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00:00:00Well, here we are.
00:00:03You weren't coming inside?
00:00:06No, I, uh, I have some appointments this afternoon.
00:00:10Um, but I'm sure we'll be seeing each other soon,
00:00:13so if there's anything that I could do to make your stay here in Sykeston more comfortable,
00:00:17you, uh, you just let me know.
00:00:20All right? Until then, good day.
00:00:31I'm sorry.
00:00:33We're not accepting any visitors at this time.
00:00:36I'm not here to visit Miss Clarence.
00:00:39My name is Belinda Simpson.
00:00:41I was sent here to tend to the children.
00:00:43I was told we'd have a doctor, but I'll take a nurse.
00:00:47I am a doctor.
00:00:49Sorry?
00:00:50I'm not a nurse.
00:00:52I'm the new doctor in Sykeston.
00:00:54Please come in.
00:00:57Please come in.
00:01:04Follow me.
00:01:15Pardon me. Where are the children?
00:01:18Oh, I try to keep the healthy children outside in the fresh air as much as possible.
00:01:27Thank you.
00:01:33All I'm saying is something's got to be done.
00:01:35Evans thinks we're just going to stand by and let our families suffer for the deeds of these orphans.
00:01:38Well, we need to show him.
00:01:40We need to show him who's really in charge here.
00:01:42Ray, you're driving away all my customers.
00:01:45Not my fault. These people don't want to listen to reason.
00:01:57Apologies, ma'am.
00:02:12We lost one just this week.
00:02:16Lost?
00:02:19I'm not sure what this illness is called.
00:02:24Dr. Simpson.
00:02:27But it's unlike any kind of influenza I've ever seen.
00:02:33On any day, this orphanage is home to about 30 kids.
00:02:40When the sickness started, it hit five of my charges in the first week.
00:02:47And at the end of the month...
00:02:54Three died. I got ten sick.
00:02:59Hello, sweetie. Here's your towel. Here you go.
00:03:05Thank you, Ms. Clarence.
00:03:09I've insisted the healthy children run the place, but I'm worried that I'm endangering them.
00:03:20Lillian's the only one who'll work in the ward.
00:03:24May I? Oh, please.
00:03:33It's very nice of you to help the other children.
00:03:36I don't need help. It's an important job, and nobody does it as good as me.
00:03:42I had no intention of taking your job away from you, Lillian.
00:03:45But I have to do it, because we don't trust strangers around here.
00:03:50Kids need someone they know looking after them.
00:04:02Quite the handful.
00:04:05She's something. She's tenacious.
00:04:09But an immense help to me.
00:04:14Would you stick your tongue out for me?
00:04:22And would you say the average recovery time was?
00:04:26Well, there isn't one. Nobody's gotten any better.
00:04:45You shouldn't be helping them orphans.
00:04:47Sorry?
00:04:49I know who you are. You're here to help us, not those no-accounts spreading plague to half this town.
00:04:54I take it you're Ray Russell. Ms. Clarence warned me about you.
00:04:57It's me who should be warning you, Ms. Simpson. You have no idea what you're getting involved in.
00:05:00It's Dr. Simpson. Thank you for your concern, but I can take care of myself.
00:05:04And just so you know, I'm here to take care of everyone in this town.
00:05:07We're the ones who pay your salary, the good God-fearing folks who don't deserve this plight visiting us.
00:05:11No one deserves to suffer, Mr. Russell. Not you, and certainly not a bunch of innocent children.
00:05:15Those children ain't innocent. They come from beggars, liars, and thieves.
00:05:19You cannot blame children for the misdeeds of their parents or your own.
00:05:23What are you talking about? I ain't done nothing wrong.
00:05:25You want to send children out on the prairie to die. If you don't think that's wrong...
00:05:29I'm causing you a problem, ma'am.
00:05:31I'll ask you to stay out of this matter, Lee. This ain't none of your concern.
00:05:34Ray, you got no business bothering the doctor.
00:05:37She's just trying to do her job, just like other folks.
00:05:39Let God help the unfortunates. You're here to help us.
00:05:45That's not very Christian of you, is it, Ray?
00:05:57You have quite the welcoming committee in Sykeston.
00:05:59Please, don't judge the rest of us on Ray Russell.
00:06:02Oh.
00:06:04Where's my manners? Lee Owens, the blacksmith.
00:06:07Linda Simpson. Why don't you feel like you already know that?
00:06:10Well, it's a small town. News travels fast.
00:06:13Especially when the mayor hires a woman doctor.
00:06:15You've got quite the temper, ma'am.
00:06:17I think it's unfair to attack children.
00:06:19You don't need to convince me. I don't know much with the witch hunt myself.
00:06:22Do you think you could point me in the right direction to the Pines residence, please?
00:06:26Well, it's a little late in the day.
00:06:29I get the feeling you haven't had a chance to settle in yet.
00:06:32Why don't you turn in? I'll take you there first thing in the morning.
00:06:35Very well, then. First thing tomorrow. I'll be over at the clinic.
00:06:38I know the way.
00:06:41Evening, Doc.
00:06:43Thank you, Mr. Owens. You as well.
00:06:52Hard first day?
00:06:54I'm sorry. I hope you haven't been waiting for me this whole time.
00:06:58I went down to the general store to get supplies.
00:07:01From what I heard people saying, I figured it'd be a while.
00:07:04And I thought you might be hungry, so I saved you a plate from supper.
00:07:08Thank you.
00:07:11So what did you hear?
00:07:13Plague of God.
00:07:15Some sort of influenza.
00:07:17Annie, I think I know what it is.
00:07:19When I was little in the tenements of New York,
00:07:22it would burn through the houses every Sunday.
00:07:26It would burn through the houses every summer,
00:07:28and by July, someone in each family was sick.
00:07:33More died than survived.
00:07:37I think it might be cholera.
00:07:43We'll get through this together.
00:07:46You know, the old Belinda would have said
00:07:50that it was divine providence that I was here to help her.
00:07:53That was before I knew the truth.
00:07:56We can pray all we want, but no one's listening.
00:08:00Now God saved Drew as he lay dying in bed.
00:08:08All we have in this world are ourselves.
00:08:23Start talking to the townspeople.
00:08:25We need to figure out where this thing started and how it got spread.
00:08:29Where are you headed?
00:08:31I'm going to go and give the mayor my diagnosis,
00:08:34and then I've got to go see John and Mary Kline.
00:08:40Good luck.
00:08:41You too. We'll both need it.
00:08:53I'm sorry to interrupt, Mayor.
00:08:55I was told I could find you here.
00:08:57I'm in the middle of my breakfast.
00:08:59If you'd like to meet me in my office in a while, we can have a chat.
00:09:02I have a very busy day ahead of me, sir,
00:09:04and I was hoping I could speak to you now.
00:09:16All right, Doctor.
00:09:18What's on your mind?
00:09:20It's about the sickness at the orphanage.
00:09:22I don't believe it's influenza, sir.
00:09:24I think it's cholera.
00:09:25Keep your voice down.
00:09:27Besides, that's not possible.
00:09:29I have read about this,
00:09:31and this disease is a disease of poverty and the unclean.
00:09:36And here in town, we are very proud of our civic improvements.
00:09:40No one is exactly sure how the disease is spread.
00:09:43It's one of the difficulties in fighting it.
00:09:45Well, what about a vaccine?
00:09:47I've also read that they're making strides against smallpox using vaccines.
00:09:50Unless we know what causes the disease, we can't invent a vaccine.
00:09:53Then how do you cure it?
00:09:55There isn't a cure.
00:09:57Then I suggest you find one, Doctor.
00:10:05Cholera is a disease of the unclean.
00:10:08I wasn't aware you attended medical school, Mayor Evans.
00:10:11Seems like I was right about your temper, Doc.
00:10:15I'm just so frustrated with these people.
00:10:18Watch yourself now. These people are also my people.
00:10:21Except you don't support making poor defenseless orphans homeless as well.
00:10:25True.
00:10:26But it wouldn't hurt to understand why they might want to do something like that.
00:10:30I don't care how frightened I was. I would never endanger the lives of children.
00:10:33Maybe so.
00:10:34But if you understand why they're afraid,
00:10:37well, it might help you get your point across.
00:10:41You're probably right.
00:10:44Are you here to take me to see the pines, Mr. Owens?
00:10:48Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Owens.
00:10:50I'm finding it's a rarity in this town.
00:10:52Oh, give us a chance, Doc.
00:10:54You might find that Saxton can be a very welcoming town.
00:11:05Miss Pine, this is Dr. Belinda Simpson. She's here to help.
00:11:09Thank you for coming.
00:11:11Give my best to John, will you?
00:11:13Will do. Thank you, Mr. Owens.
00:11:16Good day, ladies.
00:11:18You feeling better?
00:11:19I'm sorry.
00:11:21I was told that you and your husband came down with the same sickness as the children.
00:11:24I'm actually quite relieved someone's recovering.
00:11:26I'm not sick at all, ma'am.
00:11:28It's my husband and daughter.
00:11:30They fell ill almost a week ago.
00:11:46Ella, you said the doctor was coming.
00:11:49Who's this?
00:11:50I am the doctor, Mr. Pine.
00:11:52I'm here to take care of you.
00:11:54I already got a woman to take care of me.
00:11:56I need a real doctor.
00:11:58Please, John, just let Dr. Simpson take a look at you.
00:12:04He's been like this for days.
00:12:06He can't even stand for a few minutes at a time.
00:12:09Neither one of them can keep anything down.
00:12:17Hi.
00:12:30Is it the same sickness as those orphans?
00:12:33I think so.
00:12:35I believe it's cholera.
00:12:36Cholera?
00:12:37Please, keep it down.
00:12:38I don't want to upset your husband or Meredith.
00:12:40Oh, my Lord.
00:12:43John and Meredith are all I have in this world.
00:12:46Are they gonna die?
00:12:48I'm gonna do everything I can.
00:12:50I need you to keep cold compresses on their foreheads
00:12:53to get the fever down and keep them resting.
00:12:55And give them as much water as you can.
00:13:04We'll be back to check on them tomorrow.
00:13:07Thank you, Doctor.
00:13:14I don't understand.
00:13:16Are you the doctor or aren't you?
00:13:19I'm a doctor, but I'm here to help Dr. Simpson.
00:13:22You and your friend need to stop asking so many questions.
00:13:26Especially around a hotel.
00:13:27Saxton is a town on the grow.
00:13:29We can't afford to talk like this.
00:13:31No, what you can't afford is to ignore the problem.
00:13:34Things like this orphan sickness,
00:13:36I've seen them turn boom towns into ghost towns in a matter of months.
00:13:40We know what the problem is.
00:13:42Now, if you'll excuse me, miss.
00:14:00Stop it. We're gonna get caught.
00:14:13Looks like you could use some more help.
00:14:16Seems like you've got a big enough job on your own.
00:14:19Don't be needing to take on other chores.
00:14:21Besides, making a stew for 30 kids
00:14:24is a lot harder than baking a cake for your husband.
00:14:27To my fair share of kitchen duty.
00:14:29Watching your servants do the work
00:14:31ain't the same thing as doing it yourself.
00:14:34I can tell rich folks when I see them.
00:14:37Educated doesn't necessarily mean rich.
00:14:40Actually, you and I have a lot in common.
00:14:42I grew up in an orphanage, too.
00:14:44Right.
00:14:45It's true.
00:14:47Too many kids.
00:14:49Not nearly enough food.
00:14:51They pay for your fancy schooling.
00:14:53I never heard of an orphan becoming a doctor before.
00:14:56That's because I was lucky enough
00:14:58to be adopted by a wonderful family when I was 14.
00:15:01But I wouldn't be who I was today
00:15:03if I hadn't grown up the way I did.
00:15:05We all have our sorrows.
00:15:11If you want to make yourself useful,
00:15:13I could use some more water for the pot.
00:15:15The pump's in the yard.
00:15:19Lillian's got me doing manual labor.
00:15:22Oh!
00:15:24Spirited girl.
00:15:26What made her so wounded?
00:15:29Her father was killed on the railroad.
00:15:32Lillian was 5 years old
00:15:35when her mother couldn't take care of herself.
00:15:38When her mother couldn't take care of her anymore,
00:15:41she told Lillian that her father had gotten a job
00:15:45just to support her,
00:15:47that she was the reason for the misery in the family.
00:15:52Just what a child needs to hear.
00:15:54She doesn't talk much about it.
00:15:57If you press hard, she lashes back.
00:16:00She's been known to have
00:16:03a couple of pretty good tantrums now and then.
00:16:06And you condone that behavior?
00:16:08No, certainly not.
00:16:10But try as you might to cage the lioness,
00:16:13she will find a way to roar.
00:16:16And speaking of which,
00:16:19I heard about your little run-in with Ray Russell.
00:16:24It was out of line.
00:16:26I had no right to speak to him that way.
00:16:30And I'd do it again.
00:16:32I know the town is afraid.
00:16:35As scared as anybody else.
00:16:37I don't understand how they can use God
00:16:42to justify what they want to do.
00:16:45I do.
00:16:46When science can't explain something,
00:16:49people turn to superstition to comfort them,
00:16:53give order to their lives.
00:16:55Surely you don't believe God is superstition.
00:16:59I believe what I can see.
00:17:01But you're in the field of medicine.
00:17:03They've just now discovered germs.
00:17:05We know that children are sick.
00:17:07We know a germ caused it,
00:17:09but we all agree that we can't see it.
00:17:12But we know it's there.
00:17:17Just as we can't see God,
00:17:21but we can see the effect of him in the world.
00:17:25It's hardly the same thing.
00:17:28And with microscopes, you can see bacteria.
00:17:31Perhaps you haven't had the opportunity to know God.
00:17:36If you read the Bible...
00:17:38I've read the Bible, Ms. Clarence.
00:17:40And my family was very religious.
00:17:42My views were formed by my own experiences,
00:17:45and they are not up for discussion.
00:17:47You're entitled to your beliefs, Doctor.
00:17:51As are the rest of us.
00:17:55Dear Mama,
00:17:57I've been in Sykestan for a little more than a day,
00:17:59and I already wonder if I've done the right thing in coming here.
00:18:03I knew the town needed me, but things are much worse than I feared.
00:18:07I think the disease they believe to be influenza is actually cholera.
00:18:11It's a terrible situation for everyone.
00:18:14The disease seems to be coming from the local orphanage,
00:18:16and all the townspeople want to do is send these poor children home.
00:18:20They're selfish.
00:18:21They don't care about what happens to the kids.
00:18:23And everyone looks to me as if I'm supposed to make it all better.
00:18:27The illness is bigger than me,
00:18:29and I'm afraid they've put too much faith in me.
00:18:32I'm afraid I'll let them down.
00:18:34Especially this one little girl, Lillian,
00:18:36who reminds me so much of me at that age.
00:18:39The person I was before you took me in.
00:18:42I want to help Lillian find her way out of here.
00:18:46The person I was before you took me in.
00:18:49I want to help Lillian find her own way,
00:18:51but I can't even find my own path.
00:18:55I wish I could talk to you and Grandma.
00:18:58I wish I had your strength.
00:19:17Miss Clarence, this is my good friend Annie.
00:19:19She's a doctor as well.
00:19:21Good. Come on, come on, come on.
00:19:24Oh.
00:19:43That's a good trick, Lillian. Where'd you learn it?
00:19:45I don't know.
00:19:47People get sick around here a lot,
00:19:49and nobody wants to help Miss Clarence.
00:19:51Just makes sense.
00:19:53You need to get their heads up,
00:19:55else the water just runs right back out.
00:19:57Or they choke.
00:20:00There you go, Katie.
00:20:02Very brave, helping the sick.
00:20:04We're not brave, Miss. I just like helping people.
00:20:07See, we have a lot in common.
00:20:09That's why I became a doctor, to help people.
00:20:16Lillian, wait.
00:20:18What?
00:20:20You don't have the same cup with all the children, are you?
00:20:22There's just me and Miss Clarence in the infirmary rooms.
00:20:25And the rest of the kids is busy cooking and cleaning.
00:20:28You can't do that, Lillian.
00:20:30We ain't got time to wash dishes.
00:20:32Do you know what a germ is?
00:20:34No.
00:20:36It's what makes people sick.
00:20:38And if you let everyone drink out of the same cup, it spreads it around.
00:20:40Give me that.
00:20:42I've got to find Miss Clarence.
00:20:45You and Belinda seem very close.
00:20:48Well, we've been best friends
00:20:50since the first day of medical school.
00:20:52Oh.
00:20:54We kind of had to be.
00:20:56It was two more years before we saw another woman.
00:20:58Hi.
00:21:00Oh, hello.
00:21:02Lillian says you're using the same few dishes
00:21:04with all the sick children.
00:21:06Yes.
00:21:08But there's so few healthy children.
00:21:10Like, they can barely handle
00:21:12the dishes we do use.
00:21:14That isn't acceptable, Miss Clarence.
00:21:16Every child must be fed with their own dish,
00:21:18and those dishes need to be cleaned
00:21:20every single night.
00:21:22And certainly not handled by the healthy children,
00:21:24if you can help it.
00:21:26The children in the infirmary are already sick.
00:21:28I didn't think it would make any difference.
00:21:30By Lillian using the same cups,
00:21:32she's spreading the same germs to all those children.
00:21:34They can't be expected to get better
00:21:36when you continuously feed them their disease.
00:21:38I'm doing the best I can.
00:21:40I'm doing the best I can, Belinda.
00:21:42I'm not a doctor,
00:21:44so tell me what you want me to do,
00:21:46and I'm happy to do it.
00:21:48We need to rewash
00:21:50every dish we can find
00:21:52in the hottest water we can stand.
00:21:54Boil some water.
00:22:04You needn't yell at her, Belinda.
00:22:06And Mrs. Clarence didn't go to medical school.
00:22:08She doesn't know these things.
00:22:10That's why we're here.
00:22:12I'll apologize to her later.
00:22:14No.
00:22:16We have a restaurant's worth of dishes to do.
00:22:38Come on.
00:22:54Need some help with that pail?
00:22:56I've done my fair share of chores
00:22:58I think I can manage on my own.
00:23:00I'm sure you can.
00:23:02But just because you can manage
00:23:04doesn't mean you ought to.
00:23:06I rely on Mr. Owens.
00:23:08Best not to forget that.
00:23:12Thought I was the only one who made house calls.
00:23:14Well, Mrs. Clarence is having some trouble with her gutters.
00:23:16Thought I'd stop by and take a look.
00:23:18You know, I'll just be up there
00:23:20for another half hour.
00:23:22After that, I'd love your company for lunch
00:23:24if you're free.
00:23:26Uh, I don't even know you.
00:23:28Well,
00:23:30lunch could go a long way to remedy that.
00:23:32Mr. Owens,
00:23:34I thank you for your invitation,
00:23:36but I'm afraid I'm much too busy.
00:23:38I'll be using my lunch break
00:23:40to do research at the clinic.
00:23:42Well,
00:23:44seems like the children are in good hands.
00:23:46Another time then?
00:24:00Sorry I made you sick, Katie.
00:24:02I swear I didn't mean it.
00:24:04Promise that Belinda's doing everything she can
00:24:06to make you better.
00:24:08I'll be right here to help her.
00:24:10I'll be okay, Lillian.
00:24:20He's getting worse, isn't he?
00:24:22He's fighting Mrs. Pine.
00:24:32I'm sorry.
00:24:54Even the busy need to eat.
00:24:56You're a very persistent man, Mr. Owens.
00:24:58I thought I'd
00:25:00help you with your research.
00:25:04Oh, I can read, so...
00:25:06As you wish.
00:25:10Just tell me what you're looking for.
00:25:18Thank you.
00:25:24Why can't it be the food?
00:25:26Because it does make sense.
00:25:28The orphans doesn't grow their own food.
00:25:30It comes from the farmers.
00:25:32The farmers sell it to the general store.
00:25:34The whole town buys from Gus.
00:25:38And they all have a garden?
00:25:40Well, you see what Miss Clarence has to contend with.
00:25:42She doesn't have time for a garden.
00:25:58I should get back to the shop.
00:26:00Oh, thank you for your help.
00:26:02And lunch.
00:26:04Oh, you're welcome.
00:26:06You know, those children are lucky to have you.
00:26:08They could use a few more defenders.
00:26:10Well, I grew up in an orphanage just like them.
00:26:12I know what it's like
00:26:14to feel like you're nobody's child.
00:26:16I'm sorry.
00:26:18Nobody deserves that.
00:26:20No one does.
00:26:22Well...
00:26:28Come on.
00:26:52No.
00:26:54What's Hattie Clarence doing in town?
00:26:56Make her tell us the truth, ma'am!
00:26:58Hattie Clarence has the same rights as anyone else in this town.
00:27:00You have to just lock her up!
00:27:02She came to me like a responsible citizen.
00:27:04Are you supposed to be protecting this town?
00:27:06Please, I don't understand. We need your help.
00:27:08What do you think is going on?
00:27:10I know what happened.
00:27:12We've got to get some answers.
00:27:14They'll enter children back where they came from.
00:27:16People, quiet down.
00:27:18Yelling doesn't solve anything.
00:27:20I will address your concerns one at a time.
00:27:22The Malloys caught the sickness last night.
00:27:24The Malloys are now Betsy Donovan.
00:27:26And this plague is spreading, folks.
00:27:28Please!
00:27:30My children can't be responsible!
00:27:32I haven't let them come near town
00:27:34since this thing started.
00:27:36They haven't been anywhere near you people!
00:27:38You people?
00:27:40Our taxes pay for that place, Hattie. Don't you forget it.
00:27:42This town hasn't put ten cents into that orphanage.
00:27:44You people built it
00:27:46with the best of intentions.
00:27:48And they just left it there to rot!
00:27:50All right, now don't make it personal, Hattie.
00:27:52This is as personal as it gets, Mayor.
00:27:54That woman is playing with our lives.
00:27:56Ray, you can't blame Ms. Clarence or those children
00:27:58for what's happening here.
00:28:00We don't even know what this disease is yet.
00:28:02We do know.
00:28:04Doc Simpson says it's cholera.
00:28:06Cholera?
00:28:12Ray?
00:28:16You knew about this and you didn't warn us!
00:28:18She's doing the best she can.
00:28:20We need a real doctor, not some
00:28:22uppity Spencer who wants to play pretend.
00:28:24Everyone, calm down!
00:28:26We need to give
00:28:28Dr. Simpson enough time to do her job.
00:28:30She needs a chance.
00:28:32Our families are sick, Mayor!
00:28:34How long are we supposed to wait?
00:28:36Those orphans need to be run out of town!
00:28:38All right, now that's it. That is enough.
00:28:40We will have a town meeting tomorrow night
00:28:42right here, five o'clock.
00:28:44And we will decide the fate
00:28:46and future of the orphanage.
00:28:48You heard it. Mayor said it. On your way, then.
00:28:50Come on.
00:29:16Oh, Belinda.
00:29:20I know how much you miss Drew.
00:29:51What is it?
00:29:53What is it?
00:29:55I know why the sick
00:29:57aren't getting any better.
00:29:59Cholera doesn't
00:30:01directly kill the body.
00:30:03It drains it of all its fluid and so the patient
00:30:05dies from dehydration, right?
00:30:07Well, that's why we've been giving them so much water.
00:30:09Except for the fact that most of it keeps
00:30:11coming back up. Exactly.
00:30:13So, we need
00:30:15to find a way to give the children so much water
00:30:17that their bodies retain some of it.
00:30:19I understand.
00:30:21The hospital at Johns Hopkins
00:30:23is doing an experiment.
00:30:25A method called intravenous therapy.
00:30:27Works just like taking blood,
00:30:29only in reverse. You drip a fluid,
00:30:31usually a medication, into the body
00:30:33through the veins. So by injecting it
00:30:35directly into the bloodstream, it's harder for the body to
00:30:37reject.
00:30:39We have no idea how to build something like this.
00:30:41I'll go to the post office and telegraph Johns Hopkins.
00:30:43Wait, Belinda,
00:30:45where are you going? The post office doesn't open for two
00:30:47hours.
00:30:59I truly think this could work.
00:31:01Dr. William Halstead of Johns Hopkins
00:31:03agrees it could be the most effective way
00:31:05to treat the sick.
00:31:07We don't have anything like this in our infirmary.
00:31:09Well, no one does.
00:31:11Not yet, at least.
00:31:13It's still fairly experimental.
00:31:15We'd have to build each one of them on our own.
00:31:17Sounds expensive,
00:31:19Belinda.
00:31:21We hardly make
00:31:23ends meet here.
00:31:25You're right.
00:31:27I'll pay for it.
00:31:29What? I can't ask you to do that.
00:31:31You're not asking me.
00:31:33And my father
00:31:35loves his causes.
00:31:37He'd be more than happy to give us anything that we needed.
00:31:39So let's make the list
00:31:41and let me worry about paying for it.
00:31:43Well,
00:31:45the most important element is the rubber tubing.
00:31:47We can start there.
00:31:51If you want more tubing,
00:31:53I'll have to order it from St. Louis.
00:31:55Would you? Oh, and I need as many bottles
00:31:57as I can find. Soda bottles would be best.
00:31:59Sody bottles.
00:32:07Is this all right?
00:32:09Perfect.
00:32:13Hey, Doc.
00:32:15I'd offer to help,
00:32:17but I think I know what you're going to say.
00:32:19You're a fast learner, Mr. Owens.
00:32:43She's spending
00:32:45too much time here.
00:32:49Would she mind if I took her to the clinic
00:32:51with me? But if the disease is passing
00:32:53person to person,
00:32:55should she really be out there with the townspeople?
00:32:57She's not sick.
00:32:59And neither are we.
00:33:13Sure do have a lot of books.
00:33:15Books are very important to me.
00:33:17There's nothing useful in books.
00:33:19That's not true at all.
00:33:21I found the idea for the intravenous therapy
00:33:23in this very book.
00:33:25Besides, my mom had taught me that
00:33:27the really good ones can take you places
00:33:29you might never see otherwise.
00:33:31Like China or Africa
00:33:33or...
00:33:35I don't know.
00:33:37I don't know.
00:33:39...places you might never see otherwise.
00:33:41Like China or Africa
00:33:43or France.
00:33:45I thought you said you were an orphan like me.
00:33:47And I told you
00:33:49that I was very lucky to be adopted by my
00:33:51mama. So she's not
00:33:53really your mother. Yes, she is.
00:33:55Family's just what you make of it.
00:33:57Miss Clarence is a
00:33:59part of your family just like Annie is a part of mine.
00:34:03Can I be
00:34:05a part of your family?
00:34:09Yes.
00:34:13Do you ladies have the supplies ready?
00:34:15We should start working on the intravenous devices.
00:34:17Yes, we should.
00:34:33Here you go.
00:34:35Thanks, Iris. Thank you very much.
00:34:37Okay.
00:34:39All right, everybody.
00:34:41Now, I want you to all understand
00:34:43that I hear your concerns.
00:34:45I don't think you do, Mayor.
00:34:47We're talking about our lives here.
00:34:49But what if sending the children away doesn't stop the disease?
00:34:51It can very well spread
00:34:53even after the kids are gone.
00:34:55And then the death of innocent children will be on your hands.
00:34:57All right. The bottom line is this.
00:34:59Dr. Simpson is working
00:35:01on a new treatment. She just needs a little time
00:35:03to put it into place.
00:35:05And I believe the time to put them out is long overdue.
00:35:09All right, then. We'll put it to a vote.
00:35:11All those in favor
00:35:13of giving Dr. Simpson one week
00:35:15to implement her new plan,
00:35:17say aye.
00:35:19And those who want to shut down the orphanage permanently
00:35:21will say nay.
00:35:23All those in favor? Aye!
00:35:25All those opposed? Nay!
00:35:27All right. The ayes have it.
00:35:29Dr. Simpson, you have one week to show some improvement
00:35:31in those children.
00:35:33We'll reconvene then.
00:35:35Take another vote.
00:35:37Until then, this meeting is dismissed.
00:35:39Go on. Thank you.
00:35:41No longer in here. Move along now.
00:35:43Hi.
00:36:01How's it coming?
00:36:03Turns out I'm not much of an inventor.
00:36:07Let me see what you got there.
00:36:09I need to
00:36:11fill the bottle with liquid and then
00:36:13have it drip slowly through the tube.
00:36:15But I can't figure out how to
00:36:17get the opening narrow enough.
00:36:19Well, even if you manage to get the tube attached,
00:36:21how are you going to get the liquid in
00:36:23once it's sealed?
00:36:25I hadn't even thought of that.
00:36:29I may have an idea.
00:36:37That'll do it.
00:36:41Still a little hot.
00:36:43Take a minute to cool down.
00:36:45How did you do that?
00:36:47Well, it's more involved than I'm used to.
00:36:49I'll give you that, but not that hard.
00:36:51See?
00:36:53Now you can just
00:36:55pop the cap on the bottle like this
00:36:57and then refill it as you need to.
00:37:01And I thought I was so clever.
00:37:03I never would have gotten that to work.
00:37:07I think you're actually going to need a stand
00:37:09like this. I'll see if I can work
00:37:11something out this afternoon.
00:37:13That is so kind of you.
00:37:15You know you're the only one that calls them
00:37:17children instead of orphans.
00:37:19I think you're the only one in this town
00:37:21that's on their side.
00:37:23Well, that's not true.
00:37:25They've got you, don't they?
00:37:29Besides,
00:37:31everyone needs someone to fight for them.
00:37:33No child should have to manage on their own.
00:37:35I don't think this town realized that
00:37:37until you got here.
00:37:47I'm sorry.
00:37:49I need to go.
00:37:51Um, just bring
00:37:53the rest of your supplies down and
00:37:55I'll have these finished up by tomorrow.
00:37:57If you ever need some
00:37:59help, I know of someone.
00:38:01You?
00:38:03Lillian. I think she could use the company
00:38:05as much as you could use the help.
00:38:07Sure. I'll, uh...
00:38:09I'll buy the orphanage and pick her up this afternoon.
00:38:11Oh, she'll like that.
00:38:21Belinda's pretty smart, isn't she?
00:38:23She sure is.
00:38:25I couldn't have come up with something like this.
00:38:27I would have.
00:38:29You know, if I had her kind of book smarts.
00:38:31Doc Belinda says I'm clever.
00:38:33Well, I think she's right.
00:38:37All right.
00:38:39Let's get started on the next set of tops.
00:38:41I'll just go get some water.
00:38:43I'm a good worker. Doc Belinda says
00:38:45I'm the only one she trusts.
00:38:47So just put me in the direction of your bucket
00:38:49and I'll take it from there.
00:38:51You'll take it from there?
00:38:53Are you sure you can handle that?
00:38:55Of course I'm sure.
00:38:57All right. The bucket's right there.
00:39:01People are silly.
00:39:03This bucket is so small.
00:39:05Only three trips to get in four.
00:39:15I don't need any help.
00:39:17I'm just fine on my own. Thank you.
00:39:21Meet you from the orphanage?
00:39:23Yes.
00:39:25My name's Celine.
00:39:27Yeah?
00:39:29What are you doing outside, child?
00:39:31I'm getting water for Mr. Owens.
00:39:33We've got lots of work to do
00:39:35for Doc Belinda.
00:39:37Is that right?
00:39:43Dr. Simpson let you come out here?
00:39:45Yes. It was her idea. Why?
00:39:47Howdy, Ray.
00:39:51You all right, Lil?
00:39:53Yes, Mr. Owens.
00:39:55I didn't touch a hair on that child's head, Lee.
00:39:57She shouldn't be out here, and you know that.
00:40:01You aren't going to go near
00:40:03any of these children
00:40:05or Dr. Simpson
00:40:07ever again.
00:40:09Come on, Lil. Let's get back to work.
00:40:15You sure you want to be touching that vermin, Lee?
00:40:17She might infect you, too.
00:40:19For God's sake.
00:40:21Ray, they're children.
00:40:27Come on.
00:40:47You know, I just remembered we're out of eggs,
00:40:49and we certainly can't make breakfast tomorrow without them.
00:40:51Well, let's go to the general store
00:40:53before it closes.
00:40:55Why don't you go check on Lee's progress
00:40:57with the intravenous devices?
00:40:59I'll meet you back here in a few minutes.
00:41:13Howdy, Doc.
00:41:17Lillian had a lot of fun
00:41:19with you this afternoon.
00:41:21Well, I enjoyed her company, too.
00:41:23She couldn't stop talking about it.
00:41:25She speaks very highly
00:41:27of you, too. I'm sorry I left so
00:41:29abruptly.
00:41:31Well, I know you were married, if that's what you want to tell me.
00:41:35I'm sorry about your husband.
00:41:37I'm beginning to think Annie should have just
00:41:39taken out an ad in the newspaper. It would have been faster
00:41:41than telling everyone.
00:41:43She only told me because she knew you wouldn't.
00:41:45I like you a lot, Lee.
00:41:47I just...
00:41:49don't know
00:41:51if I'm ready.
00:41:53That's all right.
00:41:55I'm a very patient
00:41:57man.
00:41:59In your world, worth waiting for.
00:42:05But, uh...
00:42:09I don't want you to walk away from this
00:42:11just because you're scared.
00:42:13I can't lose anyone.
00:42:15I'm not going anywhere.
00:42:17You don't know that.
00:42:19Look at what's going on in this town.
00:42:21You think Carl Russell ever
00:42:23even thought about cholera?
00:42:25You can't go through life worried about what's around every corner.
00:42:29You have to let yourself have some joy.
00:42:31Otherwise, what's the point?
00:42:35Right?
00:42:41Well,
00:42:43whenever you're ready.
00:42:47You know where to find me.
00:42:49Good day, Mr. Evans.
00:42:55Have a good day, Doc.
00:43:03A letter came for you.
00:43:09You ready to walk home?
00:43:17No.
00:43:21I really am gonna miss you.
00:43:23My dearest Belinda,
00:43:25I am so sorry
00:43:27to hear of your struggles in Missouri.
00:43:29I try not to, but I can't help
00:43:31but worry for your safety.
00:43:33But I trust in God and truly believe
00:43:35that you have been sent to help the people of Sykeston.
00:43:37We all have times
00:43:39of fear and doubt.
00:43:41We all wonder why we were given such a heavy burden to carry.
00:43:43But know in your heart
00:43:45that God never gives us more than we can handle,
00:43:47even when it might seem that way.
00:43:49When I am afraid,
00:43:51it is prayer that carries me through to happier times
00:43:53and reassures me that everything happens for a reason.
00:43:57You're always in our thoughts, Belinda.
00:43:59Stay safe,
00:44:01and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
00:44:03Love, Mama.
00:44:15Will that hurt?
00:44:17Not much at all.
00:44:45Will this make them better?
00:44:47I think so.
00:44:51You should have seen it, Katie.
00:44:53Bill Dobbs got chewing gum stuck in his hair,
00:44:55and he tried everything to get it out.
00:44:57Miss Clarence put so much mayonnaise on his head,
00:44:59he smelled like a rotten salad.
00:45:03Katie?
00:45:05Katie, can you hear me?
00:45:15Katie?
00:45:35Katie seems worse today.
00:45:39She was never a healthy child
00:45:41to begin with.
00:45:45I think that's why she and Lillian
00:45:47get along so well.
00:45:49They're my two little outcasts.
00:45:51I don't know what that feels like.
00:45:55I can tell.
00:45:57I think that's why you're such a...
00:46:01a strong,
00:46:03fine example for her.
00:46:05Not a wonderful example,
00:46:07least of all to a ten-year-old.
00:46:09You're a strong woman doctor
00:46:11with a good heart,
00:46:13a very definition
00:46:15of a fine example.
00:46:19Going through a tough time
00:46:21doesn't make you a bad person.
00:46:23Those things define
00:46:25who we become.
00:46:27In the best of times,
00:46:29everyone grows and prospers,
00:46:31but when times
00:46:33are at their worst,
00:46:35we find out
00:46:37what we have in us.
00:46:39You're only saying that
00:46:41because of what Annie told you.
00:46:43Belinda, no.
00:46:45I see the loss
00:46:47and the grief
00:46:49in everything you do and say.
00:46:51I've worked here in the orphanage
00:46:53for the last 20 years.
00:46:55I know the signs.
00:47:11♪
00:47:37I know Annie told you
00:47:39about my husband.
00:47:41Drew had tuberculosis.
00:47:45It was long
00:47:47and painful,
00:47:49and I couldn't
00:47:51help him.
00:47:55And when he died,
00:47:57the head nurse
00:47:59at the sanatorium
00:48:01took me to see his body.
00:48:03It told me
00:48:05that it was God's will.
00:48:07And I thought,
00:48:09how can any God
00:48:11make me a doctor,
00:48:13give with all
00:48:15my medical training?
00:48:21I still couldn't
00:48:23save my husband,
00:48:25my own husband.
00:48:27I gave up
00:48:29trying to understand God's will
00:48:31long, long ago.
00:48:33Maybe we're just
00:48:35not meant to.
00:48:37So I'm just supposed to
00:48:39believe that everything will work out
00:48:41like it should.
00:48:43I think maybe that's right.
00:48:45Otherwise,
00:48:47you spend so much time
00:48:49worrying
00:48:51that you miss
00:48:53all the happy times
00:48:55and the people
00:48:57who might have been
00:48:59important to you.
00:49:01Important to you.
00:49:17Thank you.
00:49:21Thanks.
00:49:27Are you sure you're gonna be okay without me?
00:49:29I'll have to be, won't I?
00:49:31Thank you for
00:49:33everything, Annie.
00:49:35I couldn't have done this without you.
00:49:37I feel the same way.
00:49:39I wish I wasn't saying goodbye to you.
00:49:41This is a goodbye.
00:49:43I'll be in Kansas before you can even miss me.
00:49:45I won't hold you to that.
00:49:47You'd better.
00:49:49See you around.
00:49:57Bye.
00:49:59Bye.
00:50:05Sorry to see Annie leave.
00:50:07Me too.
00:50:09But it was time
00:50:11for her to move on.
00:50:13Would it be all right if I accompanied you
00:50:15to the town meeting tonight?
00:50:17I've ever told you
00:50:19you're a very persistent man.
00:50:21Many times, ma'am.
00:50:23Then I suppose your persistence has paid off.
00:50:25I'd be honored.
00:50:29I'll miss Annie now that she's gone,
00:50:31but I knew she couldn't stay forever.
00:50:33Life changes when it wants to,
00:50:35and often in the most unexpected ways.
00:50:37I've met a wonderful man named Lee.
00:50:39I just don't know yet
00:50:41if I can let go of Drew,
00:50:43or how I'm even supposed to.
00:50:45But my heart is light in ways
00:50:47it hasn't been for a long while.
00:50:49Thank you so much for your love and support,
00:50:51and know that I miss you, Pa,
00:50:53Maddie, and Jacob each day.
00:50:55Love, Belinda.
00:51:15Doc Simpson!
00:51:17Please, you have to come quick.
00:51:19It's John.
00:51:35He wouldn't wake up
00:51:37when I came to check on him this morning.
00:51:45No.
00:52:01No.
00:52:11No.
00:52:15No.
00:52:37No! No, please!
00:52:39Please!
00:52:41It's all right.
00:52:43I took care of her myself.
00:52:45Please let him sleep.
00:52:47Lilian, dear, it'll be all right.
00:52:49You took care of her.
00:52:51Please, Ms. Clarence, please make her better.
00:52:53You'll be all right, dear.
00:52:55When did this happen?
00:52:57Sometime during the night.
00:52:59It's not true! It's not true!
00:53:01You'll be all right, dear.
00:53:03I am so sorry.
00:53:05Sorry doesn't make it better!
00:53:13Ms. Clarence, are you okay?
00:53:15Okay.
00:53:17All right. All right.
00:53:19Come here.
00:53:21It's okay.
00:53:33I came as soon as I heard.
00:53:37I'm failing, Lee.
00:53:39These people are dying,
00:53:41and I can't figure it out,
00:53:43and I don't understand why.
00:53:45You're not failing.
00:53:47You're doing everything you can.
00:53:49You came up with that contraption
00:53:51to help people get back the fluid they lost.
00:53:53You're giving them all the water they can take.
00:53:55They haven't eaten in days,
00:53:57so it's not just water they're lacking.
00:53:59That's it.
00:54:01I've been replacing the water,
00:54:03but not the nutrients.
00:54:05You know, they used to give puppies cow's milk
00:54:07if the mother died?
00:54:09They didn't have the nutrients,
00:54:11so they came up with a solution
00:54:13of water, sugar, and salt.
00:54:15And it worked?
00:54:17Mortality rate dropped by more than half.
00:54:19That's what I should have been doing all along.
00:54:21I'm going to go to the general store
00:54:23and pick up some salt and sugar,
00:54:25and then I'll make it at the orphanage
00:54:27or at the kitchen.
00:54:29All right.
00:54:31I think that about does it.
00:54:33Doctor?
00:54:35Mayor, I need you to postpone the town meeting.
00:54:37I don't know what to say. I think I can help these people.
00:54:39I just need some more time.
00:54:41There isn't going to be a meeting, Dr. Simpson.
00:54:43What?
00:54:45Four more townspeople have fallen ill.
00:54:47John Pine and the orphan town council
00:54:49felt it was too dangerous
00:54:51to try and bring people together
00:54:53under close quarters.
00:54:55That's a very good idea, Mayor.
00:54:57Now just give me the names of the new patients,
00:54:59and I should be able to get to everybody tonight.
00:55:01I just need to start with the orphanage.
00:55:03You will do no such thing.
00:55:05I never have an orphanage.
00:55:07What?
00:55:09Are you serious?
00:55:11I most certainly am.
00:55:13I came here to post an eviction notice.
00:55:15You're going to put those sick children out on the street.
00:55:17Don't you understand?
00:55:19Nobody's going to take them in. They're going to die.
00:55:21Lee, I did my best.
00:55:23I can't protect them anymore.
00:55:25Just give me two more days, Mayor.
00:55:27Please, two more days.
00:55:29No one but Lee or myself
00:55:31will be able to go in or out of the orphanage,
00:55:33no matter what we find anyway.
00:55:35I'll try.
00:55:37I'll try again.
00:55:39But I'm afraid this situation
00:55:41might already be out of my control.
00:55:53Are you sure about the ratios?
00:55:55I think so.
00:55:57Just remember to put more sugar than salt into the mixture,
00:55:59and make sure it boils completely
00:56:01so it doesn't clog up the intravenous contractions.
00:56:03All right.
00:56:05All right, I'm going to go talk to Lillian.
00:56:07I hate to involve such a little girl in all of this,
00:56:09but I don't think we can do without her.
00:56:11Thanks.
00:56:21Are you feeling okay, Lillian?
00:56:23Do you feel sick?
00:56:25No.
00:56:27I've been sick a day in my life.
00:56:31Katie was my only friend.
00:56:33Now I've got nobody.
00:56:41I didn't know about Belinda, I swear.
00:56:43I didn't mean to hurt them.
00:56:45What are you talking about?
00:56:47You said it was making them sick,
00:56:49feeding everybody with the same cup.
00:56:53It's my fault.
00:56:55I didn't know.
00:56:57You didn't hurt anyone.
00:56:59I did.
00:57:01You said so.
00:57:03I shouldn't have said that.
00:57:05I was upset,
00:57:07and I wasn't thinking.
00:57:09And I didn't mean that you made anyone sick.
00:57:11That's just not true.
00:57:17If it's anyone's fault,
00:57:19it's mine.
00:57:25I'm sorry.
00:57:31But you worked so hard, Miss.
00:57:33Before you got here, nobody came to help us.
00:57:35You tried.
00:57:39And Miss Clarence says sometimes that's all we can do.
00:57:41She's right.
00:57:45And Miss Clarence needs us right now.
00:57:47She needs us to be strong,
00:57:49even if we don't feel so tough.
00:57:51Can you do that?
00:57:53It's a deal.
00:57:57Come on.
00:58:23It's a grace
00:58:25and your smile
00:58:27is a light
00:58:29that makes me
00:58:31strong
00:58:33like a child.
00:58:43If I touch,
00:58:47can I feel again
00:58:49this pain?
00:58:51This hurt
00:58:53will find relief.
00:58:55If I
00:58:57love,
00:58:59then can I
00:59:01heal again
00:59:05and restore
00:59:07a innocent
00:59:09beauty
00:59:11like a child?
00:59:19Mmm.
00:59:37Fire!
00:59:39Fire!
00:59:41Fire!
00:59:47Oh, God.
00:59:51Get some water!
00:59:59I'm gonna go get another bucket.
01:00:07We need some help!
01:00:11Yeah.
01:00:33You ought not let them orphans
01:00:35play with fire, Miss Simpson.
01:00:37Somebody might get hurt.
01:00:39Stop, Lee.
01:00:41I'll handle this. All right!
01:00:45What in the hell were you thinking, Ray?
01:00:47People could have died. Yeah.
01:00:49A few may have died,
01:00:51but it's for the good of many.
01:00:53Does anyone hold with what this man did tonight?
01:00:55We can't abide
01:00:57by this, Ray! Well, that's just
01:00:59fine. You go ahead and
01:01:01let those no-accounts be the undoing of this town.
01:01:03I'm proud of what I done. You have nothing
01:01:05to be proud of.
01:01:07Eustace, lock
01:01:09this piece of trash up. Get him out of here.
01:01:11You come along now.
01:01:13Don't test me, Ray.
01:01:15Just you wait.
01:01:17You reap what you sow, people.
01:01:19You hear me?
01:01:23You reap what you sow.
01:01:37Oh.
01:01:41How could anyone
01:01:43believe that
01:01:45that's what God wanted them to do?
01:01:47If you
01:01:49want to believe something enough,
01:01:51I suppose you
01:01:53search for
01:01:55justification.
01:01:57What
01:01:59Ray Russell did has
01:02:01nothing to do with God.
01:02:03I know.
01:02:07Or at least I used to know.
01:02:09I worked for this woman
01:02:11once whose two children died
01:02:13and
01:02:15she turned away from God.
01:02:19And I remember wondering
01:02:21how could you
01:02:23not know
01:02:25that your faith would carry you
01:02:27through your hardships?
01:02:29And then
01:02:31when Drew died, I waited to be
01:02:33carried for weeks
01:02:35all night and day.
01:02:37I waited
01:02:39for a sign that God was there
01:02:41and I heard nothing.
01:02:43And then one day
01:02:45I just stopped listening.
01:02:47Just because
01:02:49we don't hear
01:02:51what we want to
01:02:53doesn't mean God isn't
01:02:55speaking.
01:02:57I'm trying to listen.
01:02:59I just don't
01:03:01understand what I'm supposed to listen for.
01:03:03Talk to God
01:03:05and then
01:03:07be silent.
01:03:09He will
01:03:11answer you.
01:03:15Sleep well,
01:03:17Miss Clarence.
01:03:19Uh-huh.
01:03:49God, I know it's
01:04:05been a long time
01:04:07since we've spoken.
01:04:13And I've
01:04:15tried to do right by this town
01:04:17and
01:04:19by these
01:04:21children.
01:04:27And I don't know if there's
01:04:29any more I can do.
01:04:37These children
01:04:39deserve to be happy,
01:04:41healthy,
01:04:43and loved.
01:04:47Please let this be enough
01:04:49to save them.
01:04:53Please, I need you.
01:05:17I need you.
01:05:47I need you.
01:06:17Thank you.
01:06:29Her fever broke just after dawn.
01:06:31I'm glad, Mrs. Pine.
01:06:33She's not out of the woods yet. She'll need to continue
01:06:35treatment for at least two weeks.
01:06:37Anything you say.
01:06:39And I want you eating solid food as soon as you feel up to it.
01:06:41Thank you so much, Dr. Simpson.
01:06:47I've gotten to
01:06:49all the townspeople.
01:06:51Not everyone has responded, but
01:06:53the worst-off will probably come around
01:06:55in a few days.
01:06:57Good. I'll take that batch up to the kids
01:06:59and ball the rest for the town.
01:07:03Linda.
01:07:06Linda.
01:07:32Looks like he got away from you.
01:07:35I know.
01:07:37I should be helping inside.
01:07:39But it gets so stuffy in here.
01:07:41Well, no girl should be cooped up inside all day.
01:07:47Miss Clarence says that thing
01:07:49ain't run well since Buchanan was in office.
01:07:51And if it's rusted through again,
01:07:53might need Mr. Owens to fix it.
01:07:55Lillian?
01:07:57A woman is just as capable as fixing a water pump
01:07:59as a man.
01:08:01Sure. If she had a wrench.
01:08:04Do you got a wrench?
01:08:06No.
01:08:08I better go in and tell Mr. Owens about the pump.
01:08:11But if you need water now,
01:08:13the well is right through those trees.
01:08:15Come on, I'll show you.
01:08:29It's just right back there.
01:08:31Thank you.
01:09:02Lillian told me about the water pump.
01:09:04I'll get it fixed right away,
01:09:06but you want to stay away from the water in this well.
01:09:08You knew it looked like this.
01:09:10Our town hasn't used it in a few years,
01:09:12ever since we got the water pumps up and running.
01:09:14How long have people been dumping into the well?
01:09:16I'm not sure.
01:09:18The mayor tried to board it up a few years ago,
01:09:20but people would just rip the planks off
01:09:22and use it anyway.
01:09:24I've known about it for a while,
01:09:26but I'm not sure when it started.
01:09:28Thank you.
01:09:30I need to tell the mayor to stop the town
01:09:32from using the water pumps.
01:09:34Why?
01:09:36You want me to tell the people in town
01:09:38to stop using water?
01:09:40Yes.
01:09:42Or at least boil the water for two minutes.
01:09:44Because the well is just not safe.
01:09:46I know the well isn't safe.
01:09:48That's why we use the pumps.
01:09:50Except all of the water comes from the same place.
01:09:52People have been dumping rotted wood
01:09:54and rusted metal in it for months now,
01:09:56both of which are breeding ground for bacteria.
01:09:58The germs spread through the water
01:10:00and you accidentally contaminated the entire system.
01:10:02Which is why none of the farmers got sick.
01:10:04See, they're too far away from the well
01:10:06to be affected.
01:10:08It started at the orphanage
01:10:10and moved toward the town.
01:10:12But the well is separate from the pumps.
01:10:14Not really.
01:10:16All of the town's water runs together underground.
01:10:18It's just like a pond.
01:10:20You only have three pumps in town, mayor,
01:10:22all of which are only a quarter of a mile away.
01:10:24Once the well was contaminated,
01:10:26it was just a matter of time
01:10:28before it spread to the groundwater.
01:10:30Mayor, if people continue to drink this water,
01:10:32people will continue to get sick.
01:10:34But the sickness came from the orphans.
01:10:36No.
01:10:38It came from the water under the orphanage.
01:10:40It's just like Miss Clarence said.
01:10:44We left that place to rot.
01:10:46Now we're paying for it.
01:10:48I had no idea this was going on.
01:10:50You have to understand that.
01:10:52There's no need to place blame.
01:10:54It doesn't matter how it happened,
01:10:56just as long as we fix it and it never happens again.
01:11:08I will be here
01:11:10for as long as you need me
01:11:12so there's no excuses getting out of bed.
01:11:14I'm not sure
01:11:16Lillian wants to do with herself.
01:11:18You're not around here so much.
01:11:20She's become
01:11:22so attached to you.
01:11:24We'll see each other.
01:11:26It's an orphanage.
01:11:28The splinters and hay fever alone
01:11:30will keep me busy for years.
01:11:34You get some rest.
01:11:40Oh.
01:11:42Oh, thank you.
01:11:44Oh.
01:11:46Oh.
01:12:00You know, I was never
01:12:02very good at those.
01:12:04They always fell apart.
01:12:06I can teach you.
01:12:08I'd like that.
01:12:12I guess you've got to get back to
01:12:14the rest of the town.
01:12:16You make it sound like
01:12:18I'm going somewhere.
01:12:20My office is right down the street.
01:12:22I know, but
01:12:24we're only allowed out of the yard
01:12:26when Miss Clance takes us to the general store
01:12:28to get a penny candy
01:12:30for somebody's birthday.
01:12:32Then I'll just have to come visit you.
01:12:34Yeah.
01:12:36And I'll get permission for you to come work with me
01:12:38at the clinic.
01:12:40I need my best assistant after all.
01:12:42Don't do that to make me feel better, Jock Belinda.
01:12:44I know you don't need a kid
01:12:46getting in your way.
01:12:48Lillian, you're never in my way.
01:12:50That's what everybody says.
01:12:52They don't mean it.
01:12:54You don't have to feel bad about it.
01:12:56Really.
01:12:58I'm just fine here on my own.
01:13:06Well, there's another option.
01:13:08What's that?
01:13:10You could come live with me.
01:13:14You mean it?
01:13:16I don't say things I don't mean.
01:13:18But you would have to focus
01:13:20on your schoolwork.
01:13:22Education is very important to me.
01:13:24I could do it if you help me.
01:13:26And this wouldn't be a temporary arrangement.
01:13:28I want you to be a part of my family
01:13:30if you want me to be a part of yours.
01:13:34I love you.
01:13:36I love you, Jock Belinda.
01:13:38I'll be the best daughter
01:13:40you could ever hope for.
01:13:48I love you too, Lillian.
01:13:50I love you too.
01:14:06It's so funny.
01:14:08When I was adopted by my mama,
01:14:10she had my room set up
01:14:12almost the exact same way.
01:14:14It's nice of you to give Lillian her privacy.
01:14:16Every girl needs privacy,
01:14:18besides, this is only temporary
01:14:20until I can afford a larger home.
01:14:22About that.
01:14:26I love you,
01:14:28Belinda Simpson.
01:14:30That's not going away. I don't care how long I have to wait.
01:14:32Please.
01:14:34I know all the reasons you have for saying no,
01:14:36but I want to marry you.
01:14:38I wouldn't...
01:14:40No, this is all new to me,
01:14:42but I swear
01:14:44I'm going to be a good father to Lillian
01:14:46and a husband to you.
01:14:48Lee,
01:14:52I would love to marry you.
01:14:56And I love you too.
01:15:12Do you, Lee Owens,
01:15:14take Belinda Simpson
01:15:16to be your lawfully wedded wife
01:15:18to love, honor, and obey
01:15:20all the days of your life?
01:15:22I do.
01:15:24And do you, Belinda Simpson,
01:15:26take Lee Owens
01:15:28to be your lawfully wedded husband
01:15:30to love, honor, and obey
01:15:32all the days of your life?
01:15:34I do.
01:15:36Then by the powers vested in me
01:15:38by the great state of Missouri,
01:15:40I pronounce you
01:15:42husband and wife.
01:15:50You may kiss her now.
01:16:12Can I feel it now?
01:16:18This hurt will find relief.
01:16:22If I love,
01:16:26then can I heal again?
01:16:32This sorrow feels so real.
01:16:38Like a child.
01:16:42We got a letter today.
01:16:44Who's it from?
01:16:46My mama, your grandma.
01:16:48I really have grandmas now?
01:16:50You sure do.
01:16:52You got a bargain in the family department.
01:16:54You got uncles and cousins
01:16:56and two grandmas and two grandmas
01:16:58who are crazy about you.
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