Veronika Decides To Die Page #3

of fact, only a truly crazy person...

would call it reassuring,

or optimistic.

Besides... aren't you the one

who accused fashion industry...

of posting pathological and

dehumanising values on our society?

Well, I was high

when I wrote that.

Then I take it,

an ad campaign...

was not the real reason

you tried to kill yourself.

I had a point.

You almost laughed.

Another sign of improvement.

Go to hell!

She's beginning to expierince

the reality of death...

is something

beyond her control.

Edward's noticed her.

Whatever that means

to Edward.

Have you grown so attached to your guild

about the fix you're in with Edward...

you can't see yourself

living without him?

Since you are so close to leaving,

you'd want to construct...

a happy ending for Edward

to match your own?

I don't think Edward being

interested in a suicidal girl...

with a few days to live,

is much of a happy ending.

Perhabs they are

if you're jealous.

You mean countertransference?

Just because it's a cliche,

doesn't mean it isn't true.

Anyway...

who says I'm ready to go?

In order to lose someone,

you must first experience...

authentic attachment.

Now if Edward could recover normal

affect to the point of being capable...

of general loss, I think I use that

as my finest hour as a doctor.

You're free to go.

Yeah, a mystery.

Yeah, I know, really.

Okay Claire,

I'm gonna swap you down.

Here we go.

- It's 100 over 80.

- Good.

- The numbers are all good.

- Very good.

Okay, stay still.

Goodbye.

One of your patients,

Veronika Deklava...

is getting considering

media play...

from some rather unfair things she said

about one of our advertising campaigns.

Of course our first and...

formost concern is...

for the wellbeing

of the young lady.

Well, now, she is a patient

undergoing active treatment here...

and the details of her condition

are confidential.

But she is recoverd enough for a...

well wishing statment to pay our respect?

Look...

you want to put Veronika in

some sort of dog and pony show.

that's not going to happen.

We're under a great deal

of pressure over this matter...

as I'm sure you understand.

I'm sorry, she's not available

to be put on display.

We did some inquiries.

The State Board Health,

which gives you a license to operate.

Apparently three years ago

a patient died here...

of a drug overdose?

And the families of other patients

have complained about...

irregular methods of treatment.

What the families of patients

complain about by enlarge...

is that not every mentally ill

person can be cured.

Now, what is it exactly

you want from me?

You have very...

unorthodox methods, Dr. Blake.

I can shine a spot-light...

on the unusual activity

that's taken place in here.

I have absolutely

nothing to hide.

Two hundred and seventy-four,

Two hundred and seventy-five...

Two hundred and seventy-six,

Two hundred and seventy-seven...

Two hundred and seventy-eight,

Two hundred and seventy-nine...

Two hundred and eighty,

Two hundred and eighty-one...

Two hundred and eighty-two,

Two hundred and eighty-three...

Hey, Claire, honey, come on.

You haven't been released.

Okay, get your bags,

and go let's sit at the table.

Okay, I'll go get Dr. Thompson.

He'll come and talk to you, okay?

No, not now, Edward.

I... I don't feel

like playing.

You okay?

I'll get to the moon next time,

they didn't let me leave.

Are you OK?

You should be careful.

It doesn't really matter,

does it?

Hey, there is an expert in Sufi spiritual

teaching talking with us tonight.

Some people say Sufi spirituality

is beautiful... and helpful.

I'm one.

~Maybe you should take the time to

gather yourself if a hurry, you know.

Ooohmm...

Insanity... is the inability

to communicate our ideas.

So, all of us...

are to one degree or another insane.

But don't confuse insanity

with the loss of control.

You have two choices:

To control your mind

or let your mind control you.

And allow the real "I"...

to revealed... itself.

The real "I" is... what you are...

not what others...

think of you.

I...

I could fall in love with you,

right now.

And you can see me

won't see me again.

But that's okay.

It's very early.

I need to talk you.

I need your help.

You didn't have your injection

last night.

I know.

I'm feeling much better.

Well, you don't look it.

If you want to make the most of the time

you have left, you do as I say.

I don't want to.

And that's why I need to know exactly

how much time I have left.

I told you

I can't be sure.

Everything is happening

as I anticipated.

Dr. Blake, I need you

to do two things for me.

I need a shot or something

so I can stay awake.

I want to be conscious

of every moment.

What's the other thing?

I wanna leave here.

No... I don't know...

You can't just go. You're not well enough.

Besides you're under my care.

You're looking very pale.

I'm tired, that's all.

Look, if I have even a little time left,

there's so much I can do.

I wanna go to the beach. I wanna see

the ocean and I wanna feel the sand.

I wanna have a huge taco

at my favorite taco stand.

I wanna walk into an Irish pub

and I wanna order a Guinness.

I've never done that.

I wanna see my mom, I wanna

talk to her, really talk to her.

Look, get some rest and conserve

what little energy you have left.

Dr. Blake there's...

Last night...

I knew I had to live.

There's so much about myself

I don't know.

When desire comes, that's fear.

These days, most people replaced

almost all their emotions with fear.

And everyone has dreams, but only

a few realises them,

makes cowards of the rest of us.

Even if they feel their right?

Particularly then.

Veronika, go get some rest.

I have other patients to attent to.

If everyone would relise their dreams,

this place would be empty.

Ha...

The Martians just send me a message

it's not a war anymore...

we must go forward and bring peace

to the Nations. That's what I'm doing!

You think I'm making this up?

This was reported on CNN!

You can hear their words as plain,

as the nose on your face!

I recall you're telling me

that Panic attacks aren't fatal...

even if they feel anything.

"Positive Compation".

All that textbook stuff is

beginning to sound rather old.

Maybe it's time for you

to leave this place.

Oh, don't be silly.

I do actually help people here,

in case you haven't notice.

Helping people?

Like Veronika?

Edward's benefiting, isn't he?

Yes, but to get that benefit

you're torturing a dying woman...

making her recover her will to live

just means too late to do any good?

All in the name of research?

Well, it's not a perfect science.

Perhabs with everyone seams to me

to lie then say what it is.

And when will you finally drop those

tedious notions of right and wrong...

you never really believed in

to beginn with?

Or are you still a lawyer at heart

with fantasies about truth and justice?

Look, if Veronika can help Edward

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