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The

I mean, you've barely done anything

since you've gotten here. All right. You

spend most your time upstairs. You only

come down to grab food or to watch TV

once we've gone to bed. I mean, you

can't even be bothered to have dinner

with us most of the time. And now you

want to take off to god knows where. To

take part in god knows what.

>> I told you it's a sleep study,

>> right? And that's all you've told me.

I I don't know why you're playing this

so secretively, Wanda. It's like you're

planning a jailbreak or something.

>> Aren't I, though? I'm a grown woman, yet

I feel as if I need to ask your

permission to go and do what I want.

>> You're right. You are a grown woman

living rentree in our house.

>> I'm sorry that my divorce was such an

inconvenience for you, Lucas.

>> Oh, please don't even start with that.

>> This has nothing to do with that. All

right, we are more than happy to open

our home to you, but the issue I have is

for weeks now you've been saying you're

going to go buy your own car, which you

haven't done, right? You've also said

that you were going to find a job. You

haven't even filled out an application.

You blame your lack of motivation on

your anxiety and your depression, but

you can't even pick up the phone to make

a doctor's appointment. All right? I

mean, I'm asking simple questions, and

all I'm getting are dramatics.

>> Dramatics? I'm not the one who's being

dramatic.

Look, I'm just asking to borrow the car

for a few days. So I can drive to

Mineral, a place where people are

expecting me to be a job. Isn't that

what this is really about?

>> What do you mean?

>> You think I'm milking this? Wallowing in

my own self-pity.

>> Oh, no. Wait a minute. Wanda, just hear

me out. Look, I understand. It's been

hard having me here trying to get back

on my feet.

I can't begin to thank you enough for

helping me.

But now I just need a little more help.

I just need to borrow the car. And then

I'll come back with a little money and

maybe then maybe then I can take that

next step forward.

>> I just don't think it's a good idea.

>> Why?

>> Something seems off about this whole

situation.

First you want me to go out and make

money. Then you feel skeptical about the

work I did find and want me to stay

back. Why don't you make up your mind

and get back to me?

>> I just think your time would be better

spent here on something more practical.

Okay, listen. I'm not trying to be an

[ __ ] here. I'm not.

When you and Glenn got divorced, you

said you needed some time to better

yourself. I'm sympathetic to that. I

can't help but think you're using this

as an opportunity to take off and just

escape reality for a few days.

>> Is that so wrong?

How do you even know that this is a real

thing, Wanda? I mean, you filled out

some clickbait survey online. What are

you going to say when it turns out to be

some sort of time share pitch or

something?

>> Well, I guess then you'll get the

pleasure of telling me I told you so.

Please, Lucas.

I need to go. I'd much rather drive

myself there and back rather than, I

don't know, hitchhiking.

>> God, there's the dramatics again.

>> It's late.

Let's just call it a night. We can talk

about it again in the morning.

>> I'll have to leave by at least 1:00.

Well, whose fault is that that you

waited till the last minute?

Let's just let's go to bed. We'll talk

about it again tomorrow. Okay. Listen,

at the table,

we can have some breakfast.

All right. At a decent hour.

>> Okay.

>> Fine. Whatever.

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Who?

What's up?

>> I thought Gloria made you quit smoking.

>> Uh, yeah. No. Uh, she did.

Looks like sneaking out runs in the

family, huh?

>> I I wasn't. I was just going to run to

the store.

>> I never thought you'd actually swipe my

car, Wanda.

>> Lucas, I got

>> some balls. You know that?

I need to go.

>> Go.

>> Seriously, it's okay. You can go. I get

it.

>> I

I really am just trying to work on

myself.

>> Yeah, clearly. I mean, the old Wanda,

she'd still be upstairs in her room

sulking right now. So,

>> what are you going to tell Gloria?

you know, um I don't know, but we'll

talk about it in the morning.

But hey, uh do me a favor and bring my

car back in one piece, though, okay?

Otherwise, we are both going to get it.

I love you, sis.

You know that.

I know you're going to find what you're

looking for. Okay,

get out of here before you freeze to

death.

>> Hey, do me a favor, though. Pick that

up.

>> I don't want Gloria to find it.

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Excuse

me, miss. You wouldn't happen to be

wonderful Chia, would you?

Yes, I am.

>> My name is Victor. I'm the assistant to

Dr. Ptorius.

>> All right.

>> Uh, if you just follow me up to the old

school, that's where you'll be staying.

>> The address brought me here.

>> Yeah, the uh Google Maps doesn't really

pick up the building very well.

Small towns like this.

>> What did you say your name was again?

>> Victor Fair, ma'am. And you work for the

doctor?

>> That is what I said, isn't it?

>> Follow me up to the old schoolhouse.

They're expecting you.

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Don't you want to get your things? I

didn't bring anything with me.

>> All right,

I'll get the doctor.

This used to be the bombing room, you

know.

>> Jesus Christ,

you scared the [ __ ] out of me.

>> Name's Margarite, but my friends call me

Margot.

>> Oh, so you're not the doctor.

>> Nope. Like I said,

name's Margot.

I was joking. You know

>> what?

I was joking about it being an inbalming

room.

I figured as much.

Well,

>> aren't you going to tell me your name?

>> Uh, Wanda. Wanda Fia.

>> We've been expecting you.

>> You work for the doctor?

>> Oh, no. I

>> I didn't know who he was until I got the

email saying this was a quote unquote

sleep experiment,

>> right?

Well, don't worry. Everything seems to

be on the up and up.

What? Well, that's what you're worried

about, isn't it? That this was yet

another let down. Or better yet,

something sinister.

How do you know what I'm thinking?

>> You wear your thoughts on your sleeve,

Wanda.

>> Ah, there you are. I'm Dr. Richard

Ptorius.

This here is Theodore Olsen.

>> Hi. And you've already met Victor, I

assume.

>> Hi, it's it's nice to meet you. My name

is Wanda.

>> Wanda Fort. Yeah, we've been expecting

you.

>> Now it's a party. We're just uh waiting

on one more. If you'll just follow me to

the back of the room now, we can perform

the exam while we wait.

>> It's extremely invasive.

Now take a deep breath.

And again.

>> Well, doctor,

am I dying?

>> We're all dying, Miss Forier. It's just

a matter of how long.

Well, we're going to use this as the

main operating room.

The center for operations.

>> Cheerful.

>> Oh, I don't know.

Nothing is more comforting than my sixth

grade math class.

>> Oh, so you're from around here?

>> Oh, no, no, no, no. I uh grew up in

Idaho Falls actually. I just mean it.

Well, you know, once you seen one small

town school,

>> everywhere'sville, USA.

>> Yes. Look, believe it or not, until

fairly recently, this school was used as

a overflow ward for the local hospital

during the CO 19 pandemic. Now, it was

supposed to be torn down when the city

commissioned a new building to be built

in town, but luckily my funding came

through just in time. It's a perfect

place to conduct group studies, don't

you think? More than accommodating

lodging with plenty of living space and

quite the aura of academia to it. The

plan is for doctors like myself to use

this sort of shared space to conduct our

research.

>> What is it exactly that you're

researching? The

>> criminally underresearched phenomenon

known as sleep paralysis.

>> But I've never experienced sleep

paralysis. exactly why you were chosen.

>> I don't understand.

>> The good doctor here thinks he can give

it to us.

>> Look, I'm not taking any experimental

drugs.

>> You won't have to. This is strictly a

holistic study. Now, all I need is your

time and open minds. As soon as our last

guests arrive, I'll be more than happy

to fill you in.

>> Hello.

It just so happens that time is now.

[ __ ] me. The welcome wagon.

>> Oh, you must be Porter Watson of Dr.

Ptorius.

>> What's up, Doc? You got a place where I

can slash my stuff?

>> Yes, I'll have my assistant Victor show

you to your room here shortly.

>> Perfect, baby.

Hey yo, doc, how about introduce me to

the rest of the band? Cleopatra, isn't

it? Margarit Swanson, our resident

fortune teller,

>> but my friends call me Margot.

>> Logger Theodore Randolph.

>> Hey, what up?

>> And Mrs. Wonderful for cheer.

>> Miss Wonderful.

>> So, uh, I'm afraid I got a social

security occupation for you there, Miss.

>> Well, I'm in a bit of a transitional

period at the moment.

>> A woman after my own heart. Well, I got

to say, if you two ladies are the

specters that haunt these gloomy halls,

well, I'm still glad that I came.

>> Now that you're all here, can I offer

you all a drink back in the operations

room?

>> Yo, this surprise party just keeps

getting better and better, don't it?

>> And again.

Well, D, do you pass?

>> You know, I didn't hear nothing about

them flying colors. You're all pretty

thorough for a sleep study there, Doc.

>> My research is all pretty thorough.

>> And what is that exactly?

>> We were just getting to that when you

arrived

>> before the welcome wagon was summoned.

>> My sincerest apologies, y'all.

>> Quite the hassle. You really threw a

wrench in the whole operation, man.

>> Yeah, mama says I got a knack for doing

that.

>> You best get a hold of your class,

doctor. Yes, as some of you may have

guessed, I belong to a collective of

independently funded researchers

dedicated to solving the biggest mystery

since man first arrived on the scene,

the human mind.

>> Couldn't have picked a better study

group, I'll say. Well, being someone

with degrees in both psychiatry and

hypnotherapy,

I've long been fascinated with disorders

that accompany generalized anxiety,

post-traumatic stress, and obsessive

compulsion.

>> None of that was on the survey, doctor.

>> No. No, it wasn't.

How many of you here have heard of sleep

paralysis?

Good. I can spare you most of the gory

details about shadow creatures and witch

demons. Now, as you may have guessed, it

has been proven that the majority of

people who experience sleep paralysis

and night terrors have also been

diagnosed with postraumatic stress and

panic attacks. The reason for these

outbursts uh is due to the

overstimulation of the amydala and the

mid interior singlet cortex. Um, the

same center is of course tied to

nightmares, hence sleep paralysis.

>> You're losing me, Doc.

>> Yeah. Can you fast forward to the part

where I don't know, we can understand?

>> Yeah, certainly. My purpose here is to

try and find a way that we deal with

both sleep paralysis and night terrors,

though the focus is on the latter. Now,

as I mentioned, you wonder previously, I

don't plan on using any experimental

drugs. Similarly, I don't plan on using

electrof theapy or labbotomizing you. So

there's no need to worry. We aren't

living in the days of Dr. Frankenstein.

I believe there is an option for a more

holistic approach

because the over stimulation of this

part of the brain is the reason for

these issues. And through my research

into hypnosis and cognitive behavioral

therapy, I believe that we can find a

way to,

you know, open the door, if you will, to

where these issues lie. Now, I

specifically chose you before because of

your lack of experience to sleep

paralysis. That is evidence that this

door has never been opened. But the goal

through understanding how to open it is

then to understand how to

reverse engineer it closed again without

the use of psychotropic drugs which ends

up being more than a mask for these

demons rather than a solution.

>> How ghostly.

>> Don't get ghostly and ghoulish confused.

That that offends them. Look, I I'm

training on in in in layman's terms, the

the study itself,

I'll be hypnotizing you as a group and

with any luck, I will excite that part

of the unconscious mind and I'll monitor

your sleep habits for a couple of days

and if successful, I'll reverse the

process.

>> I'm sorry.

You're going to hypnotize us? Now, that

is ghostly. Look, look, I I can I can

assure you I am

very experienced and have been able with

to help people with unlocking memories

to further deal with their trauma and

therapy sessions. You're in good hands.

>> I'm I'm sorry for the skepticism.

I just I don't know.

>> Well, could be the biggest trip I've

ever taken.

Man,

>> your sanity is nothing to gamble with.

>> I've leveraged a lot more than that for

a dollar.

>> You're here,

>> man. I knew there was something about

you.

>> Uh, what do you mean?

>> I don't know. I just figured you looked

a bit strange to to be a doctor.

>> Well, perception is everything.

>> And your name? Ptorius.

>> Well, it's

it's it's half German.

>> Nah, no, that's not it. Yo, why do I

feel like I've heard that name before?

>> Well, my my greatgrandfather

was quite famous back home.

>> Huh.

Okay. So, at what point, doc, do you try

to sell us your tofu wheat grass

supplements out of the trunk? I take it

you don't believe in hypnosis as a

legitimate form of therapy.

>> No. And I don't believe in energy

crystals either.

>> A here I thought your brutish persona

was just an act.

>> Hey, look here, baby girl. I'm just as

open-minded as the next guy, but this

kind of homeopathic stuff, it just ain't

my jam.

>> Shocker. Look, I'm just saying there's a

reason why my grandma lived to be 83

years old. And it wasn't because of Jyn

Singh or water chestnuts.

>> Look, this might come as a surprise to

you, but just because you kicked around

the same city blocks your whole life to

become a what? Amateur boxer doesn't

mean there isn't a whole world of

possibilities out there that you

couldn't even begin to imagine.

>> Listen, listen, I'm I'm not denying the

importance of modern medicine, Mr.

Watson. My interest is strictly in

cognitive behavior.

>> That's the thing. That's what I mean

with these whole people that think

smoking weed and chia seed oil is the

cure for everything and that the ancient

Chinese had it all figured out with

natural medicine. Even though the life

expecties of a 1500 China was 25.

>> You're all over the place. Did I don't

even know what your point is.

>> All right. Look, my point is this. If

you got sleeping issues, they made a

pill for it.

>> Well,

a pill for everything.

>> Yeah, exactly.

No one's making you stay here.

>> Yeah, if you want to leave, the door is

right there.

>> Oh, chill. Who said anything about

leaving? Look, a couple hundred bucks to

play Chris Angel Mind Freak. Yeah, I'll

stick around. Even if it is to keep a

fair, skeptical opinion. Glad to hear

it. Now, if the rest of you wish to

continue on with the study, we will

begin first thing tomorrow afternoon.

And after dinner, I will have you leave

your keys and phone with my assistant,

Victor, who will return next Friday

after the exam is over.

>> Our keys?

>> Have you ever heard of a man named

Kenneth Hawkins?

>> So Kenneth, he suffered from a ever

worsening sleep disorder which led him

to sleepwalk.

So, one night he climbed into his car.

He drove up the wrong lane just here on

the interstate on on I12.

It was one of the many tragic cases of

sleep driving.

>> Man, that [ __ ] sound made up.

>> Most things do until it happens.

Now, tonight, I want you to relax. Carry

on the way you would in any other

setting. Then there's drink and food in

the cafeteria and hopefully a bottle of

scotch.

>> Read my mind. Hey, maybe you are

astrolog

another one.

>> Hell yeah. Player.

>> Hey yo, dog. You might have to conjure

some more makers. I'll imagine this will

last the whole week.

>> Can't tell if you're actually being

funny or you really are that ignorant.

That could be true.

>> Jeez, I'm just breaking balls.

>> Maybe somebody ought to break yours.

>> Is that an invitation?

>> Okay, what is it you do again? Who do

practice?

>> I'm a bank teller, but I also practice

tarot card readings on YouTube.

>> So, is Sheila the plant? There is a

world of difference between

spiritualism, hypnotherapy, and voodoo.

>> It's all [ __ ] It's all croc. No

offense, doc. No, I'm taking your

skepticism is exactly why you're you

were chosen. In order for the study to

be a success, I'll need to prove beyond

a shadow of a doubt.

>> Shadow of doubt. That title suits you

well. Haven't you guys ever heard of

people being operated on while being

under hypnosis?

>> [ __ ] I've heard a lot of things. Then

how do you explain a surgical blade

being stuck into someone without them

drawing a single drop of blood?

>> It's all [ __ ]

>> I've actually seen it happen.

>> Really?

>> Yeah. I was at a show.

>> Well, there you have it.

>> I'm serious. I watched this guy get

stuck with a needle in his arm and he

didn't even feel a thing.

>> Interesting. Although I wouldn't exactly

recommend it. Hypnosis should only

really be performed by a proper licensed

hypnotherapist

>> at the PT Barnum Institute.

>> Well, it should be used to create a

state of focus of attention, focused

attention in the treatment of a medical

or psychological disorder.

>> What exactly is it that you find so

interesting about sleep paralysis?

>> Other than being a victim of it myself,

>> really? Well, during my

nightmarish years of internship at Mercy

West,

I was so

mentally exhausted

and more anxious than my conscious mind

was aware of. It was two or three nights

a week for a year.

>> Jesus, I can't imagine. I don't have to

long enough.

>> Well, yeah. I mean the h history also

fascinated me. The first recorded case

of sleep paralysis wasn't documented

until 1666

by a Dutch physician who referred to it

as the incubus.

I mean it's intriguing to me that over

all these hundreds of years the symptoms

and the experiences have all remained

the same. The same shadowlike

witchwoman,

most commonly referred to as the hag and

no doubt having something to do with our

more anim animalistic side of the brain

conjured up from that deep dark

primordial jelly that we inherited from

the time of the dinosaurs.

mass suggestion. Maybe

>> the law of the time was that. I mean,

Edward Kelly, he was a 17th century

necromancer who claimed to have the

powers to communicate with the dead, was

to blame,

thinking he had cursed a town with the

devil's plague.

Don't worry, I highly doubt superstition

and spiritualism is a foot.

>> Don't be so sure.

>> Uhoh. A way to alienate your base there,

Doc.

>> There's just so much we can't yet

comprehend and we don't know about the

universe around us.

>> So, who's up for a little music? I got

my boom box.

>> One can be entirely faithful to the path

of inquiry and honesty while also

embracing the totality of your human

experience.

>> I'm going to go get my boom box.

>> It would be ignorant as truth seekers to

be close-minded to any possibility.

Well,

I suppose you're right. Until

fairly recently, we were convinced that

the atom was the smallest unit of matter

until it was split. You know, unleashing

the progress into the atomic age.

>> Not exactly the most comforting

comparison to make.

>> Perhaps not.

>> All right. Go some boo.

>> Of course.

out the jacket

with the scratches.

>> May I?

>> Of course.

>> You're not a dancer?

>> No, not really.

Why are you propositioning me?

>> I'm I'm afraid not. I'm unable to on the

on account of my terribly debilitating

condition. Just got two left feet.

They've played me my whole life.

>> Yeah, I can relate. You know, in a

sense, you know, shyness or anxiety.

>> Yeah.

I've been attempting to get myself out

there more,

>> take more risks,

>> hence my being here, drinking whiskey in

an elementary school.

>> Interesting.

Uh, you know, this here is precisely the

reason I got into psychiatry.

>> Getting smashed in a school.

>> No, that's one of the many perks. But

understanding all the personalities that

make up this world

figuring out what makes them tick.

>> What What are you hoping to gain from

this really?

>> What do you mean?

Well, you don't seem to fall on either

side of the waring fences

and you don't appear

to be overly concerned about the payment

and you

certainly just like the others don't

really believe in my hypothesis.

>> Well, doctor, what conclusion do you

come to?

Well, I'm sensing some major recent life

changes.

>> Yeah,

>> I think I'm just searching for some

confidence.

>> You're stronger than you think you are,

Wanda.

>> Hey, guys. Come on. We're going to hit

the dance floor. Don't w off the evil

spirits. Come on. Let's go.

Hello.

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Yeah.

Cryptic analytics full of promises.

Assurance is the rival love you've

shared. All the times we try to face

what we know.

Brevity for something only time can

hack. Drag me to the corner cuz I'm

feeling sad. Open like the math that

cries out. Don't let go.

Walk me home.

All I know.

Let me show

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what I know.

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>> Is everybody comfortable?

>> Yes.

>> I'm getting sleepy, dog. Very sleepy.

>> Shut it.

>> You can make me. I will ask you all to

just settle down

and reduce the hostility.

>> I'm not hostile. Do I seem hostile to

any of you?

>> Yeah.

>> Damn. My bad. I'll uh follow every

instruction.

>> Okay,

let's begin.

Now please close your eyes

and take a deep breath.

Now listen for a moment.

Listen to the sounds around you.

Just let yourself sink into the grooves

of the chair.

Fix your eyes

on a spot in the dark.

It doesn't matter where.

Just fix your eyes on the spot in the

dark and begin to relax.

If you have any thoughts, just let them

drift through your mind

like beautiful clouds

across a clear blue sky. They drift

through your mind and away from you.

Through your mind

and away

as you relax.

Deeper,

deeper,

deeper.

Relax.

That's it. Just let go and relax.

Now I want you to imagine

staircase standing in front of you with

10 wide

safe stairs down.

Down

to a perfect relaxation.

Down to peace and contentment.

Down towards happiness

that you deserve.

As I count down from 10, I want you to

take one step with each number.

One step down the staircase.

10

9

8

There's some letters at the bottom of

the stairs that are out of focus.

Can you see that?

7 6

5

The letters are being clearer

the closer we get.

Four 3

2 one.

Can almost see it now.

The letters

spell

trucks.

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Somebody

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leave here.

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Wake up.

>> Holy [ __ ]

>> How do you feel?

>> All right.

>> [ __ ] No.

>> That was intense.

>> I think I need a minute.

You okay?

I've I've never experienced anything

like that before.

Right. It was It's like a nightmare.

Screaming.

You heard screaming. Yeah. Someone

screaming like, "Wake me up."

>> What do you remember seeing?

>> Dr. Ptorius, you got to hear this.

>> Wanda and I had similar experiences.

>> The woman, the the the black figure.

>> What the [ __ ] you trying to pull here,

Doc?

>> It's remarkable.

>> Are you telling me we all saw the same

thing?

>> Or went to the same place. How is that

possible?

>> Look, a a form of mass suggestion, I

suspect. How's that?

>> Look, we we all sat around and discussed

the common experiences of sleep

paralysis together. Your unconscious

mind drew on that conversation and the

projections it used.

>> So, how do you explain the screaming?

>> Right. Someone wake me up. That [ __ ]

wasn't part of the discussion, Doc.

>> I knew I never should have [ __ ] left

Idaho Falls. This whole thing has bad

juju written all over it, man.

>> Look, I I can assure you that there's

nothing to be concerned about. I need to

make sure I take complete preliminary

notes. Please just help yourself to some

food or a drink. I I'll join you all

shortly.

I think I need to be alone for a little

while.

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I don't know you smoked.

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>> I don't.

Well, you know, if there ever is a

perfect time to start and you know the

doc is knocking around in your head,

maybe he can lock the door to the

nicotine addiction.

>> That was really strange, you guys.

>> Yeah, you can say that again.

>> No, I mean,

even Dr. Ptorius seemed caught off

guard.

>> What' I tell you guys about this black

magic? It's sick [ __ ]

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Somebody wake me up.

Hey there, Sleeping Beauty.

Hey,

>> how you feeling there, Theo? All right.

All right.

She's got this funk.

I can't shake it, Doc.

>> Hey, take a sip of this, my friend. I'll

make you feel a whole lot better.

>> Try not to get too sloshed tonight. I

want accurate notes in the morning.

>> What are you expecting us to experience

tonight?

>> No expectations, but with any luck. A

few moments into your REM cycle, you'll

experience a textbook case of sleep

paralysis.

>> But what if we don't?

>> If you don't, well,

my study's off to a rough start.

>> Hey, doc. Uh, we still get our money

though, right?

>> Oh, yes. You'll be a part of the study

for the full seven days until Victor

returns with your keys.

>> But you could call him though, couldn't

you?

>> Of course. Anytime.

>> Not before you unfuck my head, man.

All right, guys. So, what are we

drinking to progress?

>> Progress.

>> Progress.

>> Progress.

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What is happening?

Beautiful.

It's discomfort.

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I will avoid all

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Come

on.

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boy.

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Heat.

myself.

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It's a sound.

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Yes.

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himself.

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I can't

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[Applause]

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Theo Theo

>> Theo

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>> Dr. Ptorius.

>> What's on this commercial?

>> We can't find Theo.

Well, what do you mean?

>> Look around, Doc. He ain't here.

>> Well, he didn't just disappear

>> last night. We all We all heard him. It

was It was awful. It was It was like

>> last night

>> because we all saw it.

>> Saw what? Oh, did you experience the

sleep promises?

>> Yeah, you better [ __ ] believe we did.

>> We all did. We all saw the exact same

thing and we all heard.

>> You trying to tell me you didn't hear

nothing, Doc?

>> What?

>> Theo, he was screaming for someone to

help him and now he's missing. What's

happening?

>> Look, let's just all calm down. Um,

let's go back to the operations room.

Um,

>> you say you all heard this as well?

>> Yes.

>> Yes.

>> Doctor, we have to find Theo.

>> Yo,

the screams

were so loud

they echoed through the halls. I mean,

as long as I've lived, I've never heard

anything like that before.

>> You all had the same experience.

>> Right down to what the thing looked

like.

>> Imagine Sher on a bad hair day.

>> Fascinating.

Who was the first to share their

occurrence this morning?

>> Wanda and I woke up at nearly the exact

same time.

>> And then and then we woke up Porter once

we realized that Theo was missing. Uh,

you informed Wander of your experience.

>> We both knew.

>> But who was who shared the details

first?

>> I'm not sure why.

>> Have you heard of a phenomenon for Wii

Adu?

>> Doctor,

last night Theo was screaming for

someone to help him and now he's

missing.

What do you think happened to him?

>> I don't think we know. But shouldn't you

be more concerned?

>> I'm very concerned with his well-being,

as I am with all of you. You've all just

experienced for the first time what it's

like to live with a sleep disorder.

This can be extremely distressing for

some.

My guess is that Theo needed to be alone

after such trauma.

Uh or most regrettably, he took himself

home on the bus he came in on. That

doesn't sound so regrettable to me, Doc.

>> Well, without

proper treatment, poor Theo may suffer

from a debilitating sleep disorder from

here on.

>> You mean without the hypnotherapy? It's

entirely possible.

>> It's also equally as possible that last

night was just a coincidence and had

nothing to do with the study in the

first place.

A sample size such as this

really tells us nothing.

Oh gosh,

I just feel so paranoid.

You know

what really worries me is you hear

stories like this about people being

stuck together,

sharing the same paranoia, like mass

hysteria.

Diet loves passing [ __ ]

I don't know. I used to um

I used to watch those

YouTube channels like five unsolved

mysteries that keep you up late at night

about

families being away at a cabin and

tearing each other apart for seemingly

no reason at all. And if I'm being

honest,

I'm really starting to get scared.

my ex Glenn.

It's like he woke up one day. His entire

mood and outlook

had shifted.

It was like he was a new person with a

clear sense of what he wanted.

He had come to the realization that

that wasn't a life with me.

I couldn't understand how something like

that could happen

so quickly.

Now I I think I'm starting to understand

what's the verdict.

No.

You're all rather quiet.

Don't tell me you're all still worried

about last night.

>> Come on. What should we drink to?

>> How about to Theo?

>> I told you that he probably left early

this morning, and it turns out I was

right.

Now, why don't we drink to success?

How do you figure success back?

>> Well, you're all still here, aren't you?

And last night went to be as expected.

Even a small bit of success is still a

success.

>> Doctor,

how do you know that Theo left on his

own accord?

>> Come with me.

Now, I would suggest that you all get in

the habit of fully reading your

contracts before signing them.

>> So, you saw what happened last night.

>> I reviewed it after interviewing the

three of you.

>> Hey, Doc. Uh, we should probably talk

about what you want to do with that

footage.

>> No, don't worry. Your extracurricular

activities have already been erased,

>> please.

>> Where is he going? Look,

>> I I only have five cameras, and this

one's facing the entrance.

This is weird.

>> I I don't think he just get up and leave

like that.

We should go to the police.

>> Uh, we can, but I believe they would

require more than 48 hours before doing

much about it. But if it would make you

feel a lot better.

I believe the sign says girls.

>> Yeah, I'm not into the whole gender

identity thing.

So, how you feeling?

about

>> everything that's been going on.

>> I'm just trying to stay rational.

>> Yeah,

I swear if another person makes a run

for it in the we hours in the morning,

I'm going full ramble on this [ __ ]

>> Likewise.

It's amazing.

I lost myself.

Good job.

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Heat.

[Music]

Heat.

Heat.

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[Applause]

[Music]

Heat.

Help

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me somebody else.

[Music]

Please

[Music]

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excuse me.

[Applause]

Dr. Ptorius.

>> No way this is [ __ ] happening.

>> Dr. Ptorius. I think I'm actually having

an anxiety attack.

>> Dr. Ptorius.

>> Why don't we stop [ __ ] yelling?

>> The [ __ ] is happening you guys?

>> It's that thing.

You know what I'm talking about. God,

she came in through the door. She looked

right at me.

>> [ __ ] this.

>> Porter, where are you going? Check the

[ __ ] cameras.

All right, let's let's figure out how to

rewind.

Menu

playback

>> there.

What's he doing? Sleepwalking.

So, what we heard last night was what? A

nightmare? But Dr. Ptorius did walk up

out of here like Theo. I That's insane.

>> [ __ ] this. I'm out.

>> Wait.

Where are you going?

>> Home. To a hospital. Anywhere but

[ __ ] here.

>> Good idea. Wait. Just wait a minute.

>> For what?

>> We have to find the doctor and Theo.

>> [ __ ] that. I said we call the police and

let them handle it. And as far as us, I

said we find the nearest bus stop and

get the [ __ ] out of here until Vincent

or Victor or whatever the [ __ ] his name

is, comes back.

>> I'm not so sure that's going to work.

>> Something's happened to us, you guys.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. Something did happen. We're being

punked. Or worse, we're all actually

[ __ ] disappearing one by one.

>> Then we have to do something.

[Applause]

Great plan, Napoleon.

>> Poorer,

>> you coming?

>> Maybe we're overreacting.

>> Look, I'd rather overreact than

underreact when it comes to people

[ __ ] disappearing.

>> Let's just think about this, okay? We're

all having these dreams, right? And we

know that something's happening to the

person that gets up and leaves in the

middle of the night.

>> [ __ ] this, Porter. I'm [ __ ] out,

>> Porter.

Well, go on

with what? Where you were going with

that?

>> I don't know.

>> What's the real reason you don't want to

leave, Wanda?

>> How do you know that isn't?

>> You wear your thoughts on your sleeve.

I got nowhere else to go.

Maybe maybe we can find his assistant's

phone number or something. Get him to

help us.

>> Yeah, there's a plan. Okay. Okay. Okay.

cried on her. You can hear her.

>> Hello,

>> Victor. Uh, this is Wanda. Wanda Fuia.

>> Who?

>> Wanda from the sleep study.

All right, Wanda,

sleep study.

>> We really need you to come back here.

Something something strange has

happened. Can you get over here quick?

>> You know, I could lose my job for

something like that. I uh

You read your contract, right?

>> Listen,

Theo went missing, okay? Porter just

left and we can't find Dr. Ptorius.

We need you to get over here. Will you

please

>> look? Put the doctor on the phone.

>> He's missing. Okay. He's not here.

>> [ __ ]

Yeah. All right. I'll see what I can do.

>> Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay.

Okay. See you soon. Thank you.

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anything?

No, not really.

>> Huh?

>> What?

>> It's an article.

So,

>> nightmares suspected in bed deaths of 18

Latians.

>> Shut your [ __ ] mouth. What the [ __ ]

is this?

>> It's from 1981.

The Department of Health and Human

Services in Atlanta is conducting an

intensive inquiry into the manner in

which 18 apparently healthy Luian

refugees died mysteriously in their

sleep.

>> Why the [ __ ] is this in his [ __ ]

notebook?

>> I'm not sure.

[Music]

The doctor was really obsessed with the

details of the sleep paralysis

experience.

>> It's truly fascinating.

I'd probably inquire more about that if

I wasn't so afraid for my life right

now.

>> Seriously, he goes on for pages about

the hag.

I mean, he's got quotes and

like this one.

I remember hearing a roaring sound, then

seeing a shadowy figure standing in the

middle of my room, either saying my name

and laughing or just watching me.

It was so real.

I refused to sleep as a child, but when

I told my mom, she didn't take me

seriously

until it started chasing me.

I would wake up and it was still there.

It started chasing me around my room.

Chester Fair 1022.

Wanda, what the [ __ ]

>> Chester Fair. Victor Fair. Is that like

his brother?

Wanda, what difference does it make?

Look, I'm less interested in what's

actually happening and more interested

in what's making it happen. Is Is there

a way to stop it?

I don't know.

[Music]

Heat. Heat.

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

Well, Hello.

Wanda.

Hello.

[Music]

Doctor.

God,

it's [ __ ] dark.

Maybe we should have gone too.

>> I think that would have been a mistake.

>> Leah, how do you know?

Just a gut feeling.

>> I wonder where Porter is right about Oh,

Wanda.

>> What?

[Music]

>> What? The doctor. I just saw him and

Theo. Are you sure?

>> I looked right at them. Doctor. Theo.

>> [ __ ] [ __ ]

>> My bad. My bad.

>> Can't you cough or clear your throat or

something to let people know you're

coming?

>> I'm not in the mood. All right. Did you

guys find them or what?

>> We just saw them.

>> You did?

>> Well, I didn't.

>> I swear I saw them walking down the hall

>> just now.

>> Yes. God damn it.

>> Oh, [ __ ] They didn't go this way. I

would have saw them.

>> What are you doing back here?

>> Look, the bus station comes around once

a day. All right. And I just [ __ ]

missed it. And this place is like a

ghost town. Did you guys know the police

station closes on the weekends?

But but but I did manage to flag down a

patrol car from a few towns over.

>> And what do they say?

>> Not much other than that they'll keep an

eye out for the both of them and report

it as a potential missing person's.

>> That's it.

>> Great.

>> So, did you guys make any dinner? I'm

starving.

No.

So,

what's the plan, Napoleon?

>> Me?

>> Yeah, you. I mean, you're the only

person here trying to find a solution.

And well, my plan for the bus doesn't

pan out in the morning. So,

let's hear it.

Um

well

the doctor had documented extremely

thoroughly how to perform the hypnosis.

>> So

>> So Margot has some experience with that

kind of stuff.

>> Whoa. I only perform tarot card readings

as a hobby. I mean, but but we could try

to perform the hypnosis on one of us.

>> I I I just don't think I can.

>> Yeah, that's out. Any other ideas?

>> No.

>> No.

>> Well, I guess we'll just never sleep

again. I mean, how hard could that be,

right?

>> Yeah. I mean, what about that, right?

two of us stay up, watch the other one.

I mean, that way if something weird

starts happening, we can wake the person

up.

At least that way we'll know what's

going on.

>> All right,

Margo, call it.

>> Uh, heads.

You ladies better brew some coffee. It's

going to be a long night.

[Music]

Jesus Christ. What?

I

um I I made it to the end of his journal

>> and

and

all it says is

it no longer appears to be a matter of

inward projection.

The door was opened and

something

has gotten outside.

What the [ __ ] does that mean?

[Music]

[Music]

God damn,

I am so

tired.

Yeah, does look nice, doesn't it?

>> I can't wait for the morning to come and

for Porter to wake up and we can all

laugh about that one time we almost went

crazy.

Hilarious.

I'm going to go splash some water on my

face.

Hey, watch him.

Oh, hey. Can you make some more coffee

on it?

Thank you.

[Music]

Somebody

[Music]

[Music]

Sh.

Porter. Wait.

Porter.

Porter.

>> Porter.

>> Margaret, what are you doing?

>> He's gone. What? She's gone.

>> Oh my god,

>> Margo.

>> I'm sorry.

>> What the hell [ __ ] happened?

>> I'm so sweet.

>> [ __ ]

>> Okay, you have to listen to me. All

right.

>> Yes, Margot, you have to listen to me.

Okay, we're going to fix this. We're

going to fix this. Okay. All right. Come

on. We're going to do this. It's going

to be okay. It's going to be okay.

>> No, I don't want it to.

>> You have to sit down. Okay.

>> I don't want it.

>> Look at me. No, I don't want to die.

>> I'm not going to die. Vargo, you need to

calm down. You need to calm down and

relax. Okay, can you just relax? Did you

take a deep breath, sit back, and relax?

Can you trust me? Margot, do you trust

me?

Okay.

Sit back.

Relax.

[Music]

Now, I want you to imagine a staircase,

10 wide, safe stairs down.

You're standing at the top of those

stairs.

I need you to take one step down.

10 9 8 7

6 5 4 3

2

1.

Deeper.

Deeper. Relaxed.

[Music]

Now listen to me, Margot.

We opened ourselves up to the forces

around us. We opened that door. And when

you come back, you're going to have that

door closed.

When you come back, you're going to be

less perceptive to things, less

receptive than you've ever been. But

you're going to come back with that door

closed. Listen to me, Margot. I need you

to close that door so they wake me up.

When I call him, Margo, you're coming

back with that door closed.

Wake up. Wake up, Margo.

>> Wake up. Marco, wake up. Margo,

what the [ __ ] happened? Oh my god. Oh

Jesus Christ. It felt like they were in

the [ __ ] room.

Yeah.

Um,

I don't I don't know. Um,

did it work? Did it work till we get

them back?

>> I think so.

I think so. Jesus Christ. Oh, we got it.

Need a I need a [ __ ] drink.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Um,

Margo.

>> Um,

yeah. Yeah. So, why don't why don't you

get some water and we can talk.

Marco,

>> somebody wake me up.

Wake up.

>> That was intense.

>> Holy [ __ ]

>> How do you feel? All right.

>> No,

no,

no.

>> Walk me home.

All I know.

Let me show

what I know.

If I love,

time will fly.

Walk me home.

Watch me go.

Tucked down in the chambers, locked in

La La Land.

Worried we could wake up at our arms

again. Steady apparatus boiled in ink

from the thrones.

Something doesn't measure and I can't

relate to heavy every second while the

brain remains tethered in the lies you

spend all along.

Walk me home.

[Music]

Walk me home

or not know.

Let me show

what I know. Oh,

if I

time will fly.

[Applause]

Walk me home.

Watch me go.

Yeah.

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Laughter]

Riddled by the crimes, tangled with the

rose. Lost in the reprises, singing

about this move. We can't relieve the

strain. Can't do the lies you spoke.

So hold them to their words. Don't

reveal the spines. Leave it to the world

before it shines. We watch it fade away.

Just like all the times we've heard.

[Music]

Walk me home.

Yeah.

Watch me go.

Yeah.

Walk me home.

Yeah. Yeah.

[Music]