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After he was beaten, tortured, and scarred, Charlie Luciano realized he

could no longer stay out of the war between Masseria and Marzano.

He put into effect a dangerous, daring, and possibly deadly plan.

It would take many months, but if it worked, it would give him almost total

power in New York City. It included sending Michael Lasker to Cuba and

risking the life of his other friend from childhood, Ben Siegel.

Bugsie Segal was the go-between.

He was the only one who knew.

Besides Charlie and Masaria.

What can I tell you? We all come out on the short end, right?

We all got plenty to lose.

The Brooklyn Ducks, they're going to belong to Maranzano, not Anastasia.

Adonis, you got a piece of Manhattan?

Kiss it goodbye.

What do you want, Vito?

It's what Charlie wants.

And he wants Bugsy's seat.

Mr. Luciano for Reardon.

I'm sorry about this, Mr.

Luciano. Do you want us to wait for you? All right. We'll find my way out.

Hey, stop!

Go see what Mommy's doing.

Don't go away, all right?

Hey, stop!

No, Bugsy.

Baby's downstairs.

Come on.

You wanted to be picked up and

brought in here so everybody would know where you are. That's your business.

I'm not even going to ask what you've got in mind.

And now, I'd like you to listen to my problem.

What are you saying, Sven?

This is Castle of the Racing War.

You guys want to shoot up the rest of the country. The citizens out there

don't buy my groceries.

You start using the city of New York for a full-time shooting gallery, and we get

complaints from the taxpayers. That hurts, Charlie.

In here.

Personalities aside, Lucky, sooner or later, somebody's going to tell me to

put a lump on your head.

Big as you are, I'll have to do it.

So put a little ice on it, will you, Charlie? Cool it down.

How am I supposed to do that?

If anybody wants to know, I brought you in here to ask you, have you got any

idea who might have killed Peter Morello?

Peter Morello.

Peter Morello.

The way I figure it, it's Maranzano's bunch.

Yeah, that's a thought. Thank you very much.

Stay lucky, Charlie.

In Cuba, Michael Lasker not only bought molasses to make illegal liquor, he laid

plans for a gambling empire with an ambitious Sergeant Batista, who would

someday rule Cuba. Will they rule Cuba?

The sergeants will rule Cuba, Mr. Lasker.

I think we can help each other.

Tell me.

Your country's very beautiful.

It's close to the United States.

Only if Americans could be coming here spending their money in Cuba.

They account for their women.

I was thinking about gambling.

Casinos. The biggest, the best.

I was thinking about the Cuban children, Mr. Lasker.

The casinos would pay taxes.

Whose casinos?

Ours.

Yours and mine.

Sergeant Batista.

And your friend, Luciano.

This doesn't involve Luciano.

The casinos would belong to us.

Perhaps.

When the butcher is gone.

What do you need?

Money?

Guns?

We have guns, Mr. Lasker.

speak again soon.

I'll tell you next time.

Adios.

Adios.

Before the execution of his plan, Charlie confided in his oldest friend,

Mr. Goodman.

Ah, Slivovitz.

That's my Slivovitz. You like it?

It's the only thing about the old country I like.

I got you a case.

Oh, terrific.

You once told me I was your oldest friend in America.

You had friends in Sicily?

It's a village.

The Carafridi.

They mined sulfur there. That's all I remember.

You see our old friends from the old neighborhood?

Ben Siegel?

We're still looking for him.

Where?

They'll drag the river for the right piece of cement.

Everybody dies or something.

You see Michael?

Oh, we have different interests.

Different interests, different friends.

Thanks for the new hat.

And you?

Do you ever see Charlie Luciano anymore?

I'll send the Slivovitz around.

Two graves, Charlie.

Two graves for revenge.

This war you're fighting with Maranzano.

I was in the hospital. I sat there. I know what he did to you.

But will you sleep so much better when he's in his grave?

It wasn't Maranzano.

It was Massaria.

Massaria?

That Sicilian brain of his. Make it look like it was Maranzano who sliced me up

to drive me into his arms. That's where I went.

To Joe the boss.

That's where I am.

He trusts me.

He trusts me, Mr. Goodman.

I fight his wars for him. I kill my friends for him.

So he trusts me.

That's what I want.

That's all I want.

What have you done to yourself, Charlie?

I make myself what I have to be.

Who else knows this?

You do.

So we both live with it.

I'm sorry if that hurts you.

It'll be finished soon enough.

That's a promise.

You're up early.

Sleep.

Breakfast?

I'm going to see Michael.

Is he back?

This morning.

Good.

Ruthie?

Will it change things?

I think so.

Maybe a lot of things. We won't know for a while, though.

Michael.

I can feel him move.

How do you know it's a him?

You wanted a son. It's a him.

Hello, Lucy.

I'm sorry to interrupt you, especially now.

But I have to talk to Michael.

So soon?

It's all right.

Cube okay?

Sure. It's fine.

Congratulations. The baby.

What is it, Charlie?

I

want

you to spend the day with Ruthie.

Don't stay in the house.

I want you to go someplace where there's a lot of people.

Let him see you.

What happened to Benny?

It's time we had a talk.

Come into the dining room, will you?

He's gone, Ruthie.

I thought you were finished with her.

There were some things I didn't understand.

I don't understand either, Michael.

There'll be a time you'll understand everything.

The plans I've been making.

With Charlie?

No. This is different.

We'll have a different life in Cuba.

I'll tell you about Havana.

First, we're going shopping. I'm going to buy you a new car.

It's for the baby.

No more bumps.

Everything's smooth as glass.

Three days, Joe. Let me get it. I'll have some water. I got it.

I don't need you, boy.

Luciano take care of me. Aren't you here, boss? No, I'm going back to the

office. Si, si.

Hey, Naka, como estas?

Que voy a manjar de palada en private, eh?

Useful.

Three days, Joe.

In three days, we throw a hundred guns at Maranzano's house.

That's good.

In three more days.

You prove to me you're a true friend of Charles.

I owe you.

I'm going to pay.

I'll never forget you breaking your friendship with the Michaelasker for me.

You make your revenge on the Pugsy Siegel for me.

You'll never regret it. I approve of you.

I won't do that.

You're the one who's given me what I really want.

I'm grateful to you.

Three more today.

When Maranzano's dead, you taste revenge in your mouth like good wine.

Sweet.

Four men had beaten, tortured, and scarred Charlie Luciano.

In 1931, Charlie took his revenge on all four.

Luciano's verdict, death by execution.

You come a long, long way from the time you're going to jail, remember?

You mean the day I thought you were in trouble with the police?

Well, we're both to put our trouble in the past, eh?

Come on, Charlie. You're working too hard.

I'll tell you what. Let's play some card.

No. I got a lot to do, Joe.

Oh, come on. One hour not going to kill you.

I'm too much alone.

I mean, we eat, drink a glass of wine.

I play card. What else you working for, huh?

Look, I make a surprise for you. I bring a pinnacle to deck.

What, no brisk today?

No. Today we play your game.

You win, maybe.

Come on.

One hour and I'm going to hurt you. Put up with your money.

Where's this mess?

Good luck.

Brand new suit.

What are you worried about?

You're so formula.

Look like I wet my pants.

So I'll be right back, huh?

I got to go clean this up. No cheating while I'm gone.

Nah, I don't cheat you.

Operator, give me the police. It's an emergency.

This is Charlie Luciano. I'm at a restaurant in Coney Island, the Nova

Villa Tomato.

Yes, somebody just killed Joe Masseria.

I don't know. I was in the washroom when it happened.

Luciano finally had achieved a massive revenge.

He had ordered the death of Joe Masseria and the deaths of four men who had

tortured and scarred Charlie at Masseria's bloody command.

He would face Salvatore Maranzano as an equal with power that was to grow and

finally overwhelm almost all who stood against him.

Evening, Mr. Lasker.

Egan, right?

Three children.

Got four now.

Got any kids yet, Mr. Lasker?

One on the way.

Good luck.

Thanks.

You bring me back any maracas?

Joe Maseri is dead.

Oh, he's dead.

Is that what the newspapers meant? I thought that's what it meant when I read

it in the papers.

Nobody's in the mood for jokes.

No?

That right.

I thought you guys were real jokers the way you played off like Charlie killed

your friend Siegel.

Joe, the boss is dead.

Tell Marlon Zano this comes from Charlie.

Charlie held back the troops. He made it easy on your bunch.

The war's over now.

It's finished, Tommy. No more guns. You tell him.

If he as much as touches a hair on the head of one of our enemies, we'll fight

him to the last salt.

Tell him to quit while he's ahead.

Do I tell him that's an order from Charlie?

It's a suggestion from Charlie.

And you?

But no maracas from Cuba.

How's it going, Charlie?

Hey, Mikey.

I got the valve lifters out.

Hand me that wrist, will you?

Thanks.

Mark the time you're locating?

We thought.

How'd he take it?

He mouthed off it.

He'll carry the mail tomorrow, son.

Good. Either you got him or he's got you.

Don't drive in here and blow our brains out.

I'm glad you guys are working late.

It's overheating on me. Can you help?

Let's take a look.

Going home?

Off your time, Hugh.

Okay, it's a loose radiator hose plant.

This will help get you home.

Thanks, darling.

Want to hand me that water back there?

Sure. Thank you.

Something like that, huh? Yeah.

You know, you're missing your cap here. Yeah, I lost that yesterday. Yeah?

Hey, you know, I'll be honest with you.

Driving around this late all alone, the way these neighborhoods have got, you

know, crooks, gangsters, you never know what you're going to run into around

here. I know. You know, you never do.

Well, listen, I appreciate your help. How much do I owe you?

Two bits.

Oh, hey, come on, listen. Is that too much? No, 35 cents, really.

I appreciate your help, guys. Sure.

Good night. Look out for gangsters.

You better believe it. Better stay off the streets.

Yeah.

Good night.

Hey, boys.

Who's that?

Looks like a gangster to me.

He look like a gangster to you?

He looks like a gangster to me.

I'll bet he is.

Could be Bugsy Siegel. Kill you for a quarter.

Make it a dime.

You coming or going, Benny?

I got a date.

With your wife?

Nah, not with my wife.

Stella don't care.

She's got her hands full with the baby.

You're a real prince, Benny.

What's the matter? Hurt you?

Okay.

It's your business.

You know, Charlie, I don't understand. You can get people to do this kind of

work.

You don't understand, Benny.

You got no respect for machinery.

No.

Listen, what about Maranzano?

He called a few minutes before you got here.

He wants a meeting tomorrow.

I want the two of you there.

I thought Mr. Maranzano didn't like Jews.

Well, see if we can teach Mr. Maranzano a lesson.

Charlie, Michael, and Ben met with Salvatore Maranzano as scheduled.

Charlie, who had inherited the gang of Joe the Boss Masseria, hoped to use his

strength to stop the war.

But if he could not bring peace, Charlie knew that it was either his life or

Maranzano's.

Okay, Charlie.

Ah,

benvenuto. An auspicious day, Charlie. A day for a fruitful meeting, eh?

My friends.

Frank Castell. Hello, Charlie.

Joe Profacci. Tommy Gagliano.

Michael Lasker.

And Ben Siegel.

I am pleased.

How do you do?

friends here. Perhaps my friends can buy your friends a drink while we talk,

Charlie.

Michael talks with me.

I'm thirsty, Charlie.

I'll take that drink.

Friend is a sensible man.

I said the war's over. What's all the artillery for?

You also go with protection, Charlie.

Nothing is finished.

Until you and I say it's finished.

Now, you are the successor to Joe Massaria.

Tell me your terms.

The killing stops.

And? I keep what I had with Michael and Ben.

ask too much.

Aspet, aspet. Hear me out, Charlie.

I rule as boss of all the bosses.

God alone makes the best world.

We fought as enemies, but we made this victory together.

Now you ask I give you up?

No.

No, Charlie.

Once I made offer to you, everything you have in part to what I have. After that,

You stand first by my side.

The last time we met, you said to me, Charlie, if you're going to ride the

carousel, ride the white horse.

I work for nobody.

You work for no man, huh?

Then work for what you respect.

Together, we break the guns.

Together, we make the power to stop the killing.

We make a quiet world, Charlie.

We handle our business in peace. Nobody bothers us.

We sleep the sleep of the just.

Only two men have the power to do this.

You and me.

You and me.

And my friends?

Lasker and Siegel are your affair.

They stand with you.

I'm not opposed to this. They have no meaning in my life.

So, do we break the guns, Charlie?

Then all I want is a little piece of territory next to his own.

A little bit of this, a little piece of that.

All the way back to China.

He's got the Sicilians sewn up, Mike.

You can count me on the line, Charlie.

I'll go whatever way you want.

But it ain't all Sicilian, I think.

Vinnie Carl's got his own set-up, so is Waxy Gordon and Longy Swillman. That's

right. And that nutty Dutch Silks, he's gonna be coming on strong.

We can live with all that.

How long do you think Maranzano's gonna live with it?

I don't know.

second. She hooked my wallet.

You mean this wallet? The one you left at the bar?

No kidding.

Okay, folks, it's just a misunderstanding.

Nothing to worry about.

Charlie, get something to clean this up.

Harry, lighten it up.

So what are you looking at?

With Charlie.

Going up the stairs the night that Rothstein got croaked.

I'm Dutch Schultz.

Flegenheimer, right?

Flegenheimer, right.

You remember?

Mm-hmm.

How long you been back in town?

Couple of days.

How long you gonna be around?

Not very long.

Before you leave.

You've been sleeping with a lot of fancy guys.

I'd like to try a real man for a change.

Blue door.

I'll go get ready.

Kill him.

Listen, I can handle you. I can't handle Schultz. I think you ought to get out of

here. I think you ought to take a trip. I think you ought to go back to Chicago.

he said it. He was threatening you, Charlie.

Me. Us.

What else did Dutch say?

Nothing. Nothing more about Capone.

Oh, I had that gun in my pocket, Charlie.

I should have gone back to him.

Put my arms around him. Oh, I should have used it, Charlie.

No. You did everything just right.

I don't want you going back to Chicago, though.

Oh, where should I go then? I'm going to talk to Michael. He's got some hotels in

Miami. I'll find a place for you there.

All right?

Thank you.

Well, I hope I'm intruding.

An old friend.

We've met.

When you were in the hospital.

We're old friends, too.

I see.

Well, I have a business meeting.

Nothing personal.

Too bad.

We're going to have fun.

Can I drop you someplace, Chris?

No.

I don't think I like this idea.

Who cares what you like?

I think you better leave. You never could stand the sight of blood.

Yeah, well, try not to get it on my rug.

Uh-huh.

Would you care for a drink?

I think I'd care for a drink.

I think I'd like to get drunk.

Why the hell not?

Why the hell not?

To Charlie.

To us.

That's nice.

What? Your hat. I like it.

It's nice.

Oh, thank you.

Yeah. It's cute.

Is there anything you need?

Nothing.

What will it mean, this meeting?

It'll mean that...

I'm a man of importance.

You're important to me, Vito.

To you, Ross.

Gina's here, and if you want anything, I should get it for you.

Will you be late?

I don't know.

Your husband understands that you sit with a sick friend?

He understands.

I... What?

I'll take you home tonight.

You come tomorrow, Gina.

Maybe my mother should come too.

Captain of captain's boss of all bosses.

Such is the burden that rests here like the lightest of laurels.

I am in the company of honorable and forceful men.

From the Roman Seneca we learn that a great fortune is a great servitude.

Charlie Luciano would now be named the right hand of Salvatore Maranzano. He

had become the second most powerful figure in the history of organized

crime, even as Maranzano had become the boss of bosses.

But the fact that neither Michael Lasker or Ben Siegel was at the gangland

conclave raises a loaded question.

Had Charlie sacrificed his friends from childhood to win new preeminence in the

mafia? Or was it part of yet another master plan? One more evidence of

Luciano's criminal genius.

All those who know well how to obey will know also how to rule.

You.

Hi, this is Bill Murray, and I'll be hosting Saturday Night Live tonight with

my musical guest, Delbert McClinton. I know that it's Lent, but I hope that

you're not giving up laughing.

We'll see you later.

Next, the Hill Street Blues search for alligators in the city's sewers.

Tomorrow, Ponch is forced into a deadly martial arts showdown on chips, followed

by a marathon.