 Hal says to his roommate Nick, "Your whole life is constipated", which is true in both a literal and figurative sense, the latter especially in relation to his love life. Not quite what you would call a ladies  man, Nick and his life start to loosen up when he meets Elaine, a married older woman in the building. Although their connection happens on many levels, they have the love of classic Canadian rock as a strong meeting point, of course including the Stampeder s song "Sweet City Woman". This liaison with Nick makes Elaine reexamine her life with older and stuffier Carlisle. Everything comes to a head when Nick crashes Carlisle s book launch party, and puts "Sweet City Woman" on the record player. Mirroring his now loosened life, Nick s constipation finally subsides. The episode concludes with a scene straight out of "The Graduate".