The Beast Within

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Thank you.

Another

2 miles, he says.

The road to jackson

is just before the nioba sign.

Ahh!

Still love me?

What'll you offer?

Come here.

Oh, sh*t!

You said it wa

s before the sign, right

Well, hang on.

You all right?

Want me to help?

No.

I gotta go back to that

gas station for a tow.

Lock up anyway

I will.

I won't be long, now.

Thor.

Stay close. Go on.

Go on out! Go on, now!

Thor!

Oh!

Caroline!

Caroline!

Caroline!

Oh, god, thor.

Oh, god, caroline.

Ohh...

Mac!

Oh, my god.

Help me.

Get her over there.

Come on, hurry.

Your boy is sicker

than we know.

The iv's are the only thing

sustaining him as it is.

We're going to have

to supplement that

With a full complement

of life-Support systems,

If we're going to have

any chance to sustain him.

"Sustaining."

"Chance."

I don't want

my son sustained.

And i don't want any chances.

I want him cured.

Eli.

There's gotta be

something you can do.

A month ago, he was a healthy,

Perfectly all right, happy kid

There's a chemical

imbalance,

An occult malignancy

in his system.

What kind of medicine

are you practicing here, doctor?

What we have is

a pituitary gland

That has gone crazy,

out of control.

It's causing much

too rapid rate of growth.

No matter what

nourishment we give him,

It just isn't enough.

Now, i thought it might

be genetic, inherited.

But metabolic tests

that we did on both of you

Show that you're normal as pie

So unless there's

something we don't know,

Unless there's something

left out of the picture...

Eli.

No.

No. No.

Eli, please.

Atlanta or

maybe houston...

First thing

we gotta do

Is get him the hell

out of here

And someplace where they know

what they're talking about.

We can't just wish it away

We can't just go on

pretending it never happened.

17 years ago,

I was attacked

And nothing's ever

gonna change that fact

He...

He is my son.

He is my own son

and nobody else's.

Yes, he is your son.

You love him

and he loves you.

And whatever we find out

won't change that.

But michael is dying.

We can't afford not to

find out who was responsible.

You heard what

dr. Odom said:

"Something more to go on."

, that man, his background

His medical records,

may be that something more

No! No!

No.

No.

No!

No!

Aah!

No!

No-Aah!

You're leaving.

No, sweetheart

Yes, you are.

You're leaving me.

I'm just going with daddy

for a little while.

Just where we think

we can do you best.

We'll be right

back, darling.

We'll be right here.

But i'm afraid.

I'm dying.

I don't want

to be left alone.

Nobody,

Daddy,

Dr. Odom or me

Is ever gonna let

that happen to you

I'll see you

real soon, now.

You okay?

I'm fine.

Well, the fog

is rolling in.

Well...

Looks peaceful enough.

There's the courthouse

Hi.

Well, hi there,

yourself.

Um... i'd like to get

some information.

Honey, you've come

to the right place

I'm just a fount.

Yes, ma'am

. May i help you

I'd like to look through

your back issues, if i could.

Oh, why?

I'm from jackson,

the extension school.

Is that a fact

I'm writing a book

on crime in rural america.

This isn't jackson

. This isn't even shreveport

There's no crime

around here,

Excepting an occasional

barn burning.

You know, strictly local

stuff to be exact.

That's exactly what

i'm looking for.

Something to give me

a feel of the area.

Well, the morgue's in the back

if you gotta feel out the area

You only got a few minutes.

It's near lunchtime.

And i don't have anybody

to mind the office

And i'm not putting

anybody on.

You help yourself,

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