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Hunter Huckleberry Semper and Sam is one of every state in the Union.

He's stolen, cheated, robbed, burgled, and beaten up every bounty hunter that's

tried to catch him.

Well, you folks can see this job is not going to be an easy lead pipe cinch.

Huh? How's that?

What's the matter, Tommy?

Can't laugh, huh? Got a pain in the neck.

You think you have a pain in the neck, huh, Tom?

Well, how do you think a giraffe feels when he has his tonsils out?

You'd kill him, Simon.

They're a captive audience.

You off for lunch?

Yeah, my brother's waiting at Mac's. Come on along. I'm broke.

You'll be our guest at the 85 -cent special.

Oh, I got some mail for you. Oh.

Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. My brother Nathan's going to have a nice dessert.

You're lucky you got a brother you can put the gouge on.

True words, and the rest of that old bromide.

Look, I know it. Let's face it. My angel. My reserve bank account.

Hey -ah!

Hey, poor old... Now, last night... Now, hear this. Last night, Lila and

I got married.

You're kidding. No, no, no, look.

Hey, congratulations.

Thank you, thank you. And what do you say now?

Last night?

Last night.

Some honeymoon.

Yeah, but next fall.

Next fall, a two -week, slightly delayed honeymoon in Acapulco.

Oh, now, wait a minute.

A week ago, you couldn't even afford to get married now, Acapulco. You remember

those employment teasers that the capital insurance company sent us? Yeah.

Well, what'd you do with yours?

I tore it up. What else?

Well, I went in and talked to him, and yesterday I signed a contract.

$15 ,000 a year starting the day after internship and a salary advance as soon

as I sign my name.

$15 ,000?

$15 ,000. And I'll be thinking of you poor peasants when I'm lying on the sand

and the sun pounding my money.

Tell Lyda we're happy for you both. Oh, yeah.

Well, she finally hooked the poor trout, huh? She deserves it. She played him

for three years.

Nathan's been engaged for five years.

Five. What's holding him up?

Can't afford to, at least not while I'm still here, you know.

Okay, come on. Well, wait a minute, Jim. I know you. I know what you're

thinking. Sure, Nathan bankrolled me through college, med school, internship.

Now maybe two years of residency, but that's the way he wants it. Simon, I

didn't say a word. But you're thinking.

The only thing I'm thinking about is food. Now, come on.

Well, you said it, Simon. You said it.

Some dessert. Well, the no payment I can expect every month, but the dental

bills, that's a bonus.

Sorry, I couldn't wait for the free dental college. My tooth was killing me.

right, forget it, forget it. Well, I was planning to buy a new suit for next

month, you know what I mean?

Oh, listen, you are coming tonight for Passover, don't forget. Oh, I heard a

wild resident could give me away.

Good.

I got a Seder present for the folks from you and me.

How much?

It's paid for.

See, I got to pick up Judy after work, and we're going right to the house, so I

figured that you and Jim could bring the presents. You know, kind of a surprise

for Mama.

You want me to take it to Mama after you paid for it?

What is it?

This will kill you.

It is a pressure cooker for my Papa.

Oh, just what your dad needs, huh?

Well, that's the point. You see, Papa's the kind of guy, if we brought him

anything he really needed, you know what he'd say? What?

He'd say, boys, your mama's dying for a pressure cooker, and you spend your

money on foolishness.

That sounds like your father.

He'd mean it, too. That's not half of it. Mama's the kind of person.

She'll say... You fellas want anything else? Oh, no, thanks, man.

Thank you. No, I'll... I'll pay for it.

Come on, don't... What are you... Simon, what are you trying to do, bust a

tradition? Yeah, I'm trying to bust a tradition.

Say, I'll pay for it.

Take your hand out of your pocket. I'm going to pay for it.

I'm 12 cents short.

12 cents short. That's the story of his life.

I'll straighten it out with Mac.

Look, Simon, when it comes time for me to take from little brother, it's going

to be a lot more than three lunches. You know what I mean? I'll be dragging so

many kids into your office, it'll look like a traffic jam in a kindergarten.

Not in my office, because I'm finished with it.

I'm not going into pediatrics.

You're kidding.

What do you mean? What do you mean you're not going into pediatrics? Your

heart's in pediatrics.

I'm taking a job with an insurance company for $15 ,000 a year. You're off

hook, Nathan.

You can live your own life.

Give me the bill. Give me the bill.

Sit down.

Simon. You mind your own business. Hey, Simon, come on.

He's all steamed up. You... You cool off.

I know he's chalked up for pediatrics. That's where I am now. He's not here.

Look, stick your head out in the hall and see if... Okay.

Oh.

Well, thanks.

He's not in resident hall either.

He wouldn't be in the plaster room, would he? I don't know.

Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.

Miss Fein, where's Dr. Gersky?

I don't know, doctor.

Well, his name is on the board, isn't it?

Yes, sir.

Well?

Dr. Gomer, Dr.

Gersky had some very important business to attend to.

Well, I should have guessed.

Two hours ago, a former Miss America was admitted to surgery for an

appendectomy.

Gersky's up there now, offering to scrub... Oh, no, sir. No, sir. It's a

matter. A life or death.

I'm covering for him.

Well, then why isn't your name chalked on the board, doctor?

Slipped my mind. Slipped your mind? I'm not a bit surprised, Kildare.

Lodging a thought in the mind of an intern is like trying to hold water in a

sieve. So you're covering for Agursky and your name isn't up on the board.

Well, I'll tell you an open secret, Kildare. On my service, I am consulted

advance when one intern covers for another, no matter what, when, or why.

Good afternoon, Doctor.

Hi, Doctor.

Performed any emergency shampoos lately?

Come on, get off of it. Don't be a wise guy. You know, I've been thinking

seriously of turning Barney in on charges of malpractice. He nicked three

last week. Boy, are you funny.

Like a crutch.

Doctor?

Doctor? Hi, Connors. Stick around and say a few cheery words.

Another time.

What's the matter, doctor? Don't you go in for the honorable practice of girl

watching?

Well, what's the matter? What did I say?

Well, where have you been?

Nobody in pediatrics knew where you were. I tried to cover for you, but Dr.

Goldmayer is blowing his stack.

I told him you had some life and death matters to take care of. I did.

Wait, Jim, I want to talk to you.

Look, it's important.

I called the insurance company. I set up an interview.

I went to the administration office. I saw Gillespie.

Don't say it.

Yeah. Yeah. I withdrew my application for residency.

You can't.

I can't.

Jim, is there anything wrong with being a doctor for an insurance company?

Simon, you were cut out to be a pediatrician.

You know it. I know it. Everybody knows it.

There's something about you kids like.

They trust you.

You come near them and they're less scared.

And you sort of come alive when you're around kids.

I'm not even talking about your talents as a doctor. You've got something extra.

There's nothing wrong with this insurance job. For somebody else, but

you.

I'm not talking about me as a doctor.

I'm talking about Nathan, my brother, and me.

Oh, for Pete's sake, Simon. I know all about your brother and you.

We've all taken help.

Nine out of ten of us couldn't have gotten all the way through without some

of assistance.

You know, huh?

Did you know that my brother Nathan wants to be something?

He wants to do something with his life.

He wants to be a CPA.

And he could have been a CPA by now.

I'll tell you something else, Jim.

Nathan would make a very good father.

But in order to be a father, you've got to be a husband first.

He can't afford to get married.

Look, I never asked him for anything.

It just never occurred to him that if I wanted to be a doctor, he had any right

for anything for himself.

See, in order to get a loan for a medical education, Some sucker. Some

got to have a fountain pen and a steady job.

So my brother Nathan became a bookkeeper.

A bookkeeper.

Simon, we've been friends for a long time. Look, Jim.

If I stay here and take pediatric residency, it's going to take two or

more years. It's going to stop right now.

You want to be my friend?

Don't give me any more advice. Now, you think there's a chance of that

happening?

Sure.

Real good chance.

We didn't get a coffee break all day.

What time will Simon and Jim show up?

I'll be working a couple of more hours.

See, you look bushed.

Honey, Simon is going to work for an insurance company.

Don't hate me.

No, I mean it.

He's dropping pediatric.

Oh, Nathan.

Oh, I can't believe it.

All the things we have to do.

Getting married's the easy part.

And your CPA.

You'll have that, too.

Oh, we'll have to enroll you in night school this term.

Don't you think I'm a little old to start studying for CPA?

That's not your fault.

You are excited, aren't you?

I'm off the hook at last.

You'd think that after years of waiting, raring to go into action.

Ah, you're still numb.

Wait till the shock wears off.

Have you told your folk?

Well, let's move.

I want to tell Mom she could start planning on grandchildren.

You wanted to see me, Dr. Gillespie? I meant for you, didn't I?

What's up with Simon and Gersky?

What do you mean?

You have several faults, Dr. Kildare, but until now, evasiveness has not been

one of them.

You're a close friend of Dr. Nagurski's. You're aware that he's withdrawn his

application for a residency at Blair.

Yes, sir.

Now, perhaps when I ask you what's up with Simon Nagurski, you won't stare at

in wide -eyed innocence and ask, what do I mean?

It's a personal matter, sir.

If he didn't give you the details, I don't think I should.

You get a gold star for being a non -meddling, non -interfering friend.

Now we can dispense with your noble reticence.

I'm going to state a few pertinent facts and ask some questions. You'll answer

them, or I'll have your viscera sitting on my desk in a specimen jar as an

example to equivocating interns.

Yes, sir.

Each year, 76 young doctors serve internship at Blair.

Of that number, perhaps 60 apply for residency here.

At about 60, perhaps four excite, excite the interest of the staff.

Your friend, Simon Agursky, happens to be one of those few.

He's not just sharp, he's a born pediatrician.

I know.

If he weren't, I wouldn't be undertaking all this fuss and bother to keep him

from squandering his talents on insurance work.

I take it the problem is financial in origin.

Yes. A chronic problem, extended duration?

I believe so, yes.

Any possibility of spontaneous remission?

Was his decision a calculated decision or an emotional decision?

Oh, emotional.

Highly emotional.

Your prognosis is a friend.

I think he'll change his mind.

If he hasn't filed his chance for residency already.

That'll be all, Doctor.

Oh, Dr.

Kildare, you were reluctant to discuss this matter when you came in here.

I suggest that you be even more reluctant to discuss the conversation we

just had. I would hate to spread the false impression that the Blair staff

-nurses any of its interns.

Get me Dr. Galmier.

Charlie, I may have the answer.

Get word to Ogeski in all channels that one of the clerks has fouled up his

request. He still wants to withdraw his application.

You'll have to find another written statement to that effect.

Should do it.

Interns.

Dr. Simon!

You know me?

Oh, wait a minute.

I think I know you. You're Sam Strongheart.

You're Marvin Muscles.

You know me.

Oh, you're Dangerous Dick, the terror of pediatrics.

You got me again, Richard. You always get me.

Aren't you early?

Yeah.

You're going to tell me about next year when the two of us can walk through

the... Arboretum.

That's right. Yeah, that's what I came to talk to you about.

I don't like people who don't keep their promises, do you?

No.

Well, next year at this time, I may not be here.

You've got to be.

Well, it's this way. You've got to be so we can walk on those secret paths.

Dick, you see, I'm afraid that... I can almost walk now.

What I mean is, even if I'm not here, you and I will still hike through the

arboretum. Maybe not just once, but maybe every other Sunday.

Now, how does that sound?

You promise?

You betcha.

You and I don't like people who don't keep their promises, do we?

No.

Okay.

I have to go now. I have to spend some time with the other kids, all right?

Okay.

See you, Dr. Simon. See you, dangerous dick.

Yeah.

I'll see you.

Didn't you shave this morning?

Sure?

You're silly.

That's what happens to you when you grow up. You get silly.

Will I grow up, Dr. Simon?

You most certainly will. You know what's going to happen to you?

You're going to get just as silly as the rest of us. Just as silly. Oh, wait!

Huh?

Don't you like them?

Oh, oh!

I like them. You see what's happening to you now? You're starting to...

To grow up, you're starting to get just as silly.

That's for you, because you're my princess.

Okay? Thank you.

Jim, look, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

It was none of my business.

Check. But what I can't stand is somebody being right when I'm wrong.

Check.

Listen, Jim, you're still coming to the Seder tonight, aren't you?

I wasn't sure I was still invited.

Well, that's one of the Passover traditions.

You see, on Seder night, the door is open. Anybody who wanders in gets a free

meal. Okay.

You going courting?

Oh, that's little Annie Barrows gave me these. Suspected romantic heart?

Negative. So I... Here.

He's splitting again, huh?

We'll clear it with the AMA. Okay.

Oh, and Jim, a big favor.

If I get up enough guts tonight, I'm going to tell Nathan I changed my mind.

So would you kind of stick close, because I just may need you.

Sure.

Oh, boy.

Well, here's the Theta plate.

Oh, Mom, you know, I'm so happy, I think I'm going to be sick.

Oh, you need something calm to drink.

Nathan! You're telling me that Simon really wants to be an insurance doctor?

Well, they make good money, why not?

Judy, here's your drink.

Thanks. Oh, and about time.

Well, I've got things to do in the kitchen. You just stay here and relax,

Hey, I didn't know you drank anything stronger than beer.

Well, there's a first time for everything, Mom. Today I'm a new man.

He's celebrating a wedding. Early.

To our marriage.

Our marriage.

Maybe in the fall.

In the fall?

Well, you've got to plan these things.

You just can't rush into them.

After five years, you think we can rush in?

And you're saying that Simon really wants to give up being a children's

Sure. Don't you believe it?

Yeah. Yeah.

I believe it.

Hi, folks.

Hi. Hello, Jim.

Welcome, Jim. Welcome.

Thank you very much. I know who it was from the noise.

Hello, sweetheart.

Right on time, Simon.

We're almost ready, Jim. I've been ready for a week. Oh, you know, I could

just... Hmm.

Congratulations. I hope you're passing those around.

When you get a $15 ,000 job, come on. Maybe never.

Now it's your turn to congratulate Nathan and me on our upcoming marriage.

Oh, congratulations.

Oh, Jim, here.

I got a drink for you. Thank you. Jim, it's good to have you here. I've been

hitting around for weeks. I thought Simon was never going to ask me. Well,

Nathan and I have our own place, you have a standing invitation to dinner.

make sure that it isn't on Yom Kippur. That's a fasting holiday.

Isn't it wonderful about Simon?

Yeah. So, Simon?

So, Pop?

You're giving up pediatrics?

Well, Pop, I was just going to tell Nathan... Ladies and gentlemen, the

ready.

Gentlemen.

Oh, well, you too, Simon.

Ow. That hurts.

Your mother's got your pegs on.

Right here, Jim.

Jim, now you can see where my son's inherited that sense of humor.

I'm the only strict man in the family.

Well, you'll have Judy to keep you company sooner or later.

Yes. And as soon as she's at the Gursky, she'll probably turn out to be another

comedian. Me? I can't get a word in edgeway.

Praise art thou, O Lord, our God, ruler of the world, who has created the

fruit of the vine.

Amen.

Jim,

your benefit.

The Seder is a festival that celebrates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, and

it pays tribute to man's continuing fight against tyranny.

Traditionally, the story is told as a series of answers to questions that are

put by the youngest son.

So, Simon?

Okay, Pop.

Why is this night different from all other nights?

Nathan.

Are you turning the theta into a cocktail party?

Sorry, Pop.

He's excited.

All right, son.

Why is this night different from all other nights?

On all other nights, we eat either leavened or unleavened bread.

Why on this night do we eat only unleavened bread?

On all other nights, we eat all kinds of herbs.

Why on this night do we eat especially bitter herbs?

In answer to your question, Simon, we eat only matzo tonight because when our

forefathers fled from Egypt, it was in great haste.

They had no time to mix the dough with yeast.

And as they carried it along, the sun baked the dough into the flat unleavened

bread we now call matzah.

And so, tonight, in celebration of that ancient time, now we come to the

narrative history of the Exodus, where it is traditional to take turns in

relating. It starts at the time of the building of the pyramid and goes on from

there. And as the story goes, the Egyptian princess plucked the baby from

bulrushes, brought him home, and adopted him.

Naming him Moses.

And so it was that the younger brother... The younger brother became a

Egypt.

While the elder brother, Aaron, wandered the hills as a shepherd.

Not anymore, Nathan.

We now mix the sweet and bitter herbs, eating them together, to remind us of

sweetness of freedom and the bitterness that there are still people not free.

On my plate, there are only bitter herb.

Nathan, we have guests.

I got a headache. I don't think I can eat.

I'll get you some pills.

You stay where you are.

We don't want to spoil the theater for Jim.

Please, I'll just go in the other room and relax.

Jim, I'm sorry.

Never mind.

We eat now.

I hate to keep repeating myself, but this dinner was delicious.

Thank you again.

I'm pleased that you're pleased, Jim.

You're awfully quiet tonight, Simon.

Anything short of a monologue is quiet for Simon.

I ate too much, Pop.

Why don't you all go into the living room while I clear the table? Here, Mom,

I'll help you clear.

You'd better see if Nathan's all right.

Maybe he's hungry.

Don't worry about him, Mom. He'll be all right.

What was that?

Oh, thunder.

Sonic boom.

Sounded pretty close.

Have you made up your mind about the insurance job?

Yeah, I'm not taking it.

If I could only borrow on my pension.

Pop, we've been over that. You can't.

I only wish for Judy's sake we hadn't had this confusion.

Yeah.

Nat, you know that job I was telling you about?

I'm not going to take it.

What do you mean?

Well, I realized that I really want to be a pediatrician.

I like kids.

I know I'd make a good pediatrician.

What? Now you're talking sense.

One thing, Donette, I want to do this on my own, strictly on my own. Come on,

what do you mean on your own? You know, you can't take your residency without

help. You've got to have help.

No, I can do it. No, you can't.

I have to. You and Judy are getting married.

What's the matter?

What's going on here?

Simon, he decided to take his residency.

Naturally, he's going to have to have help.

Judy, I just told him... From you?

Who else?

It's unfair.

What about our lives?

Go on, tell him it's unfair.

Go on.

Well, she's got a point. Of course I've got a point.

We've made plans already.

I thought this whole thing was settled.

For Pete's sake, Judy, I never asked him for anything. I just told him.

She's right.

She's right!

I mean, after all, I have been supporting you for a long time. You

wanted to become a doctor. I said, okay, you can become a doctor. I helped you.

But what about me? I mean, I want to be a CPA. I want to get married.

I don't want anything, Nathan. Now, what are you getting excited about? No, no,

no. I'll take the loan payments.

What does it nothing like me need with money? You know what I mean?

So I won't be a CPA. I won't get married.

Who says we can't get married?

Look, you want to live on nothing?

You think I like just being engaged?

We can't afford to get married now.

Well, I'm working.

Simon could chip in something soon.

Residents may double what interns make, right?

I can get a part -time job.

I am not getting married like this, period.

Living on a shoestring. Nathan. I'm not going to split my niggas with loan

companies. No. I want my wife to have the best.

I don't need the best.

Hello? Look, maybe Pop can. Pop can't. He's just got what to eat. Just pay the

rent. No more.

That's enough.

Have we forgotten that this is a holy day?

Okay, okay.

Uh, Simon, that explosion we heard was a gas main at the Commodore Hotel. Sounds

like a bad one. All interns called back on duty.

I'm sorry, Jim. I can't leave here until this thing is settled. Are you a doctor

or aren't you?

Come on.

The way you've been acting lately...

You don't really want to marry me, do you?

You're just looking for a cheap way out.

This whiskey.

Surgical. Carpenter, how many interns haven't reported in yet?

Five, doctor. All notified and returning.

Sharp, we'll need you here in emergency.

Start at the other end.

Both of you to pediatrics.

They'll be spilling over out there. There was a children's tour staying in

hotel.

How are we on sterile sheets?

Good, doctor. Good supply ready.

Too bad?

No, not so far.

None of the kids seem to be much more than scared.

From what I gather, the tour was on the ground floor. Of course, we may have

kids coming in later who weren't with the tour.

We're short of beds, of course, but there are litters on the way. Work as

as you can because there are more coming up. X -rays jam, so just keep them

still unless you run across something that needs immediate attention.

Got some sober water, nurse.

there's no more flames.

You better tell your men to be careful. A lot of hot spots.

You get them all out?

I'll accept those people in the annex, but they're okay.

We got a lot of gas pockets on that fire stairway. It's the only way they can

come through.

I'll send my boys in with masks. They'll bring them out easy.

Any kids in there?

Nope. We cleared them out already. Good.

Hello, Mr. Gersky. Some night, huh?

Huh?

The gas main explosion, didn't you hear it? I thought it would break every

bottle in the place. Give me whiskey.

It says, when did you start drinking whiskey?

Whiskey.

I know what you need. Give me the whiskey.

Judging from the radio, it must have been a real catastrophe.

I guess your brother's over there now saving a bunch of lives.

Sure, your brother Simon over at the explosion.

I gotta hand it to those interns.

They have what it takes.

They don't have to prove nothing to nobody, do they?

No, they do it every day.

Two years ago, one of them climbed down into a sewer cave in to give a guy some

morphine.

Another cave in, they both were killed.

I've got what it takes.

Sure, but a bookkeeper, a bartender, it isn't the same thing, you know what I

mean?

Over at the explosion.

Hey! Hey!

Do you want your coffee?

What's happening in there?

It's all over, buddy. You can go home now.

Just some people trapped on the third floor of the attic.

Trapped?

Well, sort of.

But they're in no danger as long as they stay put.

And we got no masks going any minute now.

Trapped.

Hey, come back here, you jerk.

You can't go in there. Come back.

Get him.

Go get him.

Who the devil is that?

Something I thought, Captain. I thought it was some kind of a nut or something.

This is a real big hospital, isn't it?

Sure is.

I was born in a hospital.

Were you?

You ought to know the ropes.

I'll tell you what.

Let's see what kind of an example you can set, okay?

You keep nice and still.

We don't want the other kids to get scared, do we?

Nah.

Oh,

you're going to be all right, sis.

Hold on a second. Hold on. I think I found your trouble. Here it is.

Here it is.

See that little speck? Blow that off.

See that, kids? It's all gone.

Ladies and gentlemen, remember, if you have any trouble at all with the

schnozzola, just remember the elephant, especially the adults, when he blows his

nose how long it takes till he gets results.

Disastrous for disaster.

What left?

That's it.

What's this?

Police emergency squad...

Sure is quiet.

Yeah, but it's been a pretty noisy evening all the way around.

Oh, listen, about the... Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pushed.

Will you stop? I never pay attention to you anyway.

It's all my fault.

I never should have taken Nathan off the hook and tried to hang him right back

on it.

Tried?

I can't take any more handouts.

Not after tonight.

Well, maybe we ought to get down to emergency.

Things might not be so quiet down there.

Yeah.

Not bad.

A couple of lacerations. No apparent effect from the gas.

You think these lacerations need tutoring?

Yes, I agree.

The act's kind of strange, though. Sort of shook up.

I think he's half drunk.

Come on, let's cut it out.

It isn't as if it's the end of the world.

Besides, it's better to know where you stand.

I don't think Nathan really means it. Oh, he's one like Mickey Mantle, that's

all I can say.

Oh, he just... Ruth, I heard the whole argument.

Hello?

Diamond? Yes?

Say that again.

Yes. Yes, we'll be there right away.

Goodbye.

Arthur, what is it?

I knew something was going to happen. I felt it all evening long.

What is it?

Nathan's been hurt.

This is ridiculous.

Why don't you let me go out there and tell Simon you want to talk to him?

Because I don't want to talk to him. I don't want him in here.

He thinks after what happened that... Well, that you might hate him.

Maybe I do.

Oh, sure.

Let's hear you say it.

Come on. I hate Simon.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

You two have a problem.

I don't know about his problem. I got a hangover.

No, I mean a real problem.

You almost killed yourself tonight proving it. Look, will you stop

Get out of here.

Look, Doc, you asked me to hang around? Oh, yeah. I wanted to know what

happened. What happened? He just ran in the hotel.

Lucky the fire was out.

But why?

Who knows?

There were people trapped, but I told them they were okay.

Just like that, he ran in.

Hank, he's cracked.

He got as far as the stairwell and hit that hot gas and wham, he dropped like a

stone. The guy's obviously off his rocker, Doc.

Do you want my advice?

No, no, no, I don't.

Well, maybe I can leave then, huh? Yeah.

Oh, thank you.

Did you phone the family?

Yeah, they're coming over.

Did you see him? Yeah.

Well, how is he?

He's fine.

Simon, why don't you go in there and talk to him?

He doesn't want to see me. He doesn't want to talk to me.

I don't blame him, Jim. This whole thing has been a big mess. It's my fault. I

don't blame him.

Well, you're not gonna solve anything by standing out here shuffling your feet.

What would you like me to do?

Get in there and talk to him.

What am I gonna say to him? What can I say to him?

You want me to tell him some jokes?

How is Agerski?

Not the patient, the doctor.

Lousy, sir, both of them.

That's hardly a medical diagnosis.

I know, but it's accurate.

What course of treatment do you propose?

I don't know.

No, my folks were always pretty well off. I never had Simon's financial

difficulties. But there wasn't a day in my life that I wouldn't have given up

that security for a brother like Nathan or even a sister.

I know it sounds trite, but it's true.

I know what you mean.

Why is it, sir, that two people as close to each other as they are can't seem to

communicate with each other?

I assume you're fairly close to your mother.

Yes. I also assume...

that there are certain events in your life, certain desires, certain

aspirations, which you would find difficult to discuss with her.

The very bond that unites two people is often a barrier between them, but it's

never an insurmountable barrier, especially when some outside forces

overcome it. I think you know what I mean.

Go for a little walk, huh?

Me too.

Oh, just a little walk.

What's the matter with you, Jim? Will you walk?

Nothing's the matter.

Just a nice little walk.

Okay. No worries, Jim. I dare you. Jim, I can't do that.

I changed my mind. I'm going to take the insurance job.

No, you're not.

Nat, I know my own mind.

That's a laugh.

Look, seriously, Nat. I want you and Judy to be very happy. Now, get off my

back. Look, son.

You're going to take that residency. You're going to take the whole works. I

mean it. I told you not to. I don't want to hear another word about it. You're

not going to make a fool out of me. You're going to take that residency.

You're going to take your hand.

You want to hit me, Ned?

Is that what you want?

You want to hit me?

What's happening to it?

What are we doing to each other?

It's my fault, Matt.

It's my fault. I cooked.

You didn't take, Simon.

I gave.

See the difference? You understand?

You did not take. I gave.

Somewhere along the line, I started forcing my help on you. You know.

Of course.

Whether you wanted it or not.

Five bucks here, ten bucks there.

Like I was trying to keep myself broke.

Why?

Excuse.

A big fat excuse. You. I was using you for an excuse not to be a CPA.

Not to get married.

Not to take the responsibility of a family.

A noble excuse to justify my being a nothing, a lousy bookkeeper helping my

brother be a doctor.

Don't say that, Ned.

I'm just beginning to see it.

Because today the whole world tipped over.

I mean it.

There I stood alone with nothing.

No excuse.

I panicked.

I really panicked.

You panicked?

You?

That ever since I was... Ever since I can remember, you had shoulders this

I used to tell myself, if you want a mountain moved...

You ask Nathan, and he'll move it.

To the folks, does anybody ever come to me for help, for advice?

They go to Nathan.

Doesn't that prove anything?

Remember that night that I came home from pre -med school, and I was

discouraged, and I was crying.

I was ready to quit.

Did you yell at me?

Did you plead with me?

No, you didn't.

You took me down to the crummy part of town. We walked through the tenements.

And you saw a little girl.

I said, look at those sores on her hands and on her face.

I don't know what those sores are, but a good doctor would know.

The little kid with the bow legs, rickets.

You said with the right medicine, those legs would grow straight and strong.

You tell me, a man with that kind of understanding, a man with that kind of

compassion, is a nobody?

A nobody?

That somebody, now, that's really...

You make me laugh.

Uh,

owe me five dollars.

Come on.

Come on, ask me five.

What are you going to be?

I'm going to be a doctor. What kind of doctor?

A baby doctor. Now, give me the five.

Get your clothes on. Let's go.

Come on.

You look dejected, doctor.

Did both your patients die from the treatment?

I don't know, sir. I'm afraid to look.

Come on. Come on, Mac. You'll get a chance to get dressed, will you?

Lesby? Jim?

Excuse me.

Is everything all right?

Yeah, it's fine. We're going over to Mac's to... Come on, be my guest. My

Why break a tradition?

Hey, I'm afraid you're going to need more than five bucks. Here comes the

family.

Hey, Nathan. Nathan, here we are.

It looks all right. Yes.

Judy.

You're all right. You feel all right. I'm fine. I'm just fine. My brother, the

doctor, fixed me up.

Simon.

Hey, wait a minute.