They all were medical students so atleast someone should have identified the deep psychological effects flatlining caused and take them to get treatment at a mental health institution or something.
I didn't see any reason for Kiefer Sutherland's character to flatline again to "make his amends". That was just crazy. He clearly needed therapy and medication for his condition. I mean the guy was severely self-destructive.
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LOL at the OP's post.
Not only was he driven half-crazy by the ghost of Billy Mahoney, but he knew the torments would never end until he *met Billy on his own turf*.
Plus, he knew there was a possibility that he himself would die......thus making amends that way.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.
No.
He couldn't handle it anymore so flatline was his only option really.
Either he gets atonement and lives or dies and doesn't have to deal with something he couldn't handle as he was completely desperate.
Nelson thought he was smarter than anyone else who ever existed, so he'd never recognize any need for therapy and medication.
Earth without art is just "eh."
Billy was dead so it was the only way he could communicate with him.
shareI agree. It's kind of like those cartoons about someone getting amnesia because of a brick falling on his head and curing it by having another brick drop on his head. But Sutherland's character was looking for a quick fix because he was going insane. He already needed therapy years ago. And still needed therapy afterwards.
shareThey were all intelligent but they were also panicking and not acting rational. In his mind there was no other way to make amends since his victim was no longer alive.
shareWhat they did - killing themselves and each other - was illegal so talking to therapists or anyone else was out of the question. Plus it was clear that they had entered uncharted territory, beyond what any therapist could help with. Atonement was the only way to escape the torment of their guilt.