[Man Panting, Running]
[Subway Train Passing]
[Wheels Squealing]
[Grunts]
[Panting]
Oh, fuck!
[Creaking]
[Lights Buzzing]
[Breath Quavering]
- [Glass Cracking] - I wasn’t trying to escape.
[Whimpering] No, please.
Don’t! Don’t! [Sobbing]
No! I don’t want to die.
Yeah, I’ll make you clean.
I’m sorry.
I- I didn’t- I didn’t mean to-
[Gasping]
[Choir Vocalizing]
[Vocalizing Ends]
[Alarm Clock Beeping]
[Beeping Continues, Stops]
[Door Opens]
[Water Running In Shower]
[Shakes Pills, Replaces Cap]
Hey, Sis.
- What time is it? - Just after 8:.00.
- You want me to make coffee? - No. I got to go. I’ll call you later.
You sure there’s nothing I can do?
Angie, everything’s going to be fine. Just go back to sleep.
- [Siren Wailing In Distance] - [Chattering]
[Buzzing]
[Passers-by Chattering]
- [Buzzes] - [Man] All right, I’m coming, I’m coming,
- Ben Carson. - Lorenzo Sapelli.
I’ve been waiting for you. Come on in.
Thanks.
[Ben] How long you been working here?
All together, 15 years,
You were here for the fire.
Devastating,
Entire building- up in flames,
[Door Opens]
[Sapelli] Yeah, it’s been five years since the fire,
They’re still in a legal battle with the insurance companies.
Hey, even cleaning up this mess is impossible.
I’ve given up faith about reopening, and besides...
who’d ever want to shop here after everything that’s happened?
You know, the Meredith family acquired this building...
after St. Matthew’s Hospital closed in, uh, 1952.
It was the very first Mayflower to open on the East Coast.
[Wings Fluttering]
The company wants us to patrol the premises every couple of hours.
But I do my rounds every three. That’s more than enough.
Anyway, you’ll see- not too much going on.
It’s pretty calm around here.
Well, there you go.
Perfume and cosmetics department- what’s left of it anyway.
[Wings Fluttering]
Thank God you didn’t show up any later,
This place gives me the creeps at night.
No electricity. All these mirrors.
Best to keep your eyes away from them,
- [Ben] You polish them? - I’m sorry?
- The mirrors. They’re so clean. - Oh, no, that’s-that’s Gary,
Gary Lewis- fellow who was working here before you.
He was completely obsessed with these damn mirrors,
Spent the entire night cleaning them.
How long has it been since you left the N.Y.P.D.?
About a year.
I know it’s none of my business...
but, uh, why did you resign from the force?
You used to be a detective. Is that correct?
Yeah.
I’m sorry. I always been too curious.
It’s all right.
[Jackhammers Drilling]
There was a pretty big team working here before the fire,
You know, when you stop to think-
all the department stores in New York...
this one was the most beautiful, most luxurious.
I mean, it breaks your heart. It really does.
Well, here you go.
This is where you’ll be spending most of your time.
At least you got electricity in here.
It’s warm. It’s nice.
You’ve even got a TV.
[Chattering]
- [Dishes Clattering] - [Woman On TV] I opened up the trunk,
which he, so called, ""hid’" the pictures,
I grabbed the goody bag, walked to the backyard,
opened up the barbecue grill,
I grabbed the lighter fluid- [Continues, Indistinct]
Hel lo?
Hel lo.
Hey, Rosa. How are you doing?
- I ‘m fine. Let me help you. - Thanks.
Where are the kids?
Upstairs with Señor Ben.
Thanks.
- [Ben] Slower. - So, everybody at my school thinks this boy named Devon,
which is, like, one of my best friends, which is a boy, likes me.
And this girl named Christiana, who liked him, is just now gossiping.
[Ben] You want me to talk to Mrs., Ward?
Oh, she’ll make them want to wrap me up in toilet paper for Halloween,
- Hey. - Hey.
Look, Mommy. Look what Daddy got me.
I t looks great. You’ll have to show me how it works later, okay?
- It’s so fast, Mommy. - Ben?
- Can I talk to you? - Yeah.
Okay, you two. You need to finish your homework.
You need to get ready for your bath.
- No fooling around. Let’s go. - Okay, let’s go, Michael.
Hey, Come here,
- Happy, happy birthday. Yeah. - Thanks, Dad,
- Hey. - Hey.
[Door Closes]
- What is this? - What?
I’ve asked you not to drop by without calling.
You won’t answer my calls.
- Please, I don’t want to argue with you. - I don’t want to argue either.
If you’re not going to answer my calls, what-
I haven’t had a drink for over three months.
But since you won’t answer your calls, how would you know?
I don’t want to know. What I want is for you to respect my needs.
Amy, I’m doing everything I can to respect your needs. I haven’t had a drink.
I got a new job to hold me over till I’m reinstated.
I’m doing everything I can to get back on my feet again.
What? You don’t think people can change?
[Scoffs] We’re not talking about people. We’re talking about you.
Amy, I killed a man. You don’t just get over that.
I needed time. I needed you.
- I was right here. - Yeah. Judging me like everybody else.
How dare you say that to me!
I was the only one at the precinct who defended you.
How many times did I chase reporters off our front lawn?
- How can you say that to me? - [Water Running In Tub]
I’ve always been in your corner!! I’ve been the only one who believed in you!
- You’re fucking unbelievable! - Please, I didn’t come here to fight.
Look, I’m sorry that I came over without calling, I-
I just wanted to see them.
- But we have to set up some rules. - What fucking rules?
Come on, Amy. Just tell me what rules I need to follow...
so I can see my son on his birthday!
Look at yourself.
This is exactly what I’m talking about,
I don’t know how you’re going to be from one moment to the next.
When I get around you, I- I get nervous...
because I am so scared that I am losing you...
and I screw everything up.
- I’ve missed you so much. - I’ve missed you.
Amy, we deserve another chance.
I know how much I love you...
and I know, somewhere inside there, you love me too.
Please.
[Moans] I can’t do this.
I can’t do this, Ben.
[Door Opens, Closes]
[Vehicles Passing]
[Whistling]
[Cartoon Playing On TV]
[Alarm Clock Beeps]
Now, Shin-chan, let’s kick some ass!
[Wings Fluttering]
[Glass Crunching]
[Pigeons Cooing]
[Gasps, Sniffles]
[Exhales]
Holy shit.
[Door Opens, Slams]
[Creaking]
[Slams]
What the hell?
[Creaking]
[Quavering Breathing]
- [Water Sloshes] - Fuck!
[Water Dripping]
[Shakes Pills, Replaces Cap]
You should stop taking those pills.
Jesus! [Exhales]
How are you doing today?
[Exhales] I’m fine. I feel a lot better.
I’m leaving in a couple of minutes.
Are you sure you’re all right?
Please, not you.
Okay, I’m just saying, you can talk to me if you want,
I’m your little sister.
It’s that new job, isn’t it?
Yeah, well, I need that new job.
I can’t take care of Amy and the kids and myself on my pension.
I’m not going to sleep on your couch for the rest of my life.
Okay, well, maybe you get a-a daytime job, a regular job.
It’s not that simple.
Well, you should think about it.
[Shouts]
Ben! What happened?
Just leave me alone. Please, just leave me alone!
Angie, get out of here! Now!
What is happening to you, Ben?
Pull yourself together.
[Wings Flutter]
[Groans]
[Woman Screaming]
[Gasps]
[Screaming]
Help!
[Screaming]
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Help! Help!
[Screaming]
[Gasping]
"Gary Lewis,"
[Siren Blares In Distance]
[Groans]
""Esseker."
Esseker.
[Cooing]
[Glass Crunches]
[Woman Screaming]
Hello!
- [Screaming Continues] - Hello!
Where are you?
I want to help you, but I need to know where you are!
Damn it!
- [Screaming Continues] - I ‘m coming!
[Screaming Stops]
Anybody here?
Is anybody in here?
Fuck this place.
- [Screaming] - [Gasps]
[Woman Gasping]
[Grunts]
[Screaming]
[Child] Mom! Mom! Mom!
- Mom! Mom! - Michael?
Are you okay? What’s happening?
Michael. What’s the matter, sweetie?
- There’s a lady screaming. - Where?
There, in the mirror.
In the mirror? Well-
I don’t see anybody but you and I in the mirror.
- You just had a nightmare, sweetie. - Okay.
Sometimes they can feel really real, but they’re not, all right?
- Okay. - Okay, let’s go back to sleep.
Come on. In you go.
I’m right around the corner, all right?
- Love you. - I love you too, sweetie.
- Can you leave the door open? - Sure, sweetheart.
- You two go back to sleep, okay? - All right, Mom.
[Woman On TV] ,not clear how it happened,
The 42-year-old is expected to go on trial this month,
for allegedly sexually assaulting a former coworker in her apartment,
for 13 hours on Halloween night in 2005,
Braunstein’s lawyer says his client was mentally ill at the time,
The Feds say they’ll seek the death penalty against a former mob boss,
accused of ordering a hit on a rival,
The trial of Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" -
[Growling]
[Background: Rock]
[Ben] I swear to you, I could feel my flesh burning,
I couldn’t breathe, It was like my lungs were full of smoke,
It was like a nightmare, but I was awake. I know I was awake.
- You think I ‘m crazy, don’t you? - I don’t know what to think.
I think you’re just going through a hard time in your life.
You’re under a lot of stress.
You’ve been having those nightmares since the shooting.
- You know it wasn’t your fault. - They’re everywhere.
- What are you talking about? - The fucking mirrors- they are everywhere.
In the department store, on the corner of every street...
in the window of every building in this city.
I feel-
I feel like I’m not the one looking into the mirrors...
but they’re looking back at me.
There’s no one looking back at you through the mirrors.
You’re obviously-
You’re still conflicted about what happened.
Maybe you need to talk to someone.
A professional, someone-
Mirrors are just glass and silver, Ben. That’s it.
There’s nothing behind them,
- [Billiard Balls Clatter] - Will you please go get some sleep? Okay?
Love you.
[Man] Nice shot,
[Knocking]
Coming!
[Knocking Continues]
Hold on!
- Mr. Carson? - Yeah.
You want to sign here, please?
- You have a good day, sir. - Thanks.
Holy shit,
Lorenzo, I need to talk to you.
I just had the craziest day here.
- Your ex-colleagues came to pay us a visit. - What are you talking about?
- You know Gary, the guy who was working here before you? - Yeah.
The cops found him dead in a subway station in Harlem.
I never liked him too much, but, poor guy, he didn’t deserve to go like that.
Did they happen to tell you the cause of death?
- What? - Did they tell you how he died?
No, no. They wouldn’t tell me.
Mrs. Sapelli’s waiting for me at home. I got to go.
Oh, by the way, about that leak in the basement,
they’re sending someone over to work on that beginning of next week.
[Woman] We have a white male, 50 years of age, name unknown,
Following the completion of the external examination...
the body was washed and lightly dried,
A ""Y" incision was made from the bilateral clavicular joints...
to the xiphoid process.
- The tissue was waterlogged- - [Woman] Amy,
- Yes, what is it? - There’s someone in the lobby for you.
It sounds urgent.
[People Chattering]
Ben. What’s happening? What are you doing here?
Thanks for seeing me. Look, I need to ask you a favor.
- I’m in the middle of work. - I know. Twenty minutes.
Yesterday morning, you picked up a body- Gary Lewis.
- I just need to take a look at him. - Who is he?
He was a night watchman at the Mayflower. I replaced him.
How do you have his driver’s license?
I found his wallet in the department store. I just need to know how he died.
Why do you need to know how he died?
Ben, you’ve been suspended. You’re not supposed to be doing any investigations.
Please, just listen. This is serious.
There are some very strange things happening over at the Mayflower.
I can’t explain what-
This guy Gary Lewis sent me a package right before he died.
The thing is, I never met him before.
Inside the package were all these articles on the Mayflower, on the fire.
It was like he was trying to tell me something or warn me about something.
I need to figure this out. Please.
Gary Lewis, Gary Lewis. Here he is. B 16.
- He slashed his throat. - Well, there you go. There’s your answer.
Your man committed suicide.
You get a lot of suicide cases where people have slashed their own throats?
I didn’t think so. Excuse me.
All I know is the police are still investigating this one.
That’s why we still have the body.
What did he use to cut his throat?
A piece of a mirror.
He probably broke the mirror into pieces so he’d have something to cut himself with.
Seven years bad luck? [Laughs]
- Esseker! - [Shouts]
Are you okay, Ben?
I’m fine.
I’m sorry. Excuse me.
I need to see his file.
- What? - I need his file.
- Ben- - What’s the problem? I just need to see his file.
Calm down. You’re not even supposed to be down here.
Now you want to look at somebody’s file?
Look, I’ll be off then. Amy, you know where to find me if you need me.
Yeah. Thanks, Peter. I appreciate it.
I want you to leave now. I’m serious, Ben.
Amy, I’m sorry. I can’t leave here until I see that file.
It’s important. Please.
Please.
Amy. Come here and look at this picture.
Look at the piece of mirror Gary Lewis is holding,
And look at it up here in its reflected image in the other mirror.
It’s full of blood.
Yet, in reality, it’s perfectly clean. Not a single drop.
- Not a single drop on it. - So what?
It’s probably the angle from which the photograph was taken. What are you trying to prove?
What if the mirrors are showing us something that’s not really happening?
- What are you talking about? - Just listen to me,
What if the mirrors are reflecting something that’s beyond our reality?
What if the mirrors can actually make us do things that we don’t want to do?
- Like making Gary Lewis slit his own throat. - Ben, listen to yourself.
You can’t talk like that around here.
Don’t you want to get reinstated?
Amy, I’m seeing things in the mirrors at work- bad things-
to the point where I can feel what they’re showing me,
Ben, you’re driving me fucking crazy!
I don’t have time for this, What’s wrong with you?
Do you think I ‘m making this up? Do you think I’m fucking lying?
What medication are you taking to stop drinking?
That’s a strong drug.
It has a lot of serious side effects,
How many pills are you taking a day?
- I’m sorry that I bothered you. - [Sighs]
You’re right.
Thanks for trying to help.
[Water Running In Tub]
[Humming Softly]
- [Neck Cracks] - [Sighs]
[Gasps]
[Bones Cracking]
[Gasping]
[Camera Powering, Flashing]
[Woman] ,at night at this bar, It’s a couple blocks from here,
- [Man] All right. Where’s the body? - [Officer] Calm down.
- How am I going to calm down? - Let the detective by.
And, uh, there’s a guy been living with her at her place.
- There’s a guy, - All right. You say she works at a bar?
- At night or something? - Yeah, she works nights,
She comes home late, I don’t see her come home,
[Continues, Indistinct]
[Gasps, Mutters]
- [Speaking Asian Language] - I saw blood falling from the ceiling.
Then she call me.
I want you to ask her, did she hear any noises, any sounds?
- What’s going on? - One second.
It’s all right, I live in Apartment 8. I used to be a cop.
-Just tell me what’s going on. -Just a second.
I want to talk to the lead detective! Angela!
Who is the lead detective?
- Ben. - Larry, what the hell are you doing here?
- Larry, just tell me what’s going on. - Ben, it’s not good.
Where’s Angie?
Where the fuck is my sister? Tell them to let go of me!
- I can’t do that, Ben. - Goddamn it!
That’s okay.
[Sobbing]
[Vomiting]
[No Audible Dialogue]
[Larry] The water has obliterated most of the marks,
No sign of struggle or forced entry,
And the front door was locked, which means that-
The person who did this either had keys to the apartment...
or it was someone that she knew.
He would’ve never laid a finger on her.
You know, when their father died, Ben took care of Angela.
She meant the world to him.
Listen, so far, his statement is pretty consistent with the facts, you know?
We checked it out. He showed up to work at 7::00 p.m.
And the downstairs neighbors said they began to notice the water leakage at around 10:00.
The only strange thing- and this could just be coincidence-
is that Ben told the daytime security guard, Lorenzo Sapelli...
that he was planning on quitting the job.
Like he was moving away someplace.
He mention anything like that to you?
No.
Lately, communication hasn’t been our strong point.
What are you going to do with him?
Figure we’ll let him go. Got no reason to keep him here.
[Amy] Larry,
Oh.
[Exhales]
I’m so sorry.
Ben? Why don’t you come home and spend some days with the kids, huh?
I can’t.
I don’t want to put our children in danger.
She asked me to quit, and I wouldn’t.
They came after her.
What? What are you talking about?
I’ve got some things I need to take care of.
- Wait, Ben. Please. - Amy, let me go.
I don’t want you to get in more trouble.
- Please stay out of it. - I know who did this.
In that case, you’ve got to tell Larry everything.
He’ll never believe me.
Neither will you.
[Thunder Rumbling]
- [Ben Grunting] - [Pounding]
- [Grunting Continues] - [Pounding Continues]
[Grunting Continues]
[Shouting]
[Clicking]
[Crying]
What do you want?
Please, just tell me.
What do you want from me?
[Mirror Cracking]
""Esseker."
[Ben] Hey, I need you to run a name for me - Esseker,
Echo, Sierra, Sierra, Echo, Kilo, Echo, Romeo,
- [Man On Phone] Did you check online? - I’ve already done that,
Nothing- I, R,S, and D, M, V,
- Where? - Try New York,
- When? - Last five or six years,
- Okay, Ben, - Thanks. Get back to me as soon as you can.
[Ben, Thinking] Mayflower burns, Forty-eight presumed dead,
Berry confesses, Deadly Mayflower fire,
Watchman arrested,
Woman, three children murdered, Three children murdered,
Come on, Ben, connect the dots, Mr. Berry maintains that the mirrors in the store,
are the ones that brutally killed his wife and three children,
- Mirrors are guilty, Mirrors are guilty, - [Cell Phone Rings]
- Yeah. What did you get? - [Man] Hey.
Look, I didn’t find anything under that name.
Shit! Shit.
Do you want me to look outside New York?
Um, no. Hold on. Hold on.
I want you to run another name for me.
Berry. Terrence Berry.
Terrence Berry. Wait one sec.
Uh, I-I think I got him.
- You still there? - Yeah.
Whoa. Your guy murdered his whole family.
- I already know that. - He’s dead.
[Sighs] Damn it.
Can you tell me where he was committed before he died?
[Dr, Morris] You know, Mr. Carson,
when one starts to perceive one’s own reflection as a completely separate being,
one is suddenly confronted with two entirely separate egos-
two entirely separate worlds that can surface at any given moment.
A feeling of self-hatred- usually triggered by a psychological shock-
can split the personality in two...
hence creating two or more personalities with distinct memories...
and distinct behavior patterns within the same individual.
The patient then has the false perception of the existence of two distinct worlds:
the real world and the world inside a mirror,
These recordings were used in Terrence’s trial.
You’ll see they speak for themselves,
[Dr, Morris On Tape] Why did you set the department store on fire?
In order to destroy the mirrors,
Only fire can destroy mirrors. Isn’t that right, Doctor?
What made you think you absolutely had to destroy those mirrors, Terrence?
They killed my Helen and my three children.
[Dr, Morris On Tape] For what reason?
- Why would mirrors want to kill your family? - Because I didn’t, uh-
Didn’t do what?
- They asked me to find Esseker. - Oh, my God.
- We all are looking for Esseker. - Amy.
Excuse me. I have to go.
Tell me about Esseker, Terrence,
Who is Esseker?
I don’t know who Esseker is!
I don’t know!
[Hushed] Mrs. Carson, it’s Rosa,
Mr. Ben is here.
He’s moving all of the furniture around,
- Hey. How was school today? - Good.
Good. I’ll be right back.
- Dad? - Sweetheart, just give me a second.
I got to take care of a couple things.
Daddy, what are you doing?
Honey, don’t look scared. Everything’s fine.
I think it looks nicer like this. Don’t you?
Rosa, what’s happening?
Take the kids downstairs, right now. Right now!
- What the hell are you doing? - Amy, you’re going to have to trust me.
- This is for your own protection. - Get out of the house right now.
Hey, are you listening to me? You are scaring the kids,
If you don’t leave immediately, I’m calling the police,
- And I warn you, you will never see your kids again. - Amy, I am not crazy.
These mirrors are dangerous, At first, I thought it was just the ones in the store,
After Angela was killed, I realized they can get at you anywhere.
I promise I will leave the house. Just let me cover these damn mirrors.
What’s wrong with you?
I know what you’ve been going through hasn’t been easy,
But guess what? It hasn’t been easy for us either!
Angela was a part of our lives too, You know that?
It’s not fair what you’re doing to us, Ben!
Michael- he’s acting so strange now.
He always wants to be alone. He won’t talk to me. He’s having nightmares.
Ben, your behavior is rubbing off on him,
He is six years old. I have to protect him.
Look at this. I want to show you something.
- Ben, let go of me! - You don’t want to believe me? Fine, I’ll show you.
- What are you doing? - I’ll show you!
Are you crazy?
- Have you gone completely mad? -Just wait. You’ll see.
- See what? - You’ll see.
- [Dog Barks In Distance] - See what, Ben? What am I supposed to see?
It’s not happening. It’s not happening.
Amy, I swear to you, at the Mayflower-
I am not lying.
Ben, let’s go back inside, okay?
Put the gun away,
Listen to me, baby. I want to help you.
- Tell the kids I’m sorry. - Ben!
[Sobs]
[Engine Starts]
[Tires Squealing]
[Grunting]
[Screams]
- [Horn Honks] - No!