- Jimmy James: Wanna tell me about the morale problem out there?
- Dave Nelson: Everyone's a little distracted about the crisis situation.
- Jimmy James: I think there's a little more to it than that.
- Dave Nelson: No, there isn't.
- Jimmy James: I think there is.
- Dave Nelson: I may have made an small error in judgement.
- Jimmy James: And what would that be? Would that be the new desk for Matthew, or the dinner with Matthew, or the dinner with Lisa, or the second dinner with Lisa?
- Dave Nelson: Okay, I made three or four small errors in judgement.
- Jimmy James: Those weren't errors, those were decisions. The only error is you're letting them walk all over you and second guess your desicions.
- Dave Nelson: You're right, sir.
- Jimmy James: And now you're letting me do it. you want my advice?
- Dave Nelson: Yes.
- Jimmy James: Well, I'm not gonna give it to you.
- Bill McNeal: Yes, I have a question.
- Dave Nelson: Yes, Bill?
- Bill McNeal: How long has Matthew been lobbying for a new desk?
- Dave Nelson: Oh, there was no lobbying. He just happened to mention it over dinner one night.
- Matthew Brock: Oh, Dave... They... they don't need to know about our dinners.
- Bill McNeal: So... dinner and a desk. What's next, you're gonna get him a pony?
- Dave Nelson: Listen up, people, this is what we're gonna do.
- Bill McNeal: Standard subway crisis. We know what to do, Dave.
- Dave Nelson: I didn't know there was a standard procedure for this.
- Bill McNeal: Oh, sure. We send a reporter to the scene, he asks the transit police if he can go into the tunnel, they say no, he says okay, I go on the air every eight minutes and say, "Still no news on that disabled train."
- Dave Nelson: Bill, if I may, I'd like to try something different this time.
- Bill McNeal: Okay. How about this? We send a reporter, transit police, go in, no, okay, I go on the air every seven minutes, blah, blah, blah.
- Bill McNeal: It's not the desk itself, it's what it represents.
- Dave Nelson: Which is...
- Bill McNeal: Actually, it is the desk itself.
- Bill McNeal: I have a question.
- Dave Nelson: Yes, Bill?
- Bill McNeal: I don't have a new desk.
- Dave Nelson: Bill, that's not a question.
- Catherine Duke: If Bill gets a new desk, I want a new desk.
- Dave Nelson: Bill's not getting a new desk.
- Bill McNeal: Thanks for letting me down so gently.
- Lisa Miller: Did you give me the job because we're going out?
- Dave Nelson: Of course not.
- Lisa Miller: [Kisses Dave] Thanks.
- Dave Nelson: I gave it to you 'cause you're so darn cute.
- Dave Nelson: I'm sorry if you've gotten the impression that I treat Matthew better than everyone else. That is simply not true.
- Matthew Brock: Well, you don't have to make it sound so implausible.