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EPISODE TWO: FEBRUARY 2025: Seizing Control

PANEL ONE: MICHAEL is cracking his knuckles, buckling down to type on his laptop. In the background, MAX is offering a valentine to CARTER.

MICHAEL:
I’m SO organized this year! I put everything I want to achieve into a spreadsheet!

PANEL TWO: MICHAEL waxes eloquent about his love for spreadsheets. In the background, CARTER holds up his hands in a “no thank you” gesture to MAX.

MICHAEL:
Spreadsheets are good! They’re…so beautiful!

PANEL THREE: KYLE pops in to accuse MICHAEL. In the background, CARTER flees MAX, who gives chase!

KYLE:
I thought you hated being micromanaged!

PANEL FOUR: KYLE considers what MICHAEL exuberantly says. In the background, MAX has caught CARTER and is squeezing him with a crushing hug!

MICHAEL:
Yeah, but it feels so good when I’m telling MYSELF what to do!

KYLE:
Huh. Self-micromanagement!