Fleishman is in Trouble (2022) s01e04 Episode Script

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[VOCALIZING]
Sam Rothberg?
LIBBY: Now, we're all familiar
with the Kubler-Ross Stages of Grief,
but Kubler-Ross's lesser-known work,
The Stages of Realizing
That Your Missing Wife
Has Been In The Park Napping
And Also Fucking Sam Rothberg,
also deserves its day.
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Stage one is, naturally, shock.
[KEYS CLACKING]
How had Toby not realized that
Rachel had a thing for Sam?
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She had named him as her free pass
at a dinner with their friends.
[LAUGHTER]
Listen to the patient, you asshole.
God, what an idiot he was.
Toby had sworn off Facebook
following his divorce
because just looking at it
made him despondent.
Facebook was a landscape
of roads not taken
and moments of bliss, real or staged,
that he couldn't bear.
Yeah. Best to stay off Facebook.
NEWSCASTER: It's gonna be
another hot one this week
as record temperatures soar even further
in this god-awful heat wave.
LIBBY: Here's the thing
about indifference.
NEWSCASTER: fallout from
Donald Trump's Reddit AMA,
and also some more news
to take your mind off the fact
that your wife was fucking Sam Rothberg
and also napping in the park.
LIBBY: It is impossible to attempt.
[TV SHUTS OFF]
And in the attempt, you become
less indifferent than ever.
[AIR CONDITIONER RATTLING]
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Did Miriam Rothberg know?
Had Sam and Miriam divorced?
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TOBY: No, of course not.
She was fucking a married guy, Lib.
You know, I've long had questions
about her basic character.
You know, like, who was this person
I was married to for 15 years?
LIBBY: I cannot fucking believe
what you are telling me
- right now.
- Yeah, I know.
This is the person
who's raising my children.
Well, not really.
Yeah, I know.
You know what I'm doing right now?
Smoking a cigarette.
You think she even waited
a minute after I moved out
before immediately starting up with him?
Well, I mean, who says
that it happened after?
Poor Toby was finally
catching up to the fact
that he truly didn't know anything.
He thought back to that visit
at the Rothbergs' second,
third, or fourth house
more than a year ago.
- CYNDI: Sam?
- SAM: Yeah?
What is on your wrist?
Oh. [LAUGHS]
SAM: It's a Girard-Perregaux Moon Phase.
- I got it for nothing.
- TODD: Oh, no kidding.
You can't get one of these
for less than 10 grand.
CYNDI: Mnh-mnh. Okay, not nothing.
[LAUGHTER]
Well, it's beautiful.
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[LAUGHTER]
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It was a long night that didn't
even end when it was over.
He tried to use the time productively,
and with that, he reached stage three.
[TOBY MOANS]
Toby had been replaced.
No, not replaced.
She'd gotten an upgrade.
Who could ejaculate successfully
under these circumstances?
That was it.
He'd reached the next stage
Confrontation.
He ran to Rachel's
but got momentarily sidelined.
Was she a patient?
Someone he went to school with?
They recognized each other
at the same time.
- Yeah. Just like that.
- WOMAN: Ride, Daddy.
- Ooh.
- Yeah.
I'm the cowboy.
[MOANS]
[STAMMERS] Oh.
He realized that this whole thing
might be some cosmic punishment
for finally have
a teaspoon of fun in his life.
"This is what you get," he thought.
"This is what you get for having sex
with strangers on your phone
like an animal."
Long time, no see, Dr. Fleishman.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
He arrived at Rachel's
unsure of what he'd find
or what he'd do when he found it.
He gathered all he had to go in there.
Whatever it was, he could handle it.
[CELLPHONE RINGING, BUZZING]
Shit.
[CELLPHONE CLICKS] Dr. Fleishman here.
CLAY: Test results for Karen Cooper.
Liver failure.
Okay, got it.
I'll be in in 10. T-Text me what I need.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE,
INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
Mr. Cooper. Hi. Okay, um, here.
Come on in. Please, sit down.
What?
Her Wilson has progressed too far.
Her liver is just to injured.
Okay, so what's gonna happen?
Uh, well, first, we're gonna
assess her for a transplant,
which involves us putting
together a panel of people
who will figure out
where she'll go on the list.
Okay, great. Can I call this panel?
- Is that
- No, no.
That's That's not how this works.
But listen, she is a young,
healthy mother of two young boys.
She'll go high up. That's
I mean A liver transplant?
Yeah.
But listen, I think it's one
of those things that, um,
that feels crazy
when it's happening to you,
but from where I sit, it happens
successfully all the time.
I just I-I don't know
how she got it, you know,
I mean, because she
She is exercising all the time,
she's drinking green juice, Pilates.
She didn't She didn't get it.
She's had it.
It's been in her this whole time.
It's just been dormant.
Here, let's Let's go see your kids.
Here, come on.
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What was it like, Toby wondered,
to have a normal marriage,
where when your wife was sick,
you worried?
Just a marriage. Nothing crazy.
He had to get out of there.
He had to confront Rachel.
[SIGHS]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
Oh, good, Dr. Fleishman.
Hi. Yeah. I was just, um
We're short a transplant
hepatologist for a panel.
Dr. Coleman's daughter is having a baby.
Oh. Yeah. No. I was just
heading out, but, uh
It won't take that long, truly.
- Yeah, of course.
- I really appreciate it.
Okay.
Oh. It's so hot.
Now there was nothing stopping him.
Now there were no excuses.
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Long time, no see, Dr. Fleishman.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
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Fuck it, he was going in.
Hello?
Hello?
It had been a long time
since he'd been there.
He hadn't expected the feelings
that overcame him.
This was his kids' home.
This had been his home.
[LOCK CLICKS]
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Good. Wash your hands. Wash your hands.
- I'm so hungry.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Can we have something to eat?
- Yeah, of course.
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SOLLY: The mummies were wrapped in a
None of his memories were
of the monumental moments.
Sarcogophalus.
[LAUGHS] Close.
- Sar Sarcophagus.
- Yes.
He couldn't have thought of one
if you'd asked him.
Ancient Egyptians believed that they
would live on in an afterlife
But here they were,
embedded in these walls.
[CRYING]
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- [TOBY SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
- RACHEL: Oh, come on.
It's just the most undermining
bullshit I've ever heard.
God, do you even hear
how you talk to me?
You're supposed to, like,
love me, Rachel.
You're supposed to pretend
at least that you love me.
But he was here for a reason.
[VOCALIZING]
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What the fuck?
Weed?
Rachel would never smoke weed,
never ever.
Tea?
Rachel hates tea.
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Beef lo mein?
Rachel was an avowed shrimp
and lobster sauce person.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
She would never eat beef lo mein.
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More beef lo mein.
It was all beef lo mein.
He had to piece together where
she was and what was going on,
but he still couldn't stop
thinking about Sam Rothberg.
- Babe, you want some tea?
- Oh, I love tea.
- It's so good for you.
- Yes, please.
Maybe he didn't know her at all.
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[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Dr. Fleishman.
LIBBY: Don't you "Dr. Fleishman" me.
I'm inside the apartment.
I'm I'm looking for clues.
- Oh, like what?
- I don't know.
I'm trying to discern if he was here.
- How?
- I don't know.
Looking for, like, a pubic hair.
Rachel hasn't had any for years.
If I find one, it's definitely Sam's.
But how will you know?
You can't, like, dust for pubic hair.
Yes, of course you can.
[LAUGHTER]
Shit, wait. I-I gotta go.
I needed I wanted to tell you
No, no, no, no, no. Sorry.
I really gotta go.
I'm so happy to finally be with someone
who encourages me to try new things
rather than just walking around
the city incessantly.
Walking is for losers, babe.
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[SNIFFS]
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Ambien?
Fucking Sam Rothberg.
[MOANING]
Give it to me. Oh! Mmm!
I! Love! Beef! Lo! Mein!
Oh, God!
How have I never tried it before?
[MOANING]
Give it to me.
[BOTH MOANING]
Oh, my God. I'm starving.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh!
[MOANING, LAUGHTER CONTINUE]
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Oh!
Oh!
Oh! Oh!
RACHEL: You've reached Rachel Fleishman.
Hey, it's me.
I just want to let you know
that you can continue
living it up on your own
because you will never see
these children again.
Long time, no see, Dr. Fleishman.
Yeah, can she see me?
It's It's a custodial emergency.
Please?
Well, she's my lawyer.
Yeah, no, I know it's a Saturday.
That's why it's an emergency.
Yeah, it's about my children.
Their mother has abandoned
Two hours? What What am I
supposed to do for two hours?
Alright. Alright. Yeah, no. Fine.
That's fine. Yeah, I'll be there.
Two hours was a natural window
in which he could plunge
into the next stage
Distraction.
He went to a book store to try
to lose himself in a book
Decoupling, a book that was as close
to the friend he needed as he
could find at that moment.
Decoupling was our favorite book
written by our favorite author,
Archer Sylvan,
a gonzo account of a year
in the life of a divorced man
in 1979.
It called out women for
changing the rules on men
with no warning because of
their vapid women's lib
and their stupid sexual awakenings.
What can I say?
The book hadn't aged well.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Barbara, hi. I'm sorry,
but this was a true emergency.
I was busy.
Yeah.
Thank you so much.
You're carrying a toaster.
Yeah.
BARBARA: So, you said emergency?
Yes. Thank you.
I-I need to change my custody agreement.
Rachel dropped the kids off with me
and never came to pick them up.
That was two weeks ago.
- What are you thinking?
- Uh, I don't know.
I'm thinking how dumb it was
that I thought
she would ever become somebody
who would be considerate or,
I don't know, work hard to
make sure the kids felt loved.
No, I mean, what do you want?
How do you want to adjust the,
uh, agreement?
So, what do you mean?
I want to make sure she has
no access to the kids.
Like, none. Like, forever.
Sounds like you already have that.
I
Not seeing an agreement.
Uh, remind me.
Your wife is an entertainment lawyer?
No, she's an agent. She has an agency.
Right. Right. She did Hamilton.
No. No. She, um,
represents Alejandra Lopez,
- the woman who did the
- Right. Right.
- Presidentrix!
- That's it.
- "Silly little slattern."
- There it is.
- Oh, I loved that.
- It's a fun show.
Oh, yeah. [CHUCKLES]
And you you are a, um
I'm a doctor.
I'm a hepatologist over at St. Thaddeus.
Right, right. Good for you.
Thanks.
Yeah, my dad was over there
with a cardiac thing.
- Good hospital.
- Yeah, I know.
We talked about your dad last time.
Well, I mean, as long as
she's still paying the bills.
She's still paying the bills, right?
Yeah. I mean, I received
child support this month.
That's not the point.
Well, then I think
what you really need to do
is to remember that divorce is hell,
and you have to do
the hard work of accepting that.
Yeah, but we had a custody agreement.
I mean, she can't just
completely neglect
Listen to me.
The laws are freighted for the husbands,
and there's nothing
to be done about that.
Really? It doesn't exactly feel
like it's freighted to me.
In fact, it feels like
pretty much the opposite here.
No. In this case, you're the wife.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Desperate to regain his sense
of self-worth, Toby visited Nahid.
He was desperate to prove
that he was a man, a real man,
a virile man, a not a wife.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Hey.
NAHID: Hey.
Let's do this.
[GRUNTING]
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[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Well, that was interesting.
Is there something
you want to talk abut?
No.
What if I-I told you
I-I can't go home tonight?
I would ask you
if you needed a toothbrush.
I mean, my kids aren't there.
I just, um
I don't know. I just can't go home.
Thanks.
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Here.
Oh. Thank you.
Hey, what do you say
we get some breakfast?
Uh, sure. Do you want to order in?
No. No, come on. Let's go out.
It's nice out.
Um, I can't.
I don't go out to breakfast.
I don't date.
S-Sorry, what? What What do you mean?
I'll order. What do you want?
No, I mean, I heard you.
I just I don't understand.
I-I like you, you like me.
Why wouldn't you
Sorry, do you not want
to be seen with me?
No, it's it's more
complicated than that.
I-I really just don't want
to get into it right now, okay?
More and more, Toby thought back
to what his dreams had been.
He hadn't wanted anything spectacular.
Just love and longevity.
Just a normal marriage.
Then he wanted a normal divorce,
but he couldn't even get that.
Now he couldn't even have
a normal girlfriend.
Alright, I gotta go. Um
You're mad.
No, I just I-I gotta go.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
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Hey. Excuse me.
You, uh You can't, uh
You can't smoke here.
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Hey, buddy. Buddy, there's a sign here.
You can't smoke here.
Okay.
You cannot just do
whatever you want in this world!
That's not how it works!
There are rules.
You're a crazy little guy.
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I'm gonna lead you through it.
Give it a lot of energy,
as much as you can.
Reach those arms. Go for it, okay?
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Turn around ♪
Every now and then I know
you'll never be the boy ♪
- Hey.
- TOBY: Hey. You busy?
Yeah. No, I'm working out.
This, uh, crazy class where
maybe every single person here
was somehow a former ballerina.
[CHUCKLES] You wanna come hang out here?
It's just a-a lazy Sunday.
LIBBY: I have an afternoon at the pool.
Yeah, I-I promised the kids. I think.
Hopefully it's gonna clear up.
It's just It's like
a really long weekend.
It's, like, uh, been the weekend
for eight days at this point.
Well, why don't you
Why don't you come to me?
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
You can get out of the city
and and clear your head, right?
It'll be nice.
I-I-I really I'm sorry.
I have to go. Okay. Okay.
We'll be holding on forever ♪
And we'll only be making it right ♪
'Cause we'll never be wrong ♪
Together we can take it
to the end of the line ♪
Your love is like a shadow
on me all of the time ♪
All of the time ♪
I don't know what to do ♪
I'm always in the dark ♪
[CLEARS THROAT]
Sorry.
- It stinks!
- Stay still.
I hate this! Are we done yet?
I thought I was picking you up
at the station?
- No, it was a really nice walk.
- It's a heat wave.
- ADAM: Stop it. Stop.
- Uh, do you want some toast?
Oh, sorry. No.
This, uh This is a-a gift.
- It's actually a really good one.
- It looks used.
Yeah. No. They don't make it anymore.
- Can you get over this?
- I know. Come in.
We're not ready yet. Come on.
We're not leaving till everyone
is wearing sunscreen.
Toby. Hi. Hey.
- Hey. Long time, no see.
Yeah. Uh, you joining us?
I forgot to tell you. Great.
Oh, uh, you have any idea
where the floaties are?
No, we're not doing
the floaties anymore.
Sasha, put this on, please.
I'm not wearing this.
That is your swimsuit.
You have to wear it.
- I want a bikini.
- Oh, my God.
I remember this from your city place.
Yeah, you're 11 years old.
- You have nothing to put in
- I hate you.
You don't have I didn't say anything.
Hey, Sasha.
Okay, who opened the freezer
and didn't shut it?
[SIGHS]
- A school dad.
- Mm.
And she's been home?
With the school dad?
What? [IMITATES EXPLOSION]
Yeah. I haven't been able
to work out the details.
Like, I haven't even fully figured out,
like, how long ago
this must have started.
No, I know. Trust me.
I know your theory.
I just can't yet, okay?
I need to, like, ease into this.
Fine. Sure. I'm sorry.
Yeah. No.
And this guy is just the worst.
I mean, she has been with, like,
the uber ne plus ultra
supernova of douches,
the parent association
president's husband.
A school dad?
Like, I didn't even know
that she had this in her.
Yeah, well, who else could it be, right?
I mean, I don't know.
An actor, a director.
Like, literally, anybody else on Earth
other than a school dad, right?
Everybody's gonna know. Mm.
- Maybe everybody already knows.
- I don't know.
She's not, like, the type to
commit social suicide, you know?
With respect, I think
we might need to revisit
what type of person we think
that she is, you know?
ADAM: Where are the towels?
D They're here!
A school dad?
It's just It's crazy.
So you guys just talking?
I'm doing the bottles.
Yeah.
Hmm.
Do you have trunks for Toby?
- Uh, I'll check.
- Thank you.
I think I'll never not trust
your instincts again.
I mean, you said it was another man.
Yeah, I did, but I also said
I thought she was dead, so
That's true.
- I'm not going.
- LIBBY: Oh, my God.
We don't even own a bikini.
Like, there are no bikinis
in the whole house!
This argument makes no sense!
Yeah, you You have to meet
this Sam Rothberg guy to truly get it.
I mean, he's lazy, spoiled, entitled.
He's the kind of guy that wears
the pants with, like,
the white stripes on the side.
The wife has opioid money,
if you want to know
the kind of people
we're dealing with here.
- Did you open this?
- No. What?
No, I've just been standing here.
Oh. What?
- Hey, hey, hey.
- Check out what I've got.
- Hmm?
- Look how cool you are.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Don't tell the children.
[BOTH LAUGH]
- Hey.
- Oh. Thank you.
You haven't changed yet?
I will.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
You're welcome.
LIBBY: As I battled the cobra
that is the Lands' End tankini,
I couldn't stop thinking about Rachel.
Running off with a school dad.
Toby seemed as shell-shocked
as a person could be,
but I also felt shocked in a way
that I almost had no right to.
This wasn't about me or my
This fucking thing!
[LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT TALKING]
So, how's How's the law?
Well, people still getting sued,
so it's good, I guess.
Yeah.
- Hey, is it time to eat?
- No, no.
Um, it's Miles' lesson in five.
- Oh, you want me to take him?
- No. I promised.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
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I couldn't stop wondering what
I must look like to Toby,
here at my horrifying club
that I was too much
of a socialist to join,
and yet and yet,
I wore the same utilitarian
bathing suit as everyone else.
Doesn't look like the same
bathing suit, but it is.
Just comes in different colors
and necklines.
Some of them have shorts
and skirts at the hem.
Oh. Hey. Libby.
A-Are we still on for tomorrow?
Great. I'll drive there, you drive back?
And Sadie's party's moved indoors, so
I just didn't like being
this way with someone
who still remembered me
from back at the beginning,
back when I was all potential.
The world was going to take me
to a million different places,
and not one of them was here.
A school dad. Can you believe it?
I mean
Oh. That sounds tough.
Yeah, it's not great.
You know, I'm mostly worried
about the kids.
- Right. Yeah, sure.
- Yeah.
It's been really nice hanging
out with you guys again, though.
Well, with Libby.
- Yeah, right.
- Yeah.
It's been nice to see her
interested in something again.
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
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We're never gonna eat again.
Oh. Thank God. We're dying over here.
Eat this, eat this. Where's Toby?
Bathroom.
Hey. That was super fun.
I'm so glad we did this.
Adam, thank you so much. Oh, yeah.
But we haven't even gone swimming yet.
- No, I can't. I really gotta go.
- Oh. Hope things are okay.
- It was really good to see you.
- You're sure you have to go?
We're gonna barbecue and stuff later.
Yeah, no, I do, actually. I had plans.
I'm actually meeting Seth.
- You are?
- Yeah, yeah.
We're going to this, like,
crazy underground place.
You can only access it
through a laundromat, so
Well, should I Should I go with you?
'Cause we had to get your
Buy the blinds for your place
anyway, so
Yeah, we were, uh, watching Ratatouille.
We We're barbecuing.
We invited Annie and Mike.
They always cancel.
I've seen Ratatouille.
We have all seen Ratatouille.
Okay, let me just, um
I'll walk with you real quick.
- Okay.
- LIBBY: I'm just not
You really don't have to.
sure that you should be
alone right now.
No, honestly,
I would prefer to be alone.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
I really I can join.
It's not a big deal.
You know, this is actually
a really amazing place.
I'm really proud of you.
Look at the place you wound up here.
Yeah. It's a trick.
It's designed to lure you here.
All these people are central casting.
They're not real.
No. No, you're lucky, okay?
God, how did this happen to me?
Seriously, w-what did I do?
What about me is so unlovable?
- Hey.
- No, stop.
Don't say anything.
I'm gonna I'm gonna go, okay?
Okay. Well, I can drive you
to the train.
- I'm ordering an Uber.
- I'll go with you.
Libby, please, please,
just, like, take a hint, okay?
I don't want you to come.
This stage is called Being a Dick.
Okay.
Sorry, we're we're shopping
for blinds this week, right?
- Yeah, whatever.
- Okay, I'm sorry.
He'd had to leave.
He couldn't bear the families anymore.
He'd wanted a big family.
Three kids at least.
SHARON: Where's the Seder plate?
There was a blissful period for them
after they decided to end things
but hadn't told anyone yet.
It was the honeymoon phase
of their separation.
Absent the high stakes
of trying to live together,
they spent their last few months
being kind to each other.
We were meant to be
best friends, I think.
You know, this doesn't
have to define us.
We're both young. We can still be happy.
We can still have more kids.
I'm sorry, what?
Why not?
Rachel, if you're interested
in parenting,
I know two kids
that would love a mother.
What are you talking about?
You have endless reserves
of energy for your clients,
but if the kids want
any part of you, you're
You're tired or you're busy
or you're taking some me-time.
You have to be kidding me.
I-I'm sorry, a-are you
under the impression
that school pays for itself, or
Can you two keep it down?
We're going to have a nice holiday.
Yeah.
Uh, hi. I'm I'm looking for
Okay.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Oh, hi. Yeah. I think
my friends are back here.
Right this way. The Some people.
Thank you so much.
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Hey, there he is.
- Hello.
- Hey.
This is my oldest friend in the world.
- Hi. So nice to meet you.
- How are you?
He's 117. Usually Toby makes that joke.
Why so anemic, my friend?
Oh, it's not It's not a great day.
Oh, well, I'm sorry.
I'm so happy you guys
- are finally meeting.
- Yeah.
I'm sorry for what you're going through.
Oh, thanks. It's fine.
You know, I'm fine.
Sorry, what Sorry, what do you do?
I'm in restaurant PR.
Vanessa can get us in anywhere.
It's amazing.
This place is amazing. The chef
was exiled by the emperor of Japan
because he wouldn't reveal
his secret recipe for Shirako,
which is the sperm of the male cod.
It makes you super virile.
Toby here's a doctor. Oh.
- VANESSA: That's important work.
- Thank you.
I ordered some Fugu for the table,
which is this Japanese delicacy
that's basically illegal
because one out of every 100 times,
it's, you know It's poisonous.
I-I don't love those odds.
[LAUGHS] Seth said you were funny.
It's the liver.
Fugu. It's the liver.
Thought you would like that.
Oh, yeah. No, I do like that.
I like that. That's very sweet.
- Thank you.
- I'll be right back.
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- What did I tell you?
- Yeah. Yeah.
Sorry, I haven't been able to really
I got fired, Toby.
What?
Yeah, man.
My whole team did.
My boss is being investigated
for some stuff, and it's not true.
He's got a lot of enemies
because he's so successful,
but, yeah, yeah,
they fired the whole team.
That's That's unbelievable.
Sorry, are you being investigated?
I don't know. I don't know.
It's like they're not even giving us
the benefit of the doubt. Huh.
It's a different world out there, man.
It's like Feels like now,
the environment
isn't so hospitable to our kind,
you know?
Mm. I
I'm not saying the abhorrent thing.
I am saying sometimes,
the abhorrent thing is
a little true, you know?
You have the same job for 10 years,
and then suddenly, your mentor
Really, allegedly,
because there's no proof
But allegedly, your mentor
is an insider trader,
and you have to go out
into the world a newborn babe.
[SIGHS] Man.
I guess the white man had his run.
That's the abhorrent thing.
You just said
the abhorrent thing
that you weren't gonna say.
This, Toby, this is my fight song.
Anyway, going out with the boys tonight.
Gonna do a big send-off.
Starting at The Four Seasons.
I'm in charge of entertainment.
Yeah, well, listen, there's
an antibiotic-resistant strain
of the clap going around.
I would just
Oh, hey, don't say anything.
I haven't said anything to her.
- Are you serious?
- Seth.
- Hello.
- Hey.
Hi.
Tell us about the restroom.
Maybe Seth had it down right.
Don't get attached.
Keep it all on the surface.
Go for as many threesomes as possible.
Life will let you down anyway.
Uh, you okay?
Yeah.
He saw that everyone there
was a Sam Rothberg,
and it made him feel even more
like a Toby Fleishman.
And he could no longer account
for the question
of why Rachel
would want Sam and not him.
Here, the answer was too obvious.
Toby desperately wanted to be
home in the safety of his apps,
where he had control.
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
That's you.
Sorry.
- Dr. Fleishman.
- JOANIE: Hi, Toby?
Liver's in for Karen Cooper.
LIBBY: Finally, a sign from the universe
that old Toby Fleishman
hadn't been forgotten.
- Everything alright?
- Uh, yeah, yeah.
I have a patient
who needed a liver transplant
and the liver just came in.
Oh. Sorry. I gotta go.
- Hey, it was really nice to
- A-Alright.
Yeah. It was great to meet you.
Yeah.
Bye.
[SIREN WAILING]
MARCO: The surgery will take
more than 12 hours.
During that time, we'll be
transferring the viable liver,
and afterwards, she'll go into recovery.
I just want to know
that she's gonna be okay.
Yeah, Dr. Lintz is
Is the best surgeon we have,
and we're the best liver
transplant hospital in the country.
We'll be in touch.
Thank you.
Yeah, she's in very good hands.
Listen, there is food here
that will be served at mealtime,
but if there's anything you want,
we are in it for the long haul, okay?
Dr. Heydari will be available
to answer any of your questions
and give you regular updates,
and also, you
You have my cell, right,
if you can't find me?
Uh, yeah. Okay, good.
But I'm gonna stick around.
Right this way, Mr. Cooper.
- Thank you so much.
- Of course.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Um, see these?
This was us right before
this happened to her.
- I'm sorry, and you are?
- I-I'm Amy.
I'm I'm her
Karen's my best friend.
We went to Vegas for the weekend.
Oh, right. Mm-hmm.
So Jesus Christ. So this is her, huh?
[BOTH LAUGH]
Yeah.
I think she'd really like you.
Having an unconscious patient
was like talking to someone
on the phone for hours
before ever seeing them.
Your brain corrected for them
to be what you wished that they were.
Toby had pictured someone
smart and complicated,
though he didn't really know why.
He had not pictured someone
who posed for pictures
lasciviously with cowboy strippers
at a place called Vegas Strips.
He somehow needed her to be
a person who was wonderful.
Worthy.
Sorry. Here.
We'll, uh We're doing our
best to get her better, okay?
♪♪♪
The thought occurred to him
that if he had
made Karen Cooper
into something she wasn't,
well, what had he done to Rachel?
Was she just a projection, too?
What did he really know after all?
She never lied to him.
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- Whoa.
- Oh.
- I'm glad to see you got here.
- Yeah. No. The minute I heard.
Of course.
Is everything okay?
Um
Yeah, just, like, her Her, um
her kids are my kids' age.
I was Got me thinking, I guess.
Oh. That happens.
You doing okay, Dr. Fleishman?
Um, yeah, yeah.
Just I, um, haven't
been sleeping so well.
Well, we're waiting on
blood work for Mr. Kaplan
and Mrs. Cooper is all prepped.
Yeah, you should go home, Toby.
Uh, no. I'm gonna stay.
You don't have to be a hero, Doctor.
Hey, don't die on me, man.
He's crashing on me.
No, no. I-I want to stay.
Just, um, wake me if anything happens.
Yeah. Of course.
What was true was that he didn't
want to go home and be alone.
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[SIGHS]
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Mm.
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No. I'm up. I'm up.
Mrs. Cooper?
I made it through surgery.
My new liver is amazing.
I'm so glad.
You saved my life.
Mm.
You're an amazing doctor.
I'm an amazing wife.
Do you want to marry me next?
Don't you die on me.
I'm not here to play God.
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Wait, your incision.
I think you're going to
open your incision.
Shh. Yeah.
Toby.
You're gonna open your incision.
Yeah. Okay.
Toby. Toby.
JOANIE: Toby. Yeah?
It's It's time for rounds.
I-I'm sorry.
I know I just
I know you wanted to know.
No. Let's go do rounds.
Mm.
[CELLPHONE CHIMES]
They're waking up Karen Cooper.
Hmm. Well, Mrs. Lee can wait.
Let's go check on Karen Cooper.
You know, we're here for the bad parts.
We should also be here for the good.
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[MONITOR BEEPING]
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When Toby had finally torn
through all of the stages,
he was left only with the facts
of what had happened in his life.
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I have to go check on some labs.
Excuse me.
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And with that, he reached
the 12th and final stage
of Realizing That Your Missing Wife
Has Been In The Park Napping
And Also Fucking Sam Rothberg.
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Of realizing that life had deposited you
in an absolute vast wasteland
of confusion and despair.
Of having exhausted every way
of avoiding the one thing
[SOBS] you have to face.
[SOBBING]
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