BMBill McCoy
Tucker's very excited to meet you.
Most people are until they do.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
[Narcisse and Rothstein negotiate a heroin deal]
20 pounds, uncut. I will weigh it myself to ensure good measure.
80,000 in cash. Large bills only.
Why would you expect otherwise?
My understanding, you control the local numbers racket.
Therefore, I transact my business like a schoolboy, dealing in pennies, nickels and dimes?
It was not my intention to offend you.
Nonetheless, you have succeeded despite yourself.
You're a type I recognize.
What type is that?
A small town gladhander, peeking up over the fence, eager to stick his finger in a new piece of pie.
I don't like pie.
Well, I have learned something new about you.
[Lansky wants to go into business with Nucky]
Tell me something about yourself.
MLMeyer Lansky
I'm a businessman. Charlie and I partnered in several high level endeavors...
No. About yourself. What kind of man you are.
[pause]
MLMeyer Lansky
When I was a boy, my father moved us from Russia to the Upper East Side. He was weak, my father - never stood up. One day, on the way to school, I was stopped by a gang of older boys. The leader said he wanted my lunch money. I told him, go fuck himself. He laughed, said he'd beat it out of me, so I spit in his face. He did beat me - they all did - and he took my money. Next day, same thing: Again I spit in his face, again we fought. But the third day, the kid asked me to join his gang. He was Charlie Luciano. That's how we teamed up. Last year, we made more money than the President of the United States. And I think you will find us to be responsible partners, both here and in Florida, should you need eyes on the investment.
$500,000.
MLMeyer Lansky
Done.
In 48 hours.
MLMeyer Lansky
Done.
[extending his hand] The money doesn't show, this conversation never happened - and it won't ever happen again.
[Nucky has gotten Willie out of a murder charge]
Whatever occurred, it's over. Every now and then you'll think about the terrible thing that occurred to a boy whose face you can't quite remember. I promise you, you can live with it.
WTWillie Thompson
Is that what you do?
[pause] You're going to graduate. We'll get you into another school, if that's what's required. It's not important now. You worry about what other people might say, you worry about someone who you call a friend - none of that matters. The only thing that you can count on is blood, the blood that's in your veins and the blood that's in mine. People who discount you? They don't know who you are. The rage you feel - listen to me carefully: it's a gift. Use it, but don't let anyone see it. Know that I'm watching over you. Show me the person you intend to be.
I have done nothing wrong.
KAgent Knox
You had a pistol up your sleeve.
That is for protection.
KAgent Knox
Against who?
[sarcastically] Apaches!
My circumstances have changed. There are things I won't do anymore. You understand that, don't you?
There's what I know, what I suspect and what I don't think I should ever hear.
[weeping over his brother Frank's body] Everything that crawls is gonna pay!
I's a woman's place to tend to the home. It's a man's to tend to the future.
DMDaughter Maitland
Dr. Narcisse found me. Put his wings around me ever since.
You and him ever...?
DMDaughter Maitland
No, he's a decent man.
So what that make me?
DMDaughter Maitland
That make you my man.
Where I am from, Mr. Thompson, there are no such things as "niggers", and I refuse to be treated like one.
[Phil, Ralph and Scotty Gulliver ambush Van Alden in an alleyway]
Phil? Mr. Gulliver? Ralph?
PPhil
Son of a bitch!
No, gentlemen, please! This is not a good time!
RRalph
Not a good time for what?
You're upset!
[Phil and Ralph attack Van Alden again]
PPhil
[pointing at the burn scar from the iron Van Alden hit him with] Two months this took to heal! I didn't make a sale, for months!
Mr. Gulliver, do something!
SGScotty Gulliver
You got it coming, George.
I apologize. I'm sorry! If we could just- [Gulliver grabs Van Alden and turns him to face Phil & Ralph, who each punch him again] ENOUGH!
PPhil
You don't like it, huh?
I warned you to stop!
RRalph
You hear that, Phil? He warned us! [Van Alden draws a pistol, aiming it at Phil and Ralph] Woah, woah, easy, Mueller!
PPhil
Settle down, George!
SGScotty Gulliver
Now, George, be reasonable!
PPhil
Relax, huh?
[A train starts passing by on the nearby railroad line]
I am relaxed. [shoots Phil, Ralph, and Scotty Gulliver]
[to Nucky] Heard a lot of "we" last year, when you was in trouble. Now it's just "you."
I told you, Mr. O'Banion-
DODean O'Banion
I know you did. But- I don't believe you. [draws a pistol, points it at Van Alden's head] How's about the truth, Mueller? One more "I'm sorry", "I don't know", "I'm not looking for any trouble", and I will pop your head open like a melon.
I didn't kill Stu. Al Capone did. But I have killed other men. The one you know about, the three that attacked me... and my partner.
DODean O'Banion
[surprised] Your what?
[Van Alden's expression grows into cold rage; he moves closer as O'Banion backs up]
I was a Prohibition agent. I drowned him with my bare hands. My name isn't Mueller. I'm not legally married to my wife. I used to believe in God, but now I don't believe in anything at all.
May I offer you some free advice?
Is there anything more expensive in the world?
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