So: is Bull really this stupid and clueless? Or does he enjoy being a shit-disturber?
Where does he come up with the “new address: Splitsville” line? Does he watch Access: Hollywood? Is there no suitable sports analogy, like “Les and Cayla’s romance is on the 15-day DL”? Susan’s initial reaction to the “Splitsville” news is studiously casual, but when Bull goes on to mention the “movie deal” she nearly loses it: she’s all lines-flying-from-the-head, triangle-mouthed, and making that hand-to-the-bosom gesture like Blondie. Bull suddenly remembers he’s been told to keep this news to himself. “Nuts”, he says (second time in a week TB’s invoked that old-timey expression), and “nuts” is what Susan surely is about to go…