..I""m going to blow my brains out right on the air, right in the middle of the seven o""clock news." Max flippantly remarks that it would boost ratings, not thinking seriously about he threat and its consequences:Max: You""d get a hell of a rating, I""ll guarantee you that.He takes his forceps and jerks a tooth from the mouth of a Chinaman patient.With great pain and longing on her face, Mrs.McTeague approaches and gazes thoughtfully at her son who is in the crowd - she ambitiously imagines her son bettering himself and in the same position as the dentist administering a glass of water to the Chinaman and being paid.On the Waterfrontemphasized he waterfront""s strict code of "D and D...Deaf and Dumb" -- keeping quiet instead of ""ratting out"" or testifying (as a ""friendly"" witness) before a Congressional waterfront crime commission against bullying union boss Johnny Friendly (an interesting and ironic choice of names), portrayed by Lee J." In close-up, they kiss and embrace, and clasp tightly together.She asks him to postpone public celebration for a few days until she tells her brother ("I""m elling him in the morning at breakfast").His guest for the evening arrives by gondola, lounging back like Cleopatra in her Nile barge and wearing a shimmering evening gown.