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against that sort of thing,

and I'm gonna tell you

right now,

so will that group home.

All right. What happens

if I don't take him?

Well, then I am gonna

have to refer you

to some state-run

facilities.

Come on, Irene. You know

what those places are like.

You would do that?

I'm not the one

who makes that decision.

Well, isn't there

another place

until he's ready

for the group home?

Well, there's

the Golden Angels.

It's a private facility

in Greenburgh,

but it's expensive.

All right. How much?

It's a great deal

of money, Joe,

Plus there's a lot

of red tape involved.

You mean tax forms,

work stubs,

all that nonsense?

The whole 9.

Look, the logical place

for Joe is the group home.

It's where he belongs.

He'll get a job and

he'll live productively.

That's all I want.

Well, good.

If you take him now,

he'll see what it's like

to be with family.

And in 6 months,

you can reapply for the next

transitive training session.

In 6 months?

You're killing this kid if you

put him with me for 6 months.

He was supposed to enter

the program in three weeks,

but he's simply

not ready.

Let's go, let's go.

Concentrate.

Joe Duma's the winner!

If you can

get him to agree

To go into the group home

on his own

And stop the cursing and fighting

within the next three weeks,

I'll take another look.

All right.

There it is.

He got it.

Hey, what, do you got a little

hand action going back there?

All right.

Whose deal?

My deal.

Come on, ante up.

What time did that f*** say

he's getting back?

Why don't you just deal

the damn cards?

I'm waiting on him

same as you.

All right.

One for you,

one for you.

One for little boy blue,

and there and there

and there.

Ok, I bet that.

Yeah, I--I'm in.

I'm out.

I'll raise.

There's 14 and change

in the pot.

You can go all in.

You know that?

Hey, this game's pot limit,

not table stakes.

I can go

in my pocket.

You're betting into trip 10s.

You got to have three kings full.

I don't have

three kings full.

Really?

No guts, no glory.

I'll call.

I'm sorry, but I'm gonna

have to bet the pot.

I'll call.

Aces full.

You played that hand

to catch an ace?

There was only two out.

They were both in my hand.

You said you didn't have

a full house.

All the years I've

been playing cards,

I never seen a hand

played like this.

I think there's something

going on over here.

Something funny's

going on.

I think there's something

funny going on here!

You want

your money back?

Huh?

You shuffled the cards.

You dealt them.

I can't help it

the way they turned out.

That's why

they call it gambling.

You don't like it,

take your money back.

Go ahead.

Take it back.

You're pretty good,

my friend.

Lyin', fat f***.

Hey, hey!

What the hell you doing?

Joe, not for nothin', but how'd

you get him to deal the cooler?

I didn't see nothin'.

Got to keep your eyes on me.

I'm a little fast. Let me show you something.

Oh, Gee. Huh?

On the cut, baby.

I came in on the cut.

Double George.

What'd I tell you?

You see that?

He's the f***ing

best.

Did you see me give him

the "what do you do," huh?

Oh, yeah, real good.

Ha ha ha ha!

You're my hero.

That's it. Come on.

Let's all take a bet.

All right,

I'm clean now.

Oh, he's clean.

Ha ha ha!

It's a nice suit.

It's white.

Yeah,

I can see that.

You know, I'm sorry

I haven't been around much.

Been having

to travel.

Work things.

I got your letters,

though.

Thanks.

I'm not much

of a letter writer.

Don't worry.

You'll be back with your

friends before you know it.

I can go back there?

Well, I mean

to the new place.

I'm not going there.

Listen, kid, you're

going to go, ok?

Let's not talk

about it now,

but let's be

realistic here.

I know a girl.

Oh, yeah?

She's pretty.

Is that a fact?

She likes me

very much.

Well, who could

blame her,

you know,

a nice boy like you?

She showed me her clit.

It's pink

and sensitive,

and sometimes

it hides on you

and you have to find it

with your tongue like this.

Great.

All right.

Let's go inside. Come on.

We have a pitching

game here in the middle of the 9th.

Got a tie ball game...

Hey. Heh!

How's my robe?

It itches.

It itches?

Come here.

Come here.

Roll here. Come on.

You got to keep your eyes on me.

I'm a little fast. Let me show you something.

All right, here.

Watch this, here.

All right.

This is called a Fast Jack move.

- Fast Jack.

- Fast Jack.

Here's what we do.

All right.

You see that?

They're pulling 6.

You gonna fade to 6, right?

We're gonna fade to 6.

Who else wants to bet?

Anybody else want to bet?

- They were red.

- That's right.

They were red.

Now look at them now.

They're white.

You see that?

You like that, huh?

See, I use the two

different colors.

This way I could watch

the switch.

I could watch if there's

any leaks involved.

See what I'm saying?

Why don't you try it? Go ahead.

All right, just--

all right. That's it.

All right, yeah.

Easy with the money.

Put the money down.

Just roll the dice.

That's it. All right.

So, Joey, um, you know,

they said that--

Miss Santini says you're giving

them a hard time over there.

Yeah?

Anybody bothering

you there?

- No.

- No?

They're my family.

They're your family?

All right.

And what about the guys

you live with? I mean, uh,

huh? Are they

nice guys?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Um, but, J-Joe,

you can't keep--

Just stop for a second.

Look, look. I spoke to Miss Santini,

and she says that if you keep

cursing and fighting, you see,

they can't let you

in the group home, ok?

I'm not going there!

No, what do you mean,

not going there?

- Look look, look. You got to go there, ok?

- No.

- Listen to me. You'd be on your own.

- No.

You're gonna make new friends.

It's gonna be really nice--

I said no!

Joe!

Joe! Come back here!

Joe! What the hell

is wrong with you?

Get inside. Joey!

Hey! Hey!

What the hell is wrong

with you, huh?

Nice people

don't act this way.

That's right.

Stare at me.

Go ahead. Stare in these eyes

and see how much I like this.

You are gonna learn whatever

the hell they want you to learn,

And you are gonna go wherever

the f*** they want you to go,

because it's gonna be them or

me, and it ain't gonna be me.

I'm sorry, ok?

I didn't mean it like that.

Look, I know

I wasn't there and all,

But I was a phone call away, ok?

Your mother

wasn't there either.

My mother's dead!

Your mother's not dead, and

stop saying that, all right?

Just stop saying that.

Listen to me.

She took off, ok?

What was I

gonna do, huh?

Hands off, fruity pebbles.

Look, I don't even know what to

say to you anymore, all right?

What do you say maybe

I get you tickets

to, like, some wrestling matches.

How's that? Ok?

I wrestle Greco-Roman.

Tomorrow,

I tell you what,

I'll take you

somewhere nice.

Nice?

Yeah. You like

nice, right?

Come on. Come on.

Let's-- everybody likes nice.

Come on. Come on.

How you doing, guys?

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