catastrophe || j. foley

Tape 4: Side A

HANNAH (V.O):
You're going to tell me this one's no big deal, but let me tell you about being lonely.

       "It would suck."

Screen shows two people going out on a run.

HANNAH (V.O):
Humans are a social species.

Three friends skating.

HANNAH (V.O):
They rely on connections to survive. Even the most basic social interactions help keep us alive.

A group of friends in the back of one of their friends cars laughing and having fun.

HANNAH (V.O):
Statistics prove the subjective feeling of loneliness can increase the likelihood of premature death by 26%. If it sounds like I'm quoting from a school textbook, I am.

CLAYS HOUSE- CLAYS BEDROOM- PRESENT

Shows Clays room.

HANNAH (V.O):
Too bad nobody bothered to read it.

        "Again with the dark humor, I don't know what to do." Sirius said to his husband who smacked his head.

Clay sitting upright on his bed listening to the tape.

HANNAH (V.O):
And let me tell you...there's all kinds of ways to feel lonely.

        Some people in the room nod their heads to the Baker girls words knowing that they were true.

CLAYS HOUSE- KITCHEN- PRESENT

LAINIE: Matt, I was gonna do that.

She said to her husband who was cooking some breakfast.

MATT: I though I'd get you started. Your workday seems to be getting longer and longer.

LAINIE: Any news from Clay this morning?

MATT: I heard his steering. Some, uh-thumps and mutterings and such.

LAINIE: We need to get him back to Dr. Ellman. He won't take the meds, but the talk therapy was always helpful.

        "Meds?" Ron asked.

        "Like medicine, pills." Clay said to the youngest Weasley boy.

        Hermione noticing Rons confused face says "Its a muggle thing. I'll explain it to you later just write it on the parchment and ask me later."

MATT: Feel like it was more helpful for you to have him doing it.

LAINIE: Yes. It was helpful to know that he was talking to somebody. What's wrong with that?

MATT: Not everyone shares your passionate belief that all problems can be solved with words.

LAINIE: Christs sakes, Matt, you have a PhD in literature. Your whole life is about words.

MATT: And how they complicate everything.

      People snort at Mr. Jensen.

       "It is true words can complicate things if they are taken out of context."

Oh — just how write that man was. Words were complicated alone. But adding feelings into the mix of words, especially when one couldn't find the right words to express said feelings— miscommunication happens.