Past Life (2010) s01e04 Episode Script

Just relax.
Breathe.
You are the best speller in this competition.
Don't let Mei Ling Do not let Mei Ling or Ravi intimidate you.
Do you think Mom's gonna make it? Sweetheart, you need to focus, okay? Chang, Torres, Gaines, please report to the stage.
That's us.
You can do this.
Yeah.
You can do this.
L-a-o-d-i-c-e-a-n.
Laodicean.
That is correct.
Speller 8 to the mic, please.
Pedagogue.
May I May I have the definition, please? Mentor or instructor.
Pedagogue.
May I have the language of origin? The language of origin is Latin.
P-e d-a g o g What do I do?! What happened to you? I don't know.
I Somebody call an ambulance! Hey, Mama.
Morning, Katy.
Oh, good.
Looks like you two are finally making a little peace.
Well, heavy breathing a lot like Victor.
Truth is it's kind of comforting.
Hey, have you seen the the coffeepot? Upper left, northeast.
Filters.
Lower cupboard, southwest side.
You've decided to rearrange my entire kitchen.
It's called feng shui.
I know I don't usually go for that kind of stuff, but there was a very convincing two-part special on Oprah.
It's supposed to be a way to create space in your life for the good to come in health, prosperity.
I know what feng shui is.
A nice boyfriend.
Really? Really? Mom I'm real glad that you moved in It's only temporary, sweetheart.
But just don't mess with the coffee situation.
It's against the rules, okay? Sarah Gaines, the young girl who was hospitalized last week after her hands began to bleed during a nationally televised spelling competition, is at the center of a scientific and spiritual debate - Oh, poor thing.
- People are gathered outside a New York city hospital are calling her unexplained injuries a stigmata, while many believe they may have witnessed a kind of miracle.
Hey, isn't that your office? Been out there for a few days across the street.
I saw 'em yesterday.
Where are you going? To work.
Can't sit back and watch that anymore.
Are you sure this is a good idea? Dr.
Tuck seemed kind of pissed.
He's just being territorial like always.
Tell me what you found out.
Well, they've spent a week with her, and there's no etiology yet.
I mean, uh, blood work's normal, Uh, EKG's clear.
Tests show no physiological cause for bleeding.
In other words, no medical explanation.
Working diagnosis is purpura, A.
K.
A.
Gardner-Diamond syndrome.
It's spontaneous bruising caused by situations of extreme psychological stress.
Like a spelling contest.
Hey, I was a competitive mathlete as a kid.
You have no idea.
But it's not bruising.
She actually bled, didn't she? Well, apparently.
Like I said, platelet count's normal, and there's no history of vasculitis or coagulation problems.
Tuck hasn't been able to find anything wrong with her.
Well, maybe he's not looking in the right place.
I need to talk to this girl.
You're gonna have to get past her dad first.
They're calling her Saint Sarah.
Ah.
A brand name already.
Bet the board is loving this.
Saint Sarah! Saint Sarah! So, you're a shrink? My PhD is actually in cognitive research, but I work with patients that are suffering from traumatic memories caused by events that happened in their past lives.
Memories? So it could all be in her head.
It's a little more complicated than that, but Sarah's been seen by a half dozen very qualified physicians, like Dr.
Tuck here, and there's still no firm diagnosis.
I haven't ruled out psychogenic causes.
It could be stress brought on by the competition.
But you've done these spelling bees before, right? Ever had a problem like this? Psychogenic, which I know you can probably spell, means that the mind causes the problem with the body, but here, I think it's something more than just your mind.
I think you're actually having memories that are physically making you sick.
She was gripping the mic stand so tightly that I thought maybe Dad, that wasn't it.
What I'd like to try is regression therapy.
We take Sarah back to a past life and see if we can figure out what made your hands bleed.
Is it is it dangerous? - No.
- No.
She'll be fine.
I'll be monitoring her carefully through the whole process, but we will need your permission.
Hi.
I like your stripes.
They're my good-luck socks.
My mom gave them to me.
I guess they didn't work this time.
Well, they're still awfully cute.
What's happening to me? That's what we're here to find out.
My dad says that you believe in reincarnation.
Kind of weird, huh? I don't know.
I'm the one who went all hemophiliac on TV.
Good.
You ready? Okay, Sarah, I'm gonna lead you through some guided hypnosis.
All you have to do is take a nice, deep breath and try to relax.
You can close your eyes if you want.
You're at the spelling championship.
It's your turn.
Your word is "pedagogue.
" P-e d It won't stop.
You hear a rhythm? The clock, the ticking, I can't get it out of my head.
It's getting blurry now.
Okay, Sarah, don't fight it.
Let it come.
Let it wash over you.
I don't wanna go there.
It's okay, Sarah.
I'm right here.
Nothing bad is gonna happen to you.
Just go.
It's fine.
You're fine here.
It's dark.
I'm on a subway, underground.
We're going fast.
There's daylight.
We're leaving the tunnel.
I saw a sign.
- Read it to me.
- It's It's letters and numbers.
N-R-4-5.
An and also stars.
Up in the sky? No.
No.
Different.
A face.
A face.
Describe the face to me.
A an angel, like a statue.
I'm scared.
Okay.
All right.
Okay, sweetie.
Okay.
It's okay.
Good.
Sarah, we can stop.
She all right? She did great.
Good, sweetie.
Good.
Can't be meningitis, septicemia either.
Platelet count's normal.
Hey, this is cool.
Vitamin C deficiency.
Maybe the little genius has scurvy.
What's the matter? This is a waste of time.
The letters Sarah saw, I'm pretty sure it's a New York subway line.
I checked other systems, but the NR45 is pretty specific.
She said she was moving through darkness.
Yeah, then light.
Yeah.
There are six places that line comes out of a tunnel, but there's nothing close by with any kind of angel statue.
The closest I got is this.
Yeah.
That's not it.
Scary, though.
Wait a second.
The NR45's an express, isn't it? Yeah, I think so.
Look at this old map.
Thirteen years ago, it was a local, and it crossed with the NR here.
That's a that's a tunnel.
I don't see any parks, though.
That's where you've been looking, right? St.
Santry.
Looks like an angel to me.
That's it.
That's the one I saw.
This is so strange.
We've never even been to this part of town.
What about your wife? Does she ever bring Sarah here? I don't think so.
Let's go see.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
What is happening to her? It's happening again! Make it stop! Make it stop! It's happening again! Make it stop stop happening! I told you we are through with you people.
Could you please just leave us alone? Please just let me explain.
You said that you would fix her, and you just made her worse.
First her hands, now her head is bleeding? I'm taking her back to the real doctors.
All I want is to help Sarah.
Why? So you can write a book? So you can go on TV, you tell the world how you fixed the Saint, the freak, whatever those people are calling her? I I want to help her because I can.
It's what I do.
And if I don't, she's going to get worse.
The doctors, they say it's my fault, that the stress from the spelling is what's making her sick.
It's a lot of pressure for a kid.
The structure, the discipline, she needs that since her mother left.
Sarah is a highly gifted child.
She has the potential to be the best.
Kids that smart, they need a challenge.
Sometimes sometimes they just need a hug.
I'm I'm sorry.
I didn't Look, I'm not a parent.
I can't imagine how hard this must be for you doing everything on your own.
But all I want is what's best for Sarah, just like you.
So, please, Mr.
Gaines, just let me talk to her.
I can help her.
I promise.
She's in her bedroom.
Okay.
How much money are we talking about? I'm not supposed to say, but between you and me, though, my client was a very wealthy man, it's a large estate.
I really don't remember that name.
It was his nephew.
He would have been a student here in 1997.
So if I can just have a look at your records from back then, maybe I could find an address and track this lucky gentleman down.
Yes, Xander? Uh, excuse me.
The, uh the door to Mr.
Blair's practice room is locked.
Oh.
I have the key.
Was that you playing yesterday? Best I could do was Chopsticks.
Thanks.
All your students that talkative? The dedication required of a musical prodigy sometimes slows the development of social skills.
So what do you think? Record keeping's really not my strong suit.
Be my guest.
Is that a cooking show? It's called America's Test Kitchen.
- Oh.
- Last week, the winner made this cake out of cotton candy.
No! Yeah.
It was tight.
Does your dad know about this? Are you kidding? No, I'm supposed to be studying.
He'd freak.
Oh, I almost forgot.
I brought you something.
I figured since the lucky socks aren't working - It's an angel.
- Mm-hmm.
It's your angel.
When the regressions get too scary, he's gonna protect you.
Really? Well, no, not really.
But introducing a transitional object for a patient to project her fears onto is a very effective therapeutic tool.
And it looks really cute on you.
I know all this is really scary for you.
Gets too much, we can stop.
I just wanna be normal again.
Good.
- Dr.
McGinn.
- Yeah? Your partner's outside.
Dr.
McGinn, is Sarah your patient now? No comment.
Is it true the Talmadge center is into E.
S.
P.
and the paranormal? No, it's not.
What exactly do you do? She said, "no comment," so back off.
Don't you people have anything better to do, huh? You you smell like dust.
Don't ask.
Okay, so I got a lead on the music school records.
A student named Marcus Griffin committed suicide thirteen years ago, three days before Sarah was born, So the time of whatever you call it, it fits.
- The time of ensoulment.
- Right.
Well, we've got proximal migration, too.
Makes sense.
Proximal what? Migration.
68% of souls reincarnate near the place of the past-life death.
They like staying close.
Where do you get these statistics from? Longitudinal studies, mainly.
You know what? I'm gonna take Sarah to visit that boy's family.
Can you check the police report on the suicide? - Yeah.
- Really nice work.
You two gonna be okay on your own? Yeah, we'll be fine.
Call me later.
So you were saying on the phone Marcus was your nephew.
Mm-hmm.
My brother ran off when Marcus was just a baby, and his mother, well, she wasn't much use either.
So then you raised him.
Tried my best.
Minute I saw how talented he was, I went out and bought that piano.
Yeah.
Marcus would sit there and practice for hours.
His teacher said he was the hardest worker in the entire school.
He had so much potential.
Now, he was very proud of that.
Sarah, are you all right? I know this is a difficult question, but why would such a promising young man kill himself? A child needs their parents.
It's only natural.
I tried to give him what he needed, love and caring, and I guess it wasn't enough.
Is it okay? Yeah.
And nobody's played it in years.
Please.
Minuet in G major.
That was Marcus' favorite.
How did you know? I have no idea.
You've never played before have you? No.
Are you Marcus? It wasn't your fault.
So Marcus was Sarah's past-life personality.
Yeah, but the question now is what is his soul trying to tell her.
Sarah, at the music school, she she kept saying that we have to stop it, that it's happening again.
Marcus killed himself.
You think Sarah's trying to commit suicide maybe? Worried she's got an overbearing dad, and yeah, her mom abandoned her.
She's high-risk.
Maybe Marcus came back to stop her.
I got the police report on Marcus' death.
Great.
I'm pretty sure Marcus is our guy.
What'd you find out? The kid shot himself in the head one night outside an old rail yard.
G.
S.
W.
to the right temple.
It's not pretty.
This explains why Sarah bled from her head in her regression.
- This is awful.
- There's a witness.
Really? But no statement.
You're the one who called the cops, but your statement's not in the file.
Like I said, I don't wanna talk about it.
Look, we're not trying to bust your chops.
We know it was a suicide.
We just wanna know why it happened.
After thirteen years? It's for his family.
We're friends of theirs.
I was squattin' in the old rail yard.
That's where he found me.
I'll never forget that kid's face.
He had the gun pointed right at me.
But he shot himself.
No, he was gonna shoot me.
I thought I was a dead man.
I dropped down on my knees, and I started prayin'.
I promised God that if I lived, I'd clean up my act.
Next thing I know, the kid puts the gun to his head and pulls the trigger.
And you never told the detectives this? I was homeless back then.
I had had a substance problem.
Besides, it wasn't as if they gave a damn about what happened to guys like us.
What do you mean? Somebody was goin' around, killin' homeless people that summer.
Two of 'em shot dead in the rail yard where I camped.
And you think it was this boy? He pulled a gun on me.
After his suicide, the murders stopped.
Well, you tell me if he was a killer.
Hey, stranger.
Hey.
I like the new picture.
Cute.
Four years as partner, that's the first compliment you ever gave me.
I meant the pooch.
Very funny.
Out.
And so help me, if you farted in my seat Heh heh.
Still a class act, Sampels.
Wish I could say the same for you.
How's the new gig? Catch any ghosts lately? Pays the bills.
So does private security, which is what most people do when they get booted off the force.
Tin badges aren't my thing.
And we don't catch ghosts.
We fix souls.
You don't really believe that crap.
What if I told you I was Genghis Khan in a past life? I'd say you're still drinkin' too much.
How's that goin', by the way? Oh, you know, I was going to quit, but no one likes a quitter.
Such a wiseass.
I don't know how Lauren ever put up with you.
Sorry.
That was Anyway, two homeless D.
O.
A.
s, rail yard, 1997.
Can you get me the file or not? You gonna hit McElhenney's with me afterwards? Probably not.
In that case, you got it.
Such a child.
And your neighbor in 2F plays the cello.
Classically trained.
Oh, they have a parrot.
Ah.
Explains a lot.
We should have them over and invite some of my friends.
Come on, Katy.
Let's do something fun.
I'm bored.
Okay.
Like a wine tasting.
Get some of that fabulous cheese from that shop on the corner.
Sure, Mom.
Whatever you want.
Oh, look at you.
Would it kill you to put on a little lipstick? Eh, vultures.
Hi.
I'm here to see Kate Hey.
Oh, Phoenix.
Phoenix.
Phoenix, come on.
Sorry.
It's okay.
Oh, Price.
Hi.
- Hey.
- You met Phoenix.
That's my mom, Laney.
- Nice to meet you.
- You, too.
I work with Kate over at Talmadge.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
We were about to have dinner.
Would you like to join us? Unless you need to get back to your girlfriend or significant other.
Actually, I'd love to, but I'm sort of here on official business.
Oh.
That's a shame.
Yeah.
Excuse me.
Come come in.
Sorry.
What's up? Care package from my friends at homicide.
You wanna enlighten me? Those homeless guys, they were murdered with the same gun Marcus shot himself with, and check out their hands.
Yeah.
Oh, Laney, this is probably not somethin' that you wanna Oh, hon.
We're from Texas.
Wine? No no, thanks.
Thanks.
Marcus had scars on his hands when they found him, and had slashes across both palms.
That explains the bleeding from Sarah's hands then.
If she was Marcus in a past life, then then it could have just been a physical regression to his injuries, just like the bleeding from her head.
Serial killers have a signature, a calling card, but they don't usually leave it on themselves.
So if Marcus was mutilating the hands of his victims, why would he stab himself, and why would he why would he stop the killing and turn the gun on himself? I I don't know, but, God, Price, he is young.
It's hard to believe a thirteen-year-old boy could be capable of this.
Both of the murders happened at a rail yard, so I'm thinkin' that we take Sarah to the murder scene and see if we can get some answers.
Could I talk to Kate alone? Okay.
We'll take a look around.
Listen, if you're not okay with this Those people outside my house, they think I'm a Saint, but I'm not.
What if I was a bad person? What if that's why my mom left? No, sweetheart, no.
Sarah You are not bad.
If I was that boy, then This is your life.
Okay? That was his life.
Then why won't he leave me alone? Oh, sweetheart, no.
This is all gonna be over before you know it.
I promise.
It's okay.
Okay.
Here.
This is where it happened.
There was a man? He's lying on the ground, a homeless man.
I'm supposed to shoot him, but I can't.
There's someone else.
He's taking the gun from me, and he The gun, that's what you saw.
N now the knife.
His hands.
I didn't kill them, but I watched, and he wanted me to watch.
You know what to do.
Who wanted you to watch? I don't I don't know.
Okay, Sarah.
Sarah, you're okay.
You're okay.
You're okay.
Whatley.
Hey, it's me.
You know those homeless murders back in '97? I ran the M.
O.
like you asked.
Yeah, what'd you find? He was killed in Central Park two days ago.
Jogger found him by the boathouse.
No witnesses.
It's like Sarah said.
It's happening again.
Sarah's regressions led us to Marcus.
His suicide was connected to the shootings of two homeless men in '97.
And last night, we found out from Sarah that Marcus was there, but he didn't shoot anybody.
And two days ago, another murder with the same M.
O.
That means the shooter is still out there.
We have a serial killer on the loose.
1997 was the last killing.
That's thirteen years ago.
We could have a copycat killer.
No, but we can prove it's the same person.
If Marcus knew the identity of the killer That means Sarah knows, too.
Okay, here's what we have from her regressions a minuet, a music school, a metronome What was the word that Sarah was spelling when she regressed? Pedagogue.
It's a teacher.
There's your trigger.
These are the teachers that worked there in 1997.
Take your time.
Maybe this isn't it.
No, we're not wrong.
It's just last night's regression was intense.
She's frightened.
She's gonna resist going there again.
So what do we do? Hmm.
Eldrick Blair.
The knife.
Sarah? If you don't do this, I'll find someone else, someone better.
It was a test.
The other.
Good.
Your hands He made you do it.
It was a test.
And you passed.
You know what to do.
You're ready.
We're in the rail yard now.
We're looking for someone weak so I can show Mr.
Blair what I've learned.
It's the man.
He's praying.
Blair wanted you to kill him.
I can't.
Sarah, it's okay.
Sarah, you're okay.
I couldn't do it.
I couldn't.
You're gonna be fine, honey.
What kind of monster would teach a child to kill? Killing's the ultimate act of power for these bastards.
Getting someone else to do it for you, that's twice as good.
It's a control thing.
It's about the killer's dominance over a weaker partner.
Remember Leopold and Loeb or like what Muhammad did to that Malvo kid, Had him shootin' total strangers with a sniper rifle.
It's sick.
It's been thirteen years since the last murders.
If Blair's the killer, then why would he wait so long to start up again? Well, I think he took his time with Marcus, groomed him, played on his weakness and vulnerability.
It takes time to break a kid down.
So when Sarah said it's happening again, it's My guess is Blair found another student, the new apprentice to help him with the murders.
That's so awful.
It's downright evil.
That's why we're gonna get him, Kate.
Mr.
Blair, we need to speak with you about a former student, Marcus Griffin.
Excuse me? I'm sure you remember the name.
I recognize you.
Uh, from the little girl on TV.
You're the, uh, reincarnation doctor.
I think you taught Marcus more than just his scales, like how to use a gun, for example.
That's absurd.
Marcus was an extremely gifted student.
His death was a tragedy.
What about the two dead homeless men? Were their deaths tragic? I don't have any idea what you're talking about.
I know what you are.
I'm a piano teacher, just like I've always been.
The hands.
It's all about the hands, huh? If you don't take your hands off me What? You'll shoot me? Hmm? If you could prove a word of this, I'd be talking to the police right now, not you two.
We need to know who your students are.
That's none of your concern.
You two are a couple of charlatans.
I'd be angry if I wasn't so amused.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to prepare.
Great.
Now what? I don't know.
We rattled his cage, though.
The guy's a creep.
Price - What? - Look at this.
In in our first regression, Sarah talked about seeing stars, but not in the sky.
Marcus' aunt showed me a chart that looked exactly like this.
This is Blair's reward system.
You're saying Blair uses stickers to get the kids to kill for him? I it's like you said, though.
Kid's broken down enough, he's he's gonna be subject to any form of control.
It's not about the stickers.
It's what they mean.
And look.
Look at this.
The student with the most stars is the only one that's performing twice at this recital at the end.
This is Blair's favorite student, his star pupil, just like Marcus.
"Xander Daniels.
" I met him in the principal's office, and I saw him again in the hall when Sarah found the metronome.
I'll call Sampels, see if she can do us a favor.
No, no, no.
I'll go.
- Kate, I - I can find him.
You you stay here and keep an eye on Blair.
I'll be fine.
Where'd your teacher go? Do you know how proud I am of you, Xander? - Yeah.
- You are an excellent student, one of the best I have ever had.
I don't know what I'll do if they take me away from you.
What do you mean? Well, if I if I were to go to prison Well, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No.
No.
Look, I won't I won't let that happen.
You won't let that happen? You'd do anything to stop it? Yes.
Good.
Good.
Then you do as I say.
This girl is the problem, Xander.
We can't let her stop us from being together.
And you're the housekeeper? I'm Christina.
Hi.
I'm Kate.
It's nice to meet you.
Listen, I I know this might sound strange, but I've been concerned about some things that have been happening at that school, and I wanted to talk to Xander's parents about it.
They're out of town.
They travel a lot.
Oh.
Well, you know, maybe you could help me out.
Has Xander said anything recently about any of his teachers? No.
He doesn't confide in me like he used to.
To be honest, he's changed a lot ever since he started at that school.
How so? Moody, preoccupied.
Um last week, I noticed he had cuts on his hands.
He told me he broke a glass and that's how he hurt himself, but I checked the kitchen, and there were no broken glasses.
He was lying.
I think he's depressed.
That's why he's cutting himself.
The cuts, were they on his palms? Yes.
How do you know? Listen, Christina, I need to find Xander as soon as possible.
Do you have any idea where he might be right now? No.
No, no, no.
He he got a phone call and left, even left his book bag behind.
Are you guys ready? Where's Sarah? She's right here.
- She's fine, but she's not going anywhere - Okay.
until you explain to me what is going on here.
I will explain, but we have got to get her out of here.
Now, come on.
Go get her bag and meet me in the blue truck.
- Okay? - Yeah.
Okay.
Just look down.
Look down.
Dr.
McGinn, can we get a statement? Dr McGinn Excuse us.
Stop! Back off! Xander, I know why you're doing this.
I understand.
How do you know my name? Because I know who sent you your teacher, Mr.
Blair.
Look, I I have to kill her.
Look, just get out of the way.
I know he's important to you.
Look, just move, okay? I will shoot the both of you.
Please just move.
Xander Xander, I know you wanna please him, but if you pull that trigger, Xander, it there's no turning back.
No, he's my teacher.
I do I do what he says.
He's using you.
No, I'm special.
Okay, look, out of out of all the other students, He picked me.
I'm I'm special.
Xander, drop the gun! No, no, no! no, no, no! Sarah, no! Get away from me! No, no, no.
Sarah, no.
Don't be scared.
You don't have to do what Mr.
Blair says anymore.
You don't know.
You don't you don't even know him.
No, but Marcus did.
I know what he made you do.
But this time, you can say no.
Okay.
Okay.
Hey, kid, it's over, okay? You okay? You got him? Sarah, come here.
It's okay.
Ohh.
Well done.
Well done.
Did did you bring the gun like I told you? Not gonna do what you tell him anymore.
No one is.
No! Don't! No! Stop! Gun! No! Wait! Check him.
Bag it.
You wanna talk about it? Nope.
Where's the chocolate? You sure? Yep.
Mini bars, about this big.
Katie.
Oh, things just got a little stressful today.
But I I'm fine.
I'm just spent.
That's all.
Is that is that the plant that was in my bedroom? Yeah.
Looks good in the kitchen, doesn't it? It also looked good in my bedroom.
You know what you should do? What's that? Call that cute Price up.
Get out.
Go to a movie or something.
He's single, he's a gentleman, and like you're always sayin', there's a reason for everything, which means there's gotta be a reason the two of you ended up working together.
Am I right? Oh, Mom, I don't mind that you've moved in, and I don't mind that you've chosen to rearrange my home or even hide my most favorite comfort food, and I really do enjoy your company, but I I can't take care of you like this forever.
Oh, sweetie.
You think you're the one taking care of me? Here.
You loved 'em frozen when you were a kid.