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Joseph:
Right. I'll sign that in front of a judge. So, you see, he shouldn't be here.

[The doctor is not buying it]

Dr. Staple:
How long have you believed your dad was a superhero?

[Joseph's smile disappears]

Dr. Staple:
There was a microphone on his poncho. I assume he was communicating with you. He talks to you when he's out on searches, doesn't he, Joseph?

Joseph:
He hasn't hurt anybody.

Dr. Staple:
In the eyes of the authorities, that is not accurate. He's injured countless individuals who haven't had their due process in court. And there was a teenage girl in this latest incident, who broke her arm and ribs.

Joseph:
No. They would all be murder victims if it wasn't for my dad.

Dr. Staple:
It was a vigilante event, and a victim was injured. They will claim, in court, that if they had found the girls, no one would have been hurt. Joseph, I only have a few days. If I don't get him to give up his delusion, he will remain in institutions like this for the rest of his life.

Joseph:
No, he can't stay here.

Dr. Staple:
Can I ask you about your mother, Joseph?

Joseph:
(cross) What does that have to do with this?

Dr. Staple:
She passed away from acute lymphoblastic leukemia five years ago. That was cataclysmic for you and your dad.

Joseph:
Yeah.

Dr. Staple:
On the surface, Joseph, you can see what I'm going to say, right? You lost your mother. You believe your father is a real-life superhero. You believe he is almost immortal. You can see how some would say you need this to be true. You just have to make sure you are not more into this than he is.

[Joseph storms out of the facility, the camera turning upside down as he walks to the van. Distraught about the incarceration of his father, Joseph has a flashback to his youth, which is actually a deleted scene from Unbreakable. As James Newton Howard's score takes presence, we see David going into Joseph's bedroom. Joseph is lying under the sheets, but still awake]

Joseph:
I'm not scared.

David:
That's great.

Joseph:
You know why? I know now.

David:
Know what?

Joseph:
Your secret identity. That man was right.

David:
Joseph, there are big guys in almost every gym that can lift that much.

Joseph:
You could've lifted more. Don't worry. I won't tell anyone.

[We return to the present, with Joseph crying in his car, and rain pouring down. A somber version of Carrying Audrey plays in the background. He drives away, past an incoming bus. Casey steps out of the bus, a few miles away from the facility. We then cut to her sitting in Staple's office]

Dr. Staple:
Just because he let you go doesn't mean he is good. He's being held here before his trial. I'm in charge of him for now, but everyone in this state wants him tried and put away. I'm trying to get the others to stop thinking of this as a superhuman being. If they do, they will do the right thing and keep him from the light.

Casey:
Can I talk with them?

Dr. Staple:
(shocked) No.

Casey:
Why?

Dr. Staple:
Because it's not... You're the victim.

[Clearly, Casey is determined to talk to her former captor. She follows the doctor through a secured door to Kevin's cell. We then see her sitting in front of Hedwig]

Hedwig:
(surprised, overjoyed) No way! You tried so hard to get away from us and now you come back and see us? You are so weird. I like Drake now. I liked Nicki for a while, but then Nicki and Drake broke up, and you can't like both. This place is for people who think that they're comic book characters. And the Horde is kind of like a comic book character name, isn't it? Love comic books. (slightly remorseful) I'm sorry for trying to feed you to The Beast, et cetera.

Casey:
(smiling) It's okay. Can I talk to Dennis or Patricia, please?

Hedwig:
(to the doctor) She was my girlfriend. We kissed. (to Casey) Don't worry. I haven't cheated on you.

[Hedwig grunts and gives Dennis control over the light]

Dennis:
What are you doing here? Your clothes are not dirty. Good.

Casey:
Hello, Dennis. A lot of people have died.

Dennis:
Well...

Casey:
You have to give up the light. They're never gonna let you out of here. The Horde has to give up the light. Listen to this doctor.

Dennis:
The doc tells lies. We will reveal that the broken are the strongest. The Beast will start a revolution.

Casey:
Is that what Patricia told you to say?

Dennis:
The Beast is the highest form of human evolution.

[In an instant, Casey grabs Dennis' hands]

Casey:
Dennis. You guys are gonna die.

Dennis:
Casey. Ah... oh... Oh, sh...

[The grip of Casey causes the original personality of Kevin Wendell Crumb to surface]

Kevin:
Hey.

Casey:
Kevin?

Kevin:
It's you. You look different.

Casey:
I wanted to tell you something. My uncle's in jail. I put him there. What he did to me was... wrong. Just like what your mom did to you was wrong.

Kevin:
We're the same? (smiles, but then seems to break) I'm sorry. I can't. I got...

Casey:
Kevin, wait.

Kevin:
(frightened) I've got to go. I've got to go.

[Hedwig takes the light back]

Hedwig:
The Horde is never letting go of the light and... (looks at Casey's hands, shocked) Do you like Kevin now?

[Casey leaves the building, the doctor walks after her]

Dr. Staple:
Casey. I need you. The power of true, loving, physical affection, it's like something supernatural. It's the lack of it that caused this, and only the true version of it can heal it. Will you help me?

[The girl puts on the Philedelphia Zoo jacket that had been given to her by the man who found her in Split. She walks away. We then cut to the doctor, sitting in front of the catatonic Elijah Price]

Dr. Staple (vo):
You are the last person I need to see today.

[She points towards a camera in the room]

Dr. Staple:
You see this camera? There are a hundred more of these. Out of respect for your cognitive abilities, I have installed cameras on every floor, every area, including every direction of the exterior building. We will see everything. There is nowhere you can go that won't be documented.

[Elijah, seemingly sedated, remains quiet]

Dr. Staple:
Elijah, I've come to the conclusion that we should perform a procedure on you. This is a corrective procedure that rebalances the part of the frontal lobe that is overstimulated. It would be an honor to get to know your perspicacious mind. We're going to conduct the procedure in three days.

[We cut to Joseph in a gym, playing basketball. A few steps away, someone is doing some weightlifting exercises]

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