- Welcome to "Therapist Reacts Raw"
where my producer gives me something
that I've never seen before and wants me
just to react in real time to it.
This is David and Patrick's love story
from "Schitt's Creek."
I've heard good things about this show,
haven't had the time to watch it yet, but here we go.
(upbeat jazzy music)
- This is the first gift I haven't bought myself
in a very long time, so thank you.
- You're gonna be so underwhelmed when you open it,
I mean trust me, it's not, see?
It's nothing.
- What is it?
- It's just the receipt from our first sale at the store.
- Um, this is not nothing.
- That's actually very sweet.
- So thank you.
- Sentimental gifts tend to be the best gifts.
- Well that was a fun night.
- I'm really glad that I decided to invest
in your business, David.
- Obviously got a bit of a dual relationship here.
- Lovely thing to say.
- And I'm so glad you did, Patrick,
because you really helped to turn it
into the success that it is.
- Hmm, a bold claim.
- Investor, client, lovers.
You can navigate stuff like that.
You just gotta be careful where the lines are,
where the boundaries are,
because Alicia and I are business together,
for example, but we're also spouses.
(David clears throat)
I guess that was a sweet first kiss.
- Thank you.
- For what?
- Um, I've never done that before with a guy.
- Okay?
- Yeah, and uh, (chuckles) was getting a little scared
that I was going to let you leave here
without us having done that,
so, thank you for um, making that happen for us.
- Well, um--
- They're very direct and candid, and I like that.
- Fortunately, I am a very generous person.
(Patrick chuckles)
So.
- Can we talk tomorrow?
- There's a lot on shows where people rush
to sleep together, and I like that they just start
with a kiss and they take it slow,
they're getting to know each other step by step.
(car door opens)
Unless they're about to hook up totally right now.
- Good night, David.
- Oh, they don't. - Good night, Patrick.
- Aww, that's very sweet.
(gentle guitar music)
- I would like to dedicate this song
to a very special someone in my life,
David Rose. - Okay.
- There he is, right there, that's him.
Can't miss him.
- (laughs) You can't, not with that shirt.
- Yes.
♪ I call you when I need you and my heart's on fire ♪
♪ You come to me wild and wired ♪
Great.
♪ You come to me ♪
♪ And give me everything I need ♪
He's good.
♪ Give me a lifetime of promises and a world of dreams ♪
♪ Speak the language of love like you know what it means ♪
♪ And it can't be wrong ♪
♪ Take my heart and make it strong, baby ♪
♪ 'Cause you're simply the best ♪
I know that David was looking around,
like it's hard to be in these moments,
they're very real and raw and vulnerable,
and they're beautiful.
It's hard to be present 'cause we're so not used to it.
And I love when he was looking away,
his mom touches his shoulder like, "No, no, sit with this.
"This is what life is about."
♪ Tear us apart ♪
These moments.
♪ Anyone I've ever met ♪
♪ Oh, you're the best ♪
I love that.
(audience applauds and cheers)
That's awesome.
- You know what, I'm probably good
to finish this up-- - Okay.
- If you want to go for lunch.
What?
- I don't know, you tell me.
- I just did, I'm happy to finish doing the creams,
I don't think it's--
- So they had some sort of fight.
- Okay, so you're just gonna stay here
and not have lunch then, or are we going in shifts?
- I don't know David, I'm just trying
to be professional here, okay?
- I think this is gonna take a minute to get used to.
- I don't want to get used to this.
I don't want to pretend like we're coworkers.
- We are coworkers.
- Okay, I just liked it better when we were more than that.
- David, I'm just trying to go off of what you wanted.
- You wouldn't let me finish telling you
what I wanted, I was ready to get back together days ago.
- What?
- Yes.
(therapist laughs)
- Then why didn't we?
- I've never been in this situation before,
where someone's been so nice to me, and generous.
- I'm sorry, were you holding back on talking to me
because you were getting gifts?
(therapist laughs)
- I was very upset and confused.
So upset, that I barely finished the chocolates.
- David, this wasn't meant to be some Advent calendar
of apologies, it was like an olive branch
to get you to talk to me.
- I just, I guess, didn't know how many olive branches
you were planning on extending.
- (laughs) Oh my god. - Ideally one.
- Okay, well now I know.
- Yeah, and now I know that while I was torturing myself,
you were sitting at home just opening gifts.
I see you like the bracelet.
- I love the bracelet, thank you.
Um, does this mean that we are back?
- You know what, I feel like now maybe
I deserve an olive branch or two?
- Okay, I understand that.
(therapist laughs)
What if I gave you back some of the olive branches
that you gave to me.
I was lying about the chocolates, I ate them all.
But, I'm sure there are some flowers--
- So no, you gotta do your own thing, man,
you gotta come up with your own.
- You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna go to lunch, and you're gonna sit here
and think about what you've done, okay?
- Okay.
- "I'm not used to someone being nice and kind to me,"
that's a telling line.
There are a lot of people who get scared
in relationships 'cause they're so used to things
being bad that when things are good, they're afraid.
Like if I actually invest in this,
if I actually believe in this,
then I can get hurt all the more,
so I'm choosing to preemptively sabotage.
There is no reward without risk.
There is no love without vulnerability,
and in order to have a committed relationship,
you risk getting hurt, you risk getting burned.
And it's a gamble, and you can minimize the risk
as best as you can by taking the time
to get to know the person, actually get to know them,
see if who you think they are matches up
with who they really are, keep your eyes open,
and constantly be recalibrating in your head
this idea, this image of who this person is
or who you think they are,
and be continually open and honest.
We're not honest because we're scared,
and that hurts us.
We end up doing more damage than if we had actually said
what we were thinking and what we were feeling.
- What is this?
- Consider this my olive branch.
(upbeat pop music)
(therapist laughs)
♪ I call you when I need you, my heart's on fire ♪
- This is the same song he did acoustically, right,
on the guitar, right, "Simply the Best."
Can you imagine, is the store closed right now?
Can you imagine a customer walking in,
they're like, "I'll come back later."
I love that we get to see love stories like this.
When I was growing up, when I was a kid or a teenager,
you never would've seen this in a mainstream sitcom,
and this is wonderful.
I can neither confirm nor deny that I've done
something very similar to Alicia on multiple occasions.
Lip sync rock out session.
What's funny is he sits him down
but it's not like a lap dance or anything,
it's literally I'm just gonna lip sync this whole song
to you and make you smile and laugh.
- And I don't want to add more stress to your day,
but I love you.
(jazzy music plays in the background)
- Okay, so you just said that to me for the first time
knowing that it would make my day more stressful?
- That's correct.
- Because you know that I've never said that
to anyone else aside from my parents twice,
and one time at--
- At a Mariah Carey concert, I know, yeah.
And I don't expect you to say it back to me right now,
you say it when you're ready.
Just felt right to me in the moment.
You're my Mariah Carey.
(therapist laughs)
- That compliment could bring me to tears,
but I'm not gonna let it,
so I would like to thank you for all the wonderful things
that you said.
- Okay.
Well David, I gotta hand it to you,
we've already sold half of our massage oils.
It's like you're an oracle when it comes
to the sex lives of lonely people.
- It's a gift.
- How'd it go with Ted?
- I love you.
- Aww.
(David clears his throat)
- I know I'll never be able to compete with Mariah.
- (laughs) He's just like.
- This just kinda feels like one
of those perfect moments that you dream about.
Except in my dream I'm holding a nice cup of tea.
(beep)
I'm kidding, I don't need the tea.
- No, I'm making this perfect moment perfect.
(therapist laughs)
- And the gift basket that you gave them
that I'm hoping you paid for,
that had nothing to do with you trying to smooth
things over with them?
- It was just a very messy day,
and I was trying to detangle things,
and just make everything okay.
- Yeah, well you made everything okay.
(calm music)
- Not to step on the moment,
but we do have to lock up in five.
- Good to know that gay couples have fully arrived
on the pop culture scene, when their kisses
get interrupted by other cast members
as has been happening to straight couples in movies
and TV shows since I can remember.
Come on, let the moment breathe.
- Just one more thing.
If you go into that front pocket there,
there's actually something.
- (gasps) What's going on?
(therapist laughs)
- So I used to come on this hike a lot
when I first moved here and I was developing feelings
for this guy I'd just gotten into business with,
and I didn't know what to do about it,
because I didn't know if that guy had the same feelings
or if I'd ever be able to muster up the courage
to let him know how I felt,
and now, here he is, the love of my life,
standing in front of me.
This just felt like the perfect place
to ask you to marry me.
(David cries)
- All the rings.
- Are you sure?
- That's really sweet. - Easiest decision of my life.
- When I was growing up, there was a lot of stigma
around homosexuality, and you know,
I always grew up being told by various sources
that it was just about deviant sex, you know,
like sex that deviates from the norm,
and you know, it's there in the name, homosexuality,
so we think of sex, but it's really like,
the big paradigm shift for me was recognizing
that people just want connection,
and they just want closeness, and they just want love
and they just want the same things that I want, right,
and then to me, the sexuality was no longer deviant,
it was just human.
You know, when you see yourself in the other,
when you see yourself in the person that you think
is so different from you and you realize
that you're not all that different,
that's where you build bridges,
that's where barriers drop, that's where bigotry ends,
and this is a beautiful relationship to me.
These guys are, these actors are playing it so wonderfully.
I've only watched a few minutes of clips here
and I already feel like they're my buddies, you know?
- You do know that I've already seen this house, right?
- I do.
- So then why are we here?
- Because I put an offer in, and they accepted.
- What about New York,
I thought that's where you wanted to be?
- I thought so too, but it's not where you want to be.
And I don't want to be anywhere
you don't want to be.
- David, I promise I will make you so happy.
- You (muted) better.
(therapist laughs)
- Wait, so when you say you put an offer in--
- Yes.
- What exactly did you do?
- Um, I don't really know,
you might want to call the, - Yeah, I'm definitely gonna
- Call the people. - Look at that offer.
(therapist laughs)
And at this point, who even needs a wedding, am I right?
- Oh I do, I need a wedding, big time.
- Yeah, I'm definitely David in this relationship,
and Alicia's Patrick.
- I can't believe this is happening.
- She's like, "We don't really need a wedding,
"we can just get married," I'm like,
"oh, I need a wedding."
- I'm gonna keep this very short,
because I think you already know
that I would climb a thousand mountains for you.
- And I would make an offer on a house
and have no idea what I was doing.
- Patrick, I've never liked a smile
as much as I like yours.
I've never felt as safe as I do when I'm with you.
- Sorry, I keep forgetting
that I'm supposed to be commenting on it,
because this is so rich, I'm just drawn into it.
- It's not been an easy road for me, but--
- This is what a healthy relationship looks like.
- Always be there for me at the end of it
makes everything okay.
- The commitment, the dedication,
the honesty, the transparency.
- Patrick Brewer.
- The accountability.
- You are my happy ending.
- The patience, the forgiveness.
(Patrick laughs)
- Patrick, do you take David--
- The differences that could be something
that you tolerate but instead,
you choose to celebrate.
- I do.
- And I like that they're very different.
- David, David?
Do you take Patrick to be your lawfully wedded husband?
- Who doesn't love Catherine O'Hara?
- I do.
- You know, we have me react to a lot
of unhealthy relationships on this show,
a lot of toxic relationships, and I know
a lot of relationships look happier
during the courtship phase and then things sour
or become more difficult during you know,
once you're together, life happens, right?
They have a beautiful courtship.
One of the most beautiful things I've ever heard
is that happiness in marriage is not so much
a matter of romance, but a concern
for the comfort and wellbeing of your companion.
So many little things where they are looking
for one another's comfort,
for one another's happiness.
They're willing to make sacrifices.
Like I wanted to go to New York,
but I don't want to be anywhere
that you don't want to be.
This was beautiful.
I hope my comments and insights added
to the experience, but so much of this
just speaks for itself.
I love this.
Good job, Matty.
Usually you have me react to cesspool crap,
but this was lovely.
(laughs)
Speaking of cesspool crap, you should check out
this video on me reacting to TV breakups, oh man.
Ah, who writes this stuff?
Like this is so much more lovely,
but if you want a good guilty pleasure
that maybe sadly you might relate to,
or a cautionary tale, check out my reactions
to the very best of TV breakups.
To our LGBTQIA viewers and allies,
happy Pride Month, thank you for joining us here
at Mended Light.
What do you think of David and Patrick's love story?
Does it speak to you, why or why not?
What other couples should I react to,
what other healthy relationships would you like me
to look at and talk about exactly why they're healthy
and how to duplicate that in your life,
let me know in the comments below.
As always, keep shining, because we need your light.
And there's the video right here
that I was telling you about.
(upbeat jazzy music)
Click on it.