The Illustrated Man

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Father Carl asks counselor Will, "Listen how long have you been our mental-health counselor?" (0:33)

Carl's wife Felicia tells her son, "Johnny, tomorrow Dr. Will is coming to take us to a therapy refuge for a vacation." (0:41)

The colonel tells crewman Simmons, "Keep talking. It's a conveniant way to commit suicide." (1:01)

Crewman Pickard drowns himself in the deluge. (1:07)

Off camera we hear William kill himself with his laser. (1:12)

The world has not ended despite the predictions. When Felicia awakens and realizes this, she also notices her husband Carl does not lie next to her in their bed. She goes to the children's room where despairing Carl sits on the floor between their dead children's beds. He had euthanized them to spare them the experience of the predicted end. (1:29)

Bereavement | counselor | suicide

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