Other Half
Other Half
9/25/2026 | 15m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
After a scarring breakup, Jade navigates this heartbreak with her best friend Avery.
After cheating on her girlfriend, Jade finds herself isolated in a world of newfound heart break. Determined to suffer through the grieving process alone, she refuses to answer calls, texts or communicate with friends and family. In her booze-soaked depression, Jade attempts to rediscover what being alone really means, with help from her best friend Avery.
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Other Half
Other Half
9/25/2026 | 15m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
After cheating on her girlfriend, Jade finds herself isolated in a world of newfound heart break. Determined to suffer through the grieving process alone, she refuses to answer calls, texts or communicate with friends and family. In her booze-soaked depression, Jade attempts to rediscover what being alone really means, with help from her best friend Avery.
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Give me a hug.
You forgot this.
Burn it.
Fun plans tonight?
- God no.
She hated that I smoked, so I quit, but she left, so now I can smoke.
So now you can smoke.
Yeah.
So what's your name?
Coleman Give it to me like.
Outside?
Do you care if I'm a diamond?
Do you care if I'm still crying?
Do you care about me at all?
Good girl.
Well that rocked.
Is this yours babe?
You all right?
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
I just haven't done this in a while.
Haven't had sex?
No.
Penis.
Seriously?
You hopped right back on the saddle, cowgirl.
I mean, seriously, I've been with a lot of queer women, and you know what you're doing.
It was awesome.
Can I hit that?
What's mine is yours babe.
Last night, you said something about labor union reforms, and I just.
I just wanted to check in and make sure that you're not, like, a Republican or anything.
- No.
Im moderate.
Righ in the middle.
I hear both sides.
I think you should go.
Seriously?
Get out.
Jade?
Jade?
Open up the door.
Jade, open up the door right now!
You don't open up this [____] door, I swear to God I will call the goddamn fire department, and it'll be super [______] embarrassing for you.
Well, look who's alive.
Avery, I told you... In what world, would I need some time to think, be an adequate text for me.
In what [______] world?
Worked for everyone else.
I'm not everyone else.
Ice cream or drugs?
My mom said psilocybin is the future of antidepressants.
And your mom also does ayahuasca up state with a guy named Todd.
Yeah, and Todd is lovely.
Psilocybin sounds like a nasty eye.
Okay.
You want to be a lonely, grumpy, gohper all night.
Go for it.
- No.
I'm sorry.
Eye contact.
What exactly have you been up to these days?
Watching a lot of porn.
Anything exciting?
Incest stuff is really popular right now.
Oh, I feel like I look like a garden gnome.
You kind of do.
I do.
Right.
But, like a cute one.
Absolutely.
Oh.
Do you think garden gnomes make me?
What?
We curse you.
Stay with me.
Yeah!!!
[laughing] Criss cross applesauce.
Spiders crawling up your back.
Some are here.
Some are there.
Some are even in your hair.
Light squeeze.
Cool breeze.
Now you've got the shivery.
I didn't like that.
Can we go outside?
Yeah.
That's right.
Brooklyn.
The one, the only Jade is single that's for you.
And for you.
She doesn't.
Just as long as you kiss her one day.
Hey, I think I see a star.
Could be a satellite.
No, it's a star.
Decided it's a star.
- Lucky us.
I am a lonely, grumpy gopher.
No.
- Yes I am.
Well, you're supposed to be.
Okay, let's talk about you sleeping with a Republican.
Hes a moderate.
It's the same thing.
Yeah, well, only a dude like that wouldn't notice me crying while he had sex.
Yeah.
That's so true.
I feel like this is who I am now.
I don't have any friends.
You have me.
You don't count.
Meghan was my entire life.
And I don't even think she liked me.
I mean, I think having to change yourself pretty much negates the entire love thing, doesn't it?
But love is about compromise, right?
Isn't it supposed to be about molding yourself to fit the other person?
I don't know.
And you warned me.
Now things feel so permanent and [_____].
I did warn you.
Told you you were pushing things too far.
And you kept lying to me about it.
Like I wouldn't know it was [_____] going on.
But I was too busy getting blackout drunk on fireball shots at Caseys roof and Laura was giving me a look.
That look, and I felt so stupid.
And I didn't want to tell you about it.
Casey's roof is so good.
It's so good.
What were you supposed to do?
Tie me to my desk and make me journal.
Not my keeper.
Yes I am.
I know you stopped inviting me places because you decided you were embarrassed of me.
That's so mean.
You didn't stop taking me places when I yacked on Jenny's sweater at Laura's birthday party.
Wasn't even real cashmere.
She got it in Turkey.
I want to tell you something right now.
Okay.
Do it.
Laura and I are consciously uncoupling.
[____].
Yeah.
Why didn't you tell me?
When?
You didn't give me the chance to.
I just wanted to be alone.
I guess we handle these things differently.
Yeah, I guess so.
But it's different for you guys.
You're making a decision together.
You didn't blow up your life with one stupid choice.
I [______] cheated.
At least people like Laura.
She's cool.
Megan sucks.
Everybody hates her.
We're not condoning cheating, but she.
She does suck.
I turned into this weird, obsessive shell.
Yes.
Right?
I lost myself.
Right?
Right.
She made me feel tiny.
And you're not.
I mean, you're you're physically tiny.
You're big to me.
Expansive.
You're this big [______] shining [____] [___] [______] star.
I know what I need to do.
You know.
You can't just run off like this I came all the way from Harlem.
That's like three transfers.
I have to go start my new life.
Where are you gonna go?
Tuscany.
How original.
Diane Lane did it.
You don't even know how to use a drill, Jade, you're not that kind of gay.
This isn't supposed to be fun, Jade.
Supposed to suck and be [____].
And I'm here to sit in it with you.
Okay?
What are we going to do?
Were gonna be sad.
Im gonna be really [______] sad We're going to be sad together.
I dont want to be [______] sad.
Too [______] bad.
Sorry I ran away.
I don't know why I do that.
Just dont leave me again.
I wont.
I missed you.
The good news is I forgive you.
Yeah?
Yeah.
I really need a therapist.
Avery?
You're my best friend.
No, I'm your soul mate.
The last time we spoke, your car broke down, and so did you.
And you said.
Sometimes it feels like I just don't know what to do.
And I said, every moment is a chance at something new.
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