Two Weeks Notice Page #7

I'll make sure June is set up.

I'll take a pass at your speech

for the groundbreaking...

...and I'll be out of your life forever.

Great.

Super.

- Hi.

- Hey, hey.

- I have tennis elbow from the other day.

- Oh, yes?

- Lucy has tennis forehead. Much worse.

- Oh, no. I still feel terrible about that.

Thank God she looks okay.

Especially with that big benefit

you're all going to tonight.

- What was it again?

- It's a benefit...

...for the New York Children's League.

Lucy makes us give lots of money...

...to help society and get a tax break.

Brilliant.

- Sounds exciting.

- It would be almost impossible...

...to tell you how boring it is.

Largely because it would be too boring.

Well, boring to you might be scintillating

for a girl from Plainview, Wisconsin.

See you later.

What about, if you're not busy...

...a bunch of us are going,

do you want to come and be bored?

I'd love to.

- All right. See you later.

- Okay.

Oh, good. These need to go to Accounting.

- The loan agreements need to be notarized.

- I got it.

- Here's the Zoning Commission reports.

- Now you can start with the appraisals...

Actually,

I don't know how much time I have.

George sort of asked me

to go to the benefit with him tonight.

Great.

I just have to figure out what to wear.

I don't have anything.

- "I don't have anything."

- God, she's nice.

No, they're very good muffins.

They just need more fat.

George, sign these

or we default on five different loans.

- Take care.

- Well, hang on. Hang on.

- I need to go over my speech.

- Sorry. I gotta run.

We'll pick you up at eight

and go through it in the car.

I asked June to come.

Hope that's all right.

Oh, that's dandy, but I don't need a ride.

Thanks.

- Hello, Howard.

- George...

... I just received new estimates

on Island Towers.

Costs are skyrocketing.

It will be cheaper to just knock down

the community center.

What are you talking about?

We only got the job because we said

we'd keep it.

- We said we intended to keep the center.

- No wait. You can't...

This is nonsense.

You can't just decide unilaterally.

- I'm coming over.

- George.

I want to take a nap before the benefit.

It's all very simple.

Why can't we just build the towers

over the center?

Because it will eat away our profits.

There's to be a groundbreaking ceremony

at Coney Island...

... with our friend Assemblyman Perez.

All I need

is one of your charming speeches.

Well, you're not gonna get one.

I need you there.

- I have to consult my schedule.

- No, you won't, George. It's your job.

You're the public face of the company.

They don't want to see me.

I can't for the life of me think why not.

You're magnificent.

Look, whatever we lose on this deal,

I'm in for half.

You'll be in for nothing

at the rate you're going.

Expensive divorces, poolside parties

at the hotel for 1000 people...

...including fireworks

and a performance by Sting.

That was one special night.

It was Wendy the concierge's farewell bash

and a very good party if I say so myself.

Look, I know you don't have a clue,

but the economy is not what it was.

Everything we've got, all of it, could go.

Faster than you can imagine.

We need this built.

You're our closer

and you will help me close this deal...

...or I will fire you

and take all your stock options.

And I can't bear to see you like that,

George.

You will help me close this deal, George,

won't you?

I'm surprised you have to ask.

I wasn't really asking.

- You should have gone with George.

- Well, he asked June.

- Not exclusively. He asked you too.

- He asked me too?

How many women should a man

take to dinner? Maybe in Utah.

- So you're gonna go alone?

- Sure, why not?

Hey, I think it's great.

I was always too scared

to go anywhere alone.

Then I got married.

Now I'll never be alone again.

Check out this situation.

You two kids have fun.

All right.

Howard. Helen, how are you?

Mr. and Mrs. Wade, good evening.

- I hate these things.

- Ridiculous.

Why can't we just give the money

and be done with it?

Yes, that'd be fun.

Who wants a drink?

- I'd love some champagne.

- We don't want anything.

- I'll have a Scotch.

- Great.

I'll be right back

with one of the promotional bottles.

- Wade.

- Trump.

- I hear Kelson finally dumped you.

- Not exactly, no.

We came to a mutual understanding that

she couldn't bear me for another second.

So who's the new chief counsel?

If she's any good,

I'm gonna steal her away.

I doubt it. She seems quite Ioyal to me.

- Let me be the judge of that.

- All right.

I'm not intimidated.

I'll even lead you to her.

She's over there somewhere.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Well, you look... I...

I... You...

- I can't wait to hear your speech.

- Yeah.

No, it's just you look absolutely...

...surprising.

Well, you haven't seen

the whole outfit yet.

You see, ordinarily that would suit you

extremely well, but...

Well, tonight you're...

I'm just...

- Lucy, hey.

- Hi.

- Wow. I love your dress.

- Thank you.

- And you look very beautiful.

- No.

- I'm sorry, was I interrupting something?

- No, no. We were just...

...going over my speech.

Right. Work, work, work.

Howard wants me to revise

the Island Towers proposal...

...now that we're tearing down

the community center.

- I could really use your help with that.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

George, can I please talk to you

for a second?

Hang on. They're about to shoot a man

out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream.

George.

I don't care about Howard.

No community center. I see. Okay.

We do give millions to charities.

So that justifies lying.

Since when is helping people

and telling the truth mutually exclusive?

- You promised me.

- Oh, here we go.

You said you needed me to tell you

when you were being a schmuck.

It's frankly none of your business, is it?

You don't work here anymore!

I cannot believe you won't even try

to be the person you could be.

- This is the person I could be.

- No.

You think you're second-rate

and there's nothing you can do.

And I never believed it until right now.

This minute.

This is the first time in a year

that I really don't like you.

I haven't liked me for longer than that.

And I'm not crazy about you right now.

Why don't you go and be the person

you're supposed to be.

Oh, good. I see the mature part

of the evening has begun.

Oh, buzz off, bozo.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the ice cream is ready.

Here comes the topping.

George, thanks again.

This was a spectacular evening.

I can't wait to tell my family who I met.

Why? Who did you meet?

You.

- What?

- The elevator.

- Evening.

- Evening.

- How's your room, by the way?

- Amazing.

- But I want to pay you back with interest.

- Don't be ridiculous. I don't need interest.

Well, this is me.

So good night.

Yeah, good night.

- I had a wonderful time.

- Good. I'm very glad about that.

So good night.

Yes, good night.

It's all right. I own the hotel.

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