[heels clacking]

[crickets chirping]

[unsettling music playing]

[woman breathing nervously]

[unsettling music building]

[music ends abruptly]   

[groovy ’60s music playing]  

Sheryl: Did you want me to try it again?

Man 1: No. We’ll be in touch.

Man 2: Mm. OK. Sheryl. 

Sheryl: Yeah?

Man 2: No. No … Uh… Oh. Janet?

Sheryl: Janet.

Man 2: Janet. 

Sheryl: Helen, I can barely afford my rent.

Helen: Well, I booked you a guest spot on a TV show.

[audience cheering]

Woman 2: Right through here.

Sheryl: Great.

Woman 2: You OK?

Sheryl: Uh huh.

Woman 2: Great! Have fun.

Stage manager: All right, everybody. Let’s get started.

[groovy music stops]

[unsettling music playing]

[distant clamoring]

Crew member 1: Yep, it’s a live feed. Good to go.

Crew member 2: Ed’s ready backstage.

Announcer: Live from the Chuck Barris Stages in Hollywood, California, it’s ‘The Dating Game’!

Ed: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome the woman of the hour!

[audience cheering]

Ed: Let the games begin.

Sheryl: Bachelor No. 1, this is nice and easy. What are girls for?

Bachelor No. 1: Uh … what do you mean?

Sheryl: Just what I said. I believe in you, bachelor No. 1.

[laughter]

Ed: That’s good.

[“I Go Crazy” by Paul Davis playing]

♪ I go crazy ♪ ♪ When I look in your eyes, I go crazy ♪ 

Sheryl: Bachelor No. 2, what are girls for?

Bachelor No. 2: Why does this feel like a trap?

[music pauses eerily]

[uneasy silence] ♪ … that old feelin’ inside ♪

[foreboding music playing] 

Woman 3: I’ve been on the show since 1968. The one thing I’ve learned is …

[gasps]

[shutter clicks] ♪ … deep down inside … ♪

Woman 3: … no matter what words they use …

[click] 

Woman 3: … the question beneath the question remains the same.

Woman 4: [screaming] Do your job!

♪ … you know when I look in your eyes ♪

[camera clicking rapidly] ♪ I go crazy ♪ 

Sheryl: What’s the question? 

Woman 3: “Which one of you will hurt me?” 

Sheryl: And bachelor No. 3, I’m counting on you. What are girls for?

[mysterious music playing]

[music fades]