"Come on." "Everybody up." "Up, up, up." "Come on." "Time for breakfast." "Come on, honey." "Get up." "Good morning, Lila." "Come on, sweetie." " Eggs?" " Yuck." "You're very welcome." "Get yourself some orange juice and pour 2 glasses for your sisters." "I don't want orange juice." " Me, neither." " I do." "Mary rose, don't forget you got band practice after school today." "I hate band." "Too bad." "You signed up for it." "You got your lunches?" "Mary Rose?" "Yes." "Lila?" "Noni?" "Lunch?" "Yes." " Come on." " Love you." "Yeah, I love you, too." "Ok?" "We're late." "No breakfast?" "No time." "Love you." "Me, too." "Cross your fingers." "Fingers crossed." "Sorry I'm late." "No problem." "Now, I know you guys are lookin' at properties in Lowell and Boston," "But we got pretty much everything you'd want for quality loft residences right here." "We got exposed brick walls, large windows, high ceilings." "Now, there are presently 8 artists working in the mill, but other than that, the building is completely unoccupied." "So, what are you doing selling real estate?" "Making a living." "The statehouse job, it's only part-time." "How much do you make as a representative?" "If you don't mind my asking." "A rep makes 12,000." "Speaker makes double." "Nobody's getting rich doing the people's business, are they?" "How the hell you guys make ends meet?" "I develop real estate and with the financial backing of men like yourselves." "Assuming the numbers work for us." "Didn't know the numbers were a problem." "We might need a little legislative assistance." "What the hell's the difference between responsibility and duty?" "You taking drugs again?" "This guy in A.A. Last night." "He says," ""Duty is a poor man's responsibility."" "What the fuck is he talkin' about?" "What's he do, this guy?" "Do?" "I don't fuckin' know." "I" "I think he's a lawyer or somethin'." "Lawyer." "All right, what he means is this" "Duty is what poor slobs like you do to help rich assholes like him fulfill his responsibilities." "He's callin' me a slob?" "Why don't you kick the shit out of him next time?" "Motherfucker." "And what are we lookin' at?" "Our future." "It's isolated." "It's on a corner." "Doors front and back that work for the bookie trail." "It's not for sale, though." "You never know." "I got the luck of the irish." "What the hell we need headquarters for?" "Really." "Make plans." "Launch operations." "Plans?" "What kind of plans?" "Strategic plans." "Think of it this way" "We'll be runnin' a military campaign." "Yeah, but Freddi's already got a headquarters." "The green bar." "Talkin' about divisional headquarters." "Meade had divisional headquarters at Gettysburg, right?" "Our own headquarters." "Exactly." ""Mr. And Mrs. Bradford Dinkleschpiel?"" ""Ms. Hermione Gaston."" "Yeah." "Overweight, single," "Early 50s," "And she watches way too much daytime tv." "Hey, gotta pee." "And she always gives me the same bottle of cheap wine for christmas," "Even though I told her I don't even drink." ""Gaston." Sounds like one of the three musketeers." "D'artagnan and gaston." "I think gaston is one of the three musketeers." "Is he?" "What?" "Hey, should we roll another one of these?" "You've got the stamina of a deadhead." "Battery recharged?" "You're a deadhead marathon runner." "Well, well, well." "Eileen?" "Representative, know what I was thinking?" "No, Tommy." "What were you thinking?" "I was thinking, you and I, we should write a bill together." "A bill." "A bill mandating tax breaks for out-of-state commercial developers" "For the purpose of luring high-end firms who want to turn our empty factories into condos." "Sounds to me like you got somebody to bite on the old harris mill building." "Well, all those boston yuppies who can't afford anything nice in Boston, they still need a place to live," "Providence being 30 minutes away." "We'll improve our tax space, which will improve the schools, not to mention increase trade of restaurants, coffee shops, hair salons, boutiques" "You know, it sounds great, Tommy." "I'd be honored to sponsor a bill with you." "So have your people draw up a draft of the text and send it over to me." "Ok?" "What, that easy?" "Look, I appreciate you not saying anything, ok?" "But I want to clear the air." "The speaker." "He came to my house." "He woke up my kids." "This wasn't a request." "It was an order." "What are you talkin' about?" "You don't know?" "What?" "Ah, shit." "The highway spur." "It's back through the hill." " No, no, no." " Tommy." "No." "We had a deal." " Push your subsidy through committee." " Tell him that." "He's a force of nature." "You know that." "Eileen, good to see you." "Dr. Murphy." "How's the distinguished representative?" "Distinguished." "Kids?" "Whatever the opposite of distinguished is." "Midget sadists." "Eileen, we need to talk about your last pap smear." "It came back with a small irregularity." "You mean cancer?" "No, no, no." "We've ruled out cancer." "Then what?" "Well, it could be related to any recent sexual activity or perhaps even just the use of vaginal preparations." "Sexual activity." "Yeah." "There's a possibility it could be caused by a sexually transmitted disease." "Say herpes or trichomonas." "Or aids?" "Well, not likely in your case, right?" "But I would like to run a couple of tests, merely as a precaution." "Ok?" "I'll give you $200,000 of my bogus money." "You can launder it through your street trade." "Whatever." "That's 200,000 free and clear." "Your hundreds are good, but your fifties are shit." "You still got a good eye." "That's why I'll only give you the hundreds." "And in return?" "I want the rest of paddy's turf." "Fuck that." "Paddy's turf is mine." "Who's a better businessman?" "Me or Moe?" "You've seen what I've done" "With the chop shop and the bookie trail." "Your take is way up." "I'll do the same with the rest of paddy's territory." "I'll make you rich." "Moe will give you a fuckin' headache." "Fuck you." "200,000." "Hey, Freddi" "Shut the fuck up." "300,000." "And give you the rest of paddy's territories, includin' the bookie trail." "The chop shop?" "That goes back to Moe." "Done." "This is fucking bullshit, Freddi." "Fuck you." "Freddi..." "I want my own place." "It's the divisional headquarters, Freddi." "You know?" "Like a strategic thing." "That's all." "Let's be real clear about this." "You work for me, and I want you around here so I keep an eye on you." "Everything ok?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I'm fine." "Ok." " What are you doin' here?" " I gotta take a test." "A test?" "They're tellin' me" "I've been having fibroids, and the drugs that are supposed to work aren't." "So if things aren't better by today, they're gonna want me" "Hysterectomy." "You want me to stay?" "No." "No." "Thanks." "I'll go in with you." "Eileen, really, I don't need any help." "I got nothin' better to do." "Believe me." "Jimmy's startin' to look at me like, somethin' that doesn't work, you know?" "A broken stove or a rusted-out car." "Maybe the test will turn out ok." "Maybe." "Can you adopt?" "It's not the same." "Jimmy says he wants progeny." "I'm sorry, Mary Kate." "I really am." "I understand how you're feelin'," "But you've got to stop worrying about" "Understand how I feel?" "How could you possibly understand how I feel?" "You have 3 kids." "You have 3 beautiful, healthy kids." "Real kids." "Your kids." "Don't tell me you understand how I feel." "You have no idea how I feel." "Well, too bad about the headquarters?" "I was kinda lookin' forward to it, you know?" "I thought maybe we could get our own coffee machine in there." "Maybe one of those espresso things." "Yeah." "We still can." "Yeah, you heard him." "What about Freddi?" " What about him?" " Hey, Robin Hood." "What the fuck is that?" "Some kind of sicko?" "Some kind of mental case?" "What do you want from me?" "Nothin'." "That ear your way of sayin' you like me?" "You returning' my gift?" "You know, you could really use some professional help." "So, how come you kept the earrings?" "A girl's gotta dress up every once in a while." "Mr. Speaker." "Hey." "Will I be seeing you at the festival of the holy ghost?" "Wouldn't miss it for the world." "There's the spirit." "It's important that our portuguese brothers feel appreciated." "It's not easy comin' from a second-rate Spain which, in my humble opinion, is what Portugal is." "But then again I think Spain is fifth-rate to our native Ireland," "So what do I know?" "Mr. Speaker, we had a deal on the highway spur, and it wasn't gonna come through the hill." "We shook hands." "Ah, I hate goin' back on a handshake." "I truly do." "So don't." "You know, in some beleaguered cultures, all power emanates from a single, almost invisible person who, in fact, wields all the real power in the kingdom." "Only a few people know who he is." "Fewer yet have actually met him." "But everything passes through his purview, and I mean everything." "You mean judd Fitzgerald?" "That's right." "Judd Fitzgerald." "He asked me to have a cup of coffee." "Everyone has their breaking' point, Tommy." "You jacking' up the price of bourbon again?" "We charge exactly what we've always charged, Murielle." "I don't understand how a woman on a fixed income is supposed to survive these days." "I really don't." "Don't worry, Mrs. Carrie." "Your money's no good here anyway." "I heard you was back, Michael." "Go on, now." "I'm serious." "Deena won't be chargin' you." "It's part of a new, senior citizen policy." "Don't go takin' advantage, though." "One visit a week, right?" "God bless you, Michael Caffee." "Pete, show Mrs. Carrie downstairs." "You gonna be payin' her bills then?" "Slow Charlie." "How you doin'?" "I'm fine." "Thank you." "What do you want, Michael?" "You remember Petey, right?" "Hey, it's slow Charlie." "Old people like Murielle can't drive to a supermarket, Deena." "They gotta shop here, and you overcharge 'em." "You're a disgrace to the memory of your father." "Everyone on the hill wants you out." "So do i." "I have a solution to your dilemma." "Yeah, well, I'm not interested." "Close the door on your way out." "Here's what I'm gonna do." "I'm gonna buy your store, and I'm gonna pay you $57,000." "Place is worth twice that." "There you go-- Overchargin' again." "Hey, slow Charlie." "You ever hear of russian roulette?" "You just point the gun at your head and shoot." "That's it." "Go ahead." "See, I think 57,000 is a very fair price," "Don't you, pete?" "Very fair." "Go ahead." "Put it to your head." "Charlie." "Charlie." "Charlie, give me the gun." "Charlie, give me the gun." "I don't know." "Put it to your head." "Hey, Charlie." "Give me the gun." "Charlie, give me the gun." "Yeah." "Go on, Charlie." "It's a good game." "Charlie, give me the gun." "Knock it off, Michael!" "Do we have a deal?" "Fuck you!" "Charlie." "Hey, Charlie." "Give me the gun." "Give me the gun," "Charlie." "Pull the trigger." "Charlie, give me the gun." "Give me the gun." "Fuck!" "So?" "Do we have a deal?" "Fuck you!" "Charlie, give me the gun." "Do it again." "No!" "Yeah!" "You fuckin' sick bastard!" "Did I win?" "Yeah, you won." "May I help you?" "Tom Caffee." "I called earlier." "Yes." "I'm so sorry." "Mr. Fitzgerald had to go to the governor's office." "They're going over the contracts for the new art center." "I had an appointment." "Mr. Fitzgerald asked if next week would work for you?" "No, it won't." "I'll wait." "I'm afraid he may not be back for quite some time." "I got nothin' but time." "The air conditioner's broken." " I'm not lying." " Don't you fucking lie to me." "I'm not lying to you!" "Open the fucking door!" "There you are, you maggot cocksucker!" "Let go of me!" "Goddamn it, I pay your fuckin' salary!" "Alex, let her go." "Let her go." "Let her go." "It's ok." "Now, Deena." "Deena." "What's the problem?" "Your fucking gangster brother Michael!" "Ok." "I got this." "We'll..." "let's go to my office." "It's ok." "Take a seat." "He hasn't changed since he was 12 years old and beat the crap out of my brother sean just because sean wouldn't give him his lunch money for protection." "Jesus h." "Christ, he's 12 years old and sellin' protection." "How did your mother Rose manage to raise a psycho like Michael?" "My mother is not responsible for my brother." "He and that twitchy, brain-dead Pete McGonagle came into my store and played russian roulette with Charlie." "With slow Charlie?" "Yeah." "Why would he do that?" "Because he wants my store, which he has now taken." "What, he just took your store?" "He gave me half of what it's worth." "You're my representative." "He's your fuckin' brother." "Do something!" "You willing' to testify to any of this, Deena?" "Every last bit with fuckin' pleasure." "Yeah?" "Decco." "Tommy." "You remember Deena Finnerty" "And her brother slow Charlie?" " Yeah, sure." " She'd like to come over to your office and report a crime." "When would be a good time?" "What sort of crime?" "Michael Caffee and Pete McGonagle came into her liquor store, threatened slow Charlie with a gun, and then forced Deena to sell her store for half its value." "I want you to help Deena press charges and see that this is prosecuted to the full extent of the law." "Yeah." "Ok, Tommy, listen" "She'll be at your office in an hour, Decco." "Be there." "Tommy." "Tommy." "That good enough?" "What is it with you men?" "Skulking around in strange neighborhoods." "Do you all want to be james bond?" "I'm sorry to intrude." "You kidding?" "I'm dressed." "Might as well answer the door." "How can I help you?" "Mrs. Fitzgerald..." "I'm Tom Caffee." "State representative Thomas Caffee." "I'd like to see your husband if I may." "Come in." "Thank you." "You have a visitor." "Turn off that silly show." "I like that silly show." "What visitor?" "Representative Tommy Caffee." "Coffee, Mr..." "Caffee?" "Something to nibble, some crackers?" "No, thank you." "I'll leave you two alone." "I'll be upstairs drinking if you need me." "Have a seat." "I love watching the parliamentary debates." "All the hostilities out in the open." "We couldn't get away with that here." "We have to keep it all in the back room, don't we?" "When was the last time you watched a budget debate in the house of reps?" "They practically throw us some sandwiches." "Thanks for seeing' me." "Didn't have much choice, did I?" "How's your mother?" "My mother." "She's...she's good." "Rose is an exceptional woman." "To be blunt..." "I wouldn't have let you in here" "If I didn't know and respect her as much as I do." "What do you want?" "I want to keep the new highway spur off the hill." "There's lots of things in life I want but can't have." "That spur will destroy the north end of my neighborhood." "It'll split the business district in two." "It'll destroy at least 3 blocks of row houses." "The hill as we know it will die." "It's already dying'." "It's sick...but it's far from terminal." "So says dr." "Caffee." "Mr. Fitzgerald, I know you can't put the spur in the east side." "You can't fight the rich." "Can't put it in south providence, either." "It's a black neighborhood." "We'd look like racists." "Then what about mount hope?" "The governor's parents live in mount hope." "Fox point." "Well, you'd have to convince Carvalho and Madeira." "Yeah, I think I can do that." "Ok." "Thank you." "I don't think there's a chance in hell you could get Carvalho and Madeira to change their minds." "Well, I can be a pretty convincing guy." "I'll see myself out." "Hello?" "Yeah, it's me, mom." "I'm in the kitchen." "It's still raining?" "No." "Shepherd's pie." "Yeah." "It's for Michael." "You know how he loves shepherd's pie." "I came to fix the drip in the bathtub." "Michael did that already." "He spoils me." "You know, I think he's a little lonely" "From all those years of bein' away." "You should come visit him more often." "I've been kinda busy, mom." "Don't give me that." "There's always time for your brother." "You never told me you know judd Fitzgerald." "He grew up on the hill." "You look nice." "As opposed to my usual disheveled self." "No." "So...so, tell me about yourself." "What-- What do you do?" "I go to college." "What do you study?" "Hotel management." "I'm a junior." "Must be very smart." "Does that scare you?" "Not really, no." "I'll bet it doesn't." "I've done my homework." "You're a bad, bad man, Michael Caffee." "But you're not stupid." "I'm not bad." "Yes, you are." "S...so, what, is that why you're here?" "You wish." "There's... this restaurant." "This twin oaks." "Served the best rib eye in rhode island since I was, like, that big." "I'm a vegetarian." "You don't eat any meat?" "I don't eat steak." "It's a great song." "Your turn." "You sing." "What's your favorite song?" "I--I don't sing." "Sure, you do." "Everybody does." "Happy birthday." "God bless america?" "A boy named sue." "Maybe you should slow down a little on the bourbon." "We got all night." "Waitress." "Another shot of bourbon, please." "A double." "So, you gonna sing or not?" "No, really." "I'm not a singer." "But you should get up there and sing somethin'." "You'd like that... wouldn't you?" "I get up there and make a complete fool of myself." "No, thanks." "W-Wait a minute." "I thought we came here because you like to sing." "Yeah!" "I used to love to sing." "But now...you made me feel small, so now singing seems pathetic." "So, you know, fuck you." "There's no need for that." "I'm sorry, I must've missed somethin'." "Let--Why--Why don't we just..." "start over?" "Ok?" "How old are you, anyway?" "Pretty old, right?" "Right." "Chicken!" "You fucker." "What the fuck is your problem, man?" "I'm takin' a fucking piss" "You should get off the fuckin' street!" "Go over to fuckin' college hill and piss on those rich fuckers!" " Do you hear me?" "!" " I hear you, man." "My mother lives on this street." "My fuckin' mother!" "Oh, there you are." "I was worried." "You want somethin' to eat?" "There's more shepherd's pie in the kitchen." "Come on." "I'll heat it up for you." "I'm gonna go to bed." "Good night." "Sweetheart?" "It's me." "I'm comin' in." "Here." "I made you some hot chocolate." "I thought it might help you sleep." "Thanks, ma." "I think the hardest thing anyone can do is accept responsibility for his life after a defeat." "I'm glad you're home." "Now, go to bed." "No." "I'll just be a few minutes." "Come on." "In you get." "Good night, my darling." "Good night, mom." " Did you talk to Deena?" " I did." "Good." "Tommy." "If Deena testifies," "Michael could do time behind bars." "Is that what you want?" "I want you to do what's right." "What's right?" "Exactly." "You want me to do what's right?" "What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" "What do you want me to say?" "See, Michael's my brother." "Given the amount of time you've spent at our house, he's practically your brother, too." "Why the hell do you think I'm here?" "Lower your voice." "So, tell me what you want me to do." "No, I can't do that." "Deena came to me." "I called you." "What you choose to do is up to you." "We're all responsible for our actions, Decco." "Look, if you want Michael in jail... act accordingly." "If you don't..." "Top of the day to you, Eileen." "You're perfectly fine." "No problem whatsoever." "Eileen, trust me when I tell you that Tommy would never, ever cheat on you." "I can't do it, Tommy." " No?" " No." "Well, that's too bad." "You'll never get Madeira or Mort." "This fuckin' spur's gonna cause real damage to fox point." "We'll lose most of our business district." "Plus, I have a bunch of fuckin' grandmothers howlin' at me." "And I don't like howling grandmothers." "Would it make it easier for you if a business in your constituency" "Your brother rick, his trucking company, were to receive 3 years' worth of snowplow contracts from the city?" "Thought Williams had those contracts in his pocket." "He's expressed a willingness to share." "How would I explain the spur to my grandmothers?" "Economic progress." "Now, that's spur's gonna dump thousands of new shoppers in your district." "That's bullshit, Tommy." "Yeah, but it sounds good." "Absolutely." "Where's Madeira?" "He's over there." "Gotta go." "Happy festival of the holy ghost?" "No, thanks." "Can you imagine?" "We're all here to celebrate the festival of the holy ghost." "Forget it." "That highway spur would be a catastrophe for fox point." "And don't talk to me about snowplows." "That might work with your lower-house colleagues, but it ain't gonna work with me." "Suck it up, Tommy." "You irish are used to losing'." "I was hopin' to be able to help you." "Help me?" "How?" "By sparing' you the terrible embarrassment of everyone finding' out in providence you got a $40,000 gambling' problem." "Hey, Tommy..." "it's a beautiful day, a wonderful festival." "Stop workin' for 5 minutes." "Relax." "Enjoy yourself." "We got a deal?" "Yeah." "We got a deal." "Is mom watching' the kids?" "I know you hate these things, so... thanks for puttin' up with 'em." "It was ok." "Kind of interesting." "Still, you're standing and smiling and listening politely to all those people you don't know... don't really care about." "Shakin' a thousand hands." "You're gettin' better at this than I am." "It's ok." "Charlie." "Charlie." "Hello, Deena." "Slow Charlie." "Hi." "Hi." "Waffles look good." "I got no interest in chit-chattin' with you." " He's our friend." " Oh, yeah?" "Is that right, you're a friend?" "Can I sit down?" "Look... my boss... district attorney Ned Mace... wants me to reassure you that we're doin' everything we can to protect you." "Oh, yeah, protect us from what?" "Michael Caffee and Pete McGonagle are very dangerous men, Deena." "Oh, yeah?" "No kiddin'." "The lunatics tried to blow Charlie's head off." "Word is probably out that you're pressing' charges against Michael and Pete." "Now, there's a very good chance that they could do somethin' to hurt Charlie so that you won't testify." "Or they could do somethin' to hurt you so that you can't." "Now, we don't have the manpower for 24-Hour protection." "But we've arranged to have a patrol car swing by your house periodically." "That's it?" "You got nothin' to worry about." "I understand that... it's a little hair-Raising," "But this--This is the process." "Ok?" "And it works, Deena." "What about some kind of protective custody or somethin'?" "I put in a request, and I'm still waitin' to hear back." "Good morning." "Good, good morning, everybody." "It is with pleasure and pride that I announce that the new i-195 project is back on track, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of representative Donatello," "Senator Madeira, representative Caffee, representative Carvalho." "The spur is set to go through fox point on schedule and on budget, I might add," "for the skeptics in the room." "I've been thinkin' about our tax credit bill." "I think we should specify that a certain percentage in new development occur in our districts, you know, make sure that the money goes to the right places." "Absolutely." "Be sure to bring the speaker in on this, or he'll get jealous, and he'll kill it out of spite." "Politically astute, always, Tommy." "Oh, hey, I... hear you're judd Fitzgerald's new best friend." "You know him?" "Yeah." "We shook hands once." "He's a real wizard of oz, that one." "Extremely patient." "Whenever he decides he wants somethin', he never gives up." "You know he's been tryin' to get that highway spur put through fox point for, 3 years?" "Judd always wanted the spur through fox point?" "Yeah." "Well, Madeira and Carvalho stonewalled him." "Now, suddenly, you have a talk with these guys, and they're all for it." "I'd truly love to know what you said to them, Tommy Caffee." "Hey, Mike." "Kids gotta have the candy." " You know what we should do?" " What?" "We should get some baby shit in here." "Formula, diapers." "There's a lot of families in this neighborhood." "Always good to get in with the moms, right?" "We gotta get someone else to do this shit." "No!" "I'll do it." "I'll do it." "What the fuck is this?" "Hey, Freddi, boys." "I thought I told you not to do this." "What, are you deaf?" "We ain't deaf." "He's a lyin' rat." "Fuck!" "Welcome to your new store." "What the fuck do I want with a store?" "I thought it would be a brilliant P.R. move for you." "You know?" "Deena Finnerty was rippin' the whole neighborhood off," "Gougin' everybody." "Rig?" "You come in here, you can look like a hero." "You charge less than everybody else." "You build loyalty." "Meanwhile, you launder your money through here." "You clean up like nobody's business." "You know?" "I was just thinkin', tryin' to make you money." "I got the deed right here." "So all you gotta do is just... sign, put the whole thing in your name." "What, when the irish comes in, I take a pinch?" "No, I don't think so, Mikey." "If anybody's gonna take a hit, it's you." "If you got us extrashelf space, may you can... move some of that cambodian porn, that herbie the jew stuck us with?" "Whatever you say." "You're the boss." "Hey, Freddi." "You gonna let him get away with this?" "You kiddin' me?" "This place is a fuckin' goldmine." "You listenin', Moe?" "The man's a visionary." "You know what, Mikey?" "I think you and I need to work on our communication skills." "Sean, grab the black bush." ""Grab the bush, Moe." "Grab the bush." Grab my fuckin' bush!" "Fuck." "Moe's got his head so far up Freddi's ass." "Think he's got an apartment there or somethin'." "Don't worry about it." "The whole building's comin' down soon." "Hey, Tommy." "Hey, Decco." "I did what you wanted." "I spoke with Deena finnerty." "She's chosen not to testify against Michael." "You know, I never asked you to do that." "Well, you indicated." "Or you implied pretty damn fuckin' clearly." "No..." "I didn't." "Yes, you did." "What I did..." "was say that you should do what you think is right." "Ok." "What I did wasn't easy, Tommy." "But I did it because you're my friend." "We go back." "I dated your goddamn sister in high school." "It was unprofessional and fucked up, but it is what it is." "Just don't pretend that you didn't want me to do it." "Ok?" "I never asked you to tell Deena not to testify against Michael." "If that's how you choose to take my words" "Will you stop with this fuckin' bullshit?" "What do you take me for, an idiot?" "Man, what do you want me to do?" "He's my brother." "He's my brother." "Give my love to Cassie." "Sweetheart, that you?" "Michael here?" "No, not yet." "I thought you were him." "What time is it?" "It's after 7:00." "When's he, comin' back?" "For supper, I hope." "Remind me to check on the roast." "5 minutes." "How is it you happen to know the most powerful man in rhode island?" "And don't give me this "he grew up on the hill."" "He helped me out." "A long time ago." "What do you care?" "I don't like him." "You don't even know him." "He used me, ma." "He set me up to do his dirty work for him." "Does it hurt that much?" "What's with you and him?" "Did he help you?" "With the highway spur?" "It's goin' through fox point, yeah." "I gotta check on that roast." "See you sunday." "Hey." "Where were you?" "If you already had supper, don't tell ma." "She's cooked you a roast." "All right." "Sorry." "Hey, where you goin'?" "Stick around." "I hardly seen you since I got back." "You played russian roulette with slow Charlie." "What are you talkin' about?" "You think I would endanger slow Charlie?" "That's what Deena Finnerty told me." "You don't remember I used to beat the shit out of Kevin McCordy for pickin' on slow Charlie?" "You gonna take her word over mine, that fuckin' scumbag?" "She's uphere robbin' everybody blind, the whole neighborhood, robbin' your voters?" "You're causin' people pain, Mike." "You're causin' me pain, and I'll not let you destroy what I've made." "Spare me the high horse, representative Caffee." "Senator Madeira's little gambling problem?" "You wanted a pipe to beat him down with?" "You reached for the one that I gave you." "You did what was necessary." "We're not so different, you and I." "You and I?" "We're not the same in any way." "Michael, you're home." "Yeah." "Hey, ma." "I think Mary Rose skipped band practice today." "You think or you know?" "Well, I asked her how it went, and she said, "fine."" "But her ears got bright red." "Her ears always get red when she lies." "I'll call Mr. Crandall tomorrow." "Oh, come on." "She's probably bored, standin' back there ringing' her little triangle." "The triangle is a very important instrument." "Anyway, band will help with college." "They really like extracurricular activities." "What, we're worried about college already?" "She's almost 14." "14." "I spoke to your sister today." "I have some bad news." "She has to have a hysterectomy." "Oh, my god." "We're so lucky." "Are the kids asleep?" "Try not to moan." "What the fuck?" "Come on!" "Wat the fuck?" "!" "So." "You got a name to go with this?" "Oh, I got a name." "Michael James Caffee." "That's it?" "That's fine." "Fucking feds."