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Tormented by the ability to hear her loved ones' secret thoughts, Beth gets help from a mysterious doctor to piece together what's left of her life.
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00:01:12Help! I'm trying to help you. Let me help you.
00:01:15You're not helping me, Charlie.
00:01:18Shh, wait, it's for me.
00:01:20I can't help you.
00:01:21I can't help you.
00:01:24Stop it. Open your hand. I'm trying to help you.
00:01:33It's okay. It's okay.
00:01:36It's okay.
00:01:38It's okay.
00:01:39It's okay.
00:01:42Remember.
00:01:46Remember.
00:01:50Remember.
00:01:51Seven.
00:01:53Three.
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00:01:57Six.
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00:02:01Five.
00:02:03Four.
00:02:06One.
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00:02:44Hello?
00:02:49Beth Abrams, I don't know that name.
00:02:52No.
00:02:55Perhaps you have the wrong number.
00:03:00No, no, no, it's not crazy.
00:03:05This is my private phone.
00:03:06How'd you get this number?
00:03:15You said your name was Earl.
00:03:19What's your address?
00:03:26WDN is over.
00:03:29It's a beautiful first morning in Atlanta.
00:03:3139 degrees with sustained gusts, partly cloudy throughout the day.
00:03:34WDN is our eye-to-discuse time.
00:03:36Green McStreet Man charged in the murder of his brother-in-law.
00:03:39Overhauls lost permit cleanup initiative crowded.
00:03:41Over 1,500 volunteers in initiative crowded.
00:03:44Over 1,500 volunteers pitching on cleanup up in Ellicott City.
00:03:47And lastly, details are still emerging about an unidentified single mother arrested last night.
00:03:52After neighbors reported hearing prolonged screams from an upstairs unit at their Centerville apartment complex.
00:03:57Police have cordoned off the area and have refused to offer further comments.
00:04:00More on this breaking story at 11.
00:04:01And now, we're traffic report from our own Doug and Sue.
00:04:06ADDSO.
00:04:07I don't know.
00:05:05I don't know.
00:05:07Dr. Abbott?
00:05:08Yes, you Earl Abrams.
00:05:10Yeah.
00:05:12Please, come in.
00:05:15Thank you so much for coming.
00:05:17This must be unusual for you.
00:05:20Is she awake now?
00:05:23Awake but resting, finally.
00:05:26I get it, but I don't want to overstay our locally.
00:05:28They still need us.
00:05:29Oh, these are our friends, James and Anna Wyburn.
00:05:35Are you Dr. Abbott?
00:05:37I am.
00:05:38She had a terrible night last night.
00:05:39I heard about that.
00:05:41I hope you can help.
00:05:43Oh, can I get you some coffee or tea?
00:05:46Water will be fine, thank you.
00:05:49What was your name again?
00:05:51I'm Anna.
00:05:52This is my husband.
00:05:53Hey, James.
00:05:54Where can we find more information on your practice?
00:05:56Couldn't find anything on you online.
00:05:58I mostly go through referrals.
00:06:00Ah, gotcha.
00:06:01How are you connected with the Abrams family?
00:06:04Uh, Earl and I go way back, um, middle school, high school, so just family friends, I guess.
00:06:09James?
00:06:10James?
00:06:10Can you get this back at it?
00:06:12Mm-hmm.
00:06:20Thanks.
00:06:21Yeah, no problem.
00:06:22No problem.
00:06:23Excuse me.
00:06:24Hm?
00:06:34I've been reading through the DSN trying to figure out what you've got.
00:06:37Has she seen a psychiatrist?
00:06:41I think she might have...
00:06:46No.
00:06:46That's not it.
00:06:47It was a, uh, schetoid delusion.
00:06:50Where was that?
00:06:52No medication of any kind?
00:06:54Um, no.
00:06:55Well, as soon as I can talk to her, maybe we can start ruling some things out.
00:06:59Oh, here.
00:07:03Delusions that express a loss of control over mind or body.
00:07:05I.e., those included in the Snyder's list of first-rank symptoms are generally considered to be bizarre.
00:07:10These include a person's belief that his or her thoughts have been taken away by some outside force.
00:07:15Thought withdrawal.
00:07:16That alien thoughts have been put into his or her mind.
00:07:20Thought insertion.
00:07:24That's Beth.
00:07:27Every day.
00:07:32Yeah.
00:07:33The, uh, the only difference is that to come true.
00:07:37What does?
00:07:42Our visions.
00:07:45The voices she hears are right.
00:07:52Earl, can you take me to see her now?
00:08:01Yeah.
00:08:07Sorry about the mess.
00:08:12We're supposed to be on vacation right now.
00:08:15Last night we had a care pack.
00:08:17And that's when she tried to hurt herself.
00:08:20Yeah.
00:08:21Last night after we got home.
00:08:24Okay.
00:08:26What about the number?
00:08:27How did she get that?
00:08:31Sometimes she just knows things.
00:08:37Don't do her.
00:08:38No.
00:08:40Saver this way.
00:08:57She scratched her number into the nightstand with her fingernails.
00:09:02Your baby is crying.
00:09:16Yeah.
00:09:21Wait here.
00:09:22Okay.
00:09:45What is that?
00:09:50I don't know?
00:09:51I don't know.
00:09:51I don't know.
00:09:52Wait.
00:09:54How old are the neighbors?
00:09:56Good.
00:09:59Not on the left.
00:10:01Me?
00:10:03There's a kid.
00:10:05I'm aware of the neighbors.
00:10:07I'm aware of the neighbors.
00:10:08There's a kid who's in the house.
00:10:14Who are you?
00:10:18I am the man from The Number.
00:10:21My name is Dr. Abbott.
00:10:24Think of me as a psychologist.
00:10:54How are your fingers?
00:10:57Roll bandage them for me.
00:11:01They still hurt.
00:11:06Everyone in this house hates me.
00:11:11I don't think you were hated.
00:11:13Perhaps misunderstood.
00:11:15What do you know?
00:11:18Only what you show me.
00:11:27Your husband said sometimes you just know things.
00:11:42I have an awareness of people.
00:11:48I feel what they feel.
00:11:51I know.
00:11:52I know what they intend to do.
00:11:56I don't have to be looking at them.
00:11:57They can be in the next room even.
00:12:00Somehow I just know.
00:12:04Do you hear their thoughts?
00:12:06Sometimes.
00:12:08I know what people want.
00:12:10I know when they feel uncomfortable or angry or afraid.
00:12:15I know it like I know myself.
00:12:18How frequent are these experiences?
00:12:21Constant.
00:12:24How old were you when this started?
00:12:26There's no real beginning to it.
00:12:29Only now it's worse.
00:12:33When did it get worse?
00:12:35About five months ago.
00:12:39Anything particular happen around that time?
00:12:47That was when they cut my baby out of me.
00:12:52You had a c-section.
00:12:55It must have been difficult.
00:12:59I am sorry.
00:13:00I am sorry.
00:13:15So you hear people's thoughts.
00:13:22You've had this your whole life to some degree.
00:13:26But when your son was born, it got worse.
00:13:29Is that fair to say?
00:13:30Yes.
00:13:32How do you know your thoughts are correct?
00:13:35Not mine.
00:13:36Theirs.
00:13:39They just come to me.
00:13:44Do you know what I'm feeling right now?
00:13:56You're listening to me.
00:14:00Completely.
00:14:02And entirely.
00:14:04With all of your attention.
00:14:06What about your husband?
00:14:12He's behind the door.
00:14:24Embarrassed.
00:14:31And what about your friends, the Wyburns, downstairs?
00:14:43They're not my friends.
00:14:44She doesn't deserve this.
00:14:46She doesn't deserve this.
00:14:47She doesn't deserve this.
00:14:48They're not my father.
00:14:49He's behind the door.
00:14:51Yes.
00:14:53What about your son?
00:14:58Yes.
00:15:09Do they need some help?
00:15:12What changed?
00:15:13No, mum.
00:15:14I want my children to me.
00:15:24Hi. Hello. There you are. I've got you. It's okay. Yes. There they are.
00:15:39Beth, leave those things aside for now. Just listen to my voice. Stay right here in this room.
00:15:50Don't take this from me. Let me have this.
00:15:58Would you like me to bring it to you?
00:16:01No. Please, no.
00:16:06You don't want to see your son?
00:16:08I can't. Not now. Especially not now.
00:16:13Now.
00:16:14He's afraid.
00:16:20What is he afraid of, Beth? What does he fear?
00:16:27Me.
00:16:32Do you know why?
00:16:38Do you know why, Beth?
00:16:44Yes.
00:16:44Yes.
00:16:56That's enough for now.
00:16:58I'll come back in a little while. Maybe you can have something to eat.
00:17:03I'm not hungry.
00:17:13Doctor.
00:17:19Have you seen this before?
00:17:23Yes.
00:17:25I have.
00:17:30James.
00:17:32Could you hold him for a second?
00:17:35Here we go.
00:17:37Hey, buddy.
00:17:39Hey, big girl.
00:17:40Come here.
00:17:41Hey, big girl.
00:17:44Good to see you, too.
00:17:46How is she?
00:17:52Let's go for a walk, girl.
00:17:53Is she okay?
00:17:57Let's just go for a walk.
00:17:58Let's go for a walk, girl.
00:18:03It's okay, though.
00:18:04I'll watch him.
00:18:09Let me tell Beth we'll be gone for a few minutes.
00:18:12Of course.
00:18:23Oh, cool.
00:18:28It's very kind of you both to be here.
00:18:31Takes a village, as they say.
00:18:33You have kids of your own.
00:18:36No.
00:18:37Not yet, at least.
00:18:39Well, good practicing, huh?
00:18:41Yeah, if you want to practice staying up all night, huh?
00:18:43Well, they tend to do that, don't they?
00:18:47What's his name?
00:18:49Matthew.
00:18:50They call him Matty.
00:18:52Did he tell you what happened last night?
00:18:54James.
00:18:55What, Anna?
00:18:56Isn't that why he's here?
00:18:57He told me that you were all going on a trip,
00:19:00but you had to turn back.
00:19:02Yeah?
00:19:03It's not false.
00:19:04I'm sure they'll tell him when they're ready.
00:19:07Yeah.
00:19:08I am sure that they will.
00:19:11Why won't you just go to a normal therapist?
00:19:17You won't even talk to me.
00:19:20Get them out of here.
00:19:24Anna and James?
00:19:31You want me to do this on my own?
00:19:35You can't even hold our son.
00:19:37Please leave.
00:19:40Yeah, I'm going.
00:19:51I'll talk to him, okay?
00:19:54Okay.
00:20:42What are you doing?
00:20:44Oh my goodness.
00:20:52You ready?
00:20:54Yes.
00:21:03It's okay.
00:21:06It's okay.
00:21:07I know.
00:21:30You're telling what's going on with your wife?
00:21:33Let's keep going a little further.
00:21:41I brought you some tea.
00:21:45You just put it over there.
00:21:48Surprised you didn't hear me.
00:21:50I was thinking.
00:21:57How are you doing?
00:22:00Is everything okay?
00:22:02Oh, I'm feeling much better, thank you.
00:22:06Beth, you know you can be honest with me.
00:22:11I don't know what you're going through, but I know it must be very difficult.
00:22:16Yes.
00:22:17It would be difficult for you to understand.
00:22:22Ro must be so proud of you for being so brave.
00:22:26Yes, he's very committed.
00:22:29I can't thank you enough for helping us.
00:22:31We enjoy it.
00:22:34Maddie's like, well, family to us.
00:22:39You'll have your own someday, I'm sure.
00:22:42You just have to keep trying.
00:22:57What do you do, Earl?
00:23:00Mechanic.
00:23:01I have a shop.
00:23:02You own it?
00:23:04Manage it.
00:23:07Must be hard work.
00:23:10Uh-huh, yeah.
00:23:13I work every day, five days a week, eight to seven.
00:23:17I pick up my kids from daycare when I can afford it.
00:23:21Sometimes I have to bring them to work with me.
00:23:23Then I come home, and I cook.
00:23:26What do you do in the evenings?
00:23:28Nothing.
00:23:29I don't even know.
00:23:32How was your time with Beth?
00:23:36It's like she's a mirror.
00:23:39A mirror?
00:23:43Yeah, it's not like, it's not like she copies me.
00:23:46It's just any shit glue that I'm in, and she has the same thing.
00:23:49What if you're happy?
00:23:52What do you mean happy?
00:23:54Calm, content, peaceful.
00:23:56No.
00:23:58No, that doesn't happen around here.
00:24:01No.
00:24:03You saw it already.
00:24:05She knows what you're thinking.
00:24:06She knew I was standing outside the door.
00:24:09It's too early for me to make any conclusions about that yet.
00:24:12But it does look like it.
00:24:14That is what it looks like.
00:24:19Earl, I know this is hard, but you have to remain calm.
00:24:23You know this is hard.
00:24:25What the hell do you know?
00:24:27It's like I'm going insane.
00:24:30Do you love her?
00:24:34Yes, Scott.
00:24:36Are you sure?
00:24:37What the hell does it have to do with me?
00:24:40We're supposed to be talking about her.
00:24:45Bro, whatever comes out of this, it is going to take time.
00:24:48Listen, you need to understand that what you do matters.
00:24:52This idea about her marrying you, I think you're absolutely right about that.
00:24:58She is very sensitive to you.
00:25:02One gesture.
00:25:04One sarcastic remark.
00:25:06One angry look.
00:25:07And she could go into a spiral, and she may never recover.
00:25:11Listen, you have to be...
00:25:14I know it's hard.
00:25:15I can't understand anymore.
00:25:17Listen to me.
00:25:18I can't do this anymore.
00:25:19I understand.
00:25:20But listen to me.
00:25:21You have to be extremely cautious in what you think and do.
00:25:32I can't do this anymore.
00:25:36Then why are you still here?
00:25:54I put my chips in a long time ago.
00:26:10I don't even know if I can pay for you.
00:26:12Whatever your rate is...
00:26:14It's still not clear that I can help her or that she even wants my help.
00:26:18You can just think of today as a free evaluation.
00:26:25So you're telling me there's no say in her?
00:26:27I'm not saying that.
00:26:29You need to understand that in many cases, one illness begets another.
00:26:35In practice, someone can have symptoms of half a dozen disorders.
00:26:40But it's not as simple as making a list of symptoms and treating them in order.
00:26:45You've got to get to the bottom of it.
00:26:47I am trying to find out where that is.
00:26:55Yeah, yeah.
00:26:57Cut it off in the river.
00:27:00What happened yesterday on the road?
00:27:09You're going to have to ask her that.
00:27:10You are going to have to ask her to follow me.
00:27:14You're going to have to ask her.
00:27:16...
00:27:25...
00:27:26...
00:27:26...
00:27:26...
00:27:26...
00:27:27...
00:27:28...
00:28:14It's nice to see you up.
00:28:20What is all this?
00:28:22Cooking.
00:28:24And he needs a bath.
00:28:27What is all this?
00:28:30I saw Anna and James leaving.
00:28:31What?
00:28:32Oh.
00:28:33Yeah, they had to leave.
00:28:35I think it's filthy.
00:28:38So help me clean it.
00:28:45What are you cooking for?
00:28:54Us?
00:28:56Silly.
00:28:56I haven't seen you cook in a long time.
00:28:59That bad.
00:29:05You're not cleaning.
00:29:08Yeah.
00:29:13Is everything all right, dear?
00:29:16Yeah.
00:29:19What do you think?
00:29:20Is everything all right?
00:29:22Maybe best we ought to bring Matthew back to his crib.
00:29:25Why?
00:29:25Why?
00:29:26Everything is all right.
00:29:31Stop looking at me like that!
00:29:37It's ready.
00:29:38Beth, maybe just slow down for a second.
00:29:42You ruined it.
00:29:44No, no, stop.
00:29:45We're going to hurt you.
00:29:45Jake, leave me alone!
00:29:47Stay away from me.
00:29:49Jake, I need to help you.
00:29:50Help me, man.
00:29:50Dodge me!
00:29:52Stop.
00:29:58Stop.
00:30:12Stop.
00:30:13Stop.
00:30:13Stop.
00:30:13It's not your fault.
00:30:14It's not your fault.
00:30:16It's not your fault.
00:30:16It's not your fault.
00:30:18It's alright.
00:30:21I'll order something and it's fine.
00:30:24I'll clean.
00:30:25I'll take care of you.
00:30:25It's okay.
00:30:26Beth.
00:30:27You're not mad at me?
00:30:29No, Beth.
00:30:30I'm not mad at you.
00:30:37It's okay.
00:30:38It's okay.
00:30:39It's okay.
00:30:45Good boy.
00:30:47Good boy.
00:30:48Good boy.
00:30:52It's okay.
00:30:53There's glass.
00:30:55It's okay.
00:30:59Come here, boy.
00:31:02It's okay.
00:31:09Thank you for your trouble.
00:31:12It's okay.
00:31:14I'm sorry.
00:31:15It's okay.
00:31:18I'm gonna have some rest.
00:31:20Oh, baby.
00:31:23You're gonna carry upstairs, okay?
00:31:29It's gonna be okay.
00:32:02I'm going to sleep.
00:32:04I've got to go sleepy, sleepy.
00:32:08Oh, ya, ya.
00:32:09Ready?
00:32:10Whoa, we're going to go.
00:32:12Whoa, oh, oh, oh.
00:32:13Your hand came out.
00:32:15Yeah.
00:32:17You OK?
00:32:18Yeah.
00:32:19Yeah.
00:32:20All right, yeah.
00:32:26You've got a nice, yeah.
00:32:29Okay? Okay?
00:32:34Good boy. Good boy.
00:32:37Good boy.
00:33:01Hey, baby.
00:33:14Is that helping?
00:33:18If you knew what I was truly like, you'd hate me.
00:33:25That's not true.
00:33:28You can tell me anything.
00:33:34No, I can't.
00:33:59She wants to talk to you.
00:34:06Glad to hear that.
00:34:26What are you thinking?
00:34:29Don't you know?
00:34:30I do.
00:34:32But it doesn't make any sense.
00:34:35It's just a bunch of random thoughts like...
00:34:38Free associations?
00:34:41Yes.
00:34:44Trees.
00:34:47Leaves.
00:34:51Wind.
00:34:53Fruit.
00:34:54Fruit.
00:34:56And?
00:34:59How interesting.
00:35:03That is what you're thinking?
00:35:04Did you doubt yourself just now?
00:35:08I don't understand you.
00:35:10In what way?
00:35:11When I hear people, I learn about them.
00:35:15But with you, your thoughts don't reveal anything to me.
00:35:18A psychologist likes to say as little about himself as possible.
00:35:22So why did you come back?
00:35:25To gawk at me?
00:35:27Do you want to study me for some paper you're writing?
00:35:29Is that it?
00:35:30Is that really how you see me?
00:35:32That you thought I would just leave?
00:35:34I don't know.
00:35:37You feel vulnerable.
00:35:39Like you've lost control.
00:35:45Are you real?
00:35:47Flesh and blood.
00:35:49Skin and bones.
00:36:13Yeah.
00:36:19So what do you think, Doc?
00:36:22Am I crazy?
00:36:24You need to answer more questions for me.
00:36:32I can't just say what I think about you, Beth.
00:36:35Not until I know more about you.
00:36:39I know what you want to ask.
00:36:41And you won't tell me if I do.
00:36:43I can't.
00:36:48Do you want to know what I think?
00:36:51You have strength.
00:36:54More than you think.
00:36:57Why put so much stock into first impressions?
00:37:00Because they're right.
00:37:03You get this picture into someone.
00:37:06The truth beneath it all.
00:37:09And it's ugly.
00:37:11And they cover it up.
00:37:13They cover themselves with their own lies.
00:37:17Then the mask goes on.
00:37:20Oh, Beth, they say.
00:37:21You'll make it through this.
00:37:23Hang in there.
00:37:24We're all rooting for you.
00:37:25But what they're thinking.
00:37:27When's that bipolar going to kick the bucket?
00:37:33Is that how you see me?
00:37:37You're different.
00:37:41You're sad.
00:37:47So much pain.
00:37:52No.
00:37:52You can't ask me that.
00:37:54Beth, I haven't asked you anything yet.
00:37:56I don't know what you're thinking about it.
00:37:58Would you let me say it?
00:38:01Why don't you let me say it?
00:38:03And then you decide.
00:38:08What happened to the Y-Birds?
00:38:09Why did they leave so abruptly?
00:38:15They asked if they could go.
00:38:17And I said yes.
00:38:19Don't you know better than to give me a cheap lie like that?
00:38:28Ask me anything else.
00:38:30Anything.
00:38:32Just not that, please.
00:38:40Where was your trip headed?
00:38:41Where were you going?
00:38:49We rented a cabin in the mountains.
00:38:53What time did you leave?
00:38:56It was late.
00:38:58After five.
00:39:00How was the weather?
00:39:03Cold.
00:39:06The sky was dark.
00:39:10I was in the front seat.
00:39:13Maddie was in the car seat in the back.
00:39:18So my dad would always take us on road trips at night.
00:39:21He loved it when we would pull into our cabin after dark.
00:39:25And you get in and you don't know what anything looks like, right?
00:39:28And you're so exhausted when traveling all day that you fall asleep pretty quickly.
00:39:32But when you wake up in the morning, it's like you've woken up in paradise.
00:39:40We weren't far out of town when we drove by this run-down apartment.
00:39:47And as I was looking at it, I knew what was behind those windows.
00:39:55This mother and her infant baby.
00:40:02And the baby was crying so loud.
00:40:09And the mother was so alone.
00:40:13So poor.
00:40:15So frightened.
00:40:18And I felt it.
00:40:21I felt everything.
00:40:27Mother's love.
00:40:31And her pain.
00:40:33And fear.
00:40:34And loneliness.
00:40:38And sorrow.
00:40:41And shame.
00:40:43All of this suffering centered on this little baby.
00:40:50When this rage overcame her.
00:40:56The surge of anger.
00:41:02Earl told me what happened later that night.
00:41:05He heard it on the news.
00:41:08The mother bashed her baby's head into the countertop.
00:41:13And I wanted to hate her.
00:41:17But the worst part is I understood.
00:41:21How she felt.
00:41:24Now I can't look at my baby boy.
00:41:29Without seeing that mother and her child.
00:41:34Did you try to end your life yesterday?
00:41:39Yes.
00:41:41How do you feel about that now?
00:41:45Oh, it's not that I don't want to go on.
00:41:51I can't.
00:41:53But surely you can.
00:41:57Maybe you just don't know how.
00:42:02I wish there was something I could say.
00:42:10Maybe just start with the small things.
00:42:14Don't try to juggle too much, you know?
00:42:18If you've got to clean a whole kitchen, it can be overwhelming.
00:42:23But just start with one thing.
00:42:27Just clean one countertop.
00:42:30Or for something bigger.
00:42:33Like being a good mother.
00:42:37How do you do that?
00:42:41I don't know.
00:42:43Maybe for you.
00:42:47Just start by standing in his room.
00:42:54And watching him sleep.
00:43:01Or...
00:43:04Or...
00:43:05Not done.
00:43:07Not done.
00:43:09Not done.
00:43:13So...
00:43:13Not done.
00:43:17Not done.
00:43:24May I say that?
00:43:51How far away do the Wyburns live?
00:44:23How far away do the Wyburns live?
00:44:26How far away do the Wyburns live?
00:45:03I have to apologize for that just now.
00:45:07What did you come out here for?
00:45:11Forgive me for saying so, but I thought the circumstances around your departure were strange.
00:45:18It would help in my understanding best condition if I know what happened.
00:45:27Uh, let me, let me talk to him.
00:45:31Uh, just give me your number and, and I'll call you.
00:45:56Mm-hmm.
00:45:58Um.
00:45:58Um.
00:46:29I washed it by hand. Thank you.
00:46:35Is he asleep?
00:46:38Yeah.
00:47:20Hello?
00:47:32I'm happy to hear that.
00:47:41We actually have some questions of our own about us.
00:47:46That's fine.
00:47:50Right. So James and I will sit here and-
00:47:53Actually, I would prefer to speak separately.
00:47:57Oh. Of course.
00:48:02Who will go first?
00:48:04I will.
00:48:10You and Anna were fighting yesterday.
00:48:13You don't say.
00:48:15Look, man, I don't know you. You don't know me.
00:48:18So anything that you want to ask about the Abrams family, that's totally fine,
00:48:22but when it comes to me and my wife, it's none of your business. All right?
00:48:26Anna said you had questions of your own.
00:48:28No. I don't. That's her thing. All right? I'm not a client of yours. You're not here to fix me.
00:48:35I'm a witness.
00:48:38What are you a witness to?
00:48:42What kind of psychiatrist are you anyway?
00:48:44I'm not a psychiatrist.
00:48:45A psychiatrist prescribes medication.
00:48:49I don't.
00:48:50I talk to people.
00:48:53I can recommend psychiatrists when medication is necessary.
00:48:57People ever lie?
00:48:59You know, get that recommendation, get those meds?
00:49:05If you lie, I wouldn't know.
00:49:08Okay, detective.
00:49:10It's nothing complicated.
00:49:12You already know what I want to ask, right?
00:49:14Yeah. Yeah.
00:49:17Um...
00:49:18Okay.
00:49:19So...
00:49:20You and Earl went on a walk.
00:49:22Anna and I are downstairs.
00:49:24Everything was fine.
00:49:26And then she comes down,
00:49:29and like...
00:49:30Immediately, we knew something was off,
00:49:31and she's just like...
00:49:32in a...
00:49:34manic state.
00:49:35A manic state.
00:49:36Yes.
00:49:36She's just like, on.
00:49:38You know?
00:49:38Like, not a depressed person,
00:49:40or whatever the hell she is, at all.
00:49:42What did she say, exactly?
00:49:46She started getting really flirty with me.
00:49:49Like, physically.
00:49:51Even.
00:49:53It didn't make any sense.
00:49:54It was like some kind of...
00:49:56show or an act.
00:49:58And Anna was right there.
00:49:59Yes.
00:50:00She was.
00:50:01It was f***ed up.
00:50:02So we didn't have any choice but to get out of there.
00:50:04Just...
00:50:04left the kid with her.
00:50:05I mean...
00:50:06Has Beth ever solicited you before?
00:50:09No.
00:50:10No.
00:50:11It was just completely out of the blue.
00:50:14James, remember what I said.
00:50:16If you lie, I will know.
00:50:17No.
00:50:18No.
00:50:18No.
00:50:28No.
00:50:31No.
00:50:33No.
00:50:39No.
00:50:40Has Beth ever solicited you before?
00:50:49Yeah.
00:50:52About a year ago.
00:50:55What did you do?
00:50:59The wrong thing.
00:51:04Only the one time?
00:51:05No, several times.
00:51:08But she only came to you once, you said.
00:51:10I went back.
00:51:15But you stopped. You called it off.
00:51:17Yes, yeah, thank God.
00:51:20James, why do you and Anna keep going back there?
00:51:22Why do you have anything to do with them?
00:51:23We don't have anything to do with them. It doesn't make sense.
00:51:26It's like a pity project for Anna.
00:51:29Anna doesn't know.
00:51:30No, no, God, no. She does not know and she will not know.
00:51:33It would destroy her.
00:51:34How do you know you wouldn't do it again?
00:51:36I just couldn't, okay?
00:51:39You never thought this would happen.
00:51:41You never wanted it to.
00:51:45How can you trust that? How do you know?
00:51:47I guess that I don't then.
00:51:50Maybe Beth did you a favor today.
00:51:52Now you have a good reason never to go back.
00:51:56Yeah, I wish it were that simple.
00:52:06Anna and I have wanted to have our own kid.
00:52:12Wanted one for a long time.
00:52:41Oh my goodness, you're shivering.
00:52:42Uh, can I get you a blanket?
00:52:43Uh, can I get you a blanket?
00:52:43Maybe some tea?
00:52:45I'm okay.
00:52:47Just water, please.
00:52:48And the blanket.
00:52:49Can't stop me.
00:53:04I've never done this before.
00:53:07You mean talk to a therapist?
00:53:11Yeah.
00:53:15It isn't a test.
00:53:18Okay, okay.
00:53:24Anna?
00:53:26There's something wrong and I don't know what.
00:53:31I read that if there's a problem in a marriage, it's because one spouse isn't receiving what they need from
00:53:39the other.
00:53:42There's a problem within.
00:53:47Something that makes a person look somewhere else because they didn't get what they need from their spouse.
00:53:57What did I do? I don't know what I did.
00:54:15These are the bitter melons.
00:54:18They're all dry now, of course, but they'll grow back on their own.
00:54:22And, um, here are the red peppers, but we have to dig those out and stir from seed.
00:54:33I can't imagine how much this has hurt you to keep this inside.
00:54:46Why do you still visit them?
00:54:54I don't know, like, I guess I was trying to understand.
00:55:00Maybe see what it was about her.
00:55:02What did you see?
00:55:05Nothing.
00:55:08He hates her.
00:55:11But it didn't do you a bit of good, did it?
00:55:16You continue, continue to insist that you both go and visit them. Why?
00:55:21He had to see what he did, didn't he?
00:55:24Anna.
00:55:26I know, I know.
00:55:28I know.
00:55:31How did Beth respond to this?
00:55:34She's so unstable, she can't call herself a mother.
00:55:39You think you would do better?
00:55:41Better?
00:55:43She doesn't care about him or want him.
00:55:48You don't.
00:55:51I can't sleep at night when I think about him crying and no one there to comfort him.
00:55:57The monster.
00:56:01I think she loves her son in spite of everything.
00:56:04Stop defending her. She's a monster.
00:56:09She hurt him.
00:56:16They both did.
00:56:24Your garden is beautiful.
00:56:27Really?
00:56:30But it's winter.
00:56:33I know.
00:56:35But I can imagine.
00:56:36I shouldn't...
00:57:10It's a police car.
00:57:10The, the, the...
00:57:28Tsk, what?
00:57:28To make an old,
00:57:28I can't imagine you're what the mother is at night.
00:57:28The, the, the night is at night,
00:57:28The, the night is at night,
00:57:31The night is at night.
00:57:32The night is at night,
00:57:35The night is at night.
00:57:41I don't know.
00:58:05Earl?
00:58:39Earl?
00:58:56Earl?
00:58:58Earl?
00:59:00Earl?
00:59:01Get in there.
00:59:16Beth?
00:59:18What?
00:59:19What?
00:59:20Don't go in there.
00:59:23No.
00:59:25No.
00:59:26It's fine.
00:59:27It's fine.
00:59:29Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby.
01:00:12Every day is so long.
01:00:15Not long enough if you ask me.
01:00:19How are you feeling?
01:00:20Any better?
01:00:21I don't know.
01:00:22I guess so.
01:00:26Want to help me fold some laundry?
01:00:28How are you?
01:00:30Okay.
01:00:40Hey.
01:00:42What's wrong?
01:00:45Hey.
01:00:46Beth.
01:00:47Beth.
01:00:48Let me help you.
01:00:50It's okay.
01:00:54Okay, sweetheart.
01:00:57Let me help you.
01:01:01That's what's wrong, baby.
01:01:14Come on.
01:01:20You're angry with me.
01:01:23No, Beth.
01:01:24I'm not angry with you.
01:01:25I'm concerned.
01:01:27Now you're lying.
01:01:29I'm not lying, Beth.
01:01:34Yes, you are.
01:01:36What do you want from me, Beth?
01:01:38I know.
01:01:40I know.
01:01:40When you're lying, I always know everyone's always lying.
01:01:44Not me.
01:01:46Honey, you're confused.
01:01:47I see people.
01:01:50The faces they put on.
01:01:53You can't trick me.
01:01:55Beth.
01:01:57Look, nobody's trying to trick you.
01:01:59People don't just always say what they're thinking.
01:02:02So you are thinking it.
01:02:05You don't just say everything you think.
01:02:07It's a matter of respect.
01:02:08It's basic manners.
01:02:10So respect is lying to someone about how you feel?
01:02:12You're getting a twist in your head.
01:02:14All I'm saying is that you don't say everything that comes to mind right away.
01:02:19That's all.
01:02:21Some day, Earl, you'll finally figure it out.
01:02:25There's nothing you can think that I won't already know about.
01:02:29Stop it, Beth!
01:02:34Do you want to know what I really think of you, huh?
01:02:37I already do.
01:02:39Okay.
01:02:42You ungrateful .
01:02:46You're a leech, Beth.
01:02:49I do everything around this damn house.
01:02:52And you, you can't put a dish in the sink.
01:02:55There it is.
01:02:56Do you know how impossible it is to do even the most menial task with you around?
01:03:01We couldn't even go on vacation.
01:03:02You forgot about narcissistic.
01:03:04Honestly, there is no word to describe you.
01:03:07They could write a whole book about how fucked up you are.
01:03:10You think you're the queen of the damn world.
01:03:13You don't even care about our son.
01:03:16You'd be relieved if he up and died.
01:03:18So you wouldn't have to deal with him anymore.
01:03:21I am a monster.
01:03:23I don't even know why you wanted to have a kid.
01:03:24It feels like you just wanted another victim to suck the life out of him.
01:03:29I am a monster.
01:03:31Yes, you're a monster, Beth.
01:03:33I am a monster.
01:03:35You're a monster, yes.
01:03:36You're a monster, Beth.
01:03:37I'm a monster.
01:03:37You're a monster!
01:03:39You're a monster!
01:03:39You're gonna kill the monster!
01:03:46you're insane
01:03:49if it wasn't for Maddie
01:03:51I don't know what I'd do
01:03:55you don't have to worry about that
01:03:58he's not yours
01:04:03what?
01:04:05come on Earl
01:04:07you know
01:04:14yes
01:04:16it's the one
01:04:22you're lying
01:04:23no
01:04:25it was easy
01:04:27remember?
01:04:29April
01:04:32you were gone for a week
01:04:34I don't believe you
01:04:38yes you do
01:04:42Maddie
01:04:48you're the worst decision of my life
01:05:14you're the worst man
01:05:17you're the worst man
01:05:19but in the end
01:05:39Earl, don't drink any more of that.
01:05:44It's you.
01:05:45I got your call.
01:05:46What happened?
01:05:50I don't know.
01:05:52You don't know?
01:05:53I'm going to get a boat down.
01:06:00Is Beth all right?
01:06:02It's over.
01:06:05Is Beth all right and what about Maddie?
01:06:09They're at the house.
01:06:10They can do it.
01:06:12Okay.
01:06:14I'm going to go see them.
01:06:17Give me that, please.
01:06:20Please.
01:06:26What motel are you going to go to?
01:06:30I don't know.
01:06:33Okay, okay.
01:06:37Okay.
01:06:43That one.
01:06:44Look.
01:06:45You see the green sign?
01:06:47Yeah.
01:06:48Yeah, I'm going to go.
01:06:48Okay.
01:06:50I'm going to come back and check on you, all right?
01:06:53After I'm done with Beth.
01:06:55Okay.
01:06:57Send me your room number.
01:07:00Yeah.
01:07:02Will you do that?
01:07:05Yeah.
01:07:06Okay.
01:07:09I know.
01:07:12It's going to be all right.
01:07:15I'm going to go.
01:07:25I'm going to go.
01:08:23You deserve this.
01:08:28I deserve this.
01:08:33Isn't this what you wanted?
01:08:46What's going on?
01:08:49What's going on?
01:09:12What's going on?
01:09:14Help!
01:09:17Help!
01:09:18Help!
01:09:20It's crying!
01:09:22It's so crying.
01:09:24It's so crying.
01:09:25It's so crying.
01:09:26It's so crying.
01:09:58I don't want to be like this.
01:10:02I can change.
01:10:04Hey, I can change.
01:10:08Something happened.
01:10:10You know what it was?
01:10:12It was that child.
01:10:15He's not even yours.
01:10:17He's nobody's.
01:10:20We can start over.
01:10:22You and me.
01:10:24We can have a new child, honey.
01:10:27Our child.
01:10:28That will help things.
01:10:44I said I want you to start with the small things.
01:10:52Why can't you do that?
01:10:58You can't even do that?
01:11:03It's easy.
01:11:06You must speak the truth and never lie.
01:11:10How hard is that?
01:11:16Never lie to yourself.
01:11:22Yes.
01:11:24You're right.
01:11:33How could you think that I wouldn't know?
01:11:37I didn't want to make things worse.
01:11:39You think I can't see your face?
01:11:41Really?
01:11:42I live with you.
01:11:43I see you every single day.
01:11:45I could smell her on you.
01:11:46I didn't want to hurt you, okay?
01:11:48But you did.
01:11:50You did.
01:11:51I know.
01:11:51And you know what?
01:11:52It was worse than what you did with her.
01:11:54It was worse watching you try and pretend like everything was okay.
01:11:56Okay.
01:11:57Okay.
01:11:57Okay.
01:11:58Okay.
01:11:58I'm an idiot.
01:11:59It was wrong.
01:12:02Okay?
01:12:03I get it.
01:12:03But you need to understand, Anna.
01:12:05You have got to get it.
01:12:06That everything that I did after the fact was to try to make things worse.
01:12:09How could I ever trust you again, even if I wanted to?
01:12:16Do you want to?
01:12:20I'm sorry.
01:12:22And I'm ashamed and I'm mad at myself and it's true and you know that it is true.
01:12:28But at what point do we draw the line?
01:12:30At what point do we move on?
01:12:34And I mean, yeah, maybe that is some point in the future.
01:12:36I understand that.
01:12:37But like, what good is it going to do to continue going in circles like this?
01:12:42Seriously.
01:12:43Like what good is it going to do to you or me to go over every little thing?
01:12:47I don't want to know everything!
01:12:49Then stop asking!
01:12:51Then stop going in circles with me on it!
01:12:56Why did you leave me?
01:13:01What did I do?
01:13:08No.
01:13:09No, no, no, no, no.
01:13:15No.
01:13:16No, no, no, no, no.
01:13:21No.
01:13:21No.
01:13:23I will fix this.
01:13:31If you want me, I'm gonna try.
01:13:33Yeah.
01:13:38Do you know what I'm worried about?
01:13:43I'm really worried about your little boy.
01:14:06Okay.
01:14:34Oh?
01:14:45Here we go.
01:15:06Here we go.
01:15:46Here we go.
01:16:12I'll be right here.
01:16:20Here we go.
01:16:21Yes, this is 4028 Brookridge Drive.
01:16:24I need an ambulance.
01:16:26I've got a woman here who's cut her wrist.
01:16:35Save your strength, Beth.
01:16:38You're going to survive.
01:16:42I don't deserve to go.
01:16:45No, Beth.
01:16:46I'm proud of you.
01:16:51I can't say that.
01:16:54Look at me.
01:16:56Tell me what I'm thinking.
01:17:10I can't think that I am amongst you.
01:17:20Your son is alive.
01:17:23You did that.
01:17:26Did you know you were that strong?
01:17:29I don't feel strong, Doc.
01:17:32And yet, you did it.
01:17:34That is what strength is.
01:17:38Be strong again.
01:17:39Just hold on a little longer.
01:17:41I know.
01:17:44I can't feel strong.
01:17:49I can't see you.
01:18:02I can't be safe.
01:18:11I don't need a bag.
01:18:16Hey, talk to me. Look at me. You okay?
01:18:18Do you have any of your pets?
01:18:29Did you say something just now?
01:18:33Rest now. We'll talk about it later.
01:18:53Don't you think I found you in a tree?
01:18:57You didn't find me. I found you.
01:19:15You're like me.
01:19:18You are not your thoughts.
01:19:20You are the thing that has thoughts.
01:19:24Wait. Wait.
01:19:26Wait.
01:19:30Wait.
01:19:43Hey!
01:19:45Hey!
01:19:46Hey!
01:19:47What happened?
01:19:48What happened?
01:19:51Doctor!
01:19:53Matty!
01:19:53He's not hurt. Not a scratch.
01:19:55Just a little frightened.
01:19:56Doctor.
01:19:57What brought you here?
01:19:58What happened?
01:20:00She cut her wrist.
01:20:01I got here just in time.
01:20:02Where's Earl?
01:20:03Earl.
01:20:05He was supposed to message me.
01:20:08We knew something was up. He didn't respond to us either.
01:20:10He left.
01:20:11I've got to follow her to the hospital.
01:20:17Doctor, you've done enough. I'll go with Beth.
01:20:19Here, take him.
01:20:20Wait. What?
01:20:20Take him.
01:20:22Hold on, hold on.
01:20:24You sure you want to do that?
01:20:28There's nothing to hide.
01:20:30I'll call you.
01:20:32Okay.
01:20:44He's alone now.
01:20:45Ah.
01:20:47No, he won't be.
01:20:52Whoa, whoa, whoa. You're leaving?
01:20:55I gotta find Earl. He needs help.
01:20:57You gonna be able to find him?
01:21:01Yes.
01:21:03I'll find him.
01:21:06I need him.
01:21:17I hate him.
01:21:25I can't go.
01:21:25I'm a mother.
01:21:25I'm a child.
01:21:26I love you.
01:21:27I'm a child.
01:21:27You're a child.
01:21:31I'm a child.
01:21:33He was born here.
01:21:34I got his child.
01:21:46I don't know.
01:22:12I don't know.
01:22:45I don't know.
01:23:12I don't know.
01:23:39I don't know.
01:24:04I don't know.
01:24:05I don't know.
01:24:05I don't know.
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