When Emily Met Evan

Emily Halpern, screenwriter of BOOK SMART and 80 FOR BRADY, describes--hilariously--how pus played a starring role in her own love story.

Maybe you, like me, have been feeling slightly hopeless about the state of the world of late, and your parasympathetic nervous system could use a little pick-me-up. Or maybe you, like me, are prone to asking people in love how they met because you find this information endlessly hopeful and fascinating. Or maybe even you, like me, were blown away by how…