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This is Dave Kujan.

I’ll be in Los Angeles until Tuesday.

If you need to reach me, contact Jeff Rabin

of the San Pedro Police Department at extension 112.

Have a nice day.

Why can’t I see him? Dave, I told you,

the DA came down here last night ready to arraign,

even before they moved him to County, okay?

Kint’s lawyer shows up five minutes later,

the DA comes out of the office looking like the bogeyman smacked him around.

All right? They take a statement and they cut him a deal.

Did they charge him with anything? Yeah, weapons. Misdemeanor 2.

What is that?

Listen, I give the DA credit for getting that much, you understand?

Excuse me, sir.

This whole thing has turned political.

The mayor was here last night, the chief.

This morning, the governor called, okay?

I’m telling you, this guy is protected

from up on high by the Prince of Darkness.

Take my word for it. Well, when does he post bail?

Maybe two hours, tops. I want to see him.

No, Dave. - Well, I gotta see him, Jeffrey.

Dave, no! I cannot. Listen, you gotta do this for me.

I came a long way for this.

Dave, please.

Even if I let you talk to him, he won’t talk to you.

He’s paranoid about being recorded.

He knows the interrogation rooms are all wired.

I quit.

This won’t be an interrogation, just a friendly chat to kill some time.

He will not go into the interrogation room.

Then someplace else, then. Where?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

If this was a dope deal, where’s the dope?

If it was a hit, who called it in?

And I’m sure you have a host of wild theories to answer all these questions.

They know damn well what I think.

That’s crazy, and, besides, it doesn’t even matter.

The guy’s got total immunity. His story checks out.

He doesn’t know what you want to know.

I don’t think he does, not exactly.

But there’s a lot more to his story, believe me.

Jeffrey, look, I wanna know why 27 men died on that pier

for what looks to be $91 million worth of dope that wasn’t there.

And above all, I want to be sure Dean Keaton’s dead.

He’s dead.

Come on. Two hours. Just till he makes bail.

They’re all dead.

I don’t care how tough a guy you say this Keaton was,

nobody on that boat could’ve come out alive.

Is he talking?

He regained consciousness less than an hour ago.

He spoke. not English, then he lapsed.

You think Hungarian?

I don’t know. I think that might’ve been what it was.

Yeah. Most of them were Hungarians.

Here, you gotta put on one of these.

Burn victims are very susceptible to infection.

And, of course, there’s no smoking.

Keep your mask up. Please don’t touch him.

Is he gonna die?

He has burns over 60% of his body, a number of his ribs were broken.

Call hospital security, get a man put on the door till the police get here.

Is he dangerous? Yes.

Do it.

Do it, now!

Joel? Yeah, Baer. Down at LA County.

Look, the guy they pulled out of the harbor is Arkosh Kovash.

Yes. Yes, I’m sure.

Well, no, no, he’s all fucked up.

I can’t hear you.

Will you shut up? I’m on the phone.

Yes.

Well, no, no. Not till I put a man on him.

Listen, send me someone who can speak Hungarian.

Yeah, he’s awake. He’s talking like a Thai hooker.

Keyser Soze.

What? Keyser Soze!

Keyser Soze!

Keyser Soze.

No shit?

Joel, come in. Yeah. Call Dan Metzheiser over at Justice,

and find Dave Kujan from Customs.

Verbal, this is Agent Kujan from Customs.

Nice to meet you.

He wants to ask you a few questions before you go.

What about? About a Dean Keaton, mostly.

But I’d like to start at the lineup back in New York.

Can I get some coffee? In a while. Let’s talk about the lineup.

I’m really thirsty. I used to dehydrate as a kid.

One time, I got so bad my piss come out like snot.

I’m not kidding. It was all thick and gooey.

I’ll get your fucking coffee.

Get me one, too, while you’re at it.

That guy is tense.

Tension is a killer.

I used to be in a barbershop quartet in Skokie, Illinois.

The baritone was this guy named Kip Diskin, big fat guy.

I mean, like, orca fat.

He was so stressed in the morning, you know.

Verbal, you know we’re trying to help you.

Sure, and I appreciate that.

And I wanna help you, Agent Kujan. I like cops.

I would’ve liked to have been a fed myself, but my CP always.

Verbal, you’re not telling us everything. I know you know something.

I told the DA everything I know.

Verbal, I know you like Keaton.

I know you think he’s a good man. I know he was good.

He was a corrupt cop.

Sure, 15 years ago, but he was a good thief.

Anyway, the cops wouldn’t let him go legit.

Dean Keaton was a piece of shit.

Are you trying to get a rise out of me, Agent Kujan?

I just wanna hear your story. It’s all there.

May I have a cigarette?

According to your statement. I need a light.

According to your statement, you’re a short-con operator,

run-of-the-mill.

According to your statement, you’re a short-con operator,

run-of-the-mill scams.

That’s been suppressed. Anything in there is inadmissible.

Oh, I know. Sweet deal you have here. Total immunity.

Well, I do have the weapons charge.

I’m looking at six whole months’ hard time.

You know a dealer named Ruby Deemer, Verbal?

You know a religious guy named John Paul?

You know Ruby’s in Attica? He didn’t have my lawyer.

I know Ruby. He’s big on respect.

He’s a good friend of mine, likes me very much.

Now, I know your testimony is sealed. Ruby’s well-connected.

He’s got lots of friends inside, do a lot of favors for him.

What do you think he would say

if he found out you dropped his name to the DA?

There’s nothing in there about Ruby. I’ll be sure to mention that to him.

First thing on the job, you know what I learned?

How to spot a murderer.

Let’s say you arrest three guys for the same killing.

You put them all in jail overnight.

The next morning, whoever’s sleeping is your man.

You see, if you’re guilty, you know you’re caught.

You get some rest. You let your guard down.

You follow me? No.

Let me get right to the point.

I’m smarter than you

and I’m gonna find out what I wanna know

and I’m gonna get it from you, whether you like it or not.

I’m not a rat.

Thanks.

Back when I was picking beans in Guatemala,

we used to make fresh coffee.

Right off the trees, I mean. That was good.

This is shit, but, hey, I’m in a police station.

Can we get started again?

Now, what happened after the lineup?

The desk sergeant was actually trying to tell me

that he couldn’t release you.

I mean, can you believe that? You weren’t even charged.

Damn police.

You know, I wanna have pictures taken of your face.

I’ll take them to the DA’s office first thing in the morning.

Forget about it. Absolutely not!

I’m gonna have this thing in front of a grand jury by Monday.

Look, I don’t want to talk about it, Edie, okay?

So, what did Fortier and Renault say?

They asked for some more time to think about investing.

Damn it. More time. It’s okay.

More time for what, Edie?

No matter how you cover my tracks, they’re still gonna find out about me.

Give me some credit.

I got you this far. Let’s go to the grand jury.

You know, this isn’t gonna stop if we don’t.

It’s never going to stop, period.

By next week, every investor in the city is gonna be walking away from us.

It’s finished.

I’m finished.

Don’t give up on me now, Dean.

It’s never gonna stop.

I love you.

They ruined me in there tonight.

I love you.

Do you hear me?

What?

Fenster and McManus had a cagey proposition,

a fast-jump, high-risk, long money.

We all knew it could be done.

The way I figured, to do it wrong meant killing.

To do it right took five men.

Five men meant Keaton.

Keaton took convincing.

New York’s finest taxi service.

Bullshit.

Bullshit.

They don’t operate anymore.

McManus has a friend in the 14th precinct.

They’re coming out for one job, Thursday.

They’re picking up a guy smuggling emeralds out of South America.

McManus already has a fence set to take the stuff.

A fence? Who?

Some guy in California, his name is Redfoot.

I never heard of him. You have to come.

What’s it to you whether I do it or not? They don’t know me. You do.

They won’t take me unless you go.

Look at me. I need this.

You’re telling me you don’t need this? Is this your place?

Look, I’m not knocking you.

You look like you got a good little scam going with this lawyer.

Sorry.

It’s okay. It’s okay.

You say it’s the real thing? That’s cool.

You Okay?

I was out of line.

But they’re never gonna stop with us, you know that.

As clean as you could ever get, they’ll never let you go now.

This way, we hit the cops where it hurts and we get well in the meantime.

You’re sure you’re okay?

I’ll be all right.