AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES
PRIVILEGES
Damn it, if they touch a single hair on Déborah's head...
Do you think they hurt her?
You really don't want me to step in here.
I would've sorted out that son of a bitch right from the start.
That won't be enough.
'Cause Reem's right, the same people always win.
But he's gotta pay.
They all shoved you down in the dirt, but you keep growing like a seed.
Reem's against the marriage, she wants to take revenge now.
And she'll be wearing about 20 million in jewelry.
Twenty million.
That's enough to get her out of this.
What, you mean a robbery?
Come on, "robbery" is not fair since Reem has agreed to it
it's like... it's like theater.
What do we get out of it?
Look, no wedding, means no hotel.
Without the hotel, Pepo can't keep laundering money.
The Fethani family will be ruined, so they'll have to sell the hotel.
This lets me keep my job while keeping my hands clean
and you'll get your job back, plus a promotion.
That all sounds great, but...
the Colonel is gonna be putting massive security measures
in place there now.
A job like this takes preparation.
I don't know where the actual wedding is
I'm not sure about how security works for a convoy type thing
but let me talk to Reem.
And rob her, because this only works
-if someone robs her. -Yeah, that's the part I'll play.
But you'll be covering for us on the back end.
Hello, how can I help you?
Yes, hello, I was looking for the spa, please.
Yes, of course. So if you take the elevator there
it'll be on Level Two.
Appreciate it.
We can all win here.
Hey, Steve, you in or out?
-So is he in, then? -Yeah, of course he's in.
-Got any updates from Perrin? -No.
Go ahead with the transfer once you do.
Right. We've all worked here together for years, no?
We've weathered many storms.
It wasn't always easy, but we've kept our dear Citadel afloat.
But since the arrival of Mr. Pepo, we've sprung quite a few leaks.
And now she may sink.
Yes, we all know. You've had your share of difficulties.
Allow me then to remind you that Pepo is just an observer here.
An observer who's a bit intrusive, I grant you
but he'll step back once he's officially married.
No... no. The damage is still done.
The security of the palace has been threatened.
And all of the Colonel's "military tactics"
haven't really proven useful.
Yes, he's a bit crude in his ways, but still...
you'll teach him to act diplomatically.
Nah, you've misunderstood me, I'm not negotiating.
I can no longer guarantee the security
or the reputation of the Citadel. Understand?
The reputation?
Yes. It's how it always begins, then everything spirals.
It's unfortunate, but I couldn't bear to watch it happen.
So...
Then am I to believe, you're abandoning the crew here
right before a wedding?
I'm resigning, yes.
But if the orchestra wants to continue, that's their problem.
Very well.
Yes, chin up. All right, turn this way a little.
Girls, would you please make an effort for me?
Great.
-That's enough for now. -Okay.
HOTEL LE CITADEL
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE FORECOURT AND THE...
Hey, don't be so upset now, Emma.
The hormones, huh?
If I've done anything to upset you, I apologize, Mr. Galzain.
No, I was never upset. I'd never blame you, okay?
If I was going somewhere else, I'd ask you to come along
but I'm not right now.
They've promised to get you a new position in the group.
What about you?
How'll you be tracking our location, then?
I just put an AirTag in one of the lockers.
Locker number six, the code is 80-25.
So bring the AirTag and I can always find you.
It seems much too risky just to get a bit of pocket change, personally.
But that bling is worth millions, Reem.
Listen, I'm telling you, even half the price of that jewelry is huge.
No, too risky.
No, I'm taking all the risk. You're gonna be just fine.
So you do wanna marry him? Money like this sets you up to leave.
Otherwise, there was one other option I thought of.
Go on, tell me.
Mark is always gonna find a way to launder his money
even if we do cancel the wedding.
And so will my father.
He'll continue with his schemes no matter what.
So basically nothing's gonna change
and neither one will ever have to pay for it.
Now, out of respect for my mother, I'm willing to spare my father.
But Mark...
there's no way he gets that kind of grace after hurting me.
But what's that mean? I'm not following you.
We'll just have to change your plan a bit.
It's a big job, okay? Not something small like you typically do.
-Hey, I'm serious. -It'll be fine, I'm on it.
Yes, I do. I have time for myself.
-...conference tomorrow. -Yeah.
-Sorry. Just one second. -Okay.
Excuse me, sir?
-I'll take care of it. -Thank you.
Edouard!
It's goodbye, apparently?
Seems to be so, yes.
-You meant to up and vanish, then? -Well, what do you want, Esther?
You've won, isn't that all?
You're not the type to give up easily.
What's happening here?
Did you ever hear anything regarding that young man
who was in the program?
Theo. I heard that he hung himself while in prison not too long ago.
How awful.
Adèle's lucky she had someone like you.
You probably saved her life, by helping her get out.
Goodbye, Esther.
-So long, Wades. -Goodbye, sir.
Okay.
-So where are we? -It's a hideout.
You're just gonna lay low here while I get some things prepared
-and then I'll get you. -And who is this?
Don't worry about her.
No way. I'm not cool splitting up the pay more ways, no.
-Hey, just relax. -Are you crazy?
She's only here to grab her new papers
she'll be going south.
-She's gonna bring your cell phone. -Wait, my cell phone?
I'm not giving up my phone. What are you saying?
Because that way it looks like she took us on vacation with her
like we all went there.
No better alibi than pinging 700 kilometers away.
That's not credible. No way.
Why the hell are we wasting energy on this clown?
Oh, your pal? She's doing well for herself.
But she needs me to see her other friend again.
Hand over the phone.
What's she doing down south? And who's to say that she--
You'd better not snitch when you leave here.
You're just wasting my time now.
Your buddy's a loser, I don't like him much.
What should we do?
Your telephone.
You could at least pretend to make it work.
The dress.
It's bad luck, isn't it?
You think you're smart
but you don't know my father like I do.
He'll try to screw you over until the very end.
Well, you marry a girl, the next thing you know
you're stuck with a whole messed-up family.
It's called love.
I'm guessing you have some guarantees
that he's gonna hold up his part of the deal?
Question is, why do you care all of a sudden?
It's just that the sooner you get what you want, the sooner I'm free.
Can you help?
Sure.
You know, believe it or not, I was actually hoping...
we could start over.
Baby, as your soon-to-be wife
my piece of advice
seal the deal with my father before the ceremony.
And take your fucking hands off me.
Okay, Marina, I really need your green light to get started.
I know, I'm sorry, I know, but we're running a little late.
I'll do my best.
-Chef, any news from Rungis? -On it right now.
Do you like the height of the bouquet?
It's perfect.
Is this how we're supposed to fold the napkins?
You received the brief, right?
Could you set up the tables over there, please?
How much for the bottles? Damn it.
No... no, hang on. Just listen, Marina, I can't talk.
I have to stay in the hotel right now.
You'll have to come up with a solution. Okay? Pardon.
No, I can't come help you yet
the first cars are just about to leave.
Then you have to let me work here, miss, if you want the cars to go.
I'll call you back later.
That's all I'm asking for, but unless you can give me a complete plan
-my team can't help out. -Just be satisfied
with using the general outline of the plan I gave you.
Compartmentalizing limits the risk of failure.
-I won't take chances. -Is it me that you suspect
or my crew? Because you're the only one
letting mercenaries in here. But I'm still the manager.
Yes, all right. Please note that we will be starting very soon
but if something delays us, then you will be informed.
So, do you guys wanna do the speeches now?
Or should we just wait for the ceremony?
-Mark, please. -You've got what you wanted.
You own a palace now. There is an etiquette.
Baby.
We own a palace now.
-All good. -Great.
Let's do this.
I don't understand, she's not moving.
AIRTAG
Seems to be clear on our end, then.
Come on, go already. What are they doing?
Hey, there you go.
Everything is okay?
(Arabic) Relax.
Cheers.
Oh, shit! They're coming out the back.
Come on, move, move. Come on... come on!
Hi!
-To see your dad's here? -Of course, of course, sure.
This Bluetooth thing isn't working. Can we put on the radio, please?
Thanks.
Oh, I like this song.
What the fuck is--? Jesus Christ!
What is going on?
-Holy fuck! -Come on!
Come on!
Shit.
Give it!
Let's go. Go... go!
The scooter! There, he's getting away!
(Arabic) Reem, are you all right? Are you all right?
Ma'am, you all right?
Oh, fuck.
No, no.
Seems odd for you to come across town in the middle of the day.
Why are you here?
I gotta move on.
Like, "move on" move on?
Get my head on straight, all that.
Well, you need to be able to look at yourself in the mirror
and ask, "Who am I?"
Yeah, I don't know.
Well, I'm proud of you.
Fuck. Fuck.
Okay, know what you gotta do?
Go!
Yes, Esther?
What?
Can you please repeat that for me?
That's all we know right now.
Waiting on the police's recommendation.
Am I clear, Marina?
I'll be trapped a bit longer, but when the police arrive
you can go.
Home, of course, Marina. You'll go there.
Let me ask you a question.
Adèle and Galzain, where are they?
Why don't we just leave that question to the police?
Keep focusing on your work for now.
Does anyone have a cigarette?
Cigarette.
Mr. Galzain, if you would kindly follow me.
-Hi, how are you? -Not the best.
-Thanks for coming quickly. -Of course I came.
You asked to see me.
I need to... I must inform you that...
Well, it seems the convoy was attacked.
What do you mean, "attacked"?
You were right.
The methods that the Colonel implemented didn't help us.
They decided to fire him for the failure
but it's not enough to save the hotel.
All right, but this isn't the first attack on a luxury hotel.
-You can still recover. -Not this time, no.
Well, let me get straight to the point.
It was a mistake for us to part ways.
Your conditions are ours too. You'll have a lot of requirements--
No, I'm sorry. I don't wanna come back here.
The Colonel was just a symptom, not the main cause.
With Pepo around, my hands are tied.
Yes, you were right about that too.
Mr. Fethani shouldn't be associating with anyone like Pepo.
But we shouldn't be speaking badly of the departed.
I'm sorry?
What, Pepo's dead?
The news hasn't been released yet, but it will be.
I'll leave you to think it all over.
Dalia, stay and accompany Mr. Galzain out.
Holy shit.
What are you doing here? What happened?
I didn't kill anyone.
What do you mean, you didn't kill anyone?
So was it Reem who had the gun?
A concierge sees it all but says nothing.
Cut the shit, Adèle. Was it Reem who shot the gun?
Damn it.
Why did you wanna talk out here?
Well, you're back at the Citadel, right?
Better get to work on your part of the deal.
Are you kidding? The jewelry is worth 20 million bucks.
Maybe, but I don't have any way to pawn it
and I'd be caught in under two hours, probably? No.
Fine, what do you want?
Own up to your mistakes.
You're gonna turn around, go in there
and tell everyone the drugs weren't mine.
My parole is at stake, and I expect to get my job back.
What job is that? As a concierge?
At the Citadel. Back there at the top.
You should really think carefully, though.
Reem gave me the murder weapon.
It'd be weird if they found it at your house.
Okay.
Right, you coming?
No, I trust you.
The Citadel always protects those who are loyal, right?
Didn't you say that?
What are you doing here? You went down south. Where's Adèle?
And what's this?
The robbery got screwed up and a man's dead.
You're the primary suspect now.
That's supposed to be tomorrow, though.
-What's all this? -Your phone was tracked to the scene.
And so was your scooter.
So if the cops have any brains at all, you'll be toast.
Think you can pin that on me? Seriously?
You can't just screw me over. I won't let you.
Too bad. I already did.
And if you don't tell me where Déborah is right now
then you'll be caught for sure.
You're fucked.
We'll go buy you the things you need tomorrow
but in the meantime, you can help yourself.
You know, don't hesitate.
Yeah, appreciate it.
But you know what? I'm not gonna stay after all.
I know it's kind of small, but we'll find something better.
But you can't go back to your place.
Adèle, I have to tell you--
You don't owe me anything. You'd help me too. It's normal, babe.
I think we should take some time off.
Time off of what?
Well, some space might do us good right now.
I mean, Mika's pretty nuts. I don't know how you got rid of him--
Well, I had to get you out of trouble, right?
But I told you, you know? That's all over.
No, but that's not the only thing, though.
Adèle, think about it. Me and you are bad for each other. Admit it.
You don't need me. You got the hotel and all your new buddies.
But they're not my buddies. What's happening here?
You know by now, you're all I care about.
Honestly, the food truck wasn't something you even wanted, right?
It was all for your counselor
and for the people who don't know you, so they'd look and say
"Wow, she really has everything together," you know?
All I wanted was for you to be happy.
But if you don't want it, we can sell the food truck
and find another way to use the cash, okay?
Please, just stop. It's not about the money.
My food truck's great. I don't wanna sell.
I wanna give it a try.
So just hear me out, okay? It's been hard.
It's been two years now that I've been stuck in Paris
and I stayed here because of you, because I love you.
I'd come to your visiting hours. I'd do your laundry.
I never even went shopping, you know?
This shouldn't be hard to understand.
It seems like it's my turn now.
It's probably my fault for always being a burden.
This won't be forever. I'll come back.
Yeah, I'm sure.
Déborah, go if you wanna go.
Okay.
I'm sorry, but your private jet seems like a charter flight. Odd.
And Reem?
Even if we were going to the same place
she'd still take her own plane.
Don't worry. She doesn't want the Citadel.
Your hands will be free, and so will you.
Do you have to get on to that flight?
I'm finally free from all of this too.
All right. Let's move.
You keep on avoiding this, Esther.
Did you have time to look at the list yet?
I'm sorry. There's no one.
The team is in place now. They perform well.
Everyone's working hard, but the hotel's mostly deserted.
We need to send a message loud and clear
if we want our guests to return.
You'd make them pay for it? The employees didn't rob anyone.
They weren't part of it.
Yes, you're right. We can't make anyone pay.
But we have to change things.
Baggage handlers and the valets, huh?
No customer here would know them at all.
That's true.
But they do know the head concierge.
He hasn't got the courage to tell me directly?
Look, with your experience, and your reputation
you'll have plenty of great offers come in right away.
But I'm not the guilty party in any of this, you know?
No, look, I'm asking you to--
Let me go and speak with the owner.
Make it happen, all right? I'll speak with the owner.
Well, that's going to be difficult.
The owner's already on a plane to New York.
You're the head concierge.
And you didn't know she was gone.
When you really start to look for it...
there are plenty of things to criticize you for.
Falling, falling
For the diamonds at night
Falling, falling
For the diamonds at night
No, no, no
If it gets old
For the candles in the black Stories told
Walk outta the bar
You turn, slow
Grippin' your hand
It's cold
Thanks, Chen-Mi.
Got a light, man?
For the diamonds at night
When people hear "concierge" at a luxury hotel
they don't realize what that actually means.
To start off, you must accept that ultra-luxury is complexly different.
Everything is precise.
There's an organization and hierarchy that are strictly regulated.
I worked as a security guard at Place Vendome
-in a luxury jewelry shop. -Oh, yeah?
Thank you.
And to become a great concierge, you need a mix of skills
like discernment, and diplomacy, and discretion.
You laugh, but I'm excelling here.
I've learned so much.
You can't just skip steps here to cut to the front.
Be patient and keep at it.
But you can't relax, either, because it takes time.
-What takes time? -Networking.
It's what matters most.
Even if you're at the top of your game
-without a network, you're nothing. -Hello.
Good morning. Go ahead.
-Hello. -Hello.
Well, it seems really great.
A fine example of reintegration.
The important thing now is to stay on course.
-First name, signature. -Yes.
I got it, Sam.
-Déborah? Is that right? -Yeah.
-Adèle told me about you, so yeah. -Okay.
It's your first day?
Five minutes early is perfect. You're on time.
The tailors will get your measurements now.
Oh, you don't need to bother for me. I'm only gonna be here a little bit.
Until you get on your feet again. I spoke to Adèle.
But we're in a palace here. It's tailor-made, you see.
-Just go down there. -Thank you.
I have a little gift for you.
-Here. -Thank you.
No, I'm grateful to you.
I mean it.
In five years, where will you be, Ms. Charki?
-You going down? -Going up now.