Not that people should report to the boss’s office and stand at attention, but what exactly is ‘Mitchum’ communicating here??  “Yeah, I’ll come to your office, Justin, but I don’t have to show you any respect…”  Recall that he is just “back from vacation” and maybe hasn’t completely “returned?”

But faithful readers will recognize the Mitchum Archetype right away- we last saw him in the Senator Hudson Mason/ Johnny Walker combination- The person who would be in charge is being manipulated by a crafty underling…

But how comforting to have the phrase “a little fishing” thrown in…  and how funny for Mitchum to have already figured out Mark’s motivation- although not so surprising, since Mark is about as deep as a kiddy-pool and nearly as transparent…