"(DOOR OPENING)" "I'm going over Megan's to watch Monsters Inc." "Can I have some money for crisps and coke?" "Yeah." "Thanks, Dad." "Hi, Stace." "(DOOR CLOSING)" "I can't go on like this." "I feel like a criminal." "It'll be all right." "How?" "How will it be all right?" "Are you serious about getting away from this hole?" "It was you that said it." "Just give me some time." "Time?" "How much time does it take, Ray?" "Come on." "You all right?" "No." "DSS?" "Care in the Community more like sometimes." "Hi." "My house husband." "Where's trouble?" "Out." "Megan's." "DVD." "Well, you wouldn't believe the day I've had." "You know that guy Chris, that was giving me all that trouble last week?" "He started again." "I don't know what I'm gonna do with him." "Hi, Megan." "Yeah, not so bad." "Can you put Carly on, love?" "What does she like this week?" "Corkscrews or bow ties?" "What?" "When was this?" "Carly!" "Carly!" "Police?" "Yeah, police.... it's my daughter." "Carly?" "Carly?" "Carly!" "My daughter, I can't find her." "I can't find her." "Where is she?" "Well, I suggest initially we get together like this on a regular basis, just to talk." "Talk?" "What about?" "The weather?" "You." "What you do." "What you feel about, what you do and see and hear." "Then I'd like to observe your work as a medium, first-hand." "Oh, so what?" "I phone you when someone comes to me?" "Yeah." "To the extent that you feel comfortable with that." "Yeah." "Just your friendly, neighbourhood psychologist, then." "Exactly." "You could do with getting yourself a decent couch." "Hey, let's be clear about this." "This is not a therapy session." "Good, because if you're expecting to rummage around in my dim and distant past, you're in for a disappointment." "When we first met, you intimated you'd spent some time in psychiatric care." "Hmm." "Do you have a problem with me finding out more about that?" "Fine." "Do you remember the name of your consultant?" "Max Maynard at Stillview in Manchester." "But he might as well have been a plumber for all he found out about me." "All he wanted to do was talk about the accident." "Accident?" "How many people are gonna read this book?" "Don't worry." "It's a university publication, not a Harry Potter." "REPORTER: (ON TV) Detective Inspector Felix George of Wessex Police has again asked for any members of the public who have noticed anything unusual in the area to come forward." "He reassured them that information would be treated in complete confidence and said his priority was to find Carly safe and well." "Yes." "That's the worst of it." "Not knowing.... if our daughter is alive or dead." "That's...." "That's unbearable." "Carly's father Ray thanked friends, family and neighbours for their support and said it was now down to the public." "He appealed for anyone with information that could lead police to the whereabouts of his daughter to look to their conscience and think of the torture he and his wife are suffering." "I just want to know if you've fully considered the psychological state of these people at the moment." "You saw that man on TV not knowing if his daughter's dead or alive." "He's in hell." "That's what I consider." "I consider that." "What if she is alive?" "Alison, you have to be so careful." "You're full of good intentions, aren't you, Robert?" "Writing a book about me, one-on-one sessions in the psychology department." "But the minute you see what my life is really like, look at you." "You run a mile." "I'm not running." "I'm being sensitive." "A child is missing." "No, a child is dead!" "It's horrible, I know." "This is what I do." "It isn't easy for you, Robert, how easy do you think it is for me?" "Let me at least call them and see...." "No, no, no, no." "I've got to go now." "Excuse me." "JOURNALIST:" "Excuse me." "Who are you?" "Alison." "I'd like to speak to Liz Tufnell please, Carly's mum." "I've got a message for her." "My name's Alison Mundy." "LIZ:" "If it's a paper, tell them to get lost." "No, I'm not a newspaper, Liz, I'm a person." "Liz, you had a beautiful, beautiful girl, my sweetheart, but she's gone." "I've seen her." "She's in spirit." "She's dead." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Who are you?" "What are you saying?" "I'm sorry." "What did you say to her?" "You parasite!" "Get out of here before I bloody...." "You've seen her?" "Oh, yes." "Where is she?" "Now?" "Mrs Mundy, if you know where she is, where can we find her...." "You mean her body?" "I don't know where her body is." "She probably can't face it, that she's dead." "She's probably blocking it out totally, poor thing." "I sat with her in the supermarket, until they asked me to leave." "'Cause I was attracting attention." "Mrs Mundy, what evidence do you have that Carly Tufnell is dead?" "The evidence of my eyes." "She's frightened." "She doesn't understand." "See, that's why we've got to help her." "Because if we can find her body, then maybe she can get some peace." "That's what I was trying to get out of her." "What she remembers, where she was." "And all she would say is "Dark", over and over again." ""Dark, dark water."" "And she's crying." "She's sobbing." "I'm the only one who can hear her." "The two of us, in amongst the soup and the baked beans." "And what else did she say?" "What else did she say?" "What else did she say?" "She said," ""I'm down, lower than bones."" "Yeah." ""Lower than bones."" ""Lower than bones."" "I don't wanna hurt you." "I want to help you." "Is this it?" "All over, then?" "All the plans." "All the happiness?" "It wasn't happiness that we had, Stace, it was just fun." "This was found washed up at Sea Mills." "Does it match the description given by the parents?" "Same brand, same style, same size." "Right." "Right, right, right." "Okay, everyone." "We're gonna concentrate our searches on all areas upriver from here." "And that includes Cumberland Basin, Hotwells and Baltic Wharf." "How long is this gonna take?" "(INAUDIBLE)" "Dr Bridge." "You wanted to see me?" "Yes, Inspector." "Thanks." "I realise you're very busy, but I'm concerned about a woman called Alison Mundy." "She's under the delusion that she's in contact with spirits, so obviously it's important that none of your team places undue emphasis on anything she might say to you." "However...." "Are you saying that she's not very good?" "I'm saying she's very convincing." "Dr Bridge, I'd like you to step this way." "Have a listen, and tell me what you think." "ALISON: (ON TAPE) She's frightened." "She doesn't understand." "That's why we've got to help her." "Because, see, if we can find her body, than maybe she can have peace." "She's emotionally unstable, as you can tell from the voice." "I'm worried that this self-imposed pressure might be damaging to her, as well as anything else." "ALISON: (ON TAPE) All she would say is "Dark' over and over again." ""Dark, dark water. "" "Psychics and mediums tend to speak in generalities." "For instance, "water"." "Everywhere is near water." "A river, water pipes, something." "It doesn't mean anything significant." "ALISON: (ON TAPE) And she's crying." "She's sobbing." "And I'm there with her." "I'm the only one who can hear her." "The two of us, in amongst the soup and the baked beans." "And what else did she say?" "What else did she say?" "What else did she say?" "She said," ""I'm down, lower than bones. "" "ROBERT:" "She plucks something out of the air, doesn't even know she's doing it." "Lower than bones." "It sounds so specific, you think it must be true." "ALISON: "Lower than bones. "" ""Lower than bones. "" "(CARLY SOBBING SOFTLY)" "(HELICOPTER DRONING)" "Where was she, boys?" "Down there, sir." "There?" "ANNOUNCER: (ON RADIO) And now the headlines." "We've just received word within the last few minutes, that the police have confirmed that the body of a young girl found near the Baltic Wharf area of Bristol, is that of missing schoolgirl Carly Tufnell." "The police have confirmed that they are now dealing with a murder enquiry." "We made an appointment in the name of Watkins." "Are you prepared to see us?" "She had this silver balloon that one of her friends brought to her birthday party." "It's still sitting there in the front room." "I can't let myself get rid of it." "Stupid." "Do you have children of your own?" "No, no, I don't." "Oh well, you're young." "Plenty of time." "Do you want white sugar?" "You should have white sugar with tea, shouldn't you?" "Don't know what I'm doing with brown sugar." "I've had so much tea in the last four days, I think I might change my name to Tetley." "You did what you thought was right." "We know that now." "Thank you." "It wasn't easy, believe me." "How do you....?" "Erm...." "Sometimes I see people." "People who've passed away." "Can you see Carly?" "We just want to know...." "Can you help us find who did it?" "I can only tell you what Carly tells me." "How is Mr No-Self-Doubt?" "Bristol's answer to Norman Foster." "Has he postmodernised the garden shed yet?" "Well, I fancy neoclassical." "So, it's a sticking point." "What about you?" "Girlfriend?" "Does he know you're meeting up with me?" "Just wondered." "Don't get your hopes up, Robert." "Hope's a funny thing." "Sometimes I think we human beings would be a lot better off without it." "Maybe it's one of the things that makes us human." "Look, I'm sorry." "There's a lot of stuff going on in my life at the moment." "You know this little girl who was found...." "Wayne Rooney's at it again." "Where is the waiter with the bloody water?" "Robert." "What?" "What am I supposed to do, Jude?" "What, do you want me there at the birth, too?" "Jude." "Jude, look...." "Shit." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Bugger off." "Just let me apologise." "It'll make me feel better." "I don't care how you feel, Robert." "Amazing though it may sound." "Look, come inside and finish your meal." "Look." "It's not a betrayal of Josh that I want to have a life again." "Come on." "That's ridiculous...." "Well, that's what you make me feel." "Every time." "And just because I want to see the light at the end of the tunnel and you don't...." "That's not true." "I think you should see someone." "Talk about it." "Great." "What's to say?" "My son is dead and I was to blame." "It was an accident, Robert!" "I was driving." "I was responsible." "I loved him, too!" "You do not have the monopoly on love." "Children are the worst." "'Cause they remind you of the grownups that they'll never be." "Peter Pan." "Lost boys and girls." "Was she harmed?" "You know, when you see her?" "Is she harmed-looking?" "No, there isn't a mark on her." "But you know that, don't you?" "Are you testing me?" "God help her." "Well, if God can't, maybe we can." "I don't think that she's going to have peace until her murderer is caught and punished." "Does anyone else know you're here?" "No." "I mean, my super would have a shit fit." "A week ago, so would I." "You don't have to apologise for believing." "More fool them, more fool...." "She's here." "She's just over there." "She's looking right at you." "(CLEARING THROAT)" "Carly, can...." "Can she help us in any way?" "Can she tell us what her attacker looks like?" "We have to be so gentle." "She's still so frightened." "Erm..." "She got in the car because he said that he was a friend of her dad's." "She didn't think that she was doing anything wrong." "It was hot in the car." "The heater was on because it was cold outside." "But it was hot inside." "It was too hot." "And there was music playing." "She liked the music." "What was the music?" "What kind?" "He asked her if she liked the music and she said that she did." "Okay." "Can she remember anything else?" "About the car, anything?" "There was a frog." "She liked the frog." "The frog was smiling at her." "Yeah." "And then he...." "And then he...." "And then he, he...." "And then...." "All right." "All right." "Okay." "This contains printouts." "Mug shots of every convicted child sex offender in the Bristol area, including those with allegations made against them." "Um, you'll have...." "You'll have to leave it with me." "Okay." "Okay." "Call me when you've had a look, yeah?" "(DOOR CLOSING)" "(PAPER SHUFFLING)" "They'll keep each other company, see?" "Kiss for Daddy." "Mr Bardo?" "I'm DI Felix George, this is DS Jan Pritchard." "Mr Bardo, could you tell us your whereabouts on the evening of January 7," "between the hours of 6:00 and 9:00 pm?" "God knows." "Here we are." "Leaving drink at Alfredo's on Park Street." "About 20 people as witnesses." "Is that good enough?" "Qu'est-ce qui se passe?" "Tu peux t'occuper des enfants?" "Sortons d'ici." "Merci." "Papa a besoin d'étre tranquille." "GIRL:" "Why are the police here?" "It's about that girl, isn't it?" "I wondered when you'd get round to me." "You must be scraping the ruddy barrel." "Come on, guys." "What have I done to deserve this?" "Take a wild guess." "I thought 1 2-year-olds were more your cup of tea, Donald." "Hey." "That charge was dropped, and you know it." "Yeah, but she doesn't, I bet, does she?" "Donald Michael Bardo, I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder." "What?" "You don't have to say anything." "C'est ridicule, tout ça." "Mais qu'est-ce qui se passe?" "I don't believe this." "Qu'est-ce que vous faites de mon mari?" "BARDO:" "We're moving house, if you hadn't noticed." "We've got a flight booked for the south of France at 3:00 this afternoon." "Those kids are going to have all the stress of moving into their new home without me." "Without their dad, do you realise that?" "Oh dear, what a pity, never mind." "You've been identified, Donald." "(MOBILE PHONE RINGING)" "(CHURCH BELL CHIMING)" "ROBERT:" "Hello?" "ALISON:" "They've arrested someone." "Go on." "(DOORBELL BUZZING)" "JOURNALIST:" "Mr Tufnell." "Hello." "My name is Robert Bridge." "I came here with Alison Mundy." "Yes, I remember you." "I'm so sorry about your daughter, Mr Tufnell." "Did you get my card?" "Probably." "We haven't opened them yet." "I understand." "Completely." "Look, may I come in?" "Can we talk, please?" "Thank you." "(JOURNALISTS CLAMOURING)" "The psychologist." "Tea." "Tea." "I know it's not what you and your wife want to hear and it's hard, but you've got to keep your memories of Carly when she was alive, and let the dead Carly go." "I'd never say this in front of your wife, but you realise there's no guarantee that this man they arrested is guilty." "I hate to say it." "I know how you must feel, but...." "How could you possibly know how I feel?" "What Alison's offering, it's comfort, yes," "but it's not necessarily the truth." "The truth?" "The truth is, she helped us." "What have you done?" "(WIND HOWLING)" "LAWYER:" "Your witness for the prosecution, Inspector?" "What were you expecting to do?" "Have her stand up in court and produce ectoplasm in front of the judge?" "Yeah." "That's our problem." "It is." "Without DNA." "Without forensic evidence." "Arresting a man on no more than the lunatic ramblings" "of your friendly neighbourhood witch." "I don't think she's a lunatic." "According to this," "Alison Mundy was sectioned in 2001 under the Mental Health Act, in Manchester." "I rest my case." "Now, can my client get on with his life, please?" "God moves in mysterious ways." "It was him!" "It was him." "I know it was him." "Well, bully for you, Felix." "That's not good enough." "You blew it, like a bloody two-year-old." "I had you down as one of the brightest coppers in town." "I can't believe that you were taken in" "by this superstitious voodoo bollocks." "I resent that, ma'am." "Don't try that one." "Not on me." "Institutional racism?" "What about institutional bloody common sense?" "You've obviously lost your judgement, DI George." "I hope to God it's temporary." "Anyway, I've decided we need a fresh eye on the Carly Tufnell murder, and I'm going to get a new SIO from outside the area." "So I'm no longer your blue-eyed boy, then, ma'am." "I didn't even hear that." "Go." "ANNOUNCER: (ON RADIO) Police in Bristol say they have now released a man, interviewed in connection with the abduction and murder of eight-year-old Carly Tufnell." "Superintendent Fiona Tallis of Wessex Constabulary said in a statement today that they are happy that the man had been eliminated from their...." "I tried." "I'm sorry." "ALISON:" "I'm sorry." "Felix?" "Please, where are you?" "Felix!" "Felix, you let him go?" "I can't believe you let him go." "After all that we did...." "I suggest you direct any further information to DI Parsons." "He's got away with it." "Carly's going crazy." "She's going crazy!" "Calm down." "The man that did this is out on the streets, and we've let her down." "I've let her down." "She's not at peace." "She'll never be at peace." "Not unless we catch him." "Alison, quiet." "Go home." "I don't understand." "There's nothing to understand." "Go home." "I can't believe they've let him go." "What did you really expect?" "I'm all she's got." "She wants me to do something." "But what can I do?" "She's helpless." "What can I do?" "Look, I'm finished for the day." "I'll walk with you." "You brought comfort to the family." "That's something." "You mustn't blame yourself for things that are beyond your control." "You're upset, but if you'd asked me, I would have told you, this kind of evidence in a criminal case isn't even going to...." "Don't." "Well, it's true." "What's true?" "Nothing's true." "What do you mean?" "I mean, you're reacting like this exactly because you're in denial yourself." "Over Josh." "Over his death." "Over the car crash." "Right, okay." "Am I supposed to be impressed because it was in the local newspaper?" "All you had to do was run a search on my name and bingo." "I didn't know." "Josh told me." "Right, okay." "What else did he say?" "I'm curious." "He's sad." "He's here because he doesn't want you to blame yourself." "What parent wouldn't blame themselves for the death of a child?" "You'll have to try harder than that." "He hurts because you hurt." "No." "That's not what I mean." "Give me one tangible fact that only Josh could know." "Tell me about the crash." "What was the other car?" "Was there another car?" "Was I going over the speed limit or under it?" "Well, how would a child know that?" "All right." "Describe it." "Tell me what happened." "He doesn't know." "It was over in a flash." "And he won't talk about it." "Not to me, anyway." "I've had about enough of this." "Yeah, you see, what you're doing now, that's it." "That's denial." "I'm a psychologist." "I know what denial is." "I don't need a spirit medium to define it for me." "So what do you need me for, Robert?" "You tell me." "Oh, you have already, haven't you?" "To help me talk to my dead son." "I was forgetting." "I'm not like Ray and Liz Tufnell." "No, you're not, are you?" "You are a rational man, Robert." "God help you." "God help all of us." "And God help Josh because he's the one who needs you, Robert." "Josh is dead." "End of story." "(DOORBELL RINGING)" "Who is Alison Mundy?" "And why is she saying these terrible things about me?" "Get away from my house." "Aren't you going to ask me in?" "Why did you come here?" "Just to tell you, if I hear you've been spreading nasty rumours about me, if I hear you've been so much as mentioning my name," "I'll be back, ringing your bell." "That's a threat." "I'm sure the police will be very interested to hear that." "They're really going to listen to you, aren't they?" "Here." "Be my guest." "Night, night." "Mind the bugs don't bite." "Kiss for Daddy." "(DOOR BANGING)" "What can I do?" "What can I do?" "(DOOR BANGING)" "(DOOR CREAKING)" "Hello?" "(DOOR CREAKING)" "(BARDO SCREAMING)" "I'd come down in the morning, and I'd find her dancing with her mum to...." "I don't know, the latest hit single on the radio, and she'd go, "Come on, Dad, join in, you're boring."" "Of course, I never did." "She liked angels, fairies, Teletubbies and wearing her mum's high-heeled shoes." "She had lots of questions about Jesus.... you'll be pleased to hear." "But I don't think he would have any about her." "Well, she's with him now." "Like everybody else," "I've done one or two things in my life that I'm not particularly proud of." "But Carly.... wasn't one of those." "Goodbye, sweetheart." "Your mum and I love you very much." "I think we want to play one of her favourite songs." "(PIANO VERSION OF MORNING HAS BROKEN PLAYING)" "RAY:" "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "WOMAN:" "Daniel, remember." "Be hospitable." "Daniel?" "And offer her a drink, remember?" "We're only watching a DVD." "It's no big deal." "(DOORBELL RINGING)" "Go, quickly." "And don't talk to her, all right?" "Just go." "WOMAN:" "Have a good time." "(DOOR CLOSING)" "Where did that come from?" "That lipstick tastes of bananas." "I like bananas." "Sorry." "Don't be." "Slow down." "There's no hurry, is there?" "No." "I know." "I thought you wanted...." "Just relax." "Sorry, I have to go for a wee now." "Glasses." "It's no good, you'll have to turn around." "I can't see a thing without them." "Okay." "(TRIP HOP PLAYING ON STEREO)" "DANIEL:" "Shut up!" "Daniel?" "DANIEL:" "I'm not listening." "I'm not listening!" "Daniel?" "DANIEL:" "Don't come in." "Don't come in!" "DANIEL:" "Shut up!" "You're lying." "Shut up!" "You're lying." "Daniel?" "Hello?" "(GIRL SOBBING)" "Oh, my God!" "What's happened?" "Frankie!" "What's happened?" "Daniel!" "Daniel, get down here now!" "Oh, bugger, you're on time." "Yeah." "Terrible habit, I know." "Okay." "Robert, I can't do it." "Remember why we're doing this." "Yeah." "Your book." "It's not just for the book, it's meant to be helpful for you." "You've got a thing about these kind of places." "Do you blame me?" "No, but it's unhealthy to keep it bottled up." "Maybe this'll help to get it out of your system." "ROBERT:" "You were a nurse up in Manchester, weren't you?" "I wouldn't have thought a hospital would hold that many terrors for you." "ALISON:" "Yes, but I was an AE and geriatric, not psych." "I was helping people, not locking them up." "MAN:" "They should know who I am." "They should know who I am." "Me, they should know who I am." "Are you okay?" "What do you think?" "ROBERT:" "Talk about it." "Describe it." "The smell of disinfectant to disguise other smells, squeaky shoes on squeaky floors... needles." "Is she a doctor or a patient?" "Ajunior doctor." "Hi, Julie." "ROBERT:" "What was the reason for you being sectioned?" "Wasn't it something to do with some kind of accident?" "I don't feel too good." "Can I sit down?" "Of course, I'll get a glass of water." "You'll have nothing but stumps if you carry on doing that." "It's not nice when they think you're bonkers when you're not, is it?" "No." "There's this guy on my back." "He's real, but they don't believe me." "They're trying to make him go away, but they can't." "They never will." "Who's that young man over there?" "Daniel." "He's quite floridly disturbed." "Hallucinations, visual and auditory." "Persecutory voices." "He's a very interesting case." "Maybe even your territory." "Why does he do bad things all the time and I get the blame?" "Who?" "Daniel." "Not me Daniel." "Daniel Two." "He's this...." "Look, I think he's getting agitated." "He comes to me and he...." "I think that's enough for today." "No, I want her to stay." "Let her stay." "Don't go!" "Don't go, please?" "Please don't go!" "Don't!" "They won't listen to me." "Will you come back and see?" "Come." "Daniel, I'll come back." "I'll come and visit you, I promise, okay?" "Okay." "Shut up!" "Some of us are trying to get some sleep in here, you know!" "(DANIEL SCREAMING)" "Almost from the time he could talk, it was Daniel Two this, Daniel Two that." "His invisible friend, growing up alongside him." "The school psychologist did all these tests." "Said it was a phase he'd grow out of." "He didn't." "I used to have to buy two bags of sweeties." "Two lots of pocket money." "He'd say Daniel Two would get angry if you didn't." "And Daniel Two would hurt him." "MOTHER:" "Psychotherapists, psychoanalysts...." "FATHER:" "He'd fluctuate." "Sometimes he would be fine for days, weeks." "And other times it was unbearable." "You know, when you wake in the middle of the night, terrified, but it goes away." "They say schizophrenia is like that, but it doesn't go away, it stays like that, day in, day out." "It's like living in your worst nightmare." "FATHER:" "When he's screaming, sometimes I pray to God that I never see what he sees." "Did you ever confront him with evidence that he harmed himself?" "He'd always blame Daniel Two." "And if you disagreed with him, he'd get violent, so, you didn't confront him on it at all." "You accepted it." "At school he'd make friends, of course, but when they knew they'd...run a mile." "Frankie didn't." "She stood by him." "Thanks very much, but I'm not hungry." "It's not for you." "He doesn't eat, but he doesn't like to be ignored." "Gay!" "Gay!" "Can you see him?" "Can you see him, right now?" "No, I can't." "Good, because if you'd said yes, you'd be lying." "Because he isn't here now." "He won't come out while you're here." "The meds make me eat a lot." "Dr Sharma says it'll stop the voices." "I said, "I haven't got two voices." "I've got him."" "Is, erm...." "Is Daniel his real name or is it a name that you've given him?" "I don't know." "Is he someone who's died?" "I don't know!" "I don't know!" "I don't know anything!" "If I did I'd tell you, wouldn't I?" "Do you know this woman?" "Yes, yes." "She's a colleague of mine." "She's just about to leave." "Look, I know people are telling you that Daniel is schizophrenic," "but that is not necessarily the case." "Alison." "Please, will you listen to me?" "There are certain people who can see, talk to spirits of the dead." "They're not imagining it." "FATHER:" "Who is this woman?" "Who are you?" "I'm someone who's trying to help your son." "My son is ill." "I'm very sorry if we've offended you both." "I think we'd better go." "ROBERT:" "That went well." "It did actually until you lot came in." "Why didn't you tell me you were coming down here." "Alison, the boy is mentally ill." "The scratch?" "How can he do the scratches when he's gnawed his fingernails" "nearly down to the bone?" "It's psychosomatic." "Dermographia." "It happens in highly stressed individuals." "Dr Sharma's doing everything she can." "Alison, psychiatrists can be right." "I'm sorry." "Oh." "Are you okay?" "Yeah!" "It's just a cramp." "It's okay." "I'm all right." "I'm okay." "Well, have you eaten?" "My place is 1 0 minutes away." "What, so that you can observe me some more?" "No, so I can make you a sandwich." "Bollocks to a sandwich." "Have you got any calvados?" "When I was a therapist, I used to say to my clients," ""When you cross the gangplank, you leave daily life behind."" "Who do you think you are, Captain Pugwash?" "Sorry, it's a bit of a tip." "I've been meaning to do some work on it, but I never seem to get around to it." "So, you used to be a therapist?" "Why did you stop?" "Because a lot of the time, it smacks of middle-class indulgence." "I'm lying." "I wasn't very good at it." "Oh...is this where you say what a nutter I am?" "You're welcome to read it if you like." "No." "Cheers." "You know in your bones Daniel is a schizophrenic, don't you?" "But you can't admit it, because if he is, what does that make you?" "You're right." "You are a crap therapist." "That's very good." "That's very funny." "Please, take a seat." "The other day, you were about to tell me about your accident." "Oh, was I?" "I'm not your enemy." "I'm trying to understand if there's something, some experience you went through." "Went through?" "You want to know what I went through?" "Okay, okay." "I'll tell you what I went through." "I died." "When was this?" "1 999." "Somewhere between Preston and Manchester." "Literally." "On the train tracks, to be precise." "Well, what happened?" "Alison?" "I was coming back...." "I was coming back from a funeral." "From my Auntie Vi's funeral." "She was the one who first told you you had powers, as a child?" "Yeah, she understood me." "She was the only one." "I want to go now." "What do you remember?" "Anything?" "Mobiles going off, like...." "God, what are those insects called, you know in cowboy films?" "Cicadas?" "Cicadas." "And that's when you thought you died?" "No." "I knew I'd died." "Because I was being dragged down a tunnel towards light." "And then I saw Vi." "And she said, "What are you doing here, Ali?" ""You shouldn't be here." "You go back." "You've got work to do."" "I believe you." "I've read a lot of accounts about this kind of experience." "The brain is starved of oxygen, rush of endorphins, euphoria." "The cells dying around the rim of the retina, causing a tunnel sensation." "No." "There was a reason I wasn't allowed to die." "I was given a second chance, so that I could help spirits to be free." "Even if it means not being free myself." "Why aren't you free?" "Alison, why can't you be free?" "I want to go." "I want to go now." "Alison, look." "Let's wait and see if the drugs make Daniel any better, okay?" "Drugs don't make the spirits go away, Robert." "They just make you terrified of them." "In the bathroom, it wasn't me." "No, it was the illness." "No, I mean it really wasn't me." "There was no one else there but me and you, Daniel...." "But did you see me do it?" "No." "Well, what did you see?" "The door opened and I just felt a bang on my head and I fell on the floor and...." "Well, then." "Well, then." "That's what I'm trying to tell you, it's him." "It's him." "Daniel." "He only exists because you're not well." "Remember that." "Are you sure?" "Yes, I'm sure." "Hey, you're going to get better, yeah?" "Next time I'm down from college, we'll hang out." "Have a real laugh." "Don't ever be frightened of anything again, will you promise me that?" "Is he dead, that actor?" "Is he alive or is he dead?" "Daniel?" "Daniel, what...." "Get out of here." "Go, didn't you hear me?" "Just go!" "I said, get out!" "Get out of here!" "Get out of here now!" "Go, get out!" "Get out!" "No, no!" "It's obvious he's not responding." "Let's keep the sedative at the same dose, and up the olanzapine to 1 5ml a day." "(DISTANT LAUGHING)" "(PHONE RINGING)" "Hi there!" "This is Tina." "How are you today?" "Yeah." "I'm ringing with some great news." "Your name has been picked at random and all you have to do to claim one of our many exciting prizes, is ring the phone number...." "You can't come in here." "I live here." "MOTHER:" "What are you doing?" "I'm praying." "Praying for our son." "Christopher." "What if there are such things as restless spirits?" "Our son is sick, Sheila." "There is no other possibility." "Accept it." "Now please, please don't ever raise this subject again." "Have you seen Daniel Two?" "No." "No, I haven't." "Do you think my son's telling the truth?" "I think that he's telling the truth as he feels it." "What does he want?" "Daniel?" "No." "No, Daniel Two." "I have no idea." "I came to Daniel because I thought that I could do something, but perhaps you're talking to the wrong person." "Look..." "I don't care what my husband believes." "I don't care what the doctors believe." "I don't care what you believe." "I just care about my son." "Please, please help him?" "I'm not sure that I can." "I'm sorry." "It's okay." "When we wake from a dream we don't think dream characters are real because we can discriminate between mental events, i.e., thoughts and feelings and events in the world, i.e., you sitting there listening to me now." "This is called source monitoring." "But, people who see ghosts, like schizophrenics, are statistically very bad at it." "They believe in that subjective experience as truth." "And...." "And in the case of mediums, use it to great social and interpersonal effect." "But, we'll get on to that next time." "Get an early coffee." "That's all for today." "Thank you." "Christopher." "Hello." "So you believe in all this claptrap?" "Not at all." "But I'm interested in human beings." "Belief systems, delusions." "And that's what I study." "The scientific mind." "How glorious." "Look, I understand your anger, and I don't blame you." "But in fairness, Alison came back because Daniel wanted her to come back." "I'd like to know exactly how you think a woman like that could possibly help my son." "Schizophrenia is a brain disorder." "Well, it may or may not be organic." "We don't know." "I mean it can lie dormant, and then kick in with hormones, or a viral infection, or stress." "It's a chemical imbalance?" "Yes." "I believe it's a chemical by-product of environmental influences." "You believe?" "Yeah." "Well, science can teach us everything, it seems, except the most important thing of all, how to live our lives." "And what happens after it, if anything?" "I'm absolutely certain what happens after death, Dr Bridge." "That's why I think life is so precious." "A blessing." "Every child, however imperfect, is a special gift...from God." "You know, we're human beings." "And you've intruded into our lives." "Tell her to leave my son alone." "I come up here sometimes." "It helps me say to myself, however bad I feel, however lost I feel," "at least, I'm not falling." "You'll never fall." "Oh, will I not?" "I can't see Daniel Two." "Daniel's schizophrenic, isn't he?" "You said it yourself." "He's vulnerable and I might have made it worse." "I might have colluded with his madness." "Well, you've learnt from it." "You've grown." "Forget about him." "No, I can't, I've got to go and see him." "I've got to talk to him." "I've got to tell him to cooperate with his doctors." "It didn't work for me, but it might for him." "This is an important step for you, Alison, to acknowledge that." "I'm doing it for him, Robert." "Yeah, yeah, I know." "I don't know what to say." "I'm used to disagreeing with you." "So why change the habit of a lifetime?" "Daniel?" "Daniel, it's Alison." "Can I come in?" "It's important." "Oh, Daniel, are you all right?" "What's happened?" "Tell me." "Daniel?" "(ALISON SCREAMING)" "Help me!" "DANIEL:" "It wasn't me." "It was Daniel Two." "I didn't do anything." "It was Daniel Two." "Daniel Two did it." "It wasn't me." "It wasn't me." "It was Daniel Two." "You don't believe me, it wasn't me." "He's killing me." "I didn't do anything!" "Don't you think you're just saying that supernatural belief is high in people who have had a supernatural experience?" "Isn't it more interesting to ask which came first, the chicken or the egg?" "The belief or the experience?" "You didn't want me to just dot the I's and cross the T's did you?" "Did you ever?" "You know, I miss our sessions when the whisky came out after Josh'd gone to bed." "You can mention his name, Barb." "I'm not going to collapse like a house of cards." "Now, I think I need to insert something about conformational bias, flesh it out a little." "Robert, do you ever feel you want to talk?" "Properly." "I don't mean to me, I mean to somebody.... (CRASHING)" "What the hell was that?" "Alison." "Shit, what happened?" "I've seen him." "Look at me." "Look at my face." "Look at what he did." "Are you happy now?" "Just take it easy." "Take a few deep breaths." "You think you're so clever, "it's all in the mind"." "You almost had me believing you, you shit!" "And look at me." "Look at my face!" "Robert, will you listen to me for once in your life?" "I've never seen one like him." "I looked into his eyes and there is nothing there." "It's like he's not dead and he's not alive." "I don't know what he is." "Don't worry." "It's going to be okay." "Don't worry?" "They've got that poor kid locked up for his so-called safety." "He's not safe." "Daniel Two's got him exactly where he wants him." "Listen." "You've got to talk to those idiots." "You've got to make them understand." "No, Alison." "You've got to understand." "Daniel is a dangerous, violent patient." "Did Daniel do this?" "Did he?" "Who are you?" "Barbara Sinyard, his boss." "Hello." "Fantastic." "Another psychologist." "It's exactly what I need." "Daniel didn't do this." "It isn't in Daniel's head and it isn't in mine." "Okay?" "Daddy." "(CAR HONKING)" "(CAR TYRES SCREECHING)" "(PHONE RINGING)" "Yeah?" "DR SHARMA:" "Robert?" "I've got a bit of a problem here." "Your friend's at the hospital and she won't leave." "Shit!" "Okay." "I'm here to see Dr Sharma." "She's expecting me." "I see what Daniel sees." "And because Daniel is blitzed with drugs, Daniel Two is more powerful than ever!" "I don't think you're qualified...." "I don't want an intellectual debate about this!" "ALISON:" "Your son is almost already destroyed by this" "by this thing." "Alison, calm...." "She's deranged." "How can a person like this be allowed through the doors?" "It's totally irresponsible." "He's in a seclusion suite." "He's been sedated." "He's in no danger." "No, he is in danger." "Look what Daniel Two did to me!" "I've seen how malevolent he can be!" "Rubbish!" "That's rubbish!" "Stop it!" "ALISON:" "Sheila, Daniel Two is with your son now." "I swear." "If he's not with him, then he very soon will be." "Please, please, please help me to stop him." "How can I?" "Alison!" "No!" "You've heard Daniel talk about Daniel Two all these years." "Please think, is there anything...." "There is no Daniel Two!" "There is!" "There is!" "He's here." "He's here now." "He's in there." "Who is he?" "I don't know if he's human." "All I can feel is his rage." "DR SHARMA:" "Get some nurses." "I'm going to have her removed." "ALISON:" "Daniel!" "Daniel!" "They can't help him." "You help him, please." "Oh my God, Sheila, you know who he is." "Who is he?" "Oh, tell me." "Think!" "You know!" "Daniel!" "ALISON:" "Sheila, help me!" "Think if there is something that you know, then tell me." "Let me help your son." "Daniel!" "Daniel!" "He's in there." "He's in there now, with your son." "He's in there now." "Sheila, he's going to hurt your son." "He's going to kill your son." "You've got to stop him." "You've got to help me stop him." "Please!" "Please, open this door!" "They're both my sons!" "Okay, Alison." "Come with us." "Robert." "Robert help me!" "Help me Robert!" "Robert, help me!" "Let her go." "That's not necessary." "(SHEILA CRYING)" "You wouldn't know me as a 1 9-year-old." "My head was all over the place." "Boys." "I wasn't a vicar's wife in those days." "I had an abortion." "Gone, part of me." "Then when I met you, what attracted me... what I needed so much was that faith, that strength, that moral certainty you wore like armour." "I meant to tell you at first." "Then I heard you giving your views on the subject, about how life was God's alone, to give and to take." "I wanted to tell you but I couldn't." "I wanted to admit it to myself, but I couldn't." "I lied to myself, I kept it inside." "I was young and weak and scared and stupid." "What I did wasn't wrong... but denying he ever existed, was." "I was his mother." "I am his mother." "Do you forgive me?" "Do you forgive me?" "I can't live with a person who can commit that kind of act." "Then, you can't live with me." "ROBERT:" "You have quite a gift." "To pick up on her latent sense of guilt." "To draw it out of her like that." "And that explanation satisfies you, does it?" "All through Daniel's childhood, she may have told him about the other Daniel in all sorts of subconscious ways she wasn't even aware of." "Sometimes, all spirits want is to be acknowledged and then they can move on." "Let's get out of here." "Oh?" "Are you sure you want to?" "I thought you wanted to keep me here." "I didn't exactly see you rushing to my defence." "How?" "What was I supposed to do?" "Oh no, please stop, Robert." "You're a tosser." "They're tossers... but you're an even bigger tosser because I trusted you." "I thought that you were different but you're not, are you?" "Mrs Rabey?" "Hi, Mum." "How are you?" "I'm fine." "You know the only reason that I'm doing this with you, don't you?" "Tell me." "Your child." "I'm sorry, I have to go." "Look, all you have to do is open the door to the possibility." "No." "After all you've seen today?" "Especially after all I've seen today." "Okay, well, I won't give up." "For Josh's sake." "Josh's sake." "Please." "He's trying to contact you but he can't." "That's why he's doing it through me." "Someone who can reach you." "And what makes you think you can reach me?"