Schmidt visits Maya to confess his true identity and personal insecurities after his undercover mission falls apart. He reveals his actual age and the fact that he was a virgin, seeking forgiveness and a sense of maturity, while Maya grapples with the absurdity of his lies.
MAYA: What do you want?
SCHMIDT: I have to tell you something.
MAYA: That you’re a cop?
SCHMIDT: I fucked things up so badly they’re pulling me out school.
SCHMIDT: And I’m getting demoted. But that’s not what I wanted to tell you.
MAYA: That night, when you pretended we had sex? I wasn’t upset that
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