All language subtitles for Roseanne S09E19 The Miracle - fiveofseven

How long has it been?
Two hours.

And no contractions
at all, right?

Not even any little ones
that you didn't tell us about?

No, but I feel like
my heart is going to
pound out of my chest

and fly around the room.

Well, if it does,
your Dad'll catch it.

Or at least
bat it back down.

Where the hell is David?
What's taking him so long?

Darlene, it's really,
really bad traffic out there.

I know he's doing
everything he can to get
here as soon as he can.

I'm sure he'll be here
any minute.

You said that
an hour ago.

Honey, come on.
Just try and relax.

Oh, sure, I'm lying here
with God knows what
coursing through my veins,

I don't know whether
my baby's gonna live or die,

no one has a clue
where my husband is,

and you're telling me
to relax?

Yeah, I want you to stop
talking like that,
okay, Darlene?

Because I know that
negative talk like that

is attracting
negative energy.

[door opens]

I am so sorry.

I got here as fast
as I could.

How do you feel?
I'm fine, David.

Yeah? What about the baby?

We don't know yet.

All right, um--
Where do we stand?

Well, we tried several drugs
to stop the contractions,

and now we're on
the big one, Ritodrine,

and, uh, I don't know,
it has some side effects,

like, you know,
rapid heartbeat.

Got it.

Yeah, but so far,
it is working.

So then, the contractions
have stopped.

Well, yeah, I mean,
as of right now.

Okay, what do we do now?

Just cross our fingers
and hope for the best.

Uh, okay. All right.

You guys must be tired,
and I'm here now;

why don't you just
go home and lie down?

I'll call you
if anything happens.

Wow. When did you get
this new "take charge"
attitude?

I don't know.
It just kind of
came over me.

We'll go on down
to the cafeteria--
Oh, boy!

My water just broke.

♪ If what doesn't kill us
is makin' us stronger ♪

♪ We're gonna last longer ♪

♪ Than the greatest wall
in China ♪

♪ Or that rabbit
with a drum ♪

♪ If there's one thing
that I've learned ♪

♪ While waiting for my turn ♪

♪ It's that in each life
some rain falls ♪

♪ But you also get some sun ♪

♪ And we'll make out
better than okay ♪

♪ Hear what I say ♪

♪ Yeah, any day ♪

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Honey, you gotta
stay calm,

and know that
we're here for you

and everything's
going to be okay.

I'm scared.

It's okay to be
a little scared.

You should have seen your mom
when she had Becky.

Hmph.

I might have been scared,

but your dad passed out
in the waiting room.

Don't leave me.
No, I won't.

Wish I could go through
this for you.

Yeah, me too.

Well, we're ready to go.

Oh, you want to start
without me?

You'll be in the delivery
room very soon,

and we're going to take
real good care of you.

You hear that, honey?
Everything's under control.

Okay, well, we're going to go
into the waiting room now.

I got D.J. saving
all the chairs for us,

and that one-legged guy's
probably getting

a little cranky by now.

Dr. Rudmen, Darlene's
only 28 weeks along.

Everything's going
to be fine, right?

Well, I'm going to be
honest with you,

there's always
an element of risk.

Why is this happening now?

Darlene, no one knows
what exactly triggers

normal labor,
let alone premature labor.

But babies this age
have survived.

You are young and healthy,
and you've had very good
prenatal care.

And that's really good,
isn't it?

I mean, it means a lot, right?

You bet it does.

So you stay optimistic, okay?

Yeah.

The world population
is, like, five billion,

and they all
had to be born.

How can this be so hard?

Okay, listen to me.

You are very, very strong.

More important than that,
you're very stubborn,
and I think God likes that.

So everything's going to be
just fine, okay?

I hope you're right.

Here we go.

A few more minutes
before we're parents.

Is there anything left
that we wanted to do
before we had kids?

[laughs]

Oh, we were going
to go to Paris.

Might be a little late
to book a flight, huh?

Well, I'll settle
for a cheese omelet, then.

Okay.

I love you.

I love you so much.

Mark, you're wearing
a track in the floor.

Sorry.

I really have
a bad feeling
about this.

Don't think
that way, Becky.

As Louise Hay says,
you must learn to turn

the negative
into a positive.

Yeah, you should listen
to your grandma, Becky.

Apparently, being gay
means more than just
wanting to wear

flannel shirts
and Birkenstocks;

it also makes you smarter.

Thank you, Roseanne,
I have been trying

to positively explore
different avenues.

Hey, check out that nurse
with the crew cut.

Made you look!

We just called Leon
to check on the kids.
How's Darlene doing?

She's been in there
for over an hour.

Jeez. You look terrible.

Well, thank you
for the compliment, Jackie.

Would you like to check
my breath while you're at it?

Honey, want to
take another walk
down the hall?

Mr. and Mrs. Conner?

Your daughter has just
given birth to a baby girl.

Uh, is everything okay?

Uh, well, Darlene is fine.
David's with her right now.

And the baby?

Well, being so premature,

her lungs are not
sufficiently developed

for her to breathe
on her own.

At this point,
she can't even cry.

We have her down
in N.I.C.U.

She's in an incubator,
on a respirator and I.V.

The next 24 to 48 hours
are going to be very critical.

What exactly
does that mean?

It means they don't
know anything, Becky.

Well, yeah, so what now?

I mean, isn't there
anything that you can do?

Actually, the best thing
we can do right now is to wait.

So that's what you're de--

That's all you can tell us,
is that we should wait?

Look, Mrs. Conner,
I know this is hard.

I know that. But please,
it really is the best
we can do right now.

Well, no, I can't accept that.
I want to get a second opinion.

All right, I'd be happy
to give you the names
of some neonatologists.

There's a couple of good
doctors in Chicago.

No, I'm not interested
in good.

Okay? I want the best.

If we have to go
to New York, or Australia,

or Japan, or Timbuktu,
I really don't care.

I have all the money
in the world,

and I want the very best doctor
on this whole damn planet.

Well, they're trying
to get a hold of that
doctor in Australia.

Go in there and find out
what's going on

with that Dr. Igarashi
there in Tokyo.

You know, we're running
out of specialists, Roseanne.

There's 12 on the lists,
we've already called 10.

I know. Maybe it's time
we started thinking
of some alternatives.

What? Acupuncture?

Well, yeah! Or herbalists,
or some kind of healer.

I mean, Western medicine
can't have all the answers.

And other cultures,
they take a whole
different approach.

Like in India,
when people are sick,
you know what they do?

They take them down
and they give them
a bath in the holy river.

You're making it up.
That doesn't work.

Oh, yes it does, Jackie.
And you know why?

Because they believe
it's gonna work.

I read that in all those
books that Nancy gave me.

And you know what?
They all say
the very same thing.

You know what they say?

That the spiritual
is the cause for the physical.

Okay, they talked to that
Dr. Phillips in London?

He's afraid he can't
get here in time.

But he says there's this
great South African doctor

who's giving
a lecture in Boston.

That's a couple
of hours away.
We could get him.

No, I want them both.

You tell that London guy
to take the Concorde
into New York,

and then we'll charter
a plane and get him down here.

And go get that South African
doctor on the phone, too.

Got it.

For once, we can
afford the best,

and we're gonna get it.

Hey. Brought you
some more apple sauce.

I'm not hungry right now.
Thanks anyway.

How are you doing?
Better.

I mean, I'm still
pretty wrung out, though.

Any new word
about the baby?

No. I can go check now
again, if you want.

No, it's okay.

This is really
happening to us,
isn't it?

I'm afraid so.
What made this happen?

I mean, what did I do?

It wasn't anything
that you did.

I'm not a drinker,
I don't smoke,

I only did drugs once--
That was a long time ago.

Could I have been eating
the wrong thing the whole time?

You're a vegetarian,
one of the healthiest eaters--

Maybe it's physical,
like some kind of genetic
defect or something.

I don't think it was anything
like that, either.

Well, then what's
the answer, David?

We know the question.

Why was my baby
born prematurely?

And why is it
probably going to die?

No one can answer that.

Well, if it's not
something physical,

maybe I'm being punished
for something.

Sweetheart,
don't do that to yourself.

That's ridiculous.

Why is it ridiculous?
We don't know everything.

Maybe there's some
unknowable power at work,

like some kind of
universal force

that's punishing me
for something that I did.

You didn't do anything wrong.
Well, I must have, David.

Because if there's nothing
physically wrong with me,

and I didn't do anything
morally wrong, then nothing
makes any sense!

Why do I deserve this?

No. No.
Look at me.

You don't deserve this, okay?

You do not deserve this,
I do not deserve this,

our baby does not
deserve this.

These things happen.
Okay?

No one deserves them.

Okay?

Come here.

I'm here for you.

I'm always here for you.

I must have walked across
this room a thousand times.

How long have they
been in there?
An hour.

Well, how long does it take
to examine a baby?

She's only the si--

I'm sorry.

It's okay, Mark.

Well, Roseanne,
your high-priced
specialists

are sure taking
their time.

That's because
they're high-priced
specialists, Mother.

Yeah, and for the money
I pay them, they'd better
be taking a lot of time.

Dr. Phillips,
what's happening?

Dr. Nicosi and I have
examined the baby.

I'm afraid that we both
concur with Dr. Rudmen.

Does Darlene know?

Yes. We've gone over
everything with them.

I want you to know,
everything that can
be done is being done.

We shouldn't
give up hope.

Oh, man.

Oh, man.
[sighs]

I don't understand.
You men are supposed to be
the best in your field.

You've tried everything?
Yes, we have, Mr. Conner.

Isn't there some kind
of experimental drug,

or some machine,
or something--

You do understand, don't you,
that money is no object.

It's not a question
of money, Mrs. Conner.

Unfortunately, we cannot
duplicate the conditions
in the womb.

But this is crazy.

There's got to be
something you can do.

Well, I wish there was,
Mrs. Conner. I'm so sorry.

Well, can we see the baby?

Of course you can.

But don't be shocked
when you see her.

She doesn't look like
a full-term baby looks.

Her skin is a little
translucent, and
she's very tiny.

She's so beautiful.

She's my daughter.

She's my beautiful
little daughter.

[sighs]
I can't stand
to look at her,

hooked up with
all this stuff.

Is there any point
to this?

Well, in some
instances like these,

parents decide
to unplug the machine.

Let nature take its course.

Well, David, I think
we have a decision to make.

Wait. Are you saying
that this is it for her?

Well, if you're asking
my medical opinion,

I would say that
she has very little chance

to survive on her own.

Well, uh, I mean--

I think that
she deserves a chance
to experience life

not hooked up to
all these machines
and tubes and stuff.

Yeah, I think
she's right.

All right,
I'll send in a nurse

with some forms
for you to sign.

David, let's take a walk.
I don't want to leave.

No, come on,
just a minute. Come on.

I'm coming with you.
[D.J.]
Yeah, me too.

[sniffling]

You hang in there, David.
I don't know if I can take it.

Hey, it's hard.
I know it's hard.

But sometimes you've
just got to put one foot
in front of the other

even though you don't
know where you're going.

I feel like
I'm gonna lose it.

No, you're not.
No, you're not.

I have never
seen you as together
as you were today, Dave.

All right? You're--
You're gonna make it
through this.

Yeah, you're doing great.

Look, Darlene needs you, David.
You gotta stay focused.

Just when you think
you don't have anything
more to give,

you got to find
more to give.

I don't know if I can,
Mr. Conner.

[sobs]
David, look.

I know it's not politically
correct to say this,

but you are the man--
Darlene needs you to be
strong right now.

I know, I know.

Hey, guys.
Hey, Deej.

Let me show you how
to steal candy out of
this machine over here.

How do you do that?
It's easy. You just need
a hairpin and a soldering iron.

[clears throat]
David, I know
I'm not your Dad.

But you're like
a son to me.

And I'm going to
get you through this.

It just happened
so fast, you know?

See, a year ago,
things were simple.

And then Darlene got pregnant,
and we got married,

and-- I'm sorry,
Mr. Conner,

but I'll admit that
it took me a long time

to even get used to
the idea of being a father.

But now I am.

And I want it more than
anything in the world.

It's just too much.
How do I deal with it all?

Look, David,
I ain't no philosopher.

But everyone knows
that there's good
and there's bad, okay?

But nobody thinks that
the bad stuff's ever
going to happen to them.

And then, one day, wham!
All of a sudden, it does.

And you think
there's no way
that you can go on.

But the day goes by.

Then another day goes by,
then a week.

A month. A year.

And you look back.

Hey...I got through that.

I don't know how,
but I made it.

I am not going to
let her down, Mr. Conner.

I know you're not.

Can we walk for a while?

Yeah. Sure.

God. She just
looks so fragile.

We'll let you all
have some privacy.

What am I gonna do, Mom?

I just-- I just think
we should all hold her.

Are you sure we should
do this, Roseanne?

I'm not sure
of anything, Mom.

Except I know...

that she comes from--
[gasps]

a long line of women
who fight...

and survive.

Looks like some kind
of coven.

Oh, you. Hi.
You are so beautiful.

You know, when I was
about five years old,

we were riding in the car.

And--
[laughs]

I was leaning up
against the door,

and all of a sudden,
the door just popped open,

and I started to
fall out of the car.

And-- Because I remember
I looked down

and I could see the road
rushing underneath me,

and I was literally,
like, outside of the car.

And all of a sudden,
out of nowhere,

my mom reached over and
she grabbed me by the hair

and she pulled me
back inside.

And so, if you--
if you feel like you're--

like you're starting
to fall away,
then you're not,

because we're gonna
pull you back inside.

Oh, my. You've got
quite a grip.

I think you're stronger
than you're letting on.

Hey, there.

You know, your mom and I
had a pretty cool aunt
when we were growing up.

And I hope I can be
the same for you.

I want to apologize to you
that the only thing I have
even thought about

were ways
to heal your body.

Because I know better.

We're not bodies with souls,

we are souls with bodies.

Hey, you.

We really want you
to stay with us, okay?

I mean, we got
all the generations

of women in
the family here.

I just thought of what
your name should be.

Harris Conner Healy.

♪♪ [music playing]

♪ Blackbird singing in
the dead of night ♪

♪ Take these broken
wings and learn to fly ♪

♪ All your life ♪

♪ You were only waiting
for this moment to arrive ♪

[Nurse on P.A.]
Dr. Phillips to
Neonatal I.C.U.

Dr. Phillips to
N.I.C.U., please.

♪ Blackbird singing in
the dead of night ♪

♪ Take these sunken
eyes and learn to see ♪

[Dr. Phillips]
This is the most incredible
thing I've ever seen.

♪ All your life ♪

♪ You were only waiting
for this moment to be free ♪

[baby crying]

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