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Season 1, Episode 4 - "Ellie Comes to Town"

24 October, 1960

New pharmacist Ellie Walker comes to town to help out her ailing uncle and quickly incurs the wrath of Emma Brand, and the town, by refusing to sell Emma her pills without a prescription. Emma, a hypochondriac, takes to her sickbed and milks it for all it's worth. Ellie relents and Emma survives, but with an upset stomach from eating all the food her friends and neighbors brought over.