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TRANSCRIPT:

Panel 1:  INTERIOR APARTMENT 

Brandon is still sitting in the middle of the couch flanked by Tom and Phil standing on either side.  They have been trying their best to cheer him up.

    BRANDON: Look, I know that you guys are trying to make me feel better, but what's the point? What do I have to look forward to, really? 

Panel 2: 

    BRANDON: (Looking at Phil) I can be like Phil and live a squalid life of loneliness, floating from relationship to relationship, afraid to share any real intimacy, destined to grow old and unattractive and ultimately die alone in some state run nursing home...

Panel 3:

    BRANDON:  (Indicating Tom) ...Or I can get married again and be like Tom, working a crap job to support a ball breaking harpy and two pre-pubescent monsters only to get left in the dust when she eventually takes up with her tennis pro and spend the next 20 years in said crap job just to make the alimony and child support payments. 

Panel 4:

    BRANDON: When you really look at the options, there is no reason to ever leave this couch.

Panel 5:  

Brandon returns his attention to the console game he has been playing while Tom and Phil share a reflective moment, considering their respective lots in life.

Panel 6:

Tom and Phil try to squeeze in on the couch. Tom grabs a spare controller.

    TOM: This a two player game?

    PHIL: I play winner...