Ted gets mad at Jamie for faking an injury, but chooses not to show it in his words but his tone instead.

Mom is tweaking her tone for the email to her son Axl, who is not talking to her. At first her tone is angry and probably won't be effective. She makes multiple revisions on her tone.

Kevin speaks like a caveman in order to demonstrate that concise communication saves time.

Steve asks Laura to go out with him for the thousandth time. His delivery is so confident that one can even entertain the idea of a potential date.

After Laura reveals on television that Alan is bald, she visits him to apologize. Because she avoids communicating her apology directly, she confuses Alan and leads the conversation into a direction she did not intend.