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From this the boundary between reality and imagination is blurred, for we see the possibility that the same dream is shared by two characters. This episode thereby confirms a trend in television series, which consists in mixing high culture and popular culture, in particular by introducing quotations of the psychoanalyst Carl Jung on the collective unconscious, which Chris uses to interpret his strange dreams. Another trend, moreover, is to use dreams (see also episode twelve of series five, entitled “Mr. Sandman”).