Sally experiences a crisis of confidence before a date, fearing she will embarrass herself and be rejected. Dick attempts to offer a bizarrely worded pep talk rooted in their shared alien identity, while Harry points out the hypocrisy in Dick's own romantic anxieties.
SALLY: I'm afraid.
DICK: Of what?
SALLY: I'm afraid I'm going to do something stupid and he won't like me.
DICK: No-no don't leak. I hate it when you leak.
SALLY: What's wrong with me?
DICK: I have no idea.
HARRY: Uh, Dick, uh maybe I'm just shooting pork in a barrel here, but uh isn't that exactly
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