[classic swim]

Derrick: Another immigrant, arriving in this city, trying to make something of himself. Niko: Brings a tear to my eye.

Roman: Your mother is there, but for me there is nothing. The Old Country stopped being home for me when Mama was taken from me in the war. Here is my home now. Niko: Things are alright back home now. Roman: My mother would be here if she was still alive. She was such a strong woman.

- A Long Way to Fall. • 2008 Teddy Benavidez meets a sharp end at the Galveston Towers.

“Seems this guy does not respect the waste management business.” - Ray Boccino

... • 2008 Niko Bellic receives a more formal introduction to Ray Boccino after those little scores with Packie McReary. Over at Ray’s restaurant Drusilla’s on Little Italy. Niko starts working for Boccino and inquires help tracking down someone in case the government contact’s not helpful.

Ray: Why go through all this? Why stick your neck out? Why do all this work? Niko: Because I need the money, because I can't do anything else. And, because I'm good at it.

- Smackdown. • 2008 Niko gets rid of Bucky Sligo for Derrick McReary.

... • 2008 Niko finds Derrick, the oldest McReary brother strung out on his luck in the public park. Derrick’s got a tough time facing his demons and confronting his posse from the past.

Packie: Francis - you know about Francis - he wanted to be a priest. Niko: Really? Packie: He got thrown out of the seminary, for cheating. He tried to cheat God. Can you believe it? So, he became a fucking cop.

... • 2008 Niko Bellic has unwittingly encountered the serial killer that the LCPD’s failed at identifying for well over a month. Eddie Low’s made nights of attacking unsuspecting joggers.

Niko: I'd really like to get back on planet earth, so maybe I'll see you later.

“Wait! Wait! Wait, mister! Do you ever wonder? Do you ever wonder if animals... if they masturbate?” - Eddie Low

Alderney • 2008 ...A place where people from Algonquin go to dump their trash.

Kate: An Irish family manages to make it the eighteenth century when or whenever they are. The men in my family are just highwaymen and moralists, usually both in equal measure. Niko: I don't know if I'd agree that Packie’s a moralist. He seems like a highwayman through and through.

Gerry: Nice work. Real nice. I'll let Jimmy P know about that. I'll cut you in on anything he throws my way. Don't know how long I'm gonna be outside, I though. I feel like the ops might knock Ma's door down at any moment. Take me to the pen. Niko: Good luck with that, Gerry. Gerry: Yeah, thanks. Please, look after my family if I go inside.

- I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, And Your Motorcycle. • 2008 Niko takes on the disguise of an Albanian gangster and performs the hit on Frankie Garone.

Niko: Which Albanian? Gerry: This one.

- Actions Speak Louder Than Words. • 2008 Niko plants a bomb onto Tony Black’s car. The Ancelotti capo had his meeting set to a fiery blaze.