Half these buildings are in turn-around.
You can spit from here to the new Marriott.
You need this block bad, huh?
This thing doesn't last forever, say "yes" to everything.
The neighbors called the pigs.
Fuck.
We have to be smart with our bodies.
Shit is finally cracking open for me, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna say "no" to something.
You have this actual glow, you know that about yourself?
I got this bachelor party.
I wanted to get some girls up there.
Money, money, money.
This could be a whole new line of business.
You should've brought your amateur thing to me first.
You should've cut me in when I proved I was an earner.
- What's up with you and Rudy? - Fuck Rudy fucking Pipilo.
♪ She's a devil Got a heart of stone ♪
♪ She's a devil Leaves me all alone ♪
♪ She's a devil Won't you be ♪
♪ My girl? ♪
♪ She's a devil ♪
Slower on the dolly.
- Watch the cables! - ♪ She's a devil ♪
♪ Won't you be My girl? ♪
♪ She's so young ♪
Whoo!
♪ But I like her ♪
Oh, man, you can go to jail for that!
Cut, very nice.
Guys, head to wardrobe. Girls, you're wrapped.
- Lori, you can take 20. - 'Kay.
Hey.
You were amazing.
Thank you.
Put on the red gel.
Celery and carrots?
Who do I have to fuck to get a roast beef sandwich?
Miss Madison wants a roast beef sandwich.
Did I deliver or what?
I could get used to this.
You sure about the roast beef?
You have an anal tomorrow. Early call.
Enemas are a girl's best friend.
I got a system, Kiki.
♪ I don't want to live On charity ♪
♪ Pleasure's real Or is it fantasy? ♪
♪ Reel to reel Is living verite ♪
♪ People stop and stare at me ♪
♪ We just walk on by ♪
♪ We just keep on dreaming ♪
♪ Dream, dream Even for a little while ♪
♪ Dream, dream Filling up an idle hour ♪
♪ Fade away ♪
♪ Radiate ♪
♪ I sit by And watch the river flow ♪
♪ I sit by And watch the traffic go ♪
♪ Imagine something Of your very own ♪
♪ Something you can Have and hold ♪
♪ I'd build a road in gold ♪
♪ Just to have some dreaming ♪
♪ Dreaming is free ♪
- ♪ Dreaming ♪ - ♪ Dreaming ♪
♪ Dreaming is free ♪
Fuck, I get illegal possession,
but come on! Four counts of attempted murder?
He popped a kid in the back
- in front of witnesses. - Exactly.
Only we can pop a kid in front of witnesses.
Thank you, Officer Paglia, for allowing me to look
- at your interesting magazine. - Captain, sir!
I appreciate it.
Fuck you, Tony.
This gentleman is from Minnesota.
Michigan.
He has a problem.
And I thought some general advice
from the Public Morals Task Force might be in order.
As you are the ranking supervisor, Lieutenant.
Detective Nardi, you have a complainant in the 124 room.
So, Mr., uh...?
Rouse. Matthew Rouse.
What brings you to New York City, Mr. Rouse?
- Take a seat. - Thank you.
I'm...
I'm... I'm trying to find someone. Um...
I wanna find this girl.
Oh, that's nice, but, uh...
you're supposed to just look at the tape, not fall in love.
It's my daughter.
Hey, guys...
On the box,
it says it's a New York production company,
but there's no address.
I called the operator, but there's no listing.
Your daughter, she, uh... she underage?
No. She'd be in her 30s. 33, now, actually.
Well, being as she's of age and...
there's no indication that she was, uh...
performing without giving her consent,
I don't think this could be a police matter.
Yeah, I know that, I just... I just need some help. I...
I wanna find her.
When was the last time you saw her?
April 1966. She was 14.
I get it. I get it. I got... I got kids.
Look, Mr. Rouse,
I can give you some names and numbers,
but no one's gonna talk to you about your daughter.
Trust me.
Some people come to Times Square,
they don't wanna be found, and they never are.
That's just how it works.
But. I've been... ...working vice here
for two decades and longer, and I...
I know if I wanna find someone,
and if I wanna pay the right people, or...
beat on the wrong people, go places you can't go, I...
just... might be able to catch up to your daughter.
Problem is I can't do that on company time.
Well, what if I hire you?
As a private investigator.
Just tell me what you need.
Two hundred a day. Minimum of five days.
Plus expenses.
Yeah.
- Lift your thumb. - Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to...
Oh, hey. No, no, you play?
No.
Well, we can fix that.
Here.
Now?
Yeah. Look.
One hand on the neck.
One hand on the soundboard.
- Good, yeah. - Yeah.
No. Hold these two fingers down.
That's right.
And then with the fingers on the other hand,
strum across all six strings.
- Wow. - That's pretty cool, huh?
Yeah.
Hey, Kit's sick. I'm Betsey. I'll be doing your makeup today.
- What's that for? - I need to wash your face.
- I have on foundation. - I know. I need to start clean.
This is the only foundation I can wear.
- I'm allergic to everything. - Everything we have
- is hypoallergenic. - Please. You don't understand.
I got him. I've got Tod.
- You take Jessica. - But I always cover Kit's actors
- when he calls out. - Change of plans.
Sorry I didn't get here earlier.
The trains are messed up.
Kit told me all about your allergies.
Don't worry. I understand.
My friend's going through the same thing.
Thank you.
Yeah, you're gonna need a bigger bag.
Hey. Her.
Mooney.
Enjoy yourself.
Mooney, come on. Her.
What's her name? Do you know where she's living nowadays?
Me? No. But that's one of Martino's tapes. Call him.
- Frankie? No, you call him. - Me? Why me?
Because you've got a fucking phone right there.
Come on, time is money, Mooney. Let's go.
Time is money, and I'm paying for the call.
I'll get that for you.
What do you think?
I mean, it needs some work, but the guy's motivated to sell.
It's huge.
Wait till you see upstairs.
Dance floor's as big as this one.
Y'know, a little paint. Upgrade the sound system.
Why's he selling?
Eh, he doesn't know how to run a club.
Couldn't keep the wolves away from the door, you know?
So...?
If we do take it...
I was thinking, uh...
You know, maybe we call it "Mike's."
I'm serious.
You're ready.
You ain't got to call it Mike's.
I mean, no need to sweeten the pie.
I've got your back regardless, Vince.
Call it whatever you want. But...
I'd take a piece, Rudy would take a piece,
but it would be yours. If you want it.
Just think about it.
Uh...
This isn't easy for me.
I find with new patients,
the best thing for a first session is to just...
tell me about yourself.
I'm a cop. Over in Midtown.
How long have you been a police officer?
Too long, I think.
- All the stress... - I can imagine.
I meet a lot of assholes. Pardon my French.
Like, there's this guy.
He owns a hotel over in Midtown.
One of those old SROs. A real Times Square shit hole.
You familiar with the area?
Midtown? I avoid it, if possible.
Officer Alston, tell me what's on your mind, exactly.
Okay. I'm, uh... What's the word you guys use?
...agitated about what goes on in that building.
Pimps, hookers, shooting galleries.
The whole nine.
Thing is, there's an investment group
offering to buy the property. Clean that block up.
Start a project that could actually turn the area around.
But this fuckhole,
pardon my German,
won't sell.
Mind you, they offered him well above market value.
Perhaps this fuckhole of yours sees
that the area might turn around.
He'd like to hold on to his property
and wait to share in that opportunity.
But see, he's not doing anything to help that.
He's just sitting on his piece of the problem
waiting for everybody else to do the work.
And then, when it's all done, at the end,
he wants to get paid more than he deserves.
- And that troubles you? - Yeah.
I'm troubled.
But not like this guy's gonna be troubled.
He's over here on Park and 74th with his psychiatry practice
and his brownstone up on East 85th
and his beach house in Amagansett
and his nicely arranged life.
And it would be a shame if somebody dragged his ass
through the Post and the Daily News
until he was begging to sell.
I mean, Doc, that would be... biblical.
Officer Alston, would you like my professional opinion?
It's what I came for.
Based on our conversation,
I'd say your condition is chronic.
In fact, I'd say there's no cure.
Right.
Hey.
You don't wanna know the garbage
I had to wade through.
Between you and me, there's a guy...
Yeah. Did you find her?
I have an address. But...
- But what? - She didn't wanna be found.
So I had to pay some people, and they had to pay some people.
- How much? - It's 400.
Um, I'm...
I might have to go to one of those bank machines.
Sure, hey.
- Family over money, right? - Yeah.
- You want a drink? - No. Thank you, I'll be back.
C'mon, three more bites.
Look, it's, uh... it's a baby grape and a mama grape.
Remember all those games you used to play with me
to try to get me to eat my peas?
This is me getting back at you.
Come on, look.
Oh, look, the airplane's got nowhere to go.
She's so sad. Open it! Open it, Ma!
- Eat it. Eat it. - No!
There you go.
It's okay, it's okay.
I think you must be the worst patient in the world.
So what?
What's the point?
Don't say that.
It's true.
- I've lived enough. - Ma.
And what about Adam?
You heard anything? Where is he?
No, no, he's got to work this stuff out on his own.
And he's gonna call us when he's ready.
- Your father's home. - Yeah.
Go ahead. You and your father are talking again.
Yeah, we're doing as good as we can.
It's right to forgive. It's necessary.
Yeah?
You only get one family, Eileen.
You make of that whatever you can
or you're alone in this damn world.
Abby? Maeve.
Wow. Uh... It's been forever.
Uh... Meet my friend, Pilar.
- Hey. - Hi.
It's been, what? 16,17 years?
- Since camp, senior year? - You camped? No way.
We were, uh, counselors at a country club.
Glorified babysitters, really.
Right? So, tell me everything, Abby.
- Is it still Abby Parker? - Yeah.
Uh... Where do we leave our donations?
There's a box on the table over there.
That is so nice of you to donate.
My firm is working on the Michael Stewart case.
I remember your dad practiced corporate law.
Well, I halfway followed his lead.
I'm a civil rights attorney,
when I'm not chasing a six- and four-year-old
around the house.
What have you been up to?
I manage a bar.
- Where? - Midtown.
- Cool. - Wait.
You have the Hi-Hat.
- I manage it, yeah. - I've seen you there.
Knew you looked familiar.
I saw the "Women of the Night" photography exhibit.
It's really cool you showcase local artists.
You put up art at your bar?
Pilar's an artist.
Street. Street artist.
My work's meant to be interacted with by people outdoors,
not nailed to a wall in a gallery.
Only you could say that and not sound like a snob.
You should take Abby to Avenue A.
- What's on Avenue A? - You have to come and see.
Go now, before the speeches start.
I gotta get back to work. Um...
Rain check?
Yeah, I'll give you my number. But, uh...
you have to promise to use it.
He called.
- When? - Last night.
2:00 a.m.
Thank God for painkillers,
or your mother might have heard him.
What did he say?
Said he wanted 800 dollars.
He calls again, tell him come to me.
Margaret?
Uh, it's me. It's Dad.
Margaret? I'd like to talk.
Can we talk? Please?
I haven't had a drink in almost two years.
Hey.
What's a clerk do, exactly?
Uh, I gather information off the, uh, ticker tape,
so that the brokers can make informed trades.
Dwyer. Great catch today.
Uh, thanks. Jimmy, uh, this is my dad.
Oh, welcome to the office, Mr. Dwyer.
- You a clerk too? - No, sir. I'm a broker.
How long before you're a broker?
Well, I'd have to undergo
a New York Stock Exchange review.
And then, I'd either buy or lease a seat on the Exchange.
It's how you become a member.
Buy? What's it cost?
Almost 200-grand now.
200-grand for a seat?
Well, it comes with a membership.
It's all about the bathrooms.
Members, they... have their own bathrooms.
What, you gotta piss on the street?
Dad.
What? I'm asking.
Non-members have their own bathrooms,
down below the trading floor.
Like they did with colored guys?
I need 200-thousand...
Uh, Jimmy's father is my boss.
I need to talk to my dad before he leaves for Sag Harbor,
- so... - I'll walk with you. Yeah.
Wait here.
- Nice to meet you, Mr. Dwyer. - Okay.
Two bumps at lunch maybe?
It's me.
- Hey, did you see anyone? - No, and I checked the lobby.
Okay.
Hey, if you're this creeped out,
- maybe you should call the cops. - No.
I think he's just a random guy. I don't think he's coming back.
But you said he knew your name.
Oh, uh, did I? I... I don't know.
Maybe I just thought he did.
I'm starving, I haven't eaten all day.
Let's just go binge on something fatty.
Mm-mm. It's salad day, girlfriend.
I'm watching my figure. Believe it or not.
This takes actual work.
Wait, where do you want to go get it from?
What are you...?
What are you doing? That's not my office.
Checking out the view.
Oh, checking out the view.
What's with your voice?
You sounded funny around that guy.
Nothing.
Jimmy's cool, huh? Bachelor party's for his cousin.
- Why didn't he say anything? - He likes to be discreet.
- Discreet? - Yeah, careful.
I know what discreet means.
Look, Dad. The guys in here...
they're not like the guys who come to the parlor.
Guys who go into the parlor paid for the house you grew up in.
You know what I mean.
What, you're gonna be his clerk for the rest of your life?
No, I'm trying to save enough money to lease a seat
from Jimmy's father.
A seat comes with an invitation to his house in Sag Harbor?
What are you talking about?
Joey.
These guys ain't inviting you anywhere
unless you're bringing girls and blow.
You know, I'm trying to help you here.
This place is full of future clientele for the outcalls.
It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
If I got a barrel of fish, I ain't shootin', I'm fishin'.
- It's a metaphoric, Dad. - Oh, excuse me, professor.
Don't get ahead of yourself.
So, I'm curious.
When you were married,
did you and your wife ever think about kids?
- We did. She couldn't. - How about adoption?
We talked about it, uh, but...
You guys want another round?
...soon enough we started having problems,
and then, I guess we stopped talking.
What are you having?
- I have a kid. - Yeah?
Yeah. Adam. He's 20. He's a good kid.
He's not doing so good right now.
I... I got it covered, man.
He's a little bit wild.
Some drugs, you know?
I think he doesn't know what he wants.
Does he live with you?
No, he lived with my folks in Queens.
Until he didn't.
Right now, actually, I don't know where he is.
He's kinda written me off.
Why?
Uh...
You know, I... I really don't give a shit
what people say or what they think.
I mean, let the bastards talk.
I'm not proud of everything
that I've been through in my life,
but I am proud of how I've gone through it.
And I really don't give a shit
what someone else thinks is moral.
You know, there's too many people
who are weighed down by...
how other people see them. Like, how they look to other people.
- Not you. - No.
No, look, I'm fucked up in all sort of ways, I promise.
But not that.
I mean, I'm not gonna live my life
through someone else's idea of what's normal.
There is no normal. I always say that. Fuck normal.
Normal is a lie.
How you doin'?
And I can live that way. I do.
But I think, um, I kinda forced Adam to do the same,
even if he wasn't always up for it.
He didn't have a choice.
Walk with me?
Where?
- You Frankie? - Yeah.
Pasquale. Get in.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Come on, look at his numbers across the board.
Fifty-seven strikeouts to 18 walks?
Sixty-one innings pitched through eight games? Ted. Ted!
I get it. I'm excited, too.
He looks great. But this is a 20-year-old in his first...
Don't worry, it's right. Weighed it myself.
Tommy said you only wanted an eighth of a key.
Yeah, a big eight.
I test drive every supplier before I go large.
Well... Your clients are going to be very happy.
- My shit's butter. - Butter?
I don't deal with the fucking stugats in the Izod shirts.
You know what I mean.
Just let Tommy know when you wanna go again.
Yeah, we'll see.
Margaret. It's me.
Margaret?
Please?
All right. I'll come back tomorrow.
Candy.
- You remember Mark? - The Mohawk Mark?
Yeah, that guy. He's back in the city.
- Fuck. - I know.
Yo, Kojak. You got a light?
Thanks.
Okay, let's go.
Tell her you're on the list.
Our lawyer's on line one.
How is that for a headline?
Oh.
I'll pay the money a visit.
See if they're suitably impressed.
I donated to the legal fund of the family
of the graffiti artist.
The one the cops murdered.
Yeah, I read about it.
What's up with you, Vince?
Just 'cause I'm quiet doesn't mean anything's wrong.
If you could do one thing, what would it be?
Huh?
You know, if you were living just for yourself.
I don't want to live for myself. I have you.
But if I wasn't...
around, if all this didn't exist.
I don't know why this popped in my head, but...
my dad used to have this photo of this big house tacked on
the wall of his shed where he kept his tools.
Trees and kids and bikes in the yard.
You know, real normal Rockwell-type shit.
My mom called it his second home...
where he would go when he wasn't at home with us.
I don't remember when I learned that...
...it wasn't real.
He just tore it out of a magazine.
Sorry, I didn't really answer your question, did I?
Kind of did.
- Up. - What?
His price went up. By almost 60 percent,
he's bumped his asking, which was already unreasonable.
Son of a bitch.
Who knew a psychiatrist had those kind of balls on him?
Look, we're running out of time.
Have you all thought about moving forward
with the half block that you've secured?
The specifications require a larger footprint.
But look, if the city can't wrangle the real estate,
then maybe this isn't the project
- we need to be delivering now. - I hear you,
but give us a few days to recalibrate,
and come back to you with a plan.
We're all after the greater good here, right?
- I'm ready. - Okay, Lou.
Let it go.
Cut.
All right, moving on, kids. Next scene.
We're not done here, are we?
I got everything I need.
If the camera's not on my face,
how are they supposed to know it's me?
They'll know it's you,
I got a full-on of your face in another shot.
Okay, I wanna talk about the next scene.
I'm a teacher. How come I don't know
that George Washington was the first president?
'Cause you're so horny... you're dizzy.
You can't think straight.
My client wants to change her line.
She can know who George Washington was
and still fuck.
Also... I want him to wear a condom.
No fucking way. I have a no-condom rule on my sets.
It's easy to make that rule
when you're not the one getting fucked.
- That guy's gay-for-pay. - So are half the studs I shoot.
Hey, it's my body,
so I get to decide what I want to do with it.
That's not happening.
Not happening!
It's my brand. My movie.
I will see what I can do.
Fuck it! Go to Chez Nous!
In Toluca Lake? Okay, that's gonna take a while.
I don't give a fuck!
Frisée fucking lardon. Please, for the love of shit,
it's a lunch order! Not a goddamn space shuttle launch!
What happened?
We shot something and it got out of hand.
I hope I don't get a bruise.
Please don't tell Arthur.
I don't want him to think I'm soft.
Yeah, no, okay, I won't.
How'd it go?
I think we shit the bed.
What happened?
We're treading water here.
The motherfucker still won't sell.
Well, you've tried the carrot
and you've tried the stick. What's left?
A bigger stick.
Go get me one.
I want you to know that I'm just...
I'm just relieved to know that you're alive.
That you're still out here in this world. I didn't think...
I mean, I...
I had no way of knowing.
So anyway, um...
news from home...
is your brother, he had his second kid
a couple of years ago.
He married Cherise from school, and...
he's working at the coal company and yeah, you're an aunt.
They have, uh...
They have Sharon, who's six,
and, uh, Sandy...
who will be two.
And they are beautiful.
Both of them.
Yeah, you would love the kids. You would.
Yeah, children...
Children forgive.
They believe in you.
They need to believe in you, I guess.
Christ.
I know you're not just angry, Margaret. You're sad.
You know how I know?
Because I feel the same goddamn way.
I'm sorry.
I can't leave here.
I tried, yesterday, but...
I got as far as the tunnel.
I really...
really need to see your face.
I need some help...
selectively enforcing the shit out of the 45th Street area.
How selective?
There's this one motherfucker in particular.
I'd like to make his life hell.
You're the guy...
trying to move that shrink out of his building.
You think I don't read the Post
The only reason why you want to bounce that guy
is because of money.
Not because you actually fuckin' care.
- Hold on a second... - For Christ's sakes,
why do people get so offended when they hear the truth?
Huh?
Five fucking dollars? That's it?
How about I give him five bucks and...
Okay. I was thinking, uh...
...the female undercover I saw on your transit detail,
she might... be a good fit for what I have in mind.
Officer Preston?
- Is that her name? Yeah. - Yeah, yeah.
The same Officer Preston you took out
for night breakfast.
My people tell me everything.
It wasn't like that, uh, Jack,
- I was, um... - Just busting your balls.
I'm not surprised you want her. She's top shelf.
Is that a yes?
You are on the comeback. You can't disappear to rehab again.
Yeah, I've got it under control this time. Greg's helping me.
Arthur said the guy will wear a condom for the anal,
but you still have to say the stupid line.
Okay. But did you see Brandy today?
I don't talk to people I don't rep.
What... What are you talking about?
Well, this actor guy, Tommy, I think,
jammed his cock into the back of her throat,
and he slapped her so hard he gave her a bruise.
- Fuck that. - Lori.
Is this your business? Is it mine?
I've enough on my plate
making sure you get what you need on set.
I... I don't get a percentage of Brandy. Do you?
Now, let's get our work done for Arthur, okay?
- Okay? - Okay.
Thank you.
The preliminary results...
Indicated.
The preliminary results indicated...
That?
Fuck, I am exhausted.
It's okay, you're doing great, you'll get it.
Maybe we should take a break. We've been at it over an hour.
Shooting all these pages, every day.
It was hard enough when I was 100 percent.
I'm proud of you, baby. You're doing great.
I'm dizzy all the time, now.
I'm gonna make some tea.
I almost passed out during a take.
Chamomile or black?
Are you not hearing me?
Yeah.
Look, you wanted this kind of exposure. For a long time.
This soap... is a huge break for you.
I'm thinking maybe I need to quit.
Tod...
It's not about the exposure anymore.
The clock is ticking. I'm dying, Paul.
Anyway, nobody's going to remember my role
in a soap opera.
I need to focus on work that matters.
So, what do you need from me?
Your support.
- And a cup of tea. - Chamomile or black?
Such an asshole.
Hey, Tommy.
- Pasquale. - You got a minute?
Not really.
Hey, don't bullshit me, I know you can talk,
- Rudy's still inside. - What do you need?
Already getting complaints about the blow Frankie sold me.
It's no good?
Well, good, bad, that's not the point. You know?
I did a couple of lines myself, and right away,
I almost shit my pants.
I know that some guys step on it with that kid laxative they got.
All right, all right. I'll talk to Frankie. I'll see what's up.
Keep this between me and you.
- All right? - Yeah, Tommy, sure.
Rudy gets the same percentage on the outcalls?
Yeah.
Put it in a separate envelope so he knows what's what.
Excuse me.
Tell the girls five-five-five means call the parlor.
How much is this costin' me?
You got three new girls.
Gotta spend money to make money.
Like I need financial advice from a guy
who lives in a fuckin' van.
I got a crib.
I've never been there.
Yo. We've been outside waiting for, like, 15 minutes.
- I'll be right there. - Close the door.
This is a meeting for management only.
Sí, mi general.
What's her fucking problem?
Next.
Sorry.
Very close, my friend.
- Very close. - Son of a bitch.
What can I say?
Yeah, you got a horse shoe up your ass tonight.
Excuse me for one moment.
Screw it. Gotta take a piss anyway.
- I'm on fire. - Yeah, never mind that.
Frankie, after you get the product from George,
how many times are you stepping on it?
- Once, why? - 'Cause people are complaining.
- Who is? - Pasquale.
Who, the cugine with the attitude? Fuck him.
His customers got the coke shits.
All right, so I step on it with a little Mannitol,
like everyone. So what?
Hey, listen.
We're already doubling our money.
So there's really no need to get cute now.
Like I just told you,
what I sold him was straight.
Now, are you gonna believe that motherfucker's word
- over mine? - Pasquale's father is someone.
Right? The kid's minor league, but he's in my world.
The last thing I need is him unhappy.
All right, all right, all right.
Just... tell him the next batch will be better.
But you might want to mention, nobody else complained.
Going home. Long fucking day.
Couple more years,
we'll be sipping champagne in Boca Raton.
Come on, who's feeling lucky?
What are we doing tomorrow?
I gotta face my fuckin' typewriter.
I gotta settle on a story
so I can pitch it to investors.
I can't get any one to pay for my movie
unless I have a script.
How much money?
It depends. What the fuck?
Depends on what?
Depends, well...
You know, if I can raise 50K, it's 50K.
If I can raise 100K, it's 100K.
Whatever I can make, you know.
Whatever I can pull together,
that's what this movie's gonna cost.
But how much do you need?
For 150K...
I can have a decent lighting package,
and I could have a truck to put it in.
Pay a good crew.
I'm in.
- What? - A hundred and fifty
doesn't exactly break the bank for me, Eileen.
Yeah, I'm not asking you, and you're not giving me.
- Why not? - No.
I can't take your money.
Don't you think that I've risked more on less?
You're gonna make a great movie. I know it. I believe it.
You're not listening to me.
I can't take your money.
It's just money.
It's just money, yeah.
Who are you to me?
Who are you? To me?
I'm your man.
Yeah.
So I can't put my hand out...
and take your fucking money.
Doesn't matter if it takes me twice as long
to get what I need. I mean...
Doesn't matter if I never get it.
- I can't take your money. - All I was saying is, I'm here.
Yeah.
Can you promise me you won't offer me money ever again?
If that's what you want, yeah.
Yeah, that's what I want.
We'll have a girl over there,
a girl dancing. She'll be here...
Oh. Turn it down.
Come in, come in.
This is looking like a gang bang here.
Are we getting paid for all these extra bodies?
Are we?
Yeah, it's taken care of.
You need me, I'll be outside the door.
Don't fuck us, man.
- ♪ I wanna rock! ♪ - ♪ Rock! ♪
What's up, ladies?
What you pretty motherfuckers
standing around for?
I thought you boys liked to party?
Hey, turn the music back on.
♪ There's a feelin' that I get from nothin' else ♪
♪ And there ain't nothin' in The world that makes me go! ♪
- ♪ Go! ♪ - ♪ Go go, go go, go! ♪
Well?
Look, I didn't know Jimmy was gonna bring ten guys.
It was supposed to be five.
"Supposed to" don't pay their bills.
They'd make more than this straight trickin'.
Jimmy coughed up an extra thousand.
I'm gonna split it three ways.
Me, my dad and you.
What about the girls?
They get what they were gonna get.
So you about to pinch 'em.
Look. This thing exists because of me.
And I deserve to be compensated.
And they get tips.
You think they share that with us?
I'm going back in.
They called me difficult?
Fuck that. Somebody needs to teach
these new girls how to say no.
When they say no, they mean yes.
Joking.
So, I've been talking with the guys from Vibrance
about renting office space, for when your contract ends.
- For real? - Mm.
We'll form our own company.
That's our next move.
So we decide what kind of movies we make,
and you decide who and how you fuck.
- I'm all about that. - Mm.
I figured it'll take 15 grand to get started.
Two grand a month to keep things moving.
Can we afford that?
You just keep doing what you're doing.
Let me handle the financial details.
So, what do you think?
Y'all need some cream?
We're okay. My friend here takes it black, two sugars.
All right, food's coming up shortly.
Thank you.
You remembered.
Worked homicide. I got an eye for detail.
Jack tells me what you're doing
is worth a look.
You want 45th to take a turn for the worse.
If possible.
And flipping paper's not gonna get it.
If my team plays, you're gonna get the best.
No doubt.
Mm!
B.T. Express. That's a bad jam right there.
"Bad jam"?
My father used to say that.
I know, I'm old.
- Pick up: biscuit and gravy... - You're not so old.
...two fried eggs with bacon, three scrambled eggs with salt.
If it's a day or two, I can look at the schedule.
It's not going to get better.
- I may have to recast your part. - I know.
How did it go?
How does dinner and dancing sound?
Really?
- You feel up for it? - Definitely.
Okay.
- You want that? - Uh-huh.
♪ And it's no, nay, never ♪
♪ No, nay, never, no more ♪
♪ Will I play... ♪
Your mother.
She took the worst of it.
Jesus, I nearly killed that woman.
No, I did kill her.
I killed her spirit.
And if you hadn't run, I would have killed yours too.
And I...
...damn clothes if she wants.
You're a bitch, too.
Hey, you're so bad!
Can't be running around doing laundry for all these divas...
I think if I could see your face...
just once.
I think if I could...
see you as you are...
I would have the strength to go.
I wish I could do what you do.
Art belongs out here where everyone can see it.
I'm meeting some friends at Paradise Garage.
Can you dance?
- Shit yeah. - Come with me.
I was 50-50 you'd pull away.
♪ Bang, bang, bang, Go bang go ♪
♪ Bang bang, go bang bang ♪
♪ Bang, bang, bang, Go bang go ♪
Hey.
Yeah, it's cost per head.
Yep.
This all from last night?
Yup. What did I tell you?
Yeah, you too. Have a good one.
Maybe we got something here.
Another guy asking if we could send a few more girls
over to the island.
We need to hire more drivers.
I ain't paying for nobody's gas.
♪ Don't wanna Tell you no stories ♪
♪ Don't wanna tell you No lies ♪
♪ I saw your man About an hour ago ♪
♪ With a girl named Nellie Bly ♪ -What's her name?
Beats me. It's an open mic. Wanna put your name down?
Me? No.
♪ But he's doing you wrong ♪
♪ Frankie went to Her hotel room ♪
♪ And drew out her big .44 ♪
♪ Shot her man three times In the back ♪
♪ Through a great big Hardwood door ♪
♪ And he was her man ♪
♪ One step up Two steps back to you ♪
♪ Try to leave but I... ♪
Wow, this is... amazing.
Do we dance?
- First time here? - I... I've never been to a club
like this.
This place isn't just a club.
♪ And love's smoldering ashes ♪
♪ Spark a burning fire ♪
- Hey! - Hey!
Hey!
I'm so glad you made it.
I brought a friend.
- Hi, friend. - Hello, friend!
- Hi. Pilar. - Paul.
Hi, Paul.
Michael.
- How is it going? - Hey, Mr. Pipilo.
- Haven't seen you in a while. - Frankie still here?
V.I.P.
And Vincent?
He's in the back. Want me to get him?
Nah, we're good. 'Night, Michael.
All right.
I heard you had a good night.
Look, Rudy.
"Look, Rudy"?
It's not how it looks.
What's it look like, Frankie?
I'm just saying...
Yeah, you're always fucking saying.
This is how I blow off steam.
- I got a right to have fun. - Yeah, do ya?
Come on, have a drink.
No, Frankie.
Sit.
- You brain-dead piece of shit. - Ooh!
All right. That's enough.
You don't know shit about enough.
The fuck you know about psychology?
Okay, all right, fine.
You know what?
Take your money. It's five Gs.
No.
Come on. I want you to have it.
- No. - C'mon, Rudy.
Make me say no one more time.
Dad... What do you want from me?
Nothing.
How did you even find me?
The movies.
One of the guys at work saw one of the movies
and didn't have sense enough not to tell me.
Fuck him!
Oh, I don't care about the movies.
And I don't care about any of it. I just...
I just knew that you were alive.
And I wanted to see you. That's all.
Well, now you've seen me.
Yeah.
Liss, open up, baby.
Come on, now.
- One more dance. - No, I'm sitting this one out.
Come on!
- Abby, you guys go. We'll watch. - Paul, you love this song. Go!
All right, one dance, but then home.
Yeah.
♪ There's an angel In my pocket ♪
♪ I keep movin' on ♪
♪ There's an angel In my pocket ♪
♪ Keeping me on my toes ♪
♪ There's an angel In my pocket ♪
♪ There's someone that cares For me ♪
♪ There's an angel In my pocket... ♪
I've been in Times Square a long time.
Whatever happened,
whatever's already been said and done, just...
let it be.
What I'm after is the wildest shit.
It's already in all our heads.
Something's really happenin', and you're not with us.
Do you even know what you want?
Everything is one step forward, two steps back.
Make a wish.
There is no normal. I always say that.
Fuck normal. Normal is a lie.
I have to credit the fuck normal moment to... to a cousin of mine
who said it maybe 25 years ago.
Normal is this great lie
by which we play with characterization.
- Hey. - Candy.
But human sexuality is a wild card.
I think Candy is the least judgmental person
I have ever come across.
That was one of the most incredible lessons
I've gotten from Candy.
Too cliché for you probably.
I don't think anything's cliché if it's true.
It's been used to enforce certain cruelties,
so I gave that to Candy,
the idea of "You cannot make me ashamed."
I wanna find this girl.
Well, that's nice, but uh...
supposed to just look at the tape, not fall in love.
It's my daughter.
It was a true story about a woman,
her father actually showed up at her door
on, I believe, it was three separate occasions.
There's a back story that I imagined
that is not sort of obvious in the story,
that the mother committed suicide
so she's harbored this anger, this resentment,
and this sort of deep sadness.
For someone like Melissa,
she has spent so much time becoming this new person.
To have something from your past come back, it's... it's scary.
I really need to see your face.
David Morris is flawless.
- I'm sorry. - All you wanna do is watch him
'cause he's so real and authentic and honest.
He gave an amazing performance,
which did help, even through a doorknob,
being able to see him. I just felt it.
Make me say no one more time.
You were headed to December of 85
to the assassination of Paul Castellano
and the changing of the guard in the Gambino family
with the rise of Gotti and the guys from Ozone Park.
There was volatility.
These younger guys are coming up,
and are starting to sort of question, you know,
the kind of traditional ways of doing things.
A lot of people in the New York families
tried to rigorously claim that they were gonna have
nothing to do with narcotics.
Keep this between me and you. All right?
Yeah, Tommy, sure.
But cocaine sort of broke that down.
If we're taught that money is the thing,
and it's just a new racket.
Longo is a purely transactional person.
For him, this is another way to earn.
There's a lot of money in drugs and they like money,
so people might... you know,
they started doing a little bit here and there,
but they wouldn't talk about it officially.
'Cause you like having that money coming in.
And if you didn't do it, somebody else is gonna do it.
Tommy Longo, he gets into selling
a little bit of drugs with Frankie.
It sets into motion a lot of things
that'll decide the fate of all of our characters.