morning.
mmm.
eat me, charles.
i wasn't fired. i was re-assigned.
i seem to recall a rather similar "reassignment" with you, charles.
hey a contract's a contract.
look, if all this about me being late with the crack whore story it's all right here -- and it's gold. i was just about to-
so what then? are we being sued again?
thanks. what is this? general tso's cat?
what is it?
what's the matter? this x-rated or something?
oh, sure. they're generally in their forties, kind of ex-hippy types. they still think jerry garcia is like "really cool" even though he's dead.
you know, sometimes they wear ponytails. dream about how great the sixties were. you see `em in the park sometimes.
no, charles. i've never heard of "deaders."
sits forward in her seat, not quite believing what she's seeing.
holy .  charles.
drops her cigarette as it burns down to her fingers. she stands.
have you called the police on this?
i want to know if you've called the pol.
oh, man, don't tell me that was some special effect.
this is sick.
what the hell.
have you.  have you found any of these.
how could she.
who said they happen there?
that all writers were queers?
maybe they're just getting started.
what else do we have besides the tape?
why charles.
you know me too well.
always.
yes, i ah.
no. i'm looking for my sister. marla chen.
she's my half sister. same mom. different dads. i haven't heard from her in two weeks so i got nervous.
does it always smell like this in here?
look. marla is a friend of mine and she's missing.
i need five minutes in there. then i'll know what i need to know.
she's dead.
dead! she hung herself in the bathroom. call the police.
don't open it. right.
yeah.
you know i don't sleep when i'm working. what do you want, charles?
you know me, i dove right in. i was gonna' call you tomorrow.
you know that's never a good thing charles.
that's what i get paid for.
like what?
okay, charles. i'll make sure it won't be.
charles, i can't do the sensitive thing. i don't know how. i get the message. i knew the message before i got it. okay, mommy? you've had a change of heart? you want me to come home? well i can't. not until i know the truth. so there. you're off the hook. i gotta go.
charles, i get the message. ok? your my editor, not my mommy! charles?
hello? hello?
is joey on this ride?
are you joey?
amy klein. marla chen sent me. i'm looking for a girl named katya. another young girl with red hair and half her head shaved. a guy with glasses named winter.
that's why i'm here. i need you to help me find them.
i think they bring the dead back to life.
who are they? where can i find winter?
where is it?
joey.
if you don't tell me, someone here will.
i'm already into it.
i'm not asking you to.
can't do that. i've got that fucked up self- destructive thing going on.
hey! you hit someone! someone fell in front of the train! hey! hey!
somebody fell.  somebody fell in front of the train.
back there, way back.
and there's nothing there?
hmm?
um, i was standing on the platform.
and, um.  i saw this man standing on the edge of the platform, facing away from it.
it's him.!
it's them! over there, over there!
god damn it, get off of me! get the hell off of me.  get.
least you got to travel. what were they going to charge me with, anyway?
yeah.
why'd you give me this story?
it's real -- or i'm crazy.
i've got leads. i'll know in the end.
i don't see you complaining.
that's for me.
no.
you know, charles, there's something vaguely demonic about you.
no, i didn't know that.
christ.
welcome to club anorexia.
what the.
what the .
stop! please stop! stop this!
you know me.
that was a hell of a way in. makes me think that you don't want.
yes. was it real?
yes.
what is it?
marla warned me about it, about you.
so i shouldn't get on?
what the hell does that mean?
what happened to marla chen? what did you do to her?
she didn't want to become one of you, whatever the hell you are. that's why she killed herself.
that doesn't mean anything. what i saw in that room was real. what i smelled was real. real like this table.
real like, like this hand.
nothing.
i'm not afraid of you.
no, get.  get away.
you're crazy.
it's not real.  it's not real.
hello.
you just can't go too long without hearing my voice.
charles, you know i value your opinion-
- but if there was ever a story i was born to write, this is it.
this isn't like you.
i'm just a little.  fucked in the head. that's all. it's just a funk, but i'm fine. all i need is some sleep.
well, i wish somebody had told me about it.
it's not real.  it's not real.
wake up.  wake up.  wake up.
i'm dreaming, i'm dreaming.  i'm dreaming!
hello, hello? hello? is there anyb.
came with the room. along with the uncomfortable couch.
who are you? why did you do this to me?
then why the hell are you here? why are you in my room?
what.
it's a dream. i'm dreaming.
i don't know what you're talking about.
i'm not a believer.
starting to.
i need.  please.  please help me.
i don't understand. why aren't i dead? or am i? please.
please, help me.
then explain what the hell is going on. why did i have a knife buried in my back? why am i seeing dead people walking around? why is there a guy with pins in his head stopping by in the middle of the night for a chat.
why am i not dead!
the box.
joey?
joey come on. let's get off the train. right now, you and me.
you and me.
why did you do this to me?
why?
what's happening to me?
where?
then why are you here?
no, i don't. i don't know one god damn thing anymore. i just want to go home.
marla what.  what happened to you?
why are you doing this? why am i here?
but why? what it is all for?
what the hell happened?
the blood.
i don't.  i mean i didn't.
hey, charles, charles.  this is the best news i've had in a long time.
what about marla chen? the story?
they found her. you mean the police?
where is she?
no, i guess not.
trapped.
don't quit your day job.
don't drag me into your fantasies charles. please.
mind if i join you?
i can see that, they're lovely.
i'd like that very much.
i'm sorry, you're right.
how do you know my name?
no.  this isn't happening.
marla?
marla! you're alive.
who?
so it is real?
i don't understand.
me.
leave her alone!
i can't.
i can't.
i don't think so.
i didn't want any of this. they used me to open the box. i didn't choose to do anything. amy looks to marla, she's got the fear of god in her. pinhead sees amy looking for help.
please.
i didn't mean to. i only wanted the truth.
what about them?
i didn't give my soul to him.
and i'm not giving it to you.