Medium s03e13 Episode Script

I don't understand.
I thought you said she was getting better.
She fooled us.
The leukemia fooled us.
For a while it seemed like she was responding I don't know if her system can take another I'm so sorry.
I'll make it a point to stop back Wow.
How long was I out? Just a few minutes.
It's weird the way you do that.
So sudden.
Hmm.
Mom and Dad went to grab a bite.
Hey.
I almost forgot.
(gasping): No! Where in the hell did you find him? Hmm.
He looks as old Yeah, that German shepherd really did a number on him, huh? It's okay.
Sorry.
(weakly): I get so tired.
It's okay.
WOMAN: You girls decent in there? Hell, no.
We're Dubois women.
Was she out the whole time? she was laughing.
The chemo's just completely knocked the crap out of her.
Doctor came by.
Said it wasn't really helping.
Did Marie hear? No.
Ariel Do me a favor.
You've got to go outside, call Bridgette.
Okay? Tell her we need her.
Daddy or I will pick her up at the airport, (sobbing) Okay? Tonight.
ALLISON: Shh.
I'm going to miss her so much.
I don't know if I can live without her.
medium 313 Hi.
You're there.
This is Allison Dubois.
bring in my youngest daughter in Bye.
(phone beeps off) Hey.
Hey.
Woke up.
Your side of the bed was empty.
Cold.
How long you been up? I don't know.
I think Marie's coming down with something.
Is it serious? I hope not.
She seems fine now.
I'm just going to keep her home and run her by the doctor.
ALL: God, grant me the serenity courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
SCANLON: I just think it's weird, to make sure I'm going to be at the meeting, Gary's a recovering addict.
Reliability is not our strong suit.
He's going to do what he's going to do.
You're his sponsor, not his mother.
Long as you're there when he does show up.
The rest is up to him.
That's Gary's car.
MAN: Good news.
There's no strep.
No fever.
Her inoculations are up to date.
The truth is She looks super.
Okay.
So I'm I'm a little unclear.
For day care? For camp? Is there something you want me to sign? I need you to talk to me about leukemia.
Leukemia? Are we still talking about Marie? Well, ah Wh-what would you like to know? Has she been tired? She doesn't look tired.
I didn't notic any swelling Allison, leukemia's a hell of a rabbit Hi, Jen? Uh, could you come in here for a second Yeah, keep an eye on her for a minute, No, no, I I know.
Thank you.
Okay, baby, Mommy's gonna come get you Okay.
Allison, look, I know you know this, Leukemia is not something she's going to catch You've never mentioned a family history of it.
come up in conversation about the other girls.
Someone on your husband's side? that you can get in front of it? Treat it before it strikes? Allison, what you're saying doesn't make any sense.
before they have them.
Before they have them there is nothing to treat.
It's already in there waiting to happen, right? But that's kind of a simple way of Or my mother had had it? Aren't there things you would be doing? Tests you would be running to keep an eye on it But you don't have it, Allison.
The kind of tests you're talking about Painful.
It's not something you'd want done to a child And they're expensive.
unless there's some credible diagnostic rationale.
You know, forgive my asking this, Talking to me about this? I didn't want to alarm him Allison, I have to be honest with you, ?????????if I didn't knowou as well as I do, I would be tempted to pick up the phone All right, so here's what I'm willing to do.
Let's draw some blood.
Okay? We'll send it to the lab.
That is the first place we would see SCANLON: Gary, it's Lee.
I'm worried about you and I'm wondering what you're doing.
Call me.
Let me know you're all right.
(whispering): Are you staying Sorry.
I lost track of time.
I appreciate this, Earl.
Like I said, I'm just concerned about my friend.
(knocking) Gary? Anyone? Hello? I've got Marie's tests back, and, uh, I have to tell you that little girl If there's anything in her blood modern science can't currently see it, much less treat it.
Will she be healthy Nobody knows that.
But now that I know it's an issue for you, Allison, any one of our kids could get hit It's how we love them while they're here.
While we're here.
Well, anyway, you get the point.
Right now, she's the living definition of healthy Hey I'm home too.
All the really big bosses are away at a seminar, that I can't do at home on my laptop.
She's a very good monkey.
You got cake? Is it somebody's birthday? Celebrating just to celebrate.
Cool.
Mmm yum.
What's the occasion? You know, one day, you're feeling kind of down (dog growling) Hey, get out of here! Get out! (dog growling) Hey, kids! Get away from that dog! Let him go, Ariel! Ariel! Ariel! Just let the dog have it! Ariel, get inside! Doggy hurt Mr.
Snookie.
Ariel saved Mr.
Snookie.
What were you thinking, Ariel? He could have attacked you.
He could have bitten you.
You act like that to save one of your sisters, not a teddy bear.
Okay? Hey Are you okay? Honey, why the long face? Everybody's doing just fine.
Everybody's fine.
JOE: Leukemia? She was 20, maybe 21.
But the doctor said she's fine.
Yes, today.
Yes, now.
Okay, then, uh wait, I don't understand.
The doctor said she's fine.
And for now, she is.
He didn't say she would always be fine.
But I know that.
No, Allison.
Just got torn up a few hours ago.
Please listen to yourself.
You're not listening! That torn-up teddy bear has everything to do with everything.
I saw it last night before it happened, in the same dream that I saw our youngest daughter dying.
Ariel and you found that torn-up teddy bear, and that's how I know this is going to happen, you see? Actually, Allison, you're not making any sense.
After all this time, You don't believe in the things that I see? Or the things th I feel? I absolutely believe in you.
I'm not questioning what you see.
I'll prove it to you.
Joe! What are you doing? What are you talking about? and I'm gonna burn it in the backyard.
Don't you see? Look, according to your logic, then there's nothing for Ariel to give to Marie so maybe she's not in the hospital, (whispers): You're mocking me.
No! I am trying to get you to see how irrational and potentially dangerous, Look, Allison, hey.
Look, listen, listen, sweetie, look, you may be right about this.
She may be fated to die before her time, but what's the point of living for her and for us, if her whole life is spent chasing a tragedy that we're not sure is ever really gonna happen, and which for the time being we can I won't do it! and I will burn it in the biggest bonfire if it will convince you to forget about what you saw until it actually happens, till there's something that we can do about it.
Do you have any idea what you're asking of me?! I don't know if I can! You're missing the point.
Everything is fine.
That's how life works.
Everything is fine until it isn't, Otherwise, there is no life.
What the hell is Willow Elm? Huh? Some sort of a tree? No, I wasn't.
What are you doing? It's a quarter after 5:00.
Come back to bed.
I can't sleep.
I keep thinking about this kid.
Met him at my NA meeting.
He OD'd yesterday.
I'm sorry.
I have to call his folks and tell them.
They're back east in Delaware, two hours ahead of us.
I'm figuring 5:30 here, I'm dreading it.
I'll sit with you.
I'll help you through it.
DOCTOR: I'm afraid What about more chemo? See, there's a tipping point with the chemo, where the cure is worse than the disease and we've passed that point, I'm afraid.
So what do we do? You gather your loved ones, and you say your good-byes.
This is our fault, you know? I knew it.
I told you we should not have stayed in that house.
(sobbing): We should not have stayed You okay? I'm fine.
Actually, I'm good.
You're right.
None of it means anything What? ????????? I don't understand.
that is going to make Marie sick? Is this about mold? Is this about radon? It's not like we're close to I don't know.
What difference does it make? What you need to know is we need to get our Allison, whoa! Do you understand what you're saying: "move"? It's it's not that easy.
Finding a new house takes time.
I don't even know what this place is worth.
People do it every day.
Yeah, people do it every day, Allison, but nobody does it in a day.
"Willow Elm.
" What? Willow Elm's the answer.
Now what you're walking through is the "Hacienda" model of Phase 3 here at Willow Elm.
We've got 108 acres here, over $400 million in construction Bunford Properties' biggest project to date.
Thank you.
Obviously, there's all kinds of upgrades and options available.
Take a look around.
Any of my salespeople will be happy to answer And please, feel free to call me or e-mail me directly.
It's perfect.
You don't really know that.
You just spent That hardly constitutes a thorough evaluation.
It's where we're supposed to be.
we don't even know if we can afford it.
It's our child! tied up in that house.
No, the logical thing? The instant you find out your child is in peril and you screw the money! I don't understand! as if it isn't real.
No, don't do that! I am sending our child off to a certain death and see if any of this makes sense! 'cause I am here! I took the morningoff work I am in this with you! Someone has to ask these questions! So I have a question.
Who's going to call the Realtor? I don't understand.
What's the mystery? Kid was a drug addict.
He died of an overdose.
I need you to perform another autopsy.
Just because somebody wona free one during I knew this kid.
They made me promise.
The overdose thing-- it just doesn't add up for them.
Wow, parents don't believe their baby's a junkie.
No, they knew their kid had a history, They just don't believe he wouldn't know what he was taking I see, so the city of Phoenix is going to pay for an autopsy Please? If we're getting a new house, who's gonna live here? Excellent question.
She's gonna stop by tomorrow and take a look, Uh-huh.
So if me and Marie are getting our own rooms, then maybe we should leave the bunk beds here I mean, they're gonna have kids, too, right? I don't think I can do it.
Look, truth be told, I don't want to move.
I mean, I will if I have to, we don't know for sure that it's poisoned.
I mean, maybe it's not poisoned yet.
Maybe that's something that happens in the future.
Are you kidding? Well, I don't know, Allison.
First you tell me we got to move because our daughter's going to get sick and die, and then you tell me that you don't want to move of somebody else getting sick and dying.
'cause I can't seem to find one thatorks.
We cannot afford to move Do you understand that? We can't, in good conscience, not to a family with small children, God, I hate this! I'm sorry.
I don't share your sense What are you talking about? When we bought this house of the people who sold it to us, clean.
As a homeowner, I got a responsibility to test it from time to time to make repairs, We'll get the house tested.
We'll call someone in.
We'll do everything we can to make sure I think that's all that anyone can expect.
I don't know.
Or we stay.
And we never speak another word about it.
I don't understand.
I heard he died Really? Is that what you heard, huh? I'm just telling you.
There it is, Detective.
Thanks, I'll try and bring it back I have been waiting for days, Doctor! Mrs.
Dubois, as my staff has repeatedly explained to you, hospital hours are for surgeries and follow-ups.
Now, as soon as I have some office hours free, Now if you'll excuse me, I'm on my way to surgery.
Would you say that is more Mrs.
Dubois, you are violating the restraining order.
I don't want to call the police.
Honestly, all of this is unnecessary.
I told you how sorry I am.
I-I explained Well, see, I don't see it that way! You were there from the beginning.
How many more people are going to die because of you?! Mrs.
Dubois, this has to stop.
If you'd like to contact me, Someone looks unhappy.
Mm, let's review.
As of today, our youngest daughter has been given our house has also been given a clean our real estate broker just this evening has assured us to begin 30 years of new debt Have I skipped anything? Left any bad news out? What if I'm wrong about everything? Wow, a moment of self-doubt.
That's new.
That's different.
I kind of like it.
What if I make us go through all of this moving, making new friends, shaking everything up when I was already just fine, and it's all for nothing? Then we'll just have to tough it out.
You know, bigger bathrooms, nicer bedrooms, modern kitchen.
And if at some point I can free our daughters perhaps we'll find a way forgive you.
Hmm.
SCANLON: New house? That's exciting.
at the sales office in an hour.
I mean, we still have to sell our old place.
Or we could still fall through.
No, I can see how busy you are.
I appreciate you doing this.
I'm happy to see whoever you like, Now, who's this again? Gary's roommate.
He's finally back in town.
see if he could shed some light.
Nice kid.
Pretty upset.
Apparently, they were very close.
This is the woman from the District Attorney's office Allison Dubois, David Channing.
Hi.
Doctor Are you okay? I'm sorry.
You just bear an uncanny resemblance Of course, he's a bit older than you.
He could almost be your father.
He's not my father.
My father's a postman.
Now, look, David is a medical student.
Yeah, although I don't think oncology's in my future.
I don't think I'd enjoy knowing already had a fatal disease, you know? But you never know.
Yeah, you never know.
I really have to get these across town.
Of course.
I just wanted Uh, give me a second to walk her out.
Nice meeting you.
Talk to me.
What'd you see? It's nothing.
What are you talking about? It's nothing.
It's personal.
A really weird coincidence.
I really got to go.
All right, I apprecia it.
Are you aware that Gary had a history with narcotics? Yeah, we were friends.
I mean, we lived together.
We went to med school together.
Of course, I knew.
I mean, it wasn't something he bragged about.
Although, I think he took a lot of pride At least he said that he had.
Gary mentioned you guys met working Yeah.
Lab tech work; like, petri dish cultures, things like that.
Do any work with lab rats? Sure, we did everything with lab rats.
You personally? Yeah, that's what they paid us to do.
something they want to put in a food dye or something, and they want to see if it's safe, and then you wait and see if they die.
we dissect them anyway; make sure they didn't have anything wrong with them It was it was a fun summer.
Do you remember what chemical you were testing? I remember that it didn't kill the rats.
Now what's all this about anyway? We found a jar with three dead rats in it Wow.
That's weird.
not that I know what he's like.
I just figured they must have come from the lab I don't know.
I kind of doubt that.
These are industrial clients, big companies.
all the rats tagged and numbered.
We have to document everything we do I mean, it wasn't like you could bring them home as pets or I just figured it out.
The, uh, the cop that was his sponsor.
He liked you.
He trusted you.
I think he would have wanted you to know that.
Hi.
Well, my husband and I talked about it.
So I want to bring the application and our thousand- dollar deposit.
Fantastic.
Sit down.
We put our house up on the market, with the mortgage broker tonight.
Again, I want to emphasize that for us, spd is of the essence.
All right, then.
It sounds serious.
Let me dig out our construction pgress list, see which houses are closest to cometion, The Sheldons are closing on a three-bedroom.
My husband and I just bought a t-bedroom Because this is a terrific school district here.
Mrs.
Duboi are you all right? Can I get you something? Maybe a glass of water.
Yeah? I don't know if you're aware of it, I think you ought to call your husband.
Yeah, I will.
I just needed to be alone for a little bit.
So now wouldn't be a good time to ask you a question? Well, I probably just made the biggest mistake of my life; put my husband and my kids through hell, at the very least lost a thousand-dollar deposit.
Go ahead.
Shoot.
You ever heard of chlorahydrofromaid? Why? You want to borrow some? Turns out Gary worked as a lab tech last summer.
He and David Channing were involved in a toxicity study Okay.
Apparently, it's some kind of industrial byproduct.
to demonstrate that the stuff's harmless.
Here's the weird part.
The company that commissioned the lab test Bunford Properties-- your developer.
Apparently, they found trace amounts of this Oh, my God.
that Gary and his friend David Channing conducted, Of course, nobody asked the three dead rats They might feel differently.
Of course.
It was never our old house that was going It's Willow Elm.
Willow Elm is the answer.
I was just asking the wrong question.
Mr.
Bunford? Yes? Mr.
Bunford, my name is Manuel Devalos.
This is Detective Lee Scanlon with Phoenix PD.
About? Chlorahydrofromaid.
Well, what about it? It's old news.
Apparently some small quantities had seeped into the aquifer-- the water supply.
The quantities and the chemical itself, for that matter, Is there anything else I can help you with? Good Lord, what is that? Rats.
Yeah, I can see that.
suffered from abnormally low white blood cell counts.
Their platelets and red blood cells leukemia brought on by exposure to massive doses Says you.
Thanks for stopping by, gentlemen.
If you have any further questions, Does the name Gary Albright ring a bell? What part of "m not answering your questions" Mr.
Albright w found dead in his apartment.
We're investigating it asossible homicide.
that performed the tests you ordere That jar was found among his personal effects.
Gentlemen that your company ordered onts water supply.
came to you and told you that chlahydrofromaid We're guessing you paid them to get the results you wted, Honestly, I've never met this Gary.
Yeah.
Well, we think Gary had a change of heart.
We think he decided he couldn't live He decided to come forward Hey, folks, I'm just finishing up a tour I'll be with you in a minute.
So what are you saying? I killed this fellow? Gentlemen, if you have a problem with the veracity I'm just a guy who builds and sells houses.
And really, that's what I need to do.
Thanks, man.
I'll see you next week.
Hey, Channing, what you doing? We need to talk.
Sure, sure.
I'm, I'm happy to talk.
I don't know what there really is to talk about.
Just think of me as a concerned f friend.
You okay? Yeah, I am.
I'm fine.
I though you looked kind of anxious.
Then, now you actually look kind of sick, you know? You sick, Channing? No.
Maybe you need to get high.
What are you talking about? I don't think it was the job I think it might have been something else.
No? You feel good? Great.
Let's go down to headquarters Whoa, Detective, wait.
What are you doing?! What are you doing? What are you doing? Assaulting a peace officer, Channing? I barely touched you! You're jonesing harder than I thought.
You, you said you were here as a friend.
I am a friend of Gary's.
Okay, okay.
I have a problem.
I do, but I need, I need help, Detective, you know? I want to get clean, you know? I want to kick it and I want to help you try try to figure out whatever really happened to Gary, I swear.
You just just unlock these cuffs.
and then we can you know, I can get right, and then we can talk.
That's good, Channing.
You sound really sincere.
No, I can't seem to find that key.
No, I guess I'll have to call over to headquarters Looks like we could be here for a while.
You can't do that.
How long can you hold out, you know? ????as you think.
Look at you.
You're a mess.
Well if I tell you what you want to hear then? Compassionate, even.
After all, I've been there myself.
So why'd you kill him? Hmm? 'Cause he was calling me? 'Cause he was starting to realize wasn't going to make up for all the innocent people that were going to get sick and die? All the children Take your time.
I'm in no hurry.
Girls, breakfast! All right, listen to this.
"Convicted developer Albert Bunford faces Whoo! True confessions? I love this house, to get a little excited about moving.
Oh, really? Yeah, something about a bathroom with two sinks, a community pool Maybe in our next life, huh? You get an extra piece of French tot.
Girls! It looks like a Frankenstein bear.
I got some needle and thread and stitched Mr.
Snookie.
JOE: Look at that He does.
(grunts) Everything's good as new.