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LIZ:
We started with such high hopes.
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With all the previous owners being dead...
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...the hotel was
under new management. Ours.
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We were determined
to remake the Cortez in our own image.
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This would be no mere hotel.
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We had ambitions
to be a family to the friendless...
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...a comfort to those in the cold...
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...a beehive of acceptance.
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It was supposed to be the perfect ending.
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Oh, hello.
Oh.
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Welcome to the Cortez.
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Please, sign our guest book.
Sure.
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May I offer the two of you
a glass of champagne?
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Ooh. Ah.
Don't mind if I do.
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[WHISPERS] I think those are the reviewers
from that Internet site, Trip Adventurers.
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They must have heard about
our grand reopening.
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I know.
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Can't you see the ridiculously
gracious smile plastered on my face?
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What is that pungent odor?
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[IN NORMAL VOICE]
Sage. To cleanse the spirit.
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Hmm.
I'll show you to your room.
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LIZ:
To polish the jewel that is the Cortez...
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...it required not only money...
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...which we got from liquidating
The Countess' numerous pieces of art...
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...it was going to take four stars
on the Internet.
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And so we were off.
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We haven't finished with every floor,
but this is one of our newly refreshed rooms.
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Egyptian cotton.
Four hundred thread count.
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Minibar?
Mixers are on the house.
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If there's anything else you need,
just pick up the phone.
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Thank you.
Enjoy your stay.
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And you were ready to give it a pass.
Kill me.
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[CHUCKLES, THEN GASPS]
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Are you kidding?
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That's a Toto Neorest 700H, baby.
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The Japanese self-cleaning wonder toilet.
Ah.
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Ha, ha. I have always wanted
to try one of these.
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SALLY: Doesn't it just make
you wanna take a dump?
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Who the hell are you?
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How did you get in here?
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I gotta say, it's a nice room.
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They spent every penny they had
to change everything they could.
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They took out the mattresses,
especially the ones I split open.
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Took out the carpets...
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...soaked through with so many years
of piss and blood. Pfft.
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They even changed the furniture.
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But you know what they couldn't take out?
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The pain.
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Because I'm still here.
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All right, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.
Hey.
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[MAN GROANING]
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Oh, God! Oh, God!
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Call the police!
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Some crazy bitch just killed my partner!
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Please-- Oh, my God! Oh!
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Oh, God. Please, you gotta help me!
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No, no. You have to help me.
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I'm new at this murder game,
and, Jesus Christ, is it a thrill.
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[GROANS]
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[SIGHS]
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Ah, crap.
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We got another one down
at the end of the hallway.
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Damn it. This has got to stop.
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He stained the new carpet.
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Yeah, we got a serious problem.
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The ghosts keep killing the guests,
we're gonna end up with zero stars.
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It's time we had a goddamn meeting.
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LIZ:
Hello. Welcome.
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Thank you all for coming.
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Excuse me. My understanding
is that you two are in charge now.
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I'd like to speak to you
about changing my room.
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Sweetheart, you're a ghost.
You can choose whatever room you'd like.
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Well, yes, but the problem is
after I pick a room...
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...and then settle in with my erotica novels...
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...l never know if a guest
is going to check in and disturb me.
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I know this is Los Angeles...
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...but I'm old-fashioned,
and I like my privacy.
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I dig it when the guests come in.
It's like a free dirty movie.
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I'm into that amateur stuff.
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Are you three, like, a thing now?
VENDELA: Yeah.
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We try dating the lumberjack,
but he's a gay.
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IRIS:
Okay, everyone, please, listen.
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This is important,
and it affects every single one of you.
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We would like you to stop killing the guests.
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[CHUCKLING]
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It's not all of you, but we are trying
to build something special here.
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A real destination.
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Look, they're gonna get two football teams
down in Carson.
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That's 20 minutes down the 110.
This place could be filled.
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But if it gets out that people are
checking in and disappearing...
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...then, obviously,
that's bad for business.
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Screw you, Iris. You're the biggest killer
in this room, you bloodsucker.
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Maybe in the past. But every drop
of blood I drink now is donated.
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Any murders that go on in this hotel
are done by your kind.
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Excuse me,
but what do you mean by our kind?
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Can we all just call a spade a spade,
and say you're talking about Will and I?
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I mean, Woo is too busy munching
on Swedish fish to bother anyone.
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Marcy molests herself or complains all day.
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The lumberjack just mopes.
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And that hipster couple just trips
around moaning about for kale.
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Will and I are the only ones who still
get off on a little bit of true mischief.
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And we're not stopping.
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Ending some jerk-off
who wastes the air that he breathes?
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That is the real high.
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I'm dead, but I've never felt more alive.
Ha, ha.
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[JAMES CLAPPING]
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Beautifully said.
And I couldn't agree more.
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But I must come down on the side
of Cleopatra and her friend on this issue.
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Oh, come on.
You telling people to stop killing...
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...is like Colonel Sanders
telling us to stop eating chicken.
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I'm not familiar with him
and his fondness for poultry...
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...but my killing days are over.
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I thought the Ten Commandment
killings were the beginning...
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...but they are the epilogue.
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The torch has been passed,
and I feel complete.
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But this is a practical decision,
not an emotional one.
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This is our home.
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Frankly, it's the only one we've got.
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None of us know what is waiting for us
beyond this place if it no longer stands.
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Perhaps, without these walls,
we would all be forced to move on...
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...and face the judgment of our maker.
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If we can't stay in business,
all bets are off.
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We'll have to sell, or get evicted.
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WILL:
That's bullshit. I paid cash for this place.
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My lawyers will pay the upkeep and the taxes
for as long as they have the funds.
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Well, that's not gonna take
very long, cowboy.
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Sure, your business was worth a fortune
when you were alive.
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But you're such a narcissist that you never
brought anyone else in to design your lines.
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And when you disappeared, they had zilch.
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Now the whole shithouse
has gone up in flames.
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Your stock is worth pennies.
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That is bullshit! You're a goddamn liar.
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Enough! This is not a democracy!
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We are not in the House of Lords!
We are a ship at sea!
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And when it comes to you spirits,
I am captain!
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So listen up, mateys!
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There are six criteria
that the U.S. Department of Interior uses...
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...to determine if a place is worthy
of being called an historical landmark.
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This hotel fits them all.
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The one thing it does not yet possess
is time.
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Age. August 23rd, 2026.
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That will make it 100 years
that this hotel has stood.
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And on that day it will earn its rightful
distinction as an historical landmark.
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They won't be able to tear it down
even if they wanted to.
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The killing must stop!
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Oh, hell, no. Some of us can't go out
into the world to find companionship...
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...so I'm not gonna stop collecting souls
until I find my soul mate.
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Sally, I don't want to get rough, but we know
there is a way to get you to do as I please.
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Or do you not recall
the last time you disobeyed me?
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[SCREAMING]
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So it's settled, then.
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[GLASS SHATTERS]
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The point of being dead
is that there are no rules.
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It's the only salvation.
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Who gives a shit if they tear this place down
and send us all straight to hell?
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It can't be any worse.
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[KNOCK ON DOOR]
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Go away!
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Complimentary bottle of champagne
for our VIP long-term residents.
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That's you, missy.
Save your breath.
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I know what you're up to.
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Your "Kumbaya" intrigues
might work with the others.
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They're not gonna work with me.
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Good. We can cut the crap.
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Jesus, you're one lonely, miserable bitch.
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SALLY:
Oh, there she is.
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Now, get the hell out of my room.
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Don't you ever get tired
of being so goddamn bitter?
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I wanna help you, Sally.
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This coming from the woman
who shoved me out of a window.
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Okay. That's on me.
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I'm sorry.
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Truly.
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But it's no good for either of us
to dwell on the past.
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Honey, you haven't been the same
since John left.
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Watch it, Iris.
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I can still take an ice pick
to your throat anytime.
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You loved him.
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In the only way
you knew how.
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He turned his back on you
after all you'd done for him.
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I know how that feels.
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You don't know a damn thing
about how I feel...
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...about my pain.
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The only thing that takes the edge off
is when I can pull people under with me.
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Make them feel one ounce of what I feel.
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Then I'm not alone.
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But don't you see?
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All those people
you've been killing, it's...
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They're just Band-Aids.
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What if I knew
of a more permanent fix?
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You could have something long-lasting...
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...a future.
Heh.
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What future?
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I'm dead.
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You've been living in a 1994 world.
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Times have changed.
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The Cortez is proud to offer
free Wi-Fi now in every room.
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Here's your ticket to adventure.
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Go on, open it.
200
00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,689
What am I supposed to do
with this?
201
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We can't change the past, but you
can choose to move forward and live.
202
00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,171
So, what? I'm gonna be
the ghost in the machine?
203
00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,164
That's exactly what you're gonna be.
204
00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,084
Okay, look.
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00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,801
I loaded it up for you...
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...with Twitter, lnstagram, Facebook.
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00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,731
You don't need to be out in the world
to be a part of it.
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In the modern age, no one ever
has to be alone. Even for a second.
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There's a whole world out there
waiting to embrace you, Sally.
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Come on,
all you have to do is dive in.
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[PETER MURPHY'S
"CUTS YOU UP" PLAYING]
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LIZ: Sally took to the Inter-webs
like a fish to water.
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[SIGHS]
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It was as if everything she did
shot out a pulse of electricity.
215
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And from all the corners of the globe,
people responded.
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[PHONE BUZZING]
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In droves, tingling for more.
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A rapt audience
welcoming her with open arms...
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...desperate to connect,
hanging on to her every word.
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Suddenly the girl no one wanted
became the belle of the ball.
221
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She could say anything, bare her soul.
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Her lone voice weaving into
its own cyber subculture.
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A safe harbor.
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It spits you out
When you desire
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To conquer it
To feel you're higher
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As she basked in sublime adoration...
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...being numb to the world
finally lost its appeal.
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Another?
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How long have I been dead?
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It's over a year now.
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How long does it feel like?
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Like I don't exist.
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Is that why you've been acting out
and killing those people?
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00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,247
I had no idea that
my business was dead.
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[SCOFFS]
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Oh, it's not dead. It's dying.
237
00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,251
Well, what have they done with it,
the factories?
238
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The stores on Rodeo,
Fifth Avenue?
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00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,491
Well, they shuttered
the couture division.
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The perfumes and sunglasses
are keeping everything else afloat.
241
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And you do matter
in the world, you know.
242
00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:31,847
As long as it lives
and your son thrives, you matter.
243
00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,284
I'm grateful for what you've done for him.
244
00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,920
Thacher is one of the best schools
in the country...
245
00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,169
...and Ojai is year-round divine.
246
00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,369
You should let him come and visit you.
No.
247
00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:47,205
No.
248
00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,203
This is no place for a young man.
Hmm.
249
00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,840
All of the death here.
250
00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,045
I don't want him to be poisoned by it.
251
00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,209
Even if it breaks my heart
that I can't see him.
252
00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,802
May I make a proposition?
253
00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,962
You're beautiful, but you're not my type.
254
00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,804
[CHUCKLES]
255
00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,569
The trapped spirits in this place
who aren't in perpetual misery...
256
00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,487
...understand that if you want
to feel the magic of cause and effect...
257
00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,529
...you have to have a purpose.
258
00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,331
Your fashion house was iconic.
259
00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,404
You're iconic.
260
00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,610
My fashion house was headed for disaster
long before I disappeared.
261
00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,043
I haven't had an original thought
in a decade.
262
00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,922
This is California,
the land of reinvention.
263
00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,289
I mean, look what this place did for me.
264
00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,605
Where does everyone even think I am?
Rumors abound.
265
00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,651
Rehab, madness, illness.
266
00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,121
Each one more scandalous
than the last.
267
00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:03,011
Frankly, it's marvelous publicity.
People love a mystery.
268
00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,288
Sketch.
269
00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,570
Create.
270
00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,485
Be part of the world again.
271
00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,370
Running a fashion house
is more than sketching.
272
00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,047
More than any other business,
a line needs a face.
273
00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,771
Ha, ha. Okay.
274
00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,727
I was a salesman in another life.
275
00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,646
In this one, I'm the mother of style.
Cut me and I bleed Dior.
276
00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,165
[CHUCKLES]
277
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,128
And you don't have to be dead,
you know.
278
00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,601
So you decided to hole up
in your happy place...
279
00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,481
...like Howard Hughes without the crazy.
We can do this.
280
00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,842
LIZ: Stepping into the boardroom atop
a pair of five-inch Guccis...
281
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,163
...well, that teaches the authority
this business needed.
282
00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:14,204
You have to balance your frame,
consider each step...
283
00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,323
...and lean into your momentum.
284
00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,642
You wind up elevated.
285
00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,565
Gentlemen, I'm Liz Taylor.
286
00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,724
Mr. Drake has sent me here
to lead this company into the future.
287
00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,965
MAN 1: Until Mr. Drake has the courtesy
to appear before this board himself--
288
00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:33,409
Mr. Vice Chairman, Will Drake has granted me
full authority to act on his behalf.
289
00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,530
Well, I don't accept your authority.
290
00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,125
LAWYER:
I'm afraid you'll have to.
291
00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,441
I've met with Will Drake
at the Hotel Cortez...
292
00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,369
...and it's official.
293
00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,561
Ms. Taylor here has total authority
to speak on his behalf.
294
00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:50,966
You're fired.
295
00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:52,565
[CHUCKLES, THEN GASPS]
296
00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,523
Now, gentlemen.
297
00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,684
I know something about rebirth.
298
00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:01,569
Listen...
299
00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:02,846
...and learn.
300
00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,809
WILL:
No. I can't do this.
301
00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,247
There's inspiration...
302
00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,801
...all around us.
303
00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:13,250
All you gotta do is look.
304
00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,600
LIZ:
I left Will alone to work his sorcery.
305
00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,041
And he left me to mine.
306
00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,962
We cast his absence as mystery.
307
00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:26,805
He gave very little of himself to the public.
308
00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,883
And demand steadily rose.
309
00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,964
His presentations were exclusive and exotic.
310
00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:35,841
Very few invitations, very unusual models.
311
00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,606
All cameras and phones were banned...
312
00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,967
...which only made word of mouth stronger.
313
00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:43,088
Interest more intense.
314
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:48,047
Art Deco once again became all the rage.
315
00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,291
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
316
00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,966
I should have been jubilant in our success.
317
00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:03,964
But instead, I felt lost.
318
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,290
[SCOFFS]
319
00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:13,602
It was a night like this
when I first saw Tristan.
320
00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,641
Just promise me
you'll keep an open mind.
321
00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,849
Please, remember
to whom you speak.
322
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,367
Now, what are we doing here?
323
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,002
I know how much you miss Tristan.
324
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:37,085
And wherever he is, I don't know
why we haven't seen hide nor hair of him.
325
00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,850
And if anybody can reach him...
326
00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:42,127
...this woman can.
327
00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,044
Iris...
328
00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,602
...did you get me a psychic?
329
00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,365
[LIZ SIGHS]
330
00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:00,566
IRIS:
Billie Dean Howard, this is Liz.
331
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,963
Liz, it is so good to meet you.
Heh.
332
00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:06,168
I've seen you
on the side of a bus.
333
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,448
Billie Dean has her own show on Lifetime.
334
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,525
She helps the bereaved communicate
with their dearly departed loved ones.
335
00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,330
I'm impressed.
I'll be honest.
336
00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,369
Your establishment is fairly notorious...
337
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,161
...among the paranormal communities
being a bit of a hot spot.
338
00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:21,367
Huh?
339
00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,205
I was thinking I might
do an episode of my show here.
340
00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:28,160
Heh, heh.
But today, I am here for you.
341
00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,325
[BILLIE SIGHS]
342
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,604
Uh, so many voices.
343
00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,525
It's a very noisy hotel.
344
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,367
Oh, I feel something.
345
00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,245
A very masculine energy.
346
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,004
Restless.
347
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,084
He's here.
348
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:30,606
Spirit, we seek you
with loving hearts and open minds.
349
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:35,285
Lift the veil that separates
our world from yours.
350
00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:37,167
Speak to us.
351
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:41,567
Tristan.
352
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,445
Hello.
Ah.
353
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,800
Tristan, I'm here with Liz.
354
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,124
She misses you very much.
355
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,889
Is there any message you have for her?
356
00:22:58,120 --> 00:22:59,565
What?
357
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,131
What does he say?
358
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,643
He says:
359
00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:09,360
"NO-ll
360
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,327
What do you mean, "No"? What no?
361
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,165
He doesn't wanna talk.
362
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,129
What do you mean? He's talking to you.
363
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:17,930
He doesn't want to talk...
364
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,364
...to me.
365
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,290
He's been here all along.
366
00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,330
And he's choosing not to talk to me...
367
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,609
...because he blames me.
368
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,370
I'm the cause of his death.
369
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,284
My love for him killed him.
370
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,131
Love doesn't kill.
371
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:42,766
I've been around longer, and let me tell you,
believe me, love kills a lot more than hate.
372
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,923
Thank you for coming anyway.
373
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:52,846
Be strong.
374
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,488
I know you know how.
375
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,531
Yup.
376
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:03,408
IRIS:
No. This isn't right. No, wait.
377
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,010
Maybe it wasn't Tristan you were talking to.
378
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,571
He remembers the pancakes.
379
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:15,561
[SIGHS]
380
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,321
You made them for him every Saturday
and let him watch cartoons all morning.
381
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,965
Who's Donovan?
382
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:22,724
What?
383
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:26,966
Donovan isn't here.
384
00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:33,446
BILLIE: No, no, no. Donovan is
someplace else, someplace very beautiful.
385
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,484
He says it smells like pancakes.
386
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:40,605
Your pancakes.
387
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:45,405
He says it's always
Saturday morning where he is.
388
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,884
He says:
389
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,290
"I love you, Mom."
390
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,726
LIZ:
Even in my grief, I was happy for my friend.
391
00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,282
As for me, I felt any chance at love was over.
392
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,602
But life can surprise you.
393
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,047
Especially new life.
394
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:06,964
[SCREAMS]
395
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:09,680
And love?
396
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,081
Well, that can take many forms.
397
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:16,842
After I made peace with my son Douglas,
I never really expected to see him again.
398
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,685
So I was delighted
when he brought Janice to meet me.
399
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,366
Janice was the daughter I always wanted.
400
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,364
And I was the mother-in-law
she'd always hoped for.
401
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,047
In Isabel's face, I saw the future.
402
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,043
She was being born into a world...
403
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,807
...just a little more accepting
than the one I had been born into.
404
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:39,682
And maybe, just maybe,
I had a little something to do with that.
405
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,320
A little kindness, acceptance.
406
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:47,122
That transformed me
in ways nothing else ever could.
407
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,250
I never thought life could be this good.
408
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,808
Or that it might end.
409
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:56,965
Well, shit.
410
00:25:57,120 --> 00:25:58,963
Are you sure?
411
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,889
I'm sure. Well...
412
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,202
...the doctor is sure.
And there ain't nothing they can do about it?
413
00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:07,124
It's...
414
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,089
...past the point of treatment.
415
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,484
Which is probably
for the best because...
416
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,371
...l would hate to lose my hair. Heh.
417
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:26,046
Baby girl, there just might be
something that I can do for you. Huh?
418
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:27,730
What, turn me?
419
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,601
Hell, I don't even like my steak bloody.
But that's never been an option for me.
420
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:32,807
You know that.
421
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:38,529
And at this point in my life,
I can't imagine killing...
422
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,171
...in order to live.
423
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,971
So have you told your kids yet?
424
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:45,522
With any luck, I won't need to.
425
00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:47,849
They can just keep visiting me here.
426
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:49,610
[SCOFFS]
427
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,611
[CHUCKLES]
428
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:02,565
[SIGHS]
429
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,441
I'm gonna cut to the chase.
430
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,883
I am the first woman in the world
to have prostate cancer.
431
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,049
Uh, the doctor told me
it's spread to the spine.
432
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,090
And there's nothing to do.
433
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,730
We'll spend whatever we have to.
434
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,486
One call, I can get you
to the best doctor in the world.
435
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:26,846
Oh, it's too late.
436
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,568
And I don't want to spend my last days
wasting away in a hospital...
437
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,850
...with a catheter up my dick
and poison in my body, so...
438
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:37,965
But who will take care of us?
439
00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,088
You can't leave us alone.
LIZ: I won't.
440
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,242
That's why I called you all here today.
441
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:47,440
Now, I have provided you
with various weapons.
442
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,642
Take two. They're small.
443
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,328
Uh...
444
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:53,885
Hack me.
445
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,929
Strangle me.
446
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:57,960
Bludgeon me.
447
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,601
Surprise me.
448
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,607
I think I can speak for everyone here when
I say that we've all grown rather fond of you.
449
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,285
We can't possibly murder you.
450
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:09,805
SALLY:
It's not murder.
451
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,647
She wants to be reborn.
452
00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:16,610
[MARIANNE FAITHFUL'S
"BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN" PLAYING]
453
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,041
You're my family.
454
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,520
I wanna be with you forever.
455
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:33,965
The morning sun touched lightly
on the eyes of Lucy Jordan
456
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:42,322
In a white suburban bedroom
In a white suburban town
457
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:50,725
As she lay there beneath the covers
Dreaming of a thousand lovers
458
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:58,287
Till the world turned to orange
And the room went spinning round
459
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:06,000
At the age of 37 she realized
She'd never ride through Paris
460
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:12,844
In a sports car...
461
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,207
[DOOR OPENS]
462
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,600
So she let the phone keep ringing...
463
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,530
LIZ: It was the first time
I had seen her since she died.
464
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:31,403
Only in that moment did I realize
just how much I'd missed her.
465
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,847
How did you know to come?
466
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,169
You were always my fondest creation.
467
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:44,204
He's off to work
And the kids were off to school
468
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,851
And there were, oh, so many ways...
469
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,810
I wanted to be here
to help you transition.
470
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,367
She could clean the house for hours
471
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,249
Or rearrange the flowers
472
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,527
Or run naked through the shady street...
473
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,081
One last time.
474
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:16,731
At the age of 37 she realized
She'd never ride through Paris...
475
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:18,689
[GROANS]
476
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,481
[SCOFFS]
477
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,607
TRISTAN:
Those things will kill you.
478
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,090
I don't understand.
479
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:09,882
You wouldn't talk to me.
480
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,370
I thought you hated me.
481
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,727
I love you.
482
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:21,929
Darling...
483
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,009
...you had more living to do.
484
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,801
I couldn't get in the way of that.
485
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,131
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
486
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:34,645
On, baby...
487
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,962
...you are to die for.
488
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,007
May I help you?
I have a reservation. Room 44.
489
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,207
The Woo room.
490
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:59,001
That's where Billie Dean says he died.
Oh, that room is booked.
491
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:00,924
Booked by me, three weeks ago.
492
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:02,730
Under Rhodes, Ashley.
493
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:04,848
My Amex app says the charge has cleared.
494
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,685
You have my money, I want my room.
495
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,484
Fine.
496
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:16,924
It's all my fault.
497
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,211
I thought that Billie would be free advertising.
People love a good ghost story.
498
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,011
Well, you were right about that.
499
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,606
Yeah, but this is getting way
out of hand.
500
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,286
She's had three prime-time specials.
501
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,522
Wait, wait, wait.
502
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,405
Wait, he's trying to tell me something.
503
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,049
Mr. Woo doesn't pay for what?
504
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,841
I mean, don't get me wrong. I don't mind
having this place alive with guests.
505
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,721
It's just those freaks and weirdoes
who wanna be plowed by a ghost.
506
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,482
The people Billie attracts,
they're just...
507
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,324
It's bad for our brand.
508
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,165
Why don't we just shut
the place down?
509
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,721
Will Drake doesn't need
the money anymore.
510
00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,803
Because this place needs life.
511
00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:02,281
It's a hotel, not a cemetery.
512
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,240
The living give the spirits trapped in this
place connection to the outside world.
513
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:07,526
IRIS:
John.
514
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,570
I was wondering
when you were gonna arrive.
515
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,210
We've missed you.
516
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,010
It's good to be back.
517
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:15,491
And you're right.
518
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,923
I don't like her coming around,
pestering, asking questions.
519
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:23,130
She still trying to contact me?
Every year on this date.
520
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:26,287
John Lowe.
521
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:33,643
The Ten Commandments Killer,
show yourself and bear witness to your crimes.
522
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,650
Shit.
523
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,646
Call her.
Check her into my room.
524
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,131
But get her here quickly.
525
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,009
It's only three hours
until sundown.
526
00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:01,131
We are standing in Room 64
of the Hotel Cortez...
527
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,851
...where the notorious
Ten Commandments Killer lived...
528
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,526
...when he terrorized Los Angeles
many years ago.
529
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,401
John Lowe may be
the most evil and dangerous spirit...
530
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,484
...with whom I have ever attempted
to make contact.
531
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,964
I will need all of my skills
and powers of concentration...
532
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,642
...to achieve this unprecedented interview.
533
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,004
[SIGHS]
534
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,208
You wanted to talk?
535
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,801
I want you to talk.
536
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,487
My name is Billie Dean Howard.
537
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:49,163
All we know about John Lowe
is what the police have said.
538
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,482
I'm giving you a chance now
to set the record straight.
539
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,009
[CHUCKLES]
540
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,686
Noun-m
GO, go!
541
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,448
What do you wanna know?
542
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,560
Why don't we start with your family.
543
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,206
Did they know you were a serial killer?
544
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,885
What did you get Holden for dinner?
It's dog again.
545
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,884
They came to understand
that I was cleaning up the world...
546
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:29,963
...in my own way.
ALEX: Goddamn it, John.
547
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,363
We talked about this. I won't target people
who don't deserve to die.
548
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,488
Now, once you went on the lam...
549
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,644
...your wife and two children
were never seen again.
550
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,245
ALEX: Come on.
Where are you going?
551
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,244
He's hungry. I know how
to go to a hospital, not get noticed.
552
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:44,970
Did you kill them?
553
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,525
I Will admit...
554
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,764
...l failed them.
555
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:01,730
Daddy...
556
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,646
...there's only one thing left to do.
557
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,087
What? Turn myself in?
558
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,762
We have to go home.
559
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,451
JOHN:
Scarlett was right.
560
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,329
The Cortez was home.
561
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,643
We'd all been reborn there,
in one form or another.
562
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,768
Well, except for her.
563
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:28,883
There was still a chance for our daughter
to grow up somewhere else...
564
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,731
...to have some shot at a normal life.
565
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,566
But it needed to be away from us.
566
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,168
Liz knew just the place.
567
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:42,565
The Thacher School would be host to more
than one young refugee from the Hotel Cortez.
568
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,851
BILLIE:
So you sent your daughter away...
569
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,288
...but lived with your son and wife
in the Cortez.
570
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,649
Back in L.A.,
where you were still being hunted.
571
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,530
It's hard to provide for your family
when you're on the run.
572
00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:00,605
There were more opportunities
in Los Angeles.
573
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,410
[GROANS]
574
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,604
[SIREN WAILING AND
BRAKES SQUEALING]
575
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,285
MAN:
Stop! John Lowe, you're under arrest!
576
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,090
I have to make it back to the hotel.
577
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:46,327
[GUNFIRE]
578
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:57,769
[GROANING]
579
00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,210
Let me...
580
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,090
I wanna die inside.
581
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:19,171
I'm sensing something...
582
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,164
...about your wife and son.
583
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,921
I can hear the undercurrents
from the spirits...
584
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,242
...but they are too afraid
to speak clearly.
585
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,164
Why is that?
586
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,767
I don't want to talk about my family.
587
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:36,049
If you don't want to talk about
your family give me something else.
588
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,610
What is the significance
of October 30th?
589
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:45,483
Why is it the only day
I feel your presence here?
590
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,124
Well, it's Devil's Night.
591
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,683
And if you leave
your camera crew behind...
592
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,241
...that I can show you.
593
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,850
BILLIE:
The walls, they're screaming.
594
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:25,207
I was in a house once
just west of here.
595
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:30,288
And I could hear the spirits
in the walls like termites...
596
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,048
...or bats in the attic.
597
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,201
But it was nothing like this.
598
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:41,720
This is like being in a rock concert
of the dead.
599
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,563
Well, come on.
600
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:48,767
Let me introduce you
to some rock stars of the dead.
601
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,691
Oh, Jeffrey, you and your damn straws.
Come on. Put your drink down...
602
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,320
...and come and dance with me.
603
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,562
I don't dance.
604
00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:00,085
Look at me.
605
00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:02,288
Neither do I. Ha, ha.
606
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,491
John! Oh!
607
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,883
Jeffrey, look who's here.
608
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:10,166
John is here.
609
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,891
He's the greatest of them all.
Heh,heh,heh.
610
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:14,851
Are you blushing?
611
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,527
I told you, if you like a guy,
you have to talk to him.
612
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,162
You think any of those young men
would have come over to work at my house...
613
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:26,166
...if I didn't have the guts
to approach them in the world?
614
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,284
Well, those guys in Milwaukee
must have been pretty desperate...
615
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:31,680
...to go home with Jeffrey.
616
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,401
The guy can't get two words out
without going flush. Ha, ha.
617
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,688
Oh, my God.
618
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,526
You're John Wayne Gacy.
619
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,971
And that's Jeffrey Dahmer.
620
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,688
Are you frightened?
621
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,244
Oh, no.
622
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:58,568
No, I just surround myself
with the white light of spirit and...
623
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,726
To keep myself protected.
624
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,487
Sure thing, sweetheart.
625
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:08,044
Yeah! Let's get this party started!
626
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,168
I need a beer. I'll drink whatever's cold.
627
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,728
Jesus H. Christ on a horse,
what the hell is this shit music?
628
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,201
Aileen Wuornos.
629
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,409
Richard Ramirez.
630
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,404
I'm married, but we live apart.
631
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:25,291
[CHUCKLES]
632
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,242
And that's The Zodiac.
633
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,482
I'll get you a drink.
634
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,242
[MAZZY STAR'S "FADE INTO YOU" PLAYING]
635
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:39,246
I wanna hold the hand inside you
636
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,482
Hey-
637
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:44,923
I'm Aileen.
638
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,201
You have the prettiest hair.
639
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,288
Man, what I wouldn't do
for a head of hair like that.
640
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:54,726
It's like--
641
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,930
It's like Farrah Fawcett.
Reminds me of my ex-girlfriend.
642
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:01,248
Oh, I feel ill.
Ha, ha.
643
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,450
All these dark spirits, it's--
644
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,250
It's a little overwhelming.
645
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,404
Just drink that. It'll relax you.
646
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,050
JAMES:
Absinthe.
647
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,249
Our customary libation.
648
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:23,368
James Patrick March.
649
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,164
[SIGHS]
650
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,204
Oh, I feel the violence in you.
651
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:35,129
So many spirits who you snuffed out.
652
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:40,811
I can see all the moments
when they crossed over.
653
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,361
Tell me...
654
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,410
...what is that like?
655
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,370
Is it a moving picture,
like so many cells on a film reel?
656
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,000
Or more like a kaleidoscope
of human suffering?
657
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,401
It's not a picture.
658
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,608
It's a feeling.
659
00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,845
Like a mist on your face
on a cold morning.
660
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:06,321
You can't see it in the air,
but you can feel...
661
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:07,521
...the wetness.
662
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,001
Yeah. I can feel the wetness...
663
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:13,243
...with you so close to me
right now, Johnny Boy. Ha, ha.
664
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,044
[CHUCKLING]
665
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,203
[CHUCKLING]
666
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,607
I got a seat right next to me.
667
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,489
No, no, no.
668
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:28,165
[PANTING]
669
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:33,851
[LAUGHING]
670
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,244
So this is Devil's Night.
671
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,289
My Murderers' Row!
672
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,287
How odd it must be
to see all of us then...
673
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,442
...in what appears
to be the flesh.
674
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,881
Flesh enough to eat...
675
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:50,851
...drink...
676
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,002
...feel our grip on your arm...
677
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,731
...our breath on your skin.
678
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,364
No! No!
679
00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:00,045
[ALL CHUCKLING]
680
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,406
How's that white light
holding up, Billie Dean?
681
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:06,449
BILLIE:
I don't want to be here anymore.
682
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:08,841
When does the party favor arrive?
683
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:10,883
JAMES:
John's taken care of that.
684
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,891
Grab your weapons, ladies and gents.
685
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:16,200
No. No, no.
686
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,082
No. Aah!
687
00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:23,084
Can't throw a killer party
without a little killing, right?
688
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,928
JOHN:
Don't worry, Billie.
689
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:28,287
I think you're gonna like living here.
690
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,121
Here's the deal.
691
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,601
No more specials or interviews...
692
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:36,162
...or books, or tweets,
or casual conversations at cocktail parties...
693
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,601
...with Shirley MacLaine about this hotel.
694
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,603
This place is dead to you.
695
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:42,087
We will become a myth.
696
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:44,887
Which is what we should've been
left to do anyway.
697
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:46,451
What if I don't?
698
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:50,161
One sure-as-shit thing
I can tell you about being murdered...
699
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:51,367
...it hurts, honey.
700
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,729
And we like to make it last.
701
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:55,967
[DRILL WHIRRING]
702
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:59,169
None of you can leave the hotel...
703
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:03,963
...so you can't hold me to my word, huh?
704
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,282
RAMONA:
But I can.
705
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:11,690
BILLIE:
What the hell are you?
706
00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:14,765
You're not dead.
707
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:15,967
RAMONA:
I'm a creature...
708
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,527
...who kills to live...
709
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:21,126
...and who drinks a body's worth
of blood a day...
710
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:25,530
...and doesn't think twice
about who I'm sucking it from.
711
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:29,969
So if you even let out a whisper
of a word that sounds like "Cortez"...
712
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:31,446
...I’ll find you...
713
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:36,686
...and drain every drop of life
from your skinny ass.
714
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:40,130
I can't be the only one here
hoping you say no.
715
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,043
No!
ALL: Ha, ha, ha.
716
00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:47,562
No!
717
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:51,843
[DOOR OPENS]
718
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,561
Did you take care of
what you had to take care of?
719
00:46:23,720 --> 00:46:25,484
Yeah.
720
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:27,085
Look at you, Scarlett.
721
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:28,806
Where'd my little girl go?
722
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,601
You're just saying that because
I'm the only member of the family that ages.
723
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,125
[CHUCKLES]
724
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:36,565
Thanks for coming.
725
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,201
Tonight means a lot to me.
726
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,207
For us all to be together.
727
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,129
Even just for a few hours.
728
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:46,006
Of course, Dad.
729
00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:48,449
Means a lot to me too.
730
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:50,966
Go on.
731
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:53,528
Get into bed with them.
732
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:56,366
Not you?
733
00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:58,841
SCARLET:
I'm getting a little big for the family bed.
734
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,643
I'll take the chair.
735
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:07,244
[SIGHS]
736
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:13,524
I'm afraid to fall asleep.
737
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,606
As soon as I close my eyes...
738
00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:19,925
...it'll all be gone for another year.
739
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:22,409
It's okay, Daddy.
740
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:25,929
Rest.
741
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:02,243
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
742
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:43,766
What brings you to the Cortez?
743
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:46,286
Tomorrow's Halloween.
744
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:49,081
This place is supposed
to be haunted, right?
745
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,162
I'm meeting some friends here.
746
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:53,691
No, you're not.
747
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:56,731
I'm not?
748
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:58,325
No.
749
00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:01,125
Hmm.
750
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:05,364
You have a jawline for days.