The Drop (Aka Animal Rescue)

ANIMAL RESCUE
by
Dennis Lehane
FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

10201 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
JANUARY 15, 2013 Draft
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EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - BROOKLYN - NIGHT

A very light snow falls in front of the bar window. The snow
is so light you wont even know it fell an hour from now. The
bar window is typical of a working class bar--encased in
brick, permanently filmed by decades of cigarette smoke and
beer burps; a neon BUD LIGHT sign in the center; but also -TINSEL, FAKE SNOW, A SNOWMAN FIGURINE.
DETECTIVE TORRES speaks. His voice is warm, Latin-tinged,
and, as folksy as one can find in Brooklyn.
DETECTIVE TORRES
(Voice over)
Heres how it works. You got one borough...
EXT. BROOKLYN - WINTER - NIGHT
AN AERIAL SHOT of New Yorks biggest borough. Cars stream off
the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges.
DETECTIVE TORRES (V.O.)
...with maybe fifty to a hundred bars per
neighborhood.
ON a NONDESCRIPT CAR crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. The car
exits the bridge into Downtown.
Those bars pay off cops, pay off the
health department, pay for protection.
They take bets or sell a little something
out the back.
As he speaks, we CUT TO:
BAR FRONT after BAR FRONT after BAR FRONT--upscale, low-rent,
and everything in between. So many neighborhoods--Dumbo, Fort
Green, Brooklyn Heights, Clinton Hill, Vinegar Hill, Prospect
Heights, Fulton Ferry, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Red Hook,
Bushwick, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Flatbush, Bay Ridge,
Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Brighton Beach, Coney Island,
Marine Park--its near impossible to name them all.
BAR INTERIORS, various CROWDS, all types of vibes.
Some people decided to centralize
everything.
2.
EXT. IRISH BAR - BAY RIDGE - NIGHT

The nondescript car pulls in front of the Bar. A DEATHLY THIN
MAN, late 20s, gets out. His hair is close-cropped; his face
sports two days of beard shadow. He walks into the bar.
INT. IRISH BAR - BAY RIDGE - NIGHT
As the Thin Man approaches the BARTENDER:
So a guy goes into a place every night,
picks up the take...
The Bartender slides the Thin Man A LONG BROWN ENVELOPE WITH
STRING FASTENER. The Thin Man pockets it, walks back out.
...heads off to the next spot.
EXT. SPORTS BAR - NIGHT
Thin Man exits his car.
...and the one after that...
EXT. BISTRO - NIGHT
An upscale place. The Thin Mans car sits out front.
And so on, and so on, and so on.
EXT. BARS - NIGHT
MONTAGE:
A FLURRY OF BARS.
BAGMEN go in and out...
And drive off in cars...
And pull up in cars...
And enter from the back...
And enter from the front...
And do the same at RESTAURANTS...
PIZZA PARLORS...
(CONTINUED)
3.
CONTINUED:
DONUT SHOPS...
CORNER STORES...
HOTELS...
MASSAGE PARLORS...
The Bagmen are all shapes and sizes; the only thing they have
in common is how little attention they call to themselves.
Throughout the montage, the folksy Man has been talking:
Anyplace you can provide a cash service?
Thats got a kickback factor of a
thousand squared. Anyplace you can dim a
light? You can accept a bet or a blowjob.
And all that money, every night, ends up
somewhere. Us cops get wires up on some
bosss house or his social club and we
wonder why we never see the money? Thats
because its never there.
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - WINTER - NIGHT
WE PUSH THROUGH THE WINDOW we saw at the beginning:
Not upscale inside, but not bad. The bar itself extends from
a small kitchen in back down the center of the space,
stopping about six feet from the door. Booths along the
walls. Tables between the booths and the bar. Widescreen TVs
on the walls by the booth and above the bar. Local sports
memorabilia hangs throughout.
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS--wreaths, candy canes, stockings, etc-hang from, and above, the bar itself.
The Thin Man enters, places a PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG up on the
bar. The bag is wrapped tight around a stack of money.
The bartender, BOB SAGINOWSKI, 37, brings the Thin Man a
scotch. Bob removes the bag from the bar top. Bob is a big
guy, block shoulders, large hands. He wears a plaid wool
workshirt with quilted lining over a thermal undershirt and
brown corduroy pants over heavy work boots. The clothes are
starched and ironed, however. Bob is working class but neat.
Bob rings up the sale at the register. To his right, below
the register, is a WIDE SLOT COVERED BY A METAL FLAP. He
opens the flap and drops the bag in. He turns back to the bar
but the Thin Man is gone, his scotch glass drained.
(CONTINUED)
4.
CONTINUED:
Bob lifts the mans glass off the bar. He looks up at the TV
above him. Theres something forlorn about him, even when
hes smiling. Hes the type of guy who rarely meets someones
eyes; theres an odd courtliness in his bearing, though, a
strong whiff of manners. Something wistful enters his face as
he watches TV, where a JEWELRY COMMERCIAL runs--images of a
COUPLE walking a beach hand in hand, cuddling, watching a
sunset, all the clichs.
EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - NIGHT
The Thin Bagman drives off as another Bagman pulls up, as our
Folksy Narrator wraps up:
Say we do get a team up on this drop bar?
Move fast enough to get a warrant? The
drop bar doesnt even know its the drop
bar until a couple of hours before it
becomes it. And then its only the drop
bar for one night. Late that night or
sometime the next morning...
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - BACK ROOM - MORNING
Bob at the floor safe. Looks at his watch. The TIME LOCK
BEEPS. Bob keys in the code, opens the safe. Reaches in for
an envelope.
PULL BACK TO REVEAL: A BEARDED CHECHEN in blue coveralls
standing by a BEER KEG. It becomes clear this is no ordinary
beer keg when the Bearded Chechen UNSCREWS THE TOP OF THE
KEG. He puts the top on the floor as Bob hands him the
envelope and follows it with another and another. The Bearded
Chechen deposits the envelopes in the keg.
EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - BACK ALLEY - MORNING
It all goes right out the door. And that
bar might not be the drop bar for another
year. Or it could be next week. Point is,
youd never know.
The Bearded Chechen wheels the keg out to a BEER TRUCK. He
puts the keg on the lift and the hydraulics kick in. When he
and the keg are level with the truck, he pivots the keg from
side to side until hes worked it in amongst a TRUCKLOAD OF
KEGS. You can no longer tell which was the original keg. He
hops out of the truck, and gives Bob a thumbs up.
Bob watches him drive away.
5.
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - WINTER - NIGHT

At the bar, SIX WORKING CLASS GUYS watch the Nets-Heat game.
They are JIMMY, SULLY, DONNY, PAUL, STEVIE, and SEAN. They
are all in their mid-to-late 30s.
ON THE TV: Dwayne Wade scores for the Heat.
JIMMY
Fucking awesome. We spent eighty-three
million to drag a bunch of Jersey
geriatrics across the river to wet-shit
all over their Depends.
PAUL
Theyre not that old.
SULLY
Stackhouse just blocked LeBron with his
fucking walker.
Bob delivers a round. Jimmy speaks to him.
JIMMY
You got an opinion on the Nets?
BOB
(Mildly apologetic)
I dont follow basketball.
SULLY
I dont know anything you follow, Bob.
You like to read? Watch The Bachelorette?
Hunt sewer rats?
Bob looks uncomfortable and apologetic.
BOB
Drinksre on the house.
Hes already turning to walk away.
SULLY
Thanks.
(To guys)
Fucking Sphinx, that guy.
PAUL
Ive seen chicks--hot ass--try to chat
him up, they get nothing.
SULLY
Maybe hes into dudes.
(CONTINUED)
6.
CONTINUED:
JIMMY
Guy aint into anything.
Sully remembers his manners, raises his drink.
SULLY
Thanks, Marv.
ON COUSIN MARV, 53, behind the bar halfway down, newspaper
spread before him. He smiles, raises a glass in
acknowledgement, and goes back to his paper. Marv, the man
the bar is named after, is the opposite of Bob--slick, welldressed in a suit and pressed white shirt.
The rest of the Guys grab their drinks and raise them.
STEVIE
Someone going to say something for the
kid?
SULLY
To Richie Glory Days Whelan, Fort
Hamilton Class of `Ninety Two, and a
funny prick. Rest in peace.
All the guys toast:
THE GUYS
To Glory Days. Cheers.
ON Bob as he passes MILLIE, 70, a homeless regular who nurses
an Old Fashioned at the corner of the bar.
Cousin Marv is looking at her as well as Bob reaches him,
places old glasses in the sink. Marv folds up his paper as he
takes in the Guys.
COUSIN MARV
You buy them a round?
BOB
Theyre toasting a dead friend.
COUSIN MARV
Kids been dead, what, ten years now?
Gotta be a point where you move on, stop
scoring free drinks off the corpse.
Cousin Marv shrugs into a nice topcoat and dons gloves. He
glances down the bar at Millie.
(CONTINUED)
7.
CONTINUED: (2)
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
Speaking of which, we cant keep letting
her ride a stool all night then not pay
for her drinks.
BOB
She doesnt drink much.
COUSIN MARV
Whens the last time you charged her for
one, though? And after midnight you let
her smoke in here--dont think I dont
know. Its not a soup kitchen, its a
bar. She pays her tab tonight or she
cant come in until she does.
BOB
Her tabs like a hundred bucks.
COUSIN MARV
Hundred-forty actually.
(Starts to depart)
Oh, and, Bob? Take the Christmas shit
down. Its the twenty-seventh.
BOB
What about Little Christmas?
COUSIN MARV
(Stares at him)
I dont even know what to say to that.
Cousin Marv leaves.
BEGIN MONTAGE:
1. Bob takes down some Christmas decorations.
2. Bob serves a round to THREE NURSES.
3. Bob wipes down the bartop.
4. Bob sweeps the floor; a lot of the debris is pine needles
from the Christmas decorations that no longer adorn the bar.
Millie lets loose a smokers cough of unparalleled phlegm and
duration. Bob pushes the broom and Millie continues to cough.
Just when it seems she might choke to death, she stops.
BOB
You alright?
(CONTINUED)
8.
CONTINUED: (3)
MILLIE
(Waves it off)
Aces. Ill have one more.
Bob comes around behind the bar.
BOB
I gotta charge you. Im sorry. And-MILLIE
`Course, `course. You got a business to
run. `Course.
She carries all her belongings in a small, battered GYM BAG.
She rummages through it. She places ONE DOLLAR BILL and SIXTY
TWO CENTS of coins on the bar. Rummages some more, comes back
with an ANTIQUE STERLING SILVER 4 X 6 PICTURE FRAME. Theres
no picture in it. She lays it on the bar as payment.
MILLIE (CONTD)
Thats sterling silver from Water Street
Jewelers. RFK bought a watch there, Bob.
Thats worth bucks.
BOB
You dont keep a picture in there?
It faded.
Of you?
(Nods)
And him.
MILLIE
BOB
MILLIE
She looks back into her bag, rummages some more. Bob puts an
ashtray in front of her. She looks up at him as he turns and
makes her another drink. He brings the drink to her.
Bob takes the dollar off the bar, turns toward the register.
MILLIE (CONTD)
No, take the-BOB
Thisll cover it.
At the register, Bob puts the dollar bill in the drawer. He
reaches into his pocket, pulls out a roll of bills, peels off
SEVEN TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS and adds them to the drawer.
(CONTINUED)
9.
CONTINUED: (4)
When he turns back, Millie has swept the change and the
picture frame back into her gym bag.
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - LATER
Millie finishes her drink. She takes a huge drag off her
cigarette and exhales with relish. She coughs a few more
times without the death rattle and puts out her smoke. She
exits her stool and puts on a raggedy winter coat. She ambles
to the door. Bob opens it to a light snowfall.
BOB
You ever hear of Little Christmas?
MILLIE
(Shrugs)
`Course. January Sixth.
BOB
Nobody remembers it anymore.
MILLIE
Meant something in my time.
BOB
My old mans too.
MILLIE
Not yours, though.
ON Bob, as the sentiment lands. Not for the first time, it
occurs to him that he clings to things that are long gone.
MILLIE (CONTD)
`Night, Bob.
She finishes buttoning her coat, pulls on gloves.
BOB
Careful out there. Watch the ice.
He shuts the door behind her, turns the lock.
CUT TO:
EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - WINTER - EARLY MORNING
A few minutes later, Bob locks the door from the other side,
removes the key. He wears a heavy coat and gloves.
10.
EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS - EARLY MORNING

Bob walks home through a gentle snow, the streets hushed and
desolate. Its a working class neighborhood as opposed to a
poverty-stricken one, so the overall effect of the cars and
the homes is of things that are weathered but not dingy.
Several empty parking spots along the curbs are spoken for
by trash cans, plastic egg crates, even lawn chairs--all
placed where a car could go. People have died--literally-over a parking spot thats been claimed in this fashion.
An OLD CAMRY passes Bob as he walks. The car turns a corner.
Bob walks slowly because Bob has nothing to rush home to.
CUT TO:
INT. FITZS CAMRY - CONTINUOUS
Inside the car that passed Bob are two brothers, ED FITZ
FITZGERALD, 28 and hyper, and his younger brother, BRIAN
BRI FITZGERALD, 25, a fretful soul. Fitz, the driver,
drives them past a hole-in-the-wall bar, MICKEYS TAP.
FITZ
Could be that one. Could be another one.
BRI
You want to hit a place filled with
gangsta money? You fucking crazy?
FITZ
Not right away. My guy says we got to do
this in steps.
BRI
So tell me who the guy is.
FITZ
The guy says we show him something. We
hit one of these bars when it aint being
used as a drop. We see how the owners
respond.
BRI
They could fucking respond real fucking
bad, you nut.
FITZ
So thats what well see.
No.
BRI
(CONTINUED)
11.
CONTINUED:
FITZ
No? Little brother, you got Ashley, the
kids, and a fucking habit. Your cars
been nursing the same tank of gas since
Thanksgiving and your watch still dont
fucking work. Say no again.
Bri cant. He aint happy about any of this, but in the end
hell do it. He looks at his BROKEN WRISTWATCH, which he
wears with the face on the inside of his wrist. The watch
hands are stopped at 6:15. He looks off out the car window.
INT. BOBS HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - EARLY MORNING
TRACK ALONG THE HALLWAY leading into the LIVING ROOM.
PHOTOGRAPHS adorn the wall in old-fashioned faux-gold frames.
They are all of Young Bob and BOBS PARENTS. Bobs Parents
were much older when they had him and stare back into the
camera with the uncertain, timid eyes of born victims. WE
ENTER:
A tidy room with furniture from the 1970s. The couch and love
seat are covered in plastic protection. Bob sits on the couch
and stares at his CHRISTMAS TREE. It is meticulously
decorated. The rest of the house is dark and silent.
Bob sits there like hes waiting for something to happen. But
nothing does. Eventually he stands. He turns out the tree
lights. He walks to the staircase and heads upstairs to bed.
CUT TO:
INT. ST. DOMINICKS CHURCH - MORNING
An older church. Dates back to the late 1800s/early 1900s. A
beautiful building--dark mahogany and off-white marble,
towering stained-glass windows of sad-eyed saints.
The 7 AM mass, only a DOZEN PARISHIONERS in attendance.
FATHER PETER REGAN, 45, exits the altar and stands in front
of the small congregation to deliver the SACRAMENT OF HOLY
COMMUNION. All the Parishioners line up to receive the host-except Bob, who remains kneeling in the section farthest to
the left. There is no one around him. Hes an island.
On a MALE PARISHIONER, mid-40s, Hispanic, a good-looking guy
getting a bit doughy, as he receives communion.
FATHER REGAN
The body of Christ.
Amen.
MALE PARISHIONER
(CONTINUED)
12.
CONTINUED:
He takes the host on his tongue and turns, blessing himself.
He takes notice of Bob still kneeling in the pew, eyes
closed. The Male Parishioner walks to his pew as Father Regan
returns to the altar.
FATHER REGAN
May the Lord bless you and keep you all
the days of your lives. This mass has
ended. Go in peace to love and serve the
Lord. Amen.
Bob stops at the holy water font by the exit doors, dips his
fingers in, and blesses himself. The Male Parishioner and Bob
give each other a nod hello--one familiar stranger to another-then exit, go their separate ways.
CUT TO:
EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - STREETFRONT - DAY
Bob shovels snow, lays down ICE MELT.
CUT TO:
EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - BACK ALLEY - DAY
Bob shovels the alley, lays down ICE MELT. Leans on his
shovel at one point, stares blankly down the alley.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - NIGHT
BOBS POV. He looks around the bar--Cousin Marv accepts a
payoff from a BETTOR in the corner. The same Six Guys watch
another basketball game. Millie sits at her corner seat,
drinking her drink. Nothing ever changes...
2 AM. Once again, Millies the only one left and shes
smoking her cigarette and finishing her drink as Bob sweeps.
She exits her stool and puts on her winter coat. She ambles
to the door. Bob opens it to a light snowfall.
BOB
He shuts the door behind her, turns the lock.
CUT TO:
13.
EXT. STREETS - EARLY MORNING

TRASH CANS filled with Christmas trash line the sidewalks -lots of upended fir trees in the barrels or lain by the
curbs, lots of broken toys and TVs and empty liquor bottles.
Bob glances at the trash as he passes, maybe saddened by the
level of waste--half of the broken toys could easily be
repaired; the electronics could be donated to charity.
A THUMP. Bob looks around. He scans and finally settles on-A CAR across the street, rocking slightly, engine idling, the
windows steamed. The shape of a WOMAN straddles a MAN in the
front seat as she kisses him. The quick BEEP OF THEIR HORN as
her ass hits it, followed by muffled giggles.
ON Bob, desolate. This sort of intimacy is not in his future,
nor his recent past. Hes transfixed until the Womans palm
slaps the drivers window and he realizes that what hes
doing is illegal in some states. He walks on and hears-A SCRAPING SOUND. He looks across the street; its not coming
from the car. He looks back the way he came. A SECOND
SCRAPING SOUND. He looks up toward where he was headed.
A METAL TRASH CAN, covered. A few houses up the sidewalk. It
moves ever so slightly, as if touched by a firm breeze. Bob
walks over and stares at it. Nothing happens. It doesnt move
anymore. The empty parking spot beside the trash can is
protected by TWO ORANGE CONES. Bob turns away.
A MEWLING SOUND, soft but high-pitched. Bob turns back to the
trash can. The Mewling Sound reoccurs, followed by a return
of the scraping.
Bob takes the top off the trash can and is faced with several
editions of the YELLOW PAGES. He pulls them out--2008, 2010,
2009, a TOASTER, and one last YELLOW PAGES and then-A PUPPY
It stares up at Bob. Scrawny body, huge eyes. It blinks at
Bob and then scrunches into itself, terrified. The mewling
grows louder, more pathetic. Bob reaches down gingerly
because theres shit on this dog and blood too. He grasps it
by the nape of the neck and lifts it out. It dangles in front
of him and opens its eyes again, trembling.
Hey.
BOB
(CONTINUED)
14.
CONTINUED:
The Puppy looks back at him. Bob looks at the blood on its
head, the shit on its body.
BOB (CONTD)
Its okay. Its...
The Puppy continues to tremble, continues to stare back at
him, waiting for Bob to hurt it.
Bob stares into its eyes.
BEAT
A VOICE RINGS OUT:
FEMALE VOICE (O.S.)
What do you got there?
Bob looks up and down the sidewalk, sees nothing.
FEMALE VOICE (O.S.) (CONTD)
Im up here and youre in my trash.
Bob looks at the houses, sees the OUTLINE OF A WOMAN standing
on a first floor porch, most of her lost to shadow.
BOB
(Holds the puppy up for her
to see. )
I found a puppy. A boxer, I think.
FEMALE VOICE
Who puts a dog in a barrel?
BOB
Right? Its bleeding.
The shadow-woman vanishes. The PORCH LIGHT COMES ON. The
woman reappears. Her name is NADIA, 33. She is slim,
unadorned, a face that could be pretty if shed allow it,
beautiful, sad eyes. She has a red rope of scar tissue
cutting a smile from the left edge of her throat to her
windpipe. She is barefoot and shivers in the cold. She lights
a cigarette and flips open a cell phone.
NADIA
Who do you know that I would know?
Bob has been walking toward the steps. He stops.
BOB
At two in the morning?
(CONTINUED)
15.
CONTINUED: (2)
NADIA
Its what it is.
BOB
You know the Sullivans?
Nadia shakes her head.
BOB (CONTD)
Francie Hedges?
She shakes her head again. Bob looks at the dog shaking in
his grip, the woman shaking on her porch.
NADIA
Hey. You live in this parish?
BOB
Next one over. Saint Doms.
NADIA
So, you know Father Pete?
Bob nods.
NADIA (CONTD)
Whats your name?
BOB
Bob Saginowski.
NADIA
Let me see your license.
Bob removes the glove over his free hand with his teeth,
pulls his wallet out of his back pocket, hands it to her.
Nadia takes a picture of it with her phone. She hands the
wallet back. She presses a few more buttons on her phone as
Bob returns the wallet to his pants, waits.
NADIA (CONTD)
Just sent that picture to four people. We
clear?
Bob nods.
NADIA (CONTD)
Im Nadia.
(Indicating the puppy)
Bring him up here.
(CONTINUED)
16.
CONTINUED: (3)
ON ERIC DEEDS, 30 and blonde, sitting on a stoop across the
street. He wears a hoodie under a pea coat and shivers
slightly. Hes handsome, but theres something off about him,
his eyes mildly unhinged, as he watches Bob carry the puppy
to Nadias three decker.
CUT TO:
INT. NADIAS APARTMENT - KITCHEN - EARLY MORNING
Nadia removes dirty dishes from the sink, places them on the
counter beside several empty Narragansett tall boys. She is
clearly embarrassed.
NADIA
Just one more sec. Damn it, Chief.
Chief?
BOB
NADIA
My father. People call him Chief.
BOB
Is he Indian?
NADIA
What? No. Hes drunk Irish. Hes in AC
now. I was working. Otherwise...
(indicates the mess as not
something she abides )
You can put him in now.
Bob puts the puppy in the sink as Nadia runs the water.
NADIA (CONTD)
Let me grab some shampoo.
She leaves the kitchen and Bob looks around. The fridge is
old, the table and chairs by the window are shabby, the
curtains are faded lace. The floor is clean, though. Bob
takes the sink sprayer in hand. Considers the puppy.
Ready?
BOB
The puppy flinches as Bob sprays his haunches. Bob tests the
spray on himself to be sure. Its not too hot. He goes back
to spraying the feces off the puppy as Nadia returns.
(CONTINUED)
17.
CONTINUED:
NADIA
Dont spray his head until we see how bad
the cut is. Just a little water from your
hand.
Bob does as instructed. Nadia peers in close at the wound.
Is it bad?
BOB
NADIA
Its not deep. But, man, someone beat the
shit out of this dog. All these knots
here? Thats not skull, thats
contusions.
You a vet?
BOB
NADIA
Im a waitress up the Ashmont Grill. But
I worked at Animal Rescue one summer as
tech. Whoever beat this little guy
probably figured hed killed it, dumped
it in the trash.
Why?
BOB
NADIA
Because people suck. I dunno.
They wrap the puppy in a towel and take it over to the table.
Nadia brought back Neo-sporin and cotton swabs with the
shampoo. They dry it off and Nadia attends to the head wound.
NADIA (CONTD)
Theyre so hard, this breed. To find them
a home.
Boxers?
BOB
NADIA
This isnt a boxer. Its a pit bull.
BOB
Theyre dangerous.
NADIA
Its not the dogs fault his owners a
dick. This guy? Look at him. Hes nothing
but sweet.
(CONTINUED)
18.
CONTINUED: (2)
Bob looks at the puppy. The puppy looks back as Nadia
finishes swabbing the wound.
NADIA (CONTD)
Youll need a crate. Makes them feel
safe. And food, all sorts of chew toys
and other stuff.
BOB
I was walking by a barrel. Im just...Im
giving him back.
NADIA
To who? The guy who beat him?
BOB
No, no. To, like, the authorities.
NADIA
That would be Animal Rescue. After they
give the owner seven days to reclaim him,
theyll-BOB
He gets a second chance?
NADIA
(Nods)
If he decides not to take it, chances are
this little guy will be put up for
adoption. But its hard, like I said,
this breed. More often than not, theyre
put down.
BEAT. Bob has to live with that now.
BOB
Its just...I...
Im sorry?
NADIA
BOB
You can take it.
NADIA
My father gets back Sunday night from AC.
He finds a dog in his house? An animal
hes allergic to? Puppy goes right back
out the door.
(CONTINUED)
19.
CONTINUED: (3)
BOB
(Abruptly)
Give me till Sunday morning?
The words surprise both of them. She considers him.
NADIA
I shit you not, he aint picked up by
Sunday noon...
BOB
Sunday, definitely.
Yeah?
NADIA
BOB
Yeah. Yeah.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - DAY
About a DOZEN BLUE COLLAR GUYS, spread out throughout the
bar, drinking, playing darts, watching ESPN. Bob brings a
round to a few of them, goes back down the bar where Cousin
Marv leans against a beer cooler, reading the Post.
Bob nudges him to get to some beers in the cooler and Cousin
Marv takes a moment before he obliges.
BOB
Sweetest friggin thing. Big head, big
paws, little body...
Cousin Marv turns a page of his paper.
COUSIN MARV
Theyre waiting.
Bob sees the Guys at the bar, waiting for their round.
BOB
`Rardys late. Again.
Nah.
COUSIN MARV
Bob follows his chin-gesture and GERARD `RARDY DUGAN, early

30s, comes through the door waving.
TIME FADE.
(CONTINUED)
20.
CONTINUED:
The CROWD has grown to two dozen. Rardy Dugan runs back and
forth.
ANGRY PATRON
Those Buds coming by fucking Clydesdale?
Come on.
On Rardy, in the weeds, wondering where Bob and Marv are.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - BACK ALLEY - EARLY EVENING
Cousin Marv smokes a cigarette by the back door as Bob
shovels ICE MELT from a box onto the alley ice.
BOB
You know a Nadia Dunn? Got a father
everyone calls Chief?
COUSIN MARV
No. He work for the fire department?
BOB
Shes the one holding the dog.
COUSIN MARV
This dog again.
BOB
Training a dog, you know? Housebreaking?
Its a lot of responsibility.
COUSIN MARV
Its not like some long lost retard
relative, shows up at your door in a
wheelchair with a colostomy bag, says
hes yours now. Its a dog.
BOB
Yeah, but...
Bobs at a loss to articulate something larger than himself.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - NIGHT
The place is jammed now. `Rardy, Bob, and even Cousin Marv
work the bar. The Nets play on half the TV screens, the
Rangers on the others. As Marv delivers a beer to a SAD
LOOKING GUY, the Guy slides him a DAMP ROLL OF BILLS. Marv
looks him hard in the eyes and the Guy nods: Its all there.
(CONTINUED)
21.
CONTINUED:
Marv takes a $10 bill off the much smaller stack the Sad Guy
has left in front of him. Marv drops the damp roll of bills
into the slot beside the register. He rings up the beer and
puts the Sad Guys $10 in the register, returns with change.
Bob works the Guinness taps, setting aside some pints to let
them settle, skimming the foam off others and putting them
back under the taps.
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - LATER
The crowd has thinned but its still hopping. Bob and Rardy
work the bar. Cousin Marv comes out of the back office with a
MANILA ENVELOPE.
TWO CHECHENS enter--close cropped hair, faces harder than
pool balls. Marv meets them at a table.
Eric Deeds sits on a stool near a coat tree. His POV as the
two Chechens shrug off Marvs offer of a free drink. Marv
hands one Chechen A LONG BROWN ENVELOPE WITH STRING FASTENER.
One Chechen pockets it and he and his partner leave.
The place is empty. Rardy is dragging trash out the back door
into the alley. Bob is mopping up behind the bar. Marv sits
at the bar, counting up the nights take. Bob looks over at
the door leading to the back.
A MAN IN A SKI MASK stands in the doorway pointing a SHOTGUN.
Bob drops his mop. Marv looks up, sees Ski Mask, raises his
hands. Ski Mask comes through the door followed by SKI MASK
#2, who brandishes a PISTOL. Ski Mask #1 pulls a rolled-up
GYM BAG from his coat and tosses it on the bar by Marv.
SKI MASK #1
Dont think about it, just fill it.
Cousin Marvs hand is right next to a 9mm. SEMI-AUTOMATIC
HANDGUN, sitting on a shelf under the bar. But Cousin Marv
doesnt even think about it--hes got a shotgun and a pistol
pointed at him. He puts the nights take in the bag.
COUSIN MARV
Im not making any trouble but-SKI MASK #1
Youre making trouble.
(CONTINUED)
22.
CONTINUED:
COUSIN MARV
--you know whose money youre jacking
here?
Ski Mask #2 is agitated. He gestures with his gun hand.
SKI MASK #2
The fucking bag, you goof!
Bobs POV: Ski Mask #2 wears a WRISTWATCH with the face on
the inside of his wrist and the hands stopped at 6:15.
COUSIN MARV
No worries, no worries. Here.
SKI MASK #1
(Overlapping)
No worries. The bag.
Cousin Marv carefully tosses the bag over the bar. It lands
softly at Ski Mask #1s feet. Ski Mask #1 bends, picks it up.
A LOOOOOOONG BEAT as all four men face one another, everyone
wondering how this is going to end.
SKI MASK #1 (CONTD)
(To Cousin Marv)
You fucking talk too much.
Ski Mask #2 goes through the back door and Ski Mask #1
follows. Bob and Cousin Marv dont move. They barely breathe.
They HEAR the ALLEY DOOR OPEN AND CLOSE.
Rardy.
Ho, shit.
BOB
COUSIN MARV
They both hustle through the back door, through the kitchen.
ALLEY DOOR
They find Rardy lying on his stomach by the alley door, FACE
CAKED IN BLOOD. Cousin Marv shakes him.
Rardy groans, then gasps like a beached fish. He rolls onto
his ass and sits up and then grabs his head.
RARDY
What the fuck?
(CONTINUED)
23.
CONTINUED: (2)
COUSIN MARV
You all right?
RARDY
Im going to puke.
Bob and Cousin Marv back up.
RARDY (CONTD)
Okay. No, Im not.
Bob hands him a kitchen towel.
RARDY (CONTD)
How bad do I look?
BOB
(Lying)
You look okay.
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - A FEW MINUTES LATER
TWO UNIFORMED POLICEWOMEN and TWO MALE DETECTIVES conduct
their investigation. DETECTIVE EVANDRO TORRES, 45, approaches
Bob. Bob has met Detective Torres before--sort of; hes the
Male Parishioner who Bob saw at the holy water font. His
partner, NEIL VINES, 40s, talks to Cousin Marv down the other
end of the bar. The two Policewomen--GAIL FENTON and RITA
BERNARDO--take Rardys statement.
DETECTIVE TORRES
(Points with a smile)
The seven at St. Doms.
Yeah.
BOB
DETECTIVE TORRES
Every morning we see each other, and
weve never met.
(Extends a hand)
Detective Terry Torres.
BOB
(Shaking the hand)
Bob Saginowski.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Shame about St. Doms.
BOB
What do you mean?
(CONTINUED)
24.
CONTINUED:
DETECTIVE TORRES
Just heard today. Theyre folding it into
St. Marys. Believe that?
(Beat)
The guys with the guns sound like anyone
ever came in here before?
BOB
(Shakes his head)
Guy closest to me, his watch was stopped.
Cousin Marv hears that, shoots a sharp look Bobs way. Rardy,
an ice bag to his face, looks over too.
DETECTIVE TORRES
(Consults notes)
Officer Bernardo says you said they wore
black, head to toe, and masks.
BOB
Yeah, but I could see his wrist. He wore
the face turned in like this?
Cousin Marv cocks his head at Bob.
DETECTIVE TORRES
And it was stopped.
BOB
Yeah. Six-fifteen.
Torres makes note of this.
DETECTIVE TORRES
How much they take you for?
BOB
Whatever was in the register.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Just what was in the register?
He looks carefully at Bob. Bob looks back, eyes flat.
BOB
Whatever was in the register.
Detective Torres looks around the bar a bit.
(CONTINUED)
25.
CONTINUED: (2)
DETECTIVE TORRES
So if I was to ask around, I wouldnt
hear anything about anyone making book
here or, I dunno, moving a bag of weed
every now and then. I wouldnt hear that?
Bob says nothing.
DETECTIVE TORRES (CONTD)
And when I go through your register tapes-Officer, make sure you grab those-theyll line up exactly with the amount
of money got took?
Bob says nothing. Torres smiles.
Okay. For your sake, I hope so.
CUT TO:
EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - EARLY MORNING
An AMBULANCE parked out front, doors open, as the BPD PATROL
CAR drives away.
Torress partner, Vines, walks to their UNMARKED and gets
behind the wheel as Torres walks out of the bar with Bob.
Rardy sits on a gurney at the back of the ambulance. He
drinks from a tall can of Budweiser as the EMT straps him in.
Cousin Marv stands by them.
COUSIN MARV
Its for the best. You want to be sure
you dont have a concussion.
Yeah.
RARDY
He takes a swig of beer and the EMT notices it. The EMT takes
it out of his hand, hands it to Cousin Marv.
DETECTIVE TORRES
(To Bob)
Whole things a travesty.
BOB
Hell be okay.
DETECTIVE TORRES
I meant St. Doms. Beautiful church. And
they did mass right.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
26.
CONTINUED:
DETECTIVE TORRES (CONT'D)
No group hug after the Our Father, no
folk singers. Time the seculars get done
persecuting the Church, all well have
left is a bunch of condos with stained
glass windows.
BOB
(Hesitant)
If the Churchd come clean-DETECTIVE TORRES
That was it, uh? You dont see The Times
doing front page articles on abuse cases
in the Muslim world.
BOB
They covered up child rape. Under Romes
instruction.
DETECTIVE TORRES
They said sorry.
Bob says nothing, starts looking for an exit route.
Cafeteria Catholicism did this. People
wanting to be mostly Catholic, except
for, you know, the hard parts. Why dont
you take communion?
What?
BOB
DETECTIVE TORRES
I seen you at mass for years. You havent
taken communion once.
BOB
Thats my business.
DETECTIVE TORRES
You think so, uh?
He looks at Bob with profound disappointment and gets in the
unmarked. He and his partner drive away. Bob stands there -What the fuck just happened? Bob walks over to the ambulance.
COUSIN MARV
He let you wear his letter jacket, or you
have to let him give your nips a twist
first?
(CONTINUED)
27.
CONTINUED: (2)
BOB
(Ignores him. To Rardy)
Moira meeting you?
RARDY
I called her, yeah.
(Takes the beer out of
Marvs hand, drinks.)
Fucking hurts like a bastard, my head.
Like a bastard.
Another EMT comes to the back and he and EMT #1 lift Rardy
into the ambulance. Rardy downs the rest of the beer, tosses
the empty to Bob. EMT #1 shuts the doors. The ambulance pulls
away from the curb and up the street.
Bob and Cousin Marv stand in the middle of the empty street.
COUSIN MARV
The fuck you tell that cop about the
watch for?
BOB
I dont know.
And it dawns on him that he truly doesnt know.
COUSIN MARV
Well, lets nip that fucking impulse in
the bud for the rest of, you know, your
life.
(Beat)
We got hit for five thou and change. But
Anwar and Makkhal picked up our envelope,
so Im not on the hook for that.
BOB
So were okay.
COUSIN MARV
We got clipped for five large. Its their
bar, their money. Were not too fucking
okay.
They look back up the empty street.
CUT TO:
EXT. NADIAS FRONT PORCH - SUNDAY MORNING
The Puppy sniffs at the bases of the railings. Bob watches.
He has no idea what this puppy is doing.
(CONTINUED)
28.
CONTINUED:
Nadia comes through the front door with a bag, holds it up.
NADIA
I found a bowl he wont miss and a couple
cans of dog food in here.
Thanks.
BOB
He takes it from her, everything sinking in--its his now.

CUT TO:
INT. BOBS CAR - SUNDAY MORNING
The car is parked out front, just behind the empty space
protected by TWO PLASTIC CONES. Nadia shuts the passenger
door and steps back from the car. The Puppy sits on the front
seat, looks over at Bob. Bob pulls the car into gear, rolls
slowly forward. He looks at the Puppy. The Puppy looks back
at him, like: Who the fuck are you?
Bob stops the car, puts it into reverse. He rolls back and
calls to Nadia as she approaches her front steps.
BOB
I dont know what to do. I dont know
anything.
CUT TO:
INT. PET SUPERMARKET - DAY
A dozen aisles piled high with dog beds, crates, scratching
posts for cats, hamster cages (some with hamsters in them),
ferret cages (some with ferrets in them), a huge glass tank
filled with rabbits. Dog food, cat food, rodent food, etc. An
entire aisle devoted to chew toys. A wall of leashes...
Bobs eyes are saucers. Who knew such a place existed? He
pushes a carriage the dog food aisle. The Puppy sits in the
basket at the front of the cart. Nadia drops a bag of puppy
food into the cart.
NADIA
You should probably stick with this
brand, twice a day. Change a puppys
diet, he gets diarrhea.
They move down the aisle.
(CONTINUED)
29.
CONTINUED:
NADIA (CONTD)
Youll need bowls, a bed, chew toys, a
leash.
Chew toys?
BOB
NADIA
Unless you want to lose your couch. And
from now on, keep your shoes up on a
shelf.
They go down an aisle, Nadia pulling chew toys from the
shelves. Bob finds a tire on a rope, dangles it in front of
the Puppy. The Puppy sniffs at it. Bob adds it to the cart.
Bob grabs another chew toy, drops it in the cart.
Nadia hands Bob a book, THE ART OF RAISING A PUPPY by the
Monks of New Skete, which shows a hardy monk on the cover
holding a German Shepherd. Bob takes it, looks at the cover.
NADIA (CONTD)
This is the best book I know.
She stops by the boxes of DOG CRATES, points at one.
NADIA (CONTD)
You dont want it too small, but you
dont want it too big, either.
BOB
Is this like throwing him in jail?
NADIA
As long as you never put him in it to
punish him, hell think of it as his
special place.
Bob loads the box under the carriage.
BOB
Whyre you helping me?
BEAT. He and Nadia size one another up.
NADIA
Im not helping you. Im helping him. Any
other questions?
BOB
Are you named after the--?
(CONTINUED)
30.
CONTINUED: (2)
NADIA
(Nods)
Gymnast, yeah. I didnt become a gymnast,
though. I did dance. Even moved to
Manhattan.
(Beat)
I moved back.
The tiniest shake of her head means the conversation is over.
They move on up the aisle.
ON the carriage as it fills up--a dog bed, a bag of food, dog
vitamins, a grooming brush, a bag of puppy treats, a leash, a
box of pooper-scooper bags, a collar.
ON a DOG TAG machine. Bob stares at the instructions. He
looks back at Nadia.
NADIA (CONTD)
What are you going to name him?
BOB
Cassius.
(Off her look.)
I thought he was a boxer at first.
She still doesnt get it.
BOB (CONTD)
Cassius Clay. Muhammad Ali.
She still has no idea what hes talking about.
ON the DOG TAG falling into the dispenser, the name CASSIUS
printed above BOBS TELEPHONE NUMBER.
At the CHECKOUT COUNTER, a CASHIER rings it all up, Bobs
Adams Apple moving as he watches the numbers spike north.
CASHIER
Three-seventy-two-ninety-seven.
Bob has been looking at CASSIUS and at Nadia and drifting.
CASHIER (CONTD)
Sir? Three hundred seventy-two dollars
and ninety-seven cents.
Huh? Oh.
BOB
He hands over his credit card.
(CONTINUED)
31.
CONTINUED: (3)
You okay?
NADIA
Bob, for the first time in years, is happy. And no ones more
surprised by it than him.
BOB
I just...Yeah. Im fine.
Bob, suddenly embarrassed, scratches behind Cassiuss ears.
CUT TO:
INT. BOBS CAR - DAY
Bob pulls up in front of Nadias house behind the space that
had been protected all weekend by TWO PLASTIC CONES. The
cones are gone. A late-90s LINCOLN TOWN CAR sits in the
space.
NADIA
(Too lightly. Singsongy)
Hes back.
BOB
Why do they call him Chief?
BEAT. Nadia pets Cassius, who sleeps on her lap, snoring.
NADIA
This little guy, hes a good guy.
BOB
Do they do sleep all the time?
NADIA
Pretty much, yeah. Then they run around
like psychos for half an hour. Then they
sleep some more. And shit and pee like
crazy. Dont get mad. They dont know any
better. Read the monk book. It takes
time. Be patient.
BOB
Be patient.
NADIA
(Lifting Cassius. Nods.)
Take care.
Cassius is sniffing, snorting, confused at being awakened.
(CONTINUED)
32.
CONTINUED:
Nadia smiles and lets herself out. She gives them both a wave
and they both stare after her. Cassius puts his paws on the
window sill, stares out at her as she climbs the stairs.
BOB
Its okay, buddy. Well be fine.
Cassius looks back at him, like: Who you kidding? He looks
back at Nadia as she disappears into her house.
Eric Deeds walks behind Bobs car and crosses the street. Bob
takes no notice and pulls away from the curb.
CUT TO:
INT. BOBS HOUSE - DAY
A cared-for house, yet a house that time forgot. Nothing has
changed since Bobs parents died. Hes not a tenant, hes a
preservationist. Every rug, sideboard, stick of furniture,
wallpaper--is from the 1960s/early 1970s. Bobs sole
concession to the modern age is a small flat screen TV and
cable box hes propped on top of a 1975 Zenith Cabinet TV.
Bob and Cassius pass through the Living Room. The Christmas
Tree remains up. They enter the Dining Room and Bob unloads
his PET STORE BAGS onto the dining room table. PICTURES OF
HIS PARENTS--with and without a YOUNG BOB--adorn the room,
looking at him from every angle.
Bob notices Cassius sniffing at the corner of HIS MOTHERS
RUG. Cassius walks in tight circles, sniffing, looking at
Bob, and sniffing some more.
Cassiuss body forms a comma as he squats.
BOB
What? No, um, wait-Cassius SHITS ON THE RUG.
No!
BOB (CONTD)
Cassius, embarrassed and suddenly terrified, tries to cut off

the loaf as Bob runs toward him.
Cassius takes off, dribbling the shit on the floor and into
the next room.
ON the PHOTOS OF BOBS MOTHER as she stares at the scene.
(CONTINUED)
33.
CONTINUED:
Bob reaches the steaming pile of shit, and theres nothing he
can do unless he wants to scoop it up with his hands. He
stands over it, panicky. He looks toward the Kitchen where
the puppy fled. He hovers over the shit, debating. The longer
it sits there, the better the chance his mothers rug is
ruined. He turns and enters
THE KITCHEN
Bob slips in a PISS PUDDLE. He almost goes down but grabs the
side of the refrigerator. He sees what he slipped in.
BOB (CONTD)
Aww, Jesus. Fucking really?
Hes been growing progressively louder and more outraged but
then he notices-Cassius, tucked into a corner, staring back at him, SHAKING.
BOB (CONTD)
Oh, no. Im not mad at you. I just...
Thats shit. On my mothers rug. But you
dont know any...
Cassius shakes worse with every step Bob takes toward him.
Bob realizes this. He pauses.
Bob gets down on his knees. He crawls toward Cassius.
BOB (CONTD)
Ssshhh. Its okay. Its okay.
He reaches Cassius and Cassius is shaking violently as Bob
stretches one large hand toward the puppys face.
BOB (CONTD)
Ssshhh. You didnt do anything wrong. You
didnt.
Bob places a gentle palm to the side of Cassiuss face.
Cassius eventually stops shaking, leans into the hand.
CUT TO:
INT. ST. DOMINICS CHURCH - MORNING
Bob and Detective Torres, once again exiting at the holy
water fonts. Bob gives Torres a friendly nod. Torres gives
him a nod in return, but it aint exactly friendly.
CUT TO:
34.
EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MORNING

Bob and Cousin Marv are out front shoveling snow, though
Bobs doing most of the shoveling. Its a bright, clear
morning. Bob has been telling Cousin Marv about his Sunday.
COUSIN MARV
You get the spot out of the rug?
BOB
I came close. But its a dark rug.
COUSIN MARV
Its a dark... Its your mothers rug. I
stepped on the thing with my shoe once-wasnt even dirty--and you tried to cut
my foot off.
BOB
Listen to the drama queen.
Marv blinks. This is a new Bob. This Bob has a voice.
TWO DARK SUVS and a WHITE VAN pull to the curb. The back door
of one SUV opens and one of the Chechens from the other night
steps out. This is ANWAR, his eyes as cold as gin. But
theyre nothing compared to his boss, CHOVKA, who comes out
of the SUV behind him and takes stock of the street and the
day. Chovka is early 40s, prison-lean and prison-mean. Those
prisons were Russian prisons, which are particularly cruel to
Chechens. Chovka smiles at Bob and Cousin Marv, lights a
cigarette.
CHOVKA
Who needs a snow blower when you got Bob?
Maybe you come to my house later. Yeah?
Uh, sure.
BOB
Chovka chucks him on the shoulder. A MUFFLED NOISE from the

white van. Could be anything.
CHOVKA
Im kidding. This guy.
(To Cousin Marv)
You on the welfare?
ANOTHER NOISE from the van. It rocks in place.
Im sorry?
COUSIN MARV
(CONTINUED)
35.
CONTINUED:
CHOVKA
Bob does all the work. You watch.
COUSIN MARV
No, Im shoveling.
CHOVKA
You shoveling all right. Come.
Chovka leads Bob and Cousin Marv to the van. Chovka lights a
cigarette and pulls back the side door to reveal:
THREE MEN sitting in the back. Two are CHECHEN MUSCLE. The
third is a DEBTOR, 40, and gagged. He is dressed like a
construction worker or dock worker but his feet are bare. His
right foot has been drilled into the floor with a foot-long
metal bolt. One of the Chechen Muscle is fiddling with the
chuck key of a power drill. The Debtor is alert and shaking.
CHOVKA (CONTD)
You know this guy?
Bob shakes his head.
No.
COUSIN MARV
CHOVKA
But I know this guy. Moment I know him? I
know him.
(To Bob)
Somebody robbed my bar?
BOB
Yes, Mr. Umarov.
CHOVKA
Who robbed my bar?
COUSIN MARV
We dont know. They wore masks.
CHOVKA
The police report said one wore a broken
watch? Whyd you tell the police this?
BOB
I answered without thinking.
Chovka looks back at the Debtor for a bit and smokes and no
one says anything.
(CONTINUED)
36.
CONTINUED: (2)
CHOVKA
What have you done to get my money back?
COUSIN MARV
Weve got the word out in the
neighborhood.
CHOVKA
The word is out there. Like my money.
Chovka slides the van door closed. He flicks his cigarette
off Marvs chest.
CHOVKA (CONTD)
Find my fucking money, hey?
Chovka gets back in the car. Anwar pauses at the door and
points at spot of snow Bob missed in his shoveling. He
follows his boss into the SUV and the cars pull away.
Bob shovels for a bit in silence. Marv notices his coat is
smoldering from the cigarette and slaps at it to put it out.
COUSIN MARV
How we supposed to find their money? If
we knew where their money was thatd mean
we knew who robbed us which would mean we
were in on it which would mean theyd
shoot us in the fucking face. So how we
supposed to find their money?
Bob says nothing because there is no answer.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
Fucking Chechneyans, man.
Chechens.
What?
BOB
COUSIN MARV
BOB
Theyre Chechens, not Chechneyans.
COUSIN MARV
But theyre from Chechneya.
BOB
(Shrugs)
Yeah, but you dont call people from
Ireland Irelandians.
(CONTINUED)
37.
CONTINUED: (3)
They lean on their shovels, stare up the street, both visibly
shaken.
CUT TO:
EXT. BROOKLYN PARK - MORNING
The park sits along (TBD) Bay. Nadia jogs. Her movements are
a little awkward, her breathing labored; this is clearly a
New Years resolution getting a first try. She sees:
Bob trying to walk Cassius on a retractable leash twenty
yards ahead. Cassius yanks and bites the leash. He runs
circles around Bob--literally--so much so the leash gets
tangled around Bobs ankles. Bob steps out of the noose
without falling but he does stumble. All the jostling spills
his coffee all over his hand.
Nadia jogs up to them.
NADIA
You didnt read the monk book, did you?
I... No.
BOB
Nadia squats and Cassius trots right over to her. Nadias

face remains stony but her eyes soften as she pets him.
NADIA
Now the holidays are over, I lost a shift
at the restaurant.
Bob stares at her, confused as to why shes telling him this.
NADIA (CONTD)
If I help you train this dog, will you
pay me what I made that shift?
BOB
Sure, sure.
CUT TO:
INT. MARVS HOUSE -FOYER - EVENING
CLOSE UP on DARK FABRIC.
PULL BACK SLOWLY, revealing: lighter fabric, of the tweed or
wool family. Then a THUMB rubbing against the fabric.
ON Marv standing by his COAT TREE. He is staring at the burn
mark Chovkas cigarette made in his coat.
(CONTINUED)
38.
CONTINUED:
At the other end of the hall, Marvs sister, DOTTIE, 53,
appears, a wooden spoon in her hand.
DOTTIE
You finish shoveling? Come eat.
CUT TO:
INT. POLICE HEADQUARTERS - 1 POLICE PLAZA - DAY
MAJOR CRIMES UNIT. Detective Torres enters, looks around at
the DETECTIVES at their desks until he sees DETECTIVE LISA
ROMSEY, 35 or so, on the phone. He walks over and she chingestures him to a chair. He sits. She hangs up the phone.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
What up, Evandro?
DETECTIVE TORRES
You remember Marvin Stipler from the day?
She shakes her head.
Cousin Marv? He got pushed off his own
book--what was it--nine, ten years ago by
the Chechens.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
(Its coming back to her)
They came in, told him he had little
pebble testes. He spent the next decade
proving them right.
DETECTIVE TORRES
His bar got held up the other night.
By?
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
DETECTIVE TORRES
Dunno. But the bar is owned by one of
Chovka Umarovs shell companies.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Kinda retard holds up one of his bars?
DETECTIVE TORRES
You got me. You guys up on Chovka?
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
(CONTINUED)
39.
CONTINUED:
We barely survived the last budget cuts,
were not sticking our heads up to go
after a Russian John Q barely knows
exists.
Chechen.
Blow me.
DETECTIVE TORRES
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Torres points at his wedding ring.

DETECTIVE ROMSEY (CONTD)
Oh, like that ever mattered. You want
him, Evandro, hes all yours.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Im Robbery. I dont want anybody.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Then why you here?
The elephant in the middle of the room--their history--grows
tusks and a tail.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Good seeing you.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Uh, yeah. Okay.
He gives her an awkward wave that she barely returns. He
walks out.
CUT TO:
INT. GYM - NIGHT
Cousin Marv bench presses in a corner, no one else around
him. A MAN enters, back to camera, reclines on the next bench
over. Marv glances at him. Its Fitz.
FITZ
I hear theyre pissed.
COUSIN MARV
Theyre not supposed to like it.
FITZ
Scary-fucking-Chechen pissed.
(CONTINUED)
40.
CONTINUED:
COUSIN MARV
No, theyre fine. Youre fine. Just keep
your head down. Your brother too. Whats
up with his watch?
Why?
FITZ
COUSIN MARV
I noticed it doesnt work.
FITZ
Never did. Our old man gave it to him for
his fourteenth birthday, it stopped,
like, the next day. Old man couldnt
return it because he stole it. Hed tell
Bri, Dont bitch--its right twice a
day. Bri dont go anywhere without it.
COUSIN MARV
Well, he should get a new one.
FITZ
When we going to hit a real drop bar?
COUSIN MARV
Lets just assume Im not an asshole
without a plan. When an airplane crashes,
whats the safest airline to fly the next
day?
FITZ
The one that had the crash.
COUSIN MARV
There you go.
FITZ
I dont understand a word youre saying.
Its like youre speaking Brazilian.
COUSIN MARV
Brazilians speak Portuguese.
FITZ
Yeah, well, fuck them.
Cousin Marv goes back to lifting.
EXT. BROOKLYN PARK - DAY
Bob, Nadia, and Cassius walk along a path. Cassius is to
Bobs left and Nadia is teaching them both how to heel.
(CONTINUED)
41.
CONTINUED:
NADIA
Okay, now stop and say it.
Bob stops and pulls up on the leash to get Cassius to sit by
his left foot. Cassius struggles.
BOB
Heel. No, Cassius. Heel.
Cassius sort of heels.
NADIA
Okay. Walk ten steps, do it again.
Bob does as asked, and again its maybe 25% successful.
BOB
Heel. Good boy.
They walk another ten steps. Repeat.
EXT. BROOKLYN PARK - LATER
Were much further down the river now. Cassius is off leash
and running back and forth in the grass.
NADIA
He wont go far from you. You notice? He
keeps his eye on you.
BOB
(Deeply pleased)
He sleeps on my leg when I watch TV.
NADIA
(Bemused)
Yeah? He still going in the house?
Oh, yeah.
BOB
EXT. BROOKLYN PARK - OUTSIDE RESTROOMS - LATER

Bob sits on a bench by the RESTROOMS. Cassius drinks from the
river. Eric Deeds walks by.
ERIC
Nice looking dog.
Bob smiles awkwardly, nods thanks.
ERIC (CONTD)
Thats a nice looking dog.
(CONTINUED)
42.
CONTINUED:
Thanks.
BOB
ERIC
A handsome looking dog.
Bob looks over now but Eric Deeds is walking away, putting
the hood of his hoodie up, his back to him, as Nadia exits
the Ladies Restroom and sees something in Bobs face.
Whats up?
NADIA
BOB
(Chin gestures)
That guy kept saying Cassius was a nice
looking dog.
NADIA
Cash is a nice looking dog.
Yeah.
BOB
They both look at the back of Eric Deeds. Hes a good sixty
yards away now, diminishing with every step.
CUT TO:
INT. ELDERCARE HOSPITAL - EVENING
Marv and Dottie sit on either side of a hospital bed. In the
bed lies MARVS & DOTTIES FATHER, long in a vegetative
state. Marv & Dottie are watching TV.
DOTTIE
We should join that show.
COUSIN MARV
I cant fucking sing.
DOTTIE
No, the other one--people going around
the world looking for the clues and
stuff.
COUSIN MARV
Dottie, youre my sister and I love you,
but between my smokes and your ice cream,
theyre, what, gonna run beside us with
defibrillators and those fucking shock
paddles? Every ten steps we take--bzzt!
Bzzt!
(CONTINUED)
43.
CONTINUED:
DOTTIE
Itd be fun. Wed see things.
COUSIN MARV
What things?
DOTTIE
Other countries, other ways.
ON Marv, thinking about other countries, other ways.
DOTTIE (CONTD)
They want their money, Marv.
Who?
COUSIN MARV
Marv looks around. Dottie eye-gestures out the door.

COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
Theyll get it.
DOTTIE
Its collection agencies calling now, not
the hospital. You know? Medicare cuts, me
retiring... Theyre gonna put him out.
COUSIN MARV
They dont give coma patients the boot,
Dot.
DOTTIE
Theyll send him to that other place.
Place they rape patients?
COUSIN MARV
No fucking way.
DOTTIE
Maybe its time.
Marv takes a long breath on that, looks at his father.
COUSIN MARV
Just kill him, youre saying. Our father.
Hes inconvenient.
DOTTIE
Hes dead, Marv.
COUSIN MARV
Yeah? Whatre those beeps? Those waves on
the screen? Thats life.
(CONTINUED)
44.
CONTINUED: (2)
DOTTIE
Thats electricity.
Marv leans into the bed, takes his Fathers hand in his,
places it to the side of his face. Closes his eyes.
COUSIN MARV
I can hear his blood.
DOTTIE
(Gentle)
Then you gotta find the money. Ill get
to Europe in another life.
ON Marv, eyes closed, his face pressed to his fathers hand.
CUT TO:
INT. BOBS HOUSE - DAY
Bob shrugs into a coat. He goes into the kitchen where
Cassius is chewing the hell out of a rawhide stick. Bob fills
Cassiuss water bowl, looks around the kitchen until he spies
a YELLOW DUCK CHEW TOY. He picks it up, lays it in the corner
of the crate. He snaps his fingers lightly.
BOB
Come on, boy. Crate.
Cassius trots into the crate and curls up against the Yellow
Duck Chew Toy. Bob pets his face, then closes the door.
BOB (CONTD)
See you tonight.
Bob goes to his front door, opens it on:
Eric Deeds standing on his threshold, smiling.
ERIC
Hey, how you doing?
Help you?
BOB
ERIC
(Hugging himself)
Brrrr. You mind?
Before Bob can react, the Eric Deeds steps inside the foyer.
(CONTINUED)
45.
CONTINUED:
ERIC (CONTD)
Cold out there, Bob. Not fit for man
nor...Where is he by the way?
Eric Deeds makes to go past Bob. Bob steps in front of him.
Eric sizes Bob up, holds out his hand.
ERIC (CONTD)
I bet hes back there. You keep him in
the kitchen? Or down the cellar?
BOB
Whatre you talking about?
The dog.
ERIC
BOB
Look, you liked my dog in the park this
morning, but-ERIC
Hes not your dog.
BOB
What? Hes mine.
ERIC
You register him, all that? City says you
gotta register your dog, license it. How
about a chip?
What?
BOB
ERIC
A security chip. They implant them in the
dogs. Pooch goes missing, shows up at
vet, the vet scans the dog, up pops a bar
code and all the owners info. The owner,
meanwhile, hes walking around with a
slip of paper, has the security chip
account number on it. Like this.
Eric rifles through his wallet, comes back with a small slip
of paper, as described, holds it up so Bob can see it. He
returns it to his wallet, pockets the wallet.
ERIC (CONTD)
You got my dog, Bob.
BOB
Hes my dog.
(CONTINUED)
46.
CONTINUED: (2)
Eric meets his eyes and shakes his head slowly. He looks
around the foyer and spies an UMBRELLA in the corner to the
right of the front door. He picks it up, looks at Bob. He
slides the runner up and down the shaft a few times.
BOB (CONTD)
You beat him.
Erics face is blank as he continues to slide the runner back
and forth, flapping the cover a bit.
BOB (CONTD)
What do you want?
Eric gives that a small private smile. He wraps the umbrella
strap around the umbrella until its tight. He opens the
front door. He looks out at the day, then back at Bob.
ERIC
Its sunny now, but you never know.
Eric walks out. Bob follows. Eric descends the stairs. He
walks up the sunny street with the umbrella under his arm.
CUT TO:
EXT. CORNER STORE - MORNING
Marv walks out of the corner store with two coffees, a bag of
pastries, a Herald under his arm. With all that, he still
manages to scratch a SCRATCH TICKET with a coin.
A CAR SLOWS alongside him.
Marv, head down, but his eyes up. He knows the car is there.
With his hands as occupied as they are, though, even if hes
carrying (he is), hows he going to reach the piece?
The CAR STOPS. The PASSENGER WINDOW rolls down. A GUY leans
across the seat.
Hey!
CAR GUY
Marv keeps walking.

CAR GUY (CONTD)
You tell me where the hospital is?
Marv looks over.
(CONTINUED)
47.
CONTINUED:
COUSIN MARV
You need to bang a U-ey, go back twothree miles. Its on the left.
The Car Guy smiles at him. It could be an innocuous smile of
thanks, but the smile could also be something else, something
off-kilter and unknowable. Impossible to tell.
Thanks.
CAR GUY
His eyes still on Marv, Car Guy pins the wheel and executes a
flawless U-turn.
Marv watches him go.
CUT TO:
INT. DETECTIVE ROMSEYS BEDROOM - EVENING
Clothes all over the floor. A BOTTLE OF RED WINE on the
nightstand. Detective Romsey reaches into frame for it.
PULL BACK TO REVEAL: Romsey drinking from the bottle. She
sits up in bed beside Torres. They just had a one-night stand
that shes already regretting.
Jesus.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
She hands the bottle to Torres and he drinks from it.

DETECTIVE TORRES
Hey, it happens.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Dont mean it should, you asshole.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Why am I the asshole?
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Because youre married.
Not well.
DETECTIVE TORRES
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
You mean not happily.
(CONTINUED)
48.
CONTINUED:
DETECTIVE TORRES
No, I mean, were happy mostly, but we
just dont do the whole domesticfaithful thing well. Its like fucking
string theory to us. Man, I got to look
my priest in the eye tomorrow and confess
this shit.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Youre the worst Catholic Ive ever heard
of.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Im not even close. The point isnt not
sinning. The point is accepting that
youre born fallen and life is trying to
atone for that.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Why dont you fall your ass out of my bed
and get gone?
Torres sighs and climbs out of bed, puts on his pants,
searches for his shirt and socks, etc. She watches him and
its clear, in spite of her best efforts, she likes him.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY (CONTD)
After you left the other day, I did a
little surfing regards to your drop bar,
Cousin Marvs.
DETECTIVE TORRES
(Cant find a sock)
Yeah?
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
It got mentioned in an unsolved from a
decade ago.
Torres stops looking for the sock for a moment.
No shit?
DETECTIVE TORRES
She reaches down beside the bed, tosses his sock at him.
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Kid named Richard Glory Days Whelan
walked out of there one night, no one
ever saw him again.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Why Glory Days?
(CONTINUED)
49.
CONTINUED: (2)
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
Apparently he played a year of football
for Fort Hamilton, couldnt shut up about
it the rest of his days. If you solved a
nine-years-cold 187, Evandro? You still
wouldnt get back to Homicide.
No?
DETECTIVE TORRES
DETECTIVE ROMSEY
(Shakes her head)
But you might get out of Robbery.
On Torres, liking that.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - DAY
Its empty, half the chairs still up on the tables and the
bar top. Cousin Marv and Bob lean on the bar, talking low.
COUSIN MARV
It aint like him.
BOB
Hes missed days before.
COUSIN MARV
Not in a row, not without calling. I
mean, I got guys after me and-BOB
You dont have guys after you.
COUSIN MARV
Whatd I tell you about the guy in the
car?
BOB
He asked you directions.
COUSIN MARV
But it was the way he did it, the look he
was giving me. And what about this guy
with the umbrella?
BOB
Thats about the dog.
COUSIN MARV
The dog. How do you know?
(CONTINUED)
50.
CONTINUED:
Bob stares out at the empty bar.
BOB
Rardys just sick. Hell turn up.
CUT TO:
EXT. BROOKLYN PARK - PLAYGROUND - DAY
Nadia and Bob sit on swings. Cassius lies in the sand at
their feet, tennis ball in his mouth. Bob glances at the scar
on Nadias neck, looks away. BEAT.
NADIA
You never ask about it. Only person I
ever met didnt ask about it in like the
first five minutes.
BOB
Not my business. Its yours.
NADIA
Where are you from?
BOB
People used to use the telephone in
public? They went into a booth, they
closed the door. Or they talked as softly
as they could. Now? People talk about
their, ya know, their bowel movements
while theyre having them in a public
restroom. I dont understand.
(Beat)
Your scar? Thats yours. Youll tell me
when youll tell me or you wont. Either
way, thats fine.
NADIA
I did it to myself. I was pretty high.
BOB
You did that...?
NADIA
With a boxcutter. One of those-BOB
Oh, God. No, I know what they are.
BEAT.
(CONTINUED)
51.
CONTINUED:
NADIA
I was a different person. I didnt, you
know, like myself at all?
BOB
You like yourself now?
Nadia shrugs--maybe/maybe not.
CUT TO:
INT. ST. DOMINICS CHURCH - DAY
Bob sits in a pew, taking it all in.
FATHER PETER REGAN, 40, enters off the sacristy. Hes dressed
mostly in street clothes, but his trousers are black. He
watches Bob sit there for a bit, curious.
Bob?
FATHER REGAN
BOB
Is it true?
Father Regan walks down the aisle toward Bob. He takes a seat
in the pew across the aisle.
FATHER REGAN
The diocese feels we could better meet
our pastoral commitments if we merged
with St. Marys, yeah.
BOB
But theyre selling this church.
FATHER REGAN
This building and the school will be
sold, yeah.
Bob looks up at the soaring ceilings.
BOB
St. Marys is too new. It doesnt feel
right.
FATHER REGAN
What do you want a church to feel like?
BOB
No one dresses for mass anymore. You
notice that?
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
52.
CONTINUED:
BOB (CONT'D)
My father, when he was an usher here, he
came home frothing at the mouth because
someone wore sneakers to mass. When I
first started coming, as a kid, most men
wore ties. Last Sunday? I stood behind a
guy in sweatpants and a Jets jersey had a
mustard stain down the front.
FATHER REGAN
And youre a Giants fan?
Bob smiles softly, shakes his head. Father Regan watches him.
When?
BOB
FATHER REGAN
Soon. Well be gone soon.
You?
BOB
FATHER REGAN
I havent been reassigned yet.
BOB
They protect the kid-diddlers and the
douchebags who covered up for them but
they havent figured out what to do with
you. Thats wise.
Father Regan is not sure hes met this Bob before. He leans
forward, watches Bob look around the church.
FATHER REGAN
I understand youve become friends with
Nadia Dunn.
Bob looks at him.
FATHER REGAN (CONTD)
Shes had some trouble in the past. She
is, some would say, troubled.
Bob takes in the STATUE OF AN ANGEL near the votive candle
display. At some point the head was knocked off and then
reattached, leaving a jagged line around the neck.
BOB
Do you have friends?
Sure.
FATHER REGAN
(CONTINUED)
53.
CONTINUED: (2)
BOB
I dont mean just, like, other priests. I
mean, like, buddies. People you can, I
dunno, be around.
FATHER REGAN
(Thinks on it)
Yeah, Bob. I do.
BOB
I dont. I mean, I didnt.
Bob looks around the church some more, at the architectural
majesty of it. Father Regan watches. Bob stands, gives Father
Regan a smile.
God bless.
God bless.
BOB (CONTD)
FATHER REGAN
On the Statue, watching Bob walk out of the church.

CUT TO:
Cousin Marv stands in the doorway, smoking, as Bob gathers up
the empty TRASH BARRELS from the night before. The barrels
have been tossed all over the alley by the garbage truck guys
and Bob has to range a bit to get them.
COUSIN MARV
Its too much for them to just put them
back down where they found them. That
would require courtesy.
Bob stacks two plastic barrels together, brings them over to
the back wall. He notices a GREEN TRASH BAG against the wall
but goes back into the alley for another barrel.
BOB
If youd just pay for a Dumpster-COUSIN MARV
Why should I pay for a Dumpster? I dont
own the bar anymore, remember? Pay for a
Dumpster. Aint your bar Chovka took.
BOB
That was ten years ago.
(CONTINUED)
54.
CONTINUED:
COUSIN MARV
Eight and a half.
Bob brings the last barrel to the wall. He walks over to the
green bag. Its a 30-gallon bag, far from full. Whatever is
in there isnt big, but the bag juts at the sides; whatevers
inside is a foot to 18 inches long.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
Dottie thinks we should visit Europe.
Thats what Ive become, kinda guy goes
to Europe with his sister, hops on
fucking tour buses with a camera around
my neck.
Cousin Marv notices Bob staring into the bag. He flicks his
cigarette into the alley.
What?
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
Bob looks over at him, pale and speechless. Cousin Marv looks
toward the bag then back at Bob. He remains in the doorway.
He knows he doesnt want to see whatevers in that bag.
BOB
You need to-COUSIN MARV
No, I dont.
What?
BOB
COUSIN MARV
I dont need to do anything.
(Lights another cigarette)
Okay? Im standing right fucking here.
Im standing here because-BOB
You need to see-COUSIN MARV
--I dont need to see Europe or fucking
whats in that bag. Im standing right
here.
Cousin Marv wipes at his eyes, suddenly embarrassed.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
We were a crew once. `Member that? People
were afraid of us.
(CONTINUED)
55.
CONTINUED: (2)
Yeah.
BOB
Marv takes a drag on his cigarette. He walks tentatively

toward Bob and the bag. He approaches the way youd
approached a stunned rat in the corner of your basement.
He reaches Bob. He looks in the bag:
AN ARM, hacked off just below the elbow, lies in a small pile
of BLOODY MONEY. The arm wears a WRISTWATCH, stopped at 6:15.
COUSIN MARV
Well thats just... I mean...
BOB
We gotta do something with it.
COUSIN MARV
The money? Or the...?
BOB
Im betting the money adds up to whatever
we lost that night.
COUSIN MARV
So, okay...
BOB
So we give it back to them. Its what
they expect.
COUSIN MARV
(Gestures at the arm)
We cant just leave it here.
On Bob, no answer.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - KITCHEN - MORNING
A tiny kitchen--one four-burner grill, one deep fryer, a prep
station by the refrigerator to make sandwiches. This is where
Bob is standing. Hes laid some wax paper on the counter. He
pulls shrink wrap from a roll above the counter. He lifts the
arm out of the sink and rolls it in the shrink wrap. When
its tightly wrapped, he places it in the wax paper.
Marv watches from the doorway, repulsed.
COUSIN MARV
Like youve done this a thousand times.
(CONTINUED)
56.
CONTINUED:
Bob gives him a look. We dont know what this look means, but
Cousin Marv does. He blinks and looks at the floor.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
You wonder if you hadnt mentioned the
watch, maybe-BOB
(Sharply)
No, I dont.
COUSIN MARV
Well, I do.
Bob tapes the edges of the wax paper and the arm is now
somewhat disguised. Bob puts it in a gym bag.
He and Marv exit the kitchen into
MAIN BARROOM
Eric Deeds sits at the bar, hands folded on the bar top, just
a guy waiting for a drink.
Marv and Bob both start, but keep moving forward.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
Were closed.
ERIC
You got any Zima?
Bob and Cousin Marv stare back at him.
ERIC (CONTD)
(Stands)
Your door was unlocked, so I thought...
Marv and Bob exchange a look on that.
COUSIN MARV
Get the fuck out of here.
ERIC
Definitely no Zima?
Eric walks to the door.
ERIC (CONTD)
Good seeing you, Bob.
(Beat)
Give Nadia my best, brutha.
(CONTINUED)
57.
CONTINUED: (2)
Eric walks out. Marv runs to the door and throws the lock.
COUSIN MARV
Were tossing the missing piece of the
One Armed Man back and forth like a
fucking pool cue, and the fucking doors
unlocked.
BOB
Well, nothing happened.
COUSIN MARV
But it could have.
(Beat)
You know that kid?
BOB
Thats the guy I told you about.
COUSIN MARV
One claims the dog was his?
Yeah.
BOB
COUSIN MARV
Hes fucked in the squash, that one.
BOB
You know him?
COUSIN MARV
Hes from Mayhew Street. St. Marys
parish. Youre old school--somebody aint
from your parish, they might as well be
fucking Flemish. Kids a piece of shit.
Been to the joint a couple times, did a
thirty-day in the cuckoo house, if I
recall. The whole fucking Deeds family
shoulda been Baker Acted a generation
ago.
BOB
Thats Eric Deeds? Or Paul?
COUSIN MARV
Eric. Paul ODd years ago.
BOB
Right. Huh. Eric Deeds.
(CONTINUED)
58.
CONTINUED: (3)
COUSIN MARV
Word around a few campfires is hes the
one killed Glory Days.
BOB
I heard that, yeah.
COUSIN MARV
Dispersed him from the planet Earth.
Thats what they say.
BEAT. They stare at one another. Then...
Bob takes the gym bag and walks out the back door.
Marv stands over the bar sink with the soda dispensing gun.
He engages the tonic water button and fires the spray at:
THE BLOODY MONEY in the sink.
He stops, staring at all that runny blood.
He comes out from behind the bar, walks fast to the door.
EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MORNING
Cousin Marv exits, locks the door behind him, looks up and
down the street.
CUT TO:
EXT. BROOKLYN PARK - MORNING
Bob throws a stick and Cassius charges across the park for
it. He brings it back, drops it in front of Bob. Bob throws
it again. While Cassius races down the path, Bob reaches into
the gym bag and grabs the packaged arm. He turns to the
river, throws the arm high and far and it splashes into the
middle of the river. Cassius returns with the stick.
Good boy.
BOB
Bob throws the stick again. Cassius bounds across the park.
Bob turns and sees Detective Torres walking across the grass
toward him. Bob has no idea if he saw anything.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Hey, Mr. Saginowski.
(Glances at the empty bag
at Bobs feet.)
We havent caught them yet.
(CONTINUED)
59.
CONTINUED:
I assumed.
BOB
DETECTIVE TORRES
You assumed we didnt do our job?
BOB
No. I always heard robberies were hard to
arrest on.
DETECTIVE TORRES
So what I do for a living is pointless,
what youre saying.
Bob clams up. BEAT.
Whats with the bag?
BOB
I keep leashes and balls and poop bags in
there and stuff.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Its empty.
BOB
Used my last poop bag, lost a ball.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Richie Whelan.
BOB
What about him?
DETECTIVE TORRES
You remember him?
BOB
His friends were in the bar last week
toasting the anniversary.
DETECTIVE TORRES
What anniversary?
BOB
The last time anyone ever saw him.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Which was at your bar.
(CONTINUED)
60.
CONTINUED: (2)
BOB
Yeah, he left, drove off. They found the
car somewhere else.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Astoria. Torched. You know an Eric Deeds?
Blonde guy?
BOB
I dont know. I mean, maybe, but its not
ringing a bell.
DETECTIVE TORRES
He supposedly had some words with Whelan
earlier that day.
(Beat)
Whoever is holy, let him approach.
`Scuse me?
BOB
DETECTIVE TORRES
Churchs position on who can receive
communion. If youre in a state of grace,
have at it. If not, repent and then have
at it. You forget to repent for
something, Mr. Saginowski?
Bob says nothing. Throws the stick for Cassius again.
See, me, I fuck up most days. Its a hard
path to walk. End of the day, though, I
go to confession. Its bettern therapy
or AA. Come clean with God, next morning,
receive Him at holy communion. You,
though? Not so much.
Its clear Bobs not going to say a fucking word. Cassius
brings back the stick and this time its Torres who picks it
up. He cocks his arm, throws the stick. Cassius takes off.
Whats a meaningful apology?
Huh?
BOB
DETECTIVE TORRES
For the Church. Its, like, okay, they
fucked up, then they apologized. What
else are they supposed to do? Grovel?
(CONTINUED)
61.
CONTINUED: (3)
BOB
Release the names of all the priests they
know raped kids.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Is that all? Let abortionists and
spiritual midgets judge us? Why should
the Church have to kowtow to secular
society?
BOB
We render unto Caesar...
Torres steps back, openly appraises Bob. Cassius appears,
drops the stick in front of Bob.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Meaningful penance, Mr. Saginowski-- you
should give it some thought. Good looking
dog.
He walks off.
CUT TO:
INT. DINER - MORNING
In the TRUCKING DISTRICT, the last of the old greasy spoons.
Eric Deeds eats breakfast at a booth. Cousin Marv enters,
takes off his coat as he takes the seat beside Eric.
COUSIN MARV
I still dont have any Zima.
Eric continues to eat, not sure what the play is.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
Why dont you like my friend?
ERIC
He took my dog.
COUSIN MARV
I heard you beat it.
ERIC
Felt bad about it after. That count?
COUSIN MARV
You want the dog back?
(CONTINUED)
62.
CONTINUED:
ERIC
I dont know. I dont want him walking
around thinking hes the shit, though. He
needs to learn.
COUSIN MARV
Learn what?
ERIC
That Im the shit. That he shouldnt have
fucked with me. I dont know. Now youre
fucking with me. And Im not going to
like that.
COUSIN MARV
Relax. I come in peace.
PULL BACK from the window as they sit there, talking.
CUT TO:
EXT. BOBS HOUSE - DAY
Bob pulls up with Cassius. Nadia is exiting the house. Bob
and Cassius exit the car.
NADIA
I came by to give him his afternoon walk.
I freaked. Your cell on?
Bob looks at his cell.
BOB
On vibrate. I didnt feel it.
NADIA
I called a bunch of times.
BOB
I see that.
NADIA
I thought you were working today.
BOB
I am. I just... Yeah. Its too long a
story to go into. But I should have
called you. Im sorry.
NADIA
Oh, no, no. Dont worry about it.
(CONTINUED)
63.
CONTINUED:
Bob comes up on the porch with Cassius, who rolls over at
Nadias feet. She scratches his chest.
BOB
You know an Eric Deeds?
LONG BEAT.
NADIA
I dont know him know him, but I know
him. You know, from around.
BOB
The way he said it, I figured you-NADIA
Figured I what?
BOB
Nothing. No. I dont know what I-NADIA
Whyre you on my ass about it?
BOB
What? I just asked a question.
NADIA
You were insinuating.
BOB
No, I wasnt.
NADIA
Now youre just arguing with me to argue
with me.
Im not.
BOB
NADIA
(Rising)
See? I dont need this shit. Okay?
BOB
Wait. What happened here?
NADIA
You think you can just push me around,
think you found a speed bag to tap-taptap with your big fist?
(CONTINUED)
64.
CONTINUED: (2)
What? No.
BOB
She goes to walk past him. Bob starts to reach for and then
thinks better of it, but its too late.
NADIA
Dont you fucking touch me.
Bob takes a step back from her. She points her finger in his
face and then walks down the stairs, double-time.
On the sidewalk, she looks up at him, tears in her eyes.
NADIA (CONTD)
(Whispers)
Asshole.
She walks away.
Bob looks down at Cassius, like: Did that just happen?
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
A few OLD-TIMERS drinking at the bar. Cousin Marv and Bob
stand behind it.
BOB
I just asked a question and everything
went, like, sideways.
COUSIN MARV
They get in a mood? You could hand them
the Hope Diamond, theyd complain about
the weight.
OLD TIMER #1
Bob, you aint actually talking about a
girl, are you?
ON Bob, scarlet, looking for a hole to climb into.
OLD TIMER #2
Bobbys got himself a girl?
COUSIN MARV
Guy gets a dog, hes a pussy magnet. They
fling it at my man.
Theyre all getting revved up, when--
(CONTINUED)
65.
CONTINUED:
The front door opens and Chovka enters followed by Anwar.
They come down the bar and take stools by Cousin Marv and
Bob. Neither says anything. They sit. They put their elbows
on the bar. They seem to be waiting for something.
The two Old Timers know the score and shove off for the pool
table. Cousin Marv blinks, speaks to Chovka.
Hi.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
Chovka ignores him. He looks at Anwar. Beat. They look back

at Bob and Cousin Marv. Chovka digs in his pocket. Anwar digs
in his. Their hands come back out of their coats. They place
cigarette packs and lighters on the bar.
Bob rummages under the bar and returns with an ashtray. He
places it between them. They light their cigarettes.
BOB
Get you a drink, Mr. Umarov?
Chovka smokes. Anwar smokes.
Marv.
What?
BOB (CONTD)
COUSIN MARV
BOB
Anwar drinks Stella.
Cousin Marv goes to the beer cooler. Bob pulls a bottle of
Midleton Irish Whiskey off the top shelf. He pours a healthy
glass and places it in front of Chovka. Cousin Marv returns
with a Stella Artois and places it by Anwar. Bob comes up
with a coaster and lifts the beer, places the coaster under
it. He also drops an envelope beside the coaster.
BOB (CONTD)
Its still a little wet, so I wrapped it
in a Ziploc. But its all there.
A Ziploc.
CHOVKA
BOB
(Nods)
I was going to, you know, toss it in a
dryer, but we dont have one, but if you
spread it all out on a table? It should
dry come morning.
(CONTINUED)
66.
CONTINUED: (2)
CHOVKA
(Considering his drink)
This is not what you gave me last time.
BOB
That was the Bowmore 18. You thought it
tasted like cognac. I think youll like
this more.
Chovka holds the glass up to the light. He sniffs it. Looks
at Bob. He puts the glass to his lips and drinks. He looks
over at Anwar.
CHOVKA
We die. All of us, Anwar. But before you
do?
(Turns on his stool)
You gotta try this fucking whiskey, man.
He slaps Anwar on the back and hands him the glass. Anwar
takes a drink. He hands the glass back. Beat.
Its good.
ANWAR
Chovka drains the rest of the glass, eyes locked on Cousin

Marv. Then on Bob.
CHOVKA
Youll handle the drop.
COUSIN MARV
Which night?
CHOVKA
Super Bowl.
He and Anwar push off the bar. They scoop up their cigarettes
and lighters. They walk down the bar and out the door.
ON Bob and Cousin Marv, not sure what just happened.
BOB
They figure no ones going to rob the
same place twice?
COUSIN MARV
Be my guess.
BOB
What if theyre wrong?
(CONTINUED)
67.
CONTINUED: (3)
They stand rock still, trying to get their heads around it.
CUT TO:
EXT. BOBS HOUSE - 2 AM
Bob comes up the street. Nadia stands on his front porch,
smoking. Bobs face lights up like the Fourth of July.
BOB
Youll freeze out here.
NADIA
I just came out to smoke. Ive been in
with Cassius.
BOB
I dont care if you knew him. I dont
care. He told me to say Hi to you, like
it meant something.
NADIA
What else he say?
BOB
He said Cassius is his.
She flicks her cigarette into the street. Bob holds the door
open for her and she enters the house. He follows her inside.
CUT TO:
INT. BOBS HOUSE - KITCHEN - EARLY MORNING
Bob lets Cassius out of his crate and plops him on his lap as
he sits at the table. Nadia takes two beers out of the
fridge, slides one to Bob. They both open the cans, drink.
NADIA
So, Erics cute, right? One night that
was enough. I mean, I knew all the
stories about him being fucked in the
head, but for a while it seemed like he
was just different. Then when the crazy
bus came to town, I was already in for a
penny.
She shrugs. Bob watches her.
BOB
Thats why your barrel.
Nadia looks at Cassius and then shakes her head.
(CONTINUED)
68.
CONTINUED:
NADIA
No. We havent been...together in, like,
a year and a half.
(Beat)
So he beat Cash, thinks hes dead, and he
throws him into my trash, so Ill what?
BOB
Think on him? I dunno.
NADIA
(Gives it some thought)
That does sound like Eric. Christ, Im
sorry.
BOB
You didnt know.
Nadia comes over in front of Bob and Cassius and kneels. She
takes the dogs face in her hands, kisses its head, her eyes
closed. She takes her seat again, runs a thumb along her
scar, looks across at Bob.
NADIA
You ever think some things you do are
beyond, I dunno, forgiveness?
From who?
BOB
NADIA
(Points up)
You know.
BOB
You didnt know any-NADIA
Im not talking about Cash.
Bob takes in her scar and is still for a long time. Then:
BOB
I get days, yeah, I think some sins you
cant come back from. No matter how much
good you do after, the devils just
waiting for your body to quit `cause he
already owns your soul. Or maybe theres
no devil but you die and God says,
Sorry, you cant come in. You did an
unforgiveable; you gotta be alone now.
Forever.
(CONTINUED)
69.
CONTINUED: (2)
NADIA
Id take the devil.
BOB
Right?
(Beat)
Other times? I dont think Gods the
problem. Its us, you know?
She shakes her head.
BOB (CONTD)
We dont let ourselves out of our own
cages.
He wags Cassiuss paw at her. She smiles, drinks her beer.
NADIA
I heard Cousin Marv doesnt own the bar.
But some hard guys do. But youre not a
hard guy. So why do you work there?
BOB
Me and Cousin Marv go way back. Hes
actually my cousin. Him and his sister,
Dottie. My mother and their father were
sisters.
NADIA
(Laughs)
Did they share makeup?
BOB
Whatd I say? No, I meant, you know what
I meant.
(Laughs)
Why you giving me shit?
Its fun.
NADIA
A very comfortable silence.

BOB
Marv thought he was a hard guy once. He
had a crew for a while and we made some
money, you know.
NADIA
But you dont have a crew anymore?
(CONTINUED)
70.
CONTINUED: (3)
BOB
You gotta be mean. Tough aint enough.
These mean crews started coming around.
And we blinked.
NADIA
But youre still in the life.
BOB
(Shakes his head)
I just tend bar.
BEAT.
NADIA
You think hell just go away?
BOB
Eric? He doesnt strike me as the type.
NADIA
Hes not. He killed a kid named Glory
Days. Well that wasnt his-BOB
Richie Whelan, yeah.
NADIA
(Nods)
Eric clipped him.
Why?
BOB
NADIA
I dunno. Hes not a big fan of why, Eric.
Bob shrugs. Another comfortable silence. Nadia stands.
NADIA (CONTD)
Another beer?
(Off his hesitation)
Come on, Bob, let your hair down.
BOB
(Beams)
Why not?
Nadia puts another beer in front of him. She ruffles
Cassiuss head. She sits. They drink.
CUT TO:
71.
EXT. NADIAS HOUSE - 4 AM

Bob walks Nadia to her front stoop.
`Night.
BOB
NADIA
`Night, Bob. Thanks.
For what?
BOB
She shrugs. Gives him a wave. Goes into her house.

EXT. STREETS - EARLY MORNING
Bob walks home. The streets are silent. He has never, in his
life, been happier. He sees a LONG PATCH OF ICE on the
sidewalk and instead of walking around it, HE SLIDES ON IT,
arms out for balance. When he reaches the end of the patch,
he continues walking.
CUT TO:
INT. BOBS HOUSE - KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
Bob enters. He clears the beer cans from the table. He rinses
them and places them in a plastic bag hanging from a drawer
handle. He smiles at Cassius, who is curled up and sleeping
in the corner of his crate. He shuts off the kitchen light.
He turns the kitchen light back on. He opens the crate.
Cassius, opens his eyes, stares at him. Bob considers the new
addition to Cassiuss crate:
The UMBRELLA Eric Deeds took from the house.
CUT TO:
INT. BASKETBALL COURT - MORNING
A BUNCH OF NEAR-TO-MIDDLE-AGED GUYS warm up for a BASKETBALL
GAME. Detective Torres stands on the edge of the court,
talking to Jimmy, one of the barflies who toasted Richie
Whelan in the first scene. The rest of the Guys from the bar
are there as well. Donny stretches by the edge of the court.
DETECTIVE TORRES
You guys do this before work?
JIMMY
Helps with the hangovers.
(CONTINUED)
72.
CONTINUED:
DETECTIVE TORRES
So, nothing else about the night Glory
Days vanished?
Sully runs by, whacks Donnys ass. Donny swats at him.
SULLY
Game face, bitch. Game face.
Sully runs onto the court, catches a pass, tries dunking.
Fails. Donny turns back to Torres.
JIMMY
Only thing I ever heard is that he left
the bar that night to score.
Score.
DETECTIVE TORRES
JIMMY
Weed. And the guys he was getting it from
were that shithead, Eric Deeds, and
another guy.
DETECTIVE TORRES
(Consulting notes)
Tim Brennan.
Sully hustles by, shoves Jimmy again.
Yeah.
JIMMY
DETECTIVE TORRES
But Bob Saginowski and Cousin Marv?
What?
JIMMY
DETECTIVE TORRES
Im asking about-JIMMY
I know what youre asking. You trying to
tie them to this?
DETECTIVE TORRES
Im just trying to-JIMMY
You know, you come up to me, you say
youre with Robbery. But Richie Whelan
wasnt robbed.
(CONTINUED)
73.
CONTINUED: (2)
As Sully makes a third pass, Donny suddenly darts out his
leg. Sully goes airborne and crashes into a bench.
JIMMY (CONTD)
(Never missing a beat)
Cousin Marvs Place? Thats my bar. Dont
fuck with my bar.
He mock-salutes Torres and then walks over to a dazed Sully.
DONNY
(To Sully)
Get up, ya pussy. Youre barely bleeding.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS HOUSE - MORNING
The foyer. Dottie is shrugging into her coat to go to work.
Bob is removing his boots on the doormat.
BOB
I thought you took the early retirement.
DOTTIE
To what? Ill do another year or two,
hope the phlebitis dont get too bad, see
where Im at. Get my baby brother to eat
something. I left a plate in the fridge.
Okay.
BOB
DOTTIE
He just has to microwave it a minute and
a half. Have a good day.
BOB
You too, Dottie.
DOTTIE
(Top of her lungs)
Im off to work!
COUSIN MARV (O.S.)
Good day, Dot.
DOTTIE
(Top of her lungs)
You too! Eat something!
Dottie exits. Bob walks down the hall, enters--
(CONTINUED)
74.
CONTINUED:
THE DEN. Its dark, all the curtains drawn.
Cousin Marv sits in a Lazy Boy, staring at the TV. Bob sees
hes watching The View.
BOB
Dottie says you need to eat.
COUSIN MARV
Dottie says a lot of things. At tip top
fucking volume, too.
BOB
She might have to, get you to listen.
COUSIN MARV
And that means what exactly? Cause Im
slow.
BOB
Biggest day of the year tomorrow and I
cant get you on the phone.
COUSIN MARV
Im not coming in. Call BarTemps.
BOB
I already did. Its Super Bowl, we always
use them.
COUSIN MARV
So why do you need me?
Bob sits in the other Lazy Boy.
BOB
I dont. But youre blowing off the
biggest tip day of the year?
COUSIN MARV
Oh, I work for tips now. You ever see the
name on the bar? Its mine. Know why?
Cause I owned it once.
BOB
You nurse that loss like its your one
good lung.
COUSIN MARV
Youve been getting awful fucking fresh
since that dog you confuse with a kid.
(CONTINUED)
75.
CONTINUED: (2)
BOB
You cant redo it. They pressed, you
blinked, its over. Its been over.
COUSIN MARV
Im not the one wasted my whole life
waiting for it to start.
BOB
Thats what I did?
COUSIN MARV
Yeah. So fuck you and your eeney weeny
fucking dreams. I was feared once. That
fucking barstool where you let that old
biddie sit? That was my barstool. And no
one sat there because it was Cousin
Marvs seat. That meant something.
BOB
No. It was just a chair.
(Beat)
You doing something desperate again? You
doing something we wont be able to clean
up this time?
Cousin Marv eyes stay glued to the TV.
COUSIN MARV
Get the fuck out. Really.
Bob stands. He pauses at the doorway, looks back, leaves.
CUT TO:
INT. ERIC DEEDS HOUSE - LIVING ROOM- MORNING
Eric Deeds is looking out his second story window as the
DOORBELL RINGS.
ERIC
I said dont fucking answer it.
ON ERIC DEEDS FATHER in a wheelchair, in the hallway,
sitting by the intercom--buttons there for Listen, Talk,
and Entry.
The DOORBELL RINGS AGAIN.
ERIC (CONTD)
Ill throw you out this window. Throw the
chair down on top of you and your big
fucking head.
(CONTINUED)
76.
CONTINUED:
ON the INDEX FINGER of Eric Deeds Father, hovering by the
Entry button.
ERIC (CONTD)
Im serious.
Eric Deeds Father, possibly brain-damaged, smiles.
ERIC (CONTD)
Dont you-Eric Deeds Father presses Entry, and holds it. Eric
charges across the living room and tackles his father,
knocking over him and the wheelchair.
CUT TO:
EXT. ERIC DEEDSS HOUSE - MORNING
Bob has just reached the sidewalk when he hears the DOOR
BUZZER. He walks back up the stairs. He reaches for the door,
just as the buzzer stops buzzing.
Bob rings the doorbell again. Waits. Rings it again. Waits.
He leaves the porch, goes back down to the street, looks up.
Eric comes out on the porch, walks down the steps toward him.
ERIC
Man, anybody ever tell you its rude not
to call before showing up at peoples
houses and shit?
Eric reaches the sidewalk stands in front of Bob.
ERIC (CONTD)
Give me ten thousand.
What?
BOB
ERIC
Dollars. By Sunday morning.
BOB
Who has ten thousand dollars?
ERIC
That safe in Cousin Marvs office. Youre
a drop bar, Bob. You dont think half the
neighborhood knows?
(CONTINUED)
77.
CONTINUED:
BOB
Cant be done. Its on a time-ERIC
--lock. Goes off at two a.m. And you have
ninety seconds to close it or it triggers
two silent alarms. I dont want
everything in the safe, just my ten. No
greed here.
BOB
You cant just walk into someones life
and-ERIC
That is life: someone like me coming
along when youre not looking. I need my
money Sunday morning. Ten oclock. Ill
meet you at your house. If you dont get
it for me, Ill bring the police into it
and take my dog back. Maybe forget to
feed him for a bit. If he gets yappy
about it, Ill beat his head in with a
rock. You heard what I did to Richie
Whelan, right?
Bob nods.
ERIC (CONTD)
Piece of shit, that kid. Caught him
trying to tap my girls shit so...
(Beat)
Had me a partner. I still have him.
He heads back to his house.
CUT TO:
INT. BOBS HOUSE - CELLAR - MORNING
Bob opens the door at the top of the stairs. He descends with
Cassius in one arm.
The main room of the cellar is empty and spotless, the stone
floor and stone walls painted white. Against the wall,
opposite the base of the stairs, stands A BLACK OIL TANK. Bob
stands in front of it, staring at it for a long time. The
PIPES--a receiving pipe to receive oil via the outside wall,
and a heating pipe to heat the house--have been removed and
the holes sealed. Bob closes his eyes for a moment.
He carries Cassius to one corner of the cellar where someone
installed a sink many years ago.
(CONTINUED)
78.
CONTINUED:
Beside the sink is some shelving with old tools and boots and
paint cans on it. Above the sink is a cupboard. Bob puts
Cassius down in the sink.
BOB
Hang there for a sec, buddy.
Bob opens the cupboard and its filled with spray paint cans
and jars of screws and nails, some cans of paint remover,
etc. Bob pulls down a COFFEE CAN, removes a plastic baggie
filled with small bolts that he places aside. He then pulls
out a ROLL OF HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS. There are other rolls in
there as well. Bob puts the first roll aside and puts the
plastic baggie back on top and closes the coffee can. He
places it back in, then closes and locks the cupboard.
Bob counts the money with the speed only bartenders and
casino dealers have. He waves the sheaf of money in front of
Cassius.
BOB (CONTD)
You worth it? I dont know.
(Chuckles)
Im kidding. Youre worth it.
He scoops Cassius up and walks by the Black Oil Tank again.
HOLD ON: the tank as Bob climbs the stairs and shuts off the
light.
CUT TO:
EXT. MANHATTAN NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT
The Lower East Side. A sign out front: SANDY RELIEF JAM.
A large CROWD. TWO COPS--one working traffic, one watching
the crowd.
A BATTERED HONDA idling at the curb. Ed Fitz Fitzgerald
materializes out of the Crowd and approaches the Honda but
stops a few feet short of the open passenger window.
INT. HONDA/MANHATTAN NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT
Cousin Marv looks out from the drivers seat. Fitz stays
where he is, jumpy and wary.
COUSIN MARV
Whatta you think--I got the trunk lined
with plastic?
(CONTINUED)
79.
CONTINUED:
Cousin Marv pops the trunk from inside. It opens a couple
inches. Crowds continue to stream past.
FITZ
I aint getting in with you. They fucking
killed my brother.
COUSIN MARV
Im not sure the cop at the intersection
heard you. Or that one behind you.
Fitz looks over and sure enough theres a COP working crowd
control a few feet away, oblivious to him.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
About a thousand witnesses, including
cops have seen us talking by this car.
Its fucking freezing.
Fitz takes a step toward the car, then calls:
FITZ
Hey, Officer! Officer! Offi-The Cop turns, looks over at him. Fitz points at his own
chest and then at the Honda.
FITZ (CONTD)
You remember me. Okay?
The Cop stares at him. Fitz gives him a thumbs up.
COUSIN MARV
Shut the trunk, will ya?
Fitz shuts the trunk then climbs in the car. Cousin Marv
rolls up the window and they pull away from the curb.
ON the Cop, watching a non-descript Honda with tinted windows
drive up the street through thick traffic.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
Wanna call your mom, tell her where you
are?
FITZ
Last time anyone saw my brother alive, he
got in a car with a guy.
COUSIN MARV
Im no shooter. Im just a scaredshitless bar manager. I want a do-over
for this whole fucking year.
80.
EXT. BROOKLYN BRIDGE - NIGHT

The Honda heads across the Brooklyn Bridge.
INT. HONDA - NIGHT
COUSIN MARV
This is a risk-versus-reward thing now.
We already took the risk, and, yeah, it
doesnt seem to be working out well.
But?
FITZ
(Lights a cigarette)
COUSIN MARV
But I know where the Super Bowl drops
going to be. You want to hit èm back for
your brother? Hit èm for a million.
FITZ
Fucking suicide.
COUSIN MARV
This point, were both waiting around to
die anyway. Id rather go on the run with
a chest of money then hit the road broke.
FITZ
Im not doing another one, man.
COUSIN MARV
Your choice. I wont beg your help
carving up a seven-figure pay day.
FITZ
I never saw my cut of a lousy five grand
we took the first time.
COUSIN MARV
But you had it.
FITZ
Bri had it.
COUSIN MARV
Ill square it with you then.
What?
FITZ
(CONTINUED)
81.
CONTINUED:
COUSIN MARV
Seriously. But Im buying something with
it--first, you dont say a fucking thing
about what I told you. And second, you
got a place I can hole up a couple days?
FITZ
Youre on the street?
COUSIN MARV
Fucking trunk. You didnt close it.
FITZ
I closed it.
Not well.
COUSIN MARV
The trunk flaps up and down. They exit the bridge.

COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
And no, Im not on the street, but
everyone knows where I live. You, on the
other hand, I dont even know where you
live.
The trunk continues to flap.
FITZ
I closed that thing.
COUSIN MARV
Forget about the trunk. Can I shack up
with you or not? Just tonight and maybe,
okay, tomorrow night?
FITZ
Not with me, but I know a place.
Marv pulls into a parking lot along the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
COUSIN MARV
It got cable?
FITZ
(Reaching for his door)
Motherfucker, what?
EXT. PARKING LOT. BROOKLYN NAVY YARD - NIGHT
Marv pulls over. Fitz hops out, runs to the back, slams down
the trunk. Turns and--
(CONTINUED)
82.
CONTINUED:
MARV RUNS FITZ OVER.
INT. HONDA - NIGHT
Marv jerks the car over Fitz, then slams it into drive and
steps on the gas. The Honda lurches violently.
COUSIN MARV
Fuck, man. Fuck, fuck, fuck.
He puts it in reverse, punches the gas.
EXT. PARKING LOT. BROOKLYN NAVY YARD - NIGHT
As Marv runs back and forth over the body several times.
The door opens. Marv exits. He walks across the parking lot,
uses a remote to unlock HIS OWN CAR. He gets in, drives off.
CUT TO:
BLACK SCREEN. LEGEND: SUPER BOWL SUNDAY.
FADE IN:
INT. BOBS HOUSE - KITCHEN - MORNING
Cassius lies on the floor, chewing on a rope chew toy. Bob
has placed the ten thousand dollars in the center of the
table. He arranges the chairs just so. He places his chair
next to a counter drawer. He opens the drawer just a hair,
looks inside. He moves the drawer back and forth, makes sure
its loose. He sits. He places his hands on the table top.
BEGIN MONTAGE
1. ON a wall clock: 9:50.
2. Bob leans back in the chair. The time is 10:30.
3. The Living Room. Bob looks out the windows.
4. Bob comes down the stairs, dressed for work.
CUT TO:
EXT. BOBS HOUSE - MORNING
Bob opens the trunk of his car. He places the dog crate,
folded-up, inside. Adds a blanket, some chew toys, a bowl,
and dog food. He closes the trunk.
CUT TO:
83.
INT. BOBS HOUSE - KITCHEN - MORNING

Bob opens the cabinet under his sink. Theres a pile of
plastic supermarket bags there, and he opens one. He puts the
ten thousand dollars in it. He wraps it up, puts it in the
pocket of his coat.
BOB
Come on, boy.
Cassius trots after Bob. They leave the house.
CUT TO:
INT. BOBS CAR - MORNING
Bob drives through the neighborhood. Cassius sits on the
passenger seat, looks out at the streets.
CUT TO:
Bob parks behind the bar. He opens the trunk. He pulls out
the crate and other dog stuff, carries it to the back door.
He looks at Cassius watching him from the drivers seat. He
hold up the car alarm remote and engages the alarm.
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - BACK ROOM - MORNING
Bob sets up the crate in seconds, lays in the blanket, tosses
in the chew toys. Goes back out the door.
Bob unlocks the car, opens the door. Cassius bounds out. They
walk inside, shut the door.
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - MORNING
Cassius runs around like a maniac. Time of his life. Bob goes
behind the bar. He pulls the bag with the ten thousand
dollars from his coat and places it on the shelf beside the
9mm semi-automatic Cousin Marv wisely chose not to use during
the robbery. He pushes the money and the handgun back into
the shadows of the shelf using a shrink-wrapped DECK OF
COASTERS. He adds another deck in front of the first one.
BOB
Gonna be a long day, Cash. Please dont
piss inside.
Cassius looks over at him and then runs around some more.
84.
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - LATER

The stools are down, the coolers filled with ice. The TVS are
all tuned to pre-game hype. Cassius sleeps in his crate.
The BACK DOORBELL BUZZES.
BACK ROOM. Bob has opened the door on a BARTEMPS SUPERVISOR
who stands in the doorway with a clipboard, a white van
behind him with the word BARTEMPS on it. Its filled with
TEMP BARTENDERS and TEMP COCKTAIL SERVERS, who begin to
disembark. The Supervisor enters.
BARTEMPS SUPERVISOR
Theyre contracted till midnight.
Anything latern that, we gotta charge. I
gave you two barbacks. They do all the
lifting, trash removal, all the ice runs.
You ask one of the tenders to do it?
Theyll start quoting you union bylaws
like the Book of Ezekiel.
He hands Bob the clipboard as the Temp Bartenders, Temp
Cocktail Servers, and Temp Barbacks file past. Bob signs the
paperwork.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS HOUSE. KITCHEN - LATE AFTERNOON
Cousin Marv lays several GREEN PLASTIC TRASH BAGS on the
kitchen table and carefully tapes them together with
electrical tape.
CUT TO:
INT. RIKERS ISLAND - LATE AFTERNOON
A PRISON WAITING ROOM. Torres waits as TIM BRENNAN,
emaciated, is brought into the room across from him. Dunn
sits, lifts the phone. Torres lifts his.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Mr. Brennan, thanks for meeting me.
TIM BRENNAN
Games starting soon. I dont want to
lose my seat.
DETECTIVE TORRES
No worries. Ill be in and out of here in
no time. What can you tell me about
Richie Whelan? Anything?
(CONTINUED)
85.
CONTINUED:
TIM BRENNAN
I tell my kids I got a stomach virus. Me
and the wife dont know how to tell èm I
got AIDS. So we go with a story until
theyre ready for the truth. Which do you
want?
ON Torres, he never expected this.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Whichever one youre giving today.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
The place is JAMMED, the Cocktail Servers working their way
through the sea of DRUNKS on their way to getting drunker.
The Bartenders fly back and forth behind the bar.
Bob stares at DRINK SLIP AFTER DRINK SLIP, the Cocktail
Waitresses shouting more orders at him, his hands moving with
the speed and grace of a pianist as he makes drinks.
In the CROWD, Bob sees Eric Deedss head bob between two
heads for a moment then vanish.
COCKTAIL WAITRESS #1
Bob! I need to-What?
BOB
COCKTAIL WAITRESS #1
--add two more Becks to one-three.
Eric appears in the sea again, but its clear theres someone
with him now:
NADIA.
He holds her hand, leads her to a space of bar rail against
one wall. Meets Bobs eyes. Nadia keeps her head down.
ON Bob, confused. Devastated.
CUT TO:
EXT. COUSIN MARVS HOUSE. ALLEY - EARLY EVENING
Cousin Marv walks out of his house to his car. He pops the
trunk.
(CONTINUED)
86.
CONTINUED:
He takes the taped-together trash bags and lays them across
the inside of the empty trunk. He uses the electrical tape to
seal all the edges against the trunk.
He walks back into the house, returns immediately with a
QUILT. He lays the quilt over the plastic. He studies his
handiwork for a few seconds. Satisfied, he shuts the trunk.
He goes back into the house, returns with a SMALL SUITCASE.
He puts the suitcase behind the drivers seat. He closes the
door, walks back into the house.
CUT TO:
INT. TEREK BAKERY - EARLY EVENING
Upstairs, ROULETTE TABLES. The place is jammed with PLAYERS.
TVs tuned to the Super Bowl.
Downstairs, in the back, PLAYERS at several poker tables.
A MAN puts a MANILA ENVELOPE in a CAKE BOX. He carries the
box to the door. He opens it. A TALL MAN stands on the other
side and takes the cake box.
The Tall Man climbs in a FORD TAURUS, the worlds most
forgettable car, and drives off.
CUT TO:
INT. BORDELLO - EARLY EVENING
On the upscale side. HALF A DOZEN JOHNS sit in the waiting
room, watching the game on TV. A PRETTY PROSTITUTE dressed
like a Catholic schoolgirl enters the room.
PROSTITUTE
Which of you is Doug?
DOUG
(Seeing her)
Great God in Heaven.
As DOUG gets out of his chair, the MADAME passes through the
room with a Manila envelope and heads down the back stairs.
CUT TO:
87.
INT. CAPE VERDEAN CRACK HOUSE - EARLY EVENING

A DEALER closes the door on the Ford Taurus in the alley. He
walks back into the house--half cooking factory, half smoking
gallery, ADDICTS on the couches, COOKERS by the tables.
CUT TO:
1. A BOOKIE taking payment at a Bowling Alley.
2. A BARTENDER taking bets at a bar. The place jammed.
3. A BETTOR on the phone as FAMILY & FRIENDS watch the game.
4. The Taurus rolling along the edge of a Housing Project.
CUT TO:
EXT. PARKING GARAGE - EARLY EVENING
The roof. The Tall Man pulls the Taurus into a slot beside an
identical Taurus. He gets out. Anwar and ANOTHER CHECHEN get
out of the second Taurus.
TALL MAN
You take the Pats or the points?
ANWAR
I only bet hockey.
The Tall Man gets in the second Taurus. Anwar and the other
Chechen get in the first Taurus. Both cars drive away.
CUT TO:
INT. POLICE STATION - EARLY EVENING
Robbery Division. ALL COPS in the bullpen are watching the
game. One COP has his desk drawer open and we can see its
FILLED WITH ICE AND CANS OF BUD LIGHT.
Torres, at his desk. Hes got Eric Deeds CRIMINAL AND
PSYCHIATRIC RECORD on his screen and is jotting notes.
He looks at the screen, looks at his notes. He flips through
his notebook, stops. Stunned by what he sees there.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - EVENING
88.
THE SUPER BOWL IS NOW IN FULL-SWING.

Anwar and the Other Chechen enter the bar.
Eric and Nadia sit at a cocktail table. Nadia looks lost,
bereft. Eric tracks Anwar as Anwar goes behind the bar. Anwar
stands by the cash register, but any view of what he is doing
is blocked by Bob and the Other Chechen.
ON Bob. He stares through a break in the crowd at Nadia.
FLASH ON: The Black Oil Tank in Bobs basement. The white
wall behind it. The white floor.
BACK ON Bob. Nadia meets his eyes, and hers are unreadable.
She lowers her eyes.
Anwar and the other Chechen come out from behind the bar.
Eric works his way through the crowd to the bar. He calls to
Bob in the clamor. Bob works his way down the bar to him.
ERIC
Stoli rocks, my man. House Chard for the
lady.
Bob makes the drink.
BOB
Didnt see you this morning.
ERIC
No? Well...
BOB
So, you dont want the money.
ERIC
You bring it with you?
What?
BOB
ERIC
You did. Youre that type.
What type?
BOB
ERIC
Type would bring the money with him.
Bob delivers the Stoli, pours a glass of Chardonnay.
(CONTINUED)
89.
CONTINUED:
BOB
Whys she here?
ERIC
Shes my girl. Always-n-feva and shit.
Bob slides the wine glass in front of Eric. He leans into the
bar. Eric leans in to meet him.
BOB
You give me that piece of paper and you
leave with the money.
ERIC
What piece of paper?
BOB
The microchip piece. You sign over that
and the license to me.
ERIC
Why would I do that?
BOB
Because Im paying you. Isnt that the
deal?
ERIC
Thats a deal.
Erics cell phone rings. He looks at it, holds up a finger to
Bob. He takes the drinks and walks back into the crowd.
INT. COUSIN MARVS HOUSE -DEN -EVENING
Marv has the game on. He talks on phone and drinks a beer.
COUSIN MARV
(On phone)
...the fuck you show up so early for
then?
He finishes his beer, goes to-The Kitchen. He places the empty beer can on the counter. He
opens the refrigerator.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
(On phone)
I know what he seems like, but I shit you
not, do not fuck with him. Just leave him
alone and dont call attention to
yourself.
(CONTINUED)
90.
CONTINUED:
Marv gets a beer.
COUSIN MARV (CONTD)
(On phone)
Youre in a bar. Dont drink too fucking
much. See you at two.
Marv hangs up.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - NIGHT
Bob comes down the bar to GROUP OF GUYS, one of them with his
back to him.
BOB
What can I get you?
Rardy turns to face Bob.
RARDY
How you doing? Well have seven beers and
seven shots of Cuervo.
BOB
We thought you were dead.
RARDY
Why would I be dead? I just didnt feel
like working in a place almost got me
killed. Tell Marv hell be hearing from
my lawyer.
BOB
Ill tell Chovka.
Rardy tries to man up to that, but its a weak front.
RARDY
Give us the beers and the shots.
BOB
You want a drink? Flag down a bartender
who doesnt know youre a bag of shit.
He walks away.
CUT TO:
INT. COUSIN MARVS HOUSE - DEN - NIGHT
Cousin Marv prints PLANE TICKETS.
(CONTINUED)
91.
CONTINUED:
ON the printer as two plane tickets are printed:
TICKET #1: BALTIMORE, MD to LOS ANGELES, CA
TICKET #2: LOS ANGELES, CA to SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES
Both Tickets are in the name of MARVIN JAMES STIPLER.
CUT TO:
Rardy and his FRIENDS leave. The Super Bowl is over. The
CROWD is thinner, though the Patrons are louder, drunker.
Bob glances over at Eric and Nadia from time to time, who sit
at the cocktail table, talking. Bob looks utterly destroyed.
Eric goes to the bathroom.
Nadia walks up the bar. Bob sees her. Comes down the bar.
BOB
Are you with him?
What?
NADIA
BOB
Are you? Just tell me.
If I was?
Are you?
NADIA
BOB
Nadia sees Eric exit the restroom. She looks back at Bob and
shakes her head.
Eric arrives, sees two open stools where Nadia stands.
Eric takes a seat.
ERIC
(To Nadia)
Be a hot shit and grab our drinks, would
ya?
Eric smiles at Bob. Bob walks off to deal with Patrons.
CUT TO:
92.
EXT. COUSIN MARVS HOUSE - NIGHT

Marv exits with a small gym bag, tosses it in the front seat
of his car. He looks back at the house where he was born.
He gets in the car, drives off.
CUT TO:
Anwar and the Other Chechen make one final delivery and leave
the bar, the crowd thinning all the more.
Bob notices Chovka himself, standing by the door, staring at
Bob, his face unreadable. He lights a cigarette, his eyes
locked on Bob. Then he leaves.
INT. COUSIN MARVS CAR - NIGHT
Cousin Marv pulls over a block and a half up from the bar. He
kills his lights and watches-Chovka, Anwar, and the Other Chechen exit the bar. They drive
away.
CUT TO:
1:50 AM. The place is nearly empty. Bob and Nadia face each
other over the bar. Eric is in the bathroom. Millie, the old
alkie, is the only other patron left in the place.
MILLIE
Can I smoke?
Bob nods and slides an ashtray down the bar without looking.
It lands squarely in front of Millie.
NADIA
Whats going on in there?
BOB
I cant do this alone.
Do what?
NADIA
(CONTINUED)
93.
CONTINUED:
BOB
Its too hard, you know? Ive been
serving this...sentence for ten years-every fucking empty day--because I
thought somehow itd square me when I got
to the other side, ya know? Id get to
see my Ma and my old man, stuff like
that? But I dont think Ill be forgiven.
I dont think I should be. But, but Im
supposed to be alone on the other side
and on this one too?
NADIA
No ones supposed to be alone. Bob? I
left my house this afternoon, hes
waiting with a gun in his waistband like
its Silverado. Says I gotta come with
him to see you.
BOB
Im sorry I swore. It was rude.
They look at one another as Eric exits the bathroom, crosses
the bar, takes his stool. He looks down the bar.
ERIC
Whens the old bag pack it in?
BOB
Any minute.
ERIC
Cant believe you let her smoke. Thats
against the law and shit.
Millie pushes off the bar.
MILLIE
Yeah, Im off.
Bob walks from behind the bar toward the door.
BOB
Night, Millie.
MILLIE
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
She leaves the bar.
CUT TO:
94.
INT. COUSIN MARVS CAR - NIGHT

Marv watches Millie exit, checks his watch.
CUT TO:
Bob walks back behind the bar. He wipes down the bartop with
a towel. He eventually reaches Erics elbows.
Excuse me.
Go around.
BOB
ERIC
BOB
(Going around)
Whos your partner?
ERIC
Wouldnt be much of a threat if you knew
who he was, would he, Bob?
BOB
But he helped you kill Richie Whelan?
ERIC
Thats the rumor, Bob.
BOB
More than a rumor.
Bob wipes in front of Nadia.
ERIC
Well then its more than a rumor. So
there you go. Time is it, Bob?
Bob reaches under the bar. He comes back out with the ten
thousand dollars wrapped in the bag. He unwraps the bag,
pulls the money out, puts it on the bar in front of Eric.
BOB
You dont have to call me by my name all
the time.
ERIC
Ill see what I can do about that, Bob.
(Thumbs the bills)
Whats this?
(CONTINUED)
95.
CONTINUED:
BOB
The ten grand you wanted.
ERIC
All the same, lets look in the safe at
two.
BOB
Im happy to buy him for ten grand.
ERIC
How much for Nadia, though?
Eric locks eyes with Bob, watches him process that info.
Bob turns, selects a bottle of Polish vodka. Pours himself a
drink. He drinks it down.
ERIC (CONTD)
Wheres Cousin Marv by the way?
BOB
(Shrugs)
Havent seen him in a while. Marvs had
some problems. About ten years ago, man,
did he ever have a problem with cards.
ERIC
I did not know that, Bob.
Bob fills three shot glasses with Polish vodka.
BOB
He was more of a loan shark then. There
was this kid? Into him for a shitload of
money. Real hopeless case when it came to
the dogs and b-ball. Just degenerate.
Kinda kid could never pay back all he
owed.
Bob throws back his shot, pours himself another.
ERIC
One-fifty-seven, Bob.
Eric takes Nadias shot and downs it.
BOB
The thing, though? This kid went to AC?
Hit for twenty-two grand on a slot. Which
is just a hair more than he owed Marv.
(CONTINUED)
96.
CONTINUED: (2)
ERIC
And he didnt pay Marv back, and you got
all hard on him and-BOB
He paid Marv. Paid him every cent.
ERIC
The clock, Bob.
BOB
What the kid didnt know was that Marv
had been skimming. Because of his own
habit? And this kids money was like
manna from heaven.
(Drinks his vodka)
As long as no one knew it was from this
kid. See what Im saying?
ERIC
This kid, he had to be ripped off.
BOB
He had to be killed.
ERIC
(Looking at the clock)
Okay. Killed.
BOB
So he could never say hed paid off Marv.
So thats what we did.
ERIC
(Eyes on the clock)
You...
BOB
Killed him in my basement. Shot him then
cut him up, tossed the pieces in an oil
tank, filled it with lye and laundry
detergent, sealed it back up.
Eric and Nadia stare at Bob. His voice has never changed.
BOB (CONTD)
Know what his name was?
ERIC
Its two, Bob. Two.
BOB
His name. You know it?
(CONTINUED)
97.
CONTINUED: (3)
ERIC
I would not, Bob, no.
BOB
Sure you would. Richie Whelan. Everyone
called him Glory Days.
Bob pulls the 9mm from under the bar, points it at Erics
face, and FIRES.
NOTHING HAPPENS.
Bob notices the SAFETY IS ON.
Eric jerks his head and pushes back from the bar rail.
Bob thumbs the safety off and pulls the trigger. The bullet
plows a tunnel through Eric Deeds throat.
Nadia screams.
Eric Deeds falls off his stool
IN HIS CRATE, Cassius barks his head off.
Bob comes out from behind the bar and stands over Eric Deeds.
Erics cheeks puff in and out, in and out. He gasps for life.
BOB (CONTD)
IYou punks, you know? You go out to
dinner dressed like youre still in your
living room. You say terrible things
about women. You hurt harmless dogs. Im
tired of you, man. You embarrass me.
Eric winces. He looks pissed-off and frustrated. The look
freezes on his face as he dies.
On Nadia, stunned, as Bob casually lifts Eric by the heels. A
.38 PISTOL falls out of Erics pocket. Bob drags Eric across
the floor to the cooler, and ERICS CELL PHONE also falls
out. Its got blood on it. Bob drags the corpse into the
cooler, comes back to the bar with a mop and bucket. He picks
up the phone and the .38 and places them on the bar.
Nadia stares at the swath of blood as Bob splashes some soapy
water on it and begins mopping.
BOB (CONTD)
He would have just kept coming. Once
someone takes something from you and you
let èm?
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
98.
CONTINUED: (4)
BOB (CONTD)
They just feel like you owe them more.
And you can never change their minds.
Nadia watches him mop up the blood.
NADIA
He...You just fucking shot him. You
just...I mean, you know?
Bob mops.
BOB
He beat my dog.
ON Nadia as it sinks in--this man has killed two people that
she knows of. This is not the Bob she thought she knew.
I cant.
What?
NADIA
BOB
NADIA
Will you let me go? Can I go?
Of course.
BOB
NADIA
So I can just go?
It devastates Bob to realize that she fears him now.
BOB
No one--no one--will ever hurt you.
NADIA
Okay, okay. Can I go now?
ON Bob, the poster child of a broken heart.
BOB
(Nods)
Nadia lets herself out. Bob locks the door behind her.
CUT TO:
99.
INT/EXT. COUSIN MARVS CAR - NIGHT

Marv sees Nadia exit. Checks his watch. Watches Nadia walk in
the other direction.
ON Marv, growing quietly frantic. He starts his car. He
drives around the back of the bar, circles the block.
Marv pulls back into his old spot as-Chovka, Anwar, and Several Chechens arrive.
ON Marv, as it sinks in--the plan failed.
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INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - DAWN
Chovka sits at the bar, scrolling through the Recent Calls
on Erics cell phone. Bob stands behind the bar. Anwar comes
out of the cooler.
He fit?
CHOVKA
Anwar is leading a ROLLING DUFFEL BAG behind him.

ANWAR
We broke his legs. He fit fine.
Anwar drops the bag full of Eric at the front door, waits.
Chovka pockets Erics phone, pulls out one of his own.
Two CHECHENS come out of the back.
CHECHEN #1
We pack it into kegs, boss. Dakka will be
by, he say, another twenty minutes with
the beer truck.
Chovka places an envelope on the bar. Raises his eyebrows at
Bob. Bob opens the envelope, pulls out NETS TICKETS.
CHOVKA
Theyre not floor seats but they are very
good. Theyre my seats.
BOB
Oh. Wow. Thank you.
Chovka is carrying on the conversation while simultaneously
texting on his phone.
(CONTINUED)
100.
CONTINUED:
CHOVKA
Ill drop off some more next week. I
dont go to all the games. Theres a lot
of them, you know?
Sure.
BOB
CHOVKA
Got to give yourself an hour before the
game to get there, an hour after because
of the traffic.
BOB
Traffic can get bad.
CHOVKA
I tell Anwar, he says its not bad.
ANWAR
Its not like London.
CHOVKA
(Texting away)
Whats like London? Let me know if you
enjoy them, Bob. He just came in?
He pockets his phone, looks at Bob.
BOB
Yeah. Right through the front door after
I let Millie out.
CHOVKA
Put that gun in your face but you said,
Not tonight, eh?
BOB
I didnt say anything.
Pop.
CHOVKA
(Mimes pulling a trigger)
(Beat)
Dakka will be by soon. Goodnight.
BOB
Goodnight, Mr. Umarov.
Chechen #1 opens the door and Chovka exits, lighting a
cigarette. Anwar follows, pulling the roller bag of Eric.
CUT TO:
101.
INT/EXT. COUSIN MARVS CAR - DAWN

Marv watches the Chechens leave and takes it as his cue. He
starts the car, starts pulling away from the curb, as-The Car Guy who once asked him directions casually walks by
on the sidewalk and FIRES TWO SHOTS into the car.
Marvs car rolls across the street, gradually grinding to a
stop against the curb. The Car Guy walks on.
CUT TO:
INT. ST. DOMINICS CHURCH - MORNING
The final mass.
FATHER REGAN
If anyone would like to purchase one of
the pews before they are sold for
consignment, please call Bridie in the
rectory, which will be open for another
three weeks. All rise.
The CONGREGATION, small as it is, rises.
FATHER REGAN (CONTD)
May the Lord bless you and keep you. May
He watch over you all the days...
THE SOUND FADES. Bob takes it all in.
Across the aisle, Detective Torres takes it all in.
The Scarred Angel watches.
CUT TO:
EXT. ST. DOMINICS CHURCH - MORNING
Detective Torres and Bob stand on the sidewalk, alone.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Sorry to hear about Cousin Marv.
BOB
(Nods)
Carjacking gone bad, they said.
DETECTIVE TORRES
That was an execution. A block and a half
from your bar.
(CONTINUED)
102.
CONTINUED:
Bob looks up the street for a bit, the loss clearly eating at
him but still never a loss hed chat with a cop about.
Eventually, they both look up at the church.
They sold it to Milligan Development.
Whatd I tell you--its going to be
condos. With stained glass windows. Eric
Deeds. I mentioned him to you once.
BOB
I remember.
DETECTIVE TORRES
You didnt then.
BOB
I remember you mentioning him.
DETECTIVE TORRES
Ah. He was in your bar Super Bowl Sunday.
You see him?
BOB
You know how many people were in that bar
Super Bowl Sunday?
DETECTIVE TORRES
Last place he was ever seen. Then? Poof.
Just like Richie Whelan. Ironic, since
Deeds supposedly killed Whelan. Bodies
getting clipped or vanishing all over the
place, but you dont see anything.
BOB
He could turn up.
DETECTIVE TORRES
If he does, itll probably be in a psych
ward. Which is where he was the night
Whelan disappeared.
Bob looks over at him.
True. His partner told me Deeds always
took credit for the Whelan hit because
nobody else wanted to and he thought it
helped his street cred. But he didnt
kill Whelan.
(CONTINUED)
103.
CONTINUED: (2)
BOB
Will he be missed, though?
DETECTIVE TORRES
(Cant believe it. Smiles)
Will he be what?
Missed.
BOB
DETECTIVE TORRES
No. Maybe Whelan wasnt, either.
BOB
Thats not true. I knew Glory Days. He
wasnt a bad guy. Not at all.
Torres waits, but Bob has nothing else to say. BEAT. They
consider the church.
DETECTIVE TORRES
You love your father?
BOB
A shitload.
DETECTIVE TORRES
You guys were close?
Yeah.
BOB
DETECTIVE TORRES
Me too. You dont hear that a lot.
(Beat)
It was a gorgeous church.
Bob nods.
BOB
When did you take your tree down this
year?
DETECTIVE TORRES
Day after Little Christmas. You?
Same.
BOB
They shake hands. They walk their separate ways.

CUT TO:
104.
EXT. BROOKLYN PARK - AFTERNOON

A cold gorgeous day. Cloudless sky the color of a robins
egg, bright white snow lining the walking paths and coloring
the trees. Bob walks Cassius. He throws a stick ahead of him
and Cassius bounds for it, brings it back. They come around a
bend and Nadia waits up ahead, leaning against the back of a
bench. When Bob nears, she holds up a bag of dog treats.
NADIA
Peanut butter. With a little molasses.
Bob stands in front of her. She hands him the treats. Bob
takes them, stares down at them. Nadia has forgotten her
gloves and rubs her hands to keep them warm.
NADIA (CONTD)
They really closed St. Doms?
Bob nods, eyes still on the treats and Nadias hands.
NADIA (CONTD)
Whatre you going to do?
BOB
(Looks at her)
Find another church.
Oh.
NADIA
(Beat.)
What do we do now?
BOB
I have no idea.
Bob places the treats in his pocket. He removes one of his
gloves and takes her hand. She lets him hold it, though its
a struggle for her. He slides the glove over her hand.
BOB (CONTD)
Its a little big.
Yeah.
NADIA
Nadia doesnt take her hand back. So neither does Bob.

ON Bobs face. This is something hes been missing for so
long he stopped believing it was possible.
(CONTINUED)
105.
CONTINUED:
But it might be.
FADE TO BLACK.

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EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - BROOKLYN - NIGHT

EXT. IRISH BAR - BAY RIDGE - NIGHT

INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - WINTER - NIGHT

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS - EARLY MORNING

EXT. STREETS - EARLY MORNING

Bob follows his chin-gesture and GERARD `RARDY DUGAN, early

He takes it from her, everything sinking in--its his now.

He hands over his credit card.

Cassius, embarrassed and suddenly terrified, tries to cut off

EXT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MORNING

Chovka chucks him on the shoulder. A MUFFLED NOISE from the

Nadia squats and Cassius trots right over to her. Nadias

Torres points at his wedding ring.

EXT. BROOKLYN PARK - OUTSIDE RESTROOMS - LATER

Marv looks around. Dottie eye-gestures out the door.

Marv keeps walking.

She hands the bottle to Torres and he drinks from it.

On the Statue, watching Bob walk out of the church.

COUSIN MARV (CONTD)

Marv takes a drag on his cigarette. He walks tentatively

COUSIN MARV (CONTD)

Chovka ignores him. He looks at Anwar. Beat. They look back

Chovka drains the rest of the glass, eyes locked on Cousin

A very comfortable silence.

EXT. NADIAS HOUSE - 4 AM

She shrugs. Gives him a wave. Goes into her house.

EXT. BROOKLYN BRIDGE - NIGHT

The trunk flaps up and down. They exit the bridge.

INT. BOBS HOUSE - KITCHEN - MORNING

INT. COUSIN MARVS BAR - MAIN ROOM - LATER

INT. CAPE VERDEAN CRACK HOUSE - EARLY EVENING

THE SUPER BOWL IS NOW IN FULL-SWING.

EXT. COUSIN MARVS HOUSE - NIGHT

INT. COUSIN MARVS CAR - NIGHT

INT/EXT. COUSIN MARVS CAR - NIGHT

Anwar is leading a ROLLING DUFFEL BAG behind him.

INT/EXT. COUSIN MARVS CAR - DAWN

They shake hands. They walk their separate ways.

EXT. BROOKLYN PARK - AFTERNOON

Nadia doesnt take her hand back. So neither does Bob.

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