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CHARLIE NARRATING:

'We have positions opening up

'Staff turnover

'Of course, we do require

'You'll be pleased to know

'that the management offer

'You'll also be actively encouraged

'when managing your own staff.'

Go on. Off you go.

'And most importantly,

'where each day brings its own

'Some more exciting than others.'

Good evening, madam.

Mr Kane. A pleasure to have you.

Now, you need anything,

please don't hesitate to contact me

Thank you.

So, how was dinner?

Only the best for you.

As soon as he gives her the ring,

I don't know...

..how to put this,

since the first moment I saw you.

Lisa, will you...?

Your credit card has been rejected.

Unfortunately, I've been authorised

No, there must be some mistake.

No, I can assure you,

Change it, mate.

Just use one of the other cards.

Would you give me a moment, please?

Certainly.

I can't. I don't have them any more.

Lisa, I'm sorry,

I have a slight

It's nothing to worry about.

As long as we have each other,

Lisa, will you marry me?

You're broke.

This is what's important, right?

Lisa. Please, you can't

Ben. I need you to meet me tomorrow

Of course, Rebecca.

Can I ask why?

Hmm.

What was that all about?

Oh, nothing. Just something special

She's probably going to fire you.

Obviously realises how hard it is

Obviously.

Maybe you had enough, eh?

I haven't got any other cards.

I've probably got enough cash

Really no problem. I'm sorry that

What? No. No, no, no.

She was just going

It's stuffy in there.

I was engaged once,

but, you know,

Also, I have a room booked.

I'm not sure I'm gonna be able

I could use this as collateral.

Thank you.

I'll get housekeeping

It's fine.

MR KANE SIGHS

I'm sure

Mr Kane.

MR KANE GROANING

BOTH STRUGGLING

You've probably guessed by now

No job.

I used to be

Handled millions of pounds.

Then, one day,

Unfortunately,

And they just fired you?

Now, every morning,

and then I go and sit

Just go round and round all day.

I presume Lisa didn't know

No, I wanted to propose to her

I thought that maybe

HE SIGHS

..hopefully, you know,

Well, it could be worse.

You could be working

That'd be great.

Anything

It's not as much fun

BOTH CHUCKLE

So, these are the girls?

That's them.

Estelle, Louise, Carolyn and me.

God, we were such a gang.

I can see that.

Same legwarmers. Same root perms.

Ugh. Same rah-rah skirts.

So, where do you want me

Oh, all around the room.

I just want a hint of the '80s

We haven't seen each other in ages.

Now you are talking my language.

"That was the summer of 1963."

"When everybody called me Baby

Ah! One of the greatest

Isn't it?

Yeah, it's gonna be great.

You're certainly putting a lot

Oh, no, no, no.

It's just a little get-together.

Since the divorce came through with

Why don't you leave it all with me?

Thanks, Ben.

Oh, and could we keep this

Because I know

and I'd rather not be

My lips are sealed.

Oh, morning.

Oh, come on, call me Robert.

What are you doing here?

Well, I've come about,

Oh, right. I'm not sure there are

What about this one?

Sounds perfect. Back to the floor,

Chance to ease my way

Bellboys are the whipping boys

They're the bottom rung

That's not something you'd wanna do.

I've spent the last six months

It's not what I want,

I wouldn't let you down.

That's not what concerns me.

I just feel that perhaps you're

My last bellboy

I'd take a job at Burger King,

All I'm asking,

He's the new bellboy?

I offered him the job.

He looks like a City boy.

Take the businessman

but you'll never take the office

I seem to remember

when people weren't so keen

He's turned out OK.

It's probably cos I'm a better

I think you're underestimating him.

Well, I don't think

What do you say to a little wager?

Robert spent his entire life working

A week in here

All right.

It's gonna break my heart to be

PHONE RINGING

Hello? All right. Ta.

Game's on. I gotta go.

'First Friday of the month

'Everybody's mood

'There's a spring in their step.'

Hello.

'And with everyone flush with money,

'there is only

'Gamble.

'Anything you can think of, we can

'For the more traditional, though,

'Strictly invitation only,

'five or ten minutes,

'And believe me -

'Even weeks sometimes.

'Only the sharpest, most ruthless

Come on, Gino.

Yeah, maybe I'll flop.

Or maybe I'll not.

Yeah, flop it. Agh.

Three.

Or two.

MUTTERING

Hit me.

HE GRUNTS

Yeah, not bad. Not bad.

Come on.

HE KISSES

What are you doing?

I was just, erm...

..sticking it up.

What's going on in here?

Rebecca swore me to secrecy.

No. You always think you can

She's having a divorce party.

I know, and she's getting

because her school friends

Ooh. Can't imagine her with friends.

SHE GASPS

You know, you can tell a lot about

I bet that she was the school slut.

Yeah.

Oh, my God. Look at that hair.

You know, if someone gave me this,

I'd think that they were...

What's she doing in here?

Really? Do you really think so?

Oh. Absolutely.

REBECCA GASPS

I think this is her getting excited.

'One, two.

'Hello, Wembley.'

It works.

Carolyn. Look at you!

Ah, thanks, darling.

Louise.

I wouldn't have missed it

Estelle. I'm so glad to see you.

It's great to see you, too.

You look fantastic.

Being single obviously suits you.

Still searching for

Where's Dan Brown when you need him?

Well, I am spoiling you all

because we have got

And we can use the spa.

I've booked us in

Oh, I'm not sure if I can...

It's all my treat.

I cannot wait.

I tell you. First class

Come on, tell us.

one single sexy male

Carolyn, you do not change a bit.

Hi.

Good afternoon, ladies.

Not at the moment, thank you. Luke.

So, tell me -

Just my key, thank you.

No, no, yeah.

One sec. Yeah, it was.

I will. Promise.

Yeah, me, too. Bye.

Ta-dah! What do you think?

And look who we have here.

Ooh. His eyes kind of follow you

And look at this.

ALL: "I carried a watermelon."

Very good!

And look what I made you. Sit down.

I was going to save this for later,

I had about a million photos.

Oh, God. You really didn't need

Oh, great. Me before my nose job.

And look at you and Kevin.

Yeah, you haven't changed a bit.

Been going out since you were 14.

They'll probably bury

I know they will. Kevin's bought

It's really nice.

Ladies. Your drinks...

are... served.

ALL GASP

We practically lived off this

Jesus, just the smell of that stuff

Yeah, you were always the first

BOTH: No, that was Estelle.

Was it?

I just don't think I can.

Kevin never lets me drink at home.

Well, Stella, you can have

Cosmo? Or champagne.

Champagne. Right, of course.

Gino, could you send up

No problem.

Right.

Apparently so.

They say that

# I can be your hero, baby

# I can kiss away your pain

# Oh, yeah

# I will stand by you forever

# And you can take my breath away

# Yes, you can take

I get the bubbles.

Right.

Test me, Charlie.

Pick any company,

OK. Webber & Brown.

Webber & Brown.

It's actually 84 and down 7%.

I knew I was a little bit

See, that used to be my thing.

Really thought I was getting back

Well, maybe with a little more time,

Erm, where's that going?

To Rebecca and her sexy friends.

Come with me. I'll show you

I'll take that.

I'll take it.

You've still got it, Bex.

It's one of the classics.

Right. Whew! Who is next?

Carolyn.

What? Why?

Can't we just, kind of,

LAUGHTER

PHONE RINGING

I've got to answer that.

Hello?

Oh! Steady on there, Lou.

Sorry. It's just so nice

Yeah, I can imagine.

Well, actually, you can't.

Since you haven't even been

in the seven years

She's got a point, actually, Bex.

Only that we've all been,

And I hate mud.

Only saying, Bex.

To Billy, who...

Oh, my God.

Back me up, Estelle.

when your divorce came through,

You sent a card. Which was nice.

But since then.

Counselling you

Yeah, course you have.

What? Nothing.

No, don't be silly.

No, I haven't.

Don't tell me.

For Christ's sake, Rebecca,

We're meant to be here celebrating

I was only saying.

Well, if anyone's interested,

at a boutique around the corner,

just in case you want to

Oh, that's very sweet. Thank you.

Well, I've got a really big dinner

so I think I'm gonna turn in

That's an excellent idea.

Oh, I'm on New York time, darling.

I'm gonna go to the bar.

Right.

Night, night.

There you go.

COUGHING

Yes. Good night's work.

Sorry, James.

Actually, I think the expression is,

That's a straight to the ten.

What's that look for?

Well, some of us have

Tony, no.

If I'm more than two hours late,

More than three hours and

Oh, bloody hell, it's 2am.

Come on. Just one more hand.

James, a little bit of advice.

And you are definitely not ahead.

Androv. Couple more hands, yes?

James.

Some of us have got cards to play.

Good morning.

Good, good, yeah.

I took some time, and stuff

I spent the entire night

Hopefully not all night.

Didn't actually get much shuteye.

Spent the night parked outside

Ex-girlfriend.

Robert, this story

with me finding her head

No, no. Just thought she might ring.

She won't. I've been there.

Three years ago. Absolute nightmare.

Yeah, I know that feeling.

Still keep a picture of her

Not because

but just so I can remind myself

And how strong I've got to be now.

You're right.

Great speech. Very moving.

Complete nonsense, of course.

Sometimes, a manager has to tell

You're quite worried about him,

Oh, bellboy.

Hi. The couple in room 302

say they haven't been delivered

and the people in 203 have been

You see where this is going.

Yeah, I did go

Still delivered the bags

didn't you, brainiac?

IN MIND: 'Still delivered the bags

'Oh, bellboy.'

'You're broke.'

VOICES ECHOING

I think we should ease up on James

Why? You know how seriously

That's why we love him.

I mean it. Can't stand the heat,

Got a holiday coming up. Algarve.

It's not like the wager with Charlie

Yeah, Charlie. What about

Not really a wager.

Oh, right.

when James wants to up the stakes,

Nice try, but nah.

Miss Rebecca. She come.

Yeah, of course, the importance of

Excellent point, Charlie.

What's going on?

A union of housekeepers,

It's... new.

Charlie, a minute of your time,

Cards falling

Got no idea

Yeah. Tony's there,

Management shouldn't play cards

It sets a bad example.

They should, however,

Are you asking me for a favour?

Well, whatever it is,

No. I mean embarrassing for you.

I just wanna make sure

Maybe you should have asked Anna.

Yeah, if I wanted to dress

I hear that's all the rage nowadays.

I've been planning this dinner for

So, how's it going with them?

Well, it wasn't quite

when all the Swayzes

Sorry, the what?

It's what we called ourselves

You were in a gang?

That's great.

Why did you call yourselves

Because we all wanted

So, I was Rebecca Swayze,

You know.

You've lost me.

Too much?

Hmm. You look stunning.

You OK?

It's been a weird couple of days.

Charlie, if I stopped

..do you think we'd...?

Do you think we'd still be friends?

Honestly? I'd like to think so.

But probably not.

You know what's really depressing?

Is you're probably

to a really good friend right now.

It's not that depressing.

I'd actually quite like

Right. I better change out of this.

OK.

Yup. I'm gonna get back to work.

Yeah. Thanks. Bye.

HE EXHALES

ROBERT CLEARS THROAT

Customary to leave a tip.

Look, I'm not trying to extort you,

it's just that people around here

Not some jumped-up guest in

Thank you. Enjoy your stay, sir.

HE SUCKS TEETH

Ow. Goddamnit.

James.

No, we're not leaving here

James?

Are you crying?

Of course not, don't be ridiculous.

Turn around and sit down

So?

I've just got a bit of

Cash flow problem?

I'm broke.

Working here, you get used to

Being surrounded

Being able to order

That's fine

but it doesn't translate too well

James.

You're sleeping in your BMW?

No. The BMW's gone.

I've been sleeping in a...

..a Ford Mondeo.

Oh. James. That's awful.

No, it's fine. It's fine.

Just a good run at the card table

James. You are the worst gambler

What?

Whenever you are bluffing,

a signal that gives you away.

You flex your arm.

Everybody knows it.

Call.

Yeah.

Your luck is never gonna change.

But I...

Oh, God.

I've got a bit of money saved up.

I'm a Schofield.

We don't accept charity,

That's a shame cos

Of course, you're too proud

I might be proud.

I'm not that proud.

ELEVATOR BELL DINGS

Hello, handsome.

Are you talking to me?

I don't see anyone else

You're not hanging out

No. Need some time on my own,

Are you tense?

Oh, I'm very tense.

Isn't it your job

Oh, absolutely, madam.

In fact, I think it's my duty.

Sorry I have to leave.

Don't worry.

It can be our little secret.

HE CHUCKLES

You see, there's a card game

Been going on for a couple of days.

Any chance you could lend us

Darling, I never loan people money.

Point of principle.

When I say lend, just being polite.

And what makes you think

Well, you look

You don't think

There's nicer ways of putting it,

You're no spring chicken, are you?

If anything, 100 quid is a bargain.

Get out.

Fine.

Looks like I just wasted

Oh, what now?

Oh, it's you.

Just checking you're OK.

No, I'm fine.

Great. It looks like

Yup.

Absolutely.

I can't believe I'm the only one

Oh, God, don't worry about it.

It's just so lovely to be here

BOTH CHUCKLE

Estelle is being a bit short,

Hmm?

I mean, she's like a sister to me.

I know that I've been caught up

So has she.

Oh, it's nothing.

I'm just being silly.

Estelle?

Oh, hiya. I just had a shower.

OK, not a problem.

Come on. What do you want? Hmm?

You're better than this.

Come on. You're better than this.

Just do it. Just do it. Come on.

Come on. Focus.

Keep on doing that, you're gonna

An old technique I picked up

Visualise and conquer.

Looks to be more like you're having

I've had a complaint. Tipping is

You had no right to do that.

I was just explaining to him

He needs to understand...

No, you need to understand that

And you don't need to make yourself

So much needs attention here.

The levels of staff involvement,

Robert. This hotel does not need

CHARLIE'S VOICE FADING

Are you listening to me?

Yep. Sorry, you're right, Charlie.

It won't happen again,

Good.

The couple that just checked in,

509. Why?

Oh, they didn't have any.

LAUGHTER

So, come on, then,

Well, as I always say, behind

Or a string of mediocre ones.

I'm sorry.

Just that you've never been choosy.

I'll have you know I can sometimes

And this afternoon?

I have to say that,

I think it's pretty disrespectful,

coming to my hotel

You had a one-night stand

Strictly speaking,

Oh, God, afternoon sex.

I don't think I can remember

If it's any consolation, it didn't

He wasn't that nice.

Still, at least

Yeah. That's right.

At least we can rely on

Best friends till the end.

So, have you...? Have you spoken

No. No. What's the point?

Well, for what it's worth,

I never thought you two

Really? Not right?

And this new bloke of yours,

Me? No, no, I'm not seeing anyone.

Funny, because

and text messages all weekend.

Oh, no, that was just...

I'm sorry, I can't do this.

Are you seeing him?

Who?

Mark. My ex-husband.

Oh.

I wanted to tell you.

I don't understand.

Best friends don't do that.

But why didn't you stop it

I should go.

No, no, we don't.

We knew.

You bitches.

I wanted to tell you,

And anyway,

She promised us.

LAUGHTER

What are you doing?

Lisa, my ex-girlfriend.

She's in there with him.

You can't do that.

Cheater!

What am I doing here?

Who the hell are you?

No, he's not.

These shoes. I bought these.

And this dress. I paid for that.

You don't get to do this any more.

Listen to me. We can do this

The choice is yours, pal.

So, that was the hard way, then?

Robert, I'm gonna have to

Oh, come on. You can't.

I really need this.

You gotta give me another chance.

I can't be responsible

It's as simple as that.

You want to be treated like

Leave your uniform in the locker.

You should have just let me jump.

No, I shouldn't.

I'm sorry. I really am.

Aren't you on till midnight?

Nope. And I won't be on again.

Oh, did you quit?

Figured as much. You should've

Tony is always right.

What do you mean?

Him and Charlie had a wager

Oh, right. Of course.

They wouldn't tell you about that,

Oops. Me and my big mouth.

I'll see you around, bellboy.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

What do you think would've happened

He wasn't really gonna hurt you.

I'm surprised you even hired him.

Didn't you phone his old work?

You just felt sorry for him

That kind of thing, yes.

You're lucky you're cute

Didn't you wonder

Let's just say anger management

Charlie?

Peeping Tom was looking for you.

Robert? I thought he'd left.

Nope. No, he's still here.

Get security on the phone, see

Erm, please?

SOBBING

SIGHS

EXHALES

Bellboy.

What?

Please?

"Take my bag downstairs. Please."

I'm not in the mood for this.

"Take my bag downstairs. Please."

Sorry. Maybe you're missing

Me guest, you bellboy.

Bellman, Bell-person.

You do what I say.

Robert?

You cannot stand there in

You don't ever speak to me

You don't speak to me like that!

Robert, what do you think

It's her fault, Charlie.

Get your hands off her. Calm down.

I was trying to start again!

But I can't,

I know.

You can't empathise with me.

I've seen the way that

It's like a joke, isn't it?

You put a bloody bet on me.

This is my life and you are gambling

You're not a joke.

And the bet, I'm sorry.

I really thought

So, let's just sit down and

I'm not a child, Charlie.

that I'm holding a piece of glass

I just don't know

Rebecca!

INDISTINCT CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO

SIRENS BLARING

Poor soul.

I hate to say I told you so.

I think all bets are off, don't you?

This time, Charles,

Well, I certainly know

God, I hope she's OK.

How could she?

You know, for what it's worth,

I really don't think

Me, as you know, I've no morals -

But she really did try

She just couldn't help it.

My taxi's here.

You OK?

I just want to say,

Speak to you soon.

Estelle.

You don't... You don't have to go.

It's probably for the best.

Becca, I'm sorry

Really, I am. But...

..I love him.

I love Mark and I can't stop.

I've tried, but I can't. So...

..I realise that

now that you know everything.

Well, we could start

See how it goes.

Come and have a drink.

# Oh, baby

# I'm having the time of my life

# And I've never felt

# Yes, I swear

# Cos it's true

# And I owe it all to you. #

'Hotel work means long hours.

'So long, in fact,

'neglecting other aspects

''If you lose touch and haven't been

'then don't be surprised

'A stranger in your old world.

'But you're not alone.

'You've simply become part

'With people

'People who you'll wish would

'People who, given the opportunity,

would be only too happy

'Then, one day,

'that these people have somehow

When Tony is bluffing,

See you.

Two pairs.

Trip kings.

Yeah. Good one.

'As jobs go,

Thank you. Thank you all.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

'If you're still interested,