Episode 48- "Whoever Did This"

Episode 48- "Whoever Did This"-Aired Sun Nov 10,2002

ladies and gentlemen, that concludes the presentation of evidence for today. I repeat my earlier admonition that you not discuss the case among yourselves or with anyone else including media. Your honor, I have a logisti cal problem to discuss. I'd like to call a w itness out of order. Now I missed the early bird special ! Took a half a chicken home the other night, got two meals out of it. Mr. Soprano. Big bombshell from prosecution today with testimony detailing misuse of joint fitter's 401-k funds. Your reaction ? No comment. Mr. Soprano, allison pak, channel six. Allison, hi ! Oh ! Corrado ! Has he been shot ? He got hit in the head by a boom. John, I'm here at the federal courthouse where reputed mob boss, corrado soprano just fell nine, no, seven steps. Hey, how's our royal highness in there ? She's doing good. Lois, this is carmela, my wife. Hi. Hi. Great to see her run again. Had her first full speed workout this mornin'. Go ahead, fourth stall down, I'll be right there. What is that, a goat ? Yeah, that's her friend. Is she ready for the tobbagin handicap ? Yeah. Yeah. Hello. She's somethin' isn't she ? She is magnificent. Yeah, that's a good girl. You're feelin' better, huh ? Yeah. You see that, the second she saw you she came right over. You know what she likes, she likes it when you rub her muzzle, right here. Right, lady pie ? Yeah. You ought to see her race. She busts her heart to win. Mm. You like the ponies, I'll take ya. Follow my finger. He said they'll do this every hour. Check the neurological. You wanna go ? The family's on the way. Thank you. My daughter's addressing the irish parliament. Abortion issues. Corrado. I gotta go, I gotta catch a plane. I'll be back monday. Feel better. Make sure beppy gets my chicken home. Corrado, you didn't get to the early bird special. He was disoriented when

he came in. Scored low on his folstein, but that's consistent with concussion. We're gonna sue the goddamn justice department ! His cat scan's negative, so, so far so good. He, I don't know, he didn't seem like himself. A man his age, he could've been working on a dementia for quite a while and a blow to the head tipped him over. You mean like alzheimer's ? That's one form of it. That's why we want to keep him here. Keep an eye on him. Listen, a good chance this could all go away. Bobby, hi. Where is he ? They took him down for an x-ray. We gotta get him into the city. Columbia presbyterian head trauma unit, the best. Why don't you take it easy ? Had to be paulie who told johnny. You think so ? He hates my success. I keep thinkin' about that birthday dinner. Who was there when I told t he ginny sack joke ? Not paulie. I remember albert sayin' he didn't get a gift. It was little-paulie, the witless fuckin' nephew. He told paulie, paulie tells johnny. Fuckin' telephone game like high-school girls ! You wanna playphone games ? That party was the

only time iever mentioned shamu's fat ass. Hello, verona, green grove uh... retirement home, somethin'. Just connect me. Fuck you doin' ? Yeah, hello ? Uh, I'd like to talk to a mrs. Gualtieri, she's a resident there. ( Female ) one moment please. ( Phone ringing ) ( cl apping ) hello ? Is this marianuccia gualtieri ? Yes. Hi, this is detective mike hunt, beaver falls, pennsylvania, police department. You have a son, peter paul ? Oh my god, what happened ? He's alright, ma'am, but I'm afraid he's in a little trouble. We found him in a public men's room in lafayette park. I don't know how to put this delicately. He was sucking a cub scout's dick. What ?! No, it's a mistake ! Ma'am, I wish that was all. Uh, but I'm afraid we had to have emergency surgery performed upon arrival at headquarters after discovery of a small rodent in the rectal passage. Oh, my god ! A gerbil, ma'am. Uh, the county does not cover medical procedures deemed caused by criminal sexual activity. Section four, paragraph 15. We'll need an insurance number. Oh, madoon'. I have blue cross blue shield, is that alright ? Ma-ma'am, could you hold on for one second ? I have the hospital on the other line. ( Laughing ) uncle jun ! Hey ! Nephew number one. How ya doin' today ? You look better. Guess who came in earlier ? Tommy formicola. Uncle jun, tommy formicola died a few years ago. Not tommy, you chedrool. The son tommy ! Jesus christ, you had me worried there for a minute. You know, when you came in yesterday they said uh... you were very confused and you flunked your holstein or somethin', I don't kn. I'm 71 years old for chrissake. You get hit in the head, see how good you do. I'm glad you're feelin' better. Better ? This is xanadu compared to that courtroom. I'm milkin' this thing for all it's worth. Maybe you're not milkin' it enough. What ? You don't by any chance have any headaches, or blurred vision, or any of that shit, do ya ? Nah. Okay, then. Who are you callin', they charge a fortune ! ( Phone ) hello. Mel, what the fuck are you doin' ? Just on our way to st. Steven's green to grab some dinner. Why, what's going on ? What's goin' on ? Back here in the states, I think we got a mistrial. Son of gondor ! The bow is meant to find the ring ! Dick. Yeah ! Yes ! Whoo ! My turn ! ( Banging on door ) ( inez ) mr. Ralph, mr. Ralph ! Come, please, help ! What ?! For chrissake's, what ?! It's justin, he's hurt very bad ! ( Panting ) justin, baby. I don't know what to do. The boy, he, he comes to the house. Shut up, shut up ! Alright, nobody move. Don't touch him, okay ? I gotta get help. ( Panting ) how is he ? Co uldn't get any breath in his lungs for five minutes so, uh, there was no oxygen to the brain. So they don't-- they just don't know yet. Thank god you were home. Ralph, it was an accident, alright ? Just kids. Ralph ! That must be the surgeon. Uh, please, allow me to introduce myself. This is my ex-husband. Justin's biological father. He was supposed to take 'em to the archery rge. They were playing a video game, ronnie. I, I don't know what happened. No, nothin's ever your fault. I should never have let you near him. He's my son. The nights before he has to go to your house, he can't sleep. Ronnie, don'T. Son-of-a-bitch ! Hey, please ! Ronnie, please ! Stop it ! You scumbag ! You bought him the bow and arrow you stupid cunt ! People ! Don't you talk to her like that ! Nobody talks to my wife like that. Nobody talks to her ! Knock it off, this is enough ! Nobody ! We were just foolin' around. Just foolin' around ?! Knock it off, stop ! Ralph, stop ! ( Sobbing ) our psychiatrist will testify as to your reduced mental capacity. Of course, the government will bring in their own expert. Now, we get you 24-hour day nursin' care, because they still didn't rule out the dementia and uh... you might be a danger to yourself and uh, blah, blah, blah. Which only bolsters our case. If the court finds you lack fitness to proceed. The trial will be suspended and the charges against you dismissed with prejudice, or delayed. I called this woman, she runs an elder care agency. She's got an R.N. That'll play ball. All you gotta do is act oobatz. Crazy like a fox, my little nephew. Now get me the fuck outta here. Mel, this muffin basket from you and your partners. It's the least we could do. Ralph ? Rosalie, oh, jesus. I didn't know if I should come. I don't know what to do. I know. I'm so happy to see you. How is he ? Not as good as yesterday. How are you ? I just didn't understand what you were goin' through, ro. I didn't know anything. I was stupid, I'm sorry. I apologize. It's okay. I mean, there's no way to know what it's like until it happens to you. You were so strong when jackie jr. Passed away. I don't know how you did it. Justin's gonna be alright, ralph. You'll see. He's gonna be fine. He's gonna be a vegetable. Oh. At least I have a daughter. Ralph's all alone. I told him he should go and talk to father intintola. He should. He won'T. There's another one who should talk to the priest. Is it true he took an overdose of sleepin' pills ? Apparently. I also know that he and tony are on the outs, but tony's not talkin'. First question, "what is today's date ?" A blonde with big tits and a hat full of viagra. Yeah, cute, fuck around. 'Cause when that government shrink gets a hold you, you better know how to fake this. I could do it in my sleep. Oh, yeah ? What's your name ? My name ? See, you can't not know your name 'cause then they know that you're fuckin' with them. Listen to this. Give the subject a piece of paper. Ask him to draw a circle, fold the paper in half and give it back. These demented old bats can't do that. Maybe you should just wipe your ass with the paper, then they'll know you're a whack-job. ( Laughing ) you think this is funny ? I'm a source of amusement. I pretend to wipe my ass in front of people ! Nah, take it easy. I lived my whole life with dignity. Now, I gotta pretend I'm a fuckin' droolin' idiot. A shcumpari. It's just a good clean way out, uncle jun. That's all. My poor fuckin' brother, eckley, how they mocked him. Nah, look-- suppose it doesn't work ?! We'll go after a juror. Suppose nothing works ?! Let's do another question. ( Doorbell ) ah, fuckin' grand central station ! That must be the nurse. Maybe she'll give you a sponge bath. Svetlana ! I've been wanting to talk to you. I bring nurse. I don't come to see you. I should never have taken your prosthesis, but it did bring me to the lord. Ah, you're boring woman. Hey. How are ya ? Okay. Good to see ya. This is branca. She is registered nurse. He is mr. Tony. This is the uncle. Help me up, I gotta go to the bathroom. I do it. What's your problem, now ? Like anyone would care. Pleased to meet ya. How are you doin' ? I feel like such a hypocrite. I, I haven't been in church in years. But we had a mass for justin's baptism. For all the good it did. Ralph. See. What am I doin' here ? God understands. That's why it's at times like these he's the only one we can turn to. God ? My son's lyin' in a hospital hooked up to a machine. He never did nothin' to nobody. Our lord gave his only begotten son to suffer. Nothin' compared to this. Were you there when jesus christ had his moment of doubt and pain ? It's a great mystery to us why things happen as they do. But god has a plan for all of us. Come on, father. I've done things in my life that I shouldn't a done. He's makin' my son pay for it. That's how he's punishin' me. God is merciful. He doesn't punish people. I would do anything if justin could even walk again. Justin's in god's hands now. And I assure you god loves him very much. Your job is you. To get yourself right with god. For yourself and for your son. Would you like to make a confession ? I think I need a little more time, you know, to do a good one. But when I'm ready. I understand. Thank you. Let's pray. Have mercy on me, god, in your goodness. In your abundant compassion, blot out my offense. Wash away all my guilt. From my sin, cleanse me. For I know my offense. My sin is always before me. A scholarship at rutgers ? That's right. In jackie junior's name for $20,000. And that's every year. Ralph ? Gimme a break. That's not all. He asked ro to marry him. She had the presence of mind to say no. Although, she did say he went to see father intintola and they had a long talk. No shit ? I know what you mean about ralph. Although, to see him like that. And justin hooked up to those machines. Good morning, you. Well, when have I ever asked for french toast ? Well, just eat the bacon. It's unhealthy this whole obsession with your weight. So, uh... where were you out so late last night ? Nowhere. Foolin' around with blondie, huh ? Huh ? Quit it. Oh, look at that guilty look on his face. Tony, let him eat. Oh, mr. Tough guy, huh ? Come on, tough guy. Come on, come on, tough guy. Ow, jesus. I have calls to make. ( Knocking ) ton', can I come in ? How's justin ? Any news ? Well, it's the left side of the brain, that affects speech. Right side of his body. Ah, it's still too soon to tell. Alright, well uh, sit down, come on. You want somethin' to eat ? I just came by to give ya... from the thing. It could've waited. I had to smack the guy around this morning. Nice. At least I'm goodfor somethin'. How could I let somethin' like this happen ? It could happen to anybody, ralph. You know where I was on his seventh birthday ? Florida. I was so high on coke I... I forgot to call him. Then I thought I did. Well, you cut back on that shit, right ? I'm a different man. ( Sobbing ) my poor baby. My little boy. ( Crying ) covered by the sheetrock and plasterers union, right ? Here. Yeah, he'S... he's covered on... her husband's insurance as far as that goes. You know, I'll take care of the rest, whatever it takes. I don't care if it breaks me. He's gonna get the best care there is. So, ralph there's uh... there's somethin' uh... look, I don't want you to hear it through the grapevine, especially now. I'm seein' that girl you used to date. That uh, valentina. I gotta go to the hospital. Hang in there. Well, maybe you should uh, go see pie. Take your mind off it. Oh, I know. Lois called and told me about the toboggan handicap, grade one, I... you, uh... you look after it. I, I can'T. I understand. Give my best to carmela. She's uh, been a great help. Yeah, I will. I have bad luck, huh ? I had to get hooked up with that miserable twat. Maybe if I met a girl like carmela, I... my life could ha ve takena whole different trajectory. See ya, ton'. Rafayool. How's it goin', pal ? Thanks for the flowers,they were beautiful. That poor fuckin' guy. Fuck him and his alligator tears. Paulie, his kid's in the hospital. A little fuckin' sympathy, huh ? That gives him a pass ? I don't care if he's got a hundred kids in the I.C.U. With arrows in their heads. He's a piece of shit. You know it and I know it. Who got you those "no show" jobs ? And not a word of gratitude. He's a saint. You forget the thousand incidents with that guy ? Kid in the hospital. Just take a look at how he fuckin' earns. I know it was that miserable prick called ma at the home. They had to put her on xanax just so she could sleep. She was in the hospital unit for an hour and a half with nervous bowel syndrome. Whatever happened there, that uh... that was fucked up. Fucked up ?! You don't know it was him. Listen to your friend here. And I'll promise you somethin' else, on my old man's grave. I get proof it was him, he's a fuckin' corpse. Nobody's killin' anybody. All due respect, T. There's a line in the sand when it comes to mothers. You lay a hand on him and you're gonna answer to me. If you can quote the rules, you can fuckin' obey 'em. You hear me ? Don't just look at me. This is a business. Did you hear what I said ? Yes. That goes for all of you. Now listen. I'm gonna visit your mother. That was a terrible thing, whoever did it. It's beetoo long now. I'm gonna go pay my respects. Okay. She'd love that. Alright, come here. He has no fuckin' conception. He's got no kids. You can't expect him to understand. I'm going to say three words and I want you to repeat them. Boat, flag, shirt. Boat... shirt. Let me give you a hint. We pledge allegiance to the... united states of america. Okay, let's move on. Who's the president of the united states ? I'm tired, I want to go to the bathroom. We're almost done. Who is the president of the united states ? George bush. And who was the president before george bush ? John kennedy. You know where I was when he was shot ? I was getting a hair cut. ( Phone ) hello ? I'm sorry to bother you but uh... I can't find ralph. He keeps to himself nowadays. There was a fire at the stables. And they lost some horses. Pie-o-my ? She survived but-- why didn't you tell me, I'm a half hour late back from lunch ! I'm sorry, we did everything we could, but she had to be destroyed. She was too badly burned. Ah, jesus. It just went up ? The fire marshall says it looks electrical. They found pieces of a blown out light bulb in a stall and the hay was a natural accelerant. Th ey'll investigatebut it's a formality considering the value of the stock. No, don'T. Come on, it's alright. ( Bleating ) ( knocking ) how are ya ? Hey, ton'. I was just down at the stables. I got some bad news. Pie-o-my. She was in a fire. She's dead. Oh. Wow. Oh, madonn'. Oh, jesus. That's why lois called me. Four messages I got on the machine. Three other horses, too. Jesus. Oh, look, ton'. I um... I just made some coffee if you want, you know, eggs. Sorry about the uh, the timin'. Oh, no, I uh... I actually just got some good news on justy. They think it's just gonna be speech. Poor kid'll have to learn how to talk all over again. Years of rehab. Well, that's uh... that's good. He'll walk. He'll use his hands. Life goes on, huh ? One day at a time. Lois said the horse was still alive. But was burnt so bad, that they had to put her out of her misery. I don't even want to think about it. At this point the fire marshall say s that it looks accidental. What sick fuck would do somethin' like that on purpose, huh ? Ah. You know, ton', justin loves my eggs. See, sour cream's the secret ingredient. Right. What sick fuck ? What ? That's funny about god and fate and shit like that. The horse gets better and we take out 200 grand on insurance on the race comin' up. Suddenly there's a fire. What are you sayin' ? You think I had somethin' to do with it ? I didn'T. Anthony, what are you a fuckin' arson investigator, now ? Come on, they said it was an accident, right ? You know what, maybe I will have some eggs. Toast ? Yeah. How's corky ianucci ? You heard from him lately ? You know, sil used him in that restaurant fire. Excellent work. You know, I don't understand you, anthony. We got lucky. That accidental fire was a bolt from beyond. The horse was no fuckin' good with the fuckin' colic all the time and the fuckin' bills ! What are you talkin' about, she bounced back ! This time ! But each time it takes somethin' out of 'em. It was all down hill from here. Now, I know it, it's tragic to think this way. But you can't argue with the fuckin' logic ! Jesus christ, you did it. You cooked that fuckin' horse alive. No, I did not ! But so what ?! So what ?! It was a fuckin' animal ! A hundred grand a piece. My kid's in the fuckin' hospital ! I don't hear you complainin' when I bring you a nice fat envelope. You don't give a shit where that comes from ! Don't give me that look. It was a fuckin' horse ! What

are youa vegetarian ? You eat beef and sausage by the fuckin' carload. I'll fuckin' kill you. You fat fuck ! ( Groaning ) aaah ! She was a beautiful innocent creature, what'd she ever do to you ?! You fuckin' killed her. You killed her, you fuckin' killed her. Ah H. Aah ! ( Coughing ) ( vomiting ) ( breathing heavily ) ah, fuck ! Ah ! Fuck ! ( Phone ringing ) ( ringing stops ) ( cell phone ringing ) hello. It's me. I need you to call me back from a pay phone. Now ? You got three minutes. ( Phone ) yeah ? It's me. I ca lled you half a fuckin' hour ago. Yeah, adriana put my keys where I couldn't find 'em. Go to the drug store. Get two pairs of surgical gloves. Some bleach, come to our friend's house. The contractor. ( Knocking ) what's goin' on ? Come on. Hooo ! I found him like this. Guy was a piece of shit ! Whoever did this, it should've happened a long time ago. So, what do you wanna do ? Get rid of the body. Tried to move him myself, but uh... couldn'T. Why do we have to get rid of the body ? What, with the fuckin' questions now ? When they find him like this. And somebody will, they'll be a major fuckin' investigation. And we got enough light shinin' on shit. Junior's trial, all that. No body, no murder. Can't take him out 'til after dark, so... we'll get him ready here. What the fuck is wrong with you ? Nothin'. Don't lie to me. You're high. I smoked half a joint before you called. I'm fine. Look at you, your nose is runnin', you fuckin' junkie. You promised me you wouldn't do that shit anymore. I didn'T. Jesus fuckin' christ, can you even do this ? He was a captain, T. He was the biggest earner. You gonna lecture me, now, huh ? You fuckin' drug addict. Not me. But other people are gonna wonder. Up, up ! Get the fuckin' mop, get him drainin'. T., Okay, I snorted a little H. I was out on my collections and I just wanted to come down so I could get some sleep. See if he's got some visine. I'm fuckin' nauseous. My eyes are fuckin' killin' me. Ah ! Holy shit ! I had no idea, did you ? Of course I did. You're so high on scag, you wouldn't know if he had your mother's muff on his head. Charlie ? I mean, I got all pissed off when she said she couldn't have kids. But this new doctor says maybe she can. But I don't know if I'm ready. Don't over think it. Either jump in with both feet or don'T. ( Phone ) ( ralph on answering machine ) leave a message and make sure you leave your phone number. With my schedule I cannot look up phone numbers. I'll tell you one thing, you can't be high on scag and have children. I mean, look at this shit with justin. It would fuckin' ruin your life. Those kids on milk cartons. Teenage girls, they run away. God knows what happens to' em. Killed I guess. When it gets a little darker, I want you to move my car away and put yours in the driveway. I wanna finish up and get him the fuck outta here. Listen... about this. This fuckin' guy. I came over, he was still moanin'. He died almost right away. Ambulance wouldn't a helped him anyway. Paulie was in new paltz all day. I know that for a fact. Well, good, good. I heard about your horse, T. I'm sorry. What the fuck happened over there, you think ? Tragic. ( Pounding ) fuck. It was the bowlin' ball. It's down the stairs. Go get it, it'll help weigh him down. Alright, I'm not sayin' I'm a saint. I've done drugs, when I was younger. I've even done coke with you. You're actin' like I'm some kinda skeeve-junkie. I only do it once in awhile. Somebody gave me some, they didn't have any money. Sorry. You got your whole life in front of you, christopher. Don't throw it away on drugs. Okay. One. Two. Three. Let's go. Paulmice's farm is all the way up in fuckin' sloatsburg. Alright, this is good. Mikey's old man lives here ? Retired here. He's in a V.A. Hospital. He's havin' prostate surgery. It's frozen. Come on. And there's artie with three kids. Think he's bangin' that french broad ? He fuckin' wishes. Can you hotwire this thing ? Ah, fuck. ( Chuckling ) ( engine starting ) ha ! Keep the scoop up ! You gotta put it up to move it ! The scoop, you raise it up. What the fuck ? Put it up ! You gotta put it up to move forward ! What are you doin' ? Alright, g et out. Get out, come on. Get out ! Get out ! You see, you know, this is what I'm talkin' about. That shit fucks up your hand-eye coordination. ( Beeping ) over there. Hey, go. Kick leaves and shit over it. Where did you learn how to drive one of those ? Grandfather's construction site. He let me fuck around when I was just 13. He was a good guy. Here's the problem. As I see it, with ralph gettin' whacked. People could take it the wrong way. What are you tryin' to convey to me here ? Friends of ours... like it could happen to them. Without, ya know, the protection of the boss. You're the only other one that knows about it. We were right to disappear him. You're right. For the business. Take these out back later and burn 'em. Come on. ( Doorbell ) hi, mr. Soprano. Can I have some ice cream ? What ? Uh, well... wait there. Okay. Mr. Soprano ! Mr. Sopr-- what are you doing ? Come here, come back here ! Come in the house. You'll catch cold, come on. I was getting the paper. You'll catch cold, come on. I was just getting the newspaper. It's your fault, you forgot to get the newspaper this morning. Okay, I make tea. Christopher ?! Christopher !

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