Boardwalk Empire

I'll get the breakfast special, all right? You got it.

What'll it be? - The usual.

Corned beef hash and eggs.

More coffee with that? Sure. Thank you.

Hey, good to see you.

All right, thanks.

You're a credit to the force.

Your leg again?

I should've let them cut it off.

Well, this'll make you feel better.

That was my cop. Your pal Liam,

the mug who slashed Pearl,

apparently he takes his meals at a joint on the North Side.

Now, I'm warning you.

Don't come near me, God damn it.

Don't come any closer to me.

Get back.

Get back, you “me son of 3 mm.

Carlisle,

don't make me use this.

- That's right. -(MEOWS)

Hey, hey, hey. Get out, all of you. Little turds.

Ah.

- Everybody stay back. -(CATS MEOWING)

Hey!

Come here!

Help!

Help!

Where was the surgery done?

A field hospital outside of Verdun.

Three more at Walter Reed.

This is some fine work.

So why does it hurt?

The screws in the femur could be a problem there,

trauma to the nerve.

So I got a screw loose?

Do you think you do?

It was a joke.

No numbness or weakness?

It's more of a dull ache.

Inside.

It started recently.

Hurts like hell.

- How's your sleep? - Off and on.

I'm up a lot.

What do you do?

I go for walks.

I read mostly.

You're employed? What do you do?

Oh.

Bell Telephone.

Have you ever heard of Dr. Robert Woodworth?

He developed a test during the war

to help the soldiers.

We're giving it to all the men who come in.

What kind of test?

It's called a personal inventory.

The war is over.

It might be useful anyway

for the country.

"Set a high standard for a clean America."

What do I have to do?

Just answer a few questions about yourself.

It could help you feel better.

Sure, why not?

Try and hold still now.

Good God Almighty.

Pop, come on. One, two, three.

You fucking butcher.

Pop, just let us get you situated, okay?

(EXCLAIMING) Look who's come to pay a visit.

I came as soon as I heard.

I called your office. Eddie said you were out with your Iadyfriend.

Who's that? Mabel?

- Mabel was my wife. You know that. One, two, three.

God Almighty!

- Get him in there. Easy now.

- It's all right. - Oh, God!

Five goddamn hours.

I could have lost my leg if your brother hadn't come by.

Thank you, Dr. Surran.

All right, Mr. Thompson, here we go.

I'll stop by the hospital later, Pop.

So this woman,

this Margaret Schroeder.

Yes?

- What's going on there? - She's a lovely person, Eli.

I'm sure she's a peach.

She's also a widow, remember?

Pretty tragic circumstances.

She knows nothing and she never will.

It smells like piss in here.

Cat piss.

That, too.

I'll call Sailor's Haven, see if they have an extra room.

We can't do that.

Now I'm supposed to get him a private nurse?

June and I'll take him. He can live with us.

- What about your kids? - The kids love him.

I suppose it is time to sell. Huh?

A lot of memories in this place.

We should give it to Fleming.

Let him fix it up.

They just had another baby, more to come probably.

Just give it to him?

Let some decent family

make a home of this shitpile.

Goddamn toaster.

It cost me nine bucks. He never even plugged it in.

Who done these?

Ferschke over on Illinois.

Ink don't even stick.

Said he'd take $50 off.

I don't care he pay me. I can't use this shit.

-(KNOCKING AT DOOR) Mr. White?

Mr. Chalky White? Hello?

Hello?

How do you do?

You are, I assume, Mr. White.

May I say it is both an honor and a privilege

to be making your acquaintance?

Fuck are you, shortpants?

My name is Michael Lewis.

I'm a businessman.

I have traveled here today

from the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York

to discuss a proposition with you.

May I approach?

You may stay where the fuck you're standing.

What proposition?

A boy, let us say,

wants to buy a boiled wool coat for his sweetheart.

At Gimbels this coat puts him $12.46 out of pocket.

On Rivington Street this identical coat costs what?

This ain't no coat store, son.

But the principle, you'd agree, is the same.

You make a certain product, yes?

It sells for a certain price

based on quality, cost, competition.

So what do you say, Mr. White?

- About what? - About my buying, let's call it,

one thousand cases of spirituous liquor

directly from you

to our mutual benefit.

Cut out the middleman.

Nobody ever gotta know except you and me.

Precisely right.

Your mama know you're out wearing your daddy's Sunday suit?

No sir, she does not.

She also doesn't know that I have this.

$10,000 in US currency.

$500 notes.

And all you have do is recognize an opportunity.

Would you like to share the punch line?

Well, the punch line is you tell Nucky Thompson

it's gonna take a lot more than 10 grand

to get me to fuck him over.

Well, you can't blame a fellow for trying.

Gentlemen.

So it's me, Eleanor and the baby,

with the thunder booming right outside the window.

Next thing I know... Thanks, Nuck.

Next thing I know, little Georgie, his sister and the cat

are all crammed in with us under the covers.

I tell you, a bedbug crawled in,

the whole megillah would have collapsed under the weight.

How old's the baby now anyway?

A little over five months.

It flies, boy.

It was just yesterday we brought her home.

A scrawny little thing, came seven weeks early.

I owe it all to her mom, though.

Night and day she fed that kid,

bundled her up close.

I swear she didn't put her down for a month.

Anyway, enough of my yammering.

No, actually it's your family that I wanted to discuss.

Get off of me!

He's in a very important meeting. - Eddie, stop.

Why won't you return my calls?

I'm so sorry. - Lucy, I'm in a meeting.

I don't care. I love you.

What does she have that I don't have?

- Lucy! - She's a fucking shopgirl.

Calm down, okay?

I left some of my clothes here.

I'll call you, okay? We'll have dinner.

I want to go to the pictures.

- Whatever you'd like. - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Fine. We'll talk about it later.

I feel empty without you inside of me.

We'll talk about that as well.

I'm sorry about that.

So you're still in that flat over on Vermont?

We are.

You need a house, Damien,

with a yard for the kids.

That's the plan. We're saving up.

I want you to have my father's place.

He doesn't need it anymore and I sure as he” don't want it.