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Oh, come on.

Let's go catch our train.

- Great job, ladies.

- Okay, wait.

Not so fast, please.

Alright.

Oh, I'm right here,

I'm not goin' anywhere.

- Where am I gonna go? Come on.

- Hey.

- This is so much fun.

- Okay, I need you to..

It's amazing!

I'm right here!

I need you

to restrain yourself.

- And just stay a little..

- I'm restraining myself.

- Thank you.

- Absolutely.

It's all good,

don't worry.

We don't have far to go,

but we better hurry.

- Hold on, please.

- Whoa! Whoa!

- Oh, what? Oh, your mom again?

- Shut up.

Whatever.

No, the train is delayed

another hour.

Oh, God.

Are we even gonna make it to

my mom before she's dead? Huh?

Maybe I can find us

another way.

One train out there,

that's all there is.

You know, um,

I'm beginning to feel

a little anxious

about all this

it's a lot of excitement

for me today.

- Hey, how you doin'?

- Good, how're you doing?

- I'm doing alright.

- Lookin' good, baby.

- Yeah, thank you, baby.

- Oh, God.

But, uh, I think there's

a meeting right up here

I could pop right in.

Oh, they help me

and calm me right down.

- You ever been to a meeting?

- No, I haven't.

Oh, no. You should try it.

Ten minutes in a church.

It's a beautiful thing.

All kind of a blur.

I met a guy online.

I think we met for brunch.

I, uh, drank three bottles

of rose, uh

but then later on, at

spinning class I blacked out.

Thank you so much. I feel

so much better already.

- Yeah. Okay. Just..

- I think I hit my neighbor's bike.

And then also, I guess

rock bottom. So, uh..

I know it's only been

since yesterday, I think

but taking it one day

at a time is really

helping me, so..

- Thanks.

- Thanks for sharing, Karen.

[applauding]

Thanks.

Remember, we're all vulnerable

to our feelings and our desires.

The question,

do our emotions drive us

or do we drive our

emotions?

[cell phone ringing]

- Hi, warden. Yes, uh...

- E... excuse me.

- One second.

- You can't do that in here.

We need an atmosphere

of recovery. Please.

Of course. Yep.

Ah, no, we're just

at the train station.

Sorry,

it's a little noisy.

Uh-huh, yeah.

Alright. Uh-huh.

Okay. Yeah.

Oh, God! Ah, no, no.

Everything is going great.

Yes. Thank you so much.

Uh-huh, okay.

[cell phone ringing]

Oh, God.

Yeah, hi, moms.

Would you like to share,

young lady?

Uh, me? No, I, uh..

I gotta go with my CO.

I gotta go, moms.

[instrumental music]

And despite these

noble intentions

I was ruining my life.

I violated

the veterinarian's oath

I was taking advantage

of all those female

pet owners who were

distraught over their

sick and injured puppies

and kitty cats.

I lost my family,

and most of my friends

because they were

basically afraid that

I would offer

rescue and shelter

to their wives

and, and girlfriends

and, and sometimes

their, their mothers.

Um, excuse me, miss,

but we have a strict rule.

There's no

sitting together

if you could just sit

one seat over.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- Thank you.

- When you're ready.

- Yeah. Thanks.

And I was suspended

from the board

of animal medicine.

But now, you are sexually

sober, is that right?

- How long has that been?

- Um... three months.

[applauding]

Whoo! Way to go!

And have you been able to

abstain from masturbation?

Well, that's not easy.

We all know

that our hands

can be our worst enemies

sometimes.

Right? Yeah.

- Right?

- Well, Yes. Yes.

Um, well, keep it up!

Uh, I mean..

I mean, the good work.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you.

[applauding]

Um, Kevin said

that it's not easy

and that is so true.

Because we have

to remember that

our habit makes true

intimacy impossible.

Lust kills love..

Would anybody else like

to come up and share?

[instrumental music]

Ah! Ha ha! I forgot

how good this feels.

Oh, me too.

It's been three very

long months.

- Three months?

- Yeah, three months.

Baby, it's been years

since I've been

with somebody.

- Really?

- Yes.

Oh, my God!

You must be famished.

I'm starving!

- Oh, yeah.

- I am so ready..

You think you can

handle me?

Yes, this is going to be

so awesome.

[laughing]

Wait, will you come

to my place?

- What?

- Come across town to my place.

To my shelter,

come to my shelter.

- To your place?

- Yeah, I do.

- Yeah, you wanna come?

- Oh, yeah.

- You wanna come?

- Oh, yeah.

Let me see what my

friend is up to. Huh?

[music continues]

Uno

Dos

Tres

Uno dos..

- Oh, no!

- There you are.

I've been looking

for you everywhere.

We got a train to catch.

Yeah, I had to take

a call.

Come on.

The train station is like,

two minutes away from here.

- You feel better now?

- I am so much better.

Thank you so much.

Ugh, ugh..

- Wh... what..

- Ugh! Ugh!

I..

[choking]

Oh, my God.

What's wrong?

Help! Somebody help!

I'm... I'm a doctor,

I'm a doctor.

Hold her legs,

she's having a seizure.

Is she going to be okay?

- Yeah, if you do what I say..

- Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh, she's

swallowing her tongue.

And she has

a very big tongue.

Okay. Hold her legs, now!

- And spread them.

- Spread them, what?

There's a pharmacy

across the street.

Okay, go and get her

this medicine, alright?

- No I can't go, you gotta go.

- Right away.

No, you gotta go,

I'll stay with her.

I'm... I'm a doctor.

Go, go, officer, go!

Okay! Listen, make sure

she doesn't go anywhere.

No, no, she couldn't

even if she wanted to.

- Go. Please go.

- Alright. B-R-B.

You're gonna be just fine.

Hi. This is

for an emergency!

I need you to hurry,

come on!

Is this some kind of joke?

Joke? No. What?

It's from

a veterinarian.

It's worm medicine

for a dog.

- A dog?

- Mm-hmm.

[instrumental music]

B*tch.

Not you, sorry.

- Thank you.

- Good luck.

[instrumental music]

[knocking]

No! Oh, my..

[gasping]

No!

You've reached the voice

mail of Doctor Kevin Rivera.

I'm probably busy at the

office or at the kennel..

So please leave a message

after the bark.

Okay, I don't know

if you are aware

but you have

an escapee with you

so you call me back

as soon as you can! Okay?

Oh, God!

Good evening,

Dr. Rivera.

Good evening, Dennis.

Glad to see you're

back to your old self.

Thank you.

Alright, six..

...D

[knocking]

Anderson! I know

you're in there. Open up!

[panting]

Are you in there?

Anderson!

[coughing]

- May I assist you?

- Ah, yes.

I, I don't know.

Who are you?

Miss, I'm Michael Evans

I'm the building

manager here.

This door you keep

beating on, it's empty.

- Are you sure?

- Absolutely.

Yeah. The doc moved out

a few months ago.

Damn.

Do you know where to?

I have no clue.

I will tell you though,

you're not the first woman

to come beating

on that door.

He must be a hell

of a veterinarian, huh?

- Sh*t!

- Yeah.

Oh, sh*t.

You know, I'm,

you know, I'm being nosy.

Just do me a favor,

you can stand in front

of that door

as long as you can

maybe he'll come out,

I doubt it

but just don't bang

on my door, alright?

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