Being Human (2011–2014): Season 1, Episode 9 - I Want You Back (From the Dead) - full transcript

Previously on "Being Human..."

Many people don't come
to the old wing

because it's haunted.

This is where people like us
come to search for things.

- Are you attracted to me?
- Oh my God, yes!

- Oh my God!
- What, what, what?

I growled.

That's what he goes through?

Every four weeks,
for the rest of his life.

I was getting bullied.

This is Bernie,
from across the street.



- Come on, loser!
- Hey!

Aidan saved me from
getting stomped again.

I promise I will
watch out for him.

I've been watching
you with him.

You must've been
a father once.

They sent you that DVD
because they think I affect you.

What kind of animal gives this
garbage to a 10-year-old boy?

He didn't give it to me.
I took it.

- I'm sorry!
- Stay away from my son.

♪ So, you're feeling
old today... ♪

That awful need
to touch soneone,

be touched.

For some of us,
it just won't die.

♪ Well, 25 is not exactly
dying age... ♪



And eventually that need

will take you to
your breaking point.

♪ Still, you'd like
to be alone ♪

♪ And spend your time
at home... ♪

Frankenstein's monster,
poor bastard,

couldn't stop reaching out.

♪ Catch up on all
those things you've missed ♪

♪ Since you've been gone... ♪

- C'mon, get your skateboard!
- Stop it!

It's not that hard!

- Dracula had it easy.
- Give that back!

He drank, he killed.
End of story.

- Leave me alone!
- Get back here.

He wasn't interested
in being friends.

You wanna go, like,
call your dad?

- Oh right! You don't have one.
- Aidan!

Got any money?

Stop it!

I really wanna tell you something
that just happened to me,

but aren't you gonna go kick
their little sociopath asses?

I can't.

They've been
torturing Bernie all week!

You mean ever since his
mom was screaming in the street

that I'm a pervert.

If I so as much
as look at Bernie,

she rounds up the vigilantes
with torches and baseball bats.

* The bears will
keep you company *

* When you are gone *

* And this is all *

* And this is all *

Somebody call 911!

* And this is all *

Give me some room!
I need some...

Bernie! Please, God!

It doesn't matter
if you're dead, undead

or somewhere in between...

because it's you humans
that haunt us.

And you won't let us go.

Did you sleep at all?

I couldn't.

I just kept hoping
maybe he'd wake up,

and we could go home.

I could make him
a sandwich.

And everything could
just be normal.

His organs are failing.

Cindy,
I... I am so sorry.

Thank you.

And for the room and
for getting the doctors here.

I could ask them
to come back

if you wanna talk
to them some more.

I always thought
you can't keep them inside,

wrapped up in blankets
like they're babies.

They have to know how to play
in front of their own house.

Of course they do.

I could've stopped Bernie
from running into the street.

I could've stopped
those little sons of bitches

from hurting him.

I wish
I... I could've...

done something and...

I wish I could
do something now.

What could you
possibly do?

It's out of our hands now.

♪

Nick Fenn?

You don't remember me?

Sally Malik?

Intro to Marxism
and Class Conflict.

Ah, hmm...

Dying to stab a pen
in the eye of any jerk-off

that won't stop
pontificating?

Bingo.

Wow! I didn't realize
you were, uh...

Are you dead?

I like to think of it
as forever 23, but yeah.

I... I saw your note at the
hospital on the message wall.

Oh yeah. I left
that years ago.

I mean, you know, it was for
the 'rents when they got here.

I should
probably do that too.

How was... What was it?
China? Indonesia?

- India.
- India.

I never got there.

I got a boyfriend

and, uh, he didn't
want me to go.

And I was really into him.

Did it at least last?

Oh yeah. Boyfriend became
fiancé, uh, bought a house,

was gonna
start a family.

Wow!

Mm-hmm.

Well, that's
a serious 180.

I, uh, vividly remember
a tirade against marriage.

Yeah, um, I guess
I rebelled against rebelling.

Hmm...

Anyway, uh, I... I never
heard about you...

Dying?

Yeah.

Uh, a few years back.

Mm-hmm?

Um, it was pretty hairy.

Mine too. Hmm...

I guess that's why
we're here, right?

Because it
did not end well.

Hmm.

So, we should hang out.

Yeah, I'd like that.

Do you wanna go, um,
watch people drink coffee?

Normally a specialty
of mine,

but, uh, I gotta go.

Oh.

I'm here most days.

Swing by.

* Mad world *

♪ Enlarging your world ♪

* Mad world *

Oh really?

Do they have to show the
bloody heads flying at us?

Says the woman that's
obsessed with extreme surgery.

You loved it when they
rebuilt that guy's face.

And the patient's
blotto on anesthesia.

It's not like watching
thousands of Chinese get...

Mongol.

They're all,
uh, Mongolian.

This is the pre-inception
of the Chinese state.

You're such a nerd.

Yes, but I'm a sexy nerd.

So I'm like
a living oxymoron.

I'm gonna
get more popcorn.

- OK.
- Don't pause it.

It's not that bad.

Ow!

Oh!

Somebody get disembowelled?

'Cause I do wanna see that.

Everything's fine.

Oh my god!

Oh my god! No!

Nick was like a demigod
in the classroom,

even though he
was only a TA.

He was brilliant
and inspiring.

Are you in the Dead
Poets Society right now?

It's weird, right?

He and I both die,
years apart,

and then find each
other again in limbo?

You know what?

You're a ghost
talking to a werewolf

making an
egg-salad sandwich.

I no longer compute
what's weird.

So, back then,

what happened
between you two?

Class, coffee,

intense sessions of
editing my papers

in his very small,
stifling office.

I thought Danny was
the love of your life.

This was pre-Danny.

And if I hadn't thought

that Nick Fenn was
so out of my league

with his 5'11" Harvard
Kennedy school girlfriend,

I probably wouldn't have
shacked up with Danny

after five dates.

Five dates! Jeez!

I'm a serial monogamist,

without the "serial" part.

Me too. It's like
an undiagnosed disease.

Nick was always the one
I was supposed to be with.

He would have never talked me
out of moving to New York

and working for the UN.

You were gonna
do all that stuff?

I was gonna try.

Is it totally crazy-town

to pursue a relationship with
someone when you're both dead?

Honestly, I don't
know if any of us

should be
in relationships.

Anytime we try and connect,
people just get hurt...

or worse.

Have you seen Aidan?

Not since he left work.

I'm worried about him.

Good to
see you, Mr. Aidan.

* You are so far
above the ground *

* You are *

* So far
above the ground *

* You are *

♪ So far above the ground ♪

The nursing staff
is pretty hardcore

about their
theme parties.

I'm gonna stay for an hour,
tops. Are you going?

I guess.

We should carpool.

And by that I mean,
you drive,

I get tipsy,
if I can in 60 minutes.

Oh, showing up
at a work party together,

that's kind of a big move,
don't you think?

It's a ride. People at
the hospital know we're friends.

Yeah, but we're
not, right? Right?

I mean, we're not
just friends.

Why are you
being so weird?

I'm not! weird... not!

OK, actually, there was...

I... I was...
I've been thinking.

And I think
we should just...

pace it down a little.

Oh!

Wow!

Just a little.

Um, OK, I thought things
were going pretty well.

No, they are,
really, really well.

I just wanna slow it down.

Are you breaking
up with me?

Oh God! No, no!
Not at all.

OK then, yeah,
I definitely missed a chapter.

We went from animal sex
in the break room

to a frozen pizza
and cuddling

in front of a movie
that I had to read.

I think that's slowing down.

It's just developing
like a Polaroid.

What?

It's just...

I just wanna dial it back,
a little bit,

just so that we don't ramp up
and get too intense.

I hope you understand.

It's murky,
but, uh, yeah,

I think I'm beginning
to see the bottom.

Great.

Wow! That's really good.

I know it's just, like,
cafeteria pudding, but holy cow!

You know, I'm serious.
You... need to try this.

You're not gonna
believe this.

I'm... I'm good.

* Let's take it up *

* Another notch... *

* We used to think
that we would *

* Throw it all away *

* Excuse me, please *

* But we're just paying
for your mistakes *

* We were friends *

* Let's disappear
Let's disappear... *

Aidan! Aidan!

Stop it!

* They took it all... *

Get out!

* And left us none *

Get away from me!
She's mine!

You've had enough!

Uh, I tried for 8 months
to get a reservation

at this place.

You're a genius.

Ooh, those look good.

Oh, those shrimp
make me wanna weep.

So where
do you hang out?

Uh... home.

Tell me you've at least
watched the Sox from the dugout.

Let me guess,

you're also reading the
collective works of Aristotle

and jamming with Yo-Yo Ma.

Oh my god!
Yeah, all right, well...

Intensive Arabic
and Morrissey.

I haven't hung out with
the great man, but you what?

I did sit in the front row,
and he did sweat on me.

And... and how do
you take Arabic?

Uh, well, there's a class
that meets every day,

and then I met
some Egyptian expats.

They meet at this café
on Beacon.

Yeah.

They don't really know
that I am there, but, uh,

I talk at them.

So, OK, yeah,

I'm a total slacker shut-in
ghost. Yes, it's fine.

No, no, you're new,
all right?

I spent the first
6 months crying

and haunting
my ex-girlfriend.

God! All these ghost perks
I never considered.

Like, I've never
used my ghost powers

to peep on naked people.

Seriously, Sally?
That's, like, Ghosting 101.

Not even. That is...
It's, like, prereqs.

I haven't.
Yeah, no, I have.

This is ridiculous.

You're dead. I'm dead.

I can stop trying
to impress you.

You always impressed me.

I did?

You know you did.

Um, did you...

I mean, you knew I had a
violent crush on you, right?

You OK?

Nick?

He saw me.

And he wanted me to help him.

Aidan, this is
not your fault.

Oh no?

That little boy
is going to die.

Except, you can...

You... you could turn him.

Yeah, look what that's
done to you and me.

- We manage.
- I don't wanna manage anymore!

What does that mean?

Rebecca, what's the point?

What is the point
of having this power?

I could save that
little boy's life,

but I'm not going to.

I'm just gonna
sit and watch him die.

Hey...

Oh...

Nick, you out here?

Nick?

Are you...
Are you OK?

Nick!

Uh...

Hey.

I thought
you evaporated.

I was kind of hoping
that you missed that part.

What was that part?

The big secret.
How I kicked it.

I drowned.

I don't understand.

OK, um...

A few years back,
I took a boat out.

The water was rougher
than I thought. I capsized.

My leg got caught
in the anchor rope.

I couldn't get free.

I drowned!

Uh...

And every day since then,
I relive it.

Why?

I don't know.

Why do some ghosts get
their doors and some don't?

I wish I could Google
this crap, Sally.

Some ghosts refer to it
as a death echo.

How are you so sane?

I feel like I would be one
of those armless nut-jobs

screeching by
the message wall.

At first, I thought
I would be too.

But then, I was like,
I don't know:

"It's 5 minutes
of my day."

The rest of my time
is what I make of it.

So, how about telling
me again about that

violent crush
you had on me.

Uh, not that you noticed.

You're right.

I was too busy wondering
why you never noticed me.

I really wish I
would've known that then.

I would have had a
completely different death.

Holy crap!

I felt that.

This is crazy!

We're ghosts!

I know.

Like, right now, some jerk
would walk by and be like:

"Get a room, slut!"

"Don't need one, loser!"

Sorry.

OK...

Wow.

♪ The tears are filling up
their glasses ♪

* No expression *

* No expression *

* Hide my head *

♪ I wanna drown my sorrow ♪

* No tomorrow *

* No tomorrow *

You made it.

You don't have
to check up on me.

Bernie's gone and... and...

I've put it away.

Life shouldn't have
to be this miserable.

Aidan!

Aidan!

You're so cold.

I don't feel cold.
I feel a little weak.

- Rebecca fixed me.
- What did you do?

Bernie, maybe you should
go play on the slide.

Slide? I don't slide.

- I'm in the 4th grade.
- Oh...

Uh, well...

I guess I'll find
something to do.

- Bernie, wait!
- Aidan...

Are you crazy?
Do you know what this means?

- He could kill someone!
- Chill out.

You can't turn a kid.

I couldn't stand
seeing you like that.

Bernie didn't
deserve to die.

He has no impulse control,

even before you turned
him into a monster.

I haven't been
feeding him live blood.

Only hospital blood.
You and I can raise him right!

Rebecca, I... I don't know
if you're delusional

or naïve or
just plain stupid.

Or maybe I just
trusted you.

You promised me that you
could keep us both clean.

That we'd go away and
have a life. Remember?

Yeah, sure!

We can live forever,
but what is there to live for?

You can't experiment
playing house with a kid.

Whatever. It's done.

God, I...

I did this for you.
You think I wanted to?

- Oh no!
- What?

Bernie... Bernie!

Bernie!

Bernie!

Seriously?

You're doing it
in the kitchen!

We... we eat here.
I eat here!

OK, where am I
supposed to go, Josh?

I don't have a bedroom.

I forgot
you can see us.

Yeah, and your sex cloud,

or whatever this is,
it's gross, OK? It spreads out.

I'm afraid to breathe because
I might inhale part of you.

Wow, Josh!
So polite!

By the way,
this is Nick.

- Hi.
- Hey, Nick.

He has girlfriend issues.

OK.

Just issues.

Well, uh, I should
probably flicker anyway.

Gotta, you know,
die again.

Um, maybe you could...

Maybe you could work
through your echo here.

Hmm, OK.

What? Like an
intervention/home detox?

Well, maybe you just need
something else to focus on.

Hmm?

Muah! I'll be back before
you can explode a light bulb.

Try.

I....

Try.

Nick, it's OK.

I'm right here.
I'm right beside you.

It's OK.
What's going on?

Just get out!
He's drowning.

- What?
- You don't have to.

Just come back
when you're ready.

I'll be here.

Your boyfriend drowns.

Because he's the
ghost of a merman.

Give me
a break, Josh. Please.

Hi. What's your name?

Want some Red Vines?

Bernie!

Sorry.

Uh, sorry.
He... he can't have sugar.

Bernie, you almost
hurt that little girl.

- I didn't mean to.
- I know.

But you have
to be careful

because you don't know
how strong you are.

Now, you can't...

You can't run
off like that.

Rebecca's freaking out.
We looked everywhere for you.

That girl's
heart was loud.

I could hear her blood.
I could smell it!

Am I, like,
a superhero now?

Listen to me. And you
have to understand this.

You can never,
never, hurt someone.

Even if you feel like...
biting, you can't.

Because if you did,
they could die.

Like I did!

Yeah, Bernie,
you almost died.

Don't worry. I wasn't
gonna hurt that girl.

She was nice.

Yeah, she was nice.

Aidan, superheroes
only go after bad guys,

people who
hurt other people.

We're not
superheroes, Bernie.

I wish I was
like this before.

Then those boys, they
wouldn't have messed with me.

Aidan, I feel
kind of sick.

You're hungry.

Uh, look, I have
to go to work.

We're gonna find Rebecca

and she's gonna
take care of you, OK?

So unless you're washing
your hair that night,

you let me know.

That sounds suspiciously
like a booze cruise.

Hey!

Hey!

You guys planning
the office Christmas party?

Or, I should say,
holiday party,

so I don't offend my Jewish
Brethren, or the Muslims.

Invinder's a Sikh.

Need some help?

I do, actually. Yeah.

Mr. Beckley thinks
he has guinea worm.

Guinea worm?
He has H1N1.

Excuciating discomfort,
cranberry-coloured pustules.

I don't know...

I'll come find you.

OK.

Hey, when I said,
"Let's take it slow,"

I didn't mean go hook up
with Dr. Roofie.

You do not
get to do this.

No, we're dialing
it down, remember?

What does that
even mean anyway,

except you're too much of
a coward to break up with me?

That's not... No!

We're still on,
exactly like we were,

only it's just
less intense.

You keep saying that.

What is less intense
than no sex,

dinner out once
a week and no sex!

My grandmother in assisted
living does more than we do.

It means that we'll just be
less invested in each other.

Just less intimate, Nora.

So, to sum up, you wanna
see me as much as you do now,

but care about me less.

And in between, while
I wait for you to call

and tell me what
DVD we're renting,

I should get reacquainted
with my vibrator

because I'm not to
see anyone else. Sold!

* That's over *

* That's over *

♪ Honestly, you'll never have ♪

* What I have *

* Go ask *

* Go ask my father *

* Go ask, it's time â*

Those two boys nearly had
their heads chewed off

by some vicious creature
with tiny, sharp fangs.

What could have
done that, I wonder?

Did you really think
I wouldn't find out, Aidan?

A spanking new vampire
running around the city.

I didn't want this.
It wasn't my choice to turn him.

There is always a choice.

And there are rules,

considerations and even
compassion amongst vampires.

You're lecturing me
about compassion?

Obviously, I have to. Otherwise,
we wouldn't be here.

No, we wouldn't be here
if you hadn't turned Rebecca.

That is why we
don't turn children.

You turned Bernie?

No, not me. Rebecca.

And you,
you caused Rebecca.

Oh! Oh my god, Aidan!

How could you
keep this a secret?

Look, I didn't tell you
because you couldn't help

and I knew that
you would disintegrate,

just like you're
doing right now.

No! You only tell me things

when... when crap
has already exploded!

When it's raining
down on us!

When you don't
have a choice!

And now, three boys are
dead because of you.

And Cara and Rebecca
and god knows who else...

I am telling you this
because you are my best friend!

And you're right.
Yeah, OK.

Things have gotten
out of control.

And it may be that I have
to leave for a little bit.

We are best friends.

But maybe it's better
if you do leave.

Please, please, eat this.
Eat it.

Come on, it tastes good.
Smell it.

Come on! Eat it!

- I don't want it!
- That is the last bag I have.

You have to eat something.

- I don't care!
- It was good enough yesterday!

- Hey! Rebecca, cool it.
- What has happened?

Don't! You have
not been here.

He doesn't even sleep!

Listen, I can
get more blood.

I don't want it!
It makes me sick.

It tastes like puke,
rotten puke!

I don't know
what happened.

I wanna see my mom.
I wanna go home.

Hey! I know you do, Bernie.
But remember what we said?

Whoa!

Shhh!

I cannot do
this by myself.

You've got to
quit your job.

You've got to be here.

I'll take him.

I'll take him now.

Hey, Bernie...

Let's get you
something to eat.

I won't drink
that blood. I hate it!

No, no. Something good.

We have to get out of
this city. Vermont or Maine.

Somewhere where there's
not so many people.

We can't stay
in this crawly motel room,

brushing up against people.

I can smell them
through the walls.

It's gonna be OK.
I promise.

OK.

Bernie...

I lost it.

I'm sorry.

Hey, he just
needs to cool down.

Um, you take a rest.

You take a walk.
I got him.

Hey, Bernie,
you wanna take a drive?

Let's find something
to eat, huh?

* All around me
are familiar faces *

* Worn-out places *

* Worn-out faces... *

I've been thinking.

You know my movements,

the way I shake the house,
make the pipes explode?

They're tied to my emotions.

So maybe there's
something in you

that's causing the echo.

You say it's random,

but it's gotta be
linked to something.

I used to think
that I was in this echo...

because every night
I would die,

trying to untie my legs,
swim to the surface,

you know, like, beat my death,
and I never did.

So then I accepted it,
all of it.

My death, the echo...

And it's still here.

Well, maybe you could
leave a message on the wall.

And then find someone who
kicked the echo. Or maybe...

Sally...

The only time that I remember
what it was like to be alive...

is when I'm dying.

I don't even know
what to say to that.

You do this on purpose?

Let's just forget about it.

♪ That every child should ♪

* Sit and listen *

Sally, let me just say

that you have been
handling this like a champ.

Yeah, I know I have.

That's what I do.
I'm a real stand-up girl.

I did this with Danny too.

I supported him.
I put up with all his moods.

I rearranged my
entire life for him.

Just don't compare me
to the guy that killed you.

Being with you...

has made everything
so much easier.

Just knowing

that I can always come
back to you afterwards...

And you don't
have to fix me.

Really.

What we are, I think,
is kind of perfect.

It's perfect for you.

'Cause I guess
that's my thing.

My echo.

I meet a guy.
He's great.

I lose myself in him.

He's gonna solve
all my problems.

And then I just
disappear into his.

And you don't even
wanna get better.

I guess that death...

doesn't leave us a whole
lot of room for change.

Really? Is there more to say?

We're both adults.

I think we know when
something isn't meant to be.

I don't want you
to see Reed, or anyone.

Oh, here we go.

You know, you're
surprisingly Neanderthal

for someone so young.

I'm not a jerk who doesn't
wanna get close to you.

I want to be with you.
I want to be with you.

But there's
something in my life.

And it has nothing to do
with you or another woman.

And I didn't kill anyone.

That's remarkably
not reassuring

if you have
to point that out.

There's
something private...

about me.

And it needs
to stay that way.

For always?

I don't know.

And I realize
that makes me seem

incredibly unappealing,
but I don't know...

I don't know
how else to do this.

Look, I... I
appreciate your honesty.

But I'm not gonna
be that crazy,

low self-esteem,
co-dependent girl

who needs a guy
who's tortured.

I'm just...
I'm not gonna do it.

I don't want you to.
I don't want that for you.

I... I...

I've hurt my family...

by keeping this to myself.

My fiancée.

It wasn't just that we were
young. It was this thing.

♪ Let's go home together... ♪

I don't wanna hurt you.

I don't wanna
hurt you too.

But if you're not letting
me in, then what's the point?

No, I just...
I wanna protect you.

No. I don't need you to.

You think I haven't seen
horrible stuff in my life?

♪ Let's go home together... ♪

♪ Let's go lose ourselves ♪

♪ I'd give anything to you ♪

♪ I do need you, it seems ♪

* In a dirty movie *

* Only you have seen *

♪ Let's go home together... ♪

Things took a wild turn,
didn't they?

♪ Let's go lose ourselves... ♪

How?

Who did this to you?

Let's just say I didn't
always go for the nice guy.

I never wanna let anything
like this happen to you again.

* A Spanish burn *

* This kind of love *

* Can leave *

* No evidence *

* This kind of love
can leave... *

It's so quiet here.

So you and your mom,
you guys ever go hiking?

Um, no.

She says that's why
we live in the city.

We don't have to hike.

I agree with her there.

But where else are
you gonna find deer?

But how are
you gonna shoot it?

You don't have a gun.

We don't need a gun.

We're gonna
catch it ourselves.

And kill it?

Yep.

But you said
that we can't kill.

Animals are different.
Humans eat animals too.

Don't worry.
We'll be gentle and quick.

See, if you have
to kill an animal,

there's a way to do it
so it doesn't hurt.

Cool.

Shhh! Look right
over there.

OK. Now, I'm gonna
go around.

And if he bolts,
you run as fast as you can

and just try
to hold him, OK?

Wait, wait.
What if he does get away?

Just hold him.

* Bruises only *

* In the places
you can't see *

* I'll leave no trail
behind me *

* When I am gone *

♪ Stay, and I will lie ♪

* That's in us *

♪ A heart beats so hardly ♪

* A Spanish burn *

* This kind of love *

* Can leave... *

* This kind of love *

* Can leave *

Did you find Bernie?

I took care of it.

You had to.

I'll be upstairs.

Marcus...

Thank you for taking
care of those boys.

If I didn't
know any better,

I would've thought
Aidan's son did it myself.

Whatever I can do.

What was Aidan
thinking anyway?

Trying to keep a child,
it's sick.

Aidan was thinking he could
start a family of his own.

But we're his family,
aren't we, Marcus?

Hmm...