02x07 - In Dreams

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Batman - Black and White
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S02E07 - In Dreams

And then I wake up
sweating and cold,

and afraid to ever sleep again.

The exercises didn't help,
the pills don't help.

Every night it's the same thing.

Every night.

I was a happy child.

My parents loved me so much.

Oh, they pampered me,
protected me.

Life was a dream.

And now it's a nightmare.

Nothing stops him from
coming for me every night.

I can't sleep, not ever again.

It's hopeless.

But I keep thinking,
"Why him? Why Batman?

Why did he decide
to try and drive me crazy?

Why not Satan or...?"

Karen, they don't
decide anything.

You've made the decision
to be terrorized.

You create your dreams.

There's an element
of reality in dreams,

but when the dreamer cannot
deal with those truths,

they become nightmares.

Your dreams have revealed
an unresolved incident,

perhaps some suppressed memories
of this Batman fellow.

Once you confront
the unpleasant reality,

I'm certain the nightmares
will cease.

Then they'll never end
because I can't remember!

Come here, Karen.

I have something
I think will help.

Your name sounded familiar

the first time you came
to me six months ago.

I did a little research
and came up with this.

You were young, five years old.

You were missing a week.

Immediately afterward
the police said

you refused to speak a word
of your ordeal.

When your parents arrived,

you acted as though
nothing unusual had happened.

A psychiatric evaluation
was suggested,

but your parents wanted to put
the whole affair behind them.

This isn't me,
it's someone else,

it has to be someone else
because I don't remember!

I'd hope we could work together
to bring the memories back,

and somehow resolve
your conflict,

but, please, Karen,

you were young, frightened,
you tried to bury the past,

but your mind won't let you.

- No!
- Karen, please, don't!

Hello, Jim.

I need a favor.

To set up a meeting
with a friend of yours.

Poor little playmate,
I cannot play with you.

My Dolly has a...

Hiya, little Dolly.

Your mom and dad
came through with the cash.

Now it's time to get
rid of the evidence.

- Go away!
- Ow!

Go away!

You little punk!

See what I'm doing
to your little Dolly?

I'm gonna have twice as much fun
doing it to you!

Dolly!

Ah!

Hello, Karen.

Your mom and dad miss you.

They sent me to find you.

Dolly!

I know I look scary,

but I only want to help you.

Dolly!

Can it be true,
that it happened to me?

Even if it did,
knowing the truth is easy

compared to living with it.

Oh, it's...
It's not your fault.

It never was.

You were only trying to help.

You were only doing your job.

I tried,

but there was
something you forgot.

You left this behind back then.

Sorry it took so long
to bring it back.

I think I understand now,

and it's something
I can live with.

Did you take care of it?

Yes.

She'll be all right now.

The doll was the key.

It had to have been something

only a witness to the event
would know.

It was as if the doll
was the link

between the comfortable
world she'd known

and the terrifying world
she'd entered.

When she left the doll behind,

she tried to leave
her memories with it.

But memories
don't work that way,

do they, doctor?

Not in dreams.

I know.

I have a few of my own.