Couldn't Be You - Part 1

Meet Cute Originals

Meet Cute

Arts, Comedy Fiction, Comedy, Fiction

4.0 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Meet Cute Presents: Couldn’t Be You - Part 1. Every year on Izzy Temple’s birthday, she receives a letter from her late mother. This year, on her 21st birthday, her best friend Sam moves in with her and brings her younger brother Peter to help. The chemistry between Izzy and Peter is palpable, until Izzy opens the message from her mom that changes everything. Story by Kristina Libby. Produced and Directed by Alanna Bennett. Sound Mixing and Design by Teeny Lieberson. Starring: Khaya Fraites, William DeMeritt, Jasper Lewis, Blaze Berdahl. A Fox Entertainment Studios Production. Meet Cute Director, Development & Production: Lucie Ledbetter. Meet Cute Manager, Development: Savannah Hankinson. President, Head of Studio: Fernando Szew. EVP, Head of Scripted: Hannah Pillemer. SVP, Development: Brie Neimand. SVP, Physical Production: Ani Kevork. Executive in Charge of Production: Bianca Veiga. VP, Post: Imran Shaikh. Post Lead: Paul Rivet. Production Finance: Michael Anthony DaCampo, Roland Arenz. Follow @MeetCute on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and @MeetCuteRomComs on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out our other dramas, including FIRE & ICE with Chiara Aurelia and Jack Martin, and POWER TEN. Check out our other rom-coms, including KERRI with Pauline Chalamet, IMPERFECT MATCH with Arden Cho, and DUMP HIM! with Minnie Mills. Check out our other fantasies, including A PROPHECY OF INCENSE AND SNOW and I’VE BECOME A TRUE VILLAINESS. Have a crush on us? Follow Meet Cute, rate us 5 stars, and leave a review! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, Mom. It's me.
0:18.5	Isabella Flora Moon Temple coming to you alive from Boston, Massachusetts.
0:23.6	And here we are back on our birthdays.
0:26.6	I guess, except now it's just my birthday.
0:30.6	I can't believe it's been six years since...
0:33.6	Well, I'm back in our old apartment in Cambridge. A friend is moving in. Samantha.
0:40.3	I've mentioned her before, my best friend in college.
0:43.3	My only real best friend ever, I think.
0:45.3	And I blame you for that.
0:47.3	Homeschooling until sixth grade continues to have been a terrible idea.
0:51.3	She's here to teach the cello at the Berkeley School of Music to high school students.
0:55.7	The house is going to be filled with cello music. You'd find it beautiful. I find it grating.
1:02.0	Who wants the classics when you have Prince? Taylor? The Bloodhound gang? I can already hear you
1:08.4	right now. The classics are classic for a reason.
1:12.9	Samantha didn't have many friends before either, obviously.
1:16.7	In fact, she says her cello was her best friend, but now she has too.
1:21.8	Anyway, I'm grateful that I won't be in our old apartment alone.
1:25.5	I don't think I could do it.
1:31.6	There's just so much history. I see you everywhere. Tonight is the 21st birthday letter which feels big. I mean the envelope is extra
1:39.5	big sized but also 21. Adulthood. Before I open it at your allotted time, 11.55 p.m.,
1:48.0	Samantha has promised to take me out to the bar where all the music students go.
1:52.0	Maybe I'll finally meet someone.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Meet Cute, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Meet Cute and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.