Chance

Oh, my God!

Chance: At the time of my evaluation,

Mariella Franko was 19 months post

a multiple-vehicle road accident

in which her 68-year-old father was killed.

Decapitated.

Help me!

See attached photographs.

Help me!

I found Miss Franko to be suffering

from chronic post-traumatic stress disorder

and major depression and recommended

a course of psychotherapy and antidepressant medication.

Required another independent medical examination

and that she refused?

Yes, I am aware of that. However...

Unfortunately, she went on to receive neither...

Conditions of the plan clearly state...

due to the fact that despite a lengthy appeals process,

her disability benefits were terminated.

Patient is a 53-year-old right-handed male.

Status now four years post an embolic stroke,

after which he fell and struck his head on a bathroom counter.

Those close to him say he's changed beyond recognition.

The patient has repeatedly stated that he will someday

play a major role in a battle

between Satan, Yahweh, and Jesus.

Recently, believing it would cleanse his body

for the coming conflict,

he ingested a mixture of household cleaners,

including bleach, ammonia, and drain cleaner.

Chance: As his wife no longer has the resources

to care for him at home, the only alternative

would seem to be long-term residential care.

M.J. is a 42-year-old right-handed female

with several years of college education.

She has only partial recollections of the assault.

What are you doing? What?

Aah!

She spent the last year watching television or staying drunk.

Chance: A group-home placement was found for M.J.,

and a course of medication was recommended.

She did not follow up with either,

and she is presently living on the street.

God damn it.

Jaclyn Blackstone is a 39-year-old

ambidextrous woman living in Berkeley.

She's referred by the Stanford Neurology Clinic

with complaints of intermittent memory loss,

poor concentration, loss of time.

Mrs. Blackstone. I'm Eldon Chance.

Thank you.

You were saying?

Oh, U.C. San Diego, applied mathematics.

Parents living?

No.

I'm sorry.

And you are married.

Yes. Raymond. Three years.

But we're separated right now.

I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude.

I went over all this at Stanford already.

Why did they send me here?

The doctors at Stanford were unable to locate

an organic basis for your symptoms,

so they asked me to review their findings

and if I agree, which I do, by the way.

So they think I'm crazy, then.

No.

No, this is not saying your symptoms aren't real,

but you're here so that you and I can decide

how best to move forward.

With you?

No, I'm not a treating therapist.

I'm a consulting neuropsychiatrist.

Patients come to me, and I assess them,

then I refer them forward to the appropriate next step...

treatment plans, specialists.

Does that clear things up a little?

Yes.

Okay, well, there are a couple of things

I'd like to know more about.

It says here that you separated from your husband

after he struck you in the face with a jack handle.

In the wake of which, you were unconscious

for a period of at least 30 minutes,

then shortly thereafter,

you became aware of a second personality... Jackie Black.

Is it possible that this character

was there before, when you were younger?

No. No, she wasn't.

She does things that I don't want to do.

Such as?

My husband, Raymond, is a homicide detective.

Oakland Police Department.

And he's very...

He's not...

I had to get away.

Okay.

And ever since, there's these... these periods

where I can't remember.

And after...

Raymond's always there.

And...

And I know that I've been with him.

Even though I don't want to be.

Been with him sexually, you mean.

Yes.

And I never know when it's going to happen.

And I don't know how to make it stop.

And you think that's when Jackie takes over?

I hate the name Jackie.

I hate the name Jackie.

The only person who calls me that is him.

Okay.

Now, I noticed in one of your records that you

had been working with a psychotherapist.

Myra.

Dr. Cohen.

Do you mind me asking why you stopped?

She died.

Oh.

I'm sorry to hear that.

This is Suzanne Simms at Berkeley.

I happen to think she's particularly good

and a good fit for you.

I recommend that she begin psychotherapy.

I also recommend that she work with a female therapist.

Thank you.

Hey.

Mom told me about school.

I'm sorry, Nick.

I know how much you like Havenwood.

If there was any other option...

How about you just stay with her?

Well, things are complicated.

But there's other good schools.

Marina South blows.

It does.

It does indeed blow.

But there's good schools across the bay in Berkeley.

We don't live in Berkeley.

We don't live in Berkeley now,

but I've been looking into it,

and if I got an apartment there...

We just got one here.

Listen...

This is really difficult for all of us.

But what I want you to know is that I'm doing

everything I can for you, and I always will.

I love you very much.

I know.

This will work out, all of this.

You'll see.

Life sucks.

Christina: He keeps talking about how the consignment shop

pays less for a bigger space,

so he's at least gonna raise the rent on me.

Yeah, well, we needed to talk about that, so...

You are so sympathetic.

Thanks.

It's not as if you have to give up photography

just 'cause you don't have the studio.

But if I was better at it, then I'd sell more work

and be able to afford the rent all by myself, right?

I would still be paying for both our lawyers.

We still got to sell this house with a double mortgage on it,

and Nicole would still have to change schools,

which I guess you told her.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

If she's not gonna go to Marina South... She's not.

So, then we needed to figure something out.

And, you know, I didn't want to have to be

the one to tell her.

But if I waited for you to decide to tell her,

I'd be waiting forever.

You know, I don't...

I don't have to wait for you to make up your mind...

about that or about anything else,

for that matter, any more.

Thank God.

I guess I'd better get going.

Thank you for bringing her home.

Look after yourself, Eldon.

Right. But It's not just the lighting.

It's also the paint.

That is... That is just not financially feasible.

We can't get anything new right now.

Well, I'm sorry, but this can't be the first time

you had clients who had to sell as is.

Okay, well, if the photos need to be redone,

you need to talk to Christina because she took them.

Life does suck, sweetheart.

Carl: No, no, no, no, no! Look at me!

Are you gonna be his bitch now?

Is that the way it's supposed to be? Hm?

Young man...

What news of the Delange collection?

Bookshelf, desk, two chairs.

But there's something missing.