K-PAX (2001) Movie Script | Subs like Script

[ Man On P.A., Indistinct ]

[ Man ]

A dollar for a homeless vet.

Come on, little man.

I fought the war

with your daddy.

Y'all ain't paid me

for this leg yet.

Thank you, sugar.

Jackie chan!

Shanghai noon.

[ Karate Yell ]

I take traveler's checks.

Arikato to you too.

Thank you, sugar.

[ Chuckles ]

Here you go.

Thanks.

[ Woman Screams ]

You kids!

[ Arguing, Indistinct ]

[ Sobbing ]

-Here.

-[ Woman ] Hold

it right there!

[ Man ] what happened?

[ Woman ] step away from her.

Oh, man,

he ain't done nothing.

-Those kids.

-Who took your bag? This man?

No, it was a couple of punks.

They came and

they just ran off.

Four-eight, this is romano.

Robbery and assault victim...

With facial wound

at east 42nd entrance.

Sir, I'd like you

to just stand right there.

Certainly.

Are you traveling somewhere?

I have arrived.

My travels are over

for the time being.

Where's your luggage?

I don't require luggage.

Do you have a ticket?

Train ticket?

Ticket stub?

I didn't arrive by train.

Would you remove

your sunglasses

for me, please?

Oh, I'd rather not.

I'd forgotten,

but I mean, wow,

your planet

is really bright.

I see.

East 42, we have an e.d.p.

I have to ask you

to come with us, sir.

Of course.

[ Handcuffs Lock ]

[ Female Officer ]

Freddy!

Did you see this fella

come out of a gate?

He didn't come from no gate.

Brother came from nowhere.

You know what I'm saying?

Yeah, freddy,

I know what you're saying.

[ Car Door Closes ]

[ Car Engine Starts ]

[ Car Door Opens, Closes ]

I don't wanna go outside,

because there's

things that can kill you--

Thank you.

If you breathe

all those chemicals out there,

not to mention the cosmic rays

and the west nile virus,

and that other one--

The new airborne pigeon

disease nobody wants to talk

about.

The new pigeon disease.

I've heard of that.

Another thing that's been

bothering me is the food.

The cafeteria serves

lukewarm food, full of germs.

You really need

to do something

about that, Dr. Powell.

Heat is the only thing

that kills germs. Heat.

Point taken.

We'll look into

that right away.

In the meantime,

I want you to start

taking your medication again.

It'll help you sleep.

And you need the sleep, ernie.

Sleep is good.

[ Buzzer Buzzes ]

Is our time up?

Only for today, ernie.

TWO CALLS:

your wife,

bring home a bottle of wine.

-Yeah.

-And Dr. Chakraborty.

A transfer from bellevue

he wants you to

take a look at.

Great. Who is it this time?

Jesus christ or joan of arc?

Dr. Chakraborty didn't say.

[ Man ]

He arrived at

bellevue a month ago,

suspicion of

hallucinogenic intoxication.

But, uh, he was found

negative for

substances of any kind.

His ekg, his blood value

are all normal.

There's no sign of concussion,

no brain tumor,

no temporal lobe, epilepsy,

no indication of organic

abnormality whatsoever.

However, after one month,

his amnesia and his delusion

have persisted.

He claims to be not human.

A visitor

from another planet.

They administered thorazine

on this guy for three weeks...

At 300 milligrams a day,

and he was unresponsive?

How can you be unresponsive

to 300 milligrams of

thorazine? It's impossible.

That's why

they sent him to you.

[ Sighs ]

Terrific.

No I.d.,

no missing persons report

matching his description.

What's this?

He had it on him.

Well, let's hope

extraterrestrials

qualify for medicaid.

[ Secretary ]

He's here, Doctor.

Thank you, joyce.

Medical record 2-8-7.

Calls himself prot.

[ Knock At Door,

Door Opens ]

This one's as gentle

as a pussycat, doc.

Come in.

Have a seat.

"Have a seat."

Curious expression.

Well, let me introduce

myself. I'm--

Dr. Mark powell,

chief of

clinical psychiatry...

Of the manhattan

psychiatric institute.

Good. You know

where you are.

Well, now, uh...

Prot, is it?

"Prote."

"I see, "prote."

Well, prot, we're here to--

May I?

Please.

Red delicious.

You call this variety.

It's my favorite.

I'd like to begin

by asking you...

If you know

why you're here.

Of course.

You think I'm crazy.

We prefer the term "ill."

Do you think you are ill?

A little homesick, perhaps.

Really.

Where is home?

K-pax.

K-pax?

Capital "k," hyphen,

capitals "p-a-x."

K-pax is a planet.

But don't worry,

I'm not going to

leap out of your chest.

I'm not worried.

It's just that I'm only

familiar with nine planets.

Well, actually, there are ten,

but that doesn't matter.

I'm not from

your solar system.

K-pax is about 1,000

of your

light-years away from here...

In what you would call

your constellation lyra.

That's quite a ways.

I'm curious.

How did you get to earth?

It's a matter of harnessing

the energy of light.

I know that sounds

crazy to you.

You beings are eons away

from discovering light travel.

You travel

at the speed of light?

Oh, no. We can travel

many times that speed.

Various multiples of "c."

Otherwise, the trip here

would have taken about

1,000 years now, wouldn't it?

What if, um,

I were to tell you...

That according to a man

who lived on our

planet named einstein,

that nothing can travel

faster than

the speed of light?

I would say that you misread

einstein, Dr.

Powell. May I call you mark?

You see, mark,

what einstein actually said...

Was that

nothing can accelerate

to the speed of light,

because its mass

would become infinite.

Einstein said nothing about

entities already traveling at

the speed of light or faster,

at tachyon speeds.

tachyon?

I detect a note

of skepticism, Dr. Powell.

Oh, not at all.

It's just that you--

You speak english

so well.

I'm amazed.

Well, english isn't that

difficult a language to learn.

You should try speaking--

[ Speaking Alien Language ]

I'm--

[ Clears Throat

] I'm confused.

Maybe you can explain

it to me. Uh...

How is it that

being a visitor from space,

that you-you look

so much like me...

Or anyone else from earth?

Why is a soap bubble round?

You know, for an educated

person, mark, you

repeat things quite a bit.

Are you aware of that?

A soap bubble is round...

Because it is the most

energy-efficient

configuration.

Similarly, on your planet,

I look like you.

On k-pax,

I look like a k-paxian.

Prot,

why did you want to

come to our planet?

Well, I've been here

many times before.

But what brought me

here first? I don't know.

Pure curiosity, I guess.

I'd never been to

a class ba-3 planet before.

Class ba-3?

Early stage of evolution.

Future uncertain.

[ Man ]

And if I give all my

possessions to feed the poor--

[ Whispering ]

Howie. Go on. Talk to him.

Go on.

You're really from...

Up there?

Indeed.

I am from k-pax.

What--

What sort of place is it?

K-pax is bigger

than your planet.

But we are circled

by seven purple moons.

Bullshit, bullshit,

bullshit, bullshit,

bullshit.

Go on.

Well, k-pax is most lovely

when k-mon and k-ril

are in conjunction.

Those are our two suns.

What you would

call agape and satori.

[ Train Clacking ]

[ Car Door Slams ]

You finish

your homework, abby?

Yeah.

I lost another tooth.

Oh, yeah? Let me see.

Hey! Maybe the tooth

fairy will come tonight. Huh?

There's no such thing

as the tooth fairy, dad.

There's just you and mom.

I fed them already.

I couldn't wait.

How was your day?

OH, 6:15 was late.

Didn't leave

the station TILL 6:30.

Should have caught

the nearest beam of light.

You should have caught what?

Oh, nothing. How was your day?

Good.

Sent the deposit in

for the house on the cape for

the last two weeks of august.

Which works out perfectly,

'cause abby doesn't get

out of camp till the 15th.

Sent the deposit in?

-Yeah.

-Come on, rache.

That wasn't definite.

We were just talking.

I said maybe.

Maybe sometime in august

we'll clear it.

Maybe. Maybe we should start

paying you for your time.

You got a family rate?

Oh, look.

They published my letter.

I spoke with

natalie about going

into the after-school

program next year,

in case

I go back to teaching.

And this morning my head

fell off, but I was able to

sew it back on with dental

floss.

Waxed, of course.

Dental floss?

Sorry.

I wasn't listening.

Yeah, I know.

Let's just eat.

[ Sighs ]

Train was late. I'm tired.

And to top it off,

the city is

dumping patients on us.

I know.

You stink.

Have a nice day, sal.

[ Prot ]

I've been to 64

planets within our galaxy.

Earth is the only one with

your species, homo sapiens,

that I've visited so far.

[ Dr. Powell's Voice ]

And when did you

arrive on earth?

[ Prot's Voice ]

Four years and

nine months ago.

[ Dr. Powell ]

So that makes you how old?

[ Prot ]

In earth terms, 337 years old.

I aged about

seven getting here,

traveling at six

multiples of "c."

But really, marko,

it only seemed

like an instant.

Marko?

[ Prot ] time may warp

at super light speed.

I'd say

access one psychosis nos.

That's glib to

call him a psychotic. That's

a wastebasket diagnosis.

Oh, yeah?

He believes he traveled

here from another planet.

What's your diagnosis,

jet lag?

Well, how come he didn't

respond to the haldol?

[ Woman ]

Haldol can make

you more psychotic.

It's rare,

but it does happen.

Look. I'm not saying

that medication

can't be a useful tool...

To help somebody like this,

but you can't--

He may be a good subject

for the "betazine" protocol.

The drug's on clinical trial.

You want to experiment on him

before we have a diagnosis?

Do you have some other idea?

He's not a danger to anyone.

How about getting

to know him first?

In the meantime,

we have ten new

transfers to take care of.

[ Dr. Powell ]

You know, maybe

what's wrong with him...

Is that he is.

Is what?

From the planet k-pax.

[ Laughter ]

[ Woman, Indistinct ]

[ Sniffs ]

Mmm.

Your produce alone

has been worth the trip.

[ Dr. Powell ]

Could you tell me...

A bit about your boyhood

on k-pax?

Where were you born?

You were, uh,

born, right?

K-paxians have babies?

Oh, yes, much like on earth,

but unlike you humans,

the reproductive process

is quite unpleasant for us.

Could you compare

the effect to something

that I might understand?

Like a toothache?

It's more like having

your nuts in a vise,

except we feel it all over.

And to make matters worse,

the sensation is associated...

With something

like your nausea,

accompanied by

a very bad smell.

The moment of climax is like

being kicked in the stomach,

and then falling into a pool

of mod droppings.

Mod droppings?

A mod is a being,

much like your skunk,

only far more potent.

Uh, if it's such

a terrible experience,

uh, how do you reproduce?

As carefully as possible.

What are you doing?

Well, you just reminded me

of something I want to

include in my report.

Your report.

Yes, it's our custom...

To compile descriptions

of the various places

and people we encounter...

Throughout the galaxy.

Morning, betty.

Good morning, prot.

Morning, navarro.

Hey, what's up, man?

Mr. Friedman.

Morning, maria.

I'm vanessa.

[ Navarro ] just chill.

Morning, bess.

She doesn't talk to anybody.

Afraid smoke will come out

of her mouth when she talks.

Been here since

she was a little girl.

Burned her house down.

Shouldn't play with matches.

Very dangerous.

It was an electrical fire.

Why do you make up

stories like that?

Ernie has a very powerful

imagination.

[ Woman ]

Philistine!

Come on, doris.

You gotta come out

of your room sometime.

Look what I brought

just for you.

[ Doris ]

Pooh, pooh, pooh,

pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh.

[ Intern ]

Do that again,

you go up to three.

Her royal highness never,

ever comes out of her room.

Not even for eating.

No wonder she's here.

I'm sick and

tired of this shit.

Every day, coming up here

and shooting food at me.

I hate this.

[ Clanging ]

The service here

is atrocious!

Good morning, Mrs. Archer.

Doris.

[ Chuckles ]

I wasn't expecting

any gentleman callers...

Until this afternoon.

Excuse me.

You have a place

set for two.

Oh, yes. Um...

I'm expecting someone.

How long

have you been waiting?

Eleven years.

[ Laughs ]

For some around here

might...

Call that crazy,

but I prefer to call it...

[ Sniffles ]

Romantic.

Like a, uh...

Waltz in the moonlight,

or a...

Candlelit dinner...

Or a sunset.

Oh, we have those.

On k-pax, we have two suns.

They rise together

only once every 200 years.

And that is quite a sight.

He most definitely

has

a sensitivity to white light,

but I think

it's his range that

you'll find interesting.

What am I looking at?

He can detect light

at a wavelength of up

to 300 to 400 angstroms.

Ultraviolet.

Of course,

prot's explanation is that...

Due to his planet's

peculiar quality of

light caused by its two suns,

k-paxians are used to

light conditions much like

our twilight most of the time.

W-wait a minute.

Chuck, I didn't think...

Human beings could see

ultraviolet light.

We can't.

Good morning, joyce.

That's a lovely configuration

you're wearing today.

Thank you.

Macy's.

Come in.

This is so much better.

It's a lot like home.

Well, uh, prot,

I was hoping you'd tell me

more about home.

Well, what would you

like to know?

Well, uh, do you, um,

do you have a family

on k-pax?

It doesn't work on k-pax

the same way it

works here, mark.

On k-pax, we don't

have families in the way

that you think of them.

In fact, a family would be

a non sequitur on our planet,

as it would on most others.

In other words, um,

you, uh, you never knew

your parents.

On k-pax, children are not

raised by their biological

parents, mark, but by

everyone.

They circulate among us,

learning from one

and then another.

Do you have a child?

No.

Do you have a wife waiting

back for you on k-pax?

Mark. Mark. mark.

You are not really listening

to what I'm

saying to you, are you?

We do not have marriage

on k-pax.

There are no wives.

There are no husbands.

There are no families.

I see. So, um,

what about...

Societal structure?

Government.

No, there's no need for one.

you have no laws?

no laws. No lawyers.

How do you know

right from wrong?

Every being

in the universe knows

right from wrong, mark.

But what if--

If someone did do

something wrong--

Committed murder or rape--

How would you punish them?

Let me tell you

something, mark.

You humans, most of you,

subscribe to this policy

of "an eye for an eye...

A life for a life,"

which is known

throughout the universe...

For its stupidity.

Even your buddha

and your christ had

quite a different vision,

but nobody's

paid much attention

to them, not even the

buddhists or the christians.

[ Sighs ]

You humans,

sometimes it's hard to imagine

how you've made it this far.

[ Swing Creaking ]

[ Dr. Powell ]

Josh, be careful.

[ Rachel ]

Okay, kids. Let's go.

The hot dogs are ready.

[ Playful Chattering ]

Hey. Where were you

just now?

Come on.

Okay.

Hey, kids, come on.

Wash up.

Okay!

Josh. Now come on,

quit teasing the dog.

Josh, let's go.

Settle down now.

here we are.

oh, park that right here.

-Boy, that looks terrific.

-That looks great.

Steve, how was, uh,

how was your trip

up from princeton?

Not too bad.

We even stopped

by to see michael.

Oh, that was

nice of you, sis.

Quite a detour

for you guys.

Well, it was his birthday.

I know it was his birthday.

I sent him a card

and a nice, uh,

a nice, big check

as usual.

It wouldn't kill you

to pick up the phone

every once in a while...

And talk to your own son.

Thank you, abby.

You wanna pass

the potato salad, please?

There you go.

By the way, I put him

through dartmouth. He knows

how to pick up a phone too.

I'm thinking of

inviting him for christmas.

Oh, great.

He spends christmas

with his mother.

He won't come here.

How do you know? When was

the last time you asked him?

Am I on the couch here,

or what?

You want a beer?

Please and thank you.

You want some more?

Can I have corn, darling?

Steve, I, uh,

I have a rather unusual

favor to ask you.

What can I do you for, Dr.

"p"?

Well, I have a patient.

Sit down. I have

this patient, who, uh,

seems to know quite

a bit about your field.

A patient

who's an astronomer?

So, tell me about

this patient of yours.

Well, he, uh, he claims

to come from

a planet he calls k-pax.

What kind of name is that?

K-pax?

He says it's a thousand

light-years away,

near the constellation lyra.

Uh-huh. Big head?

Green? About this high?

Yeah, I think

I know the guy.

No, he's, uh,

he's very convincing.

[ Laughs ]

I mean, of course,

he's, uh, he's human.

It's just that he's, um,

well, he's-he's the most

convincing delusional

I've ever come across.

If I can prove to him

that this k-pax is just

a figment of his imagination,

then maybe I can find out

who he really is.

Well, sure.

I can give you...

A whole list of

questions to ask your fella.

Wonderful.

[ Betty ]

All his books and

papers and everything...

Are spread all over the desk

like always,

but he's just sitting there.

Someone change

his medication?

I gave him his usual,

anafronil, 250 milligrams.

[ Dr. Powell ]

Hmm. Well,

something's wrong with him.

An obsessive-compulsive

doesn't just sit there

looking out the window.

Howie?

Good morning,

Dr. Powell.

Good morning.

But are you

looking for something?

Bluebird.

The bluebird?

The bluebird of happiness.

Prot told me to find

the bluebird of happiness.

Prot told you.

It's a task.

The first of three.

I don't know what

the other two are yet.

He'll tell me.

If I complete all three,

I'll be cured.

[ Prot ] there.

Maintain your breathing.

That's it.

Now you see?

There are none of

these ammonia particles

that you're so worried about.

In the first place,

I would be able to see them.

Good morning, sal.

-And I don't.

-[ Sal ] Good morning, Dr.

Stinky.

RINGED MONKEY, 7:00.

Take a bath.

Ernie, could you excuse

us for a moment, please?

Mm-hmm.

Good to, uh,

see you outside, ernie.

Thank you.

Oh, ernie, you stink.

Prot, it's one thing

to take an interest in

your fellow patients.

It's quite another

to make them think

that you can cure them.

You seem overly upset,

mark.

To borrow

a phrase from navarro,

you need to chill.

For your information,

all beings have the capacity

to cure themselves, mark.

This is something

we've known on k-pax

for millions of years.

Listen to me.

On this planet, I'm a doctor,

you're a patient.

Doctor. Patient.

Curious human distinction.

It's not your job

to cure howie.

Or ernie or maria

or anyone else. It's mine.

Then why haven't

you cured them yet?

Oh, by the way,

here are the answers to

the questions you asked me.

I hope they meet

your satisfaction.

[ Russell ]

I don't know

what to say, mark.

I mean, this is--

This is pretty wild stuff.

Gibberish, huh?

Well, not exactly.

I mean, see,

your patient indicates

his planet, k-pax,

orbiting an eclipsing

binary star

system-- Agape and satori.

Yeah.

Near the constellation lyra.

He could have

looked that up, right?

That's the funny thing, mark.

Not really.

I mean, except for my boss,

duncan flynn,

one of the foremost

astrophysicists

in the world...

And maybe two or three

of his colleagues,

nobody knows much about

the possibility of planets

in this star system yet.

It hasn't even been reported

in any journals.

Tell me, honestly,

did duncan put you

up to this?

You know--

You know, like a joke?

[ Chuckles ]

No. It's no joke, steve.

Uh, tell me,

do you know of any missing

astrophysicists?

[ Laughs ] Can't say I do.

[ Chuckles ]

But there's one or two

around here who'd sure like

to meet this fella of yours.

Thanks a lot, steve.

I sure appreciate it.

♪ [ Rachel ]

b, a, d, c, b, c, d ♪

[ Prot On Tape ]

But unlike you humans,

the reproductive process...

-Is an unpleasant one for us.

-[ Rachel ] Start again.

♪ [ Piano Continues ]

♪ [ Dr. Powell's Voice ]

What way is it unpleasant? ♪

[ Prot On Tape ]

It's a pain--

[ Tape Recorder Off ]

♪ [ Piano Continues,

"Mary Had A Little Lamb" ] ♪

[ Rachel ] Good. Not too fast.

Okay.

♪ [ Piano Continues ] ♪

[ Sighs ]

♪ [ Continues ] ♪

So, this is

your neighborhood, huh?

[ Chattering ]

Hello, gentlemen.

Sure appreciate

you meeting with us.

Thank you, Dr. Powell.

We'd like to get to the bottom

of this just as much as you.

Thank you, Doctor.

Great.

Let me introduce you to prot.

It's a pleasure

to meet you, prot.

I'm Dr. Becker.

This is Dr. Flynn.

Drs. Patel and hessler.

Doctor. Doctor.

How many doctors

are there on this planet?

[ Laughs ]

Here, prot.

Have a seat.

"Have a seat."

Oh, shit!

Feel at home?

We found your notes

quite interesting, prot,

and we'd like to ask you

some questions,

if that's all right.

Be my guest.

Good. Then I'll jump right in.

Make sure you can swim.

[ Chuckles ]

Yes, well,

let's start with this idea

of light travel, shall we?

What can you tell us

about that?

Absolutely nothing.

If I told you,

you'd blow yourselves up.

Or worse,

someone else.

You'd be surprised

how much energy is

in a beam of light.

Hmm. Well, then,

maybe you could show us

how this light travel works.

You mean a demonstration.

That would be... Fine.

Adios. Aloha.

Well, when are you gonna--

I'm already back.

[ Laughs ]

See, where I come from, prot,

that's called "the fastest

gun in the west" routine.

Well, I don't come from

where you come from, Dr.

Becker.

Prot, you've indicated in your

notes that your

planet k-pax...

Orbits around the twin stars

of agape and satori,

near the constellation lyra.

Well, frankly,

we're a bit mystified...

As to how you gained knowledge

there's such a planetary

system around these stars.

Professor, where I come from,

that's common knowledge.

[ Click ]

This was taken

from the hubble.

We've computer enhanced it,

based on Dr.

Patel's readings...

From telescopes

in chile and Hawaii.

It's the clearest picture

we have of

where you come from.

[ Chuckles ]

What we'd like is if you could

diagram on the light pad...

The orbital pattern

that your planet

takes through this system.

Mm-hmm.

My pleasure.

I think that's right.

Steven,

could you input that?

Already on it.

Wh-what's going on?

[ Beep ]

I take it my calculations

help explain the

"protabations" you've been

seeing...

In the rotation pattern

of your binary star,

but have been

unable to explain until...

This moment.

How--

How could you know this?

How could you--

Every k-paxian knows this.

Just as every child

on earth knows...

That your planet

revolves around your sun.

It's common knowledge.

Isn't it?

What, um,

what happened in there?

I mean, you--

He could be a savant.

There-there are savants

who have painted

flawless copies of rembrandt,

who couldn't--

Who couldn't

remember their own names.

You don't

believe him, steve.

I don't know

what I believe,

mark, but I know what I saw.

[ TV, Indistinct ]

[ Sal ]

I moved.

I moved. It's your move.

[ Ernie ]

One and two. Your move.

[ Sal And Ernie,

Indistinct ]

Bluebird.

You just wait till next game.

Bluebird.

Bluebird! Bluebird!

Bluebird!

Howie!

Bluebird! Bluebird!

Bluebird!

Howie.

Bluebird. Bluebird. Bluebird.

Okay. Okay.

Bluebird!

[ Betty ]

Where's the bluebird?

Look, bluebird!

Bluebird! Bluebird!

Oh, my god.

Bluebird! Bluebird!

Howie! Howie, get back here!

Bluebird! Bluebird!

Bluebird!

Do bluebirds bite, sal?

Nah, they don't bite,

stinkhead.

[ Clamoring ]

[ Man ]

Hey, bess, it's a bluebird.

[ Yelling, Clamoring ]

shit!

disturbance on two.

it's the bluebird!

bluebird! Bluebird!

[ All Chanting ]

Bluebird! Bluebird!

[ Chanting ]

Bluebird! Bluebird!

It's mass hysteria.

Betty!

Betty, what

the hell is going on here?

come here! Come here!

Dr. Powell, come and see!

[ Man ]

You see it? Do you see it?

Look it! Look it!

Look it!

What's going on here,

Dr. Powell?

What on earth is out there?

just a blue jay.

a blue jay?

[ Laughing ]

A blue jay.

[ Man ]

Off the chair. Everybody,

get off the chairs.

[ Sal ]

Mrs. Archer...

Come out of her room.

Bluebird?

[ Mrs. Archer ]

It's a bluebird?

[ Man ]

Come on over here.

[ Man, Indistinct ]

[ Tapping ]

I know who you are.

You're the bluebird.

Good night, bess.

And how are we today?

Oh, just fine.

That's good, maria.

My man.

Psst.

Excuse me.

Mm-hmm.

About that

light travel thing.

I was wondering if maybe

you could show

me how to do that.

I put up with

the stink in this

place for ten years.

I wanna get out,

if you know what I mean.

I used the be the doorman

at the plaza.

F-fifteen years.

That's when I started

to notice it.

Notice what?

The smell.

They all stank.

I-I tried to tell 'em,

but, uh,

they put me here.

And, um, and-and--

And this-this place

smells worse than all.

Except for you.

Y-you don't smell,

so I figured maybe

you could help me.

You should smell

the york

blossoms on my planet...

In a gentle breeze.

Pretty much

like your sugarplums.

I would-- I would

like to smell that.

I would like to go there,

to-to your, um,

planet.

I'm afraid I can only take

one person back

with me when I go.

Uh, I had my weekly session

with sal today.

He says you're

taking him to k-pax.

In fact, I've heard

from most of

the patients on ward two,

they all tell me

that they're going to k-pax.

I wonder if

that's a wise thing

to be promising patients

in a psychiatric facility.

No, no, no, mark.

I made it clear to each

and every one of them,

I can only take one person

back with me when I return.

Return?

Mark, don't get me wrong.

I mean, you've been

very hospitable.

Hospital.

Hospitable.

But my time here is almost up,

and I can't wait to get back.

Back?

To k-pax?

Yes, of course. Where else?

You're planning

to return to k-pax.

You're repeating yourself

again, mark. Yes, I have

one trip to take up north,

and then I am planning

on returning to k-pax.

Joyce gave me

these strawberries

this morning from

her garden in hoboken.

They're delicious.

You'll have to

forgive me, but, um,

but this is

a bit confusing.

when are you planning on--

I'm departing on july 27.

Why? Why, uh,

why july 27?

Safety reasons.

You see, I can go anywhere

on earth without fear of

bumping into someone...

Traveling at

super light speed,

but beings are coming and

going all the time from k-pax.

It has to be coordinated.

You're telling me...

You're beaming back

to k-pax on july 27.

AT 5:51 a.m.,

eastern time.

Hey, hey, hey, honey.

Mark,

you were just dreaming.

You were just dreaming.

[ Sighs ]

-Daddy?

-Mark.

Mark, what's going on?

Daddy's okay.

-Go back to bed, honey.

-Where is daddy going?

Daddy's all right.

He has a tummyache.

He's all right.

-Daddy!

-Get in bed!

[ Dr. Powell On Tape ]

And when did you

arrive on earth?

-[ Prot ] Four years and

-What's going on?

Shh! Listen.

[ Tape Rewinding ]

And when did you arrive

on earth?

[ Prot ]

Four years and

nine months ago.

Your years.

[ Recorder Off ]

Four years, nine months

and three days ago.

That'll be five years

to the date on july 27.

That's when he's leaving.

What?

To go back to k-pax.

Mark, what is the matter

with you?

-Rachel--

-MARK,

IT IS 2:00 in the morning.

What is-- What is

this patient doing to you?

He's telling me

that five years

ago on july 27...

Something terrible

happened to him.

Some horrible trauma.

I gotta get to him

before that date.

mom, what's happening?

unbelievable.

Nothing. Come on.

Come on.

Let's all go back to bed.

[ Girl ]

Ah, I've got it!

[ Woman ]

Come on. Let's eat.

is the spaceman here yet?

shh. Don't call him that.

[ Kids Chanting ] Spaceman.

Spaceman.

No, no. No, no.

Whoo!

Everybody, come here.

Listen, everybody, look.

He's going to be

here any minute.

I want you guys to just

calm down.

Be yourselves. Act natural.

[ Kids ]

Okay. Spaceman.

[ Groans ]

Why, is he going to zap

us with his laser gun?

I mean it. I do.

Here.

Oh, mom.

I can't believe

I agreed to this.

I tried everything else.

Rachel, look.

I want him to spend

fourth of july with us...

To see if a normal family

environment might

bring something out of him.

Since when did we become

a normal family?

Please. Look. They're here.

[ Car Horn Honks ]

I just feel uncomfortable.

Well, don't.

Joyce's son, he's on

the high school

wrestling team,

and betty's husband's

an ex-cop.

Hey!

Hi.

Hey, joyce.

Hey, buddy.

Glad you could make it.

Wow.

This is my husband, dominic.

He looks like data.

That's right, embarrass him.

Welcome, prot.

This is my wife rachel.

[ Car Door Closes ]

How do you do?

Rachel.

Thank you so much

for inviting me today.

Thanks for coming.

[ Dog Barking ]

watch out. Watch out.

no.

[ Josh ] shasta, no.

Shasta, no. Shasta!

Come here, good dog.

I know. I know.

[ Barking ]

Damn dog's never liked anyone.

Shh.

[ Barking ]

Oh. Okay. kids.

[ Rachel ] Girls. Girls.

Come here.

[ Barking ]

[ Prot Barking ]

[ Both Barking ]

Okay.

She says she doesn't

like it when you hide

her favorite tennis shoe.

And she doesn't hear so

well in her left side, so--

[ Barks ]

So don't sneak up

on her anymore.

No way.

[ Playful Growling ]

[ Barking ]

Let's get some lunch, okay?

Let's have lunch.

Let's go eat.

[ Barking ]

-[ Children Chattering,

Laughing ]

-It's good, rachel.

Okay, you guys, come on.

[ Screams ]

Careful, careful, gabby.

All right. Come on.

Somebody else want some?

There we go.

So, prot, mark tells me

you don't eat meat.

That's very healthy.

[ Dr.

Powell ] Speak for yourself.

-Burger.

[ Rachel ]

You got it?

Yes,

I want burgers, thank you.

It's good.

[ Betty ]

Everything looks so good. Pass

me one of those hamburgers.

Come on.

[ Muffled Laughter ]

[ Adults Laughing ]

[ Chattering,

Children Playing ]

Give me a push.

[ Chattering,

Children Playing Continues ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

There's a photograph

on the piano of a young

man with all the others.

That's michael.

That's mark's son

from his first marriage.

How many marriages

has he had?

Just the two...

[ Chuckles ] So far.

-"So far"?

-No, I mean,

he's not out to set

a world record or anything.

But the young man

in the photograph,

he's not here today.

No, um,

he doesn't live with us.

You know,

he's away at college and--

And the truth is,

he and mark don't

talk to each other.

I don't know why

I'm telling you this.

[ Chuckles ]

Probably because

I'm a locked-up lunatic,

so what harm could it do.

[ Chuckles ]

Maybe.

Maybe that's it.

Dr. Powell's been trying

to teach me the importance...

You beings place on your

biological connections.

Hmm.

You think he means it?

You don't?

Do you know

what a family is?

You worry.

They don't

tell you that, you know.

[ Sighs ]

You don't have a family.

No.

We don't have families

on k-pax.

Well, you don't know

what you're missing.

[ Chuckles ]

I'll get you

some more lemonade.

♪ hula, hula

♪ all right. Incoming. ♪

That's beautiful.

Thank you.

Fourth of july.

Thank you for inviting me

here today, mark.

You're most welcome, prot.

Come push me on the swing!

[ Chuckles ]

I'll show you a trick.

This is called...

Go to the table

and have a beer.

[ Chuckles ]

Okay.

But first you have to

hold on very tight.

Okay.

Ready?

[ Laughing ]

[ Natalie ]

This is fun!

[ Laughing Continues ]

[ Squeals ]

Come on, let's go!

Come on! Come on!

Watch out.

[ Children Shouting,

Laughing ]

[ Shouting, Laughing

Continues ]

Let's go in the water!

-No, don't.

-Come on!

No, don't go. Don't go.

Let's go!

Hey! Let go!

Don't go in the water!

Don't! No, don't!

-Mom! No!

-No, you stay! No!

-Natalie? Natalie!

-[ Natalie Screaming ]

mark! Mark!

[ Prot Shouting ]

[ Shouting Continues ]

prot!

Hey, this guy's

as strong as an ox!

Betty, quick!

[ Prot Continues Shouting ]

turn off the goddamn water!

Stay there, josh.

I'll turn it off!

I got it.

[ Dr. Powell ]

It's okay.

[ Shouting Stops ]

Prot?

It's okay. It's okay.

No, no, no, it's okay, betty.

Where are his glasses?

I got it.

Are you all right?

[ Panting ]

Prot?

You're okay.

[ Sniffing ]

Is that apple pie I smell?

Sweetheart, you all right?

Yeah.

He was pushing my daughter

on a swing, like he had

done a hundred times before.

Not like he was

some alien from k-pax.

I saw him.

He was

connecting with something.

Some kind of normal life.

That's not enough.

He's a violent patient,

mark.

He's not violent.

Something violent

happened to him.

Something in his past.

When he was

going after natalie,

he wasn't trying to harm her,

he was trying to protect her.

From the sprinklers?

I'm not sure from what.

I need more than a hunch

to go on, otherwise I

have to send him upstairs.

We need to regress him--

Take him back into the past,

find out what happened

and have him confront it.

Regress him? Do you have any

idea how risky it is to

regress a patient like this

one?

It's his only chance.

Claudia,

we have to push him.

There's no time.

He told me

that he's going back

to k-pax on july 27.

That's in three weeks.

I think that he could

become violent on that day.

Hurt himself, somebody else.

You know what

the problem is, mark.

You're too close

to this patient.

Everybody else

can see it but you.

I am transferring him

to the fourth floor,

and that's final.

I know I'm too close to him.

All right, fine. I admit it.

Why choose this one

to save, mark?

I don't know. Maybe--

Maybe because I feel...

He chose me.

Has anyone seen prot?

He went up north

for a few days.

"North"?

[ Howie ] Greenland.

Iceland.

You know.

He had a few countries

left to visit before he

could finish his report.

Don't worry, Dr. Powell.

He'll be back.

How do you know, ernie?

Because he took his glasses

with him, darling.

When he returns to k-pax,

he won't need them.

[ Sighs ]

Patients do not escape

from this institution.

They don't escape.

There has been

no evidence of escape,

but obviously,

I've notified the police,

social services.

I'm gonna have a great time

explaining this

to the state board.

I got psychotics

on the fourth floor

packing up their sneakers...

Because they all think

they're going off to k-pax.

Claudia--

Find him.

[ Dr. Powell ]

Well,

what about city shelters?

Have you--

Have you checked?

No.

No, I'm not telling you

how to do your job.

Uh-- Thank--

Thank you.

[ Sighs ]

[ Mutters ]

Dr. Powell,

I presume.

Where the hell

have you been?

Newfoundland,

greenland,

iceland, uh, labrador--

All right, cut the crap.

We've been looking

for you for three days.

I believe I mentioned

my taking a trip up north,

mark, in this very garden.

"Taking a trip"?

You're a patient here.

You don't leave here without

a discharge. And don't give

me this beam-of-light shit,

because I don't buy it.

What would you say

if I were to tell you...

That I don't believe

you took any trip at all...

To iceland or greenland

or anywhere?

That I don't believe

you're from k-pax?

I believe you're

as human as I am.

I would say you're in need

of a thorazine drip, Doctor.

Well, there--

There is one way...

You could convince me

beyond any doubt.

Of course,

I would need your consent.

It's called hypnosis.

I just don't see the point.

Let me tell you what

your alternative is.

A trip to a place

where they'll stick a needle

in your ass every morning,

which may or may not leave you

with a stupid

grin on your face...

For the rest of your days

here on earth.

Is that what you'd like?

Prot?

I want to help you.

What we're going

to be doing, prot,

is a bit like daydreaming.

I'm gonna count

from one to five.

On the count of three,

your eyes will close,

and you will find yourself

in a very nice, deep,

comfortable, relaxed

state of hypnosis.

One. Your eyes are starting

to get very heavy now.

Two. I want you

to use your imagination...

And imagine small lead weights

on your eyelids...

That are just making them

so... Heavy.

-[ Dr. Chakraborty ]

Pulse rate is 40 b.p.m.

-Three.

-Keep your eyes closed.

-I'd be concerned

if he were human.

Let yourself go way,

way down deep.

Four. Let a wave of relaxation

move through your body now...

As you go down

even deeper.

And five,

going way, way down deep.

You are in a relaxed

state of hypnosis now.

How do you feel?

[ Chuckles ]

Like...

Nothing.

I want you

to go back in time.

I want you to recall

the first experience

that you can remember.

What do you see?

[ Dr. Powell On Speaker ]

What was that?

What do you see?

Uh--

[ Child-Like Voice ]

I see...

Casket.

Silver...

With a blue lining.

Whose casket is it?

It's the father

of a friend of mine.

What's your friend's name?

I'm not telling.

Do you know how

your friend's father died?

He had an accident at

the place that he worked at.

He was killed

in an accident?

He-- He was hurt

and then died later?

Where did he work?

The place where

they kill cows.

Where is this place?

The pulse rate just

shot up ten b.p.m.s.

[ Beeping ]

Do you know--

Do you know

where this place is?

I-I want you to relax.

I want to move forward

in time now.

Where are you?

It's nighttime.

We're in his house.

At the other boy's house?

Yeah.

I want him

to come outside.

Why?

To look at the stars.

That's where I come from,

you know.

Is your name prot?

Wow.

How did you know that?

Where are you from, prot?

I'm from the planet k-pax.

It's in

the constellation lyra.

Do you know

all the constellations?

[ Chuckles ]

Yeah. Most of 'em.

And does your

friend know them too?

Yes, he does.

When his dad got sick

and had to stay home,

they got a telescope,

and his dad taught him about

all the constellations.

But he's not interested

in those right now.

Why not?

Something happened.

That's why he called me.

He calls me when

something bad happens.

Like when his father died?

That's right.

How do you know to come?

How does the boy call you?

I don't know. I just come.

I just-- I just know.

How do you get to earth?

I wanna go outside.

Can I go outside?

Uh, read-- Read

his body language, mark.

I-I don't think he wants

to talk anymore today.

All right. Prot?

I want you to just relax now.

[ Shuddering ]

Think about the stars.

[ Whimpers ]

That's right.

I'm gonna count backwards

now from five to one,

and you'll find yourself

wide-awake and refreshed.

Five. You're starting

to come out of it now.

Four.

You're feeling more alert.

Three.

Even more alert.

Two.

You're becoming awake now.

And one.

So when do we begin?

It's already over.

Oh, the old "fastest gun

in the west" routine, huh?

[ Slaps Knee ]

Let's find the locations of

all the slaughterhouses

operating in the

united states.

I mean, how many

can there be?

I don't know.

We eliminate, uh, the ones

in or near big cities...

And we concentrate

on small towns, rural areas,

you know, places where

you can see the stars.

Joyce, we only have

six days.

[ Chattering ]

Shall I bring the crystal

or leave it here?

I suppose I won't

really need it on k-pax.

I don't even know

what they drink. [ Laughing ]

Dream on, sister.

He can only take

one of us with him.

Why the hell would he take

a stinker like you?

He's taking me.

How dare you!

I do not stink.

Nah, forget it, ho.

I'm the one goin'.

Yeah?

Which one of you?

Okay.

Who would like to begin?

Ernie.

Uh, I-I was-- I was wondering

if it was possible...

For us to have cream of

wheat instead of oatmeal.

[ All Groaning ]

Not again.

Howie.

I have a suggestion,

because there's really,

really not much time.

I would like to propose

an essay contest...

To decide once and for all

who will go with prot.

I've spoken with him,

and he's agreed to

read them all by july 27.

So if anyone would

like to be considered,

please state your reasons

in a clear, legible hand...

And return them to me.

[ Excited Chattering ]

Russell.

[ Chattering Continues ]

Yes?

Would I get to take

my bible to k-pax?

Of course you would.

[ Betty ]

We can finish

the essays later.

[ Dr. Powell ]

Now, I want you to

go back in time again,

but not so far back

as last time.

[ Chuckles ]

Is your friend there?

Is he with you now?

[ Chuckling ]

Yeah.

What's his name?

I'm not tellin'.

Prot, I would like to know

your friend's name.

Well, I ain't

gonna tell ya.

Well, we have to

call him something.

-How about pete?

-[ Chuckling ]

Well, that's not his name,

but whatever thrills you.

What year is it?

It's 1985.

How old are you?

One hundred and seventy-five.

How old is pete?

Seventeen.

Tell me about pete.

What happened?

Is there a problem?

Is that why

he called you?

[ Sighs ]

He's got a girlfriend.

And the problem is

with the girlfriend?

She's pregnant.

He can see it all coming

right down the road.

You get married,

have a bunch of kids,

wind up in the same

job that killed your dad.

He blames her for this?

Oh, no, no, no.

He doesn't blame her.

No, he just--

He--

How did he put it?

He hates

the chains that people

shackle themselves with.

I mean, we don't have

all that crap on k-pax.

All right, prot.

I want you to

listen to me carefully.

I want to move forward

in time again.

Oh, say, two weeks.

You--

If you would like

to open your eyes or

move around, you may.

Would you like to?

I know that.

Prot?

Prot, when--

It's, uh,

1991,

according to

your earth calendar.

And your friend pete

called you?

Not for anything

in particular.

He just... Sometimes

wants to talk things over...

With someone

every now and then.

Tell me about pete now.

He's a knocker.

A "knocker"?

A knocker is the guy

that knocks the cow

inside of the head...

So it won't struggle

while they slit its throat.

I know.

It's barbaric, isn't it?

Does he still live

in the same town?

Oh, just outside of town.

He's got a little place,

but he's fixed it up nice.

It's got some... Trees

and a couple of acres...

And a river.

It reminds me of k-pax,

except for the river.

Tell me, did he ever marry

that pregnant girl?

Wow, what a memory.

Yeah, they got married,

but she's no longer pregnant.

Why, that was six years ago.

I've forgotten her name.

S--

I didn't tell you

her name.

Can you tell me now?

Sara.

Did they have

a son or a daughter?

Rebecca.

It's her birthday

next week.

Chak, what's happened?

Howie tried to kill ernie.

What?

He's fine.

Ernie?

I feel wonderful, Dr. Powell.

For heaven's sake.

What happened?

Absolutely wonderful.

My good friend howie,

he just about

strangled me to death.

what?

[ Laughing ]

Son of a bitch,

I love him.

Ernie, I don't understand.

[ Ernie ]

You should've seen it.

I was asleep.

You know, the way I like--

My hands tied and everything.

He wrapped something

around my neck--

A handkerchief or something--

And then tightened it.

There wasn't a damn thing

I could do about it.

Well, when I

stopped breathing,

he lifted me onto the gurney,

rushed me up here,

and they brought me back

as quick as they could.

And when I woke up,

you know what I realized,

Dr. Powell?

Dying.

Dying's something

you have no control over.

Why waste your life

being afraid of it?

I'll sleep on my stomach

from now on.

I'll eat fish

with bones in it.

I'll swallow the biggest

pill you can find.

Bring it on.

[ Chuckles ]

I feel good.

[ Chuckling ]

That's terrific, ernie.

See you at our

session tomorrow?

Yes.

I cured him, didn't I?

Prot says one more task

and I'll be cured too.

And then it's...

Bon voyage.

[ Dings ]

[ Sighs ]

Tell me your name, damn it.

I'm gonna give you

a specific date,

and I want you to remember

where you were and what

you were doing on that day.

Do you understand?

Perfectly well,

my dear sir.

The date

is july 27, 1996.

I'm on k-pax.

are you sure?

quite sure, Governor.

I'm harvesting croppins

for a meal.

Croppins are a fungi,

like, uh, your truffles.

Big truffles.

Delicious. Do you like tru--

Wait a minute.

There it is.

What? Is it pete?

Yes.

I sense something is wrong.

He needs me.

I'm now on earth.

I'm with him.

And where are you?

What are you doing?

By a river...

In the back

of his house.

It's dark.

He's taking off

his clothes.

Why is he doing that?

He's--

What?

What is he doing?

He's trying

to kill himself.

Why does he want

to kill himself?

Because something terrible

has happened.

Has he done something?

Has he done

something he shouldn't have?

He doesn't want

to talk about it.

Prot, I'm trying to help him.

I can't help him unless

he tells me what happened.

He knows that.

Well,

then, why won't he tell me?

[ Sobs ]

Because then

you would know...

What even he

doesn't want to know.

Then you have to

help him, prot.

You have to help him

tell me what happened.

He doesn't want

to talk about it.

Are you fucking deaf?

Time is running out

for him.

Time is running out

for everyone.

He jumps in.

He's floating.

Pulse is up to 140.

Respiration's at 30.

For god's sake, man,

bring him back.

[ Panting ]

All right.

Listen to me.

You can save him.

You're his friend.

I am his friend.

That's why I won't try.

-Save him!

-No.

[ Shuddering ]

I can't.

The cur--

The current is too strong.

There's no chance.

I... Cannot.

Listen to me.

You've helped

a lot of patients here.

You've helped Mrs. Archer.

You've helped howie and ernie.

I'm gonna ask you

to help cure pete now.

Let's call it a task.

- I want you

to let me speak to him.

- [ Beeping ]

If he's listening,

I want him to know

that he can trust me.

I want him to know that if

it was sara or rebecca

that he did something--

[ Screaming ]

-[ Sobbing ]

-[ Door Opens ]

Get in there.

No, no, no, wait!

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

No. No, stay back.

Oh, my god! Oh, my god!

Oh, my god!

Oh--

Oh, my god!

[ Sobbing Continues ]

It's okay.

It's all right.

Shh.

That's okay.

It's all right now.

I'm gonna count backwards now

from five to one,

and as I count,

you'll become

more and more alert.

On the count of one

I'll snap my fingers,

and you'll wake up

feeling refreshed.

Five. You're starting

to come out of it.

Four. You're becoming

more alert.

Three.

Even more alert.

Two. You're starting

to wake up now.

And one.

Are you okay?

Yes.

Feeling fine.

Okay.

[ Muttering ]

[ Muttering Continues ]

[ Muttering ]

[ Mutters ]

[ Unintelligible ]

Thank you.

Is this--

Is this area code 5-0-5?

Where are you?

[ Woman ] New mexico, sir.

New mexico?

"Salva."

Salvation.

Salvation!

[ Joyce ]

There are a dozen salvation

army shelters in New Mexico.

Albuquerque,

las cruces, roswell.

Wait a minute.

There's one in santa rosa.

Santa rosa. Santa rosa.

Santa rosa.

Guelph.

That's pretty damn close

to santa rosa.

What's the biggest

local newspaper

for that region?

Guadalupe county observer,

covering guadalupe county.

All right.

Bring that up.

Go to july 27, 1996.

"Swap meet, livestock sale."

Wait.

Go to the 28th.

Okay.

[ Gasps ]

There it is!

"Robert porter. Drowned!"

His name...

Is robert porter.

[ Bell Dings ]

[ Footsteps ]

Robert porter.

Ah, here it is.

Yeah, I do remember

this case.

It was about the biggest

thing ever happened

around these parts.

He was a quiet type.

As I recall, he was

a real smart fella.

Kind of brainy.

Strong as a horse, though,

and worked as a knocker.

Lived about 20 miles

outside of town with

his-his wife and child.

Sarah.

His wife's name

was sarah.

That's right.

Damn shame

what happened.

You got time

to take a ride?

Yeah.

Well,

it's been empty.

Yeah, nobody comes around

here much anymore...

Since all that happened.

Ain't no livin' next of kin

to give the place to anyway.

I had detectives come

down from albuquerque...

To try and piece

this one together.

Well, accordin' to

the official story,

porter, he was at work

when this, uh, this drifter,

darryl walker,

come by the house.

Two-time parolee

lookin' for trouble.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Started out

as a robbery.

The wife and the daughter

were out back.

Sarah?

[ Voice Echoes ]

Sarah?

From what we can gather

from forensics and all,

this walker, he, uh--

He forced the two

women into the house.

Raped the wife,

killed 'em both.

Porter, he must've come home

and found walker still here.

God.

Snapped a grown man's neck

like it was a twig.

[ Shouts ]

[ Grunts ]

♪ [ Woman Vocalizing ] ♪

Can't say I wouldn't have

done the same myself.

♪ [ Vocalizing Continues ] ♪

Uh, the river's

this way.

They found

the clothes there.

That's probably

where he jumped in.

And this river can be

pretty treacherous.

Even in july

it's got a hell of a current.

Still, I suppose it might

have been a mistake,

officially,

to declare it a drowning

when the body was never found.

Doc,

if that boy you got

back there in New York

is really robert porter,

I'd just as soon

not know about it.

Know what I mean?

Mark.

I'm sorry.

Never do that again.

I won't.

What happened?

I found what

I was looking for.

You sure?

Yeah.

Wish I hadn't.

♪ and I think it's gonna be

a long, long time

♪ till touch down

brings me round again to find

♪ [ Tooting ]

♪ I'm not the man

they think I am at home

♪ oh, no, no, no

♪ I'm a rocket man

♪ [ Tooting ] ♪

If you wouldn't mind

putting mine on top.

♪ burnin' out his fuse

up here alone ♪

[ Tooting ]

♪ and I think it's gonna be

a long, long time ♪

prot.

Have a seat.

You all packed?

Ready to go?

Quite ready.

I travel light.

That's a joke, mark.

[ Chuckles ]

You humans.

There's just no

sense of humor.

I doubt, uh,

freud ever tried this,

but before

someone goes away,

we usually like

to send them off

with a little toast.

Scotch okay,

or would you prefer

something more fruity?

I will try

the scotch.

Well,

here's to a...

Safe journey.

Tell you the truth,

k-pax sounds like

a beautiful place.

I'd like to see it sometime.

Think there's

a chance of that?

I think you should see

more of your world.

As a matter of fact,

I think you should see

more of your own family.

Invite your son

for christmas.

I may just do that, prot.

You know what I've learned

about your planet?

There's enough life on earth

to fill 50 planets--

Plants, animals, people,

fungi, viruses--

All jostling

to find their place,

bouncing off each other,

feeding off each other,

connected.

You don't have that kind

of connection on k-pax?

Nobody wants,

nobody needs.

On k-pax, when I'm gone,

nobody misses me.

There would be

no reason to.

And yet I sense

that when I leave here,

I will be missed.

Yes.

Strange feeling.

You don't have

to leave, prot.

I'm sure there

must be some way

that I can help you...

To stay as one of us.

I will Miss you,

Dr. Powell.

Oh.

And I have to finish

my report, but...

I seem to have misplaced

my pencil.

Take mine.

A much more efficient

writing tool.

Adios, my friend.

Prot?

I wanna show you

something.

That is robert porter.

Prot, that's you.

You and robert porter

are the same person.

That's patently absurd.

I'm not even human.

Can't you at least

admit the possibility?

I will admit the possibility

that I am robert porter...

If you will admit

the possibility...

That I am from k-pax.

Now if you'll excuse me,

I have a beam of light

to catch.

Oh, mark.

Now that you've found robert,

please take good care of him.

♪ that nobody can deny

♪ for he's a--

♪ I can't stand it. ♪

I-- I can't

stand this!

I demand to know...

Which one of us

is goin' with you.

Well, I can

tell you this.

There's extra points for

the one who goes

to sleep first.

[ Mumbling ]

[ Woman ]

Out of my way!

Oh, my gosh.

You never gave me

my last task.

What's my last task?

To stay here.

And be prepared...

For anything.

You look tired, doc.

Why don't you get

a few hours of rest?

He's not goin' anywhere.

Uh--

We got seven hours.

I'll see you in four, hmm?

Get some rest.

You're gonna eat.

You need some food

and you need to sleep.

Chow fun.

Oh, the place on broadway

with the ugly

lanterns in the window?

The mean waiter

always shouted at us.

Their fortune cookies never

had any fortunes in 'em.

We never needed any.

I knew my fortune

that night.

He was sitting

right in front of me.

Hope he still is.

Hey.

What's up, man?

Look, 20 says he goes.

You're on.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Thunder ]

Shit!

Oh, damn it!

Two minutes.

You know where Dr. Powell is?

I'll buzz him.

One minute.

Here comes Dr. Powell!

He's moving.

REPEAT:

he's moving!

What the hell?

Wait for me, you--

[ Grunts ]

Son of a bitch.

Oh, god.

Oh, man.

Oh, god.

Call a code blue.

Help me. Let's get him.

[ Monitor Beeping ]

Who's that?

Beats me.

How'd he get in here?

That's not prot.

He's definitely not prot.

Certainly not.

Prot's gone.

Where's bess?

[ Man ]

Where's bess? Bess?

He chose bess.

Bitch!

[ Man ]

Good-bye, bess.

Good for you,

homegirl.

Bess went to k-pax.

[ Mark's Voice ]

Patient 287, robert porter.

How I wish I could say that

robert sat up one fine day...

And said, "I'm hungry.

Got any fruit?"

Like most catatonics,

he probably hears

every word we say...

But refuses

or is unable to respond.

Nevertheless,

I keep him up to date.

Let's see.

I told you about howie.

He got that job

at the public library.

And ernie, he's determined

to be a crisis counselor.

The only one we're, uh,

really

concerned about is bess.

You know, we've checked

halfway houses, shelters,

churches, bus stops.

Nothing.

Uh, we don't understand.

It's like...

People don't just disappear.

July 27.

You wouldn't happen to know

anything about that,

would you?

Robert?

No.

Well, maybe

it'll come to you.

Whenever you're ready,

I'll be waiting.

[ Prot's Voice ]

I want to tell

you something, mark,

something you

do not yet know,

but we k-paxians have been

around long enough

to have discovered.

The universe will expand,

then it will collapse

back on itself,

and then it will

expand again.

It will repeat

this process forever.

What you don't know is that

when

the universe expands again,

everything will be

as it is now.

Whatever mistakes you make

this time around, you will

live through on your next pass

Every mistake you make...

You will live through...

Again and again, forever.

So my advice to you is to

get it right this time around,

because this time...

Is all you have.

You're lookin' great, michael.

Think so?

Thanks.

How you doin'?

Good. How was your--

How was your trip?

Was it--

Was it good?

♪ maybe this is forever

♪ forever fades away

♪ like a rocket ascending

♪ into space

♪ could you not be sad

♪ could you not break down

♪ after all

♪ I won't let go

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ there's beauty in release

♪ there's no one left

to please

♪ but you and me

♪ I don't blame you

for quitting

♪ I know you really tried

♪ only you could hang on

♪ through the night

♪ 'cause I don't

wanna be lonely

♪ I don't wanna be scared

♪ and all our friends

♪ are waiting there

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ there's beauty in release

♪ there's no one left

to please

♪ but you and me

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ feel like I could

have held on

♪ feel like I could

have let go

♪ feel like I could

have helped you

♪ feel like I could

have changed you

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ feel like I could

have held you

♪ feel like I could

have let you

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ feel like I was a stranger

♪ feel like I was an angel

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ feel like I was a hero

♪ feel like I was a zero

♪ safe and sound

♪ feel like I could

have killed you

♪ feel like I could

have healed you

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ feel like I could

have touched you

♪ feel like I could

have saved you

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ feel like I should

have known you

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ feel like I could

have changed you

♪ feel like I could

have moved you

♪ until you're safe and sound

♪ feel like I should

have told you

♪ feel like I could

have known you

♪ feel like I could

have loved you

♪ feel like I could

attract you

♪ feel like I could

have saved you

♪ feel like I really

loved you

♪ feel like

I really loved you ♪

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