02x03 - The g*ns of Paris

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02x03 - The g*ns of Paris

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♪ Them good ol' boys
were drinking whiskey and rye ♪

♪ Singin', "This'll be the day
that I die." ♪

- [MAN CALLS OUT IN FRENCH]
- [CLICKS]

MAN [ENGLISH ACCENT]: We're
gonna have to talk fast, man.

It's a cassette, so they rewind
it. It takes, like, seconds.

- How'd they catch you?
- My guys f*cked up.

Yeah, my guys f*cked up, too.

It's a real f*cking jellyfish, this.

- What's that?
- It's a real f*cking jellyfish.

- This.
- The situation we're in?

Yeah.

I'm not really following you, man.

I grew up in Bembridge, on the
coast of the English Channel.

Lot of jellyfish.
Very hard to eradicate.

You try to k*ll one, say,
spear it or what have you,

you can make two. They regenerate.

- Two what?
- Two jellyfish.

I'm saying you try to solve a problem

and, in doing so,
you make two more problems,

which is the scenario we're in here.

The "American Pie" scenario
we're in here.

We try to handle this physicist, miss,

and now both our governments
are exposed.

You're with Defense Intelligence?

- Great Britain?
- I am.

You were part of the advance team?

Yeah. I was arrested
at the airport on the way in.

They f*cked up my passport,
said I was born in .

Yeah, that's why I didn't get
any advance information

I was sh**ting the wrong guy.

Yeah. Sorry, mate.

How long you been in here?

- Egypt or this box?
- This box.

I guess a week.

John.

John.

Yeah, I heard you. I'm
just trying to remember my name.

- Call me Spike.
- Is that your name?

No, I just picked it, just in
this moment, 'cause it's cool.

- Yeah, it is cool.
- [CLICKS, SONG BEGINS]

- ♪ I started singing ♪
- I'll talk to you in minutes or so.

- Okay. Spike.
- ♪ Bye, bye, Miss American Pie ♪

♪ Drove my Chevy to the levee ♪

♪ but the levee was dry ♪

♪ Them good ol' boys ♪

♪ were drinking whiskey and rye ♪

♪ And singin', "This'll be the day" ♪

♪ "that I die"... ♪

[PHONE RINGS]

Hello?

MILLS: Mr. Leslie Claret?

This is Mr. Leslie Claret.

Mr. Claret,
this is Detective Emile Mills

calling to confirm our request
to interview you

concerning your colleague,
John Lakeman.

An interview scheduled between
you and Sergeant Poullian

upon your arrival this evening.

Yeah.

I'll be there.

How many fillet welds would
you use in that scenario, John?

I would use two.

I like the little Asian guy better.

- [GRUNTS]
- [TIRES SCREECH]

Except for Lakeman,
who's simply not going.

- [g*nsh*t]
- [GRUNTS]

[TIRES SCREECH]

["SURE sh*t" BY BEASTIE BOYS PLAYING]

♪ 'Cause you can't ♪
♪ you won't, and you don't stop ♪

♪ Well, you can't ♪
♪ you won't, and you don't stop ♪

♪ Mike D, come and rock the sure sh*t ♪

♪ I've got the brand-new doo-doo ♪

♪ Guaranteed like Yoo-hoo ♪

♪ I'm on like Dr. John ♪
♪ yeah, Mr. Zu Zu ♪

♪ I'm a newlywed ♪
♪ I'm not a divorcée, yeah ♪

♪ And everything I do ♪
♪ is funky like Lee Dorsey ♪

♪ Well, it's The Taking ♪
♪ of the Pelham One Two Three ♪

♪ If you want a doo-doo rhyme ♪
♪ then come see me ♪

♪ I've got the savoir faire ♪
♪ with the unique rhymin' ♪

♪ I keep it on and on ♪
♪ it's never quittin' time and ♪

♪ Strictly handheld is the style I go ♪

♪ Never rock the mic ♪
♪ with the pantyhose ♪

♪ I strap on my ear goggles ♪
♪ and I'm ready to go ♪

♪ 'Cause at the boards ♪
♪ is the man they call the Mario ♪

♪ Pull up at the function ♪
♪ and you know I Kojak ♪

♪ To all the party people ♪
♪ that are on my bozack ♪

♪ I've got more action ♪
♪ than my man John Woo ♪

♪ And I've got mad hits ♪
♪ like I was Rod Carew, yeah ♪

♪ Because you can't ♪
♪ you won't, and you don't stop ♪

♪ Because you can't ♪
♪ you won't, and you don't stop ♪

♪ Oh, well, you can't ♪
♪ you won't, and you don't stop ♪

♪ I keep my underwear up ♪
♪ with a piece of elastic ♪

♪ Use a bullshit mic ♪
♪ that's made out of plastic ♪

♪ To send my rhymes ♪
♪ out to all the nations ♪

♪ Like Ma Bell ♪
♪ I got the ill communication ♪

♪ 'Cause you can't ♪
♪ you won't, and you don't stop ♪

♪ 'Cause you can't ♪
♪ you won't, and you don't stop ♪

♪ Well, you can't ♪
♪ you won't, and you don't stop ♪

♪ Keep on and rockin' the sure sh*t. ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE]

JACK: My plan didn't work either.

My plan to help John.

What was the basis of it?

Ah, dime sock. Lights out.

That didn't work?

f*cked it up.

What was the basis of your plan?

The basis was chuck that f*cking money

in whatever the name of this river is.

The Alzette.

- Chuck it in the Alzette.
- Why?

So John stops riding bikes into cars.

- Did you f*ck it up?
- Yeah.

Yeah, I f*cked it up, too.

Yeah, you said that.

Well...

I'm gonna go see John.

DENNIS: I f*cked up way back. Too.

First.

Thigh slice. Then I went to the E.R.

Probably, the whole... basis... is me.

The whole car thing,
this whole f*cked up thing. Me.

Don't do that to yourself, man.

It's a f*cking intense thing
going on here.

Still, it's... pretty f*cked up.

- This whole thing?
- Yeah.

Yeah.

He needs real help, you know?

Not the Three Fucketeers.

Yeah, well, I'm going.

♪ ♪

[PHONE CHIMES]

[SEAT BELT INDICATOR CHIMES]

[FLIGHT ATTENDANT SPEAKING
FRENCH OVER P.A. SYSTEM]

FLIGHT ATTENDANT [OVER P.A.]:
Please fasten your seatbelts.

We've begun our descent
into Luxembourg City.

We're landing
in approximately minutes.

[WOMAN SPEAKING FRENCH
OVER P.A. SYSTEM]

[PANTING] Leslie.

Tom.

Leslie, I'm not a tugger.

I know that, Tom. I know damn well.

But I'm John's father.

And from one father to another,

could you please just walk past
your sign,

outside with me,

so we can say some things
to each other?

About John.

[LESLIE GRUNTS]

Leslie,

father to father.

[INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT]

Leslie.

Yeah, Tom?

How you been, Leslie?

Not too good, Tom.

Not too good.

I'm sorry to hear that, Leslie.

Got sh*t in the face, Tom.

sh*t right in the face.

Yeah.

Well, I thought we could talk
about that, Leslie.

And you'll notice that I'm
not staying at the King Gerald,

because I wanted to be
in a neighborhood, Tom,

where it would be
a little easier to score.

Leslie, my son is not an engineer.

Leslie, he's...

[EXHALES]

Leslie, John is
an intelligence officer.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE]

[EXHALES]

[SHOES SQUEAKING]

[THUD ECHOING]

And he's worked in that capacity for...

well, too long,

fighting his battles by himself...

almost always by himself.

Now, I know you've faced
an awful lot, Leslie,

but he's enduring hardship
beyond anything you've faced.

He's devoted and essential, Leslie.

He's a fine young man,

and I've been...

maybe not a terrific father to him.

He's a better son, anyway.

I know that anyway, Leslie.

I know about that, Tom.

I do.

And I know about trying to fix that...

Tom... I do.

I'm so worried about him, Leslie.

He...

has this dog that won't leave his side

because it knows he's hurting.

And...

I have to ask him to keep going

because what he's doing is vital.

And all I can do is try to protect him

as much as I can along the way...

which is why I'm here...

and... hope that someday,

someday soon, this will end,

and he'll be restored

and he can understand...

and forgive me.

You say he's not doing too well, Tom?

Not too well, Leslie, no.

I've been driving him, Tom.

Me, too, Leslie.

Pushing the boy.

Can I see him, Tom?

Try to work this out, man-to-man?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

I don't understand what you want.

I want to know where John's father is,

where he'll be... Thomas Tavner...

for a given afternoon or evening.

[CAR ENGINE RUMBLING]

I don't know anything about that.

I know I arrived here to see John.

Then he had your daughter,
and now you do,

and now I want to leave.

[DOOR OPENING]

[DOOR CLOSING]

[EXHALES]

My mom said that you would bring
me to Disneyland

to meet Chip the Cup.

I'm very excited, Alice.

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

♪ ♪

- [g*n COCKS]
- [MARTIN SPEAKS FRENCH]

[g*nshots]

- [COINS JANGLE]
- God...

[GRUNTS, GROANS]

Slow down.

[BEEPING]

[TRAIN RUMBLING]

DENNIS: I can't tell
which two fingers are mine.

Holy sh*t.

f*ck. [PANTING] Can you?

Dennis, come on. Quiet down.

Does anybody have another finger?

- Are we missing one?
- Yeah.

Also, ow, man.

f*ck, it hurts to get sh*t.

They look exactly the f*cking same.

How is that possible?

- We're-we're two men.
- Dennis,

you got to quiet down, man.

I sell big pipes.

What the f*ck?

[CRYING]: I sell big pipes.

Hey. You're going into shock.

Can I go to the hospital this time?

No, you went to the hospital last time.

That's why we're all sh*t now.

Why doesn't everybody shut
the f*ck up here?

I don't know, man.

Why don't we find, like,
a disgraced veterinarian?

I'm not going to a French cat doctor.

- Dennis.
- Cats don't have fingers.

- Apes do. Sort of.
- Yeah.

Oh. Okay.

Well, we'll just find a f*cking
French ape doctor, Edward.

It's : in the morning.

Dennis, you saved my life, man.

Come on. You can keep it together.

You came through.

Blue ribbon balls.

I would put a blue ribbon
on your balls, man,

if I had a blue ribbon.

Yeah, McClaren.

But you have to quiet down.

I don't want you getting arrested.

You're my best friend, man.

Dennis, cover up those fingers.

Put your hand in your coat
and don't follow me.

Eddie, leave at the next stop.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Tell him everything.

I'm a... consultant

with a governmental department

that collects intelligence
and implements processes

that are paid for and directed
outside the prescribed structure

of oversight.

I don't know sh*t about
Donnelly nut spacing systems

or... tamped fixture
rim-riding grip configurations.

I'm a righty in real life.

I'm sorry that I f*cked
with your important work.

And with your life,

which is also probably important
to you.

But I'm obligated, in instances,

to effect action

central to the completion
of a specific and critical task

without regard
for ancillary repercussions,

which... I'm sorry, Leslie...

has meant,

over this period we shared,

you.

I'm a g*dd*mn mess, son.

And it's largely due to you.

Hey, guy.

Good evening.

LESLIE: Evening.

You have, um...

Your nose, sir.

Thanks.

I, uh...

let it rip this week.

Really,

you know...

really f*cking let it rip.

You get it, yeah.

[CHUCKLES]

John?

Can we, uh...

Can we do that lefty?

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

JOHN: f*ck.

TOM: What?

JOHN: I have to tell you something.

You...

You're gonna be mad at me.


Tell me what?

John.

JOHN: I've been fingerprinted before.

TOM: What?

JOHN: I... Before.

I was...

TOM: What?

JOHN: I was .

But, you know, same fingers as now,

so... I have to tell you.

My finger's back there.

Back where?

Back where it got sh*t off,

at the... at the little grocery thing.

When were you fingerprinted?

In Denton.

For buying beer
and driving your Mustang.

- At ?
- Yeah.

Christ, son.

Something could have happened
to that car.

- I know.
- It was cherry.

I know. That's why I didn't tell you.

You know, I send you
all over the g*dd*mn planet

with the understanding
that things you touch

while operating in many
gray areas of the law, son...

many goddamned gray areas...

cannot be traced back to you, my son.

Now I learn that they can.

You people have to tell me this stuff.

Yeah, well,
you just really liked that car.

- Well, it was cherry.
- I know.

You always say that. It's...

it's kind of gross.

- Gross?
- Yeah.

- Why?
- I don't know.

It just is, though.

TOM [EXHALES DEEPLY]: f*ck.

We can't do this.

- This what?
- Cantar Walley.

If they can put you here
at this time as John Tavner...

an employee of ours...

They can put you here at the same time,

we can't do this. f*ck.

JOHN: Let's go get it back.

- What?
- My finger.

I'm sorry.

I f*cked up.

I did.

You have to get up now.

We have to leave here
before there are more questions.

Home?

No, we're leaving the hospital.

I have to, uh...

remain on this task for a time.

The other side is still here.

How do you know?

Look at you.

They are intent to gain back
what they gave to us.

[WHISPERING]:
I have to find the young man

who gave Mikham the money weeks ago...

son...

and k*ll him.

Lakeman.

The police mentioned the name Lakeman.

It's gonna be cool, man.

Carol's here.

- So what?
- [DOOR CLOSES]

So she can put your fingers back on.

CAROL: Edward?

We're in here.

[CHUCKLES] Hey. Welcome.

I still can't tell which ones are mine.

What's going on?

Efram, go unpack.

Thank God you're here,
as a veterinarian.

- As a what?
- As a veterinarian.

- Why?
- 'Cause you can put his fingers back on.

- I can do what?
- You can put Dennis's fingers back on.

He had his fingers sh*t off,
and he can't go to the hospital.

- W-What?
- I can't say, honey.

Work. My dad. I'm not at liberty to...

But we both got sh*t.
I took a shoulder graze.

So we're glad that you're here

to put his fingers back on
as a veterinarian,

as that is commonly seen
in feature films.

What is?

When guys can't go to the hospital,

a disgraced veterinarian
operates on them.

- I'm not disgraced.
- I am.

- Maybe I could help you or...
- Th-That part's not important.

The important part is that

because you almost work on humans,

you can then work on humans

and it's not a big deal
and you can just do it.

I cannot. Edward,
animals don't have fingers.

- Apes, we were saying.
- Apes?

What the f*ck? I don't operate on apes.

I've never seen a f*cking ape.

- Okay, Efram's here, geez.
- Okay, I'm sorry.

You're just...
You're telling me you got sh*t.

I don't know what's going on. You're...

I thought we were taking
a few days off.

Um, how long do I have?

To have these back on? Before they die?

Like, three hours, probably.

[EXHALES] Like, from now?

Or from when I was sh*t?

You need to go to the hospital
immediately.

I did that once.

- It f*cked everything up.
- Who are you?

Jack Birdbath.

Of course.

Can you try?

It's already been, like, minutes.

I already lost my wife, and I'm ,

so it's already creepy.

And this, I mean...

Can you try?

John.

Yeah?

I don't know.

What?

Never been in the field before.

It's not the field.

It's a -Eleven.

Y-Yeah.

I don't know. I...

I feel unusually nervous.

You ever bought
a pack of cigarettes before?

Yeah, I used to smoke
before you were born.

Your mom made me stop.

You're just buying
a pack of cigarettes.

Okay.

You just walk in there
up to the counter,

and I'll come in behind you.

Yeah.

I don't know. I feel...

unusually nervous to play a role here.

How do you feel?

My hand hurts.

No, I mean, besides that.

Pretty good.

Okay.

I don't.

Hey, you got to get in front.

Why?

Because you have to go in first.

[EXHALES]

[ENTRANCE BELL CHIMES]

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO TRANSMISSION]

Funyuns. [GRUNTS]

♪ ♪

♪ Okay ♪

♪ Woah-oh, yeah ♪

♪ Takin' you in ♪

♪ Make you feel like ♪

♪ It's never been good ♪

♪ Takin' you in ♪

♪ Make you feel like ♪

♪ It's never been good ♪

♪ Can't even sing a love song ♪

♪ She said, "Don't you know ♪

♪ It's not that love's wrong?" ♪

♪ Goin' in and out
where you don't belong ♪

♪ There's a love song comin' along ♪

♪ Takin' you in ♪

♪ Make you feel like ♪

♪ It's never been good ♪

♪ Takin' you in ♪

♪ Make you feel like ♪

♪ It's never been good ♪

♪ I know it's not easy ♪

♪ Lovin' what's left of me ♪

♪ Hang on, lovers ♪

♪ Here comes a love melody ♪

♪ What'cha doin' up there ♪

♪ Where you don't belong? ♪

♪ You don't know nobody up there ♪

♪ You better come back down... ♪

[SONG FADES]
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