It's unlikely, but perhaps they needed to talk about an earlier, better fleet manager whom even Malloy wants back, to characterize Malloy as not being the brightest guy, so as to explain his recklessness at this point in the story. [spoiler]Malloy admits to Burke that he's not as smart as Burke. Now I tend to think of him as a clever man, but maybe Bill knows himself better. The accountant buts in and says Bill's not so good at his job, Bill says get Ned back here... Maybe the Malloy who was to survive and go on to assist Liz with Jason was a smarter version. Maybe bringing in references to this old, better manager made Malloy's dangerous plan for the Big Meeting (instead of going to the police) seem in character, whereas we might have sctatched our heads at Bill's foolhardiness otherwise.[/spoiler]
It's a tiny, far-fetched point... maybe I just needed to post something today before going back to recouping for an MD appt. tomorrow.
