12 Monkeys

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Inmate number 87645: Cole, James.

Johnson.

Innis.

Jose. Psst.

- Jose, what's going on?

- Bad news, man.

- Volunteers?

- Yeah. And they said your name.

Hey, maybe they'll give you

a pardon, man.

Yeah. That's why none of the volunteers

come back. They all get a pardon.

- Some come back, I heard.

- Yeah.

Please put me back!

Don't take me!

Yeah, they got 'em up on the

seventh floor. They hide 'em up there.

They're all messed up in the head.

Brains don't work.

You don't know they're all messed up.

Nobody's seen 'em.

And maybe they're not messed up.

That's a rumor. Nobody knows that.

I don't believe that.

Good luck, man.

- Volunteer duty!

- I didn't volunteer.

You causing trouble again?

No, no trouble.

These are the instructions

for the first time probe.

Listen carefully.

They must be followed exactly.

All openings of your garment

must be sealed completely.

If the integrity of the suit

is compromised in any way,

if the fabric is torn

or a zipper not closed,

readmittance will be denied.

Holy infant

So tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly

Peace

If there are any

indications of contamination by germs,

the subject will be denied

reentry to secure population.

Please place

blood sample in receptacle provided.

There will be a socialization

class in room 700...

for citizens cited

for deviations 23-A and 96-A...

per subchapter six

of the Permanent Emergency Code.

James Cole cleared from quarantine.

Thank you. You two wait outside.

He's got a history, Doctor.

Violence.

- Antisocial six.

Repeated violations of

the Permanent Emergency Code.

Insolence. Defiance.

Disregard of authority.

Doing 25 to life.

I don't think he's gonna hurt us.

You aren't gonna hurt us,

are you, Mr. Cole?

No, sir.

Why don't you sit down, Mr. Cole?

We appreciate your volunteering.

You're a very good observer.

- Thank you.

- We have a very advanced program.

- Something very different.

- Opportunity to reduce your sentence.

And possibly play an important role...

in returning the human race

to the surface of the Earth.

We want tough-minded people.

Strong mentally.

We've had some misfortunes

with... unstable types.

For a man

in your position, an opportunity.

Not to volunteer

could be a real mistake.

Definitely a mistake.

"Yet among the myriad microwaves,

the infrared messages,

the gigabytes of ones and zeros,

we find words, byte-sized now,

tinier even than science,

lurking in some

vague electricity.

But if we but listen,

we hear the solitary voice

of that poet telling us...

yesterday this day's madness

did prepare...

- tomorrow's silent triumph of despair.

Drink, for you know not

whence you came, nor why.

Drink, for you know not

why you go, nor where. "

...wandering around

in nothing but his underpants...

and one of those plastic,

see-through lady's raincoats.

So, they get there, they ask the guy

real nice for some kind of I.D.

He gets agitated,

starts screaming about viruses.

Totally irrational,

totally disoriented.

- Doesn't know where he is, what day of the week.

- Lemme see.

- All they got was his name.

- Thanks.

Of course, they figured he's stoned out of

his mind. Some kind of psychotic episode.

- He's been tested for drugs?

- Negative for drugs.

But he took on five cops

like he was dusted to the eyeballs.

- No drugs. You believe that?

- He's in restraints.

Yeah. Weren't you listenin'? I've got

two police officers in the hospital!

The medic gave him enough stellazine to

kill a horse. Look at him. Rarin' to go.

That would explain the bruises,

I guess. The struggle.

Yeah. You wanna go in there,

examine him, what?

Yes, please.

Is this all you have?

Ran it through your system?

No matchup. No license, no prints,

no warrants. Nothing.

- I should probably go in with you.

- No, thank you.

- That won't be necessary.

- All right.

He'll be right here...

just in case.

Mr. Cole, my name is Kathryn Railly.

I'm a psychiatrist.

I work for the county.

I don't work for the police.

So my concern is for your well-being.

Do you understand that?

Need to go! Need to go!

I can't make the police let you go.

But I do wanna help you, so I-

I need you to tell me exactly

what happened tonight.

Do you think

you can do that, James?

May I call you James?

James.

Nobody ever calls me that.

- Have you been a patient at County?

- No.

- Have I seen you someplace?

- Not possible.

I need to go! I need to- I'm

supposed to be gathering information.

- What kind of information?

- Won't help you.

Won't help anyone.

Won't change anything.

James, do you know

why you're here?

- 'Cause I'm a good observer. Got a tough mind.

- I see.

You don't remember assaulting

a police officer?

Why am I chained?

Why are these chains on me?

You've been in an institution before,

haven't you?

- Or hospital?

- No! Now I need to go. Need to go!

- Have you been in prison, James?

- Underground.

Hiding?

I love this air.

Oh, it's such wonderful air.

- What's wonderful about the air, James?

- Very fresh. No germs.

Why do you think there aren't

any germs in the air?

- This is October, right?

- April.

- What year is this?

- What year do you think it is?

That's the future, James. Do you

think you're living in the future?

1996 is the past.

No, 1996 is the future.

This is 1990.

- Shut up, ladies.

- Where're you taking me?

South of France, buddy.

Fancy hotel. You'll love it.

I can't go. I just need

to make a telephone call.

Yeah, yeah. Zip it, daisy. You fooled

the shrink, but you don't fool us.

Let's go, ace.

All right.

Come on, come on.

There you go.

Now, lemme see your head, Jimbo.

- See if you got any creepy crawlers.

- I need to make a telephone call.

Got to take you over

to the doctor, Jimbo.

- Can't make no calls 'til the doctor says.

- It's very important!

What you gotta do, Jimbo,

is take it easy. Relax into things.

And we'll all get along fine

if you just relax.

Let's go.

Come on. Let's go.

Hey, Goines!

Yo, Goines!

Yo, Jeffrey!

Goines!

- What?

- Look here.

This here's James. Now, do me a favor.

Why don't you show him around?

Tell him the TV rules.

Show him the games and stuff. Okay?

How much you gonna pay me?

How much? I'd be doin' your job.

- Five thousand dollars, my man. That enough?

- Five thousand?

I'll wire a check

to your account as usual.

- Five thousand dollars! Five thousand dollars!

- Five thousand dollars.

- I'll give him the deluxe mental hospital tour.

- My man!

- Kid around, makes 'em feel good. We're pals.

- I love you.

- You're the prisoners. No, you're the guards.

- Now you got it.

Okay, it's all in good fun.

Here's some games here.

And there's-

Get out! Get out!

- He was in my chair.

Games. Games.

Here's some games.

Games that wanna get out.

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