[Nucky is threatening to execute Lansky for betraying him]
You come to me begging, some wet behind the ears little shit...
Nucky...
You assure me your intentions are honorable, that you and your partner have big plans for the future.
If you just let me speak...
I let you in on the deal, things are going great. And then what do you do the second you get the chance?
Mr. Thompson...
You stick it up my fucking ass!
We were coerced, Charlie and I! By Masseria. He found out about Tampa from his cousin.
Petrocelli.
And realized he could use it to his advantage.
As did you and your greaseball partner.
He would've killed us if we didn't go along!
You think I fucking won't?
I know that is a distinct possibility, sir, though I do pray to God that it won't happen. If it were up to me, sir, I'd have nothing to do with narcotics. There is plenty of money to be made in booze, which is a safer and eminently more socially acceptable...
[slaps him across the face] You've got two fucking seconds to drop the boy scout routine, or you're going in that hole!
There's a fortune to be made in heroin. Millions and millions of dollars. Now, I don't know about you, but the way I saw it, it was the same life I was risking either way. I'm beggin' you, Mr. Thompson, please! What would you have done if you were me?
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