Jerry has been in a sad mood all day. Bob (from the "Here Comes the Sun" episode of season 2, and the recently promoted Head of Finance) and Quincy ( Jerry's former partner in the field before they both were promoted: Jerry to lead WOOHP and Quincy to head up the Research Labs) know why. Tonight, Sam, Alex, and Clover will graduate from college. They will make a decision on whether they want to continue as WOOHP agents soon.
They're right. Jerry knew this day would come. He's thinking about the gals – the unsure teens he recruited so many years ago, who have become his number one spy team today. He knows the ladies get a charge and tremendous sense of accomplishment from completing missions that impact the safety of the world, but he also knows that they want to be wives, moms, and raise families too.
Not that you can't do that as a field agent. You can, but it is strongly encouraged that your spouse also be a WOOHP employee, because then you both are aware of the tremendous risks, but also have access to the resources to mitigate those risks. It can't work, if your spouse isn't part of the WOOHP team. They will forever wonder where you go, at all hours of the day and night, and why for as long as a week? Telling their spouse would put them in tremendous danger, but just having a spouse who is unaware of the danger can be a tremendous threat to the field agent!
He could offer them spots within the WOOHP office, but the secrecy still gets in the way, and the pay is a good 10 percentlower than the private sector. All they could tell their spouses was that they worked for the government, but nothing more. There lives would be much easier to schedule, however, as they would be working eight to five every weekday. No unannounced missions at all hours of the day, like a field agent.
But you don't have the variety a field agent encounters, either. The gals loved the travel part of their missions: China, Russia, India, Egypt, etc. Some very exotic places, and they got to visit them on the government's dime! In the office, there is hardly any travel, except for some training courses.
The gals also liked the gadgets! Not much need for gadgets in the office, either.
They met and mingled with presidents, premiers, kings, queens, rock stars and generals. The highest-ranking leaders in the office are Jerry, Quincy and Bob. That's some comedown too.
Jerry, of course, made the decision to remain unmarried, and dedicate his life to WOOHP. He never regretted that decision, until recently, as he approaches retirement. He is justifiably proud of all the international incidents he and WOOHP have thwarted under his tutelage. But lately, he's been thinking how lonely it is going to be, when he retires. No one who cares if your sick or well, happy or sad, or for that matter, dead of alive. When he finally passes on from this mortal coil, will anyone shed a tear over his departure? He realizes that he gave up that chance for feminine companionship when he dedicated himself so totally to WOOHP, and now he's wondering if it was worth it. The world is a safer place because of his work, but it won't shed a tear over his grave. He'll be an unsung hero. A lonely, unsung hero, and the loneliness hurts!
He realizes now that this was probably the reason he opted for female as opposed to male spies for his top spy team. He enjoyed their companionship and reveled in their accomplishments! He had to interact with them at least two to three times weekly, many times more often. That was how his subconscious filled the void of not having a wife.
Looking back at his life, Jerry should consider himself a tremendous success, but he sadly now looks at himself as a failure. Yes, he achieved tremendous success at the professional level. But at the personal level he was a failure! He was never able to kindle a fire in a woman's heart that would stay lit for a lifetime, because he couldn't dedicate the time needed. But there is still hope for him. He is currently discreetly dating Carol, a research staffer who works for Dr. Quincy. They are about the same age. He really enjoys her company and she seems to really enjoy his! Dr. Quincy quietly set up the introduction a few weeks ago, and hasn't told a soul. Maybe lightening will strike!
Sam, Clover, and Alex have a chance to avoid that failure! They have loving and caring boyfriends right now! Hopefully these guys know what great gals they are getting and hopefully the ladies understand what they'd be giving up if they remain field agents! He can't tell the ladies what to choose, but if they ask, he would recommend their boyfriends over WOOHP! Everyone wants to be loved by someone special!