Original Commentary

And that's why we didn't have Sofia go with Brisbane. It would've been very interesting, but I can't see it being very productive. Assuming that Sofia didn't start on Kimberly when they saw each other, Sofia would jump into the discussion the moment she sensed weakness on either side. But if Brisbane couldn't deal with Sofia, he definitely couldn't deal with Kimberly - Terrence

Modern Commentary
One of the tricks to overcoming procrastination is to come up with a bigger, less appealing task. That way you can use the more urgent task (eg. mowing the lawn) to avoid the new task (eg. cleaning out the entire attic).

If you're currently doomscrolling social media to avoid mowing the lawn, then that's a step forward. The attic never gets cleaned out, but a lot of other things get done.

In this case, he's able to go talk to Kimberly to avoid the less pleasant job of explaining to Sofia why he's not talking to Kimberly. - Terrence