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What in the heck is ladies' night?

Exactly what it says.

A night for ladies.

Meaning what?

Meaning I decided to expand my clientele.

Client what?

I think he means customers.

Oh, he's come back from Denver again with some crazy idea.

Ain't nothing crazy about doubling your business.

And how do you plan to do that?

By, uh, opening my doors

to the fine ladies of Colorado Springs.

Ladies ain't going to set foot in a saloon, Hank.

No. Not without some...

...enticement.

That's why from now on, every Thursday,

anyone wearing a dress drinks for free.

Free?

We've been loyal customers of yours for years.

Anyone deserves a drink, it's us.

- That ain't the point. - You're darn right,

it ain't the point.

The point is, I ain't standing at a bar next to no woman.

It's a man's place.

There's already women in there.

Ah, they don't count.

They're in there to entertain us,

not themselves.

That's the way it's always been.

And that's the way it should be.

Times are changin', Loren.

So get used to it.

Afternoon, Michaela.

Hank. Gentlemen.

I, uh, wanna invite you to ladies' night.

Ladies' night?

Ladies' drinks are on the house.

Bring your friends.

I just might do that.

So what do you think, Dorothy?

You want to have a few whiskeys with me tomorrow night?

Michaela! You know I don't drink.

Come to think of it, neither do you.

No, but I think it would be worth showing up

just to see the look on Loren and Jake's faces.

Hank's having a ladies' night at the saloon.

Oh, whatever possessed him to do that?

Money.

Well, I don't think there's any congestion in your lungs.

No, no. It's more of a dry cough.

I thought maybe you could give me

some of that wild cherry syrup you gave me before.

Just to soothe my throat.

Dorothy, what's this?

What's what?

I believe you have a growth.

Where?

Here, on your breast.

Oh. Oh, that.

- How long have you had it? - Oh, I don't know.

I don't go poking around it myself.

Then, let me have a better look.

Michaela. I'm sure it's nothing.

Perhaps not, but I'd like to check it.

Trust me.

I've had them before.

It's -- it's just some kind of swellin'.

They always go away.

It's nothing to get alarmed about.

I am the doctor.

Well, doctor, all I've got is a little cough.

Now, are you going to give me that cough tonic,

or do I have to send away to Denver for some?

Dorothy, I'm serious.

So am I.

I'll see you later.

You feelin' all right, Ma?

Yes, Brian. I'm fine.

Awful quiet tonight.

Well, I'm worried about a patient of mine.

Who?

I can't say.

- Someone we know? - Yes.

You -- you all know this person.

But it's part of my oath as a doctor

that I can't talk about the case with anyone else.

But you've talked about cases before?

Well, this time it's rather sensitive.

Can you tell us about it if you don't say who it is?

Colleen!

Dr. Mike just said.

It's all right.

Actually, I don't know for certain

- what their illness is. - Why not?

Because the person won't let me diagnose their problem.

It seems to me they'd want to know what was wrong with them,

so you could fix it.

Sometimes people don't want to face what's wrong

because it frightens them.

They think that if they don't talk about it,

it'll just go away.

Well, will it, Ma?

Sometimes.

But if it doesn't,

there could be serious consequences.

The circumference of a circle

can be found by using the Greek letter, Pi, 3 1/7.

Recalling our lesson from yesterday,

who can tell me the circumference?

- Colleen? - Two times Pi times the radius.

That's right.

And...

who can tell me how to find the diameter?

Colleen.

Two times the radius.

Very good, Colleen.

Hey! Catch this one!

I never knew girls were so good at math.

Oh, thank you.

- I think. - Not that girls ain't smart.

I just never saw one as smart as you.

Not in Denver anyway.

I'm Jared McAllister.

My family just moved here.

I'm Colleen Cooper.

Pleased to know you.

I was wondering, um, since you know this stuff so good,

maybe you could study with me.

Help me catch up.

Well, um, sure.

I'd be happy to.

Well, the test is Friday,

so maybe we can meet tomorrow?

Tomorrow sounds fine.

See you then.

- He's sweet on you. - Oh, go on.

He is! I can tell.

Nah, he just wants to study.

Come on, Colleen. Who wants to study?

Becky!

Supper was delicious.

You didn't eat much of it.

Oh, well, I'm -- I'm not very hungry.

But I -- I had a lovely evening.

Thank you.

It doesn't have to end just yet.

What's wrong?

I -- I just don't feel...

...I -- I don't feel very affectionate tonight.

But we've gotten affectionate before

at the end of an evening, Dorothy.

Well, maybe that's what's wrong.

What do you mean?

Maybe I don't always feel like kissing, Jake.

Maybe sometimes I just want to talk.

- About what? - About anything.

The weather, the new railroad,

the Presidential elections.

I -- I ain't good at talkin'. I never have been.

I don't know what you want me to say.

You don't have to say anything, Jake.

Sometimes you...Just --

just nod your head or -- or shrug your shoulders

or try something comforting like,

"Today, it may be rainin',

but tomorrow, the sun's gonna shine."

You ever hear how you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

You ain't a dog, Jake.

Oh, yes, I am, Dorothy.

I'm a down and dirty dog.

But don't forget, that's why you like me.

Good night, Jake.

The perimeter of a square is four times the length of a side.

So if the length is four...

Oh, look at them there.

Your hair is real pretty, Colleen,

same color as gold.

Thank you.

Now, if the length is 4, what's the perimeter?

Uh...

4 times 4...

- 16 - I was about to say that.

You have to concentrate if you want to pass this test.

I guess I'm just not good at math.

Don't know why we need to learn it.

Well, lots of reasons.

Farmers use it for planting

and calculating values for their crops.

Builders use it for planning their buildings,

and -- and doctors use it for figuring medicines.

Why don't we go take a walk down by the creek?

Not until we finish this lesson.

What do I get if I do?

A good grade on the test.

There's things more important than good grades.

Now the area of a rectangle is length times width.

I like circles better.

Big...round...circles...

like those.

- Jared! - It's true.

Yeah, you're bigger than all the girls in school.

Stop it! You're embarrassing me.

Don't you know how to take a compliment?

Not that kind.

I was just trying to be friendly.

Don't you like me?

Yeah, I like you.

But, um...

Then you ought to show me...

I really don't think we should be sitting this close.

- Why not? - I hardly know you.

Well, don't you want to get to know me?

Yes, but this -- this is not the way I get to know people.

How do you do it, then?

Well, I...

I thought we could spend time together,

talk about things, find out what we have in common,

meet each other's families.

Oh, the girls I knew in Denver let me sit close to them.

Well, I'm not one of those girls.

Colleen, just -- just relax.

I'm -- I'm just trying to have a little fun.

Don't you want to have fun?

Well, sure I do.

Well...

this is what a man and a woman do when they want to have fun.

Or...maybe you're not a woman.

What do you mean?

Well, maybe you're still a little girl.

I'm not a little girl.

Come on.

Wow.

Whew.

What are you mopin' about?

I ain't mopin'.

Why don't you read us something out of the paper

- like you always do? - I don't feel like reading.

Because you're too busy mopin'.

Oh, what's it to you?

You're right.

Your business is your business.

We ain't got to talk about it like a couple of women.

No, we don't.

Here you are, Jake.

Now Hank's lost his mind with this harebrained idea

to have a ladies' night.

A saloon is a place for men.

Why, it's sacred,

- just like a church. - Amen.

A woman's got no business in there,

unless, of course, she's got business in there.

Exactly.

There's times when men need to be with other men.

That's right.

We understand each other.

We know how to have a good time.

We don't always have to talk about everything.

Let one woman in there,

next thing you know, the saloon will be full of them.

Yeah, they'd be having a quiltin' circle in there.

Ha!

Anyone wearing a dress drinks for free.

What in the heck does Hank think he's up to?

Whatever he can get away with, I reckon.

Maybe we ought to think about doing the same.

Maybe.

So, what was he like?

He was friendly.

How friendly?

Too friendly.

What do you mean?

Well, he was lookin' at me.

What's wrong with that?

Well, it was the way he was looking at me.

Well, at least you've got something to look at.

I don't know what the fuss is, anyway.

I don't even know why boys like them so much.

You got me.

All I know is, I'd trade places with you any day.

No boys look at me.

I'm as flat as a pancake.

I'd give anything to have your figure.

But I don't want a figure.

I just want to be like everybody else.

- No, you don't. - Yes, I do!

I don't want boys lookin' and -- and feelin'.

Did he feel you? Colleen!

Shh.

Did you let him?

Of course, I didn't let him.

- Well, what did you do? - I slapped him.

- You slapped him? - What was I supposed to do?

He actually put his hand...

Becky.

I can't imagine something so embarrassing.

Well, me either.

- Well, did anybody else see you? - No.

- And if you tell anyone... - I won't.

You've got to promise, Becky.

I'd die if anyone found out about this.

I promise!

I don't know how I'm going to face him.

I don't even want to go back to school.

You've got more seeds than you need here.

Thank you.

My regards to Mr. Berkely.

- Loren? - Aah!

What you want?

Oh, I was just looking for Dorothy?

Oh, well, she ain't here.

Well, if you see her, if she comes back,

would you tell her that it's important she come see me?

Why? What's wrong?

I didn't say anything was wrong.

It's just, um, well, she -- she has that cough.

Oh, that ain't nothing.

Well, it's never good to dismiss anything,

no matter how small it may seem.

Why, Dorothy's as healthy as a horse.

Loren, you've known her a long time now.

Has that always been true?

As far as I know.

She's the only healthy one in her family.

Her father had a bad heart, just like her sister, Maude.

And her mother passed away

when she was no more than 37.

What did her mother die from?

Oh, I believe they said she had one of them growths.

Thank you, Loren.

I'll be back later.

Matthew?

Yeah.

Can I talk to you?

Sure.

What about?

I was wonderin', uh...

what made you fall in love with Ingrid?

Well, a lot of things.

She's sweet and, uh, pretty, smart.

She loves me.

Do you like her figure?

Her what?

I mean, do you like her shape?

Her, uh, you know?

Yeah, I don't know.

Why?

It just seems like that's something

that's real important to boys.

Well, it's not the most important thing.

But you -- you do like to look at them?

Sure, I do.

But why is it that --

that you like 'em so much?

Um..

Well, because, um...

because they're...

they're, uh...

they're...there.

What about touching?

- Uh. - Does Ingrid let you touch her?

I don't...

I don't think we should talk about Ingrid.

It's just -- just not right.

I'm sorry. I -- I wasn't trying to pry.

Colleen?

Is someone bothering you?

No, no, uh...

I was just wondering about boys and -- and what they like.

Maybe you should talk to Dr. Mike.

Well, she's not a boy.

Oh.

Matthew, you're the only one I trust.

You're the only one who I know will be honest with me.

After all, you are my big brother.

Yeah.

Well, I mean, mind you, I'm no expert, but...

Yeah, I -- I could answer a few questions.

Uh...

Well, how far should a girl let a boy go?

I can't -- I can't do this.

Matthew, you said!

Ugh, all right.

All right.

If a boy wants to, you know, touch...

Never!

Never is -- is it proper under any circumstances

for you to... do what you're saying.

So you've never done it ever?

That's not what I'm saying.

You have to care about the girl...

Then it's all right for a boy if he loves the girl...

Well, not if it's my sister.

Why?

Because I'd kill 'em.

Well, thanks anyway, Matthew.

How the heck do you get into one of these things?

First...

you've got to get into one of these things.

Suck it in.

More!

More!

Evening, ladies.

- Hi. - It's very nice to see you, too.

Isn't it fun being here?

- See ya. - Bye.

To ladies night!

Well, if it isn't Gloria and Mildred.

What brings you out this fine evening?

Who are you?

Well, don't you remember me from the quiltin' circle

last week?

I never seen you before in my life.

Sure, you have.

I'm Jane and -- and this is Laura.

- Laura, come on and say, "Howdy." - Howdy.

Mind if I join you?

Would you ladies excuse me, please?

I see someone else I know.

Girls, do you mind if I ask you a question?

Do your husbands know where you are tonight?

Mind if I have a drink with you, handsome?

Oh, no, thank you, miss, I'm -- I'm a married man.

You sure?

Just finishing up my Sarsaparilla,

then getting home with the wife.

Good god, it's Jake!

What the devil do you think you're doing?

We're here for our free drinks

- is what we're doing. - Loren?

We don't want to hear no arguments

since you said anybody wearing a dress.

Any man crazy enough to wear a dress needs a drink.

Whiskey, straight.

- Make mine a double. - Take the whole bottle.

- I'll be right back. - Wait a minute.

Where are you going?

Nature calls.

Don't anybody move!

You, put your hands in the air!

Give me the money from behind the bar.

Now get whatever money or jewelry anybody else has got.

Do it!

Give me the purse!

Go on, take it.

You sure got some ugly-looking women in this town.

You stay put until we're gone.

What if they come after us?

Well, we'll take a hostage.

- Let's get her. - Hey!

Ha! Ha!

- There they go! - They're getting away.

Yah!

Yah!

What happened?

- We've been robbed. - Is anyone hurt?

They stole my purse.

Well, I'm -- I'm sorry, you were robbed,

but I must say, you're looking rather lovely this evening.

Come on.

Get out of my way.

I was working late at the clinic,

- and I saw your light on. - Oh.

I -- I was just doing some writin'.

Well, it's a good thing we didn't go to the ladies' night.

The saloon was robbed.

Oh, was anyone hurt?

- Just some pride apparently. - Hmm.

Well, it would make a great story for your gazette.

Mm.

Well, I'll -- I'll talk to everyone tomorrow.

I'm worried about you, Dorothy.

I don't want to talk about it.

Especially knowing that your mother had a similar problem.

My mother?

How do you know about my mother?

Loren told me.

You talked about me to Loren?

I just asked him a few questions.

Michaela, you had no right to do that.

It's just because I care about you.

That was private!

That wasn't between you and me as friends,

that was between you and me as doctor and patient.

Dorothy, I know you're angry about this,

but you've got to face this.

Oh, you're just overreacting as usual.

This little lump is going to go away just like all the others.

But if it doesn't?

It might not be just a little lump.

It might be cancer.

That's ridiculous.

Dorothy, please.

Can't find what you're looking for?

There's not much, and what little there is,

is contradictory.

Is this about the patient you were worried about last night?

And I'm no less worried today.

Lack of information on this particular illness is appalling.

Is it new?

No, I'm sure it's been around for a long time.

Then, why is there no information?

I feel the reason is because it's a woman's illness.

Most doctors are men.

Perhaps they don't give it the same priority.

And there's chapter after chapter here

on liver cancer, stomach cancer, but cancer of the breast?

And I'm afraid it's partly because women don't report it.

It's something so personal that they're ashamed.

They suffer in silence.

I can see why you're so upset.

How can I be expected to recommend a treatment

and possibly a very serious surgery when --

when I know so little about it?

Well, you can't always know everything.

Yes, but what I don't know, I've always

relied on someone else to know,

on the doctors that have gone before me,

on the case histories and studies.

Sully, what should I do?

You should tell the truth and say, "I -- I don't know."

But I don't want to tell a patient I don't know.

I want to be able to say,

"This is what you have, and this is how we treat it."

But you can't this time.

Well, in spite of the fact that there is no information,

I still have to make a medical judgment.

I have to take a stand.

Well, listen to your gut.

Take your stand.

Did you find those outlaws?

Tracked them just east of Miller's Bluff.

- Lost the trail. - What do you mean

you lost the trail?

I want my money back.

You should have been out there looking!

I could have used some more help.

Where the heck's your girlfriend, Jake?

Passed out drunk somewhere?

I ain't his keeper.

Anyways, I want my money.

Kiss it good-bye, Loren.

Them fellas is long gone.

Come on.

I say we kill her.

But she's a woman.

Yeah, but we don't need her no more.

She's just going to slow us down.

We've got to shoot her.

We ain't never killed nobody before, let alone a lady.

Oh, no one's going to know about it.

We shoot her and bury out here in the woods.

Come on, Carl.

Can't we just let her go?

She knows what we look like!

She could tell folks.

Well, you ain't going to say nothing, would you, ma'am?

Look at her!

I feel sorry for her!

You're too soft, little brother.

You've always have been.

Well, she's a mite bit pitiful.

Well, she ain't the prettiest looking thing.

Oh, all right!

We'll keep her with us for now.

What's your name, ma'am?

Ja--

Jane.

Jane Slicker.

She's coming!

Good morning, class.

All right, settle down, We'll get started with

the mathematics test this morning.

And the first question is,

find the perimeter of this square.

Dorothy! Have you seen Jake this morning?

No, I haven't.

Funny, his shop's closed.

Well, I guess he's off

on another one of those benders of his.

You sure?

Well, last time I saw him,

he was walking out of the saloon carrying a bottle of whiskey.

Do you think he's ever going to change?

If you do, you're fooling yourself.

Just because I agreed to court both of you,

you don't need to go talking him down.

Oh, don't get mad at me just for telling the truth.

That's not why I'm mad at you.

Then why?

You talked to Michaela about me.

We talked about your cough.

Oh, don't pretend you don't know about the growth,

- Loren Brey. - What growth?

She's just jumping to conclusions

'cause my mother had one, too.

You've got a growth?

It's nothing.

It's nothing.

Dorothy, your -- your Ma, she -- she died.

You can't take chances with this.

It's serious!

You've got to go listen to Dr. Mike,

see what she thinks.

Promise me you'll go see her.

Go and get us some more wood for the fire.

All right, Carl.

Used my name in front of her, you idiot.

You look a little warm.

Oh, no, I'm -- I'm -- I'm fine.

Let's take this bonnet off and get a little more comfortable.

Oh, I -- I can't.

I -- I -- I can't be in the wind.

It's so harsh and my skin, it's very delicate.

Ah.

So, you got a husband?

No.

Figures.

I reckon a gal like you don't get many suitors.

I mean, being, well, as tall as you are.

Me?

I tend to like me a big-boned woman.

I had me a girl once, strong as an ox.

Hmm.

She used to take horseshoes and bend 'em into little shapes.

Made me a heart one time.

I thought that was kinda romantic.

Mm.

What do you like to do?

Talk.

Oh, talk.

- About what? - Oh, about anything.

About the weather,

uh, the railroad, the Presidential elections.

What Presidential elections?

Dorothy?

I promised Loren I'd at least come talk to you.

Glad you did.

So, you think this could be cancer?

Well, there's no way of knowing, Dorothy.

All we know is that some tumors are malignant,

that means they keep growing,

and others are benign, they seem to be harmless.

How -- how do you treat it?

We remove it surgically, just to be sure.

But that's assuming the worst!

I wish I could see inside of you, Dorothy,

but I can't.

I have to assume the worst.

I have to recommend the most extreme course of action.

In every case?

Well, I've researched this extensively,

and the truth is that some doctors are opposed to it

under any circumstances.

And frankly, others resort to it in every case.

What do you think?

I think that since there are two kinds of tumors,

that if we take it out,

and it's the kind that's harmless,

well, then, that's good news.

And if we take it out, and it's the kind that's dangerous,

we've most likely saved your life.

Most likely?

Unfortunately, we can't guarantee it.

In some cases, a relapse occurs

no matter how skillfully the amputation is performed.

Amputation?

We remove the growth along with your breast.

My breast!

The percentages there are say that

in cases where the tumor was left alone,

women lived an average of two years.

With surgery, they lived four years.

I'm not a percentage.

I'm a person.

I'm not a case in some book.

I'm sitting here in front of you.

And you're telling me that you want to cut off my breast?

I know this sounds extreme,

but at least it'll prolong your life.

I could live two years as a whole woman

and two years extra all butchered up?

Two years is still two years,

and some women went on to live the rest of their natural lives.

You may be able to as well.

I don't want folks looking at me

like I'm some kind of a freak!

I've always --

I've always taken pride in my figure, Michaela.

Well, we could put padding there.

No one has to know.

I'll know.

I'll feel different, ashamed.

There's nothing to be ashamed of.

I'll feel like half a woman.

And no man will want to love me, or come close to me again.

They'll love you for who you are inside.

I nursed my babies there.

I know it seems like a terrible sacrifice,

but whatever the price, it's worth it to save your life!

What can I expect if I have this operation?

Well, some nerves may be cut.

You may have numbness, limited range of motion in your arm,

but that's only for a while.

Eventually, you'll regain full use.

What'll it look like?

Smooth, like a -- like a young girl's chest

with a scar from here to here.

But even the operation's a risk.

I could die on the table.

And -- and there's a chance

that even if I don't have the operation,

I'll be just fine.

I could live to be 100.

That, too, is a possibility.

But if it's any comfort to you at all,

I tell you that if this was happening to me,

I'd have the operation.

It's no comfort at all

because it's not happenin' to you.

It's happenin' to me.

Please, Dorothy. Just think about it.

It'll be hard not to, Michaela.