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finitejester37

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Sep 03, 2010 12:33

What shows have had "everybody stops reaching REM sleep and starts to go crazy" episodes ( Read more... )

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shanna_s September 3 2010, 21:02:38 UTC

This is only vaguely related, but Angel did the episode where Lorne had his sleep removed, and that caused all sorts of problems, with people then being compelled to do whatever he told them to do, and then his subconscious showed up as a Hulk-like creature and killed people. Turns out, not sleeping is a bad thing for an empath demon.

finitejester37 September 3 2010, 21:48:16 UTC

Wow, I don't remember that at all. I keep telling myself that I need a Buffy & Angel rewatch; clearly it needs to be sooner rather than later. Thanks!

shanna_s September 4 2010, 02:16:55 UTC

It's season 5, I think the episode is called "Life of the Party." It's the Halloween one.

I just did a big Angel re-watch. Actually, there was just one episode I wanted to watch, and next thing I knew, I'd mainlined the whole series.

budclare September 4 2010, 09:09:47 UTC

I'd swear I've seen it other times, but I'm blanking.

Actually, there might have been an episode of House where he couldn't sleep for days and started hallucinating. I mean, I'm sure the episode existed, but I can't remember if it reached the hallucination stage or not.

(I just really loved the bit in the TNG ep where all the dead people sat up. I was a morbid kid...)

finitejester37 September 6 2010, 04:42:37 UTC

I recently rewatched the TNG one and after years of remembering it as one of the worst, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. Mostly I just don't like Troi-centric eps.

Hmm... I could accept having things in common with House.

budclare September 6 2010, 10:09:32 UTC

The episode in question aired later the same day I posted that comment (and I said wtf?). No hallucinations, just funny dreams when he finally did sleep. Pooh. Guess he was saving up all his hallucinations for the wackiness at the end of that other season. (Besides, he couldn't sleep due to a ridiculously full bladder, so you're better off not having anything in common after all.)

I usually find it best just to laugh at Deanna. :D

ignazwisdom September 4 2010, 22:50:51 UTC

X-Files had such an episode in season 2.

finitejester37 September 6 2010, 04:47:32 UTC

I totally need to do an X-Files marathon one of these days. I've seen a fair number of eps, but sporadically and very out of order. I have no idea if I've seen that particular ep or not.

Thanks!