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By Gwen | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.29.2000
Mark introduces himself to Cindy in the Unisex. He starts up some small talk, saying, "Richard told me about your thing..." Ally pokes her head in and asks Mark to talk to her later. Cindy wants to know what "thing" Richard told Mark about. He says, "Your case. I admire your testosterone, taking a stand like this." They go back and forth in this vein, with Cindy assuming that Richard told her secret, until Mark asks if Cindy's seeing anyone. She's surprised. Mark knows he shouldn't be hitting on a client, but she's "just so cute" and Mark is a man...Richard pokes his head in and tells Cindy to hurry. Mark asks if he can call her sometime and she says, "I don't think that's a good idea." "Where does that fall between yes and no?" he asks. Damn, Mark is smooth. Cindy gets all flustered and almost forgets her purse as she runs off. Elaine comes out of a stall, smiling like a dolphin. Mark asks her how he did. "Mark, if the girl doesn't say no, it's 'yes.' Pursue!" she tells him. Elaine's so crazy. I want to like this story line, but I can't because it's made of the stuff of urban legends and it's bound to become offensive very soon. I like Mark and I want to see him happy. He and Cindy have chemistry. Let's hope that Mark turns out to be bisexual and the two of them stay together. Oh, wait...I forgot. Bisexuals don't belong on this show, do they? They'd gross Ally out and we can't have that. Okay, so I'm bracing myself for Mark's humiliation at the hands of the other men on the show. Hey -- maybe next week they can do a court case about the apocryphal father and daughter who inadvertently have cyber sex with each other.
Back in court, John questions Myra. She talks about the fact that all men are attracted to her. John Freudian-slips, "And you just decided to have sex with me? Uh, stutter, stutter -- him?" She says, "We were two consenting adults acting out a very horny moment." What is with people trying to be sexy in court on this show? I'd think that they would just want to get through their cases and conduct their sex lives afterwards, what with all the fees they're paying. John's voice cracks. He asks if the plaintiff is trying to make a fortune by abusing sexual harassment laws. Georgia and Renee object. Renee uses her baby voice to ask if Myra's ever had sexual relationships with any other assistants. Myra's done it with two others. She doesn't feel bad about it, either, because since she was sixteen, men have wanted to have sex with her. She has no qualms about propositioning men because they've always done it to her, but she's free to say no and so are they, blah blah, sexually-liberated-woman this, sexually-liberated-woman that. She sees no problem with making advances to her employees.