- [first lines]
- Bobby: [as Karen enters] Oh, you really bumped it up a notch, didn't you?
- Karen Cartwright: What are you talking about?
- Sue: Aw, she dressed up for the movie star.
- Jessica: Oh, my God, you're wearing lipstick and everything.
- Karen Cartwright: Lip gloss, whatever.
- Tom Levitt: [after the rehearsal where the big Hollywood star's singing failed to impress] What are we gonna do?
- Eileen Rand: She's not bad. She's just...
- [sighs]
- Eileen Rand: What's the word?
- Tom Levitt: Bad?
- Ivy Lynn: [back] So, what did I miss?
- Sam Strickland: I just got a new cell phone and some hack stole your part. Other than that, absolutely nothing.
- Sue: [hugs Ivy] Hi!
- Karen Cartwright: [looking on] What's she doing back here?
- Jessica: Can't say I'm surprised, given who she is sleeping with.
- Karen Cartwright: What does that mean for me?
- Jessica: I'm not gonna lie. It's not good.
- Eileen Rand: Ellis... Lesson Number One. Keep your enemies close and celebrities even closer. And their assistants closer yet. There's power in proximity, as I think you already know.
- [nods]
- Ellis Boyd: Fair enough. Was there something you needed from my desk?
- Eileen Rand: No.
- [nods]
- Eileen Rand: Goodnight.
- Eileen Rand: [the movie star really cannot hold a tune] Listen, Rebecca DuVall is never gonna be an opera singer. But she's gonna be great. She's gonna tear up the scenery, she's gonna fill the seats. What we need to do is find a constructive solution.
- Julia Houston: Group suicide?
- Derek Wills: [Rebecca requested another creative meeting] Well, on the plus side, we don't have to sit through her movie.
