Kingdom Hospital (2004): Season 1, Episode 4 - The West Side of Midnight - full transcript
Mrs. Druse asks a dying patient to help her contact Mary's spirit. Thieving nurse Emma Warburton is frightened to death by her wily old war, Mr. Sugarly. Meanwhile, Peter and Rolf recover in their hospital room, the evil ghost Paul contacts Rolf to kill an old woman who is coming to see Peter.
Mr. Sugarly?
"Good-night...
"sweet prince."
Mustn't be greedy.
"And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"
You old grumpikins.
What in the hell are you doing in here?
This is Emma Warburton.
I'm having a heart attack.
What the hell is going on here?
Unit 19, what's your 10?
According to the telephone trace-back...
your 20 is 15 Belknap Road, Castle Rock.
10-4, we're on it.
Lady at Belknap Road.
May be a vapour lock.
It's probably just heartburn.
He's such a sweet old man.
And he loves the s?ances.
Is he in much pain, Nurse Bannerman?
No, Sister Morphine is visiting him tonight.
He's just slipping in and out
of consciousness.
Good.
- This is very kind of you, Mrs. D.
- Nonsense.
Lenny and I,
we have been through the wars together.
Now, if you get frightened,
all you have to do is ring his bell.
I won't get frightened...
because I have sat with the dying before,
and always...
the jaw drops...
and that's it.
Hey, Lenny, it's Sally.
And I'll be right here...
with my crossword puzzle.
Not that I can figure out the words, ever.
What we've all come to.
Hook to Trauma 1.
Hook to Trauma 1, stat.
Hook to Trauma 1, stat.
Yeah.
Is that you, Sally?
Yes, Lenny. I'm here.
Where have you been all day?
I've been ghost-hunting.
You and your ghosts.
Yeah, Sally and her ghosts.
How I loved you, Sally.
You and all your crazy ghosts.
All my crazy ghosts.
We had to do it in a chair...
because of my arm.
Remember?
Of course I remember.
That was our day.
It was only the once...
but it was for the ages.
Yes, it was for the ages.
- Mississippi 1.
- Mississippi 2.
Mississippi 3.
Amiodarone 300, IV Push.
The IV's infiltrated.
I don't see any more veins.
Hook, we lost the antecubital.
Can you get a central line in for me?
Sure. Stop compression, Ollie.
It's not a rhythm there. It's an afterthought.
What happened?
The old guy she nurses says he scared her.
She went down.
Doesn't matter. This bitch is coming back.
I set my heart on it.
Look, V-Fib.
Come on, Liz, get the defibrillator ready.
- Are you sure?
- Sure. Clear.
I got rhythm.
No, you will not!
I used to hate myself.
I like myself now.
I used to hate myself.
I like myself now.
I used to hate myself.
I like myself now.
Did hate.
Now like.
I tried to save that little girl.
I tried so hard.
I like myself now.
This harassment will end.
It will end today.
Oh, my God!
- All right, back to work.
- You sure, man?
Yes. Come on, people, work with me.
Give me a cardiac needle.
- I think she's gone, Doctor.
- She's not until I say so.
You heard the man.
What do you think?
It's just aftershock.
It's over.
Are you sure?
No.
I'm dying, aren't I?
Yes, Lenny.
- Are you afraid?
- A little.
Don't be. You're just passing over...
to be with those crazy ghosts...
and so many wonderful friends
waiting for you.
Lenny.
- Can you hear a bell?
- No.
Well, yes, very faint.
Probably the nurses' station.
You were so beautiful.
Thank you.
I'm not going to argue with you
at a time like this.
- Would you like to get some sleep?
- No.
I want to be 25.
Hold compressions.
Emma.
Ready with the defibrillator.
Nurse, procainamide, 100 milligram, bolus.
Amiodarone, epi to the heart,
and now procainamide?
Come on now, it's over.
- Who gave her amiodarone?
- You did.
- She's gone, Louis.
- She is not gone. She's...
You had no right
to leave like that, Emmy-Jean.
No right! No damn...
That's enough.
Why didn't you die on someone else's shift?
What in God's name was that about?
That was Emma Warburton.
For a few brief, shining moments,
25 years ago...
she was Mrs. Louis Traff.
Hook, come over here.
I want to show you something.
- Fire?
- Six months at Stevens Memorial.
She got hooked on painkillers
and then she was released.
Later, there was a drug scandal.
She was charting pain meds
as if they were for a patient...
but she was actually stealing them
for herself.
She beat the rap. Not with Louis, though.
He waited for the dust to settle...
and then he divorced her.
She Elmer Traff's mother?
It was a long time ago.
I've already said too much as it is.
As for Elmer, keep your trap shut.
That young man
has enough problems as it is.
Yeah, we're going to have to
use these next time.
Good morning, gentlemen.
I'm the owner of that car over there.
So?
So I'd like to know who defaced it.
It's dented and it's been tagged.
It wasn't us. So buzz off, daddy.
I'm willing to pay for the information.
If either of you had anything to do with it,
I'd be willing to forget about it, this time.
This time?
So what are you gonna do next time?
Cut us with a scalpel?
There's more than one way to operate.
You know, there's a law
against pointing guns at people.
I'm not pointing it at you.
I'm showing it to you.
And if you were to tell a cop...
that the Chief of Neurosciences
at Kingdom Hospital...
showed a gun to you...
and the Chief of Neurosciences
said that he did not...
whom do you think would be believed?
The ones who tagged your Jag
were wearing white, all right?
You're lying.
I don't know, like orderlies, white unis.
A man and a woman. Young.
You know their names?
You're kidding, right?
- Buy yourselves some breakfast.
- But we're gonna miss the job call.
You see them again,
you call me at this number.
I'll make it worth your while.
Try to get their names.
I want to know their names.
- Mississippi 1.
- Mississippi 2.
Mississippi 3.
How's your mama?
Has she found her ghost yet?
Not yet.
- I'm starting to wonder, though.
- What?
Maybe there isn't something in it.
Is there anything...
I can do for you?
There might be.
When you go over...
you'll pass through Swedenborgian space.
If I'm right...
that little girl that I've been looking for,
she'll be there.
She hasn't gone over.
I don't know why.
I don't even know her name.
Her name is Mary.
She's afraid of the boy.
When you get to the other side...
there's this beautiful, golden light
at the end...
that will be beckoning to you.
Don't go for just a moment.
Call the girl.
Ask her what she wants...
and how can I help her.
Can you do that for me?
Oh, Lenny, my Lenny.
Are you there?
If that was you, flash the light again.
Yes, Lenny. Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much.
Wait.
Don't go. What can I ask you? Yes, I got it.
You'll flash the light once for "yes"...
twice for "no,"
and three times for "I don't know."
Can you do that for me, Lenny?
Have you passed over?
Are you in the dark place?
Do you see the beautiful,
bright, golden light...
beckoning to you?
Yes.
And is it so beautiful?
Wait, we're wasting time.
You can only stay so long.
What do I ask?
Ask who knows her name.
Okay.
Is there anyone in this hospital...
who knows her name?
A doctor?
No, not a doctor. No doctor. A nurse?
A patient?
Can you tell me the room number?
Nat?
Rolf, wake up.
Harriet.
- They told me...
- Hush.
Don't wake him like this.
- Harriet?
- That's better.
You're dead. I heard one of them say so.
They thought I was out, but I listen.
You were supposed to be dead, too.
That was the plan.
You're not...
You're really that boy.
If you wake him up, I'll make you sorry.
There's an old woman,
a meddling old woman.
If she comes in here and she tries
to talk to your roomie, kill her.
- Why?
- Never mind. Just do it.
I'm not sure I can.
You can. You better.
Do you know the beauty part?
No one will even ask you why you did it.
You're crazy.
That's why I'm seeing you, isn't it?
Because I'm crazy.
You don't really believe that?
No.
I'm waiting for you.
Don't scream.
You'll wake the other sleepers.
- Nightmare?
- Horrible.
The worst I ever had.
We agreed
to stick to a platonic relationship.
You agreed. I disagreed.
- Did I scream? Is that why you woke me up?
- No.
Tell me what you remember of your dream.
They fade, you know.
- I'll never forget this one.
- Tell me.
Yes, you're the one.
Sir.
I'm sorry to disturb you.
Truly, I am.
But we need to talk.
Can you wake up, sir?
This is really important.
Mrs. Druse.
What are you doing here?
That would take a bit of explanation...
but, Dr. Hook, I must talk to this man.
This man is in serious condition.
You can't talk to him.
But someone already has been.
- That's it?
- All I can remember.
So tell me, Frau Doctor,
am I having the sexual problem?
Yeah, deviant interest in older women.
Have breakfast with me in chez mort.
Listen, if your father knew
that we'd been dining in the morgue...
we would both be in a lot of trouble.
My father forgot what it was like
to be young and horny around the time...
Abner Doubleday invented football.
Abner Doubleday invented baseball,
dear child.
And your father's the reason
that I woke you up early.
- He wants to see you.
- About what?
I don't know, but it sounded serious.
He's in the lounge.
The Traffs never give up. Did I tell you that?
Don't be tiresome, Elmer.
Please, listen.
I know that you and Dr. Draper
took a great risk to get me readmitted...
so I could investigate that little girl
we both heard.
That you saw.
But that man in 426, Mr. Rickman, knows.
He knows who she is.
Lenny told me the room number.
The pendulum, it showed me which patient.
Mr. Rickman needs to talk to me.
- Mrs. Druse...
- Sally, please.
Sally, with all due respect,
you can't know that.
But I do.
If Dr. Stegman gets wind of this...
even the keepers of the Kingdom
might not be able to save my job.
You're not afraid of Dr. Stegman.
I know you're not.
Maybe not.
But I am afraid of what
Nat Rickman might think...
if she found out I let Kingdom Hospital's
most notorious psychic hypochondriac...
use her neurologically-impaired husband
as an Ouija board.
Excuse me, I am not a hypochondriac.
Okay, Sally. Let me think it over, okay?
Maybe I'll even talk to Chris Draper about it.
That's a good idea.
She's a very intelligent young woman.
- Just one other thing.
- Make it the last other thing, please.
There's something wrong in that room.
I think that your Mr. Rickman
is in real danger.
- From who?
- I don't know...
but I can feel him, it, something.
I'd leave instructions
to keep a close watch on Mr. Rickman.
I'd do that...
if I were you.
Well, beat me, Daddy, down to the floor.
I'm back to normal.
I've been cooling my heels here
for 45 minutes. Where have you been?
How dare you do that again?
Sleep lab.
Then...
I was all sweaty.
- Bad dreams?
- The worst.
How many sleep sessions?
This was my third. Why?
You don't want a cut, do you?
The pay is pretty small.
Nightmares every time?
Two out of three.
I think it's the hospital food, but...
Wait. What did you want to see me about?
I got a cardiac arrest just before dawn.
It was your mother.
I did everything I could,
everything I could think of.
I'm sorry.
Son.
Am I weak? Did I get that from her?
It's like I hardly knew her.
You had something to do with that.
I mean, of course, so did I.
Elmer, I tried. I did.
I suppose you did.
You're a Hippocratic oath man all the way.
Was she high?
I don't know.
Will there be an autopsy?
As a keeper of the Kingdom,
in good standing...
I suppose that's partially up to me.
What do you think?
No autopsy, please.
Let her rest in peace.
What do you know? He's Sandman-positive.
- Good morning, Doctor.
- You're here early. Surgery?
Surgery, yes.
Perhaps.
Won't somebody help me?
"Good-night...
"sweet prince."
Mustn't be greedy.
"And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"
You old grumpikins.
What in the hell are you doing in here?
This is Emma Warburton.
I'm having a heart attack.
What the hell is going on here?
Unit 19, what's your 10?
According to the telephone trace-back...
your 20 is 15 Belknap Road, Castle Rock.
10-4, we're on it.
Lady at Belknap Road.
May be a vapour lock.
It's probably just heartburn.
He's such a sweet old man.
And he loves the s?ances.
Is he in much pain, Nurse Bannerman?
No, Sister Morphine is visiting him tonight.
He's just slipping in and out
of consciousness.
Good.
- This is very kind of you, Mrs. D.
- Nonsense.
Lenny and I,
we have been through the wars together.
Now, if you get frightened,
all you have to do is ring his bell.
I won't get frightened...
because I have sat with the dying before,
and always...
the jaw drops...
and that's it.
Hey, Lenny, it's Sally.
And I'll be right here...
with my crossword puzzle.
Not that I can figure out the words, ever.
What we've all come to.
Hook to Trauma 1.
Hook to Trauma 1, stat.
Hook to Trauma 1, stat.
Yeah.
Is that you, Sally?
Yes, Lenny. I'm here.
Where have you been all day?
I've been ghost-hunting.
You and your ghosts.
Yeah, Sally and her ghosts.
How I loved you, Sally.
You and all your crazy ghosts.
All my crazy ghosts.
We had to do it in a chair...
because of my arm.
Remember?
Of course I remember.
That was our day.
It was only the once...
but it was for the ages.
Yes, it was for the ages.
- Mississippi 1.
- Mississippi 2.
Mississippi 3.
Amiodarone 300, IV Push.
The IV's infiltrated.
I don't see any more veins.
Hook, we lost the antecubital.
Can you get a central line in for me?
Sure. Stop compression, Ollie.
It's not a rhythm there. It's an afterthought.
What happened?
The old guy she nurses says he scared her.
She went down.
Doesn't matter. This bitch is coming back.
I set my heart on it.
Look, V-Fib.
Come on, Liz, get the defibrillator ready.
- Are you sure?
- Sure. Clear.
I got rhythm.
No, you will not!
I used to hate myself.
I like myself now.
I used to hate myself.
I like myself now.
I used to hate myself.
I like myself now.
Did hate.
Now like.
I tried to save that little girl.
I tried so hard.
I like myself now.
This harassment will end.
It will end today.
Oh, my God!
- All right, back to work.
- You sure, man?
Yes. Come on, people, work with me.
Give me a cardiac needle.
- I think she's gone, Doctor.
- She's not until I say so.
You heard the man.
What do you think?
It's just aftershock.
It's over.
Are you sure?
No.
I'm dying, aren't I?
Yes, Lenny.
- Are you afraid?
- A little.
Don't be. You're just passing over...
to be with those crazy ghosts...
and so many wonderful friends
waiting for you.
Lenny.
- Can you hear a bell?
- No.
Well, yes, very faint.
Probably the nurses' station.
You were so beautiful.
Thank you.
I'm not going to argue with you
at a time like this.
- Would you like to get some sleep?
- No.
I want to be 25.
Hold compressions.
Emma.
Ready with the defibrillator.
Nurse, procainamide, 100 milligram, bolus.
Amiodarone, epi to the heart,
and now procainamide?
Come on now, it's over.
- Who gave her amiodarone?
- You did.
- She's gone, Louis.
- She is not gone. She's...
You had no right
to leave like that, Emmy-Jean.
No right! No damn...
That's enough.
Why didn't you die on someone else's shift?
What in God's name was that about?
That was Emma Warburton.
For a few brief, shining moments,
25 years ago...
she was Mrs. Louis Traff.
Hook, come over here.
I want to show you something.
- Fire?
- Six months at Stevens Memorial.
She got hooked on painkillers
and then she was released.
Later, there was a drug scandal.
She was charting pain meds
as if they were for a patient...
but she was actually stealing them
for herself.
She beat the rap. Not with Louis, though.
He waited for the dust to settle...
and then he divorced her.
She Elmer Traff's mother?
It was a long time ago.
I've already said too much as it is.
As for Elmer, keep your trap shut.
That young man
has enough problems as it is.
Yeah, we're going to have to
use these next time.
Good morning, gentlemen.
I'm the owner of that car over there.
So?
So I'd like to know who defaced it.
It's dented and it's been tagged.
It wasn't us. So buzz off, daddy.
I'm willing to pay for the information.
If either of you had anything to do with it,
I'd be willing to forget about it, this time.
This time?
So what are you gonna do next time?
Cut us with a scalpel?
There's more than one way to operate.
You know, there's a law
against pointing guns at people.
I'm not pointing it at you.
I'm showing it to you.
And if you were to tell a cop...
that the Chief of Neurosciences
at Kingdom Hospital...
showed a gun to you...
and the Chief of Neurosciences
said that he did not...
whom do you think would be believed?
The ones who tagged your Jag
were wearing white, all right?
You're lying.
I don't know, like orderlies, white unis.
A man and a woman. Young.
You know their names?
You're kidding, right?
- Buy yourselves some breakfast.
- But we're gonna miss the job call.
You see them again,
you call me at this number.
I'll make it worth your while.
Try to get their names.
I want to know their names.
- Mississippi 1.
- Mississippi 2.
Mississippi 3.
How's your mama?
Has she found her ghost yet?
Not yet.
- I'm starting to wonder, though.
- What?
Maybe there isn't something in it.
Is there anything...
I can do for you?
There might be.
When you go over...
you'll pass through Swedenborgian space.
If I'm right...
that little girl that I've been looking for,
she'll be there.
She hasn't gone over.
I don't know why.
I don't even know her name.
Her name is Mary.
She's afraid of the boy.
When you get to the other side...
there's this beautiful, golden light
at the end...
that will be beckoning to you.
Don't go for just a moment.
Call the girl.
Ask her what she wants...
and how can I help her.
Can you do that for me?
Oh, Lenny, my Lenny.
Are you there?
If that was you, flash the light again.
Yes, Lenny. Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much.
Wait.
Don't go. What can I ask you? Yes, I got it.
You'll flash the light once for "yes"...
twice for "no,"
and three times for "I don't know."
Can you do that for me, Lenny?
Have you passed over?
Are you in the dark place?
Do you see the beautiful,
bright, golden light...
beckoning to you?
Yes.
And is it so beautiful?
Wait, we're wasting time.
You can only stay so long.
What do I ask?
Ask who knows her name.
Okay.
Is there anyone in this hospital...
who knows her name?
A doctor?
No, not a doctor. No doctor. A nurse?
A patient?
Can you tell me the room number?
Nat?
Rolf, wake up.
Harriet.
- They told me...
- Hush.
Don't wake him like this.
- Harriet?
- That's better.
You're dead. I heard one of them say so.
They thought I was out, but I listen.
You were supposed to be dead, too.
That was the plan.
You're not...
You're really that boy.
If you wake him up, I'll make you sorry.
There's an old woman,
a meddling old woman.
If she comes in here and she tries
to talk to your roomie, kill her.
- Why?
- Never mind. Just do it.
I'm not sure I can.
You can. You better.
Do you know the beauty part?
No one will even ask you why you did it.
You're crazy.
That's why I'm seeing you, isn't it?
Because I'm crazy.
You don't really believe that?
No.
I'm waiting for you.
Don't scream.
You'll wake the other sleepers.
- Nightmare?
- Horrible.
The worst I ever had.
We agreed
to stick to a platonic relationship.
You agreed. I disagreed.
- Did I scream? Is that why you woke me up?
- No.
Tell me what you remember of your dream.
They fade, you know.
- I'll never forget this one.
- Tell me.
Yes, you're the one.
Sir.
I'm sorry to disturb you.
Truly, I am.
But we need to talk.
Can you wake up, sir?
This is really important.
Mrs. Druse.
What are you doing here?
That would take a bit of explanation...
but, Dr. Hook, I must talk to this man.
This man is in serious condition.
You can't talk to him.
But someone already has been.
- That's it?
- All I can remember.
So tell me, Frau Doctor,
am I having the sexual problem?
Yeah, deviant interest in older women.
Have breakfast with me in chez mort.
Listen, if your father knew
that we'd been dining in the morgue...
we would both be in a lot of trouble.
My father forgot what it was like
to be young and horny around the time...
Abner Doubleday invented football.
Abner Doubleday invented baseball,
dear child.
And your father's the reason
that I woke you up early.
- He wants to see you.
- About what?
I don't know, but it sounded serious.
He's in the lounge.
The Traffs never give up. Did I tell you that?
Don't be tiresome, Elmer.
Please, listen.
I know that you and Dr. Draper
took a great risk to get me readmitted...
so I could investigate that little girl
we both heard.
That you saw.
But that man in 426, Mr. Rickman, knows.
He knows who she is.
Lenny told me the room number.
The pendulum, it showed me which patient.
Mr. Rickman needs to talk to me.
- Mrs. Druse...
- Sally, please.
Sally, with all due respect,
you can't know that.
But I do.
If Dr. Stegman gets wind of this...
even the keepers of the Kingdom
might not be able to save my job.
You're not afraid of Dr. Stegman.
I know you're not.
Maybe not.
But I am afraid of what
Nat Rickman might think...
if she found out I let Kingdom Hospital's
most notorious psychic hypochondriac...
use her neurologically-impaired husband
as an Ouija board.
Excuse me, I am not a hypochondriac.
Okay, Sally. Let me think it over, okay?
Maybe I'll even talk to Chris Draper about it.
That's a good idea.
She's a very intelligent young woman.
- Just one other thing.
- Make it the last other thing, please.
There's something wrong in that room.
I think that your Mr. Rickman
is in real danger.
- From who?
- I don't know...
but I can feel him, it, something.
I'd leave instructions
to keep a close watch on Mr. Rickman.
I'd do that...
if I were you.
Well, beat me, Daddy, down to the floor.
I'm back to normal.
I've been cooling my heels here
for 45 minutes. Where have you been?
How dare you do that again?
Sleep lab.
Then...
I was all sweaty.
- Bad dreams?
- The worst.
How many sleep sessions?
This was my third. Why?
You don't want a cut, do you?
The pay is pretty small.
Nightmares every time?
Two out of three.
I think it's the hospital food, but...
Wait. What did you want to see me about?
I got a cardiac arrest just before dawn.
It was your mother.
I did everything I could,
everything I could think of.
I'm sorry.
Son.
Am I weak? Did I get that from her?
It's like I hardly knew her.
You had something to do with that.
I mean, of course, so did I.
Elmer, I tried. I did.
I suppose you did.
You're a Hippocratic oath man all the way.
Was she high?
I don't know.
Will there be an autopsy?
As a keeper of the Kingdom,
in good standing...
I suppose that's partially up to me.
What do you think?
No autopsy, please.
Let her rest in peace.
What do you know? He's Sandman-positive.
- Good morning, Doctor.
- You're here early. Surgery?
Surgery, yes.
Perhaps.
Won't somebody help me?