"I don't remember exactly when it happened" "It was 2 weeks ago" "Yesterday, that was the day that I lost my equilibrium" "It was the day after we were told we'd be pitching this Samson's account" "And Hal, the copy guy comes in and he's wearing a..." "What's the socially acceptable term... toupee!" "This..." "Somebody hunted this trap, killed it and taped it to Hal's head" "We were in shock, we hear our molecules moving" "And before we process this betrayal, Hal says calmly... that He decided to do something about his hair problem" "And he'd appreciate it if we kindly refrain from making it... a topic of comment or conversation." "This is my team" "These are good people." "They're great at what they do" "It's like Jazz wathing them on a run" "We can't talk about this sense of tragedy of Hal's hair" "I mean you should see him, faces like starving animals" "They look at me... they look tooooo me" "You know, Nick ,say something to Hal..." "Do something!" "I mean, it's an alarm clock" "They want a new concept for their shitty little alarm clock" "You know, the SAMSON, 'coz your time is important to us!" "that's what I... you know We're polishing the vase..." "that's when the house falls down" " You have an alarm clock?" " I do." "Yes." " You happy with it?" " It does the job." "Right, but you need a new alarm clock, Dr Pearl" "And it's gotta be a Samson" "You want a new colour, a new texture..." "a want a bigger winder for better torque" "You want a softer kick" "You wanna kick it off a night stand every morning for a year, you can" "Our interior mechanism is incredibly... robust!" "You see what I'm saying here." "Am I getting through you?" "The message is simple" "My life is lacking something" " Is that short for something?" " Is what short for something?" "Pearl" "Yes, it's short for Dr Pearl" "You were talking about alarm clocks" "All around me, these other firms, they are hitting home-runs" "Left  Right" "Not in your mouth, not your hand." "It's great!" "Dollar for dollar, you can't beat a PONTAIC." "?" "man!" "Any of 'ur patients famous?" " I can't discuss my patients" "All right, no, I saw a skit about that once at a night club" "Doctor patient, patience, doctor" "I remember that, I want to remember the names, anything personal If there's any product they happen to mention" "Mr Penrose..." "You taking this too much seriously" "You remember Jack?" "He's doing just freelance" "I really can't help you there" "Oh my god, you would put the sales right through the roof" "I have the data" "Your sister mentioned something about a recurring dream" "The woman in the dream." "The woman in the dream, why did you say it that way?" "Cecelia says it like that" "Is Cecelia is your wife?" " Yeah" "And you tell her about the dream?" "I make the mistake of mentioning it once" "Now it's become a ritual, it's a ritual... until" "Until yesterday" "What happened yesterday?" "Yesterday I came down to the kitchen, I was telling her about the dream" "The latest installment." "I just saw a woman in the dream and when I wake up, I don't remember who it is, but in the dream, I know her absolutely" "You know it's a very..." "It's not a sex dream" "Exactly" "But so we're there and I said, 'Boy, who is it?" "' God" "Because I was thinking about it and I felt like the air in the room had changed or something... and when I look over and there she was, shoulder shaking, she's crying" "Why is she crying?" "I don't know" "Did you ask her?" "She wasn't saying anything" "She was upset" "Yes" "Mr. Penrose, have you given any thought to sitting down?" "I'm wondering if cavemen sat around talking about their dreams" "And having coded conversations with their wives over cold venison." "Do you often imagine that you're a caveman?" "No" "I am reasonably happy with 1955" "Look at the advances in medicine, polio, TB, the Dodgers" "That was a joke!" "So, how is it with Cecelia since her crying in the kitchen?" "It's great It's great" "She's like a nurse on the night ward when I've my tonsils out" "Civil and unavailable" "And how long is it since you've been having this dream?" "Well that's the thing..." "It was the night when Hal showed up with the new thing on his head and that's when everything gone!" "You see the issue with the woman in the dream as a test" "I have to show Cecelia that I know the answer" "Or she's gonna be gone" "That's why you've to help me, if this woman is pulling away from me, I don't know what I'll do" "So, I need to know the answer now..." "NOW" "Well before I leave, I gotta know" "Christ, if you can get my sister to put her sense together" "Mr Penrose In my book..." "Human being is not a car brake, I mean we'll talk, we'll see what happens" "You understand, everybody is different." "You're under a lot of stress." " Yes" "You're anxious about the job, the recurring dream and the situation..." "With your wife, you're much more anxious than usual." "Exactly." "now there're various ways I can try to help you reduce 'ur anxiety." "First one is to have to have you lie down on this couch over here." "On this couch?" "Yes, right here" "Just put 'ur head up on one end and slide your feet down the other end" "This is working for people, the couch?" "I can tell you, I had great success with this couch" "Should I take my shoes off?" " Yes, whatever makes you comfortable" "Alright..." "I am not supposed to see, is that good?" "Yes, we don't want you on sensory overload" "We want your mind completely clear" "Should I close my eyes?" " I find that helps 'coz I see things in great detail" "If I could it would be good..." "if I could close my eyes for a momeny?" " Yes, just close your eyes" "Sometimes, I imagine myself as a person with no responsibilities" "That's very interesting" "Part of me knows I enjoy it" "Yes, now I want you to tell me about your dream" "Okay" "But first, take a minute, go back to the beginning of the dream" "Once you gotten there," "Just pause for a moment, and hold the first image in your mind" "We at the beginning?" " Yes." "Tell me the first thing you see in the dream" "A woman's face" "Can you see the woman in 'ur mind right now?" "Yes." "Where are you?" "Are you very close or are you far-away?" "We've facing each other in bed." "It's just..." "It's right after..." "she has her hand on my cheek" "That's... that's very close." "Think for a minute what it feels like to lie there" "How do you feel?" "Good" "Then what happens?" "She looks at me with kinda funny smile and goes off to the bathroom" "Turns on the tub and lets it run" "This is when I realised we've been in this room before" "Describe the room to me" "Feels like a hotel room" "Doesn't feel like a place where anybody lives" "The only personal affects belong to us" "So, when I hear the water running, I think," "I love it, that she's gonna take a bath and I," "Begin to imagine her getting ready." "Taking off her make-up, putting her hair up" "So excited thinking about it." "And I decide when I hear her turn the water off," "I'm gonna go, I'm gonna get up I'm gonna go get right in the bath-tub with her." "That's when the phone starts ringing." " Who do you think might be calling?" " I don't know." "Aren't you afraid of being discovered?" " No." "Not even a slightest bit guilty?" " No." " Not the tiniest bit?" "No, no guilt whatsoever." "Then what happened?" "She sticks her head out of the bathroom..." "'coz when its ?" "you know..." "We have better things to do than answering the phone" "I watch her from the bed in the mirror" "She takes her bath" "She gets up and dries herself up" "And now she climbs up on the sink in front of the mirror like a cat" "And puts on her make-up" "She finishes and," "Back in the bedroom, I watch her as she, ...gets dressed." "Then she goes in the bathroom for a minute, closes the doors..." "...just goes in there for a minute... door close" "She comes back out in the living room..." "and picks up the purse..." "... comes and sits down next to me on the bed" "She puts her hand on my face" "There is a glove on her hand." "She kisses me." "She leaves" "I just lay there for a minute." "Then the phone rings again, I go to..." "Answer it, but there's no one at the other end" " Then what happens?" " I wake up." " Should I stop?" " No, no, stay in the dream." " There's more work to do... there's still work to do" "I feel so sad." "Well yes, you wanna be with her." "Yes." "Alright now, stay there on the bed." "You're in the dream now." "And I want you to go back." "I want you to go back in the dream to when the woman is in the bathroom." "She got dressed and she went to the bathroom So let me know when you see her going to the bathroom" "Okay, she's there?" " Yes hold on... the bathroom door is closed" "Yes." "And you're lying on the bed?" " Yes." "You are in the dream... still in the dream..." "Now, raise your head slowly, slowly" "Where are you?" " I am standing." "And where is the purse?" "The purse?" "Yes, you said that when she sat down next to you, she picked up a purse" "The purse is on the ?" " Okay, right... you see it?" "Go to it I want you to go to the purse." "I can't." " Why?" "What if she comes out of the bathroom and catch me!" " Well she might not." "I can't, I can't..." "I'm sorry..." "Im so!" "I'm sorry!" "Don't you're in a very vulnerable state right now," "It's crucial you do not feel judged at this moment." "Judged!" "If you turn around, any expression on my face," "No matter how sympathetic or supportive ...will be viewed and inprited as criticism And I cannot allow that, I will not allow that." "Yeah Thank you." "Let's go back to your work for a while." "oh, the house stuff?" "Forget the house stuff... the problem at work the account... the alarm clock" "You feel as if you've run out of ideas?" "I feel like I've run out of good ideas." "Something is missing." "Yes." "Okay... alright What's your favourite part of the dream?" "When she standing at the door right when the phone rings" "Why?" "Because like she's..." "By standing at the door and letting the phone ring" "Like she's keeping outside world away for a minute." "That's where I screw up, I answer the phone and the dream ends" "Maybe... maybe if I didn't answer the phone, she'll come back" "So, the phone is an interruption from the outside world." "Yes." "Kinda like an... an alarm clock." "Maybe." "The phone as an alarm clock!" "You going somewhere with this" "Well, in the dream she doesn't pick up the phone She savours the moment" "You hear the alarm clock in the morning, what happens?" "I turn it off." " Yes, but what do you want to do?" "Go back to sleep." " Why don't you?" " 'coz if I don't get up," "I'll fall back to sleep and I will be late for work." "Yes, yes, but you just want a few more moments of sleep, just a few." "No, you'd have to reset the entire alarm" "And the setting mechanism isn't that precise." "What would solve the problem then?" "Well you'd have to turn the alarm off, and then turn it off again automatically a few minutes later" " Sounds simple enough!" "Yes, i guess you could get a little snooze..." "the snooze alarm, it's like a different button or something but is turns the alarm off for seven minutes or something that would be great, would be great a snooze alarm, the snooze alarm" "Would you want one of those, the sonooze alarm?" "Yes..." "I actually think I would." "I would This is good, this is good I thought about that This could be something... the snooze alarm" "Samson, the alarm clock of your dreams." "Right?" "Sounds like one of those good ideas." "I'll tell Cecelia" "Can I get up now?" "Absolutely." "Feeling better?" "Yes." "I am Good!" "I feel like I've accomplished something today." "I hope you feel as if we accomplished something today?" " Good feeling" " Feels good" "Yup..." "I do thank you" "No need to thank me." "The work is it's own reward." "Days like today I feel incrdeibly fortunate!" "You looked spent Breakthroughs can be exhausting." "ya..." "I feel really tired all of a sudden." "Are you all right?" " I just feel like I can lay down again or something" "Go on..." "You've some time left on your hour." "Lie down..." "I can..." "I'll just..." "That's right..." "I'll do something" "That be great." "Thank you." "Nick, are you up?" "You must have hit the snooze alarm about a half a dozen times." "It's become a ritual, Nick" "What?" "Promise me you'll talk to Hal about his hair today." "I gotta go." "Hal Can I level with you?" "We can't... we can't go to Samson with this We can't pitch this, we can't present this." "b'coz we don't have any..." "we don't have anything... there's nothing new" "Nick, we worked very hard on this." "And I'll like to think we've accomplished something." "Don't you feel like we've accomplished SOMETHING?" "No..." "No, I don't." "Well, neither do I." "God, it's a nightmare, isn't it?" "I mean..." "We're living in the shadow of a freaking snooze alarm" "Where do you go from there?" "What?"