[Joke's on Dave, Dirk has absolutely worked it out at this point.]

Yeah. I'm tryin' to help her right now.

[To the best of his ability, which he knows is not great, but he has to try.

To the second part] We didn't establish you were in the wrong the way you're meaning it. [HE HAS TO ARGUE THAT] But you and Jake have a lot in common sometimes.

[He feels like that covers it. What is Jake blaming himself for? Everything.]