While Dr. Eric Lang is working on his creature in his lab, Julia Hoffman knocks on the door, startling him. Julia asks Eric if he has thought about an assistant, but Eric is agitated and anxious. He has just 48 hours to complete the experiment before the body begins to deteriorate. But he can't get his mind off his dream. He tells Julia about the dream, ending with saying that staring at the headless body of his creation, he suddenly knew that the experiment would fail. Eric feels much better after relating the dream to Julia. She offers to help Eric with the experiment.