M I L L E N N I U M "BORROWED TIME" Ep. # 3.10 [MLM-310 (6C10)] Written by Chip Johannessen Directed by Dwight Little Edited by Chris Willingham, A.C.E. [ Third Season ] [Complete Transcript] U.S. Air Date: January 15, 1999 ===================================================================== INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT We HEAR the steady beep of a monitor. PANNING TO - A PRIEST looking down at a patient whom we cannot see. He glances at his watch: it reads 9:50. He picks up the amice, kissing it reverently before donning, and begins to read from his bible. PRIEST "Almighty Father, to whom alone belongs life and death, we knoweth Thou will raiseth if it shall be Thy pleasure to prolong her days here on earth ... " INT. TRAIN - CONDUCTOR'S ROOM - NIGHT Aboard a moving train. The CONDUCTOR looks his watch: 10:15. He goes back to his book, which is entitled "The Gift". Unbeknownst to the conductor, a HAND reaches in and takes a set of keys hanging on the wall. INT. TRAIN - HALLWAY REVEAL a 30-year-old MAN, SAMIEL, clad in a black leather jacket and black jeans. He has a cut on his lip. He flips through the keyring until he finds the one he wants. INT. TRAIN - COMPARTMENT A BUSINESSMAN, a YOUNG WOMAN, and a MOTHER and her DAUGHTER, who is around Jordan's age, are the occupants. The adults read while the girl draws. BUSINESSMAN (to the girl) So do you like this train? YOUNG GIRL (smiling) Yeah, a lot. Outside, the train suddenly switches to a different track, throwing everyone off to one side. The passengers shakily pick up their belongings. MOTHER (to her daughter) It's gonna be okay, honey. INT. SWITCHBOARD STATION Several OPERATORS are manning a switchboard that shows various trains and their locations as red blips on-screen. We HEAR beeping and a red blip begins blinking rapidly. The time on the switchboard reads: 10:16. OPERATOR #1 What the hell is 108 doing? We've got a situation here! He reaches for a phone, while Operator #2 tracks the train's location. OPERATOR #2 How'd this happen? That switch isn't supposed to move! OPERATOR #1 (pointing to the switchboard) Bridge 12 is still out -- I've got to get them off that track! OPERATOR #2 (typing) They're not responding! INT. TRAIN - HALLWAY CLOSE - On the wristwatch that Samiel is holding: it's 10:20. Above the frame of the compartment door is a keyhole; he reaches up and locks it. Inside, the young girl is the only one that notices him. Their eyes meet for a moment -- Samiel smiles softly. Suddenly, the train crashes, and we hear horrible screams that fades into the next scene. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM The priest continues his ministrations. PRIEST " ... it shall be Thy pleasure to prolong her days here on earth, let her be an instrument of Thy glory. Through this holy anointing and the Lord in His love, heal you with the grace of the holy spirit. For in His infinite mercy, shall receive you in those holy habitations." The priest dips his fingers in the bowl of holy water and moves toward the slumbering patient. It is JORDAN BLACK. He touches her forehead. PRIEST (CONT'D) ... His humble servant, Jordan Black. ACT ONE EXT. JORDAN'S SCHOOL - DAY SUPERIMPOSED: "Two Days Earlier" FRANK BLACK and Jordan are outside; the school bell hasn't rung yet. Jordan looks a bit sickly. Frank puts a hand to her forehead. FRANK You don't feel like you have a fever. JORDAN (pouting a little) But I am sick. And it's not fair to the other kids. FRANK (smiling) What is it? A test? Long division? Fishsticks? JORDAN I just don't feel well. We HEAR the bell ring. Frank looks at his watch: it's 8:25. FRANK Well, Grandma and Grandpa are still on vacation. JORDAN You could stay home with me. FRANK There's nothing that I'd like better. I tell you what: if you're still feeling crummy by lunch, I'll come and get you. JORDAN (suddenly) Will we always be together? FRANK Of course. JORDAN Forever? FRANK Well, nobody gets forever. (grinning ruefully) By the time you turn 13, it's gonna feel like an eternity. Jordan doesn't see the humor, the joke going over her head. She goes to her father for a hug. JORDAN I love you. FRANK (teasing) You sure? I love you, too. JORDAN Bye! FRANK Bye-bye. As Frank leaves, Samiel appears from behind a tree and watches Jordan follow her classmates inside. Sensing someone, she turns and sees him. They stare at one another. EXT. PARK - DAY SUPERIMPOSED: "Hall Memorial Park, Falls Church, Virginia" The area is filled with parkgoers. In particular, a mother is following her young son on a merry-go-round with her videocamera. MOTHER (to her son) Gimme a big smile! Around and around, you go, where you stop, nobody knows -- Just past the boy, we see a MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN, GERTRUDE EPSTEIN, get up from a bench, clutching her throat and weaving. Still filming, the woman sees her and grabs her son. MOTHER (CONT'D) Come here, sweetie. They approach the woman, who collapses, making choking noises. MOTHER (CONT'D) Oh, no ... Somebody call 911! HALF A DOZEN ADULTS gather and stare in shock: water begins bubbling from the woman's mouth and she dies. INT. HOSPITAL - DAY AGENT EMMA HOLLIS is briefing Frank. HOLLIS We've got ourselves a weird one. A woman expired in a public park with a major release of body fluids. Centers for Disease Control got called in to evaluate the health hazard: they say the fluid isn't her own. FRANK Where'd it come from? HOLLIS That's what they're asking us. They stop at a window looking into the autopsy room. A YOUNG MAN wearing a yarmulke, the victim's son, is standing over his mother's draped body, his hands clasped in prayer. A CDC EXAMINER stands off to the side respectfully. FRANK Who's he? HOLLIS Her son. She was Jewish Orthodox, so he's fighting the autopsy. He said she's to be buried immediately within 24 hours of her death. FRANK It's their custom. HOLLIS Maybe there's something about her death that he doesn't want us to discover. Frank has a FLASH of the victim, water spurting from her mouth. FRANK She drowned. HOLLIS On dry land without any water nearby, according to the CDC. They enter. The young man stops praying and looks up. YOUNG MAN You from the FBI? FRANK Yes. YOUNG MAN (quietly insistent) Will you tell them that this isn't right, please? My mother was ready -- at peace with her god. They have no right to interfere. No right. FRANK I'm very sorry. The young man leaves, conceding he has done all he can. The examiner pulls the sheet away from the victim. EXAMINER Gertrude Epstein, 48-years-old. Died of a massive pulmonary edema, or so it seemed. But the water in her lungs had neither protein nor blood, which indicates bodily fluids. So basically, somebody pumped her full of water. FRANK How? EXAMINER You tell me. After the cause of death gets beyond a single cell, it's not my department. HOLLIS Her death was caught on videotape: right before it happened, there was no one near her. Frank has another flash of unidentified people drowning. He turns to the examiner. FRANK Had their been other victims? The same drowning circumstances? EXAMINER Not that we've heard about. FRANK I think you'll find there're others if you send a bulletin to all hospitals. Frank bends down, examining the victim's wrist, and sees the imprint of a watch. FRANK (CONT'D) Her watch. It's missing. HOLLIS Paramedics said it was gone when they picked her up. EXT. TRAIN STATION - NIGHT SUPERIMPOSED: "South Station. Boston, Mass." Samiel is holding the same wristwatch: it reads 8:55. He watches the mother and daughter from the Teaser board the train. Shortly, we see them through the window of a compartment. The young girl smiles at Samiel. He smiles back, then notices a YUPPIE shoving his way rudely through the crowd to board the train, then reappears in the same compartment. Samiel looks perturbed at this. INT. FBI ACADEMY Frank is watching the videotape of the victim dying in the park. We hear the mother shout: "Somebody call 911!" The tape is timed at 9:15 a.m. Hollis approaches, setting a thick folder next to Epstein's file. HOLLIS CDC sent this over. There was another victim. Lisa Maher: dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital, six hours before this videotape was shot. Lungs full of mystery water, just like this one. Pretty thick medical history -- maybe it is some weird disease. FRANK (glancing through the file) Meningoencephalitis. It's a bacterial infection of the brain. Adults rarely survive it, at least not without brain damage. Hollis studies Frank closely, sensing that this is from experience. He sighs. FRANK (CONT'D) Jordan had a brush with it when we moved to Seattle. She was hospitalized with a raging fever; a day later, it just went away. HOLLIS Wow. But she's fine now? FRANK Yeah. We were very lucky. HOLLIS (off the files) Well, the two victims have almost nothing in common. Gertrude Epstein had a masters in musicology; Lisa Maher dropped out in eighth grade. FRANK Maybe they do have something in common. He opens the file to a picture of a mangled car. HOLLIS What's this? FRANK Gertrude Epstein from the park -- three years ago had this car crash. She said it changed her life, that it was a kind of miracle. He holds up the file of both victims for emphasis. FRANK (CONT'D) One had survived a car crash; the other a fatal disease. Both victims have cheated death before. HOLLIS (puzzled) "Cheated death?" You really think that has some bearing? FRANK Yeah, I do. (pointing at the screen) I need to enhance the faces on this videotape. The killer may be there. Watching. (then, remembering something) I have to go. INT. JORDAN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT Jordan is asleep. Frank quietly comes in, places a thermometer in her ear and takes her temperature. Jordan stirs. JORDAN Dad? FRANK Shh. Just taking your temperature. It reads 98.6. FRANK (CONT'D) Go back to sleep. He covers up his daughter protectively. INT. TRAIN COMPARTMENT - NIGHT PANNING TO - The young girl, who is pressed up against the glass window, looking into the hallway. INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT Samiel is walking through the hallway. He stops at an apartment door marked "302" and looks at the same wristwatch: 9:17. He simply pushes open the door to: INT. APARTMENT A studio apartment. A HISPANIC MAN, PATRICK VERA, is asleep. Samiel approaches the bed and holds his palm a few inches above the man's face. Immediately, water begins bubbling from the man's mouth. Samiel looks almost regretful while he we hear him quietly count: SAMIEL (voice-over) One ... two ... three ... four ... five ... six ... seven ... eight ... ACT TWO INT. APARTMENT - DAY Police investigators are all over the crime scene. Hollis is listening to a handheld tape recorder. Frank enters. HOLLIS It's the 911 call came in late last night from this apartment. What do you think? Some kind of taunt? Why a 911 call for Victim #3? FRANK According to the landlord, the man was basically a shut-in. Without the call, the man would've been undiscovered for days, and then only by the smell. Calling 911 was an act of compassion. HOLLIS Compassion and homicide. Frank dons a pair of gloves and begins searching the apartment. FRANK The woman in the park. He would've stuck around long enough to make sure he was taken of. Any progress on the video? HOLLIS Checked a few people out. So far they seem legit: joggers, parents with kids, parkgoers. You really think he's there? FRANK Of course I do. HOLLIS Frank, you said the first two victims "cheated death", whatever that means. For what it's worth, this guy didn't have a history of anything like that; in fact, he barely had any history at all. Frank picks up a flyer that reads "Remain in Light". FRANK A near-death experience group. INT. REMAIN IN LIGHT MEETING - DAY Hollis shows the GROUP COORDINATOR a picture of the deceased man. In the next room, a group meeting is in progress. COORDINATOR So Patrick's passed on. HOLLIS Patrick Vera. COORDINATOR Um, just Patrick. We go by first names here. FRANK Have all these people here all had near-death experiences? COORDINATOR Most. We're a support group for those who have, but we do get some hangers- on. People who are fascinated by life after death. Hollis shows the coordinator pictures of the witnesses from the park. HOLLIS Could you take a look at these photos and tell me if any of them were here? In the next scene, we hear a FEMALE SURVIVOR narrating to the group. Frank turns and stands in the doorway to listen. SURVIVOR And that's when I heard those words: "It's not your time." I mean, even now, just thinking about it, I'm amazed. My return to this world was a pure gift. No haggling, no pleading. Just the realization that life and death are out of our hands, not our decision. I also realized something which seems so obvious to me now, that the force that gives us life in the first place ... of course, it has a plan for what comes after! Nothing bad will happen. When it's my time, I'll go! It will be fine. Frank has a FLASH of Jordan, her eyes closed, gasping in fear. Frank is startled by this premonition. He absently turns back to the coordinator who hands the pictures back to Hollis before leaving. COORDINATOR I'm sorry, I can't help you. HOLLIS (to Frank) Nothing with the photos. FRANK (not listening) What? HOLLIS Nothing with the photos. (concerned) Are you okay? We hear a cell phone ringing. Hollis pats her jacket, then gestures to Frank. HOLLIS I think it's yours, Frank. FRANK (answering) Yeah? WOMAN (on phone) Is this Frank Black? EXT. JORDAN'S SCHOOL - DAY Jordan is perched on a lunchtable with her teacher, waiting for Frank. She does appear genuinely ill. FRANK Hey, Supergirl. You feelin' kinda crummy? Frank thanks the teacher and takes Jordan's hand. FRANK (CONT'D) I'm gonna whip you up some homemade chicken noodle soup. That's the ticket. JORDAN You don't even know how. FRANK Yes, I do! Frank looks up and sees Samiel a distance away. Samiel raises his hand in a sort of wave and immediately, Jordan passes out. Frank brings her to his arms, alarmed. FRANK Hey! Jordan! INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY Jordan is on a gurney with Frank by her side. Wheeling her into an exam room, medical personnel are barking orders: "Shallow BP, 132. Get a line in!" "What's her temperature?" "103?!" "What's the setting?" A physician, DR. CANTOR, takes the lead. DR. CANTOR Name? NURSE Jordan Black. DR. CANTOR Jordan? Can you tell me how you're feeling? (to Frank) When did this start? FRANK She was fine in school. Jordan moans. NURSE She's seizing! DR. CANTOR Okay, prepare a parallel-mark puncture tray. What's the temperature? NURSE 103. FRANK Please! DR. CANTOR Okay, we need to move her! INT. HOSPITAL - EMERGENCY ROOM CUBICLE (TIME CUT) Jordan is dressed in a hospital gown. Medical personnel prepare a steel tub filled with cold water and ice. They try to place Jordan in it, but she becomes frightened, understandably, and fights them. JORDAN Daddy! Daddy! NURSE We have to get her temperature down! FRANK You're hurting her! DR. CANTOR Get him out of here! Mr. Black, please ... FRANK You're hurting her! Stop it! He grabs Jordan from them, but calms down after a moment, knowing it has to be done. He nods to the doctor. FRANK (CONT'D) All right, I understand. Still holding his daughter to his chest, his face flashes in pain with what he must do, then lowers them both into the ice water. Jordan clutches him fearfully, thrashing. FRANK (CONT'D) I've got you ... I'm here ... JORDAN Daddy, help! Daddy! Don't! Daddy! FRANK I know, I know ... INT. TRAIN - NIGHT SUPERIMPOSED: "Trenton, New Jersey" The train is not moving. In the hallway outside of the compartment, the yuppie predictably berates the conductor. YUPPIE You know this is exactly why nobody takes trains anymore: I could walk faster. CONDUCTOR Well, we're stopped, sir -- YUPPIE Is that your idea of a joke? You're supposed to get us from Point A to Point B on time -- that's your business! And let me tell you something, if I ran my business the way you ran your business -- CONDUCTOR The other engine will get here soon. YUPPIE Soon? You told me that two hours ago! What's your idea of "soon"? A day, a week? You're wasting our lives here, that's what you're doing! You're wasting our lives! The yuppie stalks away. The mother and daughter share amused glances upon his departure, relieved. The YOUNG WOMAN from the Teaser enters the compartment and smiles. YOUNG WOMAN Excuse me, is that seat taken? MOTHER Please. INT. JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT Jordan is asleep. Frank stares worriedly. The doctor enters with a chart in her hand. DR. CANTOR Her temperature's normal, and her basic signs have been stable for awhile. I'd like to keep her for observation, but I think we're out of the woods for awhile. FRANK What's wrong with her? DR. CANTOR Well, she presented the classic symptoms for meningitis: fever, stiff neck, altered mental functioning. She was hospitalized with meningitis before? FRANK Yeah, in Seattle, I told you that. What's wrong with her? DR. CANTOR Nothing diagnostic. It's an FUO. FRANK An "FUO"? DR. CANTOR I'm sorry: "Fever of Unknown Origin." FRANK You have no idea what's going on? DR. CANTOR In Seattle, the fever simply disappeared, just like now, except for one thing: in Seattle, there was an underlying infection -- meningitis. This time her white-blood cell count is normal, her labs came back clean. She has all the symptoms, but not the disease ... (diplomatically) ... Which makes you wonder if it's not all in her head. Mr. Black, I'd like to suggest a specialist. We have an excellent one who treats only children. Frank suddenly has a FLASH of Jordan drowning in her fluids, and we hear Samiel's voice: "One ... ". The vision ends and Frank takes a sharp breath. He goes to the window and looks down. FRANK'S POV - Samiel staring back. Frank grabs his jacket. FRANK It's not in her head. Someone's doing this to her. Stay here with her. After a few moments, the puzzled doctor goes to the window and sees Frank emerging from the hospital: there is no one else outside. EXT. HOSPITAL Frank looks around the empty lot. He sees a wristwatch on a bench and picks it up. Sitting down, he turns the watch over in his hand and looks up at the night sky wearily. ACT THREE INT. OUTSIDE JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM Jordan is asleep. Frank is with a COMPUTER TECH making a composite of Samiel. Hollis approaches. FRANK Can you make the nose smaller? The tech types a few keys. FRANK (CONT'D) That's it! Let's print some out. HOLLIS Frank? How's Jordan? FRANK Stable. (pointing at the composite) This is the man. HOLLIS What man? FRANK I need a security detail. This man was on the grounds last night. Hollis looks at Frank curiously and dismisses the tech. HOLLIS Who is this guy? FRANK I saw him for the first time outside Jordan's school when she collapsed; then I saw outside the hospital window. He's stalking her. HOLLIS "Stalking her?" What are you talking about? FRANK Stalking her. HOLLIS You requisitioned a monitor, video equipment, a sketch artist -- McLaren wants to know why. I come down here and I find that Jordan's been hospitalized. (slightly hurt) You could've told me. FRANK I told you that Jordan had meningitis in Seattle -- a condition that's normally fatal -- it just disappeared. HOLLIS (concerned) Is it back? FRANK No. (turning to Jordan) She's one of them: like the three victims. Jordan could've died in those first days in Seattle -- should have, like that woman in the park, like the 911 call. She is living on borrowed time. And now this man -- (pointing to the sketch) -- is after her. Hollis has never seen Frank this agitated before. She tries to reason with him. HOLLIS Your daughter is sick. I know you're very worried, but it has nothing to do with this case. FRANK You're wrong. HOLLIS Frank, you see things even under normal circumstances -- FRANK Hey, wait a minute. He gives Hollis the wristwatch: we see an inscription on it. FRANK (CONT'D) This is not an apparition. Gertrude Epstein -- "G.P.E." -- the woman who collapsed in the park. That's her watch; he had it and left it. Hollis fingers the watch, unsure of what to believe. Frank takes the sketch and puts it in Hollis' hands. FRANK (CONT'D) You wanna help me? Find him. Somehow, he had contact with all of the victims. And now he's after Jordan. Help me find him. I can't leave here: help me find him. Hollis nods hesitantly and takes the sketch. INT. REMAIN IN LIGHT MEETING Hollis shows the composite to the coordinator. COORDINATOR He's not a regular, I can tell you that. HOLLIS But has he ever come by? COORDINATOR Look, we get a lot of curiosity- seekers, hangers-on: 200 people attended our workshop last spring. HOLLIS (expression falling) That's okay, someone else thought he might've been here, that's all. Thanks. Hollis moves to leave, then stops. She looks up slowly, recognition in her eyes. REVEAL Samiel, who turns to meet Hollis' stare. We HEAR Samiel's voice: "One ... two ... " and jump to: INT. FBI ACADEMY - INTERROGATION ROOM " ... three ... " It is a tape-recording of Samiel's voice. Hollis stops the tape and addresses her uncooperative and strangely smug detainee. HOLLIS You were there. SAMIEL Where? HOLLIS (holding up a photo of Victim #3) In the room, with this man when he died. That call that came into 911, that's your voice. REVEAL Frank in the next room, watching through a one-way mirror. SAMIEL That's not my voice. HOLLIS It sure sounds like it. SAMIEL Not to me. HOLLIS What is your name? SAMIEL It doesn't matter. HOLLIS (frustrated) Actually, it matters quite a bit! SAMIEL (mock surprise) You're angry. HOLLIS You were at that encounter group, Remain in Light. Is that how you meet people? SAMIEL I met you there. HOLLIS I circulated your picture up and down the east coast to survivor groups: one in Boston, one in Baltimore, one in Philadelphia. They've all seen you! Don't know your name, but they've all seen you. SAMIEL Is that a crime? HOLLIS Murder is a crime. We hear a knock. An AGENT comes in and hands Hollis the analysis of the audiotape. Samiel turns to look at the one-way mirror and winks. Still staring at Frank, he addresses Hollis: SAMIEL It's not my voice, is it? She grabs the file and opens the door. HOLLIS That's all for now. Samiel stands and stares at Frank through the mirror for a long moment. Hollis gestures impatiently. HOLLIS (CONT'D) Let's go. Outside, Frank comes out of the adjacent room, grabs Samiel and throws him hard against the wall. Hollis tries to stop Frank. HOLLIS Frank! FRANK (fiercely) Stay away from my daughter! HOLLIS Frank, that's not him! Frank throws Samiel against the wall again. FRANK Yes, it is! This is him! Hollis and other agents have to pull Frank away. Hollis shows Frank the voice analysis. HOLLIS Look, it's not his voice on the 911 tape, it's not! Frank angrily slaps the file out of her hands, knocking the tape recorder on the ground. It comes on and we HEAR Samiel's voice: " ... four ... five ... six ... seven ... eight ... nine ... ten." Samiel dabs at his cut lip and smiles insolently at Frank. INT. TRAIN COMPARTMENT The train is moving again. The young woman, the mother and daughter look up and notice water steadily dripping from the roof of the compartment. YOUNG WOMAN Did they issue a flood warning? MOTHER It's just, uh, coming from nowhere. I think we should move. They gather their things and enter the adjacent compartment occupied by the BUSINESSMAN from the Teaser, who stands and offers to help. MOTHER May we join you? BUSINESSMAN (pleasantly) Please. YOUNG WOMAN Thank you; we had a little flood next door. INT. OUTSIDE JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM Frank is studying the videotape from the park. We hear the mother's voice: "Somebody! Somebody call 911!" He freezes the frame: we see Samiel in the background. Frank enhances the picture and we see Samiel holding something in his hand. Hollis enters, agitated. HOLLIS You wanna talk about it? FRANK You let him go, didn't you? HOLLIS We had no evidence, and that's not what I meant: you attacked him. Frank stares at the screen. She tries to get his attention. HOLLIS (CONT'D) Hey! FRANK What? HOLLIS You attacked a man in my custody -- forget that he's not pressing charges -- I am obligated to report it. FRANK Then report it. HOLLIS (sighing) I won't. Of course, I won't ... I am worried about you, okay? Who is he? FRANK I told you. HOLLIS No, you gave me a picture and said "Find him" and somehow I did. FRANK No, no, he found you. He's responsible for three deaths. HOLLIS We don't know that -- FRANK (loudly) And now he's after Jordan! HOLLIS Frank! We thought it was his voice on the 911 tape, so did I, but we were wrong! You saw the report -- FRANK Forget the report. (off the screen) Look at him, there he is -- right here. HOLLIS It looks like him. On the tape, it sounded like him -- FRANK He's in the park and look what he's got in his hand. He's holding a watch in his hand; it's the victim's. HOLLIS It could be anything from anybody. FRANK But it's not: look at him. Frank slows the videotape: Samiel is in one frame and gone the next. FRANK (CONT'D) He vanishes in one frame. HOLLIS So the tape was tampered with. FRANK But it hasn't been! HOLLIS He can't just disappear. Where did he go? FRANK He's after Jordan. We HEAR a monitor beeping rapidly: Jordan has gotten out of bed and is gasping for breath. Frank rushes to her side while Hollis runs out, calling for help. HOLLIS Doctor! We need a doctor in here! FRANK Sweetheart? He picks up his daughter. Water begins streaming from Jordan's mouth. TAG INT. HOSPITAL ROOM The doctor places an oxygen mask over Jordan's mouth. Frank stands nearby. DR. CANTOR Congested, but right now she's fine. To be honest with you, I'm a little confused. We can continue to treat her symptoms; in fact, she couldn't be in a better place. FRANK We're running out of time. Frank has a FLASH of Jordan thrashing; then of Samiel. The vision ends and he goes to the window: Samiel is standing outside again, looking up. DR. CANTOR Mr. Black ... not facing what's happening to your daughter won't make her well. And saying someone is doing this to her doesn't make those tough therapeutic decisions go away. FRANK Someone is after her. EXT. HOSPITAL Frank runs directly to Samiel. This is as close to frantic as Frank has ever been. FRANK Who are you? You were in the park when the woman died. You were there, and then you vanished, weren't you? (throws the wristwatch at him) What are you doing here? (raising his voice) Who are you?! SAMIEL (with a smirk) I can't explain. FRANK (deadly) Why are you stalking my daughter? SAMIEL (suddenly serious) She received a gift. FRANK A gift? SAMIEL Of additional time on earth -- just like the others. Now that time is finished. And there are those who need now what she needed then, to continue living. FRANK So you intend to kill my daughter -- to save them. SAMIEL Your wife died so that your daughter could live. FRANK She chose that. SAMIEL Did she? FRANK Yes. SAMIEL (softly) Where was the choice? FRANK You're talking about the only great thing that ever happened in my life, do you understand that? Samiel turns toward Jordan's room; Frank follows his gaze. The doctor appears in the window and looks down: Samiel is gone. INT. JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT We pick up from the Teaser. The priest is here, administering last rites. Outside the window, we see Frank heading toward Jordan's room with Hollis not far behind. PRIEST "Almighty Father, to whom alone belongs life and death, we knoweth Thou will raiseth if it shall be Thy pleasure to prolong her days here on earth, let her be an instrument of Thy glory. (dips his hand in the holy water) By this, Thy holy anointing -- " Frank yanks the privacy curtain aside. FRANK (in an angry whisper) What are you doing? PRIEST (trying to continue) The Lord in His -- Frank slams his bible shut and waves him out. FRANK Shh! HOLLIS Frank ... FRANK Out! (to Hollis) What's he doing here? PRIEST (confused) I was called here -- FRANK (grabbing his arm) She's not going to die, get out! Hollis leads the priest outside quickly. Frank sits next to his Jordan's bed, gathering himself. His face flinches in pain as he reaches for his daughter's hand, the mere thought of her receiving last rites too much for him. EXT. TRAIN STATION The young girl is at the window, looking out as Samiel approaches the train. INT. JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM Suddenly, we HEAR the monitors beeping. Frank looks up, alarmed. Hollis comes back in. HOLLIS Frank! The doctor and nurse rush to Jordan's bedside with crash carts. The monitors show flatlines. NURSE Saturation's dropping. DR. CANTOR She's not moving any air. NURSE Okay, pulse is down to 90! INT. TRAIN COMPARTMENT The young girl watches Samiel walk by outside her compartment. INT. JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM The medical personnel have inserted a tube to extract liquid from Jordan's body. DR. CANTOR What's going on here? NURSE It's already full! The doctor taps on Jordan's chest. DR. CANTOR She's solid water! Get me a chest tube now! FRANK (helplessly) No ... As the medical personnel engage in life-saving procedures, Frank raises his head and pleads with God. FRANK (CONT'D) I tried ... oh, God, I tried to do everything You asked me to do -- without knowing, without knowing why -- no expectations. Don't do this, I'm begging You, please, don't take her away from me. If anyone has to die, let it be me ... Are You listening to me?! Hollis tries but cannot comfort Frank. INT. CONDUCTOR'S ROOM We pick up from the 2nd scene of the Teaser, and go back and forth between the events on the train and the hospital. Again, the conductor looks at his watch: 10:15. Samiel steals the ring of keys. INT. TRAIN COMPARTMENT BUSINESSMAN So do you like this train? YOUNG GIRL Yeah, a lot. Outside, we see the train suddenly switching tracks and everyone is thrown off to one side of the compartment. INT. TRAIN SWITCHBOARD We hear beeping and see the red blip blinking rapidly. OPERATOR #1 What the hell is 108 doing? We've got a situation here! INT. JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM NURSE Where is it all coming from? DR. CANTOR I don't know: it's impossible! The tube from Jordan's chest to a container is vibrating from the amount and force of the liquid inside her. The container is filling rapidly. DR. CANTOR (CONT'D) Oh, my God ... she's drowning! INT. TRAIN COMPARTMENT Samiel looks at the wristwatch and locks the door while the young girl watches his movements. Their eyes meet ... and the train plunges into the river. INT. JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM NURSE I can't keep her lungs drained! Another monitor starts beeping. NURSE (CONT'D) Respiratory arrest! DR. CANTOR V-tack, call the code! INT. TRAIN COMPARTMENT The three adults are lying prone. The young girl, seemingly unharmed, gets up and looks outside into the hallway: it is rapidly filling with water. We see Samiel float to the top; the water is pouring in unrelentingly. He takes a deep breath and swims down to the compartment. He and the young girl stare at one another. As Samiel swims away, the young girl follows him worriedly until he swims out of sight. Again, he goes up for air, struggling for breath, and heads back down. SAMIEL (V.O.) "One ... two ... three ... four ... five ... " After awhile, Samiel stops swimming and his body goes limp, sinking. SAMIEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) "... Six ... seven ... eight ... nine ... ten." INT. JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM The doctor charges up the paddles and moves to place them on Jordan's chest. DR. CANTOR Clear! FRANK (stopping her) Wait! We see that the monitor is showing life signs back to normal again. Jordan stirs and turns to her father. INT. TRAIN We see Samiel's body floating lifelessly. The young girl stares at him from inside the compartment, wide-eyed, shaking her head. INT. JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM JORDAN (weakly) I saw ... Mommy ... FRANK (after a moment) Shh. (caresses her cheek) Go back to sleep, okay? INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR Hollis steps outside Jordan's room, stunned by what she had just witnessed. She notices the hospital staff working an emergency: we see the young woman, the businessman, the mother and the young girl wheeled in. A PARAMEDIC is speaking into his radio. PARAMEDIC Train car derailed into a river. What a mess. We see Jordan's doctor examining the young girl. DR. CANTOR She's looking good. Let's get her into Exam One. PARAMEDIC (to the doctor) These four wouldn't have made it, but somehow their compartment door was jammed air-tight until we got there. It saved them. DR. CANTOR Lucky. PARAMEDIC Yeah. Except for that guy over there. He nods to a draped gurney along the wall. Something makes Hollis approach and pull back the sheet. REVEAL Samiel. Looking down, she sees the wristwatch in his hand: it has stopped at 10:35. INT. JORDAN'S HOSPITAL ROOM Frank is in bed with Jordan. She wakes and prods her father. JORDAN Dad? Dad? Frank stirs and turns to her. JORDAN (CONT'D) Mommy said she's fine. And she said to tell you ... she chose. She made the right choice. I don't know what that means. FRANK It means she loved you ... very, very much. Jordan smiles, and nestles back into her father's shoulder. END. ============================================================== Ten Thirteen Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television (R) A News Corporation Company Co-starring Eric Mabius (Samiel) Amanda Tapping (Dr. Cantor) Copyright (c) 1999 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved #6C10 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is the author of this motion picture for purposes of copyright and other laws. The characters and names depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. 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