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[SOFT MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

- "And the raven, never flitting,

still is sitting, still is sitting

on the pallid bust of Pallas

just above my chamber door.

And his eyes have all the seeming

of the demons that he's dreaming.

And the lamp light o'er him streaming

throws his shadow on the floor.

And my soul, from out that shadow,

that lies floating on the floor

shall be lifted nevermore."

Pretty good, huh?

Okay.

I want you to read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

You're gonna like it.

It's about a school teacher

who gets chased by a headless demon.

- [LAUGHS] Hi.

Can teachers be expelled for kissing in the hallway?

- They get fired.

- Thank God it's Friday.

- [CHUCKLES] You sound like my students.

Why don't you carry my books?

[SARAH LAUGHS]

I hope you haven't made plans for this afternoon.

- Oo, where are we going?

- It's a surprise.

[JOHNNY SCREAMING] [SARAH SCREAMING]

- Woo! - Whoa!

[DRAMATIC EERIE MUSIC] [AIR WHOOSHING]

Oh!

You okay?

What's wrong?

- I don't know.

It didn't used to bother me.

- Enjoy the ride, folks?

That's it, take it away.

[EERIE MUSIC] [ENGINE RUMBLING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

- Do you want to come in?

- I'd better not.

- Are you all right?

- I'm okay.

- I had a wonderful time.

[RAIN PATTERING] [THUNDER RUMBLING]

Are you sure you don't wanna come in?

You could spend the night here.

- Better not.

Some things are worth waiting for.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

- My books?

Johnny, wait!

I'm so crazy about you.

- I'm gonna marry you, you know?

- You better.

[JOHNNY CHUCKLES]

Drive carefully.

- JOHNNY: I will.

[ENGINE RUMBLING]

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

[TIRES SQUEALING] [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[TRUCK CRASHING]

[JOHNNY SCREAMS] [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[CAR CRASHING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

- Where's Intensive Care?

Johnny [SNIFFLES]?

Johnny, don't leave me, please [SOBS].

Johnny, you're gonna get better, I know you are.

Can you hear me?

We're gonna get married, Johnny.

Don't leave me.

[PENSIVE MUSIC] [SARAH SOBBING SOFTLY]

[JOHNNY GROANS SOFTLY]

- Hello, John.

My name's Weizak.

I'm Dr. Sam Weizak.

I'm the director of this clinic.

You've been our guest for awhile.

- Guest?

Funny way of putting it.

[DR. WEIZAK CHUCKLES]

- How do you feel?

- My throat hurts.

- Try a bit of water.

Come.

Hey, slow down.

Not so fast, slow down.

You've been involved in a terrible traffic accident.

Do you remember?

- Am I okay?

- Well, you've been smashed up pretty badly.

What is it?

- No bandages.

How come?

- Your parents are here.

They're right next door.

I'm going to bring them in now.

Is that okay?

- Sure.

- DR. WEIZAK: Come in.

- Hi, Mom, Dad.

- John.

- Oh, Johnny.

Johnny, Johnny.

It's a miracle, John.

- I know.

I was lucky.

Look, not a scratch.

- The Lord has delivered you from your trance.

- Remember what we discussed, Mrs. Smith.

- What is she talkin' about?

- Shh, shh!

- You've been in a coma, Johnny, not a trance.

- Coma?

For how long?

- We're just glad to have you back, Son,

that's all that matters.

- How long?

Dad, how long?

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

- Five years.

Five long years, John.

Lost for five years,

and now reborn unto me.

- Five years?

What about Sarah?

- Cast her from your thoughts, Son.

She's turned her back on ya.

She cleaves now unto another man, a husband.

- Husband?

[JOHNNY SOBS SOFTLY] [PENSIVE MUSIC]

[WATER SPLASHING]

[NURSE GASPS] [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[NURSE PANTING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC] [FIRE CRACKLING]

[AMY SCREAMING]

Amy.

[AMY SCREAMING]

Amy.

Amy.

- Amy is my daughter's name.

- Your daughter's screaming.

The house is burning.

Your daughter is in the house.

It's not too late.

Amy.

Amy!

[AMY SCREAMS]

[OBJECTS CLATTERING]

[GLASS SHATTERING] [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Your daughter is screaming.

Amy's screaming.

It's not too late.

Your daughter's screaming.

Hurry up!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC] [FIREFIGHTERS CLAMORING]

- The first order of business

is getting your body back into shape.

Although you've been exercised regularly,

the ligaments have shortened a little during the coma.

- Am I gonna have to live in a wheelchair?

- Not permanently, and not for very long,

not if I can help it.

I, uh, I won't deceive you, John.

Your therapy will be long and painful, but you will walk.

[EERIE MUSIC]

[JOHNNY SIGHS]

- Thank you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC] [HORSE WHINNIES]

[SHOTS FIRING] [EXPLOSIONS BOOMING]

The wolf is loose.

- John, John, are you all right?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC] [SHOTS FIRING]

- No match for them.

[HORSE WHINNIES] [WHEELS CREAKING]

Horses, fire.

[BOMB EXPLODES] [SOLDIERS CLAMORING]

[ALL SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

The boy is safe.

[WOMAN SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[MAN SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

The boy is safe.

- John!

John!

Are you all right, hm?

Tell me, what about the boy?

You keep saying, "The boy is safe, the boy is safe."

What boy?

- You, you're the boy.

- DR. WEIZAK: I am the boy?

- She saved you.

She's alive, Sam.

- Who?

- Your mother.

- No, that is not possible, John.

- She survived.

- John, my mother is dead.

- She's alive.

I know her name, I know where she lives.

- But that is not possible, John.

How could you know that?

How...

- I'm scared, Sam.

What's happening to me [PANTING]?

[DIAL TONE HUMMING]

[BUTTONS BEEPING]

[LINE TRILLING]

- DR. WEIZAK AND MAN: Hello?

- May I speak to... - Yes?

- Is Johanna there, please?

- MAN: One moment.

Who is this, please?

- JOHANNA: Hello?

Hello, who is this, please?

Hello?

[MAN SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

- Well, you are either in possession

of a very new human ability, or a very old one.

[MAN KNOCKS]

Yes?

Oh, over here will be fine.

Thank you.

We're trying to get you back

on your feet in a day or two.

- Thanks.

- DR. WEIZAK: This should help you

get some of your strength back.

- What's on your mind, Sam?

- You were right, John, about my mother.

I got the number from Information.

There it was right in the phone book.

- Did you talk to her?

- No, I didn't.

I, um...

She came to the phone, but I just couldn't talk to her.

I hung up.

- Why?

Because it wasn't meant to be.

It wasn't meant to be.

- Chug, chug, chug.

Come on, keep it movin'.

Keep it movin', keep it movin', come on.

Weight down, knees up.

Keep it movin', keep it movin'.

Chug, chug.

- That's it.

- That's it?

After all I've done, that's what I get?

Eight lousy steps?

- I counted 10.

- I'd really like to see you do some serious chuggin'.

I'm gonna take a run around the building.

You stayin' here? - Okay.

- Keep chuggin'? - Okay.

- See you when I get back.

- Johnny?

[SOLEMN MUSIC]

They told me you were outside.

- I am.

- I didn't know if I should come or not.

- It's all right.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

You got your hair cut.

- Oh, yeah, a long time ago.

You lost weight.

- They call it coma diet,

lose weight while you sleep.

- I guess you know I got married.

- I heard that.

I think you'd like him.

- You still teach?

- Mm mm.

Mothering's a full time job.

Kids, too?

I didn't know that.

- I'm sorry.

I thought your father would have told you.

He's a wonderful little boy.

His name's Denny.

- How old is he?

- 10 months.

[JOHNNY CHUCKLES]

- I'm glad for you.

- Please don't look at me like that.

- What am I gonna do?

For you, five years have come and gone.

For me it's just like the next day.

My feelings haven't changed yet.

- Oh, Johnny [SIGHS].

Why did it have to happen like this?

- Bad luck.

- I never should have let you go that night.

- It was my idea, remember?

What a jerk [LAUGHS].

- Everybody's talking about you.

You're the talk of the town.

- 'Cause I got my head bashed in

and I'm still here to talk about it?

- Because you have the power of second sight.

Is it true, Johnny?

The papers won't let up about it.

- I keep thinking about a line from a book,

it's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,"

the last thing I gave my class

to read before the accident.

Ichabod Crane disappears.

The line goes, "As he was a bachelor and in nobody's debt,

nobody troubled their head about him anymore."

- Is that what you're afraid of?

- That's what I want.

That's what I want.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[ENGINE RUMBLING]

- DR. WEIZAK: I don't approve.

- JONNY: The press has been hounding me since I woke up.

I wanna get it over with.

- Once you've set something like this in motion,

it seems to me you'll never know where it will lead.

- It's already in motion.

I just wanna stop it.

They went over there and put it out,

and that's all there is.

- Clement Dardis, WJGE-TV.

What happened to the little girl?

- I understand she's fine.

- Well, would you call this a psychic experience?

- No, I would not.

- Ever had one of these experiences before?

- No.

- How 'bout a demonstration, John?

- A what?

- You know, a demonstration.

You got any predictions?

You think Greg Stillson is gonna unseat Senator Proctor?

- Who?

- Greg Stillson.

- Uh, thank you, Sir.

No more.

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

- Hey, wait, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Well, how 'bout it, John?

How 'bout the election?

- I don't even know who you're talking about.

- Well, you didn't know anything about this nurse.

- That was different.

Well, I touched her hand.

- Oh.

All right. All right!

Now, touch my hand.

Hey, John, touch my hand.

Tell me, is my house on fire, John?

- Do you want me to stop this?

- No, it's okay.

Tell you about your house? - Mm hm.

- What do you wanna know?

You wanna know the future?

You wanna know if you're gonna die, is that it?

You're gonna die, I'm gonna die.

You wanna know if you're gonna die tomorrow.

Is that right?

You wanna know why your sister killed herself.

- All right.

Let go, let go.

- It's not all right.

- It's okay.

- JOHNNY: It's not okay.

- Okay.

- I can tell you now. - I'm not gonna talk

about that.

Let go of me you fuckin' freak.

- Stop it, please stop it.

- Just leave him alone.

- Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

- You're hurting him!

[MRS. SMITH GAGGING] [PENSIVE MUSIC]

- WOMAN: Dr. Danvers, call 1522.

Dr. Danvers, call 1522.

- Please, Nurse.

[DR. WEIZAK SPEAKING FAINTLY]

- She knows you're coming.

[BUZZER BUZZING] [PENSIVE MUSIC]

Doctor, thanks for bringing the boy.

- That's all right.

- Herb?

- It's Johnny, Mom.

- Oh, Johnny.

Leave your boots outside the door, dear.

Don't go tracking snow all over the house.

- I won't.

- You're a good boy.

[SOLEMN MUSIC]

[MRS. SMITH EXHALES]

[POLICE SCANNER CHATTERING]

- You're wasting your time here, Sheriff.

You know that, don't you?

- [CHUCKLES] Well, you never know, Frank.

It's worth a try.

[DOOR SLAMS]

- Mr. Smith?

- HERB: Yeah, yeah, I'm Herb Smith.

- Sheriff Bannerman, how do you do?

Castle Rock.

May I come in?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, come in.

- It's a little nippy out there.

[SHERIFF BANNERMAN COUGHS]

That's a nice tree you got there.

- Thanks.

May I do something for you, Sheriff?

- Well, actually, if this is your son I came to see him.

You're John?

Sheriff Bannerman.

- Castle Rock.

- Well, I guess I've come to you

with what you could call a proposal, John.

It has to do with these murders we've been having.

The Castle Rock Killer, I'm sure you've heard of him?

- Sure.

- I don't know whether it's true or not, John,

about these psychic powers of yours.

[JOHNNY SIGHS]

But if it is true, John, I could use your help.

- John, maybe you should give him a...

- Take a minute to think about it,

but bear in mind some decent young women

from homes just like this

have met with terrible, terrible deaths.

Now, I'm at my wits' end.

I've exhausted about every conventional method

of approach to this situation.

I've come up with nothing.

I feel you can help me, John.

- You made a mistake.

- Hm.

I was sorry to hear

about your mother's death, John, Mr. Smith.

I understand she was a good woman, Christian woman.

I'm not a religious man myself I'm sorry to say,

but I will say this,

if God has seen fit to bless you with this gift,

you should use it.

- Bless me?

You know what God did for me?

He threw am 18 wheel truck at me,

bounced me into nowhere for five years!

When I woke up my girl was gone, my job was gone,

my legs are just about useless.

Bless me?

God's been a real sport to me.

- All right, John.

If you change your mind, you know where I am.

Merry Christmas to you.

[POLICE SCANNER CHATTERING]

- FRANK: Well?

- Well what?

- See? What did I tell ya?

[JOHNNY SIGHS]

- Them murders he was talkin' about, God-awful things.

Went on and on during the time you were in that coma.

Just don't have the knack for tinsel.

It was your mother who always kept the tree lookin' good.

[SIGHS] I wish to God she was here now

so she could talk to you about this thing.

I'm not much help to ya, am I?

- Sure you are.

- You wanna talk about it?

- Not that much to say.

- It don't bring you much happiness does it, Son?

- When it happens, when the spells come,

it feels like, I don't know.

It feels like I'm dying inside.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

No snow.

It should snow for Christmas.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

- Hi.

I brought you a visitor.

- I didn't know you were coming.

- I wasn't sure myself.

- I'm glad.

If I'd known you were coming, I'da cleaned up.

- You look wonderful.

You lost the crutches, I see.

- Yeah.

I still got the limp.

- Is your father home?

- No, he won't be back till later.

Is that who I think it is?

- His Majesty.

- Danny? - Denny.

Say hi.

- Denny.

It's cold.

Come on in.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

- He's asleep.

Last time we were alone together,

you said some things were worth waiting for.

Well, haven't we waited long enough?

[SOFT MUSIC]

[JOHNNY LAUGHS]

- Dad's been carrying on with Charlene MacKenzie.

Ever since her husband died she's got

him over there buildin' one thing or another.

But if you ask me,

it's the company she wants more than the bookcases.

- HERB: I heard that.

[SARAH LAUGHS]

[DENNY BABBLING]

- Whoa.

- That's a boy.

There you are, young fella.

I made that for John the night he was born.

- Well, it's an excellent chair.

- So, what have you two been up to all day?

- Makin' bookcases.

[SARAH CHUCKLES]

- Sit down. Dinner's ready.

[DENNY BABBLES]

- Boy, that smells good.

I'm starved.

- I hope you like it.

- I'll bet he will, he's fed up with my cuisine.

[DENNY BABBLING]

- "For what we are about to receive,

may the Lord make us truly grateful."

Amen.

[DENNY BABBLING]

It feels good to have

a family eating around this table again.

[SOFT MUSIC]

- Am I gonna see you again?

- Not like today.

Go inside, you're freezing.

- It doesn't have to-

- Don't say it.

Don't say it, Johnny.

[JOHNNY SIGHS]

- I'll just say goodnight.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

[ENGINE RUMBLING]

[TV CHATTERING]

- Well, guess I'll hit the hay.

- I'm gonna watch some TV. - The Castle Rock Killer

is in the news again.

- Goodnight, Son. - Despite the efforts

from police forces in three counties,

the killer is at large,

and is likely to remain so for some time.

We spoke to Sheriff George Bannerman

outside the Castle County Courthouse earlier today.

- Well, we have no new leads at this time.

However, there is always the hope

that some citizen perhaps in the audience right now

might have some information that would be very helpful.

My line is always open and I would welcome

any help we can possibly get.

That's really all I have to say.

I thank you.

- Thus far, nine separate murders

have been attributed to the Castle Rock Killer,

dating back almost three and a half years.

The most recent victim of this shocking wave of rape murders

was 15-year-old Debbie Linderman,

a sophomore at Castle Rock High School.

Her partially clad body was found just one month ago today

in the Rock Lane boatyard.

As in the other Castle Rock killings,

cause of death was determined by the coroner's officer

to be multiple stab wounds.

Next on News Eight,

sports and weather with Ron,

after this important message.

[TV CHATTERING FAINTLY]

- I'm gonna help him.

- What did you say, Son?

- The sheriff that came here, Bannerman,

I'm gonna help him.

- We think the killer

hid around the corner just out the end of the tunnel there.

When the poor girl came through,

the bastard was waitin' for her.

Tell the kids not to come through here but damn it,

they like to use this as a short cut to school.

He stood right here.

Found a lotta cigarette butts, same brand.

Eight or nine butts here.

This help you any?

- I don't know.

Have you got somethin'

he might have touched or worn?

- Frank, give me that package.

[DISPATCHER CHATTERING]

It's the only real evidence we have.

Found it right in the bushes back there.

Same brand as the butts we found of the ground.

Here.

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

[DISPATCHER CHATTERING]

[JOHNNY SIGHS]

- Nothin'.

I thought I might've felt somethin', but-

- That's okay, that's okay.

Can't say we didn't try, huh?

- DISPATCHER: Dispatch to Sheriff Bannerman.

[STATIC CRACKLING]

- Yeah, this is Bannerman.

- DISPATCH: We got another body here, Sheriff.

- Oh, damn it.

- REPORTER: What's the word, Sheriff?

Is it the work of the Castle Rock Killer?

- Hey, Sheriff!

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

- REPORTER: What's the word about the robbery?

- REPORTER: That's the psychic, isn't it?

- Out of the way. - Give us a break.

Stand back.

- We're trying to do a story here.

- You'll just have to wait.

- I don't know.

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

- Anyone know who she is?

Dodd?

- Yeah, I know this girl.

Her name's Alma Frechette.

She works at the Coffee Pot Cafe across the way.

- REPORTER: Your idea, George, to have a psychic?

- Dodd, get these people outta here.

- DODD: Move 'em back.

Come on, move the people back.

Knock it off with those cameras.

Nah, no more cameras.

No more.

- Dodd! - Yeah?

- Nobody comes up here.

- You got it, Sheriff.

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

- You wanna try?

[EERIE MUSIC]

[JOHNNY GASPS] [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- MAN: Hey, Alma!

Hi.

- Hi, what are you doin' up there?

- MAN: Oh, I'm waitin' for you.

How about a little smile?

- She knows him.

- What?

- She knows him.

[EERIE MUSIC]

- ALMA: Why should I waste a smile on you?

- MAN: [chuckles] You wanna see something?

It's the God damndest thing.

- What?

- MAN: Come up here to the gazebo.

[EERIE MUSIC]

- She knows him.

Not scared.

She knows him.

- All right.

Well, what did you wanna show me?

- MAN: Gazebo.

You like that word, Alma?

Come here.

Look at this.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- Jesus, will you let go of me?

Is this your idea of a joke?

- MAN: No joke.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- No, wait!

[JOHNNY THUDDING]

- You all right?

Dodd, give me a hand. - I saw him.

I was there, I saw him.

I stood there.

I saw his face.

- Who?

- I stood there and watched him kill that girl.

Dodd.

- Wait a minute, wait a minute, what are you sayin'?

- I did nothing.

I stood there and watched him kill that girl.

- What are you talkin' about?

- Dodd!

I stood there, I did nothing [PANTING].

- Dodd?

Dodd, get up here!

- He just took off in your car, Sheriff.

- I saw his face, I saw his face.

[ENGINE RUMBLING]

[PENSIVE MUSIC] [DOG BARKING]

[OFFICERS CHATTERING FAINTLY] [DOORS SLAMMING]

- I want you to stay there.

[POLICE SCANNER CHATTERING]

[DOG BARKING]

[SHERIFF BANNERMAN KNOCKS]

[POLICE SCANNER CHATTERING]

[SHERIFF BANNERMAN KNOCKS]

- Sheriff, Sheriff?

- I thought I told you to stay by the car.

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

- Who's there?

- It's Sheriff Bannerman,

I wanna talk to your son, Mrs. Dodd.

- He ain't here.

- But his patrol car's out here.

- Well, his car is here but he ain't.

- He's here.

I saw him in the window.

[EERIE MUSIC]

- I'm tellin' ya he ain't home!

- I'm comin' in, Mrs. Dodd. - No!

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

You leave my boy alone!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- You knew, didn't ya?

You knew.

- You.

You're a...

You're a devil, sent from hell!

Yes, yes.

[MRS. DODD PANTING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[JOHNNY GASPS]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[LIQUID DRIPPING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC] [CLOCK TICKING]

[DOORKNOB RATTLING]

- Frank?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SHOTS FIRING] [JOHNNY GASPS]

[MRS. DODD GROANING]

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[ENGINE RUMBLING]

[HAMMER TAPPING]

- Hello, John.

May I come in?

- How'd you find me?

My father?

- I stopped off to see him,

and he told me you moved to a new town.

He's worried about you, and so am I.

- There's nothin' to worry about.

I'm takin' care of myself.

It's about time.

- I'm still your doctor, John.

You're still under my care.

We have to, well, we have to stay in touch.

- Well...

- How's the, uh...

All healed up now?

- The bullet went right through me.

It's nothin'.

- Good.

Nice place you have here.

- It's home.

- Those headaches are getting worse, aren't they?

- Three, four times a day sometimes.

- I brought you some new medication.

- No! No more pills.

- It takes time to recover.

The healing process is slow, I told you many times.

- I'm not gettin' better, I'm gettin' worse.

Isn't that right?

[DR. WEIZAK SIGHS]

- All right.

Now listen, in the last few months I've done some research

into the area of psychic phenomena.

Now, several cases such as yours have been documented,

I was surprised to discover,

and the pattern is always the same.

As the spells, the visions,

grow stronger and more powerful, so the body weakens.

Look, I don't need any research or documentation

to see that this thing is sucking the life right out of you.

One look at you can tell me that.

- You mean I'm gonna die?

How long?

- I think we can arrest the process, reverse it even.

- How do you do that?

- DR. WEIZAK: Come back with me.

- Where?

- To the clinic of course.

- No. Absolutely no.

- John, please. You must!

- Why, so you can study me?

- No.

So I can protect you.

You need to be in a controlled environment, John.

- I wanna show you something.

Come with me.

The cards and letters just keep pourin' in.

- What is all this?

- It's people with lost dogs, lost children, lost lives.

- DR. WEIZAK: You haven't even opened them.

- I don't have to.

They all want the same thing, reassurance, help, love,

things I can't give them.

My father sends this stuff on to me and I let it pile up.

- Why?

Why do you keep it?

- This is why I can't go out, live my life,

why I have to stay locked up here in the house.

I'm already living in a controlled environment, Sam.

Nothing can touch me here.

I'm alone.

I'm safe.

- "But instead of dying,

she shall only fall into a profound sleep

which shall last 100 years."

[HORN HONKING]

That's my mom.

- Okay.

- Bye.

- Bye. - John Smith?

Hi, I'm Roger Stuart.

I'd like to talk to you for a moment.

- Sit down.

What can I do for ya?

- Um, it's, uh, it's my boy, my son, Chris.

He needs help.

I've inquired around.

You come highly recommended.

- What's the matter with him?

- I wish I knew.

He's bright, I know he is,

but he won't take part in school.

He won't join in, he won't learn and God, he's so shy.

You think you could help him?

- I wouldn't know that unless I met him.

- Well, he's not in the car.

He wouldn't come with me today.

You'd have to come out to the house.

- No, that's out of the question.

It's just not the way I do it.

- Well, it won't work otherwise.

Please.

If you come out to the house he'll get to know you,

then you can bring him here for the lessons.

Please.

- Okay.

- Great, tomorrow morning's Saturday.

I'll send a car over to pick you up.

Thank you.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

- That reminds me of my first campaign

when I ran for a seat in the State Senate upstate,

my home town, my opponent went down to the ghetto.

Roger, believe it or not he was actually handin'

out dollar bills to them black people

down there trying to buy votes.

I heard about it, I went down and I said,

"All right, you folks keep that money,

put it in your pocket, keep it,

then go back and get some more if you can

'cause times is rough,

but you get into that voting booth

I want you to vote for whoever well you damn well please."

Well, Sir, we won that election by damn near what, Son?

- 29. - 29 percentage points.

We've been winnin' ever since

and those people spent that money

with a clear conscience.

[ALL LAUGHING]

- Ah, John, good morning.

Nice to see ya.

Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet my son's tutor, John Smith.

John, this is Greg Stillson. - How are ya, John?

- ROGER: Of course, this gentleman is...

Oh, Jesus. - How do you do?

- Elliman, Sonny Elliman.

- Sonny Elliman right here.

Well, Greg, you got some good ideas.

You gotta let me think about 'em.

- Now listen, Roger, we got a good thing goin'

and it's goin' strong and I want you to be part of it.

I need your support, I need your expertise,

I need your input,

and most importantly, I need your money [LAUGHS].

God bless, Roger.

I'll be seein' ya.

- ROGER: Thanks for dropping by,

Greg. - Not at all.

I'll see you.

Buh-bye. - Good to see ya, Sonny.

- My God, what a glorious day!

- Amen.

- [SIGHS] I'm sorry about that.

Well, let's go see Chris, huh, John?

- Sure.

- Chris?

This is Johnny.

Remember I told you he was comin' this morning?

I'll leave you two alone to get acquainted.

[DOOR CLOSES]

- Your father says there's something wrong with you.

He wants me to bring you out of your shell.

I don't know what to do.

- You don't have to do anything.

It's my dad that lives in a shell, not me.

[JOHNNY LAUGHS]

[GENTLE MUSIC]

- Chris has really taken to you, John.

I'm impressed.

You made a lot of progress in one day.

- We just had a talk.

- Well, with Chris, that's a real achievement.

You want a drink?

- No.

- ROGER: Do you want a beer?

- Okay.

- Bryan, get him a beer.

Here, let's listen to this.

- CROWD: 99, 100.

[ALL CHEERING] [ALL APPLAUDING]

- Stillson! - I'm Greg Stillson.

Just thought I'd stop by here

on my way to the U.S. Senate.

Yeah! - Greg Stillson.

Remember you met him in the hall this morning?

- Thanks for comin' out all of ya.

Boy, you gotta be in good shape

to go the full distance

for those big boys down in Washington.

- MAN: That's right.

- You gotta stay in shape all the time with those boys.

Can't turn your back on 'em.

Gotta stay in better shape than this country.

What the hell is happenin' to this country?

Can anybody tell me what the hell is goin' on?

Look at here.

I read in one of your local papers

right here on the front page Do you believe this guy?

- that some old people, - He's just getting warmed up.

[GREG SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

You gonna vote for him, John?

- GREG: Shame on America!

- WOMAN: Shame on America!

- GREG: What the hell is goin'

on in America? - I'm not even registered.

- You're not registered?

- Shame on you! - No.

- Well, get registered, pal, and vote against this turkey.

He's dangerous. - [INDISTINCT] my opponent.

And I see all around me so many unemployed.

What are you people doin' here in the middle of the day?

Middle of a work day! - Should be workin'.

- You're standin' out

in the cold. - Yeah.

- Look around.

Look at each other!

How do ya feel about each other?

Are you proud of your communities?

Would you send the guy next to ya to the U.S. senate?

Huh?

- A real man of the people. - You can't even trust

your own local people.

You don't feel good about yourself.

- Jesus, what an act. - You got no confidence.

- You don't stand

for anything. - Can't they see

through this guy?

- I'm mixed up.

You both acted like you were friends this morning.

[GREG YELLING INDISTINCTLY] [ROGER CHUCKLES]

- Guys like Stillson, you gotta walk a certain line.

You can't get too close 'cause if they lose

they'll drag you down with 'em.

On the other hand, if he wins,

and this turkey just might,

you gotta make sure you're thought of as a good friend.

Know what I mean, John? [JOHNNY CHUCKLES]

- They're not workin'.

There's unemployment everywhere.

But I've come down here today with a job for everyone of ya.

I've come here today with a challenge for all of ya!

I'm challenging you right here and now to join me,

to join a growing army

of volunteer workers on my campaign.

Let's send Greg Stillson to the United States Senate

and mediocrity to hell!

[CROWD CHEERING] [CROWD APPLAUDING]

[DOG BARKING FAINTLY]

- What can I do for you boys?

- You work late, Mr. Brenner.

That's very admirable.

- I'm Greg Stillson.

- Well, I know who you are, Mr. Stillson.

Now take your paid gorilla and get out of my office.

- My friend Sonny didn't wanna see

anybody get hurt but we got a little problem here.

- Get to the point, Mr. Stillson.

- Well, you know, I'm damned near even in the polls.

See, I'm catchin' on.

The people got a need for me.

I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win big

and I'll tell you somethin' else.

I have had a vision that I am going

to be President of the United States someday

and I have accepted that responsibility and nobody,

I mean nobody, [GLASS SHATTERING]

is gonna stop me.

Now, you can just imagine how I felt

when one of my loyal staff people

brought me your editorial

that's gonna hit the streets tomorrow.

You don't seem to like me, Brenner.

But that's okay, 'cause I don't like you either.

- How did you get that?

- Well, like you, Brenner,

I'm not at liberty to reveal my sources.

- Well, it doesn't make any difference

because you're right, that editorial is gonna hit

the streets tomorrow morning.

- Not if we can make a deal.

- What the hell are you talking about?

- I'm talking about you staying

out of the campaign business,

and me staying out of the publishing business.

Show him what we've got to publish, Sonny.

- That's your best shot.

- I got lotsa loyal people on my side, Brenner.

That young lady in the photographs with you is one of 'em.

Now, I never met Mrs. Brenner,

but I'm damn near sure that ain't her.

What do you think, Sonny?

[GLASS CLATTERING]

- Is this Mrs. Brenner?

[GREG CHUCKLES]

Doesn't look like her.

- You son of a bitch, you set me up.

- Who you callin' a son of a bitch?

- No, it's all right, Sonny.

Let's give Mr. Brenner a chance

to think about his wife and kids,

and his position in the community.

- What if I don't make a deal, Stillson?

- You'll make a deal.

Otherwise I'll have my friend Sonny

take your God damn head off.

- Good idea.

- See, Sonny, I told you he was a reasonable man.

- Yeah, he's a nice man.

Oh, and I like your wife, too.

[GREG LAUGHS]

- "Prophets, said I, thing of evil.

Prophets still of bird or devil,

by that heaven that bends above us,

by that God we both adore,

tell this soul with sorrow laden,

if within the distant Aden,

it shall clasp a sainted maiden

whom the angels named Lenore."

- Chris, skip to the part where he talks about,

"Will I ever see her again?"

- "Eagerly I wish the morrow.

Vainly I had sought to borrow

from my books, surcease of sorrow,

sorrow for the lost Lenore.

For the rare and radiant maiden

whom the angels named Lenore,

nameless here forevermore."

[DOORBELL BUZZING]

- Stop, I'll be right back.

- Good afternoon, Sir.

We're out in your neighborhood today

talking to people about Greg Stillson.

You're familiar with our candidate aren't you?

- What do you think?

- [CHUCKLES] Yeah, right.

But are you aware of what Greg Stillson stands for?

Well, Greg Stillson is mounting

the successful third party movement

this state has ever seen.

Stillson represents both the poor and the well-off,

the young and the old.

- Could you come back?

I have a student. - Oh, sure,

I know you're busy.

Can I leave some literature, though?

- Sure.

- WALT: Honey, can you bring some of those brochures?

[SOLEMN MUSIC]

- Hello, Johnny.

- Hi.

- Is this where you're living now?

- Yeah, I'm back to teaching.

- This is my husband, Walt.

- Nice to meet you finally, John.

I've heard Sarah talk about you so often.

- Hey, come on back, Johnny.

It's no fun reading to myself.

Oh, Chris, Walt and Sarah.

- Hi.

- We'll let you get back to work.

We got a lotta ground to cover ourselves,

don't we honey?

Nice to meet ya.

- Bye. - Don't forget who

to vote for on Election Day.

[JOHNNY CHUCKLES]

- Bye.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

[JOHNNY EXHALES]

- Who was that?

Hey, are you okay?

[JOHNNY SNIFFLING]

Why are you crying, Johnny?

Johnny?

[JOHNNY GRUNTING] [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[WATER GURGLING] [CHRIS GASPING]

What's the matter?

- Nothin'.

[HORN HONKING]

- My ride's here.

- I'm goin' with ya.

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

I gotta talk to you.

- Hi, Johnny.

- JOHNNY: What is this?

What are you doin'?

- Pretty good stuff, huh?

I organized a hockey team for Chris

and some of his friends, huh, Chris?

We have our first practice this afternoon.

You are lookin' at the coach.

- Call it off. - Take that stuff

into the garage, okay?

- There's gonna be an accident.

Call it off.

- Call it off?

What for?

Chris has been lookin' forward to this all week, huh?

He's really comin' out of his shell, John.

- Wait.

I gotta talk to ya.

- We'll have a little nourishment

and then we'll hit the ice. - No, listen to me,

call it off.

There's gonna be an accident.

Call it off. - Don't be ridiculous.

We always skate on that pond until March.

What the hell is the matter with you?

- You wanna kill your own son?

- I'm scared, Dad.

- For Christ sake, John!

Don't be scared.

Just go eat your cookies.

- Don't you know who I am?

- Of course I know who you are.

You think I'd have you come into

my son's life without checkin' you out?

But I hired you for your abilities as a teacher,

not as a fortuneteller.

Now don't give me any arguments-

[GLASS SHATTERING]

- The ice is gonna break!

- I want you outta here.

I don't want you in my boy's life anymore,

and I don't want any argument from you.

I want you to do exactly what I'm telling you now.

- No, Dad.

You don't know.

It's not safe [PANTING].

- All right.

To hell with it!

To hell with the whole thing.

Forget it all.

Forget the hockey team, forget the practice,

but I want you outta here.

- Whatever you say.

I'm sorry about that.

- I'll see that you get your final check.

- I'm not crazy, you know.

Don't let the boy think I am.

I'm right about this.

- But we'll never know, will we?

- Give me your hand.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

Nothing to worry about now.

- ROGER: My driver will take you home.

- You were right.

I'll see ya.

- Chris?

Hey, what's goin' on?

You're not even dressed.

- You called it off.

I thought you called it off?

- Well, that was just to get rid of him.

So, we goin' or not?

Are you gonna sit here and pout like a baby

in your room or are you comin' outside

and play hockey with your friends?

Great.

[DOOR SLAMS]

[PHONE RINGS] [PENSIVE MUSIC]

- Hello.

Who is it?

Johnny?

["OLD MOTHER LEARY"]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[SUPPORTERS CHATTERING]

["CAMPTOWN RACES"]

- Sarah, see you down there honey.

- SARAH: Okay.

["YANKEE DOODLE DANDY"]

[SUPPORTERS CHATTERING] [DOG BARKING]

- MAN: Vote for Stillson!

[ALL CLAMORING]

[ALL CHEERING]

- ALL: Stillson! Stillson!

Stillson! Stillson!

Stillson! Stillson! [GREG SPEAKING FAINTLY]

Stillson! Stillson!

Stillson! Stillson! - Thank you everyone.

- Stillson! Stillson! - Hi. How are you?

- Stillson! Stillson! - Thanks for comin'.

- Stillson! Stillson! - Good to see ya.

- Stillson! Stillson! - Hi, how are ya?

- Stillson! Stillson! - Thanks for comin'.

- Stillson! Stillson! - Good to see you.

- Stillson! Stillson! - Hi.

- Stillson! Stillson! - How you doin'?

- Stillson! Stillson! - Hey, how are ya?

- Stillson! Stillson! - Good to see ya.

- Stillson! Stillson! - Hey,

thanks very much for comin'.

Good.

- ALL: Stillson! Stillson! [pensive music]

Stillson! Stillson!

Stillson! Stillson! [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Stillson! Stillson!

- Do it, General.

- You're insane. I won't.

- Do it!

Put your hand on the scanning screen

and you'll go down in history with me!

- As what?

The world's greatest mass murderers?

- You cowardly bastard!

You're not the voice of the people!

I am the voice of the people.

The people speak through me, not you.

It came to me while I slept, Sonny, my destiny.

In the middle of the night it came to me.

I must get up now, right now and fulfill my destiny!

Now you put your God damn hand on that scanning screen

or I'll hack it off and put it on for you!

Do it!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

- May God forgive me.

[SCREEN WHIRRING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

- Congratulations, General.

- Complete the sequence, Mr. President.

[SCREEN WHIRRING]

[BUTTONS BEEPING]

- My destiny.

[MACHINE BEEPING] [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Thank you, Sonny.

Let them come up.

- This is not necessary, Mr. President.

We have a diplomatic solution.

- Mr. Vice President, Mr. Secretary,

the missiles are flying.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

- Stillson! Stillson!

Stillson! Stillson!

Stillson! Stillson! - You okay, Greg?

Stillson! Stillson!

- Get out! - Stillson! Stillson!

Stillson! Stillson!

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

- If you could go back in time to Germany,

say before Hitler came to power,

knowing what you know now, what would you do?

Would you kill him?

- Is that why you sent for me, John?

To ask me this question?

- I have to talk to you, Sam,

because I've had another episode.

- Oh, yes?

Go on.

- I've been tutoring this boy, name is Stuart,

and in the vision, I saw him drown,

I saw him die, Sam, but that's not the point.

In the vision there was something missing,

something I couldn't see.

- How do you mean?

- I don't know, it was like,

a blank spot, a dead zone.

- First of all, tell me,

did the boy in fact drown?

You say you saw him drown.

- No, no, his father wanted him to play hockey.

I talked him out of it.

The boy's alive.

- Ah.

Yes.

Don't you see?

Don't you see how clear it all is?

Not only can you see the future, you can-

- I can change it.

- You can change it, exactly.

[DR. WEIZAK CHUCKLES]

Here.

Yes, John.

That is your dead zone.

The possibility of altering

the outcome of your premonitions, it's fascinating.

Let me make a note.

- What about my question, Sam?

- Huh?

Oh, you mean the one about Hitler [CHUCKLES]?

- What would you do?

- I don't like the sound of this, John.

What are you getting at?

- What would you do?

Would you kill him?

- All right.

All right, I'll give you an answer.

I'm a man of medicine.

I'm expected to save lives and ease suffering

and I love people.

Therefore, I would have no choice

but to kill the son of a bitch.

- You'd never get away alive.

- It doesn't matter.

I would kill him.

[DR. WEIZAK SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

[GUN COCKS] [MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

- "Dear Sarah, it is a hard letter to write,

so I'll try and make it short.

I can't go on hidin' anymore.

That's what I've been doin', running and hiding.

I had this figured out all wrong.

I always thought this power of mine was a curse,

but now I can see it's a gift.

Anyway, by the time you get this letter,

it'll be all over.

You never will understand why, Sarah,

I guess nobody ever will, but I know what I'm doing,

and I know I'm right.

Just remember there's never been anyone for me except you.

It just wasn't in the cards for us, I guess.

I'll always love you, Sarah.

Johnny."

[ENGINE RUMBLING] [GENTLE MUSIC]

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

[DOOR RATTLING]

[GLASS SHATTERING]

[SUPPORTERS CHATTERING]

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

- MAN: Oh, it's a bit dark, no?

[CHATTERING CONTINUES]

[SUPPORTERS CHEERING] [SUPPORTERS APPLAUDING]

[GUN COCKS]

- MAN: Hey, we're over here.

[CARTRIDGES CLATTERING]

[SUPPORTERS CHATTERING]

[SUPPORTERS CHEERING] [SUPPORTERS APPLAUDING]

- Thank you for your support.

Thanks for comin'.

Thanks.

Appreciate it. Thanks very much.

What's your name?

[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Good to see you.

- Hey. - This your baby?

- Yeah.

- Hi.

He's so cute.

Come on, bring him up on stage with us.

Stillson! Stillson!

[ALL APPLAUDING] [ALL CHEERING]

- I wanna thank all of you from the bottom of my heart

for the tremendous support you've given this campaign.

You made this campaign the most talked about,

the most exciting, the most important campaign

in the history of this great state.

And I've come here personally to thank you for that.

[ALL CHEERING] [ALL APPLAUDING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- Johnny!

[SHOTS FIRING]

- Give me him! - Don't!

No!

- GREG: Sonny!

The man is trying to kill me! [DENNY WAILING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SHOTS FIRING]

[GLASS SHATTERING] [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- MAN: Everybody, get out of here!

[ALL CLAMORING] [DENNY SOBBING]

[SARAH SOBBING]

- Who are you, you son of a bitch?

Who sent you?

Huh?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[SHOT FIRING]

- It's over.

You're finished.

- Where's that kid with the camera?

He was takin' pictures!

- I don't see him.

- You asshole!

[SARAH SOBBING]

[DENNY SOBBING] [SOLEMN MUSIC]

- It's okay, it's all right.

- Oh, Johnny, why?

Why?

- Goodbye.

[SARAH SOBBING]

- SARAH: I love you.

[SOMBER MUSIC] [SARAH SOBBING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]