1 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:13,620 I love Christmas. 2 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,400 Hello? Dr. Avison? 3 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:34,300 Yes? Oh, thank God it's you. I was hoping you could find it in your heart 4 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:35,300 take a new patient tonight. 5 00:00:36,820 --> 00:00:39,980 This is my private home. How did you get this address? 6 00:00:41,050 --> 00:00:42,050 Do you not take walk -ins? 7 00:00:43,350 --> 00:00:44,390 It's Christmas Eve. 8 00:00:46,110 --> 00:00:47,110 I know. 9 00:00:47,410 --> 00:00:50,190 It's a difficult night for so many, especially the lonely. 10 00:00:50,610 --> 00:00:52,070 I just need someone to talk to. 11 00:00:54,190 --> 00:00:55,530 I'm sorry I can't. 12 00:00:57,010 --> 00:01:01,070 Is that because it's Christmas Eve, or because you have another patient? 13 00:01:02,330 --> 00:01:05,810 Because I can assure you, whatever is going on with this other guy, I've got 14 00:01:05,810 --> 00:01:06,810 way worse. 15 00:01:07,350 --> 00:01:11,430 Look, I'm trying to be patient with you. No, I'm trying to be a patient with 16 00:01:11,430 --> 00:01:12,430 you. Get it? 17 00:01:12,550 --> 00:01:13,550 Good night. 18 00:01:13,710 --> 00:01:14,710 Teresa, wait! 19 00:01:15,250 --> 00:01:16,270 Oh, my God, it's you. 20 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:19,670 I miss you so much. Nobody believes like they used to. 21 00:01:21,630 --> 00:01:25,430 Oh, oh, good. You're calling Nick to cancel, huh? It's fine. He's a new 22 00:01:25,510 --> 00:01:27,670 No, you're an intruder. I'm calling the police. 23 00:01:32,970 --> 00:01:34,050 How did you know all that? 24 00:01:36,940 --> 00:01:38,280 Okay. Okay. Okay. You got me. 25 00:01:38,620 --> 00:01:42,200 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I lied. But there's a very good explanation, okay? 26 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:44,840 It's just the holidays. 27 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,180 They're so... Wait. 28 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,500 What is... What is that? 29 00:01:50,580 --> 00:01:51,580 What? 30 00:01:52,220 --> 00:01:53,220 On your face. 31 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:55,600 What? Where? 32 00:01:55,820 --> 00:01:57,440 No, no, no. It's on the other side. It's right here. 33 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,900 Oh, that's a nice holiday sweater. 34 00:02:12,780 --> 00:02:13,780 Hello? 35 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,400 Dr. Avison? 36 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:21,940 Yes? 37 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:24,140 It's me, Nick Green. 38 00:02:25,220 --> 00:02:28,900 We spoke on the phone earlier about an emergency new patient appointment. 39 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,960 Yes! Yes! Of course! Of course! I'm so glad you're here. 40 00:02:33,660 --> 00:02:38,140 I just need a moment. I'm wrapping up one last... Okay, thank you so much for 41 00:02:38,140 --> 00:02:39,140 seeing me tonight. 42 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:41,200 You're a lifesaver. 43 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,840 To pop it all off. I'm totally fucking broke. 44 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:18,280 I have nothing. 45 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,320 I have no friends. 46 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:24,680 I'm just so sad. 47 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:28,800 Yeah. 48 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,640 So sad all the time. 49 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:33,700 Well, Nick. 50 00:03:36,740 --> 00:03:37,940 I'm really proud of you. 51 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,880 Thanks. I can't believe you're still alive. 52 00:03:44,529 --> 00:03:47,610 What? I mean, you're not listening to yourself? 53 00:03:48,350 --> 00:03:53,750 Dead mom, divorce, money issues, about to spend your first Christmas Eve alone? 54 00:03:53,950 --> 00:03:58,910 I've had patients kill themselves for much less. I mean, I gotta be honest, I 55 00:03:58,910 --> 00:03:59,910 don't know what to do with you, Nick. 56 00:04:03,070 --> 00:04:09,970 I mean, I guess there's one thing we could try. It's a little dangerous, 57 00:04:10,090 --> 00:04:11,090 though. 58 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:17,940 Scoot over, okay? 59 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:19,959 It's okay. It's okay. 60 00:04:20,980 --> 00:04:22,260 It's okay. All right. 61 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,100 Nick, are you a believer? 62 00:04:29,540 --> 00:04:30,540 In what? 63 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:37,980 You have not once mentioned the big guy in this entire conversation. 64 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,380 You mean like God? 65 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,020 I don't believe I'm going to do this, but I'm working on an experimental new 66 00:05:07,020 --> 00:05:08,460 therapy. Very dangerous. 67 00:05:09,260 --> 00:05:11,520 It's called Come to Santa. 68 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:16,380 Um, I don't... It's just like Gremlins, okay? Look, you're about my age. 69 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,460 Remember, we saw Gremlins as young boys, right? 70 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,460 And remember when Phoebe Cade, she gives that beautiful monologue. 71 00:05:21,660 --> 00:05:25,400 Her dad comes down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus, and he dies! 72 00:05:26,140 --> 00:05:27,720 And it messed us up! 73 00:05:28,940 --> 00:05:33,400 Because... We stopped believing in Santa way too young, and we associate that 74 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,560 trauma with him and with our dads. 75 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,040 That horrific trauma. 76 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,280 I'm telling you, you give me one night, and I can fix you, Nick. 77 00:05:42,260 --> 00:05:43,980 Oh. But I do need to film it. 78 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,300 I'm going to waive your fee. I'm going to pay you $1 ,000 for your time. 79 00:05:50,060 --> 00:05:55,140 Look, man, I'm pretty skeptical about all this. Oh, you're skeptical? 80 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:56,640 Oh, oh, Santa. 81 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,320 Santa, he's skeptical. He's skeptical. You want to know why he's skeptical? 82 00:05:59,580 --> 00:06:02,260 Because you don't believe anymore. You don't believe in anything. 83 00:06:02,820 --> 00:06:04,440 That's why we have to go all the way back. 84 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:06,040 All the way back to Santa. 85 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:11,220 Because if you can believe in him, Nick, you can believe in anything. 86 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,120 Even that you can be happy again. 87 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,480 Come on, what are you going to do? You're going to go home, you're going to 88 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,520 both of your wrists and bleed out in the bathtub? 89 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,400 That's lose -lose for both of us. 90 00:06:32,140 --> 00:06:37,140 How you doing there, buddy? 91 00:06:58,270 --> 00:07:00,130 Sweetheart, look at you. 92 00:07:02,630 --> 00:07:03,870 How do you feel? 93 00:07:07,550 --> 00:07:11,750 Honestly, I've always wanted Christmas jammies. 94 00:07:13,050 --> 00:07:14,050 Me too. 95 00:07:15,410 --> 00:07:20,510 My mom worked all the time. She didn't have any money. We didn't have any 96 00:07:20,790 --> 00:07:22,710 There was hardly any presents. 97 00:07:23,210 --> 00:07:24,910 Yeah, I mean, that's what happens when... 98 00:07:25,230 --> 00:07:28,350 Dads leave their sons when they're seven years old and they never come back. 99 00:07:31,630 --> 00:07:34,290 I never told you when my dad left. 100 00:07:34,950 --> 00:07:35,970 How do you know that? 101 00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:47,910 You know, Nick, this 102 00:07:47,910 --> 00:07:51,310 is not your fault. 103 00:07:56,669 --> 00:08:00,830 Yeah, I know. It's not your fault, Nick. I know. It's not your fault. I never 104 00:08:00,830 --> 00:08:01,830 thought it was. 105 00:08:02,410 --> 00:08:04,310 A lot of other people had it way worse. 106 00:08:04,610 --> 00:08:05,770 No! Jesus. 107 00:08:06,730 --> 00:08:10,250 Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you, but that is a hard no, Nick. 108 00:08:10,510 --> 00:08:11,510 Okay. 109 00:08:11,670 --> 00:08:13,990 Trauma is relative, and this is your trauma. 110 00:08:14,330 --> 00:08:18,810 Your daddy left you, baby. He left you with nothing to believe in. Not even 111 00:08:18,810 --> 00:08:20,250 Santa. Okay? 112 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:36,600 Congratulations, Nicholas. 113 00:08:37,780 --> 00:08:39,900 You just passed step one. 114 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:51,360 Merry Christmas. 115 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:55,140 Is it absolutely necessary? 116 00:08:55,860 --> 00:08:59,220 Yeah, it's absolutely necessary. Come on in. Close the door. 117 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:03,260 And sit on Santa's lap. 118 00:09:04,590 --> 00:09:07,530 What happens in Santa's workshop stays in Santa's workshop. Come on. 119 00:09:08,710 --> 00:09:10,230 Come on. Okay, come on. 120 00:09:10,810 --> 00:09:14,010 All right, now, tell Santa what you want for Christmas. 121 00:09:15,770 --> 00:09:19,910 Um, I... I want to be happy. 122 00:09:21,550 --> 00:09:25,630 That doesn't work. That's not a thing, okay? I need something specific. What do 123 00:09:25,630 --> 00:09:26,630 you want? 124 00:09:26,770 --> 00:09:28,950 You mean like a toy car or something? 125 00:09:29,310 --> 00:09:32,170 No, Nick, I don't mean a toy car, because... 126 00:09:32,570 --> 00:09:35,930 You're a grown man. I can feel your fully descended testicles on my leg 127 00:09:35,930 --> 00:09:39,950 now. Something specific. What is at the root of your trauma? 128 00:09:40,450 --> 00:09:43,410 I don't know. I don't know what's at the root of my trauma. 129 00:09:43,630 --> 00:09:47,050 Yes, you do. We've been talking about this all night. Come on. It's your... 130 00:09:47,050 --> 00:09:50,670 Your... Dad. 131 00:09:51,870 --> 00:09:52,870 My dad? 132 00:09:52,970 --> 00:09:57,930 Yes, Captain Obvious. You want your dad to come back on Christmas morning. And 133 00:09:57,930 --> 00:10:01,430 Santa can help bring him to you, but you have to ask. 134 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:05,880 Listen, I appreciate what you're trying to do here, but I don't think this is 135 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,320 for me. Oh, so the love of Frosty. All right, get the camera. Come on. 136 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:12,700 I wasn't planning on doing this until much later in the process, but you 137 00:10:12,700 --> 00:10:13,940 my hand, you doubting Thomas. 138 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,520 You want proof Santa's real? 139 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:16,519 Come on. 140 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:17,520 Come on. 141 00:10:18,340 --> 00:10:19,119 You ready? 142 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:20,120 Yeah. 143 00:10:31,820 --> 00:10:33,560 Took this picture when I was 10 years old. 144 00:10:34,740 --> 00:10:38,220 In a room, not unlike this one, except it was much darker. 145 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:41,840 Had my Polaroid camera hidden under my pillow. 146 00:10:42,820 --> 00:10:45,960 I heard the footsteps coming down the hall, the creak of the door. 147 00:10:46,620 --> 00:10:48,500 Saw the white beard peeking in. 148 00:10:49,140 --> 00:10:51,500 He said, shh, don't tell anyone. 149 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,020 And then I snapped the picture. 150 00:10:57,860 --> 00:11:01,320 I know, I know. It's a shock when you see him in the flesh for the first time. 151 00:11:01,660 --> 00:11:04,640 I mean, I myself, I can barely remember anything from that night. 152 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:12,680 How do you know that wasn't just some guy in a Santa suit that came into your 153 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:14,340 room? What are you talking about? 154 00:11:15,620 --> 00:11:17,020 I mean, that could have been anyone. 155 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:21,700 I don't think so. 156 00:11:23,780 --> 00:11:24,780 No. 157 00:11:25,460 --> 00:11:30,420 He brought presents, and there was the celery and the carrots. Oh, and he left 158 00:11:30,420 --> 00:11:31,420 note. 159 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:33,660 Yeah, the parents do all that. 160 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:44,360 No. 161 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:50,040 No, don't you project your daddy trauma onto me. What are you trying to say 162 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:54,980 here? That it wasn't Santa that came into my room, but just some random guy? 163 00:11:55,580 --> 00:11:58,360 And the reason I can't remember it is because, what, because he raped me? 164 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:00,800 Oh. 165 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:04,060 Shane, where'd you get a crazy idea like that from? 166 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:11,100 Look, man, this has been super helpful, but here. 167 00:12:12,180 --> 00:12:14,080 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 168 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:15,640 Don't turn this around on me. 169 00:12:15,980 --> 00:12:20,100 I think you've got some things you've got to process. This is your trauma, not 170 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:21,100 mine. 171 00:12:21,260 --> 00:12:23,440 We're working on you tonight. I am fine. 172 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:25,760 I am fine. I am fine! 173 00:12:59,820 --> 00:13:01,640 I'm for caroling an eggnog. Here, here. 174 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:03,400 No, look, thank you. 175 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:05,800 But I got to go. 176 00:13:06,140 --> 00:13:07,960 No, no, no. We're almost done with the program. 177 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:13,420 Come on, have some nog. No, no, maybe you mentioned earlier $1 ,000. I was 178 00:13:13,420 --> 00:13:15,520 thinking maybe I could just take half. 179 00:13:16,820 --> 00:13:17,820 Maybe. 180 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:19,180 Could we do that? 181 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,600 You want half of the money because you finished half of the program? 182 00:13:25,260 --> 00:13:26,260 Yeah. 183 00:13:27,980 --> 00:13:29,120 You feel good about that? 184 00:13:30,329 --> 00:13:31,750 I feel pretty good about it. 185 00:13:35,010 --> 00:13:40,050 So if you went to the blood bank and you gave them half a bag of blood, you'd 186 00:13:40,050 --> 00:13:42,950 ask for half? That's not how it works. You've got to give the full bag of 187 00:13:43,050 --> 00:13:46,110 Nick. Come on. I think you're just nervous. Have some nog. Let's finish 188 00:13:46,110 --> 00:13:48,870 thing. I don't have nog. Well, that's part of the problem. You need to get in 189 00:13:48,870 --> 00:13:49,870 the Christmas spirit. 190 00:13:49,930 --> 00:13:52,510 But I'm lactose intolerant. Well, this is soy nog, so it's okay. 191 00:13:52,730 --> 00:13:53,970 I just don't like the taste. Drink the nog, Nick! 192 00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:55,750 Yes! 193 00:13:55,850 --> 00:13:57,430 Okay. Down the hatch. 194 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:00,240 Come on. 195 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,400 Then, like, yes. 196 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:03,880 Absolutely. Absolutely. 197 00:14:04,980 --> 00:14:05,980 Yes! 198 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:10,220 Now all we have left is the grand finale, Nick. 199 00:14:11,020 --> 00:14:12,019 Grand finale? 200 00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:15,120 Yes, tomorrow morning, when Santa comes down that chimney right there, and we 201 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,600 get final proof that he's real, when you finally come to Santa! 202 00:14:17,860 --> 00:14:20,740 Tomorrow? No, man, I gotta get home. What are you gonna do at home? Oh, Nick, 203 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,580 what are you going to watch Looney Tunes cartoons on a TV in your sad trailer 204 00:14:24,580 --> 00:14:27,260 where you put a gun in your mouth looking at pictures of your dead ex 205 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:30,260 don't know what that is. What is that, Gremlins? No, that is Mel Gibson in 206 00:14:30,260 --> 00:14:32,840 Lethal Weapon Gremlins is when the guy falls down and breaks his neck. Come on. 207 00:14:32,860 --> 00:14:36,760 Look, man, I don't want any more nog, man. Look, I'm trying to be nice, okay, 208 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,160 but you clearly have issues with your dad, okay? 209 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:44,680 Stop saying my dad raped me. That's not cool, especially on Christmas Eve. 210 00:14:45,140 --> 00:14:47,560 Come on. I'm sorry. Where's my bag? 211 00:14:49,340 --> 00:14:50,340 My bag. 212 00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:51,940 Your bag? Yeah. 213 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:54,480 I don't know. 214 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:55,800 Where'd you leave it? 215 00:14:56,140 --> 00:14:59,080 I left it... I left it down. 216 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:03,020 Wait, are you okay, Nick? 217 00:15:04,180 --> 00:15:05,180 I'm fine. 218 00:15:06,820 --> 00:15:07,820 Wait a minute. 219 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,520 Did you have too much eggnog? 220 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:13,680 What? 221 00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:15,460 Oh, no. 222 00:15:19,660 --> 00:15:25,440 It was the night before Christmas and all through the house that a creature 223 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:26,440 stirring. 224 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:32,260 Good night, sweetheart. 225 00:15:58,410 --> 00:15:59,630 I filmed it. I got proof. 226 00:15:59,870 --> 00:16:01,110 Come see. Come see. 227 00:16:01,750 --> 00:16:04,970 And the best part is, I don't think anybody got raped. 228 00:16:05,390 --> 00:16:06,349 Okay, sit. 229 00:16:06,350 --> 00:16:07,430 Sit. Sit. Come on. 230 00:16:07,910 --> 00:16:09,470 Sit. Look. 231 00:16:10,850 --> 00:16:11,850 Look. 232 00:16:46,510 --> 00:16:49,930 Oh, no, that's, uh, that's, that's, that's somebody else. 233 00:16:51,130 --> 00:16:53,790 Oh, shh, wait, he's right here. Look, look, look, look, look, look. 234 00:16:55,650 --> 00:16:56,650 Oh, 235 00:16:57,490 --> 00:16:58,490 what's that? 236 00:16:58,970 --> 00:17:01,350 Oh, it's your present! 237 00:17:02,010 --> 00:17:03,770 Nick, it's your present! 238 00:17:04,069 --> 00:17:06,329 Come on, don't you know where your present, come on! 239 00:17:06,930 --> 00:17:09,069 Oh, where am I? 240 00:17:10,109 --> 00:17:11,810 Okay, all right, come on. 241 00:17:19,470 --> 00:17:20,810 Sounds like a good one, Nick. 242 00:17:21,150 --> 00:17:22,470 Sounds like a good one. Come on. 243 00:17:22,910 --> 00:17:23,910 Open it. Come on. 244 00:17:24,630 --> 00:17:25,630 Where's my bag? 245 00:17:25,869 --> 00:17:26,869 Your bag? 246 00:17:27,109 --> 00:17:29,190 Nick, who cares about your bag? 247 00:17:29,410 --> 00:17:32,470 It's Christmas and Santa came. Come on. 248 00:17:49,740 --> 00:17:51,400 Yes, it's your bag. Go get it. 249 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:08,000 Dad? Yes! 250 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:13,420 Yes! 39 years ago, he left you. And this whole time, he's been living two towns 251 00:18:13,420 --> 00:18:17,540 away. And Santa brought him to you on Christmas morning. 252 00:18:17,980 --> 00:18:18,980 Nick! 253 00:18:26,330 --> 00:18:27,390 Wait. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 254 00:19:22,350 --> 00:19:23,350 It's okay. 255 00:19:24,570 --> 00:19:25,850 You don't need to run away. 256 00:19:27,830 --> 00:19:29,130 I'm not gonna hurt you. 257 00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:44,650 Oh! 258 00:19:45,470 --> 00:19:46,790 Somebody's taking a tummy? 259 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:52,500 Who are you? 260 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:56,720 Seriously. 261 00:20:43,850 --> 00:20:44,850 Nick? 262 00:21:17,230 --> 00:21:18,230 It's like gremlins.