Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) s01e11 Episode Script

[bell over door rings]
Dr. Wallace.
I've been expecting you.
[locks door]
Did you bring the rest
of the money?
Yes.
First, deliver.
Faith, Dr. Wallace.
You must have faith.
I'll have faith when I see
what I've paid for.
Where's the boy?
[snaps fingers]
[man]
Mr. Wallace.
Ali looks even better
than he did in Ankara,
-does he not?
-Yes.
It's amazing.
It's amazing.
The Nefasti pendant.
You placed it there.
You must remove it.
[wincing]
All right.
This is half the deal.
Where's the ring?
Ali go.
Dr. Wallace
I must tell you
I've been having
second thoughts
about what we are
dealing with here.
[grunts]
I am not sure what
we are doing is right.
I'll be
the judge of that.
Saving my daughter's
life is right.
Yes. But like this?
I'm not so sure.
Don't jack me up
for more money.
I don't have any more money.
It is not money
that concerns me.
It is our souls.
All our souls!
Dr. Wallace, I have
had time
to think since
our last meeting.
I want to give you
one last chance to reconsider.
I swear I will send
the pendant
and the ring back
to Ankara.
I will return your money,
all of it, right now.
[Clayton]
You want the best
of both worlds.
You want absolution
from your God
and the money.
I don't give a damn
what happens to your soul.
[sniffs]
I want the ring.
The pendant is useless
without the ring.
Yes.
He who wears the ring
is the spring of life.
He who wears the pendant
drinks of that spring.
[grunting]
Why is Ali
taking so long?
I'm going back there.
Don't do this.
You must tell me.
Do you take responsibility
-for these actions?
-Yes. Whatever it takes.
Just get your hands off me
and give me the damn ring!
[metal clanking]
[grunting]
[rattling]
[narrator]
Since the beginning of time,
mankind has existed between
the world of light and
the world of darkness.
Our secret society
has been here forever,
protecting others
from the creatures
who inhabit the shadows
and the night.
Known only to the initiated
by our true name,
The Legacy.
[Rachel] Hey, Derek,
you wanted to see me?
What's wrong?
A friend of mine,
a colleague at the university,
an anthropologist,
Clayton Wallace.
His daughter Samantha
is dying of aplastic anemia.
She's barely 24-years-old.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
We were close
when Samantha was young.
I was a honorary uncle.
You know, that sort of thing.
She was almost like
a daughter to me.
His wife died suddenly
of pneumonia
about five years ago.
He tortured himself
for the longest time.
He felt that if he wasn't
so dedicated to his work,
he might have done more.
I've no idea
how he's taking this.
Think about how you're feeling
right now, and then, uh,
multiply it by a thousand.
And then there's
the guilt, you know.
Survivor's guilt.
That's always with you.
I called the hospital.
I'm going there tonight.
You want me to come?
Yeah.
It would be a big help.
So tell me straight,
Phil.
We've been through this
for the last three months.
Never quite as bad.
How long does she have?
[sighs]
It could be just a matter
of days, Clayton.
But, she could leave us
as soon as tonight.
I'm sorry.
Hi.
I got you presents
from the desert.
[scarab rattles]
Dad you got me a bug?
It's not a bug. It's a scarab.
A symbol of immortality.
It's beautiful.
But I think it's
a little late.
Let's not have any talk
like that now.
You do me a favor.
You've got to keep this on.
And get some rest.
All right?
I love you, Samantha.
I'd do anything
to take your place.
[rattles]
[door opens]
[Clayton] Derek, I
I really appreciate
your coming.
Uh, I'm at a loss
for words
as to why I didn't
tell you sooner.
You must understand?
Oh, Clay, I understand
completely. Please.
I'm only here to be
of help if I can.
Samantha's very
special to me.
Well, I think she knows that.
And I I certainly know that.
No offense, Rachel,
but I don't feel a need
for a psychiatrist.
No offense is taken,
Dr. Wallace.
Just know
the offer stands.
Well, I don't think
it'll be necessary.
I'm not the one
to be worried about.
Well, Clay, please,
consider your situation.
You're all alone,
Samantha is very ill
Dying! Why don't you
just say dying?
That's what everyone
around here thinks.
She's gonna pull through!
And
that is what
we're all hoping for, really.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh, I wish there was something
I could do for him.
There's nothing
more devastating
than the loss of a child.
Oh, Derek,
she's so young.
Way too young to die.
So was his wife.
It's almost more than
one can bear.
But you know that, Rachel.
It's one of the unsettling
comforts of the work we do,
knowing death is just
a doorway to somewhere else.
You will drink from my spring.
[rattling]
[grunts]
[heartbeat steadily increasing]
Oh, my God.
[moaning]
[heartbeat slows]
[moaning]
[laughing]
No mistake.
There's not a single sign
of the anemia returning.
I'd say you're one lucky
young lady, Samantha.
And that wouldn't even be
the half of it.
My father
He was so upset last night.
He should be here now.
Oh, he will be.
He will be.
And there's no sign
of secondary damage?
Nothing.
You mean,
I'm actually cured?
How can that be?
I'd like to take credit for it,
but I can't.
We're gonna run
a couple of more tests
over the next 48 hours,
just to be sure.
And then,
believe it or not,
you're out of here.
Great.
But to where?
I gave up my apartment.
you can stay with us, Sam.
Are you sure?
I insist.
[chuckles]
Hello, Dominick. Can you help
with the luggage outside?
Yes, sir.
It's been almost
three days.
Still no sign
of your friend.
I'm sorry, I've done
the hospital,
missing persons,
the works.
I just can't find him.
Hmm.
Sam.
It's Nick Boyle.
Samantha Wallace.
Nick works with us here
at the Luna Foundation.
I've heard a lot about you.
Hi.
So, uh, what does
it feel like
to be on the business end
of a miracle?
Well, I'm still pretty shaky.
Maybe that's because
my father's still missing.
And I don't know
if I would call
it a miracle, exactly.
I mean, you'd think
a miracle would feel more
miraculous, I guess.
Come on, I'll show you
to your room.
-Uh, Derek
-Yeah?
You are still looking
for my father?
Don't worry, Sam.
We'll find him. I promise you.
Just before Samantha
awakened in the hospital,
-I definitely felt something.
-[thunder rumbles]
A presence?
Not so well-defined,
but undeniably a dark force.
And considering
Samantha's recovery
and Clay's sudden
disappearance,
there's no way
I can let this pass.
So start at the university,
find out what Clay's
been up to
in the last year or so
since Samantha got sick.
I can look into
her medical records.
And Nick,
keep a close eye on Sam.
It's obvious that she's
comfortable around you.
-Maybe she can tell us--
-Derek
It's happening again.
[grunts]
No!
I have no more life to give.
[panting]
No.
No.
God
help her.
[siren wailing]
I don't understand how
her symptoms could disappear
like that,
so completely, and then
less than a week later,
come raging back.
I'm at a complete
and total loss.
I couldn't explain
the remission.
I can't explain
the relapse.
-Any word from Clay?
-Nothing.
I phoned him at his home
again all night,
at his office.
It's like he's disappeared
off the face of the earth.
Excuse me.
I have to go to her.
I have your numbers.
I'll call you
if there are any changes.
-I'll stay with her.
-All right. Come on.
[thunder crashing]
[bells jingle]
[shopkeeper]
Who's there?
[metal rattling]
[thunder crashing]
-[gasps]
-You son of a bitch.
It's not working.
She's dying again.
Let me go.
I can help you.
You said
this ring would work.
I wanted to die
in her place.
The scarab
is still hungry.
Your life force is not
strong enough to save her.
Her illness is too great.
Why did it let me live?
So you could pass it on
to feed on someone else,
someone stronger.
-Someone younger.
-Age is but one factor.
But beware.
With each attempt
to revive her,
your daughter will need
more and more water
from the spring
to slake the scarab's thirst.
Each attempt? There was
to be one sacrifice. Me.
[hisses]
It will not relinquish
its hold.
Then how can I pass it on?
It appears, Dr. Wallace,
as with all things,
in order to regain your life
as it was
you must pay the price.
Do it.
[rattles]
[screams]
[EKG beeping]
Nick.
Hey.
It's happening
all over again, isn't it?
[sighs]
It hurts, Nick.
Close your eyes.
Come on.
Now, breathe deeply
and try to relax.
And imagine
that you are in your
favorite place
in the whole world.
And let the pain
flow out of your body
like clouds
floating past the sun.
You're beyond it now.
It can't touch you.
There.
Open your eyes.
Now, that was the
slightly abbreviated version.
You know,
I'm actually all right
with this.
With being sick?
No. No, I hate being sick.
But over the past few months,
I'm at peace with dying.
You know, you embrace life,
hold it close.
But when the time comes,
you gotta let go.
You know what
my favorite place is?
Where I went
when you said that?
Where's that?
A houseboat I lived on
with my father
when I was a little girl.
Thanks for
taking me there, Nick.
I feel a lot better.
[scarab rattling]
Nice thing about
living on a houseboat.
You don't gotta
mow the lawn.
[laughs]
What's up
with the hand?
Nothing. I cut it.
Is that right?
Well, I got a rep
for being a
cut man myself.
Give it up.
And I mean everything.
I don't have any money.
Don't Don't
[chuckles]
Don't mess with me.
Do not mess with me.
Come on.
Woo-ho-ho-ho-hoo!
Hold on! Ha-ha-ha!
What's this?
What's this?
No.
Don't do that.
Don't what?
Don't what?
You giving me
orders now?
No. No.
How much is this worth?
-Huh?
-It's worth a lot.
It's worth everything I own.
Looks good.
Damn good.
[laughs]
[rattling]
[grunting]
[screaming]
[panting]
[EKG flatlining]
Sam?
Samantha?
Are you okay?
Oh, yes, Nick.
I am.
In fact,
I've never felt better
in my entire life.
[Derek]
I stood right on this spot
the day he and Teresa
brought Samantha back home
from the hospital
the first time.
He stopped
keeping it up,
but he couldn't bring himself
to sell it.
-Not even after Teresa died.
-Hmm.
-Here.
-Thanks.
[ship horn blowing]
[rattles knob]
Yes, I thought so.
Well, you're right.
Somebody has, uh,
definitely been staying here.
He got some Chinese.
Huh. Look at this.
Three days ago.
That about says it all,
doesn't it?
Well, so does this.
[cell phone rings]
Sorry. Corrigan.
Really? [laughs]
Yeah, we're on our way.
What?
Barzman says
Samantha has recovered.
He's running some tests,
but he thinks she's well again.
That's impossible.
In the true meaning
of the word.
And Clay is there. He showed up
right after she got better.
This is a switch.
You're a vegetarian.
I know.
But Dr. Barzman says
I need as much protein
and iron as I can get.
It's either this or needles.
And I've had enough needles
to last me a lifetime.
Hey, Derek, Rachel.
-Well
-Hello.
[Samantha]
Look, I'm better.
I heard.
I see. It's amazing.
You're telling me.
-Hi, Nick.
-Hey.
-[Derek] Clay.
-[Clayton] Hi.
Can I, uh, talk to you
for a moment?
Yeah.
Oh, you're not messing around
in the grub department, huh?
Mmm.
Hey, I could go for
a real cocktail now.
What happened to you, Clay?
Where have you been?
These last few days
have been a A haze.
When Barzman
told me that Sam
only had
another day to live,
I completely lost it.
I wandered the streets,
stayed in the houseboat.
What happened to your hand?
I
I cut it. I broke a window
on the houseboat.
God only knows
where the keys are.
Why didn't you stay
at your house?
My house. I had to
sell my house.
I needed the money.
When Teresa got sick,
I didn't react fast enough.
If I had, she'd be alive.
Clay. Your wife
had pneumonia.
-You did--
-Whatever I did
wasn't enough.
This time I've sold everything
I own to buy Sam
the best possible treatment.
And it worked.
It seems to have worked.
Two complete recoveries
from the brink of death
in less than a week.
You're a scientist.
How is it possible?
Think about it.
I don't want
to think about it.
I'm tired of thinking.
I want to accept this
for what it is.
So, what is it? Tell me.
All I know is that
I got enough strength
to come back here,
expecting the worst,
only to find
that my little girl is okay.
Now, that's enough for me.
Quite enough.
All right, but
there's one thing
I won't let you
get away with.
What is that?
Once Samantha's released,
I want the two of you
to stay with us
at the Luna Foundation
until both of you
get your feet back under you.
And I won't take no
for an answer.
Well, the answer is yes.
Thank you.
I spent the night going over
Samantha's medical records,
and what it comes down to,
pure and simple,
is that she should have died,
twice, but she didn't.
[Alex] Hmm.
Alex?
Well, Clay was on
a research dig in Turkey
when Samantha first displayed
serious symptoms
about a year ago.
He flew home immediately,
and the diagnosis
of irreversible aplastic
anemia took two months.
And that's when she was
confined to the hospital.
Right. But get this.
While she was
in the hospital,
Clay took a leave of absence
from the university,
flew back to Istanbul
on his own dime
and stayed two weeks.
Why was he in Turkey
in the first place?
Well, the initial dig
was authorized
to uncover relics
on the Hittite Empire.
Nothing special there.
But there's something up
with that second trip.
I'm still working on it.
Clay told me he sold
everything he owned,
including his house,
to get treatment for Samantha.
So get dates
of those sales
and crosscheck them
against his itinerary.
-Anything else?
-Yeah.
Last night, the police found
a body near their houseboat
with something very twisted
about the condition
of the corpse.
Any details?
It's kind of sketchy
at this point,
but I have a friend of mine
in the coroner's office
who said she'd
help us out.
Okay.
[Samantha]
You know, I think I was born
to live in a castle.
Preferably with
lots of servants.
[Clayton] Uh-huh.
Well
We can't stay here forever.
Did you really spend
all your money?
Yes, and then some.
[sighs] Huh,
that wasn't too bright.
Not too bright at all.
What are we gonna live on?
We'll get by. I'll go
back to the university.
You'll go back to school,
work on your
-Oh, Daddy, please.
-teaching degree.
Now that I
almost died, I
I want to live a little.
Forget school.
I wanna have some fun.
You've always had such
a passion for teaching.
Well, you know
what they say
about those who can't.
Present company excluded,
I hope?
Of course.
But now I wanna do things.
I wanna go out.
You know my friend
in there, Nick?
He's a pretty great guy.
I wouldn't mind
spending some time with him.
What do you think?
Well, I haven't
thought about it.
Oh, now, Daddy's embarrassed
by his little girl.
Don't worry.
I won't forget you.
If it weren't for you,
I wouldn't be here.
I wouldn't be here at all.
You'll always be
the number one man in my life.
Let's dance.
-No.
-[laughs]
-Yeah.
-Samantha, I think
Oh, don't think. Dance.
[laughs]
Whoo!
What, what, what?
What is it?
[gasps]
I don't
I don't feel so good.
Oh, no. It's not
the same, is it?
No, it can't be.
I've been fed.
Daddy, you gotta help me.
Yes, I'll do anything.
What can I do?
[rattling]
I think you know.
[Frances]
Could be a mutated virus.
Maybe a variant of that
flesh-eating bacteria
that's been cropping up.
Whatever it is,
we're not taking any chances.
[Nick]
You got a time of death
on this guy?
His watch stopped
at 11:23.
And he's missing
a finger, huh?
No, not missing.
Severed.
They found it
at the scene.
Sliced off at the nub.
Nice.
[rattling]
-It's hot.
-Thank you.
What a pretty ring.
Huh.
Samantha keeps
losing life,
and I don't know
what to do.
You've been through
a lot this week.
[sighs]
Do you have children?
Yeah, a little girl, Kat.
She's eight.
Hmm.
I'll bet
you'd die for her.
In a heartbeat.
If someone threatened
that child,
I'll bet you'd
kill that person.
You know,
this is one of those
questions I've thought about.
It's, uh
Yeah.
If I came around a corner,
and someone was messing
with Kat
I think I'm
capable of it.
If she needed a heart,
you would
take the heart of
the most heinous serial killer,
wouldn't you?
What are you asking me?
If your daughter
were dying,
and you had the power
to save her by taking the life
of a useless member
of society
No one knows,
no one cares
What would you do?
I think
the more important
question is
what would you do?
Is there something
you wanna tell me?
[sighs]
I would like to
continue this conversation
at another time.
I have to
check on my daughter.
[knocks on door]
[closes door]
How are we doing?
Not so well.
[sighs]
Daddy, please
don't let me die.
You're not dying.
This is not a relapse.
You're just weak.
I need someone.
[whispers] Now!
Samantha, how many more
will it take?
[moaning]
I hurt, Daddy.
God.
Please, Daddy.
It hurts so much.
Please, Daddy.
So Samantha's asleep.
Clay's gone out
to clear his mind.
And the autopsy report's
in on that corpse.
The cellular structure
was completely blown away.
There's no sign of disease,
but, all cellular life
was completely ionized
and drawn out,
leaving only
crystalline salts.
-Drawn out by what?
-They don't know.
And the, uh, severed finger's
a mystery as well.
Until they figure it out,
they're keeping
this one under wraps.
I can understand that.
Also, there's no time
of death on this guy,
but his watch
stopped at 11:23.
Now, if whatever killed him
fried his watch,
then we could assume that
was the time of death.
I talked to Dr. Barzman,
and he said that 11:23
was the exact time that
Samantha started to recover.
What more
do you have on Clay?
Well, I still don't know
the reason for his return trip
to Turkey,
but I did manage to track him
from Istanbul to Ankara,
where he spent
most of the two weeks.
How about his finances?
Well, when he got back,
he closed out his pension fund,
sold off his stocks
and bonds.
Everything, except for
the title on the houseboat.
Well, I guess we can assume
he found something
or someone in Ankara.
A faith healer?
No. No, I
Not a faith healer.
Nothing that benign, Nick.
What he's involved in
is much darker.
[murmuring]
[siren wails]
[man 1] All right!
[man 2]
Get out of there!
[glass shatters]
[man 3]
Don't touch that!
[woman] Shh.
[moans]
Daddy will be
home soon.
He hasn't forgotten his wife
and little girl.
He's gone on
a long business trip.
But he'll be back,
so don't worry.
And don't cry.
There, there.
Don't cry.
Don't cry.
Who's there?
[dogs barking]
It's you!
Daddy's home!
Oh!
I was just telling her
that you'd be back.
You see, he loves us.
Yes.
I've brought you a gift.
[gasps]
A gift from the desert.
Oh.
It's beautiful.
Daddy brought Mommy
a beautiful present.
A pretty, pretty thing.
[sniffs] Pretty thing.
What's wrong?
[moans]
[rattling]
[heartbeat speeds up]
[yelps]
[scarab screeching]
[child's voice]
Mama.
God.
God, forgive me.
[chuckles]
[laughs]
Samantha?
You okay?
I'm more than okay.
[laughs]
Nick, how did you get here
so quickly at
five o'clock
in the morning?
Uh, I just couldn't sleep.
I was walking downstairs.
Walking downstairs,
or
waiting for me to get up,
so you could
I feel so good.
Don't be shy.
I'm not going to bite.
Unless it's called for.
You know what I wanna do?
I can imagine.
I wanna go out.
Yeah, let's go get
something to eat.
I'm starving.
Out? Now? You know,
we got plenty of food here.
Oh, no.
No, I wanna go out.
I have a great idea.
Let's
Let's go to one of those
all-night places and
And get
a big bunch of food.
And we'll take it
to my father's houseboat.
You know, I don't think
that's such a good idea,
considering how late it is
and everything.
No.
No, Nick, please.
Take me to the houseboat.
It's my favorite place.
Remember? I told you
in the hospital?
I was happy there.
I just want
to be happy again.
I don't know
how much longer I have left.
Please?
All right.
Get your stuff.
Okay.
So, what do you figure,
we got enough stuff?
[chuckles] Don't worry.
I'm gonna make you the best
breakfast you've ever had.
-Oh, yeah?
-Yeah.
I'm gonna
hold you to it.
Watch your step.
[gasps]
-Daddy. Oh, my God.
-Baby.
Come on,
let's get him inside.
Come on.
[Alex]
The Nefasti scarab necklace.
The exact one
Samantha has.
It was stolen
from the Ankara museum
two days before Clay
left the country.
Probably smuggled
it out later, no doubt.
Along with its
deadly mate
the Lapis Lazuli
scarab ring.
Now, according to
the legend
of Murtasis
the Conqueror,
who died at
the ripe old age of 432,
after he murdered
half of his subjects,
"He who wears the ring
is the spring of life.
He who wears the necklace
drinks from the spring."
And the ring and the necklace
were both in the museum?
Yes, but the idea
of Clay demanding a test
before paying in full
is right on the money.
The day after
the break-in,
a really
strange-looking corpse
was found
on the riverbank.
By the time the police
got there, it disappeared.
Derek.
Nick's gone.
So is Samantha.
And I found this
in her room.
The houseboat.
And Clay never
came home at all.
I've got to go there.
I can't do this anymore.
I, I can't.
You know I love you.
I can't do it.
-Do what?
-Nothing. He
He doesn't know what
he's talking about.
I'm in complete control
of my faculties.
I know exactly what you
want me to do to him.
[scoffs]
Nick, he's delirious.
Oh, jeez.
I'll handle this.
Could you give us
a minute?
Yeah, sure.
What have I done?
What have I done?
You're pathetic.
Have you got the ring?
Yes.
-God help me.
-[scoffs]
You're far beyond
the help of any God.
I suppose I am.
Then work out
the logic, Dad.
You're good at that.
It doesn't matter
what you do anymore,
so give me the ring.
[whispers] Now!
Daddy, please?
Give it to me.
You know I need it.
Please, Daddy.
[rattles]
Oh, Nick.
Oh, I don't
feel so good.
[Nick] You okay?
-[slams door]
-[Derek] Nick, no!
Get away from her!
[screams]
-[Nick grunting]
-[Samantha laughing]
Yes.
[Nick groaning]
Make her stop, Clay!
She's my daughter.
That thing isn't
your daughter.
Samantha's dead.
Only you can remove
that pendant, Clay.
For God's sake,
let her go.
[Nick grunting, moaning]
[Derek] Oh, my God!
-Samantha
-No! Don't touch it!
Baby, remember
how happy we were
before your mother died,
here on the houseboat?
So happy.
No, Dad, please.
You'll kill me.
I wanted you to live forever,
but not like this.
Do it now, Clay!
[Samantha gasps]
[screeches]
[screaming]
[scarab ring squealing]
[gasping]
[screeches]
[Samantha moaning]
Sam.
I'm so sorry
for the pain I caused you.
So sorry.
Dad.
I don't feel
any pain anymore.
The pain is like
a cloud
moving across the sun.
I'm finally at peace
in my favorite place
in the whole world.
[sniffles]
[Clayton sobbing quietly]