How would you try to rationalise the very first repeat?
Because you obviously see some sort of thought process going on inside Phil's head. He's looking at everything askance and trying to make some sort of sense out of what's going on, although this isn't verbalised much.
I might opt for "I'm having the most lucid dream of my life.". This would give me the ability to go to sleep that night, relatively unperturbed, hoping to wake up and have the next day be a new one.