Ghost Lab (2021)

[bunniefuu]

[triumphant music plays]

[man ] Do you believe in the afterlife?

Do you believe in ghosts?

[eerie music plays]

Have you ever been able to prove
that your beliefs

aren't just nonsense

or wild superstitions?

[man sighs]

[man ] I'd like to invite all of you
to meet two important men

who will change your beliefs forever.

[applause]

[camera shutters clicking]

[applause, camera shutters clicking]

[background noise fades]

[eerie high-pitched ringing]

[rhythmic vibrations]

[cell phone vibrates]

[man groans lightly]

-[vibrations continue]
-[man tuts]

[man sighs]

Hmm?

[tense music plays]

-[man screams]
-[giggling]

[groans]

[funky music plays]

[quietly] Come on!

[sighs]

[groans]

[doctor] There he is!

-Hey.
-[nurse giggles]

[doctor chuckles]

I thought you said you weren't afraid
of ghosts? Are you sure?

I never said I wasn't afraid of ghosts.
I just don't believe in them.

[both] Mm-hmm.

You must have too much free time.
Why don't you go get some sleep?

-Don't you have the night shift tonight?
-Yeah.

Dr. Gla, Dr. Wee. Have you heard
about the ER case from the other day?

-No, I haven't.
-OK, there's this third-degree burn case.

They said a man k*lled himself
by burning down his house

because of his wife.

[screaming]

[chuckles] When he arrived in here,
he was burned to a crisp.

The smell was so nasty!

That's right. They said something fell
and nearly split his head in half.

He was wailing and writhing in pain
until he finally died on the bed.

[agonized screaming]

-Gee!
-[nurse ] Mm.

If there's any update,
Joon, you let me know, OK?

Got it.

How could there be an update?
She just said the guy died.

Well, you know,
I didn't mean it like that.

I meant, like, uh…

freaky things.

[Joon chuckles]

I thought you were a surgeon, man,
not a shaman.

-[Joon giggles]
-Hmm.

Well, since we're on the topic
of sick burns, Dr. Wee, nicely done!

[giggles]

[Gla] Hmm.

I've gotta go.

My mom should be done
with physical therapy by now.

[Gla] Mm-hmm!

[woman over PA]
Dr. Ar-Jong to Room . Stat. Paging--

-"Ar-Jong," not again! [chuckles]
-[Joon giggles]

My name's "Arj-Ong."

They keep calling me "Ar-Jong".

Shitheads.

It even happened in there, you know?

Let it go. It's happened since year one.

Year one, are you serious?
More like kindergarten.

[chuckles] OK, then.

Are you ready, Dr…

"Ar-Jong"?

-[nurses giggle]
-Shut up!

[chuckles]

RATANARAJ HOSPITAL

[Wee sighs]

[Wee sighs]

Hi, Mom.

Has anyone come
to do your physical therapy?

Hmm?

Are you tired already?

-Tired? Are you tired?
-[woman] Gla.

[Gla] Oh, Mai.

-What's up?
-[Mai chuckles]

[Mai] How long
has his mom been in the hospital?

Seven or eight years.

She's why he decided to become a doctor.

His paycheck goes back to the hospital.

He pretty much lives here.

So,

here to see a doctor, beautiful?

Well, maybe I am.

My heart has a sharp pain,
like I'm being ignored by my boyfriend.

-Uh-oh!
-[Mai chuckles]

-[Wee] Oh.
-Want to eat with us?

-All right.
-Hmm.

[Gla] Let's go.

[Wee sighs]

Mom, would you like me
to read you a book before bedtime?

Or do you just want to sleep?

Hmm.

Straight to bed then. OK.

[Wee groans lightly]

-[poignant music plays]
-[Wee sighs]

[footsteps approaching]

[eerie music plays]

[gulps]

[door opens]

[door creaks]

-[groans]
-[metal clanking, glass tinkling]

[groans]

[distant retching]

[eerie grunting]

[suspenseful music plays]

-Dude!
-Huh?

[Gla chuckles]

Think there's ghosts in here?
It's pretty dark.

[Wee sighs]

How can ghosts be real?

Just think about it.

Even the equipment at CERN,

which has the ability
to measure particles from outer space,

has never caught
a single particle of a ghost.

[coins jingling]

-[Gla] Hmm.
-[coins rattling]

Who said ghosts are particles?

Well, any matter
you can see with your eyes

has to consist of photons, doesn't it?
We learned that in high school.

Maybe it isn't photons.

Maybe it's some kind of energy or matter

that the scientists at CERN
just haven't found yet.

Think about the f*cking platypus, man.

Before the platypus was discovered,

no one would've thought
that a mammal could lay eggs.

I mean, come on,
you f*cking believe in aliens, don't you?

Hey.

There are firm principles
that make it believable.

Any planet that has water has energy,
which means it can sustain life.

But for your theory,

you're completely ignoring
the laws of physics.

What else is there?

[Gla] Hmm.

The curious law of love it is, then.

-[funky music plays]
-[Gla chuckles]

[Gla chuckles]

But seriously, dude, are you really
not gonna do anything about Joon?

We don't have that many hot nurses
in this hospital.

When you were giving orders back there,
I saw her looking at you…

oh, smitten!

You know I have to take care of my mom.

That doesn't leave
a lot of time for other people.

[Gla] Damn!

If you're really that hungry,
get some real food.

Do you want to eat snacks or my foot?

Come on, help me carry these.

-Come on.
-[Gla] Whoa, what a big, strong man!

[Wee] Gla.

[Wee sighs]

Hey, Gla!

[suspenseful music plays]

Wow, going all in, huh?

Nice try, man.

But save your pranks for the ladies.
I'm not falling for them.

Hey.

[scrunching, squelching]

-[bones crunching]
-[Wee gasps]

[eerie music plays]

[crunching, squelching continues]

[gasps quietly]

[breathing shakily]

[breathing wavers]

[Wee breathing shakily]

[eerie music continues]

-[screams]
-[Wee and Gla scream]

-[yelling]
-[Gla] Damn. Wee!

Hey.

[Wee breathes heavily]

You f*cking saw that, right?
Tell me you saw it, man!

Tell me you f*cking saw that!
An actual ghost. Holy sh*t!

[gasps]

I can't f*cking believe
I saw that. Oh my God!

Ha! [laughs]

Oh my God!

-[dramatic music plays]
-[Gla laughs]

[Gla] f*ck yeah!

[screaming from monitor]

[Gla] Wee! You f*cking saw that, right?
Tell me you saw it, man.

Tell me you f*cking saw that.
An actual ghost. Holy sh*t!

[Wee] Maybe we were hallucinating.

We both hallucinated the same thing?

You know that's impossible.

It doesn't make sense.
There's no explanation for any of this.

How about we find one, then?

[eerie suspenseful music plays]

MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING,
RATANARAJ HOSPITAL

Why did you bring me to this old building?
Isn't it just accommodation for personnel?

This floor only has storage rooms.

[fluttering]

Ouch!

Whoa.

[whimpers]

Those birds live here now.

Does someone come to clean up, at least?

[Gla] I don't know.

I asked Namo for this room,

to do my research.

I like this building.

No security cameras.

Makes it easier to do stuff.

Why do you need a room
without security cameras

to do small intestine research?

[Gla tapping keys]

NORTHERN LIGHTS QUEST

So, what is it you wanted me to see?

[eerie music plays]

[Gla] Check it out.

I'm doing research on ghosts.

I'm confident that these videos
and photos from the Internet…

[mouse clicking]

probably all fake.

We all know

footage of ghosts used to be hard to find,
that's totally understandable.

But nowadays, cameras are everywhere.

Security cameras, especially.

So, why aren't there a sh*t ton
of ghost videos out there?

Because cameras can't record any ghosts.

Remember that movie Shutter? Bullcrap!

[chuckles wryly]

[suspenseful music plays]

GHOSTS = ?

DESERTED CEMETERIES

DESERTED WAREHOUSES

What the hell? What is all this?

Ghost research?

Have you lost your mind?

My dad died when I was in second grade.

One night, not long after the funeral,

I went downstairs to get some water.

[eerie music plays]

[pattering]

[gentle thud]

[gasps]

-[eerie music plays]
-[gasps]

It was just a split second,
then he disappeared.

But I'm positive,

it was really him.

It's been over years

since that night,

but these questions about ghosts
are still stuck in my head.

It's become a part of my life.

Then last night happened.

You and I saw a ghost together.

And I know that I really did
see my father that night.

It's like the one question
I've been asking my entire life

has finally been answered.

Think about it, man.

If I can find a way for others
to see ghosts the way that we did,

what would happen?

I think I was born
to prove to the world that…

ghosts are real.

Count me in.

[thrilling music plays]

Experiment log number ,

May th, .

Today's Northern Lights Quest
has another significant update.

[Wee] Hmm?

What's the Northern Lights Quest?

[Gla chuckles]

I got the name from the ancient Inuit.

They believed that the Northern Lights
are the souls of the dead

trying to communicate
with the living on Earth.

Hmm?

-Hmm.
-Well, say something, Dr. Specs.

OK. Um…

[Gla chuckles]

-Come on, just say anything.
-Stop laughing, man. Uh, I'm Dr. Wee.

The next step is that the two of us

will try to prove
and find answers related to ghosts.

It'll be one of the most,

if not the most important discovery
of all time!

It's like Sir Isaac Newton
when he discovered gravity!

Or Benjamin Franklin
discovering electricity.

Or Albert Einstein
discovering General Relativity.

Our very own research
is going to be published

in this magazine, The Experiment,
the most well-known research journal

in the entire world. [grunts]

[chuckles]

And what have you found
in your research these past few years?

I did field research.

Can you please tell me what you found?

[Gla] I interviewed everyone…

Ghosts? Shut up.

I got goosebumps when I saw it.

…who said they saw ghosts.

-Over there?
-[meows]

Oh my God, bro.
Everything just started moving by itself!

[Gla] I did all kinds of crazy ceremonies

that would let me see ghosts.

[grunts]

Any place people said was cursed,
that's where I went.

A cemetery in Kanchanaburi…

[breathing heavily]

…the Four Corpses' House in Chonburi…

[tapping]

[gasps, breathes heavily]

…the abandoned prison in Vietnam,

the haunted house in Korea,

and the Suicide Forest in Japan…
I've been to all the famous places.

[yawns loudly]

But never came across any ghosts.

Even in the hospital
where people die every day.

I've looked everywhere… [grunts]

where there've been sightings,

and never seen a single one until…

Until in front of the vending machine
with you that night.

Exactly.

[Wee] Where do you find the time
to do this stuff?

When you're looking after your mom,
what do you think I'm doing?

Anyway, if I'd told you about it,
you would've thought I was nuts.

If cameras aren't able to see ghosts,

that means there's only one way
to prove ghosts are real.

We have to…

let people see them just like we did.

That means we'll have to find
another mechanism or scenario

by which we can control
the appearance of the ghosts.

[Gla] Right.

But up to now,

I've only seen two ghosts
and you've seen one.

We need to see more
in order to study what makes them appear.

[Wee] OK.

For the first step, we need to…

[Gla] Yep!

[rock music plays]

[Gla] All right. Good night, babe.

[Gla chuckles]

[Gla sighs]

Why don't you tell Mai about the research?

There's no point.

Hey, it's three in the morning.

Isn't Mai's condo around here?

If you're tired, you can go ahead
and sleep. I'll stay here.

We've been surveilling here
for over a week now.

Nothing's happened.

I think we need to change our strategy.
This isn't working.

We need a new method.

[eerie music plays]

-[suspenseful music plays]
-[Wee grunts]

Wind.

[both chuckle]

[Wee exhales]

[Wee chuckles]

[Gla sighs]

sh*t.

Holy sh*t, Wee!

So far, we've been focusing
on ghosts we can see,

but there are other types as well.

Like poltergeist phenomena,
which we can't see.

What's the poltergeist phenomena?

In a few of my previous interviews,

some said they'd seen objects move around,
heard multiple strange sounds,

and felt the temperature around them
drop out of nowhere.

Now, just this past week,

I searched through the hospital's CCTV

and found these images here.

[distant rattling]

[wheels squeaking]

[tense music plays]

[wheels squeaking]

[mouse clicking]

[mouse clicking]

[beep]

[Gla sighs]

Hold on. Thermometer crashed.

[Gla] Come on.

[Gla breathes deeply]

[door squeaks]

I think you should go first.

Why? You scared?

[Wee] Just go ahead!

[Gla] All right.

[Wee] It's so dark. Turn on the lights.

[Gla] Will it scare away the ghosts?

[Gla breathing heavily]

[Gla breathing shakily]

[tense music plays]

-[thud]
-[Wee] God!

[Gla] Damn it, dude!

[both breathe heavily]

-Sorry.
-[Gla] Come on, man!

-What?
-sh*t. Watch where you're going, man.

You made me carry these.

-[Gla] Just--
-You're only carrying that.

[Wee] Now where to?

[exhales]

-Left.
-[Wee] OK. After you.

[Gla clears throat]

[door creaking]

[Wee] Hey.

[Gla] Why's that wheelchair in here?

[Gla breathing shakily]

[Wee whimpers]

[Gla gasps] What?

H… How did…

How did…

-[rattling]
-[Wee] Oh sh*t!

[Gla] f*ck!

sh*t!

[scared gasping]

[rattling]

-[Wee] What the fu…
-[Gla] Oh! Oh sh*t!

What's going on?

sh*t!

[Wee] Hey! It's…

What's the temperature reading?

Damn it!

[Gla] sh*t! sh*t!

[Wee whimpering]

[Gla] f*ck! Oh!

[Wee mumbles incoherently]

[Gla] Oh! Oh! Oh sh*t! Oh sh*t!

[both breathing heavily]

Was that a natural phenomena?

[Gla] We came one step closer
to ghosts this time,

in terms of energy
and temperature fluctuation.

But the strange situations we've recorded

aren't that different
from those seen in other videos online.

It just isn't solid enough evidence.

I need to go over the interviews again.
Maybe there's something I missed.

Gla, come on, you can do it later.

[tense music plays]

[breathing heavily]

[woman] Dr. Gla?

Are you OK?

[machine beeping]

[disorienting music plays]

[high-pitched ringing]

[squelching]

[squelching]

[high-pitched ringing]

[Gla] Oh f*ck!

[woman] Stop the bleeding now!
Press the wound now. Press it here.

[woman] Someone please
get Dr. Namo in here stat.

Stat, please!

[tense music plays]

What kind of tracheotomy was that?
How did you nick the thyroid?

Aren't you our top student?

The late-night research
you've been doing is your business.

But you should know

one stupid mistake by a doctor,

their patient is dead.

Yes.

Yes, sir. Thank you so much.

[Gla sighs]

Gla?

[Gla] Hmm?

I have to tell you some bad news.

So,

in December,

I have to oversee a project in Pattaya.

Do you think we could postpone
our Northern Lights trip to, um…

like, maybe sometime next February?

-Oh.
-[Mai] Hmm?

[Gla] Hmm.

Sure, whatever you want.

Hey! Hold on.

Are you playing it cool?

You've already forgotten about it.

Don't underestimate how well I know you.

[Gla chuckles]

Hmm…

Sorry, honey.

I know we haven't seen each other a lot.

Don't worry about it.

Because every single time
you're obsessed with work,

it's sexy as hell.

-[Gla] Hmm.
-[both chuckle]

[Gla] Hmm.

I have to go.

Sure.

Here I go…

[Mai chuckles]

-[both chuckle]
-[Gla groans affectionately]

-Bye-bye.
-Hmm. Bye, babe.

[cell phone chimes]

[car door opens, closes]

[footsteps fade]

sh*t!

I've come up with something
from the platypus theory you told me.

OK, first off, how many categories
can you group animals into?

-What do you mean?
-Just think.

Guess it depends on the criteria.
Those with vertebrae, those without.

If they lay eggs or not.

By the number of legs.

What about grouping ghosts, then?
How do we do it?

[Gla] Hmm?

Have you ever noticed when we see ghosts,

they're either of people we knew,
or of people we never met before?

-We knew?
-Uh-huh.

-Like my dad's ghost.
-That's right.

Whereas the burned ghost
was a total stranger.

KNOWN VS UNKNOWN

Just think about it for a second.

These ghosts,

why would they show themselves to us?

-I don't know.
-Exactly.

We don't know why.
So far, it's just the luck of the draw.

Unless you think about it in reverse.

Why did your dad's ghost decide
to show himself to you?

Maybe he missed me, wanted to see me.

[snaps fingers] If we focus
on these types of ghosts,

we'll find out exactly
where to wait for them and with whom.

Like…

we might follow someone
whose relative or partner just died.

But the problem with that is…

[exhales]

who'd let us
follow them around all the time?

And if they know
we're researching ghosts, forget it!

Luckily for us,

I have an idea.

You don't have to be afraid.

You know why?

[poignant music plays]

No matter what happens,

I'll always be with you.

[patient] Hmm.

[Gla] I know a girl,

she's a first-year and she found out
she's in the final stage of cancer.

She also happens to be totally single.

Not only that,

she's never even had a boyfriend before.

But if one of us

could be her first and last love,

when she dies,
she'll definitely come back to see us.

[Wee] Don't you think that's too much?

Tricking someone close to death
for the sake of our experiment?

I think we might be crossing the line.

[sighs]

Who cares about that, man?

She'll have someone taking care of her
before she dies,

and we'll have a participant.

Win-win, right? Look, Wee.

[Wee sighs]

Remember that feeling
when we saw the ghost?

The door to the secrets of the universe
is right in front of us.

Nothing will stop me
from trying to open it.

[cell phone vibrates]

Hello?

What?

[Wee gasps]

[suspenseful music plays]

[Wee repeats] The brain can go
three minutes without oxygen.

[repeats] The brain can go
three minutes without oxygen.

I was able to resuscitate her.

But right now, she's unresponsive.

Mucus blocked the airway
for some time before help could arrive.

Her brain was without oxygen
for seven minutes.

I'm afraid
you're gonna have to make a decision.

[high-pitched ringing]

-[poignant music plays]
-[Gla] Wee!

[Wee breathes shakily]

[Wee] Mom…

remember…

that robot you bought me
when I was a little kid?

One day,

I threw it a little too hard,

and it couldn't walk.

At the time, you said

it couldn't walk anymore…

because something was broken inside…

we'd be able to fix it though.

Now,

I know what's wrong with you,

but there's nothing I can do to fix it.

[breathes shakily]

[poignant music intensifies]

[Wee sobs]

[wind whistling]

[Wee] Are you sure

that there's really a world beyond death?

Do you want to go now, Mom?

I'm torturing you, right?

I believe

there really is.

[Wee] I'm gonna let you go, Mom.

Please come back to see me.

[poignant music intensifies]

[continuous beep]

[Wee sighs]

[Gla] There isn't a new patient
moving into this room yet,

so I've decided to install a camera

to hopefully capture
anything strange that might happen.

Tonight,

I think I should keep him company.

[wind howling]

-[wind continues howling]
-[thud]

-[wind continues howling]
-[thud]

[gasps sleepily]

[wind howling]

[groans lightly]

[suspenseful music plays]

[eerie music plays]

[breathes heavily]

[raspy breathing]

[eerie music intensifies]

[poignant music plays]

-[mom breathes shakily]
-[Wee] Mom?

[mom whimpers, groans]

My son, where are you?

Where are you?

My son!

[Wee] Mom!

[Wee sobs]

[wind howling]

[gasps]

[Wee] My mom was saying something,

but I couldn't understand her.

[somber music plays]

[Wee] I saw her crying.

I made the wrong decision, didn't I?

[Wee sighs]

Or maybe
she really didn't want me to let her go.

After that day,

Mom never came back again.

My head's full of questions…

to the point where
I feel like I'm drowning.

So finally, I decided to do PHQ- , fMRI,
as well as several blood and urine tests

to check for chemical imbalances.

The results came back all negative.

[inhales deeply]

Which means

I'm not suffering from depression
over what happened.

[suspenseful music plays]

[light switch clicks]

[light switch clicks]

[emotional music plays]

Be careful!

What are you doing?

You two,

careful!

[Wee] Therefore, my decision

isn't influenced by emotions.

[Gla tapping keys]

I'll be the one to cross over.

"Cross over"?

Over where?

I'll die and cross over to the other side,

then I'll come back here
to do the experiment with you.

Dude, you gotta chill out.

It's exactly what we need
in order to continue with our research.

After the cancer patient
falls for you, then what?

Even if she manages to come see you,

how much experimentation
could you do with her?

What if she shows up and then
just disappears like your dad did?

She doesn't know
anything about our experiment.

She doesn't understand
what we're doing here!

If you wanna pull this off,
I'm the one who has to come back.

Pull yourself together.

I know you're still upset about your mom,

you're obviously depressed
and not thinking clearly.

Wee,

listen to me.

Look, I'm sorry you lost your mom,

but that doesn't mean
you've lost everything.

-You still have a lot of things to do.
-Yeah? Like what?

Huh?

What else am I supposed to do?

-Why do you care if I wanna die?
-You're my friend!

So what? You're my friend too!

That's why
I'm helping you with all of this.

Between seeing that first ghost together

and then my mom coming back for me,

I'm telling you,
I'm really not afraid of dying.

At least in this world,

there isn't anybody left
for me to worry about anymore.

I just wanna see my mom.

I wanna know what she was saying.

You're the one who told me, remember?

"The door to the universe's secrets
is right in front of us."

And you expect me to do nothing?

It's no big deal, Gla.

Plenty of scientists have traded
their lives for their discoveries.

Weren't you the one who said that?

That you believe
you were the one to prove this?

Guess what?
This is the only path to prove it!

You don't understand a damn thing!

I'm the one who dragged you into this.

How am I supposed to let you die?

Think about it.

How can I let you die for my experiment?

Stop trying to stop me!

You'll get a participant.
I'll get to see my mom.

It's a win-win, right?

[Gla grunts angrily]

[glass smashing]

[breathing heavily]

Come on, just accept it.

This is the only way
we'll be able to continue the experiment.

If anyone's gonna die,

it should be me.

[ominous music plays]

What are you saying?

OK, fine, I accept it.

You're right.

This is the only way
for our experiment to move forward.

But I'm the one who started this project.
I'm responsible, so I have to do it.

What the hell are you talking about?
I'm volunteering!

I also volunteer!

I'm gonna die

for this research that I started.

It's my f*cking right to, man!

[tense music plays]

OK.

Then let's be fair about it.

[suspenseful music plays]

If it's heads, then

I'll go.

And if it's tails,

you'll go.

Whatever the result,

we accept it.

[suspenseful music intensifies]

[breathes shakily]

[Gla grunts]

-[coin clatters to floor]
-[Gla sighs]

[Gla sighs]

I thought it through.

[Wee] I'll write a suicide note.

I'll say I'm suffering from depression
over my mom's death.

All you have to do is
pretend you found my body.

Forensics will conclude
it was absolutely suicide.

Just keep our experiment a secret

and we won't have any problems
with the police.

I'll wait on the other side for the day
when our names are on the cover.

[reporter] Today in California,
a mountain climber fell to his death

while attempting to set a new record
in Yosemite National Park.

The man was attempting the record
without ropes or safety equipment,

which is often referred to
as "free solo climbing."

I don't understand people
who do stuff like that.

What do they get out of it?

Is it really worth dying for?

[poignant music plays]

[Wee] Experiment log number ,

August rd, .

Every life has an ending.

The question is,
what are we gonna use that ending for?

True science

is the journey from not knowing

to knowing,

from ignorance to knowledge.

from the unknown to enlightenment.

The journey I'm about to take

will hopefully bring me closer
to knowing the universe's truth.

This video I am recording for you today

is going to document my journey
from this world to the next.

Dr. Arjong Soonyata

will be the one performing
the research from this side.

If I don't come back immediately,

he will just have to work harder.

I think that… [clears throat]

it's time

for me to set out on my journey.

[thunder rumbles]

[poignant music plays]

[thunder rumbles]

[thunder cracks]

I don't know
what the other side will be like,

but I promise
I'll do everything I can to contact you.

So do everything you can
to try and contact me as well, OK?

I promise.

I won't stop until you come back,

until our research succeeds.

Good luck!

[thunder cracks]

[thunder rumbles]

[Wee inhales, exhales deeply]

[ominous music plays]

[gasps]

[waveringly] sh*t!

sh*t!

[breathes shakily]

[inhales sharply]

[thunder cracks]

[ominous suspenseful music plays]

[breathes shakily]

[whimpers]

[sobbing]

[inaudible]

[inaudible]

[machine beeping]

-[wind whistling]
-[screams]

I think I was born
to prove to the world ghosts are real.

[Gla] Our very own research
is going to be published

in the most well-known research journal
in the entire world.

I'll wait on the other side for the day
when our names are on the cover.

Please come back to see me.

What are the two of you doing, son?

-[gasps, pants]
-[high-pitched ringing]

[pants]

Mom!

[breathes heavily]

[sobs]

[wailing sobs]

[sobbing continues]

I can't do it. [sniffles]

I really can't. My mom, she…

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry!

[sobs]

[Wee pants]

Don't worry.

I'll come back.

[c*ck g*n]

-[g*nsh*t]
-[gasps]

[dramatic music plays]

[whimpers]

[sobs]

[wails]

[grunting, heavy breathing]

[clears throat, sniffles]

-Doctor, it's your cue.
-OK.

[man] Have you ever been able to prove
that your beliefs aren't just nonsense

or wild superstitions?

Are you ready?

[man] I'd like to invite all of you
to meet two important men

who will change your beliefs forever.

[audience applauds]

[camera shutters clicking]

[whistling]

[Wee] Do you believe
in the world of the afterlife?

Ghosts, maybe?

What do you think they are?

I am Dr. Cheewee Prometheus,

and standing right here next to me

is the most important participant
in our research, Dr. Arjong Soonyata.

We're ready to present our results,

recently published
in the world's leading scientific journal,

The Experiment.

Ladies and gentlemen,
you're the first to witness this.

Are you ready,

Dr. Ar-Jong?

[chuckles]

[suspenseful music plays]

-[gasping]
-[camera shutters clicking]

[woman ] Oh my God!

[man] It doesn't work!

[woman ] Dr. Cheewee,

congratulations on your achievement.

But for this discovery,
which you say is so amazing,

you were willing
to sacrifice a person's life?

[camera shutters clicking]

Do you even have a heart, Wee?

To let your friend k*ll himself

for an experiment
you're not sure will be successful.

You're not a researcher
or a scientist like you think you are.

You're a m*rder*r.

[voice echoes] m*rder*r! m*rder*r!

[dramatic music plays]

No!

[exhales sharply]

[groans]

[inhales, exhales slowly]

[lighter flicks]

[tapping keys]

NO CONTACT

ON-CALL ROOM SUICIDE!

WHY DID DOC sh**t SELF?

[sighs]

TRAGIC DOC'S MOTIVE UNKNOWN

I did everything I could

to try and change Wee's mind.

[poignant music plays]

It's one thing I hadn't considered before.

But once he said it,
my heart started racing.

I felt like…

sh*t!

Is this the answer
we've been looking for the whole time?

[clicks mouse]

-[Wee sobbing]
-I'll come back.

[c*ck g*n, g*nsh*t]

[clicks mouse]

I'm so sorry.

Please, come back.

[breathes shakily]

[woman] Today,
I didn't cremate Gla's body.

He donated his body to the hospital…

DR. ARJONG

…for educational purposes.

The monk said that… [sobs]

…death by suicide is a heavy sin.

[sobs]

That's why
I'm trying to do everything for him,

the way others would.

[gasps, sobs]

Wee, do you think…

[sniffles] …I've done everything I could

to make sure
that Gla truly finds peace now?

[woman sobs]

[poignant music plays]

[Mai] Thank you, Wee.

I'll take all of his things to his mom.

Could you try going over it one more time?

Why on earth
would he have done something like this?

I really don't know.

I'm sorry.

[Mai sighs]

[sobs gently]

[sobs, sniffles]

Not knowing anything

hurts so much.

Makes me think
I wasn't important to him at all.

[sighs]

[sobs]

[sobs]

[wind howling]

[breathing rapidly]

[gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[ethereal music plays]

sh*t!

[sobs, breathes heavily]

[determined grunt]

[breathing heavily]

[whimpers]

[sobs]

[whimpers]

[breathing heavily]

[breathing echoes]

[ethereal music intensifies]

[dramatic music plays]

[yells]

[grunts, gasps]

[laughing hysterically]

Holy sh*t!

[gasps] That was f*cking close!

[laughing hysterically]

That was you, right?

[Wee pants]

Gla, dude!

Gla?

[grunts]

Gla, are you here?

Have you come back yet?
Why are you invisible?

Come on, man,
come on out so I can see you!

Huh?

Or…

maybe you can't show yourself yet.

[exhales sharply]

Try to communicate.

Come on, make a sound… or something.

Be a poltergeist if you want.

[suspenseful music plays]

[tapping keys]

First contact.

[clicking]

[tapping keys]

[gasps]

Hey. You're trying
to communicate, aren't you?

Why is that
the only thing you can do, huh?

[breathes heavily]

You pulled me down
off the ledge of the building.

[sighs]

Hold on.

You pulled me back
when I was about to fall.

So maybe

the variable that increases your power

is me being in a dangerous situation.

So if I get into another one of those,

you'll have to respond once again!

[tense music plays]

[suspenseful music plays]

You know I'm a surgeon, Gla.

[exhales sharply]

Don't let me lose my finger!

[gasps]

There's a report I need you to sign.
You didn't answer my call.

No problem.

[tense music plays]

[inhales deeply]

[grunts]

[eerie music plays]

[laughs]

So my theory was right!

We did it, man!

[keys clicking]

[Wee exhales]

Finding ghost participants, done.

You're back.

So now, we have to find a way
for you to show yourself.

So tell me,
have you figured out what a ghost is yet?

[keys clicking]

[Wee] Although he's come back,
it still doesn't answer our questions.

But it's revealed plenty of other things.

First of all, Gla can't see other ghosts.

Right over there.

Can you see it?

[keys clicking]

[Wee] Second,

he can only see things around me.

He says before this,
he couldn't see anything at all.

When I went to jump off the roof,

that's when he could suddenly see me,
and so he helped.

It's like there's something connecting us,

me in this life and Gla in the afterlife.

It means the soul's power is increasing

when provoked by some unknown factor.

I guess in this case, Gla was worried
about my fall and helping me out.

If we set the hypothesis
that a ghost is a natural phenomenon,

we have to think about it like the wind.

OK, wind.
At first, we don't see anything, right?

But when wind mixes with air pressure,
it becomes a storm.

That can gain both speed and size.

And after that,

it mixes with evaporated water,

and generates electricity.

And in the end, we will see…

the image of an actual storm appear.

I believe that

if I can find a way
to increase your power like this,

man, it'll make you appear for sure,
no doubt about it.

-[keys clicking]
-[Wee breathes heavily]

Why?

Why do you think my plan's weird?

[keys clicking]

What are you saying?

There aren't any beach pictures in here.

I mean, did you see one somewhere?

[keys clicking]

What do you mean, "gone"?

What?

What damn beach are you talking about?

Sorry to bother you, Auntie Koy.

This picture over here,
do you remember where it was taken?

Oh, we took that at Ranong.

It's Gla's hometown.

When his dad passed away,
I moved back to Bangkok.

[Wee clears throat]

[Wee sighs]

You said on the phone
you wanted to talk with me

about Gla.

[Wee gulps]

[Koy] What is it?

[Wee gulps]

Well…

Gla came to me in a dream.

He told me to pass a message to you.

He said…

he's still around.

[Koy gasps, breathes shakily]

He hasn't been reincarnated yet.

[Koy sobs]

Is there something I can do?

Did he tell you what I should do?

[Koy breathes shakily]

[Wee]
Suicide is an extremely terrible sin.

I'm afraid that
he might forever be a wandering spirit.

[Koy sobs loudly]

I suddenly got goosebumps.

Wee, did you feel it too?

-Yeah.
-Maybe Gla is here right now.

[eerie music plays]

[Koy sobs]

[woman] I'm sorry, Wee.

The more you talk about this,
the more my mom gets stressed.

[Koy sobs]

Aren't you a doctor? I thought
you didn't believe in this stuff.

[Koy sniffles]

-I'm just worried for Gla.
-[Koy sobs]

Are you telling me that…

you don't think Gla might be in despair?

[Koy sobs loudly]

He might be wandering around us now.

What are you talking about?

Now, if you're done
making my mom more miserable,

I think you should leave.

Please.

-[Koy] Gift.
-Stay out of it, Mom.

[Koy sobs]

[poignant music plays]

"Kha Kai."

I just remembered that.

In my dream,
he said something about "Kha kai."

"Chicken's leg"?

I don't understand either,

but he made a point of mentioning it.

Wee, dear.

Stay and have dinner with us.

[Koy] Gla loved my Kha Kai curry.

Oh.

He meant the curry.

[Koy] He must want me
to offer alms for him,

that's why he told you.

[Wee slurps]

Wow!

Your… Your cooking is absolutely amazing.

I think you should open a restaurant.

[Koy gasps]

[chuckles]

Wee, you sound so much like my son.

Gla used to say

my Kha kai curry was so delicious

I could open a restaurant.

But I didn't believe him.

So he challenged me.
He said he'd invite you over to try it…

[breathes shakily]

…and you'd say the exact same thing.

[sobs] Gla said that I'm not confident…

that I think I can't do anything right.

[sobs]

"But…

if that's really true,

then how did I raise my kids on my own?"

[Koy sobs, sniffles]

"I raised him to be a doctor."

[Koy sobs]

"I mean, it's just a curry."

"Why wouldn't I believe my own son
that it's delicious?"

[Koy sobs loudly]

[Koy sniffles]

[sobs]

Thank you so much, Wee.

Now I understand
what Gla wanted to tell me all along.

[poignant music plays]

[Gift breathes shakily[

[Koy sobs]

[Wee] The curry brought your mom peace.

You're trying
to interrupt my experiment, aren't you?

[keys clicking]

You know what we're doing here.

I'm doing this
to worry you as much as possible,

and we got results, didn't we?

[keys clicking]

[thunder rumbles]

I understand

if you don't want me doing it this way.

But you know it's all for the experiment.

[keys clicking]

You mean right now?

[keys clicking]

And you're talking
about the beach at Ranong?

[keys clicking]

[Wee] Hey, Gla!

Gla! Hey!

Hey, Gla!

It's been three days
since Gla lost contact.

Is this normal?

Does every spirit
go through a similar phase?

Or is Gla's disappearance related

to him
not having any worries about his mom?

GLA

Or is the beach some kind of other world

which spirits have to cross over,
like how some people say that the dead

tend to go places they feel connected to?

WORLD OF THE LIVING, GLA, BEACH

[exhales slowly]

Come back, dude.

Three…

two…

one!

[grunts, screams]

[pained yelling]

[Namo] Wee, if you're having problems
or you're stressed out, please tell me.

The hospital also has
mental health professionals who can help…

What are you trying to tell me?

A nurse said she saw you trying
to cut off your finger. Is that true?

[Wee groans]

Who would cut off their own finger?

-Is it true or not?
-I can take care of myself, man.

I don't need anyone's help.

[tense music plays]

[Wee winces]

[winces]

Hey, Mai.

Why are you here?

I came to see you.

I need to ask you something.

That day
when I was packing up Gla's things,

I couldn't find his computer.

The one with the red cover.

His mom told me it isn't at her house.
The police didn't take it.

Have you seen it, by any chance?

No, sorry, I haven't.

But if I do come across it,
I'll be sure to let you know.

OK. Thank you.

I should be going.

-[disorienting music plays]
-[Mai's footsteps echo]

[Wee] Mai.

I'm pretty sure
Gla already made up his mind.

The more you try to find an answer,
the more you'll suffer.

Could you do it, Wee?

Wonder but not find an answer?

[sighs]

sh*t.

sh*t!

[tense music plays]

[tense music intensifies]

[yells]

[insistent knocking on door]

-How'd you get by security?
-Let me explain first.

About why you stole Gla's computer?
Explain it to the police.

Mai. Mai!

Mai, wait.

[Wee grunts] Mai, please just listen.

I found his laptop two days ago,
it was in the trunk of my car.

I lied to you
when I said I hadn't found it yet

because you made it sound like
the laptop was evidence in the case.

I panicked 'cause it caught me off-guard.

I swear I didn't know nothing about it.

I wanna find out what happened to Gla too.

But I don't know
the password to his laptop.

I can't get in.

[Wee exhales, sniffles]

-[keys clicking]
-[computer beeps]

[Wee] Hey.
We've been trying for almost an hour.

It's useless.

It'd be easier if we just
hired a professional to unlock it.

A friend of mine knows a guy,
he's an expert at this sort of thing.

Want me to give him a call?

Mm-hmm.

OK. Well, then,
I'll go drop it off with my friend.

[tense music plays]

Do you think I'm stupid, Wee?

You're not telling me the truth.

Someone like Gla

would never
suddenly decide to k*ll himself.

I was his girlfriend.

I knew him better than anyone.

We were friends
before you two started dating.

[poignant music plays]

[sobs]

What are you saying?

[Mai sobs]

That I just have to accept it?

Accept that this entire time
I didn't really know Gla at all?

How could I not have any idea

what Gla was thinking?

The night before he k*lled himself,
I was with him. you know?

I was with him in this room.
How did I not notice?

I should've known
what was going on in his head!

[Mai sobs]

Why wouldn't he tell me
if there was something wrong with him?

Or if… [sniffles]

Did he try to tell me

but I missed it somehow?

Did I not pay him enough attention?

What is it?
Was I just really an awful girlfriend?

[sobs]

Was I so terrible

that I completely missed every sign that
he was desperately in need of my help?

[Mai sobs loudly]

It's OK.

[laughs wryly, sobs]

I mean,

are you kidding?
It's just a computer password.

One stupid password!

-And I don't even know that! [sobs]
-Mai.

[Mai sobs loudly]

[Wee] Uh…

It's OK.

[dramatic music plays]

[keys clicking]

[gasps] I'll get my friend
to look at this ASAP.

Maybe he can get into it tonight. OK?

[breathes rapidly]

[elevator doors closing]

The hell's wrong with you, huh?

Didn't we already agree that
no one should know about the research?

If Mai finds out,
she's gonna tell everyone she knows.

What'll happen to our experiment then?
You think about that?

[eerie music plays]

[light buzzes]

-[breathes shakily]
-[clicking]

You just disappear,

then you show up to help your girlfriend
blow the whistle on us?

What about when I needed you?

Where the hell were you then, huh?

Seriously, do you still care at all
what the f*ck we're doing?

Huh?

[clicking]

[ominous music plays]

Screw your girlfriend!

So what if she feels guilty?
She won't die from it, you as*h*le!

[screams]

[clicking]

[dramatic music plays]

[Wee yelps]

[terrified wailing]

[gasps]

[relieved groaning]

[breathes heavily]

sh*t!

[breathes shakily]

[tapping elevator buttons]

Hello? Hello? Can anyone hear me?

Uh, I'm stuck on the th floor.
Please. Please send someone to help me.

Is anyone there?
Can anyone hear me out there, damn it?

[whimpers]

sh*t.

[grunting]

[exerted groaning]

[breathing heavily]

[exerted groaning]

[groaning]

[breathing heavily]

[groans, gasps]

[elevator pings]

Oh sh*t!

[panicked breathing]

[yelps

[terrified breathing]

[groaning loudly]

sh*t!

[breathing rapidly]

[elevator pings]

[eerie music plays]

[poignant music plays]

[Wee] Here.

It's a little hot.

You wanted to tell me
what really happened with Gla.

-So, what else did you find out about it?
-Mm-hmm.

Well, that's the reason
why I asked you here,

because I want you to see
with your own eyes.

Then you'll understand everything.

I have to go and prepare something.

I'll be right back, OK?

-[wind whistling]
-[breathing heavily]

[exhales sharply]

[Wee] The incident
at Mai's condo yesterday

showed me another way
to increase the soul's power.

[chuckles]

[dramatic music plays]

ENERGY = WORRIES

[dramatic music intensifies]

ENERGY = WORRIES / VENGEANCE

[dramatic music plays]

[tense music plays]

[tense music stops]

[forceful clicking]

[dramatic music plays]

[laughs loudly]

Oh, wow!

I thought you weren't coming back, man?

How's the beach been?

Huh?

Experiment log update.

I've decided to redesign
the entire experiment again.

This time,
I know it'll be absolutely successful.

[breathes deeply]

Just a little more, OK

Just a little bit more,
and then the ghost will reappear.

[eerie suspenseful music plays]

[suspenseful music intensifies]

-[music stops]
-[Wee breathes heavily]

What?

[eerie music plays]

You're the one who said it!

You want Mai to know
about the experiment, don't you? Well…

[exhales sharply]

…here she is participating.

Isn't this a good thing?

Huh?

Is this what you want, huh?

[suspenseful music plays]

[Wee gasps loudly]

[breathes shakily]

[laughs hysterically]

Deep down, you know it, right?

That actually,

I like Mai too.

Oh!

I forgot that you're totally dead.

sh*t, I'm sorry!

[grunts loudly]

Well, in that case,

Mai is mine now!

[suspenseful music plays]

[kissing]

[yells loudly]

[breathes rapidly]

Where are you, huh?

Come on, man!

Gla, where the f*ck are you?

Just a little more! [mumbles]

[breathes heavily]

[clattering]

[dramatic music plays]

[laughs hysterically]

GHOSTS = ?

[shocked breathing]

[footsteps approaching]

[terrified screaming]

Hey!

[chuckles]

Gla!

You can show yourself now, you psychopath!

Can you hear me?

We f*cking did it, man!

Yeah!

[rattling]

[yelps]

[panicked breathing]

[gasps]

[objects rattling]

[dramatic music plays]

[Wee yelps]

[grunts, groans]

[whimpers]

[groans loudly]

[grunts, whimpers]

[groans]

[strangled grunting]

[yells]

[whimpers]

[panting]

[grunts]

[choked groaning]

[groaning]

[grunts loudly]

[gasping breaths]

[labored breathing]

[grunts]

[breathing heavily]

[screaming]

[gasps]

[breathing shakily[

[laughing]

[inhales deeply]

[laughing]

Well, now where finally getting somewhere!

-[screaming]
-[dramatic music plays]

[glass shattering]

[groans]

[glass shattering]

[Wee yells]

[pained groaning]

[tense music plays]

[pained groaning]

[pained wailing]

[inhales shakily] sh*t!

This is experiment log

number ,

reporting the results.

[labored breathing]

[groans, winces]

Using the subject's girlfriend

to provoke a wide range
of negative emotions

affected the spirit of Dr. Arjong…

[labored breathing]

…and forced him to finally appear in body.

This is my first time
seeing his "Northern Lights."

-[bones crunching]
-[yells]

[pained yelling]

-[bones crunching]
-[yelling]

-[bones crunching]
-[pained wailing]

Damn it, Gla!

What the hell are you doing?

[dramatic music plays]

[yelling, panicked breathing]

I have an idea!

From now on, if you want
to tell anyone the truth about this,

I'll take care of it, OK?

Or next time, maybe I'll invite your sis--

[groans]

[cries out in pain]

[groans]

[whimpers]

[breathing heavily]

[tense music plays]

[Wee gasps]

[zip continues opening]

[squelching]

[bones snapping]

[slithering]

[squelching]

Hey, how…

How are you back in your body?

This is…

more than we ever expected.

If we can find a way to keep you
in this form so other people can see you…

[chuckles]

[groans]

…our experiment will be
even closer to succeeding.

I need to record this.

Let me record this.

[fumbling, grunting]

[dramatic music plays]

[Wee gasps]

[Wee grunts, yells]

[groans]

Weren't you the one who said…

"If we really want to know the truth…

[pained groaning]

…we have to be willing to cross the line"?

Why the hell are you pretending
to care about other people?

When you shot yourself,

you didn't think about your mom,

or Gift,

or even Mai!

You really want to go, don't you?

To that lovely beach of yours?

Well, I'm sorry, I won't let you.

We've already come so far.

And I won't stop until we succeed.

Whatever crazy sh*t I have to do,

I'll do it!

[gasps]

-[Wee grunts]
-[tense music plays]

[whimpers, groans loudly]

[whimpers]

[glass smashing]

[glass smashing]

[bones crunching]

Wee] No!

No.

No!

[Wee grunts loudly]

[suspenseful music plays]

[dramatic music plays]

[Wee groans loudly, gasps]

[yells]

[Wee gasps]

[bones crunching]

[suspenseful music plays]

[suspenseful music intensifies]

[poignant music plays]

[Gla] How did we get to this point?

Gla.

[Gla] I've become a monster.

And I'm turning you into one too.

Wee.

Thank you, man,

for keeping your word.

But you need to stop now.

[Wee] No, Gla.

[Gla] If you don't,

how many more terrible things
will you do for the experiment?

[Wee] But we really have come so far.

We're so close to the end.

But in order to get here,

what did you have to give up?

I'm done hurting
the people I care about the most.

Everything has to stop here.

[Gla sobs]

Are you telling me
to just let you die for nothing?

Wee,

you've done the best you could do…

for your mom,

the experiment, and for me.

I'm so proud of you.

[Wee sobs]

[poignant music swells]

[Wee] sh*t!

[sobs]

[Wee sighs]

I have to go now.

It's time to move on.

[Wee] Damn you, Gla!

[heart beating]

[heart beating]

[heart beating]

[heart beating]

[heart beating]

[heart beating]

[heart beating]

[heart beating rapidly]

[gasps, coughs]

[coughs, groans]

-[breathing heavily]
-[fire crackling]

[Wee groans, inhales sharply]

[poignant music plays]

[Wee whimpers]

Gla!

[Wee sniffles]

[Wee sobs]

[machine beeping]

[Namo] Sir, everything that's happened

is due to his mental state
having gone through a traumatic experience

after losing his mom

and his friend committing suicide.

I understand your instinct
to want to protect your intern,

but we have to tell the Medical Council.

It's up to them to decide
whether he's still a doctor or not.

[Wee] I was studying once

during my first year,

and I asked Gla
why he was so fascinated with science.

And he said,

"Every day that we live

is in itself a science experiment."

"We formulate a hypothesis

and set our expectations,

try to control all the variables."

"Some can be controlled. Some can't."

"Sometimes what's been done

is left in shambles."

"But whatever the result might be…

…we still learn something,

even when we think we didn't."

NORTHERN LIGHTS QUEST

NORTHERN LIGHTS QUEST

I've already unlocked
the password for you.

Mai, I…

[breathes shakily]

About that night--

Wee,

it's OK.

I already spoke with Namo.

I know that at the time
you were mentally unstable.

To be fair,

I wasn't exactly in my right mind either.

Also, um…

that night I fell asleep in your office,

know what?

I think Gla came back to see me.

In my dream,

we were at the beach together.

[Mai sniffles]

But I don't know where it was.

[poignant music plays]

[Mai] Northern Lights filled the sky.

It was truly amazing.

I didn't say anything to him
in the dream. [sniffles]

Seeing him happy…

[sobs] …was all I could've asked for.

[sniffles]

Wee,

in the dream,

Gla was holding some sort of magazine.

You two were on the cover.

[poignant music swells]

[Gla] Wee.

I'm jealous of you.

You still have a chance.

Use it for me too, OK?

[Wee] I think he's right.

We just have to learn from it.

And as we live our lives,

we must continue to explore

until our very last day.

[Newton's cradle continues clacking]

[poignant music plays]