before getting to the gist of his speech already in progress. Obviously ecstatic with the offered figure, Larry does a complete turnaround on the spot and decides not to get rid of Stevie. Stevie's next appearance is in the episode "L.A. or N.Y.?", which was the second season's finale. After meeting Richard "Dick" Jermaine who represents the foreign beer producer that's about to take over the network, Larry is so displeased with the overall vibe he gets from the man—particularly with his idea to overhaul the show into a "late night news magazine wrap-up of the day's events with a hip MTV sensibility"—that he immediately contacts Stevie about his options to leave, citing his inability to work for "this fucking beer nut" as the reason. Stevie's immediate reaction is one of rehearsed loud jubilation: "Yesss, fuck that beer baron! We're fuckin' outta here!" Upon being told by Larry to keep it down, Stevie apologizes by saying "I live for this shit. It gets me all hot and wet." Stevie proceeds to inform Larry that he had already talked to Ted Harbert at ABC where according to Stevie "they'd kill their grandmothers" to have the New Larry Sanders Show After Nightline, which, as he adds, is "unfortunately the title they want to use". In addition to all of the above, Stevie tells Larry that the ABC people want him to do the show from New York City instead of L.A. Larry is receptive to all of it except for the move to NYC; the opposition to which at one point even prompts him to deliver his by now usual threat of moving to Montana, which Stevie takes half-jokingly by quipping it would make a great sitcom. Faced with a difficult decision under severe pressure from his girlfriend Francine as well as the show's staff who are scared for their jobs, Larry is soon informed by Stevie that the ABC deal is almost locked up and is shown a one-year contract figure. Unhappy with the lack of a long-term commitment on ABC's part, Larry wonders out loud to Stevie "if Harbert is such a big fan, how come the deal is only for a year". In his retort, Stevie flippantly points out that "these guys never last", adding: "he'll be out of a job within a year and we'll renegotiate". Larry doesn't like any of it, while Stevie attempts to reassure him: