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Noah.

You want to play a game?

Yes, I want to play a game.

All right. Good. Let's begin. Close your eyes.

I'm sorry, Eli, the decision has already been made.

He'll be moved as soon as the bed opens up, probably early next week.

But I'm still working with him.

What about Denise? What does she think about this?

She's already signed off on it. Look, Noah is deteriorating here

and between the mass hysteria and the worm incident,

the consensus was that this move is probably best for all involved,

including you.

How is this best for me?

Because this case is not good for you, Eli. And you know it.

Jane, I am making progress with him. I just need a little more time.

No. Absolutely not.

All right. Okay. All right. I get it.

Okay.

But I'm gonna have to work with him then,

to get him emotionally ready for this change.

Okay. All right.

Just basic transitional therapy, okay? Agreed?

Agreed.

Can you hear that?

Listen closely. Open your eyes.

I want you to imagine that your whole body is a heavy sack of sand.

Now, bring your attention to a tiny hole on your left big toe

and the sand from your toe is seeping out

slowly, slowly, very slowly.

Now, I want you to imagine a balloon.

Can you see the balloon?

Good.

Now, I'm going to tie the balloon to your right wrist

in three, two, one.

Now, I'm going to untie the balloon.

Okay.

Now, I want you to think back to the first time that you met Denise.

Good.

Now, can you think back further?

What about the family before Denise?

Can you remember?

Noah?

You once told me that I... well, that somebody hurt you.

Is this memory what you meant?

Okay.

I want you to go back further,

back to the first time whatever it is that hurt you.

Are you there?

Don't be afraid, Noah.

Tell me what it is. Can you tell me what it is?

Noah.

Noah, tell me what you remember.

Tell me what you can see.

What is it?

I'm sensing water.

The water energy is very powerful in here for sure.

Well, it is a bathroom.

You don't believe in psychics, do you?

You read my mind.

There's definitely a dark vibration here, and I'm not just talking about you.

Be nice. This cleansing will do wonders for the sales price.

And don't worry, I will... I'll get that fixed.

Noah, open your eyes.

I need you to go deeper.

What is it? Tell me. I'm not gonna let anything hurt you.

You always do.

Death leaves an energy.

It always leaves a trace.

Dad?

- Dad. - What?

You feel the energy, don't you?

What? No. No.

Don't fight it.

You need to meet the spirits where they're at.

Noah, what is it?

Noah, you're safe here. I promise.

But I need to know what happened.

I need you to go deeper.

Noah, I need to go deeper in three, two, one.

Now, you're going to tell me what you see in three, two, one.

No!

Noah! Wake up! In three, two, one!

Noah! Wake up! In three, two, one!

That's some crazy shit, Dr. Adler.

Right? And he sounds exactly like Benjamin on the tape.

And look at this.

His birthmark is an exact match to the bruise on Benjamin's cracked ribs.

Okay.

Yeah, and look at this.

All of these strange birthmarks and deformities.

They all match the death injuries.

These kids all say they remember it.

Like this guy.

This boy believed he was this woman who was mauled to death by a tiger.

His entire life, he had a terrible phobia of cats.

So, his fear is connected to her death.

- And you believe that? - No, but they all believe it.

That's the point. See, if Noah believes he is Benjamin--

Then he believes he's going to die like Benjamin did?

Yes. And he believes it's my fault.

Dr. Adler...

I know you've been going through a rough time lately

because of your wife and everything...

No, no, no, no, Cleo, this has nothing to do with Lynn.

This is all about Noah and his delusion that I hurt him.

He's projecting it onto me.

Well, if you want to talk about projecting--

Wait, you're saying that I'm projecting?

Pulling imaginary worms out of heads. Shared delusions.

Connecting this kid to your wife's dead boyfriend.

I'm not the one connecting them. Noah is. You heard the tape.

All I'm saying is it seems like you're too close to this to be objective.

Look, Noah is in serious trouble.

If he believes he's Benjamin, then I gotta lean into it.

If I can enter the delusion with him,

maybe I can create a therapeutic ladder to help him climb his way out of this.

And how are you planning to do that?

I think I gotta do what he's been asking me to do all this time.

I gotta take him home.

Are you insane?

I mean, he's unstable. You're on probation,

and you want me to approve you taking him off the psych ward

to go on a field trip to a place he might think of as his past life home?

Not a chance.

Jane, exposing him to this place could be the key to unlocking his trauma.

It could cure him.

What makes you think this place is what he means by home?

Look, it's not what I think.

What matters here is what he may think.

But how exactly did you connect him to this Benjamin person?

Well, that's...

That's a long story.

Look, we won't know the answer until we ask the question.

To get to why he believes it, we have to follow that belief to the house.

Look.

The illusion of the amputated limb moving

exploits the brain's preference to prioritize visual feedback.

See, I think it's more about the mirror neuron system

and the connection between witnessing an action and feeling it.

Mirroring one for the other

leads to dramatic pain relief for phantom limb syndrome.

Yes. If the mind believes it, it can cure it.

Exactly.

So, if Noah believes it, maybe taking him to this place can cure it.

Come on, Jane, you gotta give me one last chance.

I don't know, Eli. It's incredibly risky.

Riskier than transferring him to a state facility?

Jane, you know what happens to this kid if we don't at least try something.

He'll spend the rest of his life snowed on medication.

Come on, Jane, he deserves better than that.

There's something about this case that you're not telling me, Eli.

What is it?

I am telling you everything that I know.

This is just about meeting this kid where he's at, okay?

Trust me.

- There we go. - Where are we going?

I'm taking you home. That's what you want, right?

Good. Me too.

This the kid?

Noah, this is Lawrence.

Lawrence, this is Noah.

And this is my colleague, Dr. Wilkinson.

Hello.

Okay. Well, come on in, I guess.

It's okay.

The kid's not gonna freak out or anything, is he?

- No. - All right.

Thank you for doing this.

Well, I guess I owe you that much.

I mean, at least you tried to help my brother. Dumb bastard.

Anyway, just try not to mess with my stuff.

And you knew his brother how?

- I'll explain later. - Eli, you said you told me every--

Not now.

Well, I gathered up some of the old junk of Benjamin's like you asked.

There's not a lot here, but if you think that it'll help.

Hey, Noah. Check this out.

He was a pretty good pitcher when we were little. Lefty.

- Had a great curveball. - Uh-huh.

But too much of a head case to make it in high school.

And there's other junk like that.

You know, there's a watch, key chain, postcards, an old camera.

Wait. That's Benjamin's camera?

Oh, yeah. He used to love to take pictures.

- Can I look at it? - Yeah. Knock yourself out.

What could you tell me about these negatives?

His girlfriend gave them to me, told me they were Benjamin's.

I never had them developed.

What was her name again? I think it was like Laura? Layla?

I don't know. You probably met her that day at the hospital.

- Maybe, I do... - Lynn.

You know what, her name was Lynn. I remember.

Lynn? Are we talking about your Lynn?

I'll explain later.

If you have a personal connection to this case,

- it violates everything ethical we've-- - It's more complicated than that.

No, no, it's not complicated at all. We have to leave.

- No, I need another minute. - Nope. You've had enough time.

- We're almost done. - We are done.

You don't understand.

Hey! I thought I told you not to mess with my shit.

Son of a bitch.

Come on.

I'm so sorry. We'll get out of your hair now.

No. No, no.

What is it?

This song.

What about it?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Lonny.

Now, are you gonna take me home?

What just happened?

Please tell me. I need to know. What is it about that song?

He used to play that for me all the time.

Who did?

Benjamin.

Noah, wait!

Hold on!

Noah.

What are you so scared of?

- What happened to you? - Eli. Enough.

- What happened in the farmhouse? - Eli, stop.

We have to find our friend.

Get in the car, Eli. Now.

Jane. Jane.

You don't get it. Something happened in there.

The guy fell apart.

What, so some lonely, old man connected with a troubled eight-year-old?

I don't get what's so mind-blowing about that.

It's like they recognized each other. It's like he really is...

Benjamin?

Noah?

Noah?

Noah!

Don't touch him! I don't want you near him.