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I feel it in my fingers.

I feel it in my toes.

I love this all around me.

It's all the healing drugs.

On the wind, it's everywhere I go.

All set.

Good night, Mr. Hellman.

We'll be right outside.

You need anything, you give us a shout.

Oh.

I feel it in my tongue.

Love is all around me.

I'm sold off feeling drunk.

I don't know if it's everywhere I've done.

If you will.

Come on, let it jump.

There's no beginning, there'll be no end.

Cause all my love, it can be.

Tell me what you like.

What I like?

Uh-huh.

You don't know what you like?

What do you do?

Everything.

Everything? Want me to rub you down?

Okay.

You should smile a little.

I'm good at this.

If I take a little step back, look what happens.

What's that?

Oil.

Feels nice.

Tastes nice too.

Would you like to taste it?

Does it taste good?

It's okay.

Look.

Look what I have.

Now you.

Cut the other one.

Keep going.

Mickey. Archie.

I let myself in. I thought you'd be asleep.

Can I come in?

Yeah, come in.

Jesus. Oh, boy.

I'm sorry.

Mick, what are you doing? You said come in.

It's okay. Don't worry about it.

Mick, if you get in your ashes, I'll just soon come back later. I'm not

getting my ashes rolled.

Come on. Come in.

Come in.

Come on.

Hey, look at you. You got a tan.

Yeah. I love the beach.

Sit down.

Are you sure? I mean, it's okay?

It's okay. I was just getting a massage.

Ready when you are, Donald.

Roll over.

It's good to see you.

You hungry?

I got stuff in the kitchen. Nah, I ate on the plane.

What's up, Nate?

You gonna introduce me?

What's your name?

Laura. Hello, Laura.

Mick, can I say something?

Sure.

I want to apologize.

It's okay.

Arch, it's water under the bridge. No, it's not. I let you down.

So it was fair what you did. Why? Because I deserved it.

I just want to say that it's very big of you to let bygones be bygones and let me

come back with you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, Arch.

Wait a minute.

Listen to me carefully. I don't want to give you the wrong idea.

I'm glad you're back.

But from now on, it's just friends.

We ain't working together anymore.

It's nothing personal.

I just can't trust you in those kind of situations.

Trust me? You can't trust me? Oh, come on.

It's not like I think you're going to stab me in the back.

You're just too fucking jumpy, you know?

Look, I've got enough to worry about without having to sweat you flying off

the handle any minute.

Christ, you called me all the way back from Florida to tell me that?

Archie, I'm sorry.

Want me to do your legs?

Huh?

Should I give you my number? Sure.

You got a pen?

Archie! Give me a pen, huh? I think you really, like, didn't give me a chance,

you know?

Yeah. I mean, if you did, I think you'd like me.

Yeah.

Archie! Yeah?

Where's the pencil?

What? What's the matter?

Nothing.

Just that I've come all the way from Florida, Mick.

Would you call me?

Sure. When?

When? I don't know.

Like this week?

Yeah, this week or next week.

Listen, thanks for coming by. Okay. All right.

Bye. Bye.

What is the matter with you?

What do you want from me?

Watch it. You've got to be realistic.

Come on, George.

I need a fucking gun to take care of you.

I'll squeeze your neck so hard your head will pop.

Archie, we're going to break the fucking door. Oh, that's beautiful. Relax.

The little strunzo nearly killed me.

Archie, open the door.

Are you going to hit me? No.

Don't you hit him. You promise?

Open the frigging door.

Okay.

I'm coming out.

Look at that. He's got a tan.

I was on the beach. You know what I ought to do to you?

No. I ought to throw you out the fucking window.

George,

give him a rest.

Come on, George.

Forgive him, forget him. I'm supposed to forgive you, you little pithant?

After what you did?

You little menace?

Huh?

Boo!

Fucking guys are nuts.

Archie? I'll look at him. I don't know what I'm looking at.

I mean, it's got two legs. What is it?

Uh, Mickey, I, uh... I got a problem.

Mm? I need a hand.

What? Job.

Come on, I just... No, I'm sorry.

I got my back against the wall here.

Can't do it. Why not?

I'm burnt out.

There's something wrong with my brain. Your brain?

What are you talking about?

I don't know.

Mick, I wouldn't answer you so quick after this last thing, but I need this.

What is it?

There's this, uh, woman.

Oh, jeez.

Come on, I'm serious. I'm in trouble here.

You got a failed romance, George? Now you want me to whack her?

No. Then what?

It's complicated.

You got a problem with doing the woman?

What? That's funny?

You know that girl you sent me?

Laura. Is she something or what?

I mean, whoa.

Sweet anything kid.

Right? I mean, what'd she do with being a pro, right?

Almost stabbed her in the heart.

What?

Why? No reason.

It was like... It was like it didn't mean anything.

It didn't mean anything?

What kind of reason is that?

I was thinking about what it would mean.

And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that in the larger

sense, it didn't mean anything.

Zip.

I mean, can you tell me that it matters?

She goes, what?

They miss her at the aerobics class for a week? Then what?

Fucking white noise, nothing.

I had this pair of scissors in my hands.

And I was saying to myself...

What does it mean, Ray?

Then I had this thought running around my head.

This question.

What is the meaning of meaning?

And you know, George, when you get right down to it, I'm not sure that anything

actually means anything.

The meaning of meaning?

What the fuck is wrong with you?

What do you got? You got the male menopause here?

You having a midlife crisis?

You're 36.

You got more money than fucking God.

What, were you telling me you've lost your way?

Is that it?

You want me to feel sorry for you? I come to you with a terrible problem.

I need your help.

You tell me you try to stab the masseuse.

What the fuck is that?

You know what I think you need, huh?

You need a shrink.

You think that's funny? It ain't funny.

I'm telling you, you scare me with this, Mickey.

I gotta be honest with you.

You cut yourself.

Listen,

I know this guy.

A shrink?

Yeah, yeah.

I could set you up with him. He owes me a favor.

What the hell kind of shrink owes you a favor?

He's a very eminent guy.

His name's Dr. Rolster.

He's like a genius.

I never heard of him.

Well, he had some trouble, you know, with this and that, prescriptions and

stuff.

I helped him out.

I'll tell you what.

You do this job for me, and I'll arrange it. You know, you'll give me your

regular fee plus as many sessions with him as you want.

That's generous, Mick. He ain't cheap.

Come on.

My license plate is here.

What are you, Wacker?

I can't. Who is she?

A lady downtown.

Well, what's the deal?

Well, it's a whole thing, okay, huh?

Look, suffice it to say, for our purposes, it's a case of bad debt.

How bad? Very bad. Terrible.

Who? Me.

A few others.

Look, it's a quick in and out.

You pick her up at her apartment, you take her to Jersey, you do her, turn her

over to the tugboat guy, he dumps her offshore, she's fish food. Bing, bang,

boom.

When?

Tonight. You've got to be fucking kidding me.

I'm serious as cancer, Mickey.

No prep, no scope out. Just wham, that's it.

Listen to me, George.

You of all people should know that this is not how things happen.

I mean, for Christ's sake, we just had a fiasco on the last scene.

I had to go back and do the guy with half the fucking FBI crawling over him.

Hey, what do you want from me, a medal?

You got paid, a nice piece of change.

I tipped you to brew it like always.

Was it my fault?

Huh? No.

You got a problem with how that thing worked out, you go ask Mr. Nurse to

steal in there.

Look, this is simple.

A child could do this thing.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Then you do it.

Mickey, I don't need sarcasm.

I don't need you giving me a hard time. You're treating me like a pariah here.

Forgive me for asking you to whack somebody, but the last time I looked,

you were a fucking assassin. Am I wrong?

I mean, is it so out of line for me to ask you to do your fucking job?

I'm on my knees here.

I'm begging you.

Are you going to deny me this?

Are you going to break my heart now?

Please do this for me. Hey,

show me you love me, Mick.

For God's sake, be my guy here. Be my man.

Look at me.

I'm abject.

Does that mean yes?

I fucking hate it when you beg, George.

Oh, thank you. Thank you.

Hey, you're a beautiful man.

If you had pants on, I'd kiss you.

It's got to be tied.

Yes.

I want you to get the car.

Okay, is there anything I can do for you?

Yeah. What?

Next time, get somebody else.

Okay, you got it.

One last thing.

What?

She'll be sort of expecting you.

She knows it's coming.

She's not going to put up a fight.

She's not?

No.

Would you care to explain that?

It's a mystery to me.

She sort of made a peace with it, I guess.

Mickey. Yep. Let me come with you.

No. Oh, come on. For Christ's sakes, just let me drive you. No.

Why not? What am I going to do, crash? You don't trust my driving skills? You

can't come with me. I explained it to you. Look, I'm admitting, okay?

What can I say? I panicked.

I swear to you it'll never happen again.

I'm sorry, Arch.

Let me just say something.

You're not going to change my mind. I didn't panic because I was scared.

You want to know what it was?

What?

A chemical imbalance.

It's true.

I get these sweats at night, right?

My heart's pounding, I jump out of bed like somebody's trying to strangle me.

What is it?

I got a magnesium deficiency.

Magnesium. Makes you freak out at an opportune time. No bullshit, it's true.

I could get a letter from a doctor, Mick.

I swore on a stack of Bibles.

Here, look at this.

See that?

That's a prescription.

You can't get that over the counter.

Just tell me what I can do to make you take me back. I'll do anything. You name

it, I'll do it. Archie, Archie.

Do you want to know what your problem is?

It's a personality thing.

This work, this work that I do, men do this work.

What am I, a fucking broad?

No, but you ain't this kind of man.

The kind of man I'm talking about?

He doesn't talk.

He doesn't show.

You?

What's ever inside of you comes out.

A man does not confide, Arch.

You confide. And you know why?

Because you feel you have a need to check with somebody else about a thing.

You know why?

Because at your court, you are afraid.

That's what makes you panic.

A man, he has a gun in his hand.

The moment comes.

He does not hesitate.

He does what he's got to do.

Okay, fine. Just indulge me in one thing.

What? Let me drive you. What could be the harm? I drive you.

You want to drive me to her place? Yeah.

And then you'll go.

I swear to God.

Get in the car.

Well, thank you very much. Don't make a big deal out of this. We're going to get

there, and you're going to turn around, and you're going to go home. No

bullshit. I won't say a word. I'm silent.

Mick, can I ask you something?

Let's just say, for the sake of argument, you wanted me to come back

with you.

All right, Shane. Just hypothetically, hypothetically, what would you want me

to do to prove to you? Nothing. Nothing? No. Because why?

Because I don't want you to work for me. No, just if you did, if you did.

Conjecturally.

What, some mere prospect to work with me so horrible you can't even imagine?

It's not that.

What then?

What was the question?

If you wanted me to come back with you, what would you want me to do to prove to

you?

I don't know.

I'd want you to show me that you could handle it.

Wow.

I got to be specific?

Just give me an idea.

I'd want you to show me you could handle something tough.

Like a test. Right.

And if I pass the test, I could then... Right.

Right.

Okay.

May I make a suggestion?

You would say, all right, you don't know when it's coming.

You don't know what it's going to be.

One shot. A situation will come up and you, meaning me, will have to make the

right choice.

Okay?

Hypothetically. Yeah.

Would that be acceptable, hypothetically?

Yeah, I guess.

So let's do that.

What? The test.

Come on. One time, one chance.

I blow it, I swear to God, I'll never ask again.

Nick, all years we've known each other. You can't give me one more day, one

lousy shot at making good. You can't do that for me.

All I gotta do, I gotta get on my knees.

Don't make me go home, huh?

You made the right choice, you know. You don't know this or anything about a gut

level, but you need me. Hello? Who's there? Yeah, what?

Ernie? Yeah, delivery.

Please, no menus, Wong.

You got your lad.

Wish you got a party going on.

What

the

fuck is that?

I got it in my hand. Put the fucking thing away.

Yeah, buddy.

You got a minute?

Um... George sent me.

Oh, God.

I was expecting something a little more impressive.

You're going to have to wait. I have company.

Fine.

You want to come inside?

You're the assistant, right?

Yeah. I don't let assistants in.

Would you go down and wait outside?

that's a knife in the heart. Come on.

Go home.

Au revoir.

Show me that you love me and leave.

Go on, Dallas.

Go find some real men. Take them home and hurt them.

She's an angel, whoever she is.

I'm going to need some help with the last one.

We're gonna have to carry him.

They're staring at me.

It's all right.

Would you sit him up?

You fucking degenerate.

He's not a degenerate. Is he a friend of yours?

He's my shrink.

Oh, beautiful.

Come on.

You

just

gonna leave him there?

I only left a couple floors down.

I'll wake up before long.

So long, Dr. Ulstricht.

That's not the all strict?

That?

Have a drink.

So you're going to tell me your name?

Nick.

Smoke?

Good for you.

That stuff will kill you.

Do you know why I'm here?

You're staring at me again.

You got a problem with the way I look?

No.

Why don't you take off your coat?

I want you to take my picture.

Why? A souvenir for the hangers-on.

What?

You in a hurry?

You can't indulge me.

Nice food.

Thank you.

Tell me something.

What?

What's it like doing what you do?

It's all right.

It doesn't bother you?

No.

You like it?

I like the money.

Aren't you afraid of getting caught?

No. Why not?

Don't you want to tell me?

I'm good at what I do.

Do you shoot them?

Who, the, uh... Yeah, sometimes.

Where? Jersey, mostly.

You mean in the body, where?

Depends.

Does it hurt?

It can.

Are you going to shoot me?

Probably. Where?

Show me.

Come here and show me.

Come on, I'm not going to bite you.

Here. Why do you want to know?

If you promise me you'll do it right, I'll do something for you.

What do you mean, do it right?

Isn't there some way to do it so it doesn't hurt?

Yeah.

I'll do my best.

Good boy.

Come here.

God. Easy now, easy now.

This could be a test, right?

Huh?

Think about it.

You're on guard here.

Tell me what you want.

You fucking hit me.

Well, I guess you better answer me.

Nobody fucking hits me.

Is it because you're so bad?

Now you hold the fuck still.

Oh, baby.

Looks like I hurt you.

I told you to hold still.

Those are some nasty scratches you have.

You hit me again and I'll put your hand up at the fucking wrist.

You're scaring me.

Feels like somebody's made an appearance.

I think you're gonna like it.

I'll be mine.

Thank you.

Oh.

Something wrong?

I haven't had it in years.

Why not?

I don't know.

Maybe you just needed a girl you knew wouldn't go around telling people you

were lousy.

Was I lousy?

Not lousy.

Unexceptional.

Get dressed.

You know, you've got a funny attitude, lady.

Oh, yeah, I'm a stitch.

What's your big hurry?

Well, listen to you.

I'm supposed to want a whole new lease on life. Now I've fucked you.

Let me have one of those smokes.

What's your deal?

What, have you got some kind of incurable disease?

Yeah, that's it.

If you want it so bad, why don't you just do it yourself?

Maybe I'm lazy.

I'm tired.

I haven't slept in days.

Geez, I figured you forgot about me.

Can I talk to you for a second?

Excuse me for a minute.

What?

What, what?

I was going to say something to you. This is some kind of broad, huh?

Mm-hmm.

It's a shame, right?

Mm-hmm.

I mean, what a waste, right?

This is what you wanted to say.

Oh, no.

Yeah. Oh, no.

What I want to say is this.

It's like, maybe we should go, like, easy on her, you know? I mean, there's

no sense in being mean about this, right?

Good thought.

Yeah? Yeah.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

You don't look so high. You want me to get you something or something? No, no,

no, I'm fine.

Listen, take her to the car.

Yeah, yeah, take it to the car. I'll be there in a minute, okay?

Yeah, it's me

Well, wake the fuck up.

Ella, I need you to meet me.

Don't make any sudden movements.

Word to the wise.

I wouldn't ask you, but let's just say I got my reasons.

All right?

Mind if I smoke?

Smoke, no.

Make some guy.

We'll go way back.

You'd have to say, like, we're best friends.

Yeah. He doesn't show it.

Because he's mad at me.

I'm not saying he doesn't have his reasons.

No.

I almost got him greased.

Huh? Yeah.

I can't talk about it, though.

Why not?

Well, you know, it's a thing.

Who am I going to tell?

We gotta pick up this guy, right? Take him to the river.

He's doing a dance with the FBI.

He's got an escort, right?

The feds.

But here's the thing.

A guy we have watching this guy calls up and says he's taking a walk each day.

And at a certain point in his walk...

The pet guys with him, they stop him by the paper.

And our guy, the guy we got to grab, he feels so safe these days that he just

keeps on walking.

When the escort is like, stopped.

Each day it's a little further.

So George figures we grab him at that exact moment.

What? What? What? What?

Is this like something that's got to happen?

What do you mean? Her getting whacked? Yeah.

Oh, jeez.

What? I ain't got a right to know?

She ripped me off.

How much?

$650,000.

$650,000?

For Christ's sakes, George, all at once? What do you mean?

How did it happen?

A little at a time.

$650,000 is a lot of change.

It ain't just me, all right?

There's a lot of people she owes. Heavy people.

People with their noses seriously out of joint.

Why didn't these people just stop giving her the money?

Why? Oh, well, let me guess.

Could it be for the same reason we're standing here?

I know it's hard to believe, but guys tend to go a little soft around her.

Hard to picture, I know.

That's the bottom line, isn't it?

Tell me that ain't why you called me, Mick.

Because you know what I would say?

I would say you were full of it, frankly.

It's got to be tonight.

What do you mean?

Look, you and I both know this kind of thing can lay around for a year.

Yes, tonight, absolutely, positively.

She told me if she don't get it tonight, she's going to the D.A. tomorrow

morning. What's she got?

A lot.

From who?

You've been talking to her, George.

What'd you do? Pull your fucking heart out? You want a smack?

Hey, I asked a simple question. I'm giving you the answer. Shut the fuck up

or I'm going to belt you in the head.

What do you want from me?

I was an idiot.

All right?

There. I lost my head.

Why do you think I gave you the call?

I went over there Sunday. I was going to whack her myself.

I couldn't do it.

I'm crazy about her.

She's got to...

Gotta go.

You know, when I first went up there, I thought she was, like, just being brave,

you know, like, putting on a face.

And then I don't know what to think.

Now I think she's got to be out of her mind.

There's nothing we could do.

Shorty.

Just take her over to Jersey and shoot her.

It's what she wants.

Oh, Christ, this is so fucking weird.

Well? Huh?

Finish your story.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, right.

Okay.

So, me, George, and Mick, we're in the car, right?

And it's my job to, like, get out of the car and make sure that the feds stay

separated from our guy.

You know, like, get in front of him.

Accidentally on purpose.

But here's the thing.

I gotta walk past him.

I gotta go by him.

So it's my first time with an experience like this, so I'm sweating like a pig. I

mean, who could blame me, right?

So when I pass him, he, like, glances over at me, right?

And in one fucking second, I know he sees it coming.

He must have seen the nerves on me. You could see his eyes move right around.

And I go, Mick!

And I'm saying to myself, oh, fuck.

Oh, fuck.

Is there anything you want to do?

I get a last wish?

If you want one.

I could eat.

That's a good idea, eating.

You see, we can be civil here.

Why don't you come sit back here and let Archie drive?

Do you, um... Do you hate the people that you... The marks?

No, not at all.

Generally, I'm very nice to them.

I used to even, you know, like, tell them.

You know, like, uh... Mister, if you want to say your prayer, say them now,

because in a half an hour, you're going to be dead.

I used to do that.

They're Catholics, most of them, right?

But I really wasn't doing them a favor.

There's stuff that people don't actually want to know.

I'm not really a cruel guy.

That's not a father?

No.

I mean, when you kill somebody, if you want to look at it in a certain light...

It's really a very minor event.

All you have to do is realize the flow of life.

It's not really changed.

You pop somebody, you go into a crowded restaurant, you listen to the hum of

those voices.

It never gets less.

The first time I killed somebody was summer.

It was, um...

It was one of those muggy nights.

I do this guy, right?

It's a job.

And I'm sitting in my car in the middle of this field at the end of one of the

runways at Newark Airport, and I'm shaking like a leaf.

And I'm thinking to myself, Christ, there's a friggin' stiff on the ground

over there.

And I shot him.

And you know what happened?

30 seconds later, the 10-15 from Miami took off.

Right over my head.

Whoosh. It felt like... It felt like God looked down, lit up a smoke and said,

big fucking deal.

I mean, the guy's dead, right?

But people still got to get where they're going.

I got wings, I got duck, and I got Mugu Gai Pan.

Am I driving?

Yeah, sure.

Okay.

So where do you guys want to eat?

Let's go to Idlewood.

Idlewood?

Cemetery?

Mm-hmm.

That's not what would have occurred to me, eating in a cemetery.

Some might call it morbid.

Hey, you guys.

They got a lot of dead people around here.

You don't have a problem with that?

Put your mouth over it.

Here.

You set George up, didn't you?

Uh-huh.

Why?

Not telling.

I couldn't make you.

Yeah?

What would you do if I didn't?

Would you shoot me?

You're just going to have to see if you can get it out of me another way.

We're having a picnic.

We're in Greyguard.

Three o'clock in the fucking morning.

This is good.

One

second.

Stop. Stop, please.

Please take your hand off me. I have to get up.

I have to walk. I have to stand up.

Go ahead.

You sick?

Yes, sort of.

Do me a favor, will you? Talk.

About what? Anything.

Name it. Tell me why you haven't been late in so long.

Okay, sure.

I don't really know why.

I keep thinking that there's this thing wrong with me.

I don't know what it is.

But sometimes...

When I wake up, or just before I fall asleep, I can almost

see it.

And then, it's gone.

You know, it's like those dreams that you have, and you know exactly what

they're about.

And you wake up, and you say to yourself, I had to push the rock up the

hill.

But then you think, What rock?

What are you? What the fuck was that?

You know, it's... Oh, shit.

She split. She just ran away. She didn't run away.

How could that happen? What do you mean?

What are you doing?

Like I said.

We just went for a walk. Yes.

Mickey, what the fuck is going on?

What do you mean?

I mean, I don't know. I mean, I'm not saying anything. I'm just saying it's

the middle of the fucking night.

You go for a walk through a graveyard with the broad you gotta whack before

the sun comes up?

I mean, I'm sure there's a rational reason for all this, but I gotta tell

you, I don't see it.

I mean, you gotta admit it. Don't just jump right out at you.

You know, whatever it is.

Want to clue me in a little bit here, please?

There's nothing to clue you in on. We went for a walk to get some air. We got

separated. That's it. No problem.

Jesus.

Something moved. Nothing moved.

Look. It's nothing.

Jesus, I should grow up.

I ain't going in there.

What the hell's the matter with you? You just take off. I'm in the middle of a

sentence. What the hell is that?

No, please.

Please, please, please.

Oh, God.

You have to stop talking to me.

I can't get them out of my head.

I'm crazy.

We all gamble in this life, and you just came up craps.

We all gamble in this life, pal, and you just crapped out.

You just came up snake eyes.

You have the doctor?

Yeah, that's it. Open the door.

Nick.

Nick, it... What... Where have we gone?

Come on.

Hello?

Come on.

Yeah,

I'm sorry.

What's wrong with her?

Huh?

Are you, uh... Are you never for family?

No, why?

Well, I can't discuss the diagnosis with you without her, you know, without her

permission. Why not?

Because that would be a breach of professional, you know,

professional ethics.

Listen, Doc, I don't want you to break any of your rules there, but it's

important for me to know what's wrong with her.

Oh, God.

Tell me, have you ever been in an analysis?

What?

No. I see. Well, my practice is pretty full at the moment.

However, if you'd like to make an appointment... Look, Doc, I don't think

you understand.

You need to tell me what's wrong with her. You need to do that.

Oh, no, no, no, I won't.

That would be a breach of...

Tell me everything you know about her. Start now.

I believe she has a sort of mental illness.

No shit.

Yes, I think so.

Well, can't you help her?

What do you mean, cure her?

Yeah. What, cure her?

Well, you're a fucking doctor, aren't you?

Oh, I found the mind. It's not like an awful beer.

You can't go to a physician like he was a mechanic and say, you know, fix it.

Do you think you could take the gun out of my eye now?

I fear I'm developing a sort of contusion.

You can't do anything.

What about medicine and stuff?

Oh, we have wonderful, wonderful medications.

Unfortunately, in her case... Yes, they do not work.

See, she's what we call non-re, re, re, re, non-responsive.

That's it?

There's no cure?

She can't get better? No.

What, there's no chance at all that she can... No.

I mean, in the future, after a few years, there's no chance that she

could... No.

No, her condition has made her life...

Unbearable.

If I'm not mistaken, she made an attempt to end it, you know, some time back,

bought at the last moment.

Do you know what she told me?

She said she was going to arrange to be murdered.

Isn't that fascinating?

Fascinating.

You know, I would like to... I would like to do a study on her

preoccupation with... Hey, Doc, she's not a bug.

She's not some piece of meat. She's not some experiment for you.

She's a real person here. What the fuck is wrong with you? Well, I know she's

not a bug.

What do you mean, what's the matter with me?

I don't know what I'm going to get around to.

But one day I'm going to come back here and shoot you a hundred times.

You fucking degenerate.

We going to Jersey now?

Yeah.

Can I just say something?

I feel funny about this.

No, I mean, popping somebody who's, like, not conscious.

You know what I mean?

Couple minutes.

Jeez, we got a miracle here.

Welcome back.

She's awake.

That's good.

Glad to see that.

Okay, we're here.

I could pay the debt.

I mean, I think that life is worth something.

No matter how bad it is or how scary it is, I still think it's worth something.

I don't know what.

I think it is.

I'm asking you to reconsider this.

No matter how sick you are, you could get better someday.

Your life can't get better.

I believe this.

I don't.

Do you care for me?

Yes. Then be my friend now.

Look out here.

Stay with the car.

Stay with the car?

All right.

Stay with the car.

Yeah.

Are you ready?

Yeah Is there anything you want? No

Would you hold my hand?

Yeah.

I'll tell you when I'm ready, okay?

Okay.

Is there something you need to do?

What? I mean, with the gun or anything.

You'll be brave for me, okay?

Okay.

I can't. I can't do

it. I love you.

I love you. I love you.

Mick, what's the matter?

Nothing. You okay?

Why?

I didn't hear no shot.

It didn't do it.

Yet.

Mick, what the fuck is going on with you, huh? You got a flu or something?

I mean, you sick?

What? Tell me.

We're just going out to make sure she doesn't go anywhere else.

Go in? Yeah.

Mick.

Can I pull out my gun?

Well, no, because before you said I should put it away. Fine, take out your

gun. Okay.

She was a first-class woman.

I didn't do it. Huh?

She's still in there.

She's alive?

Yeah. What the hell are you doing out here?

Oh, for Christ's sake, don't tell me.

Chickened out.

You of all people, Mick.

Listen to me.

This is important.

Listen to me.

George, George, I gotta tell you what I'm going through.

Nick, I understand.

I swear to God, I swear to God, it's fucking amazing.

It's like there's this light somewhere that just went off.

All my life, I didn't feel nothing.

Man, now I feel like a fucking kid.

I can't explain how it is, George.

There aren't the words.

But now, I got a whacker.

I got a shooter.

It ain't right. I understand.

It's tragic.

I'm not saying it isn't, but once we say she goes to the DA's office in the

morning, I'm going to die in a 4x8 room. I want to live too, Mickey.

Ain't I got the right?

She broke the rules.

She knows the score for crying out loud. It's why she broke the fucking things.

Broad wants it.

And you tell me you're not going to give it to her?

I mean, for God's sake, get a grip on yourself here. You're a professional.

I can't do it. She wants to be popped, Mickey.

I can't do it. Are you telling me you're going to force her to stay alive? If I

have to.

Look, let me make something clear to you.

It's out of our hands, Mick.

The broad is already dead 18 ways from Thursday.

What do you mean?

It's a thing.

There are people here.

You know what I'm trying to say here?

People I've made a guarantee to.

People I've made a promise to.

I promised this broad would be dead before the sun shone.

Can you understand that?

Can we have an understanding here?

It's like amazing.

The guy like snaps.

And he just takes off running Mick. Mick has got to tackle him right there in the

street.

So there they are. Mick and this huge guy. And they're rolling around. And

suddenly, George tosses me his gun.

He says, Archie, do it! Do it now!

I'm supposed to go shoot this guy.

He's rolling around the sidewalk with Mick, Mick yelling, shoot him!

Shoot him!

I'm holding the gun, I'm starting to shake. I mean, I put the gun to his

head, I'm trying to squeeze it off, and I swear to God, it's like the gun

jammed. I mean, no matter how hard I pull, I can't get it to go off.

And people are running, the fed guys down the block, they're running up, and

I try and I try and I can't do it.

I never shot anybody.

I wasn't in the plan. I was just supposed to watch for the feds. Stall

them when they come around the corner.

Now everybody's like yelling at me.

Next thing I know, I'm shooting. I'm shooting. I'm shooting all over.

Oh, man.

I emptied the whole gun.

I never hit the guy.

Almost shot George.

We nearly got caught.

So now I'm in a doghouse.

But it's okay, because I'm going to get a second chance.

See, here's the thing.

Mick has this theory that it takes a certain kind of guy to do this kind of

work. My point is, I could be that kind of guy, and I can prove it.

So there's going to be a test, like a pop quiz.

And I don't know when it's coming.

I don't even know what it's going to be.

But I'll tell you one thing.

This guy here, he's going to pass.

You know, Mick says a man has a gun in his hand and the moment comes, he does

not hesitate.

He does not confide.

He does what has to be done.

I can do that.

Mick, I put my word on this.

Do you have any idea the jeopardy you're putting me in? I'm sorry, George.

Sorry ain't a bulletproof vest, pal.

I can make things very bad for you. Don't go forgetting that.

I won't.

George!

Where are you going?

I'm gonna do it myself.

I can't allow that, George.

Don't go in there.

Me?

Oh, what are you doing?

You'd shoot me?

You'd shoot me?

I mean, where are you, an animal?

What the fuck did she do to you?

What is she, a witch?

You pull a gun on me and you say don't go in there?

Come here.

Huh? Come here.

What? Closer.

Fail again.

You mean...

He's brilliant.

So sneaky.

I gotta go check with Mick.

Oh, wait a minute.

Wait, no.

You see that?

He almost had me.

Okay.

Look, no hard feelings, okay?

I understand.

You know, if it was up to me, you know... No.

Okay.

Fucking hopeless.

I'll make sure everybody gets their money.

How?

You got a million and a half lying around?

I'll get it.

Uh-huh.

And I'll make sure she doesn't talk to the DA.

You got to explain to the heavy hitters you changed your mind about whacking

her.

You need to make it look like you came up with a better solution.

Like what?

I don't know.

Make something up.

Make something up?

Yeah.

You understand what this means?

We're all done. You understand that?

I can't hire you after this.

I can't even talk to you.

It's like you're on the moon after this.

Joe, I've been on the moon for years.

Looks like a shitty piece of real estate to me.

Fucking things work.

Okay. Okay.

Do it now.

I'm gonna go.

Hey Mick, I think I missed.

I'll get it with this one.

Archie!

I did it.

I fucking did it.

I'm a guy.

I'm a fucking guy.

It just took me a second to psych up, you know, George?

Just a second.

What? Come on, easy. For Christ's sake.

What'd I do?

Go outside.

Go out to the car. Get outside.

Fuck you, I did the thing.

Look, I'll take Archie home, huh?

Nick, that whole thing outside just now, you know, I'm going to pretend like it

didn't happen, okay?

Huh? It never happened.

All of that stuff we said out there, to me, it's like it happened to somebody

else.

Okay? All of this didn't happen.

This whole experience, I take it all back, you take it all back.

I'll tell you what, I'll still pay you and everything.

Okay? The whole deal.

Look, I'm going to go now.

Hey, thanks for sticking up for me in there. I think you would have killed me.

Don't worry about it.

So what got into him?

Who knows?

You look tired, George.

It's been a long night.

You want me to drive you, huh?

Let me drive you. What do you say?

Come on, let me drive you.

You can relax.

I'm stripped of all my pride.

I'm frightened of the hope you give me.

Please, my soul.

Leave your promise.

And I give my due.

Oh,

I love you.

I always do.

My mind's made up by the way that I feel.

There's no...

So, what do you like?

What?

What is it you like?