Evening Shade s01e24 Episode Script

You can judge for yourself tonight, how effective Sorry, partner, you're doing you're just, you're doing fine.
It's evening in Evening Shade, the night of the annual All Sports Banquet.
But our guest speaker, the legendary quarterback, Terry Bradshaw, has just been upstaged by an unscheduled addition to the program the impending arrival of Wood and Ava Newton's new baby.
Banquet's worse than the season was.
And suddenly, Excuse me.
there's more to worry about in the kitchen then just dishing up the dessert.
I'm really, I'm so embarrassed.
It's probably like a gas It's probably gas.
It's probably gas.
Oh, I am so mad.
I swear, Ava, if you have this baby in a kitchen, I'm never gonna forgive you.
No, don't be stupid.
She's not gonna have the baby in the kitchen.
She's not gonna have the baby in the kitchen, is she? I don't know.
I'm a doctor, not a psychic.
Are you okay, baby? You okay, baby? No, I feel awful.
No, this baby.
I'm talking to this baby, not you.
I've felt better.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Are you okay, Mom? Are you okay? It's okay.
It's okay.
Contractions are about seven minutes apart.
Harlan, what happened? What? What's wrong, Harlan? I don't know.
I feel kind of queasy.
Probably something I ate.
Oh, well, that could be almost anything.
Maybe we ate the same thing.
Anything I can do for you? Anything? No, I'm fine, Ponder.
Ah! Oh! You sure? That wasn't, that wasn't six minutes.
I swear that wasn't six minutes.
Well, maybe my watch is broken.
Ms.
Newton, as you're on the brink of childbirth here, would you share with us your innermost feelings? Oh, I feel like I'm passing a kidney stone the size of a bowling ball.
Oh! Herman Stiles, you get out of here with that damn camera.
You're just trying to act like Wolf Blitzer.
I feel downright horrible.
My stomach feels like it's about to implode on me.
Thanks for that bulletin.
Wait? Huh? This is it! This is it.
I'll get the car! I'll get the car! No, no, I-I can't remember where the car is.
Go, go, go! I'll take the kids.
Oh, great, a chase scene.
Here we go.
Hey, what about me? I'm the doctor! Okay, bye, Mom.
Bye.
Are you comfortable, honey? Mmm.
I haven't been comfortable in nine months.
Ponder, you'd better let me drive.
Frieda, this is my van.
I'll drive.
Listen, how many tickets have you had in the last year? None.
Well, I've had three, so just scoot over.
What is that supposed to mean? It means that I am used to driving at significantly higher speeds than you are.
Now Frieda! Let's carry on this conversation outside the van.
All right? We are dealing with a crisis situation here; this ain't no time for amateurs.
Oh, it's really close quarters in here.
I'm really gonna have to watch my depth of field.
Now, listen, you have been warned.
Now if you don't get rid of that camera, I'm gonna make a hood ornament out of you.
Look, why don't you just shut your mouth? You're sucking all the air out of the van.
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
Now, we got Where the hell have you been? I had to get my bag.
Come on.
Okay.
Yeah, I'm-I'm feeling a little better.
How about you? Not yet.
All right, everybody.
Come on, give her some room.
All right.
Bye.
Bye.
Are you sure we haven't forgotten somebody in town? I'd hate to leave anybody.
What?! You wouldn't mind, would you, Coach? Oh.
Get in here.
We haven't got time to argue.
All right, bye.
Bye.
Bye.
We should've had a bus.
You know we could have charged everybody when they got in.
It'd pay for the kid.
What? Hold it! No! But y'all about to run off with my cobbler.
Oh.
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sitting on it.
Here.
I don't think it's ruined or anything.
I'm sorry.
Come on! Pass it back.
Come on.
All right, here we go.
Here we go.
Now we can go, right? Let's go.
What? The kids and Dorothy, Daddy! I told them to meet us at the hospital.
Oh, Daddy.
Okay, Dad, don't worry.
I'll take care of Will and Molly, okay? I love you, Mom.
I love you, too.
Love you, darlin'.
Are you all right? Oh, I'm fine.
I'm so glad you're here.
Oh, that's a beautiful, intimate gesture.
But listen, would you all mind doing that again? I think I got a little bit of cobbler on my lens.
Turn off that damn light! What are all these people doing in here? Oh! Oh! Oh! They're getting closer.
Yeah.
Oh, gosh.
Are you, how are you feeling, honey? Are you I'm fine.
I'm fine.
Are you holding up okay? Yeah.
Good, good.
We'd probably get to the hospital a lot faster if we if we were moving! Good suggestion.
Let's go! Go! Move it.
Step on it! Move it! All right, honey, just-just like you're in class.
You know like, one, two, breathe in and out.
How would you know? You never went to class.
Just breathe, just breathe.
I begged you to go.
But no! In and out.
I thought maybe you should take like a refresher course.
Just blow it out.
Blow.
I don't want to blow! I want some Demerol! I hear a drug-free delivery is the best thing for the kid.
On the other hand, I hear Demerol will really take that edge off.
Can't you go any faster? I'm going 60.
Frieda, I can't drive any faster in a van that's got eight people and four trays of buffalo wings.
You got buffalo wings in here? Ah, Harlan, for crying out loud! Now keep your pants on, Woodrow.
I'm thinking about later on.
Oh! Oh.
Oh.
Oh, honey, what? What? No, that one's not a pain.
Another one? No! What? It's the spatula.
Spatula? Oh, I'll take it.
Unless you need it.
I don't think so.
Ponder, step on it.
We have three miles to go! It's okay, Frieda.
He's doing fine.
Yeah.
Oh, look, she's cool as a cucumber.
Yeah.
She's on the brink of childbirth, enduring excruciating pain, she thinks of the other guy first.
Mrs.
Newton, do you think you could kind of crawl forward and put your hand on Ponder's shoulder when you say Ponder's doing fine? I'm gonna kill you.
All right, that's it! That's it! Give me that camera! Give me that camera! Throw it out.
Throw it out.
What did you do that for? Throw it out.
If it was me, I'd have thrown him out and kept the camera.
Pass him down.
You're next, Frieda.
What? You're next.
Oh, have you lost your mind? No, I haven't lost my mind.
I'd like to lose all the rest of you.
Oh! Wood, no, no.
Wood.
Wood.
Wood.
Oh.
Get everybody out of the van.
What? Yeah.
Now.
Stop the car! Stop the van! Everybody out.
No, no, Wood.
No.
Are you crazy? No, no, no.
He No, he can't be serious.
No.
He is serious.
I've seen that look before.
Out! Oh, Wood.
All right.
All right.
I'll get them all to the hospital.
Don't worry.
Oh! Ow! It's gonna be all right, honey.
You'll be fine, honey.
Ouch! Wood Newton, if you leave me standing in this road, I ain't never gonna talk to you again.
Can't pass up an opportunity like that.
You know, I don't mind walking.
It was getting stuffy in that van.
Yeah, it's a pretty hot night.
I really don't mind either.
I think it's gonna be kind of fun.
I don't believe I've ever taken a walk with this many liars before.
Get in another position, baby.
That's it.
That's it.
We're almost there now.
AVA Where's Harlan? He'll be right back, honey.
This isn't like the others, honey.
There's something wrong.
It's gonna be all right.
Why won't they give me something for the pain? He went to talk to the pediatrician.
Why? Uh, the baby's heart rate is kind of low, and that's why they won't give you a shot for the pain, honey.
It's my fault.
No.
Yes, it is.
It's not your I was working too hard.
No, I know it is.
No, stop it.
You did everything you could, everything you could.
How are you feeling, Ava? How's the baby? We'll we've had you on a fetal heart monitor, and quite frankly, it's a little erratic.
It, uh, it could be a cord problem.
Probably wrapped around the little fella's neck.
What can we do about it? Well, we could give you a C-section.
Or what else? Or if we go the other way, we might lose it.
Then we have to operate.
Dorothy.
Yeah, let's go.
Wood Mmm.
Come on down and put on a gown.
We want you there now.
All right? I'll be right there, Harlan.
We've been so lucky.
We still are.
I guess it ran out.
Ran out of what? We had three perfect kids, textbook pregnancies.
I guess I thought we were invincible.
We're gonna have another perfect kid.
But this one's been so special from the beginning.
I don't want anything to happen to it.
Nothing's gonna happen I promise.
You promise? I promise.
I never broke a promise, did I? No.
No.
You'd never let anything happen to us.
I'd love to kiss you, but my lips are numb.
Wood.
Yeah? I'll be right there.
Say that again.
I want to hear it.
I'd love to kiss you, but my lips are numb.
I love you.
I love you, too.
It's gonna be all right.
Are you telling me everything? I've learned a long time ago not to lie about things like these.
I always Probably, sometimes I should, but I don't.
I've always believed that the greatest comfort is the truth.
What about the baby? What about the baby? Is the baby gonna be all right? There's no reason to believe it won't be.
You don't know for sure, though.
You know, Woodrow, there is a point in medicine where it ceases to be a science.
Now, I went to medical school.
I've practiced for 25 years, and I've delivered a thousand babies.
And I'm still amazed every time I take that baby in my hands and hand it over to their mama.
Any way you look at it, it's a miracle.
But there is a point when it's out of our hands.
I'm gonna go scrub up.
Come on.
I love you.
I love you.
Ow Just Oh! Just move! Damned pot hole! I think I sprained it.
Oh, your ankle's gonna be fine, you big baby.
Me? You're the one who kept whining, "My feet hurt.
" Ooh, well, and when was the last time you walked two miles in high-heel shoes? Well, what did you want me to do about it carry you piggyback? Oh, just Ow! Please.
Come on, let's at least pretend to have a little dignity here.
You know something? I hope I never, ever get stuck anywhere with you again.
Now I know how those poor trapped animals feel right before they make the decision to chew their own feet off.
Oh Come on.
I'm gonna wallop you with this shoe! Will you all just stop it! Come on! Oh, yeah, you're just a big baby.
Come on.
Stop it! Violence never solves anything.
Ha! Ha! I mean, it did work for Clint Eastwood in all those Dirty Harry movies, but now this is real life.
Evan.
Harlan! What? How's Ava? She's fine.
Oh, good.
We may have a problem with the baby.
We're gonna do a Cesarean.
Oh, my Lord.
She's having all that trouble, and here we are bickering like a bunch of children.
That's okay, Herman.
I better go.
We'll be praying for you.
For all of you.
Thanks.
Honey, where the hell are the orderlies? They're supposed to be here now.
Hmm.
It's okay.
Don't worry.
It's gonna be okay, remember? Yeah.
Okay, Ava.
And don't let Harlan tell any jokes in the delivery room.
The baby couldn't handle it.
Here we go.
Bye-bye.
Here we go, kid.
Okay.
He's out like a light.
You know, I remember when Molly was born.
Your granddaddy was pacing around here with you on his shoulder.
Yeah, when Will was born, he was doing the same with Molly.
Keeps on having babies, I'll be doing this from a wheelchair.
Did Daddy really throw you out of the van, Aunt Frieda? Yes, he did.
Are you mad at him? Oh.
Don't ever tell him I said so, but your daddy's such a good man, it's hard to stay mad at him for long.
But you fight all the time.
Fight?! Fight? Your Daddy and I? No.
I mean, we sometimes disagree.
You disagree pretty loud.
Yeah, we do.
Does that bother you? No, 'cause you always make up.
You're right.
You know something? Our family and our friends are the most important thing in your daddy's life.
Listen, why do you think that he's coaching football here in Evening Shade? I mean, he could go on up to New York City and get a job as a sportscaster.
Lord knows, he can talk circles around that skinny little old Bob Costas.
See, friends and family are just the biggest part of who he is.
And you see, we all know he's gonna be there for us no matter what.
It's a girl.
Hey, buddy, wake up.
You got a baby sister.
What's wrong, Harlan? It's the baby.
That little girl has had a tough time.
We're keeping her in intensive care.
We'll know more by morning.
Well, we, uh We got two sisters now, buddy.
We're gonna have to stick together.
I'm sorry, son.
I know I promised you a brother.
I did the best I could.
It's okay.
Maybe next time.
Frieda, you mind, uh, taking everybody home for me? No.
Absolutely not.
Get ready.
Oh.
Mmm.
Mmm.
Honey, is there anything I can do? No, you've been great.
I- I'm sorry I threw you out of the van.
Hey, big guy, you can throw me out of your van anytime.
Come on, y'all.
Thanks.
Thank you, partner.
Mm-hmm.
I love you.
You were a man tonight.
I appreciate it.
Everything's gonna be okay.
You bet.
I love you.
And I love you, too, son.
I love you.
I love you, too, Merleen.
Thank you.
I'm not very good at these sorts of things.
If you if you need anything, though, um be sure and call me.
You'll be the first one I call, Herman.
See you later.
Muggy night.
Yeah.
Too muggy for spring.
They gave Ava something to help her sleep.
I promised her everything would be all right.
The truth is that there's nothing more I can do.
Well, that's usually the case.
That's what husbands and fathers do.
We want to give them everything happiness, a decent world.
All we can ever really give them is ourselves.
Why does it take so long to learn that? I don't know.
Maybe because down deep we're really not that bright.
I think you're right.
I better get back.
Uh You know you came to me and asked for my daughter's hand, my first inclination was to take a swing at you.
I think you did.
Yeah.
Well, I I'm sorry, uh Oh, that's all right.
Well, at the time, I Well, I thought you were about the worst thing that could happen to Ava.
Now I'm pretty sure it was about the best.
Hey.
Thank you.
Amazing grace How sweet the sound Wood That saved a soul I have some news for you.
Like me I once was lost But now am found Was blind But now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did That grace appear The hour I first believed When we've been there Ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun Here in the glow In the knowing of just you and me Where an angel is passing by I breathe and feel the love inside Here in the sweetness that we had Here in the moment holding your hand Here in the glow In the glow Here in the glow I see a light that shines for you and me I hear a whisper so soft and sweet Feeling the closeness that we share Being inside this moment with you Gives me the strength to carry on Here in the glow Here in the glow And so, after a long, anxious night, Emily Frieda Newton begins to get acquainted with the exciting, mysterious world around her.
She may never know about the thousand hopes and prayers that surrounded her arrival, but she will surely come to feel them in her heart, as she begins to live and grow and love in a place called Evening Shade.