All language subtitles for Riverboat S01E26 Three Graves

I still remember the love I lost so
long ago Left the girl, left the valley,

Now what's this here
now, flowered cravats?

A clean shirt?

Striped trousers?

Chip, you wouldn't have a pretty little
thing up in Green City now, would you?

Well, now that you mention
it, Captain, maybe I have.

Her name's Geraldine.

I plan to bring her
back downriver with me.

You've what?

Green City ahead.

I met her when we were up here before.
She's real cute. Wait till you meet her.

Yeah, yeah, but Chip, Chip.

Come on, you old dog, you.

And him only 10 years old.

The men are all looking forward to a
howling night in Green City. Yeah, well,

I'll be ready to howl with you
as soon as I unload my cargo.

I've got to find my bars and get
the feel of money in my jeans again.

Geraldine.

Him only 10 years old. Sure, Chip
felt that Andy Jackson needed company.

Carol needs a dog. A dog?

For a new town, it
looks pretty dead to me.

I don't see any people.

Well, you're big of it, Captain.

Maybe they're on a holiday. Uh-uh.

You stay on board here, Chip.

Well, suppose you get in a
fight. You might need help.

Well, then I'll send for you.

Hello!

Hello!

How do you like that?
Here I am, all togged up,

and there's not a pretty girl in sight.

Have a look in there.

Have a look over there.

Anybody home?

A whole poker game.

Pie unplayed for, chip
stacked meat, whiskey half full,

or did they disappear to a skipper?

People just don't disappear like
this. But they did. Yeah, they did.

What did you find?

Not very much.

When we were here before, it looked
like a town that was going places. No,

it's just open doors and empty
chairs in front of filled plates of food.

Fresh food, too. Two, three days. People
and horses run away as fast as they can.

And I vote we go just as fast.

Now, what do you plan to do? I'm stuck.

That load of grain and seed was
bought on order for this town.

I paid for it out of my own pocket.

I think the men had
just preferred to leave.

Yeah, I know, I know.

But we can't.

Mr. Carney, there's a town a few
miles east of here called Exeter.

You and I are going to
walk over there and see

if we can't get rid of this cargo. Walk?

On the way to Exeter?
There's no way to get there. Josh,

are we going to charge the crew
till we get back? Come on, Carney.

You know, long walks were
never intended for river men.

You know, me feet feel like
the skin on a scalded dog.

Well, we're almost there.
It's just over the next hill.

Well, there should be some
people there, all right.

You know, it's a town older
than sin. I've been there,

and they've got real southern hospitality.

Real Southern hospitality, you said, huh?

Hold up down there!

I got about four shells
left. How many you got?

About ten.

Take care of him. Name's Tom Bison.

Captain Holden of the Enterprise.
Well, a seafaring man like myself.

At least like I used to be.

Your mate hurt bad?

Bad enough. I'm sorry about that.

You winged one of mine. Two of them.

Then I'll go over here.

Take care of him.

What do you mean, your man?
Well, it's a figure of speech.

I ordered him to stop
shooting as soon as I rode up.

Township of Exeter always
welcome its visitors like this.

Only those from Green City. Seems
they got a sickness over there. Yeah?

What are you talking about?

Well, it's an unknown disease, Captain.

I understand when it struck that
the town folk left in a hurry.

Nobody's been over there to
find out. Where'd they all go?

Well, anywhere they could
find a haven, I suppose.

But not in Exeter, huh?

Well, Exeter's made up of
cautious people, Captain.

Maybe those Green City folk
carried the disease with them.

Maybe they didn't. We
figured it best not to find out.

Well, we'll only be in
Exeter long enough to take care

of my mate's wounds here and sell
him a cargo. Well, you can't do that.

The folks in Exeter
will shoot you on sight.

You the sheriff of Exeter?

I sell land there. Been there a year.

Since there's no real law, I help try
to enforce what the people want to do.

Seeing as you're a
boatman like myself, I'd like

to help you. Here, you can take my horse.

What's this for?

Well, there's a doctor up the
road. Still this side of Exeter.

With a horse, you can get
your mate there in no time.

All right, Carney. Come on, boy.

I'll get you to a doctor.

I guess I got to thank you this
much anyway. Can you make it? Well,

it's my pleasure. Just leave
the horse at the doctor's office.

Thanks. See you in town.

Well, with the disease and all...

I don't think that'd be such a smart
idea. Well, a man has to do what he has to do,

that's all. I gotta sell my cargo.

Well, town can't pay much
money with no people. Well,

I guess we'll just have to wait till
the people come back. Come on, boy.

All right, now, Connie.
Come on, boy, come on.

You all right? I'm all right.
Will you stop your worrying?

You're tough in an old boot.

I'm not worried about you.

Come on, Carney. Come on, boy.

Doctor!

Doctor!

You in there! Now listen to me. I got a
man out here who's bleeding to death.

I'm coming in. The only way you're
gonna stop us is by killing us both.

Well, lady, what's it going to be?
You're the one packing the authority.

Tell the doctor we need him bad.

My father's dead. I'm the doctor here.

You're the doctor? A woman?

That's right. I could
tell you the story of my

life if you want your friend to
bleed to death. Put him on the couch.

You think you can
stand the sight of blood?

Me, lady? Yeah, I can try.

You're mad.

You can't stand a little pain.

That bullet was embedded in a
muscle. He was more scared than hurt.

Mr. Carney doesn't scare
easily. Is he gonna be all right?

A few hours. A splinter
could have been dangerous.

Let's, uh, let's fucking rest.

You know, I didn't know
they were turning out

women doctors in this part of the country.

They're not.

Europe isn't either.

But they let me study in Vienna.
I only got back a few days ago.

I see.

My name's Captain Holden Gray
Holden. I'd like to thank you, Doctor.

My name's Nora James. Let's, uh...

It's like it's
sentimental over one human life.

Well, that's a strange
attitude for a doctor to have.

It's a strange profession.

It's dedicated to save lives.

For the most part,
they're not worth saving.

You spent a lot of time
learning how to save people.

I came back to work with my father.

I found him dead and buried.

They say he fell off his horse. I
find that a little hard to believe.

Now they won't let me do my work.

Who won't?

People of Exeter.

I'm through with medicine.

I'm getting as far away
from those people as I can.

Yeah, well, that's your
privilege, I suppose.

You know what happened over in Green City?

They say it's a plague. I wasn't here.

Well, why don't you come
back with us and find out?

I don't want a woman.

They say a woman can't be a doctor.

What do you care what they say?

When you came here, I was going to
shoot you. I thought you were from Exeter.

Why do you want to shoot anybody?

This doesn't concern you.

It's not your fight.

This time I'm not mistaken.

What are you doing with that gun?

Captain, Dr. James.

None of them obliged that it's you
holding that rifle instead of the doc here.

She hasn't taken very kindly
to us since she came back.

How am I supposed to feel when I'm
not even allowed to go into town?

Doctor, you went to Green City
to find out about your father.

We take no risks in Exeter.

Here's your mate's coat.

Pull through.

Yeah, he's all right, thanks to Dr. James.

Pity we have to lose her.

What do you mean by that?

Oh, I came out to tell you. The
town held a meeting. They made a law.

It would be within
their rights to shoot down

anybody who's
contaminated with the disease.

That's no law. It's the closest
thing to the law I've got around here.

Oh, now about that load of
grain and seed that you brought up.

We can use it. What's it worth?

The original agreed price is $5,000.
Well, I don't have that kind of money.

But just so the trip won't be a total
loss to you, I'll give you what I can.

I'll wait for the original buyers.

Well, I wouldn't think
that you'll live that long.

None of you.

You see, as far as we're
concerned, you're carriers of the disease.

You stay around here
and you'll all be shot.

Nice fellow.

Yeah.

Bryson has caused nothing but trouble
since he came here. Everybody's afraid of him.

And yet you were... You were
willing to stand up to him.

I think I'll come with you to Green City.

Well, you certainly are a woman,
all right. A little while ago,

you were talking about leaving here.

Well, I was alone.

Digging up the dead ain't right.

What kind of a woman would
ask us to do such a thing?

I told all you men that
Nora James is a doctor.

She wanted one of the men
who were buried in here.

To make an examination of
them to find out just what

it was that scared the
people out of this town.

And suppose she does find out. How's
that going to get us money on that cargo?

In the first place,
that's none of your business.

In the second place, if it wasn't so bad,

then maybe we can send our word
and get the people to come back.

Well, that's one chance I ain't
taking for any amount of money.

Let's get the ship and get out of here.

Unless both leaves, I'll give the order.

Then you'd better say now, because I
ain't standing fighting a disease I can't see.

Or take a chance on getting
killed by that mob from Exeter.

Mr. Stone, you're talking
mutiny. If you want the boat, Stoney,

you'll have to take me first.

Any way you want it, Captain.

All right, now, nobody
from the Enterprise runs

unless they know what they're
running from. Now, is that clear?

All right, Joshua, lock him up.

Pick him up, lads.

Captain, the lady
would like to see you now.

Hey, you look like you could use one.

I remember what this
stuff did to my father.

I swore I'd never touch it.

What did you find out?

Well, I found out the death was
recent, and the symptoms are typical.

Typical of what?

Bubonic fever, I think.

He studied the disease
and the people who had it.

It was his feeling that one person
never gave the sickness to another.

And how does it spread so fast?

Well, it was his
feeling, and some doctors feel,

that it's carried by
fleas from infected rats.

But there's no proof.

Well, there's no proof to keep the
people from Exeter from shooting us.

No.

Yeah.

What do you think? Did your
father discover anything new?

Well, no proof, no accusations.

Come on, I'll take you back to the
boat. You can get a little rest.

Terry.

Yes, sir. Take Dr. James back to
the boat, see if she gets a good cat.

Men are getting pretty anxious, Captain.

Should come to any decision?

Tell them that we're going to
pull out of here as soon as we can.

I was patrolling the street
like you said when I seen

this fella come out of the
land commissioner's office.

I told him to come on
out, come out of shooting.

It hurts real bad.

So I want to get it off my conscience.

I didn't want to kill him.

I followed him from the print shop.

Kill who? Who are you talking about?

The doctor, he wouldn't go away, so I
had to do it. They said he had the plague.

Doctor? What doctor?

You mean Miss James' father?

Made it look like he fell off his horse.

I'm not a killing man.

Honest, I... What were you
doing in the government?

One of Tom Bison's men. Carney
and I ran into him this morning.

What was he stealing in there?

It's some sort of a government decree.

It says here that this
town is on federal land,

and it will revert to the
government unless certain improvements

are made by the homesteaders
within the next six months.

What would someone want to shoot it
out for stealing of a thing like that?

Are you still up, Jim?

Yes, sir.

Well, have you listened to what
was going on down in the cargo deck?

Yes, sir.

Is Mr. Carney going to be all right?

Oh, sure, of course, of course he is.

He's not gonna die?

No, no, it'd take more than
that to kill that old leatherhead.

You're not just saying that, are you?

Of course not, Chip, of course not.

Does he mean that much to you?

All you do.

You're the only family I've got.

You're the only boy that we got.

All right, now you go
in and I'll go to bed.

Why don't you get out there while I come
in, huh? I'll talk to you a little later.

Go on. Yeah, what is it?

Yes, sir.

I heard about the man who was killed.

What was he doing in town?

Sit down, Marcia.

You never did tell me how
your father was killed.

Well, he was on his way
from Green City to Exeter.

His horse threw him, and they
said that the fall broke his neck.

Were there any records, any papers,

cases that he'd been
working on with him when he died?

There was nothing when they found him.

Not even his bag.

What about his office? Any notes there?

It had been searched.

Why are you so curious about his notes?

Well, I thought he might have
stumbled on something about the plague.

Something like you found out.

I have no way of knowing.

Tell me, do you believe the story that
they told you about your father's death?

No, I don't.

I think that my father was murdered.

Well, you're right.

Was it Tom Pison's man?

Mm-hmm.

Where you going?

I'm going to find Tom Bison,
and I'm going to kill him.

Wait just a minute. I'm
not going to kill anybody.

No, wait a minute. You're a doctor.

Try to remember that.

So was my father. He might have been a
drunkard, but he was a whale of a doctor.

He found out something. He could have
prevented those people from running away.

And now he's dead, and
Tom Bison is responsible.

Wait just a minute.
Now, wait a minute. What

do I got to do with
you? Get back in there.

Go. Will you cool off?

Captain? I'm going to snore.

Captain said he was gonna tuck me in.

I'll tuck you in, Shep.

Joshua, now don't go in there. Why not?

She's in there and
she's looking for fleas.

Joshua, I'm warning you, don't go.

You'll be sorry.

How did it go, lad? The most
brazen hussy I ever saw in my life.

Not a female bone in her body.

Take off your shirt, he says.

Imagine a woman ordering a
man onto his undershirt.

Imagine a woman that's strong enough to
make you do it. I wouldn't have done it,

sir, if you hadn't ordered me first.

Besides, you're next.

You're next, Joshua.

Oh, well, I just came by to see if
the men had reported this order.

They've all reported, and I thank
you very much, and you are next.

Oh, you examined me this morning.

Joshua, I remember exactly who I
examined. Now, come on, get in there.

Oh, Lus, there's nothing wrong with me.

Come on, let's go.

Look, look.

Oh, the cotton wants to see you
right away. He's down the street.

He's the first person to left.

I'd like to apologize for
the things I said last night.

Oh, forget about that.

Did you examine the crew?

Oh.

All but Joshua.

But I can assure you there's
no bubonic fever on your boat.

Good.

Well, in that case, then I'd say that
you and your father were right when

you said that the disease wasn't
passed from one human being to another.

How do you figure that?

Well, didn't you say
that the disease is passed

by the bite of a flea
from an infected rat?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Well, when the panic struck,

this family was about to sit down to
what looks like a mighty handsome meal.

Now then, if there had been rats
about, they would have eaten this food.

And you think that those men were
infected when they came to Green City?

Well, there's no other answer.

You would have made a
good doctor, Captain.

Well, right now it's tough enough
to be in a good riverboat, Captain.

Well, shall we go?

I can't help thinking
about this family. A little

house, clothes in the
closet, food on the table.

All the hopes and dreams
that they must have had.

They were pretty good dreams.

I thought so once.

I even dreamed of
having them myself someday.

You grow up in one
frontier town after another,

fighting off the pawing
animals that call themselves men,

continually pulling the one person who
means something to you out of a bottle.

It's the difference.

I gave up that dream a long time ago.

Doctor.

Doctor, you're a liar.

Am I?

You know, I used to do a lot of reading.

I guess that's something a riverboat
captain doesn't get a chance to do.

And I remember something that Keith said,

that love is a hut with water and a
crust, so is love only cinders, ashes, and dust.

Well, I like what
Longfellow said a little better.

He said, as unto the bow the
cord is, so unto man is woman,

useless each without the other.

Well, I've often found that
And I've found a certain amount

of security by separating
people from my emotions.

Right now, I'm sorry I read
Keats instead of Longfellow.

Oh, there you are!

What are you doing here?
Well, I'm feeling fit,

and I thought I'd get out and
stretch my muscles a little. Well,

let's see if you can stretch the muscles
of your head a little, will you? Sit down.

How's your memory?

I found this in that little printing shop.

That was where Doc James was
just before he was killed.

That's what Bison's man said.

Apparently, they were printing a
one-page newspaper in this town.

Listen, here's an
article dated ten days ago.

It announces the arrival of three sailors.

It says they're going to throw away
their oars and try to stake on dry land.

Well, I don't get the connection.

What's the names of those three
grave markers up there on the street?

Oh, uh, Raines, Larson, and, uh,
Crane. Crane. Yeah, well, Raines, Larson,

and Crane are the names of the
three sailors the paper mentions here.

It says they were heading for Exeter.

Boy, and Bison was a sailor, too.

Yeah, one of his men was found in
the land commissioner's office.

I think that he might have
something to do with all this plague scare.

Well, let's go see him.

No, no. No, I go alone. You see,
one burglar works better than three.

If I'm not back by
tomorrow, you come after me.

Evening.

Evening to you, sir.

I'm looking for Tom Bison.
He's been in here tonight.

Well, if he's not here
now, he'll be turning up.

You a friend of his?

Oh, yes, I know Tom. I've known him
ever since he first came to Exeter.

Oh, well, really, I'm not looking for Tom.

I'm looking for a couple of friends
of his, men named Larson and Raines.

Oh, yes, but there were three of them.

They stayed a couple of nights with
Tom, but they went back downriver.

Tom drove him over to Green City.
That was before the plague hit there.

I see.

Thanks. Can I buy you a
drink? Oh, no. No, thanks.

This is my night for gambling.

I need a drink.

I've just been in your room.

So? I saw some papers in your desk.

Papers that you filed
giving you secondary rights

to the homesteader's land
in case they defaulted.

It's all good and
legal. If those homesteaders

don't come back in two
days, it belongs to me.

Land and houses. You knew that your
three pals had the plague, didn't you?

You took them over to
Green City and dumped them.

So now I don't have to work
the land. I'll own it. I'm

taking you to the
sheriff. He won't believe you.

He will when he sees the papers I found.
You won't live long enough to show him.

I want you people to listen to me.

There's a man that's come from
Green City. Come on back, you men!

Kill him!

All right, now just one minute.

Just one minute!

You want to kill me, you go on ahead.

The plague's supposed to
be carried in the blood.

You shoot me, you'll get my
blood all over this room.

You'll have a plague all
around you in the air.

You'll be breathing it.
Is that what you want?

You go on ahead and shoot
me. He's bluffing, Tom!

All right, when you come to your
senses, you send somebody over to Green City.

I just learned something out
of interest to all of you.

Don't let him get out of here! Kill him!

That bison is a fiend.

Yeah, no, that can't be him. A lot of
those people are going to get killed.

Yeah, because they're so full of fear.

Exeter lived with the plague for as long
as the three men were in that town. Now,

isn't there some way to fight the fiend?

It comes, it kills, it dies out.

There may be a way someday,
but we don't know of it now.

Somehow I've got to get to somebody
in that town and talk sense to them.

You men don't want advice.

Where are you going with that?

There isn't a jury in the world that
would convict me for what I'm going to do.

Killing Bison because he killed your
father is no answer to the problem.

You're supposed to be
a doctor, remember it.

They're here, the gang from
Exeter. There must be 30 of them.

Break out the firearms.

Here's the key to the office. Hold
your deck hands up on the passenger deck!

You can swim the river and get to the
other side and make a break for it.

You were signed on board to help
run a riverboat, not to fight a war,

so I'm not going to hold it against you
if you decide to go. What do you say?

All right, now you know your position.

Hold it as long as you can.
They may try to burn us out.

You got them, Bob? Here you go.

Stoney, who turned you
loose? I did, Captain.

I spooked because I ain't fighting
nothing I can't see. Them out there, I can see.

All right.

Hold your position.

They're waiting to pick along. We
haven't got ammunition for that thing.

Plenty of it, Captain. Right here.

I try to keep her in her
cabin, Captain. I try hard.

There's a fight. I'm going to
turn this room into a hospital.

Oh, no.

I'm one of the Corona fight, too.

Yeah, I know you are, Chip. That's why
I want you to stay here with Dr. James.

Hey, Freddo.

Captain Holden?

What do you want, Bison? I want
to read you a legal document.

Let it be known that this
group of men is no lynch mob,

but a committee legally
appointed by the town of Exeter.

A legal vote was taken.

And it was determined that
those in Green City were

affecting the health and
well-being of the majority.

Let it be known that
this act of contamination

was of a willful nature by the accused.

And they, the accused, have been found to
be felons and will be executed the same.

Signed, the People's
Court of the Town of Exeter.

That's no legal document.

Even a felon has a
chance to state his own case.

Give us a chance to state ours.

Bison, I don't approve of these tactics.

Those men should be given
every chance to surrender.

The committee said they'd go my
way. You shouted down all opposition.

You can't murder those men. If I just
kill Holden, the rest of them will leave.

This is a flag of truce.

Captain Holden, I call
on you to surrender.

You've broken our law.

And if disease comes to us,
you deserve to be punished.

The fever's already been
among you. And I didn't bring it.

Come aboard and we'll
talk it over. Don't listen

to him. He'll lie and
lie. He's got the plague.

I'll give you 15 minutes to
come ashore and surrender.

You got a long wait. Then
we'll come and get you.

Spread out.

The amount of men they got. If they
charge, they can take us. You know,

Bison spent the last two, three days
with those sailors just before they died.

Last night I noticed
something. Look at it.

Watch.

You got him?

Uh-huh.

What do you think?

Well, it's a little hard to tell from
this distance, but from his history,

his contacts, now his appearance.

He's got the fever.

I'd say it's likely.

How long do you give him?

Well, it looks to me like
he's on the verge of collapse.

With any excitement, it
could happen any minute.

Can't take that chance.
They may attack at any minute.

Carney, come here.

I'd better get off the
boat without being seen.

Can you give me a blast of steam
off the starboard port? Yes, sir.

Mr. Bison?

Mr. Bison?

This is Fred Ferber.

I'm scared, and I'm going home.

Wait a minute, Fred.

I'm going home.

Why, that fool.

We're out in the open. We're safe.

I heard Fred Farber, and I'm with
him. This plague town isn't for me.

Who's that?

Wait a minute, men. This is no time to
panic. We're about ready to attack the boat.

Will! Harry! Don't leave now!

What's the matter with you?

If we don't attack now,
we'll lose the rest of them.

I don't think their hearts are in it.

We'll lose the rest of them, I tell you.

All right, men, get ready. When I give
the word, we'll charge down the street.

We'll get Captain Holden first.

All right, come on now!

Let's wait past the 15 minutes
we allowed, and we'll attack now!

Wait!

Wait!

Don't shoot! That isn't necessary.

Help me, doctor.

Oh.

Not even a doctor can help him now.

The plague.

That's right.

And this is the end of it.

And as a doctor, I can promise you that.

That's what old Dr. James was trying
to tell you the day that he was killed.

This man was trying to steal this
town. Lock, stock, and barrel. Here.

Here's your proof.

Better send out riders. Tell
the folks they can come home now.

It's safe.

You heard him.

Spread the news and
get our folks back home.

I heard you sold your cargo and
were leaving. I came to say goodbye.

You sure you want to stay here?

Well, the town needs a doctor.

I thought you'd say that.
Go and buy your present.

Well, that's beautiful. Yeah, in a minute.

That passage from
Longfellow, what was that again?

As unto the bow the cord
is, so unto man is one.

I won't forget that.

Well, I intend to make
sure you remember it.

I'll drop by here every once in a while.

Yeah, fair to cast off, Joshua.

Fair to cast off, four lions.

Oh, that's Geraldine,
Captain. Oh, that's Geraldine.

Well, she's very pretty.

Why didn't you bring her aboard? You
said you were taking her down river.

Well, I asked Andy, and he said he
didn't want to take her with him.

No, why not?

Well, he said he was an old
river dog like you, Captain.

An old river dog?

I wonder where he ever got that idea.