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