(ominous piano music)
- Five, four,
three, two, one.
- [Jennifer] Do you have any sunscreen?
- Sunscreen?
- Yeah. Don't want a repeat of Hawaii.
- Right, Right, yeah no I can't believe you went
like lobster red in like 30 minutes.
Speaking of I've still got that Red Lobster gift certificate
I was thinking... your birthday?
- What is it with you and Red Lobster?
- It's the first place my brother took me
when we moved to the states.
So we're flat broke- you'll love this-
we're flat broke and they do these chee
delicious butter soaked cheese biscuits,
and they're totally free.
Eventually, we're so full of cheese rolls
honestly, we can't fit another one in.
Peter starts putting them in his jeans.
The, the waitress see him sends over the manager
and the managers like turn out your pockets.
Peter looks at him, grabs the basket
of cheese rolls and just runs out the door.
We ate like Kings for a week.
- Mm
So remember that time I asked you for sunscreen?
- ah time to check the cargo shorts
- God, those things are hideous.
- You mean hideously practical?
Phone, wallet,
and...
su su sunscreen.
- Thank you.
- I think you owe the cargo shorts and apology.
I don't know why you don't like them.
- I like that you like them.
- That means you don't like them.
(Jennifer laughs)
- But I don't mind you wearing them when I'm not around
I mean, that way I won't have to worry
about other women hitting on you.
- Well, in which case I'll wear them every day
while you're in New York.
They'll be my chastity shorts.
- So, where are we going?
- To see the best sunset ever.
- Ever?
Lead the way.
(joyful piano music)
(music cuts off)
(drone sounds)
- Spence! It's doing a thing
- Whoa, whoa, whoa What's going on Jennifer?
- I don't know, this thing just went bad
- Okay, that's really bad.
Give me the controls.
- No, wait- what if I do a hard reboot
on the remote control?
(drone beeping)
- Okay. How did you know how to do that?
- I told you I'd learn how to fly it.
- I'm a little bit turned on.
Touch my cargo shorts.
- Gross.
Crunchy?
- What?
- The peanut butter, is it crunchy?
- Yeah, yeah that's like, it's your favorite.
Hey, how long's it been since, since you lost the drone?
- I didn't lose it.
Okay. But how, how long has it been
since you flew the drone?
- Two hours?
I guess everything kind of blends together
when you're hiking.
- Mm
- Are you okay?
- Yeah. Yeah.
No, my brain's just a bit jumbled.
- Come sit down?
(groans)
- Is that better?
- Yeah. Starting to be.
- How about when we get back to town
I will go with you to Red Lobster.
- Oh, don't even joke.
- Completely serious.
- You know, that was the first place my brother took me to
when we moved to the states.
They do these amazing butter soaked cheese rolls.
And they're free.
I already told you this didn't I?
- Yeah, but it's like
the biggest accomplishment of your life so you get a pass.
- Tell me what's wrong with me?
I keep forgetting things and
it's like I keep saying it again and again.
- You know what?
let me call Anna.
- No, no no. Don't bother your sister on the weekend.
- She's a doctor, she likes to help.
You know what, the reception's pretty bad so I will
be back in a second.
(birds chirping)
(box tapping)
- Come on.
- [Jennifer] (speaking softly) No, I want to keep going.
Yeah.
Yeah, I understand that
but there seems like there's a lot of holes and-
yeah, snowboarding.
Okay, thank you.
- What did she say?
- She said that your memory issues could just be residual
stuff from that concussion at Mountain High.
- Makes sense.
- Yeah. Yeah, you hit your head pretty hard.
- You should see the other guy.
- It was a tree.
- You know the tree-
- Get it, get what?
- The mouse!
- Okay. Where are we?
- Ooh, about to get attacked by a mouse
- No, no, how did we get here?
I, I don't remember.
- It's just your concussion.
- Yeah, Right.
Okay.
- You're not going tell me
that mice are a valuable part of the animal kingdom.
- That does sound like something I would say,
plus, you know, as a veterinarian.
Oh, you can't expect me to mess
with the wildlife when it's just minding its own business.
- It's plotting look at its face.
- Well how about I, put myself in front of you
like a human shield in case of attacks.
- My hero.
- What are you gonna do
if you see a mouse in New York?
- Move, run.
- Okay. What about rat though?
And not like a cute rat, like Ratatouille or
wise like Splinter-
I mean like a mean blood thirsty, naughty rat.
(both laugh)
- I don't know, Do you have any ideas?
- Well, yes I do.
I've been saving up my holiday time.
I've got six weeks.
So I bought a flight to New York.
I thought I could come with you for the first week,
first month, protect you from the rats.
- I would love that.
- Okay. Well just because I'm there doesn't mean
you can't record your album, I thought you'd be happy.
- Spence!
- I mean, you wanna be with me, don't you?
Do you want to be with me?
- I said that would be great.
- Did you?
- Yeah. Yeah, I would love for you to come to New York.
- Oh, great.
Sorry. I could have sworn you said something else?
- No, no, look, the music is important
but so are you, and forgetting that would be a mistake.
So how much further is it?
- Actually, we're here.
Okay. Right.
Look, I was going to wait until sunset for this but
no time like the present...
this is going great.
But you know, I've been trying to open this all day.
I-
- Yes!
(cheerful piano music)
- Do you want to have a go at this?
Because I, I can't open it.
- Oh man.
It's weird!
- What kind of ring is it?
- Oh, it's a... God-
I don't remember.
I spent three months salary on it, don't remember.
- It doesn't matter.
I just can't wait to tell my parents.
- Okay 90% chance that they ask about kids straight away.
But you still have to come and meet my parents in England.
- I know. I know, I have to.
What?
- I don't remember what my parents look like.
- That's okay, most days I can't remember
what mine look like.
- I remember what yours look like,
I just can't remember mine.
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
Five minutes, okay thank you.
- Who's that?
- My new landlord in New York
I got the place and they're just going to call me back
in five minutes with the, the lease information.
- Right? Okay.
Selfie? Engagement selfie.
- Selfie, or it didn't happen.
- Oh, could we use your phone?
Mine is out of battery.
- Yeah, photoshopped the ring in.
- Ah, did it.
Got it, Got it.
Hey, I need to nip to the bathroom be back in one second.
- Oh, yeah.
(foreboding music)
(phone ringing)
- [Operator] Thanks for calling Lucid Memory
an agent will be with you shortly.
(phone hold music)
- [Operator] Lucid Memory tech support
who do I have the pleasure of speaking with?
- This is Spencer.
- [Operator] Hi Spencer.
Are you in an active memory right now?
I, I'm not really sure.
- [Operator] No problem.
The experience can be disorienting at times.
I'll just look up where you're calling from.
- Okay?
- [Operator] Okay.
It looks like you're in an open narrative nostalgia package.
Jennifer's magical sunset engagement.
- Jennifer's magical sunset engagement.
- [Operator] That's the name of the program.
It's been having a few hiccups,
but they're planning to do a full reset
in the next five minutes
which should resolve any of those issues.
- Okay.
- [Jennifer] Spencer!
- Okay. What's lucid memory?
- It's it's, it's a company that lets you relive
your memories, more than that it lets you change them
for the better.
You go to the office and you, they plug into your brain.
All of this is a simulation.
- Why? There's so many holes in my memory
- Because this is all built from my memory.
Red lobster is, is the only story
I remember you telling on this hike.
- And you never met my parents.
- You can't open the engagement ring box
because I never had a chance to see the ring.
In real life I saw you looking at the box,
and then when you said you wanted to come to New York,
I it was just too much and I flipped out and I left.
The last time I saw you was this hike, it's been 10 years.
- 10 years.
- They said they could fill in the holes
but I guess it's been glitching.
- So, so what, when you finally track me down
instead of apologizing- you got me to participate in this
what in this fantasy, with you?
- I never tracked to down.
- What do you mean you never tracked me down?
- What was I supposed to say,
sorry that I skipped out on your proposal.
Took off to New York and ignored every call but hey
if you still got that ring, let's see if it fits.
- Then how am I here?
- You're not.
- What?
- You're not the real Spencer, you're just my memory of him.
(suspenseful music intensifying)
- Okay. I'm re I'm real.
I I've got some holes in my memory, but I'm real.
I, I, I know I am.
I, I know I
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
- [Karen] Hi Jennifer.
This is Karen from Lucid Memory.
Good news, we are ready to do the reset.
- What happened to Spencer Is he okay?
- [Karen] Well, first off he is a program.
- Yeah. Right?
- [Karen] The program was starting to get a bit messy
so we deleted it.
But, the new Spencer is going to be so perfect
this time around and oh my gosh, girl, the ring-
like I want it for myself.
It is a beautiful, it's stunning, it's perfect.
So are you ready?
- What if I want to leave?
- [Karen] Well, we can end the program
but if you leave now, your memories are still broken.
If you stay here, we can fix them,
and you can have the perfect sunset engagement.
- Okay. Do it.
- [Karen] Oh, yay!
Great.
Okay you know the drill by now
clear your mind and let the memory flow,
like the ocean from one memory to the next.
Wave, after wave.
- [Karen] Five...
- I bought a plane ticket to New York
- [Karen] Four...
- Why, why would you just buy a plane ticket
without asking me?
- [Karen] Three...
- Because I'm there it doesn't mean you can't do your music.
- Like you don't understand how much pressure I'm under
- [Spencer] I thought you'd be happy
- [Karen] Two..
- and you never listened to me you just-
Just, just you wanna be with me, don't you?
- [Karen] One.
(deep breath)
- Do you have any sunscreen?
(upbeat piano music)