Liar, Liar, Pants Neatly Folded in the Closet

Brad settles on being at a wine tasting with the mayor. The others question why that requires whispering or answering the call at all. Ranks seven and nine are proposed before eight is settled.

Curtis invents an exclusive social club practicing the art of whispering and says this is how he talks now. It explains the quiet voice but gives no reason to end the call. Six wins out over seven.

Ryan claims to have passed rioters, asks Marty to bring five friends and meet him at Fifth and Crane, and characterizes the crowd as meek and docile. The proposal could draw Marty out of the building. Its initially accepted five is revised to four.

Curtis says he read that whispering burns more calories and is trying it. It explains the voice but could leave Frasier talking in the closet. With four already used, the group chooses three.

Brad initially asks Marty to come help after a traffic stop. The discussion adopts the simpler interpretation that he cannot talk because a cop is there. One is proposed, but the group reserves it and assigns two. The unnamed restatement is not treated as a new owned submission.

In a fictional excuse, Ryan says he is at a spa and retreat, in prayer and unable to talk, adding that he is staying on the straight and narrow as Marty taught him. The group calls it too long and likely to backfire. It takes ten.

Ryan claims Marty’s theories that movies are documentaries are true, citing E.T., Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The others think it would provoke more questions and prolong the call. It takes nine.

Curtis claims to be rehearsing Gollum for a community production of The Hobbit. The others debate whether Marty would already know and whether hearing about a play would end the call. An audition variant is floated but not established as replacing the rehearsal, which survives in the recap. It takes seven.

Brad says he is at a Seattle Supersonics game, Niles cannot come and Marty should join him. The group likes the idea of getting Marty out, but calls the execution sloppy. With only one and five open, it takes five.

Curtis says he bet Niles he could whisper for twenty-four hours and is winning. The group takes this option off the board.

Ryan says speaking got him thrown out of a silent movie and asks Marty to pick him up at Fifth and Crane. This becomes the number-one lie.

Brad proposes being at a psychology lecture and needing to whisper. It is praised as plausible, but rejected in favor of a solution that gets Marty out.