Warning: This post contains spoilers for the 2006 film The Departed. Ahead of the Nov. 1 limited-theater premiere of his film The Irishman — the new movie will hit Netflix on Nov. 27 — director Martin Scorsese has cleared up a long-lingering question about one of his past projects, The Departed. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Scorsese finally explained the true meaning behind the last words spoken by Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, undercover cop Billy Costigan, before he is shot in the head and killed by the corrupt Trooper Barrigan (James Badge Dale). The confrontation in question occurs after Costigan arrests Sgt.