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A Regular Earl Anthony

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired Aug 21, 2007

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- Episode Title: Tom's friend (played by Donal Logue) refers to Tom as "a regular Earl Anthony" to describe his increased manhood since he left Patty's practice and struck out on his own.
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- Tom: I'm sick of her shit. Tom's Friend: That's right, Tomahawk, break the shackles. Take the power. Always identify your oppressor by name. So what's shit are you sick of? Tom: Patty's. Tom's Friend: Say it loud! Tom: I'm sick of Patty Hewes' shit!
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- Ray: I'm worried the sun don't shine on the same dog's tail all week. Arthur: I have no idea what that means. Ray: It means we got lucky.
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- Karen Gonzales: We picked Ms. Hewes for a reason. She's the best. She said there'd be some setbacks. We knew there were going to be some ups and downs. Larry Popler: Where the hell are the ups, Karen? Karen Gonzales: You're a gambler. You don't change your horse mid-race, do you? Larry Popler: If it's pulling up lame, I do, then I shoot him. Karen Gonzales: Oh, Jesus. Larry Popler: Two right in the head real quick. Problem solved.
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- Tom: (to Ray) I want to go to trial. I want to put... your multi-billion dollar poster boy for corporate corruption in front of a jury and watch you... try to explain to them that he's not a crook.
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- Katie: How's my lawyer friend? David: She wanted to come. Katie: But she's stuck up Patty's ass and couldn't make it.
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- Patty: There's a huge difference between being number one and being number two. Tom: Yes, (nods) there is. Patty: You're a number two, Tom. That's your talent. That's your limit.
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- Credited As: • Carla Occhiogrosso, Patty's Assistant - Carla Ochogrosso • Jean de Segonzac, Director - Jean DeSegonzac • Jeff Bernstein, First Assistant Director - Jeffrey T. Bernstein • Michael F. O'Shea, Jr., "A" Camera Operator/Steadicam - Michael O'Shea, Jr. • Peter Hackman, Charge Scenic - Peter G. Hackman
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- Original International Air Dates: - Denmark: April 30, 2008 on TV3 - Slovakia: July 19, 2009 on JOJ - Poland: September 27, 2009 on AXN - Czech Republic: October 20, 2009 on AXN
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- This episode was included on the Emmy Awards 'For Your Consideration' DVD for this season.
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- Featured Music: • "Dawn Star" by Troy De Rouche • "Love You I Must" by Trudy Stabile • "Shine" performed by Varden & Fletcher • "Apple O' My Eye" by Lady Sa' • "Good Distance" by Northern Slate • "Vermont" by Sam Bisbee • "Porque" by Andrea Ferraz • "Why Not" by D'Agua • "Talk to Me" by Mink • "Kiss The Sky" by Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
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- Woman at the Bar: (to Gregory) Anyone ever tell you you look like Tom Cruise? Peter Facinelli, the actor who plays Gregory Malina, is noted to have a striking resemblance to A-List Hollywood actor Tom Cruise, star of popular films such as Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, and Mission: Impossible among others.
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- Tom's Friend: Shayes, the world is your oyster, man. The line originates from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor ("Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.") and has come to mean that the world offers boundless fortune to anyone willing and brave enough to explore it.
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- Tom's Friend: Audentes fortuna iuvat. This line, translated to English as "fortune favors the bold", comes from Virgil's Latin poem, The Aeneid.
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- Episode Title: A Regular Earl Anthony Earl Anthony was a professional left-handed bowler who won 43 Professional Bowlers Association Tour titles.
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- (after Tom turned down Ray's drink offer in the office) Ray: Oh, a regular Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch is the morally upright lawyer and legal defender of the residents of Maycomb County, Alabama in Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1962, Gregory Peck played Finch in the film adaptation of the same name.
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