"IRV:" "From the thrusting up of the Rocky Mountains to the carving down of the Grand Canyon great change only comes from conflict." "But where nature's greatest conflicts consist of relentless pounding of water on rock or collisions under the Earth's crust for people to change, it takes other people." "multitasking again, I see." "Sine, cosine." "algebra's got nothing..." "...on how useless this stuff is." "I gotta run to the DudIeys' for a house call." "The four youngest have strep." "I'm trying to avoid a major epidemic." "If this town ever gets SARS, it'II start with the DudIeys." "I should be back in a couple of hours." "Wait!" "W" " W" " Wait!" "No, I told you I'm not watching della tonight." "I can't." "The bookstore got Rave Masters in." "You said I'd get it if I was done with my homework." "I am." "Come on, Dad, you promised." "DeIia's doing her homework." "This isn't fair." "I have a life." "Did you ask Nina?" "She's busy." "But this is" "Who's that?" "Who?" "That." "Oh, that is the babysitter I just hired so that you could as you so poetically put it, have a life." "Madison, this is my son, Ephram." "Hi." "Hi." "AND Y:" "I've gotta make a house call and he's gonna go pick up the latest issue of, uh" " What is it?" "Rave Blaster?" "Oh, cool." "My brother reads comic books too." "Oh, actually, they're not comic books." "Gotta run." "I-- I" " It's manga." "Big difference." "He collects the dolls and all that stuff." "Spider-Man, the Hulk." "He loves him some Storm from X-Men." "He's 1 2." "It's really cute." "Do you have any?" "No, no dolls." "Yes, you do, you have that guy with the red hair that you won't let me play with." "That's not a doll, della, it's a collectible." "If you need any help with your homework or anything, Iet me know." "If you'II be gone more than an hour, could you call?" "I don't wanna worry." "della, do you want an apple or a banana?" "DELIA:" "apple, but I want it in wedges." "well, can't you just bite into it, Iike, you know, Iike it's an apple?" "DELIA:" "Wedges, please." "So this, uh, new babysitter, where'd she come from?" "I asked around." "Did you talk to della?" "I wouldn't expect you to ask me before there was some new person walking in..." "...but della might want some input." "I think I'm a good judge of people." "Oh, yeah, Iike the, uh, the maid you hired in Manhattan who stole all the silverware?" "Madison doesn't strike me as the kIeptomaniacaI type." "How do you know what type she is?" "Did you get any references?" "Ephram, what is this about?" "I hired her so that you wouldn't have to watch della all the time." "I didn't expect a hug but I thought you'd be overcome with whatever passes for joy with you." "Did you guys have some kind of a thing last night?" "No, no." "I" " I'm just saying that della doesn't always like new people." "It takes her a while to get comfortable." "You left her with a stranger." "well, if della doesn't like her, then she's gone." "Can Madison come over again tonight?" "Oh, I think that can be arranged." "Yes." "Go put your shoes on, honey." "The bus stop is still a skate-free zone." "So it's a shame she doesn't like new people." "What's the matter, harold?" "R.F. Davenport just called." "I've been selected High Rut Buck at the lodge." "Man of the year." "Oh, well, that's wonderful." "congratulations." "When I put my name in the nomination box, I never thought...." "I" " I need to write a speech." "Can I tell everyone at city council today?" "Oh, please do." "This will kill Bob TrexIer, the way he's been lobbying for this." "Hadn't you better get going?" "Isn't it Linda's first day?" "Yes." "Yes, it is." "Since she hasn't practiced medicine outside of a rainforest since med school no doubt my time will be spent reacquainting her with civilized medicine." "Thank God I'm an excellent manager." "Be thinking of some possible themes for my speech, Rose." "Good speech needs a solid theme." "lincoln at Gettysburg, Kennedy at berlin, Martin Luther King in D.C." "Like me, they understood the value of a unifying idea." "My father was Rut Buck, you know?" "Twice." "Senior members still talk about his speeches." "Yeah, I" "I have to honor his memory, Rose." "I have to be great." "Oh, you will be, harold." "You will be." "[SIGHS]" "As we saw with OtheIIo, it was his crazy jealousy that got him in trouble." "With Oedipus, it was ambition." "Who can name another tragic flaw?" "Page." "Kobe Bryant and room service?" "[STUDENTS LAUGH]" "AII right, all right." "For your assignment, I want you to think of yourself as a character in your own life." "That's right." "And I want you to write an essay about your own tragic flaw." "[BELL RINGS]" "AII right, we'II see you tomorrow." "You think if I pick apathy, I can hand in blank paper?" "What are you gonna pick?" "I don't know." "Is "I hate my Iife" a flaw, technically?" "Hey, Amy." "AMY:" "Rick." "I was wondering what you're doing on Saturday." "Nothing." "I mean, I" " I don't know yet." "I'm not sure." "I was thinking, uh, if it's not too soon or whatever just, you know, if you'd Iike to do something." "Oh, um" " Um" "I" " You know, I might have a thing." "Like a" " Like a family thing or something." "So, um" "well, think about it." "And if you don't have the thing, it'd be good." "Late." "[CHINESE MUSIC PLAYING]" "Ah, morning, Louise." "Get my sister on the phone." "Tardiness may be acceptable in Burundi" "[WATER RUNNING]" "What i--?" "What is that noise?" "Isn't it nice?" "It's Chinese." "Yes." "No, the" " The other noise." "It sounds Iike" " Sounds like a toilet running." "[SIGHS]" "Ah, there you are." "Morning, Harry." "I hope you put half as much time into your patients as you have into redoing that office." "Let's have a look." "First, there's something I've been meaning to tell you." "[CHINESE MUSIC PLAYING]" "[SCOFFS]" "What--?" "What--?" "This is" "Oh, my God." "I wanted to tell you earlier." "I just didn't know how." "[MUSIC STOPS]" "tell me what, that--?" "That you've--?" "You've gone insane?" "LINDA:" "I practice Chinese medicine now with an emphasis in acupuncture and herbal remedies." "This isn't medicine." "This is" " This is voodoo and fairy dust." "What happened?" "You used to be a doctor." "I still am." "No, no." "No." "This is what comes of-- Of living in the wilderness like a vagabond for so many years." "You've forgotten your training and lost your mind." "This" " This will not work." "This is not-- I" " I want this out." "Come on, Harry." "Give that to me." "Give it." "No." "Give it" " Stop." "Come on." "I remember everything I Iearned in medical school." "But I've also learned another way to heal." "One that doesn't reduce the patient to a machine." "Sticking needles in people, this is your idea of administering medical care?" "Since when?" "[SIGHS]" "I went to China a few years ago for a case and their traditional medicine was the only thing that worked." "I don't know exactly why, but it did, so I stayed." "[SIGHS]" "I can't explain it, but it's just a better fit for me and for my patients." "I've found these treatments as efficacious as anything Western medicine can muster and far less invasive." "well, this isn't Bangkok, for crying out loud." "This is Everwood." "Poking people with pins is the kind of-- Of new-age hippie fad that these simpletons neither want nor require." "Acupuncture is hardly a fad." "It's been around for nearly 3000 years." "please." "So have palm readers and astrologers." "merely demonstrates that there have been hucksters as long as there have been suckers." "No, there is no compelling medical proof for the veracity of any of this nonsense." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "Dr." "Abbott, your first patient is here." "I will be there in a minute." "Uh, the other Dr. Abbott." "Thank you, Louise." "Now, if you'II excuse me, Harry, I have simpIetons to poke." "Just...." "Oh." "Hey, we're making dinner." "Where's the pizza I had in here?" "Oh, I threw it out." "You did what?" "I wan" " I wanted that." "well, it looked terrible." "della says you guys eat pizza all the time." "It's just not good for your health." "[EPHRAM SIGHS]" "What's wrong with you?" "Nothing." "You'II feel better after you eat." "If I want to eat, I'II make it." "I can cook." "only in the microwave." "Madison's really cooking." "Whatever." "I got a paper to write." "What's it about?" "Maybe I can help." "When I was a freshman, starting high school was an adjustment." "well, I'm a junior, okay?" "Oh." "Ha." "Sorry." "Ha." "Come on, guys, go sit down." "Um, Ephram, could you help della finish setting the table?" "You can stop talking to me like you're my babysitter because you're not." "I was hired to take care of things when your dad wasn't here." "When you're not here, I'm the babysitter." "What does that tell you?" "He said to make sure you had dinner and I'm trying to do my job." "She's your job." "I'm not your job." "I'm gonna order a pizza." "call me when it gets here." "welcome to my world." "I knew it wouId be tough." "The lawyer was going on about different kinds of separation." "And filing requirements and waiting periods." "My head was just swimming." "When he started talking custody, visitation, I was a mess." "I'd have gone to see the lawyer with you." "I'm supposed to go see him tomorrow." "I might just cancel." "Maybe I should wait." "I'm not so sure this is the right thing to do." "This is the right thing to do." "You can't go on living like this." "You're miserable." "Why don't you let me look through all this." "Maybe we can make sense of it together." "I want a full report tomorrow after you go back." "You can stop by my office afterwards." "Okay." "This whole thing's been such a nightmare, Andy." "It's hard not to feel like a failure, you know?" "MAN:" "Hey, willie." "Hey, come on, willie." "Come on" "Like one more is gonna make a difference." "BARTENDER:" "Jim, you've had enough, okay?" "I'm sorry." "Is that--?" "It's Jim Hart." "I don't know if that's a good idea" "I'm just gonna talk with him." "JIM:" "Hey." "Dr. Brown, how are you?" "I didn't-- I didn't see you come in." "How are you?" "I'm fine, Jim." "How are you?" "Oh, I'm fine." "You know, I was just headed out." "We-- We're all set on the tab here, right?" "Yeah." "It's okay." "I got it." "Thanks." "We're good." "So, what do you say we get out of here?" "No, no, don't be ridiculous." "I'm fine." "No, I know you are." "I just-- I wanna drive you home, okay?" "JIM:" "AII right." "AND Y:" "Great." "Oh, a tragic-fIaw paper." "I had to write that last year." "It sucks." "What was your flaw?" "My looks." "I know it seems hard to believe, but being this attractive comes at a cost." "For one thing, nobody takes you seriously." "Not to mention there's constant grooming." "There are so many things wrong with this conversation." "[GIRL GIGGLES]" "WALZAK:" "Bright." "Hey, your home planet's beckoning." "What, those ass-cracks?" "Whatever." "They're not my friends anymore." "Not that I don't enjoy our time together, but when did you ditch the Aryan Youth?" "Since WaIzak asked out Amy." "Loser." "They can have the cheerleaders, the soccer chicks, but stay away from Amy." "well, how thoughtful of you." "Sexist and degrading, but thoughtful." "I got an idea." "D" "Why don't you ask my sister out." "You could be her excuse not to go out with WaIz." "Your sister didn't want to go out with me all last year." "She only has to wanna go out with you more than with WaIzak." "How hard's that?" "well, as kind an offer as that is, I think I'II pass." "[GIRLS GIGGLING]" "Look, maybe she'II say no." "Just because he asked her doesn't mean she has to go." "What if she does?" "SHARON:" "AII last year was a struggle for Jim." "But he kept it together pretty well." "When colin was in the coma, he had a reason to stay sober." "Maybe he would wake up, things would get better." "He had hope to hold onto." "But now there's no reason for him not to drink." "well, turning to alcohol isn't unusual following this kind of loss." "Oh, he didn't just turn to it." "Jim's an alcoholic, just like his father was." "I'm sorry." "I" " I had no idea." "Yeah." "well, we cover pretty well." "Everyone does." "As long as it doesn't cause anyone trouble people are polite enough to look the other way." "well, have you thought about AA or some other kind of support group?" "He's tried that." "When things get really bad, he'II go to a meeting or two, but it never sticks." "I" " I just don't know what to do anymore." "I wish I'd known about this sooner." "Maybe I couId've done something." "obviously, with everything that's happened, I" " I feel somewhat responsible." "Don't, Andy." "You've had enough trouble around here connected to our family." "You don't need any more of our burden." "[DOORBELL BUZZES]" "Excuse me." ""So, fellow Bighorns, Iet us baa-baa into the future with pride."" "Oh, Lord." "Louise, where is my coff--?" "[DOOR OPENS]" "[CHINESE MUSIC PLAYING]" "What are you wearing?" "Do you Iike it?" "Linda said the purple brings out the color in my eyes." "I don't like it." "As long as you are in my employ, you will dress more like a nurse and less like a concubine." "Is that understood?" "[SPUTTERING]" "What in--?" "You trying to poison me?" "It's called yerba mate." "Linda said it's healthier than coffee." "I don't care if this cures cancer, I would rather drink burnt sweat." "Now, bring me coffee, black." "And tell my sister to turn down that infernal racket." "I'm afraid I can't get involved in your sibling issues, Dr. Abbott." "I feel it might be bad for my chi." "harold, I'm with a patient." "What are you doing here?" "Louise said you cancelled..." "...because your migraine subsided." "It did, heh, thanks to Doc Linda here." "I used one of her haIf-off coupons yesterday..." "Oh!" "JENSEN: ...just for the heck of it." "Today, I thought I'd let her take a shot at my bursitis." "If you'II excuse me for just a minute, Mr. Jensen." "Take your time." "No, I" " Ugh." "You have some nerve barging in there" "Oh, oh, me, me, me?" "Shh, Harry." "You bamboozIe yourself into my practice make it impossible for me to do any work what with those chimes bouncing off the walls not to mention your" " Your patchouIi incense wafting under my door." "honestly, why must everything in this office smell like feet?" "I'd be happy to arrange a time to discuss office management." "But when that door is shut, you refrain from barging in there and harassing my patients." "well, listen, Dr. Fu Manchu..." "[LINDA SIGHS] ...from here on in, that door is the Great wall." "In there, the Ming Dynasty." "Out here, sanity, civilization and air freshener." "Oh, and" " And" " And next time you plan on discounting our services, don't." "I have barely trained these people to stop paying me with livestock and" " And squash." "We don't need them putting off treatment until your next sale." "Uh, no, naltrexone wouldn't be advisable in this case." "well, I'm" " I'm afraid he's drinking too much for a drug that's used primarily to sustain abstinence." "[NINA KNOCKS ON DOOR]" "VanderbiIt." "Okay." "AII right." "And who should I talk to there?" "Oh, you can connect me?" "Great." "Thanks, paul, I owe you one." "Best to carol." "Bye." "Hey, Nina, what's up?" "well, you asked me to come by." "Oh, one sec." "Yes, I'd Iike to speak to Dr. Karen Griffin, please." "That's right." "Sorry." "It's crazy now." "What were you saying?" "well, you wanted me to come by after the lawyer." "Oh, oh, right, right." "How'd that go?" "well, I am still torn about filing for divorce." "I mean, this whole experience, it's just" "hello?" "Yes." "Dr. Andrew Brown." "Look, Nina, I know it's tough, but it's the right thing to do." "Trust me." "Yes, Dr. Griffin?" "Hi, Andy Brown." "I understand you're looking for candidates for the study on topiramate and alcohol dependence." "Yeah, I think I might have a candidate for you." "MAN [ON TV] :" "Enemy sighted." "[GUNSHOTS ON TV]" "Enemy sighted." "[MAN YELLS ON TV]" "Enemy sighted." "What the f--?" "I was in the middle of a game." "I know." "And while your hand-eye coordination is truly impressive, you're done for now." "I had 49 kills." "Do you have any idea what it takes to get 49 kills?" "I'm not into the killing." "Neither is your dad." "He asked me not to let della play these games." "Like any little sister, she adores her big brother." "If you play them, she'II play them." "How's that paper coming?" "None of your business." "Oh, that well, huh?" "You better get to it." "Dinner will be ready in a haIf-hour." "So I'II need you to set the table before then." "Did you not hear a word I said yesterday?" "You don't tell me when to eat, to set the table." "You do not tell me to do my homework." "My dad doesn't even tell me that." "well, maybe if he did, you wouldn't be so far behind." "Just a thought." "Okay, that's it." "We're done here." "actually, no." "You're done here." "Excuse me?" "You can go now." "I will take care of my sister, as I have been doing for many years without your help." "You can stop worrying about the decline of the Brown household." "You're fired." "I don't think you wanna do this." "I know, it's breaking my heart." "Hey, don't forget your jacket." "Your dad hired me, Ephram." "Not gonna be the first time I've had to correct his mistakes." "also, you might not wanna use us as a reference." "Is dinner ready yet?" "And so, brothers Ram, I accept this highest honor with as much gratitude as would seem necessary." "applause, applause." "humble bowing." "Very nice." "AMY:" "Great." "Yeah." "still working on it." "The middle needs a little polish." "Something a scooch more quotable, I think." "You felt the theme came through though." "Great times, great causes, great men." "That was clear?" "As a bell." "Oh, I almost forgot." "You'II never guess who I ran into at the market." "Rick WaIzak's mother." "You never told me you were going out." "AMY:" "We're not going out." "He asked me out." "There's a difference." "And I haven't even told him if I'd go out with him yet." "well, why wouldn't you go out with him?" "He's a very nice young man." "Ahem, bonehead." "HAROLD:" "Bright." "I thought you two were friends." "We were, when he knew his place." "Since when are you the king of Jock Mountain?" "well, what is wrong with Rick WaIzak?" "Rick BaIIsack." "Bright." "He wouldn't be my first choice for Amy." "AMY:" "Your first choice?" "Since when do you decide who I go out with?" "Whatever." "This is a pointless conversation because you're obviously not gonna go out with him." "You know what, Mom?" "Rick is a nice boy." "There's no reason I shouldn't go out with him." "In fact, I think I'II call him after dinner." "wonderful." "You're getting the full crunch of the noodle there." "That's what they call ramen aI dente." "Hey, guys." "Where's Madison?" "Ephram fired her." "You what?" "Trust me, it was for the best." "Excuse us for a minute." "Are you gonna yell at Ephram?" "I might." "So, what happened?" "The girl turned 1 0 kinds of crazy on me." "Power-tripping like you'd not believe." "telling me what to do, what to eat." "It was very prison-camp." "Not a positive influence for della." "Do you realize how hard it was to find her?" "I interviewed a dozen girls before I hired Madison." "So we'II keep looking." "There is no "we" in this scenario." "When I checked, I was the head of this household." "And I will decide who does the hiring and who does the firing." "As far as I can tell, there's nothing wrong with that girl." "She cooks, she cleans, della loves her, and I'm gonna hire her right back." "And tomorrow, when she gets here, you're gonna apologize." "Why do we need her?" "It's not Iike della's dying of malnutrition." "Look, just because your sister isn't dying doesn't mean we don't need help." "Your homework has doubled and you need to be practicing that piano of yours now." "So we'II ask Nina." "No, we can't ask Nina." "Sure we can." "No, we can't." "She's going through a divorce now." "The last thing she needs is us bugging her about stuff." "Wait, Nina's getting divorced?" "Since when?" "It's a Iong story." "The point is that we need Madison and you're just gonna have to deal with that." "So I would suggest you start working on that apology right now." "[DOOR CHIMES RING]" "What happened?" "Not one word." "I'm in no mood for you." "I owe you an apology, Harry." "Continue." "I was thinking about it and you were right." "I should have told you that my medical focus had shifted before I joined your practice." "I'm sorry." "Why are you all cockeyed?" "Don't" " Don't change the subject." "well, your head is attached to your shoulder." "What happened?" "I was up late working on my speech." "fell asleep at the table." "Woke up like this." "Not to worry." "flexeril should take care of it in time for my award ceremony." "A muscle relaxant?" "You can't even handle two glasses of wine." "You won't be able to stand up, Iet alone deliver a speech." "I can fix it for you." "Oh, if you think I'm gonna let you use me like one of your pincushions you" " You" " You must be even crazier than I thought." "Okay, how about this:" "I work on your neck right now, free of charge, no coupons necessary." "If it doesn't help, I leave the practice." "No hard feelings." "If it does, you leave me alone and I get to keep my water fountain." "deal?" "Ephram, come in here, you big teddy bear." "This isn't happening." "Oh, actually, this is happening." "Yesterday, that day when you tried to fire me, that's what didn't happen." "So your dad tells me you have something to say to me." "No rush." "Take your time." "I apologize, Madison." "That was very manly." "I Iike it." "apology accepted." "Have a carrot stick." "Who was that?" "Oh, you mean Satan?" "That's della's new babysitter." "I basically hate her." "I didn't know you had a babysitter." "I was coming by to see if della wanted to watch a movie." "It's a new thing we're trying out." "It sucks, but you're going through a Iot worse, right?" "Sorry about all that." "What do you mean?" "What are you sorry for?" "My dad told me about the divorce and everything." "Uh, it's gotta be tough, especially with Sam." "Your dad told you that?" "DELIA:" "Ephram, come here, come here." "You know, I should probabIy" "Yeah, yeah." "Go" " Go ahead." "Sorry, heh." "[SIGHS]" "DELIA:" "We're going miniature golfing." "Remember how we used to go and I was the pink ball and you pretended that the clown face could talk and you'd make it say cool stuff?" "No." "You have to come." "No, I" " I don't think so, but you guys have fun." "What do you mean?" "Why not?" "well, for one thing, miniature golf is lame." "You know what, that's okay." "We don't need him." "I can make the clown talk." "Never mind." "I don't wanna go either." "It's lame." "Fine." "Okay." "Fine." "I'II go." "cool." "I get the pink ball." "You wanna pretend to fire me again?" "It might make you feel better." "[WATER RUNNING AND CHINESE MUSIC PLAYING]" "How do you feel?" "[HAROLD SIGHS]" "I just had my sister stick needles in my face." "I feel foolish." "Interesting." "It was an aggressive treatment." "Your chi was about as blocked as I've seen." "The chakra in the region I treated is linked to the emotions so there may be some side effects." "please, stop with the mumbo jumbo." "I had a cramp." "The lactic acid dissipated." "Ran its course." "Next thing you know, you'II be taking credit for the sun going down." "The treatment I did on your neck is going to affect you in other ways." "You may feel slightly more, shall we say, vulnerable." "I just want you to be prepared." "Yes." "well, I'II thank you to keep things down in here." "I-- I have a speech to finish." "Whatever you say." "Good luck tonight." "And remember, a good speech needs to come from the heart." "So if you do this, you'd be doing me a big favor." "I've known Dr. Griffin since med school." "She's hounding me to find new subjects." "It's very hard to get people interested in clinical trials like this." "So, what is this study exactly?" "well, actually, it's" " It's very interesting." "Topiramate was originally developed to control seizures associated with epilepsy." "But now they think that it can inhibit the desire for alcohol by interfering with the release of dopamine in the brain." "That's what, uh, generates the pleasure that, uh, drinking provides." "What would I have to do?" "well, you just take a pill once a day and then you and I would meet periodically to monitor the results." "I would send her a report and, uh, who knows if we're lucky, I get my name in a footnote." "Uh, well, if it's all the same to you, I think I'm gonna pass." "well, look, it wouldn't cost anything, and it's anonymous." "You" " You wouldn't have to talk to my friend." "It'd be us." "I couId even come to your place." "Whatever you'd Iike." "I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I'm not interested." "The fact is, I don't wanna stop drinking." "well, do you mind if I ask why?" "Why would I wanna be sober?" "What, so I can wake up every morning feeling crystal clear about the fact that I no Ionger have a son?" "You still have a daughter." "And a wife." "I know." "I know it can't go on like this forever but no matter what I tell you, I'm gonna drink tonight." "Jim, listen to me." "If there's one emotion that I can identify with, it's grief." "I know what it's like to lose someone and wish that you had died right along with them." "Yeah." "well, with all due respect, Andy, you may know grief but it's a very different sort." "See, you mourn what you had." "I mourn what will never be." "I got mine in after only two turns." "And that's almost professional." "Right, Madison?" "MADISON:" "absolutely." "Excuse me, I'm trying to take my shot." "MADISON:" "Nice one, tiger." "No do-overs." "kill me now." "Who's that?" "Ephram likes her." "But it's a secret." "Hi, Amy." "AMY:" "Hey, della." "What are you doing here?" "Just enjoying Everwood's finest outdoor recreational facility." "Hi, I'm Madison." "Babysitter." "della's babysitter." "real cool, Brown." "You guys wanna play with us?" "We should all stay in our own groups." "What do you think?" "Yeah, I agree." "Okay, but you'II be behind us all night." "That's two for me and an extra one for cheating gives Ephram a five." "See you at the next hole." "Here." "hold it like this." "I'm okay." "Thanks." "Ahem." "Hey, Nina." "I thought that I would bring you some baked goods for a change." "Before you laugh, I had nothing to do with these brownies except pay the babysitter who made them." "And let me tell you, that girl gives you a run for your money." "Thanks, Andy." "Just leave them right there." "You'II never guess what happened today." "I found something that could help Jim Hart and he's not interested." "I mean, I can understand he's in pain" "Oh, you understand?" "really?" "well, aren't you Mr. Perceptive all of a sudden?" "Okay, I did something." "I came to you in confidence about my divorce and you go blabbing it to your teenage son." "What were you thinking?" "It was" " It was Ephram." "That is beside the point." "well, if it's any consolation, I didn't tell him that carl was gay." "Get out." "Come on, Nina, I'm sorry." "Wh--?" "Sorry for what?" "Sorry for telling Ephram, or for bailing on me the other day?" "Maybe for pushing me into court when I might not be ready for that yet." "Pushing you?" "We talked the whole thing out." "I told you" "Yes." "You told me." "You're super at giving advice, but you're not so big on the foIIow-through." "I helped you to make a decision." "What more do you want from me?" "You could be there." "Friends don't give advice and walk away." "They listen." "You're too busy to make time for that." "Look, I'm sorry if I was rude yesterday, but Jim Hart has a serious condition." "Jim Hart didn't ask for your help." "God, you can be so seIf-righteous sometimes." "Why don't you tell me how you really feel." "You know, I'm sorry, but it is true." "You push people to do things decide when and how they should move on." "Me, Jim Hart, and half this town." "What about you?" "What about me?" "You haven't moved on." "julia's been gone for almost two years and you still wear your damn wedding ring." "It's not the same thing." "Right." "Because it's you." "harold Abbott is an upstanding gentleman in our community." "He's kind and generous." "And if you don't think so, just ask him." "[BIGHORNS BAAING]" "Stop that." "In fact, when his name came up for this year's High Rut Buck the Bighorn Board's decision was unanimous." "So I'm proud to introduce to you our High Rut Buck for 2003, Dr. HaroId Abbott Junior." "[BIGHORNS BAAING]" "well, thank you, brothers Ram." "I've jotted down just a few words." "I couldn't decide how best to express my gratitude." "Somehow the enormity of my Iife, which I always thought so small was just too much." "I" " I couldn't reduce it to a few simple phrases and thank-yous." "There's just so much to be grateful for." "Pie for one." "Did you ever have such a good, perfect bite of pie that you wanted to stop eating for fear the next wouldn't be quite as right?" "And then there's friends familiar faces like I see right now." "Some I've known since I was a tot." "I Ioved it when my father brought me to the Bighorn picnics." "Those chortIing, befezzed men swiIIing Scotch and smoking good cigars." "Dad always went for those Swisher Sweets, even when someone brought Cubans." "God, I miss my dad sometimes." "He was such a good man." "And now here I am." "Surrounded with good friends like you all." "Good men." "Men." "Nick Hank, Jerry." "Jerry." "I Iove you guys." "I Iove you." "I Iove you, Dad." "Dad!" "[BIGHORNS BAAING]" "Ephram, I need to talk to you." "Good, because I need to talk to you." "Take della upstairs and get her ready for bed." "Sure thing." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "What were you thinking talking to Nina about her divorce?" "I told you in confidence." "well, you never told me it was a secret." "well, I thought it was seIf-evident." "Do you have any idea what I went through tonight?" "I had to listen to her tear my head off for 1 0 minutes." "I had to play miniature golf in front of Amy and the guy she was with for 1 0 hours." "I still have a paper due on Monday." "Oh, big deal." "Whatever happened to you, it doesn't even come close to what I had to deal with." "Your life is always so much worse than mine." "Oh, you think my Iife" "That's it." "That's it." "I can't believe how you two go on." "Is it always like this around here?" "That was rhetorical, okay?" "I know the answer to that." "[SIGHS]" "Are you aware that there's a little girl upstairs who can hear every word that you are screaming?" "Do you think this house is made of magic doors that block out the sound?" "Look, Madison-- MADISON:" "No, I'm not finished." "Okay, now, you two are two of the sorriest men I have ever seen." "You're worried about your neighbor." "You're worried about some girl you have a crush on." "Who is worried about della?" "Or is that why you hired me?" "I have news." "I can pick up as much slack as you leave behind." "At the end of the day, she is your daughter and she is your sister." "unless you start giving her the attention that you Iike to save for one another she is gonna rebel like you wouldn't believe." "And I'm not gonna be the one to stop her." "You know, in fact, I might encourage it a little." "Look, I appreciate you being forthright" "Oh, you want forthright?" "Neighbor lady?" "She's right about you." "You never should've said anything." "You're just upset that she called you on it, so you're blaming it on Ephram." "And you and that paper." "Grow up, man." "It is just homework." "If you worked on it half as much as you whine about it you'd have a novel by now." "I have a life of my own to get back to." "I'II be back here, same time tomorrow." "And I expect to see some new attitudes." "Good night." "You were right." "She is really mean." "Don't forget crazy." "Who does she think she is, yelling at us?" "This is our house." "Out of line." "Bad enough that you yell at me." "She doesn't live here." "There's gotta be other babysitters." "There are others, dime a dozen." "We don't have to put up with that." "No, so you're--?" "You're gonna fire her?" "Fire her?" "I'm gonna fire her like she's never been fired." "She'II be so fired, her future children won't be able to get a job." "That Tony Soprano thing doesn't work for you." "But I" " I'm right there with you on the firing." "DELIA:" "You can't fire her." "della, I" " I thought you were in bed." "I wanted a drink of water." "And you're changing the subject." "Madison's my best friend and I want her to stay." "well, sometimes things just don't work out the way you want them to." "She's the only one who plays with me and talks to me about cool stuff." "She's mine and if you fire her, I won't speak to either of you ever." "I'm not thirsty anymore." "Think she's bluffing?" "I don't know." "I don't wanna find out." "[DOOR SLAMS]" "More babysitter goodies?" "actually, I made them myself." "I didn't know what to do." "When julia and I used to fight like that, I'd" "I'd go out and buy jewelry, heh." "I" " I'm just" " I'm not used to fighting like that with friends." "I'm not used to having friends, I guess." "Not like you." "I know." "I didn't know I couId get mad like that." "Let me rephrase, I don't think I should get mad like that." "Not at you anyway." "I'm just freaking out right now." "Yeah." "well, you know what?" "I should've realized that." "And if I'd" " I'd been more attentive, I would have." "Instead I" " You know, I got all caught up in playing Mr. Fix-It." "First with you and" " And-- And then with Jim." "How is he?" "He's a Iong story with an unhappy ending." "I thought if I made him feel better, it wouId somehow make me feel better and" "[SIGHS]" "I'm doing it again, aren't I?" "It's okay." "Anyway, you were right." "I have not moved on." "I haven't let go of julia." "It's funny." "I" " I" " I wear this thing much more often now than I ever did when she was still here." "I never really got used to it." "I took it off all the time for surgery anyway and sometimes I'd just forget to put it back on." "Now I never do." "And meanwhile, here you are, being very brave." "And I am very proud of you." "well, don't be." "I, uh" "I've decided to wait on the whole filing thing." "But you" "well, that's your decision and I-- I completely support it." "[NINA CHUCKLES]" "These are terrible." "I know." "Doctor." "Doctor." "I hear you made quite a speech last night." "I've got some extra KIeenex in my car if you need them." "Nobody likes you." "Good morning, Harry." "Dr." "Brown." "Andy, please." "That's a nice car." "You don't see many of those around here." "What's it get?" "Over 50 to the gallon." "Yeah, I figure you gotta do what you can." "Uh, of course your SUV isn't helping matters." "well, I believe I have patients to see." "Some of us don't have time for idle chitchat." "Um, you do." "That's my yogic breathing class." "Nice to see you again, Andy." "AND Y:" "You too." "Oh, and, uh, if you know where I can get a good deal on a bicycle...." "She seems nice." "Harry you sure you're related?" "Sometimes I wonder." "hello." "MAN:" "Doc." "WOMAN 1 :" "Yes, I did." "HARRY:" "Go ahead." "please." "WOMAN 2:" "Thanks." "LINDA:" "Harry." "You know, your neck seems better." "Which means I win." "So I get to stay?" "You didn't win anything." "But you may stay, at Ieast for the foreseeable future till the AMA throw the lot of you out of the country." "I'II bring my fountain back tomorrow." "Not on your life." "That fountain had me peeing like a racehorse." "And could you please remove the wind chimes from our front door?" "In case you hadn't noticed, I'm rather tall." "How stupid was miniature golf." "Yeah, it kind of Ioses most of its appeal after the age of 1 0." "Heh, heh." "How was the rest of your night with The WaI?" "I think they call him "WaIz."" "It was just a one-time thing." "No big deal." "Yeah." "cool." "Whatever." "That paper suck as much for you as it did for me?" "Oh, my God, the paper." "Ugh, I" " I completely spaced." "I" " I don't need this right now." "Damn it!" "No, forget it." "Don't worry about it." "Here." "Have mine." "What?" "My paper." "Come on." "Take it." "Ephram, are you insane?" "No, I blew it off till last night anyway." "Write it in your handwriting, I'II go do another one during free period." "Are you serious?" "Yeah." "It's not great but at Ieast it's something, right?" "I can't believe this." "You are saving my Iife." "Don't worry about it." "Thank you so much." "I won't forget this." "EPHRAM:" "The more things change the more they stay the same." "I'm not sure who the first person was who said that." "Probably Shakespeare, or maybe Sting but at the moment, it's the sentence that best explains my tragic flaw:" "My inability to change." "I don't think I'm alone in this." "The more I get to know other people the more I realize it's kind of everyone's flaw." "Staying exactly the same for as long as possible standing perfectly still." "It feels better somehow." "And if you are suffering, at least the pain is familiar." "If you took that leap of faith, went outside the box did something unexpected who knows what other pain might be waiting out there." "Chances are, it could be even worse." "So you maintain the status quo." "Choose the road already traveled and it doesn't seem that bad." "Not as far as flaws go." "You're not a drug addict." "You're not killing anyone." "Except maybe yourself, a little." "When we finally do change, I don't think it happens like an earthquake or an explosion where all of a sudden, we're like this different person." "I think it's smaller than that." "The kind of thing most people wouldn't notice unless they looked close which, thank God, they never do." "But you notice it." "Inside you, change feels like a world of difference." "You hope that it is." "That this is the person you get to be forever that you'll never have to change again." "[ENGLISH SDH]"