High Heat

Come on. Let's go. Marie?

The 6:30s are here.

The serving staff is on the floor.

It's time.

Perhaps you should say something?

Ordering one hamachi crudo, two salad niçoises

and one striped bass.

Merde! Sebastian. Huh?

We eighty-sixed the bass an hour ago.

Why is table 42 expecting something we can't deliver?

There was a miscommunication.

"Miscommunication."

I speak four languages,

and you're talking to me about miscommunication?

Calm down.

Your face will scare the customers.

My kitchen, my face, my rules.

And what's my rule number one?

Do not fuck with your kitchen.

Voilà.

Service!

Welcome to Etoile Rouge. Right this way.

Bon appétit.

All right. How much longer until I have my veggies done?

Come on, guys. I need them faster. Come on.

Chef Ana? Yes?

The patrons could really use some face time.

I don't have the time. They paid for a meal,

but they also paid to be schmoozed.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, wait, wait.

Show it to me.

No. No. No.

No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no.

Look, the beurre blanc is separated.

Oui, Chef.

It might taste the same, but I know,

and you really should know, it's not right.

Oui, Chef.

Let me show you, okay?

And then quickly, but no rush.

Yes. Of course. Like this. Yeah?

Yes. Try.

Faster. As fast as you can.

Sorry.

Don't apologize. Just practice.

Good. Good.

Practice until you can do it in your sleep.

Good evening, Chef. Good evening, husband.

I told him not to.

You must be lost, Ray.

The bar is in front.

Aren't you funny?

You must be the first Frenchman in history

not to back down from a fight.

Okay, that's enough. Back to work.

Et toi, ma chérie. You're fired.

You can't fire the owner.

Half owner, and this half is mine, so out.

I come bearing gifts.

No. Put it in the freezer. No, no...

That's your answer for everything.

I think you better take a look at this.

It's nice, isn't it?

How... How did you do this?

You have your talents, I have mine.

You better be ready to get real busy.

Well done, Ray.

Oh, thanks, Frenchman.

Coming from you, that's a... a compliment.

Come on. You gotta go show your face to the hungry people.

Oh, no, no, no, darling. I'm busy.

Look, I'm preparing the...

Hey, I've been bragging about you all night out there.

If you don't come with me and show your face,

they're gonna think I'm a loser. Come on.

You know I prefer the kitchen, not...

I know, the spotlight.

But you gotta meet the hungry people.

So this Parisian chef says,

"If you don't come back with 50 pounds of salmon,

you're gonna have a hundred pounds of pissed-off Russian."

So I said, "Tell me more."

And that's how I met my wife.

There you have it.

Set up on a blind date by a dead fish. Enjoy.

Get the back door open.

Open the back door!

Out of the way! Idiot!

What's going on?

What's happening here, guys?

What's happening?

Back to work, all of you!

The first night, and we're messing it all up!

Chef. Yes.

Uh, phone for you.

Sebastian, come on.

Try not to burn the kitchen down.

It's the first day.

Hello? Hello?

Congratulations, Anya.

Chto?

Everything all right, Chef?

Huh? Yes. Yes.

Everything's fine.

As long as the restaurant doesn't burn, we're good.

Let's get back to work. Come on.

Oui, Chef.

Imbeciles!

Back to work, all of you.

I'm gonna go out on the sidewalk,

tell the waiters that it's safe to come back in.

I am so sorry, ma'am. We are all booked for tonight.

I'm telling you, Paris was insane.

We'd walk out of the clubs,

we'd all be drunk and stumbling around.

I mean, it was one party right after another.

Richard, it's getting late.

Well, thanks for the drink, Ray.

Ah, pleasure. Nice to meet you.

Ah, look after yourself.

We have reached our turnover early.

Can I start taking walk-ins?

No. No walk-ins.

I'd rather be in the red than to take walk-ins.

Fully booked.

That's what we show the world tonight.

Okay, I'll turn away this two-top.

Ah, ah, ah, ah. Guests.

Not a two-top, not a four-top.

We're not an Applebee's.

You're in the big leagues now.

My fault.

Guests, right.

I'll take care of these two.

Why don't you get drinks for that two-top you just seated?

Ray, you handsome devil.

I mean, this place is...

Wow.

Thanks, Mickey.

What's up, fellas?

We're starving.

Just have your mama cook for you.

That's fucked up.

You know, my mother's dead, God rest her soul.

What do you want?

Dom wants to talk.

Tell him I'll call him in the morning.

That's not gonna work.

Come on, bozo. Look around.

We're busy. It's a bad time.

He wants to talk now.

Just tell him I'll call him in the morning.

Yeah, he's not gonna do that.

Come on. We're friends.

I'll talk to him, and it'll all work out.

It's tonight, Ray.

Mickey. Come on, man.

It's opening night.

It's opening night.

I don't give a shit if it's opening night.

Listen to me.

It's tonight.

Dom told me tonight. I told you it's tonight.

And you always do what Daddy tells you to do, don't you?

I'm next in line, Ray. Show a little respect.

Respect is earned.

I'll talk to him in the morning.

We'll work it out. Don't worry.

Tonight, Ray.

Let's get outta here.

Terminé.

Speech, speech.

Speech, speech, speech, speech.

Okay. Thank you.

Uh, this place is what I've always wanted,

Um, and it's thanks to you that I stand here,

the proud owner of Etoile Rouge.

Half owner.

This is a special night.

And hopefully just the beginning.

And, yeah, thank you, guys.

Thank you for not fucking it up.

So let's celebrate.

That is all, ladies and gentlemen.

The kitchen is now closed. Let's drink.

Na zdorovie.

Hey, boss, are we gonna do this or what?

I left my dad a message.

We're not doing nothing till he gets back to me.

He did say it was tonight.

Yeah.

I know what he said.

He said it to me, genius. I told you that.

I'm just saying.

So...

we're just gonna wait here?

Did I fucking stutter? Huh?

He's getting a massage,

and when he's getting a massage,

he don't like to be bothered.