Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT All Work and No Play is Unheard of by These People
By Gwen | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.29.2000
Mark chats up Cindy at the bar. She doesn't seem to mind his persistence. She asks what's most important to him in a relationship. He tells her she has to at least dance with him before getting to ask a question like that. Ling and Richard take note. "You don't suppose he likes it, do you?" asks Richard. Ling corrects, "Her, Richard. Her." Whatever.
Scene Requiring Most Willful Suspension of Disbelief: Myra walks into John's office and starts coming on to him. Ostensibly she's there to apologize for her forwardness. She starts to walk away but John's nose whistles and she turns to ask if he said anything. His nose whistles again and she asks if he's making tea. He offers to make her some. His nose whistles again, loud and prolonged, like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's. It really is stupid. Myra can see that John's still nervous, so she suggests they wait to "get tea" until after the case. Then she kisses him goodbye as the slow piano starts up. On second thought, Myra would "really like to get some of that tea now." They kiss again. I guess that inner Barry White is working for John again, because it couldn't be that Myra's just screwing him for the sake of her case, could it?
As they dance, Mark asks Cindy if he can walk her home. "Don't push it," she says. He tells her he's not asking to come in, just to walk her home. She holds him closer. Ling and Richard still have nothing better to do than watch them. Ling says her stupid line about being "penile psychic." Richard wants to tell Mark Cindy's secret. "There's no value to a secret if you can't repeat it," he says. Ling tells him he can't breach attorney-client confidentiality like that. "You're a diamond, but she treats you like glass..." Vonda sings. Shut up, Vonda.
The next morning, in the Fish/Cage lobby, Richard's congratulating John for getting some from Myra. John is fraught because she's a client. Richard has no issue with it. Mark walks up, breaking up their locker-room session. John leaves. Richard tries to find out whether Mark slept with Cindy the night before. He didn't, apparently. Richard says it's wrong for Mark to date a client. Mark points out that Cindy's case is over. Richard says there'll probably be an appeal. Mark asks, "Since when do we have rules on who we can date? It seems every time I turn around, you have your finger in associates' knee pits." Richard says that a little knee pit's gonna look good to Mark after he sees...He starts again. He says Cindy's a virgin. Mark goes, "Richard, can I ask you something? If we were in the Unisex having this same exact conversation, what would happen?" "Why, that's easy," says Richard. "I'd turn around and Cindy would be standing there." "Flush, flush," Mark tells him. Richard turns around and sees Cindy looking pissed off. Ha! That was a funny scene.