Touched by an Angel (1994–2003): Season 6, Episode 6 - The Occupant - full transcript

Trick or treat.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Halloween's just always been
a really difficult night for me.

It's not my favorite
night of the year, either.

"Happy Halloween."

What's that?

Whenever I work on
Halloween, everything seems...

sadder, stranger.

Have you noticed that?

That's when we're needed most...



On the darkest night of all.

Got to go.

Take care.

♪ There's ♪

♪ A league of angels ♪

♪ Watching over me ♪

♪ There's ♪

♪ A league of angels ♪

♪ Watching over me ♪

♪ What a wonderful:

♪ What a wonderful:

♪ What a wonderful feeling ♪

♪ What a wonderful:

♪ What a wonderful:



♪ What a wonderful feeling ♪

One, two, three.

Danny, what's this?

Found him behind a Dumpster.

Tried to kill himself.

Like he isn't almost
there already.

Diminished breath
sounds bilaterally with rales.

Uh, could be pneumonia.

Oh, Lonnie.

Yeah, we went to
grade school together.

Milton, give me a hand.

Nurse O'Donnell,
please call operator 12.

Nurse O'Donnell,
please call operator 12.

Not too deep.

He'll just clot himself.

You got a gas mask?

Shut up, Milton.

Show some respect.

There but for the
grace of God...

Lonnie?

Lonnie.

- Lonnie, you all right?
- Hey, Lonnie...

Lonnie, take it easy, huh?

Release me

from this plague-ridden
sewer, you mutt.

You better restrain him.

I'll be back.

You better restrain me.

We got four coming our
way from that crash on I-80.

Oh, great.

Any word on the per
diem doc we asked for?

Uh-uh. I'll try again.

Nurse Mendenhall to pre-op.

Nurse Mendenhall to pre-op.

My name is... is Andrew.

I'm an angel.

And I've been sent here
to be with you on this...

long and... and difficult night.

I, uh...

I don't know how this
is going to turn out.

But I can promise
you this, Lonnie.

You won't be alone.

Lonnie's not here right now.

But if you leave your name
and number after the beep,

he'll get back to you.

Beep.

You're not Lonnie?

No, Andrew!

I'm Gregory.

Long time, no see.

Have we met?

Let's just say we've
been... engaged a few times.

Never quite
made it to the altar.

Death-wise, I mean.

And frankly, I'd like
to keep it that way.

Excuse me.

Oh, do hurry back.

It's not often one gets
to spend Halloween

with the Angel of Death.

Trick or treat!

Tess.

I'm glad to see you.

H... I have an
assignment here tonight,

but something's gone wrong.

You're absolutely
right, angel boy.

Something's terribly,
terribly wrong.

♪ When you walk ♪

♪ Down the road ♪

♪ Heavy burden ♪

♪ Heavy load ♪

♪ I will rise ♪

♪ And I will walk with you ♪

♪ I'll walk with you ♪

♪ Till the sun
don't even shine ♪

♪ Walk with you ♪

♪ Every time, I tell you ♪

♪ I'll walk with you ♪

♪ Walk with you ♪

♪ Believe me, I'll
walk with you. ♪

It was the weirdest thing.

I walked into the room.

I called him Lonnie.

He said his name was
Gregory and that he knew me.

It's a long story, baby.

Have you seen Monica?

We need to get this
show on the road.

You sure you don't
recognize him?

Yes.

I mean, n-no... no, I don't.

Should I know him?

Yes. Look at him again.

This man's not ready to die,

so there must be some
other reason you're here.

Excuse me.

You the per diem doc I ordered?

Uh... yes, yes, I am.

I'm... I'm Andrew.

Duncan Danzig. Welcome to Mercy.

Come with me.

Lonnie, if we take
the restraints off,

will you behave yourself?

The name... is Gregory!

Multiple personality disorder.

He's been in and out of here
a few times over the years.

We fix him up, he goes
right back to the streets.

It's the first time he's ever
tried to kill himself, though.

Can I take the restraints off?

It's your call.

I'd keep an eye on
him, though, if you do.

I hate to say it...
I'm going to have

to do something
about him this time.

He's becoming a
danger to himself.

I'm a danger to
everyone, Dunkie.

I'll get the paperwork started,
get him transferred upstairs.

Excuse me.

Can I help you?

Oh, look at you... Tess.

Look at you, baby.

It breaks my heart.

Is this a friend
of yours, Lonnie?

She's like a mother to me.

She used to be like a
mother to both of us, Dunkie.

Don't you remember me, Duncan?

Let me help you out.

“See what a “me,
“My-bitty thing it is?

But it's strong enough to
grow and grow as big as a tree."

Miss Tess.

Has it really been
almost 35 years?

And look at you, Tess.

You haven't changed a bit.

What is your secret?

Does anybody know what this is?

This is a mustard seed.

Duncan.

This tiny, “My-bitty seed

is big enough to
grow as tall as a tree.

Here you go, Lonnie.

So, what are we
supposed to do, eat it?

Oh, no, baby, this is not

something you eat.

This is something you hold onto.

You see, this tiny,
little mustard seed

is strong enough to
grow up through the dirt

and the rocks until
it finds the light.

That is, if you let it.

Faith is that way, too.

If you let God help you,

takes almost nothing to
move a whole mountain.

So, you see why our little
prayer makes sense now?

Yeah.

Let's say our little
prayer right now.

I'm a little person, Lord.

My faith is little, too.

Teach my mustard seed to grow

so I can be like You.

That is correct.

Dr. Danzig.

They're incoming
from that car crash.

All right.

Good to see you, Tess.

You don't have to
go, do you, Duncan?

That's the thing about
emergency rooms.

Everything's an emergency.

But, uh...

What about these
restraints, Andrew?

Por favor.

I promise I'll be good.

Dr. Watts, report to
third floor oncology.

Dr. Watts, third floor oncology.

Muchas gracias, Andrew.

What's in your hand?

Well, if you don't know,

I'm certainly not
going to tell you.

I mean, you of all people.

That would spoil
everything, wouldn't it?

Oh, Monica, as I
live and breathe.

Hello, baby.

Sorry to get you out
on a night like this.

Monica, darling, do
you think you could

persuade your friend,
Andrew, to fly off or something?

He hasn't the slightest
idea who he's talking to.

He stares.

That's very rude!

And it makes me nervous.

Good.

Tess, I barely
recognize him myself.

Oh, dear.

After all we've
meant to each other.

I know you don't
recognize him, Andrew.

But be patient... you will.

Lonnie was a very
dear, sweet little boy

who desperately needed
to know that he was loved,

but all he heard was
the sounds of hatred,

so he kept to himself

and kept the things that
really mattered to him

hidden away.

Like his secret
box of treasures.

- Lonnie!
- His prized possession,

a butterfly cocoon,
had just been replaced

with the little
mustard seed he got

- in Sunday school.
- Lonnie!

It was a souvenir...

a memory of one of the
few days in his little life

that he ever felt safe.

What are you doing in here, kid?

Didn't you hear what I said?

Hey! I'm talking to you!

Lonnie, I told you to
clean up this pigsty.

Leave me alone!

What'd I say? The kid's a wimp.

I want your room cleaned
up before you go out tonight.

I'll show you.

You can't make me cry.

Good one!

Hey, what's up?

Look at this stupid thing.

Let me guess: it's Lonnie.

It's me.

Hey, Duncan, nice nose.

It's a stupid nose.

That's not even a
real costume, either.

Doesn't this jerk even
know what Halloween is?

It's about dressing up.

To scare off the evil
spirits that rise from hell

and try to enter your body.

- That's stupid, Johnny.
- Oh, yeah?

You know weird Mr. Ellermeyer
who screams at the moon?

You know why?

It's 'cause on Halloween
when he was ten years old,

he went out, and he didn't
wear a scary enough costume.

Huh?

If you don't believe me, go
ahead, take your chances.

But if you are going to wear

those wimpy things,

you gotta make the spirits
think you're dangerous.

Come on.

- Come on.
- Hurry.

Hurry, pick it up.

Hurry. Come on.

That night, Lonnie and Duncan

and the other children

went to the farm of
a frightened old man

to scare away the evil spirits.

Lonnie didn't take
it very seriously,

but he should have.

Come on, you guys.

Mr. Ellermeyer's
a really old guy.

Leave his place alone.

Don't you believe
in evil spirits?

You're doing something
wrong, Lonnie,

and you know it.

And Earl's going to beat the
tar out of you if he finds out.

He's going to beat you anyways.

Might as well make
it worth it, right?

If you don't want
to do it, don't do it.

I mean... just 'cause
you chickened out

doesn't mean we all
think you're a wimp.

Let's go.

- Whoo!
- Nice idea!

- Awesome.
- That's so bad.

All right, yeah! Yeah!

Yeah.

I'm going home.

See you, Lonnie.

Come on, Duncan,
it's just an old shack.

It was just a shack,
but the sparks ignited

the barn and the house,

and by morning, everything
Mr. Ellermeyer had was gone.

And the fire that
Lonnie set that night

changed his life forever.

It's the little things
that mean so much.

I just called up to Psych.

They're sending down
their first available.

Duncan, this is Monica.

Oh. You from upstairs?

Yes.

Wow, you people
don't waste any time.

Listen, do me a favor.

When you finish
your eval, let me know.

Just a minute,
Dr. Duncan Danzig.

Lonnie used to
be your best friend.

Could you stop being a
doctor for just a moment,

and help him, here?

Do you know how many
times I've tried to help him

over the past years, Tess?

Too many.

Look at him.

That's not Lonnie.

The Lonnie I knew has been gone

- for a long time.
- He's not gone,

he's in there, somewhere.

Lonnie? Lonnie?

Where are you in there, baby?

Lonnie. Where are you in there?

Speak to me. Tell Tess.

Talk to me. Talk to me.

Duncan.

Duncan, help me, please.

Help me.

Lonnie?

- Stay with us, Lonnie.
- Lonnie!

How'd you get him
to respond like that?

The man is sick,

but he needs more than medicine.

That's right.

Red Rover, Red Rover,
send Monica over.

- I'm here, Lonnie.
- Lonnie...

Lonnie, Lonnie,
Lonnie... what about me?

We lost him again.

Lonnie's been lost for a
long time, hasn't he, Monica?

But the lost can be found again.

Oh, I don't think
so. Not this time.

What do you think, Duncan?

I used to see bits and
pieces of the old Lonnie.

But now this other personality
has taken over, and...

Lonnie's almost completely gone.

We wouldn't still be here

if there wasn't
something more to do.

Oh, if only you knew what
that was, hey, Andrew?

Maybe you can do
more for him up in Psych.

Well, I'd like to have that
congestion checked out first.

I want it completely clear

- that I am refusing treatment!
- Calm down, Lonnie.

- Take it easy!
- Maybe Gregory is,

but I don't hear
Lonnie saying that.

Well, we can't take all night.

I'm filling up in here,
and I need this room.

Rush, rush, rush, rush, rush.

People come and
go here so quickly.

What happened that night?

A little boy starts a fire,

then suddenly develops
a split personality?

Oh, it wasn't suddenly.

And it wasn't a
split personality.

I was still in Search
and Rescue then,

when I first met Lonnie.

He was in high school.

I was, shall we say... at large?

Thanks for coming, Duncan.

I'm glad I did.

Hey, Lonnie.

Hey.

Haven't seen you
around school lately.

That's 'cause I
haven't been there.

What's with the coat and tie?

You look like you're
going to a funeral.

Actually, I just came from one.

Old Man Ellermeyer died.

What do you want me
to do, cry or something?

Why were you there?

He lived in one of
my dad's motel rooms.

After the fire.

You mean after I
burned his house down.

He was a nice old man, Lonnie.

I really liked him.

Tell me something.

How come you never snitched?

I don't know.

Figured you felt
bad enough already.

Juvenile Hall wasn't gonna help.

Wimp. See you around.

Hey, Lonnie...

Do you want to know why
I never snitched on you?

You were my best friend.

And you still are.

And... I'm... You're what?

I'm praying for you.

Yeah.

Well, keep praying.

Thank you.

It's my pleasure.

You saved my life.

I hope you make it a good one.

Don't bet on it.

Lonnie was a troubled young man.

He was looking for
something... Anything...

That would remove the guilt
and make the pain go away.

And that is exactly
the kind of invitation

evil is always looking for.

It comes in many
ways, in many forms.

But it never looks
like what it really is:

a little piece of hell,

searching for a home.

You want to get high?

Maybe.

Cool. Me first.

Mm.

Ever have a sense of
something you can't see,

but you know it's there?

Yeah.

Well, it's not your imagination.

It's real.

There's a universe that
exists beyond your senses.

A whole spirit world
waiting to get to know you,

and help you get
everything you want.

All you have to
do is open up to it.

Just close your eyes,

and let the spirits know

you're ready to make a change.

Okay.

Say it.

Let the spirits know
you're open to them.

Tell them you're ready.

I'm... ready.

L...

0...

V...

E...

M...

E...

"Love me."

Lonnie!

Lonnie?

Lonnie, get out of that bed.

Knock it off.

Knock it off.

Lonnie!

♪♪

Old Mr. Ellemeyer,
he was a nice old guy.

Now where's he gonna live?

What's he gonna do?

He's got nothing now, Lonnie.

Lonnie, wake up.

Lonnie, wake up.

You must wake up, Lonnie.

What were you expecting, Lonnie?

An angel?

Of course not, there's
no such thing as angels,

but there is me.

Oh, don't look so
shocked, Lonnie.

You've been flirting
with the Unholy One

for quite some time now.

Did you think he hadn't noticed?

You opened the door, Lonnie.

Here I am.

From now on, I'm
going to be your friend.

You'll never be lonely again.

Who are you?

My name is Gregory.

Gregory.

So much more interesting
than multiple personalities,

don't you think?

You understand now, Andrew?

You mean that...
Gregory is a demon.

So, Lonnie's possessed.

Yes, he is.

The Devil's always
prowling around,

trying to find somebody
he can devour.

As long as you

can steal a soul, you don't care

what else you destroy
along the way, do you?

Monica, don't be tedious.

Lonnie made his
choice a long time ago,

and now what's left of
Lonnie and his miserable soul

is fading by the minute,

and I'll possess him
completely by midnight.

I thought the Halloween
anniversary was

an especially dramatic touch.

This... is really
getting tiresome.

Radiology called.

You can do your X-ray.

Duncan, Duncan, please, please.

Are you going to ignore that?

Please.

No.

- I'm gonna get him the help he needs.
- Bless you,

Dunkie.

You always know just
the right thing to do.

Milton, we're ready.

Milton.

Can we take the
scenic route, Milton?

Uh, sure.

Take me by the nursery.

I just love to
look at the babies.

Lonnie.

We know you're in there.

God knows you're in there,

and he's not going
to give up on you.

Hold on, baby.

Hold on with everything you got.

Ticktock, baby.

Ticktock.

Ticktock.

Ticktock.

Ticktock, ticktock.

Here we go.

I'll get a technician.

Thank you, Milton.

And just where do
you think you're going?

My, my, aren't we persistent?

God never gives
up on his children.

Of course not.

He just lets them
plummet into the depths

of despair and loneliness.

That's not true.

Hey, I'm a demon.

I lie a little.

That's the whole problem.

Lonnie, Lonnie, we
know you're in there.

We know you're fighting,
but you're losing this battle,

and I don't know why.

What other poisonous lies
has this creature told you?

What has he said?

Tell me.

Talk to me.

Tell me.

We're with you.

Come on, we're with you.

What's in this hand?

Is there a lie in there?

Is there?

Yes, there is.

I remember him now,

and I know what
he's holding onto.

I had an assignment
at Lonnie's old house

a few years ago,

and now I see that
Gregory did, too.

Look, knock on the door

- one more...
- Mommy dearest,

is that any way to
welcome home your son?

Lonnie?

Actually, it's Gregory now.

Wait just a minute.

What the hell are
you doing here?

Oh, Earl, boy's been
dying to see you.

He insisted we come, actually.

Mom?

I'm in trouble.

I've been sick lately,
and I really need help.

What he means
is... You're not getting

another dime out of me.

It's not the money, Mom.

It's my only chance.

I've got to find it.

Find what?

It's you're only chance, Lonnie,

but I'm gonna get there first.

- Wait.
- Don't touch...

- Get out of my way. Get out...
- Lonnie, just go.

Lonnie, just go!

- I will kill you!
- Leave us alone, please, just go away.

Lonnie, please.

Leave me alone.

God.

Yes.

I'm a little person, Lord.

My faith is little, too,

but teach my
mustard seed to grow.

Please, save me.

Don't, don't.

Get out of here, you freak.

Get out or I'll kill you.

He'll do it, Lonnie,
I swear he'll do it.

It's not working.

Do it, Earl.

Do it.

Kill me.

Hurry up, before it's too late.

Do it!

Earl, no.

Hello, Lonnie.

You see, Earl?

He's here.

It's okay.

You can kill me now.

Please, I'm begging you.

You see him?

Please.

Please, take what's left of me

before there's
nothing left to take.

There's nobody there, Lonnie.

There's nobody there.

Elvis has left the building.

So, you convinced him
he needed that little seed

to protect him instead of faith?

Oh, yes, I'm very
good at what I do.

I'm a little person, Lord.

My faith is little, too,

but given all the choices,

I'd rather be me than you.

Look what I found, Lonnie.

Bye-bye.

No!

- Lonnie!
- Lonnie.

I'll get Dr. Danzig.

Lonnie, baby!

Oh... he's gone.

Possessed, absorbed... erased!

And now this
carcass can die or rot

or spontaneously
combust for all I care.

Because now there's nothing
left for you to take home...

12:02, and poor
Lonnie is crushed

as his magic mustard seed.

It wasn't magic, Gregory.

You know it, I know it,
and now Lonnie knows it.

But just a little too late, hmm?

Who says it's too late?

Excuse me.

Leaving before the final
curtain? How insulting.

Oh, I thought you said
we'd seen the final curtain?

Or was that an “Kw-bitty
“a, too, Gregory?

Hurry back. It won't be
any fun gloating without you.

You can count
on it. I will be back.

Nurse Garrison to the lab.

Nurse Garrison to the lab.

Gregory was awfully eager
to get out of here, wasn't he?

If Lonnie's soul was already
gone, what was the rush?

Maybe Tess is right.
Maybe it's not too late.

He's a demon. He lies.

Hi, honey.

Yeah, it's gonna be a late one.

They brought Lonnie in again.

This time, he
tried to kill himself.

Yeah, I know.

Say a prayer for
him tonight, will ya?

And me, too?

Yeah.

I just don't know how
to help him anymore.

I know.

Okay. I love you, too.

Duncan.

Tess, what are you doing here?

Do you still say your prayers?

Yeah.

There was this great lady
in my Sunday school class

who taught me how to
when I was ten years old.

The problem is...

these days, I don't even
know what to pray for.

Lonnie doesn't have
multiple-personality disorder.

There are people who do,

and by the grace of God, there
are doctors who can help them.

But there are other
people in this world

whose lives have been
gripped by something so evil,

that nothing but the grace
of God can save them.

So what are you saying?

Lonnie is possessed by a demon.

You're right, we
don't treat that here.

This is not a joke, Duncan.

It starts with a whisper;

a suggestion of evil that
you don't take seriously.

But then it whispers again,
and you listen this time.

And soon, you're struggling

to hear it before
it even speaks.

That's what's
happened to Lonnie.

I know you don't believe me,

but I want you to come
and see for yourself.

I'm asking you to believe
in the power of the only one

that can do something about it.

Gregory?

Go away! I prefer to
do these things alone.

- He's dying.
- His body is.

I'll be house-hunting by
morning, just as soon as I...

As soon as you take
the rest of Lonnie's soul?

It's past midnight, but
he's still there, isn't he?

There's enough left to suffer,
but not enough left to fight.

He has someone to fight for him.

Hold on, Lonnie,

Just a little bit
longer. Hold on.

You're not lost, Lonnie.
Hold on. It's not over.

Oh, my God.

Tess, we're ready.

Go ahead, babies.

Stay away!

Lonnie, I know that
you can hear me.

You think that you
have lost your faith,

but you must
see that it's a lie.

Just as everything
else he told you is a lie.

That little seed was just
the symbol of something

you can still have.

God's love for you cannot
be kept in a glass jar.

It's not something that can
be contained or crushed.

You must believe me, Lonnie.

I'm telling you the truth.

I have seen the almighty God.

I have been lifted
up by His grace,

I have been warmed by His glory.

I have stood in the light
of His unimaginable love

and I have knelt in awe
at His magnificent power.

I am an angel.

There has been a league
of angels watching over you

your whole life,
Lonnie, praying for you,

protecting you, loving you.

But we cannot save
you. No angel, no demon

no human being has
the power to do that.

Only God has.

Only God with His
mercy and His love.

Reach up to Him, Lonnie.

Let Him lift you up.

This is the moment of truth.

No, no, no, it's all just...

It's all true, everything.

We are angels and he is a
demon, and there's not a doctor

on the face of the earth
that can save this man's soul.

His faith in God is
what he needs now.

If you're an angel,
give him your faith.

Angels don't need faith.

Duncan, we have seen.

People have faith.

It's the evidence of
things they have not seen.

And you keep it alive
with the light of His love

and the reign of His mercy.

But sometimes, sometimes
you just need somebody

to put a stick in the
ground next to you

so that when the winds come,
you don't get blown away.

Somebody with, with
enough faith to share.

♪♪

Come on. Come on.
I know you're in there.

What do I do?

Get out. Get out!
It's too late, Dunkie.

Get out while you still can.

Don't be afraid,
Duncan. You can do this.

Look what I have, Lonnie.

I've got, I've got one, too.

No. No, you don't need this...

because real belief
comes from right here.

Trust me, Lonnie.

I would never lie to
you. You know that.

Your faith is in there.

Find it and ask God to
make it grow right now.

Tell Him that you're sorry.

Tell Him that you need Him.

He'll fight for you.

Look, He's already sent angels.

He's not giving up
and neither am I.

I have a faith in you.

Now you have faith in Him.

Don't be afraid. God
is with you, Lonnie.

And He loves you so much.

Oh, God, please. I'm so sorry.

Please help me.
Please help me. Please.

Come on.

Glory be to the
name of the Lord.

What's going on here?!

Lonnie?

Lonnie?

You didn't stop.

I didn't stop?

You kept praying for me.

Yeah... every day.

Thank you.

Hey, I'm your best
friend, remember?

Yeah, yeah.

All these years, and
God never gave up on me.

No, baby, he never did.

- He never does.
- Never.

Welcome home, my friend.

♪ There's ♪

♪ A league of angels ♪

♪ Watching over me ♪

♪ There's ♪

♪ A league of angels ♪

♪ Watching over me ♪

♪ What a wonderful,
what a wonderful:

♪ What a wonderful... ♪