Unspeakable

Ryan's had a fever for three days now.

His liver enzymes are elevated.

It's hepatitis.

Maybe you should take a leave...

If you want me out, you'll have to fire me.

My daughter just up and moves to Toronto.

She broke my heart.

Hey, Norm.

Unfortunately, you have tested positive

for the HIV virus.

What right do you have not to tell me?

You let me pass it on to my wife!

Peter!

How did I get here?

Your dad brought you in.

It doesn't matter if Peter wants our help or not.

Just do something,

or I'm leaving you.

What are you thinking?

I'm really only good at one thing.

We need some sort of clear record of what happened.

I agree,

because despite everything we've been through,

there is another battle brewing.

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You're Peter Landry, right?

Yeah.

Says here it's been over three years

since your last appointment.

I got a cold a couple weeks ago,

and the cough didn't go away.

I figured I should come in.

Right.

Gotta keep on top of that.

I'm Darby.

I'm a volunteer.

Welcome to Kmart.

Is your address still the same?

Looks right.

Got your own place?

Yeah.

Family in town?

Yeah.

Are you close, keep in touch?

My mom, sometimes.

And my sister.

What about your dad?

Not really.

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He couldn't even feed himself by the end.

I think he had a brother or something,

but when I went to go see him, he was all alone.

Just... lying there.

I'm sure that was hard on you.

Harder on him.

You know what, in some ways, I think it's better.

In what way?

Being alone.

My friend, Andy...

you should have seen his mom.

You saw what it did to her,

watching her son die.

You don't want to be a source of pain to your family.

For a long time,

I thought the reason that my parents split up

was because of me.

I eventually got the courage to ask my mother,

and guess what?

It wasn't you.

No, it was.

Turns out my father never wanted to have kids.

Peter...

I can't imagine it's ever better being alone.

No matter what.

I'm the nightmare,

you understand?

I'm their worst nightmare.

Help!

Help!

The doctor said it was stress.

Stress?

Peter says he's not using.

I know it doesn't make sense,

but other than low T-cells,

his blood work was fine.

We wanted his attention.

Jesus.

Burning a federal minister in effigy,

that's not the kind of attention we want, Jim.

It wasn't us.

It was the AIDS ACTION NOW protest.

The leaders of ACT were there. So was Jack Layton.

Epp didn't respond

to our Catastrophe Relief document.

Why should he respond to this?

It's just going to make him more hostile to our cause.

Better hostile than indifferent.

Those aren't the only two options!

It must give you hope

to know new treatments are being developed.

I don't think about the future.

Oh, wait, is it self-pity day today?

It must have slipped my mind.

You don't have to hang out with me, you know.

Why not?

This is weird.

Weird how?

Is something going on... ?

Like what?

You know...

If circumstances were different.

Which circumstances?

I mean, if I was, like, a nurse,

or your social worker,

or here on some official capacity,

us going out would be kinda frowned upon,

and a little creepy,

but since I'm just a volunteer...

Aren't you studying to be a social worker?

Yes, that's true,

but I'm not your social worker.

Kinda feels like you're practicing on me.

Okay. I'm sorry.

That's really not my intention.

Where were we?

Oh, you were going to ask me out.

Ben laid it all out.

Now what?

We need to consider our next move.

It's a landslide of evidence.

We killed ourselves putting together

the Catastrophe Relief proposal,

and that was just ignored.

Yeah, 'cause we kept it quiet.

We make enough noise, and these bastards can't ignore us.

He's right.

We make them look bad, we cost them votes.

Someone has to go public.

Myself, I don't care, but my daughter's got a boy.

This has been hard enough on my family

without my daughter's friends finding out

she's got two infected parents.

I don't have kids.

This document will provide the basis

for the lawsuits I am launching as a private citizen

against the Red Cross and the Government of Canada.

What are you asking for in damages?

Three million dollars.

Can you give us a gist of what's in those documents?

Well, the gist is

thus far, 950 Canadian hemophiliacs

have been infected by tainted blood,

and no one will admit responsibility.

For years now,

the Canadian Red Cross has clung to the notion

that there was "no conclusive evidence"

that AIDS was in the Canadian blood system.

We have gathered

over 300 pages worth of evidence that we believe

shows clear neglect and willful blindness.

And I'd just like to add

that if the new, incoming health minister

is willing to talk compensation for all those infected,

I'd certainly reconsider this action.

Otherwise,

I suspect that this document will be the basis

for many lawsuits beyond mine.

It's not a religious song.

"Hallelujah""

Doesn't it literally mean "praise the lord"?

Some people take it that way,

but I think it's supposed to be saying

that we should celebrate the beauty of everyday life.

Well, if there is a god or anything like it,

he, she, you know, whatever,

doesn't like me very much.

How about you?

I'm just getting to know you.

I mean, what do you believe?

That's my way of avoiding the question.

Uh, truth is, I haven't figured it out yet.

Hey, I read about these trees.

You read about trees?

It's one of the first AIDS memorials in Canada.

Some activists planted them a few years ago.

Sorry.

Must be tough to get it out of your head

with people constantly bringing it up all the time.

Hey, listen...

What are we doing here?

I thought we were on a date.

I'm an ex-junkie with HIV

who had a seizure the first time we met.

Look, I'm just not that good with long-term commitment, okay?

I figure with you, I've got a built-in hard out.

I'm glad you thought that was funny.

I was a little worried I'd crossed the line there.

Look, the real truth is

the world sucks, people suck.

I'm lonely.