You Kill Me

And remember to join us this weekend

for the Polish Heritage Festival

featuring a battle of the polka bands

at the Buffalo Civic Center.

And after that, join us for the pierogi eating--

- Stef. - Hey.

We missed you at dinner last night.

- Pam made pierogies. - I was tired.

I bet.

You doing all right, Frank? How's your mood?

I'm fine.

Yeah, you know, I've been reading

about that Seasonal Affective Disorder.

So?

Amtrak station.

O'Leary's getting on a train to New York late tonight.

Apparently, it's stopping just for him.

Fancy.

This one's real important, Frank.

Who you telling?

Listen, forget it.

Want to stick around? The game's on.

I promised Daniel I'd go sledding with him.

Hey.

Great.

Just make sure O'Leary doesn't get on that train.

The Lake Shore Limited Amtrak number 49

now departing for Cleveland, Toledo,

South Bend and Chicago.

Track nine. All aboard.

...makes fun of Polish people and that's just not funny.

Polish jokes are funny 'cause they're about Poles.

That's-- that's why they're funny.

You know like-- you take a joke like this, you know.

Um, how do you get a one-armed Polack out of a tree?

- How? - You wave to him.

- See, that's not funny. - I think it's funny.

They're not funny. I'm Polish...

Mr. O'Leary, the train's here.

Where'd you get that hat, James?

I took it off a snowman.

You look like an idiot.

Yes, I do.

You know, my grandfather

was killed at Pearl Harbor.

- These guys are Chinese. - I don't care.

We need their money, so shut up and smile.

We'll bring you back an egg roll.

Here.

- Uncle Roman. - No no no. No excuses.

- He never came. - You slept right through it!

O'Leary's been in New York for an hour!

I told you how important this was.

Let me go to New York.

He'll be dead 15 minutes after I get off the train.

You know what the Chinese money means?

- All you had to do was kill him. - I will.

No no, it's too late.

When Eddie O'Leary gets back from Chinatown,

the Irish are gonna take the...

tiny piece of this city

that the blacks don't already have.

And when that happens, the Poles have nothing!

Thank you!

Oh God. We've got to do something.

Not we, Dad. Him.

Just let me go to New York.

- We're not talking about that. - You've got a problem, Frank.

Yeah, a substance abuse problem.

We can't let you do this to the family.

And we can't watch you do it to yourself.

I just need a few days to rest.

- Not good enough! - Every time we send you out,

I have to make a call to find out if they're dead.

I can't trust you anymore, Frank!

- Even if you are my nephew. - You let us down.

I want you to get yourself into a program.

- Like hell. - No, I mean it.

- I want you to go to San Francisco. - Why?

Because I said so.

Look, you need to be in a new environment.

What, they don't have beer there?

Frank, we're just trying to facilitate your recovery--

All right now, Stef! Put it to rest.

Now, this is not advice, Frank. This is it.

You go to San Francisco...

and get into AA

and you clean yourself up!

Or you don't work for us anymore.

And we can't let you work for anybody else.

Even if you are family.

All right, then.

Come on. We've got streets to plow.

Why San Francisco?

We can look out for you there.

Roman's got a guy.

Hey, you'll be getting away from the snow.

I like the snow.

Your attention, please.

So do you hate me now

'cause I did this?

Right now, pretty much.

It won't last.

Try me.

I got you something.

- So when do you think you'll be back? - How the fuck do I know?

- Hello! - Falenczyk?

Yeah.

Saint Margaret's,

Geary and 28th,

7:00 p.m. Be there.

Great.

Okay, so I just want to let you all know

that, uh, there is a 12-step progress meeting

here on Sunday night.

I encourage you all to attend,

and uh, if you want to kick in for coffee and doughnuts,

see me after tonight's meeting.

Uh, also, if you're parked

in the back of the building,

uh, you're gonna have to move your car by 9:30.

And, uh, one more thing

before I give it back to Emily

The Rentals Association is meeting here on Saturday,

so I would encourage you all to be here

unless you want to see your rent go up.

Thanks, uh, Emily?

Thanks, Juan.

All right.

Anybody new to the meeting or visiting from someplace else?

I'm Janet and I'm an alcoholic,

and I just moved up from LA.

- Hi Janet. - Hi, Janet.

Anyone else?

All right, welcome.

As I said before, my name is Emily and I'm an alcoholic.

Hi, Emily.

Last November, I celebrated my 10th birthday.

No drinks, no drugs for 10 years.

I thought I had it down.

I got sober when I was 21

and I figured at 31 things were different.

So I went out and had a drink.

Just like that, all grown up.

And I woke up in the park three days later.

So--

I'm almost glad I slipped, uh...

'cause it makes me a grateful alcoholic.

And the more I live with that,

the more I think it's the best way for me to go through life--

thankful.

Thank you.

Okay. Now it's time for Juan

to come up and give out tonight's chips.

So I'm Juan, addict and alcoholic.

Hi, Juan.

Is there anyone here with six months sobriety?

Hey hey!

Good for you.

Leaving kind of early, don't you think?

Who the hell are you?

Guy with a drinking problem like yours

probably ought to stick around.

Where you going now?

Probably going for a drink, I bet.

It's a problem drink...

'cause you've got a drinking problem.

You fuck.

- I'm watching you, Frank! - Who are you?

Roman called me a few days ago

to tell me you were coming out.

I'm the one who got you to this meeting.

Gee, thanks.

Name is Dave.

And I also got you your apartment.

I'm really scared.

You shouldn't joke, Frank.

In a town with a 2% vacancy rate,

a real estate agent is God.

And that's what I am-- a real estate agent.

It's a swell apartment, Dave. Go away.

Nope, I'm on you till you leave.

Can't stop me from doing anything.

I don't have to stop you. All's I have to do

is watch, wait and make the call to Buffalo.

You gonna run and tell Mommy?

That's right, Frank.

I'm gonna run and tell Mommy.

Shit.

- I'll see you in the morning. - For what?

Work.

Fuck. Fuck.

Hey, come on.

It's kind of along your line of work.

- I don't need this. - I don't give a shit what you need.

- Doris. - Dave.

Where'd he live?

Oh, in Pacific Heights.

Own or rent?

Own-- upstairs apartment,