Welcome to Chippendales (2022) s01e08 Episode Script

1
I want you to repeat after me.
"Things are going incredibly well."
It is a win-win, my friend.
Things are going incredibly well.
"My company was just
featured on national television."
My company was just
featured on national television.
- It will be ugly, Steve.
- Blood will spill.
Everything you've worked so hard
to build will be in jeopardy.
"Business is booming."
Business is booming.
When you the king, there's
gonna be snakes in the grass.
People wanna take you down.
I, Ray Colon, offering my
everlasting oath of loyalty.
"I live in a big, beautiful house.
And I'm not gonna blow it
on some silly little slight."
I'm not going blow it on
some silly little slight.
Nick! Nick!
What did you do with that money?
- He's guilty.
- Sure as hell seems that way.
- Just one problem.
- There's not a shred of hard evidence.
- Oh, don't worry about that.
- Any of that.
Steve! Steve Banerjee in the house, man!
It's good to see you.
Oh, man, it's good to
see you. Have a seat.
It's very good to see you.
- It's been too long.
- You look good, though.
- You look good, too.
- Yeah?
- English menu?
- And how'd you know? Huh?
Thank you very much, love.
Mm.
I see why you wanted to meet here.
You know, this town, it's charming.
It's charming as fuck.
I feel like I'm in that movie.
Wha what movie?
The one with the
kids and the British lady
running around the mountain
and singing and shit.
Anyway, how's everything?
How's, how's life?
Uh, fine.
- Fine?
- Yes.
Man, the things you must be seeing. Huh?
- What do you mean?
- Chippendales.
World tour. You been to Italy yet?
Uh, next month, Milan, Naples.
Three nights in Rome.
Oh, Italy, man.
I hear the ladies there,
there's like half a
million Sophia Lorens.
You okay?
You keep looking around like
you're waiting for somebody.
No.
Where did that lady go?
The lady who gave us the menu.
Shouldn't she be giving
us the water, too?
You need to chill, man.
- Why is there a different man giving us
- You need to chill.
Yeah.
I think someone is following me.
- Who?
- I don't know.
- You seen someone?
- Not
If you ain't see nobody follow you,
how you know somebody follow you?
It's just a feeling, man.
Strange things are happening.
I saw the same man three
times today. Three times!
In my hotel room, the power
went out for two hours.
I ordered butterscotch
gelato, and they gave me peach.
Hmm. Could be culture shock.
- Culture shock?
- Yeah, man, things are different here.
They call shampoo "shampooing."
Ladies and gentlemen, we are
unfortunately experiencing
a mechanical issue with our kitchen.
If you've just arrived
or have ordered and not
yet received your meal,
I'm afraid we will not be
able to accommodate you.
Our sincerest apologies.
What just happened?
- I guess we gotta go.
- Someone is fucking with me.
- Nobody's fucking with you.
- Nobody ever shuts down a restaurant
while people are sitting there.
I got a menu.
Why would they shut it
down? This doesn't make se
If they ain't got no power, how
they gonna cook the food, huh?
- I don't like this. I have to go.
- I should not have met you.
Look, let's go to my hotel, man.
It's right across the street.
There's a minibar, we
have some beers, right?
Keep talking, you know, total
privacy, man, just you and me.
Let's keep talking, man.
Be nice to catch up.
Mm! Shit.
Beer in Europe is crisp, man!
This whole city is crisp.
Like, how they keep it so clean?
You know, I'm not complaining, you know.
I, I enjoy discovering new
lands and shit, you know.
I don't understand why I had
to schlep this far, but
Schlep?
Schlep, it, it's, uh, Yiddish or Jewish
for, like, drag ya ass somewhere.
My sister-in-law is from Long Island.
Okay.
I appreciate you coming all this way.
The phone lines, you know.
They're not safe.
You think they tapped your phone?
I can't rule it out.
So I guess the
million-dollar question is,
you still want me to go through with it?
Tell me what happened.
You mean in London?
Yes, in London.
What happened? What went wrong?
You really want to know?
- I'm asking.
- Yeah, well, uh
Yeah.
So, I go to the theater, right?
And I got everything set up.
I got everything with me,
a gun, bullets,
- a brick just in case, right?
- Okay.
I was gonna do it
just like you told me to.
Wait in the shadows, by the side exit
until the dancers come out.
And then
There was a parade!
- A parade?
- Yeah. You know, a, a parade!
Yes, I know what a parade is, Ray.
Yeah, and somewhere
amidst all that chaos
I lost it.
You lost what?
- The gun.
- You lost the gun?
- There was a parade!
- How do you lose a gun?
'Cause I was getting knocked around,
- right, and you don't know
- What is wrong with you?
I just got off the plane!
- I got jet lag!
- Jet lag, what are you talking about?
How do you lose a gun
in a fucking parade?
Alright, I'm sorry, okay?
Do you get anything right?
- I'm trying, here.
- You failed!
Look. I'm gonna make
it up to you, alright?
I promise. I'm gonna make this right.
I will not accept the
other half of the money
- until I finish the job.
- Obviously.
And if I fail,
I'll give you back every
cent you've given me.
- That's right.
- That is $37,500.
Half of the 75 K you offered
to take out the three Adonis dancers,
the other half payable upon
completion of the job, right?
Huh?
Right?
- Who is calling you?
- I don't know.
You don't know anyone in Switzerland.
- I know.
- So then who could be calling you?
- I don't know.
- Are you going to answer it?
I don't know.
Answer it.
Hello?
No, no one by that name.
Yeah, it's okay, no problem.
Who was that?
Front desk got our room
confused with another room.
- What the fuck is going on?
- Nothing.
Why are all these phones ringing?
The front desk, they're
looking for someone.
- In multiple rooms?
- I don't know.
I don't care, and it's whatever.
- They're onto us.
- No one's onto us.
They can hear us.
- No one can hear us.
- These walls are thick. Okay.
Did you know Switzerland has
the thickest walls in the world?
It's fucking cold, man. Look at this.
I don't like this. I'm leaving.
Hey, hey. You need to relax, okay.
- Have a beer.
- I don't drink beer.
Well, a whiskey, then.
I don't want whiskey.
Come on, we always drink whiskey.
No, we don't.
You and me, we drank whiskey together.
We don't drink whiskey together.
Yes, we did, at the club.
We had whiskey together
on more than one occasion.
I don't remember that.
We drank whiskey together.
We drank whiskey together.
- No.
- Yes, we did, after the calendar.
After the time I
committed arson for you,
we drank whiskey together!
We shared a fellowship, Steve!
I mean, what the shit, man?
You and I drank whiskey every so often,
and I liked that we did, I fucking did.
I wouldn't have done all
the dirty shit I did for you
if I didn't fucking like you.
Do you see that?
Do you understand what
I am trying to tell you?
Let's have a drink, man,
like, like the old days,
like the good old fuckin' days, man.
Okay.
There you go.
There you go.
To the good old days.
- We did have some good times.
- Hmm.
Yeah.
We did.
I miss it.
Remember that time the sprinkler broke
right in the middle of It's Raining Men?
Yeah, I do remember that.
They all thought it
was part of the show.
They loved it.
Yo, I gotta be honest,
when it first happened,
I thought it was part of the show, too.
You did?
- The timing? It was too perfect.
- That's right!
It was just as the dancers
popped their umbrellas.
But when the alarm started
going off, and I was like
- The women went crazy!
- Wait a second.
Rain is coming down from the sky.
In the middle of the fucking club.
How long is this gonna go on?
Patience.
He's getting there.
We've come this far.
I mean, what's another couple hours?
You him?
Yeah. Yeah Come on, come on.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
Get out. I gotta go.
You're under arrest, motherfucker!
You fucking prick!
I'll blow your fucking head off!
You're looking at 15 to 20, easy.
Unless you give us something.
Something fuckin' good.
Success or failure will not alter it ♪
And do you feel scared ♪
Garriola.
But I won't stop and falter ♪
I don't even know that guy!
Really? Then explain this.
Thirteen calls to him in the
weeks leading up to Nick's murder?
That is a hell of a
lot of wrong numbers.
Isn't it?
You want to tell us
something about Steve Banerjee,
or you want to rot in jail forever?
He's a handyman for the club
whose services apparently
include arranging hits.
And the occasional arson job.
That still doesn't solve your problem.
What problem is that?
Hard evidence linking
Banerjee to the De Noia murder.
Without a smoking gun
or a taped confession
Well, funny you should mention it.
What, you got the murder weapon?
- The other one.
- You have him on tape?
- No, but we will.
- The dancer hit.
He wants Colon to try again.
He's flying him to
Switzerland to talk it over.
We just want to tag along.
- I don't like this.
- I don't like any of this.
I should not have agreed to meet you.
Look, Steve, let's go to my hotel, man.
- It's right across the street,
- They're on the move.
There's a minibar, we
have some beers, right?
Keep talking, you know,
total privacy, man,
just you and me.
Let's keep talking, man.
Be nice to catch up.
- Can I tell you something?
- Sure.
Those early years.
Best years of my life, man.
You and me. Mrs. Banerjee.
Denise.
Nick.
It's better now.
Revenue has never been higher.
Double-digit growth
for four years straight.
I have clubs in four cities,
tours spanning three continents.
Next year, we're going to Asia.
Tokyo, Singapore, maybe even China.
- But don't you ever get lonely?
- Lonely?
Back then it was all of us. Now
Mm, that's what makes
it even more impressive,
the fact that I'm
doing it all by myself.
- That's true, yeah.
- That's how it started, right?
With just me.
I thought of it. Without
me, there is no Chippendales.
You ever hear from Irene?
What does she have to do with it?
I was just wondering.
It has been some time.
How's your daughter? You see her much?
- She's seven years old.
- Wow!
Seven already.
She's crazy about horses.
Daddy gonna buy her one?
You know you got
nothing to apologize for.
- What?
- The stuff you did.
You had your reasons.
- Of course, I did.
- Steve.
You can talk to me.
I'm your friend.
What do you mean?
I can see that things
are weighing on you.
Nothing is weighing on me.
Come on, man, I refuse to believe that.
A man's gotta have a conscience.
You ever done therapy?
- Therapy?
- Yeah.
I've done it a few
times. It really works.
I know nothing about therapy.
It's incredible.
All you do is you take
what you're feeling, right,
whatever's weighing on you,
and you say it out loud.
Why would you do that?
Because the act of saying
it out loud makes it go away.
It's like this.
It's like a magic trick. Right?
You say it out loud and poof,
it's gone, off your chest forever.
You don't feel it anymore, ever again.
- So silly.
- It's not.
I'm telling you, bro, it works. Try it.
- What?
- Right now, try it.
- What are you talking about?
- I'm talking about saying the stuff
you feel bad about out loud.
That's okay.
- What's the harm?
- No, thanks.
It's just me, man.
It's not like you're gonna say
something I don't already
No!
Okay.
I'ma go.
I'ma do therapy because
I got some things
I gotta get off of my chest.
So, back in London.
Yes?
I didn't lose the gun.
- What?
- And there was no parade.
- There was no parade?
- I made it up.
All of it. I never went to the theater.
I never even left the hotel.
Is this some kind of joke?
I chickened out, man.
I didn't have the balls to do it.
So you
You just lied to me.
That's what I'm confessing.
How could you do this to me?
- I'm baring my soul here, man!
- You idiot!
I trusted you, and you betrayed me
- Betrayed you?
- Yes!
I didn't wanna do that
shit in the first place!
- You forced me into it!
- I didn't force you.
I was scared if I said no,
you'd kill me just like
you killed Nick De Noia!
Come on, Steve. Acknowledge.
Give me back my money.
- What money?
- The half.
- For the hit on the three dancers?
- Yes, you idiot.
- Don't call me that.
- That's what you are.
You're an idiot who
can't get anything right.
I got the Nick De Noia hit right.
- No, you were just the middleman.
- Anybody could have done that.
- That's not true.
- That's true.
I had the money, he had
the gun and the balls,
- you had nothing.
- So what, you just needed someone
- to get the money from you to him?
- Yes.
So the murder couldn't
be traced back to you.
- Yes!
- So they wouldn't know
that you're the one who ordered the hit
- on Nick De Noia!
- Yes, you idiot, yes!
Yes!
What are you doing?
- Come on, y'all.
- Ray?
Ray, what are you doing?
Don't leave me hanging
here, yo. Is that it?
Steve. Steve, what are you doing, man?
Steve!
You're going straight-up crazy, a'ight?
What are you doing?
Steve, I wouldn't do that to you.
You're freaking me out
already. Would you stop?
Steve!
I'm sorry, boss.
- Freeze!
- Get on the fucking ground!
Let me see your fucking hands!
I'm sorry.
Shit. I mean, this is bad.
I mean, you're facing charges
that could put you away for life.
- But, but you'll defend me.
- You'll get me out of this.
No, you, you don't want
me defending you, not on this.
You need a top criminal
defense attorney.
- Who?
- I'll get you some names.
Have you, have you spoken with Irene?
Have you?
No, she, uh,
she doesn't want to know me.
If, uh, things don't go well
for me, you'll take care of her?
I'll do my best.
You haven't exactly left her
in the best position, though.
She'll have the company.
What?
- You're being charged under RICO.
- RICO?
Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations Act.
What does that mean?
It means that Chippendales
is being classified
- as a criminal organization.
- What?
Which means that the
government has the right to seize
all assets upon your sentencing,
including the business itself.
They're going to take my company?
Down to the drink
coasters and the thongs.
But, but, uh, in the divorce
settlement, I said, Irene,
if anything happens to
me, Irene gets the company.
That's what it says in
the divorce settlement.
That is all out the window now.
- But, but she did nothing wrong!
- She didn't even know about this.
I did this. She, she, she
didn't know about this.
I did this! This was me!
She didn't know about this!
She didn't do anything wrong!
- Oh, stop it.
- You deserve everything you got.
Oh, that's right.
You never saw this.
That's why we had to do a closed casket.
Here's the thing I don't get, Steve.
You know, I get killing me.
I mean, I don't get it, but I get it.
You were jealous, I was
taking your spotlight,
your money, standard stuff.
But those dancers in London?
- Come on.
- They were ripping me off.
Well, yeah, there's
always gonna be competitors.
They were ripping me off!
Like the Electric Tomato?
Oh God,
you don't even know what that is.
The club that you burned down
because they were doing some
stupid male stripper night.
You won, Steve! You fucking won!
The war was over, you
conquered your rivals,
you vanquished your foes,
but somehow, somehow
you didn't get the memo.
When you're someone like
me, you can't stop fighting.
Oh. Someone like you.
- Outsider, underdog, immigrant.
- I see.
You can't make an American Dream omelet
without breaking a few eggs.
Yes. Yes.
You know, I've said it
before and I'll say it again.
You, Steve Banerjee,
are one fucked-up dude.
I am sorry you feel that way.
Oh, everyone feels that way.
Everyone who's ever met you.
Including Irene.
Irene, Irene,
- Irene, Irene.
- Leave her out of this.
You know, she's
gonna be left with nothing.
All because you needed everything.
She'll be fine.
Oh, in what fucking universe?
Oh, I'm sorry, it's upsetting.
We don't have to talk about her.
The reality is
you fucked her.
Oh, man, you fucked her good.
- She'll be fine.
- Single mother,
business empire snatched away,
all because you had to take
out three random-ass strippers?
- I will take care of her.
- I will handle it.
No, there's no
handling this one, Stevie boy.
I mean, you can't put out a hit on
the American criminal justice system.
The moment you're sentenced,
the government takes it all.
She'll be left with nothing.
Please go.
- Just go.
- I'm already gone.
How was your weekend?
Fantastic. Did absolutely nothing.
That's my kind of weekend.
When the wife lets me get away with it.
Hear that.
Hurry!
Okay, got it.
Dammit, give me a little more
slack, a little more slack.
Ah, shit. Jesus Christ.
Who the hell is this guy?
Steve Banerjee.
No.
He invented Chippendales.
That guy?
Chippendales?
Man, Dorine,
she fucking loved that place.
Now everybody ♪
Have you heard ♪
If you're in the game ♪
Then the stroke's the word ♪
Don't take no rhythm ♪
Don't take no style ♪
Got a thirst for killin' ♪
Grab your vial ♪
Put your right hand out ♪
Give a firm handshake ♪
- Well done tonight!
- Thanks, boss.
About that one big break ♪
Bobby! One Coke!
Both far and wide ♪
Keep your contributions ♪
By your side and ♪
Stroke me, stroke me ♪
- One Coke, boss.
- Thank you, Bobby.
Stroke me, stroke me ♪
- Hey, fantastic work!
- I know!
Stroke me, stroke me ♪
You got your number down ♪
Stroke me, stroke me ♪
Say you're a winner but,
man, you're just a sinner now ♪
Irene.
Put your left foot out ♪
Hey.
Keep it all in place ♪
Thank you.
You know I'll always take care of you.
First you try to bet me ♪
You make my backbone slide ♪
But when you find you bled me ♪
Step on by keep on ♪
Stroke me, stroke me ♪
Give me the business all night long ♪
Stroke me, stroke me ♪
Stroke ♪
Stroke me, stroke me ♪
You're so together, boy ♪
Stroke me, stroke me ♪
Say you're a winner but,
man, you're just a sinner now ♪
Ooh ♪
How do you like your love? ♪
Ooh ♪
How do you like your love? ♪
But if you want to know ♪
How I really feel ♪
Get the cameras rolling ♪
Get the action going ♪
Baby, you know ♪
My love for you is real ♪
So take me where you want to ♪
Me and my heart, you steal ♪
More, more, more ♪
How do you like it?
How do you like it? ♪
More, more, more ♪
How do you like it?
How do you like it? ♪
More, more, more ♪
How do you like it?
How do you like it? ♪
Ooh ♪