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Hey, Delia. Did you need the mirror?

- Why do you take so many pills? - I don´t take so many pills.

I´ve seen you.

- What? - I´ve seen you before.

You take them every day. Are you sick?

Come here.

I´ve a disease. It´s called HIV.

Have you ever heard of it?

- No. - Well, it´s a virus.

If you catch it, it makes it harder for your body

to get better, if you catch something else

like a cold or an infection.

And it doesn´t go away.

But you don´t have to worry because I´m okay.

How did you get it?

I got it from a patient that I was trying to help.

It was a few years ago but you can´t catch it from me.

You can only get it if something like your blood touches.

That´s why doctors wear gloves when they give shots.

Does that make sense?

I thought you were a druggie.

No, not me. I can barely drink wine.

I know this might be confusing.

If you have any questions you wanna ask me or your dad

go ahead, anytime.

Just do me a favor, okay?

This isn´t something that I usually talk about.

Actually, it´s kind of a secret. Can you keep it for me?

Yes, it´s okay. I´m great with secrets.

Unless they´re mine, then I tell everyone.

- I won´t. - Thank you.

- You never hugged me before. - I know. It was time.

(Andy) ´Delia, at the door! In the jacket!´

- Bus is waiting! - I´d better go.

Yeah, I don´t wanna get in trouble.

You´re sure the cream will work?

I don´t wanna spend half my granddaughter´s wedding

scratching at my bits.

Twice a day, every day, Ollie and you´ll be itch-free

in time to pick up your tux.

Edna, would you please call in Mrs. Hayes?

Oh, you´re not Mrs. Hayes.

I can tell because you´re not 90 and you don´t have jaundice.

- I just need a minute, Andy. - Sure.

Is this because I didn´t kiss you goodbye?

That´s sweet but it´s not nice to the people waiting to see me.

Andy, I had a talk with Delia this morning.

- What about? - I told her.

She saw me taking my pills and asked what they were for

and so I told her.

How could you do that?

There didn´t seem to be a better way to handle it.

Well, I can think of a few. We talked about this.

We decided that if the time came, that I´d tell them.

But you haven´t.

Well, it´s not like you´ve told Bright and Amy.

I wasn´t ready for this.

I´m not accusing you. I´m just saying that we waited.

Delia came to me. She´s not so young that she doesn´t notice.

And I guess she just couldn´t hold it back anymore.

How did she handle it? What did she say?

She seemed comfortable with it.

She asked me some questions and I think she understands.

She can´t be comfortable. She doesn´t even know what "it" is.

This isn´t a conversation you have

while she´s brushing her teeth.

What time is it? Maybe I can pick her up and talk to..

Did you told her how serious this is?

You know if she´s told anyone?

Andy, it´s me. Give me some credit.

I told her it was a secret. I think she got it.

Talk to her when she´s home if you don´t believe me.

- Oh, I will. - Hope you can fix my mistakes.

(girl #1 on TV) ´Yeah.´

(girl #2) ´We´ve to play an indoor game.´

Can you put something good on already?

There is nothing good on. That´s the problem.

Oh, there´s always something good on TV.

That´s been my motto since I was a kid.

I´m sticking to it. See? Pandas.

Please change the channel.

Well, Madison used to have a stuffed panda.

I´m trying to forget about her over here.

Don´t complain. At least your ex isn´t going into rehab. Again.

I wish she was. Then I´d know she couldn´t date.

That´s exactly why I keep my relationships under one month.

- No muss, no fuss. - No depth.

Ever think the reason you two are heartbroken

or the reason you got dumped, is that you´re annoying?

You´re right. Maybe we could go big.

Make it a town thing. Call it Dump Fest, get Dido.

Sit here with the bitter twins or free Internet porn.

Excuse me.

Bitter twins? He´s getting funnier.

Yeah, maybe he´s right. Maybe I am broken.

I used to have skin like a hobbit´s feet.

Nothing used to get to me. But now?

You got any extra Zoloft lying around?

Fresh out. Sorry.

You still enjoying the unmedicated life?

No, I´m okay with not enjoying it, if that makes any sense.

Yeah, it works.

Is there anywhere we could go to get your mind off of it?

Nope. Not really.

Madison and I went out for just long enough

so that everything in this town reminds me of her.

I can´t look at a sign without seeing something that reminds me

of being reminded of her, if that makes any sense.

Actually, you kind of lost me on that one.

Alright.

See the annoying deep dish pizza lady?

Reminds me of Chicago, which reminds me of Samurai Jack

where they stop the wind blowing away those blue guys

which reminds me of blue cotton candy you made me buy

the first time we hung out, at Thaw Fest years ago

which you got all over your nose and was pretty cute but..

Anyway, it´s like that, only with Madison.

- Oh, that makes sense. - There. You pick.

(girl #3) ´One more game of dodge ball before your mom picks you up.´

´I don´t wanna. Delia throws too hard and I get nosebleeds.´

You have to, Arnie. I´m the team captain and I said.

- But I´m scared. - You should be.

You´re in a bad mood.

- What´s wrong? - Nothing.

You can´t start faking now.

It´s just that I can´t say. It´s a secret.

Great. What is it?

I´m not allowed.

Best friends share their secrets. That´s the first rule.

But it´s not my secret.

Whose is it?

- Linda´s. - You don´t even like her.

And I told you my secret about how I throw out my PB and J´s

when they get too hot and smushy.

- Promise you won´t tell anyone. - Totally.

Promise promise.

Like, pinky.

- Linda said she has a disease. - Cool. Which one?

HIV.

- That´s a bad one. - ´I know.´

If you get that, you die.

Linda said that´s not true anymore.

She said they have medicine now that makes it okay.

That´s not what my dad said.

That´s why you can´t touch homeless people

because they could have AIDS. There´s no cure.

Linda´s not gonna die.

Forget I said anything. I shouldn´t have even told you.

Don´t worry. I won´t say anything, really.

You can´t be left unsupervised for five minutes, can you?

Honestly, how you manage to get coinage of increasing value

lodged in your ear is beyond me.

The dime I could forget--

- ´What´s going on here?´ - ´Calm down.´

- ´I´ll not calm down.´ - ´I´d be happy to talk.´

´Go into my office and discuss.´

- ´I wanna know if it´s true.´ - There´s no need to yell.

Mr. Clark, what is going on? Brittany alright?

What´s the matter with you?

We heard she has AIDS. Does she?

How many times did you do acupuncture on our daughter?

- Using needles without gloves? - I don´t--

´How could you expose our daughter?´

- Do you actually care? - It´s not like--

You wouldn´t put them at risk. Why couldn´t you tell?

At no point was your daughter in any danger of any kind.

- We take precautions-- - You telling me this is normal?

If it´s safe and legal, why didn´t you tell your patients?

Why was it so secret?

Well, you know what? It really doesn´t matter.

It´s not your secret anymore.

(Harold) How in the world did they even find out?

- Delia. - Oh, my God.

Delia must have told Brittany and Brittany

must have told her parents.

They´re hell-bent on telling the town.

We´ll be swarmed by midnight, trust me.

I´m so sorry, Harry.

We have been over this. You have no legal duty to disclose.

You´re not endangering your patients´ health.

They´re not claiming their child got infected.

There´s still an argument.

Doctors have been sued for nondisclosure and lost.

Just as many cases have been thrown out.

According to our lawyers, this decision was at our discretion.

Maybe you dotted your "I´s" and maybe you didn´t

but we´ve got bigger problems now.

If the Clarks know, everybody in town will know before breakfast.

I have to talk to the kids.

You can wait two seconds to check fantasy basketball.

You´d think I could. Hurry up.

There you go.

So did you think that it was weird today

the three of us watching TV?

- No, I thought it was sad. - Hanging out with Ephram.

We haven´t done that in a while.

- I have. - Well, I haven´t.

I thought you guys were in friend zone now

where it´s nice and safe.

- We are. - Good.

It´s just, we were all sitting there, smushed together

and he was being all funny and

I don´t know, for a second, I...thought I felt a shift.

Oh, no. No way. There´s no shifting allowed, okay?

We have a working situation. Don´t mess it up.

- I´m not messing. - Yes, you are. So don´t.

No messing. No smushing. No shifting.

It´s..

It´s just, he and I never really had a chance, not on our own.

There was always something to screw us up.

But now he´s not dating Madison and I´m not dating

any crack dealers this week.

For the first time, there´s nothing getting in the way.

- Yeah, there is. Me. - You told me to go for it.

That was before I cared whether or not he got creamed, okay?

He´s my friend now. See, I´ve been there. The guy´s a mess.

´He can´t take what you´re about to give him.´

So short of an "asteroid collision

last night on Earth" situation it´s not worth it. Trust me.

So when you start to feel that shift, why don´t you shift back?

[knocking]

Hi. Can I talk to you two?

She´s known for about three years now.

When did she tell you?

A few months ago before we started dating.

She made sure I knew what I was getting into.

So she´s got it but she´s not sick?

- No, not at all. She´s fine. - Has she ever been?

No. It´s always been under control.

But she could get sick at any time, right?

Technically, yes. But, more than likely, that´ll never happen.

I didn´t wanna keep this from you.

I´ve been wanting to tell you for a long time. So has Linda.

So why are you telling us now?

Because you may start to hear things about her.

- Everyone knows because of me? - No, sweetheart.

You´ve been dealing with this the entire time

you were going out with her.

I don´t get why you didn´t tell us before.

I suppose I didn´t tell you ´cause I´ve been feeling so well

and bringing it up makes me have to deal with it again.

I get it now, why you didn´t wanna come home that whole time.

- Yeah, that was part of it. - That was dumb.

- Now you tell me. - Is there anything we can do?

You´re not supposed to do anything.

It´s my job to live with it and I do.

Remember that quote I showed you on my desk from the Lotus Sutra?

I have carried out my endeavors with great passion--

And cast aside the body that I loved.

I live in this body now.

It took some time but I found a way to love it just as much.

Go upstairs, brush your teeth, put your jammies on.

I´ll see you in a few minutes.

Have you been sleeping with her?

Yes, I have.

Have you been safe?

- Very. - Always?

Always.

Have you been tested?

I told you, we´ve been very safe.

But have you been tested?

No.

- ´They´re gonna be okay.´ - You don´t know that.

Do you think I should call them?

Poor Linda. I should do something.

They´re talking now. Give them time.

What do you want me to do? I can´t read, I can´t sleep.

- We should be planning. - For what?

I told you what those people said.

- We´ve to handle well. - There´s nothing to handle.

They´re one pair of overprotective parents.

They´ll get other parents half as mad as they are.

They´ll all shoot their mouths off.

Someone may write an anonymous letter.

Then Everwood will find something else to gossip about.

This goes way past gossip.

I know this place, how it´s gonna go down.

What do you think they´ll do, throw rocks?

Not with an excuse to be bigots and call it self-defense.

It´ll be worse. It´ll be subtle, it´ll be quiet.

It´ll be a lot scarier than a broken window.

Why do you always have to be so apocalyptic about everything?

These people here may surprise you.

We talking about the same sweet folk who took it so well

when we got married? Or have you forgotten that?

That´s different. The people here loved your husband.

They respected him.

You can´t believe anyone cared ´cause my husband had just died.

It was never that. It´s because you´re black and I´m white.

And guess what? They can´t handle it.

Why are you making excuses for them?

Because you can´t fight it. They´re just scared.

That´s what makes them the most dangerous.

And you really think you can protect her?

I can let her know I´m trying.

♫ O-o-h child, things are gonna get easier ♫

♫ O-o-h child, things´ll get brighter ♫

[knocking]

♫ O-o-h child, things are gonna get easier ♫

Tell me that´s merlot and there´s lots more of it.

- How´d it go? - Oh, loads of fun. You?

I´m feeling pretty lucky. The kids were great, actually.

- How´s Ephram? - He had his questions.

I think he was just shocked by it all.

Listen, um..

...this morning wasn´t the best reaction in my repertoire.

No, it wasn´t.

The truth is, you did an amazing job with Delia.

You made her understand and that´s not easy.

I´m not even sure it´s possible but you did it.

I´m sorry for blowing up.

If you didn´t say something like that several large men

in ski masks were gonna come and beat you up.

Does that mean I can sit down now?

Do you know that you are impossibly beautiful sometimes?

- Stop. - No. No, I mean it.

I keep seeing you in crowded rooms and thinking:

"I wonder who that gorgeous woman is?"

And then it hits me, "Oh, yeah."

I took your apology. Why are you still going?

Because I don´t know. Because it´s true.

♫ O-o-h child, things are gonna get easier ♫

We´re gonna get through this...together.

♫ O-o-h, things´ll get brighter ♫

Where is everyone? We had a full schedule this morning.

- They all canceled. - Everyone?

For the whole week, the month.

They all called. No one´s coming.

- Oh, God. - Don´t. We knew this´ll happen.

All that is required is a tincture of time.

- They´re not coming. - They will.

They´ll throw their little fit, try their hand at

the silent treatment a few days.

´The flu will loop back through Sheboygan.´

They´ll be lined up, looking for shots and zinc drops.

Mark my words.

This practice has been around since 50 years ago.

It has weathered far worst times. They´ll be back.

- We have a situation. - We can see that, Rose.

I had 20 families in my office just now, mad as hell.

They´re threatening to file a malpractice suit against you.

- Against Linda? - Against the whole practice.

They wanna shut you down.

(Harold) ´That could not have been less sensitive.´

(Rose) ´I´m sorry I wasn´t polite enough for you.´

´But I walked in on an ambush this morning.´

´I have just done everything I could to calm 50 people´

and their lawyers to keep them from getting the police.

Let them try it. We have followed all state regulations.

We disclosed Linda´s condition to our insurers a months ago.

- You didn´t disclose it. - We had no obligation to.

They don´t care about that. They trusted you.

What did you expect?

Did you really think you could keep this a secret forever?

I don´t know what I was thinking.

She´s supposed to worry about her health,

not about the town´s approval.

I was only trying to protect her.

You can´t do that. Not now.

They´re filing for fraud and emotional distress.

They think they can make a case on both.

´You know I hate this as much as you do.´

But they did tell me what it would take to make this go away.

They want Linda to go. They´ll drop--

She´s done nothing wrong.

They´ll drop everything and they will waive all right to damages

if she walks away quietly and today.

Absolutely not. Let them sue us all they want.

I will not bow to their prejudices and petty fears.

- Not when we are right. - You never told she was sick.

And she kept on practicing. It doesn´t matter if you´re right.

´They feel threatened and they are ready for a fight.´

If you fight back, you could lose everything.

Cork it, people, or I´ll give you a reason to need a doctor.

Okay, everybody freeze!

Due to an overwhelming need and the absence of a proper line

you will now see the doc in the order of where you stand.

Starting with you, Mr. Facial-Hives

and proceeding clockwise, clockwise around the room.

- Okay? Let´s go. - What´s this? Is today Bat Day?

They´ve been pouring in all morning.

If any more try to get by, I´m gonna need a velvet rope.

Alright, let´s see. Gerry Block.

I know you. You´re one of Dr. Abbott´s patients.

You´ve been seeing him for your sciatica for months now.

- What brings you here? - Second opinion.

And you, Mr. My-Asthma´s-Been- Acting-Up-Again.

Another Abbott & Abbott refugee?

Contrary to popular belief, I´m not interested

in poaching their patients.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

In fact, all of you should.

- Everybody out. Let´s go. - Come on.

´Everybody out. That´s it. All of you.´

Jumping ship on a good doctor. You ought to be ashamed. Go on.

- Out. Store´s closed. - He´s sounds like Abbott.

(Ephram) ´Well, I´ll hand it to County High.´

They´re not much for education but the pudding has never

ever disappointed.

One of the few things I´ll miss here. Chocolate, vanilla

´underrated butterscotch.´

´I mean, and just the right amount of skin too.´

- ´When you get the pudding--´ - Good pudding, got you.

Yeah. I may have to go get some more.

However, I´m not sure I should go right now.

♫ I say anything to make your head swing ♫

Try not to pay attention to him.

Yeah, I got that covered.

What´s with you? Still reminded of things that remind you?

No, just some stuff at home.

They told you too?

You know, I actually almost called you after.

- Why didn´t you? - I didn´t think that I could.

Of course you could. We can always talk.

How about now?

Sure.

- How about anywhere else? - Yeah.

´It was beyond strange.´

One minute I´m fighting with Bright about whatever.

The next minute, my family´s a statistic and everybody´s upset.

I didn´t know what to do. Is it wrong to do homework after that?

I sort of just sat there. Everything I know about HIV

comes from lectures from my dad or Dr. Drew.

- It´s always so-- - Unreal. Now it´s my aunt.

I just kept thinking she doesn´t deserve this.

How´s she sound?

Somebody tells you they´re fine that many times

you stop believing them.

- Well, she´s been happy lately. - With your dad.

Oh, I can´t even guess how bizarre this must be for you.

- Doesn´t really matter. - Why not?

No matter how freaked out this whole situation makes me

my dad has been there and had it worse.

Therefore, my opinions feel pretty much off the menu.

I don´t think there are rules or right and wrong

with things like this.

It´s too big.

Maybe.

Whatever´s going on there is gonna come out.

So you might just say it on purpose and choose your words.

You know, it´s amazing how you do that.

Do what?

[instrumental music]

Don´t be mad.

- You told. - I had to.

You made me tell you, then you told. Now they´re all mad at me.

- I´m sorry. - No, you´re not.

You swore. You promised to keep it a secret.

It doesn´t count if it´s that big. I had to tell.

- Why? - Because she´s dangerous.

- No, she´s not. - Then why was it such a secret?

Because it was. You´re supposed to be my best friend.

- I am. - Not anymore.

You got me in trouble, you made me get Linda in trouble

now everyone hates me.

That´s great to hear. Well, very good.

Yeah, I will talk to you then. Bye.

Well, that was our lawyer. It is just like I said.

We were in complete compliance

with the acupuncturist licensing statutes

which means their fraud claim can´t possibly hold up.

There´s a chance we could be in court over emotional distress.

- Harry-- - No.

The whole firm´s up and ready to wage war.

Guess it´s for the publicity but I´ll take it.

Harry.

- I want you to stop. - What?

I´ve thought this through and I don´t want you to fight anymore.

We´ve an out. We should take it. I´ll quit the practice.

I´ve had my disputes with the local illiterati before.

- We can win this. - And what if we don´t?

Then we will keep fighting until we do, whatever the cost.

No. No. Sometimes the cost isn´t worth it

and they´re gonna push you there.

You have a family to consider, the practice.

Well, that practice is as much yours as mine.

It was Dad´s first, I´m not gonna let you

let them destroy it. Not for me.

Well, fine, then for me.

´If Everwood isn´t a town that can find some way of´

accepting you who have done nothing but give to the world

then this isn´t a town where I wanna practice.

Let them shut us down. I´d rather lose.

I know you would.

God, Harry, it´s Jakie Keller´s arm all over again.

Remember that kid who lived up the street who used to sniffle?

We had these vicious snowball fights and you´d hide behind me

but eventually he´d pummel you and you just took it?

He beaned me with an ice ball right above the eye.

The second you saw blood, you went running after him

with a shovel smashing him as hard as you could.

You broke his arm. That´s what you do, Harry.

Someone comes after you, you argue.

But when someone comes after someone you love

the minute you see blood, you go for the throat.

That´s what you do for a family. You fight. You go too far.

I´ll see you at the office tomorrow morning, usual time.

- May I be excused? - No. Finish.

No TV, no sports, just school and study.

How long?

Let´s say that by the end she could be fluent in Japanese.

I said sorry.

You weren´t sorry when you gave Brittany a black eye, right?

- Why´re you going after her? - She was fighting at school.

She´d know better.

It´s not like you care about the fight.

You´re mad she told, everybody found out and you gotta deal.

Don´t take it out on her. You have no right.

I think I do. She pulled that kid´s hair out by the roots.

Delia, go to your room.

- You can´t send her. - Go.

You said I could ask you anything I want.

Well, I have one question: What are you doing?

- She got into a fight at-- - With Linda.

- Why´re you going out with her? - What do you mean?

How could you expose yourself to something so dangerous?

Wait, wait, wait a minute. Hold on. Slow down here.

I told you we were being careful.

I thought you were okay.

Well, I´m not.

Are you angry with me for being with Linda?

Even being careful doesn´t make it safe. Not completely.

How many lectures have you given me?

Look, it´s not that simple, Ephram.

There´s only a miniscule chance of transmission in our case.

People know that. You should know.

-I have thought this-- -I don´t think you did.

- Doesn´t matter what you think. - It should.

I care about her. I know there´s a chance she could get sick.

She is sick! She´s fine right now.

Maybe the risk for you is nothing.

It´s still a risk. If something happened--

- Nothing is going to happen. - Okay, fine.

What if you´re right? What if nothing happens?

What if everything goes great?

What if Delia loves her and we turn into a family?

What if she gets sick then and Delia has to go through

losing another mother? Did you think about that?

Yes. Something could happen to Linda. Or to me.

Cars crash and things that people are too scared

to think about happen all the time.

You´ve to be willing to take risks--

- You don´t get to take risks. - Yes, I´m gonna have a life.

- Don´t you get it? - I understand you´re scared.

Of course I´m scared. You´re all we have.

Alright, enough happens you can´t control.

This isn´t a car crash, this is a choice.

If there is even the slightest possible chance

you could get sick..

...what would we do?

Louise, please get my sister on the phone

to remind her that it´s now 9 a.m.?

We´re a 9 a.m. office, which means, we begin our morning--

- Nine a.m. I get it. - Yes. Thank you.

- Your daughter is not here. - I know. She´s not coming.

Oh, really? Well, she will when I talk to her.

You´re right. She will, so don´t.

Let her quit, Junior.

- Again with this. - You´ve got to stop.

What they´re asking me for is wrong. You should be helping me.

I wanted to fight, shove a sock down this town´s throat.

But it´s not their fault.

You should have disclosed.

I know you did it for reasons but they deserve to know.

It was a mistake, son.

If Linda leaves the practice, she´ll have nothing left here.

She´ll leave, Mother. We´ll lose her again.

We don´t know that.

She has a life here now. Someone she loves.

She has me, the kids.

Plus, a pain-in-the-ass brother who thinks he knows

what´s best for everyone.

That´s a lot to make a lady stick around.

I hope you´re right.

Give me a ride to Aunt Linda´s?

You guys doing something?

I was gonna ask her to help me with my Spanish.

She´ll kick your ass if she thinks you´re feeling sorry.

I know. I just wanna go over there.

- You can come if you´d like. - No, I´m okay.

The best thing I could do is let her have the life

she would´ve had if she´d never got sick.

She doesn´t miss out on anything

unless we do something different.

Know what I mean?

Wow, that was actually kind of deep.

I might spend a few extra bucks on her birthday present, though.

Give her some extra hang time.

Can you believe, there was a time this week

when I thought the worst thing was you trying to get on Ephram?

This is new. Shouldn´t that TV be on?

I´m in trouble. I´m supposed to read.

Not the worst punishment.

What did you do?

I beat up Brittany. And I got you into trouble with everyone.

Oh, Delia.

I´m not in trouble. And I´m not mad at you.

But I told your secret.

I know, but sometimes secrets need to be told.

Especially one like this.

´I know what it´s like to walk around´

´with that one around your neck.´

I kept it in for a long time.

What did you do?

I spent all my energy trying not to burst and tell everyone.

´I didn´t do much of anything except keep a secret.´

´I got so far away, I finally had to come home´

´just so I could tell the people that I trusted.´

And it was still too much.

I told you..

...and that helped.

And now more people know and it doesn´t feel so big anymore.

Maybe if everybody takes a little of the secret

the part that I have to carry gets less heavy.

´So, in a way, I´m glad it happened.´

(Delia) ´I´m not.´

Well, just so you know, we´re good.

- Really good? - Good as frosting.

Now, I am no lawyer but I am pretty sure that

the Colorado state law says your dad can´t ground you

for something that you did to me

so I´m revoking your punishment.

- You can do that? - Watch me.

I hereby dub thee ungrounded. Thy curse is lifted.

Go watch much television.

But what about my dad? He´s still angry.

I´ll take care of the big guy.

For the record, I just ungrounded Delia.

Told her to go play and eat fudge.

I´m prepared to fight you on this

if you are prepared to lose.

- Oh, it´s cold. - It´s freezing.

It´s snowing.

Just started.

I still blame the snow for us dating in the first place.

I don´t think I ever would have kissed you

if it hadn´t started to come down on us.

I just couldn´t resist a dramatic moment.

Something going on in there?

That bad?

I can´t do this anymore.

I thought what I was doing was okay but I was wrong.

Ephram is scared.

And I can´t ask him not to be.

[slow music]

- It´s okay. - No.

It´s not okay.

It was coming.

I´m sorry.

I´m sorry.

- ´After that, who do I have?´ - Justin Serchick for his acne.

- And noon? - Empty. But you do have a 1:15.

Pat Beardsley got another quarter stuck in his ear.

Ah, may I help you? I appear to be free at the moment.

I´m not here for treatment, Dr. Abbott.

I´m with Regency Fidelity, your insurance company.

I wanted to inform you of a problem with your policy.

What´s the trouble? Everything should be in order.

Paid my bills, my sizable bills. Myself, in full, in advance.

You were threatened with a malpractice suit owing

to your partner´s HIV status.

They didn´t file and my partner no longer practices here.

- Your policy is under review. - On what grounds?

Failure to notify your intent of nondisclosure.

The situation is explained in your file.

And what will this tell me?

Until the conditions of your policy are reevaluated

Abbott & Abbott Medical will not be covered by Regency Fidelity.

You´re suspending my insurance? I won´t be able to practice.

How long will this take?

We expect to have your answer in a few months.

[door shuts]

- Shouldn´t you be in school? - Yeah. Math, actually.

I think we´re studying fractals today.

- This can´t wait? - It shouldn´t.

I wanna stop you before you do something about Linda.

- You don´t have to do this. - Yeah, I kind of do.

You were right. What I said, it wasn´t fair.

- There wasn´t any stopping you. - I had to get it off my chest.

That didn´t mean you had to listen to me.

I get why you wanna be with her.

It´s a crappy disease but you shouldn´t let that stop you.

You deserve what you want and so does she.

I already talked to her last night.

What, you ended it? You can fix it, can´t you?

Take it back, tell her, say you´re sorry

you were hormonal. That I made you do it.

- I was being a dick. - I can´t.

- Yeah, sure you can. - No, I can´t.

I didn´t do it for you. I did it because you were right.

Whether I want to or not, I make decisions for our whole family.

And it´s not just me.

But you love her, don´t you?

You can´t just stop loving somebody. What are you gonna do?

Go to school, Ephram.

♫ Keep looking through the window pane ♫

♫ Just trying to see through the pouring rain ♫

♫ It´s hearing your name, hearing your name ♫

♫ I really never felt quite the same ♫

♫ Since I´ve lost what I had to gain ♫

♫ No one to blame ♫

♫ No one to blame ♫

♫ Seems to me, can´t turn back the hands of time ♫

♫ Oh, it seems to me, can´t turn back the hands of time ♫

[instrumental music]