The Fugitive (1963) s03e08 Episode Script

Uh.
Here's the ointment for the bee stings, And I've brought some aromatic spirits of ammonia Which will bring her around.
She hasn't fainted.
She's in a coma.
I think you better stay out of this.
Has she ever been treated for diabetes? She's never been sick a day in her life.
She's sick now.
Then josephus will take care of her.
She is in a diabetic coma.
She needs hospital treatment and she needs it now.
Kimble: If she doesn't get it, she could be dead in a few hours.
Now help me get her to the car.
Woman: We don't agree with your diagnosis, doctor, And neither will the police.
Marianne, let him take her.
I'm not sure that he's not right.
You're never sure of anything.
Get out of my way.
Put her down, dr.
Kimble.
Narrator: Starring david janssen as dr.
Richard kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice, Falsely convicted for the murder of his wife, Reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him En route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation, To change his identity, to toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man He saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run before the relentless pursuit Of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
Announcer: The guest stars in tonight's story: Arthur o'connell.
Sheree north.
Kim darby.
Announcer: Narrator: Briar county, colorado, Where a man runs in desperation Before the guns and dogs of a sheriff's posse Closing in for the kill.
A move in the wrong direction.
A broken stride.
A waste of precious seconds in looking back.
These are things which can cost richard kimble His life.
Well, good afternoon.
Adams: You had quite a fall, young man.
This is my niece, sharon, and I'm josephus adams.
Dr.
Josephus adams.
Where am I? I mean, how did I get here? As to where, you're in my home.
And how.
Adams.
Bill and mildred crandall found you on the road And brought you here.
Nothing serious, nothing broken, But I'm afraid you really sprained this ankle.
Sharon, will you tell mildred crandall That I'll be right with her? Mrs.
Crandall, the doctor'll be right with you.
Oh, that's all right, dear.
How is the young man? Well, I'd say he's doing fine.
She still here? Uh, she was on her way here when she found you.
You drink this now.
It'll make you feel better.
What is it? It's honey.
Nature's own tranquilizer and muscle relaxant.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd better see my other patient.
You just rest for a while.
Josephus: That cough acting up again, mildred? Mildred: Well, I don't think it's as bad as last year.
Let me take a look at that throat.
Just a tiny bit red.
You just sit right down here now, mildred.
Oh, josephus, a-are you going to get some more Of that cough serum? Yes, I am.
I think it'll relieve the soreness.
We haven't even paid you for the last bottle.
Now, you just let me worry about that.
Oh, sharon, why don't you take mrs.
Crandall in And introduce her to our young man.
I'm sure he'd like to thank her.
You poor thing.
How do you feel? This is mrs.
Crandall.
And this is mr.
- Oh, I don't know your name.
Curtis.
Ed curtis.
I want to thank you and your husband for helping me.
It was nothing.
We just couldn't leave you there.
What about your family? Have they been notified about your accident? They're back east.
I'd be happy to write them.
I wouldn't want to worry them.
W- Excuse me.
Well, you're lucky that the cough medicine Can cure that.
It always has.
I-isn't that right, sharon? Every time.
You know, I had a cousin that had a cough much like that.
It turned out to be more than just a sore throat.
Well, I'm happy that mildred here is a little more fortunate Than your cousin.
That's because I have the best doctor in the whole world.
And a positive x-ray.
X-ray? Josephus, you're going to have to teach This young man a few things.
Don't worry, we'll look after him, mildred.
Here's your cough medicine.
Oh, thank you, and give my best to mrs.
Adams.
And mine to bill.
You're going to be just fine, mr.
Curtis.
You're in good hands.
Goodbye.
Uh, sharon, would you call Mr.
Crandall and tell him mildred's ready to be picked up? We have plenty of room here, So you're welcome to stay until, uh, you feel better.
There's only the three of us, so we won't get in your hair.
But I'd appreciate it If you'd keep your medical opinion to yourself.
Sharon: Hi.
How's the ankle? Oh, it, uh It's letting me know it's still there.
Well, that's good, 'cause if it wasn't there, Your foot might fall off.
All right, I'll remember that.
That looks good.
You do the cooking? When aunt marianne's away.
I'm okay with simple stuff.
Be sure you eat the honey.
All right.
We have our own hives, you know.
Uncle josephus uses honey for a lot of things.
Is that what mrs.
Crandall's been taking? Honey? Certainly.
With a couple of other things uncle josephus puts in it.
Has it cured her? Well, some things just don't get all better.
I heard somewhere that, uh, Coughs can be cured if you know what's causing them.
Sore throats are not the only reason that a person coughs.
You know something? You sound just like an allopath.
Allopath? Uh, an ordinary kind of doctor.
City doctors.
The kind with medicines from the drugstore and knives, all that.
We call them allopaths.
Well, those, uh, Doctors have to be qualified.
They need a license from the state.
They go to school for a while and get a piece of paper, And they get licensed like you said.
Licensed to cut you open.
Now, sharon, that's- That's what? Well, I mean, uh, I think you'll find that there's a lot more than that To the practice of medicine.
For instance? Hello, aunt marianne.
Oh, this is mr.
Curtis.
The crandalls found him- Yes, your uncle told me all about it.
Are there any more small steaks left in the freezer? Yes, would you like me to fix you one? I'd appreciate it.
I'm mrs.
Adams.
How do you do? I'm glad to see, uh, your accident wasn't too serious.
It would've been if it hadn't been for your husband And the crandalls.
But the point is you seem to be in pretty good condition.
What you said to sharon, have you had any medical experience, Mr.
Curtis? Well, I worked in a hospital for two years, But just as an orderly.
Well, we don't believe in anything like hospitals Or drugs or any inorganic substances used as medicines.
That's the basis of natural medicine.
Have you heard about it? Uh, no, not too much.
Well, good.
We'll teach you.
You're going to like it here, ed.
I'm sure I will.
Good night, ed.
Good night.
Hi, ed.
How are you feeling, mr.
Curtis? Fine.
Well, we reaped quite a harvest.
How do you get along with the bees, ed? I think I get along better without them.
Well, maybe you'll go out with sharon later And bring in the rest of those combs.
That way you can get acquainted With the bees, but at a distance.
I'd better go in and see if aunt marianne needs any help.
Oh, fine, sharon.
You've done quite a bit.
I appreciate that.
Glad to help.
Radicula armoracia.
You recognize it, don't you? It smells like horseradish.
That's exactly what it is.
We use it for toothaches.
In a poultice, of course.
It's almost an infallible remedy for facial neuralgia.
I see.
I better go in and get the rest of those, uh, combs in If I'm going to extract any of that honey.
The honey for the cough syrup? Uh, that's right.
That's one of the uses.
How's mrs.
Crandall? Uh.
She's fine.
You're troubled about her, aren't you? Well, this cousin I mentioned, The one that had the same cough.
He died.
It turned out to be a lot more serious than just a sore throat.
He just waited too long.
The chances are That whatever your cousin had Was also terminal.
That is he probably would have resulted in death anyhow.
Mrs.
Crandall that sick? She's going to die, yes.
Well, we all are, sometime.
Josephus, All you're doing for her is just giving her Some cough syrup with honey.
That's all we can do.
She should be in a hospital.
She wouldn't last a week in a hospital.
You see, her problem is her heart.
She doesn't know it, of course.
You see this way she can enjoy the rest of her days Without the smell of death hanging all over her.
If she knew she was sick, she'd worry and she'd be worse.
How do you know there isn't some course of treatment That could help her? Believe me, I know.
Josephus, uh, Do you know how many bees it takes To make a pound of honey? You happen to be a guest in my house.
And she happens to be your patient.
Marianne: Josephus.
You'd better come in now, dear.
The office is starting to fill up.
I'm on my way.
You still improving, ed? Yes, thank you.
Walter, you just call me now if there's any change at all.
Good afternoon.
Sharon, how are you, dear? Fine, thank you.
Oh, I see you got yourself an assistant.
Oh, he's a patient.
Mr.
Weaver, this is mr.
Curtis.
How do you do? How do you do? Well, josephus'll fix you up.
He can handle anything.
Saved me from pneumonia a couple years ago.
I'm sound as a dollar now, Maybe a dollar and a half.
That's 6.
20, mr.
Weaver.
Oh, all right, dear.
Here you be and it's cheap at twice the price.
Yes, sir, I was nose to nose with the grim reaper, But josephus brought me through.
Four days and nights With over 105 degrees fever.
And without any of them fancy antibiotics That cost an arm and a leg.
Just josephus and his herbs.
Oh, thank you, sharon.
Nice to have met you, curtis.
Bye now.
Bye.
Kind of a miracle, isn't it? Is your uncle the only doctor around here? Well, there was another one for a while, But nobody'd go to him.
Doc olney.
He's the county coroner over in briar.
At least he can't do any more harm.
That's good.
Real spring water from melted snow.
Uncle josephus says it's god's own elixir.
He ought to know.
He's part of the family.
Sharon.
May I have cough syrup, please? Mrs.
Crandall? Bill just called.
Thank you.
You know, it's not true.
I mean, about bees not stinging you if you stand still.
If you don't mind, I think I'll just keep on believing it.
You all right? Yeah, so far.
Ed, what you said about uncle josephus.
I wish you hadn't.
I'm sorry, sharon.
I just don't believe in his methods.
Well, they work.
Your friend, mr.
Weaver, He said, uh, his fever broke in four days.
Like I said, "almost a miracle".
With modern- Modern methods the fever could've been broken overnight.
Nowadays pneumonia's no more dangerous than a bad cold.
Ed, you watch too much television.
Nature's the only thing that cures.
Sometimes she needs a little help, Sure, just like uncle josephus gives it.
But those city doctors, they don't even do that.
They must make it worse so they can get paid more money.
You don't know what you're saying, sharon.
I know what I'm saying, all right.
They killed my father.
Everybody told him not to go, but he did.
He went and he got operated on In a hospital and he never came out.
So you tell me I don't know.
I'm sorry.
But it is possible that your father was too sick to recover.
Uncle josephus could've helped him.
None of his patients die? Sure, some of them.
But they live a lot longer when he takes care of them.
Do you know how many patients my uncle josephus has? No, I don't.
A hundred, maybe a thousand.
All over the country.
Some even in other countries.
Mail order patients? Right, lots of them.
Does he accept personal checks or just cash? Why did you have to come here? Why didn't you just stay out on that road and die? Huh? Well, that's sharon my niece.
I wonder what's going on.
Who's that? That's ed curtis.
He works for us.
My niece has sort of a crush on him.
Though I think they had a little fight.
How long has he been here? A couple of months.
Well, if you see anybody that looks like this kimble, You'd better call us right away.
He could be dangerous.
Don't worry.
No bees around here.
No, I guess they're not.
Unless you're afraid of me.
I'd forgot I had it on.
Trouble around here or something? Well, you might call it that.
The sheriff is trying to raise some money in town For a youth center.
They figure josephus and I Are good for a couple of hundred dollars.
Are you? I'm good for a lot of things.
For instance, I'll help you back to the house.
How's mrs.
Crandall? Oh, much better.
It was just an old-fashioned dizzy spell.
Even her cough is much better.
Oh, that's fine.
So actually, you might say that Nature opened the first drugstore.
E- oh, thank you dear.
Know what this is? Honey and apple cider vinegar.
The finest sleeping potion there is.
I've heard of it.
New England folk remedy, isn't it? It's effective Because it's good, And it's good because it's effective.
I-I think I'll go to sleep right now.
Uh Coming dear? I'll be in soon.
Good night, marianne.
Good night, ed.
Good night, josephus.
Look how quickly the honey put her to sleep.
Sharon? It's your bed time.
Sorry.
I don't usually do that.
Fall asleep with company.
That's all right.
Good night, sharon.
Good night.
Well.
Aren't you going to keep me company? I think you'll enjoy this.
If it isn't honey.
nope.
It's a secret blend, cooked more than over open peat fires.
Thousands of miles away.
In scotland.
Right.
How long are you going to stay afraid of me, ed? Where did you meet your husband? You want to change the subject.
All right.
I met him in a hospital.
I was a nurse and he was an orderly.
Oh, he had studied medicine, all right, But he never got through med school.
But josephus had something.
People Listen to him.
This natural medicine business, your idea or his? Mine.
Why? Don't you believe in it? I'm not sure.
That's all right.
Josephus didn't either at first.
But if enough people bow down You start believing they've got reason.
Maybe.
But right now let's just pretend that there is no josephus.
I'm sorry.
Your patient's dead.
Sharon.
Aren't you going to the funeral? No, I, uh, I just wanted to say goodbye.
I'm s-sorry you have to go.
So am I, but I have this job waiting.
Mr.
Curtis Do you really think an x-ray picture Could have helped mrs.
Crandall? I don't know.
I think the time for it was quite a few years ago.
Well, tell your uncle I said goodbye.
All right.
Take care of yourself.
Marianne: You're not even dressed yet.
I'm not going.
I can't.
You realize almost everyone in the county will be there, Don't you? It doesn't matter.
Well, yes, it does matter.
Is it something your friend mr.
Curtis said to you? It doesn't matter, marianne.
He was right about mildred.
There's something that I better tell you.
It's just possible that your friend is a criminal, An escaped murderer.
You remember the day that the crandalls found him And brought him over here? Well, the police were hunting for a man named kimble.
Richard kimble.
You mean the doctor? The man who-? The man who murdered his wife.
That's who you've been listening to.
How do you know? 'cause I heard it on a news broadcast And the description and everything fits him.
Now maybe you better go upstairs and get dressed And I'll call the sheriff.
Marianne, don't.
Maybe it's him and maybe it isn't.
But don't call.
I'll go get dressed.
All right, but you better hurry.
We don't want to be late.
Oh, doctor, I'd like to talk to you a minute if you have the time.
Where have I seen you before? Last night at the adams' for mrs.
Crandall.
Oh, yes.
The patient with the ankle.
What kind of miracle has josephus created for you? No miracle.
I sprained my ankle.
He taped it for me.
You don't call that a miracle? Doctor, sharon told me that you used to practice here.
I tried.
Oh, I still have a couple of patients left.
Ignorant folks like me Who believe in medical science.
Josephus has all the others.
But he's not a doctor.
Look, josephus probably isn't a bad human being.
But as a doctor he's a great bee keeper.
Now, was that all you wanted to talk to me about? I was told that mrs.
Crandall Had been taking cough medicine for quite some time.
Just cough medicine.
I told her two, three years ago her cough sounded Like it might indicate congestive heart disease.
She didn't want to hear it.
She was brainwashed.
All she wanted was cough medicine.
And nobody makes tastier cough medicine than josephus.
There's no way to stop him? A law, you mean? A law to make people listen? Only if he held himself out as an m.
D.
And he's too smart for that.
Or his wife is.
Was mrs.
Crandall a relative of yours? Oh, no, just a friend.
Thank you, doctor.
Hi, there.
Mr.
Weaver, isn't it? Say, you got a good memory, young fella.
You leaving town? I've got a job waiting.
Oh, well, I don't envy you any, headed south in this heat.
Yeah.
It was awful warm at the funeral this morning.
Good turnout, though.
Nice services.
Poor sharon.
You know, I never realized that child was so emotional.
Emotional? How? Well, she started crying and carrying on.
Kept saying, "she didn't have to die, she didn't have to die.
" Over and over.
Her aunt finally managed to shut her up, But a little later on she just passed out.
Too bad.
Well, here she is.
Good luck to you, fella.
Mr.
Weaver, I got to get back to the adams' place.
Could you give me a lift? Oh, sure.
No trouble at all.
Be my guest.
I hope you're satisfied.
Disgracing your uncle in front of the whole town.
I'm sorry.
I said I was sorry.
You're not a bit sorry.
You're selfish, that's what you are.
Pulling a trick like that.
Did you ever stop to think once What that was going to do to your uncle? Did you ever stop to think once about- Stop it.
Please.
All right, sharon, I'll stop.
Maybe now your uncle will do something about it.
Hmm? What's going on out there? There's somebody out there.
Josephus.
Don't go in there without your mask.
It's sharon.
Thanks.
My pleasure.
Uh.
Here's the ointment for the bee stings, And I've brought some aromatic spirits of ammonia Which will bring her around.
She hasn't fainted.
She's in a coma.
I think you better stay out of this.
Has she ever been treated for diabetes? She's never been sick a day in her life.
She's sick now.
Then, josephus will take care of her.
She is in a diabetic coma.
She needs hospital treatment and she needs it now.
If she doesn't get it, she could be dead in a few hours.
Now help me get her to the car.
Marianne: We don't agree with your diagnosis, doctor.
And neither will the police.
Marianne, let him take her.
I'm not sure that he's not right.
You're never sure of anything.
Get out of my way.
Put her down, dr.
Kimble.
All right, you know I'm a doctor.
As a doctor, I took an oath.
An oath that says somewhere that a doctor should exercise His art solely for the cure of his patient.
Nowhere in that oath is there anything about a cash register.
Marianne, let him go.
What are you doing? Something you should be doing.
I'm calling the sheriff and having him stopped.
You knew who he was all the time, didn't you? Did I? I'm surprised it didn't bother you, Having a murderer stay in the same house.
Well, it didn't bother me.
I thought it might be exciting.
Does it bother you? I think he was too decent a man To have had anything to do with you.
I don't care what you think.
But you can't let her go to that hospital.
Suppose he's right? Well, you don't know that he's right.
But you do know if sharon's admitted to a hospital That we are gonna be laughed out of this county, And you're gonna be back hustling dirty linens For some allopath somewhere.
It's my place to do it.
Sheriff olson please.
It's important.
Sheriff, josephus adams.
I'm afraid I need your help.
A few minutes ago a man took my pickup truck.
My niece is in it.
That's right.
I'd like you to stop him.
He's on his way to greeley So he'll have to use the state highway.
I'll explain it when I get there.
Hold them until I see you.
Thanks.
I'm taking this girl to the hospital.
Easy now, mister.
Josephus told me that you took his pickup.
She's in a coma, she needs treatment.
Maybe she is and maybe she isn't.
But josephus told me to, uh That's probably him now.
Thanks, sheriff.
Josephus.
Let's get her into my car first.
Do you mind telling me what's going on here, josephus? I'm taking her to the hospital.
Sheriff: But you called me to stop the truck.
Josephus: My niece is a minor.
They'll need my permission to treat her.
Why didn't you go straight to the hospital? I wanted to stop that pickup.
I wasn't sure it was safe.
I could get there much faster with a police escort.
Okay, you've got one.
Thanks, ed.
I'll phone you at the hospital.
She's out of danger.
I'm glad you could make it in time.
You were right about all of it.
The diagnosis was perfect.
That's always good to hear.
Especially when the patient lives.
Ed, You're my last patient.
Do you mean it? I do.
It's not going to be pleasant living with the thought that Some good people died before they should've Because of me.
Sharon's alive.
Your doings.
Not mine.
I have some money.
Quite a bit of it.
Maybe I can figure out a way to save a life or two with it.
What will you do? I don't know.
Marianne'll be gone.
I can raise bees, I suppose.
Could I take you anywhere? No, no, I'll be all right.
There's a bus now.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, doctor.
Narrator: Richard kimble moves on again, Searching for a day When there will be an end to running.