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Margaret, are you willing to take on all that life has to offer with me?

Oh my gosh!

Will you marry m...

Margaret Higgenbotham?

Yes?

You've been served by Hindsight Services.

Enjoy the rest of your night.

But we didn't sign up for anything!

You're going to divorce me in 8 years from now?!

Poor kid. Could you imagine that ride home?

Helen Broad?

I think she's the one. She isn't. Oh she is.

She is! She isn't. She is.

Ever Weston?

Yeah?

You've been served by Hindsight Services. Enjoy the rest of your day.

She isn't.

5 years from now a tornado rolls through here, about two blocks,

but there's minimal damage to this house.

David Mitchem?

Every time!

Bachelorette party.

Noah?

Joy?

Oh, come on!

Um, French fries? Cabaret? A chorus line! Hash browns?

Indiana Jones? Mr Potato Head! Mary Poppins? Toy Story!

Oh, oh, oh, oh, West Side Story! Yes!! Go babe!

Thank you so much again. Such a good time.

We had such a fun time.

Good! We'll do my house next month, okay.

Just let me know what to bring.

Charades? I'm going to get you guys next time.

Bye! See ya later!

We still gotta pick up the food.

Oh, boo!

And take out the trash.

Double boo!

Or... Oh, I like "or".

Jacket pocket!

So I'll see you tonight?

Mhm, don't be late. Remember? We've got that thing.

Bachlorette party.

That's the thing.

The one with your work friends. The one with the sister you hate.

Andrea... Well, do you need a ride?

No, Kim is picking me up. I am helping with food so,

I've got to get there early. We still need to get the trash.

I'll get it later.

Uh uh, finish chewing!

I gotta get to work

I hated that!

That's not going to be one of your things now, right?

I gotta go!

Noah!

Ugh!

I gotta go with Birdie! Oh, come on!

Uh, yeah he—he would love that. Make him a purple one. Noah loves purple.

Uh, no. Noah's dad is trying to do something, I think.

No, we went to Noah's mom's.

Well, all your sisters will be here, and we'd love to have everybody together.

Do you think Noah could just invite his dad to come to our place?

I know it's a bit of a driv...

...

Uh, you know, I don't know if Noah would be comfortable asking him.

Um, I don't know.

They just don't really talk a lot, Mom. Especially about things like that.

Maybe—oh yes!

No, I—I mean um, maybe. I'll try talking to him.

He's good... I think? He says that a lot; "I'm good".

You know, it's kind of annoying, but the kind of...

...annoying that you can't be mad about, because it's worse for you...

...to be mad about it than it is for him to do it, so

...you just don't say anything, but what you want...

...is for him to tell you how he really feels, because...

...no one can be good all the time, you know?

Oh.

If Hindsight had been around 5 years ago, it would have saved me a...

...fortune in legal fees in most of my 20's.

Listen to your big sister on this one, Kim.

This is burnt.

All right, I think it's time for another game!

Francis is perfect, Andrea. He'd never do anything.

Nobody is perfect, Kim. Thinking that is only going to get you hurt...

We have Bridal Pictionary!

He's perfect, okay?

It's just Pictionary, but aggressively wedding themed!

Any exes?

Oh, everyone has exes!

Oh I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! What's her name?

I think I have travel sized Boggle in my purse!

It's just some girl that he works with. I met her before.

She's nice, it's fine... Jessica Rogers.

I don't think now is the best time for us to be doing thi...

Oh I found her, I found her, I found her!

And, she posted a picture of her and Francis at work just two months ago.

Oh my gosh!

Kim, that is the company Christmas card. It doesn't mean anything.

We don't know that. None of us do. But—but, there's an easy way to find out.

I don't think that this is a good idea.

Come on, like you've never done it!

No, I—I haven't.

Aren't you married?

All of that future wave stuff had just been invented when I got married.

My husband started working for Hindsight and we...

...talked about doing it, but it just never really seemed necessary.

I know it's scary, but not knowing doesn't make it better.

I didn't say I was scared. We were fine...

"Were?"

We are fine!

I think I'm going to do it. That's my girl!

Kim, are you sure about this?

We just agreed that it was better to know.

I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what. We'll all do it.

Yeah, yeah!

The first one delivers instantly, so it'll be fun. Like a game!

Like Russian Roulette.

Oh please, Joy!

I'm only going to do it if we all do it. Please?

What's the harm? Oh, I'm sure you and your husband are the perfect couple.

All right.

On the count of three, we'll all hit send together.

Okay, ladies? Okay, okay, okay.

One, two, three!

We did it, we did it!

We did it!

Noah?

Joy?

Uh, J-Joy Roberts?

Hi, Phil.

You've been served by Hindsight Services.

Have a great rest of your night.

So— Please don't be mad!

Everyone said that we should download the app and do it, but I

didn't want to, but they just kept pressuring me and so I pretended

to do it with them,

but I didn't actually submit the info. I-I swear, I don't know how it got sent!

Well...

I'm just going to say this and then you can be mad, and I understand if you are.

Believe me, but...

I think we should open it, because it's there and we know it's there, and if

we were to do something like throw it away it would just...

It would drive me insane. I'm sorry!

It's a "no fault" divorce.

What does that mean?

Means we didn't place blame on a particular party or anything.

It makes it easier.

Legally.

Is that all it says?

No, there are some details.

Our major argument centers around a trip we take to Paris.

Well that's crazy, right?

Because we would never go to Paris.

I mean...

I know I've talked about it, but you hate to fly,

and touristy stuff, and smelly cheese and...

Oh.

Yeah.

I'm not sure what to do.

What usually happens?

Yelling. Usually yelling happens.

Do you want to yell?

I'm good.

Or?

I like "or".

We could always not go to Paris?

I mean, if we just decide right now to never go to Paris,

then maybe we won't get divorced. I mean the future can change, right?

Hindsight is kind of built on that idea of divorcing now instead of later.

So we just don't go!

You always wanted to go to Paris.

Yeah I know, but it's okay.

It sounds like I would have a terrible time.

I mean what do we have to lose if it doesn't work out?

Right. Yeah, I mean it happens to couples all the time. My parents are divorced.

Yes—No! Not "yes" like "yes!", but like "yes".

Right.

Okay. Okay? Okay. Okay! Yeah, okay. Okay! Okay! Okay.

Hindsight has new memberships that get us new files every week.

We'll just have to sign up and pick a time for deliveries.

How about Saturdays at 6:00 p.m.?

Saturday's at 6:00 it is, and until then we just go on with life as normal.

Try not to think about it.

I'm going to think about it.

Yeah. I'm going to think about it a lot. Right. I am thinking about it right now.

I know. But look, we we can do this! You know, it's only one week.

Not even a week. Six days!

Okay. Yeah. Yeah! All right it—yes, six days. Yes, easy!

We can do this. We can do this!

You've been served by Hindsight Services. Enjoy the rest of your day.

You've been served by Hindsight Services. Enjoy the rest of your day.

You've been served by Hindsight Services! Enjoy the rest of your day!

You've been served by Hindsight Services. Enjoy the rest of your day.

You've been served by Hindsight Services. Enjoy the rest of your day.

You've been served by Hindsight Services. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

So?

Ha!

Yeah!

All of our savings?

We file for a divorce 2 weeks into a cross country road trip.

Well, at least it changed.

We could probably change it again? Yeah!

So? No RV's?

Or no cross country road trips. Just to be safe.

Come on!

No, no, nooo!

Well that doesn't seem so...

You buy 26 pinball machines!

Understandable. So just one pinball machine?

No pinball! No pinball.

Why are they so happy? I'm not happy!

So— Yeah. No— Yep.

You've been served Hindsight Services. Enjoy the rest of your day.

You've been served by Hindsight Services. Enjoy your day.

You've been served by Hindsight Services. Enjoy.

You've been served by Hindsight Services...

You have been served by Hindsight Services.

You've been served by Hindsight...

Hey Noah! We're ready for you in there. How you doing?

I'm good.

He has lots of friends!

Yes, I do! I am not one of these helicopter mothers that's like going

all over the place.

No, seriously. Okay, who paid for your parking today?

Hey Noah!

Hey Phil.

Everything okay?

I'm good.

Ugh, I just feel like an idiot!

You know, like I always knew there's something wrong with him, but I—I

just didn't want to admit it, you know?

I'm so sorry, Kim.

I mean, what kind of person quits their job at 40 to pursue a country music career?

It's a lot to wrap your head around.

It's like a nightmare that I haven't woken up from yet.

This feels too baggy.

It's a little baggy.

Ugh! I just wanted to be married already! Yeah.

I'm just so tired of dating.

You know, getting to know someone all over again, and even worse,

letting them get to know you. Okay, it's exhausting!

I'm just— I'm just so done with first dates.

I only ever had one.

You're kidding? Like, I knew that you and Noah had been together for

a while, but wow. Geez. Like, I can't even imagine just dating one guy.

I thought you just said that you didn't like dating?

Well, I don't, but I feel like you should you know at least try out a few to see

you know, what you like and more importantly, what you do not.

I like that one!

Yeah?

I am so sorry, I have been an idiot!

Here I am, making this all about me, and you are going through the exact same thing!

No, it's fine! Really.

No, no. It is not! To think that jerk would ever divorce you! Okay, you're

awesome, okay?

And you don't need anyone to be the perfect amazing person that you are!

I love that romper!

It's really okay! We're seeing if we can make it work.

Doesn't the file say that you guys get divorced?

Yes, but we're seeing if we can change it. And it's working!

Well, at least the reason why we're getting divorced keeps changing.

But we always seem to still get divorced.

That sounds horrible.

Eh? Eh... Oh.

It's really not that bad. We're handling it. We'll work it out.

I don't know, just don't feel trapped okay?

Like, if it doesn't work out with Noah, then you can do better.

Oh, I really like that color.

Right.

Besides, I'm sure it's not all it's cracked up to be, right?

I'm sorry?

Being married.

Oh! Um... I don't know it's...

it's a lot of things. It's— it's different than I thought it would be.

Is it scary?

No, no.

I mean...

...yes? It's really intense sometimes, but like

a good kind of intense. Like before I was building a

tent alone in the woods,

and if I dropped a pole or something then who cares, right?

But now I am building this big, beautiful, intricate house with another person,

and if I mess up then

I just have a tower of bricks crushing not just me but someone else, too.

Does that make sense?

Not really, no.

Right.

That's cute!

Hey Noah.

Hey.

Got your file. Uh, how's it going?

Uh, it's alright.

How's Joy?

Well?

What is it?

11 years from now.

Well, that's the longest one yet!

We get divorced because I miss our daughter's 9th birthday.

Our daughter?

Yeah.

Oh.

So, does that mean we just don't celebrate birthdays? Or...

I really don't like "or".

Yeah... me either.

But I don't want to get divorced.

Me neither.

Okay.

Okay.

Um, this cake is great Leslie.

So good! Best cake I ever had.

Delicious. Yeah.

The icing is also great. Yeah it's um, uh coconut.

Would never have guessed.

Well, I was going to start a fire. Uh, do you guys want to help?

Make life harder for you!

"My process server was rude and disrespectful of

my grandmother's funeral." She shouldn't have had an open casket.

She's cute, right?

It won't last.

What do you mean?

We're not supposed to be with one person our entire life.

That's not what nature intended. And you can't fight your nature. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But I'm not wrong. We're basically all just mammals that can talk.

We are mammals that can talk.

See?

I'm already winning Noah over.

"My process server was intrusive, and completely devoid of any sympathy."

"Completely" is a strong word.

So you guys think I shouldn't get married?

You can do what you want. I don't care. Just be honest about her.

People get scared and lonely, so they get married

because they think it will save them from dying alone.

Well there is love, too.

Marriage doesn't have a monopoly on love. Just alimony.

Oh, haha. My process server arrived while my date and I were on the

Jumbotron kiss cam. I actually kind of felt bad about that one.

Don't listen to him, Phil. He's just a cynical old man.

Thank goodness.

How can you guys not be cynical, given what we do for a living?

That's true.

I don't know. Uh...

being around it all the time gives me hope there's something better out there.

Makes sense!

Geez, Phil! Have your own opinion. I don't even care what it is.

Just stop agreeing with the last person who talks.

Okay.

Why are you like this?

What do you mean?

It was rhetorical.

I can't believe we're even talking about marriage

when you can't even have an opinion.

Why don't want we talk about something else, huh?

I'm just getting started.

I just think we should, uh, change the subject.

Why?

What, what are you doing?

He's trying to change his subject because of what's going between Joy and I.

Oh. Sorry, I... Relax guys! It's fine, you know?

Seriously, you don't have to worry me. Uh, it is what it is. I'm good.

"My process server seems to be severely depressed and I was concerned."

It'll pass, man.

Yeah! Besides, getting divorced isn't the worst thing in the world.

And, Hindsight Services doesn't even work, anyway.

Hindsight works. Future waves work.

Sure, future waves are real

but, they work on some things better than others.

They can tell us when it's

going to rain, but people are just too complicated. We change our minds too much.

Heck, just by knowing it changes. And then you know you know, and it changes again.

Then it's just an infinite ever-changing future of possibilities.

So, it doesn't work?

Oh no, it works. We're just not delivering what you think we're delivering.

And that is?

Doubt. Hindsight Services is great at delivering doubt. And believe me,

it's just as real as anything else.

People are always looking for an escape hatch, just in case.

And once we deliver that doubt, they can't shake it.

So, they pull the hatch. They always do.

How are things with you and—Geez! Lesley!

I'm sorry, I didn't want to ask in front of the others.

Things are fine. Everything is fine. It's not that bad.

What's not that bad?

Nothing! We're—we're handling it. We're just

going through some kinks right now, that's all.

I would just be careful Joy, okay? High tension situations like this are ticking

time bombs. One of you might snap and kill the other one.

I've seen it happen!

You've seen it happen?

People snap, Joy!

Noah won't snap!

Well, you might! I'm serious. Things could get ugly fast...

So what! If they do, we'll just get divorced like everyone else.

It's not that big of a deal.

Excuse me.

So, I am not very good at this sort of thing.

I have a tendency to ramble on a lot, and I have

been told that my metaphors and analogies can be a bit confusing.

So I thought it'd be better

for today if I just centered this speech around a corny, albeit well-known phrase:

"You two are perfect for each other."

That's familiar, right? And not confusing.

When I was growing up, I

would hear that saying again and again about my parents,

and I took that saying for what I thought

it meant, which was somewhere out there, there is one perfect person for me.

Which is crazy, right?

I mean, the odds of finding each other would be impossible,

and despite that, people still try.

Every day we search for that one perfect person,

hoping against all the impossible odds

that we'll somehow find them, but I don't think that we ever do.

Um, no! What I mean is, I think we

can all agree no one is perfect.

And so, what we're really looking for is someone who is willing to

work with you.

Someone who is able to balance you out. Someone who is great at all the things

that you suck at, and doesn't mind taking out the trash.

But, that might just be more of a personal request.

Someone who, when you're together, you're both better.

And, despite being as imperfect as you

are individually, you can maybe be perfect together.

And Hannah, you and Richard are perfect together.

And one day, I hope that I am lucky enough to marry someone

and people say the same thing about us.

I like your dress.

Thanks.

Ow, ow, ow!

I mean, this must have have happened before though, right?

I mean, I've heard of a guy missing a delivery by an hour or so,

Six weeks...

No, no it's not.

But what if it's important?

No! We're not supposed to.

But that's exactly what that means!

But... what if it is serious?

Ugh!

If I was supposed to deliver the file and they asked for it, then I should.

I don't think it's my place to decide if they shouldn't get at this point.

If you deliver that file,

I don't see how on earth you don't end up getting fired.

"It was an accident. It's my fault. I'm sorry."

100% burn the file.

Get it! Get it from my foot. Oh, other side —Other side! Wow!

Get it, get it, get it!

Hey buddy. Hey.

You okay? Yeah, yeah. Uh, sorry. Um...

Jordan Thomas?

Yeah? You're not like going to try to kill me or something, are you?

Oh no, no, no! No. Uh, you've been serv— I'm from Hindsight Services.

Is that that future wave divorce thingy?

Yeah, yeah. Uh, I have a file for you. Um, I'm afraid it got misplaced, and uh...

It was supposed to be delivered to you sometime about a month ago.

I didn't order a file.

You didn't?

You don't have a twin, do you?

You said it was like a month ago?

6 weeks.

Ah.

Me and the Mrs. had like a heated debate somewhere around then.

I thought the kids were asleep. I guess not. Is that the file?

Oh yeah! Here you go.

Is there anything else?

No.

Okay, well. I'm kind on the clock so uh,

thanks for delivering the file and enjoy the rest of your day, man.

Huh.

Hey. I didn't know if you were going to make it back in time.

What?

Oh. Yeah.

You okay?

I'm good.

What?

Nothing. It's nothing.

It's okay, you can tell me.

Really, it's—it's fine. It's dumb.

Don't worry about it.

Seriously, it's okay.

It's really not worth it, and it shouldn't bother me anyway.

Well, what bothers you?

Noah, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to say anything. Can we please just drop it?

We don't really need anything else, right? I just don't want to say something wrong

and then it just comes back at me in the next file. Okay?

Okay.

I'm tired.

"Sleepy tired" or "junk food on the couch" tired?

We keep getting these files.

Even though the circumstances might change, we end up getting divorced.

- Every. Single. - Time.

And I hate it.

I act like it's fine. Like I'm fine. But I'm not.

I'm tired.

Are you saying that you want to stop?

Yes.

No, no no! Not stop like that! No, I don't mean that.

Okay, then what—what do you mean?

Joy, I love you.

And I'm not leaving you.

Because you are my wife.

And that means something.

I—I may not know what exactly, but when I'm with you I can feel it!

I chose you. And you chose me.

And now, we're stuck together. And—and well thank God for that,

because now we've got to make this work. And I don't want another option.

I. Want. You.

I want us, and the dozens of stupid cute kids we're going to

have together, and I'm not going to let some piece of paper stop me, okay?

I hate it when you say "I'm good"!

It drives me crazy and I want to punch you every time you do it!

It's been a while since I've heard you talk that much.

You should do it more often.

Yeah?

Yeah.

You sure?

Yes, Noah.

Okay.

I feel like my skin is on fire. Like I'm just going to combust and

destroy the whole planet. And honestly, that doesn't sound so terrible, because

it would certainly make some things a lot easier, but then I remember that

you're on the planet too, and I'd be really upset if you combusted.

Does that make sense?

Yeah, it does.

What now?