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** The firm discuss this concept regarding their clients comedy routines.
** A guy who works in the mailroom hands out offensive joke permission slips. Each is good for a joke about a group. Jay and Marissa discuss with him whether there should be things that are too tabboo to joke about.

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Judge Wackner's court holds a jury trial over a four million dollar settlement.

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Judge Wackner's court holds a jury trial over a an NFT worth four million dollar settlement.
dollars. To neutralize his own unconscious racial bias, Wackner makes, the plaintiff, the accused, and witnesses to wear animal masks.



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** Nancy Crozier brings up her pregnancy all the time, often in the middle of her own sentences.

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** Nancy Crozier brings up her pregnancy all the time, often in the middle of interrupting her own sentences.


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** Wackner quotes Todd Snider's "Can't Complain".
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Judge Wackner's court holds a jury trial over a four million dollar settlement.


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** The firm discuss this concept regarding their clients comedy routines.
** A guy who works in the mailroom hands out offensive joke permission slips. Each is good for a joke about a group. Jay and Marissa discuss with him whether there should be things that are too tabboo to joke about.


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* CallBack: Nancy plays back a voice recording of Diane leaving an anonymous tip about January 6.


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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Marissa informs judge Wackner that she know he's doing this trope to get people to talk.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Wackner's jury selection is this, at least until the second jury candidate figures it out. To start with, he asks people if they can sing the national anthem, and if they say yes they have to prove it; if you say no he lets it go.
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** Defied. Wackner quotes himself, he says, not Shakespeare.
** Wackner asks a jury member if his liking Creator/MontyPython changes the fact that she does not.
* WouldNotHurtAChild: Downplayed. Marissa can't bring herself to tell a joke about Greta Tuhnberg because she's a child.
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Mr. Lester tips Carmen that the FBI are about to search Diane's home. Carmen promptly tips off Diane, who calls Liz, who calls Jay. It turns out to be about whether Kurt knows any January 6 insurgents. The firm deals with a comedian's racially insensitive material.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Diane assumes the FBI are after ''her'', but they show up with Nancy Crozier, who serves ''Kurt'' with a warrant.
* DestroyTheEvidence: Kurt burns a list of people the FBI might link to Jan 6.
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** Mr. Lester takes his time getting to his "urgent" news, getting distracted by various details in Carmen's apartment.
** Nancy Crozier brings up her pregnancy all the time, often in the middle of her own sentences.
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