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Favorite Scenes   December 3, 1993 B: Come on, Rachel, say it. You said you were going to tell me what really happened to Nora, so, come on, let’s have it. R: I’m sorry, Bo, but this is really hard. B: You think this is easy for me? R: I know, but this is different. B: No, but nothing. Look, first Nora tells me that her father is sick, so she has to go see him in Chicago, then her mother tells me, no, he’s just fine. She has to get away so she can think about how things are going between us. I don’t believe that either, all right? Now what is going on? R: Mom isn’t in Chicago, she’s here, in the hospital. B: What? R: Yeah. She went into surgery this morning for a brain tumor. B: A brain tumor? Did she- R: Did she make it through it okay? As far as I know, yes. She’s in recovery right now. Oh, Bo...(he takes off)   K: Well, hey there, stranger. Been looking all over for you. (she collapses, crying) Rachel, what is wrong? R: I just feel relieved. K: This is relieved? R: Now that Bo knows, I can tell you. K: You can tell me what? R: About my mother.   Ben is checking on Nora. Hank is looking through the window. H: How are you doing, kid? Bo enters. B: How is she? H: Look, she made it through the operation fine. We’re waiting for the anesthesia to wear off. B: We’re waiting? Are you including me in this, Hank? H: Look, Bo… B: Look, I never would have known anything about this if Rachel hadn’t caved in. So what’s your excuse? H: I can explain,Bo. B: Make it damn good, because I’ll tell you something, this whole situation stinks, Hank! H: I understand your being upset, okay? B: You understand? Why’d you keep it from me? Huh? Is this some kind of a game where the ex-husband takes charge and then keeps the future husband in the dark? H: Do I look like I’m playing a game? B: Well, did you and Rachel think that I couldn’t handle this, handle the truth? Did you think I’d just fall apart? H: Come on, come on, Bo. It wasn’t like that at all, man. B: Well then, tell me, please. How was it, all right? There has to be some reason you’d make a fool out of me! Tell me, Hank, please! Ben: (enters) Bo. Oh, good, I’m glad you finally made it. B: Well, I would have been here from the start if somebody would have just told me. So, how’s Nora? Is she going to be okay? Ben: Slow down, take it easy. B: No, I’ll take it easy when I know what’s going on with that woman in there. Please, tell me everything. B: Then Nora’s going to be okay, right? Ben: Well, she came through the operation without any apparent complications. B: Apparent complications. Are you telling me that maybe now there is something else that could go wrong? Ben: Patients who’ve just undergone major brain surgery always need to be carefully monitored. B: Please, please, doctor, just skip the medical double talk, all right? Plain English, is Nora out of the woods or not? Ben: Her tumor was extremely close to the optic nerve. B: Meaning what? Ben: Meaning, until Nora regains consciousness, we won’t know what effect the surgery had on her vision. B: On her visions. Are you telling me that when Nora wakes up, she could be blind? Ben: Yes.   K: I cannot believe this- brain surgery! And she’s trying not to tell anyone? R: She didn’t just try, she didn’t. K: Well, yeah, she sure didn’t! I’m sorry, I’m sorry. (hug) This must have been really hard on you. R: Yeah, you might say that. Look, I’ve got to go to the hospital, okay? K: Look, hey, wait, wait, wait, not without me you don’t. R: Thank you. I’m just- K: What? R: I dread seeing Bo there. K: Why, because you didn’t tell him in the first place? R: Yeah, he probably hates me. K: Let me tell you something, okay? Bo definitely has a temper, but he’s not one to hold a grudge, okay? R: You think so? Let’s hope. K: And plus, he’s going to appreciate the fact that you told him, you know, even though Nora told you not to. R: Yeah, at least he can be there for her now. K: Come on.   B: Permanently blind? Ben: IT’s a risk with this type of surgery. B: Well then, why the hell did she take the risk? Ben: If she didn’t have the tumor removed, Nora would have eventually gone blind, if, and I do say if, she even lived. B: This is incredible, God. She’s had some problems with her vision lately, but… Ben: Her eyesight’s been much more seriously impaired than you thought. In fact, she’s already had several episodes of sight loss. B: When? Ben: In the past few weeks. B: No, I’ve been with her! Come on, I would have noticed that, I mean, you can’t hide something like that! Ben: She did. B: How? Ben: Bo, I haven’t know Nora all that long, but one thing about her was clear from the minute I met her. She’s one determined woman. B: Yeah. Can I go in and see her? Ben: Let me give her a last quick check. (goes in) B: You still haven’t answered my question, hank. H: Look, Bo… B: Why the hell did you keep this from me, huh? H: Now, listen to me, Bo. Nora made Rachel and me swear that we wouldn’t tell you. B: If Nora asked you to rob a bank, would you and Rachel go ahead and just do it? H: Come on, it’s not the same thing! B: Well, I think it’s wrong, hank, it’s wrong! She is going to be my wife. There’s no excuse for keeping something like that from me. H: That’s the way Nora wanted it. B: Well then, what did you want? Did you want to make it as rough on her as you possibly could, did it ever cross your mind, maybe I could help her get through this? Ben: (enters) Bo, you can go see her now. But if she does wake up, do me a favor and try to keep the anger under wraps, huh? (B goes in) B: Honey, come on, it’s me. I’m here. I’m with you now. R: Dad, did Bo get here? H: Oh, yeah. K: Where is he? H: In there. R: He looks heartbroken. H: Yeah, you should have seen him a few minutes ago. K: Was he breathing fire? H: I’ll say, but, I’ll tell you, if I was in his shoes, I’d be just as mad. R: Did Mom wake up at all? H: No, so we still don’t know what her vision’s like. Sweetheart, how are you doing? R: I’m feeling a little bit of everything, I’m scared, sorry, guilty, relieved.ep H: Yeah. You had to tell him, huh? R: I couldn’t help it. As soon as I got to the wedding, he came up to me and wanted to know about mom and her trip to Chicago she was supposedly on. H: He smelled a rat. R: Oh, he knew something wasn’t right. I mean, the more I lied, the more the words just stuck in my throat, until they wouldn’t come out. Dad, I feel terrible, I’m sorry. H: I know, baby, I know, but Rikki, it’s going to be all right. You’ll see. R: Do you think we can go in there with her? H: Listen, you know, we put Bo through a lot right now, what do you say we give the man some privacy, huh? Let me buy you a cup of coffee. Come on. (they leave) D: I’m on a very tight schedule, doctor. Ben: I haven’t had a chance to talk to you since Nora Gannon’s operation. D: There’s really nothing to talk about. Ben: I disagree. D: Oh? Do you? Ben: Dr. Dowling, I don’t mean to be critical, but it seems to me you missed an opportunity during the surgery. D: To do what? Ben: To remove the entire tumor, you left an entire section of it… D: Doctor… Ben: I don’t think any tissue of that nature should be left in a patient's head. D: I removed as much of that tumor as was prudent. Ben: And what if it begins growing again?D: Dr. Price, you’re a bright young man. I’m sure you saw how close to the optic nerve that tumor was. Ben: All the more reason for you to get every bit of it out! D: Easier said than done. Ben: But you didn’t even want to try. D: No. No, but I’m sure you would have, if the scalpel had been in your hand. Another fearless young surgeon. Tell me, doctor, how many people have you had to console when the risks didn’t pay off? Ben: So what are you saying? D: I’m saying, I’ve seen too many patients permanently impaired because a doctor’s ambition got ahead of his ability. I did the best I could and be safe. That’s what I’m supposed to do, and I fully expect Ms. Gannon to be just fine.   B: Sometimes I don’t understand you, red. How could you want to go through something like this alone? I thought that’s what love was really all about, you share everything in someone’s life, all of it, even the pain. Maybe you didn’t really know just how much I love you. Maybe I didn’t tell you enough, maybe it wasn’t clear, but…honey, I love you. I love you more than anyone’s ever loved anybody. And if you can pull through this, I swear, I’ll prove it. I promise. Wake up and look at me and see me. See me, please. B: Open your eyes, sweetheart. Please. Come on, open your eyes and take a look at the guy who just loves you so much that he would… Nora. (she slowly opens her eyes)   December 6, 1993 B: Come on, sweetheart, open your eyes. Come on, open your eyes and see a guy that love you so much that he…Hey, bright eyes. Nora? Nora, can you see? N: Bo? B: I’m right here, sweetheart. N: What are you doing here? B: Nora, can you see me? N: Yeah. I can see. B: You can see! I’m sorry, I’m sorry, okay, okay, but you can see, really? Huh? N: Yeah! B: Are you sure? N: I can see! B: Really? Well, okay, what am I wearing? N: You’re wearing a really goofy grin. B: You can see! N: What are you doing here? What are you doing here, you aren’t supposed to know. B: Yeah, I know that, but you relax, all right? You’re supposed to be recovering right now. N: How did you find out? B: Look, that’s not important, the only thing that matters right now is that you’re fine and you can see. N: But I don’t understand… B: Honey, listen, we’ve got all the time in the world to talk about whatever it is that you want to talk about. Right now, I want to get Ben and I want him to get in here and check you out, all right? N: (crying) Don’t leave… B: All right, honey, just relax, okay? I want to get Ben. (she won’t let go of his hand) Hey, come one, are you supposed to be getting those things wet so soon after surgery? (leaves) N: I can see. (laughs)   Ben: Nora? How’s the world looking? N: It looks pretty good. Ben: And how’s the rest of you? N: It feels like Rip van Winkle. Ben: (laughs) Good, good. That’s par. Let's have a look at those peepers, huh? N: Okay. R: What’s happening with Mom? S: Bo hustled Ben about as fast as I’ve ever seen my baby brother move, so I don't know. H: Well, do you think everything's okay? R: He’s looking her over, that means she’s awake, right? H: Yeah, will he know yet if she can see? S: Listen, I don’t know, but I know he’ll be here in a few minutes and he can answer all of our questions. H: Man, just let her be fine. Let her be able to see. S: So how did Bo take it? R: Take what? S: Take what, the fact that his fiancée underwent brain surgery and that she didn’t even tell him. How did he take it, how did he react? B: Ask me. B: How did I feel when I found out about all this? I was furious. R: I’m sorry, Bo. B: I was scared to death, I was devastated, the woman that I want to spend the rest of my life with decided that she should go through something this dangerous without me. H: Look, Bo, Nora was in a panic, man. And when she gets that way, she doesn’t think straight, she doesn’t listen to reason… B: No, I know, and for those reason, I can forgive her. K: Way to go, Bo. B: What I really have a hard time forgiving is that no one told me what’s happening. H: Come on, man, look, our hands were tied. B: What if something more serious had happened? What if, God forbid, Nora had died on the operating table. I never even would have known that she was in this place. K: Bo, what I think they’re trying to say… R: No, no, it’s okay, Kevin, he’s mad at us. Bo, you have to understand how scared she was. She was so scared, so desperate, if I hadn’t kept her secret, frankly, I don’t know what she would have done. She wasn’t even going to have the operation. B: But she did, and you didn’t tell me. H: No, she didn’t tell you, Bo. But it was killing her. I found Rachel crying her eyes out, I had to force her to tell me what was wrong. B: Yeah, but then you kept it a secret. H: Look, if Nora didn’t want it told, what could we do? B: I wish you could hear yourselves right now, I really do. You just told me she wasn’t thinking straight, she asked you to do something you knew was unreasonable, it was totally irrational, you went ahead and you did it? Come on, do I count for anything here? R: Yes. H: Yes, sure, you do, Bo. Now listen, in the end, I- you’re right. What we did was wrong. I apologize, man, I’m sorry. R: So am I. H: So I guess really there’s just nothing else to say. Do you think maybe you can forgive us? S: Ben, how’s Nora? H: Yeah, hey, was the operation a success? Ben: She came through the operation just fine. As far as I can tell, her vision is fully intact. H: Thank God. S: I told you. Oh, my baby brother is so good, it’s frightening. Ben: And once the after effects of the anesthesia wear off, we’ll be able to be more precise about her condition, but it is looking good. H: Listen, Ben, thanks, man. (shakes his hand) Ben: Hank, Hank, Hank, the hand, huh? Nobody knows like I know, I’m going to need these hands to pay back the student loans. H: Sorry, sorry. Well, listen, I’m just so glad that you’re here. Ben: So am I. H: Thanks, man. Ben: Hey, Bo, are you okay? B: Yeah, I’ve never been better. Thank you, Ben. H: Oh, listen, I’m sorry, I’m late for a meeting. Tell Nora that I will come by tomorrow to have a look at her looking at me, okay? Ben: You got it, man. H: Okay. See you alter. S: Bye, baby. Love you. H: You too. Bo. B: See you. H: I told you, your mother’s just too stubborn to come through this with anything but flying colors. R: I’m so glad you could be here with me, daddy. (they hug) I love you. B: Ben, can we go in there and see her? Ben: Keep it short, okay? B: Okay. K: Give your mom a kiss for me, all right? R: Yeah. I guess you’re exhausted and want to go home? K: I’m not going anywhere. You come out that door, I’m going to be standing right here waiting for you. R: I’ll make it short, she must be tired. K: All right. R: Mom? N: (groggy) I get to look at my baby’s beautiful face! R: Oh, mom. N: Hi! R: Don’t you ever put me through anything like that ever again. N: Oh, I promise, I will just do my darndest, what is this, what is this? Are you crying? R: I’m just so happy. N: Well, didn’t your mother teach you anything, when you’re happy, you’re supposed to smile. So smile. Where’s Baubie’s spoon, I didn’t die, I want my spoon. R: I’ve got it right here. (N laughs) Here. I know you’re tired, so I’ll come back tomorrow, okay? N: You don’t know how wonderful it is to look at your face. I’ll see you later. (R leaves, B enters) B: Here’s looking at you, kid. N: I like that part, the looking part. B: Me too. N: I know you, Bo. And I know no matter what you say, you are furious with me for keeping you in the dark about this, aren’t you? B: You have to swear to me that you will never shut me out like this again. N: I thought I was doing the right thing. B: I know. It wasn’t. I’m not a shrinking violet, I’m not some fair weather fiancé. I love you more than anything in this world, so I think that means that it’s enough to go through whatever with you, I mean, the good, the bad, the rotten, the scary, the wonderful, the whole enchilada. N: You are angry with me. B: All I feel tonight is gratitude. I am so grateful that you’re going to be all right, that you still have your eyesight, because it’s really obvious that you have a hard time accepting help. N: So I’ve been told. B: Now that the whole scare is over, I think it’s safe to say that it’s a good thing you aren’t blind, because you would have been tough to handle. S: I know you, Benjamin Jefferson Price. I know when you are hiding something from me. Now, are you going to tell me the truth or are you just going to stand here and lie to me? Ben: Okay. I haven’t told anyone about this. Maybe it’s just me, I mean, Dr. Dowling thinks everything is fine. S: What’s wrong? Ben: Nothing yet. S: Ben, would you just- just tell me. Ben: He left part of the tumor in. S: Why? Ben: He says it- he says it was too close to the optic nerve, one slip, she’d be permanently blind, so…so, he played it safe. S: So now what’s going to happen? Ben: Dr. Dowling thinks it won’t grow back again. S: But you think it will. Ben: Hey, what do I know? I’m just a resident.   December 9, 1993 B: I just have to make one quick call to the radio station, just to make sure that that thing is up and running, and then I’m going to be right back. (kiss) N: Well, take your time, I’m not going anywhere. Ben: Good morning. B: Hey. Ben: Hi, Bo. How is our patient? B: She is looking good, very good. As usual. But, I’m just going to head to the phone, so she’s all yours. Ben: Morning, Nora. N: Morning. Ben: Oh, they changed the bandages. N: Yeah. Ben: Is it more comfortable? N: Oh, yeah, it’s much more comfortable. Ben: Good. How’d we do last night? N: We didn’t sleep very well last night. Ben: Sorry to hear that. Any particular reason? N: Well, we were kept awake because we got the strangest feeling that our doctor was keeping something from us. Ben: Dr. Dowling told you the operation was a complete success. N: But every time I hear it from you, there’s something in your voice that just sort of makes me think you’re spouting the party line. Come on, doctor, I’m a big girl. If there’s a problem, you better tell me what it is. Now. N: So, are you keeping something from me? Ben: Nora, I- D: Good morning, Nora. N: Morning. D: Dr. Price, I didn’t realize you had rounds today. N: No, I asked Dr. Price to come visit me, but now that you’re here, Dr. Dowling, perhaps you could answer my questions for me. D: And what question might that be? N: Well, ever since the operation, I have been detecting some reservations on the part of Dr. Price. D: Reservations? N: Yeah, like he’s not telling me something. Am I right, Dr. Dowling? I mean, was the operation problematic? D: Absolutely not, the operation was an unqualified success. N: Then you got the tumor? All of it? D: Nora- well, I was going to tell you later when you were further along in your recovery, but since Dr. Price has forced the issue… B: No, doctor… N: No, I forced the issue, Dr. Dowling. Why don’t you tell me what’s wrong? D: There is nothing wrong, Nora. When I performed the surgery, there was a very tiny portion of the tumor near the optic nerve, too close to the optic nerve to risk further surgery. N: You left the tumor there, there’s still some tumor there? D: As I said, a very tiny portion, yes. Insignificant, really. You'll have no sensation of it, no awareness of it at all. N: It could move, it could grow… D: Look, who’s the doctor here, Nora? I’m telling you, it will never cause you a problem. N: Never? Really? D: Really. In all my experience of practice, whenever this surgery has gone this smoothly and this completely, the patient has always, and I repeat, always recovered 100%. N: Well, I mean, that may be in the past, but, you know, the odds are kind of stacking up against you here, you know. D: No way. The last thing you need to do is worry about something that simply is not going to happen. For all intents and purposes, it is gone. N: But if it’s- but if it’s still there… D: You want proof? Okay. Then you’d better decide what you want to wear today, because I am releasing you. N: This is really true? I mean, you’re not just saying this to keep me quiet? D: Nora, I told you. N: I know, but I need to be reassured all the time. I have absolutely nothing to worry about? D: Would I be letting you go home if there was something to worry about? N: No, of course not. D: Like I said, you’re cured. N: I’m cured. You're a miracle worker. D: No, no… N: Yeah, you are. D: I wouldn’t go that far… N: Yeah, you are, you saved my life, you saved my sight, that’s a miracle. If you ever, ever need a good lawyer… D: Oh, looks, she’s already lining up clients. I think it’s safe to say that this patient is well on the way to recovery. Dr. Price, why don’t we get going on that paperwork so Nora can get out of here, huh? N: And thank you, Dr. Price. I’m sorry that I was so suspicious. D: I think I speak for Dr. Price when I say a little suspicion is good. Helps keep us on our toes, right, Dr. Price? Ben: Right. N: Well, come on, let’s get this show on the road, okay, I want to get home, you know. I’ve got to sleep in my own bed and curl up with my own teddy bear named Bo. (they leave) D: Well, you heard the lady- tell them to process her as quickly as possible. Ben: Why’d you do it, doctor? D: I beg your pardon? Ben: Just now, with Nora. Why’d you lie to her? Ben: Nora Gannon asked you flat out if she had anything to worry about. D: And I answered her truthfully. Ben: Dr. Dowling, we both know there’s only one truthful answer to her question. She could still go blind. D: Now you listen to me, doctor. I answered with the facts, the only facts hat matter. Never in all of my experience have I seen the kind of worst-case scenario that you described. Am I getting through to you, doctor? Never. Ben: But like she said, there could be a first. D: Well, a jumbo jet could fall out of the sky and land on the hospital. A meteor shower could hit Llanview. Some nut could set off a bomb at the bus station. We’re all going to die, Dr. Price, despite your brilliance. But Nora Gannon is not going to die or go blind from that small portion of the tumor that I left behind. Ben: The growth could resume. Your personal experience may say one thing, sir, but the statistics say there’s a one in five chance. One in five. D: Don’t you dare tell her that. Look, Ben, we’re dealing in the real world now, and if you care about that patient, and I’m sure you do, then you’ll realize that the last thing she needs right now is to worry about something that rarely, if ever, happens. Ben: Dr. Dowling, I have an obligation. D: The subject is closed, doctor. Now, make yourself useful and get that paperwork started for her release. You think you can handle that?   B is whispering in N’s ear. N: (laughs) Bo! We can’t. B: Sure we can, we have something to celebrate. N: But here? Now? B: Why not? I don’t know about you, but I’ve never done it in a hospital bed before. N: (laughs) Bo Buchanan! I just had brain surgery. B: I know, but it’s not your brain that I’m after right now, honey. (climbs in next to her- kissing) N: I’m about to get out of here any minute! We’ve got the rest of our lives. B: I know, we don’t have a second to waste. (kiss) Ben: (enters) Nora, I need to talk to you. (sees them) N: Quick, Dr. Price, a strange man’s in my bed, call security! Ben: I hope you realize that you’re setting a bad example for the other patients. B: That’s the whole idea. N: Oh, no, he’s kidding, it’s just that we were, we were…celebrating! B: He understands that, honey, it’s not every day you get news like this, isn’t that right, Ben? Ben: Mmhm, that is correct. But still, if we’re going to get Nora out of here by the end of the day… B: Okay, okay, okay, no problem, I will be good. (gets up) N: Not too good, I hope. B: I just have two more phone calls to make. N: High finance. B: No, no, one I’m going to order a big old pizza for your homecoming, one of those all the way specials that you like, and then I’m calling the radio station and I’m telling them to play nothing but oldies tonight, all your favorites. N: Now, you see why I was so anxious to live? Every day with this man is an adventure. B: It’s just the beginning! (N laughs) I’ll be back in time to take you home. Ben: And once we process this release, you’re out of here. N: Well, get going, you two, get your butts in gear, huh? (they leave) B: Ben, you were awfully quiet in there. Ben: Well, you two didn’t need me to help you celebrate. B: Maybe not, but still, when you bring somebody from the brink, that’s pretty rewarding, isn’t it? She is back, isn’t she? She’s out of danger? Ben: That’s what Dr. Dowling says, and he is the expert, isn’t he? B: Well, sure, but I have to make sure. Ben: Bo, if I don’t process these papers, Nora’s never going to get out of here. B: Just one more question, okay? Once I take her home, how long will she have? Ben: Sorry? B: To recuperate. Should I hire a private nurse? Ben: No, that’s not going to be necessary. Depending upon how well she feels, it should only take her a few weeks to bounce back, but do go easy on the junk food. Seriously, Bo, Nora’s going to need peace, quiet, and plenty of rest. B: That’s your prescription, you’ve just given me a terrific idea. Thanks, Ben. Ben: Well, you’re welcome. Hey, this great idea, what is it? B: I can’t spoil the surprise. Just relax, doc, you just made that beautiful lady very, very happy. (leaves)