This is how loyal true friends should be with each other. This is LOVE. LOVE does not betray but reveals the truth.
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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.
02:07So, this is what loyalty looks like now.
02:08May.
02:09What?
02:10No.
02:11Maybe I'm pretending for her.
02:12No.
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02:33No, no.
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02:36Wait.
02:37This is not what it looks like.
02:38So, what does it look like?
02:39She leaned in.
02:40I was just...
03:00What?
03:01What is this?
03:02I told you he'd fall for it.
03:05He lasted longer than I thought.
03:07Wait.
03:08What 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.
03:28You...
03:29You...
03:30You kissed me.
03:31You knew what you were doing?
03:32You...
03:33You've had a thing for me for years.
03:35I did.
03:36A long time ago.
03:38But...
03:39She came first.
03:40Always.
03:41Unbelievable.
03:43You guys totally set me up.
03:46This is...
03:47Toxic.
03:48No, Daniel.
03:49What's toxic is making your wife feel crazy for suspecting you for months.
03:54So what?
03:55You...
03:56You didn't trust me?
03:57You gave me reasons not to.
03:59Oh, come on.
04:00I never did anything with Lana before tonight.
04:02But you wanted to.
04:04You know how messed up this is?
04:06Made your best friend pretend to seduce me?
04:09No.
04:10I asked her to test the theory.
04:11I volunteered.
04:12Of course you did.
04:13You were always jealous of us ever since we got married.
04:14She had more integrity than you ever did.
04:15She came to me first when you crossed the line at that New Year's party.
04:16I told you about that?
04:17I told her to walk away.
04:18To pretend it didn't happen.
04:19That was my mistake.
04:20But you weren't drunk.
04:21And yet...
04:22I still said no.
04:23You were never going to stop, were you?
04:24I didn't mean anything.
04:25You know I love you.
04:26No.
04:27You love winning.
04:28You love attention.
04:32You thought you could have both of us.
04:33I made a mistake.
04:34drunk and yet I still said no you were never gonna stop were you hey didn't
04:41mean anything you know I love you no you love winning you love attention you
04:49thought you could have both of us I made a mistake you made choices you didn't
04:56leave my side the whole night
05:04so what now you're leaving me over one stupid mistake one every time I felt
05:14something was off every excuse every cancel trip every woman's name that you
05:19said was just a friend you weren't careless you were consistent notes on me
05:27you weren't paying attention I was so you're gonna expose me now no we're not
05:37interested in revenge we just needed the truth now we got it you didn't just cheat
05:46on me you betrayed everything we built
06:04guys I'm still in here guys hey thank you
06:15do you remember our college road trip the one where you insisted we take turns
06:21driving and I accidentally fell asleep during both shifts you claimed you had
06:27allergies it wasn't allergies just didn't feel like driving stick this is
06:34like that night me doing the driving and you're pretending not to see anything I
06:39didn't know what to say how to tell you say what that I loved him first before you
06:48did how long freshman year for you even noticed him flirted with me once and I
06:54let myself imagine a whole life and when I got with him I hated it but I hated the
07:01idea of losing you more
07:04why didn't you tell me then cuz you're happy you glowed when he called thought
07:11maybe you two were meant to be I used to think that too and then the glow faded I
07:18kept blaming myself for Timmy no isn't you it was him he used every bit of light of
07:25you until there was nothing left I should have left after the intern she told you
07:33didn't she yes after she quit she cried said he made her feel special then called it a
07:43misunderstanding he told me I was being paranoid gaslighting 101 you weren't
07:51paranoid you were aware there's a difference so this whole time you never
07:59thought about going after him I did but I thought of you more I think that's what
08:07hurts the most that you the person who loved him first still chose me and he
08:15didn't because he can't choose anyone but himself do you ever quit not fighting
08:21for him harder back then no regret not fighting harder for you but you did
08:26tonight it wasn't revenge it was the truth and I finally saw it okay let's
08:34promise each other something anything no more settling not for men not for
08:38half-truths not even for each other
08:42do
08:53loyalty isn't tested when things are good it's tested when no one's watching
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