Texas Week

In a neatly regulated future where even clothing is dictated by the government, psychiatrist Maxwell Hanstark expects to spend his days sorting ordinary delusions from ordinary reality. Then he meets Christopher Nest, a suburban husband who has abandoned domestic life to guard an imaginary pass from the middle of his backyard. His wife insists the trouble began after a week of televised Westerns, but Nest is convinced that the danger is real—and that the people around him may be the ones who have lost their minds.

What starts as a curious house call quickly becomes an unsettling investigation into perception, conformity, and the power of television to reshape the world. As Hanstark plays along with his patient’s frontier persona, he encounters details that make the diagnosis increasingly difficult to explain. This short science-fiction mystery blends dry humor with mounting unease, inviting listeners to wonder where fantasy ends when everyone agrees on what “reality” is supposed to be.