Blowing Up—A Perspective on Grief and a Lesson in Compassion
We are constantly being pushed to move on from mishaps and negative feelings. What happens if we're not ready to do so?

Rutger is an ET with the mission of spending 72 hours on Earth to understand human behavior. As an undercover, he pretends to be a documentarist and chooses the city of Rio de Janeiro to begin his research.
We are constantly being pushed to move on from mishaps and negative feelings. What happens if we're not ready to do so?
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