Previously on "Devil in Silver"...
I was protecting people. My girlfriend and her kid.
Pepper, they're cops!
Is this a hospital?
This is better than jail, I promise.
You in the jungle, baby.
I'm so sorry. I don't know where I could have lost them.
You knocked me out for four fucking days.
What happens with him now?
He'll be held for two weeks.
You're looking for a way out.
He was trapped here.
And now you are, too.
- What is that? - You'll find out.
- Two weeks? - Sit down.
No, no, no, no, no, I'm not staying here for two weeks.
Listen, I'm four grand in the hole.
I gotta make it up to Marisol. She...
Look, the only way I can make it up
is if I am out there working.
Sit down.
Two weeks.
Doctor's orders.
Not up for discussion. Understand?
No.
No, I-I don't understand at all.
Well, the policeman brought you in here.
You're supposed to stay for three days,
but you cause problems, you don't comply.
How am I supposed to comply?
I am the one talking now, not you.
And then you assault Dr. Anand.
I let him go.
You're lucky it's only two weeks.
And from now on, you mind your space.
Uh, I am desperate to make someone understand
that, due to this history of mistreatment,
a malevolent presence has taken hold of this place.
It has found a home. It is feeding off of us.
Look, I've made a record of your complaint
as I've done each time you've called before.
The comptroller appreciates the concerns of every voter.
Goodbye.
I like the new man.
Make sure he stays.
If he leaves, I will kill you.
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You look like Charlie, sitting there.
My last roommate.
My man, you look like I feel.
I heard some bad news just now.
Where are you going?
I told you I saw those keys. That's where I'm going.
Everything was a mess this morning.
If the patient compliance sheets are not in their proper place
by the time the doctor arrives, it does not matter how early...
We'll have to try later.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
You're always running around like a rabbit.
You need to learn, Josephine.
Uh, hey, hey.
Josephine.
Isn't it breakfast time?
Shit.
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on. Big money, big money.
What the hell is going on?
34, 35.
- It's breakfast time. Let's go. - 36.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Who done that?
Is this oatmeal?
There's a drawer full of quarters in Miss Chris' office,
but it's locked.
Instead of getting out,
I mean to get the world to come in and see what's here.
The keys, Coffee.
Are you with me or not?
You'll never find them.
New Hyde won't let you go.
You all can't be surviving on this shit.
There's more vitamins in the spoon than the food.
I know you think your admission here is a clerical mistake.
I landed in here because of some stupid
- misunderstanding. - Misunderstanding.
But you've already gone from 72 hours to 2 weeks.
Where are your loved ones to advocate for you?
Why haven't they rescued you yet?
Why haven't any of us been rescued?
If I could have everyone's attention, please.
No.
As you all know, Sammy is the funniest person on the unit.
She makes everyone in here smile.
Is that right? Then tell us a joke.
Oh, sorry. I...
Honestly, I... I could use one.
I like your enthusiasm,
which is why I'm inviting all of you
to the first ever New Hyde comedy night
happening right here in the lounge after dinner tonight.
It'll be fun.
And I think we could all use a little more of that around here.
Who are you gonna reach?
I've been trying to get up the chain.
Trying one office or another.
The comptroller, the mayor, the governor.
But I don't have time for that anymore.
I need $8.25 to make the only phone call that matters.
Well, who's gonna be on the other end?
The president.
You're talking about... Don't. Don't say it. Don't...
Don't say his name.
Names have power.
Alright. You need $8.25 to call him, where?
His summer house in the Hamptons?
His ski resort in Vail?
He doesn't know what's going on here.
If he knew, he'd stop it, he'd protect us.
I hate to yuck your yum, but here's what I know.
White president, Black president, lady president...
they're all the same person.
They ain't worried about you or me for a second.
I am getting out of here with or without those keys.
And nothing is gonna stop me.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Are you okay?
It's alright, everyone. Calm down.
I got it.
It's all good.
Well, it looks like Rizzo here got a whiff
of that delicious oatmeal and couldn't resist, huh?
What did that poor, little thing ever do to you?
Oh. What happened here?
Josephine, get this place cleaned up
before visiting hours.
You want the families to see such disarray?
I can't get in.
Well, I had to report those keys missing.
It was a security risk.
How badly will they dock you?
My paycheck's been cut for the next eight weeks.
All to cover a locksmith
who hasn't even come to change the locks yet.
Knowing this place, they probably never will.
? A man so hard, his veins bleed ice ?
? When he speaks, he never says it twice ?
The man in here before you, Mr. Bromden, Charlie,
he used to read out loud at night.
He didn't even realize he was doing it.
I liked to listen. He had a soothing voice.
He tried to get out,
but even in death, he couldn't escape.
"The new man must not leave the hospital.
Make sure he stays. Make sure he stays.
He stays."
Wait. What was that?
Are you my friend?
I-I-I mean, I-I-I could be.
Wh... What's on your mind, Coffee?
The locks have not been changed on the unit.
Not yet.
If you can find those keys, they will still work.
There you go.
Oh, man, not this shit again.
Next.
If you do not comply, they will lock you in our room.
What if the pills make me fall asleep again?
Then I will wake you.
What is that down there? I asked Dorry...
Don't look. He'll see you.
I don't want to sleep another four days.
You could be here a lot longer than two weeks if you push me.
I fear no man. You hear me?
Visiting hours is soon.
Friend, you look like you lost something.
What do you think he lost?
You two remind me of those old guys from the Muppets.
Which makes me wonder,
who's got their hand up your asses?
I'm hitting the road.
I need the PIN number to verify...
No, I will not give you my PIN number.
How many times have I told you? This isn't the right gum.
Loochie.
Hi, Pepper.
Marisol.
How'd you find me?
I called all around the city.
Damn, you really don't look good.
Christ, am I glad to see you.
C-Can we leave? Did you... Did you get me out?
I don't have that kind of power, Pepper.
It's just visiting hours.
I got you some clean clothes.
Oh, yes.
Listen, um...
the drums.
Oh, God, the fucking drums.
No, no, no, look, I ordered those drums
without talking it through with you,
and that was wrong and I-I screwed up.
Yeah, they came on Monday.
I got them.
They got wrecked.
Ivan wrecked the drums.
Wait, what do you mean Ivan wrecked the drums? How?
He came over. What is he doing at our place?
I'm trying to keep him from pressing charges on you.
Gotta be accommodating.
How accommodating?
He wanted to see his daughter.
And I wanted things to be peaceful, so I said,
"Okay, come take her out."
He saw the boxes, and he knew.
He knew they were yours, and he just...
Are we really gonna fight about this while you're in here?
Those drums cost four grand.
Yeah.
Now that's gone.
Now I'm worried about rent,
about food for me and Isabel.
One more thing.
Oh, I can't take one more thing, Marisol.
Someone came to our building.
I met him in the hall outside our door.
Anthony.
Do you remember that name?
How come you never told me you had a child, Pepper?
Visiting hours are now over.
Everyone, gather up your stuff.
No, no, no. Please. Please.
Up and at 'em. Let's go.
It made me think of Isabel.
Even Ivan has stayed a part of her life.
Anthony seems like a good kid.
Well, he's a man now.
Good. That...
That's... That's good.
I gave Anthony the address.
You told him to come here?
This boy is your family, Pepper.
And I'm not.
I'll make more calls, try to get you help.
In places like this only family has any real say.
Anthony might be the only one
who can actually do something for you.
I don't want him to see me like this.
He could help you.
I thought you were gonna help.
No, Marisol, I didn't... I didn't mean that.
I-I didn't mean that.
Will you come back?
I don't know.
I've got my daughter.
I need to look out for her.
- Bye now. Have a great day. - I love you.
- Be good. - Bye now. Have a great day.
Marisol!
Wait!
Bye, baby.
Put your hands on my grandma again!
I dare you! I fucking dare you!
Loochie! Loochie!
Loochie, it's okay.
It's okay. I'm okay.
I'm alright.
It's okay.
You're not getting out that easy.
Aw, no, no. No.
Marisol! Marisol!
No, no, no, no, no.
Oh, no, no, no.
Aw, he's gonna miss the comedy show.
Dr. Walter's gonna pay him a visit.
I want quiet on this unit.
And you thought two weeks was too long?
Ooh, here she comes to get her boyfriend.
The punishment for attacking another patient
is to play ball?
She's just cooling off.
If some dude knocked down my grandma,
I'd tackle him, too.
You give her enough room today,
and tomorrow she'll be fighting staff.
You want that?
You want me to put her in restraints,
strap a muzzle on her,
or maybe snap all her limbs?
Are we ever going to talk about this place?
About what really goes on around here?
He's been there several minutes,
as we never see him on the bench anymore.
At 6'5", he's been locking in his game from the 3-point line.
- Hey, Loochie! - You making fun of me?
No.
Loochie, can't you get along with anyone?
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Doing another four months in here.
Getting my degree.
This is the only residency that took me.
Do you know how much a physical therapist makes?
$8,500 a month.
That's what gets me through working in this place.
Pepper, you need to figure out something
that will get you through.
Because you are in it now.
So, I listened when you pooh-poohed my last selection,
and I thought this...
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would be a better fit.
"I looked out the window and saw for the first time
how the hospital was out in the country.
The moon was low in the sky over the pasture land.
The face of it was scarred, scarred."
Isn't that remarkable?
Oh, now I get it.
You think this book is about people like us?
It's literally about that.
Bullshit.
How so? I... Uh, what exactly...
Okay, let's be serious. In this book, McMurphy,
he spends most of his days with voluntary patients.
They can leave any time.
But they're still struggling with severe mental disorders.
Nowadays, I think we say neurodivergence.
Listen here, Badger.
You think we don't know about this story?
The place where they keep patients like us
is called the disturbed ward.
The ones who can't talk, walk or think.
When Nicholson reaches the disturbed ward,
it's like he's just entered hell.
Am I right?
I thought you'd like this book
because it's sympathetic to all of you.
Not us.
In... In this book, we're the worst-case scenario.
We're the monsters. Scarier than that nurse.
This book says it's better for McMurphy to die than be like us.
In this book, we're the people without hope.
Wait, wait. Oh, for Christ's sake.
No, no, no, I have receipts for these.
No, I have receipts for those.
I... I can get a refund. Alright, everybody stop.
Give them to me now.
You gotta ask nice.
Excuse me?
Everyone in here has to comply.
You gotta take this pill, eat this sludge,
endure this torture, this humiliation.
If you don't, you get a needle in the ass.
You got 1,000ccs of knockout magic.
There's something horrible in this place...
and we're all trapped with it.
All of us.
So, in the meantime...
if you want us to comply...
maybe we could get a little more...
politeness.
Say please.
Okay. Fair enough.
I'd like your books back...
please.
This fool thinks he's McMurphy.
Let's cut it there, folks.
Give it.
First night in restraints?
Yeah, that wasn't even the worst of it.
My first time was in a juvenile unit in Manhattan.
I was 14.
Listen, I'm sorry I-I bumped your Mom.
She's my grandma.
And you didn't bump her. You tackled her.
I never hit a woman in my whole life,
and now I'm knocking over grandmas?
Don't let this place break you.
That's what it's trying to do.
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Have you heard of it? That's the Holy Trinity.
Here at New Hyde, we have our own.
I call 'em the Unholy Trinity.
He... He's the Father.
He makes the rules.
The other two enforce them.
Pepper, how... how much do you know
about the American buffalo?
Dorry. Dorry.
I spent the last 12 hours tied up like a hog,
and there was something in my room,
and it reached down and...
Humor an old lady.
What?
How did you get those?
Be calm. We're never alone.
Oh, yeah, well, the knees are the first to go
and then the hips and then everything...
- Hello? - else.
I... I'm ready to go.
200 years ago, the American buffalo dominated the West.
There were millions of them.
5 million, 10, maybe more.
But when the European settlers crossed the country,
the American buffalo met its match.
The American buffalo became big business,
and nothing gets in the way of that.
Dorry.
People used to lean out of moving trains
and pick them off with rifles.
Not hunting.
Just for fun.
But the fastest, easiest, worst way
to kill the buffalo in mass numbers,
was to drive the herd toward the edge of a cliff
and make them jump off.
Hundreds of bison
broken into pieces at the bottom.
Heads.
Horns.
Hooves.
Those buffalo were just fodder,
a consumable resource...
until...
they damn near went extinct.
Folks like us, we're the buffalo.
And New Hyde is the cliff.
Dorry, I need you to see this.
The staff will say you did that to yourself.
Self-harm is what they call it.
But I was in restraints.
They don't need to convince you.
They need to convince themselves.
But we don't need to live without hope.
Are we going through there? Is that the way out?
I showed you the Father.
In there, you could say that's the Son.
He used to be my friend, but now...
What... What's in there?
Ta-da!
The fuck is this?
Wha...
I knew you had those keys.
Yeah. Coffee, take a few. You deserve it.
Hey, what... what are you doing?
You want cookies or keys?
I tried to help you.
Despite the threat against me, I tried.
I am proud of myself for that.
But he's never going to let us go.
You would do well to accept this.
Coffee.
Hey, take the box. Eat up.
Cookies. Really? That's your big win.
Let me tell you something. The next cookie I eat
is going to be a freshly baked chocolate chip
from Yips on Cross Bay.
Until then, you can keep your damn dog treats.
Careful, Pepper. He's listening.
You said there was more than one way to escape.
There is.
One's easy, and one's...
very, very, very,
very, very,
very painful.
People don't usually survive that one.
Mr. Bromden sure as heck didn't.
Give me the keys... now.
Josephine... she lost these the night you dropped in.
Miss Chris reported them missing to admin.
Now poor Josephine's wages are being garnished
to pay for brand-new locks all through the unit.
Of course, the new locks aren't here yet,
but, then, I would be surprised if they ever got...
Josephine sends money back to her entire family
in the Philippines.
Now that envelope's a little lighter.
'Course, if you turn the keys in like a good boy,
Josephine would be off the hook.
Right now...
you have a choice.
You could help...
or hurt.
I told you, I'm out of here.
Such a stand-up guy, huh?
Until it really matters.
You ever fail anyone before, Pepper?
Hey, now, that hall is off limits to patients.
You know that, Dorry.
You, too, Dorry.
You're a better candidate than I thought.
I'm going, I'm going.
I'm going, I'm going, I'm going,
I'm going, I'm going. I'm going,
I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going.
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Oh, Lord have mercy.
What a mess.
Is he conscious?
Stay with me.
Look like a bad one.
Careful. Watch where you step.
Josephine! Hurry! Injured patient... now!
- Come on. - Oh, look at that.
- Josephine's keys. - Ah, she's coming.
You hold them. I'll call Dr. Anand,
but first I want to get this one back to his room.
Hang tight. We're getting help.
Every few days now, it feels like someone is getting hurt.
Come on.
We'll get you cleaned up and back in bed.
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