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 RESORT 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 HIT 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 ATTEMPT 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 SWEAT 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 OUT 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 PUT 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 TOAST
TO A SWIFT AND TRIUMPHANT 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 THAT WE WERE IN THE MEDICAL LIBRARY,
I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT,
DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT CHEERLEADING OUTFIT?
KEN, ,,
YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT 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 JUST ON OUR WAY BACK,
IF I MIGHT 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 SPECIALIST
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 CONTACT 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 TEST 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 WAIT 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 JUST 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 UPSET
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 PUT 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 PUT 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 WET 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 COAT BEHIND,
I GUESS THAT'S JUST 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,
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,
OH, ,,
JUDITH, LISTEN,
I WANT YOU TO SAY IT 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 JUST 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 FIRST 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,
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 OUT AND SHE RAN UNDER THE BED,
AND THEN THE DOOR OPENED,
AND THE NANNY WAS THERE,
I'M HERE, SWEETHEART,
DID THAT MAKE IT 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 ACCEPT 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 ADJUST 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 TONIGHT
READY TO THROW MYSELF OFF A BRIDGE,
YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS SEXY?
THE FACT YOU DIDN'T THROW YOURSELF OFF,
YOUR COMMITMENT,
YOUR PASSION...
THAT'S SEXY,
YOU'RE NOT 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 GET 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 GOT 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 EQUIPMENT 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!
WHAT? WHAT?
IT'S HIM!
OH, GOD!
WHAT IS THIS?
IT'S HIM!
OH, MY GOD!
OKAY, CANDACE, 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 GOT 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 IT 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 THAT 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,
IT DOESN'T DO PERMANENT DAMAGE,
I CHECKED FIRST,
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 PREDICT 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 OUT 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'T HAVE STRAWBERRIES,
THAT WAS ME,
ALL RIGHT, ,,
OKAY,
ALL RIGHT, KEN, 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 JUST GOT TO BELIEVE ME,
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 GOT 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 ABOUT 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