The Freshman Page #6

get you out of it.

My God!

He had a way out.

A plan to entrap Greenwald

and Simpson...

... and get him out

of the endangered-species racket.

Hint. It involved using me

and the lizard as bait.

This would be the final dinner

of the fabulous Gourmet Club.

Tequila!

Ladies and gentlemen...

...your cohost for this evening,

Mr. Carmine Sabatini.

With him are his daughter,

Tina, and her fianc Clark Kellogg...

...from the great state of Montana.

Let's have a Gourmet Club welcome

for Carmine and the happy couple.

Tequila!

Ladies and gentlemen,

the moment we've all waited for.

The moment that makes the Gourmet

Club the special place it is.

Our main course,

served for the very last time...

...on this, our planet Earth...

...your Komodo dragon.

There he is

Your Komodo dragon

Yes, there he is

One of eight

With so many species

He took the town by storm with his

Continental taste and charm

Go into this cornfield. It's deserted.

Good.

A Rob Roy with a twist.

You?

Diet Coke.

- Did my uncle bring you up-to-date?

- Yeah.

We'll be killed

by Greenwald and Simpson.

They're with the Bonellis

out of South Amboy.

That's stretching.

There's a chance we'll be killed.

It's not a lot.

We need to get you

adequately prepared.

- An Italian passport.

- Open it.

Is that a piece of work?

What is this?

"Rodolfo Lasparri?"

I got to tell you.

We may be on a plane to

Palermo, Sicily tonight...

...if we're still walking.

- I don't want to go to Palermo.

- Ever been?

- No.

- Then you can't judge, Rodolfo.

I'm not going!

I can't take it! I don't want to

spend the rest of my life hiding.

- I want this resolved!

- You do?

Yes!

- Why are you smiling?

- As usual, Uncle Carmine was right.

You're ready. Ready for Freddy.

"Ready for Freddy"?

It's showtime. In two minutes,

you go outside and signal the feds.

What the hell is that?

Fish and Wildlife doesn't mean

we're social workers.

Ladies and gentlemen, your cohost

for this evening, Mr. Larry London!

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

This is a very special evening

for all of us.

For tonight you will eat one

of only eight Komodo dragons...

...left in the entire world.

Which is why it has been priced at...

...$350,000 a plate.

Service included!

Thank you for paying in advance.

Without these monies...

Smells good.

I want you to take half of it...

...and put the rest in the steamer.

Go ahead.

He wants you to help him

with the dragon.

Good luck, not that you need it.

Everybody's confident.

The kid is signalling us.

- You sure?

- Absolutely.

I crossed the dance floor,

heart pounding.

In a few minutes

I would be free, dead...

... or Rodolfo Lasparri

of Palermo, Sicily.

It was all up to me.

The show was about to begin.

The lizard was more nervous than me.

We were in the same boat.

Everybody out. Get out.

- Give me that dragon!

- Freeze! Department of Justice!

Sabatini, Schlegel...

...you're under arrest.

- What's the charge?

- Import and attempted slaughter...

...of "Varanus komodoensis,"

also known as the Komodo dragon.

- It's over, old man.

- You betrayed me.

You betrayed me.

Stand back!

Drop it or I'll shoot.

- How could you do this?

- Sir...

How could you betray me?

Oh, my God, Carmine.

I had no choice.

- You all saw that.

- You had no choice.

It was fate.

No matter how you feel, you're a hero.

I'm numb.

Cigarette?

I'd love one.

- I had feelings for him.

- I'm sure you did.

A technical matter.

The money. We need it for evidence.

It's there in the large tureen.

Good work, kid.

We gotta impound the evidence.

Job well done.

Everybody wait here.

- Congratulations.

- Come on.

- I guess we should go.

- I'm not going anywhere.

- Son...

- Don't call me son.

- I had no choice.

- You didn't have to turn me in.

- Lf it was your son...

- I'd have treated him like a son.

I'd treat my stepson

like he was my son.

- Clark, that animal...

- Dwight, good night!

Tell Mom I'll call her tomorrow.

Good night.

FBI, gentlemen.

Greenwald, Simpson,

you're under arrest for violating...

...your oath of office, conspiracy,

fraud, extortion, RICO Act violation.

Put the cuffs on them.

The old man set us up.

Sabatini?

- With the kid!

- Watch the corn, gentlemen.

I'm getting too old for this nonsense.

We done?

We're done.

- How are you doing?

- I'm a wreck.

Sorry to interrupt,

but they're restless.

All right, Hans,

what are we serving for dinner?

Hawaiian tiger fish...

...mixed with smoked turkey

from Virginia.

Smoked turkey?

It's all a scam?

- The Gourmet thing?

- This is an ugly word, "scam."

This is business.

In business, this is what you do.

$350, 000 for smoked turkey.

But the Gourmet Club

had a great last night.

Dwight went back to Vermont.

Greenwald and Simpson went to jail.

"The animals went to the Bronx" Z"oo's"

Sabatini Endangered Species Wing.

Carmine was a philanthropist now.

And me? I was just a student.

- You wouldn't have done it.

- Of course not.

That's why we never told you.

He knew that Dwight

was my stepfather...

...and he'd call Fish and Wildlife?

- Of course.

- He's like a genius.

- He's like a genius.

Good night, "Liebchen."

You've always been my great love.

I can say it since I'm leaving.

Fantastic job, young man.

Great!

We're going to some clubs.

Nice work.

Take it easy.

The show's over.

So marriage is...

Please.

- Good. Not that l...

- I know.

- Tell you what I'd really like.

- What's that?

I want to spend the night

in your dorm room.

- Really?

- Yes, very much.

I would love that. Get to know

each other under calm circumstances.

I'll go help Vic.

It's all over now.

You can go back to Vermont.

You remember?

I always knew.

I'm sorry you had to

go through this nonsense, but...

...it turned out good.

- Sure.

It was just...

It just was.

I'll tell you something.

You were brave.

- I was proud of you.

- Thank you.

Anyway, I hope you have a good life.

You know...

...I meant everything I told you.

What's the matter with you?

You turned out to be a bum.

Come on, come on.

If it weren't for me,

you could have been a handbag.

- He don't want to walk.

- They don't really walk.

I'll get him. I can pick him up.

- Let me help you.

- I got him.

I want to tell you something.

When you finish film school,

I'd like to call you.

I know a lot of people in Hollywood.

I could open some doors for you.

Give you some opportunities.

- No, I don't think that's necessary.

- Really, it's easy for me.

I just make a phone call

and make it easy for you.

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