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How former food writer Jane Stern conquered clinical depression after becoming a paramedic.
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00:00:00Music
00:00:20You know, Michael and I are on an eternal quest for many perfect things.
00:00:24One of them is perfect corned beef hash in a diner.
00:00:27We have found something about as close to perfect as I've eaten in the last ten years.
00:00:32Not far from our house in Grafton, Connecticut, at the Laurel Diner.
00:00:35I think there's something to be said about Zen and the art of the perfect corned beef hash.
00:00:39Oh, there's a lot to be said.
00:00:41Because so many gourmet-style restaurants screw up corned beef hash by adding the most god-awful ingredients.
00:00:47The Laurel Diner serves the classic workman-style corned beef hash made from scratch.
00:00:52And it's fantastic. In fact...
00:00:55It's us, Jane and Michael Stern.
00:00:58You may know us from the magazine column we write, or from the books we've written together, 35 and counting,
00:01:05or from our radio show, or from TV.
00:01:08Everywhere we went, people would always say,
00:01:11God, I wish I had your life.
00:01:14You've got a great job.
00:01:15A great-looking husband.
00:01:17You get to eat what you want.
00:01:19You get to travel to all these fabulous places.
00:01:22You've got the perfect life.
00:01:24And I did.
00:01:26Would you like to sign the book?
00:01:28Kind of.
00:01:29But not exactly.
00:01:31And I let you in because, well, housewives can get awfully bored sometimes.
00:01:36You're too smooth, honey.
00:01:38You're much too smooth.
00:01:40Of all the primates, baboons most frequently interact with people.
00:01:43They are the most adaptable of the ground-welling primates.
00:01:46Jane!
00:01:47You've been a wide variety of habitats.
00:01:49Intelligent and...
00:01:50The fact was that I was having a sort of midlife event.
00:01:55I was a producer in Minneapolis on the phone.
00:01:59We fly out there on the 10th, in case you're interested.
00:02:02And the flames quickly spread, burning the entire house to the ground.
00:02:06You know, the station's arranged a bus trip, of course, with listeners.
00:02:10So a little restaurant's about three hours into the country.
00:02:13So, uh, what have you been doing?
00:02:16Watching TV.
00:02:18Don't go away.
00:02:21We'll be taking your calls as our canine fashion show continues.
00:02:25Go ahead.
00:02:29I'm going to the barn.
00:02:31Michael had been sober for a little over a year,
00:02:33and now he had started spending more and more time at AA meetings
00:02:37or out at high lonesome stables with his horse.
00:02:40I didn't have to take care of him anymore.
00:02:42Not the way I had.
00:02:44After your ride, are you coming straight home?
00:02:46I think.
00:02:49Kirby, come.
00:02:50Well, be careful.
00:02:52KT starts acting spooked.
00:02:54Jane, I'll be okay.
00:02:57Easy, whoa, whoa.
00:03:04Michael, wear a helmet.
00:03:08What's that Jane girl up to today?
00:03:13Sitting in front of the TV in her bathrobe.
00:03:16She sick?
00:03:17Not exactly.
00:03:18More like impossible to be around right now.
00:03:20You know, there's a, there's a scene in AA, Pete.
00:03:27Spouses get better much slower than we do.
00:03:37I knew Michael had reached a point where he was frustrated with me and my phobias.
00:03:41I've always had fears about just about everything, you name it.
00:03:46Now fear was taking hold of my life, but I just couldn't do anything about it.
00:04:00Jane?
00:04:01Oh.
00:04:02Hi.
00:04:03I haven't seen you in a while.
00:04:04What have you been up to?
00:04:05Oh, work.
00:04:06Working.
00:04:07Some new projects.
00:04:08Have you seen the display?
00:04:10Well, make sure you do.
00:04:11Okay.
00:04:20Working?
00:04:21You're working on trying to get out of bed in the mornings.
00:04:24Why don't you tell her that?
00:04:35Welcome to Minneapolis.
00:04:36Bye.
00:04:37Hi.
00:04:38We're really glad to be here.
00:04:40Michael, I can't do this.
00:04:41Hi, Michael.
00:04:42Hi.
00:04:43The idea of being trapped with a group of strangers for three hours on a bus going who knows
00:04:48where driven by somebody I don't even know.
00:04:49Hi.
00:04:50I mean, does he look like the kind of bus driver that would stop the bus if I asked him to?
00:04:53Jane, these people paid a hundred bucks a piece to meet us.
00:04:56You think they'd let me drive the bus?
00:05:02You?
00:05:03No.
00:05:04Jane, you said you might want to ride in the car with me.
00:05:07Yes.
00:05:10It'll be okay.
00:05:11I'll talk to all the listeners when we get to the restaurant.
00:05:19Let's go.
00:05:20This is the final boarding call, flight 387 today.
00:05:24They loved the food.
00:05:28Excuse me.
00:05:31They loved the tote bags.
00:05:33I don't know why we couldn't have eaten someplace in Minneapolis.
00:05:39They live in Minneapolis.
00:05:41Well, there are plenty of great restaurants in town we wouldn't have to take a bus to.
00:05:45Well, the point for them was to go on an adventure.
00:05:48Somewhere new.
00:05:49I think that's stupid.
00:05:50Some days I'd be so down in the dumps I could barely leave the house.
00:06:02Michael told me about the sign that was always up at his AA meetings.
00:06:06You are not alone.
00:06:08But I was.
00:06:17Being a writer is not like having a job job.
00:06:20It's a weird, unstructured life.
00:06:23Stretches of time went by now when I saw no one but Michael.
00:06:27It was hard to find the energy to get dressed.
00:06:30Why get dressed?
00:06:31There was no pressing need to.
00:06:35No pun intended.
00:06:38No pun intended.
00:06:44Oh.
00:06:45Oh, oh.
00:06:46Jane?
00:06:49Jane, what's the matter?
00:06:54No.
00:06:56I'm okay.
00:07:08I'm okay.
00:07:09I'm okay.
00:07:10Okay.
00:07:11Help.
00:07:12Help.
00:07:13Help.
00:07:14Help.
00:07:15Help.
00:07:16Help.
00:07:17Help.
00:07:18I don't know what's with me.
00:07:19I got all panicky and couldn't do it.
00:07:21I couldn't ride.
00:07:22So you got off and you walked.
00:07:23It's no big deal.
00:07:24Pete.
00:07:25You know me.
00:07:26I love to ride.
00:07:27I've ridden since I was a little girl.
00:07:28Michael's changed.
00:07:29Every day he gets up, works two hours, goes to his meeting at 7.
00:07:30Some days he goes to three meetings.
00:07:31And then he's like, oh, no.
00:07:32You know me.
00:07:33I don't know what's with me.
00:07:34I got all panicky and couldn't do it.
00:07:35I couldn't ride.
00:07:36So you got off and you walked?
00:07:37It's no big deal.
00:07:38Pete.
00:07:39You know me.
00:07:40I love to ride.
00:07:41I've ridden since I was a little girl.
00:07:42Michael's changed.
00:07:49Every day he gets up, works two hours, goes to his meeting at 7.
00:07:55Some days he goes to three meetings.
00:07:57And then he comes out here to get away from me.
00:08:01And I know it.
00:08:03I don't think that that's the case.
00:08:06Has he said anything to you?
00:08:08No, I guess he wouldn't.
00:08:13And Michael's still Michael.
00:08:15Look, if you want, I'll go out there with you on the trail next time.
00:08:18I'll walk ahead of you and Pi again and lead you.
00:08:21You would, wouldn't you?
00:08:23Well, I said I would.
00:08:38I'm just thrilled to be working with you guys.
00:08:41Us too.
00:08:43You know, we really like the region by region idea for the new edition.
00:08:47Aren't you in Chicago next week?
00:08:48Uh, yeah.
00:08:49We're gonna try that new state place that you mentioned.
00:08:51Oh, you will love it.
00:08:53Oh, you'll love it.
00:08:54Anyway, the book.
00:08:55Yeah, it just seems to make more sense to break it down that way.
00:08:58In case somebody's using it on a road trip.
00:09:00You know, instead of state by state.
00:09:02This meatloaf rocks.
00:09:04So how do you guys work?
00:09:07Well, in the old days, uh, we'd sit down together.
00:09:10In the old days, we did everything together.
00:09:12But now, I'd pretty much do a draft and then Jane takes it and she does a draft
00:09:16and then we, uh, we look at it together.
00:09:21Because we'd like to have this for our spring list.
00:09:24Shouldn't be a problem.
00:09:27Shouldn't be.
00:09:30Michael, where are you going?
00:09:32I'm just gonna get something to drink. Jane, please.
00:09:35Please what?
00:09:36You just...
00:09:37You're so needy.
00:09:39I am not.
00:09:40You know, you've become this anxiety riddled recluse
00:09:42because you don't have anybody to micromanage anymore.
00:09:44Okay, let's just...
00:09:46Can you give me a Danish or something?
00:09:48You know, you've micromanaged me all these years.
00:09:49You won't know the truth.
00:09:50Would you stop it with that word?
00:09:51I hate those words.
00:09:52It's like empower or proactive.
00:09:54Jane, it sucks being the center of somebody else's life.
00:09:58I'll be right back.
00:10:07Ladies and gentlemen, the tower has just directed us to a different runway.
00:10:10Please remain seated with your seat belts fastened.
00:10:13We should be airborne shortly.
00:10:14Are you okay?
00:10:15Are you ready to take off?
00:10:16Yeah.
00:10:18As long as it's moving in the direction it's supposed to be going.
00:10:21Thank you, sir.
00:10:26Well, ladies and gentlemen, it looks like we're gonna be sitting here for a while.
00:10:31The tower seems to be having some traffic control problems.
00:10:36I'll let you know when we're cleared for takeoff.
00:10:38This thing is like an MRI machine with wings.
00:10:57Why isn't there an update from the pilot?
00:10:59It's been like two hours.
00:11:09Do you have any snacks?
00:11:10Sorry, there's nothing to eat on this plane.
00:11:15I need something.
00:11:16I don't know what we're gonna do.
00:11:17Last time you passed out.
00:11:18It's an emergency.
00:11:35Would you like this?
00:11:36It might help.
00:11:38Thanks.
00:11:48You should've seen your face.
00:11:49You should've seen your face.
00:11:50You should've seen your face.
00:11:51You should've seen your face.
00:11:52You should've seen your face.
00:11:57Oh, man.
00:12:04It looks like you saved the day.
00:12:06I guess I did.
00:12:19I couldn't stop thinking about the boy on the plane.
00:12:23It made me look at everything I knew about myself that I wanted to be different.
00:12:27So right then and there, I made a decision.
00:12:30I decided to take control of my life.
00:12:33You, lady, I don't think this is for you.
00:12:37Oh, well, I sure would like to give it a try.
00:12:40You're talking car accidents.
00:12:42You have to be prepared to deal with all sorts of unpleasant sights.
00:12:46And I mean some pretty damn grizzly ones.
00:12:50Oh, well, I would imagine.
00:12:52Death and disfigurement?
00:12:54I mean, some of us end up heaving our guts out.
00:12:57You can't help it.
00:12:58Oh, I hate vomit.
00:12:59Loads of vomit.
00:13:01I try never to vomit.
00:13:02They'll vomit all over you.
00:13:04I guarantee you.
00:13:05Cooped up in the back of an ambulance.
00:13:07Cooped?
00:13:08Racing down some bumpy road.
00:13:11You haven't kept in shape.
00:13:14I understand.
00:13:16Thanks, though, for your time.
00:13:20Yeah.
00:13:21Yeah.
00:13:22Sure.
00:13:26Hey.
00:13:46Oh.
00:13:49Just trying to get a feel for it in there.
00:13:54What it feels like for the horses.
00:13:57You know, all cooped up.
00:13:59Is this a writer's thing?
00:14:02Right.
00:14:03Research.
00:14:04Piece of cake.
00:14:05Can I look inside the ambulance?
00:14:22Do these doors open from the inside?
00:14:23Yeah.
00:14:24Oh.
00:14:25What is it exactly that you're looking for?
00:14:28Oh.
00:14:29Nothing.
00:14:30Really.
00:14:31I've just never been inside an ambulance before.
00:14:34Huh.
00:14:35Whew.
00:14:36Whew.
00:14:37Whew.
00:14:39Whew.
00:14:40Whew.
00:14:41Whew.
00:14:42Whew.
00:14:43Whew.
00:14:44Whew.
00:14:45Whew.
00:14:46Whew.
00:14:47Good.
00:14:48I mean, you're not, uh, trapped in here.
00:14:49I don't know.
00:14:50I don't know.
00:14:51I don't know.
00:14:52I don't know.
00:14:53I don't know.
00:14:54I don't know.
00:14:55I don't know.
00:14:56I don't know.
00:14:57I don't know.
00:14:58I don't know.
00:14:59I don't know.
00:15:00You're not, uh, trapped in here.
00:15:02Whew.
00:15:03Whew.
00:15:04Whew.
00:15:05Whew.
00:15:06Whew.
00:15:08Whew.
00:15:13Good.
00:15:15I mean you're not, uh, trapped in here.
00:15:18With the sick vomiting person.
00:15:20Whew.
00:15:25You know what, I really want to sign up for that class.
00:15:34Brother.
00:15:41Hey, where were you?
00:15:44The Grafton Firehouse.
00:15:47Guess what?
00:15:48What?
00:15:49I'm gonna be an EMT.
00:15:51I'm not kidding, Michael.
00:15:53Who said you were?
00:15:54What do you do as an EMT?
00:15:57Well, you pull dying people from car wrecks.
00:16:00Stuff like that.
00:16:02Jane, you're 52 years old.
00:16:04You're not gonna be a fireman.
00:16:05EMT.
00:16:07EMT.
00:16:08You know, the other day, helping that kid on the plane,
00:16:11that was one time in my life when I didn't feel like the whole world was collapsing around me.
00:16:15Yeah, but come on, Jane.
00:16:17I mean, you're not gonna be an EMT.
00:16:20Every twinge you get is like a brain tumor, MS, stroke.
00:16:24Well, look at my family.
00:16:26I mean, every one of them.
00:16:27They wouldn't fly.
00:16:28They wouldn't take boats.
00:16:29They wouldn't talk on public telephones.
00:16:31They wouldn't eat in restaurants because they were afraid they would be poisoned.
00:16:34I mean, I'm just like them.
00:16:35My whole life, I've just been paralyzed by my fears.
00:16:39Well, number one is admitting that you're powerless.
00:16:42I know.
00:16:43I know.
00:16:44Twelve steps.
00:16:45But this is not like that.
00:16:51I've done powerless.
00:16:53Just doesn't cut it.
00:16:55Not anymore.
00:16:57Don't loiter in the lobby.
00:17:09Yeah.
00:17:10Don't park in the spaces in the parking lot reserved for police cars.
00:17:17Yeah.
00:17:27Okay, people.
00:17:32Listen up.
00:17:36Let's get started.
00:17:39Though you will be volunteers, your training will be the same as the paid professional.
00:17:45I'd like to assist her.
00:17:47You will know how to insert airways to allow the patient to breathe.
00:17:51You will assist paramedics who must insert needles into chest cavities
00:17:56if the patient's lungs collapse.
00:17:58Hi, I'm Jay.
00:17:59Daughter.
00:18:04When a paramedic has to administer morphine,
00:18:06you will spike the bag and set it up
00:18:09so that instead of a bone-jarring ride to the hospital,
00:18:12the patient will feel like they're a baby
00:18:16in its mother's arms.
00:18:18As an EMTB, you will be smack in the middle of the emergency care hierarchy.
00:18:27This is the most stressful job of all.
00:18:30Know the warning signs of stress, people.
00:18:33Anxiety, guilt, indecisiveness, insomnia.
00:18:37I already have all of those.
00:18:39How will I know when the job's getting to me?
00:18:52BSI, body, substance, isolation.
00:18:56BSI, I'm number one.
00:18:59BSI, I'm number one.
00:19:01You are an EMT.
00:19:03You do not even think about touching a patient
00:19:06without at least a barrier of rubber between you and them.
00:19:10I'm number one.
00:19:11I'm number one.
00:19:12You are important to yourself and to the rescue unit.
00:19:17You arrive on a scene and someone is pointing a gun at you.
00:19:21The house is burning down.
00:19:23Toxic fumes are clouding the air.
00:19:25Or some psychotic is telling you the Martians have ordered him to kill you now.
00:19:30You do not attempt to be a hero.
00:19:35You run for cover and get help.
00:19:39That's what being number one is all about.
00:19:42BSI, I'm number one.
00:19:45BSI, I'm number one.
00:19:48Later.
00:19:49BSI, I'm number one.
00:19:52Later.
00:19:53BSI, I'm number one.
00:20:16Jane?
00:20:20Are you alright?
00:20:21Michael, this is it.
00:20:23This is the other side of what happens if you ever have to call 911.
00:20:27I hope I never have to.
00:20:29Yeah, but if you do...
00:20:32Ed, he's our teacher.
00:20:34He's this professional EMT from over in Bridgeport.
00:20:37You wouldn't believe some of the stuff he's seen.
00:20:39And next time, he's gonna teach us how to cut people's clothing really fast
00:20:43and look them over for bullet wounds that have entered and exited.
00:20:46Honey, are you gonna get undressed?
00:20:48When there's an emergency, you gotta be able to jump in your clothes and get out the door in a split second, day or night.
00:20:53Oh, boy.
00:20:55Oh, no.
00:20:56This stuff is amazing.
00:20:58Good, good. Let's just, let's go see.
00:21:00Let's go see.
00:21:11Scapula.
00:21:12Maxilla.
00:21:13I love these words.
00:21:14Cyanotic means blue from lack of oxygen.
00:21:17Ah, I didn't know that.
00:21:20Oh, my God.
00:21:22You have to look at this.
00:21:24I'll pass, thanks.
00:21:25No, you have to look at this.
00:21:27His, his...
00:21:29The skin's been peeled off like a glove.
00:21:36I can't do this.
00:21:38Oh, they're probably just showing you the worst case scenario.
00:21:45Huh.
00:21:49It's cool.
00:21:53Save it from choking.
00:21:55Oh, my God.
00:21:56Oh, my God.
00:22:05You killed him.
00:22:25Maybe mine's defective.
00:22:26Mm-hmm.
00:22:40Oh, my God.
00:22:42Oh, my God.
00:22:43Wait a minute.
00:22:44Just lift, lift.
00:22:45Oh!
00:22:46Oh, my God.
00:22:48Oh, my God.
00:22:49Oh, my God.
00:22:51Oh, my God.
00:22:52Oh, my God.
00:22:53Oh, my God.
00:22:54Oh, my God.
00:22:55Oh, my God.
00:22:58Oh, my God.
00:22:59Hey.
00:23:01Okay, let's see byして Terra,
00:23:02just as long as you see it.
00:23:03OK.
00:23:04Hi.
00:23:05Let's go, let's go.
00:23:06Oh, my God.
00:23:07We're gonna be right there.
00:23:09Let's go.
00:23:11Oh, my God.
00:23:12Hard.
00:23:14Hello, son, I'm sorry.
00:23:18Oh, my boy,
00:23:19and how many of you are to look at it
00:23:22Michael, slow down.
00:23:28This is a metal cage waiting to kill us in a dozen ways I never even knew about.
00:23:32Oh, great.
00:23:35You can get trapped inside underwater.
00:23:37Seatbelt can crush my intestines.
00:23:39Well, here we go.
00:23:41A little bit of knowledge.
00:23:42Something else is getting nuts about.
00:23:44You can hit your head on the dashboard, send your brain bouncing around inside your skull.
00:23:50You know, it's not just cars, Jamie.
00:23:52Dogs have big teeth because of your function wounds.
00:23:56Shut up.
00:23:57Bees can sting you.
00:23:59You can go into anaphylactic shock.
00:24:00Stop!
00:24:08I take this horse and I walk him around back and I stand there for a minute.
00:24:15And then I bring him out again.
00:24:17Same horse.
00:24:18Oh, sure.
00:24:18Same damn horse.
00:24:22And he looks it up and down.
00:24:25How much?
00:24:26I tell him $20,000.
00:24:28And Joey starts peeling off the bills.
00:24:30Oh, I gotta go.
00:24:35I'm gonna be late.
00:24:36You go get him, ambulance girl.
00:24:37See you, guys.
00:24:47Hey, Pete.
00:24:48Listen, um, I told Jane that the next time we go out to Wyoming or the Dakotas on a research trip,
00:24:53I want you to come with us, too.
00:24:54Oh, I'd love to see that country.
00:24:57Yeah.
00:24:58Yeah, just the two of us.
00:24:59We'd, uh, we'd go out there for a couple days and ride out and get lost.
00:25:03You remind me to tell Jane about the mayor in heat of my stallion going right at it, with me hanging on for dear life.
00:25:14Yeah, that's her kind of story.
00:25:19That Jane's a great girl.
00:25:20Listen up, people.
00:25:29We need to walk through this together.
00:25:31One out of 20 of you has a main artery that is congenitally faulty and will, at some time, hemorrhage.
00:25:38You're lucky, and it is found in time, you will not die.
00:25:43Stern, take your hand off your carotid artery.
00:25:45You're stopping blood supply to the brain.
00:25:47Okay.
00:25:56Ah, ah, ah, ow, ow, ow, ow, stop it.
00:25:59You're with me.
00:26:01Ow.
00:26:02Machinery's not my strong suit.
00:26:04Clearly.
00:26:08Ow.
00:26:17You're, uh, your blood pressure's very high.
00:26:31It's true.
00:26:33P is for provocation.
00:26:35What makes the condition better or worse?
00:26:37I can't for the life of me remember how many liters of oxygen are in an M-sized O2 tank.
00:26:42That's important?
00:26:43Yes.
00:26:44Sometimes I think I'm too stupid for this class.
00:26:47And other times, some of the lectures are like,
00:26:50do not try to replace someone's organs if they are hanging from their body.
00:26:54They say this with a straight face.
00:26:57Who would do these things?
00:26:58What's that?
00:27:01Uh, it's called pass EMT.
00:27:03If there is an impaled object in the neck, do not remove it.
00:27:06I'm going to watch it twice a day until it soaks in and I pass my boards.
00:27:09Well, just be careful.
00:27:10You're not exactly Lance Armstrong.
00:27:12I have to start working out every day.
00:27:14I'm going to do this, Michael.
00:27:15I think it's good, Jane.
00:27:16You do?
00:27:17Well, yeah.
00:27:17You're doing your own thing.
00:27:18It's good to see.
00:27:19On almost every call, you will be responsible for lifting and moving patients
00:27:39without aggravating their current condition of...
00:27:41I may be more than twice his age, but I don't care.
00:27:43You also need to be knowledgeable about proper methods of lifting and moving
00:27:46to prevent injury to yourself.
00:27:47So, flex at the knees, using your legs like this to save your back.
00:27:58Straight up.
00:28:00And right back there.
00:28:04Well, who wants to help me out up here?
00:28:11Spencer and I will now hoist the patient in the air and place her in the stair chair.
00:28:17How much do you weigh, Stern?
00:28:20I never volunteer that.
00:28:29You're unconscious, Stern.
00:28:31Hmm.
00:28:31Hmm.
00:28:44Hi.
00:28:45I'm Jane.
00:28:48I'm an EMT.
00:28:50Roger.
00:28:51Jane.
00:28:51Do not touch anything.
00:29:15Do not talk to the firemen.
00:29:17Do not ask them questions.
00:29:19I feel like a second grader going to a museum.
00:29:22Stern.
00:29:23Yes, sir?
00:29:28Stair chair.
00:29:29It's a folding chair used for carrying someone in a sitting position down the stairs.
00:29:32You be the patient.
00:29:33Come on.
00:29:34Yeah.
00:29:35Yeah.
00:29:36Don't worry.
00:29:37I'm really strong.
00:29:38All right.
00:29:39On my count of three.
00:29:40One, two, three.
00:29:42Oh.
00:29:43Oh.
00:29:44Oh.
00:29:45Oh.
00:29:46Oh.
00:29:47Oh.
00:29:48Oh.
00:29:49I have to stop.
00:29:50Oh.
00:29:51Stern.
00:29:52Maybe you should take the foot part.
00:29:53It's a little lighter.
00:29:54I don't do backward.
00:29:55Even at home.
00:29:56Stern.
00:29:57Oh.
00:29:58Oh.
00:29:59Oh.
00:30:01Oh.
00:30:02Oh.
00:30:03Oh.
00:30:04Oh.
00:30:05Oh.
00:30:06Oh.
00:30:07Oh.
00:30:08Oh.
00:30:09Oh.
00:30:10Oh.
00:30:11Oh.
00:30:12I'll tell you when to step off.
00:30:17Lift.
00:30:19Step.
00:30:21Step.
00:30:22Just don't let him hang in the air.
00:30:25Keep both hands in a chair.
00:30:27You will trump him.
00:30:33Oh, Robert.
00:30:35Fail.
00:30:37Stern, see me after class.
00:30:41Can't call 9-1-1. You're all here.
00:31:04I couldn't even walk down a flight of stairs without holding on.
00:31:07I'd trust you to carry me.
00:31:09Well, you'd really have to be out of it.
00:31:10Besides, that's what the cops and firemen are there for to help you lift people.
00:31:15Ooh.
00:31:16Big, hunky men at my command.
00:31:18Now I feel better.
00:31:21You sure you don't mind if I use you as a guinea pig?
00:31:24I love playing doctor with you.
00:31:30Normal.
00:31:40That's a gorgeous saddle.
00:31:46There's nothing you can't do.
00:31:48Michael and I wish you had been our father.
00:31:51That would have made you some kind of perverts.
00:31:53Okay, then.
00:31:55You can be Michael's father.
00:31:57My father.
00:31:58My father.
00:31:59My father had a steel plate in his skull.
00:32:00Did I ever tell you that?
00:32:01Mm-hmm.
00:32:02He'd just go off, you know.
00:32:04These uncontrollable rages.
00:32:06It was something about him playing on the trolley tracks when he was a kid.
00:32:09His forehead caved in and then came out again kind of weird.
00:32:12I guess where the plate was.
00:32:14I used to have these nightmares about Frankenstein's monster chasing me.
00:32:19When I was eight, my mother packed me up and ran away with me while he was out walking her dog.
00:32:25She studied to be a concert pianist.
00:32:27And when we finally found a place, the only thing she brought was her grand piano.
00:32:31So we ate our meals on top and then we slept underneath.
00:32:34Well, that's a vision.
00:32:35Yeah.
00:32:36But he never forgave her for leaving.
00:32:39He threatened to kill us both.
00:32:45I was, I was afraid to leave the house.
00:32:50When was this?
00:32:52How long ago?
00:32:54Well, it was when I...
00:32:57It was a long time ago.
00:33:00Yeah.
00:33:02A long time ago.
00:33:05Let me see if I can find my old binoculars so I can see back that far.
00:33:22I suppose I should wait until I even pass my boards.
00:33:25Of course I'm gonna pass my boards.
00:33:28They have all these cool websites where you can order this EMT stuff.
00:33:32Oh, damn it.
00:33:35Apply pressure.
00:33:37I'll call 911.
00:33:38No, you won't.
00:33:39It's not that bad.
00:33:41What are you so happy about?
00:33:42I'm not.
00:33:43Well, you don't exactly inspire confidence.
00:33:47Apply more pressure.
00:33:50Do you want me to come down?
00:33:51No.
00:33:52Here.
00:33:53Jane, Jane, please.
00:33:54Stop.
00:33:55Elevate it.
00:33:56Look, easy.
00:33:57I'm not exactly Rescue Randy.
00:33:58I know.
00:33:59Rescue Randy lets me help him.
00:34:00Please.
00:34:01Oh.
00:34:04Oh.
00:34:05I think you should go to the ER.
00:34:06Let me drive you.
00:34:07No.
00:34:08I'm gonna go at the CKT.
00:34:09What?
00:34:11Keep applying pressure.
00:34:13Heel.
00:34:15Michael.
00:34:16At least let me take a look at it.
00:34:18No, this EMT stuff is making you even more of a control freak.
00:34:22Kirby.
00:34:23Up.
00:34:24Hey.
00:34:25You should get some stitches in that boy.
00:34:26You need to get to a doctor.
00:34:27What?
00:34:28You should get some stitches in that boy.
00:34:29You need to get to a doctor.
00:34:42What?
00:34:43What?
00:34:44Dr. Lee, please report to physical therapy.
00:34:45Oh.
00:34:46Dr. Lee.
00:34:47Oh.
00:34:48Oh.
00:34:49Oh.
00:34:50Oh.
00:34:51Oh.
00:34:52Oh.
00:34:53Oh.
00:34:54Oh.
00:34:55Jane, why don't you just go wait outside?
00:34:56Oh.
00:34:57Oh.
00:34:58Oh.
00:34:59Oh.
00:35:00Oh.
00:35:01Jane, why don't you just go wait outside?
00:35:03Oh.
00:35:04Just go wait outside.
00:35:05Oh.
00:35:06You're gonna be okay?
00:35:07I'll be fine.
00:35:08Okay.
00:35:09Okay.
00:35:10You're gonna be okay?
00:35:11I'll be fine.
00:35:12Okay.
00:35:13Dr.
00:35:31Dr. Phillips, please call 556.
00:35:33Dr. Phillips, please call 556.
00:35:35Dr. Phillips, please call 556.
00:35:40Sometimes life is a waiting game.
00:35:43Now all I had to do was pass my boards.
00:35:46I'd have to wait six long, agonizing weeks
00:35:49until the National Registry of EMTs gave me a thumbs-up or down.
00:35:54Those weeks crawled by, and then one day I heard.
00:35:59Oh, my gosh.
00:36:02Oh, God.
00:36:05Congratulations! I got it!
00:36:11Michael!
00:36:12Hey!
00:36:14I passed!
00:36:16Michael!
00:36:18Way to go, James!
00:36:20I passed the National Board!
00:36:22I'm more than passed. I did exceptionally well.
00:36:24Look, my EMT certification, and my wallet cards,
00:36:29and look, patches I can sew on.
00:36:33I'm proud of you, honey.
00:36:35Oh.
00:36:36Oh.
00:36:37Oh.
00:36:38Wow.
00:36:40I'm an EMT.
00:36:43Oh, look at you.
00:36:48Oh, look at you.
00:36:50Hi, hi.
00:36:52Probably on the path of our next call.
00:36:54Nice one.
00:36:55Nice to see you.
00:36:56Nice to see you.
00:36:57See you do the best.
00:36:58Like that chart.
00:36:59I don't know.
00:37:00It's gonna look weird.
00:37:01You gotta call it.
00:37:02You gotta call it.
00:37:03You gotta call it.
00:37:04Come on!
00:37:05Bye!
00:37:06Bye!
00:37:08Hi.
00:37:09Jane?
00:37:10I'm Audrey.
00:37:11Hi!
00:37:12Congratulations!
00:37:13Hi, Jane. I'm Audrey.
00:37:31Hi.
00:37:32Congratulations.
00:37:33Thanks.
00:37:33This is for you.
00:37:35Wow.
00:37:36See, it flashes the date and hour in military time.
00:37:39You're going to need that when you feel like the ambulance runs you.
00:37:42This is so terrific.
00:37:44Do you know Vince Milnick from the gas station, our chief?
00:37:48And his brothers, Frank, and Joey, Walter, and this is Grant.
00:37:55He is going to give you your radios and your pagers.
00:37:57Nice to meet you.
00:37:58Hi.
00:37:59You want to come up in?
00:38:00Okay.
00:38:06Let's not be a seven.
00:38:07There's a huge decal on the hood of your car.
00:38:25It's the Star of Life.
00:38:27I put it there.
00:38:28I'm in love with my sticker.
00:38:30It's like this great bonanza of stuff they give you to keep the blood and debris out of
00:38:36my eyes.
00:38:38They gave you all this stuff?
00:38:40Some of it.
00:38:41Some of it I ordered off the internet.
00:38:46IMG65.
00:38:48That's my number.
00:38:49Huh.
00:38:51Is this too much?
00:38:52I don't care.
00:38:55I love it.
00:38:58Okay.
00:38:59I want to know something.
00:39:00What's that?
00:39:01I have to get this in my ear.
00:39:03Where is your heart?
00:39:05I don't know.
00:39:06You have to check your heart to see if you have a heartbeat.
00:39:08Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it.
00:39:24Crafton Ambulance Personnel, number 6 Perkins Road, elderly woman fallen, possible broken
00:39:30hip.
00:39:30Come in.
00:39:32Um, um, gee.
00:39:35Uh, G56 responding, G56.
00:39:45Jane, G56 is already signed on the call.
00:39:48You're G65.
00:39:50I mean, G65.
00:39:52I was so paranoid I was going to do that, and I did it.
00:39:55You're supposed to be like Joe Friday for the radio, not some...
00:39:58Yet on the telephone.
00:40:01Ugh.
00:40:05She tripped.
00:40:27I think she may have broken her hip.
00:40:29What is your mother's name?
00:40:31Muriel Bergman.
00:40:32Muriel.
00:40:32Hi.
00:40:37I'm Jane with the Grafton Ambulance.
00:40:40Huh?
00:40:41Don't worry, Mrs.
00:40:43We're going to fix you right up.
00:40:45Okay.
00:40:46Mrs.
00:40:47On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is the pain?
00:40:5010.
00:40:52Um, I'm going to take a quick peek, and I'll try to be as gentle as I can.
00:40:57Oh!
00:40:58I'm so sorry.
00:41:03Um, I'm going to take your blood pressure.
00:41:07My mother's had a mastectomy.
00:41:10Which side?
00:41:11I can't take a reading on the side that's had the surgery.
00:41:13On both sides.
00:41:16Ugh.
00:41:17Ugh.
00:41:19Sorry.
00:41:20Let's get a pulse.
00:41:24Okay.
00:41:25Okay.
00:41:26Okay.
00:41:33What happened?
00:41:34She fell.
00:41:36Did you get a pulse and a BP?
00:41:39No.
00:41:39Jane, do you want a ride with us?
00:41:53Not now.
00:41:54I have, uh, company at my house.
00:41:56I want to thank you for all your help.
00:42:11Dan, I...
00:42:12You're lucky I didn't kill her.
00:42:19Kept calling her Mrs. like I was the cleaning lady.
00:42:21Boy, that Audrey, boy, she's the real deal.
00:42:27I mean, she knows what to do in an emergency.
00:42:29I only know what to do on paper.
00:42:31Jane.
00:42:32Then I couldn't even get in the back of the ambulance.
00:42:35If I had, they would have had another patient on their hands.
00:42:39This whole thing has been a huge mistake.
00:42:49I'm going back to bed.
00:42:51I've got to get out of this before it does some real damage.
00:43:09Your late young lady, work detail, every Saturday morning, Ted Sherman.
00:43:19Uh, I, uh, I went on a call last night.
00:43:23I read your report.
00:43:24No, I came down here to resign.
00:43:30I don't think I have what it takes to handle this.
00:43:33What can't you handle?
00:43:35Bed people.
00:43:36Uh, puke, feces, amputations.
00:43:43Nobody can until you have to do it.
00:43:46I'm in person.
00:43:48I need someone to break 저는.
00:43:52CONGREGATIONS
00:43:58Nice Cornell
00:44:13Jane, go to the rig and get the ground
00:44:20법
00:44:21Fract pack. Fract pack. Fract pack.
00:44:24Fract pack. Fract pack.
00:44:26Fracture pack. Fracture pack.
00:44:29Here we go. Easy. You're gonna be okay.
00:44:31His leg. You want me to?
00:44:33Split the guy. Yeah, his right leg's twisted badly. It's broken.
00:44:42Set up next to his leg. Right. Right. Now get the shoe off first.
00:44:51Stuck. I don't know if I can...
00:44:54You're doing good.
00:44:58That's it. That's it.
00:45:00Is this okay? Should I keep going?
00:45:04Just keep going.
00:45:10Now this pad leg high enough so you can get the splint on.
00:45:161, 2, 3, up, down.
00:45:29Alright, he's good.
00:45:37Go!
00:45:37What?
00:45:38What?
00:45:38Let's go!
00:45:46Where?
00:45:54Cut his jacket off.
00:45:55Okay.
00:45:56By the way, my name is Jane.
00:45:59Newtown, this is paramedic unit 787. Do you copy?
00:46:02Get away from me, you bitch!
00:46:04Don't crush my leathers!
00:46:05Get the jacket off!
00:46:07Okay.
00:46:07Male patient, 36 years of age, involved in a motorcycle collision.
00:46:11Obvious fracture, right-tip-tip, fully immobilized.
00:46:14My leathers.
00:46:14My leathers!
00:46:15Don't do that! Don't cut his leathers!
00:46:17It's bad.
00:46:18Blood pressure has not been obtained.
00:46:20Respirations, 16.
00:46:22Copy 787. You're waiting your arrival.
00:46:24I'm covered.
00:46:25Very streams of resistance, there's nozzy on this side and the experience Instead of being
00:46:47goal is to break...
00:46:48Where am I, movieっちlle?
00:46:49If your little dreams are not come back, I'll come back.
00:46:51Go!
00:46:52Ay decreaseaurus gives you a new license.
00:46:52Si, listen please.
00:46:53And I'mademar, who has not subscribed.
00:46:55Good job, Jane.
00:47:05Double Delta or burgers, ladies?
00:47:07Donuts.
00:47:07Donuts.
00:47:09How scary can this be if you get to have donuts afterwards?
00:47:13These guys.
00:47:14I love them.
00:47:16It's like their favorite things to do are smoke, drink, eat pizza, curse, put out fires.
00:47:22What else is there?
00:47:23What else is there?
00:47:25They have no idea what I do in my other life.
00:47:27Yeah, they do.
00:47:28In a vague sort of way.
00:47:30But they don't care.
00:47:34I never used to pay attention to the Milnick brothers.
00:47:36I mean, they were always just mechanics.
00:47:38Filled my gas tank, took my credit card.
00:47:40Well, on a one to ten scale of gregarious, they're about a two.
00:47:44But they're the best.
00:47:51It's so soothing here.
00:47:52I did it.
00:48:00I was able to sit in the back of an ambulance and not freak.
00:48:03That's great.
00:48:04It was really good.
00:48:06Because his leg was like, snapped like a chicken leg and twisted.
00:48:10I got it.
00:48:10But I was so busy with what I was supposed to do, I didn't have time to utz about my own stuff.
00:48:15Well, I stopped by the vest today to pick up Kirby's pills.
00:48:19Oh.
00:48:20Jim McGuire says the Milnick brothers like you.
00:48:23They do?
00:48:25Vince Milnick.
00:48:26He's incredible.
00:48:28You should have seen the way he got the area secured, the two of them off to the hospital.
00:48:32Guess I'm not your type anymore, huh?
00:48:34Oh, silly.
00:48:38The book.
00:48:39Remember our book?
00:48:41Road food?
00:48:41Great.
00:48:45Great.
00:48:49They like me?
00:48:53When it comes to fried chicken, which might be the universal all-American food, Stroud's
00:48:59restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri is truly head and shoulders above the rest.
00:49:03Here's why it's great.
00:49:05Basically, you can't screw up fried chicken that much.
00:49:07I mean, even the worst fast food fried chicken, I could eat a bucket full of, no problem.
00:49:12However, what makes Stroud's fried chicken perfect is that the crust is completely thin.
00:49:18Don't worry.
00:49:19You can't hurt him now.
00:49:29See, this is my idea of chicken heaven.
00:49:31It started as an old roadhouse dating back to the 1930s.
00:49:37Helen Stroud started it as a fireworks stand.
00:49:40Then she decided the fireworks business isn't so good.
00:49:43I'm going to start frying chicken.
00:49:45God bless her.
00:49:45God bless her, she did.
00:49:48And since the 30s, Stroud's has been known as the fried chicken place in Kansas City,
00:49:53which is a very serious fried chicken town in general.
00:49:57Huh.
00:49:58Jennifer!
00:49:59Have a look at Blanche and Bill's pancake house.
00:50:21I made a couple of changes in that one, too.
00:50:23Grafton Ambulance Personnel, Crisis Intervention 2946 Richfield Avenue.
00:50:31Please respond.
00:50:35G65, G65 responding.
00:50:37Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:50:38What are you, what are you, whoa, Jane, Jane.
00:50:40What are you, what are you doing?
00:50:42I'll be right back.
00:50:43We'll finish.
00:50:44We have a deadline.
00:50:45We got a, we got a trip coming up.
00:50:46You resent this, don't you?
00:50:48Oh, okay.
00:50:49No, you do.
00:50:50The intrusion of other people's emergencies.
00:50:52Well, yeah, when we sort of have one of our own.
00:50:55Right.
00:50:55This isn't just about you anymore, Michael.
00:50:57Thank God.
00:50:59No, it's about our work, which is us, which you aren't doing anymore.
00:51:04Because being an EMT is, I mean, how can saving lives even begin to compare with writing about
00:51:09chili?
00:51:10Go ahead.
00:51:11Go ahead, Jane.
00:51:13Go be a hero.
00:51:15This is so idiotic.
00:51:17What are you even talking about?
00:51:20I can't even tell what you're talking about.
00:51:24I know you can't.
00:51:28Oh, Jane!
00:51:29In the beginning, when the radio tone would go off, I'd get terrified before I'd pull it
00:51:45together and say, I'm okay.
00:51:47It's okay.
00:51:48Because you never know what horrors you'll find behind those strange doors.
00:51:53This time, it was my own guest room.
00:51:59Michael?
00:52:07I think I'm coming down with something.
00:52:11Well, I'll keep the radio on low.
00:52:14No, I just need a good night's sleep.
00:52:21I'll be okay.
00:52:22I'll be okay.
00:52:29I'll be okay.
00:52:59Are you feeling any better?
00:53:15Yeah.
00:53:17I'm going to go to my meeting.
00:53:19See you around noon.
00:53:20I'll be okay.
00:53:39Come on.
00:53:40Come on.
00:53:41Come on.
00:53:42Come on.
00:53:43Come on.
00:53:44Come on.
00:53:45Come on.
00:53:46Come on.
00:53:47Come on.
00:53:48Come on.
00:54:05Has Michael been here?
00:54:06He came and he went.
00:54:08You missed him.
00:54:11You two haven't been around here much lately.
00:54:14Not together.
00:54:16Whoa!
00:54:18I haven't been able to keep much of a schedule these days.
00:54:27Yeah.
00:54:28Horses need that.
00:54:30Yeah.
00:54:31People, too.
00:54:32Well, everybody's different.
00:54:34They need different things.
00:54:38Sometimes they just don't know it.
00:54:43Seems like you lucked out.
00:54:46Yeah.
00:54:48I always dreamed of having a big family.
00:54:51Now I feel like I do.
00:54:54Whole firehouse full of them.
00:54:55Vince.
00:54:56Hey.
00:54:57There's Vince and Rosemary.
00:54:58Hi.
00:54:59Jules.
00:55:00This was pretty terrific.
00:55:01I'm glad I saw you.
00:55:02Gran and Audrey say they'll take care of the photocopying for the training session on Monday if we buy the pizza.
00:55:09Sounds good to me.
00:55:10Jane.
00:55:11Jane.
00:55:12The fish stew was perfection.
00:55:13I loved it.
00:55:14She really did like it.
00:55:15Oh, and the mussels and the clams and the shrimp and the scallops. I mean, there was like every kind of fish in there. It was absolutely amazing. And the stock.
00:55:31It's an old family recipe. It's secret. At the end, a stir of brandy.
00:55:36Brandy?
00:55:37I am in the restaurant business all my life. And I believe our fish stew beats any fish stew anywhere.
00:55:43Great with French bread there, Jules.
00:55:45Michael's a big dunker.
00:55:47Thanks.
00:55:48Merci.
00:55:54Great place, huh?
00:55:55I'd like to stop at that firehouse we passed coming into town.
00:55:58Why? Do you know them?
00:55:59No.
00:56:01I just want to get a picture up front.
00:56:03Wherever we travel to across the country, you always have to check out all the AA meetings.
00:56:09That's different.
00:56:10Yeah? How?
00:56:12Look, we have some revisions we have to make this afternoon. Jane, we're seeing Sarah in New York on Thursday.
00:56:17We need to reschedule that.
00:56:18She thinks she's getting the book. You've been working on it, haven't you? It's going to be ready, isn't it?
00:56:22I hope.
00:56:23Wait, wait, wait. Jane, look. Why don't you just give me what you've done and I'll finish the rest.
00:56:28No.
00:56:29I'm doing all the work anyway while you're out on the fire truck.
00:56:31That's not exactly fair.
00:56:33You bet it isn't.
00:56:35I can do this, Jane.
00:56:37Let me just do this and let's just stop all this pretending.
00:56:40You pompous...
00:56:41I don't need you anymore.
00:56:44Not like this.
00:56:45It's like pulling teeth to get you to pay attention.
00:56:48Oh, get over yourself. You are so full of yourself.
00:56:51Where do you think you're going?
00:56:53I'm not getting in the car with you.
00:56:55Poor Michael.
00:56:56All these years I've been on your back.
00:56:58Oh.
00:56:59Nothing but this huge neurotic weight around your neck.
00:57:01No, no. Not all these years. Just since I've been sober.
00:57:04And now that I'm not, you can't handle it.
00:57:09Now you know what it feels like.
00:57:10This is about getting back at me?
00:57:12You can't handle that I don't need you like that anymore.
00:57:15No. What I can't handle is the fact that I've lost my partner.
00:57:18And not just my writing partner.
00:57:22You're right. I can't handle that.
00:57:24I can't handle that.
00:57:42Grafton Ambulance Personnel.
00:57:44Woman needs transport to hospital.
00:57:46Number 6 Gordon Road.
00:57:48Okay.
00:57:49The AIDS hospice.
00:57:54I have to go.
00:58:00Yeah.
00:58:01I guess you do.
00:58:08She had a seizure?
00:58:16You don't need that.
00:58:17Nobody here is going to hurt you.
00:58:18Well, it's for the protection of the patients as well as us.
00:58:21Whatever.
00:58:24AIDS.
00:58:25TB.
00:58:26Thrush.
00:58:27Hepatitis.
00:58:28Brain surgery.
00:58:32She should be dead 10 times over.
00:58:34Up here.
00:58:42Mavis.
00:58:43Mavis Cotter.
00:58:4533.
00:58:46It's just, uh...
00:58:47They put hobbies on here.
00:58:49Sewing.
00:58:50Gospel singing.
00:58:51I really like Shirley Caesar.
00:58:53I like her too.
00:58:55My husband.
00:58:56He likes the Clark sisters.
00:58:58He likes the Clark sisters.
00:59:02His name is Michael.
00:59:03We're writers.
00:59:04We're writers.
00:59:05Both of you?
00:59:07We write together.
00:59:08Yeah.
00:59:09What about...
00:59:10Food.
00:59:11We've always loved food.
00:59:13Discussing it.
00:59:14It's like this primal thing with us.
00:59:16And...
00:59:17He's the smartest man I've ever met.
00:59:18He's the smartest man I've ever met.
00:59:19his name is Michael we're writers both of you right together yeah food we've always loved food
00:59:37and discussing is like this primal thing with us he's the smartest man I've ever met
00:59:45I'm very fortunate one of my top ten wishes would be to sing like Mahalia Jax
00:59:58so it will be done trouble
01:00:11trouble of the world trouble of the world I know I suck
01:00:24soon we will be done with the trouble of the world
01:00:48trouble of the world trouble of the world how soon we will be done with the trouble
01:01:04trouble of the world I'm going home to live with God
01:01:17you wrap late I left the sections I finished on your desk I'll wrap up the Great Plains this
01:01:46afternoon they called from Nikki Rivers they want us in Chicago on the fifth for the taping
01:01:51so what's the deal are you staying in there
01:02:05uh for now
01:02:09I really think we should see someone talk to somebody professional
01:02:18Michael this is important
01:02:24I think we should too
01:02:28here sweet boy
01:02:39want to know something there you go
01:02:42Grafton ambulance personnel baby floating face down in swimming pool 145 Columbia Heights
01:02:56G65 G65 responding baby floating in swimming pool
01:03:02okay
01:03:02what the hell a dog
01:03:16what do you say
01:03:170-9-1-1 said his baby fell in the pool
01:03:20this mountain weighs a ton
01:03:23when we got here he was floundering around he probably had a heart attack
01:03:26I don't know what we're supposed to do with it
01:03:28we're not going to put him in the ambulance
01:03:29Jane come on we called the animal warden
01:03:32you okay
01:03:40what's wrong with the doggy
01:03:57he's dead
01:03:58oh my god
01:04:09oh my god
01:04:10Jane what are you doing
01:04:11he's alive
01:04:12he's alive
01:04:16he's alive
01:04:19my baby
01:04:20Winston
01:04:21oh no
01:04:30it's Rhonda from animal control
01:04:32false alarm
01:04:33you sure you don't want to put something else on
01:04:46no
01:04:47I'm fine
01:04:48it's drying
01:04:49quite an episode
01:04:52yeah
01:04:52there have been many
01:04:53Jane saves lives
01:04:55my own
01:04:57I saved my own life when I became an EMT
01:05:01Michael's angry because I don't need him to prop me up anymore
01:05:04is that right Michael
01:05:07well I don't really have this need to have someone to take care of
01:05:11I never have
01:05:11that's where you're headed
01:05:13where are you headed
01:05:14he doesn't need me anymore
01:05:16he thinks I don't need him
01:05:19that's not exactly how I'd put it
01:05:21don't you begin to hate the person that you cling to the most
01:05:24isn't that true
01:05:25go to hell
01:05:27you go to hell
01:05:28I hate you so much
01:05:31you know something
01:05:40you would never
01:05:43talk to Vince Melnick like that
01:05:45you'd treat him with respect
01:05:48and just because we're married
01:05:51doesn't give us license
01:05:52to muck all over each other
01:05:54I first saw Michael when we were in college
01:06:06I said are you a Scorpio
01:06:09I knew he was a Scorpio too
01:06:12we were born one day apart
01:06:17we went to Kenosha, Wisconsin once
01:06:20and had matching Scorpios tattooed on our legs
01:06:23by these Hells Angels guys
01:06:25we've been incredibly close
01:06:29married 33 years
01:06:30we were acting like we don't know each other
01:06:32incredibly close
01:06:33ever since we started writing together
01:06:36we've always been a foot away from each other in the car
01:06:39we have a double byline
01:06:40that constant
01:06:42Michael
01:06:43we don't have any kids
01:06:47and uh
01:06:49we just have each other
01:06:51and the animals
01:06:53and the work
01:06:54and I love that
01:06:58I love it too
01:07:01but I don't love it now
01:07:04I don't love it now
01:07:11I got an extra room here
01:07:22I'm just saying
01:07:27in a pinch
01:07:28for either of you
01:07:33yeah
01:07:34thanks Pete
01:07:35this might take you up on that
01:07:38I don't know Pete
01:07:42I try to be
01:07:46you know
01:07:48encouraging about all this EMT stuff
01:07:50I just keep coming off looking like the bad guy
01:07:54if I was you
01:07:56I'd be into the Scotch by now
01:07:58yeah well that's just it
01:08:00I was good for all those years
01:08:02it was good for her too
01:08:04because she knew exactly where I was
01:08:05passed down the chair
01:08:07but then I got sober
01:08:10and I wasn't in the chair anymore
01:08:13I wake up every morning
01:08:17I wonder where I've been for the last 30 years
01:08:21Jane?
01:08:39huh?
01:08:40what do you mean?
01:08:42got an extra room?
01:08:42yeah
01:08:43yeah I got it
01:08:48you're gonna be fine
01:08:57that's it
01:09:02you're gonna be fine
01:09:03there you go
01:09:04you're gonna be fine
01:09:05and we're gonna get to the hospital
01:09:07I'm just gonna buckle you in here
01:09:08okay?
01:09:09okay
01:09:09anyone call her?
01:09:12she said
01:09:13hello?
01:09:25Jane?
01:09:25it's Audrey
01:09:26you seemed a little out of it
01:09:30I'm sorry
01:09:31I just had to come home
01:09:33and lie down
01:09:34I was feeling a little weird
01:09:36Jane, are you okay?
01:09:38no
01:09:41careful
01:09:44because I will burn you
01:09:46I know a good EMT
01:09:49I cry all the time
01:09:56in the car
01:10:01Michael drives
01:10:02and I cry
01:10:03I cry every time I see couples
01:10:07our age together
01:10:09every restaurant we go into
01:10:12every motel room
01:10:14I'm crying
01:10:16every couple goes through this
01:10:20I mean you stay together this long
01:10:22yeah
01:10:23yeah
01:10:23yeah
01:10:23I know all that
01:10:24I've seen those movies too
01:10:26it's just that
01:10:29Michael and I
01:10:30I love him
01:10:32and he says
01:10:35he loves me too
01:10:36we just don't like each other
01:10:41God
01:10:46I hope this is nerves
01:10:47and not Parkinson's
01:10:48and we're back with Jane and Michael Stern
01:11:08okay Jane, Michael, tell me
01:11:10do you ever have time to just stay home and cook?
01:11:13yeah
01:11:14people think we live out of doggy bags
01:11:15but when we're not on the road
01:11:17we're very passionate cooks
01:11:18and we're passionate about kitchenware as well
01:11:20oh
01:11:21are there pieces you just can't live without?
01:11:23well my favorite thing I have to have
01:11:25is a really good cheese grater
01:11:27okay
01:11:27tell me
01:11:28what kind do you like?
01:11:29well Jane and I actually have a battle royale
01:11:31going on about cheese graters
01:11:32we each have our own
01:11:33yeah
01:11:33Michael hides his cheese grater
01:11:34that's because you don't clean yours properly
01:11:36really?
01:11:37Jane prefers the boxy type
01:11:39I'm so humiliated
01:11:41I have this great
01:11:42fabulous flat one
01:11:43it's old
01:11:44I love it
01:11:45I know exactly how to hold the cheese
01:11:46yeah Michael is anal lieutenant
01:11:47he hides his cheese grater
01:11:49he thinks I don't know this
01:11:51but the cheese grater and his coffee beans
01:11:52are hidden somewhere where he thinks
01:11:53I don't know where they are
01:11:54oh I think I've struck a nerve here
01:11:57you know this naturally leads me to
01:11:58talking about the knives that we own
01:11:59yes well I don't like you thinking about knives
01:12:01Michael when you're annoyed with my kitchen habits
01:12:04I think I'm gonna have to see about
01:12:05getting a group rate on a marriage counselor
01:12:07I think so too
01:12:08Nicky
01:12:20Tristan you're the best
01:12:21that was great
01:12:22you're terrific
01:12:23I know
01:12:24Oh, thank you very much.
01:12:25Good to see you. Appreciate it.
01:12:28God, that was, uh, that was amazing.
01:12:31I know.
01:12:32Yeah. Even now.
01:12:35Michael?
01:12:36Hi.
01:12:37I've got the information on that barbecue plate.
01:12:45What time is the flight?
01:12:483.16.
01:12:49Why can't they just call at 3.15 or 3.20?
01:12:54Is there a stop?
01:12:56Non-stop.
01:12:57What time do we get home?
01:12:595.30.
01:13:02What did you mean when you said even now?
01:13:05It was amazing even now.
01:13:09With everything falling apart.
01:13:14I'm so afraid.
01:13:16Jane, we're only going to be in the air for an hour.
01:13:19I'm afraid nothing could be the same again.
01:13:26That we aren't going to be Jane and Michael Stern again.
01:13:30Anymore.
01:13:31With everything that gets splattered or sneezed on me,
01:13:58I can get AIDS or SARS or the flu or...
01:14:03This is 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
01:14:06There are times when I ask myself, why?
01:14:08Why am I doing this?
01:14:10I mean, I became an EMT
01:14:11because I thought it would be a way to get out of my head
01:14:14and force me to think about other people's problems,
01:14:16but it's not working anymore.
01:14:18And I'm...
01:14:19I'm letting Michael down.
01:14:21I mean, the better I get at this,
01:14:23I don't know what to do except quit.
01:14:25You exhaust the hell out of me.
01:14:30I exhaust me too sometimes.
01:14:34Just ease up.
01:14:35You don't have to go out on every call.
01:14:38You know, when I first met you,
01:14:40I thought, oh, here we go.
01:14:42Another damn do-gooder.
01:14:44I was so scared of you.
01:14:47You mean you're not anymore?
01:14:48I thought that you'd be the last person on earth
01:14:52to stick it out.
01:14:54Me too.
01:14:55But you did.
01:14:57I know one thing.
01:14:59If I was ever trapped in a burning building,
01:15:01I could count on you to run in there and get me.
01:15:06Did I wake you?
01:15:19No, no.
01:15:20No, I was awake.
01:15:25What you're saying is you don't want to be married to me anymore.
01:15:29I love you, Jane.
01:15:32I'll always love you.
01:15:33But you don't want to be married to me anymore.
01:15:43Okay.
01:15:45Jane.
01:15:45Enough.
01:15:49What do we do?
01:15:52I mean, I know what we do,
01:15:53but what do we do about our work?
01:15:54Michael,
01:16:01if we're that miserable...
01:16:03I don't know what I am anymore.
01:16:05We're incredibly miserable with each other.
01:16:09And we both know that this is it.
01:16:11For us.
01:16:13We both know.
01:16:20Pete has a spare room.
01:16:21I know.
01:16:28There's an apartment for rent behind Milnick's garage.
01:16:32I know that, too.
01:16:36We worked so hard for this place.
01:16:39I hate the thought of leaving.
01:16:40Well, you know,
01:16:45we have, uh,
01:16:48certain obligations to work,
01:16:50and I, you know,
01:16:50I don't see that, uh...
01:16:55I'm sorry.
01:16:57I don't see that.
01:17:10Now,
01:17:11maybe, uh,
01:17:14maybe we can get little houses
01:17:15next to each other, huh?
01:17:17I wonder what it would take
01:17:20to wall this place in half.
01:17:22Well,
01:17:30we, uh,
01:17:33we have to figure everything out tonight.
01:17:35Okay.
01:17:35I know what's gonna happen.
01:17:54You're gonna end up
01:17:55out back of Milnick's garage.
01:17:56What am I doing?
01:18:12I'm sorry.
01:18:15I...
01:18:15I'm sorry.
01:18:18I'm sorry.
01:18:19I'm sorry.
01:18:19I'm sorry.
01:18:20I'm sorry.
01:18:20Motion was passed that the 75th anniversary
01:18:27of the Grafton Volunteer Fire Company
01:18:29would be held on June 23rd.
01:18:32That's, uh, Craig's birthday,
01:18:34for any of you who don't know already.
01:18:36Parade at 3 o'clock following the chili cook-off
01:18:38with celebrity judges.
01:18:40Listen, I hope we don't have any unfortunate incidents
01:18:42like last year.
01:18:44I mean, who would have known that a gas barbecue
01:18:46could cause that much damage?
01:18:47Young lady,
01:18:50I want to talk to you.
01:18:55Two things.
01:18:56What did I do?
01:18:59Uh, we were wondering about asking Michael
01:19:01to be a celebrity judge at the chili cook-off.
01:19:04What do you think?
01:19:05Audrey says that the two of you wrote a book about chili.
01:19:09Yeah, we did.
01:19:10It's called Chili Nation.
01:19:11Oh.
01:19:12Um, I could ask him.
01:19:16Good, good.
01:19:17Uh, now the second thing.
01:19:21Uh, you're not still considering quitting, are you?
01:19:24Every day.
01:19:26We were wondering if you'd take over as firehouse secretary.
01:19:29Ken Rapp's term is up.
01:19:32Me?
01:19:33You write every damn thing down anyway.
01:19:35Never miss a meeting.
01:19:37Might as well put you to work.
01:19:38Now, don't start it up on me.
01:19:43Yes.
01:19:44Absolutely.
01:19:45I would be deeply honored.
01:19:48All right, then.
01:19:50I'll talk to the chief.
01:19:51Michael?
01:19:52I'm on my way now.
01:20:07Dr. Iqbali, please call the pharmacy.
01:20:13Dr. Iqbali, please call the pharmacy.
01:20:20Michael, what happened?
01:20:23He was, uh...
01:20:25He was in the barn.
01:20:27And he was cleaning out the stools.
01:20:30And, uh...
01:20:31His brain hemorrhaged.
01:20:34He had a massive stroke.
01:20:36He's, uh...
01:20:37He...
01:20:38He's...
01:20:45Oh, my God.
01:20:47Shoot.
01:20:48Iqbali...
01:20:49Let's go.
01:20:52Let's go.
01:20:54Iqbali...
01:20:56Mama...
01:20:58Dad...
01:20:58Iqbalic...
01:20:59Iqbali...
01:20:59Iqbalic.
01:21:03Sounds like...
01:21:04In Bangs...
01:21:05bec...
01:21:05Yeah, Iqbali...
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01:21:43Hey.
01:21:44I've been showing up all morning just to help out.
01:21:49I keep expecting to see him sitting there like he always is when we come in from a ride.
01:21:55He's always there.
01:21:57Tell me everything I know about riding.
01:22:12About everything.
01:22:16I know he did.
01:22:26I don't know what to do.
01:22:38I don't know what to do for him.
01:22:43I don't know what to do for him.
01:22:50You know, the other day, we were talking about what we were going to do and our logistics.
01:23:05I couldn't stand the thought of losing you.
01:23:12I went upstairs and I had this picture of you in my head as a little girl.
01:23:18No, I didn't mean that.
01:23:35That sounds stupid.
01:23:37No, it doesn't.
01:23:39No, what I meant was I saw myself as the same, as not a bad person.
01:23:49And I know that you're not a bad person.
01:23:54And I know that you want to be a good person with me too.
01:23:58And I want that too.
01:24:01I felt the same way too.
01:24:02I felt the same way too.
01:24:07I don't want to lose you.
01:24:12You know, I guess what I had were these feelings for our relationship.
01:24:22When you looked at me, I knew I could never leave you.
01:24:29As horrible as it's been?
01:24:32Yeah, as horrible as it's been.
01:24:35It's not worth throwing away.
01:24:39There's something really worth saving here.
01:24:49We've been eating at Mom's.
01:24:51Actually, it's called Mother's.
01:24:53It's one of our favorite restaurants in New Orleans.
01:24:55Well, it sure ain't my mother's home cooking.
01:24:57I wish my mother had cooked like this.
01:24:58My mother, unfortunately, was not a soul food cook.
01:25:00And this is great New Orleans soul food at its best.
01:25:04Which means red beans and rice.
01:25:06A length of really wonderfully taut sausage.
01:25:10Since I was a little girl, I've been afraid of losing people.
01:25:13The fact is, one way or the other, eventually you just do.
01:25:18As a working person's cafe.
01:25:20The thought of losing Michael frightened me so much that I almost did lose him.
01:25:24But in the end, figuring out how to be together and still allow each other our own separate lives made us even closer.
01:25:33At the last meeting for the Grafton Volunteer Fire Company, the meeting came to order.
01:25:43I also learned something else.
01:25:45Becoming part of a firehouse and working side by side with the men and women of the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department was the hardest thing I've ever done.
01:25:55And the most rewarding.
01:26:00And it helped me figure out something really interesting about fear.
01:26:05Fear is like a hologram.
01:26:07Fear is like a hologram.
01:26:08It seems real.
01:26:09Filled with substance.
01:26:11And then, when you go beyond it, you realize it's just an illusion.
01:26:37If you hold on it.
01:26:50Little�ëER
01:26:53After acting as you, it's done with your business.
01:26:58If you ask for a person you draw a place, those who needed a ring or anything.
01:27:00Do you remember becoming a добр?
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