Episode Report Card Sobell: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Geary -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 11.12.2006
Speaking of remorse... Kellerman's dried off and is having that moment we've all faced in the office: the realization that we don't always like our jobs. After a long time meditating over what to do next, he vaults from the bed and rushes into the bathroom. Sitting on the edge of the tub, Kellerman says urgently to Dr. Sara, "This is happening right now, okay? Don't make me do this. Don't make me do this." (Side note: I find it very interesting how this echoes his interaction with Hale, where he always seems to have to work himself into a blame-the-victim mentality before offing someone he seems to like.) Dr. Sara's got the thousand-yard-stare going. She says tremulously, "Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you." Trying to muster the necessary outrage he needs for follow-through, Kellerman shouts, "You wouldn't? Really? Are you that stupid? Are you that stupid? Because NOW,YOU'RE GOING TO DIE! You're going to die! And all you had to do was tell me what your father gave you!" Sniffling, Dr. Sara says, "I know my options: I can not tell you and die, or I can tell you and still die." Kellerman says a little desperately, "No! Wrong! Come on -- Sara, smarten up. For once in your life, please." He looks at her, his big brown eyes radiating sincerity. Dr. Sara looks through a curtain of wet, tangled hair and rasps, "Go to hell." Good on her. Kellerman smiles wistfully, then moves with a practiced motion and presses her face down to an inch above the water. He says, "Drowning is horrific, don't get me wrong. But once you give in, you just let the water into your lungs, and there's a certain euphoria, I hear. I guess as a junkie, maybe you'd appreciate that." Dr. Sara whispers the serenity prayer to herself. Kellerman continues working himself into the blame-the-victim argument he'll need for expiation. He snaps, "You did this to yourself" and pushes Dr. Sara underwater. The last shots of the episode are the stylized close-ups of Dr. Sara screaming as she gasps for air underwater.