The January Man Page #2

I want to get

all the borough presidents.

I want them standing up there

with me shoulder-to-shoulder...

and if I can get that prick

with the scarlet cape...

the cardinal, to stand up,

I'm gonna get him up there, too.

And, you, you're going

to be to my right.

Now, what I want to do...

I want it to look like

the city is united...

in bringing Nick Starkey back.

I don't want it

to look like his brother's...

bringing him clean underwear

or something like that.

I'll take care of

all the questions.

No matter how rough they get,

I'll be as pious as hell.

And when it's over...

take a break,

let them have a shot at you.

And then give them

some hard talk back...

two or three minutes,

but be conservative.

Very, very conservative.

And if you blow,

blow with dignity.

I'm going to be dog meat

after this.

No, you're not.

If he comes out of this

looking great...

I'm an a**hole for firing him.

If he blows it, I'm a schmuck

for bringing him back.

If he blows it,

we're all unemployed.

And if he gets the guy,

we're all heroes.

That's the news.

It's like

Elizabeth Taylor says...

"There is no deodorant

like success."

What is it?

Captain Alcoa is here.

Sh*t.

He heard.

OK. Send him in.

I won't do it!

Do what?

Hey, don't bullshit me

besides screwing me.

We're all having a bad day,

Alcoa.

Nobody needs your volume.

Nick Starkey is no policeman!

Well, his record

shows otherwise.

He don't belong

in the department.

That's for me to say!

He's like a...

he's a f***ing beatnik!

He's got a beatnik mentality.

Maybe that's what we need,

is a beatnik.

Sure, seems funny

down here and now...

but it don't feel

so f***ing funny...

in the middle

of a murder case...

when you've seen

those girls dead!

Who do you think

you're talking to?

Jesus Christ!

Who the f*** do you think

you're talking to?

You think I'm your wife?

You wanna f*** me?

Don't mess with me.

You mess with me, and you better

have a goddamn sense of humor...

the size of Lake Michigan to

find something to laugh about.

If I send you

a rubber duck to work with...

that is the news!

Can you understand that?

Do you understand?

So then, it's true.

It's true.

- When?

- Tomorrow.

So you get out of here,

and you be a good boy.

And if Nick reports to you,

you treat him like a god.

Do you understand that?

Can you understand that?

And if he wants anything,

you give it to him.

If he wants your wallet,

you give it to him.

And you keep me posted.

No. Never mind

trying to say anything.

Just shut up and get out.

Go on! I'm trying

to have a meeting here!

So...

did Nick agree without a fuss?

No.

Well... what do you have to do?

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