Near Death Guy must be out on a day pass. Did he give you anything? I hope not. -- Schank and Nick, Near Death So, how about you guys? No, nothing. You? Nothing? All right, he just dropped dead. Are you happy? -- Schanke and Natalie, Near Death Birthdays, they just get to me. It's another year closer to the end. Myra has a birthday, and you worry about dying. Death means the end of...of you. Doesn't that make you think? .....I try not to dwell on it too much. But what is it anyway? I mean, how can you experience death if there's no more of you to experience it? I don't know. I've never died before. Would you just wish Myra a Happy Birthday for me. OK? -- Schanke and Nick, Near Death Dr Lambert is requesting the pleasure of your company at the morgue. As in, tell them this is getting stranger by the minute. -- Captain Cohen, Near Death Well, the toxicology test came back clear. And that was my last gasp at cause of death, if you'll pardon the expression. -- Natalie, Near Death So the verdict is... He shouldn't be dead. But, uh...he is, isn't he? Oh he is. His brain simply stopped functioning. The only thing that could do that to you is death. However, since I can't list death as the cause of death...well, you see my predicament. -- Schanke and Natalie, Near Death Yeah. Right. Like we speak fluent neurological. (Natalie waves her hand) Yeah, we could use a translator. I thought you'd never ask. -- Schanke, Nick, and Natalie, Near Death Look at this. Some poor schmucks entire existence. His hopes, his dreams, his memories, his fears, his love, his lusts. All reduced to one gray glob plopped in formaldahyde. Oh my, is this anyway to end up? What's with Dr. Doom here? It's Myra's birthday. -- Schanke, Natalie, and Nick, Near Death Death is never easy to accept. -- Nick, Near Death You see it all the time, how do you handle it? No better or worse than anyone else, I guess. Death is simply a fact of life. -- Dr. Linsman and Nick, Near Death You don't do this on people do you? Unfortunately, that would be considered unethical. That is unfortunate. -- Schanke and Dr. Beckett, Near Death Give your life to me and I'll give you ten thousand lifetimes in return. Your existence will be transformed in ways that mere mortals cannot even imagine. Come to me... -- LaCroix to Nick, Near Death There is something very very wrong about that place. And the test tube gods that work there. -- Schanke, Near Death Ground control to Major Nick! What? Come on Nick. Try to stay within the foul lines. How about Linsman? Is she on the level or what? Well it depends...what's the level? -- Schanke and Nick, Near Death Motive? Maybe its the Mad Scientist thing. -- Nick and Schanke, Near Death While you're grasping at straws Schanke, maybe you can shed a little light on how Wellner died. -- Nick, Near Death Something ain't right here. -- Schanke, Near Death What was it like for you? When LaCroix brought you over? Very....Intense. -- Nick and Janette, Near Death You remember that light, don't you Nicolah? -- Janette, Near Death In the near death state we reach a reckoning with ourselves. -- Dr. Diana Linsman, Near Death While I'm slitting my own throat here, I might as well tell you we moved the body. -- Dr. Diana Linsman, Near Death What have you seen? I've seen that there is more to death than dying. Some people are given the choice to confront what they are. < You must choose > To decide their own destinies. -- Dr. Diana Linsman and , to Nick, Near Death Detective, what are you going to do? I don't know. -- Dr. Diana Linsman and Nick, Near Death Come on! You know what I believe. Is there an afterlife? Yes. Can you just knock and walk in and visit anytime you like? I don't think so. -- Natalie, Near Death That's why I'm asking you to understand. -- Nick, Near Death Oh...I want him. -- Janette, Near Death I hear your heart Nicholas. Growing weaker with each beat. I have drained all but the last of your life from you. It has become part of my own. Do not be afraid. This is the day of your death, Nicholas, and rebirth through me. -- LaCroix, Near Death Turn away from the light, Nicholas. It is not your salvation. It is only for the weak, the defeated. Come back to ME, Nicholas. -- LaCroix, Near Death He has offered me a thousand lifetimes. Everything I desire and covet. Can you do the same? Why should I go with you when I can live. What can you give me? -- Nick and , Near Death I chose to return to live as a vampire. The seduction of it was too great!. I had to know what it was like. I *wanted* it! So...what are you saying? You think if you have a near death experience you'll go back to the light and this time...? Choose to step into it. To die as a mortal. The guide, the person I saw there said I had a choice. I have to try Nat. And you have to let me. Nick and Natalie, Near Death Is Nick here? No. No he called in. The poor guy's caught that flu that's been going around. -- Natalie and Schanke, Near Death Don't worry, nothing can go wrong. -- Dr. Diana Linsman, Near Death You'll feel a little tingly at first. After that it's just like falling asleep and dreaming. It's a little more than that. -- Dr. Diana Linsman and Nick, Near Death Damn! It's not here! -- Natalie, Near Death Natalie! Okay, if this has something to do with Nick and he's in trouble, I want to know as in NOW! -- Schanke, Near Death What is that? That's not right. That's not human. -- Dr. Diana Linsman, Near Death What is this place? Am I dead? That depends on why you're here. -- Nick and The Guide, Near Death Why the hell would Nick fool around with this near death experience anyway? It's crazy. It is crazy isn't it? Yes of course it is. -- Schanke and Natalie, Near Death He's too smart for that. Well, he's... He's what? He's complicated! He's compli... He's playing with his life! -- Schanke and Natalie, Near Death I'm curious what happens when we die, but I don't go on reconaissance missions to find out. -- Schanke, Near Death This truth is simply the truth. It must be confronted. It must be accepted. -- The Guide, Near Death What is it you're not telling me? -- Nick, Near Death Oh my God! How long as he been dead? ANSWER ME! -- Natalie, Near Death How do I get back. Tell me! TELL ME! -- Nick, Near Death Come back to me Nick. Don't you dare leave me! -- Natalie, Near Death Speaking of shrinkage...WHAT were you thinking of when you let her hook you up to that machine? -- Schanke to Nick, Near Death That's all right. I'll get over it. Just not anytime soon. I know how he feels. -- Schanke and Natalie (to Nick), Near Death So you learn anything when you were dying on me? Yeah. I learned that I have to live with the choice I made 800 years ago. And forgiveness is not something you ask for. It's something that you earn....Here. Among the living. -- Natalie and Nick, Near Death