 Sam and Rebecca each have a date to attend the same black tie event at the USS Constitution, and both are stood up. Sam suggests that they go together, but Rebecca would rather do anything else than go on a date with Sam. Sam goes alone and after the event brings back to the bar Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The admiral has a good time at the bar, as does everyone there hearing his stories. After he leaves, Rebecca is in a panic when her $32,000 borrowed diamond earrings that she had left in a tumbler in a her office go missing. She thinks the admiral has stolen them as he was the only person alone in her office during the evening. These are treasonous words in the mind of patriotic American, Cliff. As she turns everything upside down in her office in search of the earrings, Rebecca says she will do anything to get the earrings back, and yes, that anything includes sleeping with Sam. Carla suggests to Sam that they recreate the scene of the supposed crime. In doing so, Sam does indeed locate the earrings in a tumbler outside in the bar. Sam is ready to collect on his reward, but the look of total disgust on Rebecca s face leads instead to Sam and Rebecca discussing the nature of their current relationship and the fact that both react in knee-jerks to each other now out of habit. They vow to clear the slate and start over with each other in the way they view each other. Their discussion ends with a test kiss, which places Sam in a higher light in Rebecca s mind, although she doesn t want him to know that.