Las Vegas s01e04 Episode Script
Jokers and Fools
[Upbeat instrumental music.]
[Women cheering and whooping.]
ED: He sticks on a 12 when a dealer's showing a 9.
- An idiot.
- Or a cheat.
I'm going with idiot.
ED: Hey, move in on 5 here on the glasses for me, please.
ED: Give me the reverse on 3 please.
Move in.
Birth control goggles and he's hard of hearing? - Must be a bitch getting a date.
- I want to see what he's seeing.
Danny, shut the table down.
[Intense instrumental music.]
Close the table.
- Nearsighted or farsighted? - Huh? Are you nearsighted or farsighted? DANNY: I always forget.
Does farsighted mean that you can't see far or you can't see near? I think it depends on the eyes.
[Exclaims.]
Dude, you got a battery stuck in your ear.
That's gotta hurt.
DANNY: Sloppy work with the magnesium silicate.
Can't tell the tens from the deuces.
No wonder you're losing.
I don't know what you're talking about.
[Scoffs.]
[Theme music.]
DANNY: Rowan Davies.
- How do you know my name? - Shut up! At this point, it's safe to assume I know your mother's maiden name, her birth date and her real weight.
- What do you want? - I wanna break one of your fingers.
That's what I want.
DANNY: I wanna crack them like $2 glow sticks.
Look, I know I used some bad judgment but breaking me fingers, that ain't right! - And it's illegal.
- Well, so is cheating which we take real serious around here.
Finger-breaking serious! All right.
Danny.
I'm just laying out some options for him, like his left hand or his right hand I understand.
Stop.
Please, just stop.
[Tense instrumental music.]
ED: Excuse me.
My young protege here, he gets very excited.
Me, I'm trying to avoid any kind of violence.
- Yeah, me too.
- Good, see, we're on the same page.
DANNY: Just let me break one finger.
ED: Would you please? Danny, stop.
He's got this really weird thing about digits.
I don't understand it, but I suggest that you tell me who sent you here.
Oh, no one sent me.
I'm all by myself on this.
You see, here's the thing.
You were losing out there which means either that you're not smart enough to use magnesium silicate the way your boss told you to or you're so stupid that you thought you could figure out how to do it by yourself which you obviously could not.
If you have a question about my resume ask me, not my mates! DANNY: We're busy here! NESSA: You didn't think I'd find out you'd been calling England verifying my whereabouts.
Any call that I made was standard protocol.
Is this about my dad? Listen, we are in the middle of something, so excuse us.
Is this about my dad? Miss Holt, we are in the middle of something.
[Sombre instrumental music.]
Like you didn't know.
Cut this guy loose.
Cut him loose.
DANNY: What? ED: Just cut him loose.
Get the hell out of here.
If you ever think about coming back here I'm gonna let this kid break every bone in your body.
Get out.
DANNY: What are you ED: Let him out.
Get out of here.
DANNY: What are you doing? ED: Cut the bad cop act.
DANNY: I'm serious.
ED: You can cut out the bad cop act.
We know he's part of that cheating ring we're trying to nab.
Exactly, and that's why I need for you to follow him.
You get it? Now, follow him.
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
ED: Oh, my God.
[Car horns blaring.]
ANTON: Take your time.
The more time I spend here, the less at the craps table.
How you doing? Okay? You good? - Feeling good? Beautiful smile.
- Thank you.
- Cynthia, have you and I ever met? - No.
Oh, my God! How'd you know my name? [Audience laughing.]
Now, Cynthia James from Ukiah, California, let me ask you a question.
Oh, my God.
How'd you know where I'm from? And you wanted to see some ID? Have I looked in your purse tonight or at any point since you've been in Vegas? I hope not.
ANTON: Me too, or this bit won't work.
Please, have a seat.
And, now, in order to plumb into the deepest recesses of my spirit and open myself up to Cynthia's psychic vibrations I need to put myself in a trance.
ANTON: This is a very vulnerable state for me, people.
[Woman laughing.]
ANTON: What are you laughing about? It is.
Very vulnerable, so I'm gonna need complete quiet.
Complete quiet.
Laughing is not complete quiet, but I do appreciate the encouragement.
ANTON: Complete quiet.
MARY: Sorry.
[Exhales.]
I see a tan leather wallet with seven credit cards $23.
18.
Oh, my God! He's exactly right.
And a pack of "Her Pleasure" condoms.
[Audience laughing.]
ANTON: Let's hear it for Cynthia James from Ukiah, California, everybody.
[Lively instrumental music.]
[Hard rock instrumental music playing.]
- Hey! Danny Boy.
The pipes.
- I hope you washed your hands.
MAN: What brings you back to this part of town? Slumming? [Laughing.]
You know.
Hey, can I get a peek through your surveillance system? Even with your training, I doubt you can handle it.
I'll give it my best shot, I promise.
I'll tell you what.
You go to Peeping Tom, you'll never go back to Big Ed's world.
Yes.
Be lucky, ladies.
MAN: Don't abuse the power, Danny.
DANNY: I won't.
[Peppy instrumental music.]
[Beads jingling.]
- Hey! Hi! Great show.
- Thanks.
- Mary.
- I know your name, Mary.
I guess if you didn't, you'd just read my mind? There's no such thing as mind readers.
We all have psychic abilities.
Mine are just enhanced.
Whatever you have, it seems to be working.
You here personally or professionally? Professionally, of course.
I wanted to talk to you about some promotional ideas for the show.
Can I predict your future first? [Both laughing.]
A nonbeliever.
May I? Yeah.
[Anton inhaling.]
Later tonight, you're going to have dinner with an extremely charming psychic.
- How'd I do? - Not bad.
But it's drinks, not dinner.
I must be losing my touch.
I think you guys are really gonna enjoy this.
All right.
Call me if you have any problems.
That woman wants to be comped.
SAM: Has she been rated? VIRGINIA: She has a complaint.
- I wasn't quite sure what to tell her.
- Okay.
Send her over to me.
Hi, I'm Sam, Montecito's casino host.
I hear you have a request.
Yes.
I think the hotel should pay for my room and a meal at Carinthia.
I'm sorry.
Complimentary food and lodging is usually offered to guests who play.
Look, I know I'm not a high roller or anything, but Anton the Psychic brought me onstage and told the audience that I had condoms in my purse.
I was humiliated.
Did you see the disclaimer notices in the lobby? - Did you volunteer? - Yes, but there were other things like gum, stamps, my PDA.
He could've mentioned those - You think you should be compensated? - Yes.
I don't.
Me neither.
I'm sorry.
Before the show, I was in line with this really cute guy, Ethan and he said that he'd find me after the show.
As usual, he disappeared.
And my pathetic, overactive mind went straight into "the condom made him think I'm desperate" mode.
- Not that I'm not desperate.
- It's a big hotel.
Maybe he looked for you and he couldn't find you.
Yeah, right.
I think you should give this guy another chance, you know? Look, I can't comp your room, but I can give you that free dinner.
SAM: Let's see.
Here we go.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Find out how many Ethans we have registered.
First name.
ED: Gunther.
GUNTHER: Ed! GUNTHER: My friend.
It's good to see you.
So, this is where it all happens.
This is the kitchen.
- Well.
I understand.
- Come with me.
I'll show you something.
[Gunther chuckling.]
Look, wonderful, beautiful vegetables.
[Exclaiming excitedly.]
Happy day.
Taramasalata Rojo.
Va bene.
I tell you.
Come.
Here, have a little bite.
- No.
- Please.
Don't insult Gunther.
Come.
Looks good.
Ja.
It's good! Not so bad.
Gunther's secret ingredient: Escargot entrails.
- Snail guts.
- Yeah.
- Have another one.
- No.
I mean, no, thank you.
[Lively instrumental music.]
[Clears throat.]
I just I just came to talk.
My daughter, she's interested in the restaurant business.
It's a wonderful business.
The business of the gods.
Almighty Zeus, himself, would've owned a restaurant.
Delinda's perfectly happy to work her way up.
Delinda? Delinda, I love this name.
Delinda Deline it flows off the tongue like a song.
[Both laughing.]
No.
Look at this.
Benito! [Benito squeals.]
Does Delinda know about the business? Yeah, she studied at Cordon Bleu.
[Exclaiming.]
That's super cool.
Super cool.
So, will you please give me time to decide? - Time? - Yeah.
- Sure.
- I have decided.
[Exclaims.]
Ed, my friend, when I came to America, people extended their hands to me.
I said, "I am now an American.
"I will change my way of dressing.
"I will make better my cleanliness and odour.
" I will now extend my hands to your daughter like a true American.
She can start tonight.
[Laughs.]
Thank you.
- Gunther, thank you.
Wiedersehen.
- Wiedersehen.
GUNTHER: Benito, come to me.
BENITO: What? [Fast-paced instrumental music.]
MAN: I told you, once you use Peeping Tom, you never go back.
DANNY: All right.
I think I'm done here.
Thanks.
Scratch that.
I'm staying.
ROWAN: Hey.
WOMAN: Get real.
NESSA: Vodka tonic, please.
No lime.
NESSA: Thank you.
ROWAN: Lady's next round's on me.
- I grew up in Essex.
- Let's sit someplace we can talk.
Yes.
So, like I said, I'm an Essex boy but judging by your accent I'd say you're from - London.
- That's exactly what I was going to say.
- I know who you are, Rowan.
- Really? I was at the Montecito today, remember? Yeah.
Big Ed and Danny Boy can be pretty intimidating.
I'd say you dropped 10 pounds sweating.
You work there? You were that girl who was shouting.
- Yeah.
- They let me go.
He said I could leave.
Sit down and shut up.
NESSA: Look, mate.
I wanna meet your boss.
And when you tell him I'm Nessa Holt, he'll wanna meet me too.
Who says I have a boss? Why should I trust you? Just tell him Nessa Holt wants to meet him.
I'll be right back.
ROWAN: I've got some girl that wants to meet you.
She says her name's Nessa Holt.
Okay.
Done.
He says if you're not following me then someone else is.
ROWAN: You be there at midnight.
If you're alone, he'll find you.
[Mysterious instrumental music.]
[Phone ringing.]
ED: Yeah.
DANNY: Ed, it's Danny.
Now, listen.
I followed Rowan over to the Laddie, and Nessa's with him.
- What? - Our Nessa.
- You stay on Rowan.
- What about Nessa? I'll take care of her.
[Light piano music playing.]
- Hello.
- Wow.
You look great.
Thank you.
I think I can come up with something original.
I spout out one-liners, 12 shows a week.
Show me a girl who doesn't like to be complimented.
- In that case, you look unbelievable.
- I don't have condom in my purse.
- You wanna grab a table? - Yeah.
So, tell me something you couldn't possibly know.
Give me your hand.
[Anton inhales.]
This has nothing to do with psychic transference.
I just wanted to hold your hand.
[Inhales.]
Your childhood wasn't happy, something about your father.
ANTON: You had two close friends growing up, both male.
ANTON: One is no longer with us and the other you still have feelings for.
- I'm sorry.
Your aura is very close - You're really very good.
- It's a blessing and a curse, like now.
- I'm fine.
I promise.
Actually, that's not what I meant.
Someone's going to die during my next show.
[Sombre instrumental music.]
GUNTHER: Ja, I need ten more cases with this and, Benito, good work tonight.
What is this, talky-time? Come on, make some food.
Go.
Come on.
Quick.
They were instructing me in the finer points of carrot chopping.
- I'm Delinda Deline.
- Ah, Delinda! I am delighted.
You look nothing like your father.
And good for you.
Don't tell him.
- No, really.
Don't tell him.
- No.
Thanks so much for the job.
I really appreciate it.
No.
It's my pleasure.
But this is no good.
You are much too beautiful to be hidden back here with carrots.
You must be in the front.
You must be my hostess with the "mostess.
" Dressed like this, I think not.
Well, you change.
Come back fast, like cheetah.
Okay.
Ja.
Benito! Hey, I think we should have paramedics on standby for Anton's next show.
- Paramedics? What for? - Anton believes someone's gonna die.
DANNY: At his show? MARY: He had a premonition.
- When did he tell you this? - When we were having drinks.
Mary, it's an act.
The guy doesn't actually have psychic abilities.
- He knew about my father.
- Knew what? He just knew.
Maybe it's an act, maybe it isn't.
Why not be safe? Either this guy is trying to boost ticket sales or he is trying to get you into bed.
Is that so bad? Just set me up with an ambulance and paramedics outside the theatre.
- Blame me if ticket sales go up.
- Fine, but watch out for this guy.
- He tricks people for a living.
- So do half the people in Vegas.
MARY: Hey, Sam.
SAM: Hey, Mary.
We have one Ethan registered: Ethan Gursky, 2203.
Thanks, Virginia.
Hey, do me a favour.
Find out if this guy has any outstanding warrants.
More importantly, find out if he's married.
[Tense instrumental music.]
So, what'd you get on Rowan? Nothing.
Spent half the night watching him learn to roller skate backwards.
I think he knew I was onto him.
Obviously, he was skating backwards.
- What's up with Nessa? - What? What's going on with Nessa? Why are you checking up on her and her father? I knew the guy.
Some more applause for me.
[Audience whistling and cheering.]
DANNY: I gotta go.
MAN: All right, man.
- So, nobody died.
- You don't sound so disappointed.
- He is a charlatan, Mary.
- He knew things, Danny.
He's never told anyone before and he's still having a premonition that someone is gonna die.
[Polka instrumental music playing.]
DELINDA: Enjoy your meal.
Delinda, you look wonderful.
Would you mind terribly if I made a suggestion? - No, of course not.
- The location is perfect.
Food, excellent.
You flatter Gunther.
But the lederhosen reminds me of the seven dwarves.
- Yes, you are my Snow White.
- Not a Vegas vibe, Gunther.
- It's not? - No, it's not, and the decor sucks.
And I think we could improve upon the name.
"Carinthia"? Get real.
I look at you sceptically but I'm still listening.
- How many table turns are you averaging? - On a weekend, one and a half.
You could be doing at least double that.
All we have to do is feed them faster and get them in the back room.
There's a back room? Club Mystique.
Music.
Dancing.
- We have no back room.
- We will when I'm through.
[Polka instrumental music continues.]
[Rhythmic instrumental music.]
[Slow instrumental music.]
- And you are? - The Professor.
You wanted to see me about something? I assume you're interested in large amounts of money.
It's Vegas, who isn't? - I want out of the Montecito.
- Why? I won't bore you with the sordid details but let's just say it has something to do with working for arses.
I'm curious.
Curiosity is sort of a sine qua non in the "professor" business.
How could your father go from being one of the most notorious cheats in Europe to working for Ed Deline in the CIA? [Mysterious instrumental music.]
He made a few mistakes.
Is he really dead? I wish I knew.
Given your connection with Mr.
Deline I'm sure you can understand why any proposal you might make must be met with scepticism.
The Montecito's hosting a blackjack tournament.
The finals are this Friday.
Six play at the final table, two are wild cards.
I can arrange for you to be one of them and I can make sure you win.
$10 million.
- What would your father think? - Look, I have nothing on you.
You have nothing on me.
You're not interested, I get out of the car.
We never met.
[Mysterious instrumental music continues.]
[Upbeat instrumental music.]
TV ANNOUNCER: Going down the sidelines I'm looking for the latest in small arms.
- What'd you have in mind? - H&K.
23 pistol.
What's a girl like you want with a gun like that? - None of your bloody business.
- Go on through.
[Electronic buzzing.]
Miss Holt.
So glad you made it.
- So, this is your crew.
- My students.
That's Jasper.
Five, three and two.
Anyone can throw a weighted dice.
But not anyone can make the switch.
- So, he's good with his fingers.
- Better with his tongue.
What tricks do you have up your sleeve, Miss Holt? NESSA: It's easier to get a blackjack when you're holding all the aces.
THE PROFESSOR: Very nice, but don't you mean kings? - I told you I had a PhD.
- Right, but in what? - Have you considered my proposition? - What's your end? - 50%.
- Just for an invitation? - You can't win unless you're in the game.
- What's the angle? - A cooler.
- A cooler? At the final table of a televised $10 million tournament? It can be done.
Well, if I were to participate, I'd need 80%.
Are you familiar with game theory? The risk's all mine.
I deal the table.
I sleep the eye in the sky.
And the fact that a TV crew will be filming the whole thing? Can be dealt with.
I'll take 40%.
NESSA: The rest you can chop with your turners any way you want.
No jumping tables.
You'll be the switcher and the BP.
- I don't play.
I'll train someone.
- I'm not doing this with students.
Do you know why no one knows who I am? Why I'm not in the black book? Because I've never set foot in a casino.
I'll train Jasper personally.
You can train him, but I test him.
So, now somebody's gonna die at Anton's next show? I don't think this is as much a premonition as it is marketing strategy.
MARY: Can't you believe that there are things that can't be rationally explained? Like what? Like why you're obsessed with Nostra-dumbass? I want the ambulance and EMTs for another show.
Yes or no? Ticket sales go up for the last show? DANNY: Fine.
Ambulance and EMTs.
MARY: Thank you.
- Oh, you know what? - What? He may not be psychic.
He may just be more perceptive than I am.
He told me there was a guy in my life that I always thought I'd end up with.
I told him he was right.
And then he told me it was never gonna happen.
- Well, no ulterior motive for that prediction.
- Actually, I was relieved, Danny.
I was.
It's like a weight has been lifted.
[Sober instrumental music.]
[Computer beeping.]
Give me Camera 23.
Anton's dressing room? Yeah.
[Lightly suspenseful instrumental music.]
VENTRILOQUIST: Who are you calling a dummy? You big, pink-fleshed monkey.
Hey! WOMAN 1: Does Ralph know about it? Ralph wouldn't know a thing, but his brother Jim, is such a nosy parker.
WOMAN 1: Jim, he's the one with the hernia issue, right? WOMAN 1: How's that going for him? WOMAN 2: Thanks.
WOMAN 1: Did I tell you what Suzy Shaw said to me? [Pulsating instrumental music.]
Busted.
[Beeping.]
ED: Hey, what are you doing? DANNY: Just checking out the cams.
Come on.
We'll talk over dinner.
DANNY: Now? ED: Yeah.
Now.
A cooler? You're as brazen as your father.
I'll take that as a compliment.
You should.
I worked with him.
He was the best there ever was.
He wasn't that good.
He got caught.
By Big Ed.
He set him up because he needed his skills for some covert operation.
- You didn't know that, did you? - No.
I didn't think so.
Now you really have incentive, don't you? - Cheers.
- Cheers.
[Upbeat jazz instrumental music.]
DANNY: So Rowan doesn't have a record.
He's in the country legally and he lists his occupation as retail sales.
Just a numb-nuts who's in over his head.
DANNY: So, anything new on Nessa? Yeah, she's here legally and there's no record.
DANNY: So, who's her father? ED: I recruited him.
DANNY: We need a table for two.
You don't expect us to wait in this line, do you? You think I should go back and check on Delinda in the kitchen? Delinda in the kitchen? Yeah, she works here now.
- Are we talking about the same Delinda? - Yes.
ED: I mean, this week it's cooking.
Next week it could be pottery, chemical engineering.
Please.
She's working and I think that's kind of a novel idea, don't you? I guess.
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
- Hey, you two.
- Okay, wait a minute.
ED: What? Did you quit already? Of course not.
I'm working.
Gunther promoted me.
ED: Oh, well.
Hey, congratulations.
Two days and she's promoted.
How do you like what I've done with the place? [Ed mumbling hesitantly.]
ED: It's quite a line you got here.
Wait until I open Club Mystique next week.
- Club Mystique? - In the back room.
- That thing doesn't have a back room.
- Exactly.
Listen, I don't see either of you on the list.
We know the hostess.
Daddy, we don't have any openings and I really don't think I should give you special treatment.
Special treatment is what Vegas is about, honey.
MIKE: Delinda.
That was the best meal I ever had.
Mystique is hot.
Mr.
D, Danny, Mystique is on fire.
You guys going in? [Danny stammering.]
MIKE: You're not on the list? DANNY: No.
That's cold.
We'll see you, Mr.
D.
Delinda, this is Ethan.
This is Delinda.
She'll seat you right away.
DELINDA: How are you? ETHAN: Very well, thanks.
SAM: Have a good time.
ETHAN: Thanks.
I can't believe I get a free meal for betting $10 on the Vikings.
DELINDA: Ethan, follow me.
DELINDA: Here we go.
[Pulsating instrumental music playing.]
- Cynthia? - Ethan.
ETHAN: From the show.
CYNTHIA: Yeah.
ETHAN: I've been looking all over for you.
CYNTHIA: Really? ETHAN: Yeah.
CYNTHIA: Wow.
ETHAN: Did you bet on the Vikings, too? NESSA: This is the table.
The area will be roped off.
NESSA: Armed guards here, here, here and here.
This is me, the dealer, and this is Jasper at first base.
Jasper is the only one who touches the cooler.
He switches it for the real deck and plays out the rigged hands.
These are the other players.
[Upbeat instrumental music.]
And these are you guys.
NESSA: Now you've got to turn not just the people watching, but these guys, too.
The eye in the sky should be looking down about here.
That'll take care of that camera.
Now, the blokes from the TV station will have three additional cameras.
The first will be angled down on the table.
I'll take care of that.
The second will be on the players, so nothing to worry about there.
And the third, Franklin here, is going to be our cameraman.
Whether that camera stays steady, it's all up to him.
So this is how it's going to go.
[Upbeat instrumental music.]
[Whistling.]
[Sneezes.]
[Sighs.]
Let's go again.
[Whistling.]
[Sneezes.]
Too slow.
We're busted.
Let's go again.
[Whistling.]
[Sneezes.]
- No.
I'm out.
- Wait.
You're right.
It has to be me.
[Mysterious instrumental music.]
[Suspenseful instrumental music.]
[Cheering.]
ANNOUNCER: Live from the Montecito Resort & Casino where some of the top blackjack players in the world are at this very moment gathering.
[Tense instrumental music.]
ANNOUNCER: Most people in our audience are likely to be familiar with the rules of Blackjack.
For those who are new to the game or need a refresher course, let's review.
The object of the game is to collect cards Hello, welcome.
must be as close to 21 as possible without going over.
[Tense instrumental music continues.]
DANNY: Mary, come with me a minute.
I want to show you something.
Hey, what are you doing? You shouldn't be in here.
DANNY: Come here a second.
[Mary sighing.]
Wow.
He watches TV.
WOMAN: [On TV.]
I'm a believer.
DANNY: He got a camera hidden in the pendant a waitress is wearing.
DANNY: He spies on people then uses what he hears in his show.
I'm really, really glad you wasted your time and the Montecito's money to get the goods on one of our entertainers.
- Very impressive.
- Anton says extrasensory perception I say extra coaxial cable.
I'm late for Anton's show.
Ladies and gentlemen, open up your hearts and prepare your minds for a supersensory experience the likes of which you have never known.
Was that too dramatic? [Audience laughing.]
Now, in order to plumb the deepest recesses of my spirit and open myself up to the psychic vibrations that surround us all I need to put myself in a trance.
For this, I'm gonna need complete and utter quiet.
[Inhales.]
[Exhales.]
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, Montecito Resort & Casino welcomes you to the final table of our annual Blackjack bonanza where six players will compete for the grand prize of $10 million.
So, let's do what we came here to do.
Let's play some blackjack.
[Suspenseful instrumental music.]
[Club instrumental music playing.]
ED: Hey.
DELINDA: Hey.
- Still working, huh? - People keep coming.
I'll probably be here past 4:00.
Well, good for you.
That's good.
You just came by to check on me? No, I was heading Yes, I did.
I came by to check on you.
I'm proud of you, Dee.
You haven't called me that since I was four.
That long, huh? [Tense instrumental music.]
[Tense instrumental music intensifies.]
MARY: Anton? [Audience gasping.]
[Audience murmuring.]
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
JASPER: Hey.
[Whistling.]
[Sneezes.]
[Beeping.]
They're running something.
ANNOUNCER: And look at that face card for him.
That's gonna bring a smile to his lips.
NESSA: 21.
MAN: Blackjack.
ANNOUNCER: Looks like one of our wild cards is coming to the lead.
This guy's come out of nowhere.
You've had a very nice run, my wise, large friend.
I'm sorry.
It's over.
Nice work, Ness.
[Slow instrumental music.]
- What would your father think? - You'll never know, will you? ANNOUNCER: Unprecedented development, by which I mean what the hell just happened? DANNY: Ed, what are you [Slow instrumental music continues.]
DANNY: She was working with you? Yes, she was.
All the time.
- And The Professor was - Rowan's boss.
Head of the ring.
He'd been running this cheating school for years but we could never prove it.
"No sailor but a fool attacks a fortress.
" - Ed, I'm not really.
- I'm playing and you're not.
"No sailor" Lord Nelson, 1793, in reference to naval attacks on harbour fortifications.
ED: There you go.
See, Ness got The Professor to attack us.
You played me.
She was the only one that could get close to him.
In your opinion.
Yeah.
That's the only one that counts, for now.
Why didn't you just tell me? I needed you to follow him and it was safe for Vanessa.
You know if I was a little less secure in my relationship with you I might think you didn't trust me.
- I'm going home.
- Wait, Danny.
That bad cop routine needs a lot of work.
[Laughs.]
A lot of work.
You did it, Nessa.
You did real good.
Thank you.
He was the big fish and you got him.
- And I just want to say I'm very - Impressed? - Proud.
- Anyone could've done it.
I'm afraid not.
I think there's more to what happened between you and my dad than you're telling me.
Yeah, that could be very true.
And I'm not sure I'd like the story if you did tell me.
What do you think? What I think is that I love you like you're my own daughter.
I'm just very proud.
Now, I also think that your break's about over and you should get your butt back in here and start dealing blackjack.
I think I will.
NESSA: Thanks, Pops.
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
Hey, Danny.
DANNY: Hello.
I'm sorry.
Ed wouldn't let me tell you.
DANNY: So, how was it, playing for the other side? It was quite fun, actually.
I understand the allure it had for my father.
Your dad and Big Ed were You know, whenever you're ready to talk about it, of course.
DANNY: Hey, you okay? DANNY: I'm so sorry about Anton.
I couldn't believe it.
You didn't even like the guy.
But you did.
The doctor said he had a brain aneurysm.
- Totally undetectable.
- So, he didn't know? - That's weird.
- Yeah.
Come on.
I'll take you home.
ANNOUNCER 1: And with three remaining, the intensity of the play increases.
Bucky Lieberman's still in the game, but I'm not sure my money's not on Jackie the Greek.
ANNOUNCER 2: He's been playing less cautiously and I think that'll pay off in the end.
[Women cheering and whooping.]
ED: He sticks on a 12 when a dealer's showing a 9.
- An idiot.
- Or a cheat.
I'm going with idiot.
ED: Hey, move in on 5 here on the glasses for me, please.
ED: Give me the reverse on 3 please.
Move in.
Birth control goggles and he's hard of hearing? - Must be a bitch getting a date.
- I want to see what he's seeing.
Danny, shut the table down.
[Intense instrumental music.]
Close the table.
- Nearsighted or farsighted? - Huh? Are you nearsighted or farsighted? DANNY: I always forget.
Does farsighted mean that you can't see far or you can't see near? I think it depends on the eyes.
[Exclaims.]
Dude, you got a battery stuck in your ear.
That's gotta hurt.
DANNY: Sloppy work with the magnesium silicate.
Can't tell the tens from the deuces.
No wonder you're losing.
I don't know what you're talking about.
[Scoffs.]
[Theme music.]
DANNY: Rowan Davies.
- How do you know my name? - Shut up! At this point, it's safe to assume I know your mother's maiden name, her birth date and her real weight.
- What do you want? - I wanna break one of your fingers.
That's what I want.
DANNY: I wanna crack them like $2 glow sticks.
Look, I know I used some bad judgment but breaking me fingers, that ain't right! - And it's illegal.
- Well, so is cheating which we take real serious around here.
Finger-breaking serious! All right.
Danny.
I'm just laying out some options for him, like his left hand or his right hand I understand.
Stop.
Please, just stop.
[Tense instrumental music.]
ED: Excuse me.
My young protege here, he gets very excited.
Me, I'm trying to avoid any kind of violence.
- Yeah, me too.
- Good, see, we're on the same page.
DANNY: Just let me break one finger.
ED: Would you please? Danny, stop.
He's got this really weird thing about digits.
I don't understand it, but I suggest that you tell me who sent you here.
Oh, no one sent me.
I'm all by myself on this.
You see, here's the thing.
You were losing out there which means either that you're not smart enough to use magnesium silicate the way your boss told you to or you're so stupid that you thought you could figure out how to do it by yourself which you obviously could not.
If you have a question about my resume ask me, not my mates! DANNY: We're busy here! NESSA: You didn't think I'd find out you'd been calling England verifying my whereabouts.
Any call that I made was standard protocol.
Is this about my dad? Listen, we are in the middle of something, so excuse us.
Is this about my dad? Miss Holt, we are in the middle of something.
[Sombre instrumental music.]
Like you didn't know.
Cut this guy loose.
Cut him loose.
DANNY: What? ED: Just cut him loose.
Get the hell out of here.
If you ever think about coming back here I'm gonna let this kid break every bone in your body.
Get out.
DANNY: What are you ED: Let him out.
Get out of here.
DANNY: What are you doing? ED: Cut the bad cop act.
DANNY: I'm serious.
ED: You can cut out the bad cop act.
We know he's part of that cheating ring we're trying to nab.
Exactly, and that's why I need for you to follow him.
You get it? Now, follow him.
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
ED: Oh, my God.
[Car horns blaring.]
ANTON: Take your time.
The more time I spend here, the less at the craps table.
How you doing? Okay? You good? - Feeling good? Beautiful smile.
- Thank you.
- Cynthia, have you and I ever met? - No.
Oh, my God! How'd you know my name? [Audience laughing.]
Now, Cynthia James from Ukiah, California, let me ask you a question.
Oh, my God.
How'd you know where I'm from? And you wanted to see some ID? Have I looked in your purse tonight or at any point since you've been in Vegas? I hope not.
ANTON: Me too, or this bit won't work.
Please, have a seat.
And, now, in order to plumb into the deepest recesses of my spirit and open myself up to Cynthia's psychic vibrations I need to put myself in a trance.
ANTON: This is a very vulnerable state for me, people.
[Woman laughing.]
ANTON: What are you laughing about? It is.
Very vulnerable, so I'm gonna need complete quiet.
Complete quiet.
Laughing is not complete quiet, but I do appreciate the encouragement.
ANTON: Complete quiet.
MARY: Sorry.
[Exhales.]
I see a tan leather wallet with seven credit cards $23.
18.
Oh, my God! He's exactly right.
And a pack of "Her Pleasure" condoms.
[Audience laughing.]
ANTON: Let's hear it for Cynthia James from Ukiah, California, everybody.
[Lively instrumental music.]
[Hard rock instrumental music playing.]
- Hey! Danny Boy.
The pipes.
- I hope you washed your hands.
MAN: What brings you back to this part of town? Slumming? [Laughing.]
You know.
Hey, can I get a peek through your surveillance system? Even with your training, I doubt you can handle it.
I'll give it my best shot, I promise.
I'll tell you what.
You go to Peeping Tom, you'll never go back to Big Ed's world.
Yes.
Be lucky, ladies.
MAN: Don't abuse the power, Danny.
DANNY: I won't.
[Peppy instrumental music.]
[Beads jingling.]
- Hey! Hi! Great show.
- Thanks.
- Mary.
- I know your name, Mary.
I guess if you didn't, you'd just read my mind? There's no such thing as mind readers.
We all have psychic abilities.
Mine are just enhanced.
Whatever you have, it seems to be working.
You here personally or professionally? Professionally, of course.
I wanted to talk to you about some promotional ideas for the show.
Can I predict your future first? [Both laughing.]
A nonbeliever.
May I? Yeah.
[Anton inhaling.]
Later tonight, you're going to have dinner with an extremely charming psychic.
- How'd I do? - Not bad.
But it's drinks, not dinner.
I must be losing my touch.
I think you guys are really gonna enjoy this.
All right.
Call me if you have any problems.
That woman wants to be comped.
SAM: Has she been rated? VIRGINIA: She has a complaint.
- I wasn't quite sure what to tell her.
- Okay.
Send her over to me.
Hi, I'm Sam, Montecito's casino host.
I hear you have a request.
Yes.
I think the hotel should pay for my room and a meal at Carinthia.
I'm sorry.
Complimentary food and lodging is usually offered to guests who play.
Look, I know I'm not a high roller or anything, but Anton the Psychic brought me onstage and told the audience that I had condoms in my purse.
I was humiliated.
Did you see the disclaimer notices in the lobby? - Did you volunteer? - Yes, but there were other things like gum, stamps, my PDA.
He could've mentioned those - You think you should be compensated? - Yes.
I don't.
Me neither.
I'm sorry.
Before the show, I was in line with this really cute guy, Ethan and he said that he'd find me after the show.
As usual, he disappeared.
And my pathetic, overactive mind went straight into "the condom made him think I'm desperate" mode.
- Not that I'm not desperate.
- It's a big hotel.
Maybe he looked for you and he couldn't find you.
Yeah, right.
I think you should give this guy another chance, you know? Look, I can't comp your room, but I can give you that free dinner.
SAM: Let's see.
Here we go.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Find out how many Ethans we have registered.
First name.
ED: Gunther.
GUNTHER: Ed! GUNTHER: My friend.
It's good to see you.
So, this is where it all happens.
This is the kitchen.
- Well.
I understand.
- Come with me.
I'll show you something.
[Gunther chuckling.]
Look, wonderful, beautiful vegetables.
[Exclaiming excitedly.]
Happy day.
Taramasalata Rojo.
Va bene.
I tell you.
Come.
Here, have a little bite.
- No.
- Please.
Don't insult Gunther.
Come.
Looks good.
Ja.
It's good! Not so bad.
Gunther's secret ingredient: Escargot entrails.
- Snail guts.
- Yeah.
- Have another one.
- No.
I mean, no, thank you.
[Lively instrumental music.]
[Clears throat.]
I just I just came to talk.
My daughter, she's interested in the restaurant business.
It's a wonderful business.
The business of the gods.
Almighty Zeus, himself, would've owned a restaurant.
Delinda's perfectly happy to work her way up.
Delinda? Delinda, I love this name.
Delinda Deline it flows off the tongue like a song.
[Both laughing.]
No.
Look at this.
Benito! [Benito squeals.]
Does Delinda know about the business? Yeah, she studied at Cordon Bleu.
[Exclaiming.]
That's super cool.
Super cool.
So, will you please give me time to decide? - Time? - Yeah.
- Sure.
- I have decided.
[Exclaims.]
Ed, my friend, when I came to America, people extended their hands to me.
I said, "I am now an American.
"I will change my way of dressing.
"I will make better my cleanliness and odour.
" I will now extend my hands to your daughter like a true American.
She can start tonight.
[Laughs.]
Thank you.
- Gunther, thank you.
Wiedersehen.
- Wiedersehen.
GUNTHER: Benito, come to me.
BENITO: What? [Fast-paced instrumental music.]
MAN: I told you, once you use Peeping Tom, you never go back.
DANNY: All right.
I think I'm done here.
Thanks.
Scratch that.
I'm staying.
ROWAN: Hey.
WOMAN: Get real.
NESSA: Vodka tonic, please.
No lime.
NESSA: Thank you.
ROWAN: Lady's next round's on me.
- I grew up in Essex.
- Let's sit someplace we can talk.
Yes.
So, like I said, I'm an Essex boy but judging by your accent I'd say you're from - London.
- That's exactly what I was going to say.
- I know who you are, Rowan.
- Really? I was at the Montecito today, remember? Yeah.
Big Ed and Danny Boy can be pretty intimidating.
I'd say you dropped 10 pounds sweating.
You work there? You were that girl who was shouting.
- Yeah.
- They let me go.
He said I could leave.
Sit down and shut up.
NESSA: Look, mate.
I wanna meet your boss.
And when you tell him I'm Nessa Holt, he'll wanna meet me too.
Who says I have a boss? Why should I trust you? Just tell him Nessa Holt wants to meet him.
I'll be right back.
ROWAN: I've got some girl that wants to meet you.
She says her name's Nessa Holt.
Okay.
Done.
He says if you're not following me then someone else is.
ROWAN: You be there at midnight.
If you're alone, he'll find you.
[Mysterious instrumental music.]
[Phone ringing.]
ED: Yeah.
DANNY: Ed, it's Danny.
Now, listen.
I followed Rowan over to the Laddie, and Nessa's with him.
- What? - Our Nessa.
- You stay on Rowan.
- What about Nessa? I'll take care of her.
[Light piano music playing.]
- Hello.
- Wow.
You look great.
Thank you.
I think I can come up with something original.
I spout out one-liners, 12 shows a week.
Show me a girl who doesn't like to be complimented.
- In that case, you look unbelievable.
- I don't have condom in my purse.
- You wanna grab a table? - Yeah.
So, tell me something you couldn't possibly know.
Give me your hand.
[Anton inhales.]
This has nothing to do with psychic transference.
I just wanted to hold your hand.
[Inhales.]
Your childhood wasn't happy, something about your father.
ANTON: You had two close friends growing up, both male.
ANTON: One is no longer with us and the other you still have feelings for.
- I'm sorry.
Your aura is very close - You're really very good.
- It's a blessing and a curse, like now.
- I'm fine.
I promise.
Actually, that's not what I meant.
Someone's going to die during my next show.
[Sombre instrumental music.]
GUNTHER: Ja, I need ten more cases with this and, Benito, good work tonight.
What is this, talky-time? Come on, make some food.
Go.
Come on.
Quick.
They were instructing me in the finer points of carrot chopping.
- I'm Delinda Deline.
- Ah, Delinda! I am delighted.
You look nothing like your father.
And good for you.
Don't tell him.
- No, really.
Don't tell him.
- No.
Thanks so much for the job.
I really appreciate it.
No.
It's my pleasure.
But this is no good.
You are much too beautiful to be hidden back here with carrots.
You must be in the front.
You must be my hostess with the "mostess.
" Dressed like this, I think not.
Well, you change.
Come back fast, like cheetah.
Okay.
Ja.
Benito! Hey, I think we should have paramedics on standby for Anton's next show.
- Paramedics? What for? - Anton believes someone's gonna die.
DANNY: At his show? MARY: He had a premonition.
- When did he tell you this? - When we were having drinks.
Mary, it's an act.
The guy doesn't actually have psychic abilities.
- He knew about my father.
- Knew what? He just knew.
Maybe it's an act, maybe it isn't.
Why not be safe? Either this guy is trying to boost ticket sales or he is trying to get you into bed.
Is that so bad? Just set me up with an ambulance and paramedics outside the theatre.
- Blame me if ticket sales go up.
- Fine, but watch out for this guy.
- He tricks people for a living.
- So do half the people in Vegas.
MARY: Hey, Sam.
SAM: Hey, Mary.
We have one Ethan registered: Ethan Gursky, 2203.
Thanks, Virginia.
Hey, do me a favour.
Find out if this guy has any outstanding warrants.
More importantly, find out if he's married.
[Tense instrumental music.]
So, what'd you get on Rowan? Nothing.
Spent half the night watching him learn to roller skate backwards.
I think he knew I was onto him.
Obviously, he was skating backwards.
- What's up with Nessa? - What? What's going on with Nessa? Why are you checking up on her and her father? I knew the guy.
Some more applause for me.
[Audience whistling and cheering.]
DANNY: I gotta go.
MAN: All right, man.
- So, nobody died.
- You don't sound so disappointed.
- He is a charlatan, Mary.
- He knew things, Danny.
He's never told anyone before and he's still having a premonition that someone is gonna die.
[Polka instrumental music playing.]
DELINDA: Enjoy your meal.
Delinda, you look wonderful.
Would you mind terribly if I made a suggestion? - No, of course not.
- The location is perfect.
Food, excellent.
You flatter Gunther.
But the lederhosen reminds me of the seven dwarves.
- Yes, you are my Snow White.
- Not a Vegas vibe, Gunther.
- It's not? - No, it's not, and the decor sucks.
And I think we could improve upon the name.
"Carinthia"? Get real.
I look at you sceptically but I'm still listening.
- How many table turns are you averaging? - On a weekend, one and a half.
You could be doing at least double that.
All we have to do is feed them faster and get them in the back room.
There's a back room? Club Mystique.
Music.
Dancing.
- We have no back room.
- We will when I'm through.
[Polka instrumental music continues.]
[Rhythmic instrumental music.]
[Slow instrumental music.]
- And you are? - The Professor.
You wanted to see me about something? I assume you're interested in large amounts of money.
It's Vegas, who isn't? - I want out of the Montecito.
- Why? I won't bore you with the sordid details but let's just say it has something to do with working for arses.
I'm curious.
Curiosity is sort of a sine qua non in the "professor" business.
How could your father go from being one of the most notorious cheats in Europe to working for Ed Deline in the CIA? [Mysterious instrumental music.]
He made a few mistakes.
Is he really dead? I wish I knew.
Given your connection with Mr.
Deline I'm sure you can understand why any proposal you might make must be met with scepticism.
The Montecito's hosting a blackjack tournament.
The finals are this Friday.
Six play at the final table, two are wild cards.
I can arrange for you to be one of them and I can make sure you win.
$10 million.
- What would your father think? - Look, I have nothing on you.
You have nothing on me.
You're not interested, I get out of the car.
We never met.
[Mysterious instrumental music continues.]
[Upbeat instrumental music.]
TV ANNOUNCER: Going down the sidelines I'm looking for the latest in small arms.
- What'd you have in mind? - H&K.
23 pistol.
What's a girl like you want with a gun like that? - None of your bloody business.
- Go on through.
[Electronic buzzing.]
Miss Holt.
So glad you made it.
- So, this is your crew.
- My students.
That's Jasper.
Five, three and two.
Anyone can throw a weighted dice.
But not anyone can make the switch.
- So, he's good with his fingers.
- Better with his tongue.
What tricks do you have up your sleeve, Miss Holt? NESSA: It's easier to get a blackjack when you're holding all the aces.
THE PROFESSOR: Very nice, but don't you mean kings? - I told you I had a PhD.
- Right, but in what? - Have you considered my proposition? - What's your end? - 50%.
- Just for an invitation? - You can't win unless you're in the game.
- What's the angle? - A cooler.
- A cooler? At the final table of a televised $10 million tournament? It can be done.
Well, if I were to participate, I'd need 80%.
Are you familiar with game theory? The risk's all mine.
I deal the table.
I sleep the eye in the sky.
And the fact that a TV crew will be filming the whole thing? Can be dealt with.
I'll take 40%.
NESSA: The rest you can chop with your turners any way you want.
No jumping tables.
You'll be the switcher and the BP.
- I don't play.
I'll train someone.
- I'm not doing this with students.
Do you know why no one knows who I am? Why I'm not in the black book? Because I've never set foot in a casino.
I'll train Jasper personally.
You can train him, but I test him.
So, now somebody's gonna die at Anton's next show? I don't think this is as much a premonition as it is marketing strategy.
MARY: Can't you believe that there are things that can't be rationally explained? Like what? Like why you're obsessed with Nostra-dumbass? I want the ambulance and EMTs for another show.
Yes or no? Ticket sales go up for the last show? DANNY: Fine.
Ambulance and EMTs.
MARY: Thank you.
- Oh, you know what? - What? He may not be psychic.
He may just be more perceptive than I am.
He told me there was a guy in my life that I always thought I'd end up with.
I told him he was right.
And then he told me it was never gonna happen.
- Well, no ulterior motive for that prediction.
- Actually, I was relieved, Danny.
I was.
It's like a weight has been lifted.
[Sober instrumental music.]
[Computer beeping.]
Give me Camera 23.
Anton's dressing room? Yeah.
[Lightly suspenseful instrumental music.]
VENTRILOQUIST: Who are you calling a dummy? You big, pink-fleshed monkey.
Hey! WOMAN 1: Does Ralph know about it? Ralph wouldn't know a thing, but his brother Jim, is such a nosy parker.
WOMAN 1: Jim, he's the one with the hernia issue, right? WOMAN 1: How's that going for him? WOMAN 2: Thanks.
WOMAN 1: Did I tell you what Suzy Shaw said to me? [Pulsating instrumental music.]
Busted.
[Beeping.]
ED: Hey, what are you doing? DANNY: Just checking out the cams.
Come on.
We'll talk over dinner.
DANNY: Now? ED: Yeah.
Now.
A cooler? You're as brazen as your father.
I'll take that as a compliment.
You should.
I worked with him.
He was the best there ever was.
He wasn't that good.
He got caught.
By Big Ed.
He set him up because he needed his skills for some covert operation.
- You didn't know that, did you? - No.
I didn't think so.
Now you really have incentive, don't you? - Cheers.
- Cheers.
[Upbeat jazz instrumental music.]
DANNY: So Rowan doesn't have a record.
He's in the country legally and he lists his occupation as retail sales.
Just a numb-nuts who's in over his head.
DANNY: So, anything new on Nessa? Yeah, she's here legally and there's no record.
DANNY: So, who's her father? ED: I recruited him.
DANNY: We need a table for two.
You don't expect us to wait in this line, do you? You think I should go back and check on Delinda in the kitchen? Delinda in the kitchen? Yeah, she works here now.
- Are we talking about the same Delinda? - Yes.
ED: I mean, this week it's cooking.
Next week it could be pottery, chemical engineering.
Please.
She's working and I think that's kind of a novel idea, don't you? I guess.
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
- Hey, you two.
- Okay, wait a minute.
ED: What? Did you quit already? Of course not.
I'm working.
Gunther promoted me.
ED: Oh, well.
Hey, congratulations.
Two days and she's promoted.
How do you like what I've done with the place? [Ed mumbling hesitantly.]
ED: It's quite a line you got here.
Wait until I open Club Mystique next week.
- Club Mystique? - In the back room.
- That thing doesn't have a back room.
- Exactly.
Listen, I don't see either of you on the list.
We know the hostess.
Daddy, we don't have any openings and I really don't think I should give you special treatment.
Special treatment is what Vegas is about, honey.
MIKE: Delinda.
That was the best meal I ever had.
Mystique is hot.
Mr.
D, Danny, Mystique is on fire.
You guys going in? [Danny stammering.]
MIKE: You're not on the list? DANNY: No.
That's cold.
We'll see you, Mr.
D.
Delinda, this is Ethan.
This is Delinda.
She'll seat you right away.
DELINDA: How are you? ETHAN: Very well, thanks.
SAM: Have a good time.
ETHAN: Thanks.
I can't believe I get a free meal for betting $10 on the Vikings.
DELINDA: Ethan, follow me.
DELINDA: Here we go.
[Pulsating instrumental music playing.]
- Cynthia? - Ethan.
ETHAN: From the show.
CYNTHIA: Yeah.
ETHAN: I've been looking all over for you.
CYNTHIA: Really? ETHAN: Yeah.
CYNTHIA: Wow.
ETHAN: Did you bet on the Vikings, too? NESSA: This is the table.
The area will be roped off.
NESSA: Armed guards here, here, here and here.
This is me, the dealer, and this is Jasper at first base.
Jasper is the only one who touches the cooler.
He switches it for the real deck and plays out the rigged hands.
These are the other players.
[Upbeat instrumental music.]
And these are you guys.
NESSA: Now you've got to turn not just the people watching, but these guys, too.
The eye in the sky should be looking down about here.
That'll take care of that camera.
Now, the blokes from the TV station will have three additional cameras.
The first will be angled down on the table.
I'll take care of that.
The second will be on the players, so nothing to worry about there.
And the third, Franklin here, is going to be our cameraman.
Whether that camera stays steady, it's all up to him.
So this is how it's going to go.
[Upbeat instrumental music.]
[Whistling.]
[Sneezes.]
[Sighs.]
Let's go again.
[Whistling.]
[Sneezes.]
Too slow.
We're busted.
Let's go again.
[Whistling.]
[Sneezes.]
- No.
I'm out.
- Wait.
You're right.
It has to be me.
[Mysterious instrumental music.]
[Suspenseful instrumental music.]
[Cheering.]
ANNOUNCER: Live from the Montecito Resort & Casino where some of the top blackjack players in the world are at this very moment gathering.
[Tense instrumental music.]
ANNOUNCER: Most people in our audience are likely to be familiar with the rules of Blackjack.
For those who are new to the game or need a refresher course, let's review.
The object of the game is to collect cards Hello, welcome.
must be as close to 21 as possible without going over.
[Tense instrumental music continues.]
DANNY: Mary, come with me a minute.
I want to show you something.
Hey, what are you doing? You shouldn't be in here.
DANNY: Come here a second.
[Mary sighing.]
Wow.
He watches TV.
WOMAN: [On TV.]
I'm a believer.
DANNY: He got a camera hidden in the pendant a waitress is wearing.
DANNY: He spies on people then uses what he hears in his show.
I'm really, really glad you wasted your time and the Montecito's money to get the goods on one of our entertainers.
- Very impressive.
- Anton says extrasensory perception I say extra coaxial cable.
I'm late for Anton's show.
Ladies and gentlemen, open up your hearts and prepare your minds for a supersensory experience the likes of which you have never known.
Was that too dramatic? [Audience laughing.]
Now, in order to plumb the deepest recesses of my spirit and open myself up to the psychic vibrations that surround us all I need to put myself in a trance.
For this, I'm gonna need complete and utter quiet.
[Inhales.]
[Exhales.]
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, Montecito Resort & Casino welcomes you to the final table of our annual Blackjack bonanza where six players will compete for the grand prize of $10 million.
So, let's do what we came here to do.
Let's play some blackjack.
[Suspenseful instrumental music.]
[Club instrumental music playing.]
ED: Hey.
DELINDA: Hey.
- Still working, huh? - People keep coming.
I'll probably be here past 4:00.
Well, good for you.
That's good.
You just came by to check on me? No, I was heading Yes, I did.
I came by to check on you.
I'm proud of you, Dee.
You haven't called me that since I was four.
That long, huh? [Tense instrumental music.]
[Tense instrumental music intensifies.]
MARY: Anton? [Audience gasping.]
[Audience murmuring.]
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
JASPER: Hey.
[Whistling.]
[Sneezes.]
[Beeping.]
They're running something.
ANNOUNCER: And look at that face card for him.
That's gonna bring a smile to his lips.
NESSA: 21.
MAN: Blackjack.
ANNOUNCER: Looks like one of our wild cards is coming to the lead.
This guy's come out of nowhere.
You've had a very nice run, my wise, large friend.
I'm sorry.
It's over.
Nice work, Ness.
[Slow instrumental music.]
- What would your father think? - You'll never know, will you? ANNOUNCER: Unprecedented development, by which I mean what the hell just happened? DANNY: Ed, what are you [Slow instrumental music continues.]
DANNY: She was working with you? Yes, she was.
All the time.
- And The Professor was - Rowan's boss.
Head of the ring.
He'd been running this cheating school for years but we could never prove it.
"No sailor but a fool attacks a fortress.
" - Ed, I'm not really.
- I'm playing and you're not.
"No sailor" Lord Nelson, 1793, in reference to naval attacks on harbour fortifications.
ED: There you go.
See, Ness got The Professor to attack us.
You played me.
She was the only one that could get close to him.
In your opinion.
Yeah.
That's the only one that counts, for now.
Why didn't you just tell me? I needed you to follow him and it was safe for Vanessa.
You know if I was a little less secure in my relationship with you I might think you didn't trust me.
- I'm going home.
- Wait, Danny.
That bad cop routine needs a lot of work.
[Laughs.]
A lot of work.
You did it, Nessa.
You did real good.
Thank you.
He was the big fish and you got him.
- And I just want to say I'm very - Impressed? - Proud.
- Anyone could've done it.
I'm afraid not.
I think there's more to what happened between you and my dad than you're telling me.
Yeah, that could be very true.
And I'm not sure I'd like the story if you did tell me.
What do you think? What I think is that I love you like you're my own daughter.
I'm just very proud.
Now, I also think that your break's about over and you should get your butt back in here and start dealing blackjack.
I think I will.
NESSA: Thanks, Pops.
[Fast-paced instrumental music.]
Hey, Danny.
DANNY: Hello.
I'm sorry.
Ed wouldn't let me tell you.
DANNY: So, how was it, playing for the other side? It was quite fun, actually.
I understand the allure it had for my father.
Your dad and Big Ed were You know, whenever you're ready to talk about it, of course.
DANNY: Hey, you okay? DANNY: I'm so sorry about Anton.
I couldn't believe it.
You didn't even like the guy.
But you did.
The doctor said he had a brain aneurysm.
- Totally undetectable.
- So, he didn't know? - That's weird.
- Yeah.
Come on.
I'll take you home.
ANNOUNCER 1: And with three remaining, the intensity of the play increases.
Bucky Lieberman's still in the game, but I'm not sure my money's not on Jackie the Greek.
ANNOUNCER 2: He's been playing less cautiously and I think that'll pay off in the end.