The Meteor Man Page #2

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You're doing much better,

Mr. Reed.

Don't try to talk.

You need your rest.

My name is Vanessa, and I'm

going to take great care of you.

Understand?

Just push the button

on the side of the bed...

and I'll be there.

Are these the same X-rays?

Jefferson, Jefferson Reed.

Mary, would you give me

the blood vial on this patient?

"Jefferson Reed."

The patient's name

is Jefferson Reed.

Dr. Jones,

you're needed immediately...

in patient

Jefferson Reed's room.

Cut the bandages away.

Oh, my God.

Let me have a mirror.

This is how I always look.

What we have here

is another case...

of a patient

being diagnosed improperly.

He was suffering

from third-degree burns...

but there isn't

any scar tissue anywhere.

Any real doctor

might assume that this is...

a rare case

of the Stromburg theory...

where badly burned tissue

has an adverse reaction...

causing the tissue to heal.

- Wrong! Wrong.

- I beg your pardon?

Wrong.

The Stromburg theory states...

that minor burns could heal

under stress, not third-degree.

Look in the book...

page 294, 3rd paragraph,

middle of the page.

- He's right.

- Thank you.

Dr. Jones wrong. He don't know

what he talkin' about.

You really should reread

chapter fourteen.

Chapter fourteen?

Please, tell us why.

In chapter fourteen,

he starts out talking about...

What was I saying again?

Thank you very much for

your medical tips, Mr. Reed.

I just want to run

a few more tests...

and you may leave

whenever you're ready.

Oh, no, Mrs. Johnson.

They just called me, and I...

They said it was on the floor.

I didn't understand.

Really. Please try

to forgive me and understand.

I'm just new here.

It's my first day.

If I'd known

it was down there...

You sure you'll be OK?

I'm really very sorry.

Please try to forgive me.

If you need anything,

just call me.

Anything you want...

I'll be outside.

Phil, when you get a chance,

take a look at this article.

It has been a day!

Dr. Jones is a piece of work.

Had me running back and forth.

I can't wait to get out of here.

No. I'm talking about

the one right there.

No. Look over there, girl.

Stop.

He's all right with me.

He's cute.

Of course he's cute. That's why

I'm telling you to look.

You having a problem there,

Jessica?

Yes. I put my money in there,

and it keeps eating my money.

I can see through their clothes.

This is weird.

I can see through... anything.

May I help you?

Where's Vanessa?

Vanessa? What can she do

for you that I can't do?

I can do everything she do,

honey, and a whole lot better.

Walking around here,

thinking she cute...

showing them little pencil legs.

Honey, I seen better legs

on a pool table.

And another thing...

Vanessa this, Vanessa that...

talking about how cute she is.

I've seen something at the zoo

cuter than she was.

Come on, get in there

with your half-dead self.

Thank you.

Let me tell you something.

Here's my phone number.

Call me, sweetie.

We can get together,

have champagne at my house.

The bubbly kind, you know?

And I got one of them little

bikini nighties, you know?

See-through.

We now run the market

in D.C., Baltimore...

and Philadelphia.

At the rate we're going,

in three months...

we'll be ready to make the move

on New York...

because if I can make it there,

I'll make it anywhere.

Goldilocks.

Hello, Mr. Byers.

How are you?

That's great.

The boat comes in tonight.

You brought me back something?

Nothing.

We're just about to have lunch.

Hey! Hey, boy.

Did you miss me?

Did you miss me? Hey.

I know you did.

I missed you, too.

Are you hungry?

You want something to eat?

OK, let's get something to eat.

Let me see what we got here.

Let me see.

Chicken, liver, beefy beef.

Come in.

What up?

Got you your mail...

bills, bills, Upscale, Jet.

Michael, I can talk

to Ellington. Watch.

Man, this is crazy.

You barked. The dog barked.

Trippin', Jeff.

That's right. You can't hear me

talk to Ellington.

Michael,

something happened to me.

I can touch a book

and for thirty seconds...

know and do

everything in the book.

I mean,

grab any book in this house.

All right. Jet.

I know you ain't read

this one yet. Touch it.

Put a stop to this madness

right quick.

OK, page twenty.

People page. Names...

Karl W. Taylor, Eric Sawyer.

- Page thirty-three.

- Society world.

It's a photo of a couple

that just got married.

Centerfold. What does she do?

She's an actress, a model...

a dancer,

and a dental technician.

She enjoys cooking and hip-hop.

She's wearing a black bikini,

and she's fine.

Yes!

What's her measurements?

Thirty-eight...

After you touch it, it only

lasts for thirty seconds.

You really got superpowers!

That's what

I've been trying to tell you.

- Man, this is wild.

- Check this out.

Jeff, you were hit by a meteor.

Think anybody else

got superpowers?

Larry? Larry, come in here.

Something's wrong with this TV.

What's wrong, Mary?

The channels keep changing

by themselves.

They keep what?

Fix it.

It's this thing.

It's this right here.

Oh, see, I know what's wrong.

I know what's wrong.

Let me tell you

what's wrong with this TV.

Them kids been here, that's

what's wrong with this TV.

No, Larry,

the kids have not been in here.

No, them kids been in here.

Trust, OK?

They been in here

playing that hindindu, OK?

And I told them don't be

playing the hindindu with my TV.

That's why I got a four-bedroom

house for everybody.

Everybody have a room.

In other words,

you can't fix it.

I can fix this.

That ain't no problem.

I fix things for a living.

That's my job... to fix things.

- What's up, Mr. Reed?

- Hey, Mr. Reed, how you doing?

Aaron didn't bring his supplies

to class.

He was sleeping

in my classroom.

When I woke him up, he used

very foul language at me...

you mother this,

you mother that.

All right.

I suspended him from school...

and that same afternoon,

I went outside...

and all four tires on

my red mustang had been slashed.

I suspended him again today...

and do you know

what he said to me?

"I hope you have bus fare."

Absolutely unbelievable.

In other words...

he is planning to do

the very same thing again today.

Now, that's unbelievable.

He's gonna slash my tires again!

What would you like me to do,

Mr. Little?

I'd like you to transfer Aaron

to somebody else's class...

because I have done

all I can with him.

Being that

we're on the same team...

I think I can handle

your transfer problem.

Why don't I just transfer him

into Mr. Reed's class?

Uh, that's fine with me.

I mean, because

I really care about these kids.

Well, so do I.

I have tried... really.

But there are some kids

who just don't want to learn.

But what did you say over lunch,

Charlie?

"They don't pay me enough

to be a teacher and a parent."

Look, I'm a schoolteacher.

I am not a baby-sitter.

True, true,

but you don't give up.

So the parents

don't always come through.

It's the kids

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