All language subtitles for Sleepers 1996 Open Matte 1080p WEB-DL DD+5.1 H.264_track3_[eng]

Shakes:
THIS IS A TRUE STORY

ABOUT A FRIENDSHIP
THAT RUNS DEEPER THAN BLOOD.

THIS IS MY STORY,

AND THAT OF THE ONLY
THREE FRIENDS IN MY LIFE
WHO TRULY MATTERED.

TWO OF THEM WERE KILLERS,

WHO NEVER MADE IT PAST
THE AGE OF 30.

THE OTHER
IS A NONPRACTICING ATTORNEY,

LIVING WITH THE PAIN
OF HIS PAST,

TOO AFRAID TO LET IT GO--

NEVER CONFRONTING
ITS HORROR.

I'M THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN SPEAK FOR THEM

AND THE CHILDREN WE WERE.

[ * WALK LIKE A MAN
PLAYS IN BACKGROUND]

Shakes:
MY THREE FRIENDS AND I
WERE INSEPARABLE...

HAPPY AND CONTENT
TO LIVE IN THE CLOSED WORLD
OF HELL'S KITCHEN.

THE WESTSIDE STREETS
OF MANHATTAN

WERE OUR PRIVATE
PLAYGROUND--

A CEMENT KINGDOM,

WHERE WE FELT OURSELVES
TO BE NOTHING LESS THAN
ABSOLUTE RULERS.

HELL'S KITCHEN
WAS POPULATED

BY AN UNEASY BLEND
OF IRISH, ITALIAN,
PUERTO RICAN,

AND EASTERN EUROPEAN
LABORERS.

HARD MEN
LIVING HARD LIVES.

Behind Door:
SHUT THE FUCK UP!

Shakes: WE LIVED
IN RAILROAD APARTMENTS

INSIDE
RED BRICK TENEMENTS.

FEW MOTHERS WORKED,

AND ALL HAD TROUBLE
WITH THE MEN THEY MARRIED.

Man: GET THE FUCK OUT
AND SHUT UP!

[WOMEN YELLING
AND SCREAMING]

SHUT THE FUCK UP!

I BURIED
ONE FUCKING WIFE,

I CAN BURY ANOTHER ONE!

Shakes: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WAS A COTTAGE INDUSTRY
IN HELL'S KITCHEN,

YET THERE WAS NO DIVORCE
AND FEW SEPARATIONS.

THE WILL OF THE CHURCH
WAS FORCEFUL--

FOR A MARRIAGE TO END,

SOMEONE USUALLY HAD
TO DIE.

[WOMAN SOBBING]

YET DESPITE
THE HARSHNESS OF LIFE,

HELL'S KITCHEN OFFERED
THE KIDS ON ITS STREETS

A SAFETY NET ENJOYED BY
FEW OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS:

CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WERE NOT PERMITTED.

WHEN THEY DID OCCUR,

THE PUNISHMENT DOLED OUT
WAS SEVERE,

AND IN SOME CASES FINAL.

A DRUG DEALER FROM
AN UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD

MOVED HEROIN
INTO HELL'S KITCHEN.

PACKET KILLED
THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD SON

OF A PUERTO RICAN
NUMBERS RUNNER.

IT WAS THE LAST PACKET
THE DEALER EVER SOLD.

Shakes: HELL'S KITCHEN
WAS A PLACE OF INNOCENCE

RULED BY CORRUPTION.

[BEACH BOYS'
* WARMTH OF THE SUN
PLAYS IN BACKGROUND]

Shakes: MY FRIENDS AND I
SPENT LOTS OF TIME INSIDE
HOLY ANGELS.

WE EACH SERVED
AS ALTAR BOYS.

EVERYONE WANTED
TO WORK FUNERAL MASSES

SINCE THE FUNERAL
INCLUDED A $3.00 FEE--

AND MORE IF YOU LOOKED
SUFFICIENTLY SOMBER.

THERE WAS AN ACTIVE
COMPETITION BETWEEN
THE FOUR OF US

TO COME UP WITH THE BEST
AND BOLDEST PRANK.

TWO WEEKS
INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR,

I FOUND THE NUNS' CLACKER
IN THE SCHOOL HALLWAY,

AND I WAS READY
FOR THE BIG LEAGUES.

IN CHURCH, IT WAS USED
TO ALERT THE GIRLS

AS TO WHEN THEY SHOULD
STAND, SIT, KNEEL,
AND GENUFLECT--

ALL BASED
ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES
A CLACKER WAS PRESSED.

IN MY POCKET,
IT WAS CAUSE FOR HAVOC.

[PRIEST ADDRESSING
AUDIENCE]

[CLACK CLACK]

[CLACK]

YOU WILL BE DEFENDERS
OF THE FAITH,

YOU WILL BE SOLDIERS
OF CHRIST...

[SNICKERING]

[CLACK CLACK CLACK]

...GIFTS
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...

[CLACK]

[GIRLS RETURN
TO THEIR SEATS]

WELL...

IT'S GOING TO BE
A GREAT DAY,

AND YOUR PARENTS WILL BE
VERY PROUD OF YOU.

WHEN YOU ARE BAPTIZED,
GODPARENTS MADE PROMISES
FOR YOU, AND NOW...

[WHISPERING]
Let me have the clacker.

What clacker?

Now.

...GREAT DAY.

LET EVERYONE RISE.

[CLACK CLACK]

LET US PRAY.

[CLACK]

[WHISPERING]
Nuns are such
easy targets.

Shakes:
JOHN AND I SPENT MORE TIME
IN CHURCH THAN THE OTHERS.

WE WERE THE ONLY TWO
TO GIVE ANY THOUGHT OF
ENTERING THE PRIESTHOOD.

JOHN AND I WERE INTRIGUED
BY THE POWERS A PRIEST
WAS GIVEN.

A SECRET WORLD
OF BETRAYAL AND DECEIT

WHERE PEOPLE OPENLY
ADMITTED DARK MISDEEDS
AND VILE INDISCRETIONS.

CONFESSION WAS BETTER
THAN ANY BOOK WE COULD
GET OUR HANDS ON

OR ANY MOVIE
WE COULD SEE,

BECAUSE
THE SINS WERE REAL,

COMMITTED
BY PEOPLE WE KNEW.

THE TEMPTATION
TO BE PART OF THAT WAS
FAR TOO GREAT TO RESIST.

IF WE GET CAUGHT,
THEY'LL BURN US.

WHAT IF OUR MOTHERS
ARE OUT THERE?

WHAT IF WE END UP HEARING
THEIR CONFESSIONS?

YEAH, WHAT IF WE END UP
HEARING SOMETHING WORSE?

LIKE WHAT?

LIKE A MURDER.

WHAT IF SOMEBODY COPS
TO A MURDER?

RELAX. ALL WE GOTTA DO
IS SIT BACK, LISTEN,
AND REMEMBER NOT TO LAUGH.

HURRY.

Shakes: SECONDS LATER,
OUR BOOTH COMES TO LIFE.

Woman: I, UH,
SLEEP WITH MARRIED MEN.

MEN WITH FAMILIES...

IN THE MORNING,

I TELL MYSELF
IT'S THE LAST TIME,

BUT IT NEVER IS.

[DEEP VOICE]
YES?

YOU SEE, I'M, UH...

I'M PREGNANT.

THE FATHER?

HUH.

TAKE A NUMBER.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO?

I KNOW WHAT
YOU WANT ME TO DO,

AND I KNOW
WHAT I SHOULD DO,

I JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

LOOK, I GOTTA GO.

THANKS FOR LISTENING,
FELLAS,

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT,

AND I KNOW YOU'LL KEEP IT
TO YOURSELVES.

[WOMAN EXITS BOOTH]

SHE KNEW.

YEAH. SHE KNEW.

WHY DO YOU THINK
SHE TOLD US ALL THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS SHE HAD
TO TELL SOMEBODY.

[BEACH BOYS'
* GOOD VIBRATIONS
PLAYS IN BACKGROUND]

Shakes:
FATHER ROBERT CARILLO
WAS A LONGSHOREMAN'S SON

WHO WAS AS COMFORTABLE
SITTING ON A BARSTOOL
IN A BACK-ALLEY SALOON

AS HE WAS STANDING
AT THE ALTAR DURING
HIGH MASS.

HE HAD TOYED
WITH THE LIFE OF PETTY CRIME
BEFORE FINDING HIS CALLING.

HE WAS A FRIEND--

A FRIEND WHO JUST HAPPENED
TO BE A PRIEST.

KNOW WHAT CRAP LIKE THAT
DOES TO YOUR BODY?

COME ON. IT BEATS SMOKING.
AND IT'S CHEAPER, TOO.

MAYBE.

SO, WHAT'D YOU HEAR?
ANYTHING?

NO, NOTHING.

I HEAR YOU'RE INTERESTED
IN BECOMING A PRIEST.

WHO SAYS?

WORD IS,

YOU WANT TO GET THE FEEL
OF A CONFESSIONAL BOOTH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT, FATHER.

YOU DON'T, HUH?

NO.

WELL, MAYBE I GOT
THE WRONG INFORMATION.

YEAH, I GUESS YOU DID.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER
TONIGHT.

WHAT'S TONIGHT?

I GOT TO DROP SOME BOOKS
AND MAGAZINES OFF

FOR THE ELDERLY
AND DISABLED AROUND
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOUR MOTHER SAID
YOU'D LOVE TO HELP.

YEAH, I BET SHE DID.

SHAKES...

I DON'T WANT YOU GETTING
INTO ANY TROUBLE.

COME ON, FATHER,
YOU KNOW I NEVER DO.

THAT'S ALL I WISH FOR
YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS.

THAT'S IT?

THAT'S IT. NOTHING ELSE,
I SWEAR.

YOU KNOW,
A PRIEST SHOULDN'T SWEAR.

AND KIDS SHOULDN'T
BE LISTENING TO OTHER
PEOPLES' CONFESSIONS.

I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU.

OK.

Shakes:
MICHAEL WAS THE MOST SEXUALLY
EXPERIENCED OF OUR GROUP,

WHICH MEANT
THAT HE KISSED A GIRL

ON MORE
THAN ONE OCCASION.

BUT HIS REAL LOVE
WAS CAROL MARTINEZ.

HELL'S KITCHEN'S
HALF-BREED--

HALF PUERTO RICAN,
HALF IRISH--

SHE WAS RAISED
BY HER FATHER,

HER MOTHER HAVING DIED
AT CHILDBIRTH.

CAROL STAYED
PRETTY MUCH TO HERSELF,

BUT WAS ALWAYS COMFORTABLE
IN OUR COMPANY.

WE COULD ALWAYS COUNT
ON CAROL TO STAND SENTRY

ON THE FIRST NIGHT
OF THE ICE CAPADES.

WHILE FAMILIES LINED
THE FRONT OF THE GARDEN

WAITING TO SEE
THE SKATERS PERFORM,

WE EACH HAD ONE EYE
IN A HOLE

WATCHING 2 DOZEN BEAUTIFUL,
NEARLY-NAKED WOMEN

GET INTO
THEIR SKATERS' OUTFITS.

OHH.

AHH.

THIS IS WHAT HEAVEN
MUST BE ABOUT.

OOH-HOO.

OH, MY GOD.

HEY, UH, CAROL,
YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK?

LIKE IT'S SOMETHING
I HAVEN'T SEEN.

OH, YOU'RE SO LUCKY.

OH, WOW.

SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

OH, MY--I COULD DIE NOW,
AND I WOULDN'T BE SAD.

Shakes: WHEN MY FRIENDS
AND I WERE YOUNG,

HELL'S KITCHEN WAS RUN
BY A MAN NAMED KING BENNY.

WHEN HE WAS YOUNG,
KING BENNY WAS A HITMAN
FOR LUCKY LUCIANO.

LUCKY LUCIANO DID A LOT
OF GOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY
DURING WORLD WAR II,

BUT YOU AIN'T GONNA
READ ABOUT THAT IN ANY
FUCKING HISTORY BOOK.

THERE WAS TALK KING BENNY
WAS THE SHOOTER...

OF "MAD DOG" CALL,
THAT PRICK ON WEST
23rd STREET.

HE RAN BOOTLEGGING
WITH DUTCH SCHULTZ,

AND HE OPENED UP
A COUPLE OF CLUBS

WITH "TOUGH TONY"
ANASTASIA.

I WAS 14 WHEN
I FIRST HEARD ABOUT HIM.

THE STORY GOES,
AS A KID HE WASN'T
MUCH OF ANYTHING.

HE WAS ALWAYS GETTING
THE SHIT KICKED OUT OF HIM
IN STREET FIGHTS.

AND THEN ONE DAY--

AND WHO THE FUCK
KNOWS WHY--

SOME IRISH GUY,
ABOUT 25 YEARS OLD,

HE TAKES KING BENNY,
AND HE FLINGS HIM DOWN
A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.

KING BENNY BREAKS
ALL HIS TEETH IN THE FRONT.

KNOW WHAT KING BENNY DOES?

HE WAITS.

HE WAITS 8 YEARS
TO GET EVEN
WITH THAT PRICK.

HE WALKS INTO
A PUBLIC BATHHOUSE.

THE GUY'S SOAKING
IN THE TUB.

KING BENNY TAKES OUT
HIS FRONT TEETH.

HE LAYS THEM DOWN
ON THE SINK.

THEN HE LOOKS
OVER AT THE GUY,
AND HE SAYS...

"WHEN I LOOK
IN THE MIRROR,

I SEE YOUR FACE."

THEN HE PULLS OUT A GUN,

AND HE SHOOTS THE GUY
TWICE IN EACH LEG.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

THEN HE SAYS TO THE GUY,

"NOW WHEN YOU TAKE
A BATH,

YOU'LL SEE MINE."

NO ONE EVER FUCKED
WITH KING BENNY
AFTER THAT.

REVENGE.

Man: REVENGE.

[ * FEMALE CROONING SONG
ON RADIO * ]

CAN I TALK TO YOU
FOR A MINUTE?

I'D LIKE TO WORK FOR YOU...

HELP YOU OUT,
WHATEVER YOU NEED.

YOU'RE
THE BUTCHER'S KID.

AM I RIGHT?

YEAH.

WELL, WHAT KIND OF JOB
YOU LOOKING FOR?

WHATEVER,
IT DOESN'T MATTER.

OH, DOESN'T MATTER,
HUH?

EVERYBODY SAYS
THIS IS THE PLACE
TO COME FOR JOBS.

WHO'S EVERYBODY?

PEOPLE FROM
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

OH, THEM.
LET ME ASK YOU,

WHAT THE FUCK
DO THEY KNOW?

THEY KNOW YOU GOT JOBS.

[CHUCKLES]

SORRY I WASTED
YOUR TIME.

HOLD ON A SEC.

Shakes: YEAH?

COME BACK TOMORROW
IF YOU WANT TO WORK.

WHAT TIME TOMORROW?

ANY TIME.

YOU'LL BE HERE?

I'M ALWAYS HERE.

Shakes: MY FIRST JOB
FOR KING BENNY PAID
$25 A WEEK,

AND ATE UP ONLY 40 MINUTES
OF MY TIME.

IN THE DARK CLUBROOM,

ONE OF THE GUYS WOULD
HAND ME A CRUMPLED
PAPER BAG,

AND DIRECT ME TO ONE
OF THE TWO LOCAL POLICE
PRECINCTS FOR DELIVERY.

IT WAS A PERFECT WAY
TO HANDLE PAYOUTS.

COME ON, LET'S GO!

RIGHT HERE.

SEE WHAT KIND OF CASH
YOU GOT IN THAT BAG.

YOU GOTTA BE NUTS.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE
TAKING OFF?

YEAH, WE KNOW.
WE'RE SCARED SHITLESS.

GIVE ME THE BAG.

GIVE ME
THE FUCKING BAG!

HEY, WHAT YOU DO
THERE?

ANSWER ME!
WHAT YOU DO THERE?

HE STOPPED ME
AND TOOK MY MONEY.

YOU TOOK THE MONEY
FROM THE BOY?

IN THE BAG.

LET ME HAVE THE BAG.

FUCK YOU!

OH, YEAH?
HOW ABOUT NOW?

TAKE IT EASY.

AH, YOU'RE NOT SMART
ANYMORE.

NOW THIS MAKE YOU
STUPID.

LET ME HAVE THE BAG.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KID.

NOW, GO.

WHAT ABOUT THEM?

YOU CARE?

NO.
THEN GO!

[GUNSHOT]

I NEED SOMEBODY WITH ME.

WHAT IF THE OLD GUY
HADN'T SHOWN?

WHAT YOU NEED?

MY FRIENDS.

YOUR FRIENDS?

WHAT DO YOU THINK--
THIS IS CAMP?

THESE KIDS
YOU CAN TRUST.

I'VE KNOWN THEM
HALF MY LIFE.

OK, GET YOUR FRIENDS.

Shakes: FATHER BOBBY
KNEW MY FRIENDS AND I
WORKED FOR KING BENNY,

AND HE WASN'T PLEASED.

HE WASN'T WORRIED
ABOUT THE POCKET MONEY,

BUT THE NEXT STEP:

WHEN THEY ASK YOU
TO PICK UP A GUN.

HE DIDN'T WANT
THAT TO HAPPEN TO US.

YOU THINK RUNNING
FOR KING BENNY'S
A GOOD IDEA?

IT PAYS.

A LOT OF THINGS PAY.

NOT LIKE THIS. WHOA!

Shakes: MOST PRIESTS LIKE
TO PREACH FROM THE PULPIT.

FATHER BOBBY
LIKED TO TALK

DURING THE BUMP AND SHOVE
OF A PICKUP GAME.

OH, GOOD SHOT.

I FOUND AN ART CLASS
FOR YOU TO TAKE.

YOU KNOW I CAN'T AFFORD
TO TAKE ANY ART CLASSES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY
ANYTHING.

TEACHER'S A FRIEND
OF MINE. HMM?

I DON'T KNOW.

COULD BE NOTHING
BUT A WASTE OF TIME.

OR IT COULD BE
THE FIRST STEP.

STEP TO WHAT?

DOING SOMETHING
WITH YOUR LIFE.

IT MAY HELP YOU
GET OUT OF HERE.

YOU ALL COULD
GET OUT OF HERE.

ARE WE GONNA TALK
OR PLAY BASKETBALL?

RAAH.

LISTEN, I GOT A STORY
I WANT TO TELL YOU.

IT AIN'T THE ONE
ABOUT THE LEPERS, IS IT?

'CAUSE THAT ONE GAVE ME
NIGHTMARES.

NO LEPERS.
THIS IS MICHELANGELO.

HE WAS BORN POOR
LIKE YOU GUYS.

HE WAS A PAINTER,
A SCULPTOR.

HE TAKES THIS JOB
FROM THE POPE.

GOOD MONEY, GOOD WORK.

WHY'D THE POPE CALL HIM?

'CAUSE THE POPE
WAS LOOKING

FOR THE BEST GUY
THAT HE COULD FIND

TO PAINT THE CEILING
OF HIS CHURCH IN ROME.

DON'T SOUND
LIKE THAT BIG A JOB.

TO MICHELANGELO, IT WAS.

MICHELANGELO NEEDED
THE JOB 'CAUSE IT PAID
MORE MONEY

THAN HE EVER HAD
IN HIS LIFE.

THAT WAY, HE COULD PAY OFF
THE LOAN SHARKS THAT WERE
CHASING HIS FATHER.

WHAT'S HIS FATHER?

HE WAS, LIKE,
A LOW-LEVEL CON GUY,

WHO CONNED PEOPLE
OUT OF MONEY, GOATS,
SHEEP...

GOATS?

CHICKENS,
WHATEVER HE COULD.

CHICKENS?

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT?

HE PAINTED A CEILING
NO ONE WILL EVER FORGET.

PAINTED LIKE IT WAS
TOUCHED BY THE HAND
OF GOD.

DID HE PAY OFF
THE LOANS?

Carillo:
EVERY SINGLE ONE.

HEY, HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE HIM?

TOOK HIM ABOUT 9 YEARS.

John: 9 YEARS?

Carillo: THAT'S RIGHT.

I HAD A PUERTO RICAN GUY
DO MY WHOLE APARTMENT
IN 2 DAYS--

AND HE HAD A BUM LEG.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M GONNA DO WITH
YOU GUYS.

JUST GIVE US A JOB
AND LEAVE THE REST
TO US.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS?
THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

16th CHAPEL?

SISTINE CHAPEL.

WHO PAINTED
THE OTHER 15?

[DONOVAN'S * HURDY-GURDY MAN
PLAYS IN BACKGROUND]

Shakes: OUTSIDE EVENTS
MEANT LITTLE.

IN A SOCIETY CHANGING
RADICALLY BY THE HOUR,

WE WATCHED THE IMAGES
SCATTER NIGHTLY
ACROSS THE TV SCREENS.

YOUNG PROTESTERS SPOKE ABOUT
HOW THEY WERE GONNA CHANGE
OUR LIVES,

AND FIX THE WORLD.

BUT WHILE THEY SHOUTED
THEIR SLOGANS,

MY FRIENDS AND I WENT
TO FUNERAL SERVICES

FOR THE YOUNG MEN
OF HELL'S KITCHEN,

WHO CAME BACK FROM VIETNAM
IN BODY BAGS.

WE VIEWED WITH SKEPTICISM
THE FACES ON TELEVISION--

THOSE PROTECTED BY MONEY AND
UPPER MIDDLE-CLASS STANDING.

A GROWING ARMY OF FEMINISTS
MARCHED ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

DEMANDING EQUALITY...

YET OUR MOTHERS
STILL COOKED AND CARED

FOR MEN WHO ABUSED THEM
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

FOR ME AND MY FRIENDS,

THESE DEVELOPMENTS
CARRIED NO WEIGHT.

THEY MIGHT AS WELL HAVE
OCCURRED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY,

IN ANOTHER CENTURY.

OUR ATTENTION
WAS ELSEWHERE.

WE SAT WITH FATHER BOBBY
VISITING JOHN,

HOPING HE WOULD RECOVER
FROM A PUNCTURED LUNG--

A GIFT FROM ONE
OF HIS MOTHER'S
OVERZEALOUS BOYFRIENDS.

HOPE YOU LIKE THESE.

YOU BETTER NOT TELL ME
YOU DON'T.

John: OK.

Shakes:
FATHER BOBBY DIDN'T LET
THAT SITUATION REST.

I GAVE ON SUNDAY.
I'M IN A RUSH, OK?

JOHN REILLY.

LITTLE PUNK.

HE GOT OUT OF LINE,
SO I PUT HIM BACK IN LINE.

YOU PUT HIM
IN THE HOSPITAL.

HE'S ALIVE, AIN'T HE?

LOOK, IF HE'S SMART,
HE LEARNED HIMSELF
A LESSON.

WHAT ARE YOU,
ABOUT 220? 230?

YEAH.

YOU'RE A BIG GUY.

HOW MUCH YOU THINK
JOHN REILLY WEIGHS?

80? 85?

THAT'S NOT EVEN
A FEATHERWEIGHT.

IF THIS WERE
A FIGHT,

YOU'D BE WAY OUT
OF YOUR DIVISION.

LOOK, IT WAS A SLAP.
IT WAS NOTHING.

WELL, NEXT TIME,
YOU'LL BE MEETING ME.

AND I MAY NOT BE
IN YOUR DIVISION,

BUT I DO WEIGH
MORE THAN 85 POUNDS,

AND YOU WON'T NEED
A DOCTOR WHEN I'M DONE.

YOU'LL NEED A PRIEST...

TO PRAY OVER YOUR BODY.

SEE YOU IN CHURCH.

FATHER BOBBY WOULD'VE
MADE A GOOD HITMAN.

IT'S A SHAME WE LOST HIM
TO THE OTHER SIDE.

Shakes:
WE WERE DOWN 7-6

IN THE LAST INNING
OF A SEWER-TO-SEWER
STICKBALL GAME

AGAINST HECTOR MALDONADO
AND 3 OF HIS FRIENDS.

COME ON, BABY,
STRIKE THIS CHUMP OUT!

HE GOT NOTHING!

SHUT UP!

WHO'S THAT?

HIS SISTER.

WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?

I'M NOT SURE.

SOME KIND OF CANCER
GOT IN HER LEGS
OR SOMETHING.

WORRY ABOUT THE GAME.
COME ON.

Girl: COME ON, BABY,
STRIKE THIS SCUMBAG OUT!

HE CAN'T TOUCH IT, BABY,
HE CAN'T TOUCH IT.

WHILE YOU DON'T GOT ANY LEGS,
YOU GOT A LOT OF TONGUE!

THIS IS IT.
HOME RUN.

OH, EASY, MIKE.

YEAH, BABY!

WHAT THE FUCK
YOU LOOKING AT,
LITTLE DICK?!

SHE'S NOTHING BUT CHARM.

COME ON, BABY.

John: TAKE HIM, MIKE.

YEAH! I TOLD YOU
HE WASN'T SHIT,
BABY!

HEY, SWALLOW YOUR TONGUE,
YOU LITTLE GIMP BITCH!

COULD'VE HELPED HER
ACROSS THE STREET

OR BOUGHT HER
AN ICE CREAM,

BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO THROW THE GAME.

YEAH, NOW WE'RE
THE SALVATION ARMY.

John: YOU EVER WONDER
WHY THERE AIN'T
A SALVATION NAVY?

GAME OVER, LOSERS.
COUGH UP THE CASH.

A BUCK EACH.

Fat Mancho: HE'S NO BETTER
THAN YOU.

Shakes: HE WAS TODAY.

Fat Mancho: NO.
YOU LET HIM BEAT YOU--

ONLY 'CAUSE IRISH HERE
HAS A THING FOR LITTLE GIRLS
WITH NO LEGS.

STAY AWAY FROM US,
FAT MAN, ALL RIGHT?

YOU BOYS ARE SOFT
LIKE BREAD.

IT'S GOING TO CATCH UP
TO YOU...

AND WHEN IT DOES,
IT'S GOING TO HURT-- BAD.

WHAT HAPPENS
IS OUR BUSINESS,
NOT YOURS, OK?

YOU GOTTA STAY TOUGH
TO BE TOUGH.

GUY SMELLS IT
WHEN YOU'RE WEAK?

EAT YOU LIKE A SALAD.

YOU SEE THAT STREET?

THAT STREET
IS THE DISH OF LIFE,

AND YOU BOYS
ARE APPETIZERS.

SOMEBODY GOING
TO COME ALONG,
EAT YOU UP,

AND FORGET ABOUT YOU
BY DESSERT.

TAKE IT EASY,
FAT MAN.

IT WAS JUST
A STICKBALL GAME.

YEAH, BUT GOING
SOFT IS A HABIT.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP
YOURSELF MEAN

AND GUIDE YOUR LIFE
AROUND IT.

ALL RIGHT. CALM DOWN.

IT'S LIKE HANGING OUT
WITH FUCKIN' CONFUCIUS
OVER HERE.

BE FUNNY, LIMP DICK.

LOOK, THIS JUST
FREE ADVICE
FROM ME TO YOU.

YOU TAKE IT OR
YOU THROW IT AWAY.

IT DON'T MATTER.

Shakes: IN TRUTH,
WE WERE ALL SURPRISED
BY MICHAEL'S ACTIONS,

BUT IN HIS MIND,
LOSING THAT GAME

AND HANDING A FEELING
OF VICTORY TO A GIRL
IN A WHEELCHAIR

WAS MORE THAN
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

[ * BEACH BOYS' CATCH A WAVE
PLAYS IN BACKGROUND * ]

COME ON,
I'M SO SWEATY.

Shakes: THE TEMPERATURE
TOPPED OUT AT 98 DEGREES

ON THE DAY OUR LIVES
WERE FOREVER ALTERED.

I'M FRYIN' LIKE AN EGG
UP HERE.

I SAY WE GET
SOME BUTTER ROLLS,
A COUPLE OF SODAS,

AND HEAD DOWN
TO THE DOCK.

John: CAN'T YOU FEEL
THE BREEZE UP HERE?

WHAT BREEZE?
WE'RE SURROUNDED
BY A WALL, GENIUS.

Shakes:
THE DEVIL COULDN'T
EVEN STAND THIS.

John: WILL YOU GUYS SHUT UP?
I'M TRYING TO GET MY BURN.

Shakes: IT'S 98 DEGREES.

WE HAVEN'T HIT
THE HOT DOG VENDOR
IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I DON'T KNOW, MIKEY.

THAT CART GUY AIN'T
LIKE THE OTHERS.

I MEAN,
HE WAS PRETTY PISSED--

LIKE CRAZY-- WHEN YOU TRIED
TO TAKE HIM OFF.

WE CAN EAT HOT DOGS,
OR WE CAN EAT AIR.

CHOOSE.

AIR'S PROBABLY SAFER,
MIKE.

YEAH.
A HOT DOG AIN'T WORTH
BLEEDING OVER, MIKEY.

YEAH. BUT ANYWAY,
WHOSE TURN WAS IT?

YOURS.

YOURS.
YOURS.

MINE? IT'S NOT
MY TURN.

YES, IT IS.

I WENT
LAST MONTH.

HE WENT TWO WEEKS--

LAST MONTH?

I WENT
RIGHT AFTER HIM.

I'M NOT GOING.

WHY NOT?

IT'S TOO HOT.

[ * SPENCER DAVIS GROUP'S
GIMME SOME LOVIN' PLAYS
IN BACKGROUND * ]

MUSTARD, ONIONS.

NO SODA.

I KNOW YOU.

I LOOK LIKE
A LOT OF PEOPLE.

Shakes:
THE SCAM WAS SIMPLE.

I WAS TO WALK UP
TO THE HOT DOG VENDOR

AND ORDER WHAT I WANTED.

THE VENDOR WOULD THEN
HAND ME MY HOT DOG

AND WATCH AS I RAN OFF
WITHOUT PAYING.

THIS LEFT THE VENDOR
WITH TWO CHOICES--

NEITHER VERY APPEALING.

HE COULD STAND HIS GROUND
AND SWALLOW HIS LOSS,
OR HE COULD GIVE CHASE.

THE SECOND FORCES HIM
TO ABANDON THE CART,

WHERE MY FRIENDS
COULD FEAST
IN HIS ABSENCE.

UH, I'M GONNA NEED
TWO NAPKINS.

HEY! MY MONEY, THIEF!

YES!

ALL ABOARD.

NEED THE KETCHUP.

I TOOK IT FROM HIM
AND RAN.

I SCOOTED PAST
TOMMY MUNG'S DRY CLEANERS

AND ARMAND'S SHOE REPAIR.

THE VENDOR GAVE CHASE,

A WOODEN-HANDLED,
PRONGED FORK IN ONE HAND.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GONNA DO IT,
DO IT.

[HORNS HONKING]

[HORNS, TIRES SCREECHING]

THESE THINGS ARE HEAVIER
THAN THEY LOOK.

GENIUS,
THESE ARE THE GAS TANKS
TO KEEP THE FOOD HOT.

THEY'RE HEAVIER
THAN SHIT.

THINK WE CAN PUSH IT,
THE THREE OF US?

PUSH IT WHERE, HUH?

COUPLE OF BLOCKS.

BE A NICE SURPRISE
FOR THE GUY,

WHEN HE COMES BACK
FROM CHASING SHAKES,

NOT TO FIND HIS CART.

Shakes: THE VENDOR TIRED
AT 47th AND 9th,

I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE STREET.

HE WAS BEAT...

BUT NOT BEATEN.

HE COULD GO TEN MINUTES
MORE JUST ON HATE ALONE.

COME ON.

GIVE IT UP.

WHAT'S WRONG,
MIKEY?

SHAKES IS TAKING
TOO LONG.

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
BACK BY NOW.

HE'LL BE FINE.
HE'S SHAKES.

YOU GUYS WERE SUPPOSED
TO TAKE THE HOT DOGS,
NOT THE WAGON.

OH, RIGHT!
NOW WE KNOW--

HE'S COMING FAST!

HE'S COMING?!

I GOT A PLAN. COME ON,
OVER BY THE SUBWAY.

Shakes: THE PLAN,
AS IT TURNED OUT,

WAS AS SIMPLE AND AS DUMB
AS ANYTHING WE'D EVER DONE.

WE WERE TO HOLD THE CART

ON THE TOP EDGE
OF THE STAIRWELL,

LEANING IT DOWNWARD,
AND WAIT FOR THE VENDOR.

WE WERE TO LET IT GO
THE SECOND HE GRABBED
THE HANDLES.

THEN WE'D LEAVE,
AS HE STRUGGLED TO EASE
THE CART ON THE SIDEWALK.

TO THIS DAY,
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DID IT,

BUT WE WOULD ALL
PAY A PRICE.

IT ONLY TOOK A MINUTE,

BUT IN THAT MINUTE,
EVERYTHING CHANGED.

I CAN'T HOLD IT!

SLOW DOWN!

I CAN'T HOLD ON!

HOLD IT UP!

I CAN'T HOLD IT!

SHIT!
NO!

STOP! GET OUT OF THE--!
NOOOO!!

John: DAMN!

OH, MY GOD.

SWEET JESUS.

WHAT HAVE YOU BOYS DONE?

WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD
HAVE YOU BOYS DONE?

I THINK WE JUST
KILLED A MAN.

[RASPY BREATHING]

WHILE JAMES CALDWELL
WAS SLOWLY RECOVERING
AT ST. CLAIRE'S HOSPITAL,

WE WERE CHARGED
WITH RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT

AND REMANDED
INTO OUR PARENTS' CUSTODY.

SORRY, DAD.

Father: IT AIN'T GONNA
DO YOU MUCH GOOD.

TAKE IT EASY!

YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GET CRAZY.

YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL,

AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THE FUCK THAT MEANS!

MA!

[SOBBING]
OH, PAPA.

HE'S JUST A KID.

HE SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO DO TIME.

NOBODY IN THIS FAMILY
SHOULD HAVE TO DO TIME!

[SCREAMING]
I DONE ENOUGH TIME
FOR EVERYBODY!

I HEAR YOU'RE SHORT
AN ALTAR BOY.

YOU STILL REMEMBER
WHAT TO DO?

EASY ON THE WATER...

HEAVY ON THE WINE...

AND RING THE BELLS
WHENEVER I SEE SOMEONE
START TO NOD OFF.

GET READY.

WE GOT FIVE MINUTES
TO SHOWTIME.

I'M GONNA MISS THIS.

I'M GONNA MISS
ALL OF THIS.

I'VE BEEN DOING
ALL I CAN,

BUT SO FAR EVERY DOOR
I TOUCH IS LOCKED.

I COULD RUN.

WE ALL COULD RUN...

DISAPPEAR FOR AWHILE.

NOBODY'S GONNA
COME LOOKING.

NOBODY'S GONNA CARE
ABOUT US...

ABOUT WHERE WE GO.

YOU RUN NOW...

YOU'RE GONNA RUN
TILL YOU DIE.

HIDING'S NOT GONNA
MAKE IT GO AWAY.

PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA
FORGET.

YOU'VE GOT TO FACE THIS.

I CAN'T, FATHER.

I DON'T WANT TO FACE IT.

I'M TOO SCARED TO FACE IT.

I'M SCARED, TOO.

NOBODY'S MORE SCARED
THAN I AM...

BUT YOU GOT TO DO IT.

YOU'RE GONNA BE OK.

YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT
THROUGH THERE.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

COME ON.

WE GOT AN AUDIENCE.

I COUNTED THREE RUMMIES AND
FOUR WIDOWS ON MY WAY IN.

PLUS, FAT RALPHIE'S
SLEEPING ONE OFF
IN THE LAST ROW.

IT'S THE RAIN.

BAD WEATHER ALWAYS
BRINGS IN THE CROWDS.

THIS IS ONE
OF MY FAVORITES.

WHAT IS?

"WHATEVER YOU DO
TO THE LEAST
OF MY BRETHREN...

YOU DO TO ME."

COME ON.

Shakes: WE NEVER SAW
THE VENDOR AS A MAN--

NOT THE WAY WE SAW OTHER
MEN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE DIDN'T CARE
ENOUGH ABOUT HIM

TO GRANT HIM
ANY RESPECT.

WE GAVE LITTLE NOTICE
TO HOW HARD HE WORKED,

OR THAT HE HAD A WIFE
AND TWO KIDS IN GREECE,

AND HOPED TO BRING THEM
TO THIS COUNTRY.

WE DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION
TO THE LONG HOURS HE WORKED.

WE DIDN'T SEE
ANY OF THAT.

WE ONLY SAW A FREE LUNCH.

THOMAS MARCANO,
THE COURT HEREBY
SENTENCES YOU

TO BE REMANDED
FOR A PERIOD OF NO MORE
THAN 18 MONTHS,

NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR,

AT THE WILKINSON HOME
FOR BOYS.

JOHN REILLY,
THE COURT HEREBY
SENTENCES YOU

TO BE REMANDED
FOR A PERIOD OF NO MORE
THAN 18 MONTHS,

NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR,

TO THE WILKINSON HOME
FOR BOYS.

LORENZO CARCATERRA,

TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION

THAT YOU ARRIVED
ON THE SCENE

AFTER THE THEFT
HAD ALREADY OCCURRED--

IN CONSIDERATION OF THAT,

THE COURT HEREBY
SENTENCES YOU

TO SERVE NO MORE
THAN ONE YEAR,

NO LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AT
THE WILKINSON HOME FOR BOYS.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN...

THE COURT HEREBY
SENTENCES YOU

TO BE REMANDED FOR A PERIOD
OF NO MORE THAN 18 MONTHS,

NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR,
AT THE WILKINSON HOME FOR BOYS.

AND I MIGHT ADD,

HAD IT NOT BEEN
FOR THE INTERVENTION
OF FATHER ROBERT CARILLO,

WHO SPOKE IN GLOWING TERMS
ON YOUR BEHALF,

I WOULD HAVE SENTENCED YOU

TO A MUCH STIFFER
PUNISHMENT.

I STILL HAVE MY DOUBTS
AS TO YOUR INHERENT GOODNESS.

ONLY TIME WILL SERVE
TO PROVE ME WRONG.

[CLANG]

COULD YOU DO ME
A FAVOR, FATHER?

WHAT DO YOU WANT?
NAME IT.

THE PAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS,

MY MOTHER AND FATHER
LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE
READY TO KILL EACH OTHER.

COULD YOU WATCH OVER THEM
FOR ME?

Carillo: I WILL.

AND NO MATTER
WHAT YOU HEAR,

TELL THEM I'M DOING OK.

YOU MEAN,
YOU WANT ME TO LIE?

IT'S A GOOD LIE,
FATHER.

YOU CAN DO IT.

Officer: COME ON.
LET'S GO.

BE STRONG.

I WILL.

Shakes:
THE WILKINSON HOME FOR BOYS
HELD 780 YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS,

HOUSED
IN FIVE SEPARATE UNITS.

FROM THE OUTSIDE,

THE FACILITY RESEMBLED
WHAT THOSE WHO RAN IT
WANTED IT TO RESEMBLE:

SOME KIND OF NICE SCHOOL
OR UNIVERSITY.

MICHAEL, TOMMY,
JOHN, AND I

WERE ASSIGNED
TO THE SECOND FLOOR
OF GROUP C.

WE EACH HAD A PRIVATE
12-FOOT ROOM.

I'D BEEN IN MY ROOM
LESS THAN AN HOUR

WHEN THE PANIC SET IN.

IT DOESN'T
TAKE VERY LONG

TO KNOW HOW TOUGH
A PERSON YOU ARE

OR HOW STRONG YOU CAN BE.

I KNEW FROM MY FIRST DAY
AT WILKINSON

THAT I WAS NEITHER TOUGH
NOR STRONG.

[POUNDING AT DOOR]

HELLO, CARCATERRA.

TOSS YOUR CLOTHES
ON THE FLOOR.

HERE?

WHAT, ARE YOU EXPECTING
A DRESSING ROOM?

WE DON'T HAVE ANY.
NOW, LOSE THE CLOTHES.

IN FRONT OF YOU?

LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

[GUARD WHISTLING A TUNE]

WHAT'S THAT PIECE OF SHIT
AROUND YOUR NECK?

TAKE IT OFF.

IT'S MARY...

THE MOTHER OF GOD?

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK
WHOSE MOTHER IT IS.
TAKE IT OFF.

EVERYTHING.

YOU WANT ME TO STAND HERE
NAKED?

NOW, YOU'RE CATCHING ON.

I KNEW
YOU HELL'S KITCHEN BOYS

WEREN'T AS DUMB
AS EVERYONE SAYS.

NOW WHAT?

GET DRESSED.

Shakes: THERE WERE FOUR GUARDS
ASSIGNED TO EACH FLOOR,

WITH ONE--
IN OUR CASE, NOKES--

DESIGNATED GROUP LEADER.

FERGUSON WAS THE ONLY SON

OF A SLAIN
NEW YORK STATE TROOPER,

AND WAS
ON THE WAITING LIST

FOR BOTH THE NEW YORK CITY
AND SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.

STYLER WAS USING HIS JOB
AT WILKINSON'S

TO FINANCE HIS WAY
THROUGH LAW SCHOOL.

ADDISON WAS A GRADUATE
OF A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL,

WHO WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN
A STEADY JOB THAT PAID WELL.

IT WAS NOT A GROUP
OF INNOCENT YOUNG BOYS
AT WILKINSON.

MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF
THE INMATES BELONGED THERE.

A NUMBER OF THEM WERE
RIDING OUT THEIR SECOND
AND THIRD CONVICTIONS--

ALL WERE
VIOLENT OFFENDERS.

FEW SEEMED SORRY
ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD DONE.

AND AS FOR REHABILITATION?

FORGET IT.

HEY, WHAT THE FUCK
DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!

YOU GOT CLOSE TO ME.

SO?

IT BOTHERS ME.

I DON'T WANT
TO BE NEAR YOU

OR YOUR CREEPED-OUT
FRIENDS.

[BOYS YELLING
AND CHEERING]

[BOYS' YELLS ECHOING]

[PIERCING WHISTLE]

YOU KNOW, YOUR TIME HERE
HASN'T TAUGHT YOU SHIT.

YOU'RE STILL THE SAME
FUCKIN' BUNCH OF CLOWNS

YOU WERE THE DAY
YOU WALKED IN HERE.

OK.

EVERYBODY GO ON BACK

AND FINISH YOUR LUNCHES.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE
TO SEE.

GO ON! GO!

SIT DOWN!

GET OUT OF HERE!

GO ON.

Nokes: GO AHEAD.

THAT GO FOR ME, TOO?

NO, IT DON'T GO
FOR YOU.

YOU GO BACK
TO YOUR ROOM.

YOU'RE THROUGH
WITH YOUR LUNCH.

GO ON.

YOU AND ME...

WE'RE GONNA
FINISH THIS SOMETIME
REAL SOON.

MAYBE AT DINNER.

SO...

YOU HELL'S KITCHEN
BOYS GET ANY LUNCH?

I GOT TO SMELL IT.

YOU GOT TO SMELL IT.

HA HA HA.
THAT'S GOOD.

HEY, HEY, HEY,

WHERE YOU GOING?

YOU SAID TO GET LUNCH.

OH, YOU BOYS DON'T
NEED TO GET BACK
IN LINE TO GET LUNCH...

'CAUSE THERE'S PLENTY
TO EAT RIGHT WHERE
YOU'RE STANDING.

YOU CAN SMELL IT.

I'M NOT HUNGRY.

WELL, I DON'T GIVE
A FUCK IF YOU'RE
HUNGRY OR NOT.

YOU EAT BECAUSE I'M
TELLIN' YOU TO EAT.

I'M STILL NOT HUNGRY.

UHH! OH!

I'LL TELL YOU WHEN
YOU'RE HUNGRY OR NOT.

NOW EAT.

EXCUSE ME.
WHAT THE FUCK
ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

GET THE FUCK DOWN
ON YOUR KNEES NOW

AND FINISH
YOUR GODDAMN LUNCH!

COME ON, NOW, EAT!

DON'T THINK
YOU GOT ALL
FUCKING DAY HERE.

EAT.

YOU GOT SOME
MASHED POTATOES...

COME ON, SUCK UP
SOME OF THAT JELL-O.

COME ON,
YOU FUCKING
ASSHOLES, EAT.

DON'T BE THINKIN'
YOU GOT ALL DAY.

HURRY UP.
COME ON, NOW,
LET'S GO. LET'S GO.

HEY,
NONE OF YOU CLOWNS
ARE LEAVIN' HERE

UNTIL THESE
ASSHOLES FINISH
THEIR GODDAMN LUNCH.

YOU GOT THAT?

HEY, YOU, HERE'S
A PIECE OF BREAD.
THERE YOU GO.

YOU CAN'T HAVE
A GOOD LUNCH WITHOUT
A NICE PIECE OF BREAD.

EAT!

LET'S GO.
COME ON, NOW.

THAT'S GOOD,
THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH, SHOW THE BOYS
HOW YOU FOLLOW MY RULES.

RULES!

YOU UNDERSTAND?

HEY, LOOK, BOYS, SEE
HOW HE FOLLOWS MY RULES?

SHIFT'S OVER, NOKES.

NO, I-I-I'M NOT
READY TO GO YET.

I STILL GOT
A FEW MORE THINGS
I GOT TO CLEAN UP HERE

BEFORE I CAN LEAVE.

THIS IS MY TOUR NOW.

I'LL CLEAN
WHAT NEEDS CLEANIN'.

STAY OUTTA THIS ONE.
IT'S GOT NOTHIN'
TO DO WITH YOU.

THIS ONE...

I'M STAYIN' IN.

DON'T FUCK
WITH ME, BOY.

NO, NOKES...

YOU FUCK WITH ME.

I'M ASKIN' YOU.

YOU'RE EATIN'
INTO MY SHIFT.

I'LL GET OUTTA YOUR WAY...

FOR NOW.

I'LL TAKE
WHAT I CAN GET.

YOU BOYS
GET OFF YOUR KNEES.

IT'S A TRAGEDY.

I'LL TELL YA...

I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU BOYS.

I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE RULES.

YOU GOT TO HAVE RULES,
AND YOU GOT TO HAVE
DISCIPLINE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
WAS LIKE IN YOUR HOMES
AND YOUR HOME LIVES,

BUT IN MY HOUSE,
WITH MY FATHER...

THERE WERE RULES,

AND IF YOU DIDN'T
FOLLOW THE RULES,

THERE WAS HELL TO PAY.

YOU HAD RULES,
AND YOU HAD DISCIPLINE.

SOMETIMES IT WASN'T NICE,
BUT, BOY, WE LEARNED.

WE SURE DID LEARN.

YEAH, RIGHT AROUND THERE
TO THE RIGHT.

THERE YOU GO.
COME ON, NOW.

I MEAN, IT'S
A SIMPLE THING, REALLY.

YOU GOT RULES,
AND YOU GOT DISCIPLINE.

THAT'S THE BEGINNING
OF THE STORY, AND THAT'S
THE END OF THE STORY.

DO WE UNDERSTAND
EACH OTHER?

TURN AND FACE THE WALL.

Nokes: NOW, WE GOT
INTERRUPTED EARLIER
IN THE LUNCHROOM,

BUT THERE'S NO ONE TO
INTERRUPT US HERE NOW.

[UNZIPS ZIPPER]

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

A BLOW JOB.

DOWN ON YOUR KNEES.

FACE THE WALL.

[THWACK]
AAH!

AAH!

AAAH!

Shakes: THERE ARE
NO CLEAR PICTURES OF THE
SEXUAL ABUSE WE ENDURED.

I BURIED IT AS DEEP
AS IT COULD POSSIBLY GO.

WHAT I REMEMBER MOST CLEARLY
FROM THAT CHILLY OCTOBER NIGHT

WAS THAT IT WAS
MY 14th BIRTHDAY...

AND THE END OF MY CHILDHOOD.

EARLY IN MY STAY,
I'D WRITTEN AND ASKED
MY FATHER NOT TO COME.

I COULDN'T LOOK AT MY FATHER
AND HAVE HIM SEE IN MY FACE
ALL THAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME.

MICHAEL HAD DONE THE SAME
WITH THE INTERESTED MEMBERS
OF HIS FAMILY.

TOMMY'S MOTHER COULDN'T
GET IT TOGETHER TO VISIT.

JOHN'S MOTHER CAME UP
ONCE A MONTH.

BUT NO ONE COULD STOP
FATHER BOBBY FROM VISITING.

SO LISTEN, LET'S
TRY TO KEEP THIS
ON A HAPPY NOTE, OK?

NOKES WARNED US NOT TO SAY
ANYTHING TO FATHER BOBBY.

IF WE DID,

THE REPRISALS
WOULD BE SEVERE.

YOU LOST A FEW POUNDS.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY
HOME COOKIN'.

SIT DOWN.

SO, I GET TO
SEE ALL FOUR
OF YOU GUYS TODAY.

Shakes: I LOVED
FATHER BOBBY,

BUT I COULDN'T STAND
TO LOOK AT HIM.

I WAS AFRAID HE'D
LOOK RIGHT THROUGH ME,

PAST THE FEAR
AND THE SHAME,

RIGHT THROUGH
TO THE TRUTH.

SHAKES, IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU WANT
TO TELL ME?

ANYTHING AT ALL?

YOU SHOULDN'T COME
HERE ANYMORE, FATHER.

I APPRECIATE IT
AND ALL...

I DON'T THINK
IT'S THE RIGHT THING
FOR YOU TO DO.

I STOPPED OFF AT HACKETT
TODAY ON MY WAY UP HERE

TO SEE AN OLD FRIEND
OF MINE.

YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS
NOT IN JAIL?

NOT AS MANY
AS I WOULD LIKE.

WHAT'S HE IN FOR?

TRIPLE MURDER.

HE KILLED THREE MEN
ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.

AND HE'S
A GOOD FRIEND?

YEAH. HE WAS
MY BEST FRIEND.

WE HUNG OUT TOGETHER.

WE WERE CLOSE,
JUST LIKE YOU
AND THE GUYS.

WE WERE BOTH
SENT UP HERE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND IT WASN'T EASY...

JUST LIKE
IT'S NOT EASY
FOR YOU AND THE GUYS.

THIS PLACE KILLED HIM.

MADE HIM NOT CARE ANYMORE.

DON'T LET THIS PLACE
DO THAT TO YOU, SHAKES.

DON'T LET IT MAKE YOU
THINK YOU'RE TOUGHER
THAN YOU ARE.

I'VE GOTTA GO, FATHER.

[SNIFF]

I'LL SEE YOU
IN THE KITCHEN, HMM?

I'M COUNTIN'
ON YOU, NOW.

WIPE THE TEARS
OFF YOUR FACE.

DON'T LET THEM SEE 'EM.

DON'T LET THEM
SEE YOU CRYING.

DON'T GIVE THEM
THE SATISFACTION.

YOU'LL BE OUTTA HERE
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

YOU'RE GONNA BE OK.

Shakes: I DIDN'T WANT
TO LET HIM GO.

I NEVER FELT AS CLOSE
TO ANYONE AS I FELT
TO HIM THAT MOMENT.

A NUMBER OF THE INMATES,
AS TOUGH AS THEY ACTED
DURING THE DAY,

WOULD OFTEN CRY THEMSELVES
TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

THERE WERE OTHER CRIES, TOO.

THESE DIFFERED
FROM THOSE FILLED
WITH FEAR AND LONELINESS.

THEY WERE LOW AND MUFFLED,

THE SOUNDS
OF PAINED ANGUISH.

THOSE CRIES CAN CHANGE
THE COURSE OF A LIFE.

THEY ARE CRIES THAT,
ONCE HEARD,

CAN NEVER BE ERASED
FROM MEMORY.

ON THIS ONE NIGHT,
THOSE CRIES BELONGED
TO MY FRIEND JOHN,

WHEN RALPH FERGUSON
PAID HIM A VISIT.

I WAS EXPECTING
TO READ 30 BOOK REPORTS
OVER THE WEEKEND.

THERE WERE ONLY 6
FOR ME TO READ,

WHICH MEANS I'M MISSING
HOW MANY?

MAN, THIS IS
ENGLISH CLASS.

MATH'S DOWN THE HALL.

I WANT TO HELP YOU.

YOU MAY NOT
BELIEVE THAT,

OR YOU MAY NOT CARE,
BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.

[BELL RINGS]

YOU GOT A SECOND?

WHAT, I DO
SOMETHING WRONG?

NO. YOU DID
A GREAT JOB ON
YOUR BOOK REPORT.

YOU REALLY SEEMED
TO LIKE THE BOOK.

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO.

IT'S MY FAVORITE.

I LIKED IT MORE
SINCE I'VE BEEN IN HERE.

WHY IS THAT?

IT'S LIKE...

HE WOULDN'T LET
ANYONE BEAT HIM,
THE COUNT.

TOOK WHAT
HE HAD TO TAKE--

THE BEATINGS,
INSULTS, WHATEVER--

AND HE LEARNED FROM IT.

THEN WHEN THE TIME
CAME FOR HIM
TO DO SOMETHING,

HE MADE HIS MOVE.

YOU ADMIRE THAT?

NO, I RESPECT THAT.

YOU-- YOU GOT A COPY
OF THE BOOK AT HOME?

I GOT THE CLASSICS
ILLUSTRATED COMIC.

NO, IT'S NOT
THE SAME THING.

LISTEN, I GOTTA GO.

I'M GONNA MISS--

WAIT, WAIT.
ONE MINUTE, ONE MINUTE.

I'VE GOT
SOMETHING FOR YOU.

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
LIKE TO HAVE IT.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

WELL, YOU LOVED
THE BOOK THAT MUCH,

YOU SHOULD HAVE
A COPY OF YOUR OWN.

I CAN'T PAY YOU.

NO, IT'S A GIFT.

YOU'VE GOTTEN GIFTS
BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

WELL, IT'S MY WAY
OF SAYING THANKS.

FOR WHAT?

THAT SOMEBODY
LISTENS...

EVEN IF IT'S
JUST ONE STUDENT.

YOU'RE A GOOD TEACHER,
MR. CARLSON.

WE CAN DISCUSS
THE BOOK ON FRIDAY
IN CLASS,

IF YOU, UH, THINK
THE COUNT CAN HOLD
THEIR ATTENTION.

HE'S GOT A SHOT.

ANY PARTICULAR SECTION
I SHOULD READ FROM?

THAT'S EASY.

THE PART WHERE HE
ESCAPES FROM PRISON.

HERE YOU GO.
HERE'S YOUR
LOCKER ROOM.

Shakes: IT WAS ONLY A GAME.

JUST A TOUCH FOOTBALL GAME,
NOTHING MORE,

BUT A GAME I WISH
WE HAD NEVER PLAYED.

GUARDS AGAINST INMATES.

THE GUARDS PRACTICED
4 TIMES A WEEK.

OUR TEAM WAS PICKED
THE MONDAY BEFORE THE GAME.

WE HAD A 2-HOUR PRACTICE.

DIDN'T MATTER MUCH.

WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO WIN.

WE WERE JUST
SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP.

WHO'S THE TOUGHEST
GUY OUT HERE?

HOW DO YOU MEAN,
TOUGH?

WHO CAN TALK
AND HAVE EVERYONE
LISTEN?

RIZZO.

BLACK KID OVER THERE.

Shakes: MICHAEL
SAW AN OPENING,

A CHANCE TO BRING
THE GAME TO OUR LEVEL--

EVEN OUT THE FIELD,

BUT HE NEEDED HELP.

HE NEEDED RIZZO.

BLACK KID
WITH AN ITALIAN NAME.

WITH RIZZO ON OUR SIDE,
WE HAD A CHANCE.

LOOK, WHITE BOY,

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU PLAY
IN THE STREETS.

I DON'T CARE,

BUT IN HERE,
THE GUARDS
CALL THE PLAY,

AND THE PLAY
CALLS THEM
TO WIN THE GAME.

WHY?

OH, MAN...

GUARDS STEER CLEAR
OF ME, ALL RIGHT?

THEY STAY BACK
AND LET ME DO
MY TIME.

IF I PLAY IN A GAME
AND I PUT A HURTIN'
ON ONE OF THEM,

THAT JUST MIGHT
CHANGE MY CUSHION.

I'M NOT SAYING
WE GOTTA WIN.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO
TAKE A BEATIN'.

WE DO EVERY DAY.

WHY'S SATURDAY
SPECIAL?

'CAUSE ON SATURDAY,
WE CAN HIT BACK.

REALLY?

THEY DON'T
FUCK WITH YOU
LIKE THEY DO US,

BUT THEY FUCK WITH YOU
ANOTHER WAY.

YOU'RE JUST
AN ANIMAL TO 'EM.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK.

YEAH, YOU DO.

AND BEATIN' THEM
ON SATURDAY,

THAT'S NOT GOING TO
CHANGE A THING.

THEN WHY,
WHITE BOY? WHY?

TO MAKE THEM FEEL
WHAT WE FEEL...

JUST FOR
A COUPLE OF HOURS.

NOW, DON'T TRY
ANYTHING FUNNY, SAMBO.

NOBODY'LL GET HURT.
YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M SAYIN'?

I CALL HEADS.

HE CALLS HEADS.

HE CALLED HEADS.
IT IS A HEAD.

LET'S GO.

YOU'RE GONNA DIE,
MOTHERFUCKER.

YOU'RE GONNA
FUCKIN' DIE.

NONE OF YOU
MOTHERFUCKERS
CAN COVER ME!

WE GOT OURSELVES
A GAME!

I'M FEELIN'
GOOD TODAY.

THIS SHIT FEELS GOOD.

YEAH!

YEAH, KEEP SMILING,
YOU LITTLE PISSANT.

YEAH.

FOR 90 MINUTES, WE TOOK
THE GAME OUT OF THE PRISON,

MOVED IT MILES
BEYOND THE LOCKED GATES

AND THE SLOPING HILLS
OF THE SURROUNDING
COUNTRYSIDE.

WE BROUGHT IT BACK DOWN
TO THE STREETS

OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS
WE'D COME FROM.

FOR THOSE 90 MINUTES,
WE WERE ONCE AGAIN FREE.

[CHANTING]
RIZZO! RIZZO! RIZZO!

[CHANTING CONTINUES]

RIZZO...

RIZZO...

RIZZO...

RIZZO! RIZZO!

HEY, NOKES...

GOOD GAME.

Shakes: FOR ONCE,
WE HAD A VICTORY,

BUT IT DIDN'T LAST.

IT COULDN'T LAST.

AND ALL I WANTED TO DO
WAS DIE.

I WAS NOT ALONE
IN THE HOLE.

I KNEW MY FRIENDS WERE DOWN
IN THE DEPTHS WITH ME--

EACH IN HIS OWN CELL,
EACH IN HIS OWN PAIN,

SUFFERING HIS OWN DEMONS.

RIZZO WAS THERE, TOO.

I HAD LOST
ANY SENSE OF TIME.

THOUGHT YOU'D
NEVER WAKE UP.

THOUGHT I'D
NEVER WANT TO.

JOHN AND TOMMY ARE
ON THE OTHER
SIDE THERE.

HOW ARE THEY?

THEY'RE ALIVE.

WHO ISN'T?

RIZZO.

THEY KILLED HIM?

THEY TOOK TURNS
BEATIN' HIM,

UNTIL THERE WAS
NOTHING TO THAT KID
TO BEAT.

RIZZO WAS DEAD
BECAUSE OF US.

WE MADE HIM THINK THAT
GOING UP AGAINST THE GUARDS

AT A MEANINGLESS
FOOTBALL GAME
HAD SOME VALUE,

THAT IT WOULD GIVE US
A REASON TO GO ON.

ONCE AGAIN, WE WERE WRONG.

THEY GIVE YOU YOUR
RELEASE DATE YET?

NOKES HAD THE LETTER
FROM THE WARDEN...

WAVED IT
IN FRONT OF ME
AND THEN TORE IT UP.

WHEN DO YOU FIGURE?

I DON'T KNOW.
END OF SPRING, EARLY
SUMMER OR SOMETHING.

WISH WE WERE
COMIN' WITH YA.

WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE
FOR ALL OF US TO WALK OUT
TOGETHER, YOU KNOW.

NO USE THINKIN'
ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE GONNA DO
A FULL YEAR,
NOT AN HOUR LESS.

WHEN I GET OUT,
I GOT TO GO FIND BOBBY TO
MAKE A COUPLE PHONE CALLS.

SHAVIN' ONCE TOO OFTEN.

THERE'S NOTHIN'
TO TALK ABOUT.

THERE'S A LOT
TO TALK ABOUT.

MAYBE IF PEOPLE KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
HERE, THEY'D MAKE A MOVE.

I DON'T WANT
ANYBODY TO KNOW.

NOT FATHER BOBBY,
KING BENNY, FAT MANCHO,
NOT MY MOTHER...

NOBODY.

YEAH.
I DON'T, EITHER.

I MEAN, I WOULDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO
ANYONE WHO DID KNOW.

I CAN'T THINK
OF ANYBODY WHO NEEDS
TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, EITHER
THEY WON'T BELIEVE IT,

OR THEY WON'T
GIVE A SHIT.

YEAH, I DON'T EVEN
THINK WE SHOULD
TALK ABOUT IT

ONCE IT'S OVER,
YOU KNOW?

WE GOT NO CHOICE
BUT TO LIVE WITH IT,

AND TALKIN' MAKES
LIVIN' IT HARDER.

SO MIGHT AS WELL
NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.

THE TRUTH STAYS WITH US.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP
ONE NIGHT...

AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY
WHO'S COMING IN MY ROOM,

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME.

IF I CAN GET THAT...

THEN I'LL BE HAPPY.

SOMEDAY, JOHN.

PROMISE.

Shakes: I WAS IN
MY LAST HOURS AS AN INMATE

AT THE WILKINSON HOME
FOR BOYS.

I WAS GIVEN 4 COPIES
OF MY RELEASE FORM,

THE FINAL REMINDER
OF MY TIME AT WILKINSON.

I NEVER HEARD THE KEY
TURN IN THE LOCK,

AND I NEVER HEARD
THE SNAP OF THE BOLT.

YOU SHOULD BE
ASLEEP.

I JUST WANTED
TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

WE ALL DO.

Nokes: I TOLD HIM
RIGHT TO HIS FACE...

I SAID, "I DON'T CARE
IF YOU'RE PAYING
THE OVERTIME OR NOT,

I'M NOT WORKIN'
THOSE KINDA HOURS."

YEAH, BUT YOU
PUT IN FOR IT?

YEAH, BUT...

[CONVERSATION CONTINUES
INDISTINCT]

Shakes:
A PART OF ALL OF US
WAS LEFT THERE THAT NIGHT,

THE NIGHT THAT WILL NEVER
BE REMOVED FROM MY MIND...

THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1, 1968--

THE SUMMER OF LOVE--

MY LAST NIGHT AT THE
WILKINSON HOME FOR BOYS.

Shakes: AT 8:25 P.M.
TWO MEN WALKED THROUGH
THE DOORS.

THE BARTENDER
KNEW THEIR FACES,

AS MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
KNEW THEIR NAMES.

THEY WERE TWO OF
THE FOUNDING MEMBERS
OF THE WESTSIDE BOYS.

THEY WERE ALSO
ITS DEADLIEST.

THE BLOND-HAIRED MAN HAD
BEEN IN AND OUT OF JAIL
SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER.

HE ROBBED AND KILLED
AT WILL OR ON COMMAND.

HE'S PRESENTLY A SUSPECT IN
FOUR UNSOLVED HOMICIDES.

HE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC
AND A COCAINE ABUSER,

WITH A FAST TEMPER
AND A FASTER TRIGGER.

HE ONCE SHOT
A MECHANIC DEAD

FOR MOVING AHEAD OF HIM
IN A MOVIE LINE.

THE DARK-HAIRED MAN
WAS EQUALLY DEADLY,

AND HAD COMMITTED HIS FIRST
MURDER AT THE AGE OF 17.

IN RETURN, HE WAS PAID $50.

HE DRANK AND HE DID DRUGS,

AND HE HAD
A WIFE HE NEVER SAW
LIVING SOMEWHERE IN QUEENS.

WELL, WE'VE GOT
A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

IT'S GONNA TAKE
MORE THAN 4 YEARS.

IT'LL TAKE YOU
TO THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS...

HEY, JERRY.

HUH?

WHO THEY TALKIN' ABOUT?

THEY'RE TALKIN'
ABOUT REAGAN'S SPEECH.

ORDER THOSE TWO MEN
SOME DRINKS AND PUT IT
ON MY TAB...

AND, JERRY, YOU TELL THEM
THAT REPUBLICANS ARE NOT
WELCOME IN HELL'S KITCHEN,

AND EITHER A POLITICAL
CONVERSION OR A CHANGE OF
CONVERSATION IS IN ORDER.

SURE THING.

GENTLEMEN...

THE GENTLEMAN THERE

WOULD LIKE TO
BUY YOU A DRINK
ON ONE CONDITION...

YOU KNOW THE RULES.

NO RELIGION
AND NO POLITICS.

YOU GET MY MEANING?

ORDER SOMETHING FOR ME.

I GOT TO GO
TO THE BATHROOM.

CAN I HELP YOU WITH
SOMETHING, CHIEF?

NOT RIGHT NOW.

ENJOY THE REST
OF YOUR MEAL.

[INCREASING VOLUME]
* ICHI TAI-TAI HIMORAH

* HO-RA-NIKA HO-RA-NIKA

* HEY-NEY HEY-NEY
NOWAH *

* ICHI TAI-TAI HIMORAH

* HO-RA-NIKA HO-RA-NIKA

* HEY-NEY HEY-NEY
NOWAH *

I, UH, I ORDERED
THE BRISKET
ON A ROLL WITH FRIES

AND, UH,
TWO BASKETS OF
SODA BREAD.

I KNOW HOW YOU LIKE
THAT SHIT.

THAT OK BY YOU?

TAKE A LOOK AT THE GUY
AT THE TABLE.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK.

MOTHERFUCKER.

THAT'S HIM.

YOU'RE FUCKIN'
KIDDING ME.

BINGO.

THIS IS AMAZING.

HELLO.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

WHO THE FUCK
ARE YOU GUYS?

WHO THE FUCK ASKED
YOU TO SIT DOWN?

I THOUGHT YOU'D BE
HAPPY TO SEE US.

I GUESS I WAS WRONG.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT
YOU'D DO A LOT
BETTER, YOU KNOW?

WITH ALL THAT TRAINING
AND ALL THAT
TIME YOU PUT IN,

JUST TO END UP WATCHING
SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY?

THAT SEEMS
LIKE A WASTE.

I'M ASKIN' YOU
FOR THE LAST TIME
WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT?

WHY DON'T YOU
TAKE YOUR TIME?

IT'LL COME TO YOU.

I CAN SEE HOW
HE MIGHT FORGET US.

YEAH.

WE WERE JUST SOMETHING
FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS
TO PLAY WITH.

IT'S A LITTLE HARDER
FOR US TO FORGET.

YOU GAVE US SO MUCH
MORE TO REMEMBER.

CAN'T QUITE PLACE US,
CAN YOU, CHIEF?

LET ME HELP YOU OUT.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT
JOHN REILLY AND
TOMMY MARCANO.

OH, YEAH.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT WAS
A LONG TIME AGO.

SO HOW YA BEEN?

YEAH, WE AIN'T
KIDS NOW.

YEAH. SO WHAT
DO YOU WANT?

WHAT I'VE
ALWAYS WANTED--

TO WATCH YOU DIE.

OHH... YOU ORDERED
THE MEAT LOAF.

THE BRISKET'S
REALLY GOOD HERE,

ONLY YOU'LL
NEVER KNOW IT.

YOU FUCKED UP.

AH, YOU WERE SCARED
LITTLE PRICKS,

BOTH OF YOUSE...

ALL OF YOUSE.

SCARED SHITLESS,
BUT I...

I TRIED TO
MAKE YOU TOUGH.

I TRIED TO
MAKE YOU HARD.

OH, I HAD YOU
ALL WRONG THEN, NOKES.

ALL THIS TIME
I THOUGHT YOU JUST LIKED

FUCKIN' AND BEATIN' UP
LITTLE BOYS.

YOU TWO
MOTHERFUCKERS

ARE GOIN' TO BURN
IN HELL.

YOU'RE GONNA
BURN IN HELL.

YEAH, AFTER YOU.

DID THAT HURT, NOKES?

JERRY...

SORRY. SHOULD HAVE
MADE THOSE BRISKET
SANDWICHES TO GO.

Man: JESUS!

Woman: AAAH!

Judge: JOHN REILLY,
HOW DO YOU PLEAD?

John: NOT GUILTY,
YOUR HONOR.

THOMAS MARCANO?

Tommy: NOT GUILTY,
YOUR HONOR.

JOHN REILLY
AND THOMAS MARCANO,

YOU ARE HEREBY
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

Shakes: IN ALL THE YEARS
SINCE WILKINSON'S,

WE HAD NEVER ONCE SPOKEN
TO EACH OTHER

ABOUT WHAT
HAD HAPPENED THERE.

WE REMAINED CARING FRIENDS,

BUT THE RELATIONSHIP
HAD BEEN ALTERED.

WE DRIFTED TOGETHER,

ALWAYS WONDERING IF
THAT MOMENT WOULD ARRIVE

THAT WOULD FORCE US
TO DEAL WITH THE PAST.

ONE DOWN,
SHAKES.

ONE DOWN.

ONE WHAT?

ONE...

SEAN...

NOKES.

NOKES?

Shakes: AT THE TIME
OF NOKES' SHOOTING,

MICHAEL WAS WORKING
AS AN ASSISTANT NEW YORK
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

I GOT A CALL THAT HE WANTED
TO MEET ME ON 45th STREET
IN QUEENS.

THEN HE HUNG UP.

HEY. SO, WHAT'D
THEY SAY?

WHAT?

JOHN AND TOMMY,
WHAT'D THEY SAY?

A LITTLE CLOAK AND DAGGER,
ISN'T IT, MIKE?

COME ON, MAN, NOKES--
THEY TALK ABOUT HIM?

JOHN DID.

YEAH?

WHAT'D HE SAY?

HE SAID,
"ONE DOWN, SHAKES.
ONE DOWN."

I HEAR THEY
HIRED DANNY SNYDER
AS THEIR LAWYER,
IS THAT RIGHT?

IT WAS TEMPORARY.
KING BENNY'S GOING TO MOVE
OVER ONE OF HIS LAWYERS.

NO, NO, NO. DON'T
LET HIM DO THAT.
SNYDER'S PERFECT.

PERFECT? THE GUY'S
A FALL-DOWN DRUNK.

I'M TELLING YOU,
HE'S PERFECT.

PERFECT FOR WHAT?

YOU COVERING THE STORY
FOR YOUR NEWSPAPER?

YEAH.
ME?

I'M THE TIMETABLE
CLERK, MIKEY.

ASK ME WHAT MOVIE'S
PLAYING AT WHAT TIME.

I'M LUCKY THEY LET ME
IN THE BUILDING.

GET SOME COFFEE?

LET'S TAKE A WALK.

I'M GOING TO PROSECUTE
JOHN AND TOMMY IN
AN OPEN COURT.

WHAT, ARE YOU
FUCKING NUTS?

JUST HEAR ME OUT.

YOU SHOULD
STAY HOME TOMORROW.

CALL IN SICK AND SAVE
YOUR LIFE, COUNSELOR.

I'M NOT TAKING
THIS CASE TO WIN,

I'M TAKING
THIS CASE TO LOSE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

HA HA.

IT MEANS
IT'S PAYBACK TIME.

LOOK, JOHN AND TOMMY
STARTED THIS.

IT'S BEGUN.

IT'S MESSY, IT'S NOT
HOW I HAD IT PLANNED,

BUT HERE IT IS.

YOU AND I,
WE CAN FINISH IT.

FINISH WHAT, MIKEY?

YOU READ THE COUNT
OF MONTE CRISTO LATELY?

I DON'T KNOW...
10 YEARS AGO.

SEE, I READ A LITTLE BIT
OF IT EVERY NIGHT.

I READ WORDS
LIKE "REVENGE,"

"SWEET,
LASTING REVENGE."

PAYBACK TIME.

IT'S OUR TIME.

WHAT ARE YOU
SAYING, MIKE?

I'M SAYING IT'S
TIME FOR ALL OF US
TO GET A TASTE.

I'M SAYING IT'S TIME
TO PUT AN END TO THIS.

LET'S WALK.

SO I ASKED FOR THE CASE.

TOLD THEM I WAS FROM
THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
AS THE ACCUSED,

KNEW THE MENTALITY OF
THE AREA, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

THEY BOUGHT IT.

AND THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN JOHN, TOMMY,
AND NOKES?

WHAT CONNECTION?
ALL JUVENILE RECORDS ARE
DESTROYED AFTER 7 YEARS.

WE WERE NEVER
AT WILKINSON'S.

[THUNDER]

WE GOT TO GO
AFTER THE GUARDS,

WE GOT TO
GET WILKINSON'S.

BRING IT ALL DOWN.

ADAM STYLER--
PLAIN-CLOTHES COP,

WORKS NARCOTICS
IN QUEENS.

KNOWN TO
SHAKE DOWN DEALERS
FOR DOPE AND CASH.

HE'S GOT
A COCAINE PROBLEM.

OTHER PERSONAL
INFORMATION THERE.

HENRY ADDISON-- NOW
WORKS FOR THE MAYOR,

IF YOU CAN
FUCKING BELIEVE THAT.

HE'S A COMMUNITY
OUTREACH DIRECTOR
IN BROOKLYN.

HIS SEXUAL HABITS
HAVEN'T CHANGED.

HE STILL LIKES SEX
WITH YOUNG BOYS.

RALPH FERGUSON--
WORKS IN A SOCIAL
SERVICE AGENCY

IN LONG ISLAND--

HOW LONG YOU BEEN
WORKING ON THIS, MIKE?

JUST RECENTLY DIVORCED,
GOT ONE CHILD,

AND ON WEEKENDS,
TEACHES CATHOLIC
SUNDAY SCHOOL.

WELL, SEEMS
CLEAN THEN, RIGHT?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I
WANT THE PIECE OF SHIT.

THE PLAN IS TO
CALL FERGUSON IN AS
A CHARACTER WITNESS,

GET HIM TALKING
ABOUT HIS BEST FRIEND,
SEAN NOKES.

ONCE I GOT HIM
ON THE STAND,

I'M GOING TO OPEN
THE DOOR TO WILKINSON'S.

MIKE...

YOU SURE YOU
WANT TO GO THIS WAY?

I MEAN, WE BURIED THIS
A LONG TIME AGO.

DO YOU STILL SLEEP
WITH THE LIGHT ON?

JOHN AND TOMMY?
YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?

NAH. IT'LL
PLAY BETTER IN COURT
IF THEY DON'T KNOW.

Shakes: A NOT GUILTY
VERDICT HAD TO BE A VERDICT

THAT NO ONE
WOULD DARE QUESTION.

DANNY SNYDER WAS
TO REMAIN AS TOMMY
AND JOHN'S ATTORNEY.

MICHAEL'S PLAN RELIED
HEAVILY ON HELL'S KITCHEN
TO DELIVER INFORMATION

AND KEEP QUIET.

BOTH WERE SKILLS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
HAD IN ABUNDANCE.

WE'D SET UP A SIMPLE METHOD
OF COMMUNICATION.

IF MICHAEL WAS SENDING,

MESSAGES WERE
LEFT AT WORK FOR ME

TO CALL MY NON-EXISTENT
GIRLFRIEND, GLORIA.

IF I NEEDED TO GET WORD
TO MICHAEL,

I WOULD HAVE SOMEONE
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD

PICK UP AN EARLY EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK TIMES,

WRITE THE WORD "EDMUND"
IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND
CORNER OF THE METRO SECTION,

AND DROP IT IN FRONT
OF MICHAEL'S APARTMENT.

FOR THIS PLAN TO SUCCEED,
WE NEEDED TOTAL SECRECY

AND THE ONLY PEOPLE
WE COMPLETELY TRUSTED.

THE PLAN DEPENDED ON
KEEPING MICHAEL ALIVE,

WHICH MEANT THAT WORD
HAD TO GET TO JOHN AND
TOMMY'S KILLING CREW

THAT HE'S
NOT AN OPEN TARGET.

AFTER THIS NIGHT, MICHAEL
WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE
TO ANY OF US.

THE ONLY TIME WE WOULD
SEE HIM WOULD BE IN COURT.

THAT'S IT?

NOT QUITE.
WE GOT 4 WITNESSES

WHO SAW THE SHOOTING AND
ARE WILLING TO TESTIFY.

GOTTA GET
THAT NUMBER DOWN.

I'LL TALK
TO KING BENNY.

GOOD. I CAN HANDLE 2,
BUT, UH,

YOU GOT TO GET US
ONE FOR OUR SIDE.

ONE WHAT?

ONE WITNESS--

A WITNESS WHO WILL
PUT JOHN AND TOMMY

SOMEWHERE ELSE ON
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER,

A WITNESS
THEY CAN'T TOUCH.

DON'T THEY
GOT A NAME FOR THAT?

THE JUDGE WILL
CALL IT PERJURY.

I SEE. AND WHAT
ARE WE CALLING IT?

A FAVOR.

GET UP.

COME ON.

TONY?

YEAH, KING?

BRING DANNY SNYDER
TO SEE ME.

DANNY SNYDER
THE LAWYER?

YOU KNOW MORE
THAN ONE DANNY SNYDER?

NO, KING.

BRING ME
THE ONE YOU KNOW.

Danny:
I CAN'T DO THIS NOW.
YOU GOT TO KNOW THAT.

IT'S BEEN
A LONG TIME FOR ME.
I MEAN, UH...

YOU NEED
SOMEBODY YOUNGER,

YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY
LIKE I USED TO BE.

YOUNGER IS NOT BETTER--

DOESN'T HAVE EXPERIENCE,

DOESN'T KNOW ITS WAY
AROUND THE COURTHOUSE.

YEAH, I'M LUCKY I
CAN FIND THE COURTHOUSE.

HA HA HA HA.

I HAD ONLY
4 CASES LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW
HOW MANY I WON?

NONE. THAT'S
HOW MANY. NONE.

IN 2 OF THEM, I--I,
UH, I THINK THE, UH,

THE JURY BLAMED ME
PERSONALLY.

THEY MUST
HAVE BEEN INNOCENT.

IT'S TOUGH TO GET
INNOCENT MEN OFF A RAP.

I WASN'T EVEN PLANNING
ON GOING TO COURT
WITH THIS ONE.

I WAS JUST
GOING TO PLEAD
IT DOWN BEST I COULD,

AND WALK AWAY.

I WASN'T-- I WASN'T
PLANNING ON TAKING
THIS TO TRIAL, SIR.

WELL, YOUR PLANS
HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

WELL, I AM AFRAID THAT
I'LL MAKE A MISTAKE,

AND SAY THE WRONG THING
AND, YOU KNOW, UH,

UH, UH, MAKE
A WRONG TURN SOMEWHERE,

AND YOU DON'T WANT
TO TAKE THAT RISK.

LIFE IS RISK.

I'M SORRY.

LIFE IS RISK.

LIFE IS A RISK?

MM-HMM.

UH-HUH.

I HAVEN'T BEEN
IN HERE BEFORE.

WHAT DO YOU
NEED ME TO DO?

LISTEN,

YOU'RE GOING TO
BE GIVEN THE ANSWERS
AND THE QUESTIONS.

ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS READ.

YOU CAN READ,
CAN'T YOU?

IS--IS--IS--IS
IT ENGLISH?

JUST DON'T DRIFT,

DON'T DRINK,
AND DON'T LOSE.

WHAT IF I DO LOSE?

THEN YOU GO DOWN
FOR THE DIRT NAP.

NEVER HEARD THAT
EXPRESSION BEFORE.

DIRT NAP.

YEAH.

I'M REALLY NOT CUT
OUT FOR THIS ANYMORE.

I MEAN, A GUY GETS
HIT BY A BUS, YOU KNOW,
AND SUES,

I--I LIKE THAT.

SOME LADY SLIPS
IN A SUPERMARKET,

I'M WITH HER. A GUY--

THE DISCUSSION'S OVER.

I'M AN ALCOHOLIC.
THIS IS A MURDER CASE.

THIS ISN'T FOR ME.

IT WAS ONCE.

YES, BUT, UH--

BEFORE YOU LET
THE DRINK LEAD.

BE SOBER BY TOMORROW.

AND DON'T LOOK
SO WORRIED, SNYDER.

YOU GOT NOTHING TO LOSE,
JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.

I--I DON'T WANT TO
BE A BURDEN TO YOU,

BUT I DO, YOU KNOW--
ASIDE...

OR ALONG WITH
MY ALCOHOL PROBLEM,

I HAVE A SLIGHT
DRUG PROBLEM--
NOTHING BIG.

GO AWAY.

Shakes: WITHIN DAYS OF
MICHAEL TAKING THE CASE,

THE WESTSIDE BOYS GOT
A VISIT FROM KING BENNY.

THE KING REQUESTED THAT
THE VERBAL ABUSE DIRECTED
TOWARDS MICHAEL CONTINUE.

CRIES OF "TRAITOR"
AND "GUTTER RAT"

WERE HEARD UP AND DOWN
THE AVENUE.

BUT THERE WAS NEVER TO BE
A DEATH MOVE AGAINST HIM.

THE HIT ON MICHAEL SULLIVAN,
IF THERE WAS TO BE ONE,

COULD ONLY COME FROM
KING BENNY.

THE UNDERGROUND WORD,
THE ONLY ONE THAT MATTERED,

HAD SPREAD THROUGH
THE STREETS WITH THE SPEED
OF A LATE NIGHT BULLET.

KING BENNY'S SLEEPERS
WERE MAKING THEIR PLAY.

SLEEPERS WAS A STREET NAME

FOR ANYONE WHO SPENT TIME
IN A JUVENILE FACILITY.

Man: HEY!

YOU GOING TO PAY FOR THAT,
YOU LITTLE PRICK?

I NEED YOUR HELP,
FAT MAN. I NEED
A BIG FAVOR.

BE OUTSIDE.

KING BENNY
BEEN TO SEE YOU?

OH, MY GOODNESS.

WHAT A FUCKING THING
WE PUT TOGETHER, HUH?

YOU HAVE A DRUNK LAWYER
ON ONE SIDE,

A KID LAWYER
ON THE OTHER,

FUCKING PAPERBOY
MAKING LIKE DICK TRACY.

THERE ARE
4 SETS OF EYEBALLS THAT
SAW THE WHOLE THING.

YOU KNOW?

MEANWHILE,
THE 2 ON TRIAL KILLED
MORE PEOPLE THAN CANCER.

FUCKING GENERAL CUSTER
HAS A BETTER SHOT
AT A WALK.

THERE'S NO CONNECTION
WITH THE GUARD AND US.

THE COPS THINK IT'S
A DRUG-RELATED HOMICIDE.

IT'S JUST,
WE NEED YOU TO PULL
A FEW STRINGS, FAT MAN.

YOU KNOW, YOU
GET CAUGHT ON THIS,

YOU'RE LOOKING
STRAIGHT AT SERIOUS.

I'M TALKING REAL JAIL,
THE BIG HOUSE.

THEY'RE NOT
GOOD BOYS ANYMORE.

THEY'RE KILLERS NOW.

COLD AS STONE.

I KNOW.

I KNOW WHAT THEY WERE
AND I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE,

AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.

IT'S NOT WORTH IT,
THROWING AWAY A LIFE
JUST TO GET EVEN.

YOU AND THE LAWYER HAVE
A CHANCE TO GET OUT,

TO GET OUT
THE RIGHT WAY.

THERE'S NO CHOICE,
NOT FOR US.

Shakes: ON OCCASION,
I'D HAVE DINNER WITH CAROL.

SHE STILL LIVED
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

AND WAS A SOCIAL WORKER
IN THE SOUTH BRONX.

HER CONCERN FOR US
WAS UNDIMINISHED
BY THE PASSING YEARS.

WHENEVER WE
WENT OUT AS A GROUP,

CAROL WOULD WALK
BETWEEN MICHAEL AND JOHN,
GRASPING THEIR ARMS,

IN STEP BETWEEN
THE LAWYER AND THE KILLER.

MUG ME OR MARRY ME,
SHAKES.

I'M TOO TIRED
FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

WOULD YOU SETTLE
FOR A COUPLE OF
BEERS, CAROL?

IF THAT'S
YOUR BEST OFFER.

I'LL THROW IN
A HUG AND A KISS.

DEAL.

YOU LOOK TIRED.

THANK YOU.

THEY DON'T LET YOU
SLEEP IN THIS NEW JOB
OF YOURS?

SO HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

JUST WHAT
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS...

AND WHAT I READ
IN PAPERS LIKE YOURS.

WHAT DOES
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAY?

THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT
JOHNNY AND TOMMY AWAY,

THAT THEIR BEST FRIEND'S
GOING TO BE THE ONE
TO DO IT.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

IT'S HARD NOT TO,
SHAKES.

OR ELSE WE ALL
HAVE IT WRONG.

HE DID TAKE
THE FUCKING CASE.

HE DID TAKE THE CASE.

WHAT ELSE
IS THERE TO SAY?

YOU KNOW MICHAEL
VERY WELL.

MAYBE EVEN BETTER
THAN I DO.

YEAH, THOUGHT I DID.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU DO--

I DON'T KNOW!

HE WENT IN THERE AND
HE ASKED FOR THE CASE.

NOW, YOU TELL ME--
WHAT THE HELL KIND
OF FRIEND IS THAT?

THE BEST KIND...

THE KIND THAT WILL
THROW AWAY EVERYTHING
TO HELP HIS FRIENDS.

WHAT ARE YOU
TELLING ME, SHAKES?

YOU KNOW THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, CAROL.

EVERYTHING'S
A SHAKEDOWN OR A SCAM.

WHY SHOULD THIS
BE ANY DIFFERENT?

I'M HUNGRY.

I'M GOING TO GET
SOMETHING TO EAT.

THERE'S THIS
POINT IN MICHAEL

THAT YOU
CAN'T GO BEYOND,
BUT YOU CAN TRY.

I TRIED, AND HE JUST...

SHUT DOWN.

COULDN'T TOUCH HIM.

COULDN'T EVEN
BREATHE ON HIM.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ME.

AFTER A WHILE,
IT JUST GETS EASY
TO LET IT GO.

YOU STILL LOVE HIM?

I DON'T THINK
ABOUT IT, SHAKES.

IF I DID,
I'D SAY YES.

BUT YOU'RE
WITH JOHN NOW.

YEAH. AS MUCH AS ANYBODY
CANWITH JOHN.

OH, THE MAN I KNOW IS
NOT THE BOY YOU REMEMBER.

NONE OF US ARE.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
SPECIAL ABOUT JOHN.

YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK
A LITTLE HARDER TO SEE IT.

YEAH.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
EVER ASK ME OUT?

ME?

YEAH.

'CAUSE YOU
WERE MIKEY'S GIRL.

HE GOT TO YOU FIRST.

AND AFTER MIKEY?

I THINK IT
WAS TOMMY'S TURN.

OH, FUCK YOU!

I DON'T KNOW.

'CAUSE IT WAS, UH...

I DIDN'T THINK
YOU'D SAY YES,

AND, UH,
DA DA DA...

YOU KNOW?

WELL, YOU
WERE WRONG, SHAKES.

YOU WERE WRONG.

WHAT? GO AHEAD,
SAY IT.

YOU WORK IN SOCIAL SERVICES,
YOU GOT FILES, YOU GOT
ACCESS TO FILES,

AND FROM TIME TO TIME,
WE'RE GOING TO NEED
SOME INFORMATION.

YEAH, SURE.
WHATEVER.

WAIT. WHAT?

WELL,
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

YOU WANT INFORMATION?
YOU WANT ME TO GET THE FILES?

I GET THE FILES.

NO,
I DIDN'T WANT--

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

YOU STILL VISIT JOHN?

YEAH, ONCE A WEEK,
FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.

GOOD.

GOOD?

YEAH, GOOD. JUST
DON'T TELL HIM THAT
YOU'VE SEEN ME.

DON'T TELL HIM ANYTHING.

THE MORE HE THINKS
THIS THING'S HOPELESS,

THE BETTER
IT MIGHT WORK.

SHAKES,
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

Fat Man: YOU
WANT A ROLLS ROYCE,
YOU DON'T COME HERE.

NO, NO, NO.
YOU GO TO ENGLAND,

OR WHEREVER THE FUCK
THEY MAKE IT.

YOU WANT CHAMPAGNE,
YOU GO SEE THE FRENCH.

IF YOU NEED MONEY,
YOU FIND A JEW.

BUT, IF YOU WANT DIRT
OR SCUM BURIED UNDER
A ROCK SOMEWHERE,

OR SOME SECRET NOBODY
WANTS ANYBODY TO KNOW ABOUT,

THERE'S ONLY
ONE PLACE TO GO--

RIGHT HERE--
HELL'S KITCHEN.

IT IS THE LOST AND FOUND
OF SHIT.

THEY LOSE IT,
AND WE FIND IT.
FORGET ABOUT IT, MAN.

NOW, YOU ONLY GOT TWO
WITNESSES WHO ARE
GOING TO TESTIFY.

TWO OTHERS CHANGED
THEIR MINDS.

WHICH TWO?

THE SUITS AT THE BAR.

SO THAT STILL LEAVES
THE COUPLE IN THE BOOTH.

FOR NOW.

EVERYTHING ELSE
FALLING INTO PLACE?

EXCEPT FOR
YOUR WITNESS.

THAT POCKET'S
STILL EMPTY.

I KNOW.

[SIGHS]

WHEN YOU
WERE SENT AWAY,

I WAS ALWAYS SORRY
I COULDN'T DO MORE
FOR YOU.

[WHISTLES]

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU
LIKED PIGEONS SO MUCH.

I LIKE ANYTHING
THAT DON'T TALK.

Shakes: MICHAEL'S VISION
OF WHERE HE WANTED
THIS CASE TO GO

WAS VERY CLEAR.

HE WAS AIMING
FOR GUILTY...

A CHARGE OF GUILTY
AGAINST THE WILKINSON
HOME FOR BOYS,

AGAINST SEAN NOKES,
ADAM STYLER, HENRY ADDISON,
AND RALPH FERGUSON.

I WILL PRESENT YOU EVIDENCE
AND OFFER INTO ACCOUNT
TESTIMONY TO PROVE THAT.

I WILL PLACE THEM AT
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

I WILL BRING
WITNESSES TO THE STAND,

WHO WILL CONFIRM
THAT THEY WERE THERE
ON THAT DEADLY NIGHT.

I WILL PRESENT
ENOUGH EVIDENCE

THAT YOU CAN THEN
GO INTO A JURY ROOM

AND COME BACK
WITH A CLEAR DECISION

THAT'S BEYOND
A REASONABLE DOUBT.

I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS

SINCE YOU PROBABLY WATCH
AS MUCH TELEVISION AS I DO.

HA HA HA HA.
HA HA HA HA.

Danny: JOHN--
JOHN REILLY

AND THOMAS MARCANO
ARE TWO INNOCENT PAWNS
QUICKLY ARRESTED

AND JUST...

UH, AS, UH,
QUICKLY PROSECUTED

ON THE SLIGHTEST
THREADS OF EVIDENCE.

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE,
HE SEEMS TO KNOW
THEIR NAMES.

IT'S NICE WHEN
YOU COME AROUND.

HEY, BRING ME ANOTHER SPOON.
THIS ONE'S DIRTY.

TAKE IT.

NO, NO. SHE'LL DO IT.

SO, HOW'S WORK?

I'M STILL THERE.

YOU KNOW, POP, I, UH...

I WENT DOWN
TO THE COURTHOUSE.

JOHN AND TOMMY--
I SAW JOHN AND TOMMY,

AND, UH,
I SAW THEM THERE,

I STARTED
THINKING BACK--

WELL, WHERE'S
THE CHICKEN?

SO?

NOTHING.

I WAS JUST
THINKING THINGS.

BUT YOU'RE
DOING GOOD, RIGHT?

OH, YEAH, I'M GOOD.

GOOD.

Nokes: WHAT THE HELL
DO THESE THINGS DO?

THEY'RE FOR PRAYING.

JUST LOOK
AT ALL THIS SHIT,
WOULD YOU?

DOES YOUR MOTHER
THINK YOU'RE IN
THE FUCKING ARMY?

AIN'T NONE OF IT ON
THE APPROVED LIST.

SURE YOUR MOMMY GOT
A COPY OF THAT LIST...

MY MOTHER CAN'T
SPEAK ENGLISH THAT WELL.

DON'T BLAME US FOR
YOUR FUCKING MOTHER
BEING STUPID, ALL RIGHT?

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO
LET US HEAR YOU PRAY?

MAYBE HE NEEDS
SOMETHING TO PRAY FOR.

PUT YOUR HANDS
ON THE TABLE AND
LAY THEM DOWN FLAT.

SPREAD YOUR LEGS.

START THINKIN' UP
SOME PRAYERS.

WE DON'T HEAR NO PRAYIN'.

YOU BETTER START,
OR STYLER MIGHT LOSE
HIS BATON UP YOUR ASS.

[SPEAKING LATIN]

Guard: PRAY NICE AND LOUD!

LOUDER!
FUCKING PRAY--
C'MON, NOW!

LOUDER!

[THUNDER]

SORRY I'M LATE.
I LOST ALL TRACK OF TIME.

LOOK, I GOT THIS
IDEA FOR A WITNESS,
BUT I'M NOT SURE YET.

BUT I WANTED YOU
TO COME ALONG SO
YOU COULD SEE IT.

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

HIS PLACE.

WHERE IS IT?

IT'S IN THE RECTORY.

NO, SHAKES.

HOW WAS COURT TODAY?

LIKE THE FIRST ROUND
OF A FIGHT,

EVERYBODY JUST FEELING
EACH OTHER OUT.

HOW'D THE BOYS LOOK?

LIKE THEY WISHED
THEY WAS SOMEPLACE
ELSE.

IT'S THE SHEEP THAT STRAY
THAT YOU MOST WANT BACK.

IT'S NOT
TOO LATE, FATHER.

WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE
TO BRING IN A COUPLE
OF STRAY SHEEP.

ONE MORE CHANCE.

IS THAT CHANCE LEGAL?

LAST CHANCES NEVER ARE.

KING BENNY BEHIND THIS?

HE'S IN ON IT, BUT HE'S
NOT CALLING THE SHOTS.

WHO IS?

MICHAEL.

I SHOULD
HAVE SMELLED IT.

THE MINUTE HE
WENT FOR THE CASE,

I SHOULD HAVE FIGURED
SOMETHING WAS UP.

IT'S A GOOD PLAN.

MICHAEL'S
GOT IT ALL COVERED.

JUST ABOUT EVERY
BASE YOU LOOK AT, HE--
HE'S GOT IT COVERED.

NOT EVERY BASE.

YOU'RE SHORT SOMETHING, OR
ELSE YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE.

YOU DON'T SHIT
A SHITTER, RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WHAT IS IT?

WHERE DO YOU
COME UP SHORT?

WITNESS.

WE NEED SOMEBODY
TO TAKE THE STAND

AND SAY THEY WERE
WITH JOHN AND TOMMY ON
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

SO YOU FIGURED
IF YOU HAD A PRIEST
IT WOULD BE PERFECT.

NOT JUST ANY PRIEST.

HMM.

SO YOU'RE...

YOU'RE ASKING ME...

YOU'RE ASKING ME TO LIE.

YOU'RE ASKING ME TO
SWEAR TO GOD AND THEN LIE.

I'M ASKING YOU TO
SAVE TWO OF YOUR BOYS.

DID THEY KILL THAT GUARD?

YES.

SO WHAT
THEY SAID IS TRUE.

THEY WALKED IN
AND THEY KILLED HIM.

YES...

THEY KILLED HIM
EXACTLY LIKE THAT.

I THINK I NEED A DRINK.

ANYONE WANT A DRINK?

YEAH.

THIS IS SOME FAVOR
YOU'RE ASKING ME.

WE KNOW THAT.

NO, I DON'T THINK
YOU DO KNOW.

YOU SAID IF THERE
WAS EVER ANYTHING
REALLY IMPORTANT,

I COULD COME TO YOU,
ASK YOU.

I WAS THINKING
MORE ALONG THE LINES
OF YANKEE TICKETS.

I DON'T NEED
YANKEE TICKETS, FATHER.

I NEED A WITNESS.

WHAT ABOUT THE LIFE
THAT WAS TAKEN, SHAKES?
WHAT'S THAT WORTH?

TO ME?

NOTHING.

WHY NOT?

TELL ME.

HE WAS A...

HE WAS A GUARD
AT WILKINSON'S...

ALL RIGHT?

Shakes: IF FATHER BOBBY
WAS GOING TO BE INVOLVED,

HE DESERVED TO KNOW
WHAT HE WAS GETTING INTO.

IF HE WASN'T, I TRUSTED
THAT THE TRUTH WOULD GO
NO FURTHER THAN HIS ROOM.

I THOUGHT THAT CAROL
NEEDED TO KNOW AS WELL.

JESUS CHRIST,
WE WERE JUST BOYS.

WE WEREN'T
THAT TOUGH.

AND THEY
HELD US DOWN.

Shakes: I TOLD HIM ABOUT
THE TORTURE,

THE BEATINGS,
AND THE RAPES.

I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE
FOUR FRIGHTENED BOYS,

WHO PRAYED TO
FATHER BOBBY'S GOD
FOR HELP THAT NEVER CAME.

I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING.

AND YOU CAN'T--
YOU CAN'T FIGHT ANYMORE.

WE JUST TOOK IT ALL.

JOHN USED
TO WAIL AT NIGHT.

YOU'D HEAR IT ALL
THE WAY DOWN THE HALL.

YOU KNOW HE WANTED
TO BE A PRIEST--

JOHN WANTED
TO BE A PRIEST.

[SHAKES CONTINUES,
INDISTINCT]

Shakes:
I JUST SORT
OF BLACKED OUT...

WHAT I COULD REMEMBER
IS I COULDN'T BREATHE.

I STARTED TO CHOKE...

...THEN I BLACKED OUT.

BUT I DO REMEMBER WHEN,
FOR FUN,

THEY'D TAKE US
DOWN IN THE BASEMENT

AND TIE TWO OR THREE
OF US TOGETHER...

AND WATCH...

I GOT A DECISION
TO MAKE.

I ONLY PRAY
IT'S THE RIGHT ONE.

IT WILL BE, FATHER,

WHICHEVER WAY YOU GO.

GOOD NIGHT.

Michael:
OK, SO YOU WERE SITTING DOWN.
YOU WERE HAVING DINNER,

AND TWO MEN
ENTERED McHALE'S, CORRECT?

Woman: YES.

DID YOU SEE
THE TWO MEN

AS THEY APPROACHED THE TABLE
WHERE MR. NOKES WAS SITTING?

I--I NOTICED IT,
YES.

DID YOU HEAR WHAT WAS SAID
BETWEEN THEM?

UM, NO.

DID YOU SEE THEM
PULL OUT THEIR GUNS?

NO.

DID YOU HEAR
THE SHOTS?

YES, I HEARD
THE SHOTS.

AND WHAT DID THEY DO?
WHAT WAS THEIR BEHAVIOR
AFTER-- AFTER THE SHOOTING?

THEY WALKED OUT
OF McHALE'S AS IF
NOTHING HAD HAPPENED.

AND AT THAT TIME,
MRS. SALINAS,

DID YOU SEE
THEIR FACES CLEARLY?

YES.

I LOOKED UP
AS THEY WALKED AWAY.

ARE YOU
POSITIVE?

YES.
VERY POSITIVE.

AND ARE THE TWO MEN
YOU SAW IN McHALE'S
IN THIS ROOM TODAY?

YES,
THEY ARE.

COULD YOU POINT THEM OUT
FOR THE JURY, PLEASE?

THEY'RE SITTING
RIGHT OVER THERE.

YOUR HONOR,
WILL THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
MRS. SALINAS HAS IDENTIFIED

DEFENDANTS JOHN REILLY
AND THOMAS MARCANO
AS THE TWO MEN IN QUESTION.

Judge Weisman:
NOTED.

THANK YOU.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

COUNSEL, ARE YOU READY
TO PROCEED?

YES, YOUR HONOR,
WE ARE.

GOOD MORNING.
I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

I WON'T TAKE
TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME,
MRS. SALINAS.

UH, YOU STATED THAT
YOU ONLY HAD WINE

TO DRINK WITH DINNER.
IS THAT CORRECT?

YES.

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

ARE YOU SURE
THAT WAS ALL YOU HAD,
ONE, UH, BOTTLE OF WINE?

YES, A BOTTLE
OF RED CHIANTI.

UH-HUH. HAD YOU ANYTHING
TO DRINK, UH, PRIOR TO THAT?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
PRIOR?

AT, UH, UH, LUNCH.

MAYBE, DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO DRINK AT LUNCH?

YES, I DID.

AND, UH, WHAT DID YOU HAVE
TO DRINK?

I WENT SHOPPING,
AND I, UM--

I STOPPED AT A PLACE
ON MADISON AVENUE
FOR SOME--

SEE, I DIDN'T ASK YOU
WHERE YOU WENT.

I ASKED YOU WHAT YOU HAD
TO DRINK AT LUNCH.

A MARTINI.

AND WHAT ELSE?

UM, PROBABLY
SOME WINE.

YES, AND HOW--UH, HOW MANY,
UH, GLASSES OF WINE
DID YOU HAVE TO DRINK?

UM...

ONE GLASS,
MAYBE TWO.

CLOSER TO TWO?

YES, PROBABLY TWO
GLASSES. ABOUT TWO.

AND DID YOU, UH...

UH...

[WHISPERING]
It's like pulling teeth.

UH...

I should've
pinned the questions
to his shirt.

AND, UH, TELL ME, UH,
THEN AT DINNER, YOU--
UH, UH--

STRIKE THAT.

UH...

UH, UH...

WHAT TIME, MRS. SALINAS,
DID YOU HAVE LUNCH?

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

WHAT MRS. SALINAS
DID ON THE DAY
OF THE MURDER

HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH WHAT SHE SAW ON
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

HOW MUCH SHE HAD
TO DRINK DOES, YOUR HONOR.

OVERRULED.

AHEM. MRS. SALINAS,
WHAT TIME, UH,
DID YOU HAVE LUNCH?

ABOUT 1:30.

AND WHAT DID YOU
HAVE FOR LUNCH?

IT'S A WHILE AGO.
UM, PROBABLY A SALAD.

I-- I LIKE TO EAT
A LITTLE LIGHT
IN THE DAY.

A MARTINI, TWO GLASSES
OF WINE, AND A SALAD.
IS THAT CORRECT?

YES.
THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THEN YOU HAD WINE
AT DINNER ABOUT SIX HOURS
LATER. IS THAT RIGHT?

YES,
THAT'S RIGHT.

HOW MUCH WINE
DID YOU HAVE TO DRINK

BY THE TIME MY CLIENTS
ALLEGEDLY WALKED INTO
McHALE'S?

TWO GLASSES.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT, UH,
FOUR GLASSES OF WINE

AND A MARTINI
WITHIN A SIX-HOUR PERIOD
IS A LOT FOR YOU TO DRINK?

YES, IT IS.
YES.

UH-HUH. SURE.

UH...

AND, UH, HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD A GUN FIRED

PRIOR TO THE NIGHT
IN QUESTION?

NO.

UH, HOW WOULD YOU
DESCRIBE THE SOUND?

IT'S LOUD,
LIKE FIREWORKS LOUD.

DID THE SOUND, UH,
FRIGHTEN YOU?

VERY MUCH.

DID YOU CLOSE YOUR--
UH, YOUR EYES?

AT FIRST, UM, UNTIL
THE SHOOTING STOPPED,
THEN I OPENED THEM.

DID YOU THINK THE MEN WHO
DID THE SHOOTING WERE GOING
TO KILL EVERYBODY IN McHALE'S?

WELL, I--I REALLY DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

I-- I JUST KNEW THAT
A MAN HAD BEEN SHOT.

DID YOU THINK YOU MIGHT
BE SHOT DEAD BY THE TWO
COLD-BLOODED KILLERS?

YES.
YES, I DID.

YET, DESPITE THAT FEAR,

DESPITE THAT, UH,
RISK TO YOUR LIFE,

YOU LOOKED AT THEIR FACES,
UH, AS THEY LEFT?

YES, I DID.

IS THAT CORRECT?

YES, I DID.

DID YOU LOOK AT THEIR FACES?
DID YOU REALLY, REALLY LOOK,

MRS. SALINAS?

I GLANCED AT THEM
WHEN THEY WALKED BY,
BUT I DID SEE THEM.

YOU GLANCED.

YOU DIDN'T LOOK.

I SAW THEM.

YOU GLANCED AT THEM,
MRS. SALINAS.

YOU GLANCED AT THEM
THROUGH THE EYES
OF A VERY FRIGHTENED WOMAN

WHO MAYBE HAD
TOO MUCH TO DRINK.

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

THERE IS NO NEED, YOUR HONOR.
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

Judge Weisman:
THANK YOU, MRS. SALINAS.
YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

Shakes: IT WAS 6:15
ON SUNDAY MORNING.

FRANK MAGCICCO WORKED OUT
OF A HOMICIDE UNIT
IN BROOKLYN.

HE WAS A FIRST-RATE
DETECTIVE

WITH AN HONEST NAME
AND A SOLID REPUTATION.

HE WAS ALSO
KING BENNY'S NEPHEW.

NICK DAVENPORT
WAS WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

HE WAS AMBITIOUS,
AND WANTED TO MAKE CAPTAIN
BEFORE HE HIT 40.

HE KNEW THE FASTEST WAY
UP THE TRACK WAS TO REEL IN

A MAXIMUM AMOUNT
OF DIRTY COPS
IN A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME.

FRANK,
WHAT IS THIS SHIT?

HEY, I WERE YOU, I'D DO
WHAT THE KID SAYS.

YOU MAKE THIS ONE,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
HAVING BREAKFAST

ONCE A MONTH
WITH THE COMMISSIONER.

MAN, YOU GOT A REAL HARD-ON
FOR THIS STYLE OF GUY, HUH?

WHAT'S YOUR BEEF
WITH HIM?

ONE MORE THING.

CAN'T WAIT.

IT'S SIMPLE.

NO ONE KNOWS
IF I GIVE YOU
THIS INFORMATION,

AND I MEAN NOBODY.

HOW DID YOU GET IT?

IT FELL
INTO MY LAP.

JUST LIKE IT'S GOING
TO FALL INTO YOURS.

CHRIST ALMIGHTY.

GOT EVERYTHING IN HERE
BUT A CONFESSION.

I THOUGHT I'D LEAVE THAT
UP TO YOU.

MY PREFERENCE IS THAT
YOU BEAT IT OUT OF HIM.

THERE'S EVEN
SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS.

THIS PIECE OF SHIT'S
PULLING IN ABOUT
FIVE GRAND A MONTH

RIPPING OFF PUSHERS.
HAS BEEN FOR ABOUT
THREE YEARS.

MORE LIKE FOUR.

HE AIN'T GOING
TO SEE FIVE.

SO YOU GOT ENOUGH
FOR A CONVICTION?

THAT AIN'T UP TO ME.
THAT'S UP TO A JURY.

SHOW THE JURY THIS.

WELL, WHAT'VE
YOU GOT THERE, NESS?

ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO,

THE BODY
OF A DRUG-DEALER
NAMED INDIAN RED LOPEZ

WAS FOUND IN AN ALLEY
IN JACKSON HEIGHTS.

THREE BULLETS IN HIS HEAD,
NOTHING IN HIS POCKETS.

I'M WITH YOU SO FAR.

THIS IS THE GUN
THAT KILLED HIM,

AND THESE ARE
THE SHELLS.

AND, UH, WHAT'S BEHIND
DOOR NUMBER 3?

THE PRINTS ON THE GUN
BELONG TO ADAM STYLER.

HEY, DO ME A FAVOR,
WOULD YOU?

WHAT'S THAT?

IF I EVER MAKE IT
ONTO YOUR SHIT LIST,
GIVE ME A CALL.

GIVE ME A CHANCE
TO APOLOGIZE.

SO, YOU NEED ANYTHING
ELSE, YOU TALK TO FRANK.

HE KNOWS HOW
TO GET A HOLD OF ME.

TAKE CARE
OF YOURSELF, KID.

THE WATER
GETS CHOPPY
OUT YOUR WAY.

I'LL DO WHAT I CAN.

HEY, NESS.

DID YOU EVER THINK
OF BECOMING A COP?

AND LEAVE
THE GOOD GUYS?

[FATHER BOBBY WHISPERING]

The body of Christ.

Amen.

Father Bobby:
The body of Christ.

Amen.

The body
of Christ.

Amen.

The body
of Chri--

The body of Christ.

Shakes: MICHAEL HAD DONE
ALL THAT COULD BE EXPECTED

OF AN ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SEEKING A CONVICTION.

HE HAD A FORENSIC EXPERT
DETAIL THE MAKE AND CALIBER

OF THE GUN
THAT KILLED NOKES.

HE JUST NEVER HAD
THE MURDER WEAPON
TO PRESENT AS EVIDENCE,

AND HE NEVER GAVE THE JURY
A MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER.

THE TENSION OF HIS TASK,
THE HOURS HE WAS WORKING,

AND THE UNCERTAINTY
ABOUT THE OUTCOME
WEIGHED HEAVILY ON HIM.

DID YOU SEE
THEIR FACES?

YES, I LOOKED AT THEM,
AND THEY LOOKED AT ME.

DID THEY SAY
ANYTHING TO YOU?

NO, THEY JUST
LOOKED AT ME AND
WALKED OUT OF McHALE'S.

ARE YOU SURE
THE TWO DEFENDANTS
KILLED SEAN NOKES?

I KNOW
THEY KILLED HIM.

Shakes: IF THE PLAN WORKED,
IT WOULD BE EVERYONE'S
SUCCESS.

IF IT FAILED, THE FAULT
WOULD FALL TO MICHAEL.

FATHER BOBBY CARILLO,
THE PRIEST WITH THE BEST
HOOK SHOT ON THE WEST SIDE,

REMAINED THE KEY TO A PLAN
THAT CALLED FOR ALL INVOLVED
TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER.

DID YOU TURN AROUND,
LOOK BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU HEARD
THE SHOOTING, MR. CARSON?

WHY-- WHY DIDN'T YOU
TURN AROUND, MR. CARSON?

I WAS CONCERNED
FOR MY--

MR. CARSON,
DID THE TWO INDIVIDUALS
THREATEN YOU IN ANY WAY?

NO.

DID THEY THREATEN ANYONE
IN McHALE'S RESTAURANT,

AS FAR AS YOU KNOW?

I DIDN'T SEE IT,
BUT I KNOW IT.

IF YOU DIDN'T SEE
THE DEFENDANTS SHOOT THE GUY,

THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW
IT WAS THE DEFENDANTS
THAT SHOT THE GUY?

SO WHAT'S
THE EMERGENCY?

YOU KNOW, SHAKES
SHOULDN'T HAVE SENT YOU.
IT'S TOO RISKY.

HEY, NOBODY SENT ME.

I WANTED TO SEE YOU.

WHY?

SHAKES MET
WITH FATHER BOBBY
TWO WEEKS AGO.

HE HASN'T HEARD
FROM HIM SINCE.

IT'S NOT AN OVERNIGHT
DECISION FOR HIM.

WHAT IF
HE DOESN'T TESTIFY?

THEN WE GOT
A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.

HAVE SHAKES TALK
TO FATHER BOBBY AGAIN.

HAVE HIM TELL HIM
THE WHOLE STORY. HE'LL
KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

HE ALREADY HAS.

WHAT?

I-- I WAS WITH HIM
WHEN HE TALKED
TO FATHER BOBBY.

I HEARD EVERYTHING,
MICHAEL.

SO YOU KNOW.

YEAH.

IF ONLY YOU'D TOLD ME.

I--

I THINK THINGS
COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

IF YOU COULD'VE TALKED.

WELL, MAYBE--

MAYBE--

MAYBE--

I DON'T--

[ * DORIS DAY PLAYING
IN BACKGROUND * ]

HEY, HOW YOU DOING?

OH, MAN, THAT DIET
IS WORKING. I DON'T CARE
WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.

[LAUGHS]

YOU STILL HAVE A THING
FOR DORIS DAY?

SHE'S
A GOOD WOMAN.

YOU KNOW
LASTREGA?

HARD TO MISS A LADY
WITH FOUR WARTS
AND ONLY ONE EYE.

SHE NEEDS
THE HEADS.

SALVATORE.

TAKE THIS
TO THE WITCH.

NOW, WHY DOES SHE NEED
THE HEADS?

SHE TAKES THE EYES.

OH. WONDERFUL.

PUTS THEM IN A BOWL
AND MIXES THEM
WITH WATER AND OIL.

AND THEN?

PEOPLE GET HEADACHES,
THEY GO TO HER.

SHE LOOKS
INTO THEIR EYES
AND TELLS THEM

WHO IS WISHING
THE HEADACHES.

SHE SAYS A FEW WORDS,

AND THE HEADACHES
GO AWAY.

ONCE IN A WHILE,
THE PERSON WHO WISHED
THE HEADACHES

GOES AWAY, TOO.

THIS GUY, ADDISON,

THE ONE WHO WORKS
FOR THE MAYOR,

HE QUITS HIS JOB
IN TWO WEEKS.

HE DON'T WANT NOBODY
TO KNOW WHAT KIND
OF A GUY HE IS.

HE DON'T WANT NOBODY
TO SEE PICTURES OF HIM
THEY SHOULDN'T SEE.

HE KNOWS US.

HE WILL.

THE BOYS
HE BUYS FOR PARTIES
ARE EXPENSIVE.

NOW, ADDISON MAKES
GOOD MONEY, BUT HE DON'T
MAKE REAL MONEY.

HOW MUCH DOES HE OWE?

EIGHT GRAND.

I PAID THAT OFF.

YOU PAID?

ADDISON'S DEBTS
BELONG TO ME NOW.

YOU HATE DEBTS.

I HATE ADDISON.

WE'RE IN THE DIRTY END
OF THE FIELD NOW.
THAT'S WHERE I PLAY,

AND I LIKE
TO PLAY ALONE.

YOU'RE A NICE KID.
YOU ALWAYS WERE.

DON'T LET THIS
CHANGE IT.

GO.

Shakes: HIS MOTHER NAMED HIM
EDWARD GOLDENBERG ROBINSON,
AFTER HER FAVORITE ACTOR.

TO CONTINUE
THE HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION,

EDDIE ROBINSON
TOOK THE STREET NAME,
LITTLE CAESAR,

AS HE MADE HIS WAY
UP THE RANKS
OF THE LUCRATIVE DRUG TRADE.

HE HAD A 12-YEAR-OLD SON
IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL
IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

HE NAMED HIM RIZZO,
AFTER HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER,

WHO DIED WHILE
IN THE CUSTODY OF
THE WILKINSON HOME FOR BOYS.

I WANT YOU
TO GIVE ME SOME MONEY.

ALL RIGHT.
I'LL PLAY ALONG.

HOW LONG BEFORE
YOU PAY IT BACK?

I AIN'T PAYING IT BACK,
SOMEBODY ELSE IS.

THIS SOMEBODY I KNOW?

YOUR LITTLE BROTHER
KNEW HIM.

RIZZO?

MM-HMM.

HOW DID HE KNOW RIZZO?

HENRY ADDISON WAS A GUARD
IN AN UPSTATE REFORM SCHOOL.

HE WAS THERE
THE SAME TIME AS RIZZO,
BEFORE AND AFTER HE DIED.

BIP...

COUNT OUT $8,000,
PUT IT IN AN ENVELOPE.

YOU, UH...

GO BACK A LONG TIME,
OLD MAN.

OLD MEN ALWAYS DO.

RAN WITH THE GUINEAS,
BACK WHEN THE GUINEAS
WERE TOUGH.

I RAN WHEN I COULD.

LOOKED GOOD
DOING IT, TOO.

YOU GAVE THE BUSINESS
SOME STYLE, SOME CLASS.

MADE IT A CALL
FOR RESPECT,

THE WAY YOU WORE IT,
THE WAY YOU TALKED IT.

ALWAYS LIKED THAT
ABOUT YOU.

I'M NO HELP TO YOU.
MY TAILOR IS DEAD.

I'LL LOOK UP OUR FRIEND,
AND COLLECT THE MONEY
HE OWES ME.

HE OWES YOU SOMETHING
MORE THAN MONEY.

AIN'T NOTHING WORTH MORE
THAN THE GREEN.

THIS IS.

WHAT, OLD MAN?

WHAT'S THIS GUY OWE
THAT MEANS MORE
THAN DOLLARS?

HE OWES YOU RIZZO.

HE'S THE MAN
THAT KILLED YOUR BROTHER.

THEY SAID THAT HE DIED
OF PNEUMONIA.

THEY SAID.

Judge Weisman: WHAT IS
THE RELEVANCE OF THIS?

SO RALPH FERGUSON
IS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER...

I DON'T KNOW, COUNSEL,
WHAT YOU'RE ASKING
IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT,
YOUR HONOR.

AGAIN, I NEED TO PUT
A FACE TO THE VICTIM.

UH, OTHERWISE,
HE'S JUST ANOTHER NAME
IN THE OBITUARIES.

MR. SNYDER,
ANY OBJECTIONS?

I DON'T HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH IT.

YOUR HONOR, THE PROSECUTION
WOULD LIKE TO CALL RALPH
FERGUSON TO THE STAND.

GOOD MORNING,
MR. FERGUSON.

GOOD MORNING.

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU
FOR COMING.

I REALIZE, FOR YOU,
THIS HAS BEEN
A LONG TRIP.

I'M JUST SORRY IT HAD TO BE
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOU AND THE VICTIM,
SEAN NOKES, WERE
SUCH GOOD FRIENDS--

I THINK YOUR TESTIMONY
AS A CHARACTER WITNESS
WILL BE VERY VALUABLE.

WE WERE GREAT FRIENDS.
IT WOULD BE HARD TO FIND
A BETTER FRIEND.

WOULD YOU SAY YOU WERE
HIS BEST FRIEND?

I WAS HIS CLOSEST,
THAT'S FOR SURE.

HOW LONG DID YOU KNOW
EACH OTHER?

UH, ABOUT
17, 18 YEARS.

AND DID YOU SEE
EACH OTHER OFTEN?

AS OFTEN AS WE COULD.

WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS,
VACATIONS-- THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT KIND OF MAN
WAS SEAN NOKES?

HE WAS A GOOD MAN.
HE WAS TOO GOOD
TO BE SHOT DEAD

BY A COUPLE OF
STREET PUNKS.

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
STATEMENT IS ONE OF OPINION,
NOT FACT.

HE WAS ASKED
HIS OPINION.

OVERRULED.
PLEASE PROCEED.

MR. FERGUSON...

WERE YOU AWARE
OF ANY ENEMIES
HE MIGHT HAVE HAD?

SEAN NOKES
HAD NO ENEMIES.

THANK YOU, MR. FERGUSON.
I HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS.

Snyder: WHAT IS THAT,
A PRISON?

NO, IT'S A JUVENILE FACILITY
FOR YOUNG BOYS.

AND YOUR FUNCTION
WAS WHAT, AT THIS
JUVENILE FACILITY?

STANDARD STUFF.
KEEP THE BOYS IN LINE,

MAKE SURE THEY GOT
TO THEIR CLASSES ON TIME,

UM, KEEP AN EYE OUT
FOR TROUBLE,
PUT THEM DOWN FOR THE NIGHT--

NOTHING EXCITING.

AS GUARDS, WERE YOU
AND MR. NOKES ALLOWED
TO USE FORCE

TO, AS YOU PUT IT,
KEEP THE BOYS IN LINE?

WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"FORCE"?

WERE YOU ALLOWED
TO HIT THEM?

NO. OF COURSE NOT.

WERE ANY OF THE BOYS HIT
BY ANY OF THE GUARDS

AT ANY TIME
AT THE WILKINSON HOME?

YEAH, I'M SURE THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED.

IT WAS A--
IT WAS A BIG PLACE.

BUT IT WASN'T
THE COMMON PRACTICE.

SURE. LET'S NARROW
THE PLACE DOWN THEN.

DID YOU OR MR. NOKES
EVER HIT ANY OF THE BOYS
UNDER YOUR CARE

AT THE WILKINSON HOME
FOR BOYS?

WOULD YOU LIKE ME
TO REPEAT THE QUESTION,
MR. FERGUSON?

NO.

THEN ANSWER IT, PLEASE.
AND REMEMBER, YOU'RE
UNDER OATH.

A FEW OF THE BOYS
WHO WE CONSIDERED TO BE
DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS

UH, WERE HIT ON OCCASION.

AND, UH,
HOW WERE THEY HIT?

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU MEAN.

A FIST?
OPEN HAND?

A KICK?

BATON, MAYBE?

IT DEPENDED ON WHAT
THE SITUATION CALLED FOR.

WHO DETERMINED
THAT SITUATION?

THE GUARD ON THE SCENE.

THAT'S A LOT OF POWER
TO HAVE OVER A BOY,
ISN'T IT?

IT CAME WITH THE JOB,
SIR.

DID TORTURE
COME WITH THE JOB?

BOYS WERE TORTURED,
WEREN'T THEY,
MR. FERGUSON?

DEFINE TORTURE.

WELL, LET'S DEFINE
TORTURE.

UH, CIGARETTE BURNING...

RANDOM BEATINGS...

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
WITH NO FOOD
AND NO LIGHT.

WOULD YOU SAY
THAT TOOK PLACE?

ON OCCASION.

WHO TORTURED THEM?

GUARDS.

WHICH GUARDS?

I DON'T-- I CAN'T REMEMBER
ALL OF THEM.

REMEMBER ONE.

MR. FERGUSON,
REMEMBER ONE.

REMEMBER ONE.

AAH!

LET ME ASK YOU THIS,
MR. FERGUSON. WAS
THERE EVER ANY SEXUAL--?

COUNSEL, THIS LINE
OF QUESTIONING

BETTER LEAD SOMEWHERE
HAVING TO DO WITH THIS CASE.

IT WILL,
YOUR HONOR.

FOR YOUR SAKE.

YES, SIR.
UH, MR. FERGUSON,

WAS THERE EVER ANY
SEXUAL ABUSE

AT THE WILKINSON HOME
FOR BOYS?

WAS THERE EVER ANY
SEXUAL ABUSE

AT THE WILKINSON HOME
FOR BOYS?

YES, I HEARD THAT
THERE WAS.

I'M NOT ASKING
WHAT YOU HEARD.

I'M ASKING
WHAT YOU SAW.

PLEASE PUSH
THE DOOR CLOSED.

I THOUGHT
ALL YOU BOYS
LIKED THIS.

Boy Screaming:
NO!

YES, I SAW.

AND DID
YOU AND SEAN NOKES

EVER FORCE YOURSELF
ON ANY OF THE BOYS?

DID YOU AND SEAN NOKES
EVER RAPE

ANY OF THE BOYS
AT WILKINSON HOME?

Judge Weisman:
COUNSELORS...

APPROACH.

I JUST FUCKED YOUR
LITTLE FRIEND JOHNNY.

[WHISPERING]
Counselor, what the hell
is going on here?

Guess I called the wrong
character witness.

Counselor, I've given you
wide latitude in calling
this character witness.

Now it's blown up
in your face.

[BOY PLEADS]

Boy: I DON'T LIKE IT!

MR. FERGUSON,
PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION.

[REMEMBERED CONVERSATION]

LET ME ASK YOU,
MR. FERGUSON...

Ferguson: I LIKE IT
NICE AND SLOW.

SEAN NOKES VISITED
YOUR HOME ON OCCASION,
IS THAT CORRECT?

WOULD YOUR EX-WIFE
EVER LEAVE SEAN NOKES
ALONE WITH YOUR CHILD?

MY CHILD?

YES. IN OTHER WORDS,
WOULD YOUR EX-WIFE EVER
LEAVE SEAN NOKES ALONE

WITH--WITH--
WITH YOUR CHILD?

THERE WOULD BE
NO REASON FOR THAT.

THERE WOULD BE NO REASON
FOR HIM TO BE ALONE
WITH OUR CHILD.

IT WOULDN'T COME UP.

AHA. NEVER CAME UP.

DID SHE EVER
VOICE ANY CONCERN
[REMEMBERED VOICES]

IN EXPLAINING
WHY SHE WOULD
NEVER ALLOW

SEAN NOKES
TO BE IN A ROOM
ALONE WITH YOUR SON?

OBJECTION.
Judge Weisman:
SUSTAINED.

[SNYDER'S QUESTIONS
AND REMEMBERED VOICES
ECHOING]

I LIKE IT
NICE AND SLOW.

[CHILD PLEADS]

YES.

YES?

YES, WHAT?

YES, SEAN NOKES HAD
EXPERIENCES WITH SOME BOYS.

WERE YOU THERE?

YES.

DID YOU OBSERVE
THESE EXPERIENCES?

YES.

DID YOU
MORE THAN OBSERVE?

I WAS DRINKING, AND--

WERE THERE ANY OTHER
GUARDS AROUND DURING
THESE EXPERIENCES?

YES.

WITH YOU
AND MR. NOKES?

YES.

ON MORE THAN
ONE OCCASION?

YES.

YEAH.

MR. FERGUSON,
DO YOU STILL THINK

THAT SEAN NOKES
WAS A GOOD MAN?

HE WAS MY FRIEND.

A FRIEND WHO RAPED
AND ABUSED BOYS

HE WAS PAID
TO LOOK AFTER.

I HAVE
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I WANT THIS TO BE OVER.

I WANT THIS TO BE OVER.

Judge Weisman:
WITNESS IS EXCUSED.

MR. FERGUSON.

MR. FERGUSON.

IF I WERE YOU, I WOULDN'T
STRAY TOO FAR FROM HOME.

PEOPLE WILL WANT
TO TALK TO YOU.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

Shakes: MICHAEL
CONTINUED TO SWIM

BOTH ENDS OF THE POOL
AT THE SAME TIME.

PLAYING PROSECUTION
AND DEFENSE ATTORNEY,

HE EXPOSED FERGUSON
FOR WHAT HE WAS,

AND STILL KEPT
JOHN AND TOMMY'S MOTIVE
FOR KILLING NOKES

HIDDEN FROM THE EYES
OF THE COURT.

LITTLE CAESAR,

WHO ALWAYS KEPT A PICTURE
OF HIS DEAD BROTHER
IN HIS BREAST POCKET,

CALLED IN
THE HENRY ADDISON LOAN.

IT WAS A LOAN ADDISON
COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY BACK,

AND IT GAVE LITTLE CAESAR
THE ONLY REASON HE NEEDED
TO EVEN HIS SCORE FOR RIZZO.

[AIRPLANE APPROACHING]

Shakes: DAVENPORT WASTED
LITTLE TIME ON FOLLOWING UP
ON ADAM STYLER.

HE WAS QUICKLY ARRESTED
AND CHARGED

WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF THE QUEENS DRUG DEALER

AND EIGHT COUNTS
OF CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY.

AHA!

UH, THAT'S SIX FOR ME,
TWO FOR YOU.

SEE, MOST PEOPLE
PLAY THIS GAME
IN THE SUMMER.

IT'S EASIER TO SEE
THE BALL WITHOUT
TEARS IN YOUR EYES.

YEAH.
YEAH?

I GIVE A FUCK
ABOUT MOST PEOPLE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
A HEART ATTACK

AND I'M NOT BREATHING
IN YOUR MOUTH.

YEAH, WELL, I'M NOT
GOING TO MARRY YOU
EITHER.

JOHN AND TOMMY
SMELL SOMETHING,

THEY JUST
DON'T KNOW WHAT.

A SPICK BE LIVING
IN THE WHITE HOUSE

BY THE TIME IT REACHES
THEIR FUCKING BRAINS.

SNYDER CAME THROUGH
BIG-- HE'S NOT
HALF BAD.

THE WAY YOU TOLD IT,
I THOUGHT HE COULD
HARDLY STAND UP.

OH, NO, HE'S A DRUNK,
BUT HE IS NOT A FOOL.

WE ONLY WIN WHEN
JOHN AND TOMMY WALK.

THEN YOU'LL HAVE
TO GET THEM OUT
OF THE SHOOTING COURT.

YOU HAVE TO PUT THEM
SOMEPLACE ELSE.

AND ONLY A WITNESS
DOES THAT FOR YOU.

AND HE'S DOING
A CLAUDE RAINES SO FAR.

NOBODY'S SEE THE FUCKER.

WHAT IF HE
DOESN'T SHOW?

WHAT IF WE HAVE
TO GO ON THE WAY
WE ARE?

THE STREET IS THE ONLY ONE
THAT MATTERS.

COURT IS
FOR UPTOWN PEOPLE
WITH SUITS, MONEY,

LAWYERS
WITH THREE NAMES.

IF YOU GOT CASH,
YOU CAN BUY
COURT JUSTICE,

BUT ON THE STREET,
JUSTICE
HAS NO PRICE.

SHE'S BLIND WHERE
THE JUDGE SITS,

BUT SHE'S NOT BLIND
OUT HERE.

OUT HERE,
THE BITCH GOT EYES.

WE NEED BOTH.

THEN YOU NEED
A WITNESS.

Judge:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE JURY,

YOU ARE TO DISREGARD
THE TESTIMONY
OF RALPH FERGUSON.

HIS ENTIRE TESTIMONY
IS STRICKEN
FROM THIS RECORD.

THAT CONCLUDES
THE PEOPLE'S CASE,
YOUR HONOR.

PEOPLE REST?

PEOPLE REST.

Judge: IS THE DEFENSE
READY TO PROCEED?

Snyder: UH,
I'M NOT SURE, UH...

YOUR HONOR, I DON'T,
UH, I DON'T KNOW,
UH...

YOU DON'T KNOW?

WELL, I'M NOT
SURE THAT, UH,

WE'RE WAITING, UH...
ALL RIGHT.

9 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING,

PRESENT A WITNESS OR
BE PREPARED TO SUM UP.

9 A.M.

EVERYTHING GOOD?

GOOD.

GOOD,
I LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

BYE-BYE.

YOU'RE LATE.

VERY INTERESTING
ATTENDING
THE MORNING MASS.

YOUR HONOR,
THE DEFENSE CALLS
FATHER ROBERT CARILLO.

Snyder: FATHER, DO YOU
KNOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE
IN YOUR PARISH?

Father: I
KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE
IN MY PARISH.

DO YOU KNOW THE TWO
DEFENDANTS: JOHN REILLY
AND THOMAS MARCANO?

YES, I DO.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU
KNOWN THEM?

SINCE THEY WERE BOYS.

THEY WERE BOTH STUDENTS
OF MINE.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?

IT'LL BE 20 YEARS
THIS SPRING.

I'M A PRIEST.

Bailiff:
THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

AGAINST JOHN REILLY
AND THOMAS MARCANO.

DO YOU SWEAR
THAT THE EVIDENCE
YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE

IS THE TRUTH,
THE WHOLE TRUTH,

AND NOTHING
BUT THE TRUTH,
SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO.

Snyder: FATHER,

DO YOU RECALL, UH,
WHERE YOU WERE

ON THE NIGHT
OF NOVEMBER 1st
OF THIS PAST YEAR?

YES, I DO.

WHERE WAS THAT?

I WAS AT
THE BASKETBALL GAME
AT THE GARDEN,

THE KNICKS VERSUS
THE CELTICS.

AND, UH, WHEN DID
THE KNICK GAME
BEGIN?

ABOUT 7:30.

WHAT TIME
DID IT END?

BETWEEN 9:30
AND 10:00.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHO
WON THAT GAME?

SAD TO SAY,
IT WAS THE CELTICS.

KEVIN McHALE
AND ROBERT PARRISH

WERE A LITTLE TOO MUCH
FOR OUR BOYS THAT NIGHT,

EVEN IF IT WAS
ALL-SAINTS' DAY.

WELL, NEXT TIME,
GIVE ME A CALL--
I'LL TRY MY GUY.

I'LL TRY THAT.

FATHER CARILLO,
WERE YOU AT THE GAME
ALONE?

NO, I WENT THERE
WITH TWO FRIENDS.

AND WHO WERE THOSE
TWO FRIENDS, FATHER?

JOHN REILLY
AND THOMAS MARCANO.

THE TWO DEFENDANTS?

YES,
THE SAME TWO DEFENDANTS.

FATHER CARILLO,
AT 8:25 P.M.,

THE TIME
THE POLICE SAY

THE VICTIM, SEAN NOKES,
WAS MURDERED,

WERE YOU STILL
WITH MR. REILLY

AND MR. MARCANO
AT THE BASKETBALL GAME?

YES, I WAS.

AND AT WHAT TIME
DID YOU,
MR. REILLY,

AND MR. MARCANO
PART COMPANY?

IT WAS
AROUND 10:30...

A LITTLE LATER.

THEY DROPPED ME OFF
IN FRONT OF THE RECTORY,

NEAR WHERE
THEY HAD PICKED ME UP.

DID THE DEFENDANTS
TELL YOU WHERE THEY
WERE GOING?

NO, THEY DIDN'T,

BUT I IMAGINE
AFTER A NIGHT
SPENT WITH A PRIEST,

THEY WENT LOOKING
FOR THE FIRST OPEN BAR
THEY COULD FIND.

SO THEN, FATHER, IF
THE TWO DEFENDANTS

WERE WITH YOU
AT 8:25 AT THE NIGHT
OF THE MURDER,

THEY COULDN'T HAVE
SHOT AND KILLED
SEAN NOKES

AS THE PROSECUTION
CONTENDS,
ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

NOT UNLESS THEY SHOT HIM
FROM THE BLUE SEATS
AT THE GARDEN.

NO, HE WAS NOT SHOT
FROM THERE.

THEN HE WAS NOT SHOT
BY THOSE BOYS.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS,
YOUR HONOR.

THANK YOU, FATHER.

YOUR WITNESS,
MR. SULLIVAN.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

DID YOU BUY THE TICKETS
FOR THE GAME, FATHER,

OR WERE THEY GIVEN
TO YOU?

NO, I BOUGHT THEM.
ON THE DAY
OF THE GAME?

I WENT TO THE BOX OFFICE
ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE.

UH, DID ANYONE KNOW
YOU WERE GOING
TO THE GAME,

OTHER THAN
THE TWO DEFENDANTS?

I DON'T THINK SO.

WAS ANYONE WITH YOU
WHEN YOU PURCHASED
THE TICKETS?

NO.

NO ONE SAW YOU
BUY THE TICKETS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

DID YOU
GET A RECEIPT?

NO, I DIDN'T.

PAY BY CHECK,
MASTERCARD, VISA?

NO, I PAID BY CASH.

I USUALLY PAY FOR THINGS
IN CASH.

YOU CARE FOR THE BOYS
IN YOUR PARISH,
DON'T YOU, FATHER?

VERY MUCH.

AND THERE ISN'T
ANYTHING YOU WOULDN'T
DO FOR THEM,

AM I RIGHT?

ANYTHING IN MY POWER
TO DO,

I WOULD MAKE IT A POINT.

YOU'RE
LIKE A FATHER,
A GOOD FATHER,

LOOKING OUT
FOR ONE OF HIS SONS.

SOMETHING
ALONG THOSE LINES, YES.

AND IS IT TRUE THEN,
AS A GOOD FATHER,

YOU WOULD WANT
TO PROTECT THEM

FROM SOMETHING THEY
SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE?

AS MUCH AS I WOULD
WANT TO PROTECT THEM
FROM SOMETHING

SOMEONE ELSE SAID
THEY DID, YES.

LIKE A MURDER?

YES, LIKE A MURDER.

LET ME GET
THIS STRAIGHT THEN.

NO ONE KNEW YOU WERE
GOING TO THE GAME.

NO ONE SAW YOU
AT THE GAME.

NO ONE SAW YOU
BUY TICKETS
FOR THE GAME.

THERE'S NO RECORD
YOU EVEN
BOUGHT TICKETS.

YOU HAVE NO RECEIPT
FOR THE TICKETS.

AM I CORRECT?

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THEN HOW DO WE
REALLY KNOW, FATHER?

HOW DO
WE KNOW YOU AND
THE TWO DEFENDANTS

WERE AT THE GAME
ON THE NIGHT
OF THE MURDER?

I'M TELLING YOU
AS A WITNESS
AND AS A PRIEST,

WE WERE AT THE GAME.

YES, AS A PRIEST.

AND A PRIEST
WOULDN'T LIE,
AM I RIGHT?

A PRIEST WITH TICKET STUBS
WOULDN'T NEED TO LIE AND...

I ALWAYS
KEEP THE STUBS.

DO YOU WANT TO SEE THEM?

UH, WHY IS THAT,
FATHER?

WHY-- WHY DO YOU KEEP
THE STUBS?

BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN
SOMEONE MIGHT WANT MORE
THAN YOUR WORD.

HAS ANYONE EVER
QUESTIONED YOUR WORD
BEFORE TODAY?

NO, NO ONE EVER HAS...

BUT THERE'S A FIRST TIME
FOR EVERYTHING.

I HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, FATHER.

Judge:
THANK YOU, FATHER.
YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

Shakes:
I'VE NEVER RECOVERED
FROM SEEING FATHER BOBBY

TAKE THE STAND
AND LIE FOR US,

TO EVEN THE SCORE
FOR JOHN AND TOMMY.

HE DIDN'T JUST TESTIFY
FOR THEM.

HE TESTIFIED AGAINST
WILKINSON

AND THE EVIL
THAT HAD LIVED THERE
FOR TOO LONG.

STILL, I WAS SORRY
HE HAD TO DO IT.

Judge: WITH RESPECT
TO THE CHARGE OF MURDER
IN THE SECOND DEGREE,

DO YOU FIND THE
DEFENDANT, JOHN REILLY,
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?

NOT GUILTY.

WITH RESPECT
TO THE CHARGE OF MURDER
IN THE SECOND DEGREE,

DO YOU FIND
THE DEFENDANT,
THOMAS MARCANO,

GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?

Juror:
NOT GUILTY.

Judge:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS JURY IS DISCHARGED.

HI, HOW ARE YOU?

COULD I GET A HOT DOG?

UH, MUSTARD, RELISH.

A LOT OF RELISH.

GIVE HIM TWO NAPKINS.

YOU DID GOOD IN THERE,
COUNSELOR.

SO, WHAT HAPPENS
TO YOU NOW?

WHAT HAPPENS,
I WALK AWAY.

I'LL WAIT
A FEW WEEKS, I'LL
HAND IN MY NOTICE.

AFTER THE WAY
I HANDLED THIS CASE,

THEY WON'T BE
IN A RUSH TO KEEP ME
FROM THE DOOR.

SO, YOU SWITCH
TO THE OTHER SIDE.

WORK AS A DEFENSE LAWYER,
THE MONEY'S BETTER.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING
TO BE MORE BAD GUYS
THAN GOOD, MIKEY.

AND CAN YOU IMAGINE
THE WORK YOU'LL GET
FROM JOHN AND TOMMY'S CREW?

YEAH.

THAT'S A HOUSE
AND A POOL.

NOT FOR ME.

I'VE SEEN ALL THE LAW
I WANT TO SEE.

IT'S TIME
FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

LIKE WHAT?

LET YOU KNOW
WHEN I KNOW.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TOO OLD
TO PLAY FOR THE YANKEES,

AND YOU'RE TOO YOUNG
TO TAKE UP GOLF.

WHY YOU SHOOTING
HOLES THROUGH
ALL MY PLANS?

YOU'RE-- YOU'RE GOING
TO MAKE ME PANIC.

YOU'LL WORK IT OUT,
YOU ALWAYS HAVE.

IT'S TIME FOR QUIET,
SHAKES.

I JUST WANT
TO SHUT MY EYES

AND NOT HAVE TO SEE
THE PLACES I'VE BEEN.

I'M WEARY.

I DON'T KNOW...

MAYBE I'LL GET LUCKY,
FORGET I WAS EVEN THERE.

WELL, DON'T DISAPPEAR ON ME,
COUNSELOR.

I MAY NEED A GOOD LAWYER
ONE DAY.

HEY,
YOU CAN'T AFFORD
A GOOD LAWYER.

I MAY NEED
A GOOD FRIEND THOUGH.

I'LL FIND YOU
WHEN YOU DO.
COUNT ON IT.

ALWAYS HAVE.

Shakes:
A FULL MONTH HAD PASSED
SINCE THE ACQUITTAL,

AND NO ONE HAD MADE CONTACT.

IN THOSE FEW WEEKS,
OUR LIVES HAD REVERTED BACK

TO WHAT THEY'D BEEN PRIOR
TO THE MURDER OF SEAN NOKES.

CAROL HAD RETURNED
TO HER STACK
OF SOCIAL SERVICE FILES,

HELPING TROUBLED TEENS
AND SINGLE MOTHERS.

JOHN AND TOMMY WENT
BACK TO THE STREETS,

RUNNING THE WEST SIDE BOYS.

I WAS PROMOTED FROM CLERK
TO REPORTER TRAINEE,

COVERING
THE ENTERTAINMENT BEAT.

MICHAEL, AS HE PROMISED,
RESIGNED FROM HIS JOB

AFTER WORKING
THE LOSING END
OF A "CAN'T MISS" CASE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO FUCKING THANK YOU.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
WHAT YOU DID.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE GOT AWAY WITH IT.

IT WASN'T ME, MAN.

THAT WAS MIKEY.
IT WAS
ALL MIKEY'S PLAN.

YOU KNOW, WHEN
I FIRST HEARD HE WAS
TAKING THE CASE,

I WAS GOING
TO HAVE HIM BURNED.

AND?

AND I FIGURE
HE'S A FRIEND,

AND IF YOU'VE
GOT TO BE SENT AWAY

ON A MURDER WRAP,
WHO BETTER TO DO IT?

WELL, THE WAY HE'S HANDLING
HIS END OF THE CASE,

I THOUGHT HE SUCKED
AS A LAWYER.

I STARTED FEELING SORRY
FOR THE BASTARD.

NEVER FEEL SORRY
FOR A LAWYER.

HEY, GET OVER HERE,
COUNSELOR.

YOU ARE
THE REAL COUNT,

ALIVE AND WELL
AND LIVING
IN NEW YORK CITY.

FUCKIN' MANIAC.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

YOU MANIAC--
JESUS.

WHAT IS THIS,
A GAY BAR?

IT WAS UNTIL YOU
CAME IN.

WHY DON'T YOU
GIVE ME A KISS TO GO
WITH THAT HELLO?

GET OUT
OF THE WAY.

LET'S HAVE A DRINK.

THE FOUR GLADIATORS.

OH, HE'S RIGHT,
I FORGET,
YOU KNOW.

THE FOUR GLADIATORS...

THE WORST QUARTET TO
EVER HOLD A HELL'S
KITCHEN CORNER,

SWEAR TO GOD.

YEAH, BUT WHAT WAS
THAT NAME

THAT SHAKES WANTED
TO CALL IT?

NO, NO, NO, NO,
GENIUS WANTED
TO CALL IT,

THE COUNT AND HIS CRISTOS.

COME ON,
IT'S SO SWEET.

WE WEREN'T THAT--
WE WEREN'T THAT BAD.

I MEAN,
SOME PEOPLE WANTED
TO HEAR US SING.

YEAH, THE KIDS
AT THE DEAF SCHOOL
DON'T COUNT.

ONE SONG FOR CAROL.

OH, NO...

NO, I RETIRED.
COME ON,
YOU MUTTS.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
DON'T YOU GUYS HAVE
TO GO AND SHOOT SOMEBODY?

NO.

WE ALWAYS GOT
TIME FOR A SONG.

JUST KIDDING,
YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M SAYING?

WINE ANYBODY?

YOU PICK,
BUT NONE TOO SLOW.

OH, START US OFF.

HOW MANY SONGS
DO YOU KNOW?

ONE.

* OH WHEE OO WHEE
OO WHEE OO *

* WALK LIKE A MAN

* WALK LIKE A MAN,
FAST AS YOU CAN *

* WALK LIKE A MAN,
MY SON *

Shakes: ON MARCH 16, 1984,
JOHN REILLY'S WILTED BODY

WAS FOUND FACE UP
IN A TENEMENT BUILDING,

RIGHT NEXT TO THE BOTTLE
OF BOILER GIN
THAT KILLED HIM.

AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH,
HE WAS A SUSPECT
IN FIVE UNSOLVED HOMICIDES.

HE WAS TWO WEEKS PAST
HIS 29th BIRTHDAY.

THOMAS MARCANO DIED
ON JULY 26, 1985.

HE WAS SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE
FIVE TIMES.

THE BODY LAY UNDISCOVERED
FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.

THERE WAS A CRUCIFIX
AND A PICTURE OF ST. JUDE
IN HIS POCKET.

HE WAS 29 YEARS OLD.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN LIVES
IN A SMALL TOWN
IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE,

WHERE HE WORKS
PART-TIME AS A CARPENTER.

HE NO LONGER PRACTICES LAW,

AND HE HAS NEVER MARRIED.

HE LIVES QUIETLY AND ALONE.

CAROL STILL WORKS
FOR A SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY,

AND LIVES
IN HELL'S KITCHEN.

SHE HAS NEVER MARRIED,
BUT IS A SINGLE MOTHER,

SUPPORTING HER GROWING
12-YEAR OLD SON.

THE BOY,
JOHN THOMAS
MICHAEL MARTINEZ,

LOVES TO READ,
AND IS CALLED "SHAKES"
BY HIS MOTHER.

IT WAS OUR SPECIAL NIGHT,

AND WE HELD IT
FOR AS LONG AS WE COULD.

IT WAS OUR HAPPY ENDING.

AND THE LAST TIME WE WOULD
EVER BE TOGETHER AGAIN.

THE FUTURE LAY
SPARKLING AHEAD,

AND WE THOUGHT
WE WOULD KNOW
EACH OTHER FOREVER.