You've got Mrs. Lynne at 3:00 and then you're free until 5:00.
Yeah, that's right. I...
- Keep that open for me. - Okay.
- Who's this? - Mrs. Stevenson.
Mrs. Steven...
- Can I help you? - I'm Linda Hanson.
Hello, Linda. I'm Dr. Roth.
Do you know me?
Should I?
I wake up and he's dead. I wake up and he's alive.
Different things around me all the time that I can't explain.
Things that I've done.
People talking to me. People who know me but I have never met.
- People like me. - Yes.
- Seems a little complicated. - Tell me about it.
What about the lithium bottle?
I don't know. It's... It's...
I don't know. I misplaced it somewhere. I don't know.
Look, I can't explain it, but I thought if somebody was trying to...
Trying to drug you?
- Why and who? - I don't know. You tell me.
- I didn't prescribe it. - But your name was on the bottle.
- Why do you think I came here? - To get some help.
Obviously, you're dealing with some inconsistencies.
Well, yeah. I wake up every morning to find my husband has died again.
I think that goes just a little beyond inconsistent.
How do you feel
during the times he's dead?
What?
I mean, what kind of emotions run through you?
- Is it sorrow? Resentment? Relief? - What are you saying?
Well, it's a pretty common daydream to imagine people being dead.
I'm not daydreaming, okay? I wake up and he is dead.
Except for today.
Do you have any history of mental illness in your family?
No.
What about yourself? Any episodes of psychosis?
Memory loss?
Judgment lapses?
I don't want him dead. It was a car accident.
Well, there's no crime imagining something.
I'm not imagining it. He's dead.
Well, it is a little odd
- that the prescription was for lithium. - Why?
Because that's probably the best thing for you right now.
It'll help you cope.
Do you think you can make it in to see me here tomorrow?
Hey, look who's here!
- Hey, Bob. Is Jim here? - Yeah.
How come you don't come by and see us anymore?
- Honey? - I need to talk to you.
What is it?
What's going on?
I know I've been acting strange, but there's something wrong.
There's something very wrong.
- What is it, the girls? - No, no, no. They're fine, at least for now.
Can we just go somewhere? Just us? Let's just take the girls. Let's go, just go.
Linda, I can't go anywhere. I have to work.
- Please! I really need you. Can you just... - Linda, I need to go to the sales meeting.
Excuse me. Jim, we're waiting for you.
I'm sorry.
Who are you?
I'm Claire Francis. You must be Jim's wife.
Yeah. Linda.
I've seen your pictures. It's nice to meet you.
Claire's our new assistant manager.
Your husband's been really helpful the last few weeks.
Guys! We're starting.
Excuse me.
We can talk about this later.
Who killed Cock Robin?
"I," said the sparrow, "with my little bow and arrow. "
Who saw him die?
Oh, Christ! Girls!
- Hurry! The laundry's outside. Grab it! - Hurry!
Start taking stuff down. I'll meet you guys outside, okay?
Bridgette, no! Bridgette! Bridgette, no!
Baby! Okay, I'm right here. I'm right here.
Megan, go get me some towels. Please.
- Mommy! - I got you. I got you.
Here, baby. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay, baby.
She's still bleeding, Mommy.
- Somebody! Somebody, please! - We need a gurney right away, please!
I'm Dr. Norman. Can you tell me what happened?
She went through the glass door.
- Any allergies that we know about? - She's allergic to codeine.
- Codeine. - Codeine? Okay.
Put her in 14, please. Ma'am, I'm gonna need you to wait out here.
- Can I go with her? - No, ma'am. We'll take care of her.
- Everything's gonna be fine. - It's gonna be okay, baby!
- Is she okay? - Yeah, they just took her in.
- They just took her in. - You all right?
- What happened? - She just... She was running.
I had to get the laundry and she was... She just went through the glass window.
- Honey. - It's okay.
It's okay.
What are you doing, Mommy?
We are gonna forget about mirrors for a while.
Till you feel a little better.
Is Bridgette gonna have ugly scars forever?
- I don't want any talk about scars. - All right.
Because as far as I'm concerned, there are no scars.
And I don't care what anyone tells you, okay?
You understand?
Because you're beautiful.
Like a princess?
Yeah. Like a princess.
My two princesses.
I thought you were gonna put up stickers.
I did.
I don't know. Maybe...
Maybe I thought I did.
Christ, Linda.
What? What are you blaming me for this, now?
I've asked your mother to come and stay while I'm gone.
What? Why?
- Just to help, you know. - I don't need any help.
- Help take care of the kids. - I don't need any help.
Look, you can take a break.
You know, get some time to yourself.
For what? Time to myself for what? What? So I stop acting like a crazy person?
What are you talking about? I never...
You are not separating me from my kids. I'm a good mom.
God!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Sunday. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday.
Thursday. Friday. Saturday.
Okay, Thursday, find out Jim died.
Find out Jim died.
Monday, Jim alive again.
Again.
Funeral's on... The funeral happened when?
Saturday.
Funeral and what else? What else?
What else? We have...
Lithium is on Saturday.
Tuesday. Tuesday.
We have on Tuesday... We have...
Except for today.
Meet Dr. Roth on Tuesday,
and I am... Oh!
Committed Saturday
by Dr. Roth.
Bridgette's cuts happen on...
Bridgette! Bridgette!
Mommy.
Tuesday.
Friday and Sunday are still open and Wednesday.
You have one new message.
- When? - Yesterday.
Oh, God.
Jim dies
Wednesday.
What you doing?
- Jim, don't go on this trip, please. - I have to.
We waited a year for this interview.
Besides, it could be good for us, you know?
Take a break from each other.
Well, it might be a bigger break than you bargained for.
What if something happens to you?
Something could happen to me on my way home from work.
- Should I stop working? - Jim, I'm begging. You want me to beg?
I will beg. Please, just don't go. You have children and you have a family.
Why are you saying that? You think I've forgotten that?
- No, I haven't... - Because I haven't!
I realize that. I didn't say that you've forgotten.
- All right. Good. - Just listen to me.
- I need for you to listen to me. - No, just stop it.
- No, just listen to me. - Stop it. Stop it.
Just do me one favor.
If tomorrow's Wednesday, just please wake me up before you leave.
- Lf tomorrow's Wednesday? - Just... I know it sounds crazy.
Just please wake me up, okay?
Jesus.
Promise me.
I promise.
Okay.
Oh, that guest bed is just awful.
Mom.
That's right. You stayed over.
- Did you forget I was here? - No, no, no. No, I remember.
I remember, now. So that would have to be Friday.
Friday morning. Friday morning.
All right. All right. Okay. There's two days left.
This is Sunday and there's Friday.
How do we know that? Shit! Shit!
- Are you all right? - Shit!
Claire. Claire Francis. Who's Claire Francis?
Who's Claire? Who's Claire? Who's Claire Francis?
- We talked? - Well, yeah, yesterday. You don't remember?
Claire. Claire. Yeah.
Mom, I have to go.
What? You need to be with the girls. You had the shock of your life yesterday.
Tell me about it.
Is there something we should be talking about?
Something involving my husband?
Who told you?
I think you just did.
He was gonna cheat on me.
He what?
Well, wait a minute. How do you know? How did you find out?
Because I talked to her. She told me everything.
- When? - Today.
Oh, hon, I'm sorry.
- Are you still in shock? - No.
No, I passed up shock a couple days ago.
The whole thing is bad.
The accident, the other woman, it's a mess.
I don't know if it's so bad.
You know, maybe it was supposed to happen.
What do you mean?
Even though he didn't do anything yet.
The damage that it would have caused us, the girls.
Maybe it was enough that he was going to.
Are you listening to what you're saying?
We were roommates, Annie.
We were roommates with two girls, and my roommate was a liar.
Well, as far as your mortgage and your daughters' education,
it should all be taken care of.
And with the annuity Jim left you,
you should be pretty much set income-wise, so...
You know, Linda, I have to tell you, the timing on all this...
Timing? What do you mean, timing?
Jim stopped in to see me Wednesday morning, right before his trip.
- Wednesday? - Yeah.
And he seemed very anxious, like he wasn't quite sure of things,
and he kept talking about you and the girls, and he said that,
no matter what happened, he wanted to make sure you're all okay.
And then he tripled his death benefits.
I mean, it's not a problem.
The police reports all confirm it was an accident.
So, I'll just get this cleared through the main office
and I should have a check for you fairly soon.
Nice view, huh?
Yes, very.
You have a family?
I have two daughters but...
It's no big deal.
Happens to a lot of people.
They drive by here just like you did.
See the houses by this beautiful lake and suddenly say to themselves,
"What a great place to start over. "
I moved here after my divorce.
Really?
Yeah, it's great.
It's like a whole new life.
This moss pink velvet is very nice.
I believe I would like that for the showroom. And...
Miss Dwight, I'll have to call you back. Thank you.
Hello.
I'm Dorothy Quinn.
I know.
Got it?
- Hi, honey. - Hi, Mom.
Hey, you.
- One for you. - Cool.
- Thanks. - And one for you.
- Thank you, Mommy. - You're welcome.
You know how much I love you, right?
- Linda? - Yeah.
I don't want to upset you.
What is it, Mom?
I know this is very difficult,
but I really do think we need to drive out to the funeral home, dear.
- I'll go with you. - Oh, it's done.
- What? - I already made all the arrangements.
Oh.
Well, when were you thinking of having the...
The funeral is tomorrow.
It's all set.
- Saturday? - Saturday.
- That soon? - Yes, that soon.
You okay, hon?
Hey, Mom?
If I let Jim die,
is that the same thing as killing him?
Honey, Jim's already dead.
Good night, dear.
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons all down her shoe, shoe, shoe.
She asked her grandma, grandma, grandma
for a hundred dollars, dollars, dollars
to see the bunnies, bunnies, bunnies
jump over the house, house, house.
They jumped so high, high, high they reached the sky, sky, sky.
Girls, can you keep it down, please?
It's Sunday.
All day long.
Hey, why don't you take the girls out for a while? You know?
You guys should spend some time together.
You can go have some fun.
Yeah. Okay. That's a good idea.
You girls want Daddy to make you some pancakes for breakfast?
Yeah!
Hello, Father.
Linda.
It's been a long time.
I'm scared, Father.
I want another piece of bread!
Come on, green head! Get it!
1632, Dutch trading colony off the coast of Carolina.
An hysterical midwife claimed to have walked through the aftermath
of a terrible hurricane that hadn't happened yet.
- So, what happened? - They hung her for being a witch.
Two days later,
the entire town was wiped out by a gale force hurricane.
That's awful.
I'll skip ahead to the 20th century.
Boston. 1918.
At the height of the influenza epidemic,
a father told friends he'd been to the future
and seen the graves of his two small children.
He went insane and shot them both to spare them the disease.
Oh, my God.
The autopsy showed the children were never infected.
He shot himself a week later.
Who are these people? Why did it happen?
You see, history's full of unexplained phenomena.
Nobody knows why.
Some people thought they suffered from what the ancients called
Blasphemare absens fides.
The dangers of the faithless.
The faithless?
It's the notion that nature abhors a vacuum, even a spiritual one.
People who've lost their beliefs,
they're like empty vessels,
more susceptible to having their lives taken over
by forces bigger than themselves.
Almost like a curse.
Or a miracle.
Yeah, well, I don't believe in miracles.
Every day we're alive can be a miracle, Linda.
Well, it doesn't feel that way.
Not for me.
Father, something bad is going to happen.
I need your... I need your help. I need your direction. I need faith.
Faith is just believing in something beyond yourself,
something you can't feel, or smell, or touch,
like hope or love.
I believe I've let that all go.
Maybe you should try and get it back again, huh?
But if it's too late...
It's never too late to realize what's important in your life,
to fight for it.
I don't know what to fight for.
He was on the highway, around mile marker 220.
Mrs. Hanson?
Ma'am?
Who are these people? Why did it happen?
History's full of unexplained phenomenon.
Bridgette! No, Bridgette!
Nobody knows why.
Open it up! Open it up! No!
Obviously, you're dealing with some inconsistencies.
No!
Dangers of the faithless.
I'm Claire Francis.
Your husband's been really helpful the last few weeks.
Jim.
How do you feel during the times he's dead?
We don't want anyone getting hurt now, do we?
If I let Jim die...
It's never too late.
...is that the same thing as killing him?
Inconsistencies.
The same thing as killing him?
- Did you guys have a good time? - Yeah. Yeah.
We had a great time.
Good.
Let me help you with that.
Smells good.
Oh, good girls.
Night.
- Night. - Night.
Good night, baby.
Come here. Give me a kiss.
Hey, why don't you girls go give your dad another hug, nice and tight?
- Okay. - Okay.
What's this all about?
- Mama said to give you extra hugs. - Yeah.
Extra hugs? Oh, how about extra hugs and extra kisses?
Now, off to bed. Go brush your teeth.
Hey, girls, why don't you tell Daddy how much you love him?
- Love you, Daddy. - Me, too!
Well, thank you, ladies.
Aren't you gonna tell them?
- Tell them what? - That you love them.
You do love them, don't you?
Of course I do.
Then tell them.
You girls know how much I love you, right?
Huh? Right?
I love you more than anything in the whole wide world.
Mom, too?
More than anything?
I do love your mom.
I love her very much.
Linda!
What are you doing out here?
Honey, let's go back inside.
How did we get here, Jim?
I miss you!
I miss us!
There's still an us. It's just different now, that's all.
- Why? Why is it different? - I don't know why.
- What did you expect us to be like? - Just the way we used to be!
Linda, look at us. We're married. We got a house, a mortgage, two kids!
Why do we have to talk about this now? Why can't we just go inside?
Because we're running out of time!
Watch out!
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
What?
You have that look.
What look?
Like you want to tell me something.
I had a dream you're gonna die.
That was only a dream.
Everything's gonna be fine.
Hello.
Annie! Annie, what day is it today?
It's Wednesday, it's Wednesday. What's the matter?
Shit!
Girls? Girls? Jim?
Jim?
Shoot.
"Took the girls to school. Be back tomorrow. "
Answer the phone.
Hi, this is Jim Hanson.
I can't get to your call right now, but if you'll leave a message,
I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Thanks for calling.
I should be able to take care of this right away. No problem.
Thanks, Doug.
- Hey. - I just got to the room. It's really nice.
I can't wait for you to get here.
Jim? Is something wrong?
Yeah.
I'm sorry, I can't.
I can't do this.
Do what? The interview?
Us.
Jim.
Pick up. Pick up, Jim. Pick up.
Hi, you've reached the Hanson residence. You know what to do.
Listen, Linda, I need to tell you something.
I meant what I said in front of the girls the other night, and...
Well, I just, I want you to know that
and please remember it.
Damn it. Someone's calling. Hold on.
Is that you? Linda?
- Jim? - I love you, honey.
I need to tell you something.
It's all right, I know about her. I know about Claire.
- You do? - Yeah.
I have to explain it, but it's...
Honey, honey, honey, listen. I thought that's what I wanted, but I don't.
I just...
I want to make things better, you know? Between us.
Whatever it takes.
I see you. I see you. I'm coming up right behind you.
You are?
I'm pulling over.
Thank you. Thank you.
I can see you, honey.
Oh, no.
- Jim, do you love me? Do you trust me? - Of course I do.
Then turn around now.
- What? I don't understand. - Turn it around.
Jim.
Are you okay?
Jim!
Jim. Baby, are you all right?
Jim.
Can you hear me? Are you okay? Baby, can you hear me?
Sorry, I dropped the phone.
I love you.
Let's go home.
Okay. Hold on.
Stalled it.
Oh, no. Oh, no.
Jim. Jim, get out of the car.
Jesus.
Jim! Jim! Get...
Shit.
Get out of the car.
Oh, my God!
Jim, get out of the car!
Jim!
Baby!
Mommy, they're here.
Oh, baby, I must have fallen asleep.
- The moving truck is here. - I know. I heard.
Healing so nicely.
Why don't you guys go downstairs? I'll be there in a second, okay?
- Okay. - Okay.
Faith is just believing in something beyond yourself,
like hope or love.
It's never too late to realize what's important in your life,
to fight for it.
I don't know what to fight for.
Every day we're alive can be a miracle.