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...and that's the greatest thing

in a crook's life.

I'm a junkie and a dealer.

In my business, if a guy doesn't

pay up, I can't take back...

...what I sold him. The bastard's

already smoked it, snorted it.

I take whatever he's got.

If he's got nothing, I kill him.

The other day I tried to get

an extra banana from the guy...

...who delivers lunch. The bastard

said only if I kissed his banana.

So what the hell,

I'm just crazy about bananas.

Doctor, everyone in my cell's

got this itch.

It's unbearable.

Scabies. I'll give you some medicine.

So how are you getting along?

Doctor, after shooting cocaine

in the dark with a blunt needle...

...drawing blood with this rig...

...is hardly fair play.

Too bad!

See what you did?

See what you did?

- Who are you?

- I'm the doctor.

I was taking blood samples.

- Just ask...

- Watch out!

Like you have

to tell me who to ask.

I'm calling the duty officer.

Wait here.

If no one can identify you,

you're staying right where you are.

Don't take it personally.

It's their job to escape...

...and mine not to let them.

Doctor!

You coming back?

I knew many of those men hadn't

shown their victims any mercy...

...but society has its judges.

And I wasn't one of them.

At the same time,

what did I have to do with all that?

I had two choices:

Forget or go back.

Take a deep breath.

Smoker?

Just cigarettes.

- No crack?

- Never.

Sleep well?

Hardly, doctor.

The mind never stops...

...what with one guy trying to settle

a score outside, collecting a debt...

...another trying to dig a tunnel.

And there goes another day.

- You still got much time to do?

- A few more years.

And why did you come here?

- Legitimate self-defense, doctor.

- That lands you in jail nowadays?

It did in my case.

Here's what happened.

It was Christmas...

...the bells ringing,

snow in the windows.

Me, Bristles and Fatso arranged

to do a jewelry store job.

Neat work, doctor.

Never even fired a shot.

The problem was later.

How are we going to split it up?

Fatso and I will make three

piles and you choose first.

Son, not now.

Get out! Go on!

Go on, son!

You f***ing moron!

We're splitting the loot and you

come at me with your hand covered?

It's his own fault he died.

What the f***'s going on?

So you shot him in the heat of

the moment...

...but we had agreed for me

to shoot you...

...so we could take your share.

So shoot!

Go on, fire away!

I can't, damn it.

Give me your rod.

Oh, my God!

Being betrayed by your buddy for

nothing, doctor...

...like Judas, the guy who

spat in the face of Jesus.

So how does the story end?

It ends with me in here,

before your eyes, doctor.

Fatso was arrested in

under two months.

Doctor, ever seen a fat man

being beaten? They talk too much.

A man was killed here.

Did you see anything?

No.

Jesus, Fatso. You turned me in

for Bristles' murder!

You could have just squealed

about the robbery.

I fingered you for murder because

Bristles' brother would kill me.

We left his place together

for the jewelry store...

...then I came back alive

and he got back dead.

I'm very upset.

I could turn you in as an accomplice...

...but I won't. I'll back your story up.

I killed him and I threw him

in the river all by myself.

Thanks, Ebony!

I knew I could count on you.

I'll forgive you,

but you owe me one.

And did Fatso ever pay his debt?

No way! Fatso died trying to escape.

They spent two years

digging a tunnel.

Wait!

Let's go, come on!

I'm stuck!

Go on, Fatso!

Hurry up, you big pile of sh*t!

Go on, damn it!

Give me a hand!

- I'm stuck.

- Breathe in, man.

- Suck yourself in.

- What do you mean?

- I can't!

- Go back, then.

- Go on!

- Give me a break, Cado.

- Pull, go on, pull!

- Sh*t, Fatso, I told you!

- Eating everyone else's leftovers.

- Pull, go on!

Fatso's frustrated brothers knifed him.

Hell of a way to die, eh, doctor?

Right under the Virgin Mary

and not even she could protect him.

Too bad.

What about this pain?

Your problem, Ebony, is stress.

What bigshot executives get.

Take one of these before bed.

They'll help you sleep.

- Lf you don't get better, come back.

- God protect you, doctor.

Doctor, come and see...

...Chico's balloon, quick!

It's the old man's obsession,

doctor.

Oh, too bad!

May I?

Hi, I'm Lady.

Hi, I'm Lady.

- Lady Di. I've come to take the test.

- Please, take a seat.

First I'd like to ask you

a few questions.

I've seen this movie before,

doctor.

I've never needed a blood transfusion

and I never pierce my veins.

The only drug I use is

a joint now and then...

...when I watch TV

or for a little romance.

And partners? How many?

Oh, about 2000.

The silicone you used

isn't meant for that.

As if I had the money

for something better, doctor.

Ever taken hormones?

No way! Hormones are dreadful!

You take them and nothing happens.

And what our clients like, maybe

you know, is to play the girl.

Well, Lady, I think the time's come

for you to find out if you're sick.

I'll do it, doctor.

Will it hurt?

Just a little.

Get out, man!

Hallowed by thy name,

Thy kingdom come

Thy will be done,

On Earth as it is in heaven

Give us this day

Our daily bread

Any room in there?

Sure.

Only it'll cost you 200.

Pay for a bed? I'm in jail, man!

So? Did you live for free

on the outside?

If you want to stay, sleep on the floor.

Deusdete ain't sleeping on no floor.

He already has a place.

Deusdete.

Just like I said, right, brother?

You ended up doing something

you shouldn't.

Men with cell phones...

...were patrolling the neighborhood.

It was 4 p.m., the day before

yesterday. It was 4 p. M...

And the rat?

I smashed it against the wall

about 10 times!

Damn thing wouldn't let go!

It died?

Like hell it did! So I grabbed it

and stuck my teeth into its brain.

Then I just brushed my teeth

and that was that.

Easy, man! You've been beaten with

iron bars and never made a sound.

Sweet Mama, pray for me!

Cut your finger, Highness?

Jesus, Lula, smoking crack?

You can't operate like that!

Sorry, doctor, only I operate

better when I smoke.

What?! You can't keep

a steady hand on crack!

That's where you're wrong. I see the

veins all shining and fluorescent.

Looks like that casino

in Las Vegas!

Take it easy, man!

See, doctor, isn't that great?

Steady as a rock and hardly

a millimeter between stitches.

God protect you, Lula.

God bless you, God bless you all.

That's enough of God, Highness,

you're not kidding anyone.

What, you married twice?

Well, doctor, to me life's

a merry-go-round...

...and just the one horse isn't enough.

That one there. That's Dalva's.

My princess.

Honey, score a goal for me?

Score a goal for me, please?

Like it?

Yeah, I bet you do.

- You believe in love at first sight?

- What?

Come with me. I'm going to ask

your parents for your hand.

- You don't even know me!

- You're wrong!

- Wrong? You don't know me.

- Sure I do.

- I know you just love spicy...

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