The Outer Limits (1995–2002): Season 4, Episode 12 - Fear Itself - full transcript
Bernard Selden has always had a paralyzing fear which is cured by isolating his brain from the fear. After recovery he finds that he can project fear into others.
BERNARD.
( creaking )
( footsteps )
WHO IS IT?
WHO'S THERE?
HELLO, BERNARD.
GO AWAY.
YOU GO AWAY.
NO.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
YOU HAVE ANY MORE RIGHT
TO BE HERE THAN I DO?
I'M SORRY.
LEAVE ME ALONE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO,
KILL ME?
LIKE YOU KILLED
YOUR LITTLE SISTER?
ARE YOU GOING
TO SET ME ON FIRE
LIKE YOU DID MIMI?
I DIDN'T MEAN IT!
YOU'RE A SNIVELLING
LITTLE COWARD.
THAT'S ALL YOU ARE, BERNARD...
AND A BABY KILLER.
NO!
YES, YES, YES.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO
TO BABY KILLERS, BERNARD?
PYROMANIAC
BABY KILLERS?
NO, NO!
LET THE PUNISHMENT
FIT THE CRIME.
( laughter )
( siren wailing )
( laughter )
THAT OF ALL THE EMOTIONS,
( Control Voice )
THERE EXPERIENCE TEACHES
FEAR STANDS ALONE
IN ITS POWER TO MOVE US
OR TO CAPTURE US
IN ITS GRIP FOREVER.
MORNING.
( horn honking )
( car alarm blaring )
HELLO, BERNARD.
( rock music playing )
BERNARD.
( Doctor )
BERNARD SELDON, 27,
SUFFERED A TRAUMA AT AGE 6
FROM WHICH HE NEVER RECOVERED.
IN THE MIDST
OF A RAGING TANTRUM,
HE STARTED A FIRE
IN HIS ORPHANAGE
WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH
OF HIS 4-YEAR-OLD SISTER.
BERNARD,
YOU HAD US WORRIED.
WE WEREN'T SURE
YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE IT.
( Doctor )
IN ALL MY YEARS
OF STUDYING MOOD DISORDERS,
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PATIENT
SO CRIPPLED BY HIS PHOBIAS.
BERNARD LIVES
IN A WORLD
FILLED WITH CHRONIC, PERNICIOUS
HALLUCINATORY TERRORS.
AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT,
HE'S BEEN RENDERED
EFFECTIVELY DYSFUNCTIONAL.
YOU'VE GOT
TO WONDER,
WHAT IS HE
SEEING?
SO FAR
HE'S BEEN IMPERVIOUS
TO CONVENTIONAL
SOMATIC THERAPIES.
AND YOU REALLY THINK
YOU CAN HELP THIS MAN.
DR. OSGOOD,
IF THIS PROCEDURE
LIVES UP TO
ITS PROMISE,
WE WILL BE ABLE
TO HELP HIM
VANQUISH HIS FEARS
FOREVER.
JUST RELAX NOW.
THE SEDATIVE SHOULD BE
TAKING EFFECT.
BERNARD'S LIFE IS DOMINATED
BY FEAR.
HE LURCHES FROM ONE PANIC ATTACK
TO THE NEXT.
IT'S THESE ATTACKS,
OFTEN ACCOMPANIED
BY CATASTROPHIC MIGRAINES
THAT DR. PIKE'S PROCEDURE
IS DESIGNED
TO SIGNIFICANTLY MODERATE,
AND WITH LUCK,
ELIMINATE ALTOGETHER.
( Dr. Pike )
AS MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE,
THE AMYGDALA IS LOCATED HERE,
DEEP IN THE LIMBIC SYSTEM.
EXCUSE ME, MR. McKENNA.
THE ANATOMY LESSON'S UP HERE.
THE AMYGDALA BEING
THE REPOSITORY
OF WHAT, MR. McKENNA?
THE BRAIN'S FEAR CONDITIONING
MECHANISM.
INDEED, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
NOW, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED
THAT THE PATIENT'S AMYGDALA IS
GROSSLY ENLARGED,
WHICH MAY SUGGEST
AN ORGANIC COMPONENT
TO HIS HYPER-FEARFUL STATE.
THE E.E.G. EVEN DETECTED
A MILD ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE.
NOW, FOR YEARS, WE HAVE OBSERVED
A RARE MEDICAL CONDITION.
FOR REASONS
WE HAVE YET TO UNDERSTAND
THE AMYGDALA CAN BECOME ENCASED
IN A THIN CALCIUM SHELL.
NOW, THE INDIVIDUALS
TO WHOM THIS OCCURS
SEEM TO LOSE THEIR ABILITY
TO FEEL FEAR.
IN A CONVENTIONAL SENSE,
OR EVEN TO RECOGNIZE IT
IN OTHERS.
UTTERLY FEARLESS--
THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF THE
PATIENT'S PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE.
TODAY WE'RE GOING
TO GIVE BERNARD
THE FIRST OF A SERIES
OF INJECTIONS
OF A CONCENTRATE
OF ANTIBODIES
TAKEN PREMORTEM
FROM ONE SUCH PATIENT.
OUR ANIMAL STUDIES HAVE SHOWN
THAT THESE ANTIBODIES
TRIGGER THE ENCAPSULATION
OF THE AMYGDALA
AND WE HOPE,
IN BERNARD'S CASE,
CONTROL HIS TENDENCY
TO BE OVERWHELMED BY FEAR.
WE HAVE FOUND A WAY
TO DRAMATICALLY ACCELERATE
THAT PROCESS
BY IRRADIATING THE BRAIN
WITH AN ATTENUATED PHASE E.M.P.
WE ANTICIPATE A SERIES
OF THREE TO FIVE INJECTIONS
AND RADIATION TREATMENTS
OVER A PERIOD
OF TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
PREPARE TO IRRADIATE.
E.M.P. CALIBRATIONS
200 ROENTGENS.
BEGIN RADIATION.
INCREASE
TO 400 ROENTGENS.
END RADIATION.
BERNARD,
I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU
THAT EVEN IF
EVERYTHING GOES PERFECTLY,
YOU PROBABLY WON'T NOTICE
ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
FOR A WHILE, ALL RIGHT?
YO, BERNIE.
HOW'S MY MAN?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU DON'T SAY HI TO A BUD?
YOU'RE NOT MY FRIEND.
YOU HEAR THAT,
GUYS?
BERNIE HERE DON'T LIKE US.
I THINK MAYBE HE NEEDS
A LESSON IN RESPECT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH ME.
YOU KNOW,
I THINK WE UNDERSTAND
EACH OTHER, BERNARD.
( laughing )
HI, BERNARD.
WHAT'S WRONG?
ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT?
I'M JUST A LITTLE
WINDED, THAT'S ALL.
HEY, LISTEN, UH,
I'M MAKING LASAGNA TONIGHT
AND THERE'S PROBABLY
GOING TO BE SOME LEFTOVERS,
SO, UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YOU SHOULD PROBABLY
FREEZE IT.
I'M ALWAYS THROWING AWAY
MOLDY FOOD.
UM, THANKS FOR THE TIP.
( knocking )
HI.
UH, I'M GOING FOR A WALK
IN THE PARK
AND I WAS WONDERING
IF YOU WANTED TO COME.
YEAH, I WOULD.
CAN I FINISH
THIS FIRST?
SURE.
THIS PARK IS THE WHOLE REASON
I TOOK THE APARTMENT.
I MEAN, THE SINKS DRIP,
THE ROOF LEAKS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I CAN'T GET THEM TO FIX
A DAMN THING.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE
A SMOKE ALARM.
IF YOU ASK ME, THE WHOLE PLACE
IS A FIRE TRAP.
I HAD A FIRE,
BUT IT WASN'T REAL.
HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING
ON YOUR OWN LONG?
A LONG TIME.
ME TOO.
I PREFER IT,
ACTUALLY.
DO YOU LIKE
ANIMALS?
THEY'RE OKAY.
I WAS GOING
TO BE A VET.
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
DID YOU KNOW
THAT THERE ARE
OVER 200 KINDS
OF PIGEONS?
I'VE GOT SOME,
I'M RAISING THEM.
IN YOUR PLACE?
ON THE ROOF.
I'LL SHOW YOU
SOMETIME.
I'M AFRAID
TO GO UP THERE.
NO, I'LL TAKE YOU.
IT'S NICE.
DON'T LOOK UP.
WHAT?
OH, BERNIE GOT
HIMSELF A GIRL.
JUST IGNORE HIM.
HEY, WHO'S THE BABE,
BERNIE?
AREN'T YOU GOING
TO INTRODUCE US?
HEY,
LEAVE HIM ALONE.
COME ON, BERNARD.
NOW YOU TELL THE TRUTH.
DOES SHE PUT OUT, HMM?
OH, I BET
SHE'S A REAL
SCREAMER.
SHUT UP, BLANCO.
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?
PUNK!
HEY, YOU BETTER
WATCH YOURSELF,
ASSWIPE.
'CAUSE I GOT PLANS FOR YOU.
BIG PLANS.
BIG PLANS!
BIG PLANS!
( laughing )
( thunder )
THAT HURT?
NO.
A LITTLE.
THAT GUY'S A CREEP.
I SAW HIM
HARASSING OTHERS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT LEAST HE DIDN'T STAB ME
THIS TIME.
HE STABBED YOU?
IN MY HEAD.
IN MY MIND.
REPENT YE, SINNERS!
OR YOU SHALL BURN!
REPENT YE, SINNERS,
OR PREPARE TO BURN!
A LOT OF THINGS GO ON
IN YOUR HEAD, DON'T THEY?
EVER SINCE I WAS A KID.
BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIX IT.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
AFRAID OF YOUR OWN THOUGHTS.
YOU DO?
THAT'S WHY I HAD TO DROP OUT
OF VET SCHOOL.
I SPENT SIX MONTHS
IN GLEN ELLEN,
THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL.
HOW DID THEY CURE YOU?
THEY DIDN'T
CURE ME.
I CURED ME.
I JUST GOT SICK AND TIRED
OF BEING SICK AND TIRED.
THAT'S KIND OF FUNNY.
YOU THINK SO,
HUH?
THIS
BLUISH AREA HERE.
THAT'S
THE CALCIUM SHELL.
AS YOU CAN SEE,
IT HAS ENCLOSED
ALMOST HALF THE MASS
OF THE AMYGDALA.
SO IT'S WORKING.
IT'S LOOKING GOOD
SO FAR, BERNARD.
HAVE YOU NOTICED
ANY CHANGES?
I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK SO.
THE PANIC ATTACKS?
I HAVEN'T HAD
A BAD ONE
SINCE TUESDAY,
AFTER MR. WILKES
TRIED TO BURN ME.
MR. WILKES?
OH, THE TALL,
GRAY-HAIRED MAN.
ANY FEELINGS OF ANGER?
NOT REALLY.
I STILL GET THE MIGRAINES...
AND REAL CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I DON'T THINK I'M EVER GOING
TO BE OKAY IN AN ELEVATOR.
BUT I MET SOMEBODY
I REALLY LIKE.
HER NAME IS LISA.
WE WENT
FOR A WALK.
AND WE'RE GOING TO EAT DINNER
TOGETHER SOMETIME.
THAT'S, THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING,
BERNARD.
WELL, WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE A COUPLE MORE
AND YOU'LL BE DONE.
DO THEY HAVE NAMES?
NO, NOT REALLY.
I DON'T PERSONALLY BELIEVE
IN NAMING ANIMALS.
I HEARD THAT PIGEONS
CARRY LOTS OF GERMS.
OH, THAT'S AN URBAN MYTH.
RIGHT, GUYS?
YOU WANT TO HOLD ONE?
NO THANKS.
DO YOU EVER
LET THEM OUT?
YEAH,
ALL THE TIME.
AND THEY COME BACK?
YEAH, THEY'RE
HOMING PIGEONS.
THIS IS THEIR HOME.
THERE WE GO.
COME ON.
GOING TO GO FOR A LITTLE FLY.
LITTLE FLY.
SEE?
THERE YOU GO, LITTLE GUY.
WOW.
SO HIGH!
THOUGHT I'D BE
A LOT MORE SCARED
COMING UP HERE.
YEAH.
I LOVE IT UP HERE.
IT'S LIKE YOU CAN SEE
THE WHOLE WORLD,
BUT THEY CAN'T SEE YOU.
IT'S SO SAFE.
COME HERE.
COME ON, IT'S OKAY.
SEE?
WAS THAT SO BAD?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S...
WOW.
YOU EVER WISH
YOU COULD FLY?
I CAN.
IN MY HEAD.
BERNARD.
BERNARD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
DON'T WORRY.
IT'S OKAY.
BERNARD, DON'T.
YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS.
STOP IT, PLEASE.
GET OFF OF THERE,
YOU'RE SCARING ME.
OH, MY GOD.
BERNARD, LISTEN TO ME.
THIS ISN'T FUNNY.
GIVE ME YOUR HAND.
FOR GOD'S SAKES,
BERNARD,
YOU'RE
REALLY SCARING ME.
PLEASE STOP IT.
STOP IT NOW.
IT'S INCREDIBLE!
I'M NOT AFRAID!
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I STOOD UP ON THAT ROOF
AND I DIDN'T FEEL AFRAID.
I'M A LITTLE WORRIED
THAT YOU'RE MAYBE
PUSHING YOURSELF TOO HARD.
BUT I FEEL REALLY GOOD.
EVERYTHING'S GOING OKAY,
ISN'T IT?
HAVE YOU NOTICED
ANY UNUSUAL SIDE EFFECTS?
WELL, I STILL HAVE
THE HEADACHES.
ANY OTHER PHYSICAL SENSATIONS--
TINGLING, MUSCLE TWITCHES?
NOT REALLY.
WELL, MAYBE WHEN
THAT BULLY GRABBED ME.
I COULD FEEL
ALL THIS ENERGY
RUSHING THROUGH ME.
WHEN YOU WERE
FRIGHTENED.
WHEN I WAS ANGRY.
SO YOU HAVE BEEN FEELING
INCREASED ANGER.
JUST THAT ONE TIME.
BERNARD,
THERE IS NO QUESTION
THAT YOU ARE MAKING
EXCELLENT PROGRESS.
BUT WE MIGHT WANT
TO WAIT A WHILE
BEFORE
WE MOVE FORWARD
WITH THIS NEXT ROUND
OF TREATMENTS
JUST TO LET YOUR BODY ADJUST
TO SOME OF THE CHANGES.
BUT YOU SAID...
THAT PART OF MY BRAIN,
THE FEAR PART,
WASN'T CLOSED UP YET.
THAT'S TRUE.
BUT THERE MAY BE
SOME UNNECESSARY RISKS
IN CLOSING IT
COMPLETELY.
I WANT TO FINISH
THE TREATMENTS.
I HAVE THINGS
I WANT TO DO.
THINGS I HAVE TO DO.
WE'LL HAVE
AN EVALUATION PERIOD
AND THEN WE'LL MAKE
OUR BEST JUDGMENT.
BUT WHAT IF IT STARTS
BREAKING APART?
WHAT IF THE FEARS
COME BACK?
WHAT IF WILKES COMES AFTER ME?
THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE!
YOU'VE GOT
TO TRUST US.
WE WANT THIS TO WORK
AS MUCH AS YOU DO, BERNARD.
ALL RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
HOW MUCH FOR
THIS FLOWER?
FOR YOU, HALF OFF.
ARE THEY FOR
ANYONE SPECIAL?
FOR SOMEONE
VERY SPECIAL.
I HAD ANOTHER
TREATMENT TODAY.
WELL, WHATEVER IT IS,
IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
THERE'S A MILLION THINGS
I WANT TO DO, LISA.
HOW ABOUT BUYING ME LUNCH,
FOR STARTERS?
GOT TO BE BACK
IN HALF AN HOUR.
TWO HOT DOGS,
PLEASE.
WHAT'S WRONG?
BERNARD.
IT'S NOTHING.
I'M FINE.
HELP!
SOMEBODY HELP ME!
HELP! ALEX!
WHAT'S WRONG?
WHAT'S WRONG?
HELP ME!
MY SON!
HE'S FALLEN DOWN HERE.
( boy )
MOMMY, IT HURTS.
HE'S HURT!
OKAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
UM, UM...
DO SOMETHING, PLEASE!
DO SOMETHING!
PLEASE!
HOLD ON!
I'M GOING TO COME GET YOU!
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S OKAY.
I'M GOING
TO COME GET YOU.
GET A ROPE
OR SOMETHING.
HELP ME.
IT REALLY HURTS.
( mother )
HANG ON, HONEY.
THIS MAN'S COMING
TO HELP YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT.
OW!
OW, MOMMY,
IT HURTS!
HANG ON, HONEY.
HURRY! HELP ME.
I'M GOING TO GET YOU
OUT OF HERE, OKAY?
OKAY, YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, OKAY?
OKAY.
CAN YOU STAND THERE?
BERNARD.
I'M SCARED.
I KNOW.
I AM TOO.
( mother )
IT'S OKAY, ALEX.
YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
OKAY,
LIFT YOUR ARMS UP.
WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU
OUT OF HERE.
OKAY.
( Lisa )
OKAY, BERNARD.
WE GOT HIM.
THERE'S THE CREEP!
HEY, BERNIE.
WHAT YOU BEEN DOING,
PLAYING IN THE MUD?
LEAVE ME ALONE.
THAT'S NO WAY
TO TALK TO THE GUY
WHO'S BEEN
PROTECTING YOU.
PROTECTING ME?
FROM WHAT?
FROM THIS.
LAY A HAND ON ME AGAIN,
I'LL MAKE YOUR LIFE
A LIVING HELL.
TELL HIM TO PUT IT AWAY.
PUT IT AWAY.
THIS GUY'S A JOKE.
PUT IT AWAY.
WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON,
BLANCO?
YOU GOING TO LET HIM GET AWAY
WITH THIS CRAP?
TO HELL WITH YOU.
I'M SORRY, IT SOUNDS
AWFULLY FAR-FETCHED.
OH, COME ON, MILES.
THERE'S NOTHING
IN THE LITERATURE
THAT BEGINS TO ACCOUNT
FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
I'VE RUN A BATTERY
OF BRAIN SCANS,
EVERY NEUROLOGICAL TEST,
JUST LIKE YOU ASKED.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
TO ACCOUNT FOR IT.
I AGREE THERE
SEEMS TO BE
AN EXCESS ELECTRICAL
ENERGY ACCUMULATING
IN THE LIMBIC REGION.
BUT I'M A LONG WAY
FROM ACCEPTING
YOUR INTERPRETATION
OF THEIR RELEASE.
WELL,
THINK ABOUT IT.
WE'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS
THAT ONE ANIMAL
CAN PALPABLY SENSE
FEAR IN ANOTHER.
THIS IS JUST A REVERSE
OF THAT MECHANISM.
BERNARD'S BRAIN HAS
SOMEHOW MANAGED TO TRANSMIT,
TO INSTILL FEAR
IN ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
I'M HEARING CONJECTURE,
NOT HARD SCIENCE.
I KNOW IT'S ANECDOTAL,
BUT IT'S FIRST-HAND.
I'M TELLING YOU,
I FELT IT.
HE REACHED INTO THE DEEPEST
CORNER OF MY OWN FEAR.
ARE YOU TELLING ME
THAT SPECIFIC IMAGERY
IS BEING PASSED ON
IN THIS TRANSMISSION?
ALL I KNOW IS
IT HAPPENED TO ME.
THE CALCIUM SHELL
MAY ACTUALLY BE ALLOWING
THE CHARGE TO BUILD UP.
THE ENERGY EMISSIONS EXPELLED
THROUGH THIS FISSURE.
THEY MUST HAVE BEEN ABSORBED
BY DR. PIKE'S AMYGDALA.
WHAT ARE YOU
PROPOSING
BE DONE WITH
YOUR PATIENT?
EVERY TIME THAT BERNARD
EXPLODES IN ANGER,
THIS FISSURE CAN WIDEN,
MAYBE IRRETRIEVABLY.
THERE'S NO TELLING
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DAMAGE
THAT HE CAN DO,
BOTH TO HIMSELF AND TO OTHERS.
WE CLOSE THE FISSURE,
WE CAN STOP THE DISCHARGE.
THERE IS MORE RISK
TO NON-INTERVENTION
THAN IN RESUMING TREATMENT.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT,
BUT...
SOMETHING'S CHANGED.
SOMETHING BIG.
YOU'RE LOSING YOUR FEARS.
THAT'S WHAT'S
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
YES, BUT I'VE ALSO
GAINED SOMETHING.
THERE'S A REASON
THOSE BULLIES
RAN AWAY FROM ME.
I DID SOMETHING
TO THEM,
SOMETHING
THAT I CONTROL.
YOU BELIEVE ME,
RIGHT?
OF COURSE
I BELIEVE YOU.
I'M JUST WORRIED,
THAT'S ALL.
YOU THINK
I'M NOT REALLY BETTER?
THAT I COULD
GET SICK AGAIN?
NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
WELL, WHAT THEN?
THE LAST TIME I WAS
THIS CLOSE TO SOMEONE,
I GOT HURT,
I GOT REALLY HURT.
I'M WORRIED
THAT I MIGHT BE,
YOU KNOW, FALLING
IN LOVE WITH YOU.
( knocking )
JUST A SECOND, BERNARD.
SURPRISE!
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
LISA?
GONNA REPORT ME
TO YOUR BOYFRIEND?
WAIT TILL HE FINDS OUT
HE'S BEEN DATING A WHORE!
LEAVE HER ALONE!
YEAH, I'LL GET
TO HER LATER.
FIRST I'M GOING TO
CUT YOU IN HALF.
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
I WARNED YOU,
BUT YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN.
NO, PLEASE.
GET OUT OF HERE.
GET OUT!
IF YOU HADN'T
GOTTEN HERE...
IF I HADN'T STOPPED,
I DON'T KNOW.
I COULD HAVE KILLED HIM.
WAS THAT YOUR FIRST TIME?
UH-HUH.
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT ARE YOU
SEEING?
IT'S THE FIRE I STARTED.
THE ONE THAT KILLED MIMI.
NEVER SAW IT
SO CLEARLY BEFORE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
YOU STARTED IT?
YOU WERE SO YOUNG.
HE TOLD ME, OVER AND OVER.
THE GUY WITH
THE GRAY HAIR.
MR. WILKES.
HE RAN THE ORPHANAGE.
YOU KNOW,
WHEN I WAS AT
THE PSYCHIATRIC
HOSPITAL,
I SAW HOW THEY USED
THIS HYPNOSIS.
NO, WE ALREADY TRIED IT.
DOESN'T WORK.
ANYWAY, I DON'T WANT
TO REMEMBER.
WELL, MAYBE
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
THE TREATMENT SEEMS TO BE
INCREASING HIS RECALL.
HE WANTS TO BE HYPNOTIZED.
THIS TIME
IT MIGHT WORK.
YOU KNOW THE RISK.
ONE POWERFUL EMOTIONAL OUTBURST
AND HIS AMYGDALA CASING
COULD BE RUPTURED BEYOND REPAIR.
HE'D BE RIGHT BACK
WHERE HE STARTED AGAIN.
HE'S STILL A PRISONER
OF HIS PAST.
WE HAVE TO TRY
AND FREE HIM.
I WANT YOU TO TRY
AGAIN, BERNARD.
GO BACK
TO THAT DAY.
THE DAY
YOUR SISTER DIED.
CAN YOU DO THAT
FOR ME?
I SAW HER.
I SAW THE FLAMES.
SHE WASN'T MOVING.
THE FIRE WAS EVERYWHERE.
HOW DID THE FIRE
START?
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY TOLD ME I WAS VERY--
FORGET WHAT
THEY TOLD YOU.
JUST TELL ME
WHAT YOU SEE.
MIMI?
MIMI?
I'M LOOKING FOR MIMI.
NOBODY CAN FIND HER.
I THINK...
NO.
GO AHEAD, BERNARD.
I DO.
I HEAR SCREAMING.
I SMELL SMOKE.
I SEE THE FLAMES.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
THE FIRE.
WHEN YOU WENT DOWN THE STAIRS,
WAS IT ALREADY GOING?
YES...
YES, IT WAS ALREADY BURNING.
WAS IT A FIRE THAT
YOU STARTED, BERNARD?
NO.
I DIDN'T DO IT.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME!
HE LIED.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
DR. PIKE
SEEMS TO THINK
YOU MADE
A BIG BREAKTHROUGH.
HUH?
DR. PIKE.
♪ YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE ♪
IT'S HIM.
♪ YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE ♪
THAT'S HIM.
I DON'T THINK IT'S WHO
YOU THINK IT IS, BERNARD.
IT'S NOT WHO
YOU THINK IT IS.
I GOT A LEAK
TO FIX HERE.
YOU FOLKS MIGHT WANT TO GO
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT'S THE SUPER.
HE CAME TO FIX
THE ROOF.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
I WANT IT TO STOP.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND
THAT WILKES GUY.
HE BLAMED YOU FOR
SOMETHING YOU NEVER DID.
UNTIL
YOU TELL HIM THAT
YOU'LL NEVER BE
FREE OF HIM.
HE'S PROBABLY DEAD
BY NOW.
BUT IF YOU KNEW THAT
FOR SURE,
I DON'T THINK HE'D
HAUNT YOU ANYMORE.
I DON'T THINK
I COULD STAND TO FACE HIM.
WOULD YOU
RATHER SEE HIM
ONE MORE TIME
IN THE FLESH
OR AS A PHANTOM
EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE?
WOW.
AFTER
ALL THIS TIME
I CAN'T BELIEVE
IT'S STILL HERE.
MIMI.
COME ON, BERNARD.
WE'VE COME THIS FAR.
CAREFUL, KID,
THEY'RE SLIPPERY.
IS THAT HIM?
NO.
EXCUSE ME, WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A MR. WILKES.
WE WERE TOLD
HE STILL RUNS THIS PLACE?
I'M HAROLD WILKES.
YOU'RE MR. WILKES?
NO, IT'S NOT HIM.
LOOK, IF YOU DON'T HAVE
BUSINESS HERE...
THIS IS
BERNARD SELDON.
IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN
SOMETHING TO ME?
HE WAS
IN THIS ORPHANAGE
20 YEARS AGO.
IT'S NOT HIM.
NO, THAT'S NOT WILKES.
MAYBE YOU REMEMBER THE FIRE,
THE ONE THAT KILLED MIMI SELDON.
MY GOD.
YOU BLAMED A 6-YEAR-OLD.
YOU SAID HE KILLED HIS SISTER.
HE SAID SO HIMSELF.
HE CONFESSED TO FATHER CLARIDGE.
HE WAS THERE.
ASK HIM YOURSELF
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.
HIM.
THAT'S HIM.
IT'S OKAY, BERNARD.
YOU'RE JUST GOING
TO GET YOURSELF UPSET.
NO, I AM TELLING YOU
HE'S THE ONE.
THIS IS BERNARD SELDON,
FATHER CLARIDGE.
THE BOY WHO SET THE BASEMENT
ON FIRE 20 YEARS AGO?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OF COURSE YOU DO.
THE BOY WHO CONFESSED TO YOU.
MIMI.
MIMI, MIMI.
( fabric tearing )
I SAW HIM.
HE WAS STANDING OVER MIMI.
SHE WASN'T MOVING.
HE WAS TEARING RAGS.
HE LIT A FIRE.
THEN HE SAW ME.
COME HERE, BOY.
SHE WOULDN'T STOP
SCREAMING.
SHE WOULDN'T STOP
SCREAMING.
I NEVER MEANT TO HURT HER.
TELL THEM THAT
YOU STARTED THE FIRE
OR I'LL DO THE SAME TO YOU.
I TOLD YOU NOT TO PLAY
WITH MATCHES!
NOW SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?
SHE WOULDN'T STOP SCREAMING.
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!
YOU'LL BURN IN HELL FOR THIS!
BERNARD?
PUT THAT DOWN, BERNARD.
GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU.
JUST PUT IT DOWN.
( screaming )
BERNARD.
IT'S GONE.
I CAN FEEL IT.
THE FEAR, THE POWER,
ALL OF IT.
IT'S GONE.
THE LAST TREATMENT
DID IT, BERNARD.
THE AMYGDALA IS NOW
COMPLETELY ENCLOSED.
IT WORKED.
OUR EXPERIMENT
WORKED.
YOU'RE GOING
TO BE OKAY.
THE NIGHTMARES
ARE OVER?
AT LEAST FOR YOU THEY ARE.
( Control Voice )
IN A WORLD OF TERRORS,
THERE IS NOTHING MORE FEARSOME
THAN THE UNKNOWN,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
WHAT IS UNKNOWN IS OURSELVES.
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( creaking )
( footsteps )
WHO IS IT?
WHO'S THERE?
HELLO, BERNARD.
GO AWAY.
YOU GO AWAY.
NO.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
YOU HAVE ANY MORE RIGHT
TO BE HERE THAN I DO?
I'M SORRY.
LEAVE ME ALONE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO,
KILL ME?
LIKE YOU KILLED
YOUR LITTLE SISTER?
ARE YOU GOING
TO SET ME ON FIRE
LIKE YOU DID MIMI?
I DIDN'T MEAN IT!
YOU'RE A SNIVELLING
LITTLE COWARD.
THAT'S ALL YOU ARE, BERNARD...
AND A BABY KILLER.
NO!
YES, YES, YES.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO
TO BABY KILLERS, BERNARD?
PYROMANIAC
BABY KILLERS?
NO, NO!
LET THE PUNISHMENT
FIT THE CRIME.
( laughter )
( siren wailing )
( laughter )
THAT OF ALL THE EMOTIONS,
( Control Voice )
THERE EXPERIENCE TEACHES
FEAR STANDS ALONE
IN ITS POWER TO MOVE US
OR TO CAPTURE US
IN ITS GRIP FOREVER.
MORNING.
( horn honking )
( car alarm blaring )
HELLO, BERNARD.
( rock music playing )
BERNARD.
( Doctor )
BERNARD SELDON, 27,
SUFFERED A TRAUMA AT AGE 6
FROM WHICH HE NEVER RECOVERED.
IN THE MIDST
OF A RAGING TANTRUM,
HE STARTED A FIRE
IN HIS ORPHANAGE
WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH
OF HIS 4-YEAR-OLD SISTER.
BERNARD,
YOU HAD US WORRIED.
WE WEREN'T SURE
YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE IT.
( Doctor )
IN ALL MY YEARS
OF STUDYING MOOD DISORDERS,
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PATIENT
SO CRIPPLED BY HIS PHOBIAS.
BERNARD LIVES
IN A WORLD
FILLED WITH CHRONIC, PERNICIOUS
HALLUCINATORY TERRORS.
AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT,
HE'S BEEN RENDERED
EFFECTIVELY DYSFUNCTIONAL.
YOU'VE GOT
TO WONDER,
WHAT IS HE
SEEING?
SO FAR
HE'S BEEN IMPERVIOUS
TO CONVENTIONAL
SOMATIC THERAPIES.
AND YOU REALLY THINK
YOU CAN HELP THIS MAN.
DR. OSGOOD,
IF THIS PROCEDURE
LIVES UP TO
ITS PROMISE,
WE WILL BE ABLE
TO HELP HIM
VANQUISH HIS FEARS
FOREVER.
JUST RELAX NOW.
THE SEDATIVE SHOULD BE
TAKING EFFECT.
BERNARD'S LIFE IS DOMINATED
BY FEAR.
HE LURCHES FROM ONE PANIC ATTACK
TO THE NEXT.
IT'S THESE ATTACKS,
OFTEN ACCOMPANIED
BY CATASTROPHIC MIGRAINES
THAT DR. PIKE'S PROCEDURE
IS DESIGNED
TO SIGNIFICANTLY MODERATE,
AND WITH LUCK,
ELIMINATE ALTOGETHER.
( Dr. Pike )
AS MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE,
THE AMYGDALA IS LOCATED HERE,
DEEP IN THE LIMBIC SYSTEM.
EXCUSE ME, MR. McKENNA.
THE ANATOMY LESSON'S UP HERE.
THE AMYGDALA BEING
THE REPOSITORY
OF WHAT, MR. McKENNA?
THE BRAIN'S FEAR CONDITIONING
MECHANISM.
INDEED, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
NOW, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED
THAT THE PATIENT'S AMYGDALA IS
GROSSLY ENLARGED,
WHICH MAY SUGGEST
AN ORGANIC COMPONENT
TO HIS HYPER-FEARFUL STATE.
THE E.E.G. EVEN DETECTED
A MILD ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE.
NOW, FOR YEARS, WE HAVE OBSERVED
A RARE MEDICAL CONDITION.
FOR REASONS
WE HAVE YET TO UNDERSTAND
THE AMYGDALA CAN BECOME ENCASED
IN A THIN CALCIUM SHELL.
NOW, THE INDIVIDUALS
TO WHOM THIS OCCURS
SEEM TO LOSE THEIR ABILITY
TO FEEL FEAR.
IN A CONVENTIONAL SENSE,
OR EVEN TO RECOGNIZE IT
IN OTHERS.
UTTERLY FEARLESS--
THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF THE
PATIENT'S PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE.
TODAY WE'RE GOING
TO GIVE BERNARD
THE FIRST OF A SERIES
OF INJECTIONS
OF A CONCENTRATE
OF ANTIBODIES
TAKEN PREMORTEM
FROM ONE SUCH PATIENT.
OUR ANIMAL STUDIES HAVE SHOWN
THAT THESE ANTIBODIES
TRIGGER THE ENCAPSULATION
OF THE AMYGDALA
AND WE HOPE,
IN BERNARD'S CASE,
CONTROL HIS TENDENCY
TO BE OVERWHELMED BY FEAR.
WE HAVE FOUND A WAY
TO DRAMATICALLY ACCELERATE
THAT PROCESS
BY IRRADIATING THE BRAIN
WITH AN ATTENUATED PHASE E.M.P.
WE ANTICIPATE A SERIES
OF THREE TO FIVE INJECTIONS
AND RADIATION TREATMENTS
OVER A PERIOD
OF TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
PREPARE TO IRRADIATE.
E.M.P. CALIBRATIONS
200 ROENTGENS.
BEGIN RADIATION.
INCREASE
TO 400 ROENTGENS.
END RADIATION.
BERNARD,
I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU
THAT EVEN IF
EVERYTHING GOES PERFECTLY,
YOU PROBABLY WON'T NOTICE
ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
FOR A WHILE, ALL RIGHT?
YO, BERNIE.
HOW'S MY MAN?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU DON'T SAY HI TO A BUD?
YOU'RE NOT MY FRIEND.
YOU HEAR THAT,
GUYS?
BERNIE HERE DON'T LIKE US.
I THINK MAYBE HE NEEDS
A LESSON IN RESPECT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH ME.
YOU KNOW,
I THINK WE UNDERSTAND
EACH OTHER, BERNARD.
( laughing )
HI, BERNARD.
WHAT'S WRONG?
ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT?
I'M JUST A LITTLE
WINDED, THAT'S ALL.
HEY, LISTEN, UH,
I'M MAKING LASAGNA TONIGHT
AND THERE'S PROBABLY
GOING TO BE SOME LEFTOVERS,
SO, UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YOU SHOULD PROBABLY
FREEZE IT.
I'M ALWAYS THROWING AWAY
MOLDY FOOD.
UM, THANKS FOR THE TIP.
( knocking )
HI.
UH, I'M GOING FOR A WALK
IN THE PARK
AND I WAS WONDERING
IF YOU WANTED TO COME.
YEAH, I WOULD.
CAN I FINISH
THIS FIRST?
SURE.
THIS PARK IS THE WHOLE REASON
I TOOK THE APARTMENT.
I MEAN, THE SINKS DRIP,
THE ROOF LEAKS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I CAN'T GET THEM TO FIX
A DAMN THING.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE
A SMOKE ALARM.
IF YOU ASK ME, THE WHOLE PLACE
IS A FIRE TRAP.
I HAD A FIRE,
BUT IT WASN'T REAL.
HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING
ON YOUR OWN LONG?
A LONG TIME.
ME TOO.
I PREFER IT,
ACTUALLY.
DO YOU LIKE
ANIMALS?
THEY'RE OKAY.
I WAS GOING
TO BE A VET.
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
DID YOU KNOW
THAT THERE ARE
OVER 200 KINDS
OF PIGEONS?
I'VE GOT SOME,
I'M RAISING THEM.
IN YOUR PLACE?
ON THE ROOF.
I'LL SHOW YOU
SOMETIME.
I'M AFRAID
TO GO UP THERE.
NO, I'LL TAKE YOU.
IT'S NICE.
DON'T LOOK UP.
WHAT?
OH, BERNIE GOT
HIMSELF A GIRL.
JUST IGNORE HIM.
HEY, WHO'S THE BABE,
BERNIE?
AREN'T YOU GOING
TO INTRODUCE US?
HEY,
LEAVE HIM ALONE.
COME ON, BERNARD.
NOW YOU TELL THE TRUTH.
DOES SHE PUT OUT, HMM?
OH, I BET
SHE'S A REAL
SCREAMER.
SHUT UP, BLANCO.
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?
PUNK!
HEY, YOU BETTER
WATCH YOURSELF,
ASSWIPE.
'CAUSE I GOT PLANS FOR YOU.
BIG PLANS.
BIG PLANS!
BIG PLANS!
( laughing )
( thunder )
THAT HURT?
NO.
A LITTLE.
THAT GUY'S A CREEP.
I SAW HIM
HARASSING OTHERS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT LEAST HE DIDN'T STAB ME
THIS TIME.
HE STABBED YOU?
IN MY HEAD.
IN MY MIND.
REPENT YE, SINNERS!
OR YOU SHALL BURN!
REPENT YE, SINNERS,
OR PREPARE TO BURN!
A LOT OF THINGS GO ON
IN YOUR HEAD, DON'T THEY?
EVER SINCE I WAS A KID.
BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIX IT.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
AFRAID OF YOUR OWN THOUGHTS.
YOU DO?
THAT'S WHY I HAD TO DROP OUT
OF VET SCHOOL.
I SPENT SIX MONTHS
IN GLEN ELLEN,
THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL.
HOW DID THEY CURE YOU?
THEY DIDN'T
CURE ME.
I CURED ME.
I JUST GOT SICK AND TIRED
OF BEING SICK AND TIRED.
THAT'S KIND OF FUNNY.
YOU THINK SO,
HUH?
THIS
BLUISH AREA HERE.
THAT'S
THE CALCIUM SHELL.
AS YOU CAN SEE,
IT HAS ENCLOSED
ALMOST HALF THE MASS
OF THE AMYGDALA.
SO IT'S WORKING.
IT'S LOOKING GOOD
SO FAR, BERNARD.
HAVE YOU NOTICED
ANY CHANGES?
I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK SO.
THE PANIC ATTACKS?
I HAVEN'T HAD
A BAD ONE
SINCE TUESDAY,
AFTER MR. WILKES
TRIED TO BURN ME.
MR. WILKES?
OH, THE TALL,
GRAY-HAIRED MAN.
ANY FEELINGS OF ANGER?
NOT REALLY.
I STILL GET THE MIGRAINES...
AND REAL CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
I DON'T THINK I'M EVER GOING
TO BE OKAY IN AN ELEVATOR.
BUT I MET SOMEBODY
I REALLY LIKE.
HER NAME IS LISA.
WE WENT
FOR A WALK.
AND WE'RE GOING TO EAT DINNER
TOGETHER SOMETIME.
THAT'S, THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING,
BERNARD.
WELL, WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE A COUPLE MORE
AND YOU'LL BE DONE.
DO THEY HAVE NAMES?
NO, NOT REALLY.
I DON'T PERSONALLY BELIEVE
IN NAMING ANIMALS.
I HEARD THAT PIGEONS
CARRY LOTS OF GERMS.
OH, THAT'S AN URBAN MYTH.
RIGHT, GUYS?
YOU WANT TO HOLD ONE?
NO THANKS.
DO YOU EVER
LET THEM OUT?
YEAH,
ALL THE TIME.
AND THEY COME BACK?
YEAH, THEY'RE
HOMING PIGEONS.
THIS IS THEIR HOME.
THERE WE GO.
COME ON.
GOING TO GO FOR A LITTLE FLY.
LITTLE FLY.
SEE?
THERE YOU GO, LITTLE GUY.
WOW.
SO HIGH!
THOUGHT I'D BE
A LOT MORE SCARED
COMING UP HERE.
YEAH.
I LOVE IT UP HERE.
IT'S LIKE YOU CAN SEE
THE WHOLE WORLD,
BUT THEY CAN'T SEE YOU.
IT'S SO SAFE.
COME HERE.
COME ON, IT'S OKAY.
SEE?
WAS THAT SO BAD?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S...
WOW.
YOU EVER WISH
YOU COULD FLY?
I CAN.
IN MY HEAD.
BERNARD.
BERNARD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
DON'T WORRY.
IT'S OKAY.
BERNARD, DON'T.
YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS.
STOP IT, PLEASE.
GET OFF OF THERE,
YOU'RE SCARING ME.
OH, MY GOD.
BERNARD, LISTEN TO ME.
THIS ISN'T FUNNY.
GIVE ME YOUR HAND.
FOR GOD'S SAKES,
BERNARD,
YOU'RE
REALLY SCARING ME.
PLEASE STOP IT.
STOP IT NOW.
IT'S INCREDIBLE!
I'M NOT AFRAID!
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I STOOD UP ON THAT ROOF
AND I DIDN'T FEEL AFRAID.
I'M A LITTLE WORRIED
THAT YOU'RE MAYBE
PUSHING YOURSELF TOO HARD.
BUT I FEEL REALLY GOOD.
EVERYTHING'S GOING OKAY,
ISN'T IT?
HAVE YOU NOTICED
ANY UNUSUAL SIDE EFFECTS?
WELL, I STILL HAVE
THE HEADACHES.
ANY OTHER PHYSICAL SENSATIONS--
TINGLING, MUSCLE TWITCHES?
NOT REALLY.
WELL, MAYBE WHEN
THAT BULLY GRABBED ME.
I COULD FEEL
ALL THIS ENERGY
RUSHING THROUGH ME.
WHEN YOU WERE
FRIGHTENED.
WHEN I WAS ANGRY.
SO YOU HAVE BEEN FEELING
INCREASED ANGER.
JUST THAT ONE TIME.
BERNARD,
THERE IS NO QUESTION
THAT YOU ARE MAKING
EXCELLENT PROGRESS.
BUT WE MIGHT WANT
TO WAIT A WHILE
BEFORE
WE MOVE FORWARD
WITH THIS NEXT ROUND
OF TREATMENTS
JUST TO LET YOUR BODY ADJUST
TO SOME OF THE CHANGES.
BUT YOU SAID...
THAT PART OF MY BRAIN,
THE FEAR PART,
WASN'T CLOSED UP YET.
THAT'S TRUE.
BUT THERE MAY BE
SOME UNNECESSARY RISKS
IN CLOSING IT
COMPLETELY.
I WANT TO FINISH
THE TREATMENTS.
I HAVE THINGS
I WANT TO DO.
THINGS I HAVE TO DO.
WE'LL HAVE
AN EVALUATION PERIOD
AND THEN WE'LL MAKE
OUR BEST JUDGMENT.
BUT WHAT IF IT STARTS
BREAKING APART?
WHAT IF THE FEARS
COME BACK?
WHAT IF WILKES COMES AFTER ME?
THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE!
YOU'VE GOT
TO TRUST US.
WE WANT THIS TO WORK
AS MUCH AS YOU DO, BERNARD.
ALL RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
HOW MUCH FOR
THIS FLOWER?
FOR YOU, HALF OFF.
ARE THEY FOR
ANYONE SPECIAL?
FOR SOMEONE
VERY SPECIAL.
I HAD ANOTHER
TREATMENT TODAY.
WELL, WHATEVER IT IS,
IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
THERE'S A MILLION THINGS
I WANT TO DO, LISA.
HOW ABOUT BUYING ME LUNCH,
FOR STARTERS?
GOT TO BE BACK
IN HALF AN HOUR.
TWO HOT DOGS,
PLEASE.
WHAT'S WRONG?
BERNARD.
IT'S NOTHING.
I'M FINE.
HELP!
SOMEBODY HELP ME!
HELP! ALEX!
WHAT'S WRONG?
WHAT'S WRONG?
HELP ME!
MY SON!
HE'S FALLEN DOWN HERE.
( boy )
MOMMY, IT HURTS.
HE'S HURT!
OKAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
UM, UM...
DO SOMETHING, PLEASE!
DO SOMETHING!
PLEASE!
HOLD ON!
I'M GOING TO COME GET YOU!
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S OKAY.
I'M GOING
TO COME GET YOU.
GET A ROPE
OR SOMETHING.
HELP ME.
IT REALLY HURTS.
( mother )
HANG ON, HONEY.
THIS MAN'S COMING
TO HELP YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT.
OW!
OW, MOMMY,
IT HURTS!
HANG ON, HONEY.
HURRY! HELP ME.
I'M GOING TO GET YOU
OUT OF HERE, OKAY?
OKAY, YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, OKAY?
OKAY.
CAN YOU STAND THERE?
BERNARD.
I'M SCARED.
I KNOW.
I AM TOO.
( mother )
IT'S OKAY, ALEX.
YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
OKAY,
LIFT YOUR ARMS UP.
WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU
OUT OF HERE.
OKAY.
( Lisa )
OKAY, BERNARD.
WE GOT HIM.
THERE'S THE CREEP!
HEY, BERNIE.
WHAT YOU BEEN DOING,
PLAYING IN THE MUD?
LEAVE ME ALONE.
THAT'S NO WAY
TO TALK TO THE GUY
WHO'S BEEN
PROTECTING YOU.
PROTECTING ME?
FROM WHAT?
FROM THIS.
LAY A HAND ON ME AGAIN,
I'LL MAKE YOUR LIFE
A LIVING HELL.
TELL HIM TO PUT IT AWAY.
PUT IT AWAY.
THIS GUY'S A JOKE.
PUT IT AWAY.
WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON,
BLANCO?
YOU GOING TO LET HIM GET AWAY
WITH THIS CRAP?
TO HELL WITH YOU.
I'M SORRY, IT SOUNDS
AWFULLY FAR-FETCHED.
OH, COME ON, MILES.
THERE'S NOTHING
IN THE LITERATURE
THAT BEGINS TO ACCOUNT
FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
I'VE RUN A BATTERY
OF BRAIN SCANS,
EVERY NEUROLOGICAL TEST,
JUST LIKE YOU ASKED.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
TO ACCOUNT FOR IT.
I AGREE THERE
SEEMS TO BE
AN EXCESS ELECTRICAL
ENERGY ACCUMULATING
IN THE LIMBIC REGION.
BUT I'M A LONG WAY
FROM ACCEPTING
YOUR INTERPRETATION
OF THEIR RELEASE.
WELL,
THINK ABOUT IT.
WE'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS
THAT ONE ANIMAL
CAN PALPABLY SENSE
FEAR IN ANOTHER.
THIS IS JUST A REVERSE
OF THAT MECHANISM.
BERNARD'S BRAIN HAS
SOMEHOW MANAGED TO TRANSMIT,
TO INSTILL FEAR
IN ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
I'M HEARING CONJECTURE,
NOT HARD SCIENCE.
I KNOW IT'S ANECDOTAL,
BUT IT'S FIRST-HAND.
I'M TELLING YOU,
I FELT IT.
HE REACHED INTO THE DEEPEST
CORNER OF MY OWN FEAR.
ARE YOU TELLING ME
THAT SPECIFIC IMAGERY
IS BEING PASSED ON
IN THIS TRANSMISSION?
ALL I KNOW IS
IT HAPPENED TO ME.
THE CALCIUM SHELL
MAY ACTUALLY BE ALLOWING
THE CHARGE TO BUILD UP.
THE ENERGY EMISSIONS EXPELLED
THROUGH THIS FISSURE.
THEY MUST HAVE BEEN ABSORBED
BY DR. PIKE'S AMYGDALA.
WHAT ARE YOU
PROPOSING
BE DONE WITH
YOUR PATIENT?
EVERY TIME THAT BERNARD
EXPLODES IN ANGER,
THIS FISSURE CAN WIDEN,
MAYBE IRRETRIEVABLY.
THERE'S NO TELLING
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DAMAGE
THAT HE CAN DO,
BOTH TO HIMSELF AND TO OTHERS.
WE CLOSE THE FISSURE,
WE CAN STOP THE DISCHARGE.
THERE IS MORE RISK
TO NON-INTERVENTION
THAN IN RESUMING TREATMENT.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT,
BUT...
SOMETHING'S CHANGED.
SOMETHING BIG.
YOU'RE LOSING YOUR FEARS.
THAT'S WHAT'S
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
YES, BUT I'VE ALSO
GAINED SOMETHING.
THERE'S A REASON
THOSE BULLIES
RAN AWAY FROM ME.
I DID SOMETHING
TO THEM,
SOMETHING
THAT I CONTROL.
YOU BELIEVE ME,
RIGHT?
OF COURSE
I BELIEVE YOU.
I'M JUST WORRIED,
THAT'S ALL.
YOU THINK
I'M NOT REALLY BETTER?
THAT I COULD
GET SICK AGAIN?
NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
WELL, WHAT THEN?
THE LAST TIME I WAS
THIS CLOSE TO SOMEONE,
I GOT HURT,
I GOT REALLY HURT.
I'M WORRIED
THAT I MIGHT BE,
YOU KNOW, FALLING
IN LOVE WITH YOU.
( knocking )
JUST A SECOND, BERNARD.
SURPRISE!
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
LISA?
GONNA REPORT ME
TO YOUR BOYFRIEND?
WAIT TILL HE FINDS OUT
HE'S BEEN DATING A WHORE!
LEAVE HER ALONE!
YEAH, I'LL GET
TO HER LATER.
FIRST I'M GOING TO
CUT YOU IN HALF.
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
I WARNED YOU,
BUT YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN.
NO, PLEASE.
GET OUT OF HERE.
GET OUT!
IF YOU HADN'T
GOTTEN HERE...
IF I HADN'T STOPPED,
I DON'T KNOW.
I COULD HAVE KILLED HIM.
WAS THAT YOUR FIRST TIME?
UH-HUH.
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT ARE YOU
SEEING?
IT'S THE FIRE I STARTED.
THE ONE THAT KILLED MIMI.
NEVER SAW IT
SO CLEARLY BEFORE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
YOU STARTED IT?
YOU WERE SO YOUNG.
HE TOLD ME, OVER AND OVER.
THE GUY WITH
THE GRAY HAIR.
MR. WILKES.
HE RAN THE ORPHANAGE.
YOU KNOW,
WHEN I WAS AT
THE PSYCHIATRIC
HOSPITAL,
I SAW HOW THEY USED
THIS HYPNOSIS.
NO, WE ALREADY TRIED IT.
DOESN'T WORK.
ANYWAY, I DON'T WANT
TO REMEMBER.
WELL, MAYBE
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
THE TREATMENT SEEMS TO BE
INCREASING HIS RECALL.
HE WANTS TO BE HYPNOTIZED.
THIS TIME
IT MIGHT WORK.
YOU KNOW THE RISK.
ONE POWERFUL EMOTIONAL OUTBURST
AND HIS AMYGDALA CASING
COULD BE RUPTURED BEYOND REPAIR.
HE'D BE RIGHT BACK
WHERE HE STARTED AGAIN.
HE'S STILL A PRISONER
OF HIS PAST.
WE HAVE TO TRY
AND FREE HIM.
I WANT YOU TO TRY
AGAIN, BERNARD.
GO BACK
TO THAT DAY.
THE DAY
YOUR SISTER DIED.
CAN YOU DO THAT
FOR ME?
I SAW HER.
I SAW THE FLAMES.
SHE WASN'T MOVING.
THE FIRE WAS EVERYWHERE.
HOW DID THE FIRE
START?
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY TOLD ME I WAS VERY--
FORGET WHAT
THEY TOLD YOU.
JUST TELL ME
WHAT YOU SEE.
MIMI?
MIMI?
I'M LOOKING FOR MIMI.
NOBODY CAN FIND HER.
I THINK...
NO.
GO AHEAD, BERNARD.
I DO.
I HEAR SCREAMING.
I SMELL SMOKE.
I SEE THE FLAMES.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
THE FIRE.
WHEN YOU WENT DOWN THE STAIRS,
WAS IT ALREADY GOING?
YES...
YES, IT WAS ALREADY BURNING.
WAS IT A FIRE THAT
YOU STARTED, BERNARD?
NO.
I DIDN'T DO IT.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME!
HE LIED.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
IT WASN'T ME.
DR. PIKE
SEEMS TO THINK
YOU MADE
A BIG BREAKTHROUGH.
HUH?
DR. PIKE.
♪ YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE ♪
IT'S HIM.
♪ YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE ♪
THAT'S HIM.
I DON'T THINK IT'S WHO
YOU THINK IT IS, BERNARD.
IT'S NOT WHO
YOU THINK IT IS.
I GOT A LEAK
TO FIX HERE.
YOU FOLKS MIGHT WANT TO GO
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT'S THE SUPER.
HE CAME TO FIX
THE ROOF.
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
I WANT IT TO STOP.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND
THAT WILKES GUY.
HE BLAMED YOU FOR
SOMETHING YOU NEVER DID.
UNTIL
YOU TELL HIM THAT
YOU'LL NEVER BE
FREE OF HIM.
HE'S PROBABLY DEAD
BY NOW.
BUT IF YOU KNEW THAT
FOR SURE,
I DON'T THINK HE'D
HAUNT YOU ANYMORE.
I DON'T THINK
I COULD STAND TO FACE HIM.
WOULD YOU
RATHER SEE HIM
ONE MORE TIME
IN THE FLESH
OR AS A PHANTOM
EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE?
WOW.
AFTER
ALL THIS TIME
I CAN'T BELIEVE
IT'S STILL HERE.
MIMI.
COME ON, BERNARD.
WE'VE COME THIS FAR.
CAREFUL, KID,
THEY'RE SLIPPERY.
IS THAT HIM?
NO.
EXCUSE ME, WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A MR. WILKES.
WE WERE TOLD
HE STILL RUNS THIS PLACE?
I'M HAROLD WILKES.
YOU'RE MR. WILKES?
NO, IT'S NOT HIM.
LOOK, IF YOU DON'T HAVE
BUSINESS HERE...
THIS IS
BERNARD SELDON.
IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN
SOMETHING TO ME?
HE WAS
IN THIS ORPHANAGE
20 YEARS AGO.
IT'S NOT HIM.
NO, THAT'S NOT WILKES.
MAYBE YOU REMEMBER THE FIRE,
THE ONE THAT KILLED MIMI SELDON.
MY GOD.
YOU BLAMED A 6-YEAR-OLD.
YOU SAID HE KILLED HIS SISTER.
HE SAID SO HIMSELF.
HE CONFESSED TO FATHER CLARIDGE.
HE WAS THERE.
ASK HIM YOURSELF
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.
HIM.
THAT'S HIM.
IT'S OKAY, BERNARD.
YOU'RE JUST GOING
TO GET YOURSELF UPSET.
NO, I AM TELLING YOU
HE'S THE ONE.
THIS IS BERNARD SELDON,
FATHER CLARIDGE.
THE BOY WHO SET THE BASEMENT
ON FIRE 20 YEARS AGO?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OF COURSE YOU DO.
THE BOY WHO CONFESSED TO YOU.
MIMI.
MIMI, MIMI.
( fabric tearing )
I SAW HIM.
HE WAS STANDING OVER MIMI.
SHE WASN'T MOVING.
HE WAS TEARING RAGS.
HE LIT A FIRE.
THEN HE SAW ME.
COME HERE, BOY.
SHE WOULDN'T STOP
SCREAMING.
SHE WOULDN'T STOP
SCREAMING.
I NEVER MEANT TO HURT HER.
TELL THEM THAT
YOU STARTED THE FIRE
OR I'LL DO THE SAME TO YOU.
I TOLD YOU NOT TO PLAY
WITH MATCHES!
NOW SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?
SHE WOULDN'T STOP SCREAMING.
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!
YOU'LL BURN IN HELL FOR THIS!
BERNARD?
PUT THAT DOWN, BERNARD.
GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU.
JUST PUT IT DOWN.
( screaming )
BERNARD.
IT'S GONE.
I CAN FEEL IT.
THE FEAR, THE POWER,
ALL OF IT.
IT'S GONE.
THE LAST TREATMENT
DID IT, BERNARD.
THE AMYGDALA IS NOW
COMPLETELY ENCLOSED.
IT WORKED.
OUR EXPERIMENT
WORKED.
YOU'RE GOING
TO BE OKAY.
THE NIGHTMARES
ARE OVER?
AT LEAST FOR YOU THEY ARE.
( Control Voice )
IN A WORLD OF TERRORS,
THERE IS NOTHING MORE FEARSOME
THAN THE UNKNOWN,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
WHAT IS UNKNOWN IS OURSELVES.
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