The Bounce Back

How far would you go to find love?

Oh! I don't know, it depends on the love.

Magical, beyond your wildest dreams?

I would kill for that.

What if I told you, you didn't have to?

Consider this,

you are the source of the love that you want for your life.

It sounds too good to be true.

It's not.

Believe me when I tell you this.

That's what your book is about, isn't it?

It's about getting over your past, creating the love that you want,

putting that love in your future and then living into that future.

So what's in Matthew Taylor's future?

I am putting dinner and dancing with the lovely you in my future.

I don't date guys from work.

- Come on, it's not a date. - Oh, really? Then what is it?

Let's find out.

Sorry!

It's okay.

It usually goes away.

Matthew, can I talk to you?

You're done.

Hey, bro.

We are ready for you, Mr. Taylor.

Okay. Can you check this out?

- What's up? What am I looking at? - Bestsellers list.

- I thought we're ranked number 12. - We were, now we are 14.

I am sorry, Mr. Taylor, but we really need you right now.

- Of course! - Okay, just chill out!

Listen man, we went from 11 to 14,

that's not the direction we need to go to get to number one.

These local talk show crazies ain't cutting it for us.

Then why are we doing a local circuit? Because that's all we've got!

I am terribly sorry, but if we don't get going they are...

- They are going to... - Okay, they are going to just chill out.

We have to get your face and our message on a national show, period.

Is there a reason you are telling me this right before I do an interview?

Yes, because I need you to consider this...

For the love of God, please!

Will you just... Will you just come with me please,

just do me this solid.

You have to go, she is losing it!

Listen man, do your thing, man, go get them, champ.

Okay. You need a Percocet.

Something in your life to calm your ass down, be careful with her.

Be careful. Get right to the stage.

Please welcome my next guest, Matthew Taylor!

- Look at you. - Look at you, Ms. Raquel.

- You look beautiful as always. - And you look hotter every time I see you.

I am just saying.

I think I'll take that as a compliment.

You better because I don't say that to just everybody, just so you know that.

Okay, now I know.

Look at that face.

Hi! Sorry, I was on a very long phone call.

He's cute.

No, he's gorgeous.

It's been a pretty good week.

I mean, I have just been feeling good.

Nothing has happened or anything. I just...

I feel okay. First time in a long time.

You know sometimes we can get locked into a certain mode of feeling

and even if that mode isn't comfortable, like sadness or depression,

it can become ingrained to the point where it becomes our new baseline.

That's a very normal part of the process.

Do you think there is a little of that going on with you maybe?

No.

Honestly, I just think I'm over it.

What does that mean to you?

It means that I am ready to put my divorce behind me and get on with my life.

- I am ready to end therapy. - That's good, that's good.

That means we are starting to make real progress.

Starting?

As I said to you in the beginning, therapy is marathon not a sprint.

Well, my insurance only pays for sprints, so, you know, I am going to wrap it up.

Okay, just open my calendar.

- Wow! - Oh, my God!

You have a whole lot of energy.

I don't think I'll have to work out for a month.

I have a crazy idea.

What? I'm listening.

Let's spend all of tomorrow together.

I will make breakfast and we will pack a beach picnic and lay out.

Oh,

let's catch up play or watch a double feature.

Oh, it will be amazing.

Unless you have plans.

Well,

I did. I mean, I do.

I mean that's okay, right?

Of course!

I was just being silly.

It was sweet!

I should go.

- No! No! - Yeah!

- I should. - You don't have to...

I should go.

Uh, Lisette, you don't... You don't have to go, seriously.

I had a great time.

I will see myself out.

Ah, God!

Did you at least take her to breakfast?

T, it didn't even get that far.

You are a dog!

Oh, come on, cut it out. She ripped up out of here.

- I wanted her to stay. - No, you didn't.

Look, I am never going to get in the way of a brother doing his thing,

but a relationship guru should be in a relationship longer than a minute.

How about you just stick to doing your thing and I will stick to doing mine?

Getting you prepped for a national TV tour is my thing.

People love controversy, Matthew, and they are going to start digging it up.

What do you want me to do? You want me to be in a relationship

because you think it will be better for my image?

Image is everything, don't forget that.

- Stop! - Stop what?

Stop looking at me like that!

What do you mean? That's what dads are supposed to do.

Yeah, you are totally right and everything, but, like, we are in public.

Oh. my bad! My bad!

I wouldn't want to mess up your little cool points, sorry!

Dad, you are so corny.

- Oh, come on, that was funny. - Corny!

I thought it was funny.

Hey, hey! Did you just stare down that boy?

Seriously, I am 13,

like 30% or whatever of 13-year-olds are having sex.

Whoa! Whoa! Wait a minute!

You better be on the right side of that 30%, young lady.

I was just kidding. It's more like 10%.

And yes, I am an angel.

Hurry up already!

10%! Oh, no! No!

Aleya!

- Aleya! - That's crazy!

Yeah, you can thank your Uncle Terry for this silly thing.

It's kind of cool.

Wait, what are we doing in here? You know what I look like already.

I want to get it for Mom.

Sweetheart, I don't know if that's such a good idea.

What if I told you, Mom and George are on the rocks

and she might need to bounce back?

- Did they? I mean are they? - No,

but I know she and George are dying to read it.

Look here, sweetheart,

if your mom wanted to read the book so bad,

why didn't she just ask me for a copy?

I don't know.

She wants you to have your privacy or whatever.

You should ask her yourself.

Hello?

Whatever you're doing, drop it, and get over to Nine stat.

I can't.

Look, I know exactly what you're doing, okay?

And your journey of self-discovery is going to be there when you get home.

Well, you go ahead and mock, but as the great G.l. Gurdjieff says,

"Without understanding the workings and functions of his machine,

"man cannot be free."

Yes, and without a penis your vagina would soon turn to stone.

Very classy, Sarah.

Just get over here! I am not taking no for an answer.

She's hung up.

Dan 't get me wrong,

I just never got anything out of this life by sitting around introspecting myself.

The mind is an ugly place to dwell.

We all hear those voices in our heads.

What is this guy talking about?

It's that same voice that's asking you right now,

what the hell is this guy talking about?

Well, see, the key is to get out of your head and get into action.

And my book The Bounce Back will help you do just that.

Oh, brother! How about this for action?

Here is to Kristin and a rare night out among the single and sexually active.

- Woo! - Turn up!

Oh, brother.

Cheers!

- One more! - Ah!

- Again! - Ah!

- Two more! I lied. - Ah!

- You're nothing today! - Ah!

Nobody!

You've got Big Vlad. That's me. That's it.

- Where's your head at? - Ah!

One minute! Get your mind right.

Yeah.

Get back to work!

Why do you let him talk to you like that?

I pay him a lot of money to talk to me like that.

He is creepy!

- You're going to stand up to him? - I ain't afraid of him.

Oh, please!

Unbelievable!

Oh, come on T, don't sweat that national spotlight thing.

We'll get there.

The news cycle lasts minutes these days,

either you're going viral or you're played out, simple as that.

What?

I see you've got yourself an idea. What? Spit it out!

- The George Addison Show. - Don't even go there T!

- I am serious. - Hey, what did I say?