Todd was busy thinking of ways to foist himself on Blair while she is unaware of his conspiracy to make her latest lover disappear. Starr gave both her mother and her father sound advice. She told her father to go slow, and he earnestly wanted to follow her sage advice, but his instincts (the cause of all of his pain and suffering) got the better of him and the minute Starr was out of his office, Todd called Blair to put into action that other bit of advice that Starr offered him, “Tell her how you feel.”
At the Christmas tree lot, Starr is equally thoughtful of her mother as Blair reflects on her bad choices in men. Starr suggests that Blair give her father another chance. Blair does give Todd’s recent kindness toward her some consideration, but Starr also tells her mother that she understands why she’s in no hurry to move in that direction.
Blair: I fell in love again with a very violent man. What’s wrong with me?
Starr: You just have a thing for exciting guys.
Blair: I don’t want to end up with yet another man who can end up in jail or in a ditch.
Starr: You have the biggest heart out of anyone that I know. You can’t help but find the one.
Blair: The one! The one! Is that you Todd?
Then there is Jack!
Todd sets Jack straight.
Todd: You need to knock Jack!
Jack: You can take this stupid newspaper, but you can’t take me.
Todd: You mean the stupid newspaper that you tried to burn down?
Todd makes a declaration of love
I don’t care what you do to me Jack. I will never stop loving you.
We’re family Jack! We will do anything we can to protect one another.
I’ll do whatever it takes to protect what’s mine.
Let’s talk terms!
Are you blackmailing me?
Essentially, yeah!
Baby steps Jack. Baby steps
