The Dead Zone s01e09 Episode Script

I had the perfect life until|I was in a coma for six years.
And then I woke up|and found my fiancée married to another man.
My son doesn't know|who I am.
Everything has changed including me.
One touch and I can|see things things that happened,|things that will happen.
You should see what I see.
You're sure she's in there? You get some kind of tip? A tip? Yeah,|in a manner of speaking.
Runaways always find their way|to this part of the city.
These abandoned warehouses|are easy to break into.
You smell that? That ammonia smell? Yeah, it smells|like cat piss.
What are these kids up to? Yo, Sanchez.
|What's up? I know you're a little out|of your jurisdiction, Sheriff, but I might need|a little backup here.
No problem.
I'm hungry.
|Do you have any money? How's it going there,|"Mr.
Science"? Jill? Jill come out here.
It's okay.
My name's John Smith.
|I just want to talk to you.
Come here.
It's okay.
# Oooh # # Fall in love, fall in love,|fall in love # # Fall in love # # Feel no shame|for what you are # # Feel no shame|for what you are # # Fall in love,|fall in love # # Fall in love.
# What were you doing|down in Portland? I was chasing|a runaway girl.
Sheriff Bannerman|asked me to help find her.
She's been missing|for two weeks.
The emergency room|sent us your lab results.
The street name for the drug|is "Special K.
" Ketamine, a common|pet tranquilizer.
A pet tranquilizer? Also, the preferred|mind-altering substance of rave kids|coast-to-coast.
- I feel fine.
|- Hmm.
That's quite a mystery,|considering you inhaled more than 10 times the normal|thrill seeker's dosage.
I'd like to admit you|for observation for 24 hours.
Doc, I don't have|24 hours right now.
Johnny, as a neurologist,|there's only one thing I know less about|than the brain.
- What's that?|- Your brain.
Ketamine is|a serious drug.
I can't predict how it might|interact with your dead zone.
Doc, I have to find|this girl now.
If I don't,|she's going to die.
What I don't|understand is No, but what|I don't understand is But I thought|you said that this this warehouse district|was where all the kids Yes.
I'm aware of that.
You must have patrols Boo! Jill, come back!|You'll get lost.
What "priorities" must be Yes, fine.
I'll call you later,|Sergeant.
Mrs.
Derr? Do you know the girl with|the brown hair in this photo? Tammy.
|Tammy Moe.
That's not|how she looks now.
I know, I saw her|in Portland with Jill.
I might have known.
Did they|run away together? Tammy doesn't|have to run away.
Tammy's mother she lets her stay out|till all hours of the night.
I can't even begin|to talk to the woman.
I have no right|to criticize.
I haven't been the world's|best mother, Mr.
Smith.
Sometimes I haven't been|a mother at all.
In my own|loneliness, I leaned on her|too much asked too much of her.
It wasn't fair.
There are so many|things I regret Jill always loved|our little Chinese village.
I'd come in the room|and see her staring at it.
Hypnotized, almost.
God knows what|she saw in there.
I'm sorry,|it doesn't stop ringing.
And every time it rings I pray to God it's her.
Hello? Hi, Dad.
No, not yet.
Hang on a second.
Tammy's address|is 1249 Roblin Street.
I'll bet she slept|in her own bed last night.
So, you just|happen to have pet tranquilizer lying around|your bedroom, huh? I have a rambunctious cat.
|What are you going to do? Having this in your|possession is serious.
You're going to have|a juvenile record.
There goes my full ride|to Harvard.
Tammy,|Jill's your best friend.
You know how dangerous|it is on the street.
This is the time|to help us, while we can still put in|a good word with the judge.
Her mother wants to lock her up|in some rehab facility.
- Maybe she needs to be in rehab.
|- She doesn't do that many drugs.
Do you know what they do|to people in there? They shoot them full of tranqs|and they strap you to a bed.
Talk about danger.
I need a cigarette.
There's no smoking|in this building.
My mom's smoking.
Deputy Rivera, there's a woman|breaking the law three feet|away from you.
I know you, you're that psychic.
|I've seen you on TV.
You used to teach, right? So you bust kids|for a living now? I just want to get|Jill home safely, okay? This isn't even your business.
|It's Jill's life.
She can do whatever|she wants with it.
Hey, what are you doing? Get this pervert|away from me! Mom! Book her on possession.
|Call the designated court worker.
Anything? A tattoo.
On the back of|somebody's right hand.
It was a cougar.
All right.
I'll call it in|to the Portland police.
We'll see if someone|with a tattoo like that comes up on|the computer system.
You all right?|You don't look so good.
No, it's nothing.
I've got to get back|to Portland.
A mind-altering drug in|the world's most altered mind - that's a scary combination.
|- Listen, I'm fine, okay? - Uh-huh.
|- No, I am.
- Uh-huh.
|- I am.
Okay, one of the visions I had|was a little bit off.
A little bit "off"? Do you know what that|means in the context of the rest of humanity for your brain to be|"a little bit off"? It puts you in another galaxy|far, far away.
How little?|Don't spare any of the details.
When I saw the girl|in the alley she wasn't her real age.
She was maybe|six or seven years old, and she was wearing|a Halloween a pixie costume.
It was like a leftover from|another vision I had of her in the morning.
This is Johnny's dead zone.
This is Johnny's dead zone|on drugs scrambled eggs.
It was a little disconcerting,|but I understood what it meant.
It "meant" that we have|to get you to the hospital.
I'm not going to go back|to the hospital.
It's a new rule of mine.
We don't screw around|when it comes to your brain.
Walt's in court tomorrow.
Jill's mother's got to stay|by the phone.
That leaves me.
All right, but I'm not|letting you go alone.
Okay, fine.
I can use the help.
I've got to get somebody|to cover for me at work.
Let me see your cell, man.
He's being difficult.
I'm going to need some help|bringing him in.
Hey, it's me, Bruce.
Something's come up.
I'm going to need somebody|to cover for me tomorrow.
Can you do that? What did I tell you? - What did I tell you?|- Malcolm, I'm clean.
Yeah? That's not what I heard.
|I heard you're dealing again.
No, I'm not.
So that was just your chemistry set|that blew up last night? I'm misinformed? It's a limited marketplace.
My profits are down,|and the people that I work with want to know why,|and you're why.
So now you're going|to have to make it good.
I heard you pulled in what?|10 grand last week? I'm completely tapped out.
I hope you're lying.
For your sake,|I really hope you're lying.
'Cause I need that money.
Tomorrow.
|Bright and early.
Early worm catches the bird.
Jill! Jill? Come back! You're going to get lost! Are you okay? Where's Jill? I lost her.
What happened to you in there? - I had a vision it lingered.
|- What you do mean lingered? It hung around for a while,|bled into this reality.
I don't know.
|It's hard to explain.
Scrambled eggs again, John.
- That's it.
We're going back.
|- I can't go back without her.
I've said it once,|and I'll say it again there's only so much you can do,|and you've reached the limit.
- Give me a few hours!|- Get in the car.
- Hold him.
|- Let me out! John! He stole your car? Sarah, he's in bad shape.
|We need to get Walt down here! He's up in north county|on an arson call.
He should be back soon.
Did you try calling Johnny|on his cell phone? - Hello?|- Johnny? Are you all right? What are you doing up|this late? I'm up this late because I just got|a very scary call from Bruce.
Yeah, well,|Bruce has a problem.
He has a problem? He told me that you knocked him|to the ground and stole his car.
I didn't knock him|to the ground.
I pushed him a little.
|He tripped.
- Johnny|- It's not as bad as it seems.
I'll be back|when I find Jill.
We'll help you|look for her, Johnny.
We'll come down there.
Just tell me|where you are.
You're tracing this call,|aren't you? From my cell phone signal.
What are you|talking about? I thought I could|trust you, Sarah.
Johnny? Spare some change? Can we talk? I'm too tired for this, okay?|Leave me alone.
I just want to talk.
Okay.
I get a breakfast burrito.
|You get a sermon.
All right, deal.
Two breakfast burritos.
My boyfriend is waiting for me|to bring him something.
I'll even throw in|some hash browns.
Come on.
Jill! Hey.
You coming or not? Yeah.
Leave it to my mother|to hire a psychic to find me.
I wasn't hired.
What, you just do this for fun? No, I did this because|I talked with your mother at the sheriff's office and I saw|how worried she was.
I talked to Tammy yesterday.
She told me about you.
|She said you, like, invaded her soul.
She thinks you're some kind|of psychic peeping Tom.
I've never heard it put|exactly that way before, but You totally|freaked her out.
Totally.
You know what? So far, I'm not really|that impressed.
- I found you, didn't I?|- That doesn't prove anything.
So, go on.
Prove it to me.
Come on, prove it to me.
Your mother has|a cork sculpture of a tiny Chinese village, and when you were|a little girl, you used to stare at it for|hours daydreaming that you lived in|the little house on the island.
You were married, and you had a little baby, and the stork flying|over the house was your pet.
You'd already started|running away even then, in your mind.
You don't know what|my life was like.
Or do you? I'm not gonna tell you|that everything will be easy or that you and your mom suddenly|are gonna get along overnight.
My mom doesn't even|want me home.
She was gonna send me away.
|I saved her the trouble.
Just talk to her.
I can't talk to her.
|I've never been able to talk to her.
There are people who can help|with those kinds of things.
Well, you know what?|It's too late for that.
I'm doing all right.
I mean, I've got the nicest|boyfriend I've ever had, and we're even gonna get|an apartment together as soon as we get the money, which we probably|would have had by now if this psychic guy hadn't shown|the cops where our lab was.
Scary way to make money,|isn't it? It's a business just like|any other business.
No, Jill.
It isn't a business|like any other business.
Your burrito meter|is almost up.
You've got 12 seconds to live.
What you do with those|is up to you.
Malcolm,|you've got to believe me.
six five Okay.
Jill.
Jill has the money.
She just went to get us|something to eat.
Three two At Rosie's Diner.
Jill's got the money?|You sure? Yeah, I swear, man.
You'd give up your girlfriend|like that? I'm telling you the truth.
Okay.
Okay, Scotty.
I'll go talk to Jill.
So can I go now? Go? I'm sorry.
|Maybe you didn't understand.
You had 12 seconds.
|They're up.
Anything else? No.
Yep, that's my cruiser.
Come on, guys.
It's kind of hard|to sneak up on a guy that can see you coming.
I don't understand.
|Who was coming? A man with a tattoo.
That's, like,|half the people I know.
It was on the back of his hand.
|It was a cougar.
Oh, Malcolm.
He must be looking|for Scott.
- I don't think so.
|- What do you mean? Where were you supposed to meet|Scott? We have to find him.
Why? I think he may be hurt.
|Where is he? Oh my God.
|Scott Jill! Oh, please, not now.
The girl's a runaway from|Cleaves Mills.
The guy is a friend|of ours.
He's trying to get her|to go home.
Yeah, that's the girl.
They were|here a couple of minutes ago.
They just took off.
A couple of minutes ago.
|They couldn't have gone very far.
Jill? Jill! Wait! You okay, mister? Jerk! Is he dead? Jill has the money.
We can't stay here.
Come on.
What is it? What's wrong? Come on.
I know the places|to hide in here.
Okay.
Come on.
|Let's go.
- I can't.
|- What's wrong? I'm lost in the woods.
Oh, God It's the kid we saw with Jill|the other day.
I don't want you to see this.
It's a little late for that,|isn't it? But that was yesterday.
The drugs should have|worn off by now.
Maybe in other people.
Are you still in the woods? I just can't get out of it.
It doesn't usually stay|this long.
You know what's funny|about this? Not much.
I got lost in the woods when|I was six at a Halloween party.
Yeah, I know.
I can't remember|ever being so scared but I got out,|and so will we, okay? Listen, I've been through|a lot of bad trips of my own, and people have helped me|through them.
The important thing is that|we get out of here, okay? Can you trust me|to do that? You know what's funny|about this? Not much.
I came here to get you|out of trouble.
Okay, listen.
I'll make you a deal.
You trust me to get you|out of trouble, and I'll trust you|to get me out of trouble.
That's a good one.
That's a good deal.
Okay, take my hand.
Concentrate on the touch|of my hand.
Let's go.
We have to find my friends.
|They're chasing me.
Shh.
I think you mean|they're chasing me.
No.
See,|I stole a car, then I knocked one of them over|some garbage cans, then my old girlfriend,|who's married to the sheriff, is tracing me by satellite|through my cell phone Shh.
Slow down.
- Was I talking too fast?|- Yeah.
See what happens when|you do drugs? Just remember, sometimes|your mind reacts to stuff in unexpected and sometimes|scary ways, okay? I can help you control that.
It's a cougar.
I think he's more scared of us|than we are of him.
I'm not sure.
I am.
Trust me.
We'll just stand here|as he passes by.
He's gone.
|You were right.
Come on.
Let's go.
You're good at this, Jill.
You've never done|drugs before? Once, a long time ago,|but I didn't inhale.
I'm going to go|check it out, okay? Stay there.
Jill! Jill! I know this truck.
|It belongs to a local hood.
What's it doing out here? Shh.
Shh.
That's Johnny! Over here! Jill! Jill! Johnny I'm ready to go to|the hospital now.
I'm sorry, man.
It's okay.
I've been lost in the woods.
|It's a long story.
It's gonna be okay.
|Come on.
Let's go.
Where's Jill? I'm here.
Hey, Johnny! Hey, Jill.
Look what I found|in our basement.
You know what's funny|about that? Uh, not much? For a minute, I'm thinking|I'm going back into the woods.
You may have a flashback|or two someday.
I know who to call|when I do.
What about you?|How are you doing at home? Clean and sober|for three days.
Congratulations.
Yeah, I'm doing|the meeting thing, you know.
"Hi, my name's Jill,|and I'm an addict.
" "Hi, Jill " It drives me crazy,|but it's better than lock-up, so And my mom and I|are in counseling.
We cry a lot.
I'm going to Castle Rock|this weekend for Scott's funeral.
I'm sorry.
It'll be difficult, but you'll find later|that it helps to say goodbye.
You know what?|You never told me What? How you got out of the woods|when you were a little girl.
Oh I ran around and around|until I got tired and then my mom heard me crying,|and she found me.
You know what else|I brought? "Alice's Adventures|in Wonderland.
" My mom used to read this|to me when I was little and I was sick in bed,|so I'm going to read it to you.
My favorite.
|And after this, we can sing a couple choruses|of "Puff the Magic Dragon.
" Yeah.
Okay.
"Alice was beginning|to get very tired of sitting by her sister|on the bank, and of having nothing to do.
Once or twice, she had peeked into|the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures|or conversations.
'And what is the use of a book,'|thought Alice, 'without pictures or|conversations?"' - No.
|- Yes.
You're grounded.