- Cory Ellison: You think people in one town over are gonna be any better? No. Human nature, it's surprisingly universal, and it's universally disappointing.
- Fred: Fuck you for not killing that private firefighter story like I asked. That fire came a pussy hair away from my house.
- Chip Black: Yeah, my show bought you that fucking house, and I will burn it to the fucking ground if I feel like it!
- Hannah Shoenfeld: Living with that eternal noise in your head for the rest of your life, the noise that says you are dirty, you caused this, this is your fault. To see people lose their jobs and worlds fall apart because I couldn't find the words to say 'no'. I don't want any part of it... that's not my fucking job. My life is not a tool to service your agenda on your schedule.
- Chip Black: You might wanna start looking for a new job.
- Rena: I've been looking for a new job for years.
- Bradley Jackson: That's fucking insane. It was insane before, but now it's off-the-chart batshit nuts.
- Yanko Flores: You ever wonder why they call it that? El Niño. It starts with something so small and so insignificant: An anchovy. See, the anchovy, it prospers most in temperate waters. So when equatorial trade winds, when they brought cold water westward, it slowly broiled under the beating sun. And by the time it reached Chimbote, Peru, which is the anchovy capital of the world, the warming waters were completely uninhabitable for the anchovy.
- Woman at Bar: That's so sad.
- Yanko Flores: Oh, no. Gets worse. The economy suffered. I mean, everything suffered, not just the fish. The aquatic seabirds that fed on the anchovies, from the gannets to the cormorants to the pelicans, they all died. And then so did the animals that fed on them. And because this phenomenon would, without fail, coincide with the celebration of the birth of Christ, they called it El Niño de Navidad. The Christmas Boy. Come on. You got to hand it to the Peruvians. I mean, something so destructive in such harmless packaging. El Niño de Navidad. I mean, this thing that seems so insignificant, winds that make the water too hot for this tiny little fish to live, but no. It's a harbinger of something that throws everything out of whack. I mean, droughts, floods, storms. I mean, huge global events. But there's nothing you can do to stop the wind from blowing. So what can you do when you see all these little anchovies belly up in the water? You just keep on moving. And you brace yourself for the shitstorm.
- Hannah Shoenfeld: [voicemail] You've reached Hannah Shoenfeld. Please leave a message, and I'll get right back.
- Claire Conway: [leaving voicemail] Hannah, it's Claire. Look, I feel awful. I'm really sorry that I got so upset with you. I think that it all just took me a bit by surprise. And I know that you were probably just looking out for me. Can we talk? I will not take no for an answer. If you don't call me back, I will wait outside your building, and I'll follow you to work in the morning. I will stalk you until you accept my apology. I'll bring coffee. Please, Hannah. I'm really sorry. Okay, bye.