Across the Hall

- You let me out of here.

I'll tell you anything you want.

What do you want

me to do now?.

- Terry.

No, no, no, no.

Wait, wait---

- Quiet, Dick.

You got to be quiet.

- What the f***?.

Terry.

- Yeah, I told you.

I told you this

would happen, Julian.

- Holy sh*t.

F***. F***.

No.

- You said you'd be here, man.

You said you'd be here, Julian.

- This is not happening.

- Julian.

Julian, listen to me.

Julian.

Why weren't you here?.

- Two outs now.

- Nah, man, I'm Cuban.

- Good thing we ain't playing

for clothes.

- If we were playing

for clothes,

he would have been naked

for the past 4 1/2 hours.

- Shut up, man.

Yo, I know you guys be cheating

at this sh*t all the time.

- We don't cheat.

- Um, you've got

an order here.

- What's up, big man,

any business upstairs?.

- Whose turn is it?.

- You go.

- Chicken cordon bleu

for room 304.

- Yeah.

- Give me two cards.

- Chicken cordon bleu.

Tell him we haven't had

chicken here in 30 years.

- They want a salad with it.

- Listen to this guy.

Like people come here

for the food.

- Charlie brings his wife

down here all the time.

- Oh, yeah?.

- Maybe, but I bring my

girlfriend to the Sheraton.

- Room 304.

- No rest for the wicked,

huh, big man?.

- Hi.

- Good evening, miss.

- Good evening.

I'd like a room, please.

- Um, yes.

We should be able

to accommodate you.

As for your stay, miss?.

- My stay?.

Our rates run weekly, nightly,

and...

by the hour.

- By the hour?.

Just for tonight, please.

It'll be just tonight.

- All right, all right.

Terry?.

- Jules.

- Yo, man.

- Yo.

- What's shaking?.

- Uh, you wouldn't believe me

if I told you.

Trust me,

I hear that.

- You're a hard man

to track down.

Tried your home line.

Where you at?.

- No, man,

I'm---I'm here.

You know, I'm home,

just kicking it in the tub.

- You better have

some company.

No, dude, I wish I did.

I'm actually just soaking

this f***ing knee.

Hauser kicked my ass again.

- You got to stop playing ball

with that guy, man.

Thinks he's playing

every game at Rucker Park.

- You don't need

to tell me that.

Speaking ofwhich,

we called your ass.

What, you can't

call people back?.

What's the matter

with you?.

- You know, I was waiting

for my anytime minutes, man.

You know, f***ing

nights and weekends.

- You and your

nights and weekends.

Hey, I tell you what, though.

You remember Anna?.

- Anna Anna?.

- Yeah, man.

I-I actually ran into her.

Right, um...

Sh*t, right down

the street someplace.

- Just walking

down the street.

- Yeah.

- The nerve of that b*tch.

Dick.

So what about you, hmm?.

How was your day?.

- The day?.

You know...

it was a day.

- Hello?.

Terry, you there, man?.

Uh...

I'm sorry, man, sh*t.

Uh, I'm sorry,

I'm just---

Just a little drunk,

to be honest, man.

- No sh*t.

- No sh*t.

- Me too.

- Red?.

- Black.

- Black, huh?.

- Yep.

I think I f***ed up.

I think I'm---

I'm about to f*** up.

- You think so, huh?.

- Yeah, I think maybe so.

- Terry, come on, man.

What's going on?.

- It's---it's June.

She's...

She's cheating on me.

- Wait a minute, what?.

- June, she --- she's cheating.

- You'll be happy to know

this elevator is very reliable.

- As opposed to?.

- The Riverview

is fully inspected

and certified,

of course.

But we are in a...

transition period

currently.

This is our only

working lift.

- I'm quite happy

to take the stairs.

- This room is a personal

favorite of mine.

Everything in here

is original.

Preserved in time.

You'll be joining some

very distinguished company.

- I bet.

- Some of the first guests

at the Riverview

were the Ambassador

to Estonia

and the conductor

of the Chicago Philharmonic

and...

and, of course, uh...

numerous celebrities

and movie stars.

- Really?. Like who?.

- Oh.

Well, I'm not at liberty

to divulge their names.

- Oh.

- Um...

But rest assured,

the names would impress you.

- I'm sure.

Oh.

Thank you

for the history lesson.

- You're welcome.

- So here.

- Oh, it's---

- No.

Have a wonderful evening.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Hi.

- Come on, man,

you really think she's cheating?.

- I do.

- 'Cause, I mean, you know,

you've thought this before.

Yeah, I know I've

thought this before.

- You've called me.

- I know.

- And every time,

you end up just---

- Feeling like

an a**hole, yes.

I know.

It's different.

- Okay.

- She was supposed to be

away on business.

The airline,

they called the house.

She canceled her flight.

- Just 'cause she canceled

her flight doesn't mean---

- Then I gave the guy

at her car service a $20.

Told me

where she was going.

So I went to see

for myself.

- You followed her?.

- I did...

to the f***ing hotel.

- A hotel?.

- That's right.

- Sh*t.

Oh, sh*t, man.

So what are you

gonna do, huh?.

Are you gonna

confront her?.

- Yeah, you might say that.

- Terry, where are you?.

Come on, you're not---

are you---

Are you still at the hotel?.

- Still?.

No, not still.

Where were you?.

Why weren't you here?.

Hmm?.

- Terry, do you know

what you've done?.

- Yeah.

Look, look, I need you

to help me fix this.

- F***ing stay away

from me, Terry.

- What?.

- Just stay back.

- Jules, look,

I need your help here, man.

That's why you

came here, right?.

So we can do this together,

like you said.

- No, dude, I never said---

I never told you to do this.

- You told me to wait,

and I waited.

- Yes, f***ing wait.

- You left me here.

- Okay, so what the f*** do you

want me to do now, Terry, huh?.

What can I do about this?.

- I want to make him

pay for it.

- Good evening, sir.

Would you like a room?.

- A room, yeah.

- I, um...

I believe we have---

- It has to be the right room.

- You've---you've

stayed with us before?.

- I've never been here before.

- But you have a---

you have a particular room

in mind.

- I don't know the number,

but I know

what room I want.

Is it okay if---

Please?.

Here.

That's her.

I know her no matter

what name she uses.

- One moment, sir.

I'll ring her room.

- No, you can't---

can't do that.

- I'm sorry, sir,

but I'm not allowed

to let you in unannounced.

- Unannounced?.

- She requested privacy, sir.

- You saw her, then?.

- Yes.

- She's here.

- Yes.

- Well, I can't

let her leave, then.

And I need you

to give me a room.

I'm here for a room.

Someplace across from---

I need room 508.

How much for the night?.

- Oh, um...

I'm sorry.

That room's not available

this evening.

- Why don't we

go up there together

and take a look?.

- I can't.

- Surprise yourself sometimes

what you can and can't do.

- Previous guests include

the Ambassador to Estonia

and the conductor

of the Chicago Philharmonic.

We never fill this room.

The guests complain about

the sign outside the window.

I can close

the blinds for you.

- No, it's---

Just leave it.

It's fine.

There's a lot of history

to this place, huh?.

- Oh, yes, sir.

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