"What can I do for you?" "I'm tryin' to beef up my business is all." "This fuckin' economy." "With you having got the waterfront off the ground," "I figured you'd be the guy to help me land the E.C.U. contract." "I don't know what to tell you." "The state's having open bidding." "I know." "It's just to be competitive, a guy like me needs a guy like you to introduce him to the right people at the Statehouse." "I'd even kick you back 5%." "I empathize, but there's no way I can help you." "No way at all?" "Sorry." "It's not as if they want us to find anything anyway." "No, fuck that." "If we can't come through the front door, we're just gonna have to find ourselves an open window." "I'm telling you, this yo-yo Molinsky was totally brazen." "He wanted a state contract and was willing to pay whatever it took." "With a project as {ig as}the waterfront, all kinds of people are gonna want a piece of it." "What if one of these little piggies gets caught with their feet in the trough?" "Investigation begets investigation." "Sooner or later they'll stumble over the links between you and me." "It's under control." "How?" "That's my department, not yours." "What's a four-letter city in Switzerland?" "Try Bern." "B- E-R-N." "Could you put it in for me?" "I'm just gonna use the bathroom." " What number is it?" " 93 across." "You gentlemen sell good fuckin' pot." "That's 'cause we got a good fuckin' source." "I'll take the compliment here." "You got any ska there?" "The owner's in bermuda sailing." "House is empty for a month." " What's the payoff?" " You're a student of history, right?" "I read a thing or two." "Inside there is John Adams's desk chair." " The president?" " No, the fuckin' plumber." "Yeah, the president." "It's worth four million bucks." "I got a fence in New York who'll give us 300,000, no questions asked." "For a fuckin' chair?" "Four legs and a place to park your ass." "I don't like it." "It's too high-profile." "Thing goes wrong, it'll fuckin' blow up in our face." "I'm not asking for permission." "So what is this, a courtesy?" "I got a right to earn." "I got a wife and kids and a mortgage like everybody else." "I'm bringin' in early I didn't want you to hear it secondhand and think I was tryin' to beat you out of your taste." "Tell me about the alarm." "My wife's cousin is the nanny." "She's got the code." "I figure we bring Colin in in case they changed it." "Bring Colin in?" "Why don't we bring the whole fuckin' Russian army in?" "You said he was a good alarm guy." "I don't want him in on it." "Fuck it." "I don't want to cut him in for a third." "I'm not even gonna say it." "Don't go fuckin' silent like I'm meant to know what you're thinkin'." "What?" "Colin's your cousin." "He's not gonna fuck Kath." "That's not what I'm..." "Where the fuck is he, anyway?" "Don't tap on the tank, man." "You disturb the fish." "What do they care?" "They're fish." "Swim by this castle every five seconds, thinks it's a new one every time." "What the fuck's goin' on?" "Just finishing' up here." "Don't fret, Michael." "We was just quality-checkin' the product." "You stoned?" "I'm sorry, Michael." "That was an accident." "Here's the money." "Next shipment's an extra dime a key." "Crazy fuckin' Irish." "Gimme the bang, man." "It's a way to make money." "Excuse me." "A word?" "Since when have you wanted just a word?" "Gentlemen." "Then call this a heads-up." "Who have you got running point on appropriations on the waterfront?" "Appropriations runs through finance." "That would be Janakowski." "You need to pull him aside and put **********************." "I do, huh?" "About what?" "A friend..." "Martin Kilpatrick says he's been offered kickbacks for contracts on the waterfront." "If they're going to him, you can be sure they're going to Janakowski." " I'll talk him." " Forget talk." " Scare the piss out of him." " I don't need you to tell me how to keep my members in line." "You understand?" "Given both of our links to this waterfront, neither one of us can risk it being tainted by corruption." "You always have act like you're smarter than everyone." "It's not a very attractive quality." " You have time to give me an update?" " I'm in the middle of eating right now." "I'm sure you can eat and talk at the same time." "You can take a seat if you want to." "But I'm not gonna get into specifics." "I'm not here to check up on your homework." "I'm just..." "Here." "Hand me that." "Nothing I should be averting my eyes from?" "Moved all the sensitive stuff to my apartment." "These Statehouse janitors are nosier than six-year-olds." "Cassie doesn't mind the mess?" "No, she don't mind." "I'm just chasing up some headlines, something I can relay on to the Speaker." "Well, we're following a couple of lead but other than that..." "I'm gonna ask you to respect the term we agreed on when I came on board." "Goddamn it." "This fuckin' shit." "I don't think you're gonna get that out." "If you want, I keep a spare one in my office." "I'm fine." "OK?" "I'll just sit here... in my stink-ass fuckin' shirt reekin' of fuckin' moo shu." "Are you okay?" "I'm sorry." "I just..." "Cassie and I split up." "When?" "It was over labor day weekend." "I'm sorry, Decco." "I am." "What happened?" "That's just it." "I don't know." "It's just like it was broke and we couldn't fix it." "You know?" "It's not like it's anybody's fault." "It's just..." "It's fucked." "You know?" "Life's life." "You go ahead." "I'll be there in a bit." "Sorry." "It's the receptionist's birthday." "And the nurse brought in cupcakes." "How nice." "So, how do you feel?" " Shitty." " Same cluster of symptoms?" "Still coming and going... in random bursts." "So, you and the other doctors can claim I'm a half-crazy woman." "No, you're not crazy." "You have chronic heavy-metal poisoning." "Cadmium poisoning, to be specific." "Your intermittent symptoms are consistent with long-term, low-level exposure." "What do we do?" "We flush the cadmium out of your cells using a mix of drug and intravenous E.D.T.A. therapy." "After that it's just management." "Of what?" "The E.D.T.A. therapy will stop your symptoms from getting worse, but... unfortunately there's no real way to undo the damage done by the cadmium." " My headaches and the joint pain..." " They're gonna be staying with you." "We'll do everything we can to minimize their impact." "In the end this is good news." " I heard it wasn't that bad." " What?" "He fuckin' cracked him." " Freddie said that?" " Fuckin' seein' stars..." "Can I sit, Michael?" "You never asked for permission before." "I just wanna say again, I'm sorry." "I get myself into these situations." "It's 'cause I got too much of the free spirit in me sometimes." "Just 'cause you're my cousin... doesn't mean I can let you get away... with gettin' stoned, actin' disrespectful." "Understand?" "Understood." "I get it." "You're right." "And I'm sorry, Michael." "Freddie's got a score lined up." "You and me are both going with him." "Your cut's 5k." "Great." "Whatever." "You want me to do it for nothin', I'll do it for nothin'." " Did you do the laundry like I asked?" " The darks are in the dryer." "God, I'm so puffy." "You don't look that big." "You mother has can****." "I would give a thousand dollars for a foot rub right now." "That is not a real offer." "{Do you think}There's something wrong with grandma?" "You mean more than usual?" "She had, like, 47 different kinds of pills in her bathroom." "I'm in here." "What are you doing?" "I'm making Belgian waffles with strawberry compote and whipped cream." "For dinner?" "Why not?" "Why shouldn't I eat exactly what I want whenever I want?" "Mary-Rose mentioned that you've been taking a lot of kinds of pills." "Typical of your daughter to be snooping' in my medicine cabinet." "She thought you might be sick." "I have cadmium poisoning." "Seems all the years I spent... electroplating jewelry so this family could avoid starvation... filled my cells with toxic sludge." "I need the sugar." "Does Tommy know?" "And I would appreciate if you didn't tell him." "Shouldn't even have told you." "Very stupid." "I'm not thinking very straight." "Promise me you won't tell." "I want your word." "Would you get me the mixer?" "It's in the bottom cabinet." "I'll do it." "Don't whip the cream too much." "It'll turn into butter." "Janakowski's gonna know he's being set up." "No, he may think that, but you're gonna use it against him." "This guy Janakowski screwed you over before," " Right?" " Right." "The fact that you didn't go to the cops means to him that you're not a go to the cops kind of guy." " Your shitter won't stop running." " You just jiggle the handle." " You think?" " Yeah." "You throw it in his face." "You tell him that he owes you this contract." "I jiggled the handle." "Now there's water seeping' out of the base." "Get outta my way." "I didn't want piss water runnin' all over your bathroom floor!" "You mind if we focus for one second?" "Fellow member of the brown bag club?" "I figured you'd be eatin' lunch with the speaker up at the old canteen." "No, I got a fourth kid to put through college." "Need every dime I can get." "How you doin'?" "I'm okay, considering." "Good." "Eileen said I should take you out and get you drunk." "I've been down that road before." "There is nothing there that helps anything." "Considering how messed up I know you are, you look surprisingly... in control." "I'm just numb." "I got this apartment where the toilet runs all night." "I got, like, two sticks of furniture." "I'm afraid to do anything, because if I do something, that means I actually have to admit that I live there." "You don't think there's any way back for you and Cass?" "We'll just keep wounding each other till we're old and bitter... and it didn't even feel bad when we hurt each other anymore." "Cheese stick?" "I'll stick to my P.B.J." "How can you eat a P.B.J. on wheat bread?" "It's good for your colon." "You're never too young to worry about a healthy colon." "Who said that?" "Your doctor?" "It's just one of the ways Cassie used to always look out for me." "The woman would buy nothin' but wheat bread." "Excuse me." "Sir!" " You dropped your wallet." " It's not mine." "Are you sure?" "Ellis Franklin was an aggressive prosecutor, but weak on paperwork." "His reports on you're... filled with gaps and omissions and general untidiness." "Well, I wouldn't know about that." "I can have agent Coleman get you one of these." "It's cherry." "This shit will give you diabetes." "What did you and Franklin talk about at your last meeting?" "I think it may have been about Alfonse Nozzoli." "I don't remember, really." "Why'd you kill him?" "Fuck you." "You were the last person to see Ellis Franklin alive." "He left home to go meet you, and then, poof... he disappeared." "U.S. attorney Franklin was alive and well when I left him." "Beyond that," "I have no idea." "Right." "What did you do with the body?" "I think I'm gonna need a lawyer." "Why would you need a lawyer?" "You're not under arrest." "'Cause I didn't kill anyone." " You did." " Then prove it." "We can't." "We know you killed Ellis Franklin, and we know you disposed of his body, and we know we can never prove it in court." "I think the slurpee froze your brain." "We're gonna watch you, Mr. Caffee." "Not all the time." "That would be unrealistic." "But when you think we're not watching, we'll be watching." "Conversely, when you're totally paranoid that we are all over you, that when we'll be off chasing Osama Bin fuck-nuts." "It's kind of a game..." "Screwing with your head." "Sooner or later you'll guess wrong... and we'll catch you doing something and you will go to jail." "You have a good case." "I'm not a personal injury attorney, but based on what Eileen told me over the phone there's a clear linkage between your medical condition and your work at the factory." "And what about punitive damages or class-action?" "Again, I wanna consult with secondary counsel, but I think they're both real possibilities." "And even if we didn't win, they'd still probably close the factories to avoid more lawsuits." "You say that like it's a good thing." "Those women are working in unsafe conditions." "At the very least, let me find expert cocounsel and set a meeting." "You get someone to fix that toilet yet?" "Not yet." "What do you think I should do with this?" "Let's turn it around 90 degrees." " Which way?" "This way?" " You know, if you want" "I can talk to one of my subcontractors for you." "Is your guy union?" "You think I'm gonna use a nonunion guy?" "If you thought you'd get away with it." " I like it better the other way." " No, it's good like this." "No, leave it like this." "It's good." "Decco, I want to apologize." "For what?" "I haven't always been the friend you deserve." "Because you're a flaming narcissist." "I'm serious." "Come on." "You've never been anything... but exactly who you are to me." "What I'm trying to say is, I guess, if one of my sister's boyfriends had to take her virginity," "I'm glad it was you." "I hate to tell you that... your sister wasn't a virgin when we dated." "Like hell she wasn't!" "She wasn't." "Sal Rosseli." "How about that?" "'Fraid so." "Thanks." "Thanks for having me over." "It was all Kath." "She loves cooking for company." "Don't ya?" "It's good." "It's just... sauce out of a jar, ground beef and some onions." "Come on, you put spices in there." "And what is that?" "Nutmeg, right?" "That's what gives it this hearty flavor." "You hear?" "Colin decked me." "What happened?" " Just hauled off and whacked me." " No, it was an accident." "Tell that to my cheekbone." "I didn't go down or nothin', but... everybody's talkin' about it." "Nobody's talking about it." "It was nothin'." "It's a bet next time we go see our Italian friends they're playin' Bob Marley." " Why Bob Marley?" " That was the music that was playin'." "It was actually The Toasters that was playin'." "Was it?" "If you want you can hit me back." "Here's me chin." "I'll close me eyes." "Eat your pasta." "I just want us to be even." "We are." "How's our little boy?" "He's a wiggler." "How was Declan's?" "We just mostly moved the furniture around." "Did he say what happened between him and Cassie?" "I don't think anyone can really know what goes on inside a marriage except the two people involved." "I was thinking about the new house." "What would you think if we put a full bath off the den... and used it as a guest suite for your mother?" "My mother?" "The one we're dying to get away from." "My mom's got my dad." "But Rose, she's not always gonna be able to do everything on her own." "All right." "Who are you and what have you done with my wife?" "I'm serious." "I'm serious." "Come on." "The only way my mother's leaving that home is feetfirst." "You'd seriously consider living with her?" "Tommy, she's sick." "She swore me up and down not to tell you, but... she has heavy metal poisoning." "She has what?" "She's fine." "She's not gonna die." "She's fine." "How did she get it?" "At the jewelry factory..." "All those years." "The doctor's flushed her system, but the damage, it's permanent." "No, of course." "Yeah, let's..." "let's..." "Yeah, we'll build a..." "We'll build a bath off the den." "Don't be sensitive, champ." "Look at him." " Cut me, Mick!" "Cut me!" " Just shut it, all right?" "Just tell me this." "When you put Mike on his ass, did he look like Tyson when Douglas put him down?" "No, wait." "It was, like, Frazier." "Maybe Frazier when Foreman beat the piss out of him." "He didn't go down." "It was {a stupid thing}stupid." "I shouldn't have done it." " I wish I did it." " Wish you could've gotten away with it." " I'd get away with it." " What's all the merrymaking?" "You having a pillow fight{or what}?" "It's nothin'." "Bunch of morons acting like morons." "Did I or did I not tell someone to put these stale pretzels in the garbage?" "Did I?" "Am I fuckin' remembering wrongly?" "'Cause just for once" "I'd like to not have to tell everyone three times to do every single thing!" "May I help you, gentlemen?" "We were just stopping in for a beer." "Do you sell beer in this joint?" "Bartender's been known to spit in it." "Sounds like our type of place." " Tery wants to know what he should do." " About what?" "About the two feds that just walked in and ordered beers." "Give 'em a beer." "This thing is people-proof." "Use your teeth." " How far should I go with this?" " As far as Janakowski'll let ya." "Just don't push him." "Did you ever dance with your wife?" "At my wedding." "Who led?" " What are you talking about?" " It's a metaphor." "Hookin' a mark's like{doing a} cha-cha." "Two steps forward, one step back." "Don't listen to him." "All you gotta remember..." "is keep your jacket on, you lean forward when you're talking to him, act natural and don't push him too hard." "Now remember, your wife will be proud of you." "Go get 'em." ""Your wife will be proud of you"?" "Yeah, let's just hope Janakowski bites." "I have decided not to sue." "Rose, that factory poisoned you." "More than likely." "You know another place you were exposed to cadmium?" "Look, I didn't ask for your help in this." "Is it the fear of people knowing' you're sick?" "I am not sick." "Dr. Harden flushed my blood." "I'm fine." " What about your headaches?" " Everyone has headaches." "Mine come when I think about spending hour after hour trapped in a courtroom." "Rose, I know you are a private person, but you have got to sue." "{I mean, }If not for yourself, then for the other women still workin' there." "{And }How is it going to help those women if the factory closes down and they lose their jobs?" "They're being exposed to toxic chemical." "You have a moral responsibility." "You have no right to talk to me about responsibility... when your own daughter gets her kicks from dipping' in to my pain pills." "You are grounded." "Two months, no allowance." "For what?" "Your grandmother's pain pills." "Where are they?" "I traded 'em to Julie for a pair of shoes." "You sold them?" "I traded them." "You are just asking to be sent to boarding school." " You don't have the money." " You wanna bet?" "Don't you underestimate the strings your father can pull." "Do I look like someone who would enjoy a good hemorrhoid{, Alan}?" "No, Mr. Speaker." "So why you fuckin' me up the ass?" "Did I not ask you to keep the bidding on the waterfront squeaky clean?" "You sat there, I sat here, you said{ to me}, "Mr. Speaker, I understand completely." ""There will be no shenanigans. " Right?" " I can't hear you." " Right." "So why is there a piece of paper on my desk signed by you recommending a no-bid contract to Stan Molinsky?" "Molinsky's a qualified E.C.U. specialist." "He's local." "He's also made it perfectly clear that he would bribe my urologist if he thought it would help him land a state contract." "Now get out of my office." "Go ahead." "Tell me you told me so." "Tell me if Kilpatrick hadn't tipped you off on Molinsky, we'd be fucked, right?" "You need to cancel that contract recommendation." "That way if anything goes public, we can drop a firewall at Janakowski." "Yeah, of course." "Since we're in this together," "I was thinkin'... maybe you should come back as my majority leader." "I mean, you're still an arrogant prick, but, when it comes to wrangling the cats, there's nobody better." "Yeah, thanks for the half-compliment." "That's a full compliment." "We make good team, you and I." "What do ya say?" "No, thanks." "When this term is up," "I'm out of politics." "Bullshit." "I'll ride shotgun with you on the waterfront." "But for everything else... you're on your own." "You're gonna need to sit down." "Lucy, you got some splainin' to do." "I gotta go to work." "I'll be late." "So my adrenaline's goin'." "It's John Adams's chair, for chrissake." "What, did you hit the snooze button too many times?" "You said 10:35." "It's 10:35." "Yeah, a score this big, 10 minutes early is on time." " Whatever you say." " If you'd rather be somewhere else, go. {If you got somewhere you'd rather be, just go}" "He's here now." "So how big's this score I'm only gettin' five grand of then?" "I don't need this shit." "You do the job by yourself." " What about your cut?" " {I'll get my money}When you get paid by the fence." "{No way. }I'm not giving you half if you're not even coming'." "Why?" "You never helped yourself to half the take on my fucking scores?" "Providence police department." "How may I direct your call?" "There's a couple guys breaking into a house here, 103 York Street." "You might wanna send a patrol car." "Could I have your name, please, sir?" "Grand." "So where's this famous chair at?" "She said it's in the parlor to the left of the door." "Maybe she meant to the left as you face the door." "They must've renovated." "You look upstairs." "I'll check in back." "There's two kids knocking' boots upstairs." " Must be her kid home from college." " All right." "Let's get outta here." "I need the chair." "No, I'm getting that fuckin' chair." "It's 5-0." "Let's slip out the back and we'll be fine." "5-0?" "What are you, some fuckin' rap video nigger?" "We gotta go." "I got financial needs." "I'm not leaving without that chair." "Shit." "I think my parents are home." "Make it look nice." "Dad?" "Where's that chair?" "Where's the fuckin' John Adams's chair?" "In the other room." " What the fuck are you doin'?" " Go get the chair." "You say a {fuckin' }word, I'll come back and rape you and your girlfriend, you understand{ me}?" "Here's your fuckin' chair." "You say a fuckin' word..." "You stay the fuck down." "Let's go!" "Out the back." "Fuckin' chair." "Yeah, come on in." " Coffee and some cinnamon rolls." " Caffeine." "Thank you so much." "They're just finishing up." " They're good guys, right?" " Yeah, they are." "They reseated the toilet and then... tore out, like, two feet of walls." "Replaced a bunch of pipes." " Mind if I put these in the toaster?" " Yeah." "Help yourself." "{I know }You're not socializing, but Eileen's parent are having a cookout {next }Saturday." " You wanna come?" " No, I don't know, man." "Come on." "It's the last outdoor weekend before the weather turns." "You just want me there so you don't have to talk to {Eileen's }her father all afternoon?" " All set, Mr. Giggs." " Hold on one second." "Hey, Jackie, Marco." "How's my buddy's toilet?" "It was a mess, but we got it {pretty much }straightened out." "Good." "You're not gouging him on your hours, I hope." "You mean we shouldn't be charging him triple time?" "How should we handle the bill?" "Don't worry about it." "For a friend of Tommy's it's no charge." "That was a lot of work you guys did." "Tommy would be insulted if we let you pay us." "Always good to see you, Tommy." "Hey, give my best to your dad and Louisa." "I don't know about this barbecue." "I think I need a little more alone time." "So which one of you two set the alarm off?" "I put in the code." "It was worked fine." "Is that why the cops were all over you?" " It was one cop." " Maybe he saw us goin' in, you know." "So I'm supposed to believe that a priceless piece of American history ended up as fuckin' kindling 'cause of a coincidence?" "I'm charging you both for screwing the pooch. 20k apiece." " How the fuck is that fair?" " You know who sat in this {fuckin' }chair?" "John Adams." "Maybe you should've been there then." "What's that supposed to mean?" "It means I'm not taking it up the ass for 20 grand just because you got cold feet and left us a man short..." "You okay?" "You need a hospital or anything?" "Break somethin'?" "There's a first-aid kit in the office." "Go clean yourself up." "Got any... twos?" "Any... jacks?" "Hey, your streak is over." "Got any fours?" "Go fish." "Tommy, open these for me, please." "Are those beets?" " Yeah." "You love beets." " No, I don't." "Must've been Michael." "Just open 'em." "Thank you." "Go see if your grandmother needs help in the kitchen." "Did you come by to see ma?" " I'll wait for you and Eileen to leave." " No, we're just sittin' down." "Colin and Mary-Kate, Jimmy, they aren't even here yet." "You look terrible." "I've been up too many hours." "Tell ma Colin's not comin'." " What?" "Did something happen?" " No, he's fine." "Just a little bruised." "He's fine." "He's a hundred percent fine." "He's gonna be fine." "I think he's fuckin' Kath." "Seriously?" "Yeah." "I don't..." "I don't know." "Colin wouldn't do that." "Yeah, I know." "But I don't..." "Why don't you come in and have dinner, Michael?" "Come on." "It'll make ma happy to see us both at the same table." "Don't tell her what I said about Colin." "Come on." "There's mashed potatoes waitin'." "Oh, my God." "Jesus, Colin." "Are you okay?" "Oh, my God." "What happened?" "Nice resolution." "Is that a raw file?" "Jpeg."