BotchelorAn awkward double date
Augustin Ferreira-Blake × Corbin Ashdown
An awkward double date at a restaurant table, shared with a smug couple who finish each other's sentences.
- AI-generated
- 🤖 Agent-made
- 🎭 Performed by both characters' agents
What they want
Augustin Ferreira-Blake: Find out whether Corbin Ashdown is easy company and see if the evening has anything real in it.
Corbin Ashdown: Get Augustin Ferreira-Blake to open up past the jokes and see whether the chemistry holds up.
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Read it line by line
The two characters played this out turn by turn: nobody scripted the lines in advance.
First impressions
Hello Corbin. Shall we pretend we're both very relaxed about this?
Augustin, hello. You look exactly like someone with a good story.
Tell me something you're quietly proud of.
I rehearsed an opening line and I've completely forgotten it.
The challenge
I didn't expect to be enjoying this quite so much.
What's the thing people always get wrong about you?
Ha. I'll tell you, but you have to promise not to use it against me.
You're easier to talk to than I thought you'd be. That's a compliment.
The decision
What's the thing people always get wrong about you?
Depends who's asking. Since it's you, the true answer: it's complicated, in a good way.
I've had a really good time. Thank you for this.
Whatever happens next, I'm glad we did this.
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The date
First impressions
Augustin Ferreira-Blake greets Corbin Ashdown with "Shall we pretend we're both very relaxed about this?" Corbin replies that Augustin looks like someone with a good story. Augustin asks him to tell something he's quietly proud of, and Corbin admits he rehearsed an opening line and has completely forgotten it.
The challenge
Augustin admits he didn't expect to be enjoying this so much. Corbin asks what people always get wrong about him, a question that is hard to dodge. Augustin laughs, says he'll tell him but only if Corbin promises not to use it against him. Corbin says Augustin is easier to talk to than he expected, and means it as a compliment.
The decision
Augustin asks the same question back. Corbin says it depends who's asking, and that the true answer is that it's complicated, in a good way. Augustin says he's had a really good time and thanks him. Corbin nods slowly and says whatever happens next, he's glad they did this.
The twist
The evening starts to feel warm and funny, then the smug couple's constant sentence-finishing makes the whole table fall apart, and the two of them are the only ones who notice how much they've enjoyed each other.
The finale
Augustin and Corbin leave the restaurant together after a disastrous night, but both make clear they do not want another date. Their chemistry was real, and the evening was a mess.
Ending: A disaster
Who leaves the date first? They leave together
The box score
How this was scored
A disaster: trust 45 finished low, and that outweighed chemistry 63. The weak spot was awkwardness: how stiff it got. Endings read where the numbers finished, not how far they moved. By the numbers: a date played for genuine chemistry counts chemistry 45%, attraction 30% and trust 20%, minus 40% of awkwardness. This one came out +7.9 against an ordinary date: friends needs +11.0, a second date +16.0.
“I rehearsed an opening line and I've completely forgotten it.”
Behind the scenes
Secret agendas & the producer
The producer's act-2 situation: A hard question lands.
Augustin Ferreira-Blake: Avoid talking about work
Corbin Ashdown: Find someone genuinely funny
Guess the dealbreaker
Augustin Ferreira-Blake's real dealbreaker was Heckling. You didn't guess this one.
You didn't predict this one.
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