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Following a messy breakup, an MIT graduate and a PhD student at Indiana University separately talk about the problems in their former relationship in two spliced-together conversations, exploring conflicts surrounding language, intimacy, commitment, and intellectualism.

A man succumbs to shock as an important friend betrays him, despite the friend not being visible to the human eye.

After falling in love with another man, an insecure woman attempts to discuss her current marriage with her husband while they drink in a bar.

A woman considers her possible shortcomings when her boyfriend tells her that he doesn’t like some things about her. After a period of reflection, she acknowledges the futility of self-deprecation.

A woman's ex-husband comes to visit her after their divorce. The two talk about their new lives. They taunt each other, and new animosity sparks between them.

One year out from a chaotic relationship, a woman reflects on her former lover. When she receives a surprise missive from him, it dredges up lingering feelings.

A married woman has a conversation with her friend's ex-boyfriend who expresses his regret for a series of failed relationships. Though the woman is happily married, these conversations remind her of her own regrets and abusive ex-husband.

After a man sees his ex-wife with another man on the street, he follows her home and his rage overtakes him, making him do something he regrets.

A depressed woman drives her friends and therapist crazy, going ceaselessly on about the childhood trauma she incurred during her parents’ divorce settlings.

A boy wonders who his real friends are.