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The first time we see Casey and Dan they are behind the anchor desk, preparing to go on the air. Dan’s first words are a bit of advice to Casey. Dan says to Casey, “When you get right down to it, what I'm saying is this.” Finish this quote.

Case, I think you should start getting out of your house.. Casey's response: "I am out of my house. I've been out of my house for six months. I don't live in my house."

Dan is supposed to quote high-level sources inside the ____ Olympic committee on Helsinki’s bid for the 2010 Olympics. Helsinki is in Finland, but it is listed on the teleprompter as being in what country?

Switzerland. "Yeah. Finland. The national bird is the whooping swan." - Thanks Elliot!

Who is the famous runner who ends up winning the World Pacific Games and what country are they from?

Ntozake Nelson, South Africa. Natalie: "Ntozake Nelson's a South African distance runner, 15,000 meters. As a school teacher in Jamestown, he led protests against the white majority. He was beaten up and thrown in jail. His legs were broken and the doctors said he'd never walk without a cane..." "He's forty-one years old, and guess what he's doing tonight?" ... Dana: "He's running in the World Pacific Games, an event this network is carrying live tonight at nine."

Who does Dan suggest that J.J. wants him to do the show with if Casey is fired from "Sports Night?"

His driving instructor. Dan says that he will only do the show with Casey.

Jeremy is nervous in his interview, so Natalie offers him water, or a soft drink (they have Fresca). Dana is irritated by her lack of professionalism and says: “If you're taking orders, I'll have ____."

the angel-hair pasta and a nice Merlot. Natalie is so helpful because according to her, "He is so totally cute and intense, with a dark mystery about him that says: this is not a technician, this is an artist."

According to Jeremy, how long has "Sports Night" been on the air?

two years, two months and a week ago today. Jeremy's rant: "Ms. Whitaker, I would be great at this job. You've got to believe me when I tell you I've been training my whole life for it. I've crunched stats, I've broken down film, and there wasn't a team at my high school that didn't have me for an equipment manager. I've read every box score in every newspaper that's printed in English and has a sports section, and I've seen 'Sports Night' every night since your first broadcast two years, two months and a week ago today. Now yes, sure, indeed, I can tell you what Ewing and Oakley are shooting from the field, and that you're not going to stop John Starkes if he squares up to the basket, and put any defensive pressure on Charlie Ward, he's gonna fold like a cheap card table. But if you're asking me for genuinely sophisticated analyses, and I sense that you are, then you've gotta give me some time. At least twenty minutes. Did that make any sense?"

After Casey storms out of the meeting with J.J., which characters are allowed to stay in the room for the last minutes of the meeting?

J.J., Isaac, Dana and Dan. J.J. expresses the network’s concerns over Casey’s performance on the air to Isaac, Dana and Dan.

Dan sits at the anchor desk writing his script for the evening’s newscast. The line he is working on when Casey enters the room is “Dale Ernhardt, Jeff Gordon and Rusty Wallace were just a few of the big name drivers NASCAR had on hand yesterday at the ____?”

Darlington Motor Speedway. Casey says that Dan should put "yesterday" in the second sentence because "you don't want the rhyme."

There’s something wrong with Casey’s clothes during the broadcast, and the wardrobe department has nine minutes to get him fixed up. What’s wrong with Casey’s clothes?

He has Dana's mascara on his collar.. After Dana and Casey have a personal moment, she cries a little on his shoulder.

In the last seconds of the episode, there is a discussion about rugby. Who says that they supposedly played co-ed rugby in college?

Casey. Casey: "You know what? Here's something I don't understand about rugby." Dan: "Whoa, whoah, you do understand something about rugby?"