Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love

I Really Love Dr. Chilton! (1x17)

Air date: Apr 27, 1986

Little time has to pass before it is demonstrated that Thomas Chilton did not build his medical career through mere serendipity when he detects and inquires the deviant diagnostic that has Pollyanna so dejected before offering some counsel to avoid further inflaming matters; while Dr. Chilton and Pollyanna are prosecuting their journey in silence, poor Harold and poor Talim are having the dystopian epilogue of proximity to a very impatient John Pendleton visited unto them!!! Fortunately, Pollyanna's arrival sets aloft Mr. Pendleton's spirits enough for the miser to acknowledge his human fallibility for his conduct last engagement and commiserate the stormy family government that greeted Pollyanna at home; while the Miser leads Pollyanna through an exhibition of some mementos from his travels, Tom and Mrs. Durgin prosecute an analytical divergent concourse regarding Thomas Chilton's character and whether Polly is going to recover from the accidental exposure. Seeing Pollyanna admire the treasure trove of antiques gained from his globetrotting prompts Mr. Pendleton to explain Pollyanna his prologue of there being a time when everything in Beldingsville was too much for him which prompted four years of globetrotting and a decade of solitude from everyone save Thomas Chilton who realized that a catalyst was needed to prevent two lost decades from becoming three -- a role that Pollyanna gleefully fulfills once she agrees to visit the Miser on a regular basis. A visit to Clinic becomes the ultimate backdrop for Pollyanna to learn more about Thomas Chilton who has a patient waiting for him that has him thinking about the anguish he sees in his patients; an iconoclastic pep talk from Pollyanna later, Dr. Chilton's healthy professional and personal perspective is as potent as ever.