1 Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2019 Today's a good day to die. (Screams) What's happening? It's crack. Get help. So many crackheads wasting our time! What have we got? Haemorrhage. Blood pressure? 90 over 60 and dropping. Bleeding? What's he say? Probably uterine artery. Come on! (All talk at once) They'll be 10 minutes. That's too late. Who'll perform surgery? Me. You can't! Just do it! You'll get us fired. Get him out! Nina! Nina! You'll get me canned for this! You're crazy! Here we go. Shh! How are we doing? Forceps! Here we go. Where is it? Claire, Claire! You got her? All right, I got her. Dave, get out. Now! He insisted! Labraccio! What the hell do you think you're doing? "Randell Steckle: Diary of a Surgeon." Not a surgeon yet. "Randell Steckle: Diary of a Surgeon-to-be." "Randell Steckle: Making of a Doct..." "Randell Steckle: Forging... ..of a Surgeon?" No, pretentious. "Randell Steckle: Genesis..."? "Randell Steckle: Genesis of a Young Surgeon." Brilliant. Morning. Nice work. Keep it up. Even though I was in a coma, I saw myself, like from above looking down. Ralph - my husband - was crying and the doctor was saying I was...dying. I saw myself in the bed. I started to float into the hall, then into this tunnel toward this light. It was the most beautiful light I ever saw. I heard this voice and it was the most beautiful voice I ever heard. And it said... "I'm going to take your baby... .."but you are going back." And I... ..woke up, and there was Ralph. And the doctor. I was legally dead for four and a half minutes. But I didn't see no tunnel and I didn't see no light. Oh, I did. It was SO beautiful! Shh. I was in this garden... This tunnel, and this light, and then this... ..like a guide, and a chariot, and music... I think they'd better get you off medication. WHISTLE Thanks. What's up? Nothing. Good morning! There's trouble in BR. Watch your ass today. Thanks. Why are you always asking about death? I'm late for class. Thanks, Debbie. The spoils of arthritis. Some rather resilient inflammatory tissue here I'm trying to sever. Come on, dammit. We're beneath the foot's transverse arch - three cuneiforms, five metatarsals... Brilliant, Dr Steckle. Just bring all that talent tonight, OK? Nelson, about tonight. Because I like you, I'm declining on moral grounds. Hasn't the world enough atrocity without your own little horror? It's ignorance we fear. Are truth and knowledge a horror? Especially to a scientist and a genius like yourself. (Snorts) How are you doing, Mannis? Fine. I've been meaning to ask you. Are you dating anyone? Identify. Costodiaphragmatic recess. Surely it's not offensive if I make conversation? It's nice to open up. Like Lenny here - he's open. Identify? Pylorus. I've heard all the rumours and nicknames about you, Rachel. I'm sure you're a very warm woman, not frigid or repressed. Identify. Your brains. Good! Come to my place for some more serious thinking. Excuse me, I must speak with Dr Mannis. I already said no. I've got Steckle and Hurley. They're top students. I just need you for the injections and the IV. I'm not interested in watching you kill yourself. I think you are. Good morning, class. Today's exam is scaled. There'll be three As, five Bs, 10 Cs. The remaining four get Ds and Fs. Once again, as in life, you are competing not against me, yourself, or this exam, but against each other. Piece of cake. Others here would like to make their reputation in this. Unfortunately, those with the ability lack the nerve. Unfortunately, those with the ability lack the nerve. You want our help? Speak for yourself, Joseph. Sure it'll be dramatic. You'll cry, faint, puke, but then what? You don't have the balls. You just bring the equipment. I'll bring my balls. Hear about Labraccio? Dave, it's only four months' suspension. Dave, it's only four months' suspension. Forget it. I'm out of here. You're this school's best ever student. They won't let you quit medicine. Besides, you were wrong. Goddammit, she was dying. I saved her life. What would you have done? Stop taking this personally. They're making you their scapegoat to protect their insurance. They'll ask you back. Doesn't matter. I'd do the same again. I know that. That's why I need you there tonight. I WOULD like to kill certain people. But not you. Hey! I don't want to die. I want to come back with the answers to death - and life. I can get there with the others. But I need you to bring me back. Please. Sorry, I can't. Great. Just walk away, Dave. I don't understand you anymore. You burned your career on a stranger. Now you're turning your back on a friend. Look, I'm sorry about what happened today. I really am. How can I get back without you? So don't do it. Hey, Dave! What if it works? Hi. Don't have me buried on Saturday. It costs $150 more to be buried on Saturday. Mrs Amsler, you're doing much better. MOANS, CREAKING BEDSPRINGS PHONE RINGS ANSWERING MACHINE: Leave a message after the beep. NELSON: I know you're home. Don't forget the camera. What camera? CLANG The bed! He called the specialist. No lectures, OK. Engagement hasn't made you grow up. Have you considered that I'm recording a few last adventures? Not at all. The words 'pussy marauder' spring to mind. What are we doing here? Goodbye med school, goodbye career. Shut up, Rendell. $10 says he won't do it. Not those lights. They'll draw security. Set up over the grate. The boiler's going. You're really doing this? Humour the man. You'll take me down with nitrous, sodium pentothal and the refrigerator blanket. The cooler contains D5W. When my body hits 86 degrees, hit me with 200 joules. When my heart is dead, remove the mask. Isn't Rachel coming? Steckle, shut the door. Wait. You handle the injections. When the ECG flatlines, the brain is dead. I'll be exploring. Give me 30 seconds. Warm up the blanket. Take me to 93 degrees, slowly. Inject adrenalin. At one minute, Joe, use the defibs. You'll restore me to life. With brain damage. Resembling in many ways a Cabbage Patch doll. Not with a body temperature of 86 degrees. Dr Mannis. Will you handle the injections? Wait. Quite simply, why are you doing this? Quite simply, to see if there's anything beyond death. Philosophy failed, religion failed - now for the physical sciences. Mankind deserves to know. You're doing this for mankind? This letter absolves you of responsibility. Just in case. This isn't for mankind. This is for Nelson. Why do I see you on '60 Minutes'? "Tonight, a brilliant medical student "who dared to experience death." Fame is inevitable. Wrong reason. Right idea. Dr Hurley, electrodes. Come on. Don't you want fame? Rachel, how about some nitrous? At least I'll go out laughing. Dr Hurley, the blanket. We're all professionals. I'm sure this will go smoothly. If you die, I want your apartment. It's a joke. A JOKE. One minute. Don't be late. Start filming now. I want the experiment recorded thoroughly. Promise me you'll do this. One little kiss goodbye? I'll see you soon. 96 degrees. This letter's meaningless. Let him sleep it off. He'll think it went OK. Yeah. Goodnight, Nelson. Yeah. Goodnight, Nelson. That's why I'm here! I've expressed my disapproval. Goodnight. Steckle's right. You're risking everything - for Nelson's fame? Someone's coming. Oh, shit. Is he dead? Only sleeping. Talk some sense into these people. I'll do it. What? You're taking over? Nothing to lose. Just his life. I'll get it back. Just stop his heart. One minute - he's right back. No! Clear. What are you doing? Systole. You're murdering him. No wonder you got tossed. This won't help my grades! Please don't! I didn't come here to murder my classmates, even the deranged ones. Flatline. They're getting smaller. He's dying. Brain death. Now it's real. Start filming. Let me defib him. He's dead - isn't that enough? Let's bring him back. Just watch the door. Are we in the room with a dead man? Oh, God. One minute to go. Start filming! 30 seconds to go. Let's heat him up. 20 seconds. 89...90...91... Sodium bicarbonate ready. Recharging the paddles. Recharging. Body temp 93 degrees. Here we go. What have we got? Nothing! Up me to 300. Charged. Begin CPR. One 1,000... Sodium bicarbonate pumping in. ..four 1,000, five 1,000, breathe. Oh, my God. ..two 1,000, three... ..three 1,000... Not a goddamn thing. ..breathe. 98 degrees. Do him again. 350. Clear! Nothing. Oh, shit. Got him! Steckle, help me. In! REP. We got REP. Nelson, can you hear us? Welcome back. Nelson, you did it! Jesus Christ. Steckle, that's some bedside manner. You'll be a great doctor. Suck me. * (Cheers) Can you recall any specific emotion or sensation? You can't reduce it to specifics. Was there a tunnel and light? No. But there's something out there. It's comforting. This is really big! You walked on the moon! OK, calm down. Get yourselves some fluids. Thanks for saving my life. So much fun! Let's read your blood pressure. All right, wise one? I feel like a highly tuned instrument. Can you hear the traffic on the lake shore? Underneath that, there's a hum. It's the streetlights. All right. Even fainter, I can hear a kind of dragging sound. It's getting louder. No. I don't only hear it, I can feel it. Yeah. Your prognosis is excellent. You'll look great on '60 Minutes'. It's bigger than that. With you, it will be. You're not buying this, are you? I'm an atheist. Be right for a bit? Yeah. How is he? Physically stable. He's talking like Lazarus. We brought him back from the dead. We got lucky. I want to go next. Me too. Let's all get famous. This isn't about fame. You'll have little monuments that say rest in peace. I'm going next. I'll go 80 seconds. One minute 30. Are you two crazy? Or just so tragically competitive you're bidding with your lives? One minute 30. Well, that's it. Not a bad price for glory. Die to be a hero, but not a celebrity. (Dog whimpers) Champ? Someone should stay with him tonight. I have class in three hours. Are you OK? I...I'd like to go home. (Nelson breathes quickly) Are you OK? You were hyperventilating. Your blood pressure will rise within 14 hours, and your blood supply will increase. God, you're beautiful. Get some rest. Hey. I bet you didn't think you'd be spending the night here. You were lucky last night. Don't push it. I want to wish you two the best of everything together. May you be healthy, wealthy and happy together. Hello? Can I please speak to Anne Couldron? ANNE: Hello. Anne? Hi. I've been thinking about you. I'm counting the days till Thanksgiving. I've got to transfer to a school closer to you. We should have married last summer. My mother wasn't ready. Honey, you're the best. If anything should ever happen... Joe, what's wrong? I don't know. I'm just tired. I'm not making any sense. I should go. Joey, you're scaring me. It's OK. Nothing's wrong. I love you. 'Bye. BEEP BEEP BEEP CRASH Nothing! Start CPR. One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000, breathe. Adrenalin - nothing. 145. Come on, Joe! Come on, Nelson. Let me try. We're losing time! ..two 1,000... Nelson, step back. I'm doing everything I can! Breathe. Breathe. Let him try. Nelson, step back. Come on, Joe! One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000... ..four 1,000, five 1,000... breathe! One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000...breathe! (Coughs) Got him! Oxygen! Oxygen. CPR successful. Hurley lives. It's OK, Joe. * It was great. Here it comes. Let him talk. Define 'great'. I don't know. It's...not thinking about the past or future... I don't know - it's difficult to explain. Maybe impossible. Dying's funny that way. Dave, Nelson's right. There's definitely activity beyond death. There's definitely activity beyond death. Absolutely. The experience was strange. It was almost...erotic. Dead and he gets laid. Wait a second. 'Erotic' how? Don't think it was casually, wantonly sexual. Never would've occurred to me. It was something... It was friendly. Something vaguely feminine was guiding me. It's the conquest of our generation! The last great frontier! First the sea, America, the West, the moon, Mr Leary - drugs, the inner journey - Miss MacLaine's outer journey, but this...this is ours! We had disco. We've found something worthwhile! Something to upstage those fucking baby boomers. Something to upstage those fucking baby boomers. Watch your mouths. I found something. Let's not forget that. I'm back from the dead. Doesn't surprise me. Elvis was here last night. Pay when you're ready, OK? Joe, was it difficult getting back? No, not that I remember. But you remember everything else, right? You guys are full of shit. I'm not buying any of this. I probably wouldn't either... unless I'd been there. So what about it? Yeah, you're an atheist. You've got nothing to lose. I'm going next. Wait a minute! Nobody is going next. There's no answers here. You saw what you wanted to see. Stop it. It's getting too dangerous. Who the hell...? I'm going further. One minute 50. Two minutes. Whoa! You said... I changed my mind. Two 10. Two 20. Well, looks like we found a winner. Enjoying yourself, Nelson? Joe... Was there anything negative about your experience? Anything negative at all? No. Nothing. (Shivers) Good. Good. Hey! HEY! Hold on. Was that your idea of chivalry? Absolutely not. Just trying to show me up? Why is everything about you? Nobody wants me to go under. I don't need protection! There's speculation about what you DO need. Oh, is there? And what did you decide? That with someone as smart and as driven as you... ..and incredibly beautiful, that it makes us very nervous. Why did you change your mind? I'm the sceptic. I SHOULD go next. If I find nothing out there, there's no reason to go further. How do you explain similarity in death experiences? People from different cultures and religions seeing the same things. Maybe there's some chemical or hormone released from the brain at death. No, you're reaching. What if you find something out there? Then you can kill yourself next. I'm not killing myself. I'm glad to hear that. I get the feeling I might miss you. So why this obsession with death? It's not an obsession, it's a personal interest. OK. Goodnight. Can I drive you home, or... No, thanks. SIREN WAILS WHIRRING SOUND WOMAN: I didn't take your money! I got your toaster. Too many appliances make you lonely... Right, Nelson? 'Cause in the end, we all know what we've done! (Dog whimpers) SHUFFLING SOUND Champ? Champ! (Dog whimpers) Champ! Champ? Champ! Champ? (Whistles) Come on, boy! Come here! Champ! Come here, boy. Come on. Champ! What are you doing here? Are you all right? Hey, are you OK? Are you lost? SHIT! (Coughs) (Groans) STECKLE: Halloween morning. Rotting pumpkins, burning leaves. Black cats mating like rats in the alley. It was...were as if we felt no fear. As if we were already dead with nothing to lose by dying. Perhaps it was because we lived life so well and loved life so much that we imagined ourselves immortal. Overwhelming the powers that be with our passion for science. Maybe we were just fucked in the head. Hey! I'm Joe Hurley. You're Terry, right? Uh-huh. I heard you had a near-death experience. I don't want to discuss it. Hey, wait a minute. I had a near-death experience also. You did? Yes. I need someone to talk to. It changed my life! First they didn't believe me. What do they know? We were there. Tell me about it. If you're busy, we could meet some night this week. All that day, I knew something would happen. I've always had premonitions about things. Once my aunt was flying in from Las Vegas... FOOTBALL CROWD: Go! Go! Go! Why'd you do this to me, Joe? * (Groans) FOOTSTEPS APPROACH Shit! NO!! Trick or treat? LOUD MUSIC PLAYS SONG: # Saxophones are playing in a pool of light # Cover girls and limousines in a neverending night # Jukebox electric shining in your face # Arms like a gorilla playing the stumbling bass # Party town, party town # Saw you with your dress torn down # Party town, party down # You were naked and alone. # I don't know, guys. It's Halloween, the moon's full... Aren't we pushing it? DOOR OPENS Sorry I'm late. DAVE: What happened?! Some guys. It doesn't matter. Let me look. I'm fine. FOOTSTEPS APPROACH Where have you been?! I don't feel well. What happened to you? Worry about your camera. Nice outfit. Are you ready? I'm ready. What are you supposed to be - Boner Man? Two 20, don't forget. Just hurry up and get back. And buy us breakfast. Hey, Nelson. What? Hold on to the rope. (Speaks unintelligibly) See you soon. 20ccs sodium pentothal in. 86 degrees. 200 Joules charged. Clear. Flatline. What hangs in the air, palpably? Is it the musky mist of death? Shut up! You shut up. What if he didn't make it back? Would you miss him, Rachel? One minute. HEAVENLY MUSIC (Children chant rhyme) 90 degrees. Another five seconds? What? 10! Why not 10? We've time to decide. Are you serious?! Joey! I trusted you, Joe. Stations. Joey, you're blocking our view No kidding around. Two 10. Who's kidding? What the hell's happening?! 92 degrees. BLIND CLATTERS Joe, get it! Come on! Two 15, two 16, two 17, two 18... Two 20. Hand it over. (Laughs) This is my lab. 300 joules. Charged. Clear. (Children chant) # ...The goose drank wine # The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line # # The line broke The monkey got choked... # Breathe. Sodium bicarbonate FEN! One 1,000, two 1,000... What comes next? Knock it off, Nelson. Five 1,000... Breathe. Prepare joules. Charge. Clear. Come on, Dave. (Children chant) MACHINE BLEEPS That's it! That's not it. Charge him again. Try lignocaine and atropine! Not yet, Steckle. Clear! Come on, Dave! Increasing to 350. Clear! Go to lignocaine! Damn it! Three minutes. Starting CPR. One 1,000... Atrapine in. Joe, keep filming! I'll bring him back. You lied to me, Joe. ..three 1,000, four 1,000... Somebody do something! Breathe! Charged. Clear! Got him! Oxygen standing by. One milligram epi. That sounds good. That was close. My God, that was too close, OK? That was too close. (Speaks unintelligibly) What did you say there? It's a Sioux Indian word. It means today... Is a good day to die. Was today a good day to die? I don't know. I felt something like a dream or stuff stored up inside my mind. You were brain dead. There was no mind. Perhaps some electrical current circulating through my body. Perhaps some electrical current circulating through my body. David, you were dead. Why don't you tell us what happened? It's hard to verbalise. It's like being paranoid without the fear. It's like being watched. You guys probably were standing over me. Who could be watching? The dead. I didn't say that. You did feel something. I'm going again. No! I've been bumped twice. The bidding starts at four minutes. Labraccio went for 3.5. He almost died. It has to be four minutes. No one's going for four minutes. 4.25. Five minutes. I'm next or I'm out for good. Without her, five minutes will be hard enough. But without me... Or me. Count me out too, Nelson. Well, mutiny at last. I trusted you all with an idea that was so simple and brilliant. Give it a rest. No, you! I had the balls to do this first. Rachel, go next. The rest of you, go to hell. This is my idea. You're just tourists. I would have gone 3.30, maybe 3.40. I still might. But Joe, 4.25 is crazy. It's dangerous. Zucchini-land. At this point, I've got to... You should, Joe. You said you loved me, Joe. I love you, Joe. Yoo-hoo! Are you listening to me? (Screams) Thanks for staying. I'm on early shift at the hospital. You seem fine. See you later. Wait. About tonight... I'm going through with it. Why are you doing this? I've lost people that are close to me. I want to make sure they've gone to a good place. Does that seem trivial? It's the best reason I've heard. There's something I didn't tell you about last night. I had this feeling that if I had gone any further, that there was something out there protecting me. You know, something good. So, you don't need to go under. So now the atheist believes in God? I don't want you to do it. Just think about all we'll have to talk about when you bring me back. I'm dying. (BIRDS CHIRP) (KIDS GIGGLE) (BOTH GASP) (FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH) Ohh! Thank you, Mrs Thompson! (INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT) VOICEOVER: Oh, she hasn't heard! Food is included to Aussie. Plus entertainment on your own device and checked baggage. As it should be. Book now at virginaustralia.com. * Don't lie to me. Mrs Amsler, you've put up a great fight. Sometimes we just have to let go. That's what the voices say. What voices? They say, "Have you done enough? "Have you told everyone that you love them?" I have, I have. It's OK. They're friendly voices. They're just telling you what you need to know. What? That you have some place to go. Do you believe that? Yes, I do. Yes, I do. Hey, hey, Fellatio! Got a match? Well, I do. Your face and my ass. Your breath's like buffalo fart. Do I know you? You don't know jack shit. Needle dick, cock-bite, jerk off, nitwit, banana breath, shit bird, bird-turd face, kiss ass, brown-nose macho wimp, limp dick, fart-face. What's the matter? Are you gonna cry? Cry, cry-baby. Cry, cry! Shit-face, rat turd. Ass-lickin' son of a bitch. How'd it happen? I was playin' hockey. Look, about last night... It's OK. No show Labraccio. This isn't like him. He's trying to stop me. Ready. Don't do this without David. We don't need Dave. Can you do this? Can you trust me? No, but let's do it anyway. Nitrous on. See you soon. How long's she been under? One 20. Bring her back. No. Temperature? 86 degrees. She just went... Joe! We said four 25. Do it! Don't expect hugs and kisses for this. Body temp rising. Aborting fourth experiment. Why, Dave?! Ask Doctor Death. 90 degrees. What's going on? Nothing. Just bringing Rachel back early. That's all. Guys, think about Rachel! Joe's right. 91 degrees. Don't go there! Danny! It's your fault! LOUD BLAST Nothing. Up to 300. You're hot. Clear! Come on, Rachel! No, nothing. Clear! Come on! Shit! 300 joules. Clear! Got her! We don't have her! It's OK. Step up to 360. What's going on? I had her. It may be a circuit. You charged the battery? Shit! Oh, shit! Starting CPR. Bag her, Steckle. One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000, Breathe! One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000, Breathe! No pulse. One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000, Breathe! One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000, breathe! (Screams) ..four 1,000, five 1,000, breathe! It's not working. Joe, take over. She's been under four minutes. One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000, breathe! Moving to bretylium. No! Only way. No! It's our last chance. You'll fry her! Nelson! Please don't. You bring her back. ..four 1,000, five 1,000, breathe! Come on! ..two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000, breathe! Not getting anything. One 1,000... Come on, Mannis! Come back to us. One 1,000... Shh! I heard something. I hear something. Oxygen! She's back. Why stop us? Something very strange happened today. That's why? Listen. There was this girl, Winnie Hicks. In elementary school we made fun of her. On the train someone called my name. She was there, still only 10 years old. Maybe you hallucinated. Something triggered by guilt... Something triggered by guilt... I wasn't asleep. I've seen odd things from my past too. I suspected brain damage. Yours probably is. Turn that off. It's personal. I've been haunted by images of women that I secretly videotaped. They're members of Joe Hurley's video library. They're members of Joe Hurley's video library. You what?! What about you, Nelson? Who's come looking for you? I think his name's Billy Mahoney. He's eight years old. We used to pick on him. No big deal. Yeah? What about your face? Sometimes he gets carried away. Sometimes he gets carried away. Wait a minute. Wait! I understand Dave nodding off on the train, and pervert having flashbacks. But you're saying he touches you?! That's not possible! Isn't it? It's too weird. Weird?! We've experienced death. Somehow we brought our sins back physically, and they're pissed. When did you know this? I had suspicions after Joe. Before I went? Before she went? Christ! We're doctors, scientists! Call yourself a scientist? It's reckless, immoral and unethical to withhold findings. Rachel Mannis may have the answers to life and death. She was under for five minutes! If she walks out of there with those answers, the whole world will worship her... ..just like you do. You should've told us, Nelson. You wouldn't have done it. We'd have had a choice! We're fucked. (Knocks) Are you all right? (Shakily) I'm OK. I'm OK. I said I was fine! You guys going to watch me?! (Laughs) Come on, Billy Mahoney. Come on! Give it your best shot. I dare you. I fucking dare you. MAN: Look around. As the Favourites come out, it begins. Observing with an eagle eye. Mastering the art of stashing. Oh, brilliant move, Gran! Cadbury Favourites. (INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT) VOICEOVER: Oh, he hasn't heard! Checked baggage is included to Aussie. Plus food and entertainment on your own device. As it should be. Book now at virginaustralia.com. * Things from our past want revenge? I don't know. I'm not sure how it works. But if you see anything, talk to me about it. Whatever it is, tell the doctor. I'll be right outside. Is it people who we've hurt or wronged somehow? Did something happen? Is there something to talk about? No. Try to get some rest. How's she doing? She's hiding something. Any heebie-jeebie stuff? And Nelson? How should I know?! It's just important we keep each other informed. Yeah, I'm sorry. Take off, I'll stay. You OK? Yeah. I'm sorry. Sorry. No! Stop! We'll get you, Billy Mahoney. No! Stop it! No! No! Nelson, no! (Screams) No! How you doing? I'm late. Wait. Where are you going? I must talk to her. Talk to who? Good morning, Rachel. No. No! No! I wanted to tell her the voices were wrong. There's nothing beautiful. You've got to accept losing them. But I was wrong. (Chant) # Three, six, nine, the goose drank wine # The monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line # Line broke, the monkey got choked # And they all went to heaven in a little rowboat # Clap-clap, clap-clap... # You look like you're enjoying the day. Yeah, right. Don't you remember me, Joe? Yes, of course. Are you a model? You could be. I've got to go. I'm not picking you up. I just picked you out. Would you like a drink? No, thanks. I'll call you this weekend. I'm in the book. Hey, gorgeous! Who are you? What you doing? Some crazy girl... I know you. Would you like to? We don't have to do anything. We'll just hold each other. I'll call you, I promise. I'm tired of playing the field. We can stop whenever you want. It'll only make our relationship better. I've never felt like this before. I'm tired of playing the field. Of course I respect you. Stop whenever you want. Joe! Joey! Joseph! Call whenever you want. SHOW me that you love me. You're not real! Anne, is that you?! Is that really you? You sounded so upset on the phone, I took the bus down. What a great surprise. How long have you been here? Long enough to see your tapes. Oh, my God! Worst part is, you'll think I'm leaving because you slept with those girls. Those women meant nothing to me. I wish they had. If you had cared for any of them, I could've fought them. But to film those girls without them knowing... Those women trusted you. What kind of marriage can we have when you don't understand trust? It's not like that! Yes, it is. Hello, Mrs Earl R. Hicks? Yeah, do you have a daughter, Winnie, about 26 years old? You do?! Great. I'm David Labraccio. I was in school with Winnie. My parents still live there. Fine. Listen, I'd like to get in touch... Right. OK. Do you have her address? Thank you very much. Jesus! Looks as bad as it feels, huh? I'll take a look? It's all right. How's Rachel doing? She doesn't have the answers to life and death. Where are you going? Bensonville. Could I go? It's a two-hour drive. Look, I don't want to be alone. Today we're going to remove the left kidney and dissect the lower intestines. Remove the ascending colon from the transverse colon. Proceed to the sigmoid colon and the appendix. Remove the appendix, noting the blood supply... Where are you going? Are you OK? I'll be fine if everyone stops asking! The urethra opening... You crazy? Yeah. She's got heebie-jeebies? I'm spooked! Failing med school won't get Anne back! LOUD CRASH Mannis! I'll handle this. Back to work or suffer the consequences. This must be it. Seems Winnie did well. She probably won't even remember you. It's worth a shot. Coming? No. Listen, if anything happens, if you need me, honk the horn. OK. Ring, ring, ring. Dave, you should have sent a letter. Hello? Anybody home? Hi. Is your mother home? Coming! Go in the house. Yes? Can I help you? Ah, yeah. I think you can. You're Winnie Hicks, aren't you? From Clairemont. Yes. I'm David Labraccio. We went to S.P. Butler together. Really? I was smaller then. I drove up from the city. Hi! Hello. I'm nice. He's nice. We're both lunatics. Can I come in, please? Gotta hand it to you, Dave. You got guts. * Wow, this is great. You've done well for yourself. Well, it isn't medical school. I never liked school anyway. Wasn't very good at it. I'm surprised you remember me. I do remember you. I also remember how we treated you then. You were shy. I was a real jerk. I wanted to say I'm sorry. What are you talking about? That was so long ago. I don't remember. Let's not dredge up that stuff. Sheri, go inside. However we made you feel, it was wrong. We were wrong. Go on in. I have a family now. I haven't been that ugly little girl in some time. You were never ugly. Why did you come here? (Screams) David! Help! We were just kids. I know how kids are. It didn't mean anything. I didn't mean to come here... Winnie? Are you all right? I'm fine, Ben. Everything's OK. I'm fine, Ben. Everything's OK. OK. I'm sorry I've made you feel bad. I didn't want to hurt you again. I'll go. David. Thank you. Are you sure? Thanks. Shit! (Yells) David! David! Help! David! (Laughs) No! Nelson! Oh, Jesus! Aaah!! Nelson! Nelson! Nelson! Stop it, Nelson! Stop! Stop it! Where's Billy Mahoney?! There is no Billy. There's no one here. We're alone. Let go! Where the hell have you guys been? She freaked in class. How are you doing? I'm fine. Fine for somebody who keeps seeing her father who's been dead for 20 years. Death is beautiful? What a bunch of crap. How are you doing, Nelson? OK? Thank you for the nightmare. Everyone was so eager to jump on my coat-tails. Welcome aboard. You withheld information. That's lying. I'm sorry you're so upset. That's lying. I'm sorry you're so upset. It's not just you at risk! STECKLE: It's unnatural. Shut up! You haven't risked a thing! Screw yourself! This is not helping! We're in this together. No. Wait. Isn't she so independent! When I'm in trouble, I don't drag everybody down. What happened to you? You got caught with your videotapes down? You swore at a little girl in a playground! You're dreaming about Daddy! I'm sorry. You've never known anything about me, Nelson. You've never known anything about me, Nelson. But Dave does, doesn't he! Come on, they're your sins! Live with them - I do. You want to see death, do you? Look! It IS beautiful! Do you want to hurt her too? Do you? Help him find Billy Mahoney. JOE: How will that help? Just find him! Don't leave him alone. WHY DO WE WANT TO FIND BILLY MAHONEY?! Because young Doctor Dave thinks he's solved our karmic problems. Atonement, gentlemen. STECKLE: Atonement? Wait a minute! Jesus, you're always running away from me. Why don't you talk to me? My father shot himself when I was five. And you feel responsible? There was this door and I wasn't supposed to go in. I guess, somehow... Kids always feel responsible. You're not to blame. You said people you wronged want revenge. I don't know if this will help... Going to see Winnie Hicks... I don't know how to explain it, but... ..it lifted... Somehow, just asking for forgiveness... Winnie Hicks is alive, my father is dead. Rachel, your father is in a good place. He wants you to let him go. Then why is he back? VOICEOVER: Domino's is the official pizza of summer, and now with our new Garlic Bread Crust, it's even tastier. Oozing with garlic and herb butter, it's delicious to the last bite. Add it for just $3.99 extra at Domino's. * Here. JOE: Where the hell are we? Shouldn't we get you to hospital? Nelson! (Chuckles) This is a short cut. I can't believe I remember all of this. Holy shit! The neighbourhood's fallen apart. Nelson, give me the keys! Nelson! (Sings) Step on the crack Break your mother's back... WHAAAAAAAA! DOG SNARLS Olly olly oxenfrey! Last one over's a rotten egg! Come on, boys! Salvation's just ahead. This is the graveyard. Nelson! Where the fuck are you, Nelson? This isn't funny anymore. It never was. Where the hell are you? Right here. This is where Billy lives. Wake up, you little shit! You've got company. Want to know how I knew he was here? I put him here. JUMP, MAHONEY! Stop, or I'll do it! NO! (Boys laugh) NO! (Cackles hideously) Please stop! No! Yaaaah! (Screams) No! (Shrieks) H-E-L-P! I was taken away from my family when I was nine. I was sent to reform school. I THOUGHT I'D PAID MY DUES! It was an accident. Let's go home. OK? Dave's right... (Laughs)..I can still make amends. STECKLE: How? Nelson? Joe, I've got to borrow your car. Nelson! Nelson! Wait! MOTOR STARTS UP Oh, my God! LOUD KNOCK Rachel! Nelson freaked out. Joe and Steckle are stranded. Will you be all right alone? Yeah. DOOR CREAKS MUSICAL BOX PLAYS (Sobs) Daddy! Rachel? Sweetheart! (Sobs) I'm sorry! Will you forgive me? Will you ever forgive me? Oh, my Daddy! Billy Mahoney died 17 years ago. Nelson feels responsible. Where did he go? He wants to make amends. You can't if somebody's dead. He might flatline without us. That's suicide. PHONE RINGS David? No...it's Nelson. Where are you? David's out trying to find you. Rachel, I... I wanted to say I was sorry. Please tell David I'm sorry for getting any of you involved in this. No, none of that matters now. (Laughs despairingly) Rachel, EVERYTHING matters! Everything we do matters. That's why I'm going under again. Nelson, please wait. Goodbye, Rachel. Where are you? I'm really sorry. Nelson, please wait! * It's punishment for our arrogance. Save it. If I'd flatlined, my 350 pound babysitter would be chasing me with her stolen sandwich. Here, Billy Mahoney. Come on! (Groans) Aaaaoooh! Shit! GAS HISSES BILLY: I'm going to get you! ECG MACHINE BLEEPS WILDLY Oh, God! Heartbeat down to 78! Potassium - he used potassium! Oh, Christ! OK. Let's go - electrodes. Plug him in! 300. CLEAR! YOUNG NELSON: No! Nothing. Go again! Clear! Nothing. No! (Laughs) Up to 360. Clear! Nothing! I can't hear anything. He called me - it's been over nine minutes. All right, let's intubate. One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000. Breathe! I can't - the trachea's too tight. Try again. One 1,000, two 1,000... ..three 1,000, four 1,000, five 1,000. Breathe! Come on, Nelson. No, Billy! No, Billy! NO! Get him! No! Again! Two 1,000, three 1,000... ..four 1,000, five 1,000. Breathe! Nothing. 80 degrees. Four milligrams of atropine. Four. One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000, four 1,000... Breathe! David. Atropine intratracheal. Come on. Atropine intratracheal. Come on. That is a truckload! Come on, Nelson! Come back. Come on, come on, Nelson! Come on! Come on, Nelson. Come on! He's been dead 10 minutes. One 1,000... Bretylium. No, he's dead. No blood pressure. Epi-intracardial? No! Just do it! YOUNG NELSON: NO! (Laughs) Stop! No! Yeah! Don't do it, Billy! Don't! I'M SORRY! NO! NO! AAAAAARRRGH! AAAAAAARRRRGH! DAVE: Starting CPR! One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000. It's been 12 minutes. He is dead! ..five 1,000. BREATHE! Again! One 1,000, two 1,000, three 1,000... Dave, we lost him! NO! Son of a bitch! Stop it! NO! NO! NO! Stop it, David! (Thumps) NO! DAVID, STOP IT! DAVID! DAVID! Let him go. We are all responsible for this. Maybe we deserve this. No! It's not fair and it's not right! Sorry, God. I'm sorry we stepped on your territory. I'M SORRY! Isn't that enough? Apparently not. I'll call the police. I could hear it in his voice on the phone. Nelson felt he deserved to die. Bullshit! It was a mistake! He was just a little kid. And he doesn't deserve to die! ALL: No! CRASH OF ELECTRODES DAVE: Come on, Nelson! Come on, come on, Nelson, come on! Clear! Get that away! Oh, my God! I've got a pulse. We've got him! Pick up the beat. Easy, easy - don't rush him. God! Come on, Nelson! Pick up the beat. Don't rush him. That's it! That's it! That's it! Oh, my God. Hail Mary and all that stuff. Thank you, Jesus. Hi, Nelson. Don't try to talk. I'll tape this, guys. Take it easy. He said... He said it wasn't such a good day to die. Hey - thank you. Copyright 1992 Australian Caption Centre Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2019