Looks good.
Geez, you are in the boonies.
Yeah. But you know what?
I thought I'd fly you over to Kalichuk.
We could do some ice fishing.
Enough fishing.
I've been stuck in a boat for a week,
listening to this guy bellyache
'cause his board won't go a buyout.
How about the Nogiak Glacier?
It's spectacular.
I told him to resign.
That's what I did over the Pinto flap.
Dad.
Margaret, I wanna
see where you live.
And I wanna meet your boyfriend.
Well, see, that's it.
He's not here.
Where'd he go?
He's in Anchorage.
You're not hiding him
from me, are you?
No, I'm not hiding him from you.
Why would you think a thing like that?
We both know how I felt about
your boyfriends in the past.
Like that loser Bruce and his book,
Mountain of My Misgivings?
I tried to read that thing.
I know, Dad.
You know,
I'd love to meet Minnifield.
Did I tell you
I saw him in Detroit in '65
when they gave him that parade?
Yeah, but you know Maurice.
He's got that radio station,
the newspaper.
He's a busy man.
It's too bad about your boyfriend.
Yeah, well-
When you wrote and told me who
you were goin' out with, I thought,
"Thank God this one's not a flake.''
Come on, now.
Don't get all worked up.
You know what I mean.
I was looking forward
to meeting your Dr. Joel.
Shelly, what kind of eggs are these?
Scrambled.
You know,
they taste kind of like shrimp.
That's funny.
Do you have some cocktail sauce?
Sure.
Holling, where have you been?
Dave never showed up.
I had to do breakfast all by myself.
Oh, God, it's been crazy.
Somebody stuck a donut in the toaster
and gunked it all up.
I went to seeJoel.
Everybody ordered pancakes,
and we only have two bottles of syrup.
I'm sorry, honey.
You went to see Dr. Fleischman?
Uh-huh.
Is your neck acting weird again?
I went about that problem
we discussed.
What problem?
About you preferring crewnecks
to, uh, turtlenecks.
You know, about my
not being circumcised.
That's not a problem.
Well, in case it was,
I was gonna get it done.
You went to see Dr. Fleischman
about getting it snipped?
Well, yes, but-
You did? For me?
Yes. But Joel said-
Oh, Holling!
Nobody's ever done something
like this for me before.
I mean, Wayne had a heart
with an "S'' tattooed on his arm.
But this- this is so-
Honey-
so incredibly macho-
that you would actually
do that for me.
Oh, Holling, I love you.
I love you, I love you, I love you.
This your idea of a morgue?
Take people out,
put them on a picnic table?
Well, we used to put 'em
in Holling's freezer.
Either that or burn 'em.
Depends on the wishes of the family.
So why aren't we putting him
in Holling's freezer?
It's full, son. This is a hell
of a huntin' season this year.
You're tellin' me-
Up you go!
So what? You mean we can't
displace a couple caribou?
Well, son, out here, food takes
precedence over human remains.
What are you gripin' about anyway?
It's a brisk ought-seven out here.
The only thing we have to
worry about is gettin' sentries.
Sentries? You mean guards?
The man's dead, Maurice.
Where's he gonna go?
I'm talkin' about wolves, son.
Wolves?
Yeah, wolves.
When Jack Cutler died,
we forgot about him.
One night the wolves came,
took old Jack away.
All we found was his shoes.
Hi, Dr. Fleischman.
Hi. Ed.
I heard you lost a patient.
I didn't lose him.
I don't even know who he is.
Looks like a man I met from Sleetmute.
- Yeah?
- But it isn't.
Eight hundred and fifty people
in this town, nobody knows
who this man is.
I'll tell you what.
I'll get my ink pad
and take his fingerprints.
Maybe the state police
have some record of him.
He looks like
a fugitive from justice.
He does?
Oh, yeah.
Ed.
Yes?
We're gonna have to guard this man.
I want you to take
the first shift tonight.
Yes, sir, Maurice.
Coffee, Holling.
Scalding hot coffee, please.
Why is seven degrees in Alaska colder
than seven degrees anywhere else?
Joel, I've changed my mind.