The Penguin (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

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[REPORTER 1] four-term
incumbent Gotham mayor
Don Mitchell, Jr., was found
murdered last night in
[REPORTER 2] tough war on drugs
[REPORTERS OVERLAPPING]
notorious Mafia crime figure,
Salvatore Maroni
[REPORTER 3] sources tell GC1
that a warrant for Falcone's arrest
is suspected to reach
[REPORTER 4] the
second high-profile murder
in as many nights.
This time, the killer hasn't
come forward to claim
We interrupt election coverage now
for some breaking news.
We are getting unconfirmed reports
about a series of explosions
along the city's seawall.
[REPORTER 5] And we are live
watching the Batman vigilante
atop Gotham Square Garden
helping save the lives of
hundreds of injured victims
after devastating explosions
took out the city's seawall.
We will rebuild.
But not just our city.
Together, we will learn
to believe in Gotham again.
It's been a week
since the terrorist known as The Riddler
blew up Gotham's seawall.
And as the death toll climbs,
Gotham residents are demanding
answers from authorities.
While the wealthier
suburbs have been spared,
it's Gotham's poorest neighborhoods
that have been hit the hardest,
especially in Crown Point.
[REPORTER 5] Looting and
rioting have become the norm.
Combined with the
scarcity of illicit drugs
and an increase in gang warfare,
the city has reached a boiling point.
The murder of longtime
mob boss Carmine Falcone
outside the Iceberg Lounge
has complicated efforts
to restore order,
creating a power vacuum
in Gotham's underworld.
[REPORTER 5] Rumors are swirling
that Carmine's son, Alberto Falcone,
is set to take his father's place
despite his public
struggles with alcohol.
[REPORTER 6] After this
shakeup in leadership,
insiders worry about their future
within the Falcone organization
and wonder what will become
of Gotham's most notorious family.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC CRESCENDOS]
- [SIRENS IN DISTANCE]
- [TRAIN TRUNDLING]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[ENGINE TURNS OFF]
[RAIN PATTERING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[SIRENS IN DISTANCE]
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[THUDDING]
[SCRAPING]
[OZ GRUNTS]
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, beautiful. Beautiful,
beautiful, beautiful.
[PICTURES THUMP]
[JEWELRY JANGLES]
- [GUN COCKS]
- I see you've made yourself at home.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
Hey, Alberto, you're here.
Good. Saves me a trip.
What the fuck are you talking about?
These jewels belong to you.
Your dad made that clear.
But some of the guys,
well, you know, they're
goddamn scavengers.
So I thought I'd do you a solid.
As a show of support for
your new position.
Well
congratulations.
I only wish it had been
under different circumstances.
Carmine
he was a
He was a great man.
You got some big shoes to fill.
[OZ CHUCKLES]
N-not too big.
I mean, you know, m-manageable shoes.
You think I'm an idiot?
You greedy prick.
My father's been dead a week.
Hey, Al.
[SIGHS] You all right?
'Cause we keep a stash in
the loft if you want a hit.
That's not why I'm here.
Of course not. I was only saying
You don't get it.
Everyone's looking to me now.
I got this deal going,
and [INHALES SHARPLY]
I can't. I gotta keep
my head on straight.
Yeah, you're right, Boss.
I got no idea the pressure you're under.
But you're Alberto Friggin' Falcone.
The new kingpin of Gotham.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] We
should celebrate that.
Listen, staying off
the Drops, good on you.
But booze don't count.
Does it?
- [OZ AND ALBERTO LAUGHING]
- [JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
So this new deal you got going
Maybe I can help.
You know what I like most about you, Oz?
You are who you are.
You couldn't change if you tried.
Ain't that what makes me fun?
[LAUGHING]
Oh!
Yeah, go on.
[CHUCKLING] Oh! This shit's good.
- Good.
- [ALBERTO SNIFFS]
But after a while, you get curious.
There's gotta be
something else out there,
a new kind of high.
So you're gonna, what?
Alter the formula?
We're not just adding
ketchup to fries, man.
I'm talking about
revolutionizing the game.
Fuck. [CHUCKLES] Look at you salivating.
[INHALES] Fine.
You got a girl?
Good-looking guy like you
Here.
Just keep quiet.
I can't have Viti and those
guys knowing what I've got going
until this new drug's up on its feet.
Thanks, Boss. It's, uh
real generous.
Pop always said you were a good soldier.
It's what he liked most about you.
But he also knew you
were a dirty soldier
who skims money off the top.
It's okay, man. You were smart about it.
Never took enough for Pop to mind.
See, he knew what it meant
for a guy like you to get a piece.
How it made you feel.
And that was good for business.
Carmine Falcone was a master
at the carrot and stick.
See what I got on?
Your dad's ring. Nice.
Wasn't always his.
Used to be Salvatore's.
- Salvatore Maroni?
- He wore Sal's ring as a trophy.
The ultimate fuck-you.
This is power, right?
Wanna try it on?
Nah.
It's yours.
Yeah.
I don't know, man. [SIGHS]
You think I could be as good as him?
Get his kind of respect?
Your father?
Sure, Boss.
If you want.
But there are different kinds of power.
When I was kid,
there was a gangster,
real old-school type,
Rex Calabrese.
He was a big deal.
Yeah. At least, in my neighborhood.
He helped people.
When someone in your family was sick,
he'd find you a doctor.
Short on rent, front you the cash.
Knew everyone's names, too.
I don't know how he kept
them all in his head, but
He saw you on the street,
he'd call out to you,
ask how you were.
Felt like he meant it, too.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
When I'm 14 or something,
he has a heart attack and dies,
still holding his cigar.
In my neighborhood,
they throw a parade in his honor.
A friggin' parade.
I mean, it wasn't fancy,
but it was the gesture
the show of love
of what he meant.
Can you imagine?
To be remembered like that?
Revered?
What is this?
You want me to be like
some small-time asshole?
- Nah, that ain't
- For what?
Would that make it easier
for you to take what's mine?
Or is this you?
What you want?
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
No.
[LAUGHING]
Holy shit, it is!
This is your dream.
[LAUGHS] It's so sweet, too.
And so pathetic.
You really think people'd
make a float of your dumb face
and march it down the street,
chanting your goddamn name?
[LAUGHS]
"Oh, oh! Oswald Cobb.
Remember him? What a guy!"
[LAUGHS]
What a little bitch! [LAUGHS]
[GUN FIRING]
- [MENACING MUSIC PLAYING]
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
[LAUGHS]
Aw, fu
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[BODY BAG ZIPPING]
[PHONE CLICKS, BEEPS]
[OZ GRUNTS]
[GRUNTING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [GRUNTS]
- [THUDDING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[BOY 1] Hurry up, bro.
[BOY 2] Relax. I got it.
[BOY 3] Hey, help him out.
[BOY 1] Just turn the damn thing.
Hey!
Hey!
- Oh, shi
- [OZ] You sons of bitches!
- [GUN FIRING]
- [BOY] Go! Go!
Get the fuck out of here! Go!
- [BOY 1] Oh, shit!
- [BOY 2] Hey!
- Wait. Wait. Okay, I'm done.
- [BOY 1] Go! Go!
- Please! Please! All right.
- Don't you try and run.
I'm sorry. I-I'm sorry. I'm [GRUNTS]
Don't move, you
twat-faced little prick.
- Trying to steal my shit!
- [CLANGING]
- Hey!
- Shut the fuck up.
You wanna shout again? You
wanna fucking shout again?
You messed with the wrong fucking guy
on the wrong fucking night.
[SPLUTTERING] P-p-p
Please, please, please.
- [WHIMPERING]
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Don't, okay, please?
[MOUTHING SOUNDLESSLY]
P-please!
- Please, don't
- Jesus! Take a breath.
- What have we got here?
- [BOY WHIMPERS]
"Victor Aguilar."
I'm keeping your ID.
Walk. That way.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[VICTOR GRUNTS]
Head first.
[VICTOR GRUNTING]
Fucking foot! God damn it!
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
- Hey! Hey, look at me.
- [GASPS]
How far do you think you'd get?
This scumbag, he disrespected me.
- You gonna disrespect me, Vic?
- No. No.
No. 'Cause you and me,
we're in this together now.
Which means [CHUCKLES]
I own you.
[THUD]
Look what you fucking made me do.
You're gonna do everything I say.
Or else I'll murder you and, uh
anyone you care about.
- You got it?
- [WEAKLY] Yeah.
Beautiful.
I feel better. You feel better?
[WEAKLY] Yeah.
Good.
Now, you wanted my car so badly,
you can drive. [SNIFFS]
Go on.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
Make a left up here.
Okay.
[OZ] This fucking douchebag
[SCOFFS]
Here we go.
- Got you now, you piece of shit.
- [CAMERA CLICKS]
Uh, s-should I
[PHONE SHATTERS]
[EXHALES HEAVILY]
What do you think of this?
It's a little air freshener.
Aqua Paradise.
- You smell it?
- Mm-hmm.
It's nice, huh?
- It's nice, yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, it's nice.
[CLEARS THROAT] 194 Tower Avenue.
The old tenement on Sixth.
I'm from the Eastside, too.
I mean, not Crown Point.
Further out from the port.
You ever been to that corner mart?
Uh, next to the
uh, Coin-O-Matic?
Um
Buddy's?
[LAUGHING]
Yeah, Buddy's.
Oh, man.
They still sell those Slush Puppies?
I th-think so.
Me and my brothers,
we used to go there
every day in the summer.
You know, we'd mix the
flavors for a suicide.
You ever mix the flavors?
Huh-uh.
Aw. You missed out.
You know, but I'd like to.
You know, like in the in the future.
Take a left here.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING INSIDE]
[WOMAN] Hi, Daddy.
Wanna come party with us?
[WOMAN 2] Nice car. Can I get a ride?
Wh-wh-what about the body?
Is that safe on the street?
Why? Your friends wanna steal it?
Do me a favor, kid.
Shut your goddamn mouth.
- Lookin' good. Ladies.
- [WOMEN] Hey, Oz.
- Who is this?
- Good to see you.
Looks brand-new.
Like what you see, sweetie?
[WOMEN LAUGH]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE]
[METAL CLANKING]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
- [OZ] Hey.
- Oz.
Baby.
- Everything okay?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Who's your friend?
Eh
You alone?
I, uh I ain't trying to
get in your business, but
I need an alibi.
Ideally, for the whole night.
Sounds like we had fun.
I'm serious, Eve. Yeah.
Can you help me out?
Anytime after 10, but not before.
All right, that'll work.
- Thanks, doll.
- [BILLS RUSTLING]
I'll, uh, call ya.
You hungry? I'm hungry. Let's go.
[OZ] Stupid night.
I asked for extra pickles,
and they give me two?
So what, a normal
amount of pickles is one?
Makes no goddamn sense.
You want one of mine?
Do I want one of your pickles?
That your dirty little mouth touched?
No, kid, I don't.
[CHUCKLING INCREDULOUSLY] Jesus.
Shit! Would you look at that?
Imagine if you and
your buddies came here
instead of trying to steal from me.
Coulda saved you a lot of trouble.
What was your plan anyway?
Sell 'em to a scrapyard
for some extra dough?
Eh, you got a dollar
in your wallet, kid.
Can you afford to think that small?
No goddamn ambition.
Snuff out the fire. We're losing time.
[MENACING MUSIC PLAYING]
All right, good here.
[METAL CLANKING]
[PANTS]
On three.
[GRUNTS]
Uh, you know what? Just do it.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[BODY BAG UNZIPPING]
[OZ SIGHS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Hold up there, chief.
There's a nice sunrise behind you.
You should take a look.
Go on.
[SIGHS]
Please don't do this. No.
Hey, wait.
No, no, no, no.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey!
Stop!
Ever had one of these?
[LIGHTER OPENS]
[LIGHTER CLICKING]
[PUFFING]
There you go.
[VICTOR COUGHING]
His name's Alberto Falcone.
He's the new king
Well, was the new kingpin
of the Falcone mob.
[VICTOR SIGHS HEAVILY]
Yeah.
So, the smart play here is to kill you
and stuff you in the trunk with Stinky,
- be done with both of youse.
- No, no, no.
We-we don't have to
It's a goddamn fact, Vic. It just is.
No, no, no, no, no. Wait. Wait! Hold on!
You can't.
[BREATHING RAGGEDLY]
I could help you.
You know?
With whatever you need, I can help you.
Yeah. And how do I need you?
I got ambition.
And I'm not I'm not
a waste, okay? I'm not.
I could I could help
you w-with whatever it is.
Wh-wh-whatever you need,
whatever it is, all right?
I just [SIGHS]
Please, I need a chance.
- I need a chance!
- All right, calm down.
[TRAIN PASSING]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
Well, maybe it'd be
useful, keeping you around.
For now.
See if you got what you say.
But if you step out of line just once,
I swear to God, I'll gut
you like a fucking fish.
- Do you understand?
- [WEAKLY] Yeah. Yeah. Yes.
- Do you understand?
- Yeah. Yeah.
Good.
Now, shut the fuck up.
I wanna watch the sunrise.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR LOCKS]
- [THUD]
- We ain't got a lot of time.
I gotta be at work soon.
[WATER RUNNING]
'Cause, you know, it's any other day.
- [GULPS, SIGHS]
- [GLASS THUDS]
You can use the sink to clean up.
Touch anything, I'll know.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[BRACE SQUEAKING]
[BRACE CLATTERS TO FLOOR]
[OZ SIGHING]
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[METAL JANGLING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [SIRENS IN DISTANCE]
- [JACKHAMMER RUNNING]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
Look at this.
What that fucking madman did.
[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
- [BILL COUNTER WHIRRING]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, Nick, come here.
Bring a pen and, uh,
one of them envelopes.
What's up?
Get this to Councilman Hady.
He's a big fan of Bella Reál.
He, uh
likes to tout himself
as one of the good ones,
but he got into some
serious debt with Carmine.
We all got our own vices.
All right.
Make sure he knows
it's from me, all right?
Come on, kid.
Hey, Doc. How we lookin'?
Well, we've recovered
about 30% of the product.
There's a risk of contamination.
Most of the Drops were
fished out of sewer water.
That ain't gonna stop
Dropheads from buying it.
- [LAUGHS] No.
- Give the people what they want.
- All right.
- [BANGING]
- [MAN 1] Get him in.
- [MAN 2 GROANS]
[OZ] What the fuck is that?
[MAN 2 GROANING]
[OZ] Mikey, what the hell happened?
Got jumped by the Odessa Mob, maybe.
Or Burnley Town. I don't
know. It happened fast.
But they got the whole fucking stash.
- What the fuck? Son of a bitch!
- [MIKEY] Yep.
Now we got every asshole on
the street testing fences.
- It's fucking crazy.
- Oz!
- What?
- It's the Family.
- They wanna talk to you.
- Yeah.
Get him outta here, to the back.
You got it. Let's get the man up.
[MEN MURMURING, GRUNTING]
- [MIKEY] Let's go, buddy.
- [MAN GROANING]
[MIKEY] Come on.
Yeah.
[FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING]
So, uh, what does that, uh,
what does that mean exactly,
to to be called in?
Could mean anything.
Do you do you think that they know?
Jesus, kid.
Am I holding a fucking crystal ball?
It's all a song and dance.
Nine times out of ten,
these top-tier guys
wanna meet face-to-face to feel big,
so I make myself small,
they feel better about themselves,
and I get to go back to work.
[COUGHS] This is us.
Damn!
All right, listen,
if I don't come out
Nah, I'll be fine.
You'll be fine.
It's-it's gonna be fine.
I'm messing with you, kid.
All right, just sit tight.
Maybe look for your sense of humor.
It's gotta be here somewhere.
Fellas.
Johnny. Milos.
Have a seat.
Lot of pomp and circumstance
to be coming out here like this.
[LAUGHS] Not that I'm complaining.
So, uh, we got something
to celebrate, or what?
We've decided to shut down the plant.
We're gonna move all
operations to Robbinsville.
Hold up. [LAUGHS]
Wh-what are you talking about?
There's a lot less heat in Robbinsville.
Yeah, there's a lot less business, too.
You know how much cash my guys bring in?
This is my operation. You
can't just shut it down.
No.
This is our operation. It's our guys.
You work for the Family.
Have you forgotten that?
[MILOS] Oz, we're consolidating.
Most of the supplies, they
were damaged in the flood.
Actually, that ain't true.
Nah, we recovered a
lot of the product, 70%.
It doesn't matter, all right?
The police are circling.
Got a target on our
back. Gangs encroaching.
There's blood in the
water. Everyone knows it.
- And you wanna bail?
- Jesus Christ!
If we don't protect
what's ours, we look weak.
This isn't your call.
You're handing the
Maronis or someone worse
the keys to the fucking
kingdom. Don't you get that?
[VITI] The last thing we
need is a goddamn gang war!
Now, Milos asked you here as a courtesy,
because he's a courteous guy.
I am not.
You will do as you're told.
You're free to leave.
Well, wait a second.
What if I could fix it?
This?
I mean, at the end of the day,
this is all about money, right?
Maybe we don't see eye-to-eye
on every little thing.
You know, maybe you don't like me.
That's fine. I'm an acquired taste.
But I make you money.
And I got wind of a shipment coming in.
I don't wanna tout it
too much, but it's big.
In fact, it's got the potential
to revolutionize the drug business.
- [VITI] What kind of shipment?
- I can't reveal the details yet.
Nah, nah, but it's brand-new.
Something that'll help
us expand beyond Drops.
And all you guys gotta do is
sit back and reap the rewards.
I'll oversee the whole thing.
I'll use some of the crew.
I'll run it out of the plant.
Was that a yes or ?
Sofia, please, join us.
Oh, I didn't mean to interrupt.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Oz, you remember Carmine's daughter?
Yeah.
Sofia
I thought you were still at, uh
- Arkham?
- Yeah.
No.
I've been rehabilitated.
Have you asked him about my brother?
- I thought we agreed
- Have you heard from Alberto?
- Sofia, please
- Al?
He went out last night,
he refused his bodyguards,
and he never came home.
Sofia, that's enough.
I-I better get out of your hair.
You know, let you
So we can talk about this again?
Shut it down.
You have 48 hours.
I'll get it done.
You know, whatever
whatever helps the Family.
And, uh, it's good to see you.
Fuckin' assholes.
Oz.
A moment.
You never gave me an answer.
Have you seen Alberto?
Oh, yeah. Right. Uh, no. No.
He's the boss now, so he's a busy man.
But I'm sure he's fine.
They said the same thing.
- Milos and Johnny?
- Mm-hmm.
Well, they'd know.
[SOFIA] Mmm.
Well
Better get back to it.
This is yours?
This? [CHUCKLES] Yeah.
Purple.
- Very subtle.
- Well, technically, it's plum, you know?
Leather seats come standard, too, so
[SOFIA] Mmm.
You've really moved up
in the world, haven't you?
Oh.
What happened here?
Uh
Punk kids tried to steal
my rims a few days back.
I missed, but they got
the message. [CHUCKLES]
We're long overdue for
a catch-up, you and me.
Let's get a bite to eat.
- Right now?
- Right now.
I know a place.
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY]
[SOFIA SIGHS, CHEWS HUNGRILY]
[INHALING AND SIGHING]
[OZ CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Another dirty martini. Three olives.
You ready for another one?
- You can make that two actually.
- [BUSBOY] Right away.
[SIGHS] It's a bit stuffy for my tastes.
My father used to bring
me and Alberto here
when we were kids.
He paid us to keep our
elbows off the table.
[SOFIA CHUCKLES]
Well, who's stopping you now, huh?
There you go.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
You think they're
wondering if it's really me?
Well, I would.
What, is a psycho killer
just roaming around free,
having a salad?
What did the Gazette call me?
The Hangman?
The guards insisted that
I read every article,
that I see all the stories.
If only I'd been a dutiful daughter.
Are you nervous, Oz?
Nervous?
I'd hate for you to
feel nervous with me.
'Cause despite what you might
think, I don't blame you.
You know, if you hadn't
gone to my father
He left you no choice.
Yeah, sure. But, eh, I
coulda done something
Let's not do that.
Daddy is dead.
And we are
untamed.
[GLASSES CLINK]
[OZ SIPS]
[OZ SETS DOWN GLASS]
Alberto told me he was
going to your club last night
to get to my father's loft.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
I insisted I go with him, but
he's been so protective of me.
He didn't want me leaving the house.
It was all part of
this plan he cooked up.
It was our shared secret.
But then today, I hear you
talking about revolutionizing
the drug business,
and it just doesn't sit right.
How do you know about his plan,
and why on Earth would
you pitch it as your own?
You know, it's so brazen
that you either have
to be blindingly stupid
or wildly confident
that he isn't coming back to reclaim it.
So, I'm going to ask you again.
Do you know where my brother is?
Listen, Sofia
[CHUCKLES]
I'm an asshole.
But you're the surprise here.
Excuse me?
Al never told me you was back
or that you were in
on this thing with us.
Yeah, he's keeping us both in the dark,
and I don't know why.
But you're right. Alberto trusted me.
And my stupid mouth
[INHALES] You know, I screwed up.
Maybe you could put in a good word.
I mean, I-I don't wanna
put that on you, but
He was so passionate about his plan,
I thought there's no
reason not to move forward,
just 'cause he's on
another bender, you know?
I mean, the shipment
arrives in a few days, right?
What do you mean "a bender"?
Al's an addict, sweetheart.
He's got a penchant for Drops.
And booze and gambling.
I'm pretty sure he's
got a sex thing, too.
So yeah, this ain't the
first time he's gone AWOL.
But he always comes back.
Look, if he was at my
club, I wouldn't know.
I was actually drowning my sorrows
with my lady friend last night, Eve.
If it'll make you feel better,
let's you and me go there now.
We'll scour the joint.
I doubt anything will turn
up, but it's worth a shot.
You know, whatever
puts your mind at ease.
No, Oz, you're right.
I'm probably just being crazy.
Let's stay and enjoy the meal.
- I know I could use a good one.
- [OZ CHUCKLES]
He'll turn up, Sofia.
I'm sure of it.
[GLASSES CLINK]
[OZ] Thanks for lunch.
I'll get the next one.
[KISSES]
You know, Oz,
people underestimate you, but not me.
I've always known you
were capable of more.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Where are we going?
[TRAIN TRUNDLING]
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA]
Are-are we in trouble?
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA]
[MAN IN MASK] Scan the
code. See Gotham's true face.
- Scan the code?
- Get the fuck outta here.
[ANNOUNCER OVER PA] Irving Grove.
Irving Grove Station.
Irving Grove Station.
This is yours?
Get in.
[ENGINE TURNING]
[THROUGH SPEAKERS] Working 9 to 5 ♪
What a way to make a ♪
[SONG ENDS ABRUPTLY]
[CAR SHIFTS INTO GEAR]
[TRAIN PASSING]
[CHILDREN LAUGHING,
CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
[BRAKES SQUEAKING]
[ENGINE TURNS OFF]
[OZ] I ain't never
taken anyone here before.
You say a word to anybody
You'll gut me like a fish.
Yeah, till you bleed out and die.
Oh, and mind your friggin' manners, too.
Here.
Don't move.
[WOMAN] What're you doing here?
[OZ] What do you mean
what am I doing here?
I came to see you.
Huh? Princess.
[OZ CHUCKLES]
- [WOMAN] You look handsome. Oh!
- [OZ] Thank you.
- [WOMAN] Put it on straight.
- [OZ] Close your eyes.
- I got you something. Come here.
- [WOMAN] What did you do?
[OZ] I'll tell you when.
[WOMAN] Wha Wait.
[LAUGHING] What did you do?
[OZ] Okay, now look, keep 'em closed.
[WOMAN] They're closed. They're closed.
All right. Open your eyes.
[GASPS, LAUGHS SOFTLY]
Oswald, it's too much.
- [GASPS] No.
- It's perfect.
It suits ya, Ma.
Uh
- Thank you, sweetheart.
- You're welcome.
[FRANCIS] That's crazy.
Wait, wait, wait. Was I expecting you?
- It's not Sunday, is it?
- [OZ] No, it's
- [FRANCIS] I didn't get
- [OZ] Nah, nah.
No, it's a special occasion.
We're gonna We're gonna
leave town for a while.
- Ah.
- [OZ] Take a little vacation.
A vacation? To where?
You know I hate flying.
Yeah. We're gonna drive.
We're gonna drive?
Who-who's gonna drive?
You gonna drive?
- [OZ] Ma?
- [FRANCIS] What?
Why is this in the tub?
Your pills are ruined.
No. I take 'em every
morning with breakfast.
The tub is full.
The boys were playing in the bath.
They didn't wanna get out.
What?
Oh, nothing.
How about let's take
your meds right now, huh?
Just to be sure.
[MUTTERS MOCKINGLY]
I took 'em.
The pills are by the sink.
[SCREAMING] Oswald!
- Someone's here.
- Ooh. Um
- Get out of my house!
- Hi. I'm
Who the hell is this? Who
the hell are you? What?
- Shit! Ma, sorry. This is Vic.
- Get out!
He's gonna help take care of you.
Just in case I need
to handle some things
while we're gone. All right?
- [FRANCIS] Huh. Vic?
- [OZ] Yeah.
- What is he, a nurse?
- Kinda.
- No, I'm not
- He's got nurse-like qualities.
I'll-I'll explain more in
the car. All right? [SIGHS]
[WATER RUNNING]
- [OZ] All right.
- [FRANCIS GRUMBLES]
Ma, here's your water.
Take these two pills,
then we gotta go, okay?
There you go, okay?
Will you tell me first what
I did to lose your respect?
- What are you talking about?
- You come in here,
you're trying to buy
me off with a necklace?
Some bullshit about an
urgent special occasion
- [OZ] Ma.
- Did I raise my sons to lie to me?
- Did I?
- No.
So, then what did you
do? What did you do?
Come on. What did you do?
I, uh
What did you do?
I shot
Alberto Falcone.
He's dead.
It ain't safe for you
here. You understand?
Sofia Falcone's out of
Arkham, and she knows.
Uh, or if she don't, she will.
Why'd you shoot him? Why?
Jesus, Ma, I ain't doing
this with you right now, okay?
Fine.
He fuckin' laughed at me.
All right?
- Now, can we go please?
- He laughed at you?
It was impulsive. It was stupid.
Is that what you wanna hear?
Jesus, I'm trying to take care of you.
- Stop.
- I can't risk it.
I can't risk you. I'm all you got.
- If something happened to me
- Stop! Stop talking!
Do you hear the words
coming out of your mouth?
- Yeah.
- How weak they sound?
Like a little pussy boy?
Look at me.
Is that what you are, Oswald?
Weak little pussy boy?
No.
That's right.
'Cause you're mine.
You're my big, strong bull of a boy.
You never forget that.
Come here.
- [TENDER MUSIC PLAYING]
- Don't you see, dear?
What you did wasn't impulsive.
It was instinctual.
You shot that junkie piss-ant
because you wanted to.
Just like that.
Oh, you're so close now
to having everything you ever wanted,
everything you deserve.
You wanna run? You wanna hide?
No.
This city is meant to
be yours, sweetheart.
What are you gonna do to get it?
[LIGHTER CLICKING]
["PUT THE BLAME ON MAME"
PLAYING ON TELEVISION]
[LIGHTER CLOSES, OPENS]
[LIGHTER CLICKS]
[LIGHTER CLOSES]
They once had a shootin'
up in the Klondike ♪
When they got Dan McGrew ♪
[VOLUME INCREASES]
Folks were putting the blame on ♪
[OZ SIGHS]
The lady known as Lou ♪
That's the story that went around ♪
God damn it, this chick.
But here's the real lowdown ♪
Put the blame on Mame, boys ♪
[CHUCKLES] Who's Mame?
Put the blame on Mame ♪
It don't matter, kid.
That's the thing.
She's just a scapegoat.
That's the thing that slew McGrew ♪
Put the blame on Mame, boys ♪
Put the blame ♪
On Mame ♪
[SONG ENDS]
[TRAIN HORN SOUNDS]
[OZ] Listen, it ain't easy,
but your part in this
it's the most important.
So don't say you're good unless you are.
I don't know, Oz. I
don't know if I'm, uh
I've-I've n-never done
anything like this.
Oh.
Listen, Vic, uh
the tenement where you live
I know it's gone.
Nothing on Sixth was left standing.
I don't know if you had
family or people in there
but you made it.
You're standing right here.
I've been where you are.
And you heard my ma.
I mean, this
this is one of those moments
where you gotta ask yourself
what kind of life do I want?
You wanna spend your days
thinking small, stealing rims,
barely getting by?
Or do you want more for yourself?
You saw how the Falcones live.
Can you imagine living like that? Huh?
In a mansion, maids
and butlers and shit?
They don't even know what they got,
'cause they always had it.
Never hungry.
Born full.
Not us.
The world wasn't built for guys like us.
That's why we gotta take
whatever we decide is ours.
'Cause no one's gonna give
it to us, not without a fight.
Now, I coulda killed you.
I coulda put you out of your misery,
but I didn't,
'cause you need a guy like me, Vic.
But I gotta know.
No bullshit.
Can I count on you to pull through?
Yeah, I
I can do it.
Huh?
I can do it.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
I know you can.
What do you think? I hire any
schmuck off the street? No.
- [OZ CHUCKLES]
- [VICTOR CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
All right, go ahead. Get outta here.
Keep your phone on.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INMATES SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
- [BUZZER SOUNDS]
- [DOOR UNLOCKS]
[DOOR CLANGS SHUT]
[INMATES SHOUTING IN DISTANCE]
[BUZZER SOUNDS]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]
Sal.
That's not my table.
- [BUZZER SOUNDS]
- [DOOR UNLOCKS]
Listen, Sal, I'm here
to make things right.
I'm done with the Falcones.
I wanna offer my services
to you and your family.
Well, that surprises
me, Oz. Really does.
'Cause I thought you liked
eating outta Falcone's ass.
Oh, you wanna throw stones?
[CHUCKLES]
Fine.
But from where I sit,
and where you sit,
I don't think you're in a position
not to hear me out.
Way I see it,
the Falcone higher-ups are a
bunch of old men who don't
No disrespect.
who don't remember what it's like
to get their hands dirty.
That's what they hire guys like me for,
which means I got direct
access to the ground game.
I'm talking the Drops,
the dealers, the chemists,
the whole thing.
Next couple of days,
the Falcones are gonna
do something real stupid.
They're gonna shut down their
biggest Drops operation
millions of dollars' worth
and move to some bumfuck part of Gotham,
which means a huge
chunk of their business
will be ripe for the taking.
And guess who's in charge of the move.
I could give you everything you need.
So your crew could just swoop in
and steal the whole fucking kit.
I play victim.
We split the payday.
You make it sound so simple.
But it's my guys doing
all the heavy lifting.
Yeah, revenge don't come easy.
Come on, Sal.
Don't you fucking miss it?
Respect?
That's really what Carmine
stole from you, ain't it?
He was a dirty rat.
He played us both for fools.
Ain't no changing that.
But he's dead,
and I'm here now,
and I'm offering you the
opportunity of a lifetime.
And this first hit,
it's just the beginning.
I know a lot more than people think.
I'll keep playing double agent.
You and me,
we can tear down their fucking empire
from the inside out.
What is it you're really after, Oz?
I just told you what I'm
after. What do you mean?
I know who you are. I know what you are.
I don't work with people
whose loyalty is for sale.
You think I forgot all the times
you schmoozed me and my boys
just to turn around and fuck us?
Thought I forgot that?
Huge drug bust does down
right under your nose,
and you got nothing to do with it?
The fuck outta here.
Look, I can see you're upset.
Trust takes time.
But this ain't bullshit.
Whoever controls Drops
controls the streets.
You know that's right.
So how about this?
I'll come back in a couple of days
I never wanna see your smug face again.
we'll see if we
can't work something out.
It's good seeing you. You look good.
- Fuck off.
- Think on it, Sal.
Oh.
I almost forgot.
Ain't this yours?
Where did you get this?
Carmine. Wore it as his own.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [LAUGHS]
The Falcones
they been flaunting what
they done to you for years.
But how is it that you have it?
Maybe I'm more than what you think.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [BUZZER SOUNDS]
- [DOOR UNLOCKS]
- [ENGINE ROARING]
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[ON VOICEMAIL] What up?
It's Victor. Leave a message.
Fuck!
[BODYGUARDS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Nobody home.
Shit!
- [TIRES SCREECH]
- [SOFIA] Go.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
- [ENGINE ROARING]
- [TIRES SCREECHING]
- [TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Come on, Vic. Shit, shit, shit.
[ON VOICEMAIL] What up? It's Victor.
- Shit!
- Leave a message.
Damn it, Vic!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Fuck!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Let's go.
Go. Go, go. Let's go.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [GUN COCKS]
- Get the fuck out!
["THE PROMISE" PLAYING THROUGH SPEAKERS]
[GRUNTING]
[OZ GRUNTS] Come here!
I'll fucking
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[SCREAMS]
I'll make you fall for me ♪
[BOTH STRAINING]
I promise you ♪
[BLADE CLICKS]
- [STABBING]
- [BODYGUARD SCREAMS IN PAIN]
- [GRUNTS]
- [SCREAMS IN PAIN]
And so is your temper ♪
[TIRES SCREECH]
You know what to do ♪
I'm gonna always be there ♪
Fuck.
[BLOWS LANDING]
[SOFIA] It's a terrible
feeling. Isn't it?
[BLOW LANDS]
[SOFIA] Nothing left to hide behind.
The guard at Arkham stripped
us bare every morning.
[GASPING]
It was humiliating
being turned into a thing.
[OZ GRUNTS, GASPS]
But after a while, I just
started to think, "Well "
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
" what's it matter?
There's nothing left anyway."
- [OZ BREATHING HEAVILY]
- But my brother?
My brother visited me every week.
And every week,
he said that there was something left
and that he was gonna
help me fight to keep it.
[OZ GAGGING]
[SOFIA] I-I just wonder
how you see me, Oz.
[GAGGING]
If I am more than a thing to play with.
[OZ BREATHING HEAVILY]
[PANTING]
You were right, though,
about the club and the loft.
That was all clean.
- Huh.
- [SOFIA] But outside
- Well
- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
The downside of driving a plum car
is that it's very hard to forget.
And so are you
when you shoot at a bunch
of kids in the street.
And this one
says it all happened
the night Alberto went missing.
I don't know.
What do you say?
You think I know this kid?
I don't know this kid.
You can't take some
teenager's word over mine.
So you're saying that he's the liar?
- Yes!
- Not you?
Yes! Fucking yes!
- Okay.
- [COCKS GUN]
- Hey, no. I
- [GUN FIRES]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SOFIA] That's what you wanted, right?
To have my reputation precede me?
You are so good
at talking your way out of things.
Even at the cost of someone else's life.
Especially then.
Right?
[LINE UNFURLING]
The fuck you doing? What are you doing?!
But my father isn't around anymore
to reward you
with fancy suits, and stupid cars
Sofia.
and a club that he
lets you believe is yours.
Sofia [SCREAMS IN PAIN]
[WAILING IN PAIN]
It's just you and me now, okay?
So I want you to think. I
want you to really think.
Am I crazy?
Is it all in my head?
- [FLESH TEARING]
- [SCREAMING IN PAIN]
Tell me. Tell me.
Tell me that I'm
that I'm too emotional,
and that I have an
overactive imagination,
and that I shouldn't
take things so personally.
[MENACING MUSIC PLAYING]
But first
tell me he's alive.
[VEHICLE APPROACHING RAPIDLY]
[CRASHING]
[CAR HORN BLARING UNINTERRUPTEDLY]
[PANTING]
[HORN CONTINUES BLARING]
Miss Falcone, please.
What the fuck is this?
[TENSE, EERIE MUSIC PLAYS]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[MUSIC CRESCENDOS, FADES]
[GASPS SOFTLY]
[PIERCING, SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[GASPS SOFTLY]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
Oh, shit!
[MUSIC TURNS MENACING]
[SCREAMING IN AGONY]
- [SOFIA'S SCREAMS ECHO]
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[LAUGHING]
[TRAIN PASSING]
You did good today, kid.
Thanks.
So, I gotta ask.
What happened?
I mean, we made a plan. You were there.
Didn't we agree
the head alone would be the most poetic,
and the pinky, the cherry on top?
But instead, the whole body's in there.
Just a pinky chopped off.
It felt
well, small.
Yeah, right. No, I Look,
I-I-I wanted to, right?
And I th-thought that I
could, but [INHALES DEEPLY]
When I got to it, and I'm thinking,
"Do I Do I start at the
front and then hit the trachea?"
But then when I got to his throat,
I started thinking, "Do
I cut from the back?"
And then I'm imagining the spine and
All right, all right, all right.
You know what? It's fine.
Room to grow.
Yeah. At least Sofia got the message.
With Sal wearing that
ring around Blackgate,
Maronis ain't got no
choice but to take credit.
That's what matters.
Wait. S-Sal doesn't know?
I thought that the whole th-thing we
Jesus, Vic, relax.
We just put the Maronis back on the map.
If Sal's got a problem
with that, then fuck him.
I don't need him.
I don't need any of 'em.
From here on out, there's
no more playing it safe.
Drops are yesterday's game.
I'm gonna get whatever the
hell is in that shipment.
I'm gonna run this goddamn city.
And I want you in on it.
Really?
Yeah. You earned it.
You know, for the most part.
And guys like us, we
gotta stick together.
[OZ SLURPING]
It's better, right? Come on.
When you mix the flavors?
[LAUGHS] Yeah, it's good.
No. It's not just good. It's better.
It's the fucking best.
["9 TO 5" BY DOLLY PARTON PLAYING]
[TRAIN PASSING]
Tumble out of bed and
I stumble to the kitchen ♪
Pour myself a cup of ambition ♪
And yawn and stretch
And try to come to life ♪
Jump in the shower and
the blood starts pumpin' ♪
Out on the street the
traffic starts jumpin' ♪
With folks like me
on the job from 9 to 5 ♪
Workin' 9 to 5 What
a way to make a livin' ♪
Barely gettin' by It's
all takin' and no givin' ♪
They just use your mind ♪
And they never give you credit ♪
It's enough to drive
you crazy if you let it ♪
9 to 5 For service and devotion ♪
You would think that I ♪
Would deserve a fair promotion ♪
Want to move ahead ♪
But the boss won't seem to let me ♪
I swear sometimes that
man is out to get me ♪
9 to 5, yeah ♪
They got you where they want you ♪
There's a better life ♪
And you think about it, don't you? ♪
It's a rich man's game No
matter what they call it ♪
And you spend your life
Puttin' money in his wallet ♪
9 to 5 What a way to make a livin' ♪
Barely gettin' by It's
all takin' and no givin' ♪
They'll just use your mind ♪
And they never give you credit ♪
It's enough to drive
you crazy if you let it ♪
[SONG FADES OUT]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC ENDS]
- [THUNDER RUMBLES]
- [RAIN PATTERING]
[THUNDER RUMBLES]