Original subtitles

MAN: 1, 2, 1, 2, 3.

[ROCK SONG PLAYING]

[PARTY GUESTS CHEERING, CHATTERING]

GUESTS: Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

Aah!

Watch out, watch out, it's hot, it's hot.

Thank you, honey.

All right.

Ok.

No, no, no, no.

Come on.

We have to wait for Leo.

Get out of here, Bernard.

We're waiting for your cousin.

BERNARD: I'm hungry.

I'll tell ya, yeah, he's good-lookin'.

He's real good-lookin'. You're gonna like him.

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

You think so?

I know so. I know these kind of things.

Trust me. I'm blessed with a gift.

VAL: Careful. It's real hot.

I got it, I got it.

KITTY: Val, this all looks wonderful.

Yeah.

Let's try and make a little room here.

What about your husband, is he coming?

Oh, no. Frank can't come, honey.

I meant to tell you. He has to work,

but he's gonna meet Leo tomorrow at the interview.

Ok. Well...

VAL: At least Bernard's eating.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

Hey, sweetie.

[RING]

How you doin'? Good.

Hmm? Yeah.

Erica, you know Belvee? Belva.

BELVA: Belva.

Belva. Nice.

Hey.

Hey.

I was telling her about your cousin, about Leo.

I want her to meet him.

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

[PARTY GUESTS LAUGHING]

[PARTY GUESTS CHATTERING]

[CHILD PLAYING]

[PARTY GUESTS CHATTERING, MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey. Hey, everybody. He's here.

GUESTS: Yay!

Hey!

MAN: Hey, all right!

[APPLAUSE]

Hey, ma.

How you doin'? Good?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm good.

You look terrific.

Oh, thanks. You, too.

I'm so glad you're home.

Me, too.

GROUP: Hey!

WILLIE: Hey, Leo!

Leo the lion!

We all came to see you, buddy. How you doin'?

I'm all right.

I love ya, man.

[MILD CLAPPING]

Welcome home.

Thanks. It's good to see you.

You, too.

How you doin'? Real good.

DANTE: Leo, welcome home.

Hey, what's up, Dante?

DANTE: Good to see you.

Man, you look great.

LEO: What's up, Todd?

NEIL: What's up, Leo? LEO:Neil.

You guys all look like you're doin' really good.

Don't worry about it.

It's gonna be comin' your way soon enough.

WILLIE: Hey, um, I want you to meet Belva.

Belva, this is Leo. This is Leo.

Hi.

WILLIE: Belva's a dancer.

Hi.

VAL: Come on. We've got so much food.

KITTY: Everybody, let's eat.

VAL: Just dig in. Just help yourselves.

PAROLE OFFICER: Mr. Handler.

We need to go over a few things.

Where can we talk?

I guess in the bedroom.

Come on.

PAROLE OFFICER: My records show

that you were released at, uh...

4:00 this afternoon.

That's right.

You're supposed to make an arrival report.

Well, nobody told me that.

I thought I had 24 hours.

PAROLE OFFICER: ok, well, in the future,

you should know that you're required to report

with due diligence.

PAROLE OFFICER: Now, your profile says

you had some problems.

I see here that you served 16 months for auto theft.

So your parole status

has you on intensive supervision.

I'll have access to your bank records,

your w-2s, your pay stubs.

PAROLE OFFICER: That's to keep track of your cash flow.

Now, what about employment? You know what you're gonna do?

Yeah, I think I got something.

What's that?

Well, my aunt's new husband has his own business.

You know, he's very, very important.

I'm supposed to go and interview with him tomorrow.

A couple of my friends out there,

they've been workin' for him, too.

PAROLE OFFICER: Mm-hmm.

What about your counseling?

You know, I just--I don't wanna cause no problems.

I just wanna become a productive person again,

you know, in society.

[LAUGHTER]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

So, what'd you think?

He looks good, right? He looks good.

Yeah. I never knew him from before.

Yeah, that's-- I mean, that's the point.

I don't-- I have nothin' to go by.

Hey.

Everything ok?

LEO: Yeah.

How you doin'? How come you're not out there?

'Cause Willie's talkin' with everybody,

and I just...just wanted to get away for a second.

You and him still ok together?

ERICA: Yeah.

We're thinking about maybe settling down...

but he's so busy with work right now, you know.

You know, I was really sorry to hear about your father.

He was a good man.

Maybe we should go back out there.

LEO: Erica.

What about your new father, you like him?

He's all right.

Did you get my letters?

GUESTS: Whoa!

They must've forgot to switch the fuse box.

MAN: Ok, let's check out the radio...

there you are.

ERICA: Hi, ma.

KITTY: Looks like there's a blackout, huh?

Yeah.

KITTY: Erica, why don't you let your cousin be?

See if they need anything out there.

Excuse me, aunt kitty?

Yeah.

LEO: I just wanted to thank you

and your husband for the meeting tomorrow.

I really appreciate that.

Well, you know I'd do anything for your mother.

KITTY: She's not doing too well.

You should know that.

KITTY: Her heart is getting weaker.

Here he is.

Leo!

DANTE: Hey, Leo!

What's up? What's up?

What's up, buddy? Aah!

How you doin', all right? Yeah, good.

Did you get a beer or something?

No. I'm all right.

All right.

Hey, I just wanted to tell you...

me and the guys really appreciate what you did.

Didn't say nothing to the cops about us.

I would never fold on you. You know that.

Look, I want you to come work with us.

So tomorrow when you see Frank,

you tell him that, all right?

All right. Ok, good.

Come have a beer with us, ok, Leo?

Hey, you've had enough for everybody.

No.

TODD: Leo.

We're all gonna go to the club this weekend.

You know, like we used to. All right?

Oh, that sounds excellent.

Be good.

Hey.

Hey, Leo, what's going on?

What's up, buddy? You don't say hi?

You look good.

VAL: Excuse me, everyone.

[GUESTS SHUSHING]

Everyone!

Um, I just want to say that I am very happy

to have you all here.

And...

the last few years have been...

VAL: Well, sometimes not so easy,

but that's all over now.

And so from now on,

we're gonna have nothing but good times.

That's all I wanted to say.

MAN: Hear, hear.

MAN: Absolutely.

[APPLAUSE]

MAN: All right.

Let's have some coffee, if I can find the pot.

MAN: Yeah!

[LAUGHTER]

LEO: Ma...

I just--I just wanted to tell you

that I'm sorry...

for everything.

Don't worry about it.

Go on, be with your friends. Have a good time.

[LAUGHTER]

What's up, Todd?

TODD: Leo, sit down. Talk to us.

LEO: How you doin'?

[MACHINERY BOOMING AND CLICKING]

[WORKERS CHATTERING]

[BELL RINGING]

Bye, Denise. My best to your mother.

[BEEP]

FRANK, OVER SPEAKER: send him in, Denise.

Leo.

Nice to finally meet you.

It's nice to meet you, too.

FRANK: Sorry you had to wait.

Sit down.

All right. Thanks.

FRANK: So, uh...

how's your mother?

She's OK. She's tryin', you know, she's battlin'.

FRANK: We had a lot of nice conversations about you.

She's a wonderful woman.

I mean, supporting you by herself

for all those years took a lot of guts.

I know.

And I'm gonna do everything I can to make it up to her.

My wife and I, we, uh, tried to help her out,

but, uh... she wouldn't take it.

I--I admire that.

I know the last couple of years

have been pretty hard on her.

You got yourself in some trouble,

FRANK: Uh, you stole a couple of cars

or something.

Yeah.

FRANK: You did a little time, huh?

I know it's pretty tough in there, uh...

but the business world ain't that much different.

I mean, sometimes you gotta have eyes

in the back of your fucking head.

FRANK: So, uh, you know what we do here?

If it's on a train, if it's on a New York subway,

we make it or we fix it.

Uh...couplers, brakes, transformers, everything.

You got any experience with stuff like that?

I could learn.

Learn...good. There's some, uh,

very good training programs out there for machinists,

and I could make a call.

Well, I really need to support me and my mother right now.

LEO: How long would a program like that take?

Good machinist? Uh...couple years.

FRANK: But, uh, you'd have a good union job

waitin' for you here when you were through.

400, 500 a week, uh... and, uh...

I could help you along a little till you graduate.

What about Willie? I mean, I know he didn't go to school,

LEO: And he thought that maybe I could work with him.

I don't think that's such a good idea for you.

Well, what does he do?

He--he deals with suppliers mostly. Uh...

ah, I don't know.

I really think that you should look into a program.

I'd--I'd have to think about that.

All right.

Uh, look, why don't, uh...

why don't you and your mother come over

FRANK: To the house Saturday night

for a little dinner?

The whole family will be there.

It'll be very nice.

Ok.

Leo.

FRANK: thanks for comin',

and, look, uh...

you're a nephew now,

and I'd really like to help you.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER P.A.]

[WHISTLING]

[WORKERS CHATTERING]

BELLINI: ♪ Samba

♪ De janeiro

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Samba, samba, samba

♪ De janeiro, janeiro

♪ Samba, samba de janeiro ♪

WILLIE: Ricky!

RICKY: Hey, Willie, what's up, man?

¿como está, bien?

Hey, this is my friend Leo. Leo, this is Ricky.

We went to Francis Lewis together.

Cool.

Yo, thanks for hooking me up with Russell, man.

He put in my whole system for me.

RICKY: I like the way it sounds, man.

I mean, I like what he did.

I told you. He's the best.

RICKY: You did. He's a good worker.

So what's up? What do you want?

Willie: Uh, give me 2 Millers,

uh, Jim beam, and, uh, some rum and coke

for them out there. Put it on my tab.

RICKY: Yeah.

BELLINI: ♪ Sempre assim

Willie, I don't know what the fuck I'm gonna do.

About what? Frank?

Yeah.

You don't gotta go back to school.

Look, he tried that same shit with me when I started.

I--I convinced him, let me work with the suits.

Well, how did you do that?

He let me hang out with them, and I earned their respect.

You're throwin' a lot of fuckin' money around.

What is it you do for this guy?

Look, why don't you come down with me tomorrow

and see for yourself?

All right? If you like it, we'll talk to Frank about it.

All right, I'm just asking,

'cause you know I can't get into no trouble.

You know that.

Nah, you won't get into trouble.

I won't let you get into trouble.

Look, Frank's a great man.

We got a real chance with him.

You know my mother spent her whole fuckin' life

on handouts and shit.

Now I got fuckin' money in my pocket.

The sky's the limit.

Yeah, but you was always good with people, you know.

I'm not too good with words.

Hey, you're my best friend.

I'm gonna look out for you. I'll get you in.

Yeah, I know, I just hope it works out,

'cause I would like that a lot, you know?

I want to work with you.

WILLIE: great, next week.

So, what'd you think about Belva?

Aw, she's good from far but far from good, you know?

[CHUCKLES]

[CHEERING]

BELLINI: ♪ Samba, samba, samba

♪ De janeiro, de janeiro ♪

♪ Samba, samba

♪ De janeiro, de janeiro ♪

♪ Sempre assim

Your cousin's very beautiful.

Yeah, she is.

♪ Embaixo embaixo embaixo embaixo ♪

♪ Sempre assim

♪ Encima encima encima encima ♪

♪ Sempre assim

♪ Embaixo embaixo embaixo embaixo ♪

♪ Sempre assim

Leo! Come on, handsome, dance!

Come on!

♪ Embaixo embaixo embaixo embaixo ♪

Come on, dance!

♪ Encima encima encima

♪ Sempre assim

♪ Embaixo embaixo embaixo embaixo ♪

♪ Samba

♪ Samba de janeiro

[CHEERING]

CROWD: Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

POLICEMAN: raise your hands.

Empty your pockets.

POLICEMAN: Ok, you're all right. Go ahead.

Thanks, Glenn.

All right, Willie. Come on.

You got a lot of fuckin' security here, will.

Is it all right that I'm coming down here with you?

Yeah, yeah, you're fine. They all know me here.

So, what is this place?

This is borough hall.

The train businesses live and die here.

WILLIE: Today we're going after contracts

worth $14 million.

Now, it's gonna be a fuckin' fight,

'cause all our rivals are gonna be here.

Right now, our main competition

is with the Weltech corporation.

It's run by Manny Sequiera and Hector Gallardo.

They're a minority company,

so they're guaranteed to get 10% of the business.

Frank says Sequiera paid off 2 councilmen

to get that deal.

Paul Lazzarides works right under Frank.

He makes our presentations to the transit authority.

At the head of the authority is Al granada.

And my job is to do whatever I can to keep him happy

so that he'll keep sendin' the work our way.

Do I look ok? I mean,

I don't wanna call no attention to myself.

You look great. Come on, let's go in.

[GAVEL POUNDING]

GRANADA: We now come up on order 4-2-3-9-9,

regarding the replacement of the train rectifiers

on the queens and Bronx lines.

GRANADA: after careful review,

weighing both price and performance ratings,

the committee has decided to award this contract

to the electric rail corporation of Maspeth.

GRANADA: make a note of that.

[POUNDS GAVEL]

Next, order 4-6-9-6-4.

It's for 230 couplers, all for the subway--

Mr. Supervisor, please.

Hector, let me finish reading the decisions.

GALLARDO: Look, that contract is part of our guarantee.

I'm sorry, you're wrong.

GALLARDO: But we been getting the rectifiers,

and that's the deal.

GRANADA: Hector, let me finish, please.

They know it.

GRANADA: The deal for minority quotas

is 10% of the business.

Now, which 10% is up to us.

But I'll tell you one thing:

if it was up to me,

Weltech wouldn't be gettin' anything,

because your failure rates

have been going through the roof.

That's 'cause of them.

GRANADA: Hector, please, let me finish.

GALLARDO: But they're trying to put us out of business,

and you're a part of it.

We wanna make a protest with the inspector general.

Look, there have been several investigations

into the allegations made by the people at Weltech.

PAUL: And we have been repeatedly cleared

of any wrongdoing.

They know this,

but they continue to persist

with these outrageous accusations.

And I think they owe us an apology.

I owe you an apology?

Yes.

GRANADA: Let's get on with the meeting.

Both of you.

We got business to transact.

PAUL: I'm gonna knock you right into the middle of next week.

GALLARDO: let's go, old man!

GRANADA: Hey, what do you think I'm doing?

Running some kind of 3-ring circus over here?

Come on. [POUNDS GAVEL]

GALLARDO: hey, Gutierrez.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[WILLIE SPEAKING SPANISH]

I don't know what you're talking about.

Why don't you come work for us

instead of those cabrones?

Don't waste my time.

Hey.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

Let's go.

Who's this?

WILLIE: That's Leo.

You'll get to know him.

I'm not in the mood

to make any new friends today.

It'll be all right.

GRANADA: Who's that?

WILLIE: that's Frank's nephew.

Did he do time?

Yeah, just for a little bit, you know?

Yeah.

Don't worry. He's a good kid.

Got the money?

[GRANADA CHUCKLES]

Say hello to your uncle for me.

See you around, Willie.

All right, take it easy.

What the fuck was that, will?

Nothin'. He's just, uh...

[WHISPERING] He's very worried about wires.

WILLIE: Either that, or he's got a thing for me.

It seems pretty fuckin' weird to me.

Does he get a cut of everything?

Listen to you. Don't worry about it.

WILLIE: he's a city official.

It's just the way the system works.

But here's the good part.

[SHUFFLING MONEY]

This is for you.

WILLIE: pretty good, huh?

A little pocket change.

You must have saved up a lot.

Nah, I think I spend it all on your cousin.

WILLIE: All right, well,

we got a few more things we got to do this week.

And next week, I'll take you down to the yards

into the tunnels.

That sounds good.

All right. Let's go do it.

WILLIE: in the business,

favors are more important than threats.

It's about making people feel wanted and liked,

making them feel appreciated.

You find out what they like,

and you make it happen for them.

They want to go to a ball game or a show,

get them the tickets.

They want something for their wife or their girlfriend,

get them a nice fur.

Sometimes all they want is an expensive bottle of wine.

If all they want is cash,

there's always plenty of that.

If you take care of them,

this business can take care of you.

Just don't spend it all in one place.

[WOMAN SINGING FAINTLY]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Leo, come on, are you ready? We got to go soon.

LEO: Ma...

I got you something.

What are you doing?

You don't have to get me anything.

Oh, I wanted to.

I just thought you needed it.

Oh, Leo, you can't.

Every dollar is saved. You know that.

It's beautiful.

VAL: thank you.

Now, come on.

Frank is sending a car for us.

LEO: all right.

I'm just going to change real quick.

VAL: That's it right there.

That's their house.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

KITTY: Bernard, get the door.

BERNARD: Mom, I'm already sitting down.

VAL: sorry we're late.

KITTY: here they are.

Oh, good. Good. Hey.

Come on in. Sit down, sit down.

Do me a favor, will. Will you sit over there?

FRANK: sit over here, Leo.

Good.

VAL: Well, hi, Bernard.

This is a really nice house.

Oh, thanks. I'm glad you like it.

You know, we're doing a little work on it.

I'm building a little family room in the back.

Yeah, and those assholes come wake us up every morning.

Erica, is that absolutely necessary?

KITTY: Now, please, don't start.

LEO: Ma, could I have some of that lo mein?

Frank, this all looks delicious.

Ah, it's a wonderful place. They got great food.

KITTY: It's a little rich sometimes.

ERICA: Willie, this is Bernie's dish.

Give it to him.

Will you pass the rice back

when you're finished with it?

LEO: thanks, Mom.

FRANK: So, Leo,

did you tell your mother what we talked about?

What was that?

FRANK: I told him that I thought maybe he should

look into some training program as a machinist.

VAL: Yeah. That sounds terrific.

Well, actually, I went out with Willie,

LEO: And I'm thinking of working with him.

WILLIE: yeah, I know.

I want to talk to you about that.

VAL: Oh, that sounds good.

The two of them work together.

That sounds good, huh?

Uh, I don't understand.

I mean, I thought we had this whole conversation.

I don't feel comfortable taking your money.

VAL: Money?

Oh, no. We've been through all this.

Nobody's giving us any money.

Why can't they work together?

Erica.

It's all right.

Leo, I hope everything works out for you,

and you'll be around the business.

Maybe you'll learn something.

I really hope so.

Good.

Good. All right.

KITTY: pass me that.

Ok, good.

Clean plate club, ok?

You got the hot mustard there?

Got to have the hot mustard.

FRANK: Duck sauce.

WILLIE: Erica.

Hey.

What?

I want to show you something.

What?

What is it?

Open it up.

Oh, Willie.

We'll tell everyone this weekend.

I want to make this right.

I love you.

So where we going?

WILLIE: We're going to the Sunnyside yards.

The guys'll be there. They're waiting for us,

and there's someone new I want you to meet

that's working with me now.

What are we going to do down there?

We take out our competitors' trains--

WILLIE: short their stuff out,

make sure it don't work right.

And they get hit as unreliable,

and we get the jobs.

WILLIE: Tonight, it's Weltech's trains.

They're those fucking guys

we had the run-in with at borough hall,

remember?

I just want you to stand back and watch tonight.

Everything's going to be all right.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY]

Boys, what's going on?

WILLIE: How you doing? What's up, Dante?

How you doing, Todd?

TODD: Hey, Leo.

Raymond, that's Leo.

How you doing, man?

LEO: What's going on? How you doing?

Good.

He's coming down with me to make a drop.

You ever in local one or local three?

No.

Because we don't deal with construction.

I don't know nothing about that.

All right, well, you're here

'cause your friends clear you.

All right, we're going down.

[TRAIN PASSING]

WILLIE: Leo...

stay here.

Make sure nobody comes down, all right?

All right. I'll hang right here for you.

[BELL RINGING IN DISTANCE]

Got you those knicks tickets.

This is for you.

I don't want it, Willie.

You got to get your guys off the tracks.

What are you talking about?

You've been moved out.

WILLIE: What?

ELLIOT: Weltech come in here last week,

and they put 2k right there.

And they got the muscle to back it up.

WILLIE: Come on. You know how this works.

Somebody comes to you with a better offer,

you come back at us.

ELLIOT: no, not anymore.

Word is electric rail's going under,

and weltech guaranteed me

they'd match any offer.

Now, Willie, get them off the tracks,

'cause I got the cops coming down here.

Keep going.

WILLIE: come on, Elliot.

You wouldn't do that to us.

[FLIPS SWITCH]

[ALARM SOUNDS]

What the fuck are you doing?

Jump!

[ECHOES] Willie!

Will!

Hey, what are you doing?

Nothing.

Nothing? What do you mean, nothing?

You a troublemaker?

I ought to crack your fucking head open,

RIFKIN: you know that?

Turn that thing off.

What the fuck you going to do with that?

WILLIE: Turn that fucking thing off.

Hey, I'm talking to you.

You got some I.D.?

WILLIE: Don't fucking do it, man.

Uhh!

[MOANS]

Uhh...

all right, put your hands up. Turn around.

RIFKIN: you motherfucker!

Listen, I didn't do nothing!

You want to run?

I ought to break you down, Motherfucker!

Ohh!

RIFKIN: Huhh!

[TRAIN PASSING]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RING]

VAL: Hello?

WILLIE: Mrs. Handler. Hey, is Leo there?

I'm here, ma. You can hang up.

[VAL HANGS UP]

WILLIE: Leo...

you got to know I didn't mean to do it. You know that.

Willie, what the fuck happened?

You said everything was going to be all right.

WILLIE: I know, I know.

Everything got fucked up.

Did anyone see you? What'd you do?

What do you mean, what did I do?

A fucking cop came down there

and beat me on my fucking head.

WILLIE: You ok?

Yeah, I'm all right, but I don't know about the cop.

WILLIE: All right. We can't panic.

I'll talk to Frank, and he'll know what to do.

Don't worry, Leo. The borough can't afford

arrests and investigations.

The fucking politicians are in on it.

You understand?

LEO: I understand.

ERICA: Willie?

Hey... [HANGS UP PHONE]

I didn't know you were staying here tonight.

ERICA: I had to get out of that fucking house.

[LOUD KNOCK ON DOOR]

ERICA: Who's that?

[COCKS GUN]

Who is it?

It's Raymond.

What the fuck happened?

I can't talk right now.

Get the guys, and we'll meet back at the office tonight.

All right?

Is that blood on your hand?

It's nothing. I cut myself.

Go on.

[LOCKS DOOR]

Who was that?

WILLIE: It was just someone from work.

Now?

WILLIE: don't worry about it.

Just go back to sleep.

[CLOSES DOOR]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

Hello.

ERICA: Hold on.

Who is it?

ERICA: I don't know.

Yeah?

GALLARDO: You had some trouble this morning?

Who is this?

GALLARDO: You know, the yardmaster is dead,

and that cop may not make it, either.

Hector, is that you?

GALLARDO: if you come forward,

weltech has some very good lawyers.

Don't call here again.

[HANGS UP TELEPHONE]

What does everybody want?

WILLIE: I'm sorry it's so crazy here.

I didn't know you were gonna be here this morning.

ERICA: I can't wait till we get married.

Hey.

I'll tell my mother,

and we'll get married.

We're gonna have a whole family.

What's the matter?

Nothin'. I'm tired.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

Si.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

El está en un meeting.

KORMAN: I mean, we already got enough problems

with the minorities as it is.

FRANK: goddamn conglomerates

lose their defense contracts

out on the island,

then suddenly they're back

in the goddamn train business.

KORMAN: We understand your problem,

but there's nothin' we can do about it right now.

Look, I'm gettin' squeezed from all sides.

You got the fuckin' conglomerates

comin' in here takin' away the work at the top.

The minorities are guaranteed the work

at the bottom, and me,

I'm squeezed in the goddamn middle.

MYDANICK: Frank, take it easy, will you?

You got to wait till after the election.

FRANK: Oh, after the election?

After this election, the next election?

There's always an election.

You have to be patient, Frank.

Well, you listen to me.

You gotta kill these minority quotas,

or I'm out of business.

It's as simple as that.

GRANADA: It's too hot for us right now.

We got this killing in the yards.

I mean, who knows where that's gonna go?

KORMAN: You know anything about that, Frank?

FRANK: No. I do know if it were any of my guys,

I'd fuckin' kill 'em. All right?

GRANADA: Well, we hear that cop's still alive, Frank.

He's in a coma.

If he pulls through and it turns out to be the business,

all holy hell's gonna break loose.

KORMAN: Yeah, the cops'll be all over us.

There's no way we could control it.

[MAID SPEAKING SPANISH]

WILLIE: Si, si.

MYDANICK: times are changin'.

What? What is it?

It's me.

FRANK: Hey, Willie.

What do you need?

I want to talk to you about something.

Well, I'm very busy right now.

It's no big deal.

I can take care of it myself.

All right. Good.

Good.

FRANK: Look, what I'm tellin' you here

is that my company's in serious fuckin' trouble.

Do you understand?

TV ANCHORWOMAN: A metropolitan community transit worker

is dead,

and a police officer is in a coma after a predawn attack

at the Sunnyside repair yards in queens.

Police say officer Gerald rifkin

responded to an alarm call at the repair yards

just after 1:00 this morning.

ANCHORWOMAN: 10 minutes later,

police backup units discovered officer rifkin

face down and unconscious on the tracks.

The body of yardmaster Elliot Gorwitz

was also found nearby in his office.

He had bled to death from a single stab wound.

[VAL TALKING]

ANCHORWOMAN: Gorwitz had worked for the MCT for 14 years.

Queensborough president Arthur Mydanick

said he was shocked and saddened

when he learned about the incident.

Of course I was--I was very upset to hear about this.

I mean, we're not going to stand for these kind of attacks.

We're gonna put finding the assailants

at the top of our agenda right now.

ANCHORWOMAN: Officer rifkin

remains listed in critical condition,

and tonight, police are still without a suspect.

Nice.

I need milk.

I'll get it, aunt Val.

Oh, thanks, honey.

You still go to Waldbaum's?

[BUZZER] Yeah, sometimes.

Leo, is that for you?

LEO: Yeah. I got it, Mom.

[VAL TALKING]

What's goin' on?

We gotta talk.

The guys are waitin' for us downstairs.

All right. Let me get my jacket.

Willie, we're havin' some cake. Come on in.

Oh, thank you, Mrs. Handler.

I can't right now. I gotta go.

But Erica's here.

VAL: Don't you want to come in? Come on.

ERICA: yeah, come on in.

Hey, I didn't know you were here.

ERICA: Yep.

ERICA: Hi.

Hi, Mrs. Olchin.

You look very handsome tonight.

Thank you.

Excuse me. I gotta run.

Well-- no, no, no.

Willie, come here.

ERICA: come here.

Ma...

Willie and me, we talked about maybe gettin' married.

Well, when did this happen?

ERICA: We talked about it last night.

KITTY: What about school?

I'm still gonna finish.

KITTY: Well, this is a very big step.

Don't you think we should, uh...

discuss it? Hmm?

[DOOR BUZZER]

LEO: Hey, will, is that them?

Yeah.

WILLIE: no, thanks, huh?

I really gotta go.

I didn't know we were gonna

get into all this right now.

KITTY: I think we should discuss this.

[DOOR BUZZER]

Hey, will, they're waitin'.

Sorry.

Let's go.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Leo.

[WHISPERING] I got a call from weltech...

that guy hector.

They heard about what happened.

They want to offer me protection

if I come forward and talk to their lawyers.

They'd do anything to get somethin' on frank.

Don't you fuckin' turn on me, Willie.

Of course not.

I hung up on the fuckin' guy.

I'm just sayin' we gotta stay tight here.

Hey, you gotta listen to what the guys have to say.

Just--just listen to what they have to say.

Because we're in a very tough situation.

[TRAIN PASSING BY]

What's up, Todd?

What's goin' on?

RAYMOND: just get in the back.

That cop you hit?

He's a big fuckin' problem for us.

If he wakes up, we're all in trouble.

We don't know what you might do to stay out of jail.

I wouldn't fuck you.

Yeah, but you get caught now, and it's life for you.

Will, you know I wouldn't do that.

LEO: What happened?

I thought you were gonna talk to Frank.

Frank's got no pull with the police.

RAYMOND: He's on the fourth floor at booth memorial.

4 beds to a room.

Todd's friend's an orderly.

He works the night shift.

TODD: he'll get you in.

RAYMOND: they got one officer

in front of the ward. That's it.

He's on an 8-hour shift.

TODD: Wait till he takes a leak,

and then you go inside.

That guy's a fuckin' cop.

Nobody wants this, Leo.

It's the only thing we can do.

I don't know if I could do this.

RAYMOND: Well, you think about it,

'cause the only thing that cop saw was you.

If you can't take care of this for us,

we gotta take care of it ourselves.

We are not goin' after that fuckin' cop.

Do you understand?

All right. You guys wait here.

Todd's gonna talk to his guy.

TODD: Come on.

[PANTING]

WILLIE: Leo...

if anything happens,

if anything goes wrong,

then you run,

WILLIE: And you get the fuck out of the city.

I'll look in on your mother.

I feel like I'm gonna fuckin' die.

Come on, man. My break's almost over.

[WHISPERING] Don't you fuckin' back out.

[MONITOR BEEPING]

[DOOR OPENS] [GASPS]

[DOOR OPENS]

[POLICE RADIO]

Well, now. How are we feeling?

POLICEMAN: I called your family, Jerry.

They're on their way down, all right?

DOCTOR: You were out cold there for a while.

[POLICE RADIO]

DOCTOR: Just rest. You just need some rest.

POLICE RADIO: Charlie. Charlie, 10-4.

[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]

[PANTING] Fuck. Fuck.

[DOOR OPENS]

TODD: What happened?

Goddamn motherfucker ran away!

[TIRES SQUEAL]

RAYMOND: Your friend is fuckin' dead, Willie.

You hear me? He's fuckin' dead!

[DOOR BUZZER]

What's wrong?

He didn't come home last night...from work.

What happened?

VAL: I don't know.

He missed his parole meeting this morning.

They called here. They're lookin' for him.

[CRYING] They said he's in violation.

He's in violation.

All right. Sit down. Calm down, huh?

Let's just sit down.

Yeah, but what if...

what if something happened?

Val, listen to me.

[SNIFFS]

You're my sister, I love you,

and you can't let this keep killing you.

KITTY: You hear me?

Hmm?

[VAL SNIFFLING]

[TRAIN RUMBLING]

CONTRACT OFFICER: ok, gentlemen.

Right in here. All the way down the tracks.

Take your pictures of our circuit layouts

in the train signal boxes.

CONTRACT OFFICER: build them to the specs.

Preference will be given to minority companies

for a portion of these contracts.

You think about what I said?

Get off.

Pendejo.

Hey, terr. You gonna help us out a little here?

I wouldn't even bother

with a bid on this one if I were you.

What? What are you talking about?

TERRY: Word come from the inspector general.

The cop that was hit went through the books

and come up with a suspect.

It's your nephew.

TERRY: Sorry to have to be the one to tell you.

GALLARDO: you're gonna get caught.

WILLIE: shut the fuck up.

GALLARDO: You'll be the first one to go.

CONTRACTOR: Hey, hey, hey! Come on! Watch it!

[ALL SHOUTING]

SECOND CONTRACTOR: knock it off! Settle down.

THIRD CONTRACTOR: What's the matter with you, huh?

FRANK: Why didn't you fuckin' tell me?

We were gonna try and handle it on our own.

On your own? You fucking idiot.

On your own?

PAUL: Willie, this could be devastating for us.

If the borough connects us to what happened,

we're out of business.

I mean, we could all go to jail.

FRANK: I should've never let him

go down there with you.

Goddamn accident waiting to happen.

WILLIE: Frank, it's gonna be all right.

Leo's gone.

Nobody knows he was workin' for us.

EXECUTIVE: But they're not gonna stop investigating.

What do you think, there's a statute of limitations

for a murder case?

PAUL: Who killed the yardmaster?

Was it Leo?

I understand.

Tryin' to protect your friend.

PAUL: Frank, we're gonna have to distance ourselves

from your nephew.

Issue a denial, say that he never worked here.

I'll talk to the accountants,

make sure they didn't file any w-2s.

I'll also put out a statement--

We're all very saddened by the turn of events,

et cetera and so forth.

FRANK: Please. None of that's gonna hold.

At some point it's gonna lead back to us.

What we gotta do is talk to this cop...

see what it'll take

to make him remember things differently.

FRANK: Tonight's the borough president's party.

I'll talk to Seymour...

see if it's something we can pursue.

I thought I could help him.

I thought I was gonna help him.

I'm sorry.

[CAR BEEPS]

[CLOSES DOOR]

What, are we waitin' for them?

We're always waiting for them.

Hello?

Hey, bernie.

Hey.

How ya doin'?

[KNOCK KNOCK]

FRANK: Come on, we ready?

Yeah, we'll be right down.

FRANK: Right down?

What's the problem?

Is Willie downstairs?

FRANK: Yeah.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Well?

KITTY: They're thinking about getting married.

I'm not gonna talk about it with him here.

ERICA: he's not my father.

Your mother looks very upset.

FRANK: Don't you think you should at least

discuss it with her? Hmm?

Could you get the fuck out of my room?

Hey. FRANK: It's all right.

Listen, you do what you want to do.

You want to upset your mother, go ahead.

FRANK: You want to run into this thing

without thinkin' about it,

you do that, but get ready.

Get ready.

[DOOR SLAMS]

[EASY-LISTENING MUSIC PLAYING]

MAN: Thank you.

Sweetie...

is he enjoying it?

Hi, Harriet. How are you?

Let's go find Arthur and wish him a happy birthday.

Yes, you want to come?

Oh, no. I've said enough.

You've said enough.

There he is.

Hey, Manny.

MANNY: Hey, Frank.

Good to see you.

How are you? Good.

Arthur.

I don't think he heard you.

[WOMAN LAUGHS]

Looks like they got some nice roast beef over there.

Why don't you guys go sit down?

And I'll join you in a minute.

All right.

What is this? I try to go say hello to art,

and he gives me the cold shoulder.

He can't be seen with you right now.

You gotta understand that.

He embarrassed me.

I mean, you know how much money

I give to this fuckin' guy's campaign?

Just wait till things calm down a bit, all right?

[SIGHS] Look, uh,

w-what do you know about this here cop?

You know, the one that's givin' us

all the hassle?

They say he's--

They say he's pretty sure about a suspect.

Well, how sure?

I don't know.

What are you trying to say?

Well, I thought maybe...

we could create a little fund for him.

You know, he was hit in the head,

and maybe he don't remember so good.

I could do a little diggin'.

Oh, good. You do that.

'Cause we want to help him out.

And before this investigation

gets completely out of hand.

OFFICER: Come on!

SECOND OFFICER: don't move!

THIRD OFFICER: warrant service, ma'am.

We're looking for your son. Is he here?

VAL: No. What are you doing?

THIRD OFFICER: We got a warrant for his arrest.

Ma'am, what are you doing? You all right?

[GRUNTS]

[INDISTINCT POLICE CHATTER]

VAL: He's not here. Please.

FOURTH OFFICER: over here, Joe!

THIRD OFFICER: Ma'am.

FIFTH OFFICER: looks like she's having

chest pains, Kevin.

OFFICER: Toss it all out! Come on!

Check it for weapons!

THIRD OFFICER: she's having problems.

Call paramedics.

[GRUNTS]

TV ANCHORMAN: officer Gerald rifkin

will soon be on his way home.

Rifkin, who was injured in an attack early Saturday

at the Sunnyside rail yards in queens, has recovered.

And tonight he has given police their first lead

in their search for his assailant

and the killer of an MCT yardmaster.

After reviewing police mug books,

rifkin positively identified

24-year-old ex-convict Leo handler

as his assailant.

And although police believe

handler may have fled the state,

they are asking anyone

with any information as to his whereabouts

to contact them immediately.

Coming up...where were you when the lights went out?

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[BEEP]

WILLIE: Hello?

LEO: [PANTING] It's me, will.

WILLIE: Leo.

WILLIE: Where are you? You ok?

LEO: They're blaming me for things I didn't do.

They're blaming me for everything,

and you know that ain't right, will.

I can't go nowhere. I can't talk to nobody.

WILLIE: I'm sorry. I--

There's nothin' I can do right now.

Well, when can I come back?

WILLIE: Leo...

y-you gotta stay away for a little longer, ok?

Well, how's my mother?

I wanted to call her,

but they probably got the phones tapped.

LEO: Well, did you see her?

Willie?

Yeah, I did.

Is she ok?

WILLIE: She's gonna be all right.

What do you mean? What's wrong?

WILLIE: No, nothing.

The family's with her, and she's ok.

Hey. I can hear it in your fuckin' voice.

No, listen. Leo, listen. Calm down, all right?

Look, I can't talk right now,

WILLIE: But call me back in a couple weeks.

And just know that Frank's

tryin' to work everything out, ok?

Leo?

You there?

Yeah, all right.

[BEEP]

Is your mother up there?

What are you doing here?

ERICA: want to get caught?

Police were here.

LEO: I know. I've been watching 'em come and go.

I'll go around the back.

Let me in.

LEO: Go ahead.

I need to see her.

Ma...

LEO: Ma...

you up?

How you feeling?

I just come by to see how you were doing.

[SOBBING]

LEO: Ma...

I know I'm not the son you wanted.

And I promised myself

that I would do whatever I could to fit in.

[CRYING]

LEO: what happened before,

I know I did wrong.

But I did not do what they're sayin' that I did.

LEO: And I know...

I know that I'll never be able to redeem myself.

But I just wanted you to know.

LEO: It wasn't me, Mom.

I'm leavin' now.

I just wanted to see how she was doin'.

ERICA: Leo?

Was Willie with you?

At the yards?

It wasn't him, was it?

[SNIFFLE]

[SNIFFLE]

Hey...

you gotta be strong now.

I know you guys had plans.

We just gotta try

to find a way through this.

And we're gonna get through this, ok?

Come on.

[KISS]

Thanks for lookin' after her.

Yeah.

I'll come back tomorrow.

Get the doctor to come see her, ok?

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Mr. Olchin, sorry to interrupt your meeting.

Detective Tommasino.

How you doin'?

Detective Bulette.

Pleasure. What can I do for you fellas?

I'd like you to look at this.

I want to ask you a few questions.

Oh, him. Yeah.

Do you have any knowledge

as to his whereabouts?

I only met him a couple of times.

Wife says he's a troubled kid.

He was not in your employ?

Oh, no.

BULETTE: We spoke to your secretary,

and she said he came by to see you.

Yeah, right. Uh, he was lookin' for a job,

but, uh, I didn't have anything for him.

TOMMASINO: You will contact us in the event

that you gain any additional information?

Oh, sure. Absolutely, yes.

BULETTE: Thank you for your time.

TOMMASINO: thank you.

Thanks.

FRANK: Seymour, what'd you find out?

KORMAN: There's gonna be a hearing

about that yardmaster who got killed.

There's somethin' else, too, Frank.

I talked to the division captain last night.

He says there's no way.

The cop is straight.

There's no chance he's gonna go under the table for us.

Well, Jesus Christ.

Can't, uh, Mydanick help us out here?

What do you mean, "help"?

The kid's a murderer.

What'd the cops say to you?

What--what do you think? They're lookin' for him.

Maybe you should think about

gettin' him before they do.

What?

Make sure he don't turn up.

What are we talkin' about here, Seymour?

I mean, w-what do you think I am?

I'm just sayin' this is a real priority

for the borough president right here.

He doesn't want us

to all end up like Donnie manes.

Yeah, well...

you guys are gonna just have to think

of somethin' else, 'cause...

I could never do nothin' like that.

Fuckin' kid is, uh, is in my family.

Make sure he don't turn up.

KITTY: Is there anything more we can be doing, Doctor?

DOCTOR: I have her on digoxin,

so we'll have to watch.

Ah, is there a number? I need to get your number.

Take care.

Ok, thanks.

WILLIE: hi, Mrs. Olchin.

Hey, sweetheart.

Your brother said you'd be here.

I've been calling you all day.

Ma.

I'll go inside.

Where you been?

I been here.

WILLIE: I know that.

How come you don't call me back?

There's just a lot goin' on right now.

Does your mother got a problem with me?

I don't know. No.

'Cause I saw the way she looked at me

when you told her we were gonna get married.

I think you should go.

WILLIE: I want to talk to you.

I don't have anything to say.

KITTY: Erica.

Is it--is this 'cause of what happened with Leo?

'Cause...

I'm goin' back inside now.

WILLIE: No, Erica, wait. I want to talk to you.

Erica, listen.

Erica!

Fuck.

I got a hearing coming up

with the, uh, with the city.

It'd be nice if you came with me

for a little support.

Ok.

How's your sister?

FRANK: What's the matter, honey?

I saw Leo tonight... outside the apartment.

You saw Leo tonight?

He's gonna wind up getting all of us into trouble.

FRANK: You told me he wasn't comin' back.

I was just there tonight.

He was there?

Yeah. He was there.

We gotta deal with it right now.

Well, what do you want me to do?

My wife is, uh... [SIGHS]

Very upset.

I mean, Erica's been spendin' a lot of time

over there with Leo, and, you know,

she doesn't like 'em being together, uh,

because of what happened between the two of 'em.

What do you mean?

You don't know.

She caught 'em together when they were 15.

I never knew that.

You know, I found some letters from him to her,

but, uh, I never thought that...

[FRANK SIGHS]

FRANK: I don't know.

I wish there was some way to take care of this.

[FOOTSTEPS]

What are you doing here?

LEO: Willie?

I just came by to see my mother.

To see your mother.

You're not supposed to be here.

ERICA: He went up to the roof

to see if it was safe to leave.

Shut up.

Why'd you come back?

You fucked everything up.

Willie, just let him get--

[GASPS]

What the fuck?!

ERICA: What the fuck is wrong with you?

No! Let me go!

Unh!

You-- you fucking--

[WILLIE GRUNTS]

Come on!

Come on, will.

[GASPING] Fucker!

Come on! Motherfucker!

[DISTANT SIREN]

WILLIE: Motherfucker!

It's over, will. No more.

LEO: You fucked me, will!

You fucked me!

[SIRENS BLARING]

[DOGS BARKING]

[PANTING]

ERICA: Shh.

Shh.

ERICA: Frank?

FRANK: Jesus. What happened to you?

Did your mother see you like that?

I know I haven't always given you

as much respect as maybe I should've.

ERICA: And I haven't given you a chance

to be a father to me and my brother.

And I'm sorry...

'cause I know how much that means to you,

how hard you've tried.

ERICA: But I hope you can forgive me.

'Cause it's been hard for me, too.

I loved my father very much.

And we were all very close as a family.

[WHISPERING] That's why I'm asking you now.

Leo needs your help.

ERICA: He wants to see you.

I told him you would.

Please.

Please.

Where is he?

I could take you.

Go out to the car.

[JET ENGINE WHINING]

Leo?

LEO: Yeah, over here.

You know, you been causing me a lot of difficulty.

Police been coming to see me.

I need you to help me.

What is it you think I could do?

I really don't know.

I thought maybe you could talk

to some of them people you know,

'cause I didn't kill anybody.

Do you have any idea who did?

[SIGHS] I...

I wish I could help you, Leo.

I--I really do.

But, uh, I gotta do what I can

to protect what I've built.

You know, for my family.

'Cause, uh, that's all I got left.

[DEBRIS SCATTERS]

FRANK: Leo.

[JET ENGINE WHINING]

Leo?

You take care of yourself.

I can't stay, ma.

Too many people know I'm here.

They're all against me now.

I know.

I'm sorry it was always just the two of us.

[SIGHS]

Always having to deal with everything ourselves.

[WHISPERING] I never needed nobody else anyway.

You never had...

someone to look to, though.

I used to look at those business people

all dressed up, goin' to the city.

I always hoped you could be one of them.

You'd look good in one of those suits.

Yeah, but...

who knows what they do, huh?

I love you, ma.

Don't lose faith.

I'll stay a little longer tonight, ok?

VAL: Ok.

I'm gonna be good.

LEO: I'm gonna go get the rest of my things.

[DOOR LOCK CLICKING]

[DOOR LOCK CLICKING]

LEO: Ma.

Hmm?

Ma.

Ma, I gotta take you down to the neighbors' right now.

Aah!

[PANTING]

You're gonna tell Willie I know he sent you.

LEO: And you're gonna tell him

he better start looking over his fuckin' back.

[PANTING]

Hey.

LEO: Look at me.

I could get every one of you fuckin' guys.

I could, too. I'm gonna.

[PANTING AND SHIVERING]

[WHISPERING] Don't.

Don't, please.

Get up!

Get us the fuck out of here!

Did you do it?

Go!

[TIRES SQUEALING]

TV ANCHORMAN: Hundreds of city residents are expected

to turn out at a public hearing in queens tonight

to discuss charges of corruption and payoffs

in the commuter rail industry.

Queensborough president Arthur Mydanick

called the meeting amid criticism his office

isn't doing enough to help resolve

this escalating scandal.

It may lead to the indictment of local politicians

and rail industry executives.

TV ANCHORMAN: The controversy was sparked last month

when MCT yardmaster Elliot Gorwitz was killed

and police officer Gerald rifkin was injured

in an attack at the Sunnyside yards in queens.

Since the attack, there have been several protests,

including last week's demonstration

in midtown manhattan that turned violent.

In all, 29 people were arrested

for assault and disorderly conduct.

Meantime, police are still looking for Leo handler,

the only suspect in the Gorwitz murder.

Frank is very concerned, Willie.

I just talked to him.

He asked me to handle this with you,

find out how it went.

We had a little, um, a little problem.

But we're gonna go back again.

You got this under control?

What, um, what time's the hearing?

I don't know if you're gonna be coming to the hearing.

Why not?

PAUL: Frank and I discussed it.

Uh, we don't think it's such a good idea

for you to come, you know,

PAUL: Because of the investigation.

Frank doesn't think I should come?

You know how it is.

Yeah.

PAUL: Frank also wanted me to tell you

that, uh, he doesn't want you

calling the house anymore.

And, uh, you got the house keys, right?

Yeah.

He wants 'em back.

[PULLS OUT MONEY]

Ok?

Well, uh, I don't have them on me now, right now.

PAUL: That's all right.

Drop 'em off as soon as you can.

He's a little worried about security,

that's all.

See you later, Willie.

[LINE RINGS]

SECRETARY: Hello, weltech.

Hector gallardo, please.

SECRETARY: Yes, just a minute, please.

GALLARDO: Hello?

Hector, it's Willie Gutierrez.

GALLARDO: You're too late.

[CROWD CHATTERING]

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

MYDANICK: Well, the purpose of the, uh,

the purpose of this meeting is to let things air,

give people a voice,

and to announce our investigation.

And, uh, any more quotes you'll get later, ok?

Hold--hold that for me. Seymour?

MAN: Hiya, Frank.

How you been? All right?

Fine. Good.

FRANK: move one over, sweetie.

You speak to Willie?

Yeah.

He's still, uh, taking care of the problem.

But you won't have to worry about him anymore.

I told him to keep his distance.

Good. Where's Sequiera?

I haven't seen him.

But I'm sure he and the weltech people,

they probably want to make some kind of big entrance.

Yeah.

That's--that's enough. Thank you.

Thank you.

PAUL: Frank, turn around.

My God, what is he doing here?

Mr. Handler is willing to turn himself in

after these proceedings. You have my assurances.

Tell the borough we need to talk now.

And I want Mydanick.

Make sure he understands I want him.

All right, let's make this quick.

We, uh, we got a new problem out there.

"We"? What do you mean, "we"?

He's your nephew.

You're on your own here, Frank.

You throwing me to the wolves, jerk-off?

I got records. I got copies

of every check that went from me to you,

that bought your fuckin' house in sands point.

So, let's not play games, ok?

SEQUIERA: What are we talking about here?

I mean, there was a murder.

A man lost his life.

SEQUIERA: You can't bargain with a man's life.

And this man over here-- this man has been

wrongly accused of the crime.

Ok, all right, look.

Why are you tellin' me this?

Y-you're talkin' about my nephew here.

FRANK: And I'm gonna do everything I can to help him.

So, now, uh...

you think we can all agree on something

that would make everybody happy?

I don't know, Frank.

Your nephew here has a lot of things to say

SEQUIERA: About the way your company

conducts its business.

I think everybody out there

has a right to hear it.

MYDANICK: Manny, come on.

What good is that gonna do anybody, huh?

Can't we, uh, can't we resolve this nice?

I don't think you understand.

For a long time we have been kept down

by this man and these people.

SEQUIERA: And I think it is about time

for a little retribution.

Don't you think so?

Hello?

What are you doing here?

I came to drop off the keys.

I thought you'd be at the hearing.

ERICA: I was at school.

If you're looking for Leo, I don't know where he is.

I'm not looking for Leo.

I know where he is.

[DOOR OPENS]

DISIPIO: Artie. Seymour said you wanted to see me.

Yeah, come on in, Sal.

This is deputy chief disipio from police plaza.

How do you do?

Sal, we got a little bit of a problem here.

Maybe you could help us out, huh?

Of course. Anything for you, artie.

We all think that your officer rifkin out there

is a little confused.

Oh, is that right?

FRANK: yeah, that's right.

This young man here, this is not your guy.

MYDANICK: Look, Sal, we understand the suffering

that officer rifkin has been through,

and we're willing to compensate him for it, you know.

Of course, we'd present you with the remuneration,

and, uh...

you could distribute it however you see fit.

So...

DISIPIO: You've been wrongly accused?

Yes, I have been. And I could help you

with that murder, 'cause I know who did it.

Oh, yeah?

And you'd be willing to testify to that?

Yes, I will.

I would, definitely.

Well, I think that we might be able to solve

a lot of your problems.

MYDANICK: Rifkin is supposed to be a real-by-the-Booker.

Yeah, he can be a hard-ass,

but he also can get a little Carried away

with the nightstick, and you and I both know

he wouldn't want any of that to come out.

No.

Well, Manny, looks like it's really up to you now.

I just want 20 percent.

Of all the contracts.

Yeah.

That's fair.

I guess that's fair.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

WILLIE: Leo was smart.

He did what I should have done from the beginning.

WILLIE: It's a little late for that now.

[BEEP]

I'm sure you'll be ok.

Yeah?

Seems like everyone's trying to cut me out.

I can't help you.

Erica, wait.

Erica, wait!

ERICA: Willie, stop!

Shh, shh.

I love you, Erica.

I'm so sorry.

Don't run away from me, please.

You're all I have now.

I love you so much.

Where you going? Huh?

Come here.

You going to see fucking Leo?!

You know how sick that is, the two of you,

how fucking sick?

No!

No!

No! [SOBBING]

Leave me alone!

[SCREAMS]

MYDANICK: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,

deputy chief disipio,

and honored members of our police force.

I want you all to know

that I have demanded an internal investigation

unprecedented in scope and rigor.

Now, I know many things can divide us

here in this borough and in this community,

but your showing up here tonight

indicates confidence in our system.

Our internal investigation,

which will be aired next week,

will show that the claims of concerned citizens,

as well as the claims of some of our media,

are totally unfounded.

Our investigation concludes

the suspect that we have been following for some time

should be cleared immediately of all charges.

MAN: Oh, please.

[CROWD GRUMBLING]

MAN: Not again.

MYDANICK: Now, please,

ladies and gentlemen, please...

[CLOSES CAR DOOR]

OFFICER: Excuse me, sir?

We have a report of an alarm at this location.

Can I see your license, registration,

and insurance card, please?

Sir?

Get out of the car.

Get out of the car!

Unh!

Go call for backup. Get backup.

SECOND OFFICER: you got it.

[HANDCUFFS CLICK]

What were you doing in there, huh?

Got anything on you?

[SOBS]

MYDANICK: As I was saying,

our report, which will be made public next week,

will show that we have a great deal of violence

and vandalism in our subways.

MYDANICK: Now, we've made an unfailing commitment

to all of our public transportation systems.

We cannot let the violence of a few of these hooligans

tear at the fabric of our great city.

I know that every one of our hearts

goes out to the family of the late Mr. Gorwitz.

Mr. Gorwitz's murder is a true tragedy.

OFFICER: move aside.

MYDANICK: We've shown time and time again

that we can come together.

And as I look around the room this evening,

I see that we--

Mr. And Mrs. Olchin?

Could you come with us, please?

It's about your daughter.

OFFICER: I'm very sorry.

She was found in your house.

She was deceased.

I'm very sorry.

I'm really sorry, ma'am.

BERNARD: Mom!

MYDANICK: ladies and gentlemen,

just take your seats, please.

Ladies and gentlemen, please.

[DOOR CLOSES]

FRANK: Leo.

FRANK: Look, um...

I just want to tell you

you got nothing to worry about 'cause...

well, I got friends.

FRANK: And they can protect us.

Listen, I heard rumors that some people

from the attorney general's office

are gonna want to talk to you,

but you can't lose your head,

so, you know, just stick with us.

And, um...

in the future...

you know, whatever you need.

You coming back inside?

LEO: You know, your mother needs you.

LEO: Come on.

LEO: I am not an important person.

My only purpose here today is to shed some light

on my experience in a corrupt system.

I know that I have made my own mistakes through time,

but I have paid my debts to society.

I hope today to re-enter the community

as a productive citizen.

That is all I want.

That is all I have ever wanted. Thank you.

COUNCILMAN: We would like to thank you, Mr. Handler,

for your courageousness in coming forward this morning.

I will now ask you to read into the record

the names of those individuals

COUNCILMAN: who you contend

are the key members of this conspiracy.

Mr. Arthur C. Mydanick.

LEO: Mr. Seymour Korman.

Mr. Frank H. Olchin.

Mr. Paul Lazzarides.

And Mr. Willie Gutierrez.

I would also like to finish by saying

that as a product of my street environment

I am well aware of the code of silence

that I have just violated.

But many lives have been destroyed by this system,

and I believe that in years to come,

my testimony will be viewed for what it is

and that I will not have to look back on this day

with any regret. Thank you.