Karen: You're my exit ramp.
Nick: No, I am not an exit ramp Karen! I'm just your old boyfriend you run to when you start to have feelings for anyone else.
Karen: Ya, that's kind of what I mean by exit ramp.
Brian: I left the church and took this job so I wouldn't have to smile and nod and pretend I care about other people's problems. When you sent me to Munich to fire all those people and close-down that factory, that was fun.
Three more episodes were shot during Season One prior to the writers' strike, which were then scheduled to air as the first three episodes of season two. The producers finally decided to air a new episode for the show's Season Two premiere -- the fifth episode to be filmed after the strike.