:44:10
Mr. Block, Mr. McNulty
to see you.
:44:12
Send him in.
:44:16
McNulty, good. Look, this should cover
your up-front expenses.
:44:19
I want you to go up to Maine,
get me all the dirt on Novak.
:44:22
No girl like that would swear off love
to get ahead in the work force.
:44:26
Somewhere, sometime,
some guy hurt her.
:44:28
Now, I need to find him, so I can prove
I'm right and nail my exposé.
:44:32
Gladly. That broad's book
is bad for business.
:44:35
Husbands don't want their wives
tailed anymore.
:44:37
They know if she's sneaking out now,
she's just looking for a job.
:44:43
Hello. Mac. Mac. Mac, calm down.
:44:49
Okay, I'll be right over.
:44:51
- Quick, taste my sauce. Too tart?
- This is your big emergency?
:44:55
Yes. I invited Vikki to dinner.
It has to be perfect...
:44:58
...so she'll find me irresistible,
and I can make my big move.
:45:01
You could've made your big move
three weeks ago, Mac. I keep telling you.
:45:05
That's these "Down With Love" girls'
claim to fame. One date, no waiting.
:45:09
These "Down With Love" girls may be used
to having sex the way a man does...
:45:13
...but I'm not. Too sweet?
:45:18
So I guess you and Novak
have been very down with love.
:45:22
I mean, you've had, what,
29 dates in 23 days?
:45:26
Yeah, but I'm trying to get her not
to want to have sex with me.
:45:29
These days you gotta play your cards
right to get a girl to say no.
:45:32
Or maybe you just like spending time
with her.
:45:35
Maybe the necessity
of all this chastity and monogamy...
:45:39
...has made you realize that Barbara
Novak is your ideal potential lover.
:45:42
Come back to Earth, buddy boy.
Your cake's burning.
:45:51
So this is how a guy like you
does it, huh?
:45:55
No, I don't do it. If I did do it,
I'd do what I'm doing...
:45:57
...which reminds me of something
I didn't do.