After burning it all down in last week’s mic-drop moment, Deborah Vance finds herself in unfamiliar territory: stuck. The non-compete clause Bob Lipka so smugly threw in her face at the end of last week’s episode, is airtight. Every fancy lawyer in town agrees – and so do the shady ones, because Deb asked them all. There’s simply no loophole. She can’t perform, not for the next 18 months. Even if she were willing to pay the damages (which would be A LOT), no venue would want to be dragged into a legal battle with a media conglomerate.

The Late Night Show was Deborah’s dream. She never imagined she’d walk away from it. So, for once, she didn’t obsess over the fine print like she usually would. And now, this is the consequence: she’s being silenced, both legally and creatively. It’s brutal.

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