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- Hey. - Good morning, sir.

- Morning, Whitney. - Morning.

- How was your weekend, Hannah?

- It was good. Good morning.

How was yours? - Short.

- This is for you. - Thank you.

- I like to start by taking a few deep breaths

to clear the mind and let go of any apprehensions.

There is no therapy without honesty,

so I like to make a safe place

where everyone can say what s on their mind.

Couples therapy can feel like a trial,

but I m not here to pick sides or to declare a winner.

I m here to help navigate the challenges

and help create a successful relationship.

- So you re a published author,

but you still see clients?

- Yes. My partner, Dr. Stephen Bower, and I

have a practice together.

- We re here with bestselling author

of "Learning to Say I Love You"

and relationship therapist Jessica Bender.

So what s next for you?

- I have a new book that I just finished,

and it will be coming out shortly.

- And what s the title?

- "Do I Say I Do?"

- How was the interview?

- Fine, but I m always uncomfortable during interviews.

I m sure you were captivating,

and any publicity is good for the practice.

What are you doing?

I thought you already emailed your manuscript

to Mike and your agent.

- Just looking it over before I meet with Kim.

She s the first one to give me feedback

who isn t required to give me a glowing review.

Okay, Stephen, I am off.

I will be back before my next session.

- Thank you.

Mike, Robert Vincent s here.

- Thanks, Hannah. - What is that?

- Jessica Bender s new manuscript.

She emailed it this morning.

- That completes her two-book deal.

No wonder Business Affairs sent over her contract.

This ll be interesting.

I don t know if she wants to sign.

- Well, neither does she.

- You re pretty confident,

considering your past.

- Jessica s a professional.

We ve been good strategic partners.

I m just gonna present her with a fair offer,

and that ll be that.

- And if that doesn t work?

- I ll come up with something.

- I know you have been talking to him.

You re a terrible liar.

You should be ashamed to call yourself an agent.

No, no, Jonah Davis is going to sign with me,

and you are going to rue the day that you took me on!

Okay, honey, love you.

I ll see you at home.

Tony and I are competing for a new writer;

young adult, very hot.

It s between us two and the Gilmore Agency.

- It amazes me that you can be happily married

to an agent who works for your biggest competitor.

- It s what keeps things interesting.

Besides, we have one rule:

competition stays in the office.

- So did you read the new book?

- As soon as I got it.

It s different than your last book.

- Different good or different bad?

- Different different.

- Marriage is a big step.

I want to help people make smart decisions

about their partners before they tie the knot.

- Well, you don t want to do too good of a job.

You might write yourself out of future therapy clients.

- Oh, by the way, the Browncroft deal

is coming together quickly.

They are hot to sign you

since you re completing your deal with Mike.

Your last book, it sold well,

but with their resources behind you,

they think you could be big.

- I am just glad with this new book

I am done with my current contract.

- Almost done.

Mike called.

He wants you to go by the office.

- Is that a joke?

I don t have anything to say to him.

Once "Do I Say I Do?" is released, it s over.

- I know he s your ex-boyfriend,

but he is also your publisher.

- Not for long.

Just tell him we re doing the Browncroft offer.

- The Browncroft offer isn t done until it s done.

- You look great, Mr. Vincent.

- I feel like I m doing a life insurance commercial.

- These videos are for our pilot marketing program.

We post them to our website

with links to our digital retailers

to help build excitement about upcoming releases

and push presales.

They break down walls and allow the author

to communicate openly and honestly with their fans.

- Your father never relied on gimmicks.

- I m bringing Pryce Books into the digital age.

- Um, actually, I m gonna need a minute on that, sir.

The camera s having some issues.

- I got to get some air.

- Robert Vincent.

Zach Miller, VP, Marketing and Sales.

- Of course you are.

- So overall our numbers are up,

and the investors like what they see.

They are very close

to giving us a large infusion of capital.

- If we can get them on board,

we can take this company from a boutique publisher

into a major player.

- Well, it is all up to you.

You just need to re-sign Robert and Jessica.

They re our biggest authors and key to this deal.

- Jessica!

- Hannah, it s been forever.

How did we lose touch?

- You ve been working, I ve been working,

and you haven t exactly been coming around

since you and Mike, well, you know.

- It looks completely different in here.

- We did some renovations and some expansions,

and Mike s even working with some investors

who want to take the company global.

- Sounds like he s doing really well.

- Not bad for the little publishing house

his father started.

- Mike had some big shoes to fill,

but it looks like he s really going out of his way

to distinguish himself.

- I ll tell Mike you re here. You can wait in his office.

- Oh! - Ooh.

- Ooh, ooh, excuse me, Whitney.

Sorry.

Is that the new model?

- Mm-hmm.

- Nice.

5.1-inch screen, quad core processor,

thing s a real beast.

All right, I, um--

Got to get back.

Can t shoot a video without a camera, right?

- Mm-hmm.

- Jessica, thanks for coming in.

I read "Do I Say I Do?"

Very interesting. Different.

- What do you mean, "different"? - A new take,

breaking down marriage compatibility.

I never knew there were so many rules

before you could fall in love.

- Hence your track record.

- As you know, the delivery of this book

concludes your current two-book contract with Pryce,

but we like what you do, and you re a good seller,

so we want to offer you a new two-book deal.

We can give you a 10% increase on your advance

and promise you full marketing and distribution support.

- Thank you, but I think

we re gonna be entertaining other offers.

- From who?

- Not that it s any of your business,

but Browncroft Press.

- Browncroft?

Why would you want to go with them?

- Because they re a major publisher,

and they ll do wonders for my career?

- Here at Pryce you re family.

- I counsel families for a living.

I can tell when one needs help.

- From what I recall, you broke up with me.

- And as I recall, you really didn t leave me much choice.

- What if I went to 15%?

- I have to go. I have a session.

- 20%.

Wait.

Are you familiar with the publicity section

of your contract?

- He can t do this, can he?

- Well, it s not how the clause is usually applied,

but your contract does state,

"Author must engage in promotional events

as determined by the publisher."

- Mike said the videos were part of a new marketing strategy

to drum up interest and push presales.

- I know you said you were done with Mike,

but this could be good.

Any bump in sales is going to be attractive

to the Browncroft people,

and Mike does have good instincts.

He turned your master thesis into a top-selling

self-help book.

- This isn t about marketing.

He is just trying to hold things up with the Browncroft deal.

- Browncroft?

Nice.

Even their cookbooks get movie deals.

- Tony, what are you doing here?

- Kim s car had to go to the shop this morning,

so I gave her a lift.

We should get going before they close for the day.

- I know your personal relationship with Mike

didn t end on the best note,

but you guys were always good business partners.

- That s what gets me the most.

We see each other for the first time in a year and a half,

the first time since we broke up,

and it s like he didn t even care,

like I was just another author.

- Well, he s moved on, and so have you.

- Fine, I ll do it.

- I m about to head out.

Do you need anything else?

- No.

Have a good night.

- So I take it she didn t agree to a new contract?

- No, but I have a plan.

Under the publicity clause in her contract,

I can make her do promotional videos for the book.

I figure if I can keep her around long enough,

I can somehow figure out a way to make her sign.

- That s your plan?

- The only reason she won t sign with me is because,

well, me.

- Jessica is loyal

and she knows you two work well together.

- I lost that Jessica a long time ago.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- You nervous about being on camera

for the promotional video?

- Nervous? No.

Dragged kicking and screaming?

Getting warmer.

- Any promotion that s good for the book

is good for the practice and for us.

- I know. I just thought I was done working with Mike.

- Do you know what you re gonna do yet?

- Mike sent over some approved suggestions,

but if he s gonna make me do a video,

I m gonna do one that will impress the people

at Browncroft.

- What do you have in mind?

- I have an idea for a little couples compatibility exercise,

but I could use some help.

- Of course.

- You don t mind? - Not at all.

Besides, I m curious to meet Mike

after everything that I ve heard.

- Hey. - Hey there.

- Uh, I fixed your printer, by the way.

Also gave it a stern talking-to,

so you shouldn t have any more problems with that.

- I m glad someone finally scared it straight.

Is that a Zoom-Con shirt?

- Uh, yeah.

How do you--

no way!

- Get out of here.

That s awesome.

Wow, uh, a group of friends of mine,

we go every single year.

We get dressed up in costumes.

We do the whole thing.

I feel like it s the one time of year

where you re truly allowed to be as nerdy as you want

without all the embarrassment.

- No, forget that.

I work hard on my costume.

I want to show it off.

Actually, I have some pictures from last year.

Do you want to see?

- Yeah, duh.

- Darn it. - What s wrong?

- My phone keeps doing this thing where it shuts down,

and then I have to restart it.

- Want me to take a look at it? - You don t mind?

- Please, it s the least I could do for a fellow con artist.

- Yeah?

- Wow, that really didn t come out right.

I m sorry.

- It s okay.

- But I ll still take a look at it.

- Thank you. - Sure.

- What s all this?

- Setting up my video.

- Setting up for what? I didn t approve this.

- I came up with my own idea.

- The videos we re doing already work.

Presales are up.

- Well, this is what I m doing.

Take it or leave it.

And I ll also be working with a partner.

Stephen?

- Jessica, I m so sorry.

- What s wrong? Where are you?

- At the office.

I just got an urgent referral for an emergency session.

- This is a two-person exercise.

When do you think you can get here?

- That s the thing.

I don t think I m gonna make it.

- I guess I ll just see you later then.

Bye. - Bye.

- Action.

- Hi, I m Jessica Bender,

relationship therapist and author of the upcoming book,

"Do I Say I Do?"

Today we re going to be talking about marriage.

Joining me in this demonstration is my assistant, Mike.

- Partner.

- In the first chapter of my new book,

I refer to marriage as a painting

that you and your partner create together.

You bring your own colors, your own styles,

but you have to work together towards the same goal

to create an image that is balanced and harmonious.

You ll paint many pictures over the course of your marriage,

which will then become the gallery of your lives.

- Or sometimes you only get a few pictures out

before the other person picks up and heads to a new gallery.

- Yes, sometimes people do change galleries.

Then again, some never even make it to the opening.

- Managing a gallery takes work.

Sometimes you have to choose between keeping the gallery open

or making the artist happy.

- You don t have to make all the artists happy,

just the featured artist.

- Still, they don t have to take

all the supplies you ve given them and leave.

- If they wanted the artist to stay,

they should have closed the gallery once in a while

and showed it.

- Maybe the gallery was busy

trying to be the best gallery it could be.

- Then they never should have started painting!

And with any work of art,

you can t create a masterpiece without spilling a little paint.

Thank you. I m Jessica Bender.

Hey, how d it go?

- About as well as expected.

- What happened?

- Stephen couldn t make it, so Mike stepped in.

Clearly some things can t be faked.

- So that s your promotional video?

- No, fortunately, Mike agreed

that any video in which I looked like an idiot

didn t help either of us,

so I agreed to do one more video,

and he agreed that this would never see the light of day.

I am a therapist.

How can he still get under my skin like this?

- You guys were quite the couple.

I was even heartbroken when you broke up.

- It felt hypocritical being honored on a paper

about remembering relationship priorities

when my own boyfriend stood me up. Again.

- I know he was late to the ceremony,

but is that really the reason?

- No.

Mike was always driven at work,

trying to impress his father,

but by the end it felt like work

was the only thing that mattered.

At least I got out of that before it was too late.

- Maybe the gallery was busy trying to be the best gallery

it could be.

- Then maybe they shouldn t have started painting.

- Managing a gallery takes work.

Sometimes you have to choose

between keeping the gallery open

and making the artist happy.

- If they wanted the artist to stay, the gallery&

- What are you watching?

- Should have closed once in a while and showed it.

- Oh, um, footage from the video

that Mr. Pryce and Jessica Bender made.

- You re not gonna post that, are you?

- No way.

Oh, by the way, I fixed your phone.

- You re kidding.

Um, how much do I owe you?

- Eh, don t worry about it.

It was nothing.

- Thanks. - Mm-hmm.

- Trip was fun for a while,

but then he got too clingy.

I m just sick of dating the same kind of guy over and over again.

I need a change.

- So are you gonna ask her out or what?

- What are you talking about?

I want to ask her out,

but it s like we re from a different world.

I don t even know what girls like that are into.

Maybe you could help me out.

- You want me to get Whitney to go out with you?

- No, no, just, you know, help me talk to her.

- I guess I could help.

I mean, I do owe you one for the phone anyway.

- Oh, thank you.

- Mm-hmm.

- Hey, Mike.

Did you change your clothes?

- Long story.

The short version is we can t use the video with Jessica,

but she s gonna shoot another one.

- And her contract?

- One step at a time.

- All right.

The numbers are in for this quarter.

Let s make this work.

Hey, Connor?

- Hey.

- Is that the video from today?

- I--yeah, yeah, I was just about to shut it down.

- Mind if I watch?

- No, no, go ahead.

Um, I m just gonna continue packing up, okay?

Just make sure you shut down the computer when you re done.

- All right. - All right, cool.

- Oh.

Oh, now, this is good.

- Hi, I m Jessica Bender,

relationship therapist and author of the upcoming book,

"Do I Say I Do?"

Today we re going to be talking about marriage.

- Every night it s the same thing.

It s like I don t even exist.

- I work hard. - We don t talk.

We don t go out.

We used to have a nice relationship.

Now it s like he s married to the remote.

- And is that too much to ask?

- Okay, one at a time.

- Dinner, a movie.

- But when I do it, I m encroaching on date night.

I mean, seriously, date night?

- Obviously we have some issues,

but you both cared enough to take the time before work

to come in, so with a structured program

of honesty, communication, and trust exercises,

I am confident I can help you guys get back on track.

- I m leaving in just one minute.

Okay, has Jonah Davis made a decision yet?

All right, well, schedule a lunch before--same as before.

That is two dozen,

uh-huh, and the card should read "To my lovely wife."

Okay, thanks. Bye.

You weren t supposed to hear that.

- Of course not.

You were scheduling a meeting with Jonah Davis.

- It was just a quick call.

- What s the rule, hmm?

- Competition stays in the office.

- Don t cross me.

I know where you live.

- Who s that?

- It s a text from my assistant.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

- Hi, Kim. - Are you sitting down?

- No.

- Then lean up against something.

Do you remember the video

that was never supposed to see the light of day?

- Yeah. - It s online.

- I know this is not in your wheelhouse, Mr. Vincent,

but I think the videos turned out well.

- I think I look like a trained monkey.

- I know it s different than how my father ran things,

but the dynamics of publishing are changing.

- You know, I did ten books with your father,

and let me tell you something I ve learned.

Things don t change.

People change them.

- Mr. Vincent, we can discuss this further,

but we also need to talk about your new contract.

- All right, I ll be at the cabin for a few more days.

Come on out. We ll talk about the contract.

- Great, thank you. See you soon.

How s it going? - You snake.

You rat. How could you do that?

- I beg your pardon?

- You posted the video.

- What are you talking about? We didn t post it.

Connor?

- Uh, no, no,

I just did a quick cut and saved it to the server.

- Then how?

- I did it.

Zach Miller, VP, Marketing and Sales.

- You did? Why?

- The videos were great,

fun, active, full of personality.

You said you wanted the authors to communicate honestly

with their fans.

Well, this was honest.

It s already had 20,000 hits,

5,000 in the last hour alone.

- I look like a fool.

- No, you re a hit.

Presales of your book are through the roof.

- 12 videos.

- I don t have time for that.

Three.

- These videos benefit you just as much as they benefit me.

Ten. - Ten?

I have a practice to run.

- You re worried about a little practice

when you have a potential bestseller?

- Seven videos.

- Deal.

- And I have conditions.

I have a professional image,

so no making me look bad or foolish.

- Fine.

I ll leave that entirely up to you.

- And I want to work with Stephen. I d--

- Funny, that was gonna be one of my conditions too.

- Then I guess that s it.

- The key here is to play to your strengths.

- Have you seen Whitney s ex?

He s, like, rich and handsome.

- Rich and handsome do not count for as much as you think.

- Neither does smart and funny in my experience.

- You know what? You re a great guy,

and you treat people nicely.

That is what s most important.

- Yeah, if only I could convince Whitney of that.

- You have a lot more going for you

than you think, trust me.

- Your father was so accomplished. It s impressive.

- The fonts for your book are in.

Can you have a look?

I like the spacing on this one,

but I prefer this for the chapter titles.

- I agree.

This is a great picture of you and your father.

- Thanks.

I think it s one of the only photos

where the two of us are almost smiling.

I used to love his library,

all those rare books and first editions.

He used to let me borrow anything I wanted,

and I think I read his copy of "Carter s Playhouse"

about 20 times.

- He liked you.

He always said he was gonna give you that book.

I ll dig it up one of these days.

- Where are his books?

- Storage.

- So with a little bit of planning and some discipline,

couples can learn to balance the budget

and manage their household.

- Was that rehearsal as boring as it looked?

- I don t know.

I fell asleep halfway through.

- We need to do something.

- I ve got a friend that owes me a favor.

I ll get rid of Stephen.

You pump some life into this video.

- Are we ready to shoot this?

- Yeah, good rehearsal.

Just give us a second to take care of some things

and check the settings on the camera.

- Hey, Stephen, is that your car out front?

I think it s getting towed.

- They re towing my car?

- Yeah, you should take care of that.

I m sure he ll be right back.

- Ugh, stupid computer!

- This is your chance.

Go help her.

- Just--just go over there?

- Would you rather wait for the computer to come to you?

Go.

Go.

- Computer problems?

- Yeah, the problem is

this stupid thing doesn t work.

I-I don t know what I did wrong.

- You probably didn t do anything wrong.

You see, computers are programmed by humans,

so they re subject to human error.

I know it s frustrating, but fortunately

there are humans like me who know how to fix them

and get the original human back to working again.

All right, back to normal,

and I even saved the original document that you were...

- You can do that on your phone?

- Yeah.

It was fun.

- It ll be a while.

Stephen went to the impound.

- I guess you can come back and spend the rest of the day

with me tomorrow,

or if you d like,

I could step in and play the part of your boyfriend

just for the purpose of the video.

Balancing a household budget can be a tricky experience

for young couples merging expenses.

In chapter four of my book

I explain how you can help visualize this process

by creating envelopes with each area of expenditure,

and you can use board game money to swap around until--

what are you doing?

- Reallocating some of our funds.

You hardly had any in entertainment.

- Well, we can discuss it,

although financial planners recommend

10% of income goes to savings.

- We used to have fun.

Now it s all scrimp and save.

- Obviously this is just a demonstration

of a conversation a real couple might have,

but it does bring up the importance of

responsible choices in joint decisions.

- So spending this much at the hair salon every month

is responsible?

- It is if it s budgeted,

but if you re worried about finances,

you could always cut back on your video games.

- What about your shoe collection?

- Or your car washes.

- Your lattes.

- Electronics.

- Let s see how concerned you are about a budget

when it comes down to getting a engagement ring.

- You know what?

Spend it however you want.

- Is this all we make?

- Okay, so that didn t go quite as well as I d hoped.

- Are you kidding?

She barely even noticed me.

I mean, what was I thinking, huh?

That I would take Whitney to Zoom-Con?

That we d dress up in costumes?

I m a tech guy.

She s, like, a supermodel.

- Okay, I have an idea,

but I have to warn you,

it s a little radical.

- ...demonstration of a conversation

a real couple might have, but it does bring up...

This is a disaster.

- I m really sorry I had to leave.

I was parked legally.

The tow truck driver must have made a mistake.

- Yeah, right.

I m guessing Mike set it up

because he wanted to turn the video into a circus.

Look at these comments.

"Hysterical." "These guys are a riot."

"Is this book funny?"

No, it s serious!

- Mike s really got you worked up.

- Can you blame me?

He s making me look ridiculous.

Next time you and I are glued to each other.

- This isn t like you.

You re usually so calm.

You clearly have some unresolved issues with Mike.

Maybe it s time to address them.

- There are no issues.

He just likes to push my buttons.

- You re a relationship therapist.

What would you tell yourself if you were one of your clients?

- I would say to talk it out

and try to reach a mutual understanding.

- So?

There you go.

I think we ve made some really great progress here today.

Besides, this is great publicity for the book.

I think you should do the rest of the videos with Mike.

- What? - We ll talk later.

Your clients are here.

- It s about time.

We re gonna be late for the movie.

- Just give me five minutes to change my clothes.

- Wow.

Look at this place.

- Hey, no fair.

I didn t know anybody was coming over.

I didn t have time to clean.

- No, no, I m jealous.

You have every collectible I want.

You have to let me borrow your "Star Angel" graphic novel.

- Whew.

- Wow, look at you.

- I feel like a car salesman.

- Yeah, well, if you want a girl like Whitney to notice,

you have to play the part.

- Something s wrong.

- There you go.

- Hey,

thanks for all this.

- You re welcome.

Tomorrow Whitney meets the new you.

- How long do we have to do this?

- Just a little longer.

- Wow, that felt strange.

- It s supposed to at first.

It s a trust exercise to break down barriers

and open channels of communication.

- We have to do it in the park?

- Since we re trying to facilitate open dialogue,

I thought we should get out of the office

and come to neutral territory.

- I thought you were trying to recreate our first date,

that time I surprised you and brought you here for a picnic?

- I d forgotten about that.

- At least one of us remembers.

Connor showed me how to run the camera.

What are we shooting today?

- Actually, we re not shooting this one.

We re gonna try a little icebreaker

to work through some of our issues.

Chapter six,

make a list of things that bother you about your partner.

Hey there.

- Hey.

Oh, I m glad you re here.

My computer is doing that thing again.

- Oh.

Um, okay,

uh, let me just take a look.

- Mm-hmm.

- I, uh--

I better roll up these sleeves first.

Wouldn t want to mess up the new duds.

But you know what they say.

You got to dress for success.

- Do you normally wear glasses?

- Let me know when you run out of paper.

I ll go cut down a forest.

- I m just being thorough.

You know, normal people actually consider that a good quality.

- I didn t need directions.

I just needed someone to be quiet for 30 seconds

so I could find the road.

- Oh, please. I did that one time.

- Once was enough.

I didn t do that.

Well, maybe.

- Really? Two years later?

- Sore loser. - Bad winner.

- Can t take a joke. - Can t take anything seriously.

- We both do that. - That s it.

I can t do this if you won t take it seriously.

- What s the point of this?

- To have a conversation. We--

- If you want to have a conversation,

let s just have a conversation.

It s just like your book:

ten extra steps when you only need one.

- Now you re criticizing my book?

- It s not a book.

It s a owner s manual.

"Do this, do that,

"and if your fiancée still isn t working right,

call our 24-hour help line."

- Love takes a plan.

You need to use your head.

- You don t love with your head.

You love with your heart.

It takes passion.

- I don t need to take relationship advice from you.

- Wait, Jessica.

Wait.

Wait.

Look, I m just trying to talk.

- Well, I m trying to protect people.

- From what?

- From making the same mistake I did.

- So tell me how everything s going.

- I m trying to do some real good with these videos,

but they look like a joke.

- I have to admit, they are really funny.

- I m not trying to be funny.

I m trying to be educational

and hopefully impress the Bancroft people.

The videos were Mike s idea. He could at least cooperate.

Oh, and get this.

On top of that, he had the audacity to insult the book.

He said it read like an owner s manual.

- What?

You didn t like it either? - No,

I thought it had some good, practical ideas in it.

- Except?

- Well, for a book about creating a successful marriage,

it kind of came off a little...

cold.

- Cold?

- Your book, it s all about

checking off these boxes and flagging warning signs.

- The people I counsel

are the ones who ignored those warning signs.

- I know.

It just felt like it was avoiding the pain

and not finding the love.

- She didn t even notice?

- It s hopeless.

- Okay, new approach.

- No, no, no.

Look, just forget about it, okay?

I mean, I really appreciate your help,

but I m never gonna be her type.

I should just accept it and move on.

Um...

Wow. What was that for?

- I was trying to get Whitney s attention.

Sometimes it helps if someone else is interested.

- Um, thanks?

- What are friends for?

Okay, now, so just play it cool,

go back to work.

Um, let her come to you.

- Good tip.

- Yeah.

- Thanks.

- This is Mike.

- Are you there yet?

- I m almost at Mr. Vincent s cabin now.

- All right.

Time to get Robert to sign on the dotted line.

Then we just have to worry about Jessica.

- How critical is she to this deal?

- Critical. Why do you ask?

- I m not sure I can pull it off.

- What do you mean? The videos are great.

- Yeah, great for us. She hates them.

The more I try to charm her, the more I push her away.

- Okay, look, look, look, for now just focus on Robert.

He s a writer, so stroke his ego.

- Have you read his new book?

It s...not good.

- Who cares?

It s Robert Vincent.

He could fall asleep on the keyboard

and the book would still sell.

- Yeah, my father would never release a book like that.

- Mike,

it s Robert s job to make art.

It s our job to make money.

It s only business, man.

Now, get him to sign.

- You also get consultations on the cover art and sleeve photo.

We ve increased...

your pre-break split.

- You know, back in the day

your father used to come out here, and we d talk about books,

authors, new voices.

The company was all about literature.

Now all I hear is dollars and cents

and marketing videos.

- Mr. Vincent, you ve been with Pryce Books since the beginning.

We released your first novel.

- That was your father.

- This company s my father s legacy.

He couldn t bear you going to another publisher.

Please just think about it.

- Write up a contract.

I ll take a look at it.

No promises.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Um, nice shirt.

- Congratulations on Mr. Robert Vincent.

Here s the paperwork.

- Well, Mr. Vincent s not official yet.

- That just leaves Jessica.

I think I need to rethink my strategy there.

I thought if we just spent time,

I could show her how great we are together,

but I think I m just giving her more reasons to leave.

- Well, you two always pushed each other

even when you were a couple.

That s what made you work so well together.

- Maybe I m still a little upset

about the way she broke up with me,

so threatening to go to another publisher

is just fuel on the fire.

- Then you should apologize.

- Yeah.

I need to get back on her good side if I want her to sign.

- No,

because you owe it to her.

- Can I come in?

I want to apologize.

Do I smell stir fry?

- Yes.

You wanted to apologize?

About the videos.

Back when we were together,

if something seemed dull or wasn t working,

we d find a way to make it better.

I guess I was trying to recapture some of that magic,

but maybe we re past that.

Or based on our videos, maybe we never really had it.

Is something burning?

- Oh, no.

Great, it s ruined.

- It s not ruined.

It just needs a little love.

Okay, we need garlic, spices,

and dice up this potato while you re at it.

- I know you were just trying to have fun with the videos.

- I was mostly just trying to have fun with you.

It s been a while since we ve both been on the same team.

I missed it.

We had some good times.

- They weren t all bad.

- But I support you as an author,

and I support you as a professional,

so I ll be good and play by your rules.

Okay, bon appétit.

I ll let myself out.

- Wait.

You prepared it.

You might as well stay for dinner.

- Gilmore Agency dropped out of the race for Jonah Davis.

It s down to the two of us.

- Really?

Well, no business talk tonight.

- Right?

Of course not.

- It s really great that we can ignore something like this

and just be ourselves.

- No, technically our first date

was when I took you for coffee

while you were getting your car repaired.

- After you rear-ended it.

- I paid for it.

- Insurance paid for it.

- I meant the coffee.

- Okay, that was our first date.

So I guess we should talk about the book

even though I know your opinion on it.

- It s not that I didn t like it

or that I didn t agree.

It just didn t sound like you,

the you that I remember.

- What do you mean?

- Your first book was all about opening yourself up to love.

It spoke to me,

the randomness of a chance meeting,

the spark of a first kiss,

the unexplainable but undeniable chemistry,

but as you pointed out, with my track record,

I m not an expert in that area.

I should get going.

- Relationships are hard.

You have to be careful who you let into your heart.

- I know,

but wouldn t it be nice if once in a while

we could just throw out the rules and have fun?

I ll see you tomorrow?

What s all this?

I thought we were doing the priority tree exercise

from chapter nine.

- I had an idea last night

and thought I d try something off-script.

- So what are we doing?

- A cooking video.

- And action.

- The foods we eat say a lot about who we are as individuals.

Do we like things healthy

or on the indulgent side?

Sweet or...

spicy?

In a way, how we cook says a lot

about the kind of marriages we ll have.

Does one person do all the work,

or is there a division of labor in the household?

Be a dear and cut this, will you?

- Sure.

- Your relationship is an evolving recipe,

hot and spicy at times, milder at others,

but always a shared effort.

Marriage is a recipe, and like all recipes,

sometimes the best things come out

when you throw away the book and...

have a little fun.

- Oh, you re dead.

- Stop!

Stop!

Why are you d-- why are you--

It s not bad.

- Delicious.

- Saw you talking to Whitney.

- Yeah, we re going to dinner.

- Congratulations.

- Oh, I hope you don t mind,

I told her we used to go out,

and that s why you kissed me.

- That s fine.

I actually came up with a little cover story for us

last night, but yours is perfect.

- I can t believe it worked.

- Hmm.

- You know,

and I owe it all to you too. Thank you.

- Like I said, what are friends for?

- One hour, okay.

Good news.

I spoke with the Browncroft people this morning,

and they re gonna be sending me a offer any day now.

- Ooh.

- You have got to be kidding me.

- What did Mike do this time?

- Actually, it was me.

- Really?

I guess I must have missed that chapter in the book.

So what inspired you?

Or should I say who?

- A girl can change it up.

- I had fun tonight.

- Me too.

- "Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns" is coming out?

- What s that?

- It s a video game.

It s my favorite.

Yeah, I went as one of the characters last year

for Zoom-Con, actually.

- Zoom-what?

- It s this, uh, sci-fi/fantasy convention.

It s great.

Actually, it s happening next week.

We should go.

Yeah, you get to trade comics

and test out new games,

and people go as their favorite comic characters.

- So it s a kids thing?

- No, kids and adults.

It s basically for anyone who likes sci-fi and fantasy

and they just want to have fun

pretending to be somebody else for a while.

Do you, um,

want to check out the mall?

- Yeah.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

- I ve tried to be patient,

but sometimes it feels like we re on different planets.

- Maybe we should work on our "I feel" statements

to get things loosened up.

- No more exercises.

- See?

He doesn t even want to try.

- Well, these exercises are pointless.

We keep doing them week after week,

and we re not getting anywhere.

- You know what? I love you, Burt,

but sometimes I just want to...hit you.

- Okay, hit him.

- Huh? - Excuse me?

- Hit him.

- That felt good.

- Yeah, I don t think I like this kind of therapy.

- It s couples therapy.

You can hit her too.

- What?

Ow.

- Now we re getting somewhere.

- Take that. - What s that?

- Oh!

- Tony, what are you doing here?

- I sent a pair of basketball tickets to Jonah Davis

to woo him, but when I called to follow up,

I found out they d been replaced with tickets to a puppet show?

That s okay

because I found the receipt to this cookie basket

you were gonna send him and had it delivered

to our office instead.

So I guess that s how the cookie crumbles.

What?

- That was a decoy.

I let you find that receipt

so that you wouldn t find the real order

that s being delivered...

now.

- This isn t over.

- Mm-hmm.

- Not by a long shot.

- That s what you got, a long shot!

- We are almost home.

Just keep saying all the things Robert wants to hear.

- What if he asks about the book?

- What do you mean?

Lie.

- Hey. - Hey.

- How are things on cloud nine?

- Oh, fluffy.

- Yeah?

So your date went well?

- Amazing.

- You had a lot to talk about?

- Uh,

we re still kind of figuring each other out.

- Mm.

Ooh, "Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thrones"

comes out tonight.

Do you want to go stand in line for it?

- I can t.

Uh, Whitney and I are going out on another date.

- No worries. No problem.

Romance comes first.

- But, um,

maybe next weekend we could do something.

I mean, I still owe you for, like, all of this.

- Yeah, okay.

- All the terms are just as we discussed.

All we need is your signature.

- Looks like I m on the hook for another two books.

- I m sure you have many volumes of brilliance left in you.

- We re honored you re gonna remain a member

of the Pryce family.

- Have you read the new book?

- Of course.

- What d you think?

- Truly one of your best pieces ever.

- You know what? Maybe it s time for a change.

- What? - I look around here,

and I don t even recognize this place anymore.

Silly videos, this modern office.

Your father s books aren t even here.

I don t know what this is,

but it isn t Pryce Books anymore.

- Mr. Vincent-- - And you know what?

Your father wasn t into it for the money

or the sales.

He loved books

and helping new authors find their voices.

Now, if you have no passion for that,

maybe you re just not cut out for it.

I m going to my cabin for a week.

When I come back, you can tell me why I should stay.

- Yes, I saw the video, but I thought

you were gonna stick to the exercises from the book.

- I was, but I thought it d be fun to try something new.

- Change is good, but I hope you ll go back

to the book exercises.

It s important that we have unified treatment guidelines.

Oh, I am late for a symposium,

but I ll see you when I get back.

Bye. - Bye.

- Stop it.

- I hope you re ready.

I have something special planned for the video today.

- I m sorry, I need to cancel.

I have to go downstairs.

- Where are you going? - To storage.

- Are his books down there?

- I don t know where his copy of "Carter s Playhouse" is.

You ll have to look around.

- These are all from your father s office?

- Yeah.

Oh, wow.

- Did you find something good?

- Just a book report I did on Robert Vincent in junior high.

I didn t know he held on to this.

- Your father truly loved literature.

- One of the few things we had in common,

although I m not sure what he would think

about Mr. Vincent s new book.

His standards seem to have dipped since I took over.

- Why don t you work with him?

You re a great editor,

and I say that from personal experience.

- I guess we can t go back, can we?

- I guess not.

- Hannah, hey.

- Connor,

what are you doing here?

- I dropped off Whitney early and swung by.

I ve been waiting in line for over an hour.

- I didn t realize the line was gonna be this long.

I m gonna be here all night. - Jump in.

- Thank you, but I don t want to cut in the line.

- Well, then I ll go to the end of the line with you.

- No. Really? - Yeah.

- But you are so close.

- Eh, that s what best friends are for.

- Thanks. - Yeah.

- But first let s take a picture to commemorate this occasion.

- Ah, you know it. - Okay, good.

- Let s do it, yeah. - Okay. Ready?

- Uh-huh. - One, two, three.

- That s great.

You know you re gonna have to send me that, right?

- Of course. - Right?

- Clearly.

- Oh. - Oh, my gosh.

You re crazy.

- The offer from Browncroft came in.

It s good.

We don t have to give them an answer right away.

You can look it over,

think about it, and I m on board

with whatever you want to do.

Bed.

Oh,

I was up playing all night.

- I know.

I m already on my third cup of coffee,

but it was totally worth it.

- I think the closest thing I got to a pillow

was a bag of Styrofoam packaging.

- Did you ever figure out how to escape from the knight s tomb?

- Yeah, yeah, I did.

Come over later tonight, and I ll show you how to do it.

- Sounds good.

Uh, I should get back to work.

I ll see you later?

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Thanks for waking me up.

- Any time.

- So I thought about what you said

about throwing out the rules,

and my clients are making amazing progress.

- That s fantastic.

Defuses the tension and makes therapy feel like fun.

- Thanks.

- That s the kind of thinking I need.

I still don t know what I m gonna say to Mr. Vincent.

- This is the first contract he s signing

without your father around.

He has to know he s in good hands,

and he is.

- You always were my biggest cheerleader.

- There s something you should know.

The Browncroft offer came in.

- I m sure it s great.

- I haven t made my decision yet.

- Well...

I always knew I d have to fight for you.

- Hi, Whitney.

- So you and Connor used to date?

- Yeah, but we re just friends now.

- Oh, good that you re still so close.

- Mm-hmm.

- I guess that s why I like Connor.

He s sweet.

The guys I used to date in the past were party guys,

lots of fun, but I always had to keep one eye on them.

Good not to have to worry about that anymore.

Of course, if I did have to compete for him,

I d have to think I d be pretty good at it.

- Wow.

- Honesty is the key element to any successful relationship.

One method I use to open up dialogue

with my premarital counseling clients

is "reveal a secret" day.

It can be silly or embarrassing

or deeply personal

as long as it starts a conversation.

- I thought I already knew all your secrets.

- We ll see about that.

I have this weird thing with my feet.

They re extremely sensitive,

and they can be tickled without touching them.

- Like this?

- Yes, and that s not funny.

It may sound trivial,

but it s difficult to trust someone enough

to let your guard down and admit your vulnerabilities.

Your turn.

I almost gave up my career once.

It all started with a girl--

smart, beautiful.

I was crazy about her.

But I was a bit of a workaholic,

which took a toll on the relationship.

One night she was being honored by some colleagues.

I was so proud,

but as I was getting ready to leave,

I was handed a stack of paperwork.

Stuck in the office,

I suddenly realized I had this great girl that I was ignoring,

so instead of working,

I wrote a resignation letter.

Then I went off to see her,

but I was late, obviously.

I was just about to tell her what I had done,

by that point I d pushed her too far.

She thought that my not being there

meant that I didn t care,

and she broke up with me on the spot.

I guess it was pride,

but I figured if she was so willing to give up on me,

why should I give up everything for her?

So I went back to the office, and I ripped up that letter.

Stupidest thing I ve ever done.

I fought so hard at work

only to lose the one thing I cared about.

- Hey.

Did you have a chance to look at the Browncroft offer?

- I sure did.

I m sticking with Pryce.

- Hey.

How s the phone holding up?

- Still going strong.

- So there s this animation festival happening

at the Independent Theater later.

Feel like going?

- Wouldn t you rather take Whitney?

- Animation s not really her thing.

Besides, I thought it d be fun for us.

- Actually, I m kind of busy tonight.

I have to take a pass.

- Okay.

Maybe next time.

- Initial here,

and lastly, sign here.

That concludes the business portion of our night.

- When you said you wanted to take me out to celebrate

the contract, I did not expect all this.

- I told you,

at Pryce we treat you like family.

- This has to be the most intimate contract signing ever.

- I have to admit, I didn t think I d get you to sign again.

- I have to admit, me neither.

Why didn t you tell me about the letter?

- I don t know.

I was hurt, angry, and focused on myself.

By the time I realized how pigheaded I was being,

you moved on.

- I m not sure how much I moved on.

I think in a lot of ways, writing "Do I Say I Do?"

was my way of getting over you.

- I guess we both had things to figure out.

- Yeah.

- To second chances?

- Give it to me.

Yeah.

Let s do that.

Don t wait too long.

We don t want to flop this one, okay?

- Everything okay?

- Just work stuff.

- Did you get it?

Okay, keep trying.

We only have one shot.

That was the gardener.

both: I got to take this.

- I hope you re impressed.

I broke out the good fake dinner party china.

- Joke if you will, but a dinner party can be

a great metaphor for a successful marriage.

- Sorry,

didn t mean to snack on your metaphor.

You free for lunch today?

There s something I want to talk to you about.

- Yeah, there s something I want to talk to you about too.

- Oh, there you are.

Got a minute to go over some paperwork?

- Sure.

I ll be right back.

- All right.

I ll see you later. - See you.

- Hey. - Hey.

- A package came for you.

- Oh, yeah?

Oh, nice.

Now I can finally complete my work on my robot army.

- I wanted to tell you something.

- Yeah, me too, actually.

Whitney said she wants to go to Zoom-Con.

- She did? - Yeah, yeah.

It took a lot of persuading,

but I bought the ticket for me and Whitney last night,

so we could all go together.

- That s actually what I wanted to talk to you about.

My computer crashed last night when the tickets went on sale.

By the time I got it up and running, there were none left.

- So you re not going?

It won t be the same without you.

- Maybe next year?

- Okay. Um...

I cannot believe you got Jessica to sign.

I will never doubt your charms again.

You must have really worked some magic, huh?

- Something like that.

- Well, now that Jessica s locked in,

you just have to work that razzle-dazzle on Robert Vincent.

- Compared to him, Jessica s gonna look like a breeze.

At least I knew how to talk to her.

- Just give him the same dog-and-pony show

you used to coax Jessica.

The investors want both of them on board, or they re gonna walk.

- Jessica.

- I can t believe you.

- Jessica, wait.

- Was this all just a setup

to get me to agree to a new contract?

- Of course not.

- You never told me you needed me for the investors.

- I didn t think it was relevant.

- What about the resignation letter story?

Was that relevant?

- What are you talking about?

- Funny how after all these years,

suddenly it just came up

after I told you about the Browncroft offer.

Have you just been telling me all these things I want to hear

to get me to sign?

- How could you even think that?

- It s what you re doing with Robert Vincent, isn t it?

- That s different. - How?

You re pretending to feel a certain way

as a means to an end.

You know, the problem isn t that work is the thing

you care about most.

It s that it s the only thing you care about.

There has to be some way to get out of this contract.

- Not unless you signed with disappearing ink.

- Two more books with Mike, I cannot do that.

- Just breathe.

I m more concerned with you than the contract right now.

- I really thought he changed,

but it was all just to get me to sign a new contract.

- Are you sure about that? - Kim, I heard it.

He just needed me to get the investors on board.

- Come on, Jess. What did you expect him to say?

"I have a major deal in the works right now,

and the fate of the company rests in your hands?"

No pressure.

- Still, I shouldn t have let my guard down.

- You and Mike have always had your differences,

but I ve known you a long time, Jess.

For better or worse, he brings out the real you.

You gonna walk away from that?

- Hey, Kim.

- I want to call a truce. - Okay.

- Lunch tomorrow, Bon Mange Restaurant.

- See you there.

- Well, just got off the phone with Robert Vincent.

He s coming in the day after tomorrow.

- Good. - So what s the plan?

- Jessica and I found this photo of my father and Mr. Vincent

up at his cabin.

They used to hang out up there,

talk about books, give notes.

I would have done anything to be up there with them.

Anyway, talk about that,

get him to relive some of his glory days.

- Perfect.

Butter him up like toast,

and with Jessica on board,

he s the last piece of the puzzle.

- Maybe I should tell him what I really think.

- Whoa, what?

Mike,

do you want to make something of yourself?

Hmm?

Do you want to step out of your father s shadow?

Sometimes you have to make compromises.

- I wanted to return your "Star Angel" graphic novel.

It was really good.

- Oh, yeah.

I can bring in some more if you want.

I got some really great ones.

- No, thanks.

I m good for now.

- Ooh, she s hot.

Maybe I ll dress as her for Zoom-Con.

- Wait, you re gonna dress up for Zoom-Con?

- Yeah, when in Rome, right?

Besides, I don t want to lose you to some other cute girl.

- I should get back to work.

- Okay.

She s a really cool character.

- And here are your menus.

- Thank you.

- Sure. I ll be right back.

- Did you come alone?

- Yes.

- No weapons?

- What s this about?

- I have a proposal.

- So I told the wolf, "You re just a dog."

Oh. - I am such a goof.

- Please, this is nothing.

In high school, my super power was clumsiness.

- Come on, we re gonna be late.

- It s okay. I got it. - You sure?

- Yeah, thanks.

I got it from here.

- Okay. - Maybe.

- Yeah, she s got it. - Have a good night.

- Yeah, you too.

Good luck with that.

- I m heading out.

Are you gonna be here a while?

- Probably.

- So should I ask what happened with Jessica?

- She found out she was part of the deal

with the investors and thought that that was the reason

I was saying all the things that I said.

- Why would she think that?

- Cause it s what I m doing with Mr. Vincent.

She said I should be honest with Mr. Vincent,

but if I do that,

I ll lose him, and I ll lose the investors.

- So?

- It s my father s legacy.

- Your father s legacy is exactly the way he left it.

This is your company now.

Jessica said that Mr. Vincent needs to know

the company s in good hands.

But I don t know if it is anymore.

- Jessica didn t stay with us

because you tricked her into signing.

She signed because she knows you care about her,

about the company,

about everything your father built this company on.

So listen to her advice.

I ve read her stuff.

She is one smart cookie.

- I want to start today with an exercise.

I want each of you to make a list,

or if you prefer, we could practice our role reversals.

Jessica,

this isn t working.

I m-- pillow fights are fun,

but whenever we go home, we have the same issues.

I know that you re trying your best,

but at the end of the day,

we re just not on the same page.

- You know what?

Maybe you re not right for each other.

Since I ve been doing this,

I ve seen couples who can finish each other s sentences,

and they can t make it a year,

or couples who can argue about the color of the sky,

and they re celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

The truth is compatibility can t be measured

by looking at two individuals,

but by seeing how those two people work as a couple.

You can do all the tests and exercises

and check all the boxes,

but only you can decide if the person sitting next to you

is the right one.

I ll hold your next session.

If you want to keep working at it, I ll see you then.

But if you can imagine a life without each other,

then there s really no point in going on.

Hi, Kim.

- What are you doing?

- Nothing. - Perfect.

Tony and I just ended our client war.

Why don t you come over and help us celebrate?

- That s great. Who won?

- Both of us.

We decided to split represent.

I m taking book sales,

and he s handling TV and movie deals.

- Congratulations,

but I don t really feel up for dinner.

- Just call me

if you change your mind.

We re here, okay?

- The great Robert Vincent.

Thanks for taking the time to see us.

- You re packing?

- Unpacking my father s books.

Figured they belonged up here.

- Okay, you have the floor.

- I want to read to you something that was written

about your first book,

"The Hay in the Needle Stack."

"Robert Vincent writes the way nature carves landscapes:

"beautiful, harsh,

"expansive, and all-consuming.

"His narratives aren t just engaging, they re enlightening.

"In his words are truth,

"a truth you can t always face,

but you can never deny."

- I don t remember that review.

Is that from the "Times"?

- It s a book report I wrote about you.

I was 13.

My father and I have a complicated relationship.

He wasn t good at sharing his feelings,

but what he did share was his love of literature,

which is why I can t release your book.

- I beg your pardon?

- It s not good.

I think what Mike is trying to say is--

- My father s legacy was literature.

It s the only thing I have left of him.

He wouldn t put it out,

and I can t tarnish his name by releasing it.

I took the liberty of writing up some notes.

I think it could be great.

It just needs some guidance.

Thanks for taking the time.

I honestly hope you ll choose to remain a member of this family.

Hannah,

I need you to do something for me.

- Sorry we re late.

- That s okay.

- We tried to imagine a life without each other.

We couldn t do it.

- So we re willing to do whatever it takes,

lists and all.

- Come in.

- So that was your idea of buttering him up?

- I want to be proud of the work we do,

not just successful at it.

- Well, I want to work with writers who make us money.

You re gonna blow this deal with the investors.

- My company, my decision.

- Mike...

Look, maybe I can salvage this deal.

At least we still have Jessica.

- Funny you should mention that.

- That was really good work today.

I will see you next week.

- Bye. - Bye.

Hannah, what are you doing here?

- Hey.

Mike asked me to drop off some paperwork.

- Too busy to drop it off himself?

- Kind of.

He s meeting with Robert Vincent,

telling him what he really thinks about his book.

- Really?

- Yeah.

He took some advice from an old friend.

Look, I know Mike cared about losing the investors,

but I think what he really cared about was losing you.

- Thanks.

- I know.

Mike called, and he told me

that he was letting you out of the contract.

- Why would he do that?

He needed to keep me for the investors.

- Well, I spoke with the Browncroft people,

and they still want to offer you the same deal.

- Okay.

- That is, if you still want it.

- I m not sure what I want anymore.

- Mr. Vincent. - Don t get up.

You were right.

The book s no good.

I knew it,

and you knew it too.

- Mr. Vincent, I think you re a brilliant author.

- Now, look, an author s world is insulated.

We re fiercely protective of our work,

yet we need an outside voice to give us perspective.

I read your notes.

I m impressed.

The only other person that gave me feedback like this

was your father, and I thought I d lost that.

- Thank you.

- Well, the company is... changing,

that s for sure.

Maybe it s just growing up.

Your father would be proud.

- Unfortunately, we ll never know.

- I do.

You have more in common than you think.

By the way,

your father called me Robert.

- What do you think?

- Oh.

Wow.

- Thanks.

Hey, how long is this Zoom-Con thing?

Because I told some friends we d meet up with them later

and go dancing.

We can dip out early, right?

- I think we need to talk.

Look,

I can t even believe that I got the chance

to go out with you.

I mean, you re beautiful, and you re smart,

but...

I changed myself a lot to be with you,

and you changed yourself to be with me,

and I think as much as we want to be with each other,

I think we ve got to be true to ourselves.

- Are you breaking up with me?

Hannah must be pretty special.

- You both are.

Hey.

- Hey.

- So I ve got an extra ticket for Zoom-Con.

Got any plans tonight?

- What about Whitney?

- We broke up.

It was bound to happen.

I can t be with a girl who can t quote "Astro Fleet."

But you did it.

Tonight s the night.

You got the girl.

- Just...

not the one I wanted.

- Careful, you re gonna make Whitney jealous.

- She ll be fine.

- Oh, you re dead.

Stop!

Stop it!

Hey, hey!

Stop!

Why are you-

You re gonna ruin the food.

- Hi.

- What are you doing here?

- I wanted to tell you to hold off on publishing the book.

- What?

- It s missing a step.

- What step would that be?

- After all the checklists and compatibility tests,

you have to ask yourself if this is what your heart wants.

And then...

trust what it says.

- You didn t sign with Browncroft?

- It wouldn t have been a good match.

- If you re still under contract,

you know that means we re gonna have to do more videos.

- Good thing we re compatible.

I have some ideas for the next book.

- Well, as your publisher,

I d be very interested in hearing them.

- We could discuss them over dinner tonight.

- Do you ever stop thinking about work?