City on Fire (2023) s01e05 Episode Script
Brass Tactics
1
- ["NYC" PLAYING]
- [NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
Are you sure this is okay?
I mean, I don't wanna
I don't wanna get you in trouble.
It's most definitely not okay,
but if we get caught,
it's gonna be worth it.
Hi. He's with me.
Thank you.
- What is this?
- My happy place.
Okay. Next tray.
- The corner?
- Corner.
- Yep.
- Gently. Into the stopper.
- Same way or
- Up.
- Facing up. Facing up. Yeah.
- Up?
- Very nice.
- Nice.
So, um, did, uh Did
Nicky like that present?
The The book you got him?
Yeah, he did.
Cool.
Fresh tongs, Charles.
Don't cross the streams, okay?
Okay. Sorry.
Do you and Nicky hang out a lot, or
I guess so.
I try to spend as much
time with him as I can.
I feel like I have a
lot to learn from him.
Just like you have a
lot to learn from me.
[CHUCKLES]
You ready for the wash?
Yeah. Yes.
Oh. Thank you.
Just make sure you press
it all the way down.
'Cause you wanna finish strong.
[SONG CONTINUES]
[SONG ENDS]
[CASHIER] Okay. Twenty-four
frames, black-and-white.
That is 16.99 including tax. Be
ready tomorrow. Pay when you pick up.
Cool. That'll give me some
time to get my hands on 16.99,
which I will do, 'cause that
that film is very valuable.
To To me, I mean.
[CHUCKLING] Oh, yeah?
Yeah. Um, do do we have
some kind of agreement,
like a doctor-patient
confidentiality thing?
[STUTTERS] I mean, I have that with
Dr. Altschul, my my therapist.
Right. Uh, definitely
not, but don't worry.
I I've seen it all. Nudity,
dead bodies, every kind of sex.
I mean, what's on this
roll? Can it top that?
Please, if we could just
keep this between us.
Cone of silence, brother.
[PARSA] There are no secrets
in the city of New York.
Someone saw something, heard something.
Plus, you're shedding
hair and fibers 24-7,
- leaving fingerprints
- Bodily fluids.
There's cameras everywhere.
Credit card receipts, phone
records, parking tickets
Uh, Berkowitz got caught
on a parking ticket.
Exactly. The city always knows.
When I told you the girl in
the park was Samantha Yeung,
it didn't seem like fresh information.
Her name hasn't been made
public, so you know this how?
My wife, actually.
You mean your ex-wife?
She's not my ex yet.
Regan told me that an NYU student
had been shot on the Fourth
in the park across from her father's.
There's 40,000 students at NYU.
About half of them are
girls. Why think it was her?
I I didn't necessarily think it was,
but it made me wanna check in on her.
Um, when she didn't return my
calls, I I went to the dorm
Oh, uh
The city always knows.
[STAMMERS] Then I went to the hospital.
Paper said where she
was. I wasn't allowed in,
but I heard this random song
that she likes, and I I knew.
Where were you when Sam was shot?
Home. [CLEARS THROAT] I was home alone.
It's not the best alibi
[CLEARS THROAT] but not the worst.
- It's tough for you to prove.
- Well, it's also tough for us to disprove.
You can ask my doorman.
City always knows, right?
This affair you had with a
teenager, if it ever got out,
you would have a lot to lose.
Makes sense that you
would want to shut her up.
- [PARSA SIGHS]
- Or maybe it just ended,
and she saw you as a fucking
pathetic, middle-aged cliché,
and you didn't like that.
There's no lack of motive.
All you need is a weapon.
You ever own a gun, Mr. Lamplighter?
Um, a gun? No.
Mr. Lamplighter, you're free to go.
He's been free to go this whole time.
He came voluntarily. We're just talking.
- He doesn't have a lawyer.
- He didn't ask for one.
Mr. Lamplighter, please.
I, um
This is over.
You heard the boss.
[KEITH CLEARS THROAT]
[CLEARS THROAT] Thank you for your time.
I really hope you
figure out who shot her.
It's not me. [SIGHS]
This is coming from above.
Who's above you?
Get in. [SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
I guess I should say "thank you."
That's usually how it goes
when someone saves your ass.
I didn't ask for your help.
You didn't have to. You're family.
That gun you gave me, if
I didn't have it anymore,
could it be tracked
back to either of us?
You lost the gun, or someone took it?
Was it Regan? Did she shoot
that girl out of jealousy?
No. Absolutely not.
Then who?
Unburden yourself, and start by
telling me what happened to your face.
Like you don't know. Like
they don't work for you.
Stop the car.
Hey, stop, please. Now.
[AMORY] I can keep the
police off your back.
My family is my responsibility.
I'm gonna take care of this.
Forgive me if I don't feel
confident about your chances. [SIGHS]
[STAMMERS] Can you open
Can you open the door, please?
Unlock.
I'm here if you change your mind.
At least, until I change mine.
[SIGHS]
["LUNATIC FRINGE" PLAYING]
[MCFADDEN] I tell you, it's
the Hamilton-Sweeney connection.
[PARSA SIGHS] I gotta learn
more about these people.
And spend less time jerking off into
cups and read the paper for once.
- [PARSA SIGHS]
-
[MCFADDEN] Money for generations.
Built our skyline. Got
friends in high places.
This right here, that's
the head of the family.
Billionaire with a B.
And he's about to go down for
some kind of financial crime
I don't totally understand,
but it's a big fucking deal.
What if that's the connection?
Forget about jealousy or keeping
Sam quiet about the affair.
Maybe it's the business.
Maybe, through Lamplighter,
she got wind of something
she wasn't supposed to.
You can bet these rich fucks
will do whatever it takes
to keep dear old Dad out of the MCC.
Maybe tomorrow we go back to
their office, ask some questions.
You know, find a disgruntled
employee or two who's willing to talk.
[BOTH] Mmm.
[MCFADDEN] No one is that fucking
happy. They're hiding something.
[WILLIAM] Come on, Sam. What
are you trying to tell me?
Oh. Of course.
Amory Gould, you motherfucker.
[LOCK RATTLING]
[GROANS]
[GROANING]
[COUGHING]
[RETCHES, GROANS, SPITS]
Why is it my fault Charlie's
gone? I'm not the babysitter.
It's not that he's
gone that's the problem.
It's that he was here
in the first place.
- He can't be trusted.
- You don't trust anyone, Sol.
Yeah, 'cause the world is
full of fucking traitors.
I like living here. I actually
believe in what we're doing.
- [SEWER] And I don't? What
- [SOL] Oh.
- What have I been doing this whole
- Look who I found outside.
Hey. Hey. The fuck you been, kid?
- Just out for a walk.
- A walk? You're a wanted fucking man.
No one saw me, all right? Jesus.
Just been frustrated
about not getting anywhere
with what happened to Sam, and
I just thought I'd clear my head.
And it's clear now?
Yeah, totally.
[SOL] DT, grab some beers.
Charlie, I'm a Pisces, and
you can't bullshit a Pisces.
I can literally see your soul.
Respectfully, I don't
I don't think that's true.
Okay, fine.
But I know your head is not
clear. It's cloudy as fuck.
[SIGHS] I'm not gonna lie to you.
When I left, I thought
about just going home.
On foot if I had to.
Just whatever it would take
to get back to Flower Hill.
So why didn't you?
Besides the fact that it's
a seven-hour walk? [SIGHS]
I just, uh,
kinda realized that I don't
have anything to go back to.
That I've given up my old life.
This is my home now.
Then welcome home, Charlie.
[SEWER] He's lying.
He knows something or at least
suspects the fuck out of it.
Hmm. Finally seeing things my way.
[SEWER] Cover's been ripped
off. There are pages missing too.
Sometimes Sam used
her books as a journal.
Who knows what she wrote down?
["SALAD DAYS" PLAYING THROUGH RADIO]
[SEWER] Nick.
[EXCLAIMS] What the fuck? Don't do that.
You scared the fucking shit outta me.
I told you, don't fucking
interrupt me while I'm working.
That's for your safety as well as mine.
We, uh, got a problem.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Oh. Thank God.
I wasn't sure if you
were even coming home.
Where's Will? [SIGHS]
He's asleep. It's late.
[SIGHS]
What happened?
They let me go. I didn't say anything.
Nothing they didn't already know.
Well, what else is there?
[SIGHS]
They, uh Um
[SIGHS]
[BREATHING DEEPLY] I had a gun.
I kept it hidden in the
closet [SIGHS] in a bag.
It wasn't loaded, of course,
but there was ammunition.
You had a gun in the house.
That gun
is missing.
And unless we were robbed by strangers,
and that is all that they took
Wait Oh, my God.
Will knew about my
relationship with Sam.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
If he found the gun
[STAMMERS] Yeah, I-I
I suppose he could have snuck out,
but do we really think that
Did he know I was going to the party?
Yeah.
He could have been coming
for me. Found her instead.
Maybe he knew she wanted to talk to me.
Maybe Will is what she
wanted to talk to me about.
No. [STAMMERS, CHUCKLES]
What are What are we even saying?
[STAMMERS] Is this even possible?
Of course not, but isn't
that what all parents say?
You saw that Klebold kid's mom on TV.
Who knows? Who f [INHALES
DEEPLY] Who fucking knows?
We have to talk to him. [STUTTERS]
We have to ask him point-blank.
[SNIFFLES] Yeah.
But, um, tomorrow.
[INHALES SHARPLY] I'm so fucking tired.
[KNOCKING]
You don't have to sleep on the couch.
No, it's [STUTTERS] I don't mind.
- Neither do I.
- [SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[BRUNO] Knock, knock. Sorry to
interrupt, but I come with some news.
So, there is this street
art group show coming up.
And I thought maybe, you know,
your stupid little spot signs
could maybe work in context, like,
uh your wordplay and, uh Wow.
I actually am interrupting.
What is this new piece
you're working on?
William, it's
it's unlike any piece of
art I've ever seen you do.
That's because it's
not art. This is life.
The girl in the park, she left me clues.
She was onto something,
a link between my former
bandmate and my family's business.
And the answer to who
shot her is here somewhere.
Or it will be soon. [SIGHS]
Just do whatever you
want with those signs.
[CLEARS THROAT] I was
high when I made them.
They're dumb as fuck.
Yeah, well, "dumb as fuck"
is selling right now, honey.
Well, if I am not here, you have a key.
You can let yourself in. [GRUNTS]
You going somewhere?
[INHALES DEEPLY] I think I'm finally
ready to face my demons. [SIGHS]
Well, my demon.
Okay. I could never
understand your riddles,
but if this mystery is
inspiring you to create,
well, then that's a good thing. Okay?
I'll let myself out.
[WILLIAM CLEARS THROAT, SIGHS]
- Hey.
- Yeah?
You know that I wouldn't be
here if it weren't for you, right?
- [SIGHS]
- I'd be dead.
Suicide, a dirty needle, the plague.
Good friends, clean needles,
and a shit ton of condoms.
That is how any one of us
made it out alive. Okay?
Those early conversations with your
father were difficult, but, you know,
in the end, he was relieved that
there was someone looking after you.
[INHALES SHARPLY] Well, you put
up with a lot of shit after that.
[STAMMERS] Whatever they
said in Artforum,
you never thought I was a genius.
Mmm. I never thought you had to be.
Hmm.
Geniuses die young,
and I believe that you will
make a very fine old man.
Will, you need to trust that
you can tell us anything,
and we will still love you.
It's our job as parents to protect you.
Do you understand?
I think you found my gun.
I think you took it, and
I'm scared that you used it.
[BREATHES SHAKILY] I'm sorry.
[BREATHES SHAKILY] Will.
I did find the gun.
I took it, but you didn't notice.
Then I sent that note to Mom.
We moved out, but you
still didn't say anything.
Only stupid stuff about how sometimes
people are better parents
if they're not married.
You wanted your dad
to know that you knew.
And I just wanted to feel what
it was like to pull the trigger.
But I never thought I'd hit it.
Hit Hit what?
The bird.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
And-And And then what happened?
[SNIFFLES] I felt sick. S [SIGHS]
I got scared and came home. [STAMMERS]
You never went to the park.
- Central Park. You didn't
- No.
I swear.
Where is the gun now, honey?
I threw it under our house.
Our house in Brooklyn.
Okay, that's okay.
[NICKY] Find what you were looking for?
Hey. [STAMMERS] I
thought you already left.
I w I was just gonna grab some
stuff to to go on a food run with.
- I thought you guys might be hungry.
- I changed my mind.
Think you should come with us.
I thought you said there were gonna
be reporters and photographers and,
I mean, I'm a wanted man.
It's not gonna be safe.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, that's
why I bought you this.
Come on. [CHUCKLING]
It's a Bloomberg mask.
[CHUCKLES] It's funny, right?
[CHUCKLES] Ah, come on, Charlie.
Everyone's waiting. Come on.
[KEITH] You sure?
Yeah. Just get rid of it.
I'm glad we did this together.
Yeah.
It's definitely a
top-five moment for sure.
Yeah.
College graduation, our wedding day,
birth of my kids,
then the time my ex and I
disposed of potential evidence
in the shooting of his teenage mistress.
If you think today is some
kind of victory, you're insane.
- [KEITH SIGHS]
- [REGAN INHALES SHARPLY]
[SIGHS]
Hey, uh, my name is on the building,
and I would like to go upstairs, please.
- Of course.
- Thanks.
[CLEARING THROAT]
- [TELEPHONE RINGING]
- [BREATHES DEEPLY]
So the rumors are true.
This is a surprise.
Hello, Amory.
You look exactly the same as
you did the last time I saw you.
Pilates, protein, and a
certain doctor in Baden-Baden.
Mmm. Right, right, right.
I meant you looked like a
two-faced, deceitful prick then,
and you still do now.
[CHUCKLES] William, as
tart-tongued and delightful as ever.
Would you like to go in?
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
Have a seat.
Mmm. No, I'm not staying.
Oh, that's too bad.
I always enjoy my time with parasites
who squander their privilege,
then use sarcasm to
cover their track marks.
Yes, if only I was born
on your side of town,
you and I could be fighting
shoulder to shoulder right now.
Uh, to be clear, that was
sarcasm covering my track marks.
What the fuck do you know
about where I come from?
Mmm.
You've always been one pen
stroke away from the jackpot,
which is why you're here, correct?
Your father's business troubles?
Come to claim what's yours,
or at least to stop the demon
brother from claiming it.
Yes, I know what you call me.
And I know that you never
got rid of your voting rights.
I don't give a shit about this business.
I never have. I never will.
I am here to solve a mystery.
The girl that was shot in
Central Park loves my band.
The Hamilton-Sweeney's are buying
up a bunch of burnt-out buildings
out in the Bronx.
Nicky Chaos knows the girl.
And in some weird, fucked-up way,
which I will soon figure out,
Nicky, well, he also knows you.
And I know you're too smart to
say something stupid right now.
I am here because it feels so good
to look you in your beady little eyes
and let you know that I am finally going
to take you down, motherfucker.
I know this girl's
world, I know your world,
and I got the cops on speed-dial.
I'm actually working on
my greatest piece yet.
It's this giant,
beautiful collaged canvas
that tells this entire story.
And right there,
smack-dab in the middle
it'll be your mug shot.
Consider yourself warned.
Shall I convey your
regards to your father?
I know you haven't seen
fit to keep in contact,
but he doesn't have much time.
So I've heard.
But he's not dead yet.
Who knows?
Maybe once you're gone,
we can be a family again.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- What now?
- Sorry to disturb you, Mr. Gould,
but we're getting a report of
something happening out front.
- What's happening?
- Not sure exactly. A protest?
[PROTESTERS CHEERING]
[PROTESTERS CHEERING CONTINUES]
Yes, thank you, everybody!
Let me hear you make some noise.
Thank you everyone for coming out today,
but more importantly, for
giving a shit about this city.
[PROTESTORS CHEERING]
Now every day we see people
struggling in these streets
[PROTESTERS] Yeah!
just trying to keep their
fucking families' businesses afloat.
Get their rents paid.
And then there are people
like these assholes.
[PROTESTERS BOOING]
[NICKY] The Hamilton-Sweeney's,
who are scooping up whole blocks
of this city for dirt cheap.
And they're building luxury
apartments for people so rich,
- they don't even fucking live there.
- That's right!
All right? This is not okay!
[PROTESTERS] No!
[CHOKES, GROANS]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Fuck.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Fucking
detox. [EXHALES HEAVILY]
And the media, the media wants
to discredit our movement,
but all they do is amplify our message.
[PROTESTERS CHEERING]
All right. Scientia potentia est.
Knowledge is power.
- [NICKY] Repeat after me. Knowledge
- [PROTESTERS] Knowledge
- [NICKY] Is power!
- [PROTESTERS] Is power!
- Knowledge
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Is power!
- [PROTESTERS] Is power!
- Knowledge
- [PROTESTERS] Knowledge
- Is power!
- [PROTESTERS] Is power!
- Knowledge
- [PROTESTERS] Knowledge
- Is power!
- [PROTESTERS] Is power!
[PROTESTERS CHEERING]
- All right! Hey, hey!
- Yo.
I'm assuming this pitiful protest
is revenge for my firing you.
[SEWER] have to go!
Detective Parsa and McFadden.
We're expected upstairs.
[NICKY] We're just bringing
the fight to your front door.
[AMORY] Well, here's a heads-up.
William Hamilton-Sweeney III
is about to exit that door.
- Ho, ho!
- [PROTESTERS] Ho, ho!
[AMORY] He mentioned
something he's working on.
A new canvas.
Uh, we're gonna need to reschedule.
[AMORY] He's hell-bent
on proving our connection
- to each other
- [PROTESTERS CLAMORING]
and to that girl in the park.
I think you know what
I'm asking you to do.
- Ho, ho!
- [PROTESTERS] Ho, ho!
- Hamilton-Sweeney has got to go!
- I don't kill people.
Not what I heard.
[PROTESTERS] Ho, ho!
Hamilton-Sweeney has got to go!
- [SEWER] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
- [PROTESTERS] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
[PROTESTERS] Hamilton-Sweeney
has got to go!
- [SEWER] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
- [PROTESTERS] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
[PROTESTERS] Hamilton-Sweeney
has got to go!
- [PROTESTERS] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
- [AMORY] Hello?
I'm on it.
- [PROTESTERS] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
- Go. Go follow!
No, you keep going. Go
[SEWER] Hey, Nicky What the hell?
Wait! We didn't get
to case the building!
We'll come back later! Sol,
with me! You, go to his studio!
Fuck, man.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
- [PROTESTERS] Our city!
- Where did he go?
- Whose city?
- [PROTESTERS] Our city!
- [SEWER] Whose city? Who's city?
- [PROTESTERS] Our city! Our city!
Hey. Police!
Hey! Stop!
- Stop! Hey!
- Hey, hey.
The cops are here to shut us down.
No cops, free speech!
[PROTESTERS CHANTING]
No cops, free speech!
[NICKY] Oh, fuck!
[MCFADDEN] Excuse me.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY] Ah, Jesus.
- William, remember me?
You were, uh, handcuffed
to my partner's desk.
- You followed me here?
- Yeah, and, uh, I'm not the only one.
[SIGHS] Okay. You're on my side, right?
I can trust you to
protect and serve? Hmm?
Well, how do I know
you're the good guy here?
Well, I am wearing pinstripes. So
Plus, if you could
help me get out of here,
I can help you solve this
thing. All right? I can help.
Gentlemen. [CLEARS THROAT]
What are the chances? [CHUCKLES]
- [SNORTS, SNIFFS] So, uh, how's it going?
- Not so good, Billy.
- Mmm. [CLEARS THROAT] That's too bad.
- Not so good.
This is our stop. [GRUNTS]
All right. NYPD.
I'm gonna need some names and
some answers right goddamn now.
[SIGHS]
[WILLIAM GRUNTS]
[GRUNTING] Hey, get the fuck off of me!
- [SOL] Whatever you say, lady.
- [MCFADDEN GRUNTS]
[MCFADDEN GRUNTS] Fuck.
Hold the fucking door.
[PANTING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Excuse me. Sorry. Excuse me. My
friend is actually up this way.
Sorry. Excuse me.
- If I could just squeeze past.
- Yo, move.
- I'm sorry.
- [NICKY] People, people move, move.
- Out of the way.
- [PEOPLE CLAMORING]
- What the fuck, bro? Move!
- [WILLIAM] Excuse me.
- You wanna go? Let's go. All right, bro.
- Calm the fuck down.
Uh, this is my father's watch.
This is a Timex.
Rich in sentimental value only.
I'll [STAMMERS] I'll take 16.99.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
Why would you hide any of these?
Two [MOUTHING]
three, four, five
How many photos are
there on a roll of film?
- [STAMMERS] Twenty-four.
- There are 21 here. Three are missing.
Maybe three weren't good.
Sometimes they're blank or blurry.
Somebody leaves the lens cap on
or whatever. We don't print
No, no, no. Sam did not take
pictures with the lens cap on, okay?
- Just tell me where they are!
- Hey, hey, calm down, kid.
[STAMMERS] I don't have 'em.
Some guy came by this morning, paid
me a hundred bucks to have a look.
Must have slipped a few in his pocket.
Print them for me. Now.
We don't print singles.
You got another 16.99?
Fuck you, Doug!
[BREATHES DEEPLY, EXHALES SHARPLY]
Ah, now where you gonna go?
Come on, you're too tired.
Too fucked up to run.
Besides, what would be the point?
[GROANS] We're doing this?
Well, you didn't shoot
me on a crowded subway.
You're not gonna fucking shoot me here.
Yeah, you're right. We got
too much history for that.
I just wanna have a talk.
Come for a walk with me.
Talk. You walk with me?
After you.
[GRUNTS, SNIFFLES]
Yeah. Actually, I got some
questions of my own, Nicky.
[NICKY SIGHS]
William, it's
it's [EXCLAIMS] me.
Who are you?
Uh, what what ga what
gallery do you do you work with?
Oh, no, no. Don't do that.
Okay.
Hello? Hello. Yes [STAMMERS]
I'd like to report an
intruder [SCREAMS, GRUNTS]
[PANTS] Fuck! [BREATHING
HEAVILY, GRUNTS]
[INHALES SHARPLY, PANTING]
[GRUNTING]
[PANTING]
Uh, excuse me. Excuse me. Hey.
Um, did you know that gentrification
is displacing an entire,
uh, socioeconomic
strata of city residents?
Not interested. Thanks.
You could at least take
a look at our literature.
I just want to enjoy my slice in
peace, okay? Maybe someone else.
I mean Yeah. You could
read it later, you know?
Scientia potentia est.
- Knowledge is power.
- I said fuck off.
[CHARLIE] I'm I'm so sorry.
I just, um I get so
passionate sometimes, you know?
- Yeah.
- And I just, um I don't know.
I'm so I'm sorry to
bother you. That's
[SENSOR BEEPS]
[JENNY] It's for a Deitch
Projects group show.
- Yeah.
- Kind of a post-punk,
hyperrealist take on civic semiotics.
Very cheeky.
[MERCER] Jenny, hey. I'm
surprising William with dinner.
Is that smoke?
Holy shit! Call 911!
Bruno's car is here. Where's Bruno?
[MERCER PANTS] Oh, my
God. What's happening?
- [PANTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [JENNY] Fire.
- Yeah. I'm at the corner of Meserole
- [MOUTHING] What?
and Bushwick Place.
I need to report a fire.
Ah, alone at last.
This is more like it.
Hey, if this really is
the end of the road for me,
at least tell me the story.
[SIGHS] What happened
to the girl, Nicky?
Ah, you little f
[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]
You don't fucking talk about her.
You don't know shit about Sam.
Ah, well, I kind of feel like I do.
[INHALES SHARPLY] Read
everything she wrote.
She really ate your shit up, huh?
But wouldn't follow you off the cliff.
[WILLIAM] No, she was a good girl.
She had morals, limits.
Did you find them?
Is that why she had to go?
[NICKY] No, Sol, Sol, Sol!
Yo! Sol, Sol, Sol, leave that
shit. Leave that shit. Come on.
- Yo, where's SG? Where's SG?
- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
I heard someone in the back
screaming. I think he's trapped.
- [TRAPPED PERSON] Help!
- We have to go back. We have to help him.
- No. We need to get out of here.
- [TRAPPED PERSON] Somebody help!
You promised no one would get hurt!
[NICKY] Fuck!
Fuck that. We're gonna get hurt.
- We have to go back. We have to go back!
- No, no, no, no, no.
- We can't leave him! We can't leave him!
- Sam!
[SAM] We have to go
back! We have to go back!
We have to save him! [PANTS, CRIES]
Nicky, we gotta go right now.
[PANTS]
[SHUTTER CLICKS]
[SHUTTER CLICKS]
Sam, come on. Let's go.
[NICKY SIGHS] I'm sorry, Billy.
You're gonna have to die without
the answers you're craving.
[SIGHS]
You're just gonna kill me?
You're just gonna kill
the leader of your band?
[CHUCKLES] The leader?
You quit.
It's my band now.
Mmm. Your band?
Hey, look. I'm not gonna kill you.
I am.
[NICKY] Hey. Hey, hey. You chill
the fuck Get the fuck down.
- [WILLIAM GRUNTING]
- Here.
It's gonna make too much
noise. [EXHALES SHARPLY]
I saw you took that photo.
- Give me the film.
- Okay. Okay. Just let me go.
Just let me go.
[WHIMPERS]
Sam!
Sam, open the door! [BANGING ON DOOR]
- [SOL] Sam, open the door!
- [INHALES DEEPLY]
Give me the film, Sam.
[BANGING CONTINUES]
Sam, open the door!
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Okay. Okay. Just Just
take the film though.
Leave the camera. [PANTS]
Please! Please leave the camera!
Please! It was my mother's! [GASPS]
[SOBS]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
Damn.
Once upon a time, I
fucking loved that guy.
- ["NYC" PLAYING]
- [NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
Are you sure this is okay?
I mean, I don't wanna
I don't wanna get you in trouble.
It's most definitely not okay,
but if we get caught,
it's gonna be worth it.
Hi. He's with me.
Thank you.
- What is this?
- My happy place.
Okay. Next tray.
- The corner?
- Corner.
- Yep.
- Gently. Into the stopper.
- Same way or
- Up.
- Facing up. Facing up. Yeah.
- Up?
- Very nice.
- Nice.
So, um, did, uh Did
Nicky like that present?
The The book you got him?
Yeah, he did.
Cool.
Fresh tongs, Charles.
Don't cross the streams, okay?
Okay. Sorry.
Do you and Nicky hang out a lot, or
I guess so.
I try to spend as much
time with him as I can.
I feel like I have a
lot to learn from him.
Just like you have a
lot to learn from me.
[CHUCKLES]
You ready for the wash?
Yeah. Yes.
Oh. Thank you.
Just make sure you press
it all the way down.
'Cause you wanna finish strong.
[SONG CONTINUES]
[SONG ENDS]
[CASHIER] Okay. Twenty-four
frames, black-and-white.
That is 16.99 including tax. Be
ready tomorrow. Pay when you pick up.
Cool. That'll give me some
time to get my hands on 16.99,
which I will do, 'cause that
that film is very valuable.
To To me, I mean.
[CHUCKLING] Oh, yeah?
Yeah. Um, do do we have
some kind of agreement,
like a doctor-patient
confidentiality thing?
[STUTTERS] I mean, I have that with
Dr. Altschul, my my therapist.
Right. Uh, definitely
not, but don't worry.
I I've seen it all. Nudity,
dead bodies, every kind of sex.
I mean, what's on this
roll? Can it top that?
Please, if we could just
keep this between us.
Cone of silence, brother.
[PARSA] There are no secrets
in the city of New York.
Someone saw something, heard something.
Plus, you're shedding
hair and fibers 24-7,
- leaving fingerprints
- Bodily fluids.
There's cameras everywhere.
Credit card receipts, phone
records, parking tickets
Uh, Berkowitz got caught
on a parking ticket.
Exactly. The city always knows.
When I told you the girl in
the park was Samantha Yeung,
it didn't seem like fresh information.
Her name hasn't been made
public, so you know this how?
My wife, actually.
You mean your ex-wife?
She's not my ex yet.
Regan told me that an NYU student
had been shot on the Fourth
in the park across from her father's.
There's 40,000 students at NYU.
About half of them are
girls. Why think it was her?
I I didn't necessarily think it was,
but it made me wanna check in on her.
Um, when she didn't return my
calls, I I went to the dorm
Oh, uh
The city always knows.
[STAMMERS] Then I went to the hospital.
Paper said where she
was. I wasn't allowed in,
but I heard this random song
that she likes, and I I knew.
Where were you when Sam was shot?
Home. [CLEARS THROAT] I was home alone.
It's not the best alibi
[CLEARS THROAT] but not the worst.
- It's tough for you to prove.
- Well, it's also tough for us to disprove.
You can ask my doorman.
City always knows, right?
This affair you had with a
teenager, if it ever got out,
you would have a lot to lose.
Makes sense that you
would want to shut her up.
- [PARSA SIGHS]
- Or maybe it just ended,
and she saw you as a fucking
pathetic, middle-aged cliché,
and you didn't like that.
There's no lack of motive.
All you need is a weapon.
You ever own a gun, Mr. Lamplighter?
Um, a gun? No.
Mr. Lamplighter, you're free to go.
He's been free to go this whole time.
He came voluntarily. We're just talking.
- He doesn't have a lawyer.
- He didn't ask for one.
Mr. Lamplighter, please.
I, um
This is over.
You heard the boss.
[KEITH CLEARS THROAT]
[CLEARS THROAT] Thank you for your time.
I really hope you
figure out who shot her.
It's not me. [SIGHS]
This is coming from above.
Who's above you?
Get in. [SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
I guess I should say "thank you."
That's usually how it goes
when someone saves your ass.
I didn't ask for your help.
You didn't have to. You're family.
That gun you gave me, if
I didn't have it anymore,
could it be tracked
back to either of us?
You lost the gun, or someone took it?
Was it Regan? Did she shoot
that girl out of jealousy?
No. Absolutely not.
Then who?
Unburden yourself, and start by
telling me what happened to your face.
Like you don't know. Like
they don't work for you.
Stop the car.
Hey, stop, please. Now.
[AMORY] I can keep the
police off your back.
My family is my responsibility.
I'm gonna take care of this.
Forgive me if I don't feel
confident about your chances. [SIGHS]
[STAMMERS] Can you open
Can you open the door, please?
Unlock.
I'm here if you change your mind.
At least, until I change mine.
[SIGHS]
["LUNATIC FRINGE" PLAYING]
[MCFADDEN] I tell you, it's
the Hamilton-Sweeney connection.
[PARSA SIGHS] I gotta learn
more about these people.
And spend less time jerking off into
cups and read the paper for once.
- [PARSA SIGHS]
-
[MCFADDEN] Money for generations.
Built our skyline. Got
friends in high places.
This right here, that's
the head of the family.
Billionaire with a B.
And he's about to go down for
some kind of financial crime
I don't totally understand,
but it's a big fucking deal.
What if that's the connection?
Forget about jealousy or keeping
Sam quiet about the affair.
Maybe it's the business.
Maybe, through Lamplighter,
she got wind of something
she wasn't supposed to.
You can bet these rich fucks
will do whatever it takes
to keep dear old Dad out of the MCC.
Maybe tomorrow we go back to
their office, ask some questions.
You know, find a disgruntled
employee or two who's willing to talk.
[BOTH] Mmm.
[MCFADDEN] No one is that fucking
happy. They're hiding something.
[WILLIAM] Come on, Sam. What
are you trying to tell me?
Oh. Of course.
Amory Gould, you motherfucker.
[LOCK RATTLING]
[GROANS]
[GROANING]
[COUGHING]
[RETCHES, GROANS, SPITS]
Why is it my fault Charlie's
gone? I'm not the babysitter.
It's not that he's
gone that's the problem.
It's that he was here
in the first place.
- He can't be trusted.
- You don't trust anyone, Sol.
Yeah, 'cause the world is
full of fucking traitors.
I like living here. I actually
believe in what we're doing.
- [SEWER] And I don't? What
- [SOL] Oh.
- What have I been doing this whole
- Look who I found outside.
Hey. Hey. The fuck you been, kid?
- Just out for a walk.
- A walk? You're a wanted fucking man.
No one saw me, all right? Jesus.
Just been frustrated
about not getting anywhere
with what happened to Sam, and
I just thought I'd clear my head.
And it's clear now?
Yeah, totally.
[SOL] DT, grab some beers.
Charlie, I'm a Pisces, and
you can't bullshit a Pisces.
I can literally see your soul.
Respectfully, I don't
I don't think that's true.
Okay, fine.
But I know your head is not
clear. It's cloudy as fuck.
[SIGHS] I'm not gonna lie to you.
When I left, I thought
about just going home.
On foot if I had to.
Just whatever it would take
to get back to Flower Hill.
So why didn't you?
Besides the fact that it's
a seven-hour walk? [SIGHS]
I just, uh,
kinda realized that I don't
have anything to go back to.
That I've given up my old life.
This is my home now.
Then welcome home, Charlie.
[SEWER] He's lying.
He knows something or at least
suspects the fuck out of it.
Hmm. Finally seeing things my way.
[SEWER] Cover's been ripped
off. There are pages missing too.
Sometimes Sam used
her books as a journal.
Who knows what she wrote down?
["SALAD DAYS" PLAYING THROUGH RADIO]
[SEWER] Nick.
[EXCLAIMS] What the fuck? Don't do that.
You scared the fucking shit outta me.
I told you, don't fucking
interrupt me while I'm working.
That's for your safety as well as mine.
We, uh, got a problem.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Oh. Thank God.
I wasn't sure if you
were even coming home.
Where's Will? [SIGHS]
He's asleep. It's late.
[SIGHS]
What happened?
They let me go. I didn't say anything.
Nothing they didn't already know.
Well, what else is there?
[SIGHS]
They, uh Um
[SIGHS]
[BREATHING DEEPLY] I had a gun.
I kept it hidden in the
closet [SIGHS] in a bag.
It wasn't loaded, of course,
but there was ammunition.
You had a gun in the house.
That gun
is missing.
And unless we were robbed by strangers,
and that is all that they took
Wait Oh, my God.
Will knew about my
relationship with Sam.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
If he found the gun
[STAMMERS] Yeah, I-I
I suppose he could have snuck out,
but do we really think that
Did he know I was going to the party?
Yeah.
He could have been coming
for me. Found her instead.
Maybe he knew she wanted to talk to me.
Maybe Will is what she
wanted to talk to me about.
No. [STAMMERS, CHUCKLES]
What are What are we even saying?
[STAMMERS] Is this even possible?
Of course not, but isn't
that what all parents say?
You saw that Klebold kid's mom on TV.
Who knows? Who f [INHALES
DEEPLY] Who fucking knows?
We have to talk to him. [STUTTERS]
We have to ask him point-blank.
[SNIFFLES] Yeah.
But, um, tomorrow.
[INHALES SHARPLY] I'm so fucking tired.
[KNOCKING]
You don't have to sleep on the couch.
No, it's [STUTTERS] I don't mind.
- Neither do I.
- [SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[BRUNO] Knock, knock. Sorry to
interrupt, but I come with some news.
So, there is this street
art group show coming up.
And I thought maybe, you know,
your stupid little spot signs
could maybe work in context, like,
uh your wordplay and, uh Wow.
I actually am interrupting.
What is this new piece
you're working on?
William, it's
it's unlike any piece of
art I've ever seen you do.
That's because it's
not art. This is life.
The girl in the park, she left me clues.
She was onto something,
a link between my former
bandmate and my family's business.
And the answer to who
shot her is here somewhere.
Or it will be soon. [SIGHS]
Just do whatever you
want with those signs.
[CLEARS THROAT] I was
high when I made them.
They're dumb as fuck.
Yeah, well, "dumb as fuck"
is selling right now, honey.
Well, if I am not here, you have a key.
You can let yourself in. [GRUNTS]
You going somewhere?
[INHALES DEEPLY] I think I'm finally
ready to face my demons. [SIGHS]
Well, my demon.
Okay. I could never
understand your riddles,
but if this mystery is
inspiring you to create,
well, then that's a good thing. Okay?
I'll let myself out.
[WILLIAM CLEARS THROAT, SIGHS]
- Hey.
- Yeah?
You know that I wouldn't be
here if it weren't for you, right?
- [SIGHS]
- I'd be dead.
Suicide, a dirty needle, the plague.
Good friends, clean needles,
and a shit ton of condoms.
That is how any one of us
made it out alive. Okay?
Those early conversations with your
father were difficult, but, you know,
in the end, he was relieved that
there was someone looking after you.
[INHALES SHARPLY] Well, you put
up with a lot of shit after that.
[STAMMERS] Whatever they
said in Artforum,
you never thought I was a genius.
Mmm. I never thought you had to be.
Hmm.
Geniuses die young,
and I believe that you will
make a very fine old man.
Will, you need to trust that
you can tell us anything,
and we will still love you.
It's our job as parents to protect you.
Do you understand?
I think you found my gun.
I think you took it, and
I'm scared that you used it.
[BREATHES SHAKILY] I'm sorry.
[BREATHES SHAKILY] Will.
I did find the gun.
I took it, but you didn't notice.
Then I sent that note to Mom.
We moved out, but you
still didn't say anything.
Only stupid stuff about how sometimes
people are better parents
if they're not married.
You wanted your dad
to know that you knew.
And I just wanted to feel what
it was like to pull the trigger.
But I never thought I'd hit it.
Hit Hit what?
The bird.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
And-And And then what happened?
[SNIFFLES] I felt sick. S [SIGHS]
I got scared and came home. [STAMMERS]
You never went to the park.
- Central Park. You didn't
- No.
I swear.
Where is the gun now, honey?
I threw it under our house.
Our house in Brooklyn.
Okay, that's okay.
[NICKY] Find what you were looking for?
Hey. [STAMMERS] I
thought you already left.
I w I was just gonna grab some
stuff to to go on a food run with.
- I thought you guys might be hungry.
- I changed my mind.
Think you should come with us.
I thought you said there were gonna
be reporters and photographers and,
I mean, I'm a wanted man.
It's not gonna be safe.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, that's
why I bought you this.
Come on. [CHUCKLING]
It's a Bloomberg mask.
[CHUCKLES] It's funny, right?
[CHUCKLES] Ah, come on, Charlie.
Everyone's waiting. Come on.
[KEITH] You sure?
Yeah. Just get rid of it.
I'm glad we did this together.
Yeah.
It's definitely a
top-five moment for sure.
Yeah.
College graduation, our wedding day,
birth of my kids,
then the time my ex and I
disposed of potential evidence
in the shooting of his teenage mistress.
If you think today is some
kind of victory, you're insane.
- [KEITH SIGHS]
- [REGAN INHALES SHARPLY]
[SIGHS]
Hey, uh, my name is on the building,
and I would like to go upstairs, please.
- Of course.
- Thanks.
[CLEARING THROAT]
- [TELEPHONE RINGING]
- [BREATHES DEEPLY]
So the rumors are true.
This is a surprise.
Hello, Amory.
You look exactly the same as
you did the last time I saw you.
Pilates, protein, and a
certain doctor in Baden-Baden.
Mmm. Right, right, right.
I meant you looked like a
two-faced, deceitful prick then,
and you still do now.
[CHUCKLES] William, as
tart-tongued and delightful as ever.
Would you like to go in?
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
Have a seat.
Mmm. No, I'm not staying.
Oh, that's too bad.
I always enjoy my time with parasites
who squander their privilege,
then use sarcasm to
cover their track marks.
Yes, if only I was born
on your side of town,
you and I could be fighting
shoulder to shoulder right now.
Uh, to be clear, that was
sarcasm covering my track marks.
What the fuck do you know
about where I come from?
Mmm.
You've always been one pen
stroke away from the jackpot,
which is why you're here, correct?
Your father's business troubles?
Come to claim what's yours,
or at least to stop the demon
brother from claiming it.
Yes, I know what you call me.
And I know that you never
got rid of your voting rights.
I don't give a shit about this business.
I never have. I never will.
I am here to solve a mystery.
The girl that was shot in
Central Park loves my band.
The Hamilton-Sweeney's are buying
up a bunch of burnt-out buildings
out in the Bronx.
Nicky Chaos knows the girl.
And in some weird, fucked-up way,
which I will soon figure out,
Nicky, well, he also knows you.
And I know you're too smart to
say something stupid right now.
I am here because it feels so good
to look you in your beady little eyes
and let you know that I am finally going
to take you down, motherfucker.
I know this girl's
world, I know your world,
and I got the cops on speed-dial.
I'm actually working on
my greatest piece yet.
It's this giant,
beautiful collaged canvas
that tells this entire story.
And right there,
smack-dab in the middle
it'll be your mug shot.
Consider yourself warned.
Shall I convey your
regards to your father?
I know you haven't seen
fit to keep in contact,
but he doesn't have much time.
So I've heard.
But he's not dead yet.
Who knows?
Maybe once you're gone,
we can be a family again.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- What now?
- Sorry to disturb you, Mr. Gould,
but we're getting a report of
something happening out front.
- What's happening?
- Not sure exactly. A protest?
[PROTESTERS CHEERING]
[PROTESTERS CHEERING CONTINUES]
Yes, thank you, everybody!
Let me hear you make some noise.
Thank you everyone for coming out today,
but more importantly, for
giving a shit about this city.
[PROTESTORS CHEERING]
Now every day we see people
struggling in these streets
[PROTESTERS] Yeah!
just trying to keep their
fucking families' businesses afloat.
Get their rents paid.
And then there are people
like these assholes.
[PROTESTERS BOOING]
[NICKY] The Hamilton-Sweeney's,
who are scooping up whole blocks
of this city for dirt cheap.
And they're building luxury
apartments for people so rich,
- they don't even fucking live there.
- That's right!
All right? This is not okay!
[PROTESTERS] No!
[CHOKES, GROANS]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Fuck.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Fucking
detox. [EXHALES HEAVILY]
And the media, the media wants
to discredit our movement,
but all they do is amplify our message.
[PROTESTERS CHEERING]
All right. Scientia potentia est.
Knowledge is power.
- [NICKY] Repeat after me. Knowledge
- [PROTESTERS] Knowledge
- [NICKY] Is power!
- [PROTESTERS] Is power!
- Knowledge
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Is power!
- [PROTESTERS] Is power!
- Knowledge
- [PROTESTERS] Knowledge
- Is power!
- [PROTESTERS] Is power!
- Knowledge
- [PROTESTERS] Knowledge
- Is power!
- [PROTESTERS] Is power!
[PROTESTERS CHEERING]
- All right! Hey, hey!
- Yo.
I'm assuming this pitiful protest
is revenge for my firing you.
[SEWER] have to go!
Detective Parsa and McFadden.
We're expected upstairs.
[NICKY] We're just bringing
the fight to your front door.
[AMORY] Well, here's a heads-up.
William Hamilton-Sweeney III
is about to exit that door.
- Ho, ho!
- [PROTESTERS] Ho, ho!
[AMORY] He mentioned
something he's working on.
A new canvas.
Uh, we're gonna need to reschedule.
[AMORY] He's hell-bent
on proving our connection
- to each other
- [PROTESTERS CLAMORING]
and to that girl in the park.
I think you know what
I'm asking you to do.
- Ho, ho!
- [PROTESTERS] Ho, ho!
- Hamilton-Sweeney has got to go!
- I don't kill people.
Not what I heard.
[PROTESTERS] Ho, ho!
Hamilton-Sweeney has got to go!
- [SEWER] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
- [PROTESTERS] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
[PROTESTERS] Hamilton-Sweeney
has got to go!
- [SEWER] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
- [PROTESTERS] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
[PROTESTERS] Hamilton-Sweeney
has got to go!
- [PROTESTERS] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
- [AMORY] Hello?
I'm on it.
- [PROTESTERS] Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
- Go. Go follow!
No, you keep going. Go
[SEWER] Hey, Nicky What the hell?
Wait! We didn't get
to case the building!
We'll come back later! Sol,
with me! You, go to his studio!
Fuck, man.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
- [PROTESTERS] Our city!
- Where did he go?
- Whose city?
- [PROTESTERS] Our city!
- [SEWER] Whose city? Who's city?
- [PROTESTERS] Our city! Our city!
Hey. Police!
Hey! Stop!
- Stop! Hey!
- Hey, hey.
The cops are here to shut us down.
No cops, free speech!
[PROTESTERS CHANTING]
No cops, free speech!
[NICKY] Oh, fuck!
[MCFADDEN] Excuse me.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY] Ah, Jesus.
- William, remember me?
You were, uh, handcuffed
to my partner's desk.
- You followed me here?
- Yeah, and, uh, I'm not the only one.
[SIGHS] Okay. You're on my side, right?
I can trust you to
protect and serve? Hmm?
Well, how do I know
you're the good guy here?
Well, I am wearing pinstripes. So
Plus, if you could
help me get out of here,
I can help you solve this
thing. All right? I can help.
Gentlemen. [CLEARS THROAT]
What are the chances? [CHUCKLES]
- [SNORTS, SNIFFS] So, uh, how's it going?
- Not so good, Billy.
- Mmm. [CLEARS THROAT] That's too bad.
- Not so good.
This is our stop. [GRUNTS]
All right. NYPD.
I'm gonna need some names and
some answers right goddamn now.
[SIGHS]
[WILLIAM GRUNTS]
[GRUNTING] Hey, get the fuck off of me!
- [SOL] Whatever you say, lady.
- [MCFADDEN GRUNTS]
[MCFADDEN GRUNTS] Fuck.
Hold the fucking door.
[PANTING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Excuse me. Sorry. Excuse me. My
friend is actually up this way.
Sorry. Excuse me.
- If I could just squeeze past.
- Yo, move.
- I'm sorry.
- [NICKY] People, people move, move.
- Out of the way.
- [PEOPLE CLAMORING]
- What the fuck, bro? Move!
- [WILLIAM] Excuse me.
- You wanna go? Let's go. All right, bro.
- Calm the fuck down.
Uh, this is my father's watch.
This is a Timex.
Rich in sentimental value only.
I'll [STAMMERS] I'll take 16.99.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
Why would you hide any of these?
Two [MOUTHING]
three, four, five
How many photos are
there on a roll of film?
- [STAMMERS] Twenty-four.
- There are 21 here. Three are missing.
Maybe three weren't good.
Sometimes they're blank or blurry.
Somebody leaves the lens cap on
or whatever. We don't print
No, no, no. Sam did not take
pictures with the lens cap on, okay?
- Just tell me where they are!
- Hey, hey, calm down, kid.
[STAMMERS] I don't have 'em.
Some guy came by this morning, paid
me a hundred bucks to have a look.
Must have slipped a few in his pocket.
Print them for me. Now.
We don't print singles.
You got another 16.99?
Fuck you, Doug!
[BREATHES DEEPLY, EXHALES SHARPLY]
Ah, now where you gonna go?
Come on, you're too tired.
Too fucked up to run.
Besides, what would be the point?
[GROANS] We're doing this?
Well, you didn't shoot
me on a crowded subway.
You're not gonna fucking shoot me here.
Yeah, you're right. We got
too much history for that.
I just wanna have a talk.
Come for a walk with me.
Talk. You walk with me?
After you.
[GRUNTS, SNIFFLES]
Yeah. Actually, I got some
questions of my own, Nicky.
[NICKY SIGHS]
William, it's
it's [EXCLAIMS] me.
Who are you?
Uh, what what ga what
gallery do you do you work with?
Oh, no, no. Don't do that.
Okay.
Hello? Hello. Yes [STAMMERS]
I'd like to report an
intruder [SCREAMS, GRUNTS]
[PANTS] Fuck! [BREATHING
HEAVILY, GRUNTS]
[INHALES SHARPLY, PANTING]
[GRUNTING]
[PANTING]
Uh, excuse me. Excuse me. Hey.
Um, did you know that gentrification
is displacing an entire,
uh, socioeconomic
strata of city residents?
Not interested. Thanks.
You could at least take
a look at our literature.
I just want to enjoy my slice in
peace, okay? Maybe someone else.
I mean Yeah. You could
read it later, you know?
Scientia potentia est.
- Knowledge is power.
- I said fuck off.
[CHARLIE] I'm I'm so sorry.
I just, um I get so
passionate sometimes, you know?
- Yeah.
- And I just, um I don't know.
I'm so I'm sorry to
bother you. That's
[SENSOR BEEPS]
[JENNY] It's for a Deitch
Projects group show.
- Yeah.
- Kind of a post-punk,
hyperrealist take on civic semiotics.
Very cheeky.
[MERCER] Jenny, hey. I'm
surprising William with dinner.
Is that smoke?
Holy shit! Call 911!
Bruno's car is here. Where's Bruno?
[MERCER PANTS] Oh, my
God. What's happening?
- [PANTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [JENNY] Fire.
- Yeah. I'm at the corner of Meserole
- [MOUTHING] What?
and Bushwick Place.
I need to report a fire.
Ah, alone at last.
This is more like it.
Hey, if this really is
the end of the road for me,
at least tell me the story.
[SIGHS] What happened
to the girl, Nicky?
Ah, you little f
[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]
You don't fucking talk about her.
You don't know shit about Sam.
Ah, well, I kind of feel like I do.
[INHALES SHARPLY] Read
everything she wrote.
She really ate your shit up, huh?
But wouldn't follow you off the cliff.
[WILLIAM] No, she was a good girl.
She had morals, limits.
Did you find them?
Is that why she had to go?
[NICKY] No, Sol, Sol, Sol!
Yo! Sol, Sol, Sol, leave that
shit. Leave that shit. Come on.
- Yo, where's SG? Where's SG?
- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
I heard someone in the back
screaming. I think he's trapped.
- [TRAPPED PERSON] Help!
- We have to go back. We have to help him.
- No. We need to get out of here.
- [TRAPPED PERSON] Somebody help!
You promised no one would get hurt!
[NICKY] Fuck!
Fuck that. We're gonna get hurt.
- We have to go back. We have to go back!
- No, no, no, no, no.
- We can't leave him! We can't leave him!
- Sam!
[SAM] We have to go
back! We have to go back!
We have to save him! [PANTS, CRIES]
Nicky, we gotta go right now.
[PANTS]
[SHUTTER CLICKS]
[SHUTTER CLICKS]
Sam, come on. Let's go.
[NICKY SIGHS] I'm sorry, Billy.
You're gonna have to die without
the answers you're craving.
[SIGHS]
You're just gonna kill me?
You're just gonna kill
the leader of your band?
[CHUCKLES] The leader?
You quit.
It's my band now.
Mmm. Your band?
Hey, look. I'm not gonna kill you.
I am.
[NICKY] Hey. Hey, hey. You chill
the fuck Get the fuck down.
- [WILLIAM GRUNTING]
- Here.
It's gonna make too much
noise. [EXHALES SHARPLY]
I saw you took that photo.
- Give me the film.
- Okay. Okay. Just let me go.
Just let me go.
[WHIMPERS]
Sam!
Sam, open the door! [BANGING ON DOOR]
- [SOL] Sam, open the door!
- [INHALES DEEPLY]
Give me the film, Sam.
[BANGING CONTINUES]
Sam, open the door!
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Okay. Okay. Just Just
take the film though.
Leave the camera. [PANTS]
Please! Please leave the camera!
Please! It was my mother's! [GASPS]
[SOBS]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
Damn.
Once upon a time, I
fucking loved that guy.