There was before the test...
then there's after.
I figured it was time.
I didn't 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 alright.
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.
With over 20 000 clinics worldwide,
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Honestly, it's like, the best feeling ever.
It's what I've wanted all my life.
I honestly feel like I can fly.
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Good afternoon, Soul Connex.
Do you have a reference number?
Yeah...
Nicola? We're ready for you.
Hi, this is Soul Connex. How can I help you?
Alright. 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.
-I do love the taste of wine. -Uh-huh.
Alright. 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.
I'm sorry. Eat your food, Sammy.
Ella, have some banana please.
-Hey! -Open front door.
We're in the kitchen.
Hey y'all! This arrived for you. They got the address wrong again.
Hey, thanks.
Hey Frankie.
-I love it when you call me that. -Oh, sorry, Franklin.
Thank you, Jennifer.
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 got to go to work.
Five minutes. Come on. Can you pick her up please?
Come on.
I got to go to work.
So... do I need to sterilize anything first, or...?
Oh my God.
You're taking the test?
Booked and paid for.
-But... -Don't say "But you're married".
-But you are. Married. -I know. Yes.
And I think to the wrong guy.
What about the kids?
Ugh, 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, you were 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 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 want to be one of them.
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?
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.
You've always been my favorite babysitter.
-No, I mean neighbor. -Come on.
Bye.
Nikki! I got to go to work!
Coming!
Honey, can you do your top button up please?
-Why? Why should I? -Why?
We're going to a wedding, it's polite.
We're going to be late.
Nuh-uh. 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... It's just part of our charm.
Uh, I don't want it to be "our charm".
I feel like we've been at a wedding every week.
That's because we have.
Sammy, come on.
-Sammy. -I'm not giving these back.
Well you have to, because I don't like you.
-Oh, that's not very nice to Mommy. -Hey, that's not nice.
I'm giving these back, but you can't...
Behave yourself, or if you don't, I'm going to grab your foot,
and I'm going to take your shoe,
and I'm going to make your shoe my shoe!
-Franklin! Come on. -Okay, my bad.
We're going to be late.
We'll be fine.
Sh, sh, sh, honey. Come on baby.
Alright.
...big test today, and... Oh, wow! Hey guys!
-Peter, we are truly sorry. -Hi.
Yeah, that's my sister, everyone.
Hello. Uh... As you were.
Hey, uh, hey Nik?
Your new sister-in-law.
Hi! Wow.
-You're beautiful. -Thank you.
-Hi. -Yes she is. Yeah, I told you, right?
Yeah. You did.
So I'm going to get back to my wedding now, if that's...
Is that okay?
-Please do. -Alright, so where, um...
Six weeks ago, I was, uh...
Well, I was approaching fifty, 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.
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.
That's your Uncle Peter.
Two people, who grew up on the same street,
took the test, and found out they were soulmates.
We didn't just grow up together, we were high school sweethearts.
-You know... - Hey babe.
...the likelihood of you being soulmates are, what...
-Hey. -...one in ten million?
So tell me, what did you think when you got the results?
-So-- -Uh--
-No, you go first. -Woohoo!
I mean, I couldn't believe it. A dream come true.
Such a dream.
How was my day?
Now, tell me about how you first met.
Well, it's funny you should ask.
It was 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 out.
I never saw her again, um...
Hm?
Never mind.
Why are you watching this crap?
When did we stop being the normal ones?
What do you mean?
This. Us.
You're looking at it.
I'm going to take a shower.
I know they say you know when you know,
but I really did.
I just knew it, I always knew it.
So you guys are really lucky.
-Yeah. -Ha, yeah.
I mean 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.
-What?! -Yeah.
But hey. I want to give it up to, uh...
my wife - holy shit!
-Uh... -So weird hearing you say that.
For uh, making the food and getting everyone together.
I feel like we got it backwards, right? You know?
First, a wedding, and then we get to meet each other's friends.
So, so like, Peter, you took the test first?
Uh-huh, yeah.
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 when their match has taken the test,
they get a sense that someone is out there, looking for them.
So is it true, or is it bullshit?
So it is true!
I was with someone else, so... It was a little complicated.
Sorry.
No, it's fine. It's fine! Right?
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 things about him that never bothered me before,
and 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 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, uh...
You say it.
-It was undeniable. -Yeah.
I have never been happier.
I'm going to be sick!
I know, I know, we're gross.
Yeah, so now we have death, taxes and love.
Certainty sucks.
Hey, you guys.
You're married, right?
Have you had the talk?
Adele, just leave it.
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 fifteen 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?
Come on. "It was undeniable."
Please, it was a rebound.
Yeah.
I mean,
he did leave out the part where he got horribly dumped by Laney.
Yeah! You know, 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 Russ,
he's actually already moved on, because he's super hot.
He's a real guy's guy too.
And Rose left him for Pete.
Total dumbass.
That health and safety meeting they made us do today
was beyond ridiculous.
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.
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?
Uh, that really depends if your match is on the system already.
And if they are, we'll find out...
Hi.
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.
Thank you.
Show me how to do it.
Slow down. Oh my God.
Okay, wait!
Ow!
Hey! Wow.
Hi Nikki.
Hey sweetheart.
Do you have water?
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.
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.
Hey, I'm sorry.
What happened?
We were just joking around, and, uh...
She asked me how many people I'd had... with.
Uh-huh.
Her number w--
Hey guys.
Her number was five more than mine.
Five.
-Five! Right? -So what?
I-I knew it, I knew it.
-What? -Just you and your smuggy smugness.
At the wedding, and you're having dinner parties, and showing off,
and you're having arguments like the rest of us normals.
You're almost fifty, it's embarrassing you're like this.
Thanks for your continued support.
Ooh, 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.
I'm sorry, what was that?
-None! -None?
Maybe one? No, none.
See. There's 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.
Ah, you just work it out!
-Yeah. -You just work it out.
Oh, hey honey.
-Alright, 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.
Want to go try something else?
Thank you.
Dale says they ordered too much booze,
so we got to get wrecked.
Well tell Dale I won't let him down.
They met three weeks ago.
Of course they did.
Who are we sitting with?
-You're not going to like it. -Please, not...
-Not Amelia? -Mm-hm.
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.
They automatically back everything up now.
That's right.
But back in the paper days, it would have been horrendous.
-Yeah. -I'd have had to quit.
I mean... Me too.
-You feel the same? -I think so.
You get overloaded.
It's a lot, you know, it takes, it takes...
You want to come dance?
-Oh, yeah. -Yeah?
-Yeah, okay. -Yes!
That'd be great!
Sorry, I hope you don't mind, I just...
Excuse me, Amelia. I got to go dance with my wife.
Thank you.
Yeah, you're welcome.
Let me just...
-Better. -Thanks.
So?
What?
What did I do to deserve that?
Come here.
Up here! Let's go.
Here, come on.
-People are going to see. -I love you.
-No. I love you. -People are going to see.
I work with these people, Nikki.
Come on, they're too close.
-No. -They're just there.
-Stop it, stop it. -Come on, come in here--
Stop it! Stop.
What 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.
Fra-- Nothing.
We're really going to do this?
We're not going to be silent for 24 hours this time, Nikki.
I'm not doing that, okay? We're going to talk this out.
There's...
There's nothing to talk about.
I'm fine.
Well, 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 ask any questions,
or just question it.
Let's just keep everything fine.
Well, it's always been more than that to me.
What if it's not enough?
Oh my God.
Is this about the goddamn test?
Is that it?
That's it.
You want to take that test, is that it?
-Do you? -No.
Hey, Franklin. Franklin.
Stop.
I'm sorry.
Let's get some sleep. We're tired.
Stop it! Just... Don't... Stop it, get off me!
Stop it! Just talk to me, just--
Steve! Hey!
-Stop it! Stop! -Hey hey hey, Steve!
Stop!
Steve! Calm down, Steve!
Hey! Hey, step back! Come on!
Take it easy!
Hey hey hey, it's okay.
You're alright. No no no, it's okay.
So that went well.
He said he's going to 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 going to quit his job and move here for good.
Jen, you don't even know him.
I don't have to know everything to know how I feel about him.
Man, this is crazy.
It's not crazy.
Yes it is. You're living in a bullshit fairy tale.
What did you think would happen?
That Steve would just understand it all,
and end eighteen 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 else?
It's not love, Nik.
-It doesn't matter. -It matters to me.
That's because you're a selfish person.
Jen, I didn't... That's not...
Basically, I'm sorting 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!
You want to bring those plates through?
Exactly, right?
I think it's exactly the same thing that we're going through.
It's change, but it's going to...
It's change for a good thing, right?
I think it's going to be better, I think...
It's because of the new formatting,
it's a completely new system, and, uh...
It's a unique code that our outfit uses, and...
Eventually it's going to change the binary formatting
into something that's, you know--
Are you trying to send poor Rose to sleep?
-What? -Oh no, 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 having a nice conversation and you're trying to ruin it.
No I'm not, I was making a joke.
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.
Go Sammy.
Hey. You good?
Yeah, I'm good, just...
Just that kid, she's too much.
She sleeps!
Uh...
Hey, um, 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 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... Oh! Yeah, I guess.
But if we do it,
let's...
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.
Okay.
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?
Right. So what you're saying is,
you no longer see trying to work at a relationship as a moral obligation,
because let's be honest, it's a fact, all parties could be happier.
Alright, next caller, let's continue this chain.
Yeah, this is Bobby Ray...
Hey, what's up?
Uh, hey! Nothing, I'm just...
Just calling to say hi.
Right. I'm in the middle of a, uh...
Just tell me, what's up?
Nothing, I'm... Peter...
-I'm just, I'm pissed off. -Why?
-Because it's not fair. -What's not fair?
You know, I'm...
How am I the one who's wrong? I'm supposed to be the smart one.
-What are you talking about?! -This...
It's this test, okay?
I didn't ask for this test, I didn't vote for it,
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... 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... That there's nothing more than that.
-Do you want to get some lunch? -Yeah.
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?
Uh, yeah, no no, it's...
It's nothing, it doesn't matter.
Okay. Stop being weird.
-Uh-huh. -I'm outy.
Bye.
Babysitter's here, baby.
Okay.
-This is fantastic. -Mm.
It's... It's so nice to be out, just us.
Franklin.
Alright. 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.
Where are the girls?
Uh... At your mom's.
For the night.
Why?
Because I asked her to take them.
Huh.
Okay.
Uh, you want to 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-- -Nikki.
No no no, and the machine started up,
and all I could think about...
Do you remember the day that Sammy was born,
you know, the day she was born, when we...
We birthed her, right there 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 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...
Sweetheart...
Babe, I took the test.
I... I thought I was losing you, and...
I was so confused, 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 that's good.
Am I boring you?
Sorry? No. No, no, no.
No, it is, 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 to think I'm a late person.
They're not going to think that, Nik, they're going to love you.
All of you, I promise.
Nikki, hey.
Hey, Lenora.
-Come in. -Thanks.
Uh, are they ready?
Yep! 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.
Yeah, sure. I mean, I should check, but it 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! -Hey Mommy!
Shall we go to this wedding? Alright!
-Don't fall. -Be good.
-Careful of the road! -Bye!