All tagged Planet Toronto

S02E303 Thirtieth, Part 3, For Her, Not For You

Guy Hasson
Age: 6.5, Told by Grampa Walt

Justin is in a bad mood. He turns down Suzy’s idea to eat in Scaramouche, saying he just did that with the two of us. He turns down the idea of any restaurant, since it’s the Dream, and he doesn’t really need to eat. 

“Look,” Suzy tells him, exasperated. “I understand you just went through this with the two of us. But we weren’t there. And, you know what, she wasn’t there,” she points to Joy. “How many times is her father going to turn thirty?” 

Justin’s annoyance turns milder. “Just this once, Mom.” 

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S02E245 Back to Toronto Planet, Part 2, Crossing the Road

Guy Hasson
Age: 8.5, Told by Grampa Walt

“You know we’ve never actually crossed a road? Like a road-road?” Justin stands with Joy in front of the Royal Ontario Museum on Toronto Planet. All we have to do now is cross the road.

When Justin arrived, he woke Joy up, and was on board for the idea of going to see a museum.

“Look left, right, left, right,” Justin explains to her. Suzy and I stand behind them patiently. Master Mind stands to the side.

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S02E115 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 14, Charlie’s Return

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

We wait for Charlie for a long time and he doesn’t come back.

Joy sulks more and more. Justin thinks there’s no more reason to stay on Toronto planet and flies us home. As we leave the planet, I notice that it stays behind. Joy can visit it anytime. Maybe we’ll take a trip with her.

Justin docks Bonny’s Revenge near our island, next to our home.

He suggests we go down, but Joy won’t move from the deck. Charlie could come at any time.

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S02E113 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 12, Suzy and Walt

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

Suzy and I head off the old-fashioned way through the streets of Toronto back to Justin’s apartment. It’s not far. We made it here on foot, we’ll make it back.

The sky hasn’t turned stormy in a few minutes, and I hope the issue with Charlie is resolved.

In the meantime, I’m enjoying a walk through the streets of my city with my wife.

“I’ve missed Toronto,” Suzy tells me as we walk.

“Yeah?”

“Just walking through the streets. I’ve been here and there, we’ve eaten here. So many memories. We’ve been in Justin’s dream for, what, a year and a half?”

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S02E112 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 11, Grandma Suzy’s Adventure

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

We look up. “Something’s happening,” Suzy says. “You should go. I’ll walk.”

“Nope. I’m with you. We’re together.”

Suddenly the sky is clear of clouds and the storm is gone. Something is definitely happening.

“Come on, Suzy, click it and try. This is an adventure!”

Her eyes don’t light up like mine or like Justin’s or like Joy’s at the sound of harmless ‘adventure’.

She touches the button reluctantly and jets into the sky at breakneck speed. “Aaaaaaah!”

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S02E110 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 9, The Other Toronto

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by Grampa Walt

Getting closer to the land mass in this ‘Toronto Planet’, we see that the mass only includes one city: Toronto. It looks now just as it looks in the waking world from the air.

“Wow, is that where you live?” Joy leans over the railing. “It’s like a city we have adventures in!”

“Is it?” Justin looks at it sideways.

“What’s that?” she points to the highest tower.

“That’s that CN Tower,” Justin answers. “It’s been there since forever.”

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S02E108 Reaching Outside the Dream, Part 7, Eating Your Feelings

Guy Hasson
Age: 7, Told by The Red Dragon

It’s a slow morning. Joy calms down. We all walk somberly to the deck.

Justin suggests that maybe instead of a healthy breakfast, she’ll eat pizza just this once.

Suzy makes a face. “He can’t teach her to eat her emotions,” she whispers to me, but keeps mum. She’s no doubt going to talk to him about it later.

Joy’s mood is dark and gloomy as she eats in silence.

“You know it means nothing’s changed, right?” Justin tells her as she eats her second slice.

Joy looks down. “You still can’t remember me.”

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