All language subtitles for Alfred.Hitchcock.Presents.S06E02.The.Doubtful.Doctor.1080p.PCOK.WEBRip.AAC.2.0.H.265.-EDGE2020_track3_[eng]

Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

And welcome to
Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Before we show you
tonight’s story,

we shall have a commercial.

I hope the manner
in which my picture

jumps about the screen

doesn’t confuse you.

I had a small disagreement
with our cameraman.

Fortunately,
being the producer,
I have the last word.

In this case, that word is,

[echoing]
He-he-he-he-he-he-he-lp...

But you say you feel
all right now.

[man] Well, of course I do,
doctor, but...

I felt all right after
the other time too.

And this other time
you mentioned,

you say that started out
the same way?

The same way.

I was just a kid
at the time.

I didn’t think much
about it.

But now that it’s
happening again...

Yes, I understand
how you feel.

Now, suppose you tell me
about this last time.

Well, the-- the day
that it happened,

it was as if the powers
that be had had a meeting

and decided that would be fun
to drive me nuts.

It started out with
the half-cooked eggs,

burnt toast,

and then as I was taking
Rosemarie from her mother,

she dribbled on my tie,
so I had to change that.

When I got to the office,
my secretary had picked
this day

to tell me that she was leaving
to get married.

Then Lucille called
and said Rosemarie
had swallowed a button.

Then right after that...

[exhales] ...well,
it was that kind of a day.

I didn’t have much hope
for the evening.

As it turned out...

it was worse than the day.

-[woman] Ralph?
-Yeah, it’s me.

Gee, where have you been?

Did you forget
what night this is?

Never mind about that.
What about the button?

-What button?
-The button.

The one that Rosemarie
swallowed.

That button, I found it
in the crib.

Well, you might have
called me back.

I’m sorry.

[sighs]

The Hornsbys?

They’ll be here at 8:30.

Now, Ralph,
please don’t act like that.

Listen, I’ve had
a very difficult day.

When the laundry came,
instead of bringing me

the good tablecloth
I wanted to use tonight,

they brought me
a man’s shirt instead.

Oh, and mother called.
She said Jack would need
about 200

to close that uptown option.

Lucille. We just gave
your brother 300

to close the downtown option.

Well, I know it.

Why so touchy about money
all of a sudden?

It’s not all of a sudden,
and it’s just not the money.

Things seem to be
closing in, that’s all.

Must you drink
before you shower?

Yes, I must.

It’s been a bad day, honey.

Lucille, where are you going?

I’ve got to go to the kitchen,
I’ve got things going there.

You’ll feel better
after you shower.

[Lucille]
Oh, I forgot to tell you,

a man called just before
you came in.

What did he want?

[Lucille]
He wants $50.

Why does he want $50?

[Lucille]
He represents the tenants

opposing the raise
in our rent.

He says we’re gonna fight it
through the courts

if it costs us
a million dollars.

Hurrah.

[Lucille]
Ralph?

Yeah?

There’s a magazine
on the armchair table.

What about it?

It’s open to a page
I want you to look at.

Are you looking at it?

Yes, I’m looking at it.

Ralph, I wish we had a house

just like the couple
in that article.

You know? If we ever had
a second baby...

that would be the house
to have.

If we ever have a second baby,
I am going to cut myself

a knotty oak stick.

I will take one pair of socks,
a toothbrush,

and wrapped them up
in a red bandana,

I will put on an old pair
of pants,

attach my little bundle
to the knotty oak stick,

and take off for the wide
open spaces.

I will take either a northerly
or a southerly direction

because I wouldn’t want
the Pacific Ocean

to get in my way.

That is not funny.

That is the best I can do
after a long, hard day.

Well, I suppose
you’ll be saying next,

you’re sorry you married me.

Well, I will say

that life was less complicated
two years ago.

I was living peacefully
in a furnished apartment.

I had fewer problems.

-Is that so?
-Yes, that’s so.

It was a simple,
carefree life.

Well, Ralph, if you want
out of this marriage,

just say so.

A bargain’s a bargain.

Well.

If that’s the way you feel
about it,

I just want you to know
that I can have

my old job back
at Eagle Soap

anytime I want it.

Lucille.

[sighs]

[exhales]

[Ralph]
At just what moment
it happened,

I don’t know.

I remember vaguely
getting up...

leaving the apartment...

waiting for the elevator.

It came, and I entered it.

And the next thing I knew,
I was sitting down.

I remember feeling cold.

I was shivering.

The surroundings
were familiar.

Apparently,
I’d left home and gone

back to my bachelor apartment.

When I went to the window,
I saw a light snow

had fallen outside.

Snow in July?

It was real snow,
all right.

I couldn’t understand
any of it.

For example,
why were my clothes,
all my old casts-offs

hanging in the closet
looking new?

My old beat-up desk
was there.

So was my calendar.

When I looked at the month
and the date,

I began to understand
this wasn’t

the same day at all.

It was a day
2 1/2 years ago.

[doorbell buzzes]

Hello. Come right in,
Mr. Treadwell,

what can I do for you?

Hello, yourself,
and you know exactly

what you can do for me.
You can pay your rent.

The rent?

Oh. Oh, I remember now.

I guess I am in arrears.

You know very well
you’re two months behind.

Well,
thanks for reminding me,

but I assure you it won’t be
that way for long.

Well, I’m certainly glad
to hear that.

Big things are going to happen
to me, Mr. Treadwell.

You know that little office
that I have uptown?

In a couple of months’ time,

I’m going into partnership
with Ted Parkinson.

We’re going to knock
through a wall,

expand, become a really big
advertising agency.

That’s very interesting,
I’m sure.

-And then I’m getting married.
-The rent, Mr. Jones.

That’s all I’m interested in.

Now, either you pay up
or you go out.

January first.
Is that clear?

All right,
I’ll get it for you.

I wouldn’t worry about it
if I were you.

I’m not, Mr. Jones,
believe me.

[Ralph]
I didn’t like what
was happening.

Then I remembered Lucille

and how I’d gotten
into the habit of talking
things over with her.

If this was 2 1/2 years ago,

I’d find her at the
Eagle Soap Company.

In fact, it was the promise
of an account at Eagle Soap

that had first led me
to Lucille.

She was a secretary there.

Yes?

Hello, honey, remember me?

The words are familiar,
but the face is strange.

Now, wait a minute.
It’s all right to kid around
with strangers,

but I’m different.
I’m the man in your life.

Did you come up here
on business or... what?

Certainly,
I’m up here on business.

I want to see Mr. McCracken.

He’s going to give me
a nice account.

Mr. McCracken
is out of town.

Oh, no, he’s not
out of town.

In about one hour he’s going
to sign a big contract
with me.

And I’m going to come out here
and talk you

into a luncheon engagement.

Well, that is impossible.

Mr. McCracken
won’t be back for two weeks,

and I’m not going to lunch
with you.

I don’t even know your name.

But that isn’t the way
it really happened.

You’ve got
to have lunch with me.

I’m Ralph.

I’ll call Mr. Cedric.
I don’t think

he’s doing anything
for lunch.

Now. Wait a minute,
wait a minute.

I know this sounds funny,

but you and I, we’re going
to get married.

You’re right.
That’s very funny.

Now, look, Lucille.

I’m Ralph. You don’t seem
to understand.

I am Ralph Jones and
we’re supposed to get married

in about three months’ time,
it was a short courtship.

Lucille, you better warm up
a little.

I’m going to call Mr. Cedric.
Maybe you can thaw him out.

Lucille, quit fooling around.

Now, a joke is a joke,
but this has just gone
far enough.

I’m taking you out to lunch
ad no nonsense about it.

Well, Mr. Jones,
I am definitely not going out
to lunch with you.

Is that clear?
And furthermore,

I just wish you’d get
yourself out of here.

I’ve had a very rugged morning
as it is,

and this isn’t funny
any longer.

But you have to have
lunch with me.

No, I don’t.

Goodbye.

Lucille!

Well, if it isn’t the man
with the original approach.

Don’t you ever give up?

Lucille, listen to me.

Doesn’t the name Rosemarie
mean anything to you?

-No, I’m afraid not.
-Well it will.

It’s going to be the name
of our first child.

Now, just a minute, please.

The minute I saw you, I knew
we were made for each other.

Tell me, what did you do
right after the time

they took you away
to the mental clinic?

-No, look, Lucill--
-Let me go.

I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

Will you please
just have lunch with me?

Would you listen to me
for a minute?

-I can’t go--
-I promise, I promise

I won’t embarrass you,
I promise.

Now, after I explained
how things are,

I’ll never bother you again.

Well I-- I don’t think
it will do any good.

-I--
-[car honks]

I just want to take you
to Cavender’s.

That’s where I took you
the first time.

I even remember what you had
for lunch, you had...

broiled salmon
and creamed asparagus.

Mr. Jones, it’s easy to see
what your problem is.

It’s simply a case
of mistaken identity.

I’ve never eaten
in Cavender’s in my life,

and if I had, I certainly
wouldn’t have order
broiled salmon.

I detest it.

All right, I can see
that some things

just aren’t the same.

If you don’t like salmon,
we’ll order something else.

Well, all right,
but I can’t spend all day.

Thank you, I’ll find a cab.

So, you see,
not only do I know you,

but I’ve been married to you
for over 2 1/2 years,

and we have a little girl
named Rosemarie.

But you say we quarrel
now and then.

Oh, no, n-n-not very often.

Well, this one night we did,

and suddenly I found myself
back in my old apartment,

and the two years were just
wiped away.

That must have been
quite a surprise.

You’re not kidding.

But, what am I supposed to do?
Unless you agree

to return my affection,
how are we ever get back

to where we started?

Well, let’s be perfectly honest
about this thing.

Let’s admit that it’s
definitely a medical problem.

You don’t think it’s true.

Well, let me put it
this way.

I think you’re being
absolutely sincere,

but I think it’s also obvious
you’ve had some kind of
a shock.

Well, you ought to try
waking up to a day

2 1/2 years ago.

I think you ought
to see a doctor,

preferably a psychiatrist.

And I think you ought
to tell him everything.

-Lucille.
-No, I’m serious.

Lucille, you don’t seem
to understand, I love you.

Can’t you see that?

Please, you promised
not to embarrass me.

All right.

But, Lucille,
if you had one little spark

of warmth in you,
you’d remember
our life together.

You’d remember the time
that we got caught in the rain

and we had to spend the night
in the logger’s cabin.

Well, you’d at least remember
the night

that Rosemarie was born.

I went with you myself
in the taxi cab.

Oh, please, don’t say
those things.

They’re just part
of your delusion.

No, they’re not.

If you want to know
the truth,

I think your case
is worst than mine.

My case?
What are you talking about?

At least I know who I am,
I remember our life together.

You don’t seem
to remember anything.

And what’s more, I can prove
that I know a lot about you.

Prove it? How?

About halfway up,
on your left shoulder,

you have
a very fetching... mole.

Well...

I am very sorry for you,
young man,

but my lunch hour
is just about up.

Well, all right.

Oh, just a minute,
uh, Jimmy...

Uh, we’re trying
to settle a bet.

I’ve been in here
quite a few times

with Mrs. Jones.
You remember her, don’t you?

A lot of people eat with us.

I don’t recall
ever seeing you before.

Guess you’re a little
mixed up, sir.

[Ralph] I dropped
Lucille at the soap company.

Then I went for a walk
to think things over.

I could remember two lives,

one that went the way
things should,

and one that didn’t.

The second time around
looked like

it was going to be
real grim.

All I had was a couple dollars
and some change.

Thought of going
to the office, but...

I just couldn’t face seeing it
the way it was

before Ted joined me.

Looking at the site
of the home that
would now never be mine,

I wanted Lucille
in the worst way.

Both, Lucille and Rosemarie.

I wouldn’t even care
if Rosemarie

dribbled on my tie.

-This your ball?
-Yes, it is.

-Good catch.
-Who are you?

Just a man,
a man without a home.

What’s your name?

-Ralph, what’s yours?
-Sidney.

What are you doing?

I’m just sitting here.

Wanna have a catch?

No, thanks.

Where are you going?

Well, that is a good question.
I’m sorry I can’t answer it.

You know how to catch?

Sure, I played lots of ball
when I was a kid like you.

Going fishing, maybe?

Not today.

Nobody ever fishes here.

Like to fish?

[Ralph]
I haven’t fished for years.

Here you are, Sidney.

You go buy yourself a yacht.

I won’t need this,
where I’m going.

Oh no, my mom says
never to take nothing

from strangers.

But I’ll tell you what.

I’ll sell you
these here cards.

[Ralph] Eddy Mathews,
Gil Hodges...

Duke Snyder.

That’s a deal.

Gee, thanks, mister.

What are you gonna do now?

-Drown myself.
-Oh.

Well, so long.

[Ralph]
The water was ice cold.

But strangely I found
I could still breath.

When I opened my eyes,

I’d found myself
in our shower stall.

[Lucille]
Ralph.

I’ve been calling you.
Didn’t you hear me?

No.

It’s almost 8:00.

Thanks.

Was I in there long?

I thought
you were never coming out.

-Lucille.
-[Lucille] What?

Lucille...

do you remember me?

Unfortunately, yes.

[exhales]

I love you.

Wha-- You must be out
of your head.

[Ralph]
In fact I love everybody.

I must phone mother
and tell her I love her.

I even love your brother Jack.
I will write him a check

for his uptown option
the minute I get to my office.

I wish there were about
two million more people

in the world
so I could love them too.

Oh, what happened to you?

You weren’t so loving
before that shower.

[Ralph] You just forget
about that, I wasn’t myself.

Lucille, you remember
the first time

we had lunch at Cavender’s?

[Lucille]
Of course.

What did you order?

Broiled salmon
and creamed asparagus.

Good girl.

Hey, hello, Nick?
Uh, Mr. Jones.

Look, Nick,
I would like three
dozen, long-stemmed roses.

I don’t care if it is
December. I’d like it--

Hmm?

Oh, no, I was just kidding.

I’d like three dozen
of something, um...

gorgeous, for the missus.

And put a card in the box.

Say, "Forever yours, Ralph."

Hmm?

Oh, no, y-yeah.

That’s all, thanks.

You must have a guilty
conscience or something.

Well, If I have,
it’s making me feel

real good, maybe better
than I ever have

in my entire life.

And there’s something else.

I knew there was
a catch in there someplace.

Oh, no, no catch.

I just wanted to tell you,
that if you like to go ahead

and have a couple of twins,

it’ll be fine with me.

And that’s how it was.

I can’t tell you
how relieved I was

to find myself back home
with little Rosemarie

and a wife who remembered me.

I can imagine, Mr. Jones.

But then I got to thinking
about this, uh...

aberration.

You know, this is
the second time

that this has happened
to me.

That first time was
when you were a little boy.

Well, I was in my second year
of high school.

We were in final-exam time.

[Dr. Collins]
And you were worried.

Just as you were worried
this time about finances

and the pressure
of your responsibilities.

It was your anxiety

and the resultant
inner conflict that

temporarily freed yourself
from your rational self.

You looked at the play pen,

and then you fled from reality
into a world of fantasy

that your mind created.

You trying to tell me
that all I had was

a daydream?

Believe me Mr. Jones,
you never left the apartment.

You only imagined you did.

But it was so real.

[Dr. Collins]
Of course it was real.

Reveries such
as you experienced

are often so vivid
they do seem real.

I see.

Now you must be more open
about your problems

and your feelings,
work to reduce your tensions.

Then this won’t happen again.

Now, why don’t you just
forget it?

Doctor, I would.

-Except for one thing.
-Yes, and what is that?

Well, I found these
in my pocket this morning.

And as you can see,
they’re still damp...

as though they’d been
in the water.

Gil Hodges,
Eddy Mathews, Duke Snyder...

Those are the baseball cards
that kid named Sydney sold me.

I thought that cameraman
would never stop

spinning me about.

I missed the whole story.

Now you’re upside down.

Well, here is something
that should but you
on your feet,

-after which I should drop in
on you again.

That is quite enough
for tonight.

First the blood rushed
to my head,

and now my head seems
to be rushing some place.

-[thud]
-Oh!

Next week we shall return
with more commercials,

a new story,
and a new cameraman.

Until then, goodnight.