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- Hmm.

(mid tempo electronic music)

(Mark and Kim chuckling)

To 15 years.
- To 15 years.

- Wow.

Hey.

- Yeah?

- I want to try something.

I want to try to say something new

that I haven't already told
you in the last 15 years.

- Okay, I'll do the same.

- I like the way you think.

Your opinion is always the
only one I really care about.

- My mom told me she finally

realized what she needs from a man.

She needs to feel like
he thinks she's special.

That's how you make me feel.

- And you are special.

- No, but

you make me feel like I am.

- [Mark] Look at this.

- You know what I've observed about you

over all the years we've been together?

It seems like the two things
that make you happiest

are when I tell you I'm baking something.

- This cake is unbelievable, yeah.

- And when I ask you if
you want to have sex.

- Well yeah.

- Maybe that's what all men want

most from their wives,
you know, food and sex.

It's like their two most basic

physiological needs being
met by their partner.

But there's gotta be something else.

What about recognition and praise?

That's gotta be high on everyone's list.

- Hmm.

- Okay, here's a question.

Which would you rather, a blowjob

or I give you compliments
for five minutes straight?

- A blowjob.

(Kim laughs)

I like when you give me compliments but-

- I know, a hand job.

That way I can tell you how
great you are at the same time.

- Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

You see how your brain
works? Should we try that?

This one's already folded.

- It's weird that everyone dies.

It's the most dramatic, suspenseful

premise ever and it's
not a movie, you know?

You, that is you, are going to die

one day and you don't know when or how.

- Wait, why are you singling me out?

Are you anticipating it, or?

- No, it's just invigorating.

I am going to die.

It's terrifying, or a relief.

Katie Couric

is going to die.

- Yes.

Yes she is.

But the question is-

- How much time do you left?
A short amount, long amount?

- Yeah, that and what do you
do with the time that you have?

- Are you spending it the way

you should, the way you want to?

- Did you write today?

- No.

- You should just write
something new, just anything.

- I will, I'm going to.

- Kim, your book is great.

I mean that's the success,

just having created
something that's great.

People are going to discover
it over time, they will.

It'll be read.

- Thank you.

- [Interviewer] Totally absorbed,

I didn't even notice time going by.

- [Author] Well that's what
they say happiness is, right?

Absorption.

- [Interviewer] It's an incredible debut.

This novel reminded me of what
it was like to be a child.

- Cultivating relationships

on social media eats up hours every day.

Reading other people's feeds and coming up

with interesting responses
that are actually worth reading

and everyone acts like they're
just hanging out, you know?

But really everyone is selling something.

- [Literary Agent] I don't
know what to tell you.

If you think you can
put out a book without

promoting it on social
media, well, it's naive.

The future is digital,
that's all, end of story.

- I'll keep at it.

- [Literary Agent] How many

followers do you have on Twitter?

- About 300.

- [Literary Agent] My 15
year old daughter has 45,000.

- I know, her tweets are really good.

- [Literary Agent] Look,

we're abandoning our business model.

Instead of authors, we're now

going to pursue creators
of digital content.

- Okay.

- [Literary Agent] So I
can't represent you anymore

but you're a good writer,
it's just the novel is dead.

Publishing is dead.

- I think there's always going

to be people who want to read novels.

- [Literary Agent] It's not profitable

except for a few authors at the very top.

- Supposedly book sales
are higher than ever.

People are reading eBooks.

- [Literary Agent] Well
they're not buying your book.

I'm sorry, none of our
clients' books are doing

great right now, that's why
we're changing direction.

(soft somber music)

- Okay.

Well, I appreciate everything

you've done for me and my book.

- [Literary Agent] Thank
you, let's keep in touch.

- Okay,

bye.

- I'm sure you'll be able

to get another agent when
your next book is done.

- It's exciting that you and
Alex were in the trades today.

I can't believe the show is gonna go.

- Yeah I know, I can't
believe it either, it's crazy.

- You're finally gonna be
running your own TV show.

You've worked so hard.

- Yeah, if we can just make this a hit,

then we can get one of
our own pilots made.

- Yeah.

- The hours are gonna
be long though and we're

not gonna be able to spend
as much time together.

You know how you always say

couples that stick
together, stick together.

- Nah, it'll be okay.

I'll use the extra time alone to write.

(relaxed electronic piano music)

Ideas.

(dog's collar jingling)

Ideas.

Ideas.

Please God,

ideas.

(paper ripping)

Idea.

Ideas.

What is the point?

- I found our lead actress.
- Yeah?

- [Alex] She's in that group
of head shots we got today.

Her name is Brittney Slaten.

- Is she funny?

- [Alex] Who cares? Look at her.

- You're gonna care when we start shooting

and she has to deliver one of your jokes.

- [Alex] We'll get an audience

just because of how she looks.

Let's just watch her
reel together tomorrow.

- Okay.

Hey.

Hi.

- Laurie told me about some news

show today where they did this experiment.

They gave women the choice of dating

either a short guy with a prestigious job

and a great salary or a tall guy who had

a dead end job, was broke
and had a lot of debt.

All the women chose the tall guy.

- Hmm.

- I just think it sucks not
giving short guys a chance.

- Well, it's the same as men wanting

to be with a woman just
because she's beautiful, right?

- I like how personality
is the great equalizer.

You know, if a person has charisma,

it doesn't matter if they're
not conventionally attractive.

People want to be with them.

- You know, supposedly one
of the traits of charismatic

people is that they're good
listeners, like Bill Clinton.

People say that when he's talking to you,

you feel like he's
completely focused on you.

Like you're the most
important person in the world.

- When Isak Dinesen would talk to people,

she'd open her eyes
really wide and refrain

from blinking as if she were
trying to entrance them.

- Wow.

- It made her seem affected

but really she was just insecure.

Her whole problem was self-confidence.

Maybe she wouldn't have
become a great writer

if she doesn't have something to prove.

- Maybe that's what drives
anyone who becomes great.

They have something to prove.

- Yeah.

I want to read you
something that she wrote.

- [Mark] Yeah.

- "Reality had met me
such a short time ago

in such an ugly shape that I have

no wish to come into
contact with it again.

Somewhere in me, a dark
fear was still crouching

and I took refuge within the fantastic,

like a distressed child in his fairytales.

I did not want to look ahead
and not at all to look back."

- Hmm, that's good.

- How are you doing?

- [Lisa] I keep fantasizing
about leaving everything.

Not just John but also Philly, this house.

- You've just gotta hang in there.

You're going to make it through this.

It's like you've gotta rip off
the mother of all Band-Aids.

- [Lisa] Yeah.

- But once you do-
- I'll be free.

(mouse clicks)

- I'm ready, I want it noted

and I'm just gonna sit here totally still

because normally when I see
that you're still getting ready,

I'll keep fiddling around and
then later when we're late,

you'll think it was because of me.

- I know it's me this
time but it's usually you.

- It's not always me, that's not true.

- Then how come every time I have

a lunch or appointment
by myself, I am on time?

Okay wait, let's get back to Lisa.

So you know she's not typically a snoop,

that's not her style.

Actually though, doesn't
everybody snoop sometimes?

I mean, I've done it.

- What, with me, with my stuff?

- No, not with you.

- Okay.
- Anyway,

John stays at work 'til
like 10 o'clock every night

'cause they avoid going
to bed at the same time

because the bedroom is intimate obviously

and if you're having problems.

Anyway, John works late, comes home,

watches sports news while polishing off

a bottle of wine and
passes out on the sofa.

Lisa comes down to the
kitchen for a glass of water,

notices his cell phone on the dining table

and it makes a noise,
signaling he got a text.

- Oh boy.
- Yeah.

- [Mark] Yeah.

- It's a selfie from some blonde.

- Oh no.
- Yeah.

The blond said, "Hey hottie,
you want to hang this weekend?"

- What are they, like fucking
20 year olds or something?

- Thank you.

- That's crazy.
- You know Lisa said

even though she's not
in love with him anymore

and she's told him she wants a divorce,

it was like getting
punched in the stomach.

- Of course.
- But she's like

what else is on his phone?

- Yeah.

- So she starts clicking
through his texts and there

are tons of him asking
different women out for drinks.

- Oh my goodness,

are these women our age
or are they younger?

- Lisa thinks they're our age.

She thinks maybe he went to
college with some of them.

- [Mark] Okay.

- Probably the only way
he's gonna get someone

younger is if he drives some
flashy car or something.

- That's funny.

- But he has no money because his business

isn't doing well and
he refuses to get a job

because 9:00 to 5:00s
are for suckers, right?

And meanwhile, Lisa is working her ass off

trying to pay the bills so their
water doesn't get shut off.

- Jesus, that's terrible.

- And you know what he says to her?

- What?

- "I just wish you'd be happy."

- Wow.

- Maybe that's what all men want, right?

You know, just for their
wives to smile and be happy.

You know what? I get it, I understand it.

It's like "Welcome home,
honey, here's your cake."

- That's how you are, you know?

Right?

- That's how you see me?

- Yeah, you're always happy.

- Well, except for now.
- Really?

- I have no idea what my purpose is.

I mean when I was writing my book,

I felt like I was doing
something that mattered.

But if it turns out you're not

successful at whatever it is you do-

- I love your writing though, Kim.

- But if I'm not getting paid for it

and only a handful of people
know or care about it,

I can't help but wonder if

I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing.

Your writing is validated by success.

You are continually working on TV shows

or selling pilots and you're paid well.

It is great that you have
confirmation of your talent.

Meanwhile I, oh my god, we're so late.

- I was ready.

(relaxed electronic music)

- Shannon.
- Hi.

- Hey, it was so good to
see you at the reunion.

- Yeah,

but I've changed.

- You look great.

You remember Homecoming?

We didn't even make it to the dance.

We just sat out in the parking
lot and made out in my car.

Who knew that kissing for so
long could be such a turn-on.

But I guess we did more than just kiss.

- I don't believe in climate change.

- Don't ruin it.

(mouse clicks)

- What if you've been losing weight

and working out because you want to date?

- I do not want to date, I'm
married, to a crazy person.

- Actually, I wish I really were nuts.

I'd have more followers on Twitter.

Besides celebrities,
the people who do best

on Twitter are the pretty
girls who are nuts.

Like models who get into insult wars

with people or say crazy
shit about their sex life.

- Yeah, you know Alex has
been doing online dating.

- Ah, how's it going?

- She says that all the guys post pictures

of their motorcycle or truck and all

the girls post pictures of their cats.

- Wow.

- It's like everyone's speaking

the wrong language to each other.

- Can you imagine online dating?

- No, she says that no one
looks like their photo.

When she goes to meet them
for coffee or whatever,

they look totally different
than their picture.

- Ugh.
- It's crazy.

- Well, it's tricky.

You have to have photos that are good

enough to catch guys' attention but not

so good that they're
disappointed when they meet you.

- Yeah, she said some of the guys

will post pictures of
themselves like shirtless.

What are they doing?

- It must be like a primal thing.

- Yeah, it's like "This
is what I look like naked.

I want to see what you look like naked."

- You look good.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- Thanks.

- Chris is constantly hooking
up with girls he meets online.

I don't think he goes
out with anyone twice.

They just have sex and keep moving.

- Kim, he's in his 20s.

- But isn't it weird that we missed that?

Apparently people spend their
20s balling everyone in sight.

But not us.

Do you wish now that you'd
been single in your 20s?

- No.

- Ooh, you are lying.

This is what dishonesty
in a marriage looks like.

- Would I rather have been
single in my 20s than date you?

No.

- You would do very well
if you were single now.

- Kim, guys would be
throwing themselves at you.

- I have at least five friends who would

gleefully step over my
dead body to get to you.

- No one would be as good as you.

I'd be screwed.

Seriously.

- How's it going with the mediator?

- [Lisa] Okay so far.

If we can just keep being
civil to each other,

the divorce will only cost about 5,000.

- When Lisa and John first got together,

I was envious of them because it seemed

like they were more in love than anyone

had ever been in the history of the world

and then basically right
after they got married,

they started having problems.

They were in counseling the first year.

It seems like people make
the decision to get married

when they're in a state
of heightened emotion.

But emotions are fleeting
and marriage is not

and it's hard as hell to get out of.

So, no one should ever get married.

- Well, some would say that's why

you get married because it helps you

stay put when you're
experiencing fleeting emotions.

- It's just so weird that Lisa was married

for 17 years and now
she'll be dating again.

I mean can you imagine
having sex with strangers?

I just described some
people's fantasy, right?

- Yeah.
- Sex with strangers.

- Yeah.

- I'm really sensitive
to how people smell,

even just assuming they're
showered and clean.

- That's funny, that's actually one

of the questions on the dating apps.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Alex says they ask you
to rate how important

everything is to you and
that's one of the things.

How important is it that
your date smells good?

- Very important.
- Yeah.

I don't like when women
wear tons of perfume.

- Hmm, I like when men wear cologne.

- Hmm, maybe I should
wear cologne more often.

- No, I don't care about you wearing it.

You smell good without it.

- No, but if you like cologne,
maybe I should wear it.

- I don't know.

Maybe it would help.

- Maybe it would help?
- What?

- Did you say maybe it would help?

Like what the hell is
that supposed to mean?

- I don't know.

I didn't know what I was saying.

I was thinking about something
else and then, I'm sorry.

- Why don't we have sex anymore?

- We do.
- It's been forever.

- It's been like a month.

- Yeah, that's a long time.

What is it?

Is it me, are you not
attracted to me anymore?

- You know I'm attracted to you.

- Then what is it?

- I think I just meant that
cologne makes me think of sex.

I just need something to remind me of sex.

(soft anxious guitar music)

Hey.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean it like that, I'm sorry.

Hey.

I didn't mean it.

I'm sorry.

I am attracted to you.

(keyboard clicking)

- What are you doing?

- I want to drink it hot
first and then switch to iced.

I want it both ways.

How'd casting go today?

- Good, we had a girl come in and audition

that was surprisingly good.

We all liked her, all the writers.

She was a little ditzy but very funny.

- What's her name?
- Brittney.

You know what I noticed today?

Everyone that came in to
audition had striking eye color

like blue or green eyes that
got everyone's attention.

I bet the reason they got into acting

was because when they were growing up,

people would comment on their eyes

and it would make them feel special.

- I believe it.

- Yeah.

- George Clooney has brown eyes.

So was she attractive?
- Who?

- Brittney.

- Yeah, she's cute.

- What's her last name?

- Slaten I think.

- See, it's little things like this

that just chip away at trust.

Are you seriously pretending
to be unsure of her name?

- What?

What?

- I'm trying to decide what I'll do

if you leave me for this actress.

- I'm not gonna leave you.

- Manhattan, some kind of
finance guy, not the shady type.

He just was always brilliant at math

and he has impeccable ethics.

- There's no such person.

- Fine.
- Yeah.

- If I were single, I could
redecorate as often as I like,

change up the whole damn
house whenever I want.

Meanwhile, I hope you're
ready to play therapist

and personal assistant
to your actress wife

as she careens between breathtaking

narcissism and debilitating insecurity.

The great thing about actors

is you always know where you stand.

They're number one.

- Why do you do this?

Huh?

- I like to be prepared for any outcome.

Like anyone, I'm trying
to avoid suffering.

- Well if we break up, we both suffer.

Even if I marry an actress

and you end up with a finance guy.

- Yeah.

I'm nervous.

- You gotta commit or
you're gonna make a mess.

Commit, commit, commit.

(soft anxious piano music)

Yeah, no, she's at book club.

Yeah, once a week.

Once a week, yeah.

No, but she's doing great,
she's doing really good.

What's that?

Well look, I'm glad it
made you feel better

but did you think about
going outside at all

and throwing it against
the ground or up in-

- I'll fix the wall,
I know how to Spackle.

Besides, I've been wanting to
paint this room again anyway.

- We just had it painted.
- Two years ago.

- [Lisa] I got my hair cut
and colored and I bought

some cute new outfits and
Meg has a good camera,

so she's gonna take some pics
of me to use on dating apps.

- Oh my gosh, how fun.

- [Lisa] It's so weird to be single again.

Lately I haven't been able

to sleep because I'm just excited.

(Kim sighs)

- Did you know anytime
you see a celebrity with

fabulous mermaid waves, it's
actually hair extensions?

- What?

- One day, I'm going
to get hair extensions.

They'll be really expensive.

They'll never be exactly right

and I'll complain about them a lot.

Actually, I don't want hair extensions.

It's like Fran Lebowitz
says about plastic surgery.

It's the burden of the rich.

But I would like to repaint this bedroom.

- You always want change, huh?

- You always want things to stay the same.

Look, I've been with the
same person for 15 years

and that's great but I
do need change in some

part of my life and I
don't think it's a big deal

to want to repaint the
bedroom occasionally.

- Are you stressed about the show?

- Yeah, I just hope we
make something good.

- On set, it seems like
you're not attracted to me.

- I am.

- But you don't act like it.

- God, I hope not.

(relaxed tempo piano, electronic music)

- So what have you been up to?

(Kim giggles)

- I'm trying to think of how

to summarize the last two decades.

- You look good.

- No, you do.

- Oh, I don't really look like this.

Recently I've gained some weight

and I started losing my hair.

- I don't care about that stuff.

I just remember you
the way you used to be.

- So when we were on set today,

did I hear you talking
about "The Bachelorette?"

- I'm obsessed.

Is that a problem?

- I wish I didn't care.

- Let's pretend I only
watch documentaries.

- Well, this whole thing is pretend.

There has to be some
grain of truth or reality.

- Remember how we all went to

Katherine's parents farm
for Senior Skip Day?

- Yeah.

- And everyone got wasted

and we all played strip poker in the barn.

- That was one of the
best nights of my life.

- And you and I almost made out.

- Why didn't we?

- I don't know.
- Oh, wait.

It's because you only
dated football players.

- I read a book recently.

- Oh yeah?

- It was so good, it was
about magical thinking.

- Oh, the Joan Didion book?

- No, it was about how if
you think positively enough

often enough, you can manifest
everything you dream of.

- So every person who's
successful now never

had negative thoughts while
they were working their way up?

- I'm not sure.

- I wanted to sleep and now
I'm having a panic attack.

- So, how are you?

- Good.

- It seems like your focus on
success is making you unhappy.

- You think?

- Look, I'm a nice, sweet person.

- No, I know, I'm sorry.

I'll see you at work.

- Okay.

I'm gonna look really hot tomorrow.

- Great.

What'd you do today?

- I wasted time online.

- How much time do you spend on Facebook?

- Too much.

- And what do you get out of it?

- I miss my friends from high school.

- You don't even have
anything in common with them.

- Except childhood.

- Okay.

That's a bit dramatic.

- It is dramatic.

Growing up with a group of people,

it's your personal history,
your formative years.

- Well I just think at a certain point,

at a certain age, you move past that.

- Or is it more important than ever?

Those memories, who you were then?

Like I can't decide if I'm a completely

different person now or
if I'm basically the same.

- I have no desire to be on Facebook.

- You're not a sentimental
person, you're not nostalgic.

- I am about some things.

- You seemed happy to see
everybody at your 20 year reunion.

You were happy to see Shannon.

- It was nice to see her,
it was nice to see everyone.

I like people.

(Kim chuckles)

- Yeah but I wanna see
everybody from my class.

Get 'em all together and
just hang out for hours.

Really catch up.

- Yeah, I don't need to do that.

- Maybe you don't care
about being on Facebook

because you're interested in your life.

You're engaged in what you're doing.

- You're not interested in your life?

(somber electronic music)

Hey, hey, hey.

Hey.

"Stop breaking the law, asshole."

- "Liar Liar."

- "From where does the power come

to see the race to its end?"

- "Chariots of Fire."

"You want us to give back the money?"

- "Lost in America."

"I've got the hair, I've got the eyes."

- "Peggy Sue Got Married."

- "Oh,

I'm trying to cooperate."

- "Fargo."

- "Michael is a very tall man."

You want a hint?
- No.

"All That Jazz."

- Perfect.

I'm sorry, I can't, I
don't do this, I never do.

- I don't care, I just can't
believe you lied about it.

You know what? I mean I do care.

Why are you staying up looking at

pictures of a half-naked model?

- It was stupid, the one time I do that.

- And it was so weird how you like

covered up that you were
looking at it, you totally lied.

- I know, I'm sorry, I screwed up.

- Who even is she?

- She's just like a swimsuit model.

- Would it bother you if I stayed up late

looking at pictures of naked guys online?

- Of course it would.

- But you know you don't have
to worry about that because

I don't want to look at
pictures of strangers' penises.

Everyone knows that men love beauty,

so it's just accepted that you get

to look at pictures of women online.

But I would argue that
you're going outside

the relationship for something
and it could get weird,

like where you'd just
shut down emotionally.

- Kim, Kim, I was just on autopilot, okay?

Randomly clicking through things without

even thinking about it,
that's all that was.

- Why don't you just look at
pictures of women openly then?

I mean, why hide it?

Maybe while I'm cooking you dinner,

you could just be sitting at the table

surfing the net for
pictures of naked women.

- I would never do that to you.

- Doing it behind my back

doesn't protect me, it protects you.

If you're going to keep
doing it, you should tell me.

I want to know if that's our arrangement

so that I'll feel free
to do what I want to do.

- Well, you already are
doing what you want to do.

- What does that even mean?

- You're talking to all
those guys on Facebook.

- They're just friends.

- Okay, well a lot of them

want to be more than just friends.

- They're just curious about my life,

they just want to catch up.

- No, no, no, don't defend them, okay?

I hate when you defend them.

- What's depressing is
that no one can be trusted.

You have your own inner life

and I don't know what
you're really thinking

or what you do with your private time.

- Well, I could say the
same thing about you.

Kim,

you can trust me.

That was rough.

- Yeah, we should write
an episode about this.

- I'm gonna be embarrassed

to tell you about it at work tomorrow.

Maybe I won't.
- Oh, come on.

We talk about everything.
- You think I'm a jerk?

- No, (chuckles) I am a
little disappointed though.

I thought y'all had a great marriage.

- We do, this is not a
big deal, all men do it.

- So the problem is that you got caught?

- I don't know.

- Actually I can think of a
few married men I know who,

nice guys, really sweet,

they probably don't look at
pictures of naked women online.

- So you think I'm not a good man?

- No, of course you're a good man.

It's just there's a continuum, you know?

- So I'm not the worst,
but I'm not the best?

- But yeah, I mean I'm
sure there's probably

loads of women who would shrug this off.

They're the type who are
not in love with their

husbands and are like whatever
keeps 'em off my back.

- Yeah, but it's not like she caught me

masturbating to pictures of women.

- Do you think that's worse?

- Yeah, you don't?

There's a big leap between

looking at pictures and
masturbating to them.

- Why?

- Because you're having sexual
thoughts about another woman.

- Aren't you having sexual thoughts

when you're looking at the pictures?

I mean you can have sexual thoughts about

a person without looking
at pictures of 'em.

- This is a whole can of worms.

I just think that masturbating

to pictures of women is worse.

- Well look, if I'm dating someone,

I don't want them doing any of this stuff.

But I think the question is

is it unreasonable for men to expect

to be able to look at
pictures of naked women

or is it unreasonable for
women to expect them not to?

- Yes, I think that it's-

- See, this is why I
hate dating by the way.

It's like you meet this guy,
he seems nice, he's sweet

and then you find out he
has this whole secret life.

- Women have secret lives.

- Yeah, but men's habits
are always darker.

- What's the worst thing you
do that no one knows about?

- I got nothing to hide.

No seriously, I could
run for political office.

- Okay.

- Okay, fine.

If I'm reaching, so if
I'm jealous of a person

or lightly stalking them, I go
online and look up their real

estate records to see how much
they paid for their house.

- That's it?
- Mm hmm.

So you look at pictures
of naked women online.

- Sometimes I'm bored or I'm
frustrated or I need variety.

It's not cheating.

The hawk is right there
between the chairs, it's huge.

- Wow.
- Yeah.

Oh, look at that hummingbird.

You see it right there?
- Oh, I see it.

- Yeah.

I love how birds are busy
doing their own thing.

They just go about their
lives with no interest in us.

- Yeah, I love that.

It is gross how much we ate this weekend.

- What if you could go
to jail for gluttony?

(Kim laughs)

Our friends would be like,
"What happened to Mark and Kim?"

"Well, they went to prison
because of 4th of July weekend."

- A big part of marriage
is over-eating together.

Everyone would be in jail with us.

- Yeah.

- You know how they say you should

move your body for 20 minutes every day?

- Yeah.

- It just always sounds
appealing to me, you know?

Like I do my workout but it's tedious.

But like moving your body
for 20 minutes a day,

that just sounds fun, you
could just do whatever

and they say it reduces your
chance of getting cancer.

- Yeah.

What's going on?

- I'm going to move my
body for 20 minutes.

- Okay.

- You're going to do it with me?

- Sure.

I'm up for that.

(mid tempo electronic dance music)

(Kim laughs)

(relaxed piano music)

(Tommy whistles)
- Hey.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- So where do you live in Philly?

- East Falls.

- Oh wow, how is it?

- It's great, there's cool stuff to do.

It's easy to meet up with friends.

There's a sense of community.

- The only time I feel
a sense of community

in LA is when we're greeted warmly

by waiters at our favorite restaurants.

- You don't have to live here.

- No,

I do.

So, how'd it go today?

- We just kept getting a bunch

of stupid notes and the
premise of the show,

I just wish it were one
of me and Alex's ideas.

I mean we've written
a ton of great pilots.

Everyone loves the "Austin" pilot.

I just don't know why our agents

haven't tried to get it
set up somewhere yet.

- I think it has to come from
you, you have to tell them,

"This is the script we want to make."

- We've done that.

- You've never said "We are
going to lie down in traffic

until you help us get this
script set up somewhere."

- You can't do that, you don't just-

- Then you have to make it happen yourself

with or without their
help, shoot it yourself.

We could go to Philly.

You could shoot at friends'
houses, local places.

- Kim, if I say no to jobs
here so I can make something

of myself, we wouldn't be
able to keep this house.

- Okay.
- Everything we have,

we bought with the money that I make from

taking jobs that I don't
always want to take.

- I know, so let's not let
an attachment to material

possessions stop you from
fulfilling your dreams.

- Come on Kim, you say that
but if we had to move out

and move into a one bedroom
apartment or God forbid,

move back home with one of our
parents, you would hate me.

You would divorce me so fast.

- No, I wouldn't.

But you might resent me for talking you

into quitting your job but I
mean, I could go to Philly.

- What, why would you go to Philly?

- I don't know, that makes no sense.

- Look, it doesn't matter.

We just gotta get ahold of ourselves here.

We don't have to go to
such extreme measures.

Look, I am not miserable.

I just want to one day be
able to make one of my pilots

and that day is gonna come,
I just need to be patient.

That's it.

- I need to get a job.

I thought when my book was published,

maybe I would get an advance to write

my next one but that isn't happening.

- You already have a job, you're a writer.

- At a certain point, you have to ask

yourself if you're
really on the right path.

I mean clearly,

you know what?

I'm not on this path anymore.

Fuck this path, I'm going
to do something else.

- Start your next book.

- I'm not writing another book.

It'd be stupid to write another one.

- But no, it's not stupid.

You're a writer, you're good at it.

- Even if I am, does it matter
if no one reads what I write?

- You have a bunch of
subscribers on your blog.

- It's all friends and family.

There are writers with tens
of thousands of subscribers.

Although supposedly no one's
even reading blogs anymore.

It's all about Instagram now.

- Okay whatever, you don't stop

expressing yourself just
because there's no audience.

- It used to be I would've agreed with you

but now that I've been
doing this for so long,

you know what I'm trying
to accept right now?

There may not be a happy ending.

I might never be successful.

- You will be successful.

You already are successful.

- You're amazing.

I don't deserve you.

So which one was this?

- [Lisa] The fireman, super hot.

- Ooh, so you finally
hooked up, what happened?

- [Lisa] It was a bust.

I gave him a hand job just
to get him out of my house.

- If you didn't want
to, you shouldn't have.

Would you want your daughters doing that?

- [Lisa] God no.

I shouldn't have done it.

He asked me why I wasn't
letting him do anything for me.

It's because when we were
making out, the way he was

touching me, I could tell he
didn't know what he was doing,

But here's something.

You know how penises are
usually not that attractive?

- Yeah.
- His was,

it was actually beautiful.

- Really?
- Yeah.

It looked like it was airbrushed.

His whole body was just sort of golden.

- Wow.

- [Lisa] I think another reason he looked

good down there was because
he was well-groomed.

His hair was trimmed.

- Mark trims his hair.
- Of course he does

because he gives a shit.

John never did anything to
maintain his hair down there.

It was disgusting.
- Ugh.

So you gave him a hand job.

Did you use any kind of lubricant or?

- [Lisa] He finished himself off.

He did something I've never seen before.

He's spit in his hand for lube.

(Kim laughs)

- So he's adept at getting himself off.

- [Lisa] But not women.

(Lisa and Kim laughing)

- Maybe this is an argument
for dating older men.

- [Lisa] No, they want
to date 26 year olds.

- Of course they do.

Another thing about
getting older is I find

myself thinking about
the big picture more.

Often like I'm looking at our life from

a distance and I see where
we are on the continuum.

- Yeah, I know we have time left but

it no longer seems infinite.

- And soon, the pretty years will be over.

Maybe they already are.

When I think about how the rest
of our life is going to go,

I feel like there may not
be a lot of surprises left

or there will be surprises
but they won't be good ones.

- There will be good surprises.

A lot of cool stuff might happen.

- What's weird is that
even if I think about

the good stuff that might
happen, I don't feel excited.

- You know, one of the
actresses on our show

read a good book about thinking positive.

I'll find out the name
of it and get it for you.

- You don't find pessimism attractive?

(relaxed synthesized electronic music)

So, how was the notes meeting today?

Tell me they raved about the script.

- No, they went right into notes.

They had no compliments,
nothing positive to say.

- Bullshit.

- I kept wanting to say,

"Hey, have you seen the
shows on your network?

Because they all suck."
(Kim laughs)

- Yeah.

- What are you doing? Why are you smiling?

- Oh, I'm just doing this thing

from that book on positivity you got me.

Go ahead, tell me more about your day.

- Okay.

So we're shooting this
episode where Brittney's older

brother comes over and he's
talking about his womanizing

and basically being a
dick and they say, "Hey,

Brittney's not being sweet
enough to him in this scene.

Can she like make him a
sandwich or something?"

- Wow, that's annoying.

- Wait, what are you
doing? Why are you smiling?

- Oh, I'm faking it 'til I make it.

Just the physical act of smiling

causes the serotonin to be released.

- Okay, well it's freaking me out.

- Really?
- Yeah.

- Too much?

- Dinner was so good, thank you.

I'm sorry I've been working so late.

- No, I'm sorry you're having to.

So Lisa is going on a million dates.

She's like the belle of the ball

on all of these dating apps.

You know how she had
gained weight over the past

couple of years because her
marriage was so miserable?

- I bet she loses it now.

- She already has.
- Of course.

- She said when she dropped the kids off

at John's this weekend,
he looked slimmer too.

- Yeah, they're on the market
now, they have to look good.

It's amazing what people

can accomplish when they're motivated.

- She said some of her girlfriends who are

divorced have told her
that guys in their 20s

and 30s like dating older
divorced women because

a lot of them want to have
sex with no strings attached.

They've already been married,
they already have kids.

- Are you jealous of Lisa?

- No.

No.

- Because she gets to date?

- Yeah, but whom?

By the time you're our age,

people have developed some
seriously scary habits.

- So what'd you do today?

- I read an article in the LA Times.

- Well that's something.

- It was about people who
are obsessed with opera.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

They hang out on these websites devoted

to opera news and gossip and there's this

contingent of opera lovers
called Opera Hoppers.

They fly all over the world

just to see performances
they're interested in

and these are not just rich people.

We're talking about
secretaries who love opera

and save up all their money
to go to Italy or wherever.

- That's cool.

- What blew me away is that
there are people out there

pursuing some passion
of theirs full force.

I mean instead of doing something stupid,

like having an affair just because

they feel empty or sad or uninspired,

they're taking this passion
that could be put toward blowing

up their life and they're doing
something positive with it.

- Do you think it's possible

that you're going
through a midlife crisis?

- I think I'm too young.

- Well, it seems like you're
going through something.

- I think I'm okay.

- Well you might not be the best judge.

Maybe the person that's in it

isn't able to see what's happening.

Kim, I'm just concerned that

you're gonna do something
you might regret.

You're not thinking about
having an affair, are you?

- No.

Mark, I would never do
anything to hurt you.

Hey, even if you have
a really cynical view,

like say that people are ultimately

self-centered and do what they want,

I'm not going to do something that goes

against my own best
interest and it's in my own

best interest to protect
this relationship.

- Okay.

- I love you.

- Hey.
- Hi.

I read the pages you wrote today.

- Yeah?

- It's so good.

So funny.

I was cracking up at everything.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Of all the writers we know,
you are by far the best.

- No.
- Yeah.

- It's been so long since
you've given me a compliment.

You're usually so good about it.

- Everyone wants recognition and praise.

- I know, right?

(relaxed electronic music)

- [Kim] What's wrong?

- Nothing.

(mid tempo guitar, electronic music)

- [Kim] It's a vision board.

- A vision of the future, or?

- I don't know.

I guess it just represents what I want.

- It's all 80s.

- Yeah.

- The 1980s.

- Yes.

- Well like how is this
sufficient for the future?

- I knew you wouldn't understand.

- Well, I'm trying.

- I don't know, maybe it's
not a vision board exactly.

It's just I'm really
into the 80s right now.

It's one of my passions.

I just want to immerse myself in it.

- Writing is one of your passions.

- I appreciate your
encouraging me to write.

But right now, I just want to think

about things that make me feel good.

(phone chimes)

(anxious violin tones)

(anxious electronic music)

(anxious violin, guitar tones)

- Wow.
- I knew she was into him.

She was flirting, right?

- Yeah, 95% sure.

- 1,000%.

- I'm really impressed you resisted.

- I mean, was it hard?

- Of course it was, look at him.

It was the hardest thing he's ever done.

A part of him died when he
sent that boring, stupid text.

- Nah.
- Good man.

- It's hard being an adult.

- You know, you should've let us pitch you

a response because I could've come up

with a way to say no and
yes at the same time.

- What he said was perfect.

- Why deny yourself what would

obviously be an incredible pleasure?

- Because some things are
worth sacrificing for,

like the love of an
honest and loyal person.

- Yeah, instead of hooking up with randos.

- If Brittney's a rando, sign me up.

- Okay, well I need this
job to last for years.

- [Imaginary Friends] Yes.

- So how you handle this
is critically important.

- Our careers are on the line here.

- I think what they're saying
is don't shit where you eat.

- He's not gonna cheat.
- I love Kim.

I'm in love with Kim.

I'm not buying you an IROC.

- Mark, they're so affordable
compared to a new car.

You can get one that's in
great shape for like nothing.

- But up until today,
you wanted a new Volvo.

- All the reviews say the new
Volvo is a very staid ride.

Not exciting to drive, solid but dull.

- For nine years you've been
driving a Volvo and loved it,

so much so that you've been

wanting another one up until today.

- I did love it but now that I've been

getting in touch with what I really want.

- You know what, it makes me
really uncomfortable the way

your opinion about something
can change so completely.

- Hey,

I hear what you're saying.

My opinion of you has never changed.

Hey.

- Hmm?

- That will always stay the same.

- You've been talking
about getting a new Volvo

for months and now all of
a sudden it's dead to you?

Now you randomly want to buy a car

that represents what was cool in the 80s?

Like what is your obsession with the 80s?

- It just seems like such a fun time.

I had the 90s, the 90s sucked.

- Yeah, the 80s were way better.

- Diana's best friend had an IROC

and they let me ride around with them.

- Yeah, but it's like that song.

"You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory."

- Who sang that?

- Johnny Thunders, he was
in the New York Dolls.

I just feel like you're
gonna screw me over someday.

- How can you say that?
We've been together forever.

- Yeah, maybe too long.
- Too long for me or for you?

- Not for me, I'm happy.

- So am I, except for not
knowing why I'm alive.

- Well, maybe you should see someone.

- I don't need a
therapist, I need an IROC.

Come on, spend $200 an hour

just to tell someone about
how I spent seven years

writing a book and it
nearly killed me and it

was published and I thought
that was the Holy Grail

but it turns out what you really want

is for people to actually read it?

- Come on, Jonathan Franzen
wrote a whole thing about this,

about how people don't read
challenging fiction anymore.

So what else did you do
besides looked at cars online?

- I watched "Valley Girl."

What?

That's not new to you.

You know it's my favorite
movie and always has been.

Why are you mad?

- I'm not mad.

I just feel like you're
refusing to do what would

make you happy, which is
to start writing again.

- I used to worry that
there wasn't enough time

to write all that books I had ideas for

and now I can't think of one single idea.

It's like I have nothing to say.

The only thing I can think of is hey,

you know how we're all
addicted to our phones?

Doesn't that suck?

- I'm sure you could come
up with ideas if you tried,

you just have to get back into it.

What?

- This is from Malcolm Gladwell,

he wrote this about his running

in a cross country race when he was young.

"I had done what everyone always says

you are supposed to do as a human being.

I had given it my all.

And I realized that what everyone
says you should always do

was so painful that I never
wanted to do it again."

We should have sex.

- I wish you wouldn't
always use the word should.

- Oh my gosh, you're right.

I'm sorry, I don't always say
should, it's just that lately-

- If you're not up for it, that's fine.

- I'm up for it.

- All right, let's do it.

- Great.

- [Fred] Hi, I'm Fred, I like tacos

and '71 Cabernet and my
favorite color is magenta-

(phone buzzes)

- What?

No, I'm just in the middle of something.

Supposedly you should never go

into a meeting without
knowing what you want.

- No, it's not that type of meeting.

They just want to celebrate
the show starting production.

- Oh, that's nice.

- Kim, they're not gonna help us get one

of our scripts set up when
we're already on a show.

- It took months for this show to start.

If they sell one of your
scripts, maybe that'll

take months to get going too
and the timing would work out.

- They don't want to do the work, okay?

They're thrilled that we're on a job

so they don't have to do anything.

In fact, I'm sure they're gonna push some

of their clients on us, try to
pressure us into hiring them.

- You could ask them to
send out your movie script.

- They didn't respond to it, remember?

- They don't have to respond
to it, they have to sell it.

- Yeah, but then they'll say it's hard

for them to sell it if they don't love it.

- It's hard for you to work
on shows you don't love

but you do it and they
take 10% of your salary.

- Okay, I'll tell them to
put out our movie script.

You're right, they suck.

- Don't do it for my sake, I mean

if you want this
celebratory dinner to be all

about their agenda, foisting
their other clients on you,

if you can't ask for what you want-

- Okay, do you know what I want?

You know what I want?

I want to know what you did today.

What'd you do?

- This is embarrassing.

But I did nothing.

Did you watch "Valley Girl" again?

- Yeah.

(Mark chuckles)

When I'm watching it,

it's like when you're
sleeping and you're having

this really good dream and you
just don't want to wake up.

- Do I need to cancel dinner?

- Why?

- Because I'm concerned about you.

- I'm fine.

- Can I ask you a question?

What is so terrible about
our life that you need

to escape it by watching
"Valley Girl" over and over?

- Nothing.

I'm very grateful for our life

and I know I'm out of integrity, you know?

Not being productive during the day

when you're out working hard.

I know.

- It's okay.

So what's happening with Lisa?

- She's in love.

She says he's the type
of guy everybody loves.

They go to dinner parties
at his friends' houses

and everybody's really
nice and interesting

and they tailgate at football
games and she's buying

lingerie and they have sex
for like 10 hours straight.

- Good for her.

- Yeah.

She deserves it, I'm happy for her.

- Me too.

- Yeah.
- That's good.

- Yeah.

- Well hey, okay, I gotta go.

No more "Valley Girl."

Hey.
- Hi.

- How's a going?

- How'd it go?
- Oh, great.

They're gonna send out our
pilots and the movie script.

They didn't even remember
the way they reacted.

They were like "Oh well
yeah, we love that script."

(Kim scoffs)
I don't know.

So what'd you do tonight?

- There's all this excitement on Facebook.

- Oh yeah, why?

- Tommy Clements changed

his relationship status
from married to single.

- No way.

- It's a big deal, Mark.

(Kim chuckles)

All of us girls were DMing
each other, it was so fun.

- Why?

- 'Cause it was like we
were in high school again.

Except instead of passing notes-

- No, I mean why were
you DMing each other?

- Because everybody in
my class loved Tommy.

- Okay.

- And now he's available,

somebody is going to get to marry him

and there are a few really
interesting candidates.

- Like who?

- Remember Heather Hampton?

She's gorgeous and she's single now too.

- But she had like five kids.

- Tommy has four.
- Jesus, really?

- I wonder why his wife divorced him?

- Why do you think she divorced him?

- Men never initiate divorce,
even if they're miserable.

- Yeah, they just have affairs, right?

- Practically the only
time men initiate divorce

is if the woman they're cheating
with pushes them to do it.

Did you get dessert tonight?

- I did not.

Why?

- Do you want me to bake you
some chocolate chip cookies?

- No, you were sleeping,
I'm not gonna, come on.

- I already made the dough.

I don't mind.
- I should say no.

That's crazy.
- It'll take 10 minutes.

- 10 minutes?
- 10 minutes.

- You know, you're the
best human on the planet.

That's amazing, you're gonna do that?

- I'm gonna do it.
- You're the best, oh my god.

(relaxed ensemble music)

- I can't believe you're getting divorced.

- Yeah.

But you and Mark,

you guys have been
together for what, like-

- 15 years.
- Wow.

So what's the secret to a happy marriage?

(Kim chuckles nervously)

- You have to like talking to each other.

Obviously you have to find

each other physically attractive too.

But I think that's what keeps
the physical attraction alive.

You know, if you like
talking to each other.

- So you like talking to Mark?

- Yeah.

- Then why are you talking to me?

- [Mark] Is that your
high school yearbook?

- Mm hmm.

- [Mark] Why are you looking at it?

You didn't get enough
of everyone on Facebook?

- I miss the young version of
everyone, who we were then.

How was work?

- Hell.

Everything's a battle with those people.

- [Kim] How's the lead
actress doing, Brittney?

- Good, she's funny.

- Ah.

- Has she been flirting with you?

- No.

- Is she being overly
solicitous, cozy, buddy-buddy?

- No.

- Covertly seductive, overtly seductive,

super cute and charming?

- Hey, you have nothing to worry about.

- She knows you're married,
she met me at the first taping.

I want to kill her.

But I would never do that.

- Well, that's a relief.

- Because I'm terrified of prison.

(upbeat electronic dance music)

How'd the taping go?

- Good.

How was your day?

- Heather Hampton and Tommy Clements

went on a date but there was no chemistry.

- I wish I could take
you out on a real date.

I'd drive over to your place

and take you to dinner and a movie.

- Or I could make a great meal for you.

- You cook?

(Kim chuckles)

- So you never think about
moving back to Philly?

- No.

- I know you can't move
back because of your work.

- We can't move back.

- Right.

But sometimes, you know,

I think it'd be cool to live there again.

I mean most people settle
down where they grew up.

There must be a reason for that.

I mean even famous people
return to where they grew up.

Like Bruce Springsteen lives
in New Jersey and Jon Bon Jovi.

Maybe it's healing.
- Yeah.

I'm sure it is cathartic to
buy a mansion and a horse

farm right next to where you
grew up struggling and broke.

But we wouldn't be doing that.

(mid tempo electronic music)

- In this book, they talk about
how there is no easy street.

There's never a point at which

you can just coast indefinitely.

- That's depressing.

- Well, it makes sense
if you think about it.

I mean it's one thing
to take a well-earned

vacation or enjoy some downtime but if all

you did was lie around on a beach forever-

- It would stop being enjoyable.

- There's some quote about how

you're happiest when you're growing.

- Which involves pain, discomfort.

- Just acknowledging that
makes it more bearable.

Not writing these past few months

has been painful but not in a good way.

And now I have nothing
to show for my time,

not even a lame draft of
some chapters or anything.

- Yeah, you could argue
it's better to create stuff

and be disappointed by the results than

not create anything at
all and be depressed.

- Yeah.

I don't know what your interests are

or what you care about really.

I mean, other than the random
stuff you post on Facebook.

So it's hard for me to make
up conversation for you.

I don't know what you'd say

or what you'd talk to me about, you know?

- Then let's not talk.

- Okay.

- So what'd you do today?

- Nothing.

I got this from the LA Times today.

It's from the music
critic Randall Roberts.

"Nostalgia by definition
seldom moves a person

forward and rarely
satisfies in the long run."

I just wish I could talk to you, you know?

I'm sure if we met up in
real life, it'd be so great.

- Maybe.

(relaxed electronic, piano music)

So,

how are you?

(Tommy whistles)

You look good.

You don't have to live here.

Why didn't we?

That was one of the
best nights of my life.

There's a sense of community.

You cook?

On a real date.

Then why are you talking to me?

So what's the secret to a happy marriage?

- You know how people point out that

marriage was invented at a time when

people didn't have a very
long life expectancy?

Like it's a social construct
that's maybe an unrealistic

ideal now that the average life
expectancy is 86 years old.

- Yeah?

- I just mean

is it natural to be in closed captivity

with one person for the
majority of your life?

- If you love that person,

if you feel like they're the
one that's most suited for you.

- But do you think conventionality

and fear cause two people to
stay together for decades?

I mean at a certain
point, it's so familiar.

You know so much about each other.

You know what the other
person's going to say.

- I don't always know
what you're gonna say.

- Yeah.

Actually, I don't always know
what you're gonna say either.

You're an interesting person.

But

we know each other so well.

We've had a lot of great
years and it's like

you could say all right,
we're really good together,

we're very compatible and
we've had a great run but

now maybe we should just, you know,

go have new experiences, you know?

- What are you saying?

- I just wonder if we're
staying together because

it's familiar and comfortable
and because we're afraid.

- Partly, yes and I don't think

there's anything wrong with that.

But just because something
is new and different

doesn't necessarily mean that it's better.

- Oh, I know, I know.

- What are you getting at?

- I don't know.

- It's sunny 365 days a year.

There's palm trees right
outside our front door.

It's a paradise here.

Yet you've been talking about moving back

to Philly and now you're questioning

the institution of marriage because what?

You want a shot at Tommy
Clements or something?

(soft anxious violin, piano music)

Seriously?

You really want to go out with this guy?

- I just,

I miss him.

- You miss him?

Why do you miss him?

- Because

he was a nice person and we were friends.

I feel so nostalgic.

- You don't even have anything
in common with this guy.

Have you been talking to him?
- No.

- Are you talking to him on Facebook?

- No.
- But you want to.

Does he even know anything
about what you're doing here?

Does he know you're a writer?

- I don't know, probably not.

- I got news for you, this guy

doesn't give a shit about
anything you care about.

He's not gonna read your book.

He probably hasn't cracked
a book since college

but for some reason, you
can't stop thinking about

moving back home so you can
what, date him, marry him, what?

Holy shit.

Oh man.

What is happening, Kim?

Why are you not responding to me?

I mean, you can't be
in love with this guy.

You don't even know him
anymore and even if you did,

how could you possibly have
anything in common with him?

Kim, what is happening?

Talk to me, please.

This whole thing, is it because of Lisa?

Because you see her dating now

and she's falling in love with that guy?

I'm supportive, I'm
working my ass off for you.

I'm doing everything that I possibly can

but I can't compete with
your high school memories.

(anxious violin, electronic music)

I can't believe this.

I can't believe this is happening.

Say something.

Will you say something?

(Kim weeping)

You are breaking my fucking heart.

- Every day,

I get online and look at
stupid shit for hours.

I can't stop myself

and everybody back home,

they don't care that my
book's not a success.

They don't care if I make it or not.

They accept me for me.

- I accept you for you.
- I know.

But in high school, my dreams
hadn't been crushed yet.

I don't even know what
my dreams were back then.

But now,

here, I am constantly reminded

of everything I haven't achieved.

The only thing I care about is writing.

- Then write.

- Okay.

At first when I would think about you,

I'd get this buzz, like
this jolt of excitement

and now there's absolutely
no novelty or thrill.

Just the misery of addiction.

- I'm sorry.

- I'm tired of these weak
conversations we have.

It's so frustrating.

- Why can't you just make up

interesting conversation for me then?

- That's of no value to me.

I want to know what you'd
say for real in real life.

That would be interesting to know.

- Well, that's not going to happen.

- Yeah.

Could you just go please?

- Then why are you always looking at it?

- Because I'm always getting texts.

- From who? How do I know it's not Tommy?

- Because I wouldn't do that to you.

- Then who the hell is
texting you all the time?

- It's just Lisa.

But you know what,

you're the one always
looking at your phone.

In fact, any time I walk into
the room, you act guilty.

You like suddenly lower it.

- Yeah, it's because I'm
looking at sports shit.

- Not texts from the
actress, from Brittney?

- No.

- You know what I keep thinking about?

You forgave me pretty easily for-

- For almost leaving me for Tommy?

- I mean you've forgiven
me pretty darn easily.

- What are you getting at?

- I think it's because you

related to what I was going through.

Maybe you think about Shannon sometimes.

I mean, you went out
with her for two years.

You lost your virginity to her.

Surely you think about her sometimes.

- No, I do not think about her at all.

(Kim scoffs)

- You know what the
difference between us is?

I'm honest about what I'm
going through and you're not.

- No, the difference between us

is I can handle upsetting
truths and you cannot.

- He's hot and he is your
favorite person to be with.

How many people can say
that after so many years?

There is no better man.

Who else is better? There's no one.

You are completely compatible.

Remember that time you were
driving over the Canyon and he

was driving the opposite way
and when he drove past you,

when you saw his car,
your heart skipped a beat?

It literally skipped a beat.

- Kim, you threw it away

because you couldn't stop looking at it.

- No, I just thought why keep it around?

- It's a high school yearbook,
why would you throw it away?

- Okay, yes, I didn't want

to keep looking at it but not because-

- Yeah, because of Tommy.

That's why.
- No.

- Yes it is because you
couldn't stop looking at him.

- No, I told you it's
because I'm nostalgic.

- That's bullshit.

- But I'm not looking back anymore, okay?

I have a plan.
- A plan?

- Yeah, a plan for getting more grounded

in the here and now, for reconnecting.

It'll promote intimacy
and foster goodwill.

- What is it, what's the plan?

- We have sex or do
something sexual every night.

- Okay.

All right.
- Okay.

- That's a plan.

- Do you want to have sex like
they do in "The Notebook?"

See how he's holding her
arm up against the wall?

It's sexy if a nice guy is doing that

but understandably, most nice guys don't.

- No, there's his hand right there.

- Oh my gosh, you're right.

- Like this?

- Ow, wait just like that.

- This is it.

- Ryan's hand was down, yeah.

(mid tempo electronic music)

- This good?
- Yeah.

She was shorter.

- I thought you wanted to paint
the room a different color.

- Well, I know you like it this shade

and when I started thinking
about other colors,

there was nothing I could think of that

I'd like better that I
wouldn't get sick of, you know?

Remember the first time you asked me out?

- Uh-huh.

- You stopped me in the hallway.

You seemed nervous.

- Yeah.

- That was a great day.

- [Mark] Yeah.

(mid tempo electronic music)

- It turns out I'm in the desert.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Everyone who has a dream or a goal

spends time in the desert,
sometimes years and years.

- Am I in the desert too?

- Well, you've attained one
of your original big goals,

having a show but since
there's more you want to do,

I guess you're still in the desert.

- What happens in the desert?

- It's filled with uncertainty and danger.

Lots of obstacles come up
and you don't know if you're

going to make it, you want to
turn back, give up your goal.

Anytime you have a chance
at something easier,

you want to settle for that.

- But you shouldn't.
- No.

You have to keep going.

- So what's happening with
Lisa and her insurance guy?

- It didn't work out.

- Really?

They were crazy about each
other, having sex for 10 hours.

- I know.

It's hard to find the real thing.

- Yeah.

- [Lisa] Hey, did you see that post

from Tommy Clements on Facebook?

- No.
- He announced his engagement.

- What? How could he already be engaged?

- [Lisa] To some woman he met at the gym.

- At the gym?
- He proposed to her

at a Jam Band Music Festival.
- Jam Band.

Thank God.
- For what?

- I'm just, I'm really grateful for Mark.

I always enjoyed sex but

it was a little bit like going to church.

I never felt like going but
afterward, I was glad I did.

But now that we've made
it a nightly thing,

I look forward to it.

Who wouldn't want to feel
good every night, you know?

- Yeah, I do.

(pen scribbling)

- I know what I'm going to write next.

- Yeah?

- Mm hmm.

For some reason, I haven't been able

to get invested in any of the
plot lines I've thought of.

I don't want to make
anything up right now.

I just want to write what I know.

- So nonfiction?

- Mm hmm.

- What's the topic?

- How to have a good marriage.

(Kim and Mark chuckling)

(upbeat rock music)

♪ Girl ♪

♪ I need your love tonight ♪

♪ I can't wait, I must know ♪

♪ What's on your mind ♪

♪ The same thing's on mine ♪

♪ I can't wait any longer, oh yeah ♪

♪ 'Cause I need you now ♪

♪ Right now ♪

♪ Now ♪

♪ Right now, oh yeah ♪

♪ They'll never take this night away ♪

♪ It's yours and mine until the day ♪

♪ It's all right for one night ♪

♪ We'll never have this chance again ♪

♪ So love me now and we'll pretend ♪

♪ It's all right for one night ♪

♪ Right now, I need your love tonight ♪

♪ I can't wait any longer ♪

♪ 'Cause the time has come, oh yeah ♪

♪ And I need you tonight ♪

♪ Girl ♪

♪ We got no hiding place ♪

♪ We've gotta keep up the pace ♪

♪ When the things you want ♪

♪ Well they're just out of reach ♪