02x21 - The Reckoning

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♪ Rockets, moon shots

♪ Spend it on the have nots

♪ Money, we make it

♪ Fore we see it you take it

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♪ Make me want to holler the way they do my life ♪

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♪ Hang-ups, let downs

♪ Bad breaks, set backs

♪ Natural fact is

♪ Oh, honey that I can't pay my taxes ♪

♪ Oh, make me want to holler and throw up both my hands ♪

♪ Yeah it make me want to holler and throw up both my hands ♪

♪ Ow

♪ Crime is increasing

♪ Trigger happy policing

♪ Panic is spreading

♪ God knows where we're heading ♪♪

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[g*nsh*t]

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Alright, our vic's name is Dexter Yusef.

Ring any bells?

Yeah, Minister Malik ran the brotherhood.

- Dexter Yusef was his second. - Ah, that's too bad.

I mean, don't they patrol the projects, help clean them up?

- Yeah, among other good things. - Excuse me.

This is a militant and violent organization.

What's so militant about the fact that they put

drug dealers out of business?

They turn junkies around and get folks off welfare.

They have a history of violence, Williams, alright?

The rumor has it that this Malik is the guy who paid

the trigger to k*ll Abraham Rashad.

Rumor.

Wait, Abraham Rashad? Who's that?

He started the brotherhood, he got gunned down

at a rally about 20 years ago.

So what's the plan?

Alright, the plan is, I want you

and Moreno to canvass this thing because we need answers fast.

Obviously, Williams, you're gonna buddy up

with the brotherhood.

Aren't these guys the victims here?

You wanna send me in to spy based on a 20-year-old rumor?

Would you excuse us, please?

Look, J.C., all I want is the k*ller.

If you can't do it, just tell me now.

I've always done my job.

I'm glad to hear it.

[instrumental music]

Get your hands off!

Get your hands off me! Hey, get your hands off me!

We're tryin' to build a respectable community here!

Hey! Get your hands off me!

Stay on your side of the street!

I was just walkin' through, man. It's a free country.

My brother, you're never free until you get off the drugs.

When you want to get off the drugs, you're free to join us.

Snoop: ...marchin' my man outta the projects!

Man 1: Right! - Hey, yo! Yo, Mecca man!

Here's a little some-somethin' for your dead homie.

[laughs]

Yo!

I need to ask you a few questions.

Eat this, fellas, a five-o chicklet.

Baby, if it's you flat on your back, I will give you all day.

I'll make you scream like--

Yeah, I'll tell you what, you go straight to Rikers,

we'll see who the screamer is.

For what? Man, you're crazy.

You know, the brothers cut into your profits, junior,

that's gotta hurt.

Long as they stay on their side,

I gots no problems.

- Did you see the sh**ting? - No.

I heard the shots, yelling, and a dark blue Ford

peeling rubber, no plates.

How close were you and Yusef?

He was my brother in faith.

Did he have any enemies?

Yes, he did.

You wanna be a little more specific about that?

No.

All I know is that honey spat in his face like... [spits]

I give her props for that, you know what I'm saying?

She took that hit like a man.

You know her?

Everybody knows her. Esther Rashad.

Where're you from? Abraham Rashad's daughter!

Come on, baby. Don't you read the papers?

What about them? You think they could've pulled this off?

Doubtful, but if they did, they won't live long.

Listen, if you take the law into your own hands,

I'm gonna have to come back here.

Even for scum like them.

You have a good day.

So what'd they give you?

Oh, small time players, no heart, no talent. You?

Vague description about a speeding vehicle,

but basically nobody's talking.

Well, Rashad's daughter, Esther was here today.

Things got heated between her and Yusef, he slapped her.

I'll call and see if she'll come in.

Torres. Hey, wait, wait, wait.

Hold.. Slow down, slow down, pa.

Where are you? Are you okay?

Alright, I'll be right there.

Whoa! What're you doing? What're you, a student?

Wait. Here, here, here. Pay attention. There.

Now, draw your blood and get outta here.

Relax, Mister Torres, she's a professional, she knows what--

Yeah, well, she missed a vein three times.

What a professional.

- Ohh. What happened to you? - I'm on my way to the bank.

This guy comes outta no wheres, pulls a g*n.

I give him the bag, he hits me over the head anyway.

Ah, thank God, he didn't sh**t you.

You're done, Mister Torres.

The stitches come out in ten days.

And I want to order a complete blood work-up, okay?

Oh, no. That's expensive.

You're cute, but you're not that cute.

Hey, hey, hey, pa.

Okay, do it anyway.

You are that cute. What're you doin' later?

Go home, Mister Torres. And rest your little self.

[speaking in foreign language]

You're amazing.

Malik: Today, we lost a beloved brother in arms.

Yusef helped build this organization,

made it extraordinary.

And his light is gone.

Allah has called him home.

But we still have work to do.

I'm not going to ask you why you're here.

I don't care.

I won't ask you if you've been on welfare or in jail

or on drugs or whatever kind of perversity you've been through

to eat, I won't ask you that, not ever.

But I want to know are you sick of it yet?

Groveling for every piece of meat,

bed to sleep in, a job?

Can you step up and take responsibility for yourself?

Can you step up and take responsibility for your life?

Can you stop spilling your seed in every mongrel that you see?

Can you control yourself?

Can you work every day and take pride in your work?

Can you be a man?

If you can, stand up and take your first step as a man.

The man that Allah intended.

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[applause]

Detective Moreno, my name is Esther Rashad.

- You wanted to see me? - Oh, yeah. Please, have a seat.

I heard you had some trouble.

- Yusef do that to your face? - Yeah, so?

So what were you doing in that neighborhood?

Malik got away with m*rder.

He wants to forget it and I loathe him for it.

Well, you hate him enough to pull the trigger?

No, if you're lookin' for someone with a motive.

- Try the defenders. - Who are they?

They're a t*rror1st Jewish group

a guy named Larry Rabinowitz runs it.

Well, why would they want to k*ll him?

Rabinowitz's son was k*lled

during a confrontation with the brotherhood.

Riot police came in and his son got trampled.

I see.

Well, if you can think of anything else--

What else could there be?

[g*n shots]

Moreno: Larry Rabinowitz?

Detective Moreno. Fourth Precinct.

I told you they'd come, Joshua.

- I was with these guys all day. - Yusef was shot from 300 yards.

You have the means and the motive.

The guy hated Jews. A lot of people do.

We're the most hated race on the planet.

Six million dead and still counting.

Israel is surrounded by enemies.

- You're not in Israel. - So what? I'm taking a stand.

Protecting my people. Nothing wrong with that.

It is, if you k*ll in cold blood.

If God is with me, who can stand against me.

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What about your son?

If I wanted to avenge my son, I'd have to k*ll them all.

[indistinct chatter]

Let's do this 'cause it's only a matter of time

before they try to squash our business, alright?

Let's make this move.

You two, in the back.

You two guys, cover the front. We got the east side.

Hold up. Let's chill.

Where's your heart at? I thought you was a soldier!

I am a soldier! Man, I'm one of your strongest.

I just don't think we should move on 'em right now!

Take your punk-a*s home! It's on.

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[indistinct]

- Say goodnight, method man. - Hey, hey! What you doin', man?

[groans]

Hold it! Hold it! Okay!

You need to leave this alone, man.

Put 'em down! Put 'em down!

Put the g*ns down!

Get outta here!

[indistinct murmuring]

What? What?

I'm Kareem. I run security.

What's your name?

Brown, Carl J.

Background?

Where do you come from? Where've you been? Who are you?

- You already know. - Leave us.

Let's go, brother.

Don't mind, Kareem.

He's still very young and enthusiastic.

So am I.

You're also a man of great discipline,

one who understands the chain of command.

Do I have it right, Ranger Brown Carl J.?

Why aren't you living in peace?

There is no peace, not for me or those that look like me.

What've you been doing since you left Uncle Sam's plantation?

Existing.

That's all they allow, but we can do better.

What do you want, Brown, Carl J.?

Peace.

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Welcome, brother.

- Eddie! - Yeah, pa.

So did you find that junkie b*stard that robbed me?

It's not my case, pa.

Yeah, well, listen, I'm-- I'm thinkin' of using

off-duty cops for security.

Maybe you can get me some good ones.

- Alright, if you want. - Alright?

Yeah. Yeah.

Let me answer that phone.

Hello?

Yeah. This is he.

Man #2: Alright, lemme give you a hand.

Yeah, well, what does that mean?

Well, check it again. Check it a thousand times!

Yeah, no-- no, I can't come down right now.

Who was that, pa?

Food supplier. Everybody's a crook in this business.

- You gonna be okay? - Yeah, I'm alright.

Look, Eddie, uh, I got a lot of work to do, alright?

Uh, we'll talk later. I'll call ya.

Alright. Alright.

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Moreno: So how's your dad?

A little banged up, but they say he'll be fine.

That's good. I think this is it.

The Rashad assassination file.

So, uh, where are we now?

Well, this is Esther Rashad, 20 years ago.

- And the kid? - That's her brother, Adam.

So what happened to him?

Well, she dropped out of school,

had to raise him by herself.

- So where is he now? - He disappeared.

No hits in Juvie, N.C.I.C., I mean nothing.

Torres.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, I got it. I got it.

An anonymous tip came in on the getaway car.

It's on Riverside Drive.

- Well-- - Let's roll.

Let's go. Let me grab my coat.

I liked you better in uniform, Eddie.

I don't believe it.

Don't believe it! Look at you.

Uh-- uh, Monica Delgado, Nina Moreno.

Hi. I'll wait for you outside.

Yeah.

Um, what're you doing in town?

I thought you'd be jetting around the world, you know,

collecting all them tennis trophies.

I was. I'm taking a break.

I wanted to see the guy who broke my heart.

Ohh.

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So when you learn all the signals,

then I'll give you a watch.

I know you know what you're doing.

No offense, but you seem

a little young for this responsibility.

No, not really, I haven't been at this mosque

for very long, but I grew up

in the brotherhood, good teachers.

- Your pops, huh? - I never knew my father.

I didn't know that. I'm sorry to hear that.

Ah, that's alright. What's that?

Just goes to show, there's no excuse.

When there's no man in the house, a strong woman will do.

J.C.: The people seem to love you, man.

Kareem: They love us.

It's all good.

Very good, little brother.

- So who's the girl? - What girl?

- An old girlfriend. - How old?

Come on, ancient history. Don't you trust me?

- So what do we got? - We got a r*fle.

Take a look.

I'll call it in.

Yeah, lieu, it's all here, r*fle's in the trunk,

scope's still attached, and the a*mo is Israeli.

The car is registered to a Rabinowitz.

Alright, tell them to walk it through ballistics,

then pick up Rabinowitz, advise him of his rights, alright?

Right away. I'm on it.

An anonymous tip led you to the car?

Don't you think that's a little too convenient?

Maybe, or maybe it's a little convenient that your client

reported his car stolen two days before the sh**ting.

It's immaterial. It was reported.

And that's all that's required. Larry, I'll do the talking here.

Why didn't he mention it when we talked earlier?

Don't you people communicate? I thought you knew.

You think this is a joke?

Mediocrity is nothing to aspire to, detective.

- And yes, it's laughable. - Larry, be quiet.

If I wanted Malik dead, he'd be in the morgue.

Do you really think I would miss?

Well, anybody can have an off day.

Malik has a house in Brooklyn.

Six men in his personal detail, four outside, two in,

one in the kitchen, he reads, the other, the living room,

patrols at time-exact intervals.

The house alarm is wired outside on the north and south exposures

inside motion detectors.

Take out the neighborhood power, silent k*ll the detail outside,

the two in are easy.

And Malik, bang, he's dead.

Well, uh, listen if that's all you have, eh

you're really wasting our time, why is he here?

He's here because we wanna know who's trying to set him up.

A cop who uses her brain, that's a novelty.

Eddie: Or make it look like he's been set up.

k*ll a few more Muslims, right, Larry?

Don't cry for them, detective.

They don't' give a damn about you.

Malik: Do you have that m*rder*r Rabinowitz in custody?

Man 3: Who the hell are you?

I wanna see your superior officer.

Man 3: She's busy right now.

I said I wanna see

your superior officer!

Malik: Larry Rabinowitz! - Eddie.

Come and be judged!

[intense music]

So it begins.

Thank you, detective. Sarge. How can I help you, sir?

Have you arrested the man who m*rder*d Yusef?

No.

I'm not surprised.

r*cist habits don't change overnight.

I want you to get outta my precinct

before I arrest you, alright?

- Am I free to go? - Not just yet.

Alright, look. Take it outside or cool off in a cage, alright?

You got two seconds to call it.

- Asalaam aleikum. - You--

Don't bother.

He's already dead.

Go ahead. Take a walk.

No, no, no, no, why don't you have a seat on that bench

over there until everybody cools down, alright?

You can't keep me here.

Not only can I keep you here, but I can book you

with the evidence I've already got, alright?

If you wanna spend your time wading through the system,

that's fine with me. I'm used to it.

Have a seat.

- That was close. - It's not over yet.

That's why I want a tail on them, okay?

If they head out, I wanna know about it.

You're not to do anything against the defenders,

not one thing.

If I find out that any man defied my direct order,

there will be hell to pay.

We will not be confused by the enemy's tricks.

[phone ringing]

Wait, wait, wait. What was that about?

I thought he just said he wanted them dead.

Where'd you get that?

He just wants us to take care of our own.

Clean up our communities. Be independent.

- So what was that? Posturing? - No, no, a message.

If they attack, we'll defend ourselves.

Some of us may die, some of them may die.

[sighs]

Do you have a problem with that?

If a man isn't willing to lay down his life

for what he believes in, what kind of man is he?

[instrumental music]

♪ Oh, my friends

♪ Feel it's their appointed duty ♪

♪ They keep tryin' to tell me

♪ All you want to do is use me

♪ Well, my answer

♪ Is that I know that you messed up ♪

♪ And I-I-I-I I wanna spread the news ♪

♪ That if it feels this good gettin' used ♪

♪ Oh, you just keep on using me ♪

♪ Until you use me up

♪ Ah-huh until you use me up

♪ Now my brother

♪ Know he set me right down and he talked to me ♪

♪ But he told me

♪ That I oughta not let you just walk on me ♪

Well, you're too big for that, boy.

♪ Well, I'm sure He meant well ♪

♪ You know, but when our talk was through ♪

♪ I had to say now

♪ Brother, if you only knew

♪ You'd wish that you were in my shoes ♪

♪ Oh, you just keep on using me ♪

♪ Keep on using me

♪ Until you use me up

♪ Ah-huh until you use me up ♪

♪ Yeah yeah

♪ Well, sometimes

♪ My love, it's true, you really do abuse me ♪

♪ Well, you get me in a crowd of high class people ♪

♪ And then you act real rude to me ♪

♪ But, oh baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! ♪

♪ But when you love me I can't get enough ♪

♪ And I-I-I said, I wanna spread the news ♪

♪ That if it feels this good gettin' used oh ♪♪

Wait right here. I'll be right back. Alright.

[intense music]

Look, Larry, let me put some more men on you.

For what? Malik's a blowhard.

His whole life's an empty threat.

Just let me do it. It'll make me feel better.

[tires screeching]

Look out, man!

[g*n shots]

[intense music]

Well, he had breakfast down the street, the waitress said

there was two of them, probably his bodyguard or something.

What's this?

[indistinct chatter]

Eddie: I'll call lieu.

We know what we need to do now.

We know what Larry would've done.

If anyone's afraid, you can back out right now,

nobody'll hold it against you.

- Never again! all: Never again!

♪ Grenades in their eyes

♪ And death is their prize

♪ Peace will rise

♪ Destroy the lies

Man 4: He became GI Joe k*lling his family, not the enemy.

A human g*n, made and manufactured

in the United States of America.

They are bombs standing on the--

Defenders are on their move.

Man 4: Waiting to explode at the slightest touch.

Baggy shadow street boys standing calm, ready to fire.

Their eyes are grenades.

all: Allahu-akbar.

♪ Grenades in their eyes

♪ And death is their prize

♪ Peace will rise

♪ And destroy ♪ Destroy the lies

Man 4: They are warriors, looking for a rites of passage.

They are young lions enchanted

by the sound of their roar.

They are diamonds treated like worthless stones.

They are river with no where to run.

They are dreams unfulfilled, desires buried in the remains

up in abandoned soul.

[indistinct chatter]

What's going on?

Man 4: Blinded by the snow storm of winter.

Soon, they will see their beauty,

their strength, their love.

- Turn around! - No!

Man 4: They will unite as one.

Then our voice will be more powerful than a g*n.

And as we speak, we'll get things done.

♪ Grenades in their eyes

♪ And death is their prize

♪ Peace will rise

♪ And destroy ♪ Destroy the lies

♪ Grenades in their eyes

♪ And death is their prize

♪ Peace will rise ♪

[indistinct chatter]

Get these shackles off of me.

You had no right.

Now, okay, fine, from the beginning

you made your position clear.

But they are a legitimate religion

no matter what you think.

Sit down.

Look, Rabinowitz was m*rder*d, alright?

We found one of those brotherhood pins at the scene.

Come on, please! Anybody could've put that there.

Malik threatened him in front of all of us.

The defenders were on their way to attack the mosque,

we got there first, end of story!

Then you should've beefed with them.

You were dead wrong, lieutenant.

Hey, look. Don't you tell me what I should or shouldn't do!

I did what I had to do, and given the choice,

I'd do it again.

Using your badge for your own agenda, huh?

You know, I don't like your tone.

And I haven't liked your tone

since we started this case.

You need to chill out, my man.

What the hell do you call

what just happened, Ed?

Uniforms all up in the sanctum,

defiling the temple with their shoes on.

- Total disregard! - Excuse me!

You wanna come back down to earth now?

Those people were under investigation!

Or have you forgotten that, detective?

Those people, lieutenant? Those people?

Well, what about the defenders, huh?

Where's the undercover cop for the defenders?

Did you raid their quarters? I don't think so.

Alright, look, obviously there's no talking to you now.

When and if you wanna have a discussion with me,

my door'll be open.

What the hell was that all about?

Disrespect.

You know, to tell you the truth, I really don't think

she knew about the shoe thing.

Hell, I didn't know.

Hey! Are you in so deep, that's all you can see?

When all anybody else does is talk,

the brothers get the job done.

That's what I see.

Eddie, I'm lookin'.. Eddie, Eddie Torres.

- Listen, I'm lookin' for-- - Hey!

What's the matter with everybody here?

- Mr. Torres, hey, hey. It's me. - Nina, Nina.

Listen, why don't you come with me? I'll get you some coffee.

I'm-- I'm lookin' for Eddie.

Eddie: Pa, pa. - What's-- What's the matter?

- Why-- - What is wrong with you, huh?

Why's everybody treating me this way?

- Are you... You're drunk! - Eddie, I need to talk to you.

Come with me. You wanna talk, let's talk.

Alright, listen! Why you-- why you hurting me like that?

Pa, calmate. Don't you make a scene.

- Alright. Alright, look. - This is where I work. Hey!

Why you pushin' me? What's the matter with you?

Listen to me, I don't know what your problem is right now,

but I do not have the time.

- So, okay. - Yeah.

But don't you ever, ever come to my job like this again.

- Now you're gonna leave, okay? - I need to tell you.

- Calmate. Papi, come on. - It's something important.

Eddie, it's important, Eddie!

What happened? Where is everybody?

The police raided this mosque!

- Why? - You know why.

- I-- I-- I don't-- - Don't you dare lie to me!

You've disobeyed me, that you would try

to destroy me and everything I built!

Everything that you've built? You?

Abraham Rashad built the brotherhood.

Why would you do this, Kareem? Why?

Can't you see my father in my face?

[instrumental music]

Do your brothers and sisters deserve this?

Do they deserve w*r with the defenders?

Their blood will be on your hands.

Yes, your father helped build this.

And you are trying to destroy it!

You destroyed it, Malik,

when you m*rder*d my father!

[music continues]

Where's Kareem going?

He's cast out.

- Why? - That is not your business.

Are you ready to take his place?

I don't know.

Humility is always the best place to start.

[instrumental music]

Bingo! I found the brother.

Took me a while, nearly had to go through all the files.

Adam Kareem Rashad.

Come on.

Snap out of it.

What's wrong with you?

We planned this our whole lives.

If this is successful, the brothers will die.

I did what you asked. I k*lled Yusef. Isn't that enough?

He k*lled our father. Malik gave the order.

The walls come tumbling down.

This is our time, our accounting.

Abraham would've condemned this as cowardice!

Agh!

What do you know about him, huh?

What I've told you and what you've read.

I know he would've hated this.

This is not the brotherhood way.

You've joined them, haven't you?

You obey me, Kareem.

They made us orphans.

I sacrificed my entire life for you.

I know.

They owe me.

They owe us.

And this debt will be paid whether you like it or not.

[instrumental music]

Alright, Kareem. Stop it right there.

Put your hands up above your head.

Lace 'em behind your head nice and easy.

A cop. I knew it.

That's right, do what I said.

Get back from my brother.

[g*n shots]

[g*n shots]

[tires screeching]

[engine revving]

[police siren blaring]

Damn.

I got you, brother.

Hold on, hold on, man.

The-the brothers.

- You alright? - Yeah.

- Stupid kid. - Who capped him?

Looked like Joshua, one of the defenders.

I think Esther's headed toward the mosque. Stay with the body.

Yeah, I'll puttin' the call through right now.

I'll stay 'til they get here.

[suspenseful music]

Malik: I want all patrol beefed up.

Four on the top.

If you see Kareem, I wanna know.

Are you ready to die? Stay where you are! Stay where you are!

Do what she says.

Esther, Esther, do you want to see me?

You were like my uncle. You were welcomed in my home.

You broke bread with us! How could you dare?

I was young, on fire.

I didn't like the change in Abraham,

the direction he chose.

You finally admit, you k*lled him?

I may have set the tone, my words may have

inflamed the men who k*lled him.

And for that, I-I take full responsibility.

Liar!

[g*nsh*t]

You took away my family. I have nothing left.

You even poisoned my brother against me.

You did that yourself.

I loved him, you lyin' b*stards.

- You love no one. J.C.: Police! Freeze!

- Drop it! - You see.

You're losing your touch, Malik.

Look the cop you called brother.

Kareem is dead, Esther.

- He died for you. - Shut-up!

I'm not leaving until I get what I came for.

He's on his way to the morgue because you wouldn't let it go.

I raised him. I gave him my life.

You raised him to die.

J.C.: Now you might not have pulled that trigger,

but you k*lled him.

Your father would hate you for this.

You didn't know my father.

I knew what he stood for, and this ain't it.

Esther, don't...

[instrumental music]

Stay strong, my brother. My prayers are with you.

I hope your prayers were sincere.

Man 5: Mister Malik.

I'm ready to be a man.

Then you will be. Come.

Eddie: We got a witness who made your photo, Joshua.

If somebody's lying, it's got to be you.

I want a lawyer.

Why? You weren't even there, remember?

I mean, so what we got a witness to the sh**ting,

who saw your face.

You expect me to believe that?

In this case, you don't have a choice.

Eddie: How long you... - You did good work, detective.

How good is it? Everybody's dead.

Well, maybe now some of the hate will stop.

Well, they're gonna have to want it.

Yep.

Lieutenant, ah, listen.

Ahh, I want to apologize

for screamin' at you like that.

You know, I'd say we have a lot in common, Williams.

We both get perks.

Now if I get them because I'm white,

you get them 'cause you're male.

I figure we're about even.

You know, when I get pulled over for drivin'

in the wrong neighborhood or some little old lady

pulls her purse a little closer to her when she sees me

comin' by or when one of those cab drivers pass me up,

I'll try to remember that.

How are we ever gonna get over this?

[knocking]

[indistinct chatter]

Uh, like that?

What? This is your witness? A Muslim slug.

Uh-eh, they hate us. It's his word against mine.

Not a Muslim, a cop.

Now what do you have to say for yourself, huh?

Never again.

Eddie: Oh, yeah! What's up tonight?

Ha! Vien agua.

You are in so much trouble.

- What did I do? - I heard about you and Monica.

Forget to tell me about your little date last night?

Awe, come on. It wasn't like that. Nothing happened.

But you thought about it.

So I'm getting slammed for something that I thought?

- Uh-huh. - Tu eres loca. Tu sabes, right?

Oh, if I'm so crazy, why is she a secret?

How can I make it up to you?

[sighs] Talk to your dad.

No.

See, you don't know how many times I've been

through this crap, I've had it.

Look, Eddie, you know how things are

between me and my and my father.

Yeah, but this is different.

You and your father can patch things up.

Yeah, but it's gonna take some corny deathbed

drama before we say all the things we meant to.

Come on. You know, it doesn't have to be that way.

That's right. It doesn't.

[sighs]

I'll see you later.

[instrumental music]

You know, a boy tells his father, when I grow up

I wanna be just like you.

Kids wanna look up to their dads, you know.

And then that boy grows up to be a man and he says,

"I never wanna be like my father."

What're you talkin' about?

Then when he grows older maybe he'll say,

"I wish my father were here

so that I could know what he would do."

What the hell is wrong with you, huh?

I mean, you were fine up until now.

And then you go out and start drinking. What's next?

You gonna start sh**ting-up again?

It's been on my mind.

Well, why don't you take my g*n, huh?

Don't waste anybody's time.

I'm dying.

What?

I got the virus.

I'm H.I.V. positive.

[instrumental music]

Uhh...

Maybe it's a-- maybe it's a mistake, I mean, um--

- They tested me. - Then they can test you again.

Eddie, the doctor went over it, Ed. He went all over it.

[sighs]

Oh, don't--

- I didn't know how to tell you. - Ohh.

[instrumental music]

♪ Well, you get me in a crowd of high-class people ♪

♪ And then you act real rude to me ♪

♪ But, oh baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! ♪

♪ But when you love me I can't get enough ♪

♪ Hey-yee

♪ And I-I-I said I wanna spread the news ♪

♪ That if it feels this good getting used ♪

♪ Oh, you just keep on using me ♪

♪ Come on, now

♪ Until you use me up ♪