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Thank you, son.

Time to start taking careof yourself now.

Yeah. Well, thankyou for coming,Dr. Paulsen.

Listen, Michael

when you thinkyou're ready

maybe I can help youwith a job.

I know a nursing homethat's looking for somebody.

You've done such a heroicjob here, I'm sureyou could handle it.

We'll reallymiss Nora.

Take care.

You know, you werethe love of her life.

15 years with a drunkand then cancer.

Some life.

She had you.

Michael.

Good morning.

Morning.Morning.

How can I help you?

I'm here about a job.

Really?

Actually, I heard

there might be one.

Oh, okay.

Well, I guessyou need to talkto our director about...

Oh, Alice

is Helen available?

Yeah, I think so.

Come on. I'll show you to her.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I am so sorry about this.

We're even more short-handedthan usual.

I've got two aidesout sick today.

We'll makethe beds up later.

So, you were telling meabout your last job.

Uh, yes, I was a clerk

at Heller's Grocery.

And then my mothergot worse

and I had to quit.

So your only nursingexperience

was with your mother?

Yes.

You took care of herall by yourself?

That's tough.

So tell me exactlywhat you did for her.

Well, for the pastyear and a half

pretty much everything.

I fed herand bathed her.

Gave her her medications

but mostly just triedto keep her spirits up.

That'll be breakfast.Come on.

Morning, everybody.

Morning.

How y'all today?

Good, good.

Molly, I love that blouse.

That's beautiful.Thank you, Helen

How are you today, Billy Ray?

We're just feeling fine.

Great as usual.

How are you, Stanley?

Terrible.

Well, that's a lotbetter than yesterday.

Much better.

Peggy, you've gotsome mail in the office.

I have to order

some blues in your size

but in the meantime,try this lovely on.

Thank you.

Esther

this is Michael.

He's going to behelping us outfrom now on.

Michael, this Esther Huish.

It's a pleasureto meet you, ma'am.

Michael, why don't yougather up all the old bedding

on this floorand bring it downstairswhen you're through?

Sure.

Are those picturesof your family?

Sorry. Just tryingto make conversation.

I was quite beautiful once.

Thank you.

For what?

For not saying,"And you still are."

Do you know how oftenpeople say that?

It's so ridiculous.

It's patronizing.

I'll try to remember that.

Tell your friends.

I will.

No, you won't.

It was a pleasure to meet you.

Okay. Just do it.

Hey, looks like yougot the job.

Yeah.Lucky for me.

It's lucky for us.

Michael

how'd it go with Esther?

She's tough.

Yes. She needs to getout of her room.

Maybe you couldtake her outside

and walk with her sometimes.

Sure.

You like garlic,don't you?

Do I like garlic.

I thought I'd do a basicspaghetti sauce.

Just pep it up a bit.

That sounds good.

Or we could just havea big bowl of okra.

Okra?

Yeah, don't you remember?

That's how we met.

When I was workinghere, you mean?

Yes, but it was becauseof the okra.

You don't rememberthat part?

Huh-uh.

The store was havinga big sale on okra

and I asked you howto cook it

and you saidyou had no idea.

Well, that sounds right.

Most guys wouldhave tried to fake that.

But you, you wentand got that cardfrom somewhere

and it had all the recipesand all the instructions.

Everything you ever wantedto know about okra.

I still have it.

You do?

Yeah, it was the first thingyou gave me.

I remember talking to you.

And then wanting

to keep talking.

You weresoearnest

and helpful.

You were goingto leave

and you turned backto ask me something.

Oh, yeah, I remember.

It was, like, "How much okra

"do you think I need?

You know, just for myself?"

And then you said

"Three or four..."

Three or four pounds.

I'd still be eating it.

I came backthe very next day.

Yeah.

And that's whenI asked you out.

I don't remember whyyou came back, though.

Well, it wasn'tfor more okra.

Veterans Hospital, Neal.

It's okay, Henry.

You're just goingto the doctor.

You'll be backin time for lunch.

I can hardly wait.

His physician's nameis Dr. Heath, Michael.

Okay, thanks.

Helen, hold up.

Oh, goodness.Hold on.

Can't forget that.

Henry's being a littleuncooperative today.

Do you know if he's hada fall recently?

I don't know.

But he's kind of unsteadyon that crutch.

Not that unsteady.

And not deaf, either.

He has a bad bruiseon his back

and with that cough,it's very uncomfortable.

I prescribedthis new medication.

Here's some samplesto get him started.

Okay.

Please tell Helento let me know

if there's any change.

Yeah, I will.

Thanks again,Dr. Heath.

Yeah, sure.

Okay, here we go,Henry.

Oh, hold on, just let meget the brakes on.

So, should I callthe pharmacy

about these newprescriptions?

Actually, I'll do that.

One of my many chores.

Dr. Heath did give mesome samples.

Maybe we can get

him startedon these.

Yeah, sure.Give him a couple

and I'll take the rest.

Put them away.

Okay, there you go.

Thanks.

Mm-hmm.Good luck.

Okay, Henry,this should help.

Would you likeyour glass of juice?

They don't have glasses.

They have plastic cups.

But, yes, please.

Put it on the table.

There you go.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

You're still here.

Working here, I mean.

That surprises you?

When you didn't come byfor the sheets

I thought... you'd moved on.

I had to take someoneto the hospital

this morning-- Henry.

Do you know him?

Henry? Of course.

He was a soldier.

Did he tell you that?

No. Hardly said anything at all.

In the second world war.

He was wounded in France.

Watch your step.

Sorry.

If it were simply amatter of financial need

there'd beno question.

And your academic records

in the two yearsthat you've completed

were outstanding.

You certainly qualifyon that basis.

Our concern is about your lackof extracurricular activities.

We expect therecipient

of a presidentialscholarship

to try to better the community.

I wish I'd been able to.

I've been working after schoolsince I was 15.

Then as my mother'shealth

deteriorated I... I wasforced to leave college

to care for her.

Which raises a much more

serious objectionto your candidacy.

How do we knowyou won't dropout again?

I give you my word.

Yes, well,we'd all liketo accept that

but as trusteesof this foundation

what guaranteecan you give us

as to yourintentions?

Well, my mother can't die again.

I guaranteeyou that.

Any more questions

for Mr. Keddington?

Thank you, Michael.

We'll let you know.

I don't know, I guessit went okay.

Except for that comment.

Maybe even that was okay.

I mean, Dean Scott,the head of the committee

she winked at mewhen I was leaving.

Oh, she must like you.

No, Faye, don't worry.

She's not my type.

It's all set, Mom.

We've already gotthe turkey ordered.

It's so niceto get outside.

Michael!

Hey.

Hi.

Hi. Esther, thisis Faye Murrow.

Faye, this is Esther Huish.

Hello.

I'm pleasedto meet you.

I hope you don't mind.

I just wasin the area.

I thought I'd seewhere my boyfriend works.

Would you liketo walk with us?

Sure.

Are you cold?

Oh, no.

I should havebrought my scarf.

Would you liketo go back in?

No, thank you.

I'll run back inand get it for you.

Oh, that...

that would be nice.

Faye, do you mind?

Be right back.

Don't worry,I won't run away.

There's a benchover there.

Would you liketo sit down?

All right...

if you'll sit with me.

Okay, I can do that.

I sense somethingin Michael.

A kind of melancholy.

His motherdied recently.

Maybe that's why.

That would explain it.

Just a few weeks ago.

It's good he hasyou then.

You got her outside.

It's reallybeautiful here.

Here we are,Esther.

Thank you.

You're very welcome.

Michael, would you mindif I just sat here

for awhile by myself?

No, thatwould be fine.

Um, we'll be backin a few minutes.

Take your time.

It was niceto meet you.

Yes, dear, it has been nice.

So, Faye,what's going on?

I just got acceptedto UCLA medical school.

When didyou find out?

Just now, this morning.

Oh, Michael, UCLA!

That was my first choice.

Is it okaythat I came here?

'Cause I didn't wantto wait to tell you.

Sure, of course.Are you kidding?

Good for you.

There's a catch though.

My acceptance is conditional

on my completingthese two advanced courses.

So?

Well, they'renot offered here

and I checked--I can take them out there

transferall the credits

graduate on time,all of that.

Well, when would you go?

January.

Oh.

That's the only waythat I could start with

my class in the fall.

You knew I was goingto go somewhere.

Sure.

Just so sudden.

We have a month.

I'm coming backfor the summer.

Faye, I'm really happy for you.

It's wonderful news.

So, Faye, you mustbe so excited.

And it's all so sudden.

You're really leavingfor UCLA next month?

Uh, next week,actually.

It's just fora few days.

Yeah. There wasn't anydorm space available

so we've got to lookfor a place for Faye to live.

It's a tough schoolto get into, I hear.

I guess it doesn't hurt

to have a professorfor a dad.

It didn't hurt thatshe was the smartest girl

in the school either.

Imagine, our Faye isgoing to be a doctor.

We're all so proudof you, honey.

Now, some of youmay not know this

but Michael here is also

in the medicalprofession.

Really?

He's working as a nurse.

Well, as a nurse's aideto be precise.

It's just temporary.

I think that Faye and Michael

should just get married

and move to Californiatogether.

Well, I think they should.

Abby, dear, it's notpolite to tell

other peoplewhat they should do.

Well, why?

You and Daddy

do it all the time.

Man, I can'tbelieve this.

Problem?

Uh, yeah, Helen.

Has me on for Christmas Eve--the late shift.

You have a family thingto go to?

Ooh, muchbetter than that.

Big party.

Well, I could fill in for you.

I mean, everyone's justgoing to be sleeping.

Really?

You don't have somethinggoing on with your girlfriend?

No. No plans.

I'd be happy to.

That would be...

...absolutely fantastic.

You know, I have peopleexpecting me there.

Well, you'd better notmiss it then.

I'll tell Helento put me down.

Well, thank you.

Yeah.

Do you want to go to lunch?

I mean, I knowit's not much

but at least let mebuy you a sandwich.

All day with the oldreally gets to me.

Do you notice howthey never laugh?

They just complain.

They don'tall complain.

Yeah, some don'tdo anything.

They're the worst.

Hi, Alice.Hey.

Like that Estherthat you walk with--

what a case.

I've been theretwo years

and I don't thinkshe's said tenwords to me.

Hmm, well, shetalks to me.

A little.

Lucky you.

Here you go, Alice.

Thanks.

So how'd you wind upat Whitewood?

My dad.

Thought I neededtime in the trenches.

You don't know.

My dad is Starly Richards.

He's head of the State Office

of SocialWelfare Services.

Yeah. I'm being groomedfor a management job.

Wow. Like Helen's.

Oh, higher than that, I hope.

Anyhow, how's your girlfriend?

She sailing offto med school soon, huh?

Mm-hmm. UCLA.

Wow.

She's really gorgeous.

She is goingto cut a swath

right throughthose young interns.

Oh, I mean...

if it weren't for you

she would.

Come here.

Hey, baby.

Welcome home.

So tell me,what's it like?

Oh, it's a bungalow.

And it's gotlots of room

and there's no armoires.

Real closets, and...

Oh, there's even a fireplace.

You're going to love it.

It sounds great.

So, are you hungry?

I could fix you something.

Naw.I don't want to get spoiled.

I like to spoil you.

What do you thinkof oyster stew?

You want to makeoyster stew?

Oh, no, not tonight.

It's for Christmas Eve.

We always have some sortof fish thing

on Christmas Eve.

We're justtrying to decide.

I'm working the late shiftChristmas Eve.

You're working?

Can you get out of it?

Actually, I volunteered.

Why?

I mean, you knew we'dbe doing something.

Uh, to be honest, Faye

it's my first Christmaswithout Mom.

And uh...

I just felt like I needed to bewith the people at Whitewood

who aren't with their families.

Hey...

Let's spendChristmas Day together.

Just...

the two of us.

Make it a special day.

But I already promisedthe sorority

that I'd helpthem distribute gifts

to the needyon Christmas Day.

Well, I can help.

Sure.

Fine decorating party.

Esther's upstairsand you're out here.

Why don't you come inand help us decorate, Henry.

I wasn't invited.

Everyone's invited.

Nobody said anythingto me about it.

Well, I'm askingyou right now.

Okay, Henry, why don'twe sit down

on the lovely blue one.

These lights don't work.

Oh, Diane, the reasonthe lights don't work

is you've gotto test the bulbs.

That's right, Molly.

Actually, why don'tyou help Diane with that.

Peggy.

Peggy, hey, maybe weshouldn't eat the popcorn.

It's probablya little stale.

Last year,Henry ate it all.

I didn't get any.

I'll help.

Henry, you all right?

Can't you give hima pill or something?

Michael, these lightsstill aren't working.

Okay, uh...

Michael, you havea phone call.

It's Jack Murrow.

Uh, can... can you gethis number

and I'll call him back.

Yeah, I can do that.

You... you tried to shut me up.

They all tried to shut me up.

Oops.

Hi.

Good.Glad you could make it.

Mr. Murrow.

Get you a beer?

No, thanks.

You sure?Yeah.

How 'bout pizza?

You do eat pizza, don't you?

Yes.

That's good, sinceI already ordered one.

That's good.

So, uh, Faye tells me

you're up forthe Presidential Scholarship.

Yeah, yeah, we'll see.

That is great.

Education is the key.

Yeah.

Michael, I wantto ask you a question.

How do you feel about Faye?

I love her.

I'm glad to hear you say that

because it tells me thatyou want the best for Faye.

Well, of course.

Michael

Faye is fondof you.

She wants the best for you, too.

And I knowthat she agrees

that this is the time

for you kids to concentrateon your education.

And I think it's time for youto exit the relationship.

You seem very low today.

I'm just a little preoccupied.

I had a meetingwith Faye's father.

Oh, what did he want?

He wastalking about

how I shouldstay out of Faye's way

and we both needto focus on our education

and not rush into anything.

I don't know.

Maybe a lotof what he said made sense.

How so?

I don't wantto get in Faye's way.

I don't want to hold her back.

Maybe I should justlet her focus on school.

Oh, he's tryingto make you feel guilty

for loving Faye.

You trust your feelings.

Love like that is so precious.

I know.

Talking about Thomas?

I...

How do you know that name?

Have you beenreading my letters?

Well, no, of course not.

You've been prying.

You haveno right

to pry into my life.

It was on the locket, Esther...

No, no,no, no.

No right!

You have no right.

Esther... come on.

The party's started.

I don't feel like a party.

It's Christmas Eve.

You're not goingto sit up here by yourself.

Why not?

Because... I say so.

♪ ...La-la-la-la

♪ Troll the ancientyuletide carol ♪

♪ Fa-la-la-la-la,la-la-la-la ♪

One more time!

Hello, Esther.

♪ Deck the hallswith boughs of holly ♪

Welcome.

♪ Fa-la-la-la-lala-la-la-la ♪

We have a seat for youright over here.

♪ 'Tis the season to be jolly

Merry Christmas.

♪ Fa-la-la-la-lala-la-la-la... ♪

How you doing today,Stanley?

Terrible.

Well, that's betterthan yesterday.

Much better.

♪ Troll the ancientyuletide carol ♪

I'll be right back.

♪ Fa-la-la-la-la...

Marry Christmas,Henry.

Merry Christmas.

I'm sorry I accused youof prying yesterday.

No, you were right.

It was none of my business.

You're a kindyoung man, Michael.

Thank you for stayingwith us tonight.

Merry Christmas, Esther.

Hi.

Hi, Merry Christmasfrom the Sigma Phi Nu sorority.

We have presents for you.

May we come in?

Please.

Oh, Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Children, thesepeople brought ussome presents.

That you so much.

Presentsfor everyone.

And this one's for you.

There you go.

Let's see what we got here.

What do you say,son?

Thank you.

A toy train, justlike I've always wanted.

Michael, it'sa merry Christmas.

A train, a train.

Oh, thank youso much.

What's going on?

They're herefrom the church.

From... no, no, no.

Casey, what?

What do we look like?Charity cases?

Come on, no, thanks.

No, thank you.Come on.

I'm so sorry.

That's all right.

Here you go,come on.

Here,take this.

Hey, give me that.

Come on.

Give me that train.

Please, Dad.

Here, take your train.

We don't need your charity.

Please, Daddy.

Merry Christmas.

We've got another onefor you, dear, too.

Bye, merry Christmas,you guys.

Is something wrong?

Nothing.

Just remembering something.

Want to tell me?

Nah.

Ghost of Christmas past.

Hey, enough withthe good deeds, huh?

Let's go get our presents.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

At least we bothwon't be cold now.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Oh.

Well, it opens and, um...

you can puta picture in it.

If you want.

Oh, yeah.

It's lovely.

It's not what you wanted.

No, it's...

I'm sorry, no,it's a beautiful present.

You were expectingsomething else.

No.

Yes.

Just when you say thatyou wanted to be alone today

and... when I sawthe jewelry box,sure, I thought...

Faye...

Don't you still thinkabout us getting married?

All the time.

But...

maybe it's not right.

For you, I mean.

I mean, this is suchan opportunity.

I don't wantto hold you back.

I want what's best for you.

What's best for me?

Michael...I want you by my side.

That is what's best for me.

And isn't thatwhat we'd planned?

I just feel you'd bebetter off without me.

You're breaking up with me.

No.

No.

I don't know.

Well, it sure sounds likeyou're breaking up with me.

Maybe you'd betterfigure it out.

So what do you do now?

I don't know.

I was just tryingto be realisticabout everything.

Sometimes that's exactlythe wrong thing to be.

You have to talk to herbefore she leaves.

That won't changeanything.

Do you think life givesus second chances?

Probably make the samemistakes all over again.

I don't know.

I've never seen 'emin my life.

Oh, yeah.

In my bureauin the bottom drawer

there's a box.

Could you open it, please?

Look inside.

That's the guyin your locket-- Thomas.

Thomas.

All these are from you.

I've been writingto Thomas for 45 years.

But...

I never sent them.

There's something else.

Now, if you havethe time...

I'd like youto see this.

That's the Betheltownboarding house.

I went to work therewhen I was 16

after my parents died.

Is that you?

Yeah.

The day I married Frank,my first husband.

You were so...

Young, yeah.

That's Matthew.

Our son.

He was mentally handicapped.

That must have been hard.

Yeah.

Frank never accepted him.

He blamed me.

He was a drinker.

And violent, too.

I'm sorry.

We got married beforeI knew any of this.

After a year,he abandoned us

and went to Nevada.

I heard he was killedin a fight.

But he left me some money

which I used to buythe boarding house.

Oh, my.

Thomas?

Thomas.

He came to look for gold.

But he wasn't like the others.

How so?

Oh, the miners were

a rough bunch, mostly.

Thomas was kind.

Matthew loved him.

Yeah, youcan tell.

After a few months,he spent more time helping me

with the boarding housethan prospecting.

I was drawn to him,of course, but

something frightened me.

Well, after yourfirst husband.

Yeah.

He hurt me badly.

This is during the war?

Right at the beginningof the Korean war.

After his training,Thomas came backfor a few days

before he was sent overseas.

He was very sweet.

But...

then one afternoon he said hehad a surprise for me.

That's your locket.

The locket.

"Always Thomas."

I'll never forgetwhat he said.

"I came here to find gold,and I believe I found it."

He said he loved me,asked me to marry him.

Asked me to wait for him.

But...

You turned him down.

Yeah.

Oh, I don't know.

I still don't know.

I was afraid.

I knew he was going away

and if he didn't come back,couldn't face the pain.

That would be too hard.

But you loved him.

More than I knew.

Left in the morningbefore I got up.

Then I knew I'd madea terrible mistake.

But it was too late.

He was gone.

Hello.

Hey, Abby, It's Michael.

Ooh, Michael.

Listen, Faye'sleaving early

the day after tomorrow.

You've got to get down hereand talk to her.

No...

Abby? Hello?

Listen, I thoughtwe agreed that

that sortof emotional distraction

was the last thingFaye needed right now.

Can I just talk to her?

No, I'm sorry. She doesn't wishto speak with you.

Mr. Murrow, I'd just liketo speak with her, please.

Good-bye, Michael.

So did you getto talk to her?

No.

I tried.

Give her time.

She's leaving tomorrow.

I can't stop her.

Her father won't evenlet me talk to her.

I'm beginning to hate him

just as muchas my own father.

Tell meabout your father.

He was a drunk.

He made my mother and Imiserable for 15 years

and then he walked out.

Never saw him again.

I hated him.

And yet...and yet when he left...

it was awful.

Oh, maybe you didn'thate him after all.

Oh, yes, I did.

I still do.

What about Thomas?Did he survive the war?

Yep, but I didn't know it.

I wrote to himfor two yearscare of the army.

I never heard back,then I got married again.

Really?

Not for love.For loneliness.

And for help.

An older man,a nice man.

That summer...the war ended.

I was doing the dishes

Matthew came running

"Tom, Tom, Tom!"

There he was,standing at the gate.

We sat down,had some lemonade.

Took me a good hourto tell him I was married.

When I did,something seemed to die in him.

What did you do?

Nothing I could do.

Five years later my husband diedof a heart attack.

Then I went looking for Thomas.

Did you find him?

Found his house.

Little girl was playingoutside.

Asked her name.

"Katie.

Katie."

Asked her daddy's name.

"Mr. Tom Ricorsi."

And her mother came out smiling.

I said, "I havethe wrong street"

and I drove home.

Wrote my first letterto Thomas that day

but I never sent it.

Could never break upthat family.

That winter

Matthew died.

He got polio.

I've been alone ever since.

But I never stopped hopingI might see Thomas again.

So there's no listing

for a Thomas Ricorsianywhere in the state?

No, sir. There is no listing.

Okay. Yeah, thank you.

Faye.

Oh, no.

It's all right.

Hi.

I needed to see you.

Michael, please.

Listen, listen.

I got the scholarship.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Really. Congratulations.

Listen, hey

I know why you've beenavoiding me, okay?

It's just beenso complex.

No...

Michael, it's not.

You want a guaranteeeverything's goingto be perfect.

I can't give thatto you.

I think I was willingto take that risk

but you weren't.

I'll always love you.

Your attention, please.

We are ready to begin boardingFlight 931 with nonstop service

to Los AngelesInternational Airport.

Hey.

Thanks for coveringfor me the other night.

Yeah.

Are you okay?

Couldn't be better.

Well...

maybe a little better.

Aw, what, did yourgirl go off

to play doctor?

Something like that.

You got any plansfor New Year's?

Because I knowa party.

Uh, I don't think so.

Okay.

Sure. I mean, staying home...

alone... brooding...

definitely has its appeal,I guess.

Actually, I was thinkingabout coming here

and banging bedpans.

Cute.

Come on,it's a party.

You know

fun party?

You remember that, don't you?

Whoo!

I don't know.

Come on.

It's just a party.

Hey!

Excuse me. Sorry.

Michael!

Hey, Alice.

I'm glad youcould make it.

I'll see youinside.

All right.

♪ Gonna give ya good love

♪ Gonna give ya,gonna give ya good love ♪

♪ Gonna give ya good love

♪ Gonna give ya good love,gonna give ya good love... ♪

Michael!

♪ Gonna give ya good love

♪ Gonna give ya,gonna give ya good love... ♪

Hey. You look great.

Thanks.So do you.

Whose castleis this?

It's my friend's.

Do you wantsome champagne?

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

All right,champagne.

Uh, you know what?

I'm going to geta ginger ale.

One ginger ale, please.

Suit yourself.

Thank you.

Cheers.Cheers.

Eli, this is Michael.

He's a fellow prisonerat Whitewood.

Well, actually I thinkwe're the guards

not the prisoners.

Yeah. Speak foryourself, Michael.

Everybody, it's timeto bring in the new year.

You ready?

Ten, nine, eight

seven, six

five, four, three...

Happy New Year.

two, one...

Happy New Year!

♪ Should old acquaintancebe forgot ♪

♪ And never brought to mind?

♪ Should old acquaintance...

That... that was...

That was really happy.

I can be... I can bea whole lot happier.

Um...

Hey, I'm not really, uh...

What's the matter?

Don't you like me?

No...

Don't you thinkI'm pretty, Michael?

Listen, listen,no, hey, you're beautiful

but... I just...

Come here.

♪ We'll drink a cupof kindness yet ♪

♪ For auld lang syne.

Hey...

Uh-uh-uh-uh.

Hey, hey...

Oh, you are notstill thinking

about her, are you?

Yeah, I guess I am, Alice.

Okay?

I can help get ridof that.

Hey, you know, Alice,maybe I should just go.

I mean, it's getting late,all right?

She's not thinkingabout you, Michael.

She's already forgottenabout you.

Oh, good.

You showed up.

Alice, Benny and Carlaall phoned in sick today.

Is that any way to starta new year?

You don't lookany too perky yourself.

I'm fine.Okay.

I need someprescriptions refilled

at the Veteran's Hospital.

Alice is out. I don't have thetime. Do you mind?

It's not a problem.

Good.

I think it's obviouswe have to creditthe procedure.

Hey, Michael.

Hey, Dr. Heath.

I even pulled up a setof his old X-rays.

The differencewas staggering.

You could clearly see theexpansion of the arteries.

Esther.

I'll see you later.

Happy New Year.

Oh, my gosh.

How did you find him?

He's a soldier.

When I was down at theVeteran's Hospital this morning

I asked if they had a vetnamed Ricorsi.

He's living withhis daughter.

That's why there'sno phone listing.

His daughter Katie.

Then they told mehis wife died

four years ago.

Do you wantto go see him?

Oh, my gosh...

Do I look presentable?

Beautiful.

I am so pleased to meet you.

Dad's waitingfor you

on the back porch.

You know...

my middle name is Esther.

Come on.

Daddy... this is Esther.

Esther Huish.

Well, hello, there.

Hello, Thomas.

Hello.

I'm Esther.

I'm Estherfrom Betheltown.

You gave me thislocket, remember?

Gold.

Gold.

You're looking well.

Never felt better.

You have a beautiful daughter.

Kate.

She takes good care of me.

I'm glad to know you're well.

I, uh, havea new sweater.

It's very nice.

Oh.

Hi.

Hi.

I thought you mightstill be up.

I'm really sorry about today.

When I called

the daughter said he hadsome health problems

but...

I had no idea.

It wasn't meant to be,that's all there is to it.

Have youheard from Faye?

No.

No. Maybe that's anotherone of those

it-isn't-meant-to-be.

I don't know.

Maybe we're all just prisonersof circumstance.

What if you hadn't had a child?

Or the war hadn't come?

Or if my mother hadn'thad cancer?

My father...

had been a father?

Thing's might have beendifferent, but they aren't.

There's just nothingwe can do about that.

No, you're wrong.

There is something you can do.

And you must.

Can't give up Faye

and you cannot useyour father as an excuse

for all the bad thingsin your life.

You have to forgive him.

How can you say that?

I don't owe him a thing.

You owe it to yourself.

You don't know whatyou're talking about, all right?

You want meto forgive him.

After what he didto me and my mom...

I will never forgive him.

Deciding to forgive

is the first steptoward healing.

Your anger is hurting you,not him.

You haveto let it go.

Listen, you have no rightto lecture me, all right?!

Just because you've madea mess of your life

you don't know me!

You don't know anythingthat I've been through.

You don't understand me,so just...

You're a pathetic old woman!

You're bitter and unhappy

and you're totally obliviousto anyone else's pain!

Just take your medicine!

Shut up!

No one wants to hear youcough all night, Henry!

Leave me alone!

Oh, just takeyour medicine.

Henry, just takeyour med...!

What's wrong?

The usual.He's up all night coughing.

Driving everyoneelse crazy.

Well, he's probably in pain.

Look, he won't let me near him.

You want to try?

Henry...

I need youto swallow this.

It'll help you sleep.

Keep warm, okay?

Good night.

You're Michael Keddington?

Yeah.

I'm Detective Kincaid.

This is Detective Ross.

May we come in?

Yeah. Come on in.

Just like to ask youa few questions.

Sure. What about?

The death of Henry McCord.

Henry? Death?

What do you mean?

His body was foundthis morning.

Oh, no.

We're going to haveto detain you,Mr. Keddington.

We have a witness.

Staff member at the Whitewoodsays you were the last person

to be seen with Mr. McCord.

Yes, I saw him.

I mean, I don't knowif was the last or not.

Apparently, I wasn't.

So you admitthat you were with him?

Yes, but he was still alive.

After you beat him?

Beat him?

What are youtalking about?

The autopsy revealed

that the body was coveredwith bruises.

Can you explain that?

No, I mean

he had a hard time walking.

Maybe he fell.

We found drugs in your locker,Mr. Keddington.

What do you have to sayabout that?

I don't use drugs.This is crazy.

Yeah, well, we also founddrugs at your home.

What drugs?

Oxycodone, Codeine.

My mother's prescriptions!Come on!

Her name is all overthe bottles!

Mr. Keddington, if you cannotafford an attorney

a public defender

will be assigned to you.

Muy bien, gracias.

Bigger and betterevery day.

Gracias.

Michael Keddington?

Yes.

Hi, I'm Mandy Ibarra.

The court has appointed meto represent you.

Oh, hi.

Sorry I couldn'tget here sooner.

How are you doing?

Pretty lousy.

Yeah, I'll bet.

Well, let's see if we canget you out of here.

Do you have any moneyor assets?

No.

Any friends or family who'd bewilling to help you out?

I thought this wassupposed to be free.

No, it's notfor me.

You have a bail hearingin ten minutes.

Um, I see you haveseveral priors:

a DUI and three drunkand disorderlies.

What? What are youtalking about?

It's here on your record.

That's not me.

It's your name,and isn't this your address?

That's my father.

He uses that addresssometimes.

It's probably the only onehe can remember.

Are you readyto post bail at this time?

Your Honor, my clienthas insufficient collateral

to obtain a bond.

As the sole caretakerfor his late mother

he was forced to depletehis personal finances.

I request that he be releasedon his own recognizance.

On what basis?

He's lived here all his life.

He poses no flight risk

and he has no historyof violence.

But he does havea number of priors,Your Honor.

No, he doesn't.

Those records referto my client's father.

The prosecution is so eagerto convict

they didn't botherto check the date of birth.

Our mistake,Your Honor.

Even so, this isa very serious charge.

Agreed.

Does your client haveany personal references?

Yes. My client was just awardedthe Presidential Scholarship

at the university.

It's very prestigious.

All right.Request is granted

until a trial date is set.

In the meantime, Mr. Keddington

your employment atthe Whitewood facilityhas been suspended.

You're not to gowithin a hundred yards

of Whitewood.

Yeah?

Hello, Michael?Dean Scott here.

I'm very sorry to haveto tell you this

but in viewof your current situation

the committee has suspendedyour scholarship

pending a full determinationof the facts.

I hope you understand.

Yeah, sure, I understand.

Again, I'm so sorry.

Good luck.

Oh, dear.

I've been so worriedfor you.

I need to apologize.

The last time Iwas here, I was...

What I said was unfair.

I'm sorry.

I upset you, I know that.

No need to dwell on it.

This accusationis just terrible

but you'll be exonerated.

I know it.

You must have faith.

In what?

Michael

you can't be here.

I know. I...

I believe in you.

Why are you doing this?

Why are you setting me up?

That is ridiculous.

I mean, who would believe that?

I believe that.

You need to get out of here.

Now! You need

to leave me alone!Go!

This is all going tocome down on your head.

Amanda, hi.Hi.

I didn't know youmade house calls.

Don't get used to it.

I got to sit down.

Yeah. Come on over herein the dining room.

Well, you didn't help yourselfany with your little stunt.

Now Alice is askingfor a restraining order.

Says you're stalking her.

Yeah, well, you know,I didn't go thereto see her.

Anyway, that's notwhy I'm here.

Something's come up.

Now what?

I talked to Alice Richards'father.

He doesn't relishin the publicity

this caseis going to bring.

He wants the publicto have confidence

that state-licensedfacilities, such asWhitewood, are safe.

I suspect he may be tryingto save his job

or possibly his daughter, but...

I think he might be pressuringthe D.A. to offer you a deal.

What kind of a deal?

Plead guilty to a lesser charge.

Battery. You'll dominimum jail time--

possibly a year.

But why would I plead guiltyto anything?

I mean, I didn't hit him.

I can't tell youwhat to do, Michael.

I can only offeryou the choices.

There's got to be something elsewe can do.

Sure. We go to trialand take our chances.

If they convict

you're looking atten to 15 years.

I'd think about the deal.

It might bethe best way.

You really needto eat something.

Keep yourstrength up.

Please.

I'm not hungry.

I shouldn't have allowed youto go see Thomas.

I'm sorry.

I don't regret it.

Well, I do.

I got my second chance.

I'm sorry about this

but I can't let anybodysee you here.

She's failing.

I thought a visit from youmight make a difference.

Of course.

Go on in.

Oh...

Hi.

Esther, Helen saysyou're not feeling well.

I know. That'snot important.

Tell me about yourself.

Has anything happened?

Kind of.

Um...

The powers that be...

they don't wantany bad publicity.

They don't evenwant a trial.

So they offered tolet me off reallyeasy if...

if I admit I'm guilty.

But you're not guilty.

Should you do that?

I don't want to spend therest of my life in jail.

Won't it follow you forever?

I don't care whatother people think.

But it's notwhat other people think.

It's what you thinkof yourself.

Your self-respect.

Self-respect.

That walked out thedoor ten years ago.

I-I could barelyeven post bail

because of my father.

The police dug up...Please stop.

The police dug upa punch of old

drunk arrests...Michael...

And they thinkthey were mine

because of my name.I just don't want

to think abouthim anymore!

Stop, stop.

You know, your hatredfor your father

is just like I waswith my first husband.

But you know, Frank didlove me in his own way.

It was good for meand Matthew that he left.

I think he knewit was better he went.

Of course,I didn't know that then.

I grew bitter.

Kind of a protective shell.

Mmm.

Old age gives perspective.

If I hadn't married Frank

I'd never have been blessedwith my Matthew.

Well, look whatthe cat dragged in.

Hi.

Hi, it is.

High time, some might say.

You coming in

or you just passing by?

I can't

lend you any money.

Let's get that straight. I...

I don't need money.Well, good.

How about a drink then?

What can I get you?

Nothing.

You sure?

Yes, I'm sure.

It's not money,it's not booze...

To what do I owe this honor?

Things have-have been...

Yeah, "things," right.

Hey, you can relax.

I know all about it.

Getting competitivewith your old man.

Oh, yeah, I had a few write-upsin my day.

Nothing like this, though.

Front page,very impressive.

So... did you do it?

No.

Well, anyway,it's very impressive.

Drugs, murder...

I hope you got a good lawyer.

I do.

Public Defender?

Yes.

Better hope they offer youa deal.

That's the best way out if youcan't afford a fancy lawyer.

Don't fight them, Mikey.

People like us never win.

Yeah.

Tell your lawyerto get you a deal.

Got to be realistic.

I always told you that.

You sure I can't get youa drink?

No.

What's the matter?

You don't want to drinkwith your old man?

I don't drink.

Oh, of course.

You think that, uh...

you'll turn into me, is that...is that it?

No. I'll never be like you.

That's right.

You're not a killer,not a drinker.

You take after your mother.

But you always did.

So, uh...

how is she?

You don't know?

What don't I know?

She died.

When?

October.

Well...why didn't you tell me?

I thought you knew.

Well, how was I

supposed to know?

I assumed you knew.

You assumed what? That I knew?

Or you assumed that I was

drunk and unconsciousin a ditch somewhere?

I loved her, Mikey.

You knew that.

October?!

I don't even remember October!

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Hello?Hi.

You got an answer?No, I don't have an answer yet.

Clock's ticking.Well, I understand that

but you're going...

Actually, hold on

one second--I see him right now.

Hi.It's the D.A.'s office.

They say they're going

to withdraw their offerunless...

That's fine.I want a trial.

no deal.

No deal?We'll see you in court.

You think I'm crazy?

Maybe a little.

But I also thinkyou're innocent.

Can I ask yousomething?

Sure.

When's your baby due?

Oh, March.

And you'restill working?

Well, I believe in trying

to make the worlda better place.

Still got a few thingsto do

before the kid gets here.Hmm.

And we will further demonstratethat the accused

had been stealing prescriptiondrugs from the victim.

And when Mr. McCord objected

the accused beat...Mr. McCord...

to death.

And a little later,we checked in Michael's locker

and there was a plastic bag

of pillsin the pocket

of his work clothes.

And what werethose pills?

Oxycodone.

It's a painkiller.

A narcotic.

And did Henry McCord

have a prescriptionfor Oxycodone?

Yes.

And then I saw him gointo Henry's room.

And I heard Henry cry out.

When I went to investigate...Michael was standing over Henry

and Henry's crutchwas in his hand.

A couple days later,Michael came to the Whitewood...

and he threatened to kill me

if I told anyonewhat I had seen.

Ah.

Hello, dear.

Esther...

when did youlast eat?

I don't eat.

Yes, you do.

We're in these places to die.

Just let me get on with it.

My mouth isa little dry.

Just... give mea little water.

Thank you.

Esther, you haveto eat something.

Now tell me,what's happened?

My lawyer wants meto testify.

Oh, good! Good.

The jurywill believe you.

We'll see.

Yeah, mm-hmm.

Always a pessimist.

Realist,I like to think.

Pessimist, pessimist,pessimist.

I saw my father.

Was that hard?

It wasn't easy.

But I didn't hate him.

Not like I thought I would.

He wanted me todrink with him.

That... was the hardest part.

And watching him cry.

Oh, he cried?

He didn't know my motherhad died.

I almost feltsorry for him.

She was his wife.

Pathetic old drunk.

He just...started to pour another.

It's stronger than he is.

Maybe that's whyhe left--

to protect you and your mother.

Protect us?

From himself. From his weakness.

Maybe he saw the damagehe was doing

and knew he couldn'tstop it

and so he left.

To protect you.

Yes.

Not him.

You said he cried.

For himself.

Maybe for all of you.

Ah, you'll see.

Things will work out, Michael.

For you and Faye.

I havegreatfaith.

Hello?

Oh, is that you, Faye Murrow?

This is Esther Huish.

Who?

Esther Huish.

Um, yeah, I-I remember you.

We talked

on a bench at Whitewood.

Michael's in trouble.

He needs to know that the peoplehe cares about believe in him.

I do.

Then why haven't you called him?

You can't believe the problemsbetween you are all his fault.

You love him.

You have to talk to him.

Work things out.

He really needs you, you know?

Dr. Heath

when the defendant brought youMr. McCord on October 24

did you prescribeany new medications

for Mr. McCord?

Yes, I did-- one for his coughand one to relieve pain.

Was the painkiller Oxycodone?

No. He had been on Oxycodonepreviously

and I wanted to try

something else.

Now you testifiedearlier

that you found bruiseson Mr. McCord's

back and hip.

Did you treat those bruises?

No, they seemed to be healingon their own.

Were they recent bruises?

No. Based on their colorand tenderness

my estimate is they were

a week to ten days oldwhen I saw him.

Your Honor, I would likethe record to note

that the defendant startedworking at the Whitewood

on October 21--

three days before he tookMr. McCord to the doctor.

Clearly, something--or someone else--

was responsiblefor those bruises.

Dr. Heath.

So, uh...

how many patients

do you see in a month?Approximately?

Hundreds.

Hundreds?

So, you seriously expect usto believe

that three months after the fact

you can remember the specificcolor of one patient's bruises?

No. I don't remember.

But the defense counselcalled me

about the drug prescriptions...

I looked up my notes.I keep very detailed notes

about each of my patients.

I have them here

if you'd like me

to read from them.

That won't be necessary.

Raise your righthand, please.

Put your left handon the Bible.

Do you swearthat the testimony

you're about togive to this court

will be the truth,the whole truth andnothing but the truth

so help you God?

I do.

Take the stand,please.

Mr. Keddington,did you steal

or use anyprescription drugs

while you were workingat the Whitewood?

Michael?

I-I'm sorry?

Did you steal or useany prescription drugs

while you were workingat the Whitewood?

No, I did not.

Did you hit,or hurt

Henry McCord at any time?

No, I did not.

Did you kill Mr. McCord?

No,I did not.

Thank you.

Isn't it true

that whenAlice Richards

left you alonewith Mr. McCord

he was alive?Yes.

And then when he was next seen,he was dead?

I don't know.

I mean, someonecould easily have gone

in his roomafter I left.Someone?

Butyouare theonewho was actually in his room.

And you were the onewith stolen drugsin your locker.

Objection,Your Honor.

Andyouwerethe one

who threatened

a coworkerObjection.

when she exposed you!

Objection!

Sustained.

Counsel, stop

badgeringthe witness.

All rise.

This court is adjourned

until 9:00 a.m.tomorrow morning.

Amanda?

Could you step outsidefor a moment?

I've got somethingto show you.

Sure.

Hi.

Hi.

I don't believe it.

Somebody set me straight.

At today's lunch break,I went to the Whitewood.

I got these records.

I want you to takea look at them.

When I testified,I didn't realize

that Dr. Heath had changedHenry's prescription.

Aliceneglectedto tell me that.

I suspect she didn'twant me to know.

But why would she hide that?

Henry's prescription forOxycodone wasn't canceled.

It was simply replaced

by the new drug.

You mean, Alice could'verefilled the old prescription?

Yes. Usually theyprovide for refills.

She could've done it anywhere.

We use several differentpharmaceutical dispensaries.

Can you get me a listof those?

And what aboutthe other drugs?

She could've been doing thiswith other prescriptions?

It's hard to believe.

It's very dangerousto use these drugs.

Alice knows that.

Maybe she's addicted.

Or maybe she's selling them.

So, I have been just tryingto figure things out.

And all I cancome up with is

is that I love youas much as ever

and no matter what happens

with the trial,I just want us to be together.

What if I goto prison, Faye?

For a long time?

I won't allow youto tie yourself down.

I know what I'm doing,Michael.

You don't have to protect me.

Why do you say that?

"Protect me."

Because that's whatyou're doing.

You're protecting mefrom yourself.

And then Faye walkedinto the courtroom

and, well,that was incredible.

Wonderful. Wonderful.

I'm so happy for you.

You said she'd come back,and she's here with me now.

Oh, I told you so.

Hmm.

And what about you?

Are you, uh,feeling any better?

Oh, much better.

Michael, you there?

Yeah.

Michael, I want to tell youthat I love you.

I love you, too, Esther.

Good night.

Your Honor, thisis dated November 15

and conclusively provesthat Alice Richards

refilled a prescriptionfor Oxycodone

long after it had been changed

to a different medicationby Mr. McCord's doctor.

Even so, Your Honor,this has no bearing

on the charges againstthe defendant.

Your Honor,I would now like

Alice Richardsto be recalled.

Miss Richards,do the lockers

at Whitewoodactually have locks?

No, they're morelike cubbyholes.

So, it would be easy, say

for someone to have placed drugsin Michael's locker?

I suppose.

Now, aside fromHelen Staples

you are the only other oneat Whitewood

authorized to orderprescriptions, correct?

It's one of my responsibilities,yes.

Does the nameEthel Morrison

mean anything to you?

No.

No?Uh-huh.

How about Lea Marsh?

No?

Anna Crockett, Lucille Hammond

Jacob Romney,Harvey Stromberg?

I don't know.

They could have allbeen patients.

Yes, that's right,Miss Richards.

They were all patients

at the Whitewoodduring the last two years.

Do you know what else

they hadin common?

They were old?

They, too,had prescriptions

for either Oxycodone--the drug

that was foundin Michael's locker--

or for Alprazolam.

Now, since then

some of these peoplehave either died or gone home

yet you continued to refilltheir prescriptions. Why?

I didn't.

Yes, Alice, you did, actually

every month.Seven different prescriptions.

I have the proof

from the dispensary.

I want a lawyer.

You were also stealing drugsfrom Mr. McCord.

So, what happened,Alice?

Did he threaten to expose you?

I said I want a lawyer.

I mean, you were just tryingto keep him quiet, right?

I mean, you didn't meanto kill him.

I'm not saying anything elseuntil I get a lawyer.

Mrs. Ibarra.

Mr. Palmer, would you pleaseapproach the bench?

Mr. Palmer

it sounds to melike you have

the wrong person

on trial here.

I don't need a judgeto tell me you're innocent.

I told you so.

Michael, I havea special favor to ask.

Yeah, of course.What is it?

What do you need?

Michael,take this locket...

back to the boardinghousein Betheltown.

You put iton the mantel

where it was first given to me.

That is whereI discovered my love.

That is where I let him go.

That is wheremy heart belongs.

Now, this is for you.

This is the ringThomas gave me.

He wouldn'ttake it back.

What you do with itis for you to decide.

Faye?

You'll see.

Helen...

We lost her this morning.

I'm sorry.

We shouldhave been here.

No.

She didn't want usto see her die.

You sure about this?

No.

It's going tobe a long haul.

We'll do it together.

Dad... I'd like youto meet Faye.

It's nice to meet you.

Hi, Faye. It's nice to meet you.

The woman I'm goingto marry.

Good for you, Mikey.

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