Everwood s01e04 Episode Script

Previously on Everwood: Kayla's having a birthday party.
You wanna go? Yeah okay.
Sure.
Yeah I'll go.
You have done some ludicrous asinine things in your lifetime but working for this man? Oh that takes the cake Mother! Move it or lose it Junior.
- Do you have a death wish? - No but I have a new choker.
- Give it back.
- I will after you return what's mine.
You need a friend just as much as I do Magilla.
His pops died two years ago.
I got rehitched not long thereafter.
Junior thought it was affecting his business not to mention he wasn't crazy about the new beau.
- How soon did you remarry? - Two months.
- Let's get you to school.
- I'm riding my bike.
- Why? I can drive you.
- I appreciate that but it's about 10 years too late.
It may not seem so at first glance but a lot changes in small towns.
Take, for instance, Everwood's first local bank.
It burned down in '66 and they never rebuilt it.
Everwood's first gas station was Sinclair Pump and Engine.
We have a Mobil now, and you pump your own gas.
And of course you all know what happened to the train depot.
Which brings me to this bridge.
Legend has it the bridge was built by a young man and woman who lived on opposite sides of the river.
The two fell in love and constructed the bridge so they could meet in the middle and share what would be their first kiss.
From that day on it was known, appropriately enough as the Kissing Bridge.
Now, if people had just stuck to kissing Dr.
Brown may have been able to avoid one heck of a crisis.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
The point is, Everwood's gone through a whole lot of changes both inside and out.
But the Kissing Bridge has stood the test of time.
Evidence, I guess, that some things are built to last and some things aren't.
- How's that feel Joe? - You shouldn't fall through a bridge.
That would point to a design flaw in the structure.
- But you lucked out.
- I fractured my arm in three places.
- lf I was any luckier I'd be dead.
- Hey it was just your arm.
I once treated a man who fell through his own floor.
A three-story brownstone in Greenwich Village.
The wood was rotten.
He crashed through.
That guy broke both his arms and suffered multiple cranial contusions.
- Make you feel any better? - Much.
Sorry to interrupt but the Clarks are waiting.
Thanks Edna.
Avoid using that arm for the next couple of days and just to be safe why don't you avoid using bridges as well? - Will do doc.
- Thattaboy.
- How are you feeling today Susie? - Pretty good.
The antibiotics you prescribed really seem to be doing the trick.
Well we may have jumped the gun on that prescription which is why I called you in.
The lab reports on Susie's culture came back.
It looks like she doesn't have strep throat.
- So it's just a regular cold.
- Not exactly.
Perhaps Susie and I should talk alone first - Why would you need to do that? - Yeah.
I don't care.
Okay then.
It looks like you might have contracted an STD Susie.
- A what? - A sexually transmitted disease.
But how is that possible? I've never even had sex.
I'm like a total virgin.
- Are you sure? - Of course she's sure.
Good Lord.
What kind of question is that? As her doctor I must ask.
I don't mean to make anyone uncomfortable.
Well I believe she answered your question.
She's never had sex.
She's a virgin.
Well I hate to henpeck Mrs.
Clark but I still have a diagnosis which contends that your daughter has engaged in some sort of sexual activity.
Well I've never done anything that can get me pregnant and that's what sex is.
Right Mom? Feel free to call me if you have any more questions.
I never would have thought little Susie Clark had it in her.
It's always the quiet ones.
That's the second girl I've seen this week and with the same misguided information.
It's as if they never heard of safe sex.
The most educating they get about sex is how to spell it.
- Some can't even do that.
- Any idea what the schools are teaching? I'm not sure but whatever they don't cover HBO does.
Fred Slaughter's in the examining room.
More bowel trouble.
Oh joy.
Alrighty.
I'll have it around by 2.
Let me guess.
Another one of your dealings in the student favor cartel.
That was my mom's mechanic.
You'll find my reach extends far beyond our high school walls Brown.
Out of curiosity when do you find time for things like oh I don't know homework? An abundance of riches.
Why do you have pieces of nature on your locker? Are you aware of the fall dance coming up? - I've seen posters.
- See the fall dance is special in that it's one of the dances where the girls ask the boys.
The way they ask us is sort of a tradition around here.
Once the girls choose an item they tie a ribbon around it sign their names and place it on your locker to invite you.
Check your locker.
That's okay.
I think I'll pass.
Well it's official.
They're tearing down the Kissing Bridge.
It made the front page of the Pinecone.
- Let me see.
- They had to push Ms.
Cartwright's wedding announcement to page three.
She's gonna be pitching a fit.
I can guarantee it.
- I'll be damned.
- They're really doing it? - Bulldozers are coming in next week.
- Well I for one say it's about time.
That thing has just been a safety hazard for years.
Your mouth is a bigger safety hazard than that bridge and nobody tore you down.
Yet.
You'd think they'd try to fix it before they call in a wrecking crew.
It's laziness is all.
Bunch of sluggards run the world.
People would rather destroy a historical monument than - Than patch a damned hole! - You okay honey? I take it she had the chili again? I see you're trying to pawn off your Baldwins as Macouns again Reginald.
Tell me that's not dessert.
The nightmare continues.
I have a modest proposal doctor.
You're donating your body to science to further the understanding of the North American dimwit.
Close.
I suggest on occasion we trade diagnoses of the local yokels.
- For what purpose? - On the off chance we notice a pattern of disease developing in the community.
Sound good? Great.
I'll go first.
Treated anyone for gonorrhea of the throat lately? - May have looked like strep.
- I'm familiar with gonorrhea of the throat.
- Not personally I hope.
- Listen here Dr.
Cocoa Puffs.
If I treated anyone I wouldn't tell you about it.
There's this little rule called doctor-patient confidentiality.
Perhaps you've heard of it.
Hypothetically if cases of the same STD came into your office what would you do? Being a doctor I suppose I would oh I don't know treat them? What if the patients didn't understand how they got it? - How could they not understand? - In their mind a sexually transmitted disease can only be transmitted via sex.
And in their mind sex is? Intercourse.
I want to talk to the parents.
Maybe figure out a way to talk to the kids too.
- About what? - About how to protect themselves.
People here need to be educated about a few things.
The people here need to be educated about many things including how to parallel park.
Luckily I'm not here to teach them.
Neither are you.
Isn't part of being a doctor teaching people to avoid sickness especially young people? Why are you so interested? I have a son who goes to that school and so do you.
Don't you want them to have all the information that we have? - So give it to him.
Who's stopping you? - What about the other kids? Let their parents worry about them.
News flash you're not here to save the world Dr.
Brown just to annoy it.
Hi.
- Hi Dr.
Abbot.
Did you have a nice lunch? - No.
Well okay.
- The Tompkins are in your office.
- That's the wrong file.
Louise call my tennis instructor.
Tell him to change my 5:00 to a 6:00.
Call Rose.
I'll be an hour late coming home.
And why is there no coffee in the coffee pot? - We ran out of coffee.
- And you forgot where the market is? Well Francine your culture came back.
And as I suspected you You do not have strep throat.
- Hey Ephram.
What's up? - Nothing.
I just wanted to ask you FYI only the girls are supposed to give the pinecones.
I'm aware of that Kayla.
Somebody left this for me on my locker.
Who? I don't know.
- Ephram you didn't think that I? - No.
No no.
I was just confirming.
I guess I overestimated you dude.
I thought you'd come up with a new way of messing with me.
Why bother dude? You keep falling for the same joke.
I want to apologize for my brother.
I know he's a jerk sometimes.
Try "all the time.
" If it makes you feel any better I didn't ask you because I'm not going.
- Fine.
Whatever.
It'd just be weird.
Last year I asked Colin I said fine.
I don't care.
I don't need to hear about your stupid boyfriend.
I get it okay? I get it.
What? What is it? Are you moving us to Zimbabwe or something? No no.
It's nothing like that.
I was just thinking about something.
It's funny actually.
Well it's not so much funny "ha ha" as You see the thing is I don't know whether or not you've ever had sex.
And you never will.
Okay then.
Good talking to you.
My penguin hat! Dad! - What's wrong? - Look at my hat.
- Looks clean to me.
- You did something wrong.
I put it in the washing machine like you asked.
- And then? - Then I put it in the dryer.
- Now we're getting somewhere.
- I shouldn't have put it in the dryer? - Mom always washed it in the dishwasher.
- You didn't tell me that last night.
- I didn't think it'd come to this.
- Why don't you wear another hat? - I can't.
This is the best one.
- Says who? Never mind.
I can make it fit.
I need a Pop-Tart.
Hello? Hello Dr.
Abbot.
Finally taking me up on my carpooling offer? Sure.
I can be there in 20 minutes.
All right.
As mayor I now adjourn this city council meeting.
We will now take a short recess to allow the school board to come into session.
School board is now in session.
You're lucky.
The school board is a whole lot nicer than city council.
Good afternoon doctors.
I never thought I'd see the day where the two of you joined forces.
- Dear don't start.
- "Dear"? Are you two? Wedded? Yes.
Anybody in this community not related to one another? I understand we have a nasty little STD floating around County High.
We're here to try to prevent any more of it from spreading.
How are you going to do that? Are we talking vaccines? There are no vaccines for gonorrhea.
Nor are there any for chlamydia syphilis or HIV.
We can educate our children which is the best preventative medicine I know of.
I've prepared a memo which both advises parents as to the situation at hand and advises them to talk to their children.
I'll have the superintendent take a look at it.
- We don't think that memo's enough.
- We don't? No.
We'd like you to talk to the superintendent and ask him to change the high school curriculum.
The program that we have is approved and paid for by the U.
S.
government.
Yes.
I'm aware of the program.
It teaches abstinence only.
It's antiquated and doesn't provide enough information.
What are you suggesting we hand out condoms in homeroom? That would be a good start.
This is not New York City doctor nor is it California.
What Dr.
Brown means to say What I mean to say is that one in 10 kids will have sex before the age of 13.
One in four of those kids will get a sexually transmitted disease.
Like it or not our children are having sex.
We can either teach them how to be safe about it so they don't die or we can stay in our cocoons wax poetic about the good old days and pretend it isn't happening.
- Good.
Then I say we go on.
What's next? - Are you serious? We don't have the authority or funding to change the current program.
I'm sorry.
- We appreciate you taking the time - Well then don't change it.
In response to the epidemic offer a privately funded assembly given by the two doctors of this community.
We'll teach a few basic preventative measures and answer any questions.
- "We"? - An assembly.
I like it.
- "We"? - The super has to approve and the principal.
And I'm sure they'd get you to separate the boys and girls.
I'll take the girls and he can take the boys.
Do I have any say in this? We'll issue a memo so parents who don't want their children attending can keep them out of school.
- Don't humor me Rose.
Next docket.
Cool wife.
She ever let you play with the gavel? Did you see how Brett totally annihilated Beth Kroehner yesterday when she tried to give him a pinecone? That was so sad.
One two three four.
- I declare a thumb war.
- Hi Magilla.
- You're not allowed to move your wrist.
- Shut up.
I'm not.
- Can I play next? - No way.
- Why not? - I'm not playing with some stupid girl.
This is a thumb-war championship game.
- So? - So you probably suck your thumb.
I do not! - Get lost penguin.
- I thought you liked penguins.
- I never said that.
Take a hike.
- Yeah take a hike.
Yes.
I won.
Hey bought you a chicken parmigiana.
Thought you might be hungry.
Watch it now.
You're spilling tomato sauce all over my drill bits.
I'll just set it over here for you.
Guess what.
Looks like they may not be tearing down the Kissing Bridge after all.
Why wouldn't they tear it down? I went down to the city council meeting and asked them not to.
Why would you do a thing like that? Has your brain gone AWOL? Look woman.
I don't know what you want I don't want anything.
I can't believe you going to a city council meeting.
- Who do you think you are? - Your husband.
And the last time I checked it was well within a husband's rights to cheer up his grouch of a wife.
In the first place if I needed cheering up I would rent Terminator like I always do.
Second I don't give a damn about that old bridge.
You certainly acted like you cared the other day.
And now you busted out your toolkit.
I know something's bugging you.
You don't know diddlysquat.
- Where are you going now? - To the video store! Have you decided who you're asking to the fall dance this year Amy? - It's not funny jackass.
- Amy.
Language.
- It's not like you'll ask him anyways.
- That's not the point.
- Besides you don't know that.
- Oh so you would've asked him.
You better thank me then because I probably saved your reputation.
You would've asked who what? Nothing.
I'm not asking anybody to the dance okay? Let's just change the subject.
Colin wouldn't want you to sit home alone Can we just drop it please? Well I have an announcement to make.
Due to your mother's warped sense of humor l'm going to be hosting a sex-education assembly at your high school this week.
I realize this may be a bit uncomfortable for you especially considering the highly sensitive subject matter.
Which is why I wanted to open it up to a family discussion.
Any thoughts? - Amy? - Is this because Susie Clark got VD? - How do you know about Susie Clark? - Everybody knows.
- I didn't know.
- How could you not know? You dated her.
A million years ago.
That's back when Francie was still in the picture.
Francie? Francie who? Francine Tompkins.
She's one of your patients.
The one with the tattoo.
Anyways what's the big deal about gonorrhea? It's completely curable.
Unlike the herp which never goes away right? I think your father will be covering all of this at the assembly.
Now would anybody like dessert? - I didn't know this'd bother you so much.
- Well now you know.
So you can go back and tell them you changed your mind.
- This bread is hurting my teeth.
- I can't do that.
Your mom went to all the PTA meetings and was a member of the school board.
Mom made banana bread for the bake sales.
- She didn't frontline any sex assemblies.
- You've seen my cooking.
- I can't do bake sales.
- I'm serious.
- What is it you want from me? - I want you not to do this.
If you do it's gonna make my life even more unbearable which is not humanly possible.
If it's not humanly possible for your life to get worse what's the problem? - Yeah.
What's the problem? - Shut up.
I think you're being a bit melodramatic.
I'm not trying to ruin your life.
You don't have to try.
You do it pretty naturally.
What is it that I'm doing that's so terrible? Everyone in school will say how Dr.
Brown is a big sex expert and how his loser son can't even get a date to the dance.
- What dance? What are you talking about? - Nothing.
Forget it.
Is that why you don't want me to come because you wanna go to a dance? I'm confused.
Why do I even need a reason? Why can't you just be a father instead of a doctor for once? When I was in neurosurgery I could never help people before they got sick.
I couldn't prevent their sickness.
I can do that now.
If you miss this assembly kids all over town will drop dead from having unsafe sex? It's a good thing you're there for them Dr.
Brown.
Maybe one day I'll know what it's like for you to be here for me.
- Hey.
- Are we back to greeting each other? I am if you are.
I was never mad at you Ephram.
You should've been.
I said some stupid things the other day.
I'm sorry.
Let's stop with the back-and-forth apologies and just assume we're both like sorry forever? Okay.
Deal.
Can you believe our dads are coming to school today? Must be the end of the world or something.
It's bad enough I see him every morning and night.
Afternoons are kind of my time off.
I know what you mean.
I kind of hate both my parents lately.
Really? You seem like such a well-adjusted family unit.
Sure my father's OCD my brother's ADD and my mother is just plain crazy.
Yeah? And what are you? I'm tired.
And this dance is just making me feel worse.
My mom keeps bugging me about it.
It's like no one understands why this is hard for me.
I just wanted to ask him you know? Like last year.
I just want to feel normal again just for one second instead of how I feel now.
If that's what you want to do then you should do it.
- What are you talking about? - Ask Colin to the dance.
He's three hours away from here.
Four by bus.
If we wanna make it back by dinner we'll have to leave now.
- Ephram - I'm serious Amy.
I would give anything to be able to talk to my mom again.
It wouldn't matter to me if she could answer.
I'd just be happy to see her.
Because he's not gonna be here this afternoon that's why.
So you can either reschedule or keep your appointment and let me treat you.
I'd be happy to shove a tongue depressor right up your I'll call you back Pearl.
- Is there something you'd like to talk about? - Nope.
Why? Because you're scaring the sick people away and we don't charge.
Doc I think I'm depressed.
I didn't think you got depressed.
Well the cat's out of the bag.
Apparently I got feelings.
It's got to do with my first husband Hal Sr.
I've been thinking about him a lot lately.
- Any particular reason why? - The particulars aren't important.
I just know I want to stop thinking about him.
Now how do I do that? It depends.
How do you normally deal with grief? I served two tours in Nam.
- Denial then? - Pretty much.
So what do you do? I uproot my family move to the middle of nowhere and open up a free clinic.
But hey that's just me.
Husbands aren't as easy to wrangle as kids.
For one thing they're heavier.
- What does Irv think about all this? - I haven't exactly told him.
Well I think that's your first step.
Well I hate to dispense advice and run Edna but I'm late for school.
So hand me some condoms and wish me luck.
My mom said you can come over tomorrow after school if you want.
- Are your ears broken or something? - I thought you didn't like me.
Don't be dumb.
I talk to you don't I? So do you wanna come over or not? I guess so.
- You brought visual aids? - Naturally.
Didn't you? I brought condoms.
Good luck doctor.
Don't forget.
When you go over the symptoms of gonorrhea talk slowly.
Odds are there's at least one kid in your assembly who has it.
Thank you.
Hello.
My name is Dr.
Harold Abbott.
Let's Let's start off with some basics.
Please note that presence today is in no way Kim Einhorn asked David Lee which no one thought she'd have the nerve to do.
Ever since she got her braces off she's like this totally different person.
And he said yes which was so cool.
And the decorating committee's going all out this year.
Ally's mom wants to turn the gym into a magical forest.
I know it sounds bizarre but Ally says her mom is practically a professional at this so it should look amazing.
I guess now the only thing that's missing is you and me which is why I'm here.
I know it's last minute and everything but Would you go to the dance with me? You can say yes anytime Colin.
Just open your eyes and say yes.
Just open your eyes Colin.
Please.
And the question-and-answer session went great.
I have no idea who Dr.
Drew is but apparently I kick his butt.
That's great Dad.
You seem upset kiddo.
- Something wrong? - It's Magilla.
The bully? Is he bothering you again? Not exactly.
You see when it's just me and him he's nice to me.
But when other people are around he says I'm diseased.
So you like him? I sit behind him in Miss Violet's class and sometimes I just want to put my hands on his shoulders.
- Maybe we should see if Nina's home.
- I don't understand.
Why doesn't he want anyone to know that he invited me over? I want to tell the whole world.
Well you know honey boys and girls are very different.
Not just how they look on the outside but how they work things out on the inside.
For instance when you wanna be friends with a boy you might wanna bake him cookies.
Or touch his shoulders? Right.
Okay.
But if a boy wants to be friends with you he might punch you as a sign of friendship.
Really? Because he did flick my cap.
He did? Hello? He wasn't? All of his classes? No.
No I haven't.
Ephram? Ephram?! Well thank you.
Yes.
No I appreciate the call.
Oh I'll be sure to talk to him.
Thank you.
If he ever comes home.
Hey take it easy.
You don't have to inhale it.
I'm so starving.
I had no idea.
Thank you for coming with me Ephram.
It's cool.
I was pretty hungry too.
I mean for coming all the way out here to Denver and the hospital and everything.
It means a lot to me.
Yeah well I didn't really want to be in school today what with my dad being porn king.
Was it this bad in New York? You mean was I this big a geek back home? - I didn't mean it like that.
- It's okay.
I almost went to one dance at my old school.
The winter semiformal.
I asked Katherine Adams to go.
She wasn't the most popular girl in school but she was the prettiest.
She had this whole punk Gwen Stefani look going on which most girls in high school can't pull off but she did.
Anyway my friends dared me to ask her I did and she actually said yes which was like a total shock.
The day of the dance Katherine calls.
She's sick.
She can't go.
Now of course I can't tell my mom this.
She's so excited for me and I don't want her to know what a loser her son is.
So I get all dressed up in my suit grab the corsage and leave like I'm gonna go pick up Katherine.
Except of course I don't.
Instead I go see Rush Hour 2.
Which actually is a pretty decent movie.
I take it Katherine wasn't really sick? Turns out she was.
She had mono and was out the rest of the semester.
So you weren't geeky at all.
Gwen Stefani was gonna take you.
Is that the right time? - We missed our bus.
- We'll catch the next one.
There is no next one.
Well that could be a problem.
You think I should call the police or is Is that crazy? No it's too soon to call the police don't you think? How could he get lost? And why wasn't he in school? - Did he get lost on his way to school? - Dad you gotta get a grip! Wait here Delia.
Wondering where your little hoodlum is? You know where Ephram is? Grab your coat.
We're going to Denver.
I wouldn't have pegged you for a vanilla guy.
Lemon maybe.
It's my wife's car.
That explains the My Best Friend's Wedding CD.
The CD is mine.
I collect soundtracks.
Don't.
Don't sing.
You know I was thinking we should ask the infected girls for a list of recent partners maybe cross-reference them.
- Why? I don't think the assembly will be enough.
We should make a stab at figuring out who patient zero is.
- I agree.
But now that they're better informed perhaps the infected teenager will come forward willingly.
We should give them a day or so to do the right thing.
Yeah you're probably right.
- So what are you gonna say to Amy? - I'm going to ground her obviously.
Really? Ground her? Aren't you going to ground Ephram? Hadn't thought about it yet.
- I'm just so relieved that he's all right.
- Well for God's sake don't tell him that.
If they knew we were concerned they'd eat us alive.
Teenagers they can smell weakness.
They're like dogs.
I won't hide anything.
We're trying to build a relationship based on honesty and trust.
- Really? How's that working out? Well it just takes time that's all.
We'll get there.
Listen I know you want to be your son's friend.
But he doesn't need a friend right now he needs a parent.
- How do you know what he wants? - He's 15.
He's testing you.
You are failing the test.
- Well what am I supposed to do? - He cut class.
Punish him.
Take away his phone privileges don't allow him to pierce anything for the next six months.
But do something.
Be his father.
My dad is gonna kill me.
I'm sure he'll understand when you tell him why you went.
- That's not the way it works in my house.
- How does it work? He yells I apologize there's a sentencing then I plea-bargain with Mom until the sentence is reduced.
In my house it's more like I yell he yells.
We both keep yelling and eventually someone gets tired.
Sounds good to me.
Amy.
Dad l I'll be in the car.
- Amy why didn't you call sooner? - I'm so sorry I worried you Dad.
As long as you're all right.
That's all that matters.
- Good night.
- Good night.
- Are you avoiding me? - Maybe.
You were right about that bridge.
I do have feelings about it.
Truth is I was proposed to on that bridge.
And not by you.
I see.
The whole thing just pissed me off.
I thought I'd dealt with that stuff a while ago.
Now I'm thinking maybe I didn't because this whole past week Well l've been missing him Irv.
And maybe I should've told you from the get-go but it just didn't feel right.
- Well why not? - Because you're not supposed to make me feel better about missing the husband I had before you.
That's just bass-ackwards.
Edna I love you.
You wouldn't be you without Hal Sr.
You wouldn't even be you without that Nutter Butter son of yours.
Who I happen to know means the world to you.
I don't need you to pretend that you didn't have a life before me.
I just need to be able to put my arms around you when you're sad.
Even if you are sad over someone else.
I guess you can do that.
Okay.
I guess I will then.
Bright is there anything you want to talk to me about? I am so sorry Dad.
It's just a scratched bumper.
It's not even my fault.
- I'm pulling out of this space and this lady - Let me put it another way.
Is there anything you need to be tested for medically? Can I get something from a scratched bumper? Concerning the STD at your school.
All right.
Dad I'm gonna let you in on something that may blow your mind.
- You think you can handle it? - I doubt it but try me.
Okay Remember Elka from Real World? The Boston one? - I must have missed Boston.
- Well Elka was supremely hot.
But she never sealed the deal with her boyfriend because she had all these like religious beliefs.
Well l'm kind of like Elka.
In that I'm very attractive but I haven't you know done anything.
You know? Except my reasons have less to do with religion and more the fact that my girlfriends won't.
Which is why I'm so done with freshmen.
Anyway I didn't want you worrying about me anymore.
But if you could keep this info between us you know.
Well son this is the best talk we've ever had.
You scratched the bumper.
I'm bored.
- I beat you like 7000 times on this game.
- Yeah I know.
It's not too fun for me either.
- You wanna play something better? - Okay.
Help me push it out.
Which one do I get? I'll pick one for you.
I'm sorry I worried you last night.
What makes you think I was worried? Okay I was worried.
Well I'm sorry.
I'll call you next time.
There won't be a next time.
You're grounded for the next two weeks.
That means no TV no phone no going out.
- Is that all? - lf I ever hear that you cut class again it'll be for a month understood? - Yeah.
- Understood.
- Good.
So you missed the assembly.
Look I already know about safe sex okay? - Mom covered it with me.
- Maybe she did but I haven't.
When I was first working in New York I had to perform a lumbar puncture.
It's basically a spinal tap.
On this kid who'd been brought in.
Couldn't have been more than 17 years old.
Good-looking clean-cut well-to-do family.
His name was Alfie.
I remember that because it was so unusual.
Anyway I did the LP assessed that there was no meningitis and went about my rounds.
But I couldn't stop thinking about Alfie all night.
I found out later that the doctors were performing all sorts of tests.
A couple days later I went back to Alfie's room just to check him out thinking maybe I could figure out what he had.
But Alfie was already dead.
Seventeen years old.
Six months and thousands of Alfies later his sickness finally got a name.
AIDS.
I needed you to know why I had to come to your school Ephram.
I needed you to hear that story because I want you always to be careful.
I can't afford to lose another person I love.
Why didn't you tell me that before? I have no idea how to get your attention Ephram.
What's that supposed to mean? It means I don't know what to say to you.
One day you seem to hate me the next day you still hate me and other days you just hate me.
I mean that's not a lot to work with.
So if you could maybe let me know when I do say the right thing l'll make a note of it and And I'll do it more often okay? Yeah.
Sure.
I mean l - I can maybe do that.
- Great.
Thanks.
- You're still grounded.
- I know.
Did I mention I had only three hours of sleep last night? About 100 times now.
I swear you yammer on like an old woman.
Besides we're almost there.
Almost where? We're in the middle of forest oblivion.
If I didn't know you better I'd think you brought me out here to knock me off.
- On second thought - Come on! You see that? The Kissing Bridge.
Yes of course I see it Mother.
Why in the world? Your pops and I shared our first kiss on that bridge.
He proposed to me on that bridge.
And the day I found out I was pregnant with you I took him down here and told him.
I know you think I got on with things too quick after he was gone.
I probably did.
But your father's death Harold is what made me realize more than ever just how valuable our one shot at life is.
And I didn't want to miss a second more of it.
Anyway I loved him very much.
I wanted you to know that.
Mother what in the hell are you doing?! Grieving.
That evening was the last time anyone saw the Kissing Bridge in its full glory.
And even though Everwood's symbol of innocence Is no longer with us people still tell its story to their children and their grandchildren.
Only now when they do the ending is a lot more exciting.