Unforgettable (TV Series)

The Combination (2014)

James Hiroyuki Liao: Jay Lee

Quotes 

• Al Burns : So, if Carrie's right and Johnny threw the fight, who do we think that would piss off?

  Jay Lee : Everybody. We're talking managers, promoters, gamblers, all of them.

  Al Burns : So let's get a list together and...

  Jay Lee : [stopping short]  Holy crap, Al. That's Andre Kade. The rapper. You know, "I know I'm no psychic, but I know that you like it..."

  Al Burns : Okay, stop that. He's also Johnny's manager, which puts him at the top of our list.

• Jay Lee : I was doing a little research into Johnny D'Amato, because I'm more of a mixed martial arts guy. AK may not believe that Johnny took a dive, but he is in the minority. Check it out. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr; they're all saying the same thing: something was up with that fight. Now, take a look at round three.

  [playing footage of the match] 

  Jay Lee : See, Johnny just drops his gloves. I mean, come on, who does that?

  Al Burns : Sure doesn't look like the Johnny D'Amato I'm used to seeing.

  Jay Lee : Was he as good as they say?

  Al Burns : Oh, yeah. He was like the Italian-American Sugar Ray Leonard.

  Jay Lee : Oh, you mean the lightweight?

  Al Burns : Lightweight? Jay, as a New Yorker, as a sports fan, you need to appreciate. Sugar Ray Leonard is a legend.

  Jay Lee : Well, do you appreciate Anderson "The Spider" Silva? Or Fedor Emelianenko? No.

  Al Burns : Oh, get out of here.

  Jay Lee : And they were the greatest fighters of all time in my sport, so we're even.

  Al Burns : No, we're not even. Boxing is an art. That stuff you watch is a blood sport.

  Jay Lee : See, you say that like it's a bad thing.

• Jay Lee : So, if Johnny took a dive, why'd he do it?

  Al Burns : Maybe someone ordered him to.

  Jay Lee : Like somebody owned him.

  Al Burns : Could be. Check with Organized Crime. See if you can find a financial link to anybody who could have had Johnny under their thumb. Go back as far as you have to.

• Al Burns : You know who'd be really pissed off if Johnny actually threw that fight? His trainer, Casey McGraw.

  Jay Lee : [pulling up what they have on him]  Makes sense. In addition to a couple of battery raps he had as a teenager, look what he did to fighters who didn't give a hundred percent. He broke one guy's arm, cracked five ribs on somebody else. I don't even get why anybody would train with him.

  Al Burns : He was the best. Fighters thought he was worth the risk. But you got to wonder what Casey would do if one of his greatest fighters took a dive.

• Jay Lee : Hey, Al. I've been doing a little research, and as a New Yorker and a sports fan, I feel obligated to tell you that your boy Sugar Ray Leonard lost three times in his career.

  Al Burns : What's your point, Jay?

  Jay Lee : Oh, I'm just saying, you know...

  Al Burns : How many losses does your guy Silva have?

  Jay Lee : Well, that's not really relevant, is it?

  Al Burns : Six. You're not the only one around here knows how to do research.

• Jay Lee : Johnny had some unusual connections. You see this lady? She's been in tons of photos with Johnny over the years. Her name is Dafina Dervishi.

  Al Burns : Dervishi? As in Agim and Edon Dervishi?

  Jay Lee : Afraid so.

  Al Burns : So we're talking Albanian mob.

  Jay Lee : Yep. And that's not all. I checked with NCIC; it turns out Johnny filed individual restraining orders against four members of the Dervishi family just three weeks ago.

  Al Burns : Why?

  Jay Lee : Doesn't say. It's just a standard "stay 1,500 feet the hell away from me" kind. Anyways, let me introduce you to the family. Agim, Edon, Megi, and Dafina. Agim's married to Dafina. Edon is Agim's brother. And Megi is married to Edon. Now, I know they don't look it, but... these folks are scary as hell.

• Carrie Wells : What's up?

  Jay Lee : Not my IQ since I started watching the "Staten Island Syndicate Wives" footage. I've gotten to know the real Dervishis pretty darn well.

  Al Burns : [watching a clip]  Okay, what about their alibis?

  Jay Lee : Airtight. Want to see what the family was up to around Johnny's time of death?

  Edon Dervishi : [playing another clip, in which a camera enters Edon and Megi's bedroom]  Hey, this is my bedroom. This is where I sleep with my wife.

  [saying something in Albanian] 

  Edon Dervishi : You're

  [bleep] 

  Edon Dervishi : dead, idiot! Shut...

  Jay Lee : [pausing the video]  I actually looked that up. You don't want to know what he's saying, trust me.

  Al Burns : You're kidding me with this.

  Jay Lee : I know, but, you know, once I started watching it, I really couldn't stop. Like the day Agim got a pedicure. You got to see it; it's... pretty funny.

• Al Burns : [spotting Johnny in footage from "Staten Island Syndicate Wives"]  This must've been before Johnny's restraining order kicked in. You know, his mom said he wasn't seeing anybody.

  Carrie Wells : Well, she was wrong. They're in a relationship, all right. But I can tell you something else: the way he's touching her, I think she's pregnant. Look at that. D-Do you have an address for her?

  Jay Lee : [searching]  Yep. 251 Walker Street.

  Carrie Wells : Okay, that is one block from where Johnny's driver dropped him off.

  Al Burns : That's where Johnny stopped before the festival.

  Jay Lee : Maybe Casey was there, found out about the relationship, about the pregnancy.

  Al Burns : Casey's a pretty traditional guy. She just graduated from college. I'm guessing he didn't like the situation.

  Jay Lee : Sounds like motive to me.

  Carrie Wells : No. I saw Casey's face. How he felt about Johnny. I'm not buying it.