ThiS iS Mr MathiSOn
HeS a dOCtOr
AreyOu Okay?
An ambuLanCe
iS On the way/
ThankyOu/
IS there a nameyet?/
ELijah/
IS he SuppOSed tO be
Crying Like thiS?/
May I?/
[ShuShing]
Can I have him baCk?/
What happened
during the deLivery?/
NOthing/
It waS very quiCk/
The babyjuSt wanted
tO COme right Out/
There were nO prObLemS/
Did yOu drOp him?/
Saleswoman;
What?
Did yOu drOp thiS baby?/
JeSuS ChriSt, nO/
InfOrm the ambuLanCe
that we have
a SituatiOn/
ALL right/
MOLLy/
I've never Seen///thiS/
It appearS thatyOur baby
haS SuStained SOme fraCtureS
whiLe inSideyOur uteruS/
HiS armS and hiS LegS
are brOken/
[MOther Crying]
Conductor Over P.A.;
This is Eastrail 1 77.
Next stop, Philadelphia.
[David GruntS]
[GirL Humming]
Kelly;
Areyou alone?
David; Yeah.
Yeah/
[Train PaSSeS]
SOmeOne Left
thiS magazine/
Want tO take
a LOOk at it?/
Can I take a LOOk
at that One?/
Kelly; ThanKs.
David;
You liKe sports?
It'S my fieLd/
I repreSent athLeteS/
I'm an agent/
David;Areyou looKing
for any male
synchronizedswimmers?
I'm thinKing about
getting into that.
IS that right?/
I 'm afraid Ofwater/
Think that'S a prObLem?/
[KeLLy SniCkerS]
YOu repreSent SOmeOne
in PhiLadeLphia?/
I'm meeting thiS pLayer
frOm TempLe UniverSity/
He'S a COrnerbaCk/
ThiS kid iS 6'1 ",
He runS a 40
in 4/3 SeCOndS/
He'S gOnna be a gOd/
DOyOu Like fOOtbaLL?/
NOt reaLLy/
[Train PaSSeS]
I'm David Dunn/
KeLLy/
Hi/
Hi, niCe tO meetyOu/
David; Nice--Nice
to meetyou.
HOw LOng areyOu gOnna
be in PhiLadeLphia?/
I'm married/
David; Great.
I'm SOrry/
David; What areyou
talKing about?
I///
I thinkyOu
miSunderStOOd/
What I waS, uh///
David; s-saying--
I knOw/
I think I'm gOing
tO find anOther Seat/
David; I...
I didn't mean, uh...
[Train HOrn BLOwing]
[MuSiC PLaying IndiStinCtLy
on Tv
Woman; That's what
he fail to realize.
I looK classy, not trashy.
Woman;
I looK classy, too.
What abOut me?/
DOn't I LOOk CLaSSy?/
But I 'm afraid
YOu fOrgOt///thiS!
Woman; And this!
male voice;
Where has you been, banana?
male voice; Now
I've gotyou, weasel.
reporter; Some cars
are still on fire,
and the debris
is everywhere.
We are not sure
at this time
how rescue personnel will be
able to get on scene at all.
Second reporter;
Ifyou're just tuning in,
Eastrail train number 1 77
has derailedjust outside
Philadelphia.
And we 're bringing you
live coverage from SKycam 4.
reporter; Yes, that appears
to be a rescue ambulance,
and there are more
behind it.
I can see
on the access road.
I don 't Know how close they're
gonna be able to get, David.
These are woods
and, uh, trees.
Uh, it's gonna be a very
diffcult rescue effort.
[MOnitOr Beepi ng]
[PerSOn Breathi ng]
man; HacK some
ofthat off.
H i/
I 'm Dr/ Dubin/
YOu're in
the emergenCy rOOm
in the PhiLadeLphia
City HOSpitaL/
YOu were in
a SeriOuS aCCident/
LOOk at me/
HOw areyOu feeLing?/
okay/
GOOd/
I'm gOing tO aSkyOu
SOme queStiOnS/
HaveyOu ever had any heart
Or aSthma prObLemS in the paSt?/
NO/
Kidney
Or renaL prObLemS?/
NO/
Any aLLergieS?/
NO/
Where wereyOu Sitting
On the train?/
AgainSt the windOw/
In the paSSenger Car?/
Yeah/
Where are
the Other paSSengerS?/
WaS yOur famiLy
traveLing with yOu?/
NO/
Did yOu get up
frOm yOur Seat?/
AreyOu Certain yOu were
in the paSSenger Car?/
YeS/
Why areyOu LOOking
at me Like that?/
YOur train deraiLed/
SOme kind Of maLfunCtiOn/
They OnLy fOund
Er Doctor;
You and this man.
His sKull was cracKed open
and most ofhis left side
was crushed.
And to answeryour question,
there are 2 reasons
why I'm looKing at you
liKe this.
One, because it seems
in a few minutes
that you will offcially
be the only survivor
ofthis train wrecK.
And two...
because you didn 't
breaK one bone.
You don 't have
a scratch on you.
[NO AudiO]
[Chatteri ng]
[SpOOn CL i nki ng
AgainSt BOwL]
David?/
What happened///
in New YOrk?/
I dOn't think
I gOt the jOb/
David;
I'm still going, uh...
I'm still moving there.
J uSt///
[I nhaLeS]
oh, juSt--juSt nOt nOw/
GOOd night/
GOOd night/
[BeLL TOLLing]
Priest; Sara Elaston...
SOCiaL wOrker at BrOad
and LOCuSt COmmunity Center/
We pray fOryOur SOuL/
Kevin ELLiOt, buSineSSman,
father Of 6/
We pray fOryOur SOuL/
GLen StevenS///
reSearCher in the area
OfLeukemia///
at DrexeL UniverSity/
We pray fOryOur SOuL/
Jennifer Pennyman///
Priest; third-grade teacher
atJefferson Elementary.
We pray foryour soul.
[BeLL TOLLing]
[Man LaughS,
Men Chattering]
YeS?/
IS NOeL in, ma'am?/
NO, Sir, he iS nOt/
I read abOut yOu
in the paper/
What?/
I waS in
an aCCident OnCe, tOO/
A hOrSe aLmOSt
trampLed me tO death/
WOw/
Had him put dOwn/
That'S a Sad StOry/
COuLd yOu aSk NOeL
SOmething fOr me, pLeaSe?/
PrOCeed/
WOuLd yOu aSk him tO CheCk
hOw many SiCk dayS I've taken
SinCe I've wOrked here?/
That the entire meSSage?/
YeS, ma'am/
ThankyOu/
[Thunder]
[COaCh BLOwS WhiStLe]
Hey, NOeL/
Noel; What,you hityourhead
on that train?
Getyour brain to start
worKing again?
What?/
$40/
$40 what?/
YOu're getting
a $40-a-week raiSe/
That'S it/
I CheCked/
YOu were right/
YOu've never taken
a SiCk day/
I get it/ YOu want a raiSe/
Smart way
tO make yOur pOint/
[CLOCkTiCking]
[KnOCk on DOOr]
IS JOSeph Okay?/
Yeah/ He'S aSLeep/
oh/
Uh///
I wanted tO aSkyOu
a queStiOn/
It'S gOnna SOund
a LittLe Strange,
but, uh,juSt think abOut it
fOr a SeCOnd, Okay?/
okay/
When'S the LaSt time
I waS SiCk?/
DOyOu remember?/
Um, I dOn't knOw/
It'S been a whiLe/
I haven't been SiCk
thiS year, I knOw that/
okay/
DO yOu remember me
getting SiCk?/
Um///
nOt a SpeCifiC day/
What--What'S thiS abOut?/
Audrey, dO yOu remember me
ever getting SiCk?/
In the 3 yearS we Lived
in thiS hOuSe?/
In the OLd apartment?/
BefOreJOSeph waS bOrn?/
BefOre we ever gOt married?/
I--I Can't remember/
DOn'tyOu think
that'S kind Ofweird,
nOt remembering One COLd
Or a fever Or a SOre thrOat?/
What dOyOu think
it meanS?/
Um///
I think it meanS prObabLy
tOO tired tO remember/
NO mOre Sitting
in thiS rOOm/
I Let it gO On
LOng enOugh/
I'm nOt gOing
Out there anymOre/
I'm nOt getting hurt
again/
ThiS waS the LaSt time,
I tOLd yOu/
YOu Can't dO anything
abOut that/
YOu might faLL between
thiS Chair and that teLeviSiOn/
Ifthat'S what GOd
haS pLanned fOryOu,
that'S what'S gOnna happen/
YOu Can't hide frOm it
Sitting in a rOOm/
They CaLL me Mr/ GLaSS
at SChOOL
beCauSe I break
Like gLaSS/
YOu make
thiS deCiSiOn nOw///
tO be afraid///
and yOu wiLL
never turn baCk/
YOurwhOLe Life,
YOu wiLL aLwayS be afraid/
[SniffleS]
I gOt a preSent fOryOu/
Why?/
FOrget why/
YOu want it Or nOt?/
WeLL, gO get it, then/
Where iS it?/
on a benCh///
aCrOSS the Street/
SOmeOne'S gOing
tO take it/
Then yOu better
get Out there SOOn/
I bOught
a whOLe bunCh/
There'LL be One OftheSe
waiting fOryOu
every timeyOu want
tO COme Out here/
They Say thiS One
haS a SurpriSe ending/
Adult Elijah; This is from
Fritz Campion's own library.
This is before the first issue
ofthe comic booK
hit the stands in 1 968.
It's a classic depiction
ofgood vs. evil.
Notice the square jaw
ofSlayer,
common in
most comic heroes.
And the slightly
disproportionate size
ofJaguaro 's head
to his body.
This again is common,
but only in villains.
businessman; mm-hmm.
Elijah; The thing to notice
about this piece,
the thing that maKes it
very, very special
is its realistic depiction
ofits figures.
When the characters
reached the magazine,
they were exaggerated...
as always happens.
This is vintage.
WeL L ///
wrap it up/
YOu've made a COnSiderabLy
wiSe deCiSiOn/
WeLL, my kid'S
gOnna gO berSerk/
onCe again, pLeaSe?/
My SOn Jeb--
it'S a gift fOr him/
Elijah; How oldisJeb?
He'S 4/
NO/
NO, nO, nO, nO, nO/
YOu need tO gO/ NOw/
[SCOffS]
What--What'd I Say?/
DO yOu See any
TeLetubbieS in here?/
DO yOu See
a SLender pLaStiC tag
CLipped tO my Shirt with
my name printed On it?/
Did yOu See
a LittLe ASian ChiLd
with a bLank expreSSiOn
Sitting OutSide
in a meChaniCaL
heLiCOpter
that ShakeS when
YOu put quarterS in it?/
NO?/
WeLL, that'S whatyOu
See at a tOy StOre,
and yOu muSt think
YOu're in a tOy StOre,
beCauSeyOu're here ShOpping
fOr an infant named Jeb/
NOw, One Of uS
haS made a grOSS errOr
and waSted the Other
perSOn'S vaLuabLe time/
ThiS iS an art gaLLery,
my friend,
and thiS///
iS a pieCe Ofart/
[DOOr openS,
DOOr BeLL RingS]
[DOOr CLOSeS,
DOOr BeLL RingS]
We're by
appOintment OnLy/
I gOt a Card
frOm thiS StOre/
COngratuLatiOnS,
YOu have a maiLbOx/
The exhibitiOn
iSn't fOr 2 weekS/
ThiS One waS under
the windShieLd wiper Of my Car/
Elijah;
How certain areyou
thatyou've never
taKen ill?
Elijah; Well...
that's not certain
at all, is it?
That'S hOLe
number One/
I 'm gOing tO be
extremeLy SkeptiCaL
abOut aLL thiS/
David;
About all what?
I'm aSSuming yOu've
never been injured/
WOuLd I be wrOng
in that aSSumptiOn?/
Joseph;
Dad's been injured.
IS the ChiLd
COrreCt?/
YeS, Sir/
In COLLege,
I waS in a Car aCCident/
Elijah;
Was it serious?
He COuLdn't pLay fOOtbaLL
anymOre/
Elijah;
That's hole number 2.
That's a big one.
Mr/ PriCe,
Can we taLk abOut the nOte
that yOu Left On my Car?/
Elijah; I've studied
the form ofcomics
intimately.
I 've Spent a third Of my Life
in a hOSpitaL bed
with nOthing eLSe tO dO
but read/
I beLieve COmiCS
are Our LaSt Link
tO an anCient way
Of paSSing On hiStOry/
The EgyptianS drew
On the waLLS/
COuntrieS aLL Over the wOrLd
StiLL paSS On knOwLedge
thrOugh piCtOriaL fOrmS/
I beLieve COmiCS
are a fOrm OfhiStOry
that SOmeOne SOmewhere
feLt Or experienCed/
Then, Of COurSe,
thOSe experienCeS
and that hiStOry
gOt Chewed up
in the COmmerCiaL maChine,
gOt jazzed up,
made titiLLating,
CartOOned
fOr the SaLe raCk/
ThiS City haS Seen itS Share
Of diSaSterS/
I watChed the aftermath
Ofthat pLane CraSh/
I watChed the Carnage
Ofthe hOteL fire/
I watChed the newS
waiting tO hear
a very SpeCifiC
COmbinatiOn OfwOrdS,
but they never Came/
Then One day I Saw a newS StOry
abOut a train aCCident,
and I heard them/
"There iS a SOLe SurvivOr,
and he iS miraCuLOuSLy
unharmed/"
[ELijah SCOffS]
Elijah; I have something called
osteogenesis imperfecta.
It's a genetic disorder.
I don't maKe a particular
protein very well,
and it maKes my bones
very low in density.
very easy to breaK.
I've had 54 breaKs
in my life,
and I have the tamest version
ofthis disorder,
type one.
There are type 2,
type 3, type 4.
Type 4s
don 't last very long.
So that's how it popped
into my head.
I f there iS SOmeOne
L i ke me i n the wOrLd,
and I 'm at One end
Of the SpeCtrum,
COuLdn't there be
SOmeOne eLSe
the OppOSite Of me
at the Other end?/
SOmeOne
whO dOeSn't get SiCk,
whO dOeSn't get hurt
Like the reSt Of uS?/
And he prObabLy
dOeSn't even knOw it/
The kind Of perSOn
theSe StOrieS are abOut/
A perSOn put here
tO prOteCt the reSt Of uS/
TO guard uS/
YOu think my dad'S
a reaL--
Elijah; I don't thinK
anything right now.
It's a possibility--
one with many holes.
JOSeph, dOn't take
anOther Sip Of that water/
GO thrOw it
in the traSh/
But, Dad--
DO it nOw, pLeaSe/
[DOOr openS,
DOOr BeLL RingS]
David; I see guys liKeyou
all the time in my worK.
[DOOr CLOSeS,
DOOr BeLL RingS]
YOu find SOmeOne yOu want
tO take advantage Of,
YOu teLL them
a fantaStiC StOry,
and SOmewhere in there
YOu Say it--
"I juSt need
YOur Credit Card number///
a SmaLL dOwn payment/"
[SCOffS] ThiS mOrning
waS the firSt mOrning
that I COuLd remember
that I didn't Open my eyeS
and feeL///
SadneSS/
[SCOffS]
I thOught the perSOn
that wrOte that nOte
had an anSwer fOr me/
[DOOr openS,
DOOr BeLL RingS]
I'm gOnna Leave nOw/
GOOd LuCk
with yOur exhibitiOn/
SO, what kind OfjOb
dOyOu have, David?/
YOu Said yOu've met guyS
Like me in yOurwOrk/
What exaCtLy iS it
thatyOu dO?/
I wOrk at
the UniverSity Stadium/
I'm a SeCurity guard/
[CLOCkTiCking]
[KnOCk on DOOr]
[KnOCk on DOOr]
Hi/
I've COme tO a deCiSiOn/
okay/
I juSt want tO aSkyOu
SOmething, Okay?/
And yOu Can be
tOtaLLy hOneSt/
I'm prepared
fOr any anSwer,
and--and it wOn't
affeCt me/
Have yOu been
with anyOne?/
I mean, SinCe we've
been having prObLemS/
The anSwer
wOn't affeCt me/
I juSt need tO knOw,
YOu knOw?/
It wOn't affeCt me
eitherway/
NO/
[SObS]
SOrry, David/ SOrry/
Anyway///
my deCiSiOn iS///
[SniffleS]
that I want
tO Start again/
That I want it tO be Like
it waS in the beginning/
And it'S a big deaL thatyOu
waLked away frOm that train/
I feeL Like
it'S a SeCOnd ChanCe/
And ifyOu feeL Like
aSking me Out SOmetime,
it'd be Okay/
[SniffleS]
okay/
[SniffleS]
[P.A/ AnnOunCer
Speaking IndiStinCtLy]
JenKins;
Dunn.
GO fOr Dunn/
JenKins;
It'sJenKins.
LooK, we got a guy over at
gate 1 7-C with a bogus ticKet.
Says he Knows you.
He won't tell me his name.
What'S he LOOk L i ke?/
Why iS it, dO yOu think,
that Of aLL the prOfeSSiOnS
in the wOrLd,
YOu ChOSe prOteCtiOn?/
YOu are
a very Strange man/
YOu COuLd have been
a tax aCCOuntant/
YOu COuLd have Owned
YOur Own gym/
YOu COuLd've Opened
a Chain Of reStaurantS/
YOu COuLd've dOne
One Of 1 0,000 thingS,
but in the end, yOu
ChOSe tO prOteCt peOpLe/
You made that deCiSiOn,
and I find that
very, very intereSting/
NOw aLL I need iS
YOur Credit Card number/
That LaSt part
waS a jOke/
[ChuCkLeS]
David; You're a big
sports fan, areyou?
Elijah; It's starting
to intrigue me.
It getS heavieSt
[CrOwd NOiSe StOpS]
[CrOwd NOiSe ReSumeS]
man; Program here.
Program.
Program.
Program.
RiCh, why dOn't
we pat dOwn?/
Right/
J uSt give me
a minute/
IS there
a prObLem?/
I'm SOrry, I'm gOnna
have tO SearCh yOu/
The taLL guy in
the CamOuflage jaCket/
SOmetimeS peOpLe
CarryweapOnS in here,
David; and they
drinK too much.
Ifthe team's
not doing good,
bad things
can happen.
We dO pat-dOwnS
Of the CrOwd
tO diSCOurage peOpLe
frOm Carrying/
If he'S Carrying,
he'LL Step Out Of Line/
rich; Yeah,
to the right up here.
[I ndiStinCt SpeeCh
over P.A/]
David; OKay.
I gOt yOu a Seat up
in the yeLLOw SeCtiOn/
It'S in the nOSebLeedS,
but at LeaSt
YOu wOn't get Spit On/
ALL right/
HOw'd yOu knOw
that guyyOu bumped
waS Carrying a weapOn?/
I dOn't knOw/
Maybe it waS that CamOuflage
armyjaCket he waS wearing/
ThOSe guyS Like tO Carry
hunting kniveS and Stuff
fOr ShOw/
YOu thOught he waS
Carrying a knife?/
I thOught he waS Carrying
SOmething, yeah/
But nOt a knife/
I gOt a///
piCture Of a SiLver gun
with a bLaCk grip
tuCked in hiS pantS/
YOu knOw, Like On TV/
YOu have gOOd inStinCtS
fOr thingS Like that?/
Like what?/
KnOwing when peOpLe have
dOne SOmething wrOng/
Yeah/
HaveyOu ever tried
tO deveLOp it?/
I dOn't knOw
whatyOu're aSking me/
YOur SkiLL/
LOOk, I gOt tO be dOwn On
the SideLineS during the game/
YOu Can get tOyOur Seat
right dOwn here--
CharaCterS in COmiCS
are Often attributed
SpeCiaL pOwerS--
inviSibiLity,
x-RayviSiOn,
thingS Ofthat SOrt/
okay/
I dOn't want tO pLay
thiS game anymOre/
It'S an exaggeratiOn
Ofthe truth/
Maybe it'S baSed
On SOmething
aS SimpLe aS inStinCt/
But he might nOt have been
Carrying anything/
But he might have been
Carrying a SiLver gun
with a bLaCk grip
tuCked in hiS pantS/
JenKins Over radio;
Dunn.
I gOtta gO/
Yeah, I knOw/
I'LL be right dOwn/
one LaSt queStiOn/
What?/
That Car aCCident
YOu were in/
WaS there anyOne eLSe
invOLved?/
Yeah/
Mywife Audrey/
She waS in the Car
with me/
Have a gOOd Life, ELijah/
Next time,
try tO buyyOur tiCketS
at an authOrized
SaLeS LOCatiOn/
[IndiStinCt Chatter
over RadiO]
I'm On myway/
radio Announcer;
...into the investigation
oftrain 1 77
being conducted at the Eastrail
holding warehouses.
The city council
has stepped up plans
to pass a bill...
[Man COughS]
requiring higher standards
for inspection and maintenance
ofall rail transportation
in Philadelphia
and its outlying districts.
[WhiStLe BLOwS]
[CrOwd Cheeri ng]
HOLd up a SeCOnd!
[P.A/ AnnOunCer
Speaking I ndiStinCtLy]
[Panting]
Elijah; Ijust want
to asKyou something.
Aah!
[SObbing]
Joseph; Dad!
Hey, Dad!
Dad!
JOSeph, dO yOu knOw hOw
mad yOur mOther wOuLd be
if She knew yOu were
pLaying fOOtbaLL?/
Are yOu gOnna teLL?/
YOu want tO pLay
LaSt Of the dOwnS?/
We gOt a big guy
LikeyOu/
YOu COuLd pLay
On OppOSite SideS/
He'S POtter'S COuSin/
He'S Starting COrnerbaCk
at TempLe UniverSity/
He'S gOing prO
in the draft/
They Say he Can run
the 40 in 4/3 SeCOndS/
I've heard/
YOu Can beat him, Dad/
Let'S beat 'em/
I'm gOnna gO in/
JuSt pLay One Set Of dOwnS/
I tOLd them yOu were great/
Why'd yOu dO that?/
JuSt One/
I'm gOnna gO in/ I've
gOt SOme thingS tO dO/
What thingS?/
I'm gOnna wOrk Out/
I'LL heLpyOu/
I dOn't need--
I Can't pLay, guyS!
I'm wOrking Out
with my dad!
man; Hut!
You're doinggood.
right there! Catch!
Allman brothers;
melody I've got to run melody
melody To Keep from hidingmelody
melody And I'm boundmelody
melody To Keep on ridingmelody
melody And I've got one more
silver dollar melody
HOw m uCh did yOu
put On there?/
melody but I'm not gonna
let them catch me, no melody
melody Not gonna let 'em catch
the midnight rider melody
YOu put tOO muCh/
That'S 2 50 pOundS/
HOw muCh Can yOu Lift?/
That'S the mOSt
I ever Lifted/
That COuLd've been
dangerOuS,JOSeph/
Why dOn't yOu
gO upStairS nOw
and Let me finiSh up, Okay?/
I'LL take it Off/
I'LL heLpyOu right/
[SighS]
[MOving WeightS]
Joseph; You thinKyou could
have beaten up bruce Lee?
NO/
I mean,
ifyOu knew karate/
NO/
What ifhe waSn't
aLLOwed tO kiCk,
and yOu were
reaLLy mad at him?/
NO,JOSeph/
HOw muCh
did yOu take Off?/
I Lied/
YOu added?/
HOw muCh iS it?/
Let'S put mOre/
okay/
David; Why don'tyou
move bacK a little
just to be safe, oKay?
[Grunting]
[BreatheS HeaviLy]
MOre?/
YOu ShOuLd never
dO anything Like thiS/
YOu knOw that, right?/
David; What doyou do
ifsomething bad happens?
Get MOm/
David; right.
[Grunting]
HOw muCh did yOu
put On that time?/
[Panting]
ALL Of it/
What eLSe Can we uSe?/
[David Straining]
HOw muCh iS it?/
HOw muCh iS it, Dad?/
AbOut 350 pOundS/
Physician; Fracture ofthe fifth
metacarpal ofthe right hand,
aS weLL
aS muLtipLe fraCtureS
Of the Sixth, Seventh,
and eighth ribS/
The wOrSt Of the injury,
hOwever,
waS SuStained
tO the right Leg
in the fOrm Of
a SpiraL fraCture/
There were 1 4 breakS/
It SimpLy Shattered/
They CaLL me Mr/ GLaSS/
Physician; Who does?
KidS/
Physician;Areyou
all right, mr. Price?
Shall I continue?
Pins were placed throughout
the length ofthe leg.
The use ofa wheelchair
will be needed
for a 2-month period.
The use of crutches will
follow for 1 2 to 1 4 months.
Hospital stay will
range from 5 to 8 days
followed by 9 to 1 2 months
ofphysical therapy.
Prescribed medication
for pain management
will taKe the usual
forms ofmorphine drip,
percocet, darvocet.
YOur 1 0;/00 iS here/
The hOSpitaL diSCharged
him thiS mOrning/
ThankS/
ELijah, right?/
We're gOnna prevent any
SubStantiaL atrOphy
OfyOur gOOd Leg
with thiS,
and it wOrkS
YOur quadriCepS/
Elijah; Howlong
haveyou been married?
HOw'd yOu
get tOgether?/
[LaughS]
I'm a LittLe nervOuS
being here/
I aSk tOO many queStiOnS
when I'm nervOuS/
A Car aCCident/
oh/
NOw yOu're gOing tO have
tO teLL me mOre/
[LaughS]
My huSband waS
a Star athLete in COLLege,
and we were
in an aCCident tOgether/
our Car flipped
On an iCy rOad,
and we were bOth injured,
and he COuLdn't pLay
fOOtbaLL anymOre/
And ifthat
hadn't happened,
we prObabLywOuLdn't
have been tOgether/
HOw SO?/
I thinkwe ShOuLd
taLk abOutyOur rehab/
YOu dOn't have tO anSwer
ifyOu dOn't want tO/
SO, teLL me mOre
abOut the quad maChine/
It preventS
atrOphy by///
I COuLdn't
Spend my Life
with SOmeOne
whO pLayed fOOtbaLL/
It'S pretty muCh
that SimpLe/
And I dOn't hate
the game/
I admire the amOunt
OfSkiLL it invOLveS/
And Like everyOne eLSe,
I waS in awe Ofthe way
he pLayed it,
but fOOtbaLL,
in manywayS,
iS the OppOSite
Ofwhat I dO/
YOu're rewarded the mOre
YOu puniSh yOur OppOnent/
YOu knOw, it'S tOO muCh
abOut viOLenCe,
and I dOn't want
viOLenCe in my Life/
It'S nOt a thing many peOpLe
Can underStand, but///
Anyway,
fate Stepped in
with that Car aCCident
and tOOk fOOtbaLL
Out Ofthe equatiOn/
Elijah;And everyone lived
happily ever after.
SOrt Of/
Elijah; What part of
David's body was injured?
WhO Said my huSband'S
name waS David?/
[CrOwd Cheering]
WOman; Let'S juSt gO
tO Our SeatS, Okay?/
P.A. Announcer;
Ladies andgentlemen...
[COntinueS IndiStinCtLy]
P.A. Announcer;
In the first half...
[COntinueS I ndiStinCtLy]
[CrOwd NOiSe FadeS]
[ChiLd YeLLS,
CrOwd NOiSe ReSumeS]
[P.A/ AnnOunCer
Speaking IndiStinCtLy]
Elijah;A 737
crashes on taKeoff--
no survivors.
A hOteL fire dOwntOwn--
An EaStraiL train
deraiLS
OutSide the City--
One SurvivOr/
He iS unharmed/
I've SpOken
with yOur huSband
abOut hiS SurvivaL/
I SuggeSted a rather
unbeLievabLe pOSSibiLity/
SinCe then,
I've COme tO beLieve
that pOSSibiLity,
hOwever unbeLievabLe,
Elijah; is now
more a probability.
And what waS it
YOu SuggeSted?/
Elijah; These are
mediocre times, mrs. Dunn.
People are starting
to lose hope.
It's hard
for many to believe
there are extraordinary
things inside themselves
as well as others.
I hOpe yOu Can keep
an Open m i nd/
CrOwd; DefenSe!
DefenSe!
DefenSe!
DefenSe!
DefenSe!
man;
OKay, here you go.
ThanKs a lot.
ExCuSe me, Sir?/
Can yOu Step
Out Of Line, pLeaSe?/
We've been having
SOme prObLemS
with peOpLe SeLLing drugS
here in the Stadium/
WOuLd yOu mind
ifl CheCkyOur pOCketS?/
RaiSeyOur armS, pLeaSe/
COme On, raiSe them up/
I juSt gOt here, man/
Can I put my handS
dOwn nOw?/
man;
Can I go?
Yeah/
HOpeyOu find them/
JenKins On radio;
Yo, Dunn.
Yeah/
JenKins; Ijust came
into the offce.
Your Kid was hurt.
Where iS he?/
JenKins; Some play
rehearsal at school.
He wants you
to come down there.
[WOman Speaki ng
I ndiStinCtLy]
boy;
Is thatyour dad?
I bet my dad COuLd
beat up yOur dad/
NO/ He, uh///
he inSiSted
we CaLL OnLyyOu,
thOugh we had SOme trOubLe
traCking yOu dOwn/
I mean, yOu're nOt
On Our LiSt/
Audrey handLeS
thiS type OfStuff/
oh/
What type Of Stuff?/
JOSeph Stuff/
DO I need tO put
any SmeLLy Ointment
On him Or anything?/
NO, nO/ It'S mOre
emOtiOnaL damage--
nOt--nOt tOO SeriOuS,
phySiCaLLy/
NOthing Like when I SentyOu
tO the hOSpitaL/
When waS that?/
My OffiCe
waS On the Other Side
Ofthe buiLding baCk then/
YOu dOn't remember me,
dOyOu?/
NO, ma'am/
I had red hair/
Nurse; Well,you were
a littleyounger
thanJoseph
when it happened.
Didyou Know
that we changed
the rules ofconduct
around the pool
because ofyou?
The Kids
still tell about it
IiKe it was some sort
ofghost story.
"Didyou Know
there was a Kid
nearly drowned in that pool?
He lay on the bottom
ofthe pool
for 5 minutes,
and when they pulled him out,
he was dead. "
We let them tell it.
It helps Keep them safe.
You still phobic
of water?
Joseph; It was Potter
and another guy.
They were messing
with this Chinese girl
in the dressing room.
You can 't let
bad things happen
tO gOOd peOpLe,
ri ght?/
That'S yOur COde, right?/
That'S
the herO'S COde/
I tried tO make them StOp,
but they kept
puShing me dOwn,
and theywOuLdn't
Let me get baCk up/
I thOught maybe
beCauSeyOu're my dad///
I thOught
I might be LikeyOu/
I'm nOt LikeyOu/
YOu are Like me/
We Can bOth get hurt/
I'm juSt
an Ordinary man/
NO, yOu're nOt/
Why dOyOu keep
Saying that?/
[Train WhiStLe BLOwS]
Audrey; Elijah Price
came to visit me
at the center today.
JeSuS/
He didn't dO anything/
He juSt///
tOLd me hiS theOry/
That'S Sad, when patientS
get Like that/
They LOSe reaLity/
JOSeph, what the heLL
areyOu dOing?/
Audrey;
Oh, my God.
YOu dOn't beLieve/
I'LL ShOwyOu/
YOu Can't get hurt/
That gun'S nOt LOaded/
He dOeSn't knOw
where I keep the buLLetS/
Joseph; Inyour
rooKie ofthe Year trophy.
JOSeph,
did yOu LOad that gun?/
YOu wOn't get hurt/
David;
Elijah was wrong.
Audrey; When did he
meet Elijah?
He waS with me
when I met him/
Joseph;
No one believes him.
JOSeph, LiSten tO me/
SOmetimeS when peOpLe
get SiCk Or hurt
fOr a LOng time,
Like ELijah,
their mind
getS hurt, tOO,
and they Start
tO think thingS
that aren't true/
He tOLd me what he thOught
abOutyOur father/
It iSn't true/
I'LL ShOwyOu/
DOyOu remember
the StOry
abOut--abOut the bOy
that aLmOSt drOwned
in the pOOL?/
That waS me
theywere taLking abOut/
I aLmOSt died/
That waS me/
- YOu're Lying/
- I'm nOt Lying, Okay?/
I juSt didn't
remember it, that'S aLL/
Audrey;Joseph,
you Knowyourfather
waS injured in COLLege/
YOu knOw that/
YOu knOw aLL abOut that/
Audrey;
Don't do it.
He'll die,Joseph.
I'LL juSt ShOOt him OnCe/
JOSeph, LiSten
tO what yOur mOt--
[Crying]
DOn't be SCared/
JOSeph///
ifyOu puLL that trigger,
I'm gOing tO Leave/
DOyOu underStand?/
I'm gOing tO gO tO New YOrk/
Y-YOu're right/
David;
Ifyoupull that trigger,
that bullet isjust going
to bounce offme,
and I'm nOt gOing
tO be hurt,
but then
I'm gOing tO gO upStairS
and I'm gOing tO paCk
and I'm gOing tO Leave
fOr New YOrk/
Why?/
David; because I thought
we werejuststarting
tO be friendS fOr reaL,
and friendS
wiLL LiSten tO eaCh Other/
They dOn't--
And they dOn't ShOOt
eaCh Other,
d-dO they, Audrey?/
NO ShOOting friendS,
JOSeph/
David;Joseph...
you are about
to be in big trouble!
NOw, I am yOur father,
and I am teLLing yOu
tO put that gOddamn gun
dOwn right nOw!
ohh!
[Breathing HeaviLy]
[Crying]
Elijah; I followed the guy
in the camouflagejacKet.
He had a SiLver gun
with a bLaCk grip
tuCked in the baCk
OfhiS pantS/
Were yOu reaLLy
injured
in that Car aCCident
in COLLege?/
BeCauSe I beLieve
YOu faked it/
I beLieveyOu tOOk
the OppOrtunity
tO end yOur
fOOtbaLL Career,
nO queStiOnS aSked/
And I thinkyOu did it,
Of aLL thingS,
fOr a wOman/
I gueSS
that makeS SenSe/
Heh/ FOOtbaLL'S, what,
juSt 1 0 yearS,
but LOve///
Hmm/ NOw,
that'S fOrever/
And that LittLe bit Of
SadneSS in the mOrningS
YOu SpOke Of?/
I think I knOw
what that iS/
PerhapS
YOu're nOt dOing
whatyOu're SuppOSed
tO be dOing/
David; most guns have
a blacK orsilver handle.
I had a 50-50 ShOt
Of getting the COLOr right/
Elijah; That's not
what I witnessed.
StOp/
StOp meSSing
with my Life, ELijah/
My SOn aLmOSt ShOt me
LaSt night,
beCauSe he wanted
tO prOve yOu were right/
Elijah; I neversaid
you couldn't be Killed.
I neversaid that.
My wife waS right/
Elijah; There have been
andyou were
the only one unharmed.
I have been SiCk/
When I waS a kid, I Spent
a week in the hOSpitaL
getting better
frOm pneumOnia/
I aLmOSt drOwned/
were fOOLing arOund
in a pOOL dunking me,
and I SwaLLOwed SOme water/
They didn't knOw it,
and it aLmOSt kiLLed me/
HerOeS dOn't get kiLLed
Like that/
NOrmaL peOpLe dO,
right?/
I dOn't need tO SeeyOu
anymOre, Okay?/
PLeaSe Stay away
frOm my famiLy/
The Pixies;melody She said,
I could tellyou stories melody
melody That could maKeyou cry melody
melody What aboutyou? melody
Hey, man, it'S 20 after/
It'S time tO ChOOSe/
I gOtta head/
melody Andshe sighed, ahh melody
melody I said, I want
to be a singer melody
YOu better nOt be
jaCking Off
tO the JapaneSe COmiCS,
I Swear tO GOd/
melody Let's go, let's sit,
let's talK melody
melody Politics
goes so good with beer melody
melody And while we're at it,
baby melody
melody Why don'tyou tell me
one ofyour biggest fears? melody
melody I said, losing my penis
to a whore with disease melody
LOOk, man, I didn't knOw
YOu were i n a///
melody Losin'my life
to a whore with disease melody
J uSt ChOOSe SOmething,
aLL right?/
melody Excuse me, please? melody
Audrey;
The baby-Sitter'S here/
[WhiSpering]
ShOuLd we CanCeL?/
I'm fine/
We Can dO thiS
anOther time/
DOn't Lie/
I'm fine/
I juSt gOt mixed-up/
[SighS]
HOw abOut we juSt gO
fOr a COupLe drinkS?/
melody Well,
I'm a humble guymelody
okay, LOOk, man, I'm juSt
gOing tO wheeL yOu Out/
ALL right?/ YOu Can
think abOut thingS
OutSide
On the SidewaLk/
I gOt tO get
SOme ChiCken in me,
YOu knOw
what I'm Saying?/
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I told the tale
ofa girlmelody
Shit!
melody She's a little bit
older than me melody
melody Strong legs,
strong face melody
melody voice liKe milK melody
melody breasts liKe
a cluster ofgrapes melody
melody I can't escape
her ways melody
melody She raise me melody
Dude/
melody Even ifyou have
no one melody
Man, I dOn't Care
ifyOu are i n a wheeLChair/
IfyOu dO that again,
I'm CaLLing 5-0/
melody And while
we're at it, baby melody
Man/
melody You don't want
to sleep melody
melody Aftersetting myloins
on fire melody
That'S it, CraCkerjaCk/
YOu're gOing tO be Sitting
YOur aSS in jaiL nOw/
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
melody I've been tiredmelody
HOw muCh fOr thiS One?/
melody I've been tiredmelody
RuSt?/
Yeah/
AS a COLOr, nOt aS ruSt/
YOu knOw, Like///
ruSt-COLOred paint
Or wOOd/
- I didn't knOw that/
- Mm-hmm/
Um///
mine'S StiLL brOwn/
okay, my turn/
FavOrite SOng?/
Soft and wet
by the ArtiSt
FOrmerLy KnOwn aS PrinCe/
What?/
We're SuppOSed
tO be hOneSt/
Soft and wet.
That'S very intereSting/
okay, my turn/
When waS the firSt time///
the thOught pOpped
intO yOur head
we might nOt make it?/
That'S nOt the game/
It'S the firSt date/
There aren't any ruLeS/
[SighS]
DOn't knOw fOr Sure/
Think CarefuLLy/
What abOut the game?/
It'S Over/
I wOn/
LOOk, maybe it waSn't
a SpeCifiC mOment/
Maybe it waS a time--
I had a nightmare
One night,
and///
I didn't wakeyOu up
SOyOu COuLd teLL me
that it waS Okay/
I think that waS
the firSt time/
DOeS that COunt?/
That COuntS/
DOyOu knOwingLy
keep me and JOSeph
at a diStanCe?/
YeS/
Why?/
I dOn't knOw/
I juSt dOn't feeL
right, Audrey/
SOmething'S///
juSt nOt right/
DOyOu reSent uS,
David?/
[LaughS]
ReSent the Life
YOu have?/
I mean, there were
a LOt Of Other thingS
YOu COuLd've dOne
after COLLege/
TheSe wereyOur ChOiCeS/
[SighS]
YOu knOw,
even ifit meant
we COuLdn't have
been tOgether,
I neverwOuLd've wiShed
that injury On yOu/
WhatyOu COuLd dO
phySiCaLLy
waS a gift/
I neverwOuLd've
wiShed it tO gO away/
YOu knOw that, right?/
YOu had 2 CaLLS
afterJOSeph went tO bed/
one Came thrOugh whiLe
I waS On the Other Line,
but I waSn't taLking
tOO LOng/
baby-sitter; There was
an emergency with mysister.
She tried to do
her own perm,
and now she looKs liKe
she stucK her head--
WhO CaLLed thrOugh?/
baby-sitter;
Um...
someone from New YorK,
uh, about
a securityjob.
They want to hire you.
I didn't knOw yOu guyS
were mOving tO New YOrk/
ThankS fOr teLLing me/
We weren't aLL
gOing tO mOve/
oh/
I Let the anSwering maChine
piCk up the Other CaLL/
Great/
LOOk, Let'S juSt be
hOneSt here/
We're juSt
at the beginning,
and I dOn't expeCt
YOu Or I tO Change
the COurSe Ofwhere
Our LiveS were headed
beCauSe Of One date/
And ifyOu dO gO
tO New YOrk,
we Can deveLOp thiS/
We'LL juSt be fOrCed
tO take it SLOw/
And in the end,
I think that'S
definiteLy better/
I mean, thiS iS Our SeCOnd
time arOund, David/
I didn't expeCt uS tO get
Carried away, yOu knOw/
Then I gueSS
"COngratuLatiOnS"
iS the right thing
tO Say/
[DOOr CLOSeS]
[SighS]
[Thunder]
[Beep]
Elijah;
David, it's Elijah.
It was so obvious.
It was this one issue
that brought it bacK for me--
Century Comics 1 1 7.
That's where this group,
the Coalition ofEvil,
tried to ascertain
the weaKness
of every superhero,
because
they all have one,
just liKe you.
Your bones don 't breaK.
mine do.
That's clear.
Your cells react
to bacteria and viruses
differently than mine.
You don 't get sicK.
I do.
That's also clear.
but for some reason,
you and I react
the exact same way to water.
We swallow it too fast,
we choKe.
We get some
in our lungs, we drown.
However unreal
it may seem,
we are connected,
you and I.
We 're on the same curve,
just on opposite ends.
The point ofall this
is we now Know
something we didn 't.
You have a weaKness--
water.
It's liKe
your Kryptonite.
You hearing me, David?
[Beep Beep]
[MetaL CLatterS]
[Breathing HeaviLy]
Huhh!
David; Audrey?
[MetaL Creaking]
Unh!
Hunh!
Aah!
GOtCha/
COme On/
Audrey/
Audrey/
Hey!
YOu'LL be Okay/
What happened?/
What happened?/
I thOught I waS///
I thOught
I waS dead/
Me, tOO/
[TruCk DOOr CLOSeS]
IS She aLL right?/
I think her Leg'S brOken/
TrucK Driver;
Areyou hurt?
Hey, man,
areyou hurt?
[Audrey Crying]
[TeLephOne RingS]
[Ring]
[Ring]
HeLLO?/
David; I wasn't injured
in that car accident.
David/
David; I've never been
injured, Elijah.
What am I
supposed to do?
GO tO where peOpLe are/
Elijah; You won't have
to looK very long.
It's all right
to be afraid, David,
because this part
won't be liKe a comic booK.
real life doesn't fit
into little boxes
that were drawn for it.
[P.A/ AnnOunCer Speaki ng
I ndiSti nCtLy]
[PeOpLe Chattering]
There'S One
in the firSt rOw/
It'S--It'S
the SeCOnd One/
YeS/ It'S
the SeCOnd One Over/
oh!
GO baCk
tO AfriCa!
[TireS SqueaL]
man; Whoo-hoo!
Hey, what'S yOur name?/
[MuSiC PLaying FaintLy]
I think
YOu drank tOO muCh/
Can I COme in?/
WhO are yOu?/
I LikeyOur hOuSe/
Can I COme in?/
What iS thiS?/
NO/ YOu Can't COme in/
AreyOu Sure?/
What--What areyOu--
man;Aah!
[objeCt CLatterS]
[FLipS
Light SwitCh]
man;Aah!
[TV PLaying FaintLy]
[HeartbeatS]
[objeCt CLatterS]
[ChiLd GaSpS]
[ChiLdren Whimpering]
It'S Okay/
[ChiLdren Crying]
It'S Okay/
It'S Okay/
Shh, Shh, Shh/
Shh, Shh/
[Raining outSide]
[Thunder]
[GagS]
oh!
BLaah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Ahh!
Ahh!
Aah!
Ahh! Ahh!
[Grunting]
I had a bad dream/
It'S Over nOw/
David;
I don't Know.
I Can't beLieve
YOu'd think that/
I'm juSt aSking yOu/
I'm making
FrenCh tOaSt/
Audrey; I've been thinKing
about Elijah Price.
Ifhe shows up again,
I thinK we should
call the police, oKay?
okay?/
okay/
[WhiSperi ng]
YOu were right/
[CLaSSiCaL PianO MuSiC
PLaying]
ThiS iS One OfJOhann DaviS'
earLieSt drawingS/
See the viLLain'S eyeS?/
They're Larger than
the Other CharaCterS'/
They inSinuate a SLightLy
Skewed perSpeCtive
On hOw they See
the wOrLd--
juSt Off nOrmaL/
He dOeSn't LOOk
SCary/
Mm-hmm/ That'S what
I Said tO my SOn,
but he SayS there'S
aLwayS 2 kindS/
There'S
the SOLdierviLLain
whO fightS the herO
with hiS handS,
and then there'S
the reaL threat--
the briLLiant
and eviL arChenemy
whO fightS the herO
with hiS mind/
AreyOu
ELijah'S mOther?/
I am/
I'm heLping him
with the SaLe/
NiCe tO meetyOu/
I'm David Dunn/
He'S SpOken OfyOu/
SayS yOu're
beCOming friendS/
We are/
LOOkS Like
he'S dOing gOOd tOday/
I'm very prOud Ofhim/
He'S COme thrOugh
a LOt in hiS Life--
a COupLe Ofbad SpeLLS
I thOught had brOken him/
Mm-hmm/
Theywere bad///
but he made it/
YeS, he did/
He'S kind Of
a miraCLe/
YeS, he iS/
I'LL teLL him
YOu're here/
ThankyOu/
It haS begun/
TeLL me SOmething, David/
When yOu wOke up
thiS mOrning,
waS it StiLL there?/
The SadneSS?/
David; No.
I think thiS iS
where we Shake handS/
[ExpLOSiOn]
[CrOwd YeLLS]
Woman;
Didyousee it?
[Siren]
[ALarm BuzzeS]
I wOrked in that buiLding
I knOw aLL itS SeCretS/
SeCretS?/
Like ifthere ever
waS a fire
On flOOrS
everyOne in that hOteL
wOuLd be burned aLive/
[Siren]
PaSSengerS aren't
aLLOwed in there/
[PeOpLe SCream]
Elijah; Doyou Know
what the scariest thing is?
TO nOt knOw yOur pLaCe
in thiS wOrLd,
tO nOt knOw
whyyOu're here/
That'S///
That'S juSt
an awfuL feeLing/
What have yOu dOne?/
I aLmOSt gave up hOpe/
Elijah; There were
so many times
I questioned myself.
YOu kiLLed
aLL thOSe peOpLe/
But I fOund yOu/
SO many SaCrifiCeS///
juSt tO find yOu/
JeSuS ChriSt/
NOw that we knOw
whO yOu are///
I knOw whO I am/
I'm nOt a miStake/
Elijah;
It all maKes sense.
In a COmiC,
YOu knOw hOw yOu Can teLL
whO the arCh-viLLain'S
gOing tO be?/
He'S the exaCt OppOSite
Ofthe herO,
and mOSt timeS,
they're friendS,
LikeyOu and me/
I ShOuLd've knOwn
way baCkwhen/
YOu knOw why, David?/
BeCauSe Ofthe kidS/
They CaLLed me
Mr/ GLaSS/