What exactly is it that causes Tulsa “truthstorian” Lee Raybon to compromise his journalistic integrity and sleep with a subject-cum-source? It could be as simple as going halfsies on a fifth of tequila with Betty Jo Washberg, the most gifted flirt in Tulsa. Or you could chalk it up to the bombshell that Lee’s ex — the one who didn’t “believe” in marriage back when it was Lee asking — has recently decided to walk down the aisle with a dentist. (She probably flosses, too.)

Personally, I blame Jeanne Tripplehorn. Even if Lee were sober and thinking straight, her alluring, blows-hot-and-cold Betty Jo would be impossible for a guy like Lee — reckless, reeling, distractible — to resist. He wants her to want him to want her. The backbone of this week’s episode, called “Short on Cowboys,” is the

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