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Pardon, madam.

Dr. Seward.

Thank you for indulging an old woman.

I know it's not common for you to deal in these transactions personally.

Forgive me, Mrs. Westbrook, but you're looking a bit tired.

But this is the fifth time in a month.

If you're going to visit this often, I'm thinking perhaps I'd better lower the

strength. No.

I promise I'd take it only as directed.

All right.

All right, then.

One drop per use.

Any more than that, there won't be any more.

Thank you, Doctor.

For your efforts.

For the cause.

I'm most appreciative, but we have our own resources.

One drop per use for more than twice a day.

Do you understand?

Yes.

There is nothing wrong with your television.

Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now controlling the transmission.

We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can deluge you with a

channels or expand one single image to crystal clarity and beyond.

We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive.

For the next hour, we will control all that you see and hear.

You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the deepest

inner mind to the outer limits.

Please stand by. Man creates laws to maintain the order of his world.

But what happens when the laws of man defy the laws of nature?

How bad?

See for yourself.

Mrs. Westbrook?

Mrs. Westbrook.

Mrs. Westbrook, I'm CEA agent Dan Kagan.

Can you tell me what happened to you last night?

Found this vial in the garbage.

No trace of what was inside, though.

Who called it in?

Servant. Said he found it this way.

You guys got a handle on what this stuff is yet?

We're pretty sure it's tied to Seward.

We just haven't been able to get enough of a sample to do an analysis yet.

Well, her husband died about a month ago, so according to the butler, she's

pretty depressed lately.

And he didn't report it?

Maybe he felt sorry for her.

It's a borderline offense.

The code's in place for a reason, pal.

Look forward, not back.

He's not dead.

He came back.

He's not dead.

Dr. Seward, ready for my visit.

Charles?

Charles?

Dr. Seward?

A new report out today from the Centers for Population Enhancement predicts that

next year will be the first increase in population since the HR2 viral plague

was brought under control almost 11 years ago.

Our return to conservative values and strict enforcement of the global code of

conduct is being credited for the turnaround.

In other news, another weather... Blood test on Mrs. Westbrook. Same as the

other ODs.

Inconclusive. There's no opiate derivative or other known hallucinatory

found. The substance just dissipates from the body too rapidly.

Well, I don't need a lab report to tell me it's a designer hallucinogen. Yeah.

Something the butler said in his statement stuck with me.

He said Mr. Westbrook's funeral was held at Meadow Pines.

Three of the other people who OD'd on this stuff had relatives that died in

last year.

All of their funerals were held at Meadow Pines.

Where better to sell an escape from reality than a funeral home?

Funeral homes.

Breeding grounds for code violators.

Weasel alert.

It should have been outlawed years ago.

Kagan knows what I'm talking about.

He embraces the code as much as I do. Don't you, Kagan? He didn't even miss a

day of work when his wife died.

Unlike your last partner.

Leave it alone, Pinter. Hey, it was a good bust.

You had a partner that went south. Not your fault.

You had to arrest him.

Dave Hollins was a good agent.

A good agent doesn't violate the code.

Weeping over the past. It's inexcusable. We did that for 11 years. Got us

nowhere. Adherence is the only way we're going to rebuild.

In a way...

The virus did us a favor.

It got us all thinking the same way.

Pinter, go away.

I don't want to have to shower again today.

I've got a better idea, Pinter.

Why don't you stay and we'll go?

Yeah. Where are we going?

Well, we are going fishing at Meadow Pines.

Good.

May I be of assistance?

Hi, I'm Paul Anderson.

This is my little sister. I'm Gail. How are you? We were looking for the

manager. My name is George White. I'm the owner -operator.

Is there anything I can do to help?

Actually, I hope so.

My wife passed a couple days ago.

Well, I heard that...

Help me get some relief.

I'm sorry, sir.

Meadow Pines is completely code compliant.

We were sure that this was the place the Westbrooks sent us. We're friends of

theirs. Mrs. Westbrook?

Well, that's different.

If Mrs. Westbrook sent you, I might be able to help.

I'll need a personal object of the deceased's. Then what happens?

Then we get started on your reunion.

Great.

I'll give them one thing. They got a flair for the melodramatic.

Dan, you've been out there an hour already. Let's go.

George stiffed us, so to speak.

Should have had him in cuffs the second he made the offer.

Bigger fish, Steph.

I can't believe you actually gave him a scarf of Juliet's.

Steph, please.

Juliet's been dead for two years now. Nothing's going to bring her back.

At least of all this.

You ever think it's time to try and find some happiness for yourself again?

Stephanie?

He's coming.

Turn around.

Turn around, Riley.

I didn't know how much it was going to cost, so... This is not about money.

George told me about you.

Your story.

I am.

So sorry for your loss.

What is this stuff? How does it work?

It's called S, like the letter.

Short for essence of life.

Daily clean personal object is refined, distilled, cloned millions of times to

renew something good.

Inhaling this scent triggers sense memories, allowing the user to

The essence of what the loved one was.

A drop is all you need.

Only when it becomes unbearable, be careful.

It could become addicting.

You must understand, this is not a solution. This is the means to a

I got it.

Go ahead.

Go ahead. Go ahead. It's what you've been waiting for.

Oh, my God.

Juliet.

Juliet, it's really you.

I've missed you so much.

I love you so much.

I love you so much, Judy.

Quite a performance.

No Academy Award, but I got this.

That's a consolation prize.

You think it was Seward?

I don't know. I didn't get a good look at him. I didn't want to spook him, you

know?

Doesn't matter. As long as we got our sample, we'll get him one way or

Well, it's too late to drop anything off at the lab tonight. Why don't we drop

it off in the morning and go get something to eat?

Maybe a drink.

A drink?

I'm sorry.

God, I can't. I completely forgot.

Forget about it.

You've had it under control for so long. I forgot.

It's no big deal, Steph.

Let me buy you dinner.

I'll have to take a rain check. I've got to get up real early and get this stuff

over to the lab first thing, you know?

Okay.

Me, Juliet.

It can't be you. It can't be you. Open your eyes.

Come on.

Hi.

You look good.

I thought with no one around to keep you in line, you'd look like hell.

You look good.

It's really you.

Everything.

There's so many things I want to say.

I guess I feel like I wasn't there for you.

Like it was my fault you died.

Julie?

I use it properly this time.

Or it'll have to be the last time.

Did you ever stop to think of what you have here?

You can clone this stuff.

It'd never run out.

It'd be as if the person never died. You could just keep taking it over and over

again. I warned you to use it sparingly. I was overwhelmed.

I know what to expect now.

Please, listen to me.

This is not some narcotic to get hooked.

It's a bigger picture here.

What do you mean?

They have an agenda.

Social adherence to the code can last only so long.

They're trying to develop a chemical to anesthetize,

sanitize human feeling.

Less emotion equals more efficiency.

They're pushing us into a society of drones.

All in the name of rebuilding.

I was a chemist in their labs. I know.

I worked on that project.

Why do you think they want me so badly?

Basic elements of the S -Process could be used to develop the chemical they've

been looking for.

Look, I just want to see my wife again.

You have no idea what it's like.

I know exactly what it's like.

I do.

Walking around.

Hollow.

Empty.

Hiding.

Suffering. I... I know what it's like to have your heart ripped out.

Not be able to grieve.

Who did you lose?

My wife.

My boys.

Do you visit them?

With S, I mean?

I did.

Not anymore.

Why?

Why not?

You look so beautiful.

Dan.

You remember when you told me that you felt like it was your fault?

That you weren't there for me?

That wasn't so far from the truth, was it?

It was your fault, Dan.

I was there for you when you fell and you weren't there for me.

Were you?

Julian, I'm sorry.

I...

It's me.

How about that rain check?

You hungry?

I don't believe you. I'm barely out of the way, and you're leering over your

partner? Dan.

I've seen the way you look at her.

Why don't you just sleep with her? You know you want to.

I don't know what you're talking about. Why are you saying this?

I loved you, Dan.

I love you, too. Please.

Everything okay?

I'm fine.

Well, can I come in, then?

No. You leave her out there. You don't belong with her. You belong to me.

If you love me, you will not open that door.

I love you. Why are you saying this? Why would you say these things to me?

Leave her out there.

Is there somebody in there with you? We can be together.

We love each other, Dan.

We love each other. We have a bond.

Tell her to leave and we can be alone.

Please don't do this to me. Open the door. I'm coming in.

Talk to me. Are you okay? Dan? You promised, Dan.

Dan!

You promised me, Dan. Are you okay?

Dan?

Dan!

Feeling better?

You want to tell me what's going on?

The truth?

Oh, Dan.

Oh, Steph, I... I touched her.

I made love to her.

It's so real.

Dan, Pinter is leaving no stone unturned. He would like nothing better

find you and now me involved in this thing.

You're not involved.

If I go to the phone and turn you in right now, I'm not involved.

Do you see me going to the phone?

Dan, please...

Promise me this is the end of it. It was as if she was obsessed with the idea

that I didn't love her, that I betrayed her.

What?

When you were knocking, she got really, really angry.

It didn't make any sense.

Dan, can't you just promise me?

I still love her, Stephanie.

I don't think I can make that kind of promise to myself, you or anyone.

Let's just say George isn't a strong -willed individual.

My wife, Juliet, we had another visit.

But it wasn't the same as the first time.

You gave me a bad batch.

There's no such thing.

I don't have no control over how she comes to you.

What kind of a doctor are you?

You're supposed to heal the suffering.

A week ago, I had this under control.

For two years, I had her death under control. Now look at me!

I can't do this anymore.

I was wrong.

You and I, we were both wrong. We're undermining the common good.

I... I believe in the code.

It's the only way we're going to rebuild it.

It's the only way to prevent the spreading of another plague.

The silo decay is finally being crushed.

No.

Human spirit is being crushed.

Look forward, not back.

No open displays of emotion.

Time spent on the past detracts from the future. Doesn't that sound remotely

destructive to you?

Death is the last line of defense against government.

Sanctioned.

So listen to this.

My family, the most precious things I had in the world, they took them away

me because I wouldn't obey the rule of order.

Look at you.

As much as they tell you not to, you can't help it.

You feel.

Don't stop feeling.

Don't take my word for it.

What is it?

The answer to who's telling the truth.

I think you should leave the case.

You're too close.

I'm afraid you're hooked on the drug.

I can't leave the case.

Dan, I'm really worried about you.

Dan, did you hear me?

Dan?

There were things left unsaid.

Things that I have to... Put to rest before I can move on.

That's why you need to leave the case. You're using drugs.

It's a hallucination.

I know that.

It doesn't matter.

When I'm with her, she is there.

You're addicted.

I am not addicted.

What if you wind up like the others?

We don't know anything about that, Rubston.

What if the effects are cumulative?

I can't stop thinking about it. At first I thought, how could I have missed it?

How could I have missed seeing the self -destructive part of you?

But then I realized it's not about self -destruction.

It is about you not being over Juliet.

You have every right to take as much time as you need.

But it's been two years, Dan.

It's almost like you're punishing yourself.

I'm not punishing myself.

You've committed a serious offense.

What about me?

Look at the position you've put me in.

It's not fair.

Nothing you are doing right now is fair to me.

He's on his way.

Dan.

Did you hear about the raid at the cemetery?

Well, got a tip from an informant.

Came real close to nailing that bastard.

Almost got a buyer, too.

I noticed your reports are incomplete.

The ones from your sting the other night.

Thought a buy went down.

How come there's nothing about it in the evidence file?

Oh, the contact network showed up that night.

Is that right, Sawyer?

What do you mean, is that right, Sawyer? You tell me.

Yes, that's right.

That's right.

Doesn't matter.

I intend to kick this investigation into high gear.

We'll get him.

That's the last time I lie for you.

You can't be here.

I didn't take any.

You do punish yourself.

You've been punishing yourself since before I died.

Everyone thought I was so heroic that you got yourself clean to take care of

your sick wife.

But it was more than just for me, wasn't it?

You're a hallucination.

Don't be so sure.

What do you want to tell me, Dan?

Get a read on that?

What are you doing in here?

Get out!

You're not real. Really?

I'll tell you it's real.

I'm barely dead and you're all over him.

Couldn't wait for me to die.

Where did it start while I was still alive? No.

He's hooked, you know. You're gonna have to arrest him.

Just like your other partner.

You've got no choice.

You'll never have a chance to find love and happiness.

You'll be the one to put him away.

You! You!

What are you doing?

What the hell are you doing?

You're still using, Dan.

Me?

Would you like me to get you a mirror so you can take a look?

Whatever possessed you, curiosity?

I've risked my job for you.

I put my freedom on the line because I care about you.

You just really don't care about anybody but yourself.

I want you to leave.

Danny boy.

Missed all the fun.

Did you get him?

Just missed him.

But we're close.

How did you know he was here?

That's my job.

The good doctor didn't leave much behind, but it's just a matter of time.

We're going to nail this son of a bitch.

I told you I have no idea where he is.

You say that to me one more time, George, and I'm going to break your

All he said was that you set him up.

Set him up?

I'm protecting him in his work, but I can't protect him unless I know where he

is. He's afraid of you.

Why? Because we both know you're an enforcement agent.

He never would have sold to an agent.

Not just any agent, but one who's experienced loss like I have.

You knew about me?

I chose you.

A CEA agent who was understanding, sympathetic.

You would be invaluable to our cause.

I didn't set you up. I know.

But you did come here looking for me tonight.

May I ask why?

Is it about Juliet?

She keeps appearing to me without taking any S.

She just keeps popping up.

You've been taking much more than you're supposed to.

Since memories are overloaded, that's why she keeps coming to

you in flashes.

It's different. It's not like the first time.

You're not going to be able to stop.

I just want to see her again as she was, not like this.

I think I've done enough damage.

Is this how you're protecting me, Dan?

There's everything to do for you.

You make it.

It'll be the last time.

No.

Jump!

Sir. What?

You might want to take a look at this.

1990 Columbia Court, Meadow Pines Funeral Home. I want every available

that. Yes, sir.

Dr. Neal Seward, I am Code Enforcement Agent Stephanie Sawyer, and you are

arrest for repeated violation of Section 16 of the Global Code of Conduct.

Before you do anything rash, Miss Sawyer, I suggest you take a look over

I can see what's going on. You've given him more.

He insisted.

Don't do that. I heard the call. They're already on their way.

Get away.

You're not going to make another drop. I know what this stuff does. I've

experienced it firsthand.

What you saw was of your own making.

It's true.

S triggers our sense memories to recreate the image of the one we lost.

But the interaction itself is driven by the user's subconscious.

Your subconscious.

And all the demons that go with it.

All your fears and doubts layered in over your sense memories of Juliet.

If it did that to me, what's it doing to him?

Hopefully it's freeing him.

It was about a month after you were diagnosed.

I was still drinking.

You were in a lot of pain in the hospital.

It tore me up to feel like that.

I grew to hate Wednesdays.

Treatment day.

I would start drinking on Tuesdays in preparation.

No matter...

How hungover I was. How sick I felt. I was there every morning.

Almost every morning.

There was one session that I missed.

Where were you?

I was drunk.

And? And I wasn't alone.

When I was supposed to be with you, holding your hand, helping you through

pain, I was with someone else.

One night stand, too busy with my own pain.

How could I look you in the eye and tell you that?

You just did.

I never wanted anything like that to happen again.

I was never going to take another single drink.

You became obsessed with it.

I was so bent on staying sober to atone for hurting you.

And I didn't see the person that I loved the most in the world was slipping

right out from under me.

Can you ever forgive me?

This has been your journey, Dan.

Can you forgive yourself?

You're doing the same thing.

You're letting your second chance slip away right out from under your nose.

It's time to forgive yourself, dear.

I believe you're ready.

I'm ready for what?

My job is done.

I've been looking for a replacement for some time.

Man out.

Double cover, all naked.

Here, take them.

they're coming

boys

You okay?

Go.

Doctor Seward would be proud.

The power of human emotion can neither be controlled by laws we create nor

confined by the will we impose.