Chicago Med (2015–…): Season 5, Episode 6 - It's All in the Family - full transcript
Dr. Manning's actions with a recent patient lead to serious repercussions. April and Noah disagree over a patient who is injured after a beating. Dr. Charles is visited by a childhood friend with a surprising revelation.
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‐ Hey, Bert.
What are you doing?
These two people went through
a terrible divorce.
They haven't talked
to each other for a year.
‐ I just want them to be happy.
That's it.
‐ Sharon.
‐ Bert.
‐ Toddler in treatment six.
Parents just got here.
‐ If there are natural options
without side effects,
we try those first.
‐ Perhaps a more
immediate treatment‐‐
‐ You mean antibiotics?
No.
‐ On the outside,
he may look normal,
but on the inside,
pneumonia is notorious
for its slow progression.
‐ You scare people
with diagnoses
and then you sell them
on treatments
they don't need.
‐ This is the second time
this month
the parents have lost faith
in your judgment.
‐ No more.
We're going home.
‐ He needs
these antibiotics now.
‐ No!
Hey!
‐ Security!
‐ Are you out of your mind?
‐ Security!
‐ It's okay, buddy.
Everything's going to be
all right.
‐ Open this door!
‐ Well, where are we?
‐ In a better position
than we were four hours ago,
but barely.
Lucky for you, Kalmick did
some quick maneuvering
and wrangled up a court order
to treat Lucas.
‐ Well, that's a relief.
‐ Still, there's no excuse
for your extremely
reckless behavior.
‐ I made every effort to keep
Dr. Manning on a short leash.
‐ I understand my actions
appear irrational.
‐ You locked that boy
in a room.
‐ I didn't have a choice.
‐ Kidnapped him
from his guardians.
‐ They were risking his life.
‐ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Why don't we all just bring it
down a few notches, okay?
Mr. Manning, you understand
administering antibiotics
against the parents' wishes,
and before securing
a court order,
left this hospital open
for a major lawsuit.
‐ Lucas's parents
gave me no other options.
Okay, they were unwilling
to accept the diagnosis
and wanted to leave
the hospital.
‐ Well, she's right
about that.
‐ I want that boy discharged
as soon as possible.
[dramatic music]
‐ [sighs]
Not so fast.
If you're
in any way compromised,
you need to recuse yourself
from this case immediately.
‐ I assure you,
my medical judgment is sound.
‐ I hope for Lucas' sake
and your own
that that's true.
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, I heard what happened.
‐ I don't need
another lecture right now.
‐ I wasn't gonna lecture you.
I was gonna offer to talk‐‐
‐ I don't need
to be supervised,
and I don't need your help.
♪ ♪
[bird squawking]
‐ Hey, just cleared
two more shelves for you.
‐ Can't you just give me
the guest room closet?
His and hers?
‐ All yours.
Have at it.
‐ And after we're married,
you know we're getting
a bigger place, right?
With a lot of closets?
‐ Ah, yes, ma'am.
Good news, I got out
of pulling a double tomorrow.
Dinner and a movie?
‐ I can't.
I'm training a new nurse.
How about Saturday?
‐ Got that Navy
recruiting event.
I do have a lunch break
from 1:00 to 1:30.
‐ Uh, what are we gonna do
with half an hour?
‐ Oh, I have some ideas.
‐ I see.
[chuckles]
[knock on door]
‐ Time to hit the pavement.
Hurry up!
‐ Hmm, the gentle sounds
of Noah in the morning.
‐ Hmm.
‐ Coming!
Bye.
‐ Bye.
Have fun.
‐ What happened to all
that noise you were talking?
Keep up!
[clattering]
‐ Hey, did you hear that?
‐ Yeah.
‐ It's coming from the alley.
‐ [crying out]
‐ Come on!
‐ I changed my mind.
[yells]
‐ Hey, get off her!
Hey!
‐ Punk bitch!
‐ Get off her!
‐ Come on, come on, let's go!
‐ Call 911!
‐ Okay.
[tires screech]
‐ It's okay, it's okay.
‐ I'm calling.
‐ No, please.
Please.
I'm illegal.
‐ Okay, okay.
All right.
‐ Hey, we work at the hospital.
We'll keep you safe, okay?
‐ No!
‐ End the call, April.
‐ What if they come back?
‐ Just do it.
Hey, hey,
what's your name?
‐ Jacinta.
‐ Jacinta.
Just stay put
and let me check you out, okay?
I'm a doctor.
Hmm, deep head lac.
‐ Use this.
‐ All right, look,
we really need to get you
to the emergency room,
all right?
‐ No!
I'm fine.
‐ Whoa!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Jacinta, Jacinta!
Come on.
Come on now.
Come on.
Come on.
Stay with us, Jacinta.
Jacinta, stay with me.
Come on, come on,
come on, come on...
♪ ♪
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The bleeding stopped.
‐ IV bag is out.
I'll grab another.
‐ Okay.
‐ [groans]
Where am I?
‐ Jacinta, I'm Dr. Sexton.
My sister and I,
we found you
after you'd been attacked
this morning.
You're at the hospital.
‐ The hospital?
‐ Yeah.
‐ No, no.
I can't be here.
‐ It's okay.
‐ We didn't call the police,
but you shouldn't move
right now.
You suffered a small
pneumothorax,
a collapsed lung.
‐ I‐‐I don't feel anything.
‐ We gave you some morphine
for the pain.
‐ Your lung should
re‐expand on its own,
but you really need to stay
in bed for awhile.
Meantime, do you wanna us
what happened this morning?
‐ It's okay.
I know it's hard.
Just take your time.
‐ You wanna start with
where you were heading?
‐ To a friend's house.
‐ Should we notify your friend?
‐ No.
I don't want him
to see me like this.
‐ Okay.
♪ ♪
[elevator dings]
‐ Hold the elevator!
‐ Morning.
‐ Morning.
‐ Sharon, again,
I swear on my life,
I had not a clue that Cece
was gonna invite Bert
to dinner last night.
I found out literally a minute
before you walked in the door.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Literally a minute.
‐ So you said.
And now, you know,
he's asked me out for a drink.
[elevator dings]
‐ Well, you're gonna go?
‐ Of course not.
‐ I mean, somehow Cece
got into her head that,
you know, you guys need
to get back together
to make you happy.
‐ Is that what she thinks?
‐ Yeah.
Listen, I am not defending
her actions
or saying I agree.
I just‐‐I just hope you
understand that her heart
is in the right place.
‐ Look, Daniel, uh,
I think it's wonderful
that you and Cece found
your way back to one another.
I really do.
But that's not gonna happen
with me and Bert.
‐ I get it.
‐ Good.
Then tell her
no more surprise reunions.
‐ You got it.
‐ Dr. Charles, good morning.
‐ Hmm, at least somebody's
happy to see me.
‐ Huh?
‐ What's up?
‐ Doris told me there's
a patient in Treatment 3
that's asking for you.
A Titus Witherdale.
‐ Oh.
‐ Not exactly a name
that you hear every day.
‐ No, it isn't.
He grew up down the street
from me.
Shoot me his chart, will ya?
‐ Done.
‐ He used to play soccer
with my little brother.
Titus Witherdale.
‐ I go by Claire now.
‐ I'm sorry.
‐ It‐‐it's fine.
Uh, it's still Titus
on the insurance.
I haven't finished the process
of legally changing my name.
Good to see you, Dan.
‐ Well, it is really good
to see you too, Claire.
Uh, so how you been?
‐ I retired a little over
a year ago.
‐ Huh, congratulations.
‐ Yeah, it was time to focus on
other areas on my life.
I hope I didn't pull you away
from anything.
It's just I find doctors
to be a bit intrusive,
and I remember you as being
so sweet and respectful.
‐ Oh, that's nice of you
to say.
Um, so what bring you
in here today?
You sound a little short
of breath.
‐ Yes, it's been on and off
the last few weeks
and, uh, I've had some pain on
the left side of my chest.
Uh, it's probably nothing,
but...
‐ Why don't I just take
a little listen?
Um, full disclosure,
I'm actually a psychiatrist,
but on a good day, I still know
my way around a stethoscope.
So why don't you put this on
and I'll be back in a few.
‐ Oh, jeez.
‐ You all right?
‐ I‐‐it just really hurts.
‐ Okay, okay.
Lie back.
Lie back.
Legs up.
Legs up.
‐ [groans]
‐ Dr. Choi, I need you.
‐ Phillip.
Oh, what‐‐what
are you doing here?
‐ Well, I know I shouldn't
stop by unannounced,
but I just wanted
to bring you breakfast
'cause I know you were working
late last night,
and I brought you
your favorite, chilaquiles.
‐ Thank you.
Uh, and what is that for?
‐ Our six month anniversary.
‐ Phillip, I'm‐‐I'm so sorry.
I just‐‐my head is all over
the place right now.
‐ It's okay.
It's all right.
You don't need to apologize.
We're still on
for dinner tonight?
‐ Honestly, I don't know
how today is gonna pan out.
I mean, my patient
isn't even discharged yet,
and I have so much work.
‐ It's okay.
You don't need
to say another word.
I get it.
Just keep me posted, okay?
‐ Sure.
‐ Okay.
Well, I'll leave you to it.
Bye.
‐ Bye.
‐ Here we go.
Incoming.
Will, Crockett,
you're going to Baghdad.
Level 1 MVC.
‐ Copy.
‐ David Bridges,
20‐year‐old male,
car rolled,
ejected out the side window.
‐ Wild guess, no seatbelt?
‐ Correct.
‐ GCS 3, HR 125,
BP 100/72, sats 100%.
‐ Tried to clean him up
for you guys,
but some of that glass
is in there pretty deep.
‐ Appreciate the effort.
David, can you hear me, bud?
All right,
transfer on my count.
One, two, three.
‐ Thanks, guys.
‐ Yup!
[dramatic music]
‐ Bilateral breath sounds.
Hey, David,
can you hear me, bud?
Can you open your eyes for me?
‐ Fluid in his belly.
‐ All right.
Let's find the source
of the bleed.
Chest and pelvis x‐ray.
While his pressure
is still holding,
let's send him over to CT.
Get a pan‐scan,
get a type and cross,
CBC, CMP, coags,
and a urine tox.
‐ Hold on a second.
He's got a No Blood card
in his wallet.
He's a Jehovah's Witness.
‐ Doris, let me see that.
Okay, card's almost
a decade old.
It was signed by his parents
when he was still a minor.
‐ All right, well,
let's get them down here
and ask them about it then.
Meantime,
let's see what the scans show.
Hope things don't go
from bad to worse.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ Dr. Manning?
Lucas' latest labs.
‐ How's he looking?
‐ His temp just spiked again
to 102.2, higher than before.
‐ His sputum gram stain
came back negative.
It's not pneumonia.
‐ I can double check
with the lab.
‐ No.
No, that's okay.
Just, um...
okay, if it's not...
[sighs]
If it's not pneumonia, what‐‐
let me think, um...
What am I missing?
♪ ♪
Draw a lactic acid, and, um,
repeat blood cultures,
um, keep his fluids at 100,
and add vancomycin
into his antibiotics.
‐ You think he's septic?
‐ We are operating
under that assumption for now.
‐ Should I call Dr. Lanik?
‐ No.
[chuckles]
That is not necessary.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
♪ ♪
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[cell phone rings]
‐ [sighs]
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, check this out.
Looked Jacinta up,
she was admitted here in '07
with a case of food poisoning.
‐ I thought she was terrified
of hospitals.
‐ Yeah, and get this.
She listed
a Social Security number.
‐ Was it real?
‐ Yeah.
Turns out she was born
in Indiana.
‐ I don't get it.
Why would someone lie
about being undocumented?
‐ Unless they really needed
to avoid the police.
‐ I'm still waiting on your
second set of cardiac labs,
but it looks like you've had
a small heart attack.
‐ Oh, my God.
[sighs]
All those late nights
at the office
and greasy takeout, didn't
do myself any favors, I guess.
‐ Well, but you're retired now,
right?
So plenty of time to focus on
turning it around.
‐ Yeah.
We're gonna send you up
to the Cath Lab
so cardiology can take
a closer look
at the vessels in your heart.
‐ Oh, sorry.
I must have the wrong room.
I thought the nurse said that‐‐
excuse me, miss‐‐
‐ Oh, my God.
Melinda?
‐ Wait.
Titus?
[dramatic music]
[gasps]
‐ What's my ex‐wife doing here?
‐ You didn't have
an emergency contact
listed on your intake form.
I just used the most recent
contact in your records.
‐ I'll be right back, okay?
Right back.
Excuse me, Melinda?
Melinda, it's Melinda,
isn't it?
Melinda, hi.
I'm‐‐I'm Dr. Charles.
I'm one of the doctors who's
looking after Claire today.
‐ Claire?
That's his, uh‐‐
I mean, her name?
‐ Yeah.
Listen, do you have
a few minutes?
Maybe for a cup of coffee?
‐ Okay.
‐ Hey.
‐ Hey.
‐ You all right?
‐ Yeah.
Thanks.
All good.
‐ You're talking to the queen
of "Got It All Together."
Can't put one over on me.
‐ Maggie,
I've been a terrible friend.
I am so sorry.
I should've known something
was going on.
I feel awful.
‐ Stop it.
[sighs]
You've got nothing
to apologize for.
I did my best to keep
my cancer under wraps,
and you had a lot going on.
I promise to fill you in
on everything.
‐ Okay.
[sniffles]
‐ Now spill it.
‐ [sniffles]
I was wrong about
Lucas' diagnosis.
I have been combing through
case reports
and trying to make sense
of his symptoms,
and I'm just‐‐I'm at a loss.
What if it is
just a sinus infection?
What if, when I locked Lucas
in that room,
a small part of me was
just doing it to just...
[groans]
I don't know.
Prove Will wrong?
‐ Absolutely not.
No matter what
you've got going on,
you would never jeopardize
a patient to prove a point.
Trust your instincts.
I've never seen them
steer you wrong.
♪ ♪
‐ Thanks, Mags.
‐ Come on.
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
Hey, Monique,
will you set up a punch biopsy?
I want to sample the rash
on Lucas' arm,
see if that gives us
any direction.
‐ You got it.
‐ Thanks.
‐ Oh!
‐ Oh!
‐ [sobs]
‐ Mr. and Mrs. Bridges,
your son suffered significant
laceration to the spleen.
Now, we already took him
to interventional radiology
to embolize it, but he's
still actively bleeding.
‐ I bought him that car
when he started pioneering.
I kept telling him to get
those tires checked.
‐ Pioneering?
‐ Spreading the ministry.
David has a real gift
for connecting with people.
‐ What can you do for our son?
‐ Well,
we need consent to operate,
which will require
giving David blood.
‐ No.
As Witnesses, we can't
accept any blood products.
‐ Mr. and Mrs. Bridges,
I want to make sure you
understand the severity
of David's condition.
Without this surgery,
it's unlikely he will survive.
‐ We'll pray.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Listen,
I'm a man of faith myself.
But if you're praying
for a miracle...
‐ We don't pray for miracles.
‐ We pray that Jehovah
will sustain and comfort David.
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
‐ You went through my stuff?
‐ I didn't.
I was just‐‐
‐ Just stay out of my business!
‐ Jacinta,
we just want to help you.
That's all we're trying to do.
‐ I've got to go.
What if they find me here?
‐ If who finds you?
Wait, is someone after you?
‐ Listen, if you're in
some kind of trouble,
I promise you,
we won't judge,
and anything you say
stays confidential.
‐ They...
♪ ♪
They were jumping me in.
It's how you become legit.
‐ Jumping you in?
Like a gang initiation.
‐ You let them do this to you?
‐ I knew you wouldn't get it.
‐ Okay, well, um,
I'm sorry.
‐ You're right.
We do not know the first thing
about your life,
what you've been through.
‐ But we really want to.
If you just‐‐
if you just trust us.
♪ ♪
‐ I always felt Titus
was keeping something from me.
I tried so hard to get him
to let me in,
but eventually I...
I just couldn't
take it anymore.
Constantly being shut out.
Why didn't he trust me enough
to share this with me?
‐ A lot of times when we hide
who we really are,
it's because we fear rejection
or we're scared of losing the
people that we love the most.
‐ Uh...
I'm not saying it
would've been easy,
but I think I would've tried
to understand.
‐ Well, maybe you have
that opportunity now.
‐ No.
[sniffles]
It's too late.
Thanks for the coffee,
Dr. Charles.
You take good care of her.
♪ ♪
‐ Can you get that for me?
Thank you.
‐ So what, that's it?
We're just gonna let David die?
‐ It's not up to us.
You heard his parents.
I'm just gonna hope
he turns around on his own.
‐ What about using 'pressors
to get through the operation?
‐ Hemoglobin's too low.
He needs blood and surgery.
I do one without the other...
I'm not a surgeon,
I'm an executioner.
‐ How can you accept this?
‐ Those folks obviously
love their boy.
So, way I see it, if they're
willing to take this chance‐‐
‐ No, you mean if they're
willing to risk his life.
‐ For the Bridges,
the consequences
of receiving blood
are worse than death.
May not like it,
but we do have to respect it.
You may need a little
refresher in medical ethics.
[suspenseful music]
[alarm blaring]
[child coughing]
‐ Lucas...
‐ He desatted down to 89.
‐ Call respiratory
for a breathing treatment.
[child coughing]
‐ Oh, my God!
Honey!
‐ You said it was pneumonia!
Why is he getting worse?
‐ The tests
don't support pneumonia.
‐ I knew it.
‐ What?
‐ You son is still very ill.
‐ What is‐‐what is wrong
with him?
‐ Well, coughing up blood could
be a‐‐a bleeding disorder or‐‐
‐ You just expect us
to believe a word you say?
He's worse because you're
pumping him full of antibiotics
he doesn't need!
Get that IV out of my son.
‐ Is everything okay in here?
‐ We're leaving...
‐ It's my understanding
Dr. Manning has a court order
to treat this child.
‐ I don't give a damn
about any court order.
I am taking my son.
‐ Sir?
‐ Get your hand off me!
‐ Earl, please remove Mr.
and Mrs. Harper from the room.
♪ ♪
‐ I'm sorry,
but if you take Lucas home,
you are putting him
in serious danger.
I need to scope him.
‐ Don't you lay another finger
on him.
‐ Hurry.
You won't have much time.
‐ Monique,
transfer him to the PICU,
and prepare the scope.
‐ Dr. Manning, are you sure?
‐ Do it now!
♪ ♪
‐ It's okay, sweetie.
♪ ♪
.
‐ When I aged out
of foster care,
I had nowhere to go.
I was living out of my car,
but I had to sell it.
‐ You didn't have any family
you could call?
‐ Just my cousin, Angel.
That's who I'm crashing
with now.
‐ He's part of the gang?
‐ He brought me in.
They're my family now.
‐ What if you found
somewhere else to stay?
‐ You can't just quit.
They'll kill you
before they let you out.
‐ Excuse me, Ms. Nieves,
you have some visitors.
‐ Angel?
‐ Hey, cuz, how you doing?
‐ I‐‐I'm fine.
I‐‐I didn't even wanna
come here.
‐ Then get dressed.
We're bouncing.
‐ Hey, I'm Dr. Sexton.
Jacinta actually needs to stay
and rest for a while.
‐ Oh, I promise you, doc,
I'll take good care
of her at home.
She's like a little sister
to me.
‐ Did you ever get
Ms. Nieves' labs back yet?
‐ No, the lab's been
pretty backed up,
but I can call
and see if they'll rush it.
‐ Sorry, but we have to go.
You can call her
when you get the results...
‐ It's really better
that she waits.
We just need to rule out
anything serious.
‐ Hey, man,
you want her healthy,
don't you?
‐ Hmm, fine.
We'll stick around.
‐ Okay, I will show you
to the waiting room.
♪ ♪
‐ Damn it, man.
You‐‐you should've
just left me how it was.
You should've let them finish
what they started.
‐ They were beating you.
‐ That's better than what
they're going to do to me now.
‐ What are you talking about?
‐ If they don't get
to jump you in,
they sex you in.
♪ ♪
‐ Did you push the versed?
‐ Yes, we're ready to go.
‐ All right, let's take a look
at his lungs.
‐ Natalie, wait.
Lucas' parents had their lawyer
look into the court order.
They just found out
that you started treating him
prior to having it.
The police are on their way.
‐ Then this is my last chance.
I have to figure out
what's wrong with Lucas.
Okay.
♪ ♪
Almost there.
♪ ♪
Oh, my God.
There is massive amounts
of bloody inflammation
in his airways.
This is no sinus infection.
It never was.
♪ ♪
‐ [sighs]
‐ Dr. Halstead?
David Bridges' tox screen.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, Cath Lab just sent
Claire's results.
‐ What are we looking at?
‐ Significant
coronary artery disease.
Cardiology placed
several stents,
and there's something else.
Claire has been taking
feminizing hormone therapy
for a little over a year.
‐ And coronary artery disease
is a possible contraindication.
‐ Cardiology is advising
that she go off the hormones.
‐ [sighs]
Does she know yet?
‐ Not yet.
‐ I'd like to be there
when you tell her.
‐ Of course.
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, look at this.
I don't think David's
a practicing Jehovah's Witness.
‐ Because there's booze
in his system?
That's a big reach.
‐ His blood alcohol level's
three times the legal limit,
and he tested positive
for marijuana.
‐ So he isn't winning
Witness of the Year.
Doesn't mean he left the faith.
‐ And his tattoo?
You know what that is?
A symbol for the Holy Trinity.
Witnesses don't believe
in the Trinity doctrine.
‐ Someone's been studying up.
‐ What if he converted,
and didn't tell his parents?
‐ Speculation at best.
A tattoo is not
an advanced directive.
Look, fact is,
David was in the ED
less than a year ago
with strep throat,
and put down his parents
down as his emergency contact.
‐ That was strep throat.
I doubt he imagined
they'd be choosing
whether he lives or dies.
‐ Nobody ever does.
But if it were me
lying in that bed?
I'd want my family
making that call, not you.
♪ ♪
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
‐ Take this down
to the lab quickly.
‐ You got it.
[suspenseful music]
‐ Stop right there,
Dr. Manning.
‐ Lucas!
You scoped him?
‐ We told her not to.
‐ Dr. Manning, I'm sorry
but you need to come with us.
‐ Hold on.
What are the changes?
‐ Unlawful restraint,
as well as medical assault
and battery.
‐ Mr. and Mrs. Harper, please.
Lucas has clots
and inflammation
in his lungs and airways.
This is not a sinus infection.
It is far more serious.
‐ We want our son
discharged now.
‐ Let's go, Dr. Manning.
‐ No, please.
If you want to help your son,
okay, just wait for the labs
to come back.
Do not take him out
of the hospital.
Please!
‐ I'll page Peter Kalmick
and have him meet her
at the station.
‐ Absolutely not.
‐ Excuse me?
‐ The hospital's
not gonna protect her.
She got herself into this mess,
she can get herself out of it.
♪ ♪
.
‐ Get out of my face.
[speaking Spanish]
‐ Hey, I'm not asking you.
‐ I'm going nowhere.
‐ You can either come with us
voluntarily
or you go in cuffs.
♪ ♪
‐ I told you not
to call the cops.
‐ I was not gonna
let you put that girl
or yourself at risk, Noah.
The cops can protect her
better than we can.
Noah.
‐ Where'd Jacinta go?
‐ Didn't you discharge her?
♪ ♪
‐ Wait, why do I have
to go off my hormones?
I thought you said
they were not responsible
for my heart disease.
‐ They're not,
but because of your severe
atherosclerosis,
we want to mitigate any factors
that increase your risk
of developing a clot.
‐ What if I'm willing
to take the risk?
‐ That's your choice
to make, Claire,
but the next heart attack
will probably kill you.
‐ [sighs]
‐ Claire?
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
‐ I'm sorry too.
♪ ♪
I'm sorry I left you.
♪ ♪
It's okay.
♪ ♪
‐ Mrs. Harper‐‐
‐ There is nothing more to say.
We've been put through enough.
‐ I understand why you'd feel
that way,
but are you 100% sure
you want to sign those papers?
‐ [sighs]
We have always tried to do
right by our son.
We would never, ever
do anything to hurt him.
‐ I know you wouldn't,
and I'm sorry you felt
that your devotion
to your son was in question.
You know, it isn't fair,
the medical community's
dismissal
of holistic treatments,
and it's created a lot
of mistrust on both sides,
which is deeply unfortunate
because it isn't
an either/or situation.
There's a place for both.
‐ I just‐‐I don't know
what to believe anymore.
All I want is for my son
to be okay.
‐ Yes, I know,
and right now,
your son needs more
than you can give him at home.
Now I'm not gonna
defend the way
Dr. Manning handled this.
I can't.
But regardless
of your differences,
I'm asking you to trust
that you have the same goals.
Everything that
Dr. Manning did
was to save your son.
♪ ♪
‐ [crying]
♪ ♪
‐ Oh, did you find Jacinta?
‐ No.
‐ Noah, I'm sorry, but‐‐
‐ I told you I had it covered.
‐ You didn't give me
any details.
‐ See?
That's the problem right there.
You still see me
as some knucklehead kid
that you have to micromanage.
‐ You were making
a huge mistake.
‐ And it was
my mistake to make.
Just back off
and let me breathe.
‐ So wait, you're saying
no one has seen him
at his Kingdom Hall
in months?
Has anyone tried
to contact him?
[alarm blaring]
‐ Dr. Halstead.
‐ I'm sorry, Mr. Baker.
I gotta go.
Excuse me.
‐ BP is down to 72 over 47.
Heart rate is 148.
‐ Give 25 grams of albumin
and start him on Neo.
Page Dr. Marcel.
If we don't operate on David
within the next few minutes,
he will die.
‐ We already told you, it goes
against our son's wishes.
‐ I don't believe you know
your son's wishes.
‐ What are you talking about?
‐ David stopped pioneering.
I just spoke with the Overseer
at his congregation.
David hasn't turned in
a service report in months,
and when he crashed,
he was drunk and high.
‐ No, no.
I don't understand any of this.
There must be some mistake.
♪ ♪
‐ What about this?
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ [sighs]
Why would he put this heresy
on his body?
‐ Because he no longer
shares your beliefs.
It's not right
he should die for them.
♪ ♪
‐ [sobs]
♪ ♪
All right.
♪ ♪
‐ [sobs]
♪ ♪
‐ What'd you do?
‐ The Bridges
have abandoned their son.
We now have the authority
to make all decisions
on David's care.
Do the surgery
and transfuse him.
♪ ♪
‐ [sighs]
Open the Hybrid OR.
Let's move.
‐ Let's go!
♪ ♪
.
‐ Maggie.
‐ Nat.
‐ They said the charges
were dropped?
‐ Goodwin.
She worked her magic.
‐ And what about Lucas?
Is he okay?
Did the lab results come back?
‐ Along with the rash biopsy.
Lucas has
an autoimmune disorder,
granulomatosis
with polyangiitis.
‐ GPA?
‐ Yeah.
‐ Wow.
I have never seen
an actual case before.
‐ Untreated, it would've
attacked all of his organs.
‐ So the parents came around?
‐ Yeah.
Lucas has already started
plasmapheresis.
You saved his life, Nat.
‐ [sighs]
‐ But, wait, I‐‐I can still
live without my spleen?
‐ Absolutely.
You're gonna be just fine.
‐ Can I see my mom and dad?
Are they here yet?
‐ David, I'm sorry to tell you.
They were here, but they left.
‐ I‐‐I don't understand.
Why would they leave?
‐ Well, when they found out
you were no longer
a Jehovah's Witness...
‐ What?
What‐‐what are you
talking about?
‐ Well, we knew you'd need
blood during the surgery...
‐ Blood?
[tense music]
You gave me blood?
No, no.
I can't.
I‐‐I can't.
Oh‐‐oh, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no...
‐ It's gonna be okay.
Take it easy, buddy.
‐ I'm sorry, David.
‐ You had alcohol
and marijuana in your system,
and‐‐and the tattoo
on your chest.
‐ That was a mistake.
I was gonna get that removed.
I mean, I‐‐I was lost
for a while,
but I was finding my way back.
[sobs]
I was gonna repent.
♪ ♪
What have you done to me?
[sobs]
‐ Hey.
‐ Hey.
‐ Any interest in
a‐‐a quick cocktail?
‐ Oh, uh, not tonight, thanks.
This was a rough day.
‐ Oh, okay.
Well, uh, another time then.
‐ Hey, Daniel?
How about you?
How was your day?
‐ My day?
Um, well, you know,
since you're asking,
I think that I'm...
I might've just witnessed
something kind of remarkable.
‐ Yeah?
‐ Yeah.
Two people who had hurt
each other greatly,
I think becoming a source
of real comfort to each other.
‐ Food for thought, eh?
‐ Night, Sharon.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Okay, guest room's
right over here.
♪ ♪
Bathroom is down the hall
to the right.
And, uh, futon's kind of old,
but it's comfy.
Oh, and um, if you get cold,
there's an extra blanket
in the bottom drawer.
♪ ♪
It's just for a couple of days
so you can rest and heal,
then we'll find a way
to get you out of town.
♪ ♪
‐ Dr. Sexton?
‐ It's Noah.
‐ Noah, thank you.
♪ ♪
‐ Thank you so much...
‐ He's doing well.
‐ Good.
[gentle music]
Oh, I promised Philip
I'd meet him for dinner.
♪ ♪
Hey, you told me
to trust my instincts.
‐ And you should.
‐ Okay, then that's
what I have to do.
[sighs]
♪ ♪
[light jazz music]
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
‐ Sharon.
You came.
‐ Well, I wasn't sure
I was going to.
‐ Uh, please.
You still take
your whiskey neat?
‐ Better make it a double.
‐ Yeah.
‐ [chuckles]
‐ Excuse me, miss?
Um, whiskey.
A double.
♪ ♪
‐ Oh, good.
I hate to drink alone.
‐ No, thanks.
‐ Oh, we're off duty.
It'll be all right.
[groans]
‐ Well, come on.
You can say it.
‐ Oh, I don't like to kick
a man when he's down,
especially when it looks
like he's beaten me to it.
Besides, you did save
that boy's life.
‐ Yeah, but he thinks
it's cost him his eternal life.
I was convinced David
was no longer a Witness.
I couldn't accept the choice
his parents were making.
‐ And you weren't
altogether wrong.
You heard the kid, yeah,
he was questioning his faith.
‐ I did the same thing
to Natalie.
‐ What's that?
‐ I wanted to believe,
because of her TBI,
that she didn't remember
she still loved me.
The truth is,
she chose Philip.
Right,
that night in my car,
she was coming to tell me
she was engaged,
show me her ring.
I didn't want to accept it.
‐ I don't know what she was
gonna say to you,
but I do know she wasn't gonna
show you any ring.
[suspenseful music]
‐ What are you talking about?
♪ ♪
‐ Hey!
Do you need a second to change?
We can always go back
to your place.
I think the reservations
will be held
for, like,
15 minutes or something.
‐ No, I'm‐‐I'm not going
to dinner.
‐ Oh.
Is everything okay
with your patient?
‐ Yeah, my patient's fine.
Uh, it's about us.
[dramatic music]
‐ What about us?
♪ ♪
‐ [chuckles]
On the surface,
everything seems perfect,
but in my gut,
it just doesn't feel right.
I am sorry, Philip, but I have
to trust my instincts.
I can't marry you.
‐ Natalie, can‐‐
‐ Please just leave it at that.
I'm sorry.
‐ Natalie!
‐ I don't‐‐
‐ He's been lying to you.
‐ What?
‐ He slipped the ring
on your finger
when you were unconscious.
‐ I don't‐‐wait,
I don't understand this.
Is that‐‐
What does he mean?
‐ You never said
you'd marry him.
He made you think that.
‐ Is that true?
‐ No, of course not.
Natalie, look at him.
He's jealous.
He's looking at you right now
and lying to you.
‐ You know what?
It doesn't matter
because it's over.
‐ Hey, Natalie.
‐ Hey, you stay away from her.
[dramatic music]
From the moment I met him...
‐ No, just stop!
‐ I'm sorry.
I just‐‐
I should've done something.
Said something!
‐ No!
Here you are again
trying to save me.
I can take care of myself.
I don't need your help.
I don't want your help.
♪ ♪
Please...
just get out of my life.
[sighs]
♪ ♪
.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[wolf howls]
‐ Hey, Bert.
What are you doing?
These two people went through
a terrible divorce.
They haven't talked
to each other for a year.
‐ I just want them to be happy.
That's it.
‐ Sharon.
‐ Bert.
‐ Toddler in treatment six.
Parents just got here.
‐ If there are natural options
without side effects,
we try those first.
‐ Perhaps a more
immediate treatment‐‐
‐ You mean antibiotics?
No.
‐ On the outside,
he may look normal,
but on the inside,
pneumonia is notorious
for its slow progression.
‐ You scare people
with diagnoses
and then you sell them
on treatments
they don't need.
‐ This is the second time
this month
the parents have lost faith
in your judgment.
‐ No more.
We're going home.
‐ He needs
these antibiotics now.
‐ No!
Hey!
‐ Security!
‐ Are you out of your mind?
‐ Security!
‐ It's okay, buddy.
Everything's going to be
all right.
‐ Open this door!
‐ Well, where are we?
‐ In a better position
than we were four hours ago,
but barely.
Lucky for you, Kalmick did
some quick maneuvering
and wrangled up a court order
to treat Lucas.
‐ Well, that's a relief.
‐ Still, there's no excuse
for your extremely
reckless behavior.
‐ I made every effort to keep
Dr. Manning on a short leash.
‐ I understand my actions
appear irrational.
‐ You locked that boy
in a room.
‐ I didn't have a choice.
‐ Kidnapped him
from his guardians.
‐ They were risking his life.
‐ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Why don't we all just bring it
down a few notches, okay?
Mr. Manning, you understand
administering antibiotics
against the parents' wishes,
and before securing
a court order,
left this hospital open
for a major lawsuit.
‐ Lucas's parents
gave me no other options.
Okay, they were unwilling
to accept the diagnosis
and wanted to leave
the hospital.
‐ Well, she's right
about that.
‐ I want that boy discharged
as soon as possible.
[dramatic music]
‐ [sighs]
Not so fast.
If you're
in any way compromised,
you need to recuse yourself
from this case immediately.
‐ I assure you,
my medical judgment is sound.
‐ I hope for Lucas' sake
and your own
that that's true.
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, I heard what happened.
‐ I don't need
another lecture right now.
‐ I wasn't gonna lecture you.
I was gonna offer to talk‐‐
‐ I don't need
to be supervised,
and I don't need your help.
♪ ♪
[bird squawking]
‐ Hey, just cleared
two more shelves for you.
‐ Can't you just give me
the guest room closet?
His and hers?
‐ All yours.
Have at it.
‐ And after we're married,
you know we're getting
a bigger place, right?
With a lot of closets?
‐ Ah, yes, ma'am.
Good news, I got out
of pulling a double tomorrow.
Dinner and a movie?
‐ I can't.
I'm training a new nurse.
How about Saturday?
‐ Got that Navy
recruiting event.
I do have a lunch break
from 1:00 to 1:30.
‐ Uh, what are we gonna do
with half an hour?
‐ Oh, I have some ideas.
‐ I see.
[chuckles]
[knock on door]
‐ Time to hit the pavement.
Hurry up!
‐ Hmm, the gentle sounds
of Noah in the morning.
‐ Hmm.
‐ Coming!
Bye.
‐ Bye.
Have fun.
‐ What happened to all
that noise you were talking?
Keep up!
[clattering]
‐ Hey, did you hear that?
‐ Yeah.
‐ It's coming from the alley.
‐ [crying out]
‐ Come on!
‐ I changed my mind.
[yells]
‐ Hey, get off her!
Hey!
‐ Punk bitch!
‐ Get off her!
‐ Come on, come on, let's go!
‐ Call 911!
‐ Okay.
[tires screech]
‐ It's okay, it's okay.
‐ I'm calling.
‐ No, please.
Please.
I'm illegal.
‐ Okay, okay.
All right.
‐ Hey, we work at the hospital.
We'll keep you safe, okay?
‐ No!
‐ End the call, April.
‐ What if they come back?
‐ Just do it.
Hey, hey,
what's your name?
‐ Jacinta.
‐ Jacinta.
Just stay put
and let me check you out, okay?
I'm a doctor.
Hmm, deep head lac.
‐ Use this.
‐ All right, look,
we really need to get you
to the emergency room,
all right?
‐ No!
I'm fine.
‐ Whoa!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Jacinta, Jacinta!
Come on.
Come on now.
Come on.
Come on.
Stay with us, Jacinta.
Jacinta, stay with me.
Come on, come on,
come on, come on...
♪ ♪
.
The bleeding stopped.
‐ IV bag is out.
I'll grab another.
‐ Okay.
‐ [groans]
Where am I?
‐ Jacinta, I'm Dr. Sexton.
My sister and I,
we found you
after you'd been attacked
this morning.
You're at the hospital.
‐ The hospital?
‐ Yeah.
‐ No, no.
I can't be here.
‐ It's okay.
‐ We didn't call the police,
but you shouldn't move
right now.
You suffered a small
pneumothorax,
a collapsed lung.
‐ I‐‐I don't feel anything.
‐ We gave you some morphine
for the pain.
‐ Your lung should
re‐expand on its own,
but you really need to stay
in bed for awhile.
Meantime, do you wanna us
what happened this morning?
‐ It's okay.
I know it's hard.
Just take your time.
‐ You wanna start with
where you were heading?
‐ To a friend's house.
‐ Should we notify your friend?
‐ No.
I don't want him
to see me like this.
‐ Okay.
♪ ♪
[elevator dings]
‐ Hold the elevator!
‐ Morning.
‐ Morning.
‐ Sharon, again,
I swear on my life,
I had not a clue that Cece
was gonna invite Bert
to dinner last night.
I found out literally a minute
before you walked in the door.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Literally a minute.
‐ So you said.
And now, you know,
he's asked me out for a drink.
[elevator dings]
‐ Well, you're gonna go?
‐ Of course not.
‐ I mean, somehow Cece
got into her head that,
you know, you guys need
to get back together
to make you happy.
‐ Is that what she thinks?
‐ Yeah.
Listen, I am not defending
her actions
or saying I agree.
I just‐‐I just hope you
understand that her heart
is in the right place.
‐ Look, Daniel, uh,
I think it's wonderful
that you and Cece found
your way back to one another.
I really do.
But that's not gonna happen
with me and Bert.
‐ I get it.
‐ Good.
Then tell her
no more surprise reunions.
‐ You got it.
‐ Dr. Charles, good morning.
‐ Hmm, at least somebody's
happy to see me.
‐ Huh?
‐ What's up?
‐ Doris told me there's
a patient in Treatment 3
that's asking for you.
A Titus Witherdale.
‐ Oh.
‐ Not exactly a name
that you hear every day.
‐ No, it isn't.
He grew up down the street
from me.
Shoot me his chart, will ya?
‐ Done.
‐ He used to play soccer
with my little brother.
Titus Witherdale.
‐ I go by Claire now.
‐ I'm sorry.
‐ It‐‐it's fine.
Uh, it's still Titus
on the insurance.
I haven't finished the process
of legally changing my name.
Good to see you, Dan.
‐ Well, it is really good
to see you too, Claire.
Uh, so how you been?
‐ I retired a little over
a year ago.
‐ Huh, congratulations.
‐ Yeah, it was time to focus on
other areas on my life.
I hope I didn't pull you away
from anything.
It's just I find doctors
to be a bit intrusive,
and I remember you as being
so sweet and respectful.
‐ Oh, that's nice of you
to say.
Um, so what bring you
in here today?
You sound a little short
of breath.
‐ Yes, it's been on and off
the last few weeks
and, uh, I've had some pain on
the left side of my chest.
Uh, it's probably nothing,
but...
‐ Why don't I just take
a little listen?
Um, full disclosure,
I'm actually a psychiatrist,
but on a good day, I still know
my way around a stethoscope.
So why don't you put this on
and I'll be back in a few.
‐ Oh, jeez.
‐ You all right?
‐ I‐‐it just really hurts.
‐ Okay, okay.
Lie back.
Lie back.
Legs up.
Legs up.
‐ [groans]
‐ Dr. Choi, I need you.
‐ Phillip.
Oh, what‐‐what
are you doing here?
‐ Well, I know I shouldn't
stop by unannounced,
but I just wanted
to bring you breakfast
'cause I know you were working
late last night,
and I brought you
your favorite, chilaquiles.
‐ Thank you.
Uh, and what is that for?
‐ Our six month anniversary.
‐ Phillip, I'm‐‐I'm so sorry.
I just‐‐my head is all over
the place right now.
‐ It's okay.
It's all right.
You don't need to apologize.
We're still on
for dinner tonight?
‐ Honestly, I don't know
how today is gonna pan out.
I mean, my patient
isn't even discharged yet,
and I have so much work.
‐ It's okay.
You don't need
to say another word.
I get it.
Just keep me posted, okay?
‐ Sure.
‐ Okay.
Well, I'll leave you to it.
Bye.
‐ Bye.
‐ Here we go.
Incoming.
Will, Crockett,
you're going to Baghdad.
Level 1 MVC.
‐ Copy.
‐ David Bridges,
20‐year‐old male,
car rolled,
ejected out the side window.
‐ Wild guess, no seatbelt?
‐ Correct.
‐ GCS 3, HR 125,
BP 100/72, sats 100%.
‐ Tried to clean him up
for you guys,
but some of that glass
is in there pretty deep.
‐ Appreciate the effort.
David, can you hear me, bud?
All right,
transfer on my count.
One, two, three.
‐ Thanks, guys.
‐ Yup!
[dramatic music]
‐ Bilateral breath sounds.
Hey, David,
can you hear me, bud?
Can you open your eyes for me?
‐ Fluid in his belly.
‐ All right.
Let's find the source
of the bleed.
Chest and pelvis x‐ray.
While his pressure
is still holding,
let's send him over to CT.
Get a pan‐scan,
get a type and cross,
CBC, CMP, coags,
and a urine tox.
‐ Hold on a second.
He's got a No Blood card
in his wallet.
He's a Jehovah's Witness.
‐ Doris, let me see that.
Okay, card's almost
a decade old.
It was signed by his parents
when he was still a minor.
‐ All right, well,
let's get them down here
and ask them about it then.
Meantime,
let's see what the scans show.
Hope things don't go
from bad to worse.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ Dr. Manning?
Lucas' latest labs.
‐ How's he looking?
‐ His temp just spiked again
to 102.2, higher than before.
‐ His sputum gram stain
came back negative.
It's not pneumonia.
‐ I can double check
with the lab.
‐ No.
No, that's okay.
Just, um...
okay, if it's not...
[sighs]
If it's not pneumonia, what‐‐
let me think, um...
What am I missing?
♪ ♪
Draw a lactic acid, and, um,
repeat blood cultures,
um, keep his fluids at 100,
and add vancomycin
into his antibiotics.
‐ You think he's septic?
‐ We are operating
under that assumption for now.
‐ Should I call Dr. Lanik?
‐ No.
[chuckles]
That is not necessary.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
♪ ♪
.
[cell phone rings]
‐ [sighs]
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, check this out.
Looked Jacinta up,
she was admitted here in '07
with a case of food poisoning.
‐ I thought she was terrified
of hospitals.
‐ Yeah, and get this.
She listed
a Social Security number.
‐ Was it real?
‐ Yeah.
Turns out she was born
in Indiana.
‐ I don't get it.
Why would someone lie
about being undocumented?
‐ Unless they really needed
to avoid the police.
‐ I'm still waiting on your
second set of cardiac labs,
but it looks like you've had
a small heart attack.
‐ Oh, my God.
[sighs]
All those late nights
at the office
and greasy takeout, didn't
do myself any favors, I guess.
‐ Well, but you're retired now,
right?
So plenty of time to focus on
turning it around.
‐ Yeah.
We're gonna send you up
to the Cath Lab
so cardiology can take
a closer look
at the vessels in your heart.
‐ Oh, sorry.
I must have the wrong room.
I thought the nurse said that‐‐
excuse me, miss‐‐
‐ Oh, my God.
Melinda?
‐ Wait.
Titus?
[dramatic music]
[gasps]
‐ What's my ex‐wife doing here?
‐ You didn't have
an emergency contact
listed on your intake form.
I just used the most recent
contact in your records.
‐ I'll be right back, okay?
Right back.
Excuse me, Melinda?
Melinda, it's Melinda,
isn't it?
Melinda, hi.
I'm‐‐I'm Dr. Charles.
I'm one of the doctors who's
looking after Claire today.
‐ Claire?
That's his, uh‐‐
I mean, her name?
‐ Yeah.
Listen, do you have
a few minutes?
Maybe for a cup of coffee?
‐ Okay.
‐ Hey.
‐ Hey.
‐ You all right?
‐ Yeah.
Thanks.
All good.
‐ You're talking to the queen
of "Got It All Together."
Can't put one over on me.
‐ Maggie,
I've been a terrible friend.
I am so sorry.
I should've known something
was going on.
I feel awful.
‐ Stop it.
[sighs]
You've got nothing
to apologize for.
I did my best to keep
my cancer under wraps,
and you had a lot going on.
I promise to fill you in
on everything.
‐ Okay.
[sniffles]
‐ Now spill it.
‐ [sniffles]
I was wrong about
Lucas' diagnosis.
I have been combing through
case reports
and trying to make sense
of his symptoms,
and I'm just‐‐I'm at a loss.
What if it is
just a sinus infection?
What if, when I locked Lucas
in that room,
a small part of me was
just doing it to just...
[groans]
I don't know.
Prove Will wrong?
‐ Absolutely not.
No matter what
you've got going on,
you would never jeopardize
a patient to prove a point.
Trust your instincts.
I've never seen them
steer you wrong.
♪ ♪
‐ Thanks, Mags.
‐ Come on.
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
Hey, Monique,
will you set up a punch biopsy?
I want to sample the rash
on Lucas' arm,
see if that gives us
any direction.
‐ You got it.
‐ Thanks.
‐ Oh!
‐ Oh!
‐ [sobs]
‐ Mr. and Mrs. Bridges,
your son suffered significant
laceration to the spleen.
Now, we already took him
to interventional radiology
to embolize it, but he's
still actively bleeding.
‐ I bought him that car
when he started pioneering.
I kept telling him to get
those tires checked.
‐ Pioneering?
‐ Spreading the ministry.
David has a real gift
for connecting with people.
‐ What can you do for our son?
‐ Well,
we need consent to operate,
which will require
giving David blood.
‐ No.
As Witnesses, we can't
accept any blood products.
‐ Mr. and Mrs. Bridges,
I want to make sure you
understand the severity
of David's condition.
Without this surgery,
it's unlikely he will survive.
‐ We'll pray.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Listen,
I'm a man of faith myself.
But if you're praying
for a miracle...
‐ We don't pray for miracles.
‐ We pray that Jehovah
will sustain and comfort David.
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
‐ You went through my stuff?
‐ I didn't.
I was just‐‐
‐ Just stay out of my business!
‐ Jacinta,
we just want to help you.
That's all we're trying to do.
‐ I've got to go.
What if they find me here?
‐ If who finds you?
Wait, is someone after you?
‐ Listen, if you're in
some kind of trouble,
I promise you,
we won't judge,
and anything you say
stays confidential.
‐ They...
♪ ♪
They were jumping me in.
It's how you become legit.
‐ Jumping you in?
Like a gang initiation.
‐ You let them do this to you?
‐ I knew you wouldn't get it.
‐ Okay, well, um,
I'm sorry.
‐ You're right.
We do not know the first thing
about your life,
what you've been through.
‐ But we really want to.
If you just‐‐
if you just trust us.
♪ ♪
‐ I always felt Titus
was keeping something from me.
I tried so hard to get him
to let me in,
but eventually I...
I just couldn't
take it anymore.
Constantly being shut out.
Why didn't he trust me enough
to share this with me?
‐ A lot of times when we hide
who we really are,
it's because we fear rejection
or we're scared of losing the
people that we love the most.
‐ Uh...
I'm not saying it
would've been easy,
but I think I would've tried
to understand.
‐ Well, maybe you have
that opportunity now.
‐ No.
[sniffles]
It's too late.
Thanks for the coffee,
Dr. Charles.
You take good care of her.
♪ ♪
‐ Can you get that for me?
Thank you.
‐ So what, that's it?
We're just gonna let David die?
‐ It's not up to us.
You heard his parents.
I'm just gonna hope
he turns around on his own.
‐ What about using 'pressors
to get through the operation?
‐ Hemoglobin's too low.
He needs blood and surgery.
I do one without the other...
I'm not a surgeon,
I'm an executioner.
‐ How can you accept this?
‐ Those folks obviously
love their boy.
So, way I see it, if they're
willing to take this chance‐‐
‐ No, you mean if they're
willing to risk his life.
‐ For the Bridges,
the consequences
of receiving blood
are worse than death.
May not like it,
but we do have to respect it.
You may need a little
refresher in medical ethics.
[suspenseful music]
[alarm blaring]
[child coughing]
‐ Lucas...
‐ He desatted down to 89.
‐ Call respiratory
for a breathing treatment.
[child coughing]
‐ Oh, my God!
Honey!
‐ You said it was pneumonia!
Why is he getting worse?
‐ The tests
don't support pneumonia.
‐ I knew it.
‐ What?
‐ You son is still very ill.
‐ What is‐‐what is wrong
with him?
‐ Well, coughing up blood could
be a‐‐a bleeding disorder or‐‐
‐ You just expect us
to believe a word you say?
He's worse because you're
pumping him full of antibiotics
he doesn't need!
Get that IV out of my son.
‐ Is everything okay in here?
‐ We're leaving...
‐ It's my understanding
Dr. Manning has a court order
to treat this child.
‐ I don't give a damn
about any court order.
I am taking my son.
‐ Sir?
‐ Get your hand off me!
‐ Earl, please remove Mr.
and Mrs. Harper from the room.
♪ ♪
‐ I'm sorry,
but if you take Lucas home,
you are putting him
in serious danger.
I need to scope him.
‐ Don't you lay another finger
on him.
‐ Hurry.
You won't have much time.
‐ Monique,
transfer him to the PICU,
and prepare the scope.
‐ Dr. Manning, are you sure?
‐ Do it now!
♪ ♪
‐ It's okay, sweetie.
♪ ♪
.
‐ When I aged out
of foster care,
I had nowhere to go.
I was living out of my car,
but I had to sell it.
‐ You didn't have any family
you could call?
‐ Just my cousin, Angel.
That's who I'm crashing
with now.
‐ He's part of the gang?
‐ He brought me in.
They're my family now.
‐ What if you found
somewhere else to stay?
‐ You can't just quit.
They'll kill you
before they let you out.
‐ Excuse me, Ms. Nieves,
you have some visitors.
‐ Angel?
‐ Hey, cuz, how you doing?
‐ I‐‐I'm fine.
I‐‐I didn't even wanna
come here.
‐ Then get dressed.
We're bouncing.
‐ Hey, I'm Dr. Sexton.
Jacinta actually needs to stay
and rest for a while.
‐ Oh, I promise you, doc,
I'll take good care
of her at home.
She's like a little sister
to me.
‐ Did you ever get
Ms. Nieves' labs back yet?
‐ No, the lab's been
pretty backed up,
but I can call
and see if they'll rush it.
‐ Sorry, but we have to go.
You can call her
when you get the results...
‐ It's really better
that she waits.
We just need to rule out
anything serious.
‐ Hey, man,
you want her healthy,
don't you?
‐ Hmm, fine.
We'll stick around.
‐ Okay, I will show you
to the waiting room.
♪ ♪
‐ Damn it, man.
You‐‐you should've
just left me how it was.
You should've let them finish
what they started.
‐ They were beating you.
‐ That's better than what
they're going to do to me now.
‐ What are you talking about?
‐ If they don't get
to jump you in,
they sex you in.
♪ ♪
‐ Did you push the versed?
‐ Yes, we're ready to go.
‐ All right, let's take a look
at his lungs.
‐ Natalie, wait.
Lucas' parents had their lawyer
look into the court order.
They just found out
that you started treating him
prior to having it.
The police are on their way.
‐ Then this is my last chance.
I have to figure out
what's wrong with Lucas.
Okay.
♪ ♪
Almost there.
♪ ♪
Oh, my God.
There is massive amounts
of bloody inflammation
in his airways.
This is no sinus infection.
It never was.
♪ ♪
‐ [sighs]
‐ Dr. Halstead?
David Bridges' tox screen.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, Cath Lab just sent
Claire's results.
‐ What are we looking at?
‐ Significant
coronary artery disease.
Cardiology placed
several stents,
and there's something else.
Claire has been taking
feminizing hormone therapy
for a little over a year.
‐ And coronary artery disease
is a possible contraindication.
‐ Cardiology is advising
that she go off the hormones.
‐ [sighs]
Does she know yet?
‐ Not yet.
‐ I'd like to be there
when you tell her.
‐ Of course.
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, look at this.
I don't think David's
a practicing Jehovah's Witness.
‐ Because there's booze
in his system?
That's a big reach.
‐ His blood alcohol level's
three times the legal limit,
and he tested positive
for marijuana.
‐ So he isn't winning
Witness of the Year.
Doesn't mean he left the faith.
‐ And his tattoo?
You know what that is?
A symbol for the Holy Trinity.
Witnesses don't believe
in the Trinity doctrine.
‐ Someone's been studying up.
‐ What if he converted,
and didn't tell his parents?
‐ Speculation at best.
A tattoo is not
an advanced directive.
Look, fact is,
David was in the ED
less than a year ago
with strep throat,
and put down his parents
down as his emergency contact.
‐ That was strep throat.
I doubt he imagined
they'd be choosing
whether he lives or dies.
‐ Nobody ever does.
But if it were me
lying in that bed?
I'd want my family
making that call, not you.
♪ ♪
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
‐ Take this down
to the lab quickly.
‐ You got it.
[suspenseful music]
‐ Stop right there,
Dr. Manning.
‐ Lucas!
You scoped him?
‐ We told her not to.
‐ Dr. Manning, I'm sorry
but you need to come with us.
‐ Hold on.
What are the changes?
‐ Unlawful restraint,
as well as medical assault
and battery.
‐ Mr. and Mrs. Harper, please.
Lucas has clots
and inflammation
in his lungs and airways.
This is not a sinus infection.
It is far more serious.
‐ We want our son
discharged now.
‐ Let's go, Dr. Manning.
‐ No, please.
If you want to help your son,
okay, just wait for the labs
to come back.
Do not take him out
of the hospital.
Please!
‐ I'll page Peter Kalmick
and have him meet her
at the station.
‐ Absolutely not.
‐ Excuse me?
‐ The hospital's
not gonna protect her.
She got herself into this mess,
she can get herself out of it.
♪ ♪
.
‐ Get out of my face.
[speaking Spanish]
‐ Hey, I'm not asking you.
‐ I'm going nowhere.
‐ You can either come with us
voluntarily
or you go in cuffs.
♪ ♪
‐ I told you not
to call the cops.
‐ I was not gonna
let you put that girl
or yourself at risk, Noah.
The cops can protect her
better than we can.
Noah.
‐ Where'd Jacinta go?
‐ Didn't you discharge her?
♪ ♪
‐ Wait, why do I have
to go off my hormones?
I thought you said
they were not responsible
for my heart disease.
‐ They're not,
but because of your severe
atherosclerosis,
we want to mitigate any factors
that increase your risk
of developing a clot.
‐ What if I'm willing
to take the risk?
‐ That's your choice
to make, Claire,
but the next heart attack
will probably kill you.
‐ [sighs]
‐ Claire?
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
‐ I'm sorry too.
♪ ♪
I'm sorry I left you.
♪ ♪
It's okay.
♪ ♪
‐ Mrs. Harper‐‐
‐ There is nothing more to say.
We've been put through enough.
‐ I understand why you'd feel
that way,
but are you 100% sure
you want to sign those papers?
‐ [sighs]
We have always tried to do
right by our son.
We would never, ever
do anything to hurt him.
‐ I know you wouldn't,
and I'm sorry you felt
that your devotion
to your son was in question.
You know, it isn't fair,
the medical community's
dismissal
of holistic treatments,
and it's created a lot
of mistrust on both sides,
which is deeply unfortunate
because it isn't
an either/or situation.
There's a place for both.
‐ I just‐‐I don't know
what to believe anymore.
All I want is for my son
to be okay.
‐ Yes, I know,
and right now,
your son needs more
than you can give him at home.
Now I'm not gonna
defend the way
Dr. Manning handled this.
I can't.
But regardless
of your differences,
I'm asking you to trust
that you have the same goals.
Everything that
Dr. Manning did
was to save your son.
♪ ♪
‐ [crying]
♪ ♪
‐ Oh, did you find Jacinta?
‐ No.
‐ Noah, I'm sorry, but‐‐
‐ I told you I had it covered.
‐ You didn't give me
any details.
‐ See?
That's the problem right there.
You still see me
as some knucklehead kid
that you have to micromanage.
‐ You were making
a huge mistake.
‐ And it was
my mistake to make.
Just back off
and let me breathe.
‐ So wait, you're saying
no one has seen him
at his Kingdom Hall
in months?
Has anyone tried
to contact him?
[alarm blaring]
‐ Dr. Halstead.
‐ I'm sorry, Mr. Baker.
I gotta go.
Excuse me.
‐ BP is down to 72 over 47.
Heart rate is 148.
‐ Give 25 grams of albumin
and start him on Neo.
Page Dr. Marcel.
If we don't operate on David
within the next few minutes,
he will die.
‐ We already told you, it goes
against our son's wishes.
‐ I don't believe you know
your son's wishes.
‐ What are you talking about?
‐ David stopped pioneering.
I just spoke with the Overseer
at his congregation.
David hasn't turned in
a service report in months,
and when he crashed,
he was drunk and high.
‐ No, no.
I don't understand any of this.
There must be some mistake.
♪ ♪
‐ What about this?
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ [sighs]
Why would he put this heresy
on his body?
‐ Because he no longer
shares your beliefs.
It's not right
he should die for them.
♪ ♪
‐ [sobs]
♪ ♪
All right.
♪ ♪
‐ [sobs]
♪ ♪
‐ What'd you do?
‐ The Bridges
have abandoned their son.
We now have the authority
to make all decisions
on David's care.
Do the surgery
and transfuse him.
♪ ♪
‐ [sighs]
Open the Hybrid OR.
Let's move.
‐ Let's go!
♪ ♪
.
‐ Maggie.
‐ Nat.
‐ They said the charges
were dropped?
‐ Goodwin.
She worked her magic.
‐ And what about Lucas?
Is he okay?
Did the lab results come back?
‐ Along with the rash biopsy.
Lucas has
an autoimmune disorder,
granulomatosis
with polyangiitis.
‐ GPA?
‐ Yeah.
‐ Wow.
I have never seen
an actual case before.
‐ Untreated, it would've
attacked all of his organs.
‐ So the parents came around?
‐ Yeah.
Lucas has already started
plasmapheresis.
You saved his life, Nat.
‐ [sighs]
‐ But, wait, I‐‐I can still
live without my spleen?
‐ Absolutely.
You're gonna be just fine.
‐ Can I see my mom and dad?
Are they here yet?
‐ David, I'm sorry to tell you.
They were here, but they left.
‐ I‐‐I don't understand.
Why would they leave?
‐ Well, when they found out
you were no longer
a Jehovah's Witness...
‐ What?
What‐‐what are you
talking about?
‐ Well, we knew you'd need
blood during the surgery...
‐ Blood?
[tense music]
You gave me blood?
No, no.
I can't.
I‐‐I can't.
Oh‐‐oh, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no...
‐ It's gonna be okay.
Take it easy, buddy.
‐ I'm sorry, David.
‐ You had alcohol
and marijuana in your system,
and‐‐and the tattoo
on your chest.
‐ That was a mistake.
I was gonna get that removed.
I mean, I‐‐I was lost
for a while,
but I was finding my way back.
[sobs]
I was gonna repent.
♪ ♪
What have you done to me?
[sobs]
‐ Hey.
‐ Hey.
‐ Any interest in
a‐‐a quick cocktail?
‐ Oh, uh, not tonight, thanks.
This was a rough day.
‐ Oh, okay.
Well, uh, another time then.
‐ Hey, Daniel?
How about you?
How was your day?
‐ My day?
Um, well, you know,
since you're asking,
I think that I'm...
I might've just witnessed
something kind of remarkable.
‐ Yeah?
‐ Yeah.
Two people who had hurt
each other greatly,
I think becoming a source
of real comfort to each other.
‐ Food for thought, eh?
‐ Night, Sharon.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Okay, guest room's
right over here.
♪ ♪
Bathroom is down the hall
to the right.
And, uh, futon's kind of old,
but it's comfy.
Oh, and um, if you get cold,
there's an extra blanket
in the bottom drawer.
♪ ♪
It's just for a couple of days
so you can rest and heal,
then we'll find a way
to get you out of town.
♪ ♪
‐ Dr. Sexton?
‐ It's Noah.
‐ Noah, thank you.
♪ ♪
‐ Thank you so much...
‐ He's doing well.
‐ Good.
[gentle music]
Oh, I promised Philip
I'd meet him for dinner.
♪ ♪
Hey, you told me
to trust my instincts.
‐ And you should.
‐ Okay, then that's
what I have to do.
[sighs]
♪ ♪
[light jazz music]
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
‐ Sharon.
You came.
‐ Well, I wasn't sure
I was going to.
‐ Uh, please.
You still take
your whiskey neat?
‐ Better make it a double.
‐ Yeah.
‐ [chuckles]
‐ Excuse me, miss?
Um, whiskey.
A double.
♪ ♪
‐ Oh, good.
I hate to drink alone.
‐ No, thanks.
‐ Oh, we're off duty.
It'll be all right.
[groans]
‐ Well, come on.
You can say it.
‐ Oh, I don't like to kick
a man when he's down,
especially when it looks
like he's beaten me to it.
Besides, you did save
that boy's life.
‐ Yeah, but he thinks
it's cost him his eternal life.
I was convinced David
was no longer a Witness.
I couldn't accept the choice
his parents were making.
‐ And you weren't
altogether wrong.
You heard the kid, yeah,
he was questioning his faith.
‐ I did the same thing
to Natalie.
‐ What's that?
‐ I wanted to believe,
because of her TBI,
that she didn't remember
she still loved me.
The truth is,
she chose Philip.
Right,
that night in my car,
she was coming to tell me
she was engaged,
show me her ring.
I didn't want to accept it.
‐ I don't know what she was
gonna say to you,
but I do know she wasn't gonna
show you any ring.
[suspenseful music]
‐ What are you talking about?
♪ ♪
‐ Hey!
Do you need a second to change?
We can always go back
to your place.
I think the reservations
will be held
for, like,
15 minutes or something.
‐ No, I'm‐‐I'm not going
to dinner.
‐ Oh.
Is everything okay
with your patient?
‐ Yeah, my patient's fine.
Uh, it's about us.
[dramatic music]
‐ What about us?
♪ ♪
‐ [chuckles]
On the surface,
everything seems perfect,
but in my gut,
it just doesn't feel right.
I am sorry, Philip, but I have
to trust my instincts.
I can't marry you.
‐ Natalie, can‐‐
‐ Please just leave it at that.
I'm sorry.
‐ Natalie!
‐ I don't‐‐
‐ He's been lying to you.
‐ What?
‐ He slipped the ring
on your finger
when you were unconscious.
‐ I don't‐‐wait,
I don't understand this.
Is that‐‐
What does he mean?
‐ You never said
you'd marry him.
He made you think that.
‐ Is that true?
‐ No, of course not.
Natalie, look at him.
He's jealous.
He's looking at you right now
and lying to you.
‐ You know what?
It doesn't matter
because it's over.
‐ Hey, Natalie.
‐ Hey, you stay away from her.
[dramatic music]
From the moment I met him...
‐ No, just stop!
‐ I'm sorry.
I just‐‐
I should've done something.
Said something!
‐ No!
Here you are again
trying to save me.
I can take care of myself.
I don't need your help.
I don't want your help.
♪ ♪
Please...
just get out of my life.
[sighs]
♪ ♪
.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[wolf howls]