"Stay here." " Daddy!" " Oh, my God!" "The baby!" "Get down!" "Stay in the house!" " Oh, my God!" " Get in the house!" "Shh." "It's all over." "Suzie, climb in." "Quickly." " Let me talk to Theo." " What's this all about, Bobby?" " Jimmy, someone just tried to kill me." " Tell me what's going on." " I know what time it is." "Wake him up." " Just talk to Theo." "What do you mean, he doesn't want to talk to me?" " What?" "He's gotta help us." " Just put him on the phone." "Wait." "There's been a big misunderstanding." " Misunderstanding?" "Just talk to Theo." " Just put Theo on the fucking phone!" " Sweetheart, just..." " Look." "Let me handle this." "Jimmy, you there?" "This is me talkin'." "This is Bobby." "I played ball with your son." "Who said I was doctoring' the books?" "Because whoever it is is a goddamn liar." "Someone close to me?" "What do you mean?" "How close?" "Let's go." "You could call your cousin Frank." "No family." "They go there first." " Joe Glinds would help us." " No." "He's involved." "Everybody I know is connected." "I can't even go to my own crew." "Nobody." "Anybody evens talks to me, they're dead." "Theo's the law." "I'm a leper now." " When I find out who did this to..." " No." "Hey, shh." "We just need some time." "That's all." "You've always patched things up before." "This is different." "So it's just us." "Yeah, us and the kids." "Maybe that's not so bad." "Bad to me." "Not you and the kids." "I'm putting you in danger." " Don't." "We have to stick together." " I know." "We'll do something." "We'll sell the house." "Sell the damn house." "We'll go someplace." "They can trace the house sale." "You buy anything, you rent a video... they track the credit card." "Everything's computerized." "Your Social Security number." "You can be in Iowa, and they can get your name from a Sears mailing list... after you buy a freaking garden hose." "I don't know." "It's just..." "What?" "Hey, what did you do that for?" " I was on the phone." " Honey, I let him call Debbie." "Did you tell her where we are?" "Yeah, right after I called Theo." " John, this is not the time." " Does she have Caller ID?" "Oh, my God." "No." "This is the plan?" "Staying in cheesy motels and eat junk food?" "That's the plan?" "Give Debbie the number?" "Yeah." "We're staying another day." " Where are you going?" " I gotta get some air." "Maybe I stepped out of line." "Maybe I didn't think it through... but I set up the business, not him." "We've known each other all these years." "You know he's been robbing me, not the other way around." "I think Theo's time is past." "Why not?" "You and I." "We have enough loyalty between the two of us." "Now I've listened for all the good times." "But I'm sorry." "Now don't trust me again." "For both our sakes." "What are the Feds doing at our house?" "The FBI?" "I mean, what are they..." "When I find out who gave me up..." "Motherfucker." "Hey, baby." "We can't live like this." "The kids have got to go to school." "Things just keep getting worse." "There's got to be some way out of this..." "someone we can call." "Someone." "It's okay." "Just make it go away." "I'll fix it." "Robert Frances Batton, a.k.a. Bobby Bats, Bobby B., Batman." "Career criminal." "Straight out of South Boston." "Three years in juvenile hall." "Currently the president of the Steel Barrel Democratic Club, a.k.a. The Donkey Club..." "local political group." "And the funny thing is that the Democratic Party Association... has never heard of you, Bob, and that, of course... is because the Donkey Club is a front for Theo Cruise's gambling..." "Ioan-sharking and extortion activities." "Theo Cruise, out of Charleston." "Just a couple of crazy Micks, huh?" "Do you guys say the rosary together?" "If you had anything on me, you would have already arrested me." "Is that right?" "We got a 16-count indictment on you, Bob." "We just didn't know where you were." "And then, bingo, you come walking in my front door." "It's kind of ironic." "Don't you think?" "Without a lawyer." " Don't need one." " Really?" "We at the U.S. Attorney's Office, as well as my colleagues here in the FBI... were about to move in on your tired asses... when Theo decided to kill you." "Actually, we thought you took off on us, Bob." "We weren't worried, 'cause guys like you always turn up." "So arrest me." "See, as much as I would love to do that... we want Theo more than we want you." "No offense." "But we don't just want him on some wussy little gambling indictment." "We want Theo Cruise for the 1989 double murder... of Longshoreman Association officials Fred O'Malley and Frank Gwynne." "And I think you're just the guy that can help us." "Don't you fuck with me!" "You walked in here!" "You came to us, remember?" "Now you shit or you get off the pot or, so help me..." "I will cuff you face down on this fuckin' floor right now." "Listen." "We just wanna get the guy that's trying to kill you." "That's all we're doing." "Now come on." "I was there when Theo Cruise told Jimmy Sticks to..." "Louder." "To cut Fred O'Malley's throat... but not enough to kill him." "Then Theo put a handgun into O'Malley's mouth... and fired three times." "Theo then told Jimmy to hang Frank Gwynne... by the neck from a beam... but again, not enough to kill him." "Then Theo personally beat Frank... beat him with a tire iron until he died." "How long?" "Two hours." "That's just a couple of regular businessmen like anybody else, huh?" "All right." "Sign this contract... saying that you'll repeat that statement in court... and we'll move you into a safe house and then the Witness Protection Program." "Is there a choice of, um..." " Do I take my family, or..." " You know what, Bobby?" "I don't care if you bring your wife, your girlfriend... or a sheep named Virginia." "Why couldn't Debbie come and say good-bye?" "Sweetheart, we told you before..." "she's not family." "Honey, the Federal Marshal said stay away from the windows." "God forbid he should be shot and this nightmare would be over." "Please." "He's my husband." "We're a family." "And who are we?" "What are we?" "I can never see my grandchildren or daughter again because of that bastard?" "Shh." "Please." "Come on." "We said we weren't gonna do this." "Let's be nice." "Just one last time." "We have to be." "Grandpa... they won't let us take anything with our names on it." "I'll keep them for you." "Thanks." "I won this one for debate." "This one was excellence in journalism." "At least let Sean stay with us." "He's almost grown." "Both children should live with us and have a normal life." "They're here." "Folks, you have one bag too many." " Well, they said seven." " A suit carrier counts as a bag." "And the puppy will have to stay." " But Daddy, it's my puppy, right?" " Yeah." " It's okay, honey." " I'd like to ask you one final time... to surrender any weapons you may have in your possession." "Oh, my God, Frank." "Did you see that?" " It's okay." " In front of the children." "He's like a killer." "But Daddy, you said we could keep the puppy!" "You said!" "See?" "Now there's seven bags." "Cindy, how could you live with this!" "You son of a bitch!" " Stop!" " Come on." "Get it out." " You throw away your family!" " Get it out!" "Get it all out!" "Fill my kids full of poison so they hate their father!" " Goddamn!" "God!" " Suzie." "Please, Cindy." "Please don't go with him." " Please." " Bye, Nana." "Bye." "Folks, we gotta go." " Sean." " Put Suzie's coat on." "All right, my darling." " My puppy!" " I'll take the puppy." " I promise I'll take good care of him." " Put your coat on, darling." "I promise you I'll take good care of him." "It's gonna be okay, sweetie." "You'll see." "It's gonna be okay." " My puppy." " Oh, darling." "Aren't you gonna kiss me good-bye, Dad?" "Bye, Daddy." "Oh, my God!" "Don't go!" " Don't go with him!" " Bye, Mom." " We'll be okay." "We'll be all right." " Come on." "Let's go." "Okay." "When we're on the flight, keep to yourselves." "Don't say who you are or where you're going." "Mom's gonna put you down, darling." "Hello." "Sean." " Hi, sweetie." "What's your name?" " Suzie?" "Hello." "I'm Inspector Steve Beck." "Please come this way." "Watch your step, please." "Follow me." "Inspector Beck." "Yeah, I'm at four..." "Thanks." "This way." "Here you go." "Can Suzie have some candy?" "Make a grocery list, and we'll pick up what you need." "Let us know of any dietary restrictions." "There's a few children's videos by the VCR." "A video movie list is available upon request." "I'll give you folks a minute to settle in." "But we have limited time, and we'll need to get right to work." "What is going on?" "I'm missing skateboard magazines." "I'm missing some books." " If your name was in them..." " But they're mine." "Sometimes we can remove the name, and then they'll be returned to you." "While you're in these living quarters, you'll be locked in for your own safety." "The apartment telephone has no outside line... but if you need us, just pick it up." "All security measures here are for your protection." "There is a surveillance camera in the living room... and one in the kitchen." "That's it." "Be back in a minute." " Oh, God." " Honey." "Don't let him upset you." "Oh, it's not him." "It's not him." "We're safe." " Yeah." " Oh, Christ." "We're safe." "Everything's okay now." " We're all right now." " Okay." "And I'll just dump the whole package in because..." "Suzie, we're not watching this stupid thing." "We've seen it a million times." "It's stupid." "Well, she doesn't look like that now." "Becky, come back out here." "And stop biting that disgusting thing." "It's gross." "I don't know why you brought it." "Cartoon channel." "Water?" "Would you like some water?" "I'm not gonna lie to you." "This is one of the toughest things that you're ever gonna do." "I'm used to tough things." "Not like this." "Welcome, people." "You're in the Witness Protection Security Safe Site... and Orientation Center... where you'll begin the process of redocumentation... for your new legal identity." "This is day one." "You leave for your relocation site on the morning of day five." "No extensions, no exceptions." " Any questions before we begin?" " Where are we going?" "I'll get to that." "We have loads to cover and an extremely tight schedule." "Every day we're gonna have very specific activities... that we have to complete..." "employment counseling..." "Where are we gonna live?" "That's the million-dollar question." "It's just we're very anxious because we've been through so much." "No, I understand." "It's you're curious." "The contract in front of you is the memorandum of understanding between us... the U.S. Marshal Service..." "and you." "In their fervor to get your testimony... the FBI might have made promises... like a big mansion with dancing girls." "The only real agreement between us is in that contract." "I've read it, and there are not any dancing girls in it." "They didn't promise us any dancing girls." "He's just making a little joke, sweetheart." "Read, sign and deliver it by tomorrow." "Then we can start the process of redocumentation... for your new classified name changes." "The new name you choose should be ethnically compatible with your own." "Changing your first name is optional." "Changing your children's first names is usually more trouble than it's worth." "When I ask an honest question, I want an honest answer." "Honey, I think he just has a lot of information to get through." "You're being relocated to Seattle, Bobby." "Here's information on Seattle..." "the schools, employment." " Climate." " I know the climate." "It rains." " Look, Stan..." " Steve, honey." "His name is Steve." "Yeah." "You know, that's a... funny little speech you got there, Steve." "But, how do I put this?" "Fuck you." "Not going to Seattle." "You have a choice." "One choice." "You either roll with this program or you pack your bags and you leave, Bobby." "If you spoke to me... this way out there..." "But we're not out there, Bobby." "We're in here." "And I did speak to you that way." "I don't really care how many people used to jump when you spoke, Bobby Bats." "It's not gonna be that way anymore." "It's not gonna be the way you planned." "It's raining whether you like it or not, Bobby." "We understand each other?" "Surrounded by mountains and water..." "Seattle is a city growing and changing in all directions." "Everywhere you look, Seattle is growing." "Two new sports stadiums, a new concert hall... the new Seattle Art Museum... and lots of trendy new stores are all part of an invigorated downtown." "Our ports reach out to the burgeoning trade in the Pacific Rim... and our airplanes rule the sky." "Boeing, the area's largest single employer..." "Hey, how about Cooper?" "That would be easy to spell." "Collins?" "Banks?" "Not Banks." "I'll think of robbing one." "Smith and Johnson?" "No, they sound like aliases." " O'Brien." " Come here." " There's no cameras out here." " Yeah?" " Yeah." " How do you know?" " I've been here before." " Oh, really?" "Who with, Al Capone?" "It's not so bad, is it?" "Kind of pretty." "What is it, honey?" "Are you okay?" "The bad man." "I got you." "The bad man's gone." "It's okay." "Daddy's here." "Cooper." "Something easy." "You know, not some Hungarian name that none of us can spell." "So we would be the Coopers and..." "Look at your face." " And that would make you who?" " Suzie Cooper." " Good job." " Right on, honey." "Sean Cooper." "Beautiful." "Has a nice ring to it." "Okay?" "So we're the Coopers?" "The Cooper family?" "And Dad's name is William." "We're gonna call him Bill." "Can I still call him Daddy?" "And I'll be called Joan." "You're kidding, right?" "No, I like that name." "Joan, like Joan of Arc." "I used to love her when I was a kid." "Yeah, because she was nuts." "She heard voices." " Talking in her brain." " Maybe." "No." "It's good to hear you laugh again." "Yeah, no." "Everything's great." "She gets to start off from scratch with Suzie Cooper." "But what about me?" "Steve said that he's gonna transfer your grades under your new name." "Just my grades." "None of my extracurricular activities are gonna be counted, right?" "Like editor of the school newspaper." "Like student government." "Like debate club." " Look." " Sean." "Sean, come on." "I know this is tough." "But you're gonna do well at your new school." "You will." "You always have." "You'll do it again." "They don't even have anything close... to the level of the Latin school in Seattle." "Seattle." "Seattle is retarded." "One third of my high school graduates get scholarships to Harvard." "One third." "Now I'm gonna graduate from some crap public Seattle high school." "And none of my teachers can write college recommendations for me." "Not for Sean Cooper." "Who is Sean Cooper?" "Sean Cooper is nobody." "Cooper." "C-O-O-P-E-R." "William and Joan." "J-O-A-N." "Right." "Yeah." "And Susan and Sean." "S-E-A-N." "Put a rush on that." "Why is it that every time I call your state, I get the runaround?" " Thanks." " I need the birth certificate... to originate there." "And I need it now." "Thank you." "You ever have a guy who just rubs you the wrong way?" "Every friggin' day, champ." "Incoming." "Ramirez." "I swear to God, this guy is gonna set up a racket in two weeks' time." " Yeah." " Let the field agents deal with it." "Just process them and forget about it." "Maybe this guy could fail his psych eval." "Yeah, like Joey Grasso." "Guy had how many hits?" "Right." "Butchered like 20?" "Yeah." "No problem." "He's mentally stable." "Let's get him a job selling chairs at Kmart." "If I wanted to be dead, would I be here?" "I'm too busy to get depressed, Doc." "Too busy making money." "How's your relationship to your father?" "What relationship?" "The last time I saw him was at my mother's funeral." "Look, I grew up in a tough neighborhood." "Some guys became priests, some cops." " Like you, Stan." " Steve." "Whatever." "The rest went into the business." "But it had nothing to do with my parents." "Why do they call you Bobby Bats?" "That's my name." "Batton." "Bats." "Nothing to do with baseball bats?" "Sports was never my forte." "I meant on people." "No, that's all right." "I wanna be honest." "That's what this is all about, right?" "When I was younger, maybe I was a little wild, you know." "Maybe a few people thought I was a little "bats," but... that was a long time ago." "I mean, I'm a family man now." "I mean, really." "I'm in love with my wife." "I love my children." "Everybody's happy." "I mean, I'm very happy." "I'm very positive." "In a weird way, I think this is... the best thing to happen for us... kind of forcing Bobby to go legit." "Don't tell him I said that." "Is this confidential, right?" "Look, I'm fine." "It's Suzie that needs the counseling." "This isn't counseling." "It's simply an evaluation to anticipate any adjustment problems." "Suzie doesn't have to be screened." "Adjustment to moving to the new city?" "It's more like this, Joan." "Can you love a guy named Bill Cooper... who works the late shift at Bob's Big Boy... just as much as you loved Bobby Bats... who wears Armani suits and gets out of Cadillacs?" "I'll always love Bobby." "Money doesn't matter." "I see you like getting your nails done." "They're very nice." "Yes, I do." "I enjoy it." "It relaxes me." "What if, with the economics... you can't get any manicures anymore?" "You know, you can be very rude, Officer." "You think I'm pampered?" "We have money." "We have money because we've earned it." "We've worked very hard for it." "But I would take the safety of my kids over money any day." "Any day of the friggin' week." "And I'll clue you in on something else." "Bobby is not sweeping floors at Bob's Big Boy." "The government will sell your house, two Cadillacs... all the furniture and the household items for market value or best price." "They'll liquidate your assets and they'll deliver the balance to you... once you've settled in Seattle." "But due to what's owed on the second mortgage..." "We don't have a second mortgage." "Due to what's owed on the second mortgage... the revolving credit line, the credit card debt of $80,000... when all is said and done, the U.S. Attorney's Office... estimates your net worth to be at a $7,000 deficit." "What?" "What credit line?" "Who came up with this report?" "If after the sale of your assets, a small debt remains... the U.S. Attorney's Office will pay the debt... so that you could start out even." "Is this a joke?" "Is the government trying to pull something?" "We have stocks." "We have mutual funds." "This is ridiculous." "Tell him." "So what's our balance." "Zero." "I know." "It was stupid." "I cashed out the investments, and I put them into deals with Theo." " It's all tied up to the club." " Daddy." "Theo had them come after me as well." " Can't they do something?" " They can't get any of it back." " It's gone." " Well, what are we gonna do?" "I can't believe you didn't let me know what was going on." "You want the pressure?" "Fine." "I wanted to protect you from this." " This isn't protecting me!" " What?" "What, Suzie?" "Mommy and Daddy are having a serious discussion." " You know, honey?" " Don't yell at her." " I didn't yell at her." " Don't yell at her." "Look at the picture." " She's five." "Look at the picture." " I didn't yell at her." "I'm just..." "Okay." "What?" "Picture?" "It's great, honey." "Okay?" "Now listen..." " Come on." "Look what you've done." " Oh, baby." "I told her it was great." "Hey, Sean!" "Would you knock it off!" "I can't even hear myself think!" "Great." "Let's yell at him too." "Great." "Thanks." "Jesus Christ." "Someone give me a gun so I can blow my head off." " You know, don't even joke like that." " Who's joking?" "You had no fucking right to tell her about my finances." "We have to be open here." "Everything's gotta be up-front between you and her from now on, okay?" "Bullshit." "You don't tell me how to run my family." "Yes we do." "In fact, that's a good definition of what we do do." "We tell you how to run your family so you don't end in this situation again." "Look, I could give a shit, okay?" "But Cindy's used to money, okay?" "She grew up with it." "That was not the way to break it to her." "I was gonna tell her in my own way." "Thank you." "We have a..." "We have an expression here... readjustment of expectations." "You know what that means?" "Readjustment of expectations means... selling cocaine makes a lot more money than working nights at 7-11." " What are you talking about?" " It's the situation, Bill." "It's a situation that requires some humility from you." "Bill, you haven't... held a legal job that you actually worked... since you were a teenager." "You didn't graduate from high school." "You have no office skills." "The Marshal's Service doesn't provide a false resume... or work history or letters of reference." "Terrific." "Then how am I supposed to get a job?" "I'd say your best shot is becoming a laborer." "You work for a few years, get a trade, become a skilled laborer... and then you can join the union... and you can get some family health benefits." "You're saying the best I can do is to haul shit in a bucket, rain or shine?" "The pay is $20-25,000 a year." " We can't live on twice that." " We can't live on that." " That's why I'm not a nine-to-fiver." " We don't have any money." "Nine-to-fivers don't get whacked." "Did you type in high school?" "You were an administrative assistant at a law firm." "Yeah, a thousand years ago." "You take some paralegal training, you can move that up to $35-40,000 a year." "We threw a party last year that cost that much, man." " Who watches Suzie while I'm at work?" " You're both gonna have to work." " Well, then who looks after the kids?" " It's okay." " Fine." "Let's say I go along..." " Employment is mandatory." "No "if" here." "Fine." "I'm in Seattle with the lumberjacks... with no work history for the last 20 years." "Now, how do I get a job?" "You offer to work for free for a month." "Show them what a good worker you are." "Work for free." "Is he serious?" "You're serious." "That's your answer." "This is the help the Marshal Service gives... we work for free?" "What were you expecting, that the taxpayers were gonna pay your way?" "No, of course not." "But I didn't expect you... to cut my legs out from under me." "I built my business up from scratch." "I'm an entrepreneur, right?" "Now let's say I start a new business..." "legit this time." "What bank is gonna give me a start-up loan... when I'm pumping gas with no work history?" "No bank." "And my children are not gonna see their father... as some down-and-out loser." "You think the government owes you a business loan... after you've ripped them off for years." "How long you been working for the government?" "Are you happy with your Honda?" "Your 80 grand a year, your pension?" "Well, that doesn't work for me." "And this isn't working for me either." "That's a private school." "We're not gonna be able to swing that financially." "What about a great Catholic school?" "Hang on." "Steve said that this here was a great public school." "Who ate the last of the chocolate chunk cookies, huh?" "Who ate the last of the chocolate chunk cookies?" "Yeah, I took one, but it wasn't the last one." "Hey, look." "You take a cookie, there's none left, that's the last." " I don't know." "Maybe." " Maybe you're a sneak." "It was a cookie." "I didn't know it was yours." "I'm watching you, Sean." "What's wrong, Bobby?" "What, no clubs around?" "No friends to blow drinks on?" "No young guys to show off to?" "There's no deals going down." "No horses to bet." "No card games to lose, 'cause there's no money to flush down the fucking toilet." "It's all gone." "See, you're stuck with us, so get used to it." " You don't know what I've been throu..." " We're poor!" "That's what I know." "That's what we are." "Just don't." "Come here for a second." "Sean, come on." "Join me." "Today, we tackle role-playing with our new identities." "Bill, Joan, ready?" "Like we said, I'm a neighbor over for a barbecue." "Joan, you ready to go?" "Let's just have some fun with this." " Suzie, you know what we're doing?" " It's pretend." "That's right." "It's make-believe." "Okay, Joan?" "He called Mommy Joan." " He did." " I can't believe we call her Joan." "Why don't you help your dad with the barbecue?" "Hey, Bill, how's it going?" "Hey, kids." "Where are you folks from?" "Chicago." "Used to be on a route of mine when I was a salesman." "What beach you hang out at, Sean?" "Just the one on the coast." "You mean lake, don't you?" "That's right." "Lake." "That's what I meant." "Well, what brought you to Seattle?" "The rain and the coffee." " And Bobby was, uh..." " Bobby?" "Bob's his middle name." "I used to call him when we were dating..." "Bobby Ba..." "Cooper..." "Bill..." "Cooper." "I used to call him Bob." "Hey, kids." "How's the new school?" "It's great." " What school did you go to before?" " St. Anne's." " Where's St. Anne's?" " West Roxbury." "In Boston?" "Well..." "That's it." "I'm not testifying." "Wait." "Just calm down, Bill." "No hard feelings, and cut that "Bill" crap." "I'm just trying to show how easy it is to give yourselves away." "I don't care what you're trying to show us." "I'm not testifying." "Period." "Thank God." "He's not testifying." "Let's go, Cindy." "Get Suzie." "Let's get packed." "Let's get out of here." "You signed a contract with the Justice Department." "We have you on tape saying you witnessed Theo Cruise murder..." "Fred O'Malley and Frank Gwynne." "That carries the same sentence as if you killed them yourself." "Plus the 16 counts of extortion and racketeering." "You're looking at a life sentence." "I was threatened by you guys..." "coerced into saying it under duress." "You put me in court, I'll deny everything." "I'm not a snitch." "I never was." "I never will be." "Fine." "The sentence length doesn't matter, 'cause you'll never make it to trial." "You're going to prison, my friend, unprotected." "You think Theo Cruise is gonna go easy on you because you changed your mind?" "You're a snitch whether you testify or not." "He's gonna make an example of you." "In prison or out." "You recognize your partner Nikos "the Greek" Stephanos?" "Oh, Christ." "We didn't, not at first." "His molars told us who he was." "We have 3,500 hours of tape on Theo Cruise." "We dug this one up special for you." "Recognize Theo's voice?" "I know Bats how many years now?" "He's gonna screw up." "When he does, we're gonna bring him in here, have a nice little talk with him." " Just like we did with the Greek." " "I know Bats how many years?"" " "He's gonna screw up."" " I heard it, okay?" " "He's gonna screw up."" " Why do you have my wife here?" "Why does she have to listen to this shit?" "Look at this goddamn garbage?" "Bobby, please." "I have to be here." "I have to know what's happening from now on." "You don't think I know you set me up?" "You think I'm stupid?" "You were all over me and Theo." "Surveillance, wire taps, undercover guys, infiltrating." "You discovered what I was doing and let it drop to Theo I was clipping him... to force me into this situation." "You don't think I know... what you have done to me... and my family?" "You motherfucker." "I wish I did set you up, Bobby." "I really do." "'Cause I'd rub your nose in it if I had." "But you're gonna have to look elsewhere for the person that gave you up to Theo." "Vinny "the Fix" Bonjourno." "Jimmy Chow." "Jesus Lopez." "Susan Fiore." "These 30 witnesses... left the program... all fell back into criminal activity... and got killed." "Without this program, you'll set up shop within two days." "You'll naturally be drawn back into the business that you excel at." "You'll be operating in the same circuit." "Something will give you away." "Word travels fast." "Theo's men are in the bathroom stall of your favorite diner." "You think I'm stupid?" "I think you're human, Bill." "We will not protect your family." "They'll still be in danger." "Hell, Joan knows enough about Theo to turn evidence on her own." "Oh, that's bullshit, Steve." "You know that." "Fine, but does Theo know that?" "Theo may just whack her to be sure." "Or Theo might threaten her to get you out in the open." "What the hell is this?" "Theo." "Checking on Suzie's school schedule." "What?" "Knowing what Theo did to Nikos... what would you do if you knew he had Suzie?" "Or Sean?" "Sean's talking to Theo." "No, he's just walking by." " No, his mouth is open." " No." "He's just walking by." "We're just trying to save your life here." "You wanna live?" "Then embrace your family and learn how to live in this world legally." "Period." "Why you care?" "I don't care." "Then why are you going to all this trouble to save my ass?" "It's my job to save your ass." "But that's a lie, Mommy." " You said lying is bad." " Well, it is." "But this isn't." "This is more like pretend... like a game, okay?" "And I think it could be fun." " Will Daddy play?" " Uh-huh." "And Seanie's gonna play too." "But this is the tricky bit..." "only we know about it, okay?" "Just our family, okay?" "So we're just gonna pretend that we're not from West Roxbury." "I don't want to play this game." "Look at Mommy." "If we don't play this game... that bad man is gonna come back." "If we play make-believe, the bad man won't find us?" "That's right." "Okay." "That's my girl." "Right?" "Don't forget." "Now we're going to work on potential problems we identified this morning." "I'm sorry." "I've always been a terrible liar." " You play with your collar." " I thought you did good, Mom." " What?" " You do, Joan." "You play with your collar and you touch your neck." "Now that you're aware of it, just make it go away." "That's it." "Also, Joan... everybody... don't surprise the family with information you haven't agreed upon." "Like, you're from Chicago." " Oh, right." "I'm sorry." " It's okay." "You guys don't know Chicago." "Remember, less is more." "You're gonna become masters in the art of evasion." "Right?" "What's the best way to sidestep a question?" "I don't know." "Throw it back at 'em." "What brings you to Seattle?" "I don't know." "I just got tired of winter." "How long have you been here?" "That's good." "Hey, Suzie, what's your mom's name?" "Joan Cooper." " And your dad?" " Bill." "It's short for William." "That's great." "It takes a lot of energy to lie... so we're gonna try to do it as little as possible." "Especially Joan." "If it makes you feel uncomfortable... just minimize the information that you give out." "Keep the past really simple." "Blend in." "Ma'am, what's your name?" "Uh, Joan Cooper." "Um, honey, you're doing that thing with your collar again." "I can't help that." "You've gotta help it." "You know, she wouldn't have to do it if it wasn't for you." "All right?" "Remember that." "What did you say?" " Sean, stop." " Hey, let's just keep focused here." " What did he say to me?" " Let's just focus on the exercise." "What I said was... we wouldn't have to do any of this shit if it wasn't for you." "We're all trying very hard here, so back off!" "Don't speak to your father that way." "Stop yelling at Daddy!" "You think 'cause these guys have me, you can just speak to me like this?" " Honey, he doesn't mean it." " You don't tell me how to talk." "You don't get to tell me how to do anything anymore!" "Hey, Sean, come on." "Let's deal with this later on." "You think now, all of a sudden, you run this family?" "You don't run this family!" "You have not been here!" "And we've been better off without you!" "The only thing you care about is yourself!" "You want to save your own neck!" "I wish they had shot you!" "If they had shot you, you'd be dead and we wouldn't be in this situation!" "You wish I were dead?" "You thankless little prick." "No, Bobby!" "Don't hurt him!" "Stop!" " I'm your father!" " Let him go!" "I know you told Theo on me!" "Are you crazy?" "Get off of him!" "He told on me!" "You little motherfucker!" "Goddamn it!" " I'm your father!" " It's okay." "Calm down." " Don't go." " I quit." "I'm out of the program." "I gave you everything you ever had... you spoiled piece of shit." "It's all right." "Let him go." "Stay here, okay?" "You okay?" "Look, I know you're upset right now... so why don't we just talk about this first thing in the morning?" "I'm leaving." "I can get you a single unit." "You don't have to worry about that." "I'm not afraid of him... and I don't want him alone with my mom." "We had a moment." "That's all." " Nobody's asking you to..." " Yes, you are." "I thought this would bring us together... that we'd become a family... a real family, like other people." "I've never had one of those real families, so..." "We are!" "We're your family!" "We don't have anything else now." "We only have each other... and now you don't even want us to have that." "I don't know what happened." "Christ!" "Look at us, how we live." "I've never been so embarrassed... for how you treat your son... who loves you... and wants your attention... and you won't give it to him." "I'm embarrassed for myself... for all the things I've done and all the things I didn't do... and just pretending that this was all normal." "Look where it's gotten us." "Please calm down." "Don't tell me to calm down after what you just did!" "I haven't got upset enough all these years." "The shit I put up with." "Look at us." "Mommy, why are you yelling?" "It's okay, Suzie." "What, you're the only one who can get upset?" "You're the only one who can explode, take it out on other people?" "What are you gonna do now?" "What are you gonna do now that you can't shove people around?" " You gonna start pushing us around?" " You know I would never..." " I don't know anything anymore!" " Honey, please." "Stay away from me!" "Mommy, don't yell at Daddy." "I am a single parent." "You couldn't tell me where Suzie's playground is." "You don't know one of their teachers." "You have never been to one of Sean's debates." "And now look what your son thinks of you." "He wishes you were dead." "You said, take it." "Let it go, let it go." "It's okay." "It's for business." "It's for Nikos, for Theo." "Let what go?" "You don't think I know where you were for Suzie's third birthday party?" "I told you, me and Nikos..." "You don't think I find receipts for jewelry I never get?" "It's business." "I swap merchandise." "Shut up!" "Do you think I'm an idiot?" "You don't think that rips my fucking guts out?" "You think I don't know what you're gonna do when we get to Seattle?" "You think you can fool these guys." "You're gonna go back to playing games." "But you are not fooling me!" "Start making bets, huh?" "What's wrong with that?" "That's legal in Atlantic City." "Then it'll be running numbers for some guy that needs a favor." "I'm sorry, honey." "Please." "I'm sorry." "You say it's for me." "You say that I need a necklace or a new car!" " Do you know what I really need?" " I love you, Cindy." "No!" "I'm gonna wind up all alone out there." "Alone at night in Seattle... telling everybody I'm someone else with a new name." "And the same stupid, stupid..." "I just wanted to get out." "Oh, Jesus." "It was you." "What did you do, honey?" "What did you do?" "You told Theo!" "You son of a bitch!" "Daddy!" "Shut up!" "I'm sorry." " Good morning." " Package come for me?" "Not yet." "You okay?" "No, not really." "Sean, you leave, we can't protect you." "These are children of the witnesses that left the program." "I'm going back to Boston." "I won't let you, Sean." "If you go back to Boston, your family can't go to Seattle." "They'll have to choose new names... prepare for a new relocation area." "I want to make sure you understand me." "If you go back to Boston, the next time... you see your mother may be at her funeral." "You may never see your little sister again." "Are you absolutely certain, Sean?" "I'm going back to Boston." "We'll ring the apartment tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m." "Say your last good-byes." "Walk out the door." "That's it." "It's okay." "I strongly advise you not to force him to go with you." "You'll always regret it... and it'll tear at your family for the rest of your life." "Sean is a minor." "He has to come with us." "I can't live the rest of my life without seeing my son." "Do you understand that?" "Now, open the fucking door!" "Once we get to Seattle, if things don't work out... can I leave?" "Can I take Suzie and go back to my parents?" "If you leave Bill in Seattle, you're on your own." "Whether you keep your identity or not... we'd have to relocate him, change his name again." "I'd try to help you as much as I can, but... if you leave Bill, you leave this program." "You submitted the alternate names of James and Margaret Stratton." "Does Sean know anything about that?" "Change William Cooper to James Stratton." "James, right." "And you need to change Joan Cooper to Margaret Stratton." "Margaret Stratton." "That's right." "We got the okay." "Without Sean, we move them to Phoenix." "I know the superintendent in Phoenix." "I can hook you up with school records." "Great." "No, great." "Yeah, great." "Thanks." "I need this yesterday." "What's up?" "It's an idea." "It's a long shot." "And then the Greek, Nikos, tells me that Bats is holding out on me." "So what am I, a moron?" "I'm supposed to believe the Greek ain't in on it?" "How else would he know?" "See what I mean?" "No." "Nikos didn't think it through, my friend." "You partner Nikos told Theo that you were fixing the books... and holding back money from him." "It was your partner who gave you up." "You heard it right here from Theo's mouth." "Not Sean, not the Feds, not Cindy..." "Nikos." "He thought he'd be rewarded for his loyalty." "He was mistaken." "Cost him his life." "Now, Nikos..." "he fucked you over." "He paid for that." "That's done now." "There's no revenge here." "You're the only one screwing yourself right now." "You family, they're the only ones in the same situation that you are." "They believe in you." "They followed you here." "They're the only people that you can trust." "Can't you see it in your little girl's eyes?" "They're giving you one huge chance... to un-fuck yourself." "Bring them with you." "You don't like us anymore?" "Well, of course I do." "It's just that I'm grown up now, and it's time for me to go." "You'll come for my birthday, right?" "I'd like to, but I don't think I can." "Okay." "Bye." "Bye." "I understand why you think..." "I didn't make the right choices with my life." "I did what I felt I had to do, coming from where I did." "I don't apologize for it." "But because of my choices... you're like a suburban kid, grew up in a nice neighborhood... had what I didn't." "Maybe how I was with my father, my own father... makes me no good with you." "You're the first one who's gonna make it to college." "And I'm proud of that." "Maybe I don't show it." "I don't know." "Everyone wants me to be this straight guy from Seattle." "I don't see how I can put you through college if I do that." "But... if you leave now... this is how it's gonna end between me and you." "And maybe that's okay." "But your sister, your mother..." "Don't hurt them, or yourself... to get back at me." "But if you're sure... you think you can survive better... by yourself like I did... then..." "I wish you luck, son." "I really do." "Are you all..." "Oh, my God." "Sweetheart." "Baby." "Oh, God." "Seanie." "Why is Sean crying?" "I'm not." "You don't think Sean... would let you go to Seattle without him, do you, Suzie?" "No way." "I'm not going if you take that dog." "We're all going." "No way." "I hate that thing." "The clothes you have on will get you there." "You'll have initial clothes purchase allowance." "You won't have your drivers license and other I.D. For another six weeks." "You're kind of a legal nonentity right now." "You'll be in limbo in a motel without a car... so I'll make sure it's in walking distance of a grocery store." "This is the balance of your per diem." "Once you find an apartment... you'll get $1800 a month stipend till you get a job." "You're also gonna get a furniture allowance and three grand... to purchase a car." "Well, it's now or never, Bill." "I think it's great, all you guys together." "Really I do." "Yeah, me too." " Hey, you okay?" " Yeah." "I had these hidden." "You got these by me?" "It wasn't too hard." "You can never write or call her." "You understand that, right?" "Or any of your friends." "Yeah." "This is for Debbie." "It's good-bye." "If you could get it to her." "You're making the right decision." "You are." "Hi." "I'm..." "Hi." "I'm Joan Cooper." "Good-bye, Cynthia..." "O'Connor..." "Batton." "Looking forward to that fresh air?" "You be good, sweetheart." "And you listen to your mom... and listen to your dad, okay?" "Take care." "The field inspector is gonna meet you guys at the airport." "He'll come by to see you every day for the first month." "Make sure everything stays straight, on track." "That's it." "Good luck, Bill." "Thanks." "Bobby Bats." "Bang." "You're dead." "Take it away." "Well, what do you give 'em?" "I don't know." "I give 'em a 50/50 shot." "Always the optimist." "Flight 648, service from Chicago, has been delayed 30 minutes." "Please check the information monitor for a new gate assignment." "Hi." "I'm Joan Cooper." "This is my husband Bill." " You wanna come with us, please?" " Right this way, please."