you should eat. eating is normal. you got to do everything you can to look normal. that's the only chance you've got. besides, you'll need the strength.
my name's carol dexter. what's yours?
finish it all. i know it's hard, but you have to try. lunch isn't as bad. close, but not as --
yeah, that always works. i heard them talking. you're here on a code twelve, police action. the doctors, the staff, they figure that if the police sent you here, there must be a good reason for it.
yeah? how? the more you try to act sane, the crazier you start to look. if you smile too much, you're delusional or stifling hysteria. if you don't smile, you're depressed. if you're neutral you're emotionally withdrawn and potentially catatonic.
i have. don't you get it? you're code twelve. so am i. we're here for the same reason. we pissed off the cops.
what, you thought you were the only one? the lady over there was married to a cop who kept beating her up. when she tried to tell somebody, they sent her here. and that one? the police beat the crap out of her brother, broke both his arms. when she complained to the papers, they picked her up and.
i. work nights. i mean, i work nights. downtown. in some of the clubs. you know.
this one client started hitting me, and he wouldn't stop. so i filed a complaint. turns out he was a cop. next thing i know, i'm here.
you're kidding right? hey, everybody knows women are fragile, right? they're all emotions, no logic, nothin' goin' on upstairs. and sometimes, like when they say something that's a little, y'know, inconvenient. they just go fucking nuts, pardon my french. if we're insane, nobody has to listen to us. i mean, who are you going to believe, some crazy woman trying to destroy the integrity of the force, or a police officer? then once they get us in here, we either learn to behave, and shut up, or -- or you don't go home. or you go home like that.
better finish up your oatmeal. want to look sane for the doctors. then i want to hear what they nailed you for.
wanted. to. felt. good.
i lost. two babies. to back alley doctors. no choice.  never had. the chance. to fight for them. you do. don't stop.
fuck them. and the horse. they rode in on.
hell, yeah. there are times. that's exactly the right thing to say.
when you've got. nothing left to lose.
you're getting out?
how --
christine, don't be stupid, get out of here fast in case they change their mind.
you are crazy.
i knew you'd come. i knew you'd come back. i knew you'd come.