Previously on "Smash": "This isn't a high school science project, it's a bloody muscial!" "You know what I'm in the middle of!" "Do you wanna fix the show or indulge in paranoid fantasies?"
Presented without commentary, the most absurd, comical, self-serious and/or humorless moments from episode 8, "The Coup," in chronological order.
1. "I hate show business."2. Frank's chest hair.3. "Now we have Leo's court date."4. Frank playing Guitar Hero.5. Frank singing Bob Marley.6. Ellis's sneakers.7. "You're such a useful young man."8. "Mom?"9. "She was on the phone with Derek when I got there. Something about Karen Cartwright."10. Julia and Michael meeting in the park.11. "How's your family?"12. Julia's "me too" face.13. "I can do more than corn on the cob and hot dogs."14. "Anthony Weiner-style photos."15. "I don't see how that's relevant."16. "Oh my God, you're Ryan Tedder."17. "I'm such a huge fan. OneRepublic."18. "That was awesome."19. "I think it'll sound cool."20. "Back off for one second, Derek."21. "I don't need your family's stupid money."22. Ellis eavesdropping.23. "You really expect me to bowl?"24. Everything that happens at Brooklyn Bowl.25. "I'm gonna need that speech you've been working on for the 9/11 memorial on Staten Island."26. "I gotta be honest, I feel like he's up to something."27. "Karen Cartwright is nobody."28. "See ya."29. "I'm just trying to stay on top of things."30. "He's an artist. He's a loser."31. "I want to be a producer."32. "What do producers do?" "I am figuring that out."33. "The fact that she was 17. Ouch."34. "No one else keeps secrets in this town, why should you?"35. "Anybody take you up on it?" "No, not yet."36. "On top of that purity was sex. Just think about it, OK?"37. Ellis's spying face.38. Ellis's spying face.39. "I grew up in show business, and it's this kind of crap that made me want to flee to Micronesia."40. "How did he get here?" "Does it really matter?"41. "I totally understand why you'd stab Tom and Julia in the back like that."42. "That critic was in your pocket."43. "I don't care about the critics."44. "We were friends! Do you remember that?"45. "Welcome to my level."46. "I hope you didn't read the blogs."47. "I'm not the star."48. "I lied."
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