There was before the test,
then there is after.
I figured it was time.
I didn't ever think I would ever find someone,
I'm a bit of a weirdo, you know...
-I took the test. -And I met my match.
I met my match all right.
I can't imagine life without him.
She made me feel alive again for the first time in years.
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Soul Connex has helped more than 15 million people
find their perfect match.
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- Hi, this is Soul Connex. - How can I help you?
All right. We're going to start the machine now.
It's perfectly harmless but if you want to stop at any time,
just raise your right hand.
Whose turn is it?
It's yours.
What?
Why did I drink so much last night?
Because you love the taste of wine.
Oh.
-I do love the taste of wine. -Uh-huh.
Oh. All right. I got it.
No. Stop.
Stop.
Love you.
- Sammy, you need to eat. - Eat your food.
-No. -Take that. Come on. Take that.
-Franklin! -Come on Sammy, Mommy is grumpy today.
-No. -Franklin, you're making this harder for me.
I'm sorry.
-Eat your food Sammy. -Ella, have some banana, please.
Open front door. We're in the kitchen.
Hey all. This arrived for you. I think they got the address wrong again.
-Hey, thanks. -Hey, Frankie.
You know how I love it when you call me that.
Oh sorry, Franklin.
Thank you, Jennifer.
- Hey Nik. Can I have a word? -Now?
It'll just take a few minutes.
-Uh... -It's personal.
Okay.
It's a medical issue.
Yeah, fine.
-I've gotta go to work. -Five minutes.
Come on. Can you pick her up please.
Come on.
I gotta go to work.
So do I need to sterilize anything first or...
Oh, my God.
-You're taking the test? -Booked and paid for.
-Ah, but... -Please don't say "But you're married".
-But you are... -I know.
-...married. -Yes and I think to the wrong guy.
What about the kids?
Oh, I knew you'd judge me.
No, I'm not judging you. I'm...
Okay, yeah, no, I'm judging you a little bit.
Honestly, I thought you'd be on my side.
You and me. We got married too young.
And now with the test, things have changed.
I mean, not for me.
Yeah, that's 'cause you're lucky. You married the right guy.
Imagine if you were married to someone like Steve.
Jen, you're having a moment. Yeah?
It's okay, it happens, it's... It's marriage,
but have you ever thought that maybe you're having a...
Maybe you're having a mid-life crisis.
I look around me and I see people living their best lives.
Like they've found the answer to some secret.
And I hate them. I really hate them.
And I also wanna be one of them.
-Okay. Well, I hope you know what you're doing. -Does it sound like me?
Not even a little bit.
Will you come with me to the clinic? For support.
Uh. No, I don't...
-Please, Nikki. -Come on...
I'm scared I won't go through with it.
Maybe that's a good thing.
In my head, it's already happened.
It would just be putting off the inevitable.
--Where's Mommy? Come on.
- Mommy's there.
Please.
Uh, okay.
Okay.
You've always been my favorite babysitter.
-No I mean... I mean, neighbor. -Come on.
Bye.
Nikki, I've got to go to work. Coming.
honey, can you do your top button up, please?
Why? Why should I do my top button?
Why? Because we're going to a wedding, it's polite. We're going to be late.
Mm-mm. We'll be fine.
No. I can't be late to my own brother's wedding.
We'll be fine. We're always late.
It's just part of our charm.
Hm, I don't want it to be our charm
I feel like we've been at a wedding every week.
Hm. That's because we have.
- Yeah. - Sammy, come on.
-Sammy. -I'm not giving him back.
Well, you have to because I don't like you.
-That's not very nice to Mommy. -Hey, that's not nice.
I am not giving you these back but you can't...
Behave yourself or if you don't, I'm gonna grab your foot.
And I'm gonna take your shoe. And I'm gonna make your shoe my shoe.
Franklin, come on. -Okay, my bad.
-We're gonna be late. -We'll be fine.
Big test today. Oh, wow. Hey, guys.
Peter, we are truly sorry.
- That's okay. - Hi.
Yeah, that's my sister, everyone.
Hello, uh, as you were.
Yeah, always late.
Hey, uh, hey, hey, Nik, your new sister in law.
- Hi, wow. You're beautiful. - Hello.
- Thank you.
-Yes she is, I told you, right. -Yeah, you did.
So I'm gonna get back to my wedding now, if that's...
- Is that okay? - Please do.
All right. So where, what was I?
Six weeks ago, I was, uh,
well, I was approaching 50,
I was single, I was depressed,
I was eating Hot Pockets every single night.
I think I was what is technically known as "a real catch".
--Uh.
So I thought, why not?
I mean, it is science, right?
So I took the test.
And, uh, and it was this unbelievable woman.
And two weeks later, my soulmate
- is now my wife. - Aww.
Yeah I know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, right.
So, a toast to my beautiful wife.
And Rose, I'm so happy you said yes.
- Let's get drunk.
Not you.
Two people who grew up on the same street,
took the test and found out they were soulmates.
I mean, we didn't just grow up together,
we were, uh, high school sweethearts...
Hey, babe.
Hey.
So, tell me, what did you think when you got the results?
So... No, wait, you first. Uh...
Woo-hoo. I mean, I couldn't believe it. A dream come true.
Hm. Such a dream. Such a dream.
How was my day?
Well, it's funny you should ask.
It was a long but, you know, it was okay.
Danny still pretends he can't do numbers,
so I had to reform all of the accounts
in accordance with the new tax codes.
It was epic. Yeah.
The janitor slow clapped me on my way up.
Huh?
Never mind.
Why are you watching this crap?
When did we stop being the normal ones?
What do you mean?
I mean this.
-Us. -Huh.
You're looking at it.
I'm gonna take a shower.
I don't like saying you know when you know, but...
I just knew it. I always knew it.
So you guys are really lucky, aren't you?
But hey, look, here we are, we're proof, you know.
Well, this is too cute.
So I just pulled my pants up and got the hell out of there.
But now, I wanna give it up to uh, my wife.
- Holy shit. Uh, for uh... So weird hearing you say that.
making the food and getting everyone together.
I feel like we kinda got it backwards, right?
You know. First a wedding, then we get to meet each other's friends.
So... So like Peter, you took the test first?
-Uh-huh. Yeah. -Oh.
Yeah, and I was a month later.
- Yeah, it was a long month.
And did you guys like feel the... Feel the pull?
What's the pull?
It's this thing that people say, the feeling that they get
when their match has taken the test,
they get this sense that some one's out there looking for them.
So is it... Is it true or is it bullshit?
-Hm. -So it is true.
-I was with someone else... -Okay.
-it was a little complicated. -Sorry.
No, it's fine. It's fine. Right? No, no.
Go ahead. Tell everyone about Russell.
- Okay. I was with a guy named... Russell.
Such a dumb name, right?
-Stop it! -Russell.
Anyway, there were all these little things about him
that never bothered me before,
and they, uh... They... They really started to get to me, you know.
Too much. It got in my head, you know,
it just kept on going round and round, it was insane.
So I took take the test and I guess
on some level, I was hoping it would be Russell.
Because... Anyway.
- It showed up Peter. - Yes.
And that was that. You know, I ended it the next day.
I met Peter and...
...you say it.
-It was undeniable. -Yeah.
I have never been happier.
I'm gonna be sick.
I know. I know. We're gross.
Yay, so now we have death, taxes and love.
- Certainty sucks.
Hey, you guys, you're married, right?
- Have you had the talk? - Don't, we...
All married couples have to have the talk. You've never had the talk?
No.
No, we have never had the talk, no, it's not a thing,
it's just... It's never been on our radar.
We met at college, we've been married 15 years...
-Yeah. -We've got two beautiful kids...
Yeah, you do. -Yeah.
Hey, well, maybe you're soulmates anyway.
Maybe.
- We had the talk. - Here we go.
We had to. It's practical.
Hey, did you see their smug faces?
-Who? -My old ass smug brother and his new perfect person.
What are you talking about?
- Hey come on. - "It was undeniable."
Please. It was a rebound.
Yeah.
I mean...
he did leave out the part of the story where he got
-horribly dumped by Laney. -Yeah.
Yeah, and I liked Laney. And what about Rose's ex?
Russell? Poor guy. What did he ever do wrong?
Yeah. Poor Russell.
- Who we've never met.
Poor Russ. Russy.
Yeah, I should call him up.
- See if he wants to go for a beer, make sure he's okay.
Well, no. Because if I know Rus, he's actually already moved on.
- Because he's super-hot.
A real guy's guy too.
Yeah, and Rose left him for Pete.
What a total dumbass.
Ugh, that health and safety meeting they made us do,
that was beyond ridiculous.
Oh, a health and safety story?
Sounds like a great time for me to kill myself.
You're so rude.
Hi, this is Soul Connex.
Sure. One moment, please.
Jennifer, we're ready for you now.
-Will it hurt? -Oh, not at all.
Oh, God. Wish me luck.
Good luck. You maniac.
-You'll wait for me right? -Yeah.
So how long does it take to get the results?
Well, that really depends if your match is on the system already.
And if they are?
Hi, this is Soul Connex.
He's Argentinian.
-Oh. -He lives in Argentina.
Oh, wow.
Sebastian. He's got kind eyes, right?
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, uh, okay, wow. So what happens now?
Uh, they send him my details. We contact.
And then, I don't know. I've always wanted to go to Argentina.
- Really? -Well, I don't know.
What about Steve?
We'll work it out.
Okay.
Slow down. Oh, my God.
Okay. Wait.
-Oh, God. -Hey.
Hi, Nikki. -Hey, sweetheart.
I have one.
I thought Rose was joining us.
Yeah, well, she's not.
-Why not? -Because she's not, okay?
Peter, calm down, this is The Castle of Bounce.
I'm sorry.
- What's happened? -We just had a fight.
Like an actual big stupid fight.
What did you do?
Why are you already taking her side?
-Because I know you. -Oh.
I'm sorry. What happened?
We were just joking around and, uh,
she asked me how many people I had with.
Uh-huh.
Her number.
Hey, guys.
Her number was five more than mine.
Five.
Five. Right?
I... I knew it. I knew it.
-What? -Just you and your smuggy-smugness
at the wedding and... and you're having dinner parties,
and you're showing off. And you're just having arguments like the rest of us normals.
You're almost 50. It's embarrassing you're like this.
- Oh, thanks for your continued support.
- Oh, in the eye.
See, you're a child.
So how long have you been together? Six weeks, right?
Uh, yeah.
And how many people has she slept with in that time?
-None. None. -None?
None, oh, I'm sorry, what was that?
-None. -None?
-Maybe one. No, none.
See, there is no problem. You're the problem.
You and your double standards.
How do you and Franklin do it?
Uh, miles on the clock.
It's that simple?
Yeah we just... Just work it out.
Oh, you just work it out.
-Yeah. -You just work it out.
-Oh, hey, honey. -All right, that's my cue.
Yeah.
Get moving old man. Get out of here.
Okay. Come on. Oh, my God.
- I'm out. -I got it.
There you go.
Thank you.
Dale says they ordered too much booze,
- so we gotta get wrecked.
Well, tell Dale we will not let him down.
They met three weeks ago.
Of course, they did.
Who have they got us sitting with?
You're not going to like it.
-Please not... Not Amelia. -Mmm.
And all those had to be approved,
and signed independently.
Can you imagine?
Not in any way, Amelia.
Nothing like the Friedrichsson case of course.
It took months to file and register
all those forms.
I was dreaming about them by the end of it, let me tell you.
- They automatically back everything up now. That's right.
Back in the paper days we would've never had this.
- I'd have had to quit. - Me too, yeah.
- You feel the same? - I think so, yeah.
It takes a lot. You know, it takes... It takes...
Hey. Do you wanna come and dance.
-Oh, yeah. -Yeah?
- Yeah. -Yeah.
That'd be great.
-Sorry. I hope you don't mind. I just... -Excuse me, Amelia,
I gotta go dance with my wife.
- Thank you. -Oh, yeah. You're welcome.
-Better. -Thanks.
So...
What?
What did I do to deserve that?
Come here.
Up here. Let's go.
Here.
Come on, Nik, people are gonna see.
-They're not. I love you. -People are gonna see.
I work with these people Nikki. Come on. They're too close.
-What's going on? Come on. -They're just there.
Come on. Come on, we'll go in here.
Nikki, stop it. Stop.
What the hell are you doing?
I'm just trying to be spontaneous.
Yes. Well, we're at a client's wedding.
They've got their family here.
I've got colleagues here, Nikki. Seriously.
What the hell's going on?
I'm...
Nothing.
Are we really going to do this?
We're not gonna be silent for 24 hours this time, Nikki.
I'm not doing that.
Okay, we're gonna talk this out.
There's... There's nothing to talk about.
I'm fine.
No. You're not fine.
-Yes, I am. -No, you're not.
I'm fine.
I'm fine. We're fine.
Everything's fine.
Yeah, our marriage, it's completely fine, right?
I don't look any deeper, or... Or... Or ask any questions,
or just question it.
Let's just... Just keep everything fine.
Well, it's always been more than that to me.
But what if it's not enough?
Oh, my God.
Is this about the goddamn test?
Is that it?
That's it?
You wanna take that test, is that it?
-Do you? -No.
Hey, Franklin.
I'm sorry.
Let's get some sleep. I'm tired.
Steve. Hey.
- Stop it. - Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Steve.
Stop. Steve. Calm down, Steve.
Hey! Hey! Step back!
Hey, hey, hey. It's okay.
You all right?
-I'm so sorry. -No. No. No. No. No. It's all right.
So that went well.
Oh.
He said he's gonna take the kids away from me.
Oh, honey, no, come on. He wouldn't do that.
He won't even let me back in the house.
Well, you can stay here as long as you need.
No, no, it's okay. I've found a place nearby for when Seb arrives.
Seb? Your match? He's coming here?
Yeah, he's gonna, uh, quit his job and move here for good.
Jen, you don't even know him.
Well, I don't have to know everything to know how I feel about him.
Man, this is full on crazy.
- It's not crazy. -Yes it is.
You're living in a bullshit fairytale.
What did you think was gonna happen?
That Steve would just understand it all
and end 18 years of marriage by hugging it out?
I don't want to lie anymore, Nik.
Why? Because you deserve to be happy, if it means hurting everyone around you?
It's not love, Nik.
-It doesn't matter. -It matters to me.
Yeah, that's 'cause you're a selfish person.
Jen. I didn't... That's not...
...basically starting the whole thing on my own.
- I don't... Hey, can you pass the salad?
Whoa.
So you and Rose seem to be back on track.
Yeah. Why wouldn't we be?
Because in any other relationship you have ever had,
you have always just tapped out at the first sign of trouble.
Yeah, well, this is different.
-Oh, yeah? -Oh, yeah.
Are you still having arguments?
Yeah. Yeah, but I know we'll work it out.
We'll always work it out.
That doubt is gone.
Well, hallelujah. The player is cured.
Do you wanna bring those plates through?
Exactly right. I think it's, uh, I think it's exactly the same thing
that we're going through. It's... It's... It's changed,
but it's gonna... It's changed for a good thing, right.
I think it's gonna be better. I think it's because of the new formatting
it's a completely new system and, uh,
it's, uh, it's a unique code that our outfit uses
and you know eventually, it's gonna change the binary formatting
into something that's, you know...
Aah, are you trying to send poor Rose to sleep?
- What? -Oh no, I... I asked.
We're dealing with something similar in my office.
Oh, really?
-Yeah. -Oh, okay sorry.
Yeah, but, uh, thanks anyway, Nik.
Sorry. I just... I'm sorry, I just assumed that she wouldn't want to hear all that.
I can't follow half of it anyway so...
--Right.
Well, maybe Rose actually finds my work interesting.
Maybe Rose is just being polite.
What are you doing?
We're trying to have a nice conversation here, and your trying to ruin it?
No, I'm not. I was making a joke.
Okay, well, jokes are supposed to be funny.
-Okay. -I'm sorry.
I think we're arguing.
-No, we're not. -Okay. We're not.
Everyone, come into the living room. The show's about to begin.
Okay. You heard the lady.
Let's get moving.
Come on.
Great, Sammy.
-You good? -Yeah, I'm good.
Just...
Just that kid. She's too much.
She sleeps.
Uh...
Hey, I'm sorry, I was mean earlier.
I'm just tired.
It's okay. I'm getting used to it.
Ooh. Ouch.
We're okay, right?
What do you mean?
Well, the world is... Is going crazy,
but deep down we're okay?
Yeah. We're okay.
I mean,
you're all I've ever known.
And...
That's always been more than enough for me.
I want you to know that.
Yeah.
We're due a date night, aren't we?
Uh... Yeah, I guess.
But if we do it,
let's do it properly.
No kids talk. No work talk.
Just me and you.
I'd like that.
I get to choose the restaurant.
- Maybe.
Oh, my God.
I'll get it. No, no, no, I'll get it.
--I owe you one.
Good afternoon, you're listening to Soulmate Stories.
Next caller, you're on the air.
Hey, so I disagree with your last caller,
old fashioned relationships are great if they work,
but if you look your partner in the eye
and you don't feel that spark, why put each other through that
when you know there's something better out there?
Okay, right. So what you are saying is you no longer see
trying to work at a relationship as a moral obligation.
Because let's be honest, you know, it is a fact all parties could be happier.
All right next caller, let's get to you in this chain.
Yeah, this is Bobby Ray, and, uh...
Hey, what's up?
Uh, hey, no... Nothing. I'm just...
I'm just calling to saying hi.
Uh, I'm in the middle of a... Just tell me what's up?
Nothing. I'm... Peter.
-I'm just, I'm pissed off. -Why?
-'Cause it's not fair. -What's not fair?
Do you know I'm... How am I the one who's wrong?
I'm... I'm supposed to be the smart one.
What are you talking about?
This...
It's this test, okay. I... I didn't ask for this test.
I didn't vote for it and... And suddenly I'm the one that people feel sorry for?
No one feels sorry for you, we all love Franklin.
Yeah, of course you do because Franklin's the best.
Of course. He's Franklin.
He's... I love him.
He...
I lo... I love him as... As...
I love him as a father, and I love...
...him as a friend.
And I'm worried that, that might be it.
That... That there's not...
There's nothing more than that.
I...
You know, I didn't ask for this test.
And you know, we were fine.
We were fine as we were.
We are fine.
Hey, Nik, sorry, my boss came in I had to put you on hold.
-Can we talk later? -Yeah. No. No its...
It's nothing. Doesn't matter.
Okay. Stop being weird.
-No. No. -I'm outy.
Bye.
-Babysitter's here, babe. -Okay.
-This is fantastic. -Mmm.
So nice to be out, just us.
Franklin?
Okay, we're going to start the machine now.
It's perfectly harmless but if you want to stop at any time,
just raise your right hand.
Hello?
-Hi, I'm in here. -Hey.
Hey.
Where are the girls?
Uh, at your mom's.
For the night.
Why?
Because I asked her to take them.
Huh.
Okay.
Uh, you wanna sit down?
Don't... You don't need to be scared.
-Really? -Uh...
I've really been struggling with everything lately.
And I started to think it was because I...
Needed more.
Or wanted more.
Sometimes I lose you,
and I forget the way to get you back.
I went to the clinic today.
And I went to take the test.
And they put me in the room.
-And the machine started up... -Nikki.
No. No. No. No. And the machine started up and...
And all I can think about...
You remember the day that Sammy was born?
The... You know, the day she was born?
When we...
We birthed her, right there.
On... On the rug, right there.
And the doctor was late. And...
And it was just the two of us, going through it.
And we were...
You know, we were like laughing and crying,
and it was amazing and...
And terrifying, and when she was out,
she just lay on my chest.
And you put your head on my shoulder.
Yeah, and the three of us, we just lay there,
staring at each other.
Covered in blood and God knows what else.
Just, you know, breathless with... With love.
I... I couldn't go through with it.
I told them to turn the machine off. I don't care what the test says, Franklin.
I chose you.
Years ago.
And it wasn't science.
It was my choice. Made from my heart.
And look at what we made, yeah?
We made all of this.
- Baby, I'm so proud of it.
I'm sorry.
Hey.
--What is it, sweetheart?
Babe, I took the test.
I thought I was losing you,
and I was so confused that I didn't know what to do and...
I felt so hurt,
-and... And... -Uh...
I've...
I've met her. I have just met her.
And...
I'm so sorry.
Baby, I'm so sorry.
I don't know if we'll be allowed to, but even without their approval,
we can still extend the offices to the second floor, so I mean, that's good, right?
Am I boring you?
- Sorry. No. No, no, no, no.
No. It is. It... It is boring, I'm boring myself.
No, I'm just worried that we'll be late.
We're not going to be late.
I don't want your friends thinking I'm a late person.
They're not gonna think you're a late person.
They're gonna love you. All of you. I promise.
-Nikki, hey. -Hey, Lenora, hi.
-Come in. -Thanks.
Uh, are they ready?
Yup. Uh, girls, your mom's here.
Franklin.
Hi.
I'll go drag them down, if you want to leave sometime today.
Okay. Great.
-Really nice seeing you, Nikki. -You too.
Come on, girls.
-You look nice. -Thanks.
Thank you.
Oh, hey, can I take next weekend,
and then you have the two, uh, after that?
Peter has a thing that he wants the girls at.
Oh, sure. I mean, I should check, but that should be fine.
-Great. -We'll make it work.
Thanks.
What is it?
I don't know. I...
I miss you, I guess.
I miss us.
Franklin...
Is this better?
Come on, let's go.
Hey.
Hey. Hey.
Hi. Hey, I missed you. Hi.
Shall we go to this wedding? All right.
- Have fun. - Be good.
- Don't run on the road. - Bye.
Bye.