the
annual christmas toy drive.
- how was it? - it was
nice. we gave an x-box.
so, stan klimik
was there.
ruth's husband?
he works for kroll.
the private eyes?
he does
their computers.
anyway, i was telling
him about ade
and he said we should hire
professionals to track her down.
- carm-- - it's not as expensive
as you might think, tony.
he gave me his card.
look, it's not
about the money.
did you ever think that maybe it's
an intrusion into ade's personal life?
but what if she's
in trouble, tony?
stan said they had
this case once--
this guy ran out
on his child support.
he was a hiking
enthusiast, missing 12 years
and they tracked him down to a
watering station in the mojave desert.
carmela's spec house? i need you to
go lean on that building inspector.
- leave it alone, you said.
- do it today, for all our sakes.
my wife needs a career.
tony, hey.
seasons greetings.
good holidays
to your family, huh?
yeah, you too.
well it's bigger
than i thought.
i got close with a developer who
thought he could do apartments,
some light retail, but we
snagged on some zoning issues.
let me worry
about that.
so who's this fiancй
you were telling me about?
jesus, what the fuck
do you want here?
- just move on, huh?
- i was confused, okay?
- i'm not now.
- what a coincidence,
'cause that's exactly
how i feel.
take all the time you need.
just stick it in the lock box.
it's only
the latest draft.
guy who wrote it--
i met him at a meeting.
jt dolan,
big user.
you can tell.
it's relentless.
yeah, it's a work
in progress.
i didn't mean it like that.
there's a lot in it.
are you sure about the title, "cleaver"?
the jerry mathers
connection?
rules of success for pictures like this?
one-word titles: "saw,"
"hostel," "cleaver."
but michael-- he knows
it's the boss right away?
you might want to make
more of a mystery out of it.
maybe.
this boss,
he's a really rough--
is anthony soprano
like that?
he's just a jumping-off
point for the character.
he's got some
similarness.
like he thinks
everything's his.
but it's not.
i can't get into it but
there are some rules.
thank you. don't get into
it. i don't wanna know.
it's just weird, you know?
being where he's been.
he hasn't
been anywhere.
nothing happened.
i told you that.
don't matter. he's
been there in his mind.
ugh. fine.
you're right. guy's got a lot
more on his mind than this.
like whether or not to
have that third sandwich.
i'm not a fucking
parking spot.
ow.
don't get me wrong, i
loved dom more than anybody.
my point is we don't know
if tony was behind this.
it was payback
for vito.
so why the fuck did they
blow up the wire room?
the balls
on this prick.
to blow up a store--
you call that balls?
balls is you look
a guy in the eye
while you jam an ice
pick through his lung.
i meant balls
as in "nerve," "gall."
i know what
the fuck you meant.
far as i'm concerned,
this is like 9-11.
tony wanted our
attention. fine.
he got our attention. now
we wipe him off the planet.
you know that fat cocksucker
says i look like the shah of iran?
- who does?
- tony.
- i never got that at all.
- fat piece of shit.
it's irrelevant, phil. but
he's testin' you all the time.
and you keep
indulging him.
you're right.
but whack a boss?
i won't do that.
- it's been done before.
- and it was wrong then.
eye for an eye then, huh?
pick somebody over there.
white trash motherfuckers in narcotics
anonymous-- fucking "jerry springer show."
the fuck with
your whining tonight?
listen-- been involved
with this girl.
in there-- that's
the place to share.
it's complicated.
remember that real estate agent tony
was dealing with? the jewish one?
fuckin' a. he planted
the flag. i'd back off.
no, he didn't
do shit, she said.
he wanted to and then
never pulled the trigger.
okay, it's touchy
but okay.
i don't know if it's okay but fuck
him and what he don't know, you