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[Anne] I don't know, Libby, how many times

do you have to tell someone you're not ready

to make a commitment before they'll believe you?

No.

I had no choice but to break the whole thing off.

I'm serious. I just couldn't take...

-[gasps] -[tires screeching]

[car horn blaring]

[car horn blares]

[brakes screech]

[sirens wailing]

[sighs]

[engine shuts off]

Hi. No. I... I think one of my tires blew.

[sighs] Yes, I'm fine. I'll call you when I get home.

Okay.

[dialing]

Yeah, operator,

can you connect me with the auto club, please?

[sighs in exasperation]

Just what I needed.

[alarm blaring in distance]

Hey!

Get your hands off of me.

Come on, come on. Come on. Give me your money.

-Let go. -Hey!

I ain't kidding around, lady. Where's your money?

Help! Help!

-Shut the hell up. -Somebody help!

Stop it!

[both grunt]

[telephone ringing]

We need some help here.

Dr. Field, what are you doing in the ED?

We're short-handed again. Put her in bay 18.

What have we got?

Name's Anne Marie Reynolds.

Police told us some lowlife bashed her in the head with a pipe.

Breathing's rapid and shallow, but heart is steady.

Start a new line. I want an EEG, stat.

-When did this happen? -About an hour ago.

Cross-town traffic's a bitch tonight.

[monitor chimes]

-BP's dropping. -[heart monitor beeping rapidly]

-[heart monitor flatlining] -She's in arrest.

We're losing her.

Let's defib, now.

Go.

[defibrillator charging]

-Clear. -Clear here.

[heart monitor continues beeping rapidly]

Crank to 300 joules.

[defibrillator charging]

[Dr. Field] Clear.

-[blonde nurse] Clear. -Again.

Ten milligrams of adrenaline.

Give me 360.

[defibrillator charging]

[Dr. Field] Again.

She's gone, Doctor.

[defibrillator charging]

Again.

[flatlining continues]

[heart monitor stops]

Note the time of death for the record.

[phone ringing]

[gurney rattles]

[curtain hangers squeaking]

[indistinct chatter on PA]

[gasps]

-[gasps] -[glass shatters]

-[gasps] -[pan clatters]

[breathing heavily]

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[doctor] Good morning.

Within each of us,

there is an internal voice that tempers our actions,

but what happens when that inner self

overwhelms the face we show the world?

Good morning.

-How are you feeling? -[sighs]

Like an idiot. [chuckles]

I can't believe I argued with that guy

over a lousy 37 bucks.

Hey, you're lucky he didn't have a gun.

Yeah.

God, I must look like hell.

-Did I need stitches? -A few.

The pipe didn't cause much of a laceration,

but it left you with a nasty hematoma.

A bump.

Small price to pay for misplaced bravado.

I'm afraid there's a little more to it.

Well, what?

Well, the blow severely jarred your brain.

Your cerebral cortex underwent a substantial shock.

[gasps]

Well, I feel all right now.

It's quite amazing that you do.

Anne, we... We lost you on the table last night.

[sighs]

What do you mean?

You had no discernible brain function,

no heartbeat.

You're saying for a few seconds, I was...

actually dead?

Clinically speaking, yes,

And it was more than a few seconds.

Well, how long?

Well, we're not sure.

Ten, maybe 15 minutes.

[scoffs] Fifteen minutes? But that's not possible, is it?

[Dr. Field] Well, yes and no.

Resuscitation after total cessation of life signs

is not unprecedented.

Toddlers have been pulled

from the bottom of icy ponds and survived

even after an hour without breathing.

But this isn't like that, is it?

[Dr. Field] All we know for certain, Anne,

is you have an extraordinary will to live.

[chuckles nervously]

[ambulance siren wails]

[Anne] No, they're beautiful, Libby.

[laughs] Yeah, it was pretty stupid.

Next time I'll drive on the rim until I can find a gas station.

[snapping fingers]

Um... Yeah, I should be out of here tomorrow.

I'll stop at the gallery and maybe we can grab lunch or something.

Great. I'll see you tomorrow, then. Bye.

Uh, would you mind getting rid of these flowers?

I can see bugs on them. Thank you.

Hi.

May I come in?

Hi.

I got here as soon as I could,

but I was in Boston visiting your Uncle Jerry.

That's okay.

[woman] I couldn't get much information at first.

Apparently, you were unconscious for a time.

[chuckles] You could say that.

How are you feeling?

I'll survive.

I always do.

I know you're probably not up to visitors.

I spoke to that, uh, doctor. What is it, uh, Field?

He said you took a pretty good hit.

[Anne] Yeah. The human head wasn't designed

to be whacked with a lead pipe.

I must say, I don't understand

why you would argue with a mugger.

I mean, your life is much more important

than whatever was in that purse.

Mother, I really don't need a lecture right now.

No, of course not.

I was thinking on the drive here

about that fall you took on the back stairs of Granbury Street.

[chuckles] Remember?

I picked you up and ran all the way to Children's Hospital.

It was a block and a half.

We were very lucky.

That was one of the reasons

Daddy and I picked that neighborhood.

I'm sorry.

I know you miss him very much.

You know, I'm kind of tired.

I think the sedatives are kicking in.

I just worry about you, that's all.

Is that why I only hear from you

on holidays and birthdays?

Sweetheart, that's not my choice.

Every time I make an effort, let's be honest,

you don't make it particularly easy.

[laughs] I mean, it's ridiculous we live in the same city,

we never see each other, we never talk--

We're both busy. I've got my life, you've got yours.

This isn't a really great time.

It's never a great time.

[sighs]

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't be doing this.

I'll try and call you when I get back home.

Fine.

Isn't there anything I can do?

No.

Knock, knock. Can I, uh, come in?

Hi. You, uh, must be Anne's mom.

I'm, uh, Eric Tanner. Maybe Anne's mentioned me?

I'll leave you two alone.

Nice to meet you, Eric.

You too, Mrs. Reynolds.

[humming]

So, how are you feeling?

Fine, all things considered.

Well, you'll be happy to know they nailed that guy that assaulted you.

Hmm, I'm thrilled.

Anne Marie Reynolds, you are one hard-headed woman.

It's a joke. [chuckles]

[chuckles]

I'm almost as surprised to see you here as my mother.

Yeah? Well, I don't give up that easy.

You should know that about me.

Please, Eric. Don't make it any harder.

[indistinct voices whispering]

[Eric's voice echoing] Anne?

Anne, are you all right?

Anne?

Anne?

[door opens]

Hi. How are you feeling?

Okay, I guess.

What happened?

What do you mean?

Where's Eric?

The young man who came to visit?

He left a few hours ago.

A few hours ago? You're kidding.

Then you ate some lunch and you took a nap.

You don't remember?

The last thing I remember is saying "hello" to Eric.

Uh, the rest of it...

[Dr. Field] Memory loss is relatively common

with this kind of head injury.

I don't think it's anything to be worried about.

The tests will tell us more.

I hope so.

In the meantime, I think I'd rather be home

in my own bed.

I can imagine you're eager to leave,

but I'd like to keep you here for a few more days

So we can observe you.

Well, no offense, Doctor, but I'm really not interested

in becoming an article in a medical journal.

You think that's why we want to keep you here?

You want to run tests, I'll come back for them.

I promise.

Anne, I'm going to be blunt with you.

Your medical records make it quite clear

you've had your share of problems.

Alcohol, substance abuse...

I'm concerned if you go back home...

It's the last thing in the world you need right now.

Consider me warned.

You're determined?

Absolutely.

I'll need to see you at least twice a week, hmm.

Just until we get this all sorted out.

Fine.

[knocking at door]

[clears throat]

-Hi. -Hi.

Come on in.

You were serious about getting the hell out of there.

I thought they wouldn't let you go without a fight.

Hey, hey, hey.

It's so great to have you back.

[hesitantly] I, um, just came by to get the rest of my things.

I'm sorry?

My things. [chuckles nervously]

Save you the trouble of a garage sale.

Did I, uh, miss something here?

I thought that we were going to talk about it.

I don't know what there is to talk about.

I mean, we've thrashed this thing to death.

Oh, sweetheart, you're losing me here.

I thought that we just discussed

that we were going to give it another shot.

What?

When?

This morning at the hospital.

Eric, I... I don't remember

much of what we talked about this morning.

Um, the last 24 hours are kind of a blur.

[sighs] Look, if you've had second thoughts, that's fine.

I just wish you were more straight-up about it.

[laughing nervously] Look, I'm sorry if I led you to believe otherwise.

I meant what I said the other night.

I'm just not in a position

to make any kind of commitment right now.

[sighs] Look, what do you think I'm going to do?

Do you think I'm going to swallow you whole?

Maybe it would be best if you just packed up my things.

Libby can come and get them.

[Eric clears his throat]

I don't believe this.

You know, you claim it's all about independence,

but you're just scared of letting somebody in.

You're scared of letting go.

[sighs] Anything else?

Just, uh, good luck...

you know, because if you think that you're going to find a man,

any man,

that can live up to that half-saint, half-Greek god

that you've turned your father's memory into,

then, well, you're going to need it.

[door opens]

[door slams]

[car horn honks]

[tires screeching]

Shut the hell up!

[heart monitor flatlining]

Again.

[gasps]

[gasping]

Oh, God...

[gasps]

[panting]

[screaming]

[ambulance siren wails]

[indistinct chattering]

Doctor, please tell me what the hell's going on inside of me.

Neither MRI or a CAT scan

were 100% conclusive,

but we were able to identify

the unusual foreign growths you described.

They're extraneous muscle masses.

We think the tissue, at least in its incipient form,

has always been there.

I was born with it?

Anne, it appears...

you may be carrying some unformed portions

of an absorbed twin.

[scoffs] What?

Let me show you.

There are cases when twins are initially conceived,

one quickly becomes dominant,

and the other withers.

In some very rare cases,

the dominant twin actually absorbs those tissues.

My God.

I know it sounds frightening.

It's unbelievable.

The tissue from the latent twin

doesn't form into functioning organs,

but rather rests within the host body.

You have several growths,

including this one on your spine,

but all of them are completely benign.

But they were moving, Dr. Field,

as if they were alive.

I'm sure it may have felt that way,

but it was a tissue mass, nothing more.

When your brain was jarred, it may have...

triggered some involuntary muscle reflexes

which caused the mass to shift.

It just doesn't seem possible.

I never even knew I was a twin.

Well, as far as we know,

this situation poses absolutely no medical threat to you.

-Great. -And we have every confidence

your body will regain its equilibrium.

[scoffs]

My body?

It sure as hell doesn't feel like it anymore.

[whistle blowing in distance]

[classical music playing in apartment]

[glass squeaking]

[siren wailing in distance]

[phone beeps]

[dialing]

Hey, Libby, Anne. I've been trying you all night.

Yeah, oh, fine.

I'm back at my place, working on an ad campaign.

Hey, what are you up to tonight?

I was thinking we...

[laughs] Oh, the guy from your gym.

[sighs] Good for you.

Yeah, yeah. Tomorrow's great, um...

I'll stop by the gallery?

Okay. Have fun.

Bye.

[phone beeps]

[telephone ringing]

Hello?

No, I'm not interested

in changing long-distance carriers.

[telephone slams]

The perfect homecoming.

Just me and my friend Mr. Daniel's.

[glass clinks on table]

[voices whispering indistinctly]

[exhales]

[inhales]

[voices whispering indistinctly]

[car horn honks]

[siren wailing]

[car horn honking]

[indistinct chatter]

[bell dings]

[indistinct chatter]

[car horn blaring]

[man laughs]

[sighs]

Who moved my furniture?

What the hell's going on?

Hello?

Yes, you have to help me, um...

I think someone's been in my apartment.

[stammers] I don't know if anything's been taken.

I just know that somebody's been in here.

The front door? Um...

Yes, it's still bolted, but...

[telephone clatters]

"The night is mine. Marie."

Oh, my God.

[car unlocks]

[engine starts]

[Anne] How could you do that?

How could you lie to me all this time?

I was afraid.

I thought it might be too upsetting for you,

and then, I wasn't sure how important it was--

I just got back from Rose Mercy Hospital.

Not only was I a twin, I was a Siamese twin.

According to this, you agreed to take part

in some kind of experiment that would terminate one of the babies.

Try to understand.

All we wanted was to give the surviving twin...

To give you a normal chance at a normal life.

[chuckles]

And did they tell you that the dying twin

would be partially absorbed into the survivor?

The doctor said it was a slight possibility,

[Anne scoffs]

What choice did I have?

At first, they told me I was carrying a normal set of twins.

I was so excited...

and then I was told the babies were conjoined.

Your father was devastated when he heard the news.

We both were.

We decided we would never burden you with the truth.

Daddy would never have lied to me.

He certainly didn't have any problem lying to me.

I don't believe you.

You're still trying to turn me against him.

Nothing ever changes.

Your father worshipped you.

That's where his fidelity ended.

Stop it.

You drove him away. You broke his heart.

That's what killed him.

I know that's what you want to believe.

[scoffs]

Of course...

That's why you sent me away to school.

You couldn't bear to be around your freak show of a child.

Don't say that.

You never loved Daddy, and you never loved me.

I always loved you! I did!

You were all I ever had to hang onto.

It's just...

Every time I look at you...

I have to face the decision I made

all those years ago.

I consciously took the life of one of my own daughters.

Did you have a name picked out for my sister?

[laughs sarcastically] Wait, let me guess.

Marie.

When your sister died,

I gave you both the names,

so you could...

What?

Always carry a little of her with me?

You succeeded, Mother.

More than you'll ever know.

-[whistle blows in distance] -[car horn blares]

[sighs]

[exhales]

[voices whispering indistinctly]

What's going on?

Hey.

How did I... What happened?

What, is something wrong?

How did I get here?

I don't know what you mean. You showed up at my door about an hour ago.

Oh, my God.

What, you don't remember?

Hey, are you okay?

No. No, I'm not.

-I'd better go. -[Eric] Hey, listen,

you're in no condition to leave.

Let's talk about this.

I can't. Not now.

[sighs in exasperation] Then when?

You keep sending so many mixed messages.

I don't even know what the hell is going on anymore.

I mean, one day it's on, the next day it's off.

You gotta stop jerking me around.

I'm sorry, Eric.

I owe you answers, and you'll get them...

As soon as I find out what they are.

[sighs]

[voices whispering indistinctly]

Oh, my God.

[voices whispering indistinctly]

[sighs]

[distant banging]

[objects clatter]

[objects moving]

[creaking]

[footsteps approaching]

Who in the hell are you?

[chuckles]

I'm Marie, your sister.

This isn't happening.

It's been a long time, Annie.

[Anne] You don't exist.

You died in the womb.

[laughs]

Reports of my death have been... highly exaggerated.

This is impossible.

[Marie] If you want something badly enough,

nothing's impossible.

And you have what I want.

What?

This.

[laughs] Eric.

Life.

This is my life.

-Not anymore. -Leave me alone.

Sorry, Annie, you had your chance,

but you made a mess of things.

-Now it's my turn. -No!

[gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[siren wailing in distance]

I feel like I'm being stalked from the inside.

I mean, I know it's all in my head,

but I don't know how much more I can take.

Some of it is psychological,

but some of what you are experiencing

is physiological as well.

Meaning?

We did an extensive diagnostic on the mass on your spine,

and it turns out to be something other

than random cell growth.

It's an aggregate of cerebral tissue.

What are you saying?

I know it sounds crazy, but it has all the signs

of a growing, functioning human brain.

A brain?

Oh, God.

[sighs] She's growing inside of me.

You do whatever you have to do to cut her out of me.

Do you understand?

I want it out of me now.

I'm afraid we can't do that.

What do you mean, you can't?

You don't expect me to live like this.

Anne, the tissue has integrated itself

into your spinal column.

If we attempt to remove it,

we could end up incapacitating you.

I could become paralyzed?

It may even kill you.

[gasps]

[voices whispering indistinctly]

No...

[whimpering]

[breathing raggedly]

[tires screech, horn blaring]

Oh... my God.

Watch where you're going.

Get away from me.

Leave me alone!

I can't let her get to me.

I can't let her get to me.

[breathing heavily]

No.

No.

No!

-[glass shatters] -[sobs]

[breathing heavily]

[pills rattle]

[gasps]

[sniffs]

[Anne] Could it be that Marie

is trying to get me to kill myself?

Well, that hardly seems likely.

You'd end up killing her, too.

Doctor, I know you said

that an operation was too dangerous,

but... what if we just incapacitated Marie's brain somehow?

I mean, didn't try to cut it out,

but made it so she couldn't think anymore,

couldn't send me these haunting images?

It's too risky.

[sighs in exasperation] Why?

This spinal brain, Marie's brain, if you will,

may well have taken over your autonomic functions,

breathing, heartbeat.

So the only way I can go on living

is to co-exist with her?

It seems that way, yes.

Based on our latest tests,

the stronger her brain gets,

the more risk yours will atrophy.

[Anne's voice echoing] I can feel her getting stronger,

trying to lay claim to my body,

trying to lay claim to my mind,

trying to lay claim to my soul.

She's watching me. She's watching me.

Always watching me,

waiting for her chance.

She's trying to kill me.

She wants me to die.

I can't let that happen.

I don't want to die. I can't let that happen.

I'm not going to surrender like my father.

I've got to stop her.

I've got to stop her now.

[panting]

[Marie] What are you doing?

Go away.

I'm worried about you, Anne.

I know what you want.

Do you?

You want me to disappear. You want me dead.

You don't understand.

-Goodbye, Marie. -[Marie] Anne, don't.

Listen to me. I'm not trying to hurt you.

I'm the only reason you're alive.

-That's a lie. -Think about it.

You died that night in the emergency room.

Something brought you back.

It wasn't the doctors.

I brought you back,

and when you tried to take those pills,

I'm the one who threw them away.

I've been keeping you alive all this time.

Why?

Because I care about you.

Because you didn't deserve to die like that.

Because I love you.

[sobs]

[thuds]

Marie...

I'm fading. I can feel it.

It's all right.

It's okay.

All I ever wanted was to be happy,

to really love somebody

and to have somebody to love me.

You will, Anne. I promise.

No, it's over. Don't pretend it's not.

Listen to me.

You're not going away.

You'll always be here.

You'll always be a part of me.

That's a promise.

You gave me life...

and now it's my turn.

How much time do I have before I go?

Not long.

There's something I have to do.

I understand.

If only I had known...

But you know now.

That's what matters, isn't it?

[heavy breathing]

[bird squawks]

[doorbell ringing]

Anne!

-Hello, Mother. -Please, come in.

After our last conversation,

I didn't know If I was going to see you again.

We've got to talk.

I've already said I'm sorry. I don't know what else I can--

No, no, please.

I have some things I need to say.

[exhales]

When... daddy... took his life...

My whole world came crashing down.

I couldn't deal with it. I...

-needed somebody to blame. -I know.

Believe me, I know.

Let me finish.

Even though you two had split up,

I know...

that it was just as hard for you.

I guess we both took our grief...

and we withdrew into ourselves,

making it so we could never be hurt again...

but the price we both paid is that we could never love...

Not another person...

and not each other.

You don't have to say anything else, Anne.

Yes, I do.

I...

I need to tell you that...

What you did before I was born...

it was very brave.

It was very unselfish.

I love you, Mother.

I do. I love you.

I have to go now.

I thought I'd lost you.

You'll never lose me, Mom. [chuckles]

All I've ever wanted was the chance

to see you with my own eyes

and to touch you with my own hands...

to tell you how much you mean to me.

Marie?

[laughs]

[knocking at door]

-[door opens] -Anne?

-Hi. -Hey.

[door closes]

-Ready to go? -Yeah.

Hey, hold on a second.

Just a second.

There's something different about you.

What?

Tinted contacts, right?

Oh, I like it. Very sexy.

[laughs] Thanks.

I'm ready.

Let's go.

[chuckles]

[Control Voice] Without darkness, there would be no light.

Without error, no sure path to the truth.

In a world where absolutes rein,

what may be most important is finding the balance.