- Sydney Guilford: Hi.
- Charlie Howell: Hey, what you're doing?
- Sydney Guilford: You know Terrence Flanagan.
- Charlie Howell: Yeah, I know.
- Sydney Guilford: So what's your story?
- Charlie Howell: Well, he's not married. He's not living with anybody that I know of.
- Sydney Guilford: I'm not interested in whether or not he's married.
- Charlie Howell: No?
- Sydney Guilford: I'm interested in whether or not he's human.
- Charlie Howell: In what respect?
- Sydney Guilford: He represents Lorraine Dallek and her husband in a wrongful death suit. He comes off as a bit a bummer.
- Charlie Howell: Well, I think he is a bit of a bummer.
- Sydney Guilford: Has he ever been known to settle?
- Charlie Howell: Not often.
- Charlie Howell: I would say, though, that among the ranks of personal injury attorneys, you could be worse. My impression is that he's a decent guy.
- Sydney Guilford: Good.
- Charlie Howell: Now you're interested in whether or not he's married?
- Jeffrey Lassick: [Coming back] Hey, you, two. Oh, excuse me a second, I want to run something by you.
- Denise Iannello: Jeffrey.
- Jeffrey Lassick: What? I want to get another opinion.
- Denise Iannello: About what? Look, this is ridiculous what you doing.
- Jeffrey Lassick: Hey, Denise, do you mind? Let them judge for themselves, all right?
- Charlie Howell: Judge what?
- Jeffrey Lassick: Well, I'm trying to work in a more accessible medium. The opportunity that presents itself is greeting cards. I'd like to run one by you if you don't mind.
- Charlie Howell: Okay.
- Sydney Guilford: Sure.
- Jeffrey Lassick: Okay. This is one in a line of cards on calling urban realism. You know stark, black-and-white, photographs, prisons, bus terminals, factories. This one's of a junkyard. Ready? "I'm a burnt piece of wire. You make me straight. I'm a burnt up 2 by 4. I'm a cheap piece of slate. I'm Flotsam and Jetsam. I'm a stale piece of bread. I'm a ball truck tire. You give me tread."
- [Reading]
- Jeffrey Lassick: "You've lodged in my heart like a bone in my throat. Stretch me out and watch me choke."
- Denise Iannello: Tell me, Jeffrey, on what occasion when one sends a card like this, huh?
- Jeffrey Lassick: What occasion?
- Denise Iannello: Yeah. What occasion?
- Jeffrey Lassick: Well, I don't know. Maybe birthdays, wedding anniversaries.
- Denise Iannello: Uh-huh.
- Jeffrey Lassick: Or maybe just a spontaneous declaration of love. You know, not everything has to be an occasion, Denise.
- Denise Iannello: Mm-hmm.
- Charlie Howell: Hey, you know, I think Denise raises a valid question, though.
- Sydney Guilford: Short and sappy. That's what they want.
- Jeffrey Lassick: Short and sappy?
- Sydney Guilford: Yeah.
- Jeffrey Lassick: I got short and sappy. You're ready?
- Sydney Guilford: Yeah.
- Jeffrey Lassick: Mmm.
- Jeffrey Lassick: [Reading] "You've lodged in my heart like a bone in my throat. Stretch me out and watch me choke."
- Charlie Howell: Back, that's good.
- Sydney Guilford: Great.
- Charlie Howell: Yeah.
- Sydney Guilford: Great.
- Charlie Howell: I think is good.