Love Takes Wing

>> YAH! YAH!

>> "DEAREST BELINDA,

"YOUR FATHER AND I WERE GLAD TO HEAR

"YOU'RE OFF ON YOUR JOURNEY WEST.

"THOUGH I MUST CONFESS, WE CAN'T HELP BUT WORRY ABOUT YOU.

"I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN

"SINCE DREW'S DEATH LAST YEAR.

"AND I WISH THERE WAS MORE WE COULD DO TO HELP.

"I HOPE THE NEW START IN MISSOURI

"WILL BE JUST THE CHANGE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

"JUST REMEMBER THAT NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY YOU GO,

"YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WELCOME BACK IN ANDERSON CORNER.

"YOUR JOURNEYS CAN ALWAYS BRING YOU BACK HOME.

"AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

"PLEASE WRITE TO LET US KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE SAFELY ARRIVED.

"AND GIVE OUR REGARDS TO ANNIE.

"THANK HER FOR BEING ABLE TO STAY WITH YOU FOR A FEW WEEKS

"BEFORE SHE GOES TO HER OWN PRACTICE.

LOVE, MAMA."

>> CAN'T SLEEP AGAIN?

THINKING ABOUT DREW?

>> YEAH.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE CHILDREN IN SIKESTON.

>> YOU'RE AN AMAZING DOCTOR.

YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF ANYONE.

>> YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.

I COULDN'T SAVE DREW.

>> MORNING, FOLKS.

WELCOME TO SIKESTON.

MA'AM.

HERE. >> THANK YOU.

>> WHY, IT'S LOVELY.

>> WHAT IS?

>> SIKESTON.

>> THERE'S NOTHING HERE.

>> ANNIE, WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING,

AN OPERA HOUSE?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT I PICTURED, EXACTLY.

I CERTAINLY DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE THIS...

PRIMITIVE.

>>

I DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK TO, BUT...

>> MAYOR EVANS, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D PUT

THE INTEREST OF THOSE NO-ACCOUNT ORPHANS

OVER THE GOOD OF THIS TOWN.

>> I AM DOING NO SUCH THING, RAY.

THANK YOU, CYRUS.

I AM TRYING TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE.

THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE THOSE CHILDREN

ARE A DANGER TO ANYBODY.

>> YOU TELL THAT TO MY BROTHER.

>> THE ENTIRE TOWN IS SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO CARL.

BUT YOU CAN'T BLAME HIS DEATH ON THE ORPHANS.

IT COULD ALL BE SOME TERRIBLE COINCIDENCE.

>> UH, YOU MIGHT BE, UH, LOOKING FOR ME.

PLEASE, COME ON IN.

I AM MAXWELL EVANS, TOWN MAYOR.

>> BELINDA SIMPSON, THE NEW DOCTOR.

>> WELCOME.

WELL, THANK YOU, CYRUS.

UH, YOU CAN GO, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

>> I TRUST YOU WERE TOLD I WAS A WOMAN.

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY, YES.

UH, BUT I WAS EXPECTING ONE WOMAN AND NOT TWO.

OH, THIS IS MY FRIEND DR. ANNIE NELSON.

SHE'LL BE TAKING OVER AS THE CIRCUIT DOCTOR

FOR THE KANSAS TERRITORY.

BUT THE POSITION DOESN'T OPEN UNTIL NEXT MONTH.

SHE'LL BE STAYING WITH ME UNTIL THEN.

>> IT'S A PLEASURE MEETING YOU, MAYOR.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELCOME TO SIKESTON.

IF YOU'LL PERMIT ME,

I'LL ESCORT YOU OVER TO THE CLINIC,

AND WE CAN, UH,

GET YOU ALL SETTLED INTO YOUR NEW HOME.

>> THANK YOU.

AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SEE THE SICK CHILDREN

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> UH, YES. OF COURSE.

RIGHT UP HERE.

WELL, HERE WE ARE.

>> THIS IS MY CLINIC?

>> UH, YES.

WE HAVE MADE PLANS TO EXPAND IT,

BUT SOMETHING ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME UP THAT NEEDS TENDING TO.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.

UH, YOU'RE GONNA WANNA TAKE THOSE INSIDE.

THE LIVING QUARTERS ARE THROUGH THE CLINIC AND UP THE STAIRS.

COME RIGHT OVER HERE.

>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD A FULL-TIME DOCTOR HERE?

>> WELL, DOC ROSS DIED SIX MONTHS AGO.

WE'VE BEEN PRETTY MUCH ON OUR OWN SINCE THEN.

>> UNDER THESE CONDITIONS?

>> YES.

FOR 30 YEARS.

AND I DON'T EVER RECALL HIM COMPLAINING,

AS A MATTER OF FACT.

>> WE'LL FIX THIS PLACE UP IN NO TIME.

>> WELL, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE ILLNESS AT THE ORPHANAGE,

I WOULD GUESS THAT HOUSE CALLS MIGHT BE A NECESSITY.

THE CHILDREN--THE SICK ONES HAVE ALL TAKEN TO THEIR BED.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE ORPHANS ANYMORE.

IN TOWN, CARL RUSSELL DIED TWO DAYS AGO.

AND JOHN AND MEREDITH PINE HAVE COME DOWN WITH IT AS WELL.

THE SICKNESS IS SPREADING, DOCTOR.

AND THE TOWN IS GETTING A LITTLE EDGY,

AND QUITE FRANKLY, SO AM I.

YOUR QUARTERS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS.

>> WELL, IT ISN'T THAT BAD.

AT LEAST THERE'S A BALCONY.

DO YOU THINK ALL FRONTIER TOWNS ARE LIKE THIS?

>> A LOT OF THEM, YES.

>> I KNEW IT WOULD BE A CHANGE LEAVING BOSTON.

>> THE TWO OF US WENT THROUGH THREE YEARS

OF MEDICAL TRAINING AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A LICK OF HELP FROM THE MEN--

AND WITHOUT A WOMAN IN SIGHT.

YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE. AND SO AM I.

>>

>> HELLO, LEE. >> MAYOR.

>> THAT'S, UH, LEE OWENS.

HE'S BEEN A SMITHY HERE FOR YEARS.

HERE, STEP OVER HERE.

WELL, HERE WE ARE.

>>

YOU AREN'T COMING INSIDE?

>> NO, I, UH--

I HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON.

UM, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL BE SEEING EACH OTHER SOON,

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I COULD DO

TO MAKE YOUR STAY HERE IN SIKESTON MORE COMFORTABLE,

YOU, UH--YOU JUST LET ME KNOW.

ALL RIGHT?

TILL THEN, GOOD DAY.

>>

>> I'M SORRY.

WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING ANY VISITORS AT THIS TIME.

>> I'M NOT HERE TO VISIT, MISS CLARENCE.

MY NAME IS BELINDA SIMPSON.

I WAS SENT HERE TO TEND TO THE CHILDREN.

>> I WAS TOLD WE'D HAVE A DOCTOR.

BUT--BUT I'LL TAKE A NURSE.

>> I AM A DOCTOR.

>> SORRY?

>> I'M NOT A NURSE.

I'M THE NEW DOCTOR IN SIKESTON.

>> PLEASE COME IN.

FOLLOW ME.

>> PARDON ME. WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?

>> OH, I TRY TO KEEP THE HEALTHY CHILDREN OUTSIDE

IN THE--THE FRESH AIR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

>> MA'AM.

>> ALL I'M SAYING IS SOMETHING'S GOTTA BE DONE.

EVANS THINKS WE'RE JUST GONNA STAND BY

AND LET OUR FAMILIES SUFFER FOR THE DEEDS OF THESE ORPHANS,

WELL, WE NEED TO SHOW HIM.

WE NEED TO SHOW HIM WHO'S REALLY IN CHARGE HERE.

>> RAY.

YOU'RE DRIVING AWAY ALL MY CUSTOMERS.

>> NOT MY FAULT THAT THESE PEOPLE

DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO REASON.

>> APOLOGIES, MA'AM.

>> WE LOST ONE JUST THIS WEEK.

>> LOST?

>>

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS ILLNESS IS CALLED,

DR. SIMPSON.

BUT, UH...

IT'S UNLIKE ANY KIND OF INFLUENZA I'VE EVER SEEN.

ON ANY DAY, THIS ORPHANAGE

IS HOME TO ABOUT 30 KIDS.

WHEN THE SICKNESS STARTED,

IT HIT FIVE OF MY CHARGES IN THE FIRST WEEK.

AND THE END OF THE MONTH...

THREE DIED. I GOT TEN SICK.

HELLO, SWEETIE.

DROPPED YOUR DOLL. HERE YOU GO.

>> THANK YOU, MISS CLARENCE.

>> I'VE ENLISTED THE HEALTHY CHILDREN TO RUN THE PLACE,

BUT I'M WORRIED THAT I'M--I'M--

ENDANGERING THEM TOO.

LILLIAN'S THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL WORK IN THE WARD.

>> MAY I?

>> OH, PLEASE.

>> IT'S VERY NICE OF YOU TO HELP THE OTHER CHILDREN.

>> I DON'T NEED HELP. IT'S AN IMPORTANT JOB.

AND NOBODY DOES IT AS GOOD AS ME.

>> I HAD NO INTENTION OF TAKING YOUR JOB AWAY FROM YOU, LILLIAN.

>> GOOD.

'CAUSE WE DON'T TRUST STRANGERS AROUND HERE.

KIDS NEED SOMEONE THEY KNOW LOOKING AFTER THEM.

>> QUITE THE HANDFUL.

>>

OH, SHE'S SOMETHING.

SHE'S TENACIOUS...

BUT AN IMMENSE HELP TO ME.

>> STICK YOUR TONGUE OUT FOR ME.

AND WHAT'D YOU SAY THE AVERAGE RECOVERY TIME WAS?