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First broadcast 6th October 1976.
Alison has suffered Autism since childhood. Now aged 17, her parents take her to see Dr. Mallam for psychotherapy.
Jeremy Kemp - Dr. Mallam
Anthony Bate - Dr. Raeburn
Gerry Cowper - Alison Fisher (as Geraldine Cowper)
Clifford Rose - Mr. Fisher
Diana Fairfax - Mrs. Fisher
Shirley Cain - Mrs. Nevinson
Hazel Bainbridge - Miss. Gibson
John Roden - Colonel Erinson
Alison has suffered Autism since childhood. Now aged 17, her parents take her to see Dr. Mallam for psychotherapy.
Jeremy Kemp - Dr. Mallam
Anthony Bate - Dr. Raeburn
Gerry Cowper - Alison Fisher (as Geraldine Cowper)
Clifford Rose - Mr. Fisher
Diana Fairfax - Mrs. Fisher
Shirley Cain - Mrs. Nevinson
Hazel Bainbridge - Miss. Gibson
John Roden - Colonel Erinson
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00:01Yes, I'm sure if you're waiting for the next train, we could have come straight through on the Central Line
00:19to Oxford Circus. There's no need to change it.
00:21Well, I just thought that if we went straight through to Liverpool Street Station, we could get the Central or
00:24we could get the Metropolitan. We could go to Baker Street.
00:26Yes, yes, I know. But my point is, there's no need to go to Baker Street again.
00:40There only seems to be one bell.
00:43It hasn't got his name on it.
00:45No, and all the names are here up on the bell.
00:47That must be the one to ring, then.
00:51Yes, it must be.
00:55Don't forget he's mister.
01:16Oh, I'll show you to the waiting room.
01:18Alison.
01:25I'll tell Mr. Madam Secretary that you're here.
01:28Yeah.
01:29Yeah.
01:29I've got to go back just for a minute.
01:31Oh, please, sorry.
01:32I forgot my parcel.
01:33Do you mind saying yes, of course.
01:35It's a good guy.
01:37Thank you, Sarah.
01:40Thank you very much.
01:42I'll figure out.
01:43Alison.
02:39Alison.
02:41Sorry?
02:42Oh, I...
02:43Oh.
02:53Alison, leave us.
03:04No, Barbara, not to me.
03:05She knows very well.
03:06I don't like it.
03:07It doesn't matter.
03:08It matters to me.
03:09Mr. McIntyre, receive.
03:10Oh, thank you.
03:11Know the way, don't you?
03:12It's on the second floor.
03:13Cigarette.
03:15Um, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher.
03:17Oh, yes.
03:17Uh, Mr. Dallin is ready for you now.
03:19Oh, thank you.
03:19Just up the stairs.
03:20Will you follow me?
03:21Yes.
03:21Alison.
03:22Oh, yes.
03:34Billy gave expression to his feelings of guilt,
03:38but, by his hatred with his brother,
03:41he had been responsible in covering his father's death.
03:45He expressed a deep sense of rejection
03:48that his father had gone without even leaving him to message.
03:52Come in.
03:53Oh, thank you, Ms. Gibson.
03:55Mr. Mallon's ready to see you now.
03:57Excuse me.
03:58Just one moment, please.
04:01Yes.
04:01Perhaps Alison would like to wait here with me.
04:04Yes, of course.
04:04Alison.
04:08Now, we've had the file from the hospital,
04:10and you have the letter from your doctor?
04:12Yes, I've got it here.
04:13Come this way.
04:18Mr. and Mrs. Fisher.
04:27There's some lovely dresses in this one.
04:31Alison?
04:36Sorry to keep you.
04:38You've probably been told many times before that the symptoms,
04:40indeed the whole case history, suggest a classic form of autism.
04:44Or rather what we doctors inadequately describe as autism.
04:47A new and more accurate name is badly needed, I'm sure you'll agree.
04:51Clinics?
04:51Child guidance?
04:52Remedial training centres?
04:53Dr. Ross at the clinic said we should come to you,
04:55because now she's 17.
04:56He said we have...
04:57You see, psychotherapy is the one thing that hasn't been tried yet,
04:59could I say?
05:00It is an acknowledged tool in certain areas,
05:02but in the case of autism there's no real evidence to suggest
05:04that it has any success before puberty.
05:06Yes, but now that she is 17,
05:08well, it's just one more chance we didn't think we had.
05:11Alison has been without speech now since birth.
05:15Yes, that's right.
05:16She was a very pretty child.
05:17I remember when she was about three years old and...
05:20Unhappily, that's often the case.
05:22How do you communicate with her?
05:24Well, we try and...
05:25You use mime,
05:27and she's always seemed to understand simple words and phrases,
05:31but that didn't really help.
05:33If anything, it only made her withdraw more time.
05:34But she just didn't seem to be able to love,
05:36and she hated touch.
05:37Not me, not Jack, not anybody.
05:39Of course, she has improved.
05:40And the school and the clinic,
05:42they've helped her a very great deal.
05:43You've stuck together a close family unit.
05:46Everybody says...
05:47Maybe, Alison.
05:48It's hardly what you would call normal.
05:50The tragedy is that families do crack under stress like this.
05:54We offer.
05:54Problems don't really seem very important, do they?
06:00You mustn't expect too much from any therapy.
06:03So many parents think it's quite natural.
06:05Autism can be overcome,
06:07then some unusual talent or skill will be revealed.
06:11You must understand that most autistic children...
06:14After I've gone?
06:16...are retarded on all levels.
06:19Occasionally, we do discover some extraordinary...
06:22How can I express it?
06:23...islet some unusual form of memory,
06:25some remarkable musical ability...
06:27Yes, Alison used to like music.
06:29And she's good with her hands,
06:30as you'll see from the report.
06:32But...
06:33No, she's got no special skill.
06:37You never considered having another child?
06:40No.
06:40Well, we...
06:43Alison quite accepts us now.
06:45She's got her little rituals, her games,
06:47and...
06:48We join in.
06:49It all helps.
06:49It helps us all.
06:50We've had to build up a sort of independence for her,
06:52of course, as best we could.
06:53Washing, dressing, that kind of thing.
06:55She's really very close...
06:55Spoiling her won't do.
06:57She's really very close to becoming socially acceptable.
06:59Of course, we know it means an institution for her,
07:01once we've gone.
07:01We don't want that not being possible.
07:02No, of course we don't.
07:04Well, it wouldn't be right, would it?
07:06Putting Alison amongst abnorma and psychotic people.
07:09That's why we've come to you.
07:11Dr. Ross has not to say that there was some child...
07:13Can psychotherapy help?
07:14Not in the early years.
07:16Possibly in adolescence,
07:17when a child realizes that he or she is different,
07:20or, for example, when they seem to comprehend death.
07:24But I've read, and I've been told,
07:26that you've used it already in many other cases.
07:28Not on truly autistic children, Mrs. Fisher.
07:30Psychotic children, yes, children who can talk.
07:32Now, searching for a neurosis demands cooperation.
07:34But she's got understanding.
07:36Her form of understanding may not be enough.
07:38Well, you would at least see her.
07:40Of course I will.
07:42Mrs. Levinson?
07:43Yes, Mr. Marlinson.
07:44Will you show Miss Fisher in now, please?
07:46Yes, of course.
07:51Shall we go and see the doctor now, Alison?
07:57Alison?
08:00Alison?
08:02Alison?
08:03Alison?
08:38She doesn't often get a chance to see a room, Alison.
08:41There are some places she just can't take to.
08:43Not if the shapes in it are wrong.
08:45It's a matter of proportion, I suppose.
08:46Of course, I see that she has...
08:47Well, we see that she has a lot of things in the house
08:50that she enjoys looking at.
08:51Alison has excellent taste.
08:53Alison?
08:53This room is designed by a master of proportion, Robert Adam.
09:01Hello, Alison.
09:03Try to play with some of these?
09:05Make a pattern, perhaps?
09:17No?
09:18Ah.
09:19Never mind.
09:21I'd like to try some of these, chaps.
09:28There.
09:32Ah.
09:33You build something.
09:36Oh.
09:36Oh.
10:00I know.
10:00Let's see if we can find someone to help, shall we?
10:07What?
10:08Ah-ha.
10:10Hello, Alison.
10:12Hello, Alison.
10:14Gives us a bit of help.
10:15Help, Mr. Punch.
10:16Help, Mr. Punch.
10:16Help, Mr. Punch.
10:17Help, Mr. Punch.
10:17Help, Mr. Punch.
10:19Help, Mr. Punch.
10:33Oof!
10:33Oh, my God.
11:10Thank you, Mr. Mallon.
11:11Yes, Mr. Mallon?
11:11Will you make an appointment for Alison early next week, please?
11:14Yes, I will.
11:19Thank you, Mr. Mallon.
11:21Bye.
11:22Goodbye.
11:22Thank you very much, Mr. Mallon.
11:23See you next week.
11:24Alison?
11:28Alison?
11:37Would Tuesday 2.30 suit you?
11:39Yes, thank you.
11:41I think that could do very well.
11:45I'll show you out.
11:46Alison?
11:48Yes, just a moment.
11:59Yes?
11:59Yes, Mr. Mallon?
12:00Did you call me just now?
12:01No, I was in the hall seeing the fishers out.
12:04I had a word with Dr. Rayburn, but only for a moment.
12:06It doesn't matter.
12:07It's my fault.
12:07Can you make an appointment?
12:09Yes, Tuesday 2.30.
12:10Good.
13:41It's all right.
13:43Daddy's here.
14:11We hope you will enjoy the show.
14:29We hope you will enjoy the show.
14:44We hope you will enjoy the show.
14:50We hope you will enjoy the show.
14:52We hope you will enjoy the show.
15:18We hope you will enjoy the show.
15:45We hope you will enjoy the show.
15:48We hope you will enjoy the show.
16:32I don't know.
16:41We hope you will enjoy the show.
16:51Your tea is ready, Alison.
17:06Everything is ready for you, Alison.
17:08Um, Alison, when you take your coat off, you will hang it up neatly and tightly, won't you?
17:22I don't think I can stand it that loud.
17:26We were pleased with you today, Alison.
17:28You did very well.
17:33Alison, when you start to play, you will take that nice skirt.
17:37Yes, I won't you. And put your overall on, Alison, please.
17:40Your overall, Alison.
17:49Well, I think I'll go and have my cup of tea downstairs.
18:01Dr. Malin was pleased, too.
18:04Don't forget your tea.
18:23Good.
18:25Good.
18:26Now find me the cube, Alison.
18:30Well done.
18:33Now, this time, the pyramid, that's triangles on all sides.
18:40That's fine.
18:47Now, I'm going to show you, um, oh, Mrs. Levinson, the Rorschach cards, please.
18:52Over here, I think.
18:53Oh, sorry.
19:00Now, I'm going to show you this series of ink blobs, one at a time.
19:08Now, they don't necessarily represent, mean anything.
19:17I want you to look at each one, and then draw or show me what they mean to you.
19:51I know you can draw, Alison, if you want to.
19:54I don't want to.
19:58What did you say?
20:02Alison.
20:05You spoke to me.
20:08I heard you.
20:10How did you do it?
20:21Speak to me again.
20:32No, just pick up the cube.
20:44Yes, what is it?
20:45Your 3.30 appointment's waiting, Mr. Maloney.
20:47What?
20:48Your 3.30 appointment.
20:50Oh.
20:51Uh, yes.
20:52Thank you, Mrs. Levinson.
20:53We have finished.
21:05Next week, we'll play a different kind of game, Alison.
21:34Now, Alison, you did so well last time, I want to try something new.
21:37Now, these are called Xenocards.
21:41They're five designs.
21:43One, two, three, four, five.
21:49You see?
21:49Five designs, and there are five of each.
21:53Would you like to sit over there?
22:00Alison?
22:15In a moment, I'm going to place 10 of these Xenocards on the desk where you can't see them
22:21from here.
22:22Then I shall concentrate on each one in turn.
22:27I want you to do the same.
22:30When you think you know what a card is, draw it on that sheet of paper, and then the next,
22:37and the next, and so on.
22:39You understand?
22:41Good.
24:36No, Alison, I haven't finished yet.
24:38I want to take the experiment a little further from there.
24:54Now, I'm going to close these doors, don't be afraid, and I'm going to choose ten cards.
25:01I want you to write them down.
25:15Now I would like to try and cut this to the sweet side.
25:18First, the salad needs to be seasoned.
25:21It's a very nice and smooth.
25:28The salad needs to be seasoned with a certain size.
25:29The salad needs to be seasoned.
26:21Oh, well, never mind.
26:24It's not your fault.
26:25You're probably tired.
26:27You've tried very hard, Alison.
26:28Thank you very much.
26:29And now, shall we come find your father?
26:45Finish for today, Mrs. Nevinson.
26:46Will you take Alison along and find her father?
26:48Her mother bought her today, didn't she, Alison?
26:50Till next time then, Alison.
27:04Mrs. Gibson?
27:11Here's Alison, Mrs. Fisher.
27:13Ah, Miss Gibson.
27:14Is there a Dr. Rayburn for you?
27:15I'd like a quick word.
27:15It's busy all day.
27:17First patients are waiting.
27:18It's not even here yet.
27:19It's me that has to make all these excuses.
27:24Good morning, Dr. Rayburn.
27:25Late, I'm afraid.
27:27You're on the list.
27:28Ah, good job.
27:29I need some advice.
27:30Well, not just now.
27:31I'm happy this evening, I'm afraid.
27:32All right, I'll be here.
27:33Who's waiting?
27:34Just a moment.
27:35I see.
27:37Mrs. Hughes and Sir Henry Brown.
27:39I've seen Sir Henry first.
27:41All right.
27:41Well, I'll keep me long, I hope.
27:42What's it about?
27:44I've got a patient who's a telepath.
28:17Lack of postnatal emotional control, phases of severe withdrawal, obsession with tactile
28:24reinforcement, symptoms of immune autism.
28:27How old is she?
28:28Seventeen.
28:29I've been struggling for a long time.
28:31Yes, so is she, in total silence.
28:33Now, what makes you think she's, uh, telepathic?
28:39What's that got to do with mute autism, anyway?
28:41I don't know.
28:42I tested it today, standard ESP process, Xenocar's.
28:45Oh, surely.
28:46It's going to take more than a few good statistics.
28:4890% success rate.
28:50How'd you get on to it in the first place?
28:52Hmm?
28:53I really don't know.
28:54First, I thought I heard her talk to me, although she'd been mute all her life, and then it seemed
28:59that she tried to communicate in some other way.
29:01Hmm, and when she, uh, communicates with you, uh, anyone else ever present?
29:07No, we've always been alone.
29:08That's why I want you to test me.
29:10Oh, my dear fellow.
29:11I'm hardly an expert at this kind of, uh, experimentation.
29:15Never mind, you're the best example of an acid test that I could think of.
29:17Besides, I'm in need of my dinner.
29:19Five minutes.
29:21Not a minute more.
29:26Mrs. Demonson, what are you doing?
29:28I've nearly finished, just a moment.
29:29Oh.
29:34I haven't seen these things in years.
29:36Did you sign the letters?
29:37Hmm?
29:37Yes.
29:38Oh, thank you.
29:39Good night.
29:39Not marked, are they?
29:40Uh, ten.
29:41One minute.
29:44All right.
29:45Ready.
29:48Then have a good.
30:35Right.
30:36Let's have a look.
30:42Hardly world-shattering.
30:43Statistically well below average.
30:44As a reader of minds, it makes you something of a failure, I'd say.
30:47Well, then it has to be her.
30:49Could it be some puberty phenomenon you think?
30:51Oh, my dear fellow, aren't you grasping at rather sensational source?
30:54Well, something more rational, then, than what?
30:55Well, I have no idea.
30:56I still need your help, John.
30:58It's not my field.
30:59For the girl's sake.
31:00I mean, how many times has Alison reached out with her mind and found only a brick wall?
31:04Well, many times, if what you say is true.
31:06And then I come along, and possibly for the first time in her life, contact happens.
31:10I mean, her stage of adolescence, it'd be like a revelation, a mystical combination of first love.
31:15Andrew, it's also typical of a doctor-patient transference situation.
31:20It could be exactly what is needed in Alison's case, a purposeful one-to-one relationship.
31:24It could also be extremely unhealthy, dangerous.
31:26All the more reason why you should sit in on my next session.
31:28Treatment or psychic research?
31:31I need your eyes, John.
31:33I need you to see for yourself just one session.
31:43Come on, Alison.
31:44It's time to get your coat on.
31:45Oh, you're ready.
31:59Daddy's going to take you to see Mr. Malham today.
32:05That's nice, Alison.
32:10Come along then, dear.
32:11Daddy's waiting.
32:22Mr. Malham, should you look after Alison for a few moments, please?
32:34No correlation whatsoever.
32:36Over 90% down to zero, just like that.
32:38So, conditions for the test, were there different?
32:41Identical, except for you being present as observer.
32:43Well, perhaps that's a variable we should consider, the personality factor.
32:46But you saw for yourself, there was no tension, no emotional conflict.
32:49Perhaps enough to affect her sensitivity if she decided I was an intruder.
32:52You aren't.
32:53Well, not for you, perhaps, but Alison might well see it differently.
32:57The premise at least deserves consideration, wouldn't you say?
33:04Mrs. Levinson, could we have a little more milk, please?
33:09Alison?
33:20What?
33:21John?
33:22It's so simple it's perfect.
33:23Oh, yeah, look, look, look, look, look.
33:25They're totally at odds.
33:25Of course they are.
33:27Look.
33:32Look.
33:33What are you saying?
33:34That she...
33:35She's four cards ahead.
33:39Precognition.
33:40Looks like it.
33:41Remember that last session I told you?
33:43I thought she'd given a series of wrong answers in the long-range sequence because she was tired.
33:46She wasn't tired at all.
33:48She skipped four for some reason, then she gave me four in advance.
33:50If what you're saying is even remotely true, then these last four here must be right on top of the
33:55pack.
34:02Oh, really?
34:03Don't believe it.
34:04It's just a random phenomenon.
34:06I don't know.
34:06It's growing, growing, growing, developing, developing, developing to active life.
34:09You don't have acceptable proof of that.
34:11You don't have proof of anything.
34:12True, true, true.
34:13We have to be sure.
34:14Now, look, you get the girl back and I'm going to get some more equipment.
34:17All right.
34:21Andrew, make it something she'll enjoy.
34:27Allison, would you like to come back in for a moment, please, dear?
34:40Ah, what's that, then?
34:42A random light selector.
34:44Ah, I see.
34:45Eliminate the human element.
34:46It's not possible yet.
34:50Now, Allison, this is a new game.
34:53This machine will flash its lights on and off all by itself once I switch it on.
34:58See?
35:06There.
35:09Dr. Rayburn and I have no idea which light will flash next.
35:14We want you to sit in the next room and think about which one you think will come on next.
35:22I'll only attempt ten occurrences.
35:24That's all we need.
35:51Is it because of Dr. Rayburn that you won't talk to me?
35:53Is it because of Dr. Rayburn that you won't talk to me?
35:56He's here to help me.
35:57He's a friend.
35:58Trust him.
36:04Has it got to be me alone?
36:12Very well.
36:25Simple sequence of ten.
36:26All right.
36:27All right.
36:59Ten, that's it.
37:01Right, let's see.
37:16Identical.
37:18Interesting.
37:19Interesting? It's astounding!
37:21That's a beginning.
37:23These tests aren't the only factor we have to consider, Andrew.
37:27Andrew, I'd like to suggest a more simple test conducted by me.
37:31For what purpose?
37:32To define the limits of Alison Scarborough.
37:33We've both seen what you can do, John. We have to go further.
37:35I know!
37:37I'm asking you to trust me.
37:39All right. Well, what do you want me to do?
37:41Go for a walk.
37:42Farther away, the better.
37:44Give me half an hour.
37:56Who's on there?
37:57Run, throw me!
37:58Run, run!
38:03Go on, sonny!
38:05Go on, sonny!
38:07Go on, sonny!
38:08Go on, sonny!
38:45I want to concentrate on you.
38:49just as you did before.
38:57I'm going to use the light machine just the way Mr. Mallon did.
39:02Using the machine means that I can't...
39:05I can't interfere.
39:06I can't come to renew what you...
39:12what you see.
39:25Do you want a light?
39:28No sorry sorry thank you.
39:35You will see something won't you?
39:38Because the results are important.
39:41Even though Mr. Mallon is not here you...
39:45You know he wants you to succeed don't you?
39:49Try Alison.
39:52For his sake.
40:12I'll start the machine now.
40:21I can't do it.
40:23We'll find out.
40:30We have to do it.
40:38We can't do it.
41:08If something went wrong, what happened?
41:10Precisely nothing.
41:11We've been waiting for you to get back.
41:14I think Alison should go home now, don't you?
41:16Yes, till next week then, Alison.
41:19If something went wrong, what wasn't?
41:21This, for the start.
41:23The random light test.
41:25Identical conditions of the previous experiment, with one important difference.
41:28You weren't there.
41:30You said yourself she might feel confused.
41:31Lost is the word.
41:33Without you, the child either can't or won't cooperate.
41:36We've already discussed the dangers of emotional dependence in a situation like this.
41:40You must end it now.
41:42She tried to contact me while I was in the park.
41:44Look, have you heard her voice?
41:45No, it was purely visual.
41:46I saw her looking desperately lost.
41:48It was only for an instant, but I knew something was wrong.
41:50One thing is very wrong, Andrew.
41:52Your motivation.
41:56Everything you've seen is fact.
41:58I've invented nothing.
42:00Alison is unique.
42:01Can if she is.
42:03You know very well the stirs at a phenomenal woodcords.
42:05The media, scientific pundits.
42:08Could you imagine the way they put that child through the hoop?
42:10You'd be an object, not a person.
42:12Is that what you want?
42:13You seriously think I'd do that?
42:14Many autistic children have eyelids of exceptional talent.
42:18Brilliance, even.
42:19Look, the talent that the chief possesses.
42:21Is hers alone, if for some reason she's offered it to you?
42:23I accept it in all its implications.
42:25You haven't the right to the first time in her life
42:27real communing with another human being?
42:28You forbid her that?
42:29What you propose is too cruel.
42:32Do you really regard your patient as a scientific specimen
42:36to be observed and recorded
42:38through every miserable stage of her existence?
42:40Since when has science taken precedence over here?
42:42Oh, we must reach out to the limits, John.
42:44We must secure all the possibilities of human existence.
42:46That classic excuse.
42:47Of course I respect Alison as a human being.
42:49Damaged and in need of help,
42:50but with a potential which puts her far beyond our understanding.
42:53And if anything goes wrong, she be safe guards, I swear.
42:56Yes, we've always had.
42:56With you as watchdog, they'd be effective.
42:58If you cannot offer the child proper treatment,
43:00send her home for good.
43:05All right.
43:07A compromise.
43:08Some final physiological tests.
43:10Purely technical, EEG, buzzberry, biofeedback,
43:13that sort of thing.
43:15I still need your help, John.
43:18Please.
43:23See?
43:25Preceding each alpha climax.
43:26An expectation, Pete.
43:27A full 30 seconds ahead.
43:29Better still, look at the theta wave coincidence.
43:31Interlock with alpha doesn't prove ESP.
43:33But the two are both closely linked with the creative impulse.
43:35Similar trace patterns also occur during dreaming,
43:37even during meditation rituals.
43:40Did she speak to you?
43:41No, no, no.
43:42Look, I want to run a simultaneous EEG on Alison and myself
43:44over a sequence of 10 zelots.
43:46It's late, Andrew.
43:46I was due at St. Thomas' five minutes ago.
43:53Mrs. Levinson?
43:54Yes, Mr. Mayor?
43:55Look, I'm afraid we're going to have to cancel the clinic.
43:57Will you ring them, please?
43:58I will.
43:59Thank you very much.
44:13Did you see him?
44:15See?
44:15Who?
44:16Timothy, my godson.
44:18See him?
44:19No.
44:19Why?
44:20Emigrated to Australia with his parents three years ago.
44:23I saw nothing.
44:28Then something in Alison triggers off this latent power in me.
44:32And all those tests, the results?
44:34Transmitted to her by me,
44:36the very person who's conducting the experiment.
44:37She's just an agent.
44:40Listen, Alison, do you realize what we've become, you and I?
44:45The two of us together form something unique.
44:49A composite mind.
44:51Do you understand?
44:53Come along, my dear.
44:54I'm going to take you to a father, and he'll take you home.
44:57It's all right.
44:57Come along.
45:03What were you telling us?
45:05Nothing.
45:06Neither will you.
45:11I must see Mr. Callum before he leaves tonight.
45:13What time's his last appointment?
45:15Five o'clock.
45:16Good, I'll see you straight after.
45:17Right.
45:50Good.
45:54Better difficulty breathing, but...
45:57otherwise, not bad.
45:59I'm sorry. What's your fault? I knew it was gonna happen, you see. The precognition
46:07on command? No, it just came. Then the girl? I've told you, an essential part of the mental
46:16process. She's more than just a convenient functioning organism. She's an individual,
46:26and handicapped or not. The quality of precognition only exists when she is present. The sole measure
46:31of her individuality is as a catalyst, and as yet only by accident. Think of it as a tool, John,
46:35a scientific tool. Consider the applications. It's just a random phenomenon. Well, then it must be
46:40channeled and controlled. Without me, she'd be just another autistic child and probably condemned to an
46:46institution for life. She came to use her as a patient. You still have that obligation. The
46:52Carlson and I are partners in a fascinating creative experiment. There will never be anything more than
46:58her. Your shadow, an echo to your mind. What is she? Passive. You don't even have a language of
47:13communication that could lead on to help her learn something worthwhile. Surely the child deserves a
47:24compassion. I understand, but it cannot stop here. I have to know where it will take me.
47:32And Alison. And Alison. Don't be afraid for her.
47:56Alison. Alison. If you can hear me, aren't you sure you're
48:10it's very late Allison time to go to sleep now Allison how many times have I
48:16told you that it's been a bit upsetting for you today I know
48:32I'm glad you finished your nice picture Allison but you don't want to go to sleep looking at it do
48:37you good night Allison God bless
49:00I'm Skipson a mr. Mallon would like to see both Allison and they're here now I was just
49:04trained at the waiting room we were just wondering if there was anything particular we could do to
49:17help you're used to being patient mr. Fisher I can see that but it's only fair that you
49:22should know what's going on oh the methods you're using yes electro encephalograph readings
49:27for example of course how I interpret them in her particular case might interest you
49:32would you like these traces represent
49:46rain
49:47rain
49:47rain
49:47rain
49:48rain
50:04Certain frequencies of brain rhythms relate to certain mental states and activity.
50:18Relate?
50:28I've no idea why she turned on you like that.
50:30She's never done such a thing before.
50:32Alison.
50:35She isn't a violent child. She never has been.
50:39Perhaps it would be better if we cancelled today's appointment, Mr. Fisher.
50:43I'm sorry, Mr. Mullum. Truly, I am.
50:46You must forgive Alison, please. She meant no harm.
50:50Alison.
50:50Going home now.
50:53I'm so sorry.
50:57I've never understood.
50:57I'm sorry.
51:06I'm so sorry.
51:06You're a bit hungry.
51:08Yes, I don't understand.
51:09I'm sorry.
51:11I'm sorry, you're sure.
51:15I'm sorry.
51:24Alison, forgive me, I didn't know, I didn't know.
52:12I didn't know, I didn't know, I didn't know, I didn't know.
52:15I didn't know, I didn't know.
53:06I didn't know, I didn't know, I didn't know.
53:07I didn't know, I didn't know.
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