Original Commentary

In the last panel, Ms. Taylor is trying to speak but laughing too hard to do so. I asked Isabel, just to be sure the L's didn't get left out of "heelllpp".

And she has remarkably firm ears, doesn't she? - Terrence

Modern Commentary
They have a history. A long, messy, complicated history. But I'm pretty sure he's doing this because he wants to prove he can still get her to break character.

If she had started off flirting with him, I'm not sure he would have been so forward. - Terrence