- Eileen Rand: Jordan Roth isn't coming. Something must have happened.
- Tom Levitt: Maybe he heard about Rebecca?
- Derek Wills: Maybe he read Julia's reviews?
- [raises eyebrows]
- Eileen Rand: The press are here, waiting for an announcement. If he doesn't show, they're gonna notice. I need something to distract them... while I get to the bottom of this.
- Veronica Moore: [pointing at Karen ascending stairs in their direction, in dazzling red low-cut evening dress] Why not use her?
- Karen Cartwright: Hey.
- [gazing at everybody]
- Eileen Rand: Good thinking.
- [rushes off]
- Derek Wills: [leads Karen by hand after her performance] Bravo.
- [kisses her hand]
- Karen Cartwright: Thank you.
- Derek Wills: I wasn't doing so well, but... I feel better.
- [smiles]
- Derek Wills: How did you do that?
- [causing her to giggle]
- Karen Cartwright: [nods] I'm your muse. It's what we do.
- [smiles]
- Ivy Lynn: Karen...
- Karen Cartwright: [scoffs] Look, I...
- [Ivy comes nearer]
- Karen Cartwright: After you.
- Ivy Lynn: Having me fired...
- Karen Cartwright: Ivy...
- Ivy Lynn: ...was absolutely right. You hate me. You should.
- [shakes her head]
- Ivy Lynn: But even you can't hate me as I hate myself for what I did. And the crazy part,
- [breathes in sharply]
- Ivy Lynn: is that you don't even know how bad it got. That night of your first preview in Boston,
- [shakes her head]
- Ivy Lynn: I was a mess. I almost...
- [falters]
- Ivy Lynn: I almost did something... really stupid. And for what? Because I was jealous? Because of a part in some show? I'm truly sorry... that I ever got in your way. Good luck. You deserve it.
- [turns around, leaves]