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4. The Smiley Face

Larry vows to topple a sacred dating taboo, and regrets making concessions to his new office neighbor; Jeffʼs alibi to get out of a dinner backfires.

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Larry's assistant Antoinette is on leave to take care of her ill father, causing chaos in Larry's office. Larry also has a dispute with next-door producer Dino "Big Dog" ( Harry Hamlin ) over cabinet boundaries. Larry later convinces Antoinette to come back to work for one day, but her father dies on the same day. Larry has a fling with Heidi, an attractive woman who works at a restaurant which he frequents. She borrows $60 from him and he is annoyed at her not repaying it, as well as her using smiley faces in text messages to him. She responds by drawing a smiley face on his head in sunblock, causing Larry to attend Antoinette's father's funeral with a smiley-face tan; Antoinette's mother later agrees to work as Larry's assistant. Jeff invents an ill-fated excuse to get out of a dinner engagement, causing Susie to wrongly believe that Jeff is having an affair with Antoinette's mother when Susie sees Jeff hugging her.

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