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Best Medicine - Season 1 - Episode 10: Port Wenn-ings and a Funeral
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00:07Why are we so lucky to live in Port Wynn?
00:14Because every year, millions of birds migrate down the continent, flying over our town.
00:22Now, I know that a lot of you have plans with your families to see the birds this weekend,
00:27so let's get you some information, Peter.
00:29Peter, where are you going? The bell hasn't rung yet?
00:33I'm checking myself out for lunch. I have an appointment.
00:36This is my fifth time seeing the birds. I'm going with my cousins, my mom, and her boyfriend.
00:41Boyfriends can be fun, Clarence.
00:42Who are you seeing the birds with, Miss Louisa?
00:46Uh, um.
00:49Okay, I got this, I got this, I got this, I got this. Okay.
00:51I think you totally got this.
00:52Stop talking.
00:53Oh, okay.
00:53And stay still.
00:54Okay.
00:55The needle is in.
00:58Great.
00:59And now I just need to simply...
01:01Yep.
01:02Push.
01:03Great.
01:04No, just don't even look down at it. Don't look down at it. Doc, you're looking at it. Doc, don't
01:07look down.
01:08No, no, no. Doc, you're actively looking down. Doc, look at me.
01:10No, I just, it doesn't, I can't. This is the fourth time. Still no good. I just...
01:15What kind of doctor can you do? I'm here for my checkup.
01:17Oh, crunk.
01:19Peter, we're not doing this again.
01:20I looked at my symptoms online, and I did cough once yesterday. So it's a swollen ankle.
01:27You don't have a swollen ankle.
01:28I'm pretty sure I'm having systolic heart failure.
01:32Peter, yesterday you came in with total lung collapse. The day before it was a brain tumor, and last Friday
01:36you had an aggravated case of Epstein-Barr.
01:39It really is very concerning.
01:40No, I've thoroughly examined you twice, and there is nothing wrong except for a morbid fascination with grim diagnoses discovered
01:46on the internet.
01:47Which means what?
01:48You're becoming a hypochondriac.
01:50And what's the treatment for that?
01:51Go back to class.
01:53Shoot.
01:54What about scurvy? Did you check me for scurvy?
01:57I'm really sure I have it this time.
02:00Dear Dr. Best, what a pleasure to finally meet our handsome new physician.
02:06Now, my apartment is at 1. It's 1.02, and I do so dislike dawdling Millicent, sit down and quit
02:13skulking about.
02:14Now, doctor, if you'll take my hat, I will show myself into your examination room.
02:21Who's that bundle of scarves?
02:23Agnes Kloof. She's the sweetest lady. I love her. She was my piano teacher when I was seven.
02:28That's her sister, Millicent.
02:32Doctor, are you dilly-dallying?
02:34I've unpinned my brassiere.
02:38Please don't.
02:43So, for these stomach pains you're having, if they don't resolve in a few days with these antacids, I'm going
02:47to need you to come back here for more tests.
02:49Thank you, doctor.
02:50I simply can't be prevented from seeing the birds this weekend.
02:55Mother Nature's annual orgy of feathers and colors. Have you ever seen them?
02:59Once, as a boy. In fact, I just purchased some new binoculars.
03:03And when was the last time you made love?
03:06Sweet, sweet life-affirming intercourse.
03:11Is there no one special for a charming bachelor physician?
03:14Oh, dear doctor.
03:16The birds were meant to be seen together.
03:20By lovers.
03:22Okay, then.
03:23Uh, well, busy day.
03:24Um, patience to see.
03:27As for me, I've set my heart on spotting the golden-winged warbler this year.
03:33Most elusive bird on three continents.
03:36Well, then I wish you good luck.
03:38And to you.
03:40Millicent, have you been nibbling crackers?
03:42Where's my thermos?
03:44Mmm.
03:47Ah.
03:48Welcome to Port Wynn.
03:51So, uh, what show are we going to do today, Elaine?
03:54Oh, yeah.
03:55No, I'm not doing one.
03:57What's the point in more garbage from a garbage person?
04:01What?
04:02Oh!
04:03Oh!
04:11Really, Dr. Reese, birds in the office.
04:15So silly of you.
04:16Have a splendid day.
04:19Did you just see that?
04:20Honestly, I just, I think I need to take a step back and reassess.
04:23Okay.
04:24Even though I know how devastating this will be for my fans.
04:27Mm-hmm.
04:27Yeah.
04:27Yeah.
04:34Mm-hmm.
04:35All right.
04:46Mm-hmm.
04:57Bye.
04:58Bye.
05:28Hello.
05:29Hello.
05:29New binoculars?
05:31Yes. I just got these two.
05:33See the birds, yeah. Me too.
05:39Where are you planning to see...
05:41Oh, I, um, I know a trail that leads right out to the cliffs. Perfect view.
05:44Mark and I used to take the Kloof sisters to see the birds every year.
05:47Oh, the Kloofs.
05:48It was a nice tradition that we had, seeing the birds together, but this year I'm making new traditions, so
05:53no Kloofs.
05:55No Mark.
06:01Well, maybe we should...
06:02Oh.
06:03I mean, would you like to...
06:05Oh, we could easily, yeah.
06:06Right, but nothing fancy.
06:08No, no, no, together, but not...
06:10Right, but nothing.
06:11Yeah.
06:11So tomorrow, Saturday, I...
06:138 a.m.?
06:14I'll pick you up.
06:15In your car?
06:16Well, not with my arms.
06:19Right, um...
06:20And I'll bring something to drink.
06:24And I'll bring sandwiches.
06:29All right, sandwiches.
06:30Sandwiches.
06:31I love sandwiches.
06:32Okay, well, see you tomorrow.
06:33See you then.
06:34Bye.
06:34Okay, well.
06:38Well.
06:45They based the diagnosis on height and weight and eye color, but according to the Doctor Doctor Doctor website, I'm
06:53in the danger zone for people who might develop rickets, neurological polyps, or cranial misalignment.
07:00His mother had to work.
07:01Yes, and she said he'd be devastated if he didn't see the birds.
07:05But then I checked the CDC website.
07:08I think I may be looking at a case of parvovirus.
07:12Well, that would really be something, because only dogs get it.
07:14I read that, but I'm not sure.
07:16Okay, so we're gonna, uh, go down that ridge and then turn over there.
07:20Oh!
07:21Oh, my God, more people!
07:23Yay!
07:29Dr. Louisa, salutations!
07:33And who is this adorable Moppet?
07:35This is Peter Kronk.
07:36I have inner ear disorder.
07:37No, you don't.
07:39My doctor, sweet Aunt Sarah, our guardian angel, has kindly offered to escort us to the cliffs this year.
07:47Happy to do it.
07:48Oh, what a charming party we make.
07:51Peter, did you know, in 1951...
07:57You on a date?
07:58No.
07:59No, it's nothing like that.
08:01We both decided, separately, to spend the day together.
08:07She brought lunch, and I brought a beverage.
08:10So, a date.
08:11Good for you.
08:13Sarah?
08:14My firmness!
08:16Coming.
08:24It seems like your stomach is still bothering you.
08:27Are you sure you're up to this?
08:27Maybe we should go back.
08:28No, no, I'm perfectly fine.
08:31Nothing can tear me away from this chance to spot the golden-winged warbler.
08:37Oh, dragonflies!
08:41Millicent, do not touch that plant!
08:43I think you should come see me on Monday.
08:45I'd like to check your cognitive responses.
08:47We're on some basic brain health and memory tests.
08:49Don't do my brain as fit as a fiddle.
08:52This tea is my secret.
08:55Filled with nutrients from Mother Earth, we brew it ourselves.
09:01Oh, look!
09:02The birds are here!
09:06It's so beautiful.
09:08Oh, my God.
09:10Oh, my God, my muck.
09:13It's just how I remember.
09:18Look!
09:22Miss Louisa, I have to pee.
09:26Oh, okay.
09:27Yeah, of course.
09:27Just, you know, you can go into the woods there.
09:29Nobody will see you.
09:31Oh, no.
09:32No, thank you.
09:33I don't really enjoy drinking earth.
09:36Look.
09:37Look on that branch.
09:40It's the golden-winged warbler.
09:42I can't believe it.
09:44The golden-winged warbler.
09:46It's all I've ever dreamed of.
09:49What a very, very pretty bird.
09:51Do you know what?
09:52It's afternoon now.
09:54I think maybe we should be starting back.
09:55Ah, sweet songbird, guide me to your heart.
10:02Show me all your love forever.
10:08Wings in flight through day and night.
10:25My pee was kind of orange.
10:27Do I have obstructive bowel syndrome?
10:29Mom?
10:33Ah.
10:41Just doesn't make any sense.
10:44Well, if she tripped and fell...
10:46That's not what happened.
10:47She leapt.
10:49Like she thought she could fly.
10:51She was confused.
10:52They recovered the body, by the way.
10:54And I need you to sign the death cert.
10:57That's short for a certificate.
10:58If you're up to it, Doc.
11:02I'm not signing this.
11:04Because you need a hug first?
11:05I'm never going to need a hug.
11:06Why not?
11:07I feel like you really need a hug.
11:08I'm not signing this because this was not an accident.
11:10No.
11:11She must have had some underlying condition
11:14that contributed to her mental instability.
11:16Oh, man.
11:17Underlying conditions are the worst.
11:19Okay, here.
11:20She had a urinary tract infection six months ago.
11:23Yeah.
11:23Now, it's rare,
11:24but maybe it blossomed into a case of UTI psychosis.
11:28What?
11:29That can happen?
11:30I need to speak with Millicent Kloof right now.
11:32Give her some time, Doc.
11:34You know, her sister was just smushed this morning.
11:36You can see her tomorrow at the reading.
11:38What reading?
11:39Of the will.
11:40Agnes's will.
11:41They're reading it tomorrow at dawn.
12:04And Sarah, have you seen Millicent Kloof?
12:06I need to talk to her about her sister's medical...
12:09Oh, right.
12:12Right.
12:15Oh, you must be broken up about this.
12:17Losing a close friend.
12:19I wish I'd pushed that other one off the cliff
12:21when I had the chance.
12:24What?
12:27Look, it's a small town.
12:30We do people favors.
12:32I mean, it was just two old women up there on the top of that hill
12:35in that giant house all by themselves,
12:38so I took them some groceries once.
12:43Next thing I know,
12:44I'm scrubbing out the shower.
12:46I'm changing the cat litter.
12:49I insulated the basement.
12:50I have been on call to those two old women
12:54around the clock for decades.
12:57And they're mean.
12:59Once I made an omelet for Agnes,
13:01and she didn't like it,
13:03so she spit it into my hair.
13:06But I'm thinking,
13:09Millicent's not going to last up there very long
13:11all by herself.
13:14I say starvation gets her before Christmas.
13:18And then I'll be free.
13:21I am completely appalled.
13:27You and me both, sister.
13:29Come on.
13:31Let's go get this over with.
13:39I need to speak with Millicent.
13:40I'll be right back.
13:41No, no, no, no.
13:41Don't you do that after.
13:43Come down here and sit down with me.
13:44I just can't believe Agnes is actually gone.
13:48I can.
13:49Maybe you should keep your feelings
13:50a little more quiet and to yourself this morning.
13:53I'm sorry.
13:54I just had to vent.
13:56Agnes has just been so ridiculous.
13:59Bad these last few months.
14:01What do you mean particularly bad?
14:03Just extra difficult.
14:05I mean, something must have just pushed her over the edge,
14:10you know, mentally.
14:12Not that.
14:13Good morning, everyone.
14:15Good morning.
14:16In honor of dear sweet Agnes,
14:19who will be laid to rest next weekend.
14:21We've gathered to hear her final wishes
14:24laid out in a document entrusted to me.
14:30Oh, okay.
14:32Agnes' final, final wish
14:34was to have her final wishes read aloud
14:37by her most cherished confidant, Sarah Best.
14:42Most cherished servants more like it.
14:45Sarah.
14:46Okay, coming.
14:49Can I borrow those?
14:50Oh, well.
14:51Thanks.
14:51Yes.
14:52Yeah.
14:54Treasured friends, speak up, Sarah, and enunciate.
14:59That's Agnes.
15:00The following 29 pages shall detail the plans
15:05for my week-long celebration of life.
15:08All readings and recitals shall be organized promptly
15:13and efficiently by Sarah Best.
15:16This really should have been me.
15:18In regards to my estate,
15:20upon the death of my sister Millicent,
15:24our home, the noble Kloof Mansion,
15:27erected in 1875,
15:28shall be gifted to the one person
15:31who looked after us selflessly
15:33for so many years
15:35and a good and true soul
15:38and the very backbone of Fort Wynn,
15:43the Kloof Mansion will be the new home of...
15:49Clark Flanagan,
15:52our longtime property manager.
15:55Oh.
15:57Congrats, Clark.
15:59Regarding the festivities leading up to my burial,
16:02we have day one,
16:06a celebration of song and dance.
16:09Day five,
16:11Sarah Best will make floral headdresses
16:14and cornbread for the entire town.
16:18This is all just so awful.
16:20Poor Agnes.
16:21She just hasn't been herself lately.
16:23In what way?
16:24Shh.
16:24Let us begin today by going down to the sea
16:27and whispering our transgressions into the waters.
16:32Bon chance.
16:33Adieu.
16:35We're going to need you down at the beach, Doc.
16:37Yes, the last time we did this water whispering thing,
16:39some people got hypothermic.
16:40You know, I need to talk to...
16:41No, if I have to go, you have to go.
16:44I mean, my brother has sold my house out from under me.
16:47I am practically homeless,
16:47and now they have given the pension to Clark Flanagan,
16:51and I have to make a cornbread.
16:54Oh!
17:04Why, Dr. Best, you're soaking wet.
17:07Yes.
17:07I've been playing lifeguard
17:08to an alarming number of transgressors
17:10who do not know how to swim.
17:11Well, you're totally drenched.
17:13Why don't you just take everything off?
17:16Sally.
17:16Oh, come on.
17:17You love it.
17:18Our little will-they-won't-they repartee.
17:20I definitely don't, and we definitely won't.
17:22See?
17:23You can't resist.
17:24I'm checking up on one of Agnes Kloof's medications.
17:26Dr. Reese prescribed antibiotics six months ago for a UTI.
17:30Mm-hmm.
17:31Bactrim.
17:32Looks like she never picked that prescription up.
17:34So she never took the medication.
17:36Not as far as I know.
17:37Can you tell me exactly where the Kloof mansion is?
17:41I need to speak with Millicent right away.
17:43Of course, but she won't be there.
17:45She should be over at the Salty Breeze by now.
17:47The Salty Breeze?
17:47Why?
17:48The first funeral event.
17:50Tonight is the recitation of Agnes's poetry.
17:54We could go together.
17:55Bye, Sally.
17:58He loves it.
18:03Hey, Dr. Best.
18:04Peter, I don't have time for any more nonsense.
18:06Remember the other day when I thought my pee was kind of orange?
18:10Well, actually, now I think it's brown.
18:12Mm-hmm.
18:13And Chai-2 PT says I might have uterine cancer.
18:16You do not have a uterus.
18:18And if your urine is actually discolored,
18:21this isn't another imagined illness,
18:22then you need to come in tomorrow and give me a sample.
18:24So should we be considering ectopic pregnancy?
18:28Goodbye, Peter.
18:30Water is water is water.
18:33Let it clean my form.
18:35Caressing my body with its icy, cool grip.
18:40Wash over me.
18:41Isn't this incredibly moving?
18:43But I cry out, no.
18:45No.
18:47No.
18:49No.
18:50I think it speaks for itself.
18:51Until midnight, and the darkness destroys my gentle, hidden cervix.
18:58Thank you so much, Elaine.
19:01That was a very soulful reading of whatever that was.
19:06We're going to take a little break now before we move into our third hour.
19:11There's cornbread, lots of it.
19:13Help yourself.
19:16Please kill me immediately.
19:20It really makes you think, doesn't it, Doc?
19:22I mean, Agnes dedicated her life to the arts and to beauty.
19:27It's like, what am I dedicating my life to?
19:30How am I going to lift up people's souls?
19:33Hopefully not reciting any more poetry.
19:35All right.
19:41Miss Kloof?
19:42What?
19:44I've been wanting to talk with you all day.
19:47I am so sorry for your loss, but your sister, she had a urinary tract infection several months ago.
19:55I remember.
19:56Oh, you do?
19:56Well, you see, I believe Agnes may have developed a form of psychosis due to the untreated infection,
20:02which may explain why she acted as she did.
20:05In any event, I would like your permission to examine her body and to test her for...
20:10It's too late.
20:11I've already had her cremated.
20:13Oh, I didn't realize that you...
20:16Agnes died the way she lived, Doctor.
20:19Free.
20:20And now she's migrated to another plane.
20:23Migrated.
20:24Like the birds.
20:31Like this bird.
20:33The golden-winged warbler.
20:38Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
20:44Crazy old bat.
20:46How much longer do you think she'll last, Doc?
20:56You don't seem to have a UTI, but I am concerned about your level of confusion.
21:04And considering what happened...
21:06Oh, yes.
21:07Poor Agnes.
21:09But now, Doctor, maybe there's real hope for you and I.
21:15What?
21:15Is your stomach bothering you?
21:17No.
21:18But, but yes, but, but no.
21:20I'll be fine if I can take just the tiniest sip of my tea.
21:25Wait, stop.
21:27What's in this?
21:32Smells like mushroom.
21:33It's just tea, Doctor.
21:35Harmless homebrewed tea.
21:37We collect the mushrooms from the woods near our home.
21:40If you'd just excuse me one moment.
21:42Contact the lab.
21:43I want a rush analysis on this tea,
21:45and I need you to take Ms. Kloof home and stay with her.
21:47Stay there?
21:48Really?
21:49What?
21:49I don't want her left alone.
21:50She's exhibiting similar symptoms to Agnes before she...
21:55All right.
21:57Wait, where are you going?
22:00I'm going hunting.
22:04I love this, Doc.
22:05Getting the team back together again on a manhunt.
22:07Feels good.
22:08We're hunting mushrooms, not a man.
22:11The only reason I asked you to join is because I don't know these woods.
22:15Can you shine your flashlight under that log right there?
22:18Oh, hey, you mushrooms under that log,
22:20you come out with your stems up.
22:23No, nothing.
22:26You should ask Louisa to come out and help you with this, Doc.
22:29She knows all about mushrooms and stuff like that.
22:31She knows a lot of stuff about a lot of stuff.
22:35You know, science and how to teach kids to read
22:37and what you're doing to a bee attack and...
22:42But we don't need her.
22:43We got each other, buddy.
22:45We are not going to die unhappy and alone.
22:49Whoa.
22:50Hey, now, Clark.
22:52What are you all doing up here?
22:53This is private property.
22:55Well, we could be asking you the same thing.
22:57I managed this property.
22:59Been taking care of the Kloof's place in these woods for years.
23:02Right.
23:02And soon it will all be yours.
23:04We'll see about that.
23:06Look, we're just hunting for mushrooms.
23:07And you got to go down that way.
23:09Back where it's wetter.
23:12Oh, I knew that.
23:15Thank you, Clark.
23:17Come on, Doc.
23:27Come on.
23:32Well, I thought the mushrooms might be poisonous
23:36or psychedelic, mind-altering.
23:39Oh, no.
23:39I've cooked with all of these.
23:41In fact, I put this one in the meatloaf
23:45that I made for the day that we went to see the birds.
23:48You made meatloaf?
23:49I did.
23:50I mean, I know we said nothing fancy, but I just...
23:52Mm-hmm.
23:53I made lemonade.
23:54Fresh.
23:56It was in a small bottle in my pocket.
24:00You did?
24:04Well, it's a shame that we didn't get to...
24:08Yes.
24:09Unfortunate.
24:10Yeah.
24:10Really?
24:13Well, I still have the meatloaf,
24:17and if you still have the lemonade,
24:20maybe we could...
24:21Get together properly.
24:23Sure.
24:24For a real...
24:27date.
24:31Hey, Doc.
24:32You home?
24:34I just...
24:37Hey, partner.
24:38Okay.
24:39So I'm thinking we get out of here,
24:40go get some brews,
24:41talk about some buddy stuff.
24:42Hey, Louisa.
24:44Hey.
24:44Hi.
24:45Yeah.
24:45I, uh...
24:46I called Louisa about the mushrooms.
24:49Yes.
24:49As you suggested.
24:50Cool.
24:51Doc.
24:52Do we have, like, Advil or Pepto-Bismol
24:55or something?
24:57But, Link,
24:57what are you doing here?
24:58I thought I told you to stay with Millicent Kluf.
25:00Yeah, you gotta...
25:00You gotta ask somebody else to do that,
25:02because I need a break.
25:02My stomach is killing me.
25:03Your stomach?
25:06That's just like Agnes and Millicent.
25:08Did you drink their tea?
25:09Yeah.
25:10Was I not supposed to drink?
25:12Okay, but, uh,
25:12because the mushrooms are fine,
25:15I mean, the tea's probably okay, right?
25:17Unless someone put something into the tea.
25:20Did you guys know that the roof up
25:22at the Kluf Mansion
25:22has been leaking horribly for months?
25:25What?
25:25Ever since that big storm we had,
25:27the walls upstairs,
25:28they're just completely wrecked.
25:30It's so sad.
25:31I had no idea they were living like that.
25:33This is Dr. Martin Best.
25:34Uh, I had a rush order yesterday,
25:36an analysis of a liquid,
25:38some tea.
25:38Oh, Dr. Best,
25:39we haven't gotten to the tea yet,
25:41but we've been trying to reach you
25:43about Millicent Kluf's blood sample.
25:44Her blood?
25:44What about her blood?
25:45It showed very high levels of arsenic.
25:47But this smells so low.
25:48Arsenic?
25:52If you get in there,
25:53it's like the roof is coming.
25:54Oh!
25:56Arsenic.
25:57That would explain the delusions
25:59and the stomach pains.
25:59Oh, damn,
26:00it's a legit attempt to murder.
26:01Who would want to poison the Kluf sisters?
26:04It's that Clark Flanagan.
26:05He wants the house.
26:05I don't know.
26:06It is a manhunt, Doc.
26:07Shoot,
26:08I should have worn my other pants.
26:09You guys,
26:09you're being so ridiculous.
26:12Clark Flanagan?
26:13He's so sweet,
26:14he's completely harmless.
26:15Actually,
26:16he's up at the Kluf mansion right now
26:18with Peter Kronk.
26:19With Peter?
26:21Why is Peter there?
26:22They're going hunting in the woods,
26:23I think.
26:25Let's go!
26:26Yeah, yeah.
26:27I'm going to get my bag.
26:27Let's go!
26:28Oh!
26:28You dog!
26:29What do you mean?
26:30Oh, wait.
26:30What is this?
26:31Feel better.
26:32Drink as much water as you can.
26:34Yep, yep,
26:34right now.
26:35Hey, what's good?
26:36I folded so many funeral programs,
26:39I need muscle relaxants.
26:40What's going on?
26:41Sarah,
26:41I need you to stay here with Elaine.
26:42Get her to drink as much water as possible.
26:44The ambulance is meeting us
26:45at the Kluf mansion.
26:46Come on.
26:46You may have had people
26:47exposed to a toxic substance.
26:48Someone's trying to kill
26:49Melissa Kluf!
26:56Really?
27:06Clark!
27:07We got to talk to you.
27:08Get away from that boy.
27:09He's not feeling well.
27:10Did you give him that tea?
27:11Did you poison these people?
27:12Poison them?
27:13You got to be kidding me.
27:14Those crazy old biddies
27:15are trying to leave
27:15this crumbling dump to me.
27:17You think I want to take
27:17on that tax burden?
27:18No way.
27:20Peter?
27:21Peter, are you all right?
27:22I don't feel well.
27:23Okay.
27:23I always look after him
27:24on Tuesday afternoons.
27:25We go looking for bugs
27:26and butterflies,
27:27but his stomach...
27:27We need to get Peter
27:28some water.
27:29Immediately.
27:31That old woman in there,
27:33she's not right in the head.
27:35Mark, let's go.
27:37There's something bad
27:37in that house!
27:38Clark, don't move.
27:42Okay.
27:43I'm going to sweep the perimeter,
27:45but not like with a broom,
27:46because this place is a mess,
27:47you know?
27:47I'm going to check all the rooms.
27:49Yeah, I understand what the...
27:50What are you doing?
27:52Just...
27:54I understand what a perimeter
27:56check is.
28:02Millicent?
28:15Millicent?
28:32It's the wallpaper.
28:34What's happening up there, Doc?
28:35It's the wallpaper.
28:37Shields, copper green,
28:39made with arsenic
28:40over 150 years ago.
28:42It's not dangerous
28:43unless disturbed.
28:46Dr. Best,
28:48you have come to me.
28:49No, Millicent.
28:50I came for you.
28:52You're being poisoned
28:52by the air in this room,
28:53and we need to get you
28:54out of this house right now.
28:55No.
28:56I'd rather fly
28:57like the golden-winged warbler
29:00to be free
29:02like a bird.
29:04No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
29:05Not flying today.
29:06Not this time.
29:08Ah!
29:10Okay, here.
29:10What do you mean the wallpaper?
29:12The water damage
29:13from the leaking roof
29:14unleashed a toxic cloud of arsenic.
29:16Let's put her down right here.
29:17Okay, all right.
29:19Inhaled arsenic exposure
29:20causes stomach pains
29:21and then confusion.
29:22They'll be fine
29:23with some IV fluids,
29:24perhaps chelation therapy,
29:26and Millicent may require dialysis.
29:29Oh, Peter.
29:31Peter.
29:32Peter, Peter, Peter.
29:33You're saying the house
29:33did that to these people?
29:34The original wallpaper is toxic.
29:36I mean, it's very old and...
29:37It hurts so bad, Miss Luisa.
29:39I know, sweetheart.
29:40You're gonna be okay, okay?
29:42What is it?
29:42That boy.
29:44As far as I know,
29:44he never went in the house.
29:46He never...
29:47He wasn't exposed
29:48to no toxic wallpaper.
29:49Or he's been holding his gut
29:50since I picked him up this morning.
29:51Well, then how...
29:52It hurts so bad!
29:53Okay, okay, sweetheart.
29:54Where does it hurt?
29:55In the...
29:56My shoulder.
29:57Your left shoulder?
29:58Where else?
29:58Now here.
29:59Now there?
29:59Okay.
30:00I looked at my symptoms online.
30:02My pee was kind of orange.
30:04There's nothing wrong.
30:04Do I have to start
30:05with my oxygen?
30:07Your left shoulder?
30:07Well, actually,
30:08now I think it's brown.
30:10It hurts so bad!
30:11Okay, okay, sweetheart.
30:12Where...
30:12Peter,
30:13you said you're here
30:14on Miss Brown
30:14for how long?
30:15Three, four days
30:16since the birds?
30:17Yeah.
30:18And does it hurt
30:19here
30:20or just up on your shoulder?
30:21Both, I think.
30:23Yep, got it.
30:24Hey, the ambulance is here.
30:25Okay, Mark,
30:26I need you to take Millicent
30:26to the hospital in your car.
30:28Clark,
30:28no one inside that house.
30:30All right, can't do it.
30:30I got a partner, I understand.
30:31If it's not arsenic,
30:32then what's going on?
30:33Well, his spleen
30:34is dangerously enlarged
30:35and these things
30:36can come on very quick
30:36and he's been trying
30:37to tell me for last week
30:38but I didn't take him seriously.
30:39I'm gonna call his mom.
30:40Okay.
30:40No!
30:41I wanna go home!
30:44What?
30:55Hey there.
30:57What's happening?
30:59We're in the ambulance, Peter.
31:01Martin thinks that
31:02maybe you injured
31:03one of your important organs.
31:04Which one?
31:06Your spleen.
31:10Will I be okay?
31:11If I have anything
31:12to do with it, yes.
31:16He's gonna be okay, Martin.
31:17Tell me he's gonna be okay.
31:18He's gonna be all right, Martin, right?
31:19He's gonna be all right.
31:19He's enlarged spleen,
31:20likely burst when he fell.
31:22He may have internal bleeding.
31:24You know,
31:24I've seen this kind of thing before.
31:26Kids fall down,
31:27eventually they get back up.
31:29It's probably just a cracked rib.
31:30Are you a doctor?
31:31No, I'm an EMT.
31:34Trainee.
31:34Okay.
31:35How long until we get
31:35to the hospital?
31:36Like a half hour?
31:37Oh my God.
31:38A lot of traffic today.
31:39Look, he's gonna be fine.
31:40Really.
31:43Oh, his blood pressure's way off.
31:46Whoa, whoa, whoa.
31:46What's happening?
31:47He's bleeding out.
31:48Do you have saline?
31:49Yeah, there's a 0.9 normal saline.
31:51Okay, get a line in him.
31:53Yeah, he needs fluids now.
32:02I, uh, I can't find the vein.
32:05Because there's nothing in them.
32:06Here.
32:09Here, put his legs up.
32:12Okay.
32:16Okay.
32:21Okay.
32:23Okay.
32:25Okay, Louisa.
32:27Listen, I, I need you to squeeze that back
32:29as hard as you can.
32:30Okay.
32:30Okay, and when it gets to the bottom,
32:31just twist it all the way out.
32:33Yeah, you got it.
32:35Blood pressure?
32:36Still falling.
32:40Uh, we have to stop the bleeding.
32:55Do you have a blade?
32:56Yeah, but I don't have any anesthetic.
32:58He's out.
32:59He's not gonna feel anything.
33:01Okay, we're doing this.
33:06Uh, I need gloves, disinfectant, and hemostat.
33:11All right.
33:12Prep his upper left quadrant.
33:21Scapple.
33:22What?
33:30I may vomit.
33:31Oh, okay.
33:32That's okay.
33:33Uh, uh, yeah, you, yeah, you can vomit.
33:35What can you vomit in?
33:36Uh, you're gonna vomit in this bag.
33:38Can you vomit in this bag?
33:38Uh, this is my dinner, but...
33:40Yeah, yeah, he's gonna vomit in this bag.
33:42Okay.
33:43Okay, Martin.
33:44There you go.
33:45You got this, okay?
33:46Mm-hmm.
33:52Oh, my gosh.
33:57Oh.
33:59Here.
34:01Oh.
34:03Yeah.
34:04Is this clean?
34:06Okay, he missed that.
34:07He missed that.
34:08Hurry!
34:10Okay.
34:12If I can just, uh...
34:15Clamp the, uh...
34:19Spleenic artery...
34:21I can buy us a little time.
34:26Dammit.
34:27Dammit, it broke.
34:29Do you have another?
34:30No.
34:30I-I don't...
34:31I don't think so.
34:32I-I don't know.
34:33I'm just a trainee.
34:34Oh, my gosh.
34:35All right, just...
34:36All right.
34:37I-I'm just gonna have to hold it by hand.
34:39I-I don't know.
34:42Martin, Martin, Martin, look at me.
34:44Martin, look, look at me.
34:45Look at me.
34:45Mm-hmm.
34:47Breathe.
34:48Yeah.
34:49Inhale.
34:50Mm-hmm.
34:51Exhale.
34:52Look at me.
34:53Look at me.
34:57BP's coming back.
34:59Okay, okay, okay.
35:04All right, that's all we can do.
35:05Just radio ahead.
35:06Tell him what we know.
35:08And tell him to have a functioning hemostat standing by.
35:15I need you to get him prepped for surgery right away.
35:18Bleeding stabilized.
35:20Alert the OR that he's landed.
35:22We'll take it from here.
35:23He's okay.
35:24He's gonna be okay.
35:26Let's get him upstairs.
35:39Martin, you...
35:40I should have recognized Peter's symptoms sooner.
35:43I mean, if he hadn't been crying wolf for the last few weeks, I might have...
35:47Martin, please, don't blame yourself.
35:48What kind of doctor am I?
35:50I can't even deal with blood.
35:52Martin, stop it.
35:53Phobia or no phobia.
35:55You just saved that little boy's life.
35:56The adrenaline is what got me through.
35:58No, you got you through.
35:59Look, I saw it.
36:01I was right there.
36:03You dealt with all that other craziness, and you actually figured out what was wrong.
36:07You dealt with that idiot EMT.
36:09You saved Peter's life.
36:10You did that.
36:11You.
36:12You.
36:29Hey, Martin, buddy.
36:31We got Millicent over to the hospital.
36:33Not sure if you're here yet, but if...
36:43Um...
36:44Um, I'm gonna call you back, buddy.
37:04What an insane night.
37:06You know, first arsenic poisoning, and then a splenectomy, and then...
37:13I'm sort of glad, though, that it happened this way.
37:18It feels like faked.
37:21Are you...
37:22Do you...
37:22Would you like to...
37:23Are you coming in?
37:24I probably shouldn't.
37:25Oh.
37:27Okay.
37:28Um, why not?
37:29It's very late.
37:30I mean, early.
37:31Very late from the previous day, making it early, you know, now.
37:36And we were both up all night in the hospital.
37:39I know, but I don't.
37:44Listen, I don't want to make you...
37:47We were both riding the adrenaline of the moment, but I'm happy to pretend it never happened.
37:57Pretend it never happened?
38:00Martin.
38:01Oh, just laugh it off.
38:04It's what we both want, I'm sure.
38:16Good night.
38:42gone to heaven now never to be forgotten a beautiful woman
38:47a wonderful life amen in closing agnes requested the final words spoken over her ashes be those
38:58of sarah best no i made the cornbread i made the headdresses i let the naked midnight walk
39:07i will not speak i am done you're making a spectacle of yourself you have no idea the
39:14kind of spectacle i could make of myself whoa it's this is the end someone has to close
39:19the ceremony out i mean i suppose i could recite please don't um i i have agnes's journal with
39:28me i could read another poem okay oh yes dear please do okay okay
39:46sunrise sunset
39:48each day is a new opportunity
39:53to create beauty to sing dance create live make poetry make art make love
40:05love but no light will shine forever the sun will go down on all of us and i choose to
40:16cherish these moments and these faces before you so when i do cross over into that magnificent
40:29sunlight you will hear my happy song
40:56amen amen amen
41:06oh my dear that was wonderful do you know what now i think i know like exactly what i'm supposed
41:15to be doing what is that i'm gonna apply to drama school in new york
41:19look i'm an actress yes you're an actress yes you are
41:37yes you are
41:41oh
41:48oh
41:49oh look at that isn't it beautiful yes well somebody's grumpy is it peter thought you said he was gonna
42:11be okay
42:11he'll be fine you can live well without a spleen no he'll be okay
42:15oh
42:17you know i've been feeling a little bad too
42:19about
42:20the kloofs
42:22some things i've said
42:25my whole attitude about them really
42:28the dirt i put in the cornbread
42:33i'm kidding
42:35but i do think i've been a little afraid that maybe i'm turning into them
42:39turning into agnes kloof
42:41yes
42:42a mean old spinster without family
42:46without a house even if your father kicks me out
42:52you'll have me
42:53i'm your family you can stay at my house if necessary we'll have each other
42:58thank you
42:59thank you
43:02oh
43:05you just remember whatever is going on everything passes just like the birds overhead
43:12look at that
43:14i hope they don't poop on me
43:17oh
43:18oh
43:18oh
43:18oh
43:18oh
43:20oh
43:21oh
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