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1:08

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1:10

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is all gonna come back to bite you in

1:58

the ass. Claire, I don't understand me. Maybe

2:01

it'll actually be good. For me,

2:03

Isn't that what? Even trying to help

2:05

me find like someone who's good for

2:07

me, but you're not suing him the

2:09

real you. You're giving him some edited

2:12

version of herself and that's not

2:14

sustainable. I Tony. As usual

2:16

my beautiful wife speaks the truth

2:18

is as across and how. Much

2:20

longer you can stay in our guest room. Okay,

2:23

that was a low blow. You know? I've been

2:25

looking for a place where. I'm sure you're

2:27

joblessness isn't helping you get any

2:29

approvals. How players credit score hovers

2:31

in the low five hundred's. Not

2:33

irreparable, but below a landlords ideal

2:36

score for renters. You

2:38

can stay as long as you'd like. Clear

2:40

sausages, getting frustrated and your directly working as

2:42

your own best interests. I don't need to

2:44

to speak for me my love of course

2:47

not darling and just trying to help clear

2:49

see where you're coming from. And

2:51

to reiterate that I share your opinion,

2:53

I. Appreciate the clarification. On.

2:55

Your intent. I appreciate the deep love

2:58

you have for our family which lives

3:00

at the surface and core of you

3:02

are being even when you're frustrated. And

3:04

hi Claire I was. Things. I

3:09

can. Even with the people, this is what

3:11

it looks like to trust your partner unconditionally.

3:13

And a half perfectly harmonious communication styles.

3:16

It sounds to me like you're both

3:18

acting the way the other things you

3:20

should. Stand it any

3:22

different than what I'm doing with then it. It's

3:25

entirely different. I. Mean, once we read

3:27

each other's files, we knew the challenges,

3:29

the nastiness, the things that have gone

3:31

wrong, and how he reacted. But your

3:33

files weren't. Lake. Upsetting.

3:36

Book. Or possibly than the challenges.

3:38

You found Saddam Had to read about the loss of

3:40

my cat. His hairless cat. I

3:43

mean the fact that he had a hairless cat in the first

3:45

place? Clarify. A lists and number

3:47

of short lived fish Among previous animal

3:50

companions, there was debate about whether to

3:52

include the pigeon that nested outside of

3:54

her old bed stay apartment with Claire

3:56

said corn chips for several months. She

3:59

just passed when. And I romanced.

4:01

And if I hadn't seen that first,

4:03

I might not have understood precisely why

4:05

he was so down on our first

4:07

date. Tony might have been too shy

4:09

to bring it up in the hairless

4:11

cat. She even brought me flowers!

4:14

I mean, a hairless cats are objectively freaky,

4:16

but that's a beige. Flag at worst.

4:18

Bad is relative. One person's red

4:20

flag might be someone else is

4:23

green flag. Okay who's green flag

4:25

is fired by her ex on

4:27

boyfriend boss. Who's. Is

4:29

impulsively broker lease who's is

4:32

indefinitely crushing other cousins. Couch

4:34

with no money, no prospects in a burden to

4:36

her family. Well when you put a Segway. Have.

4:39

You reached out to war and yet. A.

4:42

I. Will just. Hasn't felt like the right

4:44

time. Clear. Has communicated

4:46

with her sister Lauren since Lawrence

4:48

birthday in September two years ago.

4:50

likewise claims last contact with her

4:53

brother Eat and was on his

4:55

birthday in February. Clears. Prose,

4:57

I'll describe their relationships as cordial,

5:00

never explicitly unfriendly, but lacking the

5:02

warmth and play typical of could

5:04

sibling relationships. This. May be attributed

5:06

to both of clans oldest sibling: studious Ness.

5:09

Neither more nor even were known to sneak

5:11

out of the house or skipped classes, or

5:13

at least neither of them were caught in

5:15

the act. As often as Claire, you have

5:17

to give her the chance to be a

5:20

better sister. If you want that kind of

5:22

relationship with her, you have to be vulnerable

5:24

to keep her a chance to be a

5:26

better sister if you ever want the of

5:28

my God I were you always this annoying.

5:32

Seriously, I know you have a lot

5:34

on your plate and Tony and I

5:36

are here for you no matter what.

5:38

That. If you really want to build

5:41

a new life and move forward with

5:43

Bennett than you have to start rethinking

5:45

some things. You say that like

5:47

have already made up my mind about Bennett,

5:49

haven't you? I mean

5:51

he's your soulmate, but the like

5:53

him. Or. Do you like

5:56

the idea of who use made him think

5:58

you are so much that you. Falling

6:00

in love with your fake self. My love

6:02

you are so wise. I don't know,

6:04

I'm just trying to figure it out. Okay,

6:06

you're never gonna find out a spin it

6:09

really likes you If you don't give him

6:11

the chance to know how great you are,

6:13

he's still getting know me as just like

6:15

a better. Me: Who. Wasn't

6:17

responsible for a line of the empties up.

6:19

father's daughter. So. It was wrong

6:21

about that. Oh.

6:25

Nothing serious has. Shot Up sent

6:27

me a voice know. Secular

6:31

sort of. It's weird and voice memo

6:33

gonna hate how texting gets rid of

6:36

all the nuances Village Voice That makes

6:38

it possible that. Was

6:41

a soda have been clear but I would like

6:43

to see you again. That is

6:45

if you're able to take some time

6:47

off from that big secret project Claire.

6:49

But if you do have some time

6:51

maybe this weekend then ah, let me

6:54

know and we could see each other.

6:57

Or you can pick the places that. Are

6:59

thought Us: Yeah, I guess if you're

7:01

already back in Chicago then I hope

7:03

you had a nice flight. Home.

7:07

So. I guess he doesn't mind the version. of

7:10

me he seeing than certainly doesn't sound like

7:12

as. Be careful with his

7:14

feelings, Claire. And with your own.

7:21

The second date has been studied

7:23

by psychologists at the National Soul

7:26

Mate Database. Before the release of

7:28

the algorithm, psychologist identified that the

7:30

perceived favorability have a partner after

7:32

the second date was a much

7:34

more significant indicator of future compatibility

7:36

and the same metric. After the first

7:38

date. Really

7:40

New Yorkers? never global oil and coal mine

7:43

as such as Sex With Me. Or. Stage

7:45

Oh so this. Isn't this?

7:47

I wasn't quite sure when you

7:49

replied to my voice memo with

7:51

the text, K K sounds good

7:54

for good T U d Just

7:56

a test. Was looking for a

7:58

shorthand for it's platonic socialising. Then,

8:00

between two soulmate matches Internet

8:02

that's a mouthful. I'm

8:05

glad if I'm interpreting correctly. That.

8:08

It seems that you also enjoyed spending time together the

8:10

other night. For. Least that I made

8:12

it through the next phase of the serial killers. Us.

8:16

Most researchers myself included believe that

8:18

the second seed is usually more

8:21

successful because there are fewer pretenses,

8:23

a lower state of anxiety, and

8:25

more fluid conversations feel my cousin

8:27

she was stuff around. Me as

8:29

about this number? senior again. She

8:31

and her husband. their soulmate obviously

8:33

and she's trying so hard to

8:35

get me to tie into at

8:38

all. Ah, so you were coerced

8:40

into same day. Blink

8:42

twice, but it helps. No, no, I

8:44

mean. I think she just

8:46

really want to believe in the soul

8:49

mate thing to like justify. Her own

8:51

relationship. Or thought. Oh.

8:54

Hush and Tony. And my

8:57

brother and sister like this to with

8:59

their soul mates. Everything is so intentional.

9:02

They're all about radical honesty and

9:04

nick empathy exercises and the stupid,

9:06

so I'm okay. Okay, it's. A

9:09

Sorry, it's not stupid if you're into it,

9:11

but I'm like that. Like all sounds so

9:13

obvious, like everyone should be doing this

9:15

automatically and I'm just a dumb ass.

9:18

will. Blow with took there

9:20

again in a negative says

9:22

title. I'm. Actually

9:24

doing these leaks. Positivity

9:27

exercises written out a

9:29

whole self. Love? really?

9:32

Burns you patients things like tuck lot

9:34

about the database. Oh of course

9:36

he asked. Everybody has complex good about

9:39

the database, even my clients who are

9:41

already must select relationships become conflict. Britain's

9:43

Us because er som it. But I

9:46

mean. Isn't togetherness and happiness?

9:48

Kind of like the point to

9:50

the whole concept? Well together as and

9:52

health and us aren't necessarily the same. Conflicts

9:55

is a type of together do

9:57

you judge. your patients who believe in the

9:59

database It's not my

10:01

job to pass judgment on who they are or

10:04

what they believe. It's my job to help them

10:06

feel heard and stop repeating harmful patterns that might

10:08

be getting in the way of their

10:10

growth. Isn't that just a fancy way

10:13

of saying what the database already does, though,

10:15

without the price tag of a psychologist visit

10:17

attached? I suppose. That's the

10:19

way of looking at it. Hey,

10:26

you want to know about my siblings? You

10:28

know, if you had read my file like a normal person,

10:30

you'd already know all this stuff. Isn't that a thing that

10:32

people talk about on dates? Or

10:34

platonic soulmate talks? Whatever

10:37

this is. Yeah, I

10:39

guess. Okay, well, first

10:41

is my sister Lauren and then Ethan

10:43

and then me. I've

10:46

been told that I give very youngest

10:48

child energy. Though

10:51

there is no true diagnosis

10:53

for the oft-touted youngest child

10:55

syndrome, youngest siblings are often

10:57

described as freewheeling, attention-seeking, or

10:59

coddled from consequences. But

11:03

yeah, I mean, we get along fine, I guess.

11:05

I mean, we're not like the best of friends.

11:08

I get on way better with my cousin Sasha. She's

11:10

the one I'm staying with right now. Where

11:12

do your siblings live? Ethan's in Boston

11:14

and Lauren finished medical school and

11:16

moved back to our hometown just

11:18

outside the city. Here? So

11:21

she's close. Have you gotten the chance to see her

11:23

yet? Well,

11:25

yeah, we've got something in the books.

11:28

What about you? Family? Siblings?

11:30

Well, don't you already know about all these things from my file?

11:33

Or have you now joined

11:35

me in abstention and tossed off the

11:38

trappings of algorithmic loads? No, I kind

11:41

of thought that since you don't seem to be in

11:43

to the files that you might like tell me

11:45

better yourself. Sure, that's true. Um,

11:47

I'm an only child, two

11:50

half-siblings, but we don't see each other much.

11:52

Oh, no wonder you're so weird. You

11:55

know, I didn't mind it. I was a bookish

11:57

kid and somewhat of an introvert, so being alone more often.

12:00

and suited me fine. And you

12:02

grew up in Chicago? Yeah, right in the city,

12:04

not too far from the lake. Are

12:06

your parents still there? Are you

12:08

guys close? They are. And

12:10

they're divorced. Which, I'm sure you read in my

12:12

file. Yes, I did. So

12:15

I'm reasonably close with each of them as

12:17

an individual. We did the split weekdays, weekends,

12:19

holidays, spend, the whole nine yards, but we're

12:22

not particularly close as a unit. It's

12:24

one of the things that I liked about Marie's

12:26

family, actually. They're

12:29

all super close. They're

12:31

endearing. Are you still in love with Marie?

12:34

No. Well,

12:36

I mean, I'll always love her to some

12:40

extent, but I haven't been in

12:42

love with her for probably longer than I'd

12:44

like to admit. Yeah, I

12:46

understand. Is

12:48

there anything I can do? I

12:51

have your job to manage my emotions. No,

12:53

sorry. I need to be apologetic.

12:56

I mean it. I enjoy your company. You

12:58

are like absurd

13:00

with emotional intelligence. Hey,

13:04

occupational hazard, I guess. And

13:12

this is my elevator. This is

13:14

a very thorough tour. It was

13:16

installed in 1999. Should

13:19

be a taken scare. Maybe.

13:28

After you. Take

13:30

your shoes off here, if that's okay. And,

13:35

yeah, this is my apartment. Well,

13:39

I guess that tour was shorter than advertised then.

13:43

No, there's not

13:45

much to show, I guess. Aw,

13:47

don't get all shy. It's like right

13:49

out of a West Elm catalog. Thanks,

13:53

I don't know. I've lived here

13:55

for the past three years. Did

13:58

Marie ever live here with you? No,

14:00

we were long distance after college. Still

14:04

so weird to hear you talk about her, you've never even known

14:06

her. I'm sorry I can stop. I don't know how to- No,

14:09

it's fine. I prefer that we're open about who we are.

14:11

Of course. Um,

14:14

do you want anything? Uh, let's uh, come,

14:16

uh, sit on the couch. We

14:18

don't have to hover in the doorway. So,

14:24

uh, yeah. This

14:27

is where I live. It's really

14:29

nice. This is a great

14:31

neighborhood. Yeah, I'm grateful that I was

14:33

able to find this. I've been subletting

14:35

and apartment hopping the whole time I was in grad

14:37

school and doing my internships, and this was the first

14:39

place that really felt like it was, uh, mine. And

14:43

I was home. That's a really nice feeling. What's,

14:46

uh, what's your apartment like? Oh,

14:49

uh, you know. No,

14:52

come on. You're so descriptive. Give me a

14:54

picture. Okay, well, um,

14:57

my apartment in Chicago, like, isn't...

15:02

It's not really where I wanted to be yet. But

15:06

I'm hoping I can fix that this year. What

15:09

are you trying to fix? Oh,

15:12

I don't know. I guess it's like the- it's like

15:14

what you said. I want a place

15:16

that feels like home. That feels like

15:18

I can stay and be settled. Not like,

15:21

too settled, but you know, like, be peaceful. Does

15:25

that make sense? Of course. You

15:29

really never read my file? Nope.

15:33

Okay, and you've never really even looked

15:35

at your own file? I mean,

15:38

sure, I did when I was younger. Years

15:40

ago. But once I got

15:42

deeper into my training, I realized how antithetical to

15:44

human nature it is to try to algorithmize love.

15:47

Really? I feel like it's the most

15:49

human thing ever to try to optimize

15:52

everything. But what single algorithm, no

15:54

matter how complex, could really encompass a

15:56

whole person? Could predict a

15:58

whole future? believe in

16:00

science. No, of course I believe

16:02

in science, I just believe that there are some

16:04

phenomena that can't be explained through an equation. They're

16:07

unpredictable, complex, nuanced.

16:10

Isn't that the problem? I think

16:13

it's part of what makes them great. Plus,

16:15

the longer I've been a therapist, the more

16:17

I really do believe that it's deeply important

16:19

for a person's self-expression to be central to

16:22

their introductions of self. I'm sorry, can you

16:24

translate that? It's

16:27

good for people to have a say in how they're perceived

16:29

by others. You really think so?

16:31

Of course. We all

16:34

contain more than a file could show. You

16:36

know what? I couldn't agree more.

16:45

I should probably tell you something, Bennett. Oh?

16:49

It's... When

16:52

I had your bag for the night, I kind

16:54

of opened it and I saw a couple

16:56

of your things and I know that that is such

16:58

a violation of your privacy and that's just not what

17:01

I wanted you to think of me. To

17:04

be honest, I know that you would never have done that

17:06

to me. Not just because of your

17:08

file or anything like that, but because not

17:11

a single one of my contents was moved

17:13

a centimeter and I definitely check for

17:15

that. Sorry,

17:19

I'm the worst and you

17:21

can kick me out if you... No,

17:23

stop. I'm just... I'm thinking.

17:26

It was awesome. You're

17:28

mad. I'm not mad. Arguably, it's

17:30

very reasonable to have opened a piece of luggage

17:32

that you accidentally took home. Couple that

17:34

with the curiosity sparked by the

17:36

soulmate thing. Actually,

17:39

I have a

17:41

question. Sorry. Oh? I

17:43

also saw this really

17:47

little stuffed dog and I'm

17:49

dying to know his story.

17:51

Oh no, you saw Ruffles. Ruffles?

17:55

Yeah, you know, like rough,

17:57

rough, Ruffles. Oh.

18:00

My. God. I

18:03

can't even tell you how grateful I was Them

18:05

back home with never been away from each other

18:07

for so long. And but you didn't

18:09

look in my bag then. No.

18:11

I didn't look in your back. See.

18:13

Years as to better person than I am. Not

18:16

clear. I'm not. I have to

18:18

have earned a few questions of my own, right?

18:20

Oh, Did. You

18:23

find anything else incriminating when

18:25

you were violating my privacy?

18:28

Know. Nothing. More

18:31

exciting. Than the dog. Okay,

18:34

Then let's see I have looked into back. Would.

18:37

I have found anything incriminating has. I mean

18:39

it's only fair I can ask. Tips: a

18:41

tough. I mean. Nope.

18:44

Like pretty. Boring stuff in there

18:46

to space. shoes, socks, broz.

18:50

Silica. White. Painted

18:53

you. Dirty to Die.

18:57

So miserables as the Dirty Dog

18:59

I'm just a simple man. Who.

19:05

He. Still haven't given me a clear answer about hello. You

19:07

planning to be a New York. Oh

19:09

have I Not. Not to

19:11

my memory great both. Them

19:14

I've got worth of course the

19:16

graphic design for. Yeah, but

19:18

now they're letting me work remote I

19:20

guess indefinitely. And I guess I was

19:22

feeling them like priceless back in Chicago.

19:25

like something wasn't quite perfect and so

19:27

it's not like anything. Is really set

19:29

in vote in like anything but I

19:31

guess I'm looking for a change in

19:33

New York City is a wonderful place

19:35

for judge you think I hear them?

19:37

were. Arena.

19:40

Guess that's true. Is not that I'm

19:42

like making and kind of rash decisions.

19:45

The snow who I am hopeful that

19:47

little. Well,

19:51

I'm honestly the receivers on what he feels.

19:53

Yes, you're right. I should be Snowden or

19:55

the I. I. I don't mean to push

19:58

you out, know you're right though. It's. Gotten

20:00

later than a such good company. years and the

20:02

like. My

20:04

cousin Sasha of exactly me. And

20:07

I can stay out to listen. Skolnick system

20:09

says from. Should.

20:12

I want you out. Can. I

20:14

and mean can we see

20:16

each other than soon? As.

20:20

Like. A

20:32

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20:34

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20:36

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20:43

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