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that she thinks might be right for me?

Are you serious?

As a heart attack, kip.

I remember being at your place this one time,

and she was bitching about how all her single friends

can't find a good man, how they can't even get a date.

Well, here I am.

I'm a good man, right?

Yeah, Marvin, you're a good man.

Yeah, so, you'll talk to her. You'll see if she knows anybody.

It's a lot to ask someone to play matchmaker for you.

You mean, it's a favor, a big one.

Yeah. Something like that.

You remember what I did for you the other night?

And that was a really big favor, too.

And the reason I did it,

hell, look, I was glad to do it,

was because you were in danger of losing everything.

And, brother, I know what that's like.

I lost everything.

Nance left me.

I got downsized.

I just, I didn't want that for you.

Now the tables have turned.

Do you really want that for me?

Are you serious?

I'm just asking if you know anyone who might dig him.

No.

I'm not setting up any of my friends with Marvin.

Why?

Because he's not cute.

He's...Unemployed. He's weird.

And frankly, he's a little creepy.

-Creepy? -Yeah.

Forget all you know about him

and just consider if you met him today.

You'd never even talk to a guy like that.

How can you say that? He's one of my best friends.

That you never hang out with

and you don't have anything in common with.

I take it he came by your office again today.

So what if he did?

Ohh. Jesus!

How needy is this guy?

It's like he's stalking you all of a sudden.

No, it's not like that.

Yeah, it is like that. It's annoying.

You know, it's not like all of your friends are such prizes.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means they're always complaining

about being single,

how they are no good guys out there, but what?

They wouldn't even consider going out with Marvin?

I mean, yeah,

he's had some bad luck, but he is a good guy.

Ah, these women, they're just dripping with desperation,

a very attractive quality, by the way,

and maybe this is why.

Because their standards aren't low enough?

That is what you're saying.

No. No.

I'm saying...They're not open minded enough.

Come on.

You must have one friend who might like him.

Good evening.

Hey, Marv.

Looking sharp, my friend.

Yeah, Sunday best.

Come on in.

Is that for us?

I, uh, thought I'd offer this to the lady of the house.

You know, generate a little good will.

Knock yourself out.

Good evening, ladies.

Ma'am, this is for you.

Oh. That's really sweet. Thank you.

Marvin, this is mindy.

Mindy, this is Marvin.

So, this is Marvin.

Pleasure.

Marvin and kip went to school together.

That's right, all the way back to elementary.

Yeah.

Wait, so, you guys are the same age.

I'm one year older, actually.

Only one year?

Well, some cars show their mileage more than others.

It doesn't mean they're not built for speed.

That's...Good to hear.

And so, of course, he gets the same judge again, right?

I mean, it's Murphy's law meets state law, completely.

Murphy's law! I like that! I like it.

Um, so, Marvin, what is it that you do exactly?

Me?

Oh, mindy, the thing about Marvin is that he's,

I'm between jobs.

So you're unemployed?

Not for performance reasons.

Marvin is just a victim of the economic climate.

Yeah, that's right.

I was temporarily downsized,

and then, two months later,

the whole company just, pbht!, Goes belly up.

Right. But you're currently looking for work, right?

Oh, sure. Yeah. But damn is it good at hiding from me.

So, until I can find it,

I guess I'll just have to rely on my good looks.

It's nice that he walked her to her car.

You know this was a complete disaster, right?

Yeah, it didn't really feel like

there was a love connection.

We tried, though, right?

I mean...We did the guy a kindness.

Did we?

He had no shot, none.

Oh, my God.

Look, he thinks he did well. Jesus.

You know who that is, right?

That is mindy calling to let me have it

because I wasted her time with him.

Well, that's not fair.

I mean, so he's not her type.

How's that you problem?

Not her type? Whose type is he?

He doesn't have his sh*t together, kip.

He's a good guy.

Well, it's not enough,

and the fact that he has to glom on to you

because he doesn't have friends of his own,

Hey. Thank you guys so much.

That mindy, boy, she is a swell girl!

She's pretty. She's, uh, career oriented.

She keeps me on my toes.

I mean, I need that, you know?

Sure thing, Marvin.

Yep.

All things considered,

I think we did pretty well in there.

Yes, sir.

You know, I finally feel

like things are changing for the better.

Well, good.

Yep.

So, uh...

How long until I call mindy?

What do you do?

You give it like a couple days or something?

You know, I don't know what the modus operandi is

for these modern-day chicks.

Marv.

Yeah.

You do realize that she's not interested, right?

Did she tell you that?

She told Claire.

All right.

That's all right, I guess.

Plenty of fish.

Plenty of fish.

Yeah, sure. Claire knows lots of single girls.

Let's just have her set something up.

No. No. No, man.

She's, she's not gonna do that.

What do you mean she's not gonna do that?

Just that. She's not gonna set you up with anyone else.

Well, kip, I think we should ask Claire

and see what she has to say.

Come on, man. She knows lots of single girls.

There's bound to be one that's my type.

I don't have to ask her, Marvin.

I know.

She said that?

Yeah. She said that.

Well...What did she say?

And I mean exactly.

You have to understand, these women that she knows,

they're all at a certain stage of life,

and they're all looking for, you know, basically the same things.

You know, it's not enough to have a great personality.

They want the whole package,

and to that end, there are certain things that you lack.

Like what?

Like a job.

These woman are marriage-minded, okay?

They're looking for somebody who's ready to settle down.

Yeah, but that fits me to a "t", brother.

-No. -Yeah.

No. It doesn't, okay?

They want to be taken care of.

You are not in a position to be taking care of anybody.

All right.

All right, smart guy.

-Okay. -Oh, come on.

You are. You're a smart guy.

You got all these women crawling all over you.

Why don't you just tell me

what I need to do in order to find me one?

I don't have women crawling all over me.

Oh, bullshit!

You got so many, you got to juggle them!

Don't you remember that?!

-Keep your goddamn voice down. -Keep my goddamn voice down?

Keep my f***ing voice down!

What the hell are you doing?!

F*** you, little man!

You have no idea how good you've got it.

You've got yourself a prize woman in there,

and I got nothing!

Does that strike you as fair?! Huh?!

Especially when you know the only reason you got her

is because of what I did for you!

A**hole.

Mr. Desmond?

Um, I prefer "kip," actually.

Kip. Okay, great.

Uh, I'm Cole Carter.

It's a pleasure to finally meet you, sir.

Cole, not cool. Sorry about that.

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