Mysterious Ways (2000) s01e07 Episode Script

Mom !
Breanna, no !
I kept yelling at you
and you didn't hear me.
I'm so sorry.
I am so sorry.
You investigate, what did you call it?
- Miraculous phenomena.
- Miraculous phenomena.
Follow the light.
So how long has it been going on?
Two months.
Headaches? Head injury?
No.
Have you been doing any unusual
activities when you had these visions?
Just normal things.
Cleaning and laundry.
Then this light comes.
What kind of light?
I don't know.
Spots? Flashes?
No.
It's more like a
A beam
shooting into my brain.
Into your brain ?
It's trying to talk to me.
You're hearing voices?
Just a whisper.
What does it say?
I think it says follow.
Hey!
You see a doctor around here?
Lots of them.
Right.
Uh, she's about 5'8", lots
of black curly hair, cute.
She's a psychiatrist.
She's a shrink?
Yeah.
In therem with my mom.
Nuts.
You think she's gonna be in there long?
How should I know?
Do me a favor. What's your name?
Breanna.
Breanna. I'm Declan.
Can you do me a favor
and give her these files?
I'd wait, but I left
my dog at home all day.
So?
So. But he's probably
taking a big steam and
He's probably wrecked the
joint by now. I gotta go.
Whatever.
Oh, um
And give her this.
Tell her I couldn't get it to weep.
They say if you squeeze it, it weeps.
Um
I don't say that.
People from Northern Kentucky say that.
Anyway, will you give it to her?
Thanks.
Did you tell Dr.
Clayman about the voice?
I'd like to run some tests to see if
there's something physical going on.
Is that okay with you?
Good.
I'll tell Dr. Clayman to order up a
full work-up, EEG, MRI, lumbar puncture.
Lumbar puncture? Doesn't that hurt?
We'll give you a local
anesthetic for the pain,
but we need it to diagnose
certain brain diseases.
Look, don't worry, honey.
If it means we'll figure
out what's wrong with you,
I'll be right there with you.
You'll be fine.
I'm open !
Come on, Anthony!
Shoot it!
One goal in ten games.
They're doing their best.
Nice job, nice job.
Hey, did I miss anything?
JD scored a goal.
All right.
Defense, defense.
Okay, The next one's yours.
Come on, come on!
- Volcanoes, volcanoes.
- Volcanoes, volcanoes.
All righty !
Well, there's nothing
out of the ordinary.
Physically, you're very healthy.
So what's wrong with me then?
It could be any number of things.
I'd like to start you on medication
to help you get your
life back to normal.
How long do I have to take it for?
There's a possibility
that you're looking
at medication as a lifetime commitment.
Honey, I think it's a good
idea if it stops these visions.
Yeah.
My new the mass.
It's undetectable to the naked eye.
The rock sucks up moisture,
then bleeds it out slowly.
Oh, the weeping.
Yeah, until the moisture's gone.
Then no more tears.
Still, there's something missing here.
I don't think that's it.
Becky!
Breanna.
Breanna. Shoot.
How long you been standing there?
A few minutes.
Oh, uh, Breanna, Miranda, Miranda, Brianna.
- Hi.
- Hi.
So, what's up?
You still into weird stuff?
Yeah.
I got something you
might want to check out.
Cool.
She's cool. She works with me.
Okay, but you gotta
promise to keep it a secret.
Mmm. I don't know if I can do that.
Not until I know what it is.
Fine.
Alright, wait. I promise. I can do it.
I promise.
My mom's been hearing a
voice that no one else hears.
Really?
What kind of voice?
It's sort of a whisper.
Mom didn't like it,
so Dr. Fowler got rid of it with drugs.
That's why Peggy was seeing her.
Breanna, um
You gotta respect your decision.
Yeah, but it really
want someone to talk to her.
It does?
How do you know this?
It told me.
My mom stopped hearing it and I started.
I don't see the lights
and stuff, though.
What lights?
My mom saw lights.
She was fighting it.
I was too at first.
It was kind of scary.
But then it told me to resist not.
Resist not?
I don't know, it's dorky, huh?
Anyway, I hear it a lot now.
People around me don't even know.
What else does it say?
I've been writing stuff down in here.
Oh, yeah?
I can only hear pieces.
It whispers most of the time.
Frankie, Larry, Mr. Rail.
Who are these people?
I don't know.
Keep things all hunky-dory.
Like I said, dorky.
Your mom hears this stuff too?
I don't know.
She doesn't like to talk about it.
Great tradition.
I will always love you.
Yeah, it says that one a lot.
Breanna
Take a look at this.
I really think we ought to
talk to your parents about this.
What? No!
They'll take me to that shrink
and I'll end up on drugs.
No, Peggy won't drug you.
No! You promised.
I know, I promised, it's just a
lot more serious than I thought.
It doesn't matter.
I wouldn't have told you
if you hadn't promised.
Okay.
Alright. I'll tell you what.
Why don't you see
if you can slip some of these phrases into
a casual conversation with your mother?
See if she responds to any of it.
See if it triggers anything in her.
She's not stupid. She'll figure it out.
I know, she'll figure it out, but
only if she's hearing the same thing.
Right?
Great tradition.
Great tradition.
- Did you just say something?
- Me? No.
Like what?
I'm not sure.
Maybe you're hearing that voice again.
Honey
Oh, sorry. I forgot.
Hustle ! Hustle !
Get it in there. Come on, come on !
Get on in there.
Who's that?
League president. Coach Kaduka's quit.
He did? When?
Last week.
I will always love you.
That's sweet, honey. I love you, too.
Is everything okay?
Yeah. Yeah, fine.
I'm just a little tired.
We have a new teacher at school.
He's been giving us a lot of work.
Mr. Rail.
Mr. Rail?
Yeah.
That's odd.
Why?
I had a teacher named
Mr. Rail in college.
Can't be the same guy.
He was old then.
He'd be ancient by now.
Frankie was my mom's
nickname in college.
Mr. Rail was an English teacher there.
And get this, the man
died two months ago.
So?
What if he's trying to communicate
with my mom, or Frankie?
And when he couldn't get
through to her, he came to me.
We've got to talk to
your mother about this.
No!
Yes!
I'm not kidding. This isn't funny.
I said no.
You!
How is this man going to reach
your mom if you don't tell her?
What if they think
something's wrong with me?
All right, look.
I'll go with you.
How about that?
A ghost is trying to talk to Fran ?
I don't know.
Maybe.
That's nuts.
Who are you, anyway?
I'm, uh
an associate of Peggy's.
Dr. Fowler.
Why would Mr. Rail want
to talk to me, anyway?
I only had him for two semesters.
Well, maybe we can figure that out.
I don't know.
There were some other
things this voice said.
I was wondering if I could run them by you.
Do you want to give her that book?
Yeah, yeah, okay.
There's more?
Yeah.
Do the words great tradition
mean anything to you?
Um
No.
What was the name of that
Larry.
Larry. But do you know Larry, or
I did.
A long time ago.
Um, I had a crush on him.
But he never noticed me, and that
was in high school, not college.
Larry?
He says I will always love you a lot.
Maybe Mr. Rail had a thing for you.
I doubt it. I'm pretty sure he was gay.
Let me see this.
Breanna ?
I just heard it again.
Really?
What did it say?
Something about tropical parades?
No, wait a minute.
Tropical paradise.
Yeah, that was it.
Oh my God.
What?
That's the name of a story I wrote.
It won a contest in college.
And one of the judges was Mr. Rail.
I'd appreciate it if you'd stop filling my
daughter's head with a bunch of nonsense.
Phil, I don't think it's nonsense.
- Not if it's affecting the way
- Look, this is some sort of illness.
It's probably hereditary.
But the phrases all relate to Fran.
I mean, Frankie.There's Mr. Rail.
It's the tropical paradise.
Things Breanna's probably
heard her mom talk about before.
Look, I don't think
she's lying about this,
but maybe this stuff gets stored
up in her subconscious somehow.
And she's so traumatized by her mom's
illness, it's bubbling up as this voice.
You might be right.
Look, I'm glad you
encouraged her to talk to us.
But I'd prefer to have Dr. Fowler
treating her directly, not some associate.
You want to plan on
bringing her to Dr. Fowler?
Yes, it's the best
thing for her right now.
Professional help.
Oh boy.
She's scared, Peg.
She should be. She's hearing voices.
No, she's scared of you.
That's your fault.
Instead of encouraging her to
believe in the Talking Dead,
she should have come to
me in the first place.
Come on, Peg, that's not fair.
I made a promise to her.
All I did was stick by it.
Because of you, the child's
resistant to therapy.
She was already resistant to therapy.
She just doesn't want to be on drugs.
And you know what? I don't blame her.
Terrific. So what form of treatment
do you recommend, Dr. Dunn?
Please don't give her drugs.
She's terrified.
I'll do what's best for my patient.
You quit interfering.
Just let me do my job.
Folks!
Can I have your attention
for just a minute?
We still haven't found a
replacement for Coach Kadoukis.
I need a volunteer.
Come on, folks!
I don't want to break up the team.
If you guys want to keep things
all hunky-dory around here,
somebody's got to step up to the plate.
Did you hear that ?
It's a common expression.
It is not.
The Volcanoes have been part of Trott
County youth soccer for nearly 20 years.
So we've got to continue
this great tradition.
Mr. Rale wants you to
coach the Volcanoes.
Please!
Why?
Well, he was going to break up the team.
Well, don't get me wrong.
It sounds like a lot of fun.
I'm just not sure it's a good
idea to start something new
while you're taking medication.
I talked to Dr. Fowler about it.
She thought it was a great idea.
She did?
Well,
just promise you'll quit
if it gets too much for you.
Tell me about the voice
you've been hearing.
What voice?
The one you told your
parents about last week.
Mr. Rale.
Oh, yeah, that one.
Well, it stopped.
I think it was just some
sort of bad dream anyway.
Only happened a couple times.
But it's gone now.
Why'd you do it?
You shouldn't have lied.
I agree.
Well, I didn't.
What do you mean?
I mean, I haven't heard it.
Since last night.
Breanna, Dr. Fowler's
just there to help.
If you
Bri?
Follow !
Breanna ?
You heard it again, didn't you?
Yeah.
- What'd it say?
- What'd it say?
It's not Mr. Rale.
What ?
It's God.
Cool ! Joker !
Thanks!
Miranda!
Hey, Miranda, I'm Fran!
What happened?
Oh, it's my hair! I changed it!
Why?
To celebrate! I stopped taking the drugs!
You're not on the medication?
No, it's interfered with the flow.
What flow?
God's flow! It's loud and clear now!
Yeah, I figured out how to deal with it.
Breanna helped me.
If you don't point it, it just kind of hangs out.
Very cool!
God's flow!
What?
So you're both hearing the voices now?
Oh, no, no, no! Breanna was right!
He wanted me!
Stopped talking to her as
soon as I went off the meds!
Heard anything interesting lately?
Are you kidding?
Amazing stuff! It's like
my mind is in overdrive!
It's wonderful!
Like what?
Like what what?
Like what does it say?
Well
Well,
there is one thing it keeps repeating.
Over and over.
What?
Get into shape or you'll
kill yourself, Coachie!
Hey !
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
Hungry?
Yeah, let's eat.
Is tofu in the fridge.
- Oh, gross.
- All right.
We have peanut butter
cookies in the cupboard.
Yeah.
Here. Cookie?
Hey, I heard there's a talent
contest at school next week.
Yeah.
You gonna go in it?
Doing what?
Well, you could sing a song.
I don't even know if I can sing.
There's one way to find out.
It's karaoke time!
All right!
I think I see a lot of
new faces here tonight.
And we love that because with
new faces comes new voices.
So how about it?
Who out there would like
to take a chance at stardom?
Go for it!
You never know, a big
time Hollywood type
No way !
There's nothing to be afraid of.
Then you do it.
Okay.
Hey, alright !
Oh, looks like we have
a brave new volunteer!
All right!
What's your name?
What's your name?
Uh, Fran!
Hi, Fran.
What would you like to sing?
Great.
Here you go.
What the hell is going on?
Shh, she's gonna sing.
If I should stay,
I would only be in your way.
So I'll go,
but I know
I'll be thinking of you
every step I take.
I will always love you
I will always love you
You my darling you
Bittersweet memories,
That is all I'm taking with me.
So I go, please don't cry
We both know I
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
Come on !
Declan, come on !
Come on.
Phil !
Let's go.
Everybody !
Phil !
Superstar !
Oh, okay.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
In a bar, for God's sake,
at the top of her lungs.
In front of everybody?
Yeah.
I mean, suddenly she's
a Vegas lounge lizard.
And she's never home anymore.
Where is she?
Tuesdays, reading bedtime
stories to dogs at the pound.
Wednesdays, karate.
Thursdays, she's started
taking a writing class.
We haven't had dinner
together in over a week.
I just don't know how much
more of this I can take.
There's no sense of
normalcy in the house.
Well, it sounds like she's
having a little bit of fun.
I don't mind that.
But she's gone off the deep end.
I tried to get her to
come here with me today.
She said she doesn't need a shrink.
She only needs to listen to her voice.
She still hears the voice.
Ever since she stopped the medication.
She stopped taking the meds.
Decided she wanted to hear the voice,
when that associate of yours told her
it was the voice of God.
My associate?
How dare you?
I was just trying to help, Peg.
I asked you not to interfere,
and you violated my trust.
I didn't violate anything.
You told Fran she was
hearing the voice of God.
No, Breanna said that, not me.
You encouraged it.
I inquired about it, Peggy.
There's a difference.
This woman is ill.
What are you talking about?
That voice helps her.
She's having a blast.
Heck, Breanna's doing things
she wouldn't have done,
things she was afraid of before.
Her husband's on the
verge of leaving her.
You know what?
He might be the one with the problem.
That may be so, but your
interference is making it worse.
You know, Peggy, normally you
might at least entertain the idea
that this voice might be something else.
Like God?
This is a classic
symptom of mental illness.
Some of the most amazing people
in history have heard voices
and done wonderful things with that.
Abraham, Jesus Christ,
Joan of Arc, Moses.
It's not the same, and you know it.
A lot of our patients hear voices.
Paloma's voices keep a running
commentary of her activities.
According to them,
everything she does is wrong.
It's torture for her.
Is she on medication?
Oh, yes.
But she's just not
responding to it so far.
How come?
Late diagnosis. These things happen.
You see, the family see
the symptoms starting,
but they don't want to interfere.
By the time they do, well, it's
hard to find the right treatment.
Think it would be appropriate
if I talked to her?
Oh, yeah, sure. Go ahead.
Thanks. Thanks for your time.
Hi, Paloma.
I'm Declan.
It help me.
Drawing helps you?
Please stop.
You want me to go?
No.
You don't hear them.
They won't leave me alone.
Who won't leave you alone, Paloma ?
I don't know.
I don't know.
God?
No, not God.
You sure?
Absolutely.
Can't be God.
Why not?
Because I am.
You're God.
Yes. Sometimes.
We're all gods sometimes.
Aren't we?
Let's go !
Dr. Fowler.
Hi, Fran.
How are you doing?
Great, as you can see.
I finally won a game.
What can I do for you?
I understand you've
gone off the medication.
Yeah.
I wish you would have called me.
Well, I've been kind of busy, you
know, what with coaching and everything.
Why don't you stop by my
office and we can talk about it?
No, I don't really want to. See you.
Honey!
Dr. Fowler came all the
way out here to talk to you.
You could at least listen to her.
She came at a bad time.
I promised to take the kids for pizza.
You can do that some other time.
No.
They're expecting to go now.
But this is more important for you.
No, it's not, Phil.
I know it's important for me.
And right now, it's taking my
son's soccer team out for pizza
after winning their first game.
Fran, I know you think you're okay.
No, I don't think I'm okay.
I am okay. I'm better than okay. I'm great.
I've never felt so good in my whole life.
And while I appreciate your concern,
I'm not about to do
anything to mess that up.
Alright, get quick!
Get on the alley, up the street!
Who's the hardest team to beat?
Fran?
Fran?
What are you doing?
Going to Kenya.
You're what?
God said to go to Kenya.
There's been a flood.
Fran, Fran, you can't go to Kenya.
Not just me. All of us.
Take the whole family. They need help.
As much as they can get.
God was very clear it's gonna be great.
I'll get the kids, you get the dog.
No, no. Go back to bed.
We have to hurry.
I already booked a flight.
You already booked?
Yeah, leaves in four hours.
No, no, we are not going anywhere, Fran.
God told me.
It's not God. It's an hallucination.
Trust me, Phil. I have to go.
You have to go.
Fran.
Fine.
You go to Kenya, but without the family.
And don't expect us to
be here when you get back.
What's that supposed to mean?
You know exactly what it means.
You just throw away
15 years of marriage?
I am not the one throwing it away.
You don't understand.
No, no.
Fran!
When can I go home?
72 hours. We just want to
make sure that you're okay.
Is this the first time you fainted?
Phil and I were fighting.
The voice interrupted.
I told it to go away.
I resisted.
It was really serious this time.
It kept saying, it's over
now, but it doesn't have to be.
It scared me.
It scares all of us.
How many times does this voice
have to send you to the hospital
before you get that you're sick?
I'd better go pick up the kids.
He's probably right.
This voice is just breaking in my family.
And God wouldn't do that.
No visions?
No.
No voices?
No.
Then the medication must be working.
You'll be able to go
home in a couple of days.
How does that sound?
Sure.
Did you audition?
I didn't go.
Still having problems?
With what?
With the voice?
No, unfortunately.
Hey.
Hey.
I'm sorry.
You stepped way over the
line this time, Declan.
I know. I always step over the line.
And I'm sorry.
You have a job and I have a job.
You need to respect that.
Yes, ma'am. And I do.
I do.
In fact, I went over to
the psychiatric hospital
just to get a taste of what
you were talking about and
It's dark.
I appreciate that.
And I also appreciate the way
you regard people as individuals.
You never lump them into categories.
Always open, always objective.
It's a nice quality.
Peggy? What's wrong?
I was thinking about my brother.
Did I tell you he got a full scholarship
to a prestigious school in France?
He had a promising career ahead of him.
What happened?
He started hearing voices.
Before he left, he was
outgoing, vivacious.
He's gorgeous. My little brother.
And then when he came back,
he wouldn't talk to anyone.
He just sat in a corner,
completely withdrawn.
Listening to voices that
none of us could hear.
It took a year of
treatment to get him back.
It was hard.
Is he better now or ?
Yeah.
But I think the experience with
my brother has clouded my judgment.
I jumped to a conclusion.
A woman hears a voice,
I think she's sick.
Well, she is sick.
I mean, isn't she?
I don't know.
I hear a voice.
Told me to go to medical school,
marry my husband, play tennis.
Hang out with you.
That's sweet, but that's
more intuition, isn't it?
Yeah.
But the voice that Fran hears, it's
different than what my brother heard.
His voice was destructive.
Cruel. It tortured him.
Hey, kind of late for you.
What you reading?
Mom wrote another story for class.
Any good?
Hard to tell.
She never finished.
She must have stopped writing
when she went back on the meds.
It's a great story.
About a woman with amnesia.
Just remembering who she is.
I don't know what to think.
I mean, the kids liked her better
when she was hearing the voice.
And it's not that I
don't understand why I do.
It's just
It's not normal.
I know I'm doing the best thing for her.
The voices, the
craziness, it's over now.
But it doesn't have to be.
Hi.
Hey.
I read your story.
The one you wrote for your class.
You gonna finish it?
Do you want me to?
Oh, Fran.
You're not happy like this.
And you deserve to be.
If that means listening to this voice,
than it's fine by me.
Do me a favor.
You talk to me before you
buy the tickets to Kenya.
We're gonna be okay.
Dr. Fowler says we can
try this without the meds.
I we'll always love you
Will I love you
I thought she missed the talent show.
She did.
She's getting ready for the next one.
Will I love you
Yeah, Breanna !
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