During a 1995 dinner party, a young, socially awkward scientist named Douglas tries to flirt with Connie while navigating a hostile conversation with Jake, an arrogant trapeze artist. The scene reaches a boiling point when Douglas uses a gruesome hypothetical medical scenario to defend the necessity of scientific intervention against Jake's anti-science rhetoric.
YOUNG DOUGLAS: So - how do you know - [Karen]
YOUNG CONNIE: So Karen says that you’re a -
YOUNG DOUGLAS: Sorry. These are hard, these things, aren’t they?
YOUNG CONNIE: They needn’t be. Deep breath. So, you’re a scientist -
YOUNG DOUGLAS: That’s right.
YOUNG CONNIE: Evil scientist or mad scientist?
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