AMBER ANTHONY BRANDON CASSIE DEREK GEORGE GRACE KID LORI MARTHA MRS MRS_CAVANAUGH NICK RYAN SAM STEPHANIE TARA NICK Dad, this is a sign. SAM I don’t believe in signs. NICK We should go back to New York. NICK Somebody’s watching us SAM What? Where? NICK Next door. In the window. SAM I don’t see anyone. NICK Great. Barely a bar. The Bermuda Triangle has better reception. NICK Okay... Let’s recap Barely any cell service, probably no wifi, a lock that won’t open, some weirdo staring at us... what kind of town is this? SAM It’s our new home. Get used to it. NICK I don’t want to live here. SAM Once I master this lock, I’m going to explain the difference between a want and a need and it is going to blow your mind. NICK Why couldn’t I live with Mom? SAM You know why. NICK I could just bust out a window? SAM I don’t care what time it is I’m calling the realtor. And I hope I wake him up. CASSIE Hello. CASSIE Welcome to Middleton. CASSIE I’m your neighbor. NICK You live in that big creepy house? SAM Excuse him, he’s a teenager. CASSIE Creepy is in the eye of the beholder and yes... Grey House is my home. Cassie Nightingale. SAM Oh, sorry. Sam Radford. This is my son, Nick. CASSIE You look like you could use some help. SAM Only if you’re a locksmith. I’m afraid the realtor gave me the wrong combination. CASSIE I doubt Ryan did that. He’s very thorough. SAM And yet, here I stand. CASSIE Why don’t you try it one more time? SAM Because I’ve already tried it a dozen times and it won’t open. CASSIE Maybe thirteen’s the charm. Give it a try. SAM Okay, but I don’t think it’s going to – CASSIE Thirteen has such a bad reputation but it’s always been kind of lucky for me. SAM You have the magic touch. CASSIE Some people tell me I do. SAM So I guess we’ll see you around. CASSIE I think you already have. NICK Tell me that wasn’t creepy. GEORGE Okay. I replaced the fill valve in the guest bath and the creaky hinge on my door and I’m about halfway finished with that dresser I’m making for Grace. CASSIE What would I do without you? GEORGE Well, since I live down the hall from you, you’ll never have to find out. GEORGE I always get such a kick out of seeing this. “Written by Lori Russell.” CASSIE It’s a really good article. GEORGE My granddaughter the writer. CASSIE And the band Brandon’s managing just booked another concert – GEORGE I’ve got some talented grandchildren. CASSIE Agreed. GEORGE Their dad would be proud. CASSIE He is. GEORGE Lori is coming for the memorial? CASSIE She’ll be here tomorrow. GEORGE You know this whole thing was Martha’s idea. If you don’t want it... CASSIE Jake belonged to more than just me. He belonged to Middleton and they all want to show their love for him for everything he did as Chief of Police. CASSIE Dried avocado and soybean with Boswellia. It’s derived from gum of boswellia trees, native to India. I put a little in your tea too. GEORGE Boswellia? CASSIE It’s for your arthritis. GEORGE How did you— CASSIE I won’t be happy until I see you power walking around the block again. GRACE I have absolutely nothing to wear. CASSIE Then I would tell that other young lady to get her clothes out of your closet. GRACE Does this look okay? CASSIE You look fine. GRACE Does this look okay? GEORGE You’re a beauty. GRACE You two are absolutely no help. GEORGE What do you want us to do? GRACE Look at me head to toe. Outfit, hair, shoes, jewelry. But don’t look at me with the loving eyes of my mother and grandfather Look at me with the eyes of a ninth grade girl who hasn’t had a carb since she learned how to spell find my flaws they’re there. GEORGE Why? GRACE If you two find them first, I fix them, if you don’t, well, I don’t need my life to be ruined forever just because no one is layering tops this year. GEORGE You look very pretty. GRACE I’m doomed. GRACE Lemon balm... CASSIE And... GRACE Passion flower and... GRACE I give up. CASSIE Valerian root. GRACE I should have gotten that. GRACE And thanks for calling in the big guns. First day of high school has me stressed to the max. GRACE Tell Lori I said hi. CASSIE Hello? Lori, what a surprise. What are you doing up this early? GEORGE How does she do that? RYAN I’m sorry I wasn’t here to greet you. I thought you were coming in today. SAM Change of plans. I wanted to register Nick for the first day of school. RYAN Any problems getting into the house? SAM Yes. RYAN Yes? SAM I mean no. No... Everything’s fine. The house next door...? RYAN Grey House. One of the oldest in town. Quite a history. Wait till you meet the owner. CASSIE He already did. RYAN Cassie. SAM Hello again. CASSIE Dr. Radford. RYAN Thank you. SAM How did you know I’m a doctor? CASSIE Your license plate... M.D. SAM Right... CASSIE Herb tea my own blend. Great for relieving stress. SAM Thanks but I love stress and I’m a coffee man, actually espresso. RYAN You love stress? SAM I thrive on it. CASSIE Careful. Too much caffeine can cause headaches and anxiety. SAM And yet moderate caffeine consumption has been proven to reduce the risk of developing Parkinson's disease and type 2 diabetes. RYAN Well, I love Cassie’s tea. SAM Well, I love caffeine. Plus I’ve never been a big believer of the benefits of herbs. But that’s probably just eleven years of medical school talking. CASSIE You should really read Wallace Pickworth’s article in the Lancet about Caffeine dependence. SAM You read medical journals? CASSIE I read a lot of things. SAM If you’ll both excuse me, I’ve got a teenage son to blast out of bed. RYAN I give him a month. New Yorkers always think they want to trade in the noise and smog and the craziness for small town living until they actually try living in a small town. MARTHA It’s no secret you weren’t my first choice to replace Jake as Chief. DEREK Yes, you remind me almost daily. MARTHA I’m very worried about Jake’s memorial. I heard the artist is dragging his feet. Seriously, how long does it take to chisel stone... DEREK It’s not stone, it was wood, then is was nickel, and then it was glass and now it’s brass. MARTHA I will not apologize nor will I lower my standards. Good enough is not good enough for me. Please keep in mind that I have invited the press... I’ve already done several interviews. All eyes are looking to me. DEREK But the memorial’s about Jake, right? MARTHA Yes. DEREK It’s not really about the pomp and pageantry. MARTHA Well, no. DEREK And you would never want to take the focus off of Jake, right? MARTHA Of course not. DEREK I didn’t think so. MARTHA But please do keep in mind, how it’s all perceived will undoubtably reflect directly upon me, the mayor. DEREK Don’t worry, Martha, it’s all taken care of. Honor guard, full uniform, a bugler no expense was spared. MARTHA How many times must we go through this? When I am on official business like now I am Madame Mayor. I don’t call you Derek. DEREK I don’t mind if you do. MARTHA Your lack of propriety and decorum is your business. Don’t try to drag me into your gutter of mutual disrespect. Without rules we are no better than animals. BRANDON So how many classes will you be teaching? TARA It’s just research, Brandon. We’ve already had this conversation. BRANDON I’m a little off. Are you leaving because of what I did? TARA No. But I think it says a lot about our marriage that you don’t take my feelings into consideration when making big life decisions. BRANDON I love you. You know that. TARA I love you too. But I think some space right now is a good thing. ANTHONY Yes! I’ve got Mr. Cuthbert for history. Everybody makes an A. GRACE That’s because he hasn’t changed his tests in 30 years. Kids post ‘em online which is basically cheating. ANTHONY Not if you think of the tests as very thorough “study guides.” ANTHONY Nick Radford. I have him in homeroom. He’s a total jock. And a jerk. GRACE I think those girls might disagree. ANTHONY Girls love jerky jocks. Most girls. GRACE Give me the deets. ANTHONY From New York. He’s your neighbor. Dad’s a doctor. Surgeon. Parents divorced. Intelligent but works really hard not to appear that way. GRACE Final Assessment? ANTHONY In my professional opinion, based upon our brief interaction in homeroom, I’d say he suffers from an over inflated sense of self worth Classic narcissistic personality disorder... GRACE Your prognosis? ANTHONY By the end of the year, he’ll be captain of football team and all the girls’ll fall in love with him. GRACE Not this girl. CASSIE Hi. SAM Hello. SAM This is why I went into medicine. CASSIE You should call Matthew Nelson. He’s a wonderful handyman. SAM I’m sorry, I don’t have anything to offer you... It’s... well, it’s a mess. CASSIE I just came by to welcome you to the street. Bell, Book and Candle is my shop... SAM Seems like we’re neighbors... again. SAM Great. My first patient. Out! Come on, let’s go. CASSIE Let me try. CASSIE You’re scaring him. SAM What do you want me to do? Give him an appointment? CASSIE Put the broom down a second. CASSIE Just let him perch a moment. SAM This is not exactly sanitary. SAM Come on, how did you do that? CASSIE I didn’t do anything. He just needed a little direction. We all do at one time or another, don’t you think? SAM Yeah, I do. SAM I should get the number of that handyman from you... great with a scalpel not so great with a hammer. CASSIE Probably a good idea... SAM Yeah? CASSIE A little bird told me the door may not your only problem. RYAN Hey Matt. RYAN I came to see how you were settling in. SAM Well, if Matt over there were a doctor, I’d be looking for a priest to do the last rites. RYAN Sorry, no one’s been in this place for years. SAM That’s why I thought I’d be busy from the moment I opened my doors. Kind of a slow the phones are really ringing off the hook. SAM What don’t I know? RYAN To be honest, no one liked the doctor that used to be here. SAM Okay, so I don’t have an established patient base, but now that I’m here...? RYAN When people stopped going to him, they started going to Cassie. SAM My neighbor? RYAN Allergies, cholesterol, mild sprains, anxiety, you name it, she’s got us covered it’s amazing, you go in that store and whatever you need, you find. SAM But she’s not a doctor. RYAN But she helps people and everyone trusts her. CASSIE Hello, Stephanie. STEPHANIE Okay, did you see him? CASSIE I take it you met Sam. STEPHANIE Sam... You say that so matter of fact like we got a new post man or something. STEPHANIE He is the most eligible bachelor to hit Middleton since my divorce. CASSIE He has a son, Nick. STEPHANIE Who cares. I mean, it’s Dr. Good looking and Single I care about... Wow, he’s McDreamy, McSteamy... He’s all the “Mc’s” and then some. STEPHANIE I tried to make an appointment but he doesn’t have a phone yet. CASSIE You’re not sick. STEPHANIE Oh yeah I am. I’m sick of being single. I’m sick of going to wedding showers. And I’m sick to death of not having a date for national holidays. There are lots of things to love about living in a small town a shallow dating pool is not one of them. Have you seen him? CASSIE Yes, he’s my new neighbor. STEPHANIE You’ve got all the luck. CASSIE I don’t think so. STEPHANIE Look, I have joined running clubs, skiing clubs, rock climbing clubs, I play golf, tennis, racket ball, I go to every sporting event there is if it’s got a ball and men, I’m there. I even have a fantasy football team... but you... they just move in next door. If what you have isn’t luck, then I want some of whatever it is. STEPHANIE Don’t you ever... you know miss it? You haven’t dated anyone since Jake... CASSIE I think it would be greedy to want what I had with Jake twice in one lifetime. BRANDON Hi. CASSIE Hello there. STEPHANIE How’s the music business? BRANDON Oh. Hi, Steph. STEPHANIE Next time your band’s in town tell them to come by the Bistro on me. BRANDON Ah... thanks. STEPHANIE One of the benefits of owning my own restaurant. So... When’s your band’s next concert? BRANDON Well, it’s not really definite yet. CASSIE But I thought – BRANDON I should go. Yeah. I gotta go. STEPHANIE But you just got here? BRANDON Yes, but Bye. STEPHANIE What’s with him? ANTHONY There’s no respect for band Seniors get the best uniforms. We get what’s left. And it never fits right. Seventh grade I almost lost my pants during the halftime show. I mean you never see a football player’s pants drop on the field. GRACE We’re in here. ANTHONY No. We’re supposed to be in 302. GRACE This is MRS CAVANAUGH’s class. ANTHONY Wrong. It’s— MRS CAVANAUGH English? ANTHONY Yes. MRS CAVANAUGH MRS CAVANAUGH? MRS CAVANAUGH We’re in here. MRS CAVANAUGH At the last minute we had to change rooms. GRACE Lucky guess. ANTHONY Remind me to take you to Vegas. GRACE Ow. NICK Yeah. You’ve got a hard head. GRACE Oh, yeah, no need to apologize, but it’s nice that you did. NICK You hit me. MRS CAVANAUGH I know Miss Russel has somewhere to be and I’m betting, Mr. Radford, that there is an Algebra teacher waiting for your company. Chopchop you two. MARTHA Dr. Radford... Hello... MARTHA Mayor Martha Tinsdale. MARTHA We’ve had a lengthy correspondence. But I am so grateful to finally meet you in person. And may I just say that your profile picture doesn’t do you justice. MARTHA I hope you’re getting settled okay. SAM Actually MARTHA I can’t tell you how thrilled we are that you’re here. Middleton is a booming metropolis... but the one thing missing was our own doctor. Most people had to go all the way to... Blairsville. SAM Yeah... about that correspondence You left a few things out. MARTHA Whatever do you mean? SAM I believe you used the terms “state of the art” and “up to date” to describe the office I’m renting. MARTHA Well, isn’t it? SAM No. I’m going to have to get a lot of new equipment in here, which I was not expecting. MARTHA I’m sure you’ll recover whatever extra costs you endure you are the only doctor here. Once I get the word out, you’ll be turning people away. MARTHA I believe the words you are looking for are “thank you.” SAM Thank you... for lying to me about the condition of the space I rented. MARTHA Really, Ryan handles all that property stuff and I’m here on much bigger business. The Ladies’ auxiliary has you down to be our guest speaker next week. Twelve sharp a buffet lunch to follow. Hope you’re not allergic to shrimp. And word to the wise: avoid Shelly Masters’ fat free muffins. SAM You’ve got to be kidding. MARTHA No, they’re horrible. And wear a suit. SAM No. MARTHA No? SAM Yes the opposite of yes is no. No. MARTHA It’s the Ladies’ auxiliary. My ladies auxiliary. SAM No thank you, I’ll be too busy fixing up my “state of the art” office. GRACE Hey. NICK Hi. GRACE How’s your head? NICK Oh, yeah... okay? You? GRACE I’m Grace by the way. NICK Nick. GRACE Nice to meet you... officially? We’re neighbors. NICK Oh... GRACE Well, if you have any questions or anything NICK The only question I have is... what’s the fastest way out of town? GRACE You just moved here. NICK No. I was basically kidnapped. Brought here against my will. GRACE No... really? NICK It’s true Dad never said a word about it until the movers started packing up my Xbox. GRACE Wow... NICK Not to worry. I’ll get him to ship me back to my mother. Not that I like living with her and... ...Geoffrey. But at least it’s in a city. No offense but this town is no New York. GRACE There is nothing but offense in that statement. And Middleton may not be New York City but not every place can be filled with crime, poverty, overpopulation. NICK How would you know what it’s like, you never lived there. GRACE Same way I guess, you know all about my town. SAM Hey there... Everything okay? SAM Looks CASSIE George. SAM George, what medicines are you on? GEORGE What do you have me taking? CASSIE Well, lots of herbs, vitamins, and elixirs but none of them would have made you faint. I am very careful about interactions. SAM Let’s start with what you took in the last twenty four hours. CASSIE A mixture of ginseng, licorice root, yohimbine that’s bark from a West African tree SAM Your blood pressure is elevated. CASSIE But wouldn’t low blood pressure make someone pass out? SAM Yes, but... Have you ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure? GEORGE A while back. SAM Well, see, whatever medicine your doctor put you on could be making you dizzy. Medicines sometimes have side effects. GEORGE I know. The medicine I was taking to make me feel better made me feel awful. SAM Wait it’s very dangerous to stop taking something without consulting a doctor. GEORGE That doctor was as bad as those pills he gave me I consulted Cassie. GEORGE And she mixed me up some stuff and my blood pressure’s been fine for years. Textbook perfect. SAM Okay but you did pass out... GEORGE I’ll be fine. Just lost my footing. SAM How about you come into my office tomorrow and let me run a few tests. Just to be sure. Free of charge. GEORGE Sorry. I’ve had my fill of doctors. GEORGE I’d trade the whole lot of you in for one Cassie. SAM He needs to see a doctor. CASSIE He doesn’t like doctors. SAM I don’t either and I am one, but if I’m sick, that’s who I want to see. CASSIE In my opinion, real healing only happens when there is a bond, a trust. George didn’t trust the last doctor he had, a lot of people in town didn’t trust him... I trust you. SAM Too bad your father in law doesn’t. CASSIE Yet... SAM Tree bark... GRACE Hi mom. CASSIE Have you met our new neighbor? GRACE Oh yeah. CASSIE So... tell me, how was your first day of high school? GRACE Good, I guess. Anthony’s in a couple of my classes. My gym teacher’s kind of weird and sweaty but you know I don’t think there is such a thing as a normal gym teacher. GRACE Mom... CASSIE Yes... What’s wrong? GRACE You know since I can remember, I would get these feelings, these visions of things that hadn’t happened... Before they actually happened. CASSIE It’s a wonderful gift. GRACE But the things I saw... they were always just about us... the family. CASSIE And now? GRACE Nick. I’ve been seeing things about Nick... Who I only just met. Weird, huh? Why him? CASSIE Well, the universe is always bringing seemingly unrelated events and people together clearly Nick is in your conscious for a reason GRACE Translation? CASSIE In a book or a movie you can fast forward to the end to see how and why things are the way they are. But in life... you just have to have faith and go along for the ride. GRACE Great. Translation? CASSIE Unless it’s a feeling of worry or concern or harm... just let the universe’s plan play out. CASSIE What is it? GRACE How come? CASSIE How come what? GRACE That I can see all sorts of things before they happen but I didn’t see what happened to Dad? CASSIE It’s a gift, not a power, you can’t summon it or wield it It’s just there sometimes and other times... GRACE It’s not. BRANDON Hey. DEREK What’s up? BRANDON Just wanted to make sure you didn’t need anything. DEREK Got it figured down to the last detail. It’s going to be a very nice memorial for your dad, Brandon. BRANDON Appreciate all you’ve done. DEREK Have you told Cassie, Lori... Grace? George? Tell them. BRANDON I don’t know how. DEREK Find a way and do it before your father’s memorial, okay. ANTHONY My profile seems to be bearing fruit. He’s been here less than a week and he’s got more friends than me. GRACE Those aren’t friends. ANTHONY Ah... aren’t you going to be late for school? NICK We’re blowin’ off the first couple periods. GRACE Don’t. NICK Don’t what? GRACE Skip school. NICK Why? GRACE I wouldn’t if I were you. NICK Well, you’re not me see ya! RYAN I can’t give you his credit scores. MARTHA You sold him the house. You have that information. RYAN Yes, and there’s these things called privacy and ethics. Forget it. MARTHA I’m the mayor. RYAN Not for long if the citizens of Middleton knew you were mining me for their personal information. MARTHA I am doing it to protect them. RYAN Can’t help you. CASSIE What’s going on? RYAN Our mayor here wants me to divulge privileged information on our new doctor. MARTHA I thought I did a very thorough vetting process before enticing Dr. Radford to move to Middleton but I have a feeling I might have missed something something big perhaps he’s running from the law... maybe Radford isn’t his real name. CASSIE I have a good feeling about him. MARTHA Oh, Cassie, if it were as easy as believing in your “feelings”. RYAN She’s angry because he turned her down. MARTHA I offer him the honor of being a speaker at my ladies auxiliary and he refuses that makes me suspicious not angry. You know, I never let my emotions dictate my actions. CASSIE He just got here, Martha. Give him a chance. RYAN Sam seems like a good guy and to be honest Martha, I saw the e mail you sent. You embellished quite a bit about the shape of the clinic. MARTHA Please... RYAN You did. Look, you got him here, give him a chance. CASSIE Seems fair. MARTHA You know Cassie, I too can sense things about people and I sense that he is here in this town because he’s no good. This time Miss Cassie Nightingale you are wrong and I am right. KID You okay? NICK Yeah, it’s just my ankle. KID It’s going to be hard to sneak back into school with a limp and a torn shirt. NICK I shouldn’t have cut... SAM What happened to you? NICK I tripped. SAM At school? NICK Yeah. NICK The school called? SAM Principal and the second day that’s a new personal best congratulations. NICK I’m not a serial killer I skipped a few periods. SAM Well, now you have a few more every day for a week detention. NICK Why are you doing this to me? NICK Man, I don’t want to live here! SAM You’re the reason we had to move, remember. To get you away from those... arrogant, spoiled idiots you were hanging out with. NICK And who spoiled us, huh, dad? SAM Yes, it’s all my fault that you and your friends broke into someone’s empty beach house and trashed it. NICK No one else’s parents had to move. SAM No one else’s parents were in the country. NICK I want to live with mom. SAM And yet, I have full custody. So, it’s me, it’s here it’s not going to change. And it’s for your own good. GEORGE Give me your suitcase. CASSIE How was your trip? LORI Trip was fine. Where’s Brandon? CASSIE Upstairs. GRACE We’ve got new neighbors. LORI Somebody finally bought that place, huh? CASSIE A doctor and his son. GRACE He’s in my class. LORI Oh yeah? He hot? GRACE Well, he thinks he is. LORI Men... GRACE Boys... BRANDON Lori. BRANDON I got a new job. LORI If this is a joke, it’s not funny? GRACE Brandon? BRANDON It’s not a joke. I’m a police officer passed all my tests... I start the day after tomorrow. LORI So... you just suddenly decided to do this? BRANDON It wasn’t “sudden.” GRACE What about your music? Are you just going to... give up what you love? BRANDON For a while, yeah LORI What are you trying to do here, Brandon? BRANDON I didn’t mean to upset everyone. LORI Then quit. BRANDON What? LORI Quit. Enough, okay? I’m done losing people I love. BRANDON I’m going to be fine. LORI Dad thought he was going to be fine too and now he’s gone. GEORGE This is the last thing your father would have wanted. BRANDON Cassie... CASSIE I can’t believe this is what you want. Excuse me. GRACE Well, that went well. BRANDON Aren’t you upset with me too? GRACE No. BRANDON Cause you saw it coming? GRACE No. Cause I love you. BRANDON I see things too, you know. GRACE Yeah, what kind of things? BRANDON I see a pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream in our future. GRACE Look again. BRANDON You didn’t. GRACE I did. Sorry. CASSIE Thanks for coming. RYAN Anytime, you know that. RYAN Why are we here? Not that I don’t love to hang with you but you haven’t said a word and that’s your second cup of tea. CASSIE Brandon joined the Middleton Police Department. RYAN Really? Wow... You’re not happy? CASSIE I’m surprised and hurt that he didn’t come to me... and I guess a little scared. RYAN I didn’t know you got scared. CASSIE I do and I am. RYAN Of? CASSIE I’m scared I can’t stop him and if I do, I’m scared he won’t be happy. RYAN I know what you would say. RYAN You can’t stop other people from living their lives bad things happen, good things happen You found Jake good thing. You made Middleton your home good thing. You lost your husband... a very bad thing. CASSIE I don’t want to lose him. RYAN If you stop him, you will lose him even if he’s alive and well. CASSIE You have been there since Jake died I don’t know what I’d do without you. RYAN We’ve been here for each other. CASSIE You’re a good friend. RYAN I’m about to go up to the counter and get a cinnamon roll and two forks I am an awesome friend. NICK Hey. GRACE Hi. NICK You were right. GRACE I was? NICK Shouldn’t have cut. Got hurt and busted by both the principal and my dad. GRACE Oh. NICK Next time maybe I’ll listen to you. AMBER Come on, Nick let’s go. NICK I’m good. AMBER Nick... NICK I’ll see you later. GRACE You should know that Amber isn’t used to people not doing what she wants. NICK Back in New York I was at a school filled with Ambers. I can handle her. GRACE Well that should be fun to watch. NICK So... I haven’t seen your dad around. Divorced? GRACE My dad passed away. NICK Oh I’m sorry to hear that. GRACE Everybody in town knows. He used to be the Chief of Police. ANTHONY Are you walking home with us? NICK Didn’t know you two were an us. GRACE We’re not. NICK I don’t want to go home. ANTHONY Okay. See you. MARTHA I knew it. CASSIE Excuse me? MARTHA I hit pay dirt. CASSIE Sam? MARTHA With no help from Ryan, thank you very much. MARTHA Apparently, they have these websites where patients can rate doctors. “Dr. Radford seemed very aloof.” “Dr. Radford should work on his bedside manner. Not a very warm person.” And there are five more, all saying basically the same thing. CASSIE There are 512 comments here and you found seven complaining about his bedside manner? How about his competence as a doctor? MARTHA Well, I CASSIE Johns Hopkins, top of his class. On the board of a lot of hospitals. Published a text book. Martha, if you ask me, we got very lucky. CASSIE He’s a good doctor. MARTHA We will have to agree to disagree. LORI Hey. GRACE Hi. LORI How you doing? GRACE Not good. LORI Yeah, me too. Brandon won’t answer my calls or texts. GRACE I feel badly. LORI Don’t worry, he’ll come to his senses. GRACE But I feel badly none of us supported him. LORI I can’t support something I don’t believe in. GRACE But he believes in it and he wants it I can tell. I always thought he loved music, but I was wrong, I think we were all wrong. LORI We’re not, he is. GRACE Your first job out of college writing for that paper they sent you to the Middle East. It was right after dad died and I was scared, we all were LORI Nothing happened to me. GRACE But it could have. GRACE But we all still supported your decision me, Mom, Grandpa... Brandon. LORI What are you trying to say? GRACE You know what I’m saying you just don’t want to hear it. SAM So... you’re my first patient. STEPHANIE I’m just happy you could see me. SAM What brought you in today? STEPHANIE You. SAM What symptoms brought you in? STEPHANIE Well... I have migraines. SAM Yes. STEPHANIE Actually, had is more accurate. SAM How did you get rid of them? STEPHANIE STEPHANIE Cassie gave this oil to rub on my energy points works like a charm well, that and yoga and... I gave up caffeine. SAM So Cassie helped you? STEPHANIE Oh, yeah, she helps the whole town. BRANDON What’s up? DEREK I need some help with a suspect. BRANDON You do? LORI You wouldn’t return my calls. Don’t blame Derek I twisted his arm. DEREK Okay... well, I’ll just leave you two here to talk. CASSIE Well... hello neighbor. SAM Hello. CASSIE How’s business? SAM Slow. CASSIE It’ll pick up. SAM I don’t think it will. CASSIE Why? SAM Turns out I’ve got competition in this town. CASSIE Who? SAM You. CASSIE Me? SAM Seems even before the doctor left, people in town chose to see you for what ailed them. CASSIE Sam, I SAM I think what you’re doing is dangerous. CASSIE I’m not SAM Look, everybody would rather have a cup of tea than an x ray but sometimes they need the x ray... Or blood pressure medicine. CASSIE I have never suggested to anyone anyone that they not see a doctor. I just offer some alternatives. I mean, there are other ways alternative ways to treat illness. Treat the patient as a whole being. SAM I’ve heard this a million times CASSIE But have you ever actually listened? CASSIE I’m just saying that popping a pill doesn’t always have to be the first option. SAM I can point to proven studies that verify the results from those pills. I haven’t seen many tests on tree bark. CASSIE Many of the things I suggest are preventative. I’d be glad to explain my methods and SAM No thanks. I’m a doctor you’re a... well, you’re not a doctor.