Mysterious Ways (2000) s01e06 Episode Script
Twins
It was a tough exam.
Most of my classes don't do
well with personality concepts.
Dude, you got a C.
There weren't a lot of
As and Bs. Mostly Cs.
It wasn't easy material.
But you had to work hard
for that C, and you guys did.
I'm impressed.
Oh, you can give us all As for effort.
Oh, you could work for it next time.
Hey, is there another one?
Don't sweat it, guys.
It's just one exam.
There's still plenty of
time to bring your grades up.
Brett Jeffcott. Robert Mitchell.
I want you to see me
at 11:15 in my office.
All right, turn to page 122.
- He want to see you too?
- Yeah.
What's up?
No idea.
Come on in, guys.
Have a seat.
I expect you know why you're here.
I don't have to tell you
how disappointed I am.
I flunked.
Yep.
Me too?
Yep.
Man, I don't get it.
I actually studied for this test.
You know, guys,
I like to think I'm the kind of teacher
you can come to when you're in trouble.
You are.
And why'd you cheat?
- What? I didn't cheat.
- I didn't cheat.
Alright. You can save yourself
some trouble here, guys.
- But I didn't cheat.
- But I didn't cheat.
Your exams were identical. Everything.
Everything. Exactly the same.
It was multiple choice?
Yeah, including the essays, word for word.
Even the ones you misspelled.
Give me the test.
You copied from me?
I don't even know where you sit, man.
It's real clean, guys.
Somebody copied, somebody allowed it.
This is stupid.
I don't even know this idiot.
I'm not the idiot that copied off of
someone's test, so if you don't shut up
Hey !
Neither am I!
Guys, guys.
I'm gonna allow you to retake the test.
Separately.
Okay.
Now.
What?
Take it now or take a knife.
Fine.
This time we'll do it verbally.
Cora Dubois was the first anthropologist
to study modal personality.
True.
When looking at basic
personality structure,
primary organizations include family
structure and customs of raising children.
True, I think.
Uh, yeah, true.
True, I think.
Yeah, true.
What question are anthropologists trying
to answer when they study personality?
Um, does personality shape culture
or does culture shape personality?
Does personality shape culture
or does culture shape personality?
Explain the concept of cultural schemas.
It's what we think the world is like
and how we're supposed to act in it.
Like in
our culture, uhm the schema of going
to a college class is walk in
sit at a desk, listen to
a lecture, take notes
and leave class.
A simplified version of what we expect
in that circumstance.
Is that right?
Is that right?
Yeah.
You investigate, what did you call it?
- Miraculous phenomena.
- Miraculous phenomena.
- The schema of going to a college class
- The schema of going to a college class
- is walk in, sit at a desk,
- is walk in, sit at a desk,
- listen to a lecture, take notes,
- listen to a lecture, take notes,
- and leave class.
- and leave class
- It's a simplified version
- It's a simplified version
- of what we expect in that circumstance.
- of what we expect in that circumstance.
They studied together.
No, they say they never met before.
Well, that's what they told you because
they're afraid of being expelled for cheating.
It's not just the way they sound.
I mean, it's their inflections,
their gestures, their mannerisms.
It's almost like
they're the same person.
All kids look the same when you're old.
That's not funny. And this is weird.
You think everything's weird.
- I do not.
- Yes, you do.
- I do not.
- Yes you do.
I do not.
Angels last week, helping a high school
basketball team during a wind streak ?
That was their claim, not mine.
I was just investigating it.
That's what I do.
I'm sorry. I don't
mean to be rude, Declan,
but I'm very late for a meeting.
You should call first
before popping in like this.
You really mean to tell me you
think this is perfectly ordinary?
No, it's not perfectly ordinary,
but I know there's a rational
explanation for all this.
So do I. I'm just trying
to find out what it is.
Photographic memory.
They study the textbook.
Nope. Most of the exams
are based on my lectures.
Then there's a hearing equivalent.
They've got some answers wrong.
The same ones, I should add.
Then you don't know
your subject very well.
Close the door when you leave.
I'll call you.
No, no. Peg, come on.
- Come on. I'll call you. I'll call you.
- Just give me a minute.
No, I'm late.
Is that right?
Overall, your project
proposals look really good.
Some rocking choices, guys.
Except for you, Mr. Leonard,
you'll need to pick a new topic.
Why?
Ancient Eskimos had no literature.
Well, how do I know that
if I don't research it?
I just told you.
Mr. Mitchell.
Seems that you and our good friend,
Mr. Jepka, have chosen the same topic.
The social function of
art in the Renaissance.
Obscure.
You're gonna have to pick a new topic.
That's it. Class dismissed.
All right, let's go.
Sorry. I meet you out.
Hey, you took my idea.
It's my idea.
Find a different one.
No, man, you find a different one.
I've been working very hard on this.
I'll tell you what, why don't you pick
a topic that's related to your major?
- I did. Art history.
- I did. Art history.
Step in my office for
a second, will you?
Am I the only one who
thinks this is weird?
Yeah, well, if this creep didn't
keep on following me around
You're nuts.
I'm nuts?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, well, you're the one
that came up with the same idea.
Hey, guys, guys, listen. Tell you what.
Let's pick one topic and you
can both work on it together.
- What? No way.
- What? No way.
- Stop that, man.
- No.
Come on, it's not a question.
That's what I want you to do.
That's it.
Go, go.
Look, if we split the work up, we don't
have to deal with each other so much.
All right? So I'll pick out some
pieces that have influenced our culture
and you do the write-ups.
Great, I hate writing.
Well, what do you want to do, man?
I want to get this over with.
Well, me too. So let's decide on this.
How about we just put the
whole thing down the middle?
We should do five pieces,
write our own summaries.
That's
And present our own work in class.
That
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What do you mean in class?
We've got to do an oral report too.
Yeah.
I really don't like
talking in front of people.
Okay, so
Okay.
If you wanna do that
How about we do five pieces
each, you write the summaries,
I'll present them in class.
That You okay with that?
Like I said, I hate writing.
Good, man.
Chili cheese dog, extra onions.
Good.
I'll get the same.
Oh, I
Kathy's going to kill me, man.
Who?
Actually, uh, my girlfriend, I was
Your girlfriend's name's Kathy.
Yeah, why?
Mine is too.
Kathy Merkel?
Kathy Conway.
Thanks, bro.
Thanks.
It's so weird how both our
girlfriends' names are Kathy.
Exactly, we're
We were both born in New York City.
Okay, what else?
Our favorite soda is is root beer.
You know, we both
like chili cheese dogs.
Yeah, neither of us wanted
to go to this college.
I only did because my
aunt said that I had to.
Where do you want to go?
Oh, USC.
Sorry.
That's where I want to go.
- See?
- See?
When's your birthday?
- May 15th, 1979.
- May 15th, 1979.
Now that's bizarre.
Brent's parents were killed in
a car accident when he was one.
His aunt raised him.
Robert was adopted.
Uh-huh.
So come on, just meet with them, Peggy.
Give them those tests, the ink thing test.
The horseback test.
Rorschach ?
- That too.
- Who's gonna pay for it ?
Uh, I wanna put it on the tab.
All right, send them
by my office tomorrow.
- Really?
- Really.
Thank you.
Oh, and when they come by, you
gotta check out their resemblance.
It's eerie. They both
have the same eyes.
Their eyebrows are the same.
These straight lines.
What, you think they're twins?
I don't know, could be.
They share the same birthday.
That doesn't make them twins.
You take a sample of 23 people,
and there's a 50-50 chance
that they're gonna share the same birthday.
It's statistically proven.
How do you know stuff like that?
It sticks in my head.
It's weird. You should play Jeopardy.
Oh, yeah.
It's a good idea.
- Yeah, right?
- Yeah.
Oh, I forgot a cup.
Hey, I forgot my wallet.
Can you pay for this one?
Oh, shocker.
Here you go. Keep the change.
Thank you.
And what about the rest
of these coincidences?
I mean, they both come
from the same city.
They both have the same majors.
Their girlfriends both
have the same name.
You know, I've read
about cases like this
where twins that were separated,
they had the same kind of
What do you call it?
Psychic bond?
I wouldn't call having a girlfriend
by the same name a psychic bond.
Do you want some water?
But it is unusual.
Yes.
Yeah, but if you survey
a room full of people,
you'll find people from the same city
with the same major,
and some of them will have girlfriends
with the same name.
But that doesn't mean they're related.
No.
You're missing my point.
Example.
Excuse me.
What are you doing?
Listen.
How many people here have a wife
or a girlfriend named Kathy?
See?
Does anybody know someone
by the name of Kathy?
See?
Yeah, but not girlfriends.
Does anybody here have a husband
or a boyfriend named Bob?
Hey, quadruplets.
Maybe.
They had the same birthday.
Peg, there's a lot of people
that think coincidence is a sign
from the Big Kahuna to help
guide them through life,
bring people together.
And there are people who
don't believe that, Declan.
It's random.
I mean, it's unique, definitely.
It's strange, maybe.
But messages from the Big Kahuna?
I don't think so.
I mean, take us, for instance.
There were no signs
that brought us together.
I don't know.
Maybe there was.
I'll tell you what.
I'll do some research and see if there are
any coincidences that brought us together.
Okay.
But don't be surprised if I
don't find anything more amazing
than having a girlfriend named Kathy.
You have a girlfriend named Kathy?
Very funny.
Where are you ?
Hey, what's wrong?
I just had a nightmare.
You're burning up.
I'm fine. I just, uh
Had a bad dream.
Robert.
Oh, I was just taking a break.
You're tired.
Yeah, a little. I haven't
been sleeping too well lately.
Too much studying?
I keep having these nightmares.
What kind of nightmares?
I don't know. I can't
I can never remember them.
It's probably just midterms.
How you doing?
Piece of cake. I'm almost done.
Watch it with that thing, alright?
I thought you didn't
need blood for this test.
I don't. This is from my
own private collection.
She's only kidding.
She's doing two tests.
Tissue and blood.
Very thorough.
Don't you have to have
a license or something?
I do. I'm a registered phlebotomist.
She mean she's a highly trained
professional in this area.
She's okay to do this.
Ow.
You're not very good at it.
No, I'm not.
You wanna sit down?
You might feel better.
Blood freaks me out.
You'll get used to it.
Next.
So how long will it
take to get the results?
Generally five, maybe six days.
Six days? Are you kidding?
No.
No, I'm not waiting that long.
Yeah, me neither.
Where you going?
Talk to my aunt. You wanna come along?
You want me to come with
you to your aunt's house?
Well, yeah, you're into this
sort of weird stuff, aren't you?
Besides, we don't even have a car.
Aha.
Tell you what, if I come, you gotta fill
up my truck with gas. How about that?
Brent, honey, what are you doing home?
This is my friend Robert and
my anthropology prof, Declan.
This is my Aunt Beverly.
Hi.
Hi.
Nice to meet you.
Is something wrong at school?
No.
No. Everything's fine.
I need information.
Okay.
Do I have any brothers?
Brothers? No.
Are you sure?
Of course you know you
don't have any brothers.
If I knew, I wouldn't be asking.
Maybe I can help.
Two days ago we discovered that both
Robert and Brent share the same birthday.
Neither one of them was raised
by their biological parents.
So
So you think Robert's your brother?
I don't know. Is he?
Well, I just told you, you
don't have any brothers.
Well, if I did, would you tell me?
Well, Brent, if you'd had a twin brother, he
would have been raised in this house with you.
Not if you didn't want two kids.
Or maybe Robert was given up at birth.
Honey, listen, I was at the
hospital when you were born.
I remember every detail.
So you were actually physically
there when I was born.
No. Not in the delivery room.
I got there later.
Well, how much later?
I don't know. I can't remember.
You just said you
remembered every detail.
Brent, listen.
Your mother was my sister.
I would have known if
she'd had twins that day.
I'm sorry. I know this is important.
I knew you wouldn't understand.
We had to check on something.
Sure. Yeah.
I'm sorry. He's always been
a little uncomfortable here.
I can't imagine it was difficult for him,
losing his parents at such an early age.
That's part of it.
He's been sort of angry his whole life.
He came out of the womb that way.
Well, we just need to get a hold of
them and ask them a few questions.
I don't know.
How you feeling?
I'm fine.
Yeah. You alright?
Yep.
Thanks, Mom.
Were they upset?
Oh. She'll be alright, you know.
I got the number to the adoption agency.
I'll call and get my records.
Just a little problem, though.
What's that?
My biological parents are dead.
Mom said they died when
I was really little.
Sorry, man.
Oh, whatever.
I just, you know, wanted to track them
down and sort all this stuff out.
You know what this means, don't you?
No. What?
My parents died when I was young.
Our parents?
Our parents.
Wait a minute, guys.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Well
Come on, we don't have
any real proof yet.
What?
Hey, man. You made it.
Of course I made it. What's happening?
Great party, huh?
Yeah. How you doing?
Hi.
How you doing? Happy birthday.
Woo! Yeah!
Cheers.
Alright. I want to make a toast.
Alright.
I want to make a toast to brotherhood.
Here's to family.
Yeah. To family.
Oh, that's where we lived.
Dodge Dart.
Bad choice of car.
It's got the racing stripes, though.
That's them. Mom and Dad.
Wow.
Uh-huh.
At least they're not as ugly as you.
Look at this one.
Oh, I take that back.
Here, look at this.
Looks like a fun party.
New Year's Eve, my aunt said.
That's her right there.
That's Mom and Dad.
Who are these people?
Dad's two brothers, his
sister and some cousins.
I used to hate looking
at these pictures.
I have what they have.
Yeah, yeah, an ugly brother.
They come from the same
generation and economic class.
You see? Another coincidence.
No, it's an explanation why
they use the same vocabulary
and they have the same
taste in fast food.
Their IQs and their
personality tests were similar.
Similar but not exact.
Okay, what else?
They came within ten points
of each other on their IQ test.
Robert is an INFP and Brent is an ENFP.
What?
Introvert, extrovert, which
means they're different.
Robert's having nightmares.
Really? What about them ?
He doesn't know, but I can
tell they're disturbing him.
Did you talk to him about it?
I mean, you know, get him to open up?
Isn't that part of your gig?
Yes, it's part of my gig,
but how do you get somebody to open
up about something they don't remember?
Hmm, I don't know.
You could hypnotize him.
I haven't used hypnosis since college.
Really? I thought you
shrinks did that all the time.
We don't use it all the time.
And I haven't had a situation
where I thought it was useful.
What do you mean? Like this one?
I'm sorry, sir, your card was declined.
What? My card?
There must be some mistake.
Somebody's going to get a very nasty
letter about this, I assure you.
Peg, can you get this?
Thank you.
You're getting to be expensive.
Yeah, but I'm worth it.
Are you feeling relaxed?
Yeah, I guess.
Alright. Tell me about your nightmare.
Alright.
What do you see?
Nothing.
What do you feel?
Cold.
Damp.
Do you hear anything?
Yeah, sounds like thunder.
Close by.
What else?
Do you see anything else?
Trees.
Like a forest or something.
And there's some lightning.
Storm's coming.
Some more, more lightning.
What else do you see?
A fence.
A fence? What kind of fence?
A little wooden fence.
Like spikes.
You could pick the fence ?
What else do you see?
Like around you?
Nothing.
I'm running.
What's chasing you?
I can't see anything.
I just feel very scared.
I don't want to feel scared. I just
It's dark.
I'm running out of time.
I fell.
I'm on the ground.
There's just mud everywhere.
I gotta get up. I'm running out of time.
There's not much time.
Keep your eyes closed.
I gotta go.
There's more light.
No!
This is nuts. This is crazy.
Forget it. I'm not doing this anymore.
Remind me not to listen to you again.
Robert.
Just stress from exams.
Well, if it's stress-related, I think
you're worried about more than exams.
Hey, man.
Hey.
How you feeling?
Tired.
How long have you been
having these dreams?
Just this week.
Oh, yeah?
I think it's because of Brent.
Yeah.
That makes sense.
Yeah, but I'm psyched about it.
Why would it give me nightmares?
Maybe it's one of those,
uh, what do you call them?
Uh
Repressed memory things?
But in the dreams, I look like I do now.
I mean, if it was
something from my past,
wouldn't I look like
I did when I was a kid?
Dreams aren't literal. They're symbolic.
It could be a memory of him
being separated from Brent.
Or something worse.
We'll be back in about 20 minutes.
We're on the gym.
Three chapters 16 and a full
analysis of sight potential
before next class, okay?
Hey, guys. Thanks for coming in.
Got Robert's records.
My parents' names
aren't the same as his.
We're not brothers.
Yeah, I know.
Miranda phoned me this morning.
Blood tests were negative.
I'm sorry, guys. I'm really sorry.
I guess that's it, then.
Yeah, uh
I guess that's
All those coincidences.
Yeah, probably just
some random things, huh?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I get them all built up, you know?
All excited about the
idea of being brothers.
I'm sure they'll be fine.
I'm sure they'll learn something
very valuable from all this.
Yeah?
Like how to go off half-cocked
without a reasonable theory.
You're being too hard on yourself.
No, you were right.
You've been right. Once.
No, I mean, by what you said last week.
By me thinking everything's weird.
It's true, I do.
I'm always looking for
meaning when there isn't any.
People have been doing
that for thousands of years.
It's perfectly normal.
I just take the idea of living in a
universe where everything's random, you know?
I always have.
You and Carl Jung.
You know, I had a prof
in college, Psych 101.
His name was Dr. Hess.
And that's all he talked about.
Carl Jung's theory of synchronicity.
Yeah, all coincidences
happen for a reason.
Well, it makes sense to me.
It would. I'll see you.
No !
What's wrong?
I just saw Robert's nightmare.
I'm gonna check on him.
What's going on? What happened?
It's Robert. He collapsed.
Why?
They don't know. They're taking
him to St. Joseph's Hospital.
He looks awfully pale.
He's a strong warrior.
I'm gonna get some coffee.
Would you like anything?
No, thank you.
No, thank you.
Okay.
It's bad, isn't it?
Uh
Robert's got a rare blood
disorder called Franconus Anemia.
Um
It's something he probably had his
whole life, just never been diagnosed.
At any rate, it's led to
something called aplastic anemia.
What's that?
His bone marrow's failing.
That's why he's been so tired.
Miranda did all those blood tests.
Didn't she notice it?
No, she was only testing for DNA.
This requires a very different
specific test to be diagnosed correctly.
Isn't there anything they can do for him?
I mean, is he gonna be okay?
He needs a bone marrow transplant.
That's gonna prove
difficult to find a donor.
I'll volunteer.
It's not that simple, Brent.
Why not?
You're not related.
Well, what difference does that make?
The bone marrow has to match.
And that's very rare except
for in blood relations.
Peggy's calling adoption agencies right now.
We've got their records.
She's trying to track someone down.
Is he down there?
His family's right down there.
Okay.
Anything ?
No, not yet.
Those records are 21 years old.
He could die before they find anyone.
I know, I know.
Why would Brent have Roberts nightmare ?
- You've had his nightmare ?
- Yeah, just like you described it.
That's how I knew something was wrong.
Hey, Miranda. It's Declan.
I'm sorry wake you up.
I need you to do me a favor, okay?
Why do you have their blood?
It's a long story, but it does match.
You can do your own tests.
Have you had a physical lately?
Yeah, why?
Are you allergic to any medication?
No.
Yes.
Yeah, come on.
You don't have to do this, dude.
I don't?
Get me out of here.
Hurry up !
Fire from all sides !
Go !
Stay with me, please.
Go !
Fall back !
No !
Oh my God !
Why did you do that ?
Why did you do that ?
It was meant for me!
It was meant for me!
You'll be okay. Hang on. Hang on!
We promised Mother
we'd go home together!
We promised Mother
we'd go home together!
Oh, God!
Oh, my God!
Hey.
Hey.
I just had the wildest dream.
We were together.
I know.
I was there.
So, guess we're even.
Yeah.
I guess so.
- Bizarre.
- Bizarre.
Mr. Mitchell.
How did it go? Were they alright?
- It went very well.
- Oh, thank God.
Can we see them?
Yes, but just the family.
They're still very weak.
Come on.
I'm so proud of you.
Thank you.
That's a first.
How do you feel?
Great. And you don't have ice cream?
No.
Oh, it's so great.
Thanks.
I'll come by later to check on you.
Get some sleep, huh.
What a kid.
Past lives, karmic debt.
What was in that anesthesia ?
- You far out there, huh ?
- Way out there.
Sure would go a long way to
explain me a lot of things.
Declan
No, come on. Lookm I'm just saying I
I haven't been able to figure out
a reason for all these coincidences yet.
Because there is no reason,
just random occurrences.
Oh, wait a minute. Wait, wait.
You don't really believe that.
I mean, after everything
that's happened ?
- His bone marrow matched. Come on.
- Past lives ?
I'm not saying I believe it.
I'm just saying that if it's true
and all this stuff would make sense
I'm gonna go over to Robert
to get some books for him.
A textbook from a class they both take.
It's a famous painting from
the Civil War called Brothers.
And they're probably not
even consciously aware of it.
It may be the reason that they
both share the same dream, right?
That doesn't explain
everything though, Peggy.
I mean, there's a lot
of other weird stuff.
I don't know, you're probably right.
It's probably all just
random coincidence.
Peggy ? Hello !
What's wrong?
Declan,
did you go to Grand
Oaks Community College?
You bet. Two proud years
as a fighting ferret.
- Dr. Hess Dr. Hess.
- Dr. Hess.
He taught there, didn't he?
Yeah, why?
The other day when you mentioned him,
it triggered a memory.
The name, the accent.
I went to Grand Oaks Community College.
- Get out
- And I took a class with Dr. Hess.
But I was there only a few weeks.
I'd completely forgotten.
The fall of 84?
Yeah.
- Your hair was shorter.
- Yeah.
You sat in the front row and
you always argued with him.
Yeah.
You were real pain in the ass.
- That would be me.
- I can't believe it.
You know, I really
wanted to get to know you.
- Really?
- Yeah.
In fact, I was even planning
asking you out.
- Oh ! Really?
- My hand to God, true.
You know, it took me two weeks to work up the
nerve to finally sit next to you in his class.
You were the guy who wore
those big thick glasses?
Yeah, that was me.
I even changed my socks for you.
- Oh ! Nice.
- Yeah.
And then you split. You disappeared.
Yeah, I dropped out.
My brother got ill, so I enrolled
in the University of Pennsylvania.
I changed majors.
- Let me guess. Psychiatry?
- Yeah. I met my husband there.
- Wow !
- Yeah.
Don't tell me.
Separated at birth, you and me.
That's weird.
That's really weird.
I wonder what would have
happened if I had taken you out.
Oh, I probably would have
had to pick up the check.
Yeah.
Probably.
Subtitle made by Adr1an
Most of my classes don't do
well with personality concepts.
Dude, you got a C.
There weren't a lot of
As and Bs. Mostly Cs.
It wasn't easy material.
But you had to work hard
for that C, and you guys did.
I'm impressed.
Oh, you can give us all As for effort.
Oh, you could work for it next time.
Hey, is there another one?
Don't sweat it, guys.
It's just one exam.
There's still plenty of
time to bring your grades up.
Brett Jeffcott. Robert Mitchell.
I want you to see me
at 11:15 in my office.
All right, turn to page 122.
- He want to see you too?
- Yeah.
What's up?
No idea.
Come on in, guys.
Have a seat.
I expect you know why you're here.
I don't have to tell you
how disappointed I am.
I flunked.
Yep.
Me too?
Yep.
Man, I don't get it.
I actually studied for this test.
You know, guys,
I like to think I'm the kind of teacher
you can come to when you're in trouble.
You are.
And why'd you cheat?
- What? I didn't cheat.
- I didn't cheat.
Alright. You can save yourself
some trouble here, guys.
- But I didn't cheat.
- But I didn't cheat.
Your exams were identical. Everything.
Everything. Exactly the same.
It was multiple choice?
Yeah, including the essays, word for word.
Even the ones you misspelled.
Give me the test.
You copied from me?
I don't even know where you sit, man.
It's real clean, guys.
Somebody copied, somebody allowed it.
This is stupid.
I don't even know this idiot.
I'm not the idiot that copied off of
someone's test, so if you don't shut up
Hey !
Neither am I!
Guys, guys.
I'm gonna allow you to retake the test.
Separately.
Okay.
Now.
What?
Take it now or take a knife.
Fine.
This time we'll do it verbally.
Cora Dubois was the first anthropologist
to study modal personality.
True.
When looking at basic
personality structure,
primary organizations include family
structure and customs of raising children.
True, I think.
Uh, yeah, true.
True, I think.
Yeah, true.
What question are anthropologists trying
to answer when they study personality?
Um, does personality shape culture
or does culture shape personality?
Does personality shape culture
or does culture shape personality?
Explain the concept of cultural schemas.
It's what we think the world is like
and how we're supposed to act in it.
Like in
our culture, uhm the schema of going
to a college class is walk in
sit at a desk, listen to
a lecture, take notes
and leave class.
A simplified version of what we expect
in that circumstance.
Is that right?
Is that right?
Yeah.
You investigate, what did you call it?
- Miraculous phenomena.
- Miraculous phenomena.
- The schema of going to a college class
- The schema of going to a college class
- is walk in, sit at a desk,
- is walk in, sit at a desk,
- listen to a lecture, take notes,
- listen to a lecture, take notes,
- and leave class.
- and leave class
- It's a simplified version
- It's a simplified version
- of what we expect in that circumstance.
- of what we expect in that circumstance.
They studied together.
No, they say they never met before.
Well, that's what they told you because
they're afraid of being expelled for cheating.
It's not just the way they sound.
I mean, it's their inflections,
their gestures, their mannerisms.
It's almost like
they're the same person.
All kids look the same when you're old.
That's not funny. And this is weird.
You think everything's weird.
- I do not.
- Yes, you do.
- I do not.
- Yes you do.
I do not.
Angels last week, helping a high school
basketball team during a wind streak ?
That was their claim, not mine.
I was just investigating it.
That's what I do.
I'm sorry. I don't
mean to be rude, Declan,
but I'm very late for a meeting.
You should call first
before popping in like this.
You really mean to tell me you
think this is perfectly ordinary?
No, it's not perfectly ordinary,
but I know there's a rational
explanation for all this.
So do I. I'm just trying
to find out what it is.
Photographic memory.
They study the textbook.
Nope. Most of the exams
are based on my lectures.
Then there's a hearing equivalent.
They've got some answers wrong.
The same ones, I should add.
Then you don't know
your subject very well.
Close the door when you leave.
I'll call you.
No, no. Peg, come on.
- Come on. I'll call you. I'll call you.
- Just give me a minute.
No, I'm late.
Is that right?
Overall, your project
proposals look really good.
Some rocking choices, guys.
Except for you, Mr. Leonard,
you'll need to pick a new topic.
Why?
Ancient Eskimos had no literature.
Well, how do I know that
if I don't research it?
I just told you.
Mr. Mitchell.
Seems that you and our good friend,
Mr. Jepka, have chosen the same topic.
The social function of
art in the Renaissance.
Obscure.
You're gonna have to pick a new topic.
That's it. Class dismissed.
All right, let's go.
Sorry. I meet you out.
Hey, you took my idea.
It's my idea.
Find a different one.
No, man, you find a different one.
I've been working very hard on this.
I'll tell you what, why don't you pick
a topic that's related to your major?
- I did. Art history.
- I did. Art history.
Step in my office for
a second, will you?
Am I the only one who
thinks this is weird?
Yeah, well, if this creep didn't
keep on following me around
You're nuts.
I'm nuts?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, well, you're the one
that came up with the same idea.
Hey, guys, guys, listen. Tell you what.
Let's pick one topic and you
can both work on it together.
- What? No way.
- What? No way.
- Stop that, man.
- No.
Come on, it's not a question.
That's what I want you to do.
That's it.
Go, go.
Look, if we split the work up, we don't
have to deal with each other so much.
All right? So I'll pick out some
pieces that have influenced our culture
and you do the write-ups.
Great, I hate writing.
Well, what do you want to do, man?
I want to get this over with.
Well, me too. So let's decide on this.
How about we just put the
whole thing down the middle?
We should do five pieces,
write our own summaries.
That's
And present our own work in class.
That
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What do you mean in class?
We've got to do an oral report too.
Yeah.
I really don't like
talking in front of people.
Okay, so
Okay.
If you wanna do that
How about we do five pieces
each, you write the summaries,
I'll present them in class.
That You okay with that?
Like I said, I hate writing.
Good, man.
Chili cheese dog, extra onions.
Good.
I'll get the same.
Oh, I
Kathy's going to kill me, man.
Who?
Actually, uh, my girlfriend, I was
Your girlfriend's name's Kathy.
Yeah, why?
Mine is too.
Kathy Merkel?
Kathy Conway.
Thanks, bro.
Thanks.
It's so weird how both our
girlfriends' names are Kathy.
Exactly, we're
We were both born in New York City.
Okay, what else?
Our favorite soda is is root beer.
You know, we both
like chili cheese dogs.
Yeah, neither of us wanted
to go to this college.
I only did because my
aunt said that I had to.
Where do you want to go?
Oh, USC.
Sorry.
That's where I want to go.
- See?
- See?
When's your birthday?
- May 15th, 1979.
- May 15th, 1979.
Now that's bizarre.
Brent's parents were killed in
a car accident when he was one.
His aunt raised him.
Robert was adopted.
Uh-huh.
So come on, just meet with them, Peggy.
Give them those tests, the ink thing test.
The horseback test.
Rorschach ?
- That too.
- Who's gonna pay for it ?
Uh, I wanna put it on the tab.
All right, send them
by my office tomorrow.
- Really?
- Really.
Thank you.
Oh, and when they come by, you
gotta check out their resemblance.
It's eerie. They both
have the same eyes.
Their eyebrows are the same.
These straight lines.
What, you think they're twins?
I don't know, could be.
They share the same birthday.
That doesn't make them twins.
You take a sample of 23 people,
and there's a 50-50 chance
that they're gonna share the same birthday.
It's statistically proven.
How do you know stuff like that?
It sticks in my head.
It's weird. You should play Jeopardy.
Oh, yeah.
It's a good idea.
- Yeah, right?
- Yeah.
Oh, I forgot a cup.
Hey, I forgot my wallet.
Can you pay for this one?
Oh, shocker.
Here you go. Keep the change.
Thank you.
And what about the rest
of these coincidences?
I mean, they both come
from the same city.
They both have the same majors.
Their girlfriends both
have the same name.
You know, I've read
about cases like this
where twins that were separated,
they had the same kind of
What do you call it?
Psychic bond?
I wouldn't call having a girlfriend
by the same name a psychic bond.
Do you want some water?
But it is unusual.
Yes.
Yeah, but if you survey
a room full of people,
you'll find people from the same city
with the same major,
and some of them will have girlfriends
with the same name.
But that doesn't mean they're related.
No.
You're missing my point.
Example.
Excuse me.
What are you doing?
Listen.
How many people here have a wife
or a girlfriend named Kathy?
See?
Does anybody know someone
by the name of Kathy?
See?
Yeah, but not girlfriends.
Does anybody here have a husband
or a boyfriend named Bob?
Hey, quadruplets.
Maybe.
They had the same birthday.
Peg, there's a lot of people
that think coincidence is a sign
from the Big Kahuna to help
guide them through life,
bring people together.
And there are people who
don't believe that, Declan.
It's random.
I mean, it's unique, definitely.
It's strange, maybe.
But messages from the Big Kahuna?
I don't think so.
I mean, take us, for instance.
There were no signs
that brought us together.
I don't know.
Maybe there was.
I'll tell you what.
I'll do some research and see if there are
any coincidences that brought us together.
Okay.
But don't be surprised if I
don't find anything more amazing
than having a girlfriend named Kathy.
You have a girlfriend named Kathy?
Very funny.
Where are you ?
Hey, what's wrong?
I just had a nightmare.
You're burning up.
I'm fine. I just, uh
Had a bad dream.
Robert.
Oh, I was just taking a break.
You're tired.
Yeah, a little. I haven't
been sleeping too well lately.
Too much studying?
I keep having these nightmares.
What kind of nightmares?
I don't know. I can't
I can never remember them.
It's probably just midterms.
How you doing?
Piece of cake. I'm almost done.
Watch it with that thing, alright?
I thought you didn't
need blood for this test.
I don't. This is from my
own private collection.
She's only kidding.
She's doing two tests.
Tissue and blood.
Very thorough.
Don't you have to have
a license or something?
I do. I'm a registered phlebotomist.
She mean she's a highly trained
professional in this area.
She's okay to do this.
Ow.
You're not very good at it.
No, I'm not.
You wanna sit down?
You might feel better.
Blood freaks me out.
You'll get used to it.
Next.
So how long will it
take to get the results?
Generally five, maybe six days.
Six days? Are you kidding?
No.
No, I'm not waiting that long.
Yeah, me neither.
Where you going?
Talk to my aunt. You wanna come along?
You want me to come with
you to your aunt's house?
Well, yeah, you're into this
sort of weird stuff, aren't you?
Besides, we don't even have a car.
Aha.
Tell you what, if I come, you gotta fill
up my truck with gas. How about that?
Brent, honey, what are you doing home?
This is my friend Robert and
my anthropology prof, Declan.
This is my Aunt Beverly.
Hi.
Hi.
Nice to meet you.
Is something wrong at school?
No.
No. Everything's fine.
I need information.
Okay.
Do I have any brothers?
Brothers? No.
Are you sure?
Of course you know you
don't have any brothers.
If I knew, I wouldn't be asking.
Maybe I can help.
Two days ago we discovered that both
Robert and Brent share the same birthday.
Neither one of them was raised
by their biological parents.
So
So you think Robert's your brother?
I don't know. Is he?
Well, I just told you, you
don't have any brothers.
Well, if I did, would you tell me?
Well, Brent, if you'd had a twin brother, he
would have been raised in this house with you.
Not if you didn't want two kids.
Or maybe Robert was given up at birth.
Honey, listen, I was at the
hospital when you were born.
I remember every detail.
So you were actually physically
there when I was born.
No. Not in the delivery room.
I got there later.
Well, how much later?
I don't know. I can't remember.
You just said you
remembered every detail.
Brent, listen.
Your mother was my sister.
I would have known if
she'd had twins that day.
I'm sorry. I know this is important.
I knew you wouldn't understand.
We had to check on something.
Sure. Yeah.
I'm sorry. He's always been
a little uncomfortable here.
I can't imagine it was difficult for him,
losing his parents at such an early age.
That's part of it.
He's been sort of angry his whole life.
He came out of the womb that way.
Well, we just need to get a hold of
them and ask them a few questions.
I don't know.
How you feeling?
I'm fine.
Yeah. You alright?
Yep.
Thanks, Mom.
Were they upset?
Oh. She'll be alright, you know.
I got the number to the adoption agency.
I'll call and get my records.
Just a little problem, though.
What's that?
My biological parents are dead.
Mom said they died when
I was really little.
Sorry, man.
Oh, whatever.
I just, you know, wanted to track them
down and sort all this stuff out.
You know what this means, don't you?
No. What?
My parents died when I was young.
Our parents?
Our parents.
Wait a minute, guys.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Well
Come on, we don't have
any real proof yet.
What?
Hey, man. You made it.
Of course I made it. What's happening?
Great party, huh?
Yeah. How you doing?
Hi.
How you doing? Happy birthday.
Woo! Yeah!
Cheers.
Alright. I want to make a toast.
Alright.
I want to make a toast to brotherhood.
Here's to family.
Yeah. To family.
Oh, that's where we lived.
Dodge Dart.
Bad choice of car.
It's got the racing stripes, though.
That's them. Mom and Dad.
Wow.
Uh-huh.
At least they're not as ugly as you.
Look at this one.
Oh, I take that back.
Here, look at this.
Looks like a fun party.
New Year's Eve, my aunt said.
That's her right there.
That's Mom and Dad.
Who are these people?
Dad's two brothers, his
sister and some cousins.
I used to hate looking
at these pictures.
I have what they have.
Yeah, yeah, an ugly brother.
They come from the same
generation and economic class.
You see? Another coincidence.
No, it's an explanation why
they use the same vocabulary
and they have the same
taste in fast food.
Their IQs and their
personality tests were similar.
Similar but not exact.
Okay, what else?
They came within ten points
of each other on their IQ test.
Robert is an INFP and Brent is an ENFP.
What?
Introvert, extrovert, which
means they're different.
Robert's having nightmares.
Really? What about them ?
He doesn't know, but I can
tell they're disturbing him.
Did you talk to him about it?
I mean, you know, get him to open up?
Isn't that part of your gig?
Yes, it's part of my gig,
but how do you get somebody to open
up about something they don't remember?
Hmm, I don't know.
You could hypnotize him.
I haven't used hypnosis since college.
Really? I thought you
shrinks did that all the time.
We don't use it all the time.
And I haven't had a situation
where I thought it was useful.
What do you mean? Like this one?
I'm sorry, sir, your card was declined.
What? My card?
There must be some mistake.
Somebody's going to get a very nasty
letter about this, I assure you.
Peg, can you get this?
Thank you.
You're getting to be expensive.
Yeah, but I'm worth it.
Are you feeling relaxed?
Yeah, I guess.
Alright. Tell me about your nightmare.
Alright.
What do you see?
Nothing.
What do you feel?
Cold.
Damp.
Do you hear anything?
Yeah, sounds like thunder.
Close by.
What else?
Do you see anything else?
Trees.
Like a forest or something.
And there's some lightning.
Storm's coming.
Some more, more lightning.
What else do you see?
A fence.
A fence? What kind of fence?
A little wooden fence.
Like spikes.
You could pick the fence ?
What else do you see?
Like around you?
Nothing.
I'm running.
What's chasing you?
I can't see anything.
I just feel very scared.
I don't want to feel scared. I just
It's dark.
I'm running out of time.
I fell.
I'm on the ground.
There's just mud everywhere.
I gotta get up. I'm running out of time.
There's not much time.
Keep your eyes closed.
I gotta go.
There's more light.
No!
This is nuts. This is crazy.
Forget it. I'm not doing this anymore.
Remind me not to listen to you again.
Robert.
Just stress from exams.
Well, if it's stress-related, I think
you're worried about more than exams.
Hey, man.
Hey.
How you feeling?
Tired.
How long have you been
having these dreams?
Just this week.
Oh, yeah?
I think it's because of Brent.
Yeah.
That makes sense.
Yeah, but I'm psyched about it.
Why would it give me nightmares?
Maybe it's one of those,
uh, what do you call them?
Uh
Repressed memory things?
But in the dreams, I look like I do now.
I mean, if it was
something from my past,
wouldn't I look like
I did when I was a kid?
Dreams aren't literal. They're symbolic.
It could be a memory of him
being separated from Brent.
Or something worse.
We'll be back in about 20 minutes.
We're on the gym.
Three chapters 16 and a full
analysis of sight potential
before next class, okay?
Hey, guys. Thanks for coming in.
Got Robert's records.
My parents' names
aren't the same as his.
We're not brothers.
Yeah, I know.
Miranda phoned me this morning.
Blood tests were negative.
I'm sorry, guys. I'm really sorry.
I guess that's it, then.
Yeah, uh
I guess that's
All those coincidences.
Yeah, probably just
some random things, huh?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I get them all built up, you know?
All excited about the
idea of being brothers.
I'm sure they'll be fine.
I'm sure they'll learn something
very valuable from all this.
Yeah?
Like how to go off half-cocked
without a reasonable theory.
You're being too hard on yourself.
No, you were right.
You've been right. Once.
No, I mean, by what you said last week.
By me thinking everything's weird.
It's true, I do.
I'm always looking for
meaning when there isn't any.
People have been doing
that for thousands of years.
It's perfectly normal.
I just take the idea of living in a
universe where everything's random, you know?
I always have.
You and Carl Jung.
You know, I had a prof
in college, Psych 101.
His name was Dr. Hess.
And that's all he talked about.
Carl Jung's theory of synchronicity.
Yeah, all coincidences
happen for a reason.
Well, it makes sense to me.
It would. I'll see you.
No !
What's wrong?
I just saw Robert's nightmare.
I'm gonna check on him.
What's going on? What happened?
It's Robert. He collapsed.
Why?
They don't know. They're taking
him to St. Joseph's Hospital.
He looks awfully pale.
He's a strong warrior.
I'm gonna get some coffee.
Would you like anything?
No, thank you.
No, thank you.
Okay.
It's bad, isn't it?
Uh
Robert's got a rare blood
disorder called Franconus Anemia.
Um
It's something he probably had his
whole life, just never been diagnosed.
At any rate, it's led to
something called aplastic anemia.
What's that?
His bone marrow's failing.
That's why he's been so tired.
Miranda did all those blood tests.
Didn't she notice it?
No, she was only testing for DNA.
This requires a very different
specific test to be diagnosed correctly.
Isn't there anything they can do for him?
I mean, is he gonna be okay?
He needs a bone marrow transplant.
That's gonna prove
difficult to find a donor.
I'll volunteer.
It's not that simple, Brent.
Why not?
You're not related.
Well, what difference does that make?
The bone marrow has to match.
And that's very rare except
for in blood relations.
Peggy's calling adoption agencies right now.
We've got their records.
She's trying to track someone down.
Is he down there?
His family's right down there.
Okay.
Anything ?
No, not yet.
Those records are 21 years old.
He could die before they find anyone.
I know, I know.
Why would Brent have Roberts nightmare ?
- You've had his nightmare ?
- Yeah, just like you described it.
That's how I knew something was wrong.
Hey, Miranda. It's Declan.
I'm sorry wake you up.
I need you to do me a favor, okay?
Why do you have their blood?
It's a long story, but it does match.
You can do your own tests.
Have you had a physical lately?
Yeah, why?
Are you allergic to any medication?
No.
Yes.
Yeah, come on.
You don't have to do this, dude.
I don't?
Get me out of here.
Hurry up !
Fire from all sides !
Go !
Stay with me, please.
Go !
Fall back !
No !
Oh my God !
Why did you do that ?
Why did you do that ?
It was meant for me!
It was meant for me!
You'll be okay. Hang on. Hang on!
We promised Mother
we'd go home together!
We promised Mother
we'd go home together!
Oh, God!
Oh, my God!
Hey.
Hey.
I just had the wildest dream.
We were together.
I know.
I was there.
So, guess we're even.
Yeah.
I guess so.
- Bizarre.
- Bizarre.
Mr. Mitchell.
How did it go? Were they alright?
- It went very well.
- Oh, thank God.
Can we see them?
Yes, but just the family.
They're still very weak.
Come on.
I'm so proud of you.
Thank you.
That's a first.
How do you feel?
Great. And you don't have ice cream?
No.
Oh, it's so great.
Thanks.
I'll come by later to check on you.
Get some sleep, huh.
What a kid.
Past lives, karmic debt.
What was in that anesthesia ?
- You far out there, huh ?
- Way out there.
Sure would go a long way to
explain me a lot of things.
Declan
No, come on. Lookm I'm just saying I
I haven't been able to figure out
a reason for all these coincidences yet.
Because there is no reason,
just random occurrences.
Oh, wait a minute. Wait, wait.
You don't really believe that.
I mean, after everything
that's happened ?
- His bone marrow matched. Come on.
- Past lives ?
I'm not saying I believe it.
I'm just saying that if it's true
and all this stuff would make sense
I'm gonna go over to Robert
to get some books for him.
A textbook from a class they both take.
It's a famous painting from
the Civil War called Brothers.
And they're probably not
even consciously aware of it.
It may be the reason that they
both share the same dream, right?
That doesn't explain
everything though, Peggy.
I mean, there's a lot
of other weird stuff.
I don't know, you're probably right.
It's probably all just
random coincidence.
Peggy ? Hello !
What's wrong?
Declan,
did you go to Grand
Oaks Community College?
You bet. Two proud years
as a fighting ferret.
- Dr. Hess Dr. Hess.
- Dr. Hess.
He taught there, didn't he?
Yeah, why?
The other day when you mentioned him,
it triggered a memory.
The name, the accent.
I went to Grand Oaks Community College.
- Get out
- And I took a class with Dr. Hess.
But I was there only a few weeks.
I'd completely forgotten.
The fall of 84?
Yeah.
- Your hair was shorter.
- Yeah.
You sat in the front row and
you always argued with him.
Yeah.
You were real pain in the ass.
- That would be me.
- I can't believe it.
You know, I really
wanted to get to know you.
- Really?
- Yeah.
In fact, I was even planning
asking you out.
- Oh ! Really?
- My hand to God, true.
You know, it took me two weeks to work up the
nerve to finally sit next to you in his class.
You were the guy who wore
those big thick glasses?
Yeah, that was me.
I even changed my socks for you.
- Oh ! Nice.
- Yeah.
And then you split. You disappeared.
Yeah, I dropped out.
My brother got ill, so I enrolled
in the University of Pennsylvania.
I changed majors.
- Let me guess. Psychiatry?
- Yeah. I met my husband there.
- Wow !
- Yeah.
Don't tell me.
Separated at birth, you and me.
That's weird.
That's really weird.
I wonder what would have
happened if I had taken you out.
Oh, I probably would have
had to pick up the check.
Yeah.
Probably.
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