During a party in her apartment, Elizabeta Torres presents Johnny Klebitz to Niko and says that Johnny is "sitting on a big pile of heroin" that he wants to sell. She found a buyer for him but doesn't fully trust the buyer, so she asks Niko to go oversee the deal. Niko also meets Playboy X at the party, who accompanies him to the deal.
Mission Objectives[]
In order to complete the mission, the player must:
Take Playboy to the contact's apartment.
Follow Playboy to meet the contact on the 3rd floor.
A cutscene will follow. Johnny, Playboy X and Niko go into a room where two undercover LCPD officers are. One of them asks over and over again, "Are you carrying the stuff?" Then suddenly, as Johnny tries to call the deal off, the two undercover LCPD officers surround Niko and Playboy with guns, yelling, "Freeze, motherfuckers!" Johnny takes out the ambushing NOOSETRU team, and he and Niko and Playboy X decide to split up, so he escapes to the door downstairs on the first floor while Niko and Playboy X head for the roof.
When they get to the roof, they gain cover and kill the remaining NOOSE TRU agents. Niko then follows Playboy down the fire escape and kills the remaining cops on the stairs. They use a nearby door to go down to street level.
When Niko and Playboy are down there, they lose the police and Niko drives Playboy to his penthouse in Northwood, Algonquin (Algonquin is unlocked once the player gets to street level with Playboy).
Transcript[]
This section/page depicts all cutscenes and dialogues in the mission "Blow Your Cover" in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Elizabeta's Apartment
The cutscene opens on a party in Elizabeta's apartment.
Niko, this is Johnny. Now, Johnny is sitting on a big pile of heroin. I don't go near the stuff... professionally... but I found him a buyer. We're nervous. Will you oversee the deal and check everything is cool?
Niko:
Sure.
Elizabeta:
Thank you.
Johnny:
Well, I got to go pick up the stuff so, uh, I'll see you there.
Elizabeta:
A'ight.
Johnny leaves.
Elizabeta:
A'ight. So, who else do you need to meet, huh? Do you know Playboy?
Does Elizabeta get you to do stuff like this often?
Playboy X:
Elizabeta don't get me to do shit. I just like to keep an eye on things. There ain't a deal in this town I don't know about. I own this city, for real.
Niko:
Yeah, well how come we haven't met before?
Playboy X:
You obviously ain't been big time. I started small like you, player. Slinging rocks on the corner, sticking cats up, all type of shit. Them was the old days. Now it's all about diversification.
Niko:
A heroin deal is your way of diversifying?
Playboy X:
Money talks. Money say jump, cat say how high. This is a cash deal. I got other shit going down as well.
Niko:
What type of shit you got going on? I'm always looking for work, if it pays that is.
Playboy X:
I pay like a Shlongberg Sachs bonus, bitch. It's Christmas every day when you're rolling with this n***a.
Niko:
So, you got work?
Playboy X:
Not yet. I got to set shit up. But I'll need a cat like you real soon. Gimme your number.
Niko:
Tell me about that biker, the one with the smack, Johnny.
Playboy X:
I ain't workin with that cat but I heard about him. He doing all type of crazy shit. Blowing stuff up. Them boys, the Lost, they in some heavy type of gang war is what I heard. Crazy whiteboy shit. Think only one group can grow beards and ride bikes in this town.
Niko:
It's a big town.
Playboy X:
Not big enough for some people. What that other gang called? Death Angels or some shit. Anyways, be careful of this cat. Don't want to even look at him the wrong way, crazy motherfucker.
Niko:
You scared of him?
Playboy X:
I ain't scared of nobody. All them bikers is racist as shit is all.
Playboy X:
So, is you Russian or something? Is you like one of them oligarchs or some shit?
Niko:
I'm not from Russia, no.
Playboy X:
Nah? You sound like you coming outta Russia with that accent. That all good, money. Russia's big right now. Rabbit fur hats, Cherenkov vodka, I love that shit. The amount of... what you call dollars in Russia?
Niko:
I never been to Russia, but I think their money is called rubles.
Playboy X:
Hell yeah, the amount of rubles being dropped up in Liberty City is a joke. I want to get my hands on some of that shit. I don't care about the exchange rate or nothing. I want to be spending rubles like you gangsters.
Niko:
Yeah? You short of money at the moment? That why you're overseeing smack deals?
Playboy X:
You think I'm short of paper? I just helping out on this deal because Liz is my business partner. She my SoBo connection, hooks me up when I need her to. That why I look after her when she need me to.
Niko:
Is that how things go?
Playboy X:
For real. That's how shit works up in here. America is the business capital of the world 'cause that's how we roll. Me and Liz are entrepreneurs. Shit, if the deal makes paper, I do it.
Niko:
I like to make money, but there should be other considerations when you go into business with a person. I have learnt that at a price.
Playboy X:
True that, that right. I ain't no slut, jumping into any n***a give me the eye. Playboy's in bed with Liz because she got the hookups. That's probably why you rolling with her too. Maybe I could use a boy like you on team Playboy.
Niko:
You got work?
Playboy X:
For sure. Let me hook up with your number. You got a cell, right?
Niko:
Yeah.
Playboy X:
Gimme them digits, we see if we can make shit happen.
Shit man. I'd a fucking died instead of being caught by them feds. You take a bid on a heroin beef you ain't seeing light for a long time. You rotting up in that shit.
Niko:
Yeah?
Playboy X:
A future in a max security pen ain't no future at all. You forget about them cats that do that sort of time.
Niko:
Any of you friends on the inside?
Playboy X:
My man Dwayne Forge is inside on a crack beef. He showed me some shit back in the day but shit... When he gets out, if he ever does, it won't be the same world.
Niko:
What's different since this guy's been doing his bid?
Playboy X:
Shit changed. There be more to it than the crack tip nowaday. There be the smack tip, the rap game, X, chronic, meth... shit, I'm looking into expanding my horizons.
Niko:
Yeah?
Playboy X:
For sure, reach for the stars and all that shit! I don't see why a young kid from the hood can't make something out of himself... Street cats like me just get labeled as pimps, and pushers and stickup artists.
Niko:
But you are a drug pusher?
Playboy X:
That's just what I'm doing to get outta the ghetto. I don't see it as dealing drugs. Drugs is just one arm of my business. I'm buying and selling that shit like any commodity on the trading floor.
Niko:
Only this commodity is illegal.
Playboy X:
Yeah, but Playboy is going legitimate. I wanna be one of them developer cats. Build me some skyscrapers. See my name in big gold letters.
Niko:
Yeah, I thought you would want to build schools or something. Help young black men get out of the ghetto.
Playboy X:
Shit, that'll come. Got to get me successful first.
Playboy X:
Playboy X don't like coming that close to being taken down.
Niko:
Playboy X? What's the X stand for?
Playboy X:
Shit, I don't know, all type of shit.
Niko:
Like what?
Playboy X:
I ain't gonna use no fool's name, hell no. X is a fuck you to them fools who thought they owned me. Fucking federal government.
Niko:
Like Malcolm X?
Playboy X:
It's like X marks the spot. That's coz I was always on the same corner pushing weight. Always on the same spot so X.
Niko:
Sure.
Playboy X:
X is like extreme. Extreme bitches, extreme money, I always take things to the next level. Get involved in some extreme shit. Change the game.
Niko:
Really?
Playboy X:
It's like extra large as well. All type of bitches be calling me that, yeah.
Niko:
I bet they do.
Playboy X:
Should be like double X or triple X or something on that one though.
They arrive in front of the apartment.
Playboy X:
Here we be, money. I'll hit you up when I need your ass.
Mission Complete
Niko calls Elizabeta.
Niko:
Elizabeta, things didn't go so good. The contact was--
Elizabeta:
U.C. I know. Fucking feds is everywhere. I feel like they want me bad. We see what happens. I got some more deals to make.
This is great news, Niko. I got the insurance money for the cab depot burning down. The stupid bastards thought it was an electrical fire, not arson.
Niko:
Maybe it was an accident.
Roman:
Ha, ha. Yeah right. I've put the money into another cab depot. Bellic Enterprises is up and running again. Next stop - floating on the BAWSAQ. I'll give you shares, NB. Later on.
Video Walkthrough[]
GTA 4 - Mission 31 - Blow Your Cover (1080p)
Aftermath[]
Roman will call Niko and tell him that the insurance money on the old cab depot has been paid to him and that he has put the money into another taxi depot, meaning Niko can use Roman's cab service again. The driver serving Niko will still be the same one. However, the taxi missions remain unavailable for the rest of the game.
Playboy X will text Niko, telling him he's got work for Niko.
It is impossible to follow Johnny, as Niko will fail the mission because he abandoned Playboy X.
After killing the final NOOSE TRU member, if the player happens to fall off of the side of the building while Playboy X is still on the roof, getting into a car will spawn Playboy in it with him.
If Playboy is killed while Johnny is in sight before the deal, the mission will fail, and Johnny will walk out of the building and become a random pedestrian.
If Johnny is killed while Playboy is in sight before the deal, the mission will fail, and a cutscene will play with Niko and Playboy in front of Elizabeta's apartment building in a Stallion, with Playboy getting out of the car and walking away.
During the cutscene showing the deal, Charlie's partner is holding an Assault Rifle. However, during the shootout in gameplay, he uses a regular pistol instead.
While fighting on the rooftops, Playboy will mention more FIB coming at them, when in fact they are NOOSETRU.
Only in this mission and its crossover will the roof entrance be locked shut; the entrance will always be wide open outside the two missions.
During Elizabeta's party, a man who resembles Jimmy Hopkins, the main protagonist of Bully, another game developed by Rockstar Games, can be seen dancing in the background, wearing a blue vest.
If the player crosses the Algonquin Bridge while trying to lose the Wanted Level, they will attain a 6-star Wanted Level as they do when trying to cross the bridge during normal gameplay.
If the player leaves Playboy X behind while trying to lose the cops, the mission will not fail. After the Wanted Level is lost, an in-game message will tell the player that they are too far away from Playboy X.
If Playboy X dies after crossing the Algonquin Bridge on the way to his house, Niko will receive a six-star wanted level.
During the party in the cutscene, one of the partygoers shouts "Yeah! I'm the best!". This voice-clip and line are both taken from Bo Jackson from Bully.
The cutscene in which they meet the buyer shares similarities with a cutscene in GTA Online. In the final cutscene of the Series A Funding heist, Trevor is meeting a buyer that is an undercover DOA agent named Phil. Similar to Charlie, Phil is also wearing a colorful patented shirt and is awkward, making Trevor suspicious.
