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00:00Seven years. Can you believe it?
00:03Time flies when you're married to a walking finance report.
00:06He's more romantic than he looks.
00:08Maybe. Beneath the spreadsheets and quarterly goals.
00:13Thank you for helping me with all this.
00:15You didn't have to.
00:16Please. You're the reason I believe in love. Sort of.
00:19That doesn't sound convincing.
00:21Well, maybe I'm waiting to be proven wrong.
00:24Wow. Looks like a magazine in here.
00:30You clean up nice, Lana.
00:32So do you.
00:33For someone always at an important meeting, you'll be nice, Lana.
00:36We could use some drinks.
00:38I'll go get us a wine bottle.
00:39Sounds good.
00:45I swear I left you here somewhere.
00:53Do you remember that night in Santa Barbara?
00:57You and May's engagement weekend?
01:00Night of the bonfire.
01:02You sat next to me.
01:03We stayed up till, what, 3 a.m. that night?
01:08You were drunk.
01:11May was sick in the cabin.
01:12And you didn't leave my side the whole night.
01:16I feel like you look at me differently now, though.
01:19What do you mean?
01:20If I had kissed you back then, would you have kissed me back?
01:25Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to.
01:27Yes, I do.
01:36Aha.
01:38I knew you were hiding.
01:44We could have had something, you know?
01:47I used to think so, too.
01:49Before May.
01:50So, it's not just me.
01:51Oh!
01:52She's coming.
01:53Let her.
01:54What's she gonna do?
01:55She trusts us.
01:56She trusts too much.
01:57You know, you've always wondered this.
01:58We just keep pretending.
01:59Maybe I'm pretending for her.
02:00Do you know why I came here tonight?
02:02To celebrate her anniversary?
02:03To see if you'd actually do it.
02:04Do what?
02:05Betray her.
02:06So, this is what loyalty looks like now.
02:08May.
02:09No.
02:10You know, what?
02:11No.
02:12No.
02:13No.
02:15No.
02:17No.
02:18No.
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02:20No.
02:21No.
02:22No.
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02:31No.
02:32No.
02:33This is what loyalty looks like now.
02:35Me.
02:36Wait, this is not what it looks like.
02:38So what does it look like?
02:39She leaned in. I was just...
03:00What? What is this?
03:03I told you he'd fall for it.
03:05He lasted longer than I thought.
03:07Wait, what is this?
03:09It's called a setup, Daniel.
03:11This is a joke, right?
03:21We could have had something, you know.
03:25You were recording me?
03:27Since dinner.
03:29You... you kissed me.
03:31You know what you were doing?
03:33You... you've had a thing for me for years.
03:35I did.
03:37A long time ago.
03:39But... she came first.
03:41Always.
03:43Unbelievable.
03:45You guys totally set me up.
03:47This is... toxic.
03:49No, Daniel.
03:51What's toxic is making your wife feel crazy for suspecting you for months.
03:55So I... you didn't trust me?
03:57You gave me reasons not to.
03:59Oh, come on. I never did anything with Lana before tonight.
04:02But you wanted to.
04:03You know how messed up this is?
04:05You made your best friend pretend to seduce me?
04:09No. I asked her to test the theory.
04:11I volunteered.
04:13Of course you did.
04:15You were always jealous of us ever since we got married.
04:19She had more integrity than you ever did.
04:21She came to me first when you crossed the line at that New Year's party.
04:25I told you about that?
04:27I told her to walk away.
04:29To pretend it didn't happen.
04:31That was my mistake.
04:33But you were drunk.
04:35And yet, I still said no.
04:37You were never gonna stop, were you?
04:39I...
04:41Didn't mean anything.
04:43You know I love you.
04:45No.
04:46You love winning.
04:47You love attention.
04:49You thought you could have both of us.
04:51I made a mistake.
04:53You made choices.
04:55You didn't leave my side the whole night.
05:05So what now?
05:06You're leaving me over one stupid mistake?
05:09One?
05:13Every time I felt something was off.
05:15Every excuse.
05:17Every canceled trip.
05:18Every woman's name that you said was just a friend.
05:21You weren't careless.
05:23You were consistent.
05:25You took notes on me?
05:27You weren't paying attention.
05:29I was.
05:32So...
05:33Are you gonna expose me now?
05:35No.
05:37We're not interested in revenge.
05:41We just needed the truth.
05:43Now we got it.
05:46You didn't just cheat on me.
05:48You betrayed everything we built.
05:50We built.
06:04Guys...
06:05I'm...
06:06I'm still in here.
06:09Guys?
06:11Hey.
06:13You're welcome.
06:14Do you remember our college road trip?
06:19The one where you insisted we take turns driving and I accidentally fell asleep during both shifts?
06:26You claimed you had allergies.
06:29It wasn't allergies.
06:30Just didn't feel like driving stick.
06:32What?
06:33This is like that night.
06:35Me doing the driving and you pretending not to see anything.
06:40I didn't know what to say or how to tell you.
06:43Say what?
06:45That I loved him first.
06:47Before you did.
06:49How long?
06:51Freshman year.
06:52Before you even noticed him.
06:53He flirted with me once and I let myself imagine a whole life.
06:56And when I got with him?
06:57I hated it.
06:59But...
07:00I hated the idea of losing you more.
07:02Hmm.
07:05Why didn't you tell me then?
07:06Because you were happy.
07:08You glowed when he called.
07:10I thought maybe you two were meant to be.
07:13I used to think that too.
07:16And then the glow faded.
07:19I kept blaming myself for Timmy.
07:21That wasn't you.
07:23It was him.
07:24He used every bit of light of you until there was nothing left.
07:26I should have left after the intern.
07:32She told you didn't she?
07:34Yes.
07:36After she quit.
07:38She cried.
07:40Said he made her feel special.
07:43Then called it a misunderstanding.
07:45He told me I was being paranoid.
07:48Gaslighting 101.
07:49You weren't paranoid.
07:53You were aware.
07:55There's a difference.
07:57So this whole time you never thought about going after him?
08:01I did.
08:03But...
08:05I thought of you more.
08:07I think that's what hurts the most.
08:09That you, the person who loved him first, still chose me.
08:14And he didn't.
08:16Because he can't choose anyone but himself.
08:20Do you ever regret not fighting for him harder back then?
08:23No.
08:25I regret not fighting harder for you.
08:26But you did tonight.
08:27It wasn't revenge.
08:29It was the truth.
08:31And I finally saw it.
08:33Okay, let's promise each other something.
08:35Anything.
08:36No more settling.
08:37Not for men.
08:38Not for half-truths.
08:40Not even for each other.
08:42Deal.
08:43Deal.
08:44Deal.
08:54Loyalty isn't tested when things are good.
08:57It's tested when no one's watching.
09:01Get me the f*** out of here!
09:02Get out of here!