Original Commentary
So, is she still going out with Sinclair? As much as before. He falls into "men she's trying to avoid", I think. And once you start only showing one side of a phone conversation at a time, it's hard to justify showing both sides - Terrence

Modern Commentary
It's not that Emily is an inveterate gossip. She's an inveterate gossip whose personal life is considerably more interesting than everybody else put together. - Terrence