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Chance S01E01
Part 1
Aug. 4, 2020, 11:55 a.m.
Oh, my God!
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.
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?
She spent the last year watching television or staying drunk.
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.
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.
Mom told me about school.
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