- 4 months ago
Love Is Blind
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00:00I was going to buy my mom flowers, but I wish I could buy her your lovely voice instead.
00:08The next time we saw each other, you bought another bouquet.
00:11Oh, that's a great choice. Who are these for?
00:14They're for you.
00:26He's walking away right now.
00:27Wait, we love you.
00:30She's running after him now.
00:34He's the guy of my dreams.
00:39I'm breaking up with you.
00:47I just, I just don't understand.
00:50You know, like everything was going so well.
00:53I mean, we had our problems, you know, but it's not like we can't, we can't deal with those, right?
00:57Like, can't we at least try?
00:59Like, you know what I'm saying, right?
01:01Okay, well, you know what?
01:02What he thinks doesn't matter, okay?
01:04Because he is just a stupid kangaroo face.
01:06But he's not, though.
01:08He's so amazing and nice and everything he does is nice.
01:12I mean, like, he was, he was nicer breaking up with me than most guys are when they ask me out.
01:16Okay.
01:17That is not true, Allison.
01:19You are going to find a great guy.
01:22You're going to forget all about Ben, okay?
01:24And all of this will just seem silly.
01:27And you are going to be happier than you ever were with him.
01:30We're going to make a list about all the things that we can do to get you over Ben, okay?
01:38And we are going to try every single one of them until we find one that works.
01:41Okay.
01:43Okay.
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01:59Okay.
02:00I only went out with you tonight because I wanted to get over my ex-boyfriend, who I loved,
02:07but I'm not over him, which means that you're just a rebound, and this is stupid, and I shouldn't
02:11be here.
02:11And you probably think I'm crazy, but I'm not.
02:13I'm just in love, but not with you because I'm still in love with my ex-boyfriend.
02:20I just had a great idea.
02:22I set you up on a blind date.
02:25Ben was blind.
02:27I don't want to get over him.
02:28Maybe you don't have to.
02:30Maybe you guys could go out again.
02:32Or you could call him.
02:35Oh, wait.
02:37What if you pretended that you were dying and that you only had like a few months to live,
02:43and then he realized that he loves me.
02:45Yes.
02:47But then I'd have to die in a few months, so what if I pretended I had another boyfriend,
02:51and then...
02:52And then he would get jealous.
02:55He'd probably just be happy for me.
02:56What if I pretended to be someone else?
03:02Yeah, and then...
03:03Wait, what?
03:04Hello.
03:05Hi.
03:06I want to get the same flowers I got before.
03:08Linda really liked those.
03:10I can get the same ones.
03:12I wasn't here then.
03:14What flowers were they?
03:15No, remember, I came in at noon, just like today.
03:18I just want to get the same bouquet.
03:20Oh, that must have been Allison you talked to.
03:23She doesn't work here anymore.
03:24I'm Kimberly.
03:26Allison, I don't know what you're talking about.
03:29I just want to get the same flowers.
03:32Yeah, okay.
03:36That didn't work.
03:37So what did you do?
03:39Uh, I just tried to lower my voice a little.
03:43Allison, you can't just lower your voice a little.
03:45Well, I don't know.
03:46I've never done it before.
03:47I didn't know what I sound like normally.
03:48I just had an idea.
03:50You know my old drama professor?
03:53Why don't I get him to help?
03:55Didn't he, like, fail you on your final performance for just, like, blinking too much?
04:00No.
04:01He failed me for mispronouncing the word archetypal.
04:05He wasn't nice, but he was good.
04:07I mean, don't you think he could help?
04:08He taught speech, too.
04:10He could teach you how to perform characters and to talk differently.
04:14Can't you just help me?
04:14I mean, you took drama?
04:15He could teach you, like, really fast.
04:18And I think he's your best bet.
04:20My name's Allison.
04:29I was wondering if you could help me learn how to act so I could pretend to be someone else and get my boyfriend.
04:35Hello.
04:36How are you doing today?
04:37My name's Allison Brighton.
04:38Somewhat odd.
04:39Request.
04:39Okay, so this is crazy, but I really need your help.
04:42My boyfriend told me the only way I can get him back is by pretending I'm someone else.
04:46But he's blind, so if I meet him again as a different girl, he won't know it's me.
04:53Hi.
04:54Hi.
04:55I'm Allison.
04:56My friend Jennifer Burke, she said that you might be able to help me with something.
05:01Do you remember, Jennifer?
05:02She'd be good in a supporting role.
05:04So what was your problem?
05:06My boyfriend broke up with me, and I'm still in love with him.
05:08And so Jennifer and I thought maybe I could get you to teach me how to act so I could pretend to be someone else and get him to fall in love with me again.
05:15I'd be paying you.
05:16It's not like I'd ask you to do it for free.
05:18And what is the going rate for private lessons in the art of deceiving blind ex-boyfriends?
05:24Set the price, I guess.
05:26I guess I could ask for a sabbatical in order to study the practical uses of drama and voice and everyday boyfriend wooing.
05:32Nice meeting you, Professor Gallagher.
05:35Professor Gallagher.
05:36Confused college student.
05:38Jennifer Burke.
05:39You taught me for three years.
05:40Seems ironic that you and your friend Allison both disturbed me in the same day.
05:44Whatever you said to her must have really made her feel like trash.
05:47Hey!
05:49She's not asking for you to do the acting for her.
05:52She's just asking for a couple of pointers.
05:55I don't care if you don't think it'll work.
05:57Just give it a shot.
06:00She used to be happy.
06:02I just came back to ask you again because I don't think you realized how important this is to me.
06:07And then I just waited here and said...
06:08If you'll step into my office, I'm willing to discuss your plans.
06:11Really?
06:12I will hold you personally responsible for my subjugation to any future of mockery and ridicule.
06:17I understand.
06:19Then meet me at Clancy Langermechduff Auditorium tonight at 7 and we shall begin your training.
06:24Thank you, Professor.
06:25So, what are we starting with?
06:27You should know that I don't really have any experience with acting.
06:31It's going to be so much fun for the both of us.
06:35Once more, unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
06:51Or close up the wall with our English dead.
06:54Siffen the sinews.
06:55Please, no.
06:56Please, no.
06:56Just stop.
06:59Well...
06:59King Henry V.
07:01He's rallying his troops.
07:03It's a desperate, chaotic, terrible, glorious, impossible moment.
07:11Try it again.
07:12From the start.
07:13Okay.
07:14Once more, unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
07:20Or close up the wall with our English dead.
07:23No, no, no, no, no, no!
07:25Why are you reading it like...
07:27Like that?
07:28Okay, well, what am I supposed to sound like?
07:30I don't even get how this is relevant.
07:32This has nothing to do with my life.
07:33Your life is completely irrelevant to your plan.
07:36So we start with King Henry.
07:38What does he want?
07:38What is he afraid of?
07:39How could you understand him?
07:41What do you have in common?
07:42Um, he wants to win.
07:47He wants to fight.
07:48He wants to...
07:48Look at me.
07:49What is he afraid of?
07:51He's afraid that his soldiers are going to retreat.
07:56Good.
07:56Now go even more basic.
07:58What is at the core of that fear?
08:00He's afraid that his soldiers are going to give up.
08:03Yes.
08:04You can connect with that.
08:06Okay.
08:07So repeat in your head.
08:08Don't retreat.
08:09Don't retreat.
08:10Don't retreat.
08:11Okay.
08:11Once more, unto the breach, dear friends.
08:15Once more, or close up the wall with our English dead.
08:21Still need to run.
08:23That's great.
08:23Proof.
08:26Hi, my name is Alyssa.
08:28Hello.
08:29My name is Annabelle.
08:31Yeah.
08:32I spent a couple of years in the joint for assault.
08:34What happened?
08:35Always knew I'd find you.
08:37I'm going to assign you some reading, which will be in two days.
08:44Is that your wife?
08:46Hmm?
08:46That picture.
08:47Is that your wife?
08:48Uh, yes.
08:51In a way.
08:54In a way?
08:56In a way, yes.
08:57Figure it out.
08:59I believe the term is ex-wife.
09:00I'm sorry.
09:03When did you talk to her last?
09:05A year.
09:07Six days.
09:09In about seven hours.
09:10You should call her.
09:14Well, it's late.
09:17It's home.
09:17Professor needs to get some sleep.
09:22Remember to do your homework.
09:26Good night, Professor.
09:27Good night.
09:33Hello?
09:33Hello?
09:36I hope you are well.
09:38Yeah, I'm doing just fine.
09:39It's a great day.
09:40So, if you don't mind my asking, do you have a service, Tom?
09:45Nah.
09:45So you volunteer here?
09:47I do.
09:48Well, I work full-time as an investment analyst for Harmon and Burke.
09:53I like to write while I'm drinking coffee.
09:56At a coffee shop.
09:57Do you like coffee?
09:58I do, yeah.
09:59Coffee's good.
10:00About time to get back to work.
10:04It's a beautiful dog.
10:06Oh, yeah, for sure.
10:08Anyway, have a great day.
10:10Come on.
10:12I'm Emily, by the way.
10:14Good to meet you.
10:16I'm Ben.
10:16Have a great day.
10:20You seem like a really cool person.
10:23You seem like a really cool person.
10:26Ugh.
10:27Well, I can tell you,
10:28he did not think Emily was a...
10:30I'm not good at this.
10:33Like, I'm bad at acting.
10:35And remember Henry V.
10:38Don't retreat.
10:39Don't retreat.
10:40Don't retreat.
10:43When I look at you,
10:44I see a man with deep,
10:46deep feelings.
10:47You look so good today, by the way.
10:50It's so hard adjusting to civilian life, you know?
10:52Amigo.
10:53Hey, I just met you,
10:55and this is crazy.
10:56It's a lot like the banjo,
10:58only I like it more,
10:58because I invented it.
11:00We.
11:09We need an improved character.
11:12No more random.
11:12We need to build a master character.
11:17Who's gonna find out?
11:18I mean,
11:19who is, like,
11:19ten girls flirt with him
11:20or ask him out
11:21within the same week?
11:22This next one must be perfect.
11:24So let's start with the voice.
11:26So, like a smoker voice?
11:28Hey, my name is Jackie.
11:30What's up?
11:30I think you're overdoing it.
11:32Hey, my name is Jackie.
11:33I don't think you want to sound weird.
11:36How does this sound?
11:38How about this?
11:39Don't joke with me.
11:41Where are they?
11:41Do we have any milk?
11:43Allison,
11:43I think you can stop practicing voice now.
11:46No, I can't.
11:48I'm pretty sure I lost my voice.
11:51Sorry, was someone sitting here?
11:53No, no.
11:54You're good.
11:55I'll just be here a minute.
11:56Quick coffee break.
11:57Too hot?
11:58What?
12:00A coffee.
12:01Oh, yeah.
12:02Yeah, it is.
12:03You must have really good hearing.
12:04Sorry about my voice.
12:06Your voice?
12:07Yeah, it's probably annoying.
12:09Not at all.
12:10I wish I had a cool voice.
12:12Thanks.
12:12That's nice of you to say.
12:14I'm Jackie.
12:14Nice to meet you.
12:15He'll be happy making you feel good about yourself.
12:18Your conversation will be off to a good start.
12:21Your character's had a rough life so far.
12:23But don't talk about it.
12:25You only need to hint at it.
12:28And then, when all is going well, put it to the test.
12:32Oh, sorry.
12:33I gotta go.
12:34Nice to meet you.
12:36Yeah, you too.
12:38Hey, would you maybe want to get dinner and maybe sometime this weekend?
12:44Professor Gallagher, we did it.
12:46Excellent.
12:46Be ready for more practice.
12:48Uh, hobbies.
12:49What are Jackie's hobbies?
12:50Hobbies.
12:51Something boring, probably.
12:53Okay, we did it.
12:54The rest is details.
12:55Well, you know who they say is in those.
12:57What's your wife's name again?
12:59The success of your improbable scheme has no bearing on the likelihood of my success.
13:03She hasn't talked to you in over a year.
13:06I mean, she probably misses you.
13:07You don't know what you're talking about.
13:10She's heard me say that hundreds of times and has grown tired of it.
13:14I found myself ungracefully falling from graces, good graces.
13:18Well, you also said for better or worse.
13:20So you better get working even though it got worse.
13:22Call her.
13:24Write a letter.
13:25I don't know.
13:25Run through the rain to her doorstep.
13:27Do something.
13:29Well, saying yes gets you to start practicing.
13:33Deal.
13:34Apocalypse Dawn, Bling, Bling 3D, the dinner, the winner.
13:49The only ones playing right now are long-term planning and not a fan.
13:55Oh, what's not a fan about?
13:58It's a rom-com.
13:58The synopsis screams that after Stephanie Gray is a treat that an air-conditioning repairman passes out an hour and anything to me.
14:05Not a fan because he's an air-conditioning repairman.
14:09Get it?
14:11But I don't really like romantic copies.
14:16Do you want to see long-term planning?
14:18I hear it's a really good indie drama.
14:21Yeah, sounds good.
14:23Two for long-term planning and one visually impaired headset, please.
14:34This is so interesting.
14:36It's really moving.
14:38You're so cute.
14:41I'm glad you like it, Jackie.
14:42I think it's really me that he likes, though.
14:52You know, like, deep down in his heart.
14:54Uh-huh.
14:56I mean, because he thinks it's Jackie, but I'm the one that's there.
14:59So when he says something like,
15:01You're cute, Jackie.
15:02What he really means is,
15:04You're cute, Allison.
15:07Yeah.
15:07I mean, when you get right down to it,
15:10Jackie's basically me.
15:11She's just a version of me with a smoker voice.
15:15Who likes indie movies.
15:18And who doesn't talk very much.
15:20And who doesn't like chocolate.
15:23And who doesn't like comedy movies,
15:27but does like comedy clubs.
15:28Okay.
15:30Why didn't you just make Jackie a little bit more like you?
15:34She's kind of like me.
15:35She's a lot like me.
15:37She's almost exactly like me.
15:39Well, kind of.
15:41I'm just saying,
15:44don't change too much.
15:49Thank you, thank you.
15:51All right, it's open time.
15:53The first on our sign-up sheet.
15:55Looks like it's, say, Allison Brighton.
15:59So, I, um,
16:02went to a water park the other day,
16:05and everyone's splashing around,
16:08getting soaked in the pools and such,
16:11and having a great time.
16:14And then these clouds come up overhead,
16:18and it's, they're dark,
16:19and, um,
16:20it starts raining.
16:22And everyone's running for cover.
16:25They're, oh no,
16:26I'm gonna get wet
16:27at a water park.
16:30It's crazy, right?
16:46Ha, ha, ha.
16:47Jennifer, very funny.
16:49Or, or how did you think that exodus
16:52is the funniest thing ever?
16:54I don't know.
16:56See, I told you it'd be good practice.
16:59Yeah, or the most awkward moment of my life.
17:02Oh, what can I say?
17:02The reforming arts are awkward.
17:04Oh.
17:05Jackie, hey, I just got a call from my parents.
17:21I guess they flew in an hour ago
17:23and wanted to surprise me.
17:25So, they want to have dinner tonight,
17:28but I don't want to cancel our date.
17:31Would you like to meet them?
17:32Um, your parents.
17:36Wow, that's, um...
17:38I know, it's, it's kind of fast
17:40and sudden and stuff,
17:41but they love comedy clubs, too,
17:43and I'd love for you to meet them.
17:47Um, yeah, I'd love to meet them.
17:50You sure?
17:53Uh, yeah, that sounds really sweet.
17:55Um, same time and everything?
17:58Yeah, I'll see you at eight.
18:00I can't wait.
18:01Bye.
18:03Bye.
18:07I'm doomed.
18:07I have to meet his parents tonight.
18:09His parents.
18:09His parents?
18:11That seems a bit soon,
18:12but it could be a good sign.
18:13No, no, no, you don't understand.
18:14I've met his parents before.
18:16As me.
18:17And they're not blind.
18:19Why didn't you say no?
18:20Because they're in town tonight
18:22and they're never in town
18:23and he really, really wants me to meet them
18:25and now that they know I exist,
18:26I'm going to have to do it eventually.
18:27Why didn't you tell me you met his parents before?
18:29I don't know.
18:29I just, I didn't think that far ahead.
18:31I just, I didn't think it'd come up so soon.
18:32How many times have they seen you before?
18:34Just once.
18:35Glasses,
18:35a wig
18:36and a whole lot of makeup.
18:38That's the plan.
18:39Okay.
18:40This bouquet
18:41for Grace.
18:42I'm here to buy flowers,
18:43not because I had some premonition
18:44that you were in trouble.
18:46Oh, okay.
18:48Big night.
18:49It is indeed.
18:50You must be Jackie.
19:06Yep, that's me.
19:07It's so great to meet you, Jess.
19:08It is so good to meet you, too.
19:10I'm Tracy, Ben's mom.
19:11Well, obviously.
19:13I am Ben's great-grandfather.
19:15Stop.
19:16Actually, my name's Ben, too,
19:17so I don't know if you can call me Big Ben
19:19or Old Ben.
19:20Uh, something.
19:23Hi, I'm Jennifer.
19:24I'll be your server tonight.
19:26Oh, hi, Ben.
19:27Great to see you back.
19:29Yeah, hi, Jennifer.
19:29Jimmy Mustard?
19:31So what can I get you?
19:33We would love a pitcher of Bud
19:35and four glasses.
19:36Sounds good.
19:40Man, this is bugging me.
19:42You look like somebody,
19:43and I cannot for the life of me
19:44think of the name.
19:45Me?
19:47No, Ben.
19:48Jeez, me.
19:49What did she remind you of, huh?
19:52Hmm, I don't know.
19:53Um, maybe, uh,
19:55Breanne Sterling?
19:57I think the name, uh,
19:59starts with an A.
20:01Hmm.
20:02Alexis.
20:03No, no, no.
20:04Alexis is tall with curly hair.
20:06They don't look anything alike.
20:07Here's your beer.
20:09Maybe, uh, oh.
20:10And your glasses.
20:11One for Dad.
20:13One for Mom.
20:15One for Ben.
20:17And one for the girlfriend.
20:20I have to use the bathroom really quick.
20:22I'm so sorry.
20:23I'll be right back.
20:23Okay.
20:24What's going on?
20:30They're guessing names.
20:31I remind them of someone.
20:32Can you guess who?
20:34Okay, just keep calm, okay?
20:35If you're gonna do this,
20:36you need to stay in character.
20:38In character?
20:39Jennifer, it's not gonna matter
20:40how raspy my voice is
20:41if they're like,
20:42oh, yeah,
20:43you remind me of his last girlfriend.
20:44Come to think of it,
20:45you look exactly like her.
20:46No, no, no, no.
20:46Your makeup is really good, okay?
20:48Just stay away from the table
20:49for a while,
20:49and then go back,
20:50and they'll forget all about it.
20:51Okay.
20:52Okay.
20:53Do this.
20:53Bud Light.
21:01What?
21:02Bud Light.
21:03Get me one.
21:04I'm not a waitress.
21:06That's funny.
21:07Now get me a Bud Light.
21:08I'm not a waitress.
21:10Then get me a waitress.
21:12There.
21:12Yes.
21:14Yes.
21:15Waiter.
21:17He came back in.
21:18I, I, you know,
21:19and the guy,
21:20he looked like
21:22the beer
21:23had been snatched
21:25to the side of this space,
21:27and it couldn't read
21:27because the sweat
21:28baked it.
21:29Oh, Alex.
21:30Shh.
21:31What are you doing?
21:32Trying to find you
21:33without them seeing me.
21:34There's a guy at the bar
21:35that needs a beer.
21:36What?
21:36Okay, whatever.
21:37Just go back to your team.
21:38Come on.
21:39That's why
21:40having a pet rhino
21:42is a very bad idea.
21:44Right?
21:45Right?
21:45Right.
21:48Alicia.
21:50Alyssa.
21:51Oh, you know,
21:51I forgot something.
21:55They're still guessing names.
21:57They've got to be done soon.
21:58Can you just, like,
21:59take our order or something?
22:00Anything to distract us?
22:03Hi.
22:03Uh, what can I get ya?
22:04Can I get one of those, uh,
22:06plates of those
22:06deep-fried pickles?
22:08Yeah, sure.
22:08I'll bring those right over.
22:09Still referred.
22:13Okay.
22:14I will bring you
22:14some food real quick.
22:15You have to change the subject.
22:17Okay?
22:17Okay.
22:21Excuse me,
22:22is Jennifer here?
22:25Um, no,
22:26she just went to a table.
22:28Oh,
22:28I'm,
22:30I'm looking for my girlfriend.
22:31I'm not sure if she's
22:32sick or upset or something.
22:35Maybe
22:35you or Jennifer
22:36have seen her?
22:37Oh, you know what?
22:38I think she's headed back
22:39to your table right now.
22:42So, there we were.
22:44All right.
22:44Here are your appetizers.
22:46Is there anything else
22:47we can get you?
22:48I don't know.
22:49I'm sorry.
22:50I just can't decide.
22:51Okay.
22:52Um,
22:52what about you, Ben?
22:53Or anything for the girlfriend?
22:55Enjoy the wet,
22:56wet water.
22:56That is the awesomest.
22:57That is, you know,
22:58water parks
22:59that are wet.
23:01Then
23:02it starts to rain.
23:05And everybody
23:06is just freaking out
23:07and going everywhere
23:08because, you know,
23:09nobody wants to get wet
23:11in a water park.
23:25Allison.
23:26That's it.
23:28Doesn't she remind you
23:28of Allison?
23:30No.
23:31No.
23:32She is not at all
23:33like Allison.
23:34She's not crazy
23:36like Allison.
23:37Well,
23:45I think I'll give you
23:46and your parents
23:47and your perfect
23:48little girlfriend
23:49a little more time
23:50to figure it out.
23:52I'll be right back.
23:54Really?
23:55You had to bring up Allison.
23:56Really?
23:57Psst.
23:58Jennifer.
24:00Did you ever listen?
24:04Don't listen to her, okay?
24:05It doesn't matter.
24:07It doesn't matter.
24:09I just didn't know
24:10that he thought
24:11that about me.
24:16I just didn't know
24:17that he thought
24:18that about me.
24:26Okay.
24:28Allison,
24:28I want you to listen to me.
24:30Jennifer.
24:30I want you to...
24:31What do you want, Ben?
24:36Look, I know you're mad at me,
24:37but I just want to talk about it.
24:39I'm working, Ben.
24:40I really don't want to talk
24:42about this right now.
24:42Look, I know there's some hard feelings,
24:44but it's just not fair
24:45for you to take it out on Jackie.
24:47Oh, Jackie.
24:48Your longtime girlfriend.
24:50How many dates has it been, Ben?
24:52You're already introducing her
24:53to your parents?
24:54It just worked out that way.
24:56I'm sorry it didn't work out
24:58with Allison.
24:59She adored you.
25:01She was crazy about you.
25:07She's still not over you.
25:11You're not careful
25:13with people, Ben.
25:16I'm sorry.
25:17I wish it would have worked out
25:23with Allison,
25:24but I could just tell
25:25it wasn't going to.
25:28Maybe I should have realized
25:29it sooner.
25:32I thought about calling her,
25:33but I think it would have
25:34just made it worse.
25:37Just tell me
25:39that you respect Allison.
25:43Allison's a great girl.
25:47I shouldn't have said that
25:48about her.
25:48You're right.
25:53She's going to make
25:54somebody really happy one day.
25:57It's just not going to be me.
26:05Thank you, Ben.
26:06It means a lot.
26:09I'll bring it over
26:10to take care of your table.
26:17Sorry, I took so long.
26:29I lost my lipstick
26:31in the bathroom sink.
26:32Oh, it's okay.
26:35Allison?
26:37Oh, my goodness.
26:38It is you.
26:39Wow.
26:40Long time no see.
26:41Sorry.
26:42You must have been confused
26:42with someone else.
26:43Come on.
26:44Don't try to trick me.
26:46It's so good to see you.
26:47I don't know you.
26:49Oh, shut up, Allison Brighton.
26:51You totally remember me.
26:53I'm too obnoxious to forget.
26:55The black hair looks good, though.
26:58Is this your boyfriend?
27:00No, I'm not.
27:04I don't know what he's talking about.
27:05You're talking in your normal voice.
27:09Ben, I'm sorry.
27:11That is unbelievable.
27:12You just made Jackie up?
27:17Yes, but I did it because...
27:20No.
27:20I still...
27:21You can't do that.
27:23It's not okay.
27:24Then isn't there a little part of you
27:27that's...
27:27We have to go.
27:32You can get a ride home, Jennifer.
27:37She can keep the change.
27:38Go ahead.
27:43Allison.
27:46You have to let this go.
27:47For your sake.
27:49Please.
27:50It didn't work.
28:12He found out it was me.
28:12I'm here to return these.
28:16Did you not hear me?
28:18Ben broke up with me.
28:20He found out it was me
28:21and he broke up with me.
28:22I said,
28:23I'm here to return these.
28:26Okay, well,
28:27it doesn't work that way.
28:28You can't return them.
28:29They did not work as advertised.
28:31Their product was unsatisfactory.
28:32Therefore, I am returning it.
28:33You can't return flowers.
28:36I can and I will return them
28:37and I will get my money back.
28:39No flower shop on the planet
28:41takes flowers back.
28:43That's absurd.
28:44Now stop your moping
28:45and get me a refund.
28:47My moping?
28:48I just lost my last chance
28:50to ever see Ben again.
28:51This is the worst day of my life.
28:53Get over it.
28:54Zoe doesn't love you.
28:56I think you should have known that
28:57from when he broke up with you
28:58the first time.
28:59How dare you?
29:01He means everything to me
29:02and you said you were going to help.
29:04Well, I shouldn't have.
29:05What did you think was going to happen?
29:07What was your plan exactly?
29:09Were you going to be Jackie
29:10for the rest of your life?
29:12When he proposed,
29:13were you going to say yes
29:14in a smoker voice?
29:15Were you going to walk down the aisle
29:16with an actor playing your father?
29:18And who's going to be your,
29:19your, your, your,
29:20your lead of honor?
29:22Now, Jennifer, I assume
29:23this was the only possible outcome.
29:26Get over him.
29:27Well, then you get over your wife.
29:29Oh, it's not so easy now, is it?
29:31Oh, just forget about her.
29:32It's over.
29:33How can you tell me to forget about Ben
29:34when you're going through
29:35the exact same situation?
29:36I vow.
29:37Okay, whatever.
29:38We vow to each other.
29:39It's the same.
29:40It's exactly the same.
29:42Shut up.
29:42You're fired.
29:44I hope so.
29:44Self-centered.
30:05Can you believe that?
30:07Well, hopelessly selfish, actually.
30:09Those were her exact words.
30:11She's the one who's only
30:12thinking about herself.
30:14I care about both of us.
30:18Narcissistic.
30:19That was another word she used.
30:20Narcissistic.
30:21You'd think if you were going
30:22to get a little grace from someone,
30:24it might be from someone named Grace.
30:26But no, I'm narcissistic.
30:28This is the face of a broken man,
30:32not a narcissist.
30:34Do narcissists pine alone
30:36in their offices night after night?
30:38Do narcissists spend hours
30:40meticulously preparing their wardrobe
30:42before going to speak to an ex-wife?
30:45Do narcissists spend ten minutes
30:46outside of her door
30:47preparing the best possible words?
30:50Do narcissists retain composure
30:52and personal dignity
30:54when faced with utter disdain?
30:56Do narcissists in their loneliness
30:58result to monologuing
31:00in their bedroom mirrors?
31:06Why, yes.
31:09I suppose they do.
31:21Allison?
31:22Hey, Jennifer.
31:23Are you okay?
31:23Yeah, I, um, I walked around
31:26for a bit and now I have
31:28no idea where I am.
31:29It looks like I'm at the intersection
31:31of Brendan Street
31:32and Washington Drive.
31:34Could you pick me up?
31:36Okay, I'll be right there.
31:42I guess I just thought
31:43that if he ever figured out
31:44it was me,
31:45he'd be impressed, you know?
31:47Like he would realize
31:48how much I love him
31:48and he'd be like,
31:49wow, if you love me that much,
31:51I guess we must be
31:52meant to be together.
31:52Yeah, that probably wasn't
31:54the most realistic thing
31:55to assume.
31:57I just keep imagining
31:58he's going to call me up
31:59and be like,
32:00Allison,
32:01I just realized
32:02I'm in love with you.
32:03But he's probably
32:05not going to.
32:07You realize that, right?
32:09And that's okay.
32:11You'll be okay.
32:13Yeah, but like,
32:14wouldn't that be
32:14the perfect ending
32:15if he called me up?
32:17Would it, though?
32:18Yeah, what's up?
32:37Uh-huh.
32:39Yeah, definitely.
32:41Okay, cool.
32:45Bye.
32:49He just asked me out.
32:51Who?
32:52Who, Ben, duh.
32:53No, what character?
32:54Oh, the girl from the gym.
32:55The girl from the gym?
32:56Right?
32:57I never thought he'd ask her out.
32:59That's amazing.
33:01Amazing.
33:06I'm, uh,
33:08here to apologize.
33:10My words were insensitive
33:12and, uh,
33:13my demeanor was hurtful.
33:16You're a genius!
33:19Professor,
33:20he called me!
33:24What?
33:25Who?
33:25Who, Ben, duh.
33:27Which character?
33:28The girl from the gym.
33:29The girl from the gym?
33:30Really.
33:31Right?
33:32What did he say?
33:33He asked me out.
33:34Allison,
33:36you cannot go on that date.
33:38What?
33:39You cannot go on that date.
33:41You have to let this go.
33:43I thought you said
33:43you came here to apologize.
33:45I did.
33:47But it doesn't change the fact
33:48that you should in no way
33:49go on this date.
33:51I was wrong
33:52to be so incredibly insensitive.
33:54But I was right
33:55when I told you to let him go.
33:59Allison, listen to me.
34:00You have to stop lying to him
34:02and to yourself.
34:04He's not in love with you.
34:06Yes, he is.
34:07That's why he keeps asking out
34:09my characters.
34:10You're nothing like her.
34:12You can't even stand
34:13to play that character.
34:14I'm not going to give up
34:15my only chance
34:16to be with Ben.
34:17What happened to
34:18don't retreat,
34:19don't retreat,
34:19don't retreat?
34:20Don't retreat.
34:21Allison,
34:22it's time to pull back
34:24the troops.
34:25I'm sorry,
34:29I just,
34:30I have to go on this date.
34:32I have to.
34:36Thanks.
34:36You're welcome.
34:38So, uh,
34:39I had to get 13 stitches
34:40for that one.
34:42Man,
34:43I love this spicy food.
34:45Me too.
34:46I always get bored
34:46with the mild dishes.
34:47Yes.
34:47You eat Chinese food a lot?
34:53Uh-huh.
34:57Only the, uh,
34:58the really hot stuff, though.
35:03So, um,
35:04how long have you, uh,
35:07been playing softball?
35:09A lot.
35:10Like, forever.
35:11Pretty much my whole life.
35:13I love it so much.
35:14It's,
35:15it's everything to me.
35:17Well,
35:23I,
35:23I guess that's a,
35:25a bit of an overstatement.
35:27Uh,
35:27I guess it just feels
35:29like it is sometimes.
35:39Hey,
35:40I,
35:40I don't think
35:42this is gonna work out.
35:43You seem like a really,
35:48really nice guy,
35:49but
35:50I just don't think
35:51it's gonna work.
35:54Okay.
35:55I'm sorry to just
35:56have to leave like this,
35:58but
35:58I think it's the right thing
35:59to do.
36:04You have a good one.
36:05You too.
36:09You too.
36:09You too.
36:17You too.
36:19Oh.
36:19It's not.
36:20It's not.
36:21You too.
36:21I don't know.
36:22It's not.
36:53Alison, you once told me that you liked making people happy.
37:14Consider it a job well done.
38:23Hi, you've reached Grace's phone.
38:41Leave your name and number and I'll call you right back.
38:43Hi, my name is Alison Brighton.
38:47I'm a student, sort of.
38:50Your ex-husband, Nolan, well, I came to him with a problem and even though I didn't really understand it at all, he helped me figure it out.
38:58And I know that he can be unthoughtful sometimes and he sometimes doesn't care enough about other people's feelings, but he's starting to realize that.
39:08So basically, I'm just saying that Nolan's working on it and it would be the best thing ever if you could work with him.
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