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EMILY Anything I can do to help?

JERRY Got a miracle up your sleeve?

EMILY You OK?

JERRY If I said I was, I’d be kidding both of us.

EMILY I don’t like to see you this way. (puts her hand on his) I care about you.

JERRY I care about you, too. In fact, if I was single, I’d be in love with you.

EMILY Good. Because I’d be in love with you, too. I really would.

JERRY OK. Dump your basketball coach. Let’s have an affair.

EMILY Really?

JERRY Emily, how long have you been my admin?

EMILY Fifteen years.

JERRY Have I ever behaved in a way that would elicit a MeToo moment?

EMILY No.

JERRY Good. I actually wouldn’t know what to do with a woman who wasn’t crazy about me.

EMILY Who said I’m not crazy about you?

JERRY But will you see it that way thirty years from now?

EMILY Who’s thinking about thirty years from now?

JERRY I’m afraid it’s become necessary, even when I find myself at an especially vulnerable time. I’m just kidding, dear. First of all, I respect my wife beyond measure. It’s not that she’s every asked for it. She commands it with her intelligence and behavior. And second, you’re the best admin a guy could have. And let’s just keep it at that. OK?

EMILY All right. If you promise to take it easier on yourself.

JERRY Sure. I promise.

EMILY How convincing