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I'm not sure if

you even knew yet.

But come here.

I...

Here, just help it figure

out what it wants to be.

Okay.

I don't...

I don't really know

how to use this thing.

Sure you do.

Wait, hold on.

That's better. Come on.

Just try it.

It might be fun.

Can you just turn down

the music, please?

I swear you used

to listen to it

so much louder than this.

I never could understand

how you would just

be able to focus...

I have a clinically bad,

goddamn headache!

Please turn down the music!

I'm trying to help you!

But I am not your punching bag.

We don't speak to

each other like this.

This is hard for me,

too, Paige.

Paige?

Yeah?

Hey.

Hey.

I passed by that

little Portuguese bakery

that you love on the way home,

and I got us some...

Is somebody here?

Yeah.

Leo.

Hey.

My sister's just up to her

eyeballs with this wedding stuff,

and we've got the

engagement party coming up.

And we all thought Paige could

come home and help her out.

It just seems like

the right thing to do,

to be there for Gwen.

Okay. But what

about your life here?

What about all the work

that you haven't finished?

I talked to the people

at the Tribune.

And they were really understanding

about the accident,

and Dad's gonna

loan me the money

to pay back

their advance, so...

I don't know.

I just... I can't do it.

You just come out

when you're ready, honey.

Okay, thanks, Dad.

I'm sorry. It's just

until after the wedding.

I just want you to

be careful, okay?

Well, I'm not joining a cult.

I'm just going to

stay with my family.

I know, but...

But what?

Can I at least give you

an awkward hug?

So, how are you feeling?

Mmm. I feel fine.

Yeah? No dizziness,

disorientation, sleepiness?

Nope.

Great.

Well, I'm very happy, and

your CT scan looks excellent.

Oh.

What a relief. Well...

So, your memory recall,

anything?

Not really.

No, huh?

That's not normal, is it?

Listen, when it comes to the

brain, nothing is normal,

because no two brain

injuries are the same.

Paige seems

perfectly herself again.

It's wonderful.

Mrs. Thornton, could I just talk to

Paige alone for a moment, please?

It's okay, Mom.

I'm... I'm good.

All right.

Thanks.

Paige, do you want

to regain your memory?

Yes.

Because some patients fear

that when their memory

comes back,

so will the memory

of the trauma,

but mercifully

that's rarely the case.

Oh, no, that's not it.

I'm... I'm...

I'm not afraid of the accident.

So, what are you afraid of?

I guess I just...

I don't know. It's...

I mean, what if I don't

like the life that I had?

Or what if I like it too much?

I...

I just don't know.

I only did one psych rotation,

so this may be terrible advice.

But I think you have to

try and fill the holes.

You can still decide

you want a different life,

but if you don't at least

open yourself up

to remembering,

I'm afraid you're gonna live

in fear of your own past.

Hey. I'm here.

These guys are?

Knife Skillz, with a Z.

Right.

Okay, Mikey, sounds amazing.

Let's just go for it.

I am going for it.

The bass line is one note.

Just one note.

Okay, cool.

Take two.

Wow.

You look different.

Yeah. Going for

a Kanye kind of thing.

I'm gonna say

more Michael Bubl,

but, whatever, it's still good.

Hmm.

So... I'm gonna be

in and out for a while.

Sounds really good, Mikey.

Let's just take it from the top

or the middle or wherever.

You know what?

People come here to work with you, okay?

I mean, I'm doing my best,

but you gotta be here.

I know.

But if Paige is in Lake

Forest with her family,

that's where I gotta be.

I gotta make my wife

fall in love with me again.

- Oh, you found each other.

- Hi!

Hi.

Let's see it.

It's good to see you.

All right, take it easy.

The countdown's on, man.

Hey, man.

One week left of

your former life.

How you feeling?

I feel pretty good, actually.

I mean, I do get a little dizzy

if I think about it

for too long, but...

What?

No, honey, it's like

a good dizzy. It's like...

It's like panic or excitement.

Well, panic and excitement

are different.

Honey, there's gonna

be 400 people there.

Right.

Hey, do you also have a little

tingling in your fingers?

Yeah. Is that bad?

Do you listen to Radiohead?

Uh-huh.

Thom Yorke, he talks about

dizzy spells all the time.

He says when

his fingers tingle,

that's how he knows that he's

creating something genius.

And then he gets

so amped up playing

that he almost passes out.

Ryan, it sounds to me like

you're on the verge of genius.

That's cool, man.

Cheers.

Ooh, Ryan, I have someone

I want you to meet.

Mom, you listen to Radiohead?

Yeah. Why wouldn't I?

So, is that true?

Mmm-hmm.

Paige?

Hey, Leo.

What?

Your hair.

It looks so different.

You look beautiful.

Thank you.

Okay, look, so I've been

thinking about something.

Okay.

What's your favorite book?

It's probably not

what you remember.

That's fine.

That's not the point.

Okay. The Beach House

by James Patterson.

No, really?

Yeah.

Okay. The Beach House.

Okay, if it was great, you probably

loaned it to somebody, right?

Yeah. Gwen, I think.

Okay, and you probably

said to yourself,

"God, I wish I was the

person that hadn't read it,

"so that I could experience

it all over again."

Yeah, I guess so.

That's how I think

we should look at this.

What?

You can't remember how we met.

Mmm-hmm.

And you can't remember

how we fell in love.

And in a way, yeah, that sucks.

But it was

the greatest time of my life.

I just thought

how cool it would be

to get to experience it

all over again.

Like reading your favorite

book for the first time.

Exactly.

Got you.

Which is why I want to

ask you out on a date.

A date?

Like two people that are just

meeting for the first time.

Jeremy...

Yeah, I'm sorry.

Well, I don't know.

I mean, you know,

we've got

the wedding coming up.

But if we go out before then,

you might still be able

to take me as your date.

I can't promise anything,

but I'll put in

a good word for you.

All right.

Yeah?

A date.

So, I have an idea, but it

involves going into the city.

You okay with that?

Yeah, that's fine.

I just have to be back

by 10:
00 in the morning.

Oh, my God.

What?

First date and you're already

inviting yourself

to stay the night?

I'm just a little

scandalized is all.

No, I just meant...

Don't worry.

I'll have you back tonight.

If you wanna

stay the night, that's...

I mean, it's...

If you want...

You wanna just see

how it goes? All right.

You can love me foolishly

Love me foolish-like

Well, I wake

In the morning and dress

Should we get out?

We don't have to.

Is this the part of the date

where I find out

you're not actually my husband

but some crazy stalker,

and you're gonna strangle me

with my purse?

No. This is

the exact parking spot

where we first met.

Oh.

I'm gonna take you on

a little retrospective of us.

Mmm.

That is so good.

You ready for dessert?

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