The In Between

Welcome back to the world of the living.

So?

Good morning, Tessa. I'm Dr. Sarkisian.

You've been in a very bad car accident.

You ruptured your heart due to trauma,

which we were forced to repair surgically.

Tessa?

Morning.

Morning. I made pancakes.

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm gonna go shoot photos.

Oh, it's so cold outside.

Yeah, I just don't want to miss the morning light.

Well, maybe when you're back, we could do a little research for colleges.

All right. Bye.

She hides behind that camera.

She's not taken a single picture of us.

You're too pretty. You'd break her lens.

Hey, I told you. You've gotta let her come to you.

It's been a year. Signing a piece of paper doesn't make us her parents.

Actually it does.

You open, Sherman?

I am for you, Tessa.

Um, I think I'm a little short.

That's no crime. I'm only 5'6".

Enjoy the show.

Sherman, where are the subtitles?

You watch. I'll translate.

"It's the first time we've met in daylight."

"But you're very early."

I think I'm just gonna go tell the theater owner.

I mean, there's nothing he can do about it. They obviously sent him the wrong print.

I can get my money back.

I've seen this film before. I don't think you want to miss it.

Does it have a happy ending?

No. Definitely not.

Okay. Then I'll say.

"You gonna eat all that chili by yourself?

In this heat, you're mad."

"I eat chili no matter how hot it is, Betty."

"Those bastards." "What?"

"Never mind. Kiss me."

"Those bastards. How could they do this to you?"

I'm sorry. How long was I doing that?

I lost feeling about an hour ago,

so I'm not sure. Why didn't you say something?

Um, the movie is a bit of a downer, so...

It's a love story.

I mean, not all love stories are downers.

All the good ones are.

Romeo and Juliet, Anna Karenina,

The English Patient. Mm-hmm.

I think it's the ending of a relationship,

that's what makes a love story so memorable.

What about Pride and Prejudice?

Jane Eyre? Those both have happy endings.

That's only because the writer chose to end their love stories prematurely.

Wow. That is a really interesting way

of not admitting you're wrong.

Come on! Okay. Picture this.

Picture that Leonardo DiCaprio didn't die at the end of Titanic.

Do I have to? Oof. You have to.

Jack Dawson is a jobless, penniless gambler,

who possessed, at best, marginal artistic talent.

He saved Rose's life. Right, of course.

But he also love-bombed her and stole her away from her fiancé.

And poor Rose was just so hypnotized by that steamy car sex,

that she really thought that he'd give her a life of passionate adventure?

Please, come on. That's a life of abject poverty and dehumanizing infidelity.

Titanic 2. If you thought part one was a disaster...

Oh, my gosh.

I-- Time to go!

Jesus, this guy is getting a one-star review, for sure.

So, um, how did you get so good at speaking French?

My dad is a foreign languages professor.

So by the time I was 12, he had me fluent in French, Spanish, and Italian.

Oh! Oh, my gosh.

If I could just read Dante's Inferno in the original Italian,

my life would be complete, I think. I get that a lot.

Really? No. No, I've never gotten that before.

That's some pretty old gear you got there. You don't shoot digital?

No, I don't. I get a much higher dynamic range on film.

Plus, I'm also kind of addicted to the smell of the developing chemicals.

The fumes make me a little delirious.

Kind of like what your eyes are doing to me right now.

Ooh.

That...

That was really cheesy. No, no.

It was... It was...

a little cheesy, yeah.

It sounded perfect in my head.

Oh, okay. Then let me imagine that for a sec, okay. Okay.

Still bad? It's worse, actually.

Somehow, I don't know.

Um, I should probably...

Yeah, me too.

Um, thank you for letting me

whisper in your ear for three hours.

You are welcome.

Skylar. What?

My name is... It's Skylar.

I'm Tessa.

Maybe I'll see you here again sometime.

Yeah, I'd like that.

Oh! My jacket.

Sky. You're alive!

Come on. I want to show you something.

Sky!

Bad dream.

You called out his name.

It's called a visitation dream. We see lots of 'em around here.

It's all part of the grieving process.

I know. It just felt like Skylar was really here.

Doris would love to hear about that. Who's Doris?

A patient writing a book on the afterlife. Okay.

The other day, she offered to read my aura.

I politely declined.

What is that? Your belongings from the crash.

They closed the accident report already?

Well, neither driver had drugs or alcohol in their system.

That's usually the end of it.

They never even interviewed me.

You said you didn't remember anything about the accident?

I don't. Maybe that's for the best.

I'm very encouraged, Tessa.

The scan shows your right ventricle

is functioning quite well, despite the tear.

Finally, some good news.

It is more than good.

Ninety-nine out of 100 with this same injury die on my table.

I did die.

Only for a short time.

I could see Skylar.

Like, he was in this... this crazy white light.

What is that? Was she, you know, hallucinating?

When the body undergoes severe trauma...

...the hypothalamus can flood the brain

- with pain relieving endorphins. So when can we take her home?

End of the week. Tessa needs to be extremely careful these next few months.

Any chest pains or shortness of breath,

you call 911 immediately. Understand?

Jazz? Just give me a second.

Jazz?

You watch, I'll translate.

Hi, excuse me. Are you Doris?

I am going to take a wild guess here.

Room B424, girl with the broken heart?

Relax.

I'm not psychic.

Jasmine told me you might come looking for me. Oh.

My condolences.