"shit, we got greenlit for another season...."
"ok dont panic. i was doing key bumps with steve buscemi last night, hes not working on anything right now, just write another 'such and such gets out of jail' arc and ahhh.... "
"tony is kinda weird with him because of some shit that happened when they were kids...? [ chewing pencil eraser ] lets make them cousins. we can do a sorta friends to enemies to friends to family arc with him and christopher, that sorta deal, stretch it out for the next few years maybe!"
[ furious scribbling on pads of papers around the table ]
"ahhhh just spoke to his agent. hes booked for charlotte's web next year, he's the voice of the rat."
[ low murmers "nice gig" "shit" sound of papers being torn out and balled up and thrown away ]
"....tony blows his brains out?"
"boys we got us a season, hit it."