Passion vs. Practicality

"Passion vs. Practicality" is the third episode of the Tangible original series Second Time.

Cast
Matt Butler as Matt Irvin

Melanie Solo as Anne Shelby

3 Months After
Matt tells Anne that if she won't give him a straight answer, she has to at least relive parts of their relationship with him.

=== 1 Month, 17 Days, 1 Hour Before === Matt meets Anne under the Thinking Tree after they both have taken a chemistry exam. After she expresses that she doesn't like any of her classes, Matt tells Anne to consider switching majors to something she'd enjoy, like graphic design. When she scoffs at the idea, Matt accuses her of being scared.

=== 3 Months After === Anne tells Matt that she was scared, and choosing between her passion and practicality was one of the toughest decisions she had ever had to make.

=== 1 Month, 17 Days, 55 Minutes Before === Anne decides that she will switch her major the very next day, and Matt agrees to go with her to the advising office. They decide to put the night in T|the Notebook as "The Switch Date".

=== 3 Months After === Matt tells Anne that he thought everything was supposed to get easier for them once they got to college. Anne tells him that one day, he'll have to get over all of this.

Trivia

 * In the Second Time script, the two flashbacks scenes were titled "Practicality" and "Passion", respectively, since each focuses on one of those aspects.
 * This episode heavily features the Thinking Tree, making it the second Tangible series to use this as a shooting location after College Life, which used it for numerous episodes.
 * After Matt and Anne broke up, Anne switched her major back to pre-med. This piece of information was originally scripted in one of the "Three Months After" bench scenes, but was scrapped due to a continuity error.
 * Because of the ending of Second Time, Anne technically can't give Matt any new information during the bench scenes. Anything she says has to be information he either makes up or already knows.
 * This episode's flashbacks take place over a shorter period of time than any other episode (just 5 minutes between the two start times)