The Company You Keep Page #5

Yeah, I can see you're still into

herbal teas and soy products.

Yeah, well, you know... I quit drinkin'

and smokin', and I gained weight, and I...

Aw, sh*t man, why am I tellin' you this?

I don't belong to the collective anymore.

I don't answer to you!

- I need a place to stay the night,

and a couple of questions answered, Donal.

Okay, crash at my place.

Hey, it's this...

This truck

That guy looks a little bit like Rick! Remember him?

The roadie from Monterrey?

That IS Rick, the roadie from Monterrey.

Jesus... I thought he'd died.

- We all died, some of us came back.

Keep in touch with anybody else?

- A few...

Steve and Penny, Carol... they're in New York, and, uh...

now, who else? Let's see...

Oh, I'd go visit Noah, you know?

Oh yeah?

- Yeah, he's in Lompoc, y' know.

I see him couple times a year, and, uh...

Little Sweeney and, uh, Laura Horse...

- Do you know where she is, Donal?

- Nah, man, I don't.

- After the bank, Sharon came to you for help.

- Really? How do you know that?

Because of the name she lived under

before she married her current husband.

It was in the papers

when she was arrested,

Coyle. And that was you

when you went under in '72.

I figured you got married and...

gave her a new identity, and then

she went somewhere else, and then after a couple of

years you gave an uncontested divorce,

and left her with a name.

Right? Am I right?

Did Mimi come to you, too?

- Well now, why would Mimi come to me?

You know, I'm...

Sh*t, man, this is a real sh*t-kicker of a questionin'...

and to show up and ask me to trust you with information

that makes me an accessory to murder?

Neither of them had any f***in' right to

ask me a thing... and neither do you.

I mean, I was a-wind of you guys for the B and M, and

I wasn't even on a damn committee!

I was the f*** out of it, and...

- Did she come to you, or not?

Alright... alright...

- Just tell me, for christ's sake.

You know better than anyone... Mimi was not

going to be some kind of suburban housewife,

drive a min-van

and go to the PTA!

She was gonna live or die a freedom fighter!

...married to the movement. Y' know, the last I heard

about her, she was on her way to Cuba.

Ten houses down, the one with the green windows...

but go around to the side, to the kitchen.

And what about you?

Why didn't you come to me for help, back then?

I didn't wanna go too far.

- Too far? What, you stayed?

Yeah, for a while. I thought she might come back.

- Who? Lurie? Come back?

Ah come on, get real, man! Mimi Lurie

is nothing but a dream you once had.

Afternoon, ma'am.

Are you aware you're inside the shipping lane?

Oh so sorry, Captain, we're practicing for the Catalina Cup.

But we're too fast to get in anyone's way...

Roger that. Just stay east of 122.

- Aye, aye, Captain!

Hi, Teri!

Thank God for government bonds.

My accountant used to laugh at me for being risk averse.

Aw, don't give me that "capitalist dog" look.

Goin' legit has its advantages!

Sure! As long as bankrupting people's

pension funds remains legit,

And running good, honest weed remains... criminal?

You're gonna wanna look at that.

I saved it for ya'.

Sharon Solarz... a housewife in Vermont, do you believe it?

- Sh*t.

And Billy Cusimano...

Who?

- From the Brotherhood.

Nice to know ol' Billy's

keeping the flame alive.

And Nick Sloan... a lawyer from Albany.

Christ, how'd he manage to pull that one off?

It's what he always wanted.

As I recall, you two were pretty tight.

I don't know, it was a long time ago.

So, why do you think she decided to

turn herself in after all these years?

I don't know, Mac.

Guess she got tired.

- Yeah.

Times change, babe.

Tabs, maybe.

Mr. McGowan, this is Ben Shepard calling

again from the Albany Sun-Times newspaper...

uh, as I said, this is regarding the research that we're

doing on the Bank of Michigan robbery...

and I would appreciate a call back,

uh, my number is 518-555-1218.

Hello?

You're not gonna believe what just happened to me.

FBI was in my apartment.

I don't need this right now.

- Look, a search warrant. No probable cause, that's a story, right?

That's not a story.

- They're pissed because I'm doing their job better than they are.

Well, you know how to make friends, don't you?

- It's not about making friends! It's about making history!

I'm talkin' about history...

- I got your request...

I can't send you to Michigan.

You have to send me to Michigan, she's being indicted in Michigan.

- We'll get it from the wires.

No, wires are sh*t. This is big, I'm putting us on the map.

People know my name, Ray. You have to send me out there!

Hey. Hey! Have some f***in' awareness.

Okay? This isn't all about you.

I just laid off my sports department.

Well, who gives a sh*t about Albany High girls soccer?

I mean, what are we talking about here...?

Don't be an a**hole.

- I'm not being an a**hole.

Why are you acting like we're not killing it right now?

I'm on the f***in' 10-yard line! I'm on the

10-yard line and you're stopping me right now.

That's a bad article.

- It's a bad arti... it's an exclusive

with the guy's brother! It's a bad article...

You took a shot at him, you made it personal.

He's a shmuck, Ray!

- I don't f***ing care what he is!

That's not what we do!

And this is not the first time!

You don't just destroy someone to see

if you can uncover something!

That's a shitty way to go about things!

Got it?

The fact that we are even having

this conversation is ridiculous.

I gave you an exclusive with Sharon Solarz,

I gave you an exclusive with the guy's brother.

Nick Sloan would still be defending spotted owls if it

wasn't for me. Nobody can do what I am doing, Ray.

Alan Springer, returning.

- I gotta call him back.

I'm in this in a big way, I need support now, Ray.

I need you to support me.

And you need to stop provoking people.

Especially the FBI! Okay?

Okay.

I got bosses too, you know.

So, what are you thinkin'?

You know, I'm still wrapping my head around it.

These people are... they're all nuts,

but none of 'em are illogical.

You know, if this man is trying to escape,

if he was trying to disappear,

he'd have taken his daughter with him.

Maybe.

- But he didn't.

Instead, he conducts a very risky and

complicated series of switches,

gets his daughter in safekeeping,

gets to New York. By himself, alone.

Which changes everything, right? I mean, if the guy is

innocent, and he's running because he's innocent,

why doesn't Sharon just clear him?

Because she's in custody and she was his partner,

and that doesn't hold up in court.

Yeah, but why, why, why, why hide for thirty years

if you're innocent, y' know?

Innocence only gets you so far.

Michigan number.

This is where it all started!

'Cause you're not going to Michigan.

- Ben Shepherd.

Mr. McGowan!

Thank you for calling me b...

Yes. I'm sorry for your loss.

Okay. Bye bye.

(F***!)

Donal?

Donal!

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

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