劇情簡介：

　麥爾康醫生是一名杰出的兒童家庭心理學者，幫助過不少問題兒童走回正路，也因此獲得市政府的表揚。不料，一名接受過麥爾康醫生治療，但未成功的青少年卻闖入麥爾康醫生家中，槍傷醫生后，再舉槍自盡。

　　Malcolm Crowe is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient. After this encounter, Crowe takes on the task of curing a young boy with the same ills as the ex-patient. This boy "sees dead people". Crowe spends a lot of time with the boy (Cole) much to the dismay of his wife. Cole''s mom is at her wit''s end with what to do about her son''s increasing problems. Crowe is the boy''s only hope.

　　Mom: Cole. Cole! Hey, your Cocoa Puffs are gettin'' soggy（浸透的，泡軟的）. Let me see you. Oh, honey, you got a spot. Head up. Okay, here we go. Something you were looking for, baby?

　　Cole: Pop Tarts?

　　Mom: they''re right here.

　　Cole: Oh. Well, what are you thinking, Mama?

　　Mom: Lots of things.

　　Cole: Anything bad about me?

　　Mom: Hey, look at my face. I was not thinking something bad about you. Got it?

　　Cole: Got it.

　　Mom: Here, head up.

　　Cole: That, that''s Tommy, Mom.

　　Mom: That''s okay. You tuck it in. Cole, you want this?

　　Tommy: Hey, freak（怪物）, how''d you like that "arem around the shoulder" bit? I just made that up. I went with it. It''s what GREat actors do. It''s called "improv."

　　語言點提示：

　　1. go with something 跟著做某事，伴隨。

　　2. improv. 是improvisation 的縮寫，即席創作，即興表演