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ood writer Jane Stern (Kathy Bates) overcoming debilitating depression and phobias by joining her local volunteer fire department as an EMT, transforming her life and challenging her 30-year marriage as she finds strength and purpose in helping others, despite her initial clumsiness and self-doubt.
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00:00:01Music
00:00:19You know, Michael and I are on an eternal quest for many perfect things.
00:00:23One of them is perfect corned beef hash in a diner.
00:00:26We have found something about as close to perfect as I've eaten in the last ten years.
00:00:31Not far from our house in Grafton, Connecticut, at the Laurel Diner.
00:00:34I think there's something to be said about Zen and the art of the perfect corned beef hash.
00:00:38Oh, 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.
00:00:46The Laurel Diner serves the classic workman-style corned beef hash made from scratch.
00:00:51And it's fantastic. In fact...
00:00:54That's us, Jane and Michael Stern.
00:00:57You may know us from the magazine column we write, or from the books we've written together, 35 and counting,
00:01:04or from our radio show, or from TV.
00:01:08Everywhere we went, people would always say,
00:01:10God, I wish I had your life.
00:01:13You've got a great job.
00:01:15A great-looking husband.
00:01:17I'm fine.
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.
00:01:24I did.
00:01:24And I did.
00:01:26Would you like to sign the book?
00:01:28Kind of.
00:01:29But not exactly.
00:01:30And 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.
00:01:43Jane!
00:01:45Jane!
00:01:46Jane!
00:01:46Jane!
00:01:50The fact was that I was having a sort of midlife event.
00:01:56I was a producer in Minneapolis on the phone.
00:01:58We 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.
00:02:06The station's arranged a bus trip, of course, with listeners to a little restaurant.
00:02:11It's about three hours into the country.
00:02:14So, uh, what have you been doing?
00:02:17Watching TV.
00:02:19Okay!
00:02:20Don't go away.
00:02:21We'll be taking your calls as our canine fashion show continues.
00:02:27Go 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.
00:02:39I 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.
00:02:48Kirby, come.
00:02:50Be careful.
00:02:52KT starts acting spooked.
00:02:54Jane.
00:02:54I'll be looking.
00:03:00Whoa!
00:03:01Whoa!
00:03:03Easy!
00:03:03Whoa!
00:03:04Whoa!
00:03:05Whoa!
00:03:06Michael!
00:03:07Wear a helmet!
00:03:12What's that Jane girl up to today?
00:03:14Sitting in front of the TV in her bathrobe.
00:03:18Is she sick?
00:03:19Not exactly.
00:03:20More like impossible to be around right now.
00:03:23You know, there's a...
00:03:25There's a scene in AA, Pete.
00:03:29Spouses 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.
00:03:42I've always had fears about just about everything.
00:03:45You name it.
00:03:46Now fear was taking hold of my life.
00:03:49But I just couldn't do anything about it.
00:03:59Jane?
00:04:00Oh.
00:04:01Hi.
00:04:02I haven't seen you in a while.
00:04:03What have you been up to?
00:04:05Oh.
00:04:05Work.
00:04:06Working.
00:04:07Some new projects.
00:04:08Have you seen the display?
00:04:10Well, make sure you do.
00:04:12Okay.
00:04:14Excuse me.
00:04:15Where would I find the journals of Sylvan Pratt?
00:04:18That would be in our library.
00:04:20Working?
00:04:21Well, make sure you do.
00:04:21You're working on trying to get out of bed in the mornings.
00:04:24Why don't you tell her that?
00:04:32Can I get a picture, please?
00:04:33Come on, Jane.
00:04:35Welcome to Minneapolis.
00:04:36Hi.
00:04:37We're really glad to be here.
00:04:40Michael, I can't do this.
00:04:42Hi, Michael.
00:04:42The idea of being trapped with a group of strangers
00:04:44for three hours on a bus going who knows where
00:04:48driven by somebody I don't even know.
00:04:49I mean, does he look like the kind of bus driver
00:04:51that would stop the bus if I asked him to?
00:04:53Jane, these people paid $100 a piece to meet us.
00:04:56You think they'd let me drive the bus?
00:05:02You?
00:05:03No.
00:05:05Jane, 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.
00:05:18Let's go.
00:05:20This is the final boarding call.
00:05:22Flight 387 today.
00:05:24They loved the food.
00:05:27Excuse me.
00:05:31They loved the tote bags.
00:05:35I don't know why we couldn't have eaten someplace in Minneapolis.
00:05:38They live in Minneapolis.
00:05:41Well, there are plenty of great restaurants in town
00:05:43we wouldn't have to take a bus to.
00:05:45Well, the point for them was to go on an adventure.
00:05:47Somewhere new.
00:05:49I think that's stupid.
00:05:55Some 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.
00:06:16Being a writer is not like having a job job.
00:06:19It's a weird, unstructured life.
00:06:23Stretches of time went by now when I saw no one but Michael.
00:06:26It was hard to find the energy to get dressed.
00:06:29Why get dressed?
00:06:31There was no pressing need to.
00:06:34No pun intended.
00:06:42Oh.
00:06:44Oh, oh.
00:06:46Jane?
00:06:48Jane, what's the matter?
00:06:53No.
00:06:55I'm okay.
00:07:08I'm okay.
00:07:09Okay.
00:07:11Help.
00:07:12Help.
00:07:13Help.
00:07:13Help.
00:07:14Help.
00:07:29I don't know what's with me.
00:07:32I got all panicky and couldn't do it.
00:07:33I couldn't ride.
00:07:35So you just got off and you walked.
00:07:37It's no big deal.
00:07:38Pete, you know me.
00:07:39I loved the ride.
00:07:40I've ridden since I was a little girl.
00:07:48Michael's changed.
00:07:50Every day he gets up, works two hours, goes to his meeting at seven.
00:07:54Some days he goes to three meetings.
00:07:57And then he comes out here to get away from me.
00:08:01And I know it.
00:08:03I don't think that that's the case.
00:08:06Has he said anything to you?
00:08:11No, I guess he wouldn't.
00:08:13And Michael's still Michael.
00:08:15Look, if you want, I'll go out there with you on the trail next time.
00:08:18I'll balk ahead of you and Pi again and lead you.
00:08:22You would, wouldn't you?
00:08:24Well, I said I would.
00:08:39I'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?
00:08:48Yeah, we're gonna try that new state place that you mentioned.
00:08:51You 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.
00:09:00Instead of state by state.
00:09:02This meatloaf rocks.
00:09:05So how do you guys work?
00:09:06Well, in the old days we'd sit down together.
00:09:10In the old days we did everything together.
00:09:12But now I'd pretty much do a draft and then Jane takes it and she does a draft and then
00:09:16we, uh, we look at it together.
00:09:21Because we'd like to have this for our spring list.
00:09:24Shouldn't be a problem.
00:09:27Shouldn't be.
00:09:30Michael, where are you going?
00:09:32I'm just gonna get something to drink. Jane, please.
00:09:34Please what?
00:09:36You just, you're so needy.
00:09:38I am not.
00:09:40You know, you've become this anxiety riddled recluse because you don't have anybody to micromanage anymore.
00:09:44Okay, let's just, uh, can you get me a Danish or something?
00:09:48You know, you've micromanaged me all these years. You won't know the truth.
00:09:50Would you stop it with that word? I hate those words. It'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. We should be airborne shortly.
00:10:14Are you okay?
00:10:15Yeah.
00:10:17As long as it's moving in the direction it's supposed to be going.
00:10:21Thank you, sir.
00:10:25Well, 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.
00:10:44This thing is like an MRI machine with wings.
00:10:56Why isn't there an update from the pilot? It's been like two hours.
00:11:06Oh, crap.
00:11:09Do you have any snacks?
00:11:10Sorry, there's nothing to eat on this plane.
00:11:14I need something.
00:11:16I don't know what we're gonna do. Last time you passed out.
00:11:27It's an emergency.
00:11:34Would you like this?
00:11:35It might help.
00:11:37Thanks.
00:11:52You should've seen your face.
00:11:54You should've seen your face.
00:11:56Oh, man.
00:12:03It looks like you saved the day.
00:12:06I guess I did.
00:12:19I couldn't stop thinking about the boy on the plane.
00:12:22It 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.
00:12:34You, lady, I don't think this is for you.
00:12:37Oh, 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?
00:13:07Racing down some bumpy road.
00:13:11You haven't kept in shape?
00:13:13I understand.
00:13:15Thanks, though, for your time.
00:13:19Yeah.
00:13:21Sure.
00:13:25Hey.
00:13:48Oh.
00:13:51Just trying to get a feel for it in there.
00:13:54What it feels like for the horses.
00:13:56You know, all cooped up.
00:13:59Is this a writer's thing?
00:14:01R-right.
00:14:03Research.
00:14:16Piece of cake.
00:14:25Can I look inside the ambulance?
00:14:35Do these doors open from the inside?
00:14:39Yeah.
00:14:41Oh.
00:14:43What is it exactly that you're, uh, looking for?
00:14:47Oh, nothing.
00:14:48Really, I've just never been inside an ambulance before.
00:15:13Good.
00:15:14I mean, you're not, uh, trapped in here.
00:15:18With the sick, vomiting person.
00:15:22Good.
00:15:26I mean, you're not, uh, trapped in here.
00:15:28You know what?
00:15:30I really want to sign up for that class.
00:15:34Really?
00:15:41Hey.
00:15:42Where were you?
00:15:44The Grafton Firehouse.
00:15:46Guess what?
00:15:48What?
00:15:49I'm gonna be an EMT.
00:15:51I'm not kidding, Michael.
00:15:53Who said you were?
00:15:54Laura, what do you do as an EMT?
00:15:57Well, you pull dying people from car wrecks.
00:16:00Stuff like that.
00:16:02Jane, you're 52 years old.
00:16:04You're not gonna be a fireman.
00:16:06EMT.
00:16:07EMT.
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
00:16:13the whole world was collapsing around me.
00:16:15Yeah, but come on, Jane.
00:16:17I mean, you're not gonna be an EMT.
00:16:20Every twinge you get, it's like, uh, a brain tumor, MS.
00:16:24Stroke.
00:16:24Well, look at my family.
00:16:26I mean, every one of them.
00:16:27They wouldn't fly.
00:16:28They wouldn't take boats.
00:16:29They wouldn't talk on public telephones.
00:16:31They wouldn't eat in restaurants
00:16:32because 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.
00:16:41I know, I know.
00:16:43Twelve steps.
00:16:44But this is not like that.
00:16:50I've done powerless.
00:16:53Just doesn't cut it.
00:16:55Not anymore.
00:17:07Don't loiter in the lobby.
00:17:11Don't park in the spaces in the parking lot
00:17:13reserved for police cars.
00:17:17Yeah.
00:17:30Okay, people.
00:17:32Listen up.
00:17:35Let'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, huh?
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 if the patient's lungs collapse.
00:17:58Hi, I'm Jay.
00:17:58Dad.
00:18:03When a paramedic has to administer morphine, you will spike the bag and set it up
00:18:08so that instead of a bone-jarring ride to the hospital, the patient will feel like they're a baby
00:18:15in its mother's arms.
00:18:21As an EMTB, you will be smack in the middle of the emergency care hierarchy.
00:18:27This is the most stressful job of all.
00:18:30Know the warning signs of stressed people.
00:18:33Anxiety, guilt, indecisiveness, insomnia.
00:18:37I already have all of those.
00:18:39How will I know when the job's getting to me?
00:18:52BSI.
00:18:53Body, substance, isolation.
00:18:56BSI, I'm number one.
00:18:59BSI, I'm number one.
00:19:01You are an EMT.
00:19:02You do not even think about touching a patient without at least a barrier of rubber between you and them.
00:19:10I'm number one.
00:19:11I'm number one.
00:19:12You are important to yourself and to the rescue unit.
00:19:16You 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.
00:19:38That'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!
00:19:56Later!
00:19:59Day!
00:20:15Jane.
00:20:20Are you all right?
00:20:21Michael, this is it.
00:20:23This is the other side of what happens if you ever have to call 911 and call 911?
00:20:27No, but I never have to.
00:20:29Yeah, but if you do...
00:20:32Ed, he's our teacher.
00:20:34He's this professional EMT from over in Bridgeport.
00:20:37You wouldn't believe some of the stuff he's seen.
00:20:39And next time, he's gonna teach us
00:20:41how to cut people's clothing really fast
00:20:43and look them over for bullet wounds
00:20:45that have entered and exited.
00:20:46Honey, are you gonna get undressed?
00:20:49When there's an emergency, you gotta be able to jump in your clothes
00:20:51and get out the door in a split second, day or night.
00:20:53Oh, boy.
00:20:55Oh, no.
00:20:56This stuff is amazing.
00:20:58Good, good. Let's just... let's go see.
00:21:11Scapula.
00:21:12Maxilla. I love these words.
00:21:15Cyanotic means blue from lack of oxygen.
00:21:18Ah, I didn't know that.
00:21:20Oh, my God.
00:21:22You have to look at this.
00:21:23I'll pass, thanks.
00:21:25No.
00:21:25You have to look at this.
00:21:27His... his...
00:21:29The skin's been peeled off like a glove.
00:21:35I can't do this.
00:21:38Eh, they're probably just showing you the worst-case scenario.
00:21:44Huh.
00:21:48It's cool.
00:21:53Save it from choking.
00:22:04You killed him.
00:22:24Maybe mine's defective.
00:22:27Mm-hmm.
00:22:36There was a lot.
00:22:39To be in there.
00:22:40You did it.
00:22:41You just didn't mean to try to pull off.
00:22:41Oh, man.
00:22:43Oh, man.
00:22:43Wait a minute.
00:22:43Lift, lift.
00:22:44Let's do this.
00:22:45Oh!
00:22:46Oh.
00:22:48Oh.
00:22:48Oh, no, no.
00:22:50Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:22:52Oh, no, no, no.
00:22:53Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:22:54Oh, no.
00:22:58Stern, you've killed him.
00:23:02He had a heart attack, and now he has a fatal head trauma.
00:23:13Stern, rescue Randy is not a beanbag chair.
00:23:25Michael, slow down.
00:23:28This is a metal cage waiting to kill us in a dozen ways I never even knew about.
00:23:33Oh, great.
00:23:34You can get trapped inside under water.
00:23:37Seatbelt can crush my intestines.
00:23:39Well, here we go.
00:23:41A little bit of knowledge something else is getting nuts about.
00:23:44You can hit your head on the dashboard and send your brain bouncing around inside your skull.
00:23:49You know, it's not just cars, Jane.
00:23:52Dogs have big teeth because of your function wounds.
00:23:56Shut up.
00:23:57These can sting you. You can go into anaphylactic shock.
00:24:00Stop!
00:24:08I take this horse, and I walk him around back, and I stand there for a minute.
00:24:15And then bring him out again.
00:24:17Same horse.
00:24:18Oh, sure. Same damn horse.
00:24:22And he looks it up and down.
00:24:25How much?
00:24:26I tell him $20,000, and Joey starts peeling off the bills.
00:24:33Oh, I gotta go. I'm gonna be late.
00:24:36You go get him, ambulance girl.
00:24:41See you guys.
00:24:47Hey, Pete. Listen, I told Jane that the next time we go out to Wyoming or the Dakotas on the
00:24:52research trip, I want you to come with us, too.
00:24:55Oh, I'd love to see that country.
00:24:56Yeah. Yeah, just the two of us, we'd, uh, we'd go out there for a couple days and ride out
00:25:03and get lost.
00:25:05You remind me to tell Jane about the mare in heat, my stallion going right at it, with me hanging
00:25:12on for dear life.
00:25:13Yeah, that's, that's her kind of story.
00:25:19That Jane's a great girl.
00:25:27Listen up, people. We need to walk through this together.
00:25:31One out of 20 of you has a main artery that is congenitally faulty and will, at some time, hemorrhage.
00:25:38If you're lucky and it is found in time, you will not die.
00:25:42Stern, take your hand off your carotid artery.
00:25:45You're stopping blood supply to the brain.
00:25:50Okay.
00:25:53Uh, uh, uh, uh, ow, ow, ow, ow, stop it. You're with me.
00:26:02Machinery's not my strong suit.
00:26:04Clearly.
00:26:19You're, uh, your blood pressure's very high.
00:26:31It's true.
00:26:33P is for provocation. What 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.
00:26:46And other times, some of the lectures are like,
00:26:50do not try to replace someone's organs if they are hanging from their body.
00:26:54They say this with a straight face.
00:26:57Who would do these things?
00:27:00What's that?
00:27:01Uh, it's called pass EMT.
00:27:03If there is an impaled object in the neck, do not remove it.
00:27:06I'm gonna watch it twice a day until it soaks in and I pass my boards.
00:27:09Well, just be careful. You're not exactly Lance Armstrong.
00:27:12I have to start working out every day.
00:27:13I'm gonna do this, Michael.
00:27:15I think it's good, Jane.
00:27:16You do?
00:27:17Well, yeah, you're doing your own thing. It's good to see.
00:27:19...looking 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,
00:27:27we'll have the patient follow our index finger
00:27:29as we move it side to side and up and down.
00:27:32If eye movement is restricted...
00:27:34On almost every call, you will be responsible for lifting and moving patients
00:27:39without aggravating their current condition of...
00:27:41I may be more than twice his age, but I don't care.
00:27:44...knowledgeable about proper methods of lifting and moving
00:27:46to prevent injury to yourself.
00:27:49So, flex at the knees using your legs like this to save your back.
00:27:58Straight up.
00:28:00And right back up.
00:28:05Well, who wants to help me out up here?
00:28:11Spencer and I will now hoist the patient in the air
00:28:13and place her in the stair chair.
00:28:17How much do you weigh, Stern?
00:28:20I'd never volunteer that.
00:28:29You're unconscious, Stern.
00:28:43Hi.
00:28:45I'm Jane.
00:28:47I'm an EMT.
00:28:50Roger.
00:29:13Do not touch anything.
00:29:16Do not talk to the firemen.
00:29:18Do not ask them questions.
00:29:20I feel like a second grader going to a museum.
00:29:23Stern!
00:29:24Yes, sir?
00:29:29The stair 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.
00:29:42Come on.
00:29:44Yeah.
00:29:46Don't worry, I'm really strong.
00:29:49All right.
00:29:50On my count of three.
00:29:51One, two, three.
00:30:01I have to stop.
00:30:05Stern, maybe you should take the foot part.
00:30:07All right.
00:30:08It's a little lighter.
00:30:08I don't do backward.
00:30:09Even at home.
00:30:10Stern!
00:30:16Tell anyone to step off.
00:30:18Lift.
00:30:21Step.
00:30:22Step.
00:30:23Just don't let him hang in the air.
00:30:26Keep both hands in a chair.
00:30:28You will drop him.
00:30:33Oh, that hurt.
00:30:36That's good.
00:30:36Fail.
00:30:38Stern?
00:30:39See me after class.
00:30:45Oh.
00:30:46Oh, that hurt.
00:30:50That's good.
00:30:51Stern?
00:30:52See me after class.
00:30:56I can't call him.
00:30:59911.
00:31:00You're all here.
00:31:04I 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.
00:31:22You sure you don't mind if I use you as a guinea pig?
00:31:24I love playing doctor with you.
00:31:31Normal.
00:31:45That's a gorgeous saddle.
00:31:47There's nothing you can't do.
00:31:49Michael and I wish you had been our father.
00:31:52That would have made you some kind of perverts.
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, these 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, I guess, where the plate was.
00:32:14I used to have these nightmares about Frankenstein's monster chasing me.
00:32:21When I was eight, my mother packed me up and ran away with me while he was out walking her
00:32:24dog.
00:32:25She studied to be a concert pianist and when we finally found a place, the only thing she brought was
00:32:30her grand piano.
00:32:31So we ate our meals on top and then we slept underneath.
00:32:34Well, that's a vision.
00:32:36Yeah.
00:32:37He never forgave her for leaving.
00:32:43He threatened to kill us both.
00:32:46I was, I was afraid to leave the house.
00:32:51When was this?
00:32:53How long ago?
00:32:56Well, it was when I, it was a long time ago.
00:33:03Yeah, a long time ago.
00:33:09Let me see if I can find my old binoculars so I can see back that far.
00:33:22I suppose I should wait until I even pass my boards.
00:33:26Of course I'm gonna 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. It'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 do that?
00:33:51No.
00:33:53Jane, Jane, please.
00:33:55Stop.
00:33:56Elevate it.
00:33:57Look, easy. I'm not exactly Rescue Randy.
00:33:59I know. Rescue Randy lets me help him.
00:34:01Please.
00:34:05I think you should go to the ER.
00:34:07Let me derive you.
00:34:08No, I'm gonna 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.
00:34:23Up.
00:34:48Hey.
00:34:51You should get some snitches in that boy.
00:34:53You need to get to rest.
00:34:54You need to go to a doctor.
00:35:06What?
00:35:08Dr. Leeds, please report to physical therapy.
00:35:11Oh.
00:35:12Oh.
00:35:15Oh.
00:35:17Jane, why don't you just go wait outside?
00:35:20Oh.
00:35:21Oh.
00:35:21Just go wait outside.
00:35:23Okay.
00:35:23You gonna be okay?
00:35:24I'll be fine.
00:35:25Okay.
00:35:31Dr. Phillips, please call 5-1-6.
00:35:34Dr. Phillips, please call 5-1-6.
00:35:37Dr. Phillips, please call 5-1-6.
00:35:38Dr. Phillips, please call 5-1-6.
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
00:35:50until the National Registry of EMTs gave me a thumbs-up or down.
00:35:55Those weeks crawled by, and then one day, I heard.
00:36:00Oh, my gosh.
00:36:03Oh, my gosh.
00:36:09Congratulations! I got it!
00:36:12Michael!
00:36:13Hey!
00:36:15I passed!
00:36:17Oh, my gosh!
00:36:18Way to go, Dave!
00:36:20I passed the National Board!
00:36:22I more than passed. I did exceptionally well.
00:36:25Look, my EMT certification and my wallet cards.
00:36:30And look, patches I can sew on.
00:36:34I'm proud of you, honey.
00:36:39Wow.
00:36:42I'm an EMT.
00:36:48Oh, look at you.
00:36:52Oh, look at you.
00:37:28Hi. Jane?
00:37:30I'm Audrey.
00:37:31Hi. Congratulations. Thanks. This is for you.
00:37:35Wow. See, it flashes the date and hour in military time.
00:37:39You're gonna need that when you feel like the ambulance runs you. This is so terrific.
00:37:44Do you know Vince Milnick from the gas station, our chief?
00:37:48And his brothers, Frank. And Joey.
00:37:52Walter. And this is Grant.
00:37:55He is gonna give you your radios and your pagers. Nice to meet you. Hi.
00:37:58Can you come up here? Okay.
00:38:02Let's don't take no chance.
00:38:06Let's not be a seven.
00:38:10Let's dance. Woolly, woolly!
00:38:14Woolly, woolly.
00:38:18Woolly, woolly. Woolly, woolly.
00:38:21There's a huge decal on the hood of your car. It's the star of life.
00:38:26I put it there. I'm in love with my sticker.
00:38:30It's like this great bonanza of stuff they give you.
00:38:35To keep the blood and debris out of my eyes.
00:38:38They gave you all this stuff?
00:38:40Some of it. Some of it I ordered off the internet.
00:38:45I am G65. That's my number.
00:38:49Huh.
00:38:51Is this too much?
00:38:53I 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? I don't know.
00:39:05You have to check your heart to me if you have a heartbeat.
00:39:09Woolly, woolly. Woolly, woolly.
00:39:13Woolly, woolly.
00:39:14Watch it! Watch it! Watch it!
00:39:24Grafton Ambulance Personnel.
00:39:26Number 6 Perkins Road.
00:39:27Elderly woman fallen, possible broken hip.
00:39:30Come in.
00:39:32Um, um, G...
00:39:37Oh, ow.
00:39:40Uh, G56, responding G56.
00:39:45Jane, G56 is already signed on the call.
00:39:48You're G65.
00:39:50I mean G65.
00:39:52I was so paranoid I was gonna do that, and I did it.
00:39:55You're supposed to be like Joe Friday for the radio, not some...
00:39:58You're...
00:40:00You're on the telephone!
00:40:01Where am I?
00:40:26She tricked.
00:40:27I think she may have broken her hip.
00:40:29What is your mother's name?
00:40:31Muriel Bergman.
00:40:37Hi, I'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,
00:40:54and I'll try to be as gentle as I can.
00:40:57Oh!
00:41:01I'm so sorry.
00:41:03Um, I'm going to take your blood pressure.
00:41:07My mother's had a mastectomy.
00:41:10Which side?
00:41:11I can't take a reading on the side that's had the surgery.
00:41:13On both sides.
00:41:20Sorry.
00:41:23Let's get a pulse.
00:41:24Okay.
00:41:26Okay.
00:41:33What happened?
00:41:34She fell.
00:41:36Did you get a pulse and a BP?
00:41:39No.
00:41:50Jane, do you want a ride with us?
00:41:52Not now.
00:41:54I have, uh, company at my house.
00:42:06I want to thank you for all your help.
00:42:11Then I...
00:42:13You're lucky I didn't kill her.
00:42:19I kept 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.
00:42:41Okay.
00:42:50I'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, Jane.
00:43:07Hi.
00:43:08Hi.
00:43:10Coming off?
00:43:11Yeah, yeah, it's starting to come off.
00:43:13Your late young lady, work detail every Saturday morning, Ted Sharman.
00:43:20Um, 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.
00:43:46I don't know.
00:44:02I'm going to go.
00:44:03No, no, no.
00:44:13Jane, go to the rig and get the frack pack.
00:44:16Frack pack.
00:44:17Okay.
00:44:21Frack pack.
00:44:23Frack pack.
00:44:24Frack pack.
00:44:25What's the frack pack?
00:44:26Frack pack.
00:44:27Frack pack.
00:44:29Here we go.
00:44:30Easy.
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.
00:44:37It's broken.
00:44:43Set it next to his leg.
00:44:45Right.
00:44:46Right.
00:44:47Now get the shoe off first.
00:44:53Stuck.
00:44:53I don't know if I can...
00:44:57You're doing good.
00:44:59That's it.
00:45:00That's it.
00:45:02Is this okay?
00:45:03Should I keep going?
00:45:10Just keep going.
00:45:13Have his pad leg high enough so you can get the splint on.
00:45:19One, two, three.
00:45:21Up, down.
00:45:22Ugh.
00:45:29All right, he's good.
00:45:37Go!
00:45:37What?
00:45:38Let's go!
00:45:46Clear.
00:45:54Cut his jacket off.
00:45:55Okay.
00:45:56By the way, my name is Jane.
00:46:00Newtown, this is paramedic unit 787.
00:46:02Do you copy?
00:46:02Get away from me, you bitch.
00:46:04Don't crush my leathers.
00:46:05Get the jacket off.
00:46:07Okay.
00:46:07Male patient, 36 years of age, involved in a motorcycle collision.
00:46:11Obvious fracture right-tip-tip fully immobilized.
00:46:13My leathers.
00:46:14My leathers!
00:46:15Don't do that!
00:46:16Don't cut his leathers!
00:46:17This is found.
00:46:18Blood pressure has not been obtained.
00:46:20Respirations, 16.
00:46:22Copy, 787.
00:46:23You're waiting for your arrival.
00:46:24On call 30.
00:46:47Okay.
00:47:03Good job, Jane.
00:47:05Double Delta or burgers, ladies?
00:47:07Donuts.
00:47:07Donuts.
00:47:08How scary can this be if you get to have donuts afterwards?
00:47:13These guys!
00:47:14I love them!
00:47:15It's like their favorite things to do are smoke, drink, eat pizza, curse, put out fires.
00:47:22What else is there?
00:47:23What else is there?
00:47:25They have no idea what I do in my other life.
00:47:27Yeah, they do. 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. I mean, they were always just mechanics.
00:47:38I filled 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.
00:47:57I did it.
00:47:59I was able to sit in the back of an ambulance and not freak.
00:48:03That's great.
00:48:04It was really good.
00:48:06Cause his leg was like, snapped like a chicken leg and twisted.
00:48:10I got it.
00:48:10But I was so busy with what I was supposed to do,
00:48:12I didn't have time to utz about my own stuff.
00:48:15Well, I stopped by the vest today to pick up Kirby's pills.
00:48:19Oh.
00:48:20Jim McGuire says the Milnick brothers like you.
00:48:23They do?
00:48:24God, Vince Milnick. He's incredible.
00:48:28You should have seen the way he got the area secured, the two of them off to the hospital.
00:48:32Guess I'm not your type anymore, huh?
00:48:34Oh, silly.
00:48:37The book.
00:48:39Remember our book?
00:48:40Road Food?
00:48:43Great.
00:48:45Great.
00:48:48They like me?
00:48:53When 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.
00:49:03Here's why it's great.
00:49:05Basically, you can't screw up fried chicken that much.
00:49:07I mean, even the worst fast food fried chicken, I could eat a bucket full of, no problem.
00:49:12However, what makes Stroud's fried chicken perfect is that the crust is completely thin.
00:49:18Don't worry.
00:49:19You can't hurt him now.
00:49:29See, this is my idea of chicken heaven.
00:49:34It started as an old roadhouse dating back to the 1930s.
00:49:37Helen Stroud started it as a fireworks den.
00:49:40Then she decided the fireworks business isn't so good.
00:49:43I'm going to start frying chicken.
00:49:44God bless her.
00:49:45God bless her.
00:49:47She did.
00:49:47And 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.
00:49:58Then she said about it.
00:50:01They will turn it out over here.
00:50:02I love paying attention to lloyden.
00:50:03Don't leave a bishop in a building!
00:50:07Don't leave a bishop!
00:50:08No, parents don't leave this!
00:50:08Do help a place!
00:50:11Watch this!
00:50:14Do heat on their vie!
00:50:19Have a look at Blanche and Bill's pancake house.
00:50:21I made a couple of changes in that one, too.
00:50:24Yeah.
00:50:26Grafton Ambulance Personnel, Crisis Intervention, 2946 Richfield Avenue. Please respond.
00:50:35G65, G65 responding.
00:50:37Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you, what are you... Whoa, Jane, Jane. What are you, what are you doing?
00:50:42I'll be right back. We'll finish.
00:50:44We have a deadline. We got a, we got a trip coming up.
00:50:46You resent this, don't you?
00:50:48Oh, okay.
00:50:49No, you do. The intrusion of other people's emergencies.
00:50:52Well, yeah, when we sort of have one of our own. Right.
00:50:55This isn't just about you anymore, Michael.
00:50:57Thank God. No, it's about our work, which is us, which you aren't doing anymore.
00:51:04Because being an EMT is... I mean, how can saving lives even begin to compare with writing about chili?
00:51:10Go ahead. Go ahead, Jane. Go be a hero.
00:51:15This is so idiotic. What are you even talking about?
00:51:20I can't even tell what you're talking about.
00:51:24I know you can.
00:51:27Oh, come on.
00:51:28Oh, Jane!
00:51:40In the beginning, when the radio tone would go off, I'd get terrified before I'd pull it together and say,
00:51:45I'm okay. It's okay. Because you never know what horrors you'll find behind those strange doors.
00:51:53This time, it was my own guest room.
00:52:02Michael?
00:52:06I think I'm coming down with something.
00:52:11Well, I'll keep the radio on low.
00:52:14No, I just need a... I just need a good night's sleep.
00:52:19I'll be okay.
00:52:46I'll be okay.
00:52:49I don't know what he said.
00:52:55Mom.
00:53:12Are you feeling any better?
00:53:17I'm gonna go to my meeting. See you around noon.
00:54:05Is Michael here? He came and he went. You missed him.
00:54:12You two haven't been around here much lately.
00:54:15Not together. Whoa!
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. They need different things.
00:54:38Sometimes they just don't know it.
00:54:43Seems like you lucked out.
00:54:48Yeah. I always dreamed of having a big family. Now I feel like I do.
00:54:55Whole firehouse full of them.
00:55:03Vince! Hey! There's Vince and Rosemary.
00:55:06Hi. Jules. This was pretty terrific.
00:55:08I'm glad I saw you.
00:55:09Gran and Audrey say they'll take care of the photocopying for the training session on Monday if we buy the
00:55:13pizza.
00:55:14Sounds good to me.
00:55:17Jane.
00:55:20The fish stew was perfection. I loved it.
00:55:23She really did like it.
00:55:24I mean, the mussels and the clams and the shrimp and the scallops.
00:55:27I mean, there was like every kind of fish in there. It was absolutely amazing.
00:55:30And the stock.
00:55:31It's an old family recipe. It's secret. At the end, a stir of brandy.
00:55:37Brandy?
00:55:38I am in the restaurant business all my life. And I believe our fish stew beats any fish stew anywhere.
00:55:44Great with French bread there, Jules.
00:55:46Michael's a big dunker.
00:55:48Thanks.
00:55:54Great place, huh?
00:55:56I'd like to stop at that firehouse we passed coming into town.
00:55:59Why? Do you know them?
00:56:00No. I just want to get a picture up front.
00:56:05Wherever we travel to across the country, you always have to check out all the AA meetings.
00:56:09That's different.
00:56:10Yeah? How?
00:56:12Look, we have some revisions we have to make this afternoon.
00:56:15Jane, we're seeing Sarah in New York on Thursday.
00:56:17We need to reschedule that.
00:56:19She thinks she's getting the book.
00:56:21You've been working on it, haven't you? It's gonna be ready, isn't it?
00:56:23I hope.
00:56:24Wait, wait, wait. Jane, look.
00:56:26Why don't you just give me what you've done and I'll finish the rest.
00:56:28No.
00:56:29I'm doing all the work anyway while you're out on the fire truck.
00:56:32That's not exactly fair.
00:56:34You bet it isn't.
00:56:35I can do this, Jane.
00:56:37Let me just do this and let's just stop all this pretending.
00:56:41You pompous...
00:56:41I don't need you anymore.
00:56:45Not like this.
00:56:46It's like pulling teeth to get you to pay attention.
00:56:48Oh, get over yourself.
00:56:50You are so full of yourself.
00:56:52Where do you think you're going?
00:56:53I'm not getting in the car with you.
00:56:55Come on, come on, Jacob.
00:56:56Poor Michael.
00:56:57All these years I've been on your back.
00:56:59Oh.
00:56:59Nothing but this huge neurotic weight around your neck.
00:57:02No, no.
00:57:02Not all these years.
00:57:03Just since I've been sober.
00:57:05And now that I'm not, you can't handle it.
00:57:09Now you know what it feels like.
00:57:11This is about getting back at me?
00:57:12You can't handle that I don't need you like that anymore.
00:57:16No.
00:57:16What I can't handle is the fact that I've lost my partner.
00:57:19And not just my writing partner.
00:57:23You're right.
00:57:24You're right.
00:57:24I can't handle that.
00:57:43Craft and ambulance personnel.
00:57:45Woman needs transport to hospital.
00:57:47Number 6 Gordon Road.
00:57:49Okay.
00:57:53The AIDS hospice.
00:57:55I have to go.
00:58:01Yeah.
00:58:02I guess you do.
00:58:09She had a seizure?
00:58:16You don't need that.
00:58:17Nobody here is going to hurt you.
00:58:19Well, it's for the protection of the patients as well as us.
00:58:22Whatever.
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.
00:58:35Up here.
00:58:43Mavis.
00:58:44Mavis Cotter.
00:58:4533.
00:58:47Yeah.
00:58:50It's just, uh...
00:58:52They put hobbies on here.
00:58:57Sewing.
00:58:58Gospel singing.
00:59:05I really like Shirley Caesar.
00:59:10I like her, too.
00:59:14My husband.
00:59:16He likes the Clark sisters.
00:59:22His name is Michael.
00:59:25We're writers.
00:59:27Both of you?
00:59:29We write together, yeah.
00:59:33What about...
00:59:35Food.
00:59:36We've always loved food.
00:59:38Discussing it.
00:59:39It's like this primal thing with us.
00:59:43He's the smartest man I've ever met.
00:59:48I'm very fortunate.
00:59:54One of my top ten wishes would be to sing like Mahalia Jackson.
00:59:59Yes.
01:00:05Soon...
01:00:07It will be done.
01:00:10Trouble of the world.
01:00:14Trouble of the world.
01:00:18Trouble of the world.
01:00:22I know.
01:00:24I know.
01:00:24I suck.
01:00:43I know I suck.
01:00:51of the world
01:00:52trouble
01:00:54of the world
01:00:57how soon
01:00:59we will be done
01:01:01with the trouble
01:01:04of the world
01:01:06I'm going home
01:01:09to live
01:01:12with God
01:01:37you wrap late
01:01:40I left the sections
01:01:42I finished on your desk
01:01:44I'll wrap up the Great Plains this afternoon
01:01:47they called from Nicky Rivers
01:01:49they wanted us in Chicago
01:01:50I'm going to go on the 5th for the taping
01:01:59what?
01:02:01so what's the deal?
01:02:04are you staying in there?
01:02:08uh...
01:02:08for now
01:02:12I really think we should
01:02:13see someone
01:02:16talk to somebody
01:02:18professional
01:02:20Michael
01:02:22this is important
01:02:27I think we should too
01:02:37here sweet boy
01:02:39want to know something?
01:02:41there you go
01:02:50Grafton ambulance personnel
01:02:52baby floating face down in swimming pool
01:02:54145 Columbia Heights
01:02:56G65
01:02:58G65 responding
01:02:59baby floating in swimming pool
01:03:02okay
01:03:04it's terrible
01:03:05it is
01:03:11my baby
01:03:14what the hell?
01:03:15a dog?
01:03:16what the hell?
01:03:179-1-1 said his baby
01:03:19fell in the pool
01:03:22this mud weighs a ton
01:03:23when we got here he was floundering around
01:03:25he 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
01:03:30we called the animal warden
01:03:39you okay?
01:03:41you okay?
01:03:42get him to sleep
01:03:43get him to sleep
01:03:54what's wrong with the doggy?
01:03:57he's asleep
01:03:58he's dead
01:04:07oh my god
01:04:09oh my god
01:04:10oh my god
01:04:10Jane what are you doing?
01:04:12he's alive
01:04:15he's alive
01:04:17he's alive
01:04:19my baby
01:04:21Winston
01:04:29oh no
01:04:30it's Rhonda from Animal Control
01:04:32false alarm
01:04:44you sure you don't want to put something else on?
01:04:46no
01:04:47I'm fine
01:04:48it's drying
01:04:50quite an episode
01:04:52yeah
01:04:52there have been many
01:04:53Jane saves lives
01:04:56my own
01:04:58I saved my own life
01:04:59when I became an EMT
01:05:02Michael's angry
01:05:02because I don't need him
01:05:03to prop me up anymore
01:05:06is that right Michael?
01:05:08well I don't really have this need
01:05:10to 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?
01:05:15he doesn't need me anymore
01:05:17he 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
01:05:23that you cling to the most
01:05:24isn't that true?
01:05:26go to hell
01:05:27you go to hell
01:05:29I hate you so much
01:05:39you know something?
01:05:42you would never talk to Vince Melnick like that
01:05:46you'd treat him with respect
01:05:50and just because we're married
01:05:51it doesn't give us license
01:05:52to muck all over each other
01:06:04I first saw Michael when we were in college
01:06:07I said are you a Scorpio?
01:06:11I knew he was a Scorpio too
01:06:15we were born one day apart
01:06:18we went to Kenosha, Wisconsin once
01:06:20and had matching Scorpios tattooed on our legs
01:06:23by these Hells Angels guys
01:06:27we've been incredibly close
01:06:29married 33 years
01:06:31we were acting like we don't know each other
01:06:32incredibly close
01:06:35ever 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
01:06:41that constant
01:06:42Michael
01:06:46we don't have any kids
01:06:48and uh
01:06:50we just have each other
01:06:51and the animals
01:06:53and the work
01:06:57and I love that
01:07:00I love it too
01:07:03but I don't love it now
01:07:08I don't love it now
01:07:11I don't love it now
01:07:20I got an extra room here
01:07:26I'm just saying
01:07:27in a pinch
01:07:32for either of you
01:07:33for either of you
01:07:34yeah
01:07:35thanks Pete
01:07:37just might take you up on it
01:07:41I don't know Pete
01:07:45I try to be
01:07:48you know encouraging about all this EMT stuff
01:07:52I just keep coming off looking like the bad guy
01:07:55if I was you I'd be under the scotch by now
01:07:59yeah well that's just it
01:08:00it was good for all those years
01:08:03it was good for her too
01:08:04cause she knew exactly where I was
01:08:06passed out in the chair
01:08:09but then I got sober
01:08:12and I wasn't in the chair anymore
01:08:16I wake up every morning
01:08:18I wonder where I've been for the last 30 years
01:08:21I think I'm going to do this
01:08:25I don't want to punch
01:08:25you in the chair
01:08:26I'm not in the chair
01:08:36I'm going to head over to the next couple of years
01:08:38Jane?
01:08:40Let me
01:08:42I'm in the chair
01:08:42I'm in the chair
01:08:56You're gonna be fine.
01:08:58Take it easy.
01:09:01That's it.
01:09:02You'll be fine.
01:09:03All right, here you go. You're gonna be fine.
01:09:06And we're gonna get to the hospital.
01:09:07Sir, I'm just gonna buckle you in here, okay?
01:09:09Okay.
01:09:11Anyone call her?
01:09:13She said it's the other stick.
01:09:15Wait for it.
01:09:24Hello?
01:09:25Jane, it's Audrey.
01:09:27You seemed a little out of it.
01:09:30I'm sorry. I just had to come home and lie down.
01:09:34I was feeling a little weird.
01:09:37Jane, are you okay?
01:09:40No.
01:09:43Careful.
01:09:45Because I will burn you.
01:09:47I know a good EMT.
01:09:54I cry all the time.
01:10:00In the car, Michael drives and I cry.
01:10:05I cry every time I see couples our age together.
01:10:10Every restaurant we go into.
01:10:13Every motel room.
01:10:15I'm crying.
01:10:18Every couple goes through this.
01:10:20I mean, you stay together this long.
01:10:22Yeah, yeah, I know all that.
01:10:25I've seen those movies, too.
01:10:29It's just that Michael and I, I love him.
01:10:34And he says he loves me, too.
01:10:39We just don't like each other.
01:10:46God, I hope this is nerves and not Parkinson's.
01:11:06And we're back with Jane and Michael Stern.
01:11:09Okay, Jane, Michael, tell me.
01:11:10Do you ever have time to just stay home and cook?
01:11:13Yeah, people think we live out of doggy bags,
01:11:15but when we're not on the road,
01:11:17we're very passionate cooks
01:11:18and we're passionate about kitchenware as well.
01:11:20Oh, are there pieces you just can't live without?
01:11:23Well, my favorite thing I have to have
01:11:25is a really good cheese grater.
01:11:27Okay, tell me.
01:11:28What kind do you like?
01:11:29Well, Jane and I actually have a battle royale
01:11:31going on about cheese graters.
01:11:32We each have our own.
01:11:33Yeah, Michael hides his cheese grater.
01:11:35That's because you don't clean yours properly.
01:11:36Really?
01:11:37Jane prefers the boxy type.
01:11:39I'm so humiliated!
01:11:41I have this great, fabulous flat one.
01:11:43It's old.
01:11:44I love it.
01:11:45I know exactly how to hold the cheese.
01:11:46Yeah, Michael is anal lieutenant.
01:11:48He hides his cheese grater.
01:11:49He thinks I don't know this,
01:11:51but the cheese grater and his coffee beans
01:11:52are hidden somewhere where he thinks
01:11:53I don't know where they are.
01:11:55Oh, I think I've struck a nerve here.
01:11:57You know, this naturally leads me
01:11:58to talking about the knives that we own.
01:11:59Yes, well, I don't like you thinking about knives, Michael,
01:12:02when you're annoyed with my kitchen habits.
01:12:04I think I'm going to have to see about getting
01:12:05a group rate on a marriage counselor.
01:12:07I think so, too.
01:12:10Oh, Michael!
01:12:19Nikki, Michael.
01:12:20Tristan, you're the best.
01:12:21That was great.
01:12:22You're terrific.
01:12:23I know.
01:12:24Thank you for coming on the show.
01:12:25Appreciate it.
01:12:28God, that was amazing.
01:12:31I know.
01:12:32Yeah.
01:12:33Even now.
01:12:35Michael?
01:12:36Hi.
01:12:37I've got the information on that barbecue plate.
01:12:45What time is the flight?
01:12:483.16.
01:12:49Why can't they just call at 3.15 or 3.20?
01:12:54Is there a stop?
01:12:56Non-stop.
01:12:56What time do we get home?
01:12:595.30.
01:13:02What did you mean when you said even now?
01:13:05It was amazing even now.
01:13:09With everything falling apart.
01:13:14I'm so afraid.
01:13:16Jane, we're only going to be in the air for an hour.
01:13:22I'm afraid nothing could be the same again.
01:13:26That we aren't going to be Jane and Michael Stern again.
01:13:30Anymore.
01:13:55What?
01:13:55With everything that gets splattered or sneezed on me, I can get AIDS or
01:14:00sorrows.
01:14:01Or the flu.
01:14:02Or this is 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
01:14:06There are times when I ask myself, why?
01:14:08Why am I doing this?
01:14:09I mean, I became an EMT because I thought it would be a way to get out of my head
01:14:14and force
01:14:14me to think about other people's problems.
01:14:16But it's not working anymore.
01:14:18And I'm letting Michael down.
01:14:21I mean, the better I get at this, I don't know what to do except quit.
01:14:25You exhaust the hell out of me.
01:14:30I exhaust me too sometimes.
01:14:34Just ease up.
01:14:35You don't have to go out on every call.
01:14:38You know, when I first met you, I thought, oh, here we go.
01:14:42Another damn do-gooder.
01:14:44I was so scared of you.
01:14:47You mean you're not anymore?
01:14:50I thought that you'd be the last person on earth to stick it out.
01:14:53Me too.
01:14:55But you did.
01:14:57I know one thing.
01:14:59If I was ever trapped in a burning building,
01:15:02I could count on you to run in there and get me.
01:15:18Did I wake you?
01:15:19No, no.
01:15:20No, I was awake.
01:15:25What you're saying is you don't want to be married to me anymore.
01:15:29I love you, Jane.
01:15:32I'll always love you.
01:15:34But you don't want to be married to me anymore.
01:15:43Okay.
01:15:45Jane.
01:15:45Enough.
01:15:49What do we do?
01:15:52What do we do?
01:15:52I mean, I know what we do, but, uh, what do we do about our work?
01:16:00Michael.
01:16:00Michael.
01:16:01If we're that miserable.
01:16:03I don't know what I am anymore.
01:16:05We're incredibly miserable with each other.
01:16:09And we both know that this is it.
01:16:11For us.
01:16:12We both know.
01:16:20I know.
01:16:20Pete has a spare room.
01:16:23I know.
01:16:28There's an apartment for Rhett behind Milnick's garage.
01:16:32I know that too.
01:16:36We worked so hard for this place.
01:16:39I hate the thought of leaving it.
01:16:44Well, you know, we have, uh, certain obligations to work, and I, you know, I don't, I don't see that,
01:16:51uh...
01:16:57I'm sorry.
01:17:10You know, maybe, uh, maybe we can get little houses next to each other, huh?
01:17:19I wonder what it would take to wall this place in half.
01:17:30Well, we, uh, we have to figure everything out tonight.
01:17:40All right.
01:17:51I know what's gonna happen.
01:17:54You're gonna end up out back of Milnick's garage.
01:18:05Oh, my gosh.
01:18:23Motion was passed that the 75th anniversary of the Grafton Volunteer Fire Company would be held on June 23rd.
01:18:32That's, uh, Craig's birthday, for any of you who don't know already.
01:18:36Parade at 3 o'clock, following the chili cook-off with celebrity judges.
01:18:40Listen, I hope we don't have any unfortunate incidents like last year.
01:18:43I mean, who would have known that a gas barbecue could cause that much damage?
01:18:49Young lady.
01:18:52I want to talk to you.
01:18:55Two things.
01:18:56What did I do?
01:18:58Uh, we were wondering about asking Michael to be a celebrity judge at the chili cook-off.
01:19:04What do you think?
01:19:05Audrey says that the two of you wrote a book about chili.
01:19:09Yeah, we did.
01:19:10It's called Chili Nation.
01:19:11Oh.
01:19:13Um...
01:19:15I could ask him.
01:19:16Good, good.
01:19:18Uh, now the second thing.
01:19:21Uh, you're not still considering quitting, are you?
01:19:24Every day.
01:19:26We were wondering if you'd take over as firehouse secretary.
01:19:29Ken Rapp's term is up.
01:19:32Me?
01:19:33Write every damn thing down anyway.
01:19:35Never miss a meeting.
01:19:37Might as well put you to work.
01:19:40Now don't start it up on me.
01:19:43Yes.
01:19:44Absolutely.
01:19:45I would be deeply honored.
01:19:48All right then.
01:19:50I'll talk to the chief.
01:19:54Oh.
01:20:01Michael?
01:20:04Michael?
01:20:06I'm on my way now.
01:20:10Dr. Igbali, please call the pharmacy.
01:20:13Dr. Igbali, please call the pharmacy.
01:20:16Dr. Igbali, please call the pharmacy.
01:20:25He was in the barn.
01:20:27And he was cleaning out the stools.
01:20:29And, uh...
01:20:31his brain hemorrhaged.
01:20:34He had a massive stroke.
01:20:46He, he had a small interest.
01:20:50He's feeling it.
01:20:51He's feeling it.
01:20:51Oh, my God.
01:20:51I feel very good.
01:20:51Hey, Mark.
01:20:51Oh, my God.
01:20:55I feel very good.
01:20:56I feel very good.
01:20:57You're in the barn.
01:20:57I feel very good.
01:20:58I feel very good.
01:20:58I feel very good.
01:21:00What I feel like is that?
01:21:00I feel very good.
01:21:05You're a хотел to do something.
01:21:06I feel like...
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01:21:32¶¶
01:21:43¶¶
01:21:44Hey.
01:21:46Good one's showing up all morning just to help out.
01:21:51I keep expecting to see him sitting there like he always is when we come in from a ride.
01:21:56He's always there.
01:22:11Tell me everything I know about riding.
01:22:18About everything.
01:22:26I know he did.
01:22:37I don't know what to do.
01:22:43I don't know what to do for him.
01:23:12You know, the other day...
01:23:15We were talking about what we were going to do and our logistics.
01:23:23I couldn't stand the thought of losing you.
01:23:27I went upstairs and I had this picture of you in my head as a little girl.
01:23:34No, I mean, that sounds stupid.
01:23:37No, it doesn't.
01:23:39No.
01:23:41What I meant was I saw myself as the same, as not a bad person.
01:23:50And...
01:23:52I know that you're not a bad person.
01:23:56And I know that you want to be a good person with me, too.
01:23:59And I...
01:24:01I want that, too.
01:24:06I felt the same way, too.
01:24:07I don't want to lose you.
01:24:12You know, I guess what I had were these feelings for our relationship.
01:24:25When you looked at me, I knew I could never leave you.
01:24:30As horrible as it's been?
01:24:32Yeah.
01:24:33As horrible as it's been.
01:24:36It's not worth throwing away.
01:24:40There's something really worth saving here.
01:24:50We'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.
01:24:55Well, 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,
01:25:07a length of really wonderfully taut sausage.
01:25:11Since I was a little girl, I've been afraid of losing people.
01:25:14The fact is, one way or the other,
01:25:17eventually, you just do.
01:25:19As a working person's cafe...
01:25:21The thought of losing Michael frightened me so much
01:25:23that I almost did lose him.
01:25:25But in the end, figuring out how to be together
01:25:28and still allow each other our own separate lives
01:25:32made us even closer.
01:25:38At the last meeting for the Grafton Volunteer Fire Company,
01:25:42the meeting came to order...
01:25:43I also learned something else.
01:25:46Becoming part of a firehouse and working side by side
01:25:50with the men and women of the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
01:25:53was the hardest thing I've ever done,
01:25:56and 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.
01:26:12And then, when you go beyond it,
01:26:15you realize it's just an illusion.
01:26:19That's it.
01:26:48you're not only allowed to do it,
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