Black Rabbit

Friedken!

Friedken!

Come on, asshole. Let's go.

Yeah. Sorry.

Take it easy, fellas.

- All right, Vince. - Keep your head up, brother.

What were you thinking?

I mean, it's a miracle he's not dead.

I was…

I was just,

you know, wasted.

But he's gonna be all right, yeah?

He's fucking paralyzed.

Vin.

What?

He's paralyzed.

Does he…

Does he try to sue us now?

Is he… -no.

'Cause we convinced him to take a payout.

Who's we? How much?

Half a million.

Jesus Christ. Where are you gonna find that?

No.

Are you out of your fuckin' mind? No fuckin' way.

- The offer's 600. - Fuck you.

I made sure you walked away with something. A hundred grand.

You're gonna try to buy me outta this fuckin' restaurant I founded?

- It's mine. - You're burning it to the ground.

- Fuck you! - There'll be nothing left.

There is no fucking…

Okay. All right.

You… you win. You made your point. I fucked up. I'll be better.

Jake. Hey.

Do you hear me? I will be better.

Hey, look at me.

All right, guys. Are we doing this?

- Okay. - What a fucking shock you're behind this.

- Real surprise. - Great, great.

Jake -appreciate it.

- Here. - Look at me.

Vince, I need you to initial here, okay? Start right here.

And I need you to sign right here. Okay?

Initial here, and then sign here. Let's go.

Vince, come on. We got, like, ten of these to sign.

Let's go.

Hey!

Sign it.

- So what did he say? - We're fucked.

Twenty k in four days. It could be a lot worse. We can scrape that together.

Not that easy. I told you.

Jake, we use this place.

All the cash passing through here, we scrape a little off the top.

- We get creative. - Absolutely not.

Why not?

Because… because it's not a fucking piggy bank.

There are books. You know?

Take from the till, people will notice.

What's your solution? I'd like to hold on to a few of these.

I'm gonna text Andy, see if he can float us a loan.

Okay, and I'll call Matt.

Matt is an idea man.

Jake. I need a minute.

Well, we're right in the middle of somethin'.

Now.

Please.

Really?

Does she wanna report it?

- She says she wants it behind her. - Okay.

Has this happened before?

What?

Of course not.

Jules didn't put his hand up Tanya's skirt?

- What?! - Anna said she told you, Jake.

What the fuck?

These are our employees. It's on us to take care of them.

- Yes, I know. - Do you?

- Yes! - Jake, you don't.

- Come on. Come on. - Jake.

Hey.

Look, what happened to anna… is awful.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And…

I missed it.

I slipped.

I slipped.

All right.

From here on in…

We take care of our people.

- Absolutely. - All right?

- Yeah. - We do better.

- Yes. - From today.

Yes.

And if Jules zablonski ever sets... he's done.

Let me show you somethin'. Come on. Come.

Come.

I mean… -i mean…

Wow.

That's a statement.

Yeah.

So sophisticated.

I mean, for the salon, that'd be great.

I'm just not sure it fits with the concept.

No offense. It's like a whole thing.

You know?

With respect,

you start with a piece like this, and you design the concept around it.

The point of owning a painting like this is not what you see in it

but rather what other people see in you

'cause it's yours.

Hey, there he is.

Hey, Andy.

I really appreciate you coming in on such short notice.

Do you want a coffee?

- No, no, thanks. - Water?

Nah. So, what's up? You need a loan?

- Sit down. - Yeah, sure.

Yeah.

What kinda rate can you offer me for, say, 200?

- Two hundred thousand? - Yeah.

That's steep.

- How soon do you need it? - Soon. Right away.

Now.

Well, you know, let me talk to my colleagues

because you've got very good numbers.

- So, you know... - i want to keep it off the books.

It's for me.

- What? - Not the rabbit.

Yeah, but, you know, that…

That's not how it… how it works, you know. You… you… you need collateral.

Well, you know me.

I'm good for it.

Yeah, yeah, no, you're good for it, for sure, but, you know,

you know, anything off the books, that's… that's gonna be a nonstarter.

You in some kinda trouble?

- I can give you four grand. - It's worth 15.

- If you wanna sell it, I can... - no.

I'm coming back for that.

I need 4,400.

- That cashmere? - Yeah.

There's your extra 400.

Wow, you guys really shook out the couch cushions?

- We're good though? - Yeah.

But this doesn't exactly instill confidence, boys.

Maybe we need to remind him what's at stake?

- Maybe you need to shut the fuck up. - All right. We'll see you in a few days.

Bye now.

You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?

Yeah. We need an insurance plan.

Let's rush you inside. You look freezing. You all right?

- We made the payment. We're gonna be fine. - What about next week?

- It'll be good. - The week after? Fucked.

There they are.

- Christ. - Hey, man.

- What is this? - Cain and Abel.

I know I owe you a call back, but it's not a good time.

I need you to make time, okay? We need to talk.

- All right, let's go inside. - Been a while?

- All right. - Vince, give me a minute.

- Stay out here? - Yeah.

- Please. - What the fuck you doin'?

- Please. - Please? Fuck you, please.

You know what? Say hi to lieutenant Dan for me, will you?

Fuck yourself, you piece of shit.

Get in there and do whatever the fuck you're doin'.

You know, you might've checked in before you gave Vince back his keys.

He's just filling in for a bit, passing through.

- Hey, you wanna drink? You want somethin'? - No, I'm good. Let's sit.

All right, look, I know I owe you a peek at the books.

I j… I need a couple more days.

No, I get it, man. You're busy.

- You could say that. - Yeah, so I asked sheri to pull the books.

- Okay. - That's why I'm here.

There's some figures she can't reconcile, some money she can't account for.

Really?

Yeah, roughly $100,000.

Candy bar?

What's that?

Candy bar?

$8.50.

Thank you. What'd you say? $8.50?

Hey, man, that's a fuckin' snickers bar.

It's for my… fourth-grade basketball team.

You're in fourth grade, pal?

It's so good to meet you. I'm Darryl strawberry. How you doin'?

Why don't you go fuck off?

Yeah.

All right, this has not taken into account, the freezer.

- The freezer? - The walk-in.

And the viking. The… the new viking.

Okay, so you're telling me that the money's there?

- Have you seen the lines? - Yeah.

- Of people around the block every night? - Of course.

- At dinner? - Yes.

The money's there.

Okay, all right, but… but just so we're clear,

there is no moving forward with the pool room

until the books show that we are whole.

A… all right.