A steroid-sculpted Tony Soprano starter kit withdreams bigger than his construction permits.Every inch the made man cliché—from his ever-present gold chain to his signature Ginny T—Frankie peppers his speech with enough F-bombs tomake Scorsese blush. While squatting in an EastVillage walkup with his stripper girlfriend andtheir kid, he’s hustling to build his hilariouslynamed legitimate business, “Plumb Leve & SquareConstruction.” The irony isn’t lost on anyone.Under Kenny Sears’ watchful eye, Frankiegenuinely tries to go straight, but old habitsand “connections” keep offering shortcuts:suddenly, premium building materials are “fallingoff trucks” and showing up at 123 West 15thStreet’s foundation job.His attempt at legitimate business startscrumbling faster than his questionably-sourcedconcrete, leading to an explosive finale thatproves some things—like unexploded WWI bombs—arebetter left buried.
