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what's actually going on

and correct the, sort of,

daffy things that she says.

And it upsets her,

and it really stresses me out.

And it was pretty much just awful

for a while.

And then, someone said something

very, very wise to me.

They said, "Maybe you should stop

trying to force your reality on her

"and just...

Just go into her reality."

I thought you couldn't

afford therapy anymore.

- I can't. It was my Uber driver.

- Oh.

And he was totally right.

Totally right!

As soon as I started doing this,

everything got easier, you know?

Our life is like

this improvisational game.

She just... She says wackadoodle stuff,

and I respond to it.

And, uh, she's totally happy

and I kind of have fun.

- And that made me think of something else.

- Mmm.

Okay.

When I was at FBW,

I had this account

for a psychostimulant drug, right?

And they went with some

bullshit generic campaign,

- but I kept the Hispanic market.

- (SPEAKING SPANISH)

Here, watch this. Okay.

So, the teacher is really stressing.

He's saying, uh,

"Well, you talk all the time!

You never listen!"

And then here comes the monster.

"It doesn't have to be this way."

Teacher, "Who are you?"

Monster, "I'm your anger, man."

And the teacher says...

"I can't stand you, man.

You dominate my life."

And anger says,

"There's a solution, my friend.

"Docotrin, say goodbye to your anger."

Do you see where I'm going with this?

- (SIGHS) Not really.

- Okay, okay. Look, look.

We can't get Howard to deal with this

reality that we need him to deal with.

And he's writing letters to abstractions

which makes no sense.

But... But he's doing it.

So, what if we just go into his reality

and we get those abstractions

to answer him?

I'm sorry, I... I don't follow.

What if Love, Time and Death

show up in person

and answer the letters

that Howard's been writing to them?

How are Time, Love and Death

gonna show up?

Actors.

We hire actors to be Love, Death and Time.

They find Howard and they confront him.

So, you want us to gaslight your boss?

- Huh? I'm sorry?

- Gas Light.

You know? It was a play,

then it was a movie.

Gas Light? Oh, my God.

Does nobody ever watch anything

longer than eight seconds anymore?

What she's saying is

you want us to make him think he's crazy?

No, no, no. It's not about

making Howard think he's crazy.

Howard's not in a good mental state,

and we know that.

It's about underlining that fact

so that other people can see it, too.

Okay. So you want us to perform

in this intervention,

and for that

you're gonna finance our play?

- That's it.

- Exactly.

Yeah, we'll finance whatever...

I mean, this looks

like a storage facility, but...

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