1 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:27,872 Keep your hands off me! 2 00:00:29,712 --> 00:00:32,000 - I'll be with you in a moment. - Don't walk away. 3 00:00:32,172 --> 00:00:35,588 - Doctor, I can't feel my arm. - Just a minute. 4 00:00:36,968 --> 00:00:39,755 - I can't feel my arm. - I can't feel it right now either. 5 00:00:39,929 --> 00:00:42,715 - Can someone feel his arm? - I can't feel it. 6 00:00:45,934 --> 00:00:47,344 Don't touch my hair. 7 00:00:47,518 --> 00:00:49,392 Kiss the boo-boo. Kiss the boo-boo. 8 00:00:49,562 --> 00:00:52,681 - Hey, you're still here. - Yeah, I'm still here. Can you believe it? 9 00:00:52,856 --> 00:00:56,688 Save me some coffee, you savage. 10 00:00:58,778 --> 00:01:00,687 What is this, Alfred Hitchcock Presents? 11 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,070 - What's the problem? - Gunshot wounds. Shoulder, abdomen. 12 00:01:08,244 --> 00:01:10,782 We've been paging you. You on California time already? 13 00:01:10,955 --> 00:01:13,659 - I was in Radiology working on my tan. - Pulse, 120. 14 00:01:13,832 --> 00:01:15,908 Get this guy typed and crossed, huh? 15 00:01:16,376 --> 00:01:20,325 Okay, question: Beverly Hills, beautiful women and plastic surgery... 16 00:01:20,504 --> 00:01:23,421 ...what do these three things have in common? 17 00:01:23,590 --> 00:01:24,918 Me, in less than a week. 18 00:01:25,717 --> 00:01:29,168 Okay, don't worry about his shoulder. He's probably bleeding internally. 19 00:01:29,345 --> 00:01:32,511 Call Dr. Sotto, tell him to prep for O.R. I'm out of here tonight. 20 00:01:32,681 --> 00:01:36,215 Convince me I'll be nostalgic for here when I'm at the Halberstrom Clinic. 21 00:01:36,393 --> 00:01:38,515 - Halberstrom? - Cosmetic surgery for the rich. 22 00:01:38,686 --> 00:01:42,304 - I'm not in it for the money. - Half a million salary when he's partner. 23 00:01:42,481 --> 00:01:46,810 That high-profit stuff makes it possible for us to do reconstructive surgery... 24 00:01:46,985 --> 00:01:49,191 ...on the needier patients. - You're a saint. 25 00:01:49,362 --> 00:01:53,406 - Got another customer over there. - I'll do it. My going-away present to you. 26 00:01:53,574 --> 00:01:56,942 - What's the problem? - Too much fun. Substance unknown. 27 00:01:57,118 --> 00:02:00,617 Okay, stay with us. Stay with us. What'd you take, man? 28 00:02:00,788 --> 00:02:02,661 Bluebirds, dillies, love boats? 29 00:02:02,831 --> 00:02:05,951 I heard Halberstrom might not even hire anyone this year. 30 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:07,370 Well, I'm not anyone. 31 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:11,708 Mulready, some of the guys are having a going-away bash for me tonight. 32 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,834 - Lf you're interested, I'd love... - Not in this lifetime. 33 00:02:18,678 --> 00:02:20,836 - Clean up. - Thanks. 34 00:02:21,013 --> 00:02:24,049 Come on, what do you say, guys? Dinner. Think about it. 35 00:02:24,224 --> 00:02:27,427 Come on, it's my last night. A couple of lousy beers? 36 00:02:27,602 --> 00:02:29,890 - Take care, man. - Guys... 37 00:02:33,190 --> 00:02:35,597 I'll send you a postcard. 38 00:02:36,484 --> 00:02:38,192 What? 39 00:02:38,778 --> 00:02:41,613 At the risk of sounding schmaltzy, I just wanna tell you... 40 00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:44,401 ...that you're a schmuck. I hope I never see you again. 41 00:02:44,616 --> 00:02:47,866 Thanks, Tommy. I know how hard it was for you to say that. 42 00:02:48,036 --> 00:02:52,496 You're a good doctor, Ben. I just thought you were gonna practice real medicine. 43 00:02:53,999 --> 00:02:57,083 Think I'm making a mistake going to Halberstrom? 44 00:02:58,419 --> 00:03:01,704 No. Cosmetic surgery is clean... 45 00:03:01,881 --> 00:03:05,331 ...you make tons of money, nobody dies. 46 00:03:05,759 --> 00:03:07,419 What's wrong with that, right? 47 00:03:07,594 --> 00:03:09,171 Right. 48 00:03:09,512 --> 00:03:11,255 Bye, Ben. 49 00:04:46,259 --> 00:04:48,964 Oh, come on. 50 00:05:13,449 --> 00:05:14,777 Look out. 51 00:05:37,344 --> 00:05:40,712 All right, okay. Can I just ask you... 52 00:05:40,888 --> 00:05:42,715 ...where am I now? 53 00:06:49,571 --> 00:06:55,323 Oh, man. Oh, God. Oh, God. I'm okay. I'm okay. 54 00:06:55,868 --> 00:06:59,995 Accident. Woman in the middle of the road with a cow! 55 00:07:00,705 --> 00:07:02,863 All right. I'm okay. 56 00:07:03,290 --> 00:07:06,908 Damn, my car. Oh, man, the whole front end is shot! 57 00:07:09,754 --> 00:07:11,082 Am I glad you're here. 58 00:07:13,132 --> 00:07:16,132 Is that a '56 or a '57 Speedster? 59 00:07:16,593 --> 00:07:18,586 Fifty-six. 60 00:07:19,012 --> 00:07:22,096 Hey, come on, get out. Will you get out of the car! 61 00:07:22,265 --> 00:07:23,593 Get away from there. 62 00:07:23,766 --> 00:07:26,435 - Took three weeks to build that fence. - I'm sorry. 63 00:07:26,602 --> 00:07:29,223 Does this have a Super 90 engine or a 1600? 64 00:07:29,396 --> 00:07:31,471 It wasn't really anybody's fault. 65 00:07:31,648 --> 00:07:34,019 My insurance will probably pay for the fence... 66 00:07:34,191 --> 00:07:35,934 ...and that should be fine. Okay? 67 00:07:36,110 --> 00:07:38,434 - Won't be the same. - This ain't a kit car, is it? 68 00:07:38,612 --> 00:07:40,604 No, it ain't. It isn't. 69 00:07:41,197 --> 00:07:44,281 My name is Ben Stone. 70 00:07:44,492 --> 00:07:46,733 I'm a medical doctor. I'm a surgeon. 71 00:07:46,910 --> 00:07:48,618 Awesome. Who thrashed the fence? 72 00:07:48,787 --> 00:07:51,324 I'm Ben Stone. Here's the address of my clinic in L.A. 73 00:07:51,497 --> 00:07:54,202 - Did he say he's been stoned? - He says he's from L.A. 74 00:07:54,375 --> 00:07:56,663 You can send a bill there or we can use plastic. 75 00:07:56,835 --> 00:07:59,124 I'm not really from L.A. I'm just on my way to... 76 00:07:59,296 --> 00:08:03,756 - You're lucky I was passing through. - What's in the trunk? Pot? 77 00:08:05,134 --> 00:08:08,965 I'm a surgeon. Come on, will you get away! Get away from the car! 78 00:08:09,137 --> 00:08:10,714 - Sorry. - Not you, the dog. 79 00:08:10,889 --> 00:08:12,548 The finest fence I'll ever put up. 80 00:08:12,723 --> 00:08:15,558 I know a Willie Stone in Stanton. Is that family of yours? 81 00:08:15,726 --> 00:08:18,679 - I understand what you're trying to do. - This the new Mazda? 82 00:08:18,854 --> 00:08:21,640 And I'm not putting up with any small-town bullshit. 83 00:08:21,814 --> 00:08:24,056 Where's the dang engine? 84 00:08:24,233 --> 00:08:28,444 Get away from this car! You don't even know where the engine is. 85 00:08:28,945 --> 00:08:30,819 Got you. 86 00:08:32,907 --> 00:08:35,611 Look, I'm sorry about what happened... 87 00:08:35,784 --> 00:08:39,651 ...but it was an accident, okay? It was nobody's fault. 88 00:08:39,829 --> 00:08:43,162 Get me to a phone. I'll call a Porsche mechanic in the next big city. 89 00:08:43,332 --> 00:08:47,460 I'll get my car fixed, be on my way, and you can go back to doing... 90 00:08:47,628 --> 00:08:49,086 ...whatever it is you do. 91 00:08:52,382 --> 00:08:55,168 All right, I admit it! I flattened the damn fence! 92 00:08:55,342 --> 00:08:57,750 What are you gonna do, lock me up? 93 00:09:02,473 --> 00:09:06,885 Court finds the defendant guilty of crimes under code 453-19... 94 00:09:07,061 --> 00:09:10,263 ...reckless driving, and 466-2, reckless endangerment. 95 00:09:10,438 --> 00:09:12,976 - This is insane. - No, this is Grady. 96 00:09:13,149 --> 00:09:16,767 Your Honor, there were cows in the middle of the road. 97 00:09:16,944 --> 00:09:20,692 Now, I told you my insurance company would pay for a new fence. 98 00:09:20,864 --> 00:09:22,986 I built that fence myself. 99 00:09:23,157 --> 00:09:26,691 Neither you nor your insurance can pay me for a fence I built myself. 100 00:09:26,869 --> 00:09:29,324 Next best thing would be a fence that you built. 101 00:09:29,496 --> 00:09:33,575 - These hands are delicate instruments. - I doubt you could build a good fence. 102 00:09:33,749 --> 00:09:35,955 Therefore, since you're a licensed physician... 103 00:09:36,126 --> 00:09:38,831 ...and we are a town in acute shortage of medical care... 104 00:09:39,004 --> 00:09:42,088 - You wouldn't. ...your sentence will be 16 hours... 105 00:09:42,257 --> 00:09:43,751 ...of community service... 106 00:09:43,925 --> 00:09:46,878 ...served as resident doctor at Grady Memorial Hospital. 107 00:09:47,052 --> 00:09:50,006 I have to be in Los Angeles by Tuesday, so I don't... 108 00:09:50,180 --> 00:09:52,172 Thirty-two hours. 109 00:09:52,348 --> 00:09:55,384 - This is extortion! - You want 64 hours? 110 00:09:56,727 --> 00:09:57,972 No. 111 00:09:58,895 --> 00:10:00,389 Court is adjourned. 112 00:10:00,564 --> 00:10:02,188 All rise. 113 00:10:02,899 --> 00:10:05,389 - I am so fucked. - Watch your language, doc. 114 00:10:05,568 --> 00:10:10,774 You're in the buckle of the Bible belt here. Try saying "fudge" or something. 115 00:10:11,072 --> 00:10:13,563 - "Fiddlesticks" too strong? - Depends. 116 00:10:13,741 --> 00:10:16,030 Don't you worry about your automobile, doc. 117 00:10:16,202 --> 00:10:19,949 I always wanted an excuse to buy me a set of metric tools. 118 00:10:20,122 --> 00:10:23,205 Sh... Sugar. 119 00:10:47,436 --> 00:10:48,978 Hey. 120 00:10:51,022 --> 00:10:52,564 I'm Dr. Benjamin Stone. 121 00:10:52,732 --> 00:10:56,515 Nurse Packer. I'm assuming Judge Evans told you. 122 00:10:58,445 --> 00:11:00,319 Fine. Here's what I need. 123 00:11:00,489 --> 00:11:04,651 Comfortable bed, hot shower, warm meal, locker to put my stuff in... 124 00:11:04,826 --> 00:11:07,577 Could you show me some kind of identification, please? 125 00:11:15,793 --> 00:11:19,161 I'm wearing glasses there. I wear contacts now. 126 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,121 My hair's a little shorter. 127 00:11:25,468 --> 00:11:29,168 That's a moustache. It's a bad picture. 128 00:11:29,346 --> 00:11:32,928 If you could direct me to the physician on call tonight, I'll speak to him. 129 00:11:35,977 --> 00:11:37,435 "When to call me: 130 00:11:37,603 --> 00:11:41,682 If you've been stabbed, shot, poisoned, separated from an appendage... 131 00:11:41,856 --> 00:11:45,023 ...knocked or beaten unconscious, run over by a tractor, mower... 132 00:11:45,193 --> 00:11:48,526 ...or generally about to bleed to death. Otherwise, leave me alone." 133 00:11:48,695 --> 00:11:53,155 Signed, Dr. Aurelius Edsel Hogue, M.D. 134 00:11:55,743 --> 00:11:58,031 I'm in The Twilight Zone. 135 00:12:00,372 --> 00:12:03,871 Zwieback and vitamin C in the upper cabinet if you're hungry. 136 00:12:04,042 --> 00:12:07,706 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. This is the best you can do? 137 00:12:07,962 --> 00:12:09,621 No. 138 00:12:25,434 --> 00:12:29,134 Oh, good, you're awake. Welcome to Grady. I'm Mayor Nicholson. 139 00:12:29,313 --> 00:12:31,720 The second I heard a big-city doctor was in town... 140 00:12:31,898 --> 00:12:34,815 ...I left that rehearsal, hightailed it over here... 141 00:12:34,984 --> 00:12:37,272 ...see if I can make you more comfortable. 142 00:12:37,445 --> 00:12:39,651 - We can do better than this. - Better than this? 143 00:12:39,821 --> 00:12:41,814 Say, these your duffles? 144 00:12:42,490 --> 00:12:46,570 I'm not claiming that Grady's no Paris, France, but we got two gas stations... 145 00:12:46,744 --> 00:12:49,495 ...got us a Winn-Dixie, got us cable TV. Like tennis? 146 00:12:49,663 --> 00:12:53,411 We got a new tennis court at the high school. You doctors play golf, though. 147 00:12:53,583 --> 00:12:56,204 - Learning how to surf, actually. - Isn't this pretty? 148 00:12:56,377 --> 00:12:59,876 We had this fixed up for a doctor we got through the want ads years ago. 149 00:13:00,047 --> 00:13:02,620 - No one's been in it for a while. - Mayor Nicholson. 150 00:13:02,799 --> 00:13:06,250 I'm on my way to California. Don't be thinking I'm staying here. 151 00:13:06,427 --> 00:13:08,799 No, no, of course not. 152 00:13:08,971 --> 00:13:11,378 Well, maybe not. Give old Grady a chance... 153 00:13:11,556 --> 00:13:14,094 ...she might sneak up on you like a bee in a bottle. 154 00:13:18,771 --> 00:13:20,099 Surprise! 155 00:13:20,272 --> 00:13:22,727 - Welcoming committee. - I hope you're hungry. 156 00:13:23,858 --> 00:13:25,317 Evening, ladies. 157 00:13:25,485 --> 00:13:29,316 Ben Stone, this here is Miss Violet and Miss Lillian and Miss Maddie. 158 00:13:29,488 --> 00:13:32,821 Ladies, this here is Ben Stone, M.D. 159 00:13:32,991 --> 00:13:36,940 Fried chicken, boiled peanuts and sweet potato pie. 160 00:13:37,119 --> 00:13:41,662 Catfish, biscuits, butter beans and watermelon. 161 00:13:41,832 --> 00:13:44,951 Hungry-Man dinner. I'm a bad cook. 162 00:13:45,126 --> 00:13:49,289 Well, I guess I'll just say adieu and come chauffeur you in the morning. 163 00:13:49,463 --> 00:13:51,455 No, wait, wait, wait. Come on. 164 00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:53,173 You can't leave me here... 165 00:13:53,341 --> 00:13:56,092 ...in the middle of nowhere with them. It's getting late. 166 00:13:56,260 --> 00:14:00,008 Don't worry. Only one of them horny. I'm not telling you which one. 167 00:14:00,180 --> 00:14:02,256 Your face. 168 00:14:08,979 --> 00:14:11,386 You want a cocktail? 169 00:14:12,190 --> 00:14:16,602 So anyway, the high-profile, high-profit work... 170 00:14:16,777 --> 00:14:19,813 ...just makes it possible for me to do the more important... 171 00:14:19,988 --> 00:14:23,688 ...reconstructive surgery for needier patients. 172 00:14:24,617 --> 00:14:26,989 And get a big house on the beach. 173 00:14:27,161 --> 00:14:31,739 It's hard to believe. A man as good- looking as Dr. Stone should be married. 174 00:14:31,915 --> 00:14:34,038 Maybe he ain't found his Adam's rib yet. 175 00:14:34,209 --> 00:14:38,206 Maybe he indulges in the love that dare not speak its name. 176 00:14:38,379 --> 00:14:40,869 - Lillian. - Will I go blind? 177 00:14:42,174 --> 00:14:45,423 - It's moonshine, right? - Well, ouzo, actually. 178 00:14:45,593 --> 00:14:48,962 - We took a cruise to Greece. - Not me. I wasn't invited. 179 00:14:49,138 --> 00:14:51,972 It was one of those golden-agers tours. 180 00:14:52,140 --> 00:14:54,133 Sunset Tours, honey. 181 00:14:54,309 --> 00:14:57,262 - They ate the brains out of a goat. - Not me. 182 00:14:57,436 --> 00:14:59,761 - We ate dog. - I didn't eat no dog. 183 00:14:59,938 --> 00:15:02,856 You don't know that you didn't. 184 00:15:03,191 --> 00:15:06,725 Dr. Stone, there's a legend about friendship quilts. 185 00:15:06,903 --> 00:15:08,527 That's bunk. 186 00:15:08,696 --> 00:15:13,404 Folks say that the first person to sleep under a friendship quilt... 187 00:15:13,575 --> 00:15:16,279 ...will meet the one they're gonna marry. 188 00:15:16,452 --> 00:15:19,572 Dream about the one they're gonna marry, and it's bunk. 189 00:15:19,747 --> 00:15:22,949 What a fine hand he has. 190 00:15:23,833 --> 00:15:25,707 Dr. Stone? 191 00:15:26,753 --> 00:15:28,496 Dr. Stone? 192 00:16:42,232 --> 00:16:44,438 Oh, God. 193 00:17:07,086 --> 00:17:08,746 Hello. 194 00:17:10,589 --> 00:17:11,917 Hi. 195 00:17:12,758 --> 00:17:15,509 - Good morning. - Is something wrong? 196 00:17:15,677 --> 00:17:17,965 No, no, no. 197 00:17:18,846 --> 00:17:20,554 I'm a doctor. 198 00:17:20,723 --> 00:17:23,213 Yeah, I know who you are. 199 00:17:25,185 --> 00:17:29,478 Hey, I'm sorry. Would you...? Do you want this? 200 00:17:29,647 --> 00:17:33,644 If you're a doctor, I don't have anything you haven't seen before. 201 00:17:44,201 --> 00:17:46,442 You can blink now. 202 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,538 All the boys from the state legislature come here, do their recreating. 203 00:17:54,709 --> 00:17:58,160 Boy, can they litter. Presidents come here during the fishing season. 204 00:17:58,337 --> 00:18:00,330 On purpose? 205 00:18:00,798 --> 00:18:03,964 One look at all this, Ben boy, I'm sure you're saying to yourself: 206 00:18:04,134 --> 00:18:07,384 "I have come to Grady at the most beautiful time of the year." 207 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:10,720 But, boy, these dogwoods, azaleas, when they blooming... 208 00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:14,721 ...they can't hold a candle to the nuclear explosion of color come fall. 209 00:18:14,893 --> 00:18:18,972 Nick, you're the mayor. You have the authority to commute my sentence. 210 00:18:19,146 --> 00:18:20,724 Could you do that? 211 00:18:20,898 --> 00:18:23,934 I'll make it worth your while. I get back to L.A., we could... 212 00:18:24,109 --> 00:18:26,860 Why on earth would I wanna do that? 213 00:18:27,028 --> 00:18:30,527 How am I gonna convince you to stay here if you're not here? 214 00:18:31,282 --> 00:18:34,982 We need a doctor, you need patients. 215 00:18:35,202 --> 00:18:39,448 Get off the interstate, Ben Stone. 216 00:18:39,956 --> 00:18:41,533 Right? 217 00:18:44,584 --> 00:18:48,083 Don't let the signs of prosperity and urban sprawl in downtown scare you. 218 00:18:48,254 --> 00:18:50,412 We're still the same sleepy little paradise... 219 00:18:50,589 --> 00:18:53,958 ...that big-city shrinks recommend for patients with nervous disorders. 220 00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:56,541 It's the calming effect of Grady's natural ozone. 221 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,424 Fact, there's a world-class mental hospital up the road. 222 00:18:59,597 --> 00:19:00,925 That's a comforting thought. 223 00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:04,930 Ben Stone, do you like coffee? If you like coffee, we won't go in here. 224 00:19:06,436 --> 00:19:08,345 - Is that him? - That's him. 225 00:19:08,521 --> 00:19:11,806 - He's young, huh? - Come on, let's go. 226 00:19:14,526 --> 00:19:16,981 Boys, this here is Ben Stone... 227 00:19:17,153 --> 00:19:20,273 ...a Hollywood physician who's gonna spend a few days with us. 228 00:19:20,448 --> 00:19:24,694 Ben, this is Mortimer, John, Aubrey. Probably don't want to shake his hand. 229 00:19:24,868 --> 00:19:27,868 Sorty in the corner. Sorty got a cow that sings. 230 00:19:28,037 --> 00:19:31,620 - You remember Cotton, Miss Lillian. - Hollywood. La-la land. 231 00:19:31,957 --> 00:19:33,617 - Beverly Hills, actually. - Whatever. 232 00:19:33,792 --> 00:19:37,659 - Well, William's been a movie star. - It was just an Army training film. 233 00:19:37,837 --> 00:19:40,506 Come now, you were the star. You played the lead role. 234 00:19:40,673 --> 00:19:44,836 It was about VD. I was the bacteria. Had a big scene with penicillin. 235 00:19:45,260 --> 00:19:47,632 Yes, a death scene. 236 00:19:47,804 --> 00:19:50,508 Take a load off, doctor. This will stop your worries. 237 00:19:50,681 --> 00:19:52,590 Or start them. 238 00:19:54,059 --> 00:19:55,767 So, what do you think of our town? 239 00:19:55,936 --> 00:19:58,509 - I haven't seen all of it yet. - Yeah, you have. 240 00:19:59,689 --> 00:20:01,064 Opportunity abounds here. 241 00:20:01,232 --> 00:20:03,557 Growth rate was up.3 percent last year. 242 00:20:03,734 --> 00:20:06,687 - There's no crime. - By the way, we are the county seat. 243 00:20:06,861 --> 00:20:10,811 Fellas, no point in beating a dead horse to death. That's all in the brochure. 244 00:20:10,990 --> 00:20:15,402 Ben Stone, we are prepared to offer you a permanent position... 245 00:20:15,577 --> 00:20:19,076 ...as medical practitioner supreme in the Grady metropolitan area... 246 00:20:19,247 --> 00:20:21,488 ...the squash capital of the South. 247 00:20:21,665 --> 00:20:24,832 The salary's $27,000 per annum, and plus housing. 248 00:20:25,836 --> 00:20:27,460 Twenty-seven thousand? 249 00:20:27,629 --> 00:20:31,246 - You see, Nick, I told you... - Hold on. Thirty thousand. 250 00:20:32,174 --> 00:20:34,925 Look, you people don't even know me. 251 00:20:35,093 --> 00:20:37,762 I noticed right off that he double-knots his shoelaces. 252 00:20:37,929 --> 00:20:40,550 - Excellent credentials. - Shows he's careful. 253 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:43,096 Anyway, don't you already have a doctor? 254 00:20:43,267 --> 00:20:45,176 We got Hogue. The problem with Hogue is... 255 00:20:45,352 --> 00:20:47,843 - He's old. - Old and wholly unpleasant. 256 00:20:48,021 --> 00:20:50,179 Point is, he's not going to be around forever. 257 00:20:50,398 --> 00:20:51,726 Thirty-five thousand? 258 00:20:51,899 --> 00:20:54,983 But that would take a unanimous vote of the whole city council. 259 00:20:55,152 --> 00:20:57,191 - All in favor say, "Aye." - Aye. 260 00:20:57,362 --> 00:20:59,734 - I abstain. - You always abstain. 261 00:20:59,906 --> 00:21:03,903 Look, I appreciate your problem... 262 00:21:04,076 --> 00:21:06,115 ...but I'm not the answer. 263 00:21:06,286 --> 00:21:08,658 I got a big job interview on the West Coast. 264 00:21:08,830 --> 00:21:12,494 It's very important I get there in the next couple of days. Plastic surgery. 265 00:21:12,666 --> 00:21:16,877 The truth is, they can probably pay me about 20 times what you can afford. 266 00:21:17,045 --> 00:21:19,962 There's a lot of similarities between Grady and Los Angeles. 267 00:21:20,131 --> 00:21:21,755 They're just bigger, is all. 268 00:21:22,633 --> 00:21:24,376 - What do I owe you? - Ten bucks. 269 00:21:24,551 --> 00:21:27,220 - Ten bucks for coffee and toast? - Got you. 270 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:30,138 Tell you what, why don't you wait to make up your mind... 271 00:21:30,306 --> 00:21:32,215 ...till after the squash festival, huh? 272 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:36,803 All I'm saying, Ben Stone, is give Grady a chance. I bet you'll like her. 273 00:21:38,396 --> 00:21:42,524 Yeah, well, nice meeting you all. 274 00:21:42,691 --> 00:21:44,435 Thanks. 275 00:21:53,826 --> 00:21:57,028 - Howdy, nurse. How you doing? - Doctor's lounge is down the hall. 276 00:21:57,204 --> 00:22:02,197 You can change in there, then Lou will show you around. This is your time card. 277 00:22:03,834 --> 00:22:06,407 You gotta be kidding. 278 00:22:14,009 --> 00:22:17,627 - Local call? - I don't know anybody local. 279 00:22:17,846 --> 00:22:20,633 Pay phone's in the waiting room. 280 00:22:23,058 --> 00:22:28,597 Yeah, it's... No, it's a collect call from Dr. Benjamin Stone. 281 00:22:28,772 --> 00:22:30,479 Stone. 282 00:22:30,648 --> 00:22:32,356 Come on, do you mind? This is a... 283 00:22:33,526 --> 00:22:36,941 ...personal call. - I guess so. 284 00:22:39,322 --> 00:22:44,030 Yeah, hi. Yes, this is Dr. Stone. Actually, that's why I'm calling. 285 00:22:44,201 --> 00:22:46,870 I don't think I'm gonna be able to make it on Tuesday. 286 00:22:47,037 --> 00:22:49,658 I just... There was a... 287 00:22:51,207 --> 00:22:53,579 A medical emergency in... 288 00:22:53,751 --> 00:22:56,751 They don't have a doctor, so I volunteered my services. 289 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,170 I'll need to stay until the situation stabilizes. 290 00:23:00,340 --> 00:23:01,999 Yeah, medically speaking. 291 00:23:02,925 --> 00:23:05,380 You're interviewing other doctors? Friday? 292 00:23:05,552 --> 00:23:10,213 Yeah, okay, Friday. I can do that. No, thank you very much. And thank Doctor... 293 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:15,555 That was better tap-dancing than I've seen on Star Search. 294 00:23:17,687 --> 00:23:21,305 If you tell me you're here for a physical, you're gonna make my day. 295 00:23:21,482 --> 00:23:24,234 It's unprofessional to flirt with the patients. 296 00:23:24,401 --> 00:23:28,564 I'm just on my way to Beverly Hills. Plastic surgery. 297 00:23:28,738 --> 00:23:30,565 Not that you need any. 298 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:32,613 Nice try. 299 00:23:32,783 --> 00:23:36,483 So is this the GQ look for young urban doctors? 300 00:23:37,537 --> 00:23:41,036 Well, I've spent the last two years doing 18-hour days in the ER. 301 00:23:41,207 --> 00:23:44,622 I find these are pretty comfortable. 302 00:23:45,044 --> 00:23:46,953 You don't like them? 303 00:23:47,212 --> 00:23:48,836 No. 304 00:23:50,798 --> 00:23:54,381 Okay, fine. Well, I really enjoyed our time together here... 305 00:23:54,552 --> 00:23:58,596 ...but since you're obviously not a patient, and I'm not getting anywhere... 306 00:23:58,763 --> 00:24:02,511 ...tell me where I can find a guy named Lou, drives an ambulance? 307 00:24:02,683 --> 00:24:04,426 I'm Lou. 308 00:24:13,901 --> 00:24:15,774 Where did all these people come from? 309 00:24:15,944 --> 00:24:19,194 Folks hear there's a doctor on duty, they come running. 310 00:24:19,364 --> 00:24:21,855 Any old doctor. 311 00:24:24,660 --> 00:24:26,569 Send them in. 312 00:24:27,246 --> 00:24:30,412 Okay, Mr. Tidwell. 313 00:24:30,582 --> 00:24:33,119 What the hell have you got on your foot? 314 00:24:33,292 --> 00:24:34,870 That's a poultice. 315 00:24:35,044 --> 00:24:38,957 - Nurse Packer! - I got ahold to Doc Hogue on the CB... 316 00:24:39,130 --> 00:24:41,703 ...and he said that that will hold me till I came in. 317 00:24:41,883 --> 00:24:43,341 - You did this on purpose? - Yes. 318 00:24:43,509 --> 00:24:46,712 It's chimney soot, biscuit flour and lard. Doc Hogue said... 319 00:24:46,887 --> 00:24:52,225 Wipe that crap off Mr. Tidwell's foot, please, and clean that wound out. 320 00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:57,809 - You allergic to penicillin? - Don't know. Ask Doc Hogue. 321 00:24:57,980 --> 00:25:01,146 Doubt Doc Hogue knows it's even been discovered. 322 00:25:01,774 --> 00:25:05,937 Okay. Nurse Packer, I'm gonna wash this with Betadine... 323 00:25:06,111 --> 00:25:10,322 ...close it with a butterfly, give it a sterile dressing. 324 00:25:10,490 --> 00:25:13,325 You sure you ought to be doing that so darned fast? 325 00:25:13,492 --> 00:25:15,615 I hope so, Mr. Tidwell... 326 00:25:15,786 --> 00:25:17,825 ...because je suis fini. 327 00:25:22,750 --> 00:25:26,035 Okay, Mrs. Owens, if you could please get up on the table... 328 00:25:26,211 --> 00:25:27,789 ...put your feet in the stirrups. 329 00:25:35,386 --> 00:25:37,425 We're just here about our mail. 330 00:25:37,930 --> 00:25:41,713 It's from my sister. We don't read. 331 00:25:44,477 --> 00:25:48,640 - This ever happen before, Mr. McClary? - Hell, yes. It happens. 332 00:25:48,814 --> 00:25:51,221 This ain't nearly the biggest one I ever took. 333 00:25:51,399 --> 00:25:55,527 I had a hook in my thigh once. It must have been, I'd say, like... 334 00:25:55,694 --> 00:25:57,936 Oh, excuse me, l... Yeah, well... 335 00:25:58,113 --> 00:26:01,612 - Fishing's a dangerous business. - Well, it can be. 336 00:26:01,783 --> 00:26:07,950 "And after the cow died, there just wasn't any reason for him to go on. 337 00:26:08,538 --> 00:26:12,405 Meanwhile, Ellen's got herself mixed up with a Pakistani gentleman... 338 00:26:12,583 --> 00:26:15,999 ...who nobody can understand what he is saying. 339 00:26:16,587 --> 00:26:18,626 Not even Ellen." 340 00:26:18,922 --> 00:26:21,460 I don't see any toxic striations. 341 00:26:21,633 --> 00:26:23,127 Red streaks. 342 00:26:23,301 --> 00:26:25,922 You sure it was a black widow? 343 00:26:26,095 --> 00:26:30,423 Here. I kept it in some T.P. 344 00:26:32,058 --> 00:26:34,346 Oh, dear Lord, it's escaped. 345 00:26:36,604 --> 00:26:38,560 - There it is. - Wait, there he goes. 346 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:41,600 - Here he goes. Here he goes. - Step on it. 347 00:26:41,775 --> 00:26:44,645 "She thinks Ray's having an affair with the pastor's wife... 348 00:26:44,819 --> 00:26:48,187 ...but Ray swears it's his scrub-up rash." 349 00:26:48,864 --> 00:26:51,983 Ray is a nut, I'm telling you. 350 00:26:52,242 --> 00:26:55,692 It's like a blurred spot in my vision. 351 00:26:55,870 --> 00:27:00,910 Out there. No. There. No. No, there. 352 00:27:12,467 --> 00:27:14,589 I'm cured. 353 00:27:15,052 --> 00:27:19,299 "The pastor's wife got busted for growing marijuana... 354 00:27:19,473 --> 00:27:21,382 ...out behind the rectory. 355 00:27:21,558 --> 00:27:26,931 So she'll be spending a spell up in Tupelo at the minimum-security prison." 356 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,770 That's it? 357 00:27:33,026 --> 00:27:35,777 What about Ellen and the Pakistani? 358 00:27:45,911 --> 00:27:48,069 Nurse Packer? Nurse Packer. 359 00:27:48,247 --> 00:27:52,160 Where's Doc Hogue? The boy can't breathe right, and he's turning blue. 360 00:27:52,333 --> 00:27:53,662 I'm the doctor here. 361 00:27:54,419 --> 00:27:56,790 Nurse Packer, you've got to call Doc Hogue. 362 00:27:57,379 --> 00:28:00,664 - Please. - It's all right. I'm the doctor. 363 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,171 - How long has he been like this? - All afternoon. 364 00:28:04,343 --> 00:28:05,921 - What's his name? - Zeb. 365 00:28:06,095 --> 00:28:08,846 Hey, Zeb, this is going to be a little cold, all right? 366 00:28:09,014 --> 00:28:11,302 I just wanna hear your heart. 367 00:28:12,475 --> 00:28:14,432 Does your tummy hurt? 368 00:28:15,102 --> 00:28:18,802 All right, take him down to the examination room. I'll be right there. 369 00:28:18,981 --> 00:28:21,732 You know where that is? Right there, okay? 370 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:24,569 Have Zeb get up on the table for me. 371 00:28:26,612 --> 00:28:29,447 - Call Hogue. Get him here. - He doesn't like to be disturbed. 372 00:28:29,615 --> 00:28:32,650 I really don't care. Forget Hogue. What's the referral hospital? 373 00:28:32,826 --> 00:28:34,818 - Athens General. - Call Athens General. 374 00:28:34,994 --> 00:28:38,279 We have a cardiac emergency. Tell Lou to fire up the ambulance. 375 00:28:38,455 --> 00:28:41,372 No, forget it. They have a helicopter. Tell them to send it. 376 00:28:41,541 --> 00:28:45,408 - Get me Zeb's medical history. - I better call Dr. Hogue. 377 00:28:45,586 --> 00:28:49,204 Damn it. Listen to me, Hogue is not here. I'm here. 378 00:28:49,381 --> 00:28:51,255 You do it. 379 00:28:58,347 --> 00:29:00,007 Here's the situation. 380 00:29:00,182 --> 00:29:03,467 Your son is turning blue because he has an abnormal mitral valve. 381 00:29:03,643 --> 00:29:07,058 It's causing a back flow of blood in his heart. We may have to operate. 382 00:29:07,229 --> 00:29:08,854 We'll send him to Athens General. 383 00:29:09,022 --> 00:29:11,727 Dr. Hogue said you should give the boy a Coke. 384 00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:16,608 He says he's probably got a bellyache and that you should give him a Coke. 385 00:29:19,656 --> 00:29:22,408 Listen, doctor, I've got a boy here in cardiac crisis. 386 00:29:22,575 --> 00:29:26,619 You can't treat that with Coca-Cola or Bisquick. We have to use real medicine. 387 00:29:26,787 --> 00:29:29,622 I'm sending him to Athens General. You're his doctor... 388 00:29:29,790 --> 00:29:32,790 ...so get your fat ass out of bed and go with him! 389 00:29:34,794 --> 00:29:38,743 - How long will the chopper be? - Should be here any minute. 390 00:29:51,933 --> 00:29:54,602 - Where's Stone? - Dr. Hogue. 391 00:29:55,353 --> 00:29:59,017 What the hell kind of snot-nosed puppy doctor are you anyway? 392 00:29:59,189 --> 00:30:02,439 Wake me up, scare these folks out of their skivvies. 393 00:30:02,609 --> 00:30:04,850 Mitral valve regurge. 394 00:30:05,028 --> 00:30:09,190 I've had a lot of experience with it in ER. I've even assisted in surgery to correct. 395 00:30:09,365 --> 00:30:13,278 God only knows how long he's had this, but you overlooked it. Check his color. 396 00:30:13,451 --> 00:30:15,609 Nurse Packer, get that crap off the boy. 397 00:30:16,037 --> 00:30:19,073 Gene, you gave him the bismuth subnitrate, didn't you? 398 00:30:19,248 --> 00:30:22,082 - At first we thought... - You gave him too much as usual. 399 00:30:23,126 --> 00:30:25,414 Turned him three shades of blue. 400 00:30:25,586 --> 00:30:28,871 - Bismuth subnitrate? - Homegrown antacid. 401 00:30:29,048 --> 00:30:31,372 You hear a heart murmur? 402 00:30:31,550 --> 00:30:33,209 No, it's hard to detect. 403 00:30:33,385 --> 00:30:36,385 You been sampling your daddy's chaw? 404 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,219 That will be 65 cents. 405 00:30:49,398 --> 00:30:52,102 Well, nice work, Hollywood. 406 00:30:52,275 --> 00:30:55,027 You were about to open the chest of a 6-year-old boy... 407 00:30:55,194 --> 00:30:59,274 ...to cure a case of diarrhea. Now, listen up, smart-ass. 408 00:30:59,448 --> 00:31:01,986 Next time I tell you how to treat a patient of mine... 409 00:31:02,159 --> 00:31:05,029 ...you better damn well do it, doctor. 410 00:31:05,203 --> 00:31:08,488 I doubt you'd know crap from Crisco. 411 00:31:18,923 --> 00:31:20,547 Hey. 412 00:31:22,759 --> 00:31:25,629 Yeah, right. 413 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,676 Shit! 414 00:31:35,770 --> 00:31:38,557 Wait. Wait. Hold your horses, doc. 415 00:31:38,731 --> 00:31:42,479 Now, what if I walked in in the middle of a hernia operation... 416 00:31:42,651 --> 00:31:45,735 ...see some poor gentleman's guts all over? 417 00:31:46,029 --> 00:31:48,400 - You killed my car. - I resent that. 418 00:31:48,572 --> 00:31:51,608 That car was my life, Melvin. That car was my baby. 419 00:31:51,783 --> 00:31:54,700 You want me to stop now? I can put it in some boxes... 420 00:31:54,869 --> 00:31:58,072 ...ship it out to Hollywood for you. No skin off my nose. 421 00:31:58,247 --> 00:32:00,204 You and me called it an oil pump casing. 422 00:32:00,374 --> 00:32:03,291 Lane had two years of the German language in high school. 423 00:32:06,754 --> 00:32:08,912 Doc, let's step into my office. 424 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,717 I don't need a car. I'm moving to Los Angeles. 425 00:32:14,886 --> 00:32:17,840 - What do I need a car for? - Lash yourself to the mast. 426 00:32:18,014 --> 00:32:21,464 Fella up in Oregon has an oil pump he could air-express to us tomorrow. 427 00:32:21,642 --> 00:32:25,769 Two hundred thirty-nine bucks, plus shipping. Only one problem. 428 00:32:25,979 --> 00:32:28,350 Oregon exploded. 429 00:32:28,522 --> 00:32:30,016 No. 430 00:32:30,566 --> 00:32:33,899 He don't take credit. Or checks. 431 00:32:34,069 --> 00:32:38,113 And tomorrow being Saturday, you can't just wire some cash to him. 432 00:32:38,281 --> 00:32:41,198 Okay, Melvin, let me ask you this. 433 00:32:41,366 --> 00:32:44,865 How do you propose I pay for this? 434 00:32:45,036 --> 00:32:46,578 Well, I was hoping you'd pay me. 435 00:32:46,746 --> 00:32:50,957 Then I can trade him for a front rocker assembly I got from a '68 Nova, but... 436 00:32:51,125 --> 00:32:54,956 - You don't take credit or checks. - No, sir. I apologize. 437 00:32:55,128 --> 00:32:56,954 How long will this guy in Oregon wait? 438 00:32:57,130 --> 00:33:00,083 I imagine I could stall him till Sunday noon. 439 00:33:00,257 --> 00:33:04,835 Now, he got another taker in Arizona, but I was first. 440 00:33:07,430 --> 00:33:09,173 Stall him. 441 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,303 - Hi, doc. - Hi, doc. 442 00:33:15,478 --> 00:33:19,012 - Morning, doc. - Morning, Ben Stone. 443 00:33:19,190 --> 00:33:21,182 Howdy, y'all. 444 00:33:26,779 --> 00:33:30,479 - Dr. Stone. Dr. Stone, I presume. - Yeah, that's right. 445 00:33:30,658 --> 00:33:32,116 - Hi. - Hi. 446 00:33:32,284 --> 00:33:34,609 Say, you're much taller than they said you were. 447 00:33:35,662 --> 00:33:38,331 I'm sitting on a stool. 448 00:33:39,540 --> 00:33:40,951 And you are? 449 00:33:41,125 --> 00:33:44,291 Dying to get out of this town. How about you? 450 00:33:44,461 --> 00:33:46,667 - Here's your breakfast. - I haven't ordered yet. 451 00:33:46,838 --> 00:33:50,040 Compliments of the house. Don't let old Hogue scare you off. 452 00:33:50,216 --> 00:33:53,631 We know you weren't aiming to kill that boy last night. 453 00:33:54,344 --> 00:33:57,048 Wait a minute, you're not planning on staying in Grady? 454 00:33:57,221 --> 00:33:59,973 - Only as long as I have to. - Thank God. 455 00:34:00,141 --> 00:34:02,892 For a second, I thought they got their hooks into you too. 456 00:34:03,060 --> 00:34:06,558 - Wait, you don't like Grady? - No. 457 00:34:06,896 --> 00:34:08,474 So how come you don't leave? 458 00:34:09,357 --> 00:34:10,732 With you? 459 00:34:12,359 --> 00:34:14,316 Is that a proposition, doctor? 460 00:34:15,654 --> 00:34:18,144 I better eat this before it's cold. Nice meeting you. 461 00:34:18,322 --> 00:34:20,279 Thanks, Lillian. 462 00:34:26,704 --> 00:34:31,164 "Prosser on Torts." "Civil Procedure." A little light reading this morning? 463 00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:32,827 Did I invite you to sit down? 464 00:34:33,001 --> 00:34:36,168 No, but you were going to. Southern hospitality and all. 465 00:34:37,171 --> 00:34:39,662 - Now what? - Now let's talk about you. 466 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,757 Okay. I like my privacy. I'm a vegetarian. 467 00:34:42,926 --> 00:34:46,425 I'd appreciate it if you'd take that slab of ham to the counter with you. 468 00:34:46,596 --> 00:34:49,799 - It gives me the willies. - I didn't order this slab. 469 00:34:49,974 --> 00:34:54,053 Now I suppose you'll say something cute to stall your retreat. 470 00:34:54,227 --> 00:34:55,935 Maybe tell me about the big city... 471 00:34:56,104 --> 00:34:58,855 ...all the things I'm missing living in this dinky town... 472 00:34:59,023 --> 00:35:02,226 ...and how you'd like to be the one to take me out of it. 473 00:35:04,528 --> 00:35:07,149 Isn't that why you're going to law school? 474 00:35:07,322 --> 00:35:09,693 You want to get out of this dinky little town. 475 00:35:10,074 --> 00:35:14,403 I'm not going yet. And I plan to practice in Grady when I'm through. 476 00:35:15,287 --> 00:35:17,956 Yeah, it looks like a hotbed of legal activity. 477 00:35:18,122 --> 00:35:21,954 Well, malpractice for visiting young surgeons seems promising. 478 00:35:22,376 --> 00:35:24,036 Who's the green apple, Vialula? 479 00:35:24,795 --> 00:35:27,250 - Henry, this is Ben Stone. - Hey. 480 00:35:27,422 --> 00:35:29,829 Oh, yeah, the new croaker. 481 00:35:30,007 --> 00:35:31,501 Hank Gordon. 482 00:35:31,675 --> 00:35:33,004 You're in my chair. 483 00:35:34,803 --> 00:35:36,842 - Boyfriend? - "Friend" friend. 484 00:35:47,147 --> 00:35:49,851 - Need any life insurance? - What? 485 00:35:50,024 --> 00:35:53,274 You should be vested in a term life program. 486 00:35:53,444 --> 00:35:55,815 Probably a quarter of a mil to start. 487 00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:58,685 Come by my office. We could run a "what if." 488 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:00,863 Or are you too chicken? 489 00:36:04,077 --> 00:36:07,031 I read somewhere doctors have the highest suicide rate... 490 00:36:07,205 --> 00:36:09,197 ...in any profession except dentistry. 491 00:36:09,373 --> 00:36:13,073 - Is that true? - I won't underwrite dentists. Nope. 492 00:36:13,252 --> 00:36:16,371 Never trust a man who'll put his hand in your mouth. 493 00:36:16,713 --> 00:36:19,998 Well, I'd love to stay and hear where this conversation's headed... 494 00:36:20,174 --> 00:36:22,463 ...but if you all will excuse me. 495 00:36:23,635 --> 00:36:26,838 There's something else I wanted to ask you. 496 00:36:27,430 --> 00:36:32,175 Do doctors know more about sex than normal people? 497 00:36:35,103 --> 00:36:37,772 I need some ketchup. 498 00:36:38,398 --> 00:36:40,935 I have a fair knowledge of animal husbandry. 499 00:36:41,108 --> 00:36:43,350 It's all pretty much the same thing. 500 00:36:43,694 --> 00:36:45,104 - Bye, doc. - Bye. 501 00:36:45,278 --> 00:36:47,851 Women trouble, Ben Stone? 502 00:36:48,531 --> 00:36:50,405 Squat here. 503 00:36:53,285 --> 00:36:56,488 - Regard the Grady squash. - Looks like a yellow zucchini. 504 00:36:56,663 --> 00:37:01,538 Nope. See, up until 1933, you had your Grady, you had your zucchini. 505 00:37:01,709 --> 00:37:03,535 They're going at it, gourd to gourd. 506 00:37:03,711 --> 00:37:07,245 Freak tornado accident wiped out a whole shipment of Gradys... 507 00:37:07,422 --> 00:37:12,546 ...bound for, I believe, agricultural stardom at the Chicago World's Fair. 508 00:37:12,718 --> 00:37:14,924 The zucchini took there. Never relented. 509 00:37:15,220 --> 00:37:19,217 If it had gone the other way, no telling where this town would be today. 510 00:37:20,016 --> 00:37:21,723 What are you talking about? 511 00:37:22,434 --> 00:37:25,352 Timing. Same thing with women. 512 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,556 And with Southern women, they require substantial commitment. 513 00:37:28,731 --> 00:37:31,400 You might have to stay here for six months, maybe more. 514 00:37:31,567 --> 00:37:35,267 - Are you a betting man, Nick? - I have been known on occasion. 515 00:37:36,279 --> 00:37:38,355 - Take me about a week. - Now, wait a minute. 516 00:37:38,531 --> 00:37:43,109 - You mean Vialula in the center pocket? - Ten bucks. 517 00:37:45,370 --> 00:37:47,742 Okay, you got it. 518 00:37:48,915 --> 00:37:51,370 Feels like I'm fleecing you, Ben Stone. 519 00:37:54,253 --> 00:37:56,079 Easy. 520 00:37:59,007 --> 00:38:01,248 Hello, Nurse Packer. 521 00:38:04,011 --> 00:38:05,588 All right. 522 00:38:05,762 --> 00:38:08,383 Okay, let's get something straight right now. 523 00:38:08,556 --> 00:38:13,348 I got eight years of higher education, one year of internship, one year of residency. 524 00:38:13,519 --> 00:38:15,013 I'm $ 70,000 in debt. 525 00:38:15,187 --> 00:38:17,677 Now I'm waylaid in this heehaw hell... 526 00:38:17,856 --> 00:38:21,390 ...and you insist on clocking me in and out like I'm a factory worker. 527 00:38:21,567 --> 00:38:25,399 Well, no! N-O, no! This is where I draw the line. 528 00:38:26,655 --> 00:38:29,739 I believe you have a visitor, doctor. 529 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:37,821 Doc, my foot feels so good, I brought you this pig. 530 00:38:41,250 --> 00:38:42,993 Okay. 531 00:38:43,169 --> 00:38:46,169 I can't abide being in no man's debt. 532 00:38:46,338 --> 00:38:48,710 This pig's all I got to give. 533 00:38:50,675 --> 00:38:53,545 I'm already paid, more or less, by the hospital. 534 00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:57,586 - I really can't accept your pig. - It's a done deal. 535 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:00,846 She's your pig now. 536 00:39:02,018 --> 00:39:04,224 God bless you both. 537 00:39:10,191 --> 00:39:13,108 Keep your animal outside. This is a hospital. 538 00:39:26,913 --> 00:39:29,238 - Nice pig there, doc. - Thank you. 539 00:39:29,416 --> 00:39:32,250 - Lovely pig. - Thank you very much. Appreciate it. 540 00:39:32,418 --> 00:39:35,786 - Nice pig, doc! - Thank you. 541 00:39:35,963 --> 00:39:38,916 Thank you all very much. 542 00:39:45,179 --> 00:39:50,848 Ben Stone. Say, I think I just took away your last reason to go to California. 543 00:39:51,017 --> 00:39:53,887 Norrisville Drum and Bugle Corps. 544 00:39:54,061 --> 00:39:56,267 They played last four years in the Rose Parade. 545 00:39:56,438 --> 00:39:59,937 I got them under exclusive contract to the Grady Squash Festival. 546 00:40:00,108 --> 00:40:01,566 I'm not staying. 547 00:40:01,984 --> 00:40:03,443 Sure, you aren't. 548 00:40:03,611 --> 00:40:06,730 Oh, by the way, dinner at my house tomorrow night, 6:00. 549 00:40:06,947 --> 00:40:08,489 - Dinner? - Didn't I tell you? 550 00:40:08,657 --> 00:40:09,985 You're guest of honor. 551 00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:14,484 Shoot a monkey. If my head wasn't attached, I'd need wood screws. 552 00:40:14,662 --> 00:40:16,239 - Nice pig, doc. - Thanks. 553 00:40:16,413 --> 00:40:18,619 Can I bring a date? 554 00:40:18,790 --> 00:40:21,459 Well, I don't know. Can you? 555 00:40:23,669 --> 00:40:27,536 This is Ben Stone you're talking to. Come on, pig. 556 00:40:29,049 --> 00:40:31,337 Fine pig, doc. 557 00:40:36,221 --> 00:40:37,384 Melvin. 558 00:40:38,014 --> 00:40:41,299 Melvin. Melvin. 559 00:40:41,517 --> 00:40:45,052 Hey, doc. We're just rehearsing for the pageant. 560 00:40:45,229 --> 00:40:48,597 We doing a pollination rap song. 561 00:40:51,734 --> 00:40:53,062 Melvin, listen. 562 00:40:53,236 --> 00:40:57,695 I don't have the money for the oil-gepumpkin-hausen thing. 563 00:40:59,908 --> 00:41:03,905 I mean, when I say I haven't got the money, that's not entirely true. 564 00:41:04,078 --> 00:41:05,987 I have the money. I'm good for the money. 565 00:41:06,163 --> 00:41:09,199 It's just a matter of accessing the money in a period of time. 566 00:41:09,374 --> 00:41:12,125 Can we work something out, please? 567 00:41:12,293 --> 00:41:15,329 This car has got to be ready by the time I leave. 568 00:41:18,715 --> 00:41:21,881 - That your pig? - Yeah. 569 00:41:29,849 --> 00:41:33,929 You want to trade? Pig for the part? 570 00:41:34,728 --> 00:41:36,887 If you can part with the pig. 571 00:41:39,983 --> 00:41:41,014 Good. 572 00:41:46,321 --> 00:41:48,859 - Hi. - Hi. 573 00:41:53,995 --> 00:41:57,280 - You just pick those? - Yes, ma'am. 574 00:41:58,123 --> 00:42:01,538 They're protected by law. State flowers. 575 00:42:04,128 --> 00:42:05,871 Figures. 576 00:42:06,297 --> 00:42:10,590 I'm already serving time for the fence. May as well take my chances, right? 577 00:42:10,759 --> 00:42:15,171 Mama. Mama, who is it? Who are you? 578 00:42:18,598 --> 00:42:20,390 I'm Ben. 579 00:42:21,684 --> 00:42:24,222 Emma, take these inside and put them in some water. 580 00:42:24,395 --> 00:42:26,886 You're not supposed to pick these. 581 00:42:27,231 --> 00:42:29,140 Use the plastic pitcher. 582 00:42:31,818 --> 00:42:33,810 Yeah, she's mine. 583 00:42:33,986 --> 00:42:36,773 She's 4. You wanna retreat now or...? 584 00:42:36,947 --> 00:42:38,571 No, no, no. 585 00:42:38,740 --> 00:42:41,527 No. Actually, I just came by... 586 00:42:41,701 --> 00:42:45,200 ...because I need a date for dinner tomorrow night. 587 00:42:45,371 --> 00:42:48,371 - Nick Nicholson's? - Yeah. How'd you know? 588 00:42:48,707 --> 00:42:52,158 Can't poop in this town without everyone knowing what color it is. 589 00:42:59,091 --> 00:43:02,506 I was fixing to have a cocktail. 590 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:04,545 Are you in a hurry? 591 00:43:07,139 --> 00:43:09,215 Oh, man, that's tart. 592 00:43:09,391 --> 00:43:13,518 It's called a " Slow Comfortable Screw Up Against a Wall," with a twist. 593 00:43:13,686 --> 00:43:16,722 - Is that a Grady specialty? - No. 594 00:43:16,897 --> 00:43:19,352 - New York City. - New York? 595 00:43:19,524 --> 00:43:22,809 Yeah. I worked at one of those weirdo theme bars on the West Side. 596 00:43:22,986 --> 00:43:25,690 Wayne and I went to college in New York. 597 00:43:26,405 --> 00:43:28,196 Then he dropped out. 598 00:43:28,365 --> 00:43:32,362 I got pregnant. He couldn't get work, so I bartended. 599 00:43:32,535 --> 00:43:34,990 I managed to finish school, though. 600 00:43:35,162 --> 00:43:37,735 - Wayne isn't still...? - Wayne... 601 00:43:37,915 --> 00:43:41,034 ...is a professional dancer. 602 00:43:41,209 --> 00:43:43,248 One of those exotic Chippendale things. 603 00:43:43,419 --> 00:43:46,870 He's in Boston, Miami... I can't keep track. 604 00:43:47,298 --> 00:43:49,622 He left me after Emma was born. 605 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,835 I divorced him and came running back here. 606 00:43:53,261 --> 00:43:58,467 Wayne has this extremely high opinion of his legs. 607 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:01,345 You know, I just can't picture you in the big city. 608 00:44:01,518 --> 00:44:03,344 New York. 609 00:44:03,686 --> 00:44:05,228 It's like me... 610 00:44:05,396 --> 00:44:07,803 - In Grady? - Yeah. 611 00:44:08,857 --> 00:44:11,478 Well, peel an onion, there's lots of layers. 612 00:44:13,528 --> 00:44:15,070 What layer is Hank on? 613 00:44:16,363 --> 00:44:19,364 Henry Gordon's sweet on me. 614 00:44:19,908 --> 00:44:21,817 And he's pretty decent and solid... 615 00:44:21,993 --> 00:44:25,492 ...once you get past the " Insurance Rebel Without a Clause" routine. 616 00:44:26,163 --> 00:44:28,369 Decent and solid. 617 00:44:28,916 --> 00:44:30,244 Very romantic. 618 00:44:33,169 --> 00:44:38,210 I can see you coming from half a mile away, Dr. Stone. 619 00:44:38,382 --> 00:44:40,623 You and your slick city ways. 620 00:44:40,801 --> 00:44:42,592 I suspect your version of romance... 621 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:45,796 ...is whatever will separate me from my panties. 622 00:44:47,389 --> 00:44:50,972 Look, all I'm talking about is dinner. 623 00:44:51,142 --> 00:44:53,894 In public. Wear a dress. 624 00:44:54,062 --> 00:44:56,303 Panties are optional. 625 00:44:57,731 --> 00:45:01,775 Well, I never have had dinner at the mayor's house. 626 00:45:01,943 --> 00:45:04,066 Oh, boy. 627 00:45:04,695 --> 00:45:07,981 And after all, how could I possibly refuse the man... 628 00:45:08,157 --> 00:45:10,398 ...who saved Jasmine from the butcher? 629 00:45:11,868 --> 00:45:15,319 - What are you talking about? - Tidwell's pig. 630 00:45:15,496 --> 00:45:17,702 He was about to sell her for pork chops... 631 00:45:17,873 --> 00:45:20,874 ...if you hadn't fixed his foot, made him feel guilty. 632 00:45:21,042 --> 00:45:24,541 Emma loves pigs. You keeping her over at your house? 633 00:45:31,510 --> 00:45:33,253 Lane, where's Melvin? 634 00:45:33,595 --> 00:45:37,010 Where's Melvin? I want my pig back. 635 00:45:39,349 --> 00:45:42,220 Did you say he went to church? At this hour? 636 00:45:44,729 --> 00:45:49,224 Are you allowed to come out here? I can't understand what you're saying. 637 00:45:49,399 --> 00:45:52,898 Melvin's gone to church. He's gone to Tylerville. 638 00:45:53,069 --> 00:45:55,560 The pig got took to the butcher. 639 00:45:56,364 --> 00:45:58,652 Melvin took my pig to the butcher. 640 00:45:59,450 --> 00:46:01,074 What? 641 00:46:09,291 --> 00:46:11,746 Mr. Crawford, where's my pig? 642 00:46:11,918 --> 00:46:14,623 You know, Jasmine, my pig. Is she still alive? 643 00:46:14,796 --> 00:46:17,369 - Yes. She's in back. - Thank God. Thank God. 644 00:46:17,548 --> 00:46:19,873 - I want her back. - Doc... 645 00:46:20,050 --> 00:46:22,671 I know what you're going to say. Do you take plastic? 646 00:46:22,844 --> 00:46:25,548 Not unless it's wrapped around a stack of cash. 647 00:46:25,721 --> 00:46:27,513 Maybe we can work it out in trade. 648 00:46:27,681 --> 00:46:31,014 I don't know. I ain't been sick in three years, doc. 649 00:46:31,810 --> 00:46:34,098 I got an idea. 650 00:46:41,943 --> 00:46:46,569 Where'd you learn to carve like that? You're pretty darn good with a knife. 651 00:46:51,827 --> 00:46:53,866 - Hey, Maddie. Hey, Emma. - Hi, doc. 652 00:46:54,037 --> 00:46:56,741 You guys are pig-sitting for me tonight? 653 00:46:56,914 --> 00:46:58,408 Hey, Jasmine. 654 00:46:58,582 --> 00:47:00,207 - Who are you? - Don't tease me. 655 00:47:00,375 --> 00:47:02,498 I'm serious. You look like Lou, but prettier. 656 00:47:02,669 --> 00:47:06,251 I'm warning you, Stone, I could probably whoop you in a fistfight. 657 00:47:06,422 --> 00:47:09,588 - Be a good girl. - Bye. 658 00:47:09,758 --> 00:47:11,466 - Be a good girl. - We'll be late. 659 00:47:11,635 --> 00:47:15,584 Not too much TV for her. She's a real pig about that. 660 00:47:19,641 --> 00:47:24,801 Hi. Come on in. Welcome. You look fantastic. 661 00:47:24,979 --> 00:47:26,722 - And you look handsome too. - Thanks. 662 00:47:26,898 --> 00:47:29,981 Daddy's in the back yard tending the firestorm in the barbecue. 663 00:47:30,150 --> 00:47:34,562 - So you're Nick's daughter. - Gosh, I hope so, I'm in his will. 664 00:47:34,737 --> 00:47:37,228 Hey, y'all, look who's here. 665 00:47:37,907 --> 00:47:40,065 Hello, Lou. Hello, Stone. 666 00:47:40,242 --> 00:47:42,069 Check Hollywood for knives. 667 00:47:42,244 --> 00:47:46,869 I don't want him operating on me later in case I sneeze or something. 668 00:47:47,957 --> 00:47:50,163 Isn't this gonna be fun? 669 00:47:52,002 --> 00:47:56,213 - Oh, no, thank you, I'm a vegetarian. - I know, dear, but I'm still hopeful. 670 00:47:56,380 --> 00:47:58,871 So am I. Vegetarian. 671 00:47:59,049 --> 00:48:01,754 - Since when? - Then have some of this squash, Ben. 672 00:48:01,927 --> 00:48:03,504 Flesh of the earth. Don't be shy. 673 00:48:03,678 --> 00:48:06,881 I'm not sure I trust a man who doesn't eat meat. 674 00:48:07,056 --> 00:48:10,804 Don't be so provincial. Where's your sense of adventure? 675 00:48:10,976 --> 00:48:15,637 I'd probably give vegetarians a better rate for life insurance than a smoker, though. 676 00:48:15,813 --> 00:48:18,565 On account of that lower cholesterol factor. 677 00:48:18,732 --> 00:48:23,061 Daddy, please, new subject. We wanna hear all about California. 678 00:48:23,236 --> 00:48:26,106 I heard the women out there have their chests enlarged... 679 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:29,483 ...their thighs vacuumed and barf on purpose. 680 00:48:29,658 --> 00:48:31,781 Not while people are eating. 681 00:48:31,952 --> 00:48:35,320 Yeah, tell us about real doctoring, Stone. 682 00:48:35,496 --> 00:48:38,201 You know, big-city medicine. 683 00:48:38,374 --> 00:48:42,074 So much has changed in the 40 years since you went to medical school... 684 00:48:42,252 --> 00:48:43,912 ...I wouldn't know where to start. 685 00:48:45,380 --> 00:48:47,455 - Smart-ass. - Got you good. 686 00:48:47,965 --> 00:48:50,835 - More squash, Ben? - No. I mean, no, thank you. 687 00:48:51,635 --> 00:48:56,841 Out of the cradle Endlessly rocking 688 00:48:57,014 --> 00:49:00,465 Out of the mockingbird's throat 689 00:49:00,642 --> 00:49:03,429 The musical shuttle 690 00:49:03,603 --> 00:49:05,679 Out of the ninth month 691 00:49:05,855 --> 00:49:08,772 - Is this one of the long ones? - No. 692 00:49:10,442 --> 00:49:12,233 Long ones? 693 00:49:12,903 --> 00:49:15,274 Doc Hogue does the complete Walt Whitman... 694 00:49:15,447 --> 00:49:17,854 ...if you don't monitor his drinking. 695 00:49:18,032 --> 00:49:21,614 Down from the shower'd halo 696 00:49:21,785 --> 00:49:25,865 Up from the mystical play of shadows 697 00:49:28,791 --> 00:49:32,159 Man, I haven't seen this many stars in a long time. 698 00:49:32,628 --> 00:49:36,292 I used to get so bored in this town, I'd try to count them. 699 00:49:36,631 --> 00:49:38,623 I could've gone to med school. 700 00:49:38,799 --> 00:49:42,713 Just the science part of it I had a problem with. 701 00:49:42,886 --> 00:49:44,795 I'd lie on my back, sometimes Wayne... 702 00:49:44,971 --> 00:49:47,343 ...would be on top of me doing the wild thing. 703 00:49:47,515 --> 00:49:50,718 - It was hard not to lose my place. - God, that's romantic. 704 00:49:50,893 --> 00:49:52,470 Then we moved to Manhattan... 705 00:49:52,811 --> 00:49:55,480 ...you could hardly see any stars, let alone count them. 706 00:49:55,647 --> 00:49:58,683 The stars I'd like to see are more of the two-legged kind. 707 00:49:58,858 --> 00:50:01,183 Earthquake insurance is something I'm keen... 708 00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,352 ...to take a whack at out there in L.A. 709 00:50:03,528 --> 00:50:05,651 Talk about your no-brainer. 710 00:50:05,822 --> 00:50:10,033 Collect premiums for a gazillion years, and if the big one ever does hit... 711 00:50:10,201 --> 00:50:13,201 ...declare bankruptcy and retire. 712 00:50:14,913 --> 00:50:17,866 - Decent and solid. - Nobody's perfect. 713 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:20,198 Hank, you gotta take Hogue home. 714 00:50:20,376 --> 00:50:22,783 He's about to launch into "Song of Myself." 715 00:50:22,961 --> 00:50:24,835 My Lord. 716 00:50:25,297 --> 00:50:28,048 Never a dull moment, hey, Ben Stone? 717 00:50:28,216 --> 00:50:30,089 I'll call you later. 718 00:50:30,467 --> 00:50:32,175 Make sure you got home okay. 719 00:50:50,109 --> 00:50:52,682 - Good night. - Night. 720 00:51:28,099 --> 00:51:31,218 - I forgot my pig. - She's sleeping with Em. 721 00:51:31,393 --> 00:51:33,884 I'll drop her off in the morning. 722 00:51:34,312 --> 00:51:37,396 Greek death? Take the edge off. 723 00:51:37,565 --> 00:51:39,854 Take the edge off what? 724 00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:43,020 Me. 725 00:51:45,822 --> 00:51:50,946 - You ran all the way over here. - Oh, yeah. I ran and... 726 00:51:51,118 --> 00:51:53,787 ...walked. Got a stitch in my side. 727 00:51:53,954 --> 00:51:56,076 Why are you giving me the full-court press... 728 00:51:56,247 --> 00:51:59,367 ...if you're only leaving in a couple of days anyway? 729 00:52:00,001 --> 00:52:01,660 You know, I don't know. 730 00:52:01,835 --> 00:52:06,960 It's like it's some kind of mystical force. 731 00:52:07,132 --> 00:52:09,705 Force or hormones? 732 00:52:10,217 --> 00:52:12,459 Hey, come on. 733 00:52:12,636 --> 00:52:14,842 All I wanna do is talk. 734 00:52:17,182 --> 00:52:19,755 And get you sloppy drunk. 735 00:52:20,476 --> 00:52:22,267 Honesty. That's a new approach. 736 00:52:22,436 --> 00:52:27,512 I know. You're forcing me into uncharted territory here. 737 00:52:28,441 --> 00:52:31,311 Hell, I might even try chastity. 738 00:52:32,111 --> 00:52:34,780 Seems to work for Hank. 739 00:52:39,700 --> 00:52:41,858 Speak of the devil. 740 00:52:44,329 --> 00:52:47,994 Listen, maybe a rain check? 741 00:52:49,750 --> 00:52:53,166 I never should have accepted those flowers. 742 00:52:58,216 --> 00:52:59,793 What about tomorrow night? 743 00:52:59,967 --> 00:53:02,672 Desperation. I like this. 744 00:53:04,221 --> 00:53:10,803 Still, I wouldn't want the mayor to have to lose 10 bucks over me, you know? 745 00:53:31,535 --> 00:53:32,910 Morning. 746 00:53:35,705 --> 00:53:37,532 Funny. Funny. 747 00:53:42,044 --> 00:53:46,337 Morning, doc. That's a nice pig you got there! 748 00:53:46,673 --> 00:53:48,630 Yeah, that's what they tell me. 749 00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:54,138 Hey, Mr. McClary, be careful you don't get another hook in your finger! 750 00:53:54,304 --> 00:53:59,179 Don't worry, doc. We're not using hooks today. 751 00:54:11,068 --> 00:54:13,559 It's all right. It's all right. 752 00:54:20,118 --> 00:54:24,280 - He's a nice pig, doc. - It's a she, actually. 753 00:54:28,875 --> 00:54:31,081 Relax, will you? 754 00:54:32,461 --> 00:54:35,462 House calls are probably my favorite part of the job. 755 00:54:35,631 --> 00:54:40,624 Just driving out into the country, seeing what might pop up around the next bend. 756 00:54:41,385 --> 00:54:43,378 Rainbows. 757 00:54:43,637 --> 00:54:45,511 Frost on the kudzu. 758 00:54:46,264 --> 00:54:50,807 John Muir said it, " Most people are on the world, not in it." 759 00:54:54,563 --> 00:54:55,891 What? 760 00:54:57,107 --> 00:54:58,933 Nothing. 761 00:55:01,736 --> 00:55:03,443 What? 762 00:55:16,915 --> 00:55:19,869 Listen, you better let me handle this one alone. 763 00:55:20,043 --> 00:55:23,043 - Obstetrical exam. - Okay. 764 00:55:24,004 --> 00:55:27,289 "So Jimmy Joe went over to the Pakistani's house with a shotgun." 765 00:55:27,465 --> 00:55:30,916 Excuse me. Jimmy Joe is Ellen's brother? 766 00:55:31,094 --> 00:55:33,252 No, no. Boyfriend. 767 00:55:33,804 --> 00:55:36,046 I was stumped on that one too. 768 00:55:36,223 --> 00:55:39,389 "He stayed outside shooting holes in the fella's foreign car... 769 00:55:39,559 --> 00:55:42,512 ...until Ellen came out and agreed to come back home with him. 770 00:55:42,687 --> 00:55:46,020 It's the most romantic thing Jimmy Joe has ever done for her." 771 00:55:52,028 --> 00:55:53,522 Tough one. 772 00:55:53,696 --> 00:55:57,278 How's Ellen making out with the Pakistani man? 773 00:56:00,285 --> 00:56:01,862 Get him, get him. Come on, Bubba. 774 00:56:04,371 --> 00:56:08,203 I said... I said, no shots. 775 00:56:18,508 --> 00:56:20,382 This won't hurt. 776 00:56:20,551 --> 00:56:23,338 Well, I don't see an infection. 777 00:56:23,596 --> 00:56:25,387 But... 778 00:56:27,974 --> 00:56:30,132 Okay, hold still. 779 00:56:34,396 --> 00:56:37,065 - What is that, a V8? - He did it. 780 00:56:39,651 --> 00:56:43,315 You know, house calls used to be essential to every doctor's practice. 781 00:56:43,487 --> 00:56:46,523 The only way to know your patients was to see where they live. 782 00:56:46,698 --> 00:56:48,774 How they lived. 783 00:56:49,492 --> 00:56:51,235 Maybe when I get to Halberstrom's... 784 00:56:51,411 --> 00:56:54,446 ...I'll get them to institute some kind of visitation program. 785 00:56:54,622 --> 00:56:55,950 Damn it. 786 00:57:00,585 --> 00:57:02,293 Lou? 787 00:57:05,631 --> 00:57:07,255 Hey, Lou! 788 00:57:10,843 --> 00:57:13,548 Do you see another one? They mark their way with these. 789 00:57:13,721 --> 00:57:17,765 They're too stupid or too drunk to remember where they were most times. 790 00:57:17,933 --> 00:57:20,470 - Who? - Hunters. 791 00:57:21,144 --> 00:57:24,393 Maybe this is the end of... Yeah. See, there it is. 792 00:57:24,563 --> 00:57:27,018 That's where they sit and wait for the slaughter. 793 00:57:27,190 --> 00:57:31,602 It's not like they do it for food either. God, it gets me so hot. 794 00:57:36,657 --> 00:57:38,982 You wanna help me here? 795 00:57:39,492 --> 00:57:40,903 What are you doing? 796 00:57:41,869 --> 00:57:43,328 I'm urinating. 797 00:57:44,788 --> 00:57:47,742 You just drop trou whenever you feel like it. 798 00:57:47,916 --> 00:57:51,913 Well, it scares the deer away so the hunters won't get them. 799 00:57:53,879 --> 00:57:56,631 Why don't you just, you know, say "boo" or something? 800 00:57:56,799 --> 00:58:00,630 I try to spread it around. A little here, a little there. 801 00:58:02,261 --> 00:58:04,633 Feel free to join in. 802 00:58:27,366 --> 00:58:31,197 Anyway, it's not like I planned to be pregnant at 19... 803 00:58:31,369 --> 00:58:33,445 ...but it could have been worse than Wayne. 804 00:58:33,621 --> 00:58:35,779 Wendall Barnes. 805 00:58:35,956 --> 00:58:37,331 You'd be interested in him. 806 00:58:37,499 --> 00:58:40,702 He comes from a whole family that doesn't have sweat glands. 807 00:58:40,877 --> 00:58:43,996 Really? I'm fascinated by the gland-less. 808 00:58:44,171 --> 00:58:45,500 I guess it's genetic. 809 00:58:45,673 --> 00:58:49,171 During the summer, they all sleep under the house on account of the heat. 810 00:58:49,342 --> 00:58:52,675 That's a touching story. Really. Thanks for sharing that with me. 811 00:58:52,845 --> 00:58:56,593 You don't see a lot of things in Grady, but what you do see, you see a lot of. 812 00:58:56,765 --> 00:58:58,804 Yeah, I'm from a small town myself. 813 00:58:59,267 --> 00:59:00,927 What? 814 00:59:02,395 --> 00:59:07,103 Marionville, Indiana. Population: 2106. 815 00:59:07,274 --> 00:59:10,393 Home of the world's largest steam engine. 816 00:59:10,902 --> 00:59:12,562 But you told everybody that you... 817 00:59:12,737 --> 00:59:16,604 No, no, no. Everybody assumed I was a big-city guy. 818 00:59:16,782 --> 00:59:19,107 Nobody asked. 819 00:59:19,284 --> 00:59:21,905 Anyway, I got out, and I'm staying out. 820 00:59:24,330 --> 00:59:26,951 Have you still got your whole family there? 821 00:59:27,124 --> 00:59:29,531 Well, they talked about leaving... 822 00:59:29,709 --> 00:59:32,461 ...but my dad never quite... 823 00:59:33,546 --> 00:59:35,834 They lived there, they died there. 824 00:59:36,006 --> 00:59:38,248 For better or for worse. 825 00:59:38,759 --> 00:59:43,135 So when I left home, I swore to myself I was never going back. 826 00:59:44,096 --> 00:59:46,765 It's not the place, it's the person. 827 00:59:47,724 --> 00:59:50,974 Be careful what you wish for, Ben Stone, you might get it. 828 00:59:51,186 --> 00:59:52,728 What's that supposed to mean? 829 00:59:52,895 --> 00:59:55,564 You never been back, not even to see your friends? 830 00:59:55,731 --> 00:59:58,981 Well, who's got time for friends? 831 01:00:03,529 --> 01:00:06,898 No, you gotta get Dr. Stone back here ASAP. 832 01:00:07,074 --> 01:00:09,232 We got a possible coronary emergency. 833 01:00:09,409 --> 01:00:13,406 - Can't Doc Hogue handle this? - It is Hogue. Over. 834 01:00:17,291 --> 01:00:19,746 - Hey, lie down. - Oh, crap, I'm doomed. 835 01:00:20,127 --> 01:00:22,119 Lie down now. You're having a heart attack. 836 01:00:22,295 --> 01:00:24,334 My angina's acting up is all. 837 01:00:24,505 --> 01:00:27,671 - Got any nitro pills down there? - No, get a bolus of lidocaine. 838 01:00:27,841 --> 01:00:30,213 I'm the senior sawbones around here. 839 01:00:30,385 --> 01:00:33,754 PVCs are too close to your T-waves. In 30 seconds, you're in trouble. 840 01:00:33,930 --> 01:00:35,388 Get him away from me. 841 01:00:35,556 --> 01:00:39,256 If I'm wrong, lidocaine won't hurt. If you're wrong, it's a ventricular fib. 842 01:00:39,434 --> 01:00:41,059 I'm never wrong. 843 01:00:42,604 --> 01:00:45,059 Get the defibrillator over here. 844 01:00:45,314 --> 01:00:46,773 Never wrong. 845 01:00:46,982 --> 01:00:49,021 Four hundred watts. 846 01:00:49,318 --> 01:00:50,646 Clear. Clear! 847 01:00:53,279 --> 01:00:54,903 Heartbeat. 848 01:00:55,072 --> 01:00:58,441 - Sixty. - Wow, you mean he actually has one. 849 01:00:58,617 --> 01:01:01,190 Keep him on oxygen and set the lidocaine drip. 850 01:01:02,287 --> 01:01:04,279 Guess I'm staying here tonight. 851 01:01:17,675 --> 01:01:19,252 Oh, doctor. 852 01:01:19,426 --> 01:01:21,751 I've got your bed ready. 853 01:01:23,972 --> 01:01:25,513 Right. 854 01:01:29,685 --> 01:01:31,013 Sleep well, doctor. 855 01:01:39,443 --> 01:01:41,815 At which point, all the bees, including Melvin... 856 01:01:41,987 --> 01:01:44,477 ...lunged off the edge of the stage like lemmings. 857 01:01:44,655 --> 01:01:47,526 - A standing ovation. - Variations on a theme. 858 01:01:47,700 --> 01:01:49,110 Sorry I missed it. 859 01:01:49,284 --> 01:01:52,735 That's the first squash pageant that I missed in 15 years. 860 01:01:52,912 --> 01:01:54,323 What's going on here? 861 01:01:54,497 --> 01:01:58,576 It's called moral support for the recovering patient. 862 01:01:58,751 --> 01:02:00,244 Cherry cobbler, Ben? 863 01:02:00,419 --> 01:02:04,498 Everybody out. Let's go. Come on, visiting hours are over. 864 01:02:04,672 --> 01:02:09,380 Don't mind Doc Hollywood. He doesn't know what it means to be beloved. 865 01:02:11,261 --> 01:02:14,926 If you've come to clean the room, my bedpan's ripe. 866 01:02:19,643 --> 01:02:22,976 Oh, no. Not Maddie's sweet potato pie. 867 01:02:23,146 --> 01:02:25,815 You can razz me all you want, doc. 868 01:02:26,274 --> 01:02:29,025 I saved your life last night. 869 01:02:29,276 --> 01:02:32,230 You know it, and I know it. 870 01:02:33,196 --> 01:02:34,987 Gotcha. 871 01:04:06,858 --> 01:04:10,024 Dr. Halberstrom, please. It's Ben Stone calling. 872 01:04:10,903 --> 01:04:13,144 It's regarding... 873 01:04:13,697 --> 01:04:18,358 I'm not gonna be able to make my interview on Friday. 874 01:04:18,951 --> 01:04:24,157 I realize the doctor has a tight schedule. I'm not gonna be able to leave without... 875 01:04:26,207 --> 01:04:27,535 Right. 876 01:04:27,708 --> 01:04:31,788 Is there any way that he can reschedule the appointment for another time? 877 01:04:32,546 --> 01:04:35,297 All right. Thanks a lot. 878 01:05:04,531 --> 01:05:07,981 Here you go. Get hot and take a shot. Get hot and take a shot. 879 01:05:08,159 --> 01:05:09,818 What's the object of this one, pal? 880 01:05:09,994 --> 01:05:12,365 Ten shots a dollar. Five bull's-eyes win a possum. 881 01:05:12,537 --> 01:05:16,155 - Suppose I was to hit five out of five. - I'll give you two possums. 882 01:05:24,881 --> 01:05:29,626 Sir, run Henry a tab. He feels deadly today. 883 01:05:32,012 --> 01:05:34,549 Evening, Dr. Stone. 884 01:05:47,733 --> 01:05:49,109 Hey, doc. 885 01:05:51,987 --> 01:05:55,153 The new one's in. Your chariot's good as new. 886 01:05:55,323 --> 01:05:57,730 Or good as new used, since it's old. 887 01:05:57,909 --> 01:06:00,826 - You fixed my car? - Even all the ashtrays. 888 01:06:00,994 --> 01:06:03,200 Oh, man, I can't believe this. 889 01:06:03,371 --> 01:06:04,700 Melvin, thanks, man. 890 01:06:06,958 --> 01:06:08,749 There's always some extra parts... 891 01:06:08,918 --> 01:06:11,325 ...when I put them back together. I don't know why. 892 01:06:11,503 --> 01:06:14,836 But you go ahead on. Keep them. 893 01:06:19,427 --> 01:06:21,668 - Dance with me or I'm dog food. - What? 894 01:06:21,845 --> 01:06:25,214 - Wendall Barnes. - Of the gland-less Barnes? 895 01:06:25,390 --> 01:06:27,715 - Jesus. - Yeah. Come on. 896 01:06:27,892 --> 01:06:30,180 Absolutely. 897 01:06:45,532 --> 01:06:47,358 You see, the trick... 898 01:06:47,992 --> 01:06:52,155 ...is just to visualize the target on the backs of your eyeballs... 899 01:06:52,329 --> 01:06:57,286 ...and then pretend you're just shooting yourself in the eye. 900 01:07:04,798 --> 01:07:07,086 I can't keep up. 901 01:07:25,774 --> 01:07:27,481 How's Hogue? 902 01:07:27,650 --> 01:07:29,310 Meaner than ever. 903 01:07:36,324 --> 01:07:38,151 Dance? 904 01:07:44,414 --> 01:07:46,406 Where's Hank? 905 01:07:46,666 --> 01:07:48,575 I forget. 906 01:09:51,145 --> 01:09:53,221 The music stopped. 907 01:09:53,772 --> 01:09:55,681 What music? 908 01:09:59,652 --> 01:10:01,443 Dr. Stone. 909 01:10:01,904 --> 01:10:05,107 - I have a present for you. - Thanks, judge. 910 01:10:05,282 --> 01:10:09,195 I want to thank you for saving my old friend Hogue's miserable life. 911 01:10:09,369 --> 01:10:11,657 I wouldn't be able to call myself a Christian... 912 01:10:11,829 --> 01:10:14,616 ...if I didn't pardon you on the remainder of your sentence. 913 01:10:14,790 --> 01:10:16,829 You're free to go whenever you want. 914 01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:19,206 What I wouldn't give to be young on the road... 915 01:10:19,377 --> 01:10:22,212 ...footloose and fancy-free. 916 01:10:22,379 --> 01:10:25,582 Did I tell you? I've already got plans for a new fence. 917 01:10:25,757 --> 01:10:28,129 All of a sudden, I got a bug in my ear... 918 01:10:28,301 --> 01:10:31,551 ...for one of those solid-oak numbers with curly tops. 919 01:10:34,014 --> 01:10:35,722 Victory. 920 01:10:35,891 --> 01:10:38,132 Did you kill that critter all by yourself? 921 01:10:38,309 --> 01:10:39,803 Very funny. 922 01:10:39,977 --> 01:10:44,722 Don't you have some urgent business thousands of miles away from here? 923 01:10:44,898 --> 01:10:48,895 Vialula, your daughter was dumping grasshoppers in the punch bowl again. 924 01:10:49,068 --> 01:10:50,183 Only two. 925 01:10:50,361 --> 01:10:56,149 - Shake a leg with the judicial branch? - Why, I'd love to. Thank you. 926 01:10:56,741 --> 01:10:58,200 Would you hold this possum? 927 01:10:58,368 --> 01:11:01,902 I think it's time I reacquainted your mama with some real dancing. 928 01:11:02,079 --> 01:11:04,748 No offense, Hollywood. 929 01:11:10,503 --> 01:11:13,076 When you gonna bring your pig back around? 930 01:11:22,596 --> 01:11:25,513 Hey there, Ben Stone. Hey, how are you? 931 01:11:25,682 --> 01:11:27,888 Been looking for you. What a great day. 932 01:11:28,059 --> 01:11:30,632 Boy, this is it. 933 01:11:30,812 --> 01:11:34,227 The pinnacle of existence, the grandeur of Grady. 934 01:11:34,398 --> 01:11:36,639 Sap of life. Couldn't be happier if I was twins. 935 01:11:36,817 --> 01:11:40,766 - You put on a hell of a festival, mayor. - Ain't you nice to say so. 936 01:11:40,945 --> 01:11:44,894 Ben, let's talk turkey. Or squash, as it were. 937 01:11:45,073 --> 01:11:47,445 - About what? - Home. 938 01:11:47,617 --> 01:11:48,945 Heart. 939 01:11:49,119 --> 01:11:50,660 Happiness. 940 01:11:50,828 --> 01:11:52,571 You belong here, Ben Stone. 941 01:11:52,747 --> 01:11:56,696 Breaks my heart to think of you out there in the land of lunatics. 942 01:11:56,875 --> 01:12:00,243 I'm danged if I'll let you go without holding up a mirror to your face. 943 01:12:00,420 --> 01:12:04,464 Like that smile of contentment there. So you see that? See there? 944 01:12:04,631 --> 01:12:08,842 That's a face that's liked and loved. A face with friends and a future. 945 01:12:09,010 --> 01:12:11,501 Can't find some other way to force me to stay? 946 01:12:11,679 --> 01:12:13,054 Ben. 947 01:12:13,222 --> 01:12:15,095 I am everything but devious. 948 01:12:15,265 --> 01:12:18,800 Mayor, could you come check these ribs and tell me if they're done? 949 01:12:18,977 --> 01:12:20,720 I sure can. 950 01:12:20,895 --> 01:12:23,101 Rigors of the job, huh? 951 01:12:23,522 --> 01:12:27,899 Well, you got your fire way too high, I'll tell you that. 952 01:12:28,401 --> 01:12:29,776 Well, don't do that. 953 01:12:31,863 --> 01:12:34,946 Come on, come on. 954 01:12:37,492 --> 01:12:39,817 - Hi, doc. - Gentlemen. 955 01:13:16,608 --> 01:13:18,897 Careful with those things. 956 01:13:35,791 --> 01:13:39,705 I know I shouldn't be doing this because you're leaving, but I don't care. 957 01:13:39,878 --> 01:13:41,787 I can't help it. 958 01:13:41,963 --> 01:13:43,622 So get in. 959 01:13:43,923 --> 01:13:47,967 - Do you mean what I think you mean? - Just get in if you're gonna get in. 960 01:13:54,473 --> 01:13:57,308 Lou, I gotta be honest with you. 961 01:13:57,476 --> 01:14:00,346 Rowing a boat is not what I had in mind. 962 01:14:04,732 --> 01:14:06,439 Not bad, huh? 963 01:14:09,861 --> 01:14:11,189 Incredible. 964 01:14:13,030 --> 01:14:15,402 - What was that? - Freshwater mullet. 965 01:14:15,574 --> 01:14:19,820 They see the sparks from the skyrockets, think it's food and jump for it. 966 01:14:19,994 --> 01:14:22,034 That's scary. 967 01:14:22,288 --> 01:14:24,327 Maybe I could... 968 01:14:24,832 --> 01:14:27,038 ...sit next to you, and you could protect me. 969 01:14:27,209 --> 01:14:29,331 No. You'll throw us off balance. 970 01:14:29,502 --> 01:14:31,744 I want you off balance. 971 01:14:31,921 --> 01:14:33,913 - He's in the boat! - Hold still. 972 01:14:34,090 --> 01:14:36,082 - Get him. - Watch it, you'll tip us over. 973 01:14:36,258 --> 01:14:38,416 - Get him, Lou. - Okay, I got it. 974 01:14:43,222 --> 01:14:45,629 You did that on purpose. 975 01:14:46,600 --> 01:14:49,138 All right, I admit it. 976 01:14:49,603 --> 01:14:53,434 I worked my way through college by training bass. 977 01:15:17,042 --> 01:15:18,417 Lou? 978 01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:20,869 It's okay. 979 01:15:21,713 --> 01:15:24,168 Listen, if you don't wanna... 980 01:15:24,715 --> 01:15:28,759 Ben, I don't think I've ever wanted anything more in my entire life, ever. 981 01:15:29,469 --> 01:15:32,885 I'm just not used to being a one-night stand. 982 01:15:35,599 --> 01:15:38,683 You don't have to be. I mean, I could... 983 01:15:38,894 --> 01:15:42,558 No. I wouldn't know what to do with myself in Los Angeles. 984 01:15:42,730 --> 01:15:45,268 There are too many choices. 985 01:15:46,817 --> 01:15:49,486 Let's not think about it, okay? 986 01:15:55,116 --> 01:15:57,274 I can't do this. 987 01:16:09,461 --> 01:16:14,087 Mind walking from here? I don't wanna give the gossips any more fat to chew. 988 01:16:16,634 --> 01:16:18,377 Right. 989 01:16:19,219 --> 01:16:22,255 Don't worry, Benjamin, it'll all work out. 990 01:16:41,863 --> 01:16:43,855 Hey, Jasmine. 991 01:17:05,049 --> 01:17:06,626 Hey, Hank. 992 01:17:07,551 --> 01:17:11,251 You've made me real mad. 993 01:17:12,889 --> 01:17:14,431 About what? 994 01:17:14,599 --> 01:17:16,591 What do you think? 995 01:17:16,767 --> 01:17:19,970 I know you were out on that lake with her. 996 01:17:20,228 --> 01:17:23,597 It makes me sick to think of you and her. 997 01:17:23,773 --> 01:17:26,180 - Nothing happened. - Oh, right. 998 01:17:26,358 --> 01:17:28,516 Nothing happened! 999 01:17:28,694 --> 01:17:30,852 Come on, tough guy! Come on, country boy! 1000 01:17:31,029 --> 01:17:33,780 You wanna take a shot at me, huh? Come on! 1001 01:17:33,948 --> 01:17:36,735 - What are you doing? - Come on, country boy, get up! Let's go. 1002 01:17:37,326 --> 01:17:38,950 Are you paranoid or something? 1003 01:17:41,621 --> 01:17:43,245 No. 1004 01:17:44,040 --> 01:17:46,281 But I'm a little confused. 1005 01:17:54,424 --> 01:17:56,879 I suppose you and her will be getting married now. 1006 01:18:03,473 --> 01:18:05,548 It's the Southern way. 1007 01:18:05,725 --> 01:18:08,429 Man and woman as one. 1008 01:18:08,769 --> 01:18:14,224 Make sacrifices to build equity in a future that has security. 1009 01:18:14,690 --> 01:18:17,263 Why do you sound like a Mutual of Omaha ad? 1010 01:18:17,568 --> 01:18:19,607 Fine, joke it up. 1011 01:18:19,778 --> 01:18:21,984 At least I was prepared to marry her. 1012 01:18:24,657 --> 01:18:26,199 She's not in love with you. 1013 01:18:27,368 --> 01:18:30,072 Okay. That's the only roadblock, though. 1014 01:18:33,748 --> 01:18:35,787 Let me ask you something. 1015 01:18:36,751 --> 01:18:40,617 Don't you think a guy is entitled to choose his own destiny? 1016 01:18:41,213 --> 01:18:43,917 Whether it's in a small town or even in California. 1017 01:18:44,090 --> 01:18:46,545 It's just that he shouldn't have it handed to him. 1018 01:18:46,717 --> 01:18:50,086 Not like it's a... You know, like... 1019 01:18:50,262 --> 01:18:51,922 A hat? 1020 01:18:54,015 --> 01:18:56,340 Right. Okay, good. Like a hat. 1021 01:18:56,517 --> 01:18:59,802 Your father and your grandfather wore it, now you're stuck with it. 1022 01:18:59,978 --> 01:19:02,683 Only the damn thing is too small. It just doesn't fit. 1023 01:19:02,856 --> 01:19:08,098 - I hate a tight hat. - There's a lot of hats out there. 1024 01:19:08,360 --> 01:19:12,060 And even if this one fits... 1025 01:19:12,239 --> 01:19:14,030 ...and I'm not saying that it does... 1026 01:19:14,198 --> 01:19:18,278 ...how do you know it's the right one when you haven't tried any others on? 1027 01:19:18,452 --> 01:19:20,658 I sure haven't. 1028 01:19:22,247 --> 01:19:24,654 I mean, that's what I'm talking about. 1029 01:19:25,750 --> 01:19:28,501 I just don't wanna screw up her life. 1030 01:19:29,711 --> 01:19:31,834 You know, Hollywood... 1031 01:19:32,005 --> 01:19:36,334 ...sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. 1032 01:19:36,509 --> 01:19:41,419 And maybe... Maybe it's in California. 1033 01:19:43,473 --> 01:19:45,880 Yeah, maybe you're right. 1034 01:19:47,101 --> 01:19:51,180 - Well, I'm glad we got that cleaned up. - Me too, Hank. 1035 01:19:51,355 --> 01:19:53,845 Don't that take the rag off the bush? 1036 01:19:54,023 --> 01:19:56,395 Don't forget what I told you. 1037 01:20:59,912 --> 01:21:01,240 Hey, please! 1038 01:21:05,041 --> 01:21:07,033 Shit. 1039 01:21:16,134 --> 01:21:18,090 Shit. 1040 01:21:18,302 --> 01:21:20,010 Shit. 1041 01:21:32,064 --> 01:21:33,855 Dr. Stone. 1042 01:21:34,024 --> 01:21:36,146 Mary. Decided to drop by, see how you were doing. 1043 01:21:36,317 --> 01:21:40,480 No damn good. Water's broke. I hurt. This ain't like none of the others. 1044 01:21:40,654 --> 01:21:42,611 They never are. 1045 01:21:43,615 --> 01:21:46,734 Did Doc Hogue tell you this baby might come out the wrong way? 1046 01:21:47,952 --> 01:21:50,656 He's coming. He don't care which way. 1047 01:21:52,331 --> 01:21:55,664 - Fiddlesticks. Don't push, Mary. - I can run, get an ambulance. 1048 01:21:55,833 --> 01:21:59,498 There's no time for that. Go into my duffle bag, there's four clean shirts. 1049 01:21:59,670 --> 01:22:02,540 Get them and rip them into even pieces. 1050 01:22:03,381 --> 01:22:07,248 Listen, Mary, don't push. I know you want to, but don't push. 1051 01:22:07,426 --> 01:22:09,964 I'll try to turn him around so he comes the right way. 1052 01:22:10,596 --> 01:22:12,553 Is it these ones? 1053 01:22:12,723 --> 01:22:17,183 - "Aramana"? - Armani. Those are the ones. 1054 01:22:21,605 --> 01:22:25,519 Okay, now. Now! That's it. Great. Great. Great. 1055 01:22:25,692 --> 01:22:27,814 Okay, okay, okay. 1056 01:22:28,527 --> 01:22:32,145 Now go! Push. Push, Mary. You're doing great. 1057 01:22:32,322 --> 01:22:34,445 You're doing great. 1058 01:22:34,949 --> 01:22:37,025 I got a leg. I got a leg. 1059 01:22:45,166 --> 01:22:48,582 All right. Go ahead, go ahead. 1060 01:22:49,170 --> 01:22:51,043 Someone's coming. 1061 01:22:51,213 --> 01:22:54,249 Doc, someone's coming. 1062 01:22:55,050 --> 01:22:57,006 Okay, all right. 1063 01:23:01,805 --> 01:23:03,762 Push! Push, Mary! 1064 01:23:13,648 --> 01:23:14,977 Doc, your car. 1065 01:23:17,235 --> 01:23:18,812 What do I do? 1066 01:23:20,196 --> 01:23:21,939 Okay. 1067 01:23:23,156 --> 01:23:25,445 - Good girl! - What do I do? 1068 01:23:25,617 --> 01:23:26,945 Push, Mary. 1069 01:23:31,038 --> 01:23:32,698 It's a girl! 1070 01:24:07,944 --> 01:24:10,517 I think I can fix that. 1071 01:24:25,792 --> 01:24:28,911 - You rang? - First breech you ever delivered? 1072 01:24:30,463 --> 01:24:32,751 First baby I ever delivered. 1073 01:24:32,923 --> 01:24:34,251 By myself. 1074 01:24:35,175 --> 01:24:37,748 - Whiskey? - No, thanks. 1075 01:24:37,927 --> 01:24:40,465 In fact, I wouldn't recommend that for you, either. 1076 01:24:40,638 --> 01:24:43,307 You're not my doctor, and you're not my wife... 1077 01:24:43,473 --> 01:24:46,557 ...so I guess you don't have very much to say about it. 1078 01:24:48,978 --> 01:24:51,895 You're not fixing to stay, huh, Stone? 1079 01:24:52,064 --> 01:24:54,389 Changed your mind, huh? 1080 01:24:54,566 --> 01:24:57,235 Now that your car's all busted to bubkes... 1081 01:24:57,402 --> 01:25:01,185 ...and you're feeling pretty good about yourself in general, huh? 1082 01:25:03,031 --> 01:25:04,360 Come here. 1083 01:25:12,623 --> 01:25:14,995 I had them up once. 1084 01:25:15,167 --> 01:25:19,116 Over 700 babies I delivered in this town over the years. 1085 01:25:19,295 --> 01:25:20,623 Nurse Packer. 1086 01:25:20,796 --> 01:25:25,872 She popped right out complete with teeth and hair and bit me. An omen. 1087 01:25:26,051 --> 01:25:27,379 Nicholson. 1088 01:25:27,552 --> 01:25:29,260 Hank. 1089 01:25:30,262 --> 01:25:35,220 I gave them birth, saw them through every sneeze and sniffle... 1090 01:25:35,392 --> 01:25:38,725 ...and sometimes even walked them to the gravesite. 1091 01:25:39,479 --> 01:25:43,428 They're pretty well my portfolio, Stone. 1092 01:25:43,607 --> 01:25:47,984 That and an old car, an old house. 1093 01:25:48,361 --> 01:25:51,611 I wouldn't trade any of them for gold. 1094 01:25:52,448 --> 01:25:54,654 Well, maybe gold. 1095 01:25:55,325 --> 01:25:57,650 Or cash money. 1096 01:26:01,205 --> 01:26:03,078 - Hey. - Doc. 1097 01:26:04,082 --> 01:26:05,956 Hey, Mary, how's our girl? 1098 01:26:06,126 --> 01:26:09,957 We decided she's gonna be "Benjamina," after you. 1099 01:26:10,838 --> 01:26:12,711 What? 1100 01:26:13,507 --> 01:26:15,333 Thank you. 1101 01:26:15,801 --> 01:26:19,003 There's an obstetrician coming up from Athens General later... 1102 01:26:19,178 --> 01:26:21,634 ...just to make sure everything's okay. 1103 01:26:22,890 --> 01:26:24,549 Benjamina. 1104 01:26:26,434 --> 01:26:30,894 Yo, doc, I wanted to just thank you for, you know, everything... 1105 01:26:31,063 --> 01:26:34,064 ...so I made you this in appreciation. 1106 01:26:34,775 --> 01:26:40,112 I know it ain't very much, so if there's ever anything at all I can do for you... 1107 01:26:40,279 --> 01:26:44,775 Just let me know what happens with Ellen, Jimmy Joe and the Pakistani. 1108 01:27:04,841 --> 01:27:07,047 I heard what happened last night. You did great. 1109 01:27:07,844 --> 01:27:12,137 - I didn't know what I was doing. - Well, sometimes that's the best way. 1110 01:27:13,599 --> 01:27:15,556 There's something that I wanted to say. 1111 01:27:15,726 --> 01:27:19,723 Something I wanted to say to you first. Is that okay? 1112 01:27:20,313 --> 01:27:24,773 So I've been doing a lot of thinking about last night. 1113 01:27:24,942 --> 01:27:27,859 Last night was really difficult. 1114 01:27:28,153 --> 01:27:33,063 Everything's all turned around now. I've been thinking about you and me... 1115 01:27:33,240 --> 01:27:36,774 ...and big cities, small towns... - Well, I'm gonna marry Hank. 1116 01:27:38,912 --> 01:27:40,987 I've decided. 1117 01:27:45,083 --> 01:27:47,123 It's a plane ticket to Los Angeles. 1118 01:27:47,752 --> 01:27:49,626 The whole town chipped in. 1119 01:27:49,796 --> 01:27:54,753 We've kept you here this long, and if you wait for Melvin to fix your car again... 1120 01:27:56,885 --> 01:27:59,173 You got Los Angeles waiting for you. 1121 01:27:59,345 --> 01:28:02,381 I've got Emma. It's not fair to you. 1122 01:28:02,556 --> 01:28:05,510 Hank's steady, and he's here. 1123 01:28:05,684 --> 01:28:07,392 You... 1124 01:28:08,186 --> 01:28:12,265 You're like a big, bright shooting star and you're right, Ben, you'd burn out here. 1125 01:28:17,819 --> 01:28:19,479 Wait a minute. 1126 01:28:25,075 --> 01:28:28,325 Well, Ben Stone, you have five minutes to say goodbye to Shangri-la. 1127 01:28:28,495 --> 01:28:32,029 Cotton will give you a police escort to the airport. 1128 01:28:39,462 --> 01:28:41,834 We made you a sack lunch. 1129 01:28:42,006 --> 01:28:44,413 Airplane food can cause gas. 1130 01:28:50,513 --> 01:28:52,754 I guess I'll watch after your pig. 1131 01:28:52,932 --> 01:28:56,300 Just hope she takes to the farm after living in town like this. 1132 01:28:56,977 --> 01:28:58,934 Appreciate it. 1133 01:28:59,395 --> 01:29:01,933 A lot of folks around here gonna miss you. 1134 01:29:02,773 --> 01:29:06,307 I don't mean me. But a lot of folks. 1135 01:29:38,261 --> 01:29:39,755 Adieu. 1136 01:29:48,520 --> 01:29:51,271 Back to the interstate, Ben Stone, huh? 1137 01:29:51,439 --> 01:29:52,897 Back to the interstate. 1138 01:31:24,558 --> 01:31:26,515 You okay? 1139 01:31:27,394 --> 01:31:29,932 Oh, yes, I am fine. 1140 01:31:34,859 --> 01:31:38,607 Good morning, Halberstrom Clinic. Could you hold, please. 1141 01:31:38,779 --> 01:31:42,858 Good morning, Halberstrom Clinic. Good morning, Halberstrom Clinic. 1142 01:31:44,241 --> 01:31:46,447 Oh, hold. Yes, doctor. 1143 01:31:47,286 --> 01:31:49,492 - Mr. Stone? - Dr. Stone. 1144 01:31:51,706 --> 01:31:53,745 Dr. Halberstrom can see you now. 1145 01:32:08,470 --> 01:32:11,755 Do you have any idea how many applications I went through this year? 1146 01:32:11,931 --> 01:32:14,766 Yes, sir. That's why I knew this interview was important. 1147 01:32:14,934 --> 01:32:17,768 I would've been here earlier if I could've been. I think... 1148 01:32:17,936 --> 01:32:22,514 I know you're a great surgeon, Stone. That whole pile is full of great surgeons. 1149 01:32:22,899 --> 01:32:24,808 Did you expect special consideration... 1150 01:32:24,984 --> 01:32:26,976 ...because we're from the same hometown? 1151 01:32:27,152 --> 01:32:29,310 - Because I knew your father? - No, sir. 1152 01:32:29,488 --> 01:32:32,156 Good. Because you didn't get shit. 1153 01:32:32,323 --> 01:32:36,735 You wouldn't be here at all if it weren't for a call I got from Dr. Aurelius Hogue. 1154 01:32:39,079 --> 01:32:40,573 Dr. Hogue called you? 1155 01:32:40,747 --> 01:32:43,783 I saw two doctors last week with more experience than you... 1156 01:32:43,958 --> 01:32:46,662 ...and better board certification scores. 1157 01:32:47,920 --> 01:32:50,955 Dr. Hogue's a piece of work, isn't he? 1158 01:32:51,297 --> 01:32:52,673 What did he say? 1159 01:32:52,840 --> 01:32:56,624 That you were doing volunteer family practice down South somewhere. 1160 01:32:58,720 --> 01:33:02,634 Yes. Yeah. Yes, yes, that's right. 1161 01:33:03,391 --> 01:33:07,055 Went there to get that small-town chip off your shoulder, didn't you? 1162 01:33:07,227 --> 01:33:11,355 - Yeah. - Well, you're braver than I was, Stone. 1163 01:33:11,523 --> 01:33:14,689 Any case, Hogue said you were, quote: 1164 01:33:14,859 --> 01:33:18,808 "One hellaciously fine physician." 1165 01:33:18,987 --> 01:33:22,819 That I would be " a bovine, clodpated, citified moron"... 1166 01:33:22,991 --> 01:33:25,446 ...if I didn't hire you on the spot. 1167 01:33:25,618 --> 01:33:27,575 I wrote it down so I wouldn't forget. 1168 01:33:27,745 --> 01:33:30,496 So I guess you're in, Stone. Congrats. 1169 01:33:30,664 --> 01:33:32,656 What time do I tee off? 1170 01:33:32,832 --> 01:33:35,074 You do play golf, don't you? 1171 01:33:35,251 --> 01:33:38,584 Great. Don't worry about that. It's not anywhere you can see it. 1172 01:33:38,754 --> 01:33:42,667 The secret to this business is to get a good pace going for yourself. 1173 01:33:42,840 --> 01:33:46,672 Nobody likes to admit it, but medicine's a volume business. 1174 01:33:46,844 --> 01:33:49,548 Ninety-nine percent of what we do is boilerplate surgery. 1175 01:33:49,721 --> 01:33:52,556 It means we can afford the one percent that's meaningful. 1176 01:33:52,724 --> 01:33:56,472 Disfigurements, birth defects, hare lips. 1177 01:33:57,478 --> 01:34:00,763 Cleft palates. You live for those moments. 1178 01:34:00,939 --> 01:34:03,062 The bigger you get, the bigger the nut. 1179 01:34:03,232 --> 01:34:07,064 We're a service industry. Comes with the territory. Fixed costs, specialization. 1180 01:34:07,236 --> 01:34:09,987 People adjust to it or fail. Look at cable TV. 1181 01:34:10,155 --> 01:34:12,361 You're gonna see some changes, Stone. 1182 01:34:13,032 --> 01:34:17,492 Stone, see if patient number 434 is in preop yet. 1183 01:34:17,661 --> 01:34:21,030 We can squeeze one more in before lunch, don't you think? 1184 01:35:00,864 --> 01:35:04,030 Hi. This is the National Weather Service forecast... 1185 01:35:04,200 --> 01:35:06,572 ... for the greater Grady area tomorrow. 1186 01:35:06,744 --> 01:35:09,744 There'll be plenty of sunshine and blue skies. 1187 01:35:09,913 --> 01:35:12,664 The old temperature should be in the 90s again... 1188 01:35:12,832 --> 01:35:17,125 ... but a cool afternoon breeze will make it all worthwhile come evening. 1189 01:35:17,294 --> 01:35:21,208 Y'all look out for the lightning bugs after sunset. 1190 01:35:40,939 --> 01:35:43,346 - Actress alert. - Excuse me. 1191 01:35:43,525 --> 01:35:45,433 Some girl called for you. 1192 01:35:45,610 --> 01:35:50,235 Said you'd know who it was, said she'd meet you at this bar. 1193 01:35:51,114 --> 01:35:55,407 Like, as if you're gonna rush right over there. Right. 1194 01:35:55,576 --> 01:36:00,996 Totally unbelievable Southern accent. An actress, I'll bet. 1195 01:36:31,815 --> 01:36:35,598 - Hi. Can I help you? - I'm supposed to meet someone, a girl. 1196 01:36:36,277 --> 01:36:38,234 Ben. 1197 01:36:45,618 --> 01:36:47,776 Nancy Lee? 1198 01:36:52,290 --> 01:36:58,125 Well, I had to give it a shot, you know. I just thought, just in case. 1199 01:36:58,629 --> 01:37:00,289 Guess not. 1200 01:37:01,840 --> 01:37:03,832 You... 1201 01:37:04,592 --> 01:37:07,297 You drove all this way just to bring me my car? 1202 01:37:07,470 --> 01:37:08,798 Sort of. 1203 01:37:08,971 --> 01:37:12,174 Well, I mean, it gave me an excuse to get the hell out of Grady. 1204 01:37:12,349 --> 01:37:14,886 Pardon my French. Things were bad before... 1205 01:37:15,059 --> 01:37:18,392 ...but since you left, they got positively stagnant. 1206 01:37:21,815 --> 01:37:25,065 - How's Hogue? - Well, he's the same. 1207 01:37:27,737 --> 01:37:30,654 - Melvin? - Same. 1208 01:37:31,448 --> 01:37:32,776 How's your dad? 1209 01:37:34,242 --> 01:37:36,780 Why don't you ask me about Vialula? 1210 01:37:37,787 --> 01:37:41,949 What's there to ask, really? I guess she and Hank are... 1211 01:37:42,124 --> 01:37:43,783 You're in my chair. 1212 01:37:45,710 --> 01:37:47,868 Slide a bit, Nancy Lee. 1213 01:37:50,631 --> 01:37:55,422 There's a man in the toilet selling aftershave. Now, what's that all about? 1214 01:37:56,594 --> 01:37:58,088 Hank. 1215 01:37:59,930 --> 01:38:01,721 What are you doing here? 1216 01:38:01,890 --> 01:38:05,140 Took my own advice, doc. Knowing when to stay, when to get out. 1217 01:38:06,102 --> 01:38:08,972 I thought you and Lou were gonna get... 1218 01:38:09,146 --> 01:38:13,392 Lou was never gonna marry me. So I broke it off, clean. 1219 01:38:14,901 --> 01:38:16,977 You dumped her? 1220 01:38:17,153 --> 01:38:19,359 A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do... 1221 01:38:19,530 --> 01:38:23,609 ...even if it's in California. Sense of higher purpose, you know? 1222 01:38:25,743 --> 01:38:27,652 Is that a star? 1223 01:38:27,828 --> 01:38:30,533 No, that's Ted Danson. 1224 01:38:42,674 --> 01:38:45,247 I'm going for breakfast. You want anything? 1225 01:38:45,426 --> 01:38:47,751 How about Bob Barker? 1226 01:38:47,929 --> 01:38:50,336 I'll see what I can do. 1227 01:38:59,313 --> 01:39:01,352 Howdy. 1228 01:39:05,818 --> 01:39:07,941 You steal that pig? 1229 01:39:08,863 --> 01:39:12,112 I heard she was wasting away in this one-pig town, so... 1230 01:39:12,282 --> 01:39:14,571 And you thought you'd come back and rescue her. 1231 01:39:15,076 --> 01:39:17,745 Yeah. Something like that. 1232 01:39:18,496 --> 01:39:20,903 What makes you think she'll take you back? 1233 01:39:23,041 --> 01:39:24,619 Because I love her. 1234 01:39:28,421 --> 01:39:30,994 Go back to Los Angeles. 1235 01:39:31,924 --> 01:39:34,628 I don't want Los Angeles. 1236 01:39:34,926 --> 01:39:36,835 I want you. 1237 01:39:46,561 --> 01:39:49,051 You got great tonsils. 1238 01:39:52,566 --> 01:39:54,439 That ain't all. 1239 01:39:56,152 --> 01:39:59,355 I just thought of something. I can collect that $ 10 from Nicholson. 1240 01:39:59,530 --> 01:40:01,403 - You lost that bet. - I did not. 1241 01:40:01,573 --> 01:40:03,067 - Who says? - Me. 1242 01:40:03,241 --> 01:40:08,116 - You have no say. You are the bet. - The bet was for one week. You lost. 1243 01:40:08,287 --> 01:40:09,781 It's your word against mine. 1244 01:40:09,955 --> 01:40:13,324 You would sully my reputation for 10 measly dollars? 1245 01:40:13,500 --> 01:40:17,283 Absolutely. I don't even know what "sully" means.