Sometimes a Great Notion

Lee is sick in bed with the flu. Joe Ben tries to get him up, and convinces Viv to take Lee to Dr. Layton. Henry also needs to go to because of his injuries. In town, Henry goes to a bar while Lee is at the doctor’s. Henry sees Indian Jenny at the bar, and they argue. Lee faints after getting a shot from a nurse. Dr. Layton, the same doctor who delivered Lee, asks about Lee’s mother and about the Stamper family, making Lee very anxious. Lee has to wait in town for someone to pick him up, so he goes to the bar and listens to music. He compares logging and jazz in his mind.

Henry, Hank, and Joe Ben continue the logging work until an accident occurs. A splitting tree crushes Henry’s good arm. The tree falls and pins Joe Ben down in the river as the water rises. Hank attempts to help Henry and Joe Ben at the same time. He is unable to move the log, and his motorized saw fails to operate in the rising water, making it impossible to cut the log and free Joe Ben. As the water rises over Joe Ben’s face, Hank keeps his cousin alive for a time by breathing air into his mouth underwater.