original_post: 10/23/2007____________________________ This was one of those “trying to ground the strip in reality” strips. Alli had acted out of line at a public event for the comic and they had barely survived unscathed. Em, as the business leader of the studio has to take a hard stance against her co-worker. On the regret tip, there is way too much dialogue in the third panel. That should have been spread out.