1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:02,401 --> 00:00:06,571 ♪ Thank you for being a friend 2 00:00:06,573 --> 00:00:09,207 ♪ Traveled down the road and back again 3 00:00:09,209 --> 00:00:12,043 ♪ Your heart is true 4 00:00:12,045 --> 00:00:16,981 ♪ You're a pal and a confidante 5 00:00:16,983 --> 00:00:20,018 ♪ And if you threw a party 6 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:25,523 ♪ Invited everyone you knew 7 00:00:25,525 --> 00:00:29,994 ♪ You would see the biggest gift would be from me 8 00:00:29,996 --> 00:00:31,796 ♪ And the card attached would say 9 00:00:31,798 --> 00:00:36,467 ♪ "Thank you for being a friend" ♪ 10 00:00:41,540 --> 00:00:43,808 (Rose) On the last episode of "The Golden Girls"... 11 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:45,676 I have heart palpitations. 12 00:00:45,678 --> 00:00:48,179 I can't concentrate. I forget things. 13 00:00:48,181 --> 00:00:51,382 I... I get confused. 14 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:55,653 Well, now I know what my destiny is, Rose. I'm gonna be a novelist. 15 00:00:55,655 --> 00:00:59,491 Dorothy, I don't believe you're sick, but you do. 16 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:01,893 Girls, I have writer's block. 17 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:04,662 It is the worst feeling in the world. 18 00:01:04,664 --> 00:01:07,431 Try ten days without a bowel movement sometime. 19 00:01:07,433 --> 00:01:10,201 Everybody thinks I'm crazy. Maybe I am. 20 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:11,602 There's nothing wrong with you, Dorothy, 21 00:01:11,604 --> 00:01:13,804 except what happens to all of us. 22 00:01:13,806 --> 00:01:15,940 In case you haven't noticed, you're not 30. 23 00:01:15,942 --> 00:01:18,776 Dorothy could be dying and they just don't know it. 24 00:01:36,561 --> 00:01:39,264 (banging) 25 00:01:46,572 --> 00:01:50,041 Dorothy, Dorothy. 26 00:01:50,043 --> 00:01:52,977 Don't smash the Play-Doh. 27 00:01:52,979 --> 00:01:54,579 Sorry. 28 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:57,882 Well, as far as doctors go, you've certainly seen the best. 29 00:01:57,884 --> 00:02:00,485 The best don't exist anymore. The best are dead. 30 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:03,087 Well, I don't know about that. Oh. 31 00:02:03,089 --> 00:02:07,224 You're the exception, Harry. I didn't mean you. 32 00:02:07,226 --> 00:02:08,693 So do you think I'm crazy too? 33 00:02:08,695 --> 00:02:10,562 Dorothy, I think you're very sane. 34 00:02:10,564 --> 00:02:12,964 Just because a doctor hasn't found something 35 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:15,400 doesn't mean there isn't something there. 36 00:02:15,402 --> 00:02:17,635 Are you serious? 37 00:02:17,637 --> 00:02:19,570 How come you know that and they don't? 38 00:02:19,572 --> 00:02:22,239 First of all, I know you. You're a stable person. 39 00:02:22,241 --> 00:02:24,542 If you say you're sick, you probably are sick. 40 00:02:24,544 --> 00:02:27,211 Now, I want you to see Michael Chang. 41 00:02:27,213 --> 00:02:30,014 He's a virologist on staff here at the hospital. 42 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:33,985 There are all kinds of diseases we didn't know about before. Look at Lyme disease. 43 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:36,887 Harry, am I gonna die? I'm afraid so. 44 00:02:39,024 --> 00:02:43,995 Do you really think so? Sooner or later, I guarantee it. 45 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:47,465 Unless, of course, the Japanese come up with something. 46 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:49,767 There you go. Here's his name and number. 47 00:02:49,769 --> 00:02:52,270 My God, what handwriting doctors have. 48 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:54,939 I can't even read this, and I just wrote it 49 00:02:57,342 --> 00:02:59,610 Here it is. Thank you, Oliver. 50 00:02:59,612 --> 00:03:02,713 How are you gonna know it's not chicken soup? 51 00:03:02,715 --> 00:03:05,884 We don't keep chicken soup here. We only have vegetable soup. 52 00:03:05,886 --> 00:03:11,189 If that looks like vegetable soup, you're in a lot of trouble. 53 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:12,624 How are you gonna know it's mine? 54 00:03:12,626 --> 00:03:14,926 Because I'll put your name on it. 55 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:17,195 How old are you? 56 00:03:19,932 --> 00:03:21,766 Too old for you. 57 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:24,569 Has he been your doctor ever since you were little? 58 00:03:24,571 --> 00:03:27,505 He's not my doctor. 59 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:30,074 He's my friend. 60 00:03:30,076 --> 00:03:31,609 Oh. 61 00:03:31,611 --> 00:03:33,344 Oh, Oliver, Oliver! 62 00:03:33,346 --> 00:03:35,813 The bottle, please. Thank you. 63 00:03:35,815 --> 00:03:37,282 Listen, Harry. 64 00:03:37,284 --> 00:03:40,418 Thank you. Thank you. I can't tell you what it means 65 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:43,154 to have someone like you believe me. 66 00:03:43,156 --> 00:03:44,522 Give me that. That's not his. 67 00:03:44,524 --> 00:03:46,757 He had Buddy Kline do it for him. 68 00:03:50,329 --> 00:03:52,630 This is a proxy? 69 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:53,965 He'll do it in his own bed, 70 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:57,301 but there's something about doing it in a public place. 71 00:03:58,670 --> 00:04:01,206 Kinda like sex. 72 00:04:01,208 --> 00:04:03,341 Maybe where you come from. 73 00:04:21,026 --> 00:04:24,795 Rose, what the hell are you doing? 74 00:04:24,797 --> 00:04:26,498 I'm making omelets for us without yolk 75 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:31,302 so we don't get too much cholesterol. 76 00:04:31,304 --> 00:04:33,805 That leaves these yolks, which I hate to throw out, 77 00:04:33,807 --> 00:04:38,109 so I thought we'd give them to the homeless. 78 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:40,044 Fine. Give them egg yolks. 79 00:04:40,046 --> 00:04:45,049 They'll die of heart attacks. They won't need homes. 80 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:46,351 Your heart's in the right place, Rose, 81 00:04:46,353 --> 00:04:49,787 but I don't know where the hell your brain is. 82 00:04:51,623 --> 00:04:52,924 Morning. 83 00:04:52,926 --> 00:04:55,794 Oh, Dorothy, you look terrific. Where are you going? 84 00:04:55,796 --> 00:04:58,495 To see that specialist that Harry recommended. 85 00:04:58,497 --> 00:05:01,098 Wipe off your makeup. What? 86 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:04,602 You look too healthy. Maybe that's why they don't believe you. You don't look sick. 87 00:05:10,208 --> 00:05:13,411 She should go. They'd believe her. 88 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:15,346 Blanche, you look terrible. 89 00:05:15,348 --> 00:05:17,749 What day is this? 90 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:21,486 I've been up for 72 hours. I had a breakthrough. 91 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:23,421 I discovered a new form of writing. 92 00:05:23,423 --> 00:05:25,824 I will go down in history. 93 00:05:25,826 --> 00:05:28,459 First I wrote all day, then I tore it all up, 94 00:05:28,461 --> 00:05:30,261 and then that night it came to me, 95 00:05:30,263 --> 00:05:33,397 and the words poured forth like liquid from a stream. 96 00:05:33,399 --> 00:05:35,266 It was almost a mystical experience. 97 00:05:35,268 --> 00:05:37,568 Somebody else was writing this. 98 00:05:37,570 --> 00:05:39,537 Who? 99 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,875 Everyman. This is everyman's work. 100 00:05:44,877 --> 00:05:46,644 It's all gold. Just open it anywhere 101 00:05:46,646 --> 00:05:48,213 and the magic will touch you. 102 00:05:51,583 --> 00:05:54,552 But I'm so tired. I must sleep. 103 00:05:54,554 --> 00:05:58,455 And I cannot sleep. I am too tired to sleep. 104 00:05:58,457 --> 00:06:01,960 I will never sleep again. 105 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:04,362 I may die from this. 106 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:06,798 What am I gonna do? 107 00:06:14,573 --> 00:06:17,776 My God, I'm hallucinating. 108 00:06:22,248 --> 00:06:27,385 I see little balls of sunshine in a bag. 109 00:06:31,123 --> 00:06:34,492 Does this mean something? 110 00:06:34,494 --> 00:06:36,360 Those are egg yolks, Blanche. 111 00:06:36,362 --> 00:06:39,764 My brain's gone. 112 00:06:39,766 --> 00:06:43,167 My body is limp with exhaustion. 113 00:06:43,169 --> 00:06:47,771 I suppose all the greats knew this feeling. 114 00:06:47,773 --> 00:06:49,840 And the thing is, after all this 115 00:06:49,842 --> 00:06:53,378 I've decided not to sell my book. It's too good to sell. 116 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:58,650 They can publish it after I'm dead, like Vincent van Gogh. 117 00:06:58,652 --> 00:07:01,953 Van Gogh was a painter, Blanche. 118 00:07:01,955 --> 00:07:03,587 Whatever. It's all the same thing. 119 00:07:03,589 --> 00:07:06,023 We're all artists. We're all misunderstood. 120 00:07:06,025 --> 00:07:10,261 He cut off his hair. Maybe I'll cut off mine. 121 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,463 He cut off his ear. 122 00:07:12,465 --> 00:07:16,467 I have too many earrings. 123 00:07:18,804 --> 00:07:21,172 We gotta go. 124 00:07:21,174 --> 00:07:25,743 I hate to leave. I've never seen a show like this before. 125 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:30,748 Good luck, Dorothy. I hope he finds something wrong with you. 126 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:33,217 Oh, I don't mean something wrong wrong. 127 00:07:33,219 --> 00:07:35,653 I mean something wrong so you know you're right 128 00:07:35,655 --> 00:07:36,854 when you know there's something wrong 129 00:07:36,856 --> 00:07:39,623 and you haven't been wrong all along. 130 00:07:39,625 --> 00:07:44,662 My God, I can't even understand people when they speak anymore, I'm so tired. 131 00:07:44,664 --> 00:07:49,100 What'd she just say, Dorothy? Was that a poem? 132 00:07:49,102 --> 00:07:51,235 Rose, make her lie down. I do try. 133 00:07:51,237 --> 00:07:55,306 I try, but I just pop right up again like one of those clowns you hit. 134 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:58,876 I'll never rest. I'll never rest again. 135 00:07:58,878 --> 00:08:03,881 Have a good time, Dorothy. Buy me a present. 136 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:05,683 I'll make you some nice hot milk 137 00:08:05,685 --> 00:08:07,651 and then we're gonna pile you into bed. 138 00:08:07,653 --> 00:08:11,689 Rose, you're my friend so I'm gonna let you read a few pages, 139 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:15,460 but you have to give me your word you won't tell anyone. Your word. 140 00:08:15,462 --> 00:08:18,729 Of course. And then will you sleep? Whatever. 141 00:08:18,731 --> 00:08:23,634 I can trust you, I know I can. You're from Minnesota. 142 00:08:23,636 --> 00:08:27,305 People from Minnesota are honest. They don't lie. 143 00:08:27,307 --> 00:08:31,441 What could you possibly find to lie about on a farm? 144 00:08:32,577 --> 00:08:35,412 Must be some state. 145 00:08:35,414 --> 00:08:40,885 Lots of lakes and nice, pale people. 146 00:08:40,887 --> 00:08:43,453 I'd drown myself. 147 00:08:43,455 --> 00:08:47,425 Read, Rose. Don't talk. 148 00:08:47,427 --> 00:08:49,727 I must publish a guide to go with my book. 149 00:08:49,729 --> 00:08:53,831 It's too full of references people could not possibly understand. 150 00:08:53,833 --> 00:08:56,767 It will be taught in universities. 151 00:09:03,508 --> 00:09:08,612 Rose, what is this? Yellow eyeballs are staring at me. 152 00:09:08,614 --> 00:09:10,414 Those are egg yolks, Blanche. 153 00:09:10,416 --> 00:09:13,350 Blanche, you are exhausted. You have to sleep. 154 00:09:13,352 --> 00:09:16,187 To sleep, perchance to dream. 155 00:09:16,189 --> 00:09:20,358 My God, what a wonderful line. 156 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:21,592 Oh! 157 00:09:21,594 --> 00:09:24,929 I'm getting so good I can't stand it. 158 00:09:24,931 --> 00:09:27,298 I ought to write that in my book, that line. 159 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:30,001 What do you think, Rose? What page are you on? 160 00:09:30,003 --> 00:09:32,637 To tell the truth, I don't understand any of this. 161 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:35,706 It doesn't seem to make any sense. 162 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:37,642 Doesn't make sense? 163 00:09:37,644 --> 00:09:40,444 Since when are you a literary critic, Rose Nylund? 164 00:09:40,446 --> 00:09:42,413 I'm not. You're from Minnesota. 165 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:43,514 What have you read, for God's sake? 166 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:46,083 Silas Marner? Paul Bunyan? 167 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:47,918 Nothing. You know nothing. 168 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,087 People from Minnesota are considered well-read 169 00:09:50,089 --> 00:09:52,490 if they get through the Sears catalog. 170 00:09:55,093 --> 00:09:57,194 Give me back my book. 171 00:09:57,196 --> 00:09:59,397 This is why Hollywood won't get it either. 172 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:04,969 I will not have my words coming out of Glenn Close's mouth. I'd rather die. 173 00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:06,904 Come on, Blanche. We're gonna get you to bed. 174 00:10:06,906 --> 00:10:09,072 But it's my duty to the public. 175 00:10:09,074 --> 00:10:12,209 No, I must have it published. It's my duty. 176 00:10:12,211 --> 00:10:15,045 Oh, my God, I'm so tired. 177 00:10:15,047 --> 00:10:17,214 Come on, you can sleep right here, honey. 178 00:10:17,216 --> 00:10:18,883 Tell me a story, Rose. 179 00:10:18,885 --> 00:10:21,351 That always puts me to sleep. It works every time. 180 00:10:21,353 --> 00:10:25,989 Just tell me one of your boring stories. 181 00:10:25,991 --> 00:10:27,625 OK. 182 00:10:41,706 --> 00:10:45,242 I want you to know I'm crazy about Chinese people. 183 00:10:54,052 --> 00:10:58,356 Ma. It's a compliment. I am. 184 00:10:58,358 --> 00:10:59,824 Thank you, Mrs. Petrillo. 185 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:01,625 Chinese people revere the elderly. 186 00:11:01,627 --> 00:11:03,928 In this country we throw away anything that's old. 187 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:07,832 But you people don't. That's a beautiful thing. 188 00:11:07,834 --> 00:11:11,302 You also have the most gorgeous hair in the world. 189 00:11:11,304 --> 00:11:13,604 Even when it's humid. 190 00:11:13,606 --> 00:11:17,241 Ma, please, let Dr. Chang read. 191 00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:19,810 It's OK, Mrs. Zbornak. I'm finished. 192 00:11:19,812 --> 00:11:21,912 You've seen some wonderful doctors, 193 00:11:21,914 --> 00:11:24,181 but I really can't agree with their findings. 194 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:26,484 There are new diseases arising all the time - 195 00:11:26,486 --> 00:11:29,019 things we don't necessarily have tests for - 196 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:31,455 but that doesn't mean the diseases don't exist. 197 00:11:31,457 --> 00:11:33,290 See how terrific the Chinese are? 198 00:11:33,292 --> 00:11:35,292 With the most terrific food. 199 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:37,795 Tasty, but not fattening. I don't care what anyone says. 200 00:11:37,797 --> 00:11:40,864 I don't get hungry an hour later. 201 00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:44,068 Ma, let Dr. Chang finish. 202 00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:47,972 I love Chinese checkers. It's much better than plain checkers. 203 00:11:47,974 --> 00:11:50,141 And chopsticks - what a great idea. 204 00:11:50,143 --> 00:11:52,143 Who knows what fork to use at a dinner party? 205 00:11:52,145 --> 00:11:55,345 Chopsticks, you don't feel like an idiot. Ma, enough! 206 00:11:57,715 --> 00:11:59,216 Dr. Chang, please. 207 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:02,553 Well, I think that you are sick. 208 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:06,290 I think you have something called chronic fatigue syndrome. It's fairly recent. 209 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:08,793 There are many theories, but most of us believe it's a virus. 210 00:12:08,795 --> 00:12:11,162 It just has not been identified yet. 211 00:12:11,164 --> 00:12:13,130 The man's a genius. 212 00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:16,567 By the way, I loved Flower Drum Song. 213 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:19,871 Doctors just kept telling me I was depressed. 214 00:12:19,873 --> 00:12:23,540 Depression can make a person feel tired, but it doesn't start suddenly, 215 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:27,378 give you swollen glands, sore throat and all the other symptoms. 216 00:12:27,380 --> 00:12:29,079 Now, there are certain blood tests, which we'll do, 217 00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:31,315 and if those results are abnormal 218 00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:33,684 that combined with the exclusion of the other diseases 219 00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:35,052 will compose a profile 220 00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:37,555 that actually thousands of people fit. 221 00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:39,290 So I really have something real? 222 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:41,158 I would say you most certainly do. 223 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,694 We should have our answers in a couple of weeks. 224 00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:46,964 How long will it last? I mean, will it go away? Does it get worse? 225 00:12:46,966 --> 00:12:48,666 Does anyone die from it? 226 00:12:48,668 --> 00:12:50,501 Well, no one has died from it. 227 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,436 We don't know how long it lasts. 228 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:53,671 Some people recover in months, 229 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:55,839 some still have it after ten years, 230 00:12:55,841 --> 00:12:58,542 but that happens in other diseases as well. 231 00:12:58,544 --> 00:12:59,743 You take multiple sclerosis. 232 00:12:59,745 --> 00:13:01,946 Some people have 20-year remissions, 233 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:03,780 others wind up in wheelchairs. 234 00:13:03,782 --> 00:13:05,649 There are variations. 235 00:13:05,651 --> 00:13:07,751 You're a genius. 236 00:13:07,753 --> 00:13:10,287 All your people are brilliant. 237 00:13:11,523 --> 00:13:14,058 The Chinese invented pasta, you know. 238 00:13:14,060 --> 00:13:18,295 We take credit for it, but we just added oregano. 239 00:13:18,297 --> 00:13:21,098 Well... 240 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:24,868 All I can say at this point is try to adapt to it. 241 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:28,405 Rest when you need to, eat well, eliminate stress if you can. 242 00:13:28,407 --> 00:13:32,577 Right now there is no cure, and no one thing that relieves symptoms in everyone. 243 00:13:32,579 --> 00:13:35,379 Right now I'm afraid you'll just have to live with it. 244 00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:39,149 Oh, why didn't they tell me, all those doctors I saw? 245 00:13:39,151 --> 00:13:41,419 I'm sure some of them weren't familiar with it. 246 00:13:41,421 --> 00:13:42,853 The ones who have heard about it 247 00:13:42,855 --> 00:13:45,322 sometimes have trouble believing it exists, 248 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:48,559 since they're not able to see it under their microscopes just yet. 249 00:13:48,561 --> 00:13:50,827 Those colleagues of mine, unfortunately, 250 00:13:50,829 --> 00:13:52,829 tend to blame the victim. 251 00:13:52,831 --> 00:13:55,065 I can't tell you what a relief this is. 252 00:13:55,067 --> 00:13:56,433 I'm sure. 253 00:13:56,435 --> 00:13:58,869 Are there any other questions that I could answer for you? 254 00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:00,771 Not now, not that I can think of. Maybe later. 255 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:04,175 Right now I can't even think straight. 256 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:07,278 If there are no more questions, I'll order some blood work... 257 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,948 I have a question. 258 00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:12,750 Of course, Mrs. Petrillo. 259 00:14:12,752 --> 00:14:16,720 When I order at Fung Chow's and say no MSG, 260 00:14:16,722 --> 00:14:19,557 do they really put it in anyway? 261 00:14:36,074 --> 00:14:38,809 I don't believe it. Another rejection. 262 00:14:38,811 --> 00:14:41,845 And this one isn't even personal. It's a form letter. 263 00:14:41,847 --> 00:14:44,448 They just filled in my name at the top, see? 264 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:46,516 Oh, I'm so upset. 265 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:48,452 I put everything into this, Rose, 266 00:14:48,454 --> 00:14:50,855 all of me, I held nothing back. 267 00:14:50,857 --> 00:14:53,157 Then to have some snotnosed little kid from Harvard 268 00:14:53,159 --> 00:14:56,293 send me a form letter, oh! 269 00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:59,263 I'm so mad I could scream. 270 00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:01,699 (screams) 271 00:15:04,702 --> 00:15:07,071 That's the first time I ever heard anybody say 272 00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:12,042 "I'm so mad I could scream" and actually do it. 273 00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:15,111 It's like saying, "I laughed all the way to the bank." 274 00:15:15,113 --> 00:15:18,181 I never saw anybody do that either. 275 00:15:19,851 --> 00:15:23,253 I did all this work, Rose. I worked so hard. 276 00:15:23,255 --> 00:15:25,056 Oh, I know you did, Blanche. 277 00:15:25,058 --> 00:15:27,191 All I ever wanted was to be special. 278 00:15:27,193 --> 00:15:32,262 I thought this would do it. I thought I'd publish a novel and I'd be special. 279 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:34,431 'Course, I've always been special because of my looks, 280 00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:38,135 but they won't last forever. 281 00:15:38,137 --> 00:15:43,273 I have to be realistic - another 20 or 30 years. 282 00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:45,109 My face and body might start to go 283 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:48,612 and then I'll have nothing to make me special. 284 00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:52,783 That's not what makes a person special, Blanche. 285 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:57,287 You're special because you're a kind, decent, loving individual 286 00:15:57,289 --> 00:16:01,358 with a wonderful heart and a beauty that comes from your soul. 287 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:06,230 That's that Minnesota crap again about the meaning of life. 288 00:16:06,232 --> 00:16:10,134 Well, Blanche, what else is there besides love and kindness? 289 00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:13,136 How about fame and fortune? That doesn't bring happiness. 290 00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:15,905 Like hell it doesn't. 291 00:16:15,907 --> 00:16:19,042 You know, I'm getting sick of you knocking Minnesota. 292 00:16:19,044 --> 00:16:22,847 Maybe we're not as sophisticated as Miami, 293 00:16:22,849 --> 00:16:26,817 maybe we don't have French boutiques and valet parking 294 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:30,520 and face-lifts for Christmas vacation, 295 00:16:30,522 --> 00:16:32,790 but we have friends and family 296 00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:34,925 and a sense of community and caring, 297 00:16:34,927 --> 00:16:36,793 and that's pretty special. 298 00:16:36,795 --> 00:16:39,596 And our people are special too. 299 00:16:39,598 --> 00:16:42,632 And if we have farms, that's great. 300 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:44,768 Without farms, you couldn't eat, 301 00:16:44,770 --> 00:16:47,271 and without eating, you wouldn't be able to go on a diet, 302 00:16:47,273 --> 00:16:50,140 and if you couldn't do that, what would you do for the rest of your life? 303 00:16:58,349 --> 00:17:00,484 Was I harsh? 304 00:17:08,326 --> 00:17:10,427 Ladies, drinks? 305 00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:13,297 Champagne. The best you have. 306 00:17:13,299 --> 00:17:17,701 Dorothy, that's so expensive. Shut up, Rose. 307 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:21,171 This is my treat. It is a celebration. 308 00:17:21,173 --> 00:17:23,173 What are we celebrating? 309 00:17:23,175 --> 00:17:26,577 My daughter found out she has a debilitating disease. 310 00:17:29,380 --> 00:17:31,448 Oh! 311 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:34,517 And it has a name. I am thrilled. We all are. 312 00:17:34,519 --> 00:17:36,987 Well, of course. 313 00:17:36,989 --> 00:17:40,157 Congratulations. Champagne it is. 314 00:17:40,159 --> 00:17:43,193 I can't tell you what a relief it is to just be sick, 315 00:17:43,195 --> 00:17:45,428 not sick and crazy, 316 00:17:45,430 --> 00:17:47,263 and to know what I have, 317 00:17:47,265 --> 00:17:50,400 and that a lot of other people have the same thing. 318 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:54,738 I don't like the name. I think it ought to have a better name. 319 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,773 That's what Dr. Chang said. 320 00:17:56,775 --> 00:17:58,141 Chronic fatigue syndrome 321 00:17:58,143 --> 00:18:01,111 makes it sound like I'm just a tired person 322 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:03,113 when it is so much more than that. 323 00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:05,749 I think they should name it after you. 324 00:18:05,751 --> 00:18:08,652 Zbornak syndrome. 325 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:13,423 Zbornak syndrome. That sounds like a chess move. 326 00:18:13,425 --> 00:18:16,593 Devereaux's disease has a nice ring to it. 327 00:18:16,595 --> 00:18:19,963 Oh, my God. Oh, it was just a thought. 328 00:18:19,965 --> 00:18:21,532 It's him. Who? 329 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:25,936 I can't believe it. I saw him first. Who is it? Where is he? 330 00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:28,838 It's Dr. Budd, the neurologist I saw in New York. 331 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,774 The one who told me I was just getting old 332 00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:34,611 and to go see a psychiatrist. 333 00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:37,081 Dorothy, don't make a scene. Order without me. 334 00:18:43,221 --> 00:18:46,290 Dr. Budd? Yes. 335 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:51,562 You probably don't remember me, but you told me I wasn't sick. 336 00:18:51,564 --> 00:18:54,532 Do you remember? You told me I was just getting old. 337 00:18:54,534 --> 00:18:56,266 I'm sorry. I really don't... 338 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:59,236 Remember. Maybe you're getting old. 339 00:19:02,741 --> 00:19:04,341 That's a little joke. 340 00:19:04,343 --> 00:19:08,412 Well, I tell you, Dr. Budd, I really am sick. 341 00:19:08,414 --> 00:19:12,683 I have chronic fatigue syndrome. That is a real illness. 342 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:15,619 You can check with the Center for Disease Control. 343 00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:17,320 Oh, well, I'm sorry about that. 344 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:20,990 Well, I'm glad. At least I know I have something. 345 00:19:20,992 --> 00:19:24,327 I'm sure. Well, nice seeing you. 346 00:19:24,329 --> 00:19:27,131 Not so fast. 347 00:19:27,133 --> 00:19:29,766 There are some things I have to say. 348 00:19:29,768 --> 00:19:31,635 There are a lot of things that I have to say. 349 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:36,607 Words can't express what I have to say. 350 00:19:36,609 --> 00:19:39,176 What I went through, what you put me through... 351 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:41,111 I can't do this in a restaurant. 352 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:43,113 Good. But I will. 353 00:19:45,416 --> 00:19:48,619 Lewis, who is this person? Look, miss... 354 00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:53,591 Sit. I sat for you long enough. 355 00:19:53,593 --> 00:19:58,495 Dr. Budd, I came to you sick - sick and scared. 356 00:19:58,497 --> 00:20:01,031 And you dismissed me. You didn't have the answer. 357 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:02,599 Instead of saying, "I'm sorry. 358 00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:04,735 I don't know what's wrong with you," 359 00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:08,004 you made me feel crazy, like I had made it all up. 360 00:20:08,006 --> 00:20:10,273 You dismissed me. 361 00:20:10,275 --> 00:20:13,910 You made me feel like a child, a fool, 362 00:20:13,912 --> 00:20:17,981 a neurotic who was wasting your precious time. 363 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:20,684 Is that... is that your caring profession? 364 00:20:20,686 --> 00:20:23,020 Is that healing? 365 00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:28,058 No one deserves that kind of treatment, Dr. Budd, no one. 366 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,493 I suspect, had I been a man, 367 00:20:29,495 --> 00:20:31,761 I might have been taken a little bit more seriously 368 00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:34,297 and not told to go to a hairdresser. 369 00:20:34,299 --> 00:20:36,366 Look, I am not going to sit here anymore-- 370 00:20:36,368 --> 00:20:38,401 Shut up, Lewis. 371 00:20:43,775 --> 00:20:47,244 I don't know where you doctors lose your humanity, 372 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,079 but you lose it. 373 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:51,181 If all of you at the beginning of your careers 374 00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:54,117 could get very sick and scared for a while, 375 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,987 you'd probably learn more from that than anything else. 376 00:20:57,989 --> 00:21:00,424 You'd better start listening to your patients. 377 00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:02,926 They need to be heard. 378 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:06,863 They need caring, they need compassion. 379 00:21:06,865 --> 00:21:09,199 They need attending to. 380 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:12,602 Someday, Dr. Budd, you're gonna be on the other side of the table, 381 00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:17,407 and as angry as I am, and as angry as I always will be, 382 00:21:17,409 --> 00:21:20,843 I still wish you a better doctor than you were to me. 383 00:21:29,354 --> 00:21:33,757 Are you all right? I feel better than I have felt in a long time. 384 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:35,926 To my friends... 385 00:21:35,928 --> 00:21:39,496 who made being sick a little easier because they cared. 386 00:21:39,498 --> 00:21:41,498 Oh! 387 00:21:43,467 --> 00:21:46,236 This is the best champagne I've ever tasted. 388 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:49,706 It should be. It's $430 a bottle. 389 00:21:54,045 --> 00:21:56,813 Rose, I can't afford that! 390 00:21:56,815 --> 00:21:58,181 You did say the best. 391 00:21:58,183 --> 00:22:00,651 Rose, for heaven's sake, you should have told me what it was. 392 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:03,587 (overlapping chatter) 393 00:22:03,589 --> 00:22:06,289 Ma, what am I gonna do? Just calm down. 394 00:22:06,291 --> 00:22:08,825 I'll show you an old Sicilian trick. This is how I grew up poor 395 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:11,995 and managed to eat in the best restaurants in all of Italy. 396 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:13,530 Watch. 397 00:22:13,532 --> 00:22:15,532 Look, learn. 398 00:22:21,138 --> 00:22:25,275 It's awful! Swill! Is there a problem? 399 00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:28,845 You're supposed to take off your socks before you step on the grapes. Taste this. 400 00:22:34,018 --> 00:22:35,119 Oh, dear. 401 00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:36,987 Ladies, I'm terribly sorry. 402 00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:38,622 I'll get you a new bottle. 403 00:22:38,624 --> 00:22:41,357 No, no. It lingers on the palate. 404 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,896 We won't be able to drink champagne for weeks. 405 00:22:45,898 --> 00:22:49,199 Well, at least let us pay for your meal. 406 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,274 If you insist. 407 00:22:59,644 --> 00:23:01,378 Thank you. 408 00:23:06,350 --> 00:23:07,784 Now it's a celebration!