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playing Civil War games.

Believes he's General Jeb Stuart,

Confederate hero of the Civil War.

Mr. Pulitzer.

Come on. I'll show you to your table.

This is your place from now on, Brisbane.

Yes, sir.

- Just behave yourself.

- Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

They don't give us any knives or forks around here.

They're afraid we'll hurt ourselves.

- Take your anti-convulsions.

- I don't like it.

Gimme, uh, the -

Gimme the, uh -

the tranquilizer drug.

No, no, no, no. Gimme -

Gimme - Gimme -

Gimme the - the -

That one. That one.

No, no, no. No, th-that one - that one there.

The white one. Yeah.

I hate my meat already chewed up!

I can eat a steak the size of a cow!

- What am I, an infant?

- Drink this.

He ate my vitamins!

Stuart.

He took my vitamins!

Gimme back my vitamins!

Gimme back my vitamins!

Stuart, bring your brigade up

around the right here.

We'll flank McClellan's forces.

Then we hit Antietam and hit 'em hard.

You will address me as "sir."

A lieutenant general never serves

a major general.

What lieutenant general?

Nathan Bedford Forrest.

At ease, General.

Report to my command post.

Where are you bivouacked, sir?

Come on, gentlemen.

We're going back to the wards.

Where are you bivouacked, sir?

A mile north of Gettysburg - Ward B.

Better leave your brigade

behind with me, General.

I'll be there, sir.

Now march!

All the men want me, Johnny.

But I want you.

And you -

you want the Pulitzer Prize.

I:

Want

Somebody

- To love

- Johnny, Johnny

Someone to care

For me

I need

Somebody

Somebody to hold

Figaro

Thank you.

I was in the middle of an aria.

And I pitched forward on my face like this...

and died of a heart attack...

caused by overweight.

A knife is a messy weapon!

It was a knife that killed Sloan in the kitchen.

Do you know why

so many people came to my funeral?

They wanted to make sure I was dead.

Who used a knife on Sloan?

I took my time killing my wife.

Did you know that a man named Sloan,

a patient here, was killed with a knife in the kitchen?

Still an unsolved murder.

I despise butchery!

I didn't want my wife to die like Sloan...

so I gently sang her to death.

Good night, Mr. Barrett.

He remembered Sloan's murderer.

They do have flashes of sanity.

Breakfast bell! Wake up, John!

Wake up! Jonathan, up.

La, la, la, la

Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!

- Wake up, John. Wake up. Wake up.

- Good morning.

Now that's better.

La, la, la, la

La, la, la, up

Sing.

Figaro ti, Figaro ta

Sing. Sing. Sing.

Figaro la, Figaro li

Figaro la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Figaro la, Figaro la

Ah, you started as a copy boy, I see.

Yeah, when I was 14.

- And supported your sister.

- Mm-hmm.

Did you sleep well?

I'm an opera lover now.

Pagliacci's harmless.

I want to help you, John,

but I need your cooperation.

I understand.

Why didn't you cooperate

with my staff this morning?

They want to hurt me.

Do I want to hurt you?

Oh, I've had my eye on you

every minute since I've been here.

- Do you know who I am?

- Of course.

Who am I?

Dr. Cristo, clinical director,

head of the medical staff for seven years.

Married, two children.

golf.

Don't you know?

Now it's time to ask me about voices.

You hear voices?

Yes.

My head hurts.

I gotta get outta here.

Call my paper. They can't go to press

without me there. Is Cathy all right?

That's why you're here, John...

to make sure she will be all right,

you understand?

Why did you fingerprint me?

I've committed no crime.

You're not in prison, John.

He told me I shouldn't

love her as a woman.

Who told you?

The man on TV.

He looked right at me and told me it was naughty.

Now, how would he know?

He's never met Cathy.

- Does he talk to you often?

- Every time I turn on TV.

Could this man be your father?

My father wouldn't get sore

if I played around with Cathy.

And besides, what's he doing on TV?

He's dead.

I am impotent.

And I like it.

- How you feeling, Mr. Barrett?

- Fine. Just fine.

Hydrotherapy -

is that what you call this treatment I'm getting?

That's right.

- Cathy come to visit me yet?

- Your sister?

- Yeah.

- Not yet. She'll probably come on visiting day.

- Confidentially, Mr. Wilkes -

- Yes?

Come here. Come here.

Do you really think that all this

nerve-calming treatment's...

gonna help me forget

how much I want her in my arms?

We know about his fetish for your hair.

But did he ever try to cut it off?

Once.

With a pair of scissors or a knife?

Scissors.

Did he kiss you

when he tried to cut off your hair?

No.

Well - Uh -

Yes.

Did he ever attack any man

who showed an interest in you?

Yes.

- Do you love John?

- Oh, yes.

More than just as a brother?

What do you mean?

Well, often these cases are developed

through encouragement.

What do you mean?

Forgive me for saying it, Ms. Barrett,

but there's something very strange about this case.

And you don't appear to be too cooperative.

I -

Yeah, well, I'm sorry, Dr. Cristo. I -

When I received your call, I - I thought

something had happened to Johnny and I -

Well, I just wasn't prepared for this -

- Inquisition?

- No.

But you thought of the word, didn't you?

Yes.

Was he jealous of the way

you revealed your body to other men?

Relax, Ms. Barrett.

May I see Johnny now?

You'll have to wait for visiting day.

How is he getting along?

- He's in dance therapy now.

- Dance therapy?

- I got an idea how I can help my buddy.

- I'd do anything to help.

All right.

Have the fellow play "Dixie."

Joe, would you please play "Dixie"?

And a-one and a-two

And a-three and a-four

And a-one, two, and a-one

and a-two and a-three and a-four

And a-one and a-two

And a-three and a-four

And a-one and a-two

A-three, a-four

One and a-one, a-two, a-three and four

One and a-two, three and four

One and two

I want water!

I'll get the water for you, General.

Dixie!

One, two, three and four

And one and two and three

Dixie!

Four and five and six

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

My Bonnie lies over the sea

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me

Bring back, oh, bring back

Oh, bring back my Bonnie

Nymphos.

He's mine.

What's the matter with this door?

He's mine.

Hello, girls.

I hope that door opens.

It's got to!

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

My Bonnie lies over the sea

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me

My Bonnie lies over the sea

My Bonnie lies over

I love coffee, I love tea

I love the boys

and the boys love me

- I love coffee, I love tea

- My Bonnie lies over the ocean

I love coffee, I love tea!

I love the boys, and the boys love me!

Bring back, oh, bring back

Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

My Bonnie lies over the sea

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me

I love coffee, I love tea!

I love the boys, and the boys love me!

I love coffee, I love tea!

I heard about you getting wounded

at Shiloh, sir.

Does it hurt much?

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