Original Script for Episode One
Episode One: The Head
Hayward Sanitarium
Episode One: "The Head"
1992 by Mathew Baucco and David Johnson
SECOND DRAFT
The Cast
Dermott O'Brien- Irish researcher, presently in the Sanitarium as a patient.
Richard Atwater- Psychiatrist recently transferred to the sanitarium.
Mrs. Delmore- Innkeeper in New Bristol, Maine
Chester- Sanitarium Groundskeeper (heavy New England Accent)
Halley Brooks- Research Associate at the Sanitarium
Agnes -Hauptmann's Secretary
Dr. Karl Hauptmann- Administrator of the Sanitarium (german accent, old, confined to wheelchair)
Dr. Malcolm MacCleod-Chief Medical Supervisor at the Sanitarium (scottish)
Claude Matignon- French Archivist at Sanitarium
Dr. Gordon Fawkes -British Psychiatrist; colleague of Atwater's
Robert -An orderly
Train conductor
Motel Clerk
Dunwich Crossing Librarian
Dunwich Crossing Official
Rachael - An organist and murder victim
1SFX: Jungle sounds... drums chants etc...footsteps to halt....tape recorder button click
2 DERMOTT O'BRIEN: Research expedition number fourteen-- Haiti, Dermott O'Brien, field researcher. It's...ahhh... (pause) 11:54 pm on Thursday, April 30, 1992. I've been observing the ritual for about twenty minutes now. The cult is gathered in a clearing about 150 meters square. I am observing from a point about 15 meters back in the surrounding jungle to the south of the clearing itself. I will remain in this position as long as I feel I am safe from discovery. The participants are dancing around a large bonfire in a semi-circle moving counter-clockwise... the dance is analogous to several other standard spring-fertility dances found in the Creole region rituals... make a note to self for reference of Saint Cloud, volume four. Otherwise this appears to be a run of the mill Voodoo ritual... The cult is rather.... now hold it just a second... what's this... An old man with white face paint in an old military uniform and a top hat is bringing something to the central altar, located just west of the fire. It appears to be a box of some sort, wrapped in coarse cloth... he's bringing it out of the wrappings... it is a box, wooden it looks like... he's opening it as the dancers begin to circle the altar to the north of it... his back is to me... dammit you old fart, get out of the way... I can't see a bloody thing. Oh now, this is a new twist to be sure...
3SFX: change in drumming and chanting for more intensity. One voice above others in a weird howl.
There's a new trick in the repertoire, a talking skull. The old man is holding it by the hair and it's bellowing like a banshee... a pretty bit of ventriloquism, I'd say. The more I look at that old man, though... there's something about him that reminds me.... if only I could get a better look...
4SFX: Running feet coming closer. Shotgun blast. Drop the tape recorder. scuffle scream (Dermott... adlib.)
5Music Theme
6 ANNOUNCER: There are some areas of the human mind, and indeed of the world we live in, that were never meant for investigation. There are always those who delve into the darker worlds of knowledge, and many pay with their sanity for their interest. Some of these unfortunates are taken in by the Hayward Foundation, an organization that studies paranormal experiences and their effects on humanity. It is cases such as these that are sent to a restored mansion in a small coastal town in Maine, a center for the care and study of the insane. Since the 1920's this place has been known as...The Hayward Sanitarium.
7SFX: slight din kitchen and eating clatter.
8 MRS. DELMORE: Would you like me to warm up that cup for you now, Doctor?
9 R. ATWATER: Thank you, Mrs. Delmore, don't mind if I do.
10 MRS. DELMORE: Are you all set to begin working up at the sanitarium?
11 ATWATER: I suppose I am, I guess it's never easy starting over again in a new place. I do want to thank you for letting me stay at the bed and breakfast while they're remodeling my house.
12 MRS. DELMORE: Well, think nothing of it, there really won't be any more tourists til the snow falls and folks come up from the cities for skiing... in fact, the state the old Hammond place was in... it just might be until then that you can move in anyhow.
13 ATWATER: (chuckles) It certainly looked charming on the realtor's report in Boston. I guess they left a few things out of the description.
14 MRS. DELMORE: I'm sure they did.... well, from what you told me, you're being transferred here put you in quite a pinch to get any place you could find.
15 ATWATER: Well, actually I offered to take the late Doctor Bailey's post, it was just a lucky coincidence that we both specialized in abnormal psychology... I really felt the need to get out of the city when my wife passed away, and the foundation was very understanding in assigning me to the center here in Maine.
16 MRS. DELMORE: Well, I guess I'm just one of the folks around here who will never really understand what they do... and honestly I don't care for all of 'em bein' up there, but as long the locks are good an' tight, I got nothing to complain about... but listen to me talk... don't you pay me no mind, Doctor, I'm pleased as punch to have met you an' have you stayin' on. I'm sure you'll like it here, New Bristol is one o' the finest places to live on the whole Seaboard.
17 ATWATER: I suppose I should get going... first day and all, I guess I want to make a good impression with the old gents who run the place. Well, I'll see you tonight, Mrs. Delmore, good bye.
18 MRS. DELMORE: Bye now, Doctor, best of luck.
19 Music 20SFX car pulling up and stopping car door footsteps on gravel..... birds chirping etc.
21 ATWATER: Excuse me, is all right for me to park here?
22 CHESTER: Well, visitor parking is off yonder to there...
23 ATWATER: Oh, no... I'm not a visitor, I'm Dr. Richard Atwater, the new staff psychologist... I'm replacing Dr. Bailey, I called ahead to say I would arrive today.
24 CHESTER: Oh, of course.. it plumb slipped my mind, I reckon there aren't too many visitors at this place, anyway. I'm Chester, I take care o' the grounds and do any fixin' as it comes up. I suppose that's where all the others park, you might as well, too.
25 ATWATER: Well Chester, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance... I'm going to head up, I think I see someone coming to meet me...
26 CHESTER: That'll be Miss Brooks, she's one of the research fellows, but I wouldn't call her that, if'n I were you, she's a strong minded woman, if you take my meaning.
27 ATWATER: Well she looks nice enough to me.
28 CHESTER: Oh, she's kind enough on the eyes, but mind underneath it lies a proper hellcat, why just last week.... ohhhh... mornin' Miss Brooks.
29 SFX gravel footsteps
30 HALLEY BROOKS: Good morning to you too, Chester, how's the tree surgery coming?
31 CHESTER: Oh it looks like we might pull the old elm through after all.... I think we can get by with only losing a few of the major limbs before snowfall.
32 BROOKS: That's good to hear, this place wouldn't be the same without it. And you must be the renowned Dr. Atwater....
33 ATWATER: I'm happy to meet you, Ms. Brooks.. is it?
34 BROOKS: Dr. Halley Brooks, Sociology. I'd better take you upstairs, the Administrators wanted to meet you as soon as you got in. See you later, Chester.
35 CHESTER: Goodday miss... sir.
36 SFX footsteps gravel
37 BROOKS: Chester's a great old guy, but be careful, he'll talk your ear off if you give him half a chance. He's been here longer than almost anyone... his grandfather planted that tree. I think he couldn't take it if it had to be cut down. Did you have a good trip up from the city?
38SFX door footsteps inside now
39 ATWATER: Oh, fine... fine. I've been here a few days, trying to get settled, but I'm having a few problems with the house I bought, I don't think any one has lived there since the Mayflower put into port. (ha ha)
40 BROOKS: Right... 41SFX gate opening and closing of an old elevator I guess you'll have to get used to not having all the conveniences of city life... especially here. I'm sure you'll find every thing a bit more primitive.
42 ATWATER: Well, I've had my fill of Boston...
43 BROOKS: How is your family taking the move?
44 ATWATER: Actually, my wife passed away recently, and my daughter is with my parents until I can send for her.
45 BROOKS: Oh.... I'm very sorry to hear that
46SFX elevator opens, short footsteps, typewriter Agnes, this is Dr. Atwater....
47 AGNES: Of course, They're inside.
48 SFX resumes typing Doors opening
49 HAUPTMANN: I am expecting Atwater any minute now. I will expect you all to treat him with the respect befitting our mutual profession.
50 MACCLEOD: I just think its damned strange, sending a young lad here to the Hayward retirement home for aged scholars...
51 BROOKS: Ahem... Gentlemen, Dr. Atwater.
52 HAUPTMANN: Ahhh, Dr. Atwater, I have been greatly looking forward to our meeting. I am Professor Karl Hauptmann, the administrator of this facility.
53 ATWATER: It's a very great honor to meet you, sir. I've read your treatise on chemical imbalances as a major cause of catatonic schizophrenia.
54 HAUPTMANN: I hope you found my humble efforts worthy of your time, Doctor. Now, permit me to introduce the rest of my staff. Here on my right is the noted expert on corrective neurosurgery and our chief medical supervisor, Dr. Malcolm McCleod.
55 MCCLEOD: Doctor Atwater.
56 ATWATER: A pleasure, Doctor.
57 HAUPTMANN: On my left is our Archivist, Claude Matignon.
58 ATWATER: Pleased to meet you, sir.
59 MATIGNON: The pleasure is mine.
60 HAUTMANN: And these are the two other psychiatrists you will be working with, Doctors Chandler and Fawkes.
61 ATWATER: Gentlemen.
62 HAUPTMANN: Dr. Brooks will show you to your office so that you can get settled in. I am sure you are anxious to orient yourself here. Dr. Brooks has graciously volunteered to assist you with meeting the rest of the staff. I am sure you are aware that one of your most important functions here will be to interview and monitor the field researchers after expeditions.
63 ATWATER: Yes sir, my old supervisor gave me the full details on my duties. I must take over the care of Dr. Bailey's patients, handle the psychological evaluations of field operatives, and coordinate with Dr. McCleod on the medical care of all the patients here at the sanitarium.
64 FAWKES: I believe that your extensive work with sleep disorders and dreaming will be most helpful in dealing with some of our, er, harder cases.
65 HAUPTMANN: Since you already seem to understand your duties here, I will not keep you any longer. Feel free to call on me at any time for assistance, and I will meet with you later to see how you are doing.
66 BROOKS: Well, doctor, shall we go?
67 ATWATER: Of course. Goodbye, gentlemen.
68 ALL: Good bye, Doctor Atwater.
69 Musical sting
70 SFX door knock
71BROOKS: I just thought I'd see how you were getting along. Get moved in easy enough?
72 ATWATER: Oh yes, not really much to it.... just a few things.
73 BROOKS: I see... is this a picture of your daughter?
74 ATWATER: Yes, she'll be four in March.
75 BROOKS: She looks a lot like your wife... (pause) uh... hey, you brought this computer up from the city, huh.? I don't think half the codgers up there have even seen one... ummm... are you starting in on cases tomorrow?
76 ATWATER: Yes... I'm trying to orient myself around Bailey's files right now so I can get a feel for what's going on.
77 BROOKS: You shouldn't have to worry about the research staff for a while, most are out in the field, and those of us who are in are working on data from the summer, so we all got shrunk when we first came in.
78 ATWATER: I take it you're not fond of counseling after you do your field research?
79 BROOKS: Not at all! It's an insult to our character to think that we aren't stable and intelligent enough to withstand the pressures in the field.
80 ATWATER: Oh, I don't know... some of the research done around here involves some pretty intense things that really do need to be talked out. No one is psychologically invulnerable to all trauma. Take the case in this file I was looking at when you came in... this individual was once employed by our foundation and his breakdown is most definitely related to an experience in the field...
81 BROOKS: Oh, you mean Dermott...
82 ATWATER: Yes, Dermott O'Brien. Did you know him very well?
83 BROOKS: We worked together at the center in London, but never on the same project or anything
84 ATWATER: What was he like?
85 BROOKS: He seemed very wild, like he was always rushing around trying to accomplish something. He was very funny sometimes, when he was in a talkative mood.
86 ATWATER: I see. According to his file, he was almost remanded to a clinic several times, but the excellent quality of his work led the supervisors to overlook his temperament. Perhaps if he had been treated sooner, he wouldn't be in the shape he is now.
87 BROOKS: Well, I don't see how you could expect someone who grew up in the middle of a war zone like Belfast to be stable anyway. Rumor has it he was in the IRA before coming to work for the foundation.
88 ATWATER: It says here he lived in Belfast with an Uncle Shamus until he was about seventeen, then went to Trinity College in Dublin, where he took degrees in Religious Studies and Philosophy. He graduated well in the top ten percentile of his classmates.
89 BROOKS: If I remember correctly, he mentioned spending some time in Angola researching African religions. That was right before he joined the Foundation, I think.
90 ATWATER: There are several gaps in the record. I wonder what he was doing that he didn't want the foundation to know about?
91 BROOKS: Will you be seeing him soon.
92 ATWATER: Hopefully first thing tomorrow. He sounds like an interesting case.
93 BROOKS: Well, be careful. I'm told that he can be quite violent at times. He never went into the field unarmed, and there are those who questioned his scholarly method, if you take my meaning, doctor.
94 ATWATER: I'm sure everything will be fine. Well, I suppose I should read some more of these files before I go home for the day.
95 BROOKS: Well, I'll see you later then.
96 SFX Rustling papers
97 ATWATER: (Distracted) Yeah, sure, see ya.
98 Music
99 SFX stairsteps, somewhat hollow, as if in a basement.
100 ORDERLY: Good morning, Doctor, we have O'brien in the consultation room. He seems to be pretty calm today.
101 ATWATER: Thanks, Robert, why don't you wait here.
102 ORDERLY: Would you rather I was inside with you?
103 ATWATER: No, I don't expect any trouble.
104 SFX Door opening and closing
105 DERMOTT: So, here's my new head doctor, come to see if I've gone any further around the bend.
106 ATWATER: Good morning to you to, Mr. O'Brien. I'd just like to take some time to get acquainted with you, since we will be spending so much time together.
107 DERMOTT: What's to know? I'm a blithering lunatic, isn't that what my file says?
108 ATWATER: Your file does say that your last case went rather badly. It says that after your retrieval from Haiti, your next assignment was a routine research expedition to Dunwich Crossing, Massachusetts. Something about the witch trials, wasn't it?
109 DERMOTT: Yeah, that's right, though I wouldn't say it was routine.
110 ATWATER: Uh huh... you burned down a church, killed one person and seriously wounded a Massachusetts State Trooper before you were arrested.
111 DERMOTT: Well, I'll not deny that I did those things, nor will I say that I was completely sane at the time, but I have no regrets.
112 ATWATER: Why not?
113 DERMOTT: Because I was trying to save the damned town, and myself, of course. There was a great evil in that church.
114 Atwater: It says in the file that there was evidence that you were tortured in Haiti after you were captured by the cult. Do you think that has anything to do with what you saw in the church?
115 DERMOTT: No. I saw what I saw.
116 ATWATER: Well, why don't you tell me what happened in your own words, then?
117 DERMOTT: All right then, it's like this. After I got back from Haiti the Foundation wanted to give me a nice, quiet project to ease me back into the job. It was supposed to be a routine record gathering assignment on the Witch trials in Massachusetts, particularly records dealing with a seventeenth century warlock named Elias Devin. So, I hopped onto a train from Boston to a little town called Dunwich Crossing.
118 SFX Train whistle fading into the distance, heavy rain, occasional thunder.
119 CONDUCTOR: Here's your stop, sir. Have a pleasant stay.
120 DERMOTT: Thanks. Do you know if there's a hotel in this town?
121 CONDUCTOR: That would be the Dunwich Inn, sir, just up this road here.
122 DERMOTT: Thanks again.
123 SFX Train receding into the distance, rain, and disembarking noises
124 DERMOTT: Christ, talk about the sticks.
125 *DERMOTT: It was a wet five minute walk to the so-called "inn". It was really an old motel. It took a while to get a hold of the clerk.
126 SFX Bell ringing
127 CLERK: I'm coming, I'm coming, just hold your britches.
128 DERMOTT: I need a room.
129 CLERK: All right, here's the key to number 4, that'll be 30 bucks... check out is at noon.
130 *DERMOTT: I moved in and went to bed more or less right away. The next morning I had breakfast at the local diner and went to the library to start working. The stacks didn't have anything besides the usual stuff, so I asked the librarian for some assistance into the archives.
131 LIBRARIAN: Can I help you, young man?
132 DERMOTT: I hope so, ma'am. I'm trying to find some records dealing with the witch trials in this area. I tried the stacks, but I haven't found anything like what I'm looking for. Do you have anything in the rare books collection that I could see?
133 LIBRARIAN: I'm afraid that everything we have is on the shelves, sir.
134 DERMOTT: Well, where would I look to find any records dealing with a man named Elias Devin? My research on him has lead me here.
135 LIBRARIAN: Elias Devin? We don't have anything like that. Try town hall.
136 DERMOTT: Thank-you, ma'am... you've been most helpful
137 *DERMOTT: I headed to the town hall that afternoon.... I couldn't shake the feeling that the old librarian was covering up something or just giving me a brush off...
138 OFFICIAL: No sir I'm afraid that the specific kind of records that you're interested aren't here..
139 DERMOTT: But the librarian referred me here, saying that all the primary records from the founding of the town had moved to the hall here.
140 OFFICIAL: That's true sir, but the particular documents that you are looking for were lost in a fire, in about1840 when the old town hall was lost in the big blaze that swept through town... I reckon they tried to save as much as they could... but what can you do?
141 DERMOTT: uh, yeah... well good day sir..
142 *ATWATER: Sounds like it was a dead end. What did you do next?
143 *DERMOTT: Well, faith man, I did the only thing I could do... I went for a bite. It turns out that all wasn't lost though.... that was where I met Rachael.
144 *ATWATER: That would be the organist mentioned here...
145 *DERMOTT: Ummm... yes... I was having a little evening libation... thinking that I had run out of options and that the foundation had sent me up the primrose path when this young lass who was working the till started talkin' to me.... I was at the counter and I guess she was kinda curious about me, bein' a stranger and all...
146 RACHAEL: Good evening, sir... will you be wanting another cup of tea?
147 DERMOTT: I suppose so, unless ya got anything stronger behind that shelf there...
148 RACHAEL: (giggles) Oh no, sir.... you won't find anything like that in this town...We don't get a lot o' tourist's up this way... ya mind if I ask what you're doing in these parts?
149 DERMOTT: I was trying to find some information in the town records.
150 RACHAEL: I imagine no one's been real helpful, 'eh?
151 DERMOTT: Well, I've never known a small town to take kindly to outsiders poking around.
152 RACHAEL: I guess not.... I've lived here all my life, and that's the way it is...I suppose that when everybody knows everybody, you get kinda uneasy about strangers comin' in.
153 DERMOTT: You're right about that, but folks usually aren't quite this shy.
154 RACHAEL: Hey, you're from Boston, aren't ya?
155 DERMOTT: Most recently, yes.
156 RACHAEL: Do you think there would be any work for a musician? I'm playing organ for the church now, but I'm thinkin' about moving up there.
157 DERMOTT: Well, I'm not a musician, so I wouldn't know about that...I saw that church down the road, is that where you play?
158 RACHAEL: Yep, that's the one... it's actually an old puritan meeting house, one of the few buildings to survive the great fire. It must be a monument or something.... you should go look at it before you leave town, they really have kept it up.
159 *DERMOTT: We kept up with the small talk, and she got around to mentioning that she was actually going to the church when she got off work to practice for the next service. It took some convincing, but I managed to invite myself along. I told her I'd really like to hear her play, but I was actually interested in getting at the church records. If what she said was correct, the church was more likely to have the information I was looking for concerning Devin. She was right about the church itself... it certainly looked like the Puritans had built it, and it was remarkably well kept... I was afraid that it had been rebuilt, but she assured me that regular restoration had taken place and most of it was original.
160 SFX Organ music (Rock of ages... well played)
I sat and listened for a while, as long as I had to... before I slipped out to look for the church's archives. The preacher's annex didn't have much... more than anywhere else, and enough to confirm my suspicions that there were those in the town trying to keep me away from what I was looking for, either out of fear or shame or just plain stubbornness.
161 *ATWATER: Then what happened?
162 *DERMOTT: Well, I exhausted the records in the annex rather quickly.... but they just didn't go back far enough. I was beginning to think that the earliest records were lost when the church switched denominations...but then I saw the door.
163 *ATWATER: What door was that?
164 *DERMOTT: A heavy old door, with wrought hinges... it was on the back wall where the tall bookshelves had obscured it from my sight when I first came into the room. It was locked, a heavy padlock and hasp had been affixed to it. Picking the lock was not an obstacle, except for a legal one. I listened to see if Rachael was still occupied before I ventured to open it, feeling no threat of discovery, I went ahead. The dank air nearly bowled me over as it opened up. I felt along the wall for a light switch... The fieldstone masonry was wet with condensation, I only searched a bit before realizing that this was the church's original foundation, and hadn't been wired for electricity.
165 SFX Match striking. fade organ back up
I improvised a light source and headed down the stairs, testing each step carefully.
166 SFX Creaking stairs. heavy reverb.... water drip
At the bottom of the stairs was a hurricane lamp. After I cleared the cobwebs away, I found it had some oil left and lit it
167 SFX match... lantern noise
That was when I got my first look at the place. There were old wooden trunks that held some musty hymnals in one corner, in another was a dusty shaker table and chair. Some boxes held old choir robes that had definitely seen better days. I'd say it had been years since any man had set foot down here. There was one trunk that was locked. I thought it strange... the lock was so rusted that it nearly crumbled in my hand.
168 (SFX)
Upon opening it, I discovered several dust covered leather bound volumes.... ahh, yes.. it seemed not all the records had been lost. I took them to the table and sat down. I rushed through them to find what I was looking for.... It was there in the third volume; " Elias Devin, convicted of commerce with the devil, found guilty and sentenced to be burned at the stake." I read on. It appeared that he had been a very wealthy farmer in this area. He had prospered while others had barely scratched a living from the rocky soil... plagued by blights and misfortune. His jealous neighbors finally had him arrested for witchcraft and speedily tried and convicted him. On the eve of his scheduled burning, he escaped with the help of the jailer's daughter. They found the girl some days later in a wooded hollow, dead... her body had been horribly mutilated as if in some satanic ritual. Though the ensuing manhunt covered two counties, Elias Devin was never seen again, alive or dead. It was all there; deeds, records and genealogies, depositions... every piece I needed and more, hand written and dated November 1, 1683. I turned the yellowed pages one by one, searching for more.... Until I found the head....(starts breaking up) staring at me, gloating. Someone had made a woodcut of the thing, black ink against yellow parchment. Its hair like coal black flame atop the high furrowed brow.... underneath...its eyes... Its hollow, feral eyes filled with malignant mockery, burning into my mind.... suggesting foul and evil thoughts. That sneering smile cracking across the tight lips...
169 SFX Faint echo of jungle wail
it was laughing at me, cackling, screaming with unholy mirth...
170 SFX Approaching footsteps
171 RACHAEL: Mr. O'brien! You're not supposed to be here!
172 DERMOTT: Something was blocking the only way out, cutting off my escape from the head. Some dark figure with outstretched arms, trying to grab me, claw me, take me with it to whatever hell it came from. It was screaming at me, while the head continued its evil, seductive litany. I couldn't breathe, couldn't move, my heart felt like it was bursting. I had to get out of there.... had to flee from the head and its minion.
173 SFX Chanting, drumming(faintly) heartbeat, screaming and whispering
174 RACHAEL: Are you all right? Should I call a doctor?
175 DERMOTT: The dark shape pressed closer and closer, pushing me backwards towards the head 176 SFX chair falling. I couldn't think of anything else to do, I couldn't think at all. I did what I had to do.
177 SFX Rachael's voice, as Dermott hears it... affected Shotgun blast
178 ATWATER: Is that when you shot the girl?
179 DERMOTT: Yes.... (pauses) All of a sudden it was quiet. Rachel's body lay before me, bloody. I suddenly realized my mistake, and bent over her to see if I could do anything.
180 ATWATER: But she was dead, wasn't she?
181 DERMOTT: Yes... She was..... I saw what I had done to her, and slumped against the wall. Her blood slowly ebbed from her body, pooling on the stone floor. I tried to get myself together. My first instinct was to run. I was certain the gunshot had attracted attention. I decided to go upstairs. I turned around to get the book, but the head... it was still there, grinning even more maliciously at me. I heard a sound from behind me...
182 SFX rises again
the girl... she was getting up off the floor... but I had killed her! I know I did! The corpse began to lurch towards me, still trying to do the head's bidding... I threw the lamp at the book... anything to stop that wailing... the flames devoured the brittle pages, moving on quickly to the table and soon consumed the entire room until it was like a burning Hell. She was still coming... nothing stopped her. The Flames licking at her feet, slowly coming for me.... that bloody evil grin and the fire in her eyes..... There's a girl lying there on the floor... I see her, I have to get her out of here.... That witch can't get to her.... The poor jailer's daughter...she's set him free again and look at what he did to her...The head, the eyes burning...it's over ... no... hope...There's no safe place.... Can't you see... He's here!.... in the flames....That burning face... I've got to run... get away... Jesus, they're everywhere... 183 SFX Footsteps..... warped organ music ....the whole place is a burning Hades... There's no way out...oh god.... save me... save me... (etc. fades to complete raving and screaming.)
184 ATWATER: Orderly! Orderly! Help! Quickly, man! hurry! 185 SFX Door, running Restrain the patient.....
186 SFX Scuffle, O'brien is incoherently raving now... his voice fades as he is removed
187 ORDERLY: (Breathy) Are you all right, Dr. Atwater? Why didn't you let come in with you... he's just not safe to be...
188 ATWATER: Yes, Robert, I'm fine... order Mr. O'Brien a clinical dosage of thorazine and place a man at the door to watch him until he is calmer.... page me if anything happens.. 189 SFX Footsteps
190 ORDERLY: Yes, Doctor, right away, but what about you.... are you going to be
192 SFX Door closing
193 Music
194 SFX dictiphone turning on
195 ATWATER: My first session with Dermott O'brien has left me with much to ponder..... Clearly, the foundation rushed him back into the field too quickly after he was retrieved from captivity at the hands of the Haiti cult. His apprehension by state agents in Massachusetts after the Dunwich Crossing affair was quite fortunate, as I am sure the traumas he suffered could have driven him to further violent episodes. He appears quite lucid and intelligent, but the strain to maintain control is clear... the slightest spark can trigger a memory a set him off. The head mentioned in today's session is possibly a reference to some image ingrained by the cult. It is a shame that most of O'brien's field notes of that expedition and the Dunwich crossing trip are as yet unrecovered.... I am sure they would provide invaluable help.... I look forward to future sessions with him... maybe in the future using hypnosis to reach some of the deeper blocked memories and feelings.
196 SFX click
197 music out
198 Announcer: Place credits here... Hayward Sanitarium is a Last Minute Production.