- 6/21/2025
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00:00According to the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, or another fancy word for disorder,
00:09can only ever increase over time.
00:12I guess I never thought of humans as being subject to the same laws of physics,
00:16careering slowly towards destruction and tearing each other apart.
00:20Henry? Henry? Henry!
00:23Henry! Can you please help me look for the missing wheel for the pram?
00:27I have a buyer from Eber who can come by in 15 minutes.
00:30What the hell were you thinking?
00:36You panicked? That's your excuse? You panicked?
00:39Yes, I panicked, Henry, okay? I panicked!
00:42Now, will you please just get down here and help me find this missing wheel?
00:45How is this your priority right now?
00:47Henry, I told you, I have a buyer coming in 15 minutes. Time is literally of the essence.
00:52Our parents just had a literal meltdown and a destruct.
00:55They'll be fine.
00:56Oh my god.
00:57What? They will!
00:58They've lived through the Cultural Revolution and it's not like they don't talk about it
01:01every two seconds. I think they'll be fine.
01:04Hey, at least no actual babies were harmed in the making of this.
01:07Well, an actual baby may very well be hurt and harmed in the on-sailing of this pram with
01:11a missing wheel.
01:12Which is why I am trying to get you to look for it.
01:15What if it comes off?
01:16What?
01:16In the middle of the road. What if it comes off?
01:19They get stuck, the wheels jam, and they're hit by oncoming traffic.
01:22I don't know about you, but I am uncomfortable with the on-sailing of a defective pram.
01:26Well, then you clearly know nothing about prams.
01:28Really?
01:28No.
01:29First off, it's a front wheel. You only need one to steer.
01:32Oh my god.
01:33And secondly, if you've ever seen F1, you'll know that you can always make it back to the
01:36pits on three wheels. It's basic science, you nerd.
01:38Yeah. Well, it's also basic science that you can fly a plane on a failed engine, but you
01:43wouldn't ever want to get on one, you self-destructive psycho.
01:47What did you just call me?
01:50Nothing. I'm just going to go look for the wheel.
01:57Did you just call me a psycho?
01:59No.
02:00I heard psycho.
02:01I meant behaviorally clumsy.
02:05Behaviorally clumsy?
02:06In an endearing kind of way.
02:08Right.
02:08Yeah, you know, like, oh, shuck, she's behaviorally clumsy. Oops, got ya.
02:13Okay, so a minute ago, I was a self-destructive psycho, but now I am endearingly behaviorally
02:19clumsy.
02:20Yeah, see? You get it.
02:22Help me get this. How endearingly behaviorally clumsy slash self-destructively psycho were you
02:27when you nearly convinced slash persuaded me to have a baby?
02:31Wait, how did I convince you to have a baby?
02:34I said yes.
02:36Yeah.
02:37I said yes.
02:38I'm not seeing how that makes me the bad guy here.
02:43We had a deal.
02:45Henry, we had a deal that no matter what, you weren't going to let this fake pregnancy lead
02:50to a real one and you broke that rule.
02:52Yeah, well, people change, okay?
02:54That's just what happens.
02:55It's how humans work.
02:56We make rules, things change, we revisit them.
02:59I mean, it's not my fault this place took you forever to inherit.
03:03Ah, so it's my fault now?
03:05All I'm saying is that by the time settlement came around, i.e. this morning, we didn't have
03:10a lot of options, okay?
03:11I'm giving you the perfect preamble to suggest the one thing that I could never get out of.
03:17A baby.
03:18What's that supposed to mean?
03:23Why are you making it sound like I manipulated you?
03:26Because I wasn't ready, Henry.
03:28Clearly.
03:30Because I wasn't ready.
03:32And I told you that right at the very start.
03:35I trusted you because I wanted you to look out for me because I knew I couldn't trust myself.
03:40And then in a moment of madness, you nearly convinced me to do the very thing I told you
03:45that I wasn't ready for.
03:48I trusted you.
04:18Hey, you okay?
04:25I found the will.
04:28Should probably try and sticky tape it back on or something.
04:31Look, I'm sorry, okay?
04:36You're right.
04:37I got caught up in the lie and I overstepped.
04:40I'm sorry you had to go rogue and be the bad guy who pressed eject on all this.
04:45You know, I was thinking we could say we did this for Mandy and Vaughan.
04:49What?
04:50Them being broke and needing to pay for your old private school, we could say we tried
04:53to access your early inheritance for them.
04:55Henry, stop.
04:56Look, I'm just trying to mend things with our parents, okay?
05:00I don't want to mend things with my parents.
05:05What?
05:05I said I don't want to mend things with my parents.
05:10Well, we can't stay estranged from them forever.
05:13I mean, we will see them again.
05:15Henry, I'm planning to go to Patagonia as soon as this place gets laced up.
05:20I don't want to mend things with my parents.
05:22In fact, it'll give me the perfect pretext to finally do it.
05:30Okay.
05:34I mean, I do still have a book I need to finish.
05:38Henry.
05:39Okay, no, you're right.
05:40I can write from anywhere.
05:42Maybe the mountain ranges of Patagonia is where the Andes and my book's ending is meant
05:46to converge at their natural geoliterary peninsula.
05:49Henry.
05:50Can I at least tell my parents you did it for Mandy and Vaughan?
05:53Henry.
05:54What?
05:54This Patagonia trip.
05:57I'm planning to go indefinitely.
06:02Okay.
06:03I mean, I'm planning to go like how I've always meant to go.
06:12By myself.
06:16Melissa, are you breaking up with me?
06:20Melissa?
06:23Melissa?
06:41Henry.
06:42What?
06:42Can we talk?
06:43Why?
06:44What's there to talk about?
06:45You're going to Patagonia.
06:46You're never coming back.
06:48I'm not allowed to go with you.
06:49Seems pretty definitive to me.
06:50I mean, why would you want my input?
06:52Well, I'm not asking for your input.
06:53I'm just asking if we can be mature about this.
06:56Mature?
06:58You want to talk about mature?
07:00That's what you want to talk about?
07:02Not about us.
07:03Not about you or me or how we've been doing everything to make this work.
07:06And why it makes no sense for us to break up out of the blue.
07:09No, you don't want to talk about that.
07:10You want to talk about mature.
07:12Mature?
07:12Mature?
07:13Mature?
07:13Yes, because every time you say that word, it makes me want to slap you.
07:15That's how immature you sound.
07:17Yeah, well, it's a little late in the game for mature, don't you think?
07:19I don't care how late it is.
07:20You need to hear this.
07:20I don't want to have a baby.
07:22What?
07:22I don't want to have a baby.
07:25Yeah.
07:26Clearly.
07:27I got that.
07:28No.
07:28No, I don't want to have a baby.
07:31And not now.
07:32And maybe not ever.
07:34What?
07:39Since when?
07:41I don't know.
07:41Since forever?
07:43I think.
07:44And all of this baby shower stuff has just made me realise that that's probably not going
07:49to change.
07:50So you see, look, if we don't talk about this, we're going to end up really disappointing
07:54each other.
07:57Well, where are you going?
07:59Bathroom.
08:00Henry.
08:00What?
08:01I need to poo.
08:02I can't think when I'm constipated, okay?
08:04Look, Henry, I know this sucks, okay?
08:20I don't want this to end either.
08:22But I tried.
08:24Okay, Henry, I really tried.
08:26For us.
08:28I just don't think it works like that.
08:32Henry.
08:32Henry, did you hear what I said?
08:35I've got it.
08:36What?
08:36I've got it.
08:37It's fine.
08:38What's...
08:39What?
08:40I've solved it.
08:40What do you mean?
08:42Us, you and me, we're fine.
08:45How are we fine?
08:46It's like you said, right?
08:47I want kids and you don't.
08:49And from the outside, that seems like a pretty big deal breaker, yeah?
08:52Right.
08:53Well, guess what?
08:54You and me, we are on the inside.
08:56And on the inside, we make the rules.
08:59I mean, we can just say that it's fine because we can say it's fine.
09:03How does it fix anything?
09:05Think about it.
09:05You and me.
09:06Why do we work so well?
09:07Hmm?
09:08Because we fake things and we're damn good at it.
09:13It's like our super power.
09:14And what do people with super powers need?
09:16Hmm?
09:17A super villain to give them a purpose.
09:20So why can't our purpose be to fake the biggest lie there ever was
09:24that this deal breaker isn't in fact a deal breaker?
09:28Until it is.
09:29Yeah, exactly.
09:30But until then, we can still be together.
09:32I mean, isn't that worth something?
09:36See?
09:37We'll be fine.
09:40Henry, you're asking us to blast ourselves metaphorically
09:46towards some romantic black hole that you know full well
09:50will eventually destroy us.
09:53This isn't one of your time travel books.
09:55Like, when this black hole is ripping us to shreds,
09:57we can't just come back here and fix it.
10:00No, we can't.
10:03But that's not what time travel's about.
10:06No?
10:07No.
10:08Look, everyone thinks time travel is about going back into the past
10:13and fixing your mistakes,
10:14but the only real time travel you can do
10:17is to time travel into the present
10:19and not worry about what mistakes you might be making for the future.
10:23Worrying about the future is the mistake.
10:25It's the mistake we all try to go back in time to fix.
10:28So jump with me.
10:31Please.
10:33Back into the now where we're together because we want to be.
10:38Isn't that what matters?
10:43No.
10:44No, Henry, because if I were to jump with you,
10:48we have to accept that the only reason that you feel this way right now
10:51is because deep down you think that
10:53I might change my mind in this imaginary and consequential future,
10:57but not the other way around.
10:59That's not true.
11:00Isn't it?
11:03No.
11:06That's a lie, Henry.
11:11Okay, that's the buyer.
11:12Can you get the pram ready?
11:13I'll get the accessories and meet them at the door.
11:15Hey, hey, don't come in.
11:24Don't come in.
11:25Look, the pram, it's missing a wheel.
11:26It's missing a wheel.
11:27You don't want to buy it.
11:28Give me that.
11:29Oh, no, he's just kidding.
11:31I'm not doing it.
11:31The pram is fun.
11:32It's like it.
11:33No, no, no, no.
11:34He's just kidding.
11:35What?
11:35What is wrong with you?
11:36God damn it.
11:37Do you know how hard it was to get that buyer?
11:39What?
11:40You said this is the real definition of time travel, right?
11:42To accept everything that's in the present.
11:44Well, right now, in the present,
11:45that pram is missing a wheel and is not footpath worthy.
11:48This is not about the pram.
11:49It's all about the pram.
11:50How?
11:51You're literally texting someone about it.
11:52Oh, my gosh.
11:53Why can't you just let it go?
11:55Because I'm in love with you.
11:58Obviously.
12:03No.
12:06No.
12:07No, you're just saying that.
12:09What?
12:09You're just saying that to try and get me to stay.
12:13Melissa, what are you talking about?
12:19Admit it, Henry.
12:20You've known what you wanted right from the very start.
12:22This fake pregnancy, it was all a facade.
12:25Right from the start, you knew exactly what you wanted from me.
12:27And you knew that if you just played along and kept the game going,
12:31that I would eventually fold and give you what you want.
12:33The real thing.
12:35Just like I did with our fake relationship.
12:40Fuck you.
12:41No, fuck you.
12:44I tricked you into this.
12:45I tricked you.
12:46Did I also trick you into owning your own home?
12:49Did I trick you into falling for me?
12:50Oh, no, wait.
12:51That couldn't have happened because that would require you to have a fucking laugh.
12:54Oh, fuck you, Henry.
12:56Okay?
12:56I never wanted any of this.
12:58I never wanted any of this.
13:00I was about to leave.
13:02I was leaving before you met me and I was going to leave
13:04until you showed up on my driveway and pulled me back.
13:07But you said yes.
13:09Okay.
13:09You chose to stay.
13:10I'm sorry, okay?
13:11I'm sorry.
13:12Like, why can't you just accept that none of this was supposed to have happened?
13:15Because that's why it's called destiny.
13:18That's why it's called destiny, Mel.
13:20Well, why are you so afraid of it?
13:30If you knew, if you were so sure, why did you say yes?
13:35What?
13:36This morning, when I asked you to consider it, why did you go along with it?
13:41Because I was trying.
13:43For us.
13:44You explicitly came up to me and said yes.
13:47Because I was trying to see if I could say yes and then go through with it.
13:52Right, so what was I?
13:54Just an experiment for you?
13:55Just a test to help you get your child-free bearings validated?
13:58Oh my God, that is not fair.
13:59No?
13:59No.
14:00You know, for someone who's so sure she doesn't want kids,
14:02you sure need to burn a whole lot of bridges just to get there.
14:04You don't have any right.
14:05You don't have any right, Henry.
14:07I don't need to justify to you the how or why or when.
14:11You know what?
14:11You are exactly like my parents.
14:14You see me just like they do.
14:16I'm just like a person who can pop out a baby for you.
14:19Oh my God, you are unreal, you know that?
14:21You aren't real.
14:22Let's get real, Henry.
14:24I could be anybody and it wouldn't freaking matter.
14:26You'd still be standing here giving some dumb speech about some love
14:29that you don't understand or mean because I'm just someone
14:33who can take something off of your bucket list.
14:35Oh, face it, Henry.
14:37Because of me, you got over your ex, you got your book deal
14:40and maybe if you could find the right words,
14:42you could get me to stay and give you a baby.
14:44You are so messed up, you know that?
14:48I'm messed up.
14:50You want to play this game?
14:51It wouldn't matter one bit if this love was real to you or not.
14:54You'll still be standing there reaching at a million miles an hour
14:57trying to deny this is anything but some kind of transaction.
14:59Because love is a transaction.
15:00Oh, Jesus Christ.
15:01And it's one where I lose because it's all about what you want.
15:05Right.
15:05Because you get nothing out of this.
15:07Oh, I'm sorry.
15:08I must have missed that when they were teaching fourth wave feminism.
15:10But sure, let's blame the patriarchy.
15:13Don't get me started.
15:14You want to talk about the patriarchy?
15:15Why not?
15:16Apparently it's relevant.
15:17Okay, then let's talk about the patriarchy.
15:19How's this?
15:20How is it that an unemployed writer who lives at home with his parents with barely any prospects
15:25could have the audacity to wake up one morning and think, yeah, I can raise a family?
15:31Melissa, I was a lawyer.
15:33That's not the point.
15:34I can go back to being a lawyer.
15:36I said that is not the point.
15:37Oh, then please, the point.
15:38The point is that you quit your job and your parents were like, don't worry, come home.
15:43We'll support you.
15:44Now, let's find you a girlfriend and help you raise a child so that you can continue
15:50living off your dreams as a writer.
15:51Melissa, why is this a competition for you?
15:54Because I can't do that.
15:58I can't do that.
16:02Melissa, what are you talking about?
16:05You can do whatever you want.
16:07No, Henry.
16:12I can't.
16:15Okay?
16:17You don't understand.
16:25I could do everything by the book.
16:28But unless I pop out a baby with the first conspiracy theorist that I meet at a wedding
16:32like Mandy, I'm never going to be enough for my mum.
16:37You see, that's the difference.
16:38You get to live your life.
16:41The world lets you do that.
16:43But me, I live in a world that says girls grow up to become mothers.
16:47And if you don't like that, then your family thinks there's something wrong with you.
16:57What if I could change?
17:00What if I could?
17:01Clearly, I want kids.
17:09But what if there was some chance?
17:11Any chance that I could get over it?
17:13Wouldn't that be worth a shot?
17:17Sorry, Henry.
17:18I don't have the cuts to stay with you until you leave me.
17:22But I won't.
17:23You know, when we were little, Mandy and I used to do everything together.
17:47I mean, sure, I bullied and resented her, but still, we used to do everything together.
17:56And then she got married and had Yoel and left.
18:00And it was just me and Ali.
18:03And in time, Ali's going to settle down.
18:06Probably with Jen.
18:07And I'll lose her too.
18:10You see, that's the way it works.
18:15Henry, this world is made for families.
18:18And you fit into that.
18:21But I don't.
18:24So you see, if I don't leave,
18:29if I don't escape my family
18:32and find out who I am without them out there,
18:37build my own life,
18:40then eventually,
18:41I'm going to be the one left out.
18:50Henry.
18:51Henry.
19:02No matter how hard I try,
19:27you keep pushing me aside,
19:31when I can't break through.
19:36There's no talking to you.
19:40It's so sad that you're leaving.
19:45It takes time to believe it.
19:50After all,
19:53it's said and done.
19:55It's gonna be the lonely road.
19:59You're wrong.
20:00What?
20:00I said you're wrong.
20:02You're not running away to escape your family.
20:04You're running away because you're afraid to lose them.
20:07You'll rather run away than just grow up here and say,
20:09hey, mum, dad,
20:10I don't want kids to deal with it.
20:12Because that might actually involve real jeopardy.
20:15That might mean that they might actually reject you.
20:18Well, guess what?
20:19Too bad.
20:20That's just the world we live in.
20:21You don't have the guts to do that.
20:23You'll never find yourself out there.
20:25You'll never free yourself because you're not running away from them.
20:29You're just running away from yourself.
20:32Yeah.
20:35Well, what the fuck would you know?
20:36Do you believe in life after all?
20:43Well, what's wrong?
20:55I'm not supporting you.
20:56Yeah.
20:57I'm saying.
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