Steven Turner

**Dr. Steven Turner** is a psychologist at NYU and Dan Turner's father. He tried to help Melody Pendras, who is a Baldung which makes her experience abnormal situations.

## History

Melody tells Dr. Turner that her mother left her in a church when she was two months old and spent the next 10 years at St. Joseph's. She describes herself as a strange kid who was always in trouble because of closing her eyes and scratching everything she had written down. One day, she told a nun that there was another place and something in her drawings, which she knows sounds crazy, but she feels something pulling at her, so she knows there is another place. She tells Dr. Turner that that happened until her foster mother Lila got her out of there, but she had died the spring before and she was now starting to see those things again. Dr. Turner says that they could work on a few techniques in order to deal with her anxiety. Dan hears as Melody is introduced to Cleo, who is excited to see her.

Dan starts looking through tapes and finds one which he plays on his walkman. In it, Melody takes Jess to Dr. Turner, who tells him she cannot remember when her episodes started. She says that right before they happen, she feels as if she is being pulled somewhere, but then comes back. Dr. Turner asks if she likes fogs and hands her a treat. After that, Dr. Turner opens the door so Jess could greet Cleo. Now alone, Dr. Turner tells Melody that what Jess has could be anxiety, stress or a seizure disorder, but needs to do a full neurological workup, which he cannot do without written parental consent. Melody says that she is worried about her, but Dr. Turner asks her how she is doing. She says that she went looking for her mother, which she knows he does not approve of, but he says that it is not his place to have an opinion, but does not want her to get hurt. Melody says that maybe her mother wants to see her, but is scared to do so. She asks Dr. Turner if he ever gets scared of his kids and he says that they scare him all the time because he is afraid that they won't love him as much as he loves them. Jess's mother shows up and asks Melody who she thinks she is taking Jess to a doctor behind her back, but Melody says that she thought Jess had permission. Jess admits tht she did not have time to ask, so her mother tells her to stay out of their business. Dr. Turner tells her that she cannot parent other people's kids, but she tells him that she used to pray that somebody would go and parent her and leaves.

Melody leaves the hospital and visits Dr. Turner, but is told that he is on leave. She rushes to his home, where he is surprised to see her. She tells him that she needs his help and tells him it is important. She tells him that she thinks she is being haunted because the day she moved into the Visser she started having dreams and conversations with a man she does not know and went into a séance a few days ago where she heard the exact conversations she was having. She tells him that Dan was visiting her and told her that she died in the Visser. Dr. Turner asks what she really wants because someone had filed an anonymous complaint against him, so he was now on leave. She says she wants his help and did not file the complaint against him. He admits to posting about her on a message board, but did not mention her by name. Dr. Turner tells her that a researcher was studying a group of people with certain sensitivities, calling them Baldung and everybody made drawings exactly like hers, having some sort of genetic predisposition to unusual psychic perception. Melody gets excited and asks if he talked to the researcher, which he says he did, but says that the researcher did not find her to be a match. She asks if he believed that what she sees is real, to which he responds that he tries to leave room for the unexplained corners of the universe, but feels that she is just imagining things. Melody tells him that she has everything on tape, but Dr. Turner says that his family arrived, so he hands her a referral.

At a telephone booth, Melody calls Dr. Turner, leaving him a message and telling him that the Baldung were witches and it was a coven. She says that her mother's ring has the same markings, wondering if her mother was part of the cult. She hears Dan calling her again, but cannot contact him.

Melody rushes to Jess's house, where Tamara opens the door and tells her that they had gone to Florida the day before, but she pushes Tamara out of the way, since she had just seen Jess. However, when she walks inside, she sees the apartment is empty. Melody starts recording a video, saying that they had taken Jess and films. John says he does not understand what Melody is talking about when he mentions Jess and follows Melody. Samuel tries to stop her as well, telling her that Jess is gone, but Melody says that she would not let him do that to Jess. She runs out and sees two men walking towards her. They tell her that she needs to go with them, but Samuel asks who they are. Melody begs at the camera, asking to be found as Dr. Turner shows up, telling her that everything would be alright. Melody tries to escape, but the men grab her and she is taken away.

Melody begs and yells to be let out of Rockland, saying she does not belong there. Dr. Turner approaches her, so she asks if he is part of Samuel's cult, but he tells her that he brought her there because it is the only way to keep her safe. Dr. Turner tells her that he knows the man she saw at the séance, but he introduced himself as Alexander Davenport. Melody tells him that he knew everything about her, but Dr. Turner says that he kept that information anonymous. Melody tells him that Samuel had sent that letter to the convent in order to lure her to the building. Dr. Turner tells her that he is delusional and thinks he needs her, which is why he had brought her to Rockland. She tells him she does not want to be locked up there, so he tells her to give him a few hours so he could get her out of the city. Melody looks him in the eye and tells him that he had taken Jess and was planning on using her for his ritual, having grooming her for years. Melody says that they need to help her, so he says that he would call Child Protective Services and promises to take care of it, but Melody does not believe him, wanting to be let go from there. However, Dr. Turner tells her that she needs to see someone first.

Melody and Dr. Turner walk down the hall into a room, where Anabelle is painting obsessively on the wall. Anabelle turns around and sees Melody, hugging her and happy she was there. Melody says that she had meant to visit her again, but is interrupted by Dr. Turner, who locks Melody in as well.