01x05 - Garbage

[bunniefuu]

[Coolio's "fantastic voyage"]

♪ Come along and ride
on a fantastic voyage ♪

♪ slide slide slippity-slide

♪ I'm hittin' switches
on the block in a '65 ♪

♪ come along and ride
on a fantastic voyage ♪

♪ slide slide cool ride

♪ ain't no valley low
enough or a mountain high ♪

♪ I'm tryin' to find a place
where I can live my life and ♪

♪ maybe eat some steak
with my beans and rice, a ♪

♪ place where my
kids can play outside ♪

♪ without livin' in
fear of a drive-by ♪

♪ and even if I get away
from them drive-by K*llers ♪

♪ I still got to worry
about them jealous... ♪

♪ I keep on searching
and I keep on looking ♪

♪ but fools are the same
from watts to Brooklyn ♪

♪ I try to keep my
faith in my people ♪

♪ but sometimes my people
be acting like they evil ♪

♪ you don't understand
about runnin' with a g*ng ♪

♪ 'cause you don't
g*ng bang, and ♪

♪ you don't have to stand
on the corner and slang ♪

♪ 'cause you got
your own thang ♪

♪ you can't help me if
you can't help yourself ♪

♪ you better make a left

♪ come along and ride
on a fantastic voyage ♪

♪ slide slide slippity-slide
♪[Man groans in pain]

♪ I do what I can
just to survive ♪

♪ come along and ride
on a fantastic voyage ♪

♪ slide slide cool ride

♪ that why I pack my .45 ♪

♪ life is a b*tch
and then you die ♪

♪ still tryin' to get a
piece of that apple pie ♪

♪ every game ain't the same
'cause the game still remains ♪

♪ don't it seem kinda strange
ain't a damn thing change ♪

♪ if you don't work
then you don't eat ♪

Vinnie: Sign this, Andre.

You're gonna
sign, Andre. Sign it!

♪ Stay sucka-free and keep
the busters off your jock ♪

♪ you gotta have heart
son if you want to go ♪

♪ watch this sweet
chariot swing low ♪

♪ [just roll along]
That's what you do ♪

♪ [just roll along]
That's right ♪

♪ [just roll along]
That's what you do ♪

♪ [just roll along]
That's right ♪

♪ do you want to ride with me? ♪

♪ Do you want to ride with me? ♪

♪ Do you want to ride with me? ♪

[Theme music playing]

[Hip-hop music playing]

[Indistinct radio chatter]

- Old school: Hey, guy.
- M.E.: Hey, old school.

Old school: So whattya got?

M.e.: Miguel Rodriguez.
Ground landed on his face.

Snapped his neck like a twig.

If you ask me,
fell off the roof.

[Indistinct radio chatter]

So how do you know
this guy didn't just fall off

his own roof?

Isn't the alley next
door to his building?

The guy on the top
floor has a sick baby.

Nobody went up there all night.

Ricciarelli: Plus the m.E.
Said he didn't even die there.

That's the fourth
garbage man D.O.A.

- In twelve weeks.
- What, from the same company?

Ricciarelli: All
different, lieutenant.

All independents.

Did you get anything
from the workers?

Old school: Uh-uh.
And we ain't going to.

Nobody seemed
shocked he was dead.

To break this case, it's
gonna take an undercover.

[Telephone ringing]

[J.c. Laughing]

[Puerto rican accent]
What you doing, papi?

It's the wrong color for
you. You need the fuchsia.

A little problema. [Laughs]

[Normal voice] This
where you goin', man?

Yeah. Eight more hours,
I'm on my way to jfk.

Three hours later, it's
pink ones for drinks,

green ones for food.

And vitamin e to make sure

that you don't lose something.

No, man, no g*ns, no badges.

But I'm still willing
to protect and service

all the female guests.

♪ Puerto Rico, oh, oh! ♪

♪ Puerto Rico, oh, oh ♪

- Puerto Ric...
- Cooper: Torres,

lose the love beads.

Look, I've got some bad news.

You're gonna have to
put a pin in your vacation.

I need you and
Williams undercover.

Washington and
ricciarelli will fill you in.

Not my call, man.

What's the flavor?

Old school: You go to easy way

waste removal company.

Garbage men? You want
us to be garbage men?

A guy who works
there got whacked.

That's the fourth garbage
man in the last three months.

- Any leads?
- Old school: Thin.

Yesterday's time
cards, everybody left

before seven except
for two workers,

Andre foreman and the victim,

- Miguel Rodriguez.
- Did you talk to Andre?

He wouldn't talk to me.

I went to the stiff's house.

The guy lived with his parents.

They're devastated.

For what it's worth,
the guy's a real victim.

What about this guy
Andre? He got a sheet?

Nope. Clean as the driven snow.

- That's it?
- That's it.

You know, I hate to see
these reservations go to waste.

And I have so much
vacation time coming.

Don't even think about it.

[R&b music playing]

Jameel: Everything looks
pretty much good here, Juan.

Except you, uh, disclosed
in your application

a conviction for a crime.

Yeah, I did a year for
breaking and entering.

When I was 18.

What, do I look like a
garbage man to you?

I mean, would somebody
as smooth as me be here

if I didn't have a record?

You're hired.

[Jamaican accent]
Yeah, man, you could call

any one of those references

I put down there.

They tell you I'm for real.

I work hard for you.

You sure you're in shape?

I bench press about 220.

You're hired. Red hat!

Your truck's full again.

J.c.: My man ed
is bummin' big time.

He was all ready
to go on his vacation

and be the Latin lover.

He had his little beads,

- and his multi-colored condom...
- J.C...

Well, better red
than dead, baby.

And now, garbage man. [Laughs]

- Don't you hate it?
- Me? No.

I always wanted to
be a garbage man.

Recently?

Every day.

When I was my son's
age, I thought it was cool.

Throwin' garbage cans around,

wakin' everybody up
at 4:00 in the morning.

Well, next Tuesday you're
going to need a shower.

Well, you know, for you, baby,

I'll smell like a newborn.

Not for me.

For my bosses.

Ahh. So I'm on display.

Do you mind?

I don't never mind.

I'm too pretty to mind.

The partners are
picking an associate

for the hiring committee.

So it's show and tell.

They wanna see
how the associates

get along with people.

So is this hiring
committee important?

Whoever's chosen is
a shoo-in for partner.

So I'll make sure that I
use the right fork, darling.

Stop! Heh.

Red hat: Listen up, people!

New truck assignments
are on the board.

Read 'em and weep.

Hey!

The line's back here.

The line is where I say it is.

J.c. [Jamaican accent]:
Boy, you better check yourself

before you wreck yourself.

- See?
- You better step off

before you get clocked.

Boy buck lies...

Forget him, man.

He's a whack fool.

J.c.: I'm sure, black man.

- Welcome.
- What's happenin'?

Trevor johnston.

Andre foreman.

- Cool?
- Yeah, man.

Everything crisp.

Andre: Foreman. Foreman.

- Ah.
- J.c.: Six men on the truck?

Won't be that many.

Lot of guys out, uh,

sick all the time.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Let's move it, people!

Badillo!

Johnston, you new guys,

keep your mouths shut
and do what you're told.

[Public enemy's
"give it up"]Let's go!

♪ It's another record
check it, mad methods ♪

♪ to put my brothers and
sisters on a deathbed ♪

♪ you know he cheated took what
he wanted but now you blunted ♪

♪ suckin' up to the devil
steppin' down a level ♪yo!

♪ It's who they fear is you

♪ who protects us from
us and you from you ♪

♪ yes and it counts
the 40-ounce ♪

♪ I sued them b*stards
yeah, they got bounce ♪

♪ I did 'em like a demo
threw 'em out the window ♪

♪ I took a 98 'cause
I never liked a limo ♪

♪ but pump pump pump
pu-pump pump it up ♪

♪ a mad rhyme for mad
times that's what's up ♪

♪ some ain't gonna
change I got 'em in a range ♪

♪ I gotta rearrange, so I'm
buildin' back your brain ♪

♪ wreckin' records
with funky stuff ♪

♪ am I loud enough?

Watch yourself, new
man. Medical trash.

What the hell is this?

Be careful when
you pick that stuff up.

Let's go.

J.c.: Now, wait here, man.

I'm not pushing a dumpster
full of dirty needles.

You'll push what the
hell I tell you to push

where I tell you to push it.

Let's go.

Come on, bring it up.

♪ I'm calling a foul and
once again it counts ♪

♪ mad tense mad
tense brothers know ♪

♪ the blunts in the back got the
black behind and that's wack ♪

♪ and once again it's on!

♪ Hey, Jimmy cracked corn
cr*cker singin' "I don't care", it's on ♪

♪ I'm comin' with a rhyme
I'm lettin' go a rhyme ♪

♪ I never get a rhyme through
the rough and crazy times ♪

♪ you call me a
Hannibal lecture ♪

I can't believe we're
dealing with this stuff, man.

Be thankful.

Monday's just medical waste.

Wait till Thursday.

And where do we dump it?

You'll see.

♪ But to the rhythm I'm
givin' but never cotton pickin' ♪

♪ like James brown
I'm sayin' it loud ♪

♪ am I loud enough?
Huh, you got ta give it up ♪

♪ some ain't gonna change
some ain't gonna change ♪

♪ some ain't gonna
never ever change ♪

♪ some ain't gonna change
some ain't gonna change ♪

♪ some ain't gonna
never ever change ♪

♪ give it up, give
it up give it up yo ♪

♪ give it up, give it
up gotta give it up ♪

This really sucks, brother.

Word. ♪ give it
up, gotta give it

Eddie: Some guys
smell like dead rats.

Everybody's a comedian, man.

Nice.

J.c.: Hey, loo.

Cooper: Oh, god! No, stop.

Open the door.

God...

J.c.: Her, too, man.

Interrogation.

I don't smell that bad.

No, you smell worse.

Easy way, this whole
operation is whack.

They've got us
haulin' toxic waste,

medical waste, needles...

And they're
putting it in a landfill

right next to a
playground in Harlem.

I mean, customers all over town.

East side doctors and
West Side factories.

How's the other garbage man

with the late time card
look for the m*rder?

- Who, Andre foreman?
- Cooper: Yeah.

No, that dude's cool.

I don't... i don't see
him smokin' nobody.

- Me either.
- Maybe he knows someone who did.

The m.E. Put the time
of Rodriguez's death

between 7:00 and 8:00.

Foreman was the only one there.

Eddie: I'm gonna check
out the rest of the time cards.

J.c.: There is a union
meeting next week.

I should be in good enough
to get something out of him.

Good.

[Indistinct chatter]

I'm Vinnie, the vice
president of this union.

Yo, knock it off!

[Indistinct chatter]

And now to explain to you

the local's
business type things,

'cause the only purpose
of this union is to serve you.

I'm only gonna tell you guys
this once, you understand?

Show some respect.

The union's business
agent, miss Angela Mancini.

[Cheers and applause]

[Whooping and catcalling]

Angela: All right, all
right, all right, you guys,

don't hurt yourselves.

I'm Angela Mancini.

First off, I wanna
welcome those of you

who are new members.

You'll find that this here
union has a very long-term

perspective in lookin'
out for its members.

Andre: Yeah, real
long. Like never.

Angela: One of the first
things that new members

are gonna have
to do is to execute

a proxy agreement. So
please sign it and return it

- as soon as possible.
- Wait, wait.

Angela: Oh, a
question, mister...?

[Jamaican accent] Mr. Johnston.

Now, what's this proxy
you're talkin' about?

Angela: It gives your
union maximum leverage

in negotiations with the city

by demonstrating to management

that we have your
complete confidence.

And let's the
union vote for you.

J.c.: Well... well, how
come I can't vote for myself?

Don't work that way, my brother.

Angela: Oh, but Mr. Johnston,

I hardly think
you have the legal

or financial wherewithal
to protect your interests

as well as we could.

- Yes?
- Juan Badillo.

I had a question, too,

but you answered it
when you walked out.

There is a god!

[Cheers and applause]

Hey, I told you guys
to show some respect.

I got it, vin.

Yes, there is a god.

And only he could love you.

[Crowd oohs]

Hey.

No, only he could love like me.

[Indistinct chatter]

J.c.: Excuse me. Could we...

Could we just focus
upon the business?

All right?

What's the union gonna
do about what we haul?

Easy way has us haulin' trash

with dirty needles and
medical waste and...

You know what
you do, you genius?

You wear gloves. [Snickers]

Angela: But thank you
very much for bringing that

to our attention, Mr. Johnston.

We will look into it immediately
and get right back to you.

Yeah, that's right,
we got your address.

- We're gonna mail it to you.
- Angela: And now, let's move

- to the financial report...
- Andre: Yo, see, gee,

questions like that
are bad for your health.

J.c.: Yeah, man, I heard
that a guy died a week

before I started.

Man...

I ain't heard nothin' about it.

Angela: First, representing
the lower east side

and going on to...

[Suspenseful music playing]

[R.kelly's "it seems
like you're ready"]

♪ It seems like you're ready

♪ seems like you're ready
♪ it seems like you're ready ♪

I didn't know union
reps did so well.

I, uh, just wanted to
give you my number.

Why?

You know where I live.

Anybody ever tell you that

a real attitude for
a garbage man?

Anybody ever tell you
that you are as fine as hell?

Too crude too quick.

Okay.

How about I apologize
for disrupting the meeting?

You wanted me to remember you.

It was obvious.

Is that all you got, Juan?

If you thought so, you
wouldn't still be standing here.

I know this place on 103rd

where they play some
crazy smooth jazz.

Hmm. Yeah, I love jazz.

But I got an early day.

Call me.

♪ It seems like you're ready

♪ seems like you're ready

♪ it seems like you're ready

♪ girl, are you ready?

♪ To go all the way

what's up, baby?

You miss me?

J.c.: Ed, you're late.

Again.

Anyway, I talked to Andre,

who says he don't know
nothing about the Miguel m*rder.

You see the way Vinnie
was peepin' him today,

when he was bitchin'?

Now, if looks could k*ll, my
man would be in a pine box.

See, now, that's a
man who looks like

he could toss
somebody out a window.

See, the way I figure,

the union has got
to be down on this.

That Angela Mancini chick,

she got her panties
all up in a bunch

when I told her about the proxy.

[Scoffs] Look, she
could just be doin' her job.

Like the supervisor. I
don't think he's dirty.

Neither do I,
but that girl, man.

She threatened me when
I told her about the waste.

No, no, no. Vinnie
threatened you.

Angela said she
would look into it.

Yo, ed, let me
ask you something.

Why were you late?

I met up with Angela, man.

I mean, she wanted my number.

Don't hate me because
I'm beautiful, baby.

J.c.: Yo. Try, mister beautiful,

that she's checkin' you out

'cause she thinks
you're five-oh.

Look, I know when
I'm getting played, j.C.

And so do I, ed, and
you gettin' played.

I'll check her out, all right?

Yeah, I'll bet you will.

[Jazz music playing]

Sandy: The invitation
says black tie.

Well, I don't have my tie, so...

Well, you look fine. Just
no stunts tonight, hmm?

Come on, what are
you talkin' about?

I'm just saying that the party

is very conservative.

No stunts.

Chill, woman. Damn.

[Clears throat][Elevator
bell dings]

[Indistinct chatter]

You look fine.

Why don't you go ahead?

I'll get some drinks.

Sandra, you look fabulous.

- Thank you.
- Where's thurston?

I haven't seen him.

Anne, this is j.C. Williams.

Oh. It's nice to meet you.

Oh, there he is. Thurston!

Anne, it certainly
is good to see you.

- You, too.
- Sandra.

- Thurston.
- You look great.

And you, sir?

What's happenin', black man?

Thurston. Sandra.

Hey, you make
the perfect couple.

Actually, I'd like
to introduce you

to my fiancée, sir.

Sharon Thompson. She
clerks for judge weiss.

Sharon: It's a real pleasure
to meet you, Mr. Kaufman.

Kaufman: Oh, the pleasure's
all mine, young lady.

You know, judge weiss is
a personal friend of mine.

Ah. I'll certainly tell
him you said hello.

Kaufman: Well, you better.

Sandy: Mr. Kaufman,
this is j.C. Williams.

Oh. Hello, j.C.

Mr. Kaufman is our
managing partner.

How you doin'?

I... i think we've met before.

Aren't you an
entertainment lawyer?

No, I'm not. I'm
a police officer.

A detective. And
highly decorated,

- if I may add.
- Oh.

Sandy: Publishers are
already talking to him.

Well, actually, it's
only one publisher,

and he's not really
interested in me,

he's interested in
some guy I arrested.

He wants some kind of
statement from me, or somethin'.

Excuse me.

Well, what do you
know, crime calls.

Must be another one
of those commendations.

Excuse me.

[Dramatic music playing]

Okay, looks good.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

So, let's see what you got.

Owners and operators
are right here.

We have a 420% rise in revenue.

Dues are up citywide,

and we have
achieved a steady skim

of 29% off health
and pension benefits.

I'm projecting we clear
a half a mil this quarter.

Come here.

I am so proud of my baby sister.

[Scoffs] Unions, I love it.

Listen, just make sure

you get the rest of the proxies.

I don't wanna have to deal
with any of these mooks.

You understand?

[Jamaican accent] Mr. Johnson?

Hey, Mr. Johnson?

Hello?

He ain't comin'.

He told you to come in early

and sign some papers, right?

You forgot to sign your proxy.

Me not forget about it.

I'm not signing that.

- I can vote for myself.
- Oh, listen to me, now.

Don't be stupid.

Bottom line is, you're
gonna sign this thing

one way or another.
You understand?

I tell you, me not sign nothin'.

[Grunts]

Vinnie: I'll make
'em pop that shoulder

right out of your socket.

Why don't you sign this?

It's just a stupid
piece of paper.

What the hell do you care?

Here, sign it.

- Sign it.
- [Grunts]

Vinnie: Go ahead.
What are you waitin' for?

Sign it!

[Snickers]

That's better, ain't it?

Now, let me tell you somethin',

don't you ever make me
tell you somethin' twice again.

[Dramatic music playing]

Yo, you all right?

- Yeah, they just jumped me, man.
- What?

They jumped me to
make me sign that proxy.

I signed mine last week.

Yo, ed, how come
you didn't say anything?

Vinnie and the three bears
came up on you, right?

You sign.

Why take a beating
for no reason?

You know you gonna sign, anyway.

Right. That's what they said.

[Grunts]

You say you're cool, man?

Yeah, I've had worse.

But I think that this is
what happened to Miguel,

except he got
worse for not signin'.

Eddie: Nah, anybody in
their right mind would sign.

- It's only a piece of paper.
- J.C.: It's not just

a piece of paper,
ed, it's a vote.

People have been
dyin' for a long time

for the right to vote.

If they had all
voted individually,

those clowns wouldn't have
an automatic rubber stamp.

Yeah.

They can charge
whatever they want for dues,

mess around with the benefits.

Yeah, we're
talkin' large dollars.

We're talkin' motive for m*rder.

It was Vinnie and his
boys that did Rodriguez.

I know it.

Fine.

Prove it.

That's gonna cost.

Cooper: How did I know
that this was gonna lead

to a requisition for money?

J.c.: 'Cause you are a genius.

You know that it takes
money to chase money.

And the money behind easy way

is the money behind
the Rodriguez m*rder.

How about the owner?

J.c.: Nah, he's just
window-dressing.

Eddie: He already
thinks I have a record,

so if I go to him with more
ill*gal dumping business,

it's gotta hook me
up with the boss.

- How's the shoulder?
- Still hurts.

But the doctor
said I'll be all right.

All right, we go with the sting.

But I'm holding the
checkbook, okay?

I'll have a front set up in
Spanish Harlem by Tuesday.

[Upbeat music playing]

Jameel: What do you want?

It's what I can
do for you, chief.

You're leavin'
money in the street,

treating me like I'm just a yo.

I could be a lot more valuable

in a management capacity.

Go back to work, Badillo.

You know, a place like this,

it needs special customers.

And I got juice with
the bariquas, man.

I make a phone call,
boom, new business.

Do I look like I need to
be drummin' up business?

Eddie: No.

But you don't go
to Spanish Harlem.

That's a whole new
market we're talkin' about.

And it's ripe.

I already got a deal set up.

How much?

Paint store on St. Nick.


six months in advance.

We need to work our
accounts more than that.

How about if I double it?

[Dialing on button phone]

What's up, baby?

You know who this is.

It's in effect.



four if you want us to
pick up your garbage.

Perfecto.

Ciao.

- It's done, baby.
- Not bad.

Cut me in, and I'll deliver
three more next week.

Jameel: I'll pass it on.

Hey, why don't you just
hook me up with the man?

I mean, this way, you know,
save yourself some trouble.

I'll get back to you.

Yeah, all right.

J.c.: What, you think he bit?

Eddie: Hook, line
and sinker, baby.

J.c.: Funny, ed, I
didn't hear you mention

that Angela Mancini
girl. What's up with that?

'Cause I don't
think she's part of it.

Oh, you don't think
she's part of it?

What head are you
thinkin' with, man?

Yo, she's a nice girl.

Oh, a nice girl.

Like the kind that
end up in heaven,

or the kind that just
end up jerking you...

Hey, man, why don't you
decide, all right, brother man?

- Hey, Sandy.
- Hey.

How you doin'?

Is there someplace we can talk?

Well, isn't this appropriate?

So, is this going to
be an interrogation?

I don't know. You're the
one asking all the questions.

Fine.

What the hell was
that about last night?

What the hell was
that about last night?

That was about honesty, Sandy.

Remember that?

Or like we say in the
ghetto, where I'm from,

"the b*tch tried to
play me like a h*'."

You don't know how
important this is to me, j.C.

It's that world,

and I know what I
can do in that world.

Come here.

You see this here?

This is my world.

That down there?

My office.

I don't want no more, Sandy.

I love my world.

Priceless art work.

International clientele.

I ain't leavin', Sandy.

Ever.

Got that?

Got it.

[Jazz music playing]

[Car horn honking]

[Jamaican accent] Wait it, man!

[Car horn honking]

Kaufman: Will you get that
damn truck out of the way?

People have to get to work!

I am at work!

[Honking]

Kaufman: You son of a b*tch!

Excuse me. Hey,
atheist. Excuse me.

I know you.

[Jazz music playing]

Sandy: Chef
Williams, I can smell

that porcini mushroom
sauce coming.

I'm so glad I wasn't
as stupid as I planned

on being at that
precinct the other day.

You hear anything yet?

Excuse me?

From the hiring committee?

No. Soon, though.

It's a good thing, j.C.

[Sighs]

Sandy, there's something
I think I should tell you.

What?

I had a run-in with, uh,

what's his name, the
managing partner from your firm?

- Mr. Kaufman?
- Yeah.

When? Where?

- What do you mean, run-in?
- [Sighs]

I was undercover
on the West Side,

on the garbage truck,
and our paths crossed.

He caught me in a bad mood,

and I dissed him pretty hard.

J.c., how could you
do this again to me?

What do you want me to do?

I don't want you to do anything.

Okay?

[R.kelly's "it seems
like you're ready"]

♪ Temperature's rising

♪ and your body's
yearnin' for me ♪

♪ so, come here baby

♪ girl, lay it on me

♪ I place no one above thee

♪ oh, take me to your ecstasy ♪

♪ it seems like you're ready

♪ seems like you're ready

♪ it seems like you're ready

♪ girl, are you ready?

♪ To go all the way

♪ all the way

♪ it seems like you're ready

♪ seems like you're ready

♪ it seems like you're ready

♪ girl, are you ready?

♪ To go all the way

♪ all the way

♪ I can smell your perfume

♪ step into my bedroom

♪ let me love you constantly

♪ come here baby

♪ it seems like you're ready

♪ seems like you're ready

♪ it seems like you're ready

Andre: You don't have any
of them big spicy sauces,

no, no chili, no,
no mustard, man.

It's ridiculous, man!

We don't even get a decent
lunch break around here.

How long we gonna take this?

Man: Give me my dollar, man.

What's wrong with y'all?
We gotta talk about this.

- Andre.
- What?

These men have got families.

So, what? So we
just, uh, sit around here

and shut our mouths,
and let you dog us like this?

You rather wind up like Miguel?

Yo, who's that?

A nice kid,

who didn't know how to
mind his own business.

- Give me a hot dog.
- [Car horn honks]

Hey, Badillo.

Somebody wants to talk to you.

Me?

Yeah, you.

Hey, fellas, don't
work too hard.

Man: Come on.

[Car door closes]

Listen, you want a beer?

You want some blow?

I'll take a beer.

That's good.

'Cause I don't trust anybody
on the junk or powder.

I want you to listen to me,

'cause we're gonna present you

with a real big
opportunity right now.

I'm listening.

You see, there could be
that there's a stone in our shoe

that we want you to
remove. You understand?

You want me to
take somebody out?

Exactly. It's gotta be done
in public, you understand?

Why? I mean, it's so much
easier to do it in private.

You do it the way I tell you.

There's trouble
out in the streets,

and business ain't that good.

We wanna send a warning.

And maybe there's some
people that wanna see

how you handle yourself

before they discuss
your future, that's why.

Uh, no disrespect, but,
uh, I gotta get a rate.

I mean, there's a lot
of risk here for me.

Yeah, well I think ten large

will take care of
the risk, don't you?

And the name is Andre foreman.

Up front?

On delivery. And
you got two days.

Drink up. Saluto.

[Laughs]

[Upbeat music playing]

Cooper: This is outta hand.

I have a really bad
feeling about this.

So now you're
supposed to do a hit?

Loo, trust us. We are so close.

If we rolled it up now,
what do we have?

Eddie: We got the owner
and all the companies

easy way services for
fraud and ill*gal dumping.

But we got diddly on
the Rodriguez m*rder.

So pull in this turd
Vinnie and sweat him.

Eddie: If Vinnie ain't a
wise guy, fish don't swim.

He won't talk. He'll
just ask for his lawyer.

We got Vinnie on as*ault two.

He's gonna walk after,
what, seven years Max?

We go for it, get lucky,

we nail him for conspiracy
to m*rder on the hit on Andre.

Boom! We roll in the
guys pulling the strings.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

This is a lot of
birds with one stone.

How does it play?

J.c.: Well, we gotta
do it away from work.

I've got his home address,
so let's do it up there.

Eddie: Yeah, way out
of sight of the wise guys.

Cooper: Yeah, that could work.

All right, convince him to
go into protective custody.

We'll see if they buy it.

But listen to me, you
guys are on your own.

I can't spare any backup,
so be careful, you hear me?

[Upbeat music playing]

- J.c.: Police!
- Man: FBI! FBI!

Andre: You guys are
good. I never made you.

Man: We got you on tape
taking the contract on Andre here.

We bought it all the way.

Andre: Just glad it
was you, and not Vinnie

or one of his girls.

Man: Yeah.

We sent Andre in as a
big mouth rabble-rouser

so the boss would have
to negotiate with him.

Yeah, easier to smoke him out.

- Man: Apparently.
- Cooper: Yeah, all right,

what about the Rodriguez m*rder?

You got anything on that?

I can put Vinnie and the boys

with me right before,

but that's about it.

Okay, here's the deal.

You take the m*rder
and we get the rest:

Racketeering, ill*gal dumping,
anything else we can dig up.

No, no, no, no. We
share the top bust.

We've earned it. My
man's been in way longer.

Torres is in deeper,
and both of my men

are in just as much
jeopardy as yours.

We share.

Deal.

Good.

So, who do you make behind this?

Man: Johnny santucci and
the sandino crime family.

Been squeezing millions
from the union with easy way

and a dozen other
companies just like it.

Yeah, he's keeping
it in the family, too.

His sister Angela's the
union's business agent

and the bookkeeper for easy way

and the other hauling companies.

Angela Mancini?

Different name by
marriage when she was 17.

No, way, man. The
santucci's are strict catholics.

Her mother would
never allow a divorce.

[Scoffs]

Who says they got divorced?

You wanna know what
happened to Mr. Mancini?

- Yeah.
- Man: So do we.

He went hoffa three years ago.

Lieutenant, I say we go
with your original plan.

Fake the hit on Andre here,

and nail Vinnie when
he pays your man.

Soon as the money changes
hands, boom, we got him.

No, no. Santucci knows ed.

No, Johnny won't
come near this himself.

He's right.

I... i still disagree.

Cooper: I say yes...

If you guys will dig into your
treasure chest federal budget.

I want the best surveillance
equipment money can buy

when torres goes
in for that payoff.

You got it.

Eddie: Will you
get your head up?

I ain't goin' out
like that, man.

Ed, how many sandino
murders do we have

that belong to santucci?

Five? Six?

Look, I know what I'm doin'.

Ed, this is your life.

Straight up.

If you were in my place,

you know you'd do
exactly the same thing.

Come on, man.

[Spice 1's "trigger
gots no heart"]

♪ The trigger gots no heart

♪ the trigger, the trigger

♪ the trigger gots no heart

♪ the trigger, the trigger

♪ I'm sick up in this game
I'll take no secondary shorts ♪

♪ and slam dunk these b*ll*ts
up in yo' chest like Jordan ♪

♪ menace ii society
mad man k*ller ♪

♪ just call me the east bay
gangsta neighborhood drug dealer ♪

♪ quick to make decisions and
I'm quick to get my blast on ♪

♪ do a 187 with this
bloody Jason mask on ♪

♪ rollin' up out the cut
deeper than Atlantis ♪

♪ tore his chest apart left
his heart on the canvas ♪

♪ now I gots mo' Mayo
than the rest of the pushers ♪

♪ rat a tat tat tat came
my tec from the bushes ♪

♪ I blast with no heart 'cause
I'm heartless in nine-Trey ♪

♪ a-k blast on that a*s
if in my way, gangster ♪

♪ slangin' 'cola since
the very very start ♪

Vinnie: Hey, kid, how you doin'?

That's a nice outfit
you're wearin'.

I'm cool. But my
pockets are a little light,

you know what I'm sayin'?

So what are you worried about?

We'll work out
a little overtime.

You know your uncle Vinnie

always takes care
of you, don't you?

Now, don't be a stranger
around here. I like you.

Eddie: That's it? We had a deal.

I did a hit for nothin'?

No, that ain't it.

The meeting is next
Tuesday, and be there.

[Door opens]

Andre: I mean, so that's that?

I mean, what's wrong
with criminals today?

No honor.

I mean, what are you
gonna do, sue him?

Cooper: What we do
is take what we got.

Man: Yeah, that's good for you.

You got your m*rder.

We came for santucci.

Eddie: Yo, it ain't over.

There's still one more lead.

Angela, we have to talk.

Okay. But wait a second, okay?

'Cause I have a surprise.

Ten thousand,

plus an extra five
for doin' it perfectly.

And forget all about
easy way, okay?

'Cause I'm gonna set you
up in your own operation.

You impressed?

You're not answering to anybody?

I'll let you be
the boss tonight.

Ooh, I like this.

- You're under arrest.
- Okay. So punish me.

Angela, I'm not playing.

[Sirens wailing]

[Dramatic music playing]

If you give up Johnny,

we can cut you a deal.

Who?

You have the right
to remain silent.

Should you give up that right,

anything you say can
be used against you

- in a court of law.
- So, is your real name Juan?

You have the
right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one,

one will be provided
for you at no charge.

Man: Let's go.

My name is Eddie.

You okay, man?

Yeah, I'm cool.

[Jazz music playing]

I didn't make the
hiring committee.

I blew it for you.

It doesn't matter.

You know, here you are
tryin' to do the right thing

and be about somethin', and...

I just keep standin'
in your way.

So what'd they do,

give the job to
some little white boy?

No. Thurston.

- Thurston?
- Mm-hmm.

Thurston? That uncle Tom
cr*cker n*gg*r, thurston?

- J.c...
- that's worse.

Remember, we come in all kinds.

Forget about it.

Next time.

So, are we gonna be
able to get through this?

I want us to.

[Chuckles] We're so different.

- Opposites attract.
- Yeah.

Nobody's ever made
me feel the way you do.

Singer: ♪ listen to me now ♪

♪ ah, if you think
you're lonely now ♪

♪ girl, you just
wait until tonight ♪

♪ I'll be long, long gone ♪

♪ and you'll find another
man that'll treat you right ♪

♪ if you think... if you
think you're lonely now ♪

♪ wait, wait until
tonight, girl ♪

[Applause]

I know you did my sister, Eddie.

That wasn't enough for you.

No, you had to
go break her heart

and throw her
in a freakin' cage.

Just doin' my job, Johnny.

It was just business.

Business? What business?

We're talkin' about my
sister, mister businessman.

I made a promise to my
father on his deathbed

that I'd do anything
to protect my family.

Anything. You want
to know what I mean?

Do what you gotta do, Johnny.

I'll see you around.

[Tense music playing]

♪ When it's cold outside ♪

♪ girl ♪

♪ tell me who are you holding? ♪

♪ We'll be holding then ♪

♪ oh♪

♪ I wonder if y'all mind ♪

♪ if I talk about this
woman of mine ♪

♪ I gotta talk about it ♪

♪ listen to me now ♪

♪ she's tellin' me
about the things ♪

♪ that her girlfriend's got ♪

♪ what she ain't got and
she wants me to go out ♪

♪ and get 'em for her but girl ♪

♪ I can't be in two
places at one time ♪

♪ ah, if you think
you're lonely now ♪

♪ girl ♪

♪ you just wait until tonight ♪

[Wolf howls]