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[train whistle blowing]

(male narrator) The whistle of a train is a mournful sound

as if the locomotive itself

could grow tired of saying goodbye.

It is the sound of wars and death

distances of time and space

of families ripped apart

love torn asunder, futures repealed.

Alright, this is it.

Who wants to hear the spiel first?

Alright, Harold. Here you come.

Mother, I´d like to take this opportunity

to review my pros and cons for your military tour.

Junior, I know this is hard on you.

It´s gonna be even harder on your sister.

I want you to take care of her. Okay?

You´re her superior. She´s in your chain of command.

That makes her well-being your responsibility.

You got it?

You´re a good kid. Just try not to take everything so seriously.

Go get your sister.

Mom, can I visit you in Vietnam?

Might be a bit tricky from a logistics standpoint

but I´ll see what I can do.

Linda, I told your brother to take care of you while I´m gone.

But we both know that´s a bunch of hooey.

Truth is I´m counting on you to take care of him.

- Understood? - Understood.

That´s my girl.

(male on speaker) ´All aboard for train number 62´

´bound for Denver.´

´All aboard.´

(male #1) ´Kids, I need a minute alone with your mother.´

´You go watch at the window.´

I thought I made my findings clear.

I don´t know why she´s still going.

She wants to see the world. I´m gonna see it one day too.

- You are not. - Am too.

- Are not. - Am too.

♫ C´mon people now ♫

♫ Smile on your brother ♫

♫ Everybody get together ♫

♫ Try and love one another right now ♫

I´m sorry, we´re closed for the night.

´Is this an emergency?´

No, I..

This used to be a train station.

You´re a couple of years too late.

Did you need to go somewhere?

Already did that.

´Just got back.´

Every time I come here, I feel like I´ve fallen down

a rabbit hole into some other time and place.

I have similar thoughts every day.

But at the same time, it´s so familiar, even now.

I missed it this time.

I´m sorry. Who did you say you..

(Edna) ´Linda!´

Oh, baby.

Dr. Brown, I want you to meet my daughter, Linda.

Oh, sweetheart.

[theme music]

We were six miles from the Guinean border

when the food aid arrived.

And there was an armed attack.

We were too far from camp to get back to the surgical theater

so we had to set up a tent before the shooting stopped.

Between rounds, I amputated a 6-year-old boy´s leg.

- Of course you did. - He wouldn´t have survived.

´Things that go on in your day are more drama´

than others see in a decade.

- Speak for yourself. - I brought presents.

Oh, we have to get going now, I´m afraid.

Perhaps later.

Amy.

Oh, wow.

It was the legend in this tiny shantytown I visited

that if you wore that around your neck you´d never drown.

It´s beautiful.

I was thinking of that swimming hole you love.

- Thank you, Aunt Linda. - Oh, you´re welcome.

And for you..

...lion.

Sweet. It looks like you, dad.

These are lovely presents, Linda.

Yes, bribery of affection at its finest.

Alright, you two. Time for school.

- Come on. Let´s go. - I have something for you too.

-Bye, Dad. -Bye.

What?

You shouldn´t have.

It´s an instrument. They use it to call the flock home.

[clanging]

Yes. That will be very useful

when I´ve lost all my sheep.

Happy to see me, Harry?

Of course I am.

I would´ve appreciated a call or an e-mail

regarding your intention to visit.

I didn´t even know till Mother told me yesterday.

I wanted her all to myself.

We went out drinking.

Take the day off. I´ll write you a doctor´s note.

I´m sure that will be persuasive to my ailing patients.

Nope, I´m afraid some of us doctors

do have borders and schedules.

Now, if you don´t mind, I have an important consultation.

I met your sister last night, Harold.

[coughs]

Well, that´s rich.

My sister´s been away for three years.

She doesn´t bother to tell me she´s coming.

Doesn´t bother to stop by when she arrives.

But you, she´s gotta see.

Not close then, the two of you?

Well, as close as two siblings can be

when one has faithfully upheld 110 percent

of the family obligations

while the other traipses around the globe

like some kind of baedeker-toting Dr. Quinn.

Peace Corps, Doctors Without Borders

Medical Institute of Beijing.

Meanwhile, I´m here cutting out Thurman Revere´s ingrown toenail

in the same offices my father occupied for 40 years.

I know what you mean.

How would you know what I mean?

Even you had your moment in the sun outside this pitiful place.

You´re right.

I don´t know what you mean.

I was just trying to be nice.

Brighten up, Harold.

- Morning. - Morning.

Andy?

Hey. How are you?

No offense, but that outfit really doesn´t work

outside the diner walls.

- I´ve a favor to ask. - Sure. What´s up?

It´s my friend, Debbie. She works the late shift sometimes.

Anyway, she´s a single mom too.

- Too? - She works long hours too.

Her son, Travis, was caught stealing condoms

from the pharmacy.

Always better to pay than risk the bust.

- He´s 13, Andy. - Oh.

She thought it was time to talk to him about sex.

He´s starting to get curious.

But when she tried, he got really upset.

My heart goes out to her.

Tell her I tried that once and went to plan B. I gave up.

I kinda told her that you might not mind talking to him.

Actually, I´m much more suited to a lecture setting.

Large groups, no eye contact, that sort of thing.

She really needs the help or I wouldn´t ask.

Tell him to come by my office after school.

Thanks, Andy. Thanks a lot.

- Don´t mention it. - Great.

I´m dead.

- You mind if I sit here? - Only if you stay.

Har har.

- What do you want? - Nothing.

Just to enjoy your company.

- Do you want my pudding? - What´s the favor?

What are you talking about? What favor?

- Okay, it´s about Amy. - No.

You don´t know what I was gonna ask.

- Doesn´t matter. Answer´s no. - Why?

Whatever´s going on with you and your sister

is your business, not mine.

When I make it my business, she gets mad.

- This is different. - I doubt it.

With everything that´s been going on

Amy´s been a little bit out of it.

- That´s normal. - Well, no.

I mean, I´ve seen Amy out of it before

and this is really out of it.

I´m worried about her.

Can you keep an eye on her? Lemme know what she´s up to.

- Forget it. - Not always.

Just, you know, whenever you´re not busy being

a loner geek with weird T-shirts.

You want me to stalk your sister?

- You already do. - We´re friends. We hang out.

Good. You can hang out but report back to me.

No. No. I already told you. Forget it.

´Not my sister, not my problem.´

More, more. You haven´t finished telling about Sierra Leone.

I´ve yakked my head off for nearly an hour.

Why doesn´t somebody else talk?

Thank you.

Like Irv.

Tell me how you two met.

- Well, believe it or not, we-- - Oh, church picnic, blah, blah.

´You don´t wanna hear about us old fogies.´

Come on. I wanna hear all about Africa before you start on Asia.

I don´t know. All the stories run into each other eventually.

Well, I find them fascinating.

You´re the world traveler I wanted to be.

- You were the original. - That was just during the war.

Now I´m an old biddy here with Irv.

Come on. Just one more story.

Alright, one more.

I was in China, coming home from university

and I was walking along

and this boy pedaled up beside me, to see if I could keep up.

So I started walking faster and he started pedaling faster

until finally, I gave up.

But when I saw the look of disappointment on his face

I had to laugh. It was Harry. It was exactly Harry.

And I was home again.

I bought my plane ticket that day.

I just felt so far away from you all.

Well, sometimes you have to come back

and recharge your batteries.

Is there a special man in your life, Linda?

No. Not for a long time.

Well, who has time for romance

when you´re saving the world one starving orphan at a time?

So, what´s next? You talked about India.

Any chance of that?

Come on in.

Sit down.

So...your mother was hoping that

you and I could have a candid talk

man-to-man, regarding..

...regarding sexuality.

That is, regarding your sexuality or your..

...understanding of rudimentary elements of sex.

Now, we could structure this in a variety of ways. Q and A.

Or I could just talk extemporaneously

with room for questions after.

Do you have any preference at all?

I know about all the stuff, alright?

So can we just tell my mom we went through it?

Well, maybe we can start by talking about those condoms

you took from the pharmacy.

- It was a joke. - ´Was it?´

Because either you were planning

one of the biggest water-balloon fights in history

or you´re beginning to feel curious.

´Which is completely normal.´

You see, when you´re 13, you have all these hormones

just racing through your body

and they´re making you have different feelings

and sensations that you never had before.

´So it´s okay if you meet a girl and you like her´

´and you wanna hold her hand or kiss her´

´or maybe you even wanna..´

Jeez.

´Oh, I´m sorry. I made you uncomfortable.´

I´m so sorry. You know, look, look.

Listen, Travis. It´s not as though you have to do

any of those things now.

I mean, you can wait as long as you need.

You can wait until after college.

I´ve done all those things.

I´ve done a lot more.

- What are you talking about? - I can´t tell you.

You do know that I can´t tell anyone what you tell me.

It doesn´t leave this room.

- You can´t? - I can´t. It´s a doctor rule.

´I promise. Unless you´re a danger to yourself´

or to someone else, I can´t tell anyone

unless you give me permission.

Now, when you say that you´ve done all those things

what exactly do you mean?

- There was just a few of us. - A few of who, Travis?

Some kids I know.

We were playing around at the fort out behind Fuller´s Pond.

And then some of them started kissing each other

and doing stuff to each other.

And then one of them said we should go all the way.

I didn´t want to, but everybody was doing it.

- No one else knows about this? - No one.

You won´t tell, will you?

You said you wouldn´t tell. You promised.

What I need from you are the names of these kids

so I can contact the parents.

This is a public-health issue now.

These kids are at risk for physical problems

as well as psychological ones

not to mention unwanted pregnancy.

I think I can help them, but not if I don´t know who they are.

Will they know it´s coming from Travis?

They´d be mad if they found out.

Well, I won´t tell them who told me.

I can keep that part confidential.

It´s hard enough being new at a school

and Travis has never made friends easy.

´Well, I understand.´

My son went through the same thing last year but..

...there´s only one right choice here

and unfortunately, it´s the hard one.

Everything you told Dr. Brown is true, right, Trav?

- ´Didn´t leave anything out?´ - Yeah.

I think you should do what the doctor´s asking

and give him the names of your friends.

Oh, my God. I remember this clock so much bigger.

Thanks for holding on to all of this for me.

I wasn´t about to throw father´s things away

just because you didn´t claim them.

I didn´t have a place to put it.

I haven´t had a real home in six years.

Doctors without borders ...or apartments.

Is your plan just to throw barbs at me until I bludgeon you?

- I´m not sure what you mean. - What is your problem?

Should I not have come home?

My problem is that you should have come home three years ago.

I told you I couldn´t make it for dad´s funeral.

I was halfway across the world.

For family, you come home anyway. Even when you can´t.

There was war going on. There were no flights.

I could´ve been trapped in the ocean. I would´ve made it home.

You come home. That´s what you do for family.

Maybe not for the funeral but the first second you could.

It´s been three years, Linda.

For crying out loud, we needed you here.

´It´s not that simple.´

Besides, mom seems okay.

Oh, well, mother was fine.

Hell, she was dancing at her second wedding

before dad´s wreath wilted.

It wasn´t just her. Don´t you get it?

I needed you.

I´m here now, Harry.

Wonderful.

So when do you leave?

At least I come out of Mr. Frysinger´s class well-rested.

I was so bored, I was counting his eyebrows.

Which is weird because there´s only one.

- Hey. - Hey.

- You ready? - I´m ready.

You guys sitting outside?

We´re just going to Laynie´s house.

Oh, what´s the occasion?

Only our vast selection of cereal, among other reasons.

Like?

Like, let´s just say

we have some stuff to do before tonight.

It´s no biggie. Just some party thing.

- At ECC. - You guys are going? How?

High-school girls can always get into parties.

We´re the reason why they throw them.

So if you´ll excuse us, we´re on the clock.

See you later.

Hold on.

Can I come with you guys?

It´s kind of a girls´ thing, Ephram.

We´re gonna be trying on clothes and stuff.

I love clothes. I´m all about clothes.

It´s cool, right, Amy?

Sure.

Sure.

This thing you´re doing with the stove

I´m not sure I understand.

I´m cooking for my children, get over yourself.

- And pass me a pepper. - But you don´t cook. Ever.

You don´t even reheat.

I admit I have been more of a drive-through gal recently

but I kept a family of four fed for two decades.

And if I recall correctly

my daughter was a big fan of my chicken cacciatore.

Every time I see that girl, she looks younger

and more full of the stuff, you know?

God, the things she has seen.

I keep telling her she oughta write a book.

She´d have to sit still long enough though.

- I don´t think she´d mind that. - What do you mean?

It looks like she could use a breather.

That´s how we all look when we stop in

for a shower and a hot meal.

Don´t you think she seemed kind of lonely?

No way. I raised her better than that. Linda´s strong.

Oh, so making a home is only for the weak? You did it.

Well, I had her life and I gave it up.

Linda knows better than to make that mistake.

Is that what family is to you, a mistake?

Oh, don´t get all sensitive, Harper. You know what I mean.

No, I´m not sure I do.

I wasn´t born in a time where a woman had much of an option

but to tie herself down.

If I hadn´t had a family weighing me down then

I don´t know what I´d have done.

Don´t assume she´s unhappy if she doesn´t have what we have.

There´s no reason why a woman can´t be perfectly happy alone.

It´s never too late to find out.

(Andrew) ´Look, I know this must all seem unreal.´

´I was stunned myself when I realized what was going on´

´which is why I brought you in together.´

´I thought that maybe..

...we could help each other to understand.

Oh, I understand. I wanna know who said it.

What kid is spreading these lies about our children?

I didn´t wanna believe it either.

But this child is telling the truth.

I didn´t ask if you believe him.

I said, "Who is it?" I wanna confront this kid, talk to him.

It was that Travis kid, wasn´t it?

Blame isn´t what we should focus on.

What´s important is that we get your kids healthy.

What I´d like to do is to have you all schedule appointments

with Edna as soon as possible for the kids to come for tests.

Are you out of your mind?

This kid spins this incredible yarn

and you buy it hook, line, and sinker.

Then you drag us here, waste our time with this nonsense.

And now, now you want us to drag our kids into this?

You don´t realize this kid has a history of erratic behavior.

My sister was a nurse at his last school.

I know for a fact that he saw a counselor.

I think you owe everyone an apology.

I´m not gonna apologize for showing genuine concern

for your children´s welfare.

Fine. But I´ll tell you this.

It´s the last time that we walk through that door.

I knew we shouldn´t have said anything.

This is gonna be terrible for him.

Why didn´t you tell me that Travis had been in counseling?

He saw a counselor after his father left.

He was acting out, pushing other kids. Nothing like this.

Well, it did kind of put me in an awkward position here.

Look..

...my kid has had his share of problems.

His dad left us when he was 8.

But he´s not a liar.

I kind of wish he was.

- I´ll go get the stuff. - Cool.

You guys do this often?

Oh, it´s just for this party tonight.

Amy needs a test run before we put her out in the field.

I usually do 2 percent with my corn flakes.

So college guys tend to favor the plastic-handle special

but my dad´s stock of good stuff will have to do.

Are you in?

I try not to drink before fifth period.

Besides, isn´t everybody gonna smell it on you?

Not vodka.

And not if you eat peanut butter afterwards.

It´s an old boarding-school trick.

(Amy) ´Okay.´

Okay, so, what should I expect here?

Kind of like a burning medicine.

Real smooth.

´Cheers.´

That tastes like orange juice in a gas can.

´Don´t make that face afterwards.´

´Remember, this is about technique.´

Nice.

- We´re all so proud. - Come on.

´I hate to miss the fashion portion, but I gotta get going.´

- You gonna be alright? - Yeah. I´m fine.

We´re just screwing around, Ephram. Don´t tell anyone, okay?

We´re fine.

- This rice pilaf is excellent. - Thank you.

- Would you please pass the-- - Shove it.

I´ve never seen you cook so elaborately. So many courses.

She pulls out the stops for Indiana Jones.

Any chance on a closed-mouth chewing?

Don´t you have a plane ticket to buy?

You know, Edna considers domesticity a sign of weakness.

I consider not clocking you on your ass a sign of charity.

- Bring it on, pumpkin butt. - That´s enough.

- Before you spill blood-- - ´You have an opinion on this?´

Wait, everyone, stop what you´re doing.

The one who´s here 5 minutes in a decade has something to say.

And I´m sure it´s just chock full of ancient tribal wisdom.

Do you want me to leave that badly?

- You always do. - Oh, junior. Put a sock in it.

You´re jealous because she´s the only one here who´s got a life.

A life? No, she´s got a rucksack.

Well, that rucksack is a source of pride to me.

Don´t talk down her accomplishments. If it weren´t-

You would what? Die of boredom?

Harper, why are you even talking?

- If it weren´t for her, what? - ´Listen, stop for a second.´

Will you stop for a second? Wait. Hello.

What I´m trying to tell you is that I´m not going anywhere.

I came back to stay.

- Where? - Here. Everwood.

I wanna move back home and join the practice.

- My practice? - Our practice.

- Our practice? - Well, the family practice.

I came back because I wanna be a part of this family again.

You wanna give up your freedom for this flyspeck on a road map?

What´d you wanna do that for? That´s not who you are.

I´m tired of who I am, mom.

I´m tired of living my life out of a backpack.

I´ve seen everything I need to see.

What I haven´t seen is family.

It´s Bright growing up and Amy becoming a teenager

becoming interested in boys.

You and Irv making a life for yourself.

´And Rose and Harry growing older together.´

´And I´ve just been without roots for too long.´

What I really need is a home.

I just need to come home.

What do you say, Harry?

You wanna be a part of our family

You don´t wanna miss out.

You already did.

Bright grew up. Amy got interested in boys long ago.

We´ve all made new lives and gotten older.

And you missed the whole damn thing.

And now you wanna cash in without having earned it.

Over my dead body.

You left us, we left you.

Go find your center somewhere else.

Thank you, mother, for a lovely, wonderful meal.

[knock on door]

Come in.

You´re getting better at that.

I practice when you´re not home.

´I´m taking Delia over to Nina´s.´

- A play date? - Actually, I´ve got this case.

Nina knows the patient

and there´s a confidentiality issue so..

What, issues like you wanna tell somebody?

Yeah, sort of.

Have you ever done that before? Broken confidentiality?

Never without good reason.

But maybe if the person was in danger?

Exactly. If the person was a danger to themselves or others.

Is that the only time? I mean, what if something bad

could happen to somebody if you don´t say anything

but you don´t know for sure. I mean, if it´s just a hunch.

Any chance you wanna tell me what this question is about?

Whose trust you might be breaking?

Not really.

Okay. Bottom line, if you´re not a doctor

and the confidentiality is really just an understanding and

you have information that might help someone if you reveal it..

...then I think you have an obligation to do that.

That´s what I figured.

That was fatherly advice. How was it?

Not bad.

See, I really am getting better.

Hey, dad, one more thing.

Can I go to a frat party tonight?

A frat party?

Yes. There´s gonna be drinking, drugs, unprotected sex.

I´ll probably be the youngest person there.

- I don´t wanna go, I have to. - Why?

Because you just said if I know something..

...I have to do something about it.

So having said that, I´m forced to let you go to a party

that I never would´ve agreed to prior.

Maybe you´re getting better at this.

Did we have a date tonight?

I told you I wouldn´t watch your sister, but I did. Kinda.

She´s at this ECC Bite the Bone party with Laynie.

My sister´s at the most twisted party of the year?

They hand out vouchers to kids to trade in for date-rape pills.

- My sister doesn´t even drink. - Well, she does now.

Grab your keys.

(Andrew) ´These parents know this kid´s telling the truth.´

´They have to.´

But they just flat-out denied it. They called him a liar.

Which gives me no recourse whatsoever.

I can´t get these kids tested against their will

if the parents are saying no.

And I can´t talk to them about protection or counseling.

The parents say there´s no need.

´I mean, they couldn´t bury this fast enough.´

´Bunch of cowards.´

Any thoughts?

Did you hear me or are you too deep into wrenches and spokes?

- No, I heard you. - And?

Well, I guess...I understand why parents would wanna hide

a secret like that.

Even though you´re bound not to tell anyone

they know that somehow it´ll get out.

Their lives and kids´ lives will be changed.

Changed how? No one´s gonna be calling the Enquirer.

See, where you come from, anonymity exists. But not here.

Everything comes out in the wash and people will talk.

And if I was their parent..

...no way I´d tell.

Well, I gotta admit, I´m kind of surprised

that you´re taking their side in this.

Well, given the last few months

I´m a little surprised you´re not.

Just thinking about it and putting myself in their shoes

it´s what I think I would do.

And what are they teaching those kids?

I guess they´re teaching them how to survive in a small town.

- ´Nina, are you home? Nina?´ - What is it?

Oh, no.

Mother, as if that fiasco of a dinner wasn´t torture enough.

Why do I find myself meeting you here

in this sinkhole in the middle of the night?

We´ve got something we´ve gotta talk about.

Oh, and what are you, Deep Throat?

Milk. Two percent.

Get him a Jim Beam, straight up.

That was quite a pyrotechnics display you put on tonight.

It was my fault. God forbid anything should ever be

Linda´s fault or your fault.

Didn´t see you waving the white flag for peace.

You and your sister have fought like cats and dogs

for years and it´s gone too far.

- I´m not gonna stay here. - Because it´s not your fault.

And it´s not Linda´s. It´s mine.

Don´t make your sister the villain.

All she did was follow in my footsteps.

I´m the one who left you kids. It shaped both of you.

She´s an adventurer, always will be.

Just like you´re the guy who will always stay

out of fear, out of obligation.

Mother, the hour is late. I´m in no mood.

Don´t have patience to tolerate your dime-store analysis.

Well, can you tolerate an apology?

Because I am sorry, Junior.

You see, I had.. Have certain limitations.

You might say motherhood did not come real natural to me.

Your father knew that when he married me. He understood.

Well, he wasn´t your child.

You know, I can forgive all of the burned cheese sandwiches

the forgotten school holidays, the bad Halloween costumes.

Hell, I can even forgive the birthday

that you forgot last year.

But why did you leave?

I still remember that moment, tears streaming down my face.

If I could have, I would have run after that train.

And the three years you were absent? Those were pleasant.

I got to raise a sister while you hid in a foreign country

under the guise of patriotic duty.

You know, that isn´t a limitation, mother.

That is abandonment.

I didn´t know any better.

By the time I did, it was too late.

Don´t let Linda make the same mistake.

Your sister wants to come home.

Please..

...let her.

One of the boys asked him to come over.

He promised Travis they weren´t mad

and then they did this to him.

Because I lied, everything I said was a lie.

None of it happened.

I was just making up a story.

Look, I´m sorry, Travis. I´m sorry they did this to you.

I know you weren´t lying to me, and this only proves it.

I don´t know those people. They aren´t my friends.

Look, I understand. Those kids beat you up

and you´re afraid that they´ll do it again.

´I´m sorry you had to go through this. I feel responsible.´

But it doesn´t change the fact you´ve gotta tell the truth.

Why?

Because what happened in those woods

never should have happened.

And although they may not seem it

those kids are as scared as you are about it.

You were brave to tell me the truth.

But I need you to keep on telling it so I can help them.

I don´t want to be brave.

I know.

But I need you to be.

[upbeat music]

Look.

Oh, what the hell?

- Hello? Manners. - What´re you doing here?

What´re you doing here?

I was having a good time until you arrived.

Following me or something?

I think somebody else is following you.

I guess I know what your promises are worth now.

- I was worried about you. - I don´t need you to worry.

- He didn´t wanna tell me. - Then why did he?

He was afraid you´d do something stupid

which, by the way, you are. You should thank him.

´Cause if dad found out, you´d be, like, grounded forever.

Thanks, but I´ve got it under control.

You can just leave because nobody wants you here.

What´s going on here?

These guys hassling you?

- Let´s go, Amy. - Bright.

Hey, bro, I think the lady wants you to leave.

Hey, bro, I think the lady´s, like, 15.

Alright. Alright, okay.

´I can´t believe you, Amy.´

Pretending to be in college to impress some frat dicks?

You think Colin would wanna see you like this?

Being a total drunk slut at some party?

Well, at least I wasn´t drinking and driving.

- What is that supposed to mean? - You know what.

Colin would still be here if not for you.

Maybe he´d still be here if not for you.

If you wouldn´t have lied, he might´ve been able to get help.

Since you covered for him till he was dead--

That´s not true.

I know I´m not gonna lie like that for you.

If you don´t come with us now, I´m telling dad about tonight.

I´m not covering for you.

I don´t appreciate being threatened, Dr. Brown.

I had no intention of threatening you, Joe.

- The message was clear. - ´The message was simple.´

If you don´t cooperate, I will contact the Health Department.

You son of a bitch. You can´t make us do this.

No, I can´t. But the Health Department can. And they will.

It´s outrageous. Our kids were not involved in any sex club.

Annie, your kids are having sex.

Travis told the truth about it, they beat him up.

Either you´re refusing to see that or you´re lying about it.

Either way, it is happening.

- I believe him. - What? Come on.

My daughter stopped going to her soccer games.

She won´t tell me why.

´She always tells me things.´

I want her to be tested.

But if we do this thing

if we admit to ourselves and to you

that this nightmare really happened

it can never leave this room.

Can you promise me that, doctor?

Been up long?

A while.

- You didn´t need to do that. - It´s okay.

I don´t mind.

Listen, last night..

...I may have said some things I didn´t quite think through.

I don´t think so.

I think you said what you meant.

You just didn´t think too much about me hearing them.

I was just trying to be honest.

I guess a little of that goes a long way.

You know, Edna, I had dreams too.

I didn´t come here for my health.

I was just passing through

working on that essay on the railroads for the summer.

I had a million stories to tell and nothing tying me down.

And then one weekend at this church picnic..

...somewhere in between the pie-eating contest

and the sack races, I heard this laugh.

This incredible, no-holds-barred laugh like gravel on sandpaper.

I had no intention to settle down.

But it hit me in that moment that

that voice could be opening the door

to an adventure as profound as any I could ever have alone.

And I chose it. And so did you.

And now if you wanna pretend that you were forced into it

well, it´s hurtful to me.

And it denigrates the life we´ve built together.

Do you understand?

The deal I made was that as long as they´d have the kids tested

I wouldn´t say anything to anyone about the whole incident.

And just like that, it´s dead and buried.

You know, they´re crazy if they don´t think these kids

are gonna take a major psychological hit from this.

If they´d been able to come out in the open with it

just, say, once, to someone, that this actually happened

I think they´d have a real shot at healing.

So you would have wanted to make the whole thing public?

Well, if those kids would have a chance of getting better, sure.

I mean, so much of their life is gonna be defined by this now.

By the things they couldn´t talk about.

- Andy? - Hm.

I haven´t been particularly brave myself lately.

There´s something I haven´t told you.

I haven´t told anyone.

Carl´s not just on a business trip this time.

He left me.

- He left? - He was having an affair.

Well, are you sure that it´s..

I mean..

...you know, marriages can sometimes survive these things.

Yeah. Some marriages can

but I don´t think this particular one will.

He wasn´t just having an affair.

He was..

...having an affair with a man.

- Oh. Wow. - Yeah.

I had a slightly more pronounced reaction.

Yeah, I can imagine.

- How did you find out? - He called here.

The man that he was with.

And after that, I told Carl to leave

and he did and he never came back.

That was five months ago.

He sends a check every month with a note for Sam.

But we haven´t spoken.

Why did you never..

Why didn´t you tell me about this?

I wish you would have, I mean..

...instead of keeping it to yourself all this time.

Well, you haven´t had the easiest summer yourself.

Think I had this idea that if no one else knew

it would be like the whole thing never happened.

But when I think about the whole town knowing about this

about Sam finding out, other kids knowing, his teacher--

You don´t have to tell the whole town about this.

Now who´s counseling keeping secrets?

You told me. And it´s real.

You´ll tell people when you´re ready.

When this doesn´t hurt so much anymore.

And when will that be?

You guys going to lunch?

We´re going to Sal´s, if you wanna follow us. Come on, Amy.

- See you later, Ephram. - Yeah. I´ll see you in fifth?

Yeah.

Hey, man.

- Those guys going off campus? - Yeah.

- ´Probably cutting again.´ - Probably.

Listen, last night, uh..

...that, uh, that was cool the way you, uh..

How-how you, uh..

Eloquence, not your thing.

- But you know what I mean. - Did you see those guys?

- They were pretty big. - Yeah. But you were chill, man.

You were, like, Vin Diesel Chill.

I was just imagining what Tetsuo would do.

- Right. - He´s a manga hero.

Isn´t that that comic book that people who don´t get sex read?

Basically. Yeah.

So you wanna get lunch?

- Sure. Yeah. - You know what I was thinking?

If there´s college guys that are hitting on high-school girls

then there´s, like, a surplus of neglected college girls

that wanna hit on high-school guys.

I don´t think it works like that.

...not to take that on an empty stomach.

And I will see you in six weeks.

- Excuse me? What are you-- - I´m unpacking, Harry.

You´re unpacking in my office.

Our office.

So you heard nothing of what I was trying to communicate

to you last night.

Oh, I heard it.

And yet you seem not to have truly assimilated it.

As your large third-world tchotchke

is currently taking up conspicuous room

on my spare desk.

Throw me outta this office, but you can´t throw me outta town.

I´m staying. And I´m staying in large part because of you.

´I want us to be a family again.´

Not the kinda family that you see every two years

to exchange bad gifts but the kinda family

where you call up to borrow a screwdriver. That´s what I want.

And I´m staying right here in Everwood until I get it.

I suppose the spare income wouldn´t hurt.

´We would have to go over some ground rules first.´

I expected nothing less.

For example, tongue depressors.

They´re ordered bimonthly to avoid shortage.

Keep a tab with Louise.

Keep abreast of tongue-depressor needs.

A cotton ball is not free.

It costs just like any other office supply

despite its diminutive mass.

[train whistle blowing]

The train´s coming.

- Do you wanna go watch it? - No.

If we jump on it, we could go anywhere in the world.

We couldn´t. That train´s bound for Denver.

And after Denver, it can only travel the continental U.S.

There´s trains other places.

You can´t get there, you´d have to cross water.

- You could fly. - But not on a train.

Oh, come on.

♫ C´mon people now ♫

♫ Smile on your brother ♫

♫ Everybody get together ♫

♫ Try and love one another right now ♫

♫ Right now ♫

♫ Right now ♫

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