all back.

But isn't there something more I can do?
I can't buy back my son's respect.

Oh, yes, there's something else you can
do.

I'm setting a trap.

I'll need you as the bait, witness to a
certain transaction.

I warn you, it might be very dangerous.

I'll do it.

Are you a brave man, Mr. Thelma?

I don't know.

And I suppose until I fight for
something I really love, I'll never

Can't be too careful.

No.

Oh, would you eat that poison?

Poison? One of the most attractive
things about New York City is the street

food. I'm a little more concerned with
what I put in my body.

Oh, I know.

I have for you the most perfect boxed
lunch.

Care to peruse the menu?

Payment in advance.

You surely didn't expect me to trust you
with this money. Of course you didn't.

Half the payment for half the
merchandise.

Think of all those people you have to
make happy.

They're going to be so very unhappy.

Oh, not really temporarily.

There are plenty of merchants who deal
in our vile product, Eugene.

I'll go to one of them.

How long do you think it'll take me to
find one?

Tonight. Good night.

You're going to make your first delivery
tonight.

Yo, I don't know, man.

There's nothing to it, Ronald.

The man hands you the case.

You count the money. You hand him the
goods.

Well, what if there's a jam up?

There won't be.

I'll be watching every move you make.

I'm scared, man.

You take that fear and you turn it into
excitement.

That's living on the edge, Ronald. And
the edge is where you want to be.

Go.

Have you got the money? You know what to
do?

Yes. Still time to change your mind? No,
there isn't.

All right, good luck. Give me five
minutes.

Eugene Fenton. Okay.

Take it easy.

Thank you.

And you're the connection.

Give me a hand, Ronald.

You pull a switch on me you put one on
me, but I don't handle the merchandise

public neither do I

Oh, I love it. I really love it. You're
acting as if this is a meeting of

equals. Let me remind you that I have
your drug, I have your money, and I have

your mule. You have nothing.

I have $75 ,000 to complete my purchase.

Well, I'm dictating new terms.

What you are purchasing now is the life
of your poor, incompetent employee.

Neither his son nor I have any use for
him.

$100 ,000 might change our minds.

Agreed.

And what about my pleasure?

The product is here. Let's just handle
one negotiation at a time.

You have one hour. No time for tricks.

No time for reinforcements. If you plan
to be late, one minute late, bring a

basket. You'll need it to carry his
head.

How

did you get

into drug dealing?

I mean, you of all people.

You mean me, your upright, prudish
father?

I needed the money, that's how.

The new gallery was draining me.

This was a quick way of making some easy
cash.

Why don't you just go to the bank or
something?

I mean, why'd you let this happen to
you? You should understand, you did it.

Well, it was different.

Oh, you mean you didn't need money?

So, why did you do it? Well, we've
trapped ourselves by a trophy, haven't

Ronnie?

What a coincidence, huh?

Father and son drug dealers.

I don't buy it for a second.

We can let him go.

He's no threat.

Remember how much you hate him?

You told me you wished he dropped dead
once.

Remember?

Well, here's the loathsome animal lying
prostrate at your feet.

He won't run away.

He's too much of a wimp.

I remember my own father lying in a
hospital bed.

So frail and helpless.

This was the man who had terrorized me.

And now he had shrunk down to nothing.

We could kill him, Ronnie.

The law never punishes you for killing
the weak.

They die every day and their killers go
scot -free.

You'd be doing nature a favor, Ronnie.

I don't want to kill him.

Oh, I know, Ronald.

So this guy's going to come down with
the money. You're going to let my father

go, right?

Stand off to the side, Ronald, where I
can see you. Just answer me, Gene.

going to let my father go?

I don't think I like your tone, Ronald.

Don't hurt him.

Hi.

Company's coming.

Don't move.

Quiet as a mouse, Eugene.

Good.

You know the samurai rituals?

The beheading of traitors?

No one's betrayed you. And no one will.

Drop the case.

Kick it to me.

If you move a muscle, I'll cut his head
off.

Get your money, Eugene.

Sure.

Move towards your pocket and he's dead.

I'll, um, I'll put my hands behind my
head and have a

gesture of goodwill.

A traditional Japanese weapon.

It's over, Eugene.

That's best to save face.

Three rules of hand -to -hand combat.

Never get hit.

Never hit.

Unless you find an opening.

And when you find the opening...

I thought Eugene was invincible.

Pure power.

The only power he had was the power over
you.

Once that had gone, he just became a
pathetic little boy.

No, officer, just a second.

I have arranged with Lieutenant Burnett.

The boy's father will be responsible for
him tonight.

Bring him round to the station in the
morning.

Okay.

This was all a plan, wasn't it?

Well, not quite all of it.

You knew how bad Eugene was. You were
taking a heavy risk.

He did it for me.

Well, let's put it this way. He did have
better things to do with it evening,

didn't you, Gilbert?

I've missed you very much.

Bye.