7. i'm alive reprise to end

gabe: (singing) i am mystery, come closer

dan

gabe: (singing) i am every song that will stay unsung i’ll find you

oh no

gabe: (singing) remind you

natalie

dr. madden: (singing) it may be your mind’s needing more

let’s say that’s not it

dr. madden: but the effects fade and additional treatments are almost always needed

that wasn’t on the form

dr. madden: if you leave it untreated it could be catastrophic

i understand but there has to be another way

dr. madden: (singing) you’ve struggled for years but you’ve only begun

my first psychiatrist told me that according to the manual grief that continues past four months is pathological and should be medicated four months for the life of my child who makes these decisions

dr. madden: it’s a guideline nothing more

yes nothing more

dr. madden: (singing) it’s all that we’ve got

goodbye doctor madden

natalie: what’d he say?

he said i could do more ect or go back on the meds

natalie: and what are you going to do?

i’m going to take you to your dance

natalie: mom

it’s time for you to start thinking of your own happiness

natalie: it’s not happiness it’s henry

you love him

natalie: i don’t believe you

seventeen years ago your brother died of an intestinal obstruction he was eight months old i know i couldn’t say that to you before i’m sorry we wanted to give you a normal life but i realize i have no clue what that is

natalie: (singing) we’ll get by

okay now go to your dance