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00:00:30I'm still here.

00:01:00And so are you.

00:01:06I'm still here.

00:01:36So?

00:01:46You're not going to tell me your name?

00:01:49Don't make it a big thing, Mom.

00:01:50Well, she invited you to hang out.

00:01:52I know that.

00:01:54Hey.

00:01:55Hey.

00:01:56Hey.

00:01:57Guess who just might have a girlfriend?

00:01:58I heard he's got two of them.

00:02:02I didn't say that.

00:02:04Oh, my gosh.

00:02:04You guys are annoying.

00:02:09Good nap?

00:02:10Yeah.

00:02:11Weird dreams.

00:02:13I still have this headache that won't go away.

00:02:16You think you should call out?

00:02:18No.

00:02:18Well, they're probably short-staffed as it is.

00:02:22Speaking of which, have you seen my ID anywhere?

00:02:25Yeah, this is what happens now that you're only volunteering twice a year.

00:02:28She gave me a hard time a little bit more with you.

00:02:31Guilt trip, man.

00:02:32Yeah.

00:02:56Yeah.

00:02:57what's he doing tonight he said he's hanging out at a friend's house down the street what about you

00:03:09you still gonna do that work thing i decided to ditch it and go to my sister's she's having her

00:03:14annual shindig it's quite a hike isn't it i know i just i feel like i owe her a visit

00:03:19check out the invitation she sent julia's new year's eight bonanza well you can't miss that

00:03:27this came from your brother i was thinking of putting him on the fridge

00:03:35where are those sweaters i think the sweaters are cute

00:03:42no not yet i'm still working on it if you give me your card i can order them because they're

00:03:46gonna sell out no no i'm gonna do it oh um i almost forgot i had coffee with matt chauvin's yesterday

00:03:56he asked to read your book it's really not that type of thing you know well he was thrilled to

00:04:02give you notes so i i sent it to him is that a problem no look it's uh he's just a big-time

00:04:12fiction writer you know and you asked him to read my dumb little memoir wow okay no more goodwill

00:04:18gestures for me appreciate it tracy hoover was given the liver of a nine-year-old accident

00:04:25you've reached andrew please leave a message and i'll get back to you

00:04:53maybe brother it's me just going to say happy new year i got those photos you're saying thanks for

00:04:59those um anyway give me a call back let's catch up

00:05:18because i'm at work right now you cannot just drop this on me last minute ty it's new year's eve

00:05:35fine no i just can't argue about it right now you know what i'll figure it out

00:05:42steven hi how are you good good to see you how are you uh you know same old same old i'm not

00:05:52interrupting am i no that was just my ex-husband dropping the ball again i actually have to go and

00:05:58get my kids he got his dates all messed up and now it's impossible to find a sitter actually i think it's

00:06:03just gonna be you here most of the night cindy's off at 11. oh uh okay i'm so sorry steven i know it's a

00:06:08lot from one person but i just no no no no it's fine it's fine go be with you kids it's okay

00:06:15you're a lifesaver come on you're the hero i'm the one who sold out and went into private practice

00:06:20okay well at least use my desk i do have a nice chair thank you all right all right

00:06:36lifeline

00:06:41hello

00:06:43i don't want to talk about myself okay i understand

00:06:50i don't want to talk about myself

00:06:52hello

00:07:11lifeline

00:07:17hello

00:07:20it's uh it's uh it's okay if you're not ready to talk but uh can i get your name at least

00:07:31mary mary hi mary i'm steven

00:07:38i don't really know how this works

00:07:40well it's uh really whatever you feel like you need

00:07:47what made you call in this evening and there's no right answer to that

00:07:51i just don't want to feel like this i want it to be over

00:07:58but please don't tell the police where i am because no no no no no no i won't i promise this call is

00:08:07anonymous so you don't have to worry about that okay

00:08:09i'll just like to talk a little bit about how you're feeling

00:08:17did uh did something happen at home tonight

00:08:20maybe a fight with family or uh yeah yeah yeah can you tell me a little bit about that

00:08:27um

00:08:34it didn't

00:08:36i had it's been all over the place and

00:08:41and no one i know gets it so i got these pills

00:08:47you have the pills with you now

00:08:49they're first sleep in depression but i figured if i take enough

00:09:00well i'm really hoping you don't do that mary

00:09:02there's no other way i don't have a choice

00:09:06why do you say that what when you say that you don't feel like you have a choice what do you mean by

00:09:12that mary can you can you tell me where you are right now are you at home no i'm in palm springs

00:09:23my husband rented a house here for the holidays but he knows that you've been having a hard time

00:09:31what but he knows that you've been hurting

00:09:35mary i don't trust him he's the reason i'm the the reason that you uh that you feel like hurting

00:09:47yourself yeah he drove us out here because i was having problems there was a medication change i went

00:09:57through recently and i told him i was in therapy and he got really mad

00:10:02how come i don't think i can talk much longer why not

00:10:12mary is it because you're worried about your husband finding out yeah

00:10:20has your husband ever hurt you

00:10:24no but i'm afraid of him it's hard to explain

00:10:32no no i think i understand um but i gotta say things um they sound really tense over there

00:10:42tonight so i'd like to come up with a safe word or uh or phrase in case your husband comes home and

00:10:49we're still talking what do you mean what it is just a way for you to let me know that you're feeling

00:10:54unsafe so it it doesn't trigger your husband can we do that okay fine yeah okay great

00:11:04so the best thing to do is to pick a word or a phrase that's really easy to bring up in a conversation

00:11:09like he's so wonderful or something yeah yeah that's great he's so wonderful works that's great and

00:11:20you remember that right just in case yeah okay i don't know it feels really risky mary listen i i just

00:11:31want to do whatever we can to hang up no no no mary mary wait wait are you still there if we can get

00:11:39you someplace safe tonight away from your husband okay just until your therapist is available

00:11:49do you think that you could hold off on maybe taking those pills

00:11:52i i don't know maybe maybe well can you give me your address and i just feel better if we got you

00:12:03out of that situation away from him 578 flamingo drive 578 flamingo drive and you said you're in palm

00:12:15springs right well honestly i think it'd be easier to just send it mary mary i know listen i understand

00:12:25mary i i understand listen but that would be

00:12:33that would be a really big mistake and one that you cannot take back do you understand that

00:12:40mary

00:13:10Lifeline, how can I help you today?

00:13:40And give that hot bath a try, okay?

00:13:55Yeah, you too.

00:14:06Lifeline.

00:14:16Sorry, I'm sick.

00:14:20Okay.

00:14:21Well, that's okay, but this line is specifically for mental health purposes, so...

00:14:27So what?

00:14:29Well, if you have a cold, then you should talk to a doctor or someone more qualified

00:14:39than me.

00:14:40No, I mean, I also want to kill myself.

00:14:44Okay, that is something that we should talk about.

00:14:48Can you hold on a second?

00:14:55Sure.

00:14:57Listen, if this is a prank call, I'm going to hang up, okay?

00:15:03Julia, what are you two doing?

00:15:10Yeah, that's right.

00:15:17Bye, Mike.

00:15:20You all right?

00:15:25Shh.

00:15:35Oh, yeah, it's just a little coffee burn, thanks.

00:15:50How's your night going?

00:15:52Pretty good.

00:15:53Feels like it's been nonstop.

00:15:55Yeah.

00:15:56I'm going to make a little coffee, you want some?

00:15:58Lifeline.

00:16:00Hi, my wife Mary called a little while ago.

00:16:26My name's Jason.

00:16:28Okay.

00:16:29Yeah.

00:16:30Hi.

00:16:31She, uh, you know, well, I'll let her explain.

00:16:36She's right here.

00:16:37Hello?

00:16:38Hi, Mary, it's Steven.

00:16:42Um, yeah, I just wanted to call and say I was sorry about before.

00:16:50My meds, they just make me think crazy.

00:16:55Thoughts, and...

00:16:58Mary, is your husband there with you right now?

00:16:59Uh-huh.

00:17:00Yeah.

00:17:01He's so wonderful.

00:17:02Well, thanks for letting me know you're okay and have a good rest of your night.

00:17:17Yeah.

00:17:18Happy New Year.

00:17:19Happy New Year.

00:17:20You too.

00:17:22Oh, you too.

00:17:25Okay.

00:17:26Okay.

00:17:27Okay.

00:17:28Okay.

00:17:29Fallon Springs Police Department, what's your emergency?

00:17:33Hi, my name is Steven Thomas, and I'm a hotline responder at the Lifeline Call Center.

00:17:38There's a lady in your area at 578 Flamingo Drive,

00:17:42and I believe that there's a possible domestic violence situation with her husband.

00:17:48All right. Let me put you through to an officer on patrol. Hang on.

00:17:59This is Officer Fredericks with the Palm Springs PD.

00:18:06You were reporting a domestic violence case.

00:18:08Yes, she's at 578 Flamingo Drive.

00:18:13That's the address dispatched in us. Is there a number I can reach you at?

00:18:17Sure. My cell is 717-555-6455.

00:18:23Great. I'll give you a call back once we get eyes on her. What was the name again?

00:18:27Mary, I didn't get a last name.

00:18:31Okay, well, we're on our way now.

00:18:34Great. I appreciate it.

00:19:21Lifeline.

00:19:38I'm going to kill myself.

00:19:41Okay.

00:19:43Can you tell me a little bit about why?

00:19:45That wouldn't make sense.

00:19:53Well, I'd like to try and understand.

00:19:56I'm in no rush.

00:20:02Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?

00:20:05Like what?

00:20:07You, um, you have a job.

00:20:10Are you a student?

00:20:12I go to UCLA.

00:20:14Oh, yeah?

00:20:15I went there.

00:20:17I mean, a while ago, but, um, what's your name?

00:20:23Steven.

00:20:24Steven.

00:20:26That's my name, too.

00:20:28Where are you right now, Steven?

00:20:31In a motel.

00:20:34I bought a gun.

00:20:35I got to be honest with you, Steven.

00:20:41Um, guns make me really nervous in this kind of situation.

00:20:48Did you tell anyone else where you are?

00:20:52I...

00:20:52I tried to tell my girlfriend, but, er, ex-girlfriend, but we just got into a fight, so.

00:21:03I'm sorry to hear that.

00:21:05What's your girlfriend's name?

00:21:12Vivian, but everybody calls her Viv.

00:21:13And you said your name is Steven?

00:21:17Yeah.

00:21:18What's your last name?

00:21:20Thomas.

00:21:23So, uh, you wouldn't happen to have gone to, uh, Woodrow Wilson High School, did you?

00:21:31Yeah, how did you know that?

00:21:34I'm gonna put you on hold for just a second, all right?

00:21:36Hello?

00:21:49Hey, it's me.

00:21:50Dad?

00:21:51Yeah, nice work with that, uh, prank call there.

00:21:54What?

00:21:55That was good.

00:21:56Did you get your mom in on that, too?

00:21:58Dad, I seriously have no idea what you're talking about.

00:22:02But so the guy that called in claiming to be me, you knew nothing about that?

00:22:06No.

00:22:09And, Dad, it's really loud here right now, so.

00:22:12Okay.

00:22:13All right, well, we'll talk about this later.

00:22:15Okay, bye.

00:22:24Hey, so, uh, so listen, buddy.

00:22:26You seriously just put me on hold?

00:22:29I came here to blow my brains out, and you're too fucking busy to stay on the phone with me?

00:22:32Okay, okay, hey, listen, listen, listen.

00:22:34I'm sorry, I'm sorry that you're right.

00:22:36That was wrong with me.

00:22:38I apologize.

00:22:42Whatever.

00:22:43It doesn't matter.

00:22:44I, it's happening no matter what, so.

00:22:50When you say it's happening, you mean...

00:22:52I mean, I'm going to kill myself.

00:22:55I've already decided.

00:22:59But you haven't done it yet, and that's a great thing.

00:23:02I told myself midnight.

00:23:06Is there a reason that you gave yourself a time?

00:23:08I don't know.

00:23:10It helps when I have a goal, I guess.

00:23:13Well, you seem pretty determined.

00:23:15Did you get the gun for this purpose?

00:23:20Yeah.

00:23:22It's either I use it on myself or on...

00:23:26On who?

00:23:30Doesn't matter.

00:23:30I'm too much of a coward to do that.

00:23:35You always knew that about me.

00:23:37I only call because I don't want to be alone when I do it.

00:23:42Instead, this hotline was anonymous, so I...

00:23:44I figured if I told anyone else, they'd call the cops.

00:23:46Well, that's not going to happen with me, but I got to be honest with you.

00:23:49This, uh...

00:23:51This worries me, Steven.

00:23:53But you're not going to call it, though, right?

00:23:55No.

00:23:55I don't hear one fucking siren.

00:23:56No, no, I'm not going to call the cops.

00:23:58I just want to keep talking to you, okay?

00:24:00That's it.

00:24:01Can we do that?

00:24:04Yeah.

00:24:06Okay.

00:24:08As long as you know it won't matter.

00:24:12We can't change what's happening.

00:24:15What specifically do you feel like you can't change?

00:24:20I...

00:24:20I just mean generally.

00:24:22I...

00:24:22I feel like we all believe we're in control.

00:24:25When we aren't.

00:24:27So you feel powerless?

00:24:29I don't feel.

00:24:30I am.

00:24:30I am fucking powerless.

00:24:32That's why I know nothing matters.

00:24:35I know people say that all the time, but it's true.

00:24:38It's like the only thing that's true.

00:24:42That nothing matters?

00:24:43We're all just talking to ourselves.

00:24:46Telling ourselves the same things over and over.

00:24:49Putting meaning into every little.

00:24:52We're pretending to be people we aren't.

00:24:53And all of us acting like everything's perfect and normal.

00:25:00And what I did...

00:25:01I can't...

00:25:03What did you do?

00:25:05I mean...

00:25:11What did I let happen?

00:25:15Good boy.

00:25:20What did you let happen?

00:25:22Forget it.

00:25:26Steven.

00:25:27Once I do this, I'll be free.

00:25:32I mean, it's all insane.

00:25:35And if the whole world is insane...

00:25:38Then why is it insane to want to end my life?

00:25:42I think it would be tragic.

00:25:45But insane?

00:25:48I don't know.

00:25:49You see, there's part of me that can understand the feeling that the whole world is rigged against us.

00:25:58Right?

00:25:59And no matter how hard we try, life just keeps putting obstacles in our way.

00:26:05Sometimes worse.

00:26:06Sometimes...

00:26:08Things feel like they're so bad that it is too much for one person to take on.

00:26:12Alone, at least.

00:26:20But that's why you called in.

00:26:24And I think that's great.

00:26:31Steven.

00:26:35You still with me?

00:26:36Steven.

00:27:02Steven.

00:27:03Hi, this is Vivian. Please leave a message.

00:27:12Hey, it's me.

00:27:14Just had a call that threw me for a loop.

00:27:18Give me a call when you get it.

00:27:20I love you.

00:27:28I'm so sorry. I know you're about to head out,

00:27:30but I need to run down to the restroom downstairs.

00:27:33Can you cover for me for just a sec?

00:27:35Yeah, sure.

00:27:43Hello?

00:27:44Hi, it's Officer Fredericks.

00:27:46Oh, yeah.

00:27:47This is my cell. I just wanted to follow up.

00:27:49We arrested the victim's husband you called in about, Jason.

00:27:53Oh, okay. And how's Mary?

00:27:56She was worked up, for sure.

00:27:58And we had an ambulance take her to the hospital,

00:28:00since her head was injured pretty bad.

00:28:02Oh, my goodness.

00:28:04But hey, it's great you called.

00:28:07Who knows how bad things could have gotten

00:28:09if we hadn't showed up.

00:28:11Well, thank you.

00:28:13I'll give you a call this week,

00:28:14since we'll need a full statement.

00:28:16For sure.

00:28:17This is the best number to reach you at?

00:28:19Uh, yes, it is.

00:28:21Okay. You have a good rest of your night, sir.

00:28:23You too. Happy New Year.

00:28:28Hey, there. I'm just gonna use your restroom really quick, alright?

00:28:40Key is on the desk, right there.

00:28:44Hello?

00:29:01Hello?

00:29:02Hello?

00:29:06Hello?

00:29:07You're gonna listen to me!

00:29:32What was that?

00:29:33Damn gunshot victim.

00:29:34Those doctors, there's a hospital nearby?

00:29:37Yeah, next door in the West Tower.

00:29:39Tell you, a bunch of strange happenings going on in this plot.

00:29:43Man.

00:29:44You on eight, right?

00:29:47Yeah.

00:29:48Yeah, you'll probably see me around here later on.

00:29:49Graveyard shit for us, huh?

00:29:51Man, it gets lonely around here on New Year's Eve, I tell you.

00:29:55But...

00:29:57I don't believe this.

00:30:00Is this happening upstairs, too?

00:30:02Yeah, there's something similar.

00:30:04Must have been from that earthquake earlier.

00:30:06We had one?

00:30:08Yeah, you didn't feel it?

00:30:09Must have missed it.

00:30:12Hey, thanks again.

00:30:13No problem.

00:30:14Happy to eat you.

00:30:15You too.

00:30:18Andrew!

00:30:21Hey, man.

00:30:22Sorry, I just got your message.

00:30:23No worries.

00:30:24Yeah, it's crazy.

00:30:26It's almost midnight here.

00:30:28The boys somehow have more energy than me.

00:30:30Yeah, they look really big in the photos you sent.

00:30:33Yeah, tell me about it.

00:30:35Hey, I was meaning to call you earlier this week.

00:30:39You know, it's just been a little...

00:30:40No, no, no, no, I get it.

00:30:43I get it.

00:30:44It's weird.

00:30:45I've been thinking about mom and dad recently.

00:30:50And I don't know.

00:30:53It's like memories of them.

00:30:54They're fading, you know?

00:30:57Like, I can only remember them in bits and pieces now.

00:31:03Sorry, I don't know what I'm trying to say.

00:31:04No, I get it.

00:31:06It's the same for me.

00:31:07You know, it feels like it's easier to block things out

00:31:10most of the time.

00:31:12Yeah, I've been thinking about it, too.

00:31:15I mean, how can we not on a night like tonight, you know?

00:31:20You remember that time when dad took mom on that trip

00:31:23and left us alone for the weekend?

00:31:25It didn't tell us where they were going or anything

00:31:27and they just left?

00:31:29Yeah.

00:31:32Yeah, I remember that.

00:31:45You said something to me I've never forgotten.

00:31:50What if he kills her?

00:31:51I don't know if he came back a few days later.

00:31:56She was OK.

00:31:57But yeah, I've been with me going so far away for college.

00:32:04We'd never talked about it.

00:32:05But I could have done more.

00:32:10I know that.

00:32:11Hey, Steve, hang on one sec.

00:32:15Honey?

00:32:16Boys, I'm sorry.

00:32:21We're closing in on midnight here.

00:32:23Yeah, no, I got a run, too.

00:32:26I'm at work, so.

00:32:28Hey, but let's find a time to talk more, you know?

00:32:32But I'm not being used as a jungle gym.

00:32:34Yeah, for sure.

00:32:36Obviously, I find you something new and make weird.

00:32:38Bye, then, I'll be very sure.

00:32:42Bye.

00:32:43Bye.

00:33:03Bye.

00:33:05Hello.

00:33:24Steven, hi.

00:33:26It's Matt Chauvins, a colleague of your wife's.

00:33:29Yeah.

00:33:30Hi, how are you?

00:33:31I'm good.

00:33:32I'm good.

00:33:33I'm good.

00:33:34Yourself?

00:33:34I'm great.

00:33:36Um, funny.

00:33:37I'm actually looking at your Wikipedia page.

00:33:41No kidding.

00:33:43Yeah, I, uh, I heard that Vivian sent my, uh, draft to you.

00:33:48So sorry, I just didn't expect to hear from you so soon.

00:33:51Well, good writers seek out other good writers whenever they can.

00:33:55Hey, you're the professional.

00:33:56I'm just a wannabe.

00:33:58Now, please, don't sell yourself short.

00:34:00Well, I, uh, I'll admit, by the end of college,

00:34:03I was dead set on either being a, uh, psychologist or a sci-fi writer.

00:34:07So, you know.

00:34:09Oh, yeah?

00:34:10Yeah, yeah.

00:34:10It's gonna be one or the other.

00:34:11Hello?

00:34:24Uh, uh, sorry.

00:34:28Did you, uh, did you feel that earthquake?

00:34:30No, no.

00:34:31It must have not hit us here in the valley.

00:34:34Are you all right?

00:34:35Uh, yeah.

00:34:38Yeah.

00:34:39All good.

00:34:41Good.

00:34:43So, I know it's New Year's Eve.

00:34:46I hope I'm not interrupting.

00:34:48No, not at the moment.

00:34:50Well, I had to call.

00:34:52Because, honestly, I'm reading this memoir and I'm on the edge of my seat.

00:34:56I could have put it down.

00:34:58Really?

00:35:00That, uh, that means a lot.

00:35:03Yeah, no, it's gripping stuff.

00:35:06I really can't wait to read the rest.

00:35:10Well, I figured it was more or less finished page count-wise.

00:35:14Huh.

00:35:15So, I'm just gonna give you my personal opinion.

00:35:17You can take it, you can leave it, but...

00:35:19No, no, please.

00:35:20I, uh, I'd love the feedback.

00:35:21Well, it feels like you stopped short right as things with your father start heating up.

00:35:33I trust you.

00:35:37But the way you set everything up until this point, the father-son dynamic.

00:35:42Yeah, I just figured there was more to explore with that relationship.

00:35:47With my father, um, okay?

00:35:51Because I, I don't think I really got into our relationship until around Chapter 8 or so.

00:35:57Huh.

00:35:58Vivian must have sent me an earlier manuscript.

00:36:01This copy ends at Chapter 5.

00:36:03Uh, I actually have the latest draft emailed to myself, and I can forward that to you right now.

00:36:13Yeah, that'd be great.

00:36:14The writing is terrific.

00:36:22And your teenage years, I mean, phew, it's harrowing, honestly.

00:36:28Yeah, I just end up sticking to sci-fi and political thrillers.

00:36:31Maybe I'm too afraid of getting personal.

00:36:33Man, I'm sorry.

00:36:38I, I've got to call you right back.

00:36:40Oh, uh, okay.

00:36:42Let's, uh, let's talk later.

00:36:44Hey, Viv.

00:36:45Hey, sorry.

00:36:46I just got your message.

00:36:47It's all right.

00:36:48It's no problem.

00:36:49Have you talked to Jeff?

00:36:51Uh, yeah.

00:36:52I talked to him about an hour ago.

00:36:53So he was, uh, still at the party.

00:36:56Why?

00:36:57He hasn't responded to my text.

00:36:59Really?

00:37:00I mean, I know he's just down the street, but I've been trying to check in.

00:37:04Oh, hang on.

00:37:05I just texted.

00:37:07He's saying he'll be home by 12.30 at the latest.

00:37:11You're great.

00:37:12And how was your party?

00:37:14Uh, I left early.

00:37:16I'm actually on the road now.

00:37:18That much fun, huh?

00:37:20No, it was fine.

00:37:21It was good to see Julia.

00:37:22Did you spend at least an hour telling embarrassing stories from when we were young?

00:37:26How was everything on your end?

00:37:28Your voicemail sounded...

00:37:29No, I think I just wanted to hear your voice.

00:37:32You know?

00:37:34Conversations tonight got me thinking.

00:37:37Yeah?

00:37:38Yeah.

00:37:38About what?

00:37:41Us.

00:37:42The past.

00:37:44Oh.

00:37:45Not the past.

00:37:47Yeah, that little old thing.

00:37:48I just think there's, uh, things I've forgotten, you know?

00:37:59Senior year of college.

00:38:01And, uh, maybe before.

00:38:05Tell me what you remember about us.

00:38:08About us?

00:38:09Wow.

00:38:10Yeah.

00:38:14Yeah, from the beginning.

00:38:16No, I hope you haven't forgotten that much.

00:38:20Nah, I'm just in a reflective moment.

00:38:23And I am writing a memoir.

00:38:26Supposedly, anyway.

00:38:27Yeah, that's true.

00:38:30So?

00:38:31Well, we first met in a psych class, but I don't think we started dating until physics,

00:38:41I think.

00:38:42We ended up getting partnered together for a final.

00:38:45That paper we wrote.

00:38:47God, why do I always forget the name?

00:38:50The Mini Worlds one.

00:38:53Yeah, yeah, that one.

00:38:55Which, by the way, I found that stashed at home earlier today.

00:38:59You kept that?

00:39:01Yeah, yeah, probably just sentimental value, I guess.

00:39:05Yeah, I hadn't thought about that until today.

00:39:08Yeah.

00:39:09I don't know why I held on to it.

00:39:10I just felt like we got through some tough times that year, so.

00:39:16But, yeah, that paper, it was way above our heads.

00:39:21We were trying to prove that parallel universes existed or something like that.

00:39:26I remember you had doubts.

00:39:28Yeah, that sounds like me.

00:39:30We got all philosophical that first night, working on the take-home, debating whether life was deterministic.

00:39:41You had this relentless belief in free will.

00:39:44Well, and that, among other things, is why I fell in love with you.

00:39:50What do you mean by we, um, we got through tough times that year?

00:40:00Well, you know.

00:40:02I mean, I don't even want to think about it now, but...

00:40:06What?

00:40:07No, it's just, uh, it's hard to think about how close things came to Endame.

00:40:15What do you mean, Endame?

00:40:17Just us.

00:40:19Everything.

00:40:20The day in the car.

00:40:21It was a few weeks after you first told me about the scars.

00:40:34On your back.

00:40:36Where they really came from.

00:40:42Go get our room.

00:40:43You were so afraid to talk about it back then.

00:41:13No crying.

00:41:23Quiet, Steven.

00:41:24Quiet, Steven.

00:41:24The number you dialed is not a service.

00:41:51Hello?

00:41:52Jeff?

00:41:54Sorry, man, you got the wrong number.

00:41:57Come on, I know this is Jeff's number.

00:41:58I'm his father.

00:42:04Hey, you've reached Tyler.

00:42:05Leave a message.

00:42:06Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:07Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:08Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:09Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:10Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:11Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:12Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:13Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:14Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:15Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:16Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:17Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:18Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:19Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:20Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:21Hey, you've reached your message.

00:42:22Just go.

00:42:52Lifeline.

00:43:09It's me again.

00:43:14Steven?

00:43:16Yeah.

00:43:18I'm glad you called back.

00:43:23You still in the motel?

00:43:26Yeah.

00:43:29Do you believe in the afterlife?

00:43:34Well, um, I'm not religious, so in that sense, no.

00:43:42You know, as a kid, the idea of the afterlife scared me.

00:43:47Even reincarnation.

00:43:51What do you think?

00:43:54It's like that Greek myth, Sisyphus.

00:43:56You know that one?

00:43:58Yeah, I do.

00:43:59The guy that pushes the rock up the hill over and over.

00:44:04Sometimes I think that's all life is.

00:44:06These endless cycles of pain that we all just accept.

00:44:10I wanted to know that when we die, that it's just over.

00:44:13Just blackness, no more consciousness, no more pain.

00:44:18And that's something you find comforting?

00:44:21Yeah.

00:44:22I hate the idea that there could be two possible outcomes.

00:44:32Death just feels like it should be so definitive.

00:44:37Like it's the one thing you can't cheat.

00:44:40What I told you, I don't think it's an insane thought to contemplate death

00:44:45or even think about taking your own life, but...

00:44:51I think with what you have going on, Steven, that this is...

00:44:55Stop.

00:44:56Stop what?

00:44:57Just get it...

00:44:58Get it through your fucking head that you're not going to talk me down.

00:45:01I'm not...

00:45:02I'm not calling you to be fucking saved.

00:45:05You should treat this like it's already happened.

00:45:08What's already happened?

00:45:10Yeah, because there's no stopping it.

00:45:12I'm killing myself at midnight, like I said.

00:45:20But I agree, obviously, that...

00:45:23It's not insane to think about it.

00:45:25It's insane if you don't think about killing yourself.

00:45:29Honestly, I think everyone...

00:45:31Every person on...

00:45:33On Earth is just doing therapy with themselves.

00:45:36Constantly.

00:45:37I mean...

00:45:39One part of our brain telling another part not to kill ourselves.

00:45:43That...

00:45:44There's some reason to keep...

00:45:46That's an interesting way of looking at life.

00:45:49Maybe a little cynical, but I think it makes sense.

00:45:53I don't know, it's so weird that I'm even telling this.

00:45:56What, calling in tonight?

00:45:58Yeah.

00:45:59I've always hated talking about myself to other people.

00:46:00Especially when I'm in a bad place.

00:46:01Well, I'm happy that you did, because I'm a big believer in talking things out.

00:46:13I think it helps.

00:46:15You know, when I was younger, I think it was a lot like you, and I didn't talk about anything.

00:46:23Even my first girlfriend in college, I never told her anything personal.

00:46:27I was never vulnerable.

00:46:29You know?

00:46:30If you can't talk to me, then...

00:46:32Then I can't do this anymore.

00:46:35Then go.

00:46:36Steven.

00:46:37Just go.

00:46:38You know, I've taken a few psych classes, so you don't have to bullshit me.

00:46:43I'm not.

00:46:44Yeah, you're just trying to bond with me.

00:46:45I know how it works.

00:46:46I'm sorry it came across that way, but...

00:46:48I do believe I can relate to what you're saying.

00:46:51How do you do it?

00:46:52Do what?

00:46:54I don't know, stay optimistic while taking calls from people like me.

00:46:57I mean, when you go home, what?

00:46:59You just...

00:47:00You shut up.

00:47:01I don't know.

00:47:02You just shut up.

00:47:03You just shut up.

00:47:04You just shut up.

00:47:06I don't know.

00:47:07You just shut up.

00:47:08You just shut up.

00:47:09You just shut up.

00:47:10You don't need to mess up.

00:47:11You go home, what, you just shut it off and forget about it?

00:47:15I wish it was that easy.

00:47:17So what, you get high or something?

00:47:20No.

00:47:25Well, I have, uh...

00:47:27I have been known to finish off a bottle of wine

00:47:29when I get home from time to time.

00:47:32But, um...

00:47:37I'm lucky to have people in my life I can rely on.

00:47:41Yeah.

00:47:42That's the thing about luck, no one wants to talk about it.

00:47:46You really feel like you...

00:47:48don't have anyone you can rely on?

00:47:55Not after what you've done to me.

00:48:03You father?

00:48:05You're a girlfriend.

00:48:06Tell me more about her.

00:48:07Vivian's her name, you said, right?

00:48:08No.

00:48:09No.

00:48:10No.

00:48:11No.

00:48:12No.

00:48:13No.

00:48:14No.

00:48:15No.

00:48:16No.

00:48:17No.

00:48:18No.

00:48:19No.

00:48:20No.

00:48:21No.

00:48:22No.

00:48:23No.

00:48:24No.

00:48:25No.

00:48:26No.

00:48:27No.

00:48:28No.

00:48:29No.

00:48:30No.

00:48:31No.

00:48:32No.

00:48:33No.

00:48:34No.

00:48:35No.

00:48:36No.

00:48:37No.

00:48:38No.

00:48:39No.

00:48:40No.

00:48:41No.

00:48:42No.

00:48:43No.

00:48:44No.

00:48:45No.

00:48:46No.

00:48:47No.

00:48:48I-I always thought she was out of my league.

00:48:52Don't surprise me she asked me out.

00:48:57I know you said that you guys had a fight.

00:49:01But she seems like someone you've confided in before.

00:49:05Or trusted.

00:49:07I-I-I-I told you, I...

00:49:11I can't trust anyone.

00:49:14Not after what he's done to me.

00:49:39Are you father?

00:49:42I am, yeah.

00:49:48You seem like you'd be a good one.

00:49:54I feel like that's rare.

00:49:59Can we talk about your dad for a minute?

00:50:02Because he seems like a...

00:50:08pretty hard guy to have for a parent.

00:50:11You could say that.

00:50:17Did he abuse you?

00:50:21Yeah.

00:50:23But he always disguised his love.

00:50:33He's always with me.

00:50:35His voice.

00:50:40I hear it.

00:50:42Even now.

00:50:43I feel afraid over me all the time.

00:50:46Like...

00:50:48One day he's telling me how proud he is of me.

00:50:54And...

00:50:55In what?

00:51:02Fuck it.

00:51:03It doesn't matter.

00:51:04No, it does.

00:51:05It does matter.

00:51:06What were you gonna say?

00:51:08Nothing.

00:51:10Steven.

00:51:15Steven, can we push back this deadline that you've set?

00:51:18Can we do that?

00:51:22No.

00:51:24I can't...

00:51:25I can't just let him eat away at me, little pilot.

00:51:28Then let's talk about that a little bit more.

00:51:29No, I...

00:51:31I can't fucking think straight.

00:51:33I just want you to fucking talk about something else, okay?

00:51:34All right, then.

00:51:35All right.

00:51:36I'm sorry.

00:51:37Then let's talk about something else.

00:51:38We can talk about whatever you want.

00:51:40Okay?

00:51:42But there's one thing that I need to know, Steven.

00:51:49Do you have the gun in your hand right now?

00:51:51No.

00:52:16This is Officer Frederick.

00:52:17Hey Steven.

00:52:19I know that you're all alone in a motel.

00:52:22And you're sounding really depressed.

00:52:26And you told me that you have a gun.

00:52:33I know that you're in the Red Palm Motel.

00:52:35I didn't tell you that.

00:52:37Yes, you did.

00:52:38How did you...

00:52:39You told me that.

00:52:40You told me where you...

00:52:41I just forgot the room.

00:52:42No, I didn't.

00:52:43I just forgot the room.

00:52:44Just tell me the room.

00:52:45I didn't tell you my room number either.

00:52:46Steven, I don't want you to die.

00:52:48Can you just tell me where you are?

00:52:50Please.

00:52:53Just so I know.

00:52:57It's room 15, all right?

00:52:59But I told you if you call the cops...

00:53:09I know.

00:53:10I know.

00:53:11If you hear any sirens, you're gonna kill yourself.

00:53:12And I don't want that, Steven.

00:53:14Steven.

00:53:17But I was thinking...

00:53:20What if I came?

00:53:24Not the cops.

00:53:25Just me.

00:53:26It'll take me a little bit to drive out there.

00:53:27But I can be there.

00:53:28No, no, no.

00:53:29There's no time.

00:53:30Just stop.

00:53:31Okay?

00:53:32Okay.

00:53:33Then just...

00:53:34It's important for me to know where you are.

00:53:36Okay?

00:53:37And I'm just confirming.

00:53:38Red Palm Motel, room 15, correct?

00:53:40What?

00:53:41What?

00:53:42Why did you keep asking?

00:53:43I said it doesn't matter.

00:53:44I'm sorry.

00:53:45You're right.

00:53:46I won't ask again, okay?

00:53:47Tell me a story.

00:54:11A story?

00:54:14One from when you were a kid.

00:54:18That's the only good memory I have of my dad.

00:54:22He'd read to me when I was little.

00:54:26He really enjoyed that for some reason.

00:54:33Steven.

00:54:37Hey, Steven.

00:54:38I have to do it.

00:54:39I'm sorry.

00:54:40No, no.

00:54:41Hold on.

00:54:42Hold on.

00:54:43I know it's really hard right now,

00:54:44but I need you to stick with me for just a little longer, okay?

00:54:47Do you really think that I fully understand what you're going through?

00:54:50You couldn't.

00:54:51You couldn't.

00:54:52No, I do.

00:54:53No.

00:54:55I do.

00:54:59Your father.

00:55:01I know.

00:55:05I know everything.

00:55:07Your mother.

00:55:08I know her, too.

00:55:09What?

00:55:19I know what happened to her and how you blame yourself.

00:55:23I don't...

00:55:24How do you...

00:55:26I just know Steven.

00:55:27No, you can't.

00:55:28You can't know him, that's it.

00:55:33He...

00:55:34He covered it up and he forced you to lie.

00:55:41I'm going to have to tell the police what happened.

00:55:47I trust you.

00:55:49And then when she was gone and your brother went away to college,

00:55:54he turned to you.

00:55:58He started hurting you.

00:56:00He made you powerless, but you're not Steven.

00:56:02Yes, I am.

00:56:03I told you, we all are.

00:56:05It's not your fault.

00:56:06You did everything you could to protect your mom.

00:56:08Especially for being a kid.

00:56:16And everything your father did to you.

00:56:25I know the effects it had on you.

00:56:32We can protect you from him.

00:56:34We can fix this without...

00:56:38You don't have to do this, Steven.

00:56:40How do you know all this about me?

00:56:42I know it's strange.

00:56:44I know it's strange.

00:56:45But I'm here to tell you there's hope.

00:56:47And no matter how bad you're feeling right now,

00:56:48those feelings, they're survivable.

00:56:50And I know that because I've seen it, Steven.

00:56:52I've seen it.

00:56:54I can't.

00:56:55I can't.

00:56:57I can't.

00:56:59Yeah, you can't.

00:57:00I'm sorry.

00:57:02No.

00:57:04Just stay with me.

00:57:05It's easy. Just stay.

00:57:07Steven, are you here?

00:57:09I have to.

00:57:11No, you don't.

00:57:12I'm sorry.

00:57:14Because you have a future.

00:57:16I promise you, I'm sorry.

00:57:18I have to.

00:57:20No, you don't.

00:57:21I'm sorry.

00:57:22Because you have a future.

00:57:24I promise you.

00:57:25I promise you that there's a future with people who love you.

00:57:29I promise you, Steven, these people are...

00:57:52Hello?

00:58:05Hi, yeah.

00:58:07Hey, just wanted to stay on the line to confirm.

00:58:09You've got a potential suicide victim at the Red Palm,

00:58:11is what it sounded like.

00:58:13Room 15, right?

00:58:16Yes, room 15, but hurry, I think it's...

00:58:19I'm already on my way.

00:58:20I'm only a minute out, so I'll call you back.

00:58:50What?

00:58:55What?

00:59:04Hello?

00:59:06Yeah, hi.

00:59:07So, nothing here at the Red Palm.

00:59:09Actually, the hotel manager says no one's checked in at all tonight.

00:59:13What?

00:59:15But, uh, sort of a weird thing.

00:59:16I found a bullet hole in the wall of the bathroom in room 15.

00:59:21You did?

00:59:22Yeah, I mean, I can't tell if that's what it is for sure, or how recent it is, but...

00:59:28It looks old.

00:59:29I had to guess.

00:59:31Um...

00:59:34Well, uh, thank you for your help.

00:59:36I guess...

00:59:38I don't...

00:59:42Well, that is a really good guy.

00:59:43Okay.

00:59:44You're right.

00:59:45You're right.

00:59:46You're right here on the wall.

00:59:48I'm here.

00:59:49Okay.

00:59:51I did nothing, I did nothing.

00:59:52Uh...

00:59:53The camera.

00:59:54The camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, and the camera.

00:59:57The camera don't notice me.

00:59:58Yes, sir.

00:59:59I'm right.

01:00:01No.

01:00:02Instead of the camera, the camera, the camera needs to be open.

01:00:04Hey!

01:00:34Hello?

01:00:46Hello?

01:00:52Hello?

01:00:58Hey!

01:01:08You're not authorized to be on this floor, are you?

01:01:13No, I, uh...

01:01:15Come on, man, I like you.

01:01:17I don't want to have to report you.

01:01:28There's something going on in that lab.

01:01:33Looked pretty dead to me.

01:01:43Beat, right?

01:01:45Yeah.

01:01:46You said there's a hospital in the West Tower?

01:01:48Mm-hmm.

01:01:50What's the name of it?

01:01:53Not again.

01:01:58alta that's what I need to have for you.

01:02:01See, he's my boy.

01:02:03I'm not a baby, huh?

01:02:04See, I'm not a baby.

01:02:05See, I'm just a baby.

01:02:07See, he's getting sick.

01:02:08I'm, I'm a baby.

01:02:09See, he's getting sick to you, including a baby.

01:02:11Huh?

01:02:12Yeah.

01:02:13What's the other thing?

01:02:14He's getting sick to you.

01:02:15I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

01:02:18I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

01:02:19Hello?

01:02:20I'm sorry.

01:02:22It's, what's the other thing?

01:02:23He's getting sick to you.

01:02:25Hello?

01:02:38Hey, uh, I'm so sorry.

01:02:40I just realized my sister and her friend,

01:02:43they prank called this number earlier tonight,

01:02:46and when I realized it was this,

01:02:48Julia, no, come on, you said you'd apologize.

01:02:51Julia, I...

01:02:52Wait, your sister's name Julia?

01:02:54Julia, your younger sister?

01:02:56Yeah, she's... sorry, you know, she's a little young.

01:03:00And you're Vivian?

01:03:03Yeah.

01:03:05How did you know that?

01:03:07It's January 1st, 2009, where you're at, right?

01:03:11Just past midnight.

01:03:14Yeah.

01:03:16I need to tell you something about Stephen Thomas.

01:03:19You know Stephen?

01:03:21Yeah, it's a long story, but listen,

01:03:22right now, I need you to go to, uh...

01:03:27St. Jude's Hospital in Palm Springs, okay?

01:03:30Do you have a car?

01:03:32Uh, yeah, but what's going on?

01:03:36Stephen tried to kill himself tonight,

01:03:38and I don't know if he's gonna make it.

01:03:42Uh, uh...

01:03:43Okay?

01:03:44Okay, okay, I'm, uh, I'm...

01:03:46I'm going now.

01:03:47Um, wait, are you the person

01:03:50he said he talked to earlier tonight?

01:03:52I don't know, did he, uh...

01:03:54He said he tried calling someone,

01:03:55but that he kept hanging up.

01:03:56He wasn't really making sense,

01:03:58but, um...

01:04:00Anyway, whoever you are,

01:04:02thank you.

01:04:12He tried to call.

01:04:13He And was here.

01:04:14I Met Stafford.

01:04:19Superzub of people.

01:04:26I saw a beautiful house.

01:04:31And he?

01:04:32Oh, my God, how much what the night came here?

01:04:34It's, It's 검 August.

01:04:34My baby.

01:04:35He told me,

01:04:37Oh, my gosh,

01:04:38he's gonna steal your rebuilt.

01:04:39He told me he don't like it.

01:04:40He's doing your first thing.

01:04:41She's doing whatever it is.

01:04:41Yeah.

01:04:42They Хотя will.

01:04:43I don't know.

01:05:13I don't know.

01:05:43I don't know.

01:06:13I don't know.

01:06:43I don't know.

01:07:13I don't know.

01:07:15I don't know.

01:07:17I don't want to talk about myself.

01:07:20I just need a distraction.

01:07:23I don't know.

01:07:25Maybe you can just talk about yourself or something.

01:07:29Okay, I understand.

01:07:31Sure.

01:07:33Well, my name's Steven, too, actually.

01:07:35That's Steven Jefferson.

01:07:37And your last name is?

01:07:39Thomas.

01:07:41Gotcha.

01:07:42Gotcha.

01:07:43Well, that's funny.

01:07:45Both of our names together make up one whole former president.

01:07:49Sorry, I only tell bad jokes.

01:07:53Do you have a family?

01:08:05Do you have a family?

01:08:06I do.

01:08:07Yeah.

01:08:08I have a wife and a son.

01:08:09I do.

01:08:10Yeah.

01:08:11I have a wife and a son.

01:08:13My son's about to turn 14 next month, actually.

01:08:17And he's a big Lakers fan.

01:08:19My wife thinks he has a girlfriend, but he's too shy to talk to me about that stuff.

01:08:29And so recently, I've only been volunteering a few times a year, ever since I went into private

01:08:35practice.

01:08:37And I was told that writing a memoir would be a good therapeutic exercise.

01:08:42So, I'm about five chapters deep in right now.

01:09:07I've been working on a couple decades ago.

01:09:08I did that.

01:09:09I've struggled on these things andämä, but...

01:09:10that doesn't really take the doctor out of her entire life.

01:09:11And it's alright to realize that what I think and the father is so helpful do that.

01:09:12You wouldn't believe we interpret the truth to going back andивать time.

01:09:16Okay.

01:09:17I've been to God for the first time.

01:09:18This is a από cane weapons飲料 that I've been introduced now for both of theians.

01:09:21Walker, you know he's very – I've been to.

01:09:30And I'm even to last four months.

01:09:32Let's go.

01:10:02Tell me a story.

01:10:32I can't take any more of these fingers.

01:10:57Let's induce hypothermia again to reduce the brain swelling.

01:11:05Clear.

01:11:06No, no.

01:11:13Here's it.

01:11:15Do you ever see a future between us?

01:11:29Steven.

01:11:34Steven, look at...

01:11:36Just go.

01:11:38I'm alive.

01:11:49I'm alive.

01:11:51Okay, stay with us, Steven.

01:11:54We're waiting here.

01:11:56Clear.

01:11:57I'm alive.

01:12:10I'm alive.

01:12:12I'm alive.

01:12:14I'm alive.

01:12:16I'm alive.

01:12:37You know his odds aren't good, and even if he does make it, I can't stand to see him

01:12:54like this. I need to go on a walk. Andrew. I'm sorry.

01:13:07Hi, Mary. How you doing? Okay, I guess. So your concussion symptoms were pretty mild, but we're still going to want to keep you overnight, okay?

01:13:35Also, there's a detective here that would like to speak with you.

01:13:47Mary, hi. I'm Detective Fredericks with the Palm Springs Police. I'd like to get more background about your husband, Jason.

01:13:59Yeah, that's fine. Thanks.

01:14:01Hey, Loretta.

01:14:03Hello?

01:14:05Dr. Williams?

01:14:06No, I-I can't. I can't get a sitter that fast.

01:14:08Dr. Williams, I'm sorry. It's really urgent.

01:14:09Come on. You're just now telling me this.

01:14:11I just have to show you one thing.

01:14:13I gotta call you back.

01:14:15Right, so patient to go over here.

01:14:17It's just next to me.

01:14:18Yeah.

01:14:19I'm sorry.

01:14:20I'm sorry.

01:14:21I'm sorry.

01:14:22I'm sorry.

01:14:23I'm sorry.

01:14:24There's a question.

01:14:33Good to see you.

01:14:35What do you think?

01:15:36I know you.

01:15:38When you do, we're gonna talk more, okay?

01:15:42We're not gonna hide things.

01:15:45I'm scared though, Steven.

01:15:51But I'm still here.

01:15:54And so are you.

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