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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.
00:07:30Works two hours.
00:07:31Goes to his meeting at seven.
00:07:32Some days he goes to three meetings.
00:07:34And then he's gone.
00:07:35He's gone.
00:07:36I don't know what's with me.
00:07:37I got all panicky and couldn't do it.
00:07:38I couldn't ride.
00:07:39I couldn't ride.
00:07:40I don't know what's with me.
00:07:41I love to ride.
00:07:42I've ridden since I was a little girl.
00:07:48Michael's changed.
00:07:50Every day he gets up.
00:07:52Works two hours.
00:07:53Goes to his meeting at seven.
00:07:55Some days he goes to three meetings.
00:07:57And then he comes out here.
00:07:59To 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.
00:08:12And Michael's still Michael.
00:08:14Look, if you want, I'll go out there with you on the trail next time.
00:08:18I'll balk 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.
00:09:01This meatloaf rocks.
00:09:03So how do you guys work?
00:09:06Well, in the old days, uh, we'd sit down together.
00:09:09In the old days, we did everything together.
00:09:11But now, I'd pretty much do a draft and then Jane takes it and she does a draft and then we, uh, we look at it together.
00:09:18Hmm.
00:09:21Because we'd like to have this for our spring list.
00:09:23Shouldn't be a problem.
00:09:27Shouldn't be.
00:09:30Michael?
00:09:31Where are you going?
00:09:32I'm just gonna get something to drink.
00:09:33Jane, please.
00:09:34Please what?
00:09:35You just, uh, you're so needy.
00:09:38I am not.
00:09:39You know, you've become this anxiety riddled reckless because you don't have anybody to micromanage anymore.
00:09:44Okay, let's just, uh, can you get me a Danish or something?
00:09:47You 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.
00:10:01I'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?
00:10:15Yeah.
00:10:16As 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, uh, traffic control problems.
00:10:35I'll let you know when we're cleared for takeoff.
00:10:45This thing is like an MRI machine with wings.
00:10:47Why isn't there an update from the pilot? It's been like two hours.
00:11:01I need something.
00:11:02Oh, crap.
00:11:03Do you have any snacks?
00:11:04Sorry.
00:11:05There's nothing to eat on this plane.
00:11:06I need something.
00:11:07I need something.
00:11:08I don't know what we're gonna do.
00:11:09Last time you passed out.
00:11:10It's an emergency.
00:11:24Would you like this?
00:11:25It might help.
00:11:41You should've seen your face.
00:11:42You should've seen your face.
00:11:43You should've seen your face.
00:11:44Oh, man.
00:11:58It looks like you saved the day.
00:12:05I guess I did.
00:12:07I 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.
00:12:36Oh, well, I sure would like to give it a try.
00:12:39You're talking car accidents.
00:12:41You have to be prepared to deal with all sorts of unpleasant sights.
00:12:46And I mean some pretty damn grizzly ones.
00:12:49Oh, 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.
00:13:00I try never to vomit.
00:13:02They'll vomit all over you.
00:13:03I 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.
00:13:13I understand.
00:13:15Thanks, though, for your time.
00:13:20Yeah.
00:13:21Yeah.
00:13:22Sure.
00:13:26Hey.
00:13:45Oh.
00:13:52Just trying to get a feel for it in there.
00:13:55What it feels like for the horses.
00:13:57You know, all cooped up.
00:14:00Is this a writer's thing?
00:14:02R-right.
00:14:03Research.
00:14:04Piece of cake.
00:14:26Can I look inside the ambulance?
00:14:34Do these doors open from the inside?
00:14:39Yeah.
00:14:44What is it exactly that you're looking for?
00:14:47Oh, nothing.
00:14:48Really.
00:14:49I've just never been inside an ambulance before.
00:14:52Good.
00:15:13I mean, you're not, uh, trapped in here.
00:15:17With the sick, vomiting person.
00:15:21You know what?
00:15:28I really want to sign up for that class.
00:15:33Really.
00:15:41Hey.
00:15:42Where were you?
00:15:44The Grafton Firehouse.
00:15:46Guess what?
00:15:47What?
00:15:48I'm gonna be an EMT.
00:15:50I'm not kidding, Michael.
00:15:53Who said you were?
00:15:54What do you do as an EMT?
00:15:56Well, you pull dying people from car wrecks.
00:15:59Stuff like that.
00:16:01Jane, you're 52 years old.
00:16:03You're not gonna be a fireman.
00:16:05EMT.
00:16:06EMT.
00:16:07You 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.
00:16:16Yeah, but come on, Jane.
00:16:17I mean, I'm 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.
00:16:25Yeah.
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.
00:17:59Doctor.
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.
00:18:21As an EMTB,
00:18:23you 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.
00:18:34Guilt.
00:18:35Indecisiveness.
00:18:36Insomnia.
00:18:37I already have all of those.
00:18:39How will I know when the job's getting to me?
00:18:41BSI, body, substance, isolation.
00:18:56BSI, I'm number one.
00:18:58BSI, 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.
00:19:12I'm number one.
00:19:13You 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.
00:19:56Jane?
00:20:16Are you all right?
00:20:21Michael, this is it.
00:20:23This is the other side of what happens
00:20:25if you ever have to call 911.
00:20:27I hope I never have to.
00:20:29Yeah, but if you do...
00:20:31Ed, he's our teacher.
00:20:34He's this professional EMT
00:20:35from over in Bridgeport.
00:20:37You wouldn't believe
00:20:37some of the stuff he's seen.
00:20:39And next time,
00:20:40he's going to teach us
00:20:41how to cut people's clothing
00:20:42really fast
00:20:43and look them over
00:20:44for bullet wounds
00:20:45that have entered and exited.
00:20:46Honey, are you going to get undressed?
00:20:49When there's an emergency,
00:20:49you've got to be able
00:20:50to jump in your clothes
00:20:51and get out the door
00:20:52in a split second,
00:20:53day or night.
00:20:53Oh, boy.
00:20:55This stuff is amazing.
00:20:58Good, good.
00:20:59Let's just...
00:20:59Let's go see.
00:21:11Scapula.
00:21:12Maxilla.
00:21:13I love these words.
00:21:15Cyanotic means
00:21:16blue from lack of oxygen.
00:21:18Oh, I didn't know that.
00:21:19Oh, 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...
00:21:28His...
00:21:29The skin's been peeled off
00:21:31like a glove.
00:21:36I can't do this.
00:21:38Eh, they're probably
00:21:39just showing you
00:21:39the worst-case scenario.
00:21:40Save it from choking.
00:22:00You killed him.
00:22:06Maybe mine's defective.
00:22:26I can't do this.
00:22:27Oh, shit.
00:22:27Mm-hmm.
00:22:38Just a real hard job.
00:22:38Yeah.
00:22:39Oh, shit.
00:22:40No.
00:22:40Oh, shit.
00:22:41Oh, shit.
00:22:42Oh, shit.
00:22:42Wait a minute.
00:22:44Lift, lift.
00:22:44Oh, shit.
00:22:44Oh.
00:22:45Oh, shit.
00:22:46Oh, shit.
00:22:47Oh, shit.
00:22:48Oh, shit.
00:22:49Oh, shit.
00:22:51Oh, shit.
00:22:52Oh, shit.
00:22:53Wait.
00:22:53Wait.
00:22:53Oh, man.
00:22:54Lift, lift, lift.
00:22:58Stern.
00:23:01You killed him.
00:23:02He had a heart attack, and now...
00:23:04he has a fatal head trauma.
00:23:11Stern.
00:23:13Rescue Randy is not a beanbag chair.
00:23:24Michael, slow down.
00:23:28This is a metal cage waiting to kill us
00:23:30in a dozen ways I never even knew about.
00:23:32Oh, great.
00:23:34You can get trapped inside under water.
00:23:36Seatbelt can crush my intestines.
00:23:38Well, here we go.
00:23:40A little bit of knowledge.
00:23:42Something else to get nuts about.
00:23:44You can hit your head on the dashboard,
00:23:46send your brain bouncing around inside your skull.
00:23:48You know, it's not just cars, Jamie.
00:23:52Dogs have big teeth
00:23:54because of your function wounds.
00:23:56Shut up.
00:23:58Bees can sting you, you can go into anaphylactic shock.
00:24:00Stop!
00:24:08I take this horse,
00:24:10and I walk him around back,
00:24:12and I stand there for a minute,
00:24:14and then bring him out again.
00:24:16Same horse?
00:24:18Oh, sure. Same damn horse.
00:24:22And he looks it up and down.
00:24:24How much?
00:24:26I tell him $20,000,
00:24:28and Joey starts peeling off the bills.
00:24:34I gotta go. I'm gonna be late.
00:24:36You go get him, ambulance girl.
00:24:40See you guys.
00:24:42Hey, Pete, listen.
00:24:44I told Jane that the next time we go out to Wyoming
00:24:46or the Dakotas on the research trip,
00:24:48I want you to come with us, too.
00:24:50Oh, I'd love to see that country.
00:24:52Yeah.
00:24:53Yeah, just the two of us,
00:24:54we'd go out there for a couple days,
00:24:56and ride out and get lost.
00:24:58You remind me to tell Jane about the mare in heat,
00:25:00and my stallion going right at it,
00:25:02with me hanging on for dear life.
00:25:04Yeah, that's her kind of story.
00:25:08That Jane's a great girl.
00:25:10Listen up, people.
00:25:12We need to walk through this together.
00:25:14One out of 20 of you has a main artery
00:25:16that is congenitally faulty
00:25:18and will, at sometime, hemorrhage.
00:25:20You're lucky, and it is found in time
00:25:22that you've had a tumor.
00:25:24You've got a lung and cancer.
00:25:26You've got a lung and cancer.
00:25:28I've got a lung of cancer.
00:25:30You've got a lung and cancer.
00:25:31That's a lung and cancer.
00:25:33You've got a lung and cancer.
00:25:35You've got a lung and cancer.
00:25:36You've got a lung and cancer.
00:25:37You've got a lung and cancer.
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.
00:25:50Okay.
00:25:56Ow, ow, ow, ow, stop it, you're with me.
00:26:02Machinery's not my strong suit.
00:26:04Clearly.
00:26:08Wow.
00:26:19Your blood pressure's very high.
00:26:30It'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, do not try to replace someone's organs if they
00:26:53are 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?
00:27:01It'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.
00:27:11I 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.
00:27:19Looking at the eyes.
00:27:20Do they respond to life?
00:27:22Are they equal?
00:27:23Do they move symmetrically?
00:27:25Without moving his head, we'll have the patient follow our index finger as we move it side
00:27:30to side and up and down.
00:27:32If eye movement is restricted...
00:27:35On almost every call, you will be responsible for lifting and moving patients without aggravating
00:27:40their 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 to prevent injury
00:27:47to yourself.
00:27:48So, flex at the knees, using your legs like this to save your back.
00:27:58Straight up.
00:28:00And right back up.
00:28:01Well, 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.
00:28:31Mm-hmm.
00:28:44Hi.
00:28:45I'm Jane.
00:28:48I'm an EMT.
00:28:50All right, Jane.
00:28:51Do not touch anything, do not talk to the firemen, do not ask them questions.
00:29:08I feel like a second grader going to a museum.
00:29:23Stern?
00:29:24Yes, sir?
00:29:25I feel like a second grader.
00:29:30Stair chair.
00:29:31It's a folding chair used for carrying someone in a sitting position down the stairs.
00:29:35You be the patient.
00:29:43Come on.
00:29:44Yeah.
00:29:46Don't worry.
00:29:47I'm really strong.
00:29:48On my count of three.
00:29:51One, two, three.
00:29:57I have to stop.
00:30:04Oh.
00:30:05Stern, maybe you should take the foot part.
00:30:08It's a little lighter.
00:30:08I don't do backward.
00:30:09Even at home.
00:30:10Stern?
00:30:11Stern?
00:30:11I'll tell you when to step off.
00:30:19Lift.
00:30:21Step.
00:30:22Step.
00:30:23Just don't let him hang in the air.
00:30:27Keep both hands in a chair.
00:30:28You will drop him.
00:30:31Whoa.
00:30:31Whoa.
00:30:32Whoa.
00:30:32Whoa.
00:30:32Whoa.
00:30:33Whoa.
00:30:33Whoa.
00:30:33Whoa.
00:30:34Whoa.
00:30:34Whoa.
00:30:35Oh, Robert.
00:30:35That's good.
00:30:36Fail.
00:30:38Stern?
00:30:40See me after class.
00:30:58Can't call 911.
00:31:00You're all here.
00:31:00Ha ha ha.
00:31:01I couldn't even walk down a flight of stairs without holding on.
00:31:08I'd trust you to carry me.
00:31:09Well, you'd really have to be out of it.
00:31:11Besides, 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.
00:31:19Ha ha.
00:31:22You sure you don't mind if I use you as a guinea pig?
00:31:24I love playing doctor with you.
00:31:27Ha ha.
00:31:31Normal.
00:31:31Oh.
00:31:45That's a gorgeous saddle.
00:31:47There's nothing you can't do.
00:31:49If Michael and I wish you had been our father.
00:31:52That would have made you some kind of perverts.
00:31:54Ha ha.
00:31:55Okay, then.
00:31:56You can be Michael's father.
00:31:58My father.
00:31:59My father had a steel plate in his skull.
00:32:01Did I ever tell you that?
00:32:03He'd just go off, you know?
00:32:05These uncontrollable rages.
00:32:07It was something about him playing on the trolley tracks when he was a kid.
00:32:10His forehead caved in and then came out again kind of weird.
00:32:13I guess where the plate was.
00:32:14I used to have these nightmares about Frankenstein's monster chasing.
00:32:19When I was eight, my mother packed me up and ran away with me while he was out walking her dog.
00:32:26She studied to be a concert pianist.
00:32:28And 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.
00:32:36Well, he never forgave her for leaving.
00:32:43He threatened to kill us both.
00:32:46I was afraid to leave the house.
00:32:51When was this?
00:32:53How long ago?
00:32:55Well, it was when I was a long time ago.
00:33:00Yeah, a long time ago.
00:33:09Let me see if I can find my old binoculars so I can see back that far.
00:33:22Suppose I should wait until I even pass my boards.
00:33:26Of course I'm going to pass my boards.
00:33:28They have all these cool websites where you can order this EMT stuff.
00:33:33Oh, damn it.
00:33:35Apply pressure.
00:33:37I'll call 911.
00:33:39No, you won't.
00:33:39It's not that bad.
00:33:42What are you so happy about?
00:33:43I'm not.
00:33:44Well, you don't exactly inspire confidence.
00:33:48Apply more pressure.
00:33:50Do you want me to come back?
00:33:51No.
00:33:52Here.
00:33:53Jane, Jane, please.
00:33:55Stop.
00:33:56Elevate.
00:33:57Look, easy.
00:33:57I'm not exactly Rescue Randy.
00:33:59I know.
00:33:59Rescue Randy lets me help him.
00:34:01Please.
00:34:04Oh, oh.
00:34:05I think you should go to the ER.
00:34:07Let me drive you.
00:34:08No.
00:34:08I'm going to go at the CKT.
00:34:10What?
00:34:12Keep applying pressure.
00:34:13Heel.
00:34:15Michael, at 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.
00:34:23Kirby.
00:34:23Oh.
00:34:24Hey.
00:34:33You should get some stitches in that boy.
00:34:38You need to get to a doctor.
00:34:54What?
00:34:54What?
00:35:06What?
00:35:08Dr. Leeds, please report to physical therapy.
00:35:10Oh.
00:35:11Oh.
00:35:13Oh.
00:35:13Shh.
00:35:15Oh.
00:35:17Jane, let's just go wait outside.
00:35:20Oh.
00:35:21Just go wait outside.
00:35:23Okay.
00:35:23You're going to be okay?
00:35:24I'll be fine.
00:35:25Okay.
00:35:26Whew.
00:35:31Dr. Phillips, please call 5-1-6.
00:35:34Dr. Phillips, please call 5-5-6.
00:35:36Oh.
00:35:37Oh.
00:35:37Oh.
00:35:37Oh.
00:35:38Oh.
00:35:38Oh.
00:35:38Oh.
00:35:39Oh.
00:35:39Oh.
00:35:39Oh.
00:35:39Oh.
00:35:40Oh.
00:35:40Oh.
00:35:40Oh.
00:35:41Oh.
00:35:41Sometimes life is a waiting game.
00:35:44Now all I had to do was pass my boards.
00:35:47I'd have to wait six long, agonizing weeks until the National Registry of EMTs gave me a thumbs
00:35:54up or down.
00:35:55Those weeks crawled by, and then one day, I heard.
00:36:01Oh my gosh.
00:36:03Oh my gosh.
00:36:04Oh my gosh.
00:36:04Oh my gosh.
00:36:05Oh my gosh.
00:36:06Oh my gosh.
00:36:07Oh my gosh.
00:36:08Oh my gosh.
00:36:09Oh my gosh.
00:36:10Oh my gosh.
00:36:11Oh my gosh.
00:36:12Oh my gosh.
00:36:13Oh my gosh.
00:36:14Oh my gosh.
00:36:15Oh my gosh.
00:36:16Oh my gosh.
00:36:17Oh my gosh.
00:36:18Oh my gosh.
00:36:19Oh my gosh.
00:36:20Oh my gosh.
00:36:21Oh my gosh.
00:36:22Oh my gosh.
00:36:23Oh my gosh.
00:36:24Oh my gosh.
00:36:25Oh my gosh.
00:36:26Oh my gosh.
00:36:27Oh my gosh.
00:36:28Oh my gosh.
00:36:29Oh my gosh.
00:36:30Look, patches I can sew on.
00:36:33I'm proud of you, honey.
00:36:39Wow.
00:36:42I'm an EMT.
00:37:00You gotta call it.
00:37:28Hi. Jane?
00:37:30I'm Audrey.
00:37:31Hi.
00:37:32Congratulations.
00:37:33Thanks.
00:37:34This is for you.
00:37:35Wow.
00:37:36See, it flashes the date and hour in military time.
00:37:39You're gonna 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.
00:37:50And Joey, Walter.
00:37:53And this is Grant.
00:37:55He is gonna give you your radios and your pagers.
00:37:57Nice to meet you.
00:37:58Hey.
00:37:59Can you come up here?
00:38:00Okay.
00:38:01Let's don't take no chance.
00:38:04Let's not be a seven.
00:38:07Come and learn to dance.
00:38:08Wully bully.
00:38:09Wully bully.
00:38:10Wully bully.
00:38:11Wully bully.
00:38:12Wully bully.
00:38:14Wully bully.
00:38:17Wully bully.
00:38:18Wully bully.
00:38:19Wully bully.
00:38:20W-
00:38:21Wully bully.
00:38:22There's a huge decal on the hood of your car.
00:38:25It's the star of life. I put it there.
00:38:27I'm in love with my sticker.
00:38:29It's like this great bonanza of stuff they give you.
00:38:34To keep the blood and debris out of my eyes.
00:38:37They gave you all this stuff?
00:38:39Some of it. Some of it I ordered off the internet.
00:38:44IMG-65. That's my number.
00:38:48Huh.
00:38:50Is this too much?
00:38:52I don't care.
00:38:54I love it.
00:38:58Okay. I 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?
00:39:04I don't know.
00:39:05You have to check your heart to see if you have a heartbeat.
00:39:13Watch it! Watch it! Watch it!
00:39:15Grafton Ambulance Personnel. Number 6 Perkins Road. Elderly woman fallen. Possible broken hip. Come in.
00:39:30Um, um, G...
00:39:38Oh.
00:39:40Uh, G-56. Responding G-56.
00:39:45Jane, G-56 is already signed on the call. You're G-65.
00:39:49I mean, G-65.
00:39:51I was so paranoid I was going to do that and I did it.
00:39:54You're supposed to be like Joe Friday for the radio, not some...
00:39:57Yet...
00:39:59Yet on the telephone!
00:40:01She tripped. I think she may have broken her hip.
00:40:15She 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.
00:40:36Hi.
00:40:37I'm Jane with the Grafton ambulance.
00:40:41Don't worry, Mrs.
00:40:43We're going to fix you right up.
00:40:45Okay.
00:40:46Mrs., on a scale of one to ten, how bad is the pain?
00:40:50Ten.
00:40:53I'm going to take a quick peek, and I'll try to be as gentle as I can.
00:40:57Oh!
00:41:01I'm so sorry.
00:41:04I'm going to take your blood pressure.
00:41:08My 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.
00:41:20Sorry.
00:41:23Let's get a pulse.
00:41:24Okay?
00:41:26Okay.
00:41:26Okay.
00:41:33What happened?
00:41:34She fell.
00:41:36Did you get a pulse and a BP?
00:41:38No.
00:41:39No.
00:41:51Jane, 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.
00:42:08You're lucky I didn't kill her.
00:42:19Kept calling her Mrs. like I was the cleaning lady.
00:42:24Boy, 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.
00:42:41I'm going back to bed.
00:42:57I've got to get out of this before it does some real damage.
00:43:05Let me grab a couple more of those.
00:43:06Hi there.
00:43:07Hey, Jane.
00:43:07Hi.
00:43:07Hi.
00:43:08Hi.
00:43:09You're a late young lady, work detail every Saturday morning, Ted Sharma.
00:43:19Um, 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, uh, puke, feces, amputations.
00:43:43Nobody can until you have to do it.
00:43:46No, no, no, no.
00:43:47No.
00:43:47I don't know.
00:43:48No, no, no.
00:44:03Yes, sir.
00:44:04No, no.
00:44:05No, no, no, no.
00:44:08Jay, go to the rig and get the fracture pack.
00:44:15Fract pack.
00:44:16Okay.
00:44:17Fract pack.
00:44:18Fract pack.
00:44:19Fract pack.
00:44:20Fract pack.
00:44:21Fract pack.
00:44:22Fract pack.
00:44:23Fract pack.
00:44:24Fract pack.
00:44:25Fract pack.
00:44:26Fract pack.
00:44:27Fract pack.
00:44:28Here we go.
00:44:29Easy.
00:44:30You're gonna be okay.
00:44:31His leg.
00:44:32You want me to?
00:44:33Split the guy.
00:44:34Yeah, his right leg's twisted badly.
00:44:36It's broken.
00:44:37He's broken.
00:44:38He didn't have any break, but...
00:44:43Set it next to his leg.
00:44:45Right.
00:44:46Right.
00:44:47Now get this shoe off first.
00:44:53Stuck.
00:44:54I don't know if I can...
00:44:56You're doing good.
00:44:59That's it.
00:45:00That's it.
00:45:01Is this okay?
00:45:03Should I keep going?
00:45:05Just keep going.
00:45:06Put his pant leg high enough so you can get the splint on.
00:45:20One, two, three, up, down.
00:45:22All right.
00:45:23He's good.
00:45:24Go!
00:45:25What?
00:45:26Let's go!
00:45:27Clear!
00:45:28Cut his jacket off.
00:45:29Okay.
00:45:30By the way, my name is James.
00:45:31He's good.
00:45:32All right.
00:45:33He's good.
00:45:34Go!
00:45:35What?
00:45:36Let's go!
00:45:37Clear!
00:45:38Where?
00:45:39Cut his jacket off.
00:45:40Okay.
00:45:41By the way, my name is Jane.
00:45:44Newtown, this is paramedic unit 787.
00:45:45Do you copy?
00:45:46Get away from me, you bitch.
00:45:47Don't crush my leathers.
00:45:48Get the jacket off.
00:45:49Okay.
00:45:50Male patient.
00:45:5136 years of age, involved in a motorcycle collision.
00:45:52Obvious fracture rate, tipped, tipped, tipped, fully immobilized.
00:45:53My leathers.
00:45:54My leathers.
00:45:55No.
00:45:56No.
00:45:57No.
00:45:58No.
00:45:59No.
00:46:00No.
00:46:01No.
00:46:02No.
00:46:03No.
00:46:04No.
00:46:05No.
00:46:06No.
00:46:07No.
00:46:08No.
00:46:09No.
00:46:10No.
00:46:11No.
00:46:12No.
00:46:13No.
00:46:14mariet.
00:46:15My leathers.
00:46:16My leathers!
00:46:17Don't do that!
00:46:18Don't cut his leathers!
00:46:19Mole, In Through Laura, 90.
00:46:20Blood pressure has not been obtained.
00:46:20Respirations 16.
00:46:23copy 787 awaiting your arrival.
00:46:25Uncle Ergra.
00:46:43Good job, Jane.
00:47:05Double Delta or burgers, ladies?
00:47:07Donuts. Donuts.
00:47:09How scary can this be if you get to have donuts afterwards?
00:47:13These guys. I love them.
00:47:16It's like their favorite things to do are smoke, drink.
00:47:19Eat pizza. Curse.
00:47:21Put 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. In 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.
00:47:53I did it.
00:47:58I 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.
00:48:11But 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.
00:48:21Jim McGuire says the Milnick brothers like you.
00:48:23They do?
00:48:25God.
00:48:26Vince Milnick.
00:48:27He'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?
00:48:35Oh, silly.
00:48:38The book.
00:48:39Remember our book, Road Food?
00:48:44Great.
00:48:45Great.
00:48:49They liked me.
00:48:54When it comes to fried chicken, which might be the universal all-American food,
00:48:59Stroud's Restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri is truly head and shoulders above the rest.
00:49:04Here'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.
00:49:20You can't hurt him now.
00:49:29See, this is my idea of chicken heaven.
00:49:31It started as an old road house dating back to the 1930s.
00:49:35Helen 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.
00:49:46God bless her, she did.
00:49:48And since the 30s, Stroud's has been known as the fried chicken place in Kansas City,
00:49:52which is a very serious fried chicken town in general.
00:49:56Huh.
00:49:58Can't stop the light.
00:49:59He's running back.
00:50:00He's running back.
00:50:01I'm running back.
00:50:02He's running back.
00:50:05And when you're playing, he's building a beat.
00:50:07Ten, five, boys.
00:50:09Ten, five, two, five.
00:50:10One, two, three.
00:50:12One, two, two.
00:50:14Two, three.
00:50:15Three.
00:50:16Have a look at Blanche and Bill's pancake house.
00:50:21I made a couple of changes in that one, too.
00:50:26Grafton Ambulance Personnel,
00:50:28Crisis Intervention, 2946 Richfield Avenue.
00:50:31Please respond.
00:50:35G65, G65 responding.
00:50:37Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:50:38Whoa, what are you...
00:50:39Whoa, Jane, Jane.
00:50:40What are you doing?
00:50:42I'll be right back.
00:50:43We'll finish.
00:50:44We have a deadline.
00:50:44We 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,
00:51:02which you aren't doing anymore.
00:51:04Because being an EMT is...
00:51:06I mean, how can saving lives even begin to compare
00:51:08with writing about chili?
00:51:10Go ahead.
00:51:11Go ahead, Jane.
00:51:13Go be a hero.
00:51:14This 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.
00:51:28Oh, Jane!
00:51:29In the beginning, when the radio tone would go off,
00:51:43I'd get terrified before I'd pull it together and say,
00:51:46I'm okay.
00:51:47It's okay.
00:51:48Because you never know what horrors you'll find
00:51:51behind those strange doors.
00:51:53This time, it was my own guest room.
00:51:56I think I'm coming down with something.
00:52:08I think I'm coming down with something.
00:52:11Well, keep the radio on low.
00:52:13No, I just need a good night's sleep.
00:52:21I'll be okay.
00:52:22Okay.
00:52:22I'll be okay.
00:52:30Okay.
00:52:43Oh, my God.
00:53:13Feeling any better?
00:53:15Yeah.
00:53:17I'm gonna go to my meeting.
00:53:19See you around noon.
00:53:21Okay.
00:53:35Oh, my God.
00:53:38Okay.
00:54:05Has Michael been here?
00:54:07He came and he went.
00:54:08You missed him.
00:54:12You two haven't been around here much lately.
00:54:15Not together.
00:54:17Whoa.
00:54:19I haven't been able to keep much of a schedule these days.
00:54:28Yeah, horses need that.
00:54:31Yeah, people too.
00:54:33Well, everybody's different.
00:54:35They need different things.
00:54:39Sometimes they just don't know it.
00:54:43Seems like you lucked out.
00:54:47Yeah.
00:54:49I always dreamed of having a big family.
00:54:52Now I feel like I do.
00:54:55Whole firehouse full of them.
00:54:56Vince, hey, there's Vince and Rosemary.
00:55:09Jules, this was pretty terrific.
00:55:09I'm glad I saw you.
00:55:10Gran and Audrey say they'll take care of the photocopying for the training session on Monday if we buy the pizza.
00:55:14Sounds good to me.
00:55:16Jane.
00:55:17The fish stew was perfection. I loved it.
00:55:18She really did like it.
00:55:19The 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.
00:55:28It's an old family recipe. It's secret. At the end, a stir of brandy.
00:55:33Brandy?
00:55:33Oh, I am in the restaurant business all my life. And I believe our fish stew beats any fish stew anywhere.
00:55:40Great with French bread there, Jules.
00:55:41Michael's a big dunker.
00:55:42Thanks.
00:55:43Merci.
00:55:44Great place, huh?
00:55:45I'd like to stop at that firehouse we passed coming into town.
00:55:48What, you know them?
00:55:49No. I just want to get a picture up front. Wherever 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?
00:56:11Look, we have some revisions we have to make this afternoon. Jane, we're seeing Sarah in New York on Thursday.
00:56:16We need to reschedule that.
00:56:18She thinks she's getting the book.
00:56:19You've been working on it, haven't you?
00:56:21It's gonna be ready, isn't it?
00:56:22I hope.
00:56:23Wait, wait, wait. Jane, look.
00:56:25Why don't you just give me what you've done,
00:56:26and I'll finish the rest.
00:56:27No!
00:56:28I'm doing all the work anyway
00:56:29while you're out on the fire truck.
00:56:31That's not exactly fair.
00:56:33You bet it isn't.
00:56:34I can do this, Jane.
00:56:36Let me just do this,
00:56:37and let's just stop all this pretending.
00:56:39You pompous...
00:56:41I don't need you anymore.
00:56:43Not like this.
00:56:45It's like pulling teeth to get you to pay attention.
00:56:48Oh, get over yourself.
00:56:49You are so full of yourself.
00:56:51Where do you think you're going?
00:56:52I'm not getting in the car with you.
00:56:54Come on, come on, Jane.
00:56:55Poor Michael.
00:56:56All these years I've been on your back.
00:56:58Nothing but this huge neurotic weight around your neck.
00:57:01No, no, not all these years.
00:57:02Just since I've been sober.
00:57:04And now that I'm not, you can't handle it.
00:57:08Now 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.
00:57:16What I can't handle is the fact that I've lost my partner.
00:57:19And not just my writing partner.
00:57:22You're right.
00:57:23I 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.
00:57:52The AIDS hospice.
00:57:54I have to go.
00:58:00Yeah.
00:58:01I guess you do.
00:58:02She 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.
00:58:4433.
00:58:50It's just, uh, they put hobbies on here.
00:58:53Sewing.
00:58:54Gospel singing.
00:58:55I really like Shirley Caesar.
00:59:10I like her too.
00:59:13My husband.
00:59:14He likes the Clark sisters.
00:59:16His name is Michael.
00:59:17We're writers.
00:59:18Both of you?
00:59:19We write together.
00:59:20Yeah.
00:59:21What about?
00:59:22Food.
00:59:23We've always loved food.
00:59:24Discussing it.
00:59:25It's like this primal thing with us.
00:59:26He's the smartest man I've ever met.
00:59:29I'm very fortunate.
00:59:30One of my top 10 wishes would be to sing like Mahalia Jackson.
00:59:33I am very fortunate.
00:59:34One of my top 10 wishes would be to sing like Mahalia Jackson.
00:59:38It's a new song.
00:59:39He's like the greatest man I've ever met.
00:59:42What about?
00:59:43You're right together.
00:59:44What about?
00:59:45Food.
00:59:46We've always loved food.
00:59:47And discussing it.
00:59:48It's like this primal thing with us.
00:59:50One of my top ten wishes
00:59:57would be to sing like Mahalia Jackson.
01:00:05So it will be done.
01:00:11Trouble of the world.
01:00:14Trouble of the world.
01:00:17Trouble of the world.
01:00:22I know I suck.
01:00:39Soon we will be done
01:00:43with the trouble of the world.
01:00:49Trouble of the world.
01:00:53Trouble of the world.
01:00:58How soon we will be done
01:01:01with the trouble of the world.
01:01:06I'm going home to live with God.
01:01:14I'm going home to live with God.
01:01:16I'll be here.
01:01:18I'll be here.
01:01:19I'll be here.
01:01:20Trouble of the world.
01:01:21you wrap late I left the sections I finished on your desk I'll wrap up the
01:01:45Great Plains this afternoon they called from Nicky Rivers they want us in
01:01:49Chicago on the 5th for the taping
01:01:59what so what's the deal are you staying in there for now I really think we should
01:02:13see someone talk to somebody professional Michael this is
01:02:23important I think we should do
01:02:28here sweet boy want to know something there you go
01:02:41Grafton 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
01:03:02it's terrible
01:03:05my baby
01:03:12what the hell a dog
01:03:16what do you think
01:03:170-9-1-1 said his baby fell in the pool
01:03:20this mountain weighs a ton
01:03:22when 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 he'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 it'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 talk 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 to 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 encouraging
01:07:49about all this EMT stuff
01:07:50I just keep coming off
01:07:53looking 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
01:08:19for the last 30 years
01:08:21Jane?
01:08:39huh?
01:08:40let me
01:08:41got an end for him?
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 you
01:09:07sir I'm just gonna buckle you in here
01:09:08okay
01:09:09okay
01:09:09anyone call her
01:09:12hello?
01:09:25Jane?
01:09:25it's Audrey
01:09:26you seemed a little
01:09:29out 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
01:10:06I see couples
01:10:07our age together
01:10:09every restaurant
01:10:11we go into
01:10:12every motel room
01:10:14I'm crying
01:10:16every couple
01:10:19goes through this
01:10:20I mean
01:10:21you stay together
01:10:21this long
01:10:22yeah
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 I hope
01:10:47this is nerves
01:10:47and not Parkinson's
01:10:48and we're back with
01:11:07Jane and Michael Stern
01:11:08okay Jane
01:11:09Michael
01:11:10tell me
01:11:10do you ever have time
01:11:11to just stay home
01:11:12and cook
01:11:13yeah
01:11:14people think we live
01:11:14out of doggy bags
01:11:15but when we're not
01:11:16on the road
01:11:17we're very passionate
01:11:18cooks
01:11:18and we're passionate
01:11:19about kitchenware as well
01:11:20oh are there pieces
01:11:21you just can't live without
01:11:23well my favorite thing
01:11:24I have to have
01:11:25is a really good cheese grater
01:11:27okay tell me
01:11:28what kind do you like
01:11:29well Jane and I
01:11:30actually have a battle royale
01:11:31going on about cheese graters
01:11:32we each have our own
01:11:33yeah Michael hides
01:11:34his cheese grater
01:11:34that's because
01:11:35you 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
01:11:45how to hold the cheese
01:11:46yeah Michael is anal
01:11:47lieutenant
01:11:47he hides his cheese grater
01:11:49he thinks I don't know this
01:11:51but the cheese grater
01:11:52and his coffee beans
01:11:52are hidden somewhere
01:11:53where he thinks
01:11:53I don't know where they are
01:11:54oh I think I've struck
01:11:56a nerve here
01:11:57you know this naturally
01:11:57leads me to talking
01:11:58about the knives
01:11:59that we own
01:11:59yes well
01:12:00I don't like you
01:12:00thinking about knives
01:12:01Michael
01:12:02when you're annoyed
01:12:03with my kitchen habits
01:12:04I think I'm going to
01:12:05have to see about
01:12:05getting a group rate
01:12:06on a marriage counselor
01:12:07I think so too
01:12:08oh
01:12:11oh
01:12:11oh
01:12:12oh
01:12:12oh
01:12:13oh
01:12:14oh
01:12:14oh
01:12:15oh
01:12:16oh
01:12:17oh
01:12:18oh
01:12:19Nikki
01:12:20Tristan
01:12:21you're the best
01:12:21that was great
01:12:22great job
01:12:22you're terrific
01:12:23I know
01:12:24thank you for coming
01:12:25on the show
01:12:25appreciate it
01:12:26God
01:12:28that was
01:12:29that was amazing
01:12:31I know
01:12:31yeah
01:12:32even now
01:12:34Michael
01:12:35hi
01:12:36I've got the information
01:12:38on that barbecue plate
01:12:39what time is the flight
01:12:47316
01:12:49why can't they just call
01:12:50it 315
01:12:51or 320
01:12:52is there a stop
01:12:55non-stop
01:12:56what time do we get home
01:12:58530
01:12:59what did you mean
01:13:03when you said
01:13:03even now
01:13:04it was amazing
01:13:06even now
01:13:07with everything
01:13:10falling apart
01:13:11so afraid
01:13:15Jane
01:13:17we're only going to be
01:13:18in the air
01:13:18for an hour
01:13:19I'm afraid
01:13:23nothing can be
01:13:24the same again
01:13:25that we aren't
01:13:27going to be
01:13:27Jane and Michael
01:13:28Stern
01:13:28anymore
01:13:29anymore
01:13:31with everything that gets splattered
01:13:57or sneezed on me
01:13:58I could get AIDS
01:14:00or SARS
01:14:01or the flu
01:14:02this is 24 hours a day
01:14:057 days a week
01:14:05there are times
01:14:07when I ask myself
01:14:07why
01:14:08why am I doing this
01:14:09I mean I became
01:14:10an EMT
01:14:11because I thought
01:14:13it would be a way
01:14:13to get out of my head
01:14:14and force me to think
01:14:15about 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
01:14:22I get at this
01:14:22I don't know what to do
01:14:24except quit
01:14:25you exhaust the hell
01:14:27out of me
01:14:28I exhaust me too
01:14:31sometimes
01:14:32just ease up
01:14:35you don't have to go out
01:14:36on every call
01:14:37you know
01:14:39when I first met you
01:14:40I thought
01:14:40oh
01:14:40here we go
01:14:42another damn do-gooder
01:14:44I was so scared of you
01:14:46you mean you're not anymore
01:14:48I thought that
01:14:51you'd be the last person
01:14:52on earth
01:14:52to stick it out
01:14:53me too
01:14:54but you did
01:14:55I know one thing
01:14:58if I was ever trapped
01:15:00in a burning building
01:15:01I could count on you
01:15:03to run in there
01:15:05and get me
01:15:18did I wake you?
01:15:19no no
01:15:20no I was awake
01:15:21what you're saying
01:15:26is you don't want
01:15:26to be married
01:15:27to me anymore
01:15:27I love you Jane
01:15:30I'll always love you
01:15:33but you don't want
01:15:35to be married
01:15:35to me anymore
01:15:36okay
01:15:44Jane
01:15:45enough
01:15:46what do we do
01:15:49I mean I know
01:15:52what we do
01:15:53but what do we do
01:15:54about our work
01:15:54Michael
01:16:00if we're that miserable
01:16:03I don't know
01:16:04what I am anymore
01:16:05we're incredibly
01:16:06miserable with each other
01:16:07and we both know
01:16:10that this is it
01:16:11for us
01:16:12we both know
01:16:13Pete has a spare room
01:16:21I know
01:16:24there's an apartment
01:16:29for rent
01:16:29behind Milnick's garage
01:16:30I know that too
01:16:33we worked so hard
01:16:37for this place
01:16:38I hate the thought
01:16:40of leaving
01:16:40well you know
01:16:45we have
01:16:47certain obligations
01:16:49to work
01:16:50and I
01:16:50you know
01:16:50I don't see that
01:16:51I'm sorry
01:16:58now
01:17:10maybe
01:17:12maybe we can get
01:17:14little houses
01:17:15next to each other
01:17:16huh
01:17:16I wonder what it would
01:17:20take to wall this place
01:17:21in half
01:17:22well
01:17:29we uh
01:17:31we have to
01:17:33figure everything out
01:17:34tonight
01:17:35I know what's gonna happen
01:17:52you're gonna end up
01:17:55out back
01:17:55of Milnick's garage
01:17:56motion was passed
01:18:25that the 75th anniversary
01:18:27of the Grafton
01:18:28volunteer fire company
01:18:29would be held
01:18:30on June 23rd
01:18:32that's uh
01:18:33Craig's birthday
01:18:33for any of you
01:18:34who don't know already
01:18:35parade at 3 o'clock
01:18:37following the chili cook off
01:18:38with celebrity judges
01:18:40listen I hope
01:18:40we don't have any
01:18:41unfortunate incidents
01:18:42like last year
01:18:43I mean
01:18:44who would have known
01:18:45that a gas barbecue
01:18:46could cause that much damage
01:18:47young lady
01:18:50I want to talk to you
01:18:53two things
01:18:56what did I do
01:18:57uh
01:18:59we were wondering
01:19:00about asking Michael
01:19:01to be a celebrity judge
01:19:02at the chili cookout
01:19:04what do you think
01:19:05Audrey says
01:19:06that the two of you
01:19:07wrote a book
01:19:08about chili
01:19:08yeah we did
01:19:10it's called
01:19:10Chili Nation
01:19:11oh
01:19:11um
01:19:13I could ask him
01:19:16good
01:19:16good
01:19:17uh
01:19:18now the second thing
01:19:20you're not still
01:19:22considering quitting
01:19:24right
01:19:24every day
01:19:25we were wondering
01:19:27if you'd take over
01:19:28as firehouse secretary
01:19:29Ken Rapp's term
01:19:30is up
01:19:31me
01:19:32write every damn
01:19:34thing down
01:19:34anyway
01:19:35never miss a meeting
01:19:36might as well
01:19:37put you to work
01:19:38now don't
01:19:41start it up
01:19:42on me
01:19:42yes
01:19:43absolutely
01:19:45I would be
01:19:46deeply honored
01:19:47all right then
01:19:49I'll talk
01:19:50to the chief
01:19:51Michael
01:20:02I'm on my way now
01:20:08Dr. Igbole
01:20:11please call the pharmacy
01:20:12Dr. Igbole
01:20:14please call the pharmacy
01:20:15Michael
01:20:21what happened
01:20:23he was
01:20:24uh
01:20:25he was in the barn
01:20:26and he was
01:20:28cleaning out the
01:20:29stools
01:20:29and uh
01:20:31his brain
01:20:32hemorrhaged
01:20:33had a massive
01:20:35stroke
01:20:36he was
01:20:44and
01:20:49he was
01:20:51he was
01:20:53as
01:20:53as
01:21:53He's always there like he always is when we come in from a ride.
01:21:56He's always there.
01:21:57He told me everything I know about riding.
01:22:13He told me about everything.
01:22:19I know he did.
01:22:28I don't know what to do.
01:22:38I don't know what to do for him.
01:22:44I don't know what to do for him.
01:23:12You know, the other day, we were talking about what we were going to do and our logistics.
01:23:23I couldn't stand the thought of losing you.
01:23:25You know, I went upstairs and I had this picture of you in my head as a little girl.
01:23:34No, I mean, that sounds stupid.
01:23:38No, it doesn't.
01:23:38No, what I meant was I saw myself as the same, as not a bad person.
01:23:50And 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.
01:23:59And I, I want that, too.
01:24:03Go.
01:24:03I felt the same way, too.
01:24:07I don't want to lose you.
01:24:12You know, I, I guess what I had were these feelings for our relationship.
01:24:19You know, when, uh, when you looked at me, I knew I could never leave you.
01:24:30As horrible as it's been?
01:24:32Yeah, as horrible as it's been.
01:24:36It's not worth throwing away.
01:24:40There's something really worth saving here.
01:24:42We've been eating at Mom's.
01:24:52Actually, it's called Mother's.
01:24:53It's one of our favorite restaurants in New Orleans.
01:24:56Well, it sure ain't my mother's home cooking.
01:24:57I wish my mother had cooked like this.
01:24:59My mother, unfortunately, was not a soul food cook.
01:25:01And this is great New Orleans soul food at its best.
01:25:05Which means red beans and rice, a length of really wonderfully taut sausage.
01:25:11Since I was a little girl, I've been afraid of losing people.
01:25:15The fact is, one way or the other, eventually you just do.
01:25:19As a working person's cafe...
01:25:21The thought of losing Michael frightened me so much that I almost did lose him.
01:25:26But in the end, figuring out how to be together and still allow each other our own separate lives
01:25:32made 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.
01:25:46Becoming part of a firehouse and working side by side with the men and women of the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
01:25:53was the hardest thing I've ever done, and the most rewarding.
01:26:00And it helped me figure out something really interesting about fear.
01:26:06Fear is like a hologram.
01:26:08It seems real, filled with substance.
01:26:13And then, when you go beyond it, you realize it's just an illusion.
01:26:18Fear is like an illusion.
01:26:36Fear is like a real soul.
01:26:41Fear is like an illusion.
01:26:45Fear is like a rich man.
01:26:47It's a perfect life.
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