Original Commentary
So, why is Kimberly so nonchalant? This and the last comic sum it up: she's got a job to do. She's not convinced that there's an actual problem. She doesn't think that she could help if there was one.

Now, I wrote this comic about three or four weeks ago. Today the Caylee Anthony case is in the news. A three-year old girl is missing and her mother failed to report it to the police for about a month. This comic was written about a month ago and any parallels are entirely unintentional - Terrence

Modern Commentary
Why don't they go to the police? Because the police will probably be unhelpful, and also because we want to keep the action centered on Brisbane and Kimberly. We don't want to spend time watching cops do cop things. - Terrence

Original Commentary
Kimberly has no idea that her parents are back in a strange, complicated relationship. Brisbane, however, has picked up on the many hints. So, does Kimberly expect him to find anything, or is she trying to keep Brisbane busy? Right now, she has no information and needs all the help she can get. That and I need to make it clear that Brisbane and Kimberly are doing things. This is going to be a fairly busy arc for them and it won't do to have them sit around for too long - Terrence

Modern Commentary
Man, this comic does a lot. Touches on the fact that that Brisbane knows that Kimberly's parents are back together but she doesn't. Kimberly has a plan about this and it involves taking power. Brisbane is hesitant but goes along with it. - Terrence

Original Commentary
Because unlike Brisbane, Kimberly has other responsibilties. If she's not doing her job, then Patrick, Richard and Sinclair have to make up for it. Brisbane's responsibilities are fairly undefined. We know he delivers mail, but he can get someone else to do that (and even if he can't, it doesn't take that long). Anyhow, I just wanted to point that out and show how Kimberly is aggressively filling the power vacuum that has been created - Terrence

Modern Commentary
This is Wednesday. You can't see what Kimberly's wearing here so it's less obvious, but trust me. The biggest clue is that Patrick says Kimberly hasn't been in her office for the last few days. If it were still Tuesday, that wouldn't be plural.

I considered putting little captions in the upper left when a new day starts but it seemed unnecessary. - Terrence

Original Commentary
Yeah, he thinks that it's not Ms. Taylor. It's been a while and he doesn't know her enough to quite be sure, so he's not going to press the issue. Anyhow, him making eyes at Kimberly was Isabel's idea. However, it's one of those ideas that fits in well enough for me to run with it - Terrence

Modern Commentary
I like how Kimberly deflects the compliment here.

Mr. Ross is just some random guy. - Terrence

Original Commentary
I know that Kimberly has changed a lot in the last several years. I still like writing Unlike Minerva Kimberly sometimes, though. Anyhow, this meeting will be a little important as things unfold - Terrence

Modern Commentary
Kimberly doesn't know what she's doing here. But she got through the meeting without embarassing herself and the company is up fifty bucks, so that's a win. - Terrence

Original Commentary
"You want to make yourself two more too" was added as the comic was being lettered. It just seems to fit. Anyhow, most of whatever it is that Ms. Taylor does, Brisbane isn't around for. He just stays at his desk, in the other room, with the door closed - Terrence

Modern Commentary
So, Brisbane doesn't really know what Ms. Taylor does.

He also controls the flow of information to and from her.

That's a combination that could easily go wrong and I wish we had explored that more. - Terrence

Original Commentary
Can I give a little Patrick fan girl squee before going on?

Ok, now that is over with... Patrick and Kimberly in this comic remind me a lot of what Mr. and Mrs. Taylor's relationship must have been like in their later days, lots of bickering and fighting. Maybe that's part of why Miz Taylor though Kimberly and Patrick would be good together. Fortunately for Kimberly and Patrick, neither of them needs (or wants) to be married into the company. -Isabel

That line, "they're not smart enough to rip the company off" has a history. When Kimberly was hired, Sales and Marketing was two people - Richard and Sinclair. Everyone else had been fired for unspecified fraud. Probably adjusting invoices and keeping the difference. I can't find a link right now to when that was mentioned. Richard and Sinclair are still working there because nobody suspected them of anything.- Terrence

Modern Commentary
So the script doesn't call for a costume change nor a day change. Yesterday's comic feels like an end-of-day thing, with them having an in-office drink after the meeting they've spent the day prepping for.

So is it Thursday? Is it still Wednesday? I'm not sure. I think we had a miscommunication. Isabel probably showed me the comic before it was colored and I didn't notice that Kimberly's outfit changed. - Terrence