Best Lines provided by Barbara
Michael (approaching Lauren sitting at a table in the GCAC dining room): How can this be? The most beautiful woman in the world dining alone?
Lauren: Because I’m waiting for the most handsome man in the world to show up.
Michael: Oh. George Clooney’s on his way?
Lauren: Yep. Should be here in about two minutes.
Michael: Damn! Out of curiosity, would you be willing to settle for the second-most handsome man in the world?
Lauren: Hmm. I’m thinking …
Michael: Well, this may sway you.
Lauren (gasps): What?
Michael: Bagels from Tompkins Square.
Lauren: Bagels and – oh! And a mustache from New York City? Wow!
Michael: Yeah, eat your heart out, Clooney.
Michael: If you semi-retired, we’d be able to go on trips like that whenever we wanted.
Lauren: Darling, we just went on the anniversary trip with our boys.
Michael: Which was great. But I am talking about whisking you away to Saint-Tropez at the last moment … just you and me on a beach. Clothing optional.
Lauren: Ho ho. Tell me more.
Michael: Uh, we can go on safari in Africa. We can explore the pyramids in Egypt. I wanna dance with you on every rooftop café on the continent.
Lauren: That’s very ambitious.
Michael: Come on, baby. Pack a bag. Just you and me. Let’s go.
Phyllis: Um, Jack has been released, and it’s not because of Victor?
Billy: No, Diane, Kyle, and I tracked the vehicle that he was abducted in to a marina in Kenosha. We found him on a yacht in Lake Michigan.
Phyllis: Wait – a yacht?
Billy: Trust me, not as glamorous as it sounds.
Phyllis: Is he okay?
Billy: Yes. He’s fine.
Phyllis: Uh, just – and … you’re sure that he was there because of Victor?
Billy: Of course I am, Phyllis. It’s Victor. This is what he does. He abducts people and he holds them against their will.
Michael: So what is this venture that’s gonna prevent you from running away with me at a moment’s notice?
Lauren: Um, Phyllis has asked me to help her run Newman Enterprises.
Michael: Come again?
Lauren: It’s not Newman anymore, of course. It’s Summers Conglomerate.
Michael: Mm. How humble and honest. Much like the new owner.
Lauren: She’s really staking her claim.
Michael: Hmm. And you would be listening to Phyllis’s offer why?
Lauren: Because she’s my friend and it’s a huge corporation.
Michael: Yeah. I’m familiar. I used to work for the previous owner. Its namesake.
Lauren: I need a new challenge.
Michael: So you don’t wanna traverse the world with me … instead? I’m an excellent travel companion.
Lauren: Oh, I am well aware of your merits. But I think this is gonna be so great for me to try something new.
Michael (sighs): You said it was a challenge. A challenge usually has the possibility of being successful. This idea’s doomed from the start.
Lauren: She captured the white whale and should be commended for it.
Michael: Uh, the white whale wins, at least in the novel.
Michael (as he and Lauren enter Phyllis’s office): I love what you’ve done with the place.
Phyllis: Yeah, thank you. A woman’s touch. Out with the old, in with the new.
Michael: Is that what one does after a coup?
Phyllis: After a triumph, definitely.
Michael: You have taken everything from him.
Phyllis: That’s not true. He has Chancellor. He and Nikki can do with it what they will. I mean Nikki can do her thing. It’s a sizable corporation. He can rename it Newman Enterprises if he wants.
Michael: He will never be satisfied with just Chancellor.
Phyllis: Why’s that? Because the emperor has to have everything?
Lauren: Okay, both of you. Stop it!
Sally: If you’re serious about letting go of Chancellor … don’t jump into anything else right away. Take some time to regroup.
Billy: Do you want me to read some books? Do some manifesting?
Sally (giggles)
Billy: Sit in the forest with my shoes and socks off and touch grass?
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