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And so we come the end of Sork of July.
I feel the need to point out that Sork of July was inspired by Tim Stevens, whose March M.A.N.T.I.S
really paved the way for this project. Also, as my (former) roommate, he sat through every episode with me.
Todays episode is "K & R part IV" "What Kind of Day Has It Been?"
Host & Musical Guest: Jenna Fischer & Gran Bel Fisher (this is a continuation of the previous episode)
# of references “Crazy Christians”: None
Sketches Referenced: Zero
Sketches Shown: None
Matt surprises Danny at the hospital. They talk about Simon’s rant and
Jordan’s condition. Danny even
shows Matt Jordan’s daughter. Of
course Matt gets all serious and brings up the issue of legally binding
documents in regards to her guardianship.
Danny doesn’t even want to broach the topic of Jordan’s mortality. After reflecting for a moment, he asks
Matt to ask Mary if Jordan’s signature would even mean anything considering how
doped up she is right now. Then he
sends Matt back to Studio 60.
Later Harriet and Danny shoot the breeze about Matt and
Harriet as a couple. Harriet
confesses that Matt’s the only one she’s ever been in love with and that she
feels guilty for not leaving Studio 60 with Matt and Danny. Danny then totally narcs on Matt being
so devastated by his break up with Harriet that he took to popping pills. Then Suzanne arrives with the baby
legal documents for Danny.
Danny is all set to go get Jordan’s signature when the
(young) doctor pulls him aside in an ominous fashion. It’s not clear why that happened, other than it made
for an awesome act break, but Jordan doing ok and is conscious. She urges Danny to get her back so she
can get him to sign the adoption papers for the baby. (See, they were on the same page after all.) Jordan also confesses that she hoped
Danny would propose to her from the first moment that they met. They kiss and even snarky doctor is
touched. Also, Jordan’s daughter
is named Rebecca Tripp. Awwwww.
Back at Studio 60 Boyle tries to convince Tom that the
person decapitated in the footage isn’t any of the captured airmen. Then he and Tom debate the U.S.
military, the War in Afghanistan and Bush policy. Boyle then chastises Tom for starting the K & R process.
Meanwhile Jack is still trying to convince Simon to
apologize. Simon asks about the K
& R plot and wants in on it.
Because he’s drunk, Jack starts talking about marriage and divulges that
his is ending because he “got fired of saying I’m sorry.”
Later Jack gets the phone call that Jordan is going to be ok
and he’s relieved. Jack and Simon
then talk about Blacks and patriotism.
Simon says that the reason jack wants him to apologize is because he
still harbors guilt about Matt and Danny. Jacks claims that he “was not the bad guy” and
confesses that he liked the Karl Rove sketch. Then he decides that Simon shouldn’t apologize, at which
point Simon, feeling he’s proven his point, agrees to apologize. Things escalate almost to the point of
drunken fisticuffs, when Suzanne alters them that something is happening with
Tom’s brother.
They follow Suzanne to Matt’s office where everyone (except
Harriet, Jordan and Danny, who are at the hospital and Darius who hasn’t been
seen in episodes) has gathered.
Thing are happening overseas and Tom fears the worst. Boyle then asks Tom if he wants to talk
to Mark Jeter. Tom is
relieved. All three airmen have
been saved and Studio 60’s cast is overjoyed. Boyle on the other hand gets congratulatory looks from
Simon, Jack and Matt and he looks smug while receiving them.
This is as good a place as any to discuss the flashback in
this episode.
It starts out in when Matt finds Harriet in his office. It turns out that Jack couldn’t get Wes
on the phone and left a message for him, so Danny and Matt are in a kind of
limbo. But Matt is confident that
Wes will defend them. He and
Harriet then discuss a hypothetical about President Gore sending Bill Clinton
to talk to Hollywood and about what she likes about Luke. But when Matt asks if she was offended
by the Karl Rove sketch, she falls silent.
Then Danny grabs Matt and tells him that Wes is going to
issue an apology about the sketch.
Matt is outraged, but Danny tells him to leave it alone. But Matt doesn’t. He calls Wes and the phone call is
chilly, leading Matt to conclude that he’s got to quit Studio 60.
Danny tries to talk him about of it. He doesn’t want Matt to destroy what
they’ve carved out for themselves at Studio 60, especially over something like
this.
Then Danny goes to Jack’s office to try to work out a
compromise. Jack is unworried
about Matt quitting; Matt’s under contract and the cast is the show. Jack also believes that not only with
Studio 60 survive, but that Matt will come crawling back. Danny, under the impression that Jack
pressured Wes to apologize, asks Jack what he actually said and Jack replies “I
didn’t have to say much.”
Danny goes back to Studio 60 and finds a panicked
Harriet. She’s worried about Matt
quitting and about the show since Matt quit. Danny tells her that he’s also
quitting. He explains how Matt’s
been betrayed by everyone Harriet, Wes and even Danny, but he’s still
standing. And that Danny wants to
be standing there with him.
Back in the present, Matt goes down stairs and thanks the
man upstairs. Harriet overhears
him. She asks if he’s been getting
high. He tells the truth, which
prompts a slap from her. She then
tells him that she’s the one person he doesn’t lie to. They kiss. Matt tells her that he loves her. Matt then polls the cast and asks if anyone has a problem
with him dating Harriet. Danny
gives a pep talk to the entire cast and all of the writers, except for
Darius.
Harriet goes to grab some stuff leaving Danny and Matt alone
to reflect on the day. Matt goes
to his office to go write. Matt
and Danny confess love for each other.
Danny lights his cigar, turns off a stage light and heads to the
hospital.
Matt turns on “time remaining “ clock in his office and the
series is a wrap.
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