Back from commercial, but still in 1999, Luke's in his office, stretching out his arms at either side of him and drawing on the office walls with pencils; he's also rocking the dorm-casual look, though he doesn't need a hat to pull off "young and immature," as we're about to see. Matt and Luke are doing that Sorkin thing where they're both on two different conversation paths and only really speak to each other when they intersect. So Matt's going on and on about what an ass he made of himself with Harriet, but Luke only hears "Harriet," and says, "I've got my eye on her, and I've got seniority." Matt runs through the whole deal and arrives at the shocking revelation that Harriet's a Christian. "I'm a Christian," Luke says, nonchalantly. "Yeah, but she's, like, a...member." Matt's amazed to have found a religious person in such a den of amoral behavior -- where they fire you for popping pills, it should be noted -- and Luke steadfastly sticks by his opinion of "so what?" I love how Luke totally makes Matt look like the crazy one here. I mean, Matt is the crazy one here, but Luke's "whatever" attitude even makes Matt think he's acting nuts. Luke says that he's seen Harriet around: "She's cute as hell. And she's got game, I saw her audition tape." Little does Luke know that Matt's memorized that audition tape. Luke notes that Harriet "sings, too," and Matt makes the correction that she "acts, too," and Luke suddenly gets an idea for a sketch about a singing teacher that he'll pitch to Harriet. Matt returns to Luke's "seniority" comment, and doesn't think that entitles him to first dibs on the girl. Seriously, Luke, I thought you were a gentleman; standard shotgun rules say that Matt saw her first, so Matt's got dibs. Luke's more interested in this "world's worst singing teacher" character and how it could be a gag that runs for years and years and Harriet'll be indebted to him for writing it and "it'd feel just like actual love." Matt asks whether Luke's even spoken to Harriet, which sounds like a great idea to Luke, who tucks a pencil behind each ear and sets off to do just that. Why is Luke so appealing this week? That pencil thing was fucking adorable.













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