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He paid me a fortune.

So when he disappeared,

I would get these packages in the mail

and send them back.

It didn't feel dirty.

Why should I care

if somebody else is doctoring the books?

- Why did Ziggy disappear?

- Anyone would've left.

Why's that?

Do you even know Ziggy?

You just can't enjoy yourself,

can you, Mr. Green?

Now, I'm gonna ask you one more time.

Why did Ziggy disappear?

His daughter was killed.

That is heavy.

- I didn't even know he had a daughter.

- Me neither.

We've got our guy.

Wake up, Peggy, wake up.

He's here. He's here.

- I rarely see that box get opened.

- I only come by once a month.

That's quite the system.

You just keep sending the envelope?

I don't know nothing about it.

I just do this and get a check in the mail.

I'm f***ing bored of

sitting around here doing nothing.

We're not doing nothing,

we're playing cards.

You can scratch my balls.

You guys ever hear of a guy

by the name of Harry Rusick?

- No.

- He must be an old-timer, Jimmy.

- Old-timer?

- From the first generation.

There was a bunch of older guys

who worked with the big guy

when he was young.

Rules were a lot different back then.

For one reason or another,

they'd never stay around forever.

- Well, he was telling me...

- Shut up!

Hey, shut up!

What the f*** are you doing?

- You could get us whacked.

- Or worse.

Hey, Jimmy, you get an order,

just do your sh*t.

You write it up, you send it back.

Nobody needs to hear

what color other people's sh*t is.

There's no gain from that. Understand?

Yeah. I understand.

- Who is it?

- Delivery.

- Delivery for Jimmy Vaughn.

- Yeah, that's me.

Can I help you?

I'm here for the arbitration.

My name is Jimmy Vaughn.

They're expecting you.

Last door at the end of the hall.

Come in.

Turn around.

All right.

Mr. Vaughn. Please sit down.

Mr. Vaughn, Mr. Rusick. I'm confident

you gentlemen have met before.

Mr. Vaughn, I know you're fairly a newbie

to this organization,

but at times like this,

you're going to be treated like an adult.

Thank you.

You received orders

to visit Mr. Rusick in prison.

- Is that correct?

- Yes, sir.

And what happened there?

I filed a report

documenting our conversation, sir.

Is this the aforementioned report?

Yes.

Let the record show that Mr. Vaughn

positively identified his Rusick report.

Now, Mr. Vaughn, there seems

to be a slight discrepancy in the report

that has proved to be quite alarming

to the organization.

What is that?

When you spoke to Mr. Rusick,

did he stress that you remain relaxed,

because that is what you wrote up,

the word "relaxed."

So what's the discrepancy?

I said "laxed."

Laxed, not relaxed. I said "laxed."

You got it? Laxed. And you said, "Got it!"

Mr. Rusick. Mr. Rusick, might I remind you

of the severe consequences you're facing?

He granted you this hearing as a courtesy.

Do not make him regret that.

Now Mr. Vaughn, did Mr. Rusick

use the word "relaxed" or the word "laxed"?

I got a wife. I got kids.

Kids.

I believe my report is accurate, sir.

Please let the record show that Mr. Vaughn

has corroborated his own conversation

of his own report with Mr. Rusick.

Therefore, Rusick directed the shipment

into Redlands Airport.

Not only did he fail to repay his debt,

but he wasted another $10 million

and tried to cover it with a lie.

Mr. Rusick, are you familiar

with the penalty for lying to him?

Thank you, Mr. Vaughn. You're free to go.

- Hello?

- I was told to drop off an envelope.

Yes. I heard. I'm Harry's wife.

I'm Caren Rusick.

- Well, won't you come in?

- No, I don't wanna intrude. Please.

There's nothing to intrude on.

Just sit inside and cry.

I didn't hear from anybody.

Well, Ziggy called this morning.

He told me about this. So thoughtful.

Come in. Please.

Please, have a seat.

Can I get you anything?

Some iced tea, coffee? Maybe some cake?

No, thank you.

You'll have to excuse all the baking.

I bake when I get stressed out.

I've been pretty stressed.

I think those are the biggest cupcakes

I've ever seen.

I'll give them to you.

- You can take them all when you go.

- No, no. No, please, no.

Sorry.

He's so sweet.

Most employers wouldn't do this.

- Do you not even know what this is?

- No.

It's a life insurance policy

he takes out for all his long-time employees.

He says it's to ensure the family nest egg.

You mustn't be thinking about that, yet.

You're far too young.

I'm sorry. I'm so rude.

I forgot to ask you your name.

- It's Jimmy. Jimmy Vaughn.

- Jimmy.

You seem nice.

Did you ever meet Harry?

No. I don't think that I did.

He would've liked you.

You would've liked him, too, I bet.

He told great stories.

All those guys told great stories.

Harry and Ziggy, Archie and Mickey.

But nobody's even around anymore.

- Well, the thing is, people get busy, huh?

- Isn't that the truth?

This is... This is my Harry. Here.

I can assure you that he is looking down

right now from Heaven,

and he is saying to himself, "I can't wait

to meet that young man, Jimmy."

He'll thank you for what you've done.

He will.

I'm so sorry.

- And when was that?

- It was almost six months ago.

I knew I was killing him.

I mean, I basically killed him myself.

But I also knew that it was either him or me

that was leaving that room.

Did you hear him say, "laxed"?

Of course I did.

Murphy had me write up "relaxed,"

which meant Redlands Airport Los Angeles,

instead of "laxed,"

which meant LAX Airport.

- Two targets down. Good to go.

- Let's go. Let's go. Come on.

Move, move.

- So what do we got in there?

- Coffins.

You think the drugs are

inside these coffins?

There's only one way to find out.

Give me the crowbar, will you?

He worked for Ziggy.

They all worked for Ziggy. He killed them all.

- So where are the drugs?

- He doesn't have fat people work for him.

They're all in good shape.

Let me see your knife.

Here, hold this.

Okay.

They're stuffed.

Keep opening 'em up. Let's go. Come on.

Ziggy killed all 40 of those men

to transport his drugs to the meeting spot.

We seized about 1100 pounds

of heroin that day.

And our team won the day.

- So that's what Rusick wanted to tell Ziggy?

- No.

Rusick was in charge

of all of Ziggy's drug operations.

He wanted the flight to go to LAX,

where his two biggest contacts

were waiting.

I redirected the flight to Redlands.

He set the whole thing up

from inside a prison to repay his debt.

- His debt?

- Yeah, his debt to Ziggy.

I don't know what it was. I have no idea.

Right, but you are aware

that you didn't kill Rusick.

During a small prison riot that afternoon,

Rusick was shot square in the head

with live ammunition.

The guard,

he got a two-day paid suspension.

You're judging yourself

for your role in Rusick's death.

That isn't fair to you.

You chose a job, a life serving the Bureau.

The Bureau chooses for you,

because it can see the bigger picture.

Dr. Shaw,

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