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Some for community, some for appearances.
For others, and it may be a very few,
it's a matter of true faith.
The simple fact is, life is hard for most people.
By the end of a long week...
...the soul can be as devoid of spirit...
...as Everwood's Taggart Mine is empty of ore.
Only, if you're lucky, when you come here...
...you leave with something more than you came in with.
A lot of people are wearing hats.
-They have team names on them? -I see your point.
Also, Don and Mary Finley
will be hosting this week's Bible study.
Uh, thank you, Don and Mary.
Also, remember, everybody, B.Y.O.B.
That's bring your own Bible.
[ALL CHUCKLE]
-When does the singing start? -Soon, probably.
-Don't you know? -Of course I know.
Right now, he's doing...
...the, uh, welcome speech.
Then there's gonna be a brief order...
...for confession and forgiveness.
That's where people confess and forgive,
briefly, in an orderly fashion.
Uh, then we'll do the first hymn...
...then Lesson Number 2, gospel lesson, another hymn...
...then the sermon, then the offering of--
Jesus, how long is this thing?
WOMAN: Shh! Doctor. -Hello, there.
Nice to see you.
Happy Sunday.
Why's he so scratchy?
He's probably just feeling the power of the Lord.
If everyone would please turn to their hymnals...
...we're going to start today with Hymn Number 31.
[ORGAN PLAYING SOFT MUSIC]
[SINGING "WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS"]
♪ What a friend we have in Jesus ♪
♪ All our sins and griefs to bear ♪
♪ What a privilege to carry ♪
♪ Everything to God in prayer ♪
[KEYES GRUNTING]
♪ Oh what peace we often forfeit.. ♪♪
[MUSIC STOPS]
Don't look at me, that wasn't in the program.
So you two gonna make this church thing a regular event?
Delia asked me to take her as more of an exploratory mission.
-You're going next week? -Don't want many good thing.
I meant the hope service.
Once a year, Reverend Keyes gives his hope speech.
The town fills the place up, no matter their denomination.
Must be pretty inspirational.
NINA: Can be, but that's not why everyone goes.
-Why do they go? -Reverend picks the person...
...whom he feels exemplifies hope within the community.
Everybody wants to get picked
or at least see who else is gonna get picked.
Ah, competitiveness springs eternal.
NINA: Yes, something like that.
There's not much suspense, though.
Irv Harper's won it three years running.
-Hey, Dad, can you sign this? -What am I signing?
Permission slip for a trip to the mine.
-That sounds educational. -Yes.
What future would I have without knowing how a mine operates?
You don't wanna be the only kid
who doesn't know where coal comes from.
Silver, Dad.
In Colorado, it's silver.
Okay. Good ship Feeney shoving off.
-Bye, Dad. -Bye, kiddo. Oh, hey, come back.
Wait for your lunch.
Bye. See you, thanks, Nina.
I'll take Sam and her one day this week.
No problem.
Dad, I don't have to go on this thing.
-Why wouldn't you? -I don't know.
-Tomorrow's your anniversary-- -Don't worry about that.
Your mother and I never liked to make a big deal out of it.
What do you mean? Last year you guys went to Hawaii.
Yeah, it was one of the smaller islands and we had coupons.
Your concern is appreciated, Ephram, but I'm fine.
Now stop loitering.
Come on, get to school.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
ANDY: This has happened before. KEYES: It sure has.
Dr. Abbott suggested that I see a specialist in Denver.
I was exposed to every allergen on his list.
Didn't test positive for a single one.
Are you taking medications that may--?
No. And I haven't had shellfish,
I know how you doctors are big on that one.
-It is a common-- -Look here.
I wanna get to the bottom of this as much as anyone.
The most important thing is, I get rid of these hives...
...before my sermon on Sunday.
I can offer you the same treatment
that Dr. Abbott prescribed.
Antihistamines and a local steroid cream.
But unless we figure out what's causing the hives...
...I can't guarantee that you won't have another episode.
What we should do is try and narrow down the possibilities.
Unless you've already done that.
Go on, tell him.
The fact of the matter is...
...this doesn't generally happen. Heh.
That is-- That is to say...
...that this only seems to happen when the wife and I...
...you know...
-...when we're intimate. -On rare occasion...
...when we attempt to get it on, like the other morning.
Good lord, Sally, you don't need to spell it out for him.
It's not like the mission was accomplished.
Okay, so it is possible that your wife is responsible.
Not responsible, but, uh....
Are you using any new products lately, Mrs. Keyes?
New, uh, soaps, lotions, lipsticks--
She's got a hundred soaps, lotions and lipsticks.
She nearly bought out the store.
-Tom, please don't start. -That's probably what it is.
Dr. Abbott suggested we do an elimination technique
to figure out which product it is exactly...
...but the sermon is in six days.
I told her she should stop using all the stuff--
-I'm not going to stop. ANDY: Ahem.
I suggest that until Sunday
the two of you abstain from all physical contact.
In the meantime, I'll go over your files with Dr. Abbott.
No rush.
MS. CALEB: I'm gonna hand back your lab reports...
...and if you're not too traumatized by your grades...
...I'd like you to split up into groups of four.
Each group will categorize and research...
...the rock formations found in silver mines.
Then next week we're going to give
a presentation to share your findings.
Hey, uh, Amy, is there any chance
you might wanna do this together?
Be in the same group?
She has a few other things on her mind right now, dark man.
We're definitely in the same group, right?
Whatever. You, me, Ephram. That's fine.
-Yo, Brown, can I join this--? -Uh, no, that would be up to me.
-And why's that? -Because I wear deodorant...
-...unlike some people. -Kayla, just chill.
If Wendell wants to join the group, that's fine.
Just let it go, please.
[KAYLA SCOFFS]
As if Keyes picking one person who best exemplifies hope...
...wasn't bad enough...
...Davenport here has to report on the race.
I notice here that you're considered a long shot.
Thank God. If the man ever picked me,
I'd have to euthanize myself.
-Those the files? HARRY: Hmm? Oh, yeah.
Whatever good they'll do you.
Tom Keyes has been tested
for every common allergen known to man.
The only thing he ever tested positive for
was some distant cousin of tetracycline.
Any chance Mrs. Keyes has taken that antibiotic?
-Not unless she's livestock. ANDY: Got it.
So otherwise nothing, huh?
He swears contact with the wife is the trigger...
...but we tested everything she ate, drank, wore.
Everything short of putting the contents...
...of her bathroom in a blender...
-...doing a stick test on that. -Did you?
Test the contents of her bathroom, I mean.
Personally, every product? No.
What respectable practitioner has 15 free hours on his hands?
Me.
I said respectable practitioner.
We could do it together, make a night of it. I'll buy the wine.
You're not serious.
It's in the interest of rekindling Everwood's hope.
As tempting as the offer may be, doctor...
...I'm otherwise engaged tomorrow evening.
Oh, yeah? What are you doing?
[SIGHS]
Dance classes with the wife.
You know, if I say nothing right now, you owe me one.
I appreciate your reticence. Good day.
One, two, cha-cha-cha.
[PHONE RINGING]
ANDY: Hello? WOMAN: Dr. Andrew Brown?
-Yes, this is he. -Oh, thank God.
This is Minnie from West Village Travel.
I can't believe I finally located you.
I was about to send out the FBI,
been trying to find you for days. I have your tickets.
-What tickets? -This isn't a surprise, is it?
I don't have that marked anywhere.
I guess your wife made the reservation.
I wasn't here when these were booked...
...but this definitely says...
...anniversary trip for Dr. Brown and wife.
Uh....
-My wife must have made them. -Then it was a surprise.
I'm-- I'm sorry.
But you are not getting a destination out of me
no matter how hard you pry.
Well, Minnie, the fact is....
The fact is--
The fact is, we're in Colorado now.
Let me give you the address.
It's 2179 Dearborn Street.
Everwood, Colorado.
80167.
SALLY: I'm telling you, Dr. Brown,
you're wasting your time.
No, I'm happy to do it.
I can drop this off later, if you can't wait.
I'll give the Reverend a scratch test--
It's not the waiting, it's that I don't believe my husband...
...is allergic to anything that's on your desk.
He's allergic to me.
Come again?
He doesn't like all the changes I've made to myself
so he's decided to go and get warts.
-Hives. -Whatever.
So you think his allergic reactions
are actually psychosomatic?
I think they're just plain psycho.
Most men I know would be thrilled
if their wives tried to look nice for them.
Do you know, for the first time I can wear short skirts...
...without feeling my thighs brush up against each other?
Yes, well--
I'm on a very high protein diet. All I eat is chicken.
Steamed chicken, baked chicken, skinless chicken,
boneless chicken.
I've lost 35 pounds, I exfoliate every night...
...and do a four-mile jog every morning and I feel great.
Don't I look great?
You look great.
But he doesn't care.
I'm finally happy and all he wants...
...is for me to go back to being his dumpy wife like before...
...but that's not who I am inside.
We went to see Dr. Trott...
...for marriage counseling last time she rolled through town.
Dr. Trott, really? How did that go?
She said our emotional paths had diverged.
I don't know what she meant, but I know that's not good.
My mother thinks I should leave him.
That seems a little hasty, Mrs. Keyes.
Fifteen years of marriage, you get complacent.
It's easy to forget who you are, who you were...
...but, you know, a little while ago,
something inside of me snapped.
It's like I woke up and I saw my life going on without me...
...and I had to do something about it. I wanna live my live.
I wanna feel it.
Don't you want to feel your life?
Sometimes.
Were you married a long time?
It would have been 20 years today.
I bet you never took her for granted.
I wouldn't take that bet.
[SALSA MUSIC PLAYING ON COMPUTER]
WOMAN [ON COMPUTER]: Hola, and welcome to Learn to Salsa Now.
Before we begin...
...allow the music to wash over your body like a sultry breeze.
Just let yourself go. Feel the rhythm.
That's right, feel it.
And move.
[SALSA MUSIC PLAYING ON COMPUTER]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Louise.
I thought I told you to hold my calls.
Well, what is it, Louise?
I-- I forgot.
[DOOR CLOSES]
WOMAN [ON PA]: Ophthalmology, PR 2. Ophthalmology, PR 2.
[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON PA]
[TV PLAYING FOOTBALL GAME INDISTINCTLY]
[SCOFFS]
Man, the Broncos suck this year.
[TV SHUTS OFF]
You're awake.
Well, of course I'm awake, what'd you expect?
I'm a little tired, but, other than that--
I don't know, the nurses said that--
Hey, come here.
I heard you.
Everything you said.
The whole time I heard what you said.
You did?
I felt you pulling me back...
...but I was, like, trapped.
You know that dream you have when you're trying to run...
...and your feet are glued to the floor and you're naked?
Uh, I'm not usually naked in that dream, but okay.
Well, that's how I felt.
Like my feet were glued to the floor...
...and my mouth was wired shut...
...but the whole time you were here I kept wanting to say--
What?
I love you, Amy.
I should have told you that day at the lake but I was afraid.
I love you and I can't live without you.
You're the reason I came back.
Amy?
Amy?
KAYLA: Amy? Do you hear me?
-Your phone's won't work here. -Huh?
Your phone, it won't work. Don't waste the battery.
Shoot.
Alright, I'm gonna run outside, see if I have any messages.
Hey.
LOUISE [ON SPEAKER]: Dr. Abbott, your wife--
Louise, I thought I told you to hold--
--is here.
-Thank you, Louise. -Look what I've got.
They're for dancing. The professionals wear them.
I special-ordered them from Sally Henderson's shop.
Rose, I am not going to the dance class.
Why not?
I don't have the time or the interest.
Well, I have the time and the interest.
I do. Can't you go for me?
Life is too short, Rose,
I'm getting too old for frivolous pursuits.
Frivolous pursuits.
Like ironing your shirts?
Making your bed, raising our children,
sweeping out the garage?
I love our life, Harold,
but I do not love cleaning toilets.
This is time I take out of my life because I love you.
Time when I could be reading or painting
or gardening or seeing the world.
This is what I give up.
This is what I give of myself to make our marriage work.
Now what do you give up for me?
-I'll go by myself. -Oh, now, come on, Rose.
I'll see you later tonight, Harold.
[SIGHS]
I appreciate your coming down here to do this, doctor.
I like to be near the laptop in case I get hit with a thought.
How's the sermon coming, Reverend?
Have you finished it yet?
Not exactly.
Let's just say the hope isn't exactly
flowing out of me right now.
-Shoot, that smarts. -Sorry.
How about rhyming hope and pope? That might lead to something.
Ha, ha. You should have Dr. Brown write your sermon.
At least he's got a sense of humor.
There's my little ego booster. Unh.
Glad I'm getting pricked to death so I can kiss you again.
-Who asked you to? I didn't. -Just a couple more.
-I'll be out of your way-- -Forget it.
We can sleep in separate bedrooms from now on.
-Is that a threat or a promise? -Stop moving for just a second--
Have you lost your mind? Talking in front of the doctor?
Dr. Brown knows how I feel. I told him about it this morning.
Told him all about what, how you've up and gone crazy on me?
No, we talked about life and love and passion...
...and how some people actually have it, Tom.
Dr. Brown doesn't think I'm crazy.
He thinks I'm beautiful. Don't you, Dr. Brown?
Oh, I didn't say--
I said she looked great but that--
See? Other men want to have sex with me.
They don't break out into hives at the thought of it.
Those men don't have to live with you.
They don't watch you starve yourself on nothing...
...but chicken day in and day out,
piling all that junk on your face...
...trying to look like somebody you'll never look like anyway.
Maybe if you spent less time on yourself
and more time on the important things--
Like being your wife?
Do you see what I'm dealing with?
Why don't we all just sit down--?
I think you'd better leave, doctor.
-We ought to finish the test. -Please, no need.
[DOOR SLAMS]
[SIGHS]
We're done here, anyway.
MS. CALEB: People, may I have your attention, please?
Come on.
Route 79 has been closed due to the storm.
Contact your parents on the phones in the hall.
Tell them you'll be late for supper.
[STUDENTS CHATTERING]
-Well, that bites. -Did you have plans for tonight?
Kind of. I was supposed to get dinner with my dad.
-It's his anniversary. -Ouch. How's he handling that?
He's no longer talking to her like she's still here...
...so I guess that's a step in the right direction?
[PHONE RINGING]
-Hello. EPHRAM: Hey, Dad.
Where are you? I'm about to start cooking.
-I'm at the mine still. -Still?
Yeah, there's a storm. We have to wait here till it passes.
Think it'll be long? I can hold dinner--
I think I'm gonna be late.
They said we're not gonna leave till 9 at the earliest.
You won't make it home for dinner.
-I'm sorry. -No, no, it's fine.
There's nothing I can do.
It's a good thing I didn't cook any of this stuff.
Don't worry, I'll see you when I see you.
-But, Dad--? -Do me a favor.
If I'm asleep when you get home, wake me up, will you?
-Okay. Bye. -See you.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[BLUES ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
HARRY: Are there no safe havens anymore?
Macallan 12, neat.
Another Scotch man. We have more in common than I thought.
Make it a gin and tonic, Marty.
I thought you had a dance class tonight.
Why do you remember that?
Because the image of you merengue-ing is hard to forget.
I take it you decided not to go.
Rose knew I wouldn't. She signed us up just to make a point.
-What kind of point? -Oh, who knows?
I'm boring or stodgy or she's the fun one.
I know you wouldn't think she'd have to struggle...
...to make that point. Nevertheless.
My wife signed me up for one of those once.
I think it was a ballroom dancing class.
-And? -I didn't go either.
-Ah. -I worked on Christmas...
...I worked on New Year's, I worked on Thanksgiving...
...I was even working when Ephram was born.
The only time Julia and I were ever alone...
...was the one week a year we spent our anniversary together.
You had a difficult schedule to keep.
I was an idiot.
You ever been to Florence?
Not yet. It is on my list.
It's amazing.
Julia and I spent our honeymoon there.
You should go.
You should take Rose to Florence, I bet she'd love it.
Yes, well...
...maybe next summer.
You could run out of those, you know.
-Run out of what? -Next summers.
I know you think I left my sanity back in New York.
Perhaps you should go back and locate it.
But I can tell you this much.
If you're lucky enough to meet the right woman...
...and she's stupid enough to fall in love with you...
...you hang on to her like a son of a ***.
You guys want any late night specials?
-Fire away. -Spicy chicken wings,
chicken skewers with peanut sauce, fried chicken tenders.
It's all from Petaluma so it's fresh off the farm.
What happened, Marty, chicken truck tip over somewhere?
What'd you say about the chicken tenders?
Chicken's free-range, so it's not pumped up on--
-Antibiotics. MARTY: That's right.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
-Hello? MAN: Is this Amy Abbott?
-Yes. Who's this? -This is Colin Hart's nurse.
I wanted to let you know your boyfriend's doing well.
He's sitting up right now
singing the greatest hits of NSYNC.
Who's this?
[BOTH LAUGHING]
EPHRAM: You think that's funny?
Get off me, jerk!
Don't you think before you open your mouth?
TODD: Who are you, the police? EPHRAM: Are you a ***?
Do you have any idea what it's like to lose somebody?
Stop it right now or you'll be taking this class next semester!
[DOORBELL RINGS THEN KNOCK ON DOOR]
-It's the chicken. -Excuse me?
-Is your wife here? -Now's not a good time.
-Who's at the door? -Mrs. Keyes.
The chicken you've been eating,
is it factory-raised or free-range?
Are you drunk? You smell like liquor.
Listen to me. Factory-raised chicken...
...is pumped with antibiotics.
That's the same family of drugs you're allergic to.
Your wife has been eating an inordinate amount of chicken.
She's got much of that stuff in her bloodstream...
...that that's what's causing you to react.
That's what's causing your hives.
And why don't you seem as happy about this as I am?
-We've decided to get a divorce. -A divorce? No, no.
This is curable, don't you understand?
We appreciate your help.
But I'm afraid our problems have become bigger...
-...than a simple case of hives. -Simple?
Miss Marple couldn't have solved this case. This took work.
And so does marriage. You both know that. You can't give up.
This is something we should've done a long time ago.
You just helped us figure it out.
I helped? No, this is a mistake. Reverend...
...what about your sermon, what about hope?
I have to finish packing.
Listen.
Don't make this decision today. Please, not tonight.
What difference does it make? Today or--
It makes a difference. Just not tonight.
I'm sorry.
Goodnight, Dr. Brown.
Yeah, I think this area's off-limits.
Let them arrest me.
I can show how to take a mugshot
look at my 7th grade yearbook picture.
[EPHRAM SIGHS]
Can you imagine working down here?
Spending whole days without ever seeing the sun.
I feel like I've been living down here
for the past four and a half months.
I can't even remember what my life was like before.
Like every second is about turning back time...
...convincing Colin's parents he should have the surgery...
...convincing your dad that he was the best one to do it.
Now the surgery's over,
Colin's still lying in that bed and I can't convince myself
...that any of it was worth it.
It was.
Ah.
No. Even my friends look at me like I'm pathetic...
...because I'm waiting for some sort of--
Miracle?
You should.
I hear they happen every once in a while.
Can I ask you a question?
Sure.
If he suddenly wakes up tomorrow...
...will you and I become total strangers?
Strangers?
Ephram, I've shared more with you in the past months...
...than I've shared with anybody in my whole life.
-Yeah, I know-- -You're the only person...
...who's been here for me this whole time.
You came to the hospital with me.
You helped convince your dad.
The way I see it, if there's any miracle in my life right now...
...it's the fact that your dad...
...looked at a map and of all of the places,
decided to move here.
We should probably check, they might be boarding.
Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
[SIGHS]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
I'm surprised this place isn't falling down right now.
Just over eight months ago.
That was the last time I knew life was worth living.
All my dreams died with Julia.
I wake up every morning and I wish I was still asleep.
See...
...the thing is, uh...
...my heart's still pumping and I'm still breathing...
...I still move in the world...
...but I've lost my joy.
We don't talk a lot.
I don't complain to you.
I don't ask for favors.
I don't whine about fairness.
And I never believed that you owed me anything.
But I am telling you right now, I have got nothing left.
I used to have a gift.
Now everything I touch...
...everyone I touch is just--
Just as broken as I am.
I've got two kids...
...who need a mother and a father...
...and these days I'm not much good to anyone, let alone them.
I thought I knew what you needed from me.
I thought I knew what my life was about.
I don't know anything.
You've got to help me.
Please.
Please give me my joy back.
[SOBBING]
[STUDENTS CHATTERING]
Where have you been?
I started thinking Ms. Caleb threw you down a shaft.
-Hello? -Hey. Who is it?
Hey, Dad, yeah, we're just on our way home.
What?
When?
Hey, is it about Colin?
He woke up.
Dude, did you just hear that?
[PUNK MUSIC PLAYING ON HEADPHONES]
HARRY: Rose? -I am late for work, Harold.
And don't forget to pick up milk and paper towels tonight.
Please, Rose, just for a minute.
The planning committee will wait.
Especially considering it's just you and Jean Snoddy.
What is it, Harold?
I just wanted to say what I should've said last night.
I am sorry for being such a jerk about the dance class.
No, you just don't want me mad at you any longer...
...because it's uncomfortable for you.
That is not true.
Every time I try to think of something new...
...for us to see or do, you just pooh-pooh it...
...like I'd suggested we go to a key party and become swingers.
I'm not that bad.
-You are that bad, you-- -I'm scared.
I don't wanna change, I don't want you to change.
-I like things the way they are. -Everyone changes.
-We can change together. -That's not always the case.
Look at the Keyes. She went one way, he went another.
-Where's either one of them? -We are not the Keyes.
I'm sure even the Keyes didn't think
they were the Keyes until they were.
You think I don't know this town says I'm a stick in the mud?
You're the best thing that ever happened to me?
Well, the fact is, they're right.
Just waiting for you to wake up one day and agree.
Listen quick, because after your behavior this week...
...you do not deserve to hear what I'm about to say.
And I'm not likely to repeat myself.
My affection for you will always
outweigh my frustration with you.
Despite your asinine comments and your insane shenanigans...
...I grow more in love with you yearly...
...because you're my stick in the mud.
[SIGHS]
Words are a poor substitute for actions,
where love is concerned.
[SIGHS]
My love for you, Rose, is immeasurable.
You make sense of my silly little life.
[ROSE CHUCKLES]
[HARRY CHUCKLES]
Safe to eat, they're from a mix.
Uh, it's okay, I had my Cocoa Puffs.
-Those aren't good for you. -Says who?
How was the mine trip? You came in late.
Oh, it was great,
except for the whole getting stuck six hours in a mine.
-Did you learn anything? -Yes.
Never go into a mine in a thunderstorm.
Heh. And Amy? How's she doing? The hospital called.
Oh. She's probably there already.
She seemed pretty excited.
Well, she doesn't know what she's in for.
Delia, go get your stuff. The bus will be here in a minute.
-You want me to drive you today? -No, I'll ride my bike.
What's this?
Happy anniversary.
This is very thoughtful, Ephram.
It's from Delia. It was her idea.
-When'd you guys have time-- -We got it a while ago.
We were gonna give it to you for Christmas...
...but after yesterday it seemed like--
She thought you needed a boost.
-Should I open it now, or--? -Whatever.
What's that, Dad?
-Well, it's a present. -Who from?
Well, honey, I'm not exactly sure.
[BUS HORN HONKS]
Come on, let's go catch your bus.
-Mrs. Keyes. -Bye, Daddy.
Bye, sweetie. Have fun.
I'm sorry to bother you at home, doctor.
No, no, come in, come in, please.
I'm glad you're still here. Wanna sit down?
No, this should only take a minute.
-Thought you were leaving town. -I am.
Going to stay with my mother for a few days
until I figure out what to do next.
I wish you wouldn't go. I feel terrible--
Don't. Please.
I don't want you feeling responsible...
...for what's happening between Tom and me, it's not your fault.
Well...
...I'm sorry if I crossed the line last night.
These days it's hard for me to accept...
...the fact that anyone would choose to end their marriage.
I suppose it must look like that to you.
But it feels like the decision was taken out of our hands.
Somewhere down the line, Tom and I grew apart.
We started wanting different things
and we can't go back even if we wanted to.
Sometimes I wish we could...
...because to tell you the truth,
I'm scared out of my mind right now.
I'll see you around, doctor.
Hold on a minute, Mrs. Keyes.
What's this?
It's where my life began.
Maybe you'll find what you're looking for there too.
Amy, I want you to be prepared.
The doctors told us he's in a state
of non-verbal consciousness.
I know.
I know, Dad, he can't speak.
As long as he can see me, that's all that matters.
Here, let me take that.
I'll be right here.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
NURSE: You can come in.
-If this is a bad time, I can-- -No, I'll be done in a second.
Feel free to speak, he can hear you.
Hey there.
I wanted to be the first person here when you woke up...
...but I was at Mt. Laurel when my dad called last night...
...and I would have run to Denver if I could have.
I stayed up all night wrapping a bunch of gifts and stuff.
There's so much I wanna show you.
Brought a whole bunch of pictures from last summer.
Are you sure he can hear me?
Mm-hm.
Why is he staring at me like that?
Like what?
Like he doesn't know who I am.
NURSE: Maybe he doesn't.
Considering what he's been through,
memory loss is quite common.
How long will it take before he does...
...remember?
He may have to start from scratch.
A lot of these patients do.
[AMY SIGHS]
HARRY: Amy?
-Amy, honey, you alright? -Of course I'm alright.
I've been waiting for this moment for over four months.
Colin's back.
Come here.
[AMY SOBBING]
[HARRY SIGHS]
[ALL CHATTERING]
[ORGAN PLAYING SOFT MUSIC]
[MUSIC STOPS]
The gift of community...
...is that each one of us is absolved
of the burden of completeness...
...in and of ourselves, at every moment.
We can lean on one another for the elements we lack.
This week...
...I leaned on one of you.
For this week...
...I lost my marriage.
[ALL MURMURING]
When you join your life with someone, you plan your future.
Isn't that truly the meaning of hope?
The ability to look into the future...
...and imagine a better moment...
...a glimmer of beauty to strive for.
This week I lost all that.
At the moment when I was without reason...
...when I no longer could find meaning of my own,
I came here to this church.
I believed, as I have in other moments of need,
that I would find God here.
I did not.
What I found inside this church was a man,
more dispirited than myself...
...crying out to our Lord...
...and seeking comfort and receiving none.
I say to this man today:
I cannot fix your broken heart.
I cannot mend your weakened spirit.
What I can do...
...is pour the love of this community into your wound...
...as your own faith was a healing salve unto my own.
Each year I select a member of this community...
...who represents the value of hope.
This year I would like to single out a man
who is most deserving of our own.
Of this community's light and life.
That man is Dr. Andrew Brown.
[ALL GASP]
[ALL MURMURING]
There are two states in this life:
Love and a call for love.
It is the latter which is most requiring of bravery.
Come together as a community and help this courageous man...
...find what he came here to seek.
Peace.
Joy.
Hope.
For us all.
♪ I pulled into Nazareth ♪
♪ I was feelin' about half past dead.. ♪
Congratulations, Dr. Brown.
I think the Reverend made a fine choice.
Well, thank you, mayor.
So.
Where's Bright?
Oh, he's at football practice. He's not really big on churches.
Finally, something we have in common.
You get a chance to see Colin?
Dad, are we going to eat soon? I'm hungry.
Your mother's picking the restaurant.
ROSE: Well, how about Mama Joy's?
That's where we're going.
We could share a table.
Oh, why not?
♪ Take a load off Annie ♪
♪ Take a load for free ♪
♪ Tale a load off Annie ♪
♪ And and and ♪
♪ You put the load put the load right on me ♪♪