1 00:00:02,903 --> 00:00:04,169 [music playing] 2 00:01:55,473 --> 00:01:58,117 How long does it take them to cook a steak around here? 3 00:01:58,193 --> 00:01:59,818 I think they went out to kill a cow. 4 00:01:59,895 --> 00:02:00,935 Take it easy. 5 00:02:01,012 --> 00:02:02,121 You just ordered. 6 00:02:02,197 --> 00:02:03,930 They don't have to kill the cow. 7 00:02:03,541 --> 00:02:06,825 They wait a little longer, I'll die of old age. 8 00:02:06,902 --> 00:02:08,127 How is the feeling coming? 9 00:02:08,203 --> 00:02:12,289 Any idea what the assignment is yet? 10 00:02:12,365 --> 00:02:13,332 No. 11 00:02:13,408 --> 00:02:15,625 I can't figure it out, either. 12 00:02:15,702 --> 00:02:17,294 There's just something different about this one. 13 00:02:17,370 --> 00:02:18,428 I don't know what it is. 14 00:02:24,687 --> 00:02:27,637 Here we go, two mac and steak dinners, one for you-- 15 00:02:27,714 --> 00:02:29,306 Ah, they're both for me. 16 00:02:29,316 --> 00:02:31,558 I get full just watching him. 17 00:02:31,569 --> 00:02:34,227 Could you just bring me some ketchup? 18 00:02:34,304 --> 00:02:35,487 Ketchup coming right up. 19 00:02:38,233 --> 00:02:39,900 Well, you work on the assignment. 20 00:02:39,976 --> 00:02:41,118 I'll work on these. 21 00:02:46,107 --> 00:02:48,158 Hey, baby, how would you like to go 22 00:02:48,169 --> 00:02:49,618 for a ride on a big Holland? 23 00:02:49,694 --> 00:02:51,536 I wouldn't want to hurt your back. 24 00:02:51,547 --> 00:02:54,923 Hey, you got a bad mouth on you, Princess. 25 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,508 I got a lot of work to do. 26 00:02:56,585 --> 00:02:57,717 Come on. 27 00:02:57,795 --> 00:02:58,835 Don't be rude to the customers. 28 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:00,503 Take your hand off my arm. 29 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:03,840 Sure, I'd rather put it around your waist. 30 00:03:03,851 --> 00:03:04,841 Let's dance. 31 00:03:04,918 --> 00:03:07,010 Hey, leave her alone. 32 00:03:07,087 --> 00:03:10,347 Oh, Smokey the Bear to the rescue. 33 00:03:10,423 --> 00:03:11,681 I don't want any trouble. 34 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:13,041 Just let me go. 35 00:03:13,118 --> 00:03:17,520 There won't be any trouble, will there, Smokey? 36 00:03:17,597 --> 00:03:20,106 Well, not if you leave her alone. 37 00:03:20,183 --> 00:03:23,652 Hey, this guy thinks he's real tough. 38 00:03:23,728 --> 00:03:25,362 Hey Macho Man. 39 00:03:25,438 --> 00:03:26,863 MAN 1: Ha, go get him, Bud. 40 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:28,240 Hey, Mark-- 41 00:03:28,316 --> 00:03:31,293 Try to stay out of this. 42 00:03:31,370 --> 00:03:33,828 MAN 1: Look out, here he comes. 43 00:03:33,905 --> 00:03:35,756 MAN 2: Whoa, tough guy. 44 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,003 Now listen, fella. 45 00:03:42,014 --> 00:03:43,546 You either leave that lady alone, 46 00:03:43,623 --> 00:03:44,973 or I'm going to pull your earring 47 00:03:45,050 --> 00:03:46,716 off and stick it up your nose. 48 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:47,984 Wow. 49 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:48,977 You want to rumble, Smokey? 50 00:03:49,054 --> 00:03:49,928 MAN 1: Don't take that. 51 00:03:50,005 --> 00:03:51,146 Let's get it on. 52 00:03:57,104 --> 00:03:58,645 Mark, Mark. 53 00:03:58,722 --> 00:03:59,604 Let me handle this. 54 00:03:59,448 --> 00:04:00,781 Will you stay out of this? 55 00:04:00,857 --> 00:04:03,316 I can't whip two guys with earrings on, 56 00:04:03,393 --> 00:04:05,068 I ought to just hang it up. 57 00:04:05,145 --> 00:04:07,621 [slugging] 58 00:04:17,782 --> 00:04:21,042 Mark, I just don't see what you're so mad about. 59 00:04:21,119 --> 00:04:23,253 You don't see what I'm so mad about? 60 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:26,965 You don't see what I'm so mad about? 61 00:04:27,042 --> 00:04:28,341 Oh, now listen. 62 00:04:28,418 --> 00:04:30,010 Will you turn that things down in there, pal? 63 00:04:30,086 --> 00:04:32,220 Come on. 64 00:04:32,297 --> 00:04:33,596 You want to see what I'm mad about? 65 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:36,099 You want to see what I am mad about? 66 00:04:36,176 --> 00:04:37,100 Look. 67 00:04:37,177 --> 00:04:38,043 What? 68 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,469 What do you mean, what? 69 00:04:39,546 --> 00:04:41,697 I got a knot on my head here, and I got a shiner. 70 00:04:41,773 --> 00:04:44,616 Hey, look, you're the one that told me to stay out of it. 71 00:04:44,693 --> 00:04:46,234 Well, what do you listen to me for? 72 00:04:46,311 --> 00:04:47,444 You're the angel. 73 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:48,945 But I finally stepped in, didn't I? 74 00:04:48,956 --> 00:04:51,039 Oh, well, that was a big deal. 75 00:04:51,116 --> 00:04:52,699 You go boop, boop, boop. 76 00:04:52,776 --> 00:04:54,293 Lookit, you don't have a mark on you. 77 00:04:54,369 --> 00:04:55,243 Well of course not. 78 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,453 That's not my fault. 79 00:04:56,529 --> 00:04:57,512 It's because you've got the stuff. 80 00:04:57,589 --> 00:04:58,621 Because I'm an angel. 81 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:00,457 I tell you, it's not fair, Jonathan. 82 00:05:00,533 --> 00:05:02,167 I mean, you haven't got a mark on you. 83 00:05:02,243 --> 00:05:03,543 I'm half-dead. 84 00:05:03,620 --> 00:05:05,128 My friend, I'm all the way dead. 85 00:05:05,205 --> 00:05:06,346 That's how I got the stuff. 86 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:10,967 Hey, pal, will you knock that music off 87 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:12,302 and then turn it down? 88 00:05:12,313 --> 00:05:13,970 Mark, will you calm down? 89 00:05:13,981 --> 00:05:16,639 What do you mean, calm down? 90 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:18,183 You know, Jonathan, it is not fair. 91 00:05:18,259 --> 00:05:20,310 We go on these assignments together, right? 92 00:05:20,387 --> 00:05:23,146 I do half the work, and you get all the stuff. 93 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:24,539 Well, I'm sorry. 94 00:05:24,616 --> 00:05:25,482 There's nothing I can do about it. 95 00:05:25,558 --> 00:05:27,117 Well, the boss could if he wanted to. 96 00:05:27,194 --> 00:05:28,109 I mean, look at this eye. 97 00:05:28,186 --> 00:05:29,110 Look at it. 98 00:05:29,187 --> 00:05:30,487 Big knot up here on my head. 99 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:32,447 I couldn't even eat my steak. 100 00:05:32,524 --> 00:05:35,367 Just one time, I would like to go on an assignment 101 00:05:35,443 --> 00:05:38,328 where I get the stuff and you get the appetite. 102 00:05:38,339 --> 00:05:40,872 [thunder] 103 00:05:40,949 --> 00:05:43,166 Mark, I wouldn't talk like that in here. 104 00:05:43,243 --> 00:05:45,085 Well, I want him to hear me. 105 00:05:45,161 --> 00:05:46,419 Come on, boss. What do you say? 106 00:05:46,496 --> 00:05:47,662 Just one time? 107 00:05:47,739 --> 00:05:48,930 Just give me an assignment, all right? 108 00:05:49,007 --> 00:05:51,257 I don't care what it is, just give me the stuff 109 00:05:51,268 --> 00:05:52,425 and I'll handle it. 110 00:05:52,502 --> 00:05:54,344 Mark, Mark, you know the old saying, 111 00:05:54,355 --> 00:05:56,221 "Don't wish for something, you just might get it"? 112 00:05:56,297 --> 00:05:57,180 Might get it? 113 00:05:57,257 --> 00:05:58,139 Might get it? 114 00:05:58,216 --> 00:06:00,359 I want to get it. 115 00:06:00,435 --> 00:06:01,893 Come on, boss, what do you say? 116 00:06:01,970 --> 00:06:03,520 How about we trade places? 117 00:06:03,596 --> 00:06:04,854 You want to see angeling? 118 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:06,106 I'll show you angeling. 119 00:06:06,182 --> 00:06:07,607 Just give me the stuff. 120 00:06:07,618 --> 00:06:10,035 [thunder] 121 00:06:11,271 --> 00:06:12,037 See? 122 00:06:12,114 --> 00:06:13,696 Nothing. 123 00:06:13,773 --> 00:06:16,908 You never listen to me, never. 124 00:06:16,985 --> 00:06:21,129 Oh boy, I would like to get my hands on that guy. 125 00:06:21,206 --> 00:06:23,340 Will you knock it off? 126 00:06:28,830 --> 00:06:34,217 Hey, Jonathan, my eye doesn't hurt anymore. 127 00:06:34,294 --> 00:06:35,811 And the lump's gone off my head. 128 00:06:39,090 --> 00:06:41,850 The stuff. 129 00:06:41,926 --> 00:06:43,893 I got the stuff. 130 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:45,645 I got the stuff. 131 00:06:45,722 --> 00:06:47,280 Well, do you have anything to say? 132 00:06:49,309 --> 00:06:50,367 I'm hungry. 133 00:07:17,804 --> 00:07:19,471 Is this where the assignment is? 134 00:07:19,481 --> 00:07:20,930 I don't know, I just got a feeling 135 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:22,932 we're supposed to be here. 136 00:07:23,009 --> 00:07:24,601 Couldn't you be a little more specific? 137 00:07:24,677 --> 00:07:26,102 Will you calm yourself? 138 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:27,312 I'm working on it. 139 00:07:27,388 --> 00:07:30,023 This is-- whoa. 140 00:07:30,099 --> 00:07:31,691 Yeah? 141 00:07:31,768 --> 00:07:33,360 Right. 142 00:07:33,436 --> 00:07:36,029 Mrs. Carter, second floor, Department of Social Services. 143 00:07:36,105 --> 00:07:37,747 What are we going to be doing? 144 00:07:37,824 --> 00:07:39,875 Isn't it the pits when you don't know anything? 145 00:07:45,665 --> 00:07:49,217 Mr. Smith, Mr. Gordon, I'm glad you're here. 146 00:07:49,294 --> 00:07:52,253 Mary Creswell was originally supposed to take this case, 147 00:07:52,330 --> 00:07:53,513 but she just had-- 148 00:07:53,223 --> 00:07:55,507 Just had a baby boy. 149 00:07:55,583 --> 00:07:59,302 Yes, how did you know? 150 00:07:59,379 --> 00:08:02,889 Mark is very intuitive in that way. 151 00:08:02,966 --> 00:08:06,809 Oh, well good, because I think it's going to take about all 152 00:08:06,886 --> 00:08:09,646 of your intuition and sensitivity 153 00:08:09,722 --> 00:08:11,581 to handle this case. 154 00:08:11,158 --> 00:08:13,775 Hey, no matter what it is, we can handle it, you know? 155 00:08:13,851 --> 00:08:15,485 No sweat. 156 00:08:15,562 --> 00:08:18,154 No sweat, Mr. Gordon? 157 00:08:18,231 --> 00:08:19,322 Yeah. 158 00:08:19,399 --> 00:08:21,115 I mean, what's your problem? 159 00:08:21,192 --> 00:08:23,034 Parents splitting up? 160 00:08:23,111 --> 00:08:24,002 Is she on drugs that-- 161 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:34,337 Oh, no. 162 00:08:34,414 --> 00:08:37,423 Mark, what's wrong? 163 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:38,558 She's dying. 164 00:08:41,629 --> 00:08:42,845 Jonathan, she's going to die. 165 00:08:42,922 --> 00:08:45,023 [music playing] 166 00:09:05,412 --> 00:09:06,286 Yes? 167 00:09:06,362 --> 00:09:07,862 - Miss Brandon? - Yes. 168 00:09:07,673 --> 00:09:09,130 I'm Mike Gordon, this is Jonathan Smith. 169 00:09:09,207 --> 00:09:11,967 We're the new social workers assigned to Lee's case. 170 00:09:12,043 --> 00:09:14,627 Oh, yes, Mrs. Carter said you'd be coming by. 171 00:09:14,704 --> 00:09:16,212 Oh, my husband's inside. 172 00:09:16,289 --> 00:09:17,130 Come on in. 173 00:09:17,206 --> 00:09:18,056 Thank you. 174 00:09:24,088 --> 00:09:25,555 This is my husband Jim. 175 00:09:25,632 --> 00:09:27,682 How are you? 176 00:09:27,759 --> 00:09:29,150 Please, have a seat. 177 00:09:35,933 --> 00:09:37,442 Can I get either of you anything? 178 00:09:37,518 --> 00:09:38,359 No, no, we're fine. 179 00:09:38,436 --> 00:09:39,527 Thank you. 180 00:09:42,815 --> 00:09:45,658 So you two are taking Mary's place? 181 00:09:45,735 --> 00:09:47,452 Yes, we are. 182 00:09:47,528 --> 00:09:49,454 I understand she had a little boy. 183 00:09:49,530 --> 00:09:51,339 Yeah. 184 00:09:51,416 --> 00:09:52,790 Well, I'm happy for her. 185 00:09:52,867 --> 00:09:55,585 You tell her that next time you see her, hey? 186 00:09:55,662 --> 00:09:57,086 She's been very sweet. 187 00:09:57,163 --> 00:09:58,388 We appreciate it. 188 00:09:58,465 --> 00:10:01,257 Yes, I'll do that. 189 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:04,144 Listen, I am going to have to ask a couple of questions 190 00:10:04,220 --> 00:10:06,512 and kind of update this file. 191 00:10:06,589 --> 00:10:09,307 Says here that the doctors are considering 192 00:10:09,384 --> 00:10:12,268 another bone marrow transplant? 193 00:10:12,279 --> 00:10:13,194 Yeah, that's right. 194 00:10:15,682 --> 00:10:17,115 Do you think you'll go ahead with it? 195 00:10:19,644 --> 00:10:20,693 Well, I don't know. 196 00:10:20,770 --> 00:10:23,696 We-- we haven't decided yet. 197 00:10:23,773 --> 00:10:25,907 They don't give it much of a chance. 198 00:10:25,917 --> 00:10:28,043 She's already had one transplant, and-- 199 00:10:31,531 --> 00:10:33,331 there's the pain, you know? 200 00:10:33,408 --> 00:10:35,124 It's painful. 201 00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:38,628 She's been through so much already. 202 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:41,339 The chemo is tough. 203 00:10:41,416 --> 00:10:47,845 You know, you wonder when it's time to say enough, you know? 204 00:10:47,922 --> 00:10:49,981 Just stop hurting our little girl. 205 00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:59,315 And then you think, but it's a chance, you know? 206 00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:00,241 So you got to take it. 207 00:11:02,663 --> 00:11:06,447 We've been going through this two years, almost, 208 00:11:06,524 --> 00:11:09,992 and all the time we've been thinking that she was going 209 00:11:10,069 --> 00:11:12,245 to get better, you know, that the doctors must 210 00:11:12,321 --> 00:11:19,085 be wrong because this can't be happening to our baby. 211 00:11:19,162 --> 00:11:21,838 She-- she wanted-- 212 00:11:21,914 --> 00:11:25,675 she wants to be a marine biologist. 213 00:11:25,752 --> 00:11:27,510 Ever since she was a teeny kid, you couldn't 214 00:11:27,587 --> 00:11:28,603 keep her out of the water. 215 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:31,431 We always said she was part fish. 216 00:11:31,507 --> 00:11:36,111 She scuba dives and knows every book Cousteau ever wrote. 217 00:11:36,187 --> 00:11:38,271 Other kids wanted dolls for Christmas. 218 00:11:38,347 --> 00:11:41,524 She wanted us to contribute money to save the whales. 219 00:11:41,601 --> 00:11:44,318 That was her dream. 220 00:11:44,395 --> 00:11:47,363 That is her dream, to-- 221 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,157 to do something, you know? 222 00:11:49,233 --> 00:11:52,410 Make some contribution in that area. 223 00:11:52,487 --> 00:11:55,288 There's going to be a Save the Dolphins campaign 224 00:11:55,298 --> 00:11:57,031 thing in a couple of months. 225 00:11:57,108 --> 00:11:59,884 Well, she could tell you all about dolphins, you know? 226 00:11:59,961 --> 00:12:02,920 That's why she's not sure about the bone marrow transplant. 227 00:12:02,997 --> 00:12:06,257 I think she figures well, she didn't have much of a chance 228 00:12:06,334 --> 00:12:08,209 anyway. 229 00:12:08,285 --> 00:12:15,892 If she could just be around for that, that's all she wants. 230 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:21,397 And she's-- she's so scared. 231 00:12:21,474 --> 00:12:27,945 She doesn't talk about it, but she's so scared of dying. 232 00:12:28,022 --> 00:12:30,206 Does she have a little brother or sister? 233 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:33,909 That's right. 234 00:12:35,863 --> 00:12:39,582 How are they dealing with all this? 235 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:43,503 The 10-year-ole, Bobby, our youngest, 236 00:12:43,579 --> 00:12:49,842 he goes around locking all the doors and windows every night. 237 00:12:49,919 --> 00:12:51,928 The counselor says he's-- 238 00:12:52,004 --> 00:12:53,571 he's trying to lock out death. 239 00:12:55,967 --> 00:12:58,434 And Jennifer, our middle girl, she's 240 00:12:58,511 --> 00:13:00,002 afraid to touch Lee anymore. 241 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,731 She's afraid she'll get sick, and she's just-- 242 00:13:03,808 --> 00:13:05,817 she's just kind of giving up. 243 00:13:05,893 --> 00:13:08,194 She used to be a very good student. 244 00:13:08,271 --> 00:13:10,413 Now, nothing. 245 00:13:15,778 --> 00:13:17,754 Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, what can we do? 246 00:13:20,792 --> 00:13:24,126 I don't think there's anything anybody can do. 247 00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:26,546 Talk to her. 248 00:13:26,622 --> 00:13:31,133 She's-- she's starting to shut us out as if, I don't know, 249 00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:32,493 as if-- 250 00:13:34,839 --> 00:13:38,558 as if she wanted to protect us. 251 00:13:38,634 --> 00:13:39,684 Can you believe that? 252 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,519 She's worrying about us. 253 00:13:41,596 --> 00:13:42,445 Can you believe it? 254 00:13:45,308 --> 00:13:48,827 From what you just said about her, I can believe it. 255 00:13:53,816 --> 00:13:55,792 Honey, here's Mr. Gordon here. 256 00:13:55,869 --> 00:13:58,035 He's the new social worker. 257 00:13:58,112 --> 00:13:59,161 Hi. 258 00:13:59,238 --> 00:14:00,496 Hi. 259 00:14:02,742 --> 00:14:04,917 You feel up to talking a little? 260 00:14:04,994 --> 00:14:06,294 Yeah, sure, I guess. 261 00:14:06,370 --> 00:14:08,087 Why not? 262 00:14:08,164 --> 00:14:10,464 Well, I'll leave you two alone. 263 00:14:10,541 --> 00:14:12,308 Can I get you anything? 264 00:14:12,385 --> 00:14:13,351 No, thanks, Mom. 265 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:20,942 Well, I'm Mark. 266 00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:26,731 I hear you're real interested in fish and stuff, right? 267 00:14:26,807 --> 00:14:28,232 Uh-huh. 268 00:14:28,309 --> 00:14:31,402 Folks say you want to be a marine biologist? 269 00:14:31,479 --> 00:14:32,862 Yeah. 270 00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:35,907 Well, I bet you'd be a good one. 271 00:14:35,983 --> 00:14:37,417 I won't be around. 272 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:43,631 You don't know that for sure. 273 00:14:43,708 --> 00:14:46,042 Yes, I do. 274 00:14:46,118 --> 00:14:49,170 But I heard with a bone marrow transplant, there's a chance. 275 00:14:49,246 --> 00:14:53,382 I'm not going to have any transplant. 276 00:14:53,459 --> 00:14:54,616 How come? 277 00:14:54,694 --> 00:14:56,761 I mean, if there's a chance. 278 00:14:56,837 --> 00:14:58,512 There's so much you could do in this world, 279 00:14:58,589 --> 00:15:00,014 so much you could contribute. 280 00:15:00,091 --> 00:15:01,991 I don't want to, that's all. 281 00:15:05,721 --> 00:15:08,907 Well, what about this dolphin thing 282 00:15:08,983 --> 00:15:10,867 your mom was telling me about? 283 00:15:10,944 --> 00:15:12,068 Some kind of campaign or something 284 00:15:12,144 --> 00:15:13,194 you want to be a part of 285 00:15:13,270 --> 00:15:15,571 Yeah, Save the Dolphins. 286 00:15:15,648 --> 00:15:18,449 Fishermen kill hundreds of thousands of them in their nets 287 00:15:18,526 --> 00:15:19,992 every year. 288 00:15:20,069 --> 00:15:21,376 Well, aren't there laws? 289 00:15:21,454 --> 00:15:23,463 I thought I read about some kind of law. 290 00:15:23,539 --> 00:15:26,207 Sure, there are laws, but they need to make them stronger. 291 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:29,919 And there's so much money being pumped into lobbying against it 292 00:15:29,996 --> 00:15:32,630 this year, but there's a good chance 293 00:15:32,707 --> 00:15:37,259 they'll take it off the books or water it down so much. 294 00:15:37,336 --> 00:15:40,763 Everything's money, and there's no money to be made 295 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,057 in saving dolphins, is there? 296 00:15:43,134 --> 00:15:44,442 No, I guess not. 297 00:15:47,763 --> 00:15:48,696 It's the money. 298 00:15:48,773 --> 00:15:51,565 That's what it is. 299 00:15:51,642 --> 00:15:53,234 I just told you that. 300 00:15:53,310 --> 00:15:55,403 No, no, no, I'm not talking about the dolphins, 301 00:15:55,479 --> 00:15:57,989 I'm talking about your operation. 302 00:15:58,065 --> 00:16:00,616 That's why you won't have the bone marrow transplant. 303 00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:02,460 It's the money. 304 00:16:02,537 --> 00:16:03,953 It's not true. 305 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:05,604 Yes, it is. 306 00:16:05,682 --> 00:16:07,957 You're afraid that your folks don't have the money. 307 00:16:08,034 --> 00:16:10,969 That's exactly what you're thinking. 308 00:16:11,045 --> 00:16:12,920 Who are you, the great Kreskin? 309 00:16:12,997 --> 00:16:14,305 Just leave me alone, OK? 310 00:16:27,303 --> 00:16:28,978 She said it was the money? 311 00:16:28,989 --> 00:16:30,187 That's ridiculous. 312 00:16:30,264 --> 00:16:31,897 I know, but she's got it in her head 313 00:16:31,974 --> 00:16:33,307 that that's the reason. 314 00:16:33,384 --> 00:16:34,984 Look, I think if you talk to her and explain 315 00:16:34,995 --> 00:16:36,995 to her that it's not the money. 316 00:16:37,071 --> 00:16:38,037 Sure, you bet. 317 00:16:38,114 --> 00:16:39,822 Why should money be a problem? 318 00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:41,157 I didn't mean it like that. 319 00:16:41,233 --> 00:16:44,452 I know it can't be easy. 320 00:16:44,462 --> 00:16:46,662 Look, Mr. Gordon, I know you're trying to help, 321 00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:51,375 but maybe you should just let us work this out for ourselves? 322 00:16:51,452 --> 00:16:52,576 Sure. 323 00:16:52,653 --> 00:16:55,337 I wanted you to know how she felt. 324 00:16:55,414 --> 00:17:00,009 I'm better qualified to know how my daughter feels. 325 00:17:00,086 --> 00:17:02,645 Look, let me get this stuff raked up, OK? 326 00:17:16,685 --> 00:17:18,736 It is the money. 327 00:17:18,813 --> 00:17:19,704 What? 328 00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:24,366 You are worried about the money. 329 00:17:24,443 --> 00:17:27,620 She isn't making it up in her head. 330 00:17:27,696 --> 00:17:31,007 You're damn right, I'm-- what the hell do you know about it? 331 00:17:31,084 --> 00:17:33,876 The years of tests, of hospitals, of operations. 332 00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:35,428 Lots of bills. 333 00:17:40,084 --> 00:17:42,843 Go away, Mr. Gordon. 334 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:44,011 Just go away. 335 00:17:44,088 --> 00:17:46,564 [music playing] 336 00:18:23,210 --> 00:18:24,051 Mark? 337 00:18:24,128 --> 00:18:25,085 What? 338 00:18:25,163 --> 00:18:26,554 Would you stop pacing? 339 00:18:26,630 --> 00:18:28,514 It's like trying to watch a Conners-Becker match. 340 00:18:28,591 --> 00:18:30,558 I don't know what else to do. 341 00:18:30,634 --> 00:18:32,351 I mean, I'm not hungry. 342 00:18:32,428 --> 00:18:33,435 I got no appetite. 343 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:34,562 Can't sleep. 344 00:18:34,638 --> 00:18:36,438 Eyes are wide open. 345 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:39,984 I just know I should do something. 346 00:18:39,994 --> 00:18:43,737 Jonathan, you know, I thought that, you know, 347 00:18:43,814 --> 00:18:46,115 when I got the stuff I'd be able to, you know, 348 00:18:46,192 --> 00:18:47,416 work anything out. 349 00:18:47,493 --> 00:18:50,661 Now I got the stuff. 350 00:18:50,738 --> 00:18:52,705 Not that simple, is it? 351 00:18:52,781 --> 00:18:55,040 No, not that simple. 352 00:18:55,117 --> 00:18:57,459 I mean, what kind of a father would put money in front 353 00:18:57,536 --> 00:18:59,628 of his own kid's welfare? 354 00:18:59,705 --> 00:19:00,838 All right, now come on. 355 00:19:00,915 --> 00:19:02,298 You don't know that's what he's doing. 356 00:19:02,374 --> 00:19:04,199 Jonathan, I could read his mind. 357 00:19:03,977 --> 00:19:05,968 I'm telling you, he was thinking about the money. 358 00:19:06,045 --> 00:19:07,803 You were reading some of his thoughts. 359 00:19:07,814 --> 00:19:09,555 That's like-- like reading one line 360 00:19:09,632 --> 00:19:11,891 in an article in a newspaper. 361 00:19:11,967 --> 00:19:13,726 Jim's got a lot of thoughts in his mind 362 00:19:13,802 --> 00:19:16,270 right now, a lot of things he's thinking about. 363 00:19:16,347 --> 00:19:18,698 A lot of things he's trying not to think about. 364 00:19:18,774 --> 00:19:20,357 Jonathan, let me tell you what I think 365 00:19:20,434 --> 00:19:21,692 about a guy who would put-- 366 00:19:21,769 --> 00:19:23,569 Hey, the job description does not 367 00:19:23,646 --> 00:19:25,738 call for your passing judgment. 368 00:19:25,814 --> 00:19:28,657 Well, whatever it calls for, I haven't got. 369 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:30,576 I mean, the guy threw me out. 370 00:19:30,587 --> 00:19:32,494 I mean, the stuff didn't work any miracles there. 371 00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:35,164 Look, there are no simple answers for these things, not 372 00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:36,832 the important things. 373 00:19:36,909 --> 00:19:39,668 I mean, the stuff is fine for little things. 374 00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:43,339 The heart and the mind take a lot longer. 375 00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:44,715 So what do I do now? 376 00:19:44,726 --> 00:19:46,675 You give it some time. 377 00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:50,137 Hey, whatever you said to him touched a nerve. 378 00:19:50,214 --> 00:19:52,064 Let him wrestle with it for awhile. 379 00:19:58,973 --> 00:20:00,615 I'm going to go wrestle with a sandwich. 380 00:20:09,149 --> 00:20:10,499 Hi, Jennifer. 381 00:20:10,576 --> 00:20:13,869 Oh, hi, Mr. Smith. 382 00:20:13,946 --> 00:20:15,187 What are you doing here? 383 00:20:15,264 --> 00:20:16,455 I thought I'd walk along with you 384 00:20:16,532 --> 00:20:18,207 and we could talk a little bit. 385 00:20:18,284 --> 00:20:19,375 About what? 386 00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:21,710 Anything comes to your mind. 387 00:20:21,787 --> 00:20:23,629 Am I part of your caseload too? 388 00:20:23,706 --> 00:20:24,880 Well, you might say that. 389 00:20:24,957 --> 00:20:26,641 We try to work with the whole family. 390 00:20:26,717 --> 00:20:27,883 Yeah, well, I'm fine. 391 00:20:30,179 --> 00:20:31,520 Your parents told me you used to get 392 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:33,806 straight A's till Lee got sick. 393 00:20:33,882 --> 00:20:35,724 Is this about my grades? 394 00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:36,892 Give me a break. 395 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:38,644 Who cares about my stupid grades? 396 00:20:38,655 --> 00:20:40,521 Who cares about anything? 397 00:20:40,531 --> 00:20:41,855 Well, your parents, for one thing. 398 00:20:41,932 --> 00:20:43,190 That's why they mentioned it. 399 00:20:43,267 --> 00:20:45,776 Well, I don't care. 400 00:20:45,853 --> 00:20:47,403 What's the use? 401 00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:50,114 You used to think school was pretty important. 402 00:20:50,124 --> 00:20:52,574 Yeah, well, I used to think a lot of things 403 00:20:52,651 --> 00:20:54,451 are pretty important, OK? 404 00:20:54,528 --> 00:20:57,371 I don't anymore. 405 00:20:57,448 --> 00:20:58,914 Why not? 406 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:01,667 Because, people don't live very long with my family, OK? 407 00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:02,960 Good enough for you? 408 00:21:03,037 --> 00:21:04,503 You don't really think that you're going 409 00:21:04,580 --> 00:21:05,879 to get sick because Lee did? 410 00:21:05,956 --> 00:21:08,340 We have the same genes, don't we? 411 00:21:08,417 --> 00:21:09,925 We come from the same family. 412 00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:13,262 And you have one color hair and she's got another. 413 00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:15,648 Jennifer, you're not your sister and she's not you. 414 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:24,273 I never thought kids could really die. 415 00:21:24,350 --> 00:21:27,276 I thought it was just for grandparents and stuff 416 00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:29,570 like that. 417 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:31,463 Well, I was stupid. 418 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:34,834 It doesn't have anything to do with how good you are. 419 00:21:34,910 --> 00:21:37,453 Don't give me any of that God stuff about how he looks 420 00:21:37,529 --> 00:21:40,464 out for you because he doesn't. 421 00:21:40,541 --> 00:21:42,082 Lee didn't do anything wrong. 422 00:21:42,159 --> 00:21:44,209 What's she being punished for? 423 00:21:44,286 --> 00:21:45,260 She's not. 424 00:21:45,338 --> 00:21:47,629 She's got cancer, doesn't she? 425 00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:49,131 That's not a punishment. 426 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:50,466 What would you call it, then? 427 00:21:50,542 --> 00:21:55,721 A disease, a vicious disease that very, very 428 00:21:55,798 --> 00:21:57,740 rarely strikes kids your age. 429 00:22:01,178 --> 00:22:02,311 I'm scared. 430 00:22:02,388 --> 00:22:03,362 I'm so scared. 431 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,150 I know. 432 00:22:08,227 --> 00:22:09,035 I know. 433 00:22:13,148 --> 00:22:14,457 But don't you see, that's why it's 434 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:16,992 so important to talk about it. 435 00:22:17,069 --> 00:22:21,038 Just bring that fear out in the open so you can deal with it, 436 00:22:21,115 --> 00:22:24,583 because then you can help Lee deal with it. 437 00:22:24,660 --> 00:22:25,551 She needs you now. 438 00:22:25,628 --> 00:22:28,629 She needs her sister. 439 00:22:28,639 --> 00:22:29,588 What can I do? 440 00:22:29,665 --> 00:22:31,173 I can't help her. 441 00:22:31,250 --> 00:22:33,342 Sure, you can. 442 00:22:33,419 --> 00:22:35,394 Come on, you know, there's lots of things a kid can't 443 00:22:35,471 --> 00:22:37,045 talk to their parents about. 444 00:22:37,123 --> 00:22:41,850 You know, secrets you can only tell your brother or sister. 445 00:22:41,927 --> 00:22:44,103 Aren't you and Lee like that? 446 00:22:44,179 --> 00:22:50,442 We used to be before she got sick. 447 00:22:50,519 --> 00:22:54,196 Let it be that way again. 448 00:22:54,273 --> 00:23:00,327 Jennifer, you're alive, and your sister's alive. 449 00:23:00,404 --> 00:23:05,165 Life's so short no matter how long you live, and what a shame 450 00:23:05,242 --> 00:23:06,750 it would be to waste any of it worrying 451 00:23:06,827 --> 00:23:10,212 about what might happen. 452 00:23:10,289 --> 00:23:11,455 Yeah. 453 00:23:11,532 --> 00:23:14,392 I just-- I love her, and I-- 454 00:23:17,012 --> 00:23:20,931 Don't tell me, kiddo, tell her. 455 00:23:20,942 --> 00:23:22,858 She needs to hear that from you. 456 00:23:25,304 --> 00:23:27,071 And I think you need to say it. 457 00:23:31,869 --> 00:23:33,411 OK, my baby. 458 00:23:36,148 --> 00:23:37,039 OK. 459 00:23:39,860 --> 00:23:40,909 [knocking] 460 00:23:40,986 --> 00:23:42,086 Come in. 461 00:23:46,426 --> 00:23:48,426 Hi. 462 00:23:48,502 --> 00:23:50,752 Hi. 463 00:23:50,829 --> 00:23:53,714 How do you feel? 464 00:23:53,724 --> 00:23:54,849 OK, I guess. 465 00:23:57,803 --> 00:24:02,347 Lee, can I-- 466 00:24:02,424 --> 00:24:05,392 can I talk to you? 467 00:24:05,469 --> 00:24:06,902 I suppose. 468 00:24:15,145 --> 00:24:17,905 What do you want to talk about? 469 00:24:17,981 --> 00:24:21,992 I don't know, stuff. 470 00:24:22,069 --> 00:24:24,620 What kind of stuff? 471 00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:27,956 Well, I don't know. 472 00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:29,133 I got this problem. 473 00:24:32,371 --> 00:24:33,262 What? 474 00:24:35,624 --> 00:24:37,966 Well, Tommy Henderson asked me to go with him, 475 00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:40,928 and he's real nice and everything and maybe I 476 00:24:41,004 --> 00:24:43,639 would, except for Maria Park, so, you 477 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:46,391 know, the girl with the red hair that's in my home room? 478 00:24:46,402 --> 00:24:49,778 Well, she said that she thinks that Brian Wilkerson likes me 479 00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:51,355 and he maybe might ask me to go with him. 480 00:24:51,431 --> 00:24:53,732 And, I mean, I really like him a lot. 481 00:24:53,809 --> 00:24:56,151 But I don't want to hurt Tommy Anderson's feelings either. 482 00:24:56,228 --> 00:25:00,989 So I mean, I don't know what to do. 483 00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:02,224 Jennifer? 484 00:25:04,861 --> 00:25:07,746 I mean, come on, give me a break. 485 00:25:07,823 --> 00:25:10,332 I got cancer, what do I care? 486 00:25:10,409 --> 00:25:11,800 Yeah, well, big deal your cancer. 487 00:25:11,877 --> 00:25:12,834 I'm talking about boys here. 488 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:13,794 This is important. 489 00:25:13,870 --> 00:25:16,138 [music playing] 490 00:25:47,088 --> 00:25:49,454 Bobby was asleep already. 491 00:25:49,531 --> 00:25:51,582 Seems like all he does lately is sleep. 492 00:25:51,658 --> 00:25:53,750 Well, he's a growing boy. 493 00:25:53,827 --> 00:25:54,718 He needs his sleep. 494 00:26:05,756 --> 00:26:06,805 This is cozy. 495 00:26:06,882 --> 00:26:07,731 Mm-hmm. 496 00:26:12,721 --> 00:26:13,696 I want to get pregnant. 497 00:26:16,650 --> 00:26:18,859 What? 498 00:26:18,935 --> 00:26:20,736 I want to get pregnant. 499 00:26:20,812 --> 00:26:24,573 I want to have another baby. 500 00:26:24,584 --> 00:26:26,625 Lisa, is this a joke? 501 00:26:30,947 --> 00:26:33,090 I want to feel some life inside of me. 502 00:26:36,036 --> 00:26:39,796 Well, let's go out for some Cajun food. 503 00:26:39,873 --> 00:26:41,890 Jim, I'm serious. 504 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:42,924 So am I, Lisa. 505 00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:44,101 Forget it. 506 00:26:48,507 --> 00:26:50,149 I don't know what you can be thinking of. 507 00:26:57,933 --> 00:27:00,942 We're going to lose her, Jim. 508 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:02,844 We're going to lose our firstborn. 509 00:27:06,441 --> 00:27:07,783 So what you want to do, you want 510 00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:08,992 to have a replacement child? 511 00:27:09,069 --> 00:27:10,127 Yes. 512 00:27:12,048 --> 00:27:14,956 Lisa, for crying out loud. 513 00:27:15,033 --> 00:27:17,459 I'm trying to figure out if we can afford to have a bone 514 00:27:17,536 --> 00:27:19,628 marrow transplant for Lee without bankrupting us, 515 00:27:19,705 --> 00:27:21,630 without losing the house, everything we've got 516 00:27:21,707 --> 00:27:23,423 on an operation that probably won't even work, 517 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:27,302 and you're talking about having another kid. 518 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:30,305 How can you even think about it? 519 00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:31,390 Is there any other pressure you'd 520 00:27:31,466 --> 00:27:33,141 like to put on this family? 521 00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:35,519 All you ever think about is the money. 522 00:27:35,595 --> 00:27:37,354 Because I'm the one who has to make it. 523 00:27:37,431 --> 00:27:39,022 I'm the one who's responsible here. 524 00:27:39,099 --> 00:27:40,816 I'm the one who gets to see to it 525 00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:42,409 that there's enough for the two other kids we've already got. 526 00:27:47,858 --> 00:27:49,700 Where are you going? 527 00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:50,668 Out. 528 00:28:01,872 --> 00:28:02,721 Give me a beer. 529 00:28:10,964 --> 00:28:12,706 Oh, brother. 530 00:28:12,783 --> 00:28:15,684 The one seat that's left in one bar that's open, 531 00:28:15,761 --> 00:28:17,602 and it's next to you. 532 00:28:17,679 --> 00:28:18,662 Uncanny, isn't it? 533 00:28:22,017 --> 00:28:23,775 How are you doing? 534 00:28:23,852 --> 00:28:27,612 Great, OK? 535 00:28:27,689 --> 00:28:30,365 Nice shirt. 536 00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:32,200 Look, Jim, if you feel like talking, 537 00:28:32,277 --> 00:28:34,169 I got nothing better to do than listen. 538 00:28:39,201 --> 00:28:40,041 Well, how about it? 539 00:28:40,118 --> 00:28:41,877 Want to shoot some pool? 540 00:28:41,953 --> 00:28:42,803 You don't have to talk. 541 00:28:51,797 --> 00:28:55,098 You know what my wife told me tonight? 542 00:28:55,175 --> 00:28:58,518 She wants to get pregnant. 543 00:28:58,595 --> 00:29:01,855 I mean, the last two years of Lee's illness, 544 00:29:01,932 --> 00:29:05,734 it's eaten up all our insurance. 545 00:29:05,811 --> 00:29:09,946 We don't have any catastrophic illness insurance, just 546 00:29:10,023 --> 00:29:11,623 my regular health plan at work. 547 00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:17,913 There ought to be catastrophic illness 548 00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:19,256 insurance in this country. 549 00:29:21,993 --> 00:29:23,177 We sure as hell don't have any. 550 00:29:23,253 --> 00:29:26,588 From now on, it comes out of our pocket. 551 00:29:26,665 --> 00:29:30,425 First thing it goes to savings for the kids' college. 552 00:29:30,502 --> 00:29:33,094 The only other thing I got is the house. 553 00:29:33,171 --> 00:29:34,587 I mean, we're cutting into muscle here. 554 00:29:34,664 --> 00:29:35,847 I got two other kids I got to raise, 555 00:29:35,924 --> 00:29:37,891 and she wants another one. 556 00:29:37,968 --> 00:29:39,142 I mean, I'm the father, dammit. 557 00:29:39,219 --> 00:29:42,521 I'm responsible here. 558 00:29:42,597 --> 00:29:44,022 You in the service, Jim? 559 00:29:44,099 --> 00:29:45,440 Yeah, Vietnam. 560 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:46,942 Grunt. 561 00:29:47,018 --> 00:29:48,443 Me, too. 562 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,246 I was a squad leader. 563 00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:52,914 Yeah, squad leader. 564 00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:55,742 Got all the way to E4 before they busted me. 565 00:29:55,819 --> 00:29:58,620 I used to tell that same line to myself. 566 00:29:58,697 --> 00:29:59,579 Line? 567 00:29:59,656 --> 00:30:00,613 What line? 568 00:30:00,690 --> 00:30:01,631 What are you talking about? 569 00:30:01,342 --> 00:30:04,626 I had a friend who got hit. 570 00:30:04,703 --> 00:30:06,628 Actually, a lot of them got hit. 571 00:30:06,705 --> 00:30:09,965 But this one guy and I, we were real close. 572 00:30:10,041 --> 00:30:11,466 Do you think Omar broke? 573 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:12,717 No way. 574 00:30:12,728 --> 00:30:14,178 No. 575 00:30:14,254 --> 00:30:16,304 I said, Hey, I don't have time to cry. 576 00:30:16,381 --> 00:30:18,265 I don't have time for pain. 577 00:30:18,341 --> 00:30:19,766 I am a squad leader. 578 00:30:19,843 --> 00:30:20,976 I am responsible. 579 00:30:21,052 --> 00:30:23,311 I have work to do. 580 00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:25,355 Besides, I couldn't control it. 581 00:30:25,366 --> 00:30:27,649 I could not control the enemy's incoming rounds. 582 00:30:27,726 --> 00:30:30,777 I could not control who it would hit. 583 00:30:30,854 --> 00:30:33,530 So I looked around for the things that I could control. 584 00:30:33,607 --> 00:30:39,077 And I said, Hey, that is all I am going to think about. 585 00:30:39,154 --> 00:30:45,000 Like you, right now, pretending that all you're thinking about 586 00:30:45,076 --> 00:30:45,884 is the money. 587 00:30:50,850 --> 00:30:53,675 I don't blame you, Joe. 588 00:30:53,752 --> 00:30:54,451 Really. 589 00:30:54,528 --> 00:30:55,519 I don't blame you. 590 00:31:04,804 --> 00:31:05,829 She's my baby. 591 00:31:09,410 --> 00:31:11,660 She's-- she's my little girl. 592 00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:17,624 I love her so much. 593 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:29,377 Let it go, pal, let it go. 594 00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:31,972 [music playing] 595 00:31:50,934 --> 00:31:52,459 Boss, I'm telling you. 596 00:31:52,535 --> 00:31:54,369 I know you're going to give Mark the stuff. 597 00:31:54,446 --> 00:31:57,322 The way it's going, I'm going to end up with a skinny partner 598 00:31:57,399 --> 00:32:01,409 and you're going to end up with a fat angel. 599 00:32:01,486 --> 00:32:04,004 [door opens] 600 00:32:08,994 --> 00:32:10,010 How'd it go? 601 00:32:12,872 --> 00:32:13,838 Well, you were right. 602 00:32:13,915 --> 00:32:16,758 I never should have judged him. 603 00:32:16,835 --> 00:32:20,345 I mean, that guy has been through hell and back. 604 00:32:20,422 --> 00:32:22,097 He loves that little girl so much, I mean, 605 00:32:22,173 --> 00:32:25,517 he'd do anything for her. 606 00:32:25,593 --> 00:32:26,559 But-- 607 00:32:26,636 --> 00:32:28,728 But what? 608 00:32:28,805 --> 00:32:31,272 But a lot of things. 609 00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:33,441 It's not the money for the operation. 610 00:32:33,518 --> 00:32:36,403 Well, sure, that's part of it. 611 00:32:36,479 --> 00:32:38,530 The man has worked so hard his whole life 612 00:32:38,606 --> 00:32:40,407 to save enough money, you know, to put his kids 613 00:32:40,483 --> 00:32:44,536 through college, to buy a home. 614 00:32:44,612 --> 00:32:47,122 And this operation will wipe him all out. 615 00:32:47,198 --> 00:32:50,041 But it wasn't just the money. 616 00:32:50,118 --> 00:32:52,293 No. 617 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:55,296 No, it's the fear and the pain of getting their hopes up again 618 00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:59,467 and then having the roof fall in, 619 00:32:59,544 --> 00:33:01,803 of having to watch their little daughter 620 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:08,068 suffer through all that pain again, maybe all for nothing. 621 00:33:19,022 --> 00:33:23,291 Jon, I don't know if I was in his shoes, I could make it. 622 00:33:26,196 --> 00:33:27,212 I don't know. 623 00:33:34,496 --> 00:33:37,922 You couldn't if you were alone. 624 00:33:37,999 --> 00:33:39,057 Nobody makes it alone. 625 00:33:44,631 --> 00:33:47,149 Oh, boy. 626 00:33:47,225 --> 00:33:51,186 You know what I tried to do tonight driving home? 627 00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:53,688 I tried to use the stuff. 628 00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:55,264 Yeah, I said, all right. 629 00:33:55,342 --> 00:33:57,358 All right, I want to see the money for that operation. 630 00:33:57,435 --> 00:33:59,102 I want to see the money for the operation. 631 00:33:58,912 --> 00:34:02,155 I want to see it right here on the front seat beside me. 632 00:34:02,232 --> 00:34:07,702 And Bingo, nothing. 633 00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:09,579 No miracle. 634 00:34:09,656 --> 00:34:13,374 It's not that easy, Mark, and it shouldn't be. 635 00:34:13,451 --> 00:34:15,543 Miracles happen, don't they, Jonathan? 636 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,712 Sure, they do, but they're not brought about by wishing. 637 00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:21,040 They're brought about by doing, by people loving and caring. 638 00:34:24,671 --> 00:34:26,688 What would be the greatest miracle you could think of? 639 00:34:29,717 --> 00:34:35,688 World peace, no threats, no war, no more hate. 640 00:34:35,765 --> 00:34:37,899 And all it would take to accomplish that would 641 00:34:37,976 --> 00:34:41,236 be loving and caring. 642 00:34:41,312 --> 00:34:44,405 But Jonathan, how do you reach them? 643 00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:46,991 How do you get them to hear that message when 644 00:34:47,068 --> 00:34:48,910 all they ever hear on the news is-- 645 00:34:48,987 --> 00:34:51,121 is war and killing and disaster? 646 00:34:51,131 --> 00:34:52,247 Make them hear. 647 00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:54,341 Oh, oh, that's right. 648 00:34:54,417 --> 00:34:55,992 Yeah, well, I'll just call up Tom Brokaw. 649 00:34:56,069 --> 00:34:59,379 I'll call up Dan Rather and I'll say, Hey, this is Mark Gordon. 650 00:34:59,455 --> 00:35:01,422 I'd like to be on the news tonight. 651 00:35:01,499 --> 00:35:04,351 Now what do you think they'd say to that? 652 00:35:04,427 --> 00:35:10,348 I don't know, but this is your assignment, 653 00:35:10,425 --> 00:35:11,608 and you've got the stuff. 654 00:35:17,074 --> 00:35:20,817 Lee, all I'm saying is what if the money wasn't the problem? 655 00:35:20,894 --> 00:35:22,936 What if it could be gotten without touching 656 00:35:23,012 --> 00:35:26,281 your folks' money, if I could just fall out of the sky? 657 00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:27,407 Would you do it then? 658 00:35:27,483 --> 00:35:30,285 Would you have the transplant then? 659 00:35:30,361 --> 00:35:33,255 I don't know. 660 00:35:33,331 --> 00:35:37,375 I'm so scared of going through all that and then-- 661 00:35:37,452 --> 00:35:39,002 Honey, I know. 662 00:35:39,078 --> 00:35:40,879 And we're all scared. 663 00:35:40,955 --> 00:35:42,839 Hey, listen. 664 00:35:42,916 --> 00:35:45,216 You once said you wanted to make a contribution, 665 00:35:45,293 --> 00:35:47,302 make your life count for something. 666 00:35:47,378 --> 00:35:49,888 Well, was that just talk? 667 00:35:49,898 --> 00:35:51,431 Or was it true? 668 00:35:51,507 --> 00:35:53,641 More than anything else. 669 00:35:53,718 --> 00:35:56,561 I want it to matter that I was alive. 670 00:35:56,638 --> 00:35:59,314 Then stop talking in the past tense. 671 00:35:59,390 --> 00:36:01,149 You're still here. 672 00:36:01,226 --> 00:36:02,525 You're not the only one around needs 673 00:36:02,602 --> 00:36:05,320 money for some kind of special medical care. 674 00:36:05,396 --> 00:36:07,739 You're pretty, you're bright, you're articulate, 675 00:36:07,815 --> 00:36:10,742 and you have the ability to get people to listen to you. 676 00:36:10,818 --> 00:36:11,993 You know you do. 677 00:36:12,070 --> 00:36:13,211 So what do you say? 678 00:36:13,288 --> 00:36:14,996 We get out and try to raise some money. 679 00:36:15,073 --> 00:36:18,833 Not just for you, but for the other kids around like you. 680 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:21,628 That's a contribution you can make, 681 00:36:21,704 --> 00:36:26,299 and maybe that's a contribution that only you can make. 682 00:36:26,376 --> 00:36:27,434 What do you say? 683 00:36:33,258 --> 00:36:35,525 OK, but how are we going to get 684 00:36:35,602 --> 00:36:38,186 those people to listen to us? 685 00:36:38,263 --> 00:36:39,863 You just let me take care of that. 686 00:36:45,144 --> 00:36:46,819 Excuse me, Mr. Harris. 687 00:36:46,896 --> 00:36:48,362 Yes, that's right. 688 00:36:47,873 --> 00:36:49,530 Who are you? How did you get in here? 689 00:36:49,607 --> 00:36:51,574 I'm here about the story you're going to run on the news 690 00:36:51,651 --> 00:36:52,358 tonight. 691 00:36:52,436 --> 00:36:53,793 What story? 692 00:36:53,870 --> 00:36:56,120 A story about a little girl named Lee Bradley. 693 00:36:56,197 --> 00:36:58,039 She needs a bone marrow transplant, 694 00:36:58,116 --> 00:37:00,959 and a lot of other kids who need money for operations, too. 695 00:37:01,035 --> 00:37:03,002 Look, I don't think we're doing that story tonight. 696 00:37:03,079 --> 00:37:04,462 You are now. 697 00:37:04,539 --> 00:37:06,214 I don't think you understand. 698 00:37:06,291 --> 00:37:07,949 I mean, we got the vice president here 699 00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:10,218 and we got the town council meeting and tonight's 700 00:37:10,295 --> 00:37:12,053 the first segment on a three-part series 701 00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:13,513 on Hawaiian bikinis. 702 00:37:13,590 --> 00:37:15,723 Yeah, but now you've got a better idea. 703 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,684 Your station's going to get behind helping these kids. 704 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:19,477 You're going to go all the way with them, 705 00:37:19,554 --> 00:37:21,688 because you know it's right. 706 00:37:21,764 --> 00:37:24,315 That's more important than bikini's, and you 707 00:37:24,392 --> 00:37:26,651 can run that story any time. 708 00:37:26,728 --> 00:37:29,862 This little girl is running out of time. 709 00:37:29,939 --> 00:37:31,706 Look, pal. 710 00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:33,574 I know this is important to you, but TV news is a business. 711 00:37:33,651 --> 00:37:35,910 I mean, we're talking ratings. 712 00:37:35,987 --> 00:37:37,045 I'm sorry. 713 00:37:37,122 --> 00:37:39,539 Maybe next week, but no chance this week. 714 00:37:39,615 --> 00:37:41,416 Well, have it your way. 715 00:37:41,492 --> 00:37:44,085 I didn't want to use the stuff, but-- 716 00:37:44,162 --> 00:37:45,703 What stuff? 717 00:37:45,780 --> 00:37:47,839 Hey, what are you, trying to threaten me? 718 00:37:47,915 --> 00:37:50,433 [chimes] 719 00:37:53,713 --> 00:37:55,488 Now why don't you pick up that phone 720 00:37:55,565 --> 00:37:59,267 and tell Donaldson you're going to cancel the bikini story? 721 00:37:59,344 --> 00:38:00,360 Excuse me a minute. 722 00:38:03,306 --> 00:38:04,397 Donaldson, please. 723 00:38:04,474 --> 00:38:06,190 Yeah, Clive Harris. 724 00:38:06,267 --> 00:38:07,608 Donaldson, we're going to postpone 725 00:38:07,685 --> 00:38:09,736 that bikini series tonight. 726 00:38:09,812 --> 00:38:12,613 That's right, because we can run it any time. 727 00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:14,657 Now look, don't argue with me. 728 00:38:14,734 --> 00:38:18,286 This is the right thing to do. 729 00:38:18,363 --> 00:38:20,330 Hi. 730 00:38:20,406 --> 00:38:25,460 My name is Lee Bradley, and like all of you who are watching, 731 00:38:25,536 --> 00:38:26,678 I'm going to die. 732 00:38:29,082 --> 00:38:34,302 In my case, though, it might come a little sooner-- 733 00:38:34,379 --> 00:38:38,806 like real soon if I don't get an operation. 734 00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:41,976 There are a lot of kids like me who face operations 735 00:38:42,053 --> 00:38:44,062 that could save our lives. 736 00:38:44,072 --> 00:38:48,775 Only problem is, these things cost money-- a lot of money. 737 00:38:48,851 --> 00:38:55,573 So many times when death takes a young life, we shake our heads 738 00:38:55,650 --> 00:38:57,125 and we say it's a horrible thing, 739 00:38:57,202 --> 00:39:01,829 but there's nothing we can do, except that there is something 740 00:39:01,906 --> 00:39:05,833 that people can do, and it's the easiest thing in the world. 741 00:39:05,844 --> 00:39:11,556 It's giving money, a little or a lot, whatever you can afford. 742 00:39:11,633 --> 00:39:12,840 Hey, down a minute. 743 00:39:12,917 --> 00:39:17,512 To research, for treatment centers or-- 744 00:39:17,588 --> 00:39:20,556 or in this case, to the fund that we're setting up. 745 00:39:20,633 --> 00:39:24,060 And as my friend calls Mark calls him, 746 00:39:24,137 --> 00:39:27,522 maybe the boss upstairs pays attention when you do 747 00:39:27,598 --> 00:39:30,108 something to help somebody out. 748 00:39:30,118 --> 00:39:31,926 I don't know. 749 00:39:32,003 --> 00:39:33,569 Maybe it's buying cheap brownie points in heaven. 750 00:39:33,580 --> 00:39:35,029 I don't know about that. 751 00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:35,997 Dinner honey. 752 00:39:36,074 --> 00:39:36,973 Wait. 753 00:39:37,050 --> 00:39:37,891 LEE BRADLEY: What I do know-- 754 00:39:37,967 --> 00:39:40,201 This girl's in my class. 755 00:39:40,278 --> 00:39:44,872 LEE BRADLEY: --is that we all share the same planet, 756 00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:49,043 and we all lose when a young life gets cut off. 757 00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:52,922 Because nobody knows the contributions that each of us 758 00:39:52,999 --> 00:39:55,100 can make if we only have the time. 759 00:39:57,962 --> 00:40:02,432 So think about that tonight when you're home with your family, 760 00:40:02,508 --> 00:40:04,567 and maybe hug your kids a little closer. 761 00:40:07,605 --> 00:40:09,239 Please help. 762 00:40:09,315 --> 00:40:10,581 Yes. 763 00:40:10,658 --> 00:40:11,566 Oh, how do you spell your last name? 764 00:40:11,642 --> 00:40:13,943 Yes, I will. 765 00:40:14,020 --> 00:40:15,453 Thank you. 766 00:40:20,485 --> 00:40:22,577 Listen, guys like you keep calling, 767 00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:24,912 we're going to make it just fine. 768 00:40:24,923 --> 00:40:25,663 Yeah, right. 769 00:40:25,740 --> 00:40:27,373 Thanks a lot. 770 00:40:27,450 --> 00:40:28,291 I know what you mean. 771 00:40:28,367 --> 00:40:29,250 You bet I will. You bet. 772 00:40:29,327 --> 00:40:30,209 Goodbye. 773 00:40:30,286 --> 00:40:32,295 Thank you. 774 00:40:32,371 --> 00:40:33,713 This guy owns a hamburger stand. 775 00:40:33,789 --> 00:40:35,723 He's going to donate one day's profits. 776 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,301 It's going to be around $500. 777 00:40:38,377 --> 00:40:39,644 It's unreal. 778 00:40:39,721 --> 00:40:42,063 Hey, when you got the stuff, you got the stuff. 779 00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:43,172 No, no. 780 00:40:43,250 --> 00:40:45,183 She's the one who's got the stuff, 781 00:40:45,259 --> 00:40:47,402 and the people who are giving, that's the real stuff, 782 00:40:47,479 --> 00:40:48,352 you know? 783 00:40:48,429 --> 00:40:50,062 I know what you mean. 784 00:40:50,073 --> 00:40:51,022 Hey, Bradley-- 785 00:40:51,098 --> 00:40:51,981 3-2-6. 786 00:40:51,992 --> 00:40:52,949 Oh, $25. 787 00:41:00,833 --> 00:41:02,867 As I am speaking, Lee Bradley is undergoing a bone 788 00:41:02,944 --> 00:41:05,536 marrow transplant the doctors say 789 00:41:05,613 --> 00:41:07,672 may give her a chance to live. 790 00:41:16,057 --> 00:41:17,548 VOICE ON INTERCOM: X-ray technician, 791 00:41:17,625 --> 00:41:19,726 call the emergency room. 792 00:41:24,799 --> 00:41:27,308 Mom, can I have some money for a soda? 793 00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:28,559 What? 794 00:41:28,636 --> 00:41:30,361 I want a soda. 795 00:41:30,438 --> 00:41:32,614 Bobby, please, just leave me alone right now, OK? 796 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,242 Hey, you know where the soda machine is? 797 00:41:44,318 --> 00:41:47,537 Yeah, around the corner at the end of the hall. 798 00:41:47,613 --> 00:41:49,172 Come on. I'm thirsty, too. 799 00:41:49,249 --> 00:41:50,122 Let's get one. 800 00:41:50,199 --> 00:41:51,049 Thanks. 801 00:41:53,494 --> 00:41:56,796 Oh, not easy being the youngest sometimes, is it? 802 00:41:56,872 --> 00:41:59,757 Nobody ever pays any attention to me anymore. 803 00:41:59,834 --> 00:42:02,093 Oh, I shouldn't have said that. 804 00:42:02,169 --> 00:42:03,386 Why not? 805 00:42:03,462 --> 00:42:04,762 Because of God. 806 00:42:04,839 --> 00:42:06,597 What's God got to do with it? 807 00:42:06,674 --> 00:42:08,724 Well, he hears everything, Mr. Smith. 808 00:42:08,801 --> 00:42:10,184 Does he? 809 00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:11,419 I don't know. 810 00:42:11,496 --> 00:42:14,438 That's what they said in Sunday school. 811 00:42:14,449 --> 00:42:17,692 A lot of people he's got to listen to, don't you think? 812 00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:19,610 I don't know, you know? 813 00:42:19,687 --> 00:42:22,780 I don't even go to Sunday school anymore. 814 00:42:22,857 --> 00:42:24,740 And I'm starting up again real soon. 815 00:42:24,817 --> 00:42:27,285 I'm going to start going to church again, too. 816 00:42:27,361 --> 00:42:28,460 Good. 817 00:42:28,538 --> 00:42:29,587 What kind of soda do you want? 818 00:42:29,664 --> 00:42:30,997 Root beer, please. 819 00:42:33,868 --> 00:42:36,961 How come you're starting back at church again? 820 00:42:37,038 --> 00:42:41,975 Well, it's-- it's pretty confusing, you know? 821 00:42:42,051 --> 00:42:46,137 I mean, I believed all that stuff they said, 822 00:42:46,213 --> 00:42:50,016 that God always hears and he always looks after you. 823 00:42:50,026 --> 00:42:55,730 Then Lee got sick, and I prayed she'd get better. 824 00:42:55,806 --> 00:42:58,149 But she got worse. 825 00:42:58,225 --> 00:43:01,152 And then I didn't believe in him anymore. 826 00:43:01,228 --> 00:43:05,531 Then I figured, you know, maybe she got 827 00:43:05,608 --> 00:43:08,117 worse because I didn't believe. 828 00:43:08,194 --> 00:43:11,162 I mean, maybe I got God mad at me, 829 00:43:11,238 --> 00:43:14,665 and that's why he's doing all this stuff to me. 830 00:43:14,742 --> 00:43:18,002 So I made him a deal. 831 00:43:18,079 --> 00:43:22,140 I said, "You let her get better, and I'll go back," see? 832 00:43:24,585 --> 00:43:26,594 You really think that God would do all this 833 00:43:26,605 --> 00:43:29,347 to Lee just to get back at you? 834 00:43:29,357 --> 00:43:30,723 Boy, I don't think so. 835 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,768 That doesn't sound like God to me. 836 00:43:33,844 --> 00:43:36,354 Let me tell you something, Bobby. 837 00:43:36,430 --> 00:43:40,358 God loves you and your sister very, very much, 838 00:43:40,434 --> 00:43:44,862 and he isn't the one who made her sick. 839 00:43:44,939 --> 00:43:46,414 I wish I could believe that. 840 00:43:49,235 --> 00:43:51,044 Thanks for the soda, Mr. Smith. 841 00:44:09,296 --> 00:44:10,346 VOICE ON RADIO: On the local scene, 842 00:44:10,423 --> 00:44:12,264 more good news about Lee Bradley, 843 00:44:12,341 --> 00:44:15,017 the young girl who has led a crusade in Seaview to raise 844 00:44:15,094 --> 00:44:18,020 money for her bone transplant and for operations 845 00:44:18,097 --> 00:44:20,147 for many other children in the area. 846 00:44:20,224 --> 00:44:23,192 Doctors released a report today stating that all signs are 847 00:44:23,269 --> 00:44:26,070 good, and they are awaiting the results of further tests 848 00:44:26,147 --> 00:44:30,408 to determine whether Lee is in remission. 849 00:44:30,484 --> 00:44:32,827 Oh, what a kid, huh? 850 00:44:32,903 --> 00:44:34,212 What a fighter. 851 00:44:34,288 --> 00:44:36,673 Yeah, you're really proud of yourself, aren't you? 852 00:44:36,749 --> 00:44:38,207 Well, I got to tell you, you know, 853 00:44:38,284 --> 00:44:40,584 I was a little nervous when I got the whole assignment 854 00:44:40,661 --> 00:44:42,670 and stuff, you know. 855 00:44:42,681 --> 00:44:43,879 But, yeah. 856 00:44:43,890 --> 00:44:46,966 I really am proud of myself. 857 00:44:47,042 --> 00:44:48,976 She couldn't have had a better angel on the job. 858 00:44:51,305 --> 00:44:52,230 Yeah. 859 00:45:00,389 --> 00:45:03,116 I guess I'd better check on what room she's in. 860 00:45:09,690 --> 00:45:10,540 I don't see her name. 861 00:45:13,652 --> 00:45:14,869 Excuse me. 862 00:45:14,945 --> 00:45:16,871 Can you tell me what room Lee Bradley is in? 863 00:45:16,947 --> 00:45:19,582 She's gone, Mr. Gordon. 864 00:45:19,592 --> 00:45:21,709 She's gone? 865 00:45:21,786 --> 00:45:23,252 What are you talking about? 866 00:45:23,329 --> 00:45:24,962 She was doing so well, I just talked to her doctor. 867 00:45:25,039 --> 00:45:26,839 Mr. Gordon, calm down. 868 00:45:26,916 --> 00:45:28,382 She's OK. 869 00:45:28,459 --> 00:45:29,333 But you just said. 870 00:45:29,410 --> 00:45:30,843 I said she was gone. 871 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:32,595 She doesn't need to be here anymore. 872 00:45:32,671 --> 00:45:34,147 She's in a regular room now. 873 00:45:36,884 --> 00:45:39,894 I'm sorry if I scared you. 874 00:45:39,970 --> 00:45:41,687 You didn't scare me. 875 00:45:41,764 --> 00:45:42,697 It's a good thing. 876 00:45:42,774 --> 00:45:44,407 I'm not on solid food anymore. 877 00:45:48,687 --> 00:45:51,080 Hey, look at this one. 878 00:45:54,235 --> 00:45:55,526 The whole class signed it. 879 00:45:55,602 --> 00:45:58,037 I can't believe all these cards. 880 00:45:58,113 --> 00:45:59,580 I'm going to save them all. 881 00:45:59,591 --> 00:46:00,731 Sure, no problem. 882 00:46:00,808 --> 00:46:03,876 I'll rent a warehouse. 883 00:46:03,953 --> 00:46:04,794 Hi, Kiddo. 884 00:46:04,870 --> 00:46:05,836 Hi, Mark, hi Jonathan. 885 00:46:05,913 --> 00:46:06,712 Hi. 886 00:46:06,789 --> 00:46:08,147 Hi, guys. 887 00:46:10,843 --> 00:46:12,927 You know, you really gave me a scare. 888 00:46:13,003 --> 00:46:16,972 Went down to the laminar flow unit, they said you were gone. 889 00:46:17,049 --> 00:46:19,475 And you thought-- 890 00:46:19,552 --> 00:46:21,977 Gone. 891 00:46:22,054 --> 00:46:24,030 Hey, you can't get rid of her that easy. 892 00:46:26,475 --> 00:46:28,359 You're really doing good, aren't you kiddo? 893 00:46:28,435 --> 00:46:33,197 Well, we'll know how good or bad in a little while. 894 00:46:33,274 --> 00:46:35,699 The doctor is bringing down the test results. 895 00:46:35,776 --> 00:46:37,868 Nail biting time, you know? 896 00:46:37,945 --> 00:46:39,403 Hey, things must have gone pretty well. 897 00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:42,006 At least you're out of the laminar flow unit. 898 00:46:42,083 --> 00:46:45,042 Yeah, well, until they say you're in remission, 899 00:46:45,119 --> 00:46:47,711 I'm not going to believe anything. 900 00:46:47,722 --> 00:46:49,263 Well start believing now, Lee. 901 00:46:51,834 --> 00:46:53,050 Tests are in. 902 00:46:53,127 --> 00:46:57,388 You are definitely in remission. 903 00:46:57,464 --> 00:46:58,815 It's gone? 904 00:46:58,891 --> 00:47:00,458 It's all gone? 905 00:47:00,534 --> 00:47:03,310 I don't know how long this will last, and no guarantees. 906 00:47:03,387 --> 00:47:08,065 And we'll still have to monitor you every month, but as of now, 907 00:47:08,142 --> 00:47:09,408 you're in remission. 908 00:47:13,414 --> 00:47:14,488 Oh, thank God. 909 00:47:14,499 --> 00:47:15,414 Oh. 910 00:47:19,862 --> 00:47:21,662 I'm gonna live. 911 00:47:21,739 --> 00:47:23,497 I'm gonna live. 912 00:47:23,574 --> 00:47:24,415 Oh, Mark. 913 00:47:24,491 --> 00:47:26,008 [music playing] 914 00:48:02,821 --> 00:48:05,548 [chimes]