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Tonight on Nightclub Confidential...

We want them to come in here and go, "This isn't Tequila."

What the fuck is this?

So what were you doing until 6:30 in the morning?

-I'm done talking about it. -We're not done talking.

You remember my friend Laurel, right?

Are you back for good?

We'll see if anything keeps me here.

The club is not making money.

She knows we've made loans and we haven't made that money back.

We could just lose everything really fast.

Working in the industry is definitely hard on the personal life.

It's hard having relationships outside the club.

When he's up all night working in a club,

partying after, I really don't feel like I have a strong person

to put in what I need in a relationship.

My girlfriend is demanding to spend more time with me

and I'm not able to give her what she wants.

The club being slow, you know, it's your failing.

You start fighting with your partner.

It really snowballs on you.

Business isn't making money so it's a scary place to be in.

It's a scary place to put your family in.

It scares me.

Last weekend's big DJ show brought back that great feeling of Tequila magic.

But most weekends filling the club feels like a losing battle.

Clearing out the lazy staff

and bringing in the high-energy format has helped us

but it hasn't helped us enough, so I have a huge idea.

I'm gonna go right to the outside wall.

Our plan is to make Tequila into two rooms.

Tequila on one side and a speakeasy on the other.

But then you got too many bars.

You got too much staff, too many bars.

-Tequila's a huge room. -It's hard to fill.

Making a speakeasy will make Tequila smaller

and help it feel busier.

-Okay, I'll say that's 20. -Oh, this one's way longer.

We're trying to do a concept that keeps people talking and questioning.

We want them to come in here and go...

This isn't Tequila. What the fuck is this?

You know, we gotta do another 450,000-dollar renovation

and we gotta try and stretch 50,000 dollars to do that renovation.

Do you have a theme for in here?

It's like a cigar lounge, '40s mafia.

There's one obstacle.

My wife Nathalie is not pleased

with the idea that we'll have to put more money into Tequila.

I'd like to do this whole thing for 50 grand.

That could be done, for sure.

I think we could.

Topping off a little booze for tonight.

Being the front man at Tequila,

people think my position is just about partying.

My job entails a lot of stress and people don't see that.

Hey, Chris. I need a little favour, man,

and I hate to do this to you on a fricking long weekend,

but I just got a call and we have no opener.

I can get you a DJ, for sure I can.

Four in the afternoon and it feels like 9 AM.

It's been a long weekend

since we had a pretty big night Friday.

Porter's late. Sound check's late.

No, man, I asked Chunk to look at that.

-Want me to hop back and... -Sure, man.

-Do I gotta weigh in? -Just go.

Oh yeah, just tell me that, buddy.

Do we have a bartender coming, or...

For fuck sakes!

Let's do all this dumb shit at 10:00 'cause that's how we're fucking organized.

The fucking idiot.

After working all week at GT Flooring

and spending the day preparing the club, I was completely burnt out.

Maybe I'm just too fucking old, Paige.

I'm gonna fucking feel old when I wake up in the morning.

Some nights I ask myself what I was thinking

coming back to all of this.

Hi. How you doing?

You remember my friend Laurel, right?

-I think I remember Laurel. -Think you remember me?

How you doing, sweetheart? How are you?

Laurel's a girl I've known for many years

and she had moved away for school

and apparently she's back in Saskatoon now.

-You back for good? -I don't know. It depends.

We'll see if anything keeps me here.

If something keeps me here I'll stay, but if not I don't know.

Well we should go out sometime.

-We should go out and catch up. -Yeah, that'd be great.

It's hard having relationships outside the club

and that's why I've been single through all my years owning Tequila.

I don't know, go for a little drink, a little food, just chill out.

Okay.

-Yeah. -Yeah, that's it.

So I'm just being honest, like...

It must be a crazy night if you're drinking straight vodka.

This is normal.

-Laurel. -That's a little hardcore for me.

I remember Laurel who used to party too.

Oh, oh please.

Women close to my age have a hard time accepting my role here

because of the drinking, the socializing,

and all the women around me.

It's a whole another world of temptation and it just pulls you in.

Nice seeing you, though.

Yeah. Give me a call.

I will, for sure. I promise.

Okay. Sounds good.

Hey! No more.

Clear the door. Get everybody out. Let's go.

I usually call all of us in the industry vampires.

We usually go home before the sun goes up,

and we sleep all day until the sun goes down.

Well go, then go.

If you really do your job to the fullest here,

it's quite stressful.

Holy shit, is that terrible!

Sometimes you need a few drinks to unwind.

The only thing is I get off work at 3 AM.

So what were you doing until 6:30 in the morning?

Eating.

With Mitch's demotion from the club, you know,

I thought he would be coming home a little bit earlier,

but it's just not happening.

I didn't get out until 4.

That's two and a half hours that you sat and ate?

But when you came back here, you ate again.

When he's up all night working in a club

and then going out partying after.

He's training me for a fitness competition.

I'm gonna do the best I can.

I'm gonna make sure that you do the best that you can.

I really don't feel like I have a strong person to lean on,

especially in a time where it's getting really difficult.

You had two drinks after work, then you had food.

Yep.

There's really not much balance between Mitch's two jobs.

He has the club where he works and is up all hours,

you know, socializing, drinking with people.

And then you have your health and wellness center

that you work at in the morning.

You should just enjoy your sleep.

But what if I, what if I woke...

You're not gonna do well for your next show

if you don't get your sleep.

I'm a big boy. I can handle myself.

Mitch is not practicing what he is preaching.

You look up to a trainer, you know,

that should be your leader and your role model.

But he's working in a club and going out partying.

I'm done talking about it.

You can't just get up and leave like that.

We're not done talking.

We want them to come in here and go, "This isn't Tequila."

So what were you doing until 6:30 in the morning?

-I'm done talking about it. -We're not done talking.

Remember my friend Laurel, right?

You back for good?

I don't know. We'll see if anything keeps me here.

So Simon invited me out to dinner to Saboroso

and I was really excited to meet him and see what happened.

-Hey. -Hey.

I'm late. I'm sorry.

It's okay.

I had a crazy long day at GT

and I was running late for my date with Laurel.

-How's it going? -Good, how are you?

Don't you know not to leave a pretty girl waiting?

I know.

How hard is it to be on time for a date?

-How's it going? -Nice to see you.

-Nice to see you. -You look nice.

Other than that, there's a lot of chemistry there.

-So yeah, cheers. -Cheers.

-Nice seeing you. -You too.

You look very pretty.

That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all day.

Really?

So have you been like, what else?

Have you been on any dates?

I've gone on some dates.

They've been a complete nightmare.

I went on a date with this guy,

then had his ex-girlfriend show up and wanna fight me.

-Crazy. -How did, like...

It's like, you know, I haven't gone out searching much.

I've been on a few dates.

Really? Do tell.

It just seems like it's one spectrum to the other.

-Either they're really young, -Yeah.

Where they haven't even experienced much

or they've experienced too much.

Way too much, yeah.

So now it's at the point where it's hard to find

a 30-year-old woman who's a true woman.

Fricking phone's been going nuts.

We're having a great time at dinner and then his cell phone goes off.

You didn't just pull out your cell phone right now, did you?

I just, I thought, I thought I'd just quickly message.

Which is fine.

But then he proceeded to keep texting

while we were in the middle of a conversation.

It's rude, so put it away.

Okay. Okay. Time.

Like, now.

Done.

Oh, Simon's into himself. Absolutely he is.

That's part of the reason why I'm attracted to him.

I mean, he has that confidence.

You need a little training, hey?

-Oh, do I? -You think so?

A little bit.

Today J Roc and I are finalizing the speakeasy plans.

The problem is right here. This railing goes back here, right?

Nathalie's very unsure about building the speakeasy.

She knows we've made loans and we haven't made that money back.

So it's hard to swallow.

We gotta make more loans to get our original investment back.

The club is not making money,

and putting money into it

would mean bringing money in from somewhere else.

I'm not sure if we can afford to do that at this time.

It's just a mess.

We lost a lot of money the last couple years.

I feel anxious about it. It scares me.

This is starting to become a little overwhelming.

We put a lot of work into a lot of things,

and you could just lose everything

taking on something this big.

There's no guarantee throwing more money at it will fix it.

It's a complete financial gamble.

-I'm frustrated. -Just had to walk away.

-It's rude, so put it away. -Okay, okay.

You still do need a little bit of training.

You think so?

All right, go!

He's training me for a fitness competition,

but he's going out partying.

She knows we've made loans and we haven't made that money back.

We could just lose everything really fast.

Nathalie's not sure how to put so much money into the speakeasy.

Maybe she's right. Maybe this isn't the right location.

Maybe this isn't the right time to do this.

You got some drawings for me?

But Angus, my architect, walks through the door.

I'm anxious to see the drawings

and what this place is gonna look like.

All right. See what he came up with.

Oh, sweet. That looks good.

Seeing the drawings is exciting.

Looks awesome.

Looked like going forward in time, and we were finished.

-Hi, Angus, how are you? -Did you like it?

Looks good.

I'm a risk-taker and my risks have always paid off.

Good to see you, guys.

What I can guarantee is that it's gonna bring new business.

In the process, it might kill Tequila.

New business brings new money,

so, offset, I'm not gonna be in a worse position.

Security is all about making sure nothing interrupts liquor sales.

When there's a lot of drunk people in the room,

the job requires my constant attention.

Stop it. Why are you fighting me?

Don't touch me. Don't touch me.

My girlfriend shows up at the club

and it takes away my ability to do my job.

I don't want anything bad to happen to her.

I'm training hard. I need a break.

I just wanted that last little taste of what it'd be like to go out.

I haven't been out in a long time.

Are you okay with that?

She's supposed to be training for a show.

She might be drinking. She's staying up too late.

I'm worried about her.

No, no, no.

I have no intentions of drinking when I go out,

but Mitch might not believe that at this point.

We talked about this.

So, Simon invited me to the club and I was a little bit apprehensive,

just because our dinner didn't go that great.

But there is this undeniable chemistry

that I really do need to explore.

Hi.

-How you doing? -Just sneak up on me like that.

How you doing? You look great.

Thank you.

Well I got Simon out dancing and it was so much fun.

And as I said there's so much chemistry between him and I.

I did something where I came out of my shell,

and I rarely dance.

So it was probably the third or fourth time

that I could say I got on the dance floor and danced.

So we're having a fantastic time

and then he kept getting pulled away.

We have the two funniest guys in the country here tonight,

Kenny and Spenny.

Feel free to say hi. We hope you have a good night.

Party on. Thank you.

The work stuff I totally understand.

If he's busy at work he needs to do that, fine.

But then he started flirting with other girls

and ignoring me.

Oh, my goodness he's got, like, no time for me.

-How you doing, man. -Good to see you.

When we have celebrities in the club,

it's my responsibility to host them.

I wanna make sure they have a good time at the club

and they always remember Tequila and Saskatoon.

I asked first.

You're kidding me.

I wasn't having that at all.

Sometimes I do let loose and join some staff.

If you've been drinking, you're having some fun,

it's a hard temptation.

Don't move. The girl on red skirt is behind you.

I'm so mad right now.

Like, if you wanna hang out I'm all for it.

But what are you doing?

Don't invite someone and have a drink

and then just ditch them for some 20-year-old whore.

Although Mitch might think that I was here to spy on him,

I was really just here to observe what was all going on,

you know, in this lifestyle that he has.

I think that she's had her fun allowance for the evening

and it's time to go home.

-Mitch is drinking. -He's trying to send me home.

The reason he wants me to leave is because he wants to go out and party.

-Mitch, I'm saying bye to my friends. -You already said bye.

-No. Mitch! -Gina.

-Are you serious? -Yeah.

-What time is it? -It's late.

I'm not trying to be a hard-ass or anything,

but we're trying to win a fucking show.

I feel bad if I just take off and leave.

You said bye. We did. I was right there.

I do believe that Mitch's drinking and partying

has escalated a lot.

-There. -Okay, thank you.

I really hope that Mitch will start to see this clearly

and just rise above all of this.

No, like, I got shit I gotta do.

Kind of had enough and I just decided I was gonna leave.

And he really didn't seem to care.

Maybe Simon should stop fooling himself

that he's ready for a real relationship, 'cause he's not.

Like, you gotta get your priorities straight.

It takes a real woman to be able to handle

the other gals and my staff in the club.

I'm not into the jealous girl type.

Party time. Party time. Party time.

Chunk's on his cell phone all the time and it drives me absolutely crazy.

Hey.

He's always on it and it's frustrating.

Come here.

Chunk thinks we can keep putting money into this business,

but I think it might be time to close the club.

I should have this conversation with my shoe

because the likeliness of it answering is probably more likely than you.

Chunk is stubborn. He's gonna do exactly what he wants.

The way to make him change his decision

is to make him feel like it was his decision in the first place.