Before First Look: Billy Crystal Tells Therapist He Found Mysterious Boy with 'Bloody' Fingers on His Doorstep (Exclusive)

Billy Crystal has a lot to unpack with his therapist in his upcoming Apple TV+ drama Before.

The 10-episode psychological thriller, debuting Friday, Oct. 25, follows Eli (Crystal), a child psychologist who loses his wife Lynn (Judith Light) and "encounters a troubled young boy, Noah (Jacobi Jupe), who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli’s past,” according to the synopsis. The description hints, "as Eli attempts to help Noah, their mysterious bond deepens."

In new clip from the upcoming series obtained exclusively by PEOPLE, Eli reluctantly sits down with his therapist (Julia Chan), who asks Eli, “What’s new?”

“Nothing much. I woke up, brushed my teeth, had coffee,” he starts. “Oh, well, then I found a small boy whose fingers were bloody on my front door. I went to help him, he almost ran into the center the street almost to get run over by a car.”

“A former patient, or…” wonders Eli’s therapist.

“No, a total stranger,” he replies. “It’s weird, right? My life has turned into a [Salvador] Dalí painting."

After a pause, his therapist asks why Elis is here.

“Is that an existential question?” he asks.

“No, it’s a practical one,” she responds. “Every week you show up voluntarily only to spend the whole 50 minutes talking about pretty much everything other than how you really feel.”

“Or... maybe there’s just nothing to say,” Eli muses.

“Or maybe you’re in denial,” she gently pushes back.

“Of course I’m in denial. I’m supposed to be in denial, but it won’t last,” he acknowledges. “So can I just enjoy it for now?”

His therapist furrows her brows, wondering if he’s “enjoying it.”

“Not especially,” Eli says matter-of-factly, before the clip cuts to black.

In addition to Crystal and Light, the Before cast also includes Rosie Perez as Noah’s foster mother, Maria Dizzia and Ava Lalezarzadeh. Crystal serves as an executive producer, alongside Eric Roth and directors Adam Bernstein and Jet Wilkinson.

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The first two episodes of Before premiere on Oct. 25 on Apple TV+ with new episodes airing every Friday until Dec. 20.