TV show quotes
Characters
Joey Ice CreamKeith Nobbs · 26 quotes
Tommy DonnellyJonathan Tucker · 19 quotes
Jimmy DonnellyTom Guiry · 10 quotes
Kevin DonnellyBilly Lush · 10 quotes
Jenny ReillyOlivia Wilde · 6 quotes
Nicky CotteroKirk Acevedo · 6 quotes
MDetective McCarthy3 quotes
VinnieBrian Tarantina · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Tommy Donnelly & Kevin Donnelly (5), Tommy Donnelly & Jimmy Donnelly (4), Joey Ice Cream & Detective McCarthy (3)
So, where are the bodies?
Oh, man. These guys are my friends.
Here's the deal, Joey. You tell us where the bodies are, how they got there, and you stay in solitary, nice and safe. You lie, you go to general population where more people than I can count want to see you dead.
[throws a book down on the table harshly] Where are the bodies?
The Irish have always been victims of negative stereotyping. I mean people think we're all drunks and brawlers. And sometimes that gets you so mad all you wanna do is get drunk and punch somebody.
Tommy. Me and Jimmy went downtown with goodness in our hearts to work out a deal. But Louie starts threatening me, I mean what was I supposed to do?
Kevin, everybody knows who did this. You kidnap somebody, they're not supposed to know who you are.
Tommy, you think we're stupid? We wore masks!
You went down there with goodness in your hearts but you wore masks?
[Sean is in the hospital] Thank you for coming.
Where's your mother?
She's in the waiting room. We're just waiting to hear from the doctor.
I brought some food from the restaurant.
Good. Maybe if we get some more we could open up a deli.
You know, when I heard about Sean the person who told me thought it was you. I thought, what if he dies, and he never knows that I loved him? Dumb, huh? I mean I'm a married woman nothing's ever going to happen, I just couldn't stand the idea of you dying and not knowing.
I was the only one who saw, the only one who knew that it was Tommy driving the car. And to this day it's the one thing I never told anybody. I'm ashamed to be telling you now. Tommy never stole a car again, never did nothing, turned his whole life around. I mean he could have made it out, only he was never going to let his brother get hurt again. And this was the day that changed Jimmy's life forever, 'cause Jimmy went to rehab. And Tommy? Tommy became everything he never wanted. And whether he realized it or not, with Huey dead, Tommy had just taken over the neighborhood. And he was going to have to defend it.
[about where to dump Louie's body] What about the landfill? I mean we could sneak him in, put him under some garbage, they bury him for us.
The landfill on Staten Island?
Yeah
So what, we just take the ferry? Just the three of us?
Okay, we stuff him in a furnace.
Our furnace?
No, of course not. Somebody else's.
So you know somebody who's got a furnace large enough for a body?
I'd have to think about it. Umm... How about a tub full of acid?
Kevin stop making suggestions. You're really freaking me out.
But it's like the old saying goes: "The only way two people can keep a secret is if both of them are dead".
You mean if one of them is dead. That's the saying.
Obviously we come from different neighborhoods.
I think that if you know someone's good, you know it in your belly. And you trust that if they had to do something, they had no other choice.
Jenny, listen to me, please. I know you like Tommy, and I don't think he's a bad kid. It's just that... it's like something is in their blood. And no matter how hard they try to do good, that blood is always gonna seep through. And it poisons whatever it touches.
[to his brothers] From now on, we only trust the people in this room.
[to Tommy] See, here's the thing, Tommy. If I don't get my money, I kill you and I collect from your brother. He don't pay me, I kill him and move on to the next brother.
[to Tommy] Before I can even think about giving you absolution, you have to promise before God that you won't ever do anything like this again. Can you do that?
[narrating voice over] Tommy didn't need to promise. He already decided there was never gonna be a good enough reason to kill anybody ever again.
Are you saying Tommy Donnelly never killed again? Because if I look stupid to you, I'd just like to know right up front.
That was the plan. Tommy's plan was to make things right with God and save what was left of his soul. The problem was he thought he could do that and still take care of his brothers. Which of course was the same plan that got him into all this trouble to begin with. Which meant he had to get Jimmy into rehab.
Plead guilty?
Frankie's tight with the DA. You're not gonna do a day in jail.
It's really nice of you and Frankie to take care of me like this. Do I say thank you before I plead guilty or after?
The only way we get out of this is if nobody talks. Understand me? More people who know, the more chance it has of getting out.
I'm not people. I'm your brother.
Can we meet up later, maybe talk a little bit?
I don't think so. I gotta get back to work.
Come on, Jenny.
It's hard enough for me to say it the first time. I don't wanna have to do it again.
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