Sleepless in Seattle
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| Sleepless in Seattle | |
| Air Date | July 3, 2006 |
| Written by | Eric Tuchman |
| Director | Michael J. Rohl |
| Episode number | 102 |
| Next episode | The Lies That Bind |
Kyle exhibits strange behavior that shocks the Tragers.
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[edit] Synopsis
Kyle encounters the concept of time and wonders why those around him focus on it. Also not understanding why people sleep, Kyle lies in bed until about 1:30 in the morning, bored and wishing to learn more. Then, he goes downstairs to the kitchen, where he samples a variety of different foods from the refrigerator, including an unpeeled banana and a raw chicken egg. Once he's full, Kyle leaves the kitchen and accidentally turns on the television to a karate movie. This awakens all the Tragers, who find Kyle downstairs imitating karate moves and speaking Cantonese.
While the Tragers clean up the mess in the kitchen, Kyle reveals that he has not slept in the time since he joined the Trager household, which is around a week. Later, detective Jason Breen visits the household to ask Kyle about what he remembers about his past, but Kyle is unable to recall any details of his origin or identity. Nicole develops a theory that a traumatic event caused Kyle's amnesia. Stephen and Nicole become worried that Kyle is either anxious or concerned about something. Later, Nicole takes him to the doctor's office for a checkup. The doctor finds Kyle to be in excellent physical condition but is unsure of his mental health, and after Nicole expresses her concern about Kyle's lack of sleep, the doctor prescribes him a strong sleeping pill. Meanwhile, Kyle rapidly solves a complex jigsaw puzzle in the waiting room and finishes to a round of applause.
In an effort to help Kyle recover memories of where he came from, Nicole gives him paper and coloring utensils, telling him to draw anything about his home. He produces a number of drawings over a period of several hours, all images of the woods where he first awoke. In the lower left-hand corner of one of the drawings, however, Nicole notices a black mark that seems incongruous with the rest of the scene.
That night, the Tragers try a variety of methods to relax Kyle for bed. Nicole prepares him Chamomile tea, Stephen gives him a warm bubble bath, and Kyle is given the sleeping pill. However, the pill has no effect on him, and he wanders outside around midnight, where he takes up a fascination with the stars in the night sky. As he's walking, Kyle notices the man in the red truck following him. A barking dog causes him to drive away, and Kyle quiets the animal by looking at it, much to the amazement of Amanda, who had been by her bedroom window. The two of them have a brief conversation, in which Kyle learns the meaning of "down time". When he returns to the house and the Tragers discover that he has gone outside, Stephen and Nicole put him back in bed, and not long after, Josh convinces Kyle that he is an alien. Kyle believes Josh, and the next morning the family finds Kyle sitting outside on the front lawn (where he's soon doused by the sprinklers), waiting to "go home."
In an attempt to wear Kyle down, Stephen takes him running; this activity exhausts Stephen, but Kyle still doesn't feel tired. At night, he explains that even though his body is starting to ache, his mind won't stop racing. Nicole and Stephen take turns sleeping in Kyle and Josh's room to ensure that he doesn't sneak out again.
After Stephen oversleeps and misses an important meeting due to his efforts in looking after Kyle, he and Nicole argue about him. Stephen is upset that Nicole wishes to have Kyle stay in the house longer, possibly permanently. Both of them mention, in some form, that Kyle has been a hassle to the family, not knowing that Kyle is listening from Josh's room. Kyle understands this and runs off into the woods. Neither the police nor the Tragers can locate him, but Nicole realizes that the pointillist scenes of the woods Kyle had created earlier represent the only other place besides their house where he might feel some sense of familiarity.
The Trager family finds the tree stump Kyle had depicted in the woods and in turn, finds Kyle there "waiting for his family". Josh reiterates his alien theory and says he's going to call Steven Spielberg. They take him home, every member telling him they were worried and that for right now, they're his family. After a comment by Stephen, it is not so subtly implied that Kyle will be living with the Tragers permanently. Feeling tired physically and emotionally, Kyle finally falls asleep in the bathtub while listening to white noise on the radio; in a voice-over, he reflects on the importance of sleep. The final scene shows the forest once more, and the camera pans behind the stump to show a skeleton.
[edit] Dramatis Personae
[edit] Starring
- Matt Dallas as Kyle
- Marguerite MacIntyre as Nicole Trager
- Bruce Thomas as Stephen Trager
- April Matson as Lori Trager
- Jean-Luc Bilodeau as Josh Trager
- Chris Olivero as Declan McDonough
- Kirsten Prout as Amanda Bloom
[edit] Guest starring
- Kurt Max Runte as Detective Jason Breen
- Chelan Simmons as Hillary
- Nicholas Lea as Mystery Man
- Robert Wisden as Dr. Stone
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