Gunsmoke 55-08-27 176 Doc Quits

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1:01And the story of a man who moved with him. I'm that man, Matt Dillon, the United States Marshall. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancey job and it makes a man watchful. Had a little lonely. Hey, Mr. Dillon. Yeah, watch, Joseph. Ain't that Doc's buggy? He said not by Joe Cummins, is he a shakker? Huh? Yeah, must be. The masters like them can afford a buggy. Yeah. There it is. Well, let's stop and see what's going on, huh? All right, you.

2:02I bet old Doc will be surprised to see us way out here. Yeah. It has not much of a place crumb has got there, is it? Strange. Mine. Ain't better quit, you ask me. I'm not going to be surprised to see you. Quit, you ask me. All right. Now, let's time for the buggy, Joseph. All right, sir. Who's that out there? It's Matt Dillon, Mr. Cromley. Hello, Marshall. Matt? Hi, Doc. Justin. Blowed up. Uh, we, uh, we were on our way to Fort Larnet,

3:04we saw Doc's buggy, so who is it? I always stopped and said, hello. How you doing, ma'am? Shakker. Uh, your husband, Sikman's coming? No. You know, Marshall. He died, Matt. Oh. I'm sorry to hear that, Matt. Doc, don't all he could just... Just weren't no use. I might as well not have come. I couldn't do a thing for him. Now, Doc, don't say that. You've been up 24 hours trying to save. It's not time that saves a patient, Mrs. Cromley. It's knowledge. Knowledge I don't have. I know what there is to no, Doc. Nobody knows more. Your husband's dead, Mrs. Cromley. I wanted to save him. You tried. Uh, what are you going to do now, ma'am? I can't we help you in any way? Thank you, Marshall.

4:05There's nothing. With Joe Garner, I can stay here. I reckon in the day or so, I'll pack up and move on. I don't know where I'll go. I've got no place there. Excuse me, I've got to get in the way. Now, that poor lady... He didn't have to die. It's not your fault, Doc. Well, then whose fault is it I'd like to know? I'm Doc, you're not making sense. It's being a doctor that doesn't make sense. Spending my life trying to look into the faces of people like Mrs. Cromley. And having to listen to them prank me for letting their people die. Oh, I'm sick. You need a drink, Doc? I know what I need. Why don't you leave me alone? Get your horses off my buggy and go on up to Loner, Doc. Wherever you're headed for. All right. Yeah, sure, Doc. Come on, Chester.

5:07Matt? Yeah, Doc. How long are you going to be going, Matt? No. Maybe a week. Uh-huh. Yeah. When you get back to dodge, I'll buy you a drink. Thanks, Doc. If I'm still there. Huh? Come on, Doc.

6:07My name is Beto, Morso. James is Beto. Well, how do you do, sir? This is just a profit. Just a? I do. I came by before Marshall, but your office was locked up. Probably been away. We just got back. What can I do for you, Mr. Beto? Why? Nothing, sir. Only wanted to meet you. I met most everybody in dodge by now. I've been getting acquainted. You know how it is when you move to a new town. You're going into businesses, I'm kind? Well, not exactly, Marshall. I'm a professional, ma'am. Oh. What? That is, I'm a doctor, Chester. I know. Well, we've got a doctor, yes, indeed. Well, gentlemen, it's been a pleasure meeting you both, and I'm sure we'll be good friends. I would mind to buy you both a drink. Next time we meet.

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9:08The most crucial application for Julietta. Maddie is ambient além over the Pigment key. That's great. Don't you want to stop in Del Monaco for a cup of coffee? All right. Hey look, Mr. Don, over yonder. Get dogs by the window there. Allie hasn't left. No, sir. Hey, there's Miss Key. Out there in the back there, see? Oh, well I'll go and say hello to her, Chester. You go and say hello to her. I'll join you in a couple of minutes. All right. Well, hello, Matt. Hello, Kitty. Sit down. Oh, thank you. Good to see you back. How are you, Kitty? Well, I'm all right, but I'm the only one.

10:10Oh, what do you mean? I mean, Doc. He's acting like a bear. Oh? Ask him to sit with me when he came in, but he just grumbled something about not being sit company for anybody. And he went over there and settled by himself. You know, he's been like that for a week. Yeah. I took Joe Crumbley's diet. I'm pretty hard, Kitty. That's just part of it, Matt. It's new doctor, Betel. Ever since he came, Doc's been getting grumpier. Maybe he's been losing patience. But, special. Doc's never had any competition before. He's got it now. Look. What? Betel. Oh. Yeah. I want to see you up to you. You know, he's got to stay away from Doc if he knows what's good for him. Maybe he's only trying to be friendly. I don't want to talk to you about, Kitty. You get all right, I love it. There's going to be a fight in a minute, Matt. Yeah, I better go see what this is all about.

11:11Let me know if you find out. Yeah, I will. Please, my position. And if you had listened to me for minutes, instead of hoeing all the time, maybe I'll start carrying a gun, Betel. Hello, Doc. Matt. Hello, there, Marshall. Sit down, Betel. Thank you, sir. I was about to. Just what are you buttoning on this forehead? Why don't you go and rent some drunks or do what you're supposed to be doing? It's good to see you, Doc. No, it is. Hey, Doc, there's Jake Worth out there. He's beckoning to you. Why don't you go see what he wants, Chester? Yes, sir. Who is Jake Worth? I don't think I've met him. Uh, Jake's a rancher, one of the biggest in the country. Yes, you ought to meet him, Betel. Yes, he's worth a lot of money. Oh, Doc, there's enough here for both of us. He just won't be reasonable, Mark. A reasonable amount. About what, Betel? About my practice in here. I don't see why we should be.

12:12In competition, do you? I haven't there are two doctors in the police. I guess there's bound to be in competition. Too doctored. Now, wait just a moment. Everybody I've talked to admits there's more work here than one man can handle. I guess that's true, and a doctor. No, sure, it is. It's true. Well, of course it is. I've already got some patients. Now, my idea is to split the practice in a friendly way and then really go to work. We still have more than either of us could do. Tell him the rest, Betel. Oh, yeah, tell him the real idea. Well, sir, since we will be giving people better care and all, that's only fair. We get paid more for it. How do you mean? He wants me to agree to a raise and fees, Matt. Yes, a raise. He wants to make a lot of money. Everybody pays more than they can afford, or they stay sick, according to him. Well, now why shouldn't they pay more? Would you get the idea to be an adopter like running a business bet? There's nothing wrong with a doctor's making a living, is that? You haven't even proved to me that you are a doctor, Betel.

13:14Are you going to stop that again? Oh, he's one of these bleed and blister, man, Matt. It's all he knows. Now, Dr. Adams, I am a patient man, but I've got my limits. Now, you watch what you're telling everybody about me, or there's going to be some trouble. Are you threatening me? Well, I'm just not going to stand for any more of your talk. Well, what are you going to do about it, then? I'm going to insist on it, Doc. Yes, what is it, Chester? Jake Worth has brought his boy to see you. Jake? Which boy? Billy? You know, Doc, the puny sickly one. Jake says he's getting worse. He's took the ham fit lately. He's got him in a wagon outside. All right, Chester. All right, they call go with you, Doc. You'll be a better company than staying here. Your jealous, Adams. Your jealous and what's more, your greedy. That's enough, but I sure you're on his side, Marshall. But I don't care. I've already got quite a few folks on mine. Any scandal can fool people for a little while.

14:14You coming, Matt? Yeah. You're being pretty hard on him, Doc. Not hard enough. Doc, over here. Hello, Jake. Hello, Doc. Marshall? How are you, Jake? I just couldn't leave him here alone, Doc. I never know when he's going to have one of them fits again. Think I'm on terrible sudden. I got him in back of the wagon here. Wait a minute, Jake. What's the matter, Doc? Huh. I'm going to get you some food. I'm going to get you some food. I'm going to get you some food. Huh. I might as well tell you now. There's no use, my even looking at your boy. What? Fits and the way your boy is.

15:15I don't know anything to do for him. But you got to do something. Huh. I'm sorry, Jacob. I'm real sorry. Maybe I can do something, Mr. Word. Who are you? My name is Betul. Jameson Betul. I'm the new doctor. Oh, sure. I've heard about you. Oh, and I don't listen to him, Jake. He can't help your boy anymore. And I, Doc Adams, is a little old-fashioned, Mr. Word. I can tell you there's always something that can be done for any patient. Oh, that's alive. Let him talk, Doc. At least he's willing to try. There's nothing to try. I tell you, medicine doesn't understand cases like your boy yet. You're jealous of Dr. Betul. Oh, my jealous. Oh, that's what I've heard folks say. I didn't believe it, first. But I do know. Jake, I've heard all I need to know about Betul's doctor around here. And I don't think he should be practicing at all. I've told you to stop saying that. No, wait a minute, Betul. I didn't talk. Well, I don't want to hear no more talk. No wonder so many folks are turning away from you, Doc.

16:16They need somebody who will help him. That's why you think bleeding your boy is going to help you. There's other ways to treat him besides bleeding. Like what? You don't have no idea. Come on, Dr. Betul. Get to work on the boy. I certainly miss the work. Perhaps it'd be better if you drive him home first. I'll get my horse and follow. Anything you say, Doc. Matt? Yeah, Doc. I'm going to take down my shingle. And I mean it this time. Oh, no, Doc. You can't do that. You just come and watch. Watch.

17:23Once Doc made up his mind about something, there was no talk any more of it. He took down his shingle, all right? But nobody seemed to care much. So two days later, when Betul nearly doubled his fees, then everybody blamed it on Doc somehow. They got mad at him. But that didn't bother Doc. He started going to bed early and sleep and late for a change. And most of his time was spent in my office playing Paniany Poker with Chester. He would even talk about it. Until the day I heard something, I thought my drowsy. I went back to telling him about it. I thought I was wearing a curado. He just made me some sure sometimes. But you're telling you are getting this game. This is the easiest money I ever made. Oh, yeah. That's a while.

18:24Get it back, Chester. The whole 96. Uh, Doc. Yes, ma'am? You know, Ole Miss Column. Mrs. Column, who I order. I brought her back to life, half-distance time. Or do you want to have to learn more, Doc? What's happened? She died about noon today. She did. Dr. Betul decided a good bleeding was what she needed. Beleding? That pool later. Her boy told me. No wonder she died. She couldn't stand that. Why didn't she send for me? Oh, maybe she'd heard that you'd quit. Why'd her gone if she'd wanted me? The only reason I quit is so people will find out in a hurry what kind of a doctor this betul is. You'd take him twice as long if I was still on the job. And the sooner they find out, the less harm he'll be able to do.

19:25What about Miss Column? Oh, she was 90 years old, Matt. Betul killed her all right, but she couldn't live much longer anyway. Maybe her death will save lives in the long run. I don't know. Yeah, I guess you're right, Doc. I didn't thought about it that way. I'm gonna go with the Alifagans and have me a drink. Anybody want to join me? To you, to the thousands of smokers who are changing to Ellen Dam every day, to the millions who now smoke Ellen Dam.

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21:50You buying the... Yes, I'm buying, Justice. You know a man who isn't working shouldn't be spending money, does it? Can't think for better time to spend it. What? Talk. How is I? Well, let me, gentlemen. Shot a Ryan, a glass of beer, all around Sam. Sure, Doc. Oh, Sam. By the way, how's your back feel? Oh, why? I have noticed it so much lately. I told you it might go away by itself. Well, you said there was nothing you could do for it, so I went to see Dr. Betel. Oh, yeah, I suppose he fixed it. He told me to mix some cold water and vinegar and salt and rub it with that. Vinegar. I've also been taken unicorn root and cayenne pepper. Well, you're a strong man if that hasn't ruined you. Well, he made me to sick. You can't feel my back no more. Doc, I shouldn't have gone to him. That ain't no way to treat anything. I'll get to your drinks now.

22:51Well, Doc, there's one man who's found out. One isn't enough, man. Doc. Hello, Jake. You gotta come out to the ranch, Doc. You gotta come off now. Why? What's wrong? It's the boy, Billy. Oh. Well, I can't go, Jake. Of course you can. It's not my case. I told Dr. Betel not to come back no more. I told him on my way in here. I guess you didn't make it too clear, Jake. What? I might have known that this was what you had in mind. What are you doing here? You're after Dr. Adams to take care of Billy. I sure am. Well, he's not going to do it. You should tell me what I'm going to do. Betel, after what you done to that boy, it's a wonder he's still alive. I should have stopped you right off. What did he do, Jake? I'll tell you what he did, Marshall. When it got real cold at night, he took the boys clothes off and made them go outside and land them sacks. Then he threw buckets of ice cold spring water and kept it up

23:53until Billy was hollering and screaming. But finally made him quit. And that boy's real sick now. But Betel ain't going to get nowhere near him again. If you'd let me finish the treatment, he'd been all right. Finish the treatment. If he'd let you finish the treatment, the boy that died of pneumonia. Adams, you talk to him, I'm just going to tell you open. No, you're not, Betel. Oh, let him fight his own fights, Marshall. No, I won't let him. Doc's too valuable a man to get busted up in a brawl. I got the Marshalls right. I'll stand up from two. You're just a fool, Jake. Get out of the way, man. You're coming with me, Doc. On one condition. Why? That Betel leaves town. Why are you... All right, hold it, Betel. I don't know how you got started in this business. Probably in a medicine show, it's happened before. But you're a fraud. You're the most obvious fraud I ever saw.

24:53And I don't stand for your posing as a doctor anymore. Not around here, I won't. You've done all the harm you're going to do. I'm with you, the dust and I'll tell you open. Don't try it, Betel. I'm with you, no! You're in the deep trouble! I'm out of no-one. A doctor would be carrying a knife. He ain't no more doctor than I am. Chester. Hesher? When he comes to lock him up, we'll throw him on the first stage, leaving Doc. I'll do it with pleasure, Mr. Dylan. Will you come now, Doc? You'll understand, Jake. I can't cure your boy's fits. I shouldn't listen to you in the first place, Doc. There are a lot of people who should have Jacob. That's too much. Will you come, Doc? If you can keep those drinks, Sam, I don't have time to waste in here anymore.

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