All language subtitles for Highway to Heaven S04E19 The Correspondent.eng

[opening theme music playing]

[screams and gunfire]

Take it easy, will you?

Twilly,

I've never been shot before.

I don't know how to act.

[coughing]

Hey, Becky, you
got a cigarette?

Thanks.

Your last?

No.

Kid's amazing.

Now listen.

When we get out of here,
Hale's gonna do a piece
on you.

You're gonna be famous.

You got a light?

No, no, I'm all out.

[gun fires]

Hey, amigo, you got a match?

[speaking in foreign]

Hey, Sweet, here.

Hey, thanks, Hale.

Dear Cole,
Of all the futile letters

I've ever written to you,
my editor,

this one
probably takes the cake

Because I don't believe
you'll ever receive it.

The takeover
is secured.

They blew up
the embassy,

So that's that.

Still, a lifetime of habit
keeps my pen moving.

I have borne witness
to yet another massacre.

This one
I'm to be a part of.

[gun fires]

The latest barbarian hordes
have stormed another city,

killing, plundering, burning,
out of control.

Women,

kids, everybody dies.

Grotesquely.

Sometimes at the hands
of 13 or 14-year-old children

with guns, knives
and flamethrowers.

[gunfires]

I'm sitting in a cell
for three days now

that Edgar Allen Poe could
have described more
eloquently than I.

The stink of death
almost as overpowering

as the anticipation of it
by all of us here,

as every little while,

a few more of us
are taken out and shot.

[laughs]

No!

No! No! Please, no!

No, please! No! No!

Please! No!
Please, please!

No! No! No! Please!
[screams and cries]

[door slams shut]

He came down here
on his own.

He paid his own way.

A noble profession, ours,

But I think
he will not die nobly.

Cole, when I was a kid,

I was convinced
I had a calling.

The world was destroying
itself,

and I was put on this earth
to save it,

To change
all the hate to love.

What a laugh.

What love
have I generated?

Whom have I benefited?

I'm at the end
of the line, Cole,

And I leave the world

in the same shambles
I found it.

[weak coughing]

Easy, Deiter. Easy.

God, I'm...
[coughs]

I-I'm thirsty.

Guard!

Iagua, por favor!

It's time to close
this letter

you'll never receive.

My life's about to end,

and... Who will care?

Martha...

Yes, Martha will care.

After all I've done.

Martha, Martha, Martha.

She could have
had anybody.

She got me.

There's so much
I haven't said to her.

So much
I want to tell her.

If I could just see her...

Hold her...

Tell her
I love her,

Tell her...

I've always
loved her.

It's real.

As real
as a dream gets.

Who are you?

What is this place?

This is the basement
of my house.

That's Louis'
old bike.

I thought
I got rid of that.

Yeah, you did.
About eight years ago.

The mind is a strange
and complex thing.

Oh, yeah.

What a way to escape.

Yes.

What a time.

You said you wanted
to tell your wife
you loved her.

You have very little
time to choose from.

Oh, yeah.
That's a fact.

And who are you?

Jonathan Smith.

"Jonathan Smith."

Where have we met?

We've never met.

Oh, we've never met.
I see.

I dreamed you up
out of whole cloth.

Oh, no.

No, this is not your dream.

This is not my dream?

No.

I'm here...
In a dream...

But it's, uh...
Not my dream?

It's somebody
else's dream.

Whose dream is it?

Martha's.

"Martha's"? Oh, yeah,
sure, of course.

You don't think
that could be?

Real?

You mean, for real?

That-- that I'm here,

In my wife's dream?

Of course not.

[Martha] Hale! Breakfast!

She's dreaming
she's making
your breakfast.

She's dreaming it?

You're telling me
that she's actually asleep?

She is
actually asleep.

Where is she?

In the study.

She sleeps there a lot
when you're gone.

She never told me that.

I've never seen her
sleep in my study.

Why would she do
a thing like that?

Because that's where
your photographs are.

Pictures?

They're all she has
when you're gone.

Only I could come up
with this craziness.

This must be my dream.

No.

You're not
asleep, Hale.

I'm not asleep.

I was standing
in front of the bars,

of my cell.

I must have
passed out.

You didn't pass out.

I'm not there, I'm here.

You mean, if that guard
comes into that cell,

to answer my call,
I'm not there?

Absolutely.

But he can't come
into the cell.

Why can't he?

Because time
has stopped for you.

You mean,
the war has stopped,

no more executions?

Bullets in midflight.

[Martha] Hale!

She wants you upstairs.

What am I supposed
to be doing down here?

You came down
to get that book.

Shall we go?

[Martha] Hale!

It's all... A trick
of the mind anyway.

My mind.

Your mind?

And who are you,
Jonathan Smith?

I'm an angel.

"An angel"?

[laughs]

I don't believe
in angels,

And neither does Martha.

If this is her dream--

She won't
see or hear me.

But she'll see me?

-Yes.
-And she'll hear me.

Of course.
She's dreaming of you.

This is impossible.

Usually. This
is a one-time thing.

She deserves something,
and I'm giving her
something.

At least be grateful.

I'm grateful as hell.

That's the way
you're dressed
in her dream.

[Martha]
Honey, where are you?
The coffee's a-boil.

Remember,
you're seeing this
through her eyes...

Her mind...

Her dream.

I just
want to touch her.

I mean,
really touch her.

That's all
she's ever wanted.

[Martha] Hale!

Well, my world
traveler at last.

Coffee?

My god...

It all
looks so real.

It's too real.

Easy.

Hale, sit down.

What is this chair?

That's your chair.

It's the only one
Martha dreams about.

Look at its size.

It looms large
to Martha.

Because it's
usually empty.

Sugar's in.

Martha...

It's been
so long since
you've touched her,

she doesn't dream
about that anymore.

Pancakes? I know they
don't have them in china.

"China"?

She's thinking
about chiang Kai-shek.

You've been
so many places.

Just go with it.

Oh, pancakes
will be fine, dear.

What is that?

[baby cooing]

Whose child is this?

That's your son.

No, that's impossible.
Louis is 26 years old.

But not
in your wife's dream.

Louis?

It is Louis!

Hey--

Oh, my god.
He's got both his arms.

I can't look,
I can't look.

Look at him. Look.

He had such
strong little arms.

I don't want
to be here!

Deiter!

Deiter!

Deiter!

I don't...

Want to be here!

It's too late.

You're in your wife's dream.

You can't
escape it now.

No!

No, I can't stand
to look at my little boy

the way he was!

Before the accident?

Yes!

Maybe she won't
dream about him again.

Promise me...

Promise me
she won't dream anymore.

I can't.
It's not my dream.

I won't go
back up there!

[Martha]
Hale, your breakfast
is getting cold!

I told you,

it's too late
to escape it.

Time to go
back up, Hale.

Hale, where are you?

I'm right here, dear.

Come sit down before
your pancakes get cold.

I made you four.

Thank you,
darling, thank you.

Oh, you poor dear,
look at your hair.

Little streaks
of silver.

Well, I am getting
older, darling.

Well, my darling, we're
both getting older.

Still we've got a lot
of good years left,
thank god.

What would I do
without you?

What's that?

Your hand.

Martha, I love you.

That's funny.

I see your hands
holding mine,

And I can't
feel your touch.

Feel, dearest,
feel it.

I want to.

I just can't remember
what it feels like.

I never
forgot your face.

Your eyes.

That scar when you
fell off the ladder.

But I forgot your touch.

Hmmph!

Please, Jonathan.
Make her remember.
Make her remember.

I can't. I'm not the one
who made her forget.

Come on. Eat
a good breakfast.

You'll need strength
to tell Cole.

He can
be very persuasive.

Martha--

I want you to put
your foot down.

Tell your editor
your wife needs you.

He can send somebody
else to South America.

Come on now.
Eat your food.

He'll be here
any minute.

What is this?

That's the bonus money

you told her your editor
was giving you

to take the assignment.

But it was just a bonus.

It didn't
amount to much.

She thinks about it
all the time.

Blames herself
for your taking it.

To get her
extra money.

I should never have
told her about it.

I don't want a coat.

I've got
plenty of coats.

Tell him to keep
his old money.

Did buying her that coat
really ease your guilt?

Can I
have ice cream?

Sure.

Then I'll have
my tonsils out.

You're a good man,
Louis.

Louis?

It's Louis
at four years old.

Hey, Louis.

[Jonathan]
No. He can't hear you.

Why not?

Because you weren't
here then. Gone as usual.

Here, your favorite kind.

Thanks. Can I have
one of daddy's kisses?

Sure.

There's the envelope.

Let's find a really
good daddy kiss.

Where do you want it?

On the nose.

OK?

OK. Let's put
the envelope back.

I'll call the doctor.

Tell him you decided
to have your tonsils out.

OK. Night.

Good night, darling.

You almost lost him
that time.

What? It was only his tonsils.

No, the anesthetic.

It was a close call.
He could've died.

Martha never told me.

She didn't want
you to worry.

There were a lot things
Martha didn't tell you.

[doorbell rings]

[Martha]
That'll be your editor.

I'm not going.

I'll tell Cole.
I promise.

No. No. Don't promise me
you're not going.

You'll only break it.

He's got
to go, Martha.

I'm sorry.

Coffee, Cole?

Your coffee?
Absolutely.

Chicory?

Sure.

Well...
You packed, Hale?

He never said that.

He never said
you got to go.

He did in her mind.

We never discussed
it together.

Of course not.

You never discussed
anything with Martha.

You went because
you wanted to go.

Well, I'm not going.

Of course you are.

Martha, Hale
is the best we've got.

Best there is.

He's our man
in South America.

He's the franchise,
as it were.

Here's your coffee.

Ahh!

Uh-huh.

Oh, Martha,
very good.

Here's your
plane ticket, Hale.

Forget it.

We don't need
the money, Cole.

Look at your coat.

It's all
tattered and torn.

How can you let her
go around like that?

Where
did you get that?

She doesn't
go around like that.

She doesn't own
a coat... This is crazy.

Hale knows
General Diaz, Martha.

Very difficult
man to know.

That didn't help me.

Diaz tells Hale things
he won't tell anybody.

He was killed
while I was still
on the plane.

He shouldn't go, still has
the cold from Philippines.

Sorry, Martha.

I need him here.
I need my husband home.

Tell him
you're not going, Hale.

I'm not going.

I'm not going!

Of course you are.

Sorry, Martha.

Go get 'em, Hale.

What the hell's
the matter with you, Cole?

I told you,
I'm not going.

I'm not going!

He's right, of course.

You are the franchise.

Who else would he send?

When are you leaving?

I-I'm not leaving.

Darling,
you took the bonus.

I'll give it back.

It wasn't the money.

No, no. No,
but you played it cool.

So he begged and gave you
some extra bonus money.

But you
would've gone anyway.

He would've paid him to go.

Wild horses couldn't
have kept you home.

Of course
it wasn't the money.

You're a reporter.

And you were home
for three months.

Yeah.

You wanted to go.
Martha knew.

And she wanted you
to be happy.

She always wanted you
to be happy.

Yes.

Oh, Martha, I love you.

Oh, you didn't
finish your money.

She can't
hear you, Hale.

Why not?

Because
it's been so long

since you told her
you loved her.

Come on, darling.

Your money's
getting cold.

[Louis] Mom, what time is it?

Now what?

Something Martha
dreams about all the time.

What is it, Martha?

You're late, Louis.

What's she
dreaming about now?

[car horn honks]

What's that?

Mrs. Edlitz.

[car horn honks]

[Mrs. Edlitz] Let's go, Louis.

I've got
a train to catch.

It's Louis' ride.

No, no!

[Louis] I'm coming!

[Martha] Hurry, Louis.

No, wait a minute.

Martha, stop it.

Stop it! Wake up!

Wake her up, Smith.

Wake her up!

Ma, I got to go.

Baseball practice
after school. Bye.

Martha, stop him!
Stop him!

Wake up!

I have to finish
the dishes.

There's nothing
you can do.

He doesn't need a ride.

I can take him to school.

You weren't here. You
were at London, in Heathrow,
waiting for Eleanor.

Louis! Louis!

For god's sake, Smith,
do something!

Stop it!

I can't. It's already
happened.

[car horn honks]

Louis!

No!

[car crashes]

Where are we?

Somewhere in your wife's mind.

You're punishing me,
aren't you?

You're the one who
wanted to see Martha.

Martha.

Hale.

You shouldn't be here.

Mrs. Stoddard,

I am afraid I have
some bad news.

Your son's arm--

No!

My husband's here.

She's trying
to protect you,
as usual.

She knows you're
really in London.

She wants
to tell you herself.

She doesn't
want you to hear it
on the phone.

Dr. Burns is the best
in the country,

they told me.

She always secretly thought
that if you'd been here,

the doctors would
have tried harder

saving Louis' arm.

I know it doesn't
make any sense,

But of such stuff
dreams are made.

Louis will be all right.

I know
about Louis, dear.

You do?

Oh, yes.

All this happened

a very long
time ago, my darling.

Did it?

Louis is all grown up now.

He's just fine.

Ahh.

And Eleanor?

She knew, Hale.

She always knew.

No sense in lying
to her about it here.

I haven't seen her
in a very long time.

I know.

Hold me, darling.
Hold me...

In my dreams.

This is a lovely home,
Mrs. Stoddard.

Eleanor?

Eleanor was never
here in my home.

She was in your
wife's dreams...

Many times.

Martha, darling.

Eleanor and I
were just...

Working people...

Who met in various spots
around the world

when we were
covering stories.

That's all, really?

Yeah. That's all. Really.

I know she didn't
mean anything really.

You were lonely,

away from Louis
and me so much.

But she
was so bright.

I read her columns.

And I fantasized
about her.

I remember once read
that she was going
to be a guest

on meet the press.

Two days I waited
to see her.

Couldn't
do anything.

Two days I stayed
in the house.

And there she was.

She was impressive.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Stoddard.

London was...

Was just
one of those things.

When he got the news
about your son,

we both felt so guilty.

Eleanor, please stop.

Martha never said
anything about Eleanor.

She always knew.

Do you remember
that time in Saigon?

Those bombs?

People running
everywhere?

I was so terrified.

Eleanor was never in Saigon.

-Wasn't she?
-No.

I want to believe you, Hale.

You have quite a husband,
Mrs. Stoddard.

I know.

This plane was diving.

He grabbed me.

And threw me down.

And covered
my body with his.

Th-th-that's
not true.

That's not real.

It is to Martha.

He saved my life.

He seems always
to be there

when I need him.

And I think
he needs me, too.

We love each other.

No.

No, I never said
I loved her.

I've never stopped
loving you.

Never.

Not for a single moment.

I believe you, Hale.

She does believe you.

She wants to believe you.

And she forgives you.

But you can't blame her
for fantasizing, can you?

[knock on door]

Daddy.

You look beautiful,
darling.

Thank you, daddy.

Your mother and I
are so proud of you
today, pumpkin.

Hale's a fine man.

A fine man.

[Martha] I'm glad you
like him, daddy.

He thinks so much of you.

Listen. You better hurry.

They're getting
impatient down there.

I'll be right there.

Her father
looks so young.

I looked so young.

You were young!

Seventeen.

I was such a baby.

I was going to marry
you man of the world.

You were going
to show me China,

introduce me
to Chiang Kai-Shek.

He died before
I had a chance.

I know.

I did so want
to see China.

But you went
with Nixon,

to see
the great wall.

I wanted to take you, dear,
I really did.

Then why didn't you, Hale?

I-I tried.
There was just no space.

I-I pulled every string
I could find.

I know.

You wanted
to take Eleanor.

You didn't take
Eleanor, did you?

Eleanor?

You didn't, did you, Hale?

No, sweetheart. No.

It was wonderful.

The great wall,

is the only man-made thing
you can see from the moon.

Do you think
they could see us
from the moon?

I did not take Eleanor,
sweetheart.

I believe you, Hale.

Yeah.

We love each other,
Mrs. Stoddard.

-I believe you, Hale.
-We love each other.

-I believe you, Hale.
-We love each other.

I believe you.

No!

-We love each other.
-I believe you, Hale.

No, no!

No!

No more!

No!

No! No!

No!

[knock on door]

Mom, could you
tie my tie?

Oh, look at him,
will you?

Oh, your father
would be so proud.

I was in... Morocco
when he graduated.

I wish he
could have made it.

He said he'd call.

[telephone rings]

-Leave it to your father.
-I'll get it.

Hello.

Hello!

Damn it.
Static. Dad?

I'm here, Louis.
I'm here.

Dad!

Dad!

It's dead.

I could hear you.

I was yelling,
"Louis! Louis!"

I was calling
from a bank in Casablanca.

Everyone was looking at me.

I was calling, "Louis!

Louis!"

We'd better hurry, mom.
We'll be late.

There was always
a lot of pressure on him.

The son
of Hale Stoddard.

Father...

In absentia.

They printed that essay
he wrote about you
in the yearbook.

"That extraordinary man,
my father."

He's a writer,
that boy.

He can write.

I wrote him a letter
about that, remember?

He was so proud.

He worried you
wouldn't like it.

It was a marvelous letter.

Took about ten minutes
to get up the nerve
to read it.

But he
kept it always,
in his drawer,

With that watch
you sent him
from Lisbon...

And the stamps
from Athens...

And that
little piece
of peanut candy

that you sent him
from turkey...

And the coins,
and some
of your cards.

Fragments of a life
spent over the horizon.

I was... A handicap to him.

He had to try

living up to somebody
he hardly knew.

Sweetheart, you did
the best you could.

Oh, please.
Please, Martha,

Don't try
to protect me.

"Protect you"?

I'd give
my life for you
if you needed it.

It always
hurt me that...

You never
really needed me.

Never needed you?

I could never
have gone on without you.

You were the only reason
for my living.

We've been married
28 years.

I think we can tell
each other the truth.

Your work always been your
reason for living.

Work...

Words.
Just words, words.

But the words.

You're a reasonable man

in an unreasonable world.

No, no.
I have thrown away
our life together.

Our life together
has been beautiful.

You are my great pride.

Of course I wanted
more of you.

This house
is a big place
when I'm alone.

Oh, Martha, my dear.

When my dreams
are done...

There will
have been only you.

I wish it were so.

I've always wished
it were so...

In this life
I've lived...

Waiting for you...

Dreaming you safe.

She's a wonderful woman.

You owe her
more than you know.

If I had it
to do all over again,

I would do it
much differently.

Kiss her one last time.

"One last time"?

Life goes on.
She's about to awaken.

[man] Listo...

Apunte...

No!

[man] Fuego!

[guns fire]

No.

Don't wake up.

Please, don't wake up.

I don't want
to leave you now...

Not now, now that
we're so close.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Hale?

Please.

-Hale?
-What?

What are you doing?

I was...

Dreaming.

[doorbell rings]

Oh my God! We overslept.

That's Cole
coming to take you
to the airport.

-You're gonna miss your plane.
-No, no, wait.

It was my dream. Mine.

What are you
talking about?

It was my dream
all the time.

I'm here.

I'm really
here with you.

I'm not
in South America.

You're not going to be
if you miss that plane.

I'm not going.

What are you
talking about?

I'm not going.

What?

I'm not going.

[doorbell rings]

I want to be here
with you.

You really mean that?

Oh, I do.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

I do, indeed.

I love you.

You're wasting
your time, Mr. Editor.

He's not going.

What?

Martha?

Hale?

Hey, Mark.

Hey, buddy,
wake up.

What? Huh?

Oh, Jonathan.

Oh, it's morning.

It's morning?

You left me out here
all night?

I'm sorry.

Well, let's go.

"Let's go"? I thought we had
an assignment.

Yeah, it's all
taken care of.

Then why did you want me
to meet you here. You could
have called a cab.

Hey, I said
I was sorry.

Wish you hadn't
wakened me.

I was in the midst
of a terrific dream.

[theme music playing]