Short-film transcript excerpt: A group of friends (Jacob, Andrew, Madison, plus others) coax a fear-of-heights-afflicted Jacob—who was blindfolded and brought to an amusement area—into confronting his fear on a large Ferris wheel. The chunk includes banter about seeking discomfort, the blindfold reveal, and a sideline interaction where Jacob speaks with a stranger named Abby, revealing both his acrophobia and social awkwardness.
Sam.
Took you long enough.
What's with the hammer? It's like mid afternoon.
Whatcha watching? A yes Theory video. It's this group of guys who started a YouTube channel around the idea of seeking out discomfort.
Hmm.
It's pretty confident of a guy like that to go up to random people on the street.
Yeah, I would, I would never do that.
How cool would it be to go skydiving?
I don't know about that.
Is it because you are are deathly afraid of heights?
Yeah, probably.
Well, I think you need to conquer those fears. Heights aren't all that scary.
I'm with Andrew. I think you need to face your fears.
What do you mean?
We'll pick you up at 6.
Wait, what?
Where are we going?
Guys?
Must I wear the blindfold?
And we're here. Any guesses as to where we are?
Nope.
You ready?
Sure. Why not?
Now. Cut it out, Jacob. Now you're going to conquer your fears and you're going to get on this Ferris wheel.
No way. It's not happening.
It's not like we're asking you to skydive or anything.
But the Ferris wheel, it's so big.
It's pretty big.
Andrew, you are not making him feel any better.
Okay?
I'm sorry.
Now look, Jacob. Life's greatest potential lies beyond your comfort zone. You're gonna be so happy that you did this. I promise.
No way.
Guys. I, I, I, I can't do it.
Okay, Jake. But we did not come all this way for you to just chicken out.
Look, you guys should just go up and, and, and, and I'll stay here on, on the ground. It's okay. Let's go.
Madison, he's not gonna do it. Let's just.
I would use a cheesy pickup line, but I'm lactose intolerant, so I'll refrain. Hi, I'm, I'm Jacob.
I'm Abby. It's nice to meet you.
It's nice to meet you too. Do you mind if I sit down?
No, no, of course not.
Sit down. I'm from Oklahoma.
How about you?
Cool. Yeah, me, Me too. Are you a student?
Yeah, I go to ou Nice. How about you?
I go to ocu. Are you here alone or.
Yeah, I'm here with a few friends. They're up on the wheel right now.
Same.
So why aren't you up there with them?
Well, I'm, I'm afraid of heights.
Oh.
Gotcha. I've already ridden it once. Didn't enjoy it very much. My friends are being really dumb and daring each other to jump off and stuff.
So my friends blindfolded me and brought me here unwillingly. My. My friend Andrew says that if I conquer my fear, that I'll be unlocking life's greatest potential or some BS like that.
That was fun. Where's Jake?
I think he's over there talking to that stranger.
No way. Doesn't he have a fear of rejection? What if she totally rejects him?
Yeah, but this is good. This means that he took my advice. I'm gonna see if he wants to ride the wheel.
Okay.
Oh, hey, guys.
Hey.
Abby, these are my friends, Madison and Andrew.
Hey, guys.
I'm Abby. It's really nice to meet you.
So, Jacob, have you built the courage to ride the wheel yet?
Um.
Yeah, of course.
All right, let's do it.
You're chasing something different than I no more casting shadows on your every smile Every day feels like a dead end I can't find some kind of common land Guess it's written in the stars we're unable to change who we are we don't have to let go let go so you can truly live.
We.
Gonna have to let go Let go find let you It's.
