The Wire2002

[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] 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]... but family cannot be helped.

Proposition Joe Stewart:
Who you tellin'? I got muthaf***in' nephews and in-laws f***in' all my sh*t 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] So what the f***? [Sergei motions for Nick to sit; he does] 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 sh*t, you feel? The man cut you some slack, and soon every f***in'-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' f***ed up a package, askin' me to tell Cheese, who you f***ed 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 muthaf***a 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] 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] 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 muthaf***as.