death
was smooth and unlined...
bland in expression,
which often happens.
You had just become aware...
of a curious, unexplainable,
epidemic mass hysteria.
Men, women, and children
suddenly convinced themselves...
that their relatives weren't
their relatives at all...
so your mind
started playing tricks...
and reality became unreality.
The dead man became
Jack's double in your eyes.
Come off it, Dan.
I know
it's all hard to believe...
but these things happen--
even to witch doctors like me.
I saw her here!
She was real!
You saw her
in every tiny detail...
as vividly as anyone
has ever seen anything...
but only in your mind.
Danny, talk all night,
but you're not convincing me.
What are you doing in my cellar?
Using it for an office.
These gentlemen are patients...
badly in need
of psychiatric treatment.
They've been having nightmares.
If you're drunk,
you'd better sober up quick.
The police are coming.
No, we're not drunk.
Nothing that simple.
Pull up a chair.
Why, you're all crazy.
What's going on down there?
Hello, Nick.
Glad to see you.
You saved these two characters
a trip to the station.
They want to report
finding a body and losing it.
Where? When?
At my place about 7:00.
Why did you
wait so long to report it?
You know better than that, doc.
It was a curious sort
of a body...
and then it wasn't there
anymore.
I have a good mind
to throw you both in jail.
If you'd seen it,
you'd understand why we waited.
Thin man...5'10"...
fingerprints burned off
with acid?
Just seen it on the slab
in the morgue.
Turned up
in a burning haystack...
on Mike Gessner's south pasture
two hours ago.
Now break it up!
Go on home!
You win.
Pick up the marbles.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Orange juice.
Thank you.
How do you
like your eggs?
Any way you'd like.
Boiled, two minutes?
Two minutes?
Mm-hmm.
OK.
You know...
dragging you out of bed
last night was some trouble...
but it was worth it.
Seriously, Miles.
What was that?
Who is it?
It's the gas man.
Morning, doc.
Good morning, Charlie.
I guess I'm a little jittery.
Not getting enough sleep.
I won't bother you anymore.
Putting a meter outside
on the patio.
OK.
The eggs will be hard-boiled.
Did you do this
for your husband?
Mm-hmm.
Didn't your wife
do this for you?
Yes. She liked to cook.
That's one of the reasons
why I'm single--
I never was there
when dinner was on the table.
Take my advice...
and don't get mixed up
with a doctor.
They're seldom at home.
What would you say
if I told you...
I was already
mixed up with a doctor?
I'd say it was too good
to be true.
Things like this
can happen all of a sudden.
What's "all of a sudden"
about two people...
who've been friends
most of their lives?
Good morning.
Good morning.
I thought
I smelled some coffee.
Why didn't you give me a call?
I didn't want to wake Teddy.
She's wide-awake.
Got a good sleep.
Good.
But I don't feel
she should go home right away.
Would you mind taking in
boarders for a while?
Or do you have something else
in mind?
I was toying with an idea...
but you can stay.
Here, Jack.
Thank you, doll.
I'll take it to Teddy.
Miles, did you make
that appointment for me...
with the psychiatrist?
Yes. 2:00.
I don't need him.
I feel like such a fool.
I woke up this morning,
and everything was all right.
-You don't know my relief.
-Yes, I do.
Will you call Becky
and tell her? She was worried.
All right.
She's at your house.
At your house? Why?
It's a long story,
but she'll tell you about it.
Becky's still at his house.
All right.
Good morning.
Good morning, Sally.
Take a peek at what's
in the reception room.
Mother,
why don't we go home?
In a little while,
Jimmy.
He certainly made
a quick recovery.
I guess we all have.
But driving home...
I had a lot of questions
and no answers.
How could Jimmy and Wilma
seem so normal now?
Surely I had done nothing
to cure them.