- When graphic designer Rich Hall fails to receive timely news about the outcome of a job interview, he begins to discover that he is slowly ceasing to exist.
- Richard Hall is a graphic designer that works with his friend Chris Wood and is happily married with Elaine Anderson Hall. He expects to be hired by another company to a new position and raise his salary to offer a better life to his beloved wife. Out of the blue, he learns that Chris has been summoned to his aimed position and this action develops a massive inferiority complex in his personality and soon he begins to fade out.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The episode opens with an artist, a man called Rich Hall sitting at his desk inscribing a new drawing when his boss comes over and tells him that he can't find his wageslip. The boss tells him that he will check with the personell office after lunch. Rich's work mate Chris peaks ill of the boss and Rich says that they will be better off in a new job with Commercial Graphics, a rival firm. Chris tells him that the company did call earlier the other night and Chris got the job. Bewilded yet happy for his friend, Rich decides that they should celebrate but Chris decides that when Rich founds out that he also got the job that they will celebrate together. Rich recieves a phonecall but the call is in fact for Chris and Rich passes the call on. He then phones his wife and asks if there has been any mail, she tells him no and this disheartens Rich. Rich phones up the Commercial Graphics and they tell them that they can't find his birth certificate. He mentions that his original birth certificate was destroyed and that a duplicate was being sent. The woman on the other end of the phone tells him that none of the things he sent for to prove who he is haven't arrived. Therefore the job he applied for is not valid without those documents. She then tells him that a portfolio has been misplaced and should turn up. Rich says that the help he was given was not at all helpful and says it was nothing but thin air. When he gets back home, he finds the mail and his wife says that it just come. In the mail, there is a newspaper telling him about a school reunion in his hometown and seems upset to have not been invited because the reunion was the day before. His wife tells him to forget about it and he remarks that they have forgotten him. He tries to call one of his old high school friends and his wife speaks to Rich as his friend was not there. During the call, he finds an envelope in the trash. He becomes agitated when he finds out that his name is not on the vehicle registration. He begins to think that his work mate Chris is playing a cruel trick on him. Rich leaves and goes to his mother's house but his mother doesn't know who he is. Heartbroken, Rich leaves his mother's house after apologising for the mistake as if he was a stranger. Chris and Elaine look at an old yearbook for Rich's school days. Chris sees Rich's old high school sweetheart Barbara in the book and asks Elaine if he should contact her to see if she remembers Rich. Elaine thinks it's a waste of time and she gets upset that Rich hasn't called since he left and makes a remark that she wishes he was never born at all. Stressed, she apologises for saying that and Chris can see she is under a lot of pressure. He hugs her and tells her that everything will be alright. Elaine looks into his eyes and tells him that she'd be lost without him. Chris tells her that she can't give up now and the phone rings. Chris answers it and it's Rich. Chris tells him to stay where he is and that he will be right over to get him. Just as he says that, the picture of Rich in the yearbook disappears. Chris again reassures her again that everything is alright. Chris finds Chris and Rich tells him that he thought Chris and Elaine was playing a joke on him but when he visited his mother, he realised that something was very wrong. Chris sees the drawing that Rich is doing, it's of a baby, maybe even Rich himself. Rich flicks through the book that he draw the baby on and reveals that it is in fact Rich, Past,present and future. Rich realises that time is stripping him of his years and his life. Soon he won't exist at all. Chris doesn't believe him and tells him that Elaine is waiting for him. Rich takes off his belongings, his ring and his watch. Both of the men look into the mirror and find Chris' reflection but not Rich's. Rich has no reflection. Rich explains to Chris that because he never connected with anyone is his life, so now his life is slipping away. As he speaks to Chris, Rich begins to disappear from existance until he disappears entirely. Upset by this Chris knocks the mirror to the floor and goes back to Elaine. Chris tells her that he couldn't bring Rich back and Elaine tells him that one man is enough. She looks fondly at Chris therefore Rich has now been erased from her mind. She tells Chris that she is going to get some wine and that she hopes he still has the tickets. Bemused, Chris reaches into his jacket pocket and finds the tickets that Elaine was talking about. He kisses him and Chris has now forgotten Rich as well. Chris and Elaine kiss and just as that happens, the door to the flat opens and slowly closes, as Rich leaves their lives forever.......
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