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Shoulda' Stood in Bed

Episode Number: 12    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Thursday July 8, 2004    Prod Code: 112
Peter Rickman has yet another seizure and witnesses the eventual fate of Kingdom Hospital, making a tangible connection with its frightening past. When Peter awakens, his drawings help Mrs. Druse make a direct connection to Mary, and serve as the key to correcting evil deeds done by the Kingdom's forefathers. Meanwhile, Brenda and Dr. Hook finally publicize Stegman's guilt in the Mona Klingerman medical malpractice incident --and send him on a crazed and violent quest for vengeance.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Stephen King
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Star: Jennifer Cunningham (Christa),  Brandon Bauer (Abel Lyon),  Lena Georgas (Carrie von Trier),  Meagen Fay (Brenda Abelson),  Ed Begley Jr. (Dr. Jesse James),  Jodelle Ferland (Mary),  Allison Hossack (Dr. Christine Draper),  Julian Richings (Otto, Blondi (Voice)),  Del Pentecost (Bobby Druse),  Sherry Miller (Dr. Lona Massingale),  Kett Turton (Paul, Antubis (Voice)),  Jamie Harrold (Elmer Traff),  William Wise (Dr. Louis Traff),  Andrew McCarthy (Dr. Hook),  Suki Kaiser (Natalie Rickman),  Bruce Davison (Dr. Stegman),  Jack Coleman (Peter Rickman),  Diane Ladd (Sally Druse)
Recurring Role: Penelope Corrin (Julie),  Beverley Elliott (Brick Bannerman),  Janet Wright (Liz Hinton),  Emily Tennant (Mona Klingerman),  Zak Santiago (Dr. Sonny Gupta),  Benjamin Ratner (Ollie),  Gerard Plunkett (Dr. Richard Shwartzton),  Paul Perri (Frank Schweigen),  Ty Olsson (Danny),  Bill Meilen (Dr. Egas Gottreich/Klaus Gottriech),  Andy Geller (Recap Announcer)
Guest Star: Alex Zahara (Sol Tarus),  Norman Armour (Myron Overdick),  Daniel Quentin Rebert (Puppeteer),  Neil Maffin (Limo Driver),  Adam Henderson (Mack Saplinger),  Bruce Harwood (Fred Beagle)

Notes

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The report finds it's way into the hands of Dr. Steven Dooling. An obvious combined name of King and Dooling's names. (edit)

Quotes

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Hook: Mary, you're doing this, aren't you? Disturbing the Swedenborgian flow, whatever that is. Look, if you can't help it, how can you stop it? How can we stop it? (edit)
Gottreich: Here they store what came before, pain and suffering from days of yore. Before and after, tears and laughter, after comes before, before comes after. Past and future and then, hereafter. The naked and the dead, the young and the old, their stories end here, their tales untold. Here sickness and death have left their pages, written in blood for all the ages. Someday, your story will be here, too. (edit)
Christa: Now bright gold leaves turn brown and sere, this is the turning of the year.
Abel: Now the days grow dim and low, next there comes the sleet and snow.
Christa: How long before the earth shakes hard enough to destroy the hospital?
Abel: Unless something stops it, or someone, it will happen tonight. Much will happen first. For some, this will be a good day. A very good day, for some.
Christa: Some will find what has been lost.
Abel: And some are still seeking. Some will have a good day, but others, some will have a bad day.
Christa: A no-good day.
Abel and Christa: A terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. (both laugh) (edit)
Paul: Don't worry, God will take care of us. Or...
Carrie: Or?
Paul: ...he won't. (edit)

Trivia

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At several points during the earthquakes, you can see objects that should be shaking, standing still. (edit)
Are we actually to believe that in a hospital this big, with a staff this big, no one heard the gunshots? No police were called when they saw the rats were shot? No one found the gun until Stegmen walked in? (edit)

Allusions

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Abel and Christa: A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
This is a reference to the children's book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. (edit)
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