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Cut to Army enlistment office . Kevin and Justin are meeting with Major Guinness, who is reviewing their appeal for a delay in Justin's return to active service. (Brief aside, but Major Guiness is played by openly gay actor John Benjamin Hickey.)

Kevin has on his lawyer hat and he's arguing that Justin needs three more months to get clean and sober before he gets shipped back to the Middle East. (And if he can't get clean and sober, at least that's enough time to go on one hell of a bender.)

Major Guinness: Mr. Walker, your brother has been ordered to report in two weeks, not three months. The army needs medics in Iraq, not in California.

Bummer. If only we'd fought the “War on Terror” at home instead of in Iraq. (Okay, being sarcastic there.)

Out in the parking lot, Kevin vows to keep on fighting, but Justin is ready to throw in the towel.

Justin: I don't have a lot of time left. I have Christmas. I have surfing. I have you guys. Uhh, I have surfing. Let's just enjoy the time I have left, all right?

I'm with Justin on this one. Why fight the inevitable? Besides, they've been dragging this storyline out for about four episodes now and I'm sorta done with it, myself.

Cut to Ojai Foods corporate headquarters. Holly is meeting with Saul, Tommy and Sarah. Saul tells Holly about the Nevada property and the fact that the trust Bill Walker set up makes her 1/3 owner. Saul gives her a contract. She just has to sign and they'll give her 400k to buy out her interest. They neglect to mention that they plan to turn around and sell the property to the military for 30 million.

That Holly didn't just fall off the turnip truck. She can sense when someone is trying to bamboozle her.

Holly: You all seem a little anxious to buy me out.
Tommy: Yeah, just to get on with our lives.
Holly: I understand the feeling. But I'm going think about this for awhile and weigh my options.

Uh oh. Looks like Sarah, Tommy and Saul made a serious tactical error here. When Holly figures out the true value of the property, she is no doubt going to be very pissed.

Cut to the Red White & Blue cast & crew Christmas party . Everyone is on pins and needles over Kitty's recent lapse in journalistic ethics. You might remember that last episode she tried to bribe Senator Jack McAllister (Rob Lowe) with a softball interview in order to get Justin out of military duty. When found out, she made a heartfelt on air apology. Anyway, Kitty and co-hosts Warren and Jack are gathered around the punch bowl commiserating over what they believe is going to be Kitty's imminent firing. Which makes you wonder-- what's in the damn punch, because any idiot could guess that her on-air confessional was good for ratings! The producer, Whit, shows up and pulls Kitty away for a private chat. Kitty thinks it's to give her the boot.

Kitty: I have my signed letter of resignation ready to go.
Whit: Ordinarily I would take it, but then your apology generated more than 200,000 viewings on YouTube and our ratings shot up more than 28%.
Kitty: (Confused) So then you don't want me to resign?
Whit: Hell no. In fact, I want to tailor the show to your strengths!
Kitty: Strengths?

Yep, that's what I'm wondering. I'm also wondering how Kitty's on air apology managed to snag 200,000 YouTube viewings. Was she not wearing panties or something?

Whit: Your range. Your appeal. You've got it all. No more banter. No more stunts—just you alone up there every week.

Sans panties, of course.

Kitty does a spit take. What about co-hosts Warren and Jack? Whit tells her they're out. The producers are planning a Jon Stewart-like vehicle for Jack. (What, like a Toyota Prius? From what we've seen of the character so far, I'm doubting Jack could pull off something on the order of The Daily Show). Whit then breaks the big bombshell-- the producers are going to dump liberal co-host Warren completely when his contract comes up. Maybe he should lose his underwear, too.

Kitty: Does Warren know any of this?
Whit: No. I wanted to feel you out first.

Poor Warren. One wonders if, at least, that perky blonde intern, Amber, will stick with him. Somehow I doubt it. That girl knows how to pick a winner and has probably already moved on to sleeping with Whit. In any case, Amber is noticeably absent from this week's episode.

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