A NETFLIX SERIES
[pulsating humming]
[ominous music builds to crescendo]
[mysterious music playing]
[music builds to crescendo]
[gasping]
[shuddered breathing]
[coughing]
[shuddered breathing]
[brooding music playing]
[girl's voice] Karolina?
[brooding music continues]
Karolina?
[footsteps retreating]
[machine beeping]
Good morning.
Can you hear me?
Good to have you back.
My name is Andrzej Januszewski.
I'm a neurologist at the university hospital in Katowice.
It's been two weeks,
and I've had the pleasure of being your primary doctor.
[Andrzej] Hm?
Can you remember what happened?
Water.
Water… Drowning…
No.
It was a bad car accident, about four weeks ago, that you were in.
Do you know how long you've been in a coma for?
It's been just under a month.
Do you know what your name is?
K… Karolina.
Or…
Julia.
Not sure?
Dr. Morulska called me Julia.
There's no Morulska working here in neurology.
Do you recognize her? Your mom had more luck than you did.
-May I? -Ten minutes.
Look at you, Karolina.
Oh, my darling.
I thought you were dead.
[sniffles] You returned to us.
[crying happily]
Adam?
Who?
Adam. Where is he?
Adam?
I don't remember you having a boyfriend.
If I knew, I would have let him know. I'm sorry. I just didn't know.
Can you see her?
Patrycja? Yes. [laughs] Yes, this is your sister.
She was here by your side the whole time.
Well, I mean, she wouldn't leave your room, not at all.
[laughs] And she kept skipping school. She'll probably have to repeat the year.
[emotional music playing]
I can't believe you're real.
No.
I'm just your sister's ghost from your worst nightmares.
[ominous music playing]
[music fades]
[machine humming]
[mother] Doctor!
So, should we be worried?
All the tests we ran today show that your daughter is progressing right along.
And that Morulska? Karolina mentioned her again.
Does she really not work here?
She's supposed to be a psychologist treating amnesia.
I asked on every ward, even within our nursing staff.
There's no Morulska at this hospital. I assure you.
She also mentioned an Adam.
I called all of her school friends, but nobody knows anyone by that name.
There probably is a lot we don't know about our teenagers.
Is it possible that she dreamt all of this?
I can't rule that out if she did.
It's not unusual for her to be remembering her dreams
and wanting to talk about it.
No all we should do for Karolina is just make sure she gets rest
and can settle back in.
Then those dreams she was having will eventually fade too.
I'm sorry, but I'm already late.
-[mother] Thank you. -Pleasure.
[mysterious music playing]
Pati.
Hey, Mom.
[Adam] Karolina!
[mysterious music continues]
[Adam] Karolina!
[ominous music playing]
[Adam] Karolina.
Adam?
[ominous music grows to crescendo]
[silence]
[Adam] Karolina!
[brooding music playing]
[ominous music sting]
You see? You stop taking your medication, and you start having hallucinations.
Karolina! Open your eyes.
[whimpering]
[tense music playing]
-You all right? -[tense music stops]
Can you hear me?
Janek.
You remember my name?
I don't know from where, but…
I was in the ambulance with you after your accident.
I resuscitated you.
Can you stand up?
Here. Come on.
Okay.
Has this happened to you before the accident?
[moans] I don't know.
I don't think so.
I had such a nightmare.
That must have been from the medication.
But can a person dream something that real?
Mm-hmm.
Waking up from my coma, my mind was filled with dreams.
I didn't know where I was. My dreams felt like they were real.
More real than this.
What was in them?
I'm afraid that if I tell you, they'll move me to the psychiatric ward.
No, stop that.
Look, I'm a doctor.
I haven't been one for long. Still, I've heard my share.
I was dreaming that I was trapped in a clinic for people with amnesia.
It was run by Dr. Zofia Morulska.
And it wasn't just me.
That place had a lot of other patients there.
We became good friends too.
I remember all of their names.
Iza, Szymon.
[chuckles] Paweł, Milena.
Adam.
All those dreams felt
like my life.
-You think I'm insane? -No.
The mind is
one big mystery.
Okay.
You'd better drink this.
[mother] Patrycja brought everything here.
Careful.
[mother] Okay.
[mother] Give me your hand.
She found out that a person in a coma can feel the presence of loved ones,
hear their voices, and also perceive items in their environment.
So she would read you your favorite stories,
play familiar songs for you.
[Karolina] Dad died a few months after that vacation.
How could I have forgotten that?
[mother] Let's help her lie down.
[mother] Easy, easy. There you go, my darling.
There you go.
Okay, okay.
[Karolina groans]
You remember anything that happened? The accident?
No. Not really. No.
It was dark.
We got stuck in the rain. It just kept pouring down.
You and I were fighting.
I just took too long.
I still feel awful about it all, Karolina.
The man in the other car was driving so fast,
I couldn't do anything to stop it.
He came out of nowhere.
He ran into your side of the car.
It's all good.
[laughs]
[Karolina] Really.
I really can't remember it.
[Karolina] And…
where were we going anyway?
[Patrycja] Mom was taking you to your…
Let's not revisit that nightmare.
-I'm here for Ignacy's things. -Sorry for your loss.
Here they are.
[nurse] Please check that everything is there.
[man] That's all of it.
Please put your signature here.
-Here? -Yes.
Karolina.
I'm sorry. Um, do I know you?
Well, yes. You were in the room with my son Ignacy.
I was there a lot with your family.
We'd keep you two company
and argue whether to play classical or electronic.
[sniffles]
[sobbing] He was such a wonderful boy, my son.
[man crying]
[man 2] See you later. Karolina?
-Hello, sir. -Hello.
[man 2] Ready? Shall we?
Mm-hmm.
Well, he was… he was wonderful.
[man 2] Excuse me.
Do you know what happened to his boy?
Ignacy?
He never came out of his coma.
Um, was he in a bad accident?
No. He had a serious case of encephalitis.
He lost the strength to fight it. Then he developed an edema.
He had no chance.
Okay, turning it on.
Everything all right?
[sobs]
[Karolina] Mm. Do you have any change?
[mockingly] Do you have any change? Should have some.
[Patrycja laughing]
[uplifting music playing]
[Janek] Hey!
-[Karolina] Hey. -I was worried you left already.
Uh…
-Want some gum? -No, thanks.
Your loss. It's great for making bubbles, but it loses its flavor right away.
Listen, um, if you'd like
someone to talk to after everything you've experienced,
you might wanna have someone on call.
Mm. Is that a pick-up line or just medical advice?
Whatever you want.
And now I need to go.
[both laughing]
Come on. Don't.
Unbelievable. Even in a coma, guys still wanna give you their number.
-I know. -[both laugh]
[inaudible]
[uplifting music continues]
Want some bubble gum?
[laughs] No, that's okay.
[soothing music playing]
[Karolina] "Turandot."
[mother] Mm-hmm. Janina Hass.
Remember? Three years ago, we were at Madame Butterfly in Warsaw.
I heard she also just woke up from a coma, actually.
It was a terrible skiing accident.
JANINA HASS IS MAKING A GRAND COMEBACK
FROM APRIL 16 KATOWICE OPERA HOUSE
[mother] Thank you.
[driver] Thank you, ma'am. Have a nice day.
["Human" by Alyusha Mamiko Chagrin playing]
♪ Along the train tracks In the dusty heat ♪
♪ We draw our scars in the sand Leave them obsolete ♪
♪ Oh, can you see how far we've come ♪
♪ Oh, my love ♪
♪ Faces full of warning signs ♪
♪ Oh, my love ♪
♪ And if you cut me I will bleed ♪
♪ Oh, I will bleed ♪
♪ Guess I'm only human, maybe ♪
♪ If you love me I will seed ♪
♪ Breathe like a tree ♪
♪ Yes, I'm only human, baby ♪
♪ Only human ♪
♪ Only human… ♪
[sobs]
♪ We never thought That we could get this far… ♪
There. Everything's okay now.
Yes, I know.
[discordant note plays]
[music stops]
[Patrycja] The girls really wanted to visit you,
but the doctors wouldn't let them.
[bird squawks]
[Karolina] Hi, Memory.
Hi.
[Patrycja] I made sure to feed him while you were gone.
[Karolina] I can see that. He's gotten fat.
[Patrycja laughs]
[squawking contentedly]
[wings flapping]
["Clair de Lune" playing]
[discordant note plays]
If you don't want to, you don't have to play at all.
What are you talking about?
Mm, it's just…
I know how, don't I?
Or was that part of my dream as well?
No, you can. Your talent's one-in-a-million.
[mother] Maybe you just need some time for everything to fall into place.
To remember.
["Clair de Lune" playing]
[discordant note plays]
[music stops]
[door slams shut]
[knocking at door]
[Patrycja] I was always mad at you
for not wanting to play when you had so much talent.
For making problems for Mom, who went through so much in life.
She invested so much in you.
So, I can't believe I'm saying this, but
don't push yourself.
Give it some time. It'll get better.
[Karolina] What will get better? Pati.
I'm so lost.
What am I supposed to do?
I can't go to school. I mean…
Who will I be without the piano?
You don't know you can't play.
I can feel it.
It's… My playing doesn't come naturally. It's mechanical.
You heard it yourself.
Something bad must have happened when I was in that coma.
-Januszewski said everything was okay. -Nothing's okay.
I can't remember who I am.
[Patrycja] What are you talking about?
You're my big sister.
Even if your talent is gone.
In my dreams,
people did something awful at Second Chance.
You still think about that?
Hm. It's burned in my memory.
I won't… I don't wanna forget.
I know how that must sound.
It just…
I fell in love with Adam,
this guy there. I was madly in love.
[moans]
[ominous music playing]
No.
No, no, no!
[birds squawking]
No. No. No, no, no. No, no.
[ominous music continues]
[Adam] Karolina!
[door lock clicks]
[Adam shouts in pain]
Leave me the fuck alone!
Everything I do is for your own good, Adam.
[Adam coughs] Karolina!
[Adam yells]
[opera music swells]
[singing opera]
[music swells to crescendo]
[gasps]
[sighs]
[dramatic music sting]
JANINA HASS WILL PLAY THE PRINCESS IN THE NEW TURANDOT
-Good afternoon. -[receptionist] Hello.
Could you please tell me where Janina Hass is?
-And who might you be? -It's me, her best friend.
Ms. Hass is in the middle of something. Do you have an appointment?
Yes.
I have a gift.
Then, please, you better just leave it at the desk.
Uh, I promised her that I'd deliver it personally.
That won't be possible. Ms. Hass prefers not to be interrupted.
All right, then. Thanks for your time.
Mm-hmm.
[phone ringing]
[receptionist] Yes?
I'll be right there.
[tense music playing]
-[woman singing] -[piano playing]
[singing continues]
-[singing stops] -[man] What's going on?
-You said you were fine yesterday. -I don't know. I am.
[man] Don't worry. You just need some time.
Look, we always knew that your recovery could take time.
Yes, right.
-[piano playing] -[Janina clears throat]
[singing]
-Stop, stop, stop, stop! -[music stops]
I can't concentrate. You're rushing too much!
Just give me a moment.
I'm sorry.
No, I'm the one who should be sorry.
-Let's just try it again. -[man]All right.
-[Janina clears throat] -[piano playing]
[Janina singing]
[singing stops]
[uneasy music playing]
Magda?
Pardon. Janina.
Look, I'm a little lost too because of my coma.
[man] Who are you?
[Karolina] I know why you can't sing.
See, I can't play piano the way I did before my coma.
-This is a closed rehearsal, miss. -Get her out.
[footsteps approaching]
Magda, don't you remember it?
Please, just get her out.
-[man] Please leave. -But we met at Second Chance.
-[man] You need to go now. -Magda.
Please. Leave. Enough, please.
Magda.
[man] I'll call security.
I'm so sorry.
[mysterious music playing]
Are you all right?
One second.
[Janina] Wait a minute.
SECOND CHANCE BY ZYGMUNT TANATOWSKI
Well, that's our last session.
[mysterious music playing]
-[therapist] Good luck. -Thank you.
[suspenseful music playing]
Hello?
Can you drive?
-[Janek] Hey. -[Karolina] Hey.
-I could really use your help. -I'm just glad that you called.
Okay. Promise that you won't make fun of me for this?
[Janek] Mm-hmm.
[Karolina] I need you to take me here.
This looks exactly like Second Chance. That's where they kept me.
Hm. Are you kidding me?
No, I'm being serious.
Um, but when you were unconscious, you were in the hospital, Karolina.
Janek, you promised me.
[Janek clears throat]
"Photo of family residence of Professor Tanatowski,
where he was responsible for patients."
"Zygmunt Tanatowski,
renowned specialist and pioneer in treating aphasia and amnesia,
psychiatrist, neurologist, but also
a psychic."
Will you bring me there?
Right now?
Yes.
[electronic dance music playing]
[indistinct chattering]
How's it going? You a chaperone?
Just get in.
This better be important. If Mom finds out I'm skipping school, she'll freak.
-[laughs] -[bell ringing]
[electronic dance music continues]
[Janek] I'll just pay for the gas and be right back.
Good afternoon. Please just fill it up with regular.
[music stops]
I saw this place in my dream.
[mysterious music playing]
[Patrycja] I can't believe we're doing this. This is crazy.
He's a doctor and still playing along? He must be really into you.
Pati, believe me.
I saw a woman who was trapped with me inside of Second Chance.
She lost her talent.
-She gave me that book. -Just kill me now.
I'm supposed to believe that crazy story?
My friends might still be there.
-Maybe even Adam. -Karo.
You're looking for some guy you had a dream of
that might be imaginary.
I mean, Janek is crazy about you.
You're pining over some dream guy. It's not normal.
You believed that your voice could help me get out of there.
I followed your voice home.
So what made you suddenly decide to be rational?
'Cause you're scaring me.
Just because my voice maybe reached you in there
doesn't mean there's some parallel world.
"Clair de Lune" by Debussy.
That's what you played me. Wasn't it, Patrycja?
Yeah, that was it.
But that's not so hard to figure out.
It's your favorite piece, and you know it by heart.
I bet you don't remember which of my books I read to you.
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
[door opens]
[Janek] Should we get going?
[car door opens]
[suspenseful music playing]
[intercom ringing]
[woman] Yes?
Good afternoon.
We are both gonna major in art history and wanted to maybe see the manor.
We just heard so much about it, so…
The manor is not open to visitors. It's private property.
Yes, I'm aware, but, uh, well, we drove all the way from Katowice,
so please let us come in.
[mysterious music playing]
[Janek] Hello, ma'am.
-[woman] Hello. -Hello.
Hello there.
Edyta Tanatowski.
Karolina Winiarek.
-Patrycja Winiarek. -And Janek Brzozowski.
Edyta Tanatowski. Welcome.
I didn't mean to be rude.
It's just that, as you see, we're renovating the entire place.
My plate's been overflowing.
[Edyta] The manor was built in the early 19th century.
We wanna restore it back to its original glory.
It hasn't been renovated in over 80 years.
We're planning to open a bed and breakfast here soon.
We want the manor to start paying for itself eventually.
Right now, it's just me and my daughter, and the residence is a little big for two.
This way, please.
[mysterious music playing]
Back in the early 20th century,
the residence was transferred to my ex-husband's family,
Professor Tanatowski.
Divorce. My ex gave it to me.
And I believe the manor has a grave on the grounds?
[Edyta] Yes.
The grave of an heiress.
-Aniela Tanatowski. -You mean Ariela?
Aniela.
It's where the name of the manor comes from. Anielin.
My husband and I decided to give that name to our daughter.
In her honor.
Was is it ever some sort of a hospital?
No. As far as I'm aware, it was never a hospital.
Every now and then,
he'd bring another of his therapy patients home temporarily,
then he'd work through their memory loss with them.
-And they live here, the patients, right? -Occasionally, yes.
But that was a long time ago.
How about tea?
You have guests here?
Oh, um, we're letting a private nursery rent that part of the building.
-We need to make a living somehow. -[Janek] Makes sense.
It seems it's the perfect place for their work.
The idea is to discover a child's talent at a much earlier age
before they lose interest.
[Janek] Mm-hmm.
Parents come from all over the world. My daughter attends the program as well.
Not an easy one, my daughter. [chuckles]
[Edyta] Oh.
Here she is.
Hey, little one.
[Edyta] A true introvert since birth.
And she's just like her father, an anarchist by nature.
-Does the earpiece help her hear? -No, no.
Sometimes during nap time, they play her something.
Supposedly, it's a method of brain stimulation.
[Janek] Are they using the Tomatis method?
[Edyta] No. It's something different.
[mysterious music playing]
[sighs] Tanatowski's daughter was also in my dream.
I'm hoping that maybe I heard you wrong.
If not, I have to recommend one of my professors to you.
An excellent psychiatrist.
I see your medical voice of reason has returned.
And here I thought you were cool.
Okay. Look, I like you.
I came here out of concern, to prove to you that you're wrong.
The way you're getting obsessed with this
is looking like the symptoms of a paranoid schizophrenic.
[car engine starting]
Don't you find it a bit strange though?
That I wake up from my coma, lost my talent.
The same thing happens to Janina Hass?
And here we have rich parents
paying for an enhanced talent to be forced into their children.
[Janek] Wait. You didn't say that you have a talent.
Mm.
I'm…
I used to be a pianist.
She can improvise by ear and compose music.
I used to get so jealous.
It's fine.
[Karolina] Now I can barely read sheet music.
I had no idea. I'm really sorry.
That's really common in amnesia recovery.
The brain will try to protect itself from trauma
and remove some neural connections that it considers related to the accident.
That's why when athletes get injured, even if they're recovered,
sometimes they can't get their original form back.
So with your accident and your talent, could the two be somehow related?
No, I don't think so.
It's not like I fell from a piano.
I know, but do you remember
where you were going the night of the accident?
[Patrycja] Mom was taking you to an audition for a talent show.
And you were upset because you didn't want to.
Before it happened, the accident, well, Mom got into a huge fight with you.
You stopped practicing. You were arguing when you left.
That must be it, then.
[sighs]
If you'd be interested in doing this again in the future,
uh, but without bringing Patrycja,
I'd… I'd be up for it.
Me too.
[chuckles softly]
So, I'll call you later.
Okay.
[car engine starting]
[Karolina laughs]
[uplifting music playing]
♪ Welcome, welcome We're welcoming you back ♪
♪ Welcome, welcome We're welcoming you back! ♪
[girls exclaiming]
[girls laughing]
-[Karolina] Are you high? -No, you're just here now.
We wanted to visit you at your home,
but your mom kept saying you weren't in good form yet.
Even started wondering if we need a new girl on keys.
I hope that whole coma thing didn't screw you up.
-Mm, it really did. -[all laugh]
Come on.
-Uh, is it on TikTok? -Clearly!
It's the comeback of Karolina.
[all laughing]
["Clair de Lune" playing]
Karolina, vocal lessons are in here.
You know what? I'm gonna go listen. Go ahead.
-[girl 1] She's acting weird. -[girl 2] Yeah.
[girl 3] Let's go.
["Clair de Lune" continues]
[music stops]
[music resumes]
[Karolina] Adam?
-Hey! Hi! -[Adam chuckles]
I was so sure you'd never find me again.
Christ, I was so worried they did something to you.
Uh, my name isn't Adam.
Uh… [chuckles]
Adam, I mean, it's me.
You know…
J… Julia.
Karolina.
Xavier.
Must be thinking of someone else.
I'd better go.
Uh…
[ominous music playing]
Adam won't remember you.
And you should forget about him too.
[mysterious music playing]
Fuck! Damn it!
[mother] Karolina? Karolina, we have a visitor.
Not now, Mom. I'm not in the mood.
[mother] Sweetie.
There's someone here to see you.
She's a psychologist.
I started meeting with her when you were in a coma.
[groans] Mom, there's no point, okay?
What's done is done.
Don't say that.
I promise she's professional, and she can help you play.
[Zofia] Hello, Karolina.
[ominous music playing]
[mother] I'll leave you two alone.
Honey, it'll be better if you two talk alone. You'll be fine.
Thank you.
[door closes]
We've always had so much in common, you know?
And now we have common enemies, some very powerful ones at that.
Adam didn't remember.
Why did Adam forget about me?
It was planned for him to forget everything.
He doesn't even know he was at Second Chance.
His real name is Xavier,
and he's Piotr's son.
Why did you both even choose me?
Because you are very talented.
It isn't just us.
There are programs like this around the world. A few dozen, maybe.
Programs?
What kind of programs and why?
For a better future.
Everything we did was for a better tomorrow, a better future.
For a better future? That's why you robbed my talent?
There are worse things than that.
Right.
Szymon's situation was much worse.
No experience, even the worst of them, is in vain.
I can help you get your talent back.
-You are a monster. -I'm not.
I'm just quite ambitious.
Just like you.
Iza, Paweł, Milena. You mean they're still stuck back there?
I suppose so, but I'm no longer employed there.
And they'll end up just like Szymon?
The only reason you and Magda escaped is because you both refused to surrender.
We have to go back there.
We have to get them out of there.
I must get them out of there no matter what.
And you better help me do it.
You owe me that much.
[chuckles] I guess I do.
We could go break patients out and bring them all back home.
I guess.
But to do so…
[ominous music playing]
…we should trust each other.
Will you trust me?
[electronic dance music playing]
[music fades]
[ethereal music playing]
[music fades]