" Good morning, Dr. Fleischman." " Morning?" "How can you tell?" "It's so unrelenting, so dark, so cold." "Mail." "My travel stuff." "How perfect." "Martinique, Barbados, Saint Bart." "I've got 2 weeks, 14 days." "I've got 2 weeks, 14 days." "I'll spend a week in the mishpocha in New York." "Catch a Blue Man group at Falsetto's." "Then I'll spend a week on a magnificent sun filled isle." "Grand Cayman, fabulous barrier reef, wall diving..." "Caneel Bay, incredible white sand beaches, coconut palms..." "Jamaica, man look at this golf course near Runaway Bay." "What?" " It won't happen." " What won't happen?" " Your vacation." " My vacation won't happen?" "Why not?" " Because..." " Because what?" "It's like the cosmic joke, is that it?" "You're right." "It's the perfect set up." "Here we are in the Alaskan winter with one bleak hour of sun a day." "I'm planning a trip to a tropical paradise." "A trip I need and want, that I need to take so something must stop me." "Right?" "Of course the one thing we all should have learned as children:" "if there's something you want with all you heart you're certain not to get it." "Right." "NORTHERN EXPOSURE 4x18 "NORTHERN LIGHTS" Subtitles subXpacio" "A dark and delicious morning to you Cicely." "Believe it or not it's 9 am and I'm Bernard Stevens, sitting in for my brother Chris." "As always at this time of the year, he's been mauled by artistic impulse." "Foregoing sleep and sustenance, he's immersed in the act of creation." "Bonne chance, brother." "We've got 3 days to go on our winter solstice countdown." "Got sunrise today at 4:02 pm and sunset at 4:48." "You know the unremitting darkness has sent some people into an emotional tailspin, so the management here at K-BHR suggests locking away the firearms." "The desire to stick a 45 between your teeth can be pretty strong." "So why invite temptation?" "And for a little mood elevation, swing by the Brick, open 24 hours a day during the solstice with free chocolate." "Chocolate the magic elixir." "Nothing like it to rise the body's serotonin levels and thus the spirits as well." "I'm on my way." "Denver Chocolate Pudding, Denver Chocolate Pie and a minute steak, chocolate kisses." "I ordered sour cream." "Sorry, I'm shorthanded today." "You'll have to get it yourself." "Shelly, any sign of that granola?" "Oh my God, Ruth-Anne, I forgot." "It's just so crazy around here with Holling in bed, I'm brain fried." " Is he hibernating already?" " Five days now." "Just gets up to whiz." "Hope it's not like last year." "He sacked out for three weeks." "It was worse when he was younger." "In '75 he hibernated 2 months." " That's vibrant red, isn't it?" " Yeah." "I'm painting a field of poppies, I can't find the right shade." " Want to try the cocktail sauce?" " Alright." "Hot fudge sundae, extra almonds, hold the cherry." " Chocolate sprinkles?" " By all means." "Alright." " Coffee?" " How much is it?" " 40 cents." " How much can I get for... 2 dollars and 24 cents?" "Special K, toll house cookie." " Anything more substantial?" " Cream of wheat." "That'll do." " Try a slice of blackout cake." " Hey, thank you." "I'm not one to judge a book by the cover, but looking at you, your clothes, personal hygiene," "I'd guess you were homeless." "Reason I bring it up is I've come to Cicely for a couple years now, and I've never seen a homeless person." "At least none that would fit the traditional stereotype." " I prefer the term "hobo"." " "Hobo"?" "Sure, makes sense." "Less negative baggage to carry." "Implies a life choice instead of a state of being." ""Hobo", a paladin of the open road." "Riding the rails, shanty town, nail soup..." " Very picaresque." "Bernard Stevens." " Lance Bristol." "Hi, Chris." "How's the piece coming?" "What's the matter?" "Not going too good?" "Conceptually, it seemed so right." "metal, twisting, turning, rising out of the corporeal, struggling towards the divine." "It's just a tower Dave, It's an archetype." "A transcendental symbol from Babel to Watts." "It's embedded in our souls." " I like the bicycle chain." " You like the bicycle chain?" "Of course you like it." "The bicycle chain is fine in itself." "It's just the whole..." "It's thin." "It's brittle." "There's no weight." "It's like what Gertrude Stein said, "there's no there there"." "Maybe some more pipes." " More pipes?" " Copper." " Hi, Ruth-Anne." " Hello, Maggie." "Needs more yellow." "I know what it is." "More butterflies." "Is there anything I can help you with?" "I can't remember what I came here for." "I got in some nice mandarin oranges." "Ok." "I can always use some mandarin oranges." "It's alright, Maggie." "Believe me." "I understand." "Your mind is elsewhere." "I don't blame you, that business with Joel." "Fleischman?" "You have such a stormy relationship." "All that push and pull." "Yeah." "Having intercourse with him was undoubtedly a release of pressure, but terribly unnerving as well." "Actually I'm not thinking about intercourse with Fleischman." " No?" " No." "About intercourse with Mike." "Mike Monroe?" "Yeah, I think about sex with him all the time." "I play it out in my mind a thousand times a day." "Unbuttoning his shirt, running my hands down his chest into the waistband of his pants." "I'd hop in the sack with him now if I weren't afraid I'd kill him." "I know what you're going to say." "I had sex with Fleischman and he's ok." "But for how long?" "Glen and I were together for a year and a half before he died." "Besides, you know if Fleischman kicks the bucket..." "Well, I don't know." "I just don't think I can risk it with Mike." "I don't want his blood on my hands." " Could you put these on my tab?" " Sure." "Only 15 minutes of sunlight left." "So get outside pronto and catch all the rays you can." "Don't forget to lop on the SPF 30." "As I speak, I can see Cicely's latest visitor, Lance Bristol, hunting for recyclables across from KBHR studios." "And as I look at his matted hair and his threadbare clothes, my gut level response is revulsion." "An inner primal recoiling." "From where do these feelings spring?" "It's not a rational response to a man who's no threat to me." "Bottom line?" "I could be Lance." "Lance could be me." "My response should then be:" "empathy, caring, consideration." "I'm working on it." "Empathy?" " What manure are you spreading?" " Sorry." "Tramps accosting people for money, urinating in doorways." "He does stir up ambivalent feelings." "Ambivalent?" "Hell!" "I've got an investment in this town." "An investment of time, money and personal vision." "I will not have it by some piece of human excrescence." "Hey, you may find this interesting." "You know the winter depression people talk about up here?" "It's not just psychological." "It has a physical pathology." "SAD." "That's what it's called." "Seasonal Affective Disorder." "Sunlight decreases pineal activity inhibiting melatonin production." "When not exposed to sunlight, the body produces high levels of melatonin screwing up circadian cycles." "Then it literally makes you sad." " What can I do for you?" " We were right." " We were?" "About what?" " This came." ""No physician to take your place." "Stop." "Community cannot be placed in jeopardy." "Stop." "Vacation denied." "Our apologies." "State of Alaska"." " It's official." " No, no, no." " No, no, no!" " You said it would happen." "I didn't say it would happen." "I said it would so it wouldn't." "Don't you understand?" "It's a defense." "Like, break a leg, or washing your car so it will rain." "First they add a year to my contract, now they take away my vacation." "Did I fall into a bottomless pit?" "There's no exit, no light at the end of the tunnel." "I don't feel like talking." "Could you leave me alone?" " What?" " SAD." " Hi, Marilyn, sorry I'm late." " Hi, Lynn." "Dr. Fleischman said he'd remove my corn today." "He's not here." " When's he coming back?" " He's not." " He's not?" " No." "He's withholding his services." "Dr. Fleischman is not going to work here anymore?" "Not until he gets his vacation." "He said if the State of Alaska wants to play hardball, so will he." "You want me to remove your corn?" "Ok." "Follow me." "Excuse me, can you spare any change?" "Like a quarter?" "Excuse me, can you spare a quarter?" "Thank you. 'Appreciate it." "Hey, man, spare change?" "Write it off on your taxes." "What's that thing?" " Man, this your spot?" " No, have a seat." "Cops hustle you much around here?" "No, not at all." " Where do you sleep?" " Trailer." "Trailer?" "Got any extra room in there?" "Yeah, usually but I got my brother staying with me." "Alright." " Do you believe that?" " What do you mean?" "When you look at it, do you believe it?" " Not really." " Of course you don't." "What was I thinking?" "I keep tearing it apart." "I put it back together..." "It just doesn't work." "I never had a solstice like this before." "Usually I'm focused, I'm clear." "The pieces just flow." " Yeah." " Yeah." "Last year a neo-gothic ice palace." "Year before that, metal cocoons." "I took an entire acre of spruce and wrapped it in foil." " Is that right?" " That's right." "Amazing." "But this thing here, a monster of screaming zero." "It's killing me." "I got all this juice and nowhere to plug it in." " Can I have a bit of that?" " Sure." " Miller?" " Light." " Bratwurst special for number 6." " Ok." " Holling still out?" " Yeah." "I got to remind myself he's like a big old Delco battery that needs a recharge." "It'll be worth it when he wakes up." "Because he'll just go and go and go." " That's the spirit." " Geneva chocolate with this?" " Amaretto truffle." " Okey doke." " Thank you." "10-4." " Good morning." " How you doing?" "I'm having a flare up of my old psoriasis." "Same old thing, rash on the elbows and behind the knees." "Doesn't bother me but my wife thinks it's unsightly." "Jim, I'm not practicing today." "I understand." "I just want some of that cream." "Do you think I like doing this?" "Do you think I like betraying my Hippocratic Oath?" "I got no choice, I got no alternative." "You don't get it, do you?" "You think this is just about my vacation and your psoriasis." " Sure." " No, Jim." "If they can take my two weeks, and get away with it they can just as easily do it to you or anybody else." "I'm making a stand for the most basic and fundamental rights due to any working man." "I'll tell you something else." "Everyone in this town should be lined up right behind me." "Why?" "Because I'm fighting your battle." "I'm the little guy who's got the guts to stand up and look them in the eye and say I will not retreat one inch." "And I will be heard." "I most certainly will." "Alright, let's come to order." "Take your seats, please." "We got a problem here people." "I won't allow one man to hold this town hostage." "If worse comes to worse, I'll see him behind bars." "You want to put Joel in jail?" "Who said anything about Joel?" "I'm talking about that scrofulous bum who parked himself on Main St." "Maurice, we came here to talk about Fleischman." "Where is he anyway?" "I don't know where he is." "I told him to be here at 17:00." "Ed, where's Fleischman?" "Dr. Fleischman respectfully declines to attend." " Declines?" " Yes." "He feels his presence here would compromise his position." "What the hell does that mean?" "He's instructed me to speak on his behalf." "So, you all consider me Dr. Fleischman." " Alright." "Get your fanny up here." " Yes sir." " You got a statement?" " Yes, sir, we do." "Despite my reluctance to live and practice in in a small, rural community," "I have served the borough of Arrowhead in good faith." "However that good faith has not been reciprocated," "And therefore I have been left with no other recourse but to withhold my services so that I may obtain what is contractually and morally mine." "And I'm taking questions from the floor now." "Ruth-Anne." "How long do you intend to keep this nonsense up?" "I feel that question should be directed to the State of Alaska." "They're the ones who've reneged on our agreement, and they have the power to break this impasse." " Shelly?" " What if somebody gets really sick?" "Like they're seriously hurling or cut off a finger with a saw." "Yes well... although once again I feel that question should be directed to the State of Alaska." "I've made arrangements with Dr. Kornhauser, in Moose Pass," " ...to take care of emergencies." " Alright." "Let's cut the crap." " What do you want?" " All that I want is what is legally owed to me:" "my two weeks vacation." "We're ready to make a deal." "500 dollars cash." "Me and Holling will throw in 2 free spaghetti lunches." "And half a dozen orange roughy fillets." "I'm sorry, folks." "Let us not waste each other's time." "My vacation, as stated in the contract, is absolutely and unequivocally non-negotiable." "Thank you." " Joel!" "Joel!" " The doctor is out." "Joel, it's me." "Yeah, Mike, really, I can't make any exceptions." "Look, I'm fine, this isn't medical." " Why are you wearing a mask?" " Peat fires in Irkutsk." " No big deal." "May I come in?" " Yeah, yeah." "I'm sorry." " Hi." " It's a little nippy out there." "Yeah, sorry." " Ping Zing 5?" " Yeah." "Very nice." "I like those on Bermuda greens, but on a bent grass I like something lighter." " I didn't know you played golf." " I haven't been able to since MCDS, but I love the game." " Here, I have to serve you." " Serve me?" "Yeah, pro forma." "I've been retained by the Township of Cicely." " What is this?" " You're violating your contract." "You're in breach." " You're suing me?" " They'll be a hearing on the 24th before Judge Percy with a preliminary injunction and then we'll be filing for damages." "Is this a joke?" "Damages?" "You offer a unique service, Joel." "For us to contract another physician privately it would cost 125,000 dollars a year." "At five years that's 625,000." " I don't believe this." " Heaven forbid anyone die." "You could be liable for millions." "How could you do this to me after all that I have done for you?" " Sorry?" " Do you forget who's been checking eosinophil count 3 times a week for the last 4 months?" " Joel..." " Don't Joel me." "When the mosquito abatement people came and sprayed and you got that allergic reaction to that asthmatic component, who stayed with you day and night until the wheezing stopped?" "Joel, I appreciated everything you've done for me, really." "Personally, I like you a lot." "You like me?" "Is this how you express your affection?" "Believe me if I hadn't been retained by the city," "I'd have been delighted to represent you." "And after the ice melts, maybe we can go hit a few." "See you." "Bristol, sign says you're a veteran, huh?" " Yeah." " Vietnam?" "That's right." "A lot of good men served in that war." "Washouts like you give 'em a bad name." "What were you some long haired draft dodger who's number came up?" " I enlisted." " That right?" "In what?" "Regular army?" "Those clowns would take anybody." " I was in the Corps." " The Marine Corps?" "Hell you were." "Listen pal, I'm a marine, and I resent any lowlife derelict insinuating..." "Bristol Lance, LC, PFC, United States Marine Corps" " 2192842." " What outfit were you in?" "Bravo 13." " Out at Da Nang?" " No sir. 1st division was there." "That's right." "Northing I Corps, west of Dong Ha." "Riding security on the Khe Gia bridge." "Sometimes roadsweeps along route 9 to keep the MSR open to Khe Sanh." " Rifleman?" " Grunt." "Damn." "Here." "Buy yourself a hot meal." " "Semper fi"." " Hurrah." "It's high noon Cicely and we're 3 days into the Arrowhead physician strike." "And 1 day away from winter solstice." "Which means a full 24 hours of glorious darkness." "Turning to the arts scene Chris has taken off headlong into a new creative direction." "I'm not sure which muse has him but clearly her grip is strong." "Now I'd like to turn the microphone over to Maurice Minnifield, president and manager of this Communications Network." "Maurice..." "Thank you." "I'll be brief." "I'm collecting for a comrade in arms who's down on his luck." "We need clean serviceable clothes, canned goods, toiletries, that sort of thing." "Bring them by the station and we'll make sure he gets them." "And remember this is not the dump." "No rags, no junk, no 3 year old jars of pickled beets." "Appreciate it." "Excuse me, you ok in there?" " Yeah, fine." "Do you work here?" " Yeah." "For a few cents more you can get name brand paper towels which are a lot more absorbent than this institutional grade." " I'll tell the boss when he wakes up." " Do that." "But you..." " I need this, Dave." " Ok, by me." " Hey, Chris." " Ted, hello." "Cup of Joe, Dr. Fleischman?" "Shelly, let me ask you something." "I thought that we were friends, that you liked me." "I do." "How is it that you can be a part of this lawsuit?" "That?" "Just being a team player, all for one, one for all." " I'm gonna snag some of these bulbs." " Ok." " Hello Joel." "I'll have that." " Okey dokey." "Ruth-Anne, how can you greet me as though nothing is different, as if nothing has changed?" " What do you mean?" " He means the lawsuit." " Oh that..." " "Oh that"? "Oh that"?" "This is incredible." "What is wrong with you people?" "Don't you realize what you're doing?" "To me, you're physician." "I set your broken bones, lowers your blood pressure tramps out into the tundra to deliver your babies." "Everyone of you has been naked before me sick and needy desperate for my help." "Instead of gratitude, what's my reward?" "How do you repay me?" "Malice and venom." "I wouldn't take it too personally Joel." "You ever heard of US vs. Hillegas?" "Treble damages were upheld, breaching scholarship agreement, US Court of Appeals," " 9th circuit." " What do you think?" ""Hillegas got a NHSC medical scholarship for agreeing to serve in a health manpower shortage area." "After graduation he tried to back out." "The government sued him and won"." "This is exactly the kind of precedent we were looking for." " Really?" " God, Maggie." "I knew we had an excellent case against Joel, but now we have got him by the short hairs." " That's wonderful." " Don't get me wrong." "I sympathize with Joel's predicament." "I do." "But I got to tell you, there's nothing more satisfying in law than knowing you are going to walk into a courtroom and grind your opponent's face into the marble floor." "I can imagine." "And you, you did it, Maggie." "You put the final nail in Joel's coffin." " Thank you." " You're welcome." " Well..." " Yes?" "I guess I should go finish transcribing those depositions." " Yeah, right." " Ok." "Bye." "Hey, Ed." "How's it going?" "Good afternoon, Dr. Fleischman." "Can you hand me that screwdriver?" "These last few days have been a real eye opener." "I can imagine." "I've seen up close and personal the dark underbelly of this town." "It is not a pretty sight." "You sure find out who your friends are." "I won't forget it, won't forget how you stuck behind me." "All the others:" "Maurice, Ruth-Anne, Mike... they couldn't wait to stab me in the back." "But not you." "You are a real mensch." "Thank you, Dr. Fleischman." " What's going on here?" " I just finished changing the lock." "Why?" "The way Maurice put it is, as long as you refuse to provide medical service to the community they will refuse to provide you with lodging." "What are you talking about?" "What about my stuff?" " You're stuff's been siezed." " Siezed?" "Maurice says it's standard procedure in cases like this." " Siezed?" " Don't say anything Dr. Fleischman, but I packed you a change of underwear and a toothbrush." "I always thought your story would have a happy ending," " ..." "like in "To Sir with Love"." " What?" "Sidney Poitier takes a job working in the inner city school." "At first he just hates being there." "But then he comes to know the students and to care about them deeply." "At the end of the movie he's offered a job at a prestigious school, but he decides to stay right where he's at." "I guess that's just a movie, huh Dr. Fleischman?" "I got to go." " Bristol, you in there?" " Yeah." "Come out here." "I got something for you." "I thought you could use this." "There's thermal underwear, bib overalls, dental powder, some food in there too, chicken noodle soup, creamed corn." "Some clown threw in a jar of poi you can use that too if you want." "A couple of boxes just like that over at the station." " What's this?" " Those are shitake mushrooms." "You have to soak them." "They add a nice musky flavor" " ...to stews, casseroles." " That's lovely." "Bristol, tell me something." "How'd it happen?" "How'd you come to this sorry state?" "Was it drugs?" "I can understand, that no win war, the temptation..." " No." "I never did drugs." " Was it post trauma rigmarole?" "No." "Was it the erosion of our industrial base?" "The factory you work for close down?" "I had a good job, cable TV company." "What happened?" "Change of venue." "It happened five years ago." "Summer, August." "I was troubleshooting on a back road near a farm town down in Illinois, Watseka." "It was 10 o'clock at night." "I was up the power pole and..." " ...these lights came out of nowhere." " Lights?" "Yeah, real bright, white and blue, green." "And they came close." "Hovering over the cornfield, not making a sound, just watching me." "Then they took off." "Straight up, fast." "It was a clear night but in a couple of seconds, they were out of my sight." "They were gone." "Well... after that," "I had a hard time keeping my mind on things, on work, and girls, and Sunday afternoon football games." "No." "The world had turned over and I couldn't hold on." " Change of venue." " Yeah, exactly." "Yeah." "Hold it!" " Chris!" " Did I wake you up?" "I'm sorry." " What are you doing here?" " You used to have a lava lamp." "Chris, it's 3 in the morning." " It is?" " Yeah." "I almost shot you." "You still have that lava lamp?" "I think it was green." "Yeah, I think it's in here somewhere." " Yeah?" " The cord's broken." "I got to admire you." " Yeah?" " Look at you, so committed." "You just break into my house in the middle of the night, risk getting killed because you want something." "You make a decision and go for it." "You follow through no matter what." " You hold that?" " Sure." " Me, I'm a woose." " How's that?" "I want something, someone actually." "I can't do anything about it." "I'm completely frozen because I won't take the risk." "Here it is." "It's a different kettle of fish." " What do you mean?" " Your situation with Mike." "I break in here at 3 am, I risk my life." "You hit the rack with Mike, you risk his." " Yeah." " I say what the hell, go for it." "Nail him to the sheets." "Know why?" "Because meaningful endeavors, the biggies of human existence often require a sacrifice of others." " Night." " Good night." "Wake up sleepy heads." "Wipe the Sandman's dust from your eyes." "It's time to face another ebony Alaskan morn." "The winter solstice has finally arrived, no sunrise, no sunset." "How elegantly simple." "I'm happy to announce my brother Chris is galloping down the homes stretch of this season's artistic steeple chase." "My fellow Cicelians you're invited to Main St." "tonight at 8 o'clock for..." "You got to show up and find out." "Dress warm." "I put some shampoo on the shelf." "You find it alright?" "Yeah, thanks." " Scrambled eggs ok?" " Yeah, sure." " Help yourself to the rolls." " Alright." "Bristol, I was thinking it's about time I redid the guest bathroom." "Put in a bigger tub, some granite counter top." " Some Malibu tile." " Yeah, good idea." "And I was also thinking about replacing this floor." " No more tongue and groove." " Put in some parquet?" "So you got a job. 200 a week, plus room and board." "I'd like to help you out but I'm going to be moving on." "You help me out?" "No, no, no." "You've got it backward." "It's me that's helping you out." " Sorry." " Look Bristol, just because you saw a few lights in the night sky, are you gonna go section 8 for the rest of your life?" "That's not even that special." "Most of the guys in thinsulite saw lights they couldn't explain doing things they shouldn't be doing, or where they shouldn't be." "Bristol, I wouldn't want this to go beyond these walls but when I was in my 7th orbit over the Indian Ocean," "I looked out of the capsule and there they were." "They were close aboard, like they were flying form on me." "Watching me." "They stayed in orbit with me about a minute." "And then... in the blink of an eye they were gone." "Just like that." "There are things out there we don't understand." "Can't understand." "It could be the Big Guy, could be little green men, or just what not proving that we don't know everything." "But that's not important." "What's important is a reasonable man, a sane man, a healthy man," "when he encounters the inexplicable, forgets about it." "Come on, Bristol." "Take the job." "Put some money in your pocket before you move on." "Give it some thought." "Good morning." "I know what you're thinking." "I'm not going back." "Save your breath." "I appreciate you're coming out." "I won't go back." "I don't care what you say, I don't care what they do" "I'm not coming back." " Should I order glucose dipsticks?" " What?" "Glucose dipsticks." "That's why you came, to talk about glucose dipsticks?" "I'm freezing, completely abandoned, you want to talk dipsticks?" "We're running low." "Don't you understand?" "Nothing's changed here?" "They haven't given in." "They haven't given me my vacation." "You think I'm gonna fold?" "You think because they took away my livelihood and thaw me out of my house and force me to live like a dog, you think I'm gonna roll over?" "No way." "There's a principle at stake, and I don't care how many lawyers they hire, and how many papers they file, I won't stand for injustice." "You hear me?" "I won't stand for it." " What?" " For how long?" " For how long what?" " Won't you stand." "2 over easy, home fries." "Chocolate sauce with this?" "Just a little on the English muffin." " Thanks, dear." " Welcome." " Shelly." " Holling, you're up!" "Emmett Riley's mastiff woke me with his barking." " I could have used a few more days." " You want to try to go back to sleep?" "No, I'm up now and hungry." "Oh, babe, I missed you so much." "When you're not there to talk to and squeeze I get all bummed." "How about some food?" "You sit your juicy buns right down here dude." "Sorry, Holling needs to stuff his face bad." "Kippered salmon and eggs and pigs in a blanket." " Toast and jam?" " Just a sec." "Sorry, gang." "Toast and jam and a nice big cup of mocha java." "Thanks, hon'." "God, H, it's so bitching to have you back from land of nod." " What are you staring at?" " Nothing." "I know what you're thinking." "And this is not the case." "This wasn't a case of bowing to pressure." "I simply weighed the options, and made an informed rational decision." "See, what I realized is... a person has 3 choices in life." "Swim against the tide and get exhausted, or tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants." "You decided to swim with the tide." "Yeah." "Mike?" " Maggie." " Hi." "I was gonna call you to see if you're going to Chris' thing." " I brought us this." " Champagne." "I can't." "Sulfites." "No, it's 100% organic, natural sparkling cider." "Great." "Wonderful." "I'll go get some glasses." "Why don't you make yourself comfortable?" "Ok." " You look beautiful." " Thanks." "No, no, I mean really beautiful." "Are we celebrating something?" "Mike, have you heard of those people who live safe, secure lives?" "Sure they live to be a ripe old age, but when they look back on those long lives, what do they feel?" "Regret." "It's like sure they spent their time on this planet being careful, but then they regret all the things they never did." "Like my grandfather, Madison, Wisconsin." "He owned a Rambler dealership." "He lived to be 94, but man, he died a bitter old unfulfilled pill." " Is that right?" " Yeah." "I guess what I'm trying to say is" "I don't think you can measure life in terms of years." "I think longevity doesn't have anything to do with happiness." "Happiness comes from facing challenges, and going out on a limb and taking risks." "If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead." "Right?" " Mike?" " Yes, Maggie." "Kiss me." "Oh, boy." "We sure you should be out so soon after the big sleep?" "I don't want my squeeze getting the sniffles." "I'll be fine." "How about some more potato salad." "You bet you." "Open up." " Hello, Dr. Fleischman." " Ed, Ruth-Anne." "Joel stop by the store tomorrow." "I just finished a painting and it will dress up your office." " Thank you." " Yes, Dr. Fleischman," "I know it won't be the same as a Caribbean vacation, but you'd like to go ice fishing on Sunday...?" "That's nice of you, Ed." "Thanks." " Hey, Marilyn." " Hi." "Goethe's final words:" ""More light"." "Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that's been our unifying cry." "More light." "Sunlight, torchlight, candlelight, neon, incandescent..." "Lights to banish the darkness from our caves, to illuminate our roads, the insides of our refrigerators." "Big floods for the night games at Soldier's Field." "Little flashlights for the books we read under the covers when we're supposed to be asleep." "Light is more than watts." "Light is metaphor." "Thy word is a lamp under my feet." "Rage, rage against the dyeing of the light." "Lead kindly light, amid the encircling gloom." "Lead Thou me on." "The night is dark and I am far from home." "Lead Thou me on." "Arise, shine for thy light has come." "Light is knowledge." "Light is life." "Light is light." "Ripped by subXpacio and TusSeries"