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Can you read the third line? L -P -C -D.

Mm -hmm.

Better?

Oh, much.

Best yet?

Oh, C was an E, I guess.

So, uh, yeah, I want to get my eyes lasered.

You mean refractive laser surgery?

Yeah, whatever you guys call it. The thing where I don't have to wear glasses

contacts anymore.

Well, Sandy, you are an ideal candidate.

Near -sighted, but your corneas are healthy. Yeah, yeah, okay.

So how does it work? I'm like, what, three seconds in the chair, then I'm out

playing racquetball or something?

Not exactly that easy, but the procedures are quick and safe.

Thousands of patients have undergone refractive laser surgery without side

effects. However, these are your eyes we're talking about.

And there are some possibilities that you should consider. Like?

Glasses make me look like a door. Contacts are a pain in the ass. What

need to know?

Well, currently there are two procedures.

Photorefractive keratectomy, in which an eczema laser reshapes the cornea, and

laser -assisted in situ keratomalusis, in which a tiny scalpel first slices a

flap in the cornea before a la... Hurt the least, heals the quickest.

Think about it some more.

If you're interested, we'll schedule two sessions.

one eye at a time make the appointment

All right, Sandy, it's important to keep your eye fixed on the mark.

All right.

All done.

Is it good?

Of course.

Just hang tight for a few moments, Sandy. Things are going to be a little

hazy for a while, so close your eyes if you like. I'll be right back, and we'll

check you out, and you'll be off and seeing the world in a whole new light.

Hey, Doc, you left the laser on.

Thank you.

Did I tell you? You gotta see something like it hot with an audience.

Yeah, but it's hard sometimes to laugh at Marilyn Monroe when you know what

happened to her.

She had such beautiful eyes.

Is there a problem?

He paid for his ticket.

Albert, it's Marion.

Well, you blew it, Marion.

Never would have known it was you if you just kept walking. Now you're going to

have to tell Archie and Jughead all about the blind guy.

Tell him yourself.

These are my friends.

I come to the movies to get away.

So get away.

Can you see okay?

Far away is a little fuzzy because the one eye hasn't been lasered yet. But

tonight, all I need to see is close up.

Table for two, please. This way.

We've known each other for three years, and this is like the fifth time you've

taken me to dinner.

Yeah, well, you've been working nights, I've been working nights.

Well, then, here's to night off.

Cheers.

I can only deal with, like, shrimp or egg.

Anything like eel or with suction cups.

Oh, no, no, no. I love that stuff.

See, the sushi chefs here are the best.

Steamed vegetables.

No oil.

That's all you ever order. Why don't you go wild tonight? Get a side order of

ponzu sauce or something.

I'll go wild later.

No wonder we order in.

What are these white squares in here?

Tofu.

Easy, easy. I'm a doctor. Is he an epileptic?

I don't know.

Are you on any medication?

Narcotics? I just... I blacked out.

Why are you so afraid?

Let's go.

Listen, I'm a resident at St.

Joseph's. If you need any help, give me a call.

You know what we should have on our web page, Miles?

Uh, yeah, just a second. I'm around.

Bridget Cam?

Yeah. Hmm.

Perhaps I am inclined to doze off during others' meetings, but I am certain

she's never been in attendance.

Yeah. Well, you know, Friday night.

Well,

you don't need the night of the week as an excuse, Professor.

It's amazing, though, isn't it, with these Internet cam sites?

I can sit here in New England on a Friday night and watch the sunrise in

Miles, I've been doing that ever since I was 15 years old.

Elmer, that is the kind of thing we've got to have on our web page.

Could you... Sure.

Warren still off on one of his soul -searching road trips?

I guess. I haven't heard from him.

Then, can I stay in the guest room a couple days, maybe?

Before.

It was 32 years ago tonight.

Sure, Albert.

Elmer and Ollie have seen over the years. Did you ever come across a healer

shaman, some kind of practice that might be able to heal him?

He can be healed from outside.

Well, you blew it, Marion.

Damn you, Albert.

lines and police reported at least 200 accidents. No injuries were reported.

Cleanup is expected to take at least two days.

Damage to the homes and property is pegged at three.

We talked about this before the procedure.

Night halos and starbursts were likely and would diminish over time.

No, it's more than that, okay? I'm seeing things.

The video keratography indicates no sign of flap dislodgement. The laser profile

and energy calibration were correct. There is no indication of infectious

keratitis. There is nothing wrong with your eye.

How can you say that? You slice open my eye, I start seeing things. What, you're

saying that there's no connection? There is something wrong with my eye.

It's not in your eyes, Sandy.

It's in your mind.

Doc, I gotta talk to you. I'm, um...

Seen things.

Bad things.

And then he just gets up and pays the bill and basically jets out of the

restaurant.

But, I mean, when he passed me, I can't describe it.

I felt this cold, moist, thick air.

Not to the man, but around him.

Mark, you felt how afraid he was?

I may have felt his fear from an hallucination, which is very real to the

experiencing the episode.

I don't know how we'd go about this, but I have a strong feeling we need to find

this guy.

Well, you get the restaurant reservation list, at least we'd have his name. And

do what? Invade his privacy?

Mark and I haven't been out for sushi, what, six months?

We just happened to go out on the same night at the same moment as this guy.

we were shown this man. We were brought to him. We're being told to intercede

here.

Even if we did locate him, I would put this man through a battery of tests

before even considering paranormal circumstances.

The doctor's right.

Cases like this, we have to eliminate every medical possibility.

It's much more common than psychic phenomena.

Okay, well, anyone else have new business?

I'd like to talk about something that I experienced. Maybe someone can help me

to understand.

All right.

Go ahead, Marion.

Well, last week, the same night... Albert. I was talking about... Well, I

home, and I sat on my couch, and I don't know, I just started listening to the

sounds around me.

And out of nowhere, without even trying, I saw this image in my head of, like, a

black -and -white photo negative.

And...

I saw a helicopter.

Marion. And I saw photos in the jungle, and they were on patrol, and then one of

them made this panty. No.

Well, ladies.

He asked not to discuss that, and we've respected his wishes.

We're the only ones who know what happened.

It was an accident, what you did, Marion.

Your talent is strong, but it's not in control.

You eavesdropped on Albert.

Well, I should go tell him I'm sorry then or something.

When you're ready, I'll teach you how to control what you did.

When Albert's ready, he'll, uh...

He'll tell you what happened.

MRI, PET, negative, EEG, normal.

Your analysis?

Nothing.

Except for some recent refractive laser eye surgery. This guy hasn't needed a

doctor in ten years.

From a neurological standpoint, he's really being

attacked. By demons.

Okay.

And from a psychiatric standpoint, what do you think?

The guy's ballpark narcissistic personality disorder.

Arrogant, grandiose sense of self -importance, lacks any empathy.

But he's not antisocial, paranoid, or delusional.

He's not bipolar, schizophrenic.

He's too aware something is wrong.

Other than liking himself too much, I found nothing wrong with him.

What other possibilities could there be that we're not seeing?

Hi.

Excuse me.

I was in here a Friday or so ago, and a business acquaintance of my husband had

stopped by our table. We were so embarrassed we forgot his name. So I was

wondering, could you...

Look in the reservations list and see.

He was seated at that table in the corner over there.

Kind of a handsome guy.

Oh, that's Mr. Mullion.

Sandy Mullion?

Sandy Mullion.

Thank you so much.

I knew there was nothing wrong with me.

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

I'm a smart guy. Work out. Life is easy. But you can't tell me I go in for this

laser surgery and I start seeing...

These... ugly things, and there's no connection, okay? Then I, doctor, did

something to me. I know, I know. I know it sounds a little paranoid, but one

plus one is two, right? One, one, two!

Hello.

Dr. Gabriel, please?

He's in consultation with the patient.

I'll check.

Sandy, sometimes one plus one equals three.

You're going to be just fine.

Physical therapy, it's going to be unbearable. But two years, you're going

great.

Inconfidence, Sandy. As much for me as for you.

Inconfidence, okay? Inconfidence.

After the incident that you experienced, was there ever the slightest indication

that you weren't just seeing things, that it was perhaps more than an

hallucination? At the optometrist's office or in the restaurant, has there

been physical evidence of the things that you're seeing?

What do you mean, like, um, marks on a wall?

Nails? Skin?

What, demon crap?

Are you making fun of me?

No, I know how it feels to be made fun of, and I would never do that.

Look, you offered me help. You offered me help, okay? I came to you for help.

That is not easy for me.

And you do this? You do this?

This is not easy for me either, but I ask the question seriously.

Then you need help.

Mr. Mullion?

I can feel what's around you. No, what is around me is a bunch of freak

Mr. Mulligan. Yes.

Sometimes there are questions that plants just cannot ask. Don't ask them.

Ellen.

This is not the place.

You'd seen him before the meeting. I can feel it.

You had to lie to us?

I was protecting his privacy.

You were protecting your reputation at the hospital.

I'm not ashamed of that.

Well, are you ashamed of us?

Yes, I trust you. I trust you more than anyone in this world. But I also trust

this. I trust this too, okay?

I had to perform scientific and medical tests, all of which were negative.

Hey,

hey, hey, Sandy.

Dr. Gabriel.

Mark.

Sandy.

And we've got links from the Ryan Research Center to Artville.

I can't get on the net in my apartment. I need new phone lines.

You could use a line at the research library.

Put a lot of work into this, haven't you, Miles?

You know, I'd like to take a look at it, too, but it looks like Elmer needs my

help in there, so... Oh, no, no, no, no, no. No, I'll do it.

You stay here.

Check it out.

You got some time before Mark and Al get here?

Hey, guys.

Marion, we're ready.

Everybody's here.

Hey, you didn't come across the folder marked Friday by any chance, did you?

It's your website.

Hey, Marion, how are you? I'll put that on.

Albert?

He's not seeing the devil.

Why?

Because if he saw the devil, he wouldn't be alive.

Well, what Sandy's seeing, is that the absence of light that you're talking

about? What I saw?

No.

These are demons.

You said he wasn't seeing the devil.

No, no, no, no. There's a difference.

You see, the devil is... Well, boy, he's the devil.

And like the devil, devils are considered to be fallen angels.

They were at one time actually a part of heaven. Now, demons, on the other

hand... are the spirits of those who've died and gone straight to hell. And the

whole thing about demons is they can travel from the underworld to the earth.

They derive their pleasure from driving people insane to the point where they

harm themselves, the point where Sandy is now.

So you believe the eye surgery is not a connection?

No.

All of us here are aware of events that can open windows to the other side.

The loss of a loved one.

Dying on an operating table and being brought back?

I've seen folks who predicted the future after just a knock on the head.

Now imagine what messing with the eyes can do.

The windows that opened.

Knock on the head.

Okay, here's a thought. Here's a thought.

Ghosts and demons.

They're always around us, right? We found that animals can see these

whereas humans cannot. So what if...

What if in the process of human evolution, Homo sapiens developed

the five layers of the cornea? A lid, a biological filter that prevents humans

from seeing the other side. That could explain why during the Paleolithic era,

humans actually began to bury their dead. They can no longer see all the

around them.

Anyway, okay, so Elmer and Marion, maybe you're born without the filter.

And Sandy, on the operating table, his filter was damaged, peeled away.

Well, then there would be no way to help him. An interesting theory, Professor.

But if there is such a filter, I believe it's in the mind.

Now, we can help Sandy by guiding him to help himself.

But the tricky part is, demons prey on a person's fears or weaknesses or flaws.

You have to get a person to see themselves before he can stop seeing

And that's hard to do under any normal circumstances.

Well, where do we start?

We don't.

Some things are just the way they are.

No explanations and no reasons we can ever understand.

You're the one.

Most likely to help him.

You've been through it.

Been?

Been through it?

I've lived it every night for the last 32 years.

Why would I want more?

What happened, Albert?

Why do you need to know about me?

Why don't you just tell her?

Huh, Albert?

Unlike you, Marion actually cares about other people. I... Tell her! Go to hell,

Professor.

Well, do you have a fear or a weakness that you need to face to make your

go away?

It's Sandy.

Dr. Gabriel.

I'm never going to open up. I'm never going to open up. I'm never going to

up. I'm never going to open up.

Why don't you ever wear your suit of shame?

Well, I guess I don't see as many bad men as you do.

Figured you were looking to get away.

But you came after me anyway.

I saw your gun in there one day.

You ever seen this movie?

No.

My father loved this movie.

He always wanted me to see it.

But what kid wants to watch their father's movies?

By the time I was a man, nobody wanted to be Shane in Vietnam.

I wish I could see it.

I love it now.

I've only ever heard it.

You want to know what it's like to be me, Marion?

Close your eyes.

Listen.

Shoot. Please.

There's so much said when no one's talking.

This is different.

Different?

Then you'll never know what it's like to be me.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I'm not talking about being blind.

What you've been seeing at night.

Inside my head.

The ghost patrol.

Two units.

We were ordered not to go past 1 ,000 meters of the Quezon base camp.

The fog in country was always heavy.

But that night, that night it was unnatural.

To this day, I still believe there was evil in that fog.

We'd been under heavy NVA attack for almost a month, and Tet Offensive.

I'd held it together very much.

But on patrol, in that fog, I couldn't see.

And I became afraid, horrified.

My patrol leader hand -signaled for a position.

And in my fear, instead of a return signal,

I panicked and

whispered.

Whispered.

I can't see.

Those are the last words 23 men ever heard.

I can't see.

As if I'd cursed myself, a rocket grenade explosion took my natural sight.

And from that moment, every night, I relive it.

Otherwise, all I can see are psychic visions that I wish I

were blind to.

So, like the man in this movie,

I want my life to be different, the way it could have been.

Although inside, I know it never can be.

I've never told that to anyone before, Marion, that I

gave away our position, not even the others.

Figured you were going to find out sooner or later the way you keep

me. The image always stops at the same spot, just after the hand signal.

How can I help Mark's patient when after 32 years I

can't even face my own demons?

You ought to see Shane shoot, Mom. I did, Julie.

He's preaching me this year. Yes, I know, dear. Now, you run along and get

for the party. Oh, Ma.

Come on, Joey.

What is that?

Demon paint bells.

That's why churches have bells.

We'll attempt to drive them away until we're ready.

Not exactly sure how to start, Mark.

Back in New Orleans in the 20s, they'd start by smearing the doorways with an

ointment. derived from the gallbladder of a black dog.

To keep demons away?

Kept me away.

I never found out why they did it.

You're safe where you are. You're seated within a protective circle.

Circles represent the eternal cycle of life.

I will now recite a phrase that should make them appear in order to drive them

away. But in order for them to disappear, Sandy, you have to open your

I'm never going to open them. Never going to... Open your eyes, Sandy.

Open your eyes, Sandy.

They can't go away unless you open your eyes.

Open them up.

Okay, guys, let's get started.

No, no.

Sandy,

Sandy.

Sandy, there is nothing to be afraid of.

He's on the verge of shock.

Look in my eyes.

Look in my eyes.

When you see yourself here,

Afraid of seeing ugliness.

I'll let you see.

Take away their weapon.

You.

It can only hurt you if you let them.

Let them attack you.

Let them attack you. Show them. Show yourself that you're not afraid.

unless you let them.

It can only hurt you if you let them.

Good. Let them attack you.

Okay, now that we finally calmed him down, since you guys are psychically

attuned, why don't you just let me know when things are about to get started?

Let me know what to be on the lookout for.

Your eye cannot be returned to its original condition.

My advice?

Let's do the other eye.

You are not touching my eyes.

This solution is usually only done under

unusual circumstances.

I've got to be honest.

It looks bad.

Yeah, well, I don't care about that anymore.