Elephant Song

Rise and shine, Michael!

- Morning, Dr. Greene! - Good morning, Bruce!

Do you... have an envelope?

Of course!

Thank you.

Mr. Chairman...

Oh, Dr. Greene.

Sorry it took so long to get this set up.

How was Christmas in Paris?

Fine. Family...

Still a little bit jet-lagged.

Shall we get started?

Yeah, let's do that.

I didn't have time to go through everything yet,

but I'm sure between you and Miss Peterson...

It's been a few weeks.

I don't expect your memory to be perfect.

I was looking for my glasses.

This was in Dr. Lawrence's office?

I wanted to have a glance at his file, but...

without my glasses...

Oh...

Hello!

Kevin is charging us triple time.

Well, it... it'll get fixed.

How did you know to even find me at this extension?

Bruce transferred me.

And how's Amy?

You know, I think she... she'd like to help you make dinner.

Of course.

Call me when you're done

in case I need you to pick something up.

I will. I..

Bye.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh, thank you, Miss Peterson.

Let me know if you need anything.

I'll shut the door, just to be safe.

This didn't worry you?

I didn't know what I was up against.

About how unstable the patient was?

You've never met Michael, have you?

Hmm.

That's the second time today I've been asked that question.

Ah.

What did you do when the patient shut the door?

I went back to my office.

You were anxious?

No, I was...

concerned...

I see.

...apprehensive.

I'm Dr. Greene.

What kind of doctor?

I'm a psychiatrist.

Please, don't... don't touch anything.

Why not?

Oh, is this about Dr. Lawrence?

It is.

Ah. Shouldn't you be a cop, then?

Oh, maybe you're supposed to be crazy

and I'm supposed to be the cop.

Yeah, so,

my codename would be White Elephant, of course,

and yours...

Existential Crisis. Do you like that?

- Michael... - Who's Michael?

You are.

No, I'm White Elephant.

Miss Peterson told me you like to play games.

You're right.

White Elephant is a much better codename for Miss Peterson.

Female elephants are called cows.

Not a very nice thing to say.

No, I'm allergic to hypocrisy, anyway, so...

I can't stand it. It kills me. It kills me.

I'm not here to talk about Miss Peterson.

I know what you're here about.

To hear the patient vilifying Miss Peterson

must have been difficult.

Oh, he knew what he was doing.

Yeah, he knew what he was doing.

I should have seen it, of course, but, uh...

that morning was the first time

Miss Peterson and I had really...

Well, not since our daughter Rachel died.

Good morning!

Nice to see you here again.

- Hi. - I've got mine.

Yeah, they keep me busy upstairs.

- I have my keys. - So, you're working today?

Yeah. I came in early to see if I could help with Dr. Lawrence.

If it means anything, I drove by his house.

His car's not in the driveway.

Well, let's not make a mountain out of a molehill just yet.

It's just on my way.

How much do you know about the last patient Dr. Lawrence saw?

Michael Aleen?

Yeah.

Is that what you're doing here?

Yeah, why else?

- To find Dr. Lawrence. - Yeah, that's the idea.

Michael won't tell you anything.

Why don't you talk to Bruce?

I want to talk to the patient.

What's... Uh, what's going on? What aren't you telling me?

Well, apparently, he has some information

about Dr. Lawrence's disappearance.

- Michael does? - Yeah.

- He said this? - I... I gather.

You know what he's doing?

He's taking advantage of the situation

to waste your time and to play games.

Jones wants me to clear it all the same.

I thought he was away for Christmas.

He called from Paris this morning.

He said he was taking this seriously.

Here's what you're up against.

By the way, how much do you know about elephants?

- Sorry? - Nothing.

Aside from the occasional "good morning," almost 3 years ago.

Oh. It's been that long?

September 1963, so almost 3 years, yes.

And when you went to get the patient,

what was his state of mind? Anything unusual about him?

Good morning!

Oh, good morning! You're early.

Well, no one's heard from Dr. Lawrence yet.

- Are you worried? - Mmm.

I've got to take Michael to Dr. Lawrence's office.

Dr. Greene wants to talk to him.

Lucky us.

Dr. Greene wants to talk to you.

I understand that the patient

had a certain reputation in the hospital.

I had heard a thing or two,

but patients weren't part of my day-to-day.

I'm here because I understand you have information about Dr. Lawrence.

And I'm here to talk about elephants.

Well, I'm afraid I'm not interested in elephants.

I'm afraid elephants form matriarchal societies.

But that's not the reason you and I are here.

I think you know that.

Elephants can recognize the bones of their relatives.

- That's fascinating. - Right, guys?

But Dr. Lawrence"

It is also said that elephants can grieve for loved ones.

Darwin said that the elephant

is the one animal that can shed tears,

apart from crocodiles, of course.

Dr. Lawrence did not come home yesterday.

They have the longest gestation period of any mammal,

22 months!

In other words, Dr. Lawrence appears to be missing.

22 months with Mommy. Can you imagine that?

- You're not listening to me. - Are you listening to me?

I'm talking about something that's very serious.

So am I.

You're talking about elephants.

You're talking about Dr. Lawrence.

Two subjects about which you know very little.

I'm... I'm just not in the mood for games.

Neither am I.

- OK. - OK.

Well'?

Let's talk about Dr. Lawrence.

Why? I'm not worried about him.

Elephants are endangered.

Do you know where he is?

Did he say anything before leaving?

Yeah. Come closer. It's a secret.

You gotta come closer.

"Michael, whatever you do, whatever you do,

"don't tell anyone where I'm going,

"especially not that nosy Dr. Greene."

Miss Kinley brought you to your appointment.

Mm-hmm.

When she returned an hour later, Dr. Lawrence was gone

and you were back in your room.

So, what happened during that hour?

In that hour...

OK, so...

No, no, no, no. And then I...

All I can remember is that Miss Kinley brought me to my appointment,

and then an hour later, she found me back in my room.

Sorry.

Elephants have a phenomenal memory, though.

Yes. It's phenomenal.

Let's just stop.

Let's just stop wasting each other's time.

I'm rather enjoying our little chat.

Now I'm losing patience, Michael.

Are you?

That's the thing with you doctors, right?

I'm the patient and you're the impatient.

You walk in here with your prejudices.

What prejudices are you talking about?

Are you serious?

Yes, I am.