Original subtitles

[rock music plays]

[Declan] Since the 1960s, the port city of Montreal

has been one of the largest points of import for coke

and heroin in the world.

If you lived in New York, or Boston, Philly,

anywhere in the Northeast of America really, and did drugs, they came through Montreal.

And with that much money on the table, everyone wanted their cut.

So for decades, the city was at war.

The Irish, they owned the docks.

Haitians, well, they ran street level operations.

The Bikers controlled distribution,

but they had nothing without the Mafia.

The Mafia had those international contacts to import the product.

And in addition to extortion and racketeering,

they controlled the city's construction industry as well.

Nothing got built without their OK.

But in the '90s, everything changed

when Vito Rizzuto took over from his father as mob boss.

Vito was old school but he also had vision.

He saw a different kind of future for his business and the city.

[music: "It's A Long Way To The Top" by AC/DC]

And there was me by his side

for the whole wild ride.

My old man put together the bidding for that beast.

Everybody shared in the bonuses, the kickbacks, the graft.

It was supposed to cost $3 million, ended up costing a billion.

Everybody should be so lucky to get an Olympics.

[Bruno] There he is! Man of the hour.

They all behaving themselves?

No one shot anyone yet, so that's a good start.

[Bruno] Everyone! Everyone!

I know you're all interested to hear what Vito has to say,

so I'm gonna let him get to it.

[Vito] Gentlemen.

We are all at war.

Jacques, you and I still do some business,

but you still try to get my action on the East End.

Papa Lou, you and the Irish been spilling blood for a year.

This is our city.

We got to acknowledge that nobody is going anywhere.

Alright so, question is,

d'you wanna keep fighting over street corners

or d'you wanna piece of all the action?

Now what I'm proposing is a cooperative.

You're all here for a specific reason,

because of what you bring to the table.

But we gotta conduct this like a business.

You all get a say,

but there can only be one CEO.

I suppose that's you?

Well, yeah. Because I own something that none of you do.

City Hall and the cops.

But I'm willing to share.

Keep talking.

Look, there's enough coke, hash,

hookers, gambling for all of us

to make a lot of money if we work together.

But if we don't,

we're gonna end up in prison or dead.

So here's what I propose, you all go home,

you relax, you drink a beer

and you think about your bright future.

What do you say?

[Declan] And so began one of the greatest runs ever.

What we did should be studied in history books.

I'm not kidding.

We brought peace between people

who would never have walked down the same block together.

Like ever!

Between the gang syndicate we created

and the politicians and the cops in our pockets,

we were unstoppable. Life was good.

Life was good for everyone.

But if there's one thing you could ever count on,

it's that gangsters are greedy, petty asses

and will always screw things up.

[title music]

[gunshot]

[music: "Paese" by Nicola Di Bari]

[Michelle] Hey! Where are the take-out menus?

By the sofa.

The kitchen wasn't working for you?

No. Usually when we order in we're lying on the sofa,

cos we're too lazy to cook, right?

So instead of going to the kitchen to get the menus,

I put them by the sofa. Streamlined the whole thing.

You streamlined our take-out operation?

Yeah, must've shaved like two, three seconds off the whole thing.

-Wow. I'm impressed. -Hm.

Aren't you feeling bad that I'm gonna be home, alone,

while you're out at some party?

No.

Bastard. [grunts]

But you do look very handsome.

Why thank you.

Come here.

OK. Now you gotta go. -I want my egg rolls. -OK.

Bring me back some cake.

Night, Michelle.

[they sing "Happy Birthday"]

♪ Happy birthday to you! ♪

Happy birthday!

[cheering]

-Everybody get here, come on. -Come on, Papa.

-I want you to be in the picture? -No, I wanna use my new camera!

-How long is this gonna take? -About a year.

-Did anything happen? -[laughter]

Who wants some cake? Who wants some cake?

Who wants some cake?

OK.

[Nico] Here's what you do. You make a cross.

[rain patters, thunder rumbles]

Vito Rizzuto.

Nicolo.

-The yard looks good, you know. -Hmm. He does a good job.

Did you take care of that thing with Pierre?

Yeah. It's just a misunderstanding.

We got a new guy in the zoning department,

so I sent Declan down so he can run the ropes.

[Nico Junior] I know. Yeah, I'll tell him! Oh, my God.

And Nico Junior.

We got the All-Star team tonight.

Three generations of Rizzutos.

-You got new shoes? -Yeah, you like these?

-Got 'em yesterday. -I like the stitching.

Yeah? Nice.

You know, you don't gotta stop talking when I enter the room.

Yeah, we do.

I know more about your business than you think.

You know, you need to concentrate on your business.

The real estate development doesn't exactly move at the speed of light.

[Nico] Did you see the cake?

-[Nico Junior] Yeah. -Mama Mia!

[Nico] That's not a cake, it's a monument.

That's no dessert. You know what that cake cost?

There he is.

Should we check that out?

Captain said strictly surveillance.

If they want more, they can pay me double time.

Mmm.

Where's Declan?

He's coming.

[gun cocks]

[Nico Junior] What d'you wanna do on your birthday? An ice cream cone?

[Nico] Who? Oh.

Come on, guys, let's go inside.

OK.

Let's do it.

[police siren]

Goddammit.

Nice to be rich.

You just park your car in this neighbourhood

and local cops are right there.

You girls making out in there?

We've received some complaints. You'll have to come with us.

Do you have business in Cartierville?

Yeah. I'm in the market.

Why d'you got all those rifles and scopes for?

Protection from sexual predators like yourselves.

Hey, watch your mouth.

Might wanna check in with your sergeant before you, uh,

make any decision that could end your career. Pig!

And just what is that supposed to mean?

What it means is we're protected. The Devil's Kings

have a deal with the police.

Call it in.

Sergeant Ramsey. Station 19.

I don't know. What do you think? D'you wanna call it in?

Just do it. I wanna get home. I gotta take a shit.

Hang on.

What's the name?

Huh?

What name am I giving the sergeant?

Just tell him we work for Réjean.

Réjean.

[ringing tone]

Hey! Yes, it is.

Yeah, pass me through to Ramsey.

What's up?

[laughs] I'm good.

But listen, hey, we got a couple of Bikers in the back.

They said to tell you that they're working for a guy called Réjean?

Really?

Oh, OK. Yeah.

Right, later.

[Biker] Well?

My apologies girls.

What a waste of time.

You wanna get out here?

Take us back to our goddamn car.

Sure.

[rock music plays]

Hey, come on, move.

Let's go!

That's it.

-What the hell is this? -You're free to go.

I told you to take us back to our car, assholes.

I can't remember where they parked. Do you remember where they parked?

-And our guns? -File a report. Beat it.

Let's go.

[gun cocks]

They came into my house, Gilles.

These two punk nobodies, they came to my home.

My whole family was in.

I understand.

We had eight months without any dead bodies.

You don't have to tell me. I'm the one who had to put the muzzle on 'em.

The brass hit the roof, Vito.

Who's Sergeant Ramsey?

I took care of it and he's been transferred to Côte-Nord.

Should've put a bullet in him. Better than living there.

What about this, uh... Réjean?

He's taken care of.

-I don't want things to escalate. -They won't.

[engine starts]

[Declan's voice echoes] So, Réjean...

Réjean, how do you wanna proceed? You know how this works.

Ah. Bruno.

Bruno, did you see that? See what he just did?

-That was disgusting, yeah. -On my shoe.

Sorry about that.

Bruno's a class act. He's a real class act.

This kind of stuff makes him queasy. So, Réjean,

who gave you the order?

[panting] Why should I tell you?

Because it's my job to ask.

Declan, c'mon, we've already got two bodies on this thing.

And Vito would prefer to avoid adding another to the pile. Come on.

Réjean, d'you know Bruno? D'you know what his nickname is?

"The Peacemaker".

That's pretty self-explanatory, even to an idiot like you.

You know what he'd like to do? Bring you a cappuccino.

He'd like to bring you a nice soft rag

and wipe that blood off your face, cos he hates blood.

It's true.

Réjean,

I'm gonna ask you one more time.

Who gave you the order?

And don't say Jacques. I know it wasn't Jacques.

This is you, stepping out on your own.

You know, someone's telling you you could be the next king

or some kind of horse shit.

Come on, just tell me

and Bruno will let you down.

He'll let you down softly. He might even take your hand and walk you outside.

Hell, who knows, he might even blow you in the car.

[laughter]

I've done worse.

So?

Kiss my ass,

you Irish prick! [laughs]

Alright, forget about it.

This piece of shit's not gonna say anything.

I'm done, it's your turn, Gio.

Hey! Attend, attend! Wait, wait, wait! Oh! Hey, hey!

-What is this, huh? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[shouting] I'll kill you!

Va chier!!

Tabarnak!

Va chier! Va chier!!!

You son of a bitch!

Va chier! Tabarnak!

Don't you throw up, Bruno. You'll spoil my dinner.

[he screams]

-Oh, hey. Sorry I'm late, Vito, sorry. -We waited for you, except for Pops.

When it's time to eat, you eat, you know.

Declan. He's busy, he stays late, that's alright.

Everything OK?

Oh, yeah, I'm great. How's things with you?

Hmm. Boring.

-Boring's good. -Yeah.

You bored?

I can't say that I am. Buon apetito.

Hmm.

-You look good, Declan. -I know.

-Thank you, Diana. As do you. -[she chuckles]

Those SQ idiots are outside again.

After last night, never hurts to have an extra set of eyes.

How did it go in the East End?

He finally came around.

Gimme a name. I'll make it all stop.

[whispers, unclear]

Good man.

OK. No more bodies.

Good work.

Thanks.

Interrupting?

I should get going. I still got things to do. Nico.

Everything OK?

[sighs]

What's the problem?

I should be in here with you.

He gets to know all your secrets, but I'm your son.

I should be a part of everything.

You don't get to know my secrets, cos I don't want you to.

Declan's on the frontline.

-And I'm willing to be. -I'm not.

It's my job to keep you safe, alright?

[car horn beeps]

Good afternoon, Sophie.

Hi.

Hi.

I have to work in an hour, but I'm really glad you called.

I missed you.

Was just in the neighbourhood.

I got you something.

Oh, my God!

This is so beautiful.

I saw it and I thought

it'd look fantastic on you.

Here, let me put it on.

I've never had anything like this.

Now you do.

You know, you don't have to buy me such expensive things.

I don't want you for that.

I don't have to buy anything.

If you don't like it, we can take it back.

-No. No! -Yeah?

Absolutely not. Let's go to the hotel.

I thought you said you had to work?

I do. But I guess I'm gonna be late.

I guess so.

Thanks, Michelle, that was fantastic.

I wouldn't mind some more wine.

What's wrong?

Alright, what's wrong?

Come on. What's bugging you? What's wrong?

My friend Josée, she saw some 20-year-old getting into your limo.

That's what's bothering you?

That's what all this is about?

It's nothing?

It's just Gio borrowed the car to impress some young girl, that's it.

I would rather you admit to screwing her

than feed me a line of bullshit like that. I never ask you to leave your wife.

I never complain that we can't spend your birthday

or Christmas or New Year's together. I accept the real you.

I've accepted that I probably won't have any children

and that I may even stay your mistress for the rest of our lives.

But I won't stand for this anymore.

And you will treat me with the respect I deserve.

[sighs]

You're right.

I'm sorry.

I will never disrespect you again.

You better never see her again.

I'm gonna take a shower.

-I got a meeting later tonight. -Yeah, I know.

[sighs]

Is he comin'?

Yeah, he's coming soon.

I need to talk to Vito.

I was gonna take care of that piece of shit Réjean myself.

-We're all gonna talk about it, Jacques. -No, no, no. You don't talk to us.

He's talking to us.

And I got an issue with one of my suppliers. I need Vito to step in. We will. Mick, come on. You must have a problem too.

Haemorrhoids?

-Can Vito fix that? -That's funny.

He's coming. Sit down. Sit down.

[Bruno] Take a seat everybody.

Alright, we all know why we're here. We all know the issues.

Turns out one of the Devil's Kings went out on their own.

Jacques didn't know anything about it.

So let me put that question to rest right now.

But this guy Réjean made a side deal with the Bonannos.

Rat-faced pricks trying to force their way into our action.

And this isn't the first time, believe me. They wanna take your business.

And they know, the only way is to go and get rid of our good friend and leader.

This isn't the first time they've tried to unsettle the apple cart,

and it won't be the last.

Alright? I'm gonna stop before I get all worked up.

Vito, sorry, go ahead.

Listen. Right now, we're all doing very well.

Things are going smooth. Things are peaceful.

But these New York jerks are gonna keep coming back

at us to take what is ours.

And they're counting on the fact that we're gonna turn on each other

for a few extra bucks.

If anybody here thinks that they're gonna do better with the Bonannos

or the Irish,

or the Bikers or the Haitians.

Let me remind you,

you're not going after the Rizzuto family.

You're going after City Hall.

The policemen.

The guy who shovels snow from your driveway,

drives your kids' school bus.

I own 'em all.

And they don't want blood on the streets.

And they got my back.

Permits and acquisitions?

-Already taken care of. -Great.

Oh, uh, we might have a bit of a problem with the parking structure.

We need ten feet deeper than they're willing to allow.

-It's already done. -Great.

Oh, and, uh, one more thing.

From now on, no more commission.

I just get a straight ten percent.

-Equity? -Yeah.

Vito, I already have investors.

Not without the permits you don't.

Not without my construction people.

Not without the union bosses. Without them,

you got shit.

Yeah, but I pay people for those.

And I pay you to let me pay them for those.

You no longer have to pay me two and a half percent.

You don't have to pay it to the commission.

You don't have to pay it to construction. You no longer inflate

your building cost reports, alright?

I want you to do what you do best.

Build big, tall, beautiful buildings in the sky and I'm gonna be your silent equity partner.

Now, all other projects that are in play, they stay as is.

But from that point on,

everything is legit. You understand?

-Yeah. -Take your shot.

I want to legitimise our interests across the board.

Just sort of drop all our businesses?

No? Slowly pull back.

I wanna implement like a long-term plan.

I mean, it's funny cos we're at a point now where our operation is running so smoothly.

It's basically on autopilot, right?

Everyone's getting along.

We got money coming in so fast, we don't even know how much we got.

Half these guys don't even carry piece anymore.

And now, you just wanna step aside?

Listen, Declan.

I've been working to get to this point my whole life.

And yet just when you think that nobody would dare cross us,

some animals decide to come to my home,

try and take a shot at me, with my family there.

This is that life, Declan. It's always gonna be that way.

It doesn't matter how much money we have.

It doesn't matter how many pockets we line.

We respect tradition.

-We respect family. -Yeah.

We have honour, but we are...

in a business that requires us to deal with these animals

who walk around thinking they can wear the crown.

We can't rely on them to determine our existence.

We've evolved, do you understand?

We've evolved and they haven't. And they never will.

D'you understand that?

-I do. -Alright.

So which hand do you do the, you know, this with the club?

-The golf thing. I dunno. Right? Left? -Fantastic.

-Hey, Jimmy, we'll take two sets of these. -Ah! Thanks.

[mobile phone rings]

Hey, Pop.

What today? I'm a mechanic. [laughs]

Yeah.

Yeah, sure. About an hour.

Yeah, just let me get cleaned up. OK, bye.

Listen to this, last night I got the hiccups.

I haven't had the hiccups in, I don't know, 20 years.

I knew this guy who had the hiccups for ten years straight.

It killed him.

-Get outta here. -No, really.

The hiccups killed him?

Having hiccups ten years straight made him crazy.

Jumping off a bridge killed him.

You said on the phone you wanted to tell me something?

Oh, yeah. It's about that conversation we had the other night.

I don't wanna keep you out of my life, Nico.

I don't wanna exclude you.

I wanna legitimise all our businesses, you know, across the board.

You know, when you do that, you need,

you need a face of the company.

I can't do that.

You can.

You're really gonna do that?

Yeah, I mean, now's the perfect time.

We have plenty of money, protection.

Look, I don't want you to be a boss.

I want you to be a CEO.

[police siren]

What do these idiots want? Mr Rizzuto?

What can I help you with?

This is an extradition order from the United States Justice Department.

We're here to place you under arrest.

For what?

Think back to 1981.

The murders of Alphonse Indelicato, Philip Giaccone and Dominick Trinchera.

I bet you never thought you'd hear those names again, did you?

I've never heard of 'em.

[upbeat pop music plays]

[music plays on car stereo]

Vito?

Vito, would you close the goddamn window? It's freezing in here.

I want the window open.

-Sandro, are you cold in here? -It's a little cold.

-It's a little cold. -I'm cold.

We're cold.

Look, I don't wanna smoke up the car. We'll smell like smoke.

You don't show up to a meeting smelling like smoke.

It's unprofessional.

So, don't smoke.

I want a cigarette. What's your problem? You got the heater on.

It's ten below outside. You got the heater on and the window open.

I'm freezing and sweating my balls off in here.

[laughs]

You know, the rules are the driver chooses the music and the temperature.

Yeah, well, we got different rules here.

Anyway, it's time.

Big Mike says we go around back.

Alright.

Here you go. Salute!

Salute.

Alright!

You're all gonna wear those.

Those are clean. No serial numbers.

What are we doing here?

Ah! You gonna rob the joint.

You're gonna knock around the guys that are here.

Except for me. Don't touch me.

And you gonna ask me to open the safe under the bar.

How rough do you want us to get?

Ah. Break a nose, not a kneecap, you know what I mean.

Why bring us down for this? You could have had anybody do this?

Anybody can wave a gun. Not everybody can be trusted.

Your old man owes my old man, hmm?

For that thing down in Venezuela, so we're calling it in.

If there was anything else you needed to know, it'd be told.

Where do you want us?

Wait in there. Wait in there till you hear me, uh,

talk about going to the zoo. That'll be the signal.

-The zoo? -Hey!

Everybody knows I love the zoo. It won't stand out.

[Big Mike] Get outta here!

Sonny looks like he's lost a few pounds.

-[laughter] -The doctor said I need the exercise.

Come on! So we got a dog. I take it for a walk around the park--

Nah, nah, nah, nah! He lost weight cos his wife stopped making cannelloni.

But every time he takes the dog for a walk, instead of cooking,

she comes over to my place for a little screw.

[whispers] I don't like this.

Come all this way for a smack and grab?

He's a capo. What are you gonna do? Say no?

Your father says to do what he says. I'd do what he says.

-I never took you as an animal guy. -I love dogs.

You know what you gotta do? You gotta come with me to the zoo.

Ah, here he goes with the zoo! What's with you and the zoo?

Hey, these are majestic animals--

Don't move!!

What the hell is this?

Stay on the goddamn floor!

Guns.

On the bar. Slowly!

-You got him? -I got him.

You know who you're playing with?

Yeah. A guy with his dog and his two fat backup singers.

Hey, strunz,

empty the safe behind the bar.

You're dead men, you know that, right?

We're all capos. How stupid can you be?

Not as stupid as you, Sonny.

What the hell was that?

You jack-offs! You think you can run my father out!

What are you talking about, Mike? We never--

-You would never what? -Wait!

He's my father! Huh!

You greedy bastard! Huh!

Huh! Hah!

You were family, Phil!

Now you, you're dog shit!

No, Mike!

[Mike yelling]

No, Mike, not Trin.

You're too stupid to deserve a beating like that.

[gunshots]

What the hell was that?!

Those asses, they were gonna try to knock off my father. Do you believe that?

Holy shit, holy shit!

-Jesus, Mike. -Stop whining.

What do we do now?

Get to work. Yeah, clean this place up.

Come on, there's mops and buckets in the closet down the hall there.

Come on, let's get this over with.

Watch your feet.

You know, we're never gonna get this all out.

C'mon, my Noni used to clean up messes worse than this all the time.

Hey, look around. We've been at this for three hours, we're not even close.

Maybe if you hadn't smashed his head to pieces and shot him in the face.

Maybe I went little overboard.

I got a better idea.

Hey, you guys hungry? There's a pretty good deli near here.

It's six blocks that way. Hang a right, it's right on the corner.

[fire alarm rings]

Hey. Six blocks. Hang a right.

Drive carefully. Thanks, fellas.

Vito, we gotta go.

What the hell is this, Renata?

-You're being charged with racketeering. -For what?

This all has to do with the murder of the Bonanno captains.

That was like a hundred years ago.

Big Mike Cecchin turned state's witness.

He's saying you're the one who killed them.

Yeah, well, he's insane. He did it and everybody knows it.

Maybe everybody does. But he's a big witness for the Feds. This is the first boss ever to turn state's witness.

But you're my lawyer. Block the extradition.

If they can't get me to court, they got nothing.

With all due respect, Vito,

the US Justice Department wanted to charge you with all three murders,

but New York State carries the death penalty.

Canada wouldn't extradite if there was any chance of that.

The charge of racketeering is to guarantee the extradition.

You're going to trial.

Trust me, I got this. Alright?

I got this. You guys have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Is he joking?

He's not, actually.

Jacques. How many times you've been busted?

Not by the FBI.

It's not the FBI. It's the Justice Department.

I don't give a shit. Vito's gonna be gone for a long time.

How're you gonna handle that?

When you call in sick, does your whole operation just stop? No.

Everybody keeps doing what they're doing?

The products that we move keep on moving. The people that we serve--

He doesn't have a goddamn cold!

[Bruno] Everyone, take a moment. Take a moment.

This is a stressful time.

But let me remind you who this is most stressful for, Vito.

He's always taken very good care of us.

He's responsible for the fruits that we all currently bear,

so now we owe it to him to keep this ship steady

so he can focus on getting back home.

OK?

Alright, so we meet twice a week. Stay on top of this, alright?

-We could hire OJ's lawyers. -Shut up.

-What? -Johnny Cochrane's dead.

Oh, I didn't know.

Vito's the man who makes miracles happen. He's gonna be fine.

Bruno, this is different.

This is a US warrant.

Extraditing papers.

They don't go this far unless they got something solid.

Nico.

From now on, I'm in on every meeting.

-This is business. -Yeah.

And our business partners need to know who's in control.

I've got things covered, Nico.

My father is about to fight for his life.

For his name.

Someone from the family needs to be in charge.

Declan is family.

Declan, I know how much my father values you.

But you're not family.

[reporter speaks French]

Breaking news...

the Godfather of the Montreal Mafia has been arrested today.

[male reporter] Vito Rizzuto, now serving a prison term in the US,

in connection with three old murders in New York.

[female reporter speaks French]

[Declan] Vito got ten years, minus time already served.

The judge sent him all the way to Colorado Federal Penitentiary to do his time,

just so he wouldn't be near any of his known associates or family.

Thanks a lot, Judge.

I knew he could do the time. He could handle anything.

But everyone else?

Well, let me just say that shit was about to hit the fan,

the wall, the whole goddamn house.

Next time on "Bad Blood":

The number one priority

is to focus on the family.

Yeah.

Taking care of my son.

I believe we have some business to discuss.

We had that discussion. I told you I'm not paying anymore,

then I hung up the phone. Now piss off, Junior.

How do you do something like this without consulting anyone?

The message has to be clear.

Vito may be gone, but the Rizzutos still run everything.

Did you hear that last part, Declan? The Rizzutos!