All language subtitles for Hotel - S05E14 - Till Death Do Us Part

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Oh.

Thanks for helping me keep my head above
water these past few days. Oh, didn't I

ever tell you? I was a lifeguard once.
Strike deadline's only a week away.

Union talks are going to go right down
to the wire. Well, because Charles

Cabot's attorneys keep dragging their
feet.

Doesn't seem fair. Charles hasn't set
foot in the hotel in over a year.

Not, but as half owner, he has the
right.

Uh, that was Mr. Cabot on the phone.
He's coming to the St. Gregory.

When is he arriving?

Any minute.

He called from his limousine.

That's pretty short notice, even for
him.

Do you think he's here for the union
negotiations?

One thing I've learned, never try to
second -guess Charles Cabot.

Hi, Cheryl.

The chiropractor.

That is a four -letter word.

The chiropractor did it, right?

Come on, I only read the first chapter.
This guy's got murderer written all over

him. You think I'm going to let the cat
out of the bag?

Hey, I got an instinct about these
things.

I'd have made a great detective.

You think so?

Working reception, I've developed radar.

Take those four.

I can tell you who's married to who.

Okay.

Mr. Brooks Brothers over there goes with
the sensible lady in the sensible

shoes.

While the guy with the dimples of death
is married to the blonde with the drop

-dead figure.

Welcome to the St. Gregory.

Thank you. We'd like to check in.

Jonas and Melissa Robinson.

Miss Shawna Kate Maris.

Elementary, my dear Cheryl.

Enjoy your stay. Thanks.

Vowel stations.

Who is that, a senator?

President General Motors.

Someone more important around here than
that.

Charles Cabot owns half this hotel.

Welcome to St. Gregory, Mr. Cabot. I'll
get your bags. Thank you. Welcome back,

Mr. Cabot. Nice to see you.

Welcome home, Charles.

Peter. It's good to be here.

I think you'll find that St. Gregory is
still the jewel in the Cabot crown.

No argument there.

Why don't we have dinner tonight? I'll
bring you up to speed on the union

negotiations. Fine.

I have some business to discuss with you
two.

I'll see if Christine can join us. My
suite at eight?

Actually, I'd rather it were just the
two of us.

See you later.

Here you go.

Thanks for taking care of the tip,
Jonas.

Oh, don't worry. I've been keeping
strict accounts the entire trip.

We'll split it down the middle when we
get home.

Why does my best friend have to be an
accountant?

Lucky for you, I am.

Have you any idea how much money I saved
us by getting the weekend package rate

on this suite?

You know, I haven't been to San
Francisco since I was a kid.

I can't wait to hit the streets, check
it out. Why don't we let Jonas and

Melissa check it out without us?

We've been with them day and night for
about a week.

Come on, honey. This is the best
vacation we've ever had with them.

Well, it's just that remember what Dr.
Fox said?

When my temperature drops, it's time
to... Well, you know... Do it.

Kate, can't we wait till tonight? I
mean, we just got here and there's so

to do.

You know how I... I hope I'm not
interrupting. No, it's okay. We were

Hey, you're married.

You're entitled.

What do you think?

I bought it for the wild San Francisco
nightlife.

I think you might get arrested.

I wouldn't mind if you try getting
arrested in something like that.

Sean, it isn't me.

Well, I'm offered doing something
perfectly fantastic today.

How about, um... How about taking a
helicopter ride over the bay?

A helicopter ride? Perfect. I'll go tell
Jonas to get a movie. All right, it's

going to be great.

Great news.

Guest relations may be able to get us
matinee tickets to the opera Placido

Domingo. The opera?

On a gorgeous day like today?

Sixth row center?

Fantastic. Fantastic? Forget it.

I thought I'd stop by, see if you're
comfortable.

Maybe it's the view of the bay, but I
always see things more clearly when I'm

staying in this suite.

No wonder some of my most important
business ventures have been conceived

here. I hope I haven't interrupted one.
Oh, in any case, it's a welcome

interruption. Peter, I'd like you to
meet Lee Jordan.

How do you do? Nice to meet you. Lee,
this is Peter McDermott. He owns the

half of the hotel.

If your half is anything like this one,
I'm impressed.

Funny, I thought this was my half.

Peter, I know you must be up to here,
but I was wondering if you could take

on a tour of the hotel.

Show him around as a personal favor.

Of course.

Feel free to show him everything, from
the crown room terrace to the boiler

room.

I want Lee to see what makes a great
hotel tick.

Now, that cable car will put us one
block from the opera house. I still

see how you two can pass this up. I
mean, seeing Placido Domingo is a once

-a -lifetime opportunity.

It's just flying in a helicopter over
the San Francisco Bay.

Well, let's make sure my husband wears
his seatbelt. Oh, I'll wear my seatbelt

and my mittens.

Here, I've marked the best route to the
helicopter pad.

Honey, a map would take all the fun out
of it. Don't worry, we'll find it.

All right, well, you better hurry. Your
reservations are half an hour. Who was

this at all? Great adventures as a
result of bad planning?

You did.

Be back by five. Okay.

Have fun.

Oh, do you know where we're going?

Oh, yeah, I know exactly where we're
going.

Where? This way.

We put in the glass elevator in 82.

The first week, we had one little old
lady who rode up and down in it 43

I wouldn't be surprised if it was my
grandmother.

You know what I love about the St.
Gregory? It's a perfect blend of the new

the old.

Space age elevators, crystal
chandeliers. It must be a joy to run.

It is, until the hour of the wolf.

The hour of the wolf? It comes at three
in the morning. I wake up staring at the

ceiling, my mind filled with...

Broken air conditioning, skyrocketing
overhead, the threat of a strike.

The only cure is 100 sit -ups.

Or a peanut butter sandwich.

I just got back from a hotel in Jamaica
where they've never heard of the Hour of

the Wolf.

Really? Well, they don't have to worry
about air conditioning.

They've got the trade winds.

As for overhead, instead of using
glasses in the bar, they pick coconuts

off the trees.

The guests love it. I stayed in a place
like that on St. Croix once, the Royal

Palm.

I wouldn't mind being there right now
myself.

Peter.

Christine Francis. This is Lee Jordan,
business associate at Charles.

Oh, welcome to St. Gregory. Happy to be
here.

Miss Francis is my general manager,
which means she wears even more hats

here than I do.

Peter, I just finished meeting with our
attorneys. They need to update you on

the union demands.

I'm afraid that means we'll have to cut
our tour short.

Unless Miss Francis would care to put on
her tour guide hat for a while.

Well, for a friend of Charles, I think I
could manage it.

The things I do to be alone with you.

A helicopter ride across the bay.

I should win an Oscar.

Most convincing performance by a man
having an affair with his best friend's

wife.

I hated it, too. I mean, being with you,
but not being with you.

You know the worst part?

Why don't you go off to bed every night
with Jonas?

I'll be the same way when I see you with
Kate.

Sit down.

Poor Kate.

I mean, I'm sitting there next to her on
the plane, and all she can talk about

is starting a family, and I'm feeling
guilty as hell.

Sean, she deserves better than this.

I know.

So does Jonas.

I know.

Some way to treat your best friend, huh?

That's why we have to make a decision.

Today.

Either we break it off between us. No.

No, I can't do that.

Well, we tell Kate and Jonas how we
really feel, and we break it off with

And the Cavalier Bar.

The smell of leather and cigar smoke.

New Rolexes and old money.

Believe it or not, before 1959, the
Cavalier was for men only.

What a waste.

It's my favorite spot to meet someone
before going on to dinner.

Why not?

Oh, no, wait.

I didn't mean to... The thing is,
Charles took me up to have dinner with

Well, that hardly seems fair, does it?

Marriage of Figaro.

I never imagined I'd laugh so much in an
opera.

Mozart had the right idea. What could be
funnier than a man fooling around

behind his wife's back?

Anyway, the music was wonderful.

You know, I was weaned on opera.

My Italian grandmother used to give me
bubble baths when I was a little kid.

I'd be splashing around and she'd be
singing, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro.

Maybe if I'd taken more bubble baths,
I'd have wound up a tenor with the Met

instead of a tax accountant. Maybe.

The last time I dragged Sean to the
opera, he tried to smuggle in his

You know, it's almost six. They were
supposed to be here at five.

I told Melissa to take a map. They're
probably wandering around somewhere in

Chinatown. Lost in a fortune cookie
factory.

I never should have let Sean take
Melissa up in a helicopter.

Have you any idea what the statistics
are for helicopter accidents? I'm sure

they're fine.

Mr. Robinson.

Yes. Message for you.

Oh, thanks.

Here you go.

Oh, thank you.

Who's it from?

Oh, my God.

It's Sean and Melissa, isn't it?

Something's happened to them.

They've run off together?

Well.

What do you think?

I'm impressed.

With the facilities and the staff.

But there'll be some changes around
here.

Once the St. Gregory belongs to me.

The only way to be fair to you is to
stop the lying, to get this out into the

open.

That's why we've gone to Carmel to plan
our next step.

We don't expect you to forgive us, but
please believe we're sorry.

They're going to be sorry, all right,
when I get a hold of them. What are you

doing? I'm going to call every hotel in
Carmel until I find them. Oh, that's

brilliant.

I suppose you have a better idea? You
know, don't you get it?

Hasn't it sunk in?

They don't want us to find them. They
don't want us.

I can't believe Sean did this.

Why not? It happens all the time.

The guy in the marriage of Figaro did
it.

If that's supposed to be a joke, it's
not very funny.

How could Melissa... Are you kidding?

She told me that you'd work on corporate
income taxes in bed.

Talk about a turn -off.

Oh.

I suppose your sex life was right out of
Dynasty.

Sean said the minute you decided to
start trying to get pregnant, making

you was about as thrilling as washing
the car.

Sean said that? He told me a lot of
things. He was my best friend. Yeah,

best friend. He ran away with your wife.

You know, Peter...

Despite our past differences, we share
at least one thing in common.

Besides the St. Gregory?

Absolutely.

Upstairs in the Crown Room, there's a
French chef preparing the rarest of

delicacies. But the two of us would
still rather sit down to a juicy steak

an honest bottle of wine.

You don't expect me to believe you came
all this way just to split a

Chateaubriand with me.

Well, the truth is, Peter...

As far as the Cabot family's business
interests are concerned, this year has

been leaner than its stake.

Well, I read about some setbacks in the
Wall Street Journal.

But I assumed with you at the helm, not
all the areas of judgment were my own.

Market collapse, weak dollar, jumpy
world market. They all seem to have

conspired against us. Well, how bad is
it?

In the Cabot family, the buck stops with
me.

I'm caught in a cash flow squeeze, one I
can't bridge with a loan or a line of

credit.

I need close to $200 million, and I need
it now.

What are you trying to tell me?

Lee Jordan wants to buy this in Gregory.

He's offering $235 million for each of
our halves.

That's millions of dollars above the
hotel's fair market value for each of

In cash.

After all the battles we've fought over
control of this hotel, I can't believe

you'd sell it.

I can't jeopardize my family's economic
survival because of a sentimental

attachment. You're a businessman.

You know this offer's too good to pass
up.

Not for me.

Lee told me you were talking about a
hotel in the Virgin Islands, I think.

If you accepted his offer, you could
afford to buy one.

You'd be sole owner.

With enough loose change to buy a fleet
of yachts. Let's stick to the subject.

The St. Gregory?

Jordan Financial Prospectus. I think
you'll find it's impeccable.

Why the hard sell, Charles?

You're cautious.

Well, in view of what we've been through
in the past, I guess you're entitled to

be. But I assure you this deal is in
both our best interests.

Why do I get the feeling that it's more
in your best interest than mine?

What happens if I don't sell?

Lee Jordan wants to buy the St. Gregory.

The entire St. Gregory.

So he'll only buy your half of the hotel
if I sell him my half, too.

That's right.

He's wasting his time.

Think about it, Peter.

Sleep on it.

For both our sakes.

What'll it be, your usual Perrier with a
twist?

Right now, I think the twist would like
some vodka.

I'm sorry about the things I said.

I was just angry. We both were.

We shouldn't take it out on each other.

Look, you weren't the problem in your
marriage.

It was Sean.

He has always been an overgrown kid.

I mean, maybe that's why he went into
journalism.

Every week a new story, a new game to
play.

A game?

You think this is all just a game to
him?

And Melissa isn't exactly Miss Maturity.

She does thoughtless things without
considering the consequences.

And even when she goes shopping, the
damage that woman can do with a piece of

plastic.

What about the damage she's done to our
lives?

To our spouses.

Two irresponsible,

immature... Jerks.

We were the responsible ones. Where did
that get us?

My father was in international finance.

I grew up in world -class hotels.

I envy you. I didn't know what a world
-class hotel was until I came to think

with you.

Once when I was a kid, I played
astronaut at the plaza.

I blasted off in the dumb waiter.

Another time at the Ritz in Paris, I
hijacked the hotel's pastry cart.

Better warn the maitre d'. It's all
right.

I've had years of therapy since. Oh,
perfect training for the hotel business.

Have you ever thought of going into it?

I always said I'd take the plunge when I
made my first million.

It wasn't until after I'd made my tenth
that I was crazy enough to get my feet

wet.

You bought a hotel?

It's just a little place, the Cinnamon
Lodge in Sun Valley.

I've never been to Sun Valley, but I
hear it's spectacular.

Why not come up for a ski weekend?

I can offer you perfect powder, scenic
slopes, thermal underwear.

Just think, right now my husband's
probably sitting down to a romantic

with your wife.

Melissa wouldn't be with Sean right now
if I'd taken her out to a few more

romantic dinners myself.

That's funny.

You know, when most men tell their wives
they're working late at the office,

they're out fooling around.

When I told Melissa I was working late,
I was really working.

Come on, she was lucky to have you.

It's my fault.

I mean, I put Sean under so much
pressure to start a family.

Our sex life got about as romantic as a
visit to the Denton Top.

No wonder he ran off with Melissa.

Don't come down so hard on yourself.

If Sean didn't want to have kids with
you, that's his loss.

Sorry to disturb you, but here's a
voucher for the sailboat your wife

tomorrow. That sailboat?

Yes, she and your husband asked me to
make arrangements when you first checked

in. They didn't pick it up, and I was
afraid they'd forgotten about it.

Oh, they made other plans.

Oh, that's too bad. I'm afraid there are
no refunds.

Oh, perfect.

She put this on my visa.

Any chance the two of you can use it?

No, I really don't think that would...
On the other hand, how can we let it go

to waste?

It's $200 worth of rent -a -boat.

No wonder you wanted to talk to me right
away. How can Charles expect me to sell

the St. Gregory?

To give up the thing I love most in the
world?

With one exception.

Still, $235 million in cash?

Each.

More than enough to buy my own hotel, a
place like the Royal Palm.

In St. Croix?

Uh -huh.

That was some vacation we spent there.

Was it not?

How could I forget it? The sunburn, the
mosquitoes.

What?

That's it?

That's all you remember?

Oh, I know how much you've always wanted
to have a hotel all your own.

Especially after the headache of sharing
ownership with Charles.

Are you sure you want to turn down this
offer?

$235 million?

Tell me, Christine.

If I accepted Lee's offer and bought a
hotel of my own, like the Royal Palm,

would you come with me or would you stay
here at the St. Gregory?

Peter, you've taught me so much.

You know how loyal I am.

To me or the St. Gregory?

Do you really have to ask?

Maybe Charles didn't make my offer quite
clear to you.

Well, he made it perfectly clear.

My answer is still no.

But this is millions more than either of
us could hope for.

This isn't the first time we've had
different priorities, Charles.

I'm sorry if it sours the deal for you,
but... Maybe it doesn't have to.

I've only been at the St. Gregory one
day, but I have to admit, I'm hooked.

I'm willing to offer you the same deal.

Even if it means I can only buy your
half of the hotel.

If you're still game.

Of course I'm game.

I'll have the papers ready for you to
sign tomorrow.

Fine. Well, it looks like we're going to
be partners.

Apparently so.

Don't worry. I won't leave you the
burden of running the hotel like Charles

It's not a burden. It's what I care
about most.

I plan to move into the Cabot suite and
the executive offices.

From now on, any decision that affects
the St. Gregory...

I intend to make with you.

Our little...

Sailing jaunt.

We didn't exactly qualify for the
America's Cup.

Oh, you mean when my bag fell in.

That's okay. The only thing in there was
my sunscreen.

I'd have looked for it when I fell in,
but I lost my glasses.

There's something. You look great with a
little sun.

That's just because you're not wearing
your glasses.

We'll see about that. I've got an extra
pair back at the hotel.

Well, as someone once said...

All great adventures are the result of
bad planning.

Bay Street coming up.

This is Bay Street.

I've been over the Jordan perspective
about finance people.

The investors are all squeaky clean.

Maybe so, but the majority of the money
is coming from Lee Jordan himself.

What I want to know is who's the money
behind his money.

There has to be some way to find out.

Yes.

Well, tell him I'll be right over.

What's it got to do when he's got to be
in two places at once?

He asks a woman to bail him out.

When I had dinner with Lee, he mentioned
he owns a little hotel in Sun Valley,

the Cinnamon Lodge.

Do you know anyone in Sun Valley? No, a
fishing buddy of mine, Jake Peterson.

He manages the White Feather Inn. If
anybody so much as loses a ski pole in

Valley, Jake knows about it. Give him a
call.

Well, I finally finished it.

I can't believe it.

It wasn't the chiropractor who did it,
but the caterer.

Give me a break.

Check it out.

Hey, wait a minute. I don't get it.

I thought he was married to that other
woman.

Well, maybe I was wrong about who did
it.

Looks like I was right about them.

Well, thanks anyway.

The Sun Valley Real Estate Board can't
help us.

Oh, Mr. Taylor.

Jake Peterson said you did some
remodeling on the Cinnamon Lodge.

No, I'm not interested in hiring a
contractor.

But about Mr.

Jordan, the new owner.

He's not the actual owner?

That's who paid for the remodeling?

I see.

Well, thank you.

Thank you very much.

Get Peter on the phone.

But he's in a closed -door session with
the union representative.

He's not taking any calls.

He'll take this one.

You're not going to be pleased with what
Christine discovered.

Lee Jordan is a front for Medallion
Hotels.

I see.

You knew about it all along, didn't you?

Of course I knew.

But how can you do business with someone
working for Medallion?

Peter, Medallion's a billion -dollar
conglomerate. You talk about them as

they're some kind of fly -by -night
operation.

Well, they might as well be. You know
how they operate.

They take over a distinguished hotel for
its name, then they start cutting

corners. Once they start letting the
staff go...

It's impossible to maintain the quality
that this hotel stands for.

You're exaggerating. You think so?

All right, so maybe they don't have the
highest standards, but their offer, it's

what I need to put the Cabot family
interest back on track.

If it's the Cabot family you're worried
about, what would Victoria Cabot have

thought of your decision?

Victoria was a businesswoman. She'd have
understood. You're right. She was a

businesswoman, but she was a Cabot
first, and she would have been mad as

You look great.

Do you really think so? Well, I mean, I
know that it would look good on Melissa,

but on me, it... I knew it looked
terrific.

Um, we'd better hurry. I've made
reservations at the Fleur de Lis.

Wouldn't it be more fun to go up to the
Crown Room?

But we don't have reservations.

So let's go without a reservation.

And live dangerously.

I heard you had a granddaughter.

Congratulations.

Thanks. After three grandsons, it's
about time.

You know, that's what I like about the
St. Gregory.

Staff's one big happy family.

Let's just hope it stays that way.

I guess the news is out.

So now that I'm going to be family, you
have time for a drink?

I only have time for a question.

Last night at dinner, why didn't you
tell me the truth?

Yeah, part about growing up in hotels.

That was true.

Only my father wasn't a wealthy guest.
He was a hotel manager.

A hotel manager?

He was a nice, well -meaning loser.

I'll give you an example.

Once a guest died in the hotel, and he
let the widow stay there on credit until

she could get her life together.

Your father doesn't sound like a loser
to me.

You think so?

When she skipped on the bill, he got the
boot.

It wasn't the first time. And it wasn't
the last.

Because he never learned that in the
hotel business, the bottom line is the

bottom line.

At a medallion hotel, I'd believe it.

But at the St. Gregory, I don't think
so.

This rack of lamb is terrific.

And the music is... And something else.

Would you like to dance?

Sure.

Of course, I have to warn you, I'm not
as good a dancer as Sean is. That's

Neither am I.

So when was the last time we danced
together?

At my wedding.

That's right. I was the best man.

There I was, dancing with the bride,
trying not to step on her train. You did

step on my train.

You know, I met Melissa right after
that.

I think I maybe rushed into marriage
because Sean seemed so happy with you.

I should have realized you were one of a
kind.

When is Charles signing the papers?

Tomorrow. But even when Medallion does
become half owner of this hotel, I'm

going to put up one hell of a fight.

Keep things exactly as they are.

We both will.

Who do I think I'm kidding?

Medallion's going to use its corporate
muscle to steamroll right over us.

They won't just cheapen the quality of
our accommodations. They'll cut back on

the staff.

Whoever is left will stop caring.

Christine, there's only one other
possibility.

One chance to do what I've always hoped
for.

And I'm going to give it my best shot.

Somehow I got to buy Charles half
myself.

I had a great time. Me too.

Well, I guess it's good night.

What about the champagne?

Oh, yes, it did come with the sweet. And
I know how you hate to waste things.

You're right about that.

But the ice is all melted.

It's still cool.

Okay.

You have to be really careful with these
things.

If you don't get a good grip on the
cork, you can put someone's eye out.

Sounds dangerous.

So was, um... So was sailing today.

Yeah, you could have caught pneumonia.

Oh, sorry.

It's okay.

Still... Being out there with you
today...

It was very... Adventurous?

Oh, we shouldn't be...

Must have been going through hell since
we left.

We are so sorry.

Please.

Will you take us back?

I don't know. Honey, I hope you're not
going to let one impulsive mistake just

wipe out all the good things we've had
together.

Sean and I were too much alike.

Immature.

Crazy.

You grounded me.

I need you. I know that now.

What are you doing wearing my dress?

Huh?

Oh, uh... What's with the champagne?

What the hell's going on here?

What the hell gives you the right to
ask?

After what we did, we don't have the
right to ask anything.

You better believe it. Yeah, but don't
come down too hard on Melissa.

I talked her into this.

I bet you did.

You jerk.

Okay.

Maybe I am a jerk.

But I love you.

And I'll do anything to deserve the
right to have you.

Please.

I want to make our marriage work, Jonas.

I hope you'll give me a second chance.

I understand the realities, Howard, and
I appreciate what the bank is prepared

to do for me. I'll let you know this
afternoon?

Okay.

Break it to me gently.

It could be worse.

My bank will back me in an offer to
Charles.

But?

It doesn't come close to matching
Medallion's offer.

With Charles signing the papers today,
there's no time to come up with another

approach.

There's only time to talk to Charles
himself.

Good luck.

I guess Melissa and I won't be seeing
much of you and Sean when we get home.

Guess not.

You don't want to miss your elevator.

I had a great time yesterday.

Jonas, the elevator's here.

I thought you'd be more comfortable
going home on a different flight from

That's very considerate.

Now, look, we still have a couple hours.

Do you want to take a walk, see the
museum, or whatever you'd like?

Thanks, but I don't really feel like
going out right now.

Great. We'll just stay here.

We'll start working on that baby. Sean.

A walk, the museum, even a baby won't
help.

Not really.

You see, you didn't just go off with
Melissa. You didn't just leave me. You

us.

There was a reason for that.

And pretending that nothing happened,
that nothing is wrong, is not going to

make what is wrong between us just go
away.

Look, I said I was sorry.

Sorry isn't the point here.

What is?

I don't know.

But we just can't go back to business as
usual.

What do you want me to do?

Go on back to Chicago.

I need some time to think this through.

On my own.

Okay?

Peter, my decision to sell has been
made. If you're here to change my

I'm not here to change your mind.

I think you should sell.

And I'm here to make you an offer.

It's a little late to pull this one out
of the fire, Peter.

Charles, haven't you always referred to
the St. Gregory as the jewel in the

Cabot crown?

I told you.

The one thing more important to me than
protecting this hotel is protecting the

Cabot family.

But that's the point. The St. Gregory is
more than just a money machine, more

than its 1 ,000 phones and 30 ,000
pieces of silver.

It's a member of the Cabot family, too,
and it deserves your protection.

I'm afraid sentiment can only push me so
far.

I trust that Medallion's offer was
generous enough to rule sentiment out

completely. Perhaps, but after all Peter
and I have been through together, the

least I can do is give his offer a fair
hearing.

Charles, I can raise $100 million in
cash from my bank now, and I can pay the

balance equal to Medallion's offer, plus
interest over the next 10 years.

No, the profit margin that St. Gregory
operates on.

If convention business falls off, if
tourism drops, you'll lose the St.

to the bank. I'm willing to take that
chance.

Charles, suppose Medallion increased its
offer by, say, five

million in cash.

I'll match you.

How about ten?

Can you match that?

No, I can't.

Then that settles that.

Not quite.

I don't understand.

Peter's offer can't match yours in
dollars and cents.

On the other hand, it gives me enough
cash to weather my current financial

difficulties, plus something your offer
could never guarantee.

What might that be?

With Peter as full owner, I can be sure
the St. Gregory will always be the St.

Gregory. You're making a big mistake,
Charles.

Maybe you're right, but I don't think
so.

I'm selling my half of the hotel to
Peter.

I thought she went back to Chicago.

I got as far as the airport.

Melissa was being so nice. You know, the
way she'd be with, like, a bank teller

or a checkout clerk. Not with me. I
mean, it wasn't real.

And I said to myself, is this just a
temporary truce? I mean, is she really

going to change?

Am I?

And?

And I didn't really come up with an
answer, yes or no.

Maybe not the best way to restart a
marriage. So I thought I'd take a room

for a couple of days.

Try to sort things out.

A scenic helicopter ride over San
Francisco Bay.

Forget it.

Why not?

What? Do you remember that little boat
ride we took? So I got wet.

So you fall out of a helicopter, you get
more than wet.

But Taylor said if you return the scene,
we get a 15 % discount.

Fifteen percent.

That's almost too good to pass up.

Sorry about the way things turned out.

I was looking forward to working with
you.

Well, consider the upside.

At least this way the St. Gregory will
always be the kind of hotel I want to

come back to.

Should I be thanking you or should you
be thanking me? Why don't we just call

even?

It's going to take a while for the
lawyers to finalize our agreement. In

meantime, do you have any thoughts about
the union negotiation?

As far as I'm concerned, as of now,
you're the full owner of this hotel.

No problem.

Congratulations. It's finally yours.
It's mine in the banks.

Oh, I know how long you waited for this
moment. I'm just sorry it came at such a

high price. To make the St. Gregory all
mine, it was a bargain.

you