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- Legs need exercise. Yeah. - Yeah.

Huh? Come on over here. Let's sit with Mr. Hollingworth.

This is our indoor therapy pool. You'll probably be doing most of your work in here.

None of our patients can really stand the sun. Millie.

Yes, Miss Bunweill?

- This is Pinky Rose. She'll be starting with us today. - Hi.

- Hi. - I want you to get her a suit and a locker …

and show her the routine the way you did with Alcira.

Okay, but I got Mr. Shaw for after lunch.

Peggy can take over for you. Millie's one of our best girls.

- She'll show you how simple it really is. - Okay.

Okay, after lunch.

- What'll I do till then? - You can have lunch in the café~…

and meet Millie in the locker room afterwards.

I wanna see you before you leave tonight.

Ten more and you're finished.

Yep.

Just keep 'em movin'.

- You could do some of these, too, Mr. Hollingworth, you know? - I've done 'em.

- No, it doesn't. - It's $100 a day.

- No, it's $50 a day. - Since when?

I'm savin' for one of those new microwave ovens I've been readin' about.

You can cook a hot dog in three minutes.

I like mine burned crisp, and you can set it to burn food just like ya like it.

I've already got 43 and a half books saved up.

- Hi. - Hi.

I think I'll have the … chicken-fried steak with gravy.

You know the Breck girl? Well, they're havin' a contest to find a new one …

and I'm gonna send my best picture in.

Hi. I'm Pinky. Remember me? At lunch?

That wasn't me.

- I thought you had the day off. - I did.

Old Big-Buns called me in to work for her.

Mmm, sorry. I gotta break in a new girl.

- Hi. - Hi.

I don't know why she picks me. There's nothin' to teach.

That's probably why.

- Do you guys know how to play Scrabble? - No.

It's a real good game. You can learn a lot of new words.

My roommate's got this boyfriend who's really good at it.

What's that supposed to mean?

He knows some words I've never even heard of before.

- Well, they say they want a receptionist. - "Orator."

- It's in the dictionary, all right. - Two of 'em or one?

- Two. - I think it's some kind of, oh, professional talker or something.

- That's where I could've worked. - You're too short.

But the most unusual one was "zebus."

- You know what zebus are? - Mm-mmm. - No.

- The humps on a camel's back. - Ohh.

I didn't like the guy that I was with too much, though.

All he wanted to do was make up dirty words.

We weren't gonna play that way.

- You know what we had for dinner? - What'd you have?

Tuna casserole. I cooked it.

- Was it any good? - Yeah.

I got this whole book of recipes that I'm keepin'. And I list 'em by how long they take to make.

You know, if you only have 20 minutes, you just look under 20 minutes …

and it tells ya all the kind of things that you can make in that amount of time.

That makes sense.

It's real good.

It's really not a book, but a kind of file with times marked on it.

You don't say.

- Pretty good. - Uh-huh. Couldn't improve it —

Oh, um — Polly, this is Pinky.

Pinky, that's Polly.

- Hi, Millie. - Hi.

- It is Pinky, isn't it? - Yeah.

- Okay, let's go get you a suit that fits. - Okay.

You ever worked in these kind of places before?

No. This is my first job in California.

They're not very big with the salaries here. Oof.

- You're a little like me, aren't ya? - Yeah.

This looks like it's about as best as we can do.

- Why don't you put this on? I'll wait for you outside. - Okay.

After you've checked the list in the morning, you'll know who you're supposed to have.

There'll be a time written right by each name.

You'll meet 'em here and they'll give you their cards.

Okay, suppose you got Mr. Shaw and it says, on his card, uh, "Mineral pool and rest."

Well, you get him to enter the water right away.

Ten minutes is the max, though, like it says on that wall.

Then you get him out, wrap him up and put him on a chaise lounge …

and he's gotta stay there for at least 20 minutes before he can go back in.

Now, you're gonna play the patient …

and I'm gonna take ya in.

First we gotta take off our robes and our shoes.

Okay. Robe. Take off our shoes.

Okay, now, what's wrong with ya?

- Nothin'? - Well, there's gotta be somethin' wrong with ya.

- My bathing suit's too big? - No.

I mean, why else would you be here if it weren't somethin' like your legs or your arms or —

There's gotta be somethin' wrong with ya.

Oh, my back! Oh, my back.

- And my leg. My leg. My leg hurts. - Okay, your back and your legs.

- This is for people with bad backs and legs. - Thank you.

- Now, you're gonna have to take it real slow and easy now. - Okay.

- We don't want you to get hurt. - Okay.

- Just be careful 'cause it's real slippery. - Okay.

- - Just take it easy.

- Okay. - Doesn't that feel good?

Mm-hmm.

- Oh, it's hot. - Come on back up.

It's 106 degrees.

You know, my grandmother had a bad back and leg, too.

- She did? - Yeah.

Okay, now, do you wanna stoop and get all the way in?

I don't know. Am I supposed to?

- Not you. That's what you're supposed to ask them. - Oh.

- You have to kind of humor 'em. - Oh.

- Sort of talk 'em into what they're supposed to do. - Yeah.

Okay, now, follow me.

I don't believe it.

- If Bunweill had seen that you'd be in hot trouble. - You said all the way.

Well, now let's go do some exercises over here.

- It's okay. -

Now we're gonna exercise these hurt legs.

What's the matter? Haven't ya ever seen twins before?

These are our individual hot tubs. The water comes directly from the springs to here.

And over here ya got your rest area.

They probably won't let ya work the tubs until you've been here a week or two.

There's really nothin' to it …

but ya just gotta know when somebody's gettin' a bad reaction.

Sometimes they can't get out by themselves, and if you leave 'em in too long they could die.

- They could die? - Yeah. Uh-oh.

About that floater we had yesterday —

Oh, Graham, I don't know how that happened.

Took her blood pressure and she was fine.

Next she's floating face down in the pool.

- Is our, uh, malpractice premium for this quarter paid? - Yeah.

- Lammoreaux? - Yes, Dr. Maas?

- How is Miss Rose doing? - Just fine, Dr. Maas.

Well, good. You two should, uh, get along very well.

- Don't you have something in common? - What?

I don't know. Aren't you both from Texas or something?

- Couldn't you find a suit that fits you better, Rose? - Oh, yeah.

- No, ma'am. - Well, try.

Vivian, have you ever been to Texas?

- Is your name Lammoreaux? - Uh-huh.

- You French? - Nah, I'm American.

- Are you from Texas? - Yeah, near Longview. You?

I'm from Houston, but I've been in California for about three years now.

You can have this locker right over here next to mine.

Thank you.

Here's your card, Rose. Do not punch in until you are dressed.

Same thing in the evening when you punch out. You punch first, change after and be punctual.

- Good night. - Good night.

The Wurtzes went to Hawaii on a real ocean liner.

Like the kind you see on The Late Show.

They brought me a whole pamphlet full of color pictures.

- - They had a lei for me, too, but …

it wilted by the time they got here.

It's all so colorful and exotic.

- Everything from the sky at sunset to the Hilton Hotel. - It's too hot there.

Someday I'm gonna go there.

A boyfriend of mine used to live there. He even dated a hula dancer.

- - You wouldn't believe some stories I've heard about hula dancers.

They're real exotic, too.

You can take hula dancin' lessons now down at Macy's Salon of Dance.

I might do it. I like it.

It's only $12.

I think it's sexy.

All you get is a bunch of lettuce and a taco shell.

- Lettuce is right. You won't gain weight. - That's not nutrition.

- A little bit of beans — - But that gives you gas.

There you are, Rose. Who's breaking you in, Alcira or Doris?

- Millie Lammoreaux. - Did she show you the tubs?

- I saw them. - Did she show you the routine in the tubs?

- I think I know what to do. - You do, do you?

Alcira will show you. In case I don't see her, you tell her.

- Is that clear? - Yes, ma'am. Is Millie here?

Millie most definitely is not here, and I need every girl I've got tomorrow.

- Is he asleep? - Probably.

Can he hear us?

- His hearing aid's out. - Oh.

How long have you known Millie?

Millie?

- You know, Millie Lammoreaux? - Mmm.

I don't know. A few months, I suppose. Why?

I don't know. Just wondered.

She sure is nice, isn't she?

I don't see her too much.

Just seems like she always does everything right.

Doris, the Chinese one? She and I are best friends.

Wonder where she is today.

We don't like the twins.

You'll learn about them soon enough.

Hope she's not sick.

I sure do miss her.

Miss Lombardi? You asleep?

Guess you are.

And she came into my room with a whole bushel basket full of tomatoes.

I hardly ever dream about her, but when I do, she's always bringin' me somethin'.

But tomatoes? I don't even like tomatoes.

Whenever I cook spaghetti I just cook it with butter and garlic and salt.

Can't understand it.

You all ready for your bath?

- Yeah. - Okay.

- - Just be real careful.

I haven't seen her since I was 11.

But tomatoes?

I mean, why would my mother bring me tomatoes?