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(sarcastic)
Is he denting your customers' trash
cans?
TONY
(annoyed)
What's with you? Why are all the
women in my life suddenly bitches?
MELFI
Sorry about that. I'm having a bad
day myself.
TONY
(sarcastic)
Anything I can help with? And I
won't charge by the hour like
someone else around here.
MELFI looks at TONY for a beat, then shakes her head.
MELFI
No, but thanks. I'm having my own
family troubles. It's my son.
TONY
(abruptly)
Well, sorry to hear about that.
Back to my problem.
MELFI shows a slight pout, as if she wished TONY would delve
deeper into her own situation.
MELFI
It's your time. Please go ahead.
TONY
Like I said, there's a colleague
who is breaking the chain of
command. He's from another company
that is loosely affiliated with
mine, but he has been sticking his
nose into my business for awhile
now.
MELFI
Have you confronted this colleague
about this? Told him how you feel?
TONY
What do you think? Of course I
have, but certain protocol forces
me to stay cool. I don't want to
bore you with the details.
MELFI
(sighing)
As usual...
TONY
(going off on tangent)
Ya know, I'm not really a religious
guy, but lately I have been
thinking about it.
MELFI
What do you mean "it"? About
returning to the church?
TONY
No. I mean about Christ. I went
to church last week with Carmela.
But, through the whole freakin'
Mass, I couldn't take my eyes off
Christ on the cross.
MELFI
Really? Tell me about it.
TONY
In some ways, I see myself as being
like him. Kinda in his role in my
own world.
MELFI
Uhhh, how so?
TONY
I have a flock, he had a flock.
This flock is in need of my
constant attention and guidance.
Sorta like sheep. Plus, he had
Judas, and boy do I got lots of
Judases around. And my fuckin'
crown of thorns...well, you know me
long enough to know about that.
MELFI
Well, as a business leader, you do
have a leadership role to play.
TONY
Right. Just like my father before
me. It's like he showed me the way
and sent me to continue his--
MELFI
So you see your father as God? And
you are Christ?
TONY
(smiling)
Yeah, something like that? I ain't
goin' to hell for thinking it am I?
MELFI
I don't know who is going to hell
or if it even exists.
TONY
Yeah, I forgot. You're a woman of
science.
MELFI looks at TONY and gives a shrug.
TONY (CONT'D)
Now, take this colleague I
mentioned earlier. This guy is
jumpin' the chain and giving orders
to my people.
MELFI
Can you take it to a higher
