Hidden in America

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,

eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,

fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,

seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.

Okay, ready or not, here I come.

Where are you, Willa?

Gosh! Sorry. Dad, this is Willa Januson.

Nice to meet you, Willa.

Caroline, dinner's almost ready.

I'll be there in a sec, mom.

Willa staying for dinner?

I thought her brother was

supposed to be coming.

Maybe he missed the bus.

I'm sure he'll be here.

Why don't you call your

mother, make sure you can stay?

Willa's mother's passed away.

Well... lucky me.

I get to have dinner with someone named Willa.

Me and Willa tied in

the spelling bee contest today. You won?

We tied for eighth place. Getting better.

Is my sister here? Yeah. Hold on a sec.

This would be cool in your time capsule.

Find a penny, pick it up.

All that day, you'll have good luck. Hey!

I'm gonna get you. Come here!

You're not supposed to cry

when I do that, you idgit.

I'm trying to help you get tough, Willa.

I know, I'm sorry. I won't do it again, okay?

"I hope you find this time"

capsule in 100 years,

and I hope you are a being

from another planet, somebody

who will ride the galactic

waves of the star nation,

"like the silver surfer."

Willa found this on the bus.

Hey, that's state of the art.

Put it in the time capsule.

Oscar likes my company so much,

he's keeping me on nights.

Can you handle looking after

things a bit longer? What's it worth to you?

A swift kick in the bazooka? Hyah!

"Swift kick in the bazooka."

I'll kick you in the bazooka.

"This... is me,"

but doesn't really look like me.

"I'm the one on the left."

Don't put that one in. I want to look at it.

Okay?

So, she dreams animal

protesters close me down.

Your wife ever try and change your whole life

because of a dream?

My wife used to... Vegan burgers on my menu?

The place would be crawling

with hairy-legged people,

smelling like vitamins, wearing birkendorfs.

Hey, that's the way the cheese melts.

Hey, that's the way the burger flips.

That's... Yeah. Hey... could you get me

a few more hours, Oscar? Sorry, Bill.

30 is all I got.

That's the way the soda pops.

See the game last night? Yeah, I was there.

At least Martinez went 3 for 4.

Yeah, but you gotta look at their ribbies.

He's got, what, 35 ribbies for the year?

Ribbies or not, the guy was

batting champion for two years in a row.

No, he isn't. Tony Gwynn

was batting champion last year.

No, no, no, no. Basket, please. Martinez.

No, it was Tony Gwynn.

I'm right, you cover me at

the community clinic for three days.

No way I'm giving up three

days for that clinic, Vince.

You're right, and I'll do

your emergency rotations for a month.

Come on, Michael.

Somewhere beneath that cautious

exterior lurks a reckless gambler.

You think I'm crazy enough

to give away my free time on a baseball stat?

All right, just as long as

you're clear it's Martinez. It was Gwynn.

Dr. Millerton?

Seems like I just can't stop wheezing today.

This should make you breathe

a little easier, Mr. O'Neal.

It's called ceftin, and it's

an antibiotic for bronchitis.

Thank you, doctor. You're welcome.

Did I miss something?

It's routine with you volunteers.

Don't take it personally.

It's been a while since

I had my papers graded.

Look at our price lists.

Our patients can't possibly

afford the medication you've prescribed.

Hey, over here, over here!

Here, pass, pass!

Willa. Can you spell "Mississippi"?

She's embarrassed, having

a friend's dad for a doctor.

Well, this'll be just between

you and me, okay?

Okay, I want you to push against this hand...

Hard as you can, okay?

Hard as you can. You left no. All right.

Tale of the tape. Where is it?

They usually have one around here.

It's, usually... On a wall, or... Yeah.

Is this it? Jack and the beanstalk.

Willa, you want to come stand here?

Just put your back against the wall.

Okay, get up on the scale.

Not a big appetite? Must be my cooking.

Well, let's do some tests, all right?

Winetta? I'd like to run a C.B.C.

And a urinalysis on Willa Januson.

Follow me, Willa. We'll let them go.

God, she's a good kid.

Yeah, she likes your girl, too.

You want to... So, you have a son? Me, too.

He's going on 16. Is that right?

Mine just turned 11.

So, what do you find more challenging

I've been lucky.

They're both pretty good kids.

Are you a satellite fan?

I lived on those burgers

all through med school. Yeah. We kind of live

on them now... i work there.

Has Willa had any recent surgery? No.

Any accidents with loss of blood?

Is there any anemia in your family? No.

What did your wife die of? Cancer.

Seven months ago.

I don't see how I could

raise my two kids on my own. How's it going?

It crosses my eyes once in a while.

But they come first no matter what, right?

So, is there something wrong with her?

I don't know. I want to see some numbers.

I sure would appreciate it if you could deal

with this now.

No offense... I learned the hard

way, sometimes doctors don't do all they can.

Let's just see what the tests say.

If Willa had a broken arm

from playing too hard, that'd be one thing.

But headaches? A little kid

shouldn't be getting them. Not at this age.

Let's just see what

the numbers say first, okay?

And then we'll see.

235, 250... Utilities...

Can't sleep? It's hot in there.

So, when are you gonna

bury that space capsule?

When we get a house again.

You gonna put your skateboard in there? No.

I decided I couldn't live without that.

How are we doing?

Broke or busted... Take your pick.

But we'll make it.

Did the doctor say Willa

was gonna be all right? He took some tests.

We'll have to see.

Don't worry, we're not gonna

let anything bad happen to her, right? Yeah.

The plant's got to be hiring sooner or later.

What would you do?

I'd be a rookie, wiping down cars.

That isn't right. You're better than that.

You think I should be running the company?

I'll find something better to tide us over.

Can I help?

Hey, you keep looking after your sister.

That'll help.

Let me take care of the work front, okay?

You should learn about cyberspace.

Then you could get a good job.

You should learn about cyberspace...

Teach me what you know.

Mom was gonna fix this.

This is weird. Sometimes I look around

a corner, and I think I see her

coming towards me... Like she was here.

Yeah.

I'll see what I can do.

The money's not great, but it's 40 hours.

Daytime! Good, 'cause we miss you at nights.