Charlie
has made arrangements with the Welberg Foundation to conduct his own
research at Beekman, and Professor Nemur feels slighted. Burt is happy
to have Algernon back at the lab, but Algernon's behavior disturb him.
Algernon has regressed. Charlie notices a freezer and an incinerator in
the lab. He realizes that animal test subjects are disposed of when
experiments fail. Charlie asks Burt to give Algernon to him if and when
the mouse dies; he does not want Algernon merely to be disposed of in
the incinerator. Professor Nemur admits that, in the event of failure,
Charlie would be sent to the Warren State Home.
On
a rainy day, Charlie drives out to the Warren State Home for a tour.
At the lab, Algernon refuses to eat or run mazes. Alarmed by Algernon's
decline, Alice visits Charlie at his new apartment. Fay crashes in on
Alice and Charlie's meeting. Contrary to Charlie's expectations, Fay and
Alice become instant friends and the three chat late into the night.
Alice worries that Charlie's drinking, dancing and late nights with Fay
interfere with his work at the lab. Charlie reassures Alice that he
loves her. Though he continued to be with fay.
Charlie
works all hours at the lab, to Fay's annoyance. He cannot rest, for he
must fit a lifetime of research into several weeks. Fay finds a new
boyfriend, but Charlie hardly cares; he is deeply involved in his work.
Professor Nemur's controlling wife throws a cocktail party, and Charlie
attends with friendly intentions. he begins to drink heavily. Rude and emotional, Charlie
loses control and reverts back to the old Charlie Gordon. He rushes to
the bathroom and sees the old Charlie, staring back at him in the
mirror. Confronting his reflection, Charlie says, "I'm not your friend.
I'm your enemy. I'm not going to give up my intelligence without a
struggle.
Deeply
depressed, Charlie consider suicide until he realizes that his life
belongs to the old Charlie Gordon. During a therapy session with Dr.
Strauss, Charlie experiences a bizarre out-of-body hallucination, filled
with light and the sensation of floating. He envisions a dark cave and
Plato's words haunt him: "...the men of the cave would say of him that
up he went and down he came without his eyes.
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