**so just tell me what to do - fleabag's speech — Transcript & Summary | SozAI**
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Fleabag's confessional monologue to a priest: she feels lost, wants someone to dictate her choices, and asks what to do while admitting fear and nihilism.

## Key Takeaways

- Desire for external direction often masks deeper fear and insecurity
- Religion can offer structure and meaning even to skeptics
- Awareness of life's meaninglessness does not eliminate emotional fear
- The longing to be told how to live is a universal human vulnerability

## What the video covers

- The speaker opens by admitting she is frightened, prompted by the priest's questions
- She fears forgetting people and feels ashamed about not knowing what she wants
- She insists she knows exactly what she wants: for someone to tell her how to live
- She wants direction on clothing, food, tastes, music, humor, politics, beliefs and love
- She believes she has been 'getting it wrong' in life
- She sees why people seek figures like priests: they provide instructions and promised outcomes
- She admits she doesn't believe the religious promises but still craves guidance
- She notes that scientifically nothing she does matters in the end, yet she remains scared
- The monologue builds to an emotional plea: 'Just TELL ME WHAT TO DO, FATHER'
- The piece captures existential anxiety, religious longing, and the desire to surrender autonomy

## Chapters

1. 00:00 Admitting Fear
2. 00:28 Forgetting People and Shame
3. 00:45 Knowing What She Wants
4. 00:53 Wanting Someone to Dictate Daily Life
5. 01:10 Wanting Direction on Taste and Belief
6. 01:26 Getting Life Wrong and Wanting Guidance
7. 01:45 Why People Seek Leaders Like Priests
8. 01:51 Still Scared, Pleading for Instructions

Answers

## Questions about this video

What is the speaker afraid of in this monologue?

She says she is frightened of forgetting things and people, and ashamed of not knowing what she wants. She later admits she is still scared despite knowing that nothing she does ultimately matters scientifically.

What does the speaker want from the priest?

She wants someone to tell her how to live: what to wear, eat, like, believe, vote for, and who to love. She repeatedly asks him to just tell her what to do.

Does the speaker believe in what the priest offers?

She says she doesn't believe his promises about what people get at the end, yet she still craves the guidance and structure that religious figures provide.

## Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown

00:00

Speaker A

And? And? Go on. And I I can't It's okay, go on. frightened. Of what?

00:28

Speaker A

Forgetting things. People. Forgetting people. And I'm ashamed of not knowing what I'm What you want? It's okay not to know what you want.

00:45

Speaker A

No, I know what I want. I know exactly what I want. Right now. What's that?

00:53

Speaker A

It's bad. It's okay. I want someone to tell me what to wear in the morning.

01:03

Speaker A

Okay, well, I think there are people who can No, I want someone to tell me what to wear every morning.

01:10

Speaker A

I want someone to tell me what to eat. What to like, what to hate, what to rage about.

01:16

Speaker A

What to listen to, what band to like, what to buy tickets for, what to joke about, what not to joke about. I want someone to tell me what to believe in.

01:26

Speaker A

Who to vote for, and who to love, and how to tell them. I just think I want someone to tell me how to live my life, Father, because so far I think I've BEEN GETTING IT WRONG.

01:45

Speaker A

BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHY PEOPLE WANT PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN their lives. Because you just tell them how to do it.

01:51

Speaker A

You just tell them what to do. And what they'll get out of the end of it. Even though I don't believe your And I know that scientifically nothing I do makes any difference in the end anyway. I'm still scared. Why am I

02:02

Speaker A

still scared? So just tell me what to do. Just TELL ME WHAT TO DO, FATHER.

Topics: Fleabag monologue priest existential anxiety faith identity Phoebe Waller-Bridge acting scene religion self-doubt

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