"Potato salad, please." "Pass the cole slaw." " Please." " Please." "I think there's too much vinegar." "No." "It's fine." "It's sour." "It's fine, mom." "Anybody ready for another hamburger?" " Me!" " Me." "Please." "Please." "Mary Rose, you haven't touched your food." "I'm not hungry." "She's just a miserable teenager." "To eat would be to admit she's human, like everybody else." "Saw your picture in the paper again this week," "Standin' there with the governor." "I tell ya, when I'm out at the golf course these days," "I get treated special, and it's because of you." ""He's a comer," Jack Gile keeps tellin' me." "You remember Jack Gile?" "Listen, Norman, I don't know how to say this." "So I'm just gonna- I'm just gonna say it." "I'm havin' a cash flow problem." "I got this deal that I'm kinda" "Oh, christ, this is embarrassing." "It's not a problem, Tommy." "It's a disgrace what they pay you for your public service." "It really is." "Look, whatever you need." "Thanks." "Hey." "Here's your cut." "It's up 5,000 this week." "Thanks." "See this?" "Freddie cork's green bar- 2-1 favorite to win the bartender's softball tournament this year." " 4-1." " What?" "4-1 is the odds that Moe's gettin' in the bookie trailer." "Bullshit 4-1." "Jack Cardili's listing' near 6-1." "See, here's the thing:" "You place your bets with Jack and win the tournament, you not only get all the glory, you make a financial killin' on the side." "But you gotta be confident you're gonna win." "I mean, real confident." "Thing is, I know how to give you that confidence." "How?" "Put me on the team." " And me." " Yeah, and him." " Put you on my team?" " Shit." "Yeah, shortstop." "He's right field." "How's that supposed to help my odds of winning?" " Because I'm good." " Me, too." "Mike, I got the best team in providence." "You'd be a liability, and Pete over there would be an anchor around someone's fuckin' neck." "Hey, fuck you, Helen Keller!" "You gotta present us with a proposal, somethin' we can discuss." "The only discussion is who goes." "Cathcart, you listen." "There's no way the union's just gonna stand by and do nothin'." "It's out of my control." "If it's out of your control, why are we even botherin' to talk to you?" "Because I'm the only one you're gonna get to talk to." "That's unacceptable." "Not to the corporation, it's not." "You can't summarily fire 25 workers without cause or discussion." "This is the discussion." "We just had it." "Rose, as shop steward, you can pick the 25 who go." "I will do no such thing." "I just checked the files." "Mcgowan, Calucci, Milosich, and Galassi have all reached retirement status and would receive full pensions." "I found another 21 who were pretty close." "Their pension benefits would be decent." "Shame on you, Anthony Cathcart." "Shame on you." "We'll call a strike." "You strike, they'll close down the factory." "They'll move the business to Sri Lanka, then no one works." "They'll all lose their jobs." "Is that what you want?" "!" "Tuesday, 9:30, we meet with representative Garnett to discuss his public transportation proposal." "At 10:00 we scoot over to senator Simon's for a chat about campaign finance reform." "I'm not interrupting, I hope." "No." "Good to see you, Speaker." " How are you?" "Hey, Alex." " Mr. Speaker." " Lookin' good." "Tommy." " How you doing?" "Look, I come with glad tidings." "I just got off the phone with the governor, and for some reason, he seems to like you, Tommy." "He sends his regards, and he would like to offer you an opportunity to advance your career." "What kind of opportunity?" "He would like you to introduce a bill authorizing the state to buy land here in our fair city." "For what purpose?" "Well, Providence needs a new waste removal station." "You know, the garbage strike made it clear how vulnerable we are, and the city's growing." "The best spot seems to be the 2 blocks bounded by evanson, baldry, mcintire, and" " Broadway." " On the hill." "Exactly right." "Which is why, of course, he thinks you're the perfect person to introduce the bill." "And what happens to the row houses that are there?" "Well, the state would, of course, reimburse the residents a fair price for their properties." "A fair price to tear'em down?" "To make way for civic improvement." "Of course." "Oh, shit." "I'm late for a school committee report." "It's televised." "How do I look?" "Did I spill my kung pao?" "You look good, Speaker." "You let me know how you'd like to handle it," "I'll tell the governor that you're on board." "He'll be very pleased." "You know how many people live in that area?" "At least 150." "You know, I meant what I said." "No more biltmore." "No more hotels next time your place." "Somewhere." "Not my place." "Why not?" "What's wrong with your place?" "What are you hiding from me?" "Nothing." "Let's go to Newport, rent a boat." "You ever fucked on a boat?" "I don't want to fuck on a boat." "I want to go to your place." "It's too messy." "I like messy." "Messy turns me on." "No." "Let's go." "Now." "You want to fuck me in the ass?" "I'll let you fuck me in the ass if we go to your place." "We can't go to my place." "Why not?" "My mother's there." "Your mother?" "It's her house, actually." "Jesus h." "Christ, he lives with his mother." "She's getting on in years, ok?" "I was gone a long time." "She needs me." "I think we're running out of ice." "I'll be right back." "Your mother." "Put on some clothes." "Good evening." "What would you say about a single man in his 30s who still lived at home with his mother?" "I'd say he was lonely." "I'm back, my turtledove." "And I wouldn't take too seriously everything that the Speaker says about the governor liking' you." "I don't." "Odds are, the governor doesn't even know about this waste-removal station." "Odds are the governor can't even remember who I am." "True." "He's a good man, though." "Just busy." "He wasn't too busy to miss stopping by the hill for a photo-op last week." "Doin' his job." "Rousting the celtic vote." " Yeah." " You'd do the same." "Oh... what's that one?" "Up there on the left." "The big star." "The north star?" "Somethin' to steer by." "I wish I knew more about the stars..." "or flowers." "Their names." "It is my considered opinion that you should do what the Speaker says." "You made a deal not to be contrary." "The deal must be kept, or we'll all will slip straight into anarchy." "But even if it means hurting my own district?" "Well, your district will lose some homes and gain some jobs." "Someday you'll want something from the Speaker," "And that's when you'll want to call on the Speaker for his unspoken end of the deal, which is to protect you." "And he will." "That's why he's the Speaker." "What's that one up there?" "The one thatooks like a cross." "It's a divine reminder of our miserable existence." "Jimmy." "Tommy." "I thought I was late." "You are." "How's my sister?" " She's good." " Yeah?" "You sure?" "You lookin' after her?" "Of course I am." " I got a job for you." " What?" "Those 3-Deckers we're renovating" "How much will we get for the market value?" "Gosh, I don't know. 150 each." " Twice that when we're done." " 5 minutes until roll call, Tommy." "Go see Nate Noles at first national." "I want you to ask him to leverage the triple-deckers for a loan." "We want at least 300,000." "Tommy, we're- We're already mortgaged to the hilt." "I mean, we got no fallback plan if we can't make payments." "I'm talking short-Term, Jimmy." "6 months." "Interest will be high, but it won't kill us." "It's risky." "Form a new company." "All right, we got land sound- No, a new company." "Open a bank account and put the money in the new company's name." "Ok." "Now, what do we call it?" " What?" " This new company." "I don't know." "Use your imagination." "And then what?" "Ok, you're gonna buy exactly 5 row houses anywhere in the 2-Block area bounded by evanson, baldry, mcintire, and broadway." "You have a pen?" "Thank you." "And, Jimmy..." "I'm not associated with this new real estate development company." "Whatever you call it, you form it in your name." "My name will appear nowhere." "Understood?" "Yeah." "Understood." "Don't mess this up." "Hey, boss, I'm on it." "Rest assured." "Seriously." "I gotta go." "Ok, my love to Mary Kate." " Ok." "I'll see you sunday." " Ok." "Hey, carl, it's Eileen." "How are you?" "Yeah?" "That's great." "Listen, I was wondering if you wanted to get together." "Well, at the motel, I guess." "I'm feeling kind of sentimental about the old place." "Hey, we don't have to do anything." "Just hang out, talk, whatever." "I understand that." "I-I really do." "But the thing is..." "I miss you." "Carl, I'm so fuckin' lonely, I think I'm gonna die." "Yeah?" "Well, fuck you!" "Hey, if it ain't my 2 favorite bog trotters." "Terry." "Long time." "Michael." "The place has changed a lot." "Yeah." "Can't get rid of those fuckin' bastards." "Spend all fuckin' night." "Got the kids runnin' the drugs for 'em." "Kids get busted, no problem." "They're juveniles." "They get sprung the next day and go back to work." "The old crowd's scared away." "It's killin' me." "So, these... armenians..." " they're armenian, right?" " Yeah." "How 'bout Pete and I persuade 'em to leave?" "What would I have to do?" "Nothin'." "Just start a softball team." "That's it?" "A softball team?" "That's it." "Well, I'd be forever in your debt." "True." "Oh... sorry." "What the fuck are you doing?" "You're in my way." "Fuck you." "Yeah." "Hey, kid, your ma's outside calling' your name." "What the fuck are you lookin' at?" "I was just wonderin'... you know my friend Terry Mulligan there?" "This is his bar." "See, he's agreed to start a softball team so we can compete in the upcoming tournament." "I was just wonderin' if you guys would like to help me and Pete with our batting' practice." "Softball, huh?" "You fuckin' cunt." "You gonna fuck with those little kids?" "Those little fucking kids?" "!" "You fucking cunt!" "Hey." "Hey, pete." "Pete." "Pete!" "He's done." "Get outta here, and don't come back!" "Mulligan's is officially off limits to all people of armenian extraction." "Take your fuckin' business with you." "I see you on the hill again, I'll send you to fuckin' turkey." "Mr. Ryan." "Mr. William Ryan." "Who's askin'?" "My name is Jimmy Martinson." "I'd like to talk to you about an exciting new real estate venture." "Get the fuck off my front stoop!" "Uh, I represent a company called American Idol Enterprises." "Do you mind if I come in?" "I'll call the cops." "Look, uh, we'd like to offer you $80,000 for your house." "Would you be interested in $80,000?" "Oh, don't take- Holy Jesus Christ on a crutch!" "Good." "You're a man of faith." "Pray." "No, no, no." "I represent Tommy Caffee." "Representative Tommy Caffee." "He asked me to come down here today." " Tommy Caffee?" " Yeah." "Tommy Caffee." "He backed this offer with his word." "So who else?" " Liam Allen." " He still alive?" "Works construction over in Warwick." "Who else?" "Brian Corey." "Smallface Brennan." "Center field and shortstop, respectively." "I think I should play center field." "It's just a waste of my fucking talent putting me in right field." "What?" "Pete, you throw like a girl." "Here they are." "Told ya." "Gentlemen, how are ya?" "Stay off the hill." "Conduct your business elsewhere... we're friends for life." "But you come back here..." "We might have a problem." "Good night." "Listen, I don't throw like a fucking girl, all right?" "It's not the best part of your game, is it?" "Well, it's a cruel thing to fucking say." "All right, all right, I take it back." "You don't throw like a girl." "I guess we should bury him, huh?" "Yeah." "Who wants some?" "You gonna eat them?" " I do, I do." " You do, you do." "Look out." "There's one." "You can keep it." "There's one for you, too." "Ok, you got yours." "You don't want it?" "No?" "All right?" "So, once there was a little..." "Tommy." "Done." " Did you get the houses?" " Money's in escrow." "You did good." "Mr. Chairman, committee members," "Tommy, what do you think?" "...the great pride that I feel in the accomplishments" " of the educational committee..." " presidential." " Really?" " Absolutely." "You are a lyin' irish sack of shit." "I look like a not-very-trustworthy local politician with a severe follicle deficit." "What's up?" "On the waste removal station" "Why don't I introduce the legislation this week?" "You make my heart sing." "I'll have my office put together a draft." "Your guys can look over it." "This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." " Got one request." " Shoot." "You and I both know the state will underpay these people for their houses." "I'd like to come up with a price range that at least looks fair." "They are your constituents, after all." "Exactly." "So you don't wanna use the tax base as a guide." "How about a premium?" "10% above the average of whatever the last 5 houses in the neighborhood sold for?" "I don't have a problem with that." "Then I'll get right on it." "Don't forget, you come to me with any issues you might have." "Quid pro quo, Tommy." "What's wrong?" "Nothing's wrong." " What ya doin'?" " Watching you." "Watching me sleep?" "Not very interesting." "You can learn a lot about a person watching them sleep." "You, for example, never relax." "I wonder why." "I got things to be tense about." "Why don't you come back to bed and help me relax?" "You're never relaxed because you're always worried about your next move." "So what is it?" "I'm sensing a lot of hostility here." "No more biltmore, you said." "So, no more biltmore." "What I said is I wanted to go to your place." "I said that wasn't appropriate." "You're avoiding the question." "I'll answer the question for you." "Your next move is you're gonna leave me." "Where are my clothes?" "I gotta get to work." "You can't wait to get out of here, can you?" "Stroll away down the street, have a cup of coffee," " enjoy a cigarette." " I don't smoke." "Where are my clothes, please?" "My mother warned me about guys like you." "Smart woman, your mother." "Should've listened to her." "Do you have to go?" "No." " How do you like the bailt?" " It's good." " It is?" " Yeah." "Go on." "Knock yourself out." "Oh, sorry." "Thank you." "Where's all the paperwork?" "97." "Good." "I only see 3 sales agreements." "Yeah." "So where are the other 2?" "What other 2?" "I told you 5." "You said 5." "What's the difference?" "I got 3." "I'll get you another 2 tomorrow." "If you want 50, I'll get you 50." "You didn't buy 5 houses." "You bought 3." " So what?" " So what else did you do?" "You didn't use my name?" "Jimmy." "Jimmy, look at me." "Did you mention my name?" "For christ sake, Tom, how else am I gonna get people to trust me?" "Who the fuck am I, you know?" "You told people that I was part of the company buying their homes?" "Yeah." "It's no big deal." "I mean" "Who's gonna know?" "I needed some grease for the wheels." "Your name was the grease." " Get out of here right now." " Let me finish my" "Right now!" "Take these sales agreements and cancel them." "And if you have to pay a penalty, you pay the penalty." " What?" " I can't-I can't..." "I already filed the contracts with the registrar." "Damn it, Jimmy." "I" " I don't get it, Tommy." "Go fuck up someone else's life." "You and I- We're done, we're through." "Well..." "Tommy." "Tommy!" "I'm sorry about the noise." "It's fine." "Don't worry." "It's gonna look good up here when you're done." "Yeah." "I should be finished end of next week." "I'm gonna rent it out, bring in another 500 a month." "Mary Kate just called." "Sounded kind of upset." "She said you told Jimmy he couldn't work with you anymore." "I did." "Come on, he's incompetent." "What did he do?" "He... he miscommunicated some important information." "That doesn't sound so bad." "Oh, it is-It was." "Tommy, Eileen, you up there?" "Tommy?" "Come on up, ma." "Look, for what's it worth," "I think you should keep Jimmy around." "He worships you, and for better or worse, he's family." "Ah, there you are." "Oh, Eile." "If you think those kids are doing their homework, they're not." "They're watching tv." "Duty calls." "What do you want, ma?" "Well, what makes you think I want anything?" "I just stopped by to say hello." "And to tell you that the mill is trying to fire 25 people." "Any help the state house can give us will be deeply appreciated." "Ma, I'll do what I can about the workers, ok?" "It might not be much, but..." "Thank you, Tommy." "If you let Jimmy go, he and Mary Kate will starve." " Ma" " Don't say anything." "Think about it." "Your sister on the street because of you." "Good night." "Hey, Jimmy." "What's going on?" "Mike, what are you doing here?" "Just out." "You know, enjoying the night air." "Thanks." "So, uh... what's wrong?" "Oh, nothing." "Just recovering from a deep disappointment." "Deep disappointment?" "Mind if I ask what the cause of that is?" "Yeah." "Your fucking brother." "He can be very difficult." "My brother?" "He can be a fucking hard-ass, plain and simple." "That's exactly right." "He's a fucking hard-ass." "Shit." "Hey, Terry." "Hey, Mikey." " How's it goin'?" " How goes the war?" "Hey, Terry Mulligan, Jimmy Martinson, my brother-in-law." "Nice to meet you, Jimmy." " Hello." "Irish whiskey there?" " Sure." "Business is booming, huh?" "Yeah." "Thanks to you it is." "I'm happy for you." "Thanks, Mike." "Jimmy here is" " He's a lawyer." "He's a good one." "I used to work for his brother Tommy, but not anymore." "Tommy and Jimmy did some business together, but to be honest with you," "I don't think Tommy really appreciates what he's got in you." "Slainte." "Drink up." "So, Jimmy... you want to come work for us?" " Us?" " Work for you?" "Yeah." "Do all the legal work for Mulligan's." "I don't need any legal work." "Well, when you do." "I don't know, Michael." "It'd be great." "You do all the legal work for Mulligan's," "Plus, I got a few businesses on the side could do with a sharp legal mind looking after 'em." "What do you say?" " I on't know." "No, I" " Jimmy!" "Hey, look at me." "Look at me." "You got rent to pay, right?" "You got a wife to look after." "My sister." "Far as I'm concerned, that makes you my brother." "All right." "Rose." "We need to talk." "So talk." "In my office." "You got somethin' to say to me, you say it right here." "You've been let go." "I'm sorry." "You're too stubborn, Rose." "Well, it used to be called standing' up for yourself." "So what does it take to be your friend?" "Come on, I'm just trying to protect my people." "Buying the houses is my way of propping up the prices they'd get from the state." "Was the 10% mark-up for your people, or was that for Tommy Caffee?" "Introduce the bill with a purchase price set at the assessed value, don't give me any fuckin' horse shit about the past 5 sales, and do it today or I will have your ass hauled up before the ethics committee." "They any good?" "No." "No, they suck." "I hear you got a team." "Yeah." "Brian Corey," "Liam Allen, Bob Allen, Smallface Brennan." "Yeah?" "That's a good team." "I'm playing shortstop." "Pete's playing right field." "Pete's playing right field?" "Petey throws like a girl." "Yeah, well, with you pitching the ball will never get out to right field." " Me?" " Yeah, you." "What do you say?" "What are you laughing at?" "I'm good." "Hey, Michael, can I play on your team, too?" "No, asshole, 'cause you're too fat." "Come on, Deco." "I heard there was some kind of a ruckus at Mulligan's last night." "I heard certain armenian gentlemen have packed up and gone." "You wouldn't know anything about that would you?" "No." "You got no witnesses or anything?" "None that'll talk." "Seems you scared 'em all." "Did you ever think maybe they're not scared?" "Maybe they think the neighborhood's better off without these... what are they, armenian... guys?" "Well, I don't know." "Maybe they don't like talking to fat boys with badges." "Hey, no, ralph." "Ralph!" "Stop it!" "No!" "Come on!" "No!" "Jesus... no!" "Hey, Deco, come on." "Let's kick Freddie's ass." "City champions." "Sounds pretty good, don't it?" "Yeah, it does." "It sounds real good." "But you know I can't do that." "It's not appropriate." "What?" "It's a bar team." "Come on, think of the glory." "Are you sure?" "Yeah, I'm sure." "All right." "Well, I tried." "Word to the wise" "Bet on Freddie to lose." "Were you gonna call?" "I did call." "You weren't there." "Come on, why don't you sit down?" "Let's talk." "Sweetheart... my darlin' Rose, we cannot defend ourselves anymore." "We're competing with workers who live in huts and earn $3.00 a day." "All we can do is stagger the loss and protect as many of us as we can." "That's it?" "That's it." "This has been my whole life, Rose- this union." "Do you think I like seeing it die on its knees?" "Did you know my name was on a list?" "They fired you?" "Yes." "No, I did not know." "But I'm not surprised." "You made the mistake of speaking your mind." "So did I, but they can't fire me." "They can just ignore me." "Good-Bye, Jacob." "I'll see you next trip up." "No... you won't." "All right, open 'em." "Oh, what the fuck?" "You're 2 years sober, you kicked the shit out of your demons... we're all proud of you." "I'm fuckin' proud of you." "Thank you, Mike." "I don't know what to say." "Don't say anything." "Blow your candles out." "Cut the cake." "Let's all get some fuckin' sugar, right?" "There might be some plates up here." "Hey, Terry." "What is it, Mike?" "I was thinking." "You know, it's probably best that this place doesn't stay in your name legally." "Just to protect yourself." "What do you mean, Mike?" "Protect myself from what?" "People who might try to hurt you to hurt me." "I don't want it on my conscience, you know?" "I couldn't live with myself." "I mean, you'll still get your fair share of the take, which is a fuck of a lot more than you were making before, right?" "I mean, isn't it?" "Hey, Jimmy." " You got those papers?" " Oh, yeah." "You want to sit down, terry?" "Sit down." "Oh, yeah." "Here." "Sign right there." "Here you go." "Why don't you sign right there where it says "new owner"?" "Me?" "Yeah." "They'd take the liquor license away if I signed that thing." "Go ahead." "You'll be a property owner." "I don't know, Michael." "I'm a lawyer." "They might take my license." "For what?" "Sign it." "Come on, guys, eat your cake." "Come on, eat your cake." "It's a celebration." "Representative Caffee has the floor, 5 minutes." "Thank you, Mr. Speaker." "I would like to introduce for consideration bill number h-3221." "This would authorize the state to purchase land in the city of Providence bounded by evanson, baldry, mcintire, and broadway streets." "Furthermore, it would authorize the construction of a state-financed waste-disposal station on the aforementioned property." "The recompense of the home owners by the state will occur under the existing statutes of eminent domain." " Thank you, representative Caffee." " Mr. Speaker, I still have time." "I would like to offer an amendment to the bill as proposed." "that the valuation of the existing homes be determined by the average of the most recent sales filed with the registrar." "Now, these are my people... so of course I believe the last 5 sales would be fair." "But I can't accept a valuation based on the last 3." "Without this I will have to withdraw my support of the bill, even though I am the one who proposed it." "Thank you, Mr. Speaker." "No premium?" "No, sir." "Just a fair-market value for my constituents." "Does the motion have a second?" "The amendment is offered and seconded." "Let's vote." "Unlock the machine." "Yeah, Michael!" "Beautiful day, Mr. Cork." "It certainly is." "All right, let's get this thing started." "Freddie, call it." "Heads." "Tails." "Mulligan's gamblers take the plate." "Come on, Mikey!" "I think Freddie's gonna give himself a hernia out there." "Hey, Freddie, dancin' don't count." "You gotta let go of the ball." "Yeah!" "Go Mike, go!" "Go, Mike, go!" "Go, go, go!" "What the fuck?" "Foul!" "Foul!" "Yeah!" "It's out!" "What the fuck?" "!" "He tripped me over!" "He tripped on the base." "Motherfucker!" "Freddie!" "Fuck you, you piece of shit!" "Evening, representative Caffee." "I should have known he'd send you to do his dirty work." "He doesn't even know I'm here." "Katie, your husband's a screw-up." "And he may... well, he may be the worst lawyer in Providence." "I know, but I don't care." "It's called love, Tommy." "But I'm not his wife." "I did business with him, and it hurt me repeatedly." "Politically and financially." "Doesn't matter." "Michael's taking care of him now." "Oh, my god." "You're gonna end up a widow, Katie." "That's a horrible thing to say." "Tell your husband what he's doing, it's a very big mistake." "Why should I?" "He actually feels good about himself for the first time in a long time." "'Cause it won't end well, and you know it." "Remember when you and Michael used to play baseball out there?" "You'd play until it got so dark the ball smashed one of you in the face." "So I wasn't very good." "So I was terrible." "Yeah, you may have been terrible, but... you never ducked." "Michael wouldn't hurt Jimmy, would he?" "Did you hear about mom?" "They let her go from the factory." "Shit!" "I'll talk to her." "No, I'll do it." "You go in and feed the kids." "What, Eileen's not home?" "No." "Don't worry, they're fine." "I love you, Tommy." "I love you, too." "Say hello to ma."