1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 3 00:00:27,294 --> 00:00:29,896 Even lost souls have a place. 4 00:05:02,835 --> 00:05:04,338 Phellinus linteus. 5 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:07,641 That's the species. 6 00:05:07,675 --> 00:05:09,343 Grows on mulberry trees. 7 00:05:09,376 --> 00:05:11,679 Tastes like cow manure, cures cancer. 8 00:05:11,712 --> 00:05:13,514 Well, that's not entirely true. 9 00:05:13,547 --> 00:05:15,716 Some evidence suggests that 10 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:17,584 polysaccharides isolated from the mushrooms 11 00:05:17,618 --> 00:05:20,387 inhibit the tumor growth by stimulating proliferation 12 00:05:20,421 --> 00:05:22,922 of the t lymphocytes and immune function. 13 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:24,401 If you tell me what you want with these things 14 00:05:24,425 --> 00:05:27,127 I could probably give you some more information. 15 00:05:27,161 --> 00:05:29,163 Hey, you up for a trade? 16 00:05:32,633 --> 00:05:33,734 I got some... 17 00:05:36,969 --> 00:05:38,172 Trail mix. 18 00:05:38,205 --> 00:05:40,341 I've been looking for those mushrooms all day, 19 00:05:40,374 --> 00:05:42,710 but now I know why I haven't been able to find them. 20 00:05:42,743 --> 00:05:43,743 Here. 21 00:08:25,072 --> 00:08:26,440 Eileen. 22 00:08:27,541 --> 00:08:29,810 I brought you a new friend, 23 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:31,378 Rocco. 24 00:08:31,411 --> 00:08:32,980 Rocco, meet Eileen. 25 00:08:35,382 --> 00:08:38,418 Hello Eileen, you're looking good. 26 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:41,855 All right, I'll leave you two. 27 00:08:41,889 --> 00:08:44,424 Get to know each other a little bit. 28 00:09:47,387 --> 00:09:48,387 Huh. 29 00:19:03,544 --> 00:19:05,146 Hmm. 30 00:19:05,179 --> 00:19:07,148 You're mad at me Eileen. 31 00:19:07,181 --> 00:19:08,282 I get it. 32 00:19:08,315 --> 00:19:09,916 I haven't been giving you much love. 33 00:19:09,949 --> 00:19:11,218 No love at all. 34 00:19:12,952 --> 00:19:14,231 I've been spending a little too much time 35 00:19:14,255 --> 00:19:16,190 in my own little world, 36 00:19:16,223 --> 00:19:18,359 while you've been drying up. 37 00:19:18,392 --> 00:19:22,563 Withering away in some dark corner of the universe. 38 00:19:22,596 --> 00:19:24,331 Cold, alone and mute. 39 00:19:25,932 --> 00:19:26,932 I'm sorry. 40 00:19:29,203 --> 00:19:32,473 I'm gonna make it up to you, I promise. 41 00:20:30,964 --> 00:20:31,764 Hello. 42 00:20:31,798 --> 00:20:33,534 Dr. Mercer. 43 00:20:33,567 --> 00:20:34,934 - Yes. - It's Alicia Freedman. 44 00:20:34,968 --> 00:20:36,103 How are you doing? 45 00:20:36,136 --> 00:20:37,471 Dr. Freedman. 46 00:20:37,504 --> 00:20:39,707 It's nice to hear from you, it's been too long. 47 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:41,275 How's your post-doc going? 48 00:20:41,308 --> 00:20:43,577 Not bad, all things considered. 49 00:20:43,611 --> 00:20:45,379 Cornell is not a rough place to do a post-doc 50 00:20:45,412 --> 00:20:46,913 from what I hear. 51 00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:48,582 My latest study got accepted into nature. 52 00:20:48,616 --> 00:20:49,916 So that's something at least. 53 00:20:49,949 --> 00:20:50,883 Something? 54 00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:52,052 That's absolutely fantastic. 55 00:20:52,086 --> 00:20:53,254 What was the study? 56 00:20:53,287 --> 00:20:54,821 I looked at the impact 57 00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:56,732 of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on nitrogen cycling 58 00:20:56,756 --> 00:20:59,260 in various ecosystems. 59 00:20:59,293 --> 00:21:02,795 Wow, you're gonna be the lab's golden child. 60 00:21:02,829 --> 00:21:05,466 I'm sure Richard will get his ro1 renewed a few times over 61 00:21:05,499 --> 00:21:06,667 with a nature publication. 62 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:08,102 Thank you. 63 00:21:08,135 --> 00:21:10,204 Well, send me your paper, I'd love to read it. 64 00:21:10,237 --> 00:21:11,639 Hot off the press, will do. 65 00:21:11,672 --> 00:21:12,792 Following in your footsteps. 66 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,618 Ha! I wish. You're leaving me in the dust. 67 00:21:14,642 --> 00:21:15,609 No way. 68 00:21:15,643 --> 00:21:16,943 You're a brilliant scientist. 69 00:21:16,976 --> 00:21:18,178 What can I do for you, Alicia? 70 00:21:18,212 --> 00:21:19,979 I know you prefer to avoid academia 71 00:21:20,014 --> 00:21:22,349 and all of its pretentious trappings these days, 72 00:21:22,383 --> 00:21:25,152 can you write me a letter of recommendation for the k award? 73 00:21:25,185 --> 00:21:26,654 Well, normally i'd, 74 00:21:26,687 --> 00:21:28,888 I'd avoid any remnants of that whole grotesque world, 75 00:21:28,921 --> 00:21:31,358 but you were a fantastic student 76 00:21:31,392 --> 00:21:34,428 and you definitely deserve a k award more than anyone. 77 00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:36,130 So for you, 78 00:21:36,163 --> 00:21:37,897 this once, yes. 79 00:21:37,930 --> 00:21:39,133 I would be so grateful. 80 00:21:39,166 --> 00:21:41,302 - Yes I'll do it. - Thank you so much. 81 00:21:41,335 --> 00:21:42,569 When's the deadline? 82 00:21:42,603 --> 00:21:45,673 In two weeks, I'll send you the form. 83 00:21:45,706 --> 00:21:46,873 Perfect. 84 00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:48,075 Send it over. 85 00:21:48,108 --> 00:21:50,577 Listen, have a great day and congratulations. 86 00:21:50,611 --> 00:21:51,820 - Have a great day- - it's all right. 87 00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:53,414 Thanks again. 88 00:22:09,296 --> 00:22:10,863 Hey, who's there? 89 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:14,100 Hey. 90 00:22:14,768 --> 00:22:16,070 What are you doing here, kid? 91 00:22:16,103 --> 00:22:17,970 I don't mean any harm. 92 00:22:18,005 --> 00:22:20,674 I'm not arguing with you, what are you doing here? 93 00:22:20,708 --> 00:22:24,977 I brought you back your bowl, your fork too. 94 00:22:25,012 --> 00:22:26,946 Well, couldn't this wait 'till daylight? 95 00:22:26,979 --> 00:22:27,979 Probably. 96 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,691 I, I was wondering if you had any more of that food. 97 00:22:37,725 --> 00:22:39,727 Don't you have a home? 98 00:22:49,103 --> 00:22:50,937 All right, come on in. 99 00:23:12,726 --> 00:23:14,628 What's your name? 100 00:23:14,661 --> 00:23:15,995 Elvis. 101 00:23:17,997 --> 00:23:20,601 After Elvis Presley? 102 00:23:20,634 --> 00:23:21,435 No, 103 00:23:21,468 --> 00:23:23,203 after Elvis costello. 104 00:23:26,206 --> 00:23:29,376 Your mama name you after Elvis costello? 105 00:23:29,410 --> 00:23:30,943 Mm-mm. 106 00:23:30,977 --> 00:23:33,647 Nope, she died the day I was born. 107 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,816 I'm sorry to hear that. 108 00:23:35,849 --> 00:23:38,118 I never knew her. 109 00:23:40,053 --> 00:23:42,556 Well, why did you get named after Elvis costello? 110 00:23:43,857 --> 00:23:46,360 My daddy, the night mama died, 111 00:23:46,393 --> 00:23:48,162 he held me in his arms in the hospital 112 00:23:48,195 --> 00:23:50,531 and he played an Elvis costello song over and over 113 00:23:50,564 --> 00:23:54,067 while his tears fell down my baby face. 114 00:23:54,101 --> 00:23:56,103 What was the song? 115 00:23:56,136 --> 00:23:57,805 It was called "I want you" 116 00:23:57,838 --> 00:24:00,940 from the album "blood and chocolate". 117 00:24:02,576 --> 00:24:05,612 That's a really sad story. 118 00:24:05,646 --> 00:24:07,947 My daddy says the snow was falling outside the window, 119 00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:09,192 and when the clock struck midnight 120 00:24:09,216 --> 00:24:11,752 he knew that my name was Elvis. 121 00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:14,555 Is your daddy still alive? 122 00:24:14,588 --> 00:24:17,124 Yes, but why do you wanna know? 123 00:24:17,157 --> 00:24:21,228 Well, he must be wondering where you are. 124 00:24:21,261 --> 00:24:23,130 I'm not going home 125 00:24:23,163 --> 00:24:24,531 if that's what you're getting at, 126 00:24:24,565 --> 00:24:27,634 for a whole series of reasons. 127 00:24:27,668 --> 00:24:29,969 You can't live in the woods, you know. 128 00:24:30,003 --> 00:24:31,003 Says who? 129 00:24:33,874 --> 00:24:37,644 Well, I got a spare bedroom, you can stay there tonight. 130 00:24:37,678 --> 00:24:39,580 But we gotta get you to a real home tomorrow. 131 00:24:39,613 --> 00:24:42,282 What does real home even mean? 132 00:24:44,618 --> 00:24:48,689 I haven't been around children or family for a long time. 133 00:24:48,722 --> 00:24:53,093 It's been about 40 or 50 years since I was even part of one. 134 00:24:53,126 --> 00:24:57,464 So you're not really the best one to ask, are you? 135 00:25:09,443 --> 00:25:11,187 You got a lot of weird stuff in your kitchen, 136 00:25:11,211 --> 00:25:14,748 I mean, compared to other people's kitchens, no offense. 137 00:25:14,781 --> 00:25:19,119 I have no idea what other people have in their kitchen. 138 00:25:19,152 --> 00:25:20,430 So what do you do with all these mushrooms 139 00:25:20,454 --> 00:25:21,955 I saw you hunting? 140 00:25:23,123 --> 00:25:24,858 I use them for my old man aches. 141 00:25:24,892 --> 00:25:26,493 Are you like a wizard or something? 142 00:25:26,527 --> 00:25:27,794 Exactly. 143 00:25:27,828 --> 00:25:29,663 Or more specifically a retired botanist 144 00:25:29,696 --> 00:25:32,566 with rheumatoid arthritis. 145 00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:34,601 Sounds spooky. 146 00:25:34,635 --> 00:25:36,803 I studied fungi in my lab for many years, 147 00:25:36,837 --> 00:25:40,841 extracting various components to treat diseases. 148 00:25:40,874 --> 00:25:43,644 What kinds of diseases? 149 00:25:43,677 --> 00:25:47,648 Viruses, cancer, diabetes, for starters. 150 00:25:47,681 --> 00:25:49,182 So you put the mushrooms in a cauldron 151 00:25:50,317 --> 00:25:53,287 and then you don't get cancer? 152 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,989 I study medicinal chemistry methods, 153 00:25:56,024 --> 00:25:57,658 extracting certain molecules 154 00:25:57,691 --> 00:26:01,194 that reduce the inflammation in my joints. 155 00:26:02,095 --> 00:26:03,830 Does it work? 156 00:26:03,864 --> 00:26:07,834 It helps, but my methods are rudimentary. 157 00:26:07,868 --> 00:26:09,369 I mean, I think I was a lot better off 158 00:26:09,403 --> 00:26:13,140 when I had all that fancy machinery back at my lab. 159 00:26:13,173 --> 00:26:17,011 I think it's reducing the swell, but over time. 160 00:26:19,479 --> 00:26:22,716 Hmm, why don't you just go to the doctor? 161 00:26:22,749 --> 00:26:24,184 I do when I have to, 162 00:26:24,217 --> 00:26:26,486 but I hate modern medicine. 163 00:26:28,889 --> 00:26:30,490 Every time they give me advice, 164 00:26:30,524 --> 00:26:31,868 my rheumatoid arthritis gets better, 165 00:26:31,892 --> 00:26:34,928 but then I get 20 other problems. 166 00:26:34,962 --> 00:26:36,797 You sound like my dad. 167 00:26:36,830 --> 00:26:38,066 What's wrong with your dad? 168 00:26:38,098 --> 00:26:41,802 He becomes one with the alien sometimes. 169 00:26:41,835 --> 00:26:43,570 One with the alien? 170 00:26:44,538 --> 00:26:45,939 Well, 171 00:26:45,973 --> 00:26:48,642 it's like an alien takes over his earthly body 172 00:26:48,675 --> 00:26:53,513 to alert the world of impending doom, something like that. 173 00:26:55,382 --> 00:26:58,485 Sounds like he's got schizophrenia. 174 00:26:59,653 --> 00:27:00,730 That's what the doctors call it. 175 00:27:00,754 --> 00:27:02,422 They say the alien isn't real, 176 00:27:02,456 --> 00:27:05,125 and that my daddy needs a lot of medicine. 177 00:27:05,158 --> 00:27:06,560 Hmm. 178 00:27:06,593 --> 00:27:11,331 Well, maybe they're just trying to protect him and you. 179 00:27:12,066 --> 00:27:13,266 Or maybe they're worried 180 00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:14,477 that the alien is gonna make him do something- 181 00:27:14,501 --> 00:27:15,501 - crazy? 182 00:27:25,379 --> 00:27:27,147 Can I come mushroom hunting with you? 183 00:27:27,180 --> 00:27:28,082 Today? 184 00:27:28,116 --> 00:27:30,651 Well, aren't you going? 185 00:27:30,684 --> 00:27:32,352 Yeah, I'm going. 186 00:27:32,386 --> 00:27:33,186 You wanna come? 187 00:27:33,220 --> 00:27:34,788 You can come along. 188 00:27:59,212 --> 00:28:01,181 Here, 189 00:28:01,214 --> 00:28:02,849 come around here. 190 00:28:02,883 --> 00:28:04,384 Yeah, I can see it. 191 00:28:04,418 --> 00:28:06,253 - Right there. - Mm-hm. 192 00:28:08,089 --> 00:28:09,956 Hey, see this. 193 00:28:09,990 --> 00:28:12,426 Looks like charcoal, right? 194 00:28:12,459 --> 00:28:16,596 It's called inonotus obliquus, otherwise known as chaga. 195 00:28:16,630 --> 00:28:18,598 It looks ugly, but it's been used for hundreds, 196 00:28:18,632 --> 00:28:21,735 maybe even thousands of years by different cultures. 197 00:28:21,768 --> 00:28:23,336 They say it has medicinal qualities, 198 00:28:23,370 --> 00:28:26,807 that it can heal a sick birch tree where it lives. 199 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,509 Take a look at the inside of it. 200 00:28:30,343 --> 00:28:31,378 It's almost orange. 201 00:28:31,411 --> 00:28:32,379 Yeah. 202 00:28:32,412 --> 00:28:33,556 I mean, you could use it as a dye, 203 00:28:33,580 --> 00:28:35,716 but I think that's wasteful. 204 00:28:36,917 --> 00:28:38,394 You know, when you harvest these things, 205 00:28:38,418 --> 00:28:39,929 you have to make sure that you only take half of it 206 00:28:39,953 --> 00:28:41,254 off the tree, 207 00:28:41,288 --> 00:28:42,756 otherwise you can hurt the tree, 208 00:28:42,789 --> 00:28:45,193 and you can come back for more in a couple of years. 209 00:28:45,225 --> 00:28:48,795 The earth has all these amazing organisms, 210 00:28:48,829 --> 00:28:51,465 if we take care of them, they'll take care of us. 211 00:28:51,498 --> 00:28:53,067 How does this one take care of us? 212 00:28:53,101 --> 00:28:54,101 Well, 213 00:28:55,136 --> 00:28:58,172 might fight certain kinds of cancer. 214 00:28:58,206 --> 00:29:01,675 There's plenty of evidence that what chaga actually does 215 00:29:01,708 --> 00:29:04,611 is up-regulate the expression of pro-apoptotic proteins 216 00:29:04,644 --> 00:29:05,812 in cancer cells. 217 00:29:05,846 --> 00:29:08,315 Basically it stops the growth of tumors. 218 00:29:08,348 --> 00:29:09,816 Russians have known this for years 219 00:29:09,850 --> 00:29:12,120 and other therapeutic reasons as well. 220 00:29:12,153 --> 00:29:16,990 I care about it because of it's anti-inflammatory medicine. 221 00:29:17,891 --> 00:29:19,392 My joints, they swell up 222 00:29:19,426 --> 00:29:21,261 and after a while they can get damaged 223 00:29:21,294 --> 00:29:25,699 so my immune system is a piece of crap, pardon my Latin. 224 00:29:25,732 --> 00:29:26,972 So do you eat it like an apple? 225 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,902 I don't, others might. 226 00:29:28,935 --> 00:29:31,471 I use a double extraction tincture method. 227 00:29:31,505 --> 00:29:34,841 What I do is I grind up the chaga into a powder, 228 00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:36,244 I add some alcohol, 229 00:29:36,276 --> 00:29:37,911 and I shake it up a couple of times a day 230 00:29:37,944 --> 00:29:39,080 for a couple of months, 231 00:29:39,113 --> 00:29:41,681 and then I do a bunch of other steps, 232 00:29:41,715 --> 00:29:44,885 but I'm not gonna bore you with those. 233 00:29:46,087 --> 00:29:47,788 Plants are pretty cool, huh? 234 00:29:47,821 --> 00:29:52,359 Ah, fungi actually aren't plants, they're... 235 00:29:52,392 --> 00:29:54,895 They were classified that way because they didn't move. 236 00:29:54,928 --> 00:29:56,696 And back in the late '60s, early 70s, 237 00:29:56,730 --> 00:29:58,298 a guy named Robert whittaker, 238 00:29:58,331 --> 00:30:01,035 he proposed they get their own kingdom. 239 00:30:01,068 --> 00:30:03,303 They're actually more like us 240 00:30:03,336 --> 00:30:05,672 than they are plants by the way. 241 00:30:05,705 --> 00:30:07,275 They don't look much like us. 242 00:30:07,307 --> 00:30:10,211 Yeah, nothing much looks like me. 243 00:30:10,244 --> 00:30:11,745 You know, when I was your age, 244 00:30:11,778 --> 00:30:13,214 I used to gather up mushrooms 245 00:30:13,247 --> 00:30:16,017 and bring them to the back porch for my mother. 246 00:30:16,050 --> 00:30:18,152 I used to think they were the most bizarre, 247 00:30:18,186 --> 00:30:20,587 beautiful structures I'd ever seen. 248 00:30:20,620 --> 00:30:22,232 She would cook 'em up and serve 'em to my dad 249 00:30:22,256 --> 00:30:23,390 after he came home 250 00:30:23,423 --> 00:30:25,092 from working long hours in the coal mines. 251 00:30:25,126 --> 00:30:29,230 One of his favorites was laetiporus sulphureus, 252 00:30:29,263 --> 00:30:32,465 better known as chicken of the woods. 253 00:30:32,499 --> 00:30:34,202 If you eat it, so it tastes like chicken? 254 00:30:34,235 --> 00:30:35,969 Yeah, kind of. 255 00:30:36,003 --> 00:30:37,214 But there's also hen of the woods, 256 00:30:37,238 --> 00:30:38,705 that tastes a lot better. 257 00:30:38,738 --> 00:30:41,275 Mushrooms are bad-ass little organisms, if you ask me. 258 00:30:41,309 --> 00:30:43,144 I knew you had some cool backstory to you. 259 00:30:43,177 --> 00:30:45,321 When you left me that lunch on the rock a few days ago, 260 00:30:45,345 --> 00:30:46,680 I knew that you were solid. 261 00:30:46,713 --> 00:30:48,249 I don't know how solid I am, 262 00:30:48,282 --> 00:30:52,053 but I try to follow my internal compass. 263 00:30:52,086 --> 00:30:53,321 What's that? 264 00:30:53,353 --> 00:30:56,290 You know, just try to do the right thing. 265 00:30:56,324 --> 00:30:59,026 Thought you might need some help. 266 00:31:05,498 --> 00:31:07,667 What do you normally eat at your house? 267 00:31:07,701 --> 00:31:09,170 It depends. 268 00:31:09,203 --> 00:31:10,314 If my dad's home he'll make me 269 00:31:10,338 --> 00:31:11,818 one of those dinners from the freezer. 270 00:31:12,939 --> 00:31:13,640 TV dinner? 271 00:31:13,673 --> 00:31:14,673 Hm. 272 00:31:15,942 --> 00:31:19,880 Like Salisbury steak with potatoes on the side. 273 00:31:19,913 --> 00:31:21,948 What does your dad do for a living? 274 00:31:21,982 --> 00:31:23,583 He works in a factory stacking lumber, 275 00:31:23,617 --> 00:31:26,419 but that's not his passion. 276 00:31:26,453 --> 00:31:28,655 What's his passion? 277 00:31:28,688 --> 00:31:30,790 Music, he plays the guitar and he's good at it too, 278 00:31:30,824 --> 00:31:32,792 but every time he doesn't take his medicine, 279 00:31:32,826 --> 00:31:35,929 he, he can't go to work or play the guitar. 280 00:31:35,962 --> 00:31:37,797 I always end up in some foster home 281 00:31:37,831 --> 00:31:40,901 and the last one I was in was real bad. 282 00:31:40,934 --> 00:31:42,736 Do you have any aunts or uncles? 283 00:31:42,769 --> 00:31:44,604 Yeah, but they're in jail. 284 00:31:44,638 --> 00:31:46,340 What for? 285 00:31:46,374 --> 00:31:48,975 I don't know, drugs, maybe. 286 00:31:49,010 --> 00:31:50,710 That's really sad. 287 00:31:50,744 --> 00:31:52,646 Sounds like you had a rough go of it. 288 00:31:52,679 --> 00:31:55,916 Well, I'm having a picnic with a retired botanists, 289 00:31:55,949 --> 00:31:57,218 and I'm learning new things. 290 00:31:57,251 --> 00:32:00,288 So I can't complain at this very second. 291 00:32:00,321 --> 00:32:01,664 Don't you think your school will be missing you 292 00:32:01,688 --> 00:32:03,590 and come looking for you? 293 00:32:03,623 --> 00:32:05,425 I don't know, maybe. 294 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,272 Missing school is not a great idea, Elvis, 295 00:32:08,296 --> 00:32:09,596 I'm just saying. 296 00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:12,333 Education is the key. 297 00:32:13,867 --> 00:32:16,103 To what? 298 00:32:16,137 --> 00:32:18,372 You know, a lot of people drop out of school 299 00:32:18,406 --> 00:32:21,409 because they don't have a choice. 300 00:32:21,441 --> 00:32:23,010 They struggle to pay their bills, 301 00:32:23,044 --> 00:32:25,679 they ended up taking jobs that endanger their lives, 302 00:32:25,712 --> 00:32:27,348 or they turn to crime and end up in jail. 303 00:32:27,381 --> 00:32:28,848 I mean, 304 00:32:28,882 --> 00:32:31,618 I'm not trying to sound like a public service announcement, 305 00:32:31,651 --> 00:32:33,187 but that's the way it happens. 306 00:32:33,220 --> 00:32:35,189 It's a cycle, you know. 307 00:32:35,222 --> 00:32:37,158 Then their kids have nothing to look up to 308 00:32:37,191 --> 00:32:38,692 and they have no hope. 309 00:32:38,725 --> 00:32:40,827 You have to be the one to break the cycle. 310 00:32:40,860 --> 00:32:43,697 Did you break the cycle? 311 00:32:44,864 --> 00:32:46,300 My dad died of lung disease 312 00:32:46,334 --> 00:32:50,503 from working in the mines for many years. 313 00:32:50,537 --> 00:32:54,541 My mom and I stood over his grave when I was 17. 314 00:32:56,110 --> 00:32:59,447 She told me, "you can't die like your daddy did. 315 00:32:59,479 --> 00:33:01,415 You're all I got left." 316 00:33:02,615 --> 00:33:03,850 So you have a phd 317 00:33:03,883 --> 00:33:05,618 and that's why you're not dead right now? 318 00:33:05,652 --> 00:33:06,786 No, it's not that simple. 319 00:33:06,820 --> 00:33:08,189 Yeah, I got a phd in botany, 320 00:33:08,222 --> 00:33:12,126 and, you know, I ran a good lab for many years. 321 00:33:14,328 --> 00:33:16,163 But you still have some weird disease. 322 00:33:16,197 --> 00:33:18,366 Your phd can't do anything about that. 323 00:33:18,399 --> 00:33:21,469 True, but my disease is not based on my life choices, 324 00:33:21,501 --> 00:33:24,271 at least not that I know of. 325 00:33:24,305 --> 00:33:26,539 You can't live in an abandoned school bus, you know, 326 00:33:26,573 --> 00:33:28,942 that's, that's not a great solution. 327 00:33:28,975 --> 00:33:31,811 What do you know about that bus? 328 00:33:33,381 --> 00:33:35,383 I saw you run into it a couple of days ago 329 00:33:35,416 --> 00:33:39,186 when you were following me through the woods. 330 00:33:40,321 --> 00:33:41,821 You know the history of that park? 331 00:33:41,855 --> 00:33:43,090 Of what park? 332 00:33:44,025 --> 00:33:45,192 Lake shawnee. 333 00:33:45,226 --> 00:33:47,161 You know the history of lake shawnee? 334 00:33:47,194 --> 00:33:50,597 Well, it's an abandoned amusement park 335 00:33:50,630 --> 00:33:52,466 that was built in the 1920s 336 00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:57,004 over what they think is native American burial grounds. 337 00:33:57,038 --> 00:34:00,241 A little girl was playing on the swings and she died 338 00:34:00,274 --> 00:34:01,475 in the '60s, 339 00:34:01,509 --> 00:34:04,245 so they shut the whole place down. 340 00:34:04,278 --> 00:34:06,679 Why would they take that land from the native Americans 341 00:34:06,713 --> 00:34:08,315 in the first place? 342 00:34:09,849 --> 00:34:11,452 The English settlers, 343 00:34:11,485 --> 00:34:13,454 they took it from the native Americans. 344 00:34:13,487 --> 00:34:16,123 And lore has it that there was a turf war in that area 345 00:34:16,157 --> 00:34:17,258 in the 1700s. 346 00:34:19,126 --> 00:34:21,694 Ah, they shouldn't have fought over that land. 347 00:34:21,728 --> 00:34:23,963 They should've come up with something peaceful. 348 00:34:23,997 --> 00:34:25,499 Agreed. 349 00:34:25,533 --> 00:34:28,235 Violence in and of itself is not the answer to anything. 350 00:34:28,269 --> 00:34:29,537 That's my whole point. 351 00:34:29,569 --> 00:34:32,506 Two wrongs don't make a right. 352 00:34:32,540 --> 00:34:33,540 Well. 353 00:34:35,009 --> 00:34:37,411 How do you like the picnic? 354 00:34:55,029 --> 00:34:56,397 - Yes. - Jack? 355 00:34:56,430 --> 00:34:57,431 Who's this? 356 00:34:57,465 --> 00:34:58,832 Ah this is Michael Mercer. 357 00:34:58,865 --> 00:35:00,934 - How are you? - Dr. Mercer, how are things? 358 00:35:00,967 --> 00:35:01,868 Long time, no speak. 359 00:35:01,901 --> 00:35:03,337 All is going well. 360 00:35:03,370 --> 00:35:05,148 Are you still working at that same lab you told me about 361 00:35:05,172 --> 00:35:06,073 the last time we spoke? 362 00:35:06,107 --> 00:35:08,576 New lab, c. Elegans. 363 00:35:08,608 --> 00:35:10,277 Yes, pretty good model organism. 364 00:35:10,311 --> 00:35:11,620 Well, i'm pouring plates every day, 365 00:35:11,644 --> 00:35:12,846 so nothing too exciting. 366 00:35:12,879 --> 00:35:14,448 Smelly yellow jello, I call it. 367 00:35:14,482 --> 00:35:16,150 Well, that's something to be proud of. 368 00:35:16,183 --> 00:35:17,451 The scientists like me though. 369 00:35:17,485 --> 00:35:19,086 I have a question for you. 370 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:20,521 Shoot. 371 00:35:20,554 --> 00:35:22,365 Is your brother still working at the police department? 372 00:35:22,389 --> 00:35:24,158 Yep, he's still a cop. 373 00:35:24,191 --> 00:35:27,128 Can you ask him to look into something for me? 374 00:35:27,161 --> 00:35:28,962 Sure, what is it? 375 00:35:28,995 --> 00:35:31,831 A runaway kid has been living in the woods near my house. 376 00:35:31,865 --> 00:35:33,700 He needed food and he need shelter, 377 00:35:33,733 --> 00:35:36,669 so I took him in and I gave him some food, 378 00:35:36,703 --> 00:35:38,572 but he refused to go home 379 00:35:38,606 --> 00:35:39,748 and he wouldn't give me his last name. 380 00:35:39,772 --> 00:35:41,275 Tough one. 381 00:35:41,308 --> 00:35:43,910 Apparently he keeps ending up in foster care. 382 00:35:43,943 --> 00:35:45,645 His dad is ill. 383 00:35:45,678 --> 00:35:47,148 Look, I wanna help him, 384 00:35:47,181 --> 00:35:48,815 but I don't want him missing school 385 00:35:48,848 --> 00:35:50,560 and I definitely don't want his father being worried 386 00:35:50,584 --> 00:35:52,119 about him. 387 00:35:52,153 --> 00:35:53,354 And on the other hand, 388 00:35:53,387 --> 00:35:54,930 I don't wanna turn him in to the police station 389 00:35:54,954 --> 00:35:56,932 because it sounds like he's been through hell and back. 390 00:35:56,956 --> 00:35:58,135 I don't know what I would do either. 391 00:35:58,159 --> 00:35:59,460 But can you, 392 00:35:59,493 --> 00:36:02,530 can you ask your brother if there's been a missing kid 393 00:36:02,563 --> 00:36:05,865 with the first name Elvis in morgantown? 394 00:36:05,899 --> 00:36:07,377 I'll call my brother and buzz you back. 395 00:36:07,401 --> 00:36:09,702 You know, maybe give him a little of his back story. 396 00:36:09,736 --> 00:36:12,439 No problem, will do. 397 00:36:12,473 --> 00:36:14,408 Terrific, thanks Jack. 398 00:36:26,086 --> 00:36:27,321 Rise and shine. 399 00:36:29,657 --> 00:36:30,690 What time is it? 400 00:36:30,723 --> 00:36:32,593 Time for school. 401 00:36:32,626 --> 00:36:33,693 Is that a joke? 402 00:36:33,726 --> 00:36:34,928 Kinda. 403 00:36:34,961 --> 00:36:38,765 Go brush your teeth, we're taking a drive. 404 00:36:38,798 --> 00:36:39,798 Come on. 405 00:37:05,659 --> 00:37:08,128 When you think of west Virginia, what do you think of? 406 00:37:08,162 --> 00:37:10,431 Mountains, drugs and blue skies. 407 00:37:10,464 --> 00:37:11,931 What else? 408 00:37:11,965 --> 00:37:14,335 "Mountaineers are always free," that's the motto. 409 00:37:14,368 --> 00:37:16,769 Yep, montani semper liberi. 410 00:37:16,803 --> 00:37:18,706 Did you learn that at school? 411 00:37:18,738 --> 00:37:19,939 Yeah, but don't ask me which, 412 00:37:19,973 --> 00:37:23,110 'cause I ain't going back there right now. 413 00:37:23,143 --> 00:37:24,078 If you could learn anything, 414 00:37:24,111 --> 00:37:26,213 what would you wanna learn? 415 00:37:26,247 --> 00:37:27,981 How to build bubble houses. 416 00:37:28,015 --> 00:37:29,416 Bubble houses? 417 00:37:29,450 --> 00:37:32,019 You know those igloo looking houses without windows? 418 00:37:32,052 --> 00:37:34,488 They're the safest places you can live. 419 00:37:34,521 --> 00:37:36,889 If a hurricane or tornado hits you in your bubble house 420 00:37:36,923 --> 00:37:38,158 you'll be fine. 421 00:37:38,192 --> 00:37:40,060 I didn't know that. 422 00:37:40,094 --> 00:37:41,262 Doesn't really make sense 423 00:37:41,295 --> 00:37:43,063 why people live in other kinds of houses. 424 00:37:43,097 --> 00:37:45,865 Well, maybe they like windows or sunshine. 425 00:37:45,898 --> 00:37:48,435 Maybe they don't like the way those things look. 426 00:37:48,469 --> 00:37:49,936 Well, I think that's shallow. 427 00:37:49,969 --> 00:37:53,073 Why would people choose looks over safety? 428 00:37:53,107 --> 00:37:54,541 Hmm. 429 00:37:54,575 --> 00:37:55,808 That's really a good point. 430 00:37:55,842 --> 00:37:59,346 People are really into what things look like. 431 00:37:59,380 --> 00:38:02,316 That's just gross, if you ask me. 432 00:38:09,156 --> 00:38:10,758 What are we doing here? 433 00:38:10,790 --> 00:38:11,958 You need some clothes. 434 00:38:11,991 --> 00:38:13,761 You can't wear the same thing every day. 435 00:38:13,793 --> 00:38:15,095 Who says? 436 00:38:15,129 --> 00:38:16,030 I don't know, 437 00:38:16,063 --> 00:38:17,598 the clothes police, who cares? 438 00:38:17,631 --> 00:38:19,099 Here's the deal. 439 00:38:19,133 --> 00:38:21,568 I don't know anything about kids much less kids' clothes. 440 00:38:21,602 --> 00:38:24,738 So I'm gonna let you figure out what you want 441 00:38:24,772 --> 00:38:26,540 and then I'm gonna pay for it. 442 00:38:26,573 --> 00:38:28,075 What if I just want some candy, 443 00:38:28,108 --> 00:38:29,743 can I keep the rest of the money? 444 00:38:29,777 --> 00:38:32,646 No, this is your big moment to be responsible. 445 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,914 Sounds stressful. 446 00:38:34,947 --> 00:38:36,116 I'll be waiting right here. 447 00:38:36,150 --> 00:38:38,585 Don't worry, i'm not going anywhere. 448 00:38:47,860 --> 00:38:49,263 What did you get? 449 00:38:50,597 --> 00:38:51,799 Huh, 450 00:38:51,831 --> 00:38:55,135 some shoes, shorts, socks, pants, pajamas. 451 00:38:56,136 --> 00:38:57,304 That was fast. 452 00:38:57,338 --> 00:38:59,006 I was scared you were gonna drive away. 453 00:38:59,039 --> 00:39:00,274 Well, I'm still here. 454 00:39:00,307 --> 00:39:02,076 Put on your seatbelt. 455 00:40:11,044 --> 00:40:13,180 My father died 40 years ago today. 456 00:40:13,213 --> 00:40:15,249 Do you think he's with god right now? 457 00:40:15,282 --> 00:40:16,383 I don't really know. 458 00:40:16,417 --> 00:40:18,685 I never much believed in god. 459 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:19,919 Believing in god 460 00:40:19,952 --> 00:40:22,189 doesn't have anything to do with god, you know. 461 00:40:22,222 --> 00:40:23,290 What do you mean? 462 00:40:23,323 --> 00:40:25,092 Believing in god helps us. 463 00:40:25,125 --> 00:40:26,369 If you don't have anyone to pray to 464 00:40:26,393 --> 00:40:28,562 how can you have any hope? 465 00:40:29,830 --> 00:40:31,598 I believe in science. 466 00:40:31,632 --> 00:40:33,109 Science won't comfort you in the night 467 00:40:33,133 --> 00:40:35,135 when you're cold and alone. 468 00:40:35,169 --> 00:40:36,169 Hmm. 469 00:40:37,271 --> 00:40:39,540 Maybe you're right. 470 00:40:39,573 --> 00:40:42,042 My father was a good man. 471 00:40:42,075 --> 00:40:44,011 He worked hard, 472 00:40:44,044 --> 00:40:45,446 helped people. 473 00:40:45,479 --> 00:40:47,381 You'll see him again. 474 00:41:49,910 --> 00:41:51,378 You a fan of ice cream? 475 00:41:51,411 --> 00:41:52,646 Yeah. 476 00:42:12,599 --> 00:42:13,867 Do you always eat ice cream 477 00:42:13,901 --> 00:42:16,470 after you go to the graveyard? 478 00:42:16,503 --> 00:42:19,273 No, but I might start. 479 00:42:22,276 --> 00:42:24,678 You know, death doesn't scare me. 480 00:42:24,711 --> 00:42:26,146 Oh, really? 481 00:42:26,179 --> 00:42:28,348 What does scare you? 482 00:42:28,382 --> 00:42:30,551 Hm, going crazy. 483 00:42:31,752 --> 00:42:35,322 Yeah, that would be a lot worse. 484 00:42:35,355 --> 00:42:37,658 Your body just sees what it wants to see 485 00:42:37,691 --> 00:42:38,902 and hears what it wants to hear 486 00:42:38,926 --> 00:42:40,327 and does what it wants to do. 487 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:41,895 It's not fair. 488 00:42:41,929 --> 00:42:44,164 Well, illness isn't fair. 489 00:42:49,269 --> 00:42:52,205 Are you a fan of strawberry ice cream? 490 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:53,307 Not really. 491 00:42:54,675 --> 00:42:57,477 Ms. Davis brought it to me from down the road. 492 00:42:57,511 --> 00:42:59,013 She had some extra frozen strawberries 493 00:42:59,047 --> 00:43:01,715 she needed to do something with. 494 00:43:03,017 --> 00:43:06,620 Chocolate is way better. 495 00:43:06,653 --> 00:43:08,288 I'll let her know. 496 00:43:24,571 --> 00:43:26,506 Have you read "the hobbit"? 497 00:43:26,540 --> 00:43:28,709 Never even heard of it. 498 00:43:28,742 --> 00:43:31,045 Oh, you should give it a shot. 499 00:43:31,079 --> 00:43:32,946 I have another book as well, 500 00:43:32,980 --> 00:43:33,880 it's pretty good. 501 00:43:33,914 --> 00:43:35,983 It's more of a kid's book. 502 00:43:36,017 --> 00:43:39,653 It's about a guy who lives in a mushroom house. 503 00:43:39,686 --> 00:43:43,523 My grad students gave it to me for a birthday gift. 504 00:43:43,557 --> 00:43:44,625 Hey, did you, 505 00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:46,893 did you brush your teeth? 506 00:43:46,927 --> 00:43:48,161 Mm-hm, yeah. 507 00:43:48,195 --> 00:43:49,196 Two minutes? 508 00:43:49,229 --> 00:43:51,065 Five minutes. 509 00:43:51,099 --> 00:43:52,633 Really? 510 00:43:52,666 --> 00:43:55,002 All right, well, good night. 511 00:44:04,144 --> 00:44:05,879 Mr. Mercer. 512 00:44:06,747 --> 00:44:08,315 Yes, Elvis. 513 00:44:08,348 --> 00:44:11,952 I can't read very well. 514 00:44:11,985 --> 00:44:13,087 It's okay. 515 00:44:13,121 --> 00:44:14,287 It's not a requirement. 516 00:44:14,321 --> 00:44:16,223 You can just leave 'em on the nightstand 517 00:44:16,256 --> 00:44:17,467 and I'll put 'em back tomorrow. 518 00:44:17,491 --> 00:44:18,659 Can you read to me? 519 00:44:18,692 --> 00:44:19,693 Can't sleep. 520 00:44:22,663 --> 00:44:23,663 Sure. 521 00:44:28,001 --> 00:44:29,469 You might not like "the hobbit", 522 00:44:29,503 --> 00:44:31,838 it was written a long time ago. 523 00:44:31,872 --> 00:44:33,340 I'm gonna read you 524 00:44:33,373 --> 00:44:34,917 the one about the guy who lives in the mushroom house. 525 00:44:34,941 --> 00:44:37,577 My students thought it was hilarious 526 00:44:37,611 --> 00:44:39,613 when they gave it to me. 527 00:44:42,716 --> 00:44:45,886 "Jasper Jenkins was a small, slim man, 528 00:44:47,254 --> 00:44:50,924 with big feet and long skinny fingers. 529 00:44:50,957 --> 00:44:54,594 He was jolly most of the time and had a wide grin 530 00:44:54,628 --> 00:44:58,331 that brightened up the neighborhood whenever he would smile. 531 00:44:58,365 --> 00:45:03,203 Jasper was the only man in town who lived inside a mushroom. 532 00:45:03,236 --> 00:45:05,173 It had tiny windows 533 00:45:05,205 --> 00:45:08,042 and he would sit beside them on rainy days 534 00:45:08,076 --> 00:45:12,379 and watch the drops fall from the sky and hit the mud. 535 00:45:12,412 --> 00:45:13,814 Ping, ping, ping. 536 00:45:17,551 --> 00:45:20,320 The mushroom house on the outskirts of town 537 00:45:20,353 --> 00:45:23,057 had everything Jasper needed. 538 00:45:23,091 --> 00:45:26,893 He liked to bake cookies in the big, round oven, 539 00:45:26,927 --> 00:45:31,465 and pass them out to the city kids on Saturday evenings. 540 00:45:31,498 --> 00:45:34,634 He was everyone's favorite guy. 541 00:45:34,668 --> 00:45:35,668 "He..." 542 00:45:58,525 --> 00:45:59,726 Michael Mercer here. 543 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:01,294 Hi, Dr. Mercer, it's Jack. 544 00:46:01,328 --> 00:46:02,262 Jack, hi. 545 00:46:02,295 --> 00:46:04,431 Did you find out anything? 546 00:46:04,464 --> 00:46:06,800 Are you sure his name's Elvis? 547 00:46:06,833 --> 00:46:08,335 I guess I'm not that sure. 548 00:46:08,368 --> 00:46:10,871 Any kids reported missing in the last couple of weeks? 549 00:46:10,904 --> 00:46:13,807 Unfortunately not, no kids, doc. 550 00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:15,475 That's helpful, thanks Jack. 551 00:46:15,509 --> 00:46:17,221 Yeah, no, I have to think about what to do next. 552 00:46:17,245 --> 00:46:19,213 Maybe you can get him to tell you his last name. 553 00:46:19,247 --> 00:46:21,158 Yeah, I'll give it a shot and I'll give you a call back. 554 00:46:21,182 --> 00:46:22,391 My brother says you can call him directly 555 00:46:22,415 --> 00:46:23,617 - next time. - Thanks, Jack. 556 00:46:23,650 --> 00:46:26,386 I'll text you his number. 557 00:46:29,223 --> 00:46:30,690 You like the book? 558 00:46:30,724 --> 00:46:33,360 Yeah, I like what parts of it I can understand. 559 00:46:33,393 --> 00:46:36,530 Oh, the more you read, the easier it gets. 560 00:46:36,563 --> 00:46:38,132 I'm also not that good at school. 561 00:46:38,166 --> 00:46:39,633 You know you're very smart. 562 00:46:39,666 --> 00:46:42,103 Maybe you're just not applying yourself. 563 00:46:42,136 --> 00:46:44,138 It also helps if you go. 564 00:46:45,438 --> 00:46:46,783 I gotta write a recommendation letter for a friend 565 00:46:46,807 --> 00:46:49,810 so you can either keep reading that book 566 00:46:49,843 --> 00:46:52,679 or I can put you to work doing some chores for me. 567 00:46:52,712 --> 00:46:54,915 What kinds of chores? 568 00:46:54,948 --> 00:46:56,716 You can either do some mushrooming 569 00:46:56,750 --> 00:46:59,086 or you can rake the leaves. 570 00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:00,288 Raking leaves isn't my thing, 571 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:01,688 I'd rather go mushrooming. 572 00:47:01,721 --> 00:47:03,057 Okay. 573 00:47:04,491 --> 00:47:07,028 I'll give you $5 for every chaga chunk you bring to me. 574 00:47:07,061 --> 00:47:09,030 But no cheating. 575 00:47:09,063 --> 00:47:11,998 You can't take the whole batch from the tree. 576 00:47:12,033 --> 00:47:13,033 Deal? 577 00:47:14,801 --> 00:47:15,969 Deal? 578 00:47:16,002 --> 00:47:17,238 - Sure. - Okay. 579 00:47:20,174 --> 00:47:21,374 So what you're gonna look for, 580 00:47:21,408 --> 00:47:25,412 remember, like the last time, is the charcoal. 581 00:47:25,445 --> 00:47:26,646 It looks like charcoal, 582 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:28,192 it'll be on the side of the tree, okay. 583 00:47:28,216 --> 00:47:31,418 So you can look up and you can look around the tree, 584 00:47:31,451 --> 00:47:34,788 sometimes it will be at the roots as well, okay. 585 00:47:34,821 --> 00:47:35,821 Good luck. 586 00:48:52,266 --> 00:48:54,268 Hello. 587 00:48:54,302 --> 00:48:57,071 Officer Bradley, it's Michael Mercer, 588 00:48:57,104 --> 00:48:58,205 Jack's old employer. 589 00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:00,374 I, I ran the lab where, 590 00:49:00,408 --> 00:49:01,441 where he worked. 591 00:49:01,474 --> 00:49:03,377 Ah, hi, Dr. Mercer. 592 00:49:03,411 --> 00:49:05,212 I've heard great things about you. 593 00:49:05,246 --> 00:49:06,147 Yeah, same to you. 594 00:49:06,180 --> 00:49:08,249 Um, listen, thank you so much 595 00:49:08,282 --> 00:49:10,318 for looking into the situation with the child. 596 00:49:10,351 --> 00:49:15,056 I, I just found a math test with the boy's name on it. 597 00:49:15,089 --> 00:49:18,059 Ah, his name is Jacob faulkner. 598 00:49:18,092 --> 00:49:21,362 F-a-u-l-k-n-e-r. 599 00:49:21,395 --> 00:49:23,697 Jacob faulkner? 600 00:49:23,730 --> 00:49:25,532 I don't know if he made up the name Elvis 601 00:49:25,565 --> 00:49:29,370 or if he just doesn't wanna go by any other name, but- 602 00:49:29,403 --> 00:49:31,105 - Jacob faulkner. 603 00:49:31,138 --> 00:49:33,640 Yeah, or he just doesn't wanna go home, yeah. 604 00:49:33,673 --> 00:49:35,343 I can look into it. 605 00:49:35,376 --> 00:49:36,676 Give me a day or two. 606 00:49:36,710 --> 00:49:38,245 Yes, um, can you look into this? 607 00:49:38,279 --> 00:49:39,846 I, I don't wanna... 608 00:49:40,747 --> 00:49:42,183 I wanna help the boy, 609 00:49:42,216 --> 00:49:44,294 but I also don't want his family to be worried about him 610 00:49:44,318 --> 00:49:45,652 and i'm, 611 00:49:45,685 --> 00:49:48,621 I'm just, I'm not sure what to do here. 612 00:49:48,655 --> 00:49:52,859 Is the situation stable with the boy right now? 613 00:49:52,892 --> 00:49:54,328 Yes, no, no, 614 00:49:54,362 --> 00:49:55,938 he seems to be doing well, all things considered. 615 00:49:55,962 --> 00:49:57,264 Yeah, I can look into it. 616 00:49:57,298 --> 00:49:59,233 Well, thank you for your help, officer, 617 00:49:59,266 --> 00:50:01,435 I really appreciate it. 618 00:50:01,469 --> 00:50:02,702 Happy to help out. 619 00:50:02,736 --> 00:50:04,238 I'll be in touch. 620 00:50:04,271 --> 00:50:06,307 Have a great day. 621 00:50:11,379 --> 00:50:12,779 Hey. 622 00:50:12,812 --> 00:50:14,391 Hey, I left you those mushrooms on the front porch, 623 00:50:14,415 --> 00:50:15,582 you can check them out later. 624 00:50:15,615 --> 00:50:17,451 Oh, great, yeah, I will. 625 00:50:17,485 --> 00:50:19,253 And maybe you can make a career of this. 626 00:50:19,286 --> 00:50:22,856 Yeah, it's relaxing roaming the woods alone. 627 00:50:22,889 --> 00:50:24,267 Did you come across any black bears? 628 00:50:24,291 --> 00:50:25,692 No, and I sure hope I don't. 629 00:50:25,725 --> 00:50:27,694 Have you ever come across any? 630 00:50:27,727 --> 00:50:29,196 I have. 631 00:50:29,230 --> 00:50:32,732 You just have to back away slowly, they won't bother you. 632 00:50:32,766 --> 00:50:35,469 So this is what I want from those mushrooms. 633 00:50:35,503 --> 00:50:37,570 It's ergosterol peroxide. 634 00:50:38,972 --> 00:50:41,275 It's a steroid derivative that you can isolate. 635 00:50:41,308 --> 00:50:43,676 It keeps your immune system from getting too active. 636 00:50:43,710 --> 00:50:44,710 You see. 637 00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:49,150 It looks like hieroglyphics actually. 638 00:50:50,451 --> 00:50:52,086 Well, if you ever take organic chemistry 639 00:50:52,119 --> 00:50:53,397 you'll have fun working problems 640 00:50:53,421 --> 00:50:56,856 where you move different functional groups around 641 00:50:56,890 --> 00:51:01,529 depending on various conditions like heat or pressure. 642 00:51:01,561 --> 00:51:03,563 If you're anything like I was. 643 00:51:03,596 --> 00:51:06,100 I used to throw my chemistry books around on Saturday nights 644 00:51:06,133 --> 00:51:07,334 and I'd scream. 645 00:51:09,203 --> 00:51:11,571 Well, that doesn't sound like a good time at all. 646 00:51:11,604 --> 00:51:13,074 Hm. 647 00:51:13,107 --> 00:51:16,043 I used to have dreams about reactions and wake up sweating. 648 00:51:16,077 --> 00:51:18,479 Then one day it just clicked. 649 00:51:19,979 --> 00:51:21,282 So why did you retire? 650 00:51:21,315 --> 00:51:23,616 You don't seem old enough. 651 00:51:23,650 --> 00:51:25,752 Couldn't get any grants anymore. 652 00:51:25,785 --> 00:51:27,421 I mean, the university expected you 653 00:51:27,455 --> 00:51:29,423 to find these funding sources 654 00:51:29,457 --> 00:51:31,525 from all these different places. 655 00:51:31,559 --> 00:51:33,027 And you know what? 656 00:51:33,060 --> 00:51:37,398 If your grants expire and you don't get others, that's it. 657 00:51:38,566 --> 00:51:39,775 You know, you have to sell yourself out 658 00:51:39,799 --> 00:51:42,203 and study topics that don't interest you. 659 00:51:42,236 --> 00:51:44,314 It's what the entities are funding at any given time. 660 00:51:44,338 --> 00:51:47,607 You know, I ended up feeling like a used car salesman. 661 00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:48,717 And science shouldn't be like that. 662 00:51:48,741 --> 00:51:51,945 That's not why I got into it. 663 00:51:51,978 --> 00:51:53,380 Do you miss it? 664 00:51:53,414 --> 00:51:57,251 I miss it all the time, I miss my students. 665 00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:09,196 Well, you do have lab up there in the mountains. 666 00:52:09,230 --> 00:52:12,533 I mean, you're not that old, you could always just go back. 667 00:52:12,566 --> 00:52:14,034 Yeah, who knows? 668 00:52:14,068 --> 00:52:16,437 Anyway, I'm gonna turn in a little early tonight, 669 00:52:16,470 --> 00:52:20,640 my old man bone aches are heating up a little bit. 670 00:52:24,545 --> 00:52:25,479 Hey, wait. 671 00:52:25,513 --> 00:52:27,248 You still owe me 20 bucks. 672 00:52:27,281 --> 00:52:28,715 For what? 673 00:52:28,748 --> 00:52:30,588 For those four chaga chunks that I brought you. 674 00:52:30,618 --> 00:52:34,421 They look nasty, but they sure make me a little bit. 675 00:52:34,455 --> 00:52:35,623 Okay. 676 00:52:35,655 --> 00:52:38,159 A deal is a deal, yeah, 20 bucks it is. 677 00:52:50,271 --> 00:52:51,438 Hmm, thanks. 678 00:52:53,673 --> 00:52:55,209 - Mr. Mercer? - Yeah. 679 00:52:55,242 --> 00:52:57,645 I mean it, thank you. 680 00:52:57,677 --> 00:52:59,846 You're welcome. 681 00:53:03,317 --> 00:53:05,653 I'm just gonna lay down and take a little rest for a bit. 682 00:53:05,685 --> 00:53:07,354 - I'll feel better. - Mm-hm. 683 00:53:26,973 --> 00:53:27,973 Huh. 684 00:53:45,825 --> 00:53:46,825 Elvis? 685 00:53:56,503 --> 00:53:57,503 Elvis? 686 00:54:20,561 --> 00:54:21,561 Elvis? 687 00:55:28,495 --> 00:55:29,663 I trusted you. 688 00:55:30,531 --> 00:55:31,732 I trusted you. 689 00:57:52,372 --> 00:57:53,807 You stole my father's rings. 690 00:57:53,841 --> 00:57:55,175 You called the police on me. 691 00:57:55,209 --> 00:57:56,677 I'm trying to help you. 692 00:57:56,710 --> 00:57:58,221 I heard you talking to that officer on the phone. 693 00:57:58,245 --> 00:57:59,622 You told him my name and everything. 694 00:57:59,646 --> 00:58:00,447 I trusted you. 695 00:58:00,481 --> 00:58:01,782 I trusted you. 696 00:58:01,815 --> 00:58:02,982 I don't care about the money, 697 00:58:03,016 --> 00:58:05,552 give me the goddamn rings back kid. 698 00:58:07,521 --> 00:58:08,422 Good luck. 699 00:58:08,455 --> 00:58:10,624 Please, come on. 700 00:58:12,726 --> 00:58:14,370 I don't wanna go back to another foster home. 701 00:58:14,394 --> 00:58:16,063 You were gonna have them take me away. 702 00:58:16,096 --> 00:58:17,336 You lied to me about your name. 703 00:58:17,364 --> 00:58:18,499 No, I didn't lie. 704 00:58:18,532 --> 00:58:20,267 - Yes you did. - My name is Jacob, 705 00:58:20,300 --> 00:58:22,536 my dad just calls me Elvis. 706 00:58:23,770 --> 00:58:25,048 If you're not gonna take care of me, 707 00:58:25,072 --> 00:58:27,007 then at least bring me to my dad. 708 00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:29,776 He may be crazy, but he loves me. 709 00:58:44,491 --> 00:58:45,491 Come on. 710 00:58:55,235 --> 00:58:56,235 Come on. 711 00:59:36,343 --> 00:59:37,945 Is this your house? 712 00:59:38,812 --> 00:59:40,213 It was. 713 00:59:42,983 --> 00:59:44,585 I'm sorry, Elvis. 714 00:59:46,186 --> 00:59:49,189 I wonder if daddy is dead. 715 00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:55,662 We're gonna find out. 716 01:01:19,613 --> 01:01:21,481 What are we doing here? 717 01:01:21,515 --> 01:01:23,550 We need to do something drastic. 718 01:01:23,583 --> 01:01:25,519 What do you mean drastic? 719 01:01:25,552 --> 01:01:28,488 We're gonna buy some chocolate ice cream. 720 01:01:28,522 --> 01:01:29,956 A lot of it. 721 01:01:29,990 --> 01:01:31,200 We're gonna take that ice cream, 722 01:01:31,224 --> 01:01:33,860 I'm gonna drive to the top of a mountain. 723 01:01:33,894 --> 01:01:36,830 And as we look down at the world beneath us 724 01:01:36,863 --> 01:01:41,368 and we see those tiny dots of rocks, creeks and trees, 725 01:01:42,369 --> 01:01:44,938 we're gonna eat that ice cream. 726 01:01:44,971 --> 01:01:46,873 We're gonna eat it until we can't move 727 01:01:46,907 --> 01:01:48,675 and they will have to send a helicopter 728 01:01:48,709 --> 01:01:52,713 to airlift us out with our big bellies out of the forest. 729 01:01:52,746 --> 01:01:54,614 We will hear the sounds of the chopper blades 730 01:01:54,648 --> 01:01:58,418 as they fly through the sky with god's breath 731 01:02:00,454 --> 01:02:02,389 on our chocolate covered faces. 732 01:02:02,422 --> 01:02:04,391 I thought you didn't believe in god. 733 01:02:04,424 --> 01:02:08,729 I believe in god's breath and chocolate ice cream. 734 01:02:15,069 --> 01:02:16,670 I hope my dad is okay. 735 01:02:16,703 --> 01:02:17,504 I hope so too. 736 01:02:17,537 --> 01:02:18,805 We'll find out. 737 01:02:19,973 --> 01:02:21,808 I'm sorry I took your money and your rings. 738 01:02:21,842 --> 01:02:25,312 I don't care about the money, the rings are important. 739 01:02:25,345 --> 01:02:26,346 Will you forgive me? 740 01:02:26,379 --> 01:02:27,614 Yep. 741 01:02:28,749 --> 01:02:32,153 If my dad is dead will you take care of me? 742 01:02:32,186 --> 01:02:34,855 Let's see if we can find your daddy first. 743 01:02:34,888 --> 01:02:37,158 If we can't, will you take care of me? 744 01:02:37,191 --> 01:02:39,860 I don't even know if I'm qualified. 745 01:02:39,893 --> 01:02:41,461 What does that mean? 746 01:02:41,495 --> 01:02:43,064 Well, I told you before, 747 01:02:43,097 --> 01:02:45,432 I mean, I don't know anything about kids. 748 01:02:45,465 --> 01:02:48,468 I had some college students, but that's been a while. 749 01:02:48,502 --> 01:02:50,904 I probably wouldn't be all that hard. 750 01:02:50,937 --> 01:02:54,041 I mean, if you know how to make meals and don't do drugs, 751 01:02:54,075 --> 01:02:56,810 you're probably a better guardian than I've ever had. 752 01:02:56,843 --> 01:02:59,713 Let's see if we can find your daddy first. 753 01:02:59,746 --> 01:03:03,251 My daddy was going crazy when I ran away. 754 01:03:03,283 --> 01:03:05,253 He said the house was filled with rival aliens 755 01:03:05,285 --> 01:03:08,889 who wanted to capture him and take him back to some planet. 756 01:03:08,922 --> 01:03:10,390 I tried to hand him his medicine, 757 01:03:10,423 --> 01:03:13,393 but he knocked it out of my hand and said I was one of them. 758 01:03:13,426 --> 01:03:16,363 I got real scared and ran into the woods. 759 01:03:16,396 --> 01:03:18,999 No kid should have to deal with that. 760 01:03:19,033 --> 01:03:20,033 Hmm. 761 01:03:21,535 --> 01:03:22,702 Psst. 762 01:03:22,736 --> 01:03:24,280 It's like my daddy isn't my daddy sometimes, 763 01:03:24,304 --> 01:03:27,307 like he's a monster in a bad dream and I can't wake up. 764 01:03:27,340 --> 01:03:29,309 Bad dreams are no fun, that's for sure, 765 01:03:29,342 --> 01:03:32,746 especially when you can't wake up or change anything. 766 01:03:32,779 --> 01:03:36,284 What kind of dreams do you have? 767 01:03:36,316 --> 01:03:38,752 I dream about chemical reactions 768 01:03:38,785 --> 01:03:40,687 and old girlfriends from decades ago, 769 01:03:40,720 --> 01:03:42,656 you know, boring stuff. 770 01:03:44,258 --> 01:03:45,434 What kind of dreams do you have 771 01:03:45,458 --> 01:03:49,429 about things you wanna do with your life? 772 01:03:49,462 --> 01:03:51,531 You mean daydreams, like aspirations? 773 01:03:51,565 --> 01:03:53,500 Yeah, that kind. 774 01:03:53,533 --> 01:03:54,768 I don't know. 775 01:03:56,037 --> 01:03:58,738 I've done everything I had in mind. 776 01:03:58,772 --> 01:04:01,908 I presented scientific findings around the world, 777 01:04:01,942 --> 01:04:05,912 I took my mom to easter island before she died, 778 01:04:05,946 --> 01:04:07,547 I spent my life moving science forward 779 01:04:07,581 --> 01:04:12,186 and now I guess I just wanna feel less physical pain. 780 01:04:12,220 --> 01:04:14,654 That's not a dream. 781 01:04:14,688 --> 01:04:16,990 What do you daydream? 782 01:04:17,024 --> 01:04:19,060 I told you, I wanna build a bubble house 783 01:04:19,093 --> 01:04:21,394 like Wallace neff, but better. 784 01:04:21,428 --> 01:04:23,430 His bubble houses got torn down after a while, 785 01:04:23,463 --> 01:04:25,299 so I want mine to be indestructible. 786 01:04:25,333 --> 01:04:28,269 Bubble houses won't even be able to go through them. 787 01:04:28,302 --> 01:04:31,138 I also wanna plant a garden with lots of potatoes, 788 01:04:31,172 --> 01:04:32,639 black-eyed Susans, 789 01:04:32,672 --> 01:04:33,874 everything you would need 790 01:04:33,907 --> 01:04:36,010 if things go horribly wrong in the world. 791 01:04:36,043 --> 01:04:38,288 What do you think is gonna go horribly wrong in the world? 792 01:04:38,312 --> 01:04:42,849 I don't know, but I wanna be ready, whatever it is. 793 01:04:42,883 --> 01:04:45,385 I like your idea of a bubble house to protect you 794 01:04:45,418 --> 01:04:48,889 when things go wrong in the world. 795 01:04:48,922 --> 01:04:50,533 You know, you could come live there with me, 796 01:04:50,557 --> 01:04:52,859 you could be old and need some shelter. 797 01:04:52,893 --> 01:04:56,163 I appreciate the invitation. 798 01:04:57,831 --> 01:04:59,300 You... 799 01:04:59,333 --> 01:05:01,577 We could have a laboratory to make your mushroom medicine. 800 01:05:01,601 --> 01:05:03,837 I'd have to teach you how to make everything. 801 01:05:03,870 --> 01:05:06,606 That's fine, I don't mind learning how. 802 01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:07,807 We could have... 803 01:05:07,841 --> 01:05:08,951 We could be two mushroom scientists 804 01:05:08,975 --> 01:05:10,710 living in a bubble house. 805 01:05:10,744 --> 01:05:12,079 Or a mushroom house. 806 01:05:12,113 --> 01:05:14,015 Like that book you're reading me? 807 01:05:14,048 --> 01:05:16,150 Yeah, that you swiped. 808 01:05:16,183 --> 01:05:17,851 I'll give it back. 809 01:05:21,355 --> 01:05:23,790 You know, if my daddy is dead, I will be sad, 810 01:05:23,823 --> 01:05:25,393 but I'll also be a little relieved 811 01:05:25,458 --> 01:05:26,893 because then I could live with you 812 01:05:26,927 --> 01:05:31,464 and I wouldn't be so worried all the time about everything. 813 01:05:32,599 --> 01:05:34,935 I will love him, I will always love him, 814 01:05:34,968 --> 01:05:39,606 but being worried all the time is not much fun. 815 01:05:39,639 --> 01:05:42,876 I used to worry about my dad all the time too. 816 01:05:42,909 --> 01:05:44,878 He used to cough all night most nights. 817 01:05:44,911 --> 01:05:46,347 Can we go home? 818 01:05:47,647 --> 01:05:48,647 Yeah. 819 01:05:59,926 --> 01:06:01,828 I think I had too much. 820 01:06:03,530 --> 01:06:05,632 Well, you can have some more. 821 01:06:05,665 --> 01:06:06,665 No, done. 822 01:06:12,273 --> 01:06:14,041 Just give me a minute. 823 01:06:16,444 --> 01:06:17,411 Hello. 824 01:06:17,445 --> 01:06:18,578 Dr. Mercer. 825 01:06:18,611 --> 01:06:19,779 Yes. 826 01:06:19,813 --> 01:06:21,115 This is officer Bradley. 827 01:06:21,148 --> 01:06:22,350 Hi officer. 828 01:06:22,383 --> 01:06:23,659 So I have some information for you 829 01:06:23,683 --> 01:06:25,286 on Jacob faulkner. 830 01:06:25,319 --> 01:06:26,753 Please go ahead. 831 01:06:26,786 --> 01:06:29,656 Jacob faulkner is the son of Davis faulkner, 832 01:06:29,689 --> 01:06:32,859 originally from wheeling, West Virginia. 833 01:06:32,892 --> 01:06:35,296 The father is a 34 year old man 834 01:06:35,329 --> 01:06:37,964 and he's been in and out of mental institutions 835 01:06:37,998 --> 01:06:40,167 for the last 15 years. 836 01:06:40,201 --> 01:06:42,370 He's now in the west Virginia state hospital 837 01:06:42,403 --> 01:06:44,138 after burning down their house 838 01:06:44,171 --> 01:06:46,539 on west sycamore two weeks ago. 839 01:06:46,573 --> 01:06:49,642 Jacob was presumed to be dead. 840 01:06:49,676 --> 01:06:53,447 So I'm relieved to find out that's not the case. 841 01:06:53,481 --> 01:06:55,149 He's safe at the moment. 842 01:06:55,182 --> 01:06:56,750 I'm so glad to hear it. 843 01:06:56,783 --> 01:06:58,252 You can bring the boy into custody 844 01:06:58,285 --> 01:07:02,056 and we'll work with child services to find him a home. 845 01:07:02,089 --> 01:07:04,425 The child's mother died during his childbirth 846 01:07:04,458 --> 01:07:08,828 and there are no relatives that don't have criminal records. 847 01:07:08,862 --> 01:07:11,265 Is there any way I could foster the boy for now? 848 01:07:11,298 --> 01:07:12,199 That's awful kind of you 849 01:07:12,233 --> 01:07:13,467 to wanna help that child. 850 01:07:13,501 --> 01:07:16,470 Sounds like it's been a hard life for him. 851 01:07:16,504 --> 01:07:18,705 I'll need to send an officer there as well. 852 01:07:18,738 --> 01:07:19,639 I understand. 853 01:07:19,672 --> 01:07:21,108 Can we start that process? 854 01:07:21,142 --> 01:07:22,609 Is the boy close by 855 01:07:22,642 --> 01:07:25,112 so that I could speak with him to put it in my report? 856 01:07:25,146 --> 01:07:26,013 Yes, he's a... 857 01:07:26,047 --> 01:07:27,814 He's right next to me. 858 01:07:27,847 --> 01:07:28,847 Elvis? 859 01:07:34,121 --> 01:07:34,921 Hello. 860 01:07:34,954 --> 01:07:37,124 Jacob? 861 01:07:37,158 --> 01:07:38,325 Yes, sir. 862 01:07:38,359 --> 01:07:39,726 So your father is okay, 863 01:07:39,759 --> 01:07:41,561 but he's in the hospital right now. 864 01:07:41,594 --> 01:07:42,962 He's sick. 865 01:07:42,996 --> 01:07:44,498 He's sick a lot. 866 01:07:45,698 --> 01:07:47,667 We're glad you're okay. 867 01:07:47,700 --> 01:07:51,272 Do you wanna stay with Dr. Mercer right now? 868 01:07:51,305 --> 01:07:52,772 I would like that. 869 01:07:52,806 --> 01:07:54,583 We will need to send someone to speak with you 870 01:07:54,607 --> 01:07:56,810 and visit Dr. Mercer's home. 871 01:07:56,843 --> 01:07:58,812 We will need to fill out some paperwork 872 01:07:58,845 --> 01:08:01,082 while we sort things out, there is a process. 873 01:08:01,115 --> 01:08:03,350 Yeah, I understand. 874 01:08:03,384 --> 01:08:04,584 Okay. 875 01:08:04,617 --> 01:08:07,488 What school do you go to? 876 01:08:07,521 --> 01:08:08,721 Lincoln heights elementary, 877 01:08:08,755 --> 01:08:11,225 I haven't been in for a while though. 878 01:08:11,258 --> 01:08:12,393 Okay. 879 01:08:12,426 --> 01:08:14,694 Thank you for sharing that with me. 880 01:08:14,727 --> 01:08:16,330 We'll figure out what to do next. 881 01:08:16,363 --> 01:08:17,764 Go get some ice cream. 882 01:08:17,797 --> 01:08:19,133 I already did. 883 01:08:20,867 --> 01:08:22,369 Thank you for your help officer. 884 01:08:22,403 --> 01:08:23,404 Anytime. 885 01:08:23,437 --> 01:08:26,407 We will be reaching out shortly. 886 01:08:26,440 --> 01:08:27,740 Let's go. 887 01:08:53,367 --> 01:08:55,569 What's that you're drinking? 888 01:08:55,603 --> 01:08:59,106 Phellinus linteus and inonotus obliquus. 889 01:09:00,241 --> 01:09:01,741 Is that doing anything for you? 890 01:09:01,774 --> 01:09:02,774 Be honest. 891 01:09:03,676 --> 01:09:05,579 Hm, I don't know. 892 01:09:05,613 --> 01:09:06,655 My knee is feeling a little better 893 01:09:06,679 --> 01:09:09,316 but my eyes are acting up. 894 01:09:10,451 --> 01:09:12,386 What do you mean? 895 01:09:12,419 --> 01:09:14,787 My immune system attacks whatever it wants sometimes 896 01:09:14,821 --> 01:09:18,192 and I get this thing called uveitis, 897 01:09:18,225 --> 01:09:21,562 when parts of your eyes get blurred and 898 01:09:24,298 --> 01:09:25,732 inflamed. 899 01:09:25,765 --> 01:09:27,010 You know, sunlight gives me a headache, 900 01:09:27,034 --> 01:09:28,469 and I can't read. 901 01:09:29,869 --> 01:09:31,738 It's a lot of fun. 902 01:09:31,771 --> 01:09:36,143 Sorry I've caused you so much stress, you know. 903 01:09:36,177 --> 01:09:38,579 It's not your fault kid. 904 01:09:38,612 --> 01:09:42,550 I used to get stressed out when I had a Grant due. 905 01:09:42,583 --> 01:09:43,617 You know what? 906 01:09:43,651 --> 01:09:45,019 Coping with stress 907 01:09:45,052 --> 01:09:46,997 is probably one of the hardest things to do in life. 908 01:09:47,021 --> 01:09:50,723 Some people, they go right through it, 909 01:09:50,757 --> 01:09:51,757 but not me. 910 01:09:52,526 --> 01:09:54,794 My body has a huge tantrum. 911 01:09:56,729 --> 01:09:59,633 I'm just not that good at it. 912 01:09:59,667 --> 01:10:01,502 But I'm gonna take a little rest 913 01:10:01,535 --> 01:10:03,537 then I'm gonna feel a lot better. 914 01:10:03,571 --> 01:10:07,774 Help yourself to whatever you want, okay. 915 01:12:24,511 --> 01:12:26,313 Mr. Mercer, 916 01:12:26,347 --> 01:12:28,382 here's some water. 917 01:12:28,415 --> 01:12:30,484 I'm not feeling good, Elvis, 918 01:12:30,517 --> 01:12:32,228 could you get the juice from the refrigerator? 919 01:12:32,252 --> 01:12:33,953 That stuff's not helping you. 920 01:12:33,986 --> 01:12:35,922 You need real medicine. 921 01:12:39,827 --> 01:12:40,993 Come on, take. 922 01:12:42,563 --> 01:12:45,733 Your mushroom juice isn't helping you. 923 01:12:57,311 --> 01:12:59,480 See, it wasn't that hard. 924 01:12:59,513 --> 01:13:02,316 Gonna feel a lot better now. 925 01:13:02,349 --> 01:13:04,051 You're a good kid, you know that, Elvis? 926 01:13:04,084 --> 01:13:07,121 Yeah, someone's gotta keep you in shape. 927 01:13:07,154 --> 01:13:08,655 Okay kid. 928 01:13:08,689 --> 01:13:09,922 All right, rest up a little 929 01:13:09,956 --> 01:13:12,326 and that should kick in in a bit. 930 01:13:36,183 --> 01:13:38,194 See, this is the third day you've been taking your medicine 931 01:13:38,218 --> 01:13:40,287 and you're already looking a lot better. 932 01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:42,922 Hmm, thanks for taking care of me, Elvis. 933 01:13:42,955 --> 01:13:46,326 Well, someone has to keep you in check, anyway. 934 01:13:46,360 --> 01:13:48,796 Listen, you need to go to the doctor. 935 01:13:48,829 --> 01:13:51,931 There we can get you a real prescription. 936 01:13:51,964 --> 01:13:53,434 Mm-mm. 937 01:13:53,467 --> 01:13:57,471 Okay, if you go to the doctor, I'll go to school. 938 01:13:59,006 --> 01:13:59,907 Really? 939 01:13:59,939 --> 01:14:02,075 Yeah, but you have to go. 940 01:14:04,611 --> 01:14:05,611 Okay, 941 01:14:06,480 --> 01:14:07,480 deal. 942 01:14:08,382 --> 01:14:09,917 All right. 943 01:14:09,949 --> 01:14:11,518 Have a nice dinner. 944 01:14:49,289 --> 01:14:50,424 You know, I'm no expert, 945 01:14:50,457 --> 01:14:52,192 but you need to try new things. 946 01:14:52,226 --> 01:14:54,294 You're a walking contradiction. 947 01:14:54,328 --> 01:14:56,129 What do you mean? 948 01:14:56,163 --> 01:14:57,498 You say you believe in science, 949 01:14:57,531 --> 01:14:58,966 but you don't like doctors. 950 01:14:58,998 --> 01:15:00,834 Doctors believe in science. 951 01:15:00,868 --> 01:15:02,946 You say that you're not good with kids, but as it turns out, 952 01:15:02,970 --> 01:15:04,838 you're actually pretty good with kids. 953 01:15:04,872 --> 01:15:05,973 Well, n of 1. 954 01:15:06,006 --> 01:15:07,441 Fine, n of 1. 955 01:15:07,474 --> 01:15:08,375 But listen to me, 956 01:15:08,408 --> 01:15:09,877 there's sun over your head, 957 01:15:09,910 --> 01:15:11,921 that sun is gonna go past your face, past your messy hair, 958 01:15:11,945 --> 01:15:13,547 and enter deep into your bones. 959 01:15:13,580 --> 01:15:14,748 It's gonna warm you up 960 01:15:14,781 --> 01:15:17,050 and stop you to be such a stubborn troll. 961 01:15:17,084 --> 01:15:21,622 You're the worst wizard in the state of West Virginia. 962 01:15:22,856 --> 01:15:24,191 Maybe that sun can warm you up 963 01:15:24,224 --> 01:15:25,659 and get you to stop stealing. 964 01:15:25,692 --> 01:15:26,793 Quiet. 965 01:15:26,827 --> 01:15:28,762 Listen, sun over your head. 966 01:15:28,795 --> 01:15:30,197 Now lie down. 967 01:15:30,230 --> 01:15:33,433 It's gonna give you the strength to go to the doctor. 968 01:15:33,467 --> 01:15:34,902 It's a beautiful day outside. 969 01:15:34,935 --> 01:15:38,539 Birds are singing and flowers are blooming. 970 01:15:50,417 --> 01:15:53,420 You know, it's okay to be afraid to go in to the doctor. 971 01:15:53,453 --> 01:15:57,524 I guess I'm just afraid of what they might tell me. 972 01:15:57,558 --> 01:15:59,626 Well, what I try to do is make myself okay 973 01:15:59,660 --> 01:16:01,895 with the worst thing that can possibly happen, 974 01:16:01,929 --> 01:16:04,698 then the thing that's going to happen doesn't seem as bad, 975 01:16:04,731 --> 01:16:06,333 like my dad being dead. 976 01:16:06,366 --> 01:16:07,601 If I can be okay with that, 977 01:16:07,634 --> 01:16:09,836 then the worst thing doesn't seem as bad. 978 01:16:09,870 --> 01:16:12,272 What's the worst thing that they can tell you? 979 01:16:12,306 --> 01:16:13,774 I guess that I'm gonna die. 980 01:16:13,807 --> 01:16:15,652 If anything, the doctor's going to stop you from dying 981 01:16:15,676 --> 01:16:16,676 so quickly. 982 01:16:18,178 --> 01:16:20,914 We're all going to die, you know. 983 01:16:52,312 --> 01:16:53,547 So what's the verdict? 984 01:16:53,580 --> 01:16:54,857 That you're gonna die anytime soon? 985 01:16:54,881 --> 01:16:55,881 Nope. 986 01:16:57,317 --> 01:17:00,687 Hm, did they tell you anything ground-breaking? 987 01:17:00,721 --> 01:17:05,125 Just told me to take my meds and gave me a checkup. 988 01:17:06,326 --> 01:17:09,663 See, I told you it wouldn't be so bad. 989 01:17:09,696 --> 01:17:12,399 Aren't you glad you went? 990 01:17:12,432 --> 01:17:13,500 I think so. 991 01:17:16,070 --> 01:17:17,237 Well, since a deal's a deal, 992 01:17:17,270 --> 01:17:20,240 I wanna start going back to school. 993 01:17:20,273 --> 01:17:22,943 Do you think you can get me there every day? 994 01:17:22,976 --> 01:17:25,879 Absolutely, I'd be happy to take you to school every day. 995 01:17:25,912 --> 01:17:27,814 I was glad you wouldn't mind. 996 01:17:27,848 --> 01:17:31,418 Anyway, since my dad burned down our house, 997 01:17:32,285 --> 01:17:33,520 I don't have... 998 01:17:34,688 --> 01:17:36,990 I don't think I'll be seeing him for a while. 999 01:17:37,025 --> 01:17:39,693 You might be right about that. 1000 01:17:40,727 --> 01:17:42,996 Well, do you wanna go fishing? 1001 01:17:43,031 --> 01:17:44,031 When? 1002 01:17:44,798 --> 01:17:45,999 Right now. 1003 01:17:46,034 --> 01:17:48,535 You don't seem beat up like you did before. 1004 01:17:48,568 --> 01:17:49,903 Sure, we just, 1005 01:17:51,105 --> 01:17:53,874 we just have to grab the Poles from home. 1006 01:17:53,907 --> 01:17:54,808 I'm fine with that. 1007 01:17:54,841 --> 01:17:57,344 You got anywhere else to be? 1008 01:17:57,377 --> 01:17:59,013 Nope. 1009 01:17:59,047 --> 01:18:02,150 I have absolutely nowhere else to be except being with you. 1010 01:18:02,182 --> 01:18:05,086 Perfect, that makes two of us. 1011 01:18:05,119 --> 01:18:09,189 Mr. Mercer, come get your prescription. 1012 01:18:12,759 --> 01:18:13,860 Okay, that's enough. 1013 01:18:13,894 --> 01:18:15,362 Elvis, that's enough. 1014 01:18:16,763 --> 01:18:18,132 And reel it in a little bit. 1015 01:18:18,166 --> 01:18:19,199 Hook. 1016 01:18:19,232 --> 01:18:20,600 I will. 1017 01:18:20,634 --> 01:18:22,636 - I'm bad at this. - Okay, you take this one. 1018 01:18:22,669 --> 01:18:24,004 This one's already set. 1019 01:18:24,038 --> 01:18:24,971 It's already in the water. 1020 01:18:25,006 --> 01:18:27,407 - Just hold it. - Hold it? Okay. 1021 01:18:31,712 --> 01:18:33,447 Put your finger here like this 1022 01:18:33,480 --> 01:18:36,084 and then put it back like that. 1023 01:18:38,418 --> 01:18:39,720 That's it, good. 1024 01:18:39,753 --> 01:18:40,854 Just hold it. 1025 01:18:45,692 --> 01:18:48,062 The castle goes on the ends, 1026 01:18:48,096 --> 01:18:49,396 - like this, okay. - Mm-hm. 1027 01:18:49,429 --> 01:18:52,833 So you put your castle on the ends. 1028 01:18:52,866 --> 01:18:54,668 That's it, okay. 1029 01:18:54,701 --> 01:18:58,472 And the knight, your knight, the horse, okay, 1030 01:18:59,673 --> 01:19:01,241 goes on the next square. 1031 01:19:01,274 --> 01:19:05,179 And then you have your bishop that goes on the next square, 1032 01:19:05,213 --> 01:19:06,213 okay. 1033 01:19:07,215 --> 01:19:10,517 And then you do queen on own color, okay. 1034 01:19:11,551 --> 01:19:13,320 - This is the queen- - okay. 1035 01:19:13,353 --> 01:19:15,822 And the king, okay. 1036 01:19:15,856 --> 01:19:17,657 So this is the queen? 1037 01:19:17,691 --> 01:19:18,868 That's the queen, that's right. 1038 01:19:18,892 --> 01:19:21,762 The king is the tallest piece. 1039 01:19:21,795 --> 01:19:23,663 Technically they're almost the same size. 1040 01:19:23,697 --> 01:19:24,865 And these are called pawns, 1041 01:19:24,898 --> 01:19:28,069 and you just put those in front, okay. 1042 01:20:25,159 --> 01:20:26,426 Dear daddy, 1043 01:20:26,459 --> 01:20:28,428 I know that you are still in the hospital. 1044 01:20:28,461 --> 01:20:29,763 The nice policeman told me 1045 01:20:29,796 --> 01:20:32,200 that you burned down our house on west sycamore. 1046 01:20:32,233 --> 01:20:35,569 I actually drove by it and saw it with my own two eyes. 1047 01:20:35,602 --> 01:20:36,803 It was burned to the ground, 1048 01:20:36,837 --> 01:20:38,614 but I know you must've had a real good reason, 1049 01:20:38,638 --> 01:20:40,774 like those creatures coming for us. 1050 01:20:40,807 --> 01:20:42,310 You must've been so scared 1051 01:20:42,342 --> 01:20:44,377 and I feel bad for having left you alone with them. 1052 01:20:44,411 --> 01:20:47,380 I hope you can forgive me one day. 1053 01:20:47,414 --> 01:20:48,882 They said that they don't think 1054 01:20:48,915 --> 01:20:51,484 that you will be getting out of there for a long time. 1055 01:20:51,518 --> 01:20:54,055 I do think that they will take real good care of you though, 1056 01:20:54,088 --> 01:20:55,889 and that's what you deserve. 1057 01:20:55,922 --> 01:20:58,092 As for me, I'm doing pretty well 1058 01:20:58,125 --> 01:21:01,428 considering how much has happened in the last year. 1059 01:21:01,461 --> 01:21:04,464 I ended up finding this retired botanist in the mountains, 1060 01:21:04,497 --> 01:21:06,466 and he was nice enough to take me in. 1061 01:21:06,499 --> 01:21:09,603 He studies mushrooms, isn't that funny? 1062 01:21:09,636 --> 01:21:10,876 He gathers them from the forest 1063 01:21:10,904 --> 01:21:12,772 and then brings them back to his house. 1064 01:21:12,806 --> 01:21:15,876 He used to do lots of his experiments with them 1065 01:21:15,909 --> 01:21:18,045 and that's what he's teaching me about now. 1066 01:21:18,079 --> 01:21:20,547 I'm learning all about science. 1067 01:21:20,580 --> 01:21:23,284 At school, they even put me in gifted and talented class, 1068 01:21:23,317 --> 01:21:24,951 isn't that hard to believe? 1069 01:21:24,985 --> 01:21:27,787 Remember how I was always so slow before? 1070 01:21:27,821 --> 01:21:30,057 I couldn't even read very well back then. 1071 01:21:30,091 --> 01:21:33,927 I'm getting a lot better though, daddy, a lot better. 1072 01:21:33,960 --> 01:21:36,930 Anyway, Mr. Mercer takes me to school every day 1073 01:21:36,963 --> 01:21:38,765 and picks me up afterwards. 1074 01:21:38,798 --> 01:21:40,967 He says, he's going to get me a volunteering job 1075 01:21:41,001 --> 01:21:42,036 at a science laboratory 1076 01:21:42,069 --> 01:21:44,272 when I get a little older. 1077 01:21:44,305 --> 01:21:47,574 Maybe I will even go to college one day. 1078 01:21:47,607 --> 01:21:50,543 Mr. Mercer is also working on the papers to adopt me. 1079 01:21:50,577 --> 01:21:52,445 He's almost finished with the process, 1080 01:21:52,479 --> 01:21:53,747 but I just want you to know 1081 01:21:53,780 --> 01:21:55,682 nobody could ever take your place. 1082 01:21:55,715 --> 01:21:57,651 You may be sick, but you're my one and only daddy 1083 01:21:57,684 --> 01:22:00,021 and I will always love you no matter what. 1084 01:22:00,054 --> 01:22:01,788 I just want you to know that. 1085 01:22:01,821 --> 01:22:04,091 Oh, also, by the way, guess what? 1086 01:22:04,125 --> 01:22:06,093 We are building a bubble house, daddy. 1087 01:22:06,127 --> 01:22:08,561 Remember how you and I talked about that a few times? 1088 01:22:08,595 --> 01:22:09,739 Those houses that would keep us safe 1089 01:22:09,763 --> 01:22:11,831 from hurricanes and aliens? 1090 01:22:11,865 --> 01:22:15,602 Well, Mr. Mercer and I are actually making one ourselves. 1091 01:22:15,635 --> 01:22:18,205 He calls it a mushroom house but I call it a bubble house. 1092 01:22:18,239 --> 01:22:20,141 When it's all done, we are going to move into it 1093 01:22:20,174 --> 01:22:22,043 and live there forever. 1094 01:22:22,076 --> 01:22:24,078 It'll even be big enough for you to come stay 1095 01:22:24,111 --> 01:22:26,080 if you ever get out of the hospital. 1096 01:22:26,113 --> 01:22:29,616 I also want you to know, daddy, I am okay. 1097 01:22:29,649 --> 01:22:32,420 Everything's going to be just fine for you and me. 1098 01:22:32,452 --> 01:22:35,122 Hope they are letting you play your guitar in the hospital. 1099 01:22:35,156 --> 01:22:37,158 I'm sure the other people they would like it. 1100 01:22:37,191 --> 01:22:40,627 Also, both me and mama are there with you in spirit. 1101 01:22:40,660 --> 01:22:42,063 Much love, Elvis. 1102 01:25:34,968 --> 01:25:37,003 Do you think they will let us 1103 01:25:37,037 --> 01:25:38,638 bring a cake into the hospital? 1104 01:25:39,806 --> 01:25:43,444 Not sure, but it can't hurt to try.