Mr. Mercedes (2017–…): Season 2, Episode 7 - Fell On Black Days - full transcript

Previously on
"Mr. Mercedes...

You know what I don't get?

Why don't you finish
the fucking job?

Mercy was my mistake.

Get your hands off me.

Time is money, right?

And you've got a lot riding
on Brady's recovery,

you and your Chinese
pharmaceutical affiliates.

You need to wake Hartsfield up
before this

all blows up in our faces
and it all gets shut down.

Trip?
Where are we taking a trip?



I didn't say "we."
Why not?

I'm in.

Someone broke into my house,
stole my gun,

and then killed my dog.

Hey, Ma, I found a new toy.

Results came back from the blood
on Library Al's car.

It's canine.
- Police!

Let's see 'em!

Don't move!

You motherfucker!

You killed my fucking dog!

I didn't do anything!

Olly, olly, oxen free.

Come on out, Brady.



That's what we used to say
as kids playing hide-and-seek.

This fucking procedure
better work.

Did I say that correctly?

Perfectly.

Good morning.

Morning.

I mentioned to him several times

that he needs
to get a new table.

And new cabinets, but...

he never gets rid of anything,
so...

You think it's nostalgia
or neglect?

I don't know.

I chose this table.

Oh.

Well, you know, it's very nice.

It's just... It wobbles. I know.

Well, it's not the table.

It's the floor.

It's just a little warped.

Oh, I never noticed that.

Guests don't notice
that sort of thing.

Right.

Morning.

I should go.
So...

I'll see you at work, Bill.

Bye. See ya.

Bye.Bye-bye.

Bye.

Good morning.

It really is a work of art,
so help me.

Damn straight.
Here.

Coffee? Did you get breakfast?

Oh, no, I'm running out of time.

But don't let me stop you.

Ugh, I'm not that hungry.

Yeah, that's what comes
with obsessing

about Brady Hartsfield.

Brady who?

Well, better not carry that
with you to Ireland,

not if I'm going with you.

You'll go? Will you?

Of course.

Body and soul?

Only way I roll these days.

"Only way I roll these days."

Don't say too "roll"!

That's too hip.

That's not who you are.

Yeah?
Who's me?

Who is me?
Who is me?

Old-school.

Make sure you get plane tickets.
I'm not taking a boat.

You mean like a jet?

No, don't say "jet."

Jets not good either. Jet liner?

No, worse!

Hey.
Well, I guess, uh...

I guess I'll dig up
my passport then.

Okay.

See if I can find
a travel agency.

Travel agency?
Oh, my God.

Do they still have those?

I don't know.

Well, don't ever change.

Hey!
Ida, good morning.

Hi there, Donna.
Nice to see you.

You, too. You, too. I bet.

Bye.

See you later. See you later.

You good? Yep.

She's looking great.

Yeah.

Always has a good head
on her shoulders.

Probably why she left me.

Have a good day. You, too.

Doctor.

As you can see, we're getting
our strongest readings

yet on the EEG.

Electrode.

Okay.

I'm using a stimulating depth
electrode to reconnect

the Wernicke's
and Broca's region,

which should fully restore

the patient's capacity
for speech.

Nurse Scapelli,
I think we're ready.

As we establish
the neurological connections,

we're gonna simultaneously
introduce visual stimuli

to the patient, which should
encourage him to speak.

This is why, of course,
we've done an awake craniotomy.

He should be talking in no time.

Do you remember
driving this truck, Brady?

Do you know what car this is?

Best German technology.

Do this have any
significance to you?

Who's this woman, Brady?

Now the patient's reacting very
strongly to the visual stimuli.

That's a short,
concrete sign off progress.

How can it be that
the left temporal lobe

appears completely regenerated
on the MRI?

The patient has
shown indications

of consciousness
during the fMRI,

and you claim to have
repaired this "broken circuit,"

yet the patient
is still nonverbal?

Clearly, you're missing
something.

Sir, you... you can't expect
the patient

to give full sentences when
he's on the operating table.

I can expect him to communicate
as you claim

he did yesterday, however.

We left meetings in New York
for this?

The patient is gonna need
speech therapy

as well as a host
of other treatments

before he's fully verbal.

Would you try to communicate

if you were facing
trial for murder?

I expected expertise.

Instead, I get excuses.

Can I have a moment alone
with the patient, please?

Now.

Brady, I don't think you realize

what position
you're in right now.

You see, I can make you
do anything I want.

I can make your fingers curl.

Or your face twitch.

I can change you
from the inside out.

I could place this electrode
in your hypothalamus

and you'd be a sweet,
little puppy dog.

Puppy dog?

Puppy?
Woof!

All you have to do
is say "stop."

Say it.

Say it, Brady.

Come on.
Woof!

Say it. Come on.

Say it, Brady.
Come on.

I'm coming for you.

I know you want me to stop.
Say it.

Maybe I'll...

pay you a visit.

Maybe I'll...

open your skull.

Fuck.

I'll take care of this for you.

Mr. Jursak?

Hi, how are you, sir? Hello.

Yeah, hey, I just wanted
to introduce myself to you.

Uh, I'm sorry.
I-I don't know.

Yeah, I just wanted to get
your scent on me

so all the dogs can learn it.

I'm with the canine unit.

We'll be seeing you,
motherfucker.

Hey, that's harassment.
My... Hey!

Asshole! Reggie! Reggie! Reggie, no!

Please, please, please.
Reggie, come on.

Can we just get to the car,
please?

Asshole. Come on. Let's go.

You're gonna love it.

They're fantastic.

Here you go.
It's authentic.

So...

This text.

I don't know if I even saw it.

But you do know.

I do know.

An idea, though.

I'm here.

It's the doctor, right?

I mean, I watched Hartsfield
for almost a year...

Nothing.

So, it's the doctor
and his wife, right?

Surgeries, drugs.

I would say so, yeah.

Well, remove those things.

And we get Babineau transferred?

No, I get Brady transferred.

Ship him off to Crestmore.

It's a dumping ground for gorks.

They get nothing there
but the bare minimum.

No state-of-the-art
contraptions?

No cutting-edge drugs.

Surgeries?

No stimulants of any kind?

Fucking warehouse.

What's this place called?

Crestmore.

And we can keep an eye on him.

What do you need?

My tablet.

It's at the house, Al.

Where? I-I don't know.

It's in the den.
I don't know.

I need to know where it is.

Al, you need to calm down.

Calm down!
Take a breath.

No, no, no, you got
to stop the car.

No, no.
Reggie, Re-Reggie,

you got to stop
the car right now.

Al, stop this. Right now.

Come on. Reggie, please!

Okay, okay, I gotcha, I gotcha,
I gotcha.

I got to get out. Al, you got to stop.

I don't understand.
I don't understand.

Al, you got to calm down.
Al.

No, no, I didn't...
I did not kill a dog.

I don't understand.

You're being charged
with several crimes, Al.

I did not kill a dog.

The dog's the least
of the charges.

I've been doing
a little research for us, huh?

Malicious killing
of an animal is...

It's just a first-degree
misdemeanor.

You'll serve 90 days in jail.

You got to explain to me.
I don't know what you're...

Breaking and entering?
No.

It's the same... 90 days,
$1,000 fine,

but it's the burglary, Al.

Burglary.

It's Class C felony.

Maximum three years in prison,
and the prosecutor...

The prosecutor, he wants
to charge you with burglary.

I did not kill a dog!

Al, they've got you on tape!

You know, the bloody gloves,
the boots, the knife.

Mr. Patel saw you

burning your clothes
in the backyard.

I don't have...

Oh, God.

Reggie, Reggie...

I-I just don't remember
my days lately, Reggie.

I don't remember my days.

I don't remember my days.

I don't...

S-see, I...

Since... Something...

I-I-i-is living in my brain.

It comes and goes.

I don't know.

It comes and goes.

W-w-when it goes,

it leaves a trail of slime.

I can't remember anything.

I can't think.

Hey.
Help me.

Hey. Help me.

Whatever this is, Al,
whatever this is,

I'll help you.

I'm gonna get you help.

Okay?
Uh-huh.

We'll get through this,
me and you.

I'll get you help.

'Cause your heart is good.

You have a good heart.

Help me.

Help me.

Please.

Oh, you... you left
the coffee maker on last night.

Shuts itself off
after four hours.

Yeah, but it could malfunction
and start a fire, you know...

I did not know that.

Now I do.

Yes.

So, Ireland?

Yep, Ireland.

With Donna.

Yeah.

Cross the pond.

The what?

It's an expression.

It means the Atlantic Ocean.
That doesn't make sense.

I mean, no one would ever
confuse the Atlantic Ocean

with a pond.

You got me there.

So, when was the last time
you went back?

I never went back.

Really? Never for, like,

birthdays, funerals, or...

No, or bar mitzvahs
or weddings or hangings.

Oh, interesting.
I thought that...

What? Well, I don't know.

I just thought that maybe
you would've gone back

a few times by now.

Well, I'm going back now.

Maybe I'll go home, too.

You think that's wise?

Yeah.

You know, I can, um, show
my mother

how much I've grown.

Mm, that doesn't much work
with mothers in my experience.

That does not fill me
with confidence.

Who will feed Fred?

Maybe Ida.

Ida gets her hands on Fred,
I'll never get him back.

Or Jerome?

Mm?

Uh, no thanks.

Okay.

Lou?

Who's asking?

I'm Felix Babineau.

I'm Brady Hartsfield's doctor.

What the fuck do you want?

I know he's conscious.

He's in there way
more than he lets on.

Yeah, no shit, dude.

I know he's in there.

His rage, his sickness,

his fucked-up energy.

Who are you to him?

Just a girl that he stabbed,
you know?

Makes us pretty intimate.

He's...

been inside me in a way
that nobody ever has.

What did you say
to him in the hospital?

I asked him
why he spared my life.

Coulda killed me.

He was thinking about it.

But then, he just walked away.

You want a beer?

No.
Thank you.

I can't... I can't wrap my mind
around it no matter what I do.

He cared about you.

He cared for no one.

No.
He cared for you.

I can't help you reconcile that,

but I don't think denying it is
in any way healthy, either.

Wow, you sound like my shrink.

I think you get to him.

I think whatever shred
of a heart

lives inside of Brady Hartsfield
exists for you.

Help me draw him out.

Uh, I can...
I can hire you as my assistant.

Help me prove that the brain
has more plasticity

than we ever believed

and that motherfucker
is conscious,

actively engaged, and verbal.

What... What would I have to do?

I heard you're good
with computers.

You used to work with them?

Okay, one of my theories is that

Brady's manipulating
the machinery in his room,

which is all computer-based.

He's doing what now?

If that was happening,
you'd able to find

his cyber fingerprints
or whatever, right?

Yeah, once I understood
the machines.

I could do that.

Good.

You tell us everything you know
about Hartsfield.

His... His weakness, his...
His... his triggers.

And we can experiment,
find some different approaches,

see if that works.

So, I'm, like, the lab rat?

Yeah, and the cheese.

Dr. Babineau,

I don't know
if you've noticed or not,

but I'm not exactly
killing it right now,

so, if you want me
anywhere near Brady Hartsfield,

you're gonna have to pay me
a lot more than your assistant.

Let's talk numbers.

It's dead.

Reggie? Yeah?

What's happened?
It's dead.

Well, it probably
needs a charge.

Uh, where's the charger?

I don't know. I don't know.

I need to find it. Maybe
it's in the other room.

Try next door.

Oh.

Ah!

Found it!

Good.

Oh, come on.
I made you a sandwich.

Okay. Come on. Sit down.

Get over here. I'm plugging it in.

You must be starving
from last night.

Come on.

Is it good?

Mmm.

Do you remember...

Do you remember
when you were eight

and you jumped into
Mrs. Wright's back yard

to get the ball,
and the dog bit you?

Mm.

Bumper.

That was his name? Mm-hmm.

Bumper.
You're right.

It was.

You remember what
Mom and Dad said,

and even Mrs. Wright's boyfriend
said should happen to the dog?

"Bumper should be put down."

That's right.
He did.

But not you.
No.

Not you with your six stitches
in your calf.

What did you say? He was
only doing his job.

Mm.

And you saved that dog's life.

He still never liked me.

He never liked anyone.

He wasn't a likable dog.

That didn't matter to you.

What mattered to you
is he lived.

You would never harm
an animal, Al.

I know that. I would not, Reggie.

I know.

So, you said, um...

you said something about
something inside you,

something in... in your brain
that leaves a slime trail?

I think, uh... I think there's
some kind of door in me.

A door?

Uh, it's something, uh...

Someone comes through that door.

And they make the real me go...
Whoosh... far away,

but I dream him.

I find him there
when I'm sleeping.

I see him, Reggie.

Who?
You see who?

I don't know.

You do.
I can see it in your eyes.

Who do you see? Please
don't make me say it.

Al, it's okay.
It's safe.

Talk to me.
Who is it?

Brady Hartsfield.

You...

You think Brady Hartsfield
is inside you?

No, no, no.

But he's been inside of me.

And he'll come back again.

Al, I think, uh, you...
You know, your job is... is...

Is really stressful.

Maybe...

maybe we should take
some time off, huh?

Let's get out of town.

Let's go to the cabin.
What about the cabin?

Sure.Absolutely.

Today. Well, in the next few days.

No, no, no, no.
We got to go today.

It's okay.
I got you.

You're okay. Not if we stay here.

Uh, uh... Reggie.

I'll die, Reggie.

No, Reggie, we have to go.

Okay, okay, okay.
We'll pack.

Come on. All right.

Get your bag.

Why can't you wait until this
whole thing blows over?

Because they want me on a flight
with them to Beijing now.

And how long are you planning
on staying?

However long it takes to make
sure that the union between

Jiànkang Ni
and Vitalta is secure.

What would've happened
if I didn't come home for lunch?

Come on, Felix.

Of course I was gonna call you.

I'm gonna be gone
for three days.

Four days, tops.

Th-th-this isn't
a good time for me.

I need you here right now.

Honey, did you just stutter?

You haven't stuttered in years.

They can wait. They can't wait.

You know, I can
just imagine the scenario.

Can I have that back please?

You're in Beijing when the lid
blows off this thing.

They go looking for a fall guy.

I wonder who they're
gonna come to.

The lid is not going
to blow off of this.

- No?
- No.

Then stay.

Felix, my company's
demanding I go.

They're demanding it? Mm-hmm.

Let me talk to them.

You're to gonna talk to them.

Berringer's still your immediate
superior, right?

He must've signed off on this.
I can speak to him.

I can convince him to give you
a few more days.

Felix, give me my passport.

Tell me the truth.

I'm telling you the truth.

Cora, I'm gonna ask you
one more time.

Did Vitalta demand
that you go to China?

You've got five seconds.

5...

4...

3...

2... No.

Okay, no.

So much for being
in this together.

There you go.

All right, kiddo.

Just the rods
and we're good to go.

Okay.

There.

Is that it? That's us.

We're ready to go. I'll be right back.

Where are you going? In the house a second.

Al, where are you going?
We got to get out of here, Al.

Come on.
Al!

Al!

Al, come on, we got to go.

Al? Al!

Hey. What are you doing?

I've been waiting for you
for 10 minutes out there.

I was just getting ready.

Getting things ready.

Ready for what?

Your haircut.

Look at you... you're all shag.

You haven't cut your hair in,
what, three weeks?

You're all split ends, man.

What are you talking about?

You're the one that wanted
to rush out of here.

Oh, you know, you're right
about that, but...

- We have plenty of time.
- You got to make it quick.

It's gonna be dark
before we get there.

It's just gonna be a trim.

You're so right.
Mm-hmm.

Just don't cut it
too short this time.

No, no.
Just a trim.

I told you. Just a little bit off the back.

Yeah.
And...

a little bit of a spritz there.

There we go.

Any rifles there?

What? At the cabin.

Any rifles? No, there's no rifles.

What are you talking about?

Money.
What about money?

You got any money stashed there?

Do we have any here?

Al, I used all the money
for your bail.

What are you... Oh, right, right, right.

Of course.
So...

What are you talking about?

Oh, let's just...

tidy you up a little, shall we?

Now, remember...
Not too short, huh?

Take it nice and close.

Just a little trim.

Around the ear.

Razor.

Oh!

I'm not Al.

I'm Brady Hartsfield.

Gun!
Get the gun, man.

Beautiful day.

Hey.Hiya.

Hiya.
Mwah!

I have a deposition
in its fourth hour,

and I have another page
of questions to go, so...

And so, you'll be sleeping
at your place tonight I take it?

Well, you know, you never know.

I could crack and just
give it all up.

Here's to cracking.Mm.

I just came
from my travel agent.

What?

Told you. The man still has

a travel agent,
ladies and gentlemen.

All right, tell me you got
cardboard tickets,

typewriter font.

Ah, they're computer printed.

They're very modern.

It's just the itinerary,
basically.

So, where are you taking me?

Well, we're flying into Dublin,

but I think we're going down
to Clonakilty.

Oh... Yeah.Yeah.

God's country,
as my mother used to say.

Mm, in a good way or a bad way?

Yeah, you wouldn't
know with my mother.

Uh, it's a beautiful place,
though.

Be nice to see it again.

In Dublin, are we...
You're just gonna...

Guess we just
bounce through there.

Father's family are
worse than yours.

Nah, it's beautiful down there,
though.

Honestly, it's pretty scenic.

You're gonna have a great time,

and they'll be telling us
stories and lies all day long.

Anyway, yeah...

It's gonna be a good time.

Finally taking me to Ireland.

I am.Yeah.

Holy shit.

What's wrong with that?

Holy shit.

What? Are we ready for this?

I don't fucking...
Of course, we are.

Come on.
Well, one way to find out.

Mm.
Oh...

All right, well, I am going
to go kick someone's ass

and I will try to
get by after work.

Okay, hurry up.Right.

There's a spare key in Ida's
if you're back before me.

In Ida's? Fuck off.

No, you fuck off.

She's a neighbor.Okay.

Hey, top of the morning! Oh, geez.

You're coming now
if you start that.

So, help me out here.

Two weeks ago, you strong arm me
into keeping Brady Hartsfield,

but now you want him gone?

That's about the size of it.

Babineau's been experimenting
on Hartsfield

using drugs
not approval by the FDA,

possibly engaging in surgeries
that you don't know about.

He did one on him today.

Craniotomy.

Any witnesses?

Just his surgical team.

You could pull them in,
interrogate them,

and maybe we'd get something,
but to what end?

What's your objective here?

We want Brady Hartsfield gone.

Shipped to Crestmore.

Why now?

One of his nurses
threw herself off your roof.

And landed at your feet.

And another of your volunteers
killed his dog

and spread the blood
all over the porch.

Like, what do you... How much more

bad publicity do you want?

Strangest thing...

You know St. John's,
of course, right?

Yeah, I was born there.

So was my daughter. The last 10 days,

some interesting data
has crossed my desk.

Every time there's a story
on Hartsfield, they mention

Mercy Gen'.

Every magazine article.

Several are national...
Not local.

Same thing.

ER walk-ins at St. John's,
down 9%.

And guess how much ER walk-ins
that Mercy Gen' are up.

Appointments in Oncology,
Radiology, PT...

All fall into
the same upward trend.

So, he's good for business?
Is that your answer?

It's my current calculation.

This isn't just about Babineau.

You didn't meet me here
because you're concerned

about a doctor's ethics.

What are you so terrified of?

Brady Hartsfield is the flea
on a rat's dick

at the dawn of the Black Death.

He's a pestilence.

You don't fuck around with it.

You get rid of it as far away
from people as you possibly can

or you'll regret it every day
for the rest of your life.

Does that clear it up for you?

You asked.

And I ain't saying he's wrong.

Ugh, Bill.

What?
Gross.

Neat.

No, Bill!
Not again.

What?

Burnt.

Wait... Shoot.

Harts-field! Harts-field!
Harts-field! Harts-field!

Bill!

Oh, gross.

Okay.

Hey, Ida.

Can I help you, Bill?

Can you help me?

That's a bit formal, isn't it

You up for a coffee
or a spot of tea?

Oh, Bill, actually, I can't.
I...

Ida?
Where do you keep the corkscrew?

Oh.

Oh, Elliot,
this is my neighbor Bill.

- Hi, Bill.
- How are you doing?

The corkscrew is in the top, uh,
drawer

on the right-hand side of stove.

Great.
Nice meeting you, Bill.

All the best.

Sorry, I didn't know, uh...

You got a boyfriend now, Ida?

I have a date, Bill.

Night.

Night.

H. Gibney?

Hi.
Oh, thank you.

You're welcome.
Oh, you don't have to sign.

O-okay, thank you.
Have a good night.

You, too. Bye.

It's perfect.

Hm.

I'm gonna fuck you up, Kermit.

Billy?