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00:00:00But it would hurt my feelings if you delivered my first grandson without me.
00:00:05I'll be back in plenty of time.
00:00:07And I'm counting on you.
00:00:09Keep good thoughts.
00:00:11Good baby.
00:00:12We'll see you in a few weeks, mother.
00:00:14All right, Peter Watson, you drive slowly and easily.
00:00:18And avoid the ruts in the bus.
00:00:21Annie and my grandson do not need to be jostled around like a sack of potatoes.
00:00:26Yes, ma'am.
00:00:30I got it for you, Joe.
00:00:32Yes, sir!
00:00:33Step up!
00:01:00Come on!
00:01:13It just feels awful sometimes.
00:01:15What exactly are you feeling?
00:01:17I don't mean to complain, doctor, but I'm just plumb wore out.
00:01:21Sometimes I can barely keep my head up.
00:01:23And when did you start feeling this way?
00:01:25When I had my youngest, about five months ago.
00:01:32Open your mouth, please.
00:01:39Your gums are very pale, Mabel.
00:01:41You haven't noticed when you look in the mirror?
00:01:43I'm not sure I know what they're supposed to look like.
00:01:45Well, I think you have anemia, which means you don't have enough iron in your body.
00:01:49It's common with new mothers.
00:01:51When the baby was inside of you, he took most of your iron.
00:01:54So it's nothing serious, then.
00:01:56Oh, it's very serious.
00:01:57What took you so long to come to me?
00:01:59Well, you see, my husband doesn't think I'm really sick.
00:02:02He says I'm just lazy.
00:02:04You take care of six children and a husband while you work harder than he does.
00:02:07Lloyd's a good man, Doc Owens. Really, he is.
00:02:10You just don't trust doctors.
00:02:12Not since his sister died.
00:02:15Is there a tonic I can take for this anemia?
00:02:17There is a tonic, but eating vegetables would be much more effective.
00:02:20Lloyd doesn't really like all those vegetables.
00:02:23He prefers his meat and potatoes.
00:02:33Take two spoonfuls twice a day and come and see me in a week.
00:02:38It's very important that my coming to see you is kept private.
00:02:41What goes on between a doctor and a patient is always very private.
00:02:54Hello, Lee.
00:02:56Hey there, Reverend.
00:02:58Leaving that bronc of yours saddled all day?
00:03:00I'm just trying to wear him down for the ride home.
00:03:03You're here early, you're here late.
00:03:06Sometimes I don't know if I'm coming or going.
00:03:08Aren't you expecting company?
00:03:10My wife's best friend from medical school.
00:03:12She should get here any day now.
00:03:14I was referring to that apprentice of yours.
00:03:16He should be here on Thursday's stage.
00:03:18I'll leave you to your work, Lee.
00:03:20Have a good day, Reverend.
00:03:22Have a good day, Reverend.
00:03:27All finished?
00:03:29That'll be $2 for the doctor and 50 cents for the medicine.
00:03:43I'm sorry your husband doesn't allow me any extra money.
00:03:47I have to use the sock money I've saved up.
00:03:50Why don't we just call it a dollar even?
00:03:54That's very kind of you to mention it, Mrs. McQuaid.
00:04:08All right, pal.
00:04:11Let's have a nice, easy ride today.
00:04:15I don't want any more of that funny business.
00:04:22Here he comes.
00:04:24Easy.
00:04:30Settle down now.
00:04:32Easy now.
00:04:36I guess we're still in the learning process.
00:04:40Come on.
00:04:45Come on.
00:04:55Aunt Annie's here.
00:04:59Aunt Annie.
00:05:01Oh, Lillian, my love.
00:05:04She looks wonderful, doesn't she, Pop?
00:05:06Sure. She looks very round.
00:05:09I'm so glad you and Uncle Peter are here.
00:05:11Oh, let me get that.
00:05:13Oh, it's fine.
00:05:15Everyone treats me like a China doll. I'm not going to break.
00:05:19I'm so glad you came.
00:05:21Me too.
00:05:23I can't tell you how much I appreciate you looking after Annie while I'm away.
00:05:27I didn't want to take a surveying job this close to her having a baby, but we need the money.
00:05:33I'll be back in plenty of time.
00:05:35Put your mind at ease, Pete. We're happy to have her.
00:05:37My mother would have stayed with Annie.
00:05:39But I wanted to come visit my best friend and her family before the baby comes.
00:05:43And we're so glad you did.
00:05:45How are things done at the clinic?
00:05:47Broken bones and bee stings. Anything a nursing student could handle.
00:05:50Don't let her fool you again, Annie.
00:05:52The town loves Ma. They wouldn't know what to do without her.
00:05:54Those are very kind words, Lillian, but they're hardly true.
00:05:59Well, how about I start cleaning and leave?
00:06:01You'll help me get settled in for the night?
00:06:10Hi, Sal.
00:06:12It's good having Annie here.
00:06:14It is.
00:06:16She's your best friend, isn't she?
00:06:18I'd like to think of you as my very best friend.
00:06:20Why don't you tell your very best friend where you are?
00:06:23I'm right here.
00:06:25Well, you seem like you're a hundred miles away.
00:06:27I'm just tired.
00:06:29You sure that's all there is to it?
00:06:31Yeah.
00:06:33Well, I'm going to go get some sleep.
00:06:35I'm just tired.
00:06:37You sure that's all there is to it?
00:06:40What's wrong?
00:06:42I'm not pregnant.
00:06:44Don't worry yourself about it.
00:06:46We've tried for so long.
00:06:48We have more than we can handle with Lill.
00:06:50Oh, I know, but...
00:06:54It's just that when Annie found out the news,
00:06:56it made me want a baby of our own even more.
00:07:02Now that she's staying with us...
00:07:04No.
00:07:08We are going to have a beautiful baby of our own.
00:07:12All good things come in God's time.
00:07:16Maybe we should just let Him decide.
00:07:18What if He doesn't want us to have a baby?
00:07:29Hey.
00:07:31Come on.
00:07:33Let's go help Lill finish the dishes.
00:07:47I guess I'd best be leaving now.
00:07:50Peter, please be careful.
00:07:52Yes.
00:07:54My level and compass are dangerous pieces of equipment.
00:07:56I love you.
00:07:58I love you, too.
00:08:03Bye, ladies.
00:08:05Take good care of my Annie.
00:08:07Step up.
00:08:17Boy, are you all right?
00:08:22Ha!
00:08:24Oh, no!
00:08:26No!
00:08:29Whoa!
00:08:31Easy!
00:08:35Well, big time, isn't it?
00:08:37Here are the bags.
00:08:39Check on the team, Ike.
00:08:41Welcome home, darling.
00:08:43Oh, thank you.
00:08:55You must be Joshua Coyle.
00:08:57Yes, sir.
00:08:59Lee Owens. Welcome to Saxon.
00:09:01How was your trip?
00:09:03Couldn't believe how far it was just to get here.
00:09:05Nothing but wide open spaces.
00:09:07Is this your first time away from home?
00:09:09Yes, sir.
00:09:11Well, Saxon's a nice little town.
00:09:13I hope you like it.
00:09:15I expect so.
00:09:17Can I help you with your things?
00:09:19I don't have much.
00:09:21All right. Come on. Let me show you the shop.
00:09:23Sounds good.
00:09:25We've got a lot of stuff in here.
00:09:27Delivery work and rolling stock.
00:09:29Custom work for the building trade.
00:09:31Now, when your blows are even
00:09:33and you can work a straight piece of metal,
00:09:35those will be your tools.
00:09:37It's hard work, but you managed to make something
00:09:39that will last a generation or two.
00:09:41You know, it gives you a sense of pride.
00:09:43I reckon that's true.
00:09:45What do you say?
00:09:47You ready to get started?
00:09:49Yes, sir.
00:09:51All right, then.
00:09:55How was your walk?
00:09:57Carrying around a 30-pound sack of flour?
00:09:59Slow day?
00:10:01Oh, I'm sure it's only a matter of time
00:10:03before someone comes in
00:10:05from getting caught on a rusty nail
00:10:07or falling off a ladder.
00:10:09You know, when I was traveling through Salina last month,
00:10:11there was a rash of copperhead snakebites.
00:10:13It felt like every day
00:10:15someone was dragged into the clinic.
00:10:17I haven't had anything as exciting
00:10:19as a snakebite in months.
00:10:21You should be grateful
00:10:23to have a healthy community to serve.
00:10:25It's our job as doctors to care
00:10:27about even the most minor illness or affliction.
00:10:29And our patients deserve
00:10:31and need our compassion.
00:10:33That's right out of a textbook.
00:10:35Linda, are you sure
00:10:37there isn't anything
00:10:39you'd like to talk to me about?
00:10:41You can tell me anything.
00:10:43You know that.
00:10:45Oh!
00:10:47What is it?
00:10:49It's a quick, sharp pain
00:10:51and shortness of breath
00:10:53and minor faintness.
00:10:55Let's get you to an examination room.
00:10:57It's not necessary.
00:10:59Is the baby moving?
00:11:01It isn't that.
00:11:03It's nothing to be concerned about.
00:11:05Let me finish some things up
00:11:07and we'll get you home.
00:11:13You know, my pa says walking's good
00:11:15for a man's constitution.
00:11:17You always walk?
00:11:19You walk into my camp?
00:11:21No.
00:11:23I got a horse to give to Lil' Ant.
00:11:25But he's still a little green,
00:11:27testy.
00:11:29I've been breaking him,
00:11:31getting ready for her to ride.
00:11:33Figured I'd give him and me the day off.
00:11:35I know nothing of saddle horses.
00:11:37Only harness broke.
00:11:39I stick with wagons.
00:11:41You're better for it.
00:11:43I really wish you would just sit down
00:11:45after what happened today.
00:11:47Absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
00:11:49And that's coming from the doctor, I mean.
00:11:51When you go home, who will deliver your baby?
00:11:53My mother-in-law.
00:11:55She's a midwife.
00:11:57Well, I wish I was the one delivering your baby.
00:11:59It's a doctor's job, after all.
00:12:01I'm sure it's gonna be fine.
00:12:05Ladies, if you don't mind,
00:12:07I brought home a guest for supper.
00:12:09Ah.
00:12:13And you must be Joshua.
00:12:15Welcome to our home.
00:12:17Very nice to meet you, Ms. Owens.
00:12:19Uh, that's Dr. Owens.
00:12:21You're a doctor?
00:12:23Yes, as is my best friend,
00:12:25Dr. Annie Watson.
00:12:27It's a pleasure to meet you, Joshua.
00:12:29Ma'am, it's funny.
00:12:31I just had no idea women were allowed to be doctors.
00:12:33Allowed?
00:12:35No, I just...
00:12:37Go easy on him, Lil.
00:12:39He just got here.
00:12:41I'm sure he's aware of what women can accomplish.
00:12:43Apparently not.
00:12:49That's our daughter, Lillian.
00:12:51We raised her to speak her mind.
00:12:53You'll get used to it.
00:12:55Oh, now.
00:12:57Let's go get washed up.
00:12:59Smells like my favorite.
00:13:01Well, she certainly is your daughter.
00:13:03Indeed.
00:13:07Come on.
00:13:17Ms. Owens?
00:13:19Mr. Coyle.
00:13:21I just want you to know...
00:13:23I meant no disrespect earlier.
00:13:27I would express an opinion,
00:13:29but I'm not sure I'm allowed.
00:13:31Well, I'd very much like to hear your opinions.
00:13:33I think you're very old-fashioned.
00:13:35Women can pursue any career they want these days.
00:13:37They already have female lawyers, doctors and ministers.
00:13:39A town in Kansas even had a woman mayor.
00:13:41I have no objections to your mother and aunt being doctors.
00:13:43I swear.
00:13:45It's just...
00:13:47Well, I've never met a lady doctor before.
00:13:49I'm apologizing.
00:13:51I guess I'm just not doing a very good job.
00:13:53Apology accepted.
00:13:59Well, I'll leave you to your schoolwork.
00:14:01Oh, this isn't for school.
00:14:03So you read for fun?
00:14:05I'd read just about all day if Mom and Pa let me.
00:14:07Well, all right.
00:14:09I'll leave you to your book, Ms. Owens.
00:14:15Good night, Mr. Coyle.
00:14:33Nice young man.
00:14:35I hadn't noticed.
00:14:39Good night, pumpkin.
00:14:41Good night, Pa.
00:14:55Come in.
00:14:59How are you?
00:15:01I feel fine.
00:15:13Is everything all right?
00:15:15I can't get it.
00:15:19Can we help?
00:15:21Can we just sit down?
00:15:23Just sit down.
00:15:25I think Lou's so disappointed.
00:15:27But she'll be all right.
00:15:29She says it's fine.
00:15:31It's fine.
00:15:33It's only a spasm.
00:15:35It's just a spasm.
00:15:37It's not a big deal.
00:15:49It was hard for me.
00:15:53It was hard for me.
00:15:59It's all right.
00:16:01It's all right.
00:16:29It's all right.
00:16:53She'll be all right.
00:16:55It's all right.
00:16:57It's all right.
00:16:59It's all right.
00:17:01It's all right.
00:17:07It's all right.
00:17:25Did she have a seizure?
00:17:27No, but she has all the other symptoms.
00:17:29I'll telegraph Peter first thing in the morning.
00:17:31Tell him what's happened.
00:17:35And let him know I think it's best that Annie stay here
00:17:37for the remainder of her pregnancy.
00:17:39Bed rest is crucial.
00:17:41While I'm at it, I'll wire his mother.
00:17:43You said she lives in Spartan.
00:17:49Do you really think this is necessary?
00:17:51Total rest for you, Mrs. Watson,
00:17:53in a dark room is conducive to rest.
00:17:55To being lazy, you mean.
00:17:57You've been around all day.
00:17:59I'm a doctor, remember?
00:18:01But I am your doctor, and this is my home.
00:18:03And if it is enclampsia, you know bed rest is called for.
00:18:05Don't you think you're overreacting?
00:18:07Perhaps.
00:18:09But if I'm not, I won't be sorry later.
00:18:11I love you.
00:18:13I love you, too.
00:18:21Prepare for my peach.
00:18:23Are you sure you don't want me to stay home with Aunt Annie?
00:18:25No, you just run along to school.
00:18:27I'll post a note on the clinic,
00:18:29and if someone really needs me, they know where to find me.
00:18:31Morning, ladies.
00:18:33Morning.
00:18:35Bye, Ma.
00:18:37Have a good day, darling.
00:18:39Bye, Ma.
00:18:41Bye.
00:18:43That girl kicks up a pile of dust everywhere she goes.
00:18:45Here you go.
00:18:47Is this your way of telling me
00:18:49not to come home for supper?
00:18:51The other one is for Joshua.
00:18:53A young man just starting off
00:18:55looked like he could use a few more good meals.
00:18:57Do you have any idea how much I love you?
00:18:59Well, it never hurts to hear.
00:19:05I love you, too, Lee Owens.
00:19:07Oh, and don't forget to send the telegrams.
00:19:09All right.
00:19:11Have a good day, sweet darling.
00:19:21Oh, my God.
00:19:23Belinda feels Annie's health,
00:19:25as well as the baby's,
00:19:27is better served staying here
00:19:29until after the delivery.
00:19:31I have wired Peter the same message.
00:19:33Lee Owens.
00:19:35Well, that's what he said.
00:19:43Jocko.
00:19:45Mr. McQueen.
00:19:47Sorry, we're closed today,
00:19:49but were you the one that gave Mabel this tonic?
00:19:51Yes, it's iron for her anemia.
00:19:53Why you got to go telling her she's got this and that condition?
00:19:55What she has is a spell of laziness.
00:19:57Mabel is sick, Mr. McQueen.
00:19:59Give her that medicine.
00:20:01I don't need your magic potion.
00:20:03A doctor killed my sister with tonic.
00:20:05I don't know
00:20:07the details of your sister's death,
00:20:09but there's no magic to it.
00:20:11Your wife had a baby a month ago,
00:20:13and she has a very serious medical condition.
00:20:15Maybe if you weren't so hard-headed,
00:20:17you would realize that.
00:20:19Now, my advice is...
00:20:21I don't need your mouth nor your advice,
00:20:23and I don't need your magic potion.
00:20:25Doctor's not worth a hootin' howlin'.
00:20:29Are you all right, Belinda?
00:20:31Yes, I'm just frustrated
00:20:33at a very stubborn and hard-headed man.
00:20:35Lloyd McQueen is truly set in his ways,
00:20:37but he's still a child of our maker.
00:20:39He has no compassion
00:20:41for his wife's condition.
00:20:43Can't we all get caught up in our own lives at times
00:20:45and lose sight of the compassion
00:20:47we should have for others?
00:20:49There I go preaching again.
00:20:51Oh, it's all right.
00:20:53I suppose I needed to hear it.
00:20:55I'll see you in church, Belinda.
00:20:57Good day.
00:21:09That's his steady blows.
00:21:11All right.
00:21:15Your daughter seems very smart, Mr. Owens.
00:21:17Must run in the family.
00:21:19I wish I could take credit
00:21:21for Lillian's intelligence,
00:21:23but she was adopted.
00:21:25Still, I couldn't be prouder.
00:21:27Really?
00:21:29I never would have known.
00:21:31I mean, she and Mrs...
00:21:33I mean, Dr. Owens sort of look alike.
00:21:35Is that a fact?
00:21:37Yeah, I mean, it's just...
00:21:39Lillian's very pretty.
00:21:41Yeah, I know she's pretty.
00:21:45I got it.
00:21:55I'm truthfully not that hungry.
00:21:57Doctor's orders.
00:21:59Even if you don't feel up to it,
00:22:01you need to finish the entire bowl.
00:22:03I'm not a child, Belinda.
00:22:05And I'm a doctor. I think I know what's best for me.
00:22:07Knowing and doing are two entirely different things.
00:22:11Is that another contraction?
00:22:13No, the baby's just kicking.
00:22:15And I have to tell you,
00:22:17I'm a little relieved.
00:22:19I haven't felt a move since the contractions yesterday.
00:22:21You just said it was...
00:22:23heat?
00:22:25How do you know it's a boy?
00:22:27I know it sounds silly,
00:22:29but Mary thinks because I'm carrying so low
00:22:31that it'll be a boy.
00:22:33It is silly. That's an old wives' tale.
00:22:35There's no medical merit to it.
00:22:37Say what you want, but when Peter's sister was pregnant,
00:22:39Mary was concerned because she was carrying so far out in front.
00:22:41She said it would be a breech birth,
00:22:43and she was right.
00:22:45One lucky guess, and she's got you believing made-up stories.
00:22:47Goodness, he's getting his exercise today.
00:22:49Do you want to feel?
00:22:51That's all right.
00:22:53Come on, Belinda.
00:22:55Don't be nervous.
00:22:59It's so strange.
00:23:01I never thought I'd be a mother.
00:23:03Now it suddenly feels like
00:23:05the most natural thing in the world.
00:23:07I'm sorry.
00:23:09I've opened that wound, haven't I?
00:23:11Maybe we shouldn't talk about it.
00:23:13You know, I know so many women
00:23:15that have gotten pregnant without even trying.
00:23:17And Leah and I have been trying.
00:23:19We've both seen it take some time.
00:23:21You just can't get impatient with yourself.
00:23:25I look after this one woman,
00:23:27Mabel McQueen.
00:23:29She's had six babies in the past eight years
00:23:31without even trying.
00:23:33It's important to you, isn't it?
00:23:36You'd best get supper ready.
00:23:38Leah and Lillian will be home soon.
00:23:40I'm here to talk whenever you'd like to.
00:23:44Please eat your soup, Annie.
00:23:59How's it going?
00:24:01I'm fine.
00:24:04I was wondering where you'd run off to.
00:24:12I just looked in on Annie.
00:24:14She's out for the night.
00:24:16She keeps insisting she feels fine.
00:24:21I think I've heard that before.
00:24:24You two are so much alike, it's frightening.
00:24:28I suppose that's why we're such good friends.
00:24:31I noticed you didn't have Joshua
00:24:33over for supper tonight.
00:24:35I'm pretty sure he's sweet on Lil.
00:24:37I don't want the two of them
00:24:39spending too much time together.
00:24:41Why not? He's only a couple years older.
00:24:43Doc, he's an apprentice blacksmith.
00:24:45I want better for Lillian.
00:24:47I'm the wife of a blacksmith,
00:24:49and you don't hear me complaining.
00:24:51I spent the last five years trying to figure out
00:24:53how I tricked you into marrying me.
00:24:55You could have done much better.
00:24:57You didn't trick me into anything.
00:24:59I married you because I fell in love with you, Leo.
00:25:01And if Lillian and Joshua
00:25:03had taken interest in one another,
00:25:05I don't think it's our place to stand in their way.
00:25:07Besides, telling Lillian
00:25:09she can't have something's
00:25:11like daring to try to stop her.
00:25:16I get your point.
00:25:18I don't want to get in the way of her happiness.
00:25:20Still,
00:25:22you left a small town to follow your dream.
00:25:25And if Lil wants to go to college,
00:25:27I darn sure want to see it happen.
00:25:29I don't want her tying down a Saxon.
00:25:33I hope she knows
00:25:35what a wonderful and caring father she has.
00:25:39It's getting a little chilly.
00:25:41Want to turn in for the night?
00:25:43You go ahead. I'll be up in a little while.
00:25:57Don't be in such a hurry, pretty lady.
00:26:01Please allow me to pass.
00:26:03We need to get to know each other.
00:26:07I think not.
00:26:09I don't want to be late for school.
00:26:11Well, I can teach you more than any school can.
00:26:13Excuse me.
00:26:15You mind letting the young lady pass?
00:26:17This ain't none of your affair, sodbuster.
00:26:19Ah, but it is.
00:26:21Knocked your head off, boy.
00:26:23Now, you hold on a second.
00:26:25Now, the good book tells me to turn the other cheek.
00:26:27Now, I only have two.
00:26:29So after the second, I'm on my own.
00:26:37That was the second cheek.
00:26:39Now, you hold on a second.
00:26:41Now, you hold on a second.
00:26:43Now, you hold on a second.
00:26:45Now, you hold on a second.
00:26:47Now, you hold on a second.
00:26:49That was the second cheek.
00:26:51You're breaking my wrist.
00:26:53Well, I understand there's a fine doctor in town.
00:26:55Please don't. Please don't break it.
00:26:57I trust I'll never see you around Miss Owens again.
00:26:59No, never.
00:27:01Good. Now, get.
00:27:13Morning, Miss Owens.
00:27:15You on your way to school?
00:27:17May I walk with you?
00:27:27I did the best I could, Jim,
00:27:29but you better go easy on her, all right?
00:27:43The boss strikes me as a hard-working man.
00:27:45He lives and breathes work.
00:27:47Ma says sometimes he rolls over in his sleep
00:27:49and tries to use her arms like a set of tongs.
00:27:51I guess that's the future I have to look forward to.
00:27:53Not such a bad life, really.
00:27:59So what about you?
00:28:01Are you going to become a doctor like your ma?
00:28:03I don't know.
00:28:05I haven't decided.
00:28:07Maybe I want to be a lawyer or a famous writer
00:28:09like Harriet Beecher Stowe.
00:28:11One thing for sure, I want to go to college.
00:28:13Well, I better get to work.
00:28:15Have a nice day, Joshua.
00:28:17You too.
00:28:29I don't think you should be climbing the stairs,
00:28:31but I feel fine.
00:28:33What's making me crazy
00:28:35is sitting in a dark room all day.
00:28:37But it's only been three days since you had pain
00:28:39and felt faint.
00:28:41You know your symptoms and treatment as well as I do.
00:28:43That's assuming your diagnosis is correct.
00:28:49Is that singing?
00:28:51I wouldn't know that voice anywhere.
00:28:53That's Mary.
00:28:55Your mother-in-law?
00:28:57What reason does she have to be here?
00:28:59Mary doesn't need a reason to do anything.
00:29:05Breathe in!
00:29:11Well, this must be it!
00:29:15Oh, Jesus.
00:29:17Thank you, my good man,
00:29:19and you have a blessed day.
00:29:23And you must be the infamous
00:29:25Doc Owens.
00:29:27Mary Watson.
00:29:29You knew that already.
00:29:31Now, where is my peach pie?
00:29:33Would you be a dear
00:29:35and bring my thing along?
00:29:41Mary,
00:29:43what are you doing here?
00:29:45Where else would you expect me to be,
00:29:47oh, my little lamb?
00:29:49But didn't you get the telegraph from Belinda's husband?
00:29:51I did. That's why I'm here.
00:29:53I have nothing against you finishing out
00:29:55your term with your friend,
00:29:57but I certainly wasn't going to miss
00:29:59the birth of my first grandson.
00:30:01I've missed you.
00:30:03Oh, it's darker than the inside of a cow in here.
00:30:05Yes, it is.
00:30:07Oh, please don't do that.
00:30:09A mushroom? She needs light.
00:30:11All right.
00:30:13Let's sit up so I can get a good look.
00:30:15I'm sorry, but what are you doing?
00:30:17I'm getting her upright.
00:30:19If she stays in this bed too long,
00:30:21she'll get a crick in her back,
00:30:23and it'll make delivery much more painful.
00:30:25I think it's better that she's on bed rest
00:30:27for the remainder of her term.
00:30:29It's not going to hurt her to sit up.
00:30:31When you've delivered as many babies as I have,
00:30:33you learn a few things.
00:30:35Well, I've been to medical school for years,
00:30:37and you don't learn everything in medical school.
00:30:39That is a matter of opinion,
00:30:41and I wholeheartedly disagree.
00:30:43Ladies, I'm not a sack of flour!
00:30:53There I was in the middle
00:30:55of the worst blizzard I ever saw.
00:30:59I wasn't too surprised
00:31:01when three babies were delivered that night.
00:31:03I expected twins,
00:31:05not triplets.
00:31:07In a blizzard?
00:31:09The little ones pop out whenever they want,
00:31:11regardless of the weather.
00:31:13Fortunately, I don't have many emergencies.
00:31:15Women giving birth
00:31:17are always an emergency.
00:31:19That's the penalty
00:31:21we pay for Eve eating the apple.
00:31:25It is not a penalty.
00:31:27Wow, Mrs. Watson, you sure got an exciting life.
00:31:29Well, I should probably get you up to your room, Annie.
00:31:31You let that little fella
00:31:33start running your life now,
00:31:35you'll be lacing his shoes when he's 30.
00:31:37Yes, Annie told me you believe it's a boy.
00:31:39Believe nothing. It's a fact.
00:31:41Honestly, Mary, you can't possibly...
00:31:43Actually, I am a little tired.
00:31:45I'm gonna go to bed.
00:31:49I can manage on my own.
00:31:51Good night, all.
00:31:53Good night, Annie.
00:31:55Good night, Annie.
00:31:57Good night, Annie.
00:32:01There is no way to tell whether...
00:32:03I think it's time we all settled down.
00:32:05We have a full day tomorrow.
00:32:13Thank you for dinner, Dr. Holmes.
00:32:17Joshua,
00:32:19Lillian told us that you came to her rescue.
00:32:21Her mother and I both appreciate it.
00:32:23It was my pleasure, sir.
00:32:25Thank you again.
00:32:27I'll walk you out.
00:32:29I'll walk you out.
00:32:41Aren't they the most adorable couple?
00:32:45So tell me,
00:32:47how was Captain Nemo this evening?
00:32:49When I left him, he was exploring
00:32:51the ruins of Atlantis, although I can't say
00:32:53for sure what he does when I'm not looking.
00:32:55I never met a girl who made a book
00:32:57so interesting.
00:32:59You can borrow it if you like.
00:33:01No, I'm not sure if I'm sold on Nemo just yet.
00:33:03Maybe you could read some of it to me, though.
00:33:05Just so I can find out if it's my kind of story.
00:33:07I could do that.
00:33:09Would you like to go on a picnic with me?
00:33:11Maybe on Saturday?
00:33:13We can go out and find a nice quiet spot and read.
00:33:17I think I know just the place.
00:33:19Lee Owens, you are not spying on our only daughter.
00:33:21I'm not spying on her.
00:33:23I'm just looking out for her.
00:33:27Good night.
00:33:53Let's see what you got there.
00:33:55Huh?
00:33:57You're really improving.
00:33:59Thank you, sir.
00:34:01I'm trying my best to impress you.
00:34:03As long as it's me you're trying to impress.
00:34:07Well, to be honest,
00:34:09I wanted to ask you
00:34:11if maybe
00:34:13Lily and I...
00:34:15You want permission to court Lily,
00:34:17right?
00:34:19Yes, sir.
00:34:21I don't want to distract you from her goals.
00:34:23I promise I'll be respectful of her
00:34:25and not get in the way of her schooling.
00:34:27I know how much she wants to go to college.
00:34:29Well,
00:34:31I'll think about it, all right?
00:34:33I understand.
00:34:35In the meantime,
00:34:37finish up with that horseshoe.
00:34:39Lily wants his order by noon.
00:34:41Yes, sir.
00:34:43You're going to be late opening your clinic.
00:34:45I don't feel comfortable
00:34:47leaving Annie here all alone,
00:34:49and I certainly don't feel comfortable
00:34:51You know, I wish the two of you wouldn't talk about me
00:34:53as if I wasn't sitting right here.
00:34:55Sorry, sweetheart.
00:34:57You must be so
00:34:59frustrated, pooped up inside
00:35:01all the time.
00:35:03I will be here with her
00:35:05all day.
00:35:07You tend to your patients, and we'll see you
00:35:09at supper.
00:35:13If you need anything, I'll be close by.
00:35:17Have a nice day.
00:35:21Praise the Lord!
00:35:23We're free!
00:35:25Peach Pie,
00:35:27you get dressed.
00:35:29We are going out to smell the roses.
00:35:33Oh, trip into town!
00:35:43Doc Owens?
00:35:45Can I talk to you?
00:35:47Mrs. McQueen, come in.
00:35:51I only have a minute.
00:35:53I left Lloyd at the general store.
00:35:55Said I was running to the butcher.
00:35:57What can I do for you, Mabel?
00:35:59Doc, I feel terrible.
00:36:01This sickness, it's just getting worse.
00:36:03I'm dizzy all the time, and I can barely pick up the youngins.
00:36:05That's because your anemia is getting worse.
00:36:07Your body needs iron.
00:36:09You're only going to get sicker.
00:36:11What can I do to make it better?
00:36:13I already told you.
00:36:15Vegetables or the tonic.
00:36:17If you don't listen to my instructions,
00:36:19and then Lloyd found it,
00:36:21and you know the rest.
00:36:23I certainly do. He threw a bottle at me.
00:36:25I'm sorry for that. Really, I am.
00:36:27He was just upset. He didn't mean anything by it.
00:36:29He's a wonderful husband and a father.
00:36:31Maybe.
00:36:33But I can't help you if you won't help yourself.
00:36:39Good day, Mrs. McQueen.
00:36:49Good day.
00:37:03Your friend Belinda doesn't seem too happy.
00:37:05I'd say it's just that she doesn't like me,
00:37:07but everybody likes me.
00:37:11She isn't happy.
00:37:13She's been trying to have a baby.
00:37:15And Belinda just feels discouraged.
00:37:17Me showing up in my condition,
00:37:19and staying till the baby comes.
00:37:21I think it's just another painful reminder.
00:37:25Why didn't you say something sooner?
00:37:27If it's baby trouble she's got,
00:37:29I've surely got the cure.
00:37:33How about a sugary treat?
00:37:37I'm sorry, Lloyd.
00:37:39It isn't here yet.
00:37:41It's been over a week. You said it'd be here by now.
00:37:43The freight line lost the shipping order.
00:37:45There's nothing I can do about it.
00:37:47There's something I could do
00:37:49if there was another general store within ten miles of here.
00:37:51It'll be here within a week.
00:37:53I'm here, Lloyd.
00:37:57What took you so long?
00:37:59I'm sorry, Lloyd. There was a little bit of a line.
00:38:01There's always an excuse.
00:38:03Let's get out of here. I've got fences to mend before sundown.
00:38:11Ma'am!
00:38:13Ma'am!
00:38:15Ma'am!
00:38:17She's just feeling poorly at legs.
00:38:19She's got a newborn and five youngins.
00:38:21Says it wears her out.
00:38:23You think a mother doesn't work?
00:38:27I've seen this a bunch
00:38:29during and after pregnancy.
00:38:31This is a severe case of anemia.
00:38:33She don't need coddling, lady.
00:38:35I know how to take care of my wife.
00:38:37No, you don't.
00:38:39You are selfish
00:38:41and rude
00:38:43and contemptuous
00:38:45and you can't see the forest for the trees.
00:38:47Doc Owens is trying to save your wife's life.
00:38:49She's dying.
00:38:53You get her over to the clinic
00:38:55and you beg Doc Owens
00:38:57for more of that tonic.
00:38:59Don't talk to me like that.
00:39:01I'll talk to you any way I want.
00:39:03Get her to the clinic.
00:39:05You better pray
00:39:07to the merciful and good Lord
00:39:09that she doesn't slam the door
00:39:11in your ungrateful face.
00:39:13Amen.
00:39:15Amen.
00:39:29I gave you a double dose
00:39:31so do not take any more today.
00:39:33No, ma'am. Starting tomorrow morning
00:39:35take two teaspoons every morning.
00:39:37And if you don't get your strength back in four days
00:39:39get back in here.
00:39:45I'd like to apologize.
00:39:47The last time we spoke
00:39:49I lost my temper.
00:39:51What do I owe you for the tonic?
00:39:53Only that you allowed her to keep taking it.
00:39:55You don't need no charity.
00:39:57The first one was already paid for.
00:39:59This is just a replacement.
00:40:01Step up!
00:40:19Yes, dear?
00:40:21I'm sorry. Are you sleeping?
00:40:23Well, not anymore.
00:40:25My apprentice
00:40:27wants to court Lillian.
00:40:29His name is Joshua.
00:40:33I told him I'd think about it.
00:40:35Oh, then think.
00:40:39Don't think too long. Lillian's grown up.
00:40:41I'm having a hard time with it.
00:40:43You're having a hard time
00:40:45letting her grow up.
00:40:47I was trying to protect her.
00:40:49I don't think she needs protection from Joshua.
00:40:51He's a very nice young man.
00:40:53That's all you have to say about it?
00:40:55Good night, sweetheart.
00:41:01All right.
00:41:03Tomorrow I'll give Joshua
00:41:05my permission to court Lill.
00:41:19I think I don't know about
00:41:21your little excursion with Annie.
00:41:23This town is filled with gossips.
00:41:25Can't keep a secret for more than five minutes.
00:41:27It's a pretty little town, Sykeston.
00:41:29I can see why you like it here.
00:41:31May I ask
00:41:33why you feel the need to go against
00:41:35every instruction I have for Annie?
00:41:37I don't deliberately go against your word.
00:41:39We just
00:41:41disagree about how to treat her.
00:41:43This isn't a competition, Mary.
00:41:45If a patient came to you with gangrene
00:41:47or pneumonia,
00:41:49I wouldn't dream of telling you how to treat them.
00:41:51That's your business.
00:41:53Babies are my business.
00:41:55Have been for 30 years.
00:41:57It's just there's been so many
00:41:59new advancements.
00:42:01Sometimes the old ways are best.
00:42:03Annie may have a serious condition
00:42:05which could be fatal to both her and the baby.
00:42:07Are you sure?
00:42:09Of course I'm not sure, but I'm not taking any chances.
00:42:11So it's true what they say
00:42:13that doctors only practice medicine.
00:42:15This conversation obviously isn't getting us anywhere.
00:42:19So Annie tells me you're barren.
00:42:21Or, uh, or having trouble anyway.
00:42:23I don't think that's any of your concern.
00:42:25I see this problem a lot.
00:42:27If you want, I could give you some remedies
00:42:29that are guaranteed to work.
00:42:31I know how it's done, Mary.
00:42:33I don't think there's anything wrong with you.
00:42:35So what do you think is the problem?
00:42:37You're too high-strung, Mary.
00:42:39I don't think there's anything wrong with you.
00:42:41You're too high-strung, Mary.
00:42:43You're too high-strung.
00:42:45Folks worry too much
00:42:47about work, family,
00:42:49or whether or not they can have a baby.
00:42:51Then years go by
00:42:53and nothing happens.
00:42:55Then one day, they decide to stop trying
00:42:57and before you know it,
00:42:59they find they're with child.
00:43:01So your sage advice for me
00:43:03is to relax.
00:43:05Read a book
00:43:07before you go to bed.
00:43:09Take some deep breaths.
00:43:11And before you know it,
00:43:13I'll be back to deliver your little one.
00:43:15I'll make sure I try that.
00:43:35Every baby boy
00:43:37needs his own blanket.
00:43:39Don't you agree? Yes, I do.
00:43:47I'm gonna head to the shop
00:43:49for a few hours. I'll be back in time for supper.
00:43:51Don't you ever take time off?
00:43:53Oh, the good book says that a man
00:43:55who doesn't work doesn't deserve to eat.
00:43:57I ain't got a lot of work to do.
00:43:59We just thought you'd have more time off once you hired an apprentice.
00:44:01And I do. Now I'm only two weeks behind
00:44:03instead of six.
00:44:06Oh, Lillian,
00:44:08you look lovely. Where are you headed off to?
00:44:10Joshua and I are having a picnic.
00:44:12You enjoy yourself and please
00:44:14tell Joshua that we said hello.
00:44:16I will. You'll be back in time for supper now.
00:44:18No exceptions. I will. I promise.
00:44:22Bye, everyone. Bye, dear.
00:44:36I love it.
00:44:38The sea is everything.
00:44:40It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe.
00:44:42Its breath is pure and healthy.
00:44:44It is an immense desert where man is never lonely
00:44:46for he feels life stirring on all sides.
00:44:48The sea is the only
00:44:50embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence.
00:44:52It is nothing but love
00:44:54and emotion.
00:44:56As living and infinite as one of your poets has said.
00:45:00I've been reading for almost two hours.
00:45:02You must be bored.
00:45:04I don't think I can ever get bored of listening to you talk.
00:45:06You're just saying that.
00:45:08No, I'm not. I swear.
00:45:10It's just...
00:45:12I'd like this Captain Nemo if he weren't
00:45:14holding his friends hostage all the time.
00:45:16I can't let them go or they might tell the world who he is.
00:45:1820,000 leagues is an allegory.
00:45:20It's about personal freedom.
00:45:22Nemo means nobody in Latin.
00:45:24He's invisible to the world and wants to keep it that way.
00:45:26You're brilliant. You know that?
00:45:28I am not.
00:45:35Lee?
00:45:37You working today?
00:45:39You work harder
00:45:41than any man I know.
00:45:43Well, I can't let the customers down.
00:45:45Besides, it gives me thinking time.
00:45:47Anything that you'd like to share
00:45:49with your pastor?
00:45:51This is a lot of rumbling around in my head
00:45:53like a marble.
00:45:55Sometimes it helps to speak it out loud.
00:45:57Talking to yourself only gets the answer
00:45:59you're looking for.
00:46:01I just can't figure Lillian out.
00:46:04I'm trying to be a good father to her.
00:46:06Our children grow up,
00:46:08start spreading their wings.
00:46:10A father has to be aware of that
00:46:12and try to grow with his child.
00:46:14Yeah.
00:46:16Belinda tolerates more than I do.
00:46:18She's a mother.
00:46:20The good Lord gave them the patience of Job
00:46:22when it comes to raising their children.
00:46:24He's shortchanged fathers in that area.
00:46:26Yeah.
00:46:28Yeah.
00:46:34I really wish you would get some rest.
00:46:36I feel fine.
00:46:38Looks like someone
00:46:40may have been wrong about my condition.
00:46:42Perhaps.
00:46:44So,
00:46:46have things improved with Lee?
00:46:48He says he isn't bothered, but
00:46:50I still sense that he's disappointed
00:46:52we can't have a baby.
00:46:54Maybe you're just being overly sensitive
00:46:56and you think that he's disappointed.
00:46:58Maybe.
00:47:00You know, I'm starting to think that maybe
00:47:03Now, Lee, that is just plain nonsense.
00:47:05She's proud as a peacock
00:47:07that she married you.
00:47:09Maybe.
00:47:11Have you spoken to her about it?
00:47:13In a roundabout way.
00:47:15Of course, she says I'm wrong.
00:47:17Still, she seems kind of distant lately.
00:47:19She's got something on her mind.
00:47:21Most women do when they get like that.
00:47:23Mm.
00:47:25You know, we're, uh,
00:47:27trying to have a baby.
00:47:29So far, no luck.
00:47:31You have to have faith.
00:47:33Sometimes it's hard, River.
00:47:35Talk to her
00:47:37about your feelings.
00:47:39I'd best be getting home.
00:47:41Mrs. Davis will give me an earful
00:47:43if I'm late for supper.
00:47:45Myself included.
00:47:51Well, I see.
00:47:53You didn't need my help
00:47:55putting supper on the table.
00:47:57You're taking a nap, man.
00:47:59We just wanted you to be able to rest.
00:48:01I'll rest enough when I'm dead.
00:48:03Give me that knife
00:48:05before you...
00:48:07Cut yourself.
00:48:13So, do you miss your family?
00:48:15I do.
00:48:17My pa's a farmer back in Pennsylvania.
00:48:19He wanted more for me than to spend
00:48:21my entire life plowing fields.
00:48:23So he said if I got good enough,
00:48:25maybe I can find some work in Philadelphia.
00:48:27Sounds like he cares about you a lot.
00:48:29Yeah, my family's pretty close.
00:48:31It's kind of strange, though.
00:48:33You know, being out here
00:48:35all by myself.
00:48:37I have three sisters and two brothers,
00:48:39and I had a moment of peace.
00:48:41Back at the boarding house,
00:48:43I got nothing but quiet.
00:48:45I know what you mean.
00:48:47I mostly grew up in an orphanage
00:48:49until Ma and Pa adopted me
00:48:51when I was ten.
00:48:53I'd spent so long in a room
00:48:55and yet me.
00:48:57Do, don't I?
00:49:01So tell me something.
00:49:03How'd you ever find a place like this anyway?
00:49:05I stumbled across it
00:49:07by accident while riding one day.
00:49:09It's so far off the main roads,
00:49:11no one really comes out here.
00:49:13I brought some of my old stuff
00:49:15and now it's where I come to be alone.
00:49:17I can see why.
00:49:19Captain Nemo had a cave near the ocean
00:49:21where he went to escape.
00:49:23It reminds me of it.
00:49:25Well, the timber still seems...
00:49:27I wouldn't do that.
00:49:29Whoa!
00:49:31Not as sound as you might think.
00:49:33You're probably right.
00:49:37I think it's best we pack up.
00:49:43Well, I'm happy to see you and Mary are getting along.
00:49:45You know,
00:49:47her fertility advice to me was to
00:49:49relax and read a book
00:49:51before bed.
00:49:53Did you try it? Of course not.
00:49:55She's been doing this longer than we've been alive.
00:49:57I can't believe you, Annie Watson.
00:49:59You've spent three years
00:50:01in medical school, five years practicing
00:50:03medicine, and you're going to believe that woman's
00:50:05folk magic? It's rubbish, plain and simple.
00:50:07We ask people to believe
00:50:09in things they don't understand, and they do.
00:50:11Because they have trust and faith
00:50:13in us. Just like they have faith
00:50:15in the Lord. Okay, it is not the same thing
00:50:17and we're talking about Mary here.
00:50:19It's a hard time believing in Mary's ways.
00:50:21Okay. Mary is
00:50:23a lovely woman, but you have to
00:50:25admit, she's a little touch in the head.
00:50:27She doesn't like me any more than I like her.
00:50:29Really?
00:50:31The other day at the general store,
00:50:33Mary defended you to the ends of the earth.
00:50:35What are you talking about?
00:50:37The man with the anemic wife? The one that you said
00:50:39was such a success story?
00:50:41Mary is the reason that he brought her back to you.
00:50:43That's why Lloyd McQueen brought
00:50:45his wife back to me? Mary unloaded
00:50:47on him like a tornado.
00:50:49Spoke up for you, and just plain made him gower.
00:50:53I'm off.
00:50:55Let's go.
00:51:03Do you have any idea what time
00:51:05it is? Hi, Pa.
00:51:07We were supposed to be home for supper.
00:51:09Joshua and I weren't that hungry, so we
00:51:11decided to stay out a little while longer.
00:51:13Well, it's well past supper. That's more than a little while.
00:51:15Why are you so angry?
00:51:17I thought I could trust your judgment, but apparently I was wrong.
00:51:19What's that supposed to mean?
00:51:21It means you can't spend any more time with Joshua Coyle
00:51:23until I say so. You'll go to school,
00:51:25help your mother at the clinic, and come straight home.
00:51:27For how long? As long as it takes me
00:51:29to trust you again. That's completely
00:51:31unfair. Joshua's only two years older
00:51:33than I am, and no one tells him what to do.
00:51:35No one said the world was fair, young lady.
00:51:37Lil.
00:51:41I was worried about you.
00:51:45Hi.
00:52:05Hello, Joshua.
00:52:07Good afternoon, ma'am.
00:52:09Uh...
00:52:11Mr. Owens told me how much trouble
00:52:13I caused the other night.
00:52:15I just wanted to come by and say how sorry I am
00:52:17for keeping Lillian out so late.
00:52:19You needn't place the blame all on yourself.
00:52:21She's old enough to know better.
00:52:23I'm still sorry. Ma, I can't find the...
00:52:27bandages.
00:52:31Pa said I can't see you for a while.
00:52:33The boss said you couldn't go out
00:52:35with Joshua. He said nothing about the two of you
00:52:37seeing each other.
00:52:39Thanks, ma.
00:52:43Well, I have work to do.
00:52:45It was nice to see you, Joshua.
00:52:47There's always room open at the dinner table for you.
00:52:49Thank you, ma'am.
00:52:57Sorry to get you into trouble.
00:52:59You didn't do anything wrong, and neither did I.
00:53:01I'm a grown woman, and I don't need my pa
00:53:03deciding how late I can and can't stay out.
00:53:05He's just worried about you is all.
00:53:07Well, he doesn't need to be.
00:53:09There's no need to be cross, Lillian.
00:53:11Punishment? I'm not going anywhere.
00:53:15I wanted to return this. I finished it.
00:53:17Already? I just gave it to you.
00:53:19Once I got started,
00:53:21it was hard to quit.
00:53:23The sun was already up when I finally closed the book.
00:53:25So you stayed up all night just to read about Captain Nemo?
00:53:27No. I don't think I would have
00:53:29gotten much sleep with or without him.
00:53:33I'll be thinking about you.
00:53:35Me too.
00:53:41Mary?
00:53:55Mary?
00:53:57In here, dear.
00:54:05Annie, should you be up?
00:54:07Where are you going?
00:54:09I've decided to head on home.
00:54:11I can see you're in good hands.
00:54:13You're leaving?
00:54:15Before the baby comes?
00:54:17Oh, you'll do fine.
00:54:19And besides,
00:54:21the last thing you need
00:54:23is an old granny midwife
00:54:25gumming up the works.
00:54:27This doesn't have anything to do
00:54:29with the disagreement between you and Belinda, does it?
00:54:31Oh, no, no, no.
00:54:33Truth is,
00:54:35I'm feeling homesick.
00:54:37I miss sleeping in my own bed.
00:54:39And
00:54:41my patients back home
00:54:43don't have a smart lady doctor
00:54:45to take care of them.
00:54:47If you've made your decision, I can't stop you.
00:54:49I would really love for you to stay, though.
00:54:51I want my family here
00:54:53when the baby comes.
00:54:55Belinda is your family, sweetheart.
00:54:57And Peter will be back
00:54:59with you next week.
00:55:01Besides, all of you
00:55:03will be home before long,
00:55:05and
00:55:07somebody's gotta get the house ready.
00:55:11I'm gonna go home to check on Annie.
00:55:13I shouldn't be long.
00:55:15If there's an emergency, just send them my way
00:55:17or come running, which you're very good at.
00:55:19I will, Ma, and thank you.
00:55:21For what?
00:55:23For understanding about me and Joshua.
00:55:25Believe it or not, I was your age once.
00:55:35I'm not gonna keep her
00:55:37from church social.
00:55:39You may not be able to go with her,
00:55:41but you'll see her there.
00:55:43In the meantime,
00:55:45we have an order to finish.
00:55:47Well, all right.
00:55:49I like your attitude.
00:55:57You're leaving.
00:55:59Time for me to go home.
00:56:01Sorry to hear that.
00:56:03I'm gonna see her off into town.
00:56:05Annie, I just don't think it's a good idea
00:56:07for you to be carrying luggage and walking into town.
00:56:09It was my idea, Belinda.
00:56:11And I've been all over this whole territory
00:56:13through my entire pregnancy.
00:56:15I think I can handle a short walk into town.
00:56:17Doc Owens!
00:56:21Danny.
00:56:23Lillian told me you was here.
00:56:25Ma's in labor.
00:56:27There's a horse and buggy in the barn. Help me hook it up.
00:56:29Yes, ma'am.
00:56:31I trust you won't walk into town
00:56:33along the way.
00:56:35All right, peach pie.
00:56:37You get back in the house and stay put.
00:56:39Belinda and I
00:56:41have a baby to deliver.
00:56:43Mrs. Travis is my patient.
00:56:45If you find you don't need me,
00:56:47you have my permission
00:56:49to just shove me out of the way.
00:56:51But if you do, I'm there.
00:56:55Fine, but only because
00:56:57I don't have time to argue with you.
00:57:09Thank you, young man.
00:57:15It's never taken this long.
00:57:17The first few hours seemed normal, but then it just stopped.
00:57:19What stopped? The contractions?
00:57:21No, Doc, the baby. It's like it's stuck, but I can't see the head.
00:57:23I'll see to it.
00:57:25Your mama's gonna be fine.
00:57:27It's a fetal dystocia.
00:57:29A what?
00:57:31The baby's shoulder is stuck.
00:57:33What are you thinking to do with that?
00:57:35We have to get the baby out before it suffocates.
00:57:37We start pulling.
00:57:39We could make things worse.
00:57:41What should we do?
00:57:43Well, if you can't get the baby out from inside,
00:57:45you try it from the outside.
00:57:47All right.
00:57:49Help me with her now.
00:57:51That's good.
00:57:53What are we doing?
00:57:55Hurry, hip bones.
00:57:57Try to stay down for me.
00:57:59There.
00:58:01Now we're gonna see who's stuck and who's not.
00:58:15There.
00:58:25Okay.
00:58:29It's gonna be all right.
00:58:35Pa?
00:58:37Pa?
00:58:41Hello, Joshua.
00:58:43Where's my pa?
00:58:45He's on delivery.
00:58:47Then headed home.
00:58:49I'd sure like to go to the ice cream social.
00:58:51I'd sure like to ask you to go with me.
00:58:53I'd sure like to ask you to go with me.
00:58:55So?
00:58:57Your pa said I could see you there.
00:58:59But I can't escort you.
00:59:01I'm sorry.
00:59:17Joshua.
00:59:19Joshua.
00:59:21Pa is being so unreasonable.
00:59:23We were late coming home.
00:59:25Okay?
00:59:27Don't tell me you're on his side.
00:59:29What's the difference in an hour or so?
00:59:31We got home just fine.
00:59:33He just doesn't trust me.
00:59:35Your pa had no way of knowing whether you were all right
00:59:37when you didn't make it home on time.
00:59:39You sound just like pa.
00:59:41Ma's the only one who understands.
00:59:43Lillian, wait a second.
00:59:49Come on.
00:59:55Get out! Get out!
00:59:57Get out!
01:00:03Gosh!
01:00:11It's a beautiful baby boy,
01:00:13and your wife is fine.
01:00:15Can I see them?
01:00:17Well?
01:00:19Looks like we got ourselves a baby brother.
01:00:25Isn't he beautiful?
01:00:27He sure is.
01:00:31He better be.
01:00:33Leave it to a boy to jam up the works.
01:00:47Uh, that's not doctor's orders.
01:00:49Doesn't matter who does it,
01:00:51just as long as it gets done.
01:00:57I learned something today
01:00:59that they didn't teach me in medical school.
01:01:17Let's go.
01:01:47Whoa.
01:01:55Whoa.
01:01:59You seen Lillian?
01:02:01No. Why?
01:02:03Well, we thought she might be with you.
01:02:05She's been missing all afternoon.
01:02:07We got in an argument at the shop over Mr. Owens,
01:02:09and she stormed off.
01:02:11Said you were the only one who understands her.
01:02:13We were hoping she'd run off to find you.
01:02:15It's about to get dark outside
01:02:17if she gets stuck in the countryside.
01:02:19I think I know where she is.
01:02:39It's worse this time.
01:02:41I feel like I could faint.
01:02:43Okay, okay, let's get her inside.
01:02:45It looks as if the doctor was right
01:02:47about bed rest.
01:03:13How much further?
01:03:15Just up ahead.
01:03:23How are you feeling?
01:03:25I'm really not as lightheaded as before.
01:03:27I'd like to just go to bed.
01:03:29Let's get you upstairs
01:03:31to a darkened room.
01:03:33Doctor's orders.
01:03:35Okay.
01:03:37I'd like to just go to bed.
01:03:39Let's get you upstairs
01:03:41to a darkened room. Doctor's orders.
01:03:53Whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:04:07Whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:04:19Was it like this before?
01:04:21No, sir.
01:04:23Looks like there was a cave-in.
01:04:25She might be hurt.
01:04:27This is one of her labs.
01:04:29Come on, let's go.
01:04:31Lil!
01:04:33Lil!
01:04:37Lil!
01:04:43It's right up there.
01:04:45I see her.
01:04:47Lil!
01:04:51Lil.
01:04:53Give me a hand with this.
01:04:55One, two, three.
01:05:01I got it.
01:05:03Lil.
01:05:05Come on, talk to me, pumpkin.
01:05:13Pa?
01:05:15Yeah, I'm here, honey.
01:05:17Just take it easy.
01:05:19Just stay down, all right?
01:05:23We're gonna get you out of here.
01:05:25Okay.
01:05:35Come on.
01:05:47How's Lilia?
01:05:51A few cuts and bruises,
01:05:53but nothing that won't heal nicely.
01:05:55She's out for the night.
01:05:57Lee's sitting with her for a while.
01:05:59Give her a couple days.
01:06:01She'll be right as rain.
01:06:03At that age, nothing keeps them down.
01:06:05Well, I think her ego
01:06:07has suffered more than her body.
01:06:09Ah.
01:06:11This, too, shall pass.
01:06:15Children are just so resilient,
01:06:17aren't they?
01:06:19True miracles.
01:06:21Are you still fretting about the baby-making?
01:06:23I don't think I'll be making babies
01:06:25anytime soon, Mary.
01:06:27Give it up if you want,
01:06:29but I'm telling you,
01:06:31the line in your hair
01:06:33is not the mark of a barren woman.
01:06:35You don't really believe that, do you?
01:06:37Doesn't matter what I believe.
01:06:39Only matters what you believe.
01:06:41What do you mean?
01:06:43Medicine isn't the only thing
01:06:45that makes people feel better.
01:06:47It's believing that they can be better.
01:06:51I'm sorry I doubted you.
01:06:53You didn't deserve it.
01:06:55The Lord says
01:06:57we are to forgive
01:06:59and be forgiven.
01:07:01Make me some fresh bacon and eggs
01:07:03in the morning, and
01:07:05all is forgiven.
01:07:07That's a promise.
01:07:17Late night tonight.
01:07:19Everyone's worn out.
01:07:21A little sleeping like a pup.
01:07:29I think I might
01:07:31read a book before bed
01:07:33tonight.
01:07:35Really? You never read in bed.
01:07:37I think it'll do me good.
01:07:39Help me unwind after the long day
01:07:41we've all had.
01:07:47Doc.
01:07:51I've been thinking about us trying to have a baby.
01:07:53Will's changed
01:07:55our lives in so many wonderful ways.
01:07:57And I'm sure there's plenty
01:07:59of children down at the orphanage who need a good home.
01:08:01You mean you'll still be happy
01:08:03even if we can't have children of our own?
01:08:05I'll be happy as long
01:08:07as I'm with you.
01:08:09Always have been. Always will be.
01:08:13Do you think my hair's shiny?
01:08:17Yeah.
01:08:19Yeah, like the sunrise.
01:08:21I do love you,
01:08:23Mr. Owens.
01:08:25I love you, too.
01:08:29Oh, all right.
01:08:31You gonna read your book now?
01:08:33Okay.
01:08:35All right.
01:08:37I'll just go to sleep.
01:08:45Sure I can't help you read it,
01:08:47or no?
01:08:49All right.
01:08:59Shouldn't you be in bed?
01:09:01I ball and chain.
01:09:03Let me come downstairs.
01:09:05She has her mind set
01:09:07on going to the ice cream social.
01:09:09What if I find a shady, comfortable place
01:09:11to just sit and eat ice cream?
01:09:13You are not going to the social.
01:09:15I am a doctor. I vote yes.
01:09:17Well, that's one vote for Dr. Annie
01:09:19and one vote for the midwife.
01:09:21I guess you've got the tie-breaking vote, Doc.
01:09:27I'm sorry, Annie.
01:09:29I'm going to have to side with the midwife.
01:09:31But I love ice cream.
01:09:33Then I'll send you some.
01:09:35It's not the same.
01:09:37How do I know you're not going to sneak out
01:09:39when we're gone?
01:09:41Don't give it a second thought, Doc.
01:09:43This old ball and chain will be sitting right here
01:09:45against me. That's right.
01:09:47Read your book and pout.
01:10:01Don't you look beautiful?
01:10:03Except for this.
01:10:05Oh, no one will even notice that.
01:10:07Even Joshua?
01:10:09Especially Joshua.
01:10:11Thanks for telling Joshua he can escort me to the social.
01:10:13You're coming with your mother and I, right?
01:10:15I told him I wanted to walk in with my family
01:10:17and see him from afar.
01:10:19That's very romantic.
01:10:21Must be from all the books I read.
01:10:23Pa.
01:10:25I'm sorry for not making curfew the other night.
01:10:27I know you were just worried about me.
01:10:29Don't worry about it.
01:10:31You're growing up so fast
01:10:33sometimes I can't keep up with you.
01:10:35Thanks, Pa.
01:10:37Come here.
01:10:43Come here.
01:10:53And then you step like this.
01:10:55See?
01:11:01Here you go.
01:11:03Mr. Owens, Dr. Owens, would you like some lemonade?
01:11:05No, thank you.
01:11:07No, thank you, Joshua.
01:11:13Hey, partner.
01:11:15How's your ice cream?
01:11:17Dr. Owens, can we talk?
01:11:19Boyd,
01:11:21I believe you know my husband, Lee.
01:11:23Boyd, I want to thank you.
01:11:25Mabel's as different
01:11:27as night and day.
01:11:29It's all I can do to keep up with her.
01:11:31Well, you do look like a brand-new person.
01:11:33You've had a lot more energy.
01:11:35Still need some extra sleep in the afternoons,
01:11:37but getting stronger every day.
01:11:39The best medicine is no good if it isn't dispensed
01:11:41with a joyful spirit.
01:11:43It's all too easy to forget that.
01:11:45Well, I, uh,
01:11:47mostly want to apologize
01:11:49for being stubborn.
01:11:51Thanks again, Dr. Owens.
01:11:53It was my pleasure.
01:11:55And I should be the one
01:11:57to apologize to you, Mabel.
01:11:59I had no right to be cross with you when you needed my help.
01:12:01I hope you can forgive me.
01:12:03There's nothing to forgive.
01:12:07Have a good day.
01:12:11Wow.
01:12:13That was a very nice thing you just did.
01:12:15Would you like some ice cream?
01:12:17I'd love some.
01:12:37I got Lee's telegram. Where's Annie?
01:12:39The Lord brought you at the right time.
01:12:41Everyone's in town at a social.
01:12:43I need Belinda now!
01:12:45I want to see Annie.
01:12:47Get Belinda now!
01:12:53You look beautiful.
01:12:55Say that again.
01:12:57Cancel.
01:12:59I still can't believe it.
01:13:01Can't believe what?
01:13:03That I'm here with the smartest,
01:13:05most beautiful girl in town.
01:13:09That's very sweet of you to say, Joshua.
01:13:23Lillian's got a boyfriend.
01:13:25Lillian's got a boyfriend.
01:13:27Lillian's got a boyfriend.
01:13:29Lillian's got a boyfriend.
01:13:31Gracie, Shannon, you go on and get out of here.
01:13:39Belinda!
01:13:41I need you!
01:13:49Belinda!
01:13:51Peter.
01:13:53It's Annie. You gotta come quick.
01:13:55Joshua, you see to it that Lillian gets home safe.
01:13:57Yes, sir.
01:13:59Yeah! Yeah!
01:14:01Target!
01:14:03Yeah!
01:14:07Mary.
01:14:09Thank God you're back.
01:14:11She's had a seizure. I've got her in bed.
01:14:13Pete.
01:14:15You best wait down here.
01:14:17There's nothing you can do up there.
01:14:19There's nothing you can do up there.
01:14:29Dear Lord,
01:14:31please watch over Annie and her baby.
01:14:37Amen.
01:14:39Amen.
01:14:41Thank you, Lee.
01:14:43You're welcome.
01:14:45Come on, let's have a seat.
01:14:49Peter.
01:14:57Peter.
01:14:59He's waiting downstairs.
01:15:01Right.
01:15:03It is eclipsing.
01:15:05I'm afraid so.
01:15:09Please save my baby.
01:15:13I know what you have to do.
01:15:19I'm going to close my eyes now.
01:15:35What did she mean?
01:15:37You know what has to be done.
01:15:39That baby has to come out if we're to save it.
01:15:41Even at the risk of her own life.
01:15:43That baby is ready.
01:15:45She was talking about you.
01:15:47She's ready.
01:15:49She was talking about a cesarean delivery.
01:15:51Which I could do at the clinic,
01:15:53but under very crude conditions.
01:15:55Have you ever done one?
01:15:57I did one once at a hospital in Boston.
01:15:59But I had the proper equipment and staff.
01:16:03And there was an eclampsia involved.
01:16:05Is there no other choice?
01:16:09Not if she doesn't go into labor soon.
01:16:11Well then,
01:16:13we best get that labor going.
01:16:15Here.
01:16:19What is that?
01:16:21Scotch broom with a little vanilla
01:16:23to help it go down.
01:16:25Women have been using it for centuries.
01:16:27Scotch broom is a weed?
01:16:29A weed the good Lord made.
01:16:31His wonders to perceive.
01:16:33Does it work?
01:16:35Sure as the sunrise.
01:16:37A little of this,
01:16:39and we'll have our baby boy in no time.
01:16:45Is there anything else I can do?
01:16:47A glass of water.
01:17:15Her temperature is slightly raised.
01:17:17But her heartbeat and her breathing
01:17:19are normal.
01:17:21No contractions yet.
01:17:23It doesn't seem to be working.
01:17:25It's never taken this long.
01:17:27Let's just give it a little more time.
01:17:29We could lose Annie and the baby.
01:17:31Do you have everything here
01:17:33that you need to do a cesarean?
01:17:35I don't know.
01:17:37I don't know.
01:17:39I don't know.
01:17:41I don't know.
01:17:43Do you have everything here that you need
01:17:45to do a cesarean delivery?
01:17:51How about taking a spoonful of that faith
01:17:53you're always talking about?
01:17:57I'm going to make some tea.
01:17:59Would you like a cup?
01:18:01No, thank you.
01:18:13Any news?
01:18:15Nothing yet.
01:18:17I'm going to have a cup of tea.
01:18:39You're doing fine, Annie.
01:18:41You're doing fine, Annie.
01:18:43Just keep breathing.
01:18:47Contractions.
01:18:49Closer together.
01:18:51We are going to introduce this baby boy
01:18:53to his new family.
01:18:55It's all right.
01:18:57Keep breathing.
01:18:59Good.
01:19:11Good.
01:19:23Congratulations, Uncle Peter.
01:19:29She's so beautiful.
01:19:33I've delivered hundreds of babies,
01:19:35but I've never seen one this...
01:19:37perfect.
01:19:39I'm not just saying that
01:19:41because she's my granddaughter.
01:19:43I thought she was a boy.
01:19:45She carried like a boy.
01:19:47We learn, don't we, Doc?
01:19:49We sure do.
01:19:51Thank you both for being here.
01:19:53There's no other place we'd rather be.
01:19:59Is it okay if I come in?
01:20:05Come meet your daughter, Peter.
01:20:09Come sit.
01:20:13Can I hold her?
01:20:17Come sit.
01:20:39Hey, hey, hey.
01:20:47Hey, you got that, fella?
01:20:49I brought you a present.
01:20:51A present?
01:20:53These are a few of my favorites.
01:20:55When I asked you for a few books,
01:20:57I thought you'd give me one or two.
01:20:59The way you went through 20,000 links,
01:21:01I figured you'd use a few more.
01:21:03Oh, you think so?
01:21:06I should probably get going.
01:21:08Okay.
01:21:10Will I see you later?
01:21:12Sure is this one fine day.
01:21:26Joshua, when you're finished
01:21:28swooning over my daughter,
01:21:30I could use a little helping here.
01:21:32I'm coming.
01:21:35Lord, thank you for the family
01:21:37that surrounds us and the love
01:21:39which envelops us.
01:21:41May we always strive to walk
01:21:43the way you like and be true
01:21:45missionaries of your word.
01:21:47Amen.
01:21:58Hey, are you all right?
01:22:00I'm fine. Just a little stuffy inside.
01:22:02I've gotten so used to you
01:22:04and Annie being at the house.
01:22:06It's going to be too quiet when we're gone.
01:22:08Well, it's been a week
01:22:10since my darling daughter was born.
01:22:12I think it's time we go home.
01:22:14I'm going to miss you so very much.
01:22:16And all the more reason for you
01:22:18to come visit us soon.
01:22:22What are you doing out here?
01:22:24Oh, I was just getting some fresh air,
01:22:26talking to Annie.
01:22:28You're going to miss her, aren't you?
01:22:30Well, we have her for one more night.
01:22:32Let's enjoy her while we can.
01:22:42Thank you very much, Lee.
01:22:44It was my pleasure, Pete.
01:22:46And Belinda, I can never thank you enough.
01:22:48Well, I wish I could take
01:22:50all the credit, but I had some expert help.
01:22:52This has been
01:22:54the happiest time of my life.
01:22:56I'm so glad that I got to share
01:22:58this with you. Me too.
01:23:00All aboard, folks!
01:23:02We're burning daylight!
01:23:04It's about that time.
01:23:06Will you hold baby Lindy for me?
01:23:08Of course.
01:23:18Bye, you two.
01:23:20Bye.
01:23:30There you go.
01:23:32There you go.
01:23:36All right.
01:23:38Take her easy there.
01:23:42Well, my friend,
01:23:44we had ourselves an adventure.
01:23:46How do I thank you, Mary?
01:23:48Well, you could start by
01:23:50finding me a husband.
01:23:54I learned a lot from you.
01:23:56And I from you.
01:23:58You bring them into the world,
01:24:00but you keep them alive and kicking
01:24:02once they're here.
01:24:04Now, if you ever need a good midwife,
01:24:06you know where to find me.
01:24:08I'll be waiting.
01:24:22Oh, young man,
01:24:24I'm gonna need a hand here.
01:24:26There we go.
01:24:28Wait a minute. One, two, three.
01:24:30Steady, steady, steady.
01:24:34Well, Commodore,
01:24:36are we staying home with the tide?
01:24:38I thought you said we were burning daylight.
01:24:40Yes, ma'am.
01:24:42Hyah! Get up!
01:24:44Get!
01:24:56What are you and Mary
01:24:58whispering to each other?
01:25:00She's telling her I'd be needing a good midwife.
01:25:06You mean...
01:25:08Mm-hmm.
01:25:10Are you sure?
01:25:12I'm a doctor.
01:25:14I know a pregnant woman when I see one,
01:25:16especially when I am one.
01:25:18Ha-ha!
01:25:20Hey.
01:25:22We're gonna have a baby.
01:25:24We're gonna have a baby.
01:25:26Baby?
01:25:28Ha-ha-ha! We're gonna have a baby!
01:25:30Ha-ha-ha!
01:25:32Lillian Owens, if you were late enough for school
01:25:34as it is, put those running legs to good use.
01:25:36Yes, ma'am.
01:25:38Joshua Coyle,
01:25:40don't just stand there and gawk.
01:25:42You've got a job to do.
01:25:44Yes, ma'am.
01:25:48I've got patients to attend to and baby plans to make.
01:25:50Uh...
01:25:52Now wait up.
01:25:54Now wait up.
01:25:56How far along are you?
01:25:58Now I'm serious.
01:26:02Well, we've got to start talking about names, really.
01:26:04I mean, I-I like Lee for a boy.
01:26:06Oh, you think it's gonna be a boy?
01:26:08Or, uh, you know, maybe Daphne for a girl.
01:26:10What do you think?
01:26:12Oh, that's very pretty.
01:26:14Come on, you want a little girl, don't you?
01:26:16What do you think?
01:26:18Oh, hold on, I'm gonna get the door for you.
01:26:20Oh, wait, my goodness.
01:26:22Stop.