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42: Get Over It!
Act Three

Finding Amnesia

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Who among us has not wanted amnesia to help get over someone or something? But the problem with amnesia is that it happens a lot more in TV shows and movies and novels than it does in real life. We send reporter Scott Carrier to find someone who really has had amnesia. It's such a difficult assignment that at some point, he visits a hypnotist and asks her to take his memory away. (15 minutes)

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