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Danny continues his pursuit of Jordan while Matt competes on an online bid for a date with Harriet. Jack and Wilson must deal with their pending situation about Macau, while Jordan meets with Hallie Gallway regarding a new reality show pitch. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Aaron Sorkin Dana Calvo David Handelman

Director:: Lawrence Trilling

Stars:: Matthew Perry (Matt Albie); Amanda Peet (Jordan McDeere); Steven Weber (Jack Rudolph); Nathan Corddry (Tom Jeter); Sarah Paulson (Harriet Hayes); Bradley Whitford (Danny Tripp); D.L. Hughley (Simon Stiles)

Recurring Role:: Nate Torrence (Dylan); Mark McKinney (Andy Mackinaw); Edward Asner (Wilson White); Lucy Davis (Lucy Kenwright); Merritt Wever (Suzanne); Julia Ling (Kim Tao)

Guest Star:: Raymond Ma (Zhang Tao); Amy Jo Brogan (Gym Employee); Kurt Fuller (Ted); Kelvin Yu (Kevin); Columbus Short (Darius Hawthorne); Stephanie Childers (Hallie)

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Timothy Busfield (Cal Shanley) does not appear in this episode but you can hear his voice calling for a New Years welcome back meeting near the beginning of the episode when Danny is in his office. edit »

Jack: I wish this was a fight for ethics. I wish this was a conversation about the integrity of the news, but it's not. It's about preventing ourselves from being a laughingstock.
Ted: Well, I don't feel like a laughingstock.
Jack: That's only because you're a moron.
Ted: (To Wilson, after a long pause) You're backing up what he said?
Wilson White: Yes, including and especially your being a moron. edit »
Hallie: He got your order wrong.
Jordan: No, this is what I eat while I'm waiting for the food edit »
Hallie: (talking with Jordan in Jordan's office) Uh oh, there's another pretty girl at the dance and this one's not pregnant. edit »
Tom: What are you doing?
Lucy: Um, waiting for Simon to come back. The men who work here have a very difficult time focusing on one subject at the moment. They're easily distracted by shiny objects-
Tom: Would you like to go out on a date with me sometime?
Lucy: Pardon?
Tom: I asked if you would like to go out on a date with me sometime.
Lucy: Really?
Tom: Yeah.
Lucy: Really?
Tom: Yeah.
Lucy: Really?
Tom: Yeah.
Lucy: I'd love to.
Tom: Thursday night?
Lucy: Sure.
Tom: Then my work here is done. edit »
Jordan: Danny, you shouldn't be in the studio alone
Danny: Matt's here
Jordan: Matt's there because with Harriet gone, it's like someone moved his food dish. edit »

The pitch from a program called "All you need is love" is not really original. There was a programme of that name which aired in European countries such as Holland and Portugal. The programme was a reality tv show, where sets of two unknown people were set on blind dates by the programme producers. The encounters would than be filmed and the participants sometimes followed for a period of weeks. The programme also reunited estranged family members, hurt ex-lovers and people who were for some reason or another apart. Despite the fact that it was not very good, it ran for several seasons. edit »
Matt: You guys heard of a book called "The 48 Laws of Power"?

Matt is talking about the book written by Robert Greene, "The 48 Laws of Power", published in 1998. edit »

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LMH68
member since: Aug 23, 2006
Monday
The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
I love this show, and this episode had everything in it that works for me. The dialog is witty and clever and I relate to the issues. It's part 1 of 3, so I'm not going to call it perfect ... yet. ...Continue »
01/28/07 04:37am | report abuse
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Diogo22
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Monday
The Bottom Line: "Above average"
I see it as the first third of a movie... ...Continue »
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WendolaPM
member since: Oct 30, 2006
Monday
The Bottom Line: "Above average"
It was an OK episode! I liked it. ...Continue »
01/25/07 04:28am | report abuse
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entil2001
member since: Jun 15, 2005
Monday
The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
A good start to a strong story arc ...Continue »
01/24/07 06:03pm | report abuse
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ILuvLuke
member since: Jun 7, 2005
Monday
The Bottom Line: "Character development"
Okay, so I am a huge Jack fan now, and I am so glad that the writers stuck to their guns and made Danny say "No" at the end. ...Continue »
01/23/07 10:11pm | report abuse