One Missed Call

Get out of the way!

This way!

Saint Luke's Hospital.

I repeat, Saint Luke's Hospital.

Does anything hurt?

Sweetheart, is your mommy here?

Do you know where she is?

Really, I'm just... No.

Don't come over.

No. No, I swear

I wasn't just seeing things.

I mean, it could have just been a prank.

I don't know who.

No, really, I'm just gonna see you

at school tomorrow.

Thanks, Leann.

Bye.

Luna?

Luna?

Come on.

Over here.

Beth's a little too sane for me,

but she does throw a good party.

Yeah, so now I'm having sex

and phone sex at the same time.

Oh, man. Are you serious?

I know, but he was just so handsome.

And I was so nervous, you know?

And I'm trying to describe

the plot of Beloved to him...

...and I just started crying.

It was a perfect year, wasn't it?

I loved it.

Brian, could you get your eyes off Taylor

for two seconds and help me with this?

Unbelievable.

And before the sheets are even cold.

No wonder why Leann moved out.

I am a man. I have needs.

Is that a problem for you?

No. But it might be a problem for Taylor.

Hot. Yes, well...

...we can't force Taylor

to have good taste, now can we?

Just keep chopping.

I'll keep chopping.

You know, I can hear you analyzing me in

your head. You might as well do it out loud.

Okay, I think that

you're still messed up over Leann.

You think if you flirt with Taylor...

...maybe Leann'll get jealous

and come back to you.

Go back to analyzing me in your head.

I think I like that better.

Hey, did someone lock the door?

- Hey, Leann. Hi.

- Hi.

Oh, I'm so glad to see you.

- Me too.

- Is... Is Brian home?

Yeah, he's in the kitchen,

so we should go upstairs.

How you doing?

Oh. Oh.

Hey, it's Leann.

Bye.

Okay. Just leave the alarm off. Thanks.

Hey.

How was it?

It was a funeral. It sucked.

From now on, I only go to parties

where no one gets cremated.

How are Shelley's parents?

Considering their 24-year-old daughter

drowned in the backyard pond...

...they're great.

And you?

I knew Shelley.

We interned at Saint Luke's together.

I mean, she was not crazy.

I know, but the way she was

talking at the end was pretty...

Yeah, that doesn't mean

she killed herself.

That's not my ringtone.

It says it's from Shelley.

Who'd be calling from Shelley's phone?

That's creepy.

It's dated Monday, 10:17 p. m.

It's Friday. Maybe you just

set the date wrong.

Leann, what is it?

Leann?

If you'd like to hear this message again...

...press one.

Voice call received Monday,

June 12th, 10:
17 p. m.

I don't know,

it's the weirdest, weirdest thing.

It's like every time I

turn around, they're...

No! Aaah!

That's your voice.

That's you.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Cut me a break, man.

No, man, you know what the price is.

You gotta hit it right.

All right. Give me that.

All right, slow down, homie.

Okay?

Yeah. They're real nice.

Detective Andrews. Yeah.

A group of hikers found her.

We held off on the autopsy

until you got here, detective.

Even so, your sister was out

there for more than a week.

There's really no need for you to do this.

Whew.

Oh, jeez.

In cases of severe and repeated

childhood abuse...

...the posttraumatic-stress model

may be valid.

Long-term effects may include

sexual dysfunction, amnesia...

...dissociation, even hallucinations

and multiple personalities.

The post-trauma child...

...faces formidable developmental tasks...

...and among these what we call

"dissociative virtuosity. "

The post-trauma child

will form primary attachments...

...to develop a sense of basic trust...

...and to preserve a sense

of hope and meaning in life.

The child will, from this experience,

attempt to...

...construct an explanation

of what's happened.

And these explanations may excuse

the parental negligence or abuse.

The child may blame themselves

for what has happened.

Look, if you come over

earlier then we can study some more.

Leann!

Hey. Do you wanna

go get some coffee?

No. No. I've...

...gotta get to the library.

Paper's due next week.

Are you okay?

You seem kind of weirded-out.

I haven't been sleeping too well.

Call me tonight.

I'll read you my paper...

...on developmental perspectives

in abuse cases. It's better than Ambien.

Okay. Bye.

Bye.

The library will be closing in five minutes.

- Hey, Lee.

- Hey.

Hey, what's up?

Oh, I'm just finishing up this paper.

What are you doing?

I just got sprung from the stacks.

My brain was mushing out.

Oh, God, I know what you mean.

Leann?

Leann? Hello?

Listen, Beth, I didn't mean to ditch you

after class today. I...

Leann, are you still there?

I don't know how to explain it.

L... I've been...

- I've been having some problems.

- What kind of problems?

Ever since I...

Well, I don't know.

I mean, Shelley drowned,

and that was my voice screaming.

And then that bizarre phone call,

and it was dated today.

- I don't...

- Where are you?

I'm at the overpass on College.

That's two minutes away.

I'll be right there.

I keep seeing things. I mean,

weird people looking at me.

- Leann?

- I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to panic. I've just...

I've been seeing

some really strange stuff.

I don't know,

it's the weirdest, weirdest thing.

Every time I turn around, they're...

Leann!

- No! No!

- Leann!

Didn't see anything?

Like I said, she threw herself off.

Please, can we go?

This is taking so long.

You're gonna have to stay here

until I get all the information.

I need you to sign this statement.

- Hey.

- Hey.

And then she got this strange phone call.

It's hard to believe.

Yeah, Leann told me the same thing

happened to Shelley before she drowned.

- That is so eerie.

Taylor.

What? I'm just saying what Leann said.

Yeah, well, maybe this isn't the time,

all right?

I heard Shelley got a phone call

from an old advisor of hers.

I heard that too. Only it turned out

the advisor was already dead.

Would you stop it?

Her parents are right in the other room.

It's like dead people call you,

but it's your own voice.

And then you die too.

Sh*t, Taylor, know what?

Don't try to think, all right?

It just makes you look ridiculous.

I heard it too.

That's it. Now I'm really creeped out.

It's sh*t, all right? It's total bullshit.

Brian! Brian!

What's his problem?

He had a thing for Leann.

Brian.

Are you okay?

What was that back there?

To listen to your messages, press one.

Voice call received

Wednesday, June 14th...

...12:
02 p. m.

Damn it, I forgot. I swear if I

didn't have my head screwed on...

The call came in two nights ago.

From Leann's phone.

- That was the night that she died.

- Only the call was dated Wednesday.

Today. 12:
02 p. m.

I don't believe in magic, Beth.

I don't believe in anything. But ever since

I got that phone call, things have been...

...weird.

- Like what?

No, Brian, you have to tell me.

That's the exact same thing

that Leann told me right before she...

Brian?

What's wrong? Brian?

Look...

- What's...?

- Forget about it, okay?

- No, Brian, don't!

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