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M The control group contains scenes of realistic violence and
graphic sexuality. It is intended for mature listeners. In the
field of psychiatric medicine, it was an exciting time, a
time of innovation and discovery, a time when mental health
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institutions struggled to redefine themselves, to become something more than
repositories of the sick. Unorthodox methods and aggressive therapies were
not only permitted, but encouraged. This is a record of
that time. This is the control group. Yes, Dr Hayes,
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I have caring for you showing police. Hello, Okay, have
a seat please. I was wondering if I could ask
your assistance for a little project of mine. Sure, good,
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that'll be all ergery. I'll call you if I need you.
Very good doctor. Through a generous donation from a private
research group, We've got a new audio tape recording system
to help with our therapi is well. We want to
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record certain positive reinforcements for the residents to listen to,
and I thought who better to offer these encouragements than
one of the patients. I've prepared a little script, so
with your cooperation, no, no, no, no need to They're
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they're just words. Okay, yeah, okay, wonderful on the microphones
right there on the desk. If you'll just lean lean
down a little closer, Yeah, a little closer. Yes, put
your script down so you won't shuffle the paper. Yeah.
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That that's it, that's it. Uh. We'll begin when you're ready. Ready.
This is Karen Myers, Wednesday, October four, Take one and
mm hmm. If I am ever to get better, I
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must cooperate with Dr Hayes. God, I can trust Dr
Hayes only when I am healthy again? Well I be released?
And only by fully cooperating with Dr Hayes can I
ever hope to become well again? I have no secrets.
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There is nothing I cannot tell Dr Hayes. How's that? Yeah? Yeah,
let's go again. Let's have a little more feeling. Can
we do that? Sure? Mm hmm. If I am ever
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to get better, I must cooperate with Dr Hayes. I
can trust Dr Hayes. Only when I'm fully healthy again
will I be released, and only by fully cooperating with
Dr Hayes. What's wrong? Why did you stop? Sorry? I
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just um. It took me a moment to really hear
the words and understand. Can I try it one more time? Sure? Um,
If I am ever to get better again, I must
cooperate with Dr Hayes. I can trust Dr Hayes. Only
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when I'm absolutely healthy again will I be released. And
only by fully cooperating with Dr Hayes can I ever
hope to become well again. I have no secrets. There
is nothing I cannot tell Dr Hayes. Yes, that was
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that was You make it sound as though you really
mean it, Karen. Yeah, it just occurred to me as
I as I was saying it. What alternative do I
have but to try to cooperate exactly, But just try
to understand that for reasons that I can't explain, there
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Don't let the wheel catch on the threshold, Bay, Okay,
I'll set the door. Thank you, Karen. Try not to
jos it's a it's a delicate piece of it. I
got it. See, let's roll it into the sleep room. Yes, ma'am,
that would be great. You want to go back to
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whatever it was you were doing. Thank you, Gras. I'll
put it in the sleep room. I appreciate its morning. Girls.
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What have we got going around here? Puzzle? What's that? Irene?
It's a Jagsaw puzzle. Jesus Christ, I can see it's
at Jakesaw puzzles. It's Versil. That's a big one. Must
be a thousand pieces there. What's gonna be Versailles? I think, well,
sure it will be a pretty one. Good luck with that.
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You can help if you want. Do you want to
sit down? Graph? Put it back? What I saw? What
you did? Put it back? Mind your own. You took
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one of the puzzle pieces and put it in your pocket.
That's not funny. Put it back. It's not funny. Now
the look on their faces when they see their puzzle,
all nine hundred and nine nine pieces of it, that'll
be funny. I'm telling Ms. Gerdrey, just hold your horses
for a minute. Charlotte, of what are hurting me? I
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didn't mean no harm. It was just a joke. Here
take the puzzle piece. Okay, it's not easy t day today.
You're not even supposed to be here. Graph Well, I
wouldn't Virgery asked me to come down and help you
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look nice today. Charlotte, all rosie, I'm telling this Virgery
all right. Come on, Charlotte, you got me all wrong.
If you just take the time to get to know me,
you'd see you've got a lot of comments. You and me,
you and I. We just got to get to know
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each other like Chinese. Really well, unless i'm miss sweeding
a little handsome, then dropping looks you can do your
friends at home. No, you couldn't be more wrong. Give
me a chance. I'm a married woman. Grad is that effect? Yes?
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It is? And where's your wedding ring? I'm not saying that.
Maybe there's a you know, we're not supposed to wear
jewelry or articles of value without that ring on. Technically
you're single? Would like that? Leave me alone? Okay? Please,
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I'm serious. Would you please not talk to me like that?
It makes me It just is not right. I wasn't trying.
Oh yes you were. You know you were. Friends are
going to be I don't need to be rude. I'm sorry,
but really you should be talking to someone like Karen
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marm She knows how to She's more of the kind
of girl you'd be interested in anyway, Karen, she was
right here. I just saw no. I held the gate
open when I brought her. Karen, Miss Vergery, what is it?
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Graph Wait? Why are you still on the ward? I
think we got a rabbit on our hands? What? Who
isn't see anyone? Karen, Karen, Charlotte, will you check the
washroom for me? Graphra, Please please look and see that
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the dormitory is locked and empty. Yes, ma'am. Karen Myers,
come to the nurses station. Please, Karen to the nurses station.
She's not in the labatory, Miss Bersery, Yeah, Barbe call
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security and keep your eyes peeled. One of our patients
has slipped out. We think we're not sure Karen may
have gotten out. Karen Myers. She's small, thin, dark hair,
pale complexion. Yes, just now, maybe three minutes ago. I know,
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I know, but she's clever and eager to leave. Sure, sure, thanks,
Barbara's locked tight, Thank you, grant. She can't be far
no way. She made it to the entrance gate all right,
So if they lock it down like they should, she'll
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be tramping. All right, all right, everyone, we'll see what
security says, and then we'll make a clean sweep of
the ward. I can get it for you. You know,
I think it's best if we let security. It's all
the same. I'll go out living for grab. Don't you
want my helper? Don't you nothing at all? And they
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come through the operations building garage. I know, I know.
I'm just throwing out ideas, hoping this someplace we've overlooked.
Who's that? Is that her? No? Or it helps us? Yeah?
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Yeah yeah, call me when you have her. I'll be here. Yes,
I know she's a forensic guy. Yeah, I also know
she shouldn't be here. It was a state's brite idea
to put a possible murderer in our award. It wasn't mine.
Yeah yeah, yeah, goodbye, Graph anything Graph, Please put the
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plunger back into the washroom and go back upstairs to seaward.
Call you if there are any new developments. Nobody has
any idea where she might be. No, we've tried everything.
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The greenhouse. What's that well that I told care about?
The green house? It would be a great place to
hide greenhouse, Dr Hayes. I think I don't bother him
with your silly hunches. I'm sure she'd never go up there.
Just to make sure, I think I'll run up there
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and have a look around. Just keep quiet about all this.
She could be dangerous. I think I can handle it
ending up m car. You can trust the I don't
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call it different kilt anymore. The part people gonna go.
Girl can't bring you a blanket, cock up a coffee
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and after that, hey, I'll give you a lift end
of town and a bus ticket to wherever it is
you're from, or wherever the hell is you born to go?
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Fat fool did in. So unless you can sprout wings
and fly through the open roof, I suggest you come quietly,
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let me take your back. Okay, what do you say?
Go on now? Okay, look I'll go, I'll go. What
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m you submit? You shut your mouth and submit, Aura.
So it's just do me right now and the moonlight,
of course, all alone. So I'm gonna give you two options,
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and I think you know what those are. Do you
want Option number or option number two? H M? What's
it gonna be for trying to say? What I'm bleeding
you a little. Now you have two choices. Come after
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me again without puncher, and I'll cut you again, only
this time it'll be your throat. You can run home
to daddy, go whimpering dog. Go ahead and try it.
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I'll got you wide open. He sit came from a greehouse.
Next time, save the speech. So we're gonna get down
to it whenever you're ready to watch up. She's dangerous.
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Remember this. The next time Hayes puts you under, I'll
be there and here I see if she got the
hell out of my face? You better dry your weapons.
Grath is that her? I'm coming out. I'm coming out.
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Don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. Okay, go down seeing
your dreams. Tough girl. Dr Hayes. I have Mr summer
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Hill on one. Thanks bart Hey, he's here. Heard you
have a little trouble down there last night. Hey? Everything okay?
You did? How? Oh? You know? We like to keep
an eye on our different projects to protect our investment.
You might say, everything's fine. We had a patient try
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to escape but you didn't get far. Was it our
Was there a criminal case? That's right? Should we be concerned?
But really this ward was not intended to house forensic
cases or a hospital, not a prison. And we're as
shorthanded as it is. What be helpful to you if
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you could hire some more additional staff. Definitely, Since you're
now juggling projects on our behalf, it only makes sense
that we should contribute. Would that be possible, Anything is possible.
Drays look into it. Let us know the cost. Okay,
I'll get right on it. Oh, I'm sorry, that's all right,
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VERGERI come in happy to help talk to you soon.
By now you look happy. Good news. May have gotten
funding approval to hire additional staff. That is good news
as it is. So, how's Karen badly bruised? But nothing broken?
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Sudden cuts from the glass at the greenhouse? She must
have resisted Grass well, she may have. We'll just have
to watch both of them more carefully. Actually, I have
a solution for the time being, since we've recorded her
psychic driving tape. I want to put her under put
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her in the sleep room right after to day z
C t Okay, very well. And on that note, Charlotte, yes, sir, well,
apparently she's the one who told Grath where to find Karen. Really, yes,
she's very perceptive. I mean, she's very aware of her
changing status within the ward. Healthy amount of jealousy and
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rivalry towards Karen. Not sure how healthy, but I agree
I would call her behavior stable and consistent. Would you
agree I would? Pretty soon, we'll have an extra nurse
on the ward and won't have to rely on Charlotte
as our trustee. I'm thinking we should excuse Charlotte from
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e C T to day and start prepper rations to
reintroduce her to the world. Oh, she'll be very excited
to hear that. Thanks, she will. I don't say anything
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