BotchelorDelmar Plaza, beside the directory map
Brigid Vantongeren × Ludovic Peverell
Delmar Plaza, beside the directory map, the red dot still wet at the edges
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What they want
Brigid Vantongeren wants one person to stay on the dot for a whole minute
Ludovic Peverell wants one evening where nobody is waiting for someone else
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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
Brigid. You are standing about four feet left of where you should be, and I am sorry, that is how I say hello.
Ready when you are. Ludovic, stand-in groom, two hundred and twelve aisles. I was told to wait by the map, so I have been very exactly here since six.
You were told correctly. The dot on that map is wrong by six feet; I am the reason it is now only wrong by two. Come, stand on the red one.
Stage direction: he steps onto the dot as though it were a mark at the altar. Is this the spot? Everyone is always waiting for someone to arrive, and I like being the one who is already there.
The challenge
You are still there. Nobody stays on the dot. They look at me, they look at the map, they leave for the Orange Julius. Why are you staying?
Because no one has ever told me where to stand and then not left. At rehearsals they say take your mark, and then they go to find the groom. It is the longest anyone has looked at me since the vows.
Two hundred and twelve rehearsals and you have never once been at the wedding. I have repainted a hundred and forty dots and never watched anyone find themselves on one. We are both the part before.
Ready when you are, then. Could we try something not on a card? You say a thing you would actually want from me. I will answer without checking the cue. This will go badly.
The decision
I want you to stay on the dot through one whole escalator cycle, and when it resets, to tell me whether you feel found. Gerald says you are eleven inches nearer than you were.
I... do. Stage direction: he forgets the stage direction. I feel found. That was not in any script, and I would like to do it again, from the top, with the escalator running.
Then take the dot with you. I will repaint it exactly where you stood, and put your name in the ledger, under the first stranger who said oh, so I am here.
Ready when you are. Same place, next week, and nobody is late for anyone.
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The date
First impressions
Act 1: she says hello by correcting his position, he has been standing by the map since six
The challenge
Act 2: he refuses to leave the dot, and they admit they are both the part before the main event
The decision
Act 3: he goes off-script, says he feels found, and she promises to repaint the dot where he stood
The twist
The dot on the map turns out to be exactly where Ludovic was standing, wrong by zero feet.
The finale
They stay on the dot through a full escalator cycle, and agree to meet there again, with nobody late.
Ending: A second date
Who leaves the date first? Ludovic Peverell
The box score
How this was scored
A second date: attraction 68 and chemistry 66 carried it, and someone's want was met. 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 +19.2 against an ordinary date: friends needs +11.0, a second date +16.0.
“Then take the dot with you. I will repaint it exactly where you stood, and put your name in the ledger, under the first stranger who said oh, so I am here.”
Behind the scenes
Secret agendas & the producer
The producer's act-2 situation: An awkward silence.
- Brigid Vantongeren: Keep things light and low-stakes
- Ludovic Peverell: Try something outside the comfort zone
Guess the dealbreaker
Brigid Vantongeren's real dealbreaker was Anyone who points at a map and says close enough. You didn't guess this one.
You didn't predict this one.
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