Past Tense (film)

Past Tense is a madefortelevision movie mystery.

In the squad room, when Gene starts to discuss the case, Larry has no idea what he is talking about, as Larry is unaware of any murder. And when Gene goes to the house where he met Tory, another woman is living there. It is as if Tory never existed. Confused, Gene consults Police Department psychiatrist, Dr Bert James David Ogden Stiers, who admits he doesnt understand what Gene is experiencing. As Gene continues writing his novel, he wonders what is going on. Further investigation reveals that, under a different name, the woman that Gene knows as Tory was involved in a previous homicide case and that Larry knows about it.Following Larry to a hospital, Gene discovers that he has been dreaming, as he awakens from a coma he has been in formonths since he actually was buried in a sand pit and had his oxygen supply cut off. What we have seen to this point has been the attempt of Genes unconscious mind to forge a coherent story out of a mlange of true memories, such as the sand pit, misremembered items, like the Tory character, and what has filtered through while in the coma, as for instance Dr James, who is, in reality, Genes attending neurologist. ........

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