K-Pax Page #5

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Probably because|I'm a locked-up lunatic,|so what harm could it do.

Maybe.

Maybe that's it.

Dr. Powell's been trying|to teach me the importance...

You beings place on|Your biological connections.|Hmm.

You think he means it?

You don't?

Do you know|what a family is?

You worry.

They don't|tell you that, you know.

You don't have a family.

No.

We don't have families|on K-PAX.

Well, you don't know|what you're missing.

I'll get you|some more lemonade.

All right.|Incoming.

That's beautiful.|Thank you.

Fourth ofJuly.

Thank you for inviting me|here today, Mark.

You're most welcome, Prot.

Come push me on the swing!

I'll show you|a trick.

This is called...

Go to the Table|and Have a Beer.

Okay.

But first you have to|hold on very tight.

Okay.|Ready?

This is fun!

Come on, let's go!|Come on! Come on!

Watch out.|Watch out.

Let's go in the water!

No, don't.|Come on!

No, don't go.|Don't go.|Let's go!

Hey! Let go!|Don't go in the water!|Don't! No, don't!

Mom! No!|No, you stay! No!

Natalie? Natalie!

Mark! Mark!

Prot!

Hey, this guy's|as strong as an ox!|Betty, quick!

Turn off the goddamn water!

Stay there, Josh.|I'll turn it off!|I got it.

It's okay.

Prot?

It's okay. It's okay.|No, no, no, it's okay, Betty.|Where are his glasses?

I got it.|Are you all right?

Prot?

You're okay.

Is that apple pie I smell?

Sweetheart,|You all right?|Yeah.

He was pushing my daughter|on a swing, like he had done|a hundred times before.

Not like he was|some alien from K-PAX.

I saw him.|He was connecting|with something.

Some kind|of normal life.|That's not enough.

He's a violent patient,|Mark.

He's not violent.

Something violent|happened to him.|Something in his past.

When he was going after Natalie,|he wasn't trying to harm her,|he was trying to protect her.

From the sprinklers?|I'm not sure from what.

I need more than a hunch|to go on, otherwise I|have to send him upstairs.

We need to regress him--|take him back into the past,

find out what happened|and have him confront it.

Regress him? Do you have any|idea how risky it is to regress|a patient like this one?

It's his only chance.

Claudia,|we have to push him.|There's no time.

He told me|that he's going back|to K-PAX on July 27.

That's in three weeks.

I think that he could|become violent on that day.|Hurt himself, somebody else.

You know what|the problem is, Mark.

You're too close|to this patient.

Everybody else|can see it but you.

I am transferring him|to the fourth floor,|and that's final.

I know I'm too close to him.|All right, fine.|I admit it.

Why choose this one|to save, Mark?

I don't know. Maybe--|Maybe because I feel...

he chose me.

Has anyone seen Prot?

He went up north|for a few days.

"North''?|Greenland.

Iceland.

You know.

He had a few countries|left to visit before he|could finish his report.

Don't worry, Dr. Powell.|He'll be back.

How do you know, Ernie?

Because he took his glasses|with him, darling.

When he returns to K-PAX,|he won't need them.

Patients do not escape|from this institution.|They don't escape.

There has been|no evidence of escape,

but obviously,|I've notified the police,|social services.

I'm gonna have a great time|explaining this|to the state board.

I got psychotics|on the fourth floor|packing up their sneakers...

because they all think|they're going off to K-PAX.

Claudia--|Find him.

Well, what about|city shelters?

Have you--|Have you checked?

No.

No, I'm not telling you|how to do your job.

Uh-- Thank--|Thank you.

Dr. Powell,|I presume.

Where the hell|have you been?

Newfoundland,|Greenland, Iceland,|uh, Labrador--

All right, cut the crap.|We've been looking for you|for three days.

I believe I mentioned|my taking a trip up north,|Mark, in this very garden.

"Taking a trip?|You're a patient here.

You don't leave here without|a discharge. And don't give me|this beam-of-light sh*t,

because I don't buy it.

What would you say|if I were to tell you...

that I don't believe|You took any trip at all...

to Iceland or Greenland|or anywhere?

That I don't believe|You're from K-PAX?

I believe you're|as human as I am.

I would say you're in need|of a Thorazine drip, Doctor.

Well, there--|there is one way...

You could convince me|beyond any doubt.

Of course,|I would need your consent.

It's called hypnosis.

I just don't see the point.|Let me tell you|what your alternative is.

A trip to a place|where they'll stick a needle|in your ass every morning,

which may or may not leave you|with a stupid grin|on your face...

for the rest of your days|here on Earth.

Is that what you'd like?

Prot?

I want to help you.

What we're going|to be doing, Prot,|is a bit like daydreaming.

I'm gonna count|from one to five.

On the count of three,|Your eyes will close,

and you will find yourself|in a very nice, deep,

comfortable, relaxed|state of hypnosis.

One. Your eyes are starting|to get very heavy now.

Two. I want you|to use your imagination...

and imagine small lead weights|on your eyelids...

that are just making them|so... heavy.

Pulse rate is 40 B.P.M.|Three.

Keep your eyes closed.|I'd be concerned|if he were human.

Let yourself go way,|way down deep.

Four. Let a wave of relaxation|move through your body now...

as you go down|even deeper.

And five,

going way, way down deep.

You are in a relaxed|state of hypnosis now.

How do you feel?

Like...

nothing.

I want you|to go back in time.

I want you to recall|the first experience|that you can remember.

What do you see?

What was that?

What do you see?

Uh--

I see...

casket.

Silver...

with a blue lining.

Whose casket is it?

It's the father|of a friend of mine.

What's your friend's name?

I'm not telling.

Do you know how|Your friend's father died?

He had an accident at|the place that he worked at.

He was killed|in an accident?

He-- He was hurt|and then died later?

Where did he work?|The place where|they kill cows.

Where is this place?

The pulse rate just shot up|ten B.P.M.s.

Do you know--|Do you know|where this place is?

I-I want you to relax.

I want to move forward|in time now.

Where are you?

It's nighttime.

We're in his house.

At the other boy's house?|Yeah.

I want him|to come outside.

Why?

To look at the stars.

That's where I come from,|You know.

Is your name Prot?

Wow.

How did you know that?

Where are you from, Prot?

I'm from the planet K-PAX.

It's in|the constellation Lyra.

Do you know|all the constellations?

Yeah. Most of 'em.

And does your friend|know them too?|Yes, he does.

When his dad got sick|and had to stay home,|they got a telescope,

and his dad taught him about|all the constellations.

But he's not interested|in those right now.

Why not?

Something happened.

That's why he called me.

He calls me when|something bad happens.

Like when his father died?

That's right.

How do you know to come?|How does the boy call you?

I don't know. I just come.|I just-- I just know.

How do you get to Earth?

I wanna go outside.|Can I go outside?

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