Episode 6: "Nothing to Fear, but Nothing to Fear"

Written by: Michael Angeli
Directed by: Tim Van Patten
Episode Number: 106
Original Broadcast Date: November 5, 1999
Guest Stars: Chip Zien (Gerald Misenbach), John DeVries (Ward Lomax), Bruce MacVittie (William Fox), Joyce Van Patten (Psychiatrist), John Bedford Lloyd (Richard), Timothy Devlin (Special Agent #1)

Dr. Morris (voiceover): Fear is a contrary companion. You want to walk; it starts to run. You want to stay. He wants to go. Try to speak up, he steals your voice. Say you want to dance and fear will break your legs. Fear is your Boss Hogg, your ruler, the Man. A Siamese twin with your heart in his chest his hand wrapped around your throat.
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Dr. Morris (voiceover): Fear will sometimes leave the room but never the house. You can always smell him.
Firefighter: Don't be afraid.
Dr. Morris (voiceover): Always.
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Dr. Morris: A woman absolutely terrified of heights according to her husband climbs a 300-foot-high tower on Coney Island. She sees the rescue team coming to get her and lets go.
Michael: And the punchline is?
Dr. Morris: She dies.
Michael: I don't think you understand how these work.
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Lisa: How do I look?
Heather: Like a lamb to the slaughter.
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Lisa: Aren't you the one that keeps wanting me to get out of the house?
Heather: Yeah, but I meant with normal people, not on a blind double date that was fixed up by Uncle Roger. You don't have to be Kreskin to know that's going to be a train wreck.
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Lisa: I-I don't know anything about him.
Heather: He lives on 63rd and Madison. He works for the government. He looks like he was made by Mattel. What else do you need to know?
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Dr. Morris: One woman was found walking naked down Sixth Avenue.
Michael: And you're saying this is a bad thing?
Dr. Morris: So the question becomes: how is this vaccine introduced into their systems? What experience do they all have in common?
Michael: Get to the point. There may be more naked people out there and we're missing them.
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Lisa: Oh, well, you know, as I - as I said I probably should have called first, but, uh... d-do you live here, too?
Dr. Morris: Oh, no, absolutely not. This is Mr...
Michael: Newman's...
Dr. Morris: ...place.
Lisa: Oh.
Dr. Morris (to Michael): You speak now.
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Michael: Uh... don't take this the wrong way, but... you look great.
Lisa: Well, don't take this the wrong way, but all that sweat kind of works for you.
Michael: Oh, well, I'll make a point to wear some to dinner.
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Dr. Morris: Mr. Wiseman, your widow just paid a visit to the residence that the United States Government has spent several million dollars to obtain for you to help me keep who you are and what you do a secret. These are not visits I like to encourage. Now, I've got three choices. I can kill her, I can kill you... or we can stand her up tomorrow night in the hopes that she gets so angry she no longer seeks you out. You pick.
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Michael: Well, this is convenient. After we find our terrorist, we can pick up some cough drops.
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Heather: Was it hard? Was it scary?
Lisa: Scary? Ha! I... fear... nothing. I am afraid of no one. I will ask anyone out to a meal at any time.
Heather: God, I've got so much to live up to.
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Michael: Call her.
Dr. Morris: No.
Michael: Call her.
Dr. Morris: No.
Michael: Call her.
Dr. Morris: Mr. Wiseman...
Michael: I'll be your best friend.
Dr. Morris: I am your best friend. In fact, what you don't seem to understand is that I am your only friend... and that is as it should be.
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Dr. Morris: What you have to remember is that she wasn't waiting for you. Let's get this man home.
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