Wait!
Who are you?
Who was that?
I don't know.
But we're not snowed-in anymore.
Someone plowed the road.
Yeah.
Crazy about the plow, right?
I hate the road.
- So how many people have we seen now
since we've been here, seven?
Plow guy,
the guy in the cornfields last summer who ran away,
the two bandana meth guys...
Mm, the lady with no eyes.
Lady with no eyes.
Oh, and the two old people on the Jet Ski.
They were great.
We need protein.
Good shot.
Now that the road's open,
maybe we can go scavenging again.
I don't want to leave.
It's not safe.
Too isolated here.
I didn't promise, Frank.
She doesn't even like me.
She'd rather read a book.
Is anybody out there?
- Hello? Somebody's here, hi.
Wow, you sound so clear.
You too.
Where are you?
- Uh...
I don't really know.
Uh...
Alone.
In the woods.
Walked across the ice last year
and just kind of found this place.
Where are you?
By the water.
I'm looking for a doctor.
We really need help here.
I'm a doctor.
Oh.
- Family doctor. It's in the family.
Okay, so...
Hello?
Maybe if you--
Hello? What's your name?
I'm Jeevan Chaudhary.
Hello?
Frank told me your nickname.
What nickname?
Leavin' Jeevan.
You are getting so good.
Are you leavin', Jeevan?
No.
- I wish you hadn't kept that knife.
Fuck you, Frank.
- Pebble Symbol, this is White Blossom, over.
Pebble Symbol?
Kirsten.
- Blossom, this is Symbol. Copy.
See anything?
- You holding up three fingers.
- And I--
Da--
Dona--
Wan--now I--
Pretty--pretty weird.
Crys--and one of the cryst--
One of the cryst--and I want
one of the crystals that-- playing with.
I really, really, really, really, really, really,
really, really, really want hair down to my legs.
And I want one of those crystals
that we were playing with today.
A necklace with a shell on it.
I really, really, really, really, really, really,
really, really, really want hair down to my legs.
And I want one of those crystals that--
what did I call you right now?
A necklace with a shell on it.
I really, really, really, really, really, really
really, really, really want--okay.
Right now--okay.
Mom got really mad at me today.
Crystals that we were playing with today.
A necklace with a shell on it.
I really, really, really, really--okay.
Really want...
- The most terrible day, and I'm sitting in my car.
It's dark--but I have to-- and I thought I'd call you
and check--hear your voice.
- Mom got really mad at me today.
- I'm having the most terrible day, and I...
Sitting in my car...
Mom got really mad today.
- I'm having the most terrible day.
Hey.
Check out this wig.
Dr. Chaudhary?
- What is that, a popsicle stick?
Shoot her. Kirsten, shoot her!
Kirsten, shoot her right now!
Kirsten! Where are you?
Kirsten, answer me!
Are you mad at me?
- Your reading is out of control.
- I'm sorry. I should have been watching.
- You're supposed to say that first.
I found this thing.
It makes a power outlet out of a car battery.
So if it works,
you can charge your phone.
Maybe we can watch a movie.
Okay.
- She was number eight. - Huh?
- The lady who hit you with a beanbag in the head.
Oh, right.
- She was number eight on the list of other people.
Right, right.
You know, we actually missed one.
Beanbag lady, she's actually number nine.
Who did we miss?
I put a snare over there.
- You know, the dad back there, he was dead.
But I think he died later, 'cause the mom and the kids,
they were in the bed, but he was on the couch.
Way more flesh.
Made a song out of his kid.
Think he was a DJ.
Big Daddy ate our rabbit.
- Well, what now? - I gotta get up early.
Why don't we just forget it?
What, home?
Hey, you wanna go to my house?
No, thanks.
- You wanna eat? - No.
- What do you want to do? Anything.
- You can charge your phone now.
I'm good.
- I can't stay here for the winter.
You need other kids.
I need other adults.
My head.
Where's my book?
- I don't know. Side pocket?
What did you do?
Did you take it?
You took it when I went to check the snare.
Kirsten.
You can't go out.
- I don't have to listen to you.
- You are not going, God damn it!
I'm sorry. It's just my head.
Why are you so mad at me?
- I'm not--
Whatever happens to you is my fault.
I haven't made a single choice for myself since I met you.
I was just supposed to walk you home.
You made us leave Frank's.
Yeah, but we waited too long.
We stayed for your fuckin' play.
Don't worry.
It's still in the Ziplock.
- You had to keep "Leavin' Jeevan" alive?
Couldn't resist?
- We talked. She asked about you.
- Put a little "fuck you" in her pocket
on the way out the door?
"Just remember, Kirsten, he's unreliable."
I never thought that.
- Where are you going? - To get her book.
Frank?
Ah, ah, ah, ah!
Ah!
So pretentious!
Kirsten.
What happened to you?
Hello?
OMG.
Hi.
Where am I?
- Let me get Terry. Fuck.
Terry, he's awake.
Beds and Birthing. He's not dead.
- Okay, no gaper's block. Beep-beep.
Good morning.
Doctor.
You've been shanghaied.
How's the head?
Is this the afterlife?
No.
Life's comeback.
I'm Terry.
- I don't-- - It's a solstice miracle.
Lara delivered you to us.
I needed another doctor, or I knew I'd end up
with a mass grave out back in the employee parking lot.
What were you doing 276 days ago?
- There's a little girl. - The vernal equinox.
Lady, I gotta fucking go.
There's...
There's a nine-year-old girl in the cabin.
No, no, please, lady.
These women are heroes.
We lost close to 9 billion last year.
Next week, we get 15 or 16 post-pandemic babies back.
It's a fuckin' time bomb of joy.
And I need your help. Yeah.
I need another doctor.
I'm not a doctor.
Yeah, yeah, good.
You're a doctor.
He needs to sleep. Back to work.
Nancy, latex glove duty today. And, Evelyn, stir-fry.
Blackout Baby Boom of '65.
Power fails for 13 hours from Ontario to New York.
Exactly nine months later, to the day,
there's an enormous spike in births across the region.
Maternity wards are overwhelmed.
There's only one problem.
The story I just told you is not true.
- I don't know what the fuck you're talking about!
- I have a dozen women in this birth center
who are prenatally synchronized.
I don't care!
- And I believe every single one of them will give birth
at the exact same time in four days.
I don't know you!
I don't know any of these people!
Sorry about the amputation.
You would have died.
No.
Jeevan.
I didn't know you had a kid.
How do you know my name?
HAM radio.
You said you were alone.
I was...
Can you help?
- I went back the second that I heard it.
There was no one there, Jeevan.
Made you a pair of socks.
Lights are back!
- All right, you got this, sweetie.
- Hang in there.
- Okay, here we go.
Come on, come on. Breathe, breathe.
Let's get the monitor set up.
Grab my hand.
- You're the one who's pretending to be a doctor?
Yeah.
- If you see someone named Dave,
tell him to get here already.
Thanks.
Hey, hey!
Is this the place?
The ba--the baby place?
- Coochie, coochie, coochie, coochie, coochie.
Was I right? You didn't feel it?
It's incredible.
- Mom, your baby's coming out today.
Help!
She needs help.
- Sweetie, can you hear us? - Would you give me a hand?
- Let's get her warmed up. - Yeah.
Would you like to assist?
Doctor?
No.
But I'll observe.
Yes, it's me again.
And I'm back, a-ha, whoo.
- Uh-oh.
Yeah, come on, come on now.
- Oh, come on, come on. Come on, come on, come on.
Did you really go?
Yeah.
Maybe she'll circle back.
- Come on. Just for a little.
I'm sorry about the foot.
What mauled you?
A wolf.
And who was the girl?
Just someone I ended up with.
Mm.
- I got fired by Good Samaritan in Pittsburgh.
I ran a Ponzi scheme with the orderlies.
Lost my medical license.
So...
I was home when every other doctor died.
And then my husband.
My sister was a doctor.
And my brother...
Died right in front of me.
- Then you're already qualified.
The courage to bear witness to death is the job,
the courage to be there.
- I don't want anybody else to die.
Or get hurt, or be in pain.
Where's your cookie?
I ate it.
- That was an example of five centimeters.
Don't worry. We have more.
Who are you waiting for?
Just someone I ended up with.
We need new words.
Who was the last person you met before?
Who was the first person you met after?
Cannot wait until my clothes fit again.
What, Jeevan?
I need help.
What are we doing?
Are we hugging?
Yeah.
You okay?
- What's it like being pregnant?
It's good.
Scary.
There's a person inside me.
I don't like strangers.
- Nancy.
Nancy.
Okay, okay.
Let's get you over to the beds. We're all set up.
That was a big one.
You're doing really well.
- Did you find Nancy?
Yeah, we're coming!
- This is hard.
- You just gotta keep breathing.
I think. Okay.
- Jeevan!
- Okay, come on. You got this.
Breathe, breathe, Flora. Breathe, Flora, breathe.
Yes, we're almost there. We're almost there.
Flora, I need one more push. That's all I need.
One more push. You got this!
- Come on, come on, Mama!
- Yes, yes! Yes, there we go.
It's okay. There you go.
There's your baby. Yeah.
Great job, yeah!
Go help someone, Jeevan.
Great job.
Doc?
- Can you hold her? - Yeah.
I think there's two.
Two, like twins? Okay.
Terry wasn't sure.
Hi, hi, can I help?
Well, you're in labor.
- I can be in labor and still help.
It's a girl.
- Cut the cord. - Oh, yeah, yeah.
- Ready? - Ready.
Okay, okay. It's all right. I'm fine.
We're good.
- I'm fine. - Go, I'll stay with her.
Go find someone who needs help.
Okay.
All right.
- I'm okay. I'm okay.
Doctor!
Gwen?
Okay, yeah.
Okay? Okay, all right.
You just gotta breathe.
Just keep breathing. That's it.
Deep breaths. Like that.
- You're doing great, Jeevan. You're doing great.
- Thanks--you're doing great.
Coming? Okay.
Yeah, just remember,
whatever noise makes you feel powerful.
Okay, Gwen, you got it.
Okay, deep breath. I think.
- All right.
Here it comes. Just keep breathing.
Keep pushing, and you're gonna meet your baby.
Yeah?
- Ready? One big push, okay?
You got it.
Here it comes, okay?
You gotta breathe. Push.
Just keep taking deep breaths, okay?
It's beautiful.
That's a beautiful baby.
Okay, okay.
It's so beautiful.
Oh, it's all you.
Jeevan, I need you!
Yeah. Be okay.
Dystocia. I missed it.
The baby's stuck. The tilt is bad.
I can help her. You need to be here.
- His shoulder is stuck, Rose. I need to turn him.
But I can't turn him with too much force
because you will crush the baby's bones,
and you will feel it happening.
What's happening?
I don't know.
- It's okay. - Okay, okay.
- It's okay. - Okay.
- Is-is Dave here? - No, no, no, not yet.
But you're gonna see him.
Is my baby gonna die?
You're doing great.
You're helping.
- Breathe, Rose. Come on.
- Okay, okay. - Come on, Rose.
- You know, you don't have to still keep pretending
that you're like a medical doctor.
I'm not pretending.
You're a healer.
How's your stranger?
He's good.
This is--I'm not good at this.
Here.
This is very hard on one leg.
- Hey, I'm going by your place tomorrow
on my way to Delano.
Need a ride?
Who's that?
- He just got here.
She's telling him Rose didn't make it.
But the baby lived.
She delivered.
Dr. Chaudhary helped Rose feel safer.
Thank you.
If I leave the baby here, will it die?
- More likely she'll die if she goes with you.
David, I'm sorry to say that.
I'll find someone.
Mothers will keep coming here.
- You wanna see Rose before you go?
There's no before.
- Well, I guess he's not the father.
- So many orphans in this world.
I love goodbyes.
Death's worse. Did surgery to your jacket.
Names are funny.
When my husband died, I figured why not?
Take his name. You'll miss him less.
So what's your real name?
Deborah.
I didn't know which one you preferred.
Guess you're both.
You ready?
No.
Thank you!
So I guess this is goodbye.
- That's my baby. - Oh, yeah.
I'll wait.
- She's gone. - Yeah.
Everybody's gone.
You're exhausted.
I'm not okay.
Hey. You got her here.
She'll find someone.
She's good at it.
She found you.
Frank, Key!
Come out.
You're never gonna find it.
Frank dropped my stethoscope in the water.
- They're so stupid. - So are you.
Where is Auddie?
- I don't know. - What'd you tell her?
- That sometimes you do house calls.
But you'd come back. You always do.
Oh, there you are.
It's only a few days.
Promise me I'll see your face again.
- Promise. - Okay.
I love you.
Take care of your big brothers. They need you.