The Wire (TV Series)
All Prologue (2003)
Pablo Schreiber: Nick Sobotka
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[Sergei warns Nick outside Prop Joe's shop before their meeting]
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov : Talk when I say. Not before.
[they walk in; Sergei spreads his arms when he sees Joe]
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov : Tovarich.
Proposition Joe Stewart : Sergei. My nigga.
[he laughs, and they embrace]
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov : You're losing weight.
Proposition Joe Stewart : Sheeeit!
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov : You're down to nothing. In this country, supermarkets are cathedrals. I worry for you, buddy.
Proposition Joe Stewart : How your peoples, dawg?
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov : Same. Good.
Proposition Joe Stewart : Hey, you talk to the man about that other thing, right? 'Cause I can get behind that bidness in a big way.
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov : We'll talk. Later. Now, another business.
Proposition Joe Stewart : Right, right. This the man with the raggedy-ass Camaro.
Nickolas 'Nick' Sobotka : Wasn't mine, it was my cousin's. Wasn't all that raggedy.
[Sergei gives Nick a disapproving look, then turns to Joe]
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov : Sorry. Nicky is with us. His cousin...
[he rolls his eyes and shakes his head, then shrugs]
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov : ... but family cannot be helped.
Proposition Joe Stewart : Who you tellin'? I got muthafuckin' nephews and in-laws fuckin' all my shit up all the time, and it ain't like I can pop a cap in they ass and not hear about it Thanksgivin' time. For real, I'm livin' life with some burdensome niggas.
[he turns to Nick]
Proposition Joe Stewart : So what the fuck?
[Sergei motions for Nick to sit; he does]
Proposition Joe Stewart : You ain't pay my boy Cheese, and Cheese ain't payin' me, right? Now I ain't talkin' 'bout all the money in the world, but it ain't like Cheese be in a position out on that corner to let ya cuz exemplify shit, you feel? The man cut you some slack, and soon every fuckin'-up white boy be on his titty.
Nickolas 'Nick' Sobotka : We wanna pay what we owe. Twenty-seven, anyway. And we're gonna have it soon enough.
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov : Your man doubled it, though.
Nickolas 'Nick' Sobotka : He also burned the car. Now, the Blue Book on that Camaro is fifty-one.
Proposition Joe Stewart : [in disbelief] Now, let me understand. You gonna come up in here havin' fucked up a package, askin' me to tell Cheese, who you fucked it up on, to pay you out twenty-four hundred dollars?
Nickolas 'Nick' Sobotka : He gets to keep the Camaro.
Proposition Joe Stewart : [to Sergei] Just how good a friend is this muthafucka to y'all?
[Sergei shrugs. Joe motions to one of his men, who counts out a stack of bills; Joe passes the money to Nick]
Proposition Joe Stewart : The Cheese ain't gonna be happy havin' to pay me back, so I would advise y'all to give him some distance.
Nickolas 'Nick' Sobotka : Just so he don't come back on my cousin.
[Sergei motions him out]
Nickolas 'Nick' Sobotka : Anyway... thanks for bein' straight on this.
Proposition Joe Stewart : Fool, if it wasn't for Sergei here, you and ya cuz both would be cadaverous muthafuckas.