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You gotta see Frenchie.

Up against the wall,

and don't f***in' 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 sh*t.

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 city.

But when I do,

I find comfort

in the knowledge that my

Amerispend One card...

Ameris... Amerispend One...

Sh*t.

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 city.

- You think I should?

- Yeah.

Chaz.

- What up, yo?

- Hey.

Ah, man, welcome back.

How long has it been?

High school.

Man, the best three years

of my life, man.

All the p*ssy you could imagine,

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 sh*t takes

a shitload of concentration.

I mean, when I first got in that joint,

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 little sidetracked, Charlie?

I need another loan, Charlie.

Now listen. Listen to me.

I've got no more money for you.

OK. OK, man. You win.

You want me

to leave you alone,

Ill leave you alone.

No problemo.

For $100,000, though.

F*** you.

Tsk. You ain't that smart.

Anybody ever told you that?

How'd you get this number?

That's it. Keep thinking like that.

How did I get your cell number?

It isn't listed, is it?

You called my wife.

Ah, no. Guess again.

OK, Ill give you a clue.

On this phone,

it's speed dial number eight.

Hospital one, doctor two.

You're number eight.

You don't even rate in the top five.

How does that feel, Charlie?

Oh, Jesus!

Oh, yeah.

Hey! Here's my man.

You OK? You look

like you ran a marathon.

What?

What did you say

to him on the phone?

Well, in our business one has to know

how to light a fire under people.

It's the best way to get things done.

Do you not agree, Charles?

- What's going on here?

- Mr. LaRoche needs you

to sign off on that thing

he called about.

Oh, gosh.

- Did you think I would not come?

- No, I thought you got the message.

I'm sorry. I'm confused.

But you look so out of shape, Charles.

Sit down and catch

your breath for a second.

- Ill pour coffee.

- You don't know how many times

- I told him to join my tennis club.

- What?

You know Charles. He prefers

to follow sports, not play them.

But one has

to keep fit in today's world

'cause you never know when you'll

need to be at your fighting best.

Please.

He's right. You might have

been able to outrun that mugger.

Oh. Well, from what Charles told me,

that thug had a jump on him

from the very start.

This is crazy.

You never had a chance, did you?

I'm gonna get him back.

You're not getting anyone back.

You have a family.

You're so right, Deanna, so right.

You wanna protect your family

'cause at the end of the day,

this is the most important thing

in the whole world.

- Mom, have you seen my sketchbook?

- Get back upstairs.

- Go do your homework.

- Charles.

Amy, this is Mr. LaRoche.

He works with your father.

Come here, beauty.

Lt means, "like a little stone

that's rolling down the river."

So cute.

- May I kiss you?

- Mm-hm.

You know,

we were looking at your drawings.

They're lovely. Truly beautiful.

Thank you.

Such a talent.

You know, when I first came

to this beautiful country,

I spent quite a lot

of time in New York.

And if you allow me, of course,

I could show these

to some very prominent art dealers.

That sounds great.

How about we go sign off

on this contract?

Oh, yes, business is business,

of course.

- Bye-bye.

- Bye.

Whoop!

She's so cute.

Ill be up soon, honey.

How old is she?

- You get the f*** out of my house.

- What did you say?

- Get out.

- I beg your pardon.

What'd you say?

Ooh.

You don't like that, huh?

You upper-crust motherf***er. Huh?

You got it all, and yet you're ready

to f*** it up for just a bit of p*ssy?

- F***...

- Shh, shh, shh, shh.

A hundred...

A hundred thousand dollars,

and I just might

give you back your balls, b*tch.

You hear me?

Say it. OK? OK?

Yeah, nice boy.

OK... OK.

Well... au revoir. Thanks for having me.

- Au revoir.

- Ill see you soon. Bye.

He seems like a lovely guy.

Why didn't you call me

when this whole thing began?

Why didn't you call me

when this whole thing began?

I'm supposed

to be your first call, Charles.

I don't need a lecture,

I need to know my options.

Look, she's gotta come forward.

I told you, she can't do that.

- We need a statement on the record.

- Jerry, he was in my house.

With my family.

He didn't break in.

He didn't touch them.

- He didn't threaten them.

- Jerry. He broke my nose.

OK, show me the police report.

Did you go to the police

when you got beat?

So...

So you've done nothing

about this for six weeks,

and now suddenly you want me

to file a complaint?

You've got to get her to come forward.

Anything else is just...

pissing in the wind.

- What are you doing here?

- I spoke to my lawyer.

- We have to go to the police.

- We can't go to the police.

Listen to me.

- We didn't sleep together.

- It's the same thing.

Because we didn't f***

doesn't mean we didn't cross the line.

We went to the hotel.

We started to do it.

And we didn't stop

out of the conscience of our hearts.

Exactly. We were attacked.

I had an abortion, Charles.

What?

Why didn't you tell me?

I... I could have helped.

I could have done something.

Done what, Charles?

What could you have done?

Oh! Snap his back, man!

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