Apartment 143 Page #6

she would shut herself off at home

and she would be on the phone

all day long to God knows who.

The house was a--

things couldn't go on like that.

I asked her to take her medication.

I begged her.

I threatened her.

I threatened her with--

I told her I wanted custody

of the kids.

I told her we were going

and she just--

she just laughed

with that twisted grimace.

She just f***ing laughed at me.

She laughed.

And one day,

Caitlin came home from school

and she went up to see her mother,

and she found her in bed.

She wasn't alone.

No, she--

Caitlin saw how she--

She saw how this f***ing pig--

this-- how--

I got there a little bit later.

Later than I should have.

I saw everything.

I beat the sh*t out of the guy.

I f***ing threw him out of the house.

I lost control.

I hit her.

I hit her once, just one time.

Caitlin was screaming.

She was screaming.

She was screaming.

She was begging for help.

She was trying to--

she was saying-- she was

screaming at me not to hurt mom.

- But I--

- Ellen:
You killed her.

Helzer:

Ellen, please.

I left the house without looking back.

I grabbed the kids

and put 'em in the car, and...

I didn't want them to see that.

I wanted to go to the ends

of the Earth. I wanted to disappear.

So we drove and we drove,

and we f***ing drove.

Helzer:

And she chased you?

The police found us just after midnight.

My cell phone was off the entire time.

I had no--

I had no idea.

They said that she had...

wrapped her car around a tree.

Caitlin blamed me for everything.

She made me responsible

for the death of her mother.

She couldn't accept

who she was, what she was.

Has anybody examined your daughter?

White:

Examined her? Who? Why?

She has the onset of schizophrenia.

It's the same condition

her mother suffered from.

Caitlin, that's enough!

- Paul:
Ellen, grab the other camera!

- Ellen:
Are you okay?

- Caitlin:
Dad!

- Ellen:
Oh, my God.

- Dad!

- Paul:
What are we looking at here?

Who's shouting?

White:
Caitlin! Caitlin!

I'm coming! Caitlin!

I'm coming!

Helzer:

I'm right behind you.

White:
Caitlin!

Paul:

What the hell is going on, Doctor?

What is this sh*t?

Helzer:

Remain calm. Mr. White!

- White:
Caitlin!

- Helzer:
Don't panic. Don't panic.

White:
Caitlin!

Caitlin, honey,

what's happening to you?

Paul:

The camera.

- White:
Caitlin.

- Helzer:
That's not me, guys.

Caitlin:
Dad!

- Caitlin!

- Help, Dad, please!

- Dad, help! Help!

- I'm coming. I'm coming!

Almost there, sweetie,

don't worry. Caitlin!

Helzer:
Mr. White!

- I'm coming!

- Helzer:
Mr. White!

- Mr. White!

- Hold on, baby!

- Dad, help me. Dad, help me!

- Caitlin!

- Daddy!

- Paul:
Watch out!

You're gonna be fine.

I'm right behind you.

Paul:

Sh*t!

- Caitlin!

- Dad, help!

Paul:
Ellen!

Helzer:

She's fine. Ellen's fine. Keep going.

Paul:

Ellen, are you okay?

She's fine, Paul.

Keep going.

Keep moving, Mr. White!

Caitlin, honey, I'm here.

Mr. White!

Paul:

Step aside, Doc.

Holy sh*t!

Help Mr. White!

Caitlin!

White:
Caitlin, I'm here!

White:

Look at me. I'm here.

I can't move!

Daddy, help me! Dad!

- Caitlin, honey!

- Please, Dad!

Daddy, help me.

I can't move!

Paul, keep filming!

- Caitlin:
No, no! Help me!

- Honey, I'm here!

Paul, keep filming!

- Caitlin!

- Help, I can't move!

Caitlin!

- Help! Help!

- Caitlin!

- Helzer:
Mr. White!

- Daddy, help me!

- Hold on, baby!

- Daddy, help!

- Help me! Help me, please!

- Caitlin!

Caitlin! Caitlin!

Caitlin! Caitlin!

Honey!

Caitlin!

Caitlin!

Ellen:
I'm gonna go to the hospital.

I wanna make sure Caitlin's okay.

You should come, too.

Someone should have a look at that arm.

- I'll be fine.

- Ellen:
You sure?

- Okay.

- Paul:
Okay, bye.

Strange day, Doc.

The strangest day of my life.

With a possible exception or two.

You know, I've been thinking.

I've been lost all along, Doc.

I mean, quite frankly,

I don't even think Ellen knew.

How did you know what was happening?

Like, how soon did you know?

Honestly?

I probably knew the moment

we walked through the door, sort of.

But we had to examine

every possible hypothesis

to get to the truth.

We're scientists.

We're not attorneys or psychics.

- I am so tired, Paul.

- Oh, my God.

I wish I was your age, but I'm not.

Let's go.

I'm not that young.

I just wanna put that out there.

Helzer:
The girl had a medical profile

suggesting a tendency

towards schizophrenia...

...which was easy enough

to connect to the mother's illness.

Recent events coupled

with an unassimilated sexual awakening,

which made her feel guilty

and dirty as deep down

she sensed her own mother to be,

amounted to a cocktail

she couldn't digest.

Paul:
Do you think

the girl's gonna be okay?

Some people think of a poltergeist

like a liberating psychological

mechanism, you know?

Paul:

I never thought of it that way.

I tend to think of it

as a way of not changing.

Listen, I'm just gonna come back

tomorrow with Ellen to clean up,

because right now

I just wanna get the hell out of here.

I don't care where I go.

- Hold on a second, Paul.

- Yeah.

That camera's cold, distant view

is gonna be the last witness

of our failure.

After all, we weren't able

to prevent anything.

You want me to turn it off?

No, leave it for the police.

They're gonna want to see it all.

Where are you heading?

You need a lift?

I'm going to the police station

before they come looking for me.

Paul:
Man, I love cops.

- After you, sir.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- You know what, Paul?

- I'm hungry. I'm really, really hungry.

- Paul:
Yeah.

Helzer:
Maybe the police can wait

after all. What do you think?

Paul:
Absolutely. I know

the perfect place. Not far from here.

The burgers are terrible.

The fries are worse.

The pie is decent.

Helzer:
Sounds like a plan.

First the burger, then we'll see.

One step at a time, Paul.

One step at a time.

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