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Whose turn is it?

Colleen?

Let me think.

As mean as a snapping turtle.

Mean as a rattler in August.

As mean as Mr.

Bray. As mean as a centipede with sciatica.

You're going to start, Brian.

As slow as molasses.

Slow as a snail on crutches.

Mr. Brakeholm, immigrants.

We're all immigrants, Brian.

Some of us just came to America sooner than others.

Morning, Dr. Mike.

Morning, Robert E.

Will you take a look at Ferris' shoes while we're shopping?

Yes, glad to.

Is Robert E. an immigrant, too?

Slave, dummy.

Not you.

Robert E. did not come here willingly.

That's for sure.

What about the science?

Are they immigrants, too? No.

No, they were here long before any of us.

I was wrong.

We're not all immigrants.

Howdy, Jake.

Need me a shave?

I'm still out of jawbreaker.

She's back.

Who's she?

My sister.

Didn't hear that your ma died till I was halfway across whole Mexico.

Same goes for your wife.

What happened?

Ask her.

Ma suffered a massive coronary.

She had a heart attack.

Olive Davis.

Michaela Quinn.

She's a real doctor all the way from Boston.

Everybody calls her Dr. Mike except me.

I get to call them all.

Charlotte left him to her on our deathbed.

That's right.

A doctor. Now, that's just what we need.

Got a sick cowboy.

Had a fever all the way from El Paso. I'll take a look.

Welcome back, Olive.

Did you find any silver mines?

Didn't need to.

Stuff was so cheap, weren't no reason to get dirty for it.

I got a sick cowboy over there. Do you mind taking a look at him?

Will do.

Yeah, get him over to your barbershop, Jake.

Excuse me.

Horace.

Give me a hand.

They

said

a woman doctor could not survive alone on the new frontier.

But I won't give up.

And I'm not alone anymore.

I've inherited a family.

And that may be the biggest challenge of all.

Emily,

are you all right?

Oh, the baby's been feeling poorly.

Now this morning, Sam don't feel so good. He can hardly get out of bed this

morning.

started. Would you like me to take a look at Sam?

Oh, no, he never sits still for it. He'll call for Jake if he feels the

What about the baby? She'll be fine. She just needs a nap.

I've brought presents for all of you. We'll go out to the ranch and get them.

And I'll make you lunch.

Favorite, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy.

You're welcome to come along, Miss.

Dr. Quinn.

No, no, you children go on ahead. I'm sure you have a lot to catch up on.

I'll have him back by supper time.

Fine. Thank you.

Come on. I got a new book.

One finger or two fingers.

Oh, God.

I was just making supper.

That's all right.

They've got leftovers.

Thank you.

Well, any time, I guess I'll be going.

I've got to look after my sick cowhands anyway.

Bye, son.

Bye, sir.

Shouldn't we vacate all of them?

I'm sorry. I'm just a little tired this evening.

Want to see your present?

Masala says I'm old enough.

To kill another human being?

To protect my family.

Masala says there's a man in the house now.

A very young man.

But a man.

All right.

I'll be with you in a minute, Doc.

Sorry to keep you waiting. No, it's fascinating.

Did you think that all of the English language is composed of only 26 letters,

and then you managed to reduce even those to just a dot and a dash?

Ah, it's nothing.

Oh, these came for you.

Oh, my Lord.

You know, most women would be happy with a new pair of shoes or a hat from the

catalog, but you?

Medical makes you happy.

Oh, here, let me help you with those. No, I'm fine, thank you.

I'm sorry.

All right. Let me help you here.

Oh, no, I can manage. Where's your wagon?

I just don't want to keep you from your business.

Where's your wagon?

The business can keep.

It's just a telegram to the president, that's all.

You're serious?

From Black Kettle.

Seems that Abraham Lincoln gave him an American flag a few years back, and now

he thinks that makes all presidents his friends.

It was Lincoln's government that freed the slaves.

It was Lincoln's government that sent Colonel Shivington to the Colorado

Territory. Well, he was reprimanded after the Sand Creek Massacre. Yeah,

called him back to Washington. Now they're replacing him with some man

Custer. Well, that's something, isn't it?

Who says he's going to be any better?

Oh, he can't be any worse.

the best way. No, you've got to keep them hot so it doesn't wet the fever

Emily.

He's doing just fine.

He's doing just fine, all right, Jake.

He's dead.

Influenza.

come to town with you. I promise I won't get the fluenza.

Unfortunately, Germans don't honor promises, Brian.

You're gonna look out for us. I am, silly.

It's for your own good.

What about your good?

Oh, well, I signed something called the Hippocratic Oath when I became a doctor.

And part of that is that my good comes after that of my patients.

Well, what about us? We're your family.

At least we're supposed to be now.

We are family now, and that's why I want you to stay here where it's safer.

Miss Olive will let us stay with her. No.

Why don't you like Miss Olive?

It's nothing to do with liking or disliking.

There's good reason to believe that it was her cowhands carried the influenza

from Old Mexico.

She's been exposed.

And so have you.

Well, not to the same degree.

Yes.

Let me help you.

What

on

earth are you doing to this poor man?

What the hell does he look like? I'm not bleeding him.

Oh It's got nothing to do with Barbara let the poison out of him. That's why

Wouldn't it make more sense we work together. I mean I could help you the

you helped my wife when she was dying

I'm here to check on Emily and the baby.

They're fine.

Thanks.

Excuse me.

I'm their doctor. I'm here to examine them.

Emily?

Dr. Frank?

You should have read me.

The best thing is to keep busy.

That's what I did when my husband died.

I got up the next morning and went right on with running the ranch.

Emily has been doubly exposed to the influenza unless she takes care of

She'll be all the more susceptible.

Well, I suppose reasonable folks can disagree.

I'd say we ought to let Emily be the judge. You have ranching expertise.

I have medical expertise. I don't tell you how to work your cattle, so don't

tell me how to treat my patients.

I want you to rest now.

And I'd appreciate it if you'd consult with me before gifting any of my

with dangerous weapons. Your children?

Charlotte was my best friend.

Truth to right, those children should be living with me.

But it wasn't your name she spoke on her deathbed.

I do, Grace.

That didn't sound... Go on.

Take it.

For what?

One of those.

Who's it this time?

Me.

What are you talking about?

I want to make sure I'm looked after.

In case I catch it.

Not everybody gets to die.

But if I do, you make me a nice one, will you, Robert E.?

No,

I won't.

Why not?

You ain't gonna get sick and die.

Well, how do you know that?

Because I won't let you.

Because I won't let you.

What do you mean I can't order more whiskey? You can, but it won't come.

Why the hell not?

Because the stage company ain't coming through again till the influenza's gone.

They call it an epidemic, is that right?

I pray so.

Well, I need that whiskey.

Well, there's more important things than whiskey.

Like what?

Like medicine, food, supplies.

Horace, you have a fever.

I want you to go home and go to bed.

I got it, huh?

I'm afraid so.

Why don't you just close up?

I haven't closed up in the middle of the day since the flash flood.

Horace, with no stages coming, there won't be any mail anyway.

Here.

I want you to stir this into a glass of water and drink it.

It's quinine.

It should help take the fever down.

Thanks, Doc.

It really isn't fair to hoard.

Now, Jake, you've got to help me set an example here. I'd like to help you out,

Reverend, but this is a practical matter.

We need to talk.

I am trying to keep order at this moment. We need to talk about more than

this moment.

We have a very serious problem.

That's as plain as day. And I'm not talking about the stage not coming. I'm

talking about controlling the apartment.

We have to do something to stop the spread.

There's nothing we can do. Yes, there is. We can isolate the text.

What's that got to do with it?

Influenza is caused by a germ.

At least that's a prominent theory.

Theory? What the hell's a germ? Well, it's like a tiny animal, too small for

eye to see.

Please, listen to me. There's every reason to believe that these germs are

highly contagious.

That means that they can pass directly from one person to another.

Very easily. I suppose these little critters can jump.

Well... We don't know exactly how they spread, but we do know that it's through

some form of human contact. Are you saying that it's catching?

Exactly.

So, what is it you need?

A hospital.

We don't have no fancy hospital around these parts.

Not an actual hospital, but the same idea.

We need some place that we can isolate the sick and treat them properly.

You could use the church.

Thank you, Reverend, but I need a place with a lot of rooms.

We need to separate the patients at different stages in the illness.

We don't have any place like that.

Yes, we do.

Charlotte's boarding house.

Charlotte, that's the bank's boarding house now.

Well, we'd only just be borrowing it. No, that's trespassing. This is an

emergency.

Give me this.

All right, who didn't say?

Never mind.

I'll do it myself.

all your sick people here.

If you don't, this whole town will be wiped out.

It's influenza.

It came down with fever last night.

There's a room upstairs.

You wait here.

What for?

For Matthew to take you home. No. We're not going back there all alone.

What if we both got it? There'd be nobody to take care of us.

You two'd be taking care of everybody else. We could die out there and nobody

would know, leastwise you.

Colleen, there's a full -blown epidemic going on.

The less you're exposed to it, the better. No.

We're staying.

And I'm going to take care of Brian.

Like a family should.

Tell him to sponge Tommy down.

Reverend?

Thank you.

Use this headstone.

This quinine should bring his fever down.

This is

the last of it.

The stage is not coming through.

It's Cheyenne. Brew a tea works good on fevers.

What's it made of?

Purple cone flowers. I can get some.

Don't trouble yourself. I can't use it.

Why? Because it's Indian medicine?

Of course not.

Because I don't know the proper dosage, the possible adverse reactions.

It's got to work better than nothing.

I can't experiment on people.

I simply can't trust a medicine I'm not familiar with.

You sound like somebody else I know.

Who's that?

Jake Slicker.

Come on, horse.

Dr. Mike's gonna fix you right up.

Myra, are you all right?

Oh, I'm fine.

Can't close the saloon.

Too afraid to grab.

What about you? Why aren't you afraid?

Well, I had it once. I lived to tell, so I thought, well, maybe you could use an

extra hand.

We got all the hands we need.

Of course I can use your hand.

She's a whore.

She's my friend.

Don't get me started on the kind of company you keep.

Emily? I come to help.

Are you sure you're feeling strong enough? Sure she is. I figure it'll help

my mind off Sam's dying. Well, of course it would, just like I told you. What

about the baby?

Oh, she's fine.

Harriet's watching her.

Well, you come on with me now.

What can I do?

Oh, well, Horace needs bathing.

Here.

You want me to wash,

you know, everything?

Oh, no.

Just the chest and back will be sufficient.

You're shaking. You got the chills?

No, ma 'am.

Are you nervous?

Yes, ma 'am.

Well, now, don't you think?

Everything's going to be just fine.

That's good. You close your eyes now.

Fever hasn't broken.

Should I get you some soup?

We're smoking out.

We need tobacco.

Tomorrow morning. Two hours. That's the way it's going to be until the stage

starts up again. What's the point of waiting? So we don't run out. You're out

flour already.

Don't tell us we're going to take what we need.

You heard

what the

man said, Hank.

The store will be open in the morning.

We'll be here bright and early.

A friend of mine took sick.

You wouldn't have some lack of coin you could spare.

Why don't you get me some water?

Where do you want this one?

I think there's an empty car upstairs in the front room.

Mrs. Thompson died last night.

Colleen, pass me that picture.

Thank you.

One for Horace.

One for the man.

And one for Mrs. Clark.

What about you?

It's all the rift.

I'm sorry about the mean things I said.

I'm sorry, too.

My father often had to leave when I wanted him to stay home.

I suppose I've forgotten what that feels like.

Dr. Mike?

All this week I watched you.

The way you care for people.

I want to be a doctor when I grow up.

It's gonna be all right.

Can we go in?

Yeah.

Oh,

the

quinine's gone.

We got nothing to give her.

I'm going to go get the Cheyenne medicine man.

Wait, let me go.

Take this, the cloud dancing.

He's my friend.

He'll keep you from harm.

He's with Black Kettle, cramped at Bear Creek.

Tell me he needs help with that. I know the way.

Hey, soldier!

Soldier, where's your patrol?

Sully? I want to see Ma.

She's sleeping.

What's wrong with her?

She caught the grip just like you did.

That's the room where my real Ma died.

Don't go thinking like that.

What if Dr. Mike dies too?

She's not going to die.

Promise?

The children.

Silence.

You're going to get well.

You hear?

You're going to get well.

New White Chief.

Custer.

He's here.

He wants you to bring her outside.

Hold on, then. Hold on. What do you think you're doing?

Bring her back!

Put her down!

What the deuce do you think you're doing?

Getting help.

She's in no condition to go anywhere, leastways without character.

Well, I never...

after this?

Dr. Mike's family's got to know how sick she is.

She live?

She fights hard.

She live?

That's the thing.

What do you think you're doing bringing him in

here? Glad to see you're feeling better, Jake.

Well, she don't look no worse.

You need a sip of that tea right there.

Every hour. And there's plenty of leaves in that bag for tea for the others.

What can I do for you, sir?

Name is Custer.

General Custer.

We came across some fresh Indian tracks down by the creek.

You seen any Indians?

We ain't seen Indians.

Have we?

You're welcome to search the place if you like, General, but I have to warn

we have ourselves an epidemic of grip.

Dr. Mike.

Mom.

Told you you'd get well.

Come on now.

Dr. Mike needs a rest.

Everybody get out.

Just like you promised.