"[No Audible Dialogue]" "[No Audible Dialogue]" "[Woman On P.A.] Dr. Wolfe." "Dr. Alan Wolfe." "Third floor?" "Excuse me, Dr. Templeton." "What is it, Haller?" "Mrs. Sandler in 916?" "I'm really running up against it." "What's the problem?" "She's a 69- year-old female... with a seven-day history of increasing left lower quadrant pain." "[Patient Assistance Board Buzzes]" "There's never a nurse when you need one." "What's the room number there?" "It's 906." "It's the comatose patient." "Those damn machines." "Come on." "Walk with me." "The patient has no history of tenesmus." "Ah, Nurse!" "Nice to see you!" "Huh." "Uh, her weight has been stabilized and her appetite is adequate." "Any history of G.I. D?" "No." "Look at this stuff." "You know what it costs to keep this guy alive?" "Don't ask." "You need a degree in engineering just to work in a hospital these days." "Got a hammer?" "1,000 dollars' worth of equipment, it still goes on the fritz." "Seems to be working okay." "How can it be working okay, Haller, when it's registering normal brain activity?" "It's always the little things?" "Like the lighter on my Caddy." "$23,000 for a car." "Better call Repair." "$23,000 for a car?" "What's it made out of, gold?" "[Haller] He's awake." "Get Dr. Caruso." "He's awake and he's talking." "Get Caruso." "Stat!" "Whoa!" "Where's the fire?" "I sure could go for a Nehi cream soda right about now." "You don't look so good, fella." "You better sit down." "They say if you put your head between your knees, it gets the circulation to circulate." "Say, what are all these wires and tubes you got sticking in me?" "You fellas don't mind if I unhook some of this stuff, do you?" " Now, no." "Don't." " Wait, wait, wait." "Wait." "We'll do that for you." "You just take it easy now." "[Man Grunts] Take it easy." " Do you know your name?" " Benjamin Dumfy?" "With an "F."" " How do you feel?" " Feel good." "Great." "Very well rested." "I could settle for a glass of water." "Let's get Mr. Dumfy a glass of water." "Also, notify Fredericks that... something unusual has happened." "[Doors Open]" "[Gasps]" " Where am I?" " In a hospital." " What day is it?" " Sunday." "Damn!" "I missed Fibber McGee and Molly last night." "Did Digger get the hearse back, or what?" "I?" "I don't know." "Well, didn't any of you listen to the radio last night?" "What are you all gawking at me like that for?" "You look like you've seen a ghost." "Mr. Dumfy." "I don't know exactly how to put this to you." "What?" "Put what to me?" "You've been unconscious." "Right." "For 40 years." "[Laughing]" "Forty years." "Just like Rip Van Winkle, eh, Doc?" "[Chuckling]" "That's a good gag." "Forty?" "[Cup Strikes Floor] Hey." "What have you done?" "What's going on?" " Mr. Dumfy, listen." " I'm getting out ofhere!" "What are you doing?" "Just calm down." "You listen to me!" "I'm getting out of here!" "It's a lie!" "It's a lie!" "Nobody's gonna hurt you." "Mr. Dumfy?" "Mr. Dumfy, it's okay." "[Beeping] [Woman] Close your eyes." "Tell me, what do you smell?" " Cherry LifeSavers." " Okay." " What was the very last thing you remember?" " Hitting the water." "It was cold." " Now what do you smell?" " Cherry LifeSavers." " Babinski sign is negative." " Olfactory intact." "This won't hurt, Ben." "Achilles tendon response is normal." " You remember where you were born?" " St. Louis, Missouri." " Open your eyes wide." " Ben, did you have any dreams?" "Yeah." "[Templeton] That's not possible." "There was no indication of R.E.M." "What was your dream?" "I was thirsty." "[Caruso] What did it feel like?" "It was uncomfortable." "Pupils reaction to light equal and accommodating." "Do you remember my name?" "Mr. Dumfy." "Shh." "What?" "What is it?" "I thought I heard something." "What'd you hear?" "I don't know." "Something, somebody." "[Caruso] Who?" "I don't know." "Dr. Templeton." "Yes?" "That's your name." "Dr. Templeton." "[Chuckling]" "[Woman Speaking On P.A., Indistinct]" "[Girl Giggling] [Slapstick Cartoon Noises]" "[Girl Giggling] [Trademark Laughter]" "Oh, look." "Standing right over there." "Say hi." "Hi." "Hi." "How ya doin'?" "Hi." "Okay." "[Giggles]" "[Man] She's stable now, but we'll keep watching her closely... and alert you if there's any change in her condition." "I'm sorry I can't be more optimistic." "[Man #2] Thank you, Doctor." "Oh, Merle." "Why?" "How could this happen to our baby?" "[Sobbing]" "My sweet little girl." "[Sobbing] Everything's going to be all right." "[Woman On P.A.] Team A, I.C.U. Stat." "Team A, I.C.U. Stat." "[Woman] I don't understand." "Can't they tell us something?" "Something we can?" "I'm fine, Dorothy." "How are you?" "How dare you come in here." "Get out and leave us alone!" "Oh, I'm sorry." "Excuse me." "I?" "Just get out or I'll call security!" "Honey?" "Honey, come on." "It's okay." "He's not doing anything." "What is he doing?" "He's just an old man." "Shh." "No." "You don't come into a private room." "This is our room." "This is our place, isn't it, honey?" "[Woman On P.A.] Dr. Penn." "Dr. Richard Penn, extension 3251, please." "[Chattering]" "My name is Benjamin Dumfy?" "With an "F." Call me, Ben." "No one has asked you who you are!" "Sir, please." "My wife is very upset." "Now, please?" "Dorothy wants her teddy bear, Max, and her penguin, Arnold." "She wishes you'd bring Please Louise too." "She misses Please Louise." "That's her elephant." "Listen, mister." "I don't know who you are or what you want, but this is a very insane, sick joke." "I can hear her." "Can't you?" "No!" "No one can hear her!" "She's in a coma!" "Do you understand?" "She can't communicate with anyone." "And if she could, she'd certainly talk with us." "We're her parents and we love her." "Okay." "Okay, Samantha." "Take it easy." "I don't think he means any harm." "Listen, sir." "This is really upsetting my wife." "Now, I know you don't mean any harm, but could you pleasejust go?" "She's got a scar on her big toe... from where she stepped on a broken bottle at the beach." "[Whispers] Stop it." "It was a green bottle." "It was rubbed smooth by the ocean." "Sea glass." ""Sea grass."" ""Sea grass."" "That's what she called it." "She misunderstood." "I'm sorry, Dorothy." "I can't stay too long." "I'm leaving today." "What's that, Dorothy?" "Sure, Dorothy." "Okay." "Hi, Arnold!" "Here you are." "Dd [Humming Comical Tune]" "Ohhh." "I'm very sorry if I upset you, folks." "It wasn't my intention." "I hope Dorothy's gonna be all right." "Me too." "I've always been partial to penguins." "My dear God." "He can hear her." "[Door Closes]" "No." "She doesn't feel any pain?" "Not the way we do." "It's like she fell into a crack between life and death." " Is she hungry?" " Al." "Is she?" "No." "She's not hungry." "She's not cold." "There's no sensation of time passing." "How do you know?" "Because I was there where she is now for a very long time." "Keep talking to her Ben, please." "Maybe it'll help." "I don't know." "I'm not a doctor." "That's right, Mr. Dumfy." "You're not a doctor." "I think this whole thing is really?" "Dr. Templeton." "My little girl has been in a coma for two weeks, and you have not been able to bring her out." "Ben, please, keep trying to talking to her." "Please." "She said she's sorry she rode her bicycle in the street." "She was mad because you thought she was too young to do it by herself." "She's not mad anymore." "She's sorry she ever was." "[Sobs] Oh, Merle." "It's okay, honey." "It's okay." "[Crying]" "It's okay, honey." "Come on." "[Samantha Continues Crying]" "[Thunderclap] [Ben] When you go back to school, if Andy McEwen starts pulling on your pigtails again, you ask Mrs. Springer to move him to the back of the room." "Oh." "Well, ask her to move you to the front." "'Cause they're little boys." "And you're so pretty, it makes 'em nervous." "That's why they hurt your feelings." "What's that, Dorothy?" "I didn't get that." ""They" want you to go?" "Who's there with you?" "A boy and a girl your age want you to go where?" "What's going on?" "Now, you listen to me, Dorothy." "When I was there, two people came wanting to take me from the Nowhere Place to the Somewhere Place too." "And I chose to wait and see." "I know they're both nice and I know the Somewhere Place looks beautiful, but you don't belong there." " You belong here with your mother and father." " What's happening?" "I know it looks beautiful, but it's not for you, Dorothy!" " It's not your time to go!" " [Gasps] Oh, my God." " All right." "This has gone just about far enough!" " Stop it, Templeton!" " Come on, Caruso." "You can't honestly belie?" " Shut up!" "Please!" "Fine." "Your responsibility, Doctor." "Go on, Ben." "I know it's lonely in the Nowhere Place, Dorothy, and I know you're tired, but I'm gonna be right here with you until you're strong enough to come home." "It's not too far." "It's not too far." "Come on." "Take a step." "Take a step toward me." "I know it's hard to do, but you can do it." "Yes, you can!" "You can do it!" "Come on!" "No!" "No, not that way." "Don't follow them!" "Dorothy, stop!" "Come on, baby." "I know they'll teach you things, Come on, baby." "But there's a lot you can learn here from Mrs. Springer, from your mother and father." "I'll teach you some things too." "Look." "Look, look, look, look." "I'm gonna show you some magic." "Look at this." "I can take my thumb off." "See?" "Put it back on." "Dorothy." "Speak to me." "Talk to me, Dorothy." "Merle." "No." "I can't do that." "I can't teach you to fly." "Well, can they?" "Don't you see, Dorothy?" "Don't you see?" "They can't be alive, Dorothy!" "They can't live!" "Being alive, Dorothy, is discovering new things... and learning and being able to dream and hope." "No, Dorothy." "No." "No, you listen to me." " I said listen to me!" " [Machine Scratching Quickly]" "I'm not gonna let them take you." "I'm not gonna do it!" "Now, I didn't let them take me, and I'm not gonna let them take you!" "Now, you tell them to come talk to me!" "Tell 'em to come and talk to me!" " Talk to me!" " [Thunder Rumbling]" "Oh, my God!" "Get a cart in here!" "Get him up." "Get him up!" "No pulse." " He's not breathing!" " Go to the desk, call the Triple?" "Code Blue." "[Woman On P.A.] Code Blue, Room 827." " One-1,000, two-1,000, three-1,000," " Come on with that cart!" "Four-1,000, five-1,000." " [Resumes Countdown]" " Bring it right here." "[Caruso] I'm not getting anything." " Tourniquet." " Unit is operative." "[Templeton] Syringe." "No response here!" "One-1,000, two-1,000, three-1,000, four-1,000, five-1,000." "I.V." "Paddles!" "Clear!" " [Electric Hum] - [Steady Tone]" "[Monotone Beep Continues]" " Oh, my God." " He's gone." "What?" "What is it?" "Merle?" "What is it?" "I don't know." "I thought I saw?" "[Thunder]" "[Gasps]" " Mommy." " Dorothy!" "Dorothy." "Ohhh, my baby." "Oh, Dorothy, I love you so." "[Sniffles]" "Mommy, where were you?" "I was right here." "I was waiting for you." "Oh, baby." "Daddy, I was scared." "We're with you now, honey?" "Right here." "It's okay." "And we're never ever gonna leave you again?" "Ever." "I promise." "[Exhales Deeply] You rest now." "Go on." "Rest now." "You rest." " Mommy?" " What?" "Where's Ben?" "Well, Dorothy," "Ben can't?" "I?" "I can hear?" "Daddy, I wanna see Ben." "Honey, Ben is?" "Daddy, please!" "I wanna see Ben!" "Okay, honey." "Yeah." "Daddy." "Daddy, I can hear him." "[Thunder Rumbling] Ben?" "Hi, Ben." "What?" "What?" "Yeah." "It's as pretty as I said it was, isn't it?" "What?" "It's getting hard to hear you." "I love you too, Ben." "Have fun in the Somewhere Place." "Mommy?" "Hmm?" "He can fly now." "Yes, sweetheart." "He can fly."