shot. But this....
This is my beauty. It's a submachine gun.
You're not supposed to have 'em,
but I got one anyway.
You can do a lot of damage with this.
It's got a lot of stoppin' power.
Thanks for letting me in.
Before we were finished, we practically
worked out a full year's social calendar.
I think we have a free weekend
sometime in April or May.
Are you ready to put him up
for the athletic club?
I wouldn't mind letting him sit in
on one of our creative sessions...
...and let him tell everybody
what a bunch of windbags they are.
He wouldn't put it quite like that.
You know,
after years of nothing but ad types...
...Mary Lou, Joe,
they're a refreshing change.
Refreshing?
Well, different?
That's for sure.
Lord, I've been in grisly situations before,
but this....
Sitting in that room,
him knowing about Frank...
...and you and me knowing about Frank...
...and big-eyed Mary Lou, yammering away.
Does he know all the gory details, darling?
No.
When I think.... I just get the shudders.
When you think
that man holds our lives in his hand....
It's like sitting on a powder keg.
A couple of times tonight,
I said something, and he was...
...just about to explode.
If he gets mad at you, do you know
he can go straight to the police?
No, you see...
...the crazy thing about Joe is that...
...it's as if he shared in it.
As if he killed that boy, too.
You have to keep on the good side of him.
Isn't that what we were
really doing there tonight?
There's something else about Joe.
Sometimes, with him...
...I almost feel as if what I did was
a humanitarian act.
I saved the world
from another lousy junkie.
-Funny, isn't it?
-What?
How you can learn to live with anything...
...even murder.
I'll drink to that.
Melissa.
How did you get out of the hospital?
Why didn't you tell me about Frank?
Why didn't you tell me Frank was dead?
Because we didn't want to upset you.
Not while you were in the hospital.
Is that the reason?
Certainly, you were just coming down
from the drugs.
Or was the subject too painful?
I heard you, Daddy. You killed Frank.
And I loved him. I loved him.
Melissa. You stay here. I'll get her.
Melissa, I wanted to tell you.
-I wanted to tell you how it happened.
-It doesn't matter. It happened, that's all.
-You might understand.
-No!
-Melissa.
-Leave me alone!
-You've got to listen to me.
-Are you gonna kill me, too?
"There is some consternation
in these quarters...
"...about the allocation of spots to stations.
"I'd like you to reexamine them
from the point of view of demographics...
"...and market proceedings."
Paragraph.
"I know this puts you under pressure,
but we'd like it within a week.
"I'll commiserate with you over drinks."
Signature.
Janine, I know my behavior has been
a little erratic the last few days.
Well, it's likely to continue so
for a little while longer.
You know, running in and out of the office.
So just keep covering for me, will you?
I always do.
Thank you.
-Yes.
-Mr. Curran for you.
Put him on.
-Hiya, Compton.
-Joe, hold it a minute, will you?
That'll be all, Janine. Thank you.
Joe, I've been meaning to call you.
About tomorrow night, it's....
Well, it looks as if
we're just not gonna be able to make it.
Yeah?
Melissa ran away from the hospital.
She found out what happened.
She found out? How could she find out?
Well, I'll tell you when I see you.
I've been down in the Village every night
trying to find her.
Look, I'll go with you.
I'm falling off my feet.
I was thinkin' about getting to bed early.
No, can't stop lookin'.
You gotta keep lookin'.
It'll be easier if you got company.
I'll go with you.
Okay, I'll meet you
down in the Village around 8:00.
There's a parking lot
at Bowery and East 5th Street.
Okay, I'll see you.
Bye, Joe.
This could be a long night.
That's all right, I been wantin'
to see these animals, where they live.
-Okay.
-Let's go.
It's colder than a witch's tit