01x10 - Blame

[bunniefuu]

Hey, Rob, What're you doin' up there?

Hey, breakfast should be ready soon,

shouldn't you be in the house?

- Came to get a book.

- What're you reading there, buddy?

- I like this one, has lots of pictures.

- The Story of the Three Little Pigs.

- The wolf's tryin' to get in.

- Yeah... Well if he does, he's gonna eat like a king.

So, Nick says your Ma's comin' home today.

You must be excited.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, me too.

She's only been gone a day,

but it just doesn't seem the same without her.

Ah, coals are out.

I'm gonna have to restart the fire.

- Make sure it's a big fire.

- All right.

- Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, slow down, slow down.

Nat, what are you doing?

- Making breakfast.

- Oh, and I'm gonna make dinner tonight, Franz.

What would you rather have, chicken or stew?

- Asia left specific instructions while she was away,

that cooking was to be done either by an adult,

or with an adult in attendance.

- Fine then, you can help me.

What do you want, stew or chicken? Chicken.

- Come on. Are you hungry?

- Dan, did you check the stove in the schoolroom?

- I just did it.

What is that?

- Eggs. Want some?

- Were the coals hot?

You know how long it takes for the schoolroom to heat up--

- Franz, the stove's hot.

And why do I have to bank the fire all week?

- Because you're the only one who didn't follow

my instructions on the state capital assignment.

And maybe you should stop talking in class

and start listening,

maybe then you wouldn't be assigned so many chores.

- Uh... I'm headed into town.

Jo asked me to pick up a few things while Asia's away.

Did ya need anything?

- My sanity.

- Excuse me.

- Breakfast?

- Anarchy.

You know, I'm glad Asia's got to visit her friend this week,

but I'm starting to wonder

if the house will still be standing when she gets back.

Aunt Jo's not staying with her the whole week, is she?

- Nah, just overnight. Said she'd start back

first thing this morning. Should be home around noon.

- That's a relief.

- Whoa, whoa, hold it there, Nan.

Where do you think you're going with that?

- Oh, I'm gonna go k*ll a chicken for dinner.

- What do ya say we let Mrs. Jo decide what's for dinner?

All right?

- Let's hope she gets back home soon.

[ g*nsh*t ]

[ Horse whinnies ]

- Whoa! Whoo!

Marty, whoa! Whoooa!

[ Neighs ]

Whoa, Marty! Whoa!

[ Neighs ]

Marty! Whoa!

Aah! Aaaaah!

Aah...

Aah...

- I'll also need sacks of flour.

Hello...

Sir?

Flour?

- Over by the wall.

- Is everything all right?

- Telegram just come in from the sheriff up in Greenfield.

Folks, can I have your attention, please?

Just got word from Greenfield. They been hit by a big storm

and it's heading east.

Now, I'll alert Sheriff Berkley.

You best be spreadin' the word as well.

- How bad is it?

- Quite severe, I'm afraid.

people have been k*lled.

- I need a can of lantern oil.

Also need a couple of boxes of candles...

And buckets, however many you got.

- [Franz]: When a story has a deeper meaning

than what we see on the surface, we call it an "allegory."

For example, in The Pilgrim's Progress,

which we read a month ago,

when the lead character, Christian,

is trying to escape the bog,

the bog represents life's hardships and distractions.

- And school.

- Can anyone give me another example of an allegory?

Dan?

- What?

- An allegory.

- Ah, you got me, Franz.

- Come on, Dan. Give it some thought.

Think of a story you've read

that represents a deeper meaning.

- Uh... The Three Little Pigs?

[ Laughter ]

- Now, how is it an allegory?

- Uh...

the pigs represent people.

- That's right. What kind of people?

- I don't know...

Fat people?

[ Laughter ]

- No...

The first pigs represent lazy people,

who'd rather play than work.

[ Door Bangs ]

- Sorry for the interruption, Franz.

Is Mrs. Jo back yet?

- No.

- She's not?

- Is something wrong?

- There's a storm coming in,

afraid we're gonna have to cut school short today.

Come on you guys, we got a lot of work to do before it hits.

- Yeah! - All right!

- Maybe she got held up

or maybe she decided to stay an extra day.

How long before the storm hits?

- Hard to tell. Within the day or so.

- Well, I hope she gets home before then.

- Hello!

[ Grunts of pain ]

Hello!

- Emil, start filling these buckets with water.

Dump 'em in the bathtubs then refill 'em.

- Why?

- We need to get as much water as we can

in case the well freezes.

- Okay.

- The weather vane's turning to the northwest.

- Nat. Nat!

- Yeah, yeah.

- Soon as you're done here, I want you to help Dan

with pitchin' hay for the animals.

- Right.

- Tommy, start hauling all the firewood into the house.

- The whole pile?

- As much as you can carry.

I'm gonna be choppin' more. So get to it, go on!

Stuffy, Ned, I want you to make sure

all the flues and chimneys are clear,

then check the lamps to make sure that--

- That's Marty.

- [Nat]: What happened?

- [Nan]: Where's Mrs. Jo?

- I wanna go with you. - You're staying here.

- What if something happens to Mrs. Jo!

- I'll find her, Dan. Don't worry.

But I need you here, at Plumfield,

to get things ready for the storm.

Animals need feed and hay,

more wood needs to be chopped.

We'll make it back before the storm hits.

- And what if you don't?

- Just make sure the house is secure

and you should be all right.

Wood and water, get as much of it as you can.

And go easy on the food, try to make it last.

Dan, some of the younger kids might get scared...

It's important you keep 'em calm.

Stay together, stay warm, you should be fine, all right?

- All right.

- See ya soon. Hah!

- All right, keep that pump going,

get some of those buckets filled!

All right, that's good!

[ Door opens ]

- Where am I?

- My cabin.

- Who are you?

- Lucius Potter.

- I'm Jo Bhaer.

You must be the man I heard in the woods. The g*nshots.

Thank you for helping me.

Oh! Oh... my ankle. Aah!

- It was swellin', so I wrapped it.

Don't think it's broke.

- Yes, I was thrown from my carriage.

My horse must've been spooked from the g*nshots.

Ohh, ohh...

my head...

My head hurts.

- No doubt. Stew's almost ready.

- Will you be able to take me into Concord?

- I don't get into town much.

- I could pay you.

I'm sure my family is very worried.

- Well, eat first...

then I'll take ya.

- [Dan]: Emil, stack those snowshoes, get 'em ready

and keep fillin' that tub, Nat.

- How long do ya think this storm's gonna last?

- I don't know, but we better prepare for the worst.

- What do you mean the worst?

- [Emil]: Well, last year there was a storm,

blew off half the barn roof.

Two of the animals froze to death.

- Hey Dan, ya think Miss Jo and Nick'll

be back before the storm?

- Yeah, yeah, I think so, but...

I mean, if they're not, they know what to do,

they can take care of themselves.

So can we.

But we'll need more firewood

so I'm goin' out in the woods, and haul us back another log.

- You're not going into the woods, Dan.

- We need some more firewood, Franz.

You heard what Nick said.

- I'm sure we have enough to weather the storm.

Besides, it's gonna be dark soon.

- And I'll be back before then.

- And I don't want you getting lost.

- I know my way around these woods, Franz!

I'll be back before you know it!

- No. No one is to leave the Plumfield grounds

until the storm has safely passed.

Understood?

Good.

- Beautiful carvings...

Did you make them yourself?

- I never heard of a woman named Jo before.

- Oh, it's short for Josephine.

- And the last name, Bear,

like the animal?

- No. It's spelled B-h-a-e-r. It's German.

It just sounds like bear.

Actually... I have quite an affection for bears as a result.

I collect all kinds of trinkets.

So, do you live here alone?

Is that your family?

- Wife and daughter.

Wife d*ed in ',

daughter got married in ', and moved to Boston.

- Any grandchildren?

- I don't know.

- Don't you see her?

- No need to.

- But she's your daughter.

- That she is.

- Did she make you the quilt?

- Made it for my birthday.

- It's beautiful.

It must've taken quite some time.

- Two months.

Made it without me ever knowin' about it.

- She must love you very much.

- Have either of you seen Dan?

- I haven't.

- I've been looking everywhere for him.

- Oh, last I heard he was heading over

to the barn to pitch hay.

- No, I just checked the barn, he's not in there.

If you see him, tell him I want to speak to him, all right?

- Sure.

- Where do you suppose he went?

- I don't know.

But now's not the time to be breaking the rules.

- Ah, afraid I can't take you into town.

Storm's kicking up.

It'll be all right... got enough food and wood.

- I'm just concerned because my family,

they expected me back by now.

- And they'll probably figure you got caught in the storm,

took shelter in someone's home along the way.

- I hope so.

- You gotta be careful along the roads...

lots of prowlers.

Steal innocent women blind...

leave 'em for dead.

- Your wife?

- My daughter and her went ridin' into town,

two men robbed 'em and sh*t 'em.

Daughter lived... but my--

So I ain't been to town since.

Gotta keep watch out here, protect what's mine.

- You haven't been into town since then?

- Ah, I don't care much for people.

- Well, you cared enough to help me...

for that I'm very grateful.

- Dan!

- Where were you?

- I was gettin' wood. What's it look like?

- You were supposed to stay at Plumfield.

- I said I'd be back before the storm hits, and I am!

- That's not the point, Dan!

You deliberately disobeyed me!

- The wood we have ain't gonna last us through the storm!

We needed more!

- We have plenty of wood!

Look Dan, I'm supposed to take care of everyone,

if something were to happen to you out there

I wouldn't have been able to--

- But nothing did, Franz!

Just admit it!

You were wrong, and I was right!

Which is why we got enough firewood to last us for days!

Come on.

- All right guys, back to work.

- Oh, it needed some mending.

I thought I'd make myself useful. I hope you don't mind.

- That's very kind of you.

- I made some coffee too.

- It smells good. Don't make coffee very often.

I don't cook much of anything, except stew.

Aye, I'll have a cup as soon as I get some more wood.

- What's wrong?

- Somebody out there.

Stay here!

Stop right there!

- Don't sh**t!

- I'm warning you!

- I'm looking for a woman!

Ohh!

- [Jo]: What's going on?!

What's going on?!

Nick!

- Stay back!

- Okay, move your hands away, move your hands away!

C'mon, let me get this. - Ughh! Ugh, aah...

- I thought he was a prowler.

I told him to stop, he just kept coming.

- I couldn't hear ya!

Didn't you see me raise my hands?

- Looks like the b*llet's gone straight through.

We're gonna need to stop the bleeding.

I'm gonna need some fresh water and clean cloths.

Don't worry.

We'll take care of you.

- Ah, I'll be all right.

Been through this before.

- What do you mean, you've been sh*t before?

- Couple times.

Arm, shoulder...

- I can't believe you came all the way out here

looking for me.

- Got worried when your horse came back alone.

Big storm comin' in,

thought somethin' mighta happened to you.

- We need to get the doctor out here.

Will you go into town?

- Gonna be tough goin', the storm's still pickin' up.

- The wound won't stop bleeding.

If it doesn't stop-- - Just keep the pressure on.

- I am! But he still needs a doctor!

Lucius, if you won't go, I will!

- No, I'll go. You stay with him.

- It's Dr. Pierce.

His office is just to the left as you ride into town.

You'll see the sign!

Lucius, go!

You're gonna be okay, you're gonna be okay.

- Dan!

- Hey Nat, help me carry in some of this wood!

- No, Franz wants us to shut the shutters!

- We will, later!

Still gotta lotta work to do, now grab an armload!

- No, he says we have enough wood!

He wants us to close the house!

- Where's Franz?! - Inside!

- Yeah, figures!

You tell Franz, I'll be in when I'm done!

- Dan, why are you doing this?!

- Doing what?!

- Are you trying to prove something to Franz?!

- I'm tryin' to protect us against the storm here, Nat!

It's got nothin' to do with me and Franz!

Now grab an armload! I'll be in when I'm done!

- Don't worry,

Lucius will be back with Dr. Pierce very soon.

Nick... Nick! Stay awake!

Come on, don't fall asleep!

Come on...

come on, keep talking to me,

keep talking to me.

- Nasty bump you got there.

- I guess we've both seen better days.

- Yeah.

- Nick...

The children?

- Franz is with 'em.

They knew the storm was comin'.

They had a head start securin' the house.

Ohh... They'll be fine.

[ Strong winds outside ]

- Thank you for coming for me.

Nick, come on. Hey! Stay awake.

Don't fall asleep... c'mon, c'mon!

- Still chopping wood?

- I'm almost done.

- No, you're done now!

I want all the kids inside the house.

- What?!

- It's too cold and dangerous to be outside now.

And we've got plenty of work to do to secure the house.

- Franz, look!

- Somebody left the door open!

- [Nat]: Emil, that was your job!

- I did it. The wind musta blown it open.

- [Nan]: The horse is gonna freeze out there.

- Nat, Emil, help me get him back in the barn.

- Dan!

- I'm getting' him back in the barn!

- There's too much debris blowing around out there!

Tree branches, shingles flying off the roof...

If one of those things were to hit you--

- I'm not gonna let that horse die out there!

- Dan, Dan, wait!

- You wanna hide in here, that's fine.

But I'm gonna protect all of Plumfield,

not just myself!

C'mon!

- Boys, boys, wait!

- [Nat]: We'll be right back, Franz.

- Stay here!

- [Nan]: Wind's really pickin' up.

- It's gonna blow the barn down.

- [Bess]: No it won't, Rob.

Don't worry, it's gonna be all right.

- Where's the doctor?

- Not there!

- What?!

- I banged at his door, no answer.

I asked around, someone said

that he left town for a few days.

- Well I just saw him yesterday.

He didn't say anything about leaving town.

- Probably an emergency.

- Listen, Nick needs a doctor, I cannot stop the bleeding!

- Could try cauterizing it.

- Cauterize?!

- Stop the bleeding,

keep it from gettin'...

infected.

- Well, isn't that dangerous?

I've never done anything like that before.

What if we don't do it right?!

- Not much choice.

- All right, next thing we need to do

is spread out around the house, check all the fireplaces,

and make sure we got enough wood.

- No. We're staying together, in one room.

We'll keep that one fireplace going to conserve wood.

- We don't need to conserve wood.

- Dan, I have had enough of you contradicting me!

- And I've had enough of you telling me what to do!

[ Crash! ] - Aaahh!

- The tree just crashed through the window!

- Bess, you all right?

- My arm, it's cut.

- Get some water and bandages! Hurry!

- You were supposed to close the shutters!

- I was gonna!

- When?!

- Why didn't you shut 'em?

Were you too busy ordering

kids around to do it yourself?!

- I am trying to protect us from

exactly this kind of accident!

- Listen you guys, are we gonna stay here and argue,

or are we gonna fix the window?

- Fine, I'm going out there,

I'm gonna pull the branch out and shut the shutters.

- I'll do it. You stay here.

- No, it's my job. - Not anymore!

I want you inside with the rest of the kids!

- Try and stop me.

- Dan!

- Franz!

- You wanna fight me?

Show me how much of a man you are?!

Come on! Come on!

Go on, come on!

- [Nat]: Dan, what are you doing?

- Franz! Has anyone seen Rob?

I can't find him anywhere.

- He was here a few minutes ago.

- Look, I say we split-up and we search the house.

- Just about ready here.

- I'm not so sure this is such a good idea.

Come here. Oh, you're freezing,

let's warm you up.

Here, put this on.

[ Klunk! ]

What's that?

A bear.

Did you make this for me?

- Well, it's not finished yet.

It's supposed to be a surprise.

- When did you have time to carve this?

You didn't go into town!

- The storm, the wind, it was blowing so hard--

- You mean to tell me you've been out there

carving this whole time?!

- Nothing a doctor can do about it anyways.

- How do you know that!!

- Don't talk to me in that tone.

- Nick, can you walk?!

Huh, can you walk?

Put your arm around me, come on.

- Where you going?

- To the doctor in town.

- Can't go out into that storm.

- Oh, yes I am!

- It's too dangerous!

- Stop right there!

- I told you, you're not going anywhere!

- Please...

don't do this.

- I'm sorry about what happened here,

but he's gut-sh*t, doctor's not gonna make any difference.

- You don't know that.

Look, the storm is letting up,

we can make it to town safely now.

- No.

No one's going into town.

- We can't just leave him here, Lucius--

- I said no!

- She really hurt you, didn't she?

Your daughter.

She left you here all alone,

when all you wanted to do was protect her and keep her safe.

- Always wantin' to go into town,

looking for reasons to leave.

I kept telling her, it's too dangerous.

- But she wouldn't listen.

- She got up and left in the middle of the night.

Not so much as a goodbye.

A year later, I get a letter from her,

telling me she got married

and moved to Boston!

- You didn't write her back?

- No point.

- Anything?

- There's no sign of Rob anywhere.

- What about the garret?

- I checked there too.

- He's not in the cellar, I even checked the crawl space.

- You don't think he went outside, do you?

- Well, the storm's easing up, we can go check.

- All right, we'll search the grounds,

but don't wander too far, let's stay within voice range.

- Right.

- Time is running out.

Lucius...

listen to me...

You've had a lot of pain in your life...

What happened to your wife...

I can understand you wanting to protect your daughter

from harm after that.

But you can't keep blaming her for leaving.

You should go to Boston and see her.

- I ain't going anywhere.

- She's your daughter.

You can't turn your back on her.

She sent you a letter, she's reaching out to you.

- She's the one that walked out that door.

She left me!

- Do you think that if you held her at gunpoint,

she wouldn't have left?

You drove...

her away, Lucius.

If you want to isolate yourself

from the rest of the world, fine.

But you shouldn't have forced it upon your daughter.

And you shouldn't force it upon me.

Uhh!

You love your daughter very much.

I know that Lucius...

because I have a son,

and I can see it in your eyes.

And I love him more than anything in this world!

By keeping us here,

you are sentencing a good man to death,

and you are preventing me from ever seeing my son again.

And I will not allow you to do that.

Now, I am going to help Nick

to your wagon,

and I'm going to take him into town.

Come on, come on...

Aah...

If you want to sh**t,

then sh**t.

Come on, come on, oh!

Ah-aah...

- You can't carry his weight on that ankle.

Wagon's out back. Best get movin'.

- No luck?

Well, maybe I'll go check in the storage barn.

I mean, he likes to play in there sometimes.

We're gonna find him, Franz.

Franz,

I didn't want Rob to go outside--

- He looks up to you, Dan.

They all do.

- Yeah well, you don't worry.

I'll, I'll tell Miss Jo I'm the one to blame for this.

- It doesn't matter whose fault it is.

I just want to find Rob, make sure he's safe.

Make sure you're all safe.

That's all I care about.

- Did you check in the loft?

- No. Why would he be up there?

Rob...?

Hey, Rob.

What're you doing up here?

- Came to get my book.

- The Three Little Pigs.

- I thought the barn was gonna blow down.

- Ah, not a chance.

That wolf ain't gettin' in here.

- You can wait outside if you like.

- I'd like to stay.

- Mrs. Bhaer--

- Please, doctor.

I'd like to help.

- Here.

This is chloroform. If he stirs, pour a few drops on the cloth

and press it to his nose.

[ Sighs ]

If the b*llet wound is small, I'll make an incision

to better discover the source of the bleeding.

Ah, there,

one of the branches of his splenic artery's grazed.

He's lucky that the b*llet didn't completely sever it.

I'll need to apply a ligature, tie the artery off.

That should stop the hemorrhaging.

- Will he live?

- He's lost a lot of blood,

but he's strong.

In time,

he should recover.

- How is he?

- He's resting now.

The doctor needed to operate to stop the bleeding.

But he thinks that provided no infection sets in,

he should be all right.

He did say

it was a good thing we got him here when we did.

Another hour would've been too late.

- I can't believe I did what I did.

Not thinkin' straight.

- Evening, Mrs. Bhaer.

- Sheriff Berkley.

- I heard someone was brought here with a g*nsh*t wound.

- Yes. Nick Riley, my caretaker.

- What happened? Who sh*t him?

- I did.

- It was an accident.

- He thought Nick was a prowler.

He was just protecting his home.

- Is Mr. Riley all right?

- He should be fine.

- Good-night.

- Good-night.

Guess you'll be wanting to get home now.

- Not just yet.

I got a telegram to send first.

- Your daughter?

[ Horse whinnies ]

- Ah, it's Mrs. Jo!

- [Nat]: Mrs. Jo, Nick!

- Hey!

Whoa!

- [Nat]: Mrs. Jo, what happened?

- Well, I had a little accident on the road.

- [Nan]: Are you all right?

- Yeah. Boys, help me.

- Nick, what happened?

- Aah, it's a long story.

I'll tell you later.

- Hi.

Did you miss me?

- Yup.

- Yup.

I missed you.

What happened to you?

- I, I walked into a door.

Stupid.

- How'd the house hold up?

- Ah, pretty good.

There's not much damage.

Thanks to Franz.

Ah, he took good care of us.

- Well, I sure am glad to be home.

Let's go in.

- Thanks, Franz.

Let's go inside, it's pretty cold.