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[waves crashing]

[upbeat music]

Tab, Tab, why do you always have to be Tab?

Because if you don't finish it, I want to be able to.

[clattering]

[music fades out]

Hey, blondie!

You got the best can I've seen all day!

I'll get your can.

Any time you say, baby, any time.

Be around tomorrow.

[baby crying]

[coughing]

[knocking on window]

Hi Mary, Granny.

Hi.

Got your part here.

The action.

Mmh... Went to the market, mh?

It's too bad I can't stay.

I have to go to the city today.

Going back, and I'm staying with my boyfriend.

You know that, don't you?

Well, listen,

if you have any more jobs like you did last night,

let me know, because I could really use that money.

And it was good.

And...

Could be here on the train in a minute.

There's no problem. You have the number.

Listen, I have a present for you.

I know how you love silk.

And it was just your color.

I've had it for so long. I think it's your turn now.

Hmm. Oh, um...

Can I see you on Thursday?

[chuckles] All right.

And if you decide to get your legs cleaned up,

remember, I can do 650 hairs an hour,

won't take as long as you think.

Mmh.

All right. I'll see you.

[sighs] It's not real silk. Who's she kidding?

[laughing softly]

Did you have a look at those legs?

[laughing]

How much rent did she pay?

$35. Not that it's any of your business.

Where did you send her last night?

Where's the newspaper? I want to see the newspaper.

Don't be so dramatic. You're over-thinking.

You are always over-thinking,

and you're getting lines all over your face from it.

And if you need a newspaper,

go out and buy your own.

And stop bothering your father-in-law

when he's reading his.

[phone ringing]

By the way, your whining is really annoying.

It's not fair to the rest of us.

Just relax. Hello?

[Hazel] Yes, of course I remember.

Have you decided?

Good.

Now let's settle on the price.

That's a low price.

[Hazel] Don't worry.

I probably can find somebody to work that cheap.

No, relax, honey!

People don't know what they don't want

until after they don't have it to worry about.

You'll see.

Hello? Is that you, C.C?

Mrs. Aiken.

I've got a really big, high paying job this week.

[Hazel] $5,000 your share.

Can you do it?

Oh. Do you know anyone who can?

No, you know I only use women, so why mention it?

Well, who is he?

How long ago?

I remember hearing about that.

Okay, I'll see him. Okay.

Give him the address and have him come for a chat.

Well, tell him to come later.

Afternoon.

I've got a lot of appointments this morning.

[Hazel chuckles] Okay. Sorry you're missing out on this one.

[bus humming]

[indistinct chattering]

[bell rings]

Yeah.

Light and sweet.

[pouring coffee]

How much is that?

It's 27 cents.

I want a cone.

Can you pour something into a cone for me?

[bell rings]

[upbeat music]

- [music ends] - [doorbell ringing]

Oh, the lip hurt's the worst.

I'll be right back.

- Uh, Mrs. Aiken? - Yes.

C.C. called you about me.

You're early.

I've got a client here.

Well, don't worry about it.

Why did you bring luggage?

Look, maybe C.C. told you that occasionally

I let a girl stay here while I'm opening the channels

between her and a client.

But that's in very special situations.

This is special.

Well, we've only got one bathroom,

it couldn't hold another person.

Can I just wait in here?

Thanks.

Now you see in a really small house like this,

there's a lot of tension when it gets overcrowded,

even when girls stay here.

Girls are a lot easier than boys.

Yeah, but I haven't got that much stuff.

Yeah,

but you're a big guy. You'll fill up the house.

I've got a husband here and my mother.

She's not well.

She coughs up a lot, and that's a little nerve wracking.

My daughter-in-law has her baby, and it cries nonstop.

I think you'd better stay at a Holiday or Ramada Inn.

Look, if I don't run into something, it's not there.

Anyway, I don't like hotels. They check phone bills.

Look, I've worked before, and I'm 29 now.

I figure at this point it would be nice

if I could earn some more money.

Ooh.

This Italian.

He looks Italian.

- [Carla] Mrs. Aiken! - Definitely.

Hold on, Carla!

Have you ever worked for $5,000?

I've worked for $8,000.

I can't live like crap.

I can never live like crap.

I've got a lot of women coming in here for electrolysis

from morning until evening.

I'm careful how I approach people,

see I mostly approach people in low key.

I'm a background person.

And I've got a lot of antiques around here

that I'm really careful about.

So what's the rent?

$75 a day. American plan.

Fine.

I can understand that. Is that with meals?

No.

- Then with food? - [phone ringing]

Hello?

[Hazel] Oh, yes. Hello, hello.

[Hazel chuckles] It's a coincidence you should call

because I was just interviewing someone just now.

Yes. I think he's what you'd want.

Yes, he.

Well, talk to him yourself.

He came highly recommended to me.

[soft music]

Hello?

[woman] I hope you're going to be at this number

all week,

Are you?

Yeah.

A little upset that you aren't a woman.

[L.T.] What can I say?

I just thought a woman would be more understanding

about what I want.

I... Do we have your number here?

[woman] You don't need it. Give me your name.

Uh, yeah, sure.

L.T.

- [woman] L.T? - L.T.

- Yeah like initials. - [woman] Groovy.

All right, now. Here's the problem.

I don't know precisely when.

All I can say over the phone is that it's for my son.

He's sort of retarded.

What they call autistic, you know?

He comes home on the weekends from a special school.

So I'll call you on Friday to discuss the details.

[woman] Oh, shit.

He's not improving.

But your job will be simple.

It's not one of those horrible situations.

[woman] Cause it's time for it.

Just consider it euthanasia.

You know, a retraction.

As I said, he is autistic.

So I'll call you.

- All right? - Right.

Well, we'll wait for your call.

[Hazel] I don't go for this we business.

Don't involve me in your problems if anything goes wrong.

It's your problem now.

And I don't want to know anything about it

except when it'll be and when I'll get the rent.

Yeah, well, that's the problem.

There's a delay, and I can't do the job right now.

She wants me to stay on call for some time within the next week.

And that would mean a lot of rent, you know.

- Waiting time, I see. - [phone ringing]

Hello?

How much time do you need?

I can give you a half hour.

Fine, Mrs. Volker.

Yes, I...

do beauty work for her, too.

[Hazel] Uh-uh, uh-uh.

God bless you. Aren't you sweet?

Well, I like to help people.

Yes, all right. Fine. Bye, bye.

Uh, what?

Bingo?

No, my husband doesn't let me gamble.

All right, fine.

Bye, bye.

Oh, she's so pushy.

Wants to know your whole life story.

Come on, I'll show you the room.

Won't be long now.

[Hazel] Are you following me?

You're home all day?

I do beauty work here.

You see how sounds carry around here?

[indistinct shouting]

You can hear the neighbors do everything.

So I hope you haven't got a radio or anything in there.

I don't want to get in trouble with them.

I've got another guestroom.

But this is the best one for you.

Cozy.

If you bring any magazines up from the downstairs,

put them back, and don't tear anything out.

How did you pick that up so fast?

Look, I hope you know, no drugs in this house.

This is no place to get sloppy.

[thud]

And you'll pay your rent from your share of the $10,000,

which will be half. Just so you understand that.

That's a hell of a cake you're taking.

I've got a lot of overhead.

[kids shouting]

[small explosions]

[granny coughing]

[coughing continues]

You have a nub?

What?

A nub.

Do you have one?

No. No.

No.

But Mary and the baby, they used to have one all the time.

- And they loved it. - Whatever.

Uh, have you got a quarter?

No. I'm very broke until next week.

Because I must like my little purse.

Hm, you're very tacky.

Have any scotch?

Whatever you see there, that's all we've got.

Some milk, maybe?

No, that's bad for miles.

Are you in good health?

No, not yet.

Caroline's finally losing some weight.

That's great.

Hello, Mrs. Aiken,

this is Sarah Leachman.

I'm the woman that you spoke to last month.

Yeah, I'm married to the guy with only one arm.

Right.

Listen, I need one of those girls.

Yeah, I need it this afternoon.

Oh, great.

Look, we have to set up a time now

because there's no phone at the place.

Okay.

Yeah, that's fine.

Uh, Mrs. Aiken,

The hair of my nose is growing back again.

I know it's not your fault. It's my nose.

I mean, I just thought I'd mention it. God!

the FBI had me on a witness relocation program

till a couple of months ago.

'Cause I know where Harper is.

Yeah, I know where Crater is.

If I eat this now,

where will it be in my digestive system in an hour?

P.G?

How do you know?

Will you do some work? On short notice?

Today.

[Hazel] Well, she wants it today.

Just go and discuss it with her yourself.

The address is 112 Greene Street

between Prince and Spring.

[L.T.] Why do you call somebody up when I'm just

sitting around here all day?

I would have gone in for you.

Okay. I've told the story so many times,

I'm really sick of it.

He was waiting at the subway platform

at six Fairview West Fourth Street,

when an illegal alien from the men's shelter.

The kind of criminal I hate,

the kind that doesn't even belong here,

came up from behind him and shoved him

onto the subway tracks,

when the D train came by, it just cut off his arm,

that ended, among other things,

his employability as a musician.

Well, the police finally caught the guy,

I mean, I'll give them credit for that.

But the courts allowed him plea bargaining

and it reduced the crime down to something like

spitting on the subway tracks.

He was released right away.

I mean, took a whole 12 hours of his heavy schedule

of being an illegal alien.

Now he's working nights on the gas station

on Lafayette and Bleecker.

I know where that is.

And he works until 10:00.

He's alone there after 8:00.

There's an IRT subway stop,

right exactly in front of the place

almost by the pumps.

I want you to wait there and follow him down

into the subway. When you see a train coming

I want you to shove him real hard onto the tracks.

If we're lucky, he'll fall right and be dismembered.

Can you do that?

Sure.

Faccio de facile.

Nice kid.

She's sick. That's good. That's exactly what we need.

Now, look, I'm going to give you this Polaroid.

I want you to take a picture and bring it back to me.

I'll be waiting for you at the Spring Street Bar

between 10:00 and 10:30.

Look, I can't believe you can get this done either.

But as long as you can't, let's just do it.

Yeah.

[plays piano]

You're so fucking passive.

I can't stand watching you sit around here all day

talking to your shrink on the phone

and reading liner notes off of 1965 Dylan album.

I mean, what do you have to talk to him about anyway?

You don't do anything!

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Hi, Mrs. Aiken?

It's Marsha and Glenda.

What?

No, I don't know the address.

And there's no number on the telephone.

Yeah, we're at some schmucks house.

Oh, I'm sorry.

We're going to call the operator and have to trace us.

Glenda, will you shut up while I'm trying to talk on the phone?

Uh-huh.

Does she have anything for us? Uh-huh.

Mmh. Okay.

We'll call her back later and see, we just missed one.

You know, you're wearing my panties.

So what? They're dirty.

What do you mean, so what? They're not dirty.

Oh, shut up.

[whimsical music]

Stop it!

- [music stops] - [train rattling]

[police siren blares]

[upbeat music]

[indistinct]

[thuds]

[grunts]

[whirring]

[bones cracking]

[whirring stops]

[cracking]

[Hazel] Hold still.

And why do we still have all these leaflets here?

You haven't been taking them around.

I told you.

Leave them in supermarkets, laundry mats,

places where women will see them.

Why can't you use your own initiative?

I could take care of that.

Goodbye.

I won't be seeing you tonight, so I'll see you tomorrow.

Well, that looks pretty good.

You've got a long string hanging.

Oh, I'll take care of that later, too.

Off that scummy skirt.

She's really busy that R.C.

That back's not much of a challenge for you.

I wonder if I should charge men more.

I have a lot of women coming in next week,

so I want you to be out of the house more.

[Hazel] You put them off, always hanging around.

Take some of those leaflets stuff on the old TV.

[indistinct chattering in Spanish]

Why don't you take the kitchen TV up to your room?

Check The Late Show.

I need color.

Why aren't you wearing any underwear?

[Hazel] You would think that Mother or Mary

would water this plant once in a while.

I have to do everything myself.

[telenovela continues]

I'm going to have to go into the city tomorrow and

buy me some new needles.

Remind me to give you the money.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

I was thinking of you, Mrs. Aiken,

and I thought I would call you.

How are things in your little menagerie.

You know, you've been straight with me in the past.

But lately, you seem to forget that you have to pay

for my police protection.

I think I'll have something for you soon.

I told you I'd call you as soon as I had something.

Listen, don't get so fat and greedy

that you forget about me.

Well, you don't have to be insulting.

It helps me make my point.

I'll be seeing you very soon.

Remember, I got to make my occasional column.

I figure if you send ten girls out, you can set up the 11th.

[upbeat music]

What about the subway?

So what?

I can't even tell if that's him.

He is. They all want him dead.

I can't even tell what it is.

Both legs.

That's not what I asked for.

Save your strength, I got us all the capital

The money. The money.

Hey, give me my camera.

Che bastarda.

Admit it, Joe, this makes you feel better.

Yeah.

[applause on TV]

[indistinct chattering on TV]

[gasps]

It's a good thing my husband isn't here

to see you walk in like that.

He has no job, so he has lots of time to worry about me.

I'm just checking to make sure you're not into the numbers.

Look around here.

Make sure you're not hiding receipts in the cheese

and stuff like that.

Yeah.

Kathy, take Susie's bag off the table.

She might have had it in a urinal or something.

All right.

We're going. We're going.

God, we can take a message.

What's new, Mrs. Aiken?

Nothing. Dead spell.

Your husband's still driving that truck?

Who are those two girls? Kathy and Susie?

Aren't they adorable?

They're Mary's friends.

They didn't say goodbye to her.

They're upset.

I'm upset, too.

I want to make an arrest soon.

For a felony.

Now, what can you do for me?

Oh, I know. It's your job.

Your husband must be done off-track betting.

Giving the city money to the state again.

[Hazel] Oh, I would imagine.

we'd all be to aqueduct they heard them go to an aqueduct.

[Detective] It must be wonderful to be laid off!

And get paid off every week from the city.

[Mary] Look at Grandma.

[Mary] Look at Grandma.

No, he gets paid biweekly.

You sound bitter.

Maybe you think people still earn their paychecks.

Maybe you think my husband should turn himself in

to the nearest precinct house

because the city payroll made a computer error.

Is there anything else you want to know about our finances?

No.

I want all your books the next time.

How's the hairy legs business doing?

You must be making a lot of money at that, too.

Enough to get by.

Nobody likes hair.

Everybody today wants to be more feminine.

Even some women are getting into that, too.

But I haven't heard from you in a couple of months.

Now, why don't you give me something that will make

my job easier?

Who's this?

Oh, this is my nephew, Detective.

Your nephew?

That's right. Can't you detect the resemblance?

He stopped in New York on his way south.

He'll be with us for a day or two.

When relatives are staying you take it easy,

you don't get much work done, you know?

Oh, look.

He brought me this.

It's a gift from my sister. Isn't it lovely?

Things have been slow,

but they'll pick up when my nephew leaves.

I promise.

Listen, I was at Woolworth's the other day,

and I sat down at the lunch counter, and I asked a girl

I saw the sign for coca bananas, you know,

asked the girl to bring me one and she brought it.

It was a bright green sirup.

I told Marilyn, Look at this hideous éclair.

And the guy next to me, he said, What?

Did you say something?

And I said, I said nothing to you, sir.

Turn around and mind your own business and eat your bun.

He was eating a muffin.

And then I said, Turn around, you fat fuck.

And he lunged at me.

I was screaming, Help! Get him off me.

Get him off me. But nobody helped.

The place was full of fagots, and nobody helped me.

And I couldn't fight.

And I hit the raising machine.

I hit the gumball machine. I hit the peanut machine.

Everything, you know?

And then I got him out the door, and he grabbed me.

- Right here. - What the hell is this?

My sister had quite a time with this one.

When will we see you again?

[upbeat music]

Are you Estelle?

I didn't ask her for two of you!

- We're a sister act. - Don't worry about it.

Big deal.

It's up to you if you're going to split the money.

But I'm telling you right now, I'm only paying

$65, and that's it.

Don't worry about it. It's our problem.

We need carfare. What do you want us to do?

You've got to kill a dog and you've got to kill it viciously.

I mean, it can't be something painless

or ouchless.

One of these?

[scoffs] Of course not.

Why would I want one of my own babies killed?

This is mommy and these are her two babies.

[makes strange sounds]

So what dog?

Uh, it's a dog across the street.

The owner embarrassed me.

I stepped into the bar on the corner.

I know the people. They're Jews, but nice.

And this O'Reilly O'Crapface was there.

And he had a few with him.

I was wearing my short pants,

because I was so damn hot,

and he turned to the drunk sitting next to him.

I can read lips. I saw him say,

I can't wait til summer's over

because O' Bag looks so bad in shorts.

I walked out of there,

and I haven't been comfortable in the neighborhood since.

I mean he could have gone around telling everyone.

I thought about it a lot.

And the only way to deal with him is kill his dog.

I mean, I think it's the only thing he really cares about.

In fact, I know it is.

I'd kill it myself,

but I don't want to get into it. I just want to stay out of it.

He's an ex-cop, and he could get one of his cronies after me.

So I don't want to be waiting around for this.

I want you to get it done by tomorrow.

He takes his dog with him to the bar every night

at around 9:30.

How are we going to know what this guy looks like?

I'm going to show him to you in just a minute.

He'll be out there.

And he'll be wearing the same blue pants

he's been wearing for two years.

I guarantee you he'll be wearing them today.

I'm telling you, people stink.

They all do.

All they do is eat, fuck and watch TV.

I know. The more you smell, the more they stink.

What's that supposed to mean?

Listen, I'm a woman,

and I've learned a hell of a lot from Betty Furness.

I'm getting rid of that guy that barks across the hallway.

He hasn't put his garbage out in that hallway

for two months.

And every time I go out there, I have to hold my nose.

I am a heavy breather, and I can't hold it that long.

I've got a lot of gas in me.

[burping]

My doctor says I'm an air swallower.

What do you mean you're an air swallower?

I don't know. [exhales]

It's very important to fight depression.

[burping]

[farts]

A woman alone like me,

you've got to take a deep, good look at yourself.

You've got to see the countless

millions of cells in your body.

The millions of cells, all in perfect order.

And then you say to yourself,

It's got to be for something.

[farts]

When do we see this guy?

In a second, I'm going to show him to you.

But the spades are the worst.

The other day, I was in the AMP,

and I took the shopping cart from the row, and I...

This spade woman said to me, That's my cart. Give it to me.

I said, What do you mean it's your cart?

There he is.

See those blue pants?

Two years going on three.

So after you do it, be sure you split.

And don't come back.

I pay up front. I always do anyway.

We still get the welfare.

Whim subsidization's what they actually call it.

- [baby coos] - But...

she takes it all because we live downstairs.

What, does Mrs. Aiken does?

A-ha.

She's strong.

She's got a lot of charm.

Ew.

Do you have any kids?

One in Jersey.

How old?

Who knows?

You don't see it?

No. I can't stand the girl.

She's a chronic complainer.

I said, Listen, I'll see the kid

when he can drive over to my house.

I'm not going back there.

I don't want to go through with that shit.

You go to school in New Jersey?

No, I have some people I know there.

My mother lived with me in Jersey for a while.

And then she left me in a room.

[whimsical music]

I gave you a five.

No, lady, you gave me a single.

I know a single when I feel it.

I know a five when I see one.

Well, maybe we should call a cop and have him take a look.

I'll take that change.

Uh... Oh!

John, take a look at this.

I'll take this for the balance of my change.

She gave me that single,

and she said it was a five

and that she was looking right at it.

You can make excuses when it's kids.

- What does she look like? - She looks pretty normal.

- She looks good actually. - Yeah...

Does she have any other jobs?

- Who? - Mrs. Aiken.

Oh.

None that I want to talk about.

It's all right for a man to do those things.

Those phone calls and those mean people,

but... a woman shouldn't be that way.

What way?

Harden.

Mean.

I wonder if she had girls...

I wonder if she had girls doing things for her.

Oh, long,

long before Chris and I came here she was doing it then.

- Wow. - She just wants money for herself.

She was a model in the garment center just twice,

25 years ago. She...

thinks she's a fashion leader.

She thinks she's Princess Grace.

She went to Paris once,

thinks she's been around the world,

thinks she's better than everybody.

Thinks she's better than you and me.

She thinks she's miss Air France.

Hey.

A new guy in this house.

This must be the truck driving partner of your husband.

Is your husband parking outside?

You know, he doesn't want to come in to see her.

You should give her some nice freaky freaky.

she looks so frustrated.

So your husband learned

how to choose a partner, right?

He made one mistake with you and now look at this one.

Oh, Mary.

How can you lose a man so easy?

And your husband can get such a good one?

I have to say, you're not the same style.

If you screw twice a week, you'll be fine.

Oh... You should lose weight

if you want to get a young guy like this.

Really, you should buy yourself a nice

plastic suit to take some pounds off.

So that way you lose weight

and you keep your dirty smell inside.

Come on.

Oh, we are friends, darling.

But look at your hair.

You really look like a witch.

Look at your hair, ah.

Spray it.

- [screams] - [both laughing]

[Hazel] I hear a lot of activity in here.

P.G.

Get out.

- [Mary crying] - [L.T. laughing]

You shouldn't scream, Mary.

You're overreacting.

If I screamed every time I got upset, I'd be in Bellville.

The rent.

You can scream until the cows come home.

and it won't help anything.

[Mary cries]

Not that the cows come home anymore.

[L.T. laughs]

Why don't you take a walk?

I might miss my call.

I'll take a message.

And if that call doesn't come in by tomorrow,

I want to know what's holding it up.

Now, take a stroll.

[L.T.] It's bad air out.

Well, then go upstairs.

You're renting a room, not the whole house.

Don't get testy.

These kind of things happen.

Women can be very cruel

because they say whatever comes into their heads.

But it's very stupid to let it upset you.

She can't even speak English.

We need the income.

I don't see you getting up off your backside to get a job.

You take my own welfare check.

Why don't you stand in front of the supermarket

and resell some of your food stamps?

Get the cash.

Instead of buying all that junk you buy.

[door closes]

Show me what you like.

Why are you in this place?

I've got two apartments in L.A. to stay in, but

I don't like the places, I...

The people like me but I don't like the way they like me.

They're very embarrassing to be near.

I called C.C. to get her opinion

because I...

have a tendency to think about things the wrong way.

So she set me straight on the people, she said,

Man, they're all schmucks anyhow.

How about that one?

Quite always liked this position.

Without demand there's no supply.

But there is demand, and we need the income.

Chris will be coming home soon and he'll work.

We'll have some money.

[Hazel laughs]

Chris will work? [continues laughing]

Oh, Chris doesn't work.

Because my son is temporarily out of order

going on permanently.

[laughs] He drives that truck up from Florida,

comes as far as New Jersey.

Then he turns around and goes right back again.

No he won't be coming here.

[laughs] And he wouldn't call you on a WATS line.

Time for napping.

I don't like this kind of shit.

It helps me get in the mood.

For what? Drug stuff?

Yeah, I'll have her get rid of this hairs

with that machine while you're here.

I like it this way.

Oh! What you're doing? That burns.

Well, this is unexpected. What's the occasion?

There's a naked guy standing in the room upstairs.

Oh, I can't take this life. Look at this crappy makeup.

Look at these glasses.

Who's the guy upstairs?

Be quiet. You're not going up there.

Did you girls do your work already or what?

No, we're doing it tomorrow.

And the money?

The money?

Yes. The money that Estelle gave you.

Estelle has a history of full payment in advance.

So as long as you're here, you might as well give me my fee.

You're too much.

Gee, Hazel, that meatloaf looks good.

Oh, you're going to need about

15 minutes on that jawline huh?

Come on.

What about the pussy area?

That'll have to be extra.

Hazel doesn't do pussies.

You know, I had some trouble with one of my girls recently.

Over money.

Tried to walk out on me.

She won't be working for me again.

[panting]

Is that it?

Usually you get yourself some rubber bands.

How old are you?

29.

You got to watch out for women when they're 29.

'Cause they're beautiful they got a lot to lose.

Where do you get your money?

Oh, I... I work on and off.

And I collect welfare in disability.

[laughs] You got no disability.

I didn't know you can get money for it.

I've dated a lot of prematures.

Emotional disability.

I committed suicide last year.

And the cops found me and they took me to this hospital,

and I was lucky.

There was this welfare person there

and they got me all this money, and now

I've got money for the rest of my life.

To what address did they mail to you the checks?

To my aunt's house in Long Island.

But the checks

come from the south somewhere.

Alabama, I think some state like that.

What do you do in Los Angeles?

Ah.

I went out originally to see this girl.

The one I committed suicide over.

And I killed her.

That was... basically what it amounted to.

As some months go by, she'll die.

I put a curse on her, and her will is not strong enough to survive.

She wasn't so smart for thinking I was so stupid.

You should never underestimate a person with native intelligence.

I tried to go to Angola, I...

I had a guy in Miami who was going to run me to Cuba.

Bye bye, L.T.

It was incredible.

Thank you.

[police siren blaring]

[P.G.] Bye bye, L.T. you're fantastic!

Is she still here?

Oh, God.

This is electrocution.

[soft music playing on TV]

[woman on TV] You can't blame yourself.

There's no way you could have known about his problem.

[Marsha] Mary looks depressed.

[Hazel] Mary's been roughed up.

[Marsha] She should get out more.

Have a good time, forget her troubles.

Look at us, we're always out,

that's why we don't have any problems.

I can't.

I have to take care of the baby.

A movie would cheer you up.

Mrs. Aiken would watch the baby.

Go out, Mary.

[Marsha] Mary, wouldn't you like to go to the movies?

What was the last movie you saw?

The Watergate one.

Oh, my God.

You need something escapist.

Mary, you got to start acting younger.

You're not a bad looking chick.

You have to start dressing better.

You're not showing the best of your abilities.

Do you have cancer?

I'm only kidding.

What do you say?

Go out. Chris won't be calling.

He hasn't called in two months.

Go out and get yourself a boyfriend.

Okay.

See, that's what friends are for, to go out with when you're down.

Now you're sure, Mary? It's a big decision.

Yes.

I want to go out and see some people.

[woman speaks Spanish in movie]

I want to go to the men's room.

[Mary] What for?

What do you think? Maybe I'll find some jerk off.

I want only the blacks.

[laughs] Let's take one home.

Daddy said he'd chop me head off if he saw me with a nigga.

He'll have a heart attack.

Who cares? I wish he would already.

You guys going to talk through the whole movie or what?

Fuck you. Shut up.

Want a punch in the face?

[Marsha] I can't stand staying in that apartment one more night.

That jerk is driving me crazy.

[Glenda] I like him, he's good to me.

I'll be right back. I gotta take a leak.

Hey, bring me back a coke!

Shhh.

Shhh yourself!

- [film projector rattling] - [indistinct chattering in the movie]

[fire crackling]

[Man 1 on movie] Solo un loco.

[Man 2 on movie] Ninguna pista?

[Man 1 on movie] Sí, un cigarrero creo haberlo visto.

Let's get out of here.

Are we going?

[Man 1 on movie] 3 millones 500.

You were right to want to leave.

It was a bad movie.

You were right, Marsha.

I didn't say it was a bad movie.

It was a good movie.

You know, you can't judge a film

just because you don't understand the language, Mary.

[Mary] Yeah, it was interesting.

Jerk.

I remember once I saw this French movie, I didn't understand it,

but I liked it.

Going to California soon?

Yeah, we have to. We're actresses there, I told you that.

I thought you were models.

We model in New York. We act in California.

Aren't you too short?

She... She thinks she knows.

She thinks she knows something.

Don't you know that all the great actresses are short?

They have to be because all the great actors are even shorter.

You know, if it weren't for this one,

we could have picked up ten guys tonight.

Yeah, I think it's because you're older.

You look from another generation.

Look!

Look at this, see how stupid people are?

They're making us rob the car.

[Glenda] I don't want to go anywhere, I want to walk around here.

[Marsha] Shut up!

Get in the car.

[Mary] There's a fire around here.

There's no fire. They're only going to the bathroom on lunch.

Right, Glenda?

[Marsha] Get in the car!

[Glenda] I don't want to!

[Marsha] Glenda, what's wrong with you?

Don't you want to go for a ride?

Get in the car!

[Glenda] Mary, are you coming?

[Mary] Okay, okay!

Like in the back seat?

[engine revving]

Hey, miss, have you got a dollar?

No, I don't.

Do you have a dollar?

Oh.

You do realize that there's going to be an increase in your rent?

You know, I brought that with me.

Who cares? They just flashed them.

[toilet flushes]

[upbeat music]

Marsha, look at this pistol, Marsha.

Stop it, I'm driving.

[fire crackling softly]

You started a fire! Are you crazy?!

You stupid idiot!

You started a fire!

Are you crazy?!

You perv!

- [crashing] - [screaming]

[Marsha] You did it on purpose you stupid bitch!

Oh, shit.

[Glenda] Big deal, we didn't pay for it.

[explosion rumbles]

[Marsha] Now we have to walk home.

Bad movie?

People are so sick.

The more you see them,

the sicker they look.

You could be so nice if you didn't want to be a creep.

I'd like to stay here.

She's so abusive to you and you let her get away with it.

She'd chase you out of the house with a broom if it came to that.

She's sexy. You know what I mean?

I mean some women...

you stand beside them...

you feel hot inside instead of cold, you know what I mean?

Some women have it.

They're not sexy. All you gotta do is see their picture.

[Granny] All it takes is money.

I just can relate to smoking.

That's the only thing that's always there.

[whimpers]

[Reporter] Last night, a theater in Queens

playing a Hispanic movie,

provided the scene for great death and destruction.

At approximately 10:30pm, a fire broke out,

spreading rapidly, blocking off most of the exits.

Only a few people escaped through a side door exit.

Authorities are trying to make some sense out of the 14 bodies

that have been found in the rubble so far.

[Reporter] Today, the cars

in the Deluxe Theater's parking lot are mute testimony

to the deaths of many of those who did not escape

God! What was she doing here?!

What was she... She can't speak Spanish!

What was she doing here?!

Excuse me, Ma'am, I hate to ask you this in this moment, but

could you tell me, were you aware that she came here last night?

I... No! No! I was not aware!

I was not!

Were there possibly any other friends with her,

that you might know of?

That boyfriend she's been running around with!

[Glenda laughs]

[Victim's Mom] What was she doing here anyway?

[Man] She's my niece.

[indistinct]

I hope it was that bitch who told us to shut up.

[theater manager] I just thank God that we were showing a bad movie.

One of those Audie things, you know?

Otherwise, believe me,

a lot more people would have been killed in there.

That's a notarized letter from my father

saying he doesn't want us in the house anymore.

Frank Montemorano?

[chuckles] What does that mean? Mountain of morons?

Chuckle, chuckle. [fake laughing]

Listen, they're gonna try and throw up in your face

that everybody's on welfare

but don't let 'em tell you you can't get it.

[Reporter] This is Miguel Morales at the Deluxe Theater in Queens.

When are you going to do your job for Estelle?

I don't want her calling me up, complaining again tomorrow.

We'll do it tonight. Don't worry.

All right.

Well then I'll call Estelle and tell her

that it'll definitely be done tonight.

You know, she's used me quite a few times,

so you really should have done it for her last night.

Well we were going to do it last night,

but Glenda had to go looking for men.

You know that always comes first with her.

What are you talking about?

You're the one that looks for men.

Glenda, don't go to see your boyfriends tonight.

Do your work.

Oh, this thing is so hot.

I hate what that hairdresser did to my hair.

You know, Mrs. Aiken,

I just don't understand these girls

who drop everything at the sight of a man.

Glen is always looking for a hard on.

I don't like toilet talk in my kitchen.

You girls are colorful.

A lot of girls today are.

But you all have to do your work when you're supposed to.

We'll do it tonight if Glenda can keep her legs closed.

[thuds]

I'm sorry, Hazel.

Okay, Julie.

What do you say?

Time we go have a few with the boys, huh?

Come on, babe.

[Glenda] Get em!

Hey, what are you--

Cough that, bastard.

- [dog growling] - Oh, my arm!

[Marsha] Son of a bitch!

- [grunting] - [dog barks]

Are you crazy?

Get the dog!

- Don't touch that dog! - Get the dog!

Let go of my dog!

[dog crying]

Give him a kick in his head!

Let's get out of here.

Oh, my God. Somebody help me!

Help!

Help!

- [dog cries] - Julie!

Oh, my God. What did they do to you? Julie!

[soft piano playing]

[reporter] 13 killings in one day...

[L.T. chuckles]

13. 13. They had to be a genius to figure that out.

[chuckles] What a comedy.

[reporter] Eight of the dead were shot to death.

One was bludgeoned, one was strangled, and

three were stabbings.

Hi.

Where's Mrs. Aiken?

[reporter] They made a public apology after a wave of protests...

[whistles] Mrs. Aiken, I'm here.

[reporter] Following a courtroom eulogy by the Justice

for a 13 year old youth shot by police.

Witnesses testified the use of a pistol

whipped a 90 year old Bronx man

and a turned on police with the gun.

An eight year old girl was found in critical condition last night

in a room with the bodies of her five year old brother and her mother.

Susan Jeffries has been shot two days ago by her mother,

who then shot Susan's brother

and then turned the gun on herself.

[phone ringing]

[reporter] ...they could all be in heaven with God.

Hello?

Yes. How much time do you need?

That's okay.

Right. Bye bye.

[reporter] ...just minutes before the police arrived with his roommate

of 23 years.

[L.T. laughs]

A faggot jumper.

[reporter] And here's a report on a recent finding by a group of physicians.

These doctors remind us that there is no conclusive evidence

that X-rays promote breast cancer,

but they recommend eliminating it as a routine check because

the small amount of radiation in the X-ray itself might do the harm.

And they point out that even if the danger is very small,

it's probably still more dangerous than no X-ray at all.

This is Russell Joyner. That was today.

You have a good tomorrow.

[soft music]

L.T? Telephone!

- [glass crunching] - [gasps]

I'm sorry. I meant to sweep that up earlier,

but I forgot.

[panting]

- [grunts] - Did you get punctured?

Did I get punctured?

Yeah, here is leaking out of my foot.

Well, answer the phone.

Hello?

It's the dial tone, they hung up.

[Hazel] See what happens when fools rush in?

Was it my job?

No. I didn't recognize the voice.

Who else knows you're here?

You shouldn't tell people.

Give me the key. C.C. knows I'm here.

Wasn't her.

Give me the key!

And you're not using up my message units to find out.

Go out and phone from a booth for your love life.

This is a business phone.

Goddamn, are you real?

You're so nasty.

Watch out for infection.

Take your fingers and squeeze some blood out.

Thanks, Mom.

[Hazel] Milk the wound.

Go up to your room and relax.

And watch it on my stairs.

No blood.

[R.C.] Hi, Mr. Aiken.

- [knocking on door] - [smooth music]

Hello.

My, don't you look elegant?

I hope you're not saving the last dance for me.

As a matter of fact, I am.

I'm feeling very funky tonight.

I can imagine.

You know, Ingrid?

Some day you're going to wake up

and actually get dressed.

Taking a shower tonight or

just during one of your touch ups?

I'm going to do my favorite.

The Howard Hughes sponge bath.

[TV host] To which one of these men, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet...

- You take a double? - [TV host] You look happy, Mary.

Sure.

[indistinct chattering on TV]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Yes, hold on.

S.F.

[baby crying]

Hello?

Oh, okay. I'll be right over.

Just give me a half an hour.

She gave me the address.

What was that squalling?

I'll be back later.

Why don't you go find Mary and see if she can play?

The air quality is satisfactory today.

When it's fabulous I'll go out.

I don't want to miss the one O'clock movie.

[baby wailing]

Oh, there's babies crying everywhere.

I mean, you could go mad.

Sometimes it's one of those Siamese cats.

[crying]

Well look, the girl's already on her way over right now.

God damn it.

It's my baby.

I'm the mother. Somebody else has to do it.

[Man] Listen if you don't take care of that kid by tonight we'll be done.

I'm not paying for somebody else to do it.

- I told you that. - You told me to.

I told you to don't waste my money.

You told me. You told me. I'm not stupid.

I know what you told me.

She's already on the way.

[man on the phone] Just do it yourself! Now!

Oh God, I think it knows!

- Do it! - Alright. Alright!

[continues crying]

- [blood splashes] - [woman screams]

[woman continues screaming]

Get the dog out of there.

[woman whimpers]

That's what I'm going to do to you

if you don't shut up.

Well, if you don't come by the time the police come,

I'm going to throw all your crap out the window too.

You can't do that.

I give up.

Trying to play with you is just too dreary.

You can't play either.

[Hazel] You back already?

Must have been a real quickie, huh?

A real shorty?

[exhales]

She wanted me to get rid of her baby.

And then to save the money, she took it out the window herself.

The bitch.

Oh, no, no, no!

I can't stand it anymore!

Don't cry, Mary.

I'll get another job tomorrow.

[Mary cries]

I didn't really want this bathing suit.

Why don't you wear it someplace snappy like Reese Park?

I don't want stolen property in this house.

[Mary] I can't stand it! I cant!

Oh! These people are driving me crazy!

God damn you.

Watch it. That's not a very respectful tone

for your husband's mother, is it?

I don't care! What kind of grandmother are you?

Having baby killers in the house with a baby!

She'd kill any baby!

She would not.

She only does what she's paid to do.

You wouldn't pay her so she wouldn't do it.

You're crazy.

You're really not all there.

I want them out. They're ugly.

I want him out, too.

He's got a gun on his foot.

It's safer that way.

What if somebody broke in?

L.T. will be leaving soon.

And anyway, I thought you liked him.

I pay my rent.

Don't I have any right?

Look, you rent the basement.

So why don't you get your money's worth

and roam around down there.

Bolt the door after you.

I get lonesome.

How can you get lonesome with that rug rat

hanging on you every second?

[whimpers] You won't even look at it!

[phone ringing]

Hello?

[Mary cries]

I'll go get him. Hold on.

L.T? Telephone!

What the hell are you doing in the basement?

Research.

- It's Mrs. Joyner. - Uh.

Hello?

Oh, yeah, where?

Uh, okay.

Is that right off Hillside Avenue though?

[chuckles] That's some neighborhood.

Okay.

All set?

Yeah, just about.

Well, are you going to do it tonight or just discuss it?

Why?

Make sure you get paid in cash, that's all.

How did you set that up?

She's going to leave an envelope in the kid's room.

I'm glad to see you're on your way.

When your ship comes in, I'm waiting at the pier.

Don't fall off.

You know, Russell is such a pussy.

I have to do everything myself.

I know I shouldn't tell you what's going to be happening, Karla,

and have you be thinking about it.

But I have to be open. You know how I am.

I know I can understand. With so many things on your mind.

I had to get that woman's number from you.

So you might as well know why.

I mean, I know I made a choice when I got married,

but that was before I knew what I wanted.

I never expected to get this involved and depressed.

The worst of it is being saddled with an autistic child like mine.

Sometimes all I can think about is that abortion I had senior year.

You were great to help me with it.

But, god, that baby was probably normal.

Look what I ended up with.

Not that you'd even want a normal one at this point anyway.

It'll be so much better after it's over,

because I know it's for the best.

It's not like the boy's even happy.

It's just so depressing when he comes home on weekends.

Maybe Russell will even stop drinking after it's over.

Not that every other newsman down there is not drunk anyway.

- [friend laughs] - He'll probably miss the excuse.

[gasps]

I like to show my authority once in a while,

because sometimes you don't seem to remember.

I can't stay.

Although I know you wouldn't mind.

You know, the more I see of you,

the more I think we ought to get together sometime.

Let's have lunch.

Yeah, let's have lunch. And then after lunch let's get together.

I do more than police work, you know.

You know, the more I see of you,

the more I think of it this way.

If you don't want to see me

the way I know you don't want to see me,

then you'd better fix me with a collar real soon.

Maybe even your nephew.

Do you understand me?

Not really.

What does my nephew have to do with our arrangements?

I don't know.

But I'm really disappointed that you're not telling me.

You know I don't use men.

When I have something with one of my girls I'll phone you

I promise.

Things will pick up after my nephew leaves.

That's fine.

As long as those things don't pick up

before your nephew leaves.

So? What's your job tonight?

I have to do a retraction on this woman's kid.

What do you mean?

He's autistic and she doesn't want a queer kid.

She's embarrassed

Can you blame her?

You mean... kill it?

Yeah.

[Mary sings Old MacDonald Had A Farm softly]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

- [gasps] - [thuds]

Mom, can you keep your eye on the baby?!

I have to run over to Diane's!

She just called and asked me if I could watch her kids

for a couple of hours.

[Granny] Oh, all right.

She has to go pick up her husband or something!

Can't find anybody to watch them.

- [Granny] All right! - Thanks!

I'll be back!

[car honks]

[baby crying]

[birds chirping]

No way!

[indistinct]

Excuse me.

- Are you Mr. Joyner? - What?

I have something to tell you if you are.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm Mr. Joyner.

- I tried to call you before. - Oh, yeah?

I couldn't talk, so I came over.

- Yeah? - Listen.

Someone's after your baby.

Some insane person that your wife spoke to.

Oh, Come on. That's... The whole thing is crazy.

No!

I'm not! It's true! I know about it.

I know about it too, Miss.

Do you want to know something?

You got too much anxiety.

How can you go to work?!

I'll be back. I'll be back. I promise you,

I'll be back.

[smooth music]

- [body thuds] - Oh shit.

[silence]

[plastic bag rustles]

[thud]

Do it yourself!

Shit! God damn it.

He's all right.

Great.

I'll call the police.

Nobody cares. He'll go away.

[smooth music]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

You moron!

You sleazy bitch!

That dog's supposed to be dead!

- [Hazel] Estelle... - You lousy bitch.

I paid you good money to have that done.

And that goddamn dog's still walking around!

- Estelle. - [Estelle] God damn you!

You need treatment.

I can't help you any further.

- Hey, what the hell is this? - You fucking Irish rat!

- Cocksucker you! - [dog barks]

- [indistinct] - What are you crazy or something?

- God damn you! - Get the fuck off me!

You fucking captor!

You fat cunt, I'll knock you on your rags!

You dirty old shithead!

You found your welfare recipient!

I'd like to strike your balls and make pizza out of them!

You fucking Irish fucking sick.

This neighborhood's got the crazy all together!

[soft music]

Hey.

Where's the money?

How well do you know that lady?

- Mrs. Joyner? - Yeah.

Well, some people you know better than others.

Where's the envelope?

Because there's a dead person in her house.

Yeah, I hope so. Where's the envelope?

The envelope had an IOU in it for Monday.

She couldn't make it to the bank.

I'm going to meet her, and I'll pick it up.

What's she trying to pull?

I'll stay here till Monday, and then I'll meet her,

and I'll take care of it.

And you think it's safe for you to stay here until then?

- It's very safe. - Oh, if she thinks...

[phone ringing]

Where's the IOU? Oh.

Hello.

Oh, God. I just don't have time for you now.

I really think by now you must have something

you want me to know.

Go see Estelle. She's going crazy to kill some dog.

Don't tell me anything like that.

I don't want a dogicide, I want a homicide!

I don't want crazy. I want premeditated!

Well, then you're just too picky.

What?! What?!

[clattering]

What do you mean not paying me with all the money you've got?

I see your husband making more than $3 a word every night on the news.

And you've got the gall to give me an IOU

when you've had since Monday to get the cash?!

What?!

Oh, God!

Look, I'm 29 now. I'm the same weight.

I'm the same look and at this point, it would be nice if I earn some money,

But even from a basic level, I just don't think I'm a money person.

I mean, that's what I figure it resolves to me, you know?

What do I care about your basic level?!

I am a money person, and you owe me money!

Well, I'm not, so I can't pay you!

The money people are just going to have to pay each other

because they got all the money!

You creep. You're really sensitive, aren't you?

Well, I can't afford the luxury to be sensitive

because I have to do everything myself!

Well, then do it all!

Go find some psychiatrist!

Find some old hobo on the street

who wants to listen to your problems!

Go cry to them all you want, I got sob stories!

At least I pay my own way!

What do you think you're doing?!

Where's that address book?

You'll get out of my house and go get yourself a search warrant!

A warrant?!

I don't need a warrant!

I have a warrant in my mind for women like you!

You ought to be out on 57th street selling your pussy

in front of a delicatessen!

That would be big time for dried up

piece of stale white bread like you.

I want to take my knife and scrape some crumbs off you

and see if you're stale inside too.

You get out of my house, you stupid nigger!

What'd you call me?

[gasps]

[whimpering]

- [burbling] - [gurgling]

[panting softly]

[baby thuds]

[baby cries]

Who did that?

I don't know.

But if you find out, you call me.

You know my name, don't you?

No.

I'm listed.

[soft pensive music]

Looks aren't everything.

- [blasts] - [gasps]

- Oh. - [firecrackers popping]

[kids shouting in distance]

[upbeat music]