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Gatsby confronts Tom Buchanan at the Plaza Hotel from "The Great Gatsby". On the hottest day of the summer, Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan go to the Plaza Hotel in New York.

a broiling hot day, late summer 1922

Gatsby confronts Tom Buchanan at the Plaza Hotel

On the hottest day of the summer, Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan go to the Plaza Hotel in New York. In a suite, Gatsby forces a confrontation, telling Tom that Daisy never loved him and that she loves Gatsby. Daisy admits she loved both, but Gatsby insists she never loved Tom. Tom exposes Gatsby's criminal background as a bootlegger and associate of Meyer Wolfsheim. Daisy recoils, and Gatsby's dream begins to shatter. Tom, triumphant, sends Daisy home with Gatsby.