CV Series Epilogue Version III

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All right we've changed a couple things in the finale.

I get it. Chloe doesn't betray Clark now, right?

I wish.

That's one thing I wouldn't budge on.

We came up with a pretty good ending despite Michael's pigheadedness.

Mine?!?

You'll probably remember this scene. Chloe sneaks along a few dark corridors until she stumbles upon Lex speaking with a security guard. The guard hands over a cell phone. Mercy is on the other end.

Lex wants her in Metropolis because the weapon has been destroyed.

Kahloe stands next to Lex. She corrects him, "You destroyed the weapon."

Quick shot of Chloe silently pumping her fist in victory. Sex comes into view from behind her, "So, Kal-El is triumphant once again."

[To AM] Sex is in an epilogue you wrote?

Yes.

And you're calling him that?

Yes.

And Chloe has Sex on the brain!

Grow up, you all. Chloe smiles, "I knew it."

Lex hands the phone back to the guard. "And the status of our two visitors?"

Kahloe, "Is that how you refer to your former best friend and only true love? Father would be proud, Alexander. Your heart truly is made of stone."

She's good. Almost as good as the MB.

I beg to differ!

The guard, "Gone without a trace. It's as if they were never here."

Kahloe, "Is this what you wanted? To be alone?"

Lex is melancholy. "Thank you."

Cut to Chloe and Sex. Sex grins, "So Kal-El has made his decision. Does it hurt? Being the girl he leaves behind?"

Chloe's face grows long.

Cut to Lex and Kahloe.

Kahloe, "So, Kal-El wins again. Do you really think you can defeat him?"

"This battle may be over but the war has just begun."

"You've reaped what you've sown, Alexander, by seeking victory at any cost." She pauses, "I know what you're thinking. You've lost everything and still haven't defeated him."

The three enter the elevator together.

Kahloe whispers in Lex's ear, "But perhaps you have."

Lex studies Kahloe's face.

We cut back to Chloe. She stares silently into space for a moment.

Sex's grin widens, "Don't tell me you still believe one day he'll fly back to you. After this? After what you've done? He's left you for dead, Chloe. Isn't it obvious Clark doesn't care about you? Maybe Lana was right. Maybe you should just disappear."

Chloe sinks to the floor sadly, trying to figure out her next move.

Back in the elevator.

Kahloe, "What if Chloe was telling the truth?"

Lex fingers his Kryptonite ring. He studies if for a second and then asks the guard for his firearm.

The guard hands over his weapon. Lex puts his hand over it. Kahloe smiles triumphantly, "It doesn't glow."

Lex looks shocked. He hands the gun back to the guard.

"Still believe Kal-El was out to conquer the world?"

Lex is silent.

"How many times have you lived when you should have died, Alexander? Was it fate smiling upon you all that time? Or could it have been something... or someone else?"

"What have I done?"

The guard asks, "Excuse me, sir?" But Kahloe whispers in his ear, "You've killed your only love and your guardian angel."

Now is she talking about Clark and Lana or just Clark?

Clark and Lana.

It's up to interpretation.

It's Clark and Lana!

Whatever. "What worse could a man possibly do?"

Cheat on his taxes?

"Nothing."

Kahloe, "Heaven help you, my brother."

Then a tiny adjustment to the scene with Chloe on the train.

She holds Lois' locket in her hand.

Sex sits across from her. "You're doing the right thing."

Chloe pulls out her cell phone and pulls up Lois' number.

"What are you going to do? Confess to Lois that her hero is dead because you betrayed him?"

Chloe sits and stares at the display for a second or two. She toggles up to Clark's number.

"Tell me, how many more times must he reject you before you finally get the message?"

Chloe flips her phone back closed.

Sex smiles triumphantly. "Finally, progress."

And now for the new stuff. Bottom of the river. The tarp comes to rest on the river bed. Various fish swim by. Something swims very quickly towards the camera and suddenly stops right in front of us. It's Lori in mermaid form.

Half naked.

She's not going to explode, is she?

Now there's an idea...

She's not half naked!

Clam shells look stupid.

She'd wearing a shirt, dammit!

I tight wet shirt.

We talked about this Michael!

And we agreed on frontal nudity.

For Clark!

Clark?!?

Right. And what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Frontal nudity?!?!

Not the full monty, just a bare chest.

And if Lori is not bare chested than neither is Clark.

Fine. Clark doesn't have to be bare chested.

Well that's disappointing.

If you want to see Tom's bare chest, Michael, just rent The Fog.

I don't want to see Tom's bare chest, I want...

It's nothing to be ashamed of, Rosenbaum. We'll accept you as you are.

And who here doesn't mind taking a gander at Tom's bare chest anyway?

[looks at AoT with surprise] But you're my TV mom!

You're hot, Tom. Live with it.

No! It's Lori! Lori is supposed to be bare chested!

Nice try, Michael, but you're not fooling us.

No!

So you're saying you don't want to see Clark bare chested?

Of course not!

Good. Case closed. Lori seems surprised.

That wasn't how it was supposed to go down!

Do you want to see Tom bare chested or not?

No!

Then what's the problem?

[Stews]

Lori smiles and swims around a little while trying to figure out where Clark is. She goes to the surface but he's not there. Finally she swims off screen and them back on several times, following her nose.

Like Toucan Sam!

[Irritated] Yes, exactly like Toucan Sam.

Follow your nose!

It always knows!

I always knew Clark was a little fruity.

Shut up.

Finally she spots the tarp. She swims to it and frantically pulls away the material.

Inside are Lana and Clark. She puts her ear to Lana's chest first and frowns.

Then to Clark's. She smiles and works to pull him to the surface.

Once there she performs CPR. You can thank me for that later, Tom.

I'm happily married Michael.

I really tried for the frontal nudity for you.

I said I'm happily married.

Then you don't mind if I stand in for you that scene?

I don't think that will work.

Like I said, you can thank me later.

[rolls his eyes]

Finally Clark starts coughing and spitting out water.

Lori is relieved. "Clark, I thought I'd lost you."

Clark is completely disoriented. "Lori? What happened? Where am I?"

Lori just looks at him sadly.

"What's going on, Lori?"

"Clark, You were at the bottom of the river, with..." she stops.

"Wha?" Clark begins to remember. "Lana?"

Lori is silent.

"Is she...?"

Lori frowns, "I'm so sorry, Clark."

Clark's face contorts in grief.

Lori hugs him, "I'm so sorry."

He holds Lori tight and cries like a baby into her shoulder.

[To MR] Why I'm supposed to be thanking you for this, again?

Lori was supposed to be topless!

Cue card: "Seven years later"

Graveyard. A man stands in front of a tombstone labled Lana Lang. From whenever she was born to 2007. "Loved by All"

Not you too!

Someone decided Allison's laptop needed to sleep with the fishes.

We had no choice.

We always have choices.

If we wanted to meet the deadline we had no choice.

I should sue you all!

Let's just see where they go with it. It's Michael and Allison. It should be interesting.

Out of the six of you no one bothered to look up when Lana was born?

Eh, who cares?

She's dead.

Is that even our job?

Getting the script right?

Aren't there people who check that?

You mean Al and Miles?

Yeah, them. They make sure this stuff is right, don't they?

I don't think so. Chloe has been abandoned by her mom at three different ages.

But really, who cares about when Chloe was abandoned?

Shut up, Michael. Kristen, when was Lana born? We can put it in the script now.

Um...

You've heard two scenarios where it was in question and even you haven't bothered to look it up?

You think I care?

Ah Ha! You are just being a pain in the ass!

I.. uh...

Busted!

Not another word about when Lana was born, OK sweetie?

Hmf!

Where were we?

Graveyard.

Cheery. Clark at Lana's grave.

"I don't know if what I did was right, Lana. I'll wrestle with that decision everyday.." Yada yada yada... mopey Clark speech.

I swear! This entire cast as a bunch of plagiaristic hacks!

At least we stole from ourselves instead of ripping off somebody else.

[To MR] Like some people I know.

[Irritated] I thought we were trying to get along!

Sorry, momentary lapse. He lays down a tulip. A limousine bearing the plate "LUTHOR IV" pulls up to the entrance. Mercy gets out and opens the passenger door. She looks over in the direction Clark was standing but when we cut back he's gone. She leans into the limo. Cut back to Clark behind a tree. He eavesdrops on Mercy, "I think that was him. Shall we come back later?" Clark grimaces and super-speeds away.

Cut to Lex standing in front of the grave silently.

We hear Chloe's voice, "Well, here we are again."

Lex doesn't answer.

Chloe walks up behind him. "So, what does the poor martyred Lana Lang have to say to me today?"

The wind blows up her full length coat to show she's wearing fishnets underneath.

It does not!

OK. No wind. Mid length coat. Fishnets fully visible.

She's not wearing fishnets.

I thought we decided she was.

No. You decided she was and I.... [AM & MR bicker furiously about fishnets for several minutes. ED takes a phone call and leaves the room. JG starts clipping his finger nails. KK pulls out a book. AoT pulls out some wresting action figures and stages an imaginary fight. TW sits there looking bored with nothing to do.]

... Chloe claims to be a different person and that's why she should be wearing fishnets!

She is a different person... but not that kind of person.

[just returning] What kind of person?

The kind who wears fishnets.

What's wrong with fishnets?

Yes. What's wrong with fishnets, Allison?

Fine. Chloe can wear fishnets if Lex wears a toupee.

Done.

Done?!?!? I thought for sure you would balk at that! It will look stupid!

Who cares what it looks like? I get to start growing out my hair early.

Oh no. You can't grow out your hair!

Why not? It will be covered by a toupee.

But...

Done deal. Chloe walks up to the Lana's grave in fishnet stockings.

To Lex in a toupee.

Lex shouldn't have a toupee.

But you just...

I know what I said! Lex just can't wear a toupee!

We had a deal!

I didn't think you'd take it.

Well I did.

I know. [sighs] Chloe will wear fishnets but no toupee for Lex.

I know I should feel victorious but I'm kind of disappointed.

Thank heaven for small victories. Lex speaks.

[Finding his place in the script] Right, "You know she can't hear you."

Chloe walks up beside him, "Which explains why I'm asking you." Then to Lana, "Still blind to the truth after all these years as if you can will me to disappear?" then to Lex again, "Tell her she's the one six feet under, not me."

"Yes, yes. Same old Chloe. Try to reason with her. She'll just ignore you as usual."

"I'm not the same person anymore."

"You can change your name. You can change your appearance. If you're lucky maybe even change your destiny. But you can't change who you are."

"You know I don't believe that. I am a different person."

"Like it or not, Chloe, you're still the same person you've always been."

"Chloe Sullivan is dead!"

Hint of a smile, "You seem more agitated than usual."

Chloe's face reveals Lex is correct.

"You saw him, didn't you? Right here, where we're standing."

"It wasn't him."

"Deny it all you want. You know it's true." Lex pauses, relishing the moment, "Did you expect something different?"

A single tear comes down Chloe's cheek, "I don't know what I expected."

Lex sighs. He hasn't taken his eyes off the grave the entire conversation. "It never changes with you does it? Still want to argue you're a different person?"

Chloe silently turns and walks away.

As if he knows she's crying, "Stop."

Chloe stops but she continues to face away from Lex.

"You are who you are, Chloe Sullivan. Why do you fight it? Don't wish for better or for worse. Just accept who you are."

"I can't."

Lex seems melancholy, "It makes life easier, when you stop fighting."

She now looks determined. "Never." She walks away.

Cut Chloe on her cell phone headed into the DP building.

The camera follows her conversation as she enters, gets on the elevator and then gets off. "Sorry, Bruce. I'm going to have to bail on you for lunch." Pause, "An old friend is in town." She looks irritated, "You promised to stop breaking into my email!" The elevator doors open back up, "Gotta go!"

Chloe strides in and spots Perry White. "Good to see the resident big shot occasionally chooses to grace us with her presence."

"I wouldn't miss this for the world. Let me know as soon as he comes in."

"Well..."

She sighs, "You can show him around and let him meet all the appropriate people first, if you must. There are a few things I have to take care of."

"This guy better be as good as you say he is."

"Trust me. He's good."

"Better than the Pulitzer Prize winning Lois Lane?" he looks expectantly at Chloe.

Chloe smiles mischievously, "I said one of your best, Perry."

She exits. He takes a look at the front page of the paper. The headline reads "LexCorp: Metropolis' upstart finally makes it big." the by line is Lois Lane. Perry shakes his head and frowns to himself.

Plagiaristic hacks!

Laptop killer!

Lex standing behind a desk as Mercy objects to the idea of meeting with Clark on speaker phone.

"The only way to be sure is a face to face meeting. We need to know if it's really him."

Cut to Mercy. She pauses for a second. Finally, "Understood". She hangs up.

Perry's office. His secretary informs him Clark has arrived.

Clark walks towards Perry's office as Perry exits.

"You must be Clark."

"Yeah."

So eloquent.

Shut up.

"Let me show you your desk."

"My desk?" Blah blah blah... you remember the other two versions I'm sure.

I know I do. I wrote it!

Lighten up, John.

You and the other team should be disqualified!

You should have kept your hands off my laptop!

And my trailer smells all musty now.

Your trailer? I thought that was you.

Me!?! You really think I smell that bad!?!

You never know. Remind me to bring you some potpourri. Perry sends Clark to the elevator where he runs into Jimmy. "You're here to see Luthor, huh? That can't be good."

"Luthor? Lex Luthor owns the Planet?"

Jimmy grins, "Is there another Luthor you had in mind?"

Lex? That's completely unbelievable!

You killed off Lois, didn't you?

Lois isn't dead.

The Lois formerly known as Chloe Sullivan, you mean.

Don't answer that, Allison.

That's a yes in my book! The betrayal!

Now see here...

Calm down, Allison. It will be alright.

You're lucky Annette is here to stop me from choking you.

I won't stand in your way if there's no Martha scene.

[Panicky] We have a Martha scene.

Allison is under my protection, Durance.

Hmf!

I hate to interrupt our little turf war but where were we?

Jimmy asked Clark if he knew any other Luthors.

Right, "No."

"Have we met?"

And yada yada yada, Lois is the only one not scared going up there and somehow they're related.

The betrayal!

Shut up!

The elevator opens to reveal...

Mercy behind the secretary's desk.

The betrayal!

Would you please shut up, Erica?

Really, Erica, it's starting to get old.

Of course you're not upset. They obviously spared Lionel when they killed off Lois! Lois killers!

Seriously, Erica, you are getting kind of annoying.

Kind of like her character.

Oh, you're one to talk! Besides, they killed Lois! I have a right to be upset.

You don't know that for sure.

Lex owns the planet. Chloe works there. What the hell else could have happened?

Did it ever occur to you they could work side by side?

I, uh... no! Besides, Jimmy said they were related!

Rumored. Rumored to be related.

Oh. Well if Lois is dead at least you don't have to worry about turning down that pilot offer.

Pilot offer?!? Why...

That's not...

Zip it.

Ha!

Both of you.

Sorry, 'mam.

Clark introduces himself, "I'm..."

But Mercy knows who he is, "Clark, Clark Kent. You're expected, Mr. Kent."

Clark enters through double doors reminiscent of Lex's study from the mansion. Lex stands behind the desk facing away, apparently browsing the bookshelf against the wall. He turns and looks at Clark, "Well if it isn't the reclusive Mr. Kent."

The [AoT bangs on the table. ED goes silent]

Erica, really, shut the hell up!

A senate aid opens a door. Chloe walks in "There was a time Martha Kent used to open her own doors."

Martha is sitting at her desk, "I'm glad you agreed to meet. It's not often I can get back from Washington anymore."

"Who doesn't have time for a United States Senator, not to mention an old and dear friend."

The Planet.

Clark swallows. Stiffly, "I must say of all places I never expected to see you here."

Lex chuckles, "The Kents never were much good at seeing the future."

Martha's office.

"I know we haven't always been on the best terms since Clark disappeared. Still, I was impressed when I learned you'd decided to put the bulk of your share of the Luthor fortune into a foundation. I don't know if you're ever going to find the forgiveness you're seeking, but that was, dare I say, a courageous start.

Hold on. Chloe has Luthor fortune? That means...

Lois is alive!

Not necessarily. Lionel could have just given it to her.

The bastard.

Magnificent...

"Despite where the money came from countless lives have been improved thanks to your efforts."

Cut to Chloe smiling at Martha's words.

She's flirting.

She is not!

Flirting? With Martha?

Yup!

Bullshit!

We talked about it!

You talked about it and I decided there was no flirting. It doesn't make sense on any level.

It makes sense on every level.

Michael... can we talk... outside?

Sure.

[To MR] You need a body guard?

Shut up. [But then looks at the expression on AM's face] I'll let you know. [As they begin to exit TW starts flipping ahead in the script.]

No, Tom! [AM confiscates all the copies and they leave. We can hear a spirited but muffled debate out in the hallway.]

The betrayal!

[Irritated] Shut up!

[To ED] So. What pilots are you looking at?

I just got offered a part in the Father Knows Best re-make. The father has two children from different marriages... well the daughter is actually illegitimate and the siblings can't stand each other. He marries this widow and they move in with her and her clean cut son.

You're the illegitimate daughter?

No. I'm the wacky neighbor. [pauses] Actually not so much a neighbor. I was living in a car so the widow offered me a place to stay for a few nights and a job at her coffee shop. I wound up moving in.

Sounds kind of familiar.

Of course! It's a remake of a TV classic.

[dubious] Classic?

Yeah, Father Knows...

Whatever. Look, I don't know what you're smoking Durance, but it must be good.

[There's some yelling from outside. AM storms in pissed as can be. MR grins from ear to ear.]

You reached a resolution?

We did, in fact.

[fuming] Hardly!

Allison sucks at paper rock scissors.

Shut up!

After of couple of seconds of Chloe eye fucking Martha.

[folds her arms and grits her teeth but remains silent.]

I'm not really comfortable with that, Michael. Can we just call it flirting?

I don't get it. Is the new Chloe a lesbian?

[sighs] No!

Why is she flirting...

Eye fucking...

with Martha? Is it Lionel in Chloe's body?

Oh, Dirty!

That could be cool. In that case Martha could eye fuck back.

Annette!

Could you please tell us what the hell is going on? Is new Chloe a lesbian or not?

Yes!

No!

Martha continues, "But this? Taking on the re-emergent Luthor empire directly? Could be dangerous, even for you."

"When Lex purchased the Planet it changed everything."

Including turning Chloe into a lesbian, apparently.

It did not!

Daily Planet.

Clark continues, "All these years, You never showed any indication you had the slightest interest in the Daily Planet."

Lex chuckles again, "Years of training and yet as clueless as ever, still so ready to turn a blind eye to the undeniable."

Chloe's voice, "I'm disappointed, Clark." Lex turns his attention to the chair which was turned away the whole time.

Cheaters!

Revealing Chloe, "I thought you paid better attention."

Clark, "Chloe?"

Martha's office. Chloe, or Kahloe rather,"Lex needs to be dealt with."

So Kahloe is the lesbian!

She is not!

Allison is right. Kahloe isn't a lesbian.

Then why the eye...

Kahloe goes both ways.

Shut up!

Pull back to show Lex, "You should know by now, Martha. The Luthors are never ones to back down from a fight. Besides, with Martha Kent on my side there's very little we can't accomplish together." He stands and extends his hand.

Martha shakes it, "It's good to see you again, Lex."

Lex frowns.

Embarrassed, "I'm sorry. I know you prefer Alexander now."

"It's alright, Senator. Old habits die hard. I know that better than anyone."

"I have good news, Alexander."

The Planet.

Lex, who we now know is really Sex, smiles.

"Still no quicker on the uptake. This is going to be easy."

"Chloe Sullivan is no more. I go by Alexandra Luthor now. But you can call me Lex. That's what my friends would call me, if I had any."

"You're the publisher of the Daily Planet?"

"Lionel named me his heir."

Oh, shit!

Lois is alive! I love you Allison! I'm so sorry I called you a betrayer!

Yeah, yeah. Save it for someone who cares, Durance. "And I followed his advice. Why bust my ass in the basement when I could waltz in at the top?"

Martha's office.

"Clark is back in town."

"It's not a day too soon."

"Still, you'll want to lay low until I've had a chance to talk to him."

"I understand."

Planet.

Clark chuckles, "It's good to see you. I thought..."

"I was dead? That's what you left me for, isn't it? I was willing to die for you, Clark. And what did you do for me in return? You turned your tail and ran. You left me for dead."

Holy crap!

Clark, "Chloe, I didn't!"

Sex, "Even think? So typical of Clark. All he could think about was Lana."

"The weapon was destroyed and you disappeared. At first I blamed myself, hiding in shame. When you didn't come back I thought maybe you were dead and I was the one who had killed you." She pauses and her face darkens, "No, I hoped you were dead."

Sex, "That's it. Let him know how he made you feel."

"How else could I reconcile the fact you never even bothered to try and find me? After all we'd been through together? Did I really mean so little to you?"

Ouch. I'm starting to like the new Chloe.

Martha's office.

"Don't worry, Alexander. It was always Clark who saw your potential for good."

Lex, "Still, he'll never forgive me and I understand. Who could?"

"Maybe not. But can you settle for acceptance?"

"Acceptance is something I've ached for with every fiber of my being for as long as I can remember. If Clark would accept me..." Alexander gets all misty eyed.

Kahloe, "It would take so much pain away."

The Planet.

"Chloe, I didn't know."

"Chloe is dead, Clark! She died a thousand deaths that night. I thought my heart would literally break at the thought of losing you and when I was gone you didn't even shed a tear, did you?"

"No, Chloe..."

"Call me Lex!"

"Lex? I... I can't call you that."

"Then you can go."

"Chlo... Lex. There must be something I can do to make things right."

"It's too late, Clark. Now get back down stairs. Despite my best efforts my cousin still seems to be under the impression you're a decent human being."

"I..."

"I know all your weakness, Clark. Do not try my patience. I waited years for you and nothing ever came of it. Then when it really counted you crushed me. My patience, finally, is at an end."

Outside Lois' office.

Lois hugs Clark enthusiastically, "I can't believe it's really you!"

Yay!

Shell shocked, "It is, Lois, it is."

"God! We all thought you were dead!" Realizing she's been gushing she tries to play things cool. "Of course it's going to be a pain in the butt dragging you around until you learn the ropes."

An awkward segway. "Lois, what happened to Chloe?"

Suddenly Lois is serious, "I don't know Clark. That one night... she just snapped. Ever since then she's just gone farther and farther off the farm. But if anyone can bring her back around, it's you. Deep down she still loves you no matter how much she denies it."

Clark is circumspect.

"What exactly happened that night, Clark?"

Clark answers honestly, "I don't know."

Jimmy rushes in...

...and announces the jumper

Lois snarks about babysitting Clark.

Cut to Clark running for the exit. Cue the Superman horns. He pulls open his shirt revealing the S symbol.

No!

Cut to Chloe peering out her penthouse window. She wryly observes the crowd gathering below a couple blocks from the DP building.

Cut to Lex exiting an office building and hailing a cab. Clark runs out into the street in costume.

In costume!?!

Chloe watches from her office as a red dot travels towards the crowd. Bitter, "Up, up and away."

Down on the ground Lois and Jimmie are getting into a cab.

Lois, "Look, up in the sky!"

Jimmy, "What is it?"

Back to Lex. He's about to step into a cab as he notices a crowd pointing looking up in the sky.

He smiles, "Welcome back to Metropolis,"

Three way screen split of Chloe, Lois, and Lex as they all utter the same word.

Chloe with hatred, Lois with awe, and Lex with Joy, "Superman."

Cue the Williams Superman horns full blast. A final shot of a Clark flyby in costume. Go to black. [Everyone sits in stunned silence]

So what does everybody think?

It's a little bit... creepy.

I think it's magnificent.

I love it.

I'm not wearing the suit.

Chloe goes Darth Vader and Lex redeems himself and all you can think about is the stupid suit?

Like you said the suit is stupid and I'm not wearing it.

Tom, they completely destroyed two of the show's main characters and you're OK with it?

Come again? I was distracted by the suit thing.

I said...

We did not! Chloe is the ultimate hero...

...and Lex the ultimate villain.

How exactly do you get that?

Chloe accomplished what Clark with all his powers never could.

And Lex did what Lionel could only dream of.

Turn Lex straight?

Lionel wouldn't dream of that.

Chloe redeemed Lex Luthor...

...and Lex turned Chloe against Clark.

This ending is... terrible!

We could kill Lois and let Chloe take her name instead.

But I'm starting to like it.

You turned Chloe evil?

No. In the end Chloe is a greater hero than Clark.

But she's his enemy! She's no hero.

And Lex is a more heinous villain than Lionel.

No he's not! He went all woobie on us!

So a few compromises had to be made to achieve our ultimate goal.

You're telling me! It makes me glad Lana's dead.

You all just don't get it, do you?

I'm thinking.. no?

[To MR] I told you this was a stupid idea!

What? You came up with it!

So!?!? [The cast exits as MR & AM continue bickering]