The Fixer (2008) s01e03 Episode Script

Why did you go away for so long? Uncle John spent five whole years on the naughty step, sweetheart.
Destroy the lives of innocent people just to keep me your slave.
How's your job going? - You were never gonna set me free.
- Don't be so ungrateful, John.
What are your workmates like? Nice people? Like I always say to Rose, she decides how far she goes in an operation.
But then, you'd know that.
Wondered if you wanted to go out somewhere.
I'm already going out.
Rose, it's me.
As you've been getting so close to John, I want an appraisal.
Hi.
I'm Rose.
I'm a friend of John's.
Yeah? Yeah.
- Come in.
- Thanks.
You'll have to excuse the chaos, I'm afraid.
This is your idea of chaos? Rise and shine, buster.
Friend here to see you, John.
Yeah, I was just passing so I thought I'd give you a lift.
Right.
Thanks.
That's very considerate of you.
It's no problem.
Where are you two going? Badminton.
A work Badminton do.
I usually kick his arse.
Right come on, then, loser.
Let's be having you.
There we go.
- It's nice to meet you.
- And you.
See you later.
- Badminton? - Never come to my sister's house again.
Wouldn't you rather it was me than Lenny? You've been hiding out from him there and it's making him very cross.
Besides, seeing what John Mercer's sister is like It's far too big a temptation to resist, I'm afraid.
Bugger.
- What? - We forgot the shuttlecocks.
seriestele.
net Tr : chocolate Get up.
Up.
- Go away.
- Come on.
- No.
- Oh dear, oh dear.
Well, well, Manuela, that is quite a makeover you've had there.
- What the f? - What is that? Went to a fetish party in Brixton.
Ketamine Dave brought him round.
Think he found him in a skip.
Mr Howdy, that's his name.
- Don't know how I ended up with him.
- I wonder.
Up, please.
Come on.
Rose is in the next room.
Lenny'll be here in a second.
Take Mr Rowdy and pretend it's me.
I think Lenny might notice the upgrade to dummy, don't you? Nah.
I think Lenny's too busy pulling the strings on his own puppet.
Don't make me bring the cold water, Calum.
"Don't make me bring the cold water, Calum.
" Your resident's parking permit.
Good.
Keep everything correct.
Don't meet the girls or touch the drugs.
If you would ever do such a thing, of course.
You have no criminal record, you pay your taxes, your immigration status is in order.
You've done well for us here, Sab.
And thank you for looking after my family while I was sorting out that business in Rome.
Adelina speaks highly of you.
The girls have given us the money we need to move into new areas.
That's 2.
55.
Build softly.
One piece of territory at a time.
Listen, I want to find the best school for my boy.
It's done already.
Sab, you are great.
London, London, London "Where are we going?" A rising star of the Albanian mafia has arrived to expand his operations in London.
He's already wiped out most of the opposition at home so this is a step up from local caterpillar to international butterfly.
I want to stamp on his cocoon before that happens.
Like in Scarface.
Only, we take out Al Pacino before he gets the world and everything in it.
Good movie.
And not a bad first attempt at understanding the plan.
- Who's the guy? - Tarek Sokoli.
We don't know much about him apart from rumours and gossip.
One account has it that he likes to put goat's blood in his tea and eat the testicles of his enemies.
Others call him the Silent Killer.
All agree he's got brains.
This always alarms me in a criminal.
Either way, he's shagged his last sheep, right? Wrong.
I don't want to kill him.
I want to kill his reputation.
I want to send him home a wretched and defeated man.
Well, making people feel defeated and wretched is your forte.
One of my fortes.
I want people to say, "There goes Tarek Sokoli, the man who came to nothing in London.
" What's he into? How does he make his money? His lieutenant, Saban Zira, he's working girls here already.
It's his bread and butter.
He'll diversify, no doubt.
But for now, start on the girls.
That could be my motto.
I want you to work as a team on this one.
Group hug? How are you liking it here? In English.
We all speak English now.
The boy must learn from us.
This is our new country now.
It's good to see you, Rose.
You look great.
Really great.
Your hair - You look great.
- Thank you.
- So how've you been? - The police force sacked me.
I don't have cancer.
Well, you seem to be doing all right for yourself.
The private sector pays all right.
And you get to choose your own hours.
So, if you ever get bored with he world of vice, you could give it a try.
Who could get bored of vice? Saban Zira.
You come across him? Saban Zira.
Yeah, rings a bell.
- What's your interest in him? - Rich client of mine, has got a junkie daughter.
Somebody told him she'd hit rock bottom and was working for an Albanian pimp.
His name came up.
It would be unusual.
His turf is pretty much marked up.
Poor little Miranda could be an exception, I guess.
A trophy.
Well, any information that you'd care to share on his methods, routes, couriers, would be gratefully received.
How gratefully? I can't believe I'd get a knockback from the woman who was once prepared to drop her knickers for a serial killer.
Oh, I'm only kidding, babe.
I'll send you the information you want.
Course I will.
Thanks, Paul.
You're a star.
You fucking wait! You're getting it, son.
Think a threesome might be coming our way, Mr Howdy.
Get rid of it.
It's horrible.
Not under the bed.
I'll imagine it there, staring up at me.
Where did it come from? Just looking after it for a mate.
Thinking of having a clear-up later on.
What's the book? I've read that.
It's not nearly as good as his first one, though.
It's hard to study upstairs.
My flatmates are so noisy.
Yeah? Why don't you come down here, then? - Get you a key cut for when I'm out.
- Will you? - Yeah.
- Gracias.
Gracias.
Oh, but you have to get rid of that horrible doll thing.
I can't stay alone here with it.
- No? - No.
That is Sokoli's right-hand man.
Sab Zira.
Here's been here for a while, preparing the ground.
And this? He's a major drug dealer.
"Smart" Stevie Kent.
- Runs the shop window for a big cartel.
- Smart, eh? It's ironic.
He makes Calum look like Einstein.
These two work together, do they? Well, they're talking, which is worrying enough.
But let's put together an hypothesis.
So, Sab's girls finance a really major drugs buy just as Sokoli arrives back to take over.
- "An" hypothesis? - Yeah.
That's not wrong.
Well, we were taught in school - that H also takes - Where did you go to school? Bog-standard comprehensive in Surrey.
What about you? Different ones.
And then I stopped going really.
Me and school didn't get on.
Clearly.
Otherwise, it would have been "School and I".
Anyway, Lenny wants us to release the girls.
Show that Sokoli can't even run a brothel properly.
Letting them loose? Isn't that a bit risky? I'll make sure they have contact numbers of people that can help them and cash for food and travel.
What's their fate if we just leave them there? I'd prefer a chance, at least.
- You like living dangerously.
- And you don't? Tell me you're not enjoying yourself just a bit, here.
Saban Zira.
He's just taken possession of a new consignment of sex slaves.
He brings in drugs for the girls, takes their passports away.
And that is a punter, off home to the wife and kids.
If what happens to women in this world was happening to say, an ethnic or a religious group, don't you think people would be marching in the street about it? Right on, sister.
What was that? - What was what? - That stupid, flip response.
I was talking to you.
I'm sorry.
And you're right.
It's OK.
Oh, shit.
No, not now.
See, next time we can help her get a bit further.
We'll be back.
- How is this Star Trek ravioli geezer? - Tarek Sokoli.
His boy took the passports to a drinking club they use.
We want you to break in and retrieve them.
Then mess about with the lock of the cathouse - so they can get out.
- No problem.
I'm gonna go and see my sister.
Don't go out tonight, because we're up very early in the morning.
Aye aye, Captain.
So How is John? What d'you mean, "How is John?"? - Well, what d'you think of him? - He's all right.
He's a bit of a nag sometimes.
For him, it's like dance music never happened.
He's always whingeing about the noise in here.
I was asking about the state of his mind.
Oh, yeah.
Cos that's a place I wanna go - John Mercer's mind.
Are you mad? He's all right.
He is what he is, does what he does.
Why? What do you think of him? Not sure.
You wanna know if John Mercer's got a girlfriend.
Why would I wanna know that? Don't know, but you wanna know a lot about him.
In terms of this, all this.
You know, what we're doing.
- "In terms of this.
" - Yeah.
Buckling down like we all have to, getting on with it.
You're not preparing some little evaluation for Lenny, are you? Is that what this is about? Cos I ain't no grass.
Oh, yes, you are.
All right, so maybe I am.
But seriously, John's just fine.
As long as he's left alone to get on with his shit and people don't try and mess with his head, then he's good.
Make yourselves scarce.
Good to see you, my friend.
Have a seat.
- So we all ready, then? - We are.
- So, when is it coming in? - Tomorrow.
You confident you can carry all this weight? - We can carry everything you bring us.
- Good.
Cos I've got these other customers, see, smaller customers.
Might just get a little bit pissed off.
If you have any trouble with these customers let me know.
You do mean business, don't you? - How do I look? - Give us a twirl.
Good.
You look great.
- Who are you meeting tonight? - A bloke.
What's he like? He's OK.
And where did you meet him? Amazingly enough, I met him playing badminton.
Yeah, all right.
"Badminton"! It's a classic, even by your standards.
All right, all right.
I like your Rose.
Be careful, though.
I reckon there's a kick like a mule behind that sexy smile.
She's not my Rose.
And I can look after myself.
There's food and drink in the fridge.
I won't be late.
It's only a dinner.
Unless, of course, he asks me to play badminton.
Let's make it look like an ordinary burglary, yeah? Nothing complicated.
Oh, for God's sake.
What is that thing doing in the car? I had to put him in there.
Manuela was freaking out about him being in the room.
- Reminded her of horror movies.
- Took Mr Howdy's arrival, did it? Anyway, it's good cover.
- Cover for what? - Gay dads.
- Taking the nipper out for a drive.
- I don't believe this.
- John.
- What? You're not insecure about your sexuality? - I'm very disappointed in you.
- No.
I'm insecure about the idea that people would think I'd choose you as a sexual partner.
Much less bring up kids with you.
- And also, it's six in the morning.
- Yeah, you're right.
People might think we're snatching him.
Truth be told, he is an ugly little freak.
No offence, Mr Howdy.
- You noticed that? - Noticed what? How people say, "No offence" when they've offended you.
It's like when they say, "Now, don't take this the wrong way.
" You know it's gonna get arsey.
Well, don't take this the wrong way, Calum, but no more drugs.
Ever.
"Get me out.
" "Get me out.
" I sit next to you and I can actually feel myself getting more stupid.
- What did they take? - Some money.
All the passports.
- How many passports? - 50 or so.
Passports are commodities like girls.
That is a lot of money to lose.
Cover the hand with mud and the bread will be covered with honey.
We work in mud so that our family can eat honey.
Find out who did this to us.
So, what's in the envelopes? Places they can go, people they can call and enough money for food and travel.
The girls get these as well as the passports I stole from the club.
- I've never been here before.
- Shut up.
Seriously.
I don't even like the strip-joint that much.
I talk the talk, Rose, but really I've got a very small cock.
I'm very shy around the ladies.
So you've never paid a woman for sex? Do I look like somebody who needs to pay a woman for sex? I would make an exception, of course, and chuck you a tenner.
Get in there and cry freedom.
- What's your name, babe? - Natasha.
- Your real name.
- I don't have a real name any more.
What? Are you police? Everybody has a name.
And no I'm not police.
These are for you.
Listen I want you to use this to get away from here.
They're for you and your girlfriends.
Tell people that Sokoli and his mob are finished.
They're amateurs.
And you're all getting out of here.
I'll make sure the back door's open by tomorrow morning.
Hey my name is Iliriana.
Iliriana.
That's a very pretty name.
Go home to your mum, Iliriana.
And then I say to her, "Whack your ankles behind your ears, love.
" And she does this mad contortionist thing like she's in the Russian circus.
Hold on.
At any point during the five or six hours that you spent having sex with this woman, did you do what you were supposed to do? Yeah, obviously.
And then she kissed me rather tenderly.
Which she said she'd never, ever done before.
- Gratitude.
- Come in, Lenny.
- Iliriana.
- This is cosy.
That was her name, Iliriana.
It's a nice name.
We're toasting the success of teamwork.
Hey, it's like Lenny's Angels.
Iliriana.
That was the name in the passport stuffed into a girl's mouth who was found in a skip this morning.
They weren't gentle with her, so we can assume she gave a description of you.
All right, Lenny.
This isn't a game, Calum.
And you're nobody's angel.
Just come back from your motivational-management day, Lenny? You don't even care about that girl, do you? She's just collateral in your bigger plan.
You know why she's dead? Because she used the money that you two insisted you give her to buy drugs.
But she chose the wrong source and they dragged her back.
Still it's a major embarrassment for Sokoli.
Not bad for a first attempt.
His whores are all over London.
It's a bit like The Great Escape in fishnet stockings.
That's flip.
Move in on the drugs.
Make sure they get nowhere near them.
And pay Stevie Kent a visit.
- And who are you? - I'm a risk consultant.
A what? D'you care about the security of our nation, Stevie? - Is this guy for real? - I'm talking about Tarek Sokoli.
Who? "Who?" You're about to shift some very serious weight in his direction.
- Common knowledge.
- Oh, it's common knowledge, is it? Oh, then I must be uncommon cos I don't know nothing about it.
Find that hard to believe.
D'you know anything about risk, Stevie? You see, studies show that people, especially those of very low intelligence like yourself, assess risk very badly.
Parents would rather their kids went to a house with a swimming pool rather than to a house with a gun inside even though, statistically, the kids are far more likely to die - inside the house with the pool.
- You can't talk to me like this.
You see, a clever guy would take my obvious lack of respect - as an indicator of something.
- Such as? You can sell heroin to anybody you like apart from Tarek Sokoli.
Or you can ignore me, carry on doing as you're doing and sell heroin to Tarek Sokoli.
- And what's your point? - I'm advising you about the risk.
That's a one-way ticket to Guantanamo Bay and a reception party of aggrieved marines waiting for you.
- And you are? Sorry.
- Doesn't matter who I am.
What matters is how good you are at evaluating risk.
Stevie Kent's saying there's a problem with the deal.
He says there are no drugs to sell.
He is lying.
To the man, behave like a man.
To the dog behave like a dog.
He said it was national security! He said we'd be finished if we sold just fucking half a gram! - What did he look like? - He had a a scar here.
Here.
Just above his eyebrow.
There? Just there? What use am I to you dead? What use are you to me alive? Here is what's going to happen now.
First, you tell me where the drugs are! Then you go out and tell the people what happened to your boss! This is what will happen to anybody who crosses us! This operation was not supposed to have casualties.
It was a lesson.
Course, it was only a whore and a drug dealer, - So who weeps for them, right? - Right.
And Sokoli's got the drugs now, so our lesson didn't quite go to plan.
You know, it makes me really annoyed sometimes when people can't keep up.
I think, "Am I the only one that can see what's going on?" It makes me crave an excuse to kick a random and otherwise harmless target.
OK so they've got the drugs.
They'll sell them.
They'll collect a lot of cash.
What could happen next that would be really demoralising? Big man! Case down! Now! Case on the ground! Now! Go! Go, go! Move it! Keep walking.
Keep walking.
Don't move, pal.
Sorry, mate, but this is payback for invading Chechnya.
They're Albanian.
They didn't invade anyone.
To be honest, that neck of the woods is all a bit Eurovision to me.
You tell your people it's over.
Sokoli can't win.
The Triads, the Colombians, the Yardies and even Terry Wogan himself have formed a great big cartel with one purpose in mind to shit on Tarek Sokoli.
Nul points.
You get me? You tell Sokoli even if he re-ups we'll back to do this again.
We'll take his money, his drugs and his birds.
Right? How was that? D'you actually know anything about the Balkans? Balkans? Now you're really confusing me.
There's a lot of - everything, really.
- It's a savings account.
Look, John, this is where you need to step back and look at the smaller picture.
Lenny needs half of this, anyway.
He knows about money, hates the tiniest whiff of personal gain in an operation.
You don't want a hit-man.
This, however is for emergencies.
- Right.
- So, where are we gonna put it? Go and get Mr Howdy from the car.
He can be our piggy-bank.
What they're doing is clever.
The rumours can hurt us even more than thefts.
We cannot even run a whorehouse, hold on to our money.
Everybody is working to find the men.
The one with stars the one with scar.
Who is behind all this? Doesn't smell like normal police.
But it does not feel like rivals.
They would be more physical.
Who is behind all these whisperings? Do not wait for them to search for you.
Search for them.
We are searching.
You have contacts, official contacts.
Yes.
But I haven't wanted to call them.
- Now might be the time.
- It's expensive.
This won't stop.
And we cannot afford to be defeated.
Mercer's probationary period is coming to an end.
You work closest with him, so what's your verdict? Well, I think you should extend the period, at least.
What, and that's despite the fact that he's argumentative, confrontational, and frequently disobedient? And he's good.
- Besides, you don't like a yes-man.
- Oh, you're wrong there, Rose.
I would love a yes-man.
Someone to say, "Yes, Lenny.
OK, Lenny.
"I'll do the job, Lenny.
" That would suit me just fine.
Then maybe you should cut it out with the willy-waving contest cos it's not making life any easier.
It's not my job to make life easier for you and Mercer.
What? No, I'm I'm talking about the unit here.
Besides, I know that you do care about those casualties, by the way.
I can't allow myself to care, by the way.
If Sokoli eats up his rivals and gets fat here, there'll be more dead drug-dealers, more dead girls, and more innocents caught in the crossfire.
- The girls aren't innocent? - You know what I mean.
I want you to move in on the Sokoli family.
You can say no.
You're no yes-man, Rose.
Apart from the obvious problem, I never know which way you're gonna jump.
What a lovely little boy.
- How old is he? - He's eight years old.
Eight? Hello.
What's your name? Shy boy, eh? You take care, now.
London can be a dangerous city for children.
Kids with guns and knives.
They'll stab you for your mobile phone.
It's the young who are the most vulnerable.
You make sure you tell Tarek that, Adelina.
You tell him that leaving your family unattended can be very dangerous.
You did what? I just moved it on a level from girls and drugs.
By threatening kids? Is that Lenny Douglas I can smell? - I'm not gonna do anything to the kid.
- Are you sure about that? What if Lenny tells you to? What do you do then? When does it stop? People are already dead so he can make his point in Tirana.
Spare me the sanctimony.
All this stuff about kids, - it's not morality.
- Isn't it? It's neurosis.
You just idealise children.
It's the stupid fantasy of someone who thinks he can recover the past.
- For a moment there, I forgot.
- Forgot what? Just who and what you are.
I'm done with this.
You don't tell me what to do, all right? It's not your people who are doing this to us? Everything is the same from our angle.
Perhaps you can explain it to me.
I can't.
- Maybe it's one of your rivals.
- A woman threatened Tarek's son! A blonde woman.
I need to know who this woman is.
You know.
She's one of you.
If it is who I think it might be She was asking questions about you.
She used to be one of us.
Now she works as some kind of private investigator.
Where does she live? - I can't tell you that.
- You tell me and you get twice as much money as you've had already.
You don't tell me, who can say where it will end? Go and see your favourite girl.
What did you say about her? "Eyes like black olives.
" Go and spend 20 minutes with her.
And think it over.
Please leave a message after the beep.
John, it's me.
Listen, you apologised to me so it's only fair that I do the same.
I'm sorry.
What I said was completely out of order.
Please don't sulk.
If there's one thing I cannot abide, it's a sulker.
Well, I'll see you later.
No me mires.
Ya te dije, cabron feo.
Hello? Hello, Rose.
Where are we going? You should have left the child out of it.
- Don't you start.
- You made my boss upset.
He's dangerous when he's like that.
Hardly recognise him.
Well, if you think that I give a toss about the hurt feelings of a third-rate bunch of pimps, then you're mistaken.
Let's see If you have the same spirit in a few hours time.
You'll pay a very high price.
There may not be anything left to find.
Call them, and tell them if they want to see you again in one piece, they must bring our money to this location.
I traced the call.
- They've got her in the drinking club.
- Matter to you a bit more now, does it? - Don't push it, John.
- You're not the one who can go in there and get her.
You've got a nasty mouth on you, but that's pretty much it.
You wouldn't even get past reception.
I'll clear any damage.
You just bring her back.
- D'you thinks she's - Shut up.
Three floors, ten windows.
No alleyways or fire exits.
There's a small yard at the back with a low fence, I think they're using - the basement as an office.
- How d'you know that? Because there's no blinds, no curtains.
There's box-files on the ledges.
You gonna go round the back? Where's the fun in that? My name's John Mercer.
Tell the manager I'm coming.
The gun.
Your people are not very trusting we'll keep our word.
A friend of yours has come to pay a visit to us.
It's OK, though.
I have invited him in.
I'm looking forward to meeting your friend.
Run.
Run! Move! Now! Are you paying attention? Yes? Run! - Are you OK? - I'm fine.
I hope I haven't offended any delicate gender sensibilities by suggesting you needed me riding to your rescue.
Well, it was hardly stiff opposition for someone with your training.
Don't mention it.
Deep breaths.
Nice, deep breaths.
They'll slow your pulse down.
There we are.
That boy you killed in there, - he was like a son to me.
- The prostitute your men tortured and dumped in a skip, she was a daughter to somebody.
Sadly, the vineyard was not made with blessings.
It's a saying from my country.
You're gonna have to go and plant your vines somewhere else now.
Because I'm gonna make very sure that everybody knows that big, bad Tarek Sokoli arrived here, tried to set up shop and failed.
You think that will stop more Tarek Sokolis from trying again? It will just make them more brutal and more cunning.
Maybe, but we've got a saying in this country, as well, which is "Take one game at a time.
" You have absolutely nothing left to work with here.
Go home.
Why don't you work for me? Me? I could achieve a lot with a man like you.
Sorry, Tarek, I'm on the side of the angels.
Don't worry.
I won't make any comparisons that reflect badly on you.
Get out, Calum.
Rose is here.
Well, tell her to wait.
- John.
- Yes, Calum? She was here the other day, asking all kinds of questions about you.
- What kind of questions? - Like where you're at in your head.
What you're thinking, stuff like that.
You know I'm not no grass, right? - Yes, you are.
- All right, I am.
But I fobbed her off with a few mind games of my own so, you know Rose is Rose.
- You know what I mean.
- I'm just about keeping up, Calum, yes.
She's Lenny's right hand.
You know what I'm saying.
Devil's lieutenant and all that.
Look, I'm not saying I wouldn't, cos who wouldn't, you know, if given half the What I'm trying to say Piss off.
Well, now.
Well, now.
- Would you like a drink? - No, thanks.
Where's Calum? Well, I think he went upstairs to see his little playmate.
Would you like a drink? - You just asked me that.
- Did I? Have you got any wine? Vanilla Nourishment If you like that sort of thing.
Limoncello.
- Or there's a beer.
- No, it's OK, thank you.
So, you got my message? And? And thank you.
Apology accepted.
Noisy.
You get used to it after a while.
It's like prison.
There's always noise of one sort or another.
When there's not noise, that's when it's scary.
- What, you were scared? - Plenty of times.
How did you get that that scar? Fell down the stairs when I was a kid.
A woman hit me in a bar in Caracas.
That's more plausible.
How's my pulse now? It's fast.
Calum said you were asking all kinds of stuff about me.
- What? - If there's anything you wanna know, just ask me.
Tell Lenny to ask me himself.
Or send in a psychologist, I don't care.
He told you to watch me, didn't he? Evaluate my state of mind during this whole Sokoli thing.
See, that's the problem, isn't it? That's the problem that we've got.
There's Lenny, then there's you.
And then there's me.
- You're right.
That's the problem.
- It's fine, it's fine.
I'm OK with it.
It's - I like working with you.
- Yeah, I like it, too.
It's just if we're working together, then we just can't.
Just wouldn't work, cos I'd never know why you were doing or saying anything.
Sorry, John.
Music got a bit too loud upstairs.
- Where's Rose? - She's gone.
Oh, right.
Yes, Calum.
- Mr Howdy.
- What about him? Have you moved him? Very good, Calum.
What have you done with him? - If you've taken that cash What have you done? - Why would I have done - Stop, OK.
It's my fault.
I know where the evil doll is.
- I was yesterday - Where's Mr Howdy? There's no need to shout.
Where's Mr Howdy? I threw the muneca in the bins downstairs, - when he wouldn't stop staring at me.
- Babe! Gringos est stupidos.
Mr Howdy? - Where are you? - Tip it on its side.
- Mr Howdy, where are you? - "I'm in here.
" - Where? - "In here.
In the bins.
" I can hear him.
Leave it 24 hours.
No mess, no fuss.
They've sent you to do this and they haven't told you why? What does that make you? You could always just explain the situation.
He seems calm, but inside it's pandemonium.
Go on, obey your orders so those dirty bastards you work for can sleep in their beds at night.
- Lenny's gonna go mad.
- Screw Lenny.
I sent Mercer to shut down a problem for me and he primes it like a grenade to blow up in my face.
Your instructions were concise and specific.
Put it right, John, or we both know where this is going.