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You're a smart guy. You're a doctor. What do you do?

What are the odds that I have a skin problem?

That I have cystic acne scars and who's in the front row? A dermatologist.

He could give me a microdermabrasion.

He could give me macrodermabrasion.

He could numb it up with a local. Yes! You got it!

What could we do about this on my face?

You could laser it.

Did you notice the scar when I was onstage?

No, I didn't. Do you notice it now?

Yes, I do.

And what-- if you were my friend, would you always notice the scar?

Not necessarily.

I got burnt with a laser. Have you heard of stories like that before?

Sure, yeah. Not fun.

Ruined my life.

Ready? One, two and three.

Yes!

Enjoy it!

( DOOR CLOSES )

( ZACH LAUGHING )

What-- I mean, what the [BLEEP] are we doing?

I'm looking at my sideburns. Do they look even?

Yes.

( CLIPPERS BUZZING )

That look better?

I can't tell the difference.

Is my scar noticeable?

No, you know, your scar thing is--

It bothers me. Every day I look in the mirror, I go-- I know.

I think you obsess over things that don't really matter.

I didn't realize his OCD was like really a thing...

until Zach and Brody and I would hang out all the time...

and he just couldn't stop talking about it.

He's like, "Can I ever be on TV? I have this scar on my face."

Just every day, for years.

You got your scar from laser hair removal, right?

Yes.

And you were being obsessive about your hairline, correct?

No. I was slightly obsessive about my hairline...

more so about shaving.

I would shave and I'd get all irritated up on my cheekbone.

And my neck would get bloody, from shaving.

And I met a friend who said, "You know what, Brody?

"You can get laser hair removal...

"where you don't have to worry about shaving your sensitive areas."

I'm an Eastern European mutt.

I come from Germany, Hungaria, Russian... and Poland.

That's where I come from.

So my hair is thick and coarse.

So I went in, I got laser hair removal, and it worked.

And then my skin was out in the sun, it was a little dry.

And they had another girl working that day.

And she did the laser, and it burnt my skin.

And I'm being honest, it bothers me.

I see myself in cameras, I'm not accepting of it yet.

I see my reflection in the morning, I'm not accepting of it yet.

How would you feel if you were going in for one thing...

and you go there and it makes it worse?

ZACH (O.S.) Yeah.

It's like, "Come to our clinic, you'll lose 20 pounds."

But you leave 40 pounds heavier. ZACH (O.S.): Yeah.

That would like be-- it would be a mind-eff.

I have bad skin. I do run weird.

I am hairy. I am obsessive.

It's just a bad combination.

And then the fact that I have facial dysmorphia--

That weighs on me. That's extra stress.

I want to eliminate that stress and believe in myself and own it.

Howard Hughes had problems with his mother.

My mom thought I had a learning disability...

but I was probably obsessive.

So I blame it on her.

Mom, I'm gonna make a Vine of you. What do you think about that?

I don't want to be on Vine.

You don't want to be on Vine?

I don't know what it is.

Too late, you already are. Smile.

Now watch this.

BRODY (ON VINE) Too late, you already are. Smile.

God, I look awful.

You don't like the way you look? Why?

I just don't like it. I feel the same way.

I think I have facial dysmorphia.

( LAUGHING )

Do you know what that is? Yeah.

Do you think I have facial dysmorphia? No.

Why?

People who have that about their face, they think it's awful.

I do, I have a huge scar on my face. I have a big nose.

I have weird eyebrows.

This salad really isn't that good.

( SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING )

( KNOCKING ON DOOR )

Peter! Hi, yes!

Nice to see you. Nice to see you.

Nice to meet you. Welcome to my home.

I help people who are in fear of living a life...

they don't want to live for the rest of their life.

Change and make the life that I want.

Can we focus on my whole face...

or I have to focus on one specific thing? Sure, all of it.

I have a paranoia of having my face being focused on too much.

On my acne scars...

When I was a kid, people said, "Oh, it looks like Brody...

"you got pecked by a woodpecker or a parrot on your face."

And it stuck with me.

I don't see bad skin. I just see a nice looking guy.

You're looking at my eyes.

I'm looking at your eyes. I'm looking here. That's how people talk.

Well, I cover it up. I put a little make-up on.

( LAUGHING )

Well, what I'm pointing out is that I'm not seeing what you're seeing.

Maybe what you see isn't truly what's there.

I understand that. I'm aware of that.

Okay, I'd like to move on into the hypnosis part.

Let your eyes get heavier and heavier.

Shifting your attention from outside to inside...

100 percent to 80 percent.

Heavier and heavier, going deeper and deeper.

Three, two, one.

And zero.

From here let's just talk to this anxious younger part of you.

Ask him what he needs to heal.

He wants you to remember that.

Okay, let him know that you remember you're good enough.

Now how does he respond?

Yeah. What does he need, to feel better, to heal?

On a spirit level?

Commitment to what?

Are you willing to do that?

So when?

And if someone came up to you right now...

and happened to notice that scar upon your face...

does it even matter?

Mm-mm. Exactly.

Can you live from that place of peace and being in charge of your life?

Mm-hm. Thank you.

How do you feel?

I feel pretty good, like the last second, I was like...

kind of... in a dream land.

You were under I think longer than you realize, because we took a little while.

Oh. Yeah.

Okay, all right, good.

I thought today was very-- it was good for me.

All right, Peter, thank you.

All right, you're welcome. Bye-bye.

See you soon.

( PHONE RINGING )

( GATE BUZZER BEEPS )

Hello?

I'm going up to Ester's.

Because she's depressed.

ESTER (O.S.): Hi, Brody. Ester!

Thanks for coming over.

I don't know what's going on with you.

I'm depressed.

I don't know, I just-- there's no-- I don't--

Ester, let it out. Lester.

I just so don't know what to do.

It's okay. Hey, it's okay.

I don't want to be by myself.

It's all right. It's okay.

It's just hard being around all the comedians sometimes.

The comedians are tough. I know. They're jerks.

And they make fun of me, because I got dumped.

I've been learning about hypnosis and positivity...

and I want to share that with you.

What you're going through right now is completely normal.

You're in a grief period. You were in love?

What kind of stuff did you guys do?

We went to dinner, we saw movies.

We had sex.

Can you describe that?

Are you eating well?

Yeah.

What did you have for lunch today?

A Snickers. A Snickers.

Okay, that's not very healthy. What did you have for breakfast?

A Twix. A Twix.

This is your-- what are you gonna have for dinner?

Peanut M&Ms. Peanut M&Ms are delicious.

Yes!

Do you want to check yourself in somewhere?

Like a spa?

Rehabilitation.

Rehab?

I don't do drugs.

For dep-- for dep--

Oh, like the mental hospital you went to?

Ah-- I'm not putting you in a mental hospital.

I'm putting you into a facility.

Brody, you're putting me somewhere?

Where you would be protected.

And you'd be able to grow and roam in the pastures.

I'm not a cow.

When Steven Brody Stevens was depressed, how many--

Did I cry in front of you? Yes.

How many times have you seen me cry? At least five.

25. 25?

That many times?

A lot of times.

I cried a lot. Yeah.

Okay, you're not gonna go manic are you?

I don't know if I could--

You don't know? I don't know what that is.

You may front-kick somebody in the 7-11 parking lot?

No, no, I won't say I have a gun on Twitter.

Oh, you think that's funny.

Do you see-- She says that?

Yeah.

You look like my father.

He was considered a very handsome man.

He was good looking? Very good looking.

I'm good looking. All the women were after him.

All the women are not after me.

( LAUGHING )

Oh, my gosh, wow. Yeah.

You are... Eliana.

Eliana, hi. Hi, nice to meet you.

Steven Brody Stevens. Yes.

It's a pleasure meeting you. I'm excited and I brought the flowers.

I made pumpkin pie. Do you like pumpkin pie?

I love it. This is Nicole.

This is Brody. Hi, Nicole.

I'm Steven Brody Stevens, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Am I gonna get duo-- dual advice?

Um... well, I do the matchmaking...

and then Eliana's our dating coach and our recruiter...

so she's actually gonna pick out a really wonderful girl for you to go out with.

When we do first consultations with clients...

we always see how they react with us.

Uh-huh. because we're both women.

And then we send them out on a date...

and then we see how they work with the women.

This pie, it's a little warm.

It just came out of the oven.

Has-- pumpkin pie is meant to be warm, right?

Yes. It just came out of the oven.

All right, so here's the deal. I'm ready to grow...

and I've reached out to you--

To find your best friend.

To find my best fr-- I guess that's the way you gotta look at it, right?

What would be your most recent, significant relationship?

Uh, I was with a girl in Seattle for about two months.

When was that? What year?

1995. Okay.

And that's the last time that you had a--

No, that's one time that I can recall, now that I'm more relaxed.

So I think the biggest thing with dating is that you have to be relaxed...

and the other person is just as nervous as you are.

I think when you get nervous, that might be when you talk really loud...

and you start talking a lot and it might be a little bit overpowering.

All you need to do is just show her that you appreciate her company.

How about have her come to one of my comedy shows?

Or have her watch me do audience warm-up and then she gets to be with me.

Yeah. No. No!

Sorry, I totally contradicted.

No, because it doesn't have to be all about you.

Well, she's an audience member. I'm a performer.

But that's a persona, that's something else.

Like, if you really are serious about wanting a relationship...

forget all that other stuff, like what do you want?

Is there like a certain personality you're looking for?

Somebody like you. See?

You're-- you're always-- You heard that before?

No, I haven't. I'm not always on.

Are you not-- okay, really?

Here-- Il-- Eliana. And you're always on?

Eliana. Eliana.

See, I think you need maybe a woman that challenges you...

because you can easily dominate conversations and be overpowering.

And it can be a little overwhelming to women.

Yeah, and so you need somebody who's gonna stand up and be like, "Brody, shut up."

Call me-- call me Steven.

Sorry, Steven, shut up, like, stop and let me kind of take stage right now.

You know what? Go ahead.

I think you should keep in mind is that you're enough...

like you don't need to put on a persona, you don't need to put on this act.

I mean, just be yourself. Be you.

Be Steven. Yeah, be Steven.

That's what we're trying to get at.

You think I'm a virgin?

No, I don't think so.

You think I've had sex? Gimme a high five.

I hope so.

You know, a human being needs touch, you know--

Are you just finding that out?

Yeah, but you always said that you weren't a big hugger, like you wouldn't hug me.

Or Stephanie said that, "We're not come from a hugging family."

No, we're not really touchy-huggy.

Well, I need to change that.

Oh, that's good.

I took what we talked about and what you were looking for...

and who I think would be a good fit for you...

is somebody who can kind of stand up to you a little bit.

You were mentioning that before, you think I need to be challenged.

Yeah, a bit. Pushed.

Yup. A positive push.

Yes. Not a negative.

Okay, let me put it this way, I think sometimes when you're single for so long...

it's hard for people to think about somebody else.

You're used to thinking about yourself.

You have to take care of yourself, you're very independent.

But I treat-- I treat my mother like a child.

That's what I'm doing.

Mom, you want a fry?

Mm-hm, yes.

I'll feed it to you.

Let go! I'm gonna feed it to you.

Let go.

God, are you the most annoying person. That's enough.

I check up on her. I'm seeing if she's active.

Are you eating your vegetables? Are you walking the dog?

Let me feed you the m-- let me feed you the--

God, you're like a rabbit. Let me feed one to you.

God damn it.

That's the fatherly instinct in me.

Okay, so that's a completely different relationship than having a girlfriend.

Okay.

This is Jackie. Hi, Jackie.

That's my mom's name. That's a check.

That's a... check.

This is Maggie. This is Maggie.

So, she is-- she's curvy. So, I'm not sure yet--

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

That's-- that's where I get thrown off.

Why? Describe-- describe curvy.

She's busty, she's got hips.

Is she in shape?

I'm gonna show you some photos.

Okay, good, here we go.

Whoa! I like it.

Who am I okay with at this point?

With Jackie.

But you're gonna be involved, you're gonna walk me through this.

Yeah.

You're gonna hold my hand. I will hold your hand.

You're gonna scratch my back.

I will not scratch your back.

You're going to massage my shoulders.

No. Scratch my scalp.

Absolutely not.

No, I'll be-- I'll be your buddy on this, okay?

All right, you're my buddy. Yes.

This is very nerve-racking.

Play it real.

Hi. Hi. Jackie?

Jackie.

Hi, Brody. Brody.

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

I pull out the chair.

And I push it in.

Might have been a bit too fast. Okay.

Oh...

Oh, god, this is a high-end establishment.

I'm wearing Quiksilver. I'm wearing glasses from Urban Outfitters.

Cool, which are fogged up on that side, just--

I'm fogged up? Yup.

There was-- there was a plucking issue.

A plucking issue.

I don't feel right about it. I don't feel confident.

They look okay?

They're fine.

But what about now?

Can't see your eyebrows. That's a great look.

Yeah.

Do I say I can't drink alcohol because I'm on psychotropic medications?

Uh, you don't have to get that detailed.

I would just say, "Hey, look, just letting you know..

"I don't have a problem with you having alcohol, I don't drink myself."

Because--

Just for health reasons.

Good point. That's... good.

Would you like anything else to drink?

We have really good mojitos here.

I mean, we're rated the best in LA.

I'm on medication where I am not allowed to drink alcohol.

Mm.

You wouldn't want me to test those waters.

Oh, this-- the funny guy.

And I won't bring up that I was in the psych ward for 17 days.

Do not bring that up.

I do comedy.

I'll ask some girls in the audience, I say, "I spent 17 days institutionalized...

"at UCLA psych ward, would you date me?"

"No," and that bummed me out.

Now I just told you another thing that I should not have told you.

Why were you in the psych ward?

Because I went off my meds cold turkey.

Oh, okay. That's all.

You didn't try and kill anybody or anything?

No. Okay.

No, no, no, no. Not at all.

Cool.

Now when I said I'm on medication, what did that-- what ran through your mind?

Uh, antibiotics.

What's the medication?

Lexipro, Lamictal, Latuda. If you want to tell me.

A little bit of Klonopin. Okay.

And Zocor.

Now you're freaking out. I have no clue what any of--

You're freaking out. No, I don't know what--

You're freaking out. What you're saying...

I can read your energy, I can tell you're uncomfortable.

No, it's fine. It's fine.

No, it's not.

You take antidepressants, no biggie.

Doesn't half of America?

They do. Yeah.

Welcome to the castle, we are in.

Go ahead, you go first.

Oh, really? Do you know how to put the ball down?

I'm right here. I'm right here. It's dog right?

Oh! Ah, you ruined it.

What? I ruined it?

Jackie, I'm gonna tell Eliana you're not trying.

Don't tell Eliana I touched it. Okay.

This is the 405. 405.

This is where the 405 and the 101 intersect.

Right here, see that blue car? They're going northbound.

What are you thinking about right now?

Going home... alone?

Yeah, I'm not gonna get romantic with you.

Eliana told me, "Do not get romantic...

"even if Jackie wants to kiss you, don't let her."

I can just sit here all day, and look into your sunglasses.

Yeah, I'm self-obsessed.

Yeah, you look good.

Come on in. All right.

Hands together...and--

Jackie, a little more effort, let's go.

Hands together. I'm trying.

Yeah! That's a foul tip, that's okay.

What gets you going, to see me hit in the 80 cage?

I'm not saying it's gonna turn you on...

but you would like to see a man hitting at the fastest machine here.

Yeah.

For you, Jackie.

Damn it!

Whoo! Whoo!

( CROWD CHEERING )

( TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYING )

Because a lot of times I come here by myself and just isolate...

and think about things, but...

It's a cool place to get away. to actually come here with a partner or friend.

It was pretty cool.

So, I know you gotta get going, you gotta get back over the hill.

I'll walk you to your car and... Cool.

And say-- I want to say thanks a lot. Okay.

You're free to leave. You're released.

JEFF GARLIN (O.S.): You know what he's gotta do?

He's gotta do what everybody's gotta do.

You gotta have what you need from yourself first.

Don't go looking for it from somebody else.

Have a sense of dignity, a sense of confidence...

and when he focuses on his own mental health...

someone will come into his life, no doubt about it.

You have age-defying make-up?

Yup, that's mine. I put it on my face.

Just for-- you set a good base?

( FARTS )

I'm sorry.