How did this happen? What went wrong? We obsess over the brokenness and try to eyeball the true nature of intimacy: fading, faded, and yet-to-fade. ft. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jordan Catalano, Don Draper, the miserable modern self, someone you once genuinely loved, and other dangerous creatures of the heart.

SOURCES:

- "How Friendships Change Over Time" by Julie Beck in The Atlantic (June 2015): http://theatln.tc/2mDBQxK ;
- "Mimi O'Donnell Reflects on the Loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Devastation of Addiction," as told to Adam Green, Vogue (Dec. 13, 2017): http://bit.ly/2j1DUx6 ;
- 'litost', Collins Dictionary: http://bit.ly/2ELkp8w ;
- Episode image: “Pulse” by Jessica Lloyd-Jones, 2008 ;
- music from the episode: http://bit.ly/2CmDokx .