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[Nick] Okay, Tommy, keep your eye on the ball, pal, you can do it.

Whoa!

Big swing. You swing like a champ.

Here. Have another crack at it.

Okay, feet apart. Lift the bat off your shoulder.

Let 'er rip.

Ah!

[Caroline] Close.

Home run, Nicky, home run.

That's right, home run. Keep at it.

I'm going to go talk to your sister for a minute.

He's really happy to see you.

[Nick] Well, I'm happy to see him, too.

[Caroline] I'm really glad you came over.

Well, I was kind of wondering why you stopped taking my calls.

I sort of figured it was my car, you know.

[laughs]

That blue thing. That was a car?

Don't you start with me.

Ten years.

It's been a long time, Caroline.

When our parents died,

someone had to look after Tommy full time.

You think at all about private care, maybe get a bit of time for yourself?

No. No, I'd have to sell the house to pay for it.

It's all our parents left us

and it's the only home Tom has ever known.

Home run, Nicky, home run!

All right, here it comes.

Ready for another go at it here?

You can do it.

[thunder rumbling]

-[creaking] -[Caroline whoops]

[chattering]

[Nick] Looks like a bit of a storm rolling in.

Yeah. Nasty one, too.

-I better go start clearing up. -All right.

So what do you say to a rain check there, Tom?

Home run, Nicky, home run!

All right, one more, and then we have to help your sister, okay?

Okay, get your bat up there. Here it comes.

It's got your name on it.

Sweet hit, right out of the park. All right.

[panting]

Don't worry about the window, man.

Everybody gets to break a window now and again, you know.

Jose Canseco, Nick Boyle, even Tommy Crane.

We'll get the ball later. Grab your glove. Come on, we'll help your sister.

[creaking]

[wings flapping]

[girl whispering] Tommy!

[thunder rumbling loudly]

Well, looks like it's going to be a big one.

Yeah.

Where's Tommy?

[Nick] He was just behind me.

He knocked the pop fly into the shed over there.

He probably just went after it.

[Caroline] The shed?

[girl whispering] Come closer, Tommy.

I'm in here.

Don't be afraid, Tommy.

You know who I am, don't you? Come closer.

What's wrong?

There's an old well in there. When we were kids, I almost drowned in it.

[girl] Closer.

Tommy.

[Tommy yelps]

[Caroline] Tommy.

Tommy, you know you shouldn't be out here.

Tommy, what's wrong? What are you doing? Let go.

Tommy! Nick, help.

[groans]

Caroline?

Come on, honey.

[theme music playing]

[ambulance siren wails]

I wish I could tell you more, Mr. Boyle.

A jolt of electricity that powerful

could damage internal organs, the nervous system.

The best thing we can do right now is simply monitor her condition.

As for the young man,

there's no sign of physical trauma we can find.

I don't understand, he was hit at the same time as she was.

Then he was incredibly lucky.

Considering his autistic status,

is there someone who can take him in? A relative?

Not that I know of.

[Doctor] I suppose I can get him admitted to the county facility.

He's never been in an institution before.

I just don't know whether he can handle it.

I don't see any alternative. He certainly can't be left on his own.

Yeah.

Tommy, you want to come meet Derek and Alex? Some friends of mine.

He's not usually this shy.

How long has he been autistic?

As long as Caroline can remember.

[Alex] It's not likely to improve, is it?

No.

Maybe the lightning affected him more than you thought.

Perhaps he's better of in a hospital.

He's totally harmless, though, Derek. He's just like a child.

[shattering]

No!

[screams]

[Nick] It's okay, it's all right. It's all right.

It's just some old junk. No harm done.

It's okay, Tommy.

Kat's staying here, while Rachel's out of town,

why don't I take him upstairs to meet her?

That sounds like a good idea.

Tommy, you want to go with Alex? I'll catch up with you in a minute.

Pretty.

Thank you, Tommy.

-Hope you guys are taking notes. -Right.

Junk?

[both chuckle]

I promise I'll watch him.

Kat, I want you to meet Tommy.

Tommy, this is Kat.

It's short for Katherine, but you can call me Kat.

Everyone does.

Tommy's kind of special. He doesn't really talk much.

Why is he rocking like that?

[Alex] Well, that's how he calms himself, see.

His mind works differently than most people's.

Then he should fit in here pretty good, huh.

[laughs] I guess so.

Do you want to read with me?

It's for a school report. It's pretty good.

[Alex] Uh...

I don't think Tommy reads, Kat. I...

I tell you what, why don't I take you guys

down to the kitchen and fix you something to eat?

Okay.

-I think he wants to stay. -Yeah.

All right, then, I'll go down and bring something up for you guys.

You just wait right here, okay?

-Okay. -Call me if you need anything.

I bet you don't have any homework.

Read.

Read.

I hope you know what you're taking on. It's a huge responsibility.

Well, I'm aware of that.

It's only as long as Caroline's laid up, and right now,

I'm the only one that Tommy has.

Why this deep sense of obligation?

Well, ten years ago, Caroline and I went together.

I mean, we were just kids then,

but it seemed pretty serious at the time, you know.

-And Tommy? -He went everywhere with us.

It was like having a little brother.

His parents didn't look after him?

Some. But they were too concerned with Caroline's success.

And her father had her whole life planned out all the way to law school.

But she was totally devoted to Tommy.

What happened between you two?

She broke it off.

Stopped taking my calls. Wouldn't answer my letters.

It's only later that I found out that her parents had died.

She never told you?

No. By then, I was in the navy.

We lost touch until just a little while ago.

I understand how you feel, but Tommy needs therapy.

Constant attention.

Who's going to give him that here?

Me.

At least until Caroline's well enough to take care of him.

I think I owe them that much.

All right, guys, feast your eyes on one of Alex's kitchen miracles.

Cookies and crackers.

Since when's that a miracle?

Since it's on such short notice.

Okay, Tommy, what will you have?

He wants a cookie.

You're right.

He does like cookies.

I told ya.

Alex, can you help me bring all this stuff up to my room?

Of course. Um...

Tommy, you wait right here. I'll be right back, okay?

Here, let me get this for you.

Will you grab a couple of cookies?

And you get this, my slave.

[Alex laughs]

Come on, you little rat.

See you, Tommy.

[girl whispering] Tommy.

[whimpers]

[Tommy] Caroline.

Caroline.

Tommy.

You're ready now, Tommy. It's time.

[screams] No!

No!

[Alex] Tommy!

Tommy, stop it. Nick!

[Nick] It's okay.

Tommy, Tommy.

It's okay. It's okay.

Nick, I don't know what happened. I just left him for a second.

It's all right. It could have been anything. No harm done.

-Perhaps, he shouldn't be left alone. -[Nick] I'll watch him.

[girl] Time to wake up, Tommy.

Wake up.

No.

No, Nick, Tommy's fine now.

Yeah.

See.

Yes.

I'm fine.

I read everything I could find, but there's nothing in the research

that covers this sudden resurgence of speech.

Well, we know there are the so-called idiot savants,

mentally-challenged people who display genius in one area.

Yeah, but, Tommy's autistic,

and autism doesn't turn on and off like a faucet.

Except in Tommy's case.

Could it be something to do with the lightning?

If anything, that should have hurt him.

But last night, I checked his reaction times, reflexes,

and essentially, he's normal.

[Nick] I wouldn't exactly call it normal.

What do you mean?

Once Tommy started asking questions, he wouldn't stop.

"What does this do? How does that work?"

And you had all the answers.

Yeah. But not enough.

So we cracked the books.

Grammar, spelling. I felt like I was at school again.

Wait a minute, you were teaching him how to read?

Well, not anymore. He can do that all on his own.

That hardly seems possible.

That's what I thought. But he's upstairs right now

reading to Kat in the library. See for yourself.

"And Sally picked it up and..."

[Kat] "Placed."

"...placed it on her desk as she left the room.

"The end."

You read really good.

Well,Kat. I readwell.

You sound like my mom.

Oh.

Three adults. My cue. See you later, Tommy.

Later, Kat.

-Hey, Kat. -Hey.

Hello, Derek, Alex.

Kat is helping me with some new words.

I noticed, man. That's great.

I'm just gonna use the phone, okay.

You intend to read all these, Tommy?

[Tommy] Oh. No, I finished them.

I don't understand it all, but I will.

Last night, I scared you.

I'm sorry.

I feel bad.

Consider it forgotten, okay?

Now, how are you feeling this morning?

Like I can see now.

Before there was a cloud in here.

I could hear people talking,

but it was just noise. It hurt my head.

And now, the cloud is gone?

Yes. Things make sense now.

It's like I woke up.

It feels good, Nicky.

That's great, man. Just great.

I hate to take you away from this, but I talked to people at the hospital,

your sister's woken up and I'm sure she'd like to see you.

-I need to see her. -Yeah.

I remember running towards the shed and then...

nothing.

There's a lot of things I don't remember.

Ordinary things.

Well, the doctor said that you'd feel a little bit confused.

But that's sort of regular for you, anyway.

He also did say you're very lucky.

"Lucky?" Yeah.

How many people get the chance to be struck by lightning?

That's right. It's a shocking experience.

Where's Tommy?

-Is he all right? -He's all right.

He's all right. He got hit, too, but it didn't hurt him.

There's something else that happened.

Tommy.

Tommy.

You're okay.

There's nothing to worry about, Caroline. I'm fine.

Um...

I'm different, Caroline.

I'm better now, like the rest of you.

I don't understand.

Neither do we.

This... It's something the lightning did to him.

We can't begin to understand.

I'm just going to go talk to the doctor for a little while. Why don't you guys...

spend some time together?

You can talk.

It's amazing.

Do it, Tommy. Do it for me.

Do it for me.

Free me.

No.

Free me.

No.

[monitor beeping rapidly]

Nick!

-Nicky, help! -What happened?

I don't know. She was fine.

I don't want her to die!

[beeping]

She's had a relapse.

She seems to be out of danger for the moment,

but I suggest you let her rest.

Thank you, Doctor.

Tommy, there's nothing we can do here, all right? We should go.

[Doctor] The BP's way up.

I want to go back to the house.

My house.

All right, then, that's exactly what we'll do, come on.

Come on, Tommy.

Traveling a little light there, aren't you?

All that you own is in this house.

Not mine. It belongs to the old Tommy Crane, not me.

The old Tommy Crane wasn't such a bad guy, you know.

I know what I was before, Nick.

Not a man, not a child.

I was a freak.

You were different, Tommy.

People liked you for who you were. I know Caroline did and so did I.

I didn't.

[girl] Tommy.

If you don't mind, I think I'd like to have a little time alone, now.

Okay. I'll just go tinker around with the car or something. Take your time.

[girl] Tommy.

Come to me.

Feed me.

I need more.

I did what you wanted.

Give me your hand.

It's not enough.

She had nothing more to give. She would have died.

[girl] I'm your real sister.

I'm going to die, Tommy. Remember?

They murdered me. They replaced me with her.

It's not her fault. She doesn't even know.

-Do you wanna become what you were before? -No.

No. Please.

[girl] I'll keep helping you, but you need to help me.

You're my brother, Tommy.

You're the only one who can.

Find another, Tommy. Feed me.

Feed me.

[Tommy] An IQ test, it seems so limited.

[Alex] It is, but you're changing.

So much so fast that it gives me an idea of what's happening to you.

Is that why you work here, because you're very clever?

I have other talents that got me involved here.

I'm sure you do.

This is amazing. It's right off the scale.

How can you tell about a human being from a number? It's like...

gauging the beauty of a diamond by weighing it.

Or saying that this is you.

That is so beautiful.

It doesn't come close to capturing the real Alex.

And just who is the real Alex?

You're different than others.

You feel alone, even lonely.

You've felt that way your whole life.

Yet, you have an inner strength,

a power, I can feel it.

How do you know all this?

Because I felt the same my whole life.

It's something we share, Alex, you and I.

We're different.

This one has the power. Do it, Tommy. Do it!

Alex.

[Tommy]Not now, Kat, we're busy.

What were we talking about?

Being different.

Hello, Kat. Hungry?

Derek, do you like Tommy?

You don't?

It's not like he's done anything wrong, it's just,

sometimes, he creeps me out.

[Derek] Tommy has changed a great deal.

Maybe he doesn't always know how to act around people.

I guess so.

But just now, I thought I heard him talking,

except his lips weren't moving.

I just got off the phone with the hospital.

They said she's doing real well.

She may even be able to come home in a few days.

That's good.

I thought you might want to see her.

Will my presence there really make a difference?

We're talking about your sister, Tommy.

What the hell's up with you?

I've changed, Nick.

Before, I had no value, no purpose, no vision.

Right. So what's your vision now?

I see the way things work.

The way they connect.

When I look at a flower, I don't just see the petals.

I see a chain of molecules, spreading back in time a million years,

and then extending into the future, all laid out before me.

Can you understand what that's like?

I'm afraid you lost me a little bit back there.

I'll tell you what I do understand and that is that your sister needs you.

And you would do well to show her some respect.

Home run, Nicky.

The old Tommy is gone, Nick.

I've changed.

And you've stayed the same.

It's not your fault,

but we have little in common anymore.

Oh. Brother, have you got that right.

You may have gained something, Tommy,

but you lost something infinitely more important.

And what would that be?

You're the smart guy. You figure it out.

-Did you know her parents? -No. Not well.

Father was a lawyer. Mother was a housewife.

Bright enough, but not the easiest people.

But nothing to suggest he has this potential of brilliance?

No, not that I saw.

They were pretty determined Caroline was gonna go places though.

What exactly are you trying to find, Derek?

Well, some explanation of what happened to him.

I thought we already knew that.

I mean, it was a freak accident, right?

Was it?

His intelligence is still increasing.

Now, there's an indication he's even developing psychic abilities.

And that's bad?

No. But I believe it's worth investigating.

[Tommy] It's beautiful here.

Before, I wouldn't have been able to appreciate this.

All the beauty I see around.

You. [chuckles]

Thank you for taking time to share it with me.

Aw.

Tommy, it's not like I'm forcing myself.

I enjoy being with you.

Well, you're just saying that.

Well, why would I? You're highly intelligent, sensitive.

You're an interesting man.

What if it all went away?

What if I went back to being what I was?

And why should that happen?

Alex, if you were me and you had the choice...

would you go back?

If I had the choice...

No.

But, Tommy...

You're gonna be okay. Everything's gonna be all right.

Yeah.

Oh! Would you look at this?

I can't believe it bloomed so early.

Aw...

Beautiful.

-[thunder rumbling] -Mm...

Smell.

Do it, Tommy. Do it!

Do it, Tommy. Do it.

She's the one I need. Take her hand.

-[thunder rumbling] -[gasps]

I just got so dizzy.

Where was I?

The flower.

Right. Yeah.

So strange.

I forget the name.

We all forget things, Alex.

[Alex] Well, not me. I...

You know, I...

I'm not feeling very well. Do you mind if we go back?

You may be coming down with something.

Yeah. Maybe.

[Nick] Tom.

I think we ought to talk.

I'm sorry.

When I spoke earlier, I believe I behaved somewhat arrogantly.

Maybe a little more than somewhat.

Everyone makes mistakes, man.

The idea is to learn from them.

I know.

I remember before I changed,

I used to hear other kids laughing.

Sometimes, I'd laugh along with them.

I didn't know they were laughing at me.

There's a lot of pointless cruelty in the world, Tommy.

Don't take it on.

Nick, you were always my friend.

I want you to know that whatever happens,

you'll stay my friend.

It's good t know, buddy.

[girl] Tommy.

Come to me, Tommy.

Take her life and bring it to me.

No, I can't.

Not this one, please.

She has the power I need.

Bring her and let me do the rest.

She's done nothing to you.

Bring her to me, Tommy,

or go back to what you were.

Soon, sister.

Soon.

[Caroline] Tommy wouldn't come, would he?

He's my brother.

And whatever happens, I still love him.

What was he like, before the accident in the shed?

He still had problems,

but he was much better.

At least that's what my parents told me.

-You don't remember? -No.

I don't even remember falling into the well.

They said that I was traumatized,

that I suppressed the memory.

And they must have been right because

I don't remember much before I was five.

How did it happen?

Um...

They said that we were playing in there and I fell in.

And I think Tommy believed it was his fault.

And they never let him go near the shed afterwards.

No. Neither of us. They boarded it up.

Nick, what's gonna happen to him?

You just don't worry about that.

Just concentrate on feeling better, you know?

I'll see you later.

[thunder rumbling]

[girl singing indistinctly]

[water dripping]

[Kat] Thought you were gonna help me with my homework.

I am.

You're sure slow tonight.

I know.

Alex, is something wrong?

No. Nothing. It's...

Then what's the answer?

One, two...

Eight. A hundred and twenty-eight.

A computer would be way faster.

I know. I'm not a computer.

[Tommy] Alex.

Do you think that Kat can spare you?

I think so. Why?

I was going to see my sister.

She's been asking to meet you.

Oh. I'd like that.

You think you can finish the rest without me?

Sure. I have been anyways.

We'll be back soon, Kat.

-Kat, is something wrong? -She's fine.

[Tommy] Aren't you, Kat?

I guess so.

Well, Dominick will have dinner ready for you, okay. I'll be back real soon.

Okay.

So you found this in the shed?

Next to the well. Stuck between the boards.

It's small enough to be a child's. Maybe it was Tommy's.

I checked the hospital records against the ID number on the bracelet.

It belonged to Caroline Crane.

She never mentioned an illness to you?

No.

-Maybe she got better. -Not from this.

The disease was progressive, painful, and incurable.

By the time she was five, she couldn't walk by herself.

That's impossible. Caroline has never been sick like that.

Well, then, the woman you know can't be the real Caroline Crane.

That doesn't make any sense.

Unless the first child died and they adopted another one.

No. I checked. The Cranes never registered for any legal adoption.

Are you suggesting that they bought another child,

and then gave her the same name?

I don't see any other explanation.

Why the hell would they do that?

To cover up something.

The real child may have died.

But there was no death certificate.

I believe she may have been killed.

The father.

He knew that she would never live a normal life.

She would never be the success that he'd hoped she would be.

So he got rid of her.

The son of a bitch killed his own daughter,

and then bought himself a new one.

After he disposed of the body.

That's why Tommy wasn't allowed near the well.

There was no accident.

That's where they left the body.

Perhaps not just her body. Perhaps her spirit, too.

I sensed a lingering presence in the shed.

[Nick] You think she's still there?

What doe she want?

Justice. Revenge.

-Maybe to live again through someone else. -How?

If her life force is gone, she needs someone else to bring it to her.

-Someone she can control. -Her brother.

Tommy.

Kat, have you seen Tommy?

He left. With Alex.

-Did they say where they went? -To meet his sister.

That could be the hospital.

Did they say anything else?

No. But I saw things...

When Tommy touched my shoulder.

What did you see?

Try and concentrate real hard for me, Kat.

What did you see, Kat? It's important.

Lightning and some kind of buildings.

And a girl.

-What did the girl look like? -Little.

Smaller than me.

She was lying in water.

Tommy's real sister.

What do you think he wants with Alex?

Well, if I'm right, he wants to use her to bring his real sister back to life.

Thanks, Kat.

[Alex sighs]

I know. I don't feel so good. I really shouldn't have driven out here.

We're not going to the house right now, Alex.

What about Caroline?

She's waiting out here.

She's been waiting a very long time.

Tommy, what are we doing out here? Where are you taking me?

I told you, to meet my sister.

You've finally come.

Let me go.

I can't. I'm sorry, Alex, but I need you to bring her back.

[yelps]

Tommy, let her go!

[Derek] Tommy!

Tommy! Stop!

I have to bring my sister back to life.

Tommy, your sister's dead. Her time on earth is over.

Don't let her use you.

But she cured me. She gave me the power.

Tommy, your real sister is the one who's in the hospital.

The one who raised you. The one who loved you all your life.

Don't listen to them.

You can't do this. You can't hurt Alex for this.

[groans]

I have to.

[Nick] Use the power she gave you.

Set your sister free. You're her brother. You're the only one who can.

It's too late, Tommy.

[gasps]

[screams]

[Derek] Alex. Are you all right?

[mumbling]

I'm okay.

Tommy.

Nicky.

Hey.

I'm here, pal.

Right here.

Home run, Nicky.

That's right. Home run, buddy. Home run.

Home run.

Tommy. It's me, Alex.

Alex.

Pretty.

Come on. Let's go see your sister. She's waiting for you.

[Nick] Power and intelligence,

for just a little while, Tommy Crane had more than most of us dream about.

Ultimately, he chose to sacrifice them.

But, I believe, in doing so, he regained something far more important.

The people who love him.

[theme music playing]