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- [Presenter] Tonight on Wiseguy.

- I didn't make love to Vince he made love to me.

- Did sleeping with Vince make the pain go away?

- Yes.

- Well good, then Terranova's served his purpose

you can throw him away now.

- L'état, c'est moi, I am the state.

- Now what are you suggesting Roger

that overthrow some banana republic.

- Wouldn't that be something.

- I'm falling in love with you Vinnie. Love me?

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- What I wouldn't give for the old days.

When I could ask Washington for the moon.

I had more field plants than Castro or missiles

than Khomeini, then your Congress pulled the plug,

I had to look for private sources for my hardware.

The personalities determined delivery dates.

This makes mes sick thebattle of Al Khamira, my men

had rifles but no bullets, they had howitzers but no shells.

3500 of my men were slaughtered like animals.

Their heads hung from the trees like Christmas lanterns.

- War is well ain't it Jose?

- Two months ago our forces were on the offensive.

Cabrillos was that close to asking for a cease fire.

It could have meant an end to all this suffering.

Then your employer started dragging his feet

and now my army is fighting for its very survival.

You said Mel Profitt could get me 500 Exocets.

Without those missiles we can't hold on to our own

territory, I need those missiles Benjamin, where are they?

- They're wrapped up in red tape.

Well you know how it is and we should

be hearing from old Mel anyday now.

Here it's a Monte Cristo number nine.

- A lot of money has gone into your pocket, money that

could have bought morphine and plasma for my men

and you have delivered nothing.

Mel Profitt is very far away. You are not.

- Well I'll get to see how we can cut

through some of that red tape.

- You have 72 hours Benjamin, not a minute more.

- Is it Colombian?

- Sophia buys no other stones Mr. Profitt.

It's always a pleasure to deal with a knowledgeable man.

- Knowledge is the only instrument of production

which isn't subject to diminishing returns.

- Colombian emeralds are the best;

they're the only one's suitable for my sister.

- Ten carats, square cut, reserved

for only the finest, clearest stones.

Often a gem of this brilliance will overpower

the beauty of its wearer, often, but not always.

- I'd like to know the stone more intimately.

- Please.

- The threads of imperfection running through these stones,

the inclusions, they are known as the jardin,

the better the jardin the clearer the stone.

The more perfect the emerald.

- One million for the ring three

and a half for the necklace.

- One million for the ring, two and half for the necklace.

The central stone is too dark.

I can take care of things here, kiddo.

- I'm certain that Countessa DeMarse

could identify that ring.

Then again she's already collected on the insurance.

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Do you mind some company?

- No, no of course not.

- Mel's not well.

- He seemed alright a while ago.

I guess looks can be deceiving.

- You'd think I'd be used to it his depressions.

When he gets this way I feel so alone.

So then I try get of 'em 'cause I'm so bored.

You never bore me Vinnie.

- I think I'll put that on top of my resume, not boring.

- What were you thinking about?

- Ah, I was just thinking about my mother.

I haven't seen her in a long time.

- Well you call her don't you?

- Oh yeah sure I call here but it's not the same;

telephone can't take the place of walking

into a kitchen, smelling home.

- Tell me about her.

- You know she never finished high school

but she's the smartest person I know.

And if wanted to solve all the world's problems all you'd

have to do is sit everybody down in front of her lasagna.

Instant brotherly love, I really miss her.

- Yeah I know the feeling.

- I thought you never knew your mother.

- Doesn't mean I can't miss her or think about how different

my life would have been if she hadn't left us.

Being abandoned by a mother you don't know

for reasons you can't understand, I'm sorry Vinnie.

- No Susan, don't apologize for the way you feel.

- I've been invited to a reception

tonight at the French Consulate,

since Mel is indisposed I thought

you might like to be my escort.

- Yeah, I'd like that a lot.

- It's black tie.

- Oh, well that's gonna be a problem.

You see I had to leave Atlantic City in kind of hurry.

- There's a Masada Tuxedo in your closet, 44 long.

- How'd did you know I'd say yes.

- I didn't, I just hoped.

- So, how'd it go?

- I'm getting ready aren't I?

I told him you were sick, he believed it.

- You know bet you if you looked at Vince in just

the right way you could tell him

I was the Dalai Lama and he'd believe you.

You do have that power over him Susie.

- Mel I don't like what we're doing to him.

- I think it's a terrific idea.

What Vince doesn't know won't hurt us.

Besides he's an employee, he works for us.

Or had you forgotten that?

- How's the food at these bashes?

- That depends how hungry you are.

- I'm starving.

- So am I.

Mel usually works these affairs, shakes the right hands,

whispers in the right ears, I have to do it tonight.

I won't be able to give you the attention we both deserve.

- Ah, we aren't gonna be here all night.

- No but unfortunately the French tend

to throw parties that are more flash than sizzle.

Maybe we can find a way to make our own party?

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Oh I left my glove in the limo.

- Okay I'll get it, I'll meet you inside.

Yo, yo buddy, hold up, wait a minute, alright.

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(people chattering)

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- Bored Vinnie?

- Sorry, I thought I perfected my technique

for the discrete yawn in grammar school.

Always worked on Mrs. Lambracass.

- Darling I' not Mrs. Lambracass and if

I don't my hands on you I'm gonna scream.

Can you meet me upstairs in five minutes?

- What's upstairs?

- A room where we can make our own party, B10.

- Susan?

- (speaks French)

- I don't understand what you're saying.

Oh, now I understand, well let's keep

it friendly it's supposed to be a party.

- I suppose you're the entertainment

or maybe you were looking for the party favors.

Cuiella.

From the Attache Office Vancouver

to Defense Ministry Angola, regarding delivery

of 10 Ecurueil helicopters, terms as discussed.

This cable is the property of French government.

What are you doing with it?

- I don't know.

- You were searching through the files in this room.

- I didn't know this was a file room.

- There are many things you don't know Monseiur.

- Well there's one thing I do know I wanna get out of here.

- One moment I'm Jacques Lizot, Attache in Vancouver.

- We found him here. This was in his pocket.

- This cable is an obvious forgery, the French Government

does not sell military equipment to Angola.

- I told you I'm with Susan Profitt.

- Security's in the process of finding her now.

Mr. Terranova you have have violated

the territorial integrity of the Republic of France.

- I haven't violated anything,

and if the idea of false arrest means anything to you--

- What was this telegram doing in your pocket?

- You got me, it's a new tux, I don't know.

- You expect us to believe that?

- I don't care what you believe.

- What's your interest in Angola.

- I hear they make nice sweaters.

Now if you're gonna hold me here

I've got a right to see a lawyer.

- Oh, it's about time.

- Monsieur Lizot you sent for me.

- Yes and please accept my apologies

for taking you away from the reception.

We think this man is a thief, perhaps even a spy.

He says he came to the reception with you.

That you will vouch for him.

- There must be some mistake I don't know this man at all.

- There's some guy here to post for ya.

- Mel had to move fast to cancel your spy ticket

to the Bastille, number 47, sector number three,

you're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.

- I'm not in the mood man.

- If you're looking for blood, I already gave.

- Where's Sue?

- I don't know she called me from that reception.

- She set me up to get busted.

What the hell is going on here?

- Not here and not from me.

- Look what I found.

- Ah, Vinnie glad to have you back with us

I hope the last few hours weren't too unpleasant.

- No it was a real picnic Mel.

I think on my next vacation I'll

reserve the Presidential suite.

- We understand that you're angry and we're sorry.

- And I'm supposed to wipe the slate clean, huh?

- How 'bout a drink?

- How 'bout an explanation?

- That's fair, Jacques Lizot the man who interrogated you

is sort of a business associate,

except he doesn't know it yet.

Somebody's been selling arms illegally through

the French Consulate and the fact the he raked you over

the coals convinced me it was him.

He can help me get what I want.

It's something that will make me

in the neighborhood of 50 million dollars.

I needed to get his attention you

were you my attention-getter.

- No, no, correction I was your patsy or yours.

If you people wanna play games with each other

that's fine with me but I'm not

gonna jump in the sandbox with ya.

- Oh don't let's pout shall we?

Keeping you in the dark about the document

was our way of protecting you.

Ignorance may not be bliss but it's usually safe.

We thought we'd let your emotions carry you,

from what Sue tells me you were very convincing.

- Oh yeah, well I wasn't the only one.

- Vinnie wait.

- What?

- I need to apologize.

- I heard it once already.

- Vincent believe me--

- Oh, oh, oh, it's Vincent now?

Yeah I like that, that's good,

it does have a more sincere ring to it.

- I didn't wanna use you like that.

- Well so setting me up was Mel's idea?

But what did you add to the mix, a little orphan story,

some heavy breathing in the back of the car?

- The idea of keeping you safe.

I didn't want you to have to lie when you said you didn't

know anything about the cable; I wanted

the needle steady in case they put you in the box.

Let me try to make it up to you.

- How do you plan on doing that?

- Well you didn't have dinner, how 'bout breakfast?

- What's the matter Phil, huh,

you cutting back on the chilies?

- You must have an asbestos-lined stomach to eat that.

- I guess I've built up a tolerance.

You sure I can't get you one?

- No thank you.

- You don't know what you're missing.

Phil makes the best red hots in the world.

- Nah, you've never had a red hot

'til you've had one at Nathan's.

- What's Nathan's?

- Nathan's on Coney Island, it's an American landmark.

Ranks right behind Mt. Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty.

My buddy and me used to hang out there every Saturday night.

Closed the place down.

- What's it like?

- Well in the front they got this counter where they have

the clam chowder and the barbecue ribs.

- No, what's it like to hang out with your friends?

- It's like hanging out with your friends.

I guess you didn't do that much.

- We were always the new kids in school.

By the time we'd get to know anyone

we'd move and be the new kids in school again.

Maybe one day you can take me

to Nathan's and we can hang out.

I've always felt trapped.

Sometimes all I can think of just to run away.

Wouldn't that be great Vinnie?

Just to run away.

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- Monsieur Lizot, I'm Mel Profitt

I believe you my sister last night.

I believe you're acquitted with an employee of mine,

Vince Terranova the young man with the cable

in the pocket of his tux, it appears

that it's time we deal directly with one another.

- What is this?

What do you want from me?

- Your signature on the dotted line of contract

in return for which I'm gonna remunerate you

in the of say one million dollars.

- What kind of a contract?

- 500 Exocet missiles to be delivered within 48 hours.

- Is this some kind of a joke?

The arms sales are handled though

the highest level at the Élysé.

- The one's your government knows about

not the black market ones, facilitated

through the Consulate here in Vancouver, and through

your good graces I hear the Angolans

are quite pleased wit their recent purchase.

- I can't help you know, if you'll excuse me.

- Play time is over.

- This is a copy of the cable that

we found on Mister Terranova, n'est pas?

- She's a beautiful woman Jacques.

Love most be lovelier the second time around.

The choice is simple: either cooperate with us

or we inform Élysé they have a freelancer on their hands.

Do they still use the guillotine?

- I can't talk here.

- Please you must understand I am not who you think I am.

I don't authorize the arms sales.

I'm simply the go-between that's all.

That's as you say the line at the bottom.

- Who do you work for? Who pulls your strings?

All the papers are gonna do it up big, don't you think?

French attache takes kickbacks for arm's sales.

Merchant of death discovered, a diplomatic career

in shambles, your family disgraced, you're gonna take

the fall for this whoever it is, end up in jail

your wife will divorce ya, your kids will forget ya,

and your man that your protecting will keep lining

his pockets, as that as we say is the line as the bottom.

- Pierre Coscare, Deputy Minister.

- Do you have records of your deals?

Do you have tapes of your conversations Jacques?

Do you records?

- I kept them as insurance in case.

- In case the devil came knocking at your door,

we'll I'm here in 3D living color and I want your soul;

it's worth one million dollars and my silence.

Where's Coscare?

- Ottawa, at conference on--

- I want to meet him tonight eight o'clock, there's an alley

that connects Olive and Grange, arrange it would you?

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(phone rings)

- Yeah good afternoon, Sailor Hardware.

- Agent 4587, day code USA

entertainment Luciano, opera, Venice.

- Hey Vinnie T. Are you learning how to play hockey?

- No right now I'm just skating on thin ice.

Listen Frank's gonna hear about it sooner or later

so he might as well hear it from me,

I did some short time last night.

- Alright, give me the details.

- I'll have to get back to ya.

- You been waiting long.

- Nah, a couple of minutes.

- Put those in the trunk.

Thank you.

- So was there a sale or what?

- No, they're presents for you.

- For what?

- Because I felt like it.

If you don't like them I could always--

- No, no they beautiful.

I think you ought to take 'em back.

- If you're worried about not have enough

French-cuffed shirts, there's two dozen in the trunk.

Okay what if I were to tell you

that the presents were an employee bonus?

Would you take then?

- So I'm here as an employee, huh?

You know Susan there's only two reasons for giving somebody

presents, one is you wanna show them how you feel,

the other is because you want something.

- I do want something, to show you how I feel.

- You don't have to do it with cuff links.

- You're right.

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Pull over.

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- Pierre Coscare, graduated of Sorbonne,

youngest man to be given an ambassadorial post,

touted as a future President of the Republic.

A lot of duty-free firepower for Mel Profitt Enterprises.

Pierre Coscare, you're gonna be a wonderful man to own.

- That's if you're interested in just owning one man.

L'etat, c'est moi.

- What?

- L'etat, c'est moi. I am the state.

- If you have a point make it before I lose interest.

- Your yearly income exceeds the gross national product

of half the nations on this globe.

What do you do with it?

Now if you are sovereign nation with a foreign policy

perceived to be friendly to the United States,

you wouldn't be buying guys like Pierre Coscare.

You wouldn't be buying Exocets.

You wouldn't be buying anything,

they would be giving 'em to ya.

- What are you suggesting Roger that

we overthrow some banana republic?

- Wouldn't that be something though?

Wouldn't that be something?

- We can do this again some time, whether it means anything

to you or not, but I'd like for it to mean something.

Turn left at the light.

- The hotel's the other way.

- I know, we have to meet Mel and Roger.

- What do you wanna do?

- I said eight, Sue will be here.

Well there's our boy.

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(gunshot)

(gunshot)

- Let's get the hell out of here.

- There's Profitt, there's rare good

at the railway station, locker 125.

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- What was that meeting with Lizot all about?

- He was supped to introduce us

to his contact, Pierre Coscare.

- Who the hell is he?

- Our French connection to the missiles.

- What missiles?

- We're selling missiles to Paraguay to General Battista.

- You didn't tell me this was about missiles?

- You never asked, did Lizot say anything?

- No, no he was dead when I got there.

- Where are they?

I want my sister and Vinnie here now, okay!

Doesn't anybody where the hell they are?

What's a matter with you, are you deaf?

- Mel I just talked to the Consulate, Coscare came

in this afternoon from Ottawa, he'll be staying

at the Consulate until at least tomorrow.

- Yeah, what about Vinnie and Sue?

- Nobody's seen them.

- You see it had to be Coscare.

Lizot called, he told them about the meet, 'cause Pierre

knew he had one free shot, diplomatic immunity.

What are you here for to cash a check?

Go find Vinnie and Sue!

- Roger.

- Your brother's very worried about you.

Where the hell were you?

You were supposed to be in that alley at eight o'clock.

- I was.

- Well come I didn't see you.

- Because you were to busy running

after Lizot took it in the back that's why.

- Roger, I want you in here now!

- His master's voice.

- Do you have any idea the pressure I'm under.

I've got the oil shipments from the Gulf.

I've got the laundering operation on the East Coast.

I gotta try to stay alive without someone sticking a knife

in my back without having to wonder where you are,

every second of the day, hey Vinnie come in here!

Come on, come on, how much do I pay you?

- A lot.

- Yeah you're damn right a lot, you know how much

a bricklayer makes, or a barber, or the guy

that chops up the little anchovies they put on a pizza,

I pay you ten times that amount, and what do you do,

you disappear with my sister during one

of the most crucial deals of my life!

Now why do I keep you around tell me that?

Why don't I just make you disappear.

Give me one good reason, huh?

- Mel? I kept him away.

- This is not over.

- Mel what do you want us to do;

Coscare's only in town another 12 hours?

- And Lozit is in the morgue and we have got

to find his insurance policy, without Coscare

and 50 million bucks is gonna slip through my fingers.

- It's a big town, you have any

suggestions of where we should look?

- Well outside of this room might be a good start.

Hey guido, try to stay out of his way.

- If Mel had kept talking for another two minutes

I'm might have wound up with Zo slapping me.

- What stopped him?

- Susan.

- Why would she do that?

- You know you better stand under

the ice cold water or reality, you were in jail

two days ago, or have you forgotten?

- Don't play me Frank.

- I didn't bring her name up.

- I slept with her.

- Vince, she's a beautiful woman.

- What do you do Frank?

What do you when you're 3,000 miles

from your wife and the urge hits you?

- I watched Billy Graham and prayed for salvation.

Here it is.

You know the thing that worries me is you're not the kind

of guy that jumps into bed with anything that moves.

You buy the whole package, there's gotta be more to it.

- You speak French?

- Perrier.

- The Lacasse's girl's motive, that means

his signature is all over these things.

Come on let's get out of here.

- Just make it your half-way out of Mel's doghouse.

- I give this fle and it means a missile deal's

gonna though, a lot of people are gonna die.

- Not necessarily I can catch a six A.M. flight

to Washington D.C. while you're showing the file

to Mel I show a copy to the State Department.

You look good with hims the only thing

that gets killed is the deal.

Now what are you gonna do about your other problem?

- I don't know Frank.

- You know I don't what buttons she pushed but she may

be spinning a web you'll never get out of.

- You think she's a black widow?

- Well I hope so, because you won't

think twice about taking her down.

- Good morning.

- Oh hi, where's Mel?

- You look pretty good for somebody who never got to bed.

I'm going to talk to Mel.

I don't want he said to ruin this.

- Guido, buongiorno, you're just in time

to watch me kiss off 50 million bucks.

- You wanna lose those records?

You got 'em, I hope I didn't get in your way.

- This is it, this is what I needed.

How did you get it?

- I got it.

- I asked you a question.

- And I answered it.

- I had a hundred guys out here

turning this city upside down.

- Well Mel you got your guys and I got mine.

Now if you want my guys to give it back that's okay

with me but I figure you've got 50 million reasons

why you don't want to do that.

- Here's the bait let's reel in

the fish, bring him to the boat.

- Nice work Vinnie.

- Thank you.

- So you got your guys, huh?

Who are they? When do I get to meet them?

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That's him.

- Mr. Minister I have a message for you.

- I'm sorry but I'm on my way back to Ottawa.

- From Jacques Lozin.

- S'il vous plait.

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(helicopter whirring)

- Do you want a drink.

- I never drink before five.

- Ah well, it's six P:M in Paris.

You might need that drink.

- Deputy Minister.

- Susan Profitt, my brother Mel.

- I'd thought you'd be taller.

- I'd like you to accept this as a token of my good faith,

that our relationship is going to be long and very fruitful.

- A million dollars.

Deposited in a Swiss escrow account

in your name, it's the same deal I offered Lizot,

one million dollars for your cooperation in helping

to facilitate arms sales to certain qualified buyers.

- Who determines whether a buyer is qualified?

- I do.

- And if I refuse.

- Why discuss unpleasantness when the point is moot?

You've done this many times before.

You and I know it.

- These gentleman produced but a single document

purporting to detail a shipment of Mirage

to a President long since deposed who

school children now pledge allegiance to a foreign flag.

For every bishop you produce to authenticate my signature

I can produce 10 that will say it's a forgery.

- Looked real to me.

- Me too Vince.

- I came here only to satisfy myself that

your information was without value.

Now that I have, we have nothing further to discuss.

- Hey, where ya going, relax.

- Deputy Minister take a look around.

Do you think I paid for this place with stupidity?

We would've had you come all the way down here

on the base of one piece of evidence.

January, 1983, the Republic of Chad.

50 Exocet missiles September 85, Mozambique.

!2 Mirage F1s, June 87, Ecuador.

Argentina 200 Mark Three self propelled howitzers,

July 87, India five Mirage 2000s, 600 Roman anti-aircraft

attachments, every cable containing your signature,

a signature that I might add that even the Pope

himself would find difficult to deny.

There you stand Deputy Minister

amid the refuse of your career.

I expect 500 Exocets to be delivered to General Jose

Bautistta, in Paraguay within the next 24 hours.

- In return you will give me the documents?

- I don't Vinnie, you went to the trouble to find 'em,

do you think we ought to give 'em back.

- Nah, not unless you want to blow the sweetest deal

this side of Crepe Suzette, you see the Exocets

they're just an appetizer, this guy has access

to Mirage 230 Hawk battle tanks, Dauphin choppers.

There's no end to the toys that

this sugar daddy can provide.

- No unless you give me the documents.

You will get nothing from me, nothing.

- Hey, Mel Profitt can pick up a Deputy Minister any place,

he doesn't need you, but you need him.

'Cause if any of this information gets out,

you remember Louis the sixteenth?

- Now which one of us is taller now?

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This is the one place I feel safe.

One room in this battlefield that we call Earth

that God turned his back on long ago.

They don't think I see the daggers pointing

at me from the shadows but I do.

I never saw the dagger in your hand.

- Let me hold you Mel.

- You were with him last night!

Holding him, kissing him, making love to him

I didn't make love to Vince; he made love to me.

You told me yourself, sleep with him if you

have to but don't fall in love him.

- It was reverse psychology.

I never figured it would go that far.

I didn't sleep at all last night, I was overwhelmed

with the thought of you and Vince together.

Laughing at me behind my back.

Criticizing me, exploring each other for the first time.

It was the first time wasn't it?

- Yes.

- Do you know what it feels like to be shut out?

Every pore of my existence feels the absence of you.

- Mel, you're making way too much of this.

- Ya think so. Your heart beats for him.

It used to be I was the only you needed.

- You still are but I'm in pain Mel, I hurt.

And all the money in the world don't make that go away.

- Well did he?

Did sleeping with Vince make the pain go away?

- Yes.

- Well good, Terranova's served his purpose

you can throw him away now.

You can do that can't you?

- Yes.

- I want you to prove it to me.

Let's play a little game.

Let's pretend that this emerald is Vince.

I want you to show me how you're gonna throw him away?

I want you to throw him out to sea.

- Mel this ring is worth over a million dollars.

- It's stolen.

It's used merchandise just like Vince throw it away.

It should be easy, after all Vince means so little to you.

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- Well if it isn't Vince Terranova, boy bloodhound.

I've been in Vancouver on and off for two years,

you've been here two weeks and you come up

with Lizot's documents and I end up sucking wind.

- Do I detect a note of bitterness there Roger?

- I brought you into the organization.

What makes you look good makes me look better.

- Yeah, pour me a cup will ya?

- When I was a kid my folks used to have to drag me

to church every Sunday, kicking and screaming.

They thought I had atheistic tendencies.

What was agoraphobia, fear of being crowded;

when I look back at the competition

I like to see wide open spaces.

- I'm not after your job Roger.

- You keep putting in these long hours.

You keep pulling out white rabbits.

I gotta wonder what for?

- It's just the Catholic version

of the Protestant work ethic.

A man pays me, I do the job.

- You mama taught you good.

What I can't figure out is why you

got guys working for you here, and until

I do I'm going to get very much sleep at night.

Not with one eye open all the time.

- From Fidel's own humidor.

Van Meer, my man in Paraguay sent them.

- Don't you know that Cuban cigars are illegal?

- When was the last time you got

pleasure out of something that was legal?

Besides we're in Canada.

You know Vince, I gotta admit you surprise me.

After that fiasco in Tennessee I was beginning

to wonder if you were a worthwhile investment.

Tell me Vince, what do you think of Roger?

- I mean just between you and me what do you think of him?

- I'm trying not to.

- That could be a mistake.

It's important to think about the competition.

- What are we competing for?

- A bigger seat at the table.

When this missile deal goes through there'll be a nice

of change in it for you, it should last you a while.

My sister gets everything she needs from me.

Good night Vince.

- Good night.

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- I thought you were gonna make it

a habit of not sleeping your bed?

Although I had no intention of letting you sleep.

- Susan, about what happened last night.

- It's still happening.

I'm making love to you every minute.

I'm falling love with you Vinnie.

Love me.

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- You heard from McPike?

- Yeah, Frank's in Washington D.C., he says

the State Department has been very cooperative

and the missile deal's gonna get iced.

- Good.

- Good, why don't you throw caution the wind, sound happy,

we can chalk this one up for the good guys.

- Did Frank say when he'd be back?

- End of the week. Anything I can help you with?

- Off the record?

- You've got it pal.

- I'm scared.

- I don't blame you, Mel Profitt leaves

body face up wherever he goes.

- Nah, I can handle Mel.

- Susan?

- I'm scared of myself.

I'm scared of feeling things for

somebody that I know is wrong.

- I've been there.

- I thought I was the only one.

- That's what everybody thinks.

I kept trying to convince myself of what I was attracted

to in a lady was more what she really was,

then she really was.

- What happened?

- I was wrong.

- And I told Frank I wanted to meet you.

- Hey I know, I'm flattered and listen

I can turn off this machine any time you want.

- Thanks.

- You alright Frank, Mel thinks I'm the second coming

since I delivered those papers.

- There's a downside to it, in finding

those records activated LoCoco's radar.

- Professional jealousy?

- Yeah if I'm lucky but if the situation were reversed

I would do every thing I could

to find out where Roger LoCoco is.

- When are they gonna charge Coscare?

- They're not, he's back in France, it was never filed.

- What are you talking about the whole point

of this was to stop this missile deal and nail Coscare.

- I just got a Telex, Bauttista took delivery

of 500 Exocet missiles.

If I go to Washington and knock on the right doors

I talk the talk, but Profitt's power

extends all the way to the hallowed halls.

Now because I underestimated him, that war is gonna go on.

- Mel Profitt's been living so close to the edge

he doesn't know how close he is.

I think we're gonna have to show him Frank.

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