Directed by Ben Affleck
Novel written by Dennis Lehane
Screenplay written by Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard
jh: 
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We go in, me and Nicky. Fifteen years ago, when Nicky went in, it was no joke. So, it’s a… It’s a stash house, right? The old lady’s beat to shit, the husband’s mean, cracked out, tries to give us trouble, Nicky lays him down. We’re doing an inventory, but it looks like we messed up because there’s no dope in the house, and I go in the back room… Now, this place was a shithole, mind you. Rats, roaches all over the place. But the kid’s room, in the back, was spotless. No, I mean, he swept it, mopped it, it was immaculate. The little boy’s sitting on the bed holding onto his PlayStation for dear life. There’s no expression on his face, tears streaming down. He wants to tell me he just learned his multiplication tables.
Christ.
I mean, the father’s got him in this crack den, subsisting on Twinkies and ass-whippings, and this little boy just wants someone to tell him that he’s doing a good job. You’re worried what’s Catholic? I mean, kids forgive. Kids don’t judge. Kids turn the other cheek. What do they get for it? So I went back out there, I put an ounce of heroin on the living room floor, and I sent the father on a ride, seven to nine.
That was the right thing?
Fucking A!
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