[Ben] Worms. Get them out. Worms!
[panting] No, no, no, no, no.
- [Jane] What did you do? - [Lynn] What have you done?
- [Ben panting] Worms! Get them out. - [Lynn] Did you say "worms"?
- [Ben] Worms! Worms! They're in me. - [Jane] What did you do?
- [Lynn] Babe? - [Ben] Get them out! [grunts]
[chattering]
[sound fades out]
[chattering resumes]
Uh, ca-can everyone just settle down for a minute, please?
Uh, Dr. Adler,
uh, maybe you could walk us through what actually happened.
[Ben] Worms! Worms!
Okay.
[breathing shakily]
My patient was suffering
a rather severe conversion disorder
which was caused by his belief
that he had a worm behind his eye.
- [chattering indistinctly] - So, I... I leaned into that delusion.
By cutting open his forehead.
I know. Um, it's rather radical,
but, uh, it worked.
[scoffs] Oh, my God.
It appeared to, yes.
The... The other children improved soon after that.
[Eli] In mass hysteria, when patient zero is cured,
it's typical that the others follow suit rather quickly.
[chattering]
But can we prove an actual cause and effect?
In terms of liability, potential effectiveness isn't a defense.
[Ben panting] Worms! Worms.
[Lynn] Did you say "worms"?
[Ben] They're in me.
Help me.
[Jane] Eli?
You're burning up.
[exhales sharply, winces]
You're not taking care of yourself, Eli.
- [groans] - Doctors are the worst patients.
I'll be right back.
[Eli] Jane, I'm fine.
It's this case.
- It's this kid. This-- - Yeah, this kid. No kidding.
That boy needed six stitches.
I-I-I know. [mutters]
Uh, you know nothing like that can ever happen again.
I know, but it worked.
Okay. I'll do my best to do damage control,
but I need you off campus.
- What? - Go take care of that infection.
- Jane... [stammers] ...Noah-- - Noah is stable.
I need a minute to see if I can fix this,
which means I need you to make yourself scarce for today.
Go home.
[Eli sighs]
[sighs]
[door opens]
Hey. Hey, hey, hey. I need to talk to you.
- Look, don't worry. - [sighs]
Everything's fine. Noah's stabilized.
Stabilized for now, but what's the plan?
Listen, just because whatever you did to him
happened to work, it doesn't make it okay, okay?
And since they're telling me that you're still his doctor,
I am trying to trust you because that boy in there desperately needs help,
and I need to know that you're not just making shit up along the way.
So, please, you better tell me that you have a plan.
[elevator dings]
I have a plan.
[Ben whimpering, speaks Dutch]
[Noah, Ben speak Dutch]
[Ben speaks Dutch]
[Noah, Ben speak Dutch]
[Ben whimpering]
[Noah, Ben speak Dutch]
[Ben grunting]
[Cleo] You're saying you pulled a worm out of this kid's forehead,
and for a moment, you actually saw it?
Yeah, it was like we had a shared hallucination.
That sounds like some pretty intense transference- countertransference.
Yeah, but the main thing is to figure out why it worked.
So, I need you to find out whatever you can on this guy Benjamin.
- Who? - Benjamin.
Benjamin Walker, remember? Lynn's ex.
All I know is he died at St. Benedict's in 1978.
I suspected an overdose, but the autopsy was inconclusive.
So, find out whatever you can ASAP.
You know this is getting weird, right?
Cleo, just do it, okay? It's important. Thanks.
Fuck.
[muttering]
[Denise chattering, distorted]
[distorted dialogue]
I got Ellie.
Hmm?
Yeah? A little cuddle-wuddle.
[gasps] And I brought Batman.
[Noah muttering]
[buzzing]
[sighs]
- Oh, baby. What's happening? - [muttering]
So, worse how?
[Denise] It's hard to explain.
I mean, he's not paralyzed anymore, thank God,
but it did something to him.
It's like he's getting farther and farther away.
Well, there's been talk about a bed that may be open soon
at a higher care facility in Ithaca.
[scoffs]
Denise, we need to see actual improvement
or start talking about a longer-term solution for Noah.
Are you kidding me?
What happened to him eventually coming home?
It's possible that a higher care facility could serve as his permanent home.
A higher care facility isn't a home, Gail.
We can't do that to him.
I know what it feels like to be the kid that no one understands,
the kid that nobody wants.
Now, I promised him a home, a real home.
[inhales deeply] How can I just take that away from him?
Look, I know this is hard.
- You know this is hard? Really? - I know this is hard,
but we all just need to think about what is best for Noah.
- [faucet opens] - [water running]
[faucet dripping]
[clattering]
[water draining]
Whoa!
What the hell are you doing?
Take it easy. Just checking out the tub.
- I love these old claw-foot models. - How did you get in here?
Eli, what a surprise.
Lance, can you help with the dining room chairs?
Maybe I should take that.
It's on loan.
Uh, Sue Ann, look at this. What is going on here?
[stammers] We're staging the house today, remember?
- [sighs] - It has not been easy.
Artwork covered the water stains,
but the floorboards are just a mess.
Sue Ann, this is a bad day for me. I'm in the middle of something.
I know. I know it is never a good time.
It's hard to let go of the past.
Which reminds me... [inhales sharply]
...the history of this place might cause a little upset,
so I thought as a precaution, we could have it psychically cleansed.
Are you kidding me? "Psychically cleansed" is a thing?
Oh, yeah. It's actually very popular. [chuckles]
Oh, God.
Oh, goddamn it, Sue Ann. What is this?
You're so right. The blinds make it much more Hamptons chic.
- [Sue Ann stammers] - Get the hell out.
[chuckles] He's kidding, Amos. He's such a jokester this one.
- No, I'm not. Get the hell out. - You should go.
[scoffs] This is all part of preparing for the sale, Eli.
Speaking of that, we do need to get into that office downstairs.
What are you keeping down there? Some new lady friend?
It's my office, Sue Ann. It's where I work.
Eli, all work and no fun.
[chuckles] Oh, hey. Speaking of fun, Barbara did tell me
that you were going ice-skating with Sophie or something--
I don't have time for ice-skating!
- [vase shatters] - [gasps]
- [Ben whimpering, speaks Dutch] - [heart monitor beeping rapidly]
[Noah speaks Dutch]
Sue Ann, I'm going to my office.
Get these fucking people out of here.
I mean that.
[Ben] They're... They're in me. Help... Help me. Get them out.
[Lynn] Babe? Get what out?
[Ben] Worms. Worms!
[Lynn] Did you say "worms"?
[Ben] Worms! Worms! Get them out! [screams] Get them out!
[Eli sighs]
- [Ben] No. No, no, no, no, no, no... - [Lynn] Ben.
- ...no, no, no, no, no, no. No. - [shushes]
- [Ben breathing heavily, whimpering] - It's okay.
It's gonna be okay.
It's just a dream.
[Ben] I'm sorry, Lynn. I-I wish I could make it stop.
- [Lynn] I know, babe. - [Ben] Sorry.
[Lynn] I wanna help you. [sighs] I love you.
[Ben] I love you too, Lynn.
[tape stops]
[sighs]
Dad, what are you doing?
It's this tape that I got that I was just--
You were supposed to meet Sophie and I for ice-skating an hour ago.
What?
What in God's name is all of this?
That's the case, um, that I'm working on.
Okay. It all needs to come down.
Why are you trying so hard to sabotage the sale?
I'm not. I'm not.
Okay. Sophie's waiting outside.
[humming]
- ♪ My only sunshine ♪ - [faucet dripping]
[distorted] ♪ You make me happy When skies are gray ♪
[buzzing]
♪ You'll never know, dear ♪
[buzzing]
[breathes shakily]
♪ Please don't take My sunshine away ♪
- ♪ Please don't take My sunshine away ♪ - [breathing shakily, whimpers]
- [breathing sharply] - [rumbling]
[distorted buzzing, droning]
[buzzing continues]
Grandpa. Grandpa, look.
[Ben] I'm sorry, Lynn. I-I wish I could make it stop.
[Lynn] I know, babe. It's gonna be okay.
I wanna help you. I love you.
Dad, pay attention. You're missing it. She's showing off for you.
Sorry.
[wind whistling]
Listen, did your mom ever say anything about an old boyfriend of hers?
A guy named Benjamin?
- You mean the guy who died? - Yeah.
A little. Why are you asking?
What did she say about him exactly?
I don't know. I...
know it was pretty traumatic.
But... Well, you were there, right?
[Ben whimpering, speaking Dutch]
[heart monitor beeping rapidly]
You know, forget it.
No, wha... what?
It's just...
Do you think your mom was happy with me?
Dad, of course Mom was happy with you.
Why would you even say that?
Hey, Grandpa. Are you coming?
Sophie, Grandpa and I are talking. [stammers] In a minute.
- No. Yes. Absolutely. - No, no. Dad, hold on.
No, no, no, no, no. We came to skate and to have fun, right?
- Yes. - Be right there.
- [faucet dripping] - [breathing shakily]
[Denise] Hey, you know what I was thinking?
Maybe we could redo your room. Hmm?
Black and yellow for Batman.
- [buzzing] - [distorted] Get new curtains,
- new sheets. - [dripping continues]
Oh, sweetie. Are you okay?
Huh?
[Noah gasps, whimpers]
Noah?
- [breathing shakily] - What is it, sweetie?
What is it? Huh?
- What is it? - [screams]
[grunts]
[groans]
[grunts, groans]
[Lynn] Let them help you.
[wind whistling]
[Ben speaking Dutch, distorted]
- [monitors beeping] - [speaking Dutch]
- [grunting, screaming] - Please, babe.
Let them help you.
You're Lynn, right? Wait for me outside. It's gonna be okay.
Okay.
[Ben grunting]
[speaking Dutch, grunting]
Relax. Relax. We're gonna help you.
Hi. Benjamin's calm now. He's been sedated.
- I don't know what's happening. - Well, you did the right thing.
- You brought him here. - [stammers] Yeah.
Tell me what happened exactly.
Um, w-we took a drive upstate.
Um, he wanted to take pictures... [stammers] ...of a farmhouse,
and then...
then it all went bad...
[crying] ...and he had been doing so well.
Oh, so he's had problems before this.
He struggles with these s-strange fears,
which makes him self-medicate with drugs, but... [sobbing] but he's...
- he has been clean for a while. - Okay. It's okay. It's all right.
- It's okay. All right. - [whimpers]
Three deep breaths, okay? With me, three.
Two.
One.
Okay? All right. Listen, he's safe here. He's gonna be okay. I promise.
Thank you.
[sighs]
- You're very graceful out there. - Oh, yeah.
- [chuckles, exhaling sharply] - Oh, no.
Looks like you overdid it.
No, I'm just a little out of breath. That's all.
You know... Mom said it was fate.
What? What was fate?
You know, the... the way you guys met.
She said it was terrible about Benjamin,
but... but that it brought her to you.
And the second she saw you,
it was like she knew you already.
Like she'd always known you.
You were the love of her life, Dad.
Well, she was the love of mine.
[phone chimes]
- I gotta go. - What?
- Where are you going? - I have to go to work.
Give Sophie a hug for me, okay? Bye.
[stammers] Do not go back to the house, Dad.
[Cleo] The hospital records from 1977
list Benjamin Walker's next of kin as Fran Walker, his mom.
There's an address, but who knows if she's still there or even alive.
How did you get this file?
Let's just say it's on loan.
[typing]
Wait, what are you doing?
There's a connection between Noah and Benjamin.
I gotta figure out what it is.
Wait. You're not going there, are you?
Maybe they're related somehow.
Maybe when he was little, Noah heard stories about Benjamin.
And then as a result, developed similar fears and learned how to speak Dutch?
Thank you for this. I'll see you back at the office.
- [door opens] - [footsteps approach]
Hey, check me out. I'm half-bird. [chuckles]
You know, it's not a real cast, but I think we could sign it anyway.
Maybe put some stickers on it. Hmm? What you think?
Noah, I slipped, okay?
That's all. No biggie.
Noah.
Sweetie. [sighs] You--
You have to go away.
[Noah breathes deeply]
[door opens, closes]
[whimpers]
[faucet dripping]
[Noah sniffles]
Hello?
- [resident] What? - Oh, hi.
My name is Dr. Eli Adler.
- [resident] Don't want any. - Wait, wait,
I'd like to talk to any member of the Walker family
who still may be living here.
[resident] Why?
Please.
I'd like to talk to you about Benjamin.
[lock clicks]
You knew my brother?
[knocking on door]
[knocking continues]
- Hi. Hi. - [Cleo] Hi.
Um, I-I need to see Dr. Adler, is he in?
[stammers] I'm Noah's, uh, foster mom.
Uh, hi. Yeah, I'm his assistant. He's actually not here right now.
Well, do you know where he is?
No. I-Is everything okay? Can I help?
Could you just tell him that I-I need to talk to him, like now,
because they're thinking about taking Noah,
and-and I'm just... I'm just not sure, and I'm-I'm really...
What is this?
Uh, it's just some of Dr. Adler's work.
I can let him know you stopped by.
What is this?
Is this all about Noah?
What am I doing here?
What the fuck is wrong with me?
Listen, I think it might be better if you talk to Dr. Adler about this.
Do you? I mean, this guy cuts my kid's forehead open
because there's, like, some imaginary worm in there,
and he's the guy I'm supposed to talk to?
This is crazy.
What the hell is the doctor even doing? How is this helping Noah?
- [sobs] Just... - [Cleo] Uh--
Listen, uh, let me give a call to Dr. Adler--
No. You know what? Never mind.
I don't need to see Dr. Adler after all. Thank you.
[door slams]
Well, if you knew my brother, then you know he died about a million years ago.
So, if he owes you money, you're shit out of luck.
No, it's-it's, uh, it's nothing like that.
I work at St. Benedict's,
and I have a patient whose family history
could help determine future treatment options.
And Benjamin's name came up.
I'm the only family Benjamin had.
And besides, you told me that you knew my brother.
Well, I-I did. I did, but not-not well.
I was, um...
I was the psychiatric resident on call the night that they brought Benjamin in.
[Ben] No, please, please. Please. [groans] Please, please, no. [strains]
[sighs]
And there was nothing we could do to save him.
And I'm really sorry.
Yeah. Well, don't be.
We hadn't spoken in years.
He made his choices... [inhales deeply] ...and I made mine. [sighs]
Mmm.
You know, in reading his files, it said that he was, uh,
suffering from hallucinations and bad dreams.
Do you know anything about that?
He had night terrors when he was a kid. [sighs]
He used to wake up the whole house.
Said something was, uh, chasing him.
[whimpers, speaking Dutch]
Hmm.
Did he know what it was?
I mean, if he did, he didn't tell me.
Look, he had problems. What can I say?
You see these?
I used to collect baseball cards when I was a kid.
My father would get them for me, you know? I had hundreds.
One day, Ben shows up after my parents go to work.
They threw him out of the house. They caught him using.
But he snuck back in to see me, and, uh, we spent that whole day together.
We eat M&M'S, we're listening to music,
and we were just like normal brothers, you know?
But then I-I go to get us a couple of sodas out of the fridge,
and I come back, and Ben's gone, and so were my cards.
And after that, I cut him out of my life.
Who needs a person that you can't count on?
So y-your patient?
Better off not being related to my brother. Trust me.
[sighs]
Do you or anyone in your family speak Dutch?
Dutch? Are you fucking with me right now?
I'm sorry. [chuckles]
[faucet drips]
So, uh, are you hungry?
'Cause there's a vending machine right here.
- [Lynn gasps] - Dr. Adler, we need you.
- Okay. - [Lynn stammers]
[Eli] Shit. What'd you give him?
Nothing. He must've snuck something in.
- I can't get a pulse. And he's not breathing. - Get out of my way!
[monitors beeping rapidly]
Shit.
[grunts]
Come on, Benjamin. Come on, Benjamin, breathe.
- [beeping continues] - Come on.
[bone cracks]
[steady beep]
[faucet dripping]
- [steady beep continues] - [resident] Whoa. Hey.
[distorted] Hey, hey, pal, you all right?
Whoa, hey, hey, hey, pal. Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, you okay?
[faucet dripping]
[dripping continues]