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00:00I love Christmas.
00:23Hello?
00:25Dr. Aveson?
00:30Yes?
00:31Oh, thank God.
00:32It's you.
00:33I was hoping you could find it in your heart to take a new patient tonight.
00:37This is my private home.
00:39How did you get this address?
00:41Do you not take walk-ins?
00:43It's Christmas Eve.
00:46I know.
00:48It's a difficult night for so many, especially the lonely.
00:51I just need someone to talk to.
00:54I'm sorry, I can't.
00:57Is that because it's Christmas Eve or because you have another patient?
01:02Because I can assure you, whatever is going on with this other guy, I've got it way worse.
01:07Look, I'm trying to be patient with you.
01:10No, I'm trying to be a patient with you.
01:12Get it?
01:13Good night.
01:14Cesar!
01:15Wait!
01:16Oh my God, it's you.
01:17I miss you so much.
01:18Nobody believes like they used to.
01:22Oh, oh good.
01:23You're calling Nick to cancel, huh?
01:24It's fine.
01:25He's a new patient.
01:26No, you're an intruder.
01:27I'm calling the police.
01:29How did you know all that?
01:34Okay, okay, okay.
01:37You got me.
01:38I'm sorry.
01:39I'm sorry.
01:40I lied.
01:41But there's a very good explanation, okay?
01:43It's just the holidays.
01:45They're so...
01:47Wait.
01:48What is...
01:49What is that?
01:50What?
01:51Something on your face.
01:54What?
01:55Where?
01:56No, it's on the other side.
01:57It's right here.
01:58Oh, that's a nice holiday sweater.
02:06I like those glasses too.
02:14Hello?
02:16Dr. Avison?
02:21Yes?
02:23It's me, Nick Green.
02:25We spoke on the phone earlier about an emergency new patient appointment.
02:29Yes!
02:30Yes!
02:31Of course!
02:32Of course!
02:33I'm so glad you're here.
02:34I just need a moment.
02:35I'm wrapping up one last present.
02:37Okay, thank you so much for seeing me tonight.
02:39You're a lifesaver.
02:41And I'm a lifesaver.
02:42Ha ha.
03:13To top it all off, I'm totally fucking broke.
03:17I have nothing.
03:19I have no friends.
03:23I'm just so sad.
03:27Yeah.
03:29So sad all the time.
03:32Well, Nick.
03:36I'm really proud of you.
03:39Thanks.
03:40I can't believe you're still alive.
03:44What?
03:45I mean, you're not listening to yourself?
03:48Dead mom, divorce, money issues,
03:52about to spend your first Christmas Eve alone?
03:54I've had patients kill themselves for much less.
03:57I mean, I gotta be honest.
03:59I don't know what to do with you, Nick.
04:00Nick, I mean, I guess there's one thing we could try.
04:07It's a little dangerous, though.
04:12What?
04:13Okay, Nick, scoot over, okay?
04:18It's okay.
04:19It's okay.
04:21It's okay.
04:22All right.
04:26Nick, are you a believer?
04:29In what?
04:30You have not once mentioned the big guy in this entire conversation.
04:39You mean, like, God?
04:41No, the big guy.
04:44Up north.
04:45Way up north.
04:46I can't believe I'm going to do this, but I'm working on an experimental new therapy.
05:07Very dangerous.
05:09It's called,
05:11Come to Santa.
05:12Um, I don't...
05:13It's just like gremlins, okay?
05:15Look, you're about my age.
05:16Remember, we saw gremlins as young boys, right?
05:19And remember when Phoebe Cage gives that beautiful monologue?
05:22Her dad comes down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus,
05:24and he dies!
05:26And it messed us up!
05:28Because we stopped believing in Santa way too young,
05:32and we associate that trauma with him
05:34and with our dads.
05:36That horrific trauma.
05:38I'm telling you, you give me one night,
05:40and I can fix you, Nick.
05:42Oh.
05:43But I do need to film it.
05:44Um, no.
05:45I'm going to waive your fee.
05:46I'm going to pay you $1,000 for your time.
05:50Look, man, this...
05:52I'm pretty skeptical about all this.
05:54Oh, oh, oh, you're skeptical?
05:55Oh, oh, Santa.
05:57Santa, he's skeptical.
05:58He's skeptical.
05:58You want to know why you're skeptical?
05:59Because you don't believe anymore.
06:00You don't believe in anything.
06:02That's why we have to go all the way back.
06:05All the way back to Santa.
06:06Because if you can believe in him,
06:08Nick, you can believe in anything.
06:13Even that you can be happy again.
06:20Um, come on, what are you going to do, huh?
06:21You're going to go home,
06:22you're going to slip both of your wrists
06:23and bleed out in the bathtub?
06:25That's lose-lose for both of us.
06:27Let's do it.
06:30How are you doing in there, buddy?
06:37How are you doing in there, buddy?
06:37Oh, sweetheart.
06:57Look at you.
07:00How do you feel?
07:04Honestly, uh, I always wanted Christmas jammies.
07:12Yeah, me too.
07:15My mom, my mom worked all the time.
07:18She didn't have any money.
07:19We didn't have any money.
07:21There's hardly any presents.
07:23Yeah, I mean, that's what happens
07:24when dads leave their sons when they're seven years old
07:27and they never come back.
07:28I never told you when my dad left.
07:35How do you know that?
07:43You know...
07:44Nick...
07:45This is not your fault.
07:53What?
07:54It's not your fault.
07:56Yeah, I know.
07:58It's not your fault, Nick.
07:58I know.
07:59It's not your fault.
08:00I never thought it was.
08:02A lot of other people had it way worse.
08:04No!
08:05Jesus.
08:07Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you,
08:08but that is a hard no, Nick.
08:10Okay.
08:11Trauma is relative,
08:12and this is your trauma.
08:14Your daddy left you, baby.
08:16He left you with nothing to believe in,
08:18not even Santa.
08:20Okay?
08:26Okay.
08:30Okay.
08:32I know.
08:34Okay.
08:34Well, congratulations, Nicholas.
08:38You just passed step one.
08:50Merry Christmas.
08:53Is this absolutely necessary?
08:56Yes, it's absolutely necessary.
08:57Come on in and close the door,
08:59and I'm sitting on Santa's lap.
09:04What happens in Santa's workshop
09:06stays in Santa's workshop.
09:07Come on.
09:08Come on.
09:09Okay.
09:10Come on.
09:11Here we go.
09:11All right, now,
09:12tell Santa what you want for Christmas.
09:16Um,
09:17I,
09:17I,
09:18I want to be happy.
09:20That doesn't work.
09:22That's,
09:22that's,
09:22that's,
09:23that's not a thing.
09:24Okay?
09:24I need something specific.
09:25What do you want?
09:27You mean like a toy car or something?
09:29No,
09:30Nick,
09:30I don't mean a toy car,
09:31because you're a grown man.
09:33I can feel your fully descended testicles
09:35on my leg right now.
09:37Something specific.
09:38What is at the root of your trauma?
09:40I,
09:41I don't know.
09:42I don't know what's at the root of my trauma.
09:43Yes,
09:44you do.
09:44We've been talking about this all night.
09:46Come on.
09:46It's your,
09:48your,
09:50did,
09:51dad.
09:52My dad?
09:53Yes.
09:54Captain Obvious.
09:54You want your dad to come back on Christmas morning
09:57and Santa can help bring him to you,
10:00but you have to ask.
10:02Listen,
10:02I appreciate what you're trying to do here,
10:04but I honest,
10:05I don't think this is,
10:06this is for me.
10:06Oh,
10:07for the love of Frosty.
10:08All right,
10:08get the camera.
10:09Come on.
10:09I wasn't planning on doing this until much later in the process,
10:12but you forced my hand.
10:13You're doubting Thomas.
10:14You want proof Santa's real?
10:16Come on.
10:16Come on.
10:18You ready?
10:19Yeah.
10:28There it is.
10:31Took this picture when I was 10 years old.
10:34In a room,
10:36not unlike this one,
10:37except it was much darker.
10:39Had my Polaroid camera hidden under my pillow.
10:42I heard the footsteps coming down the hall,
10:45the creak of the door.
10:46Saw the white beard peeking in.
10:49He said,
10:50shh,
10:50don't tell anyone.
10:52And then I snapped the picture.
10:54I know,
10:54I know,
10:58I know.
10:59It's a shock when you see him in the flesh for the first time.
11:01I mean,
11:02I myself,
11:02I can,
11:02I can barely remember anything from that night.
11:07How do you know that wasn't just some guy in a Santa suit that came into your room?
11:13What are you talking about?
11:15I mean,
11:16that could have been anyone.
11:17I don't think so.
11:24No.
11:24He brought presents.
11:27And there was the celery and the carrots.
11:29Oh,
11:30and he left a note.
11:31Yeah,
11:32the parents do all that.
11:33No.
11:45No,
11:46don't you project your daddy trauma onto me.
11:48What are you,
11:49what are you,
11:49what are you trying to say here?
11:51That it wasn't Santa that came into my room,
11:53but,
11:53but just,
11:54just some random guy?
11:55And the reason I can't remember it is because what?
11:57Because he raped me?
12:00Oh.
12:00That's,
12:01that's insane.
12:02Where'd you get a crazy idea like that from?
12:05Um,
12:06look,
12:07man,
12:09this has been super helpful,
12:10but here,
12:11I,
12:12no,
12:12no,
12:12no,
12:13no,
12:13no,
12:13no,
12:13no,
12:13no,
12:14no,
12:14no,
12:14no,
12:14no,
12:14I just,
12:14don't turn this around on me.
12:16Uh,
12:16uh,
12:16uh,
12:16uh,
12:16uh,
12:16I think you got some things you gotta process.
12:18This is your trauma,
12:20not mine.
12:21We're working on you tonight.
12:23I am fine.
12:24I am fine.
12:25I am fine.
12:30Okay.
12:50Dr. A?
12:51You're just in time for caroling an eggnog.
13:01Here,
13:01here.
13:02No,
13:02look,
13:02um,
13:03thank you,
13:03but,
13:04um,
13:04I,
13:04I,
13:05I gotta go.
13:06No,
13:06no,
13:06no,
13:06we're almost done with the program.
13:08Come on,
13:09have some nog.
13:09No,
13:09no,
13:10maybe,
13:10um,
13:10you mentioned earlier a thousand dollars.
13:13I was thinking maybe I could,
13:14I could just take half.
13:17Maybe.
13:18Could,
13:18could we do that?
13:19You want half of the money because you've finished half of the program?
13:25Yeah.
13:28You feel good about that?
13:30I,
13:30I,
13:30I feel pretty good about it.
13:35So if you went to the blood bank and you gave them half a bag of blood,
13:39you'd ask for half the,
13:41that's not how it works.
13:41You gotta give the full bag of blood,
13:43Nick.
13:43Come on.
13:43I think you're just nervous.
13:44Have some nog.
13:45Let's finish this thing.
13:46I don't like nog.
13:47Well,
13:47that's part of the problem.
13:48You need to get in the Christmas spirit.
13:50But I'm lactose intolerant.
13:51Well,
13:51this is soy nog,
13:52so it's okay.
13:52I just don't like to take it.
13:53Drink the nog,
13:54Nick.
13:55Yes.
13:56Okay.
13:56Down the hatch.
13:59Come on.
14:00And then like,
14:02yeah,
14:02absolutely.
14:03Okay.
14:03Absolutely.
14:05Yes.
14:06Now all we have left
14:08is the grand finale,
14:10Nick.
14:11Grand finale?
14:12Yes.
14:12Tomorrow morning
14:13when Santa comes down
14:13that chimney right there
14:15and we get final proof
14:15that he's real
14:16when you finally come to Santa.
14:18Tomorrow?
14:18No, man.
14:19I gotta get home.
14:19What are you gonna do at home,
14:20Nick?
14:21What are you gonna watch
14:22Looney Tunes cartoons
14:23on a TV
14:23in your sad trailer
14:24where you put a gun
14:25in your mouth
14:25looking at pictures
14:26of your dead ex-wife?
14:27I don't know what that is.
14:28Is that,
14:28what is that,
14:28Gremlins?
14:29No.
14:29That is Mel Gibson
14:30in Lethal Weapon.
14:30Gremlins is when the guy
14:31falls down and breaks his neck.
14:32Come on.
14:33Look, man.
14:33Just stay.
14:33I don't want any more nog,
14:35man.
14:35Look,
14:35I'm trying to be nice,
14:36okay,
14:37but you clearly have issues
14:38with your dad,
14:39okay,
14:39and I don't...
14:40Stop saying
14:41my dad raped me.
14:42That is not cool,
14:43especially on Christmas Eve.
14:45Come on.
14:45I'm sorry.
14:46Where's my,
14:47where's my bag?
14:49My bag.
14:51Your bag?
14:51Yeah.
14:53I don't know.
14:55Where'd you leave it?
14:56I left it.
14:58I left it down.
15:00I left it down.
15:02Wait,
15:02are you okay, Nick?
15:04Oh, fuck.
15:05Wait a minute.
15:09Did you have too much eggnog?
15:12What?
15:14Oh, no.
15:19It was the night before Christmas
15:21and all through the house
15:23not a creature was stirring.
15:31Good night, sweetheart.
15:35Nick.
15:41Nick.
15:42Nick.
15:43Wake up.
15:44Wake up.
15:46It's Christmas.
15:47It's Christmas.
15:48And Nick,
15:49he came.
15:51Oh,
15:51he came.
15:52He brought
15:53pretzies
15:53and carrots
15:55and silver.
15:56He ate it all.
15:56Nick.
15:57I filmed it.
15:59I got proof.
16:00Come sit.
16:00Come sit.
16:02And the best part is
16:03I don't think anybody got raped.
16:05Okay, sit.
16:06Sit.
16:07Sit.
16:07Come on.
16:08Sit.
16:09Here.
16:10Look.
16:11Look.
16:14Whoop.
16:19Sneaky little bugger.
16:20Okay.
16:28Here we go.
16:32Oh.
16:33Is that a heavier?
16:38Oh.
16:39Oh.
16:39You're a little,
16:41but you're heavy.
16:42Oh.
16:43Okay.
16:44Is this,
16:45is that Santa?
16:46Oh, no.
16:47That's,
16:47that's,
16:48that's,
16:49that's,
16:49that's somebody else.
16:51Oh.
16:51Shh, shh, shh.
16:52Wait, he's on your part.
16:53Look, look, look, look, look.
16:54Look.
16:57Oh,
16:57what's that?
16:59Oh,
17:00it's your present.
17:02Nick,
17:02it's your present.
17:04Come on.
17:05Don't you open your present?
17:06Come on.
17:08Where am I?
17:10Okay.
17:11All right.
17:11Come on.
17:13I need a little help.
17:14A little help.
17:15Here we go.
17:16Oh,
17:17it's a big one.
17:18Boy.
17:19Sounds like a good one, Nick.
17:21Sounds like a good one.
17:22Come on.
17:23Open it.
17:23Come on.
17:24Where's my bag?
17:26Your,
17:26your bag?
17:27Nick,
17:27who cares about your bag?
17:29It's Christmas
17:30and Santa came.
17:32Come on.
17:33Okay.
17:34Here we go.
17:35Here we go.
17:36Woo.
17:37Where is it?
17:39It's really deep in there.
17:41Okay.
17:42Okay.
17:44Nick.
17:45Nick.
17:46It's in there.
17:47It's in there.
17:48My bag.
17:49Yes,
17:50it's your bag.
17:51Go get it.
17:53No.
17:53Dad.
18:00Yes.
18:01Yes.
18:01Yes.
18:0139 years ago he left you and this whole time he's been living two towns away and Santa brought
18:15him to you on Christmas morning.
18:17Nick.
18:19How do you feel?
18:25Wait.
18:26No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
18:27No, no, don't leave.
18:29Don't leave.
18:29Nick.
18:30Wait.
18:33You haven't forgiven him yet.
18:35Nick.
18:48Nick.
18:50Nick.
18:52Nick?
19:19Nick?
19:21It's okay.
19:24You don't need to run away.
19:27I'm not gonna hurt you.
19:43Oh!
19:45Somebody taking a tubby?
19:50Where are you?
19:55Seriously?
19:58Oh.
20:00Okay.
20:01Okay.
20:09Shhh.
20:11Don't tell anyone.
20:13Oh my god.
20:23Oh.
20:25Oh my god.
20:26Okay.
20:27Hey.
20:31Oh my god.
20:35Oh my god!
20:37Oh my god!
20:38Nick?
20:55What happened?
20:58Oh! Sweetheart! You fell!
21:14Huh. Just like gremlins.
21:28You fell!
21:45What happened?
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