Shadows (Umbre)

What you see here... one day this guy will own it all.

This lot?

Bucharest, man.

So you knocked Ieremia's lights out?

Did he get a punch in?

For real?

For real?

That's my boy!

So he's got balls after all.

I've always thought he took after my wife's side.

All fancy-schmancy people... intellectuals.

Bearded ladies, sensitive sallies.

Go figure, he's got balls.

I owe you one.

- Come on, boss... - No, no, no.

Here I was, thinking he's batting for the other team.

Here I was, thinking he's batting for the other team.

-If you know what I mean. -That he takes it up...

Everyone would crap all over me...

...to hear the Captain's son was a little fairy!

- Who'd respect me then? - That's true!

There they are! The Constanza crew at last!

There they are! The Constanza crew at last!

And only an hour late.

Say, did you hear any talk around the restaurant, at Nico's?

About me planning a move?

If it's not for me to hear, I close my ears.

Good lad, OK.

I wanna get in bed with these guys.

I wanna get in bed with these guys.

They cover the business side, I'm gonna get the ball rolling here...

...steer traffic their way.

Sounds cool.

Sure it does, 'else I wouldn't touch it.

It's only the moth-eaten ancient Toma who rubs me up the wrong way.

Keeps issuing demands.

Like, out with the old, in with the suit and tie

...and the laptop at the ready. Fucking bozo.

You'd think he was born in the stock market!

But boss, after all, you did want a go at the 2000s.

Say you wanna get a new pair of pants,

Say you wanna get a new pair of pants,

you wanna dump the ones you've got on?

And then wander round butt-naked 'til the new ones arrive?

Relu, whatever we do from now on, we do quietly...

Cheers! Did you find the place OK?

That's why you dragged me so far up here, for a warm Coke?

We gotta be extra safe, the world's crawling with snoopers now.

If you keep the trash inside, you'll never be rid of the roaches.

If you keep the trash inside, you'll never be rid of the roaches.

Boss!

Shadows Episode 3

...Some show on TV - with a lioness and her cubs.

The lioness was biting off chunks of a goat...

...feeding it piece by piece to her cubs. Like a person.

And... I got... I couldn't breathe, I couldn't swallow.

Like my flesh was crawling on my bones.

-Did you pass out? -No, but it was like being drunk.

- Were you scared? - Of what?

The lioness.

The lioness.

Why would the lioness scare me? She was on the tv.

But all that blood... that raw meat... and those cubs...

I mean, they were lion cubs, but they just looked like big old cats.

You had a panic attack.

I'd get them too, if I got wind of a malpractice suit.

I'd be shitting bricks.

Then I'd pop a Xanax, grease a palm...

Then I'd pop a Xanax, grease a palm...

...and it all sorted itself out. It won't kill you.

I can give you a shot to calm you down, it takes the edge off in no time.

Look... what we've got here...

It's 35 lei a vial.

I've also got some premium stuff. Goes for 100, under the counter.

Only you need a prescription from the nuthouse to get it.

Only you need a prescription from the nuthouse to get it.

- No, no way. - I thought so.

So, I'll give you a shot of this...

...and we'll settle up after.

I was gonna ask to borrow some cash anyway.

How about we sort out our business first, huh, doc?

What the hell, Relster, man?! We go back ages, don't we?

I've been fixing your teeth for years..

You've saved my hide more times than I can count...

You've saved my hide more times than I can count...

We'll sort out our affairs, no worries, this sorts you out now.

Guaranteed.

I can give you a few measly pills instead, but...

- Go on, put your head down! - But, doc...

...don't these painkillers usually go in the ass?

Yeah, but I'm doing a place where it kicks in faster.

All done!

You'll see, it's instant, like a massage.

You'll see, it's instant, like a massage.

Very smooth. Only without the happy-ending.

So doc, you owe 4,000.

I owed 4,000 two days ago. Now it's 8 grand and a half.

That's life, gambling ain't an exact science.

Go on Relster, give me a few more days, and I'll get it to you.

Relu? Look here!

I gave you a strong dose of a neat little helper.

There aren't any side effects... usually.

There aren't any side effects... usually.

But if by this time tomorrow, you still can't move...

...call an ambulance.

Someone can come pick you up now, right?

Relu?... Relster?...

F-f-four... F-f-fo...

I'm sorry Relster. I swear I'll make it up to you.

Two-three days, tops!

Watch it, mister! What the hell?!

- I've... - You've what? Gone blind?!

Look what you did! Drenched the hospital in piss!

Look what you did! Drenched the hospital in piss!

Suppose you'll help me mop it up! The place's crawling with you airheads!

So you wanna fuck my wife, man?

Go on, scram! Shame on you! You bastard!

...instantly results in regrettable divorce...

...the existential kind, not the one granted by law.

A legal divorce is but a consequence stemming from a cause.

The cause of a legal divorce is divorcing God as our parent.

The cause of a legal divorce is divorcing God as our parent.

See? They eat sour grapes, dissociating themselves from God...

It eats away at children's teeth, who sever ties with their own parents.

And the Church is in the middle... The Church is there to...

Let's pick this up later, Codrin!

What's up, lad? Get in a fight?

Pops, I got tricked yesterday, like a right greenhorn.

Now I gotta cough up 8 and a half grand.

Relu, y'know I don't stick my nose in.

-But lately it's been going south. -You think I don't know that?

What am I to you, a loser?

Staying up to call the hospital, the morgue...

Staying up to call the hospital, the morgue...

...to find you, dead, alive, whichever.

And you couldn't care less, can't even be bothered to text...

You're a loser and a half if you think I had a say in the matter!

-Say what now?! -So you think I did what all night?

Hung loose with the lads?! That's why I didn't call?!

You weren't home is what you did!

Puiu's my witness - pull this crap one more night and I'm done!

-I'm gonna take the kids and go! -Speak up, they can't hear you in space!

- Mind your business, pops! - I'm your witness, ain't I?

I was in a car accident.

That's why I didn't come home, why I didn't call.

That's why I didn't come home, why I didn't call.

Or is this special effects, do ya reckon?

And that on the car, it just looks like a dent, huh? Go look for yourself!

You're never here all day and all night!

A pipe burst in the washer, flooded the house...

...I slapped duct tape on it myself to stop the leak.

The kids ask about you and I shrug like a halfwit.

Night after night I watch TV with Puiu, of all things!

- And I'm what, shit on a stick? - No, pops, stop meddling!

Me, meddling?!

- Will you drop me off at the bus? - Hello!

- Will you drop me off at the bus? - Hello!

-Hello... -I'll give them a ride to school.

- Where's li'l Magda? - Just Magda!

- Teddy's taking me. - Who?

What are you doing here?

Couldn't well have him wait for you out in the cold!

-Why is he in my house? -I came to... Dispatch sent me.

They couldn't reach you on the radio last night...

He came to get you!

- Get my goat, more like! - No, get you to work.

Stop scaring the poor kid, can't you see he's shaking?

Stop scaring the poor kid, can't you see he's shaking?

I'm not scared, just cold.

- He should be scared! - I'm cold, not scared.

Get in the car, you!

If you ever come near li'l Magda again...

Magda. The "little" cramps her style.

If you set foot here again, I'll tie your balls in a bow!

I got tested for HIV and syphilis last week.

Just so you don't worry about that.

Just so you don't worry about that.

I'll slit you like a Chinese eyeball and drop you in the river. Got it?

Bye! I'll be by soon with Bridget Jones's Diary!

Bye-bye!

Guys, how 'bout a game of Remi tonight, like we used to?

We'll order some pizza. Or Chinese, to spite your mom!

Huh? Magda?

Kiddo?

Kiddo?

-I've got swimming practice tonight. -Want me to come cheer you on?

No, I want you to pick me up. It lets out at 4.

Come again? He wasn't at the clinic? Did you look for him?

I doubt he was hiding under a table, giving me the slip.

Might've been in the can, a coffee run... I don't know.

He wasn't out, he wasn't there at all!

Go ahead and check if you don't believe me!

I did check, beforehand. I knew he'd be there. That's why I sent you.

Tough luck, he wasn't.

-What's this? Who're you calling? -The doc.

He's got another thing coming if he thinks he can outsmart me.

Call him, sure. He'll feed you a bunch of bullshit or disappear.

Better yet, let me go over to his home.

Which house? He gambled it all away. He's got nothing!

No house, no car, not even his kid's bike!