[ Honestly for the best there, Liz... Jack can inflate his ego on his own without help, so adding fuel to the fire is never good. It's what gives him the kind of reckless confidence that she's concerned about, because to Jack, failure really does seem like a near-impossibility.

He starts to laugh when she chastises him, cocky and confident now that this is something he's confident in, but as soon as she calls him "handsome" and her tone shifts to something sultry again... Less so. Even when she is firmly off limits and he'll stick to that, that tone is still. Distracting. Dammit. ]

You. Uh. God- [ Eloquence is his strong suit, obviously. He shakes his head, laughing off his own awkwardness. ] Okay, so, just gotta point it out here. Phrasing. I'm at least 99% sure that was intentional, but still, goddamn.