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(Music)

(Music)

(Music)

(Telephone ringing)

Yeah

He's here

You saw it with your own two eyes... no, no...

Not 90% saw him, saw him saw him.

You're sure? I don't want to get my hopes up.

OK.

(Music)

(Music)

Wonderful! isn't this great?

You've really never been here? It's my favorite place.

Keep saying that.

Don't do that. Don't you do that again.

You understand what I'm saying to you?

Don't do that. Take your hand back slow.

- OK. - Alright.

Is there anything you don't eat?

No.

- No food allergies? - No.

Lobster, shrimp, any shellfish?

- No. - Cow's milk?

- No. - Nut allergies?

No.

Tree nuts, so like cashews or walnuts?

No.

Soy? Wheat? I can see you're not going for the bread.

- Eggs? - No.

Peanuts and legumes? I prefer if you answer.

Great. What are we drinking?

I don't drink.

(Laughter)

Oh, you're being serious? I'm sorry.

Well I can't seem to make up my mind.

I mean... do I go clear like a vodka, or...

Fuck, I'm gonna definitely want to drink bourbon later.

You know what, I'll wait a second.

Do whatever you want.

So it seems you've become a pretty big deal I mean for

Raymond to entrust you with this.

Did you tell him we stopped off for a bite?

I did. It seemed like a reasonable

request after you explained

request after you explained it to me that even a death row inmate gets a last supper.

it to me that even a death row inmate gets a last supper.

I hoped you'd see it that way.

Anyway I could persuade you to- - No.

Don't worry about it, you don't know where it's

pointed. It could be pointed at your kneecap.

That does make me feel a bit better.

Does it? Why's that?

You get shot in the kneecap, it's supposed to hurt worse.

Well I find that hard to believe.

Can we talk about something a little less unpleasant?

May I discuss the specials with you this evening?

Fire away.

Fantastic. So we have a bunch of additions to the menu tonight.

How exciting!

For starters we have a delightful

For starters we have a delightful winter salad. Char-grilled vegetables

winter salad. Char-grilled vegetables

with a fabulous cherry rhubarb demiglace, and that's for $48.

Fuck.

No, go on.

We have a whole branzino that comes

three ways: bone in, head on,

three ways: bone in, head on, filleted, or of course we can bake

filleted, or of course we can bake

it in a mountain of sea salt.

A mountain.

We also have the grilled shrimp with cucumber foam

We also have the grilled shrimp with cucumber foam and a poached salmon served with its own roe.

and a poached salmon served with its own roe.

We also have the fillet of bison flown in fresh from Canada,

We also have the fillet of bison flown in fresh from Canada, and that comes with a beet salad with a strawberry remoulade

and that comes with a beet salad with a strawberry remoulade

We also have the duck confit, the king crab

We also have the duck confit, the king crab - and that's also served as an appetizer.

- and that's also served as an appetizer.

For dessert, an assortment of sorbets:

mango, mint, coconut, or one of each.

I mean, you can pick three total - you know what I mean?

I do.

And of course the seasonal biscotti.

Of course.

And I think that's it.

- Great, we'll just have- - Oh! And rainbow roll.

You said this was an Italian restaurant.

Everything's excellent, I assure you.

My apologies, Mr. Vincent, they just caught

me up on the specials not five minutes ago.

You've done a wonderful job, Tom.

Thank you, Mr. Vincent.

I'm ordering for us, is that OK?

No, I'd rather order for myself. I'm not your fucking girlfriend.

Tom, would you just excuse us for one second?

Tom, would you just excuse us for one second? Certainly, sir.

Certainly, sir.

Being my last meal and all, I

Being my last meal and all, I thought you wouldn't mind... it's

thought you wouldn't mind... it's

sort of my thing, to order for people. I really enjoy doing it.

Fine.

You don't mind?

- Alright. - Would you mind?

- I don't mind. - Great.

Tom! I'm sorry, you can come back now.

We'll have the Caesar salad, the baked clams - a

We'll have the Caesar salad, the baked clams - a little well done, Elio knows how I like 'em - two

little well done, Elio knows how I like 'em - two

little well done, Elio knows how I like 'em - two bone-in tomahawk steaks, the mashed potatoes and

bone-in tomahawk steaks, the mashed potatoes and

uh - you like string beans? - the string beans.

Oh and, we're gonna just share, so bring

anything out whenever, and put it wherever.

Excellent, sir. And to drink?

Ah! Of course. A bottle of your finest Châteauneuf

Du Pape and uh... oh right, he doesn't drink.

Oh! And a bottle of champagne, whatever's ice cold.

Excellent, sir. Right away.

I fear I may have over ordered. Thank

you for indulging me, I'm happy to pay.

No, Raymond wants to pay.

Well that's very nice of him.

What do you know about me? I mean, really know about me?

Let's talk about something different.

I want to know how this feels to you.

Is it right, is it just?

I mean, knowing me now, for the

short time you've gotten to know me

Is it going to make it more difficult to pull that trigger?

- No. - I don't believe that.

I'll tell you what. You can believe

whatever you want to. I don't get to

do this job because I disobeyed the

boss's orders, because some talker

starts yapping out the side of his

face, getting all sad about it and

face, getting all sad about it and break down... I don't do that, I've

break down... I don't do that, I've

done this shit for half of my life.

You understand what it is, you've got a distance between

You understand what it is, you've got a distance between yourself and whoever you gotta do this thing with.

yourself and whoever you gotta do this thing with.

Otherwise you start to slip.

Now you got me talking.

A real chatty Cathy when you want to be.

Then I'll shut the fuck up, how about that?

No, I quite liked it.

I'm sorry sir, I forgot to ask to

ask how you wanted your steak.

- You're gonna want medium rare. - No, medium.

I really think you're gonna want medium rare, let me explain why.

Fine, medium.

Certainly sir. Thank you.

When I was younger, much younger, younger than you,

I crossed the street, and nearly...

well, an ambulance almost ran me over.

But a feeling, a question, plagued me.

Would that ambulance have taken me to the hospital,

Or,

Would they have called for another ambulance?

What do you think?

Well, I think it would depend, right?

I mean, not only would it depend on the

damage done to the ambulance, and clearly

if the truck couldn't drive, well, that's that.

I guess also the severity of the impact

that would be a factor.

Are we talking internal bleeding, or,

Merely a broken bone?

Anyway...

There are all these variables. Clearly, I mean, I could go on

There are all these variables. Clearly, I mean, I could go on and on, like I said I've been thinking

and on, like I said I've been thinking

about this since I was your age.

This ambulance thing, it's um,

it's just a hypothetical so... I let it hang there

in the ether.

But in general...

In general,

there has to be someone who can make the tough decisions.

There has to be that hand of God that is willing to think about

There has to be that hand of God that is willing to think about these things so that other people

these things so that other people

don't have to think about them.

don't have to think about them. And in real life, like the life with

And in real life, like the life with

consequence, the life that matters...

I'm that hand.

I'm that hand so that people like

I'm that hand so that people like you don't have to be that hand.

you don't have to be that hand.

Yeah I know, I know, you judge me.

You've always judged, and that's OK.

But know this - many people rely on me.

Many mouths get fed, many pockets get filled

because I'm there, to have these decisions.

And I'm always there to know what's for the greater good.

(Toaster popping)

Part of that irks you, simply because I'm your father.

Why is it our parents are the worst,

our grandparents are always the best?

Your grandfather used to beat the shit out of me.

He looked at you like

like the Hope Diamond.

That's how you looked at him.

I digress.

I'm gonna ask you again, honey.

Is there anything going on with you and Vincent?

You sure I can't interest you in a cocktail?

No.

- What did you used to drink? - Scotch.

Right.

God, I love scotch.

So have one.

No, I can't have one, that's the thing.

One turns into ten pretty quickly, so...

Wine?

It don't excite me.

Got it.

Well I think I'm gonna treat the champagne as my aperitif.

Go ahead.

You think that's the right play?

I think it don't really matter.

True, true.

Oh my god, that first sip is so fucking good.

That's when you know you have a problem, you know what I mean?

Oh my goodness, did you just smile?

Are you insane?

- In a good way? - No.

Just when I thought we were becoming friends.

This is very cute. This is... you're cute, and you're

fake, you're like that, what are you putting me on.

I'm always like this.

Does it exhaust you?

No.

Yeah, well, it exhausts me.

Is this normally how you are?

More or less.

Stoic.

- It's not the worst trait. - By no means.

So this is us just sitting here, you being

you, me being me, and this is our nature.

you, me being me, and this is our nature. (Music)

(Music)

Frog and a scorpion.

Excuse me?

Come on, you know it.

A scorpion gets to a river bank. Desperately needs to get

A scorpion gets to a river bank. Desperately needs to get across. But the fella can't swim so he needs a lift.

across. But the fella can't swim so he needs a lift.

Frog hops on by. 'Hey, can I get a lift?'

Against his better judgment, the frog complies.

Halfway across, the scorpion, knowing he will

surely drown if the frog dies, stings him anyway.

'Why would you do that, now we're both going to

die!' I mean, the frog asks this, devastated.

I mean, almost as curious as he is upset at this point.

'It's just my nature,' the scorpion replies.

'Just my nature.' Nonchalant, just like that.

I mean, really sad on many levels, you know?

This is a real thing?

No it's not a real thing... it's a fable,

No it's not a real thing... it's a fable, the moral is some things we can't control.

the moral is some things we can't control.

It's just our nature.

I guess.

What do you mean you guess, there's nothing to guess.

Tough crowd.

Claire?

You OK?

(Music)

Ah!

Jesus Christ...

There's a definite lack of stability in that kiss.

How about now?

Still unstable!

Getting better...

I want to get out... let's get out.

We can say something to my dad.

We can say something to my dad. No, he can't find out about us.

No, he can't find out about us.

He's going to if he doesn't know already!

Don't say that.

I want to be with you, why does that freak you out?

It doesn't.

Well I'm standing here Vincent, you

gotta do something or say something.

Will you marry me?

Don't fuck with me.

Just like that.

Just like that.

(Music)

Mi scusi Mr. Vincent, Tom just told me.

If you want, I can take it back to the kitchen and split it.

- No! - Yeah!

Uh, no Elio, it's fine. We're happy

to share, we'll just pick at it.

Excellent, enjoy!

Hey I liked that- the frog and the scorpion thing.

Oh yeah?

You got any more like that?

Two twins walk into a bar.

They sit down, order a drink.

You with me?

So this is gonna be a little different. Not

a fable, but something fun nonetheless.

OK, we got two twins walk into a bar.

OK, we got two twins walk into a bar. - Right. - Right.

- Right. - Right.

Barkeep brings in their beverages.

Same drink, same glass, same accoutrements.

Accoutrements?

You know; olives, umbrellas, whatever.

Oh. So, two sweetheart twins walk into a bar?

- Not the point. - Alright.

Both twins drink their same drink.

One hour later one of the twins drops dead.

OK.

One drinks it quickly, the other sips it slowly.

- Which one of them dies? - The one that sipped it slowly.

OK, so you want me to try and figure

out what it is that they're drinking.

No, I want you to tell me what happened.

The drink was drugged, so the twin

The drink was drugged, so the twin that died, died of poison, yes?

that died, died of poison, yes?

- Correct. - So... OK...

Did he throw up right after he drank it?

No.

Did he take an antidote?

No, they both had the exact same things at their disposal.

No, they both had the exact same things at their disposal. Exact same thing. Same clothes, everything?

Exact same thing. Same clothes, everything?

Not that it matters, but sure, clothing was

the same. Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-dum.

Maybe one of them just couldn't take it.

No. Same immune system.

Is that even possible?

Is that even possible? For our purposes, yes.

For our purposes, yes.

(Laughter)

Think about it.

Think about it. I'm thinking about it! Look, just because they're

I'm thinking about it! Look, just because they're

twins it don't mean they have the same immune system.

twins it don't mean they have the same immune system. No no no, don't think about that. Just accept that.

No no no, don't think about that. Just accept that.

- Think about it. - OK.

Is it really obvious?

- Go back. - OK.

Two twins, they go into a bar. They

have the same drink. Same everything.

Same glasses, same eyes, same immune system.

And the one that drinks it quickly dies.

No!

The one who drinks it slowly dies?

That's right.

The poison's in the ice cube.

Get the fuck out of here! You got it just like that?

It just like, came to you all of a sudden?

Just so obvious.

So your only hang up was the-

So your only hang up was the- I heard you wrong.

I heard you wrong.

What did you hear?

I thought what you said is that the

one that drank it quickly died.

Well that's funny because I clearly said the exact opposite.

Well that's funny because I clearly said the exact opposite. I'm not saying you didn't. I have... I have mild dyslexia.

I'm not saying you didn't. I have... I have mild dyslexia.

So you flip-flopped it?

Sure.

So you're a savant?

But I flip-flop.

Huh. I see.

Well, that bodes well for me.

Hah!

Amazing.

Hey Tom!

Is his name Tom?

Let me get some of that champagne, if you will, please.

Glass to drink it from.

I thought you said you don't drink.

I don't, it's just...

It's champagne! It's not drinking. Thank you.

Yeah.

I gotta take a piss.

Let's go.

Hey, you remember me? You remember me.

You look familiar I guess.

In a way we all look familiar. Same tailor maybe.

Why, we met before?

Yeah, we met.

I admire you.

I admire your...

Please go on.

Your lust for life.

Since we're trading pleasantries,

I admire your stick-to-it-iveness...

I guess.

Although I wish you'd admire me a

bit more and lower that pistol.

I'm out of paper. Hand me a towel?

Thank you.

But we're the same. You know that, right?

We are not the same.

We're both serial killers.

I'm not a serial killer, OK?

Are you fucking crazy?

You are, you just think you hold it

better together than what you see on TV.

And I, well...

I guess I've just come to terms with it after all these years.

Oh!

What?

We got customers here, alright? Always! Fooling around!

- You born and raised here? - Yup.

Me too.

Not many of us left.

I had a wholewheat pretzel the other day.

Wholewheat, sickening, right?

I mean it's just a shame.

It didn't come with salt, either.

If you want salt, the guy takes out a

what's it called, a spray bottle with water... spritzes it.

Now, I don't want anyone spritzing my pretzel.

Then he rolls it around in salt, like, uh...

Not that chunky street de-icing

salt that I fucking love, but that

salt that I fucking love, but that little pussy shit, that Maldon

little pussy shit, that Maldon

little pussy shit, that Maldon salt you see on the food network.

salt you see on the food network.

That doesn't bother you?

Our Central Park pretzels?

No, I'm gluten free.

You're kidding me?

But I asked you!

What?

It's just surprising, that's all.

Well, it's got nothing to do with anything.

It's a fad.

No, not for me it's not.

No, not for me it's not. It's a fad!

It's a fad!

Not for me it's not. Look, my body

can't process gluten! That's a fad?

What do you want me to say?

This is the last one, by the way.

Let's talk about something else.

I might dig the bread out of the thing

I might dig the bread out of the thing with this little fork here, right?

with this little fork here, right?

But don't think that I'm not gonna

still have this thing pointed

at you, and I'll blast you before anything could happen.

You understand that, right?

You say tomato.

I say, you tell me right now that

you realise what I'm saying.

If you want to see your dessert. Do you understand me?

- I understand you. - Good!

There's bread in that. I can't-

This is not a god damn clam, this

is a shell full of breadcrumbs.

I can't eat that.

Have some salad.

OK.

- OK what? - OK, I'll bite.

I'll ask you, why'd you come back? That's what you

want me to ask, right? Why did you come back?

If you knew, and you did know, that the second you touched

down in this city Raymond was going to have you killed.

Why did you do that?

You know how long it took?

Of course I know how long it took.

How long?

Well I got the call yesterday,

they knew for probably half a day.

You've been in town all of, what, 36 hours?

Max?

They had a man for you at the airport.

Well there was definitely a man at the

airport, I saw him. All but smiled!

Yeah, so I don't get you. Huh? You

could go anywhere in the world!

Anywhere but here.

I think you might think too highly of me.

I remember everybody I ever killed.

And I respected them all.

You know, from...

To like...

...pond scum.

That's my warm milk, that's how I sleep at night.

Because I know I respected them as much as I could.

I did my due diligence on you. I asked around about you.

I heard the stories about you.

What are your favourite nicknames?

Oh, you know about the nicknames?

You got more nicknames than a kid at sleep-away camp.

What are your favorites?

- The leech. - Hah! The leech.

I like that one.

- You know how I got that? - I do.

You used leeches to kill a man.

No.

That's not it.

In fact, I've killed far fewer people than one might imagine.

You expect me to believe that?

The leech thing - that's exaggerated.

But I liked it.

I liked people imagining it. I liked people thinking I'm a

name like that, that I could drain a man of his life, slowly.

But that's not what happened here.

That's not why we're dining together.

You know that, right?

We are dining together because you are a goddamn loose cannon.

Loose cannon, now that would've been a good nickname.

I know you, you are an animal, you're a killer, right.

If you see blood, you want to taste blood, if

you taste blood, you can't get enough blood,

There's not enough of it in the world to

satiate the need that you have for it

and it makes you crazy, makes you want

to go out there and kill other people.

I get it.

I see it.

Yeah! Now, if all that, if all that

brutality, if all that violence were to be

harnessed by a guy like Raymond, then that

would be helpful to a guy like Raymond.

But if unhinged and unleashed, like you are now,

Then you become that man's Achilles heel.

And then you got to be put down like a dog.

It's a front.

Don't you get it, the whole thing's a front, don't you see?

I'm a little guy that needed to create this

image in order to survive in our world.

So I made the people talk, I forced them

into thinking what I needed them to think.

But these hands, my friend, these hands are clean.

These are the cleanest hands you've ever seen.

(Music)

(Door opening)

(Shower running)

(Door opening)

(Footsteps)

(Gunshot)

Don't scream.

I didn't see anything.

I reach for my gun, OK?

I'm gonna empty the magazine.

I'm gonna clear the chamber.

I'm gonna pocket the gun.

I'm gonna stand up.

Don’t you move.

I'm gonna walk right out of here.

Don't move.

Don't look at me.

What are you here for?

- I'm sorry. - What?

(Gasping and screaming)

(Muffled screaming)

(Heavy breathing)

If I didn't kill her, then someone would have.

Once the cycle began, it wasn't going to stop, you know?

Now I would've never guessed that my first kill

would so easily turn into my second that night.

But that second kill was innocent, and as beautiful

as she was, it was only half as hard as the first.

And the third only half as hard as the second.

I don't enjoy it.

It's just... part of the job.

Why don't you tell me about your first time?

I'm not in the mood.

But I just... I mean, that's not fair.

I told you all this to prove a point.

To show you that I don't enjoy doing it any more than you do.

If I don't have to kill people, I just don't do it.

That's not why we're here.

Then why?

Biggest cliche in the book, actually.

Tell me.

I told you.

No. What you did, is you tried to play a game with me.

It's not a game.

It's Claire.

Claire Donohue.

You fell in love with the boss's daughter.

I told you. Biggest cliche.

She's a child.

She's young, but she's not a child.

Nah, I don't believe you.

Why not?

She's gorgeous.

- Now I'm offended. - I don't give a fuck.

Bon appetit!

Motherfucker, put that fucking blade

on the table, right now, down.

Don't...

Sit back.

Don't pout about it.

Hey Tom, can we have some smaller knives please?

You're embarrassing me.

I don't give a fuck! Don't do that shit.

Thank you Tom.

How good are those?

Pretty good.

Pretty fucking great.

There's only so many ways to make a potato

good. I'm Irish, I should know, but fuck me.

God damn.

You ever strangle somebody?

It's the worst, right?

I feel the worst for those people.

I remember their eyes.

I see them.

I know what you're trying to do.

What? What am I trying to do?

Get me to be sympathetic to you, right, to relate to your

life. Because like you say, you think that we're the same.

You want me to - our lives as hitmen, the things

that we endure and all we have to go through.

Alright?

The things that we have to sacrifice.

I'm not trying to do anything.

I just want to enjoy my meal, enjoy

this company, shoot the shit.

Wrong.

There's no way that you're as innocent

as you're making yourself out to be.

But if I was,

if I truly was,

then what? Could I convince you not to do this?

No.

Not to kill me tonight?

No.

So then who cares, right?

Right.

How are you gonna do it?

I need you to do me a favor, please.

Tell me how you're gonna do it.

I'm gonna tell you how I'm gonna do it,

but I need you to do me a favor please.

What?

I'm embarrassed to ask you.

Ask me.

I need you to cut my steak for me.

What was that?

I didn't get that.

I need you to cut my steak for me.

Are you still holding that thing?

May I?

So, as I cut this gorgeous tomahawk for you,

would you mind...

delighting me with how I'm gonna die this evening?

Ever since I didn't just bother you at your apartment

things are... taking a little longer and we're off schedule.

Let me talk about something else.

You see. It upsets you.

- It doesn't upset me. - But you'd rather not do it

That's a different question altogether isn't it.

If what you're saying is, would I

rather - if you were innocent...

Which I know you're not.

Would I rather not kill you? Yeah, sure.

But if you're the sociopath that I know that

you are then it is my pleasure to do this.

My pleasure, because I am ridding

this world of one more evil.

There's -

There's this adage - nice job by the way -

And I'm probably going to mess it up, but...

If a man were cast overboard into a

churning sea, and he was drowning,

he would grasp or clutch at a straw.

Right? That's true about most men.

If most men were drowning, they would, they clutch

at a flimsy plastic straw to try to survive.

Not Raymond.

If Raymond were drowning, and somebody

offered him a straw, he'd pull the man

in with him if he had to, under the

ocean, to survive, to save his own life.

That's how he runs his organization.

That's how he runs his family. That's why he is who he is.

It's why he's been successful for so long.

So what's your point?

My point is,

even if I believed you,

and I don't,

and even if you - you're here because

you fell in love with Claire...

I've been lied to.

You're an idiot.

I'm an idiot?

You're an idiot.

The heart wants what the heart wants.

Not when you're a grown man it don't.

Ah, come on!

It's the truth.

Well I'm sorry you feel that way.

OK.

Was it worth it?

Was what worth it?

Claire worth it?

I mean, is her pussy so nice that

you can sit here and die for it?

I have a heart and soul.

And I think and feel, and I want the things

that, at the end of the day, everyone wants.

What's that?

That feeling called love.

Or anything we can get that's anywhere close.

I'm gonna ask you again, honey.

Is there anything going on with you and Vincent?

Sometimes no answer is an answer.

No!

There's nothing going on with me and Vincent.

I should go, it's getting late.

You in the shop tomorrow?

Yes.

You enjoy it still?

It's fine.

It's fine?

Oh, well what do you want me to say?

Look, you don't have to work, Claire.

If you want to pursue your singing...

you have more than enough money.

You know I don't do that any more.

but you can.Well... OK.

I'm sure Herschel will have you back in the diamond district.

Nope, I hate that place.

You could work with me in the office!

I can't be there all day.

It's totally fine.

I run legitimate businesses, you know that.

Yeah, you need to think that more often.

For everyone's sake.

For your own sake.

Yeah, I gotta go.

He's back in town.

Who?

You don't lie to me, right?

I mean, you're not going to start now.

You don't lie to the

person that controls the will.

I'm leaving.

- Sandwich! - I'm not hungry.

Claire, sit down.

Sit down!

How do you know he's in town?

So, now you're interested?

What do you want me to say?

You want me to talk and I don't feel like talking, now

I am talking you're just questioning what I'm saying.

Look, I know you banished him a long time ago, and I know what

happens to people when they do what they're not supposed to.

So I can only imagine what's going to

happen to Vincent now that he's back.

OK.

OK what?

Oh oh!

I almost forgot.

What, you don't believe me?

I keep telling you I don't believe you.

That's ridiculous.

Look at me.

Look into my eyes.

You know that we can do that.

We've been around long enough to know

that we can tell a lot by doing that.

Humor me.

I met a girl one summer at a lake house.

I was staying with some family friends.

I was much younger then...

half a life ago.

I guess you could call it an Au pair-ship, I was

taking care of the family's youngest child.

That 90-odd days are idolized in my head.

Even now I can

close my eyes and feel the breeze and,

smell the madeleines baking in the oven.

And the coffee...

I can still taste the coffee.

That coffee - amazing.

But you know what trumped it all?

Their 17-year-old daughter.

Her skin was olive and tight,

and her legs were perfection.

She would just sit across from me and stare, and

blush. She was so nice she didn't have to blush.

So what happened with the girl?

Well I killed her.

(Laughter}

I'm just kidding!

She lives upstate with her husband and two

kids. I still get the Christmas cards.

She's got a little heavy.

You should've seen your face.

There was a girl who had a little curl

right in the middle of her forehead,

And when she was good she was very very

good, and when she was bad she was horrid.

What was that?

What was what?

What the fuck was that little fucking

poem that you just fucking said to me?

It's not a poem.

It's not a poem, what the fuck is it?

Some people think it's a Mother Goose rhyme-

I don't give a fuck what some people think!

What, you just made that up right now?

No!

You made it up when? Later or some other time?

(Sighs)

Look...

This champagne's got me a little off track.

I get a bit funny sometimes when I open myself up to people.

The point is I'm a romantic.

I always have been. It's just who I am.

I fell in love with Claire Donohue.

As I fell in love with the girl with the

curl from that summer all those years back.

Now what do you want?

What are you thinking?

What's going on behind that facade?

I'm gonna crack that mask if it's the last thing I do.

(Traffic noise)

- Hey. - Hey.

Thanks for coming right over.

I always appreciated your work.

You never made me wait.

I was feeling a bit antsy this evening

so I thought I'd walk the dogs.

Shall we go inside?

I don't think that's a good idea any more.

To go inside?

That's right.

I don't understand.

My plane is waiting for you, it's

fully fueled. The pilot is new.

I won't use him again, I swear. And

you know me never to break my word.

I swear, I will not use him again. I

will not ask him where you wind up.

You can trust me.

I don't understand.

You're out, Vincent!

We're done here.

Something snapped in you.

Nothing snapped in me.

No, no, I'm not here to argue.

I'm here to state my opinion and relay my decision,

I thought I owed you that much.

You don't ever contact me again,

you can't talk to any of our associates,

and you will not contact my family.

No one in my family.

You understand that, Vincent?

I need you to tell me you hear me and you understand me.

No...

You can't do this.

I've known you for a very, very, very long time but please,

Do not forget who you are talking to, for the next

minute, do not forget who you are talking to.

And then when you walk away, then forget me completely.

There is a man across the street in a window.

I'd rather not cause such a disturbance,

but if I have to put you down myself by my order...

I will touch my lapel and that will be the last thing you see.

Come on, now.

No thank you.

I get it. you have clean hands.

I'm a germophobe, what can I tell ya?

Hey...

You should move.

No... it's all over, no matter where you go.

People have just lost the plot.

You know an ATM touchpad is dirtier than a toilet seat?

I've heard that, I don't believe that for a second.

It's true.

Getting close, huh?

Did you get a chance to think about

where you might like to do it?

Yeah.

Will you tell me?

I think it would be wiser if I didn't.

What do you think it's like?

I'm not sure.

Just an enveloping darkness, I assume.

You know what, you're right. Don't tell me, just do it.

Not this instant in front of Tom and Elio...

So are you my replacement?

I guess you could say that, yeah.

Hm.

It's like the changing of the guard then I guess.

Everything's come full circle.

At the end of the day, Raymond's more spiritual than he seems.

He likes things super clean, but-

this is cosmic.

It's karma.

This is the master plan.

I don't know that that kind of thought went into this.

You hurt my feelings McCarthy.

No, what I mean to say,

is that this isn't as cosmic as you're making it out to be.

Are we getting coffee?

Not for me.

Come on.

No, I can't have any after 5 o'clock

or I won't be able to sleep tonight.

Funny that that's what would keep you awake tonight.

It's not personal.

You know that.

Yeah.

Whatever.

Hey, I mean personally, personally...

I think you're alright.

- Thanks. - You just gotta be put down.

I know it's not really a very eloquent way to put it but,

how much more eloquently do you want me to put it?

I'm scared.

Don't be.

You know.

Today, some other day, soon. It's coming for everybody.

Right?

Elio? Uno espresso per favore.

(Speaking in Italian)

I'll make it painless, I'll make it as quick as I can, I'll

make it as easy as I can, you won't feel a thing, I promise.

You promise?

I promise.

Why do we do this?

I don't know.

I mean... isn't anything better than this?

- Prego. - Grazie.

It's what we do. What do you want me to say about it?

Let's get out.

- Right. - Why not?

I'm not even gonna entertain this question.

It'll be like a buddy comedy. We just go away and

disappear to an island, like Tom Cruise in 'Cocktail'.

What's holding you back?

My life...

And besides man, fuck you, I don't know you.

Here we go again.

Here we go again? I don't know you!

You know me better than most.

Just drink your espresso, huh?

And I have a feeling I know you better than most.

It's gonna get cold if you don't drink it.

I'm not gonna drink my espresso.

Then don't.

Stare at the rose.

It's beautiful.

It's better than a lot of things you could be looking at.

Why did we wind up here, right now?

Cos I'm you're replacement, remember?

What you said is that...

Karma, and the cosmic, full circle... that's what you said.

Yeah but beyond that.

How old are you?

Yeah... I'm around your age.

OK, so 37.

You're not 37.

I look 37.

You don't, you don't look 37.

Jesus man.

What's your point?

My point, is that after 30-some-odd years-

40.

We've had all these different experiences.

Experienced different things.

Girlfriends, wives, right?

Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers...

Friends, happiness, sadness, travel, grief...

Get to it.

80-some-odd years of experiences.

Pushed into one experience that is happening right now.

And when you're fishing one day, about to reel

in a big mackerel, and your gut is out to here,

and there aren't enough beers in the

cooler to make the memories go away...

you will think of my finger pressing into this table,

and know that - just like that - you

could've set a different course.

That's deep.

Stop it, you're purposefully not letting it affect you.

Yeah, you're right.

My ex girlfriend.

I remind you of your ex girlfriend?

Sure.

Finally you gave up!

(Italian)

Elio.

Voila!

(Speaking in Italian)

Fantastico! Gratis!

On the house, Mr. Vincent!

Grazie.

Enjoy.

You people are fucking nuts.

Specialty of the house.

You first.

Mmm.

How will we be judged?

How will we be judged?

Hey Tom!

Clean this shit out, please.

Not shit, it was wonderful. Thank you.

How will we be judged?

My grandfather came to this country on a boat.

He landed

not three miles from here, on Ellis Island.

And he opened up a photo shop.

This was at a time when half the people who walked past

a shop window didn't even know what a photograph was,

much less had they ever had theirs taken.

And he's got this great story

about this couple that come in one day, a guy and a girl.

And he could tell, because they had... patches

covering up the holes in their thin winter

covering up the holes in their thin winter clothing that they didn't have much money.

clothing that they didn't have much money.

They're looking around the shop, they're all at once mystified

and confounded, but also kind of disappointed.

So my grandfather,

great man, my grandfather,

He went and got his bulbs out, he got his photo kit

out, everything, he took a portrait of these people.

He showed them the picture and the woman started to cry.

Yeah?

Now they come back a few months later with a baby

with them, only this time they can pay for the photo.

I'll tell you why.

Because of where he was, because of the idea behind

Because of where he was, because of the idea behind this place, that man was able to go get work.

this place, that man was able to go get work.

So he went to work, building some of the skyscrapers

that are around this restaurant, probably.

Now, fast forward. My grandfather's son, my father,

he used to swim, over at the pool at the Pitt Street park

two miles that way.

He'd get into that ice cold pool, it'd be the

middle of August, he thought he was in heaven.

The problem was he didn't want to lose his spot.

So lunchtime would come,

and my father, he would dig down into

his swim trunks and pull out a quarter.

And then he would snake his hand through that wrought iron

fence and pass the quarter off to another kid his own age.

That kid would run over to Katz's deli, he would

get him a pastrami and a Dr. Brown soda, come

running back to my father, give it to him and my

father would let him keep the change as a tip.

Imagine that.

That was our city.

I mean...

Now...

That wrought iron fence is still there but people are passing

That wrought iron fence is still there but people are passing different things through it, you

different things through it, you

know, in the middle of the night.

Pool's still there but it's dried up, nothing in

the bottom of it but a bunch of broken glass...

hypodermic needles and shit.

My grandfather's photo shop ain't

there no more, it got ripped down,

replaced by some god-awful eyesore, and

replaced by some god-awful eyesore, and surrounded by a bunch of god-awful eyesores,

surrounded by a bunch of god-awful eyesores,

and the people...

they run those shops.

And make the neighborhood the kind of place where out

kids can't play stick ball once the sun goes down.

So you look around

and you see the teacher, you see the garbage man,

See the old men that built this city...

I'm just trying to find out where I fit in.

People have always needed us - I mean, our profession's

always been around, so, I'm looking around.

My father died when I was very young

so I had to grow up quick.

I had to get tough. He don't know about this.

I don't know what he makes of me,

I don't know what he makes of it.

Here's what I do now.

Right,

We don't go near women, we don't go near children,

I believe in honor amongst thieves.

I'm old fashioned, I don't question orders, I don't

backtalk the boss. If I say I'm gonna do something,

I do it.

That's the code.

This...

...this is my code.

I know what I've done.

I know what I do.

I don't go to church to try to absolve myself

of that, and I know where I'm gonna go.

But-

I have control of myself, and I have emotions and I

have a heart and I have empathy and I have compassion-

Are you saying I don't?

No, what I'm saying is, I am not a monster.

I might do monstrous things, I'm not a monster.

Well your victims would beg to differ.

Me, I'm sure I'm gonna beg to differ.

You all had it coming.

You say that but you're stubborn.

You're not willing to really get to know me.

And what good would that do?

You could offer an unbiased opinion.

- About what? - About my predicament!

About the fact that I wound up

here because I followed my heart.

You can barely keep a straight face when you say that to me.

You still don't believe me?

Holy shit, Claire Donohue is fine without you!

I know. And it breaks my heart.

Jesus fuck.

Ah, fuck it.

Yeah, fuck it,

right? You want me to still believe after all this

time that you're here because of Claire Donohue?

You still want me to believe that after

you've killed hundreds of people.

Oh come on, that's ridiculous!

Do you think I'm naive?

You're brainwashed.

You're ridiculous, this is ridiculous. I'm

not talking to you about Raymond's daughter!

You've never had your own Claire?

A girl you just couldn't shake?

What about Mrs. McCarthy?

Tell me about her.

There's gotta be a Mrs. McCarthy, right?

Tell you what? What?

Tell me.

By the way...

Raymond don't know what he meant. This is me.

Alright.

In the beginning, it was

it was magic.

You ever had anything like that?

Don't answer that. I know you've had something like

Don't answer that. I know you've had something like that because you've been trying to tell me all night.

that because you've been trying to tell me all night.

Which is why you're back, I guess.

And maybe I believe that now, you know...

I had something like that.

Me and this girl, we fit very well

together, you know what I mean? We...

like, literally, we fit well together, when we would hold

hands and everything, our fingers fit perfectly together.

I could barely tell where I stopped and

she started, and that's fucking rare.

Fuck that, that's not rare... that's

unheard of, that's impossible.

But we were made for each other.

It's hard man, because now you know, I look...

I look at my phone and she's not there, and it's like...

Can you imagine that?

I can.

Her barista knows more about her life now than I do.

I don't believe that.

Well...

Let me put it to you this way.

That barista sees the girl that was my girl more

than I do, and he talks to her more than I do.

You know what I mean?

It's just hard because I guess I just really miss her a lot.

And, uh...

Right at the very end she asked me

what do you want?

And I don't know what dumb fucking thing I said,

but what I should've said is, 'I want you'.

I should've told her, 'I want you', for all of her faults,

and she had 'em, boy.

And for all of her

pleasure.

For her strength

and for her humor.

I should've said that's what I wanted, one more

morning waking up beside you, only I wanna know

then what I know now, and, uh,

(sniffs)

You can't go back in time or nothing like that,

I don't expect the clock to reset itself,

but at the end of the day that's what I

really want, I want a second chance with her.

With everything.

And, uh...

I think maybe I better change before it's too late.

Here.

(Music)

(Gunshot)

(Music)

(Gunshot)

(Screaming)

(Plates smashing)

(Screaming)

(Thud)

(Phone ringing)

(Phone ringing)

(Phone ringing)

(Phone ringing)

(Phone ringing)

Is it done?

Oh... no...

Vincent?

Vincent.

Let me ask you one question.

Why did you come back?

It's just my nature.

(Phone closing)