Sleepwalker

Miss?

Excuse me.

Wait. You alright?

Can you hear me, miss?

Uh..

- Um.. - 'You know where you are?'

- 'A-are you hurt in any way?' - Uh..

Was-was someone chasing you? Do you..

No, I'm sorry. I'm...I'm alright.

My name is Sarah Foster.

I'm a student of the college. I can give you my address.

Would you like us to give you a ride back?

'Okay.'

Oh, my God. Are you okay?

They called. I said that you were still in bed.

No, I didn't lock the door again.

I know. It's crazy. You're okay, though?

Yeah, I'm fine.

- Oh, you scared me. - I'm sorry.

I didn't think it would happen again.

Hello?

You making coffee?

I took the bus.

Feet are still all wet.

Oh, you said you were gonna change this.

This doesn't even look like me.

I was thinking, instead of going out for lunch

we could get something delivered.

Just stay in, stay warm.

Jonathan?

'Just stop.'

What's the matter?

'I don't want you to see.'

See what?

- Jonathan, what are you doing? - 'I'm sorry.'

- Jonathan.. - 'I can't help it.'

Jonathan, please, please.

- Please, Jonathan! Jonathan! - I can't help it.

'Dr. Cooper, your next patient is here.'

Sarah Foster? I thought I recognized the name.

You were in a class of mine when you were an undergraduate.

- Do you remember? - Of course I do.

I remember.

I read the form you filled out

and the university still had your file.

And of course, I've seen what happened in the papers.

- 'I'm very sorry for you.' - Thank you.

But the form gave a different reason for you coming in.

Yes, I'll always be coping with his suicide.

But I saw a doctor for a year, and I decided

to come back to school and finish my dissertation.

To try to get back to where I was before.

But since I've been back, I've been walking in my sleep.

'At first, it was just around my apartment'

but a few days ago, the police found me

and I had walked almost three miles.

Wasn't your door locked?

I unlocked it in my sleep.

Did you ever sleepwalk before coming back to school?

How is your sleep apart from that?

Not good. I have trouble falling asleep.

And I have nightmares.

Can you tell me about them?

Usually, there's a man.

I can't see him, but I know he wants to hurt me

and I can't get away.

Sometimes I can't move or even get any air when I breathe.

Do the same dreams repeat?

Well, it's always the same man.

I don't know who he is or who he would be.

- How are your moods? - Sad.

Lonely.

But I'm working at it.

At moving forward.

Grief can be overwhelming.

And it certainly is a factor in what

you're going through right now.

But your sleep disorder could be purely a medical issue.

I'd like to schedule a check-up for you

and also introduce you to some people that I think

can help you here at the university.

- Is that alright? - Of course.

You're going to keep getting better, Sarah.

I believe that, and there are certainly going to be

some tough patches, but you're facing

your new life very bravely.

I want you to come and see me

at any time, for any reason at all.

Okay?

Thank you.

And maybe find a way to put a second lock on that door.

Okay.

I'm going to the sleep research center tonight.

To sleep?

- That'll be weird. - Mm-hmm.

Oh, hey, do you remember Neal Owens?

I finally sent him a text message.

I was gonna have you read it before, but then I just didn't.

Hmm.

I figured if you want something, you got to put the idea

out there, so I did.

I thought he was your professor.

Technically, he's my professor

but I mean, I just figured if everything works out

I could just drop the class, right?

I thought about sending him a picture.

Oh, don't do that.

Leave something for his imagination.

You haven't gone out with anybody since I've met you.

No one's asked.

You know, I read somewhere that every day

you should identify three potential soulmates

and then you visualize all these details about them

and then you bring them to life in your mind.

Okay, see him?

If he asked me out..

A funeral?

It's a little dark, but which one?

'That one, getting out of the car.'

'He looks a little married.'

Oh, I'm imagining him single.

That's good. That's right.

First step is to think about it.

So your blood work came back fine

'but that doesn't rule out everything.'

'The dream where you reported a sense of suffocation'

that can be a sign of sleep apnea.

It's a disorder where you stop breathing while you're asleep.

Isn't that dangerous?

We'll know by tomorrow morning if you have it

and then we can treat it.

'What we'd like to do is have you stay here for a few nights'

'so we can build a profile of your sleep life.'

This machine here monitors all your vitals, your respiration

your heart rate, EEG, readout of everything

that's going on inside your head.

My dreams?

Not exactly, just your neural activity.

Uh...but we will know when you're dreaming and exactly

what's going on inside your head before you dream.

And what if I walk in my sleep?

Uh, there's a break-away cable right there.

We'll also have someone watching you throughout the night.

That way, you don't go anywhere.

- So I can't leave. - Of course you can.

'But only when you're awake.'

'Sarah, uh, this is Dr. White.'

'He's the, uh, director of this center.'

Sarah Foster.

Hi.

Could you come see me when you're finished here?

Hm.

I'll leave you to it. I'll be right back.

Thank you.

Oh, excuse me.

'Excuse me.'

Did you need Dr. Koslov?

I tried, and I don't think it's working.

Well, it's faulty.

What did you need?

I just don't think I'm gonna be able to fall asleep in here.

Well, that's normal.

I did not sleep last night anyways.

I know that I know you.

I don't think so.

Oh, at the funeral.

'I saw you at the funeral.'

- Were you there? - Yeah.

Well, I-I was nearby, walking to the cemetery.

'Who was it?'

It was a young woman.

She was a student here at the school.

'Sorry.'

'I saw you in the car with your wife.'

Oh, that's another doctor here. I'm not married.

Oh, me neither. I mean, I was but..

'To the writer?'

Yeah.

Oh, that must have been interesting.

You know, loving him didn't mean loving his writing.

'I shouldn't say that.'

I mean, I knew his books were good.

Great even, it's what I studied, but..

...sometimes I would read his stuff

'and just not connect with it.'

Not like I did with him.

He'll never know I said that.

I'll have Dr. Koslov bring up one of these.

Okay.

- Sleep well. - Thank you.

'Good morning, Sarah.'

'Hopefully, you weren't too alarmed'

'we moved you last night.'

There's better monitoring equipment here.

- It's nicer. - Okay.