Failed. James Failed.
It’s the thought that counts … right? We can’t all be effortlessly, seamlessly cool like 007 all the time. “Tried to impress my wife by walking out of the ocean like Daniel Craig/James Bond. Got knocked over by a wave. Riptide, pants down, bloody knee, hair looked like a bad toupee, and a little kid on the beach saw me and started crying.”
James Bond he is not (he is Jimmy Fallon), but at least he tried! ‘Tis better to try and fail than refrain from trying at all. Hey, she probably laughed while she bore witness to such a comedic display. Well, after tending his bloody knee. She’s not a complete monster. Again, this is one of those moments that’s playing out like a movie scene in our heads.