Trust Me Episode 1.08 What's the Rush

Dave, a New Business account exec, sets up for a meeting with Hydrenaline, a possible new client, in a conference room. Clearly a bit nervous, he flies around the room putting out RGM information packets and pens, and employs Brooke to help him. When Conner sees what's going on, he laughs. Why would anybody have their panties in such a twist for anything? Dave expresses annoyance when he sees that Conner isn't wearing any orange-a color in Hydrenaline's logo-which Dave required everyone to wear today. This company could bring its $30 million worth of business to RGM and he wants everything to be perfect. Conner tells him he thought he was kidding about this, then plops himself down at the table. No, no, Dave implores, that's Tony's seat. Conner doesn't get up-this isn't a wedding, after all. People can sit wherever they want.

Meanwhile, Sarah sits in a nondescript waiting room and is called upon by Jacy, perky young woman who mispronounces her last name. After Sarah corrects her, she welcomes her to "It's Just Lunch." What's this all about. . .?

Just prior to the meeting with Hydrenaline, Tony asks Dave where he'd like him to sit. When he points him to a chair in the middle of the table, Tony tells him he'd rather sit at the head. Fine. Tony then asks Mason and Conner why they're not wearing orange as he looks down at his tie. It washes Mason out, apparently, and doesn't look good on him.

Dave fills them in as to the situation: Diane Cooper, the head of marketing at Hydrenaline, will be with them for 30 minutes to hear their brand overview, then she'll be off to DDB, one of their competitors. It's down to DDB and RGM, so this is going to have to be solid. Conner's not worried-he says they're cooler than them and Mason agrees.

In walks Diane, a striking woman who is warmly greeted by Dave and introduced to all in the room. Barely giving Conner a "hello," she shakes Mason's hand and semi-discreetly flirts with him. She tells him he has really soft hands. It becomes a little be more apparent when she chooses to sit down right next to him instead of in the seat Dave suggests.

At It's Just Lunch, Jacy tells Sarah not to be nervous. Joining a dating service can be a little stressful, but it's an exciting new beginning. Sarah asks what happens if she hates who she meets. Jacy laughs this off-all of their clients are wonderful people, just like her. Sarah tries not to roll her eyes. Jacy explains the process: Sarah will chat with her, answer some questions, and will then be set up with someone who seems to match her interests, goals, etc. Easy enough, right? If the lunch works out, they can exchange numbers; if not, the service will provide phrases that will let the other person down lightly. Sarah says she can come up with her own phrases in the condescending manner that is all too her. Jacy scribbles a note on the pad in front of her. This is going to be interesting. . .

Diane and Sarah seem answer each other's questions to a certain extent during the informational montage that follows:

At RGM, Diane explains that Hydrenaline is an all-natural energy drink. . .

Sarah describes herself as normal and down-to-earth, and says she hasn't been dating much at all because she has trouble meeting guys. . .

Diane explains that their last ad agency didn't understand that they want to be sophisticated. Energy drinks are the fastest-growing beverage category and they want to be the upscale option to the other sugar-based brands. Mason asks their ideal target. . .

Sarah says she's looking for a guy around his mid-30s. Jacy tells her that most of their girls don't mind skewing a bit older. Sarcastic as ever, Sarah says 70 is fine then, as long as he's rich and terminally ill. . .

Mason sums it up: Hydrenaline's looking for young professionals who are looking for an alternative to caffeine and sugar. . .

Jacy tells Sarah that most women who found the mate said sense of humor was most important. Sarah rather bluntly states that she doesn't want to date a fat guy. Jacy scribbles in her notebook. . .

Mason asks what kind of person Hydrenaline would be. Diane answers social, sophisticated and sexy. . .

Divorced. How long has Sarah been divorced? She balks at answering because she doesn't want it in her profile, but Jacy assures here that a lot of their clients are. Plus, they'd never match her up with someone who would have a problem with it. When Jacy smiles and tells Sarah she should be really excited, It's Just Lunch's newest client has to fake it a bit. . .

Diane expresses her excitement for seeing what RGM will come up with for Hydrenaline. She leaves the four men watching her as she leaves, but not before giving Mason another flirtatious look.

Later, Conner sits down in Mason's office, cracks open a can of Hydrenaline, and says the meeting went well. It'll be a good victory for them. Mason agrees, then asks if Conner picked up on Diane flirting with him. Nope, she wasn't. Mason disagrees-she was totally flirting with him even though she saw he's married. Well, some women like that, but she wasn't paying him any more mind than any other dude in the meeting, Conner assures him. Nonetheless, Mason asks him what he should do about it. Should he flirt back? Sure, why not, even though she's not with him, Conner reiterates. It clears the head, strengthens the heart, so on and so on. Just keep it clean.

Mason's phone rings and it's Diane. She asks him to join her for drinks the following night. He agrees to it, hangs up, and gives Conner an "I told you so" speech, but Conner's not having any of it. Mason goes to have drinks all the time with clients. Yeah, but not sexy ones who are coming on to him. Oh, so Mason finds her sexy? Absolutely he does. Conner doesn't disagree with this.

Hector chugs a can of Hydrenaline and pops up spastically when Sarah walks in RGM's doors. What's she doing? Where's she been? What's she writing? Tom explains that he's been drinking Hydrenaline nonstop and pulls out the It's Just Lunch brochure sticking out of Sarah's purse. Hector tells her that it's not a good idea-his sister's best friend was in one of those and got set up with a professional wrestler. Tom has a different view: joining a dating service doesn't mean you're a loser-it announces to the world that you're ready to be discovered. Sarah, finally arriving at her office, reads one of the "positive" putdowns provided by It's Just Lunch and closes her door.

Right before going to bed that night, Mason tells Erin that he might be a little late for dinner because he's having drinks with a possible client. She asks how late, but he assures her it's just drinks, so it won't be an all-night thing. He adds that it's with a Hydrenaline exec named Diane who happens to be very attractive. Erin surprises him by ignoring the latter and asking what Hydrenaline is. He tells her it's an energy drink, then adds that Diane was flirting with him. Erin almost laughs. Wow, good for him. Mason is disappointed-couldn't she be a little bit jealous or make a thing out of it? She asks him if it is a thing, he says it isn't. Well then she's not going to see it as a thing. Then she gets playful with it. She could go crazy over it, stalk him, track his every move-just like she did in high school. Mason points out that they didn't go to high school together. Oh, right. Must've been another guy. She smiles, turns off the light and goes to bed, leaving Mason to lie there with his own jealous thoughts.

The following morning, Mason meets with Conner, Hector and Tom about putting together a campaign for Hydrenaline. The way he sees it, they can take it two ways-the "it wakes you up" road or the "it takes you all the way to 11!" road. Hector, who's still clearly buzzing on the stuff, says it really does, in fact, take you right to 11 in a hurry. Mason thinks they should go the wake up route based on what Diane said. They want sophisticated, social and alternative. No young professionals are base jumping on a regular day. They're drinking their coffee, which Hydrenaline intends to replace. Conner disagrees wholeheartedly. They should use the exciting, straight-to-11 strategy. The other one is wrong. Mason tells him it's not wrong, he just disagrees with it. Conner asks to speak with him privately outside of the room. Okay. . .

Before Conner starts, Mason tells him to stop falling in love with his own ideas and refusing to back down. Conner explains that this is a $30 million account and he doesn't want their pitch to go down the wrong road. Just because he thinks it's the wrong road doesn't mean it actually is the wrong road. There's a difference. In this case, Conner argues, they're the same thing. Mason wants to know how he could possibly know that. Well, the client told him. When? Last night. . .and this morning. In the shower.

Interesting.

Mason follows Conner back to his office and shuts the door. He's sleeping with Diane? Yep. Is he crazy? This is a $30 million account they're talking about. Conner knows what he's doing-after all, he's the reason RGM got to work on a campaign for Hydrenaline, anyway. So this has been going on for a while? Yep. Diane is smart, funny and willing to try anything. They're thinking of going to Rome together. Mason is beside himself-how long was Conner going to let him go on about the flirting thing? More importantly, how is he going to act like nothing is going on between Conner and her tonight during drinks? Conner calls back something he's currently undertaking at the office-Mason means he'll have to do something like keeping a secret about two coworkers hooking up? Once again, Mason explains that the thing between he and Sarah was a drunken kiss-that didn't have a $30 million account riding on it. Conner is a bit taken aback because he thought Mason would be happier about this. He's pretty much singlehandedly secured them a major advantage over DDB. Mason goes silent, realizes he has no argument for this, then says the "going-to-11" thing sounds like a great idea.

Later at the bar, Diane tells Mason she's happy they're going with the "11" strategy. Yep, so is he. It's just so much more exciting and you really get a bang out of it. Diane compliments him on his shirt, then says she really enjoyed meeting people from RGM. Dave is great, but she feels an agency makes it statement through the creatives working for it. She asks about Conner's reputation-does he live up to what's said about him? Mason sees this as a question to his professional output and begins lauding his copywriting skills, but Diane stops him. She was referring to his personal life. The rumor is that he's a bit of a player.

This is going to get tricky. . .

Mason tiptoes his way around this one, making jokes and trying to avoid answering at all costs. Diane asks him to tell her his craziest Mason and Conner story, but he balks once again. Instead, he relates her request to business. This would be a great idea of Hydrenaline's website-submit your craziest adrenaline-filled story. Diane, not happy about him ignoring her request, says this is a good idea with absolutely no emotion in her voice. So. . .is Conner seeing anybody? Or multiple people? No, no, Conner's not like that. In fact, he's a bit of a romantic. Diane agrees, but it's not clear whether it's wholehearted or not. Knowing she's not going to drag any more information out of him, she tells Mason that she's having dinner with someone, giving him his cue to leave. He does so, saying he looks forward to working with her. She returns the compliment, adding an "if they, in fact, work together."

Mason walks out the door and almost runs into Conner. Oh, so he's the dinner guy. Conner says he likes to think of himself as the headliner. Mason admonishes him for not being discreet about this relationship, but Conner brushes it off. They're going to have dinner, then probably go back to his place and, you know. . .

See. Discreet-he didn't even say it out loud.

Sarah looks over storyboards for her Dove campaign in her office when her phone rings. Hector rushes in and tells her not to answer it-it could be the It's Just Lunch people. If she picks up, she could be set up on the worst date of her life. Sarah picks up anyway. It's Jacy, who's thrilled to tell Sarah that she's already got a date picked out for her. With Hector pacing back in front of her desk, Sarah gets the details. His name is Guy, he's 5'11", dark hair, brown-almost-hazel eyes, he's an entrepreneur, and he enjoys books. She tells Sarah she'll send her the rest of the details for her date tomorrow and they hang up. Hector snatches up the notes Sarah had been taking about they guy, reads them over, then tells Sarah who it describes: him. If he was shorter. And a loser. He then makes his grand exit. Sarah tells herself that it's going to be great.

At the McGuire household, Erin asks if Conner semi-dating Diane is actually legal as her and Mason wash the dishes after dinner. Technically it is, but Mason says it's extremely stupid. They have mere months to make up for the $75 million they lost when Arc left and this $30 million would be a nice chunk of it. Conner is jeopardizing it with his antics, even though he says he's being careful. Erin is surprised that Mason is so surprised about all of this-it's not like Conner hasn't pulled stuff like this before. Yeah, well, this is a big deal and Mason thought he was smarter. So, that's why he's mad? It's the possibility of not winning a big account? Erin asks if Mason's sure it's not because Diane's now flirting with Conner and not him. Possibly the worst liar on the planet, Mason denies this, but it's easy to see through it. However, if he and Diane were a thing, he'd know how to handle it. Conner's relationships never end well. Erin asks him if he's sure that he's not jealous of his friend-he did wear that really nice shirt to work today. Mason points out that she is jealous. She denies it, but she does say that she used to work in advertising, so she knows what goes on. People hooking up. People having sex in offices. Mason laughs this off-it doesn't happen. Well, then he can look Erin in the eye and say that. He does so:

It doesn't happen. . .

. . .to him. He doesn't have sex in the office.

Erin tells him that he'd better not.

In town, Diane and Conner speed down the street in Diane's convertible. She shows the wild side in her that hasn't be witnessed up until this point. She suggests they go swimming and ignores the fact that Conner says it's awfully cold to be doing that. Her parents' neighbors have a pool in the suburbs. They could jump the fence and go skinny dipping. Conner doesn't think this is a good idea. He has to get some rest tonight so he can be sharp enough to work on her product in the morning. She tells him he's working on it right now. Plus, it's not all that hard. All people want from an energy drink is the rush. To point an exclamation on her point, she has Conner put his hand on top of hers-wow, it's strong-on the gearshift and jams on the gas and they fly down the street. Conner asks her what her flirting with Mason was all about and she laughs. Did it make him jealous? He just looks at her and asks her how far away the pool is.

Game on.

The next day at work, Mason walks in to find the entire office in a raucous uproar. Staffer whoops and holler as Conner and Tom are racing around the cubes in desk chairs. Mason laughs and asks Hector if they've gotten any good ideas. A few, but they started to stall and Conner thought this would get the juices flowing. Sarah walks out from the break area with a fresh cup of coffee and is almost run over by the two of them. She dumps her coffee all over the front of her shirt. Today of all days. She storms off, completely pissed. Tony then walks out and asks to see Mason in his office.

Once there, he tells him that he called an old friend of his at the agency that had worked on Hydrenaline before they decided to move on. He wanted to see if he could get any insight on their business practices. From what he heard, it sounds like their strategies are pretty much in line, which is great, except for one snag. It seems that Diane got romantically involved with someone at the other agency and, when the relationship went south, so did the account. Mason is immediately concerned, obviously, but isn't sure what Tony might know.

Tony asks him point blank: Should he take him off of the account?

Him?! Why?

Well, Diane was shamelessly flirting with him yesterday during the meeting. He doesn't want RGM to get wrapped up in this and lose the business. Tony asks if he tried to pursue anything after the meeting. Of course not. He's smarter than that. Mason guarantees him that nothing is or will happen between him and Diane. Plus, he's a family man. Tony says he has complete faith in Mason's intentions, but men are stupid creatures. Their group is $75 million short of justifying their existence and he doesn't want Mason's antics blowing $30 million for them. Diane ruined a guy's career and cost his agency millions. That can't happen here. Again, Mason gives his guarantee that nothing will go down and, as if on cue, Conner bursts through the door on his chair.

The frat party continues outside. . .

Later, Diane walks in Conner's office and finds him drinking a Hydrenaline at his desk. He asks if there's some meeting he didn't know about. She says there could be-would he like to do lunch. Sure, where? His place. Oh, absolutely. The two of them begin walking out, but Sarah stops Conner. How does she look? Did she get all of the coffee out? Diane slinks behind Conner and looks on with jealousy as he tells Sarah that she looks great. When Sarah notices Diane, Conner introduces them, then asks where Sarah's going. Nowhere. Nowhere at all. She asks Conner if he can see her bra through her shirt. He says no; an angsty Diane says she can see that it's pink. Sarah freaks out a little, until Conner says she looks stunning. She smiles, satisfied, and walks away.

Then Diane freaks out a little bit. Did Conner really have to flirt like that right in front of her?

That? That wasn't flirting. He was propping up an extremely insecure person. You know, being a nice guy.

Insecure people are the most susceptible to flirting, Diane argues, right before the two of them run into Mason. Conner quickly explains that they're going to lunch. Oh, that's good. Mason says he doesn't have plans so he'd like to go with them. Diane quickly says no and pulls out a thick stack of consumer reports. She'd like Mason to read them and be ready to talk about them. Sure, he'll get to them-after lunch. That doesn't work for Diane, who's trying her best to get rid of Mason. She says she wants to meet with him to discuss the reports after lunch, so he's going to have to read them during. No time to hang out with her and Conner. She doesn't wait for his rebuttal this time and walks off. Conner just smiles and follows.

The phone rings at Mason's house and Erin rushes to answer it. It's Diane, who's standing in Conner's bedroom dressed in her underwear and using his phone. She asks who it is and Erin tells her it's the McGuire household. Oh. As in Mason McGuire? Yep. Well, this must be his home number. She was trying to reach him at his office.

Diane hangs up on a confused Erin, then begins searching Conner's phone. A number for Sarah has to be in there. . .

Before she can find out for sure, Conner walks in with a sandwich for her. One look at each other, however, and lunch gets tossed aside so they can go straight to recess. . .

Later, Conner plops down on the couch in Mason's office completely exhausted. He doesn't know how much longer this stuff with Diane can go on-she's tiring him out. Don't get him wrong, it's a good thing, but he must be getting older because he's having trouble keeping up. Mason points out that this sounds like his "I'm bored" voice, but is told otherwise. Diane is interesting and fun, and he's not bored at all. Well, that's good, because he's not allowed to break up with her. This peaks Conner's curiosity-why can't he do that? Mason fills him in: Diane had an affair with a guy at Hydrenaline's last agency and when things turned sour between the two of them, she fired the agency. The continued existence of the Mink group hinges on this account, so Conner has to keep making Diane happy. He says that's the most ridiculous thing he's ever heard, but Mason tells him not to worry. He doesn't have to stay with Diane forever-just until he's ready to retire.

At home, Haley tells Erin that Mason called to tell her he's staying at work late. Erin, probably a tad suspicious because of Diane calling before, asks Haley if she can ask her a question. Without hesitating, Haley asks if they're getting a divorce. Of course not. Her and her father are very happy together. . .Why does she ask? Do they not seem like it? Haley says they do, she guesses, but she never sees them together. When she does, they appear happy, though. Not gross happy like older couples who make out in public all of the time, but happy nonetheless. Before Erin can say anything else, Haley tells her that she wanted to ask a question-what was it. Oh, right. Can Haley take care of her brother tonight?

Yeah, no problem. But why. . .?

That evening, Conner walks by Sarah's open office door and sees her looking distressed from behind her desk. What's up with her? Bad day? She looks tired. No, she's not tired. She just had a bad lunch. When Conner reveals that he knows she went out on a date through a dating service, she's not happy about it, but he manages to force the details out of her anyway.

Sarah told the service she wanted an intellectual guy, so they sent her a complete nerd. She also told them she liked guys who know what they want, so her "match" took forever to order food. Then, to put the nail in the coffin, they didn't hook her up with a conversationalist-they gave her a guy who wouldn't shut up.

Well, that sucks. Conner thinks about it for a moment, then tells her it's her fault.

Um, what?

Yep, she got exactly what she asked for, so she needs to revise her search query. He'll help. Instead of someone who describes himself as "intellectual," she wants someone who calls himself "intelligent." Instead of a "good conversationalist," she wants someone who can "communicate" and is a "good listener." Sarah argues that she actually wants to date a man, but Conner says she needs to request traits that a guy who thinks he knows what women want would write down. Everyone knows the ability to actually listen might not actually exist in men.

At that moment, Diane walks through the front doors of RGM and heads towards Conner's office. When she sees that he's in Sarah's, she stops and spies on them from a distance. When the two of them start laughing and appear to be having a good time together, she gets frustrated and stomps out of RGM.

Uh-oh.

Later, Mason sits working at his computer when Erin walks into his office with a long coat on. He's shocked to see her-is everything okay? Oh, yes, it absolutely is she answers coyly, then takes her coat off. . .to reveal that she's only wearing lingerie on underneath.

Hello, Erin.

Mason, of course, gets nervous. Can they really do this here? She tells him she used to work in advertising and she knows that they can. After a little adjusting of the desk chair and knocking storyboards off of the wall, they get down to business. . .

Tony walks by Mason's closed office door and can hear that something's going on in there. He puts his ear to the door and hears a woman giggling. Aw, crap. Tony, positive that it has to be Diane, isn't sure what to do. He lingers at the door for a moment, then decides to call Mason. When he does so, he can hear his phone ringing from inside, but it goes unanswered. In all of his disappointment, Tony bangs on Mason's door.

Inside, Mason scrambles to get his clothes back on as Erin laughs. . .

He pops out of his office and shuts the door behind him to meet Tony. He's completely disheveled and Tony calls him out on it. He can't believe he's actually hooking up with Diane. Mason, of all people. He's off the account. Period.

Mason assures him that Diane isn't in there-it's Erin.

Ha ha, yeah, right. He wants Tony to believe his wife is in there having sex with him?

Just then, Erin, now fully clothed, walks out of the office. She gives Tony a sheepish hello and tells Mason to meet her in the lobby when he's done. Tony looks at Mason a changed man and gives him a bright smile. Well done, young man. Well done, indeed.

Conner and Sarah walk out of the building together. Conner says good luck on the lunch dating and Sarah thanks him for his help. She then offers to buy him a beer to return the favor and, before he can answer, Diane comes swooping in like a crazy bat outta hell. Sure, Conner, let her buy you a beer. Why don't you have sex with her, too?

Whoa.

To say Conner and Sarah are taken aback is an understatement. They both try to defend themselves and say nothing is going on between the two of them, but Diane has already made up her mind and clearly states (see: yells) it at both of them. They're sleeping together. Sarah walks away from the situation disgusted by Diane's antics. Conner tries to calm the crazy one down, but she hit her point of no return long ago. Before stomping away, Diane says she hopes Sarah is worth $30 million.

Conner knows it just blew up in his face and hit the fan.

Later at home, Erin laughs about getting caught by Tony. Mason grabs them each a beer and reminds her that he didn't actually catch them doing anything because they didn't have time to start, but maybe now they will. . .

Knock at the door.

Damn it. That'd better not be Tony.

It's not, of course. It's Conner.

He walks in, even though Mason looks completely angry. He says he hopes he's not interrupting anything. Mason tells him he is; Erin says he's not. Oh, good, glad he's not being a nuisance. While Erin grabs him a beer, Conner tells Mason he did it right. Wonderful wife, nice house, great kids. . .then Mason reminds him that he hates the suburbs. Oh, right. Anyway, down to business.

Diane broke up with him.

Needless to say, Mason is furious. He tells Conner to go find Diane and fix things immediately. Erin tells him to settle down-the guy feels bad enough. No, no, he really doesn't. Either way, Conner isn't moving. Diane has a key to his apartment and a temper, and last time he saw her she was crazy. Can he crash there?

Erin says yes; Mason says no. They still have a new business meeting with Hydrenaline tomorrow, so they need to stay up as long as it take to come up with ways to salvage their bid. Erin grabs their beers and goes to make coffee. . .

The next day, Conner pours himself a cup of coffee and Mason hands him a can of Hydrenaline. Well, what the hell? Conner dumps the entire can into his coffee, then swears after this meeting he'll never drink it again. Mason points out he might not be able to do that if they win the account.

Does he really think that's going to happen?

Nope, but he can pretend to be optimistic for two hours.

A noticeably calmer Hector walks past the two of them drinking water. Conner asks him if he's seen Sarah and he's told that she's out on a lunch date. Apparently, she changed her application information and they found her someone. Both Conner and Hector seem a bit jealous about this.

At the restaurant, Sarah sits alone waiting for her date. After a few moments, a good/normal-looking guy makes his way over to her. He introduces himself as Dylan and apologizes for being late. He's actually been at the restaurant for a while, but didn't think someone who looked like her could possibly need the dating service. He then apologizes again for making it sound like he was feeding her a cheesy line, but he was telling the truth. Sarah smiles-this Dylan character seems like a good guy, and he's cute. She invites him to sit, joking that she'd like to see if she can get over his lines.

In the Hydrenaline meeting, Tony, Conner and Mason sit with Diane and Stan, the company president. Stan says Diane has told him a lot about them and he's looking forward to hearing their pitch. Well, good. Mason asks if they were at DDB in the morning. Yes, they were. Diane gives Conner a vengeful look and says they're really excited about what they heard over there. RGM has their work cut out for them.

Tony says Mason and Conner have put together a reel of their work, but is surprised to hear Mason say that they're not going to show it. Instead, he begins pitching a commercial. . .

Imagine a guy driving in a speeding convertible, except he's not driving at all. A foxy, completely sexy woman is behind the wheel. After a few moments of wind blowing through their hair, she looks at him and says, "Shift." He places her hand-which is both soft AND strong-on top of hers on the gearshift.

(Diane's eyes really widen when he says this. Conner enjoys every moment of it.)

The man and the woman go through each gear and, before the hit the last, the woman suddenly says, "Let's go swimming!"

The man says it's freezing out, but she says her parent's neighbors' have a pool-they can go skinny dipping. The man smiles, puts his hand back on hers, and they zoom off as they hit the last gear.

Mason says that's what's in a can of Hydrenaline-a rush. However. . .

. . .their target isn't kids who like childish things. Both Mason and Conner give Diane a look. It's adults who live, for lack of a better phrase, boring lives. They want a little something more exciting, more sexy. Romance is where the campaign of this product lies.

Stan is intrigued while Diane looks like she's administering final exams.

Conner and Mason don't quite know what the exact campaign is, but they do know it's all about romance and they'll fight, squabble and work hard to nail it down. That is what Stan can count on.

And that's their presentation. Diane jumps in immediately to say she doesn't think this is the right strategy and Stan thinks on this for a moment. Then he speaks: He thinks the first thing she said about RGM was correct: These guys are great. He'd much rather sit in a five minute meeting that produces a good idea rather than have his ass kissed while having a campaign shoved down his throat for three hours.

RGM wins. Diane loses.

The duo walks back to Mason's office. No words can describe the victory they just pulled off, so they just smile at each other in silence. When Conner finds a pair of lacy panties under the couch pillow, Mason's grin grows even wider and he shrugs happily at Conner's quizzical look.