[Delia screams. Dr. Brown rushes to her. She screams again.]
DR. BROWN: What is it?
[Cut to the door. Daniel is standing there. Her screams deafen him momentarily.]
DR. BROWN: Daniel. It's all right, sweetheart. This is Daniel. He's a friend of mine.
DELIA: Why does he look like...
DR. BROWN: Go help Nina in the kitchen, honey.
[Delia does what her father says.]
DR. BROWN: [to Daniel] Sorry about that. She's not used to company. Would you like to come in?
[He holds up his hand to mean no.]
DR. BROWN: Is everything all right?
DANIEL: The bear. There's something wrong with her.
DR. BROWN: Well, Daniel I'm not a veterinarian, I...
DANIEL: I think she's very ill.
[Ephram is standing watching.]
DR. BROWN: Ephram, do you mind if I...
EPHRAM: Oh no, it's fine. Just be back by dinner, yeah?
[Dr. Brown turns back to Daniel.]
DR. BROWN: OK, where...
[Daniel is gone.]
[Cut to the Abbott home. Various guests are there. Dr. Abbott hands a plate to a guest.]
DR. ABBOTT: There you are.
[Bright and Rose are watching nervously.]
BRIGHT: What is Dad doing, Mom?
ROSE: Having a midlife crisis, dear.
[Dr. Abbott rushes over to his wife.]
DR. ABBOTT: Rose, should I take another pass?
ROSE: Take a rest, dear. Go and help Amy set the table.
DR. ABBOTT: All right.
[Dr. Abbott enters the dining room.]
DR. ABBOTT: It is so life affirming to experience the warmth of this community here in our home on this special...
AMY: Dad. You don't have to pretend to like people. We love you anyways.
DR. ABBOTT: I like people. I adore people.
[A grumpy old man named Mr. Jensen enters.]
MR. JENSEN: I'm starving! Where's the food? You said three o'clock and it's ten after.
DR. ABBOTT: [trying his hardest to be nice] Holiday meal prep is an art, Mr. Jensen, not a science.
MR. JENSEN: I could have stayed home and watched the game!
DR. ABBOTT: Well, yes you could have, Mr. Jensen. But you chose to come here and enjoy our hospitality.
MR. JENSEN: Yeah, just give me some corn nuts or something to tide me over.
ROSE: Here, Mr. Jensen, I think I have a nice nut mix for you in the den.
AMY: What were you saying about adoring people, Dad?
[Cut to the woods.]
DR. BROWN: That wound is definitely infected. I'll find out which antibiotics are appropriate, how much dosage. I'll just have somebody come up here and deliver it to you. You know, a lot of stories are floating around about just how you came to live up here.
DANIEL: That doesn't surprise me. The town crazy. People talk.
DR. BROWN: I don't think you're crazy. I know about your wife.
