[EKG BEEPING]
[EKG FLATLINING]
Time of death: 6:34 p.m.
Rose.
[♪♪♪]
[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]
[HORN HONKS]
Oh, my God.
I didn't see you.
I'm so sorry.
You drove straight into me.
I hit you?
I-- It was a total accident.
He tell you to make it
look like an accident?
What?
You heard me.
No. I need to call
an ambulance.
No, no! Don't do that.
He killed Rose.
I saw it.
And now he's coming
after me.
Who? Let me help you.
I can manage.
I'm 24, not 80.
Um... Take this.
No, no, no, sweetheart,
you need it.
I really could have
hurt you.
I wanna go home,
before he gets here.
"Charlie."
You know him.
No, I need to get you
to a hospital.
I live at 105 Addison,
Columbia Heights.
No hospital.
It's too dangerous.
He'll be there.
Uh, 105 Addison. Got it.
I'm Emily, by the way.
Veronica.
Are you sure
this is the right place?
Where have you brought me?
Well, my phone says
105 Addison.
Oh, my God.
I'm old.
Who wrote this on my hand?
Charlie.
EMILY:
Oh, no, wait.
CAL:
Here I am.
EMILY:
I'm fine. Can you help her, Dad?
VERONICA:
Who's he?
I'm her dad. Who are you?
[CHATTERING]
Did Charlie send you?
Uh, this is Veronica.
CAL:
You all right, Veronica?
First, she tries to run me over
with her car.
Is that right, love?
Are you hurt?
Take me home.
It's not safe.
Where's home, Veronica?
Where's home?
It's, uh...
It's on the tip
of my tongue.
Who's this Charlie fellow?
He killed my sister, Rose.
Now he's coming after me.
You think I'm crazy,
imagining it.
Here.
Pop this on.
Thank you, Burt.
My knight in shining armor.
Always to the rescue
when I need it the most.
[CHUCKLES]
♪ Dream
Send me a sign ♪
♪ Turn back the clock
Give me some time ♪
♪ I need to break out
And make a new name ♪
♪ Let's open our eyes
To the brand new day ♪
You must be hungry.
Why don't you have
some water?
It'll help you out.
I-- I'll be right back, okay?
What happened to you?
Life.
I'm not wearing those.
Who are you?
What is this place?
How did I get here?
RIA:
Oh, my God.
Hi, Veronica.
It's Emily. We brought
you here, remember?
Uh, this is
where my dad works.
Oh, I should do that,
don't you think?
Look at you, young man.
Aw. Ow!
What?
Nice try. I know your porn face,
that's not it.
It's not schizophrenia.
Biometrics
don't indicate drugs.
It's what we originally thought.
Alzheimer's.
How old is she?
Late 50s, 60.
It's early onset.
She's exhausted.
She's been running around
for hours.
Have one of the others
check the name Albert or Burt
against the address
that she gave Emily.
Don't you think
this is a matter for the police?
She's got Alzheimer's,
the poor woman.
Whatever she's running from
is very real to her.
So either
the danger's genuine,
or she's gonna kill herself
running.
Not gonna give her
to police.
Don't take this
the wrong way,
but who are you
to make that decision?
I'm her husband, Burt.
Do you know
why bruises change color?
When blood vessels burst,
hemoglobin leaks
into the layers of your skin.
To clean it up,
the body sends in clusters
of white blood cells
to break down the iron
and other proteins.
As iron is digested,
the color changes.
Are you a doctor?
Ha, ha.
I was a nurse.
And that's how
Burt and I first met.
One night, he walked into
the emergency room
with a bad stomach,
doubled over in agony.
But when I went to prep him,
he tried to hide the pain,
like he didn't want to be
any trouble.
He even started
cracking jokes.
I could see
how he was suffering
but that he wanted
to appear strong
in front of me
for some reason.
But
when I was checking his pulse
he took both my hands,
saying,
he could read in my eyes
how much of a toll my job
was taking on me,
and that I should
find something, someone,
to help take the pressure off.
Let's just say
he was that someone
and gave me that something
that changed my life.
He had a way
of looking in my eyes.
Funny how there really
are no accidents in life.
Well, what was wrong
with him?
Do you know why
bruises change color?
When blood vessels burst,
hemoglobin leaks
under the layers of your skin.
I just got off the phone
with Wallowski.
CAL:
Oh, yeah?
I beg your pardon.
I thought she was a resource
for all of us,
not just you.
She wrote this on her hand
to trigger her memory.
And it's only tormenting
her more.
See, the cops would never
have thought to do that.
Speaking of cops,
a Burt and--
A Burt and Veronica Sloan
lived at 105 Addison
and they moved to an apartment
in Chevy Chase.
Suburbia.
That would do anyone's head in.
Burt died three years ago.
See what I mean?
She had a younger sister,
Rose,
who was found dead
in her apartment in 1968.
An unsolved murder.
Does it say anything
in her report
about a suspect
named Charles, Charlie?
There was only one
main suspect
and it was little more
than a hunch.
Veronica.
[♪♪♪]
What's the odds my new missus
forgot that part too?
Mr. Sloan.
Who's asking?
Mr. Gus Sloan?
I told you already,
I'm doing my best
to scrape
the payment together. I--
There's really no need
to come to my--
We found
your brother's widow
wandering around alone,
late at night.
Excuse me?
Mind if I come in?
She's fine, by the way.
You have a badge I can see?
We're not police officers,
Mr. Sloan.
We're just trying
to help your sister-in-law.
Good Samaritans.
CAL:
No, that's her department.
Me, I got a teenage daughter
who almost ran over
that nice lady last night.
And she's
a little bit stressed,
which has a way
of getting me going.
You know what I mean?
When did Veronica move out?
Um...
You look sad, Mr. Sloan.
When I say sad,
what I really mean is ashamed.
You play the piano?
No, that was Veronica's.
I don't know
if you've ever committed
a family member into care.
My grandfather.
I know
what you're going through,
and I'm sorry.
So, um,
where did she move to?
Uh, Horizons Extended Care
and Residence.
Did they call you
when she went missing?
It's the first
I'm hearing of it.
Because if they had, right,
you'd be way more worried.
I'm sorry.
You knock on my door at dawn,
and I invite you into--
Veronica's home? Former home.
And you didn't invite us in,
I barged in.
Let's get that bit right.
Mr. Sloan, Veronica thinks
someone's trying to kill her.
Oh, Charlie, right?
You know him?
No. But it's not the first time
the name's come up.
Charlie is some kind of figment
of Veronica's imagination.
Gus, I, for one,
believe her.
So, what's going on, then?
Some kind of garage sale, is it?
She gonna get any of the cash
that you get from her stuff?
I mean, her piano, you know.
She went through all the money
Burt left her.
I had to take
a reverse mortgage
on this place
to pay for her care.
My uncle
was, you know, put into care
at the end.
Even on his death bed,
there were things that he never,
ever forgot.
Veronica's ill,
not paranoid.
ANNA:
I think I got this right. Ready?
MONTROSE:
Today is March 10th, 1968.
This is Detective Montrose
interviewing Veronica Sloan.
Did your sister Rose
have enemies?
Anyone who'd wanna hurt her?
VERONICA:
Not at all. Everyone loved her.
MONTROSE:
What about you, Veronica?
You love Rose?
VERONICA:
How can you ask that?
I'd trade places in
a heartbeat, if I could.
I hear survivor's guilt.
MONTROSE:
Let's go over your statement.
When was the last time
you saw Rose?
VERONICA:
That morning.
We met for coffee
for about an hour.
MONTROSE:
You never saw her after that?
VERONICA:
No.
Hear the difference
in response speed?
The "no" was quicker.
People get frustrated,
don't they?
If they're innocent.
Frustration
has a sharper edge.
Did you hear how emotional
she was earlier in the tape?
Mm-hm.
That last
"no" was rehearsed.
Veronica knew something.
Do you know where you are,
Veronica?
I don't remember this place,
Burt,
but it smells awfully
like a hospital to me.
Hello, Veronica.
Come on.
Who is that?
Do you know who that is?
No.
I've never seen him before.
What are you doing here?
I came to see Veronica.
Is that a problem?
Hi, Veronica.
I'm sorry, have we met?
You're not Burt.
No, I'm not, love, no.
But I am a friend.
This is my daughter, Emily.
Dr. Lightman.
Dr. Joshua Hammill.
How do you do?
Hello, Veronica.
I was worried about you.
But you're home now.
Dr. Lightman,
I can't thank you enough
for bringing her back.
I have Alzheimer's,
don't I, Dr. Hammill?
Can I talk to you
for a minute, outside?
I'm only 60,
did you know that?
Can we hold off on those,
just for a minute?
You know, I want her thinking
straight for a while longer.
Lucidity is never a given
at this stage,
I'm sorry to say.
Vincent Olson,
resident psychiatrist.
Right you are.
Well, she's lucid now.
Dr. Lightman,
uh, Alzheimer's patients
like Veronica need
their meds
or there's a possibility
they could hurt themselves
and/or the staff.
Veronica could use
some companionship
and, uh,
I'm sure a few more hours
medication-free
shouldn't hurt.
As long as
there's a good reason,
I'll sign off.
Well, when we found her,
she was running away
from somebody called Charlie,
who she saw kill her sister.
Her sister died in 1968.
No, her sister
was killed in 1968,
and she was a suspect.
So, what are you saying?
She thinks
she saw Charlie kill her sister
and she's afraid
that he's coming after her,
and I can
help her with that.
More than those pills.
VERONICA:
Rose.
Is that you and Burt?
No, that's someone else.
Someone who hurt you, right?
You were engaged to someone
before Burt.
What happened, love?
[♪♪♪]
VERONICA:
Charlie Eaton.
CAL:
Charlie.
Veronica Sloan
says you killed her sister.
Are you from the home?
Must have been
right about the same time
as you went to Vietnam.
Bit of a coincidence,
don't you think?
I mean, your fiancée's
sister getting killed
on the same day
that you signed up for duty.
You get off my property
right now, whoever you are.
What happened
between you and Veronica, then?
That's none of your
damn business.
You missed a bit.
RIA:
Body language
shows overt affection
between Veronica,
Charlie and Rose.
You're missing
the most obvious bit, you know.
Two months later,
all that is gone.
No warmth
between Veronica and Charlie.
Rose can't
look at her sister.
Stop trying to read the faces
for a sec
and just use your bloody eyes,
all right?
You could just tell us
instead of belittling our work.
All right,
push in on that one.
See, that's why Charlie lost
his touch with the rake today.
She's not aware
that she's rubbing her tummy.
And what were
little more than bee stings
two months earlier
are now dead heat
in a Zeppelin race.
Lovely. Thank you.
I bet her ankles
are swollen.
I bet she's, you know,
busting for a pee.
She's pregnant.
Genius.
[♪♪♪]
You were engaged to Veronica,
right?
But you got her sister
up the duff.
Pregnant, in layman's terms.
You got five seconds
to get off this property
before I go
get my shotgun.
Veronica's got Alzheimer's.
She's convinced that you killed
her sister, Rose.
What, you gonna run away
again?
I can see you got something
to say about all of this.
Are you a cop?
No, I'm not.
Authority issues, you know.
You got a name?
Lightman.
She thinks I'm her husband,
Burt.
I hear he was a good man.
Good husband.
She was hard to forget,
I would imagine.
[CHUCKLES]
You have no idea.
Yeah.
It was a one-time
thing with Rose.
A mistake.
Well, that would be
some great swimmers
and some lousy luck.
I promised
I'd do right by her.
But when Veronica found out
she and the rest of the family,
they wanted to kill me.
So you ran away
to Vietnam.
I didn't kill Rose,
Mr. Lightman.
But you're saying
Veronica did.
Where do you get that?
Right there.
[♪♪♪]
So you think her Alzheimer's
is masking her guilt, do you?
Well, that's a new one.
Rose betrayed Veronica.
You need to face facts.
It's quite possible
Veronica killed her.
You think--
I mean,
it's strong as an ox.
Do you think
I should let Emily drive it?
I mean, because it's very...
Fancy.
...powerful, isn't it?
Don't tell me
it hasn't crossed your mind.
Alzheimer's affects
short-term memory first.
Long-term memory's
often the last to go.
Oh, so that's
what's happening to her, is it?
Where are you going?
Veronica's old place.
And you're gonna pick her up
and bring her there.
What, to see Gus?
No, to resurrect Burt.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Veronica.
Can I get your coat?
Darling, how are you?
Who are you?
Where's Burt?
Uh...
Can I get you a drink?
It's a Manhattan, right?
I think I might be
out of cherries.
Oh, no, that's all taken
care of, don't worry.
Well, come through.
Take a seat.
Oh, carnations.
My favorite.
Oh, Burt. Ha, ha.
You shouldn't have.
Well, you two, you just sit
and get to know each other.
One Manhattan coming up.
I sure hope you two know
what you're doing.
Yeah, me too.
No cherry for Burt.
Burt, what happened
to my piano?
Drinks all around.
There you go.
One for you.
Thank you.
So in 1968,
when you were interviewed
about Rose's death,
why didn't you tell
the truth?
Who's this woman
in my house, Burt?
This is a friend of mine.
In my house?
You think I don't know
what's going on?
You were jealous
of Rose and Charlie
back then, weren't you?
Just like you're jealous now.
Cal.
Charlie killed them all,
Burt.
Every single one.
Rose, Natalie,
Bob Urqhart
and the neighbor,
Mrs. Baird.
Rose didn't wanna have
Charlie's baby.
No, you didn't want her
to have his baby.
[♪♪♪]
There was this woman I knew.
Said she could take care
of things.
Rose died having a...
And...
I was a nurse.
I knew better.
Here.
This is just soda water,
Burt.
With a cherry on top.
Okay, thanks.
Appreciate it.
You saw that, right?
Her contempt for Charlie?
Yeah, but she hates herself
more than she hates Charlie.
She killed her sister
trying to abort his baby.
Really? Are you sure
about that?
All right, then.
Out with it.
You changed your mind about
her illness masking her guilt.
I disagree.
Disagree with what?
Look, what we do
doesn't work better
because we agree
all the time.
That's not
what I'm talking about.
Back in 1968,
Veronica thought she was doing
the right thing, right?
And it's still killing her.
So before you say we should go
to the police, I beg to differ.
You make me
so mad sometimes.
I know.
Anything else?
So I made a couple of calls.
And Mrs. Baird is alive and well
and living in Boston
and Mr. Urqhart died
in a helicopter crash in 1999.
So she's mixing up people
from the present
with people from the past.
Including Charlie?
[ANTONIO JOBIM'S "WATERS OF
MARCH" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪ A stick, a stone
It's the end of the road ♪
♪ It's the rest of a stump
It's a little alone ♪
♪ It's a sliver of glass
It is life, it's the sun ♪
♪ It is night, it is death
It's a trap, it's a gun ♪
♪ The oak when it blooms
A fox in the brush ♪
♪ A knot in the wood
The song of a thrush ♪
♪ The wood of the wind
A cliff, a fall ♪
All right?
Here we go.
All right.
Just move your leg.
MAN:
Motorcycle accident.
Oh, yeah?
Twenty-six years old.
Been in a coma eight months,
they say.
You a relative
of Veronica's?
Now and then, yeah.
Frank Stoll.
How do you do?
Can't tell you
how much she lifted
my daughter's spirits.
Gretchen died last night.
I'm sorry.
Oh, she, uh, wanted Veronica
to have this.
She painted it herself.
It's a rose.
That's what Veronica
always called her.
It's her sister's name.
[♪♪♪]
Twelve residents dead
in the last six months,
including Gretchen,
who was only 17.
Hang on, okay?
Veronica, love.
Do you know these people?
Mrs. Baird.
[♪♪♪]
Natalie.
Bob Urqhart.
Rose.
Thanks, love.
All people from this place.
So the Charlie she's scared of
is in here somewhere
killing people.
Dr. Hammill.
Sorry I'm late.
I had a meeting,
and it ran over for a couple
of minutes, you know.
Twenty minutes.
What, you got a tee time
or something?
You call me here
to your fishbowl
to accuse me of incompetence
and you keep me waiting
20 minutes.
No one's accused you
of anything yet.
Do you always enjoy
this level of antagonism?
Yes.
Yeah.
It's like oxygen to me.
Dr. Hammill. Hi.
Angels of death follow
a very specific pathology.
Angel of death?
Is that what you think this is?
They take pleasure
in power over others.
A god complex.
I've been practicing medicine
for 20 years.
Then you'd know the type.
Someone with an intimate
knowledge of medicine.
Don't you think I would know
if one of my employees
was killing patients?
Patients are dropping
like flies.
How long do you wanna
continue with the small talk?
Okay, I've read the autopsy
reports, in detail.
The deaths you are talking about
are all unrelated.
That kind of emphatic denial,
with stress on every word,
is a sign of condescending
deception, doctor.
There's no angel of death
on my staff.
Do you vet everyone
that you hire, personally?
Yes.
Good.
I want total access.
Residents.
Staff.
ELI:
Do you ever get angry
at a patient?
Ever have a bedpan
emptied on you?
RIA:
Ever feel happy
when a resident dies?
Relieved, sometimes.
It's complicated.
You must know.
I used to get upset.
But after a while, you just
get used to it, you know?
The death.
Next day,
at your kid's soccer game,
you just put it
out of your mind.
One thing these people
all have in common
is professional numbness.
You know,
like cops and gallows humor.
I got this one.
What's your name?
Frazier.
Why can't I talk to her?
CAL:
You like what you do, Frazier?
I need my job.
You know what I mean.
I need a straight answer.
I bring the stink of Horizon
home on me every day.
Shower twice just to scrub
it all out.
I shaved my head
because there ain't enough
shampoo in the world.
CAL:
And yet you still love
what you do?
Most people, yeah.
Every day, I learn something
new from them.
Such as?
FRAZIER:
Life is short.
Let's just say,
you disrespect them,
you disrespect me.
How long you worked there?
FRAZIER:
Six years.
You ever think
about quitting?
Not so long as there's patients
who wanna fight, no.
You're the only person
that we've talked to
that loves what they do.
And you think I'm crazy,
right?
Bonkers, yeah.
But that's another story.
Is there anyone else there
that cares like you do?
FRAZIER:
Dr. Olson.
[ANTONIO JOBIM'S "WATERS OF
MARCH" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪ The foot, the ground ♪
♪ The flesh and the bone ♪
♪ The beat of the road ♪
♪ A slingshot's stone ♪
♪ A fish, a flash ♪
♪ A silvery glow ♪
♪ A fight, a bet ♪
♪ The range of a bow ♪
[RADIO CHATTER NEARBY]
There you go. Hold up.
How you doing?
You all right?
All right. And you?
Sometimes
they just surrender.
You believe that, do you?
Neither do I.
There comes a time when they
should be allowed to just go.
What about this one?
Did she wanna go?
Or did she wanna fight?
[♪♪♪]
Or don't you know for sure?
Have a think.
Get back to me.
[♪♪♪]
She looks so peaceful,
doesn't she?
You really helped her,
you know.
Put her mind at rest.
The best you could.
Playing the role
of her husband Burt
when she really needed it.
I wanna thank you for that.
Are you thanking me
on her behalf?
OLSON:
Oh, I just came to say
goodbye.
I'm gonna leave you two
alone now.
You robbed a man
of his daughter
and you just move on.
How many times
have you done this?
If you're talking about
Gretchen Stoll,
what if I were to tell you
she needed a lot more
than her father?
More than her earthly father.
Imagine being so riddled
with disease you can't respond.
Every day, a living hell.
Wouldn't you want someone
to come along
and bring a peaceful,
dignified end to your pain?
Someone to play God?
What do you think
doctors are doing
when they put a preemie
in an incubator,
or conversely, uh,
perform an abortion,
or put someone
in a vegetative state,
or on life support?
We play God
in many different ways.
What about all the other people
you killed?
I mean, did you ask
their permission?
This is a hypothetical
discussion, Dr. Lightman.
I beg your pardon,
did we get our wires crossed?
[♪♪♪]
Charlie.
It's a trigger.
The white coat,
it's a trigger.
She thinks you're Charlie,
who she blamed for
her sister's death.
I killed Rose
trying to abort your baby.
I know you know,
and now you wanna kill me.
Veronica, I'm a doctor.
My job is to help you.
Can you ever forgive me
for what I did, Charlie?
OLSON:
Yes.
Of course I forgive you,
Veronica.
But the question is,
can he?
[♪♪♪]
What you doing here?
Emily let me in.
Oh, yeah?
Brought you your usual.
What are we drinking to,
then?
Well,
I came here to thank you.
For what, exactly?
For this.
For taking away my desk.
How did you get that, then?
Call it research.
Oh, yeah?
You trying to be like me,
were you?
Oh, you wish.
I thought you was on the hunt
for a new job.
Yeah, well,
you heard about the economy,
right?
Oh, yeah.
You know, research
almost killed me
once or twice.
Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea.
Downtown D.C.
You do what we do right
it's gonna hurt.
Don't push it.
Yeah.
[EKG BEEPING]
Hello, Mark.
It's Dr. Olson.
Everything's
gonna be all right.
[♪♪♪]
Goodbye, Mark.
[EKG FLATLINING]
[♪♪♪]
[EKG FLATLINING]
[♪♪♪]
God works in mysterious ways,
eh?
You just gave him
saline solution.
You should learn to keep
your office locked, mate.
You think I enjoy this?
You just made a unilateral
decision to end a life.
And prevent pain.
Shame on you.
You don't have to worry about
Charlie anymore. He's gone.
Who's Charlie?
Someone you don't need
to worry about, darling.
No.
You're leaving?
Off to work.
Well, you'll be
back for dinner, though.
Soon.
We, uh, brought something
for you.
My piano.
[PLAYING SOFT MUSIC]
All those 911 calls.
I never believed her.
I gave up on her.
You're doing everything
you can.
You okay?
You need to stop that.
Come on.
You like your phone, do you?
Uh, yeah. Why?
What about this car?
You like this car?
Sure.
Which one do you like best?
It's not really a matter
of liking, Dad,
it's a matter of necessity.
It's necessity, is it?
Yeah.
Yeah?
That makes me the plonker then,
does it?
You're acting weird, Dad.
Are you okay?
Is this about Veronica?
Nice try.
Well, I mean, did you ever
hold Mom's hands that way?
I miss her too, Dad.
Pick one. For next month.
One what?
Phone or the car. Pick one.
Hey, Liam.
Um, you mind picking me up
at my house?
Liam?
Okay.
Sorry, that's my dad.
Yeah, okay. See you soon.
New chauffeur.
You think this is funny,
do you?
Uh, thanks for helping
Veronica.
It really meant a lot to me.
Don't do that.
Do what?
That.
Because I'm angry with you.
I know, and I'm sorry.
Really.
Come on.
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