Butterfingers

Season 1, Episode 9, Aired
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When a retired major league baseball player attempts to take his own life and is admitted to Kingdom Hospital, he begins a chain reaction that opens up some horrific old wounds and changes history for those--living and dead--who inhabit the hospital.
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    • Trivia

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      • Trivia: Todd, another maintenance man, says that Johnny B. Goode was in the hospital earlier but doesn't know where he went. Edit
      • While Peter and Mary are listening to everyone talk about Earl Candleton, Peter only has a cap-like bandage on. But when they go into the "Old Hospital", Peter has a full head bandage on. Edit
      • The catcher is named Baxter by the announcer, but his uniform shows a last name that starts with a "W" on it. Edit

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      • Ed Begley Jr. is credited but doesn't appear. Edit
      • An attending physician present during Candleton's MRI utters the odd phrase "For the love of Elmer!" in annoyance. This was Jake Chambers' father's name (The Gunslinger) and George Denbrough's middle name (It). Edit
      • Candleton is the name of the poisoned town in King's book Wizard And Glass. Edit

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      • Sonny: Oh, Dr. Stegman. Uh, this is maybe the most famous, or infamous, ballplayer in New England. He shot himself, and he's right here in our operating room. Stegman: Well, I don't care if he's Saddam Hussein. I can't open his nut if he's not prepped. Edit
      • Christa: Will it stay fair? Abel: It will stay fair. Fair is foul. Edit
      • Lona: Why don't you be a nice boy and help us out? Elmer: If I'm a nice boy, will you be a naughty girl. Lona: Maybe. Peter: (as a ghost) I'm not sure you should be seeing this. Mary: Don't be silly. Edit

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      • Stegmen: Say it ain't so, Joe! A quick line from the baseball film Eight Men Out. The line has its origins in the Black Sox scandal involving "Shoeless Joe" Jackson. Shoeless Joe claimed his innocence against claims of throwing the World Series and was acquitted in a (possibly fixed) trial. He was banned from the majors and his life was later chronicled in Say It Ain't So, Joe!: The True Story of Shoeless Joe Jackson by Donald Gropman. Edit

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