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Veronica calls the shots (and Shane) — Veronica Bloom (Camryn Manheim) is trying to buy someone's soul, er, story, for a picture deal. She needs someone "relatively human" to talk to the intended victim, so of course she's asked Shane to come along. As they walk toward the limo, Veronica refers to Shane as "hair girl," which doesn't go over well. Shane says "fuck you" and saunters off, so Veronica follows behind in her limo, and calls after Shane. I mean, calls her. Like a dog. C'mere, Shane!

Shane stops. She looks pissed off, but I suspect she's also kinda impressed and amused. Maybe that's just me.

The C.A.C. — Bette is scowling at her computer. She tells James that "The fucking Peabody Foundation hasn't awarded us a single fucking penny. They've pulled our funding." What? I'm so shocked! Nobody saw that coming, except for every last person who watches the show. Nor could anyone possibly have predicted the next thing Bette says, which is that "Tina got a Peabody."

Meanwhile, back at the Headquarters for Social Justice — Tina and her co-workers are thrilled. But Tina is also worried, because she can see that the C.A.C. isn't on the Peabody list. So she excuses herself and calls Bette. Bette is not friendly on the phone:

Tina: "I'm sorry, Bette. Is there anything I can do?"
Bette: "Well, maybe you could support me. I'll take some time off from work and start looking into a new career."
Tina: "That's not fair, Bette."
Bette: "Why did you even go after the Peabody? Was it some kind of vendetta against me?"
Tina: "You're being ridiculous."
Bette: "Oh, I agree. It's ridiculous to think that just because I shared my life with you and supported you that you would have any compunction at all about fucking with my livelihood."
Tina: [exhales in disbelief]
Bette: "You could have at least warned me."
Tina: "It's not so easy to tell you things, Bette."
Bette: "Not everything is easy, Tina."
Tina: "But —"
Bette: "You know what? I'm getting upset now, so I'm going to hang up the phone."

So Bette hangs up the phone. And then she throws the phone against the wall, and yells/snaps/barks "Fuck." And then she throws her head back and screams "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck," in a transcendently primal way that makes me growl a little in response. Ahem.

I think I'll make a CD of that scream and put it in my alarm clock. I'll never oversleep again.

But I dunno: "compunction"? That's pretty cold. And hot, in a vocabulary sense. And ironic, coming from a carpenter-muncher.

Tina goes out to meet her adoring crowd of co-workers, who have just heard that Helena Peabody is on her way over with a camera crew. Now we'll really see who has no compunction.

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