04x05 - Slice O'Life

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Once when I was a kid, I raced my cousin Pee
Wee eating silver dollar pancakes at the IHOP.

Yeah, who won?

Me, 25 pancakes in 11 minutes.

Aunt Gingy paid the check.

Barfed in her purse.

Vomited so hard, I nearly gave myself a
Mallory Weiss tear in the esophagus.

Stay on your diet, Elliot.

I think Marcy would be better off,
not to mention your Aunt Ginger.

Marcy said lovers should balance their aesthetic
qualities, part of the psycho sexual equality plan.

I'm not sure I know what that really means.

Gotta have something to do with who's on top.

Axelrod, this is the monthly meeting of
department heads, not fat heads.

Scram.

Shall we get started?

Daniel, I want to visit my granddaughter
in the nursery before rounds.

Would you try to keep it short, please?

I'm trying to score a three-day weekend,
so I'd appreciate it.

You look terrible.

Yeah, I feel like I'm coming down with the flu.

You're infecting us all, for Pete's sake.

Donald, would you like to tell everyone
about your community outreach programs?

Well, when I was in Africa, I learned a great deal
about medicine's responsibility to the community.

Oh, I'm glad you brought this up.

Ray Meldrum in ophthalmology tells me we're
having a yard sale of one of our Argon lasers.

Do you know how many Zellman Foundation rubber chicken
dinners I had to go through to get that piece of hardware?

Well, Daniel and I feel that the laser is
expendable, Mark, and the money that we

get from selling it will go toward funding
the outreach program.

May I remind you both, it's surgery that
generates the largest revenues for St.

Eligius.

Would you like to take a vote on selling the thing?

Don't bother.

The eyes have it.

Um, I don't feel well.

I'm sorry.

Please excuse me.

He takes all this personally.

Uh, keep it moving, Daniel.

Any, uh, discharge or pain during urination?

Only blood.

Been hitting the W.C.

Johnson a lot the past couple days.

You have insurance, Mr. Devine.

Wouldn't be without it.

But Dad says roughly 45 million Americans
don't have health coverage.

That's a shame, because even though the
rate of inflation dropped from double

digits in 82, hospital costs Rose 15% that same year.

Another 12% in 83 and 10% in 84.

No stats yet?

For this year?

Helen, you're going to miss the ER.

Oh, but not the screaming burn victims and
the little children who swallowed bleach.

Now, back to the ward for me.

I'm out of here.

Hey, as soon as I'm finished here,
we'll get some x-rays, a urinalysis,

a blood count, and try and find out what's
causing your bleeding.

Oh, I'm going to need another box.

One's enough.

I'll show you.

Mr. Bevine's in the moving business.

Bevine and Sons.

We do good work.

Dad and me don't let our boys get stoned.

Have a pen.

Thank you.

Now, you start with the basics.

Volume.

That requires a thorough understanding of
geometric and dimensional analysis.

Interested?

Well, actually, I'm in a bit of a hurry.

Gotcha.

You're on your way.

And so are we.

Follow me.

You're a nice woman.

Caring and sensitive.

You belong on the ward.

As soon as you're working with long-term patients
again, you'll get back that sense of purpose you lost.

How do you know so much about me?

Possessions.



The defense of the law in human nature.

Liv Ullman's autobiography.

Country New England ends, like my dad says.

Our lives are what we shove in a box.

Good luck.

My car's still being fixed at Wolfgang's.

That storm trooper is taking me for every
Deutschmark I've got.

Don't forget, I'll need a ride home.

Ran out of the meeting and tossed breakfast, eh, Donald?

How are you feeling?

Chills.

Sweating.

Nausea.

Glad to see you coming home.

You can use the restroom.

I wish I could.

No, I'm on my way over to see Judge Farmer.

What in heaven's name for?

I'm the chairman of the board, Daniel.

I figure if we can sit down and talk, maybe I
can get these programs going one at a time.

I'm going to start with the family unit proposal.

Least expensive and easier to implement.

Go home and rest.

Let Constance take care of you.

No, there's too much to do, including the parent-teachers
conference at Tommy's school this afternoon.

Now, Jack, I'm worried about Pete.

Never says a word, not even a Pete.

Of course, I wouldn't talk either if I was
wearing a wrap on my head.

It's a raccoon cap.

Helen, tie a yellow ribbon.

Welcome back.

Rumor had it you were headed this way.

You really gonna work in the ward and not be the boss?

Well, the director of nursing said I'd be reassigned as
head nurse when the next position becomes available.

Ah, it's always such a hoot circling the welcome wagons.

Ehrlich, your patient, Mrs. Blaine, was out of her room.

A little post-op recovery stroll?

Face down in the middle of the hall.

Sherry, Mr. Hamilton needs his sheets changed.

Show him how to ring for assistance next time.

Helen, the meds need to be done.

Don't forget to sign the narcotics requisition.

One copy stays here, the other two are
sent to the pharmacy.

Glad to be back.

I thought I was.

You know, nurseries are functional,
but not the least bit soothing.

Bright lights, stark walls.

Nobody's singing lullabies.

Always some crybaby, two bassinets over.

But we're getting to know each other, aren't we?

Yes, we are.

She's abandoned.

Mother's dead, mother's in a coma.

No one's able to reach the Galecki grandparents.

Barbara's been alone too long, Mark.

She should come home with us now.

Oh, I think that's a good idea.

Dr. Carlisle says she's strong enough to
leave the hospital.

Of course Mary would say that.

She wants to get paid.

I mean, uh, what does a pediatrician have to worry about?

Giving a booster shot, uh, every couple of months?

Taking height and weight like a price-priced...

I mean, it's the parents that have to take
care of the kid 24 hours a day.

It's the biggest responsibility in the world.

We have to be Barbara's parents, Mark, at least for now.

We'll talk about it tonight.

You don't have to pick me up.

I'm catching a ride with Daniel.

Hey, is your check-up scheduled for today?

Next week.

I wanted to see the babies.

Getting an idea of what yours might look like?

How about that?

Carrot topper, he's adorable.

Two weeks ago, after you performed my artificial
insemination, Ken and I thought for sure I'd get pregnant.

Didn't work, Dr. Turner.

I got my period this morning.

What went wrong?

We'll find out.

Come on.

You asked for urology consult, Dr. Fiscus.

Let's get on with it.

Patient, Victor Levine, 37-year-old, white man.

Male, presented this morning in the ER.

Either he's whizzing blood or there's too
much red dye in his maraschino cherries.

We schedule Mr. Glassman's IVP for tomorrow.

There's no prior history of hematuria.

Medical history is non-contributory, which is
the same way I feel about annual giving at Tulane.

Merv, see you on the squash court, 5.30.

Okay.

Family history is positive for the big C.

Dad had colon cancer and old granddad had
the same thing as Reagan.

Intestinal polyps?

Wife named Nancy.

Kidneys are normal in size and contour.

Symmetric function bilaterally.

Manal pelvis and ureters are normal
without evidence of stones.

However, the bladder's contracted with an irregular defect.

You better take a look at that lesion.

Set up a time for a cystoscopy, Dr. Wade.

You'll be assisting.

Surgical gloves, male janitor.

Oh, yeah, you should feel right at home.

Dr. Fiscus, this procedure's as serious as any other.

It's not for your amusement or entertainment.

Mr. Bavine will have a cystoscope inserted
through the end of his p*nis into his bladder.

And while it may not be painful,
much like a gynecological exam,

patients find the process very humiliating.

I'll schedule the OR for 3 O'clock.

Make it 3.15.

Urologists act like they got the world by the stunts.

Oh, brother.

Jack, um, can't Pete make do someplace else?

Victor, don't turn it into such a big deal.

You better check your old psych text there.

Freud sexual development.

This is a crucial stage for Pete.

I mean, one mistake here could be
devastating to his personality.

Yeah, and Jack's given him so little
personality to begin with.

Yeah, well, we all get twisted in different ways.

Ask Bob.

He was the one making the splice with the
teen dream in the bathroom stall.

You mean that rumor was true?

You may have been the Dean, the
respiratory therapist in the ladies' room?

I don't want to talk about it.

Wait a minute.

What's this?

Hospital property, five-finger discount.

Look, I'm going up to my house on the Cape this weekend.

I haven't had a chance to buy towels or sheets.

Don't you worry about your professional reputation.

I'm going to bring the linen back.

No, no, no, no.

I'm talking about what you did with, uh, Nadine.

Look, why don't you all stop bugging me?

You're lucky someone didn't catch you.

You're lucky you didn't catch something.

Single scene is a dirty microbiome.

Biological w*r fought in dark places.

A*DS, gonorrhea, herpes.

What happened to Joan Halloran?

I am incapable of having a meaningful relationship.

Take a number, buddy.

Get in line.

When I broke up with Joan, I said it was because
I didn't understand what was going on in her head.

All the time I didn't know what was going on inside mine.

Maybe I'm having a breakdown.

I'm gonna go up to my house.

I'm on a cape.

Work on it.

Need some improvement.

You guys have a good weekend.

I gotta get Pete down to Susie Larkin.

Why don't you do me a favor?

Take care of his potty.

Last one out of dumps.

Oh.

Next time, put the lid down.

Uh-oh.

No show.

This kid's in trouble.

All.

Right.

The jury just acquitted Mrs. Gillies of
the m*rder of her husband.

Surprised a bejeepers out of me.

Ah, thank you, Mr. Governor.

Something to eat, Donald?

Cream of celery?

No, thanks.

Not terribly generous, but the deal.

You look pretty haggard.

Oh, no, I'm fine.

Just working through some things.

Well?

Sit, sit.

Judge, I would like to go ahead on the
family unit proposal.

That's the rigmarole about providing a bed next to
hospitalized children so their parents can stay with them?

You know, I've gone over the budget,
and the cost would be virtually nothing.

We already have the roll-away beds.

Well, uh, what's the child's average
length of stay at St. Eligius?

Three days.

How many children do you treat a month?



Feeding the indigent parents.

Of what?



Judge, there's just so much a doctor can
do in the healing process.

Now, the presence of family in a time of
illness has incredible power.

Possibly, possibly.

No, no, I've seen it work in Ethiopia.

It'll work here.

Well, your proposal needs to be reviewed
in a thoughtful manner, and that takes time.

How much time, Judge?

I've been on the board of St. Eligius for 15 years.

And in that time, I've come to realize
that hospitals are a lot like courtrooms.

Overcrowded, backlogged, but sooner or
later, everyone gets fair and due process.

It's a good system.

Yes?

Huh?

Well, where is she now?

I'll be right down.

On her way out of the building, Mrs. Gillies
confessed to reporters that she k*lled her husband.

A good system, but not perfect.

Take care of yourself, Donald.

Last time my body felt numb like this, I was
moving a refrigerator and got pinned underneath.

The effects of the spinal injection will
only last a few hours.

You may start feeling some pressure,
Mr. Bouvine, as the scope enters your

bladder, passing through the sphincter muscle.

Dead end.

Ureteral openings appear unobstructed.

There's the lesion on the anterior wall.

Biopsy forceps.

Dr. Barton is taking a sample from the
lesion, which will be sent to the lab for analysis.

And if the lesion is benign, this is where it stops.

Right?

Almost finished, Mr. Bevine.

And I'll remove the scope.

Better than leaving it there.

Dr. Aaron Freilander, oncology.

I'm not saying we shouldn't see each other again.

We didn't have a very good time on our first date.

Chandler, you came to my flute recital,
you took me out for coffee afterwards,

and then straight home.

Not even a kiss, just goodnight, Irene.

Well, I wasn't sure what you wanted.

Men.

You either treat women like
antiques... vases, or spittoons.

I'll make it up to you tonight.

Okay.

Where do you want to go?

Recital was my pick.

It's your turn, buddy.

Mark!

The police called.

Yvonne's parents have been located.

Are the Galeckis coming here?

Didn't say.

Because you didn't ask.

Why bother transferring to the ward if
you're not gonna do the job?

Helen, Mrs. Kogan says the aminophylline
makes her nauseated on an empty stomach.

Well, if she'd be more comfortable,
wait and medicate her with lunch.

Oh, hang on a minute.

Hey, that's right.

Lucy's still the head honcho of Big Cheese, Grand Poobah.

Button it, Ehrlich.

You're the boss.

Mrs. Kogan's aminophylline level is being drawn at noon.

Look, I'm not trying to tell you how to run
the ward, but Sherry could wait two hours.

Stick to the schedule, if it's not too much trouble.

Let me chill you around here.

Elliot, Pally boy, I've been looking all over for you.

Luther tells me you took our little heart
to heart to heart.

What about?

Healthy diet and regular exercise.

Here's my contribution to your diet.

The Berkeley no-fat, no-fun formula for feeding.

Sounds great.

What is it?

Carrot and celery sticks.

No salt.

Dr.

Fiscus!

Let me show you the letter my dad dropped off.

It's from the Massachusetts Board of
Underwater Archaeology.

Bovine and Sons has been granted permission to
recover the treasure of the Ferdinand II Gildersleeve.

Mr. epic fail.

You're getting welcome services here.

How can I help you?

Well, that's all right.

I pack things to your cart.

Then I go.

Now,

I'm not going to synthetic Take out my bladder, replace
it with an ostomy bag I'll wear on my hip to collect urine.

Uh, did he, uh, did he also discuss the, uh,
the possibility of your becoming, uh, you know.

Impotent?

Yeah.

You doing okay?

Had a good cry, but I never planned on children anyway.

You seem to be handling all this pretty well.

Oh, I'm a New England pragmatist like my dad.

If I don't have this operation, I'll die.

Besides, I look at the soul of the man
next to me and realize my passage here on.

Earth has no more discernible purpose than his.

From that mystery, I fashioned meaning by just being alive.

Did your dad teach you that?

Discovered it on my own.

First day of summer camp.

In the shower.

Hi.

How's life at the death factory?

You don't want to know, believe me.

I only asked because you were supposed to be
at the parent-teacher conference this afternoon.

Oh, boy.

What is going on with me?

It's no problem.

I went.

Mrs. Elway said Tommy's doing beautifully
since he came back.

Tommy, help.

Anything I can do?

Everything's under control.

Yeah, I can see that.

I'm making a dish that's a specialty of mine.

It's the specialty of Maurice,
the new chef at the restaurant.

I don't have much of an appetite tonight.

We're out of aspirin.

I moved the bottle to the bathroom
medicine chest, where it belongs.

Do you want me to go get it for you?

No, that's all right.

I just can't understand why I'm
having so much trouble convincing

these people how important these outreach programs are.

Lord knows you've done nothing but talk about it.

Maybe your next step is action.

Break a few eggs, make an omelet.

Break a few rules.

Turn people's heads around.

Make them pay attention.

Oh, there's the postcard from Lizzie on the table.

Yeah.

Sounds like she's having a ball driving cross-country.

She didn't tell me that Rick Messina was
going to be with her.

Oh, didn't she?

You knew when you didn't tell me, right?

Why?

So you could race off to Montana and rescue her?

Did a good job here, my friend.

Tommy, come here.

No way.

No touch.

I need some aspirin.

Mark, you said we could talk about Barbara.

Why do you buy fitted sheets?

Well, it's easier.

You're always criticizing my hospital corners.

Well, the snap has gone out of the elastic.

It really singes my drawers.

I'll get another sheet.

I want to bring Barbara home tomorrow.

Here.

Just, uh, change the bed, huh?

I tried to be a good father.

I did my best to weave my son into the
fabric of our family.

But the older he got, the less I knew how
to help, how to, how to reach him.

I offered him advice, but he'd ignore it.

I was the same lousy father to Stephen
that my father was to me.

Detached.

I wasn't there for my son.

You were right in the OR.

I hurt people.

It's my fault Stephen's dead and Yvonne's in a coma.

I'm sorry.

Well, I guess we, we can only be the
person that we really are to our children.

You couldn't change yourself through Stephen.

Sometimes we make mistakes in life and we
just have to live with them.

Maybe you weren't always there for our
son, but I know you're there for Barbara.

I've seen you with her in the nursery.

Barbara needs us, Mark.

You win.

We win.

A lady downstairs says our daughter's here, Yvonne Galecki.

Ah, yes, right this way.

Page, Dr. Craig.

Have him meet me at 3404.

We were at my brother's place in Gates
and, uh, got home, and the lady in the

next trailer said the cops had come by, that my daughter
had been in an accident, was in a coma, said to come here.

Yes.

Yvonne and Stephen were headed for RIT.

Apparently, Stephen fell asleep at the wheel.

He was k*lled.

Yes, we know.

Uh, baby, is she all right, though?

Oh, yes, she's doing fine.

She's in our nursery.

Is Yvonne in any pain?

No.

Can she hear us?

There's no way of knowing that.

What happened to my girl?

Mr. and Mrs. Glecki, I'm Mark Craig.

I'm sorry we couldn't have met under
different circumstances.

Your hand's dry.

I've got some lotion.

I'm personally saying to it, Yvonne gets
the best medical care.

Would you leave us alone with our daughter, please?

I've made a 12-centimeter incision just above the bladder.

Very rare for someone young as Mr. Devine
to have a lesion of this nature.

Retractor.

Please hold the retractor, Dr. Wade.

I'd like you to feel inside the bladder for the lesion.

It appears to involve the entire anterior wall.

We'll proceed to remove the bladder and
perform an ileal conduit.

I'll use a portion of Mr. Bevine's small intestine.

One end will be connected to the ureter,
the other to the abdominal wall.

Through which urine will pass.

Your assessment, Dr. Wade.

There's no way to do a limited operation.

The erectile nerve function is going to be
permanently impaired.

Help you find something?

Yeah, give me a flat head, inch and a half.

Re-hanging shutters.

Brass.

They won't corrode in the salt air.

Anything else?

Hammer.

You mean screwdriver.

No, I'm also whacking on... on a new porch railing.

That's all I've been doing for the last
day is working on my house.

I'm so tired of fixing leaky faucets
and replacing old... Hammers.

Uh, mallet, claw, ball-peen.

Claw.

Fifteen ounces.

Feels good.

You know my size.

Let me ring this up.

Haven't seen you in here before.

Bought the old replays a month ago.

Keep finding them.

You know, things need to be repaired.

You know, cracked window molding,
sprung doors, cracked windows.

It doesn't sound too tough.

My name's Zoe.

Pretty name.

It means life in Greek.

So you own this place?

It's my father's.

I watch it for him the mornings he goes fishing.

What time you get off?

Ken took the shuttle to New York.

He had a meeting on Wall Street.

I didn't tell him I got my period.

He's gonna know eventually.

And I wanted to find out first.

What happened?

Terry, I assumed the acidity of the mucus
was holding us up.

It's the most common.

I was partially right, but the x-rays we
took show your fallopian tubes are blocked.

Blocked?

How?

Scarring, making them inflexible and impassable.

Well, what causes that?

Lots of things.

It could be complications related to the
IUD you used to use.

Great.

So what's the next step?

Dr. Morrison?

Two choices.

The first is to surgically open up the tubes.

It's a delicate operation with only moderate success.

Door number two?

In vitro fertilization.

What we do is we start you on a fertility drug called HMG.

And then we follow the growth of the eggs with ultrasound.

When they're mature, you'll be medicated
in order to stimulate ovulation.


many eggs as possible, which we'll

fertilize in the lab with Ken's sperm and
then put back in the uterus.

Well, how soon would you do this?

Couple weeks.

But first, you'd better talk the procedure over with Ken.

Yeah, of course.

You know, in the 60s, the point was to
have sex without having babies.

I guess I've come full circle.

Babies without sex.

While you're here in Boston, we'd love to
have you stay with us.

After all, we're family now.

Well, that's real nice.

But Patty and me are going back to Clinton tonight.

We're gonna make arrangements to bring Bonnie home.

Well, that's a good idea.

I have the name of a top-rated neurologist
at the Ajiva Medical Center.

We've got a good hospital nearby.

It's not as nice as this one, but they're good people.

They sewed my son Glenn's hand together
after he cut it up on a piece of scrap metal.

I understand you work at a museum.

Mm-hmm.

Hunson Proctor in Utica.

Security guard.

Yvonne told us you had a Thomas Cole
exhibit there recently.

Yeah, yeah.

A real big affair.

A lot of people come through.

Mark and I are very fond of Yvonne.

We thought your Stevie was terrific, too.

He and Jean got along real good.

You visited Steven in Columbus?

Once.

You take I-90 west to Cleveland, and
then you go... 71 south to Columbus.

I'm familiar with the highway system.

Well, mostly, Yvonne and Steve came to visit us.

Me and him, we'd go up to Berza's for some
drafts and darts.

Good boy.

Great dart player, too.

Made me feel like I was back in school again myself.

Really?

What grade?

Mark, please.

Is there a Goodwill or Salvation Army nearby?

We've got to stop over before we leave,
pick up a car seat for baby Barbara.

Car seat?

That's New York State law.

You've got to have one.

We already do.

You mean we can use yours?

Oh, sure, when you come to visit or to
take Barbara to Clinton to see her mother.

Barbara will see her all the time.

What do you mean?

When Yvonne and Steve found out they were
pregnant, they asked us to be Barbara's

guardians in case anything happened to them.

You're taking Barbara?

It's a copy of their will.

Any beds that won't fit on the ward, we'll put in storage.

There's a utility closet down at the end of the hallway.

What's all the commotion?

I'm starting the family unit.

Judge Farnham gave the board's approval?

We have to keep these families together.

And I'm having trouble... I'm having
trouble making Constance understand that.

What are you talking about?

Donald, you can't create this kind of anarchy.

Playing by the rules doesn't pay.

These people are sick, and the camp has to
take care of them.

Donald, you're not bigger than this institution.

The board won't tolerate your actions.

They'll fire you, and you won't be of use to anyone.

It's too hot, and I have to remember to
work harder with Tommy when I get home.

What time is it in the States, do you know?

You're not making any sense.

We have to get these people out of the sun.

Out of the sun.

All right, look.

Donald!

Donald was only bruised by the fall.

What caused him to black out?

My guess is it was a resistant strain of
malaria that he picked up on his trip to Africa.

Until the blood tests come back, we won't know for sure.

Well, how is he now?

Resting comfortably.

Check it and see.

Donald had a fever of 103.

He was delirious.

That's a tough condition to detect.

Am I brother or mom?

Dr. Auschlander, excuse me.

Dr. Thorpe needs a consult and a hepatoma
of resection with bleeding and no heart.

You must be Ann Constance?

Yes.

On my way.

I'll stop back.

I didn't know something like this was going to happen.

Of course you didn't.

Constance, nothing's working out.

Look, you went to Ethiopia because you
were tired and restless.

You dismantled your life.

You left Boston.

You know what?

People go on.

They work through the void your departure created.

Don't lecture me, Constance.

Just listen.

Listen.

A woman at the camp's teenage son died,
and she was trying to comprehend that,

and she stood over him with her,
waving her arms, half crazed and half

dancing, trying to push the air back into
her son's open mouth.

I feel like that.

The things I came back to accomplish,
nobody seems to care about.

My daughter doesn't trust me enough to
tell me she's running off with her boyfriend.

My son doesn't know me anymore.

He shows more affection towards you than he does me.

Donald, I think you make life more
complicated than it has to be.

My advice, stay in bed.

I'd like to pick up Tommy from school.

So St. Peter asks him, how'd you get here?

And the golfer says, him too.

Mr. Levine, doing okay?

He's fine.

Let's get some coffee.

You know, Wayne, I've noticed under all the gallows humor,
you're taking this case a little more personally than usual.

Well, don't you every time you do a hysterectomy?

No.

Jacqueline, I feel like I don't know myself anymore.

I mean, I'm the guy that made love to Kathy Martin in every
room of this hospital, including Dr. Auschlander's office.

You did?

You ought to get out a little more, you know that?

In any case, over the past two months,
I've had no interest in quick, empty snorkeling.

Loss of sex drive could mean liver,
kidney, or pituitary disease.

Get your mind out of the gutter.

I want marriage, love, kids.

I want little fist guy crawling up my leg.

I'll tell you what I don't want.

A cold, sir?

No, this.

Are you worried that when you're ready,
potency will pass you by?



This reduces sperm production,
and that can cause infertility.

Sure, but there's really not anything we can do about it.

Yes, there is.

It's a beautiful day.

Why don't we drive to Provincetown?

This is the Pilgrim Monument.

Here, if you climb to the top,
you can see all the way back to Boston.

Nice house.

Upstairs and downstairs.

Pretty maids and handsome masters.

It's never that way.

No?

Mrs. Brown, you've got a lovely daughter.

Girls like her are really something rare.

I need to use the bathroom.

Right through there on your left.

Zoe, you don't really have to drive to the
Pilgrim Monument.

You can just stay in town, stroll on the
beach, walk on down to the wharf.

What I'd really like is to get you out of my house.

Listen, maybe your father wants to go fishing again.

Might need someone to mind the store.

We're staying here.

Such a great day.

Sunny.



That's what you wanted.

All I wanted was to go for a drive.

Oh, come on, Bobby boy.

Back in the store?

You just didn't have the guts to throw me down right there.

So now you're gonna perform, and you're not gonna stop.

Not until I say you will.

Yeah, you can.

I want you.

Now.

Nice going, Donald.

How did you let this happen?

I took my malaria prophylaxis.

I don't know.

I'm talking about getting my friend, Judge
Farnham, all nutsed up over your outreach programs.

I'll be up on my feet in about two weeks.

Thanks a lot.

How are you feeling?

Lousy.

You look lousy.

Thank you.

It's your own fault for not getting a
physical when you got home.

Why did you talk to Farnham?

Yeah, well...

The Galeckis blew in this afternoon.

You should see these people.

They make prearranged marriages seem like forward thinking.

I mean, the wife is harmless enough,
but the husband, a real tool user.

Mark, excuse me, I'm really not very
clear-headed right now.

What has this to do with Farnham?

It seems that Stephen and Yvonne designated
the Galeckis to be Barbara's guardians.

I was hoping the judge would Grant a
ha be as corpus and stop them from taking

her, but all he wanted to yak about was
your damn proposals.

I mean, the Galeckis even bought a copy of
Steve and Bonnie's will.

Like I wouldn't take their word for it.

Would you?

Are you out of your mind?

That looks genuine to me, Mark.

Yeah, well, when did you make the law review?

Ridiculous.

Stephen would want me and Ellen to take
care of his daughter.

Must have written this will when he was in
a drunken stupor.

I want Barbara to have the brightest future
possible, not spend her formative years in a trailer park.

Okay, the Galickies may take my
granddaughter this evening, but you can

bet that I'll get her back before she's
had her diapers changed.

I want to have the in vitro fertilization.

You discussed it with Ken?

I called him in New York.

The towel's up almost eight points.

He's bullish on utilities and having children.

I'll walk you down to the pharmacy.

Let's get you started on your HMG.

Two weeks ago, when I passed out the sperm
bank donor form, you could have cared less.

You said, and I'll never forget this,
you said, you didn't like the idea of your

flesh and blood walking around without you knowing it.

Jack, get off my back.

I changed my mind, okay?

Oh, that reminds me.

Change the sheets, too.

For two years you've been a stick.

Now you're doing jokes?

Oh, Wayne, hey, relax.

Drop in.

Anytime.

I have an auto club card.

No.

Don't need it.

Alternator shorts out time to time.

I just take another match for a cover and
go between a wheel well.

Of course.

Does this thing have seat belts?

Will you come and visit Barbara?

Oh, of course.

It's hard to leave Yvonne here.

Afraid she might die before I get back.

I want to help with the additional
expenses for caring for Barbara.

Helen, the Galeckis have a long drive home.

Give Mrs. Galecki the baby.

No.

Handle your wife, Craig.

Gene, stop.

No.

I'm finished being polite.

You're rich and selfish.

You've got no notion what it is to raise a kid.

Steve told me all about you.

What happened between Stephen and us is
none of your business.

Take another look at what he did to my
daughter, then tell me that's none of my business.

Give us our granddaughter.

I'll get her back.

I promise.

I'll see you in court, Galecki.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

Daddy.

This works in Ethiopia.

No reason it shouldn't work here.

Glad you're here, son.

Daddy better?

Yeah.

One day I'll put new plumbing in this house.

Maybe you'll get me a deal on some pipe.

You know you were right about me in the store.

First time I saw you, I wanted to.

I noticed you had a great body.

I admire people who take care of their bodies.