[aside to camera:]
Jacob: It is so important to support and acknowledge local journalism, okay? There's no agenda here. This is... This is on the ground, in the streets, powerful stuff.
[cut to Barbara and colleagues laughing at a small dog in a toy car on the news report:]
Jim Gardener: [on TV] Wouldn't want to see that dog in traffic.
Barbara: Yes, Jim.

Janine: Hey, Mr. Johnson. These lights have been going on and off for weeks. Are you gonna do anything about them? The kids don't even wanna walk in.
Mr. Johnson: Above my pay grade, Janine. I make most electrical things work with a makeshift system I've had since '92. For this, we gotta wait on an electrician.
Janine: But...
Mr. Johnson: Goin' fishin'. I'll get to it.

Janine: It can't be hard. It's just screwing in a few new bulbs.
Barbara: Janine, just worry about what can be controlled.
Melissa: Exactly. All we can do on a hot day like this is our own jobs, anyway.
Ava: [enters] I know that's right! Why is it February and hotter than the devil's booty-hole outside?
Jacob: Climate change. We are living in the middle of its disastrous effects. The permafrost in Russia...
Ava: [coughs] Nerd. [coughs] [laughing]
Janine: Ava, can someone from the city come and check on the back-hallway lights?
Ava: Girl, no. Do I look like the Kool-Aid Man? I don't have enough juice to manipulate the inner workings of city hall. [bell rings] They'll probably come in the summer.

Jacob: Tough break. Want some egg-white bites?
Janine: No. I don't have time to eat.
Jacob: They're just egg-white bites. You microwave them.

Janine: Guys... Guys, I-I just want to say, I-I'm sorry, everybody. I just thought if I could get up here and get this done, then we wouldn't have to wait and...
Barbara: And look where it landed us, baby girl.
Melissa: Yeah, how'd that work out for you?
Barbara: Everybody, please, head to the gym. We've got bigger fish to fry now.
Melissa: Oh, Jesus! My branzino! Everybody out of the way! Out of the way!

Janine: Barbara, look, I know you told me to let it go, but I couldn't. Jacob helped me open the breaker.
Jacob: It was a chance to support a strong Black woman.

Melissa: The breaker?! Janine! You can't do this stuff! What had you come to work today and lose your mind?
Janine: Look, I... I just have... Oh. Ooh. Okay. I feel lightheaded.
Gregory: Are you okay?
Melissa: Did you eat today? Because I know you didn't have lunch.
Jacob: And you didn't have any breakfast.
Melissa: Okay. We're losing her. Do I have your consent to slap you?

Jacob: Okay, I'm gonna get some water out of the fridge. Uh, hopefully it's still cold!
Melissa: Oh, my God! My branzino! Barb, excuse me! I'll be back! She'll be okay!

Melissa: Oh, look who's back in the land of the living.
Janine: Who opened the fire hydrant?
Barbara: Well, as Melissa would say, snitches get stitches.
Melissa: That is correct, but I am not talking to you on account of you killing my branzino.

Mr. Johnson: You touched the lights, didn't you, Janine?
Janine: Yes.
Mr. Johnson: Good thing I got me a system. [switches click] [sings] ♪ I'll make love to you ♪ ♪ Like you want me to ♪ ♪ And I'll hold you tight ♪ ♪ Baby, all through the night ♪