Chiller

Hayes, is that you?

Hayes.

Very funny.

You're late.

Dead battery.

How are the guests?

Same.

That's what I love about 'em.

Never complain.

They're saying that they might

try to bring one of 'em back.

One of these?

Huh, don't hold your breath.

I've been hearing that ever since I've been here.

See, the trick ain't freezing them, it's thawing 'em.

So there they sit, all frozen to death,

waiting for some miracle cure,

all paying that monthly rent.

Biggest game in town.

See ya.

Take her easy.

What's going on here?

Oh my God.

This is Hayes.

Get me the supervisor, quick.

Emergency.

Sir, we've got a malfunction

on one of Stricklin's cylinders.

Number 59.

I don't know how long.

The alarm didn't go off.

It's up, 159.

It's too late to put him in the backup unit.

He's thawing fast.

Rectory?

No, he's asleep.

It's after midnight.

Couldn't you call back in the morning?

Ooh, oh yes Mrs. Creighton.

Just hold on one minute.

Reverend Penny.

Reverend Penny?

Yes?

I'm sorry to wake you.

There's a call for you in the rectory.

It's Mrs. Creighton.

She says it's urgent.

Go go go go go.

Out of the way.

Felix, Felix, here.

Marion.

I'm so glad you made it.

What is this, what's going on?

A miracle.

Felix, there is going to be a miracle,

and I wanted you to be with me.

What are you talking about?

They're going to give my son back to me.

What?

Yes.

- All visitors must return to the lobby.

Marion.

He's been dead for almost 10 years.

No, Felix.

Not dead, asleep.

Asleep.

Yes.

I was there the night he died.

I conducted the funeral.

Excuse me, Mrs. Creighton?

Yes?

Would you sign this, please?

What is it?

Consent for surgery.

Right here, please. - Yes.

I don't understand.

Consent for whom?

Her son.

Thank you.

Yes.

- This is our patient? - Mm-hmm.

Massive circumscribed lesion

in the mid portion of the liver.

Tumor, blush.

Don't have any signs of metastasis.

The whole one is definitely involved.

It's a marvel this guy should be dead.

He is.

What?

Complete liver failure, apathic coma.

We tried a transplant,

but we couldn't stop the subsequent rejection.

Rejection?

With cyclosporine?

- We didn't have cyclosporine 10 years ago.

10 years?

Dr. Stricklin.

Yes.

We're at minus 22.

Thank you, we're coming.

But Phil.

What's going on here?

When I knew it was hopeless,

I told the patient's mother.

She was devastated.

She begged, pleaded with me to save him.

I was helpless.

Go on.

- Well, desperate people do desperate things.

Are you familiar with cryonic suspension?

I know what it is,

but I've never...

Phil, do you mean to tell me

that this guy is--

Frozen.

Frozen.

It was our only alternative.

Since we couldn't treat him at the time,

his mother wanted to save him until we could.

And you're gonna try and bring him back.

We have no choice.

The cylinder has failed.

He's thawing.

But, this is all theory.

Nobody's ever done a retrieval.

Nobody ever had the chance.

Look, even if we could,

we'd have to re-do the transplant.

We need a liver. - We have one.

Glenn, help me.

This is the opportunity of a lifetime.

Wait a minute, Phil.

What if we fail?

Have you considered the consequences?

What consequences?

The patient's already dead.

Then the funeral, the burial.

This was all a shame.

- Yeah. - Marion, all this time,

why didn't you tell someone?

Why didn't you tell me?

I was afraid.

It was such a radical thing to do.

I didn't know how people would react,

or if they'd understand.

Felix, Miles is my son.

He's my life.

He's all I have.

- Mrs. Creighton. - Yes?

I'm Dr. Collier, the surgeon.

Felix Penny, her minister.

Where's Dr. Stricklin?

He's prepping right now.

Look, Mrs. Creighton,

I don't know exactly what you've been told,

but I just wanted to make sure

you understand the reality of what

we're dealing with here.

Look, I just want you to know

this is all very theoretical.

I have faith, doctor.

God wouldn't have brought us this far to let us down.

- Just so you know, this is gonna be a long night.

I have been waiting for 10 years.

Felix, I'm going to the chapel.

- Excuse me. - Doctor.

Is this possible?

Can you now restore life?

Some seem to think so.

What will it be?

I don't know, Reverend.

Maybe that's a question I should ask you.

You ready?

Scalpel.

Need a wipe.

Suction.

Alright, suture.

Nice work.

Ready.

Clear.

Flat line. - Again.

Try again.