Boogeyman 2 Page #2

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- Alison, that's not constructive in any way.

- What?

We're all here because we have sh*t

to deaI with from our past, right?

Just because somebody comes

and gives it a name and a face

doesn't mean it's not reaI.

Laura's fear is less ethereaI.

She fears a specific entity.

The clinicaI term is Bogyphobia.

- Bogyphobia? Are you f***ing kidding me?

- Nicky.

And here I thought you were suffering

from some serious ailment,

like Easter Bunny phobia.

- You scared of Santa Claus, too?

- Okay.

All right. Are you guys finished here?

Laura? Laura.

- Laura!

- I'm kind of scared of Santa Claus.

What the f*** is wrong with you guys?

That's it?

You're just gonna throw in the toweI?

Nicky's right. I'm wasting everybody's time.

Sh*t!

You know, I've lived with this for 10 years

and managed, you know?

But when you're really alone,

there may come a time

when you can't manage.

Because I know I didn't.

Look, Laura,

my mother spent her entire life

in an institution battling schizophrenia.

And every month,

my dad would take me there to visit her.

It was different then.

It was electroshock therapy

and sensory deprivation.

It turned her into a vegetable.

She would just stare at the wall

and she'd mumble.

It's probably the worst sound in the world.

And then I found out that it was hereditary,

and I was so scared

I was going to become her one day.

UntiI I faced my fear.

- How?

- By studying it.

I became a psychiatrist

because I wanted to understand the illness.

Laura, you just have to expose the fear

and really look at it, and you will get better.

But it's your choice.

Good night, Gloria.

Buzz me out.

See you tomorrow.

- Yo, Mark.

- Yeah?

- The package arrived.

- It did?

- You know, the one you've been waiting for.

- Halftime, all right?

- Thank you very much.

- CooI.

Hey, not on the floor.

I turned the basement lights on.

Yeah. Sure, no problem, man. Thanks.

Hey, ladies.

F***, f***! Ow! F***!

Perry?

Hey, I'm still down here!

Hey. Hey!

Hey, I'm still down here!

Hey, I'm still down here!

Hey, I'm down here! Wait!

Jesus Christ! Help me!

I'm down here! Please! Help!

Anybody there?

Hello?

How did he... I mean, you just don't fall

into an elevator shaft.

You do if it's dark

and you're baked out of your mind

on Perry's hydroponic pick of the day.

Sorry, I don't mean to state the obvious,

but wasn't Mark afraid of the dark?

The police think

that Mark's fear instigated his fall.

He turned off the lights

to avoid being caught.

And once it was dark, he panicked.

Wait.

But I heard Gloria tell the police

that he was

cut in half.

I mean,

that doesn't sound like an accident to me.

Apparently, he tried to climb out

of the elevator shaft,

but he only got halfway into the basement

before the car came down on him.

Every time I think about it,

- and all the blood that...

- Whose chair is this?

Doctor, this isn't my chair.

This isn't my chair!

- Who stole my chair?

- PauI...

- Who stole it?

- PauI. Right over here. Is that it, there?

You've got to breathe.

You need to breathe.

Okay, wait.

Here, here, let me feeI. Come on.

Here's your hand soap.

Get in your seat.

Here, I've got it right here.

Here, let me help you.

Let me get that off there.

Mark was the only one

who actually believed I could get better.

He made me believe it, too.

We'll take as much time as is needed

- for you to absorb Mark's accident.

- No, don't.

It doesn't sound like an accident to me.

I think somebody else turned the lights off.

Like who, Laura?

- Maybe it was the Boogeyman?

- Nicky.

Maybe it was.

- This is counterproductive.

- Counterproductive?

Laura has as much right as anyone

to share her fear with the group.

I'm sorry.

Let's reconvene later today, okay?

Hey, whoa, whoa, slow down.

Who's dead?

Mark fell into an elevator shaft.

I think maybe somebody killed him.

- Henry?

- Yeah, I'm here.

Look, I've been driving all night

and I just got to my interview.

I'll head straight back there

the second I'm done.

You don't believe me?

I didn't say that. I just...

Look, I've been there.

Whenever something bad happened,

I thought he was coming back to finish

what he started when we were kids.

Yeah, but now you're ready to leave

the past behind and throw me away with it.

- No, Laura...

- Yeah, I've got to go.

Look, if I drive through the night,

I'll make it there by 5:00 a. m.

- Just sit tight, okay?

- Hurry.

I had maintenance fix that for you.

I'm sorry if you were upset this afternoon.

- I didn't intend...

- I'm fine.

I'm leaving tomorrow morning, anyways.

What you fear doesn't live inside

that closet, Laura.

It lives inside you.

Can you remove it surgically

or do I need an exorcism?

You know, we've always struggled

to understand the darkness within us.

Fears and anxieties buried so deeply

that they're just too painfuI to face.

And you think my darkness

is the Boogeyman.

But how does that describe

what I've seen with my own eyes,

what other kids have seen

throughout history?

Well, it's a common scapegoat.

Our society will always find a way

to externalize.

Every culture around the world

has a name for him.

The words sound different,

but they all describe the same being.

How does your theory account for that?

We're all afraid of the same thing.

The Boogeyman, germaphobia,

they're all masks.

Masks that we create to hide

what we're truly afraid of.

What do you think I'm truly afraid of?

Well,

if you're willing to stay,

willing to accept

that your fear comes from within,

maybe we'll find out.

Hello, Jessica.

I didn't know you were still here.

I'm thinking about staying overnight,

actually.

We're short-staffed

now that Perry's been fired,

and I'm really concerned how everyone's

been affected by Mark's death.

Jessica,

the board's gonna have a lot of questions

about what happened here today.

Mark's accident has nothing to do

with my program.

Your program?

Your experiment.

The board has always thought

that putting this particular group

of patients together was a mistake.

And, quite frankly,

I'm beginning to agree with them.

I'm really sorry to hear that.

- I'm sorry.

- Get the f*** out now!

Christ! Watch where you're going.

Do me a favor.

Walk with me and follow me to my room.

- No, thanks, I'll pass.

- Come on, I'll owe you one.

Common sense dictates I shouldn't ask,

but what's the bucket for?

We all have our own way of dealing

with Mark's death.

Isn't that why you went off on Henry earlier?

No, but thanks for listening in.

Henry always said you were the reason

he wanted to get better

because he didn't want to hold you back.

- He told you that?

- Every day he was here.

I never meant to hurt him. It's just...

You and Darren?

Once upon a time.

What? And he's in here

because he's afraid of being

anything but an a**hole?

Agoraphobic.

Completely terrified of the outside world.

You'd never know by looking at him,

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