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Get ready for yard.

Get ready for yard.

Fuck you! What's his name again?

Fabrizio.

He's some kind of tough guy, man.

Ready for yard, gentlemen.

Gangway!

Yard line.

Come on, let's bail out. Gangway! Move it!

Move out!

The mornlng It all began,

began llke any other mornlng.

Oh! Oh, Bernie.

Dad, I need lunch money and a note for gym.

And you promised to help me with my book report, remember?

The author devotes a lot of time to developing the characters,

and he seduces the reader by...

Seduces? Yeah. He, uh, draws you in, you know?

You wanna know how it ends. But I already knew how it ended.

OK, so write it was predictable.

No, Dad, I mean I've seen the movie. Oh. Right.

Come on. You got to eat.

Can't you think of another word?

"Intrigues."

"Intrigues." Thanks, Mom.

You're smarter than Dad, you know that?

Yes, God help us if he finds out.

If Mom's so smart, maybe she should help you with your book report.

See what I mean?

I have a meeting, Dee. Yeah, I have meetings too.

Amy, your book report, your call. Me or him?

I choose option C where you two get me a tutor.

Yep. We've been through this.

Oh, jeez.

Where is it? It's over there.

It's the hospital.

Yep? Is this Mr. Schlne?

Speaking.

I need to know If Amy's levels have changed.

No. No, the levels are the same. We need the latest results.

Yep.

I'll fax it over when I get to work.

Thanks.

You going to the ATM?

Who wants to live forever, right? You have to stay positive.

At least it's not going up. It's not going down, either, though.

Positive.

Amy, your bus'll be here soon.

Bye.

Bernie, you stay here.

You used to kiss each other goodbye in the mornings.

Shut up.

Come on.

The author intrigues the reader

by twisting the narrative

so you never know what's coming next.

How's that?

It's all right.

The traln on platform two Is the 7.'50 Red Llne servlce

to Chlcago Central.

Calllng at Central Street, Davls Street, Maln Street, Rogers Park,

Ravenswood, Clybourn and Chlcago Central.

Ticket.

Oh, shit.

I meant to get one at the station. Nine dollars.

Oh, gee. This is embarrassing. And it's only Monday.

My wife, she, uh, emptied my wallet when she left for work this morning.

Oh, so it's the wife's fault, is it?

Yeah. I'm trying to explain. It's nine dollars.

Pay up or get off at the next stop.

It's that simple.

I'll pay for him. What?

No, no. You don't have to do that.

Don't worry about it.

One lucky guy.

No, really. It's my fault.

It's all right. I paid, didn't I?

Here you go. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Just so you know, it wasn't an act or anything.

It was a shameless act, and I'm a born sucker.

Just drop it.

I don't want you to think... OK. I don't.

I mean, there's an ATM at Union if you're getting off there.

Tomorrow is fine.

Of course, there is a ten percent interest charge overnight.

Interest charge. Plus the handling fee.

Never met a woman loan shark before.

You break legs too? Just balls.

You're a lawyer.

I'm a financial advisor.

I cheat clients.

I'm a commercial executive.

I con housewives.

Where do you work?

JMD/March. It's a midsize place.

We've got some semi-decent accounts. You?

Avery Price. It's a big place.

We don't do semi-decent accounts.

This your usual train? Why?

So I'll know how to pay you back. Nine dollars. I think I'll survive.

No, I gotta give it back.

I'd feel ethically impugned if I didn't.

Impugned?

Well, I wouldn't want you to feel impugned.

So... if you take the same train tomorrow, I'll pay you back.

It's a date.

Morning.

Hey. What up, Ohaz?

Ooh, yo, I got a good one for you.

Seven players, 40-plus home runs,

with 11 letters in their last names.

Yastrzemski. Yastrzemski.

You got to spell that for me. Morning, Charles.

Y-A-S-T-R-Z-E-M-S-K-I.

Barry, I need a cash check.

How much and what for?

12,000. Location fee for the Amerispend One shoot.

Don't forget to sign the receipt this time.

For you, Barry, I'll sign it in blood. Heard that.

OK, that's one. I need six more.

Petrocelli. Petrocelli?

Oh, Charles. Eliot's looking for you. P-E-T-R-O...

Oh, come on, yo. That's only ten letters.

What else you got?

Come on, Chaz, you got 'em all last week. I need this.

Oh, gee.

All right, Winston, any of these guys National Leaguers?

I thought it was Major League or Minor League. What's the National League?

You don't follow baseball? No. Hockey's my game.

More gore, less bore. Where'd you get the questions from?

This cop I know gives 'em to me.

Actually, he's like my uncle.

He's obsessed. Loves challenging me.

Said if I get it right, I get 100 bucks,

and you know I gots to make that money.

Wait. You don't know the answers?

No. Duh. That's why I come to you, Chaz.

Where you been? You're late.

Come on. Sorry.

This is not a lady who likes to wait, you know.

Susan.

Charles. Hi.

I guess you're here to raise our commission, eh?

We have some issues.

We feel like no matter how much we talk to you,

we just don't get heard by you people.

This last commercial is a case in point.

We agreed on a strategy. We signed off on it.

Then what happened?

You went off in all these other directions.

The cut you sent us, it's nothing like how we said it should be.

Look, Susan, the directions I took were, you know...

I've been doing this for ten years, OK?

I'm sorry.

I'll do it however it is you want it done.

The time for apologies is over.

What we need now is change.

You don't want me on the account?

Uh, Susan appreciates all you've done.

You have different visions.

You might have backed me up in there.

Backed you up! Susan Davis is a $130 million client.

She's a bitch. She's the worst kind of bitch.

She has a point. You're in a rut, my friend, and you know it.

Forget Susan Davis.

Get a new account, get back on your feet, back to what you do best.

Goddamn it.

Talk to me, tell me what's going on, maybe I can help.

Impugned.

That's a word, isn't it?

Shut up, Bernie. I live here. Amy, please!

Bernie, cut it out.

You're late. Sorry.

How was work?

Work was...

...fine. You?

Guess who's decided to monitor me this week?

Ethan Jeffries. Oh. The asshole.

He always throws a fit when I stray from the lesson plan.

There's a lot of that going around.

So, what did I do?

Handed out an English composition in the math hour today.

He chew you out in front of the kids?

The title for the composition was "Why We Like Principal Jeffries."

Uh, Jerry called. There's a message on the machine.

Where you going?

I have a PTA meeting. It's been on the calendar for six weeks.

Right.

Amy needs to be quizzed for her history test,

and Bernie needs to pee.

Name the act that banned alcohol.

Volstead Act.

What year? 1919.

Huh? 1919.

Yeah. Do you think we can turn this down a notch below deafening?

Amy!

OK.

How long...?

How long did Prohibition last? Fourteen years.

Pay up, buster.

Hey.

I looked for you.

Yeah, right. Gimme my money.

Really. I did.

Is that your daughter? Yeah.

Amy. Oh.

Mine's a few years younger.

What's her name? Amber.

Oh, she's adorable. Yeah.

They make it all worth it, don't they?

Nice briefcase.

It was a gift... from my wife.

Oh, jeez. Guess I should get one for my husband, huh?

"If lost, please return to Charles Christopher Schine."

Charles Christopher Schine. Isn't Schine a Jewish name?

Rabbinically. Christopher Schine.

My mom was Catholic. I got all kinds of guilt.

Oh. How's that workin' out for you?

Fine. I had a lot of therapy when I was a kid.

You're kinda funny, aren't you? You're an easy crowd.

What's your name? Lucinda.

Lucinda Harris.

So we came here when I was little, just me and my mom.

We were only gonna stay a year. Mm-hm.

How about you? Oh, all over.

I was an Army brat. I grew up everywhere and nowhere.

My address changed every six months,

and so did my best friend.

But, then again, I got to change too.

If I screwed up in Fort Hood, Texas,

they didn't have to know about it in Saratoga, New York.

I could just be this whole other person.

That happen a lot? You screwing up?

Yep.

I was the consummate rebel against authority.

Oh, is that what you called it? No, that's what my parents called it.

I called it gettin' lit.

But then I got my act together when I got out of school,

and Dad really wanted a lawyer.

He settled for a banker.

The next stop Is Chlcago Unlon Statlon.

Thls Is the end of the Red Llne.

All passengers, please dlsembark at this tlme.

Thank you.

Busy day?

Oh, in finance, every day is a busy day.

Oh, I bet you're getting a lot of angry calls with an economy like this.

Well, if you consider death threats angry.

Tell me about it.

Clients, they love you when times are good...

No, no, no, when times are good, you never make them enough money.

There's always some cousin or brother or grandmother

whose stock split 64 ways, and why can't you sell 'em one of those,

like I got some crystal ball or something.

Tell me about it. I got fired off my biggest account.

My boss didn't even warn me. Supposed to be a good friend of mine.

That bastard. Do you want me to yell at him for you?

Give me his number, I'll crank-call him.

Some people just don't know how to appreciate what they've got.

Morning, Charles.

Yes, sir.

[Winston whistles]

What up, Chaz? Hey.

You all right? You look a little sick in the face,

like you got the bug. No.

It ain't contagious, is it? It's nothing.

That's what Dick Lembergh said. Who's Dick Lembergh?

Ain't nobody now. That motherfucker dead.

Winston.

Come here. Let me ask you something.

This about the computers? No, no.

I appreciate what you did for me.

Forget about it. Buy me a beer sometime. This is something else.

Go ahead. Shoot for it.

Say you went to the movies, but you forgot your money,

and someone offered to buy your ticket for you.

In Chicago? I'm just saying, hypothetically.

It's only right to talk to them, isn't it?

I mean, thank them. Show you appreciate it somehow, right?

This full price or matinee?

That's the difference between five or ten bucks, man.

You know what?

Never mind.

Hey, yo. I asked that cop about those questions,

and three other players were National League.

I'm still working on that.

I need those answers by tomorrow to get that moola, baby.

We're cool about the computers, right? Yes, Winston. We're cool.

Chaz.

We're cool about the computers, right?

Avery Prlce.

Lucinda. You mean Luclnda Harrls?

Yeah. Could you tell her it's Charles Schine?

I'll put you through to her offlce.

Charles. Hey.

We have this beautiful house in Lake Forest,

just the kind of house I dreamed about as a kid.

What's your husband do?

He golfs. For a living?

He wishes.

No, he's a broker. We met at Stanford.

He's up at 3am so he can be in the offices when London opens.

We also have an apartment in the city.

He stays there during the week to avoid the commute,

and of course, the weekends are for golf.

So when do you see each other?

The usuals.

Birthdays, Christmases.

We communicate mainly via Hallmark.

But hey, I have a beautiful, wonderful baby girl, so there.

Deanna!

Amy. Amy!

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me, sweetheart?

Breathe. Breathe, Amy.

Breathe. There you go.

Daddy's here. It's OK.

Everything's OK. Daddy's here.

There you go.

There you go, sweetheart.

Stay with me.

There you go. There you go.

It's OK, sweetheart. It's OK.

Amy. There you go.

It's all right, baby. There you go.

Diabetes? Type 1. Worst kind.

We took out a second mortgage on the house

to get her one of those mobile dialysis machines

so she doesn't have to go to the hospital every day.

Can't they, um...? Can't they give her a new kidney?

They have. Three times.

Her body keeps rejecting them.

There's this new anti-rejection drug coming out, supposed to be amazing.

Has to be approved, but they say it's got a 99 percent rate

of success in the tests so far. Expensive?

Like you wouldn't believe.

And, of course, insurance won't cover it.

Sure. Probably cheaper to let her suffer, right?

We're OK.

We've been saving for years.

So now we just sit around and wait for the call.

Hi. Amy, don't let Bernie out.

Hey. You home?

Yeah, just now. What's wrong?

I yust got out of Ellot's offlce.

He slammed me with some blg new account.

I'm gonna be home late, so, uh, don't walt up.

All right. How come you're calling from your cell phone?

Amy, your bag's In the back.

I don't know.

I'm just down the hall and wanted to let you know as soon as possible.

Thanks.

I'm sorry. It's been klnd of hectlc lately.

Um, I gotta go.

All rlght. See ya.

Bye.

Yeah. All right, honey.

Excuse me.

Same again?

I'm drinkin' you under the bar, mister.

Really? Yeah.

I bet I can do it in three drinks. You like to gamble?

It's not really gambling when you never lose.

I got a bet. Really?

I'll bet you $20

that I can kiss you without ever touching your lips.

Kiss me? Without touching.

How?

What do you mean, how? That's the bet.

OK. Let me see the 20.

Worth every penny.

What are we doing?

I've never done this before.

Me neither.

All the years I've been married, never lied to my husband.

Not once.

Bartender! Johnny Walker Black Label, no ice, please.

Bartender! Johnny Walker Black Label, no ice, please.

Excuse us, please. Oh, there she is. Hello, beautiful.

Can I buy you a drink? I have a drink.

Can I buy you the bar then?

Do yourself a favor, buy a better line.

Excuse me, we're talking here.

No, buddy, we were talking, you were just...

You were standing looking like a fag.

OK, Charles... Charles, you run along.

The lady and I are gonna get acquainted.

Where you goin'? Get your hands off me.

Fine. Relax. You stupid whore.

Take it easy, buddy.

Can we get some ice, please?

Taxi!

Taxi!

That one? No. My husband meets clients there.

Hey, how about that one?

You OK? Yeah.

Stop the cab, please. Sure, lady.

I can't, Charles. I'm sorry.

Keep the change. Thanks, buddy.

Good luck with her.

I know, I know.

How much for a room? Forty-six dollars.

You want to use the hotel safe? It's an extra ten.

No, just the room, please.

It's that way.

45 minutes waiting for you to come upstairs.

I was stressed. I had a drink.

What do you mean, stressed, a drink?

What about me? What about me?

Just shut the fuck up! What is wrong with you?

I won't shut the fuck up. It is 3:00 in the morning.

Beautiful.

So, what do you think?

You wanna stay, or you wanna go?

I don't know.

I think, um...

I think I wanna fuck you.

You make one sound, I'll blow your fuckin' heads apart.

Always...

...chain your door in a place like this.

But, hey, thanks for the invite.

I'll give you all my money.

"No sound" means you shut the fuck up.

Please don't hurt him. You get that?

Give me your fuckin' wallets now.

Come on, give me your wallet. Come on, come on.

This doesn't look like her...

...Charlie.

That stupid fuck doesn't look like you, neither.

Lucinda. You two fuckin' around, huh?

Slummin' it, ain't ya?

You're fuckin' slummin' it, you piece of shit.

Isn't that exciting?

Please, just take the money.

Chuck, I already took your money.

You see this? This was your money, and I took it. Now it's mine.

I promise we won't go to the police. I know you won't

'cause you look like a nice guy. Ain't you a nice guy?

You look nice to me.

She looks kinda nice. Are you nice?

Lucinda.

Oh! No!

Let her go, please. Come on, come on.

Please. How can I let her go,

such a fine piece of ass like that?

Look at that.

Me and fuckin' Lucinda, we gotta do a lot of things together.

All kinds of shit.

Oh, man.

I could make you scream, you know?

Is she better than your wife at home? Ha.

Look at that.

What'd you say, Charlie?

I can fuck her? Well, thanks... Charlie.

I knew you were a nice guy.

Whoa! Where you goin', Lucinda?

You gonna take it from him, or you gonna go for a whole lot more?

Check this out, Charlie.

Championship fuckin', right here.

Twelve rounder. No.

Oh, please. Shut up!

Yeah, you don't wanna miss this. No!

Please. No, please. Please.

Hey, Chuck, fuck her like that.

Come on, Chuck. Don't fail me, man.

Round four coming up.

[Lucinda screaming]

No, stop, please!

I'll take you to a hospital.

I'm so sorry.

I'll call the police.

No. No.

We... We gotta give a description.

Stop. Stop it.

No.

The police are gonna wanna know what we were doing here.

So we tell them.

We have to.

Can't.

Oh, my God, my family.

Well, what do you want me to do?

Tell me what to do.

I just want you to get me out of here.

55 East Erie, please.

Holy shit, Chaz.

Oh, my God! Looks like you got hit by a train.

I'm OK. I'm fine.

I just had a little accident. What the hell happened?

I got mugged. Jesus.

I've just been to the hospital. Doctor said I'm good. No permanent damage.

You get a look at this guy, Chaz? No.

You call the police?

They're gonna call me if my wallet turns up.

Maybe you oughta go home. Did you call Deanna?

Yeah.

There's just, um, a couple of things I gotta do.

Um... cancel my credit cards.

Call the DMV. Charles.

Don't be stupid.

Go home. OK?

Goddamn city.

I hate it.

I work in the city, Dee.

I can't just quit my job. What would I do?

You could teach again.

You used to be a great teacher.

My job is what allows us to save for Amy's drugs.

How do we do that on a pair of teachers' salaries?

We could sell the house.

We've already got two mortgages on the house.

Selling it doesn't do us any good.

Mom?

Yeah. Hi, sweetie.

Deanna, can you get that?

Dee! Excuse me.

Just give me a minute.

Yeah.

Hey, Charlle.

Charlle? Can you hear me?

What do you want? How did...? Well, how's your busted nose?

Stlll hurtln'? Why are you calling me?

Just checkln'out If you were keeplng your promlse about the pollce and all.

'Cause after all, a promlse Is a promlse, huh?

Hello? I got it. It's business.

A business call. Honey, for God's sake.

Excuse me. Who's this?

Well, this Is Mr. LaRoche.

Mr. LaRoche, my husband's had a rough day.

Can this wait? What happened?

He was mugged. Charles, I had no Idea.

Please, I'm sorry. Why didn't you tell me so?

Honey, can you hang up, please?

OK, hon.

So you haven't told her. Huh? Have you?

You haven't told your wife you're fuckln'Luclnda.

You listen to me, you fuckin' asshole!

You go near her again, I swear to God...

I need a loan, Charlle.

I really hate to ask, but I'm a llttle short,

and slnce you canceled your credlt cards, well,

you know what? I need 20,000.

That's ridiculous. I don't have 20,000.

Charlle, Charlle, Charlle, you're a blg fuckln'executlve.

I don't have that kind of cash just lyin' around.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, man, I yust don't glve a shlt about your cash flow.

I want 20,000 now, you hear me?

OK, OK. I'll get it.

What'll you get?

I want to hear It because, you know,

[French accent] My Engllsh Is not very good.

I'll get you the 20,000.

OK. Well, thank you, Charlle.

Corner of Western and Parkway, noon, Frlday.

Don't ever call me at home again... Au revoir, Charlle.

Hey.

You OK?

I haven't seen you on the train all week.

I've called in sick the whole week.

I can't eat, I can't sleep.

So he called you. I think we should go to the police.

No! No, Charles. You're not understanding me.

If my husband finds out that I had an affair,

he will file for divorce. He will do anything.

What do you mean?

He'll take my daughter.

Really? Yes.

You don't know him. He's not like you.

Now this is all I can spare without my husband noticing.

No. No way. No. I'll take care of it.

I just wanted to make sure you're OK.

I don't think we should see each other anymore.

I'm sorry.

Hey.

I want to see you.

I can't, Charles. I'm sorry. I can't.

What?

Where you goin'?

Come on, we're talkin' to you.

Goddamn dog.

Fuck you don't watch where you goin'? Sorry.

Sorry don't pay the bills, white boy.

Sorry don't stop world wars or feed the poor.

As far as I'm concerned, sorry's for shit.

I'm sorry. I didn't see you.

Charlie, is it?

Your name Charlie?

Yeah. Call you Chuck?

Chuck, Chuck, bo buck.

Banana fana fo fuck ~.

Where's LaRoche? I'll take you to him.

Fuck you think I'm here for, conversation?

Look, why don't I just give you the money?

Hey, you're not givin' me shit, you understand?

You gotta see Frenchie.

Up against the wall, and don't fuckin' move!

So you write commercials, huh?

Yeah.

I made this demo for this coffee commercial this one time.

It was a fine piece of music.

Really? Yeah.

What'd they say?

They said people who drink coffee don't like rap.

That's ridiculous. That's what I said.

So, uh, if I get somethin' to you,

you give it a listen, uh, see what you can do with it?

Yeah. Sure. Huh.

Hey.

Charlie.

Man, you look like shit.

Nice briefcase, though.

Well...

Thanks, Charlie.

That's for canceling your credit cards.

It is a nice briefcase. It is a nice briefcase.

Keep your head up, homey.

I don't often go Into the clty.

But when I do,

I flnd comfort In the knowledge that my.

Amerlspend One card...

Amerls... Amerlspend One...

Shlt.

I... I... What's...

Susan Davis calls this retro avant-garde.

I think it's more retro avant-crap.

Eliot, I'm in trouble.

What kind of trouble?

I cheated on Deanna.

You never cheated before? No.

Everybody cheats. You know what? Everybody gets over it.

No, this is different. Everybody says that too.

Don't worry, you'll be fine. There's this man...

I don't want to know who it was with.

Look, buy Deanna some flowers. Talk it over with her.

Try not to get caught next time.

Now, for God's sake, will you help me fix this piece of crap?

I don't often go Into the clty.

You think I should? Yeah.

Chaz.

What up, yo? Hey.

Ah, man, welcome back.

How long has it been?

High school.

High school.

Man, the best three years of my life, man.

All the pussy you could imagine,

4.0 GPA,

everything good till they locked my ass away.

What were you in for?

Me? I was what they call a recreational drug user.

And that's it?

I was also a recreational drug distributor.

You know, a little H, some dope, digi.

So how was it?

Man, nothin' but the best.

I sold a pure commodity at a fair market price.

No. Prison.

Prison's like walkin' a tightrope.

You try not to get involved.

Actin' like you're blind 24 hours a day.

This shit takes a shitload of concentration.

I mean, when I first got in thatjoint, man, I was prime meat.

I was what they call unaffiliated.

So, what'd you do?

I got affiliated.

I had to stick a shank up in some kid.

What, you killed him?

Your back is up against the wall,

and it's you or him,

you gotta do what you gotta do.

Yeah. This is Charles.

You ever get a llttle sldetracked, Charlle?

I need another loan, Charlle.

Now listen. Listen to me.

I've got no more money for you.