Las Vegas s01e01 Episode Script
Pilot
[Soft rock instrumental music.]
[Airplane roaring overhead.]
[Energetic instrumental music.]
[Car horn honking.]
[Car horn honking.]
[Elevator bell dings.]
[Elevator bell dings.]
[Gun cocking.]
[Energetic instrumental music continues.]
[Door opening.]
Hi, Daddy.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Daddy? Out.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Welcome to the worst day of my life.
[Theme music.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Never sleep with the boss' daughter.
ED: I'm gonna kill him.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Especially if he is Big Ed Deline former head of CIA counter-intelligence and the best surveillance security man Vegas has ever seen.
ED: Let me get to that Judas in there.
DELINDA: Daddy.
DANNY: Oh, no.
He's gone to the Biblical references.
If he starts quoting Sun Tzu's Art of War, I'm screwed.
"Hold out bait to entice the enemy, then crush them.
" DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Obvious.
I would've picked an obscure passage from Chapter 12, Attack By Fire.
If anything happens to Danny, and I mean anything at all, I'll kill myself.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Great.
Now he's gonna blame me for that, too.
And that includes firing him.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I'll keep my job.
Not that I'll want to since Big Ed can do things with a fork that'll make you cry for your mum.
Our surveillance system detected a weapon here.
DELINDA: He did have a weapon, Daddy.
Just not the kind you're thinking of.
You're supposed to be in Europe, studying something.
- I got bored.
- How long you been in Vegas? - A few days.
- Where were you staying? DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Don't tell him.
At Danny's place.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
She told him! Your mother'll be broken-hearted to hear that not only did you sneak into town but you didn't have the decency to call and tell her you were okay.
I've had lunch with Mum every day since I got back.
ED: Great.
DELINDA: I love you.
ED: Yeah, okay.
[Door closing.]
You can come out now.
Why didn't you tell me Big Ed was your father? DELINDA: Now what fun would that be? You intentionally deceived me because you thought it would be fun? [Murmurs affirmatively.]
DANNY: I gotta get out of here.
Mr.
D.
Wants to see you.
Now! PAULIE: Long time, Delinda.
You look great.
You, too, Paulie.
Lost some weight.
Zone.
You wake up this morning and take a stupid pill, kid? No.
PAULIE: You must be on some drug to pull a stunt like this.
You work for surveillance and security, kid, not the Cabana Boys.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Surveillance and security: The eyes of Vegas.
We see everything.
GIRLS: Hey, Danny.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I mean everything.
Mr.
D.
Took you under his wing.
This is how you repay him? I swear to God.
I didn't know she was his daughter.
That's the best excuse you can come up with? PAULIE: You may be good at eluding surveillance cams to break into suites but what happened to all that Marine Corps counter-intel training? In the picture on Ed's desk, she's 4 years old.
I know.
He likes to remember her that way.
DANNY: I can see why.
MAN: Tell security down in the wave pool we got a gal with her top off.
He's gonna hurt you for this one, kid.
Hurt you bad.
Probably bury you alive in the desert.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
That's how they took care of problems in mob-ruled Vegas.
Bury them alive in the desert.
I'm worm food.
MAN: I got Number 7 cam.
You really put me in a bind.
October 25, 1415.
Shouldn't we talk about what just happened? We just did.
October 25, 1415.
The Battle of Agincourt.
Outnumbered ten to one.
Henry V led a starving army against the French and massacred them.
Why were the French vulnerable? The civil war between the Dukes of Orleans and Burgundy allowed Henry to capture the port of Harfleur.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
We play this military history game often.
I think the implication is he's Henry, and I'm the French right before the massacre.
I got a possible cheater on six.
[Tense instrumental music.]
I got a bum in bunny slippers on 24.
He's headed to the cashier's cage.
MAN: [Over radio.]
Bunny Slippers cashed his Social Security cheque for $426 in chips.
He's headed to Pit 3.
[Camera zoom whirring.]
ED: Who's on the floor? DANNY: The Ice Queen.
ED: Let Nessa know about the card cheat.
Nobody moves until we find his accomplice, or his accomplices.
You not only violated my trust in you, but the sanctity of my family.
Believe me, if I'd known she was your daughter For your own welfare, do not finish that sentence.
- Your judgment is already suspect.
- I'm sorry.
To say that I'm disappointed in you would be an understatement of epic proportions.
Now, apart from the fact that she's my daughter this is a question I'm asking you as executive vice president in charge of surveillance and security for a multibillion-dollar corporation.
Do you routinely jump into bed with women who you do not know the background of because, if you do, that is a major breach of security.
No, sir.
I do not.
So it's just with my daughter then.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I walked right into that one.
ED: The hotel was expecting a whale.
ED: A Mr.
Warren Herman, net worth $1.
4 billion.
One of Montecito's jets flew him here, but he never made it to the casino.
DANNY: Did you sweep the airport? ED: Excuse me? What? Of course you swept the airport.
I'm sorry.
DANNY: You probably checked the hospitals, the jail, the morgue ran an electronic trail.
Listen.
There's been no movement on his credit cards or his bank accounts in the last 24 hours.
He's just disappeared.
You need to find him.
I just came off a double shift.
I was gonna go home and get some sleep.
You didn't look like you needed sleep 20 minutes ago.
- Is this some kind of punishment? - This has nothing to do with my daughter.
That's a whole other issue we'll deal with, and believe me, we will.
Right now, you gotta find the whale, or we're both out of a job.
Mr.
D, they just arrived.
ED: Mr.
And Mrs.
Johnson.
- They're celebrating their 30th anniversary.
- I'm not following.
You find out what Mrs.
J.
Wants for an anniversary present then you get it for Mr.
J.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Okay, this is the punishment part.
Our elevator exhibitionist is back.
This time it's a cowboy.
All right.
Take care of the elevator situation first then check the undercover people working the cheat and Mr.
Bunny Shoes.
But most importantly, find the whale.
And do not forget Mr.
And Mrs.
J's anniversary.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
It's gonna be one of those days.
- And Danny - Yeah.
welcome to the family.
- What? If I catch you looking at another girl take a poison pill, 'cause I'll kill you.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Okay, I guess it's not gonna be one of those days.
It's gonna be worse.
MISS BARRY: Yeah! Ride them, cowboy! [Knocking on elevator door.]
Sorry to interrupt, Miss Barry, but there's a camera directly over you.
We can see what you're doing.
I know.
[Miss Barry laughing.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I always get the tough jobs.
Even before I made the mistake of sleeping with the boss' daughter.
But that's because I was born and raised in Neon City.
Most people here are from someplace else.
Because I'm from Vegas, I know everybody and everybody knows me.
Even the hookers at the end of the bar.
Looking beautiful this evening.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Despite my situation with Ed he knows I'm his only hope of finding the whale.
High-rolling bastard.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
The Johnsons.
Happy 30th.
[Rock instrumental music.]
Hi.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Mary Connell.
First girl I ever kissed.
Fourth grade, behind the swings.
You look like crap.
When's the last time you got some sleep? DANNY: [Voiceover.]
We've been friends since we were two.
Greg's been looking for you.
I know.
I haven't had time to return his calls.
We lost a whale.
Is he one of yours? No, but I know a girl who dates him when he's in town.
I'll talk to her.
Okay.
I gotta go.
He's my date for the night.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I know what you're thinking, but don't go there.
Mary's not a hooker.
She's a special events director.
You want a hooker, go to the end of the bar.
[Girls giggling.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Nessa Holt, The Ice Queen.
Best pit boss, maybe in the world.
I'm not sure exactly what her story is, but she's connected to Big Ed somehow.
Too young to have been in the CIA with him.
Then again, knowing Ed, he probably recruited her when she was a kid.
[British accent.]
He's into the casino for a hundred large.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
God, I love her accent.
He's bumping his bet like he knows what's coming, Danny.
Maybe he does.
You think the bum's working with the cheater? No.
Mr.
Bunny Slippers is dancing with lady luck.
He's on a roll.
But someone is definitely working with your counter.
DANNY: Inside job? I switched dealers on him four times already and brought out new decks twice.
Just play it straight.
Our people are everywhere.
Plays a minimum 50 large hand two to three hands at a time.
Wears a diamond horseshoe ring on his right pinkie.
Takes it out of his shirt pocket and puts it on before his first card is dealt.
NESSA: Takes it off and puts it back when he's done.
It's his good luck piece.
- You lost him, didn't you, Danny? - Not me personally.
So when are you going to show me the sights of Vegas like you promised? Maybe another time.
I gotta find this whale.
Check with the butler at the VIP high-roller suite.
That's the whale's home when he's in town.
I can't tell you much about him.
The only time he said anything to me was when he had one of his requests.
What kind of requests? He was with some female companions and wanted the Jacuzzi filled with Taittinger.
BUTLER: I had to send guys all over town to get enough.
- To drink? - No, to bathe in.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Wonder if the jets were on? DANNY: Taittinger, vintage 1990.
If there's movement of one bottle in this town, I want a call from you.
All right, thank you.
Big Ed's daughter.
Are you crazy? DANNY: [Voiceover.]
In this town, valets hear everything.
And I mean everything.
If Big Ed doesn't kill you, she will.
- Why, what do you know about her? - You don't want to know.
MIKE: Hey, Stevie.
Who's on vacation? You or these good folks? That's right.
They are.
Now move your jets.
MIKE: Heard you lost a whale.
DANNY: Yeah.
Mr.
Herman.
I always drive him in a limo whenever he's in town.
- He always asks for me.
- Why you? We talk engineering.
Specifically hydraulics and their applications in a mechanised society.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Mike's got a master's degree in engineering but makes more as a valet and limo driver.
Listen, Mr.
Herman's a big fan of La Nude Revue at Crazy Horse.
His favourite lady goes on at midnight.
All right, thanks.
Keep your ears open for Mr.
Johnson.
Thirtieth anniversary Mr.
Johnson? DANNY: Try and find out what Mrs.
J.
Wants for an anniversary gift.
Don't forget.
Barbecue at my house tomorrow night.
Got some great new gadgets I've been working on.
You're not gonna rewire my car and set it on fire again, are you? That really hurts.
You had a short, okay? That was an accident.
Promise me you won't touch my car.
[Danny's cell phone ringing.]
Get your phone, Ahab, and find your whale and get out of here and let me do my job, okay? Make sure you come.
ED: Give me a status report.
Miss Barry and her companion are out of the elevator.
[Tyres screeching.]
DANNY: Our people are in place on the casino floor and I have feelers out for Mrs.
J's anniversary present.
ED: [On phone.]
All right.
What about the whale? I got a line on a strip club.
DANNY: His favourite stripper goes on at midnight.
Well, that's good then.
Give you enough time to join the family for a late-night dinner at Alize.
Thirty minutes.
Don't be late.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Late dinner with the family? What is with him and this family thing? [Upbeat jazzy instrumental music.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
This isn't good.
In fact, this is really bad.
Never sleep with the boss' daughter.
Never.
Never.
JILLIAN: Which are you more upset about? The fact that your protege is sleeping with your daughter or that your protege didn't know it was your daughter? I want to know why you didn't tell me she was in town.
- She wanted to surprise you.
- She surprised me.
Eddie, don't do what you did to the last boy.
It wasn't nice.
Call off your dog, Eddie.
How'd you know that? [Jillian laughs softly.]
- Know what I think? - No.
But I guess you're gonna tell me.
Yes.
I think you don't want to share him.
JILLIAN: I think you want this kid all to yourself which is why I never met him and I think you're afraid that you're gonna lose him to your daughter and you're really pissed off about it.
Call off your dog, Eddie.
If you ever want to go on another gondola ride.
- Stop.
- What? [Jillian clears her throat.]
- Hope I'm not late.
- Hello.
I'm Delinda's mother, Jillian.
I can see where Delinda gets her beauty.
Not that you're ugly or anything, but your wife is incredibly JILLIAN: Why don't you sit right here by me? DANNY: I'll shut up now.
Some wine.
It's a Petrus from my collection.
No, thanks.
I'm not much of a wine guy.
I'm more of a beer guy.
See, I'm betting you didn't hear what I just said.
This is an '82 Petrus from my private collection.
No, I heard what you said, Ed.
It's just that I don't like wine.
[Jillian clears her throat.]
But you know what, it's always good to try new things so WAITER: Very well.
As a matter of fact, I was just telling Delinda that last night You might want to stop talking.
DANNY: Bottoms up.
That's not half bad.
WAITER: Very well.
You know what? I've been trying to get Ed to invite you for dinner for months now.
He's just not really very good at sharing.
[Racy rock music.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
She may actually be worth getting killed for.
ED: Excuse me.
Excuse me.
[Racy rock music stops.]
- Hi, Mum.
- Hello.
ED: Jillian and I were wondering what your intentions might be.
- My intentions, Daddy? - You know, Danny I thought I'd have as much sex with him and his cute little butt as possible and when I get bored, dump him.
That's cute.
Extremely funny.
Well, when I was your age, we didn't have this problem with Don't even go there.
Mum already told me about when you were my age.
Those nightly gondola rides sounded pretty sexy.
- You told her about the gondola rides? - She asked.
ED: You don't talk about that stuff with your daughter.
- I didn't show her the video.
- Video? DANNY: [Laughing.]
Ed, that's Shut up.
[Cell phone ringing.]
Eddie, that's your phone.
Excuse me.
ED: Yeah.
Hey, Phil.
[Exclaims softly in pain.]
ED: Okay, thanks, pal.
I appreciate it.
Our player hasn't called into or out of any of his phones including his cell, last 24 hours.
Did you have the CIA check to see if DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I'm in big trouble here.
I gotta talk to Mary.
She'll know what to do about Big Ed and this family thing.
Mary always knows what to do.
MARY: This better be good.
I'm working.
My date thinks I'm in the bathroom.
And he's on a roll.
I'm sorry.
But I'm in kind of a pickle.
You and your pickle are in a pickle all right.
- You heard.
- Big Ed's daughter? Never sleep with a woman trying to piss off her father, Danny.
What is that? Some rule I'm supposed to know? Guys don't know that rule.
Name one guy who knows that rule.
You name one guy who thinks before he jumps into bed with a woman.
How could you let yourself get into this situation? It just, kind of, happened.
All right.
First of all, nothing just kind of happens with women.
We may want you to think it just kind of happened, but it didn't.
- Okay, now you're scaring me.
- You should be scared.
And not just of her.
Then again, you could always go back to the family business.
No, that's not gonna happen.
You know that.
Your father and grandfather handed you that business on a silver platter and you threw it back in their faces.
I did not just throw it back in their faces.
I joined the Marines.
Same difference.
You walked out on them, Danny, when they needed you most.
[Sniffling.]
You know I had to leave, Mary.
I know.
I gotta go.
We'll talk later.
Hey.
Thanks for being there.
I've always been there for you, Danny.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
And she has, too.
But I haven't always been there for her.
I should've been there when things went bad between her and her father but I wasn't.
Right now, I need to find the whale.
Because there is no way in hell I'm going back to the family business.
BOUNCER: He was here last night.
Left in a hurry.
DANNY: Which one is his favourite? BOUNCER: Jewel.
With the breast tattoo.
[Rock music playing loudly.]
JEWEL: Would you like a private dance? - Behind the glass? - No, thanks.
Just some information.
That'll cost just as much as a private dance.
So what do you say, big boy? Private dance? Thanks, but I'm gonna have to pass.
It's a DANNY: [Voiceover.]
That's an all-night affair.
Haven't seen him.
Should have taken the private dance.
- Where'd you get the ring? - None of your business.
It is my business.
Mr.
Herman gave it to me.
- Where is he? - I haven't seen him since late last night.
He stayed for a while, and then got in a limo and left in a hurry.
- Whose limo? - I don't know.
It was black.
Didn't have any signage.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
No way it could be his lucky ring.
Unless he ran out of luck, which means he lost big.
I bet he came in town with cash, which is why there's no electronic trail.
J.
D: [On cell.]
Agent Walker, IRS.
DANNY: J.
D.
DANNY: It's Danny.
J.
D: [On cell.]
Hey.
DANNY: Did you hear of anybody dumping big bucks at a casino in the last 24? J.
D: [On cell.]
We're looking for the money.
DANNY: Thanks.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
In Vegas, even the IRS is 24/7.
ED: What have you got on the whale, Danny? DANNY: [On cell.]
He played at another casino and lost big.
I'm trying to find out which casino.
Mr.
Bunny Shoes is up $1.
2 million.
Playing every hand on the table, not even looking at his card.
He's just waiting for the dealer to bust.
[Buzzer sounding.]
- He's on a hell of a roll.
- Yeah.
He's not my only problem.
I picked up an unauthorised frequency.
- Could be the cheater's accomplice.
- Not "could be.
" It is.
He's close.
I'm trying to locate the source, but it's scrambled.
DANNY: How much is he up? ED: $750,000.
- How the hell is he doing that? - I don't know yet.
DANNY: I'm gonna run a facial through the black book.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
The black book.
Used to actually be a book.
Now it's computerised in a global network that allows casinos worldwide to track cheaters.
More importantly, you can identify a cheater with just a partial face feature.
Dark glasses and a hat are a bitch, though.
Jillian wants you to come over for Sunday dinner.
6:00.
DANNY: Sorry, Ed.
I got plans.
I'm going to Mike's house.
- Why don't you join me? - Swell.
The family will join you.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
There's that family thing again.
I don't want you to think for one second that because my wife thinks she likes you, you're back in my good graces.
[Cell phone ringing.]
Danny McCoy.
LEON: [On cell.]
Leon at Wine Export.
Guy just came in and bought every case of 1990 Taittinger I have.
$56,000 worth.
Hold it.
I'm locked on.
The signal's going into and out of the casino.
Our cheat is communicating with someone on the outside.
The outside? [Camera zoom whirs.]
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
[People cheering and clapping.]
[Tense instrumental music.]
Run that infrared through the casino.
Put that bum in one of the high-roller suites.
Don't need to be dealing with two problems at once.
All right, the girl who dates your whale was called by the casino host at the Sand Dragon and told when and where to meet him.
DANNY: She get the name of the host? MARY: Sam.
Guy's the biggest whale thief in town.
He plays hit and run, never showing his face.
What are you doing? Anyone who's using anything illegal the infrared will pick up flickers on the surveillance cams.
DEALER: Congratulations, sir.
TOM: Yeah.
God! God, this guy's pathetic.
MALOOF: Smells, too.
- Miss, I told you I need my own table.
- I'll take care of you.
Please come with me.
NESSA: Look after Mr.
Maloof.
Reserve the table.
Hi.
I'm Danny McCoy.
The hotel would like to make a VIP suite available to you.
Okay.
Go away.
Way away.
New decks.
You know, they have great room service in the VIP suite.
You can order anything you want, even have a chef come and cook it for you.
Mac and cheese? To die for! Best mac and cheese in town.
- Oatmeal cookies and milk? - They'll make you whatever you want.
- Okay.
- All right.
I'll show you the way.
MARY: Let me help you with the money.
Okey-dokey.
We found our whale.
ED: Get him back.
Now.
Whatever it takes, Danny.
- How you doing? - Good.
Your pop's here.
MIKE: Morning rush, folks.
Let's get them in cabs and get them out of here.
- What are you doing here? - I was on my way to work.
I was wondering if you were gonna come with me to see your mother.
Dad, it's not Mum.
It's a headstone.
That mean you're not going? You ought to stop by the new job site sometime - I'm not really into job sites.
- You used to love them.
You loved to take me because you didn't have a babysitter.
There's no piece of heavy equipment out there you can't operate.
Nothing like working a 40-hour week in 115-degree weather when you're 10.
I'm gonna be late for work.
Listen.
Greg needs to talk to you.
You call him, okay? DANNY: Wait.
Dad.
Call me before you head over to the cemetery.
I'll meet you there.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
My mum was the love of my dad's life.
And he's never gotten over it.
Today would have been her birthday.
If Mum were still alive what do you think she'd want for her 30th wedding anniversary? I'd hope she'd still want me, son.
[Fast-paced rhythmic instrumental music.]
DANNY: Don't move it unless you have to.
VALET: Got it.
VALET 2: What's up, Danny? Thanks.
The blue one.
Bring it up.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Black limo, no signage.
Bingo.
[Fast-paced rhythmic instrumental music continues.]
- Danny? - Jane! DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I hate seeing women I dated.
- Are you, like, stalking me? - No.
JANE: 'Cause there's laws against that.
I'm sorry.
I didn't return your phone calls - and you're, like, all obsessed with me.
- I'm not obsessed with you.
Here's the thing.
You're really cute but I didn't think there were any sparks whatsoever between us I'm looking for Sam.
He's not here.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Thank God she didn't return my phone calls.
Taittinger, 1990.
HERMAN: Ladies.
HERMAN: There's enough of me for everyone.
Don't fight.
GIRL: Hey, Danny! Mr.
Herman.
Hey.
My name is Danny McCoy.
I work for Montecito Resort & Casino.
DANNY: The resort and casino that sent the plane for you.
We sent that plane so that you would stay and, more importantly, play at Montecito.
If you have a problem, you need to talk to Sam.
There's nothing I'd like better, but nobody seems to know where he is, or who he is for that matter.
He's right behind you.
[Danny laughs dryly.]
- Sam.
- Samantha Jane.
You posed as your own secretary? Don't look so surprised.
All's fair in love, war, and casino hosting.
You went out with me just to try to get information.
You went out with me just to try to get me into bed.
Yeah, but I never tried to get information out of you.
So you think I was actually flirting with you? [Sam laughs mockingly.]
- Come work for us.
Exclusively.
- Why'd I consider that? I'm a freelancer.
DANNY: Job security.
SAM: I don't think about that.
- You should.
- Why? Whale thieves aren't looked upon highly, and since I know your little secret Your whale dropped a wad here.
I can write my own ticket.
- Not if I put you in the black book.
- You can't do that.
Sure, I can.
Mistakes happen all the time.
Could take years to discover.
I'll bump you 10%.
Just because I'm a nice guy.
- Fifty.
- Twenty.
SAM: Forty, and you get me exclusively for 60 days.
Thirty, and 120 days.
I'll take your 30l120, but I want a suite in the hotel.
- Strip or mountain view? - Strip, of course.
- Hey, Mr.
Herman.
- Hey.
Welcome back.
I see you brought your posse.
[Tyres screeching.]
DANNY: Okay, I got the whale.
I'm checking him in now.
DANNY: But there's a little problem.
ED: What kind of problem? I had to hire the casino host with a 30% bump - and give her a suite to live in.
- You what? You told me that I should do whatever it takes.
You're not No.
I swear.
Don't worry.
The only one he's doing is your daughter.
Thank you.
I'm gonna go on the floor.
Check on Mr.
Herman and I'll meet you there.
I'm really gonna like working here.
[Sam giggling.]
CLERK: There's a small problem.
CLERK: We put the other gentleman you told us to in Mr.
Herman's suite.
Okay, great.
Thank you.
Hot, hot.
[Soft jazzy music playing.]
[Murmurs in approval.]
Put Mr.
Herman in another suite.
What do you mean, put me in another suite? That's my suite.
I stay there, or I leave.
Don't look at me.
You're the new casino host.
Take care of it.
This is my suite.
The hotel gave it to me.
SAM: You can have another one.
TOM: But I don't need another one.
I've got this one.
DANNY: No.
In all seriousness, you should take your winnings and leave.
$1.
2 million is a lot of money, especially with your low overhead.
DANNY: You stay around any longer, you'll end up giving it back.
I've seen it happen a million times.
You had a great run, buddy.
But runs always end.
Walk away.
[Cell phone ringing.]
This is Sam.
Hey, gorgeous.
Of course.
I'm here for you anytime you need.
Let me check.
SAM: Okay.
We have your dinner reservations, I believe.
SAM: Okay.
[Funky instrumental music.]
SAM: All right.
Okay.
DANNY: [Softly.]
Put him in another suite.
Now, there has to be something that you want, that you'd be willing to trade for this suite.
[Soft rock instrumental music.]
DANNY: Mikey, blond valet.
Fair skin, mid-20s playing games on a PalmPilot.
He still working? Yeah.
Just asked to pick up an extra shift, said he needed the money.
Come on, ladies.
We're out of here.
Let's get the limo.
Hey, Mr.
Herman.
It's good to see you again.
MIKE: Did you read MIT's quarterly? HERMAN: No.
There was a great piece on the new hydraulic [Groans.]
[Fast-paced rock instrumental music.]
[Groans.]
Hold it.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I thought I was having a bad day.
DANNY: I'm about to introduce you to a man with a fork.
[Fast-paced rock instrumental music.]
[People cheering.]
MAN: Hit me.
DEALER: Another winner.
[Buzzer sounding.]
NESSA: Hello.
DANNY: [On phone.]
This is Danny.
Put Ed on.
Danny.
I've got the signal.
It's a live feed.
He knows every card being dealt.
Excuse me.
Listen.
You got the feed, I just picked up the eye.
Our man's about to go all in.
One hand.
Let's crush him.
HERMAN: Sorry, Mikey.
They gave away my suite.
I'm leaving.
We'll give you use of the private jet, and the mansion in Lake Tahoe for a week - stocked with Taittinger 1990.
- I still want my suite.
I'll get you your suite.
Just promise me you'll stay and play.
MIKE: Come on, Mr.
Herman.
All right.
Ladies, the hot tub.
[Suspenseful instrumental music.]
Excuse me.
You're killing us here.
We're gonna shut the table down.
- This is gonna have to be your last hand.
- Then I'm going all in.
Well, again, I'm sorry.
That's just slightly above our table limit.
- So change the limit.
- I can't do that.
Then find somebody who can.
NESSA: Mr.
Schaeffer's on the floor.
He's up over $3.
5 mil.
That's $7 million-plus if he wins.
I know.
[Tense instrumental music.]
All right.
Let him play.
NESSA: I'll deal this hand.
[Tense instrumental music continues.]
Hit me.
[Crowd groans.]
That's impossible.
It's not.
He has a mini-remote fibre-optic camera in his finger which is fed to his partner, the valet who tells him every card being dealt through an earpiece built into his glasses.
DANNY: I just had his friend tell him the wrong card.
NESSA: It's not illegal to cheat a cheater.
Take these clowns, march them around for everyone to see.
ED: Make sure everybody looks at them.
Nobody cheats in my casino.
March them around.
ED: All right, folks.
Show's over.
Lots of tables open.
Please, go have some fun.
How'd you get him out of here? That's sick.
You didn't.
No.
Tom Bay asked me to send this picture to his family once a week so they'd stop worrying about him and know he's okay.
- Where is he now? - Casino.
[Groans.]
MRS.
JOHNSON: This is so ridiculous.
I don't understand it.
Every time we come here, we go through the same thing.
We didn't have to come here.
MRS.
JOHNSON: You never change.
Happy anniversary, Mr.
And Mrs.
Johnson.
Enjoying your stay? You never change.
And I think you're gonna change after 30 years, right? - I'm gonna play the machine.
- That's really romantic.
It's our anniversary.
My father would have given anything to spend 30 years with my mother.
Anything at all.
But he never got the chance and he spent the last 20 years alone.
I'm sure the 30 years you two spent together were a hell of a lot better than the 20 years he spent alone.
- Yeah.
We had some good times.
- We did.
I'm sorry I didn't take you to Monte Carlo for our 30th like you wanted.
- It's okay.
- Did you say Monte Carlo? Yeah.
Monte Carlo.
Well, it's not the Riviera, but I can get you dinner at one of the best French restaurants in the world.
- Really? - Just tell them Danny sent you.
- Monte Carlo.
Thank you, Danny.
- Thank you.
That's so nice.
MR.
JOHNSON: Danny's a nice guy.
DEALER: No more bets.
[Ball rattling.]
[Tom groans.]
DANNY: How much does he have left? NESSA: $40,000.
Close the table.
Take a break.
Sorry, sir.
Table closed.
$40,000 is still a lot of money, Tom.
Walk away.
Just walk away.
[Woman screaming excitedly.]
[Coins jingling.]
WOMAN: Oh, my God! I don't believe it! MAN: You won! He did a good thing.
We'd have had that $40,000 back in a New York second.
The kid did the right thing.
Does this mean you're not still pissed at him? What are you, nuts? I'm gonna kill him.
[Guests talking and laughing.]
- Did you ever get a hold of Greg? - I'll call him later.
[Upbeat rock music.]
- What is she doing here? - The new casino host? Mike invited her.
[Girls giggling.]
You've got a problem, Danny.
DANNY: It's like a bad dream.
MARY: How long you been up for? - Thirty-six plus.
- Go home.
- Maybe I am too tired for goodbyes.
- Too tired, or too afraid? Both.
[Upbeat rock music continues.]
Tom! Hop in, I'll give you a ride.
No thanks, man.
I like to walk.
Fair enough.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Vegas.
Former mob lawyer as mayor legal gambling, valets with master's degrees in engineering bars that never close, world-class food and entertainment.
And I made it through the day without getting buried alive in the desert.
God, I love this town.
[Autodial dialling.]
[Upbeat rock music continues.]
[Cell phone ringing.]
DANNY: [On voicemail.]
Greg, it's Danny.
Call me.
[Beeps.]
[Airplane roaring overhead.]
[Airplane roaring overhead.]
[Energetic instrumental music.]
[Car horn honking.]
[Car horn honking.]
[Elevator bell dings.]
[Elevator bell dings.]
[Gun cocking.]
[Energetic instrumental music continues.]
[Door opening.]
Hi, Daddy.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Daddy? Out.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Welcome to the worst day of my life.
[Theme music.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Never sleep with the boss' daughter.
ED: I'm gonna kill him.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Especially if he is Big Ed Deline former head of CIA counter-intelligence and the best surveillance security man Vegas has ever seen.
ED: Let me get to that Judas in there.
DELINDA: Daddy.
DANNY: Oh, no.
He's gone to the Biblical references.
If he starts quoting Sun Tzu's Art of War, I'm screwed.
"Hold out bait to entice the enemy, then crush them.
" DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Obvious.
I would've picked an obscure passage from Chapter 12, Attack By Fire.
If anything happens to Danny, and I mean anything at all, I'll kill myself.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Great.
Now he's gonna blame me for that, too.
And that includes firing him.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I'll keep my job.
Not that I'll want to since Big Ed can do things with a fork that'll make you cry for your mum.
Our surveillance system detected a weapon here.
DELINDA: He did have a weapon, Daddy.
Just not the kind you're thinking of.
You're supposed to be in Europe, studying something.
- I got bored.
- How long you been in Vegas? - A few days.
- Where were you staying? DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Don't tell him.
At Danny's place.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
She told him! Your mother'll be broken-hearted to hear that not only did you sneak into town but you didn't have the decency to call and tell her you were okay.
I've had lunch with Mum every day since I got back.
ED: Great.
DELINDA: I love you.
ED: Yeah, okay.
[Door closing.]
You can come out now.
Why didn't you tell me Big Ed was your father? DELINDA: Now what fun would that be? You intentionally deceived me because you thought it would be fun? [Murmurs affirmatively.]
DANNY: I gotta get out of here.
Mr.
D.
Wants to see you.
Now! PAULIE: Long time, Delinda.
You look great.
You, too, Paulie.
Lost some weight.
Zone.
You wake up this morning and take a stupid pill, kid? No.
PAULIE: You must be on some drug to pull a stunt like this.
You work for surveillance and security, kid, not the Cabana Boys.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Surveillance and security: The eyes of Vegas.
We see everything.
GIRLS: Hey, Danny.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I mean everything.
Mr.
D.
Took you under his wing.
This is how you repay him? I swear to God.
I didn't know she was his daughter.
That's the best excuse you can come up with? PAULIE: You may be good at eluding surveillance cams to break into suites but what happened to all that Marine Corps counter-intel training? In the picture on Ed's desk, she's 4 years old.
I know.
He likes to remember her that way.
DANNY: I can see why.
MAN: Tell security down in the wave pool we got a gal with her top off.
He's gonna hurt you for this one, kid.
Hurt you bad.
Probably bury you alive in the desert.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
That's how they took care of problems in mob-ruled Vegas.
Bury them alive in the desert.
I'm worm food.
MAN: I got Number 7 cam.
You really put me in a bind.
October 25, 1415.
Shouldn't we talk about what just happened? We just did.
October 25, 1415.
The Battle of Agincourt.
Outnumbered ten to one.
Henry V led a starving army against the French and massacred them.
Why were the French vulnerable? The civil war between the Dukes of Orleans and Burgundy allowed Henry to capture the port of Harfleur.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
We play this military history game often.
I think the implication is he's Henry, and I'm the French right before the massacre.
I got a possible cheater on six.
[Tense instrumental music.]
I got a bum in bunny slippers on 24.
He's headed to the cashier's cage.
MAN: [Over radio.]
Bunny Slippers cashed his Social Security cheque for $426 in chips.
He's headed to Pit 3.
[Camera zoom whirring.]
ED: Who's on the floor? DANNY: The Ice Queen.
ED: Let Nessa know about the card cheat.
Nobody moves until we find his accomplice, or his accomplices.
You not only violated my trust in you, but the sanctity of my family.
Believe me, if I'd known she was your daughter For your own welfare, do not finish that sentence.
- Your judgment is already suspect.
- I'm sorry.
To say that I'm disappointed in you would be an understatement of epic proportions.
Now, apart from the fact that she's my daughter this is a question I'm asking you as executive vice president in charge of surveillance and security for a multibillion-dollar corporation.
Do you routinely jump into bed with women who you do not know the background of because, if you do, that is a major breach of security.
No, sir.
I do not.
So it's just with my daughter then.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I walked right into that one.
ED: The hotel was expecting a whale.
ED: A Mr.
Warren Herman, net worth $1.
4 billion.
One of Montecito's jets flew him here, but he never made it to the casino.
DANNY: Did you sweep the airport? ED: Excuse me? What? Of course you swept the airport.
I'm sorry.
DANNY: You probably checked the hospitals, the jail, the morgue ran an electronic trail.
Listen.
There's been no movement on his credit cards or his bank accounts in the last 24 hours.
He's just disappeared.
You need to find him.
I just came off a double shift.
I was gonna go home and get some sleep.
You didn't look like you needed sleep 20 minutes ago.
- Is this some kind of punishment? - This has nothing to do with my daughter.
That's a whole other issue we'll deal with, and believe me, we will.
Right now, you gotta find the whale, or we're both out of a job.
Mr.
D, they just arrived.
ED: Mr.
And Mrs.
Johnson.
- They're celebrating their 30th anniversary.
- I'm not following.
You find out what Mrs.
J.
Wants for an anniversary present then you get it for Mr.
J.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Okay, this is the punishment part.
Our elevator exhibitionist is back.
This time it's a cowboy.
All right.
Take care of the elevator situation first then check the undercover people working the cheat and Mr.
Bunny Shoes.
But most importantly, find the whale.
And do not forget Mr.
And Mrs.
J's anniversary.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
It's gonna be one of those days.
- And Danny - Yeah.
welcome to the family.
- What? If I catch you looking at another girl take a poison pill, 'cause I'll kill you.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Okay, I guess it's not gonna be one of those days.
It's gonna be worse.
MISS BARRY: Yeah! Ride them, cowboy! [Knocking on elevator door.]
Sorry to interrupt, Miss Barry, but there's a camera directly over you.
We can see what you're doing.
I know.
[Miss Barry laughing.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I always get the tough jobs.
Even before I made the mistake of sleeping with the boss' daughter.
But that's because I was born and raised in Neon City.
Most people here are from someplace else.
Because I'm from Vegas, I know everybody and everybody knows me.
Even the hookers at the end of the bar.
Looking beautiful this evening.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Despite my situation with Ed he knows I'm his only hope of finding the whale.
High-rolling bastard.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
The Johnsons.
Happy 30th.
[Rock instrumental music.]
Hi.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Mary Connell.
First girl I ever kissed.
Fourth grade, behind the swings.
You look like crap.
When's the last time you got some sleep? DANNY: [Voiceover.]
We've been friends since we were two.
Greg's been looking for you.
I know.
I haven't had time to return his calls.
We lost a whale.
Is he one of yours? No, but I know a girl who dates him when he's in town.
I'll talk to her.
Okay.
I gotta go.
He's my date for the night.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I know what you're thinking, but don't go there.
Mary's not a hooker.
She's a special events director.
You want a hooker, go to the end of the bar.
[Girls giggling.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Nessa Holt, The Ice Queen.
Best pit boss, maybe in the world.
I'm not sure exactly what her story is, but she's connected to Big Ed somehow.
Too young to have been in the CIA with him.
Then again, knowing Ed, he probably recruited her when she was a kid.
[British accent.]
He's into the casino for a hundred large.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
God, I love her accent.
He's bumping his bet like he knows what's coming, Danny.
Maybe he does.
You think the bum's working with the cheater? No.
Mr.
Bunny Slippers is dancing with lady luck.
He's on a roll.
But someone is definitely working with your counter.
DANNY: Inside job? I switched dealers on him four times already and brought out new decks twice.
Just play it straight.
Our people are everywhere.
Plays a minimum 50 large hand two to three hands at a time.
Wears a diamond horseshoe ring on his right pinkie.
Takes it out of his shirt pocket and puts it on before his first card is dealt.
NESSA: Takes it off and puts it back when he's done.
It's his good luck piece.
- You lost him, didn't you, Danny? - Not me personally.
So when are you going to show me the sights of Vegas like you promised? Maybe another time.
I gotta find this whale.
Check with the butler at the VIP high-roller suite.
That's the whale's home when he's in town.
I can't tell you much about him.
The only time he said anything to me was when he had one of his requests.
What kind of requests? He was with some female companions and wanted the Jacuzzi filled with Taittinger.
BUTLER: I had to send guys all over town to get enough.
- To drink? - No, to bathe in.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Wonder if the jets were on? DANNY: Taittinger, vintage 1990.
If there's movement of one bottle in this town, I want a call from you.
All right, thank you.
Big Ed's daughter.
Are you crazy? DANNY: [Voiceover.]
In this town, valets hear everything.
And I mean everything.
If Big Ed doesn't kill you, she will.
- Why, what do you know about her? - You don't want to know.
MIKE: Hey, Stevie.
Who's on vacation? You or these good folks? That's right.
They are.
Now move your jets.
MIKE: Heard you lost a whale.
DANNY: Yeah.
Mr.
Herman.
I always drive him in a limo whenever he's in town.
- He always asks for me.
- Why you? We talk engineering.
Specifically hydraulics and their applications in a mechanised society.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Mike's got a master's degree in engineering but makes more as a valet and limo driver.
Listen, Mr.
Herman's a big fan of La Nude Revue at Crazy Horse.
His favourite lady goes on at midnight.
All right, thanks.
Keep your ears open for Mr.
Johnson.
Thirtieth anniversary Mr.
Johnson? DANNY: Try and find out what Mrs.
J.
Wants for an anniversary gift.
Don't forget.
Barbecue at my house tomorrow night.
Got some great new gadgets I've been working on.
You're not gonna rewire my car and set it on fire again, are you? That really hurts.
You had a short, okay? That was an accident.
Promise me you won't touch my car.
[Danny's cell phone ringing.]
Get your phone, Ahab, and find your whale and get out of here and let me do my job, okay? Make sure you come.
ED: Give me a status report.
Miss Barry and her companion are out of the elevator.
[Tyres screeching.]
DANNY: Our people are in place on the casino floor and I have feelers out for Mrs.
J's anniversary present.
ED: [On phone.]
All right.
What about the whale? I got a line on a strip club.
DANNY: His favourite stripper goes on at midnight.
Well, that's good then.
Give you enough time to join the family for a late-night dinner at Alize.
Thirty minutes.
Don't be late.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Late dinner with the family? What is with him and this family thing? [Upbeat jazzy instrumental music.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
This isn't good.
In fact, this is really bad.
Never sleep with the boss' daughter.
Never.
Never.
JILLIAN: Which are you more upset about? The fact that your protege is sleeping with your daughter or that your protege didn't know it was your daughter? I want to know why you didn't tell me she was in town.
- She wanted to surprise you.
- She surprised me.
Eddie, don't do what you did to the last boy.
It wasn't nice.
Call off your dog, Eddie.
How'd you know that? [Jillian laughs softly.]
- Know what I think? - No.
But I guess you're gonna tell me.
Yes.
I think you don't want to share him.
JILLIAN: I think you want this kid all to yourself which is why I never met him and I think you're afraid that you're gonna lose him to your daughter and you're really pissed off about it.
Call off your dog, Eddie.
If you ever want to go on another gondola ride.
- Stop.
- What? [Jillian clears her throat.]
- Hope I'm not late.
- Hello.
I'm Delinda's mother, Jillian.
I can see where Delinda gets her beauty.
Not that you're ugly or anything, but your wife is incredibly JILLIAN: Why don't you sit right here by me? DANNY: I'll shut up now.
Some wine.
It's a Petrus from my collection.
No, thanks.
I'm not much of a wine guy.
I'm more of a beer guy.
See, I'm betting you didn't hear what I just said.
This is an '82 Petrus from my private collection.
No, I heard what you said, Ed.
It's just that I don't like wine.
[Jillian clears her throat.]
But you know what, it's always good to try new things so WAITER: Very well.
As a matter of fact, I was just telling Delinda that last night You might want to stop talking.
DANNY: Bottoms up.
That's not half bad.
WAITER: Very well.
You know what? I've been trying to get Ed to invite you for dinner for months now.
He's just not really very good at sharing.
[Racy rock music.]
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
She may actually be worth getting killed for.
ED: Excuse me.
Excuse me.
[Racy rock music stops.]
- Hi, Mum.
- Hello.
ED: Jillian and I were wondering what your intentions might be.
- My intentions, Daddy? - You know, Danny I thought I'd have as much sex with him and his cute little butt as possible and when I get bored, dump him.
That's cute.
Extremely funny.
Well, when I was your age, we didn't have this problem with Don't even go there.
Mum already told me about when you were my age.
Those nightly gondola rides sounded pretty sexy.
- You told her about the gondola rides? - She asked.
ED: You don't talk about that stuff with your daughter.
- I didn't show her the video.
- Video? DANNY: [Laughing.]
Ed, that's Shut up.
[Cell phone ringing.]
Eddie, that's your phone.
Excuse me.
ED: Yeah.
Hey, Phil.
[Exclaims softly in pain.]
ED: Okay, thanks, pal.
I appreciate it.
Our player hasn't called into or out of any of his phones including his cell, last 24 hours.
Did you have the CIA check to see if DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I'm in big trouble here.
I gotta talk to Mary.
She'll know what to do about Big Ed and this family thing.
Mary always knows what to do.
MARY: This better be good.
I'm working.
My date thinks I'm in the bathroom.
And he's on a roll.
I'm sorry.
But I'm in kind of a pickle.
You and your pickle are in a pickle all right.
- You heard.
- Big Ed's daughter? Never sleep with a woman trying to piss off her father, Danny.
What is that? Some rule I'm supposed to know? Guys don't know that rule.
Name one guy who knows that rule.
You name one guy who thinks before he jumps into bed with a woman.
How could you let yourself get into this situation? It just, kind of, happened.
All right.
First of all, nothing just kind of happens with women.
We may want you to think it just kind of happened, but it didn't.
- Okay, now you're scaring me.
- You should be scared.
And not just of her.
Then again, you could always go back to the family business.
No, that's not gonna happen.
You know that.
Your father and grandfather handed you that business on a silver platter and you threw it back in their faces.
I did not just throw it back in their faces.
I joined the Marines.
Same difference.
You walked out on them, Danny, when they needed you most.
[Sniffling.]
You know I had to leave, Mary.
I know.
I gotta go.
We'll talk later.
Hey.
Thanks for being there.
I've always been there for you, Danny.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
And she has, too.
But I haven't always been there for her.
I should've been there when things went bad between her and her father but I wasn't.
Right now, I need to find the whale.
Because there is no way in hell I'm going back to the family business.
BOUNCER: He was here last night.
Left in a hurry.
DANNY: Which one is his favourite? BOUNCER: Jewel.
With the breast tattoo.
[Rock music playing loudly.]
JEWEL: Would you like a private dance? - Behind the glass? - No, thanks.
Just some information.
That'll cost just as much as a private dance.
So what do you say, big boy? Private dance? Thanks, but I'm gonna have to pass.
It's a DANNY: [Voiceover.]
That's an all-night affair.
Haven't seen him.
Should have taken the private dance.
- Where'd you get the ring? - None of your business.
It is my business.
Mr.
Herman gave it to me.
- Where is he? - I haven't seen him since late last night.
He stayed for a while, and then got in a limo and left in a hurry.
- Whose limo? - I don't know.
It was black.
Didn't have any signage.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
No way it could be his lucky ring.
Unless he ran out of luck, which means he lost big.
I bet he came in town with cash, which is why there's no electronic trail.
J.
D: [On cell.]
Agent Walker, IRS.
DANNY: J.
D.
DANNY: It's Danny.
J.
D: [On cell.]
Hey.
DANNY: Did you hear of anybody dumping big bucks at a casino in the last 24? J.
D: [On cell.]
We're looking for the money.
DANNY: Thanks.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
In Vegas, even the IRS is 24/7.
ED: What have you got on the whale, Danny? DANNY: [On cell.]
He played at another casino and lost big.
I'm trying to find out which casino.
Mr.
Bunny Shoes is up $1.
2 million.
Playing every hand on the table, not even looking at his card.
He's just waiting for the dealer to bust.
[Buzzer sounding.]
- He's on a hell of a roll.
- Yeah.
He's not my only problem.
I picked up an unauthorised frequency.
- Could be the cheater's accomplice.
- Not "could be.
" It is.
He's close.
I'm trying to locate the source, but it's scrambled.
DANNY: How much is he up? ED: $750,000.
- How the hell is he doing that? - I don't know yet.
DANNY: I'm gonna run a facial through the black book.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
The black book.
Used to actually be a book.
Now it's computerised in a global network that allows casinos worldwide to track cheaters.
More importantly, you can identify a cheater with just a partial face feature.
Dark glasses and a hat are a bitch, though.
Jillian wants you to come over for Sunday dinner.
6:00.
DANNY: Sorry, Ed.
I got plans.
I'm going to Mike's house.
- Why don't you join me? - Swell.
The family will join you.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
There's that family thing again.
I don't want you to think for one second that because my wife thinks she likes you, you're back in my good graces.
[Cell phone ringing.]
Danny McCoy.
LEON: [On cell.]
Leon at Wine Export.
Guy just came in and bought every case of 1990 Taittinger I have.
$56,000 worth.
Hold it.
I'm locked on.
The signal's going into and out of the casino.
Our cheat is communicating with someone on the outside.
The outside? [Camera zoom whirs.]
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
[People cheering and clapping.]
[Tense instrumental music.]
Run that infrared through the casino.
Put that bum in one of the high-roller suites.
Don't need to be dealing with two problems at once.
All right, the girl who dates your whale was called by the casino host at the Sand Dragon and told when and where to meet him.
DANNY: She get the name of the host? MARY: Sam.
Guy's the biggest whale thief in town.
He plays hit and run, never showing his face.
What are you doing? Anyone who's using anything illegal the infrared will pick up flickers on the surveillance cams.
DEALER: Congratulations, sir.
TOM: Yeah.
God! God, this guy's pathetic.
MALOOF: Smells, too.
- Miss, I told you I need my own table.
- I'll take care of you.
Please come with me.
NESSA: Look after Mr.
Maloof.
Reserve the table.
Hi.
I'm Danny McCoy.
The hotel would like to make a VIP suite available to you.
Okay.
Go away.
Way away.
New decks.
You know, they have great room service in the VIP suite.
You can order anything you want, even have a chef come and cook it for you.
Mac and cheese? To die for! Best mac and cheese in town.
- Oatmeal cookies and milk? - They'll make you whatever you want.
- Okay.
- All right.
I'll show you the way.
MARY: Let me help you with the money.
Okey-dokey.
We found our whale.
ED: Get him back.
Now.
Whatever it takes, Danny.
- How you doing? - Good.
Your pop's here.
MIKE: Morning rush, folks.
Let's get them in cabs and get them out of here.
- What are you doing here? - I was on my way to work.
I was wondering if you were gonna come with me to see your mother.
Dad, it's not Mum.
It's a headstone.
That mean you're not going? You ought to stop by the new job site sometime - I'm not really into job sites.
- You used to love them.
You loved to take me because you didn't have a babysitter.
There's no piece of heavy equipment out there you can't operate.
Nothing like working a 40-hour week in 115-degree weather when you're 10.
I'm gonna be late for work.
Listen.
Greg needs to talk to you.
You call him, okay? DANNY: Wait.
Dad.
Call me before you head over to the cemetery.
I'll meet you there.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
My mum was the love of my dad's life.
And he's never gotten over it.
Today would have been her birthday.
If Mum were still alive what do you think she'd want for her 30th wedding anniversary? I'd hope she'd still want me, son.
[Fast-paced rhythmic instrumental music.]
DANNY: Don't move it unless you have to.
VALET: Got it.
VALET 2: What's up, Danny? Thanks.
The blue one.
Bring it up.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Black limo, no signage.
Bingo.
[Fast-paced rhythmic instrumental music continues.]
- Danny? - Jane! DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I hate seeing women I dated.
- Are you, like, stalking me? - No.
JANE: 'Cause there's laws against that.
I'm sorry.
I didn't return your phone calls - and you're, like, all obsessed with me.
- I'm not obsessed with you.
Here's the thing.
You're really cute but I didn't think there were any sparks whatsoever between us I'm looking for Sam.
He's not here.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Thank God she didn't return my phone calls.
Taittinger, 1990.
HERMAN: Ladies.
HERMAN: There's enough of me for everyone.
Don't fight.
GIRL: Hey, Danny! Mr.
Herman.
Hey.
My name is Danny McCoy.
I work for Montecito Resort & Casino.
DANNY: The resort and casino that sent the plane for you.
We sent that plane so that you would stay and, more importantly, play at Montecito.
If you have a problem, you need to talk to Sam.
There's nothing I'd like better, but nobody seems to know where he is, or who he is for that matter.
He's right behind you.
[Danny laughs dryly.]
- Sam.
- Samantha Jane.
You posed as your own secretary? Don't look so surprised.
All's fair in love, war, and casino hosting.
You went out with me just to try to get information.
You went out with me just to try to get me into bed.
Yeah, but I never tried to get information out of you.
So you think I was actually flirting with you? [Sam laughs mockingly.]
- Come work for us.
Exclusively.
- Why'd I consider that? I'm a freelancer.
DANNY: Job security.
SAM: I don't think about that.
- You should.
- Why? Whale thieves aren't looked upon highly, and since I know your little secret Your whale dropped a wad here.
I can write my own ticket.
- Not if I put you in the black book.
- You can't do that.
Sure, I can.
Mistakes happen all the time.
Could take years to discover.
I'll bump you 10%.
Just because I'm a nice guy.
- Fifty.
- Twenty.
SAM: Forty, and you get me exclusively for 60 days.
Thirty, and 120 days.
I'll take your 30l120, but I want a suite in the hotel.
- Strip or mountain view? - Strip, of course.
- Hey, Mr.
Herman.
- Hey.
Welcome back.
I see you brought your posse.
[Tyres screeching.]
DANNY: Okay, I got the whale.
I'm checking him in now.
DANNY: But there's a little problem.
ED: What kind of problem? I had to hire the casino host with a 30% bump - and give her a suite to live in.
- You what? You told me that I should do whatever it takes.
You're not No.
I swear.
Don't worry.
The only one he's doing is your daughter.
Thank you.
I'm gonna go on the floor.
Check on Mr.
Herman and I'll meet you there.
I'm really gonna like working here.
[Sam giggling.]
CLERK: There's a small problem.
CLERK: We put the other gentleman you told us to in Mr.
Herman's suite.
Okay, great.
Thank you.
Hot, hot.
[Soft jazzy music playing.]
[Murmurs in approval.]
Put Mr.
Herman in another suite.
What do you mean, put me in another suite? That's my suite.
I stay there, or I leave.
Don't look at me.
You're the new casino host.
Take care of it.
This is my suite.
The hotel gave it to me.
SAM: You can have another one.
TOM: But I don't need another one.
I've got this one.
DANNY: No.
In all seriousness, you should take your winnings and leave.
$1.
2 million is a lot of money, especially with your low overhead.
DANNY: You stay around any longer, you'll end up giving it back.
I've seen it happen a million times.
You had a great run, buddy.
But runs always end.
Walk away.
[Cell phone ringing.]
This is Sam.
Hey, gorgeous.
Of course.
I'm here for you anytime you need.
Let me check.
SAM: Okay.
We have your dinner reservations, I believe.
SAM: Okay.
[Funky instrumental music.]
SAM: All right.
Okay.
DANNY: [Softly.]
Put him in another suite.
Now, there has to be something that you want, that you'd be willing to trade for this suite.
[Soft rock instrumental music.]
DANNY: Mikey, blond valet.
Fair skin, mid-20s playing games on a PalmPilot.
He still working? Yeah.
Just asked to pick up an extra shift, said he needed the money.
Come on, ladies.
We're out of here.
Let's get the limo.
Hey, Mr.
Herman.
It's good to see you again.
MIKE: Did you read MIT's quarterly? HERMAN: No.
There was a great piece on the new hydraulic [Groans.]
[Fast-paced rock instrumental music.]
[Groans.]
Hold it.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
I thought I was having a bad day.
DANNY: I'm about to introduce you to a man with a fork.
[Fast-paced rock instrumental music.]
[People cheering.]
MAN: Hit me.
DEALER: Another winner.
[Buzzer sounding.]
NESSA: Hello.
DANNY: [On phone.]
This is Danny.
Put Ed on.
Danny.
I've got the signal.
It's a live feed.
He knows every card being dealt.
Excuse me.
Listen.
You got the feed, I just picked up the eye.
Our man's about to go all in.
One hand.
Let's crush him.
HERMAN: Sorry, Mikey.
They gave away my suite.
I'm leaving.
We'll give you use of the private jet, and the mansion in Lake Tahoe for a week - stocked with Taittinger 1990.
- I still want my suite.
I'll get you your suite.
Just promise me you'll stay and play.
MIKE: Come on, Mr.
Herman.
All right.
Ladies, the hot tub.
[Suspenseful instrumental music.]
Excuse me.
You're killing us here.
We're gonna shut the table down.
- This is gonna have to be your last hand.
- Then I'm going all in.
Well, again, I'm sorry.
That's just slightly above our table limit.
- So change the limit.
- I can't do that.
Then find somebody who can.
NESSA: Mr.
Schaeffer's on the floor.
He's up over $3.
5 mil.
That's $7 million-plus if he wins.
I know.
[Tense instrumental music.]
All right.
Let him play.
NESSA: I'll deal this hand.
[Tense instrumental music continues.]
Hit me.
[Crowd groans.]
That's impossible.
It's not.
He has a mini-remote fibre-optic camera in his finger which is fed to his partner, the valet who tells him every card being dealt through an earpiece built into his glasses.
DANNY: I just had his friend tell him the wrong card.
NESSA: It's not illegal to cheat a cheater.
Take these clowns, march them around for everyone to see.
ED: Make sure everybody looks at them.
Nobody cheats in my casino.
March them around.
ED: All right, folks.
Show's over.
Lots of tables open.
Please, go have some fun.
How'd you get him out of here? That's sick.
You didn't.
No.
Tom Bay asked me to send this picture to his family once a week so they'd stop worrying about him and know he's okay.
- Where is he now? - Casino.
[Groans.]
MRS.
JOHNSON: This is so ridiculous.
I don't understand it.
Every time we come here, we go through the same thing.
We didn't have to come here.
MRS.
JOHNSON: You never change.
Happy anniversary, Mr.
And Mrs.
Johnson.
Enjoying your stay? You never change.
And I think you're gonna change after 30 years, right? - I'm gonna play the machine.
- That's really romantic.
It's our anniversary.
My father would have given anything to spend 30 years with my mother.
Anything at all.
But he never got the chance and he spent the last 20 years alone.
I'm sure the 30 years you two spent together were a hell of a lot better than the 20 years he spent alone.
- Yeah.
We had some good times.
- We did.
I'm sorry I didn't take you to Monte Carlo for our 30th like you wanted.
- It's okay.
- Did you say Monte Carlo? Yeah.
Monte Carlo.
Well, it's not the Riviera, but I can get you dinner at one of the best French restaurants in the world.
- Really? - Just tell them Danny sent you.
- Monte Carlo.
Thank you, Danny.
- Thank you.
That's so nice.
MR.
JOHNSON: Danny's a nice guy.
DEALER: No more bets.
[Ball rattling.]
[Tom groans.]
DANNY: How much does he have left? NESSA: $40,000.
Close the table.
Take a break.
Sorry, sir.
Table closed.
$40,000 is still a lot of money, Tom.
Walk away.
Just walk away.
[Woman screaming excitedly.]
[Coins jingling.]
WOMAN: Oh, my God! I don't believe it! MAN: You won! He did a good thing.
We'd have had that $40,000 back in a New York second.
The kid did the right thing.
Does this mean you're not still pissed at him? What are you, nuts? I'm gonna kill him.
[Guests talking and laughing.]
- Did you ever get a hold of Greg? - I'll call him later.
[Upbeat rock music.]
- What is she doing here? - The new casino host? Mike invited her.
[Girls giggling.]
You've got a problem, Danny.
DANNY: It's like a bad dream.
MARY: How long you been up for? - Thirty-six plus.
- Go home.
- Maybe I am too tired for goodbyes.
- Too tired, or too afraid? Both.
[Upbeat rock music continues.]
Tom! Hop in, I'll give you a ride.
No thanks, man.
I like to walk.
Fair enough.
DANNY: [Voiceover.]
Vegas.
Former mob lawyer as mayor legal gambling, valets with master's degrees in engineering bars that never close, world-class food and entertainment.
And I made it through the day without getting buried alive in the desert.
God, I love this town.
[Autodial dialling.]
[Upbeat rock music continues.]
[Cell phone ringing.]
DANNY: [On voicemail.]
Greg, it's Danny.
Call me.
[Beeps.]
[Airplane roaring overhead.]