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Episode One Confessional Transcript

Connor Prince:Fizzy. How are you?

Fizzy Chen:I’m great now that you’re here.

Connor:[laughs] Since this is our first show, we should explain to the viewers what we’re doing. My name is Connor Prince and I’m one of the producers ofThe True Love Experiment. You’ll have to forgive me for being a little nervous. I wasn’t supposed to be on this side of the camera.

Fizzy:An oversight I’m glad I rectified.

Connor:As some of you watching may have discovered by now, Fizzy can be very persuasive.

Fizzy:You are not the first person to say that.

Connor:I believe it. You’ve met all eight of your Heroes by now. How are you feeling?

Fizzy:How am I feeling, let’s see. In my bookParadise Dreaming, the main character, Jacqueline, has been shipwrecked for three years. She’s tough, so she makes itthrough, but when she’s rescued and in the safety of the ship captain’s cabin, she’s so famished and overcome by all the delicacies on board that she gorges herself until she can’t remember her own name. I feel a little like that.

Connor:Too much of a good thing?

Fizzy:Maybe.

Connor:Isn’t the hero of that book the ship’s doctor?

Fizzy:He is! And he stays by her side all night and nurses-slash-bangs her back to health.

Connor:[laughs] This is a very Fizzy story.

Fizzy:I’ll take that as a compliment.

Connor:Good, because it is. We don’t want to sway our viewers, who will begin voting as soon as this episode airs. But tell me your first impressions of each of your Heroes. Let’s start with Dax, our Tattooed Bad Boy.

Fizzy:Oh, poor Dax. He got straight-out-of-the-gate, awkward Fizzy.

Connor:You didn’t look nervous at all. I’d say you two had a connection.

Fizzy:I think so, too. I’m definitely not going skydiving or rock climbing or bear wrestling with him, but he was great.

Connor:Next we had Isaac, Hot Nerd.

Fizzy:Also great. Did you see his arms?

Connor:I think all of America saw his arms.

Fizzy:All of America is lucky. Would it be too forward to ask that he be shirtless next time?

Connor:Maybe a bit. You two seemed to hit it off.

Fizzy:I think so, too.

Connor:Hero number three, Benji, aka Tex, our Cowboy.

Fizzy:I know I’m not supposed to influence the audience, so you can cut this part out, but he asked what my dad thinks about me writing romance. Inappropriate and weird.

Connor:Moving on! Next was Evan, The One That Got Away and the only one of our Heroes you’ve met before.

Fizzy:That’s right. We dated for a few months when we were in our late twenties. He’s a really good guy.

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