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[ Clears throat ]

"Pursuant
to the requirements

set out by
Illinois Statute 225 ILCS-107,

I am required
to inform you

that I am not a licensed
psychologist, psychiatrist,

or a registered therapist,

but that these therapy sessions
are being tape-recorded

to provide a record of the 1,920
supervised clinical hours

needed to acquire
such a license."

So do I have your permission
to tape-record this session

as evidence
of hours performed?

Yes, sir.

Oh, you don't
have to call me "sir."

You're gonna be a doctor
one day, right?

Yes, that's my intention.

So you're like
a half-doctor now?

Uh, no.

No, there's no such thing
as a half-doctor.

You're either a doctor
or you're not a doctor.

Dr. Tracy?

Uh, here.
Present.

Hello, Doctor.

Um, I was going over
your intake form,

and the section where you put
your income -- you wrote zero.

Oh, yeah.
Zero dollars.

-That's correct.
-Okay, so you're not a doctor.

No, I am a doctor.

Okay, well, most doctors
do have some income.

Right, but, uh,
I have no income.

Um, I just graduated
from medical school,

but I didn't
get a residency.

Okay, so you're not
a doctor.

No, I am a doctor.
I just can't practice medicine.

Well, I can't practice
medicine, either.

So we're both
not doctors.

No.

You are not a doctor.

But basically,
I'm doing an internship

where I administer
free sessions.

Free sessions?

♪

Yourg:
And it's free, though.

Yes, it's illegal for me
to charge money.

That's great.

I wish you were
a bakery.

That'd be great to have a bakery
that could not charge.

[ Chuckles ] Yes.
Yeah.

I'd eat my weight
in cinnamon rolls.

Okay.

I guess
we can start there.

I'd like to eat my weight
in cinnamon rolls.

Oh, okay.

Is food an issue?

That is --
That's the big one.

All right. Great.
So, um...

Purging.
Binge and purge.
Gotcha.

-Yes, yes. Okay.
-Gotcha. Yeah.

Can I just talk
to Dr. Virgil?

Sir, either you make zero
dollars or you're a doctor.

Which is it?

[ Telephone rings ]

Could that...

[ Ringing continues ]

Could that be for you?

[ Sighs ]

[ Ringing continues ]

[ Receiver picks up ]

Hello?

The doctor
will see you now.

So, you remember me?

Of course.

You were the counselor
at Forest Park Elementary

when my dad passed away.

I remember you
very well, David.

-How's your mom doing?
-She's doing good.

-Yeah?
-Yeah.

She's just --
is always kind of cheerful.

My stepdad's...

Oh, you have a stepdad?

I do, yeah.
I have a stepdad.

How's that been?

Uh...

good.

He's...
a benign human being.

Stepbrother is...

Our relationship is, uh --
is one of, um,

two animals that aren't
going to eat each other

but have no interest
in seeing one another.

You're not close.

We're -- Yeah.

Yeah.

Uh...

David, what can I do
for you today?

Oh. Okay.

Well, I've decided
I want to do what you're doing.

You want to be
a clinical therapist?

Yes, please.

What led you
to this decision?

Well, I really want to help
people, you know, for money.

I mean,
as a profession.

Well, you have always been
a very empathetic person, David.

You could tell that
from when I was a kid?
Of course!

Why, 'cause I was crying
all the time?

Well, your dad had died.

That's why you were
crying all the time.

Well, some people go silent
for a while after a --

You did not go silent.

No.

I did not go quietly
into that soft night.

Is it --
Am I getting that --
I think --

Well, they say that
about someone who's died.

-Oh.
-But...

What's the quote?

"Do not go softly
into that good night."

Good night.
Into that good night.

Yes.
I did not go softly
into that good night.

Well, you didn't die,
David, so...

Right, yeah.

My father went softly
into that good night.

I know he did.

I went loudly into...

mourning?

-But you made it through.
-I did.

And here you are.

Here I am.

-And you want to be a therapist.
-I do, yes.

All right, well,
the requirements

for the state of Illinois
for something like this

are two years
of full-time supervision,

1,920 hours of face-to-face
patient sessions.

Oh, yeah.

I know that,
and I'm all in.

-I already passed my CCE exams.
-Good.

All I need
is a supervising therapist

to sign off on my hours.

And I've already got
a whole bunch of patients.

Oh. Uh, let's
slow down here.

You're already
seeing patients?

What clinic
are you affiliated with?

Are you doing this
through a practice?

No, I do it independently
in my garage.

You're doing therapy
in a garage?

[ Whispering ] My freedom
is being taken from me.

There's so many things
that I want to do,

and I can't do anything
because of her.

[ Whispering ]
Like what?

Writing.
I want to be a writer.

Did you write
a lot before?

That's not
the fucking point, man.

You're making me feel good.

I'm supposed to be
making you feel good.

[ Laughs ] Well,
it's a two-way street, baby.

Oh.
If this relationship
is gonna work,

-it's got to go both ways, okay?
-That's very nice of you,

but I-I really should focus
on you and your problems.

I got so many problems,

you don't even
want to know about.

What's going on?
How are you feeling?

-For real?
-Yeah. I got time.

I guess I need to work
on my confidence

and everyday interactions --
on the bus or the workplace.

-Oh, okay.
-Dating.

The train.
Everything.

I hate this.

-This?
-I hate talking about this.

Oh.
But you're doing great.

I hate it so much.

-I hate you so much.
-Me?

Me and my brother are having
trouble with each other.

I can relate.

I finally stood up
for myself.

That's good.
What does that look like?

Uh, I picked up a jar
that was on the coffee table

and I hit him in the head
like six or seven times.

A jar?
Wow. That feels good
to talk about.

No, no, no. No.

He was breathing when I left
this morning.

-This happened this morning?
-Yeah.

You need to call someone
to make sure he's okay.

-I can call the apartment.
-Okay, yeah.

Call the apartment.
That's a good idea.

So you're seeing
another therapist?
Yeah.

And you're paying
another therapist?

Right, but --

I wanted to talk to you
about the stuff

that I don't want to talk
to her about.

If that makes sense.

Okay, the shortest
summary possible.

Um...

I'm half-a-million dollars
in debt.

I don't --

Damn! [ Laughs ]

I'm sorry.
That is outrageous.

I wasn't even done.

Oh, shit.

Okay, sorry.
Keep going.

Where do you think your lack
of confidence comes from?

[ Chuckling ]
I don't know.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

You don't have to apologize
for that.

It was stupid.
[ Chuckles ]

No, it wasn't stupid.
It wasn't.

Sorry.
[ Chuckles ]

You really don't have
to apologize for it.

I don't know how to stop.
[ Chuckles ]

All right, well,
the second I walked in,

I thought
you were an idiot.

You look like
a-a complete idiot,

and I was like, "This is gonna
be a waste of my time."

We're kind of
dressed the same.

-So, it's him? He picked up?
-Yeah.

-Okay, good. He's okay?
-He's kind of mad.

-Yeah.
-I'm sure he's mad.

You hit him in the head
with a jar.

[ Whispering ]
I am never alone -- ever.

[ Whispering ] Well, you're
alone when you use the restroom.

No. I'm not.

Everywhere I go,
she's there.

Do you know what it's like
to be a grown man

who can't shit alone?

No, I don't.

Of course you don't.

That's what I tried to talk
to my real therapist about,

is, um...

See, now it's just
gonna be like --

But I know
you're a real therapist,

but I know
that you're not, actually.

But, anyway, my real therapist
is really good,

and so I'm really trained

to, like, say
what my first thought is.

I ruined a really good
relationship.

I totally cock-blocked myself
professionally.

I live with my parents.

We've all done that.

I spent six months
in a basement.
Let me rephrase that.

I live with my parents, and I'm
half-a-million dollars in debt.

Okay, well,
that makes a lot more sense.

-Okay.
-Yeah.

You're gonna be there
for a while.

[ Whispering ]
I know this is awkward timing,

but our session is over.

I have another appointment.

[ Whispering ] Fine.

I'll see you next week.

-No, fuck you!
-No. No.

And there's more of that
coming if you --
Hang up.

No. Just hang up.
Hang up.

Hey, man.

Dr. Dave.

What's all this stuff?

Uh, this is tanning oil.
This is empty bottles.

For every one of these,

I can put three of these
bad boys on the street.

You're cutting
tanning oil?

Yeah.

I'm gonna make bank, son.

Isn't that illegal?

The only way
I'm getting in trouble

is if they can prove
I'm a supermarket.

I can't deal with this.
I'm going inside.

Oh, yeah, okay.
I get it.

Dr. Dave
doesn't approve,

but Dr. Dave loves watching
my cable TV.

What did you say?

"Entourage," "Ballers,"
"True Blood" --

I pay for all that shit,
bitch.

I don't watch
any of those shows.

Okay, "Ballers,"
but none of the others.

I'm just saying, man.

You're giving me
the high-hat

while I'm the one pulling in
all the dough, see?

What are you,
in a Bogart movie?

"Yogurt movie"?
What's a yogurt movie?

Oh, you don't know
what a yogurt movie is?

Look up "yogurt movie."

I know
what a yogurt movie is.

Yeah, what's your favorite
yogurt movie?

[ Bottle clatters ]

Renetta: David.

-Yeah, Mom?
-I need your help.

I just can't crack
this refrigerator puzzle.

This iceberg
is the size of a bowling ball

and it won't fit
in the crisper,

but I don't want it
to get all gunky.

Well, just cut it in half
and put one in each drawer.

Okay, Mom.
All right.

Oh, David.

I'm so glad you're home.

Well,
I have a medical degree,

so if there's any other problems
around the house,

just let me know,
all right?

If you can't open a jar

or you need to put a thing
in a smaller thing, just --

Whatever you have,
I'm around.

Do you need to run?

Can you have a sandwich,

or do you have to have
one of your chats?

Sessions, Mom.
They're called sessions.

Okay.

The food journal
is awesome.

-Yeah?
-Yeah, really helpful.

All right, Yourg!

All right.
Yes, me!

Oh, that is great
'cause I spent about three hours

at the library looking
for a book on eating disorders

that didn't have
any God stuff in it.

Oh, tough to duck
that guy.

Everything in moderation.

So, you hate him?

No, I don't hate him.

I hate the sounds
that come out of him.

The words?
You mean what he says?

No. Like everything.

Like swallowing,
chewing, breathing.

Do you hear him
right now?

I-I honestly
don't hear him breathing.

[ Scoffs ]

See? It's her.
She's got sonar.

She's like a bat.

I don't know.

If you want to tell me
a little bit about yourself

or if you want to tell me,
you know,

what your favorite TV show is
or your favorite band.

-I don't know.
-Oh. Um...

Well, I-I like
movie soundtracks.

You do?

Yeah.
I like "Armageddon."

I'm actually a huge
Owen Wilson fan.

-Oh, yeah! Me too!
-Yeah.

"We're going to space.
All right."

[ Both laugh ]

"Get off the asteroid.
All right."

"You know what,
I like the asteroid!

Screw it! I'm staying
on the asteroid. All right?"

"This is like deep blue
hero stuff. All right."

[ Both laugh ]

"Bruce Willis,
lighten up, you know?

You got
a beautiful daughter.

Someone's gonna fuck her.
All right."

[ Both laugh ]

Oh, yeah, and I'm saving
a fortune on cranberry sauce.

Cranberry sauce?

The foundation --

The loose foundation
of the purge meal.

-Oh, yes. Yes.
-Yeah.

You can't build a purge meal
on a solid.

You got to --
You got to have something

loose at the bottom
so that the rocket...

Yeah.

Right. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.

From now on, whenever you say
something negative,

I want you to put
a positive spin on it.

How would you rephrase

"This dumbass fucking asshole
is ruining my life"?

I wouldn't.

-Yeah.
-Remember when he was leading

the graham cracker
up from her...

Puts 'em
in her panties.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

I do that all the time.

I put graham crackers
in my panties.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Laughing ]
I don't know why I said that.

I will write that down.

-Oh, don't --
-"Puts graham crackers..."

No, can't stop me.
[ Chuckles ]

"...in her panties."

And then I'm gonna put
an arrow to "Normal."

[ Both laugh ]

That's my diagnosis?

Yeah.
And I got to write stuff down.
Yeah.

I don't want
to miss a thing.

Very nice.

-[ Chuckles ] Oh.
-Oh.

Whoa, whoa. Uh, David, how many
people are you seeing?

Well, at least 20,

but I've lost track
at this point.

Some people come in
and then they don't come back.

Do you take notes?

Yeah, I've got them
right here.

Oh, uhp!
I don't need to see them.

Yeah, I take notes.
I write down the time.

I've got, like,
a nickname system.

You have nicknames
for your patients?

Yeah. Just as a tool
to remember them by, you know?

Um...

"Night screamer."

"Bestiality curiosity guy."

"Cookie monster."

"Old one-ear."

Uh, he's actually
an old guy.

He's got both ears,
though.

Justin Laver.

Well, that's not a nickname.
That's his name.

Please do not use
his full name.

That is in direct violation
of the IPACC.

Sure. Right.
The...

-Illinois...
-...Illinois.

...Psychological Association
Code of Conduct.

Code of Conduct.
Yes.

I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.

I -- Yeah.
He's "Marshmallow Hands."

David...

He's got short,
stubby fingers.

Do not describe him anymore.

You won't find him.
He's not on Google.

I Googled him.

You shouldn't be
Googling him, David.

Well, he was
my first session.

I had to make sure
he wasn't a serial killer.

I understand.

Given what you just said
about proper procedure,

there's one other thing
that might fall

into a gray area for you.

I'm also seeing
my best friend, Doug.

You're seeing
your best friend?

[ Tape recorder clicks ]

Thanks for doing this,
Doug.

Crap.

Thanks again
for doing this, Doug.

I might not be able to stay
for a whole hour.

Doug, it's an hour.

I need to tape-record
for an hour.

I've been here for two hours,
though, before this.

Yeah, but we were
just hanging out.

I-I told you to come over
for an hour

and just do this
and then leave,

but you came over
and putzed around,

picked up every freestanding
object in the house.

Where do you need to go?

I was gonna go to my car.

Okay, you got an hour.

[ Sighs ]

So what's been happening?

Not much.

Come on, Doug.

Oh, hey.
That guy died.

What? How?

I don't know.

They had a moment of silence
in the store,

so I couldn't
ask anybody.

Anyway, I might be able
to get you that job.

Wow. That's great.
I mean, it's not great.

Poor guy.
But I got to start
making money somewhere.

I mean, my school loans

are practically a mortgage
at this point.

Well, that's cool.
At least you have a house.

Wait.
No, you don't have a house.

No, I do not, Doug.
I do not have a house.

I just have debt.
Yeah.

Oh, my God.
How am I gonna do this?

Are we done
with the session?

Doug, it's been
like two minutes.

Okay, so, money
is a problem.

Yeah, it's a problem.

And of the myriad of options
available to you

to pay down your debt,

you defaulted
to performing therapy on people.

Yeah. Yes.

It is illegal for me
to charge money.

Oh, good, because I have
a lot of credit-card debt

I have to pay off
because of my cat.

Credit cards -- I am at the foot
of a mountain of debt.

Yeah.

My cat got real sick.
She --

You would need 51 cats
getting sick constantly --

worms, tumors,
no insurance.

One of them would have to have
a massive cat cocaine habit.

I am $586,000 in debt.

Oh, my God.

How -- How'd it get
that high?

$73,000 for 8 years.
That was medical school.

That's over
half-a-million dollars.

I know that.

It's okay.
Take your time.

After I graduated
medical school,

I applied
to six residency programs.

I only got accepted
into one of them.

That's good.

It's not good.
I declined it.

The only reason
I declined it

was because an alternate
residency opened up in Chicago.

That's great.
It's not great.
[ Sighs ]

It's a long story,
but they lost funding

and they withdrew their offer
of the residency program.

They fucked me.

Hm. Yikes.

Yeah. Yikes.

How do you sleep?

I sleep on my stomach

like I've hit with a hammer
and I fell.

But you've been very clear

that what you wanted to be
was a doctor.

Yeah, but this default
is fine.

It's like if I wanted
to be in the NBA

and somebody said, "Sorry,
you can only play soccer.

You're in the MLS."
Well, great.

I'm still
a professional athlete.

I still get to run around
and use my body to make money.

You know,
not like a whore,

you know,
but at least I'm still --

Is that a profession
that occurred to you

in paying down this debt?

Being a whore? No.

I'm just curious
where that thought came from.

Online.
It came from online.

I don't want to be a whore.

You know, I mean,
if someone paid me.

If someone
I was super attracted to

that I had
a one-night stand with was like,

"By the way,
that was awesome.

Here's 2 grand.
Would you want to do it again?"

I'd be like,
"Yeah, sure. Okay."

You know?
But I'd have limits.

I'd be like, no choking --

So you did
do some research.

Well, yeah,
but it's not like

I went to Ask.com
and said, "How to be a whore?"

Did you go to Ask.com to find
out how to be a therapist?

-You did.
-Yeah. Yes.

Thank you, David,
for being honest with me.

Look, I really
want to do this.

I'm already part
of the way there.

I'm committed.
I'm excited.

You helped me so much
when I was in grade school.

Please, just help me
this one more time.

All I need is for you
to sign off on it.

Okay.

I really admire
what you've done so far.

I-I like
how prepared you are.

I like that you've done
your research.

Great. Great.

But I am not comfortable
being part of this.

What? Why?

It seems to me that you're doing
this for the wrong reasons.

It seems to me
that you view therapy

as a lesser discipline,
and with that attitude,

I'm afraid you'll do your
patients more harm than good.

No.

I can do this.
I want to do this.

This isn't about you.

This is about them.

That's the part
that's missing.

♪

David, I knew
what I was getting into

when I cosigned
those loans.

And besides, they're just
a couple of ones and zeros

on a computer somewhere.

It's a lot of zeros, Mom.

Well...
Besides,
if I can't do this...

Sweetie, it's like
your father always said --

"If you're lost in the woods,
keep going."

No.

You -- You'd just get deeper
in the woods then.

Not if the woods are on the edge
of a wonderful city.

There's a slim --
very slim chance of that.

Not so slim
because most forests --

Well, lots of them are
endangered these days anyway,

so they're getting
smaller and smaller.

-Mom --
-So if you're lost in the woods,

unless you just keep walking
around in a circle,

you're gonna
find yourself someplace

-if you just keep going.
-Mom --

Mom, I think
I would just get more lost.

Well...

You guys having a secret
little powwow without me?

Rollie doesn't know.

David thinks
that he's done with therapy.

Oh, really?

So does that mean
you won't be having

any more
of your little meetings?

Sessions, Rollie.

They're called --
They're called sessions.

Sorry.

If I wanted to let
some stranger

stick their nose
in my personal business,

digging around in the dirt
for worms,

putting on the gloves

and fishing around
the toilet of the mind --

It's not my bag.

Well, maybe it's not my bag,
either, Rollie.

Maybe I'll just join up
with Barry

and become kingpin of the
North Side tanning-oil trade.

What's that whole thing
about the tanning oil?

Uh, Barry.

He's selling
diluted tanning oil.

Smart.

Yeah.

♪

[ Keyboard key clicks ]

Barry: That's good.
All right.

Give him the bottles,
fill it up.

Come on, guys.
Hold that.

Why'd you put it there?
Put it there.

No one can reach it
if it's over there.

Cap it.
You're making a mess.

Guys!

She's a great
therapist.

She helped me a lot
when I was a kid.

She's...very honest.

So, this is it.
This is our last session.

No.

No?

No.

What do you mean?

Do you know how many therapists
I've seen in Chicago?

24.

Holy shit!

I mean...
Sorry.

No, it's a lot!

It's a ton!

But you're the only one
I've ever met

who seems to enjoy people.

Don't get me wrong.

You definitely don't know
what you're doing,

but you care way more

than any of those other assholes
I've talked to.

So, no.

I'm not going anywhere.

You're my doctor.

And thank you.
Something's changing.

Yeah.
Of course.

In the spirit
of honesty, uh...

is it --
is it weird to say

I didn't think
you'd be any good at this?

Uh, I mean, no.

Right? Right? Right?

[ Laughs ]

Well, you are rising
above your surroundings.

Rebecca: So, no.
I'm not going anywhere.

You're my doctor.

♪

[ Engine sputters ]

No.

No!

Shit, shit, shit, shit!

Damn it.

Oh-ho.

Dr. Styptic.

Car broken?

Maybe you should take it out
to the garage

and talk to it
about its mother.

Nice. Can you give me
a ride downtown?

[ Horn honks ]

[ Tires screech ]

Hey! Hey!

Stop! Stop!

David --

I need to talk to you.
It'll only take a minute.

Why don't we
go inside?

Let's have a seat.

Honestly, I don't even think
I can sit down right now.

Okay.

Look, I get that what I'm doing
might be stupid or misguided,

and -- and you can even say
that I'm bad at this

or that I defaulted to it

or that this entire thing
is a terrible idea.

But you can't say that I don't
care about my patients.

I spent $40 I don't have

on an app
to show a bulimic patient

what happens to the body

when it goes
into a starvation state.

And guess what --
It didn't work.

So I spent
another week reading

about the psychological effects
of bulimia

so that he and I can talk
through it together.

I'm making real progress
with some of these people.

I've got a couple
that hates each other so much,

I've literally never seen them
make eye contact.

But now they're talking.

They say terrible shit to each
other, but they're talking.

And I'm this lady's
25th therapist,

and she thinks
I can help her.

[ Tape slams ]

So, please, don't tell me that
I don't care about these people.

It's the one thing
you can't say.

David.

I don't have
a cassette player.

Well, I promise
that's what she says.

Have a seat.

David.

I'm going to need you to abide
by certain conditions.

You're saying yes to this?

Yes.
I am saying yes to this.

Yes. I will abide.
I love abiding.

I-I will abide
to everything.

Number one, we're going to need
to get together once a week.

Yeah, I can come more.

Number two, if you believe
even for an instant

that one of your patients

is a danger to himself
or anyone else,

you have to tell me
immediately

so we can take
the appropriate steps.

We'll trade phone numbers.
You'll be the first to know.

And, finally,
I'm afraid you've crossed

enough ethical boundaries
that I need to say this.

Under no circumstances
are you to engage

in any physical relations
with a patient.

Yeah. Yes.
Of course. Yes.

-Oh.
-Oh.

It's okay.

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So, these rules
start now, right?

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