Best Medicine (2026) s02e05 Episode Script

1
[instructor]
Deep breath in.
[inhales]
And out.
[exhales]
I release my anxiety
and welcome calm.
[whimsical music playing]
I release my anxiety
and welcome calm.
[groans]
- Smart!
- Eden! I, uh, was just
You were
incorporating meditation
into your blood
exposure therapy.
- Very good thinking.
- I thought it was worth a try.
Mm. The peonies were lovely.
Oh, I just wanted
to say I was sorry.
I I really wanted
to come last weekend.
- Mm-hmm. But
- But I was, uh
What was the emergency exactly?
You never really explained that.
I have bad news for you.
Brace yourself.
Oh, did Martin
do something wrong?
You said I was perfect.
- I'm leaving.
- Oh.
Oh, what's the bad news?
- I have a new job.
- [Eden] Hmm.
At a cryogenics life extensions
lab in Colorado.
- So, you are a crackpot.
- Congratulations, Renee.
Everyone knows
the future is in freezing.
And Dr. Best,
although I'm irreplaceable,
someone will be replacing me.
Well, good luck
and good riddance.
Hmm, you're funny.
And I'll grab a few snacks
on the way out.
- Mm-hmm. Okay.
- Of course you will.
I know that it is very difficult
for you to suck up
to someone who is
- so beneath you intellectually.
- Beneath me?
- That woman is a nutjob
- Okay.
who's about
to make human popsicles.
That nutjob
has power over your career.
You do you do care
about that, don't you?
Of course I do.
Well, some might say
you're sending mixed messages.
You know, you say
you want to get off probation
and then you insult the person
who can help decide that.
You say you want to come
see me in Boston. [laughs]
And then, you don't show up.
Look, I'm sorry
about Boston, okay?
And I'll try to do better
with the next moron
they assign to me.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I'm just going to
Elaine!
Elaine!
[classical music playing]
Okay, all right. Yeah, okay,
it's so good. It is so good.
Isn't this fun?
Who doesn't love a little magic?
We saw them rehearse,
they're adorable.
- Really?
- Shh, show's gonna start.
Hello, Port Wenn!
- [all] Hello!
- [Copernicus barks]
My name is Paul and this
is my beautiful wife, Sunny.
Oh, go on.
I could, darling,
but we have a magic show to do.
I love everything
about Port Wenn,
except there's
too many lobsters.
- [all laughing]
- That's true.
Well, maybe I can make
some disappear.
Yeah, sure, you can.
[whimsical music playing]
[all exclaiming]
- [Paul gasps]
- [Copernicus barks]
[laughter]
[all gasping]
[woman] Look at that.
Very nice.
Where where did he
get a lobster from though?
Oh.
Wow, and I thought
that was the main attraction.
- [cheering]
- Yes. Yes.
You will always be
my main attraction.
[cheering]
[applause]
Do you need a closet
for all those clothes?
Yes, or just to disappear.
But I don't want you
to disappear.
Well, we all need
to get away sometime.
I get it, girl, I get it.
All right, fine.
Ladies and gentlemen, I will
now make my beautiful wife,
Sunny, disappear.
[crowd oohing]
If only I had a cute pet
to keep me company.
[Paul gasps]
[cheering]
[Copernicus barks]
- [bunny squeals]
- [Sunny shrieks]
- [all gasping]
- Paul.
All right,
it's just a superficial cut.
[Martin breathes deeply]
I am still going to
give you a tetanus shot.
How do you feel?
- I feel fine.
- But do you feel sunny?
But of course.
That's my name.
Oh, I'm following,
just not laughing.
Honey Bunny gets a little
chompy-chompy when he's nervous.
Wait, is it possible
that our rabbit is rabid?
Rabbits actually don't
Maybe you need
a rabid rabbit test.
- Or a rapid rabid rabbit test.
- [both laughing]
Does this show
have an intermission?
Because I do need
to give you a shot.
All right, Doc,
get to the point.
[Elaine]
You guys are adorable.
You just travel around
doing magic?
Yes. We're playing to a 100-seat
theater in Milwaukee next week.
Oh, ever since we met,
it's been one big adventure.
My boyfriend and I
are actually going
to New York together this fall.
Just like us,
in love and seeing the world.
You're going to Milwaukee,
not Kilimanjaro.
But I'm going to write you
a script for the antibiotic.
Now hop away.
We're going to finish
our show tomorrow.
You should come.
It's going to be
out of this world.
Out of my office is just fine.
- Good one, Doc.
- Hmm.
OK. Great, you're going to hop.
Yeah, no, I get it.
No, I I get it.
- [Paul] I like him.
- He's hilarious.
[both laughing]
We're about to go
on a big adventure.
Yes, we are.
Hey, um, I was thinking
that we should paint
the walls of my dorm room
so you have
a good self-tape set up
now that you're
in the big leagues.
- Al, that's so thoughtful.
- Mm-hmm.
- Un-Teal We Meet Again.
- Okay.
Or I'd Rather Be Blue?
- New York, here we come.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
You're Okay.
Hey. Are you good?
- Yeah, I'm good. Thanks.
- Okay.
How can I get you?
Uh [laughs]
Well, I think your
your smile alone might do it.
- What?
- Sorry, you said,
- "How can I get you?"
- Oh.
[laughs] Uh, I I meant,
uh, what can I get you?
Uh, how are you?
Uh, can we just start over?
Absolutely.
I'm I'm Parker.
New to Port Wenn.
Louisa. New to waitressing.
Actually, I've been at it a few
months, so I have no excuse.
- [Parker chuckles]
- Are you just, um,
passing through?
I live in Boston,
but I have some work here,
so I'll be back and forth a bit.
Oh, well, I hope
you enjoy your time here.
I already am.
How was that?
Charming, flirty,
or a little smarmy?
It's just so hard
to know these days.
Yeah, you know,
I wasn't really sure either.
Uh, why don't we just
try it again?
Yeah. [clears throat]
- What can I get you?
- [both laughing]
- I would like a lobster roll.
- Our specialty.
Oh, great. And, uh, your number.
Sorry, I
I couldn't help myself.
You you just seem
so fantastic.
Are you actually fantastic?
I kind of am.
- Oh, great.
- [Louisa chuckles]
So, dinner tomorrow night?
I guess I have to say yes
because it's looking like
you might never get lunch.
The service here, huh?
Sheesh. [laughs]
- Yeah?
- One lobster roll.
Mm-hmm. Um, um
[clears throat] Of course.
Yeah, he's just passing through.
- Yeah?
- Just passing through.
- From England or?
- Okay, great.
[birds chirping]
Martin.
- [Martin groans]
- Martin!
What? What is it?
Something's happened to Sunny.
- What? Sunny?
- The magician's wife.
The one who was bitten
by the rabbit yesterday.
- Did it get worse?
- I'd say so.
- Should I call an ambulance?
- Um, not sure.
Well, then
what's wrong with her?
She's dead.
[breathes shakily]
[theme music playing]
[somber music playing]
[George whimpers]
What happened?
Paul woke up
and Sunny wasn't breathing.
Nothing like this has ever Oh.
I just saw her yesterday.
This doesn't make sense.
I'm the local doctor.
I saw this woman yesterday
for a rabbit bite.
- What happened?
- We're not sure.
It's a strange one.
Wh wh what do you mean?
I gave her a tetanus shot.
Did you see any sign
of an allergic reaction?
No. No swelling.
No visible wounds.
I want an autopsy.
- Yeah, that's standard.
- Okay.
I want to speak
to the medical examiner.
I'll send over my notes
and the lot number
of the tetanus shot.
- Just calm down. We get it.
- Calm down?
I have an extensive list
of tests I want you to run.
[engine rumbling]
She just seemed
so young and healthy.
- I don't understand it.
- Her vitals were normal.
I didn't miss anything.
I didn't.
- Doc, you okay? You seem like
- I'm calm. Okay?
- Where's the husband?
- Inside. Eating breakfast.
[Mark] Hmm?
[Paul sighs]
Mr. Barrett, uh, may I sit?
I need to speak with you.
Of course.
Would you like a Danish?
Uh, no, no. Uh, thank you.
Uh, look, I'm I'm sorry
to ask you this, but, um
Sunny, you discovered her.
I did. Yes.
At a children's puppet show
on the Cape.
Her talents were being wasted
on marionettes, so I said,
"Run away with me.
No strings attached."
- Get it?
- Uh, yeah. Puppet strings, yes.
Um [clears throat]
Uh, so did she have
any pre-existing conditions
by any chance?
No. Perfectly healthy.
Annual flu shots, physicals.
You should really have
one of these Danishes.
I could certainly make
another one of these disappear.
But
I have to save one for Sunny.
- Save?
- Yes.
She loves pastries. [chuckles]
[sighing]
[Eden panting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[chuckles]
He's talking about his wife
in the present tense
as if she's still alive.
I mean,
something's wrong with him.
I can't even imagine. I can't.
[George]
But seriously, Martin,
who's to say what anyone
would do in this situation?
He called 911.
He watched her body
being carried out.
- This is not normal.
- Martin
I've seen
a lot of things in my day.
Who's to say what's normal?
[Mark]
Okay, I agree with Doc.
- I have to question Paul.
- What?
You think
that poor man could have
I hate to tell you guys, but
it's almost always the husband.
I've read enough Mary Higgins
Clark novels to know that.
For once, Mark might be right.
It doesn't make sense otherwise.
- Come on, I'll go with you.
- I do not like this at all.
What has gotten into you two?
- Paul Barrett, yes?
- Yes.
I'm sorry to have
to ask you this, Paul.
- Police procedure.
- I understand.
Have you and your wife
been having problems lately?
Well, we did have
a big disagreement yesterday.
She thought
I was the more talented one,
but I insisted it was her.
[Mark laughs]
Did things ever get violent?
I have sawed her in half.
- What?
- It's one of our best tricks.
- I saw that one coming.
- Right.
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.
- Right.
Do you mind
if we look in your room?
Yeah, be my guest.
I'll just have another Danish
while Sunny's not around
to tell me not to.
[Paul chuckles]
[somber music playing]
- Have you seen Al?
- I haven't.
- Paul.
- Hmm?
I'm so so I I can't believe.
I'm so sorry.
If if there's anything
that we can do for you.
No, thank you.
Everybody's been so friendly.
You were just together
and you were so happy.
I I I can't.
Yes, and I cannot wait
for Milwaukee. Oh.
[Martin]
Aspirin, nasal spray.
None of this
could have killed her.
Wait, what's that?
- Possible murder weapon.
- Take it easy.
The EMTs would have told us
if there were stab wounds.
Let me look at this. Hmm.
Oh, just It's a prop.
Did you know that
before you stabbed me or after?
Mm-hmm.
[Mark exclaims]
[saw whistling]
Mark, we're looking for things
that could have
actually caused her death.
- Focus.
- He could have strangled her.
Anytime you actually
feel like helping, okay? Just
Doc.
It's like it never ends, man.
[Mark laughing]
Wait, is that?
[suspenseful music playing]
We may have found our problem.
- What the hell is that?
- It's a bed bug strip.
Stop right there.
That is not ours.
We don't need those.
We do not have
[whispering] bed bugs.
You're saying Paul and Sunny
placed this under the bed?
People who travel a lot
sometimes bring those
as if we would ever have
[whispers] bed bugs.
You're supposed
to air the room out
before you sleep
near these, right?
But people
don't always know that,
so Sunny could have died
of toxic exposure.
I still think it's the husband.
Look at this.
Did you know that was a prop
before or after
you pulled the trigger?
Doc, promise us you won't say
anything to anyone about that.
The only thing worse than
a guest dying under your roof
is people thinking
you're infested with
No, the only person
I'm telling about this
- is the M.E.
- Ah.
[Martin] I found organophosphate
bed bug strips in the room.
Did you notice
any signs of toxicity?
[medical examiner]
The body just arrived.
We haven't even been able
to look at her yet.
I I need a full
report immediately.
- [medical examiner] Understood.
- Her vitals were normal.
I gave her a tetanus shot.
I didn't miss anything.
[medical examiner]
I didn't say you missed anything.
Hurry.
[knocking on door]
[whimsical music playing]
Do you have an appointment?
Uh, no.
I'm your new medical monitor.
- Parker?
- Wonderful, Parker.
Are you also
a snack-stealing lunatic?
Excuse me?
- It's been a day.
- Yes, I heard.
- Very sad.
- I gave her a thorough exam.
I always do.
I didn't miss a thing.
I'm sure you didn't.
You are the great Martin Best.
I'm sorry?
[chuckles] You're something
of a legend in Boston.
I'm quite sure
you're beyond reproach.
Listen, I'm
I'm going to stay out
of your way as much as possible.
If anything, I'm sure
I can learn a thing or two.
Hmm.
So I
I guess that's that, isn't it?
Well, we can always
try another cycle.
I've had countless patients
fail the first,
second, third, and then
No, it's
It's too expensive
and exhausting.
- I I think this is it for me.
- I'm so sorry.
I know
that this is disappointing.
No, I I mean
sometimes life just doesn't
always go the way you want it.
No.
No, it does not.
I guess I can't feel
too sorry for myself,
you know, considering today.
- I heard.
- [sighs] Yeah.
Maybe when one door closes,
The Salty Breeze opens a window.
- Ah.
- Actually, uh [laughs]
a really cute guy did
ask me out yesterday
during lunch service.
- Oh, I trust you said yes?
- [Louisa laughs]
If I didn't, I think George
and Greg would have fired me.
Ah.
Um, since we are doing
girl talk. [chuckles]
Sure, yeah, that's okay.
I found a note in Martin's desk.
What did the note say?
Oh, I'm so glad you asked. Uh
I have it right here.
Oh. [sniffles]
[sighs] "What are the odds
"of an exotic animal not even
from this continent
"showing up in a small town
and causing
an outbreak of plague?"
- Um
- "Low.
- Very low."
- Eden, I don't
"I never thought I could feel
this way about anyone, ever.
"But I want to be with you.
For as long
as you'll put up with me."
Ah, I mean
- It's beautiful.
- Mm.
I always knew he felt this way.
He was just too scared
to say it.
- [Louisa] Yeah.
- So, I cannot wait
to tell him that I feel
exactly the same way.
Yay. [chuckles]
Okay, I know
there's a lot going on,
but I need some advice
for a friend.
Anything to take
our mind off things.
- Yes, spit it out.
- Okay.
What would you do if someone
wrote someone a letter
declaring his
or her love for them,
and then someone else
Never mind.
Martin wrote me a love letter
after the plague,
and I didn't let him
finish reading it,
and then Eden found it,
and she thinks it's for her.
- I have so many questions.
- Martin wrote you a love letter,
and you didn't let him finish?
First of all,
why didn't you tell us this?
- Why would you stop someone
- Maybe he wanted to be alone
- from reading a love letter?
- with you that night.
[George]
But you never told us.
- [Greg] Are you human?
- [George] But that was.
- Who does that, come on.
- Did he actually say
he loved you?
- Oh. Oh, that's horrible.
- Oh, my God. Okay.
What was I thinking?
Just never mind.
- Never mind. Just Yeah.
- [Greg] Wait.
Eden accidentally read
the love letter.
- Oh.
- Oh.
- Never mind. Never mind.
- What?
No.
[door shuts]
Hey.
I I thought that you were
going to come with me today
to see Paul.
- I got busy.
- Wh with what?
Well, I did a little shopping
for New York.
- You want to see what I got?
- Okay.
What are these?
- They're bedsheets for our dorm.
- They're camouflage.
A woman died
and you bought bedsheets?
I thought they were
they were funny.
They're like, um
They're like, oh,
can't see us anymore. [chuckles]
A a woman died
and and you bought
camouflage bedsheets,
and you thought
that they were funny?
What else was I supposed to do?
Um, tell him that you're sorry?
Bring him soup?
Well, they have soup
at The Salty Breeze.
- Al!
- What? It's too sad.
You know, it's not contagious.
- You can't, like, catch sadness.
- Well
- yeah, you kind of can.
- You know what?
Um, I'm I'm busy right now,
so, you know, bye.
Hmm. Okay, bye. Give me.
[gasps] Wait, where did you go?
That's not funny.
You checking to see
if the shot was contaminated?
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.
That's what I would do, my love.
Maybe there was bacteria.
I just want to be sure.
Mm-hmm. Of course you do.
[Eden groans]
Okay, I'll leave you to it.
[sighs]
[knocking on door]
[sighs] Any theories?
Yes.
Toxicity from bed bug strips,
which would also explain
why the husband
has been acting strangely.
Because the husband
would also have toxic poisoning.
- Yes.
- Smart.
You've ruled out
acute stress disorder?
Shock? Oh, you sound like
the rest of the town.
No, this man is delusional,
and it's not a symptom of shock.
Well, "There are more things
in heaven and earth, Horatio,
than are dreamt of
in your philosophy."
How many open-heart surgeries
did Shakespeare do?
[Parker laughs]
I should give Paul
a shot of atropine
to reverse
the effects of the strips,
- just in case.
- Good idea.
It won't do any harm,
and it's always better
- to be safe than sorry.
- Safe than sorry.
[chuckles]
[whimsical music playing]
Hmm.
[sighs]
Oh, Louisa, are you all right?
- Yes, I'm all right.
- Good. Okay.
I just wanted to see
if you could chat with me.
If you don't mind, I just
I I gotta go check on Paul.
Yeah, yeah, of course.
It's, uh, not important. Yeah.
What, uh what
what's he doing here?
He's the new monitor.
What?
He's Martin's new monitor?
Yeah.
[sighs] Okay,
yeah, okay, well
I gotta go.
Anything?
- Paul Barrett, no priors.
- Anything else?
Online it says they give
free magic shows to sick kids,
and he raises money
for animal shelters.
He seems like the sweetest guy.
They always do.
Well, here's a photo of them
with her parents.
[chuckles]
Oh, Marky,
I don't think he really did it.
Sorry, Geneve.
It's always the husband.
- Always.
- Oh.
How's that poor boy doing?
- What is he doing?
- [Greg] He's in shock.
It's gotta be shock.
Paul, I think you may have been
exposed to a toxic substance.
I'd like to give you
a shot of atropine.
If I'm wrong, there's no harm,
and if I'm right, perhaps
you'll begin behaving normally.
Not the first person
to say I don't behave normally.
All right, make it quick.
Now, this is
extremely fast acting.
So if my theory is correct, you
should feel calmer immediately.
What's he doing?
I don't know,
but I hope it works.
Port Wennians!
Another magic show
will begin in one hour,
where I will be performing
my most exciting trick yet.
And what's that?
The one where
I make my wife, Sunny,
magically reappear.
[all gasp]
- What do we do?
- Nothing good will come of this.
What's crueler, to just watch or
for us to leave him all alone?
No, we can't leave him alone.
When my dad died,
you guys did not leave me alone.
All those casseroles.
I hate casseroles.
I liked those casseroles.
Who hates casseroles?
Should we just
tell him the truth?
[all] No!
Heard our suspect
is acting very suspect-y.
- You mean suspicious?
- Yeah, exactly.
The atropine should have cleared
his confusion, but he's worse.
Which means
it's not the bed bug strips.
And if it's not that,
what is it?
Martin, how many times
do I have to tell you?
The man's just lost his wife.
- It's not a medical problem.
- No.
There's a range
of grief behaviors.
Doing a magic show with your
dead wife isn't one of them.
Martin
You really don't remember,
do you?
I don't know
what you're talking about.
Paul, look,
I'm concerned about you.
Let's postpone the show.
I'd like you
to come to my office
- for a full examination.
- [Paul] No way.
Can't disappoint our fans.
Martin, sit down and shut up,
or go home.
All right.
I'm waiting.
No one else is dying today.
- Louisa, hi.
- Oh, hi. [chuckles]
I was just heading back to
the Salty Breeze to get ready.
Take a shower, comb my hair,
you know.
Yeah, um, about that.
[coughing]
I just I feel like
I'm getting a little sick.
[coughing]
Hmm, yeah, that is wow.
That's the worst fake cough
I've ever heard.
[stammers] The worst, sorry.
I just, you know
Look, here's the thing.
It's a small town and
and you are Martin's monitor.
- So?
- So?
Louisa, if today
has taught us anything,
surely it's that
we have to seize the moment.
Did you just use a tragic death
to get me to keep our date?
Well, I'd rather say
it inspired me, but sure.
- Wow.
- Look, I was just hoping to
get to know you and
We can be friends.
I don't know,
it's pretty hard to be friends
after everything
we've been through.
[Louisa laughing]
Look, it's just one date.
And and you know what?
Maybe maybe
it will go horribly
and you can just be
done with me.
- Maybe it will go horribly.
- That's the spirit.
- Pick you up at 7:00.
- Oh, what
Welcome back, Port Wenn.
Where were we?
Has anybody seen Al?
[Paul]
It's time.
I will now make my wife, Sunny,
appear inside this magic box.
As you can see, nothing inside.
No hidden compartments. And
And
Technical difficulties.
It's time
to come out now, Sunny.
- This has to stop.
- No, just give him a minute.
- I'm going to start over
- Paul.
This trick isn't going to work.
Your wife isn't going to appear.
Not in five minutes.
Not in three hours.
Not next week.
Do you understand this?
Please, Martin, stop.
Sunny died
this morning in your bed.
You woke up next to her.
She wasn't breathing.
Do you remember?
She is not coming
[patrons clamoring]
Arrest him.
Marky, can you please
take off the handcuffs?
They seem so unnecessary.
She's right.
Cool.
Please don't teach that
to anyone else.
All right. Pulse seems good.
Paul, do you know
what day today is?
Saturday.
Hmm. And do you know
where you are?
In a jail cell. I punched you.
- How's your jaw?
- It hurts.
You're lucky
I didn't punch you back.
I am here to protest
the arrest of Paul the Magician.
Martin,
you've really done it this time.
I can't believe
that you did all this.
Well, I wanted
somewhere romantic,
but with just the faintest whiff
of rotting shellfish.
Mmm. Nailed it. [laughs]
- I mean, and this this picnic.
- Right, yeah.
That was, uh, to be fair,
my sister's idea.
You told your sister about this?
Uh, sisters. All four of them.
- Four?
- We're on a group chat.
- Is that weird?
- Um
I'm I'm leaning
more towards endearing.
Phew. I mean,
honestly, what point
is a childhood spent
tortured by the Backstreet Boys
if it can't help me
with the ladies now?
No, it's it's good.
It's it's really good.
- Four sisters?
- Hmm.
So I'm gonna guess
that you're really in
touch with your feelings.
- Oh, no, I'm still a guy.
- Oh.
However, I am very comfortable
hearing about yours.
Even better.
I will warn you though,
they are very into American
romcoms, so no pressure,
but they do have
their fingers crossed
for some kind of
madcap hilarity tonight.
Really? Like like what?
Oh, I don't know, I suppose,
well, in an ideal world,
you'd fall overboard
and I'd have to dive in
and save you.
I mean, that's a little
old fashioned, don't you think?
I actually
I am a trained lifeguard, so.
Of course you are. Yes.
- That's very silly of me.
- Yes.
Time for some dessert?
- Oh.
- If you wouldn't mind
just grabbing that little
pink box from over there.
I wonder what you got.
You're, uh, so full
of surprises, huh?
Oh, of course
George was in on this.
- [water splashes]
- Oh, my gosh. What happened?
- Are you okay?
- Help!
Oh.
Help!
Help!
- [Parker laughing]
- You [groans]
Well, you know, we can't
disappoint your sisters, can we?
- No.
- Okay.
Come on in. Water's fine.
[Louisa whoops]
Whoo! [laughs]
I got you. I got you.
My hero.
Seriously? Where were you?
- I texted you.
- Sorry.
Paul is really freaking out.
You should have been there.
To watch him freak out?
- Well, yeah.
- Does that make sense to you?
- Yes, it does.
- How, exactly?
So I can know
what kind of man you are?
What are you talking about?
We are about to start
a whole new life together.
If you're somebody that
can't be there for hard things,
then, like, forget it.
That's not fair, Elaine.
Okay, yeah,
I don't want to be around him
because it's, like, the saddest
thing in the whole world.
And if something
happened to you,
then then I'd be done,
forget it.
But that doesn't
make me a bad person.
That just means
I'm different than you.
- [car door slams]
- [engine rumbling]
Martin,
what is going on with you?
- What are you talking about?
- You had him arrested.
Yeah, he violently assaulted me.
- Doc, I understand.
- Thank you.
No, I understand why
you're acting like a jerk.
Come. Come. Okay.
Okay, so I was trying
to make Paul a murderer
'cause I needed a reason.
Otherwise, she just died
out of the blue.
Who could handle that, right?
Mark, that's not
at all what's happening.
But now I can see it
plain as day.
That guy's just heartbroken.
'Cause life
is just really,
really sad sometimes. [sobs]
That is an appropriate response.
- Martin, don't you remember?
- Remember what?
Anything about
how you were then.
I have no idea
what you're talking about.
Rosemary.
You talked to her every day
as if she was still alive.
Geneva, you want to
get some air?
Sure. Sure.
And you brought her toys
and snacks to your room.
You dressed in her clothes.
- No, I didn't.
- You scarfed down waffles.
- I hate waffles.
- I know, but she loved them.
So you begged me to
make them every day for weeks.
I honestly don't remember that.
Well
you did all those things.
But you know what you didn't do?
What?
Cry.
Not once.
Never. Not a tear.
I didn't I
Tell me something.
Do you think that's normal?
It's not the same.
When you lose somebody
that you love,
it's the worst thing imaginable.
Don't punish him
because you don't understand
how he's feeling.
[Paul]
She's right.
It's the worst thing imaginable.
You understand what happened?
Sunny was here. Now she's not.
Poof. It's a nightmare.
How is this possible?
Paul, listen to me.
I I checked her vitals.
I gave her a thorough exam.
I called the M.E
[Paul grunting]
What's wrong?
Are you having chest pains?
Oh, is he having a heart attack?
We need to get him
out of the cell.
[Sarah] Oh!
Was it a heart attack?
No. His EKG results were normal,
but
- it could be
- What?
I only read about it
in medical school,
and it's extremely uncommon.
[both] What?
- You have it.
- [all] What?
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
English, please.
Your heart wall became weakened
due to sudden
intense emotional reaction.
It's called
broken heart syndrome.
So all his strange behavior
was from grief?
Well, so far,
there's no other explanation.
And his heart problems?
Grief. Heartbreak.
But with medicine,
your heart will heal.
[Paul] Hmm.
Never.
Sunny was my everything.
Oh, sweetheart. We know.
The shows, the tricks,
the sold-out crowds
Didn't matter where we were
or what we were doing,
I just wanted to be with her.
That's really beautiful.
She was my magic.
[Elaine sighs]
[door slams]
I'm sorry. I want to be
the man that that
No. No, you're right.
We're just different
and that is okay.
No, you were right.
Being there for people
and facing the hard stuff,
that's everything.
All I know is I just
I don't want to waste
any time fighting with you.
Okay? I love you,
and we really do not know
what could happen to us today
or tomorrow or
[romantic music playing]
So, uh
- No camouflage?
- No camouflage.
I hate it.
[Martin]
So still nothing?
No clues as to what
might have happened to her?
[medical examiner]
We're still working on it.
All right, thank you.
Is the M.E.'s report done?
There's slow, slower,
and then Bar Harbor.
Oh, there's nothing worse
for a doctor
than to not have an answer.
- Dinner?
- What's this?
Chicken Francese.
Come, come.
I can't I can't
I can't wait another second.
I need you to know that I feel
the same way that you do.
- About the chicken?
- [Eden chuckles]
I found your letter.
Okay. [chuckles]
"What are the odds
that two people,
both alone
and searching for someone,
would find each other
after so many years?"
Wait, wait, wait. I
- Can I continue reading?
- What what what's going on?
When I was hiding
the blood packets,
I found the [giggles]
the love letter
that you wrote me.
Oh.
[gasps]
Oh,
was I not supposed to read it?
Did you want to read it to me?
Eden, I'm so sorry.
It wasn't for you.
What?
Well, who who was it
Louisa.
Look, it was months ago.
It blew over. It means nothing.
Yeah, but in it in it,
you said that
you'd never felt this way
about someone before.
Is that is that still true?
I don't understand. Why her?
I'm sorry,
I don't have an answer for you.
I never stood a chance, did I?
It was just always Louisa.
This this has been amazing.
Thank you.
Well, I I did try
to make it horrible.
Well, you failed.
[both laughing]
Seeing as I I failed, um,
would it be all right
if I kissed you?
Did your sisters teach you
to ask first?
Let's let's not talk
about my sisters right now.
[romantic music playing]
["Breakthrough"
by Emmy Meli playing]
Holy, I think
I had a breakthrough ♪
- Thought we were in love ♪
- Love ♪
But actually I hate you ♪
- It's all true ♪
- I'm better off without you!
- [siren wailing]
- Oh, come on!
[growls]
Holy,
I think I had a breakthrough ♪
Mmm, I tried to
turn a square into ♪
[music stops]
Okay, you got me!
I was speeding.
I couldn't get out
of Port Wenn fast enough.
Whoa, what's the rush?
Well, Martin and I,
we are done and I am fine.
I'm fine.
Okay, I am sick of him.
I'm sick of his suits.
I'm sick of your stupid karaoke.
And most of all,
I am sick of Louisa.
Okay? What is so great
about Louisa?
Well, she smiles with her eyes
and she also makes
very good Rice Krispy treats.
It was
a rhetorical question, Mark!
Can you just give me
a ticket so I can just go?
Wait.
Eden, I don't think you realize
that you are an 11 out of 10.
- Hm?
- [Mark] You're a doctor.
You got a great sense of style.
And I remember
the first time that I saw you,
man, I was just
thinking to myself like,
"Woo-wee, who is that
complete and total babe?"
And then I saw
that you were with Martin,
and that made complete sense
to me because,
I don't know, a woman like you,
you're out of my league.
I mean, no one's ever called me
a complete and total babe.
[chuckles] Especially while
giving me a ticket.
I'm just doing my civic duty,
you know?
Hmm.
Well, I have always
liked a man in a khaki.
- Oh, I got so much khaki.
- [chuckles]
[both groaning]
Wait, wait, wait. This isn't
you trying to get out of
a ticket now, is it, ma'am?
Oh, no, no, no, officer,
you write me up.
- Yeah?
- You write me right up.
I'm writing you up right now.
I'm gonna write you up
right now.
- [Eden] Write me up right now.
- Yeah, just
This is nice.
Coffee in the morning,
a gorgeous sunrise,
my number one guy.
We're very, very lucky.
[Louisa screams]
[Louisa gasping]
[George chuckling]
The door was locked
and so I had to come around
the back and then
Yeah, I got nothing.
We'll talk when you show up
for your morning shift.
Mm-hmm. Boy, will we talk.
- [George] Yes, we will.
- Okay.
[George & Greg laughing]
Yeah.
I'll I'll see you at
- [Greg] See you at 8:00.
- I won't be late!
[George] Yes.
[somber music playing]
[coffee maker gurgling loudly]
[barking]
[whining]
[phone vibrating]
Hello?
Yes.
I understand.
Mm-hmm. Thank you.
I have some news.
Sunny's autopsy results.
She had a pulmonary embolism
overnight while she slept.
It was sudden
random, without cause or reason.
That's it?
Sadly, yes.
Embolisms are like that.
They are
But why?
She was just here.
She was laughing.
She was smiling.
Sometimes, things happen
and there isn't a reason.
But why her?
Why couldn't it have been me?
I ask myself that every day.
- What?
- Hmm.
How do I go on
living without her?
Like we all do.
One magic trick at a time.
[Louisa]
Morning, Martin.
[Martin sobbing]
[theme song playing]