Une première partie d'un double épisode qui s'avère véritablement réjouissante !
C'est une véritable réaction en chaîne qui est mise en scène. Tout part d'une déclaration de Harriet au Post qui coupe une partie de sa réponse sur la question du mariage homosexuel pour ne garder que l'affirmation que c'est un pêché.
Tom : She was asked about her position on gay marriage.
Juge : And what did she say?
[Flashback]
Harriet : I said the Bible says it's a sin. It also says "Judge not,lest ye be judged" and that it was something for smarter people than me to decide.
Matt : "Ye" is a word you don't hear a lot.
Harriet : How do you manage to see every piece of my press?
Matt : We have a press department- I get a daily press packet. They highlight what they want me to see. This one got a highlight, an arrow and a sticker.
Harriet : Well, as I said,they left out the second sentence.
Matt : Yeah,can I ask you something? Does your ass hurt from straddling the fence like that all the time?
Harriet : Oh, please.
Matt : Are you concerned that a significant portion of your fan base in both music and television is gay, and that any number of people who work with you here are gay?
Harriet : Hang on,you don't mean to say that there are homosexuals and lesbians in show business, do you ? 'Cause I'll walk right out this building.
Matt : "The Bible says it's a sin,but it also says,'Judge not,lest ye be judged.'" In other words,you're giving yourself a pat on the back for tolerating sinners.
Harriet : I know,I never mind having problems with the press because I know I can always count on you for your support.
Matt : Look...
Harriet : A lecture,I meant I can always count on you for a lecture. Am I done?
Matt : Sure.
Matt : The cast of a Fellini film is on a Gulfstream jet headed to Pahrump, Nevada. Danny, Simon, Jack Rudolph, an NBS lawyer named David Langenthal, and the only billionaire communist in the world and his daughter, a viola player.
Harriet : What's gonna happen when they get there?
Matt : Well, it's a state holiday in Nevada, so they're gonna find an unhappy judge who probably wasn't pre-disposed to like us in the first place.
C'est le premier véritable accro découlant de la particularité de Harriet. Jusqu'à présent ses croyances avaient été évoquées, mais il n'y avait eu aucune application pratique, ormis des débats sans fin avec Matt, dont le militantisme inverse équilibrait automatiquement les propos.
Danny : What do you mean,you don't think she's gonna make it anymore?
Jack : I mean enough is enough. She thumbed her nose at money-printing in Search and Destroy 'cause it didn't meet her moral standards, while letting HBO bid her up on a commercially untenable show about the United Nations. She has a sordid sex history...
Danny : Jack.
Jack : ...which will continue to get more sordid as her psycho-loser ex-husband lobs bombs at us every time he feels the spotlight dimming a little. She's gettin' chummy with the artists when she should be chummy with the TMG brass and a boss to the talent. She delights in tweaking the religious community every bit as much as Matt does.
Danny : That is not true. No one delights in tweaking the religious community nearly as much as Matt does.
Jack : And she seldom raises her voice.
Danny : Why is that bad?
Jack : It's not,it's good. I like it. I like her. I'm rooting for her. But if her firing is inevitable,then I have to be the one to do it not the parent company or I'll be weakened.
Danny : Well, yeah, but if you stood up for her...
Jack : I am standing by her right now. Why the hell do you think she hasn't been fired already?
Danny : God,it's just gossip columns.
Jack : Hollywood isn't run by liberals,it's run by companies. And you could look for a pretty long time before finding a liberal on the board of directors of any of those companies. They don't like this girl,Danny. She's embarrassing them.
Bilan : J'espère que la seconde partie sera aussi savoureuse et agréable que la première !