Frankie & cass 1989--we could get along if we really tried

At the coffee shop, Cass and Frankie have coffee and donuts. Frankie is surprised to learn that Cass refused to let Felicia pay him for representing her in her trial for Jason's murder. Cass is surprised when Frankie says she's going to stay in Bay City because she has friends and family there. Frankie then says she bets that she and Cass could get along if they really tried. Cass says he doesn't bet on relationships anymore, and they couldn't go two minutes without arguing because they're like oil and water. Frankie grabs Cass's left wrist, where he wears his watch, and tells him two minutes. He checks his watch, says "Go!" and Frankie whispers, wondering what they should talk about. They start with the weather, then move to the Cubs, but when Frankie and Cass disagree about the Cubs, Cass announces it only took 23 seconds for them to disagree. Frankie still believes they could get along, but the conversation deteriorates when she says she thinks it's important that they have a good working relationship. Cass thinks she's been playing up to him because she wants a job, and berates himself for slipping so much he didn't realize that Frankie was playing up to him. She wasn't, though; she really does want to work for Winthrop and Edwards because they're an up-and-coming firm. Cass asks what Frankie would say if he told her he likes female employees who know their place. She replies she'd say that Cass is a d*mn liar. Frankie says she's a good worker and she could help Cass; in fact, she's already helped Cass. Unfortunately, Cass hurts Frankie's feelings when he says she's only interested in helping herself and could care less about anyone else. Frankie says that's not true and Cass knows it. She wasn't out to hurt Cass when she found out Nicole killed Jason. Cass sarcastically says he's sure Frankie wasn't hurt by it. Frankie gets really upset when Cass says that Frankie's heart wasn't broken by telling him that Nicole killed Jason. She's fighting tears as she tells him she hated it. She hates anyone being hurt as much as Cass was and being the cause of it, and Cass more than anyone should know what that feels like. He hurt Sharlene and John during the trial but he wasn't out to hurt them deliberately, and Frankie wasn't out to deliberately hurt Cass when she told him Nicole was the killer, either. Cass admits that no, he wasn't trying to hurt Sharlene and John. Frankie says that's right, Cass was just doing his job. She says that she was just doing her job too, and she did it d*mn well. Then she picks up her jacket and purse and gets up to leave. Cass says he thought the coffee and donuts were on her, and Frankie replies that they're on whoever's working, and right now that's him, and then she leaves, hurt and angry, but having given Cass something to think about, as evidenced by the look on his face after Frankie leaves. Interestingly, this was the first time Frankie referred to Cass as "Counselor," which is her favorite term of endearment for him, although it certainly wasn't used in an endearing manner in this scene. Lucky for all of us Cass and Frankie fans that changed in time.