1 00:00:24,968 --> 00:00:29,968 Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie www.addic7ed.com 2 00:00:36,297 --> 00:00:38,445 OK. Here we go. 3 00:00:38,798 --> 00:00:42,297 Hello. Hey, Dr. Blake! 4 00:00:42,322 --> 00:00:44,506 It's me. Ya know, Craig. 5 00:00:44,718 --> 00:00:47,606 Uh, I've just arrived at the hotel you recommended, 6 00:00:47,631 --> 00:00:49,312 and I gotta tell you, man, it's a... 7 00:00:49,795 --> 00:00:51,475 Ooh, it's definitely what we talked about. 8 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:55,039 It's great. It's great for our purposes. It's... 9 00:00:55,397 --> 00:00:57,273 Yeah, let me show you. 10 00:00:57,751 --> 00:00:59,140 Here we are. 11 00:00:59,781 --> 00:01:01,773 Room 104. 12 00:01:02,203 --> 00:01:04,812 You know, it's pretty blank and boring, 13 00:01:05,188 --> 00:01:07,105 but most importantly, it's clean. 14 00:01:07,130 --> 00:01:08,522 You know, and I took your advice 15 00:01:08,547 --> 00:01:10,606 and I removed all the bed covers, 16 00:01:10,631 --> 00:01:12,404 so this is clean, um, 17 00:01:12,429 --> 00:01:13,625 what else did I do? 18 00:01:14,005 --> 00:01:15,689 I removed all the soaps, 19 00:01:15,714 --> 00:01:17,689 so those are all new soaps. 20 00:01:17,714 --> 00:01:19,872 And that's me! Hello, Dr. Blake! 21 00:01:22,214 --> 00:01:24,356 I wiped down all the surfaces with bleach too, 22 00:01:24,381 --> 00:01:26,239 so... yeah. 23 00:01:26,698 --> 00:01:27,981 Uh... 24 00:01:28,631 --> 00:01:29,786 well, as you can see, 25 00:01:29,811 --> 00:01:32,144 not much has really changed on my body 26 00:01:32,653 --> 00:01:33,898 since I saw you on Wednesday 27 00:01:33,923 --> 00:01:35,536 for the checkup and the more blood work. 28 00:01:35,561 --> 00:01:36,708 Let me see if I... 29 00:01:37,690 --> 00:01:39,481 I don't want to clog up your inbox 30 00:01:39,506 --> 00:01:41,583 with unnecessary stuff, Dr. Blake, 31 00:01:42,222 --> 00:01:43,975 but I just want to take a little moment to thank you. 32 00:01:43,999 --> 00:01:45,176 Thank you, man, 33 00:01:45,839 --> 00:01:47,942 for taking me back on as a patient. 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,230 You know, it's funny, 35 00:01:50,255 --> 00:01:53,292 but after all these past ten years or so 36 00:01:53,317 --> 00:01:56,005 of seeing all these big-time specialists for my condition, 37 00:01:56,942 --> 00:02:00,598 whew, fuck... GPs, internists, um... 38 00:02:01,589 --> 00:02:04,301 dermatologists, psychiatrists, 39 00:02:04,326 --> 00:02:06,230 blah blah blah blah blah blah, 40 00:02:06,255 --> 00:02:09,172 it feels the most right coming back to you, ya know? 41 00:02:09,809 --> 00:02:13,315 You've been treating me since I'm five years old, right? Is that it? 42 00:02:13,669 --> 00:02:16,005 Boy, you've always been there for me. 43 00:02:17,647 --> 00:02:19,872 Even more so than my parents sometimes. 44 00:02:20,390 --> 00:02:21,739 So... 45 00:02:22,605 --> 00:02:25,370 Well, enough of that, though. 46 00:02:25,395 --> 00:02:28,247 Enough of that. Enough of that. No pity parties here. 47 00:02:28,450 --> 00:02:30,215 So here we go, yeah, let's do this. 48 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,407 Forty-eight hours, no clothes... 49 00:02:34,172 --> 00:02:36,403 no bad foods, no chemicals, 50 00:02:36,756 --> 00:02:38,091 just Craig. 51 00:02:38,865 --> 00:02:41,022 Away from my apartment and my environment 52 00:02:41,047 --> 00:02:43,833 and anything that could be causing a reaction. 53 00:02:45,673 --> 00:02:47,598 Yeah, so let's see how we do this. 54 00:02:48,356 --> 00:02:49,356 OK? 55 00:02:49,381 --> 00:02:51,455 High-five, brother. 56 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,272 Bye. I'll talk to you soon. Thank you, bye. 57 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,769 Hey, Dr. Blake. Sorry to bug you again, 58 00:02:57,794 --> 00:03:00,397 but I wanted to show you something while I'm still in the bath. 59 00:03:01,367 --> 00:03:04,230 I've been continuing with the bleach baths, 60 00:03:04,255 --> 00:03:06,339 ya know, just a tablespoon, 61 00:03:06,364 --> 00:03:08,114 as they generally recommend. 62 00:03:08,139 --> 00:03:11,380 Just in case, to keep everything sort of at bay, 63 00:03:11,405 --> 00:03:12,739 you know. 64 00:03:12,764 --> 00:03:15,442 And it's weird, but I'm feeling, like, 65 00:03:16,137 --> 00:03:19,698 the rash is somehow reacting to the bleach or something. 66 00:03:19,723 --> 00:03:21,622 Here, why don't I show you. Look. 67 00:03:22,098 --> 00:03:24,122 It's almost like the rash, 68 00:03:24,582 --> 00:03:26,582 like, bubbles up or something? 69 00:03:27,768 --> 00:03:28,917 I don't know. 70 00:03:28,942 --> 00:03:31,299 I just thought I'd send it along, just in case. 71 00:03:32,823 --> 00:03:35,673 I think when you've been living with something as long as I have, 72 00:03:35,698 --> 00:03:40,628 you start getting, um, a little bit desperate for a cure. 73 00:03:40,901 --> 00:03:42,479 So I figure, why not? 74 00:03:43,893 --> 00:03:47,315 This is crazy, but, um, I'm just gonna say it. 75 00:03:47,878 --> 00:03:50,581 There's something I haven't told you that I feel like I should 76 00:03:51,216 --> 00:03:52,800 'cause I think it's important. 77 00:03:54,307 --> 00:03:58,510 A few years ago when I was seeing my third... 78 00:03:59,089 --> 00:04:01,120 Third psychiatrist, shit... 79 00:04:01,145 --> 00:04:03,562 The German guy, yeah, um... 80 00:04:04,010 --> 00:04:06,401 I had this notion, this... 81 00:04:07,276 --> 00:04:10,189 It was very quiet, it was from deep inside, 82 00:04:10,214 --> 00:04:13,432 and it was like a... like a feeling... 83 00:04:14,503 --> 00:04:17,190 like a bad feeling, like there was something... 84 00:04:18,202 --> 00:04:19,667 really wrong with me. 85 00:04:21,386 --> 00:04:22,969 But... 86 00:04:26,096 --> 00:04:28,393 lately it's been coming back, this... 87 00:04:28,944 --> 00:04:31,056 I don't know how to describe it, it's like, um... 88 00:04:31,081 --> 00:04:33,221 I feel like something happened to me 89 00:04:33,246 --> 00:04:34,870 when I was young, maybe. 90 00:04:35,534 --> 00:04:39,860 Like a deep... physical or emotional wound 91 00:04:39,885 --> 00:04:42,214 of some sort that I've suppressed. 92 00:04:42,878 --> 00:04:45,971 And that maybe it's coming back in the form of this rash? 93 00:04:49,584 --> 00:04:50,595 I don't know, 94 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:53,221 it might be nothing, but... 95 00:04:54,370 --> 00:04:56,113 I guess when you're living with something like this 96 00:04:56,137 --> 00:04:58,402 for such a long time, you start getting really desperate... 97 00:04:58,426 --> 00:04:59,764 You do... Looking for a cure, 98 00:04:59,789 --> 00:05:01,592 and you hope that anything's gonna crack... 99 00:05:03,686 --> 00:05:05,356 I already said that, didn't I? 100 00:05:05,381 --> 00:05:08,239 I'm so sorry, I promise I'm gonna stop wasting your time now, 101 00:05:08,264 --> 00:05:10,173 but I just wanted to check in. 102 00:05:10,198 --> 00:05:13,364 So I'll talk to you later. Bye. 103 00:05:14,990 --> 00:05:18,100 Hey, Dr. Blake. Just a quickie here, um... 104 00:05:18,475 --> 00:05:20,939 I realize I haven't given you a sort of wider angle 105 00:05:20,964 --> 00:05:22,873 of my entire body, so I'm... 106 00:05:25,089 --> 00:05:26,648 so I thought I'd put it down on video 107 00:05:26,673 --> 00:05:28,858 just for the sake of thoroughness, I guess. 108 00:05:29,833 --> 00:05:31,939 Fuck. As you can see, 109 00:05:31,964 --> 00:05:33,881 it's still slowly, um, 110 00:05:34,162 --> 00:05:38,631 spreading and, you know, doing its own thing, um... 111 00:05:40,314 --> 00:05:42,051 I'm trying not to freak out. 112 00:05:43,578 --> 00:05:44,920 And definitely I'm a little sad, 113 00:05:44,945 --> 00:05:47,737 a little scared too, but... 114 00:05:48,130 --> 00:05:49,389 I'm hopeful. 115 00:05:49,834 --> 00:05:52,178 I'm hopeful that you and I are gonna beat this thing. 116 00:05:52,572 --> 00:05:54,154 We got this, right? 117 00:05:54,798 --> 00:05:56,851 So for tonight, I'm just gonna get a good night's sleep 118 00:05:56,875 --> 00:05:58,803 and keep it on the positive, 119 00:05:58,828 --> 00:06:02,092 and we'll see what tomorrow brings together... 120 00:06:02,117 --> 00:06:03,117 So... 121 00:06:04,089 --> 00:06:06,623 I'm sorry. I guess... 122 00:06:06,858 --> 00:06:09,053 you've seen everything already, so you don't care. 123 00:06:09,881 --> 00:06:11,233 Bye, Dr. Blake. 124 00:06:12,923 --> 00:06:17,020 Oh, boy. Uh, I'm so sorry, I know it's late. 125 00:06:17,459 --> 00:06:19,287 Dr. Blake, I just had a dream, 126 00:06:19,842 --> 00:06:22,939 and I think it's important, I can feel it's important. 127 00:06:22,964 --> 00:06:27,506 It's like... I think it relates to the rashes somehow, 128 00:06:27,850 --> 00:06:30,706 along the lines of what I was talking about in the bathtub before. 129 00:06:31,922 --> 00:06:34,172 Oh, my God, I don't know how to... 130 00:06:34,197 --> 00:06:36,958 It was like I was in this, like, place, 131 00:06:36,983 --> 00:06:40,272 I was in this place, this... this, like, dark, 132 00:06:40,297 --> 00:06:43,214 it was musty, like, earthy-smellin' place, 133 00:06:43,239 --> 00:06:47,089 it was like a cave or like a lair of some sort. 134 00:06:49,295 --> 00:06:52,881 Man, and it... there were these beings all around me, right? 135 00:06:52,906 --> 00:06:54,272 Like, I could feel them... 136 00:06:54,297 --> 00:06:56,522 I couldn't see anything, it was dark, 137 00:06:56,547 --> 00:06:59,064 but I could hear them, I could feel them. 138 00:06:59,779 --> 00:07:02,214 They weren't human, they were more like animals 139 00:07:02,239 --> 00:07:04,858 or like ghosts or something like... 140 00:07:08,381 --> 00:07:10,334 And I knew that they needed me. 141 00:07:10,610 --> 00:07:12,484 Like, I felt like they... 142 00:07:15,016 --> 00:07:17,358 like I was part of some sort of plan or something. 143 00:07:20,631 --> 00:07:22,483 But I didn't feel safe. 144 00:07:22,923 --> 00:07:24,584 I... I felt like... 145 00:07:26,172 --> 00:07:27,944 Like they were gonna hurt me. 146 00:07:29,467 --> 00:07:31,548 They started closing in and getting closer and closer, 147 00:07:31,572 --> 00:07:33,814 but I was... I was a little boy in the dream, but... 148 00:07:35,514 --> 00:07:38,184 it was taking them so long to, like, get close, 149 00:07:38,209 --> 00:07:41,147 yeah, it was like years, it felt like... years, 150 00:07:41,172 --> 00:07:42,706 'cause I started growing up. 151 00:07:45,047 --> 00:07:46,659 Like, right there, I... 152 00:07:48,964 --> 00:07:51,839 And one of them was about to step into a shaft of light, 153 00:07:51,864 --> 00:07:54,564 I could just feel him, just... Bam! Fuck! 154 00:07:54,589 --> 00:07:57,673 I w... I woke up. You know? 155 00:07:59,471 --> 00:08:00,917 Holy... 156 00:08:03,422 --> 00:08:05,542 Dr. Blake, something's happening. 157 00:08:07,065 --> 00:08:09,120 I can feel something opening up inside of me, 158 00:08:09,145 --> 00:08:10,995 something that's like... 159 00:08:12,522 --> 00:08:14,022 Boy, this could be big, huh? 160 00:08:14,612 --> 00:08:17,105 I'm gonna... I'm gonna try to, ya know, 161 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:19,120 try to go back to sleep, see if I can... 162 00:08:20,628 --> 00:08:22,857 learn more, but, I, uh... 163 00:08:24,088 --> 00:08:25,130 Good night. 164 00:08:25,155 --> 00:08:27,162 I'll check back in when... 165 00:08:29,485 --> 00:08:30,856 Hey, Dr. Blake. 166 00:08:30,881 --> 00:08:33,064 Man, so, I couldn't go back to sleep, 167 00:08:33,089 --> 00:08:35,934 obviously, you know, it's just doot-doot-doot-doot! 168 00:08:35,959 --> 00:08:37,951 But that's OK, that's OK, 'cause, um, 169 00:08:38,585 --> 00:08:40,926 I realized that this dream must be 170 00:08:40,951 --> 00:08:42,980 reflecting something real from my childhood. 171 00:08:43,005 --> 00:08:45,172 Something real, you know? It's too vivid. 172 00:08:45,197 --> 00:08:48,231 So I'm gonna call my mom and see what's up. 173 00:08:48,622 --> 00:08:49,910 Hello? 174 00:08:49,935 --> 00:08:52,340 - Hello? - Mama! Hi! 175 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:53,464 It's me, it's Craig. 176 00:08:53,489 --> 00:08:55,865 - I know it's you, honey. - Good. 177 00:08:56,282 --> 00:08:58,246 Hey, listen, Mom, real quick, 178 00:08:58,271 --> 00:08:59,798 I wanted to ask you a few questions, 179 00:08:59,823 --> 00:09:02,648 but before I get into all that, I wanted you to know 180 00:09:02,673 --> 00:09:04,787 that I'm recording this Facetime, OK? 181 00:09:04,812 --> 00:09:07,848 I'm gonna record you. So, if that's OK with you. 182 00:09:07,873 --> 00:09:09,287 Wait, what? You're recording me? 183 00:09:09,312 --> 00:09:10,607 Just the conversation, 184 00:09:10,632 --> 00:09:12,230 in case something interesting pops up, 185 00:09:12,255 --> 00:09:13,714 for the questions, for posterity, 186 00:09:13,739 --> 00:09:15,339 - is that OK with you? - OK, Craig, sure. 187 00:09:15,604 --> 00:09:18,064 First question, OK? And just answer, 188 00:09:18,089 --> 00:09:20,629 don't think about it too much, just answer me, OK? 189 00:09:20,654 --> 00:09:21,709 Um... 190 00:09:22,725 --> 00:09:25,440 did you ever take me somewhere that was dark when I was a kid, 191 00:09:25,464 --> 00:09:30,559 like a... or earthy-smelling, like a cave? 192 00:09:30,584 --> 00:09:32,105 Did you ever take me to a cave? 193 00:09:32,130 --> 00:09:34,731 - What are you trying to ask? - I don't wanna say too much, 194 00:09:34,756 --> 00:09:36,465 'cause I don't wanna put any answers in your mouth, 195 00:09:36,489 --> 00:09:39,740 but basically I'm wondering if, um... 196 00:09:41,507 --> 00:09:42,940 if something happened to me when I was a kid, 197 00:09:42,964 --> 00:09:45,046 if something weird happened to me that you can remember, 198 00:09:45,070 --> 00:09:47,832 like, anything out of the ordinary, 199 00:09:47,857 --> 00:09:51,107 uh, I don't want to say threatening, 200 00:09:51,132 --> 00:09:54,424 but traumatizing, something that you don't want to tell me. 201 00:09:54,449 --> 00:09:56,230 Craig, honey, I promised myself 202 00:09:56,255 --> 00:09:57,546 that I wouldn't argue with you anymore. 203 00:09:57,570 --> 00:09:59,193 - Then don't. - You spending 204 00:09:59,218 --> 00:10:00,898 all this time alone, 205 00:10:00,923 --> 00:10:02,043 thinking about this stuff... 206 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:03,693 You know it's not good. 207 00:10:04,089 --> 00:10:05,981 You know I'm not gonna stop until I find the answer. 208 00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:07,545 - Right? I'm not gonna do that. - Yes. 209 00:10:07,570 --> 00:10:09,887 OK? So can we just please cut the routine and get to it? 210 00:10:09,912 --> 00:10:11,482 - Do you mind if we do that? - Sure, Craig. Sure. 211 00:10:11,506 --> 00:10:12,506 Yeah, let's do it, OK? 212 00:10:12,531 --> 00:10:13,865 Great. Thank you, Mom. 213 00:10:14,172 --> 00:10:16,673 So, did we ever take a trip or a vacation or something... 214 00:10:16,698 --> 00:10:18,926 We never had money for anything like that. 215 00:10:18,951 --> 00:10:21,051 We took a few small trips to the lake, 216 00:10:21,076 --> 00:10:22,964 we would visit your Aunt Marisol, 217 00:10:22,989 --> 00:10:25,022 we went camping once. 218 00:10:25,047 --> 00:10:27,464 We would visit the city to look at colleges for your sister. 219 00:10:27,489 --> 00:10:29,324 Wait, what was that? What'd you say? 220 00:10:29,349 --> 00:10:31,340 - What? - You said a camping trip? 221 00:10:31,365 --> 00:10:34,043 - I don't remember a camping trip. - Of course you remember that trip. 222 00:10:34,067 --> 00:10:35,690 No, I don't remember a camping trip. Why would I... 223 00:10:35,714 --> 00:10:37,536 Craig, we've talked about this before. 224 00:10:37,561 --> 00:10:39,356 Mom, we haven't talked about it. 225 00:10:40,591 --> 00:10:41,689 H-How old was I? 226 00:10:41,714 --> 00:10:43,458 I don't know. Maybe four or five? 227 00:10:43,483 --> 00:10:45,560 So I was little. OK. OK. 228 00:10:45,585 --> 00:10:48,903 Um... Jesus, I don't remember any of this. 229 00:10:48,928 --> 00:10:51,289 OK, maybe I talked to Jenny about it. 230 00:10:51,314 --> 00:10:53,058 No, it's fine, doesn't matter. 231 00:10:53,083 --> 00:10:54,839 Just tell me more about it. Tell me more. 232 00:10:54,864 --> 00:10:57,464 Well, your father and I, we were... 233 00:10:57,661 --> 00:11:00,022 We weren't having our best times then. 234 00:11:00,047 --> 00:11:01,631 I was very distracted. 235 00:11:01,656 --> 00:11:03,481 You were distracted. OK. 236 00:11:03,506 --> 00:11:05,130 And, um, Jenny made a friend 237 00:11:05,155 --> 00:11:07,314 and ended up staying the night in their tent. 238 00:11:07,339 --> 00:11:10,386 So Jenny was... That's interesting. That's good. Uh-huh. 239 00:11:10,411 --> 00:11:11,798 Let's see. 240 00:11:11,823 --> 00:11:15,731 Oh. Your father and I, we got into a fight, and I... 241 00:11:15,756 --> 00:11:19,300 Well, one of us yelled, and I was worried, 242 00:11:19,325 --> 00:11:21,215 because I was worried that you might have heard us, 243 00:11:21,239 --> 00:11:23,239 'cause you were in the tent next to us, alone. 244 00:11:23,264 --> 00:11:26,731 OK, so wait. So I was alone and Jenny was gone. 245 00:11:26,756 --> 00:11:27,974 - Is that right? - Yeah. 246 00:11:27,999 --> 00:11:31,769 And actually, I forgot all about this part 247 00:11:31,794 --> 00:11:33,574 until you mentioned it. 248 00:11:33,599 --> 00:11:36,558 I came back to the tent to check on you, 249 00:11:36,583 --> 00:11:38,529 and you weren't in the tent. 250 00:11:41,162 --> 00:11:42,815 What does that mean? What do you mean? I wasn't... 251 00:11:42,839 --> 00:11:45,481 Now I remember it. I got scared 'cause you were gone. 252 00:11:45,506 --> 00:11:47,339 I remember that. And... 253 00:11:47,364 --> 00:11:49,615 - I was gone? - Yeah. I got your father, 254 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,085 and we got our flashlights, and we looked all around for you... 255 00:11:52,109 --> 00:11:53,396 - So I was gone-gone. - Yeah, you were gone, 256 00:11:53,420 --> 00:11:54,787 and we couldn't find you... 257 00:11:54,812 --> 00:11:57,090 - How was it that... - We were really scared, 258 00:11:57,115 --> 00:11:59,598 'cause it was a small site, 259 00:11:59,623 --> 00:12:01,203 - surrounded by big woods... - Whoa, who, whoa, Mom... 260 00:12:01,227 --> 00:12:02,539 You couldn't have gone far, but... 261 00:12:02,563 --> 00:12:04,632 How is it that you're just remembering this now? 262 00:12:04,657 --> 00:12:06,358 - This is a huge deal! - I don't know. 263 00:12:06,383 --> 00:12:08,022 I was gone? I disappeared as a kid? 264 00:12:08,047 --> 00:12:10,075 I haven't thought about this in years. 265 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:11,507 A lot of things have happened to me, 266 00:12:11,531 --> 00:12:14,156 I don't obsess over every single one of them like you do. 267 00:12:14,297 --> 00:12:17,858 It's OK. Just stay with me. This is good, Mom. 268 00:12:18,248 --> 00:12:19,866 What happened next? 269 00:12:20,631 --> 00:12:22,381 - What happened? - I guess, well, 270 00:12:22,406 --> 00:12:24,939 I... I think you... you were... 271 00:12:24,964 --> 00:12:27,673 We couldn't find you, and... and then we did. 272 00:12:27,836 --> 00:12:30,600 W-What do you mean? Where'd you find me? 273 00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:32,749 I don't know! We looked around, you weren't there. 274 00:12:32,774 --> 00:12:34,964 We came back to the tent, you were back. 275 00:12:36,552 --> 00:12:39,102 - Did I say where I was? - No. 276 00:12:39,605 --> 00:12:41,856 Did you ask me? Did you bother to ask me? 277 00:12:41,881 --> 00:12:43,772 I don't remember. It was late. 278 00:12:43,797 --> 00:12:45,606 Your father and I were fighting, 279 00:12:45,631 --> 00:12:47,381 we just went back to bed. 280 00:12:47,406 --> 00:12:49,698 OK, OK. Wow. 281 00:12:49,985 --> 00:12:53,522 Wow, OK. W-What else? Anything else? 282 00:12:53,547 --> 00:12:55,164 No. Nothing. That was it. 283 00:12:55,189 --> 00:12:56,856 - Just... - I... I'm coming! 284 00:12:56,881 --> 00:12:58,704 - No, Mom, listen. - Listen, honey, I gotta run. 285 00:12:58,728 --> 00:13:01,571 Please, please, before you go, what's the name of the place? 286 00:13:01,596 --> 00:13:03,149 - Do you have the name? - I don't know. 287 00:13:03,174 --> 00:13:05,350 It's probably closed down now. 288 00:13:05,375 --> 00:13:06,839 It was one of those stupid places 289 00:13:06,864 --> 00:13:08,756 that were popular in the '80s 290 00:13:08,781 --> 00:13:11,114 when everybody was all into aliens. 291 00:13:13,714 --> 00:13:14,714 What? 292 00:13:14,739 --> 00:13:16,912 A-Aliens. 293 00:13:16,937 --> 00:13:18,481 Yeah, you remember. 294 00:13:18,506 --> 00:13:21,404 It was right around the time E.T. came out. 295 00:13:21,429 --> 00:13:23,781 All these places sprung up advertising 296 00:13:23,806 --> 00:13:27,564 that you could see flying saucers from their campgrounds and stuff. 297 00:13:27,589 --> 00:13:29,339 What's the name of the city, Mom? 298 00:13:29,364 --> 00:13:31,106 - I don't know... - What's the name of the city? 299 00:13:31,130 --> 00:13:34,443 - Calm down. Calm down. - No. Tell me. State. 300 00:13:34,468 --> 00:13:36,436 Do you remember the state? Give me information, Mom! 301 00:13:36,460 --> 00:13:37,632 Oregon. Somewhere around there. 302 00:13:37,656 --> 00:13:39,689 - Oregon? Where in Oregon? - Southern Oregon. 303 00:13:39,714 --> 00:13:41,606 - Southern Oregon?! - Over there! I don't know! 304 00:13:41,631 --> 00:13:43,437 Great! Great! This is good, Mom! 305 00:13:43,462 --> 00:13:46,712 This is great! Thank you! Thank you so much! 306 00:13:47,047 --> 00:13:48,468 Thank you, Mom. 307 00:13:51,221 --> 00:13:52,555 Holy... 308 00:13:58,148 --> 00:14:01,381 I gotta... Please excuse me, Dr. Blake, I gotta... 309 00:14:02,851 --> 00:14:04,570 I gotta go. It... 310 00:14:05,036 --> 00:14:07,195 Ho ho! Wow. 311 00:14:09,062 --> 00:14:10,564 Hi, Dr. Blake. 312 00:14:12,614 --> 00:14:15,439 I think I found the place. I think so. 313 00:14:15,464 --> 00:14:17,648 It's got the most consistent craft sightings 314 00:14:17,673 --> 00:14:19,397 in the continental U.S., 315 00:14:19,422 --> 00:14:21,814 and I was there during the most popular time, right? 316 00:14:21,839 --> 00:14:23,130 And that's when I disappeared 317 00:14:23,155 --> 00:14:25,155 and suddenly, mysteriously popped back up? 318 00:14:25,180 --> 00:14:27,764 Ya know? What? Right? 319 00:14:29,255 --> 00:14:30,723 This is insane. 320 00:14:30,886 --> 00:14:33,303 This is insane, but, um, 321 00:14:33,754 --> 00:14:35,192 I feel that... 322 00:14:36,347 --> 00:14:37,582 after all the tests I've been through 323 00:14:37,606 --> 00:14:39,831 and all the research I've done, this... 324 00:14:39,856 --> 00:14:42,454 the most insane answer I think is the correct one. 325 00:14:42,744 --> 00:14:44,035 Ya know? 326 00:14:46,877 --> 00:14:48,814 I was abducted by aliens. 327 00:14:49,346 --> 00:14:51,493 And something happened. Ah... 328 00:14:52,095 --> 00:14:54,773 I don't know what, I... and this cave from my dreams 329 00:14:54,798 --> 00:14:57,798 is very clearly a suppressed memory. 330 00:14:57,923 --> 00:15:00,255 You see? It was a real memory. 331 00:15:00,470 --> 00:15:02,214 It was making its way back to me, 332 00:15:02,239 --> 00:15:05,398 first in the form of all those little illnesses when I was a kid, 333 00:15:05,423 --> 00:15:07,089 and then for the past eight years 334 00:15:07,114 --> 00:15:10,906 in the form of this... The form of this rash. 335 00:15:14,798 --> 00:15:17,649 I can feel it just lifting out of me, man, 336 00:15:18,130 --> 00:15:20,656 this... this darkness inside of me, it just... 337 00:15:20,681 --> 00:15:23,189 As soon as I got it, it was just like... 338 00:15:23,214 --> 00:15:25,985 You know, and it's only been an hour, but look. 339 00:15:26,010 --> 00:15:27,728 Look. Look! 340 00:15:28,731 --> 00:15:30,767 I swear, I think it's already clearing up. 341 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:32,508 I swear. 342 00:15:33,212 --> 00:15:35,439 I think I just needed to face it. 343 00:15:35,464 --> 00:15:39,089 Yeah, to... to like transcend whatever experience it was 344 00:15:39,114 --> 00:15:41,281 and to say it out loud, to say, 345 00:15:41,509 --> 00:15:44,790 yes, I was abducted by aliens, and maybe... 346 00:15:45,806 --> 00:15:49,481 maybe I was probed or... ha! Traumatized or whatever it was, 347 00:15:49,506 --> 00:15:51,853 but I don't care, I forgive you, you know? 348 00:15:51,878 --> 00:15:53,458 I... 349 00:15:53,923 --> 00:15:56,923 I forgive you! And I'm moving past it! 350 00:15:56,948 --> 00:15:58,449 OK? 351 00:16:00,128 --> 00:16:03,274 I'm ready to begin my life again, man, my... 352 00:16:03,299 --> 00:16:06,689 normal, just like pain-free, 353 00:16:06,714 --> 00:16:10,263 rash-free, super regular sort of life, you know? 354 00:16:12,724 --> 00:16:14,631 I just feel like living again. 355 00:16:14,656 --> 00:16:17,731 I want to enjoy myself. I want to... 356 00:16:17,756 --> 00:16:19,927 I want to dance, is what I want to do! 357 00:16:20,647 --> 00:16:22,730 Wait. I... I got this. 358 00:16:25,413 --> 00:16:27,037 Let me find a good... Oh. 359 00:16:27,631 --> 00:16:30,209 Oh, OK. Here it is. Ready? 360 00:16:30,498 --> 00:16:33,138 ? You make me want to dance ? 361 00:16:33,163 --> 00:16:35,606 - I love this song, man! - ? You make me want to... ? 362 00:16:35,631 --> 00:16:37,302 Oh, Dr. Blake, 363 00:16:37,966 --> 00:16:40,473 I wish you were here with me to celebrate, you know? 364 00:16:40,498 --> 00:16:42,356 It's been such a long journey, 365 00:16:42,381 --> 00:16:44,974 and you've been right there with me every step of the way, man. 366 00:16:45,214 --> 00:16:47,131 You're my partner, you know that? 367 00:16:47,156 --> 00:16:48,407 You're my dance partner! 368 00:16:48,432 --> 00:16:51,105 Ha! I'll go! Go, Dr. Blake! 369 00:17:26,461 --> 00:17:27,877 Yeah. 370 00:17:56,249 --> 00:17:58,706 Hey, Dr. Blake. Uh... 371 00:17:59,420 --> 00:18:01,606 as you can see, the rash has progressed more quickly 372 00:18:01,631 --> 00:18:03,795 and more painfully than it ever has. 373 00:18:04,031 --> 00:18:05,662 I don't know why. 374 00:18:06,677 --> 00:18:07,773 Oh, fuck. 375 00:18:07,798 --> 00:18:09,802 Didn't change anything differently, I didn't... 376 00:18:11,928 --> 00:18:14,349 I didn't do anything differently, I just went to bed, 377 00:18:14,374 --> 00:18:15,724 I went to bed... 378 00:18:17,061 --> 00:18:18,927 excited about the new stage, 379 00:18:19,584 --> 00:18:22,091 and I woke up a few hours later with this shit. 380 00:18:22,648 --> 00:18:23,648 This. 381 00:18:23,673 --> 00:18:25,849 I'm upset, you know? 382 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:27,980 And I'm gonna let myself be upset, 383 00:18:28,005 --> 00:18:29,623 and I'm gonna forget about the... 384 00:18:30,234 --> 00:18:32,192 being-positive thing for just a second, 385 00:18:32,217 --> 00:18:33,451 because I... 386 00:18:34,346 --> 00:18:36,630 I think I need to go on instinct. 387 00:18:37,647 --> 00:18:39,638 I think I need to go bigger. 388 00:18:40,310 --> 00:18:42,209 And my instinct is saying "bleach." 389 00:18:44,834 --> 00:18:46,314 And that's exactly what I'm gonna do. 390 00:18:46,339 --> 00:18:50,466 It's like that Malcolm Gladwell thing "Blink" he talks about. 391 00:18:50,818 --> 00:18:53,045 I'm blinking on bleach, Dr. Blake. 392 00:18:55,815 --> 00:18:57,396 So I'm gonna go bigger, 393 00:18:57,427 --> 00:19:00,685 'cause this situation is just not sustainable, it's just not. 394 00:19:00,710 --> 00:19:01,927 It's not. 395 00:19:05,281 --> 00:19:06,482 Yeah. 396 00:19:07,047 --> 00:19:09,045 Let's go big on bleach. 397 00:19:09,756 --> 00:19:11,381 See what happens. 398 00:19:14,003 --> 00:19:16,966 Uhh! Uhh! Uhh! Uhh! 399 00:20:27,297 --> 00:20:29,193 Dr. Blake, um... 400 00:20:38,042 --> 00:20:41,341 I think I'm... I'm coming to the end of something here. 401 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:51,206 My God, I think I'm going insane. 402 00:20:59,245 --> 00:21:00,801 Thank you... 403 00:21:01,771 --> 00:21:03,979 for everything, 'cause you've been wonderful. 404 00:21:08,739 --> 00:21:10,364 But I'm done. 405 00:21:17,182 --> 00:21:18,848 I'm done. 406 00:21:25,587 --> 00:21:27,253 Hey, Dr. Blake. 407 00:21:29,996 --> 00:21:33,506 Um, I don't know how to start saying what I have to say to you, 408 00:21:33,531 --> 00:21:34,895 but, um... 409 00:21:35,309 --> 00:21:37,215 I'm just gonna jump right into it. 410 00:21:38,945 --> 00:21:40,965 I went out for a last meal... 411 00:21:42,231 --> 00:21:44,898 and I ate all the things I'm not supposed to eat, all of 'em. 412 00:21:45,813 --> 00:21:47,128 It was delicious. 413 00:21:47,153 --> 00:21:49,379 No, seriously, it was so good. 414 00:21:49,704 --> 00:21:50,995 So good. 415 00:21:52,945 --> 00:21:54,976 Then I went to a hardware store... 416 00:21:58,005 --> 00:22:00,214 and I bought myself some rope. 417 00:22:02,297 --> 00:22:04,731 A lot of supporting devices, too. 418 00:22:06,285 --> 00:22:09,214 And I had every intention of hanging myself this morning. 419 00:22:11,773 --> 00:22:14,417 The funny thing is, I didn't bring my phone 420 00:22:14,442 --> 00:22:16,098 on this little adventure of mine. 421 00:22:17,763 --> 00:22:18,798 It's so silly, 422 00:22:18,823 --> 00:22:22,456 but the little things don't really matter when you're about to die, 423 00:22:22,481 --> 00:22:24,739 and I just didn't even think about it. 424 00:22:25,689 --> 00:22:27,522 But when I got to my hotel, 425 00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:30,564 I, um, had a message on my phone 426 00:22:30,589 --> 00:22:32,506 from somebody very special to me. 427 00:22:32,531 --> 00:22:33,981 Very special. 428 00:22:34,837 --> 00:22:37,419 And I wanna play that for you, if that's OK. 429 00:22:44,898 --> 00:22:46,481 Hello, Craig? 430 00:22:46,506 --> 00:22:47,965 This is Dr. Blake. 431 00:22:47,990 --> 00:22:50,456 I just received all your messages. 432 00:22:50,481 --> 00:22:53,245 I apologize for not getting back to you sooner. 433 00:22:53,270 --> 00:22:56,005 I've been trying to carve the weekends for the grandkids. 434 00:22:56,030 --> 00:22:58,155 I love my babies. 435 00:22:58,180 --> 00:23:01,055 Anyhow, I tried calling a few times and you didn't pick up, 436 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,372 so I'm leaving you this message now. 437 00:23:03,397 --> 00:23:07,010 And I'm sure you can hear the excitement in my voice, 438 00:23:07,035 --> 00:23:08,839 so I'm hoping this message catches you 439 00:23:08,864 --> 00:23:11,022 before you do anything "rash." 440 00:23:12,779 --> 00:23:14,840 I know this has been a difficult time for you, 441 00:23:14,865 --> 00:23:17,598 so let's end it right now, shall we? 442 00:23:17,623 --> 00:23:19,914 I have just received your blood work. 443 00:23:19,939 --> 00:23:22,106 You have an official diagnosis. 444 00:23:22,131 --> 00:23:24,674 You have an extremely rare disease 445 00:23:24,699 --> 00:23:26,823 called Hertzinger's Syndrome. 446 00:23:26,848 --> 00:23:30,439 It is first presented as a weakened immune system, 447 00:23:30,464 --> 00:23:32,464 i.e., your childhood, 448 00:23:32,489 --> 00:23:35,130 and if not caught, it often progresses 449 00:23:35,155 --> 00:23:37,147 into a thickening of the blood 450 00:23:37,172 --> 00:23:41,565 and presents in a form of small, oddly shaped rashes 451 00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:44,414 that can cover the entire body in extreme cases. 452 00:23:44,631 --> 00:23:48,607 The bad news is, if I had caught this when you were younger, 453 00:23:48,632 --> 00:23:52,078 I could have saved you years of suffering and frustration. 454 00:23:52,828 --> 00:23:56,717 I apologize to you from the depths of my soul for that error. 455 00:23:56,742 --> 00:23:57,742 It's OK. 456 00:23:57,767 --> 00:24:00,023 I know I cannot give you those years back. 457 00:24:00,547 --> 00:24:04,814 The good news is, this disease is 100% curable. 458 00:24:04,839 --> 00:24:06,923 You will receive three shots, 459 00:24:06,948 --> 00:24:09,032 a series of blood transfusions, 460 00:24:09,057 --> 00:24:12,873 and a rather stiff 90-day antibiotic treatment. 461 00:24:12,898 --> 00:24:14,234 Your symptoms 462 00:24:14,259 --> 00:24:17,351 will start to dissipate within a week. 463 00:24:17,376 --> 00:24:20,389 It is 6:15 a.m. my time. 464 00:24:20,414 --> 00:24:22,018 By the time you receive this, 465 00:24:22,042 --> 00:24:24,125 I will be on the road to your hotel room, 466 00:24:24,255 --> 00:24:25,914 the one we discussed. 467 00:24:25,939 --> 00:24:27,897 Room 104, was it? 468 00:24:28,273 --> 00:24:30,314 I will administer the first of the shots 469 00:24:30,339 --> 00:24:32,964 and I will have the antibiotic treatment with me. 470 00:24:33,265 --> 00:24:36,172 We'll start your blood transfusions later today. 471 00:24:36,197 --> 00:24:39,257 I figured, why waste any more time? 472 00:24:39,547 --> 00:24:41,130 One last thing. 473 00:24:41,155 --> 00:24:43,946 I was very concerned about your last video, 474 00:24:43,971 --> 00:24:47,375 and it's very important that you don't lose hope. 475 00:24:47,881 --> 00:24:52,422 I'm very proud of you for holding on all these years. 476 00:24:52,447 --> 00:24:55,147 Your life has had a greater impact 477 00:24:55,172 --> 00:24:56,718 than you will ever know. 478 00:24:56,743 --> 00:24:58,536 You're very special. 479 00:25:04,381 --> 00:25:05,812 Dr. Blake? 480 00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:07,872 It's me! 481 00:25:18,756 --> 00:25:21,689 Yes, yes, it's time. 482 00:25:21,859 --> 00:25:23,969 It's definitely time. 483 00:25:26,090 --> 00:25:28,064 Come. Come. 484 00:25:28,089 --> 00:25:29,464 Lie down. 485 00:25:49,036 --> 00:25:52,805 - Now, this is the first of the shots. - OK. 486 00:25:52,830 --> 00:25:54,890 I warn you, it will be painful. 487 00:25:54,915 --> 00:25:57,047 - That's OK. - Your body will feel like 488 00:25:57,072 --> 00:25:59,281 it's fighting the medication. 489 00:25:59,852 --> 00:26:02,297 But just think: quite soon, 490 00:26:02,322 --> 00:26:05,484 you won't have to deal with any of this anymore, OK? 491 00:26:05,937 --> 00:26:07,422 OK, Dr. Blake. 492 00:26:10,773 --> 00:26:14,234 That's good. Good boy. 493 00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:15,828 I... 494 00:26:19,387 --> 00:26:21,000 That wasn't too bad. 495 00:26:27,211 --> 00:26:28,593 Dr. Blake... 496 00:26:49,396 --> 00:26:51,250 I want to thank you... 497 00:26:52,326 --> 00:26:54,659 for taking care of my babies for me. 498 00:27:21,273 --> 00:27:23,070 I have been waiting... 499 00:27:24,727 --> 00:27:26,640 a long... 500 00:27:28,195 --> 00:27:29,586 time... 501 00:27:30,564 --> 00:27:32,273 to see you. 502 00:27:33,255 --> 00:27:34,881 Oh! 503 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,134 Ah! 504 00:27:41,214 --> 00:27:44,476 Almost 35 years. 505 00:27:44,706 --> 00:27:45,998 Ahh. 506 00:27:50,042 --> 00:27:52,039 Say, "Bye-bye, Daddy." 507 00:27:58,532 --> 00:27:59,797 Ahh. 508 00:28:29,205 --> 00:28:32,605 Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie www.addic7ed.com