 Norm brings a beautiful new client, Emily Phillips, into the bar for a drink. She seems "friendly" to Norm, and the guys and Carla egg him on. Diane and Sam are the only voices of dissent. Norm loves the attention and half-seriously goes along with the kidding, despite the fact that he is married to Vera. Finally the kidding gets to him and he takes Emily back to her place for dinner. Later, Emily calls to the bar looking for Norm. Apparently he never made it to her place, and now everyone at the bar knows. Norm comes back to the bar, all full of himself and his supposed conquest of Emily. Even after he finds out about Emily s telephone call, Norm keeps up the façade. In private with Sam, Norm admits that he loves Vera despite his kidding, and that she is the only woman with whom he s ever been, and he wants no one else. But he also admits that he feels uncomfortable about bragging about how much he loves his wife, which is the reason that he kids about Vera. So when he gets back out with the guys, Norm breaks down to his old self and continues his Vera bashing.