as a reporter comes out of the city room, clanging gate to behind him. the office boy looks up.
burns and hildy.
taking in door and including group. bensinger, another reporter, comes in from the corridor. he stands out from the others because of his tidy appearance, and carries a book under his arm.
as duffy comes into the room. he advances toward the desk.
a phone rings. mccue answers it.
as hildy hangs up and darts out of room. the others watch in amazement.
hildy is still pacing. mccue laughs at his own joke.
taking in door. hildy glares apprehensively, then crosses to it.
mollie crosses to wall and switches on the lights. she sees williams, sobs and rushes over to him.
hildy rushes over to windows and pulls up the shades. mollie is lying quietly on the floor with her eyes closed. hildy rushes over to water cooler and gets a paper cup full of water. she throws the water in mollie's face.
as the rest of the reporters surround hildy menacingly.
mollie begins backing slowly around the table, away from them, toward the window.
burns goes back to the phone as hildy continues to type furiously.
as hildy turns toward his voice, burns, still with the phone in his hand, keeps talking to her.
featuring the threesome.
as burns leaves hildy and goes over to desk and picks up his phone again.
burns returns alertly to table, not noticing that hildy has stopped typing, and sits staring moodily before her.
as hildy breaks loose and retreats back into the room before hartman and the deputies.
burns advances from desk, the others retreating before him.