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Four year old male,

contusion, posterior skull,

He fell down the stairs,

unconscious when we arrived,

Hustle, get him

to Ward Three, stat!

Everything's gonna

be all right, Justin,

Sorry, sir, you have

to wait outside,

I don't want to wait

outside, that's my son,

You can't help us in there,

We'll do everything we can,

Let's go,

(CHATTERING)

Excuse me,

can you help me?

My son Justin, ,,

MAN: (OVER PA)

Paging Dr, White, Dr, White,

Graham,

Graham!

Where's Justin? Is he

all right? Can I see him?

Rebecca,

I'm sorry,

No,

MAN: (OVER PA)

Dr, Palmer, please report

to the emergency desk,

(FLATLINING)

Oh, God, Justin,

DOCTOR: Flatline

on all monitors,

(SOBBING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(RAIN FALLING)

Thank you for coming by, Father,

REPORTER: There he is!

FEMALE REPORTER:

Can you make

a statement?

Mr, Highfield,

will this affect

your run for office?

MALE REPORTER: How do you

answer the charges you're

trying to buy the election?

REPORTER: Can you give

us a statement, sir?

I don't think the press

needs a statement

today, Graham,

You're absolutely right,

(CAMERAS CLICKING)

GUARD: Keep back,

What were you

going to tell them?

I was going to

tell them to go away,

Yes,

It's a PR dream,

Go for the sympathy vote,

Rebecca, that's cruel,

You know, I would never

use our tragedy

for political gain,

You must know that,

I don't know that,

I don't know anything anymore,

We're gonna be alone

forever now, aren't we?

No,

We don't have to be,

That's what I've been

trying to tell you,

I don't know if I can

go through that again,

It took us so long to get

pregnant the first time,

Rebecca,

come with me to the lab,

I want to show you something,

Please, Graham, can't this wait?

Honestly, Rebecca,

no,

Rebecca, this is Dr, Lucy Cole,

Hello, Mrs, Highfield,

I'm so very sorry, Thank you,

This must seem like

an inexcusable intrusion,

but your husband thought

it was very important,

Is it ready?

Yes, sir, It's right over here,

Take a look,

(BEEPING)

What is it?

It's called a blastocyst,

Mrs, Highfield,

It's the first few cells

of a human embryo,

they're used for making clones,

After insemination,

the resulting embryo

regrows into an identical copy

of the original organism,

(SIGHS) Well, I still

don't understand

what I'm doing here,

Thank you,

Yes, sir, Excuse me,

Rebecca, please understand,

I did what I did out of love,

After Justin died,

I asked Dr, Cole

to harvest cells

from his brain

and his spinal cord

to begin the procedure,

That's our son, Bec,

It's Justin,

That's not possible,

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For the next hour,

we will control all that

you see and hear,

You are about to experience

the awe and mystery

which reaches from

the deepest inner mind

to The Outer Limits,

Humans appear

to be the only animals

aware of their own mortality,

When death comes,

we console ourselves

with its inevitability,

But when

the unthinkable happens,

and a child dies

before a parent,

the natural order

is turned upside down

as are the lives left behind,

My God, Graham,

we just buried

our son this morning,

I can't talk about this

right now, I need more time,

Rebecca, please,

We don't have more time,

I wish we did,

but you heard what

Dr, Cole said,

These cells will

only be viable for

another 48 hours,

If we're gonna do

the implantation,

we have to do it now,

You expect me to make

a decision like this

in two days?

I realize it's hard

to absorb all at once,

especially with how

devastated you are,

Apparently more

devastated than you,

(SIGHS)

That's not fair,

You think I don't get nightmares

of Justin falling

over and over again?

I know,

(SIGHS) Rebecca, please,

Dr, Cole has taken

a handful of nerve cells

and turned them

into a living embryo,

That's never been done before,

Do you realize how lucky we are?

Lucky?

How can you say that?

Our son is dead,

Rebecca, everything

Justin was, is in those cells,

We can make him live again,

You make it sound

as if our goldfish died,

And all we've to do is,

just go to the pet store

and get a replacement for it,

and then everything's

gonna be the same,

I know it can never be the same,

but maybe we've

been given a chance

to make things even better

than they were before,

(TOY SIREN WAILING)

Hi, Mom,

Rebecca,

I guess I don't have to ask

how you're doing,

Maybe this will help

lift your spirits,

It's from Dr, Cole,

It's something you need to see,

(BEEPS)

I'm not ready

to make any

kind of decision,

Rebecca,

(TYPING)

GRAHAM: Dr, Cole has

created a genetic

development simulation,

a computer model

that can predict

how our

cloned embryos

will develop,

(SIGHS) I really don't

want to see this,

Look, Rebecca,

Look,

That's Justin,

Just like the day he was born,

Oh, my God,

(SIGHS)

It really is Justin,

The simulation

can extrapolate how

the new child will look

as it grows and ages, Watch,

(TYPING)

That's Justin at 20,

He's 20?

(CHUCKLES)

Already an inch

taller than his dad,

He'll have such a long life

ahead of him, Rebecca,

Doesn't he deserve that?

(HEART MONITOR BEEPING)

NURSE: Stable,

all signs are normal,

Okay, now, Mrs, Highfield,

you're going to feel

a little bit of pressure,

but no pain,

I can promise you that,

All right, take a deep breath,

Here we go,

That's it, easy,

(SIGHING)

Easy,

Easy, good,

That's good,

Okay now, Mrs, Highfield,

nice deep breaths,

GRAHAM: Honey,

I've got to get going,

You don't keep

the governor waiting,

The governor?

Don't you remember?

I got a call last night,

He wants to see me this morning,

maybe to endorse

my candidacy

for the Senate,

Of course,

That's wonderful,

All these years

of blood and sweat,

building a company,

making it a success,

it was all about this moment,

It's all within reach, Bec,

It's finally within reach,

I am so proud of you,

You know that, don't you?

Maybe you should come with me,

You and me and the governor,

it would make

a great photo op,

(CHUCKLES)

Our first new family photo,

You and me, and Justin,

I told you to stop that,

It's sick,

This baby deserves its own name,

Of course,

We'll choose

a name for him tonight,

Okay?

(DOOR OPENING)

(DOOR CLOSING)

Graham, wait,

What is it?

I think this baby deserves

to know who he really is

and who he was,

I don't think that's

such a good idea,

Why not?

This baby is

going to look

exactly like Justin,

and we're in the public eye,

and people are going

to say things to him,

It's okay,

it's a family resemblance,

There are a lot of pictures

of Justin in that house,

and this baby's going to

see them and he's

gonna know that something's, ,,

Rebecca, Rebecca,

listen to me, sweetheart,

No one will ever replace Justin,

He'll always be

special in our hearts,

And our new boy,

even though he looks

like Justin,

he's going to be his own man,

and loving him doesn't

mean we're dishonoring

Justin's memory,

I promise you,

Do you think you can

stop worrying?

I'm gonna try, Good, good,

I'll see you soon, okay?

Hi, Mommy,

REBECCA: How's

my little man, huh?

(TOY SIREN WAILING)

You're gonna be

a good little boy?

Yes, Mommy,

My good little boy,

How's my little man?

Good little boy?

(TOY SIREN WAILING)

Be a good boy for Daddy,

Oh, my God,

Be a good little boy,

I love you, sweetie,

(SIREN STOPPING)

(GASPING)

It's going to be okay,

It's gonna be okay,

We're going to be okay,

(HEART BEATING)

You're a very lucky woman,

Mrs, Highfield,

There aren't many men

like your husband,

He personally funded

an entire wing

at Mercy Hospital,

and then refused to

have his name put on it,

I don't think I've ever met

a more giving man,

Is there something,

you're avoiding

telling me?

No, not at all,

Your blood pressure's fine,

just like rest of your

vital signs,

Then what is happening to me?

You're pregnant,

I know that, (CHUCKLES)

Your body is

going through

tremendous changes,

Your hormone balance

is fluctuating

practically every day,

There is nothing

physically wrong

with you,

You had a few dizzy spells

and that was all,

No, this is not a dizzy spell,

This is more like a,

a wave of emotion,

I was in Justin's room,

and I was remembering

the last time I saw him,

He was playing

with his toys and,

and then suddenly

everything switched,

and for a moment, it was

as if I was seeing things,

but through someone else's eyes,

They were Justin's eyes,

It was as if

he was remembering it,

Mrs, Highfield,

you lost a child,

I think this is probably

nothing more than

a very vivid daydream,

a manifestation of your wish

that Justin was still alive,

You know, I think you should

consider talking to someone,

a therapist or

a grief counselor,

No, no, no this is

not about grief,

This was as if I was getting

flashes from someone else,

and the more I think

about this and the more

I talk about it,

I know that it wasn't

coming from me,

I think it was coming

from the baby,

That's not possible,

Well, not long ago,

you would have said

turning nerve cells

into an embryo was impossible,

Apart from the way that we

obtained the embryo,

you went through

an absolutely routine

artificial insemination,

The procedure's performed

thousands of times every year,

It does not give you

memories or experiences,

All it gives you is a baby,

I think you should try

to accept the possibility

that what you felt was

simply in your mind,

Oh, you're busy today,

(GASPING)

(HEART BEATING)

Oh, sweetie, please,

I know that you're

eager to get out,

but we've got

a couple of months yet,

(GASPING)

Oh, honey, please, please,

Oh, just take it easy, okay?

For Mommy's sake?

(SIGHING)

Oh, thank you,

You're a good listener,

(HEART MONITOR BEEPING)

LUCY: Hear that heartbeat?

Mm-hmm,

It's good and strong,

He's doing just fine,

I'm sure there is nothing

for you to worry about,

Just bear with me, okay, Lucy?

Can you see him yet?

Yes, I can see him, in fact,

that's a pretty good

picture of him,

Uh-huh,

Everything looks normal,

There's his head and his arms,

His legs,

He doesn't appear

to be awake right now,

He will be,

Now watch this,

Justin?

Justin?

(BEEPING)

Wake up, sweetheart,

(HEART BEATING)

Wake up,

(SIGHS)

He's moving his shoulder,

LUCY: Uh, yes,

There appears

to be some movement,

How did you know

he was going to wake?

I told him to,

Mrs, Highfield, at this

stage of development,

all babies are

constantly waking up,

they're constantly

moving around

and falling back to sleep

for all sorts of reasons,

Just say hello

to the nice lady, Justin,

You tell me, Lucy,

do all unborn babies wave hello?

This might explain

what's going on,

This is your umbilical cord,

It's usually a very

simple structure,

two arteries and a vein

bound together

by some connective tissue,

What do you mean

by "usually?"

Well, in this case,

it isn't quite as simple,

Now, these two strands here,

those are the arteries,

This one coming up in blue,

that's the vein,

But you said that there were

only three blood vessels,

that looks like a fourth,

That's not a blood vessel,

It's a bundle of nerve fibers,

And it's not

supposed to be there,

You see, I think,

that's how you're managing

to communicate with the fetus,

So you believe me?

Yeah,

(SIGHS)

Look, the EEG Confirmed it,

Every time you said

the two of you

were communicating,

the graph clearly shows

two sets of brain waves,

Oh, at least I know

I'm not going crazy,

Yeah, well, maybe I am,

As far as I can see,

there can only be one

logical explanation,

I took brain and

spinal cord cells from Justin

to create the embryo,

Now, unlike other cells,

nerve cells,

they don't regenerate,

They're like a blank slate,

which is why I can insert

instruction into their DNA,

to revert them back

to their embryonic state,

But Justin's cells,

they weren't clean slates,

were they?

Apparently not,

Justin's old cells

must have retained

some kind of a blueprint

as to where they came from,

Justin's mind and his memories

are slowly being

reconstructed piece by piece,

You see, this baby

is not just a clone,

In more ways than we imagined,

this baby really is Justin,

Justin?

GRAHAM: Rebecca,

sweetheart?

Honey?

Oh, honey,

I'm sorry, honey,

I didn't hear you,

I was so wrapped up in this,

Rearranging the furniture?

Yes,

Well, you know,

Justin, he always liked

to be by the window,

so he can see the stars,

and he couldn't do

that over there,

You just called him Justin,

Yes, I did,

(GASPS)

Are you all right?

Yeah,

It's just,

oh, our little guy

is kicking a lot tonight,

(HUFFING)

So, how did everything

go with the governor?

I was right,

He wants to endorse me,

Oh, I never doubted it,

He says he's impressed

with what I've accomplished

in the community,

and how I built

Highfield Industries

up from nothing,

how I have the perfect,

beautiful wife,

Hmm,

Who's as fat

as a cow right now,

(CHUCKLES)

And how being pregnant

is a good, wholesome image,

Yes and the fact that we

lost a child six months ago,

that should help with

the sympathy vote,

Honey, please,

You, I and our son

are going to Washington,

It's everything

we ever dreamed of,

It's everything

you ever dreamed of,

I'm gonna shower

and jump into bed,

Going to join me?

Yeah, I'll be there in a minute,

(SIGHS)

(HEART BEATING)

(TOY SIREN WAILING)

(HUFFING)

Daddy, look,

Daddy, look,

Dad!

Justin,

Mommy!

(SIGHS)

Oh, Justin, it's okay,

It's okay, baby,

Mommy's here,

Rebecca?

(REBECCA MAKING

TOY ENGINE NOISES)

Rebecca, what are you doing?

I couldn't sleep,

I mean, Justin couldn't sleep,

I thought he might enjoy

playing with some of his toys,

Bec, are you all right?

Listen, Graham,

I've been getting

these thoughts in my head,

They're coming from the baby,

They're Justin's thoughts,

This baby is Justin,

I think we should see

Dr, Cole in the morning,

No, I saw Lucy today,

She did a bunch

of tests to confirm it,

She says that Justin's mind

is actually rebuilding itself,

and there's an

extra nerve strand,

It's connected

to my umbilical cord

and it lets us communicate,

(LAUGHS)

You're serious?

(BANGING)

(GASPING)

Sometimes there are

so many thoughts,

with such intensity,

it's like a physical force,

This is incredible, Rebecca,

You could teach him

things while he's

still in the womb,

Yes,

Will you tell him

something for me?

Tell him his

father says, "Hello,"

He loves him

and he's proud of him,

I will,

(BANGING)

What is it, Rebecca?

(GASPING)

Mommy, Mommy!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

What's wrong?

Rebecca?

Dad!

Oh!

Mommy!

Rebecca,

My God, Rebecca,

can you hear me?

Rebecca?

(GASPING)

LUCY: I can't

understand it,

I mean, all of her

vital signs are fine,

(SIGHS)

I'm right here, sweetheart,

It's all right,

You're going to be all right,

Where am I?

In the hospital,

You were unconscious

for about six hours,

You had some kind of seizure,

you just suddenly collapsed,

There's a small tear

in your placenta, but, ,,

BOTH: The baby's fine,

Yes, he is,

and as far as we can tell,

so are you,

We ran some neurological tests,

Everything came up clean,

There doesn't appear

to be anything

physically wrong with you,

Can you remember what happened?

I was, um,

I was in the attic, and I was,

I was playing

with Justin's toys,

and then Graham came up,

and we started talking,

and then suddenly

he started lashing out,

Do have any idea why?

I don't know, maybe he was mad

because we stopped playing,

Are you saying he had a fit?

I suppose I am,

LUCY: Mrs, Highfield,

I'm going to keep you

under observation

for a little while longer,

Now if everything

looks good, you can

go home tomorrow,

but after that it's minimal

activity and lots bed-rest

until delivery,

As of right now,

this pregnancy is

officially high risk,

That's three months in bed,

Well, I'm afraid that any

other alternative would be

just too dangerous,

I'm sorry, honey,

there goes your photo ops,

To hell with the photo ops,

It's what's best for the baby,

Now the next order of business,

is to help you get

your strength back,

You hungry?

Oh, yes, now that

you mention it,

Well, I am starved,

You're in luck,

Unless you want the food,

(LAUGHS)

I'll get you something

from the cafeteria,

Thanks, honey,

LUCY: Oh, actually, I, uh,

I should be going as well,

I will definitely

check in on you later,

Lucy,

could you just stay

for just a minute, please?

Sure,

I'll be right back,

Lucy, Justin

didn't have a tantrum,

I was telling him

how much his father

was looking

forward to seeing him,

and I got this sharp pain,

It was as if he was

trying to get away,

I see,

Are you sure, you're not

just projecting your feelings?

I mean, why didn't you

tell me about this before?

Because I didn't want

to hurt Graham's feelings,

I don't know, it seems

every time I try

to tell Justin about Graham,

he gets really upset,

Mrs, Highfield,

I'm sure you know Graham

a lot better than I do,

but I've seen him

with other children,

and I cannot imagine

a more caring father,

It's not that,

Graham always

expected so much from him,

He drove him sometimes

a little too hard

to be the best in everything,

I have to let him know how

much his father loves him,

MAN ON TV:

You must be tired

after your journey,

Perhaps we can get you a brandy,

WOMAN ON TV:

I'm sorry, there's nothing

like that left in the house,

MAN ON TV:

My apologies,

(TV SHUTS OFF)

You know what, sweetie?

We had enough of this

in the hospital,

I'm going for a walk,

Oh, it's okay, sweetie,

What's the matter?

You always liked, ,,

(GASPING)

Being in your Daddy's study,

There's nothing to be afraid of,

I'm going to show you,

You see?

You remember this, honey?

This is Daddy's desk,

and over here is the fireplace,

Remember, this is where

we used to warm you up,

(GASPING)

It's okay, sweetheart,

It's okay, It's okay,

Justin!

Look, Daddy,

It won't turn off, Daddy,

When will you learn to do

what you're told?

(GASPING)

When will you learn to do

what you're told?

Daddy, look!

Justin,

Look, Daddy, look,

Justin, please,

Look, Daddy, look,

When the hell are you gonna

learn to do what you're told?

Ahhh!

Mommy!

(GASPS)

(WEEPING)

Oh, sweetie, My baby,

It's all right,

He will never go near you again,

He will never go near you again,

No,

No,

GRAHAM: Rebecca?

Sweetheart?

Honey, how was, ,,

What are you doing?

I'm leaving,

What's wrong?

Do you need to go

to the hospital?

Let me help you,

I know what happened,

Justin showed me,

It was your fault,

But if Justin showed you,

then you know

it was an accident,

Our son is dead,

Our son is alive, inside of you,

No, I'm leaving,

Rebecca,

Rebecca, no,

Calm down so we

can discuss this,

We have nothing to discuss,

All I want is a second chance

to be a good father

to our child,

You don't get a second chance,

Let go of me,

Dad!

Rebecca, please stop,

Rebecca!

Dad!

Rebecca,

Please don't destroy our lives,

everything we've worked for,

Are you gonna let me go or not?

You want to go?

Go, Rebecca,

You're going to

push me down the stairs,

I've had dizzy spells,

You're going to make this

look like an accident,

No!

Rebecca, you're not

making any sense,

No!

Rebecca,

(GASPING)

(GRUNTS)

Rebecca,

(GRUNTS)

(PANTING)

Here, Mommy,

No,

There are no bullets,

Under here, Mommy,

Under here, Mommy,

(GRUNTS)

Honey, I can't hide underneath,

I need this to open,

No, I need the key,

Here, Mommy,

Yes, sweetheart, oh, thank you,

Try to show me where it is,

(THUDDING)

No,

Rebecca,

Rebecca, please

stop this nonsense,

Rebecca,

You have no reason

to be afraid of me,

(GASPS)

Oh, Rebecca,

I would never hurt you,

Stay where you are,

And I would never

hurt our child,

(PANTING)

Don't come

any closer,

You must know that,

I have paid such a price

for that one moment

of anger and frustration,

Stay where you are,

I'll be living with

that nightmare for

the rest of my life,

JUSTIN: Daddy,

I didn't mean it!

Mommy!

Rebecca, put down the gun,

Dad!

WOMAN: (OVER PA)

Paging Dr, Sademan,

Please thank

Dr, Spencer for me,

Sure,

I was a little bit worried

about the fever,

No problem,

So the doctor just thinks

it's a slight cold,

Otherwise he's

in perfect health,

Thank you,

I'll see you at

our next check-up,

Sure,

Bye now,

(GROANING)

LUCY: Graham,

quiet, please,

Shh, it's okay,

It's okay, Graham,

it's all right,

They've gone away,

Shh, that's it,

CONTROL VOICE:

The will to live

is part of our biology,

It exists in every cell,

in our very DNA,

Of course, sheer will

can't keep us alive forever,

But sometimes, it can give us