— Good afternoon, Walt.
— I told you I'm not going to confession.
— Why didn't you just call the police?
— What?
— I do work with some of the Hmong gang and I heard there was trouble in the neighborhood. Why didn't you call the police?
— Well… You know, I prayed that they would show up… but nobody answered.
— What were you thinking? Someone could have been killed. We're talking life and death here.
— When things go wrong, you gotta act quickly. When we were in Korea and a thousand screaming gooks came across our line we didn't call the police, we reacted.
— It's my fault, you know.
— What?
— His leaving. I thought I could take it.
— Don't ever say that.
— What?
— Just don't ever low-rate yourself.
— What I meant was, whatever it takes to be a cop's wife... I'm just not sure I'm making it. He really tries, and these bastards... you know, «pig» this, «pig» that.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.
If you are not a United States citizen, you may contact your country's consulate prior to any questioning.
Do you understand these rights?
— I'm sorry. Why wouldn't they look for a woman who tried to kill all of you last Thanksgiving?
— Oh, daddy didn't tell you? He didn't report it to the cops. Instead, he paid to lock her up in a loony bin. Don't worry, they had crafts.
The copper's alive — got a description of the Italians. The Italians will be forced underground. We're gypsies. We're already underground.
Stay in the force long enough and it feels like you've just got a choice between dying a hero or becoming a monster!
— So I have your brother facing the noose. I have your cousin facing five years for arson. And I have your entire organisation in disarray in Birmingham and in London.
— What do you want?
— What do I want? I don't understand.
— I've already agreed to do your fucking killing for you. Now what is it you want from me?
— Oh. There you go, you see... An agreement is not the same thing as an assurance, now, is it? See, I found that I wasn't sleeping so well. And it wasn't just that... the smell and the noise in that room, no. It was the nagging doubt. The knowledge. The knowledge that... Tommy Shelby is not afraid to die. And therefore, the threat to your own life might not be enough to make it certain that you will obey me on the given day. I needed also the power of life and death over your family and that I know have.
Every policeman has at least one unsolved case to obsess over.
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