Exactly. Totally out of character for the two of them and the way they have always interacted. And the expression on the Commissioner’s face would have added the punctuation. As it was, the whole scene fell flat.
And we never did find out when Marlon was told that the exam was really on Monday, so that was out of character, too. Like I said — it’s like the writers had never seen an earlier episode, much less, an entire season of the show.