1 00:00:03,803 --> 00:00:04,827 Hello, Maurice. 2 00:00:04,904 --> 00:00:06,098 Where the hell have you been? 3 00:00:06,172 --> 00:00:07,799 You were supposed to be back last night. 4 00:00:07,874 --> 00:00:10,240 Well, the film festival didn't end till last night. 5 00:00:10,310 --> 00:00:11,402 No surprises, though. 6 00:00:11,478 --> 00:00:13,537 Quentin Tarantino took first place. 7 00:00:13,613 --> 00:00:15,911 I brought you back a t-shirt. Extra large, right? 8 00:00:15,982 --> 00:00:17,916 Save the souvenirs and slide show, Ed. 9 00:00:17,984 --> 00:00:20,248 We've got bigger fish to fry. 10 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,347 It seems our esteemed physician has disappeared. 11 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:26,585 Joel's gone A-W-O-L. 12 00:00:26,659 --> 00:00:28,183 Dr. Fleischman? 13 00:00:28,261 --> 00:00:32,288 He paddled up the Chenega here to deliver a baby two weeks ago 14 00:00:32,365 --> 00:00:34,833 and I haven't heard from him since. 15 00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:37,529 And he refuses to answer radio transmissions. 16 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:39,071 I hope he's not dead. 17 00:00:39,139 --> 00:00:43,041 He's gonna wish he was if I get my hands on him. 18 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:45,475 There's confirmed word 19 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:47,979 that a physician matching Fleischman's description 20 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:49,845 has moved in with 21 00:00:49,916 --> 00:00:51,941 a settlement of natives right in here. 22 00:00:52,018 --> 00:00:53,451 I hope you've still got your kit packed, 23 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,114 because you're gonna go drag him back. 24 00:00:56,189 --> 00:00:58,487 Where exactly is that I'm going, Maurice? 25 00:00:58,558 --> 00:01:01,618 That's a good question. It's not on any map. 26 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:03,355 The natives call it Manonash. 27 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:04,522 Manonash. 28 00:01:04,597 --> 00:01:07,293 Yeah, it's up this tributary. Rough country, Ed. 29 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:09,835 You're gonna need a guide, and take a gun. 30 00:02:02,755 --> 00:02:03,744 Hi. 31 00:02:05,024 --> 00:02:07,015 I'm sorry, I don't understand. 32 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:13,759 Hello, Ed. 33 00:02:14,534 --> 00:02:17,264 Dr. Fleischman? 34 00:03:10,590 --> 00:03:12,854 Maurice sent me to bring you back. 35 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:14,791 He's pretty mad, Dr. Fleischman. 36 00:03:14,861 --> 00:03:16,761 He says you've breached your contract. 37 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:20,026 He's talking about lawyers, lawsuits, damages. 38 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:23,494 You have to come with me, Dr. Fleischman. 39 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:26,971 Let me show you my place, Ed. 40 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:33,409 You live here, Dr. Fleischman? 41 00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:36,979 That's right, Ed. Yeah. 42 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:39,074 Wow. 43 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:43,883 Oh, I brought you a souvenir from the film festival. 44 00:03:44,991 --> 00:03:46,151 Key chain. 45 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:49,292 That's nice of you, thanks. 46 00:03:49,362 --> 00:03:53,059 I don't really carry many keys these days. Thank you. 47 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:55,557 Why don't you grab yourself a seat there. 48 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:58,195 Well, I really think we ought to get headed downriver 49 00:03:58,271 --> 00:04:01,240 before nightfall, Dr. Fleischman. 50 00:04:01,307 --> 00:04:03,104 Please, Ed. 51 00:04:03,176 --> 00:04:06,043 You are coming back with me, aren't you, Dr. Fleischman? 52 00:04:08,548 --> 00:04:11,745 Ed, I'd like to tell you how I got here, okay? 53 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:15,254 I'd like to tell you about a week that changed my life. 54 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:16,879 Please. 55 00:04:21,327 --> 00:04:23,386 Now, 56 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:30,202 most of what I'm going to tell you, I experienced directly. 57 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:33,171 Some of it was related to me. 58 00:04:33,239 --> 00:04:36,208 That's wild spinach tea, is it sweet enough for you? 59 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:37,334 Oh, fine. 60 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:41,574 Now, it all began with Maggie and me. 61 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:44,173 And as you may already know, we decided to live together, yes? 62 00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:45,274 Uh-huh. 63 00:04:45,351 --> 00:04:48,286 Well, after that first morning, 64 00:04:48,354 --> 00:04:52,450 we moved my stuff in and we began to settle into our new life together. 65 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:57,053 We were pretty happy, even with that first awkward stage of adjustment. 66 00:04:58,331 --> 00:05:00,196 O'Connell? 67 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:03,301 Never mind. 68 00:05:04,270 --> 00:05:05,965 I'm cleaning out a drawer for you. 69 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:08,007 Look at you. 70 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:10,372 Making drawer space for me. 71 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:12,104 We're living together. 72 00:05:12,178 --> 00:05:13,702 Hmm. 73 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:15,372 Is that what you came out here to tell me? 74 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:17,006 No. 75 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:18,983 It's not a big deal, really. 76 00:05:19,052 --> 00:05:20,485 No, I want to hear it, what? 77 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:23,681 Well, you know, I happen to be a bath person 78 00:05:23,756 --> 00:05:25,519 and you're a shower person. 79 00:05:25,591 --> 00:05:29,027 And if I take a bath after you shower, 80 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:31,563 I mean, it's trivial, I really didn't need to bring it up. 81 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:33,189 I should have rinsed out the tub. 82 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:35,257 It's only if you shave your legs, 83 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:38,327 and you know, the little hairs float on the soap film. 84 00:05:39,138 --> 00:05:40,127 Forget it. 85 00:05:40,206 --> 00:05:42,970 I promise it will never happen again, I will rinse out the tub. 86 00:05:43,042 --> 00:05:44,475 Thanks, O'Connell. 87 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:46,774 Hey, wait a minute. Listen to us. 88 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:48,677 Fleischman, O'Connell, O'Connell, Fleischman. 89 00:05:48,748 --> 00:05:52,445 We're living together and we're still calling each other by our last names. 90 00:05:52,518 --> 00:05:53,883 Yeah, you're right. 91 00:05:53,953 --> 00:05:55,648 It's kind of ridiculous, don't you think? 92 00:05:55,722 --> 00:05:58,247 It is. It's like we're in high school or something. 93 00:05:59,525 --> 00:06:02,255 So, what do you say? Joel? 94 00:06:04,597 --> 00:06:05,996 Maggie. 95 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:08,432 Joel. 96 00:06:10,069 --> 00:06:11,331 Maggie. 97 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:14,197 It was fall. 98 00:06:14,273 --> 00:06:17,140 And as always, people were counting the weeks untiI winter. 99 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:20,646 Walt Kupfer was off to secure his trap lines before the first snow hit. 100 00:06:20,713 --> 00:06:22,078 And of course he'd be traveling 101 00:06:22,148 --> 00:06:24,616 as far as the Kaiyuh Gorge and didn't know when he'd be back. 102 00:06:24,684 --> 00:06:26,447 Ranger stopped by the other day, Walt. 103 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:28,885 He said Mount Katmai is looking active. 104 00:06:28,955 --> 00:06:30,946 You're going to have to detour around the lake. 105 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:33,253 Walk another 400 miles? 106 00:06:33,326 --> 00:06:34,759 I'll take my chances. 107 00:06:34,827 --> 00:06:36,590 Here's your two French dips, Walt. 108 00:06:36,662 --> 00:06:38,129 You'll be scarfing on freeze-dried soon enough. 109 00:06:38,197 --> 00:06:39,255 Thank you, Shelly. 110 00:06:39,332 --> 00:06:41,596 Have a good time, Walt. Skin one for me, will you? 111 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:43,362 Will do. 112 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,999 Well, Ruth-Anne, I'm on my way. 113 00:06:48,074 --> 00:06:50,804 Oh? Well, goodbye, Walt. 114 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:52,811 Goodbye, Ruth-Anne. 115 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:56,211 Around this time, Chris made good 116 00:06:56,282 --> 00:06:57,749 on a $30 poker debt he owed me. 117 00:06:57,817 --> 00:07:01,617 And he decided to use some more of his inheritance to remodeI his trailer. 118 00:07:01,754 --> 00:07:05,053 I've been thinking about this enclosed patio for a long time, Willie. 119 00:07:05,124 --> 00:07:08,787 I'm not a kid anymore, you know? 120 00:07:08,861 --> 00:07:12,319 I can't keep this old crash pad mentality. 121 00:07:12,398 --> 00:07:16,061 I'm going to claim me a little structured square footage, huh? 122 00:07:16,135 --> 00:07:18,467 Organize mi vida loca. 123 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:23,305 Got the sleep space right here. 124 00:07:23,376 --> 00:07:25,776 Party space right here. 125 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:28,746 Check it out, it's the middle of July, 126 00:07:29,382 --> 00:07:33,478 I'm kicking back right here, in the easy boy, 127 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:37,518 listening to the skeeters slam into the screen, I'm thinking, 128 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:40,150 "I could use a cold one right about now, 129 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:44,162 "but I don't feel like hiking all the way back inside. " 130 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:45,663 Mini fridge, right here. 131 00:07:45,731 --> 00:07:49,223 Oh, I was just going to wire for the overheads, 132 00:07:49,368 --> 00:07:53,065 so I would have to bring out another line from the box. 133 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:54,265 How much? 134 00:07:54,340 --> 00:07:56,968 Ballpark, $175. 135 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:59,168 Do it. 136 00:07:59,712 --> 00:08:03,239 You know, I'm thinking, you're going to have a fridge out here, 137 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:05,113 you're going to be eating out here, 138 00:08:05,184 --> 00:08:06,879 gonna have food out here, 139 00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:08,147 you're probably gonna want to have... 140 00:08:08,221 --> 00:08:11,713 A sink. Definitely way ahead of you, Willie. 141 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:13,656 Something to fill the ice trays with, 142 00:08:13,726 --> 00:08:15,717 rinse off the dishes. How much? 143 00:08:15,862 --> 00:08:19,764 Well, I have to run a new drain line to the septic tank. 144 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:24,969 I don't see how I could do it for less than $400. 145 00:08:25,037 --> 00:08:26,800 Four hundred dollars? 146 00:08:28,074 --> 00:08:30,008 A couple of months from now, 147 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:31,634 I'm out here kicking back at the castle, 148 00:08:31,711 --> 00:08:34,509 I ain't gonna be thinking about the bread. You do it. 149 00:08:34,647 --> 00:08:35,636 All right. 150 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:36,704 All right. 151 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:45,619 Hello, Ruth-Anne. 152 00:08:45,691 --> 00:08:47,921 Did my Bag Balm come in? 153 00:08:47,994 --> 00:08:49,791 Ruth-Anne? 154 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:52,490 Oh, Maurice, good afternoon, how are you? 155 00:08:52,565 --> 00:08:53,623 Fine, thank you. 156 00:08:53,699 --> 00:08:56,827 My Bag Balm, you know, the ointment for my heifer, did that come in? 157 00:08:56,903 --> 00:08:58,768 Oh, yes. 158 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:01,568 What did I do with that? 159 00:09:01,707 --> 00:09:03,436 It nearly scared me half to death, you know, 160 00:09:03,509 --> 00:09:06,740 when I saw those sores on Molly's leg. 161 00:09:06,812 --> 00:09:09,906 I thought it must be hoof-and-mouth disease for sure. 162 00:09:10,016 --> 00:09:11,745 I thought I'd have to destroy the whole herd, 163 00:09:11,817 --> 00:09:14,650 but then it turned out it was only stomatitis. 164 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:20,087 Well, here it is. What's it doing down here on the diapers? 165 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:23,855 Isn't it lovely what they're doing with tissue boxes these days? 166 00:09:25,031 --> 00:09:27,591 I beg your pardon? 167 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:31,569 The floral patterns, the pastel colors. 168 00:09:31,637 --> 00:09:33,571 They so brighten a room. 169 00:09:33,639 --> 00:09:36,403 Ruth-Anne, are you all right? 170 00:09:36,475 --> 00:09:37,669 What was that? 171 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:39,768 Just put it on my bill. 172 00:09:47,653 --> 00:09:50,554 Evening came, and Maggie and I shared our first dinner 173 00:09:50,623 --> 00:09:52,113 as a couple living together. 174 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:55,786 We were eagerly anticipating our first night in the same bed. 175 00:09:55,861 --> 00:09:58,796 Well, that's it. 176 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:00,593 Let me just finish this last pan. 177 00:10:00,666 --> 00:10:02,827 Oh, let it soak. 178 00:10:02,902 --> 00:10:05,370 Well, it's cast iron, it'll rust. 179 00:10:05,905 --> 00:10:07,702 Who cares? 180 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:13,901 That's true. 181 00:10:14,347 --> 00:10:15,541 Yes. 182 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:16,604 Bedtime? 183 00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:17,774 Bedtime. 184 00:10:21,053 --> 00:10:22,077 I'll race ya. 185 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:42,639 Was that my gun? 186 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:45,006 Yeah, that was your gun, what do you think? What, it just goes off? 187 00:10:45,077 --> 00:10:47,477 That's so weird. 188 00:10:47,546 --> 00:10:48,604 Well, don't touch it! 189 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:51,080 No, Joel. 190 00:10:51,183 --> 00:10:53,117 I was sure I had the safety on, I did. 191 00:10:53,185 --> 00:10:56,746 That gun is loaded, and you tell me you keep a loaded gun in the bedroom? 192 00:10:56,822 --> 00:10:58,687 This is Alaska, Fleischman. 193 00:10:58,758 --> 00:10:59,747 Man! 194 00:10:59,825 --> 00:11:03,261 Joel, now look, let's just not start, okay? 195 00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:06,331 I just don't know how this happened. 196 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:08,731 Come on, O'Connell, Maggie. 197 00:11:08,801 --> 00:11:10,666 Don't you realize we could have been killed? 198 00:11:10,736 --> 00:11:12,795 Well, we weren't. 199 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:14,829 Right. 200 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:23,842 And by the next night we'd actually forgotten about 201 00:11:23,916 --> 00:11:26,407 the events of the night before, believe it or not, 202 00:11:26,485 --> 00:11:29,181 and we had ourselves a real nice dinner. 203 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:31,049 The thing is... 204 00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:34,183 Dr. Fleischman? What are you doing? 205 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:36,888 I'm softening the hide, Ed, so I can use it. 206 00:11:36,962 --> 00:11:38,395 Isn't that what you do? 207 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:40,762 Oh, I don't know, I never softened any hides. 208 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:41,993 What do you say, Teresa? 209 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:43,160 Hi, Joel, can you take a look? 210 00:11:43,602 --> 00:11:46,867 Yeah, sure. Let's see. 211 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:50,375 Oh, yeah, that's coming along fine. 212 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:52,343 Just make sure you finish the amoxicillin. 213 00:11:52,411 --> 00:11:53,776 Okay, thank you. 214 00:11:53,846 --> 00:11:55,643 See you later, Jimmy. Bye. 215 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:57,478 So, as I was saying, 216 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:00,451 we had this dinner and we settled in on the couch, right? 217 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,487 My parents gave me this for my birthday last year. 218 00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:07,686 I think they got it duty-free in Saint Thomas, 219 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,093 but still, I think it cost at least $200. 220 00:12:11,263 --> 00:12:12,628 Hmm. 221 00:12:12,698 --> 00:12:16,156 I just haven't had the right occasion to open it until now. 222 00:12:16,235 --> 00:12:18,032 Oh, yeah. 223 00:12:19,338 --> 00:12:21,704 That's wonderful. 224 00:12:21,807 --> 00:12:22,899 Go ahead. 225 00:12:22,975 --> 00:12:24,772 Yeah? 226 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:29,941 Oh, wow. 227 00:12:30,015 --> 00:12:32,279 Oh, you know what? I meant to ask you, the dead bolt, 228 00:12:32,351 --> 00:12:33,943 I checked it, it doesn't work? 229 00:12:34,019 --> 00:12:35,247 It never has. 230 00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:36,310 Really? 231 00:12:36,388 --> 00:12:37,377 Mmm-mmm. 232 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:38,889 Well, don't you think we should get it fixed? 233 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:40,391 Sure. 234 00:12:44,330 --> 00:12:48,027 Oh, that feels nice, too. 235 00:12:50,970 --> 00:12:52,460 Oh, God, what's that? 236 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:54,233 Sit down, sit down. It's a drive-by. 237 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:58,469 Is everybody okay in there? Hello? 238 00:12:58,544 --> 00:12:59,533 What? 239 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,580 It sounds like Hayden. You're kidding. 240 00:13:01,647 --> 00:13:03,444 What the hell are you doing? 241 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:04,675 You could have killed one of us! 242 00:13:04,750 --> 00:13:06,183 Sorry, Dr. Fleischman. 243 00:13:06,252 --> 00:13:08,311 You're sorry? He's sorry. 244 00:13:08,387 --> 00:13:10,184 I don't know what happened. I was just walking by. 245 00:13:10,256 --> 00:13:11,416 I didn't even touch the trigger. 246 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:14,118 That's a rifle in your hands, man! A rifle! 247 00:13:14,193 --> 00:13:15,683 For God's sakes, be careful! 248 00:13:15,761 --> 00:13:16,853 I will, Dr. Fleischman. 249 00:13:16,929 --> 00:13:18,760 Yeah! 250 00:13:21,367 --> 00:13:23,835 That is the saddest commentary on society, 251 00:13:23,903 --> 00:13:28,306 that a man like Hayden Keyes just walks around with a firearm. 252 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:31,066 Look at this, five more feet and one of us could have been shot. 253 00:13:31,177 --> 00:13:34,510 We could have had a spinal cord lesion or quadriplegia, 254 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:36,878 we'd be walking around peeing in a bag our whole lives 255 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:37,938 if it didn't kill us. 256 00:13:41,687 --> 00:13:43,120 What's so funny? 257 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:46,625 Think about it, Fleischman, two nights in a row. Bang! 258 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:50,024 Good, I'm glad you have a sense of humor about this. 259 00:13:50,095 --> 00:13:53,360 Well, what are the odds, one in a million? 260 00:13:53,432 --> 00:13:56,299 Come on, where were we, come on. 261 00:13:56,368 --> 00:13:58,598 Are you telling me that this does not bother you? 262 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:00,263 What exactly? 263 00:14:00,339 --> 00:14:02,330 Well, let's start with the hole in the window 264 00:14:02,408 --> 00:14:05,070 and the glass all over the floor. 265 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:07,738 The bedroom's clean. 266 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:12,048 Come on, Fleischman, hmm? 267 00:14:12,117 --> 00:14:14,779 Look, I'm sorry, I can't... I can't do this. 268 00:14:16,822 --> 00:14:19,689 I mean, there's a hole right there from a bullet, okay? 269 00:14:19,758 --> 00:14:23,250 There's glass all over the floor. Look at this. 270 00:14:23,329 --> 00:14:25,194 Anything can get in here tonight, 271 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:26,390 any kind of insect or rodent. 272 00:14:26,465 --> 00:14:29,525 You're telling me this doesn't make you feel at all vulnerable? 273 00:14:31,503 --> 00:14:33,698 All right, fine, you go to bed and I will clean this up 274 00:14:33,772 --> 00:14:36,866 and I will try to find something to cover this hole. 275 00:14:36,942 --> 00:14:40,309 There's a bullet hole. There's a bullet hole in the window. 276 00:14:48,787 --> 00:14:50,948 Stevens, your phone's on the fritz, do you know that? 277 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:56,490 Yes, I know that. Some wires got cut. 278 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:58,587 Yeah, well, you've got a radio show to do. 279 00:14:58,664 --> 00:15:00,723 Why aren't you at the station? 280 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,827 Why? Look around, Maurice. 281 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:05,837 My contractor's not here. 282 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,839 So what? 283 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:09,272 So what? 284 00:15:09,341 --> 00:15:11,832 Look at my place. 285 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:14,072 The guy's compressor is right here in my trailer, 286 00:15:14,146 --> 00:15:15,704 the power's off. 287 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:18,409 Where is he? 288 00:15:18,484 --> 00:15:20,748 Well, he's a contractor. 289 00:15:20,819 --> 00:15:24,585 Contractor, that's what they do, that's their m. o. 290 00:15:24,690 --> 00:15:25,850 What do you mean? 291 00:15:26,692 --> 00:15:28,455 They hold you hostage. 292 00:15:28,527 --> 00:15:32,190 They tear out your wall, and then they go find another job. 293 00:15:33,332 --> 00:15:35,129 You didn't stipulate a deadline 294 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,634 or penalties in your contract? 295 00:15:40,706 --> 00:15:43,140 Well, it's morning, a. m., 296 00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:45,904 people expect a DJ at drive time. 297 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:49,311 You're no Howard Stern, but at least you're a mouth. 298 00:15:49,381 --> 00:15:52,214 Now get your butt down to the station. 299 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:57,278 See, we all think of Chris as this easy-going laid-back guy. 300 00:15:57,356 --> 00:16:00,814 But, I think that the stress of living in chaos 301 00:16:00,893 --> 00:16:04,056 just started to get to him, you know. 302 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:06,563 Well, that's coming along real nicely. 303 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:08,600 You're getting really good at that, Dr. Fleischman. 304 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:11,568 Yeah, well, I enjoy it. 305 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:14,071 So, meanwhile, Ruth-Anne comes to see me 306 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:17,267 and she had become aware that she wasn't being her usual self. 307 00:16:17,376 --> 00:16:20,470 I keep forgetting things. My mind wanders. 308 00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:23,381 Sometimes I find myself standing in a room 309 00:16:23,449 --> 00:16:25,440 and I have no idea how I got there. 310 00:16:25,517 --> 00:16:29,146 Well, your BP's good. 144 over 86. 311 00:16:30,089 --> 00:16:32,080 And the mood swings. 312 00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:33,647 One minute I'm on top of the world 313 00:16:33,726 --> 00:16:36,126 and the next minute I'm sunk in despair. 314 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:38,823 So oppressive, I can hardly breathe. 315 00:16:38,897 --> 00:16:41,866 Follow my finger, okay? Just with your eyes. 316 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:43,561 You know, Joel, 317 00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:46,767 I am 77. 318 00:16:46,872 --> 00:16:50,308 Now, I can't expect to be as sharp as I was when I was 65. 319 00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:52,708 Maybe I'm just losing my marbles. 320 00:16:52,778 --> 00:16:54,268 Oh, Ruth-Anne, you're not senile. 321 00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:56,211 Plus, you have very good conjugate eye movement. 322 00:16:56,281 --> 00:16:58,613 Look, I gave you a complete work-up less than six months ago. 323 00:16:58,684 --> 00:17:01,983 Everything was fine. Liver functions, TSH, everything. 324 00:17:02,788 --> 00:17:06,986 Oh, who am I kidding? I'm not sick. 325 00:17:07,059 --> 00:17:09,254 I know what's wrong with me. 326 00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:11,387 And I never should have come here in the first place, 327 00:17:11,463 --> 00:17:13,260 I'm sorry I bothered you. 328 00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:14,356 Oh, Ruth-Anne. 329 00:17:14,433 --> 00:17:17,994 It is not a medical problem. And it's not your concern. 330 00:17:20,472 --> 00:17:23,339 What difference does it make if you know? 331 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:25,673 I'm in love, Joel. 332 00:17:25,744 --> 00:17:29,908 I'm desperately in love with Walter Kupfer. 333 00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:31,711 You're in love? 334 00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:34,048 It's been building for some time. 335 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:38,647 But it didn't really hit until Walt left to tend his trap lines. 336 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:41,522 And all of a sudden there was a huge hole in my life. 337 00:17:41,994 --> 00:17:43,586 Oh, boy. 338 00:17:43,662 --> 00:17:46,460 I don't need this, I don't want it. 339 00:17:46,532 --> 00:17:50,491 The heart palpitations, the mindless daydreams, 340 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:52,833 horrible stirring in the pit of my stomach. 341 00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:56,099 Can't you think of it as something positive? 342 00:17:56,175 --> 00:17:59,076 Positive? Look at me. 343 00:17:59,144 --> 00:18:01,135 I'm a grown woman, 344 00:18:01,213 --> 00:18:05,650 and I've been reduced to a needy, vulnerable schoolgirl. 345 00:18:05,717 --> 00:18:07,344 Well, I'm going to fight it. 346 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:10,047 I'm not going to let it get the better of me. 347 00:18:10,122 --> 00:18:14,855 I'll be just fine. I'll be just fine without him. 348 00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:19,258 Are you finished here, Chris? 349 00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:20,423 Mmm-hmm. 350 00:18:20,499 --> 00:18:23,696 You know, Chris, you've been sitting at this table for the last three hours. 351 00:18:24,203 --> 00:18:26,194 Well, I just don't feel like going home. 352 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:28,671 You know, my trailer used to be like a refuge, 353 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:31,368 a sanctuary for me, Holling, and now... 354 00:18:31,877 --> 00:18:35,938 The truth is, there's a party of four that could really use this table. 355 00:18:36,148 --> 00:18:38,446 What do you say we move you over to the bar? 356 00:18:38,517 --> 00:18:40,314 Whatever. 357 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:42,878 Hey, Shelly, I need a cold one. 358 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,889 On its way, Willie. 359 00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:48,856 Hey, Willie, where you been, man? 360 00:18:48,927 --> 00:18:49,985 Oh, hey, Chris. 361 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:52,895 I waited for you, half a day, you never showed. 362 00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:56,901 Right. My truck, the tranny, it went. 363 00:18:57,870 --> 00:19:00,703 Grievous, man. Three hundred bucks, new torque converter. 364 00:19:00,772 --> 00:19:02,672 Well, you know, I'm sorry to hear that. 365 00:19:02,741 --> 00:19:04,436 Look, let me ask you a question, 366 00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:08,503 are we okay? I mean, you and me, our working relationship. 367 00:19:08,780 --> 00:19:10,577 You know, I never hassled you about the bid. 368 00:19:10,649 --> 00:19:12,514 I got a whole cooler full of sodas out there, 369 00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:14,074 you're not going to book on me or anything, right? 370 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:15,142 Uh-huh. 371 00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:16,983 Because you've got to finish the job, Willie. 372 00:19:17,589 --> 00:19:20,285 I mean, I can't live like this, you hear what I'm saying? 373 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,621 Yeah, yeah. 374 00:19:21,693 --> 00:19:25,424 No, really, man. You've got to come back out there tomorrow. 375 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:27,195 For sure. 376 00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:31,266 All right. I knew you were a stand-up guy. 377 00:19:31,503 --> 00:19:32,697 Tomorrow, first thing, right? 378 00:19:32,771 --> 00:19:33,897 Yeah, yeah. 379 00:19:33,972 --> 00:19:36,099 Very cool. You let me take care of that. 380 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:39,042 All right. See you in the morning. 381 00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:49,918 Are you okay in there? 382 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,853 Yeah, just a sec. 383 00:19:56,628 --> 00:20:00,223 Got a piece of dental floss stuck in my tooth. It's so frustrating. 384 00:20:00,299 --> 00:20:02,199 Come on. 385 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:03,666 It's late, huh? 386 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,796 I'm not sleepy. 387 00:20:12,544 --> 00:20:16,071 You smell good. 388 00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:19,413 Thanks for rinsing out the tub. 389 00:20:19,484 --> 00:20:21,042 Hmm? 390 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,418 That's considerate of you, rinsing out the tub. Thanks. 391 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:25,979 You're welcome. 392 00:20:30,696 --> 00:20:32,095 Did you just hear something? 393 00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:33,597 No. 394 00:20:35,167 --> 00:20:37,795 In the distance, maybe it was 395 00:20:37,869 --> 00:20:39,496 a car backfiring or something. 396 00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:40,799 I didn't hear anything. 397 00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:41,861 Hmm? 398 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:43,100 I didn't hear anything. 399 00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:46,268 Maybe it was just thunder. 400 00:20:46,345 --> 00:20:48,142 Hmm. 401 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,010 Well, we did manage to consummate the act. 402 00:20:51,116 --> 00:20:53,914 However, I have to admit, it was not my finest hour. 403 00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:55,647 Focusing on love making is not too easy 404 00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:59,714 when you're waiting for small arms fire, if you know what I mean. 405 00:21:07,199 --> 00:21:09,099 Look, you're gonna have to forgive me 406 00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:11,226 'cause I promised these guys I'd go fishing with them, all right? 407 00:21:11,303 --> 00:21:13,737 But I do want to finish this, 408 00:21:13,805 --> 00:21:15,636 so why don't you just hang out, all right? 409 00:21:15,707 --> 00:21:17,732 And can you just hand me that spear, please? 410 00:21:17,809 --> 00:21:19,436 Spear? 411 00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:24,312 Did you ever spear fish, Ed? 412 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:27,077 Actually, Dr. Fleischman, I use a rod and reel. 413 00:21:27,152 --> 00:21:29,848 Oh, boy, you're missing something, man. 414 00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:31,855 All right, well, make yourself at home. 415 00:21:31,957 --> 00:21:34,221 There's plenty of moose jerky, there's tea. 416 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,784 I won't be more than a day or two. 417 00:21:55,747 --> 00:21:58,545 Dr. Fleischman, you're back. 418 00:21:58,617 --> 00:22:01,643 Hello, Ed. Want to give me a hand here? 419 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:02,880 Sure. 420 00:22:02,954 --> 00:22:03,978 Have a seat. 421 00:22:04,089 --> 00:22:05,681 Hey, quite a haul, too. 422 00:22:05,757 --> 00:22:08,954 Yeah, it's not bad. 423 00:22:09,661 --> 00:22:11,060 Better get it on a stick, though. 424 00:22:11,129 --> 00:22:12,994 I don't have nearly enough to feed a team all winter. 425 00:22:13,065 --> 00:22:14,054 Team? 426 00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:16,224 For my sled. 427 00:22:16,301 --> 00:22:18,929 I still got to find a couple of line-savvy wheel dogs, though. 428 00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:21,063 Not an easy feat up here. 429 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:25,734 Hey, what are you doing? Don't cut off the tail. 430 00:22:25,811 --> 00:22:28,371 Don't you see I'm hanging them on the rack? 431 00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:30,972 Sorry, Dr. Fleischman. 432 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:34,385 Haven't you done this before? 433 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:36,580 It's not a big deal, I'll take care of it, 434 00:22:36,655 --> 00:22:38,520 but I assumed you knew this stuff. 435 00:22:38,590 --> 00:22:40,057 I feel terrible. 436 00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:42,184 Oh, come on, Ed. It's just one fish. 437 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:44,251 No, not about that. 438 00:22:44,329 --> 00:22:46,490 I mean, here you are, 439 00:22:46,565 --> 00:22:48,465 a guy from New York City. 440 00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:53,195 You're tanning hides, you're out spearing fish, drying salmon. 441 00:22:53,271 --> 00:22:54,397 And me, the guy who was born here, 442 00:22:54,473 --> 00:22:56,134 well, what do I know? 443 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:59,177 All I know is who took top honors at the Banff Film Festival. 444 00:22:59,244 --> 00:23:01,678 I think you're being a little hard on yourself, you know. 445 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:04,215 I mean, we all have our own path. 446 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:08,911 Why don't I finish my story? 447 00:23:08,987 --> 00:23:11,922 Maybe that will illustrate what I'm talking about. 448 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:13,856 Where was I though? 449 00:23:14,326 --> 00:23:17,420 Ah, you and Maggie were in bed together. 450 00:23:17,863 --> 00:23:19,421 That's right. 451 00:23:20,966 --> 00:23:23,901 So, the next morning, I go into the office as usual, right? 452 00:23:23,969 --> 00:23:26,437 At first glance, nothing seems out of the ordinary. 453 00:23:28,173 --> 00:23:31,506 Hey. Morning. 454 00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:33,677 Eugene's here. 455 00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:34,803 Oh, yeah? What, is he sick? 456 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,178 No. He's in your office. 457 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:39,340 My office? 458 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:41,814 Hey, Eugene. 459 00:23:41,887 --> 00:23:43,821 Oh, hi, Dr. Fleischman. 460 00:23:43,889 --> 00:23:46,050 I'm sorry about your window. I'll have it fixed for you in a jiffy. 461 00:23:46,124 --> 00:23:48,217 Yeah, well, what happened? 462 00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:49,783 Musket ball. 463 00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:51,418 Musket ball? 464 00:23:52,297 --> 00:23:55,824 My dad collects 18th century firearms. 465 00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:59,302 I'm sorry, you lost me here. 466 00:23:59,471 --> 00:24:03,999 He has a 1760 Brown Bess display mounted on the living room wall. 467 00:24:04,075 --> 00:24:05,167 Second floor window. 468 00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:06,403 Yeah? 469 00:24:06,478 --> 00:24:08,537 The rifle discharged last night. 470 00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:12,310 Ball went clear through the lathe, plaster, hit your window. 471 00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:15,046 Gun fell off the wall, stock broke. 472 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:17,486 Dad didn't even know the darn thing was loaded. 473 00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:21,048 When you say discharged, what exactly do you mean, discharged? 474 00:24:21,159 --> 00:24:24,560 Just went off. Boom. Really weird. 475 00:24:24,629 --> 00:24:26,620 You're telling me the gun went off for no reason 476 00:24:26,698 --> 00:24:27,892 without anybody touching it? 477 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:29,058 Uh-huh. 478 00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:31,534 Do you have any idea what time it was? 479 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:33,161 35. 480 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:35,239 35. 481 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:37,172 Are you absolutely positive? 482 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:39,777 Letterman was introducing Paul Shaffer. 483 00:24:40,779 --> 00:24:44,078 Oh, God. Oh, God. 484 00:24:45,617 --> 00:24:48,051 Hey, Dr. Fleischman, here it is. 485 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:52,585 Wow. 486 00:24:54,092 --> 00:24:55,650 .69 caliber. 487 00:24:56,027 --> 00:24:58,427 Good thing you weren't sitting here last night. 488 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:00,226 Oh, God. 489 00:25:01,399 --> 00:25:03,526 And this last item on the Trap Line News, 490 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:05,832 this one goes out to Butch out in Teardrop Canyon. 491 00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:07,394 It says, "Doc, fly. " 492 00:25:07,472 --> 00:25:09,337 Says, "The biopsy report's back. 493 00:25:09,407 --> 00:25:11,466 "Congrats, no need to resect any further. " 494 00:25:11,543 --> 00:25:14,410 All right, Butch. That's it for the hinterlands today. 495 00:25:14,479 --> 00:25:16,208 Hasta manana, people. 496 00:25:16,448 --> 00:25:20,316 Can you send this out on tomorrow's Trap Line News? It's for Walt. 497 00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:24,185 It's nothing personal, I just want to tell him that his boots came in. 498 00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:25,553 Oh, no sweat, Ruth-Anne. 499 00:25:25,624 --> 00:25:29,856 Now, this isn't special treatment. I'd do it for any customer. 500 00:25:29,928 --> 00:25:31,691 Let me get back on the horn, I'll do it right now. 501 00:25:31,763 --> 00:25:33,628 Well, that isn't necessary. 502 00:25:33,698 --> 00:25:36,963 This just in, late breaking news from the front. 503 00:25:37,035 --> 00:25:39,663 From Ruth-Anne Miller all the way out to Walt Kupfer. 504 00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:40,762 It reads, "Dear, Walt... " 505 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,136 No, wait... 506 00:25:42,574 --> 00:25:45,202 Not "dear," I didn't mean to write that. 507 00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:46,972 Just make it "Walt. " 508 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:50,173 And it's not really from me, it's from the store. 509 00:25:50,248 --> 00:25:51,806 I got you. 510 00:25:51,883 --> 00:25:54,647 Walt, the proprietor of our local... 511 00:25:54,719 --> 00:26:00,521 No, no, he knows me, and that sounds so cold, the way you put it. 512 00:26:00,592 --> 00:26:05,222 Say this, say, "Walt, your friend, Ruth-Anne, 513 00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:09,131 "wants you to know that your new boots came in. " 514 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,497 Walt, your friend... 515 00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:15,063 Hey, wait, wait. Wants you to know... 516 00:26:15,173 --> 00:26:17,971 That sounds like I'm involved. 517 00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:20,704 Like, like I cared one way or another. 518 00:26:20,779 --> 00:26:23,339 Well, I don't want to tell him that... 519 00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:28,342 I'm just passing on information, Chris. 520 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:31,687 Oh, never mind. 521 00:26:39,030 --> 00:26:40,019 Hey. 522 00:26:40,165 --> 00:26:41,462 Hey, Joel. 523 00:26:41,566 --> 00:26:42,999 We've got to talk. Last night, when... 524 00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:44,126 Listen, Fleischman, don't worry about it. 525 00:26:44,202 --> 00:26:45,965 You were tired, you felt pressure to perform. 526 00:26:46,037 --> 00:26:47,026 Wait. 527 00:26:47,105 --> 00:26:48,265 It was good for me, really. 528 00:26:48,340 --> 00:26:50,308 No, no, look, that's not what I'm talking about, okay? 529 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:51,967 Another gun went off. 530 00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:53,032 What? 531 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:54,203 That's right. 532 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:58,113 At the same time that you and I were in flagrante delicto. 533 00:26:58,183 --> 00:26:59,172 Get out. 534 00:26:59,317 --> 00:27:01,308 No, really. The musket ball shattered my office window, 535 00:27:01,386 --> 00:27:03,251 it's embedded in the desk. 536 00:27:03,321 --> 00:27:04,379 Musket ball? 537 00:27:04,489 --> 00:27:05,751 That's not the point. 538 00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:07,016 Look, it happened again. 539 00:27:07,092 --> 00:27:09,720 Do you realize that every single time that you and I are physically intimate, 540 00:27:09,794 --> 00:27:11,193 a gun goes off? 541 00:27:11,262 --> 00:27:12,354 Oh, Joel. 542 00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:13,488 Okay, let me get this straight. 543 00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:16,329 You think that our having sex is causing guns to go off. 544 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:19,962 I know, there was a time that I would never entertain a notion like this, 545 00:27:20,038 --> 00:27:21,130 but I don't know what to say. 546 00:27:21,206 --> 00:27:22,901 Here we are, this is not a coincidence. 547 00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:25,534 Twice is a coincidence, three times is, well, you know, 548 00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:28,272 three times is as far as I'm concerned, by design. 549 00:27:28,346 --> 00:27:30,041 And even if it happened 2 times out of 100, 550 00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:32,276 I think this is completely unacceptable. It's bizarre. 551 00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:34,477 Okay, Joel, relax. 552 00:27:34,552 --> 00:27:36,281 I think you're getting a little obsessive here. 553 00:27:36,354 --> 00:27:38,219 All right, we just moved in together. 554 00:27:38,289 --> 00:27:40,723 We just need time to get used to each other, that's all. 555 00:27:41,526 --> 00:27:42,515 What? 556 00:27:42,594 --> 00:27:43,856 You don't have to make excuses with me, 557 00:27:43,928 --> 00:27:46,419 I'm not expecting the Kama Sutra. 558 00:27:46,898 --> 00:27:50,265 This is not about my sexual prowess. 559 00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:56,433 Okay, all right. Well, listen, let's talk about this tonight. Okay? 560 00:27:56,908 --> 00:28:01,607 I have to go do a charter. We'll talk about this tonight. Bye. 561 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:06,880 Hey, Chris. 562 00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:10,378 Got the new plumbing in. 563 00:28:10,488 --> 00:28:12,149 Just gonna turn your water on now. 564 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,322 Excellente. 565 00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:25,032 What is this? 566 00:28:25,103 --> 00:28:26,161 Huh? 567 00:28:26,237 --> 00:28:27,568 This big hole. 568 00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:30,231 Oh, well, I had to tie into the existing lines there. 569 00:28:30,308 --> 00:28:32,469 Oh, Willie, come on, man. 570 00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:33,772 What, you couldn't come up through the floor? 571 00:28:33,845 --> 00:28:35,506 You've got to go through the side of my trailer? 572 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:42,111 Hey, Chris, I think you're gonna need 573 00:28:42,187 --> 00:28:44,417 a bigger electrical box. 574 00:28:44,489 --> 00:28:46,252 In fact, I know you're gonna need a bigger one 575 00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:48,189 'cause the old one's fried. 576 00:28:48,259 --> 00:28:49,317 What? 577 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,089 I only had the saws all running. 578 00:28:51,196 --> 00:28:54,290 Then I turned on the radio, zap. 579 00:28:54,365 --> 00:28:57,266 You were only pulling 30 amps. 580 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:17,888 I guess I forgot to cap that line. 581 00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:20,722 This is my house. 582 00:29:22,127 --> 00:29:23,594 Get out of here. 583 00:29:23,661 --> 00:29:24,719 What? 584 00:29:24,796 --> 00:29:26,991 Go! Now! Get off my land, Willie. 585 00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:28,225 Okay, all right. 586 00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:29,459 Look what you did to my house, man. 587 00:29:29,534 --> 00:29:30,558 Take it easy. You're fired. 588 00:29:30,635 --> 00:29:31,659 All right. You're eighty-sixed, man. 589 00:29:31,736 --> 00:29:32,794 Okay, okay. 590 00:29:32,871 --> 00:29:35,669 You're worthless. I've got to be out of my mind. 591 00:29:41,513 --> 00:29:42,639 What are you doing? 592 00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:43,738 Nothing. 593 00:29:43,815 --> 00:29:45,180 What's under the couch? Nothing. 594 00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:46,815 Come on, I saw you looking under there. 595 00:29:46,885 --> 00:29:47,909 Come on, let's go to bed. 596 00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:50,386 Get out of here. What are you up to? 597 00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:52,184 Joel... 598 00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:53,848 What? 599 00:29:53,958 --> 00:29:55,016 I don't believe this. 600 00:29:55,093 --> 00:29:57,561 After what I told you, you bring that back in the house? 601 00:29:57,629 --> 00:30:00,359 Now, Joel, look, we're in the bedroom with the door closed. 602 00:30:00,431 --> 00:30:02,729 Even if the gun were to go off, we wouldn't get hit. 603 00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:05,133 It's a gun! It's a deadly weapon. 604 00:30:05,203 --> 00:30:07,228 I can't imagine why you would do such a thing. 605 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:09,466 Why would you do something like that? 606 00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:11,031 Well... 607 00:30:11,109 --> 00:30:13,270 Well? What? 608 00:30:13,344 --> 00:30:16,108 Well, if there is a connection between you and me and cordite, 609 00:30:16,181 --> 00:30:17,648 I think that's kind of fun. 610 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:19,511 Fun? 611 00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:20,915 Yeah. 612 00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:26,321 That's a turn-on for you? 613 00:30:26,391 --> 00:30:28,416 Well... 614 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:31,291 Oh, great. Oh, boy, that's great. 615 00:30:31,362 --> 00:30:33,990 Putting our lives at danger is an aphrodisiac for you. 616 00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:35,089 Fleischman. 617 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:36,360 I'm living with a risk junkie. 618 00:30:36,434 --> 00:30:39,562 I wouldn't paint it so negatively, you know. I just like surprises. 619 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:41,605 Well, sorry, I don't, you know. 620 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:43,538 Having my car start in the morning, 621 00:30:43,608 --> 00:30:45,098 or finding a good movie to watch on cable 622 00:30:45,176 --> 00:30:47,610 is about as much as a surprise as I like. 623 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:49,510 God, this is so like you. 624 00:30:49,647 --> 00:30:51,376 You know, everything has to be so controlled, 625 00:30:51,449 --> 00:30:54,111 and so safe. What is the point in living life like that? 626 00:30:54,185 --> 00:30:56,847 The point? Well, how about getting to your 85th birthday 627 00:30:56,921 --> 00:30:59,481 with all your limbs intact and without a metal plate in your head? 628 00:30:59,557 --> 00:31:00,615 How's that? 629 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:02,159 Okay, fine. 630 00:31:02,227 --> 00:31:04,195 Fine, you won't have to worry about gunshots 631 00:31:04,262 --> 00:31:06,594 or explosions, or detonations or combustions, 632 00:31:06,664 --> 00:31:08,131 because we are not going to have anything 633 00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:11,464 that even remotely resembles sex tonight. 634 00:32:50,101 --> 00:32:51,591 Good morning, Ruth-Anne. 635 00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:53,227 Holling. 636 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:54,635 You all right, Ruth-Anne? 637 00:32:54,706 --> 00:32:55,832 I'm fine. 638 00:32:55,907 --> 00:32:57,431 Good. 639 00:32:57,508 --> 00:33:00,136 I was a little concerned. 640 00:33:01,946 --> 00:33:04,813 The store's not open, it's after 11:00. 641 00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:07,080 Holling? What? 642 00:33:07,185 --> 00:33:08,948 What rhymes with curtain? 643 00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:10,954 Pardon? 644 00:33:11,022 --> 00:33:14,423 "The morning sun slips through my curtain. 645 00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:19,394 "I sit and watch with eyes uncertain. " No, no, no. 646 00:33:19,464 --> 00:33:21,728 Ruth-Anne, you're writing verse? 647 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:24,825 There's got to be another word. 648 00:33:24,902 --> 00:33:27,336 Hurtin', flirtin'. 649 00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:31,171 Oh, what's that man done to me? 650 00:33:31,242 --> 00:33:34,302 I'm sitting here like a nitwit writing poetry. 651 00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:38,645 So you planning on going into the store anytime soon? 652 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:45,679 I woke up at 3:00 a. m. with, "The heart's too narrow for the little gray sparrow" 653 00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:47,884 racing in my head. 654 00:33:47,959 --> 00:33:49,790 The thing is, that we're out of cornmeal 655 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:53,888 and I've got 15 pounds of pike I've got to bread. 656 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:57,628 I tried. Lord knows, I tried. 657 00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:01,263 But there's no escaping it. I'm just no good without him. 658 00:34:01,806 --> 00:34:04,502 I give up. I surrender. 659 00:34:04,575 --> 00:34:06,372 Ruth-Anne? Let fate do what it will. 660 00:34:06,477 --> 00:34:07,501 Ruth-Anne? 661 00:34:07,578 --> 00:34:10,911 Ruth-Anne, are you going to the store? 662 00:34:17,688 --> 00:34:19,155 Hey. 663 00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:26,389 You know if Chris is here, by any chance? 664 00:34:26,464 --> 00:34:28,830 Yep. Yeah. Hey. 665 00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:29,922 Hey. 666 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:31,626 Here's your Xanax. It should help you sleep. 667 00:34:31,702 --> 00:34:35,035 I don't need them anymore. Come on in. 668 00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:37,703 I thought you fired him. 669 00:34:37,775 --> 00:34:40,039 No, well, you know, I had a change of heart. 670 00:34:40,144 --> 00:34:42,669 Sorry, there's nowhere to sit down here, 671 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:44,544 everything's out there drying off. You want an orangeade? 672 00:34:44,615 --> 00:34:46,207 No, thanks. 673 00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:50,345 So I gather you're over your anxiety about the remodel, huh? 674 00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:54,949 Well, yeah, that remo shock is a distant nightmare. 675 00:34:56,127 --> 00:34:59,824 Great lesson. Real watershed, though, you know? 676 00:34:59,897 --> 00:35:01,865 No, what do you mean? 677 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:06,870 Well, a guy like me tries to get his space together, 678 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,769 put a three-piece suit on it 679 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,604 and the universe, with it's big ursine paw, 680 00:35:11,676 --> 00:35:13,701 just slaps it down like a house of cards, you know, 681 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,643 ruins everything. 682 00:35:16,747 --> 00:35:20,376 The next thing you know, I'm homeless, cast out 683 00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:23,386 like some sap kneeling in the mud. 684 00:35:23,621 --> 00:35:25,452 I finished the steps. 685 00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:27,286 Okay. Thanks, Willie. 686 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:33,196 Well, the thing is, Joel, what's a house? 687 00:35:35,099 --> 00:35:37,260 It's a metaphor, right? For the mind. 688 00:35:38,236 --> 00:35:40,534 Isn't that what it's all about? 689 00:35:42,206 --> 00:35:45,733 You got to tear down the old before you can build the new. 690 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:48,677 You know, you gotta lose your mind before you can find it. 691 00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:51,907 Universe whacked my house, it was really whacking my mind, 692 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,382 you see. 693 00:35:53,484 --> 00:35:56,248 Let go. Give up, man. 694 00:35:57,688 --> 00:36:02,819 Throw out all those old plans and stick your face in the here and now. 695 00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:10,557 Whether this works out, or it doesn't, I'm a free man. 696 00:36:14,038 --> 00:36:15,596 You want to? 697 00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:19,610 Yeah, all right. 698 00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:27,274 I'm with you. 699 00:36:38,062 --> 00:36:40,087 Hello, Ruth-Anne. 700 00:36:42,233 --> 00:36:45,760 When Chris comes in, this is for the Trap Line News. 701 00:36:47,305 --> 00:36:52,504 "Dear Walt, there's no dignity in love. Come home. " 702 00:36:58,816 --> 00:37:00,306 See, it struck me, 703 00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:02,409 there's something for me to learn from Chris and Ruth-Anne, right? 704 00:37:02,486 --> 00:37:04,681 Because these people stopped struggling. 705 00:37:04,755 --> 00:37:06,154 I mean, they had given up the reins 706 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:07,555 and basically opened themselves 707 00:37:07,625 --> 00:37:09,684 to whatever life handed them, right? 708 00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:11,885 Boy, that smells really good, Dr. Fleischman. 709 00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:13,828 Yeah, those are high bush cranberries. 710 00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:15,991 I plan to put up a few dozen jars for winter. 711 00:37:17,335 --> 00:37:20,202 Oh, yeah? All right. 712 00:37:20,304 --> 00:37:22,067 You know, maybe I should stay up here, Dr. Fleischman, 713 00:37:22,139 --> 00:37:24,107 and learn some of these things. 714 00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:25,835 Maybe. 715 00:37:26,510 --> 00:37:27,977 I want you to hear the rest of the story, though, 716 00:37:28,045 --> 00:37:30,513 before you make that decision. 717 00:37:30,581 --> 00:37:33,379 So, you know how Maggie said I'm a controlling person, right? 718 00:37:33,451 --> 00:37:35,715 Well, man, was she ever right. 719 00:37:35,786 --> 00:37:38,050 Because suddenly, I saw the light, 720 00:37:38,122 --> 00:37:40,488 and I intended to march right up to her and tell her 721 00:37:40,558 --> 00:37:42,788 that I was going to open myself up to all the possibilities 722 00:37:42,860 --> 00:37:45,420 of our relationship, right? 723 00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:50,860 Hey. Hey. 724 00:37:52,703 --> 00:37:55,069 Oh, look, you're still upset. 725 00:37:56,741 --> 00:37:59,904 Look, I've got to talk to you. 726 00:38:00,044 --> 00:38:04,208 First, first, I have this for you. It's for you. 727 00:38:05,149 --> 00:38:06,138 For me? 728 00:38:06,217 --> 00:38:07,309 Yeah. 729 00:38:07,885 --> 00:38:08,874 Open it. 730 00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:09,977 Wow. 731 00:38:13,557 --> 00:38:15,650 You didn't have to do this. 732 00:38:17,728 --> 00:38:19,161 Couples fight. 733 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:20,697 It's so clear to me, that's all, 734 00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:22,892 that's just, that's just what we have to understand. 735 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:25,435 That fighting is part of the process. 736 00:38:25,503 --> 00:38:27,630 I mean it's healthy, even. 737 00:38:28,039 --> 00:38:30,974 Oh, wow, cashmere. 738 00:38:33,377 --> 00:38:35,140 Try it on. 739 00:38:38,382 --> 00:38:41,249 That it's... How couples get to know each other 740 00:38:41,352 --> 00:38:44,014 is through conflict, right? 741 00:38:44,088 --> 00:38:45,953 There'd be no growth in relationships 742 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:48,685 if people were only nice to each other. 743 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:52,490 Oh, this is great, I love this. 744 00:38:57,034 --> 00:38:59,525 I know, really, I know I've got to relax 745 00:38:59,603 --> 00:39:03,505 and I've got to be just more open to what comes down the pike. 746 00:39:04,608 --> 00:39:06,542 You have to move out. 747 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:08,744 What? 748 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:14,049 Living with you is something that I really wanted. 749 00:39:14,118 --> 00:39:16,245 But it's just not working. 750 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,220 Wait, wait, if it's the gun thing, 751 00:39:18,289 --> 00:39:19,756 let me tell you, I'm absolutely fine with it. 752 00:39:19,824 --> 00:39:20,916 No, Joel. 753 00:39:20,991 --> 00:39:23,425 I'm serious, put it under the couch, put it under the bed. 754 00:39:23,928 --> 00:39:26,556 Look, all right, we'll forget the gun control thing, all right? 755 00:39:26,630 --> 00:39:28,222 There's larger issues. 756 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:31,826 Bottom line is, I've got to be a more accepting 757 00:39:31,902 --> 00:39:35,269 and less controlling person, I know, I know. 758 00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:38,831 Joel, what I'm trying to say is, 759 00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:41,875 you exhaust me. 760 00:39:42,847 --> 00:39:44,610 I exhaust you? 761 00:39:44,682 --> 00:39:47,082 There's just too much of you, you know. 762 00:39:47,151 --> 00:39:49,483 And it's always working so hard. 763 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:52,613 Okay, all right, you're right, you're absolutely right. 764 00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:56,557 And I promise you I'm going to work hard at not working hard. 765 00:39:57,595 --> 00:39:59,495 I know, that didn't come out right. 766 00:39:59,597 --> 00:40:03,363 Look, you hold on to everything so tightly 767 00:40:03,434 --> 00:40:07,063 that your knuckles are white. 768 00:40:07,171 --> 00:40:11,733 And I need somebody who can let go a little. 769 00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:17,881 Maybe some distance and some time. 770 00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:22,408 This is not the way I wanted it to be. 771 00:40:23,988 --> 00:40:26,149 Maybe we can try this again. 772 00:40:30,027 --> 00:40:32,518 This looks good on you. 773 00:40:34,298 --> 00:40:36,289 Oh, I was devastated. 774 00:40:37,201 --> 00:40:40,864 I mean, I'd never experienced such a sense of loss. 775 00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:47,833 You know, working so many years for something. 776 00:40:50,815 --> 00:40:53,113 Actually, kicking me out was probably the most loving thing 777 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:54,446 she could have done for me. 778 00:40:54,652 --> 00:40:57,314 Although I didn't realize that until I came up here on a house call. 779 00:40:58,489 --> 00:41:00,116 We don't have to worry about that rash? 780 00:41:00,191 --> 00:41:02,557 No, it's just a little baby acne. 781 00:41:02,626 --> 00:41:03,786 It'll go away in a couple of weeks. 782 00:41:12,269 --> 00:41:15,568 You ever going to put electricity in here? 783 00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:17,604 No, huh? 784 00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:23,937 How about running water? 785 00:41:24,014 --> 00:41:25,038 No. 786 00:41:25,115 --> 00:41:26,309 Oh. 787 00:41:26,383 --> 00:41:27,782 Telephones? No. 788 00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:32,350 At that moment, the experiences of the last week coalesced. 789 00:41:32,823 --> 00:41:37,123 To find myself, I had to throw off the externaI trappings of my life. 790 00:41:38,062 --> 00:41:40,121 Is it okay if I live here? 791 00:41:41,398 --> 00:41:43,127 I guess. 792 00:41:45,736 --> 00:41:49,194 She gave me more than just a sweater vest that night. 793 00:41:49,773 --> 00:41:51,707 She gave me all this. 794 00:41:55,145 --> 00:41:58,876 Nothing. She gave me nothing. 795 00:41:59,984 --> 00:42:01,952 That's what I need. 796 00:42:02,419 --> 00:42:04,853 No phone book, no Game Boy. 797 00:42:04,922 --> 00:42:07,516 No pasta maker, TV Guide. 798 00:42:08,692 --> 00:42:11,786 Nowhere to go, nothing to do. 799 00:42:15,866 --> 00:42:18,198 Is that what you need? 800 00:42:20,938 --> 00:42:25,034 No Super 8, no cassette player, no Banff Film Festival. 801 00:42:25,976 --> 00:42:28,103 Just the time to be. 802 00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:35,145 Why don't you take some preserves with you. 803 00:42:38,789 --> 00:42:40,814 Thank you, Dr. Fleischman. 804 00:42:50,034 --> 00:42:53,663 Well, I don't know that Maurice is going to understand any of this. 805 00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:57,366 Yeah, probably not. 806 00:43:01,045 --> 00:43:02,410 Would you take a message for me? 807 00:43:02,479 --> 00:43:03,844 Oh, sure. 808 00:43:05,382 --> 00:43:08,749 Tell Maggie that there's not a day that goes by 809 00:43:08,819 --> 00:43:10,684 that I don't think about her. 810 00:43:18,195 --> 00:43:20,720 I enjoyed this visit, Ed. It was nice. 811 00:43:21,765 --> 00:43:24,325 I wonder if you'll ever come back, Dr. Fleischman. 812 00:43:25,069 --> 00:43:26,195 Well, 813 00:43:28,339 --> 00:43:31,604 if that's the way, that's the way I'll go. 814 00:43:34,511 --> 00:43:36,741 Don't worry, I'll be in touch. 815 00:43:37,348 --> 00:43:39,646 I'll see you, Dr. Fleischman. 816 00:44:57,194 --> 00:44:58,889 Ruth-Anne? 817 00:44:58,962 --> 00:45:00,224 Walt. 818 00:45:00,964 --> 00:45:02,932 I made some ice tea. 819 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:04,729 Sounds good. 820 00:45:05,736 --> 00:45:07,727 Well, come on, then.