I havent seen the deleted scene. I have the DVD set and dont remember that being one of them (I will have to go back and check again though).

About the trip to america, there is nothing to say that Mike wouldnt have taken Fabrizio back with him (or at least brought him eventually).. just an attempt to breathe some new life and questions into the board (wouldnt want to bore DBCH)

Finance is a gun, Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.