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Dan Fucks
Dan Fucks sits in the corner booth of Sugah's with a big stogie and a shirt open to the lowest button MEN E1·00:39:15. Freddie introduces him as the proprietor of the club, "the purveyor of all pleasures, earthly and otherwise" MEN E1·00:39:55. He hands a punched patron a new pleasure, "that one time a barber whispered in our ear during a haircut" MEN E1·00:46:06.
Dan Fucks is the "Speakeasy Scoundrel" MEN E1·00:39:55 of the Prefrontal PIs, played by Freddie, who runs the pleasure club Sugah's MEN E1·00:39:55. When the club is raided in MEN_01 he talks Chief Tightass down and is freed "for now" MEN E1·00:52:44 MEN E1·00:54:02. He calls Conrad "My mortal enemy" MEN E1·01:25:04, has found a new note on his door every morning, and breaks the door down to drag Conrad and the dog inside MEN E1·01:25:04 MEN E1·01:30:01. In MEN_02 he says "We have an adversarial relationship." MEN E2·00:42:00 about Conrad, uses Trouble Maker to ask a criminal network what is happening in the city, and distracts the mail carrier Wilton at the station MEN E2·00:42:00 MEN E2·00:39:15 MEN E2·01:03:44. In MEN_03 he asks "Conrad, you little shit! Why don't you turn yourself in?" MEN E3·00:14:30 and puts his savings on Hunch, entered as Stacy Fakename, in the prize fight MEN E3·00:14:30 MEN E3·01:29:28 MEN E3·01:29:50. He accuses Dom Nuntz of being Fight, and Dom answers "I'm not!" MEN E3·01:37:08 MEN E3·01:37:11.
In MEN_04 Dan walks out to the shock troopers saying "It's sex time, everybody!" and is beaten unconscious MEN E4·00:25:43 MEN E4·00:28:10. Hunch treats him with a crown of frozen steaks, whiskey and injections, and Dan comes round saying "Ah my money." MEN E4·01:11:59 MEN E4·01:13:54. He is booked at the precinct as "Daniel. Fucks. Spelled the way you think." MEN E4·01:48:16, tells Justin that Conrad stands between him and "unfettered pleasure" MEN E4·01:50:03, and fires his handcuffs into the chief of police's brain MEN E4·01:48:16 MEN E4·01:50:03 MEN E4·01:53:43. In MEN_05 he objects in court, nominates himself, and is awarded emergency powers: "Finally!" MEN E5·01:08:47 MEN E5·01:23:10. Don Avaricci has him and Anastasia put in his car, and Dan blurts out "Oh, that piece of shit!" MEN E5·01:30:03 about Conrad before the Don orders them to soften him up MEN E5·01:26:23 MEN E5·01:27:14 MEN E5·01:30:03 MEN E5·01:30:12. With the Don he talks of running the city together, but when the Don asks whether he likes "that child" Dan answers "Absolutely not!" MEN E5·02:08:03 MEN E5·02:23:10. Freddie describes a feeling in Dan that doing the right thing has its own rewards MEN E5·02:06:42.
In MEN_06 Dan steps out of the Don's car, lures Justin and Conrad closer, and phones Sugah's MEN E6·00:23:11 MEN E6·00:23:48 MEN E6·00:28:05. He tells Conrad that Don Avaricci demands Conrad's death, and admits he is not saving him out of kindness: "No, absolutely not, you dolt!" MEN E6·00:35:32 MEN E6·00:34:24. When the gangsters open fire, Don Avaricci shoots Dan; he falls with a note reading "please reconsider" MEN E6·01:01:17 in his coat, and as he falls he tells Conrad "Stay hidden!" MEN E6·01:00:44 MEN E6·01:02:15. Brennan has the others watch as he falls to the ground and blood pools MEN E6·01:02:30. Later, lying wounded, Dan says "I die with no regrets." MEN E6·01:12:17. Officer Joie de Vivre slides in next to him, and Dan comes to with "My money! Where's my money?" MEN E6·01:23:08 MEN E6·01:22:43. He tells the gangsters "I returned like Lazarus from the dead!" MEN E6·01:28:15. In the epilogue Dan shows Conrad the alley behind Sugah's, takes the 70 of a 30-70 cut, becomes the impresario of the neighborhood of pleasures, and tells Hans that front-facing public office is not for him MEN E6·01:43:36 MEN E6·01:44:19 MEN E6·01:44:53 MEN E6·01:45:09.
Character sheet — Mentopolis
Mentopolis sheet of Dan Fucks (played by Freddie Wong). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.
Features
- Proprietor of Sugah's — Freddie: "the proprietor of the club, the purveyor of all pleasures, earthly and otherwise", Dan Fucks. MEN E1·00:39:55
- Card background lines — Three lines under the title on his file card: Owner of Club Sugah's; Last seen with an open shirt and a big fat stogie; Conscience: None on record. MEN E1·00:39:54
- File stamp DEPRAVED — His file No. 80085-69 is stamped DEPRAVED in the transcript caption of the full card with the three features; the name on the card is spelled differently from frame to frame. MEN E1·01:23:05
- Sage Motivator — Card feature: spend Moxie to help a friend even when you're not present. MEN E1·01:23:05 MEN E1·01:23:11
- Treasure Hunter — Card feature: spend 1 Moxie to find a mundane, useful item nearby. MEN E1·01:23:05 MEN E1·01:23:11
- Trouble Maker — Card feature: spend 1 Moxie to receive help from a criminal network. MEN E1·01:23:05 MEN E1·01:23:11
- Snoop plus two (not named) — Freddie adds a fixed 2 to Snoop: "Seven plus two, 9." at his club; the source is not named. MEN E2·00:04:32 MEN E2·01:51:29
- Trouble Maker used: a criminal network — Freddie: he uses Trouble Maker, "spend a Moxie to locate and receive help within reason" from a criminal network, to learn what is happening in the city. MEN E2·00:39:15
- Sage Motivator used: a Moxie for Hunch — Freddie: "I can give you one, which is Sage Motivator." He burns his one Moxie for a pep talk recalled in a flashback to Dan talking to Hunch about intimidating people. MEN E2·01:59:39 MEN E2·01:59:53 MEN E2·01:59:58
- Moxie: one in hand, one lent — Freddie: "I only have one, so maybe someone can lend me a Moxie here."; Trapp and Alex each can lend one. He spends a Moxie on Trouble Maker for the contact at Sugah's. MEN E3·01:03:10 MEN E3·01:03:16 MEN E3·01:03:17
- Moxie from Danielle and Trapp on a Savvy — Short of a Savvy 5 (three rolled, two Moxie needed to get there), Freddie takes help: Danielle burns two to give him one and Trapp burns another two; he calls it 5. MEN E4·00:21:52 MEN E4·00:21:55 MEN E4·00:21:58 MEN E4·00:21:59
- Beaten unconscious by the troopers — After his Slick 2 fails, Brennan asks a Sturdy and says to try not to fail by more than five; Freddie: "One, one, baby." Brennan: Dan gets about twenty nightsticks in a circle of bruises and is fully unconscious. MEN E4·00:28:01 MEN E4·00:28:07 MEN E4·00:28:10
- Moxie for being knocked out — Siobhan asks whether Dan can get his Moxie for passing out; Brennan: "For getting absolutely wailed on, incredible." and notes Moxie is now quadruple in the red. MEN E4·00:29:36 MEN E4·00:29:43
- Revived with steaks, whiskey and an injection — Hunch's Savvy 9 gets Dan up; Brennan has Dan come to; he comes round with a crown of frozen steaks on his head. MEN E4·01:11:59 MEN E4·01:12:37 MEN E4·01:13:14 MEN E4·01:13:21
- Pep talk for Hunch's Sturdy 11 — Hunch's Sturdy 11 is one short of the DC 12 to heal with cold steaks; Freddie offers the pep talk he gave about healing your friends (Sage Motivator, as defined earlier), with a harp flashback; the words 'friends are a lot like steaks' are Trapp's in Dan's voice. MEN E4·01:26:50 MEN E4·01:26:54 MEN E4·01:27:05 MEN E4·01:27:12
- Kills the chief of police — Chained in the precinct, Freddie tries to bust out the handcuffs; a Sneak 10, rolled 12 and 12 plus 7, is 31 in all; Brennan: the handcuff shoots and impales the chief of police in the brain and he falls down dead. MEN E4·01:52:57 MEN E4·01:53:06 MEN E4·01:53:22 MEN E4·01:54:12
- The chief's death, called inadvertent — Brennan's recap: "Dan Fucks killed the chief of police." Completely inadvertently. MEN E5·00:06:25
- Treasure Hunter used: the snake drawing — Freddie: Snoop "8 plus 2, 10" and he spends a Moxie to find a mundane but useful item; Hank pays for him and tells him to keep his own; he finds the papers. MEN E5·00:18:16 MEN E5·00:21:56
- Disguised in fairy wings — To go into the courthouse Imelda pulls fairy wings from her bag and puts them on Dan. MEN E5·00:49:35
- Nominates himself; emergency powers — In court: He objects and says "I hereby nominate myself!" Judge Fusion: Daniel Fucks is awarded emergency powers; Dan: "Finally!" MEN E5·01:08:47 MEN E5·01:23:06 MEN E5·01:23:10
- Beaten by Avaricci's gangsters — Brennan's die explodes to 12 on the Slick against him; Freddie: "Two!" The Don orders his boys to soften him up and Dan: "Second time today!"; no injury level is given. MEN E5·01:29:50 MEN E5·01:30:07 MEN E5·01:30:12
- Trouble Maker used: phone call to Sugah's — Freddie: "I only have three" Moxie and Hank gives two; "one, two, three, four. I'm gonna spend that." He calls Sugah's. MEN E6·00:27:52 MEN E6·00:28:02 MEN E6·00:28:05
- Bullets glance off him — Asked for a Sturdy 15 against the gangsters' bullets, Freddie rolls a six that explodes, another six, 12, then four on the Box of Doom for a total of 16 (arithmetic); the bullets ricochet. MEN E6·00:47:34 MEN E6·00:47:44 MEN E6·00:47:57 MEN E6·00:48:13
- Shot by the gangsters — His Sturdy is a 1; Freddie considers Moxie but drops it, turns his back and the gangsters unload. Brennan then notes he has sustained a heavy injury before, and Hank points out he has just been shot by a bunch of shots. MEN E6·00:59:52 MEN E6·00:59:56 MEN E6·01:00:03 MEN E6·01:00:57
- Shot by Don Avaricci; last words — Don Avaricci shoots him (Sharp 8 plus 4 is 12 against Dan's Sturdy 5); Dan falls, blood pooling, with a note in his coat reading please reconsider, and tells Conrad to stay hidden, revising his previous statement. Brennan describes his last gasps; no death is declared. MEN E6·01:00:44 MEN E6·01:00:56 MEN E6·01:01:17 MEN E6·01:02:15 MEN E6·01:02:30
- Weak response while being treated — Hunch's Sturdy 3 does not close the gap; Freddie offers a plus one from Sage Motivator; Brennan: Dan has "some weak ability to respond" and says he has no regrets. MEN E6·01:12:14 MEN E6·01:11:45 MEN E6·01:12:17
- Revived by Joie de Vivre — Officer Joie de Vivre slides in next to Dan with a 14 on the Sturdy die; Brennan says Dan comes to; his first words are about his money. MEN E6·01:22:43 MEN E6·01:23:06 MEN E6·01:23:08
Items
- Fairy wings (worn) — Imelda puts her fairy wings on Dan as a disguise. MEN E5·00:49:33 MEN E5·00:49:35
- Note: please reconsider — A little square of paper in his coat soaks up the blood; it reads please reconsider. MEN E6·01:01:17
By episode
MEN E1: The Big Guy
- Seated in the corner booth with a big stogie and a shirt open to the lowest button — 00:39:15; "the proprietor of the club, the purveyor of all pleasures, earthly and otherwise" — 00:39:55
- Hands out a new pleasure to a punched patron: "that one time a barber whispered in our ear during a haircut" — 00:46:06
- Orders Hans to "dispose of him discreetly and pleasurably" regarding Donny — 00:45:09
- When raided, talks Chief Tightass down (Slick 11) and gets freed "for now" — 00:52:44, 00:54:02
- Wants to expand: "tearing down that wall, opening up a wing, maybe taking over a little bit more of the red light district" — 00:53:28
- Calls Conrad "My mortal enemy" — 01:25:04; has found a new note on his door every morning — 01:30:01; breaks the door down and drags Conrad and the dog inside — 01:30:01
- Offers Hunch a "shiny rock that we remember" — 01:28:15
- Wants to beat Conrad up: "Give me one good reason I shouldn't beat this kid up right now." — 01:40:30
MEN E2: The Scattered Mind
- Checks his club and the neighbourhood: "This neighborhood sucks now!" — 00:05:05
- Yells at Conrad: "Assuredly so!" — 00:12:17; "We have an adversarial relationship." — 00:42:00
- Orders pancake syrup and gets a memory of Elias guzzling syrup in a pantry — 00:34:51, 00:35:06
- Uses Trouble Maker to ask a criminal network what is happening in the city — 00:39:15
- Proposes the station: "I think we should go to the station and see what's going on" — 00:51:40
- Distracts Wilton at the station with a slap and an embrace — 01:03:44, 01:12:05
- Gets a Slick 18 to send a goon after "that little shit" — 01:55:50, 01:56:03
- Gives a Moxie through Sage Motivator, recalled as an earlier pep talk — 01:59:39, 01:59:53
MEN E3: F For Freezer
- Drifts into despair: "What does it matter what I said? What was the point of this whole life?" — 00:06:43
- Is persuaded: "By god, man, you're right! You've lifted my ill spirits!" — 00:08:35
- Pushes the plan: "Conrad, you little shit! Why don't you turn yourself in?" — 00:14:30
- Proposes "my good cousin Foot Stuff" as an F: "The Fs, they could stand for fight, flight, and my good cousin Foot Stuff!" — 00:47:06
- Spends a Moxie on Trouble Maker; the group goes back by Sugah's and calls up people — 01:03:10, 01:03:33
- Sits in the middle of the back seat: "Quite comfortable! Spacious!" — 01:02:47
- Pulls the doorman Tiny aside, offers him "Five dollars a week" — 01:14:35
- Tells the promoter he is "the manager of this brick shithouse" — 01:17:07
- Bets everything on Hunch (as "Stacy Fakename") through Justin — 01:29:28, 01:29:50
- Shakes Dom: "Now listen here, you son of a bitch! I know you're Fight!" — 01:37:08
MEN E4: Grappling With Death
- Walks out to the troopers: "Gentlemen, gentlemen, stand down! Stand down! Good news, it's finally happening!" — 00:25:22; "It's sex time, everybody!" — 00:25:43; "We're finally having sex for the first time." — 00:27:14
- Is beaten unconscious: Brennan: "Dan Fucks gets about 20 nightsticks" and "Dan Fucks is fully unconscious" — 00:28:10; "MVP, baby, MVP." — 00:28:48
- Wakes with "a crown of steaks": "It's just, hey, we've transcended the mortal realm, I see." — 01:13:21
- Reacts to the failure: "Ah my money." — 01:13:54
- Pep talk (Freddie's idea, spoken by Trapp in Dan's voice): "You know, friends are a lot like steaks." / "A good friend is rare." — 01:26:50, 01:27:05, 01:27:12
- Booked at the precinct: "Daniel. Fucks. Spelled the way you think." — 01:48:16
- Tells Justin why he dislikes Conrad: "Conrad stands between me and my ultimate ambition, unfettered pleasure." — 01:50:03
- Offers Justin a scheme with Wilton: "There is a revolution coming, my friend." — 01:52:13
- Fires the handcuffs into the chief of police's brain (Sneak total 31): "Gentlemen witness Houdini manifest." — 01:53:43
MEN E5: Emergency Powers
- Uses Treasure Hunter with a Moxie (Hank pays) and finds the snake drawing — 00:18:16, 00:21:56, 00:22:34
- To Conrad: "Stop sneaking up on me!" — 00:24:21
- Disguised by Imelda in fairy wings: "Some sort of disguise, perhaps!" — 00:49:33, 00:49:35
- At court: "Me! I object!" <…> "I hereby nominate myself!" and "Emergency power should be granted to me!" — 01:08:47, 01:09:00
- Marshmallow speech: "A vote for me is a vote for a marshmallow immediately." — 01:20:09
- Awarded emergency powers: "Finally!" — 01:23:10
- Whispers to the judge: "I bet you he killed the chief of police." — 01:23:55
- Asked about Conrad he says "Who?", then blurts "Oh, that piece of shit! <…> I hate that-"; the Don orders "soften him up, boys!" and Dan: "Second time today!" — 01:29:41, 01:30:03, 01:30:07, 01:30:12
- With the Don: "Mayor Fucks to you." and slogan "let the good times roll" — 02:01:47, 02:05:56
- Freddie's account of Dan's conflict: a feeling of "wait, hold on. Doing the right thing in a moralistic society has its own rewards, too!" — 02:06:42
- Winks at A. Tension; tells the Don "We could run the city together!" — 02:07:59, 02:08:03
- Pitches pillows with four cold sides; the Don asks if he likes "that child" and Dan says "Absolutely not!" — 02:21:37, 02:23:10
- Agrees to bring Conrad out: "Very well, very well." — 02:25:12
MEN E6: Case Closed
- Steps out of the Don's car: "Sorry, something in my eye. Oh god." — 00:23:11
- Lures Justin out ("Lead me to your child.") and Conrad closer; asks for "the download" — 00:23:48, 00:25:24
- Phones Sugah's after spending four Moxie, three of his own and Hank's two offered ("So one, two, three, four. I'm gonna spend that."): "I'd like to call Sugah." — 00:27:52, 00:28:05
- Tells Conrad his plan: "Don Avaricci wishes to enter a partnership with me" and "demands the head, the death of you, Conrad" — 00:34:24
- Admits he is not saving Conrad out of kindness: "No, absolutely not, you dolt!" and "I plan on getting all of that!" — 00:35:32, 00:35:35
- Flashes the gangsters ("Gentlemen, there are ladies present! Check this out!") — Slick 6 plus 4 is 10; they shoot — 00:46:37, 00:46:56
- Sturdy 15 through the bullets: sixes explode to 12, then the Box of Doom: "Four, baby!" — 00:47:57, 00:48:13
- Shot by the gangsters and then by Don Avaricci; falls with a note in his coat reading "please reconsider"; last words "Stay hidden!" and "I revise my previous statement!" — 01:01:17, 01:02:15
- Dying: "I have no regrets. I die with no regrets. A life well lived." — 01:12:17
- Revived by Joie de Vivre: "My money! Where's my money? I was rich! I remember this!" — 01:23:08
- To the gangsters: "I returned like Lazarus from the dead! Wouldn't you rather work for an immortal man such as myself?" (Slick 13 against 8) — 01:28:15, 01:28:29
- Epilogue (Freddie): shows Conrad the alley behind Sugah's; 70-30 cut; does not want public office: "front-facing public office is not the place for me." — 01:43:00, 01:44:07, 01:44:19, 01:45:09; Brennan: "Dan Fucks becomes the impresario of this whole neighborhood of pleasures" — 01:44:53