Sheltering from the 1918 Spanish Flu at their seaside estate, a Progressive journalist and his socialite wife take in | dG1fdkpwUGtYMUZLUG8
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00:00How do you have servants? Well, you are one.
00:05Mr. Horton's dedicated his life to fight for us workers.
00:09This epidemic is decimating our nation.
00:12You brought on a new cook?
00:14Mm-hmm. I'm Floyd Monk.
00:16You were meant to arrive yesterday.
00:18I woke up in hell, and here I am in paradise.
00:23Welcome to our home.
00:25We don't believe in taking life of any kind.
00:28Your boss wants to eat leaves. That's his right.
00:31I just don't see why we can't eat meat.
00:33What happened to your finger?
00:35Blew it off right at the nub.
00:36Can I touch it?
00:37No!
00:39There's something off about that, man.
00:41The plagues come to Egg Island.
00:46You know, we only got a couple of days' produce left in that garden.
00:49Our children need to eat. We all do.
00:51You wouldn't have to dirty your own hands.
00:53There will be no taking of any life in this house!
00:58You're right.
00:59As many calling you this generation's ultimate muckraker.
01:03It is not every day you meet someone on the front page of the paper.
01:07I will get us more food, I promise.
01:09You just leave the killing and the coughing to me?
01:12I will feed my own family.
01:14You've never used a gun in your life.
01:22To our leader and our provider.
01:24I only did what had to be done.
01:27You gonna get us all canned.
01:29You are a crazy bastard, Floyd Monk.
01:33We're risking our lives for this family. We deserve more.
01:35He is corrupting my entire staff.
01:37His cook is attempting some sort of coup.
01:41You gonna fire me?
01:43Believes me, you're the one that's fired.
01:49He's not a cook.
01:50You're blaming everyone but yourself!
01:52Floyd Monk is dead.
01:53I don't know who is this man in my house.
01:57You better hope civilization comes back soon.
02:00You ain't cut out for this here world.
02:02Get out of my house!
02:06Hey!
02:08Don't come right back here!