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IRV: Previously on Everwood:

All right, maybe it wasn´t just the fireworks.

I was just thinking about us watching them go off last year..

...with your hand just touching mine.

Colin came through very well.

Know that we´ve done everything humanly possible to help your

son.

How long will it take before he does remember?

He may have to start from scratch.

A lot of these patients do.

IRV: When you think about the rich bounty of flora and

fauna...that populate this once barren rock of ours...

...it´s hard to believe it didn´t have some guiding hand.

Even setting aside all the creatures

that crawl and swim and fly around us...

...one has to marvel at the sheer variety

and utility of plants.

They satisfy our hunger, provide us

with shelter and lift our spirits.

Hard to imagine life without God´s most alluring foot

soldiers.

Luckily, Everwood never had to go without...

...thanks to Irma´s Flower Mart.

Irma Fredonia opened it the week after

they bombed Pearl Harbor.

"The world needs more beauty now,"

she said.

Nothing of importance ever happened around here...

...without Irma´s fragrant touch.

Until now.

LILY: Thank you for coming.

We didn´t want to call an ambulance just to pronounce her.

Wish I could´ve done something. I didn´t know she was sick.

BUD: Well, neither did we.

She called us this morning, asked us to come right over.

Said she wasn´t feeling well. We found her here.

Well, she seemed like a lovely woman.

I´m sorry I didn´t get to know her better.

-Only came to my office once. -She was healthy till the end.

We worried about her, living alone all these last years.

-Your father passed away? -Cancer, four years ago.

They were married 63 years.

That´s a great run.

I´ll call the funeral home if you like. Let them know to come.

IRV: Even at the worst of times, Irma´s

green thumb could lift people´s spirits.

Turns out, some spirits were lifted

a little higher than others.

Somewhere, Jerry Garcia is weeping.

I just don´t know what Irma was doing with all this

marijuana.

I can guess what she did with some of it.

This is certainly a shock to us, mayor.

SON: This can´t be hers.

-What should we do with these? -I´ll get a baggie from kitchen.

What about the rest of it?

We could, uh, burn it out at Tom Connolly´s place.

No, hold it at the station until we figure out what´s going on.

You´ve been to the station, our evidence room is

a box with an E on it. Pretty sure this won´t fit.

Isn´t there an official storage, an impound lot or something?

You´re the grand Pooh-Bah, mayor.

I´ll take it wherever you say.

But it´s gotta get locked up somewhere.

This is our home, for God´s sake,

not Willie Nelson´s dressing room.

This is totally great. Dudes at school are not gonna believe it.

No, this will be long gone before the dudes hear anything.

Now, shoo. Go on, shoo.

This is government business.

I am not exactly thrilled about this either, Harold.

But Bud and Lily want an investigation.

That poor woman can´t die with her reputation sullied.

I don´t care if Irma Fredonia was held hostage by a C--

A Colombian drug cartel.

We have two impressionable children living under this roof.

Now, the prospect of having the county´s supply of a--

Pardon me.

--of an illicit narcotic under our floor.

-It´s unacceptable. ROGER: That was the last of it.

Oh, I almost forgot.

Now, don´t smoke them all in one place, doc.

Inappropriate humor for the head of Everwood´s law enforcement.

-Don´t you think, Roger? -Thanks, chief.

I´ll work from home. Let me know if you find out anything.

No, no. You cannot stay home alone with all of this stuff.

-I will be fine, Harold. -No, absolutely not.

I´m calling Louise. She can reschedule my appointments.

I´m staying with you.

Amy.

-What is it? -The Harts just called.

Colin´s coming home.

ANDY: Well, I can be there in about three hours.

No, no, that´s terrific. Guess I´ll see for myself today.

Mm-hm. Alright, great, thank you.

That was one of the doctors from the Denver team.

Colin has finished his basic rehabilitation.

So he´s coming home.

Too soon, if you ask me. I´m going down there today.

The Harts want my seal of approval.

Make sure and tell them hi for me.

I know this hasn´t been easy.

Oh, hey, I mean, at least they got him back alive, right?

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

-Freeze. You´re surrounded. -Heh, heh.

Heard you´re working Narcotics, Detective Friday.

The speed at which word of mouth travels in this town...

...defies the time-space continuum.

I´m friends with Irma´s daughter. She is freaking out.

I would be too if I found out my mother...

...was growing more weed than Cheech and Chong combined.

-I don´t think Delia´s ready. -Actually, I came over early.

I wanted to ask your advice about something, about Sam.

-Mm-hm. -His preschool wants me to come.

They think I should put him on Ritalin.

-Ritalin, why? Sam doesn´t-- -You haven´t been around him.

He´s been acting out lately.

He´s a little boy. It comes with the Y chromosome.

-Have you met my son, Ephram? -Heh.

Just in the past couple months, he´s gotten much more hyper.

If I don´t do something, they might not let him come back.

Kick him out of school if you don´t medicate him?

-Ridiculous. -Yeah.

I don´t know what to do. They might be right.

-Maybe medicine would help? -If he needs it.

Even if it does help, long-term effects are far less clear.

In addition to potentially altering

the gene expression in the brain...

...it can cause weight loss, insomnia, rashes.

Not to mention reduction in social interaction.

Are you aware that it´s classified as

a Schedule II stimulant, just like cocaine?

-I am now. -Sorry, didn´t mean to scare ya.

I´ll get you information on Ritalin, but that´s not enough.

I´d like to come with you.

-You don´t have to. -I know.

But I´d like to, if it´s okay with you.

[SIGHS]

GIRL 1: What about balloons? AMY: If you can´t bring signs...

...talk to Kayla about food.

Got a list of the food the Harts requested.

Page is gonna get there by 5.

Any questions, ask her. I´m not gonna be there....

-What´s that about? -A welcome home party for Colin.

-Of course there is. -Bro, your dad rocks.

He does good work.

Out with the new, in with the old.

Nice not getting to know you.

-What about you? BOY: I´ll bring the cake.

AMY: But definitely be there by 5:15.

MAN: His recovery is simply extraordinary.

He was barely more alive than Lazarus for months.

Now he´s progressed beyond any reasonable expectation.

Typically at this point, speech would have been impressive.

Rudimentary motor skills, some hand-eye coordination.

But with the exception of slight paralysis in his right arm...

...and some transient aphasia, he´s practically a normal

teenage boy.

I think it´s fair to say that you performed

something of a miracle here.

-Let´s not categorize this. -Whatever you want to call it.

But I´ve never seen anything like it in 20 years.

Dr. Brown, thank you again.

Well, we´re just, um.... We don´t know what to say.

Well, Colin, I think we´ve both seen enough of this place.

You ready to go home?

Yeah. I guess so.

ROSE: No, no, they couldn´t help me either.

Well, if it´s not your jurisdiction...?

DEA or ATF?

Okay, yes.

It´s amazing government works at all.

What exactly are you looking for?

-Trouble. -With a capital T...

...which rhymes with P and that stands for pot?

Oh, joke away, my dear.

Once word gets around, every dope fiend and pothead...

...within 50 miles will come sniffing around this house.

And doing what, rolling around on the front lawn stoned?

It´s not catnip, Harold.

Stop right there, young man. Where do you think you´re going?

To the kitchen, to get a beverage?

Sure, sure. Forget it.

Kitchen´s closed down till this whole mess blows over. Come on.

I may not be up on the latest rap doggie,

but I wasn´t born yesterday.

Dad, really, get a grip.

Pot´s only supposed to make you paranoid after you smoke it.

That better be hearsay, young lady.

You!

Hey!

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

What do you want?

Nothing. I heard Cole Stock broke up with Laurey Treadwell.

Couldn´t have happened to a nicer girl.

What are you wearing to Colin´s?

Clothes.

It´s, uh, pretty wild, huh? Him coming home and everything.

Wild isn´t exactly the word I´d choose.

The Harts said I should meet him at the park early. We´re riding.

What do you think about this?

He´s your best friend. Or have you forgotten?

I didn´t forget. I´m just a little worried.

Worried he´ll be pissed about the accident?

Look, I´m not worried about me, okay?

Maybe you should just chill.

Just dial down the whole wacky girlfriend switch--

Why are you such a jerk? You´re gonna try to ruin this for me.

His condition sucks, Amy. They say he´s got low memory--

He´s not a laptop. I get his condition, okay?

Temporary memory loss is standard following a coma--

-Whatever. I´m just saying-- -What do you suggest anyway?

I not celebrate the return of my boyfriend?

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Yes?

The police chief sent us here.

-If you´re with the press-- -We are here for our cannabis.

WOMAN: Thanks for coming, Mr. and Mrs. Feeney.

-No, he´s not my husband. -We´re not really married.

-I see. -Nina asked me for advice.

-I´m her physician. -Excellent.

You´ve explained the benefits for Sam regarding medication?

Before we get to that with all due respect,

I´d like to express my concern...that, uh,

preschool teachers are effectively practicing medicine.

Oh, not me, doctor. We have a school physician.

His recommendation was to place Sam on Ritalin.

He did an evaluation.

-I wasn´t aware of it. -Can I speak with this doctor?

Not until next month. He works with a lot of preschools.

I could get you his number.

Do you have the results of these evaluations?

We´ve seen real results with managing

impulsive behavior and lack of focus.

These students are calmer, more productive, less aggressive.

-It´s win-win. -Sam isn´t aggressive.

No, but he is certainly fidgety.

Ms. Wilkins, these results are marginal at best.

Based on this, medicating Sam at would be preemptive.

Certainly not necessary. Did you have input...on these results?

I spend the most time with the children.

So the doctor interviewed you and then spent maybe...

...what, 10 minutes observing Sam?

Did the doctor mention that most experts agree...

...that 5 is too young for this kind of diagnosis?

I have to deal with two dozen highly

active children every day, Dr. Brown.

I understand that, I do. And I appreciate the challenge.

I also know something about brain chemistry.

And I worry about long-term side effects

that are still very unclear.

-You should speak to our doctor. -I will.

And if at some point... it´s clear that Sam really does

have a treatable medical condition...

...I will write the prescription myself.

But until then, my recommendation

to Mrs. Feeney is to hold off.

And unless this school has an extraordinary lawyer...

...I´d recommend you tell them not to

think about expelling Sam any time soon.

NINA: Okay, come on, Sam. We gotta hurry.

Hey, Andy, thanks again. That was really something.

What´s the rush?

Had to swap shifts to do this. I´m on for a double.

-Gotta drop Sam at the sitter´s. -Don´t be silly. I´ll watch him.

Much as you help with Delia, it´s the least I can do.

Should spend some time with him before I speak with the doctor.

-Are you sure? -Absolutely.

Delia will love it. We´ll have fun, won´t we?

Okay. Just remember, you asked for it.

Alright.

We have dog and sippy cup.

-Truck, blankets. ANDY: Oh, gotta have those.

-Oh, right. And it´s the law. -Yeah.

All right, bye, Sam!

Okay. Ready to have some fun, Sam?

Sam?

Sam?

Sam!

[CAR HORN HONKS]

I wanna drive!

Irma started out growing just a few plants to help her husband.

Oh, now, hold on. I was Dixon Fredonia´s physician for

years...during his unfortunate battle with

cancer. He never said anything to me.

MAN: That´s not surprising.

Many patients are uncomfortable discussing it...

...with traditional practitioners.

I´m sure you did all you could to help him.

What are you implying?

But what would you have done that he hadn´t tried?

So you´re saying Irma´s been growing this herb for years.

WOMAN: Until this morning.

Some of the best stuff east of Humboldt County, California.

MAN: She became more active in the last couple of years.

She helped a lot of patients who rely upon our medical services.

Ha-ha-ha. Medical services. That´s rich.

You hand out doobies, sir. We´ll talk about your medical services

when you´ve completed...four arduous years of medical school

followed by a grueling residency.

I went to Franklin and Marshall undergrad. Then Johns Hopkins

med. Then Brigham and Women´s for residency.

I´ve been a general practitioner for 15 years...

...with full privileges at U of C Boulder.

It´s against the law.

In Colorado, medicinal cannabis is legal

with a prescription from a doctor.

Tell that to the Supreme Court of these United States.

This is the United States, isn´t it?

Did we pass into some other country...

...when you dragged me down this rabbit hole?

ROSE: Listen. You seem quite sincere...

...and I have no reason to doubt anything that you´ve told us.

But since the federal and state laws

conflict, I really only have one choice.

That´s right, Rose.

Given that the plants were grown in Everwood...

...Everwood will decide what to do with them.

[STAMMERS]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Hey, we´re watching James and the Giant Peach.

- Care to join us? - Uh, enticing, but, no.

Why are you doing that lingering thing you do sometimes?

I don´t mean to force a conversation on you--

-That would be a first. -Okay. Forget it.

Wait.

Sorry.

What?

Well, I was just wondering how Amy was doing...

...in regard to Colin coming home.

She´s the most popular girl in school again.

Love of her life is back and she´s throwing a party.

-She´s doing pretty good. -A party?

-Whose idea was that? -It wasn´t mine, believe me.

But I guess the Harts are cool with it.

Half the school´s gonna be there.

Wow. I don´t know if Colin is ready for a party.

That could be overwhelming.

Try telling Amy that.

Colin´s a strong kid to be doing this well already.

But he´s not the same as he was.

You, uh-- You know, you might need to be there for Amy.

I don´t think so. Amy and I aren´t talking much right now.

You aren´t? When did that happen?

-A while ago. -How´d I miss that?

-You were busy being clueless. -Well, that´s my job.

So, what happened? You two kiss or something?

I´m not that clueless.

I don´t know what happened. One day, she´s kissing me.

Then I make the mistake of giving her this stupid mix CD.

Now she´s acting like I´m Yakumo and

she´s Shiva the Destroyer, you know?

-Manga reference. -Ah.

-Well, I´d go to the party. -Why?

Because whatever you and Yakumo have going...

...isn´t gonna work itself out right away.

In the meantime, because she stopped being your friend...

...doesn´t mean you stop being hers.

Just trust me. She´s gonna need one right now.

DELIA: Daddy!

ANDY: What is it? -You need to come right away!

I tried to stop him, I swear.

Like a sandbox.

Hi.

-Can I--? -Yeah.

AMY: I missed you so much.

I missed you too, Amy.

So how are you feeling, I mean, you´re probably tired, right?

You must be really, really tired,

with coming home and everything.

-How long was the trip home? -Ahem, it wasn´t long.

You look great.

So do you.

They, um-- Thanks for coming to see me at the hospital.

I would have come more, I wanted to, but school stuff, you know.

How´s, um--? How´s Bright?

Okay, I mean, he´s still Bright, but other than that, he´s fine.

I´m sure you´ll see him tonight.

Is, um--? Is Mrs. McGee still teaching English?

Yes, can you believe it? Oh, my God, she must be like 60.

-Remember we stole her keys? -Sure.

How could you forget that? She had to walk all the way home.

You alright?

I´m sorry.

-Sometimes I need some help. -It´s okay.

Me too, heh.

Look, I´m sorry, it´s--

I´m sorry.

You don´t remember me at all.

JAMES: We should get going.

Got it, 7:00. I´ll be there.

Okay, kids, grab your coats. We´re gonna go see democracy in

action!

Democracy in action!

Delia, you were supposed to find him some clothes!

I thought you guys were playing.

That kid just wears me out.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[CROWD CHATTERING]

All those in favor of burning, say "aye" and we can all

get over to the Harts.

ALL: Aye.

We have a long-standing tradition

of hearing arguments before voting.

What say we uphold that tradition?

Mayor, this is one thing the town can agree on.

-Let´s just get it over with. -At least hear us out first.

We can brush up on the propaganda...

...when the next issue of High Times arrives.

[CROWD LAUGHS]

Think what you will about us...

...but you knew Irma and you knew her husband.

Were they bad people?

Look, we´re not a bunch of reactionaries.

This is about what kind of community we want to be.

And I don´t want to be a part of one

that´s known for pot-harvesting. I just....

You can´t deny that cannabis can mitigate pain.

No, but I can name you 20 other drugs that can do just the same.

-Well, that´s not entirely true. HARRY: Oh, here it comes.

Brace yourselves, everyone, for the liberal contrarian.

Delia, could you ask Sam to go outside for a second?

Look.

Let´s forget about politics for a moment

and remember what´s at stake here.

Human suffering and pain. Every medicine has its own nuance.

Now, THC can alleviate pain...

...in a controlled manner, at the discretion of the user...

...without debilitating side effects,

all while stimulating the appetite.

What a sick person does in the privacy

of their own home is one thing. This is a public decision.

If we don´t destroy the stuff...

...the message we´d send to our children is unacceptable.

You know, I´m hearing a lot of worry about the children.

We are living in a time when our children

are being put on Ritalin by the busload.

How can we demonize one curative measure...

...while we willingly put our kids on

far more dangerous prescription drugs...without batting an eye?

Why is the laboratory better than the garden?

It´s not.

You and I both know that a rational argument could be

made... for the legalization of any drug...

...that alleviates even a second of human suffering.

But where do we draw the line?

Heroin, cocaine, uh, medicinal ecstasy.

That one was created in a lab.

If Irma had a greenhouse full of that stuff...

...what would this town do with it?

Drugs have wreaked havoc on our culture.

And we would be remiss to ignore what marijuana has become.

The least offensive drug in a class

of highly destructive ones... but a member nonetheless.

Irma didn´t grow that pot in her front yard...

...because she knew better.

Well, it´s in our front yard now.

And I´m sorry, but we have to do the right thing.

We have to draw the line.

[CROWD CHATTERING AND LAUGHING]

You talk to him?

-Not recently. -Cool, huh?

Back from the dead to resume the throne of glory.

Lucky guy.

Ephram.

What are you doing here?

Apparently attending a party uninvited.

I didn´t mean it like that. I mean, I´m glad you came.

I just didn´t think you would.

EPHRAM: And miss the biggest party of the winter?

I have a reputation to maintain.

[AMY CHUCKLES]

So shouldn´t you be inside being ecstatic or something?

I mean, didn´t you Martha Stewart this whole thing?

Hasn´t exactly gone like I planned.

Colin´s back, Amy.

From where I´m standing, it looks like you´ve gotten

everything...you ever wanted since I met you.

You should get back inside.

I should really take off.

Hey.

Can I come?

[CROWD ARGUING]

Alright, people. Anyone else before we vote?

I know most of you and you know me.

I´ve been to your ball games and to your weddings.

You´ve all been to my home at one time or another.

You all know that I´m fighting pancreatic cancer.

But what you don´t know...

...because I just found out about it last week...

...is that I´m losing this fight.

Now, I´m a lot of things.

Husband...

...father...

...friend and grandfather.

Semi-retired teacher...

...full-time fisherman.

But drug addict sure as hell isn´t one of them.

As it turns out...

...marijuana is the only thing that kept me going this year.

-Earl, I´ve been treating you-- -They stopped doing the trick.

I can´t keep them down anymore. I tried to tell you that.

Like you, I´ve had my thoughts on the ills of marijuana.

And then it kept me alive.

I got maybe a month left, six weeks, tops.

I just wanna spend some of that time with Laura and the girls.

Without throwing up all the time.

Without wishing to God I was dead already.

Pot...

...weed...

...legal, illegal. You call it what you want.

To me, it´s time.

Okay, I think that´s it.

Let´s, uh, call it to a vote.

All in favor of destroying Irma´s marijuana...

...please raise your hands.

WOMAN: I´m sorry, Earl.

I gotta go with Doc Abbott on this one.

BRIGHT: Hey.

-Bright. -Yeah.

How you doing?

This must be weird, 100 people bombarding you all at once.

But we´re all just really glad you´re back, dude.

You know?

The last few months were totally lame without you.

I mean, it was like you didn´t miss anything...

...except for everybody missing you.

Which is kind of confusing, but you know what I´m saying, right?

Not really.

Sorry. I´m kind of freaked at talking to you.

Been thinking about what to say to you for so long...

...and everything I came up with sounded as stupid...

...as whatever the hell I just said.

I don´t really know where to start.

They told me what happened.

-It´s okay if you hate me. -I don´t hate you.

I cannot tell you how sorry I am.

The four months you were out cold...

...that was four months I wished it was me.

I can´t forgive you either.

That´s cool. You know, I get it.

You don´t get it.

I can´t forgive what I can´t remember.

I don´t remember that day.

I don´t remember the accident. I don´t even remember you.

I know you from a picture.

You´re Bright Abbott. You´re 6´2".

We met in fourth grade and we´ve been best friends ever since.

You´re the brother of Amy. She´s got a pretty face.

Brown eyes, ballet dancer...

...used to be annoying until we started going out...

...one year before I smashed my head into a dashboard.

It´s all part of the rehab.

I´ve got a list...

...of facts...

...on just about everybody.

Everything else....

So this party sucks for you.

I thought it would help...

...seeing a bunch of people´s faces I´m supposed to know.

Man, you are alive. That is huge.

That´s what everyone keeps saying.

DELIA: Is not. Not. SAM: Is too. Is too.

-Is not. -My dad´s the best.

-Nuh-uh. -Uh-huh.

He´s the best basketball player in Everwood ever.

He´s gonna teach me to dunk.

-Your dad doesn´t live with you. -Yes, he does.

ANDY: Delia. DELIA: Sorry.

Here, have some of mine.

Bet your dad´s pretty cool, Sam.

Next time he comes, he´s gonna take me fishing.

-Really? -Yeah, he said.

You see him a lot?

Yeah, all the times, except sometimes.

You must miss him, huh?

Next time he comes, we´ll go to the park.

He pushes me high, which will probably be Thursday.

But you can´t come, because it´s just gonna be me and him.

We might get ice cream. I don´t know, it depends.

Nina likes pizza, so we might get pizza and ice cream.

And we´re gonna have snowball fights and we´re gonna....

Been wondering how you´ve been, I mean, since before the party.

Since before you disappeared on me and were a crappy friend...

...because Colin was coming home and you couldn´t deal?

Yeah. Since then.

I´ve been alright. I mean, about the same.

Found a few new people to have lunch with.

We have a non-English-speaking foreign

exchange student named Norbert...

...from Germany. Or is it Prague?

I don´t know.

So you want to tell me what happened?

Everyone told me it would be hard seeing Colin.

No matter how many times I heard it...

...I had no idea that it would be this hard.

He seemed okay.

You didn´t know him.

And now he doesn´t know me.

It´s like he really did die in that accident.

How sad is that? I can remember what he wore on our first date.

Abercrombie rugby with his jeans with the bleach splotch.

He doesn´t even know who I am.

I built my whole life around memories of us...

...and he can´t even remember my name without--

Hey, look, my dad said it just takes a while.

I mean, he´ll remember eventually.

You just gotta stick it out.

It´s been six months, Ephram.

When do I run out? When do I just give up?

You don´t. That´s what devotion is. I thought you loved him.

That´s all I´ve heard about for the last--

I don´t know, forever.

Now what, the first day, you just want to throw in the towel?

Truth is you couldn´t give up right now even if you wanted to.

Since the day I met you, you´ve been loyal to Colin.

And when you´re loyal to someone, you can´t help it.

-How come you´re so smart? -I´m not, believe me.

If I was, I would be wearing a warmer jacket right now. Heh.

And I wouldn´t be telling you to go back to your boyfriend.

-Ephram-- -I wish it was different.

I do, I wish I was here first, but I wasn´t.

And the truth is he needs you.

He needs your help to get better.

Guess I should probably get back there, shouldn´t I?

Yeah, yeah. Definitely.

You wanna come with me?

I don´t think so.

Okay.

ANDY: Hey.

NINA: So how was he?

I´d love to say he was a little angel,

but there are too many witnesses.

-Oh, boy. -No, no, it was okay.

I learned how to make a cape...

...and how to unclog a toilet...

...and how to get a chewy cookie out of a VCR.

Oh, I´m so sorry.

And I had a chance to think about his condition.

-Condition? -Mm-hm.

So you made a diagnosis?

-I have. -I should have just put him on

the pills...and saved you the headache.

He doesn´t need drugs. I mean, don´t get me wrong,

-he´s-- -A terror.

I was gonna say a handful.

You know, when Ephram was about 5...

...I´d take him to the South Street Seaport.

They had these big video games, but all he wanted to do was play

pinball, He was too small to reach both flippers.

I´d work the right flipper, he´d work the left.

Used to make me take him every Saturday.

Rain, shine, blizzard.

And I was happy to do it.

Well, I´m glad to know you two weren´t always at war.

About a year later, I started my practice.

And I missed our first trip to the arcade.

I promised I´d take him the following Saturday...

...and somehow I missed that one too.

And then I just...

...lost track.

Couple of months later, I felt so bad...

...that I bought him his own pinball machine.

But when I showed it to him, he didn´t want to play it.

He said he didn´t like pinball anymore.

Somewhere between the arcade and the playroom...

...I lost Ephram.

And it wasn´t because he needed medication.

He needed his dad.

I think Sam just misses his father, Nina.

He´s figured out that the wilder he acts,

the more attention he gets.

That´s not ADD. That´s just smart.

Oh, and by the way...

-...keep him away from sugar. -Ha.

-I should get him home. -No, no.

Please, please, don´t wake him. I don´t think I could take it.

-I´ll get him in the morning. -Yes. Yes, you will.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

[SPORTSCASTER CHATTERING ON TV]

-Amy. -I was just wondering--

-He´s very tired. -Please.

Just for a minute.

Okay, just a minute.

SPORTSCASTER: First and 10 at 48.

Ripping on a blitz.

Pick him up, but Gene goes down in the arms of Sorter.

For loss of--

[TV CLICKS OFF]

Hi.

I´m sorry.

It´s okay.

And you don´t have to fake it anymore.

I know you don´t remember me.

I tried.

-I wanted to. -I know.

But I think you´ll like me if you get to know me.

Again.

Hi.

I´m Amy.

I´m Colin.

-Doctor Abbott. -How are you, Earl?

Been better.

-Anything you need, the family? -No, uh, we´re okay, doc.

You, uh...?

-You wanna come in? -No, thank you.

Only I wanted to, uh, ahem...

-...apologize. -For what?

For failing you as a physician.

Listen.

You´ve been a good doctor to me for a long time. It´s alright.

No, no.

No, it´s not alright.

I´m not so sure that I didn´t fail you again last night.

As a friend.

Well.

At least the doctor part I can try to make up for.

Take these for the pain.

They´re new and from what I hear, they´re quite powerful.

So.

I´ll be damned.

No, I want to play the gun game first

and I get to be the red guy!

Remind me again how I got roped into this.

Nina wanted to take Sam, and Delia made big eyes.

Right.

Only a quarter for "Time Crisis II." It´s a dollar back home.

See, there are advantages to small-town living.

SAM: Get out of the screen, okay?

ANDY: Want to play something? -That´s alright.

I´m working up to a corn dog.

So did you hear that Everwood is now officially dope-free?

-Bright moved? -Heh.

They took it to the edge of town and burned it.

That would explain the rush on Ding Dongs and Doritos...

...at the local Stop & Shop.

Is it okay if I ask you how the party went?

-It was weird. -Mm.

How´s the Amy situation?

-What Amy situation? -Oh, that good, huh?

It´s fantastic. I´m a very important friend.

Well, it´s like Freud said: "Women, schwomen."

Of course, he said it in German, which was:

[IN GERMAN ACCENT] "Women, schwomen."

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

So, what do you think?

-What? -Little pinball action.

Uh, pinball was never really my game.

Yeah, of course, if you´re scared, I´d understand.

I´m sorry, did you just say something, old man?

You heard many stories about your father´s miraculous hands.

Hey, as long as you think you can play with that skirt on.

-Nice catch. Ha-ha-ha. -Tough talk.

IRV: Even in small towns like ours,

things change...

...and not always for the better.

People die, people forget...

...frivolous pursuits become cause for alarm.

Fortunately some things do stay the same.

Like the scent of jasmine...

...that still lingers outside Irma´s Flower Mart.

Or the vermilion tones of the jeweled orchids she once

sold me.

Or the thrill of beating the high score

on an old pinball machine.