Dunno if this was mentioned in the boards yet, but if Gertz and Gus both work at a magazine, why didn’t they just work at the SAME magazine? That way, you could show that Gus already has a crush on Gertz beforehand and sees that Gertz is only going for guys like Trout. You could show that Gertz already knows Gus as a kind and good person; this would show why she’s so into him at the end when she finds out Lobo is Gus. It also could set up a rivalry, or even a connection, between Trout and Gus. (It was wild the protagonist and antagonist of the movie never met.). Having them all work together is a tried-and-true romantic comedy device, and I’m surprised they didn’t use it for this one.