The Disappearance of Cari Farver

Woman: Help! Somebody, please!

Oh.

Oh, God. My phone. Where's my--

Operator: 911, what's your emergency?

Woman: I've been shot in the leg.

I need help. Oh, Jesus. Please hurry.

Operator: Okay, I need you to tell me your location

so I can send help.

Woman: Big Lake Park. End of the--

End of the walkway on the train side. Oh!

Operator: Is the assailant still nearby?

Woman: No! She took off running.

Operator: Stay with me, an ambulance is on the way.

Hey, Liz. What are you doing? Are you crazy?

Isn't that what you love about me?

How do you know how to get up here?

I cocktail waitressed here part-time many years ago.

Very short-lived.

It's freezing. Aren't you cold?

I don't have to be.

Don't stop.

I'm too damn old to be doing the walk of shame.

Well, you certainly wear it well.

You hungry?

No.

Alright.

You know, it might be nice if I had my own drawer here.

Liz.

Dave!

Please.

I'm just asking for a place to put a clean pair of jeans,

not an engagement ring.

We talked about this.

Four months ago.

Things have been going pretty well since then,

don't you think?

Yes.

So?

You want to maybe try

the exclusivity thing for a while?

You know what? Never mind.

Hey, hey. You know that I just got out

of a 12-year relationship.

Oh, my God. Whatever.

As always, I bring something up and Dave runs for the hills.

You're the only one who has a problem here.

I don't want to hurt you, so maybe we should just

not even do this.

No, no, no.

No.

It's fine. Honestly.

It's just--

My Two of Hearts membership is expiring in a couple of days.

I wasn't sure if I should turn down

the Brad Pitt lookalike who recently messaged me

or renew it, so now I know.

Dave was very young when he first got together with Sarah.

Didn't have a chance to sow his wild oats.

Whatever. I am dating several people, too.

Oh, well, the point is you don't want to.

- No, I don't. - Uh-huh.

It wouldn't be so hard if I didn't really

like him a lot, and--

Dave: The sex is phenomenal,

and she's fun to hang out with,

but I don't really see it being anything more than that.

Hey, can you bring me an extension?

Yeah.

Liz is cool with you dating other women?

Not really. She'd like it to be more serious,

but, you know, I like to keep my options open.

Yeah, I get it. Maybe meet someone the old-fashioned way.

Go for it, Don Juan.

Hey, there.

Hi.

That does not sound good.

No, and the timing couldn't be worse.

Do you have a minute right now to look at it?

You're in luck.

Oh, wow. Such service.

Who said chivalry's dead?

Let's pop this open.

Oh, thank you.

Okay.

Oh, yeah. Alright, you see those?

- Yeah. Mm-hm. - Yeah.

See, they collapse when there's not enough of an oil cushion

to dampen the pounding from the, um--

The Camshaft.

Almost.

The tappet.

Um, yeah, I was trying to impress you,

and clearly I know just enough to get myself into trouble.

Well, I'm still impressed.

Um, I'm late for work. Uh...

Do you know how long this would take?

Uh, have it by 1:00?

Great.

And if you're going to be at work,

then is somebody else coming to pick this up, or?

Oh, you mean like a husband or boyfriend?

You could just ask me.

No, no. I was just asking, because I'm going to need

- to just give the car-- - No, it's--

It's, um, just me.

Here you go.

Okay.

And I will see you later.

At 1:00.

Yes. Dave.

Yup. That's me.

See you at 1:00.

So, did you get her phone number?

Nah, I didn't even get her name.

She's, like, she's a customer. It's unprofessional.

Bro, that's exactly how you meet someone the old-fashioned way.

I, uh, forgot my computer.

Uh, hey. I was--

- I was wondering-- - I also wanted--

Maybe you'd want to go get a drink sometime.

Yeah, that sounds, um... That sounds really nice.

Bye.

Hey, mom. We're here.

Mom: Uh, we're in the kitchen, hon.

Man: Hey, what up, cuz?

Cari: Oh, just hanging with the ladies.

Yeah, like I had a choice.

Both: Happy wife.

Cari: Happy life.

Hey, there's some lasagna in the oven, if you're hungry, Sam.

When am I not, Grandma?

These are such cute wedding favors.

See? Better than his and her shot glasses.

Yes.

Hey, nice touchdown last night.

Did you hear us screaming in the stands?

I've scored the most points this season so far.

Aww, that is so good!

I'm so proud.

Don't get cocky, right?

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again.

Okay, I will pick you up in the morning.

Have fun.

I'm happy you're getting out there again.

Mom, please.

How's your dad doing?

Oh, you know him. He's tough and he doesn't complain,

but, um, I think treatments have been rough this round, so.

- Oh. - Yeah.

Uh, love you guys. Bye.

- Bye. - See ya!

So, you knit scarves while you watch scary movies.

Well, I weirdly love them,

but they freak me out, so knitting calms my nerves.

Okay.

Scarves, zombies, running marathons,

and what else do you do when you're not computer programming?

Uh, I raise my son.

Oh.

When he lets me. We're really close,

but he's almost 16 now.

- Yeah. - So.

Hm.

He's got his dad's hair.

He's not in the picture, his dad.

I--

That's embarrassing.

We broke up a long time ago.

Actually, right around the time we found out I was pregnant.

We tried to stay together, but it didn't work out.

That's rough.

Daddy!

He wasn't ideal.

Oh, that takes care of me asking if you have kids.

Two actually. Hey, guys.

Hey.

I'm Emily.

Oh!

Guys, come on, let's leave Daddy and his friend alone, okay?

- Why? - No!

Go. Now.

See you guys.

Oh, right. Sara, this is Cari.

Both: Hi.

So sorry they interrupted like that.

Oh, it's totally okay.

It's really okay, yeah.

Anyways, I was just picking up some take-out, so.

It was really nice to meet you, Cari.

You, too.

Have fun.

Bye.

Yeah, that is not how I planned on this going.

It's okay. I mean, it definitely made it memorable.

Maybe I can get a do-over sometime?

Well, it's still early.

Alright, here we are.

Oh.

Nice place.

Yeah, right?