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to turn into a bum like you.

I bought this bike

with my own money.

- Dirty money, Eddie.

- I earned it.

Yeah, you earned it. You earned it

sellin' poison. Take this bike and get out.

Just because you're mad at me,

how come you gotta take it out on the boy?

[Tito] Grandma, please!

[whining] Come on.

Eddie, take this bike

and get outta here.

No, Tito!

Tito? Hey, Tito! wait up!

Tito, wait up!

- [Helicopter Passing]

- [Siren, Distant]

[Siren Continues, Fades]

All right, Tito.

what's the problem?

- I'm pissed off, that's all.

- what, the bike?

I saw the bike.

I can understand that.

- Oh, yeah. Right. Like you know.

- Yeah. I know. I mean, I can understand.

Listen. Let me try to explain

something to you.

Your grandmother

did the right thing.

See, she couldn't let you

keep that bike...

'cause if she let you keep that bike,

it's like saying...

whatever your father did

to get the money to buy the bike is okay.

Understand?

And, um, she can't do that, because...

well, what your father does...

he does bad things.

- So do you.

- I mean, it might look like that to...

to you 'cause you're a little kid,

but, um, I mean, uh...

there's a big difference

between your father and me.

Yeah? what?

well, for one thing, I don't make a livin'

off other people's misery.

- You don't?

- No. I'm a businessman.

- You're a slumlord.

- I'm not a slumlord.

Great. we'll order up

some room service then.

- All right, so maybe it ain't the Plaza.

- It's a garbage dump.

- why don't you get lost, huh, Tito?

- [Eleanor] Tito, you up there?

- Yeah, I'm up here.

- well, you come down here

and do your homework right now!

I'm comin'.

You know, if you think about it,

we sorta have the same problem.

You know, if you fixed this place up,

you might actually make some people happy.

Maybe even yourself.

But your daddy wouldn't like that.

And you're too chicken

to take that risk.

Aren't you, Kritski?

[Footsteps On Stairs]

[All Chattering]

Thank you,

Mr. Kritski.

- Thank you.

- Goode. Goode.

All right!

Here you go, Reverend.

- Eleanor.

- Give me one.

Here they are.

Get 'em while they're hot.

Hey. Hey.

what is this?

- You're selling these to the tenants, right?

- No, I'm not sellin' 'em.

- Tito, put that down. Leotha, take over.

- 2E. 2E.

I'm givin' every one

of the tenants one of these.

That's why I wanted you

to come by and witness this.

You know, you could pass the word on

to Judge Stoneface. "

well, the heaters

are a good start...

understanding that if you hadn't

run the building...

into the ground in the first place,

this wouldn't even be necessary.

I'm takin' care of the problem.

That's what I'm supposed to do.

well, it's more of a gesture,

not a solution.

Look, I'm not lookin' for the medal of honor,

okay? I just think it would be nice...

if for once you could acknowledge

I'm not a total jerk.

- Is that hard?

- well, you're not.

- And it is nice.

- It is, isn't it?

All right. Let me finish.

All right. Let's go. who's next?

Get in line. You can't get two...

- [Tires Squeal]

- [Engine Stops]

- wait a minute. wait a minute.

- [Car Door Slams]

Hey! Hey, get away from there!

Put that stuff down.

Put that stuff down, I said!

Get the hell outta here.

- what do you think you're doin'?

- The boiler broke, so I had... [Muffled Grunt]

what are you, an expert

on boilers now? Huh?

It's broken when a qualified

technician says it is.

- I'll send over a qualified technician.

- But we're freezin' inside.

we "? we"? How many times

do I have to tell you? It's us and them. "

You think I wouldn't find out about this?

Y-You used the company credit card.

They called for authorization! That crap

belongs to me. I want it on the truck... now!

Mr. Kritski, you're interfering with

Mr. Kritski's compliance with a court order.

I know what the court order says:

within 120 days. "

A lot can happen in 120 days...

like spring.

You don't need heat

in spring, Counselor.

Let me explain

something to you, son.

You fix this place up on Monday,

Friday it's back to where it was.

- I know.

- You fix the plumbing, they put chicken bones down the toilet.

Put in heat,

they piss in the hot air ducts.

- [Sighs]

- You fix one shitty toilet, I'll disown ya.

One toilet,

you're outta the will!

- Gimme that, Buckwheat.

- who you callin' Buckwheat, " you fat f***?

[Tenants Laughing]

- You little sh*t, you...

- Come on, Pop. Let him have it.

- It's mine.

- It's his.

- I paid for them.

- I'll pay for everything then, okay?

I'll pay for it.

I'm gonna put in a new boiler too.

If you can't get your guy to come down here

and do it, then I'll find somebody to put it in.

Can't you just let me

handle this myself?

Let me... Let me do this, huh?

Please, Pop. Go home.

They brainwashed you,

like Patty Hearst.

what's next? You gonna

bring 'em to Disney world?

- Pop...

- Don't call me Pop. I don't recognize you anymore.

You're not my son!

You're breakin' my heart.

[woman]

Good for you, Louie.

[Engine Starts, Runs]

- Come on. You gotta carry these things if you want 'em.

- [All Chattering]

- [Chatter Continues]

- [Leotha] wait, wait, wait. Careful there, now.

Hey, thanks. This is fresh.

I know that must have been

a hard thing for you to do.

You wanna come up to my

apartment and keep me warm?

Nothin' weird. First time,

you know? Man on top?

You don't need me.

I think you're hot enough for the both of us.

[Quietly]

Yeah. Louie, I knew it. [Indistinct]

"[Hip-Hop, Muffled]

"[Continues]

"[Louder]

"[Muffled]

[Bottles Rattling]

[Knocking]

- Yeah. who is it?

- It's Marlon!

well, what do ya want?

You got a key. Come in.

- " [Continues, Louder]

- In case you haven't heard, there's a party goin' on!

- Huh?

- I said, there's a party goin' on!

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I hear...

well, I hear music but I didn't know.

I think you should come, otherwise you're

gonna look like an anti-social or something.

I'm in the middle of this puzzle.

I love to do these, you know? Man, l...

I have a couple of other things

that I have to do. I'm busy, you know?

So, uh, maybe later.

I don't know.

I'm not... You know, I don't like dancin'

and stuff, so maybe later. Thanks.

Okay.

"[Quieter]

"[Loud]

- ""[Continues]

- [Crowd Laughing, Cheering]

[Dialing]

[Telephone Rings]

- " [Hip-Hop, On Telephone]

- Hello?

- Yo, Bensinger.

- Kritski?

Yeah. I just thought I'd call you.

See how you're makin' out.

- where are you? I'm...

I'm having a hard time hearing you.

- I'm at a party.

It's with some of the brothers. You know,

gettin' down with our nasty selves.

- Did I hear you say a party"?

- Yeah.

Mr. Kritski, you know you're not

supposed to leave the building.

- " [Continues]

- who left the building?

what are you talkin' about?

- I'm downstairs with some of my neighbors.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- well, that's very uplifting, Mr. Kritski.

Does this mean you finally realized

you have to bring the building up to code?

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