Not sure if this is a bug in the latest version or working as intended as it's been MANY versions back since I last played but for many scenes now in the real world with George it has shown a "-0" relationship with George at the end of it. And unless I am missing something I seem to be soft locked at being unable to reduce the relationship with George to move on to other mental changes, unless those are locked behind Roya events I just haven't done yet like fortress of wrath.
EDIT: Also it seems like the knowledge room does not light up yellow when it's ready to shatter an orb that has been pumped out, makes it really easy to miss that that is where changes can still be done.
EDIT THE SECOND: Ok it looks like me just repeatedly missing that the orbs were ready to smash in the tier two knowledge room and thus getting the test scores below 400 was what was bottlenecking me, that not turning yellow did me dirty hahahaha