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00:00:00Good morning folks, welcome to Syxton, ma'am.
00:00:15Here.
00:00:17Why it's lovely, what is Syxton?
00:00:29There's nothing here.
00:00:31Annie, what were you expecting, an opera house?
00:00:34I don't know what I pictured exactly.
00:00:37I certainly didn't think it would be this... primitive.
00:00:44I don't know who we're supposed to speak to, but...
00:00:59Mayor Evans, I can't believe you're put in the interest of those no-account orphans over the good of this town.
00:01:05I am doing no such thing, Ray. Thank you, sirs.
00:01:08I am trying to be fair to everyone.
00:01:10There's no reason to believe those children are a danger to anybody.
00:01:14You tell that to my brother.
00:01:17The entire town is sorry about what happened to Carl.
00:01:20But you can't blame his death on the orphans.
00:01:23It could all be some terrible coincidence.
00:01:27Uh, you might be looking for me. Please, come on in.
00:01:43I am Maxwell Evans, town mayor.
00:01:49Linda Simpson, the new doctor.
00:01:51Welcome.
00:01:52Well, thank you, Cyrus. You can go, please. Thank you.
00:01:56I trust you were told I was a woman.
00:01:59Oh, absolutely, yes.
00:02:00Uh, but I was expecting one woman and not two.
00:02:04Oh, this is my friend, Dr. Annie Nelson.
00:02:06She'll be taking over as the circuit doctor for the Kansas Territory.
00:02:10But the position doesn't open until next month.
00:02:12She'll be staying with me until then.
00:02:14It's a pleasure meeting you, Mayor.
00:02:16It's a beautiful hotel.
00:02:18Thank you very much.
00:02:20Welcome to Sykeson.
00:02:22If you'll permit me, I'll escort you over to the clinic
00:02:25and we can get you all settled into your new home.
00:02:30And then I'd like to see the sick children as soon as possible.
00:02:33Uh, yes. Of course.
00:02:43Right up here.
00:02:46Well, here we are.
00:02:51This is my clinic?
00:02:52Uh, yes.
00:02:53We have made plans to expand it, but something always seems to come up that needs tending to.
00:02:58You understand that.
00:02:59Uh, you're gonna wanna take those inside.
00:03:01The living quarters are through the clinic and up the stairs.
00:03:04Come right over here.
00:03:05Come on.
00:03:20When was the last time you had a full-time doctor here?
00:03:23Well, Doc Ross died six months ago.
00:03:27We've been pretty much on our own since then.
00:03:28Under these conditions?
00:03:29Yes.
00:03:31For 30 years.
00:03:33And I don't ever recall him complaining, as a matter of fact.
00:03:39We'll fix this place up in no time.
00:03:42Well, given the nature of the illness at the orphanage, I would guess that house calls might be a necessity.
00:03:48The children, the sick ones, have all taken to their bed.
00:03:51But it's not just the orphans anymore.
00:03:54In town.
00:03:55Carl Russell died two days ago.
00:03:57And John and Meredith Pine have come down with it as well.
00:04:00The sickness is spreading, doctor.
00:04:02And the town is getting a little edgy.
00:04:04And quite frankly, so am I.
00:04:11Your quarters are at the top of the stairs.
00:04:21Well, it isn't that bad.
00:04:47At least there's a balcony.
00:04:49Do you think all frontier towns are like this?
00:05:06A lot of them, yes.
00:05:09I knew it would be a change leaving Boston.
00:05:12The two of us went through three years of medical training at Boston University without so much as a lick of help from the men.
00:05:17And without a woman in sight.
00:05:22You're gonna be fine.
00:05:23And so am I.
00:05:25Bye, thank you.
00:05:34Hello, Lee.
00:05:35Mayor.
00:05:36It's, uh, Lee Owens. He's been the smithy here for years.
00:05:41Here, step in here.
00:05:42Step in here.
00:06:02Well, here we are.
00:06:03You are coming inside?
00:06:04No, I, uh, I have some appointments this afternoon.
00:06:08Um, but I'm sure we'll be seeing each other soon.
00:06:10So if there's anything that I could do to make your stay here in Sykeston more comfortable, you, uh, you just let me know.
00:06:16All right?
00:06:17Until then, good day.
00:06:18Good day.
00:06:19I'm sorry.
00:06:20We're not accepting any visitors at this time.
00:06:22I'm not here to visit Miss Clarence.
00:06:24My name is Belinda Simpson.
00:06:25I was sent here to tend to the children.
00:06:26I was told we'd have a doctor.
00:06:27But I'll take a nurse.
00:06:28I am a doctor.
00:06:29I'm not a nurse.
00:06:30I'm the new doctor in Sykeston.
00:06:31Please come to me.
00:06:32Come to see.
00:06:34Okay.
00:06:36I'm sorry.
00:06:38We're not accepting any visitors at this time.
00:06:41I'm not here to visit Miss Clarence.
00:06:44My name is Belinda Simpson.
00:06:46I was sent here to tend to the children.
00:06:48I was told we'd have a doctor,
00:06:50but, but, I'll, I'll take a nurse.
00:06:52I am a doctor.
00:06:53Sorry?
00:06:55I'm not a nurse.
00:06:56I'm the new doctor in Sykeston.
00:06:58Please come in.
00:07:04Follow me.
00:07:15Pardon me.
00:07:17Where are the children?
00:07:19Oh, I try to keep the healthy children outside in the fresh air, which is possible.
00:07:25All I'm saying is something's got to be done.
00:07:35Evans thinks we're just going to stand by and let our families suffer for the deeds of these orphans.
00:07:39Well, we need to show them.
00:07:40We need to show them who's really in charge here.
00:07:42Ray, you're driving away all my customers.
00:07:45Not my fault if these people don't want to listen to reason.
00:07:55Apologies, ma'am.
00:08:14We lost one just this week.
00:08:17Lost?
00:08:22I'm not sure what this illness is called, Dr. Simpson.
00:08:29But it's unlike any kind of influence I've ever seen.
00:08:34On any day, this orphanage is home to about 30 kids.
00:08:42When the sickness started, it hit five of my charges in the first week.
00:08:49And at the end of the month...
00:08:51Three died.
00:08:57I got ten sick.
00:08:58Thank you, Miss Clarence.
00:09:10I've been listening to the healthy children who have run the place.
00:09:15I'm worried that I'm endangering them.
00:09:20Lillian's the only one who will work in the ward.
00:09:24May I?
00:09:25Oh, please.
00:09:25It's very nice of you to help the other children.
00:09:36I don't need help.
00:09:38It's an important job.
00:09:39And nobody does it as good as me.
00:09:42I had no intention of taking your job away from you, Lillian.
00:09:45Good.
00:09:46Because we don't trust strangers around here.
00:09:50Kids need someone they know looking after them.
00:09:55Quite the handful.
00:10:05Oh, she's something.
00:10:07She's tenacious.
00:10:09But an immense help to me.
00:10:14Stick your tongue out for me.
00:10:15And what did you say the average recovery time was?
00:10:27Well, there isn't one.
00:10:28Nobody's gotten any better.
00:10:30You shouldn't be helping them orphans.
00:10:50Sorry?
00:10:52I know who you are.
00:10:54You're here to help us, not those no-accounts spreading plague to half this town.
00:10:58I take it you're Ray Russell.
00:10:59Miss Clarence warned me about you.
00:11:00It's me who should be warning you, Miss Simpson.
00:11:02You have no idea what you're getting involved in.
00:11:03It's Dr. Simpson.
00:11:05Thank you for your concern, but I can take care of myself.
00:11:08And just so you know, I'm here to take care of everyone in this town.
00:11:11We're the ones who pay your salary.
00:11:12The good God-fearing folks don't deserve this plight visited upon us.
00:11:15No one deserves to suffer, Mr. Russell.
00:11:17Not you, and certainly not a bunch of innocent children.
00:11:20Those children ain't innocents.
00:11:21They come from beggars, liars, and thieves.
00:11:23You cannot blame children for the misdeeds of their parents or your own.
00:11:28What are you talking about?
00:11:29I ain't done nothing wrong.
00:11:30You want to send children out on the prairie to die.
00:11:32If you don't think that's wrong.
00:11:34Is it causing you a problem, ma'am?
00:11:35I'll ask you to stay out of this matter, Lee.
00:11:37This ain't none of your concern.
00:11:38Ray, you got no business bothering the doctor.
00:11:41She's just trying to do her job, just like other folks.
00:11:44Let God help the unfortunates.
00:11:46You're here to help us.
00:11:47That's not very Christian of you, is it, Ray?
00:12:01You have quite the welcoming committee in Sykeston.
00:12:04Please, don't judge the rest of us on Ray Russell.
00:12:06Oh, where's my manners?
00:12:09Lee Owens, a blacksmith.
00:12:11Linda Simpson.
00:12:12Whatever you feel, you already know that.
00:12:14Well, it's a small town.
00:12:15News travels fast.
00:12:16Especially when the mayor hires a woman doctor.
00:12:19You got quite the temper, ma'am.
00:12:20I think it's unfair to attack children.
00:12:22You don't need to convince me.
00:12:24I don't know much with the witch hunt myself.
00:12:25Do you think you could point me in the right direction to the Pines residence, please?
00:12:29Well, it's a little late in the day.
00:12:32I get the feeling you haven't had a chance to settle in yet.
00:12:35Why don't you turn in?
00:12:36I'll take you there first thing in the morning.
00:12:38Very well, then.
00:12:39First thing tomorrow.
00:12:40I'll be over at the clinic.
00:12:41I know the way.
00:12:44Evening, doc.
00:12:45Thank you, Mr. Owens.
00:12:46You as well.
00:12:55Hard first day?
00:12:57I'm sorry.
00:12:58I hope you haven't been waiting for me this whole time.
00:13:01I went down to the general store to get supplies.
00:13:03From what I heard people saying, I figured it'd be a while.
00:13:08And I thought you might be hungry, so I saved you a plate from supper.
00:13:12So what'd you hear?
00:13:16Plague of God.
00:13:19Some sort of influenza.
00:13:21Annie, I think I know what it is.
00:13:23When I was little in the tenements of New York,
00:13:25it would burn through the houses every summer,
00:13:29and by July, someone in each family was sick.
00:13:33More died than survived.
00:13:35I think it might be cholera.
00:13:43We'll get through this together.
00:13:46You know,
00:13:47the old Belinda
00:13:49would have said that it was divine providence
00:13:52that I was here to help her.
00:13:54That was before I knew the truth.
00:13:55We can pray all we want,
00:13:58but no one's listening.
00:14:01No God saved Drew
00:14:02as he laid dying in bed.
00:14:09All we have in this world are ourselves.
00:14:10Start talking to the townspeople.
00:14:26We need to figure out where this thing started
00:14:28and how it got spread.
00:14:29Where are you headed?
00:14:31I'm gonna go and give the mayor my diagnosis,
00:14:34and then I have to go see John and Mary Pine.
00:14:36Good luck.
00:14:41You too.
00:14:42We'll both need it.
00:14:53I'm sorry to interrupt, mayor.
00:14:55I was told I could find you here.
00:14:58I'm in the middle of my breakfast.
00:14:59If you'd like to meet me in my office in a while,
00:15:01we can have a chat.
00:15:02I have a very busy day ahead of me, sir,
00:15:04and I was hoping I could speak to you now.
00:15:12All right, doctor.
00:15:19What's on your mind?
00:15:20It's about the sickness at the orphanage.
00:15:22I don't believe it's influenza, sir.
00:15:24I think it's cholera.
00:15:26Keep your voice down.
00:15:27Besides, that's not possible.
00:15:30I have read about this,
00:15:31and this disease is a disease of poverty and the unclean.
00:15:37And here in town,
00:15:37we are very proud of our civic improvements.
00:15:40No one is exactly sure how the disease has spread.
00:15:43That's one of the difficulties in fighting it.
00:15:45Well, what about a vaccine?
00:15:47I've also read that they're making strides
00:15:49against smallpox using vaccines.
00:15:50Unless we know what causes the disease,
00:15:52we can't invent a vaccine.
00:15:54Then how do you cure it?
00:15:55There isn't a cure.
00:15:56Then I suggest you find one, doctor.
00:16:05Come on, there's a disease of the unclean.
00:16:08I wasn't aware you attended medical school, Mayor Evans.
00:16:11Seems like I was right about your temper, Doc.
00:16:15I'm just so frustrated with these people.
00:16:18Watch yourself now.
00:16:19These people are also my people.
00:16:21Except you don't support making poor,
00:16:23defenseless orphans homeless as well.
00:16:25True.
00:16:25But it wouldn't hurt to understand
00:16:28why they might want to do something like that.
00:16:30I don't care how frightened I was.
00:16:31I would never endanger the lives of children.
00:16:33Maybe so.
00:16:34But if you understand why they're afraid,
00:16:37well,
00:16:38it might help you get your point across.
00:16:41You're probably right.
00:16:44Are you here to take me to see the pines, Mr. Owens?
00:16:46Yes, ma'am.
00:16:48Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Owens.
00:16:50Finding it's a rarity in this town.
00:16:52Give us a chance, Doc.
00:16:54Well, you might find that Saxon can be a very welcoming town.
00:16:58Oh, yeah.
00:17:06Miss Pine?
00:17:07This is Dr. Belinda Simpson.
00:17:08She's here to help.
00:17:09Thank you for coming.
00:17:11Give my best to John, will you?
00:17:13Will do.
00:17:14Thank you, Mr. Owens.
00:17:15Have a good day, ladies.
00:17:18You feeling better?
00:17:20I'm sorry.
00:17:21I was told that you and your husband
00:17:23came down with the same sickness as the children.
00:17:25I'm actually quite relieved someone's recovering.
00:17:26I'm not sick at all, ma'am.
00:17:28It's my husband and daughter.
00:17:30They fell ill almost a week ago.
00:17:32Ella, you said the doctor was coming.
00:17:50Who is this?
00:17:51I am the doctor, Mr. Pine.
00:17:53I'm here to take care of you.
00:17:54I already got a woman to take care of me.
00:17:56I need a real doctor.
00:17:58Please, John, just let Dr. Simpson take a look at you.
00:18:05He's been like this for days.
00:18:07He can't even stand for a few minutes at a time.
00:18:10Neither one of them can keep anything down.
00:18:28Is it the same sickness as those orphans?
00:18:34I think so.
00:18:35I believe it's cholera.
00:18:37Cholera?
00:18:38Please, keep it down.
00:18:39I don't want to upset your husband or Meredith.
00:18:41Oh, my Lord.
00:18:43John and Meredith are all I have in this world.
00:18:47Are they going to die?
00:18:49I'm going to do everything I can.
00:18:50I need you to keep cold compresses on their foreheads to get the fever down and keep them resting.
00:18:56And give them as much water as you can.
00:19:04We'll be back to check on them tomorrow.
00:19:08Thank you, doctor.
00:19:15I don't understand.
00:19:17Are you the doctor or aren't you?
00:19:20I'm a doctor, but I'm here to help Dr. Simpson.
00:19:23You and your friend need to stop asking so many questions, especially around the hotel.
00:19:28Saxon's a town on the grow.
00:19:30We can't afford talk like this.
00:19:32No, what you can't afford is to ignore the problem.
00:19:35Things like this orphan sickness, I've seen them turn boom towns into ghost towns in a matter of months.
00:19:41We know what the problem is.
00:19:43Now, if you'll excuse me, miss.
00:19:49Stop it. We're going to get caught.
00:20:02Looks like you could use some more help.
00:20:17Seems like you've got a big enough job on your own.
00:20:19Don't be needing to take on other chores.
00:20:21Besides, making a stew for 30 kids is a lot harder than baking a cake for your husband.
00:20:28Is that my fair share of kitchen duty?
00:20:30Watching your servants do the work ain't the same thing as doing it yourself.
00:20:33I can tell rich folks when I see them.
00:20:37Educated doesn't necessarily mean rich.
00:20:40Actually, you and I have a lot in common.
00:20:43I grew up in an orphanage, too.
00:20:45Right.
00:20:45It's true.
00:20:46Too many kids.
00:20:49Not nearly enough food.
00:20:51They pay for your fancy schooling.
00:20:54I never heard of an orphan becoming a doctor before.
00:20:57That's because I was lucky enough to be adopted by a wonderful family when I was 14.
00:21:01But I wouldn't be who I was today if I hadn't grown up the way I did.
00:21:06We all have our sorrows.
00:21:07If you want to make yourself useful, I could use some more water for the pot.
00:21:19The pump's in the yard.
00:21:22Lillian's got me doing manual labor.
00:21:27Spirited girl.
00:21:30What made her so wounded?
00:21:31Her father was killed on the railroad.
00:21:34Lillian was five years old when her mother couldn't take care of her anymore.
00:21:41She told Lillian that her father had gotten a job just to support her.
00:21:47That she was the reason for the misery in the family.
00:21:52Just what a child needs to hear.
00:21:54She doesn't talk much about it.
00:21:57If you press hard, she lashes back.
00:22:00She's been known to have a couple of pretty good tantrums now and then.
00:22:06And you condone that behavior?
00:22:08No, certainly not.
00:22:10But try as you might, to cage the lioness, she will find a way to roar.
00:22:16And speaking of which,
00:22:19I heard about your little run-in with Ray Russell.
00:22:24It was out of line.
00:22:25I had no right to speak to him that way.
00:22:30And I'd do it again.
00:22:32I know the town is afraid.
00:22:35I'm just as scared as anybody else.
00:22:37I don't understand how they can use God to justify what they want to do.
00:22:46I do.
00:22:46When science can't explain something,
00:22:49people turn to superstition to comfort them, give order to their lives.
00:22:55Surely you don't believe God is superstition.
00:23:00I believe what I can see.
00:23:02But you're in a field of medicine.
00:23:04They've just now discovered germs.
00:23:06We know the children are sick.
00:23:07We know a germ caused it.
00:23:09But we all agree that we can't see it.
00:23:13But we know it's there.
00:23:14Just as we can't see God,
00:23:22but we can see the effect of him in the world.
00:23:26It's hardly the same thing.
00:23:29And with microscopes, you can see bacteria.
00:23:31Perhaps you haven't had the opportunity to know God.
00:23:37If you read the Bible...
00:23:39I've read the Bible, Miss Clarence,
00:23:41and my family was very religious.
00:23:42My views were formed by my own experiences,
00:23:45and they are not up for discussion.
00:23:47You're entitled to your beliefs, Doctor.
00:23:52As are the rest of us.
00:23:53Dear Mama,
00:24:02I've been in Sykeston for a little more than a day,
00:24:05and I already wonder if I've done the right thing in coming here.
00:24:08I knew the town needed me, but things were much worse than I feared.
00:24:12I think the disease they believe to be influenza is actually cholera.
00:24:17It's a terrible situation for everyone.
00:24:19The disease seems to be coming from the local orphanage,
00:24:22and all the townspeople want to do is send these poor children out on the street.
00:24:26They're selfish.
00:24:28They don't care about what happens to the kids.
00:24:30And everyone looks to me as if I'm supposed to make it all better.
00:24:32The illness is bigger than me,
00:24:35and I'm afraid they've put too much faith in me.
00:24:39I'm afraid I'll let them down.
00:24:41Especially this one little girl, Lillian,
00:24:43who reminds me so much of me at that age.
00:24:46The person I was before you took me in.
00:24:49I want to help Lillian find her own way,
00:24:51but I can't even find my own path.
00:24:54I wish I could talk to you and Grandma.
00:24:58I wish I had your strength.
00:25:17Miss Clarence, this is my good friend Annie.
00:25:20She's a doctor as well.
00:25:21Good. Come on, come on, come on.
00:25:24It's a good trick, Lillian. Where'd you learn it?
00:25:46I don't know.
00:25:47People get sick around here a lot,
00:25:49and nobody wants to help Miss Clarence.
00:25:52It just makes sense.
00:25:53You need to get their heads up,
00:25:55else the water just runs right back out.
00:25:57Or they choke.
00:26:01There you go, Katie.
00:26:02Very brave helping the sick.
00:26:04Weren't brave, Miss.
00:26:06I just like helping people.
00:26:07You see, we have a lot in common.
00:26:09That's why I became a doctor, to help people.
00:26:17Lillian, wait.
00:26:18What?
00:26:19You're not using the same cup with all the children, are you?
00:26:22There's just me and Miss Clarence in the infirmary rooms.
00:26:25And the rest of the kids is busy cooking and cleaning.
00:26:28You can't do that, Lillian.
00:26:29We ain't got time to wash dishes.
00:26:31Do you know what a germ is?
00:26:33No.
00:26:34It's what makes people sick.
00:26:36And if you let everyone drink out of the same cup,
00:26:38it spreads it around.
00:26:39Here, give me that.
00:26:40I've got to find Miss Clarence.
00:26:47You and Belinda seem very close.
00:26:50Well, we've been best friends
00:26:52since the first day of medical school.
00:26:54Oh.
00:26:55We kind of had to be.
00:26:56It was two more years before we saw another woman.
00:27:00Hi.
00:27:02Oh, hello.
00:27:04Lillian says you're using the same few dishes
00:27:06with all the sick children.
00:27:07Yes, but there's so few healthy children.
00:27:11They can barely handle the dishes we do use.
00:27:16That isn't acceptable, Miss Clarence.
00:27:18Every child must be fed with their own dish,
00:27:20and those dishes need to be cleaned every single night.
00:27:23And certainly not handled by the healthy children,
00:27:25if you can help it.
00:27:27The children in the infirmary are already sick.
00:27:29I don't think it would make any difference.
00:27:32By Lillian using the same cup,
00:27:34she's spreading the same germs to all those children.
00:27:36They can't be expected to get better
00:27:38when you continuously feed them their disease.
00:27:41I'm doing the best I can.
00:27:44Belinda, I'm not a doctor,
00:27:46so tell me what you want me to do,
00:27:49and I'm happy to do it.
00:27:50We need to rewash every dish we can find
00:27:54in the hottest water we can stand.
00:27:56Boil some water.
00:27:58You needn't yell at her, Belinda.
00:28:08And Mrs. Clarence didn't go to medical school.
00:28:10She doesn't know these things.
00:28:12That's why we're here.
00:28:14I'll apologize to her later.
00:28:16Well, we have a restaurant's worth of dishes to do.
00:28:19We have a restaurant we don't have to do.
00:28:36I'm not a drink,
00:28:37but I'm not a drink.
00:28:39I'm not a drink.
00:28:41Good morning.
00:28:42Good morning.
00:28:43Good morning.
00:28:45you need some help with that pail i've done my fair share of chores i think i can manage on my
00:29:00own now i'm sure you can but just because you can manage doesn't mean you opt to you only have
00:29:06yourself to rely on mr owens best not to forget that i thought i was the only one who made house
00:29:14calls miss clarence is having some trouble with her gutters thought i'd stop by and take a look
00:29:18you know i'll just be up there for another half hour after that i'd love your company for lunch if
00:29:24you're free uh i don't even know you well lunch could go a long way to remedy that mr owens
00:29:33i thank you for your invitation but i'm afraid i'm much too busy i'll be using my lunch break to do
00:29:41research at the clinic well it seems like the children are in good hands another time then
00:29:49sorry i made you sick katie i swear i didn't mean it promise that belinda's doing everything she can
00:30:08make you better i'll be right here to help her i'll be okay lolina
00:30:13he's getting worse isn't he he's fighting mrs biden
00:30:25even the busy needy
00:30:55eat you're a very persistent man mr owens i thought i'd help you with your research
00:31:02oh i can read so as you wish
00:31:09just uh tell me what you're looking for
00:31:13thank you
00:31:19why can't it be the food
00:31:27because it does make sense
00:31:29the orphans doesn't grow their own food it comes from the farmers
00:31:33the farmers sell it to the general store
00:31:35whole town buys from gus
00:31:37they don't have a garden
00:31:41oh you've seen what miss clarence has to contend with
00:31:44she doesn't have time for a garden
00:31:46i should get back to the shop
00:32:03oh thank you for your help
00:32:06much
00:32:07no you're welcome
00:32:08you know those children are lucky to have you
00:32:12i could use a few more defenders
00:32:13well i grew up in an orphanage just like that
00:32:15i know what it's like to feel like you're nobody's child
00:32:18i'm sorry
00:32:20no nobody deserves that
00:32:22no one does
00:32:24no one does
00:32:54what's hattie clarence doing in town
00:32:57make her tell us the truth man
00:32:58hattie clarence has the same rights as anyone else in this town
00:33:01you have to just lock her up
00:33:02she came to me like a responsible citizen
00:33:04are you supposed to be protecting this town
00:33:06please try to understand
00:33:07what do you think is going on
00:33:09it's just there
00:33:09we need to talk to you
00:33:10we need to have to
00:33:11we need to get some answers
00:33:13that war's not killed and her children back where they came from
00:33:17people quiet down yelling doesn't solve anything
00:33:20i will address your concerns one at a time
00:33:23the malloys caught the sickness last night
00:33:26the malloys are now betsy donovan
00:33:27and this plague is spreading folks
00:33:29please
00:33:30my children can't be responsible
00:33:33i haven't let them come to your town since this thing started
00:33:36they haven't been anywhere near you people
00:33:38you people
00:33:39our taxes pay for that place hattie don't you forget it
00:33:42this town hasn't put ten cents into that orphanage
00:33:45you people built it with the best of intentions
00:33:48and they just left it there to rot
00:33:50all right now don't make it personal hattie
00:33:52this is as personal as it gets me
00:33:54that woman is playing with our lives
00:33:56rick you can't blame miss clarence or those children for what's happening here
00:33:59we don't even know what this disease is yet
00:34:01we do know
00:34:02doc simpson says it's cholera
00:34:05you know about this and you didn't warn us
00:34:17she's doing the best she can
00:34:19well her best doesn't seem very good now it doesn't
00:34:21we need a real doctor not some nobody spencer who wants to play pretend
00:34:24everyone calm down
00:34:27we need to give dr simpson enough time to do her job
00:34:31she needs a chance
00:34:32our families are sick mayor how long are we supposed to wait
00:34:35those orphans need to be run out of town
00:34:37all right now that's it
00:34:39that is enough
00:34:40we will have a town meeting tomorrow night
00:34:43right here five o'clock
00:34:44and we will decide the fate and future of the orphanage
00:34:48you heard it mayor said it
00:34:50on your way then
00:34:54oh belinda
00:35:18i know how much you miss true
00:35:23what is it
00:35:53what is it
00:35:55i know why the sick aren't getting any better
00:35:58cholera doesn't directly kill the body
00:36:03it drains it of all its fluid and so the patient dies from dehydration right
00:36:07well that's why we've been giving them so much water
00:36:10except for the fact that most of it keeps coming back up
00:36:12exactly
00:36:13so
00:36:14we need to find a way to give the children so much water that their bodies retain some of it
00:36:19i don't understand
00:36:20the hospital at johns hopkins is doing an experiment a method called intravenous therapy
00:36:27works just like taking blood only in reverse
00:36:30you drip a fluid usually a medication into the body through the veins
00:36:34so by injecting it directly into the bloodstream it's harder for the body to reject
00:36:37we have no idea how to build something like this
00:36:41i'll go to the post office and telegraph johns hopkins
00:36:43wait belinda where are you going the post office doesn't open for two hours
00:36:48i truly think this could work
00:37:01dr william halstead of johns hopkins agrees it could be the most effective way to treat the sick
00:37:06we don't have anything like this in our infirmary
00:37:10well no one does
00:37:11not yet
00:37:12at least
00:37:13it's still fairly experimental
00:37:15we'd have to build each one of them on our own
00:37:18sounds expensive
00:37:19belinda
00:37:20we hardly make ends meet here
00:37:25you're right
00:37:26i'll pay for it
00:37:28what
00:37:29i can't ask you to do that
00:37:32you're not asking me
00:37:33and my father loves his causes
00:37:36he'd be more than happy to give us anything that we needed
00:37:40so let's make the list
00:37:41and let me worry about paying for it
00:37:44well the most important element is the rubber tubing
00:37:48we can start there
00:37:49if you want more tubing i'll have to order it from saint louis
00:37:55would you
00:37:55oh and i need as many bottles as i can find soda bottles would be best
00:37:59soda bottles
00:38:02is this all right
00:38:09perfect
00:38:10hey doc
00:38:15i'd offer to help but i think i know what you're gonna say
00:38:19you're a fast learner mr owens
00:38:21she's spending too much time here
00:38:46would you mind if i took her to the clinic with me
00:38:52but the disease is passing person to person
00:38:54should she really be out there with the townspeople
00:38:58she's not sick
00:38:59and neither are we
00:39:01sure do have a lot of books
00:39:12books are very important to me
00:39:16books are very important to me
00:39:28there's nothing useful in books
00:39:31that's not true at all
00:39:32i found the idea for the intravenous therapy in this very book
00:39:36besides my mom had taught me that
00:39:37the really good ones can take you places you might never see otherwise
00:39:41like china or africa or france
00:39:45i thought you said you were an orphan like me
00:39:48and i told you that i was very lucky to be adopted by my mom
00:39:52so she's not really your mother
00:39:54yes she is family's just what you make of it
00:39:57miss clarence is a part of your family just like annie is a part of mine
00:40:01can i be a part of your family
00:40:08do you ladies have the supplies ready we should start working on the intravenous devices
00:40:16yes we should
00:40:18yes we should
00:40:24no thanks thanks very much
00:40:37all right everybody
00:40:40now i want you to all understand that
00:40:44i hear your concerns
00:40:45i don't think you do mayor we're talking about our lives here
00:40:48but what if sending the children away doesn't stop the disease
00:40:51it can very well spread even after the kids are gone
00:40:55and then the death of innocent children will be on your hands
00:40:57all right the bottom line is this
00:40:59dr simpson is working on a new treatment
00:41:02she just needs a little time to put it into place
00:41:04there's plenty here who believe the time to put them out is long overdue
00:41:07all right then we'll put it to a vote
00:41:11all those in favor of giving doc simpson one week
00:41:15to implement her new plan
00:41:17say aye
00:41:18and those who want to shut down the orphanage permanently
00:41:21will say nay
00:41:23all those in favor
00:41:25aye
00:41:25all those opposed
00:41:27nay
00:41:27all right the ayes have it dr simpson you have one week to show some improvement in those children
00:41:32and we will reconvene then
00:41:34take another vote
00:41:36until then this meeting is dismissed
00:41:38go on
00:41:38thank you
00:41:39no lorder in here
00:41:40move along now
00:41:41how's it coming
00:42:02turns out i'm not much men and better
00:42:04let me see what you got there
00:42:08i need to fill the bottle with liquid and then have it drip slowly through the tube
00:42:15but i can't figure out how to get the opening narrow enough
00:42:19well even if you manage to get the tube attached
00:42:22how are you going to get the liquid in once it's sealed
00:42:24i hadn't even thought of that
00:42:27i may have an idea
00:42:31i'll do it
00:42:39still a little hot
00:42:42take a minute to cool down
00:42:44how did you do that
00:42:45well it's more involved than i'm used to i'll give you that
00:42:49but not that hard
00:42:50see
00:42:51now you can just
00:42:53pop the cap on the bottle like this
00:42:56and then refill it as you need to
00:42:59and i thought i was so clever
00:43:02i never would have gotten that to work
00:43:05i think y'all are going to need a stand to hold the bottle up like this
00:43:10and see if i can work something out this afternoon
00:43:12that is so kind of you
00:43:14you know you're the only one that calls them children instead of orphans
00:43:18i think you're the only one in this town that's on their side
00:43:22well that's not true
00:43:24they got you don't they
00:43:26besides
00:43:30everyone needs someone to fight for them
00:43:33no child should have to manage on their own
00:43:35i don't think this town realized that until you got here
00:43:48i'm sorry
00:43:49i need to go
00:43:51um
00:43:52just bring the rest of your supplies down and uh
00:43:55i'll have these finished up by tomorrow
00:43:57if you ever need some
00:43:59help i know of someone
00:44:02you
00:44:02lillian
00:44:03i think she could use the company just as much as you could use the help
00:44:06sure
00:44:07i'll uh
00:44:08i'll buy the orphanage and pick her up this afternoon
00:44:11oh she'll like that
00:44:12belinda's pretty smart isn't she
00:44:23she sure is
00:44:24i couldn't have come up with something like this
00:44:26i would have
00:44:27you know if i had her kind of book smarts
00:44:30dr belinda says i'm clever
00:44:34well i think she's right
00:44:36all right
00:44:38let's get started on the next set of tops
00:44:41i'll just go get some water
00:44:42i'm a good worker
00:44:43dr belinda says i'm the only one to trust
00:44:46so just put me in the direction of your bucket and
00:44:50i'll take it from there
00:44:51you'll take it from there
00:44:52you sure you can handle that
00:44:54of course i'm sure
00:44:56all right
00:44:57bucket's right there
00:45:04people are silly
00:45:05this bucket is so small
00:45:08three trips together
00:45:10i don't need any help
00:45:20i'm just fine on my own
00:45:21thank you
00:45:22ain't you from the orphanage
00:45:25yes
00:45:26my name's lillian
00:45:28yeah
00:45:29what are you doing outside child
00:45:32i'm getting water for mr owens
00:45:34we've got lots of work to do for
00:45:37that blender
00:45:38is that right
00:45:40dr simpson let you come out here
00:45:45yes
00:45:46it was her idea why
00:45:47howdy ray
00:45:48you all right lill
00:45:53yes mr owens
00:45:55i didn't touch her hair on that child's head lee
00:45:57she shouldn't be out here and you know that
00:45:59you aren't gonna go near
00:46:04any of these children
00:46:06or dr simpson
00:46:07never again
00:46:08come on lill
00:46:10let's get back to work
00:46:12you sure you want to be touching that vermin lee
00:46:17she might infect you too
00:46:19for god's sake
00:46:21ray they're children
00:46:23come on
00:46:27come on
00:46:28come on
00:46:31you know i just remembered we're out of eggs and we certainly can't make breakfast
00:46:51tomorrow without them
00:46:52well let's go to the general store before it closes
00:46:54i can take care of that
00:46:55why don't you go check on lee's progress with the intravenous devices
00:46:58i'll meet you back here in a few minutes
00:47:00howdy doc
00:47:15lillian
00:47:18had a lot of fun with you this afternoon
00:47:21well i enjoyed her company too
00:47:23she couldn't stop talking about it
00:47:25she
00:47:26speaks very highly of you too
00:47:28i'm sorry i left so abruptly
00:47:30well i know you were married
00:47:32if that's what you want to tell me
00:47:34i'm sorry about your husband
00:47:36i'm beginning to think annie should have just taken out an ad in the newspaper
00:47:41who would have been faster than telling everyone
00:47:42well she only told me because she knew you wouldn't
00:47:46i like you a lot lee
00:47:47i just
00:47:48don't know if i'm ready
00:47:52it's alright
00:47:54i'm a very patient man
00:47:58and you're well worth waiting for
00:48:02but uh
00:48:08i don't want you to walk away from this just because you're scared
00:48:12i can't lose anyone
00:48:16i'm not going anywhere
00:48:18you don't know that
00:48:19look at what's going on in this town
00:48:21you think carl russell ever even thought about cholera
00:48:25you can't go through life worried about what's around every corner
00:48:28you have to let yourself have some joy
00:48:31otherwise what's the point
00:48:34right
00:48:37well
00:48:43whenever you're ready
00:48:45you know where to find me
00:48:49good day mr
00:48:51have a good day doc
00:48:58a letter came for you
00:49:05you ready to walk home
00:49:10i really am going to miss you
00:49:23my dearest belinda
00:49:26i am so sorry to hear of your struggles in missouri
00:49:29i try not to but i can't help but worry for your safety
00:49:33but i trust in god
00:49:34and truly believe that you have been sent to help the people of sykeston
00:49:38we all have times of fear and doubt
00:49:40we all wonder why we were given such a heavy burden to carry
00:49:44but know in your heart
00:49:46that god never gives us more than we can handle
00:49:48even when it might seem that way
00:49:50when i am afraid
00:49:51it is prayer that carries me through to happier times
00:49:54and reassures me that everything happens for a reason
00:49:57you're always in our thoughts belinda
00:49:59stay safe
00:50:00and i look forward to hearing from you soon
00:50:02love
00:50:04mama
00:50:05will that hurt
00:50:18not much at all
00:50:35will this make them better
00:50:51i think so
00:50:52you should have seen it katie
00:50:56bill dobs got chewing gum stuck in his hair
00:50:59and he tried everything to get it out
00:51:00miss clarence put so much mayonnaise on his head
00:51:03it smelled like a rotten salad
00:51:05katie
00:51:08katie can you hear me
00:51:11Katie seems worse today.
00:51:39She was never a healthy child.
00:51:41To begin with, I think that's why she and Lillian get along so well.
00:51:49They're my two little outcasts.
00:51:52I don't know what that feels like.
00:51:55I can tell.
00:51:57I think that's why you're such a strong, fine example for her.
00:52:06Not a wonderful example, at least of all, to a ten-year-old.
00:52:09You're a strong woman doctor with a good heart.
00:52:15The very definition of a fine example.
00:52:18Going through a tough time doesn't make you a bad person, so things define who we become.
00:52:26In the best of times, everyone grows and prospers, but when times are at their worst, we find out what we have in us.
00:52:40You're only saying that because of what Annie told you.
00:52:43Well, Linda, no.
00:52:44I see the loss and the grief in everything you do and say.
00:52:50I've worked here in the orphanage for the last 20 years.
00:52:54I know the signs.
00:52:55I know the signs.
00:53:24I know Annie told you about my husband.
00:53:42Drew had tuberculosis.
00:53:44It was long and painful, and I couldn't help him.
00:53:56And when he died, the head nurse at the sanatorium took me to see his body and told me that it was God's will.
00:54:07And I thought, how can any God make me a doctor give with all my medical training?
00:54:20I still couldn't save my husband, my own husband.
00:54:29I gave up trying to understand God's will, oh, long, long ago.
00:54:37Maybe we're just not meant to.
00:54:40So I'm just supposed to believe that everything will work out like it should.
00:54:45I think maybe that's right.
00:54:48Otherwise, you spend so much time worrying that you miss all the happy times and the people who might have been important to you.
00:55:19Thank you, ma'am.
00:55:22Thanks.
00:55:28Are you sure you're going to be okay without me?
00:55:30I'll have to be, won't I?
00:55:33Thank you for everything, Annie.
00:55:35I couldn't have done this without you.
00:55:37I feel the same way.
00:55:39I wish I wasn't saying goodbye to you.
00:55:42This isn't goodbye.
00:55:43I'll be in Kansas before you can even miss me.
00:55:45I'll hold you to that.
00:55:46You'd better.
00:55:52Hey, ma'am.
00:55:59Bye.
00:55:59Bye.
00:56:06It's hard to see Annie leave.
00:56:08Me too.
00:56:09But it was time for her to move on.
00:56:14It'll be all right if I accompany you to the town meeting tonight.
00:56:19Have you ever told you you're a very persistent man?
00:56:22Many times, ma'am.
00:56:24Then I suppose your persistence has paid off.
00:56:26I'd be honored.
00:56:27I'll miss Annie now that she's gone, but I knew she couldn't stay forever.
00:56:33Life changes when it wants to, and often in the most unexpected ways.
00:56:38I've met a wonderful man named Lee.
00:56:40I just don't know yet if I can let go of Drew or how I'm even supposed to.
00:56:44But my heart is light in ways it hasn't been for a long while.
00:56:49Thank you so much for your love and support, and know that I miss you, Pa, Maddie, and Jacob each day.
00:56:55Love, Belinda.
00:56:56Doc Simpson!
00:57:22Please, you have to come quick.
00:57:24It's John.
00:57:26He wouldn't wake up when I came to check on him this morning.
00:57:42No!
00:57:42No!
00:57:45No!
00:57:45No!
00:57:46Oh, my God.
00:58:16No! No, please! Please!
00:58:40Lily, it's all right, dear.
00:58:42Kitty, can't be dead. I don't care for myself.
00:58:44Oh, Lily. Lily, dear.
00:58:48It'll be all right. You took care of her.
00:58:50Please, Miss Clarence, please make her better.
00:58:52You'll be all right, dear.
00:58:54When did this happen?
00:58:55Sometime during the night.
00:58:56It's not true!
00:58:58Lily.
00:58:58It's not true!
00:59:00You'll be all right, Kate.
00:59:01Lily, I'm so sorry.
00:59:04Sorry doesn't make it better!
00:59:06Miss Clarence, are you okay?
00:59:17Okay.
00:59:18All right. All right. All right.
00:59:20Come here.
00:59:21It's okay.
00:59:22I came as soon as I heard.
00:59:38You're failing, Lee.
00:59:40These people are dying, and I can't figure it out, and I don't understand why.
00:59:45You're not failing.
00:59:46You're doing everything you can.
00:59:48You came up with that contraption to help people get back the fluid they lost.
00:59:51Giving them all the water they can take.
00:59:56They haven't eaten in days, so it's not just water they're lacking.
01:00:00That's it.
01:00:00I've been replacing the water, but not the nutrients.
01:00:02You know they used to give puppies cow's milk if the mother died?
01:00:06Well, it's not the same, right?
01:00:08No, because cow's milk doesn't have the same nutrients.
01:00:11So they came up with a solution of water, sugar, and salt.
01:00:13And it worked?
01:00:15Mortality rate dropped by more than half.
01:00:17That's what I should have been doing all along.
01:00:19I'm going to go to the general store and pick up some salt and sugar,
01:00:21and then I'll make it at the orphanage or at the kitchen.
01:00:25All right.
01:00:29I think that about does it.
01:00:32Doctor?
01:00:34Mayor, I need you to postpone the town meeting.
01:00:36Just one or two days.
01:00:38I think I can help these people.
01:00:39I just need some more time.
01:00:40There isn't going to be a meeting, Dr. Simpson.
01:00:43What?
01:00:44Four more townspeople have fallen ill.
01:00:46John Pine and the orphan.
01:00:48The town council felt it was too dangerous
01:00:51to try and bring people together under close quarters.
01:00:54That's a very good idea, Mayor.
01:00:55Now just give me the names of the new patients,
01:00:57and I should be able to get to everybody tonight.
01:00:59I just need to start with the orphanage.
01:01:00You will do no such thing.
01:01:03As of tomorrow morning,
01:01:04Sykeston will no longer have an orphanage.
01:01:07What?
01:01:09Are you serious?
01:01:10I most certainly am.
01:01:12I came here to post an eviction notice.
01:01:15You're going to put those sick children out on the street.
01:01:18Don't you understand?
01:01:18Nobody's going to take them in.
01:01:19They're going to die.
01:01:21Lee, I did my best.
01:01:22I can't protect them anymore.
01:01:24Just give me two more days, Mayor.
01:01:26Please.
01:01:27Two more days.
01:01:29No one but Lee or myself will be able to go in or out of the orphanage,
01:01:32and it's practically quarantined anyway.
01:01:34I'll try.
01:01:37I'll try again.
01:01:38I'm afraid this situation might already be out of my control.
01:01:43Are you sure about the ratios?
01:01:56I think so.
01:01:57Just remember to put more sugar than salt into the mixture,
01:01:59and make sure it boils completely so the crystals don't clog up the intravenous contractions.
01:02:03All right.
01:02:05All right.
01:02:06I'm going to go talk to Lillian.
01:02:08I hate to involve such a little girl in all of this,
01:02:10but I don't think we can do it without her.
01:02:13Thanks.
01:02:19Are you feeling okay, Lillian?
01:02:23Do you feel sick?
01:02:24No.
01:02:29I've been sick a day in my life.
01:02:33Katie was my only friend.
01:02:36Now I got nobody.
01:02:43I didn't know Dr. Linda, I swear.
01:02:46I didn't mean to hurt them.
01:02:48What are you talking about?
01:02:50You said it was making them sick.
01:02:52Feeding everybody with the same cup.
01:02:55It's my fault.
01:02:57I didn't know.
01:02:59You didn't hurt anyone.
01:03:01I did.
01:03:02You said so.
01:03:05I shouldn't have said that.
01:03:08I was upset, and I wasn't thinking.
01:03:12And I didn't mean that you made anyone sick.
01:03:14That's just not true.
01:03:19If it's anyone's fault, it's mine.
01:03:24But you worked so hard, Miss.
01:03:32Before you got here, nobody came to help us.
01:03:35You tried.
01:03:37And Miss Clarence says sometimes that's all we can do.
01:03:40She's right.
01:03:43And Miss Clarence needs us right now.
01:03:46She needs us to be strong.
01:03:48Even if we don't feel so tough.
01:03:51Can you do that?
01:03:52I can if you can.
01:03:55It's a deal.
01:03:58Come on.
01:03:58And life must carry on.
01:04:15In your face is my return to grace
01:04:25And your smile is a light
01:04:30That makes me strong
01:04:33Like a child
01:04:37If I touch
01:04:45Then can I feel again
01:04:50This hurt will find relief
01:04:56If I love
01:05:00Then can I heal again
01:05:04And restore a innocent belief
01:05:12Like a child
01:05:17Fire!
01:05:24Fire!
01:05:38Fire!
01:05:40Fire!
01:05:47Oh God
01:05:49Get some water!
01:05:52I'm gonna go get another bucket
01:05:59I'm gonna go get another bucket
01:06:01Fire!
01:06:06Yeah, we need some help
01:06:08Yeah
01:06:12Get down here
01:06:16Get down here
01:06:18Get down here
01:06:20Get down here
01:06:22You might not let them orphans play with fire, Miss Simpson
01:06:37Somebody might get hurt
01:06:38Stop, Lee
01:06:41I'll handle this
01:06:42All right
01:06:43What in the hell were you thinking, Ray?
01:06:46People could have died
01:06:48Yeah
01:06:49Few may have died
01:06:50But it's for the good of many
01:06:52Does anyone hold with what this man did tonight?
01:06:54We can't abide by this, Ray
01:06:57Well that's just fine
01:06:59You go ahead and let those no accounts be the undoing of this town
01:07:02I'm proud of what I done
01:07:03You have nothing to be proud of
01:07:05Eustace
01:07:07Lock this piece of trash up, get him out of here
01:07:10You come along now
01:07:12Don't test me, Ray
01:07:14Just you wait
01:07:17You reap what you sow, people
01:07:19You hear me?
01:07:24You reap what you sow
01:07:26Ray
01:07:28How could anyone believe that that's what God wanted them to do?
01:07:47If you want to believe something enough, I suppose you search for justification
01:07:57What Ray Russell did has nothing to do with God
01:08:03I know
01:08:04Or at least I used to know
01:08:09I worked for this woman once whose two children died
01:08:14And she turned away from God
01:08:18And I remember wondering
01:08:21How could you
01:08:23Not know that your faith would carry you through your hardships?
01:08:28And then
01:08:30When Drew died, I waited to be carried
01:08:34For weeks
01:08:36All night and day
01:08:38I waited for a sign that God was there
01:08:41And I heard nothing
01:08:44And then one day I just stopped listening
01:08:47Just because we don't hear
01:08:50What we want to
01:08:53Doesn't mean
01:08:54God isn't speaking
01:08:56I'm trying to listen
01:08:59I just don't
01:09:01Understand what I'm supposed to listen for
01:09:04Before
01:09:05Talk to God
01:09:06And then
01:09:08Be silent
01:09:09He will answer you
01:09:13Sleep well, Miss Clarence
01:09:18Shhh
01:09:19If you don't
01:09:32Gotta surrender
01:09:33Shut up
01:09:36Shut down
01:09:38Shut up
01:09:40Shut down
01:09:43Shut up
01:09:45Shut up
01:09:47God, I know it's been a long time since we've spoken.
01:10:09And I've tried to do right by this town, by these children.
01:10:27And I don't know if there's any more I can do.
01:10:38These children deserve to be happy, healthy, and loved.
01:10:47Please, let this be enough to save them.
01:10:53Please, I need you.
01:11:08Please, let this be enough to save them.
01:11:23Please, let this be enough to save them.
01:11:28Please, let this be enough to save them.
01:11:32Please, let this be enough to save them.
01:11:36Let this be enough to save them.
01:11:51Please, let this be enough to save them.
01:11:54Please, let this be enough to save them.
01:12:29Her fever broke just after dawn.
01:12:31Glad, Mrs. Pine.
01:12:32She's not out of the woods yet.
01:12:34She'll need to continue treatment for at least two weeks.
01:12:37Anything you say.
01:12:38And I want you eating solid food as soon as you feel up to it.
01:12:41Thank you so much, Dr. Simpson.
01:12:52I've gotten to all the townspeople.
01:12:55Not everyone has responded, but the worst off will probably come around in a few days.
01:13:00Good.
01:13:01I'll take that batch up to the kids and all the rest for the town.
01:13:07Belinda.
01:13:25Looks like he got away from you.
01:13:35Ah, I know.
01:13:38I should be helping inside.
01:13:40But it gets so stuffy in there.
01:13:42Well, no girl should be cooped up inside all day.
01:13:48Miss Clarence says that thing ain't run well since Buchanan was in office.
01:13:52And if it's rusted through again, might need Mr. Owens to fix it.
01:13:56Lillian?
01:13:57A woman is just as capable as fixing a water pump as a man.
01:14:01Sure.
01:14:02If she had a wrench.
01:14:04Do you got a wrench?
01:14:05No.
01:14:06I better go in and tell Mr. Owens about the pump.
01:14:10But if you need water now, the well is right through those trees.
01:14:15Come on, I'll show you.
01:14:29It's just right back there.
01:14:45Lillian told me about the water pump.
01:15:04I'll get it fixed right away, but you want to stay away from the water in this well.
01:15:07You knew it looked like this.
01:15:09Our town hasn't used it in a few years.
01:15:11Ever since we got the water pumps up and running.
01:15:13How long have people been dumping into the well?
01:15:16I'm not sure.
01:15:17The mayor tried to board it up a few years ago, but people would just rip the planks off and use it anyway.
01:15:22I've known about it for a while, but I'm not sure when it started.
01:15:29Where are you headed?
01:15:30I need to tell the mayor to stop the town from using the water pumps.
01:15:34Why?
01:15:36You want me to tell the people in town to stop using water?
01:15:39Yes.
01:15:40Or at least boil the water for two minutes.
01:15:43Because the well is just not safe.
01:15:45I know the well isn't safe.
01:15:47That's why we use the pumps.
01:15:49Except all of the water comes from the same place.
01:15:52People have been dumping rotted wood and rusted metal in it for months now.
01:15:56Both of which are a breeding ground for bacteria.
01:15:59The germs spread through the water and you accidentally contaminated the entire system.
01:16:03Which is why none of the farmers got sick.
01:16:06See, they're too far away from the well to be affected.
01:16:09It started at the orphanage, then moved toward the town.
01:16:12But the well is separate from the pumps.
01:16:15Not really.
01:16:17All of the town's water runs together underground.
01:16:20It's just like a pond.
01:16:21You only have three pumps in town, Mayor.
01:16:22All of which are only a quarter of a mile away.
01:16:25Once the well was contaminated, it was just a matter of time before it spread to the ground water.
01:16:30Mayor, if people continue to drink this water, people will continue to get sick.
01:16:35But the sickness came from the orphans.
01:16:37No.
01:16:38It came from the water under the orphanage.
01:16:40It was just like Miss Clarence said.
01:16:44We left that place to rot.
01:16:46Now we're paying for it.
01:16:48I had no idea this was going on.
01:16:51You have to understand that.
01:16:53There's no need to place blame.
01:16:55It doesn't matter how it happened.
01:16:56Just as long as we fix it and it never happens again.
01:16:58I will be here for as long as you need me so there are no excuses getting out of bed.
01:17:14I'm not sure how.
01:17:16Lillian, what you do with yourself?
01:17:19You're not around here so much.
01:17:22She's become so attached to you.
01:17:25We'll see each other.
01:17:26It's an orphanage.
01:17:28The splinters and hay fever alone will keep me busy for years.
01:17:34You get some rest.
01:17:40Oh.
01:17:42Oh, thank you.
01:17:43Oh.
01:17:51I'm gonna catch you, okay?
01:17:52I catch you.
01:17:53Na, na, na, na, na, na.
01:17:57You know, I was never very good at those.
01:18:03They always fell apart.
01:18:05I can teach you.
01:18:06I'd like that.
01:18:07I guess you gotta get back to helping the rest of the town.
01:18:17You make it sound like I'm going somewhere. My office is right down the street.
01:18:20I know.
01:18:21But you're only allowed out of the yard when Ms. Clance takes us to the general store to get a penny candy for somebody's birthday.
01:18:31Then I'll just have to come visit you.
01:18:33Yeah.
01:18:34And I'll get permission for you to come work with me at the clinic. I need my best assistant after all.
01:18:40You don't need to do that to make me feel better, Jock Belinda. I know you don't need a kid getting in your way.
01:18:46Lillian, you're never in my way.
01:18:49That's what everybody says. They don't mean it. You don't have to feel bad about it. Really. I'm just fine here on my own.
01:18:59Well, there's another option.
01:19:10What's that?
01:19:13You could come live with me.
01:19:17You mean it?
01:19:18I don't say things I don't mean.
01:19:21But you would have to focus on your schoolwork. Education is very important to me.
01:19:27I could do it if you helped me.
01:19:28And this wouldn't be a temporary arrangement.
01:19:31I want you to be a part of my family if you want me to be a part of yours.
01:19:37I love you, Dr. Belinda. I'll be the best daughter you could ever hope for.
01:19:48I love you too, Lillian.
01:19:58It's so funny. When I was adopted by my mama, she had my room set up almost the exact same way.
01:20:10Yeah, it's nice of you to give Lillian her privacy.
01:20:12Well, every girl needs privacy. Especially when she's never had any before.
01:20:17Besides, this is only temporary until, like, an affordable larger home.
01:20:21About that.
01:20:24I love you, Belinda Simpson.
01:20:29That's not going away. I don't care how long I have to wait.
01:20:31Lee.
01:20:32I know all the reasons you have for saying no.
01:20:35But I want to marry you.
01:20:39I would...
01:20:40No, this is all new to me.
01:20:43But I swear I'm going to be a good father to Lillian.
01:20:46And a husband to you.
01:20:48Lee.
01:20:49I would love to marry you.
01:20:57And I love you too.
01:21:06How?
01:21:12Do you, Lee Owens, take Belinda Simpson to be your lawfully wedded wife?
01:21:18To love, honor, and obey all the days of your life?
01:21:23I do.
01:21:25And do you, Belinda Simpson, take Lee Owens to be your lawfully wedded husband?
01:21:30To love, honor, and obey all the days of your life?
01:21:34I do.
01:21:36Then by the powers vested in me by the great state of Missouri,
01:21:40I pronounce you husband and wife.
01:21:43And wife.
01:21:44This is my return to me.
01:21:50You may kiss her now.
01:21:51This is my return to me.
01:21:54I'm scatting me in a great second.
01:21:59Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:22:01Number one.
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01:22:13Can I feel that I'm a tender?
01:22:15Can I just crunch?
01:22:17This hurt will find relief, if I love them, can I hear again?
01:22:32This story will sound like a child.
01:22:42We got a letter today.
01:22:44Who's it from?
01:22:46My mama, your grandma.
01:22:47I really have grandmas now?
01:22:50You sure do.
01:22:51You got a bargain in the family department.
01:22:54You got uncles and cousins, and two grandmas and two grandmas are crazy about you.
01:23:00How can Grandma Tyler be crazy about me?
01:23:02Because I'm crazy about you.
01:23:06What's it say?
01:23:07Dearest Belinda, I wish we could have been there for your wedding to Lee,
01:23:11and the family can't wait for your next visit so that we can welcome our new son and granddaddy.
01:23:17I know there will be many more struggles ahead, many more wonderful adventures as well.
01:23:26As the Bible says, to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
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01:23:42I love you.
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01:23:53Thank you so much for your life.
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