The Day After - A Sequel to Strange... Oh so Strange
Written By DJ Carter


Casey McCall walked down a hallway in the Sports Night Studio..

Last month he had made a decision that had changed his life. He had decided that on live television, he would propose to Dana Whitaker.

Last night he had done just that. He was floating on air he was so happy.

He walked to the door to Managing Editor Isaac Jaffe's office, then knocked.

"Come in Casey," He heard from beyond the door.

As he opened the door, it was apparent something was wrong.

Across from Isaac, J.J, and someone else he didn't recognize were sitting, looking at him.

"Sit down Casey," J.J said to him.

Casey walked to a chair and sat down quietly.

"I don't have much time, so I'm going to cut to the chase. Last night during a segment in which you introduced members of the control room staff, you also proposed to Dana Whittaker," J.J. started.

"Yes. That's correct. I cleared it with Isaac, and made sure that it didn't take away from other sports-related topics. Why?" Casey asked.

"Mr. McCall, allow me to introduce myself to you. I'm Robert Fuerstenau, Calvin Trager's liaison to CSC. While I felt what you did last night was touching, but it was bad for business. While you may have checked with Isaac, and while he may have approved, I did not," Robert said.

"I went through standard procedures for what I did last night. I talked to Natalie too. I followed procedures to the letter, Isaac will attest to that," Casey told them. He was starting to get angry.

Robert, ignoring Casey, started gathering his notes and said, "Because of your actions on the air, Mr. McCall, you are hereby suspended until further notice."

"Now hold on a second you..." Casey started but was cut off by Isaac.

"Robert, don't you think that's a little overkill? It couldn't have hurt business that bad. It was a simple marriage proposal. People love sappy stuff!" Isaac protested.

"My decision stands Isaac," Robert said.

"If that's your decision than that is fine. But I want you to know that I will be going as far as I can go to protest this action," Casey said.

"I am as high as you can go," Robert replied.

"All right, then if this is the way it is, where we cannot have a moment that helps people connect with us, then I guess I have no choice. Unless this situation is rectified, I will be leaving Sports Night in one month," Casey said as he stood up.