Hypnotic

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Jane, go do your rounds. I'll come down and cover the desk.

On my way.

This is Detective Wade Rollins with the Portland PD.

Leave your name and number, and I'll get back to you.

Detective, uh… This is Andrea Bowen again.

Sorry. Uh…

I know it's late, but could you call me back when you can?

I--

I'd really appreciate it.

I'm just really scared, and I just…

I feel like he's still watching me.

Detective?

Andrea, this is how the world ends.

No.

No!

- - No!

No, no, no!

No!

Help!

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No! No…

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Help!

Help! Somebody! No!

No! Help!

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- - Hi, sorry.

I had a bottle of wine, but I drank it,

so I brought you this plant, which I'm now noticing is dead.

-I called you five times. -What's wrong?

Jenn, Brian's here.

I know, I'm sorry. It's just--

Originally, you weren't coming, and then Scott invited him,

and I had absolutely no idea. So…

Yeah, I could just…

tell everyone you're not feeling well, you know?

I think I need a glass of wine.

Hey, Jenn!

Hey, Scotty.

Hey, I am so sorry.

Yes, yes, he is.

-You don't have to apologize. -He does.

She told me a week ago that you weren't coming.

-It's her fault. -Okay. Stop.

You don't know what's happening, so walk away.

-Okay, that's really cute. -I love you.

Oh, it's Dr. Meade!

Hi. Dr. Meade.

Hi.

This is Jenn. As in, "The Jenn."

-Yes. I'm "The Jenn," apparently. - Ah!

-Collin Meade. Very nice to meet you. - He's magical. Changed my life.

I got the promotion, like, a month after working with you?

And this house. You should totally go see him.

Wow.

What? Everyone needs therapy.

-That's what you say, right? -You know where the ice tongs are?

-It's by the ice bucket, Scott. - They're not there.

Babe. Seriously, every time! I put them beside the ice thing.

It's not every time.

Didn't know therapists could hang out with their clients.

I mean, I follow the rules 99% of the time.

Maybe 95?

Um…

It was nice meeting you.

-Cheers to your new house. -My new house!

So, Brian, how's Foghorn?

What's Foghorn?

-It's a stupid name, is what it is. -No, what is it?

Uh, the guys created a new software for some big audio engineer.

I just helped write some of the code.

What about you, Jennifer?

Oh, sorry. What?

Oh, no. I was just, uh--

What do you do?

I'm just-- Um, I'm sort of in between jobs at the moment.

She's just being modest. Jenny is actually a killer software engineer.

-Impressive. - Mm-hmm.

-So, you two ever worked together? -Brian!

Um… Is there sesame in that?

Oh my God! Brian, I'm so sorry.

It's okay. It's okay.

Wow, that would've sucked if you died in our new house, dude.

You know what? I think I'm gonna leave this right here.

Just in case.

- You okay? -Yeah, I'm good.

-Jennifer. -Hm. Yes?

I'm headed out, but, uh, I wanted to leave you this.

-In case you're interested. -Okay.

Good night.

You too.

Uber?

Yeah. "Viola will be here in nine minutes."

Thanks for saving my life.

Don't mention it.

Good night, Jenny.

Good night.

Jenny?

Yeah?

I have tried really hard not to bother you, but…

I think about you all the time, and I just--

I miss you.

I didn't ask you to stay away because you bother me.

Yeah. I know--

Then don't say things like that.

When you say things like that, you make me sound like the bad guy,

and I'm not the bad guy. I'm--

You're not the bad guy. I'm not saying you are.

I'm just-- Oh God, what am I saying? I don't know what I'm saying.

Can I give you a ride home?

-I don't think that's a good id-- - It's just a ride, Jenny.

You guys had sex?

-Do you plan on getting back together? -No.

I'm stupid. Oh God, I'm the most stupid.

Oh my gosh, you're not. You're not stupid. You're just-- You're--

-You're unhappy. -Yeah, everyone's unhappy.

No. I'm happy. Scott's happy.

And for the most part, I hate to say this to you,

but Brian is happy.

What am I supposed to say to that?

I think you should see Dr. Meade.

-Who's Dr. Meade? -My therapist.

-Gina, I'll never do that. -You met him. He's tall, handsome.

-No. -Come on.

Hear me out, okay? You're isolating. You're unemployed.

Don't pretend like you're not.

And you slept with your ex-fiancé last night.

-Your life is a vortex of crap right now. -This is so much fun.

Can you just go for me, please?

-Ugh, fine. Once. -Great!

I made you an appointment for Friday.

You should've seen me when I started with him.

Oh, sorry?

I pull my hair.

OCD.

Oh.

Whatever you're here for, Dr. Meade will fix it.

Yeah.

He's waiting for you.

Oh, okay. Um, yeah.

Wow, this is cozy.

Jennifer.

Just feeding the little guy.

You know that having fish reduces stress and lowers blood pressure?

No, I didn't.

At least that's what I've heard. Who knows if it's true.

But I do find them calming.

I'm so glad you decided to come in.

And here I am!

Please.

I don't feel motivated to do anything.

Or, like, I should probably stop drinking. I should probably exercise more.

I should probably get eight hours of sleep at night.

Jennifer, um,

bad habits come from deeper issues.

There's always a root cause.

What might that be for you?

I don't know?

Was that a question?

Yes?

Tell me about you and Brian.

He's nice. He's sweet, he's funny, he's smart. It's Brian. I don't know.

Okay. Fine. Um…

We met in college.

We lived together. We worked together. It was like a whole thing.

I had a miscarriage.

Actually, I was six months along, so it was a stillbirth.

His name was Daniel.

I got to spend 33 minutes with him.

Brian and I were engaged, and, uh,

you know, we just couldn't really figure it out after that. So…

Do you have anything after this?

No.

Have you ever tried hypnotherapy?

No. No, I have not.

Why the judgment?