Intimate Agony (1983) - full transcript
A young doctor (Anthony Geary) takes a summer position managing an older doctor's office on a resort island in the Hamptons where he makes the disturbing discovery that herpes is running rampant throughout the affluent community. As Dr. Richards gets to know people better he learns just how much this silent epidemic has hurt real people. He is frustrated by the community's denial and makes the bold and extremely unpopular decision to go public with the epidemic to raise greater public awareness about the problem.
-You just may be
the nicest thing
that's happened to
me in a long time.
You know that, counselor?
-Maybe we ought to
get to [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE]
-Oh, I could stay here forever.
I'm afraid of what my kids
will do to the poor sitter.
Nobody's putting
any pressure on.
We can be together as long as
it was good for both of us.
No long-term lease.
-It's nothing to do with that.
-Well, then, what is it?
Huh?
-Hello.
I'm Kyle Richards.
-Oh, hi.
We've been expecting you.
I'm Lauren Michaels.
-Nice to know you.
-I'll tell him you're here.
-Thank you.
-Yes, Lauren.
Good.
I'll be right out.
You're still contagious.
No sexual contact with
anyone until it's cleared up.
-Isn't there a
chance I could have
picked it up any other way?
-No, I'm afraid not.
You married?
-Uh, no, no.
I'm single.
And there's, uh,
nothing you can give me?
-No, I'll prescribe
something that
will help with the
symptoms, maybe
even shorten the outbreak.
Other than that, there's
not much I can do.
Hello, Kyle.
-Steve.
-[INAUDIBLE].
Give me your name again.
-Uh, Tolbert, Ned Tolbert.
T-O-L-B-E-R-T.
-You from around here?
-I'm just here for the summer.
-OK, Mr. Tolbert,
get this filled.
Follow the
instructions I gave you
and call me if you have
any further problems.
-Uh, what is this stuff?
-Acyclovir.
It's very new.
-Would you like us to
bill you, Mr. Tolbert?
-No, I'm going to pay cash.
Thank you.
-Thank you.
-Oh, I see you've met Lauren.
She'll help you get settled.
Have you found a place to stay?
-I rented an apartment.
I haven't seen it yet.
-Well, if you have
any problem, get
in touch with Dave Fairmont.
He heads up most of the
development that goes on here.
-Well, I don't need much.
I'm sure it'll be fine.
-Well, go through the files,
get familiar with the patients.
-Starting with him?
-What about him?
-Acyclovir.
-Isolated case.
One of the summer people.
Oh, by the way, the
local paper wants
to do a little profile on you.
-Steve, that's the
last thing I need.
-There's no need
to get into that.
Just a way of
letting [INAUDIBLE]
know who's filling
in for yours truly.
Have you had a chance
to look around?
-A little.
-Hardly what you've been
used to at St. Matthews.
-I want you to know
I appreciate this.
-Don't worry about it.
-You must have taken some flack.
-Yeah, you're not
the most popular guy
in the American
College of Surgeons.
Lauren, I'm going to
run over to the club.
I'll be back before I take off.
Relax, enjoy your summer, Kyle.
-Thank you.
-We've got to get
things moving here.
We're selling Paradise Isle,
not downtown Philadelphia.
We're set apart
from the mainland.
We don't have pollution,
filth, traffic, noise.
That's what this
place is all about.
It's clean.
It's pure.
It's a better way of life.
Now Ned, the word in the ad
copy is paradise, all right?
Can you remember that?
Frank, I want a list
of all of our clients.
Every deal we're even close on.
Hi.
-Darling.
I well have you know that
I have just demolished
this [INAUDIBLE] adolescent
six-two, six-love.
Who says I can't
play with the kids?
-Not me, heaven forbid.
I bet you let her
win, didn't you?
-Well, actually, Dad,
she was quite a tiger.
-Oh, I just saw Lisa Corwin.
She was looking for you.
I told her to go
down to the courts.
-OK, well, I'll
see you both later.
Bye, Mom.
-Bye.
Well, you can say goodbye
to your daughter's
undivided attention.
Those two have a whole year's
worth of gossip to catch up on.
-Wait till you see
how Lisa's grown.
I'm afraid she'll have
something to gossip about.
-Dave.
Joanna, you're looking
radiant as usual.
-Steve, I thought the
rainbow trout would
be an endangered species by now.
-I'm on my way.
I just stopped by
for a last update.
-Hmm.
Want to be depressed?
Come on, I'll show
you the figures.
I'll see you later.
-What about the new units?
Any movement?
-No, it's still too early.
-Jack Walsh thinks
we ought to come
down $20,000 on the base price.
-Oh, forget about it.
That's a big mistake.
-Well, just a suggestion.
-I'm sorry.
Look, Steve, I know
you've got as much tied up
in this as anybody, but
this is the wrong time
to start lowering the price.
It's like holding out a big
sign saying, condos in trouble,
get them cheap.
-OK, you're the developer.
Only some of the guys are
getting a little nervous.
[INAUDIBLE] want
you to think about.
-Come on, Katie, give.
I want the Billy
Hildebrandt story,
every luscious,
incredible detail.
-Oh, come on, Lisa.
[INAUDIBLE]
There's nothing to tell.
-Nothing to tell?
Nothing to tell, Kate.
That's not what you said
in the letter you wrote.
Shall I quote, "I
think this is it Lisa.
He's the most wonderful thing
that's ever happened to me."
Hey, this is [INAUDIBLE],
your best friend, remember?
I thought we were supposed to
tell each other everything.
-We broke up.
My gosh, Katie, I'm sorry.
What happened?
-[INAUDIBLE].
Bring it through.
Good.
Again.
We'll try one, huh?
-OK.
-All right, keep it level.
Good.
Good.
Again, come on.
-Oh.
-Not bad.
I'm so embarrassed, really.
-No, no, don't be.
Look, by the end of
the summer, you'll
have Billie Jean King thinking
twice about her comeback.
-Come on, Tommy,
I'll buy you a drink.
-The dragon lady's waiting.
But I'd like to.
-Your loss, Mister.
-Whoa.
Really.
Why don't you schedule toward
the end of the day sometime.
-How about Thursday?
My husband will be on
the mainland on business.
-Yeah, how about Thursday.
I'll rearrange the schedule.
Oh, Mrs. Gillman.
-What are we having?
-What are we having?
We're having
macaroni and cheese.
-I hate macaroni and cheese.
-So do I, but it was on special.
-[INAUDIBLE].
Not much these days
except you and you.
[CRYING]
Oh, oh.
Oh, all right.
OK.
I'm coming.
I'm coming.
It's all right.
[PHONE RINGING]
[INAUDIBLE] your sister.
Hello.
Yeah.
Uh, I can't talk
to you right now.
Uh, Friday night.
No, I'm sorry I can't.
I can't get a sitter.
No, I don't want you
to do that, really.
No, it's not that.
It's just that I need
some time to think.
Derek, please, I
can't talk right now.
-Bartender.
Bartender.
Hey.
-Something tells me I can get
his attention easier than you.
What would you like?
-Scotch and water.
-What's in it for me?
-Whatever's in that
glass, and the underlying
gratitude of a thirsty man.
-That's the best you can do?
-I'd like to [INAUDIBLE].
-I'm not wearing a [INAUDIBLE].
-Uh, Pal, this lady and
that seat are both taken.
-Hey, Tommy.
Tommy.
-Kyle.
I don't believe this.
What are you doing here?
-I'm subbing for
Steve Holliston.
-Here?
On Paradise Isle?
-That's right.
-Hot damn.
I thought you'd own
the Mayo Clinic by now.
-I thought you'd own Wimbledon.
-Well, you give me time.
Hey, you see this
guy sitting here?
I mean, this guy
saved my career.
You know the scar
I've got on my elbow?
Yeah, I told you about the
time I beat [INAUDIBLE].
This guy totally rebuilt
my elbow so I could do it.
This man's a genius.
-He's exaggerating.
Actually, I'm only a virtuoso.
-Hey, you here with anyone.
-No, I just came in
to grab some dinner.
-Well, hey, come on.
There's got to be
someone here for Kyle.
Uh, how about Sally?
Sally would like Kyle.
Sally.
-Hey, hold it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What are you going to do?
You going to order my
dinner for me, too?
-Hey, in this place, not even
the cockroaches eat alone.
-But just the three
of us, all right?
-Listen, don't you let his mild
mannered exterior fool you.
The doctor here and I have done
some serious partying together.
-Thanks, Lauren, will
you excuse us now?
I asked her to leave, because
what we have to talk about
is strictly confidential.
I won't tell anybody.
You're my patient.
I respect your right
to privacy the same
as I would anyone else.
What you have is genital herpes.
There's no cure yet,
but it's controllable.
And with understanding, you can
lead a perfectly normal life.
Katie?
-There's no cure?
-It's a virus, Katie.
The symptoms go away,
but the bug sort
of hides in an area
near your spine
called the sacral ganglia.
Sometimes it flares up again.
We don't know exactly why.
-You mean this is going
to happen over and over?
-Not necessarily.
-I heard that you
can get cancer.
-Your chances of getting
cervical cancer go up,
so it's important to get
more frequent pap smears.
-What about having babies?
I heard that they
can die or they
can become retarded if the
herpes if from the mother.
-Well, that's true,
but it's rare.
And it doesn't have to happen.
It should never happen.
If the mother knows she
has herpes and is having
an active outbreak
when the baby's due,
the doctor performs
a cesarean delivery,
and the dangers are almost
completely eliminated.
You're going to have plenty of
healthy kids someday, Katie.
-You make it sound
like it's no big deal.
-All the most dangerous things
about herpes can be avoided.
-Why do I feel like
my life is over?
-Well, probably for the same
reason that a lot of people
have an odd reaction whenever
you mention the word herpes.
They laugh nervously.
They turn away in revulsion.
And you know why?
Because you get
it by having sex.
You might feel frightened,
guilty, even embarrassed.
Katie, I can treat the disease.
I don't know that I can help
you with those other feelings,
but I'd like to try.
But I can tell you this.
They're far more
dangerous than the virus.
-Can I go?
Will you come back
so we can talk?
-I don't know.
-Is that you, honey?
-Yeah.
-I'll be right out.
-Honey, what'd you do here?
-You like it?
-What's the matter with
the dishes that were here?
-They were ugly.
We're only going to be
here for the summer.
Couldn't it have waited?
-I wanted everything
to be just perfect.
Besides, we'll take them
with us wherever we go,
and we'll always remember
where we first used them.
Mr. Nicholas Todd,
you are getting
to be an old fuddy-duddy.
Now, unless you think this lady
is too big and fat and pregnant
to make love to, why don't
you give me a big sloppy kiss.
-Dr. Holliston needed
someone to fill in
for him while he
was on vacation.
I got the job.
-Well, I suppose it's quite
a change from the big man
at a hospital like St. Matthews.
-Hallelujah.
-Sure.
But I suppose they've got
a lot of the same problems
here as they have any
place else, right?
Medicine is medicine.
Somebody gets sick,
they need a doctor.
-Well, sure, everyday
kind of medicine.
What about the
big health issues?
Things that are, you know,
of epidemic proportions?
-I'm not sure I know
what you're driving at.
-I'm a reporter, Doctor.
Couldn't help but notice.
-Just reading up.
Keeping current.
-Oh, so you're
saying we don't have
that problem here
on Paradise Isle.
-Herpes is a national epidemic.
Viruses don't
respect boundaries,
and the people of
Paradise Isle are
as susceptible as anybody else.
-Maybe even more
so, wouldn't you
say, especially given
their lifestyle here?
-Look, this was
supposed to be a get
to know your visiting
doctor interview.
I think we should
keep it that way.
-Why?
I thought the enlightened,
intelligent point of view
was to educate the
public about herpes.
I mean, they've got
clinics that have
sprung up all over the place.
Newsletter, even
dating services.
Maybe you don't
agree with all that.
-As a matter of fact I do.
-Hi, ya, Nurse.
-Hi, Tommy.
Kyle will be with
you in a minute.
-You work Saturdays, huh?
-Till noon.
Then it's off to the beach
and curl up with a good book.
-You know, you curl
up with me instead,
I could manage to cancel my
tennis game with the Doc.
-I [INAUDIBLE].
-Should I?
-Tommy, your idea of a date
is the shortest distance
between a dinner
table and a bed.
I don't think so.
-You know, you rush the net
the way you rush the ladies,
then I don't stand a chance.
-He doesn't stand
a chance anyway.
-I heard that.
-I know.
-Oh.
-Sit down, I'll buy you a drink.
-Good idea.
-Hello.
-What are you doing here, Tommy?
The last I heard, you
were out on the circuit
playing the tour.
-Who needs it?
What?
Living out of a suitcase.
Hustling endorsements?
You know, hoping that McEnroe's
got a cold in the first round
when you play him.
No, this is a sweet deal.
You know, I spend a
couple hours a day
teaching the backhand
to middle-aged ladies.
And the rest of the time,
it's beach and boogie.
I mean, hey.
-Yeah.
-Know where I live?
-No.
-On an 80 foot yacht, because
some skillionaire that I give
lessons to wants
a boat babysitter.
I mean, anyone
who can't be happy
being a tennis pro on an
island full of beautiful women
is either stupid or dead.
-Well, you're
neither one of those.
-What about you?
Why aren't you on the cover
of "Newsweek" or something?
-Who needs it?
-Speaking of
beautiful women, Dr.
Kyle Richards,
Marsha [INAUDIBLE].
Marsha's been
working here a month.
She can't keep her hands off me.
-Hello.
-Hello.
-I've warned her.
Told her I'm dangerous.
Aah, but you know
how they can get.
All right, Marsha, you win.
Whenever you say.
-It's nice to meet you.
-Thank you.
-Well, I got to pay my dues.
Marsha, you can put
his order on my tab,
and you know you gotta
quit hanging all over me.
-Dr. Richardson?
-Yes.
-You're subbing
for Dr. Holliston.
-That's right.
-My son has an earache.
I was going to bring him in.
-Well, I'll be happy
to take a look at him.
-Thank you.
-You know, you and I
almost met once before.
It was the first day
that I came here.
You were on the ferry.
-I'm sorry.
I don't remember.
And you almost ran me over.
-Oh, that was you?
-That was me.
-Oh, I'm so sorry.
Does that mean you're
going to charge me more?
-[PHONE RINGING]
-Hello.
Oh, hi, Frank.
Listen, can he call you back.
We're barbecuing.
-Hello, Frank, did we close?
Well, what happened this time?
Oh, yeah, they'll be back.
I'll talk to you later.
-Dave, what is it?
-Nothing.
-Well, it's something.
We can see you're upset.
-Two more deals
just fell through.
What do you want
to do, celebrate?
Dave, don't shut us out.
We're a family.
If you've got a problem,
we've all got a problem.
Let's talk about it.
Maybe we can help.
-What are you going to do?
Buy a condominium?
Maybe turn the economy around?
There are some things a
family conference won't help.
-I'll get the drinks.
-I'm sorry, Princess.
The old Skipper broke one
his old cardinal rules.
Never bring any trouble
home from the office.
I'll make it up to
her with your mom.
Hey, come on, no big deal.
[INAUDIBLE]
You OK?
-Yeah.
I'm fine.
-Ah, you're more than fine.
You're perfect.
-How does it feel to be
taking a beached whale
for a walk on the sand?
-Come on, honey, you look great.
-I was so excited about
coming to this island,
how it would be so romantic.
I guess I overestimated your
desire for romance with me
in this condition.
-Honey, will you cut it out?
I love you.
-I know.
I guess I'm just feeling
a little bit insecure.
I can't stand the thought of
you being unhappy with me, Nick.
-I'm not unhappy with you.
-Well, something's wrong.
I know it is.
[INAUDIBLE]
-I don't know.
Um, this island, the new job,
everything's happening so fast.
-Nick, my dad got you
this job, because it's
a chance for us to go someplace.
-Your dad got me this job,
because he wasn't satisfied
with his daughter being
married to a guy who
works in a print shop.
And he got us this house for the
summer so we could be together.
-Well, he was just
trying to help.
-Well, I don't want his help.
If you don't like me the way I
am, then why did you marry me?
-I married you
because I love you.
Only you won't let
me show you anymore,
because I can't get
you to touch me.
And that's not because of
your job, or my father,
or this island,
or anything else.
Nick, why won't you
make love to me?
-That's a boy.
Uh-huh.
OK.
What we're got here is
a genuine ear infection.
So I think what
you probably need,
Jim, is a genuine lollipop.
Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Yeah, all right.
Go ask Lauren, OK?
--[INAUDIBLE] antibiotics
at $25.00 a bottle?
-I have a sample.
-Oh, no, that's OK.
We're not starving.
-No problem.
Have him take all of them.
The directions
are on the bottle.
-Thank you.
-Marsha, I'd like you to
have dinner with me sometime.
-How do you know
I'm not married?
-I asked Tommy.
-Look, whatever he said
about me, whatever it is,
it's not true.
-He told me you weren't married.
I asked because
I was interested.
Marsha, I'm new on this island.
I don't know anybody.
I hate eating alone, which
is what I've done every night
this week.
Have I offended you?
-No.
-Then?
-OK.
-Nick, would you like it better
if we stayed in the apartment
on the mainland commuting
out here everyday to work?
-No.
-Well, maybe you would have been
happier if I'd stayed there.
-Honey, I said I love you.
-Show me.
I want you to make love to me.
[KNOCKING]
-Dr. Richardson, I
need to talk to you.
I'm David Fairmont.
-Is this a medical problem?
-No, it's not.
You gave this interview.
-That's right.
-This is a resort
island, Doctor.
Perhaps you saw the
sign on the landing.
Leave your troubles
on the mainland.
-Well, evidently a
lot of people didn't.
-Just what the hell did
you think you were doing?
You turned a simple interview
into a scare story on VD.
All of a sudden we've
got an epidemic here.
-I didn't say that.
We're paying enormous
amounts of money
to promote the image of Paradise
Isle, and you're trying--
-This has nothing to do
with selling condominiums.
This is a very serious
health problem.
-But we don't have to
publicize it, do we?
-Yes, we do.
This is a place where people
come to let loose, to relax,
casual sex, casual
relationships.
It's a damn breeding ground.
-And a damn lie.
You have no right
to drag the people--
-If you're telling
me to keep quiet,
you're wasting your time.
I have a responsibility
as a doctor.
-And you have a
reputation as a big mouth.
-Lisa, I just don't
want to go out.
-Katie, what's with you?
It's not like you
broke up with Billy--
-Hildebrandt.
And what if it is?
-Because it's
stupid, that's why.
I mean, you've been
on some other planet
for like two weeks now.
I'm trying to do you
a favor, you know?
-Thanks a lot.
-Katie, don't forget to be back
by 5:00 to help me with dinner.
-Tonight?
-Of course, tonight.
Your father's having guests.
I want the whole family here.
-Oh, Mom.
A bunch of us were planning
to go to the Jug and Anchor
tonight.
-No, you're not.
-Daddy, it's just a disco.
-I know what it is,
and you're not going.
-Come on, Lisa, let's
get out of here.
-Dave, she's growing up.
-I know.
I know.
-We dated all
through high school
and got married three
days after graduation.
Uh, while my girlfriends were
single, meeting new people,
starting new careers, I
was starting a family.
Lyle was a foreman on some of
the construction around here.
I thought we had a
pretty nice life.
-What happened?
-Oh, he ran off with one
of the summer people.
So now I'm the one who's
single, meeting new people,
trying to start a new career.
-Well, it seems to
me you're handling it
all remarkably well.
-Oh, thank you.
Oh, what about you, Doctor?
How did you come here?
Summer at sand and sun.
-No.
I needed the job.
It was the best offer I had.
Also, the only offer.
-Oh, come on, a doctor
with no job offers?
-Actually, uh, I'm [INAUDIBLE].
-Why?
-I got a bunch of
doctors angry with me.
-Oh.
-I testified against
a fellow physician.
[INAUDIBLE]
So I'm sort of laying low
until it all dies down.
-And then you'll go
back to the big city?
-Probably.
-Where you'll continue your
interrupted but inexorable
quest for the
Nobel Prize, right?
-You [INAUDIBLE] heart.
-Did you get into
a lot of trouble?
-Lot.
-I didn't mean to pry.
-No, no, please.
I'm glad you did.
I'm glad you know.
-Kyle--
-I want you to know about me.
I want you to know about me.
And I want to know about you.
-Yes, well, oh, my goodness.
It's getting late.
I have to get home.
I promised the sitter.
-Uh--
-Oh.
-I'd like to see you again.
-I really have to go.
-I'd like to see you, too.
-Hey, are you OK?
-I don't know, a touch
of the flu, I guess.
-Well, it's just that we
haven't talked for a while,
and I thought maybe we
could, uh, you know,
get together again.
-Sure.
Yeah, I'll give you a call, OK?
-The, uh, symptoms
were all gone.
I just want to know if
I was contagious or not.
KYLE (ON PHONE):
It's not that simple.
Chances are that
you were OK, but you
can't be absolutely sure.
-Uh, but the symptoms
were all gone.
-Look, why don't you just
come in, and I'll examine you.
-Well, if you can't be sure,
what difference would it make?
-Why won't you tell
me who you are?
If you're afraid that
you've infected someone--
-I didn't say that.
-All right.
All right, I'm sure
everything is fine.
There is nothing
to be ashamed of.
If you'll just come in
and let me see you--
-Scotch, double.
Come on.
-Wait a minute.
What's the matter with you?
-You gave me herpes.
-How do you know it was me?
-You're the only one.
-I'm sorry.
Look, I've got [INAUDIBLE] here.
-Hold it.
-Wait a minute.
-Do you realize what
you've done to me?
My wife can't understand
why I'm afraid to touch her.
What am I supposed to say?
That I slept with
some other woman?
She can't handle that.
-I don't remember
you being so worried
that night about
what to tell her.
-Shut up.
You just had to have
your last fling.
-I said, shut up.
-Lisa, would you help Mrs.
Smith when you're through?
-OK.
Katie, oh, what are you doing?
Come here, stand up.
You've got to take
a look at that.
You've got to look
at this top on you.
It's great.
Look at this, look.
Is this or is it not the
hottest thing you've ever seen?
It's going to look
so cute on you.
-Lisa, I really don't feel
like trying clothes on.
-Oh, just this one, please.
Look, you've got
to try this one on.
They don't have it in my size.
I've got to see
what it looks like.
-Lisa.
-Here, just try it.
Be a friend, Katie.
It's no big deal.
I've got to order it for myself.
-All right, all right.
-So I've got to see what
it looks like on somebody.
I'm going to fix you up.
Wait until you see Alan.
You're going to thank me.
He's the most gorgeous
hunk I've ever seen.
I'm talking for days
he is so gorgeous.
-I don't want to-- I don't
want to go out with him.
-Katie.
-I don't want to
try these things on.
-Sorry.
I swear.
When did I suddenly turn
into your worst enemy?
-It's not you, Lisa.
It's got nothing to do with you.
-Yeah, I'll tell you when.
Ever since you went out
with Billie Hildebrandt,
do you decided not to tell me
anything about it, that's when.
Oh, that top is totally divine.
Here, you've got
to try these one.
-No.
-Just put them in your
hand and try them on.
They go with the shirt.
You know, Katie, you can
make this all up to me in one
fell swoop.
-Please.
-You can tell me absolutely
everything that went on.
-Lisa, shut up.
OK.
You want to know?
I'll tell you.
I went out with him.
I went to bed with him,
and he gave me herpes.
Is that enough?
-Uh, Katie, I, uh,
come to think of it,
I could get in trouble for this.
You'd better take that off.
-These photos are good.
Did you take them?
-Yeah, one of the 12
careers I've started.
Uh, listen, I have a
weird and unprecedented
request from the peanut gallery.
They want you to
kiss them goodnight.
-I'd like that.
-Good.
-Goodnight, [INAUDIBLE].
-Are you going to
come back again?
-Sure.
Go to sleep.
Come on.
We had been engaged
about eight months
when everything hit the fan.
So she thought she was going to
marry the next Michael Debakey.
In fact, she's
engaged to him now.
-You got walked out on, too.
Welcome to the club.
-Just a couple of victims, hmm?
-Oh, thank you for
being so nice to Bobby.
-That's not called for.
-Oh, yes, it is.
I think he's been needing
a bristly face to kiss.
-How about you?
-Kyle, don't.
-Marsha, what's the matter?
-It's not you.
-Well, there's nobody else here.
Look, I like you
more than a little.
I admit it.
I want to hold you.
I'd like to kiss you goodnight.
Shake hands?
Anything.
-Kyle, please stop it.
-No, I won't stop
it until you give
me some kind of explanation.
-Well, I don't owe
you any explanation.
This is who I am.
And nobody asked
you to come around.
-Marsha, what are
you talking about?
This island is crawling
with sex if that's
what I was interested in.
-I think you better go.
-What?
Marsha--
-Kyle, please.
Just get out.
-I was over at the
mainland this afternoon.
-Uh-hmm.
-And I saw this
beautiful antique crib.
And I was just thinking,
wouldn't it be--
-Antique crib.
Great, the baby will
be very impressed.
-Feel him move?
-Yeah.
-You feel him?
-Yeah.
-This kid is either going to be
a dancer or kick field goals.
I've never felt like
this before, Nick.
Never in my whole life.
-I know.
-Buy me an ice cream bar.
-Another one?
-I'm pregnant.
I decide.
-Uh, give me an ice cream bar.
There.
-Thank you.
OPERATOR: The number
you have reached
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And there is no new number.
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number and dial again.
OPERATOR: What city please?
-Yes, right here
on Paradise Isle.
For Ned Tolbert.
288 Bayshore Way.
I'm sorry.
I have no listing for that.
-You sure there's no listing?
OPERATOR: No, I'm sorry, sir.
-Well, try the new ones.
Maybe he's just
here for the summer.
OPERATOR: No, I'm sorry, sir,
but we have no such address.
-No such address?
-Thank you.
OPERATOR: You're welcome.
-What's going on here, Kyle?
I'm out in the
middle of nowhere,
and I get a message
from Dave Fairmont
about some newspaper article.
I thought we
understood each other.
-Steve, do you
remember a young guy
that came here
the day I arrived?
You treated him for herpes.
-Lyle, did you hear what I said?
-This is his file.
I think he left a false
name or false address.
And I think he called back
worried about being contagious.
-You think.
-I saw him again
tonight on the Midway.
He had a very pregnant
girl with him.
It was probably his wife.
-You don't know that.
You're not even sure
it's the same man.
You saw him once for
less than a minute.
-Steve, he gave
you a false name.
That means he
doesn't want anybody
to know what he hasn't told her.
-Hold it.
-No.
You called him an isolated case.
-Listen to me.
-I found 12 others in
the files, Steve, 12
in the last six months.
-They warned me that you
were a troublemaker, Kyle.
Haven't you made
enough enemies already?
-I think we have to find him.
-I'll check it out.
I want you to forgot about it.
-No way.
-I want this crusade
to end here and now.
No more interviews,
no more [INAUDIBLE].
-Or?
-Give yourself a break, Kyle.
[KNOCKING]
-What are you doing, Princess?
The old Skipper's
ready to hoist sale.
I need a second mate.
-Daddy, I really don't feel like
sailing to some dumb island.
-Hey, look, I know I've been
a little rough on you lately.
Particularly the other
day, and I'm sorry.
What do you do [INAUDIBLE]?
I mean, all alone.
You're like a hermit.
Talk to me, Princess.
-Daddy, why don't
you just go sailing.
I'm good.
I'll be just fine here.
-Honey, I know we kind of got
out of the habit of talking.
I've been so busy lately
with the condo project
and everything.
-I know you have to work
you don't have to apologize.
-Well, I wasn't apologizing.
I was feeling sorry for myself.
The last couple of years,
you've grown up quite a bit,
and I haven't been
around to see it.
couple more years,
you're going to be gone.
-I'm not going to be gone.
I'm never going to
leave this house.
-Sure you will.
You'll find some nice
young guy, and you'll
wave goodbye just like that.
Look, come on, why
don't we go boating?
I'll let you take the
tiller like you used to.
-Daddy.
You remember when I went
out with Billy Hildebrandt?
-Yeah, what about it?
-I knew you didn't
like him very much.
-Well, it wasn't
that I disliked him.
-Yes, it was.
You don't like
anybody I go out with.
That's what I don't understand.
Well, honey, it's
because I love you
that-- I don't want to
talk about it right now.
-Why can't we talk about it now?
-All right, I understand.
You wanted to go out with him,
because he's a football star,
an older guy, and you
had a teenage crush.
-It wasn't a teenage crush.
-Katie, I tell you, I don't--
-Daddy, I went to bed with him.
I'm sorry.
I just-- I feel like you
have a right to know.
I just-- I want to sit down.
I want to talk about it now.
-Not now.
-When?
Daddy, when?
When is it a good time?
-Are you pregnant?
Hmm?
-No.
But I love him.
-Yeah, we got to get going.
Are you coming with us or not?
-Daddy, wait.
There's something else
I've got to tell you.
-That's enough.
-Daddy.
-Get out there in five minutes
or I'm leaving without you.
-Daddy, wait.
Daddy.
I hate it, too.
-OK, then just give me a
shot or something, Kyle.
-What the hell is
wrong with you?
This isn't syphilis
or gonorrhea.
You can't cure it
with antibiotics.
How much do you
know about herpes?
-Not much.
I hear people talk.
-OK, pal.
Lecture time.
Tommy, there are two
types of herpes virus.
Type one is common, like a
cold sore or fever blister.
Type two is what you've got.
Genital herpes.
I can't cure it, Tom.
I can only treat the symptoms
and give you the facts.
-Well, I don't like the facts.
-The facts don't care.
You've got herpes.
That means you have to
tell the women you're going
to go to bed with before
you have sex with them
that if you're having
an active outbreak,
they'll probably get it.
-Great.
How am I supposed to
know when I'm contagious?
-OK, the active period
is called viral shedding.
Your contagious from just
before that during a period
called the prodome,
when you have
a tingling or burning sensation.
Then in a couple
of days, the area
becomes inflamed, blisters
form, rupture, dry out.
It usually takes about 48 hours.
And then you wait until the
lesions are completely healed.
-What about the pain?
-Tommy, your best
medicine is your own body.
With each active outbreak,
your immune system
creates antibodies to
fight the virus, which
means in all probability that
each successive outbreak would
be less severe.
-Each successive outbreak?
-Nobody knows what causes them.
Stress, lowered body resistance.
You may never have
another outbreak,
or you could have
it again and again.
-Why me?
-Why anybody, pal?
It's a bug.
It doesn't care who it infects.
-Oh, yeah.
My sweet deal.
Ladies, [INAUDIBLE].
You take away my
boogie time, and I'm
nothing but a tennis
shoe salesman with a tan.
-Nobody said you had to stop.
You've just got to tell.
-Oh, right.
Yeah.
Yeah, Tommy.
Yeah, I've always
wanted to make love
to someone with the plague.
It's your bet, Kyle.
-Katie.
Katie, you in there?
Katie.
Hey.
What happened?
-I don't remember
inviting you in.
-I don't blame you or anything.
I mean, I'm the worst.
I know it, you know.
You think you could,
uh, like forgive me?
-For what?
-God, Katie.
I'm your best friend.
I mean, you needed
help, and I don't know,
I freaked out on you.
-Yeah.
Well, you're not the only one.
-You told your folks?
-No.
I tried talking to my dad.
I did.
But he wouldn't listen.
So I trashed the room.
I tried writing these
letters to Billy.
I can't send them.
I feel so dirty and disgusting.
What am I going to do?
-I don't know.
Oh, you poor kid.
You must be going through hell.
-You really hurt me.
-I know.
I know.
[INAUDIBLE] myself.
-Thank you.
-May I come in?
-Sure.
-Kyle, I've got a
lot to say and not
enough nerve to say any of it.
So if you could just
bear with me, please.
-OK.
-I know I said that
I don't owe you
any explanations
and maybe I don't.
But I've been so miserable
the last few days.
So here goes.
After my husband,
Al, left me, I got
used to playing
the singles game.
And I was pretty good at it.
You know, one night stands.
You know, nothing earth
shattering but, uh, pleasant.
Before I met you, I
was dating a lawyer.
We'd gone out several times.
And the last night
we were together--
Well, then, what is it?
-I should have told
you a long time
ago when we first went out.
I didn't know
[INAUDIBLE], and when
I realized I cared
for you, I was afraid.
-Afraid of what?
-Marsha, I have herpes.
Oh, god.
I'm not active right now.
It's not contagious.
I wouldn't do that to you.
And that's why the other
night when you touched me,
I freaked out.
-If you're afraid he may
have given you the disease--
-No, it's not just that.
Don't you understand?
I'm afraid-- I'm afraid
that it's going to affect
every relationship that I
have, or that I will ever have.
And I'm afraid of rejection.
-Marsha.
Herpes is a virus.
A bug.
I've seen what it does, because
I happen to be a doctor.
I've seen it destroy the way
people feel about themselves,
about others.
Only now-- only now,
it's threatening
to destroy the way
you feel about us.
Marsha, I don't
want that to happen.
-Kyle, I'm sorry.
It just can't work.
And he thinks you're nice.
I heard him tell Neil.
He thinks you're cute.
You're on your own, kid.
Hi.
-Here you go. [INAUDIBLE].
-OK, thanks.
-Do you want to take a walk?
-Yeah.
-OK.
-OK.
-My father used to
take my brother Jack
and me fishing every summer.
But this year we decided
to come here instead.
You know, the whole family.
It's been great.
I mean, this place
is really neat.
-Sounds like you
guys are real close.
-Yeah, we are.
They're good people.
I mean, don't get me wrong,
we've had out troubles and all,
but, you know,
things [INAUDIBLE].
Listen, uh, we could go back
to the party if you want.
Do some dancing and stuff.
-Oh, no.
If that's OK with you,
I'd just like to sit here.
-Yeah, me, too.
-OK.
--[INAUDIBLE] kind of gives
me a pain anyway, you know?
We kind of think
alike, you and me.
[INAUDIBLE]
I usually don't expect
that on a blind date.
I've enjoyed tonight, Katie.
I'm glad we went out.
And I'd like to do
it again sometime.
I mean, I think, uh,
I think you and I
could be real nice together.
Oh, sorry.
I guess I said something wrong.
-Oh, no, you didn't.
Um, well, I might as
well tell you now,
because sooner or later
you're going to find out,
and you're not going
to want to have
anything to do with me then.
-Tell me what?
-I have herpes.
It seems like all I do
is tell people that.
-You feel like your
whole life is ending.
You feel like you'll
never be clean again.
And boy, the first time
you have to tell someone,
it's like dying.
And sometimes they run.
And sometimes they
just sort of vague out.
Sometimes, more and
more, they understand.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Bay Club.
Yeah, he's here.
Nick, for you.
-Hello.
What?
Honey, are you sure?
The baby's not due yet.
OK, well, where are you?
On the mainland.
Uh, OK, uh, go on
over to the hospital.
I'll catch the next boat
over, and I'll meet you there.
Yeah.
-Big day, huh?
-Uh, yeah, she just
went into labor.
I got to go.
-Hey, good luck.
-Oh, hey, wait a minute.
Sorry, buddy, I'm in a hurry.
I have to talk to you.
It's very important.
-Not now, man.
-Uh, the young fellow that
just walked out of here.
What is his name?
-Who?
-Nick?
Nick Todd.
-How do I get in touch with him.
-He works in, uh,
public relations.
But he's not there.
Try the ferry.
His wife's on the mainland.
She just went into labor.
-His name is Todd.
Nick Todd.
That's right.
Well, just try
anything, hospitals,
clinics, anything, man.
Good and get back to me
as soon as you find him.
Thanks.
-Well, wouldn't
he have told her?
Or wouldn't she have
noticed the symptoms?
-Probably.
But the symptoms
could be masked.
Lesions occur on the cervix.
There are no nerve
endings, no pain.
She could be having an active
outbreak and not even know it.
-Bear down, bear down.
Push.
Push harder.
Harder, push, push.
It'll be over soon.
Over in a minute.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Maternity.
Yes, Doctor.
Yes, Doctor.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Yeah.
Where?
OK, call the OR, tell
them what to look for.
Mike, thanks, I owe you one.
I'm going over there.
-I want to go with you.
-Come on.
[KNOCKING]
-Your wife went into
premature labor.
And we found lesions indicative
of herpes virus on the cervix.
That may or may not
have contributed
to the premature delivery.
We can't be certain.
Is she aware that she's
contracted the disease?
-Uh, no.
-She probably had a
[INAUDIBLE] primary infection.
She doesn't feel the symptoms.
It happens in a small
percentage of cases.
People have the disease
and they don't realize it.
If we had only known in time, we
could have performed a cesarean
section, and there
would have been
very little danger to the baby.
-Oh, my god.
-But the labor
was too far along.
It was too late
for cesarean We had
to deliver through the
infected birth canal.
She was shedding herpes virus.
The baby became infected.
I'm sorry.
We're treating the
infection as best we can.
But it's generalized
and variable.
The baby's on life
support system.
-No.
Oh, god.
No.
-Maternity Ward.
-Connie, you OK?
Can I get you anything?
-You knew about it.
You have it, and you knew about
it the last time we made love.
-I wanted to tell you.
Uh, but I was afraid.
-Why, Nick?
-I didn't know that
this could happen.
I didn't know
anything about herpes.
What was I supposed to tell you?
That-- that I cheated?
That I'd gone out
with another woman
while you were
carrying our baby.
Would you have understood that?
-And instead, our baby is dead.
You're right.
I can't understand why you
needed to go to somebody else.
I don't understand it at all.
The doctor said that I can
go home in a couple of days.
I don't want you to be
there when I get back.
-Honey.
-I mean it, Nick.
I don't want you there.
-Kyle, I want to talk to you.
-What for, more threats?
-Joe Abbott called
from the paper.
You said something
about you advertising
a clinic for people with herpes.
-That's right.
I put an ad in his paper.
-I'll do what I said, Kyle.
I'll fire you and
tell everybody why.
-Good.
Good, Steve, tell
them the reason, too.
Here.
His real name is Nick Todd.
He was spending the
summer on the island.
He worked for an
advertising and PR firm.
Guess whose development
their promoting?
-I don't know what
you're talking about.
-Connie, his wife, it
was his wife by the way,
gave birth to a baby girl.
She was shedding virus, and she
went into a premature labor.
The baby's dead.
-My god.
She had contracted
the herpes from Nick,
because he didn't know any
better, like everybody else.
He was too ignorant
to tell her anything.
-Hey, Katie, Katie, come on.
One set of tennis.
I'm going to cream you.
-Lisa, I really don't want
to play tennis right now.
-Oh, come on, come on, let's go.
-I can't.
I don't have any
clothes with me.
-So you borrow
something of your mom's.
She's got a whole locker
full of stuff up there.
Come on.
Let's go.
-All right.
-All right.
Be happy about it why don't you?
Come on.
-Mom.
Mom, I'm home.
Mom.
-Up here.
-I borrowed one of your outfits.
I hope it's-- What
are you doing?
-Why didn't you tell me?
-That was a letter to Billy.
You had no right.
-[INAUDIBLE].
Did you go see the doctor?
-Yes.
-Hey, uh, I don't understand.
I thought we knew each other.
-Mom, you don't know me.
You haven't known me for years.
-Obviously not.
-Mom, I've been changing.
I've been feeling all these
things that I don't understand.
I just needed
someone to talk to.
-Why didn't you come to me?
-Why didn't you come to me?
The only reason
we're talking now
is because you found my letters.
-Who else have you
told about this?
-Just Lisa.
-Oh, my god.
-Mom, she's not going
to say anything.
-All right.
It stops here.
From now on we deal
with this as family.
-No, we won't.
I tried talking to daddy.
I tried to tell him.
He doesn't listen.
He can't even deal with it.
-Right.
From now on, it'll
be just you and me.
-Mommy, do you think
I'm disgusting?
-Hey, [INAUDIBLE].
What are you doing?
-I'm getting rid of this stuff.
-If I called the local
paper and told them
I saw Tommy Consodon
sitting alone,
they'd probably send
over a photographer.
-Very funny.
-Mind if I sit down?
Thanks.
-Lauren, look, I know
what you're trying to do.
I would really
rather be alone right
now if you don't mind, please.
But thanks anyway.
-What do you think this is?
TLC?
-OK.
You're a nurse.
You work for Kyle.
You've seen my records.
You know I have herpes.
-You are a fool, Tommy.
I've always been
interested in you.
You've only been
interested in one thing.
That's why I wouldn't
go out with you.
I have nothing against
making love to someone
once I care about them.
If I get to know them
well enough to care.
-You already took the ad.
I paid you.
We were set.
I don't want my money back.
I want the ad to run
in the newspaper.
I can't have a clinic if
people don't know about it.
-Hi.
I used the copier
at the club office.
Nobody knew.
I don't think it
will do any good.
The newspaper refused the
ad, so did the radio station.
-Well, these will be enough.
We'll pass these out tomorrow.
The club's having
a huge promotion.
Practically the whole
island will be there.
-I don't think you should
be involved in this.
I think you should
stay out of it.
You work there.
There's no point in both
of us losing our jobs.
-Kyle, look at me.
I was with you when
that couple's baby died.
My life's been a nightmare
because of this disease.
I'm one of the people
who needs to know.
Besides, I think I'm
falling in love with you.
-Joanna.
-How do you do?
-My wife, Joanna.
They're very interested in
some of the [INAUDIBLE].
-Great, John, will you excuse
me just a minute. [INAUDIBLE].
Katie, honey, come
on in, please.
-Why, Mom?
Aren't you doing enough
of that for both of us?
Your father is [INAUDIBLE],
and we are here as a family
to support him.
And you are part of this family.
Katie.
-Be right back.
You said you were going
to do something about it.
He's plastering the
island with these.
A herpes clinic.
Why not a leper colony?
-Can't stop him, Dave.
-You said you'd get rid of him.
-I mean, I won't stop him.
He's right.
People need to more
about this disease.
-Are you out of your mind?
We're trying to
save this project,
and he's telling everybody the
island is crawling with VD.
-That's not my concern.
I'm a doctor.
That comes first.
-That's great.
That's very noble of you, Steve,
but let me tell you something.
If the Paradise Bay
Project goes under,
you can still practice medicine.
-Me?
I'm belly up gasping for air.
So
-Hi.
-Hi.
Wish you were out
there with them?
-A little.
You don't forget how
it feels to think
you're the next
Connors or McEnroe.
-Is that what they are?
-They think they are.
22 years old, making big
money, everyone telling them
they're the greatest thing in
the world, especially women.
Doesn't always work
out that way, though.
One day you wake up and
your giving tennis lessons
and selling warm-up
suits instead
of collecting prize money.
You may realize
there's a difference,
but you hang in there anyway.
Don't ask me why.
You just do.
Would you be willing
to have dinner with me?
Someplace where we could
just have a nice meal,
just sit and stare out at
the ocean, and just talk.
-I'd love that.
-Dave, what can you
do about it right now?
-I don't know, but I'm
going to do something.
I'm sure as hell
not going to sit
here watching a tennis match.
Now, of all times, he
picks this weekend.
-Dave.
-Probably nothing
more than a couple
of sluts from the mainland.
Makes out like it's all of us.
Some kind of plague.
-Katie, honey, I'm sorry.
Please don't leave.
-Why?
Because I'm a part
of the family?
No thanks.
-Please.
-OK, Mom, you want me to stay?
Hold me.
Don't worry, Mom.
You can't get it
from holding hands.
-What's going on?
-If I can't stop you, and
convince you to call this off,
at least I can make it damn
unpleasant for the people who
come here.
-I don't believe--
-These kind of people
don't belong here.
-You have no right.
-No, you're wrong, Doctor.
I have every right.
It's you and the others
who don't belong here.
I live here.
I helped build this-- Katie.
Katie, what are you doing here?
Go on back home.
-I'm going inside.
-Katie, I want you out of here.
-Daddy, I'm going inside.
That's why I'm here.
-Turn off those lights, now.
-Leave them on.
I don't mind.
-Katie, you don't know
what you're saying.
-Why don't you want the
lights on me, Daddy?
You're going to leave them on
everybody else, aren't you?
-I don't understand.
-I have herpes, Daddy.
-I'm sorry you had
to find out this way.
By coming here tonight,
you've taken the first step
in understanding and
dealing with your disease.
The worst thing about herpes
is the less you understand,
the less you know about
it, the more likely
it is to make you miserable.
Herpes is surrounded
by misinformation.
Families can be torn apart,
relationships destroyed,
all because of a virus, a bug.
There are drugs that can
shorten the active outbreaks
of the disease.
And there are hopeful
avenues of research
that could lead someday
to a preventative vaccine
and eventually to a cure.
But all that happens in
laboratories and research
centers.
Here in this
building, we're going
to learn how to deal
with the emotional side
effects of having herpes.
How to release repressive
feelings of guilt and anger.
How to prevent the
disease from destroying
normal sexual relationships.
And if we succeed in helping
each other by sharing
information and feelings, I
hope you'll encourage others
to join self-help
groups like this.
The single most
important thing that you
can get from this group is to
learn that whether you have
herpes or the person
sitting next you has it,
you live normal, healthy,
respectable lives.
All right?
Now that's enough of that.
Let's start with some questions.
Does anybody have a question?
the nicest thing
that's happened to
me in a long time.
You know that, counselor?
-Maybe we ought to
get to [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE]
-Oh, I could stay here forever.
I'm afraid of what my kids
will do to the poor sitter.
Nobody's putting
any pressure on.
We can be together as long as
it was good for both of us.
No long-term lease.
-It's nothing to do with that.
-Well, then, what is it?
Huh?
-Hello.
I'm Kyle Richards.
-Oh, hi.
We've been expecting you.
I'm Lauren Michaels.
-Nice to know you.
-I'll tell him you're here.
-Thank you.
-Yes, Lauren.
Good.
I'll be right out.
You're still contagious.
No sexual contact with
anyone until it's cleared up.
-Isn't there a
chance I could have
picked it up any other way?
-No, I'm afraid not.
You married?
-Uh, no, no.
I'm single.
And there's, uh,
nothing you can give me?
-No, I'll prescribe
something that
will help with the
symptoms, maybe
even shorten the outbreak.
Other than that, there's
not much I can do.
Hello, Kyle.
-Steve.
-[INAUDIBLE].
Give me your name again.
-Uh, Tolbert, Ned Tolbert.
T-O-L-B-E-R-T.
-You from around here?
-I'm just here for the summer.
-OK, Mr. Tolbert,
get this filled.
Follow the
instructions I gave you
and call me if you have
any further problems.
-Uh, what is this stuff?
-Acyclovir.
It's very new.
-Would you like us to
bill you, Mr. Tolbert?
-No, I'm going to pay cash.
Thank you.
-Thank you.
-Oh, I see you've met Lauren.
She'll help you get settled.
Have you found a place to stay?
-I rented an apartment.
I haven't seen it yet.
-Well, if you have
any problem, get
in touch with Dave Fairmont.
He heads up most of the
development that goes on here.
-Well, I don't need much.
I'm sure it'll be fine.
-Well, go through the files,
get familiar with the patients.
-Starting with him?
-What about him?
-Acyclovir.
-Isolated case.
One of the summer people.
Oh, by the way, the
local paper wants
to do a little profile on you.
-Steve, that's the
last thing I need.
-There's no need
to get into that.
Just a way of
letting [INAUDIBLE]
know who's filling
in for yours truly.
Have you had a chance
to look around?
-A little.
-Hardly what you've been
used to at St. Matthews.
-I want you to know
I appreciate this.
-Don't worry about it.
-You must have taken some flack.
-Yeah, you're not
the most popular guy
in the American
College of Surgeons.
Lauren, I'm going to
run over to the club.
I'll be back before I take off.
Relax, enjoy your summer, Kyle.
-Thank you.
-We've got to get
things moving here.
We're selling Paradise Isle,
not downtown Philadelphia.
We're set apart
from the mainland.
We don't have pollution,
filth, traffic, noise.
That's what this
place is all about.
It's clean.
It's pure.
It's a better way of life.
Now Ned, the word in the ad
copy is paradise, all right?
Can you remember that?
Frank, I want a list
of all of our clients.
Every deal we're even close on.
Hi.
-Darling.
I well have you know that
I have just demolished
this [INAUDIBLE] adolescent
six-two, six-love.
Who says I can't
play with the kids?
-Not me, heaven forbid.
I bet you let her
win, didn't you?
-Well, actually, Dad,
she was quite a tiger.
-Oh, I just saw Lisa Corwin.
She was looking for you.
I told her to go
down to the courts.
-OK, well, I'll
see you both later.
Bye, Mom.
-Bye.
Well, you can say goodbye
to your daughter's
undivided attention.
Those two have a whole year's
worth of gossip to catch up on.
-Wait till you see
how Lisa's grown.
I'm afraid she'll have
something to gossip about.
-Dave.
Joanna, you're looking
radiant as usual.
-Steve, I thought the
rainbow trout would
be an endangered species by now.
-I'm on my way.
I just stopped by
for a last update.
-Hmm.
Want to be depressed?
Come on, I'll show
you the figures.
I'll see you later.
-What about the new units?
Any movement?
-No, it's still too early.
-Jack Walsh thinks
we ought to come
down $20,000 on the base price.
-Oh, forget about it.
That's a big mistake.
-Well, just a suggestion.
-I'm sorry.
Look, Steve, I know
you've got as much tied up
in this as anybody, but
this is the wrong time
to start lowering the price.
It's like holding out a big
sign saying, condos in trouble,
get them cheap.
-OK, you're the developer.
Only some of the guys are
getting a little nervous.
[INAUDIBLE] want
you to think about.
-Come on, Katie, give.
I want the Billy
Hildebrandt story,
every luscious,
incredible detail.
-Oh, come on, Lisa.
[INAUDIBLE]
There's nothing to tell.
-Nothing to tell?
Nothing to tell, Kate.
That's not what you said
in the letter you wrote.
Shall I quote, "I
think this is it Lisa.
He's the most wonderful thing
that's ever happened to me."
Hey, this is [INAUDIBLE],
your best friend, remember?
I thought we were supposed to
tell each other everything.
-We broke up.
My gosh, Katie, I'm sorry.
What happened?
-[INAUDIBLE].
Bring it through.
Good.
Again.
We'll try one, huh?
-OK.
-All right, keep it level.
Good.
Good.
Again, come on.
-Oh.
-Not bad.
I'm so embarrassed, really.
-No, no, don't be.
Look, by the end of
the summer, you'll
have Billie Jean King thinking
twice about her comeback.
-Come on, Tommy,
I'll buy you a drink.
-The dragon lady's waiting.
But I'd like to.
-Your loss, Mister.
-Whoa.
Really.
Why don't you schedule toward
the end of the day sometime.
-How about Thursday?
My husband will be on
the mainland on business.
-Yeah, how about Thursday.
I'll rearrange the schedule.
Oh, Mrs. Gillman.
-What are we having?
-What are we having?
We're having
macaroni and cheese.
-I hate macaroni and cheese.
-So do I, but it was on special.
-[INAUDIBLE].
Not much these days
except you and you.
[CRYING]
Oh, oh.
Oh, all right.
OK.
I'm coming.
I'm coming.
It's all right.
[PHONE RINGING]
[INAUDIBLE] your sister.
Hello.
Yeah.
Uh, I can't talk
to you right now.
Uh, Friday night.
No, I'm sorry I can't.
I can't get a sitter.
No, I don't want you
to do that, really.
No, it's not that.
It's just that I need
some time to think.
Derek, please, I
can't talk right now.
-Bartender.
Bartender.
Hey.
-Something tells me I can get
his attention easier than you.
What would you like?
-Scotch and water.
-What's in it for me?
-Whatever's in that
glass, and the underlying
gratitude of a thirsty man.
-That's the best you can do?
-I'd like to [INAUDIBLE].
-I'm not wearing a [INAUDIBLE].
-Uh, Pal, this lady and
that seat are both taken.
-Hey, Tommy.
Tommy.
-Kyle.
I don't believe this.
What are you doing here?
-I'm subbing for
Steve Holliston.
-Here?
On Paradise Isle?
-That's right.
-Hot damn.
I thought you'd own
the Mayo Clinic by now.
-I thought you'd own Wimbledon.
-Well, you give me time.
Hey, you see this
guy sitting here?
I mean, this guy
saved my career.
You know the scar
I've got on my elbow?
Yeah, I told you about the
time I beat [INAUDIBLE].
This guy totally rebuilt
my elbow so I could do it.
This man's a genius.
-He's exaggerating.
Actually, I'm only a virtuoso.
-Hey, you here with anyone.
-No, I just came in
to grab some dinner.
-Well, hey, come on.
There's got to be
someone here for Kyle.
Uh, how about Sally?
Sally would like Kyle.
Sally.
-Hey, hold it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What are you going to do?
You going to order my
dinner for me, too?
-Hey, in this place, not even
the cockroaches eat alone.
-But just the three
of us, all right?
-Listen, don't you let his mild
mannered exterior fool you.
The doctor here and I have done
some serious partying together.
-Thanks, Lauren, will
you excuse us now?
I asked her to leave, because
what we have to talk about
is strictly confidential.
I won't tell anybody.
You're my patient.
I respect your right
to privacy the same
as I would anyone else.
What you have is genital herpes.
There's no cure yet,
but it's controllable.
And with understanding, you can
lead a perfectly normal life.
Katie?
-There's no cure?
-It's a virus, Katie.
The symptoms go away,
but the bug sort
of hides in an area
near your spine
called the sacral ganglia.
Sometimes it flares up again.
We don't know exactly why.
-You mean this is going
to happen over and over?
-Not necessarily.
-I heard that you
can get cancer.
-Your chances of getting
cervical cancer go up,
so it's important to get
more frequent pap smears.
-What about having babies?
I heard that they
can die or they
can become retarded if the
herpes if from the mother.
-Well, that's true,
but it's rare.
And it doesn't have to happen.
It should never happen.
If the mother knows she
has herpes and is having
an active outbreak
when the baby's due,
the doctor performs
a cesarean delivery,
and the dangers are almost
completely eliminated.
You're going to have plenty of
healthy kids someday, Katie.
-You make it sound
like it's no big deal.
-All the most dangerous things
about herpes can be avoided.
-Why do I feel like
my life is over?
-Well, probably for the same
reason that a lot of people
have an odd reaction whenever
you mention the word herpes.
They laugh nervously.
They turn away in revulsion.
And you know why?
Because you get
it by having sex.
You might feel frightened,
guilty, even embarrassed.
Katie, I can treat the disease.
I don't know that I can help
you with those other feelings,
but I'd like to try.
But I can tell you this.
They're far more
dangerous than the virus.
-Can I go?
Will you come back
so we can talk?
-I don't know.
-Is that you, honey?
-Yeah.
-I'll be right out.
-Honey, what'd you do here?
-You like it?
-What's the matter with
the dishes that were here?
-They were ugly.
We're only going to be
here for the summer.
Couldn't it have waited?
-I wanted everything
to be just perfect.
Besides, we'll take them
with us wherever we go,
and we'll always remember
where we first used them.
Mr. Nicholas Todd,
you are getting
to be an old fuddy-duddy.
Now, unless you think this lady
is too big and fat and pregnant
to make love to, why don't
you give me a big sloppy kiss.
-Dr. Holliston needed
someone to fill in
for him while he
was on vacation.
I got the job.
-Well, I suppose it's quite
a change from the big man
at a hospital like St. Matthews.
-Hallelujah.
-Sure.
But I suppose they've got
a lot of the same problems
here as they have any
place else, right?
Medicine is medicine.
Somebody gets sick,
they need a doctor.
-Well, sure, everyday
kind of medicine.
What about the
big health issues?
Things that are, you know,
of epidemic proportions?
-I'm not sure I know
what you're driving at.
-I'm a reporter, Doctor.
Couldn't help but notice.
-Just reading up.
Keeping current.
-Oh, so you're
saying we don't have
that problem here
on Paradise Isle.
-Herpes is a national epidemic.
Viruses don't
respect boundaries,
and the people of
Paradise Isle are
as susceptible as anybody else.
-Maybe even more
so, wouldn't you
say, especially given
their lifestyle here?
-Look, this was
supposed to be a get
to know your visiting
doctor interview.
I think we should
keep it that way.
-Why?
I thought the enlightened,
intelligent point of view
was to educate the
public about herpes.
I mean, they've got
clinics that have
sprung up all over the place.
Newsletter, even
dating services.
Maybe you don't
agree with all that.
-As a matter of fact I do.
-Hi, ya, Nurse.
-Hi, Tommy.
Kyle will be with
you in a minute.
-You work Saturdays, huh?
-Till noon.
Then it's off to the beach
and curl up with a good book.
-You know, you curl
up with me instead,
I could manage to cancel my
tennis game with the Doc.
-I [INAUDIBLE].
-Should I?
-Tommy, your idea of a date
is the shortest distance
between a dinner
table and a bed.
I don't think so.
-You know, you rush the net
the way you rush the ladies,
then I don't stand a chance.
-He doesn't stand
a chance anyway.
-I heard that.
-I know.
-Oh.
-Sit down, I'll buy you a drink.
-Good idea.
-Hello.
-What are you doing here, Tommy?
The last I heard, you
were out on the circuit
playing the tour.
-Who needs it?
What?
Living out of a suitcase.
Hustling endorsements?
You know, hoping that McEnroe's
got a cold in the first round
when you play him.
No, this is a sweet deal.
You know, I spend a
couple hours a day
teaching the backhand
to middle-aged ladies.
And the rest of the time,
it's beach and boogie.
I mean, hey.
-Yeah.
-Know where I live?
-No.
-On an 80 foot yacht, because
some skillionaire that I give
lessons to wants
a boat babysitter.
I mean, anyone
who can't be happy
being a tennis pro on an
island full of beautiful women
is either stupid or dead.
-Well, you're
neither one of those.
-What about you?
Why aren't you on the cover
of "Newsweek" or something?
-Who needs it?
-Speaking of
beautiful women, Dr.
Kyle Richards,
Marsha [INAUDIBLE].
Marsha's been
working here a month.
She can't keep her hands off me.
-Hello.
-Hello.
-I've warned her.
Told her I'm dangerous.
Aah, but you know
how they can get.
All right, Marsha, you win.
Whenever you say.
-It's nice to meet you.
-Thank you.
-Well, I got to pay my dues.
Marsha, you can put
his order on my tab,
and you know you gotta
quit hanging all over me.
-Dr. Richardson?
-Yes.
-You're subbing
for Dr. Holliston.
-That's right.
-My son has an earache.
I was going to bring him in.
-Well, I'll be happy
to take a look at him.
-Thank you.
-You know, you and I
almost met once before.
It was the first day
that I came here.
You were on the ferry.
-I'm sorry.
I don't remember.
And you almost ran me over.
-Oh, that was you?
-That was me.
-Oh, I'm so sorry.
Does that mean you're
going to charge me more?
-[PHONE RINGING]
-Hello.
Oh, hi, Frank.
Listen, can he call you back.
We're barbecuing.
-Hello, Frank, did we close?
Well, what happened this time?
Oh, yeah, they'll be back.
I'll talk to you later.
-Dave, what is it?
-Nothing.
-Well, it's something.
We can see you're upset.
-Two more deals
just fell through.
What do you want
to do, celebrate?
Dave, don't shut us out.
We're a family.
If you've got a problem,
we've all got a problem.
Let's talk about it.
Maybe we can help.
-What are you going to do?
Buy a condominium?
Maybe turn the economy around?
There are some things a
family conference won't help.
-I'll get the drinks.
-I'm sorry, Princess.
The old Skipper broke one
his old cardinal rules.
Never bring any trouble
home from the office.
I'll make it up to
her with your mom.
Hey, come on, no big deal.
[INAUDIBLE]
You OK?
-Yeah.
I'm fine.
-Ah, you're more than fine.
You're perfect.
-How does it feel to be
taking a beached whale
for a walk on the sand?
-Come on, honey, you look great.
-I was so excited about
coming to this island,
how it would be so romantic.
I guess I overestimated your
desire for romance with me
in this condition.
-Honey, will you cut it out?
I love you.
-I know.
I guess I'm just feeling
a little bit insecure.
I can't stand the thought of
you being unhappy with me, Nick.
-I'm not unhappy with you.
-Well, something's wrong.
I know it is.
[INAUDIBLE]
-I don't know.
Um, this island, the new job,
everything's happening so fast.
-Nick, my dad got you
this job, because it's
a chance for us to go someplace.
-Your dad got me this job,
because he wasn't satisfied
with his daughter being
married to a guy who
works in a print shop.
And he got us this house for the
summer so we could be together.
-Well, he was just
trying to help.
-Well, I don't want his help.
If you don't like me the way I
am, then why did you marry me?
-I married you
because I love you.
Only you won't let
me show you anymore,
because I can't get
you to touch me.
And that's not because of
your job, or my father,
or this island,
or anything else.
Nick, why won't you
make love to me?
-That's a boy.
Uh-huh.
OK.
What we're got here is
a genuine ear infection.
So I think what
you probably need,
Jim, is a genuine lollipop.
Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Yeah, all right.
Go ask Lauren, OK?
--[INAUDIBLE] antibiotics
at $25.00 a bottle?
-I have a sample.
-Oh, no, that's OK.
We're not starving.
-No problem.
Have him take all of them.
The directions
are on the bottle.
-Thank you.
-Marsha, I'd like you to
have dinner with me sometime.
-How do you know
I'm not married?
-I asked Tommy.
-Look, whatever he said
about me, whatever it is,
it's not true.
-He told me you weren't married.
I asked because
I was interested.
Marsha, I'm new on this island.
I don't know anybody.
I hate eating alone, which
is what I've done every night
this week.
Have I offended you?
-No.
-Then?
-OK.
-Nick, would you like it better
if we stayed in the apartment
on the mainland commuting
out here everyday to work?
-No.
-Well, maybe you would have been
happier if I'd stayed there.
-Honey, I said I love you.
-Show me.
I want you to make love to me.
[KNOCKING]
-Dr. Richardson, I
need to talk to you.
I'm David Fairmont.
-Is this a medical problem?
-No, it's not.
You gave this interview.
-That's right.
-This is a resort
island, Doctor.
Perhaps you saw the
sign on the landing.
Leave your troubles
on the mainland.
-Well, evidently a
lot of people didn't.
-Just what the hell did
you think you were doing?
You turned a simple interview
into a scare story on VD.
All of a sudden we've
got an epidemic here.
-I didn't say that.
We're paying enormous
amounts of money
to promote the image of Paradise
Isle, and you're trying--
-This has nothing to do
with selling condominiums.
This is a very serious
health problem.
-But we don't have to
publicize it, do we?
-Yes, we do.
This is a place where people
come to let loose, to relax,
casual sex, casual
relationships.
It's a damn breeding ground.
-And a damn lie.
You have no right
to drag the people--
-If you're telling
me to keep quiet,
you're wasting your time.
I have a responsibility
as a doctor.
-And you have a
reputation as a big mouth.
-Lisa, I just don't
want to go out.
-Katie, what's with you?
It's not like you
broke up with Billy--
-Hildebrandt.
And what if it is?
-Because it's
stupid, that's why.
I mean, you've been
on some other planet
for like two weeks now.
I'm trying to do you
a favor, you know?
-Thanks a lot.
-Katie, don't forget to be back
by 5:00 to help me with dinner.
-Tonight?
-Of course, tonight.
Your father's having guests.
I want the whole family here.
-Oh, Mom.
A bunch of us were planning
to go to the Jug and Anchor
tonight.
-No, you're not.
-Daddy, it's just a disco.
-I know what it is,
and you're not going.
-Come on, Lisa, let's
get out of here.
-Dave, she's growing up.
-I know.
I know.
-We dated all
through high school
and got married three
days after graduation.
Uh, while my girlfriends were
single, meeting new people,
starting new careers, I
was starting a family.
Lyle was a foreman on some of
the construction around here.
I thought we had a
pretty nice life.
-What happened?
-Oh, he ran off with one
of the summer people.
So now I'm the one who's
single, meeting new people,
trying to start a new career.
-Well, it seems to
me you're handling it
all remarkably well.
-Oh, thank you.
Oh, what about you, Doctor?
How did you come here?
Summer at sand and sun.
-No.
I needed the job.
It was the best offer I had.
Also, the only offer.
-Oh, come on, a doctor
with no job offers?
-Actually, uh, I'm [INAUDIBLE].
-Why?
-I got a bunch of
doctors angry with me.
-Oh.
-I testified against
a fellow physician.
[INAUDIBLE]
So I'm sort of laying low
until it all dies down.
-And then you'll go
back to the big city?
-Probably.
-Where you'll continue your
interrupted but inexorable
quest for the
Nobel Prize, right?
-You [INAUDIBLE] heart.
-Did you get into
a lot of trouble?
-Lot.
-I didn't mean to pry.
-No, no, please.
I'm glad you did.
I'm glad you know.
-Kyle--
-I want you to know about me.
I want you to know about me.
And I want to know about you.
-Yes, well, oh, my goodness.
It's getting late.
I have to get home.
I promised the sitter.
-Uh--
-Oh.
-I'd like to see you again.
-I really have to go.
-I'd like to see you, too.
-Hey, are you OK?
-I don't know, a touch
of the flu, I guess.
-Well, it's just that we
haven't talked for a while,
and I thought maybe we
could, uh, you know,
get together again.
-Sure.
Yeah, I'll give you a call, OK?
-The, uh, symptoms
were all gone.
I just want to know if
I was contagious or not.
KYLE (ON PHONE):
It's not that simple.
Chances are that
you were OK, but you
can't be absolutely sure.
-Uh, but the symptoms
were all gone.
-Look, why don't you just
come in, and I'll examine you.
-Well, if you can't be sure,
what difference would it make?
-Why won't you tell
me who you are?
If you're afraid that
you've infected someone--
-I didn't say that.
-All right.
All right, I'm sure
everything is fine.
There is nothing
to be ashamed of.
If you'll just come in
and let me see you--
-Scotch, double.
Come on.
-Wait a minute.
What's the matter with you?
-You gave me herpes.
-How do you know it was me?
-You're the only one.
-I'm sorry.
Look, I've got [INAUDIBLE] here.
-Hold it.
-Wait a minute.
-Do you realize what
you've done to me?
My wife can't understand
why I'm afraid to touch her.
What am I supposed to say?
That I slept with
some other woman?
She can't handle that.
-I don't remember
you being so worried
that night about
what to tell her.
-Shut up.
You just had to have
your last fling.
-I said, shut up.
-Lisa, would you help Mrs.
Smith when you're through?
-OK.
Katie, oh, what are you doing?
Come here, stand up.
You've got to take
a look at that.
You've got to look
at this top on you.
It's great.
Look at this, look.
Is this or is it not the
hottest thing you've ever seen?
It's going to look
so cute on you.
-Lisa, I really don't feel
like trying clothes on.
-Oh, just this one, please.
Look, you've got
to try this one on.
They don't have it in my size.
I've got to see
what it looks like.
-Lisa.
-Here, just try it.
Be a friend, Katie.
It's no big deal.
I've got to order it for myself.
-All right, all right.
-So I've got to see what
it looks like on somebody.
I'm going to fix you up.
Wait until you see Alan.
You're going to thank me.
He's the most gorgeous
hunk I've ever seen.
I'm talking for days
he is so gorgeous.
-I don't want to-- I don't
want to go out with him.
-Katie.
-I don't want to
try these things on.
-Sorry.
I swear.
When did I suddenly turn
into your worst enemy?
-It's not you, Lisa.
It's got nothing to do with you.
-Yeah, I'll tell you when.
Ever since you went out
with Billie Hildebrandt,
do you decided not to tell me
anything about it, that's when.
Oh, that top is totally divine.
Here, you've got
to try these one.
-No.
-Just put them in your
hand and try them on.
They go with the shirt.
You know, Katie, you can
make this all up to me in one
fell swoop.
-Please.
-You can tell me absolutely
everything that went on.
-Lisa, shut up.
OK.
You want to know?
I'll tell you.
I went out with him.
I went to bed with him,
and he gave me herpes.
Is that enough?
-Uh, Katie, I, uh,
come to think of it,
I could get in trouble for this.
You'd better take that off.
-These photos are good.
Did you take them?
-Yeah, one of the 12
careers I've started.
Uh, listen, I have a
weird and unprecedented
request from the peanut gallery.
They want you to
kiss them goodnight.
-I'd like that.
-Good.
-Goodnight, [INAUDIBLE].
-Are you going to
come back again?
-Sure.
Go to sleep.
Come on.
We had been engaged
about eight months
when everything hit the fan.
So she thought she was going to
marry the next Michael Debakey.
In fact, she's
engaged to him now.
-You got walked out on, too.
Welcome to the club.
-Just a couple of victims, hmm?
-Oh, thank you for
being so nice to Bobby.
-That's not called for.
-Oh, yes, it is.
I think he's been needing
a bristly face to kiss.
-How about you?
-Kyle, don't.
-Marsha, what's the matter?
-It's not you.
-Well, there's nobody else here.
Look, I like you
more than a little.
I admit it.
I want to hold you.
I'd like to kiss you goodnight.
Shake hands?
Anything.
-Kyle, please stop it.
-No, I won't stop
it until you give
me some kind of explanation.
-Well, I don't owe
you any explanation.
This is who I am.
And nobody asked
you to come around.
-Marsha, what are
you talking about?
This island is crawling
with sex if that's
what I was interested in.
-I think you better go.
-What?
Marsha--
-Kyle, please.
Just get out.
-I was over at the
mainland this afternoon.
-Uh-hmm.
-And I saw this
beautiful antique crib.
And I was just thinking,
wouldn't it be--
-Antique crib.
Great, the baby will
be very impressed.
-Feel him move?
-Yeah.
-You feel him?
-Yeah.
-This kid is either going to be
a dancer or kick field goals.
I've never felt like
this before, Nick.
Never in my whole life.
-I know.
-Buy me an ice cream bar.
-Another one?
-I'm pregnant.
I decide.
-Uh, give me an ice cream bar.
There.
-Thank you.
OPERATOR: The number
you have reached
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And there is no new number.
Please check the
number and dial again.
OPERATOR: What city please?
-Yes, right here
on Paradise Isle.
For Ned Tolbert.
288 Bayshore Way.
I'm sorry.
I have no listing for that.
-You sure there's no listing?
OPERATOR: No, I'm sorry, sir.
-Well, try the new ones.
Maybe he's just
here for the summer.
OPERATOR: No, I'm sorry, sir,
but we have no such address.
-No such address?
-Thank you.
OPERATOR: You're welcome.
-What's going on here, Kyle?
I'm out in the
middle of nowhere,
and I get a message
from Dave Fairmont
about some newspaper article.
I thought we
understood each other.
-Steve, do you
remember a young guy
that came here
the day I arrived?
You treated him for herpes.
-Lyle, did you hear what I said?
-This is his file.
I think he left a false
name or false address.
And I think he called back
worried about being contagious.
-You think.
-I saw him again
tonight on the Midway.
He had a very pregnant
girl with him.
It was probably his wife.
-You don't know that.
You're not even sure
it's the same man.
You saw him once for
less than a minute.
-Steve, he gave
you a false name.
That means he
doesn't want anybody
to know what he hasn't told her.
-Hold it.
-No.
You called him an isolated case.
-Listen to me.
-I found 12 others in
the files, Steve, 12
in the last six months.
-They warned me that you
were a troublemaker, Kyle.
Haven't you made
enough enemies already?
-I think we have to find him.
-I'll check it out.
I want you to forgot about it.
-No way.
-I want this crusade
to end here and now.
No more interviews,
no more [INAUDIBLE].
-Or?
-Give yourself a break, Kyle.
[KNOCKING]
-What are you doing, Princess?
The old Skipper's
ready to hoist sale.
I need a second mate.
-Daddy, I really don't feel like
sailing to some dumb island.
-Hey, look, I know I've been
a little rough on you lately.
Particularly the other
day, and I'm sorry.
What do you do [INAUDIBLE]?
I mean, all alone.
You're like a hermit.
Talk to me, Princess.
-Daddy, why don't
you just go sailing.
I'm good.
I'll be just fine here.
-Honey, I know we kind of got
out of the habit of talking.
I've been so busy lately
with the condo project
and everything.
-I know you have to work
you don't have to apologize.
-Well, I wasn't apologizing.
I was feeling sorry for myself.
The last couple of years,
you've grown up quite a bit,
and I haven't been
around to see it.
couple more years,
you're going to be gone.
-I'm not going to be gone.
I'm never going to
leave this house.
-Sure you will.
You'll find some nice
young guy, and you'll
wave goodbye just like that.
Look, come on, why
don't we go boating?
I'll let you take the
tiller like you used to.
-Daddy.
You remember when I went
out with Billy Hildebrandt?
-Yeah, what about it?
-I knew you didn't
like him very much.
-Well, it wasn't
that I disliked him.
-Yes, it was.
You don't like
anybody I go out with.
That's what I don't understand.
Well, honey, it's
because I love you
that-- I don't want to
talk about it right now.
-Why can't we talk about it now?
-All right, I understand.
You wanted to go out with him,
because he's a football star,
an older guy, and you
had a teenage crush.
-It wasn't a teenage crush.
-Katie, I tell you, I don't--
-Daddy, I went to bed with him.
I'm sorry.
I just-- I feel like you
have a right to know.
I just-- I want to sit down.
I want to talk about it now.
-Not now.
-When?
Daddy, when?
When is it a good time?
-Are you pregnant?
Hmm?
-No.
But I love him.
-Yeah, we got to get going.
Are you coming with us or not?
-Daddy, wait.
There's something else
I've got to tell you.
-That's enough.
-Daddy.
-Get out there in five minutes
or I'm leaving without you.
-Daddy, wait.
Daddy.
I hate it, too.
-OK, then just give me a
shot or something, Kyle.
-What the hell is
wrong with you?
This isn't syphilis
or gonorrhea.
You can't cure it
with antibiotics.
How much do you
know about herpes?
-Not much.
I hear people talk.
-OK, pal.
Lecture time.
Tommy, there are two
types of herpes virus.
Type one is common, like a
cold sore or fever blister.
Type two is what you've got.
Genital herpes.
I can't cure it, Tom.
I can only treat the symptoms
and give you the facts.
-Well, I don't like the facts.
-The facts don't care.
You've got herpes.
That means you have to
tell the women you're going
to go to bed with before
you have sex with them
that if you're having
an active outbreak,
they'll probably get it.
-Great.
How am I supposed to
know when I'm contagious?
-OK, the active period
is called viral shedding.
Your contagious from just
before that during a period
called the prodome,
when you have
a tingling or burning sensation.
Then in a couple
of days, the area
becomes inflamed, blisters
form, rupture, dry out.
It usually takes about 48 hours.
And then you wait until the
lesions are completely healed.
-What about the pain?
-Tommy, your best
medicine is your own body.
With each active outbreak,
your immune system
creates antibodies to
fight the virus, which
means in all probability that
each successive outbreak would
be less severe.
-Each successive outbreak?
-Nobody knows what causes them.
Stress, lowered body resistance.
You may never have
another outbreak,
or you could have
it again and again.
-Why me?
-Why anybody, pal?
It's a bug.
It doesn't care who it infects.
-Oh, yeah.
My sweet deal.
Ladies, [INAUDIBLE].
You take away my
boogie time, and I'm
nothing but a tennis
shoe salesman with a tan.
-Nobody said you had to stop.
You've just got to tell.
-Oh, right.
Yeah.
Yeah, Tommy.
Yeah, I've always
wanted to make love
to someone with the plague.
It's your bet, Kyle.
-Katie.
Katie, you in there?
Katie.
Hey.
What happened?
-I don't remember
inviting you in.
-I don't blame you or anything.
I mean, I'm the worst.
I know it, you know.
You think you could,
uh, like forgive me?
-For what?
-God, Katie.
I'm your best friend.
I mean, you needed
help, and I don't know,
I freaked out on you.
-Yeah.
Well, you're not the only one.
-You told your folks?
-No.
I tried talking to my dad.
I did.
But he wouldn't listen.
So I trashed the room.
I tried writing these
letters to Billy.
I can't send them.
I feel so dirty and disgusting.
What am I going to do?
-I don't know.
Oh, you poor kid.
You must be going through hell.
-You really hurt me.
-I know.
I know.
[INAUDIBLE] myself.
-Thank you.
-May I come in?
-Sure.
-Kyle, I've got a
lot to say and not
enough nerve to say any of it.
So if you could just
bear with me, please.
-OK.
-I know I said that
I don't owe you
any explanations
and maybe I don't.
But I've been so miserable
the last few days.
So here goes.
After my husband,
Al, left me, I got
used to playing
the singles game.
And I was pretty good at it.
You know, one night stands.
You know, nothing earth
shattering but, uh, pleasant.
Before I met you, I
was dating a lawyer.
We'd gone out several times.
And the last night
we were together--
Well, then, what is it?
-I should have told
you a long time
ago when we first went out.
I didn't know
[INAUDIBLE], and when
I realized I cared
for you, I was afraid.
-Afraid of what?
-Marsha, I have herpes.
Oh, god.
I'm not active right now.
It's not contagious.
I wouldn't do that to you.
And that's why the other
night when you touched me,
I freaked out.
-If you're afraid he may
have given you the disease--
-No, it's not just that.
Don't you understand?
I'm afraid-- I'm afraid
that it's going to affect
every relationship that I
have, or that I will ever have.
And I'm afraid of rejection.
-Marsha.
Herpes is a virus.
A bug.
I've seen what it does, because
I happen to be a doctor.
I've seen it destroy the way
people feel about themselves,
about others.
Only now-- only now,
it's threatening
to destroy the way
you feel about us.
Marsha, I don't
want that to happen.
-Kyle, I'm sorry.
It just can't work.
And he thinks you're nice.
I heard him tell Neil.
He thinks you're cute.
You're on your own, kid.
Hi.
-Here you go. [INAUDIBLE].
-OK, thanks.
-Do you want to take a walk?
-Yeah.
-OK.
-OK.
-My father used to
take my brother Jack
and me fishing every summer.
But this year we decided
to come here instead.
You know, the whole family.
It's been great.
I mean, this place
is really neat.
-Sounds like you
guys are real close.
-Yeah, we are.
They're good people.
I mean, don't get me wrong,
we've had out troubles and all,
but, you know,
things [INAUDIBLE].
Listen, uh, we could go back
to the party if you want.
Do some dancing and stuff.
-Oh, no.
If that's OK with you,
I'd just like to sit here.
-Yeah, me, too.
-OK.
--[INAUDIBLE] kind of gives
me a pain anyway, you know?
We kind of think
alike, you and me.
[INAUDIBLE]
I usually don't expect
that on a blind date.
I've enjoyed tonight, Katie.
I'm glad we went out.
And I'd like to do
it again sometime.
I mean, I think, uh,
I think you and I
could be real nice together.
Oh, sorry.
I guess I said something wrong.
-Oh, no, you didn't.
Um, well, I might as
well tell you now,
because sooner or later
you're going to find out,
and you're not going
to want to have
anything to do with me then.
-Tell me what?
-I have herpes.
It seems like all I do
is tell people that.
-You feel like your
whole life is ending.
You feel like you'll
never be clean again.
And boy, the first time
you have to tell someone,
it's like dying.
And sometimes they run.
And sometimes they
just sort of vague out.
Sometimes, more and
more, they understand.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Bay Club.
Yeah, he's here.
Nick, for you.
-Hello.
What?
Honey, are you sure?
The baby's not due yet.
OK, well, where are you?
On the mainland.
Uh, OK, uh, go on
over to the hospital.
I'll catch the next boat
over, and I'll meet you there.
Yeah.
-Big day, huh?
-Uh, yeah, she just
went into labor.
I got to go.
-Hey, good luck.
-Oh, hey, wait a minute.
Sorry, buddy, I'm in a hurry.
I have to talk to you.
It's very important.
-Not now, man.
-Uh, the young fellow that
just walked out of here.
What is his name?
-Who?
-Nick?
Nick Todd.
-How do I get in touch with him.
-He works in, uh,
public relations.
But he's not there.
Try the ferry.
His wife's on the mainland.
She just went into labor.
-His name is Todd.
Nick Todd.
That's right.
Well, just try
anything, hospitals,
clinics, anything, man.
Good and get back to me
as soon as you find him.
Thanks.
-Well, wouldn't
he have told her?
Or wouldn't she have
noticed the symptoms?
-Probably.
But the symptoms
could be masked.
Lesions occur on the cervix.
There are no nerve
endings, no pain.
She could be having an active
outbreak and not even know it.
-Bear down, bear down.
Push.
Push harder.
Harder, push, push.
It'll be over soon.
Over in a minute.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Maternity.
Yes, Doctor.
Yes, Doctor.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Yeah.
Where?
OK, call the OR, tell
them what to look for.
Mike, thanks, I owe you one.
I'm going over there.
-I want to go with you.
-Come on.
[KNOCKING]
-Your wife went into
premature labor.
And we found lesions indicative
of herpes virus on the cervix.
That may or may not
have contributed
to the premature delivery.
We can't be certain.
Is she aware that she's
contracted the disease?
-Uh, no.
-She probably had a
[INAUDIBLE] primary infection.
She doesn't feel the symptoms.
It happens in a small
percentage of cases.
People have the disease
and they don't realize it.
If we had only known in time, we
could have performed a cesarean
section, and there
would have been
very little danger to the baby.
-Oh, my god.
-But the labor
was too far along.
It was too late
for cesarean We had
to deliver through the
infected birth canal.
She was shedding herpes virus.
The baby became infected.
I'm sorry.
We're treating the
infection as best we can.
But it's generalized
and variable.
The baby's on life
support system.
-No.
Oh, god.
No.
-Maternity Ward.
-Connie, you OK?
Can I get you anything?
-You knew about it.
You have it, and you knew about
it the last time we made love.
-I wanted to tell you.
Uh, but I was afraid.
-Why, Nick?
-I didn't know that
this could happen.
I didn't know
anything about herpes.
What was I supposed to tell you?
That-- that I cheated?
That I'd gone out
with another woman
while you were
carrying our baby.
Would you have understood that?
-And instead, our baby is dead.
You're right.
I can't understand why you
needed to go to somebody else.
I don't understand it at all.
The doctor said that I can
go home in a couple of days.
I don't want you to be
there when I get back.
-Honey.
-I mean it, Nick.
I don't want you there.
-Kyle, I want to talk to you.
-What for, more threats?
-Joe Abbott called
from the paper.
You said something
about you advertising
a clinic for people with herpes.
-That's right.
I put an ad in his paper.
-I'll do what I said, Kyle.
I'll fire you and
tell everybody why.
-Good.
Good, Steve, tell
them the reason, too.
Here.
His real name is Nick Todd.
He was spending the
summer on the island.
He worked for an
advertising and PR firm.
Guess whose development
their promoting?
-I don't know what
you're talking about.
-Connie, his wife, it
was his wife by the way,
gave birth to a baby girl.
She was shedding virus, and she
went into a premature labor.
The baby's dead.
-My god.
She had contracted
the herpes from Nick,
because he didn't know any
better, like everybody else.
He was too ignorant
to tell her anything.
-Hey, Katie, Katie, come on.
One set of tennis.
I'm going to cream you.
-Lisa, I really don't want
to play tennis right now.
-Oh, come on, come on, let's go.
-I can't.
I don't have any
clothes with me.
-So you borrow
something of your mom's.
She's got a whole locker
full of stuff up there.
Come on.
Let's go.
-All right.
-All right.
Be happy about it why don't you?
Come on.
-Mom.
Mom, I'm home.
Mom.
-Up here.
-I borrowed one of your outfits.
I hope it's-- What
are you doing?
-Why didn't you tell me?
-That was a letter to Billy.
You had no right.
-[INAUDIBLE].
Did you go see the doctor?
-Yes.
-Hey, uh, I don't understand.
I thought we knew each other.
-Mom, you don't know me.
You haven't known me for years.
-Obviously not.
-Mom, I've been changing.
I've been feeling all these
things that I don't understand.
I just needed
someone to talk to.
-Why didn't you come to me?
-Why didn't you come to me?
The only reason
we're talking now
is because you found my letters.
-Who else have you
told about this?
-Just Lisa.
-Oh, my god.
-Mom, she's not going
to say anything.
-All right.
It stops here.
From now on we deal
with this as family.
-No, we won't.
I tried talking to daddy.
I tried to tell him.
He doesn't listen.
He can't even deal with it.
-Right.
From now on, it'll
be just you and me.
-Mommy, do you think
I'm disgusting?
-Hey, [INAUDIBLE].
What are you doing?
-I'm getting rid of this stuff.
-If I called the local
paper and told them
I saw Tommy Consodon
sitting alone,
they'd probably send
over a photographer.
-Very funny.
-Mind if I sit down?
Thanks.
-Lauren, look, I know
what you're trying to do.
I would really
rather be alone right
now if you don't mind, please.
But thanks anyway.
-What do you think this is?
TLC?
-OK.
You're a nurse.
You work for Kyle.
You've seen my records.
You know I have herpes.
-You are a fool, Tommy.
I've always been
interested in you.
You've only been
interested in one thing.
That's why I wouldn't
go out with you.
I have nothing against
making love to someone
once I care about them.
If I get to know them
well enough to care.
-You already took the ad.
I paid you.
We were set.
I don't want my money back.
I want the ad to run
in the newspaper.
I can't have a clinic if
people don't know about it.
-Hi.
I used the copier
at the club office.
Nobody knew.
I don't think it
will do any good.
The newspaper refused the
ad, so did the radio station.
-Well, these will be enough.
We'll pass these out tomorrow.
The club's having
a huge promotion.
Practically the whole
island will be there.
-I don't think you should
be involved in this.
I think you should
stay out of it.
You work there.
There's no point in both
of us losing our jobs.
-Kyle, look at me.
I was with you when
that couple's baby died.
My life's been a nightmare
because of this disease.
I'm one of the people
who needs to know.
Besides, I think I'm
falling in love with you.
-Joanna.
-How do you do?
-My wife, Joanna.
They're very interested in
some of the [INAUDIBLE].
-Great, John, will you excuse
me just a minute. [INAUDIBLE].
Katie, honey, come
on in, please.
-Why, Mom?
Aren't you doing enough
of that for both of us?
Your father is [INAUDIBLE],
and we are here as a family
to support him.
And you are part of this family.
Katie.
-Be right back.
You said you were going
to do something about it.
He's plastering the
island with these.
A herpes clinic.
Why not a leper colony?
-Can't stop him, Dave.
-You said you'd get rid of him.
-I mean, I won't stop him.
He's right.
People need to more
about this disease.
-Are you out of your mind?
We're trying to
save this project,
and he's telling everybody the
island is crawling with VD.
-That's not my concern.
I'm a doctor.
That comes first.
-That's great.
That's very noble of you, Steve,
but let me tell you something.
If the Paradise Bay
Project goes under,
you can still practice medicine.
-Me?
I'm belly up gasping for air.
So
-Hi.
-Hi.
Wish you were out
there with them?
-A little.
You don't forget how
it feels to think
you're the next
Connors or McEnroe.
-Is that what they are?
-They think they are.
22 years old, making big
money, everyone telling them
they're the greatest thing in
the world, especially women.
Doesn't always work
out that way, though.
One day you wake up and
your giving tennis lessons
and selling warm-up
suits instead
of collecting prize money.
You may realize
there's a difference,
but you hang in there anyway.
Don't ask me why.
You just do.
Would you be willing
to have dinner with me?
Someplace where we could
just have a nice meal,
just sit and stare out at
the ocean, and just talk.
-I'd love that.
-Dave, what can you
do about it right now?
-I don't know, but I'm
going to do something.
I'm sure as hell
not going to sit
here watching a tennis match.
Now, of all times, he
picks this weekend.
-Dave.
-Probably nothing
more than a couple
of sluts from the mainland.
Makes out like it's all of us.
Some kind of plague.
-Katie, honey, I'm sorry.
Please don't leave.
-Why?
Because I'm a part
of the family?
No thanks.
-Please.
-OK, Mom, you want me to stay?
Hold me.
Don't worry, Mom.
You can't get it
from holding hands.
-What's going on?
-If I can't stop you, and
convince you to call this off,
at least I can make it damn
unpleasant for the people who
come here.
-I don't believe--
-These kind of people
don't belong here.
-You have no right.
-No, you're wrong, Doctor.
I have every right.
It's you and the others
who don't belong here.
I live here.
I helped build this-- Katie.
Katie, what are you doing here?
Go on back home.
-I'm going inside.
-Katie, I want you out of here.
-Daddy, I'm going inside.
That's why I'm here.
-Turn off those lights, now.
-Leave them on.
I don't mind.
-Katie, you don't know
what you're saying.
-Why don't you want the
lights on me, Daddy?
You're going to leave them on
everybody else, aren't you?
-I don't understand.
-I have herpes, Daddy.
-I'm sorry you had
to find out this way.
By coming here tonight,
you've taken the first step
in understanding and
dealing with your disease.
The worst thing about herpes
is the less you understand,
the less you know about
it, the more likely
it is to make you miserable.
Herpes is surrounded
by misinformation.
Families can be torn apart,
relationships destroyed,
all because of a virus, a bug.
There are drugs that can
shorten the active outbreaks
of the disease.
And there are hopeful
avenues of research
that could lead someday
to a preventative vaccine
and eventually to a cure.
But all that happens in
laboratories and research
centers.
Here in this
building, we're going
to learn how to deal
with the emotional side
effects of having herpes.
How to release repressive
feelings of guilt and anger.
How to prevent the
disease from destroying
normal sexual relationships.
And if we succeed in helping
each other by sharing
information and feelings, I
hope you'll encourage others
to join self-help
groups like this.
The single most
important thing that you
can get from this group is to
learn that whether you have
herpes or the person
sitting next you has it,
you live normal, healthy,
respectable lives.
All right?
Now that's enough of that.
Let's start with some questions.
Does anybody have a question?