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Do your notes have anything

about the minibars? That would help.

I think so.

No, I'm sure. Why?

He claims the Omni Shoreham

doesn't even have minibars.

- He mentioned it specifically.

- No, I saw them.

There were little bottles

of booze all over the room.

Okay. I'll get Aaron

and Rob into it,

and start

the fact-check again.

I'll get my notes.

- Thank you.

I'm sorry, we're gonna

have to finish this later.

No, no. I understand.

Thank you.

What's wrong?

Just tell me.

Keene was right,

Michael.

I messed up.

I made a huge error.

I don't know what to say.

If you want me to resign, I will.

I want you to tell me

what happened.

They don't have minibars

at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.

I guess I just saw all those little

bottles and I made an assumption,

which I know we're

never supposed to do.

I'm really sorry.

Those guys were drinking

out of a rented refrigerator.

A mini-fridge.

- That's it?

- Yeah.

- The rest of the piece is solid?

- Well, yeah, of course.

Go home, Steve.

Your resignation will not be required.

- Really? You're not mad?

- Of course not.

Do you want my notes?

Have a good night.

Thanks, Michael.

Thanks for backing me.

It's what editors do.

Good night.

Hi, front desk, please?

Hi, I need some information.

Do the suites of your hotel

have minibars?

Well, can a guest

rent something like that...

like a mini-refrigerator

or something?

They can? Okay,

thank you very much.

And she says, "I didn't invite

Vernon Jordan that evening,

because my guests of honor

were girls from Smith College.

Some of them were virgins,

and I wanted to keep it that way."

And you are going to put that

in the article, right?

Gosh, Alec,

I don't know.

I mean, George

is such a dignified publication.

You wouldn't want to put in something

that gossipy, would you?

No, absolutely not.

Of course I'm putting it in.

Thank you Steve. You are going

to make me look very, very smart.

Er, the Fritos are running

dangerously low.

I'll be right back.

Can't hide in here

all-night, Ames.

Can I ask you something?

What is this?

I found it in the freezer.

You said you hated

how the Diet Coke at parties

was always at room temperature.

And if you wanted to drink it cold,

you'd have to put it on ice and it would

get too watery. Don't you remember?

Yeah, I do, but...

I said that

a couple of years ago.

Steve?

I'm going to call it a night,

but thanks for having me.

Thanks for coming.

Alphabetized beer,

that's perfect.

Drive safe, Alec.

- Who's he?

Associate Editor

of George.

When did you start

talking to George?

I'm really not.

It's probably nothing.

You know,

if they stoop any lower,

you won't be able to tell the difference

between Time and People.

You say that as if there is a difference

between Time and People.

Exactly. Hey!

Thank you, Steve.

What?

Are you mad at me?

I told you, I do not respond

to "Are you mad at me?"

I'm not your kindergarten

teacher.

I thought we'd been over this

a thousand times already.

You can't go to law school.

You "don't want to go

to law school," remember?

I know. It's only nights.

I wouldn't have to stop working.

I'm going to put these down.

I'll be right back.

No, I want to talk about this.

I told you, it's my parents.

Okay?

They never shut up about it.

If I don't go, they won't let me

be a journalist anymore.

"Let you"?

You're years old, Stephen!

You don't know how things go

where I grew up, Caitlin.

There are rules there.

If your son's not a doctor or a lawyer,

you keep your curtains closed.

You're writing

for The New-f***ing-Republic.

Isn't that good enough?

Not in Highland Park.

- I'm sorry, l...

- Stop apologizing for everything!

I was looking through your mail.

You should be pissed at me.

I'm not.

You're going

to throw this out, right?

I can't. I'm sorry.

Every station on the radio

was talking about it...

Mike Tyson

biting Evander Holyfield.

And these are supposed to be

news stations,

so on Tuesday I started

calling a few of them,

and I finally

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