Howdy.
All right.
Have a good... Okay.
She didn't look happy.
I'm not letting nobody fuck up my night.
Oh, shit.
Hey, ma'am.
You okay? Ma'am?
Um...
Hang on. Uh.
Let me go get...
Let me call someone to get you some help, okay?
Hey, um, this is Malcolm from the south gate. Um.
There's a woman out here.
Something is very wrong with her.
Wait.
Hang on.
Hello?
Ma'am?
What the fuck?
So... ... it's what we suspected.
There's a sizable tumor on your son's thoracic spine centered around...
I-I know this already.
It's an intradural tumor all around here. T7, T8, right?
Yeah, um, and T9.
We're wasting time. I wanna talk to the doctors. Now.
Um.
Dr. Anna Ray, 4215.
Look, I wanna help, okay?
But the first issue is that you don't have any insurance.
I don't care.
Treatment like this can cost upwards of $200,000.
Did you not just hear me?
We're living in a motel room
so that my boy can come to the best cancer hospital in the country.
I understand. It's just...
It is out of my control.
I've only been here for a month, but I can try to get you an admission.
And until then, there are administrators that can give you other options.
There's County Hospital, and there's Saint Christopher's in Bridgetown.
Sometimes our surgeons...
You can't turn us away.
You're a hospital. You're legally required to help.
That's only true for emergency situations.
Ms. Henley? Hi, I'm Dr. Eric Nostrum. I'm the senior oncologist.
- Oh, call me Anna. - Thank you, Anna.
Now, Anna, I have gone over your son's file,
and it seems that he falls in this very special category
that qualifies him for an endowment from the Springhill Program.
They're gonna pay for all of his treatment.
Huh?
Oh, my...
- Oh, my God. Thank you. - Whoa, okay.
Well, there are a few parameters, but don't you worry about that.
Claire, would you mind giving us the room?
- Yeah. Of course. - Thank you.
Go right in.
Thank you, Claire.
Patient services to admitting. Patient services to admitting.
I feel like this job is turning me into a soulless monster.
I became a nurse to help people,
not turn them away as soon as I see empty pockets.
I know, I know. I'm so glad I don't work in admittance anymore
'cause I lost part of myself in that department.
Also, why didn't anyone tell me about the Springhill Program thing?
I mean, I almost turned away that mother without even knowing it was an option.
It's not like it's a secret or anything. Program has been around for years.
Dr. Nostrum started it when his dad died of cancer.
Well, at least some people are getting the help they need.
Um...
Hi.
Do you need some help?
W-We're both nurses, and we can get you some help, okay?
Lilly?
Her breathing seems normal.
Let's lay her down.
Can you hear me?
Can you speak?
I think she understands you.
Uh. Can you read that or...
No. It's too caked with blood. I can't make anything out.
What happened to you?
You know what? Maybe it's one of those, um, synthetic street drugs.
The new ones.
You know, like, maybe the...
is like a side effect.
Can you just do me a favor?
What?
Please don't leave me alone with her.
Yeah.
Okay. We're just gonna take some blood so we can know how to help you.
Let me give you a countdown.
Three, two, one.
What?
I was afraid it wouldn't be red.
Goddamn lights. Is it just me, or is it getting worse?
I feel like this whole place is falling apart.
Okay. You take these down to the lab.
I'm gonna check her tag, see if I can get anything off of it.
Okay.
What?
Are you trying to say something?
What did you say?
- Jesus! Justin! - Sorry.
I just need to check the bedding.
Yeah, it's fine.
Oh, shoot!
I'm gonna take this down to the lab.
I will be right back.
Hey. Um, Lilly just dropped off some samples from 451.
Would you add this one?
Oh.
I don't have anything. You sure she came by?
Give him some space.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Somebody get some help!
Oh.
You've gone over every floor with the dogs, found nothing?
Oh. He was such a good guy.
Do you know what? I'll be right back.
- Hi. - Hey.
Is there anything I can do for you?
- I think I'm just still trying to process. - Sure.
You know what I find works is a nice warm cup of something.
Uh, excu... Young man? What is your name?
Uh, Malcolm.
Malcolm, would you get Nurse Claire a hot cup of-of...
Um.
Black tea would be really nice, actually. Thank you.
Okay. Yeah.
Thank you.
We have combed this hospital, forensic teams, dogs... twice.
We haven't found her, but we will.
I already told the police, but she kept repeating something.
It sounded like "wardex."
"Wardex"?
"Wardex." Sounds like a pesticide.
Did she say anything else? Anything in context?
- No. That was it. - Hmm.
I just keep thinking that it could've been me.
Claire, I find it's much better not to dwell on things like that.
Ta-da!
All right, this is what I prescribe for you:
you go home, you take a shower, you get into bed.
Malcolm, would you drive Claire home?
I don't think it's good for you to be behind the wheel right now.
- Yeah. I'd be happy to. - See?
- Yeah. - Okay.
I'll see you tomorrow. Drive safely.
Oh. Actually, can I meet you in the parking lot?
I just have to grab my stuff.
Sure. I'll, uh, I'll just pull my car around and meet you there.
Okay.
Hey, look, um, don't take too long.
I don't know. This whole thing feels weird to me.
Yeah.
Please don't hurt me.
I wanna help you.
"Alice Taylor."
I cut it off her wrist before the attack.
Wh... Uh, why didn't you just give it to the police? I mean, it looks suspicious.
I forgot I had it until now.
Besides, the police would come back here to pull the file anyways.
We're saving them a step.
Claire, I don't understand why you're doing this.
Because something really weird is happening here.
You mean besides a mad woman running around killing people?
Okay.
At my last job, at Mercy, I... I worked with this group of spinal surgeons.
They were... You know surgeons. Brilliant, arrogant.
Then someone found out that they were charging
Medicare for unnecessary spinal fusion surgeries.
They were leaving their patients in agony.
Yeah, I remember this. It was a big scandal.
For years, I knew they were doing something wrong.
I felt it in my gut,
and I just ignored it.
I thought maybe somebody else would expose them.
And so many people suffered because of me.
I'm getting that same gut feeling now.
Claire, don't you think you're just
maybe a little bit paranoid because of what happened tonight?
I wasn't paranoid at Mercy Hospital.
Her file is here.
But there's nothing. No treatment history, no labs.
And... Wait, that can't be right.
Are we sure it's even the same person?
Patient intake forms. Th-The hard copies in the file room.
Claire... Okay. Why don't we just give the wristband to the police?
I will take you home. I'll even stay the night.
We can order some really spicy...
No. I know myself, and I-I will not be able to sleep.
There's something going on here, and I have to figure out what it is.
Remember when you asked me not to leave you alone?
Now I'm asking.
Okay.
The fuck is she?
Fuck.
The fuck am I doing here?
Jesus.
Okay, we're looking for 1135.
Which way do these files go?
Can I just say right now how much I really don't like this place?
Well, the sooner we find the file, the sooner we can get out of here.
That was her.
Jesus. She looks completely different. What the hell happened to her?
It says she was admitted for squamous cell carcinoma. Skin cancer.
And the attendant orderly was Justin Edwards.
Justin?
Is that why she killed him? He did this to her?
I-I don't know.
"Cause of death: patient expired on operating table."
What? From a skin cancer procedure? That doesn't make any sense.
Hello?
Is someone there?
Hello?
Who's there?
What are you doing?
J-Just looking.
It's a patient transfer form.
She was moved to somewhere called Ward X?
"Ward X"? That-That's what she was trying to tell me.
Why is your signature here as the admitting nurse for Ward X?
Lilly?
I really... I can't... I can't... I can't talk about it.
You knew this whole time?
No, no, no. Not in here. Not in here, please.
I-I can't. I need to get some air.
I can't fucking breathe. Please.
- What is going on? - Hold on.
Thanks.
What the hell?
Uh. Listen, I honestly didn't know.
I didn't know about... about any of this, okay?
- I-I didn't know until tonight. - About what?
What happens in Ward X.
At first, I-I-I honestly... I thought...
I just thought we're helping people, so I just went along with it.
But eventually...
I realized that every patient that went in never came out.
But it was too late.
I knew that if I said anything, that they'd throw me in there as well.
So I just... I kept my mouth shut and looked the other way.
Just like you did at Mercy.
I worked really hard to hide everything, but...
Lilly, be careful...
I honestly thought there wouldn't be a file down there.
I worked so hard to hide everything...
but maybe I deserve this.
You never took Alice's blood samples to the lab.
Wha-What did you do with them? Just throw them away?
You're not gonna let this go, are you?
I'm just trying to do the right thing.
Me too.
Go home, Claire.
While you still can.
No!
Claire!
I've been looking all over for you. Are you okay?
There was a... There was a file.
Lilly, she had a file with her when she... when she fell.
Where is it?
Wait, were you up there with her?
Have you seen it?
Th-Th-There was this guy, an orderly. I saw him by the body.
It looked like he picked something up. It could've been a file.
Did either of you see her jump?
No. But I... I heard her when she was falling.
Every day, I ask people to keep the doors on the roof closed,
but of course they have to have their cigarettes.
What a fucking night!
Do me a favor. Will you go over there to Detective Samuels?
Tell him everything you know.
I'll meet you out front?
Um.
We... We need to talk.
All right. Come on. Let's go to my office.
Come on in.
So, tell me what's happening. I thought you would be home by now.
I was... I was with Lilly, and we were looking into a patient,
um, Alice Taylor, th-the woman who killed Justin.
And we, um, we found this file that said that she came from Ward X.
I know.
- What? - The Springhill Program,
my program, is Ward X.
I... I'm sorry?
You look so befuddled.
Okay, why did you become a nurse?
- I... - It's a simple question.
Just answer it.
I became a nurse to help people, just like everyone else.
Mm-mmm. No, no, no.
There's a more personal reason, a deeper reason.
What is it?
I watched my mother die of cancer.
So you wanna help people avoid the pain you felt.
That is the frustration of cancer treatment.
We're not preventing anything. In most cases, we're just prolonging pain.
But the Springhill Program is on the verge of a major breakthrough.
No more cancer. No more pain.
You are torturing innocent people.
A woman just killed herself out of shame.
You're not ending suffering. You are just causing more of it.
I couldn't agree with you more. What we're doing here is awful.
But the end result... Oh, my goodness! We're gonna save thousands of lives.
Me, you, we can be responsible for that.
You are sick!
Oh, sit down.
No, I'll stand.
- We're not finished here. - Oh, you are finished.
People are gonna know what's going on here.
You're not gonna get away with it...
Shut up! You're not gonna tell anybody about anything.
You...
Just a little pinprick, that's all. It's just a shot.
Will you stop struggling?
That hurts!
Ow! You bitch! You're gonna regret this...
Claire?
Is there any news about my son?
Where is he?
Are you okay?
- Where's your son? - H-He's in surgery.
- They're gonna remove the tumor. - Okay, but which OR is he in?
I-I... What's going on?
Just stay here. I will be right back.
Claire, what are you doing?
They need me in OR 6.
No, you can't go in there!
So, what's your favorite ice cream?
I like ice cream. Do you?
Yeah, I like ice cream, but can my mom come in?
Well, buddy, right now we're sterile in here,
but I promise you, as soon as we're done, she'll be in.
Okay. Here we go, big guy. I need you to relax for me, okay?
- Okay. - Good.
We'll be done before you know it.
Stop!
- Get away from him! - What is this?
- What are you doing here? - I'm taking him out of here!
You're what?
Don't make me hurt you.
Well, this is crazy.
Both of you. Get away from him. Now.
I said get away from him!
Do what she says.
- What do you want? - I told you. I'm getting him out of here.
We can't let you do that.
I know what you're doing here!
Try to stop me and I will cut your throats out!
Just give me a reason.
Hey.
It's okay. Your mom's waiting for you, okay?
- My mom? - Yeah. Let's get out of here.
Okay.
Don't follow us!
Call security.
Security requested in OR 6.
Oh, my God! Claire!
- Stay back! - Claire!
Security requested in OR 6.
- You need to go. - What have you done?
- Do you love your son? - What? Of course I do.
Then you need to get out of here, now. Leave and don't ever come back.
What about his treatment?
There's no treatment. They lied to you. They were gonna kill him.
Go. Go while you still can.
- There she is. - Go!
Get her!
Is that how you escaped?
You got out of your cage, and you climbed through the ducts?
We have to get these people out of here. Where...
Where are the keys?
Hello?
Anybody hear me?
- Malcolm! - Claire!
- Oh, my God. Malcolm. - Claire.
What the fuck is going on? Where are we?
- I don't know. What are you doing here? - Get me out of here!
- How do I... - Help me get out of here!
- Where are the keys? - I don't know.
I'm gonna get you out of here, okay? I just need to find the keys and open...
Look out, Claire! Look out! Claire! No! No!
Get the fuck away from her!
No! Claire! No! Claire!
Claire! No!
Claire?
Can you hear me?
Claire?
I think she's waking up.
Ah!
You're finally awake.
I had to shoot you with 3 cc's of Versed
in order to relax you enough to get you in here.
- I don't feel relaxed. - Oh, no?
Nurse, prepare another 3 cc's for each of them.
No. Please. Please. Don't do this.
Don't kill us.
I don't even know you. Of course I'm not gonna kill you.
Why would I waste two wonderful test subjects?
You can't test anything on us. We don't have cancer.
See, that can be fixed.
Nurse?
- First, you have to be asleep. - Come on, man. No. No, no, no.
Look, don't... I am just a security guard.
I... I'm not important. I'm just a wannabe writer.
I-I'll leave here. You'll never see me again.
I'll move to fucking Nova Scotia.
- You're a writer? - Yeah.
Do you have any final words of inspiration?
You don't have to do this.
That's a little cliché, isn't it? I've heard that one before.
Leave him alone.
I'm not gonna lose my eye. Thank you so much for asking.
How many are down there?
How many have you disfigured and locked in cages?
The ones that you saw down there, they're the lucky ones.
They're cured.
Is that what you tell yourself when you turn them into those things?
That you're the good guy?
I am the good guy.
They came to me with death sentences, and they have lived years because of me.
- As monsters! - No, no, no.
They are not monsters. They are angels. They are blessing me with knowledge.
They allow me to study the side effects. The stiff limbs and the general hostility.
Hostility isn't a side effect. It is targeted towards you.
They are fighting back!
Oh, God.
I feel it washing over me.
Malcolm. It's okay. It's gonna be okay.
- Just look at me. - I'm so scared.
Just look at me.
I just wanna go home.
Nurse.
No! No, no. Stop!
- Stop! - Here comes another angel.
Leave him alone!
All right.
That should take over your liver. Any moment now.
You psycho.
Is the whole hospital in on this?
No, no, no. Just a select few.
Could have been you.
But you're gonna experience an emergency appendectomy,
and you're gonna die from an adverse reaction to the anesthesia.
No, but that's what everyone else is going to think.
No! Stop!
Stop!
No! Stop! No, please stop.
I would relax if I were you.
Alice, what have you done?
Alice!
No! Alice, it's me.
Don't you...
Alice! Stop this! You're acting crazy!
Alice, no. No, no. No!
Thank you, Alice.
Nothing? You didn't hear anything from anyone?
You talked to everyone?
We talked to everyone that was on shift that night.
She's waking up.
Hi, Claire. I'm Detective Samuels. I'm in charge of this investigation.
Feeling well enough to talk?
What happened?
Where's Dr. Nostrum?
You were found unconscious tied to an operating table.
I'm sorry to tell you that Dr. Nostrum and the nurse who was assisting him are dead.
What about Malcolm? The security guard.
They're sending him down the hall for some more tests.
Seeing what can be done.
And Alice?
- Who? - The patient.
We found her wandering the halls with a scalpel.
She didn't obey our command to drop it, so we eliminated the threat.
No, no. She was protecting me.
Dr. Nostrum, he was turning cancer patients into monsters.
You're saying there are more patients like that one?
Yes. They're down in Ward X.
She's delirious. There's no Ward X in this hospital.
No, there is. I'll show you.
I thought you said you eliminated the threat.
We did. We put her down here.
Why are you helping them?
My daughter has leukemia, and I will do anything for her.
You're a police officer. You're... You-You're supposed to protect people.
The way I see it, that's exactly what I'm doing.
No, no!
Someone will notice I'm gone.
I doubt that. We've been doing this for years.
Get off of me!
To the rest of the world, you're as good as dead.
I killed Dr. Nostrum. I-I killed the program.
This program is bigger than any one person.
And we'll continue to test till the cure is perfect.
- You'll be next. - No.
You should be happy. You'll finally be making a difference.
Like you always wanted.
No. No. You can't leave me here, no. Please.
Welcome to Ward X.
No! No! No! No!
Help me, please!