S05E22 · SCENE 3/20 · 00:48
The Opposite · Monk's Cafe
George Decides Opposite

George realizes every instinct is wrong and vows to do the opposite.

00:48→04:15
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George Decides Opposite

What happens

00:48–04:15

George spirals at Monk's, listing his failures: unemployed, bald, lives with parents. He decides to order the opposite of his usual tuna on toast (chicken salad on rye) and approach a woman who looked at him.

WhereMonk's Cafe
DriverGeorge
Positionact1 · reveal
ThreadGeorge Opposite Life

Key lines

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00:57

Well, you're really on your way now.

03:34

If every instinct you have is wrong then the opposite would have to be right.

03:49

So now I will do the opposite, and I will do something.

04:10

I'm unemployed, and I live with my parents.

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Scene DNA

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rapid back and forthcoined phrase

Beats

02:16Life opposite of wants
03:34Opposite would be right

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