The Outer Limits (1995) s07e14 Episode Script

1 IT'S BREATHTAKING, YOU LIKE IT, HUH? YOU'RE GOOD, DR, VAUGHN, NOT SO BAD, YOURSELF, DR, McGUIRE, MY DAD USED TO BRING ME HERE WHEN I WAS A KID, ISN'T THERE A SKI RESOR AROUND HERE? YEP, WINTER VACATION, 1981, BROKE MY LEG IN THREE PLACES, OUCH, , IT'S, ,, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, MANY THINGS ARE, WE SHOULD HAVE COME HERE SOONER, WELL, IF I'D KNOWN YOU HAD PARADISE UP YOUR SLEEVE, ,, PARADISE IS JUST AN APPETIZER, I GUESS IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR TO KEEP THEM IN SUSPENSE, YOU'RE RIGHT, READY TO GO BACK? HEY! CYCLING BRAIN WAVES TO ALPHA 3,000, 2,000,, , AND HOW WAS SIGHTSEEING IN DR, VAUGHN'S BRAIN TODAY? FASCINATING, AS USUAL, MM-HMM, I BET, THIS TIME HE TOOK ME HIKING, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WENT SKYDIVING, SUBJECT A, ALPHA TO THETA 1,52, SUBJECT B, ALPHA TO THETA 1,7, SEPARATION COMPLETE, ANOTHER PERFECT LANDING, DR, SEIGEL, WAY TO GO, BIG KAHUNA, 500 INCIDENT-FREE JOURNEYS INTO THE HUMAN MIND, ALL COURTESY OF OUR LITTLE PSIONIC SYNCHRONIZER, WHICH MEANS MARGARITA TIME? IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY HI THE FDA BENCHMARK, TIME TO ROUND UP VOLUNTEERS FOR CLINICAL TRIALS, CONGRATULATIONS, FOLKS, WE DID IT, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION, DO NOT ATTEMP TO ADJUST THE PICTURE, WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION, WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, ,, AND THE VERTICAL, WE CAN DELUGE YOU WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE TO CRYSTAL CLARITY, ,, AND BEYOND, WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGATION CAN CONCEIVE, FOR THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL CONTROL ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR, YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE ThHE AWE AND MYSTERY WHICH REACHES FROM THE DEEPEST INNER MIND TO THE OUTER LIMITS, THE HUMAN MIND HAS BEEN COMPARED TO A HOUSE, ITS ROOMS FILLED WITH MEMORIES, IDEAS, AND DREAMS, ROOMS WHICH REMAIN ESSENTIALLY LOCKED AND INACCESSIBLE, BUT WHAT IF WE COULD MAKE A MASTER KEY? 500 YEARS AGO, IF YOU WERE MENTALLY ILL, THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE POSSESSED BY DEMONS, WHAT WAS THE TREATMENT? A LARGE PIECE OF WOOD, SOME KINDLING, AND A BOOK OF MATCHES, YEAH, OKAY, WE LAUGH NOW, BUT REALLY, HAS OUR CENTURY GOTTEN THAT MUCH BETTER, HMM? YOU KNOW, ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY, THE EVER-POPULAR COLD-WATER SUBMERSION, ,, YEAH, THERE'S A WEEKEND, HUH? EVEN PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS LIKE THORAZINE WE ALL KNOW CAN DO AS MUCH HARM AS GOOD DOPING PATIENTS INTO ZOMBIES, NO, NO, NO, NO, THEIR WAY FAILED, THEY NEEDED A NEW WAY, THEY NEEDED A WAY TO OPEN UP ANOTHER PATIENT'S MIND, THEY NEEDED PSR PSIONICALLY SYNCHRONIZED REALITY, MINDREACHING! MINDREACHING, TO USE ITS NICKNAME, CHECK IT OUT, DAVEY BOY IS ROCKED, WOULDN'T MIND STRAPPING HIM INTO THE DREAM CHAIR, NOW, WE ALL KNOW IT WAS ONLY SIX SHORT YEARS AGO WE BEGAN THIS JOURNEY, IT WAS 1995, THE DEAD WERE STILL ON TOUR, YEAH, SIX YEARS OF SWEA AND DETERMINATION TO BRING THIS PSR BABY FROM CONCEPTION TO BIRTH, AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL ANYBODY HERE WHAT A LONG, PAINFUL DELIVERY THAT WAS, SO I THANK ALL OF YOU HERE, BUT MOST NOTABLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE AND CHESS PARTNER, DR, CANDACE McGUIRE, McGUIRE! MORE CHAMPAGNE FOR THAT MAN, IT WAS DR, McGUIRE'S PSYCHIATRIC EXPERTISE THAT PUSHED OUR PROGRAM FORWARD EXPONENTIALLY, OH, YES, AND OF COURSE, SHE ALSO KEPT THE PHYSICS AND THE CHEMISTRY GRAD STUDENTS FROM KILLING ONE OTHER, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR YOUR DETERMINATION, YOUR DEDICATION, AND YOUR TALENT, YOU ARE ALL PIONEERS, AND NOW, NOW I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE MAN, THE MAN WHO'S OPENED HIS CHECKBOOK TO OUR RESEARCH, THE MAN WHO'S OPENED HIS HOME TO OUR LITTLE PARTY, THE MAN WHOSE CUFF LINKS ALONE COULD ZERO OU YOUR STUDENT LOANS, I GIVE YOU ROGAN UNIVERSITY'S CHANCELLOR DR, DUNCAN WILDER, THANK YOU, DR, SEIGEL, FOR THAT CREATIVE INTRODUCTION, WHILE IT'S THE THERAPIST'S JOB TO BETTER THE HUMAN CONDITION, I BELIEVE IT'S MY JOB TO BETTER THE UNIVERSITY'S CONDITION, I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PU EVERY POSSIBLE RESOURCE BEHIND THIS INCREDIBLE VENTURE, SORRY IF I EMBARRASSED YOU, NO, YOU'RE NOT, NOT REALLY, NO, YOU KNOW, YOUR MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF YOU TODAY, YEAH, MY DAD SAID THE SAME THING ON THE PHONE THIS MORNING, ,, ,THE DEANS OF CHEMISTRY, PSYCHOLOGY, A TOAS TO A SWIFT AND TRIUMPHAN CLINICAL TRIAL, THE SOONER THAT MINDREACHING GETS TO THOSE WHO NEED IT, THE BETTER, EXCUSE ME, MM-HMM, HI, CHEERS, NEXT ONE THROUGH GETS AN EYEFUL, OH, SURE, RIGHT IN THERE ON THE CHANCELLOR'S GRANITE COUNTERTOP, RIGHT? TRUST ME, GRANITE CONDUCTS HEAT, I'M SURE IT DOES, BUT COME ON, I MEAN, AFTER HOW HARD WE WORK, A QUICKIE? QUICKIES GET A BAD RAP, KEN, LOOK, I'M SERIOUS, I MEAN, LAST WEEK WE WERE IN THE CLOAKROOM AT THE FACULTY LOUNGE, AND BEFORE THA WE WERE IN THE MEDICAL LIBRARY, I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, DO YOU STILL HAVE THA CHEERLEADING OUTFIT? KEN, ,, YOU'RE SAYING YOU WAN A ROMANCE, DOCTOR? WELL, I THINK THAT ROMANCE GETS A BAD RAP, OKAY, BUT WE HAVE TO HURRY, AND NO SPATULA THIS TIME, DR, McGUIRE, ,, AND DR, VAUGHN, WE WERE JUS ON OUR WAY BACK, IF I MIGH STEAL YOU FOR A MOMENT, THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ANXIOUS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, KEN, WOULD YOU EXCUSE US? CERTAINLY, WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THESE VOICES THAT SHE SAYS SHE HEARS? DO THEY HAVE AN IDENTITY OR A SOURCE? THEY'RE DISEMBODIED, ,, DISTORTED, ,, TAUNTING, WE'VE BEEN TO EVERY KIND OF SPECIALIS WE COULD FIND, THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN IT, AND NEITHER CAN SHE, AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS, I THINK MINDREACHING COULD HELP, GOING INSIDE MY DAUGHTER'S MIND MIGHT REVEAL THE SOURCE OF THE VOICES, MAYBE GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF HOW TO TREAT HER, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, CHANCELLOR, WE'RE JUST IN THE BEGINNING OF CLINICAL TRIALS, THERE'S A RISK THAT'S INVOLVED, ,, LOOK, DR, McGUIRE, I'M AS MUCH A STICKLER FOR PROTOCOL AS ANYONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER JUDITH CAN HOLD UP, ALL OF HER FRIENDS HAVE GONE ON TO HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT HER, SHE'S BROKEN OFF CONTAC WITH ALMOST EVERYONE SHE KNOWS BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN THE VOICES ARE GOING TO COME OR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, I'M LOSING HER, CANDACE, DR, SEIGEL TELLS ME ABOUT YOUR WORK AT THE CLINIC, HOW YOU HAVE A GREAT CONNECTION, A REALLY HONEST CONNECTION WITH THE PATIENTS, SHE'LL BE SAFE WITH YOU, I KNOW IT, YOU KNOW, UP UNTIL NOW, IT'S JUST BEEN US RESEARCHERS, SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST TRUE TES OF PSR, CAN I MEET HER? HI, HI THERE, THIS IS ALICE, MY NANNY, OH, I KEEP CALLING YOU THAT, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, SWEETHEART, JUDITH THINKS SHE'S TOO OLD FOR A NANNY NOW, WELL, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, LIKEWISE, YOU REALLY HAVE AN AMAZING ROOM HERE, JUDITH, YES, BET YOU CAN'T WAI TO GET OUT OF IT, HUH? ARE YOU HEARING THEM NOW? IT'S ALL RIGHT, SHH, SHH, SHH, ,, I'D LIKE TO GET HER IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT, THOUGH, RIGHT? OH, NO, NO, IT'S GOING TO JUS BE A TINY PINPRICK, THAT'S ALL, SCOUT'S HONOR, NEVER BEEN VERY MUCH OF A GIRL SCOUT, OH, NO? I WAS, BROWNIES ON UP, THE WHOLE DRILL, COOKIE SALES? YOU ARE LOOKING AT HER, NUMBER TWO OVERALL, TROOP 923, WHO CAME IN FIRST? MONICA BETTERMAN, AND YES, THAT WAS HER ACTUAL NAME, UH-HUH, OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS TO MONITOR YOUR HEART RATE AND YOUR BRAIN WAVES DURING THE SESSION, ARE YOU OKAY? OKAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY MADE A HUGE STEP TOWARDS GETTING BETTER, HOW? WELL, YOU LEFT YOUR ROOM, YOU CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE, AND YOU TRUSTED ME, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, SURE, HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS SICK LIKE ME? YES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BE UPSE ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU'VE GONE THROUGH, SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE MAD, I WOULD IF I KNEW WHO TO GET MAD AT, OKAY, I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE HOLDING YOUR HAND, WHAT'S THAT? THAT IS THE TINY LITTLE MACHINE THAT THEY PU UNDER THE SKIN OF MY PALM, IT ATTACHES ITSELF TO A MAIN NERVE IN MY HAND, AND IT USES THE NERVE TO TALK TO MY BRAIN LIKE A PHONE LINE, WE'RE GOING TO PU THE SAME LITTLE GUY UNDER YOUR SKIN, IF YOU LOOK ON THE MONITOR THERE, THAT'S THE DEVICE THAT CAN TALK TO ME AND TELL MY BRAIN TO MATCH MY BRAIN WAVES TO YOUR BRAIN WAVES, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE MINI-NETWORK, THEN WHEN THE BRAIN WAVES ARE MATCHED EXACTLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN SYNC, AND I'LL BE ABLE TO READ YOUR UNCONSCIOUS MIND, KIND OF LIKE TUNING IN TO A RADIO STATION, AND THAT'S PSR, PSIONICALLY SYNCHRONIZED REALITY, SOUNDS COMPLICATED, DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU SOMETIMES READ SOMEONE ELSE'S MIND? YEAH, SOMETIMES I'LL BE HUMMING A TUNE OR SOMETHING, AND MY DAD WILL BE, LIKE, "HEY, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT," WELL, THAT'S ALL IT IS, REALLY, IT'S SIMPLE, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE YOU AND ME AND THESE TINY MACHINES UNDER OUR SKIN, IT'S SAFE, COME ON, I PROMISE, TRUST ME, READY? IT'S ALL RIGHT, I'M HERE NOW, YOU'LL GET WE IF YOU SIT HERE, I'M NOT AFRAID, HEY, YOU'RE THAT DOCTOR, YES, EVERYTHING LOOKS SO DIFFERENT, WE'RE IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS, THIS IS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW, YOU LOOK DIFFERENT, TOO, I KNOW, I ALWAYS LEAVE MY LAB COA BEHIND, I GUESS THAT'S JUS PART OF MY SUBCONSCIOUS, TOO, MY DAD SAYS YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME BETTER, I'M GOING TO TRY, YOU'RE NOT LIKE ALL THE OTHERS, YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU'RE SICK, YOU'RE SICK, JUDITH, ,, JUDITH, LISTEN, YOU'RE NOT ALONE, JUDITH, ,, JUDITH, YOU'RE NOT ALONE, THEY CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT, I'LL KEEP YOU SAFE, JUDITH, ,, JUDITH! WATCH OUT, I'M RIGHT HERE, I'M RIGHT HERE, OH, ,, JUDITH, LISTEN, I WANT YOU TO SAY I BACK TO THEM, I CAN'T, YES, YOU CAN, USE YOUR STRENGTH, WHATEVER THEY SAY, YOU SAY IT RIGHT BACK TO THEM, I CAN'T, YES, YOU CAN, NO, I CAN'T, DO IT, JUDITH, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, CANDACE, ,, CANDACE! I'M NOT AFRAID, YOU'RE SICK, OKAY, JUDITH, JUST WAIT, NO! ALICE! I'M HERE, SWEETHEART, ALICE! JUDITH, I CAN HELP YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO LET ME, LET GO, THIS ISN'T REALLY ALICE, SHE'S JUS PART OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS, OW! CYCLING BRAIN WAVES TO ALPHA 3,000, 2,000, 1,000,, , BP 100 OVER 60, HEART RATES DESCENDING TO NORMAL, WELCOME BACK, DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING? NO, NOT REALLY, IT JUST FELT LIKE I HAD A SCARY DAYDREAM OR SOMETHING, I'M NOT SURE, DOES THAT MEAN IT DIDN'T WORK? NO, NO, NO, NO, IT TAKES HOURS OF TRAINING TO LEARN HOW TO REMEMBER A PSR EXPERIENCE, WHEN WE FIRS STARTED, IT WAS JUST LIKE DREAMING, TOO, DID I DO OKAY? OH, YOU DID GREAT, I THINK THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO COME BACK AGAIN, YEAH? COOL, COOL, YEAH, IT'S FROM JUDITH'S PSR, SHE SCRATCHED ME DURING MINDREACHING, AND IT MANIFESTED ITSELF IN REALITY, ARE YOU SURE? YEAH, I'M POSITIVE, THE SAFEGUARDS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FOOLPROOF, I KNOW, AFTER SOME EARLY INDICATIONS OF MIND/BODY CONNECTION, WE ALTERED THE SOFTWARE, I HAVE BEEN THROUGH EVERYTHING, EVERY SYSTEM CHECK, EVERY PROTOCOL, EVERY CIRCUIT, TRYING TO FIND AN ANSWER, I'M COMPLETELY STUMPED, I MEAN, IF PSR HAS THIS KIND OF VARIABLE, IT'S UNSAFE, YOU HAVEN'T EXACTLY TRIED EVERYTHING, GOING BACK INTO THE PSR TO EXAMINE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE, KEN, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT BEING INJURED IN PSR CAN RESULT IN TRAUMA IN REALITY, DONE IT A HUNDRED OF TIMES, NEVER HAD ANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS, JUDITH'S SESSION WAS DIFFERENT, WHY? ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT GOING BACK INTO YOUR MEMORY, WAIT, HOLD ON, I'VE GOT TO CONCENTRATE MORE, POOR KID, THIS ISN'T EXACT, BUT IT WAS ALL PRETTY QUICK, SHE SAID SHE THINKS I CAN HELP HER, YOU CAN, YOU WILL, SHOW ME WHERE IT HAPPENED, UH, ,,OKAY, SHE WAS FREAKING OU AND SHE RAN UNDER THE BED, AND THEN THE DOOR OPENED, AND THE NANNY WAS THERE, I'M HERE, SWEETHEART, DID THAT MAKE I BETTER OR WORSE? BETTER, ALICE IS A SAFETY NET, A TOUCHSTONE, JUDITH'S MOM DIED OF PARKINSON'S WHEN SHE WAS FOUR, SEVERE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, YEAH, ,, AND WE WERE RIGHT THERE, WE WERE BOTH TRYING TO CALM HER DOWN, AND THEN, ,,THAT'S WHEN THIS SCRATCH HAPPENED, I FELT COMPLETELY ISOLATED, LIKE SOME SORT OF FREAK, WHAT? YOU SAID, "I FELT COMPLETELY ISOLATED," YOUR MIND WAS SO CONVINCED THAT YOU WERE SCRATCHED, YOUR SKIN CELLS MIMICKED AN ACTUAL SCRATCH, YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE I IDENTIFY SO STRONGLY ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, THAT THAT CONNECTION IS WHAT OVERRODE THE SAFEGUARD? LET'S THINK THIS THROUGH, IT'S THE FIRST SESSION, A REAL PATIENT A YOUNG GIRL WHO ALSO LOST HER MOTHER, SHE DOES REMIND ME OF ME AT THAT AGE, EXCEPT I WAS ANGRY AT THE WORLD, AND SHE IS SO ACCEPTING, NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO ACCEP WHAT SHE IS GOING THROUGH, NO ONE, IN OTHER WORDS? IN OTHER WORDS, MY EMOTIONAL BOND TO THE CHILD IS WHAT PUT ME AT RISK, BINGO, YOU'RE BRILLIANT, NO, WE ARE, OH, IF YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S HOPE WE CAN FIX THIS, IT'S A STEP BACK, BUT NOT A COMPLETE DISASTER, WE JUST ADJUS THE SENSITIVITY RANGE ON THE THETA MATCH, ,, BUT WE ONLY HAVE A VERY NARROW MARGIN, IF WE MAKE THE SENSITIVITY RANGE TOO WIDE, THEN MINDREACHING'S NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE, BUT DISTANCING OUR BRAIN WAVES ONLY SLIGHTLY, ,, WHAT ARE YOU SMIRKING AT? YOU WERE VULNERABLE A MINUTE AGO, I SAW IT, I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU COMPLETELY LET YOUR GUARD DOWN, I'D LIKE TO ENJOY IT A MINUTE, IF THAT'S OKAY, SURE, OH, SO, WHEN YOU FOUND ME TONIGH READY TO THROW MYSELF OFF A BRIDGE, YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS SEXY? THE FACT YOU DIDN' THROW YOURSELF OFF, YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR PASSION THAT'S SEXY, YOU'RE NO ACTUALLY TRYING TO SEDUCE ME HERE, ARE YOU? I WOULD NEVER THINK OF DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT, NICE DRESS, HEY, WE'RE IN YOUR MIND, TO FINDING SOLUTIONS, ,, AND VULNERABILITY, KEN! KEN, WHAT'S WRONG? KEN! OKAY, CYCLING UP, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000 KEN? KEN, KEN, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, KEN, KEN, KEN, KEN! KEN, WAKE UP, DELTA, ,,NO, ,, KEN, ,,KEN, WAKE UP! WAKE UP! PLEASE, WAKE UP, THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING TESTS ALL DAY, HIS COMA'S BEEN ASSESSED AS A GLASGOW LEVEL THREE, HIS CONDITION'S ANYTHING BUT STABLE, MY GOD, THERE'S NO SIGN OF TRAUMA, WHICH MEANS THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL REASON FOR IT, YOU SHOULD'VE COME TO ME ABOUT THE SCRATCH, I WAS GOING TO, WHEN? WHAT HAPPENED DURING JUDITH WILDER'S SESSION WASN'T SOME MINOR COMPLICATION, YOU TWO ACTED LIKE THE REST OF THE TEAM DIDN'T EVEN MATTER, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS HAS COST US? WHAT IT'S COST YOU? I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, I KNOW I WAS WRONG, I'M SORRY, SORRY CAN'T FIX IT, NO, NO, IT CAN'T, ,, BUT IF WE, ,, WE BRING THE PSR GUN AND THE MICROTECH, AND WE BRING IT HERE TO KEN, I MEAN, IT'S DESIGNED TO BE PORTABLE CANDACE, I WE CAME UP WITH A THEORY, ONE THAT MAKES SENSE, I NEED TO GE BACK IN THERE AND TRY TO HELP HIM WAKE UP, YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, I'VE HEARD YOU, I HAVE, LOOK, I KNOW THAT PSR IS A RISK, BUT LISTEN, THIS COULD BE OUR ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO REACH HIM, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN, IT'S NOT UP TO ME, WE'LL GET HIS FAMILY TO ASSIGN YOU AS A PRIMARY DOCTOR CANDACE, LISTEN TO ME, OKAY? SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, WHAT THINGS? THE LAB'S CLOSED, WE'RE LOCKED OUT, CHANCELLOR WILDER'S ORDERED PSIONIC RESEARCH SHUT DOWN, IT WASN'T A DECISION I MADE LIGHTLY OR IN HASTE, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, FOR A WHOLE TWO DAYS, CHANCELLOR, AFTER SUPPORTING US SO VALIANTLY FOR TWO YEARS, I'M JUST BEWILDERED, I MEAN, LESS THAN A WEEK AGO WE STOOD IN THAT KITCHEN, AND YOU BEGGED ME TO HELP YOU, PLEASE, IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT DR, VAUGHN IS IN A COMA, THAT I VOLUNTEERED MY DAUGHTER FOR A PROCEDURE THIS POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE IT WAS GOING TO HELP HER, AND IT STILL CAN, LOOK, I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN BE SPOOKED BY THIS, I DO, ,, BUT WE'VE GO SO MUCH TO GAIN HERE, IT'S JUST A FEW STEPS BACK, THAT'S ALL, I'M SORRY, SO, WHAT, JUDITH WAS THE ONLY REASON THAT YOU SUPPORTED PSR RESEARCH? HOW CAN YOU SUGGEST THAT? I WANTED TO SEE IT CHANGE THE FACE OF MENTAL HEALTH AS MUCH AS ANYONE, THEN DON'T GIVE UP ON US NOW WHEN WE NEED YOU THE MOST, PLEASE, NO, MY DECISION IS FINAL, YOU DO THAT, JUST KILL SIX YEARS OF HERCULEAN EFFORTS WITH A PHONE CALL, WHY DON'T YOU WRITE OFF THE MILLIONS? BET YOU COULD USE THE TAX BREAK, HUH? CANDACE, I SUGGEST YOU CURB YOUR TONE, KEN NEEDS OUR HELP, AND I NEED TO GET BACK IN THERE, DR, VAUGHN WAS A RESPECTED IS! IS A RESPECTED AND VALUED MEMBER OF OUR FACULTY, I WANT TO SEE HIM WAKE UP AS MUCH AS YOU DO, PSR, JUST ONE MORE TIME, CHANCELLOR, PLEASE? THERE IS NO ONE MORE TIME, THERE IS NO MORE LAB, I, D, ? YOU CAN TAKE PERSONAL FILES, BUT THE EQUIPMEN HAS TO GO TO STORAGE, THIS ISN'T HAPPENING, MA'AM? MA'AM! MA'AM, ,, I SAID PERSONAL FILES ONLY, ALL THAT EQUIPMENT THERE'S GOING INTO STORAGE, I SAID NO EQUIPMENT, PERIOD, RIGHT, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST, ,, YOU GOT ANY CHANGE, LADY? CHANGE? LADY? LADY? OH, MY GOD, OH, MY GOD, THIS CAN'T BE, ,, CYCLING UP BRAIN WAVES, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, THEY'RE COMING! CYCLING UP BRAIN WAVES, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, COME ON, CANDACE, I'M HERE, SWEETHEART, MOM? WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE WANT, ,, PEOPLE WANT, ,, NO! MOM! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE! THIS ISN'T HAPPENING, OH, GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE? OKAY, ,, HE'S COMING! HE'S COMING! WHAT? WHAT? IT'S HIM! OH, GOD! WHAT IS THIS? IT'S HIM! OH, MY GOD! OKAY, CANDACE, STAY SANE, STAY SANE, STAY SANE, CYCLING UP BRAIN WAVES, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, IS HE BOTHERING YOU, MISS? I'M SORRY, I, ,,I HAVE TO GO, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, HE'S COMING, HE'S COMING FOR YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO GET AWAY FROM HIM, YOU'VE GOT TO SAVE YOURSELF, THE LINE BETWEEN PSR AND REALITY WAS COMPLETELY BLURRED, I WAS LOCKED IN THIS MAN'S MIND WITH HIS DEMONS, NO, DON'T! IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, I'M NOT IN CONTROL, JUST BY TOUCHING YOU SPONTANEOUSLY? NO MATCHING MICROTECH DEVICE? IT'S LIKE THIS NEW HYPEREVOLVED VERSION OF MINDREACHING, I MEAN, THE HOMELESS GUY WAS CLEARLY BIPOLAR, BUT IT WASN'T JUST THAT, IT WAS, ,, LIKE I WAS DIFFERENT, TOO, ONLY I FELT MORE LIKE MYSELF THAN I EVER DID BEFORE, AND MY MOM WAS THERE, JUST LIKE THE DAY THAT THEY TOOK HER AWAY, LIKE ONE OF MY OWN MEMORIES ACTUALLY FOLLOWED ME INTO THAT MAN'S MIND, AND THE EXIT SEQUENCE DIDN'T WORK, THE SECURITY GUARD HAD TO PULL HIM OFF OF ME, AND THEN, WE WERE SLAMMED BACK INTO REALITY, WHAT IS IT? WHAT? STRESS, EITHER THAT, OR I'VE GOT TO STAY OFF THE DOUBLE LATTES, MM-HMM, OKAY, OKAY, JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED, I KNOW YOU'VE GO A FIRST-GENERATION PSR GUN HERE IN THE HOUSE, I NEED YOU TO TAKE THIS MICROTECH OUT OF MY HAND AND REINSERT IT THE RIGHT WAY SO IT'LL WORK PROPERLY, SO I CAN HELP KEN, I PROMISE NO ONE'S EVER GOING TO KNOW THAT YOU HELPED ME, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT, CANDACE, I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU, YOU'VE INJECTED YOURSELF WITH MALFUNCTIONING TECHNOLOGY THAT'S NO LONGER OURS TO PLAY WITH, AND THE CAPPER IS, YOU'VE INJECTED I THE WRONG WAY, WHAT? WHY DID YOU STOP LOOKING? I CAN'T FIND IT, THE TRACKING UNIT SHOWS NOTHING, YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETELY MISSED THE TARGET NERVE, WHAT? THE MICROTECH IS NO LONGER IN YOUR HAND, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? IT HAS TO BE, THE GUN WAS LOADED, I PERFORMED THE INJECTION SEQUENCE, THE MICROTECH LAUNCHED, IF YOU HIT A VEIN BY ACCIDENT NO, ,, YOU WERE RUSHED, IF THE MICROTECH MIGRATES INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM, IT'S GOING TO SEARCH FOR A STRONG ELECTRICAL IMPULSE TO RECHARGE, YEAH, BUT, I MEAN, ,, WHERE? NO, ,, [ BEEPING .]
DAMN, NO, MY BRAIN, RIGHT? DEAD CENTER, THE HEADACHES, ,, THE ERRATIC PSR, ,, NO WONDER, I'M SURE THERE'S A SURGERY THAT TAKES YEAH, IT'S CALLED AN AUTOPSY, I'M NO GOOD TO ANYBODY ANYMORE, WHAT HAVE I DONE? DR, McGUIRE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? ARE YOU OKAY? I HAVE TO GO SEE JUDITH, I'VE GOT TO GO SAY GOODBYE, SHE'S GONE TO BED, MAYBE IF YOU CAME BACK TOMORROW, LOOK, I'D JUST LIKE TO TALK TO HER, OKAY? I JUST HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP HER ANYMORE, ACTUALLY, SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL, I'M SURE SHE'LL UNDERSTAND ABOUT EVERYTHING, ANOTHER DAY THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANOTHER DAY, THIS IS A PRIVATE HOME, DOCTOR, DR, WILDER! DR, McGUIRE, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO SEE HER AT THIS TIME, I MUST ASK YOU TO STOP, JUDITH, ,, JUDITH, HEY, HEY, ,, UM, ,, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? AND I'M NOT CAN YOU JUST PLEASE GIVE ME A MINUTE? DOCTOR, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED NEAR THIS PERSON, DO YOU UNDERSTAND? LEAVE HER ALONE! YOU SEE? SHE STILL NEEDS ME, IF SHE STILL NEEDS YOU, THEN I STILL NEED YOU, THEN I STILL NEED YOU, ,, THEN I STILL, ,, THEN I STILL NEED YOU, ,, WHAT IS GOING ON? DR, McGUIRE? WHAT DID YOU JUST DO TO ME? IT'S YOU, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS TO KEEP HER HERE SO YOU CAN STAY? DR, McGUIRE, IF THIS IS YOUR WAY OF GETTING BACK TELL HIM, ALICE! I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE POISON YOU'RE GIVING HER, HUH, WHAT WAS IT? WHAT WAS IT? WHAT IS GOING ON? TRIMITICANE, OF COURSE, SHE'S GIVING JUDITH A DRUG FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE, I BELIEVE THAT'S YOUR LATE WIFE'S PRESCRIPTION, I FOUND THA WHILE I WAS TIDYING UP, I NEVER THIS WAS FILLED LAST MONTH, SHE'S BEEN DEAD 10 YEARS, I CAN EXPLAIN, ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS TO TRIMITICANE IS AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS, WHY? I JUST NEEDED MORE TIME, IT WAS JUST FOR MORE TIME, ,, ONLY BECAUSE, ,, BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, OH, MY GOD, OH, MY GOD, OH, MY GOD, IT DOESN'T DO PERMANENT DAMAGE, I CHECKED FIRST, I WOULD NEVER HURT HER, I WOULD NEVER HURT HER, I KNEW YOU'D COME EVENTUALLY, I'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE AT THIS POINT, HIS BRAIN WAVES ARE GETTING WEAKER, THE WAY THIS THING IS HARDWIRED INTO YOUR BRAIN, ALL BETS ARE OFF, IT'S INCONSISTENT, IT'S ERRATIC, YEAH, WELL, IF THIS WORKS, THEN IT'S GOOD FOR THE BOTH OF US, YOU TOLD ME THE EXIT SEQUENCE DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE, HOW DO YOU PLAN ON GETTING BACK? JUST GIVE ME A HALF AN HOUR, AND THEN SEPARATE US, THERE IS NO WAY TO PREDIC WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU COULD END UP IN A COMA, OR WORSE, I'LL SEE YOU IN MY BED, OKAY? KEN? KEN, LISTEN, WE HAVE TO HELP EACH OTHER NOW, I'M SO TIRED, I KNOW, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO STAY WITH ME, OKAY? WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME, I NEED TO SLEEP, I KNOW, LISTEN, KEN, IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND YOU'RE AWAKE, BUT YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND, YOU'RE FAST ASLEEP, KEN? KEN, ARE YOU ON ANY MEDICATION, DRUGS OF ANY KIND, HUH? NO DRUGS, NOTHING? KEN, LISTEN, YOU SEE, IN PSR, YOU WERE EXPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT INDUCED A COMA, ALL RIGHT? WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OU WHAT IT WAS, HELP ME, WAS IT THE ALCOHOL? THE CHAMPAGNE? COME ON, HELP ME HELP YOU, KEN, OH, GOD, I'M LOSING YOU, BABY, PLEASE? WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT? KEN, THOSE ARE ALLERGIES! ALL RIGHT, KEN, YOU'VE GOT ALLERGIES, HONEY, WHAT IS IT? WHAT ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO? UM, ,, MILDEW, ,, UH-HUH, CUT GRASS, ,, YEAH? WHAT? STRAWBERRIES, ,, THE STRAWBERRIES? BUT I WAS EATING THE STRAWBERRIES, KEN? KEN, YOU DIDN' HAVE STRAWBERRIES, THAT WAS ME, ALL RIGHT, ,, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, KEN, WE'VE GOT MEDICINE, WE'VE GOT MEDICINE, THAT'S IT, KEN? KEN, KEN, THIS IS THE STRAWBERRY ANTIDOTE, JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, ALL RIGHT? BELIEVE ME, OPEN YOUR MOUTH, OKAY? TAKE IT DOWN, TAKE IT DOWN, THERE YOU GO, THERE YOU GO, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU WELL, THERE YOU GO, OKAY, JUST BELIEVE ME, BELIEVE ME, YOU'VE JUS GOT TO BELIEVE ME, OKAY? OKAY? ALL RIGHT, CYCLING UP, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, YOU'VE ONLY BEEN IN FIVE MINUTES, THE EXIT SEQUENCE, IT WORKED THIS TIME, I GUESS I'VE GO SOME CONTROL, CONCENTRATION IS THE KEY, WHAT ABOUT KEN? YOU'RE GOOD, DR, McGUIRE, YOU'RE NOT SO BAD YOURSELF, DR, VAUGHN, THAT'S RIGHT, ,, COME GET ME, CYCLING UP, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, IT'S FREE? I CAN COME TO YOU? AND DON'T EVEN HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, THE CLINIC'S OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, I HAVEN'T BEEN NEEDING THE PILLS AS MUCH SINCE YOU'VE BEEN VISITING ME OUT HERE, THANKS, YOU TAKE CARE, ARE YOU READY? SEE, THAT DIDN'T TAKE TOO LONG, RIGHT? COME ON, THE MALL AWAITS, OKAY, MY DAD SAID I CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SHOWS MY STOMACH, BUT THAT'S LAME, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S UP, I'M ALL ABOU MIDRIFF, GLOVES? JUST IN CASE, IF WE ARE GOING TO DELVE INTO THE TRUE SECRETS OF THE HUMAN SOUL, WE MUST BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE DEMONS