The Bold Type
Wednesdays 8:00 PM on FreeformThe Bold Type Season 5 Episode 2: "The Crossover" Quotes
Sutton: He’s flying to New York tonight, and he hasn’t said anything to me since he left.
Jane: Yeah.
Sutton: Although he did respond that one time saying that he needed space.
Jane: And you have this…
Sutton: What if he’s coming back to tell me he changed his mind?
Kat: Sutton?
Sutton: Then wouldn’t he just call or text?
Kat: Ok, Sutton.
Sutton: If he comes to New York and doesn’t call me…
Kat: Hey, do not spiral. You’ve been doing so good since the retreat.
Jane: And you have this huge opportunity to interview and style everyone for the sizzle reel.
Kat: You don’t want to screw this up, Sutton.
Sutton: You’re both right. Richard will get in touch if he wants when he wants. I just have to forget I saw the notification and focus on work.
Jack: So you came to me to ease your conscious?
Alex: No, I’m here to get his job back.
Jack: You realize that really isn't up to us anymore.
Alex: You’re the editor-in-chief.
Jack: Yeah I am, and I’ve got money to make, I’ve got a board to answer to. You pulled his pants down in front of the Twitterverse; that place never forgets.
Alex: Jack, come on. He made one dumb tweet.
Jack: I’m not saying Joey’s a bad guy, but in today’s world, he’s damaged goods, not worth the trouble.
Jane: Either your allergy is new or I misquoted you or you’re lying about Mark Afton.
Cynthia: No, it’s all true, but none of it happened to me. You know how scared Rana is to speak up. I thought if I took on her story, maybe, I could help stop Mark. I’m on my husband’s health insurance. I could risk losing my job, and I did. States & Nations claimed I was let go for poor performance, but we both know that’s not why.
Jane: Do you realize what you’ve done?
Cynthia: Yeah, I used my voice to tell another woman’s story, and your article will help bring Mark Afton down.
Jane: No, the truth of what he did won’t matter. The lie is gonna become the story.
Jacqueline: Is something wrong?
Jane: Uh, all the stuff Cynthia said about cleaning up after Mark Afton, it was Rana’s story, not hers, and since Rana is an anonymous source, then we don’t have corroboration. I know this is bad, and I know that I’ve put Scarlet’s reputation and your reputation at risk, but I know I can…
Jacqueline: Take the article down and write a retraction.
Jane: Ok, do you want…
Jacqueline: That’s it for now.
Zuri: So let me get this straight, we’re going to post a video where we each make a lemon loaf, but I do it with damn near jack?
Kat: Yep, so the idea is you don’t have access to the same ingredients as I do because…
Zuri: My ass was the in the clink.
Kat: So while everyone is busy checking out our cooking skills and our dance moves, we hit them with the facts about how hard it is to reintegrate into society with a felony conviction.
Alex: Joey Faulk is trash. Why are still talking about him? He’s done. This guy is the worst.
Joey: Is it really necessary to reread all of these comments?
Alex: Yes because I wanted to show that at the other end of every tweet is a human being, and though I was quick to retweet a dumb comment that Joey made eight years ago, I have since researched who this man is. This a man who attends women’s marches, tutors underprivileged children.
Joey: Look, when I made that tweet, it was dumb. I was an insecure kid trying to be funny. I didn’t think about who it would hurt. It wasn’t how I really felt.
Alex: Well, I’ve said some dumb things myself, but you have to be able to learn and grow. I know I have especially since I started working at Scarlet. My girlfriend is way more successful than I am. She makes ten times what I make. And at the beginning that was really hard because I wanted to be the man. Was it sexist? Yeah, but did she cancel me? No, she let me learn and grow and I have grown, so I am asking everyone in this stream right now, man, woman, non-binary, queer, straight tell me something you have said or done in the past that you’re not proud of, that doesn’t represent who you are today. Come on, we got to work together instead of canceling each other out.
Jacqueline: She was telling someone else’s story.
Nicole: No one else came to me.
Jane: That’s because they were too scared to come forward.
Nicole: Who? Who was too scared?
Jane: I can’t say.
Jacqueline: Nicole, my being here with you, facing the woman who slept with my husband, sucks. But we are both professionals. We have both been in this business long enough to remember a time when sexism was so acceptable we wouldn’t dare complain about it. I know what I went through, all the times I kept my mouth shut out of fear or even if I spoke up, no one would listen. I think we owe it to this generation of women to make them feel heard.
Nicole: I hear women, Jacqueline. I just think it’s foolish to believe all of them. Women lie too.
Jacqueline: You’re right. Women do lie, and some lie to keep their jobs because they’re scared. So I’m asking you to talk to your staff again, make them feel safe enough to come forward, and if there’s a problem, be willing to see the truth for what it is.
Nicole: Oh, I see the truth very clearly.
Jacqueline: Good, then you’ll make the right decision.
Andrew: You can’t leave.
Sage: You just messaged the group chat by mistake.
Andrew: Who’s gonna do wall sits with me?
Alex: That was one time.
Andrew: But it was the best time.
Sage: You are my work spouse, Alex. You cannot serve me papers like this.
Alex: Relax guys. I haven’t made a decision yet.
Sutton: I need my phone back.
Kat: So you finished your reel?
Sutton: Not exactly, but Oliver’s speech made me realize that Richard is still my family, and even if it’s risky, I really need to know where I stand with him.
Kat: Love that.
Sutton: I have no idea why he’s back in New York. Maybe it’s work, maybe it’s me, but all I can control is what’s in my control and right now, that’s texting Richard.
Hello, I am Jane Sloane, and I’m a failing feminist. A lot of you might be wondering why the Failing Feminist would publish the recent States & Nations exposé only to retract it. As the editor of the Failing Feminist, I found and pursued this story on my own, and I published it believing I had all of the facts. And though those stories were true, the people telling those stories took liberties I was unaware of, so I take the blame for that entirely. I know it seems crazy to be calling myself out, but I choose to see that vulnerable and brave because that is how I’m feeling right now. It is my job to lead to the Failing Feminist, holding myself accountable for my error is what a leader should do no matter what.
Jane
Alicia: Those photos are incredible.
Kat: Yeah, there were actually taken by my friend Adena.
Alicia: Yeah, I remember her from Sutton’s wedding, right?
Kat: She works at Scarlet, but she travels a lot.
Alicia: She makes you look and feel like every one of those women have a story, and I want to hear them all.
Alex: I’m only taking this job because of something that you taught me.
Jacqueline: Really? What’s that?
Alex: Sometimes you can’t play it safe. You have to take a risk. Give up the layup and go for the three-pointer.
Jacqueline: I like that.
Alex: I know I’m not exactly Pinstripe material, but that’s what I need to do this. Jacqueline, I’ve become a much better man since I showed up at Scarlet, and I think I can take what I learned from you and really make a difference at Pinstripe.
Jacqueline: Well, you will definitely make a difference because you’re great, Alex.
