Christmas Time (My Brother the Time Traveler)

Hey, bro, got my battery.

No!

Easy, easy.

I'm Dr. Murphy, hypnosis.

You were hypnotized.

You were in deep.

I hypnotized you.

Okay, now come out of it slowly.

Hypnosis.

Maclain, now you said while you were under

that your parents were frozen to death.

Is that right?

Died in a car accident.

It's my dreams,

they die in all sorts of different ways.

Sometimes they're on fire.

Sometimes they're drowning.

Uh-huh.

- Last time they were falling off a cliff

and I can't do anything about it.

And then he's there every time filming the whole thing.

Ah, he, your brother, right?

Mm-hm, mm-hm.

- Yes, It's quite frustrating, so.

Mm-hm, mm-hm.

- If you can tell me what I need to know to get rid of them,

that'd be great.

Mm.

Mm-hm, mm-hm.

Mm-hm.

- I'm sorry, do you want me to keep talking?

I kinda got to the end of my thought there.

Oh, oh, okay, okay okay okay.

So, so, so, so you have a dream,

uh, that you can't interpret,

so you're wondering what that means.

So let me explain, okay.

Now dreams, right, are, come from the brain, right.

Your brain goes to sleep and you create these dreams.

Now dreams, uh, even though the brain is creating them,

the brain can't actually do the things

that you're dreaming about.

You understand that, right?

So, so really what it comes down to,

there's a famous hypnotherapist.

His name is Jonathan Mayer.

He described the body as being a wonderland.

And what I need you to understand

about dreams is that when.

Oh you're not following me.

Let, let, let me simplify this a little bit more.

Dreams are, hm, not real.

Does that make sense?

- Yeah, I'm aware that dreams are not real, okay?

I just want them to end

because my parents have been gone for over 15 years.

- Okay, now now now now this is just me, just a hunch,

but maybe, uh, you know,

your dreams are not about your parents

as much as they are about, um, hm, your brother.

My brother.

Yes.

He, he's, the, the delusional one.

- Yes. - You, you, you said, right?

- Okay, they're not about my brother.

Okay, mm-hm, mm-hm.

Okay, but he's the only one in the dream

that's alive other than you, right, so.

Well he's dead to me.

Okay.

- He's been-- - Ah, ah.

Dead

to

you, right?

Okay, right?

- He's pretty much the worst brother you could ever ask for.

Mm-hm.

- After my parents died, he decided to go crazy

and leave me with all the aftermath, so no.

- Mm-hm. - It's not about him,

even though he tries to make everything about him.

Mm-hm.

Mm-hm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

- Is that all you do is sit there and mm-hm, mm-hm?

Okay, this is good.

Now tell me how this makes you feel?

You are the worst, man.

- Now, now, now, now, not to call you out on something,

but how could I be the worst,

when you just said your brother is the worst, right?

We can't both share that title, right?

Which leads me to my next point,

which is that maybe, uh, you know,

your issues here are with your brother

that you're just not facing,

and you instead are projecting,

you know, um, your anger on me.

- What I'm currently trying to wrap my brain around

is how in the world my wife convinced me

to sit here and do this.

- Now now now now now try to use I feel statements,

I feel this, I feel that.

I feel like you're an idiot!

Aha, okay.

- I feel like this is a complete waste of time,

waste of money. - Mm-hm.

- And I also feel that you look like a weasel.

Hm.

Actually, no, a ferret.

You have a tiny ferret's head

on an abnormally large trunk and tiny little baby legs.

- Okay, now I feel maybe you should

make amends with your brother

and then the dreams will go away.

What are you doing?

Oh man.

Hello!

How are you?

Fine, thank you, how are you?

Good that you're polite.

Do you know what time it is?

Yes, it's, oh fudge, I'm late.

Goodbye little guy.

You're free.

- Hey babe, I was just calling to see how your session with.

I hope well.

I'm out running a few errands,

so I'll be home a little bit later, okay.

Alright, love you, bye.

Jake?

- Clare. - Oh my gosh.

I can't believe it's really you.

No, what are you doing?

How do you know it's really me?

Can't just open the door like that.

Well, you have Maclain's eyes.

And also I've seen a lot of pictures of you

and you haven't really changed that much.

That's a joke.

- Come in. - Alright, I'll buy it.

You can't be too careful.

There's lots of crazies going on.

You just can't open your door for strangers, you know?

Amen.

Oh, were you saying a prayer?

Should I have?

No, I was agreeing with you.

Oh.

- It's so nice to finally meet you.

- I know, it's nice to meet you too.

I feel like I've already known you for forever.

Me too.

- Yeah, that's how the best it is.

I agree.

Yeah.

So, what made you contact me?

You contacted me.

That was the last test.

You passed, you are the true Clare.

I know, it's me.

Oh man, that's so fun.

- This is quite the meeting spot.

- Oh yeah, I like nice and secluded it is.

In fact, one could almost murder one

and one would never know.

Yeah.

Just kidding.

So what do you say, sis-in-law?

I don't know.

It's just he's been on edge lately.

We're having some personal problems,

and also he's been having these terrible nightmares.

So I just don't know if the timing's right.

- That's what I thought at first too,

but then I remember that we had the best time at Christmas.

So I decided what better timing, right?

Well, what about this?

What if you call him right now and you ask him?

Then maybe he'll agree to it.

- I think we both know what he'll say.

Well, this was gonna be fun,

but you seem very nice.

I was looking forward to getting to know you guys again.

And you again, for the first time.

- Well wait. - Take it easy.

Wait, Jake, Jake.

Huh?

- Okay, I don't feel comfortable lying to him,

but what if you happen to show up at the family cabin

that we're going to be at all weekend long?

I see.

I'll happen to be there maybe.

You don't know this,