EPISODE: 6

INT. PATIENT ROOM 2 - DAY (FLASHBACK)

An older man lies on the bed, asleep. This is PHILIP (50s).

Lorraine indicates to Josh to keep quiet, checking the chart

at the end of the bed.

Josh fiddles, bored. He approaches the sleeping man, then

glances over the personal belongings piled beside the bed.

There is a FRAMED PHOTO of a WOMAN (60's). She stares into

the camera with a vacant, spectral glare. THIS IS THE WOMAN

THAT SLAPPED RENAI.

Josh giggles.

LORRAINE

Shhh.

Lorraine gives him the death glare, then busies herself with

his chart. Josh turns his attention back to the photo.

YOUNG JOSH

This lady looks weird.

IN THE SAME SHOT, he turns back to the sleeping patient --

-- suddenly FACE TO FACE with Philip!

He is sitting up in bed, scowling at Josh, inches from his

face!

Josh SCREAMS.

PHILIP

Her name is Michelle!

Josh WAILS as Lorraine rushes to separate them. Lorraine

struggles to pry his fingers away.

Another male nurse rushes in, pinning the patient down.

PHILIP (CONT'D)

She wouldn't let me leave!! I was

just a boy!

The crazed patient keeps his eyes fixed on YOUNG JOSH as he

screams, spittle flying.

The nurse injects him and he calms slowly.

INT. PATIENT ROOM - DAY (PRESENT)

Lorraine shakes the memory off. Specs and Tucker wander in.CARL

Here. In here.

INT. PATIENT ROOM - CONTINUOUS

They shamble into a small patient care room, a gurney still

lying in it. Wires coil on the floor where medical equipment

has been removed.

Lorraine's eyes scour the walls, eventually ascending to the

CEILING. There is a large BROWN STAIN there.

Now it is Lorraine's turn to be afraid.

LORRAINE

I remember this room...

FLASHCUT TO:

INT. CORRIDOR, OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS - DAY (FLASHBACK)

It is 1983. The east wing of the hospital has returned to its

bustling heyday. Lorraine hikes down the corridor in a nurses

outfit. Young Josh is at her side.

Lorraine shoulders into one room.

INT. PATIENT ROOM 1 - DAY (FLASHBACK)

A sprightly women of about seventy looks up from a crossword.

She is lying on the bed, an IV in her arm.

NOTE - the dialogue in this scene is removed, muffled...as if

heard from a distance.

ELDERLY PATIENT

Morning.

LORRAINE

Hi Audrey, this is my son, Josh.

He's come to work with me today.

AUDREY

Well, hello there to you.

INT. CORRIDOR, OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS - DAY (FLASHBACK)

Lorraine keeps moving, very busy. She checks the name on

another room, entering carefully.LORRAINE

That's good. Are you checking out?

PHILIP

Yes, I am.

LORRAINE

Well, great. That's good.

PHILIP

I very much enjoyed meeting you.

And your son.

LORRAINE

I'm sorry about everything that

happened with him. He was being a

nosy kid. I shouldn't have brought

him on my rounds.

PHILIP

That's quite alright. I have a

temper. I'd like to make it up to

him.

Lorraine gives an uneasy look, masked with a smile.

LORRAINE

He's okay. He's learned his lesson.

PHILIP

What I wouldn't give to be his age

again.

LORRAINE

Wouldn't we all?

PHILIP

To have that bedroom filled with

toys, and all those finger

paintings on the wall.

Lorraine's smile fades a little. The elevator stops and the

doors open.

LORRAINE

How did you...?

Philip alights the elevator, walking away into the corridor.

INT. FRONT DESK, OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS HOSPITAL - DAY(FLASHBACK)

Spooked, Lorraine navigates the crowd to the nurses station

at the lobby. A nurse looks up.SPECS

Anything?

LORRAINE

I had a patient in here once. In

this room. I remember I brought

Josh into work with me one day and

this man, this patient of mine, he

screamed at Josh.

TUCKER

When was this?

LORRAINE

It was...right around the time Josh

started having nightmares.

TUCKER

Do you remember anything about him?

LORRAINE

He had cut himself. At first, he

said it was an accident. We

suspected that he did the cutting

himself.

CARL

What happened to him?

Lorraine glares down at the bed.

LORRAINE

A few days later I saw him again.

FLASHCUT TO:

INT. ELEVATOR, OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS - DAY (FLASHBACK)

Lorraine rushes for the elevator, grabs it just in time. She

depresses the button for the lobby. It lurches and descends.

She pivots and claps eyes on the ELDERLY MAN WHO SCREAMED AT

JOSH, PHILIP. He is the only other person on the elevator.

He stares at Lorraine with eerily unblinking eyes.

LORRAINE

Good to see you. Feeling better I

see, up and about.

PHILIP

Yes.LORRAINE

He hung himself.

CARL

Did the incidents with Josh begin

happening before or after he died?

LORRAINE

After. Later that year...

CARL

What was his name?

A long beat.

LORRAINE

Philip. His name was Philip.

INT. RECORDS ROOM, OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS HOSPITAL - NIGHT

A cavern of paperwork. An abyss of administration.

Ian leads Lorraine, Carl, Specs and Tucker down a narrow

aisle between rows and rows of hospital records.

He slides out a box of files.

IN MONTAGE - we see Ian, flicking through various pages of

yellowing files. He lands on one in particular - PHILIP

CRAIN.

Lorraine accepts it from him.

LORRAINE

Thanks, Ian.

Specs, Tucker and Carl crowd over her shoulder, scanning the

information written on the paper.

Carl FOCUSES IN on the ADDRESS written below Philip's name -

4471 ARROW AVENUE.

FLASH FRAME INSERT: A SMALL DARK HOUSE...THEN THE FACE OF A

WOMAN, ENRAGED. STANDING OVER A YOUNG GIRL.

Carl draws in a deep breath, affected by the vision.

CARL

That address...there's something

there.LORRAINE

Excuse me, I was wondering if I

could get some info on a patient?

He's checking out today.

NURSE

Name?

LORRAINE

Room 104. He came in with a

laceration.

The nurse skims through some files, plucking one out.

NURSE

Oh...do you mean...?

LORRAINE

What?

NURSE

Um...that patient died this

morning. He committed suicide.

There's detectives up there now.

LORRAINE

No, no he didn't. I just spoke to

him on the elevator not thirty

seconds ago.

NURSE

It says here that they pronounced

him dead at 6:14 AM. Three hours

ago.

The color drains from Lorraine's face.

INT. PATIENT ROOM - NIGHT (PRESENT)

Specs and Tucker are utterly riveted by the story. Specs

takes out a notepad and pen, scrawls on it.

TUCKER

What are you doing?

SPECS

Writing it down. That was a great

fucking ghost story.

CARL

How did he kill himself? Do you

remember?INT. KITCHEN, LORRAINE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Renai tidies up. She seems a million miles away, lost in her

own thoughts. Possessed Josh enters, hugging Renai from

behind.

RENAI

Your mom hasn't come home.

POSSESSED JOSH

I know.

RENAI

I'm worried.

POSSESSED JOSH

Don't be.

He rubs her stomach, kissing her neck and her ear.

RENAI

This isn't...

POSSESSED JOSH

This isn't what?

A sly smile breaks out on her face. He leads her away.

INT. SPARE BEDROOM, LORRAINE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Possessed Josh and Renai push into the bedroom, closing the

door behind them. They fall back onto the bed. Renai giggles.

Possessed Josh isn't laughing - he is caught up in the moment.

He kisses her neck and her body, growing more intense.

RENAI

Josh, calm down.

He doesn't, clamping a hand over her mouth and nose. She rips

his hand away and sits up.

RENAI (CONT'D)

What is wrong with you?

POSSESSED JOSH

What? Forgive me for wanting to

have sex with my wife.

RENAI

I can't breathe when you do that.INT. LIVING ROOM, LORRAINE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The front door opens and Renai enters with Foster and Dalton.

Josh appears from the kitchen.

FOSTER

Dad!

POSSESSED JOSH

Hey buddy, come here.

Foster scrambles to him and they hug.

POSSESSED JOSH (CONT'D)

Did you have fun with mom?

FOSTER

Yeah.

POSSESSED JOSH

Did anything exciting happen?

FOSTER

Hmmm...no.

POSSESSED JOSH

You sure? Maybe you got in a fight?

He playfully wrestles Foster to the floor, attacking him.

Foster cackles, loving it.

POSSESSED JOSH (CONT'D)

I'm gonna eat you!

RENAI

Stop it, guys. You'll break

something.

POSSESSED JOSH

Boo. You're killing our fun.

Foster gathers himself up off the floor and sprints away.

Josh notices his hand - it is a little wrinkled. He hides it

with his sleeve as Renai leaves. Only Dalton is left.

POSSESSED JOSH (CONT'D)

Hey son.

DALTON

Hey dad.EXT. LORRAINE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The house is dark.

INT. KITCHEN, LORRAINE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The monotonous rhythm of a dripping faucet.

INT. LIVING ROOM, LORRAINE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Curtains lull in a breeze.

INT. YOUNG JOSH'S BEDROOM, LORRAINE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Lights out. Dalton and Foster sleep like the dead.

CLOSE ON DALTON - his eyelids twitch.

A voice slithers out of the darkness, barely audible.

VOICE (O.S.)

Dalton...

Dalton rouses.

VOICE (O.S.) (CONT'D)

Dalton, wake up.

Dalton opens his eyes. Listens.

VOICE (O.S.) (CONT'D)

Dalton...

Dalton turns and sees the CUP that Foster fashioned a phone

out of, resting on his pillow near his head.

The voice is coming from the cup.

VOICE (O.S.) (CONT'D)

(from cup)

Dalton...

Perturbed, Dalton scoops up the cup, annoyed to be woken. He

sits up, squinting across the room at Foster, unable to see

him. It's too dark.

He speaks into the cup.

DALTON (INTO CUP)

What?POSSESSED JOSH

You're going to leave me here like

this?

RENAI

It's your own fault.

POSSESSED JOSH

You know, I'm getting tired of you,

Renai. You have your son back and

you're still not happy. You skulk

around here all day like a

miserable, ungrateful bitch.

RENAI

That's because these things...

they're never going to leave us

alone. We're surrounded by ghosts.

(beat)

It's like we're already dead.

POSSESSED JOSH

No. It's not. This house, this

light, it's nothing like being dead.

I know. I know what it's like where

these things exist. I've seen it.

They want what you have - life.

That's all they want.

There is a grim certainty to Josh's words that scares Renai.

POSSESSED JOSH (CONT'D)

So you have no idea how much you're

wasting your life by being afraid

of them, because very soon...you'll

be one of them. And you'll realize

you should've been happy for your

brief little moment in the sun.

RENAI

Well, unlike you, I'm not thinking

about myself. I'm thinking about

our kids. In case you've forgotten,

one of those things nearly took our

boy from us. And they're still here

and I'm scared to death they're

going to try and do it again.

(beat)

So forgive me if I can't enjoy the

sunshine with you, but from where

I'm standing, things still look

pretty dark.

She leaves, slamming the door......