NINA: It has to do with her, doesn't it? Why you came to Everwood.
DR. BROWN: Do you believe that people live on after they die? That their souls are with us?
NINA: Yeah, I do.
DR. BROWN: I need to prove to my wife that I can do this. That I can be the kind of doctor, the kind of father, that she wanted me to be when she was alive. I know it makes me seem nuts. Maybe I am.
NINA: To love someone so much that you're still proving it to them after they die. Well, if that's crazy, Andy, I hope my own insanity isn't that far away.
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[Open on Main Street. Dr. Brown sees Dr. Abbott.]
DR. BROWN: Morning.
DR. ABBOTT: Buzz off. And do yourself a favor. Keep your son away from my daughter.
DR. BROWN: I don't think that's how it went.
DR. ABBOTT: Why on Earth would my Amy associate with your misfit?
DR. BROWN: Well, he said something about a crack deal.
DR. ABBOTT: [sarcastically] You think you're so funny.
DR. BROWN: You know, Doctor, if you get over whatever your problem is with me, we might be able to teach each other a thing or two.
DR. ABBOTT: Oh, what might you be able to teach me?
DR. BROWN: Well for starters, when a four-year-old like Samuel Feeney has a chronic cough that you can't diagnose, you might want to look at contributing factors outside of the pulmonary region. I.E. the slight containess of the red rash on his fingertips, an obvious sign of fungus for poor nutrosis a.k.a. the Gardener's Disease. I suggest that you get him off the cough medicine and immediately onto a saturated solution of potassium iodine before his situation worsens. Not bad for a nut bag, huh? And if you think that's impressive, wait till you can see what I can do with my hands.
[Dr. Brown wiggles his fingers.]
DR. ABBOTT: [sarcastically] You're so smart. Where are all your patients?
DR. BROWN: Actually they're just gathering outside my office now.
[Dr. Abbott looks across the street, in shock. Dr. Brown starts to walk across the street.]
[Cut to a group of people waiting outside Dr. Brown's office. Dr. Brown arrives.]
LADY #1: Is it true, Dr. Brown? Are your services really free of charge?
DR. BROWN: Only my medical ones.
[There's a good round of laughter at this comment.]
LADY #2: You're charging anything? For real?
DR. BROWN: For real.
[Dr. Abbott arrives from walking across the street.]
DR. ABBOTT: You can't charge people nothing.
MR. GREELEY: Stay out of this, Doctor. "I can't diagnose you without an appointment."
[Several people seem to agree with Mr. Greeley. Dr. Brown tries to subdue this.]
DR. BROWN: All right, hold on, everybody, Dr. Abbott has a point. I can't just charge nothing. So I'll tell you what I'll do. From this moment on, I'm doubling my prices.
DR. ABBOTT: [sarcastically] Oh, he's funny.
[The other people start laughing at Dr. Brown's statement. Dr. Abbott sees someone off-screen and the camera follows him until we see it's Edna.]
DR. ABBOTT: So, so, it's true. You're part of this madness.
EDNA: Oh, well what was I supposed to do? You got rid of me.
DR. ABBOTT: You quit.
EDNA: You cut back my hours. And don't give me that bogus reason why, you know the real reason. The whole town does.
DR. ABBOTT: Oh, you have done some ludicrous, asinine things in your lifetime but you're working for this man? Oh, that takes the cake, MOTHER!
EDNA: Move it or lose it, Junior.
[Cut to back Dr. Brown and the townspeople. The townspeople are like what teenagers would say "Shut down" and similar sayings. Dr. Brown just looks on and then smiles.]
[Cut to interior at County High. Ephram closes his locker and walks up, toward Amy. Amy tries walking up to him and talking.]
AMY: Hey.
[Ephram ignores her and turns around.]
AMY: I, uh, expected you wouldn't talk to me and so I brought a piece of...
[Ephram turns around again.]
EPHRAM: And why should I talk to you, Amy? Huh? So you can lie to me some more?
AMY: I didn't lie to you, Ephram. I just didn't tell you the whole truth. That's all.
EPHRAM: Do you have a boyfriend?
AMY: Yes.
[Ephram turns back away from Amy.]
AMY: But I want you to meet him. If you do, you'll understand.
[Again, Ephram turns around.]
EPHRAM: [sarcastically] Oh, yeah. Sure. That was right on my list of things to do today. Right between picking up my dry cleaning and chopping off my hand.
AMY: He's in Denver. That's three hours away from here. Four if we go by bus. If we want to make it back by dinner, we have leave now.
EPHRAM: You're serious about this.
