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- How are you?

- How are you?

- Good. -How was the

rest of the night?

- Great, and Tango came

by, it was fun. -Yeah?

What you up to?

What are you doing?

Just, uh, I was just in the neighborhood,

heading to soccer practice.

- You're dressed like Ray.

- -Hey, Tim?

These don't fit.

I don't wanna go

in the closet, but...

Let's get you

something else to wear.

Okay.

- Hi.

- Hi there.

- Thank you.

- -Yeah.

Take anything you want.

- Just whatever? Uh...

- Honestly.

Yeah, just grab anything

and I'll meet you downstairs.

- Anything?

- Anything.

Thank you.

- Tim.

- What's up, man?

Listen, I got to uh...

Just talk to me for a second.

Phil, I want to clean off that table

so I won't have to do it later.

Listen, I wanna talk to you because

you're not yourself right now,

you're like in this

other head space,

and, uh, I just wanna

talk to you about, like...

I feel like we should jut go out for

dinner, like, just drop these guys.

I have plans, man. I'm

going out with my friend.

- No, but it would be fun It would

be just you and me. -Yeah.

And we can kind of shed this because I feel

like you're, whoo, you know what I mean?

You're just in this other place

and I just wanna bring you back.

What do you think is going on here?

What are you implying, Phil?

- I don't know what's going on. -I made a

friend and I'm going out to eat with her.

Yeah, I'm not involved with this.

As a matter of fact, when...

I'm friends with your wife.

I know your kid.

Phil, Phil. You're a good dude.

But I've known you for two years.

- Relax. I'm fine. I'm a man.

Okay? -I'm just saying...

I'm just saying, for when I'm out with your

wife and, you know, when we're on double dates,

I don't wanna be

an accomplice to this.

There's not... Okay, stop.

Your... That coat looks ridiculous,

it doesn't even button properly.

And the hat, you know, it's

practically the summer.

You're gonna be boiling.

By the time we actually

got the divorce itself,

it was over, so...

Were you devastated?

Oh, I was, I was a f***ing mess.

I was, you know,

sobbing into the sink

every morning.

You know, like,

it was, it was just terrible.

But, um, since then it's been,

you know, revelatory, you know.

And life is someplace

where I never found it before.

You know, you live a whole... You grow up with your

parents, and you have roommates, and you do all this stuff

and all of a sudden you're, you're

exactly what you wanna be, sort of.

- Now.

- Now. Really, it's uh...

It's pretty amazing, you know?

No compromises.

No compromises.

Nothing that really requires

anything but your own desires.

The thing is, you just gotta

figure out what they are.

When you decide

what you're interested in

and it's, if you're not

seeking, then there's no part,

and you are in a moment of your

life where you are seeking.

- Mm-hmm. -So something

like taking ayahuasca,

which would be

really scary for me right now,

is really exciting

and really scary.

Because if it shifts everything up for

you, well, this is the time to do it.

Well, I'm not set in anything right now.

You're like set in your thing.

I think what is, is everything

that excites me is what he's doing

and not how I'm reacting to it, and

not how it's affecting my brain.

It feels like what's happening to

me and what's happening to my wife

kind of doesn't matter.

- Mm-hmm. -And there's a bit of

a loss that happens between us

because our thing,

our connection, our love,

and I know it's wrong and I know we always like... We

have, like, rules of, like, make sure we always connect,

it's just so much more exciting

to put everything into that kid,

in their love, in their

development, in their thought,

and, you know,

you lose yourself in that.

All right?

Hi. Can I just sit at the bar?

- Yeah, please.

- Thank you.

- How you doing?

- Good, good, thank you.

Want a drink?

Do you need help?

Oh, no, thank you. Um, I'll

have a martini with a twist.

Wait, I haven't seen this in so

long, I eat here all the time.

What are you gonna get?

- I was thinking about...

- Uh...

- Do you guys have burgers?

- Yeah, we do.

I don't see it on the menu.

Awesome.

- Here you go.

- Perfect.

You have beautiful eyes.

Thank you. I'm just

gonna scoot over here.

What color are they?

Um, I think they're hazel. I think that's

what it says on my driver's license.

Hey.

Uh-oh.

Brian, what are you doing, man?

- I'm just coming... She was

telling me about... -You good?

No, I'm good. Yeah.

What, are these chips?

Why did you get chips?

- I'm enjoying some chips.

Do you want some? -Yeah.

Eat some chips.

Did you eat enough tonight?

- No?

- A little. I, uh...

Maybe one too many

to drink, huh?

I don't think so.

Mmm, leave some.

What are you doing?

I'm just texting my husband.

- Wait, those are haz... You're married?

- Mm-hmm.

Since when?

Since 2004.

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

Let's go, bud. Come

on outside, let's go.

Excuse me.

- Nice meeting you.

- Nice to meet you too.

She's really not interested.

Come on, let's go.

Brian, it's time to leave.

It's time to leave.

No. Please, please. Seriously.

- Really? -It's time to leave.

Let's go.

Come on, out the door.

Brian, I'm serious. Relax.

No, no, man, I'm serious.

Listen, dude.

- Why are you doing this?

- Because...

- Oh, f***!

- Oh, my God.

- You!

- -F*** you.

- Would you just go home?

- -No.

F***!

F***ing loser.

- You okay, dude?

- Honey, will you just

- get him a cab or something?

- Yeah.

I apologize. Sorry.

Here you go.

Thank you. Okay. I feel like this is

gonna hurt a little bit. Can I see it?

- Can you take this away?

- It's gonna be fine.

- Can you just take it for a second?

- Sure.

Okay. Oh, yeah,

yeah, yeah. Okay.

This is like a total...

It's fine, honestly.

It's really not a big deal.

- And you're gonna need stitches.

- No, I'm not.

Oh, yes. Yes, you are.

No, you really are.

No, I'm not.

I'm not going to a hospital.

I hate hospitals.

I f***ing hate them.

- Ow. Okay.

- Oops, sorry, sorry.

Yeah, you're gonna need

some stitches.

You know what we'll do, I have a friend, she's

a medical student. We'll go to her place.

Yeah, I don't care who does

it but you really need to...

Alicia, she's great. She's...

- Okay.

No, don't.

I feel good.

I feel great about it too.

I'm a little hungover,

so I'm just gonna get the...

- You're hungover? Perfect.

- Get the shakes out.

What were you doing?

Just, I don't know, I don't remember much.

I was at somebody's house or something.

But do you want me to walk you

through it as I'm doing it,

- or just do it?

- -No, just do it.

Okay, it's gonna take

a couple of deep breaths.

Should we do that together?

- Yeah, okay.

Okay.

- How many times have you done this?

- -Plenty.

Plenty?

Well, like on cadavers or something?

No, no. I got it. I'm just

not usually in my bathroom.

- Don't make it a thing.

- No, no. It's not a thing.

This is gonna be really easy.

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