Soon, we find out, King Lear is back in England. He's been studying for his master's degree, and he's about to leave for his final week on the job. He wants to say goodbye to his student, but he doesn't want to go home alone. He tells her that he has said that he'll never date her, and that he prefers the "old pit bull" . He says that if there's something he can change about her, he can be "more tough, or manly, or strong" for her. He asks her to hug him before he leaves, so that he won't be "coming down