Dead. He's dead.
I came to wake Mr. Bromden for dinner and...
Get Miss Chris.
Bring the gurney.
Jesus.
The new girl is in tears.
Oh, God.
He tore himself apart in here.
If the other patients see this, they will panic.
Let's get him off the unit.
All right.
We can't leave him in here.
We have to do the leg, as well.
All right.
What if he didn't do it to himself?
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Why were his arms so...
That's all you're gonna do, just flip the mattress?
That's all we can afford these days.
Hey, get that side.
Please.
All right. Remember, thumbs like this.
All right, so let's go again. Ta ta.
My hands are sweaty.
She's a rock star, huh?
- How good is she? - Real good.
Well, she's got a damn good teacher,
that's why. Huh?
Go finish your breakfast.
Put 'er there.
- And be quick. - Okay.
Hey, I talked to Manny.
His son's going to come by Sunday for a lesson,
and I got a lead on a couple other kids in the building.
You know, a little extra cash for us.
Ah, I don't know. Is this stupid?
I like a man with hustle.
Yeah?
I'm gonna need a real kit.
You know, I can't be teaching paying students
on boxes and buckets.
This is... Come on.
What's Ivan going to say when he finds out
we blew a bunch of our savings on a drum set.
Our savings. And it's not his business.
He's not in your life anymore.
He's in his daughter's life.
And when Isabel says that we got a drum kit in our apartment,
he's gonna know it's yours.
And I don't want her to lie.
Maybe she can tell the truth.
We'll talk more tonight.
Yes, we will talk tonight together.
Oh, my God.
It's gonna be so loud, isn't it?
This is taken care of. Don't you worry.
You know, I know you hired me for a full clear,
but I can set aside some stuff for you.
No problem.
It's all junk.
Well, it's junk, yeah, but, you know,
there's probably a couple of hidden hopes and dreams, right?
You'd be surprised. You get rid of everything,
it's like throwing away a whole person.
You don't want to do that.
What I want you to do is haul everything
in this house to the dump.
Clear?
Yes, ma'am.
And I need you out of here by 7:00.
Yeah, I-I'll be done by 6:00, easy.
_
Ah.
How was it, the place?
I'm taking a man's life to the dump.
His kid didn't care. Let's not talk about it.
It's too sad.
Yeah, it's messed up.
I don't know how people can be like that.
Like, my mother's house is full of stuff,
but at least she keeps the place neat.
God, I don't even want to imagine.
what it'd be like if she didn't.
Which reminds me. Mom called.
She's on at me again about flying to Orlando to visit.
Told her I think about it,
- but Isabel is in school. Gotta take off of work. - _
It's not like she would be happy with just a weekend.
_
Pepper?
_
Pepper, you there?
Yeah. Yeah. Uh...
I know it's ridiculous to think about plane fare
when we're thinking about buying you drums.
But I was thinking if maybe you find some on sale.
Listen, I, uh...
I bought the kit.
- What? - Yeah, I bought it.
I found the perfect one. It was on sale and everything.
Well, how much it cost?
Uh, it was like four grand.
$4,000?!
That's the sale price?!
We were supposed to talk about it tonight, Pepper.
Look, I can make it back in, like, three months.
All right? I'll take any moving job.
I'll get the students. I got a kid coming Sunday.
All right, I promise.
It's almost everything we have.
Marisol, it's gonna be fine.
- All right? Trust me. - What are you doing here?
- What? - I wanted to surprise Isabel.
- Well, this ain't a surprise. - Marisol?
You're happy to see me, aren't you, baby?
Don't talk to her. Talk to me.
- When did you get all bold like this? - Marisol?
Ever since I split...
Don't talk to me like that in front of my daughter.
I don't like you showing up like this.
You're supposed to call.
You can't just show up whenever you feel like.
I did call, you didn't pick up. Hey, when I call, you answer.
You do not ignore me. Do not ignore me!
Pepper, wait!
- Pepper! - This is not your business!
- I'm making it my business! - Pepper, stop! Stop!
You don't deserve her.
You don't deserve that little girl.
Please! Stop!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey, hey.
Get off of him!
Pepper, Stop! Come on!
Pepper, they're cops!
Fuckin' cops.
- Cuff this clown. - Oh...
Come on!
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Shut up.
Marisol! Mind your business.
Marisol. Shut up!
Son of a bitch.
You know how many times Marisol called the cops on that guy?
Nine.
You know how many times the cops came to help? Huh?
Take a guess. I said, enough already.
Look, can't we just talk about this?
All right, I-I screwed up, all right?
Hey. Huey, Dewey, and Louie. You guys hear me?
What'd you call us?
What, you never seen "DuckTales"?
Nice. You're a metal fan?
The friendly stuff isn't gonna work, so stop trying.
Hey, precinct's 10 blocks back.
Yeah, I-I-I don't mind doing the extra work.
I mind. What about you, Dewey?
I could go either way.
Okay, I... I got out of hand.
Yeah, you got out of hand,
all right, but it's too late now, buddy.
Hey, c-come on. Just turn around, leave him with me.
- I'll process it. - Oh, that's a brilliant idea.
You stay working and we go home. How's that gonna look?
Nah. Let's do this guy a favor.
- Is this a hospital? - Oh, kind of.
I think maybe we should take him to the station.
Yeah, t-they're not gonna help him here. Can I just apologize?
If we did what Louis here wants and took you to the station,
you wouldn't get a Desk Appearance Ticket.
Assault three cops, you go straight to Central Booking.
You think guys who assault cops make bail?
Yeah. Probably not. Probably not.
This is better than jail. Promise.
Plus, oh!
You're a tough guy. You're gonna be fine.
Wh... What is this place?
You know where you are?
You're in the jungle, baby.
Dorry, be quiet.
Take 10 steps back now.
I was at the end of my shift.
Us, too, man. But then, you know.
Oh, everybody's at the end of their shift, right?
I've had a long day. You've had a long day.
He's had a long day. She definitely had a long day.
Why make it longer, hmm? Just let me go home, please.
We bring you in, they have to take you.
You know what I mean? That's the law, right?
Unfortunately, that is correct.
No, this... this ain't right. You... You can't do this.
Please. Come on.
Please! This ain't' right.
This ain't right. You can't do this.
Please.
Please!
My name is Dr. Anand.
For the record, today is October 12th.
Welcome to New Hyde Hospital.
This building, this unit is called Northwest.
This is my intake team behind me.
Let me be very clear. You are not a prisoner here.
Uh, Doc?
Well.
New admit. Police brought him.
It's only a day since we lost Mr. Bromden.
You don't find it strange?
Mr. Bromden dies, and the very next day, we get a new man.
Go on about your business, Dorry.
New Hyde is hungry.
Peter. Pepper.
Everyone calls me Pepper.
Why is that? Pepper's got a kick.
Put a little pepper in it. Boom. You know?
Why do you think you're here, Pepper?
Pepper? No?
Pepper, why do you believe that you're here?
I was protecting people. My girlfriend and her kids.
Assault and battery. Resisting arrest.
Assaulting three police officers. I could go on.
These three, they hop out of a car and they jump me.
And they don't tell me they're cops.
And I'm... I'm battling one guy.
An abusive ex-husband, by the way.
Put that in your notes, please.
And then it turns into four,
and I think I'm fighting for my life.
And now these guys, they bring me to a mental hospital.
They tell me they're doing me a solid.
How is that legal? How is that right?
You get into fights often?
- That's all you have to say? - It's a question.
I help people, that's what I do.
Judging by how tonight has gone,
I'm guessing that's a crime now.
And why do you think that people need you to save them?
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Like I should leave well enough alone
and mind my own business and be like... like you guys
and look right through people.
Well, forget it. That is not my way.
Hello? Who's on duty?
It's me. I'm here, Doctor.
Slow down, slow down, slow down.
You'll fall. These people are leaving.
Josephine, this man is agitated.
Prepare a dose just in case.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Who is Antoinette to you?
Seems like a point of stress.
I could see why it might make you anxious.
Make you want to lash out.
You want to talk about it?
No, you don't do that mess in here.
It's okay, it's okay, it's fine.
Well, that's my cue. Good luck.
I want to prepare you for what comes next.
But I need you to remain calm.
Can you do that?
Okay, you'll be categorized as a temporary admit.
You'll be in our custody for 72 hours.
Three days? Comply with the rules,
you'll be out on Monday.
Monday.
You'll finish intake at the nurse's desk.
You can lock up behind me.
Please keep her away from me.
Oh, Dorry is harmless.
Think of her as our local tour guide.
Comply with the rules. You'll be fine.
Maybe you'll even get something out of all of this.
It is meant to help.
Dorry, maybe you can escort Pepper to the nurse's station.
Tough day.
I'm sorry, buddy, but if it's any help,
you really had no choice.
Neither did those cops or the doctors.
This was no accident.
You were summoned.
Everyone in here as batshit as you?
I can definitely see why he chose you.
You're built to last.
And a bit of a prick, huh?
Perfect.
You know, when I came to New Hyde,
I thought it was just a visit with my ophthalmologist.
My husband, Ralph, made the appointment.
He noticed I was having trouble even before I did.
Said he came home from work
and found me crying every night.
And I had to take his word for it because...
I didn't remember being that way at all.
That's when I met Dr. Walter.
He's been dead a long time.
You heard him.
Just comply. Just play nice.
That's all they want from you.
What is that?
You'll find out soon enough.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
I don't know where I could have lost them.
'Cause you're always running like a rabbit.
Take your time. Keep your wits.
They'll charge you for new keys.
Take it straight out of your paycheck.
Haloperidol. 20 milligrams.
That's for me?
It's not for me.
Uh, yeah. I-I don't like pills.
This is what Dr. Anand is going to scan on Monday
for you to be able to be discharged.
He needs to see on every dosage line the letter C.
If he sees NC,
"noncompliant," even once, then he will decide
whether you're to stay with us longer.
Ma'am, I can't stay here.
All right. I got my life on the outside.
I got people waiting for me.
If you want to go home, follow the doctor's orders.
Simple.
Check under his tongue.
Open your mouth, please.
Lift your tongue.
Good. Men's hall's that way.
Hurry now.
That pill will hit you like a train.
What, that little thing?
Room 217.
You're in with Coffee.
Who?
Okay. Okay.
All right. Good.
Okay.
Hold on.
Here we go.
Let me get that light.
Okay. Almost there.
Yeah.
There you go.
No.
You were summoned.
But who summoned you?
Lend me a quarter.
Oh.
Okay.
All right. You must be, Coffee.
Lend me a quarter.
You are a weird cup of joe.
The nurses did that.
Now, how about that quarter, roomie?
I gotta get out of here.
So say we all, brother.
You're late.
Well, I'm surprised to see you awake.
You're late for group.
I need to... There's only one thing you need to do, big man,
and that's attend group.
Coffee, you know where to go.
Take Hard Rock Cafe with you.
What's that dude's problem?
Scotch Tape.
His problem is scotch tape?
That's all we call him. He holds things together.
Fixes what's broken.
Which is a lot.
Dr. Badger:
When I lecture at Nassau Community College,
my students arrive early.
I remember you. You... You're a doctor?
- Yes. - Um...
So, uh, last night, I saw something or someone,
and he was really messed up.
And I've been hearing this sound coming from the ceiling,
like a... like a scratching sound.
It's New York City.
The rats own it. We're just passing through.
Well, look, I-I hear how I'm sounding right now,
but... I... I...
I don't want to call Scotch Tape.
Don't make me do that.
Just sit.
As I was saying, welcome back to book club.
I'm glad to see so many of you here.
Dr. Anand orders us to attend your meetings.
If we don't, we get marked noncompliant.
Mr. Mack, always a ray of sunshine.
Look, he thinks this is a classroom.
Shh! Shh!
Yeah, so, uh...
do I get a phone call in here? 'Cause...
"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth,
whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul,
whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing
before coffin warehouses
and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet,
and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me
that, oh, it requires a strong moral principle
to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street
and methodically knocking people's hats off,
then...
I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can."
People think this is the story about a whale, but it's not.
It's a story about America,
a crew of very different people trapped on a ship at sea
trying to kill a whale.
Or...
is the whale trying to kill them?
Who is the real enemy?
Can they even recognize who's pulling the strings?
You are right where you belong.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Okay, okay. Okay.
Are you all right?
Nurse!
No, please don't call him. Please don't call him.
No, no. Nurse!
No, I-I... Please, no, please don't call him.
Please. Because... Because I need to leave.
I can't be here. I can't make it till Monday.
I can't.
Today is Tuesday.
- Nurse! - You said Monday!
Nurse!
You said Monday. Okay, calm down.
You knocked me out for four fucking days!
Calm down. Calm down. Does anybody work here?!
I don't belong here. I want out. I understand. I understand!
I want out, you hear me? I want out!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! - What?
Hey, hey, you!
You stay down.
Get off me!
Get off me! You fucking lied to me!
No, no, no!
No, no, no, no no, no, wait, wait, wait, wait!
No!
Hey. Do you know the history of the American buffalo?
I don't believe in accidents.
Everything happens for a reason.
If we didn't show up,
you could have been a headline in the "Post" tomorrow.
"Doctor Killed By a Violent Mental Patient."
They would have come up with something snappier.
"Quack Gets Whacked."
But that's not how it went.
And I want you to understand why.
Because your friends on the NYPD were here to protect you.
Although that guy wouldn't have even been here
to attack the doctor if we didn't bring him in.
What he did proves he belongs here.
No. It doesn't. We took care of you.
I wish you gave us the same courtesy.
You called in a complaint to my superiors
for bringing that wild man in. It's Tuesday.
Why wasn't he released yesterday?
I thought that was going to be the end of it.
Well, uh...
He didn't take his meds.
Morning doses, yes, but...
lunch and dinner, he was noncompliant.
He refused?
He, uh... He slept.
Couldn't that be because he was so drugged up
from the morning doses?
He's not used to taking psychiatric meds?
Okay, look, the people above me,
all they care about is the charts.
The charts dictate whether we live or die.
This unit is the last unit
still running in this whole compound.
And we're in danger of being shut down every day.
Maybe that's good. Oh, you say that, you see, but...
Cover your ass. Keep your job.
No, not my job. Our whole staff,
everyone here is trying to do right by these people.
You really think you're... you're helping?
Oh, you think it's bad in here?
Because they have no chance on the streets.
Hey, this is Marisol. You missed me.
Leave me one. I'll hit you back.
I really wish you'd picked up.
Uh, it's me.
Um, I got arrested.
Uh, you know that part.
Um...
Listen, the... the cops, they... they took me somewhere.
I need your help. Um...
Listen, Marisol, ab... about the other night,
look, I know I went off on Ivan,
but when I saw him put his hands on you,
I just... I lost it, and they grabbed me.
And...
And I'm... I'm worried about you.
I'm worried about Isabel.
Is she... She doing all right?
W...
Will you come get me? Um...
I'm at, uh...
So what happens with him now?
Well, attacking a staff member
is a major infraction,
and he'll be held for longer observation.
How long? Two weeks.
Jesus.
Well, something might really be wrong with him.
You saw that temper. M-Maybe...
Maybe it's good we brought him in, you know?
Yeah. Yeah.
Some people go their entire lives without realizing
that they could benefit from psychiatric care.
I'm sorry, a-am I... am I stupid?
I mean, we're supposed to help people.
Y-You all are just helping yourselves.
This can't be the job.
It can't be.
Hey, somebody let me out!
Who is that?
Oh, it's... it's Dr. Walter.
He practically built this place.
Made it what it is today.
He's creepy.
There may be a bigger problem for us with this guy.
Okay, the longer he stays, the more likely
someone's going to come looking for him.
No one comes looking for these people.
Maybe I belong here.
I'm seeing things.
Maybe I'm losing it.
The only thing you are at risk of losing in here is your soul.
Hey, um, I don't know if you remember me.
I'm on the job out of the 141.
Uh, I helped with the towing scam last year.
Yeah. You know, I look out for your byline, "Daily News."
You're doing good stuff.
I saw a dead man.
Big guy.
His throat was all...
The man in here before you, he was my friend.
He was trapped here.
And now you are, too.
Hey, call me back on this number.
I... I got something else. It's bad.
A lot worse than that tow truck thing.
You know, people should know. I-I want to help.
What is this place, man?
What comes first?
The egg or the chicken?
Do bad things happen in a place because the place is evil...
or were so many bad things done there,
it invited evil in?
I don't know the answer.
I only know what it's like now.
Hey.
Hey, excuse me.
Hey! Excuse me.
Excuse me.
This hospital profits off our bodies.
Something else feeds on our souls.
I saw a set of keys, staff keys,
the first night I was here.
I think I know where they might be.
You know, instead of breaking a window,
we could just walk out the door.
I am listening.
Are you lost?
I want to leave.
You sounded upset.
Full of righteous fury.
I believe I can help you with that.
Your... Your face.
You're looking for a way out.
It's funny you say that.
No, no...
No.
No, please.
Please.
? Murder for freedom, a stab in the back ?
? Women and children and cowards attack ?
? Run to the hills
? Run for your lives ?
? Run to the hills
? Run for your... ?
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If he leaves, I will kill you.
What's behind that silver door?
The devil lives there.
You cause problems, you don't comply.
Dr. Walter is gonna pay him a visit.
I am not okay! None of this is okay!
Patients are anxious.
Five milligrams.
Don't let this place break you. That's what it's trying to do.
You have a visitor. Must be someone special.
You shouldn't be here. You got to go.
Are we ever going to talk about this place?
What really goes on around here? We're all they have.
You know this is a safe space, right?
You think you're protecting us.
More than I care to explain.
I need you to tell me about the silver door.