This episode is amazing! There's no doubts or uncertainty between both of this characters, Mac and Stella. It's all spoken within their eyes. I really loved how comfortable they are around each other. In the previous and the latest episode, they shared stories on their lives in the past as well as their childhood. They have this close and harmonious relationship or bond in which there is a common understanding. Those scenes mentioned here were priceless! Remarkably, the conversation they had. Well, I brought some screen caps here.
6.15 - 'The Formula'
Stella: Really?
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In Mac's Office...
Stella: You know, Flack told me that, uh, you used to watch him race.
Mac: Yeah, I did. I still do when... time permits. Used to go to the speedway with my father. I got Mario Andretti's autograph one year.
Stella: It's every boy's dream, isn't it? To get behind the wheel of a race car.
Mac: Well, it was my dream, yeah.
Stella: Really?
Mac: Mm-hmm. I raced in the soapbox derby. We came in third in the Illinois state finals one year.
Stella: Little Mac Taylor, The Soapbox Derby Champ. Now, didn't they just slap four wheels on a box and roll those babies downhill?
Mac: Uh, for me, it was a little more than that.
Stella: Oh...
Mac: It was never about the vehicle. It was a love for speed. Pushing a car as far as it could go. That's what it was about. Back then, we all wanted to be Steve Mcqueen.
Stella: To be young and naive again.
Mac: Yeah. But looking at what happened to Santos, it doesn't seem as innocent anymore.
On the race car track...
Stella: You are so loving this. A little wish fulfillment?
Mac: Yup, I just thought maybe you'd like to see what it's like behind the wheel.
Stella: Oh, me, huh? Not you?
Mac: You just better bring your a-game, Bonasera.
Stella: I always do, Taylor.
Instructor: Remember, these cars are worth a few hundred thousand bucks. So, if you break it, you buy it.
Stella: (looks at Mac) I hope you're insured.