Patch Adams Page #8

Yeah, yeah. That's painful there.

[ Ringing Continues ]

Uh, hang on a second.

I only have one arm.

Gesundheit.

- Let's go !

- [ Bile ] Yeah. Uh-huh.

Uh-huh. Yeah.

Hi. How can we help you ?

I don't know.

Uh, I h-heard about this place...

and l, I thought maybe

I would get some, uh--

You know, maybe I'd talk to somebody,

because my thoughts--

This is crazy.

Word's getting out

we're handling the overflow from

three different clinics now.

I start my pediatric clerkship

next week. I don't know how

I'm gonna... keep up.

- [ Inhaling ]

- [ High-Pitched Voice ]

Anybody call for a doctor in here ?

Let's try this right now.

There. Look at that there.

Hey, thank you, Judy and Cissy,

for that lovely medicine.

[ Patch Shouting ]

- How you feeling, Frank ?

You feel better ?

- Yeah, feel better.

Well, keep on your medication. You can

never go wrong if you're a Marxist.

Hey, Patch ?

- Yes ?

- This is, um-- I didn't get your name.

- Uh, Larry.

- Hi, Larry. How are you ?

- Good.

- Nice to meet you.

What are you passionate about, Larry ?

What excites you ?

- What turns you on ?

- I like to read.

I love to read. What do you like

to read ? Who's your favorite author ?

- Mmm, Kazantzakis.

- Kazantzakis.

Oh. "World is trouble.

Man needs a little madness, or else--"

"Or else he dare not

cut the rope and be free."

That's great, Larry.

That's wonderful.

We're gonna get along just fine.

Truman.

- Yeah, Patch. What ?

- Can you come over here

and show Larry around ?

- Nice having you here, Larry. Welcome.

- Thanks. Okay.

[ Child Babbling ]

- I've seen Larry in the E.R. before.

- He's weird.

[ Patch ] I'm weird. If we don't

show him compassion, who will ?

- [ Snorts ]

- [ Chattering Continues ]

[ Bile ]

What's that name again ? Right.

We were born

before the wind

Also younger than the sun

- Hi.

- Hi.

- [ Continues ]

- [ Sighs ]

[ Chuckles ]

- Everyone asleep ?

- Yeah.

But it ain't me.

You okay ?

- Yeah.

- Hmm.

God, Patch, it's amazing.

What ?

Just what you've done

with this place, you know.

- You too.

- Well.

These people

that we're helping--

they would have had

nowhere to go.

You're a good man.

What are we ?

Is it me ?

I mean, are we just-- are we

good friends that occasionally kiss ?

Patch...

my entire life...

men have been...

attracted to me.

My entire life.

When I was a little girl...

I would look out my bedroom window

at the caterpillars.

I envied them so much.

No matter

what they were before...

no matter...

what happened to them...

they could just hide away,

you know...

and turn into these beautiful

creatures that could fly away...

completely untouched.

I hated men so much.

I wanted nothing

to do with them.

[ Sniffles ]

Then I met you.

[ Laughs ]

The way that

you help people, Patch--

The changes I see

in everybody that's around you--

I love you.

[ Sobbing ]

I've loved you for so long.

[ Laughs ]

You scared me.

I was watching you sleep.

I have a real knack.

Impressive, hmm ?

"I love you

without knowing how...

"or when or from where.

- I love you straight--"

- [ Knocking On Door ] Patch.

Um, sorry.

It's okay.

Uh, we have a situation

out here...

that needs attention.

[ Truman ] I've been trying

to warn you guys about this...

and now we have

absolutely zero supplies.

There's an older gentlemen over there.

He has a sprained shoulder.

I don't have any slings.

I had to wrap his arm in his own belt.

We have no iodine. We don't even

have any gauze, for God's sake.

There's an entire supply room

at the hospital.

That couldn't possibly be because

those supplies belong to the hospital.

No.

That's too obvious.

Come on.

I need your feet, and I want your body.

- Come on.

- Bye.

Behave.

- Would you hurry, please ?

This stuff is crushing me.

- Quiet. You're a corpse.

[ Banging ]

- Ow !

- Shh !

- [ Banging ]

- Ow !

- Damn it !

- Watch it !

- Quiet. Shut up !

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

[ Tape Rewinding ]

- [ Beeps ]

- Yeah, uh, this is Larry.

Uh, I was wondering i-if

somebody could come over.

Uh--

I'm not doin' too well.

Um--

I was, I was-- I-It would help

if I could talk to somebody.

Uh... okay.

[ Dial Tone ]

[ Piano ]

Hello ?

[ Piano Continues ]

Larry ?

Larry ?

Are you okay ?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

- I didn't know you could play.

You sound wonderful.

- Thank you.

And this house-- it's amazing.

Is it yours ?

It's my father's.

He left it to me.

Here.

Let me take your jacket.

Sure.

- You okay ?

- Yeah. I'm fine. I'm fine.

Uh, come in.

Come in.

Thanks.

I really can't stay very long.

I just wanted to see how you were doing.

Yeah, you're right.

No, we don't wanna be late.

[ Door Opens ]

- [ Snoring ]

- Patch.

- Oh.

- You just got a telephone call.

Dean Anderson wants to see you

in his office immediately.

- Oh, no. Walcott found out

about our borrowed supplies.

- We're dead.

Ye of little faith.

[ Sighs ]

Dean Anderson, I know what this is

all about, and I assure you, sir--

Sit down.

[ Clears Throat ]

Something happened last night.

Carin Fisher was murdered.

She was with Lawrence Silver.

There was a shotgun involved,

and then he turned the gun on himself.

Jesus Christ, Patch, I'm sorry.

I know she was a friend.

If there's, um,

anything I can do--

Hell of a deal.

[ Minister ]

"Into Your hands, O Merciful Savior...

we commend

Your servant Carin.

Receive her into the arms

of Your mercy,

into the blessed rest

of everlasting peace,

and into the glorious company

of the saints... on high."

- Amen.

- [ Sobbing ]

Told you I'd finish it

some other time.

Guess now's okay.

"I love you without knowing

how... or when...

or from where.

I love you straightforwardly,

without complexities or pride.

I love you because I know

no other way than this.

[ Sniffles ]

So close...

that your hand on my chest

is my hand.

So close

that when you close your eyes...

I fall asleep."

[ Sobbing ]

I'm sorry, honey ! I'm sorry !

We can't disband.

You know that, right ?

What about our patients ?

What do we tell them ?

They'll manage.

They managed before.

- I refuse to quit.

- Good.

God, you're being

so self-indulgent.

This has been your vision,

but we all built this place

and it belongs to all of us.

Carin will always remain

within these walls.

If you walk away from that,

if you let that all die--

I've dedicated

every spare moment I have...

to assisting you in what I believe

is a pure and a good purpose.

Quitting is not going

to help you get through this.

- You've always told us--

- Stop it !

I've always told you what ?

People are good.

Trust people ? Ha !

You know, Truman...

in all of God's creations, only

human beings kill their own species.

There's a fun fact

for your final exam.

Carin's death cannot make

helping people wrong.

She saw it coming.

She knew there was something dangerous

about Larry. I didn't see it.

Patch,

why are you being like this ?

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