Joe

You didn't go to Boston.

No.

I tell that prick I'm gonna have 1000 bucks,

I'm gonna have a thou.

I'm still 50 bucks short.

What's that got to do with anything?

Everything.

Business is business.

You gotta keep your word.

Your word is your reputation.

You lose your reputation, and you're out of business.

Well, you're not talking about business,

you're talking about your own ego.

Ego, reputation, what's the difference?

Well, that's what I just said.

So, anyway,

looks like my customers are just gonna have to wait till I get me 50 bucks.

Good.

Good? Shit.

Rich broads.

You never had to make a buck in your life.

I have to go out and hustle every day.

What are you doing?

Just sitting there in the bathtub on your fat ass.

We ain't got nothing here.

We can't move.

And we ain't got much left in the old cookie jar either.

But, Frank, you promised...

Maybe we could stay off of the hard stuff for a while and just smoke.

Yeah, yeah, but when I make this deal,

we ain't even gonna have to leave the house.

We can just groove and groove.

You can go down and get yourself a year's supply of peanut butter.

I can get the hi-fi out of hock.

I can go down to Netty's and get me some brushes

and some paints and an easel and a mile of canvas.

Who paints?

I paint.

You know I love you.

You got love, you don't need this stuff.

Is that the message?

Well, I love you, too.

So there.

You know, I was only kidding.

About your painting.

I really like your paintings.

You're not gonna take that much yourself, are you?

You want a poke?

No.

You didn't ask me where I was today.

Where do you think I was?

Did you think I was with some other guy?

I went to my parents'.

What the hell did you go there for?

Well, it was near, my mother's birthday was coming up, and

I don't like to be here all by myself when you're away.

And anyhow... Well, why should that freak you out so much?

It freaks me out.

You know it freaks me out.

How about some music?

Here.

It's okay.

You don't have to do it for me.

I understand about your parents.

That's got nothing to do with my parents.

Come on, Frank, let's make love.

Ouch! That fucking radiator.

When are you gonna move the bed?

Where are you going?

I'm gonna get me that 50 bucks.

That's crummy.

You promised you weren't gonna do that anymore.

You want me to sell them our stuff, do you?

No!

So, instead of a trip, the teeny boppers get vitamin pills.

I'm doing them a favor.

Shit. With a line like that, I could run for mayor.

Frank, please don't go. I... I don't feel very good.

Frank!

You'll be okay. I'll be right back. It can't take too long.

Pop one up if you have to. You'll feel great. See you.

How do I know it's any good, man?

It's so good, you'll wish it wasn't so good.

I got beat last week.

That was last week. Now is now.

How about a taste up front?

Sorry, man. No samples.

It's too good.

Well, let me see it, man, okay?

Sure.

Here's a satisfied customer.

I don't need that, man.

Sit down.

Look, she's a bum tripper.-

If your head's on straight, like yours is, it's a groove.

It's dynamite.

It's you.

I'm hip.

You're a big help.

Frank, I don't feel so good.

Shit.

Take it. No.

I said, take it.

Take it.

Now, go home.

Fifteen minutes, you'll be floating.

I just have one more pass to make,

and then I can get the stuff. Okay?

And stop being such a drag, for Christ's sakes!

Hey, honey, what are you doing?

Hey, wait a minute. Hey!

Hey! Take it easy.

Let me...

You'll be all right. You'll be... Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Nobody's gonna hurt you. Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Easy, easy, easy.

Let go.

Easy.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

That's it. That's it.

Hello, Sergeant O'Connor? Mr. Miller from the 2nd Avenue bargain store.

Fine, sir.

Well, we have a young girl here who's flipped out.

Looks like she's OD'd on speed.

Hippie.

You better send an ambulance.

2nd and 7th.

Right.

Boy, you've got a weird sense of humor, Sergeant.

Yes, sir.

Thank you. Goodbye.

She's coming down now from the amphetamine.

One hundred milligrams of Thorazine in the butt does wonders.

If you want her effects, you can pick them up from the property room.

Would you like to see her now?

Yes. Yes, please, very much.

You won't have to stay here.

No, no, darling, you're going to River Crest.

It's a beautiful place, not like here. No locked doors.

And Dr. Bergman said you could be out within a week.

And when you come home, darling, we'll all go someplace.

Maybe the islands.

Frank would understand.

Now, look, Melissa, honey...

When you come out, we'll try again.

You know what I mean, talk it over and...

Maybe we haven't been as open as we could.

We'll work it out, honey. It'll be okay.

I don't think this is such a good idea.

You wanna go back? I'll do it myself.

No, she'll be furious.

Well, now that she's out of this environment,

maybe she'll come to her senses.

Good luck.

The smell, Bill, I'm getting sick to my stomach.

I don't want to go up there. I don't... I don't want to see it.

Christ! Will you stop bitching?

This is your own daughter.

Couldn't you just once in your life do something for her

without looking for some convenient excuse not to do it?

Why, you bastard!

I'll say this for you, you're consistent, you don't change.

Go to hell. And you can do it yourself.

All right, I will. It's no novelty.

Keep going, and make a right.

Okay. Who's got 10 bucks?

No, wait a minute, let's see it first.

Sure.

Is it any good?

Yeah, yeah, it's dynamite. Dynamite.

You sure?

Yeah, yeah, would I kid you?

Look here.

Yeah.

Okay.

Ten bucks.

How long will it last?

As long as you want. Depends on your head.

If we take it now, will we be okay on the street?

Sure, sure, anywhere you want.

Have fun. Yeah, thanks.

Hey, what's your name, man?

The Lone Ranger.

Okay, well, you go first.

No, that's okay, you can go first.

All right, scaredy-cat, here.

Who are you?

Melissa's in the hospital.

I'm picking up her clothes.

You're Daddy.

I should've recognized the nose.

How's she doing?

Why?

You want to bring her some more pills?

Don't sweat the small stuff, she'll be okay.

And Melissa told us you were handsome.

Rugged, she said.

Strong.

Intense. With great talent.

Yeah?