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00:19Director Cleve, Formal Inquiry, Northwest Unit, New Hyde, Police action resulting in
00:27deceased patient and other negligences. Nurse Josephine Elzona. Nurse Elzona, how do you
00:38account for no awareness among the staff of the patient's whereabouts for over
00:4330 minutes? Mr. Coffey was never a problem. He was polite, always compliant. We were
00:51looking and looking. How long have you worked here? Six weeks. And is it common
00:56for staff members to lose sets of access keys on the unit floor? And how did the
01:05patient obtain a metal fork? No metal utensils on the unit. Them's the rules. I
01:12didn't bring it. No idea. And patients were eyes on at this time in accordance with
01:17Dr. Anand's orders, yes? Yup. Can you walk me through, please, moment to moment, the incident
01:24that occurred at Sal's Pizzeria last week?
01:31We're understaffed.
01:33Underfunded, and we only hear from hospital brass when the doo-doo hits the fan, if you'll
01:38excuse my language. Otherwise, we don't exist at all.
01:43Do you ever bring patients beyond the boundaried areas?
01:47What? No, never. Like, into the medication room, for instance?
01:56I don't know what happened. I was in my room. I don't know what happened. I was in my room.
02:10Okay. You were roommates with Mr. Osei, is that correct?
02:23With who? Kofi Osei, the deceased.
02:28Kofi. Kofi.
02:39Every patient says they were in their room.
02:42Which they weren't.
02:44Tell me, how do so many in your care just seem to suddenly, collectively, vanish like that?
02:52I mean... You're right. It's impossible.
02:56And as lead physician here at this unit, with a pattern of negligence this severe,
03:01who would you say is to blame?
03:02Well, it seems that you've already made up your mind about that.
03:07Your patients will be relocated by the end of the week. Staff will be assessed.
03:12We'll see who stays and who goes. It'll be my recommendation that most, if not all, depart.
03:18And this unit will shudder by the following week.
03:28How well did you know the deceased?
03:31Which one?
03:33What's that?
03:42Do you know how long I've been here?
03:46How many decades?
03:49How many presidents?
03:51How many Christmas mornings?
03:56Tick, tick, tick, tick.
04:00Well, I have some good news.
04:04We will be getting you off this unit into better facilities along with the rest of them.
04:09That's something to look forward to, don't you think?
04:14This place was never meant to care for us. It was meant to serve him.
04:18But now he's stuck, can't get out, because he isn't getting what he needs.
04:24Not anymore.
04:27I mean...
04:32Look at this place.
04:36All used up.
04:40Just husks.
04:47So now he's locked away too.
04:51One of us now, huh?
04:55Then you show up after decades and say that you're closing this place down.
05:08Now he knows.
05:13Now he knows.
05:16He has to get out.
05:29He's locked.
05:31She...
05:36Can't do this.
05:38He's locked.
05:39He's locked.
05:39Now he's locked.
05:44You could not see the place.
05:45You could not see the place.
05:45I was locked in.
05:47I was locked in.
05:47I was locked in.
05:47I was locked in.
05:51I like New York in June. How about you? I like what you'll shrink to.
06:02Ta-da! What do you think, Ralph? I think it's orange. It's vermilion. Not just run-of-the-mill
06:11orange. It's got a red hue to it. See it? Very red. Kind of jumps right out at you. You
06:16know, the throne room columns in Beijing's Forbidden City are this exact color.
06:22You got it in that carpet again. Oh, then I'll get that out. Last week you did it blue.
06:28Robin's egg. And before that it was the hills of Ireland or some such, then canary,
06:34then rouge, then some kind of pink. Don't you like it? It's just none of them make
06:40you happy, do they? You paint, then you lie in bed for two weeks. I'm happy right
06:46now. Your lines are off, see? Glad we're getting your prescription check this afternoon. Hello?
06:58Come on, Dorinda, dear. The appointment's on the wall calendar. Why else would I be home
07:04from the office before 3? Right. You should change. But since we're headed so far out, I thought I'd
07:12take you to East Point Inn. Have a little surf and turf. Toast our new Vermillion Wall.
07:19would I move from you, I lost your mind, wan with you all when you bind the wheel. And
07:30say you're the thrill, holding hands in the movie show, when all the lights are low. May not
07:42be new, but I liked it. I liked it. How about you?
07:53Now these are city doctors here.
07:57Alright, come on. Reservations at 6. I want to take you by the water.
08:05Come, Arnold. This way. Come.
08:10F-Z-B-D-E. Great. Let's try row 7 now.
08:20A-P-O-G-O-G. That's alright. It's a tough one.
08:31But not too bad though, right?
08:32Oh, not bad at all. She doesn't need new lenses.
08:39Yep. I can see most everything clear as crystal.
08:44Lost everything.
08:54Dorinda. There's just one other thing we ought to check, okay?
09:01We have a reservation at 6.
09:03It's fine. You have time.
09:08You ever been to the East Point Inn?
09:11They do a garlic mash. That is just divine.
09:22Ralph?
09:38Did you know his name was Kofi?
09:40Bath.
09:42No, I mean it.
09:49His name wasn't Kofi.
09:52It was-
09:53Bath.
09:56They're closing this place down.
09:58Dorian was shrieking about it in the hallway.
10:00All patients out by the end of the week. Staff's history.
10:02This place has been bad for a long time. Why now?
10:07We have to stop him.
10:10It's up to us now.
10:17You come find me when you're ready to talk.
10:39You got that man killed.
10:46I'm not letting you out of here.
10:49We'll see about that.
11:08Is it true we're shutting down?
11:28It's correct.
11:32Miss Chris, you were right.
11:37I've been fooling myself for too long.
11:41Justifying every flaw.
11:44Coffee is...
11:45Dead.
11:47I convinced myself for years that I was helping these people.
11:51And it's time I actually started doing it.
11:53Dr. Anand.
11:58He won't allow you.
12:10I found this.
12:14Was this blood on it?
12:17What?
12:19No.
12:21Then I guess it's just on your hands.
12:26If you hadn't been so help and unbiting, if you could have just complied, made peace with how things are.
12:33Coffee's dead because of you, Tori. Because of you and your friend.
12:42I'm gonna go back in there.
12:45I'm gonna face that thing, whatever he is, and I'm gonna stop him, even if he kills me.
12:52Guys like you always wanna die for something.
12:56I get the appeal. You do it once. It's over. They put up a statue or throw a parade.
13:02It's easy to die for someone.
13:07Now, living for someone.
13:12That's hard.
13:16You've never done that, though, have you, Peter?
13:34The club is now. Let's go.
13:36There's book club. Are you serious? Coffee's dead.
13:40And they're about to turn the goddamn lights out.
13:42This place is fucked up, but I still got a job to do. So go.
13:50You're not supposed to be down here in the men's hall.
13:51I'm not supposed to be here at all.
14:05New book today.
14:08I am sure that you have heard
14:14that this unit is closing.
14:19You'll all be transferred in the next few days.
14:25Hopefully, somewhere with better resources.
14:28Which, let's face it, shouldn't be hard to find.
14:34It's what's right.
14:35You all deserve better.
14:38There are not enough words for me to say.
14:42How saddened I feel about what happened to coffee.
14:50I figured that we could have one final meeting,
14:54a sort of send-off of sorts,
14:56where I could share something meaningful to me
15:01as a way of saying,
15:04I'm sorry.
15:07I'm sorry that I failed you.
15:13I read this when I was in med school.
15:17It struck me.
15:19And perhaps for the very first time reading this,
15:24I actually wanted to do the work that I do.
15:32this work in a place like this.
15:36Who in their right mind would want to work in a place like this?
15:42Here's an excerpt.
15:45This is from a letter that Vincent wrote
15:50to his sister-in-law, Johanna, in 1889.
15:55Though here there are some patients very seriously ill.
16:02The fear and horror of madness that I used to have
16:07has already much lessened.
16:09And though here you continually hear terrible cries
16:12and shouts and howls like beasts in a menagerie
16:17in spite of that.
16:22In spite of that, people here know each other very well
16:27and help each other
16:32when they suffer crises.
16:39Help each other
16:42when they suffer crises.
16:48You missed the guy who, like, hacked his own ear off?
16:52Ew.
16:53Yes, yes he did.
16:55To show his love to a prostitute.
17:00Needless to say, she did not appreciate the gift.
17:03No.
17:04Now that's crazy.
17:06Too bad none of us are world famous artists.
17:09Well there it is.
17:10That's the thing, you see.
17:12When Van Gogh died, he thought his art was worthless.
17:19When he died, he couldn't even afford rotten bread.
17:22But he kept painting.
17:24Because he believed.
17:26He believed in his art.
17:28That he was doing something special.
17:31Something sincere.
17:33And now, those same paintings are in every great museum on earth.
17:47Who called them?
17:51Who called those cops?
17:54Hm?
17:58Those cops who killed him, who called them?
18:04You did.
18:07Didn't you?
18:15Welcome back to NFCY Channel 2.
18:18Let's talk about where the storm is now.
18:21Where are you going?
18:22Just, hold on.
18:24Don't be leaving your hand at me.
18:25All right, just please.
18:27Millions of New Yorkers in a line of fire.
18:29You're gonna get nasty out there.
18:32Anthony, what are you doing here?
18:35Hello to you, too.
18:41I saw the news.
18:43I wanted to see if you're okay.
18:48Did you know him?
18:50Yeah.
18:53He was my roommate.
18:57But Anthony, you shouldn't be here.
19:00You gotta go.
19:03Why is that?
19:05Because he still can.
19:14The devil lives there.
19:17Behind that silver door, he hurts us.
19:21Prays upon us.
19:23Our pain sustains him.
19:28Prove me wrong.
19:32Open that door.
20:03Our record show.
20:05Our record show.
20:05You're a man named Arnold Visserplen.
20:08That you were brought to this unit in 1965.
20:13And you received a transorbital lobotomy on your third day.
20:18On May 5, 1966, you committed a murder on this unit.
20:22And you have been here.
20:26Locked in this room ever since.
20:28That's what our records show.
20:31But I believe there's more to you than that.
20:37That poor man that died by the policeman's hands.
20:40I know he didn't have to die.
20:42He should not have.
20:45He came running out of this room.
20:47Your room.
20:49Shouting about the devil.
21:01When I was a little girl, I was told about a spirit who relishes in misery.
21:09It's called the duppy.
21:10The duppy hurts and laughs and hurts again.
21:13And others cry out and beg for mercy.
21:18The duppy comes.
21:21More cries.
21:22More begging.
21:25This makes the duppy happy.
21:28This makes the duppy strong.
21:34And since I was a girl, I was taught, watch for it.
21:39Don't let it into your house.
21:43My granny used to say, you see a duppy, throw down a handful of rice.
21:47It'd have to count every grain before it can move on.
21:50And by the time it does, the sun will rise.
21:54And the duppy must return to the world of the spirits.
22:02I believe a duppy hides hair in this very room.
22:11Finally, I see with my light, the light within me.
22:18This unit will close.
22:21The patients will go.
22:23I will go.
22:24But before I do, I will throw down the rice.
22:28The duppy must count the rice.
22:32And it will stay here.
22:34Where it belongs.
22:51We're probably.
22:54We're all behind.
22:55We're completely unseen.
22:57telling you what happens.
22:59I always thought of myself as a real stand-up guy my whole life I never
23:05doubted it for a second truth is I never really helped anybody this whole time I
23:11was convinced I was doing what was right but I was just doing what was right for
23:17me and I'm sorry Anthony
23:26whatever you need to take care of your mother to do it right I'll find a way to
23:31cover the cost all of it I promise it's the least I can do but it is not safe
23:38here and you gotta go right now
23:44Jeff Jeff
23:47Jeff
23:49Jeff
23:56Jeff
23:56Jeff
23:57Jeff
23:57Jeff
23:57Jeff
23:57Jeff
23:57Jeff
23:59I don't know.
24:45I'm happy now.
25:06I'm happy now.
25:15Look what's happened to us.
25:20What you let happen.
25:27No, this wasn't my fault.
25:34You let one man take you here.
25:39You let another lead you into this room.
25:45When they told you to lie down, you did it.
25:52You let them keep you here.
25:56Locked away all these years.
26:00Do you ever think about it?
26:04Who we might have been?
26:08What kind of life could we have had out there?
26:12We wanted something bigger and brighter.
26:22Is that so bad?
26:26It's so raw.
26:29Just a little more color.
26:35Dorinda, dear.
26:38We need to leave.
26:40Let's put this place behind us.
26:51I know who you really are.
27:00It wasn't my fault.
27:05They made me.
27:10You made me.
27:15And I don't need you anymore.
27:22Washed up.
27:25Worn out.
27:26You OUT.
27:28Like a pair of dirty old socks.
27:32That's all you are now.
27:38Make him say yes.
27:42Make him say yes.
27:46Or all of you died.
27:49Crack's ticking.
27:57Chicken.
27:59Chicken.
28:01Chicken.
28:18Chicken.
28:22Hello.
28:24Elena.
28:25Look at that, Sierra. What's wrong? You okay?
28:28I got this book today. I was reading it. Do you know who Vincent Van Gogh is?
28:33Yes.
28:35I read this book you wrote. I don't know.
28:41I know you love me. I know you love me, but sometimes I think you still see me like a
28:45little kid.
28:46And what about everybody else? What do they see? What do they look at me?
28:53Everybody I know in my life is in here. How do they see me? Do they see me at all?
28:58You know, I could draw every one of their faces from memory.
29:02Frank Waverly, Mr. Mack, Pepper, Dory, Coffee.
29:08Coffee.
29:11What if they don't see me and I'm just alone like I'm gonna be alone for my whole life no
29:17matter what I draw or think or feel?
29:20Lucrecia.
29:21Lucrecia. I need you to breathe.
29:35They're gonna close this, they're gonna close this unit soon.
29:39And I don't know what they're gonna try to send me, but...
29:45I wanna come home.
29:49Lucrecia.
29:51Lucrecia.
29:51You remember what you did to your brother?
29:56You could've killed him.
30:03Lucrecia.
30:04Lucrecia.
30:08Lucrecia.
30:08Lucrecia.
30:09Lucrecia.
30:10Lucrecia.
30:11Lucrecia.
30:12Lucrecia.
30:17Lucrecia.
30:18Lucrecia.
30:18Lucrecia.
30:19Lucrecia.
30:22Lucrecia.
30:24Lucrecia.
30:26Lucrecia.
30:29Lucrecia.
30:34Lucrecia.
30:39Lucrecia.
30:44Look, this is about us.
30:47You said you were sorry, I believe you, but this can't just be the end of it.
30:52Look, Anthony, I'm stuck in here.
30:57And in here, you know.
30:58And even if I could figure my shit out, it's too late for us, right?
31:04I mean, you're already a grown man.
31:06So are you.
31:08And I bet when it comes to this other thing, you already know what to do.
31:13You're just too damn scared.
31:18Peter Coffin, I'm ready to go.
31:26Not now.
31:32Dory, I said not now.
31:35Yes.
31:37No.
31:41You can't let him out.
31:43Who?
31:44You know who I'm talking about.
31:47Everybody hates me now because I've been helping him for so long, doing what he commands.
31:51Funny thing is, they all feel the same way about you.
31:58Maybe we both work for him.
32:01Mm-hmm.
32:02You know, I didn't appreciate what you did at book club.
32:06I know you want to humiliate me.
32:07You want to throw the blame at my feet.
32:10It belongs there.
32:12Do you need to be confined to your room?
32:14You were happy to do his nerdy work all those years, just like I did.
32:18What's sad is, you thought you were one of the good guys, didn't you?
32:23I did too.
32:24I am not like you.
32:25If you really want to help, help me keep...
32:28You want help?
32:29Is that what you want?
32:30Because you, Dory, are beyond help.
32:33You've always been.
32:34No!
32:35If this place is empty, he will starve.
32:37Yes, of course.
32:38What was it the coffee called it?
32:39A malevolent presence.
32:43Hmm?
32:43An evil.
32:44Yeah, I hear the patient gossip.
32:46The ludicrous shit you babble on about all day.
32:48Hmm?
32:49Ah, yes.
32:50New Hyde is just one big, giant, spooky hospital.
32:55Hmm?
32:55There's a killer.
32:56There's one.
32:57Oh, my God.
32:57No.
32:59It's in you, isn't it?
33:05Pepper said no, but you said yes.
33:08He made you an offer, and you said yes.
33:16I see you.
33:19I know who you are.
33:23Get out.
33:24You two.
33:26I've seen him.
33:28.
33:33No, no, no, no.
33:36No, stop.
33:37Oh.
33:38No.
33:39.
33:45.
33:51No.
33:58I'll find you. I know you're just in there. I'll find her.
34:29Do you like it?
34:31Got a red hue to it. See it? Oh, very, very red. Vermilion. Kind of jumps right out at you.
34:53I had to do it. He had the devil in him.
35:20She did that with her bare hands.
35:23You'd be surprised what people can do. Everybody. Everybody. Please. The police have been called. They're on their way. You
35:33must stay on the unit.
35:34Are you serious? Oh, my God. Please. They said we cannot leave until they come. But they will be here.
35:43What are you talking about? You can't just keep us here.
35:45Please. You heard her. We stay. But why do we have to stay in this room? Why can't we just
35:52move to another distance?
35:53I gotta make a call.
36:02You think the police can help us?
36:29We have a lot of scared people here.
36:33Nobody goes anywhere, understand?
36:36Nobody goes anywhere, understand?
36:38Yeah.
36:44Nobody goes anywhere, understand?
36:46Less than a half left.
36:46Not a half left.
37:00I bet you're about to be there.
37:00Don't forget to ask me if I didn't.
37:05That's how I need to pass...
37:08I don't know.
37:29All right, come on in, just wait until you're gone.
37:32All right, come on, come on, let's go.
37:36Now you're gonna tell me who he is.
37:42He's my son.
37:47Yeah, I can see the family resemblance.
37:51It's true, he's mine.
37:56And I abandoned him when he was three years old.
38:09Still finished.
38:27No! No!
38:29Oh, good lord.
38:32Why? Why?
38:38Oh, no.
38:42What the fuck is going on?
38:52Jesus Christ, he'll leave me.
38:53He's gone over the fence.
38:54Let's get it off.
38:55Oh, shit.
38:57Somebody do something!
38:59Please!
38:59The damn door!
39:01Get her off in there!
39:03Come on!
39:04No, no, no, no!
39:05Go in!
39:07Go in!
39:11Go in!
39:12Go in!
39:17Go in!
39:18Go in!
39:18Go in!
39:18Go in!
39:19Go in!
39:20Go in!
39:22Go in!
39:32Try it.
39:34Mm-hmm.
39:35I don't know.
40:18We ain't going home.
40:25We ain't going home.
40:31We ain't going home.
40:36You too.
40:43Listen to me.
40:49Behind that door,
40:53I know what it is.
40:55I know what's doing this.
41:00What I'm saying is I believe you.
41:06What do we do now?
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