involve compensation for the eight shows that we were slated to do. because when i came back and said, guys, okay, now i'm prepared. and les had him call me the clean-up hitter. and it's late august and i'm sitting on 64 bombs, and we're not in the playoffs yet. and the team bus has driven away and i've got no team to play for. so i became very prepared and focused and driven and hungry and in shape and a new tattoo and like let's do this, right? so chuck laurie told me, well, there's no scripts. so i said, there's no scripts. wait a minute, you're a writer, i need cameras and a stage to act, you need, i don't know, a piece of paper and a bic. there's no scripts. where were the scripts going to be if we hadn't shut down? this turned into a two-week hiatus. where were the scripts? >> do you believe there was a subliminal plot at cbs they