The Sender

SOMETHING SET HIM

OFF QUICKLY.

LETS SEE THAT AGAIN.

HES COMING DOWN NOW.

SORRY TO DISTURB

YOU, DR. DENMAN.

WEVE GOT AN ATTEMPTED

SUICIDE CASE IN ADMISSIONS.

I THINK DR. FARMER

SHOULD SEE HIM.

OK, THANKS.

DR. FARMER,

WILL YOU GO:

TO EMERGENCY:

RIGHT AWAY?

OK.

WILL YOU SHUT UP!

HELLO, RON.

HI.

THANK YOU.

DID THEY HAVE:

TO RESUSCITATE HIM?

NO, HE WAS

CONSCIOUS.

WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

AROUND LUNCH TIME.

WHO IS HE?

HE DOESNT HAVE:

THE FAINTEST IDEA.

THERES NO WALLE OR I.D.?

JUST ROCKS:

IN HIS POCKET.

IM GAIL FARMER.

.

IM A PSYCHIATRIS IT SAYS IN THE REPORT YOU

TRIED TO DROWN YOURSELF.

IS THAT TRUE?

I HATE THIS NAME

THEY GAVE YOU,

JOHN DOE 83.

CAN YOU TELL ME:

YOUR REAL NAME?

IS THAT LIGH BOTHERING YOU?

SO WHAT AM I:

GOING TO CALL YOU?

MR. DOE?

JOHN?

JOHNNY?

J.D.?

GET STUFFED.

WELL, I KNOW TWO THINGS

ABOUT YOU ANYWAY.

YOU HAD A MOTHER

AND YOU HAD A FATHER.

RIGHT OR WRONG?

JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.

DO YOU KNOW:

WHERE YOU ARE?

A MENTAL HOSPITAL.

A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL

WHICH IS NO PLACE

TO RIDE AN ATTITUDE.

HAVE YOU BEEN IN

A HOSPITAL BEFORE?

NO.

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

IN A HOUSE.

WHERE? HOW FAR AWAY?

I DONT REMEMBER.

WHO ELSE LIVES THERE?

MY MOTHER.

WHATS THE MATTER?

CANT YOU TELL?

I SAID SOMETHING

STUPID BEFORE, DIDNT I,

ABOUT YOUR PARENTS?

YOU SAID:

I HAD A FATHER.

DID HE LEAVE YOU?

OR DIE?

I NEVER HAD:

A FATHER.

LIKE JESUS.

THATS RIGHT.

LIKE JESUS.

THATS GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

CAUSE THIS OTHER GUY HERE,

HE THINKS HE MIGHT BE JESUS.

WHAT AM:

I GOING TO TELL HIM?

F*** OFF.

I COULD TELL HIM

TO F*** OFF.

QUIT MESSING:

WITH MY HEAD.

YOUD SOONER DIE.

THATS RIGHT.

WHY DIDNT YOU:

JUMP OFF A BRIDGE

OR IN FRONT OF A TRAIN

INSTEAD OF GOING SWIMMING?

YOU CHOSE A PUBLIC

PARK AT NOON.

YOU DID EVERYTHING

BUT BRING A TOWEL.

YOU THINK YOU MIGH WANT TO STICK AROUND

FOR A WHILE?

AT LEAST UNTIL WE FIND

THE TRUE CHRIST?

LETS GO, FISH.

YOUVE BEEN SLEEPING

ALL DAY.

COME ON.

WARDS 043 AND 048,

LAST CALL TO SUPPER.

AH, WELCOME TO O48.

WHAT ARE YOU IN FOR?

MY MEMORY.

MEMORY?

LOOK, DONT WORRY

ABOUT THE MESSIAH.

LOST HIS MARBLES

IN INDIA.

THINKS HES THE CHOSEN ONE.

LISTEN.

STICK WITH ME, KID.

IM FAKING IT.

THEY WANT TO SEND

ME BACK TO VIETNAM.

SH*T, MAN.

IM SANER THAN:

ALL OF THEM.

SO, TELL ME SOMETHING, HOW ARE

OUR BOYS DOING OUT THERE?

WHERE?

NAM.

THEY FINISHED:

YEARS AGO.

THE WAR IS OVER.

OH, SH*T.

NOT YOU, TOO, KID. HUH?

THEY TOLD YOU:

TO SAY THAT!

WELL, IM NOT GOING BACK

THERE! F*** IT!

IM NOT GOING BACK!

YOU HEAR?

HEY, SOMEONES

LOOKING FOR YOU.

WHATS:

THE MATTER, ROOKIE?

YOU LOOK LIKE:

YOUVE SEEN A GHOST.

YOU THINK:

YOURE JESUS.

WALK ON THAT.

WHAT IS IT?

JOHN.

WHATS WRONG?

NOTHING.

NOTHINGS WRONG.

YOU DIDNT SLEEP,

DID YOU?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

IVE BEEN SLEEPING

ALL DAY.

IS THA THE JOHN DOE?

YES. IT IS.

DON'T COME NEAR ME.

HES BEEN:

GUILLOTINED.

HE SAYS HE CAN MOVE HIS HEAD.

ITLL FALL OFF.

HOW COME:

IT DIDNT FALL OFF?

HES BIDING:

HIS TIME.

WHO?

JOHN DOE.

HE THREATENED:

TO CUT YOUR HEAD OFF?

YES.

YOU LIE LIKE A DOG.

HE NEVER SAID "BOO"

TO YOU, PROPHET!

WHEN WAS:

HIS LAST MEDICATION?

HE WONT TAKE IT.

HES AFRAID:

TO SWALLOW.

THEN WELL:

HAVE TO INJECT IT.

WHO IS IT?

WHO IS IT?

THIS IS SERGEANT STROUD.

HOLD THE LINE, PLEASE.

HELLO.

SERGEANT STROUD.

YES, THIS IS

DR. FARMER.

505 CORINTH WAY.

SOMEBODYS BREAKING

INTO MY HOUSE.

OK. NOW STAY CALM.

THERES A CAR:

ON ITS WAY.

DR. FARMER.

ITS ALL RIGHT.

ITS NOT A PROWLER.

ITS A PATIENT OF MINE.

HE TOOK A PIECE OF JEWELRY

FROM MY NIGHTSTAND.

ITS A NECKLACE--HE SAW

ME WEARING IT TODAY.

EXCUSE ME.

IVE GOT TO CALL IN.

OK.

HELLO. 43.

HI, ITS GAIL.

A PATIENT OF MINE,

A SUICIDAL PATIENT,

WALKED OFF:

THE LOCKED WARD TONIGHT.

AND I WANT TO KNOW

WHEN AND HOW.

HIS NAME IS:

JOHN DOE 83.

JOHN DOE 83.

HOLD THE LINE.

THANK YOU.

HOW DID HE GET IN?

HE BROKE:

A WINDOW.

UH-HUH.

YOU LIVE HERE ALONE?

DR. FARMER.

YES. WHAT HAPPENED?

I DONT KNOW, DOCTOR.

IF HE WALKED:

OFF THE WARD,

HE WALKED:

RIGHT BACK ON AGAIN.

HES IN THE DORM NOW.

SLEEPING.

ARE YOU SURE?

YES, DOCTOR,

IM SURE.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT MAY NO HAVE BEEN HIM.

YOU WANT TO SHOW ME

WHICH WINDOW:

HE BROKE?

YES. ITS IN

THE LIVING ROOM.

YOU SEE, DOCTOR,

WE CHECKED:

THESE WINDOWS:

FROM THE OUTSIDE.

YOU SURE IT WASN A BOTTLE IN THE STREET?

YES. I HEARD

A WINDOW BREAK.

WHERE WERE YOU?

IN BED.

SLEEPING.

NO.

YOURE POSITIVE?

YES. WHY?

ROY.

YO.

IS THA THE MISSING ITEM?

IT SEEMS TO ME, DOCTOR,

LIKE SOMEBODY:

WAS DREAMING.

GOOD NIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU.

WHATS--WHATS

THAT LADY DOING SHE HERE?

WHAT LADY? WHERE?

THERE:

IN THAT ROOM.

WHY, YOU DONT HAVE

TO SEE ANYBODY:

YOU DONT WANT TO.

DO YOU WANT ME:

TO TELL HER TO GO?

NO.

NO, ILL TELL HER.

WHATS THE MATTER,

BABY?

ARENT YOU HAPPY:

TO SEE ME?

HOW DID YOU KNOW

I WAS HERE?

MERCIFUL GOD, YOU

HAVE TO ASK ME THAT?

YOU RAN AWAY:

FROM ME, REMEMBER?

YES.

WELL, IVE COME

TO TAKE YOU HOME.

GAVE HIM ANOTHER SEDATIVE.

DO WE THINK WE:

SHOULD SCHEDULE:

HIM FOR SHOCK?

NO. WHY?

HES SEVERELY DEPRESSED--

PRACTICALLY CATATONIC.

HES AMNESIAC.

IM TRYING:

TO LOOSEN HIS MEMORY,

NOT KNOCK IT OUT.

JUST GIVE ME:

SOME MORE TIME:

WITH HIM.

FOR WHAT, ANOTHER

SUICIDE ATTEMPT?

GAIL, I KNOW YOUR VIEWS

ON SHOCK THERAPY,

BUT IN EVERY OTHER

HOSPITAL I KNOW,

ELECTROSHOCK IS:

THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE

FOR SUICIDAL:

DEPRESSION. IT WORKS.

SO WOULD TORTURE.

THERES NO PAIN INVOLVED.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

HAVE YOU EVER:

BEEN SHOCKED?

NO PATIENT HAS:

EVER REPORTED PAIN.

YES, BECAUSE THEY

DONT REMEMBER IT.

THAT DOESNT MEAN

THEY DIDNT FEEL IT.

YOU SHOCK:

A PATIENT,

YOU PUNISH HIM.

HE STOPS FEELING

GUILTY FOR A WHILE--

EXACTLY. AND

HE BECOMES ACCESSIBLE

TO PSYCHOTHERAPY.

HES ALREADY:

ACCESSIBLE.

HES NOT GOING:

TO KILL HIMSELF.

CAN YOU BE:

SURE OF THAT?

SOME WOMAN CAME:

TO SEE HIM TODAY.

THATS WHY:

HES UPSET.

AND WHY ARE YOU:

SO UPSET?

I AM NOT UPSET.

DR. FARMER, DID YOU WANT ME

TO GIVE THE MESSIAH

HIS INJECTION?

NO, ILL

TAKE CARE OF IT.

GAIL...

BUT WHAT IS I THATS BOTHERING YOU?

JUST TELL ME.

JUST, PLEASE,

GIVE ME SOME MORE TIME

WITH HIM BEFORE YOU STAR SCRAMBLING HIS BRAIN.

OH!

OHH! OH!

WHAT WERE YOU:

LOOKING FOR?

THE THORAZINE.

HERES THE THORAZINE, ITS

RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR NOSE.

DOCTOR,

WHATS WRONG?

NURSE.

IM SORRY, DR. FARMER,

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SPOOK YOU.

IM HERE ABOU YOUR PATIENT,

THE ONE THATS:

DRIVING YOU CRAZY.

MY NAME IS JEROLYN.

YES.

WHAT CAN I:

DO FOR YOU?

TELL ME:

YOU HAVENT YOU:

BEEN SEEING THINGS?

OF COURSE, I DIDN LET IT THROW ME.

IVE BEEN:

LIVING WITH I FOR 20 YEARS.

I GAVE HIM:

PERFECT LOVE.

WHATEVER HE NEEDED,

I GAVE HIM.

ID BE WORKING:

AT THE FACTORY,

ID RUSH HOME IF:

HE WAS HUNGRY, OR...

HAVING A BAD DREAM.

ID KNOW ABOUT IT.

A MOTHER:

ALWAYS KNOWS:

HER--HER BABY

NEEDS SOMETHING.

HE TELLS HER.

THATS ALL HE IS.

HES A BABY:

HES CRYING:

FOR HIS MAMA.

NO MATTER WHERE:

I AM, I...

I CAN ALWAYS:

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