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Then why you got a suitcase?

Earl!

Shut up and get in the car.

Pie-baking contest, huh?

Yeah, I was just going to go up there

and win and surprise you.

No, you're lying.

You ain't never gone to

a contest before in your life.

You're lying to me.

Earl, don't...

Why you lying to me?

I'm pregnant!

When was you going to tell me?

After I won the pie contest.

Well, you ain't going

to no pie contest.

You know what?

You ain't going nowhere.

Here's the thing, wife...

What if you decide to love

the baby more than you love me?

Women do it all the time.

They have a baby and then

it's to hell with the man.

You're jealous of the baby?

No, I don't get jealous.

It's below me.

I'm just talking it out.

I'm talking my feelings out.

And I know how women get.

And I'm just not sure I want

that happening.

I'd tell you to

get rid of it,

but I want you

in the same place

as me in the hereafter,

if you know what I mean.

Maybe if you promise me

that you wouldn't love the baby

more than you love me.

You know?

That you'd make

a real effort to love me more.

If I need something,

you'd keep taking care of it.

You'd hold on to me more.

I come first... not any baby.

Well, can you make

Early that promise?

Absolutely.

Then say "I promise. "

I promise.

Say "I promise I will not love the baby

more than I love you, Early. "

I promise I will not love the baby

more than I love you, Early.

How about that?

We're going to have

ourselves a baby.

A baby boy.

I bet it happened that night

I got you all drunk.

Where you going?

Gotta throw up.

Mrs. Hunterson, the doctor will see you now.

Hi there.

I'm Nurse Norma.

I'll be helping Dr. Pomatter

with your ultrasound

examination today.

You have any questions?

This is where we look at

the baby's heartbeat?

Yes, among other things.

You nervous?

No. Do I seem nervous?

Yes, you do.

That's normal.

Everybody's nervous before

their first ultrasound.

I'm not nervous, though.

Okay, you're not nervous.

Come in. I'm dressed.

Hello, Doctor.

Hello, Mrs. Hunterson.

How have you been feeling?

Fine.

No problems?

Nope.

You had no questions or concerns

this past month.

No, I certainly did not.

Okay, well, lie back.

Uh, Norma, would you get

the lights for me?

All right,

this isn't going to hurt at all.

It's just going to be a little cold.

Here we go.

All right.

Okay, just a little pressure.

Now what are we looking at?

Ah, there we are.

We are definitely having a baby.

You want to see?

I guess.

Just look at the screen.

There.

Everything looks great.

You see that little...

that flickering

right there in the middle of the screen?

Yeah.

Right there.

That's the heartbeat.

- Congratulations, Mrs. Hunterson.

- Glory be. Hallelujah.

Uh, Mrs. Hunterson doesn't really like

to be congratulated.

Oh, sorry.

Huh.

Don't really look like

much at this point.

Certainly don't look

like no baby yet.

Well...

Ah, thank you, Norma.

That's all we need you for.

All done here.

Well, there you have it.

Yeah.

So I guess we are officially

forgetting about that nonsense

that happened last month?

Yes, we officially are.

I want to apologize for it.

I almost called you

just to apologize.

I mean, I was so

stressed out at the time,

taking on all those new patients.

I hadn't been sleeping well.

My judgment was not

what it normally is.

I want you to know

that'll never happen again.

From now on our relationship

will be strictly a medical

and professional one.

Jenna, no.

Not with the door open.

Dear baby.

P.S. I'd want to be able to

teach a baby such as yourself

the difference between good and bad,

right and wrong...

... but it seems I'm not fit

to teach nobody nothing.

Dr. Pomatter, you still in there?

You got a phone call.

I'll be right out, Norma.

Mrs. Hunterson needs to be weighed.

Would you take care of that?

And you can get dressed.

I'll see you in my office in a few minutes.

Don't do that again.

Okay, what? Okay, I won't.

Kiss you, you mean?

No, not that.

I didn't mean that.

I mean don't go away for

a full month and not call.

No questions or concerns.

Don't do that.

This is craziness, Dr. Pomatter.

Please, call meJim.

No, I won't.

Okay, don't.

Just Dr. Pomatter's fine.

Dr. Pomatter, this is so...

I don't want to have another conversation

about how crazy this is

or how sorry I am,

or how bad

my judgment is, or how I'll

never touch you again.

Not only would I be lying,

but every time I start saying

those things, all that happens

is you attack me.

- You're right.

- Have you been taking your

- prenatal vitamins every day?

- Faithfully.

Any bad morning sickness?

- Not too bad, no.

- No more spotting?

- No more spotting.

- Good, I'm going to want to see

you again on Friday

for another appointment.

Do you have time in the afternoon?

Do you get a lunch break?

Yeah, but I'll have to ask Becky

to drive me.

Ask Becky to drive you.

Noon.

Tell the nurse at the desk on your way out

that you want to be fit in.

I have to go to St. Mary's now

and deliver a baby.

Because that's what I do.

Okay.

Are we on the same page now?

We're on the same page.

Good, then.

I wish it were Friday.

Dear baby.

At first, it was really

just about the sex...

Jenna, the doctor is

ready for you now.

Hi there.

Oh, Dr. Mueller,

how are you?

I thought you retired.

Semiretired.

I'm just out of retirement

for the day, my dear.

Dr. Pomatter and his wife

had to fly back east

for a funeral this morning.

Oh, he flew back east with his wife?

How you feeling?

You doing okay these days?

I'm fine. Just fine. You know,

knocked up and everything.

Yes, I heard.

How's it working out

with Dr. Pomatter?

Oh, he's a great doctor.

Is he coming back soon?

I don't really know.

I think so.

Today we're going to do

some blood work.

It's standard stuff.

Just to see how the baby's developing.

I don't care.

Do I have to do it?

Yeah, you have to do it.

You may be a little

weak afterwards,

so you should

call your husband

or somebody to come pick you up.

Yeah, I'll call him.

Is that pumpkin pie for me?

Kind of.

It's just something I invented.

"Naughty Pumpkin Pie. "

Hey,

you ever going to tell us

your secret, girl?

Yes, I am, when I'm ready.

I've got a secret, too.

You, Dawn?

Yes. I have a boyfriend now.

No!

Yes.

Well, who is he?

Tell us everything, honey.

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