Gotham (TV Series)

Penguin's Umbrella (2014)

John Doman: Carmine Falcone

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• Carmine Falcone : I envy you boys. Having nothing to lose must be liberating. Must feel pretty good.

  James Gordon : Yes, it does.

  Carmine Falcone : Suppose you did have something to lose. What would you do then? Suppose, for instance, I had a knife to Barbara Kean's throat, right now? Would you still be so brave?

  James Gordon : You don't.

  Carmine Falcone : I'm telling you, I do.

  James Gordon : You're a liar.

  Carmine Falcone : I have many faults, but I'm not a liar. Victor Zsasz has Barbara. You know Victor.

  James Gordon : You're lying. She's far away.

  Carmine Falcone : She came back. Came right to me to plead for your life. You have a good woman there. She loves you very much. Too much.

  James Gordon : Prove it. Prove you have her.

  Carmine Falcone : I could. But I won't. I want you to believe me.

  Harvey Bullock : It's obvious, Jim. He's lying.

  Carmine Falcone : Am I? If you think, go ahead and try to bring me in. You'll be dead, so you won't know what happens to Barbara. But it won't be pretty.

  Harvey Bullock : Lying.

  Carmine Falcone : On my mother's grave. Drop your gun, and Barbara won't be harmed in any way.

• Sal Maroni : Um, I heard Vic Zzasz tore up the GCPD, tracking down Gordon. Did you catch him yet?

  Carmine Falcone : We're working on it.

  Sal Maroni : Well, good luck with that. There's nothing more dangerous than an honest man, huh?

• Oswald Cobblepot : Mr. Falcone, indeed I have a secret of great value. I have one request: give the job of killing me to James Gordon.

  Carmine Falcone : Why him?

  Oswald Cobblepot : He's the only man under your sway with a conscience. He can be persuaded to spare me.

  Carmine Falcone : Why would I agree to that? I want you dead, you're a snitch.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Because I will be your snitch for life. I will snitch my way into the Maroni family. I have a gift for this, I'm excellent at this kind of thing.

  Carmine Falcone : If the job of killing you goes to James Gordon, what is the valuable secret?

  Oswald Cobblepot : Fish Mooney and Nikolai the Russian only pretend to hate each other. They're lovers. She's pushing him to take your place so she can take over from him.

  Carmine Falcone : Hmm... that *is* a valuable secret.

• Carmine Falcone : What on earth are you thinking?

  James Gordon : We're thinking we're taking you both to jail and charge you with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

  Carmine Falcone : Try and take me in, you won't make it to the end of the street.

  Mayor Aubrey James : That's exactly what I said.

  James Gordon : This is a lawful arrest. If you resist, you will be shot.

  Carmine Falcone : I see. We all die together in a blaze of glory.

  James Gordon : If that's how it works out, it's fine with me. How about you, Harvey?

  Harvey Bullock : Fine by me.

  Mayor Aubrey James : Oh, God.

• Fish Mooney : Gordon must die, Bullock must die, Penguin must die today!

  Carmine Falcone : You're overreacting. You want to start a war over the guy who carried your umbrella?

  Fish Mooney : He was on my hip every bit of the way! He knows things!

  Carmine Falcone : What things?

  Fish Mooney : ...He knows too much!

  Carmine Falcone : Go to Maroni and politely ask for him back - *politely*.

• Carmine Falcone : Such a waste though. Gotham needs men like you. Both of you. Strong men with principles. I wish I could show you I'm not the enemy. The system is not the enemy. The enemy is anarchy. But I told you that before, didn't I, Jim?

  James Gordon : Yes, you did.

  Carmine Falcone : You didn't listen though.

  Harvey Bullock : Do we get a last meal or a smoke or anything? Or just talk?

• Carmine Falcone : [to Oswald]  Condemned men are honest men, I find. What can you tell me before you go?

• [last lines] 

  Carmine Falcone : It's almost uncanny. Everything played out exactly as you said it would. We got rid of Nikolai painlessly, and Maroni thinks you're a wizard. You really do have a gift. But I think we're making a mistake letting Gordon live. He's trouble.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Thank you so much for sparing him. I appreciate the favor. Don't worry. He'll see the light. One way or another, I guarantee it.