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Here's the problem with life today.

There's too many moving parts.

Getting anything to work is a pain in the butt. By the time you've read the

directions, the thing's already obsolete.

And believe me, warranties aren't what they used to be.

What? Who is this? What you really need to get by is some kind of crystal ball.

Listen, fella, I don't know how you got this number. In fact...

Tomorrow's newspaper will do.

Don't mind how I know. I'm telling you, you've got the switch turned in the

wrong direction. The cargo door's going to open up right there on the pad.

Some kind of sick joke, right? Who is this?

You want to hear a joke? In less than a minute, you're going to have $60 million

worth of experiments dumped in your lap. Now turn off the damn switch.

Yeah? And what switch would that be?

This ought to be good.

It's the LTS vector prop G terminal M transpos tattered limiter C.

What? The LTS vector prop G term... Hello?

Endeavor's computer is now controlling T -15 sound suppression water system

being activated.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six.

Launch port, hold on.

That launch is abrupt for today.

No doubt about it. Knowing the future can be a definite boon to mankind.

Just don't expect it to help you program your VCR.

In light of today's decision, what are your plans, I want to say?

I have a lot of respect for the prosecution team. They were just doing

job.

As far as the victory is concerned, it's not only me we should be celebrating.

This is a victory for all Americans.

Thank you very much. What do you

want

to do now?

I'd like to rip the lungs out of the federal prosecutor.

If I spend another day in a courtroom in this lifetime, somebody's going to pay

me.

Computed mafia don Frank Pirelli was found not guilty on 19 racketeering

charges. The guy's a killer, and she saved him.

Me? I forget a girl's birthday, and bingo, they're out the door.

When women are drawn to guys like that, they find what they do is exciting.

Look how lucky this guy is. He can get any dame he wants.

And I spent last Saturday night shooting dogs in his joint.

Hey, I thought I saw you with a date.

Ariel. I went to the men's room. I was gone for like two minutes.

When I come back out, she's gone.

Three times in one month, that is a record.

Hey, that's women for you.

They're like butterflies.

Sometimes you just have to let them flap their wings and go.

Thank you, Pablo Neruda.

What's he whining about now?

The mobster and his girlfriend.

Look, you'll meet someone.

It'll happen.

I'll hope you do. It happened to me.

First time I saw a fella, I could barely get out a hello.

My throat got all dry, I...

I felt lightheaded.

How do you know it was love? Maybe you were just coming down with something.

In related news, Costco announced today that he intends to prosecute Teresa

Loparco for perjury in the Pirelli case.

Her testimony on the stand directly contradicts his warranted position.

It's her.

Late yesterday morning, Teresa Loparco, fiance of a reputed mob boss, Frank

Pirelli, was hailing a cab in front of the Drake Hotel.

She was approached by two men.

And gunned down in broad daylight.

The bailiffs are still at large, but the police suspect it may be the work of a

rival crime family.

Gare, these are serious boys. What is the matter with you?

Look, this doesn't have to be a big deal. All right, I find her, I tell her

what's going to happen, I'm out of there. Two seconds.

All right, and what if she doesn't believe you?

Then it turns into four seconds, then the wise guys show up, and then you know

what you got? A very big deal. Look, I got to do something. Someone's about to

die. Not just any someone, but the mob someone.

Gare, buddy, look, you're going to have to draw the line somewhere, okay? What

if tomorrow the newspaper says that a meteor is heading for Evanston or that

nuclear terrorists are hiding weapons in Highland Park? Then what are you going

to do?

Great. Compared to that, this will be a snap.

All right, that was a very bad example.

No, Gare, please, just stop for one second.

Believe me, I'm not thrilled about this.

All right, not.

That's what I'm going to chisel on your head. So I can think of 10 better ways

to spend the day. Yeah, I can think of 100.

Exactly. So why don't we catch a flick?

How about bowling? It's great exercise.

What about miniature golf? It's 20 degrees out. We'd have the whole place

ourselves.

You always were a good table tennis player.

Are you kidding me? What kind of hitters are you? You're terrible. I made you

some 21s. Hey, that's not who we are. Oh, this is not a gun. And I'm not

prepared to make you tomorrow's headline. Come around and keep walking.

I say, listen, you got the wrong thing. See, suddenly this has turned into a

very big deal.

I'm just here to warn you someone's going to kill you. Believe me, that's

How can you question a face like that? You're on your face.

Me? I'm nobody.

Keep walking.

Okay.

Move it.

Look, lady, I'm telling you, we're not the bad guys.

Oh, what is this? It takes four of you to clip me? I'm flattered. Good to see

you, Teresa.

Stick yourself up some talent, I see.

See, we told you.

Shut up. Stick your hands in your pockets and act like you mean business.

What?

Come on, Teresa. There's someone who really wants to talk with you. Get in

cab.

We're leaving now. Unless you want to play a little three -on -two, you just

stand there and wave goodbye.

Teresa, don't you get crazy.

No offense, Nick, but if I let him look like he'll take me out, I wouldn't be

able to face people.

Throw your piece in the sewer. You too, Joey.

Teresa, I've had this gun like since forever.

That's all right. As soon as we're out of here, you can go crawling in after

Come on, hurry up. I'm on a schedule here.

Keys, too.

Shut up.

Your keys, too.

Get in the cab.

Get in the cab. Come on, let's go. Hey, cabbie.

You ever driven a getaway car before?

Huh? Fine.

Hey, wait, it's my kid!

It's my kid!

Taxi!

Taxi!

Look,

there's no one back there. You can slow down now.

No, you don't know Nicky. He won't give up that easily.

He doesn't want to go back to Frankie empty -handed.

Frankie?

Borelli? That's who's trying to kill you?

Gary and I just got in Frank Pirelli's way.

Welcome to the big leagues, boys.

When that meteor heads for Evanston, I don't know you.

Where are we going?

Well, they see my suitcase, so the airport's out.

Well, there's a plan B, I hope.

Don't sweat it. Don't sweat it? That's your plan B?

Don't sweat it. You got a problem?

Yeah, I got a problem. It's a pretty crappy plan B.

You don't have any idea where we're going?

I just need a place to duck out for a while, you know? I gotta regroup.

Yeah, and what happens when... What are you looking at me like that for?

Frankie likes me as a blonde.

Hey, would you watch the road? Don't worry about it. Before Frankie, I dated

getaway driver.

What happened to him?

He died in a high -speed chase.

Perfect.

Don't sweat it.

Yeah, I need the first train to L .A., please.

Nothing today? All right, San Francisco.

New York?

Listen, sweetie, could you go out to the train station and see if there's any

trains sitting there? And if there are, can you find out for me where they're

going?

No.

I'm on hold again.

Look, if Pirelli's got people watching the airport... Turn around.

If Pirelli's got the airport covered, wouldn't he have the train station

covered, too? No. He knows I would never take the train.

Him and me, we've fought about this a million times, but I don't care. I fly

first class or I don't go.

Well, how about the buses? The buses run more often than the trains.

The what?

Bus.

No.

I've been disconnected.

You know, I don't understand.

I mean... Excuse me.

I don't understand why Frank's trying to kill you. I mean, you're the one who

helped him get off.

I know. I thought he would be so grateful that he'd let me leave, but

let you leave. Not when you know as much as I do.

You two seem crazy about each other on the TV.

Yeah, well, when you're Frankie Pirelli's girl, you know what kind of

wear in public.

But I haven't felt that way about Frankie in a long time.

Hey, what about the feds? Can't you go to the feds and tell them what you know?

Can't you go to the feds?

I perjured myself on the stand.

I mean, running isn't fun, but I certainly prefer this to a jail cell.

Now, I'm going to use your bathroom to freshen up.

If I'm going to die today, I'm at least going to look good doing it.

Whoa, didn't spring for maid service, did ya?

She's going to kill someone with that thing.

Look, what do we do?

Whatever it takes.

What?

It was the wrong number.

In Frankie Prelli's world, there's no such thing as a wrong number.

This might be a good time to call Frank and apologize.

Get it.

I'm telling you, you overreacted. It was the wrong number.

Yeah, well, better safe than stupid.

Chuck.

What do you say we run for it?

All right, where?

I don't know. You got any ideas?

How about we split up?

Meet at the L over on Kincaid? Perfect.

All right, let me talk to Frank Pirelli. Frank Pirelli, no problem. Let's go

talk to him.

Federal agents, your friend Pirelli can't help you now.

Let's go.

All

right.

Next stop.

Where is he? Should be here by now.

What do you think they'll do to him?

I don't know.

But he's in rough hands.

Look, we're good guys.

We're friendly.

My man Jimmy here, he's got a parakeet.

So, see, we don't want to give you a hard time, but we got a job to do. Oh, I

appreciate that.

Good. Then tell us what the hell we need to know. Like, who are you, and what

are you doing spending the afternoon sightseeing with Teresa Leparco?

Come on, give me a break. How many times do we got to go through this?

Until we get it right.

Donut? No.

I met her for the first time today.

She was scared. She said her boyfriend was trying to kill her. And now I don't

know where she is.

What do you think, Jimmy?

Pitiful.

Where is he?

Uh -oh.

Goon squad. Six o 'clock.

Maybe if I just talk to Amanda, Matt.

Right. Come on.

It depends on what you mean.

We made a...

You're making a big mistake, Teresa.

Do your setback.

Nice move.

I've never been on one of these things before.

Hey, kid.

First class all the way.

Listen, I know my rights. You can't just hold me here without charging me.

You can't.

This here is the organized crime unit.

Do you know what that means?

Two words.

Frank Pirelli. And we had him on the silver platter because of your friend,

Teresa Leparco.

I don't understand.

He slid because of her.

He's out there right now in his mohair and silk because she double -crossed us.

But, old baby, the world has changed in the last 48 hours.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means that Pirelli's got some very nasty colleagues, and they want to know

what Teresa knows, and they want to know who Teresa's been talking with while

she's trying to duck old Frankie boy. So they're gunning for her, and Frankie's

gunning for her.

And you're gunning for her. No.

We just want her for the retrial.

Well, what do you want with me?

What do you think? You're the last one that saw her.

So where is she, Gary?

Hmm?

She's with Chuck.

Now we're getting someplace?

So where's Mr. Chuck?

I don't know.

I still think if I called Frank myself.

Look, we have a lot of people in common.

He'd listen.

No, he's done enough already.

I think you should go.

You mean like leave?

Yeah.

I'm better off without you.

All right, look, let's just get one thing straight, okay? I'm not going

anywhere. The last time you'll see me is on that platform watching the train

pull out.

Now let's get you a ticket.

Divorced. No job.

Blackstone Hotel.

Real picture of the cliff.

So what can we do? Can we keep him?

Not even an unpaid parking ticket.

Guy's a real campfire girl.

One ticket to Milwaukee, please.

Milwaukee? Yeah. Great beer. Very good to taste.

I don't have enough to break this. I'll be right back. Thank you.

I prefer wine.

Isn't there a train to France?

How about Budapest?

Where's this guy? I don't know. It's taking too long. You know what, sir?

the change. Buy yourself a Bulls ticket.

Uh -oh.

We got company.

Come on. You're not going to miss this one.

What now?

What do you mean, what now?

They're going to get on the train and go. Who are you?

Me?

Time Frank and me had that little talk. You're crazy. Come with me. I can handle

it. You never even met a guy like him before.

Come on. Go.

All right, fellas, that's far enough. I don't want to have to get violent.

Where is she? I want to talk to Pirelli.

And I think he wants to talk to me.

About what?

About what?

About a little insurance policy Teresa took out the last few months they were

going out.

Taped phone conversations.

Teresa played them for me.

Terrific.

Something funny?

The feds got Frankie with the tap back in 89.

He did a year in Joliet.

He hasn't used the phone since.

Really?

Never? And you can take your hand out of your coat now.

I don't think it's loaded.

That's enough, Nicky.

Let him go.

What are you doing?

What are you doing? Whatever I'm doing, it's not going as well as I had hoped.

Well, holster your finger and walk over here.

How come you can pull out the gun in the pocket thing and I can't? A gift.

Besides, they know I'm not bluffing. Right, boys?

Sure, Teresa, whatever you say. All right, take your hands out of your

and put them on your heads, both of you.

Teresa. Take your hands out of your pockets and put them on your heads. Now.

Teresa, we are in the middle of a train station. We're going to look like a

couple of morons. What do you think you look like now, a couple of nuclear

physicists? Let's go.

Go, turn around. Let's go.

You boys ever been to Milwaukee?

Yuck. I hear the brewery tour is terrific.

You'll love Train Trap. It's very romantic.

What if you

get burnt?

I, um... I thought I was, um... supposed

to save you.

Are you all right?

Are you feeling sort of lightheaded?

Hey, kid.

Come on, get in the car.

Come on.

I don't bite.

What do you expect me to tell you that I didn't tell them?

I don't know them.

I got different ways to act.

Get in the car.

Do you know who I am?

Yes.

What's my name?

Excuse me?

What's my name?

Frank Pirelli.

See? Now you got me wondering.

You know who I am.

Yet you still decide to put yourself in my affairs.

Now why is that?

Maybe you're a moron.

Is that it?

Mr. Pirelli.

Better to be thought a moron than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln.

You're paraphrasing, of course.

But that's Abraham Lincoln.

Of course.

Moron that reads.

Just what I need.

Should have known.

Mercury's in retrograde.

My whole life goes into the crapper when Mercury's in retrograde.

Mr. Prowley.

Sir, this is all a misunderstanding which can be explained very easily if

just give me a moment.

All right.

I'm all ears.

I was 20, you know?

Going out with a guy like Spanky was exciting.

And all the ugly stuff, I thought I could change them, but I was wrong.

People make mistakes.

You know what you need?

You need somebody stable, legit, somebody like a

stockbroker. Oh, right.

I could just die of boredom.

What's wrong with a stockbroker?

Oh, don't tell me.

You? It can be exciting.

Oh.

Well, not as exciting as a gangster, but at least when I break up with you,

you're not going to have the fear for your life.

You know, you remind me of this guy I knew in high school.

Junior year, he calls me every day to invite me to prom.

Did you go with him?

No. I should have.

I went with Lenny DeRuba.

Lucky Lenny.

Not really.

He's on 25 to life in Joliet.

Del, I, uh... I would have loved to have taken you to the prom.

You know, you and I, we make a very good team.

And I think it would be a very big mistake to split up.

I could go with you.

Help you get settled.

You can't make a spur -of -the -moment decision like that. Spur -of -the

-moment? I've been thinking about this for 45 minutes.

What do you say?

Maybe I'm not the kind of girl that a guy like you changes his whole life for.

You just let me worry about that, yeah?

I look familiar?

They all look familiar.

Let's get out of here.

Mason told you I wanted to kill her.

Words to that effect.

So you're not a kid.

There are certain realities.

in my line of work that cannot be ignored.

Teresa knows this.

Nobody walks away.

I can't allow it. My associates can't allow it.

So if she doesn't come back, they'll expect me to take some appropriate

measures, no matter how extreme.

If I don't, I expect them to.

You get her back. You and your friend, you do that.

You two are off the hook.

And when I say hook, I mean hook.

Look, Mr. Pirelli, this isn't my field. It is now.

24 hours, and I come looking for you.

Oh, no, not again.

Get in the car.

fresh box of donuts in here huh

oh

i'm just trying to call you you're not gonna believe

what's going on i had a rough day did you as a matter of fact things are a

little better i just spent the last hour with the feds before that now with

frank really before that an hour with the feds what did they want what did you

tell them But I don't know everything.

I know nothing. Speaking of which, where is she? You're not going to believe

what happened. Chuck, where is Teresa?

It's finally happened to me. I'm in love. Yeah, great. Listen, Frankie

personally gave me 24 hours to find her and bring her back. If I don't... What

did you just say? That's why things have completely changed, Garrett. We can't

give her back.

To pick a fine time to fall in love.

Where is she?

Somewhere no one would expect her to be.

The men's room.

I'll go get her.

Gary!

Gary!

She's gone.

Her stuff is still there. The window's open. I think they snatched her.

I'm going to go find her.

It's me.

What are you doing?

You've got to help me out here. No, you look. I just spent the afternoon with

your fiancé. You meant Frankie? Yeah.

Look, you've got to get Chuck away from me.

I don't think that's possible, because Chuck is becoming attached.

I mean, the guy, he's... I know what you mean, all right? I'm the one that's

around it all day, and it's not pretty, but I gotta go.

Wait, wait, wait. What about Chuck?

What about him?

He's in love with you.

So he'll get over it, you know?

Come on, you're his friend. You know what he's like. He's annoying.

He never shuts up. He could do a half an hour just on shoes.

I can't wait to get away from him, actually.

So what do I tell him?

You tell him I took off.

And tell him he should be more careful who he falls in love with.

You know what?

What? It's a good thing you didn't fall for him, too.

Yeah, good thing.

Come on, help me out. This attachment's up in the men's room.

There you go.

Good luck.

Get in the car.

No way.

Tell me, what am I going to do with you two?

What do I think you already decided that, Frank?

Cause. You were always a little too smart.

You got a choice here, Frankie.

You don't have to do anything.

Oh, you think so?

Do you remember my business associates?

They're not giving me any choices.

Since when do you listen to them, huh?

Do what you always do. Tell them to stuff it.

You're right.

I don't take orders from anybody.

But to tell you the truth,

You're just not worth the aggravation.

I mean, it's one thing to say, hands off this girl who loves me, but hands off

this girl who ditched me?

What's that make me look like?

I want to come back, Frankie.

What?

I changed my mind.

I want to come back.

What if I don't want to take you back?

Well, pretend like it was the day before yesterday.

None of this ever happened. I come home.

We live happily ever after.

And your friend?

Nobody touches him. You leave him alone.

Yeah?

Then how long are you gonna stick around this time?

Forever. No!

You can't.

Nah, no dice. Nice try, Teresa.

But I don't want anybody in my house who's not there for me.

I'm there for you, Frankie.

Yeah?

Do you love me?

Does she love me?

Don't look at me.

Tell me, why doesn't she love me?

You really want to know?

Yeah. You don't understand her, Frank.

Teresa's like, she's like a butterfly.

A beautiful butterfly.

She needs to be free.

She needs to flap her wings and fly away.

You, you just want to keep her under a glad case.

She'll just dry up and crumble.

What the hell is he talking about?

This is what I'm trying to tell you. Don't listen to him. There's something

wrong with him. He's all... I'm not crazy, Frank.

I'm in love, just like you.

And when you love something, you gotta let it go.

Let it go, Frank.

Uh -oh.

All right, I heard enough.

Joey.

What Joey? Don't do this, Frankie.

Take care of this guy.

Don't do this. What's he talking about? Hey.

Sorry, pal.

Private party. I think he'll want to talk to me.

Restaurant's closed.

You again?

I think you should let them go.

Look at this.

Everybody's giving me free advice.

Well, it must be my lucky day.

No, no, that's tomorrow.

Look.

Tomorrow's horse go.

But don't ask me how I got it.

There are a couple of moons rising that I think you should know about.

If I could just have a minute of your time, Mr. Pirelli.

Alone.

Mr. Pirelli.

Your friend?

That thing stuck to the bottom of my shoe?

When I scrape him off, I'm not going to care.

Between me and you, do you think anybody else will?

I didn't come here to talk about Chuck.

I want to talk about Teresa.

Oh, tell me.

You fell for her too?

No.

Believe me, I'd understand if you did.

I fell in love with Teresa the first time I saw her.

Well, then don't do something you're going to regret.

This isn't for me.

That's between me and my fiancée.

Ex -fiancée.

Don't involve you.

I think you still love her.

So?

But you can't kill something you love.

Which word don't you understand?

I do it, or someone else does it. There's two choices.

The mob's got a short menu.

All right, your time's up here, pal. Go!

What if I gave you another choice?

What if you didn't have to kill Teresa?

I'm sorry, Chuck.

Is this what you really want?

Look at me and tell me this is what you really want.

I'm going back to him.

What about us?

We'll always have the train station.

Great.

He gets you, and I get the Union Station.

Yep, we're leaving.

All of us, right? No, just you and me. Come on, let's go.

No.

What do you mean, no? No!

Goodbye, Chuck.

Thanks. Let's go.

I want to hear it from you. You want me to leave?

Yeah, go already.

Get him out of here, please.

Let's go. Come on.

Take him wherever they want to go.

No, no, that's all right.

We'll get it right ourselves. Thank you very much.

Come on.

I didn't have a choice, you know that. You had a choice. You made it.

So what'd you give her? Stock tips?

Winning horses?

What? To get me out.

What am I worth? How much, huh?

Look, she wanted it this way, Chuck.

To protect me.

I don't know.

Girl finally falls for me, and this is how it turns out.

Chuck, this is... Frank Pirelli.

She's his girl. A mobster's girl.

Did you really think it could end any other way? End?

She ran away once. She'll do it again.

And when she does, I'll find her.

I think counting on that may not be such a good idea, Chuck. All these months

hanging around doing that paper.

Acting like it was some kind of sucker's game.

All that energy spent on strangers.

You know what? Deep down, I was glad.

Because I knew that when my time came, my best friend...

I could count on you.

Fuck, I know what I'm doing.

You have no idea what you're doing.

Chuck, you set her up.

What? You sold her out to Pirelli and his friends.

You might have just gotten her killed.

You know, I wish we could stay just like this, right here.

This isn't the forever I saw for you and me.

All right, it's time.

How could you do this to her?

It wasn't me.

It wasn't you.

But her spirit...

did not die at that bridge.

Teresa Leparco lives on in the hearts of her friends and her family and everyone

who knew her.

Shall we pray?

Our gracious Lord, we thank you for your love, your grace, and your forgiveness.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.

Amen.

How you doing?

Are you asking me if I'm thinking about jumping off a bridge?

Something like that.

Even if I was, what good would it do me?

You'd read about it. I'd show up at the bridge and you'd be there waiting for

me.

They never found the body, you know that?

Yeah.

You never know.

Maybe she survived.

Maybe some people went to a lot of trouble just to make it look like she

killed.

Anything's possible.

Sure, anything's possible.

You just gotta show faith that the people who care for you really care for

And one way or another, things work out.

I ever tell you about that postcard I got?

It had no message, no return address, just a picture of a butterfly, right?

Roswell and Emily were married for 51 years, but for the last eight years,

suffered from Alzheimer's and osteoporosis.

With all the pain, Emily begged to die.

In March 1985, Roswell agreed to end her misery. But was it mercy or murder?

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