Elaine, it was a pleasure.
Please feel free to visit us at any time.
But now, if you'll excuse me,
I believe Holling
has prepared a fresh plate of crow
for me to eat.
And I've got your table right here, Maurice.
I owe you an apology, Doc. To send out
that Indian gal took an act of courage.
It was an act of desperation,
and she did it behind my back.
- It was a miracle cure.
- Well, I wouldn't go that far.
But I'm glad
people seem to be feeling better.
- You oughta be awful proud of him.
- I am.
Your friends are wonderful.
Friends? 24 hours ago
they wanted to deport me to Vladivostok.
- Maggie was right.
- I thought we had an agreement.
We did. I'm sorry I brought it up.
OK.
- Right about what?
- I don't wanna talk about it.
We're not gonna talk about it.
I just wanna know, right about what?
She said you were a great guy.
She thinks you're funny
and smart and compassionate.
And?
No "and". "But".
Oh.
She doesn't understand
why you don't cut anybody any slack.
Why you can't roll with the punches. Why
you think everyone has an ulterior motive.
Why you can't be spontaneous.
And why you can't see
the beauty that's all around you.
And, frankly, I didn't know what to tell her.
You kids ready for your nature trip?
I don't think so, Holling.
- Poor Shelly.
- Finally got hit by the flu, huh?
Morning sickness.
But I'm ready when you are.
We'd love to.
But I don't think we have time.
Sure you do.
Really?
You have plenty of time.
This is a very picturesque place, Holling.
Make a lovely holiday card.
"Greetings from the Netherworid."
I'm stymied, Joel.
Normally this place is as clear as a bell.
What's that noise?
What noise?
- That noise.
- You mean...
Yeah. It sounds like...
Would you like
some coffee or doughnuts?
- Do you happen to have some cherry pie?
- No, but I got some banana cream.
- Hey, Joey, what's that lady holding?
- What lady? Where?
That looks like a log to me.
- How weird.
- No more than a pet rock.
Y'all stand there
and I'll get the Sure Shot.
This is ridiculous. It won't come out.
Probably not. But oftentimes, Joel,
it's what you don't see
that opens up your mind
to the imagination.
Take your creation myths, for example.
Who woulda thunk all that up if somebody
had been there to see it for themselves?
That is what makes it
all so excruciatingly interesting.
Susan Sontag says that images are
inherently fascistic for that same reason.
- What reason is that, Elaine?
- Just take the damn picture, Holling.
- Smile, Joey.
- Cheese!
We could meet halfway.
We could meet in Denver for the holidays.
Thanksgiving, Easter, Rosh Hashanah...
I miss you already.
Yeah. Me too.
It was just this weekend, that's all it was.
It just wasn't meant to be, you know?
Mm-hm.
I know.
Oh, say goodbye to Maggie for me.
I will.
Like your sister a lot.
She's not my sister, she's my fiancйe.
Hi.
Hi.
- Smells nice in here.
- Lemon.
- No patients?
- Everybody's feeling better.
Great. Great.
Um...
Marilyn, stop scrubbing for a second
so we can have a little conversation.
Part of me wants to pick up the phone and
tell the New England Journal of Medicine
that I have stumbled onto a revolutionary
treatment for acute influenza.
The other side of me realises
that if I try to publish a scholarly article
documenting the recuperative properties
of hi-yo-hi-yo-ip-se-ni-yo,
I'll lose whatever tenuous standing
I have in the medical community.
So, rather than risk ridicule,
you know what might work?
No.
If I could analyse the chemical
composition of that moose stuff,
we could sell the formula to a major drug
company - and I mean for major money.
We'd be equal partners. You could apply
your half to various tribal projects,
I could take my half
and retire for the rest of my life.
Sound plausible?
Great. OK, I guess
we should start with square one.
You tell me in specific terms
what you put in that remedy.
So we can understand
what