Eileen ("Candy") goes on an awkward date with a man named Jack she met at a record store, finishing with an unexpectedly passionate kiss. Rudy and Tommy take Vince to an empty building, which will be his next business. Vince and Abby begin a relationship and have sex in the bar after work. Rudy and Tommy have a worker at Bobby's site beaten up as an example to the other workers when he questions their check cashing scheme.
A fight breaks out in the bar, so Vince hires more security in the form of a gunman: an ex- Vietnam vet named "Black" Frankie. Later Abby buys Darlene a bus ticket back home, wanting her to get out of the sex trade. Abby, a budding feminist, is disgusted by the pimps and bonds with Darlene and Ashley. Andrea tells Vince that she and the kids miss him and wants to get back together. Alston later tests the "no-go zone" by arresting a man for drug possession but he is told to let the offender go by his bosses. Sandra and Alston later go out together while Alston thinks it's more of a date, Sandra is scouting for her report. However, at the station, Alston recognizes she isn't one of them, and she introduces herself as a journalist. Sandra, while interviewing sex workers on the street, accidentally gets rounded up with them by the police. Paul also wishes to open his own bar, but Vince likes running the Hi-Hat with him. Paul, a gay bartender who works with Vince, goes out for dinner with his closeted boyfriend. Story by : George Pelecanos and Lisa Lutz During a successful opening night at the bar, a drifter named Big Mike stops an angry man from pulling a gun Vince then hires him for security at the bar. Abby quits her telemarketing job and goes to work at Vince's bar, the Hi-Hat, which is having its opening night.
Sandra interviews another sex worker, but has to pay her. tells Lori to "play the long-game", by gaining regular customers. Darlene, after spending extra time with one of her regulars (an elderly man who just watches old movies with her), works overtime to compensate Larry. The NYC patrolmen, including Alston and Flanagan, are told about certain " no-go areas" for arrests. Rudy and his associate Tommy Longo meet with their lawyer to purchase real estate in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Bobby has a heart attack on his construction site and ends up in the hospital. Candy fills in for a friend at a porno shoot and is interested in the filmmaking process.Ĭandy goes to lunch with porn director Harvey Wasserman, where she pitches herself for a job in the filmmaking business. Sandra Washington, a reporter, tries to talk to Darlene at a bar, but Larry intervenes. While she doesn't love C.C., this incident convinces her that she needs a pimp's protection. stabs and kills a man who is impersonating a police officer in order to kidnap Lori. continues to educate Lori about the New York streets and the "advantages" of having a pimp, but she hopes to use him as much as he uses her. Abby drops out of school and moves into the city and takes a telemarketing job. Because Vince was able to successfully draw customers to a struggling Korean bar, Rudy gives Vince the chance to rebuild another failing bar and to take it as his own. Since the workers receive their paychecks on Friday, they have to wait until Monday to cash them at the bank, or they can receive cash on Friday, although at a slightly reduced pay. Vince, Frankie, and their brother-in-law Bobby, a Brooklyn construction foreman, come up with a money-making scheme at Bobby's construction site involving the worker's paychecks. Vince begins to work with mob capo Rudy Pipilo. terrorizing and wounding Ashley with a knife after she begs not to work in the rain. The next morning, Abby arrives for an exam, but walks away without entering the classroom. The arresting officer, Flanagan, lets her go without charge and takes her to Vince's bar, but Abby is attracted to Vince instead. At the police station, she meets officer Chris Alston, who is versed on the players in the streets.
College student Abby is arrested for buying drugs. Candy is introduced to the ascendant pornographic film industry. Eileen, whose street name is "Candy", is a street walker and single mother, who chooses to work without a pimp. Another pimp, Larry Brown, is abusive towards the women who work for him, one of whom is the sweet-natured Darlene. has already ensnared Ashley, who is in love with C.C. tries to seduce innocent-looking Lori, a new arrival from Minnesota, but she knows his game and joins him willingly. Fed up with his unfaithful wife, Andrea, Vince leaves his family and decides to focus on his bar. Vince's identical twin brother, reckless gambler Frankie, owes money to several mobsters and bookies. In 1971, Brooklyn bartender Vince is working seven days a week to provide for his family.