Steckle

Steckle

Background

Randal "Randy" Steckle is a medical student at Taft University in Chicago, Illinois. He once stole the pastrami sandwich from his 300 pound babysitter.

During the events of Flatliners (1990) played by Oliver Platt

Steckle makes an audio recording diary of his time at medical school. While they are in class, Nelson reminds Steckle about their plan for the evening. The Professor tells the class that their upcoming exam grades will be scaled. In the evening, Nelson, Rachel, Joe and Steckle come together to test an experiment on life after death. Nelson explains to Joe and Steckle the steps he wants them to take to make him brain dead and then bring him back to life. Joe starts to film as Nelson is given nitrous oxide by Rachel and shortly after, Labraccio walks into the room. They stop Nelson's heart and Nelson is brought back to life and they celebrate the successful experiment.

Nelson tells them the experience was great and Rachel and Joe say they want to go next and Joe wins the bidding war due to the length he is willing to be brain dead. Joe then does the experiment next. Joe describes his experience to the others as erotic and the Waitress tells Steckle to watch his language when he cusses and tells them Elvis was in the diner the night before. Nelson challenges Labraccio to go next and Labraccio accepts after taking Rachel's spot. On Halloween, it is Labraccio's turn to die. Labraccio is brought back after some effort and Steckle thinks they should not do the experiment anymore. Nelson tells the others that he wants to go again and Rachel threatens to stop helping if she doesn't go next. Rachel goes through with the experiment and Labraccio runs into the room and tells them to bring Rachel back and the circuit breaker blows as they are trying to bring her back. They manage to bring Rachel back and Labraccio tells the others about seeing Winnie Hicks, and Joe tells the others about seeing women from his past and Nelson tells them about Billy Mahoney.

During class, Rachel she runs out of class. Labraccio drives back to the school and Joe and Steckle tell him about Rachel's incident in class. Labraccio tells Joe and Steckle to help Nelson find where Billy lives. Nelson has Joe stop at a location and then takes the keys and runs off. Joe and Steckle follow him and end up at a cemetery. They then find Nelson standing next to Billy's grave. He tells them that he and Young Nelson's Friends were throwing rocks at Billy who was hiding in a tree when Billy fell out of the tree and and a large branch landed on Champ, mortally wounding them both. Nelson steals Joe's car and drives away. Labraccio picks up Joe and Steckle and Labraccio figures out that Nelson is going to flatline by himself. Labraccio, Steckle and Joe find Nelson and try to bring him back. Rachel arrives and tells them that it has been over nine minutes since he flatlined. Nelson fails to come back no matter what Labraccio tries and everyone tells him that Nelson is dead. Nelson then regains conscious and tells Labraccio that today wasn't a good day to die.