"I'm sorry, Cody." "I've had a case come back across my desk that could be a very good fit." "Cody." "He's eight." "His birth mother died when he was three." "And we placed him with a couple that..." "that turned out weren't fit." "The second couple we placed him with abandoned him." " Oh, my God." " And I went for his annual follow up." " I found him living alone in the apartment." " Alone?" "For almost a month, we think." "Neighbors called once he started going door to door." "Look, I like this kid." "We're not supposed to have opinions like that, but I do." "He's resourceful, he's resilient." "I'm not saying these things haven't affected him." " He's guarded, he has sleep issues." " Of course." "But for all he's been through, he hasn't let it turn him into a victim." "Which is what made me think of the two of you." "Now that you've been approved, I think you'll make wonderful foster parents." "My question for you is... are you ready for this?" "Okay, living room." "We can leave that one." "Are you sure?" "Clean slate, you know." "Just that one." "Whatever it was like for her... they said it was fast." "And she wasn't aware of what was happening." "It's not nearly as... bad as I imagined in my head." "And I find comfort in that." "That's very good, Johnny." "Anyone else?" "We have decided to bring a child into our home tomorrow." " That's wonderful, Jessie." "Congratulations." " Thank you, Peter." "How have you been feeling these days?" "I still can't sleep at night very well." " You still on Ambien?" " Yes." "Insomnia is common." ""Somnia" is Latin for "dreams"." ""Insomnia" simply means "no dreams"." "And what else is a child, but our dreams?" "Our hopes, manifest." "We talked about numbness last week, something a lot of us has felt." "Yeah, I don't know if I'm doing any better with that." "I think I am, a little." "But the color hasn't returned to the world just yet." "How is Mark with this?" "We haven't seen him here for awhile." "We always say that people processes grief differently." "Mark and I have had different experiences with this." " Feeling distant from a spouse is..." " Common." "Yes." "I just wish I knew how to fix this." "For him, for us." "And I really wish he would continue coming to group with me because... it's the only time I feel..." "I don't know." "Awake." "You ready?" "I think so." " Hey." " Let's go say hi." "This is Mr. and Mrs. Hobsen." " Hi." " How are you doing?" "Good morning." "Good morning." "How are you?" "Can I take that box for you?" "No?" "Okay." "Whatever you want to do, pal." "Thank you." "I'll take good care of it." "Come on." "Come on in." "Here we are." "You don't have to do that." "Shoes make floors dirty." " You have a beautiful home." " Thank you." "It's all yours, Cody." "Nothing's off limits." "Yeah, come on, I'll show you my Xbox, or... or we can get a Wii, I guess." "I'm not sure which one you play." "You play, though, right?" "I think Mark's pretty excited to have someone to play." "You ever played disconnect?" "Sports thing?" "It's got a censor on it, so there is no controller." "Whatever you do, the little dude does." "You can swing, you can throw, you can kick." "And the little guy does it." "I'll show you." "Great." "It's pretty neat." "It doesn't look like much." "We want you to decorate it the way you like it." " Really?" " That's right." "We're gonna replace those, I just throw whatever in a basket, but you can pick out anything you want." "Cody collects butterflies." " You do?" " Really?" "I love this room." "Remember, it's just the first night." "We are all in this together." " You okay?" " I like your eyes." " Thank you." " They're really pretty." "Let's get some sleep." "Good night, Mrs Hobsen." "Good night, Cody." "Sleep tight." "Monarch." "Alright." "Here." "Alright." " What's your favorite kind of pizza?" " Pineapple." "Yeah?" "That's what we're going to have tonight." "Celebrate your brave day." "Let's go." "You ready?" "So, let's all say, "Welcome, Cody"." "Welcome, Cody." "You can take that seat right over there." "Alright, let's open those notebooks." "Everyone ready?" "The first word is..." " Everything okay in there?" " I'm fine." "He's fine." "I just wanted to make sure I can still hear him." "He's fine." " What's this guy?" " The Blue Morpho." "Sounds like some kind of superhero or something." "And what is this?" "This is like a cocoon or something?" "That's a chrysalis." "It keeps them safe till they've grown up." "So, I guess we better go to bed." "Alright." " I'll be right there." " Okay, sweetie." "Hey." "So, I was straightening out for you earlier, and I accidentally found some of your stimulants." "Stimulants?" "Things that keep you awake." " I don't like to sleep." " I know." "But there's nothing for you to be scared of here." " Yes, there is." " What?" "The Canker Man." "Who's that?" "He comes when I sleep." "He eats people." "Well, that's no good." "He ate my mom." "You know, when I was a little girl..." "I thought there was a witch scratching in my window." "But it was just a tree." "The branches had grown a little too long, and they hit the window when the wind blew." "Once I knew that, the witch never came back." "Sometimes scary things go away when we understand them a little." "Not The Canker Man." "Well, you're in a new home now." "I'm sure he can't find you." "He's always with me, he says so." "You did what you had to do." "You can't let him have a sugar stash, in the middle of his room, under his bed." "I know, I still feel like I was trespassing." "No." "You're parenting." "When you came in, you said something about a ghost." " There was something." " What did it look like?" "Well, it was wearing a black thing that went all the way to the floor." "Weren't you a little frightened at the time?" "Oh, yes." " That, Mr. Loren, is hysteria." " Jess." "Well, then, doctor, how do you explain what happened to Lance?" "Was that hysteria too?" "You better get that checked in a day or two." "Thanks, doc." "Where do they come from?" "Have you ever seen this many?" "Do we have any jars?" "Butterflies even come out at night?" "Maybe there is big pretty moths." " What?" " It bit me." " A butterfly bit you?" " No..." "Where are they coming from?" "I need a lid." "What the hell?" "What the hell just happened?" "I saw something last night." "I think it was Sean." "I know we have all had those dreams... and felt like we've seen our kids out in the world." "But this was different." "And I couldn't help but feel... that it was because..." "Go ahead." "He knows about Cody." "And he's angry with me." "For replacing him?" "Yeah." "We talked about something like this at the beginning, when Mark wanted to sell the house," " but you refused because..." " I felt like he was still there." "You said you saw him sometimes." "Yes." "Okay." "The thing you need to understand about dreams... even lucid dreams, which can feel very real while we're having them." "This wasn't a dream." "I was awake." "Doesn't matter." "If we're suppressing negative emotions like guilt or fear... especially for sleep deprived on top of that, our subconscious will figure out a way to process those emotions." "Even if we're awake." "We can even achieve levels of REM's sleep while we're awake." "It's called "a waking dream"." " It's more common than you think." " Just felt very real." "Yeah." "I'm sure it did." "But waking dreams... any dreams, actually, are conversations that we're having with ourselves." "Every character in your dreams is actually just you." "And when we're trying to bury uncomfortable emotions, or ideas, or we feel threatened... sometimes the only outlet they have is our subconscious." "It's normal for us to feel haunted, by our past, by our losses, by the children we lost." "But, Jessie, no..." "Sean is not haunting your home." "The question is what are you trying to say to yourself?" "What unresolved emotions are struggling to get out?" "That's pretty." "It's a monarch." "Don't they have..." "I guess so." "Thank God, where did you find him this time?" "He was in the maintenance shed, which will be locked from now on." "Oh, no." "Not your seat." "You know where you're going." "Is this everything?" "I'll do a sweep." "Hey, pal." "How you doing?" "Are you alright?" "Who is that?" "Well, that's our son." "His name was Sean." "Where is he?" " Well..." " He's in heaven." "That's where my mom is." "Tell me what was she like?" "I don't remember her." "How did Sean go to heaven?" "We wish he hadn't." "As like I'm sure you wish your mom hadn't." "He looks fun." "Are you in fear of losing your car?" "Sounds familiar?" "If you owe more than ten thousand dollars to the bank or the IRS, then you're qualified for a debt relief program." "Call us now to speak to a debt relief coach who can help you right now." "Our experts coaches will help you reduce your monthly payment to a little less 25..." "Hey..." "Jess." "Look who's back." "Where the hell are they coming from?" "No." "No." "I'm sorry." "He's real." "You saw him." "Touched him." "I did, I was right there." "I'm sorry." "Why?" "My dream." "What do you mean, Cody?" "What happens when you dream?" "I won't do it again." "Please, don't be mad." " Oh, hey, pal, we're not..." " Honey, we're not mad." "I hope you have a good day, Jessie." "You too." "I wish we could've heard his voice." "Alright, who wants to set the table?" " Come on, buddy." " Pizza!" " I think you have to dive into the water." " Okay, you're... okay." "Okay, That's one more round for you, buddy." "Hey, Cody." "You know, yesterday you were asking about Sean?" "You want to see him?" "Yes, please." "When's the last time you had a real Christmas?" "I don't know." "You will this year." " Here he comes, here he comes." " He's coming, he's coming, he's coming." " He came!" "He came!" " That's him." "Merry Christmas, baby!" " What do you think?" " I think it's a train." " Why?" "Did it whistle?" " Did Sean write train?" "I don't remember." "You said to Santa you think about a train." "What is it?" "I can't see it." "What do you think?" "North Pole Express." "Do you know who lives in there?" " North Pole Express." "Santa lives there." " Santa lives there." "North Pole Express." "Oh, my God, come on, fight back, buddy." "You can escape." "He used to give me Eskimo kisses." "You see how he does that?" "Where you going, buddy?" "That's right, you didn't get much sleep last night, did you?" "In this house it's okay for you to relax." "You're home." "Now get some sleep." "I'm putting on another pot." "Oh, let's call it the night." " He's a tough one, he needs to sleep." " I know, babe." "So do we." "Let's go to bed." "I'm going to make another pot." "Okay." "I'll go to bed." "Jess." "Jess." "He came!" "He came!" "I think it's a train!" "Why?" "Did it whistle?" "Cody." "I am always with you." "Let's go to bed." "What is that?" "The Canker Man." "Sometimes, if I do this, it keeps him away." " Boys are home." " Hi there." "Okay, go on." " Are you hungry?" " Yeah, I am a little hungry." "Yeah?" "Okay." "Why don't you go upstairs, and wash your hands, and come back and tell me all about your day?" "Okay?" "Okay." "Are we going to talk about this?" "He needs to sleep." "Okay, he needs to sleep." "Yeah, Cody needs to sleep." "But, Jessie, is that what this is about?" "Or is this about Sean?" "Okay." " What are you doing?" " This feels wrong, Jess." "This..." "It felt wrong... when you... you put in that DVD." "And then... it hasn't felt right since." "It feels like abuse." " Abuse?" " Yeah." " Abuse?" " We promised to take care of that child." "Not use him like some home movie projector for..." "That child needs to sleep." "And if he can help us heal... we need to heal, Mark." " He can help us heal." " This is not healing." "I saw it in your face." "You felt it too." "Yeah, of course." "If you want to go to bed, go to bed." " Jess." " I'm staying here, and I'm waiting for Sean." "Well, it's not our son, and it's not Sean, and it's not our son." "I'm not going to let you take him away from me again." "Again?" "Hey." "I'm sorry." " Again?" " I'm sorry." "No." "Not fair." "It's not fair." "Not fair." "All right." "You all set?" "Okay, go ahead." "You started it, Tate." "Thirteen plus five?" " Hayden?" " Eighteen?" "Yes." "Fifteen plus four?" " Hunter?" " Nineteen." "Good." "Seven plus thirteen?" " Clara?" " Twenty?" "Nice." "Nine plus fourteen." "This time is fine." "But if you're not feeling well enough for recess, maybe you should visit the nurse's room." "Can I just stay here?" "I have to step out, just for a minute." "Why not you put your head down and rest?" " Cody, what's going on?" " Let's go home." " What happened?" " A kid ran away." "What?" "He's done it before." "He's a mean kid." "Can we go home, please?" "Okay." "You okay?" "I'm fine." "Well, we didn't see very much of you tonight." "I'm sorry, I don't feel very well." "Don't feel well?" "Let's have a look at you." "Worried about what happened at school today?" "Well, I think it's going to be okay, that little boy's going to turn up." " Good night." " Good night." "Well, you..." "You could use some sleep too, you know?" "I'll be in soon." "Okay." "I'm awake, this can't be happening." "I'm awake, this can't be happening." "I'm awake, this can't be happening." "I'm awake, this can't be happening." "No!" "No!" "No!" " I'm awake." " I'm awake!" " I'm awake." " I'm awake!" "I'm awake." " No!" "No!" "No!" "I'm awake!" " Cody?" "Cody?" " No!" "Stop!" " Cody, stop." " I'm awake!" "I'm awake!" "I'm awake!" " I got you." "I got you." " I'm awake." "I'm awake." "I'm awake." " I got you." "Hey, hey, hey." " I'm awake." "I'm awake." "I'm awake." " I got you." "It's okay, baby." "It's okay." "I'm sick." "I don't want to go to school." " Sick, huh?" " Yes, sir." "That's too bad." "I guess you won't be interested in doing a little shopping today." "Pick up some stuff for your new room." "I don't think I deserve to." "If there is one thing I know, you deserve a good day." " How long hasn't he slept?" " At least two days." "But it's been going on since he first got home." "I'm giving him Zolpidem." "It's a paediatric Ambien." "Just a pill before bedtime should do the trick." "It's just to get him started." "We can't let him stay up for days on end." "Sleep deprivation at this age can do real damage." "Thank you." " Hi." " Hi." "Can I help you guys?" "I'm Detective Brown, this is Officer Murray." "We'd like to ask your son a few questions about an incident that took place at school." "Cody, come here." " Okay, screw." " Screw." " Phillips." " Phillips." "Just be sure you cough or something when you get downstairs, okay?" " Hey, there he is." " You look better." " I feel a little better." " Good." "So, the police came by today." " What they want?" " Well..." "I feel a lot better." "Do you want to see my race car bed?" " Race car bed?" " I was getting to that." "I guess this little kid still hasn't shown back up." "So, why'd they come here?" "Well, I guess they have to rule out abduction." " I guess Cody saw the kid leave." " How did Sean die?" "What?" "I just wondered." "Hey, buddy." "Why not you go set the table?" "Okay?" "We'll be in in a minute." "Nice." "Like Tik Tak Toc game." " Hey." " Hey." " What do you think?" " That is orange." "Aren't you glad we didn't go with fuchsia?" " What's this?" " Here you go." "Alright." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Use a fork?" "This is very civilized." " Today was fun." " Today was my favorite day so far." "Yeah?" "Mine, too." "Hey, listen... about the question that you asked me... earlier." "Sean drowned." "It was an accident." "And then, we found out we couldn't have more kids, so..." "I'm sorry I asked about that." "No, no." "It's..." "You have the right to know." "It's just important to you also know that... nothing like that is ever going to happen to you." "You okay?" "I don't think I am." "You're a great mom." "That kid up there... he needs a great mom." "You need a kid." "It's a perfect match." "We don't need anything else." "I know that you think you do." "And God knows there's a big part of me it feels the same." "But we don't." "Come to bed." "Come to bed." "Okay." "Yes, love." "Sean?" "Cody, Cody." "Wake up, wake up." " Wake up, honey." "Wake up!" " Mark." " He won't wake up." " He won't... for a while." " What did you do?" " He's..." "Cody!" "Cody!" "Cody!" "Wake up!" "Come on, wake up." "Get out of here!" "She won't wake up." "She won't wake up." "Here." "She's awake." "She's awake." "I'd like to take your formal statement, Mrs. Hobsen and then refer you to someone in social services." " Social services?" " Why did you drug the child?" "I... gave him a sleeping pill." "His doctor prescribed it." "You know the whereabouts of your husband the day before last around lunch time?" " Where are you taking him?" " We have any reason" " to be near of your son's school." " No." "No." "No, no, no." "I'm sorry." "Ma'am, we have to remove the child from the house." " No, please." "You can't take him away." " Ma'am, please." "Natalie." "You haven't returned my phone calls." "I was at the police station, all night." "Where is he?" "It's not your business anymore." "Where's your husband?" "I don't know." "That's why I have to speak to Cody." "That's not going to happen." "I need to find out more about him." "About his dreams." "You've heard this before." "There are several great support groups in here, and a few therapists who specialize in domestic violence." "I want you to reach out, get some help for your situation." "And I never want to see you again." " Thanks." " Yeah." " Hi, can I help you?" " I'm here to see Whelan Young." "Whelan, you have a visitor." "Thank you." "What can I do for you?" "I'm here to talk about Cody Morgan." "It says here that you and your wife Katherine fostered Cody for 15 months before he was given to Peter and Doris Clemens." "Wouldn't know about them." "They disappeared a year ago." "Much like your wife." "What are we talking about here, miss?" "We're talking about what happens when he dreams." "I've seen it, too." "You have now?" "I watched it... take my husband." "I wouldn't say that around here." "They fit you for slippers." "If you don't know what I'm talking about, then I'm wasting important time." "Hey, wait." "I'm sorry." "You know, I hear "you're crazy" for so long before you start to believe it." "Please." "That little boy's dreams come true." "Real and true." "It's an amazing, beautiful thing." "But so are his nightmares." "They're..." "Dangerous." "Deadly." "Can I get him back?" "My husband." "I don't know." "Wherever that thing comes from... it takes them with it." "If they exist at all, it's only in Cody's mind." "How do you know that?" "Katie and I fostered two kids before Cody." "His mother died, no other family." "He was sweet... independent." "An artist, I thought." "Started with the butterflies." "That went on for a few weeks." "We though it was magical." "And then, Katie got sick." "Had a bad flu." "And it seemed to really upset Cody." "And then..." "No!" "I'm sorry." "But it wasn't Katie." "It was just his impression of her." "That was all what was left." "He was too young. to even remember her right." "And I hated him for that." "I know I shouldn't have, but God help me, I hated him for that." "But I couldn't do it." "I couldn't do it." "If I had, you're husband would be alive." "That another family would be alive." "Maybe you can... succeed where I failed." "No." " No." " It's the only way." "Thank you for your time." "And I'm sorry for your loss, as well." "Do you really want to bet your life that an 8 year old won't have another nightmare?" " It's not his fault." " It'd be a mercy." "Someone has to do it." "Do you know anything about his birth mother?" "There's nothing in the file." "Only that she died." "I assume the way my wife did." "The way your husband did." "What are you hoping to find?" "Dr. Tennant told me not to come back without the patient file." "He's try to call." "Do you have the PID?" "I don't." "All I have is a last name and a date." "Night nurse said he didn't sleep last night." "That's two nights in a row then." "That we know of." "Policy says that we can't let him go this long." "I'd like to stay here with him tonight if that's okay." "You signed for the file, you can take it." "There is a PE number here on the intake." "How long you keep those?" "If nobody claimed them, there's a chance they're still down there." "No!" "No!" " Cody, it's for your own good." " It's alright." " I don't want to hurt anymore." " It'll only take a second." "Good job, son." "It's okay." "A case of mine was transferred, and I need the name of the facility for the report." "Natalie Friedman." "F-R-I-E-D-M-A-N." "Provider number, 11714." "Cody Morgan." "Where is he?" "Mommy." "Cody?" "It keeps them safe... until they've grown up." "Let them go." "Wait!" "I'm taking him home." "This is for you." "It's your mother's journal." "Your mother's name was Andrea Morgan." "And I can tell by reading this... she loved you very, very much." "When you were a baby, she noticed you were special." "It was just the two of you against the world." "She writes a lot about you, and about your gift." "And how much she loved watching it grow." "I don't think she's stopped writing because she didn't want to." "I think it's because... she got sick." "Which just happen sometimes." "These are some of your mother's test results." "Do you see that word there?" "Canker." "Not quite." "It's difficult to explain what cancer is to children... in terms they can understand." "Your mother started to look very different, very fast." "And by the time she was in the Intensive Care Unit, they started looking foster parents for you." "But they would've brought you in to see her one last time... to say goodbye." "Her voice would've been hard to hear." "But I know she would've tried to say, if she could... the one thing she would never want you to forget." "I... am... always with you." "Once you got older... you'd forget most of this." "And you'd tell people the Canker ate your mommy." "And as more time went by... in your mind." "The Canker Man ate my mommy." "In your mind, Cody." "Your amazing, special, one of a kind mind... made him real." "I'm so sorry." "I'm so sorry." "I used you, like I did for Sean." "But I'll never do that again... okay?" "Never." "Here we go." "Here." "Close to me, there." "Remember, there's nothing to worry about, okay?" "I'm going to be here with you, all night." "Will you tell me a bedtime story?" "Sure." "Once upon a time... there was a special little boy... who needed a mom." "And there was a sad mom... she needed a son." "Is this a happy story?" "I think it is." "Has a happy ending, anyway." "It feels like it can't." "Because those are people... who went away." "No one ever really goes away." "Not completely." "Because they live in our minds... and in our hearts." "In this story... that bully from school woke up in his bed, like nothing ever happened." "And whatever made him so sad and mean was gone." "And that nice lady who care for the boy, she came back to her husband, and they lived happily ever after." "And Daddy..." "Daddy got the best present of all." "Can those things happen?" "I guess that depends on you, Cody." "You have an amazing gift." "Who knows what can happen as it grows?" "Thanks for bringing me home." "Mom."