John, 316 (2020) - full transcript

I remember the first
time I knew I was crazy.

I was ten years old and I'd hear
voices.

People telling me to do
things.

Not bad things.
Mostly good things.

Pick up your garbage, clean your
room, don't drink that paint.

I told my parents about it and they took
me to a "special doctor" they called it.

I remember feeling really happy because
it was the first time in my life

I was considered special.

The doctor made me feel
very comfortable as he told that

all I needed to do was trust
him and he'd take care of me.

He was a very nice man.



The
psychiatrist told my parents

that I had schizophrenia and some
other things I can't remember.

It was the best
thing that ever happened to me.

I've been here for 87 years,
22 months,

three weeks and five days.

This is my home now...

and I've tried to make friends
with as many of you as possible.

Like "smoking
guy" and "boobs"

- Hi, I'm Abby.
- Ada Sawyer, Nice to finally meet you.

I hope I'm
not interrupting.

The nurse at the front
desk said I should go right in.

Oh, that's fine.
We're just wrapping up here.

Did you get
settled in alright?

Actually I just got here. I left
my suitcase by the front desk.



OK. Well when we're finished here
we'll head over to the next building

and we'll
give you the tour.

Thank you for
sharing your story Bentley...

Changes every time!

and thank you all for welcoming
Renton to our little home here.

Please do everything you
can to make him feel welcome.

Not inside,
Grayson.

I think that's all for now.
If anyone wants to speak alone

you can come to my
office. I'll be in all day.

Patients have three
scheduled square meals every day

and a snack in the evening.
Over there is the dispensary.

Patients usually line up for
their medications after lunch.

Every patient has at least one
responsibility around the hospital

whether it's cleaning an area,
taking out the garbage

taking care of the garden
or organizing board games.

Having something in their care, I believe,
gives them purpose in a positive way.

Hey, Sawyer! We've
got a new patient out front.

OK. Tell them
I'll be right there.

Knighten. Ms. Albright is here
and needs the lay of the land.

Would you mind
giving her the tour?

I would be
happy to... Ms. Albright.

What?

I will check
in with you later.

Please let me know if you have
any questions... or concerns.

- Please, don't hesitate...
- Thank you so much

She is a jealous little minx,
isn't she?

Come on...

So, Abby,
do you like gin?

You seem like a gin
and tonic kind of girl to me.

I'm a beer and
whiskey man myself

although the occasional rum, vodka,
wine, champagne, and absinthe

sneaks into my system
every once in a while, but

you know,
I could down some gin.

I'm more of a do my job and stay
hydrated kind of girl, actually.

I bet you are! With that figure,
I mean.

I'm just messing with you, Albright.
I think you're gonna love it here.

We are a good group
of people who like to party.

The patients
are good folk too.

They send the violent
ones to the fort or down south.

Doesn't make them
any less crazy though.

Mentally handicaped!

Of course,
sorry.

Doesn't make them
any less handicapped.

Here's your juice, buddy.
It's good to have you here.

I'm Knighten.
What brings ya in?

- Power lines talk to me.
- Of course, bud.

You're right. Handicapped
sounds so much better.

Hi there new girl.

- Whoa. OK there.
- Great to meet you.

Give it back,
Anne-Marie.

Sorry, new girl, but I
can't help it. I'm a klepto.

Um,
that's quite alright.

Anne-Marie,
you are not a kleptomaniac.

Am so! I can't control
it. Athena said I could be.

See!

OK, we're
gonna talk about this later.

Misty. How many times do I gotta
tell you? You've gotta eat.

I don't want it.

You never want it.

You don't want to get fed
through the tubes again, do you?

Come on.

If you let me feel your arms,
I'll eat.

- Well, uh...
- Well?

Do you want
me to eat or not?

OK,
Just...

OK, but you and lamb-lamb have
to eat the whole piece of chicken

or this isn't
happening again.

- Wasn't that kind of...
- Endearing?

Inappropriate?

Girl's got a crush on me. And if you can think
of a better way to get her to eat, well

I'm all ears.

You can feel them
too if you want? My Tricep.

No.

In this hallway we
have the patient rooms.

The most important one
here is the break room. Shiela.

And right here we
have the peace room

where the patients go if
they cause a disturbance.

Ed,
you were doing so well.

He's been going through
a lot of withdrawls lately.

But he would have made a great
drinking buddy back in the day, so...

Well, look who
it is. My newest employee.

- Hi, Jack.
- How are you getting along so far?

Great, so far,
thanks.

Well don't thank me,
thank Kurt.

- I'll be sure to do that.
- Wonderful.

- Hello, umm...
- Knighten, Sir, again.

Knighten. I'm sorry,
I've forgotten. Yes, of course.

We're just so busy with
our bi-annual inspection here.

This is my good
friend Chris Stauder.

Well his reputation
certainly precedes him.

Mr. Richman. Ms. Albright.

Isn't hiring more nurses a little
counterproductive to what you're

trying to do around
here Jack? No offense.

Well Ada says she's keeping
it as low as possible, but

I'll explain it
later. This one's on me.

- Let's move on, shall we?
- Of Course. Carry on soldiers.

Knighten. Abby.

So there's a ton of buildings on the grounds
that you will go in and out of a lot.

There's the staff
quarters right there, and...

Grayson! Not on the grass,
buddy.

We tried to do away with the
smoking and it did not go well.

- I see that.
- Yeah.

Well we don't do a lot of
things by the book here, but

sometimes that's not
what the patient needs.

And that is the former
home for the criminally insane.

Shut down in 1985.
The patients are terrified of it

but it is an excellent place to
make out if you ever feel the need.

No? No? OK. Fair enough.

And this is your
cell. I mean your room.

You know after not paying rent for a
couple of months you will be shocked

how much money you save.

Kinda reminds me of Summer camp,
you know?

Living away from civilization
with a bunch of cool people...

- Never went to Summer camp.
- OK, so, deprived childhood.

Knighten, do you mind if I get settled in.
It's been a long day.

Of course,
of course. Settle in.

I want you to feel right at
home. We're all buds here.

Speaking of which, the staff and I
kind of have this Monday night ritual

where we loosen up while
the patients are in movie night.

A little...

I mean we're not going to have any Gin
there but you're welcome to come join us.

- I don't drink at work.
- Good! Cause you'll be off by then.

- Yay! Summer camp for Abby!
- Knighten... I asked for some privacy.

- You mind?
- OK. Jeez. Claws away.

8 o'clock
tonight. See you then.

- Hey guys, how are you doing today?
- Just rosy, Ada, thanks for asking.

Found another fella
walking around town. This one...

- Butt naked!
- Lovely...

What's his name?

No name. We didn't
get a hit on his fingerprints

and we're sending
his picture out, but no hits.

Nice guy. I think he's got a screw loose.
Figured we'd just bring him by.

Hairy as a pair of gopher
balls I can tell you that.

- Good thing Red had an old sheet in the
- I will alert Athena. We'll run a full a

Three...
Two... One...

Three... Two... One...

Three. Two. One...

Three! Two! One!

- Three!
- What ya doing Ed?

My brother's
coming to visit.

This is what mom always did
when she wanted us to do stuff.

She'd count down.
Three... Two... One...

Well that is a
novel approach Ed, but, uh

everyone knows you
have to count down from five.

Five? I've gotta
count down from five?

Five. Four.
Three. Two. One!

Ed, your brother's been here
an hour. He's waiting in the gazebo.

That's not right, man! It's not
right to fool a fella like that!

Oh, come on, Ed. I think I saw
a smile. That's right.

So, John? Is it
alright if I call you John?

- Are you from around here, Joh
- No.

Do you have family?

Ready for work,
Ada.

Just in time,
beautiful.

John Doe,
huh?

Our standard procedure is to call a new patient
John or Jane Doe if their real names aren't known.

They're
non-offensive names.

Yeah,
I know.

We've run all the standard medical tests on him.
There appear to be no real physical problems.

A little hungry,
but otherwise healthy.

We'll just have to
wait on Athena's analysis.

Thank you, John. It was
really nice meeting you today.

I think you'll enjoy it here while
we figure out your situation.

Thank you.

Knighten here will take you
up to your room now. Room 316.

Alright,
let's go big guy.

He wishes not to be medicated.
Something about it not being his fathers will.

I'll need more time with
him to see what's prudent.

- Hi'ya Rog.
- How ya doin, Eddie?

- You feeling OK?
- You know how it is.

Yeah...

Listen,
I'm sorry Eddie.

I've been there.

Maybe not here,
exactly, but anyways.

Look I know you're jonesing,
OK? I got you a little present.

Shit man.

- You always think about me.
- Yeah.

Hi fellas! Bill
Johnson. I'm crazy.

- Bill Johnson. Totally crazy.
- Well you've come to the right place, ma

I love it!

Eddy,
Eddy? What the hell is that man?

- OK?
- Excuse me.

What are you...

You wanna know a secret?

I'm not crazy.

Is that so?

I'm serious.
I'm not crazy at all.

It's just an act.

Every criminal says they're innocent.
Every patient says they're sane.

Ya ever hear of
Stanfield and Sons?

No... Move over.

It's an
accounting firm in New York.

I've been an
executive there for 12 years.

Between that and my home life,
it can get a bit hectic at times.

- Enough to drive a man insane.
- There's more under you.

Every few years when I can't take it
anymore, I check myself in to a hospital.

I fake being crazy for a few
weeks to get away from it all.

So this is a
holiday for you?

I like the
structured atmosphere.

You stick to a schedule.
People take care of you.

They pity you.

You get to be the center of attention and
you don't have to worry about anything.

You can act out in any crazy way
you want and it doesn't matter.

You put on your little costume and
you play your little part in the act

but everytime you step out of
the house you're not you anymore.

The world's a stage and
you're the singing monkey.

But in prison you can
really do whatever you want.

Because, well, what does it matter?
You're already in prison!

So you wanna go
to prison? Is that it?

Prison where guards
wipe confetti off my ass, yeah!

I'm just here to give
you the best care possible.

The best care possible. Oh,
I like that.

How long have
you worked here?

About seven hours.

- So we're both new recruits?
- No. You're a patient. I'm a nurse.

- I'm really not crazy!
- Whatever you say.

OK... Bentley Murray?

You need to say their
first name and room number.

Some of the patients
don't respond to their names.

Bentley. Three
hundred and seven.

You gotta say three,
0, seven.

Three, 0,
seven.

No, no, no, no. You've
gotta say the whole thing.

Bentley. Three, 0,
seven.

Bentley. Three, 0,
seven.

That's me!

No...

No,
she didn't.

Stop. You're being rude.

What
happened to the red ones?

You don't need those anymore.
You've got blue ones now.

- Will they give me superpowers?
- Only one way to find out.

No. X-ray vision doesn't work.
Maybe I have flame throwing powers.

Test it outside.

Right,
yes. Yes.

So. Who's next?

John,
316.

OK. It just says NA beside his name.
I guess that means he doesn't get any meds?

Nah. That probably just means
they haven't diagnosed him yet.

- Sorry John. No meds for you today
- Shouldn't we mention that to Athena?

I mean maybe she prescribed something
and just didn't write it down.

I wouldn't worry about
it. We'll talk to her tomorrow.

If it's a mistake. The earlier
we correct it, the better.

It's not a big deal.
He can go one day without meds.

Depending on his condition,
it's not a very good idea.

Abby...

Sometimes you
just have to let it go.

I agree... I will make sure to talk to
Athena about his med chart tomorrow.

Hurry
up. I'm gonna beat you.

Come on it's
drinking night. Let's go!

Who's that guy?

It's the guys brother.

Whose brother?

The cop guy. The main guy.

- Why's he digging through his desk like that?
- Shut up, Bentley!

I'll tell you later,
OK?

No. I gotta get up.

I gotta get
up. Gotta get up.

No. Why's he going
through his desk like that?

I don't get that
character's objective.

The movie
doesn't make sense!

Fill it up. Fill it up.

- Alright, don't be shy. Dig in.
- Yeah.

Cheers!

Abby... You came.

You invited her?

Why not?
She's one of us now.

Here, you can have the one
with the little hula girl on it.

I don't want one.
I just came to say hi.

OK. More for me.

What are you doing?

Hitting the TV won't
do anything. It's the tape.

Don't hit it.
You'll break it.

Oh,
great! Now you turned it off.

- Turn the movie back on. Turn it on!
- I said shut up, Bentley.

NO! I wanna
watch the movie.

Shut your mouth
and quit being a freak!

I wanna watch a movie. I just
want to watch a movie. I want...

Calm down,
buddy, alright.

- NO!
- Bentley...

May the grace of the
lord flow through you, Bentley.

Be calm.

- Uh, what?
- Be calm. Peaceful.

OK.

- About time.
- Thanks, new guy.

Here's to...
Here's to Abby.

- OK. Abby.
- Yeah.

-Is he a wizard?

- No, he's one of those idiots who thinks
- Yeah, thinks he's Jesus.

There's one in
every hospital...

- He looks like Jesus.
- He looks like a homeless person.

I think he's just crazy.

Well,
we're all crazy.

What if he
really is Jesus?

- He's not Jesus!
- Yeah, he's just like you, Bentley.

Let's make
him walk on water.

You know,
if you're really Jesus...

You'll prove it.
If you're really God...

Turn this pop into
wine. Like in the bible.

It's water into wine,
sweetheart, not pop into wine.

Don't call me sweetheart!

I'm not God.
I am merely his vessel.

Yeah, OK,
whatever Jesus? Just do it.

You can't come in here claiming to be
sent by God and expect us to believe you.

You know you're not the
first guy to make that claim.

Now do it!
Turn that into wine.

- Another?
- Sure.

Is anyone
watching the patients?

- Uhh
- Should someone be?

And. And the bible
and the devil and

Craziest
thing I ever saw.

Seriously crazy shit,
man I don't know he did it!

Shut up all of you!

What the hell's
going on? Knighten!

Check it out.
Look what the new guy did.

- It's whiskey, shh...
- Yeah, I can see that.

Where'd you get it?

- Word is God. Word is God. Water into wine.
- Sit. Sit here, OK? Deep breath with me.

- That means everything in the bible is real!
- In... Out... In... Out...

- Bentley, Shut up or I'll kill you!
- Anne-Marie, stop it.

The new guy said he was Jesus,
so then we told him to prove it

so then we gave him a cup of pop
and then he turned it into alcohol.

Hey,
John. Come here a sec.

Is this yours?

Did you do this?

All things are
possible with enough faith.

- Right...
- OK. Movie night is finished.

Everyone
back to your rooms.

Come on.
You heard me. Let's go!

OK everyone, you heard her...
Let's go back to our rooms.

So,
what do we do?

I don't suppose it would help to
explain that changing pop into whiskey

is a
physical impossibility.

Athena, could this event have a
negative effect on their wellbeing?

Oh,
I don't think so.

Abby? You have
something to say?

I think we should nip
this in the bud. Right now.

We can't have them believing in
some kind of collective delusion.

That's not healthy.

It's our job to deal with people whose
grasp on reality may be loose at best.

Ignoring the situation or denying it
happened isn't a way to gain their trust.

I say we just wait.

Let's see how this
effects the patients.

If anyone starts talking
about it, don't be judgemental.

Ask them what
they think about it.

Get them to consider alternate theories.
Most of all just be open-minded.

Also,
Knighten...

I'm well aware of your
little Monday night ritual.

I let it slide before but it's
best if you put a stop to it...

for now.

I also think that's best.

Of course you do.

Well,
thanks to John's little miracle

the one bit of fun we had during
the week just went up in smoke.

Oh, come on. You can still go into
town on your days off and drink.

- Looks like he's got a few disciples already.
- Don't encourage them.

- Hi Knighten.
- Hey gorgeous.

What's going on guys?

Well. He's like for real
Jesus and he's really smart.

He's not Jesus, you dummy. He's
John... He's super smart though.

He's been
teaching us all sorts of stuff.

Like what?

Like how, you know, if we have
enough faith, we can do anything.

Like we can heal
ourselves and stuff.

That we have
everything we need inside of us.

That's what you said,
right?

Is that so?

Well isn't that wonderful?

You guys should probably head inside
though. It's almost time for lunch.

- Bye, Knighten.
- Good bye, honey.

I understand your concern Abby,
but this isn't the first time

we've had a patient
claiming to be Jesus.

As long as he's not harming
himself or the other patients

I don't think
it's a big issue.

I don't think he should wear
the robe. It just confuses them.

They're looking at him like he's
some kind of leader to follow.

They should be listening
to the staff, not the patients.

Tell you what...

I will have Athena speak to the
patients in their one-on-one sessions.

If she feels the situation is
unhealthy I will put a stop to it, OK?

What? What's funny?

You are funny.

And stunning. And just
as crazy as the rest of us.

Hey? Think you can
do me a favor tomorrow?

For you,
Albright, anything.

I'm busy, Kurt, I can't just be at your
disposal whenever you feel like it.

I don't know!
I'll call you when I'm free.

Ready to go?

- Anything else on the docket?
- Nope. That's it. Thanks again.

I am at your
service m'lady.

So,
why don't you drive?

It's a long story. I don't
really want to talk about it.

Well now I'm intrigued.

What are we doing?

We are getting a drink.

- Uhh, we are?
- Yup.

Because we both have the day off tomorrow
and you owe me for driving you into town.

So we've done your
thing and now we do my thing.

See the thing about
having an asshole for a husband

is that the divorce process
can take up a lot of your time

and cause you a
lot of undue stress.

So that's why you
are the way you are.

- Are you making fun of me?
- A little bit.

Please,
continue.

- Do you know what he did?
- No. Tell me.

Sued. Me. For. Alimony...

Seriously?

I like this guy already.

Yeah. You guys would get
along great. I'll introduce you.

So. Are you, like,
his sugar momma now or?

His family's super rich.
They own Northern Hope.

Jack Peterborough.
It's his dad.

But Kurt doesn't have a job.
He's been a bum for two years now.

I supported us.

His family
doens't give him money?

Cut him off. Years ago.

And now he's living in
the house that I am paying for

and I have to
deal with his bullshit.

So what does this have to do
with you not being able to drive?

I went out one night with some girlfriends.
Tried to get my mind off of things.

- Had a few drinks and...
- You got pulled over.

Yeah...

Because I hit the cop car.

Yeah it's really funny. Do you know
how hard it is to get a nursing job

with that on your record?

- Well thank God your father
in law hooked you up.

- EX!
- Ex...

I'm sorry, I just have a hard
time picturing you doing that.

You know,
little Miss Straight-lace.

What did you call me?

Oh,
don't lie. You know it's true.

Another round?

Yeah. We'll
have another round.

- OK. Last one
- OK.

Sarah! Make
that two more each.

OK...

I just don't
think it's a problem.

It gives the patients something to do and it
makes their lives a little more interesting.

I don't know.

I just think you need
to be more open to things.

What makes
you such an expert?

See, that's just it. I am
not an expert. I am just a nurse

who, albeit, devilishly handsome, won't
pretend that he knows anything really.

Shut up. Drunkie.

Come on. Get up.

Hey. Do you
believe in heaven?

Get up.

Come on. Lie down.

I'm not laying down.
What if somebody sees you?

Fine.

Amazing aren't they?

Just magic up there.

Is it?

Here I thought it was just a bunch
of electrically charged particles

entering the
Earth's atmosphere.

- Professor Albright.
- It's common knowledge.

That's just what
you've been told.

How do you
really know that?

I don't think any of
us really know anything.

Just because you don't know
something doesn't mean it's not true.

Yeah,
that's what I'm saying.

Hmm, listen. We're educated
people living in the 20th century

we actually
know stuff now.

- We're advanced.
- Yeah, OK.

Just keep
telling yourself that.

We're advanced...

So, he just kinda finishes the beer and
then just throws up.

- Shh, you're gonna wake everybody up.
- You are louder than I am.

This... I'm down this way.

Good night.

Abby?

What?

I left my keys at the bar.

So,
umm...

Come. Come on.

Hi,
Abby. Good morning.

I'm sorry to
disturb you on your day off.

Janaki is kind of sick. Do you
mind doing her rounds for her?

Yeah. Sure. No problem.

Thank you so much.

- Well that was close.
- No kidding.

I think you'd
better get dressed.

I see how it is.
Just use me and toss me out.

Hey, let's keep this quiet, OK?
I don't think we were supposed to do that.

Yeah, yeah,
yeah, I know the drill.

I thought you left
your keys at the bar.

Oh,
I guess I didn't.

John
says it's wrong to be selfish

and winning money
is kinda like being selfish.

The power lines tell
me John wouldn't do that.

Guys. What's going on?

Hanging out. Problem,
new girl?

OK...

John is sick.

He's not Jesus. He doesn't have magical
powers. He can't predict the future.

We know he's
not Jesus. He's John.

If he's lying how
does he know all this stuff?

It's not hard to gather an impression
of someone based off observations.

Psychics do it all the
time. It's called cold reading.

Cold reading.
Now you're making stuff up.

John doesn't
make stuff up.

Well alls I know is that John's helping
me way more than your stupid blue pills.

OK. If you think you can keep
eating properly and stay in good spirits

we can start
taking you off your meds.

But we're going to be
keeping a close eye on you.

She's taking
me off the meds!

OK,
who's gonna go next?

Me!

Forget it, Bentley, they'll
never take you off of your meds.

No. John said we
could have anything we need.

That faith and
inspiration can heal anything.

OK! I'll go next!

We got a pool going
on when he'll be back.

Do you want in?

I'm saying 14 days.

- That's dispicable.
- OK, ease up.

It's just that Ed's been in and
out of here so often, you know...

Kurt...

Abby.

So,
how you been?

Good, you know.
I'm dating somebody now.

Oh yeah,
what does she do?

What's that matter?

Fine... Whatever...

So, how's the new job?
Dad really hooked you up, huh?

I'm handling it.

Working with
the nutcases again.

You would say that.

I've got a new patient,
John.

He thinks he's Jesus.

He's got the patients convinced that
they can heal themselves without meds.

If the psychiatric
board found out. Yikes...

Yeah.... That would suck.

So I've got something that I
wanna run by you. Like a proposal.

OK.

Lawyers are expensive so I'd
like to keep this between us.

You just give me that house and
you don't have to owe me shit.

No alimony,
nothing.

Don't laugh at me. I'm not the one that
crashed my car drunk and got fired.

At least I had a job,
Kurt.

That's how I was able to pay the
down payment and pay the mortgage.

You didn't
pay for anything.

You haven't lived there in months.
And now you live where you work

and you don't
have to pay rent.

The only reason you got that job
is because my dad pities you, Ab.

That's pathetic. That's worse
than not even having a job.

That's a lie Kurt.

You're not
getting the house.

Look, my lawyers say that I have a good
case and you have a criminal record

that makes you look bad,
which is the reason we split up.

You know damn
well why we split up.

Just give me the house and you
don't ever have to see me again.

I intend to keep the house
and still never see you again.

So that's a no to my deal?

Yeah, Kurt,
that's a no to your deal.

OK. Well then I
guess we'll go to court.

Attention
all orderlies and staff

please report to the staff
room after dinner. That is all

I got a phone call this morning and the
board wants the old hospital cleaned.

They
actually called us.

They're gonna
start using it again?

They were vague on the details but
we're not here to ask questions.

We're here to do our jobs.

I am not cleaning that
place. That place is filthy.

I say we allow
the patients to clean it.

In return they would get a reward.
Perhaps a trip into town.

They're not
going in there.

They're
terrified of that place.

I'm sure we could convince them to do it.
It would be very good for them

to accomplish
something like this together.

We'll bring it up
with them in the morning.

Northern Hope.
How can I help you?

Northern Hope...

Who the hell is this?

Hey.

What?

All patients are in
their rooms all accounted for.

Where were you?

I was in the bathroom.

So,
somebody's in there, huh?

Yeah I keep getting these really
weird phone calls at my station.

The phone company
said it's coming from in there.

OK,
so what?

So are you going in there?

I'm
not going in there.

Alright...
I'll call the police.

Here's your problem. This line's
been functional all this time.

Something finally short circuited
and the phone started dialing.

It's a direct line
to the main building.

It's just a
strange coincidence.

Freaky. But
noone's down here.

OK, great. Maybe I can still convince
the patients to clean this place.

There is no way in hell
that I'm going in that place.

It was just a mechanical problem.
Nothing supernatural about it.

Evil spirits can control electronical
equipment and shadow people and stuff.

There's no evil spirits or shadow
people in the old hospital.

Then why did
the cops come?

- It was just a precaution.
- Against what?

For all we know there could have
been someone living in there.

There
was someone living in there?

They didn't find anyone.
There's nobody there. Human or otherwise.

It's just an old building.

Now we have to
get in there and clean it.

If we don't,
they could shut this place down.

You'd all be shipped off
somewhere and I guarantee you

it won't be as
nice as this place.

Now let's see a show of
hands who is coming with me

right now, to start
cleaning the old hospital.

You can't
make us go in there!

Is that so, Anne-Marie? Who
do you think is the boss here?

John's the boss!

Well, Daniel,
on these grounds I am god.

You can't say that!

If anyone has a problem, they'll be
spending the night in the peace room.

Stop angering
the power lines!

You're making God mad!

- Ah, Mrs. Sawyer maybe I can talk with them.
- I've got it under control Knighten!

Alright, if that's the way it's going to
be I will go call professional cleaners.

Hopefully they can get here before
the owners send us all packing.

As for the rest of you, no more TV
or games for the rest of the month.

And curfew is no longer
ten o'clock. It's eight o'clock.

This is total bullshit!

Maybe you guys should
have just offered to help clean.

We'd all be there.
It'd be the middle of the day.

What do you
think is gonna happen?

We'd all die
in there! DIE!

Bentley...

Come on.
Don't make me put you in the PR.

Jesus! I mean
John. Do something!

Can't you
calm Bentley down?

Yes,
I can.

John?

Great help he was.

Bentley,
buddy?

What's it gonna be?

Outside?

John! Hey, buddy,
where are you going?

There...

What are you
gonna do John?

Bentley,
do you have faith?

I... I don't know. Do I?

Do you have faith?

Yeah. Yes,
John, I have faith.

It is done.

Can you believe this guy?

Do you think it worked?

What's Bentley doing?

- Bentley, where are you going?
- Wait. Let's just see what he does.

I think he's
lost his mind.

Looks like the
demon's got him now.

Knighten, should we go in after
him before he hurts himself.

Just hold on.

John has done it! The evil spirits
are gone! Hallelujah and stuff!

- It's been exorcised. It's been cleaned.
- OK guys, I know we're all excited.

But if we just wait a second...

Good, good, what we got here?
Drugs. More drugs.

Hey, good job! Good, good,
good, good! Yes, yes, yes, yes!

- Good work, Renton.
- Thanks, John.

Well I guess I'll go
cancel the cleaning company.

How'd you
get them to do it?

Oh, it wasn't me. You can thank
our resident Lord and Savior.

You
didn't go to town either?

Everything OK?

I'm content the
others are enjoying themselves.

I need time to...

reflect.

Abby... Would
you sit with me?

Sure.

Well thank you ma'am!

If you ever need your cable fixed again
you give me a call, I'll swing right over.

Oh my god...

Where are you
going? They'll hear you.

So?

We can't keep
this thing secret forever.

There is a very serious
no staff fraternization policy.

Serious is a loose term.

Knighten...
You know I can't risk it.

OK. Well let me just show
you how sneaky I can be then.

Shh!

- You're being even louder...
- Shh, shh!

Abby...

- What?
- Athena just got fired.

- Just now?
- Yeah.

What's going
on? Athena was fired?

At least
she's got company.

Oh my god,
you too?

I'll be OK. Single
woman in her early 50's

I can start over.

What happened?
Just out of nowhere?

Jack came in this morning with some
speech about how I am incompetent

and how much
money I've been losing him.

They're bringing in a new administration
team. Good luck, Abigail...

I don't like men in
suits. They make me uneasy.

At least
they're not in lab coats.

Or trench coats.

Or invisible coats.

We should go talk to John.

He'll know what to do.

Good idea.

Here's your coffee.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

Well I underestimated you,
Abby.

Very nice power play.

Subtle,
but effective.

I guess Kurt can
be useful after all.

That was not
what I was trying to do.

It was dispicable
what was going on there.

Just because we're not a public
company doesn't mean that we can

ignore shareholders and run
the business into the ground.

I should have had my head examined
years ago for not doing something

about that place sooner.

That's the thing with government
subsidies, they make people lazy.

Pharmaceuticals
is big business...

and it is hard for investors to kick
in money when your doctors don't even

prescribe medication.

The board's been debating selling
the place for years, but some of us

me included, think it
looks good in our portfolio.

But my good nature
only extends to a certain point.

and Chris Stauder... He'll have that place
whipped into shape in no time, I'm confident.

- Jack...
- Look, don't worry about it.

It was bound to
happen sooner or later.

I mean come on, they've got some guy
claiming he's Jesus treating patients...

Talk about the
inmates taking over the asylum.

Some of the patients were benefitting
from going off their medication, Jack.

They were getting better.

Abby, you've been around long enough to know
that we make our money treating patients.

A patient who is
better isn't a patient anymore.

Hey Bill.

What's this?

That, my good man,
is the new asshole Director

turning this place
into even more of a prison.

I think my days
here are numbered.

Don't worry about it, B. They got
cameras around everywhere nowadays.

It's not the cameras that scare
me. It's who's watching them.

Time to get to work,
boys.

Everyone will have a private
interview with Dr. Lucas here.

He's a good
man. You'll like him.

And just so it doesn't
come as a complete surprise

most of you will be
going back on your meds.

Complain all you want. Our medication
will cure you of your problems,

not some ridiculous
patient using pseudoscience.

I know you all
have problems,

but I find it difficult to believe
that you all fell for this.

Turning water into wine
is a physical impossibility.

It wasn't water into wine,
stupid!

Soda into
whatever. It doesn't matter.

He tricked you. You were fooled.
He doesn't have magical powers.

And, let me tell you,
his so-called "helping you"

ends now...

You are here because
you need professional help

and we are
the professionals.

We know
what's best for you.

Hate us all you want, but your
well-being is our only concern.

And it has come to my attention
that some of you have been smoking

on the facility
grounds. That also ends now.

Interesting...

You have a
schizophrenic on thioridazine.

You took him off of it, and you
replaced it with... With what?

Nothing?

He wasn't responding
to the thioridazine, so

we attempted
alternative treatment methods.

Like what? The
healing power of God?

The patient in question was
showing signs of improvement.

According to this,
he's also showing signs

of physical
violence and hallucinations.

He was getting better...

Dr. Lucas.

And this John Doe who's clearly
showing signs of something

was never
prescribed any medication.

He was undiagnosed.

Well then you diagnose him. You
find out what the hell he's got.

That's what a
psychiatrist does.

This Athena whats-her-name
was clearly incompetent.

Just going through these files...
I'm surprised she was even licensed.

He was doing
well without medication.

How do you know that
when he was never given any?

Standard procedure
is to try a course of action,

monitor results, and determine if
a change of medication is needed.

- John...
- John doesn't know what's best for him.

John is not in
charge of his care.

John thinks he's Jesus-reincarnate
and clearly needs our help.

There are gonna be some major
changes around here, Ms. Albright.

Don't be offended if I
don't consult you on them.

So...

I'll take the third floor if you
two can take floors one and two, OK?

Why are you
doing the schedule?

Because she's the
new clinical coodinator.

It's not my choice,
OK?

ABBY!

- What's going on?
- They're trying to put John on drugs.

And they're saying that John
can't wear his robe anymore.

They might even
make him shave his beard!

No. NO! They've crossed too many
lines. They're going too far.

Everyone just calm down.

You could do something about it.
You're an important person now, right?

There's not
much I can do...

I'm in charge of the nursing
staff, not hospital policy.

What does it matter?

If John has to start taking medication,
shave the beard, and not wear the robe,

he's still the
same person.

You've hated John
since the day he showed up!

I have not hated John.

I just think
he needs help.

I'll see what
I can do... OK?

You just need more faith.

It's a new medication, Grayson.
It's supposed to help your lungs.

But you gotta
stop smoking too.

Bentley,
307.

How come there's
three blue pills instead of two?

They upped your dose.

- These feel heavier...
- Just take them, Bentley.

John,
316.

John... 316...

21, 22,
23... 23 chairs.

Tell me again how we're supposed
to do inventory on this shit

when we don't even
know what half of it's called?

I don't know man,
just guess. Doesn't matter.

I wonder how much we
can make selling this shit.

Selling it?
Great way to get fired.

Whoa...

What do you
wanna call that?

We have a great community.

The patients here are
very supportive of each other.

If you were to enroll your daughter
here, I am sure she would do just fine.

If she...

What are they
doing over there?

They're just... umm...

They're just engaging
in some self-help therapy.

Like I was saying, everyone here
is very supportive of each other.

It... Please!
Stop... Thank you.

As I was saying,
everyone does very well here.

Why don't we head inside?

John,
316

John! 316...

Come with me.

Here's your meds,
John.

Hmm?

I'll take that,
thank you!

There is going to be
a new rule around here.

Any patient not taking
their prescribed medication

will not be
receiving their meal.

Got it?

No meds,
no food!

Mr. Stauder. We aren't allowed
to withold food from patients.

Says who? You?

Take it up with Jack. He
gave me free reign around here.

Tell me how starving
him is supposed to help?

What are you
worried about?

He'll be hungry by dinner
and begging to take his meds.

- That's not...
- If you really care about this guy

you'll get him to take
his meds and get better.

Usually,
that's what nurses do.

Or you could just let him be
a crackpot the rest of his life.

You need to relax.

- He's gonna kill him.
- No, he's not.

Everyone just
needs to chill out.

Stauder's gonna realize that he
can't just not feed people and

John's gonna do
something for himself for once.

It's all gonna work out.

OK?

Hey... Can I
see you tonight?

Sure.

Misty. What happened?

You were doing so well.

You know you
were looking pretty hot.

I don't give a shit.

Do you wanna see my abs?

No. I hate this place now.

- Misty... Misty...
- Can you just leave me alone!

Come in.

Um... Mr. Stauder,
sir.

I saw something scary I
think I need to tell you about.

And then the
cop said Miranda rights...

Like Miranda...
The girl at the...

Oh that's
the joke. That's the joke.

Oh right 'cause her name was,
no, her name was Miranda.

- Right, right, that's good!
- I'm funny!

Because. I know you
are. What? I said it was funny.

I got it. I'm serious.

You're not serious.

You're never serious.

I'm serious
about some things.

Mr.
Richman. Ms. Albright.

I know you're in there...

Shit!

OK! Fun is over!

Back inside.

- But it's still free time...
- He said inside!

- Don't... Don't touch me.
- Inside.

It's out of my
hands Ms. Albright

and I do not need to
explain anything to you.

Just be thankful
that you still have a job.

The rules are very, very clear when
it comes to employee fraternization.

Be thankful an
exception is being made.

- John?
- Hi Abby.

Why won't you just
take your medication?

It's not
going to hurt you.

It is not
my father's will.

If that means I cannot eat,
then so be it.

I will not waiver.

- What can I do? I feel...
- Abby.

This isn't your fault.

You have no
reason to feel guilty.

Everything is OK.

I have everything I need.

I'll be fine...

and you will be too.

Ms. Albright! You are
needed out here immediately!

Hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey!

Get
off! Get off of him!

I'm gonna kill you!

I'll sue your
ass you greasy little weasel!

That was
my last cigarette!

You shouldn't
be smoking here!

If you wanted to smoke, maybe you
shouldn't have been locked up in here

like a nutjob!

I don't belong here!

I'm
here by mistake!

Shut up or both of
you are going to solitary.

Bill,
let's go to your room.

- Get him up!
- Let go of me!

I need a cigarette.

Well you're not
getting one. Now calm down.

- Something's wrong!
- Shut up!

- He's dying!
- He might be having a heart attack!

Someone call 9-1-1!

Everyone just relax!

Help me...

What do you think you're
doing? Get away from him!

Throw him in his room!

No one is
dying on my watch!

What's going on Bill?

They won't discharge me.

They won't let me go.

Lucas and
Stauder say I'm not ready.

But then I saw Grayson smoking
behind the building and I thought

If I'm going to be locked
up in here, he should too right?

So I squashed
his last cigarette.

They
have to let me go...

You wanna know something?

I am crazy.

I don't, uhh... I don't work
for a company in New York.

I mean I did...

But one day I had a...

I don't know.

They called it
a... An episode.

Back at the office.

I almost killed a
guy with a box cutter.

Cut him...

Shoulder to hip.

I got fired of course.

At least the
poor bugger survived.

But that was sort of the, uhh,
straw that broke the camel's back you know?

Wife got the kids.

Knighten. Hey...

It's me again.

Call me back.

I'm sorry,
but you know I can't just leave.

I can't just drop this.

And I would
have come with you...

Anyways.

Call me back if you want.

OK. Bye.

So he's fine.

We ran some tests.
There's nothing physically wrong with him.

Probably just
a panic attack.

He had been edgy. Got into a bit of a
tussle with one of the other patients.

I mean...

He has been a chain smoker
for what? Must be 30 years?

Yeah. You mentioned
that and so did the EMTs.

Just one thing.
Purely out of curiosity.

Would you guys mind
coming with me for a minute?

See? Look at his lungs.

Perfectly healthy.

Even someone who was smoking for one year
would have some spots on their lungs.

Grayson? Grayson Grant?

I found it odd that
he wasn't wheezing.

Usually that'll last for a while after
an attack like this and especially

with a really hard smoker.

I don't
believe it... It works.

Do you know
what this means?

The coffilex! We put him
on it three weeks ago and look!

I'm familiar with
that but it's... It's new.

Is it really
supposed to work that quick?

There's your
proof right there!

The panic attack was probably some sort
of, I don't know, minor side effect

but that is of little consequence when
you have dramatic results like that!

Good work!

Coming?

What a breakthrough.

We are going to have to start working on
getting these results published tomorrow

Remind me to get a copy
of the x-rays from the hospital.

There are going to be a lot of people
who are going to be very excited by this.

Maybe just hold off
on the publishing just yet.

Why?

Let me do a
bit more research

just to be sure there aren't
any other factors involved.

More research? You
don't think it's the coffilex.

I don't know. I guess
maybe it's possible, but

It never worked that fast in the
clinical trials. Not even close.

And it never
achieved complete irradication.

What else could it be?

It's the only drug he's taking
that isn't for his psych problems.

- You've seen the x-ray...
- I know, I...

I don't want
you to look foolish.

Like if you publish something groundbreaking
that ends up not being correct.

Mr. Stauder? Mr. Stauder?

Hey. Hey is it true that
John cured Grayson's lungs?

That. That means, like,
we don't have to take our meds.

Clearly!

We don't have to take our
meds if John can cure us, right?

What?

Yeah...

Yeah.

Yeah.

Grayson...

I've been looking for you.

Do you mind
if I take a seat?

So.

How are you feeling?

I feel great.

That was quite the
scare you gave us. Hmm?

Well, I'm glad you're feeling better.
You certainly look better.

The meds we've been giving you
must really be doing the trick, eh?

John healed me.

Come on Grayson. You're
not an idiot and neither am I.

- You know what's going on with you...
- It happened when he touched me.

Because I believed.

I asked. And he saved me.

No. He didn't.
That's impossible.

The medication
we gave you cured you

No. It was John.

Listen Grayson. The patients
are on edge enough as it is.

They don't need
you making it worse.

It was John.

We can't allow you to
go around telling everyone that.

It was John.

- Spreading ridiculous rumors
- It.

- which would make me
- Was.

- the laughing stock of professi...
- John.

IT WASN'T JOHN!

He touched you for
two god-damn seconds

and you're telling
me that he cured you?

There are a million
logical explainations for this

and none of them include a ridiculous
homeless man magically healing you.

His name is John.

Hi John.
Can I come in?

Maybe I overreacted.

I really do
care about you.

I want what's
best for you and

I believe properly prescribed
medication is the best way to heal you.

But sometimes I get angry

and I want to
apologize for that.

I want to
bury the hatchet.

I had this made
especially for you.

But John. I need you
to do something for me

and it's very important.

And it's not for my benefit. It's for the
benefit of everyone here and everyone...

everywhere.

You see, Grayson is under the
impression that you healed him

from all of his years of smoking
when you touched him yesterday

and I don't need to tell
you that that's impossible.

Now he is going around telling the
patients that you are a miracle healer

and that puts the
patients in danger.

Regardless of
your stance on the meds

you cannot think that that is a good
idea for Grayson to be telling everyone.

The patients need to
believe in the meds, John.

They need to believe
that they can get better

with things that will
actually make them better.

And they need to know that
I can help them do that. Hmm?

All things are possible
with enough faith, Chris.

John...

You have no idea how bad
I can make it for you in here.

You need to tell him.

Nobody gives a shit about what a bunch
of psychotic mental patients think!

Do you want to
die in here John?

You're so far down the rabbit hole
that you're willing to wither away

into nothingness and take all
of the other patients with you?

All right John.

I tried to reason
with you man to man...

but if you don't
want to listen to reason

we're going to have to
take a different approach.

John...

You are putting this
whole place in jeopardy.

Our careers.

The facility.

The other patients.

And I can't
allow you to do that.

What's that?

Outisde?

I have this
for you right here.

I need you to take this

and I need you
to take this right now.

OK John...

Have it your way.

Nurse! Nurse!

I don't give a shit,
Kurt.

I don't care how much

Good. I don't want to hear from
you either until we're in court.

Nurse! Nurse! Nurse!

- Nurse! Nurse!
- Renton! What is it?

Come on! Come with me!

Admit it!

You are a con artist!

You are a fake.
You're a phony. You're a fraud.

Why? Why? Why do
you make me do this to you!

I forgive you...

Or maybe...

Maybe you are an idiot!

John?

OK. You win this round.

Come on.

Wake up. We can
go back inside now.

John...

John?

John!

What did you do?

Can you...
Can you hear me?

John!
Can you hear me?

Wake up! Come on! Wake up! Wake up!
Wake up! Wake up! Come on! Get up!

Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
Come on! Get up! Wake up! Wake up!

Wake up! Wake up!

THEY KILLED HIM!

Hey! Yes.
My name's Abby Albright.

I'm a nurse at
Northern Hope.

I've got an unconcious
man here in his early 30s.

He's been
repeatedly electrocuted.

Where is he?

No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no

no, no, no, John! No,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

John! John,
don't leave me.

John? John? HELP HIM!

Why are you
just standing there?

John! Please.

Come on guys...

Let's go inside.

Come on...

Wow...

I can't even imagine
how that must have been.

I'm glad you're back Ada.

It wasn't the
same without you.

When I hear about what happened,
I couldn't stop thinking about

how mortifying it
must have been for them...

and how much recovery they're going
to need after something like this.

I was happy to come back.

I know we're all...

really heartbroken
about what happened to John.

But he wouldn't
want us to be upset.

He'd want us to be happy.

He'd want us to thrive.

He'd want us to remember
him by carrying on his legacy.

Let us live lives that would make
him look down on us and smile.

That we may endure
in peace and harmony.

Let us create an atmosphere
of acceptance and charity,

so that all who
enter through these gates

may also feel
the love and hope...

that he
indeed shared with us.

Ahh,
Abby.

Thank you for coming.

Please. Sit down.

Abby. We need to fire you.

Fire me?

Because of what happened?

You were the head nurse

so ultimately you were
the one responsible when this

unfortunate
situation occured.

And we need
to answer for that.

- Jack... I...
- If they ever find this John Doe's family

they'll be less likely to sue if they
knew that we took the situation seriously

and that we did
everything that we could

to purge the said responsible
parties from the facility.

Now luckily we had readily
available staff willing to return.

So... The place
will be fine without you.

Jack?

You of all people
know why I needed this job.

You know my situation.

I know...

What am I supposed to do?

Guys. This is Rita.

She's the new girl
and she's super super cool

and she
smells really nice.

Welcome home.

I'm Anne-Marie. If you need
anything just let me know, OK?

No, no! Let me
know if you need anything.

Hi. Bill Johnson.

I'm crazy.

You're back I see.

Yup.

That's good.

I'm happy for you.

Yeah,
everybody's back.

Got a good
thing going here.

So,
what are you gonna do?

I don't know.

I think I'll stay with my sister until
I get this house situation figured out.

Definitely can't
let him win now.

Maybe you should
just let him have the house.

You know, get him out of your
life. Clean slate and all that.

I can't,
Knighten.

Hey.

- I don't want to be hugged.
- OK.

I'm sure you'll do fine.

Good luck.

This was fun.

Yeah. It was.

I'll call you sometime.

Sure.

I think John would
like it if we all ate lunch.

I hope we're
having spaghetti today.

John?

Hi Abby.

John. I don't
know what I'm gonna do?

I'm so sorry John.

I'm so sorry for
everything that happened to you.

- I wish I could have done something...
- Abby.

It wasn't your fault.

You have no
reason to feel guilty.

But I do...

I've worked so hard and I can't
start over and I've tried...

Abby.

Sometimes you
just have to let it go.

But what should I do?

Just tell me
what I should do.

Tell me what I need.

Abby. Everything is OK.

You have
everything you need.

I'll be fine.

And you will be too.

Taxi's running
out front for you.

Tell Kurt he can keep
that piece of shit house.

Oh Abby. If you could just
sign this paperwork before you go.

Sure.

Thank you.

- Good luck.
- Thank you.

What time
does the movie night start?

What?

Bentley told me they gather
once a week for movie night.

Yeah. Mondays.

Eight o'clock.

Do you know how
many hospitals I've been in?

- How many?
- Four!

And this one's the best
by far. Everybody's so nice.

The
patients and the staff.

They've been
so helpful already.

We were just out in the
gazebo and they were telling me

the most
wonderful stories.

Yeah.
They're a great group.

It was nice to
meet you. I have to go.

Wait!

Let me tell
you about John...