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And we're back.

We're talking to professor of water chemistry,

Dr. Jennifer Ashgrove,

one of the many scientists around the world

trying to find a solution to the water pandemic.

Dr. Ashgrove, we know it's too late now to create a vaccine

now that the entire world is infected with this virus.

But can you explain to me

what exactly are you and your team working on?

As we all know,

this virus feeds on oxygen molecules

in the water that we drink,

making water consumption toxic

and unfortunately, eventually fatal.

So essentially, my team and I are looking for ways

to bond the oxygen molecules more securely

to the hydrogen molecules in the water we drink

so the virus will starve and eventually, hopefully die.

You know, this time in history

has been nicknamed the great paradox.

We obviously need water to survive,

but now if we drink too little, we'd dehydrate.

We drink too much and the toxicity builds up in us

and it can kill us.

Well, it really comes down to

self-regulation here.

The death rates are astounding,

but they would slow down if people carefully

rationed their water intake.

But you know, obviously relying on individuals

to change their behaviors, often enough.

I mean, the numbers, as you mentioned are astounding.

That's 60 million people around the world have died

and the rest of the population is now expected

to perish within five years.

Well, I know a lot of people are looking

to you specifically to help get us out of this.

I saw that the UK Science Journal reported last week,

that of all the teams around the world,

you might be the closest to a breakthrough.

That is flattering

but I can't really comment on that now

but I can promise you

that I haven't taken a single day away from this work

since the outbreak started and won't.

I know that you're married.

And I imagine working a job like this

that has such a demand on you every single day,

what kind of toll does that take?

- Uh, yes, well, it's all about balance

and I think...

In this situation, you make it work.

You just, you find a way.

We're doing okay.

Oh my God.

- Jenn?

- I gotta go.

Fuck, Frank, pick up.

This is Frank, leave a message.

- Frank!

Frank, Frank, I figured it out.

Get the team together

and meet me at the office in 45 minutes.

I figured it out, Frank, I-

Fuck, I figured it out.

- Hey.

- Hi.

How you doing?

- Hmm.

A little groggy. - Yeah.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

No, don't be sorry.

- I know, I slept a long time.

- Hi, I'm Dr. Lakeland.

Yeah, so you feeling okay, Jennifer?

- Yes. - Okay.

- So. - Sorry, this is-

- I know, I know, I'm so sorry

to sort of surprise you like that, I'm sorry.

- Hmm hmm. - I'm sorry.

But I just wanted to make sure that I could talk to you

when you woke up.

We've determined that you're suffering

from a bit of a dissociative amnesia,

which just means things, you know,

before you collapse might be a little bit fuzzy.

That's okay.

And that's normal, guys.

So I don't want you to worry about that.

- Okay- - Some things.

It's no problem.

When you collapsed,

do you know how much water you'd consume that day?

- It was, uh, directly after lunch.

So, 25.

- Okay, great.

So we can rule out any toxicity.

Jennifer, I understand you have a bit of a history

of having these like stress-induced blackouts.

Is that correct?

- Umm.

Well, no, I don't think,

a bit of a history, is a correct way to.

Well, I've had, there's been several times

that I've lost time for a moment,

but it's,

it doesn't happen every day is what I'm saying.

- Okay and have you ever been hospitalized with those?

- No, no, no.

I have, I was in the hospital last year for four days.

We had a miscarriage and so I,

it has nothing to do with the blackouts.

This was more...

Personal. - Okay.

Well, since you have

what I would consider a medical history

with these blackouts

and because I know that you're under very extreme,

like unimaginable stress right now,

I think that what's going to be really great for you

is if you take a little bit of time off,

if you have a little bit of a rest, just a couple of days.

I think that's going to be great for you

and ultimately, great for everybody else.

- You understand what I do for a living?

Correct? - Yeah.

- Well, then you realize that it's not possible for me

to take any sort of break.

I feel great right now.

- Well, so, okay.

So here's the thing.

Because of the stress you're under

and because you do have this history,

my concern would be that these blackouts reoccur.

So I think what's going to be great for you

and it's going to ultimately help you do your job,

is if we can reset your system a bit.

I'm just talking about a weekend.

You know- - Okay.

- I'm not saying take a month off.

Just like a couple of days. - Okay.

- Is there somewhere maybe you could go

where you could just relax, get away from everything?

- Yeah. Yeah.

We have a farm, her family farm.

- Yeah.

- That sounds great.

- You're not supposed to be here.

- Good morning, Frank.

Just saving the world.

I'll be out in 15 minutes.

- Goddammit, Jennifer.

- Don't goddammit, me.

I'm not even here.

- We have had this conversation.

- Look away.

- You just had a blackout. - Why are following me?

- You had a blackout a month ago.

I can't use you like this.

Doctor's orders, you need to rest.

- I'm not resting.

I'm going to head upstairs to my office.

You will barely notice me.

And then, we can get back to work.

- Why don't you go to that place you got in the country

with your husband?

- Sure.

Every day, a hundred thousand people die

but I'm going to go, head up and have a vacation.

- Green team is still working on your new toxicity formula.

Geneva needs two days to send them the bacteria results.

You've got the time.

- Who's going to run point man when I'm gone?

For two days, who's going to take over?

- This isn't a request.

If you're still here in 10 minutes, I'm calling the MPs,

have you sent home.

- You gotta be kidding me, Frank.

- Nine minutes, 58 seconds.

- Frank!

Frank!

Sorry.

- Who is gonna run point man?

- Did I say point man?

I meant point woman.

- That makes it better?

- Well point person. - All right.

- Point people, if we could have multiple people running.

Quit while you're ahead, man, Jesus.

- Okay, fill me in.

- Bacteria patterning.

You know what Snowmax is?

It's the fake snow on ski hills.

It's made using the bacteria, pseudomonas syringae.

- Yeah.

- Bacteria is amazing ice nuclear, right?

You know that.

So you take bacteria.

And when it's in ice form,

the molecules are more firmly bound together

so the virus would have a hard time ripping it apart.

So what we need to do is come up with a pre-ice.

- And it could still possibly be digested?

- I don't know, find out.

I'll do some modeling over the weekend

while you go away to the farm

and then we can deal with it- - Elliot.

Enough.

What is your obsession with a farm, you people.

- It's not an obsession with the farm, Jennifer.

You need some time to relax.

You need some time to just get away from this, okay?

I promise you, if you go away for the weekend,

I'll do this work.

We'll revisit it Monday morning

and I'll have some answers for you.

Look, you're stuck.

You need to stop thinking about it for a couple of days.

And I don't know, maybe the solution will come to you.

- Fine.

But if I'm going to the farm, you're coming with me.

- I'm not going to the farm.

I'm gonna stay here. - Yes, you are.

Just listen to me, please.

You and Sam can

come up for dinner.

I can't do this alone.

And I can't sit up there at that farm without you.

- Yup.

We'll go. - Yeah?

- Hmm hmm.

- And we will relax.

And Jason will make

a Colombian dish.

Colombian?

- Yep, he's going to make a delicious Colombian-

- Oh, goddamnit, that's good.

Yes, get him to make a Colombian meal for me and-

- It's going to be wonderful.

And you're going to regret saying that.

And it's going to be a wonderful weekend.

- Hmm hmm, what are you going to do up there,

over the weekend?

- I don't know.

I'm going to do whatever I need to do to let you guys know

that I am okay and to get you off my back.

I will be relaxed.

I'm going to have fun

at the farm.

It's nice there.

- Um, I moved all your stuff into the drawers,

the two top drawers.

But I see that you've moved everything around

that used to be there.

Yeah.

- Thank you.

For?

- You've done a lot of work around the house

and have taken care of it.

- You're welcome. - It's good.

You've done a lot.

- Yeah, no, it's keeping me busy.

It's good.

Yeah, I mean, you know,

if you want anything moved back, just let me know.

- No, I don't want anything moved back.

Um, also you play the ukulele.

- Very observant.

When did you?

Why and when?

- Uh. - But mostly why.

- Uh, I did it in, I picked it up last March.

And I just been working on it.

I don't know, it's been a good thing for me.

It keeps me company on those lonely nights.

- Nice.

Listen, I,

I don't want to do this,

this weekend,

of just,

just a little,

it keeps me company digs and I don't,

I just, I don't want to do that this weekend.

- Why are you pissed off at me right now?

- It's just, Jason, I love the fact that you learned

a completely, random instrument

with all of the time that you have off.

It has nothing to do with that.

- So then what are you pissed off about?

- I just don't need you to use it as a tool

to remind me of how alone you feel or are, or I just-

Listen, I love it.

I think it's great.

I am glad that you found something to do with your time

besides moving stuff around the house.

- Let's make lunch.

Let's make lunch.

And I'm fucking thirsty.

I'm ready for a sip, you?

Come.

Let's eat.

Uh, are we doing doing sandwiches?

- Yeah.

All right.

I'm thinking maybe we could

make some rules,

rules for the weekend.

I'll lay down some,

I'm going to commit to,

I'm not gonna make,

I'm not going to do any more passive aggressive

shitty things for your acknowledgement or attention.

I won't.

That is my promise to you for the weekend, okay?

Well, hopefully, forever,

but definitely for the weekend.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Well then, if you're doing that,

I am going

to be present.

The whole time, here.

- Yeah?

That'd be great.

- Okay.

- I promise no more wisecracks about you

being off, saving the planet

while I'm stuck at home with my ukulele.

- Is it a ukulele or is it a banjo?

- You know, it's a ukulele.

- Well then, uh,

it looks like it's going to be a nice weekend.

I'm not going to have a sandwich anymore.

I don't really feel like one.

I'm just gonna eat a salad.

- Ah, I think you, why, are you sure?

- Yeah.

- Let me make you this sandwich.

I really feel like you're going to like it.

I've been working on my sandwich-making abilities

and it's going to be the best turkey sandwich

you've ever had.

- I'm sure it is.

I just, honestly, I just want a salad.

- All right, look.

This is silly, but,

I baked the bread.

I baked the bread and

when I baked it,

I imagined us,

eating the sandwiches together.

That's stupid and it's weird and sentimental and dumb.

If you wanna have a salad, I get it.

Have a salad.

- Yes. Fine.

Yes, thank you.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

I just, I'd love one.

- Okay.

Would you join me in trading five ounces of water

for a three ounce glass of wine for lunch?

- Yes.

Yes.

- Okay.

- Yeah. - Let's do it.

- I'm at 25.

- Wanna go and pick a bottle?

- Yeah.

Are you okay?

- I'm good.

- Are you okay?

- Yes.

- Okay.

- Red or white?

- White.

Fuck me.

- Potatoes, I dug those up already.

Do you remember the scallop potatoes

I made with the veal chop? - Yeah.

- Yeah, that was those.

Asparagus went to seed like, months ago.

So that's done.

- You've done a lot of work.

It's really good. - Thanks.

Yeah, and I'm getting good at it.

Thumb's turning green.

- Let me see?

- I should probably get that.

Looked at.

- I'll grab the far end. - Okay.

You good?

Ready and lift.

- You okay? - Yep.

You have weight, no, no.

Just paddle on the right.

Paddle on the right. - Oh, Jesus Christ.

- You want me to help?

Are you trying to turn this perpendicular?

What are you doing?

You tell me if you see a rock, so we can avoid it.

- You know what? - Yep.

- Here's my guess. - Yeah.

- There's rocks fucking everywhere.

Are we going forwards or backwards?

South.

- Which way is South?

I don't know.

So relaxing.

Fuck.

- How are you doing back there?

- I'm doing great, just amazing.

It's been enlightening.

It's pretty.

- Wish it could tell me what it's thinking.

We should do this more often.

Oh.

Oh my God.

- Fuck.

Fuck.

- How much did you have left?

- I don't know.

I don't know.

Fuck.

What are you doing?

Stop. - Hey, hey, hey.

I'll follow you.

- I'm sorry.

You know, I feel like a bit,

no, a lot of a

shit person,

because I haven't asked you anything about your book.

Like anything.

The whole year has been about me and,

I'm sorry.

- No, it's fine.

I don't want to talk about work.

We promised we weren't going to talk about work.

- But I wanna know about your work.

- Yeah, but we made a rule and,

can't break a rule.

- What do you want to talk about, then?

- I don't.

I'm trying to write something.

What do you think?

- You want to write something?

- No, I'm trying to, I've got the.

- Did you write that?

- Yeah. - No, you didn't.

- It took me three months.

- Is it finished?

- No.

No, I'd like to put words in.

I would never, I tried and I'm shit.

So I'll just go silly like.

- Just make something up.

I do.

- Nice!

I think it's a hit.

I think it's amazing.

- Yeah, you got a winner there?

- Hmm hmm.

I hate you!

You betrayed me first!

- What is it?

You okay?

You okay?

What was it?

What was it?

- Uh. - Do you remember?

- No. - Okay, okay.

Go back to sleep.

Shh, come on.

- I'm sorry.

- No, it's okay, come.

- I'm okay.

- It's all right, it's okay.

Come here.

It's okay, go back to sleep.

Hey, you wanna go to the farmer's market?

I would love to go to the farmer's market.

Can I get the yellow beans?

A dozen corn.

Can we get a basket of the mixed peppers?

Sure.

- And pork belly. - Pork.

Yeah, sure.

Hi.

Can we get a bag of the honey crisp?

You give me the stuff.

You go grab the apple crumbled pie.

I'll meet you back at the car.

As usual, do you have any apple crumbled pie?

Oh no, I don't have those today.

But we have the apple cake here, that's very nice.

- So Hans didn't have any more apple crumble, but,

he gave me strawberry rhubarb.

His last one, he sends his apologies.

- Oh, okay.

Uh.

Are you sure he didn't have any?

- Yeah.

He was very upset for you.

- Uh.

Sometimes, he has some in the back.

- He didn't, he had, he didn't have any.

- You know what?

Humor me, I'm gonna double-check.

- You don't have to double check.

- I'll be one sec, I'll be one sec.

- Jason, he didn't have- - I'll be right back.

Hey...

Got it.

- How did you get it? - He always does that.

- He's losing it, man.

He's losing it.

Let's go. - He checked in the back.

He lied to me.

- It's not easy.

I'm trying.

Yeah.

You think I don't know that?

Yeah, okay, I will.

Yeah, she's in the hammock.

Alright.

Okay, bye.

Fuck.

Jenn?

- Hey. - Hey, where are you?

- Right here.

Oh.

Hey, what are you, what's going on?

- Oh, I'm just uh,

putting some things together to give to Sam and Elliot,

tonight, just for the baby.

Uh?

- For the baby, you're gonna give,

you're gonna give them your bassinet?

- Yeah, I just wanted to give them a couple of things

for the baby.

It's like an early surprise baby present.

I thought it'd be nice.

Just at dinner tonight.

- Well-

- I don't wanna give them any sort of the artificial,

weird sterile crap that they have in their registry.

I just want to give them something personal.

I thought it would be nice.

And I think it's just a nice gesture

to give them something that means something to us.

Well, me.

- No, us.

No, no, us.

It means something to us.

- I know.

And I want Sam and Elliot to have it.

I think it would be nice for them to have.

Like, it's just,

and something's, ah, there it is.

Hmm.

- Babe, I don't, I don't. - It's nice.

- I don't think we should give them this stuff.

- Why?

We were saving Bubba for something.

- Yeah, but he's currently living in a box.

And I want him to be used.

And so,

let's give him to some people that would use him.

- I thought we were going to use.

So are you...

- I don't want to talk.

I don't want to do this right now.

- Just hold on.

It's like, you're saying we're never going to have-

- I can't do this right now.

- Okay, we haven't talked about it.

I mean, it's been- - Not now.

I just want to give them something nice.

He lives in a fucking box.

Please.

Please just give me five minutes.

- Just please don't make this decision

until we do talk about it.

You can have, take the time you need,

but you, can we not,

just make a call on it yet?

Let's talk about tomorrow.

- Okay. - Okay.

You need help?

- You look beautiful.

- You look beautiful.

No, I don't need any help.

I got this.

You do the table.

I do the food prep.

Everything is- - Situation and-

- Everything's right on schedule.

- I don't know that. - It is.

- I don't want us to end up eating at like 11:30 at night.

That's not going to happen.

- It happened once.

- That was not ny fault.

That was a technical issue.

It had nothing to do with me.

A little bit, your fault.

You sure you don't want help?

No, I'm good.

You set the table.

- I'm done setting the table.

Okay, well just relax.

You can hang with me, but I'm good.

I'm going to do the chopping.

I got this under control.

- Okay.

I think I'm just going to grab a salad.

- What, no, no.

There's no salad in this.

This does not include salad.

- It's just a salad.

- Please, please, please, please.

There's no salad in this.

There's no salad.

I've got everything organized.

Everything is going exactly where it's supposed to go

at the right time

and I just don't want you messing with it with salad.

- Okay, I'm not messing with it.

I just wanted to make, it's okay.

- I know, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

- It's okay.

What's going on?

Jason?

Hey.

- I'm sorry. - It's okay.

You just been a little weird lately

about food and particularly the stuff with the sourdough

and the sandwiches.

The shit at the market with the pie.

You've been chopping vegetables for like an hour and a half.

You snuck upstairs to have that weird phone call.

Little hushed voices.

I heard you.

- Oh no, that.

I didn't want to-

- And since when did we go upstairs

with hushed voices?

- I didn't want you to hear it.

Who were you talking to, then?

- Richard calling me about,

bugging me about pages.

And I didn't want you to hear me have a work call

'cause I said no work calls.

And I promised we weren't going to do that and then-

- Does Richard often ask where I am?

- What?

- Why did you have to explain to Richard

where I was in the house?

And my exact whereabouts?

- I don't think I did that.

- I absolutely heard you say that.

And then you got it

and you're trying to work on it

and you're trying to fix it.

I'm sorry.

The food thing is weird, I get it.

I'm under a lot of pressure, okay?

- Copy. Cool

What I'm saying is-

- No, I understand.

You're under a tremendous amount of pressure.

I know.

You have a ukulele deadline coming.

You're under pressure.

I got it.

You're under pressure.

- It is not possible that I could also be under pressure?

- It's not possible for you to be

under the same amount of pressure.

- Did I say-

Did I say that I was under the same amount of pressure?

- You used the word pressure.

What possible pressures do you have in your life?

- You know, what's-

- To make you go so strange and crazy

to sneak around and have strange phone calls

to be so obsessed with food.

- Jen, there's a lot going on right now, okay.

- What is going on, then?

- I'm trying to support you and be there for you.

And I'm just,

I'm constantly trying to lift you up.

- That's your job as my husband!

- You have no idea what I'm doing

to help you find your cure, okay?

- I have no idea?

I'm lifting you up, all the time.

- You're doing nothing except playing the fucking banjo.

- How can you say that to me!

- And chopping vegetables, is all you're doing.

That's all you ever do is sit on your ass.

It took you 10 years to write a book.

It takes you 10 years to do anything.

Don't tell me you're helping me.

Do you think I want to be here?

- I don't want to do this anymore!

- I don't want to do this anymore, either.

- I don't want to do this anymore!

- I don't want to do it either.

Great, we're on the same page.

- They're here!

They're here.

- Hi.

Aww!

Oh my God.

- I know, it's been a minute.

- Oh my God.

- Hey, I'm coming in.

Can I hug her first?

It's okay, never mind.

Hi. - How are you?

- Great, how are you? - Good.

- Oh. - Hey, welcome.

- Congratulations. - How you doing?

- Good. - You?

- Good, what's that?

No, I'm just happy for you guys.

- Dessert, my man.

- Okay. - Two ounces of watermelon.

One ounce of water.

- Seems like a fair trade.

Let's be careful with it, shall we?

- What's happening, how you feeling?

- I can smell something. - Good.

- Yeah? - How you'd doing?

- Good, I'm great.

- I'm good, how are you? - Thank you for coming.

- Of course. - Taking up a little more.

- How was the uh- - How could I not come-

- Be careful, careful with the steps!

- She's fine. - How was the drive?

- Please, let's not do that anymore, this weekend.

- This is a very- - She's fine.

- She has to help me upstairs. - Precious cargo.

- I'm so, so sorry.

I really fucked up.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, so did I.

We both did, right?

- Yeah.

- So, how's it going?

- Not well.

- Shit.

God, is there any way we can just tell her?

- Sammy.

Sammy?

Look at me.

That is not an option.

Do you get that?

- Yeah.

- We got this.

You going to be a dad?

- Yes, I'm going to be a dad.

- You're gonna be a dad.

- I know.

How did that happen, Jennifer?

I can tell you.

How do you feel?

- Um.

I, you know.

Are you okay to talk about this?

- Yes. - Seriously for real?

- Oh, um, thank you.

Yeah. Yes.

- I'm going to have a kid. - I know.

- In like three months.

Come on, look where we live.

Look, what's happening.

How am I supposed to welcome someone into the world,

knowing that?

- You're going to fix this

and you're going to do it with me.

And so, the baby's going to be fine

and you're going to be fine.

It's okay to be scared.

You should be.

You'll probably fuck it up.

You will fuck it up.

- Thank you, Jennifer.

- You're welcome.

- How are you, really?

How's the weekend going?

- I don't know, I'm a little lost.

- How so?

- I just, uh.

Before you came, we had a fight,

just devolved into madness.

And I said things and he said things

and they were hurtful and they were bad and...

- I think we got to give them some slack.

I mean, both of them.

Just think of the pressure they're under.

They're trying to take care of us and connect to us.

We're off doing, God knows what, in their eyes.

They don't understand what we're doing.

They just see what we're coming home,

weighted down with every night.

And they're trying to figure out how to love us.

And that's...

So he's been tasked with trying

to give you a good weekend here,

a relaxing weekend,

a way to get rid of all the other stresses as best he can.

And he doesn't understand that, that's impossible.

He loves you so much.

- I know.

- Just try to give over to it, you know?

And cut off some slack.

- Thank you.

- No problem.

- Are we done?

- Jesus. Come on.

- I just want to know if it's over.

It was nice.

So welcome to Colombia,

is the unofficial national dish.

So don't be intimidated by the number of dishes you see

'cause it all comes together on your plate.

You can just start with rice.

You're going to add red beans,

which is cooked through with slow roasted pork.

We've got ground beef,

I've got a chorizo and more pork.

Plantains, fried plantain,

and then you've got fresh avocado.

There's no right or wrong way to do this.

- I just wanted to ask you traditionally-

- Yeah.

- This dish is served single serving.

It's never served family style.

So I'm curious about why you made the choice

to do it this way.

- I guess I'm giving it my own twist.

Give me a fried egg.

- The yolk is usually runny.

- Ah, you really boned up

on your Colombian food history, there.

- I did, about 20 years. - He lived in Colombia.

- Oh, you lived in Colombia? - We lived there.

- So you actually,

you've eaten the real thing. - Yeah.

- How's it taste, though?

- It's tastes great.

The Elliot stamp of approval.

- Thank you, man. - You did it.

- I appreciate it.

- And most importantly, at least,

we're not being served at 1:00 a.m.

Oh.

- Is this never going to be forgiven?

- No.

- It was a technical issue.

- I desperately want you guys to tell the story

of your very first date.

- I've heard enough about it.

I don't know that we need to-

- You need to hear the story, it's fun.

- It wasn't a date. - It was, yeah.

- It was a date and it was a kiss.

- No.

You lept like Clark Kent into the crowd

and suddenly started body surfing.

It was just like hands on butts and boots and faces.

- Hands on butts? - Oh, I mean, yeah.

- People are propelling you. - 'Cause they're passing-

- They're passing you from one to the other.

- Oh, I thought you meant your hands.

Your hands were on- - No.

- That's another version. - No, it was like, yeah.

So you got pushed into kissing?

You were forced into it. - Pushed into, yes.

Physical contact.

- And threw you into a passionate kiss.

- It was not a passionate kiss.

- And that was all we needed to know.

That was-

- The first one doesn't sound romantic.

But was the second one romantic?

The second kiss?

- It was like literally two seconds.

Tried again and it was-

- It wasn't even a do-over.

So you remember that right?

- You were trying to finish what you started?

- And we could tell instantly-

- And definitely. - There was nothing going on.

Nope.

- Well, it's interesting,

how many times you told the story.

How come we're only hearing this now?

- You never wanted to hear it before.

- I heard some of this. - You find it amusing.

- It's hilarious.

- It's such a boring story.

- You wanna maybe tell us about any other kisses?

Is there a third, or a fourth or a fifth?

- Yeah, exactly.

- Maybe we should go to a concert.

Yeah, let's go bang teeth.

- I'm gonna try some of the crazy hot sauce.

You wanna try it?

- I'll follow you.

- What is, the frig is this?

I'll follow you, business?

- The first summer after we hooked up, I had to leave.

- After we hooked up. - Less romantic.

- To go back to Winnipeg to work at my dad's store.

- I thought we would,

I did not think we were going to see-

- Totally gone. - Until he came-

- Taking the summer off.

And then I get to my dad's.

One of the first day,

the first morning.

Who walks in the door?

The first customer in the door.

And she said, I followed you.

And this became our...

It didn't become a thing until the next year

when we graduated

and you got into the master's program at UVic

and I gave up my life to go and follow you.

You gave up your life?

- Well, you know,

brought my life with me-

- With you, as I brought my life, yeah.

And that's the thing,

- And then, we kept doing that.

And then you kept doing that.

- Well, I went to Dublin for the PhD.

- Followed her again and then again.

And then you followed her again.

Well.

There's reciprocity in the following.

It's not just him sort of stalking me around the globe.

I understand, you're both following in love.

- Aww. - It's a beautiful story.

- Thank you. - Aww.

- That's a good one. - Hmm.

- Well, that's the story.

- It's a good one. - It's a great one.

- And I have no idea- - Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for asking.

I want more than five, though.

Savor it.

- Nice!

- Try it again. - So, what-

- Oh my gosh, I got it close.

- Good shot. - Perfect.

- Nailed it. - Yes.

- Your point. - Oh, that was terrible.

Good effort, good effort.

- One more time for the baby. - Good effort.

- A for effort. - That was a half measure.

- This is fun.

- Nope, no, no, no.

- You gotta redo. - Look over there.

- You want some of this? - Okay.

- You're counting your ounces today?

- Don't worry about me.

Hmm.

Measures out so we each get five pieces.

You've had more than five pieces.

- I know what I'm doing, okay.

- It's gonna fuck you up if you-

- I know what I'm doing.

- Great.

- Since I can't bend over. - Nice.

- My turn. - Yep.

- I wanna apologize for, um, something.

I uh...

I've just taken Elliot away, a lot for work.

And I know that right now,

you should be with your husband and-

- It's okay. - And I felt bad about it.

- No, please. - I know.

- You have to do what you have to do.

- Right. - It's fine.

And I'm not alone.

I mean, you've got Elliot.

And I've got Jason.

- Wait, okay. - But.

Having lunch once a week

does not make up for a missing husband.

- And dinner and movies

and card games

and you know,

whatever Jason wants to do.

I'm like, okay.

So, I'm far from alone.

It's fine, please.

Don't ever feel like you need to apologize.

Oh!

So you'll go first, Sammy.

You'll pick five questions out of the bowl.

- Which family member annoys you?

- Elliot, what'd you get?

- That would be your racist uncle.

- Yes, I'm going to go with uncle Tim, as well.

He is racist and he is-

- Your uncle Tim is racist?

Sorry.

- And he was an inappropriate tickler.

- He's not inappropriate.

He's just a tickle monster.

- Well, that's inappropriate.

What do you got?

- Your mom.

- Well, I think Elliot would agree with that.

- Hmm hmm.

- What was your answer?

- Uncle Tim.

- Hmm, I get a point.

Okay. Second question.

- What I most like about the weekend?

- Morning sex.

I know this.

I shouldn't-

- Uh oh, Elliot.

What'd you get?

- My cooking is a favorite part of her weekend.

- I'm going to go with the sleep in.

- Yes, you're all right.

- But what did you write down, as the question?

- Lately, you know,

it's definitely been the sleep in.

Ah.

- But I'll take your cooking any day.

Favorite smell.

- Her favorite smell is Musk.

- Hmm, okay.

I also have Musk, but I'm doing,

I'm guessing a three-way tie

between Musk, Jasmine and lilacs.

What do you got?

- I said food.

- So vague. - Not the worst guess.

- No, mine's vague.

Yours is very, very specific.

- I'll tell ya what, I know I'm right

and I'll tell you why.

- It's pretty specific.

- You know, right?

- What did you say mine was?

- It's Musk.

- Okay baby, you're not wrong.

But you're the most right.

- So round two,

how often would I like to have sex.

- Don't care. - Every single day.

- Hmm. - Probably twice a day.

Maybe three times a day.

- What did you write down?

- I wrote every single day.

- Every single day. - Every day.

- Elliot, what do you think is my sexual appetite?

- That's interesting,

'cause I actually down, half to one time a week.

- Okay.

Sammy?

- Three times a week.

- I wrote down three times a week.

But I'm sure that Jennifer is much more correct.

- Every day would be splendid.

- Yes. - I just.

I didn't want to push it.

I didn't want to push my luck.

Okay.

Four and...

What is a skill that I have,

that nobody else knows about?

- Sweetheart, what'd you get?

- I just only found this out recently.

Playing the banjo.

- It's a ukulele.

Elliot?

- Just grasping at straws here.

Sleep doctor.

Right?

- Why is that funny?

- No, this is drinking too much watermelon

and getting just a tad water toxic.

So Sammy?

- I know it's the ukulele. - You okay?

- But another string instrument.

- She meant ukulele,

by the way. - I'm sure.

- Yeah. - Number four.

What is my favorite dessert?

- I don't know.

- My favorite dessert, come on.

- What'd you write down?

- Sam, tell me.

- Well, I only know 'cause if it's not really, really warm,

you send it back. - Ah!

- It's molten chocolate lava cake.

- But you knew this.

She knew that, too.

- I'm sure it's changed, but like for 20 years.

- You know what guys, you don't have to explain

and rationalize every answer, okay?

You guys are good friends, that's fine.

- Didn't know that was one of the rules, yeah.

- Probably because you guys

are just spending every day together.

- Well, there's a whole thing with the smells.

- See, this is what I don't I understand.

If you guys have been spending all this time together.

- Hmm hmm.

- Are you writing?

Where is, how you working on your book?

He hasn't touched it in six months.

You know, been doing other things, right?

Other skills, life skills.

Like hanging out skills.

Learning an instrument, right?

- Yeah, um.

Sorry, you said, you know,

just because you guys have been going out to lunch,

he hasn't touched his book in six months?

- I mean, maybe he has.

As far as I know, I don't know.

- No, no, no, it's been off and on.

I mean, it's- - Yeah.

Well, yeah, we should go.

- Yeah, we should- - I'll drive.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- Yeah, I'm fine.

I can drive.

- No. - I can drive, yeah.

Easy does it.

Step.

Thank you, so much.

- You're welcome. - Thanks for coming, guys.

- That was a fantastic day.

- It really was, guys.

You knocked yourselves out.

Thank you so much.

Key?

- That's good. - Okay.

- See ya, Monday. - See ya, Monday!

- Hey. - Hey.

- Water, I brought your water up.

You still have like, 10 left,

even with the watermelon, so.

That's good. - Thank you.

- You got a good drink tonight.

- Getting an early jump on the-

What are you doing?

- Don't ask me stupid questions.

Don't do that.

- Put your stuff- - Don't do that.

- Put your stuff away.

- Why have you been lying to me about your book?

No.

Why are you a liar?

You've been lying to me about your book.

You lied about Richard.

You lied about hanging out with Sam every day.

So I'm packing because I don't want to stick around

to find out how much more you've been lying about.

Why were you lying to me about your book?

- Okay.

I stopped writing because I,

I haven't been able to,

I haven't been able to write because I don't see a point

in writing a stupid book

about some civilization that nobody cares about it.

And...

- There's no point.

- Yeah.

- There's no point because we're not going to make it.

There's no point because I,

I'm not going to be able to fix it.

Then, why the fuck drag me up here?

If you think my work is pointless.

If you think that I am pointless.

If you think that what I'm doing is pointless.

- No, no, no...

- I'm pointless?

- No!

You're, you're...

- You just said, it's pointless.

- I just meant, it's hard to rationalize

me doing something so meaningless

when you're doing something so meaningful.

- It's not what you've said.

You said it's pointless.

You said you didn't want to work on it

because it's pointless,

which means that you don't fucking

think that I can do it.

- You don't understand.

- I do understand.

- Babe. - Don't.

I need you to believe in me.

And you don't.

And on top of it, you're fucking lying about it.

Who are you?

Why have you been lying about

the copious amounts of time you've been with Sammy?

Tell me the truth,

because I think that you owe me that.

- Yeah.

So something happened between Sammy and I.

- Hmm hmm.

- One time. - Hmm hmm.

- Earlier this year and it was one night

and it was completely stupid and meaningless.

And we do not feel that way about each other.

And I love you so much.

- Fuck you.

- And it was a stupid, stupid thing

and we both hated it and it was awful.

- Fuck you. - And it was one time.

- You bring her into my house where, when?

- Their house, their house, you guys were working late.

You and Elliot were working late, and...

When did this happen?

- In February?

It was February or March, I don't remember exactly.

- Hmm hmm.

- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Don't even go there.

It's not, it's not that.

Honey, you gotta believe me.

Please.

- Oh my God. - No.

- Well, congratulations, Jason.

No.

- What am I suppose to do?

I can't believe...

Don't!

Don't!

I...

Fucking hate you.

- Don't say that, please, don't say that.

- I don't!

Fuck!

- Did something happen?

- I'm leaving you.

That's what happened.

- Can you open your window, please, Jennifer?

Hi, Jennifer.

I'm Dr. Lakeland, you remember?

We met yesterday.

I'm the neurologist.

I know, they're fine.

They're going to stay right there, okay.

So Jennifer, I need 10 minutes of your time, okay.

And then I'm going to tell you everything that's going on.

- Now, is not a good time.

- I know, it's not.

Trust me, I know it's not a good time for you.

I know it's not and I need just 10 minutes

and I promise you, I'm gonna explain everything to you.

So you and I need to go back in your house, please.

- I'm not going anywhere.

Who are those people?

- They're going to move,

as soon as we go in the house,

they're going to go.

They're just helping me right now.

I know, I know.

And I know it's the worst possible time

for me to be showing up and doing this to you.

- How do you know? - I'm gonna tell-

- What do you mean, you know?

- I'm going to tell you everything.

I just want 10 minutes, okay, please.

I'm trying to help you save the world, okay.

I need you to give me 10 minutes of your time, okay?

Yeah, go in, okay.

Okay.

So, Jennifer, what I want you to do

is walk me through what happened in here with Jason, okay?

Would it help you if he was in here?

- Yes.

- Okay. Okay.

- Jason. - Yeah.

- Can you come in, please? - Yep.

- Okay, so, thank you so much. - Yep.

- Both of you, okay.

Here's what we need you to do. - Okay.

- I'd like, you two, please, to walk me through

what happened.

- She was there and I came in with the water bottles and,

I put hers here and, uh.

I drank from mine and then I put it here.

- And then he came over

and told me that he was fucking our best friend.

So, that happened.

Is that what you're looking for?

- Yeah, okay.

So how did you feel when he told you that?

- How would you feel?

- It doesn't matter how I would feel.

I want to know how you felt.

- Like, I'm dying.

Betrayed.

And fucking angry and,

heartbroken and I feel so stupid.

I feel like an idiot for trusting you.

I feel so stupid.

I feel gutted.

Like, I want to die,

but like, I want you to die, more.

And what did you say to him after he told

you, what did you say to him?

- I went- - Don't!

- Please, please, just let him do it, okay?

Let him do it, please.

- I went for you.

- I don't even remember.

I don't know, he came and then I left

and I went to the bathroom

and I collected my fucking self because it was a moment.

And then I went to the car

and then you showed up with whatever bullshit this is.

That's what happened.

- Okay, we're going to do that, okay.

Okay, you can do this.

So tell me what you did when you came in here.

- I closed the door.

- And did you close it?

How did you close it?

What did you do next, Jennifer?

- I grabbed,

I don't know.

I actually don't remember.

I slammed something.

Maybe like, I don't remember.

Do you remember what you were feeling?

- Yes.

I don't remember what I did.

I don't understand what's going on.

I don't remember what happened.

I know the feeling if that's what you're asking me.

That's what I'm asking you.

- The feeling? - Yeah?

We're going to stop this, okay.

Frank?

You can come in, now.

- What?

- Dr. Lakeland.

- Come on, sit down, please, Frank.

- Jennifer.

- So, Jennifer,

I'm going to tell you what's been going on, okay.

I want you to listen to me.

And when you have questions, of course,

you're going to have questions

and Frank and I,

we're going to try to answer them as best we can, okay.

So, do you remember when you woke up yesterday

and I told you,

you were suffering from acute dissociative amnesia?

Okay, so you had had a,

like a stress-induced blackout

and you forgot about two days of your life.

So here's what happened in those two days.

You came to this house with Jason.

You had a lovely day together.

You had a lovely night.

The next day you went to the market

and then your friends came over for dinner,

Samantha and Elliot came over for dinner.

They left and you and Jason went upstairs.

Then you had a fight.

You went into the loo by yourself.

And while you were in there,

you had an epiphany about the water crisis.

We know this

because when you left,

you got in your car and you called Frank

and you left him a message.

And you told him that you had solved it,

that you had figured it out.

And you wanted him to get your team together.

- No. - Yes.

We don't know exactly what happened after that

but you were found unconscious

but unhurt on the side of the road.

Welcome back.

- Why are you here?

- What's the last thing you remember?

- I was at the office

and I ran downstairs to do some lunch.

Had a hamburger.

- That's it?

- And a hash brown.

- It was clear to Frank

that you did not remember calling him.

You did not remember having that epiphany.

And you did not remember that whole weekend.

So here's what happened, okay.

You were medically sedated, safely.

And Frank called me.

Hello? - Dr. Rebecca Lakeland?

Right now there's a team waiting for you outside your door

with our verification documents.

Take you to Auckland Airport

and put you on a plane to come here.

- I'm a memory specialist

and the work that I do is around context dependent memory.

The context or the situation that you're in,

when a memory is formed,

that impacts the way that that memory is retrieved.

So I'm going to interview.

I'm going to ask each of you questions individually,

and I want you to think in terms of senses, okay.

So go through, what did it smell like?

What did it tastes like?

What did it sound like?

All those things.

And also in terms of physical or emotional state, okay.

So what were you feeling?

What was Jennifer feeling?

Okay, the fascinating thing about this kind of work

is that a person moving through this sort of thing,

70% of the time, they're going to repeat the behavior.

And if you feel her going off,

that's where you sort of, as a group, you know,

you get her back on.

Okay, so can you walk me through

what happened when Jennifer came into the office?

- I just knew that she needed some time off.

This isn't a request.

- You and Sam are going to come to dinner.

- We will go over dinner if buddy makes Colombian food.

You're going up there just to kind of be buffered.

- There's a piece of art,

a statue that's by the front door.

- You moved this.

- She kind of pretended like she was okay with it,

but I could tell that she was not.

Okay, and you said she was surprised to

know that you had learned the ukulele.

- You're sitting here on the couch

and you're just sort of performing for the whole house.

Do you want a standing ovation?

It's lovely.

Good job.

- I think we had lunch after that.

I think there was turkey sandwich with mayo and mustard.

Yeah, so then we went for a canoe ride.

We were having trouble finding the rhythm.

It was a bit awkward.

I'm not afraid of drowning in it.

I just don't want to fall into it and get all wet and cold.

We made a stir fry.

And we have a routine when we make the stir fry

and it's like a dance, almost.

She fed me a piece of red pepper.

Is she going to do that again?

Maybe, I hope so, I hope so.

I hope so that she has the same impulses.

- That'll be wild. - Yeah.

- I knocked her water bottle over

and before she could stop me,

I opened it up and I dumped my water out.

We made up a song.

- What is this?

- So we had an intimate moment, on the swing.

She grabbed me and kissed me. - Okay.

- This I remember,

because this hasn't happened in a long time.

So in the morning, I got up before she did.

Okay.

- And I went downstairs and I made her a cup of coffee

and we like to do a canoe, a paddle before we eat.

And the water was amazing.

It was a nice morning?

Yeah, it was a nice morning.

Okay.

- Went to the farmer's market. - Yep.

- Get the pie?

- I did.

- It was an apple crumble

with the caramel like drizzled.

Hammock time.

And she was reading.

Well, then we started getting ready for dinner.

Pulled up in the back of their farmhouse.

I remember that Jennifer went to Samantha first

and said, hi.

- She was really happy.

Really happy to see me.

Jennifer and Elliot went for a walk

to discuss work, I assume.

Do you remember the route you took?

- Yeah, we were over by the fence.

Do you remember exactly

what you were saying to her?

- Are you sure?

Is it okay to talk about this, really?

I don't know if you know this, but,

she had a miscarriage.

- Yes.

Jason didn't mention that to you?

No he didn't.

No, no, but we're just sort of walking through events.

So if it didn't come up with him, you know,

it wasn't a thing that would have walked me through.

- Right.

And what did you talk about at dinner?

- Normally, it's served single serving platters,

as opposed to

Ponderosa style.

- Families. - That's true.

- He's not wrong. - He's not wrong.

- We criticize each other's meals.

It's kind of a friendly competition thing.

You can only find out so much on Wikipedia, right?

So that's where we were. - Wow.

- It was all in good fun, you know.

Just teasing each other.

- I still think it's crazy that the two of you dated.

- Jennifer, for whatever reason,

loves the story about the not date that Jason and I had.

- It was the most awkward kiss.

It was gross, actually.

- It was gross? - Yes, it was.

- Oh, thanks.

And after dinner, we played croquet.

It was fun, but Elliot,

he ate too much watermelon. - Okay.

Ah, fuck it.

I always bring a watermelon.

It's a special treat. - Yeah, great.

- Don't do that all the time.

- And then we went back inside to play a game.

Favorite smell.

My answers are never straightforward,

which Jason knows.

So Sammy knew more about you

than Jennifer knew about you?

- In this particular instance, yes.

And so how did Jennifer feel about that?

- She didn't like that.

Kind of highlighted that we haven't

been spending a lot of time together

and it made her feel uncomfortable

and suspicious and jealous. - Okay.

- It got weird.

- Yeah, time to go.

So, she stormed in the house

and went up to the bedroom?

- She was packing.

We had a fight.

You're the scientist that they plucked from obscurity

to fix everything.

- But I can and I will and I-

- I don't want you to save this world.

My world is lonely and sad and useless.

- Get away from me!

- She asked me if anything had happened

between me and Sam.

We had sex one time-

- Fuck you.

- And I told her the truth.

It was a stupid mistake.

And if you want to make it all about that, then go for it.

- I don't understand the point!

I don't understand how you could do this!

- You betrayed me first!

You gave up on this marriage!

You gave up on this friendship!

You gave up on this whole thing!

- I hate you.

- Yeah, that's obvious.

You've hated me for a very long time.

- If you made mistakes in that fight,

if you said things you wish you hadn't said,

you gotta do it all like that, okay?

- That's- - You can't fix it.

So if you feel like you've fucked up-

- That sucks. - No, it does.

I know, but it's important that it stays there, okay.

How long was she in there?

Not long, maybe 30 seconds.

And then she stormed down the stairs

and that was the last time I saw her.

- And then I got this call.

- Get the team together

and meet me at the office in 45 minutes.

I figured it out, Frank, I-

- Here we are.

- The next thing that's going to happen

is we're going to wake Jennifer up.

Jason and I are going to be there.

And based on her reaction,

I'm going to decide

whether or not we actually go ahead with this, okay?

If we go ahead, you're going to be contacted.

So what we have been doing

and what you have been experiencing for the last two days

is a reconstruction of those days that you lost.

And we did that because our hope

is that by moving you through that again,

you would come to the same discovery.

You would have that epiphany. - Stop.

And you would to remember. - Stop.

- That didn't happen, okay? - Stop.

- Yeah.

- So you sent me here

to put on a play?

That's what you're telling me?

That none of this was real?

That 15 minutes ago didn't happen?

That...

You recreated this?

- We didn't have a choice.

You didn't have a choice?

- We wanted you to have the same thought

and we wanted that to happen as organically as possible.

- How am I supposed to get this out of my fucking head,

what just happened to me?

- It's okay, it's okay.

You don't have to do anything right now, okay?

So can I tell you one more thing?

- I don't care what you want me to know.

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care.

This is so fucked up.

You have no idea how fucked up this is.

- No-

- I don't know what's in my head!

- I know, you don't.

I know you don't.

But it is in there

and we're going to help you get it out.

- So what now?

- This is what we're going to figure out, okay?

We are not going to do it right now.

- You can take some time.

Process all this.

- You want to help me?

- Yep.

I do.

- If you wanted to help me,

you would have said something in the first place.

If you wanted to help me,

you wouldn't have done...

All of you can go fuck yourselves.

- Okay, so I just got off the phone

with the best hypnotherapy therapist around

and she can be here in the morning.

I think that is probably our best bet now to go that route.

- Hypnotherapy has been known to implant false information.

I can't trust it.

- No, that's not going to happen

with the hypnotherapy therapist that I've got

but I feel like you probably have another idea, right?

So what's your plan?

Cytidol.

- What?

What is that?

- You wouldn't know, it's classified,

but it's been known to work in 90% of cases.

- So, what have we been doing?

Why'd you bring me here, 90%?

Why didn't you just do that in the first place?

- Because 75% of cases end up catatonic

after successful extraction.

- So what happens if you're not successful?

And then also now, Jennifer's catatonic?

So you've just taken the most important brain

on the whole planet right now.

And you've destroyed it.

- There's something else.

We've told everyone, they have five years.

The truth is, it's less than that.

A lot less.

- Jesus Christ.

- Yeah, I understand.

I don't know.

No, I don't know.

How long?

Uh, I'm going to call you back.

- Hi. - Hey.

Can I come in? - Yeah.

- So how long have we known each other?

- Almost two years.

- Well, after getting to know you

over the last couple years,

I realized that you

never ask anyone to do anything

outside of their comfort zone,

unless you think it's really necessary.

And while what you did to me was fucked up,

I recognize that you thought

it was absolutely necessary, so.

I'm here.

And I want to help you.

I want to do whatever

it is you need me to do.

- Well, we have to go to the next option.

- Which is?

- There is a drug that's classified.

It's called Cytidol.

- Okay.

What happens if I say no?

- You can't.

- Frank.

- You have information locked in your brain

that could save the human race.

If we don't get it in 18 months, we're all gone.

- When is this supposed to happen?

- They authorized me to give you 24 hours

to get your affairs in order.

- 24 hours?

Thank you.

- Hey.

So what are you going to do?

I don't know.

I think you do.

- I feel like I haven't been home in 20 years.

- Yeah, me too.

- Actually, that's not true 'cause I feel like

work is my home.

- Hmm hmm.

- And the one constant thing about that has been,

um...

You.

I need you to promise me

that you are going to go off and be happy

with your wife and your new baby.

And live a very happy life because you owe that to me.

You're not promising.

- I promise.

- Thank you.

I have to go.

I want you to finish up.

Don't fuck it up.

- I don't want to bother telling you how ashamed I am

because I think that's really obvious.

And this might be the weirdest thing to say

but this had nothing to do with you.

I've just been alone for a really long time.

It's no excuse, but it's the truth.

I can see how you were lonely.

And I can see how Jason was lonely.

- The worst part about this is,

I think I betrayed you the most

and I wouldn't dream of asking you to forgive me.

More than anything,

I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive him.

You're his whole world.

He loves you more than anything.

- I think the thing that has come out of all of this

is that I realized

that there are so many different ways to love.

You have hope.

With or without me.

Just know that I want you to be happy.

And I'll see you on the other side.

I miss you already.

Hi.

- Hey.

They told me,

they told me I couldn't call you.

So I didn't call.

- I know.

- I'm...

I'm really sorry about

all of this.

- I know.

I don't have a lot of time.

Last year when I was in the hospital,

when I called you

and I told you that I had had a miscarriage,

I was...

I didn't have a miscarriage, Jason.

We didn't have a miscarriage.

I had to make a choice.

I couldn't do both.

I couldn't be a mother

and then do what I was expected to do.

So I made a choice and I chose and I...

And I'm sorry.

Please.

No.

- You...

- I remember.

- Jenn.

Jenn, you have to go.

- No, no, no, no, I'm not leaving.

- I'll follow you.