:15:02
The governor's best speech writer
is gonna write the statement.
:15:05
The fucking guy is a poet.
:15:08
I'll have the hardliners
wringing their handkerchiefs out.
:15:12
The prodigal son. Forgive and forget.
For everything there's a season.
:15:16
How do we face the terrifying
spectacle of Nick Starkey,
:15:20
what he may do, what he may not do?
:15:22
Whoop-de-do and la-di-da. (chuckles)
:15:25
Oh, yeah. Well, anyway, I wanna get goin'.
I wanna start workin' on it tonight.
:15:30
I wanna get all the borough presidents
standing up there with me.
:15:34
If I can get that prick with the scarlet
cape, the cardinal, to stand up,
:15:38
I'm gonna get him up there, too.
And you, you're gonna be to my right.
:15:41
I want it to look like the city is united
in bringing Nick Starkey back.
:15:47
I don't want it to look like his brother's
bringing him clean underwear.
:15:51
I'll take care of all the questions. No
matter how rough they get, I'll be pious.
:15:56
But when it's over, take a break,
let 'em have a shot at you.
:16:00
And then give 'em some hard talk back.
:16:03
Two or three minutes, but be
conservative. Very, very conservative.
:16:07
And if you blow, blow with dignity.
:16:14
I'm gonna be dog meat after this.
:16:17
No, you're not.
:16:18
If he comes out of this looking great,
I'm an asshole for firing him.
:16:21
If he blows it,
I'm a schmuck for bringing him back.
:16:24
If he blows it, we're all unemployed,
and if he gets the guy, we're all heroes.
:16:28
It's like Elizabeth Taylor says:
"There is no deodorant like success."
:16:33
(buzzer)
:16:35
- What is it?
- Captain Alcoa's here.
:16:37
Oh, shit. He heard.
:16:41
OK, send him in.
:16:44
I won't do it. I won't do it!
:16:46
- Do what?
- Don't bullshit me besides screwing me!
:16:50
We're all having a bad day, Alcoa.
:16:52
- Nick Starkey is not a policeman!
- His record shows otherwise.
:16:56
- He don't belong in the department.
- That's for me to say.
:16:59
He's a fucking beatnik!
He's got a beatnik mentality.