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YOYO: What about
the Angels, Nick?
You like the Angels?

Nick!

Huh? What?

The Angels?

Oh, I hate
the fuckin' Angels.

Every time I think
they're gonna
do somethin',

they do
the exact opposite.

An inconsistent
group of people.

The Padres,
I got in my pocket.
They're always the same.

They suck.

You got anything, Yoyo?

But to what degree
do they suck?

I mean, there are
many different levels.

Have you got anything
for my fucking head, Yoyo?

Anything of
a pharmaceutical nature?

I'm not carrying
that sort of item
anymore, Nicky.

Talk to Stavros.

If I buy from Stavros,
then I bet with Stavros.

RIGGS: Hey, look!

I don't expect
you guys to work,

but could
you park your butts
somewheres out of the way?

We got equipment
moving through here.

You know what my head
feels like today, Riggs?

Oh, you want to take
a sick day, Nicky?
Be my guest.

If you don't want me here,
why don't you just fire me?

'Cause I can't
fire you.

You mean you don't
have the balls
to fire me.

No, it's out of respect
for your father.

Who you don't
have the balls
to stand up to.

Eh, it's...

Fuckin' Riggs, I swear.

You won't fire me?
I quit.

Don't put it
that way, Nicky.

As your union
representative, I...

That's it,
I fuckin' quit.
I'm out of here.

You're not really gonna
bet with Stavros,
are you, Nick?

The guy's
a fuckin' pirate.

He'll throw those Greek
odds at you, Nicky!

JOE: Look, I'm sure
you've got some people
who can handle the job,

but my hands are tied.
You know, I deal with
the union.

You go find Yoyo,
he's the shop steward
on this job.

I already talked
to the man over him.

What? What,
Belcher at the Local?

Yeah.

What did he say?
He said talk to you.

That if you made a stand,
then maybe his membership
would accept.

Right.

What that means is,
his guys walk for
two weeks

till I kiss
their ass and hand them
all kinds of concessions.

Then maybe,
maybe they'll take in
a handful of your people.

On top of them,
which I already
got on the job.

Which includes
four, five guys

who only
sit and read
the paper all day.

Hey, I made a bid
on this job.

You're saying no.

(EXHALES) Maybe some
other job, all right?

Something for the city,
but not on this one.

I'm out on a limb
on this one!

I mean, there's no way
I can bring your people on
and still make my bid.

What the hell!
What's he doin'?

(SHOUTS) Nicky?

So, we're good enough
to pay rent
on these apartments,

but we're not good enough
to build them?

No. Excuse me.

Riggs!
RIGGS: Yo!

Where the hell's
Nicky goin'?

He says he's quittin'.

That...

Stavros.

STAVROS: Late breakfast?

I need some crank.

What am I,
a drugstore?

Stavros, look,
you are a fuckin' drugstore.

Now, I need enough
for a day or two.

Did you have anything
to eat today?

I got juices,
I got papaya drink.
Yoo-hoo. (CHUCKLING)

Coke, Stavros.

Papaya drink is good.
It's 10% real juice.

Just give me the
fucking drugs,
will you?

Yo, Nicky,
you havin' breakfast
or scoring coke?

Hey!

Tell the whole world,
why don't you?

ZIP: You better
be buying drugs.

Breakfast here'll
kill you.
(LAUGHS)

ZIP: You want
a beer, Nick?

Sounds good.

What, are you
playin' hooky?

I quit.

ZIP: All right!
BOBBY: Whoo!

Hey, Nick,
you owe me.

Put it on my tab.
(ENGINE STALLING)

You don't have a tab.
Start one.

(ENGINE STARTING)

BOBBY: Whoo!

ZIP: Later!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(METAL CLANKING)

(POP MUSIC PLAYING)

You know who that is?

She is
married to the assistant
to the District Attorney.

Little shit
name of Zimmer.

They got
a beautiful car.

I used to fuck her.

BOBBY: Really?

Yeah, really!
In high school.

Yvonne Plasky.

Bet she shit a brick
when she saw where
the hook brung her car.

Oh, she's gonna
turn this way!

You guys, when she turns,
I'm gonna point at her,
you laugh like

I'm tellin' you something
really hot about her.

(MEN LAUGHING)

All right.
Vinnie, go sit in the front
seat and eat your breakfast.

But, Carl,
I'm all dirty.

That's the point,
dipshit. Move it.

If she wants to know
is her car done,
tell her you gotta ask me,

only you're on
your break now. Go!

(VINNIE LAUGHING)

What are you
laughin' at, Turkey?
Get back on that Buick.

Yo, Turk! Steal any
good cars lately?

All right, you two.
Business.

Tonight's the night.

We just need
the wheels, Carl.
They still available?

Is that asshole
in on it?

Not so far.

You got a problem
with Nick?

I got a problem with
his whole fuckin' family.
What's he doin' out of work?

He's the only fuck
I know

stupid enough to
quit a no-show job.

All right. You keep
this one on a leash.

Vinnie's got the keys.
Yo, Vinnie!

We're on the job,
we're cold, man.

We are like ice water.

We're pros, dude.

If you two
fuck this thing up
and my name gets into it,

I'll have you converted
into building materials.
You understand me?

Vinnie! You fat
fuckin' hemorrhoid,

get in here!

Professionals.

Hey, hey, there,
big and beautiful!

JEANETTE: Don't start up
with me, Levonne.

Hey, you know I finish
what I start now.

You best reel that
thing of yours back in

before somebody
out here step on it.

(LAUGHING) Go ahead.

Levonne?

Whoa. Well, now look
who done come down
off the hill

to mingle with
us common folk.

Professor Oreo.
Yo, Malik!

We got us
a royal visit here.

You on an errand
for City Hall?

I wondered
if you could help
me get some people

down to the council
meeting tonight.

There's a bond issue
for the school.

The white man's school.

(LAUGHING)
Our kids go to them.

You got no kids, Wynn.

Black people's children
go to those schools.

Well, now we talkin'
about black people?

See, now you got to
get that shit clear, Wynn.

You playin'
the white man's game.

Don't come
down here lookin'
for support, brother!

Look, look! There's not
enough of us in the city
to fight amongst ourselves.

I have a little power
on the council.

You believe that?

You got shit, Wynn.

You got crumbs off
the white man's table.

Look!
(CAR HORN HONKING)

I gotta run.
You don't have to
back me or what I say.

Just come tonight
and bring some people,

so they know
we're still alive.

LEVONNE: Nice of you
to stop by, Wynn!

Don't be no stranger now.

Any luck?

Not with those two.

I'll hit
the projects next.

Wynn?
Mmm-hmm.

Have you thought
anymore about Franklin?

What can I do
for Franklin?

Well, you talk
to people all day.

Business people,
shop owners...

And you expect me
to ask them for a job
for my brother-in-law?

How's that gonna look?

They do it,
all the time.

They are nepotistic
sleazebags, remember?

(SIGHS)

Wynn, he's a black man.
He lives in your district.

He's had some
bad breaks, but...

Grand theft is
not a bad break!

Drop me off here.

Look, I promise
that if something
comes up for him,

I'll do the best
I can. Okay?

That's all I'm asking.
Okay.

Hang tough.

Yeah. You, too, baby.

(EXHALES)

ASTEROID:
"Mad Anthony again,
the lowest man in town.

"And this time,
I've really gone
off the deep end.

"Everything, and I mean
everything on our shelves

"has been marked down
to rock-bottom prices.

"All your electronic
and computer-age needs
under one roof..."

We're here every day.

We see what happens here.

It's the Spanish.

It hasn't
been the same
since they showed up.

They make this noise
with their teeth,

this sucking noise.

I was raised
on this block.

Now I wouldn't
walk here alone.

I'm a married
woman with children.
Means nothing to them.

JOANN: And these people
out on the street!

You walk
out your door, it's
a friggin' lunatic asylum!

Needles in the sandboxes
in the park!

These crack vials.

CONNIE: No respect.
No sense of responsibility.

It's the welfare.
I mean, why work?

The government
takes care of you.

I used to feel
bad for the kids,
but they're the worst.

Thirteen years old
with a baby on
their hip.

Do you ladies
have a complaint?

Complaint?
Have you been
listening?

A specific complaint.
A criminal charge.

See, Connie?
They don't care.

They don't care!

You gotta be gang-raped
and roasted at the stake

before they'll lift
a finger.

Hey, if
it was your kids
out here on this street,

you wouldn't be sittin'
on your ass, doin' nothin'!

JOANN: Look at this!

There's your tax money,
right there!

Why do we bother?

Jesus fuckin' Christ.

In stereo.
The skinny one's
like my mother's cousin.

A bitch on wheels.

They got a point maybe,
but it ain't our fault.

I'm gonna
drive by DeLillo's.

Will you quit with that?
It's over.

Never. I'm not givin'
up on it, all right?

Just what I need. O'Brien.

Morning, fellas.
Bill.

You goin'
to the mayor's
dinner on Friday night?

What, a hundred bucks
a pop? Forget it.

But I'll see you there,
won't I, Mike? Huh?

Now, take these,
push 'em around to
people on your beat.

You make that kid Ramirez,
you run him in.

We ran him in yesterday.

Bring him in again.
What for?

Suspicion of being on
my shit list. (CHUCKLES)

Make it a priority, Tommy.

Oh! Have a good one.

RIZZO: What's your
problem with O'Brien?

He's an asswipe.

So?

So, he ain't a detective.
He's a fuckin' politician.

Everybody's a politician.

Yeah? I'm not.

Why do you think I'm
still in uniform
at my age?

'Cause you're stupid.

Right.

'Cause I don't
kick back to the pols
every time I turn around.

A hundred bucks
a pop. Christ!

I wonder if
she's workin' today.

Hey, forget about her, kid.
She's history.

BOBBY: I don't know, maybe
you should start small, Nick.

Open up
a lunch wagon
next to Stavros.

Yeah, Nicky's Food-O-Rama.

(CHUCKLING)

A restaurant's
gotta have personality.

ZIP: And very
hot waitresses.

Yeah. That can
be part of it.

I'm sorry I'm late.
I had a class.

You got
Tables 6 and 9.
I started them for you.

All right.

Good seein'
you folks again.

I'm sure
Larry can iron out
all the details with you.

SIMMS: Take it easy, Alex.
Take care.

I'll send your waitress
right over.

ZIMMER: Thanks, doll.

So, what are
these details?

He talked about
racquetball.

The District Attorney
would be happy
to have your backing,

but we need
to get more specific
about the parameters.

We're discussing certain
properties on L Street.

I recall the
previous conversation.

L Street has to come down
for Galaxy Towers to go up.

If those buildings
aren't clear in a week,

the New York money walks,
the Japanese walk,

the whole thing
falls apart.

If we get past that,

we'll need major juice
on the development package
when it comes up at council.

He's the
District Attorney, fellas.
This stuff's all municipal.

Who's municipal?

This comes down from Baci,

the second-most indictable
mayor in the state.

You must have a file
like a phone book
on the guy.

The District Attorney
is very concerned

about municipal corruption,
but to take on a machine
like Baci's...

I'm just not sure what
the incentive would be.

If your man tries
for the Senate next year,
he'll need a lot of resources.

Any effort on his part to
improve the climate in
this city...

We're moving
mountains here, fellas,
and you give me a week.

But we're always
interested in support
from the business sector.

I think
you can count on us.

(EXCLAIMS)

Hi! I'm Angela.

You gentlemen know
what you want?

Everything, and I mean
everything on our shelves,

has been marked down
to rock-bottom prices!

You want me to give
your program free computers,

you understand
I don't get them free
from the manufacturer.

The program
isn't funded to make
purchases of more than...

If these are people
without money,

then they're not likely
to be my customers, right?

Look, you're a member
of the community.

You do business here.
You hire local people.

(LAUGHING) I wish
I could hire local people.

I haven't had a night
watchman for two weeks.

You advertise
for minimum wage,
you know who shows up?

Deviants show up.

Mentally disturbed people,
blind people...

WYNN: You need
a security guard?

You got someone?
I might.

This is a friend of yours?
My wife's brother.

(LAUGHING) Oh.
Gettin' the old
freeze out, huh?

No tickee, no nookie.

Sure. Tell him
to come on over.

He's got a record.

This one's
the ultimate, man.

This one makes Nintendo
look pathetic.

I've never
played Nintendo.

Where you
been raised, boy?
You got a TV, don't you?

We got a TV.

And a VCR, right?

No.

Well, shit, man!

Don't be invitin' me
over to your house,

watchin' some old
Mr. Rogers network
dog-dukey.

Something else you need?
Stereo, VCR, CD player?
A dehumidifier!

Thank you, no.
But about Franklin,
look, you don't have to...

Hey, look.
He paid his debt, right?

Look, you're
my representative
on the council.

Someday I got a matter
that needs representing,
quid pro quo. Am I right?

Bullshit. You haven't
got a thing.

We've got the dumpster
contract thing.

We've got the kickbacks
on the elderly lunch program.

We've got
eight major
no-show jobholders

donating a full quarter
of their generous salaries
to your political action fund.

He's just
blowin' smoke, Mayor.

This is stuff that
just fell into our laps.

I hate
to think what a serious
investigation would turn up.

So, your guys want
to bust my balls, huh?
PHIL: Sal!

Hi, Phil,
how you doin'?

No. Not at all,
Mr. Mayor.

The District Attorney
is well aware

that in
municipal government
there are many gray areas.

MRS. SPIVAK: Mr. Mayor!

Mrs. Spivak!
Say hello to
your mother for me.

God bless you.
God bless you.

What does he want?

The apartment buildings
we discussed before.
On L Street.

He's your brother, Pauly.
What's up?

He's putting
the usual pressure on,

but he won't go along
with the other thing.

"He won't go along
with the other thing"?

He's a virgin
all of a sudden?

He forgets how he owns
these fuckin' buildings!

ZIMMER: Gentlemen!

This is a conversation
I should not be hearing.

All you need
to understand

is that the success
of the development package

that's been proposed by
certain very good friends
of the District Attorney

has become essential
to your political future.

We're down
to the wire on this,
fellas. We need results.

I'll leave the details
in your capable hands.

O'BRIEN: Larry!
Hey, Bill.

This a social visit,
or are we under arrest?

(SHUSHING)
(LAUGHING)

Hey, I hear
your man's makin'
a run for the Senate.

Oh, only a rumor, Bill.
Only a rumor.

If you need any help...
I'll keep that in mind.

BACI: I pay you, what,
45 grand a year,

you can't even deliver
your own brother?

Sal, I talked to him.
Lean on him, Pauly!

With what?
Joey's hooked up
with Kerrigan now.

He's got his
own thing going...

Yo, Gus.
Hey, what'd they do?
Close down the dog track?

No, they made a mistake
on my check here.

They left off
the overtime.

Well, if you
don't put in time, Gus,
how can you put in overtime?

I'd like to condemn
your fuckin' house.

Have a good one, pal!

ZIP: Oh, man.
It's more than a guitar.

It's a pre-CBS Strat
with a Kahler whammy,
single stack coil,

full MIDI rack kit,

Mesa Boogie amps
that are fuckin' cherry!

Never been over 30 dBs.

The guy played like
folk music on it
or somethin'.

Yo, this thing has
no fingerprints on it.

Man, you're suckin' it
down today.

Nutrition.

Man cannot live
by narcotics alone.

You should take it easy.

I'm a free man today, Bobby.

Shit is gonna happen.
Important stuff.

I can feel it.
Right.

Hey, it's Mr. Goodwrench and
his faithful companion, Jim!

So, what happened
to the face, Jimmy?

VINNIE: Fuckin' boogs got him
last night down on M Street
by the tracks.

Ooh.
For a small fee

I'll hook you up
with some steroids.

Two weeks,
you'll be beefed
up for a rematch.

Fuck that shit!
We're goin' down there,

we're gonna
kick some ass tonight.
You guys want a piece or what?

Haven't I seen this
on WrestleMania?

(LAUGHING)

Chickenshits.

Yeah, we'd love to
help you out tonight,
but we got a gig.

NICK: This Bud's for you!

What a dick, huh?

What is he, 19?

Eighteen. He dropped out
this year.

That's how old
my brother was
when he died.

Hey, uh,
did he tell you about
the demo we're doin'?

Top of the line
production, man.
Twenty-four track.

Yeah, right.
On whose nickel?

Well, that was somethin'
we wanted to talk to
you about, Nicky.

Carl is
big time now, Nick.
The guy is connected.

You know
that warehouse fire,

took down
half the waterfront,
but no one got a scratch?

That was Carl.

He's not just
a loan shark anymore.

Look, we done a couple
of things with him,
turned out real good.

Yeah.
And this is very
serious money, Nicky.

You know,
with this one,

we retire, go back
to the music full-time.

We figured
since you're our friend

and you're not
on the tit anymore,
well, if you want in...

It's a declaration
of independence.

You know,
think of it as
"fuck you" money.

Isn't there anybody you
want to say "fuck you" to?

I'll be right out.
Ten minutes max.

Yo.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

Hey, Nicky,
how's it goin'?

Just fine.
Good to see you.

You're in
big trouble, pal.
Where's the old man?

He's in there
with Uncle Pauly.
You really quit this time?

Yeah, yeah.
Where's Mom?

She's in the kitchen,
supervising the galley slaves.

Are you on something?

Come on, we gotta talk.
Nicky!

Hey, listen,
you ditch me now

and I tell Mom
you spent the weekend
with a married man.

That was over a year ago.

PAULY: My hands
are tied on this, Joe.

If you don't
come through,

the whole thing
comes down on my head.

I raised the rent
to the legal ceiling.

I had the heat off
for three weeks
in March.

The buildings stink from
garbage I don't pick up.

Pauly, these
people are not leaving!
They have nowhere to go.

You know what you can do.

No fuckin' way.

Don't mention that again,
you understand me?

Look, have something
to drink, will ya?

I gotta find my kid.

MAN: Hey, Joey,
you're gettin' skinny!

Yeah, right. I'm on
a steady diet of agita.

(CHUCKLING)

So, where did you learn
how to make Italian food?

Italian food, Jewish food,
Chinese food, yuppie food.

JOE: Laurie.
Hmm?

Where is he?

Nick?
Yeah.

He went out with Mom.
I think they went out back.

The only kind of food
I don't make is
Japanese food.

Those people eat
some strange things.

PINA: Nick, I will
never say no to you,

but I'm
not going behind
your father's back.

You go to him,
have it out, whatever,
then come to me.

Okay, okay,
I'll talk to him.

First. You talk to him first,
then you come to me for money.

Are you getting
enough sleep, Nicky?

You look drawn.

He's on drugs, Mom.
NICK: Hey, shut up, Laurie!

I have guests.
I'll send your father out.

Try to be nice.

So, what happened
to last week's paycheck?

The Angels took it.

The Angels?
What, this is football?

Football? The Angels,
baseball!

So, I'm a cultural
illiterate, I'm sorry.

(SIGHS)

What, this is money
you owe, I take it?

For $2,000,
I'm a free man.

(SIGHS)

I got maybe $50.

It's in my bag
in the TV room.
Help yourself.

I'm namin'
my first kid after you.
Mmm.

Boy or girl.
Mmm.

It's like
fake alligator,
right? Dark brown?

You bet this on sports,
you die.

No way, no way!
You're my hero.

Mmm-hmm.

(SIGHS)

I'm an idiot, right?

(LAUGHS) My son does
the same thing to me.

He's family.

Mmm.

(DOOR OPENS)

What's the story?

No story. I just quit.

Oh.

You got another job?

No.

Then how can you quit
a good set-up like you got?

I'm bored outta
my skull over there.
Sittin' around...

Who says
you gotta sit around?

Hey, if it's more
responsibility you
want, I can set it up.

No! I don't want you
settin' shit up for me.

I don't want
any part of it anymore.

Part of what?

Eh, Nick, I'm a builder.

I make things where
there was nothing before.

What, is there something
wrong with that?

You kiss up to Baci

and every other scumbag
downtown with a nickel
in their pocket.

The outfit tells you
to put three guys
on the payroll

that you never even seen,
you do it.

If they told you
to roll over and die,
you'd do it.

You think
I like to take
that shit off of them?

What do you think puts
the food on the table?

Nick, I always try
to do right by you,

by your mother,
Laurie, and Tony!

Yeah.

You did a job
on him, all right.

Your brother died
in the war!

What could I do
about that?

What could you do?

You could have
stood up for him

instead of throwin' him in
like you did!

I would've killed
for that kid!

Don't do me any favors
like you did for Tony.

Joe!

What is this, an antique?

What do you
get on this thing?

Milton Berle? Sid Caesar?

I gotta fix you up
with some new equipment,

introduce you to
the state of the art.
What do you say, Nick?

(ENGINE STARTING)

I'm in.
Let's fuckin' do it.

We went
through a lot
of trouble for you.

They give me a gun
from Toys"R"Us here.

Well, what do you expect?

Look at this outfit!

Oh, you look handsome
in a uniform.

Please.

If anybody I know sees me
in this, I'm movin' to Canada.

Oh, Franklin,
it's just a start.

Might as well have
a sign on my back say,
"I make chump change."

Uh-uh. This gonna
keep the parole
off your back.

It don't even fit, Reesha!

My prison clothes
looked better than this.

Would you just stick
with this for a while?

Not bad.
Too old, but not bad.

Her boyfriend thinks
it's Halloween!

(LAUGHING)

Yo, birdlegs!
Come back here, darlin'.

I got somethin' for you.

Stuck up bitch!

Look at that one!

Them ain't real, Desmond.

Woman over 30
carry her tits up there?

That's plastic, man.

Miracle of science.
Foam fuckin' rubber.

Hit the bricks, fellas.
FUENTES: Come on.

PADDY: Move it!
FUENTES: Hands out
at your sides. Let's go!

What'd we do?
That's for us to
figure out, homeboy.

Spread 'em wide!

FUENTES: Come on,
empty out your pockets.

How can
I hold the wall
and empty my pockets?

TITO: Yo, man.
Did we ask for
your opinion, punk?

Keep your yap shut!

Where'd you hide it?
Hide what?

You know
what I'm talkin' about.
Don't get smart with me, huh?

What are
you two faggots
doin' down here?

Man, this is
a free fuckin' country!

(SCOFFS) Where'd
you hear that one?

You keep your shit down south
of L Street from now on, hear?

And I'm
gonna point you in
the right direction.

Now move it.

FUENTES: Go on, beat it!

Faster!

I don't think those
were the ones, Paddy.

They were up to
something down here.

Didn't have a nickel
between 'em.

You think
we stepped on them
a little too hard?

They're probably up there
laughin' at us right now.

If you
can't get respect,
you settle for fear.

I think the ones we want
are a little older.

PADDY: I've seen
that kid I had before.

He's headed
for the dirt farm.

Oh, God, look at that.

(LAUGHING)
Mmm. She's beautiful.

Oh!

She must be 15 or 16.

They keep
makin' new ones
every year, don't they?

(LAUGHS)

American cars
went to shit after
the Mustang in '65.

But fine lookin' snatch,
they keep stampin' it out.

(LAUGHING)
Regular production line.

Oh, lookie here.
Look who we got there.

El Senor Ramirez!
A credit to his race!

FUENTES:
Fuck you, man.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

MAN:
* Moving on
hand in hand *

My fuckin' luck!
We finally get a girl in
the band, she's a lesbian.

(LAUGHING) No, she's not.

I just
asked her out,
she said, "No way."

This town's full of chicks
who won't go out with you.

Yeah, lesbians, all of 'em.
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)

It's like the fluoride in
fuckin' water supply
or somethin'.

Who is that?
I know that girl.

ZIP: Just some
lesbian, Nicky.

I want to know that girl.

ZIP: Yo, I got business.

We're up in five, Zip.

ZIP: And I'll
be there, Bobby.

He's like
a mother to me.

Que pasa, Chato?
What's in the pantry?

Blow. Extra strong.

Yeah? Could be shit,
could be stairway
to heaven.

What do you say we step
into my office and find out.

MAN: Thank you.

(CROWD CHEERING)

Yo, you got a son,
I heard.

That's all right,
another little Ramirez
runnin' around in the world!

Hey, Nicky!

NICK: Hey, Riggs.

I want you to know
there's no hard feelings.

Sure.

Your father's been
so square with me,

I feel a certain
amount of loyalty.

Right.

He's like
your brother was.

You need him,
he's right there for you.

And I'm the
only washout in
the family, right?

No, I didn't mean it
that way.

Hey, look,
(COUGHING)

I'm not in the mood to hear
war stories about my
brother right now.

All right, yeah.
Okay?

Yeah!

Oh, hey, thanks for quittin'.
Takes a big load off my back!

Any time.

CARL: Hey, Nick!
I hear you quit
your job.

So what's it to you?

Oh, this looks like
the vig for maybe
one month here.

You're into me for
two grand.

You lose your job,
I got a reason to
be concerned.

Where'd you get this from,
your mommy?

I hope you die.

(BAND TUNING INSTRUMENTS)

BOBBY: Check, one, two,
one, two, three, four.

(ZIP SPEAKING SPANISH)

Yo, Pancho!
You too fucked
up to play or what?

No, way, jefe!
I am el numero uno!

That thing
the right key?

ZIP: We'll find out.
Let's boogie!

Uno, dos, three, four!

(PLAYING ROCK MUSIC)

* Mama, tell me no lies

* I don't need misery

* Keep those old alibis

* Just come crawling to me

* 'Cause I want it back

* 'Cause I want it bad

* Back in my arms

* And I want it tight

* I want it right

* Right back in my arms

This used to be a city
where the children

would inherit
their parents' houses.

You got married,
you lived upstairs.

It wasn't easy,
but you shut up
and you did it.

And a couple
of years later,

God willing,
there's children,

and you took over
the payments.

Do you know how much
our bills went up...

I talked to him again.
And?

He jumped
down my throat.
It's not gonna happen.

(SCOFFS) That's what
he thinks.

I think that's very
unfair to our teachers.

You'll have your turn
to speak, Nidia.

All I'm sayin' is
that this bond issue

is an insult to
the working people
who built this city.

Thank you.

Any other comments before
we hear from the council?

Mrs. Gianfreddo.

I'd like to
comment on this issue
of quality in our schools.

My husband and I send
our children to St. Agnes'

and it costs
an arm and a leg,

not to mention ironing
the damn uniforms
every night.

But I wouldn't have them
in these public schools.

I was born and bred
in this town,

and when I went to J Street,

teachers got a fraction
of what they get today,

with none of this
psychological counseling

and computer technology
nonsense they have today...

Not much of a turnout
for our side.

Just the
Death-to-Taxes posse.

Listen, guys,
I've gotta break
rank on this.

Why?
What?

'Cause I got
Crespi breathing
down my neck in November

and I don't want him to beat
me on the head with this
tax thing.

Peter...
So we lose seven to two

instead of six to three,
like we always do?

There's a principle
involved here.

Yeah, well, I don't have
your ethnic thing going
in my district, Wynn.

I can't afford to go
down with the ship.
I'm sorry.

I mean, English as
a second language?

Now, maybe
I missed something,
but where I went to school

English was
the first language.

(ALL APPLAUDING)

And has reading changed
that much in 25 years?

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

I like you.

What?

I don't really know you,
but I'm positive that
I like you.

Oh.

I recognize you.
You were a senior when I
was in ninth. You remember?

ZIP: Thank you very much.
It's been a great set.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

Yeah.

You had a brother who
played basketball, right?
He was ahead of me. Yeah.

Tony.
Tony Rinaldi.

He was a major heartthrob.
(CHUCKLING)

Yeah, he went
over there, and...

Yeah.

Yeah, that was...
That was sad.

You went out
with that creep.

That whositz,
Michael Rizzo, right?

We got married.

Oh. Really?

(EXHALES) I walked
right into that, huh?

Was he a creep in
high school already?

I don't remember.

You're not with him anymore?

Free woman.

Well, listen, I'm Nick,
and I like you.

But I gotta go now.
I gotta drive my friends
to pick up some equipment.

I'm like
their designated driver,
you know what I mean?

But I'd like
to see you again.

You didn't see me
this time.

Huh?

It's nice to meet you.

I like you.

You said that.
You don't know me.

Yeah, I do.
You're somethin' great.

I'm glad you think so.

BOBBY: Yo, Nicky. Game time.

I will see you again.
Believe this.

Who's that?

Some drunk.

Cute drunk.
Very cute drunk.

White faggot-ass
motherfuckers!

If they
don't got a gun,
I'd fuck 'em up good.

Fuckers!

We didn't do shit, man,
and they treat us
like that.

Cracker-ass bastards.

Bastards!

We gonna do the time,
we might as well
do the crime.

Dickless cocksuckers!

Yeah, we fuck 'em
up good.

Look at this
faggot-ass motherfucker.

(GROANING) Hey!

TITO: Fuck, man,
what you...

Hey, where you runnin',
white boy?

LES: Hey, what?
Cut that out! Help!

Hey! Hey.

Shut the fuck up, faggot!

LES: Oh! Cut...
Hey! Cut it out!

Help.

TITO: Grab him, Desmond!

Help! Help!

Come back here, faggot!

LES: Help!

(GRUNTING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Jesus, what
happened to you?

All the other problems
we're hearing about tonight,

the unemployment, the drugs,
the street crimes,

those will
always be the highest

where the people
have the least education.

So, you can pay now
or you can pay later.

I mean,
if you had
a brain tumor,

you wouldn't shop around
for the cheapest surgeon,
you'd look for the best.

And that's what
we're voting on tonight,
the best for our children.

Or do we sell out
their futures for
a few tax dollars?

Thank you.

I think we're ready
for the vote now, folks.

All in favor
of the motion to
implement Bond Issue C

as a method
of raising additional
revenues for the city schools,

raise your hands.

All opposed?

The motion fails,
seven votes to two.

(ALL APPLAUDING)

Quit kidding yourself,
tough guy.

You're goin' one place.
Get in here!

I mean, we can't go
out on the street and sell
'em ourselves.

Straight ahead up here.

Now, Carl is giving
us 45% wholesale value.

The guy is slime.

ZIP: Yeah, but you
owe him money, right?

So, we split this score
and he'll be off your back.

Pull up to
the loading dock.

We'll go around. The key
only works in the front.

You got a key?

I told you, it's simple.
Like jerking off.

What's jerking off?
Come on, Moe.

Nyuk, nyuk.

Oh, Christ.

You dead, sucker!

ZIP: "We'll beat
the best price in town

"or else you get
the shit for free.

"Mad Anthony
is the lowest."

We want the Mitsubishi,
JVC, Panasonic,
top-dollar stuff only.

And nothin' bulky.

FRANKLIN: Freeze!
Oh, shit.

Oh, shit. Oh, shit.

What are you doin' here?

What the fuck you mean,
"What are you doin' here?"

Hold it, fucker!
What you tryin'?

I'm getting
down on the floor.

I told you to freeze.

What is this, Simon Says?

Shut the fuck up and
get down on the ground!

That's what I was doing!
You, too!

(STAMMERING)
Just relax, man.
Don't shoot that thing, huh?

Yeah, we haven't
stolen nothin'.

Yeah, maybe we
could work a deal, huh?
What... How about 100 bucks?

You ain't got 100 bucks.
Shut up!

We'll give you
whatever we got,
and then...

If you don't shut up,
I'm gonna shoot your
dick off.

I don't think
this deal thing
is gonna work, Bob.

Zip, you stupid
sack of shit!

You told me nobody
was gonna be here!

Goddamn, you're the
worst thieves I ever seen.

I got to go call the
cops now, all right?

Should we have
our hands on the back
of our necks or something?

Listen, do me a favor,
will you?

Shoot his dick off.
I'll vouch for you
in court.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Fuck you, motherfuckers!
All right, fuck you!

Stupid!

Whoo!

Okay, the light's better,
you've calmed down. Now,
we need to be positive.

I was in the car
when they caught 'em.

One more time now.
Are these the boys?

Yes. That's them.
I'm positive.

Okay. I'll take
you to Detective Riley.
He'll record your statement.

Faggot.

Man, what'd you
have to hit him for?

'Cause he's a white
motherfucking faggot.

How'd you know that?

Look, if they ask us,
we say he wanted to
suck our dicks,

and we tried to get away.

What's that gonna do?

They drop the case.

Being a faggot's
against the law,
so we walk.

Say he put
his hands on you.

Nah, man!

Fuck, say
he put 'em on you.
Didn't nobody touch me.

Whoa, no skin off my butt.

BOBBY: This is a gross
misfeasance of justice here!

When we walked by,
the door was wide open!

What would
you have done?

We assumed there was
a 24-hour sale goin' on.

We stick
our nose in the door
two fuckin' centimeters

and fuckin'
Rambo over here
comes down on us,

yellin' out
racial epitaphs,
wavin' his piece around.

Yeah, this man
is dangerous, Officers.

He almost
blew my friend's
private organs off.

The gun's got
no bullets in it,
sucker.

No bullets?

It's plastic.

You know how
embarrassing this is?

Oh, shit.
Do you hear what
he's sayin', Bob?

MALIK: Brother Franklin.

Hey, Tyrone!

Malik.

Nah, nah, Tyrone.

Malik.
Yeah.

Well, look at you!

Yeah, look at you, brother.

Oh, yeah, I... I was
recently incarcerated.
Pretty sorry, huh?

So, man,
what happened to you?

I've surrendered myself
to the will of Allah.

Man, I knew you would
pull this shit.

Look, I got a plate
glass window,
no witnesses...

Well, I surrendered myself
to the will of Mad Anthony.

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Toshiba, Yoshida,
Hitachi, Horita!

Yo, the dude was a faggot.
He got what he deserved.

Even if that
was the case,
which I doubt,

it's not
against the law
to be a homosexual.

Yes, it is.

THOMAS: So,
you approach this guy...

The fucker approached us!

Hey. What's the story here?

They sayin' assault.
This faggot come up
to us in the park.

This isn't any of
your business, Levonne.

I'm makin' it my business.

He put his hands
on Desmond.

Is that true?
THOMAS: Levonne...

Is that true?

He tried to... You know.

Yeah, but I
popped him one,

so he'd run on away
from us. Self-defense!

You boys,
you don't say anything

until I can get you some
legal aid down here,
you understand?

Yes, sir.

Levonne, this isn't
a murder case!

Hey, Jeanette, you okay?

They got my boy here.

Is he one of those?

Oh, Lord.

Did he do bad?

(SCOFFS)
Just keep 'em quiet

till I can get
'em a lawyer, okay?
Go on, keep 'em quiet.

Hey, brother.

(CHUCKLING)
Don't forget your weapon.

It's a jungle out there.

(LAUGHING)

Hi.

Hi.

Your friends in the band
never came back, huh?

Yeah, they got tied up.

Motor problems?

It's like totally dead.
Mmm.

You know much about cars?

Not a thing. Do you?

No.

Then what are you doing
looking under the hood?

That's what
people do, right?

You know, you shouldn't be
walking around here
alone at night.

I'll walk you home.

It's all right,
I can manage.

I'm serious,
it's dangerous
around here.

Wait, look...

I'll walk
on the other side
of the street, all right?

Don't be dramatic.

I'm on Lincoln,
just between J and K.

Okay.

So, are you happy?

What? What kind
of question is that?

It's an important question.

You mean,
am I happy right now?

With your life.
Are you happy
with your life?

I'm not gonna
tell you that.

What about you?

Me? No. I'm not happy.

Maybe if I had
someone like you to
be with, I could be.

(CHUCKLING)
Are you always like this?

No. I'm usually, you know,
asking the regular bullshit.

You know, like,
"What do you do?"

and, "What does your
apartment rent for?"

I don't have time
for that shit
right now.

You're on
a deadline or
somethin', huh?

(SIGHS)

You ever been
in a car accident?

Yeah.

Things like slow down,
they become real clear?

Important shit is
goin' down in my life
right now, all at once.

Like I saw you tonight.

Hey, I'm not that great.

Yeah, you are.

Yeah, well, tell me
the worst thing
about yourself.

The worst.

I put up with jerks
in my life for too long.

What, is that me?
I'm a jerk?

I didn't say that.

Oh, thank you.

The jury's still out.

Well, what do I do,
turn your stomach to
look at or somethin'?

No.

What, am I neutral?
Attractive? What?
What are you...

You're a good-lookin' guy
and you know it, too.
Big deal.

Well, I think
you look fantastic.

Hmm.

And if you're not married
or involved with anybody
right now,

it's because nobody's
figured out what
you're worth.

Hey. Hey,
what's the matter?

You can't say
things like that.

Why not?

'Cause you don't know me,
that's why not.

It's funny, I was...

I was married for
eight fuckin' years

and my husband never said
one thing that nice to me.

Anyway, I don't know you,
so it's just words.

I'm sorry.

You were married eight
years to Michael Rizzo?

Who the fuck did you go
out with in high school?

Mary Ellen Battaglia.

Mary Ellen Battaglia?

Yeah.

Mary Ellen Battaglia
needed an instruction
manual to chew gum.

She had other things,
you know.

Yeah! She had tits
in the third grade.

Her major fuckin'
accomplishment in life.

Yeah, well,
I didn't live with her
for eight years, you know?

Well, it was like
I was with the Moonies
or somethin', you know?

That was my life.

I couldn't imagine
anything else.

Did you have any kids?

I have a son.

Yeah? That's cool.
Little guy, huh?

My mother takes him
part of the time.

I'm going back
to school and I...

I got a job
at a restaurant.

DeLillo's.

Have you been
following me?

No, I saw you
in there once.

It's a public place,
you know.

Jesse, uh, that's
my little boy, he...

He has this disease.

Congenital, it makes him
like spastic.

They call it
"severely involved" now.

And what do you do
to have fun?

Fun?

I tell you, Nick, it's like
you asked me am I happy.

It's not something I can
think a whole lot about
right now.

(SOFTLY)
You said my name.

What?

Nick. You said Nick.
I love that,
you sayin' my name.

You are
a strange fucker
and I think maybe

you should walk
on the other side of
the street, like you said.

Listen, I could get
my sister to babysit.
She owes me, you know.

She's always borrowing
money from me,

and then we could
go out, you know?
We could...

Hey! Hey!
Just slow down.
Cool your jets.

I want you to
take me seriously.

I don't think you take
yourself seriously, Nick.

I mean,
those friends
of yours, come on.

Yeah, I know,
I know, but...

You know, they're really
not bad guys.

I mean, they're loyal.

Dogs are loyal.

Well, this is my place.

You know
when you're a kid,
a teenager, right?

And it's
Saturday night
and you go out,

and every place
you walk into,
you think,

you know, this is it,
you know?

I mean, there's gonna be
somebody terrific in here
and I'm gonna meet her

and my life's gonna be
completely different
after tonight.

Today has been
a wild day for me.

I mean, unbelievable shit
has gone down.

But I've had that
feeling right here.

And I haven't had it
in such a long time,
you know,

because it never happens!

You never meet that girl
or she's not the right one.

And then I see you.

You're gonna
make me cry again.

Damn it, I'm just...
I'm kind of tired.

Angela Sabino. Angela.

That's what
it sounds like.

So, what if I call you up?

Worse things
could happen.

Good night, Angela.

Good night, Nick.

You did it, didn't you?

What?

Don't bullshit me, Rinaldi.
You did it.

I did what?

Don't hand me that.

What if I did?

You're fuckin'
with me now.

Don't fuck with me.

You did it.
Didn't you, you fuck?

I saw you with her.

You don't own her, Rizzo.

And if you ever did,
then you don't anymore.

You stay away from her.

No. You stay away from me!

You got your uniform,
your fuckin' badge,
you're a big man, huh?

This uniform
is the only thing
that stands between you

and a fuckin' trip
to the hospital
right now, pal.

If I was off-duty,
I'd bury you.

Yeah? What time
do you get off?

You're history, Rinaldi.

You're dead!

You're out of line, Mike.

It's none of your business.

You ride with me,
that makes it my business.

You settle your personal
shit on your own time.

Fine! Just butt out, okay?
No problem.

You're gonna get yourself
in trouble.

Just shut the fuck up
about it, huh?

They popped the window
out of here last night.

They're gonna be all
over us in the papers.

This is all part of
a systematic campaign

to undermine
black manhood
in this country!

You stand up for yourself,
the white boy is gonna
cut you down!

These young brothers
are being sacrificed

into the jaws of
the racist conspiracy.

That's three pages' worth.
I'll have to do some editing.

We had Dwight Rollins,
unarmed, shot to death
by racist police this April.

Hollis Washington beaten
to death while in custody.

Why don't you ask
the Great White Hope here
what he thinks about it?

Somebody busted your window?

Morning, Wynn.
What do you plan to
do about this park thing?

Park thing?
LEVONNE: Yeah.

Two young black men
approached in a park
by a white homosexual.

Now, they give him
what for,

next thing you know,
they bein' run in by
the cops for assault.

Last night?

What are you gonna
do about it?

Call the police...

MALIK: Go straight
to the enemy!

Man got
nothin' to say for the
African-American community!

Man just a stooge
in the system!

You know,
half of everything
you say is true, Malik.

The other half is
pure shit.

That's off the record, Kyle.

Fuckin' politicians.
Off the fuckin' record, Wynn,

what do you plan to do
for the young brothers?

First, I'll investigate
the charges.

Oh, what, you sayin'
the brothers are lyin'?
Is that what?

Councilman Himes promised
a thorough investigation
of the incident. Period.

Excuse me.

Fuckin' politicians.

I'm not gonna tell you
what to do about this, Les.

I just want you to understand
the kind of pressure we are
under here.

First thing this morning,
I get a call from somebody

from the P Street
Community Center.

I'm not
backing down on this.
Those kids are dangerous.

I understand that,
but the homosexual
thing complicates it.

We have a very
tenuous relationship
with the people in this city.

What homosexual thing?

They didn't tell you?

The boys said
you made advances.

God damn it.

There was a follow-up call
from the police department.

Hi, Les.
Hi.

They suggested that,
in light of
the circumstances...

LES: That's a lie!

Oh, God,
what happened to him?

I saw an article in
the paper this morning.

It said he was
mugged in the park
by some kids last night.

Oh, God.
Did they say what race?

What?

What were the race of
the kids, black or white?

Black.

Oh, great.

MAN: Hey, Larry, wait up!

That doesn't
have anything
to do with you.

Suzanne, now,
you know better than that.

ANGELA: He's younger,
but not that much younger.

Like, I was a senior
when he was in ninth grade.

By now, that's not
such a big deal, right?

And he's good lookin'
and everything,

so I don't think much
about it.

I get out to my car,
it's dead.

Turn the key, not a sound.
That piece of shit that
Michael left me,

I hate to even
look at the thing.

And then
he shows up,
this guy, Nick,

and he's, like,
lost or somethin'.

(GIGGLING) Listen to me
talk about this stuff.
Am I stupid or what?

They beat me up
and then they say
I came on to them?

I'm sorry, but to me
that's a big deal!

Of course it is.
There's a principle
involved here.

A very important principle!

Of course there is, Les,
if you say so.

I'm not a homosexual.

I understand that, but
we have a public profile.

And if I was, so what?

What does this
school stand for?

Let's do this
inside, okay?

Well, we have your prints
all over the van.

Outstanding.

An ever-tightening net
of circumstantial evidence.

Who was the third guy?

Hell, you got the prints.
You tell us.

Look, you give me a name,
I'll put a word in with
the court.

Wait a minute,
you guys hang around
with Nick Rinaldi, don't you?

Nick who?

Forget it, Bob.
He's too fuckin'
smart for us.

Look, we give up.

It was him.

BOBBY: Yo, Asteroid!
Say, "I did it."

I did it.

No, I did it.
No, I did it.

No, I did it.
No, I did it.

I did it. No, I did it.
I did it.

I did it! No, I did it!
I did it! I did it!

I did it! I did it!
No, no, I, no, I did it!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Hey, O'B.!
Long time no see.

Engine problems?

You're the one with
the problem, Carl.
Get in.

Nice rig
you got here, O'Brien.

You're doin' all right
for yourself.

I can always
be doin' better.

Aw, I hate to
see a man unsatisfied
with his station in life.

What's the beef?

Mad Anthony's? Last night?

Can't help you.
How much did they clear?

Nada. Your little friends,
Bobby and Zip tripped
over their dicks.

You should know better.

Got nothin'
to do with me.

They talked.

I don't fall
for that shit, O'Brien.
You should know better.

I got
Leo Snider at Rahway
comin' up for review.

He says if I help him,
he'll put your ass
away for me.

The vending machine hijack?

Lehman's furs?
The fire on the waterfront.

Why not throw in the
Kennedy assassination?

I hate to be the one
to break this to you,

but a lot of people
don't like you, Carl.

What do you want?

Suspect number three.

Somebody left a hot van
outside of Anthony's,

and the security guy says
he saw the third outside,

but he couldn't
make him.

I figure that somebody on
the inside gave you the key.

That's all?

And a player to be
named at a future date.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

Nick Rinaldi.

Oh, that's very good news.

You know, we should have
a talk like this more often.

You tell Snider
to eat shit and die.

You sound bitter, Carl.

I hate
to see a man unhappy
with his station in life.

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

Hey, Carl.

Somebody pulled the
distributor head
off this thing.

There's nothin' to it.

Whose car is it?

I don't know. Some girl.

Hook brung it in.

Uh, tell her
we're gonna replace
the ignition system.

Hey, Carl.

When are you gonna
give me somethin'?

You tell your
boyfriend Ramirez

he can
come in by himself
or we can bring him in.

The second way is
not gonna be any fun.

This is a condemned
building, miss.

I give you two days.

Two days, I come back here,
you better be gone. Comprende?

BAUER: Let's go, Mike.

Jesus, what a pit.

That baby is
gonna get sick.

I used to come in here
and shoot pigeons up
on the fourth floor.

Hundreds of 'em. They come
in through the broken windows.

It's good
for the reflexes.

Yeah, you should slow
those reflexes down
a little bit.

Can you imagine living
in a place like this?

My father lived here
when he was a kid.

It was a different
building on the same spot.

Probably the
same kind of dump.

But he got
himself out, right?

He ran numbers
till his cousin
got him on a job.

Then you guineas moved in
and the place went to hell.

RIZZO: Oh, funny guy.

BAUER: So what do
you wanna do for lunch?

Oh, let's cook up
some pigeons, huh?

Nah, I'm sick
of Italian food.

(POP MUSIC PLAYING)

Um, excuse me.

Do you know a boy
named Desmond Price,
lives in this building?

He's already talked
to the police,
the social worker...

I'm your councilman
in this district.

I seen your picture.
I'm Desmond's mother.

Oh, great.
Could I talk with him?

You think my boy lie?

No. But I would like to
ask him a few questions.

You think he lying.

I don't know.
I wasn't there.

Uh, sometimes,
under pressure
from the police,

kids can say a lot of things
to keep themselves
out of trouble.

Get out here, Desmond!

My son doesn't lie.

I want to be able
to help to clear
this thing up.

Sit.

Talk to the man.

Hi, Desmond.
I'm Wynston Himes.

I'm your councilman
in this district.

I seen your picture.

Right.

Can you tell me
what happened that night?

Go on, tell the man
what you told me.

(SIGHS) Me and my friend
Tito was hangin' out
at the park.

Not doin' nothin'.

Sittin' on this bench.

And this dude in
sweats sit by us,

and start talking that
he give us money if we
let him...

You know.

What words did he say?

Suck us off.

Then he reached for me,
but he didn't touch me,

'cause, see,
don't nobody touch me.

But he was gonna.

And that's when Tito went off
on the man, pops him in
the face,

one-two-three
and we run off.

And that's it?

Then the cops catch us
and run us in.

And that's the truth?
You're not just sayin'
this to stay out of trouble?

My son doesn't lie, mister.

And he ain't goin'
to no family court.

Well, I'll try and make sure
that doesn't happen.

Mmm-hmm.

Thank you for
talking to me.

Oh, and if
any newspaper people
come by, try not to...

We already
talked with a man from
Black Courier this mornin'.

Uh-huh.

Them faggots always
after you up to
the park.

Be happenin'
all the time, mister.

Get back
in your room, Desmond.

Thank you.

His son was third party
in a robbery attempt
last night.

The other two got caught,
he got away.

We haven't
ID'd him yet.

Hard evidence?

I can nail his ass
to the wall.

Look at that.

My heart rate.

Yeah.

I croak on
this damn thing,

they'll be able to
make a printout of it.

Anyway, I thought
you'd be interested.

I appreciate it, Bill.

If things
turn out right,
we won't forget you.

We could do it through
our own office, of course.

(CHUCKLING)
I can handle it!

We've got
a timetable
on this, Mayor.

The Japanese want it
cleared by the weekend.

If the Japanese pull their
money out, we got a real...

I can handle it.

Right. It's your turf.

Rinaldi's practically
your brother.

All you goombahs are
practically brothers, right?

We just need
those buildings cleared.

CONNIE: I don't want
to hear Parks Department.

Ben Ianucci,
that mamaluke!

Do you people
ever go in that park?

There are no street lights.
It's like the Dark Ages,
the medieval times.

You know that a professor
got mugged there last night?

A supposedly intelligent
person, hmm?

I wouldn't
go out in that park in
a Sherman tank after dark!

Pauly! Come inside.

I feel like I'm livin'
in a Charles Bronson movie.

Excuse me, ladies, please.
There's animals out there!

Now! Pauly!
Fiscal crisis. Excuse me.

They don't listen.
They never listen!

Yo, Gus. Hey, what's
the fuckin' story here?

You're shut down, Joe.

For what?

You got
a septic clearance
that isn't up to spec.

Come on,
I got a green light
on that months ago.

Yeah, but not on paper.

You know where it came from.

I know. Then,
I suggest you go back
to where it came from

and you talk to them.

What the fuck do you
think I'm out here for?

Septic clearance, my ass!

We're still
on the clock, Joe.

Yeah, well, you call Belcher
and you get off the clock.
This could take a week.

Belcher says no
breaks from the local.

The contract stands.

What the fuck is that?

Your juice has
been cut off, Joe.

Whatever problems
you got downtown,
you clean 'em up,

we can cut you some slack.

Come on.
Don't take it personal.

Yo! Yo, Tommy!

Joe...
Tommy, wait up!

Man, I'm sorry.

Did Nicky come back today?

No.

PAULY: Hey, Joe!

Joe, we gotta talk.
We got problems.

That two-bit crook
you work for

has got problems,
starting right now!

We got a situation
here, Joey.

Get in. I gotta stop by
the apartments on the
way downtown.

Fuckin' Gus shut me down!

It's Baci, right?
It's this fuckin'
L Street deal!

We got
worse problems
than that, Joe.

Nicky's in trouble.

What trouble?

He and
Bobby Krausse
and that kid Zip,

they tried
to do Anthony's
warehouse last night.

What, is he in jail?

No, he got away, but
they know he was in on it.

It doesn't make sense.

I mean,
why would Nicky
need to do a robbery?

(SCOFFS)

Was anybody hurt?

Nah, no guns.
But the thing about it is,

the DA's office
is buttin' into it.

The guy's buckin'
for Senate, right?

They figure they go after
Nicky, respectable family,

juice with
the people downtown,
shows he's impartial, right?

Incorruptible,
all that shit.

They're tryin'
to bury him, Joe.

They got a stolen van,
Anthony's place,
no mercy.

I asked the Mayor as
a personal favor to
hold them off

and he's made an effort.

But I got to tell you,
I don't think his heart
is in it.

And what would it take to
put his heart back into it?

What we talked about
with L Street. Tonight.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

This is my kid!

You're using my kid
against me like this?

Your nephew?

It's grand larceny, Joe!
And Nicky put us here,
not me!

Look at this place, Joe.
It's a dump.

It wouldn't be if your
outfit didn't have
my hands tied.

It's comin' down anyway,
sooner or later.

(SIGHS)

They're not askin' you
to do the thing itself.

They just need to be sure
once it's done,

you don't go fixin'
the place back up.

Where's Nicky?

He's okay.
They haven't
found him yet.

I put the word out,
kid gloves.

I'm gonna have to
go to Kerrigan on this.

What the fuck!

Yo! Gus!

Hello, Joe,
what do you know?

What's this?

You got
six or seven
violations here

and I haven't even
been to the basement yet.

Oh, you!

You're gonna
pay some fines, Joe.

Oh, you fuck!

And just yesterday
it was all up to code.

Things fall apart quick,
don't they?

Hi.
Hi.

I'm Nick.
I was, uh...

Yeah, I'll go get her.
She's in the annex.

Thanks.

Yo, Nicky!
You a busboy
here or what?

What are you guys
doin' out?

City shut us down.

What for?

What do you care?
You quit.

Nicky, come over here,
I want to talk to you.

Nicky, the cops come by
just after your old man
left the site.

You in trouble?

I might be.

You need a few bills
to see you through?

No, no, no, no.

They had a real
hard-on for you, Nicky.

If I were you,
I wouldn't go back
to your place for a while.

Take it light.

Thanks.

WYNN: All I see right now
is that you and your people

are selling off my district,
piece by piece.

What brings revenue
to the city,

what brings
life to the city,
is good for everybody.

Right. The
trickle-down theory.

But things only seem
to trickle down so far.

You can't expect
the developer to build
if he can't make a profit.

And you don't expect people
to watch their neighborhood

being plowed under
without lifting a finger.

The development
creates jobs.

With jobs, people
can afford higher rents.

And those jobs
are gonna go to
the people on L Street?

Tell me another one.

(LAUGHS)

I was hoping
that we could cut
some kind of a deal here.

You mean a personal deal?

Well, I hear that you
got your brother-in-law
on Mad Anthony's payroll.

What does that mean?

I understand
what it's like.

New guy on the council.
The last man at the banquet.

People expect you
to deliver.

Okay. I got
housing inspectors,
they got teacher's aides.

You keep
pushing Galaxy Towers
the way it's set up now,

and we'll fight you
on blighting classification
we'll fight you on evictions,

we'll fight you on
construction and demolition,
every little step of the way.

We'll make the L Street
apartments a symbol

for everything that's
fucked up in this city!

They can't be a symbol
if they aren't there.

Sounds like
they got you by
the short one, Joey.

I was wondering,

since your people
have fronted me the
money on this thing...

You want me to get
Baci off your back?

(CHUCKLES) Well,

he's hurting
your investment.

We invested in you, Joe.

This creep, he's using
my family against me.

You think he didn't check
with us before he made a move?

And if I blow my bid
on the apartment building?
If I can't make the payments?

What would
a regular bank do?

You're not a regular bank!
I'm carrying your people
on my payroll.

Look, Joe.
We appreciate that.

We really do.

You'd still get to
put up buildings, you just
wouldn't be your own boss.

Maybe you never were, really.

I borrowed from you
to get something
for myself.

Without Baci,
without my brother.

That's not the way
our society works, Joe.

You got something good,
first everybody on top
of you gets a taste,

then you share what's left
with everybody below you.

We're social animals,
human beings, not dogs.

Come on, Joe.
You'll do what you have to.

And the people who know,
the people that count,
they'll understand, Joe.

And they'll
respect you for it.

Thanks.

Shit!

Les? Preparing a lecture?

Right.

Listen, we heard about
you getting mugged.

I was really sad
to hear that.

LES: Thanks.

And we heard the rest,

the rumor, about
the countercharges.

I wanted to say
that we're really glad
you're gonna fight this out.

Who's "we"?

"We" us.
You know, those of us
who are gay on the faculty,

our friends
in the community.

How could everybody
have heard of it so soon?

Anyhow, we...
I think it's great
that you're taking a stand.

Who says
I'm taking a stand?

I'm not gay, Roger.
We know that.

What if I stonewall,

and the
police and the press and
everybody believe the boys?

What if it
backfires? What...

What if it plays right into
the hands of the racists
and the fag-bashers?

Homophobics.

Sorry. But what
if that happens?

If you just
roll over for them,
they'll never change.

Hi.

Hi.

Oh, um, I heard about Les.

That's so awful.

Yeah.

Take care.

Yeah, you, too.

(SIGHS)

Hi, baby.

Hi. How'd it go today?

Les Pullman was
mugged last night.

I know.

It's gonna get worse, too.

How could it get worse?

The two kids
who beat him up say
he was coming on to them.

Les isn't gay.

How do we know that?

'Cause he isn't.

Levonne Willis
is stirring the pot.

He's worked up a meeting
for tomorrow night at
the Community Center,

and the whole point
is to nail me to
the wall in public.

Don't be paranoid.
Do you know
who those boys are?

I talked to one of them.

Do you think
he was telling the truth?

Levonne is gonna
have me up in front of every
heavy hitter in the community,

the black press, everyone,
and he's gonna ask me
that same question.

Now, how do you think
I'd better answer?

Do you think they were
telling the truth?

Politically speaking,
it doesn't matter!

It matters to me.

ANGELA: You like that.
You like that, don't you?

Yes, you like that.
You like that so much.

I'm 10 years older
than my brother was
when he was killed.

Okay, let's go
for a walk, okay?

He was just a kid.
My big, famous brother.

I've been thinking...
ANGELA: (WHISPERING)
Such a good boy.

...what have
I done with my life
in those last 10 years?

I mean, what have I got
to show for all that time?

What do you think
you should've done?

I don't know.

Have a family?

No. Not a family.

Do somethin' heroic?

Maybe. Not... You know,
not in the Army, though.

What? What is that?
Nothing like that.

What is that?

Somethin' big.
I want to be my own boss.

What, like your father?

No. Not like him.
Not anything like him.

(DOOR OPENING)

So it's you.

Yeah.

I guess
I shouldn't
be surprised.

People do favors for me,
I do favors for them.

You know how it works, Joe.

Why does it
have to be tonight?

Look, the fire is very minor.

We gut two or three floors
on the abandoned side,
other side of the firewall.

After I get
my kid in there,

make a few adjustments to
the sprinkler system,
we get a flood.

Water damage.
Nobody gets hurt,
nobody moves back in either.

I don't like it.

You're not supposed
to like it, Joe.

You're supposed to bend over,
spread your cheeks, take it
like a man.

I'm not too fuckin'
thrilled about it myself.

Don't organize
any block parties
down there tonight.

It's life, Joe.
What are you gonna do?

You don't have to
do this, you know.

I'm not gonna let 'em
run my life.

If I back down now,
they win.

Who's keeping score?

I'll see you in a bit.

I have to be careful
when he's got a cold.

He's always had
a hard time breathing.

Hey, you shaved.

Yeah, there was
a razor in there.

Ooh. I use that
for my legs.

(CHUCKLES)
You're lucky
you got skin left.

Yeah, well,
I haven't been
to my place all day.

You break up
with your girlfriend?

(SCOFFS) I haven't
been with anybody
for a while now.

Why not?

Whenever I need
somebody, it's like, zap,

all the women
in the world disappear.

I swear they smell me comin'
from like a block away and
they hide somewhere.

It's the same with guys
when they find out
I got a kid.

They figure
all I got on my mind

is roping 'em
into getting' married.

Well, what is it
you got on your mind?

Usually somethin' about
how much sleep I can get

and still go to school
and go to work

and do Jesse's
therapy every night.

It's very romantic.

Well, I guess you can
get used to anything.

I don't want to get
used to it. It sucks.

You can't be
a creep, okay?

I mean, you start
any bullshit, I just
don't have the energy.

I'll do my best.

I'm kind of
defensive, huh?

You're like a Surgeon
General's warning
with legs.

Well, I'm sorry.
I mean it though, huh?

Don't worry about it.

(MOANING)

Do you have anything?

Aren't you on anything?

No, I have something.

You got quite
a supply there.

Well, a girl can dream,
can't she?

You want?

Yeah, when we
get to that point.

(JESSE COUGHING
ON BABY MONITOR)

Wait.

What?

(COUGHING CONTINUES)

What is it?

It's all right.

You still up for this?

I could be persuaded.

(MOANING)

(GIGGLING)

Mmm.
Mmm.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

You okay?

Yeah. When I
started to go off,
I caught a cramp in my foot.

A foot cramp!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Mmm. You know what?
What?

It went away though.
Oh, yeah?

Hmm. "Dear Dr. Ruth,
Lately, my wife's been
having orgasms in her toes."

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Come here, my baby.

(MOANS)
"Is this normal?"

Bring me
a towel, baby. Mmm.

Don't stand
in front of the window.

Poor Mrs. Hurley is
gonna have a stroke

if she sees
your pretty behind
moonin' out at her.

(BOTH MOANING)

Did I make you forget?

Forget about what?

All your problems.

Sugar, I forgot my name.

(PANTING)

Joe, how long
have you been here?

(SIGHING)
I don't know.
Uh, not long.

Are you hungry?

Mrs. Ramirez
made a casserole.

No. I'm not hungry.

Joe?

Something the matter?

(SIGHS)
Nicky's in trouble.

He's wanted
for a robbery.

Is he all right?

Uh, I don't know, Pina.

They haven't
found him yet.

He didn't do it.

Yes, he did.

Then I'll get
Bart on the phone...

No, it's gonna take
more than a lawyer.

I've already put
things in motion.

What does that mean?

What did you do?

(PANTING)

Help. Help.
We need help.

We need help
clearing our warehouse
of these fantastic bargains.

We've got great deals.
Psychoses, neuroses,
dementia, amnesia,

schizoid, paranoid,
psychotropic seizure,
hebephrenic, melancholic,

agoraphobic, alcoholic,
manic, manic depressive,

genetically regressive,
rabies, scabies, char-babies.

Help, help.
We need help.

We need help
clearing our warehouse
of these fantastic bargains.

We've got great deals.
Psychoses, neuroses...
(REPEATING)

Maybe we could
plea bargain.

No, we have to have
something that they
want, Bobby.

Besides Nick.

That's out.
That's out.

We're gonna do
time then.

Right.

(ASTEROID
CONTINUES CHATTERING)

(SIGHS)
Maybe this is hell.

No, if this was hell,
my mother would be here,

reading from
USA Today about

which foods are the most
mucus-producing when you
have a cold.

Compared to my house,
this is Disneyland.

Bring on the night,
shut out the light!

Bring on the night,
shut out the light!
(MOUTHING)

Bring on the night,
shut out the light!

Shut out the light!
Shut out the light!

BOBBY: Oh, shit. What'd
he have to do that for?

(SIREN WAILING)

NICK: Damn.

Hey, if you want
to sneak off, you can
go out the front door.

Half the fire engines
in the world are down
on L Street.

I think
it might be one of
my father's buildings.

You father owns a slum?

PADDY: Back it up.
Come on, people.

Come on. Come on,
we don't want
any injuries here.

Come on, back it up.
Let's go. Let's go.

POLICEMAN: Let's get
everyone back here!
Move 'em on back.

JOE: Kevin?

Kevin! You got it
under control?

The floors are startin'
to fall though!

It won't spread next door,
but you got a flood
in this one.

Your water main went
with your sprinkler system.

And, nobody hurt though?

We may
have some people
on the fourth here.

But that side's abandoned!

(MRS. RAMIREZ SCREAMING
IN SPANISH)

KEVIN: Anymore up there?

FIREMAN: Nothin' we could see.
If anything's

on the fourth floor,
it's impossible to
get to 'em.

KEVIN: Where were they?

Down on the floor.

(MRS. RAMIREZ CRYING)

Nick!
Move it back, let's go.

Nick! Nick!
PADDY: Back it up, folks.

FUENTES: Hey,
where you goin'?

PADDY: Yo, folks.

Nick!
Hey, what'd I
tell you? Hey!

Yo, back it up,
let's go!

Hey, Paddy.
Have we still got
a want on that kid?

Isn't that Ramirez?

After the funeral.

All right, come on,
move back. Let's go.

Help! Help!

Help, we need help! Help!

Any messages for me?

We got bargains.
We got deals.

All your electronics needs!

We got deals.
Under one roof.
Under one roof.

Help! Help!
We need help!

Man, who the fuck
are you?

I am the lowest.
Who the fuck are you?

Look... Hey, Levonne!
Levonne, you workin' here?

No, I just came by
to check out the show.

Look, I ain't seen
so much paper in
all my life.

And all of 'em ask
the same damn questions.

You see, it helps them
to stall while they
try to figure out...

Why settle for less
when you can have it all?

Why settle for less
when you can have it all?

Money talks, nobody walks.
Money talks, nobody walks.

Money talks. Money talks,
but nobody walks.

(ASTEROID CONTINUES
CHATTERING)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Hi, Wynn.

Hi. How many
people was it?

Uh, 13 families,
a couple of singles.

Only a few have family
they can stay with.

And how long till
they rehab the side
that didn't burn?

Rinaldi says it's totaled.
He's gonna knock it down
and sell the land.

The development package.

Not very subtle,
are they?

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

I'll see you later, Wynn.

Yeah.

Levonne.

What's this, Wynn?
A photo opportunity?

And what would you be
saying if I didn't come?

(CRYING)

Hi.
Hi.

Whose is this?

It's mine. Would you
hold her for a minute?
Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Felice
had to work today.
Hey, there.

What's your name?

(LAUGHS) She looks
just like you.

Yeah. Maybe.

Look, can I talk
to you for a minute?

I wish
you'd reconsider
this meeting tonight.

Look, if you have to go
and kiss the man's ass,
that's your problem.

That's off the
point, Levonne!

Now this here, this is
what's worth fighting for.

We have to choose
where we make a stand.

What, what do
you mean, "we"?

Okay, it's your ass.
Huh?

They probably started
it themselves.

They had no power
in there.

They used candles
and shit.

They probably knocked
somethin' over.

(SIGHS) Arson.

Huh?

Arson. It was
a torch job. Professional.

How do you know that?

'Cause I lived here
40 years, that's how.

Listen to me,
I want you to be calm
about this, all right?

That guy you went off on
yesterday made the charts.

Nick Rinaldi?

What'd he do?

Robbery suspect.
Suspect, right?

No guns involved.
No priors.

No reason to believe
he's armed or dangerous.

We see him,
you stay in the car,
I make the call, all right?

Right?
Right!

Just let me at him
in the fuckin' car.

You're a mess, kid.

Where you turnin'?

The site up here.
He was workin'
that job.

Ferraro checked it out
yesterday. He quit.

Fuckin' deadbeat.

She takes up with
a fuckin' deadbeat thief!

So what's it
to you anymore?

Hey, Tom, it reflects on me,
all right?

She's my ex-wife,
the mother of my child!

Child?

You never told me
you had a kid.

A boy or girl?

Boy.

How old?

He's two.

Huh! Two-year-old son, huh?

I never knew
you had a kid.

Well, I do.

Hector.

Whatever she wants,
you cut your price
in half.

I'll pay the difference.

And don't let her know.

Hey, Errol!
Hey, Errol!

Morning, fellas!

It was a lot more fun playing
here when they were afraid
of me.

Yeah, I took them to court.

This was restricted?

Yeah, no blacks, no Jews,
no undesirable elements.

I'd hang out
at the 18th green by the
clubhouse and just smile

and make
the old bastards
12-putt the final hole.

Took two years before
anybody said hello.

Must've been tough
to concentrate on
your game.

I never played better.

So you've got yourself
a nice little mess, Wynn.

Makes me glad I'm retired.

Well, you were operating
on a bigger scale.

Scale doesn't matter.

You always try
to gain some ground,

no matter what
the situation is,

you make some
good come out of it.

I don't see how this
is good for anybody.

You think those boys
are lyin', don't you?

Well, it...

You wouldn't
be here otherwise.

I think that it's too big
for them to go back on
their story now.

(LAUGHS)

I didn't use enough club.

I hate it when I do that.
I nibble my way up
to the green.

It's a failure of nerve.

Why I should have
to take a stance
on this at all...

You're not
a policeman.

Right.
Nor a judge.

Right.
Right.

(SIGHS) But the
moment will come

when Levonne Willis will put
it to me in front of the
whole community.

"Do you think
our boys are lying?"

Wedge?

What?

Do you think I could use
a wedge from this far out?

(SIGHS) I don't play.

Tennis? Racquetball?
I don't play anything.

You do have a problem.

You...

You could say
you believe them.

(SCOFFS) If we're
gonna take power,

we have to take
responsibility, too!

You're absolutely
right, Professor.

How are you, darling?

It's good
to see you up
and around again.

You got your color back.
That's marvelous.

Oh, you should've been
there last night, Ernie.

We had a big one.

The equipment
our boys have now.

Not like in your day,
a bucket and a ladder.

How's your fingers, huh?
Make a fist, make a fist.

Beautiful! Beautiful!

Did you come
for the lasagna, Joe,

or is this
official business?

Two people are dead
because of you and me.

They were trespassing.

Those are
the kind of people
accidents happen to.

You suck.

(LAUGHS) Joe,
things change fast,

people get hurt.
I'm sorry about that.

It was an accident.

Now if everybody stands up

like a good soldier,
we can stay on top of it.

Joe, in the next couple
of years,

this town is gonna
be one big yard sale.

And anyone with a half
a brain will make tracks

and let the blacks
and the Spanish duke it
out over whatever's left.

I want you off of my kid.

I'll call Walsh.
We'll take his name
out of the computer.

It never happened.

And the other two?

Anthony is good people.
He'll drop the charges
if I tell him to.

Tell him to.

ALL: Surprise!

Mrs. Donnelly,
90 years old.

Joe, 90 years ago,
the Irish ran this town.

There were
horses shitting
on Jefferson Street.

My grandfather
got here off the boat,

they gave him
a scoop and a shovel.

Now I run the place.

America, huh?

ALL:
* America!

* America!

* God shed his grace on thee

* And crown thy good
with brotherhood

* From sea to shining sea

Let's try it
one more time.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

I'm gonna step out
for a second.

If I'm not back, do
The Star-Spangled
Banner, okay?

I want to be able to
hear your voice, Warren.

Where the hell
have you been?

I've been calling
your apartment.
There were police.

They came here?
Oh, yeah. Big show.

The kids treated
me like a TV star.

I got some problems.

Bein' late with
the rent is having
some problems, Nick.

Cops after you
for robbery is being
seriously fucked up.

Listen...
No, you listen.

You know where
Mom was this morning?

In church,
praying for you.

You turn her into
a religious fanatic,
Nicky, so help me...

Laurie. I need you
to do something for me.

We had a deal.

You remember?

After Tony died?
You and me
against the world.

How come I'm always helping
you out and I never get
anything back?

(SCOFFS) I helped you
with that marriage deal.

You fucked up
my engagement!

He was an asshole!

He was my asshole!

Hey, listen, listen, listen.

I'm gonna turn
myself in, okay?

I just
need to straighten
some things out first.

I think Dad
might be in trouble.

Yeah, one of his
apartment buildings
burned down last night.

People were killed.
Yeah, I'd say he's
got trouble.

I think
it might be worse
than that, all right?

Now... Now call him up,
be nice to him.

You know,
I don't know,
talk or somethin'.

Why can't you do that?
I can't.

Why not?
Oh!

I can't!

(SIGHS)

It doesn't work
that way between us.

Please don't get hurt, Nick.

I was one of
the first black mayors of
a major city in this county.

A lot of media pressure,
millions of people
affected by my decisions.

But there was no way
I could turn my back on
the people who put me in.

So, I brought some
of them along with me.

Some of them messed up.

Well, they're only people.
They're human.

I let it go at first
because I didn't
believe it,

and then because
I didn't want to
believe it,

and finally because
we would lose more ground
by cleaning house in public

than by sweeping it
under the carpet.

It took 12 years for
all that to catch up
to me.

That's a pretty nice run,
the way things go these days.

You decided
not to run again?

There were three
Grand Jury indictments
hanging over my head.

If I'd stood
for another term,

a lot of people
would have gone down

and I would have
gone down with them.

(CHUCKLES) So, I should lie
and hope for 12 good years?

This isn't the
Old Testament, Wynn.

People didn't vote you in
so you can test your
moral fiber.

If you're going to
be a leader, lead.

Take it to the man
every chance you get.

This is
not about a fight
with white people.

It's always
about that, Wynn.

If it isn't, you're
just another ward heeler.

You don't defend anything.

You attack what's wrong.

That's what
a leader is.

I worked
so hard to get
on the damn council,

I never thought about...

You can't know how
you're gonna play
the green

when you're still
back at the tee, Wynn.

You just
figure it out
when you get there.

RIGGS: Hey, Nick?

I figured you
might be here.

This was always your
favorite hiding spot.

What do you want?

To see if
you needed help.

What do you
want to help me for?

Your brother must have
saved my ass a half-dozen
times over there.

And then your father.

When I got back
I was pretty messed up.
This job has been...

Hey, look,
you don't owe me nothin'.

All right.

The offer stands though.

You need money?

A go-between?

I mean, after your friends
thrown you in...

Who said that?

The guard saw me.
What are you talkin' about?

The cop that came
by here just said,

"His pal threw him in."

Carl. Fucking Carl!

What are you
gonna do, Nicky?

I gotta find
something out.

Hey, thanks, man.
I owe you one.

Right.

Fucking kid.

How are your, uh...

How are your
classes this year?

They're fine.

Sometimes I
really miss it.

The classroom,
the faculty politics.

Well, it's all
a bit tame now,
isn't it?

I know why
you're here, Wynn.
Let's get on with it.

I understand
why you want to hold
your ground on this thing.

Oh? Why is that?

Because you're
telling the truth.

But you're not gonna go
to bat for me, are you?

This is not about
what I think is right.

I have to represent
the people in my ward.

If I was black
and they were white,
would that stop you?

Les, there are
two possibilities as
to what's going to happen.

Number one,
if you drop the charges,

a few of the people
at school,

not the ones
that you respect
the most, will whisper.

"Where there's smoke,
there's fire."

That you're gay.
That you must have
made a move on those boys.

Number two,
if you push this thing,

those same
accusations will
come out in the press,

in a court of law,

you're labeled
a homosexual and a racist.

And finally it comes down
to your word against theirs

and it doesn't matter
what the verdict's gonna be

'cause those same people
are gonna still think
that you're guilty.

Now, I can't
stop any of that.

At all.

But if you do
drop the charges,

I will do
everything I can to
make it a clean break.

This stinks.

To high heaven.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)

(SINGING ALONG)
* Balls to the wall

* Balls to the wall

* All or nothing

* Our balls are to the wall

* Balls to the wall

Eh! It's the fugitive.

You got a problem?

Yeah. You.

You fuckin' rolled
over on me.

That's not a very
nice thing to say, Nick.

Now, the way I see it,
you stuck your nose
where it wasn't invited.

Then your two little
friends fucked up

and even the dumbshit
cops in this town

were smart enough
to run you down for it.

Nah. You rolled over on me.

They didn't have to
whack you with
phone books,

they didn't have to
step on your fingers,

they walked in
the fuckin' door and
you were ready to spill!

You rolled over on me,
just like you did on Tony!

Don't talk to me
about that old shit.

Your best fucking friend
and you threw him in.

You think he was
a fuckin' hero,
don't you?

Tony. He was a punk.

Who do you think was
drivin' the fuckin'
car that night?

Who was drivin' shitfaced
and went up on the curb
and hit that woman?

Who ran away, ran his
little All-State ass away

and left me there
with my leg all fucked up

and that woman layin'
on the ground?

That's bullshit.

Ask your daddy, Nick.
Ask him what went down.

And get out of my way.
I'm closin' up.

That fire last night.

What about
the fuckin' fire?

It was you, wasn't it?
You did it.

Like I said before, Nick,

ask your daddy.

You fuckin' liar!

(GRUNTING)

You fuck!

You finished, Nick?

'Cause if you're not,
I'm gonna blow your
fuckin' brains out.

(PEOPLE VOCALIZING)

RIZZO: If ever the laws
of any state are broken,

a duly authorized organization
springs into action.

We may be called
the state police,

the state troopers,
the militia, the rangers,

or the highway patrol.
(LAUGHS)

These are the stories
of the brave men,

whose training,
skill and courage

have preserved and enforced,

have enforced and
preserved our state laws.

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

(PEOPLE APPLAUDING)

Thank you.

Gentlemen, brothers
of the shield,

I salute you

and I bid you farewell.

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

You can't walk, kid.

Eh, who needs a wife when
you got this fuckin' guy
on your case?

10-4, brothers!

MAN: Take care.

I'll see you tomorrow.
RIZZO: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Early!
All right.

O'BRIEN: Hey, Mikey!
RIZZO: Hey.

Jerry! Stand 'em up!
A round of drinks for all
these lousy beatwalkers here!

(ALL CHEERING)

You hit the lottery,
O'Brien?

I'm movin' up
to the DA's office.
Special investigator.

That's great to hear.

All those years
suckin' up to the pols.

I'd hate to think
there's no payoff.

Everybody drinks but him.

I don't see why
I gotta say all
that again.

People have to hear it
with their own ears.

I don't like
sayin' it.

You ain't got nothin'
to be ashamed of,
do you?

Part about him
tryin' to touch me.

Did he touch you?
No.

You know, you can tell me.

It don't
mean a thing
about you if he did.

No.

But he did try to?

No. I mean, yes.

Desmond, what's the one
thing I tell you the most?

The one thing.

(SOFTLY) Be a man.

What?

Be a man!

And how you do that?

Stand up for yourself.

No! You stand up for
what is right.

Baby, I'd dive down
into hell to keep you safe,

but you gotta be
straight with me.

Now I'm gonna ask you
one last time, okay?

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Wynn! Excuse me.

Hi.
Hi.

You talk to him?
Uh-huh.

Did you believe him?

Yes.

What are you gonna do?

LEVONNE: All right, then!
If everybody would please

just grab a chair
and sit down.

We're just waiting on
Jeanette Price and
her son.

We can get
started now.

It's nice to see all of you
concerned people here tonight.

I appreciate your support.

We have a lot to
talk about tonight.

Desmond Price!
Tito Rollins!

Two of our young men
have been accused of
a serious crime.

I've had all
the charges dropped.

Their names
will not appear on
any criminal record.

(CROWD CHEERING)

WYNN: The root of the problem
was another overreaction
by the police force.

At the next
council meeting,

I will present a demand
for a Civilian Review Board

to investigate the
death of Hollis Washington

and several
other incidents
in the past year.

But more importantly,

more importantly,
we had a fire last night.

Thirteen of our families
were left homeless

and resulted in the death
of a young woman and her
three-month-old baby.

(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)

The City's response
to this was pitiful!

Instead of finding
temporary shelters

and rehabilitating
those apartments,

the City is pushing
through a deal

to knock them down
and replace them

with a high-income
condominium and
a shopping mall!

(CROWD EXCLAIMING)

Now when they
needed our rent,

they jammed us in there,
they didn't turn the heat on,

they didn't
collect the garbage,

they didn't provide
street lights

or police protection or
any of the other services

we should have expected
as residents of this city.

But now, now,

now that they can
smell a profit,

they want to burn us
out and plow us under.

(CROWD PROTESTING)

They want
to drive a wedge
through this community,

cut us up to pieces,
until we dry up
and blow away.

See, I know
what they're thinking.
I know what they're thinking.

See, they're thinking
that we are just
a bunch of poor people,

a bunch
of black people
and Hispanic people,

a bunch of people who
just got off the boat

and can't get it
together down here!

People who don't even know
how to work together!

People who don't care,
people who don't count

and people who
don't even vote!

So I'm gonna ask
you right now, are we
gonna prove them right?

ALL: No!

Are we gonna lie down
and take this?

ALL: No!

Are we gonna allow
them to push us around,
shut us down and burn us out?

ALL: No!

Well, you know,

just three blocks
from here, up the hill,

the Mayor and
four councilmen

are attending a dinner to
raise funds for next
November's campaign.

(CROWD MURMURING)

Now, we were not invited.

Now, I think we ought
to go up there

and let the Mayor know
just how left out we feel.
Don't you?

(CROWD CHEERING)

I think we ought to
go up there and
tell the Mayor

that if he don't get
his act together real fast,

then he is the one
who's gonna be left out of
the City Hall next election!

(CROWD CHEERING)

All right, let's do it!

MAN 1: Yes, sir!
MAN 2: Right on!

Is everybody behind me?

They're comin', baby.
All of them.

I hope I've got
the address right.

What are we going to do?

We'll figure that out
when we get there.

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

BACI: I have fought
at the municipal level

to provide corporate
tax incentives

to lure industry
back to our city.

I have fought at the state
and federal levels for funding

to rebuild our roads,
to light our streets,

to keep the police and
firefighting forces
up to strength.

But more importantly,

and this I take
particular pride in,

I have fought against
the environmental alarmists

and the special
interest groups

that would block
important developments
like the Galaxy Tower complex

which promised to
revitalize our economy

and put our city
back on the map.

And I intend to
keep up this fight.

And with your help,

we will once more

be a city with a future,

a city on the move!

Truly, a city of hope!

(PEOPLE APPLAUDING)

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

I've brought some
concerned citizens.

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

They've been lookin'
for you, Mr. Mayor.

WOMAN: Yeah, Mayor!

You got a minute?

(CLANGING)

FRANKLIN: A little help?

Thanks.

You just gettin'
out of work?

Nah. Just goin' in.

It's a tough gig,
the night shift.

Yeah.

Ugh, your hand's
messed up.

My life is messed up.
This is nothin'.

(CHUCKLES) You play?

Nah. I suck.

My brother used
to try to teach me.
He was the real thing.

All-State guard.
Big deal.

Play around here?

Sacred Heart.
Tony Rinaldi.

Oh, snap!
Tony the Tiger! Yeah!

I played against that dude.
Sucker was bad!

Fire up those
Cazzie Russell jumpers,
no arc, bam-bam-bam!

He kill you
with that jump shot.

Where'd he play in college?

Marines got him.

Yeah? He go over?

Uh-huh.

(EXHALES) I did that.

Infantry.

He make it back okay?

Nah.

Nice ball-handler, too.
He was fast for a white guy.

Not fast enough.

Hey, look, I gotta run.

Take it easy, huh?
Yeah, you, too.

Tony the Tiger.

What a waste.

...when you can have it all.
Why settle for less when
you can have it all?

Why settle for less when
you can have it all? Why?

Why settle for less
when you can have it all?

You can have it... Why?

Why? Why settle for less
when you can have it all?

Angela Sabino.
Why settle for less
when you can have it all?

You can have it!
You can have it all!

Yeah, but she might
be out front.

All right, well, just
tell her that I got hung up,
but I'm on my way, all right?

Thanks.

Rinaldi. I got
a want on you, punk.

Yeah, stick it up
your ass.

I'm not playin'
around, asshole!

You don't have your
little cop suit on.
I don't have to...

(GUN FIRING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Freeze! Lay it down, pal!

It's me, you fucks!
Mike Rizzo!

You're lettin' that
cocksucker get away!

It's all right.
He's one of ours.

What's the fireworks for?

I had
a suspect tryin'
to take my head off.

FUENTES: Armed?

He hit me with a
fuckin' garbage pail!

Assault with a deadly
trash receptacle. (CHUCKLES)

Yeah, fuck you.

Come on, let's get him.

It's that punk,
Nick Rinaldi. We're
supposed to pick him up.

They called the dogs off
on that guy, Mike.

What?

He got a clean bill this
afternoon. Where were you?

Hey, that piece of yours,
is it private or on loan
from the job?

It's mine!

You been drinkin', Mike?
What the fuck...

You didn't hit him, did you?
He resisted arrest!

He wasn't wanted.
Did you read him
the book first?

He's a piece of shit!

Did you hit him?
I don't know!

(SIGHS)

I suppose we could say
we were there in time
to see,

and then that
he went after you...

Hey, Paddy,
I'm not goin' for this!

If this happened to you...

Then I'd deserve to get
my ass kicked off the force.

Accidents happen, kid.
We gotta close ranks here.

Well, I'm not
goin' for it, period!

You mean you're
not gonna back me up?

He's my partner.
What am I gonna do,
shoot him?

Paddy, you know me!

You'd better hand
your piece up here, Mike.

Oh, I don't believe this.
I don't believe you
fuckin' guys!

What happens if he dies?
What happens to me?

Mike,

do you believe
in a supreme being?

How'd you find me here?

I saw your address
in the police report.

What do you want?

I want to talk.

Forget it.
Come on, man.

What? You won.

(SCOFFS) Great.
You want to rub it in?

I'm sorry
we fucked you up.

A little late for sorry.

I know you're not a faggot.

(SIGHS)
We've got a long
way to go, don't we?

Look, I got to run.

You mind if I hang
with you a minute?

It's a free country.

Where'd you hear that one?

(LAUGHS)

You're a teacher, huh?
Yeah.

What do you teach?

Urban relations.

Yeah? What's that?

(CLANKING)

Who's that?

Nick?

Are you up there?

Riggs told me
I might find you here.

I needed a place to rest.

I've been worried
about you.

(LAUGHS)

Worried?

Worried about what,
that the cops would
pick me up?

Make you look bad
in the papers?

I don't know.

You rob a place that
belongs to a family friend.

I mean, what is that?

What, you need money?

You need money,
you come to me!

And how do you
make your money?

I don't steal it!

No?

I swore this wasn't
gonna happen to you.

Not after Tony.

I was gonna look after you.

How?

By chasing
me into the Marines,
like you did with him?

They were drunk
and they stole a car!

And they hit somebody
and they left them
in the street!

He wasn't a hero, Nick.

He ran away from it!

And he came to me
and he wanted me
to cover for him!

I took him to the station.

Yeah. Down to all your pals.

Nick, they would've
found out.

They had the woman
in the hospital
with a broken back.

And his pal,
Carl, in the hospital
ready to spill his guts!

I did the best I could.

I got Tony a choice,

the service or jail.

Some fuckin' choice.

You think you get
through this life without
making choices like that?

You told him to go.

(SIGHS)

All my life,

I thought that
I was the one in control.

I made sure I had the juice.

I had all the angles.

Jesus!

I'm not in control of
a damn thing.

Did you come here
to turn me in?

Nobody's after you, Nick.

I took care of that.

How?

I talked to some people and...

You did a favor.

Yeah.

I did a favor.

You had Carl
burn down L Street!

Nicky, they were
comin' after you.

They weren't gonna
give you any choices.

(CRYING) Daddy,

those people,
they burned up in there!

I saw when
they brought 'em out,
a girl and a little baby!

(CRYING) I let 'em do it.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

I let 'em do it!

(GROANS)

Daddy? I'm fucked up
over here.

Nick! You're bleeding!
Daddy.

My life is such
a fuckin' mess.

Hold on. I'll get help.

No, no, no, no, no, no!
No, no!

Stay with me, please?
Stay with me.

Please? Don't leave me
here alone.

Okay. All right.

I'm scared.

All right.
I'm scared.

Oh, God. Nick.

Oh, Jesus! It's bad.

No, no, no!
Wait, wait, wait,
where you goin'?

Where you goin'?

I'm not going anywhere.

Just breathe easy, okay?

Okay.

Take it easy.
Okay.

I'll be right back.
All right.

Stay here.

All right.

Help!

Help! Over here!

Come on,
we need help!

Over here, in the building!

Hey, we need
help over here!

Hey! Hey, you!
You! Help! Up here!

Up here in the building!
We need help!

We need help.
Yeah, help!

Yeah, help!
Over here! Help!

Help! We need
help over here!

Help! Help!
Help!

Over here!
Over here!

In the building!
In the building!

Over here!
Help, help!

Help! Over here!

Over here in the building!
Help! Help! Help,
we need help!

Help! Help!

(HYSTERICALLY)
Help! Help!

Help, we need help
over here, over here!

Over here! Over here,
over here in the building!

Help, we need help!
Help! Help, we need help!

We need help over here!
Help, we need help over here!

Help in the building!
In the building!

In the building!
Help, we need help,
we need help, we need help.

We need help! Help! Help!

Help, we need help!
Help, we need help!

Help, we need help!
Up, up here!

Up! Help! Help.

Help, we need help! Help!

Help, we need help!
Up here in the building!

Help. Help, we need help.

Help, help!

Help, help!

Help, help, help.

Help, help, help.

Help, help, help.

Help!

* I took a walk along the sea

* Lost in thoughts
of you and me

* Just like the moon

* Turning the tide

* I feel a pull

* From so deep inside

* So many questions
haunting us

* So many doubts
attacked our love

* Dangerous thoughts

* Of what could go wrong

* Against the odds,
we must carry on

* We must be strong
and fearless

* We must be fearless

* Oh, counting on
help from above

* Trusting the power of love

* We must be fearless

* Fearless

* Fearless

* For so long I was afraid

* To step from the shadow
of my mistakes

* Your love has given me

* The courage I need

* Together I know

* Nothing can stop you and me

* If we are fearless

* We must be fearless

* Oh, counting on
help from above

* Trusting the power of love

* We must be fearless

* We must be fearless

* We must stand in the light

* Willing to fight

* Whatever may come between us

* And be fearless

* We must be fearless

* Oh, counting on
help from above

* Trusting the power of love

* We must be fearless

* Fearless

* Fearless

* Fearless

* Fearless

* Fearless

* Fearless

* Fearless

* Fearless