Doctor John (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 24 - Schrödinger's Cat: part 2 - full transcript

ALL CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS, PLACES, AND
ASSOCIATIONS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

SON SEOK-KI, AGE 38

You can't yawn or swallow.

SON SEOK-KI
HEMATO-ONCOLOGY, AGE 38

-Are you being discharged?
-Yes.

The side effects are the worst
after the first and second time.

Swelling, nausea, and fatigue.

The stomach pain may worsen as well.

Come to the ER if it gets worse.

I will.

You will be discharged tomorrow.



HEARING TEST ROOM

Are you done?

Yes.

Did you wait long?

That's what the guardian does. Waiting.

You did great. Let's go.

Isn't that heavy?

No.

Give it to me.

I can handle it.

It's too crowded.

The door is opening.

SCHRODINGER'S CAT

GYEONGSEO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL



Hello, Lieutenant Kim.

I'm sorry to bother you
during your time off.

What is it?

I'm coming in.

Always walk on the inside.

I want to take you somewhere.

Where?

Don't get your hopes up.

It's just a place
with someone you'd be happy to see.

Someone I'd be happy to see?

Your hand-drip coffee is ready.

Enjoy.

Yo-han.

Hi, Inmate 5353.

Stop that.

Yo-han.

What's going on here? When did you come?
Yo-han.

How have you been, Jung-bo?

Hello.

Yo-han! How long has it been?
How have you been?

-You're looking good.
-Really? Am I?

Here's your hand-drip coffee

and iced mocha.

Thank you.

You made the water exactly 75 degrees.

How did you know?

Water at 75 degrees Celsius
doesn't give off steam by itself.

But do this...

and it does.

I should come here more often.

They have a barista that gets
the water temperature perfect.

See? I've been telling you to come
for a while already.

I'm sorry.

No need.

I saw on the news how busy you've been.

You really are so cool.

How do you feel? You're still going
to the hospital, right?

Yes. I'm going regularly with my brother.

I've gotten much better thanks to you.

-Thank you.
-I'm glad.

I'm so happy to hear that.
You look really great.

Do I?

You guys too.

You look really good together.

-Thank you.
-Come again. You have to.

Don't worry, I'll come often.

-You have customers. Go back.
-Okay.

-Thank you.
-Get back safely. Thank you.

What's wrong?

Are you dizzy?

Give me a minute.

I'm better now.

Take my hand.

You may get dizzy again.

Let's go. We have a lot to do.

What boosts the immune system

and is high in antioxidants?

Broccoli.

Peppers.

And...

-What are you looking for?
-There it is.

MILK AND DAIRY

DOCTOR CAPSULE

For your GI health.

With steroid treatment,

your immune system gets weaker.

You need to eat this regularly, okay?

Answer me.

Yes, ma'am.

-Missing?
-Yes.

One of the Death Talks members

was reported missing.

Check this place out.

It'll be worth your time.

I saw you at Hanse Medical Center
this afternoon, right?

But this morning, her husband received

this message.

Wait. It'll be quite shocking.

Honey.

I was told...

I have only a few months left to live.

I was more afraid of the pain

I'd have to endure before dying
than the actual death.

I'm at peace now that I can put an end

to that fear.

Thank you...

for nursing me

for over 10 years.

Please be at peace now as well.

This...

wasn't forced upon me by anyone.

It's my choice.

I'm ready.

I believe pain

is our body talking to us.

Maybe it's because I don't feel pain,

but I get hurt often.

If something is wrong with a part
of our body, or if it's in danger...

AHN SEUNG-HYUN

-Hello?
-Can we meet tomorrow?

I need to tell you something
about Cha Yo-han.

This week on Our Famous Doctors,

we'll meet Dr. Cha Yo-han,

an anesthesiologist at
Seoul Hanse Medical Center.

Okay. Let's meet tomorrow.

CHERUBIM

THE BRAIN WAVES STARTED AT BETA
AND DISPLAYED THETA

IT FLATLINED AND MS. PARK HYUN-SOOK
PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY

CHERUBIM PROMISES YOU A PAINLESS ENDING

Cherubim.

What does Dr. Cha think?

Do you think he'll be able to join us?

I went to pick him up
when he was released.

I'd like to recommend a hospital for you.

What do you say? Do you want
to go right back to work?

I shouldn't bum around.

I should be grateful
if anyone is willing to take me.

What if...

you come across another patient
like Yoon Seong-kyu?

What do you think you'll do?

If you can be protected by the law,

wouldn't you be able

to let people like him die
without fearing punishment?

Protected by the law?

As in, doctors will have the right
to commit consensual murder.

What a frightening thought.

He's skeptical.

Yes.

I don't know what he'd think of Cherubim,

so I didn't want to tell him
until it was perfected.

I'm confident...

that Cherubim will be able to help Dr. Cha

in the treatment of his patients.

The video was sent from a burner phone.

CHERUBIM PROMISES YOU A PAINLESS ENDING

Sir? Are you all right?

Death Talks,
the foundation sponsoring them,

and the pharmaceutical company
Zinmu Rijund.

Yes. Zinmu Rijund.

Their stock price jumped 20 percent
recently.

Yes. Pharmaceutical company stocks
usually go up

in anticipation of a new drug release.

Sir. Can that drug from the video
actually be released?

If euthanasia is legalized, then it
can also obtain exclusive sales rights.

Did you find any connections
to Minister Lee Won-gil?

As you know, he's very powerful.

Here's what you asked me to look into.

This means "cherubim" in Hebrew.

There's definitely a connection,
but no conclusive evidence.

Right?

Please keep digging.
I'm sure you'll find something.

Yes, sir. Will do.

But...

the person who gave her the shot
in the video,

-do you think--?
-No.

We don't know anything yet.

Yes, sir.

CHERUBIM PROMISES YOU A PAINLESS ENDING

-Lieutenant Kim.
-Yes?

Have National Forensic Service
analyze this video.

Yes, sir.

ZINMU RIJUND

RECOMMENDED TO SEOUL HANSE MEDICAL CENTER,
REASON UNKNOWN

Apples and blueberries.

Eat them every morning.

Mushrooms.

You're trying to fatten me up, aren't you?

That would be good too.

Broccoli.

Broccoli, peppers,

and potatoes...

that are rich in vitamin C.

What is it? Is something wrong?

No. You sounded muffled,
but it's fine now.

Forget that. Lie down.

I'll take your temperature.

Okay.

Let me check your pulse.

Why is your pulse so high?

Are you dizzy?

No, I feel fine.

Hold on.

-It's strange.
-What is?

My heart...

is racing.

I never imagined

having anyone else in here other than me.

I did have a dream once

that this place was found out.

By whom?

My patients.

"Were you sick too?"

"You can't feel pain?
Then why do you act like you know?"

"You don't even know
what pain feels like.

Are you sure you even made
the right diagnosis?"

You might not be able to feel pain...

but because you're a patient yourself,

you're able to understand
how frustrated, sad...

and lonely the patients must feel

better than anyone.

That's what the patients want.

Instead of having someone ask them
where it hurts...

they prefer to have someone ask them

how much it hurts.

Are you expecting someone?

No.

Will you be okay?

Yes. I'll hide here and quietly leave.

You should answer the door.

Are you sure he's home?

-Dr. Cha.
-What brings you here?

-Are you okay?
-We came because we were worried.

This is such a nice house.

We couldn't come empty-handed,
so we brought this. Nice choice, right?

Why would they discipline you?

What did you do wrong?

This is definitely...

-A conspiracy.
-Yes, it's a conspiracy.

How do you keep your house so clean?
It's really amazing.

The Pain Management Center needs you.

You can't leave your position.

Will you stay still?

You should just come to work.

It's only for a week.

I'll be able to rest a little.
It won't be so bad.

Dr. Cha really does need to get some rest.

I just don't get why the hospital
would treat you this way.

And more importantly, how will we deal
with all those patients without you?

You can handle them.

What? Me?

I'll give you the treatment protocol.
Use that to manage everything.

And use this chance
to do more surgical procedures.

-My gosh.
-This will be good for you.

Why do you have so much food?
This is incredible.

Can I have some, Dr. Cha?

Sure. Go ahead.

Let's go outside.

-What?
-What?

-Let's go outside.
-That sounds great.

Let's go eat outside.

But I like it here too.

Your house is better than my house.

-I don't know.
-Is something bothering you?

It's just really difficult.

"I swear that one day,
I will get to correct

your misdiagnosis."

Don't you remember saying that to me?

Was I really that rude to you?

Inmate 6238.

I swear that one day,
I will get to correct

your misdiagnosis.

What did I know back then?

You're doing great.

You really are.

Oh, I almost forgot.
Did you see this, Dr. Cha?

This is an app for doctors.

And after you came to our hospital,

our hospital ranked number one.

1. SEOUL HANSE MEDICAL CENTER

How about we use this opportunity
to celebrate?

Let's also hope that Dr. Cha
will be able to return quickly.

AP, AP. Come on, let's go.

One, two, three.

-AP, AP, let's go!
-AP, AP, let's go!

-We put our hands down last time.
-But you raised it.

-We changed it because of you.
-He's right.

I want you guys to go home.

-Why?
-Why do you keep telling us to go?

I want to sleep over.

Can we sleep over? It'll be nice.

I felt sad...

thinking how lonely it must've been
to be here all by yourself.

And I got scared...

thinking that you must do this
every single day in order to stay alive.

But I still want to thank you

for staying alive...

and for staying by my side.

DR. CHA YO-HAN: THANK YOU

Thank you.

THERE'S A FULL MOON TONIGHT
I REMEMBER HOW YOU USED TO LIKE THEM

SI-YOUNG

SI-YOUNG

There's a full moon tonight.
I remember how you used to like them.

It's my handmade stir-fried squid,
your favorite

I'm a better cook now
It looks good, doesn't it?

I look outside and saw this sunset,
isn't it pretty?

Today's lunch is chicken soup
I'll enjoy the meal

DAD

NO TITLE

Dad says he loves you.

Tell Dad that I love him too.

I love you, Dad.

Si-young and I both...

love you a lot.

THERE'S A FULL MOON TONIGHT
I REMEMBER HOW YOU USED TO LIKE THEM

DAD SAYS HE LOVES YOU

My goodness.

I should tell them...

after the ethics commission
makes their decision.

If they decide against
taking him off the ventilator,

it'll be more painful to them.

Other than the two external members,

six out of the 12 in-house members
are your allies.

ETHICS COMMISSION

Kim Chang-sik, your junior,
is the head of the commission,

so it'll be easier to gather a consensus.

Hello.

-You selected the commission members?
-Yes.

Here's the list.

I want them to meet as soon as possible.

Like I said before, closed to the public.

Of course.

You've grown. I'm glad you pulled through.

What happened to your eyes?
Is something wrong?

I'm allergic to cats.

Give him to me then.

Did you visit your dad?

I couldn't visit my dad.

Seeing him made me depressed,
then afterwards, I felt sad.

So I couldn't visit often.

You visit him every day.

How did you know?

I saw you. I'm always watching you.

You don't know the phrase?

Why do you...

-look at me?
-You're pretty.

I didn't mean your face.

Then what?

You do nice things that don't show.

You have a pretty heart.

The moon's so pretty too.

GYEONGSEO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

How do you feel?

I don't know yet.

The first treatment
needs to work if it's to be successful.

Let's see how things go
after a couple more rounds.

Okay. Can I go now?

Why are you in such a hurry?

Today...

I return to work.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER

-Mr. Son Seok-ki?
-Yes.

He's one of our cancer patients.

-Symptoms?
-Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain,

-difficulty breathing, and chest pain.
-Put him on a bed.

We'll move you.

Mr. Son Seok-ki? We'll give you
a painkiller and antiemetic.

Stay until you're stable.

I'll prescribe it right now.
Hang in there.

-Check his vitals.
-Okay.

That patient.

What are his vitals?

Give him a painkiller and antiemetic.

FIRST ROUND OF CANCER TREATMENT

CT FOLLOW UP IN 2 MONTHS

Who are you?

Prescribe him nitroglycerine.

Are you saying a young man
has a myocardial infarction?

-Who are you--?
-He was treated with 5-FU.

A side effect of that...

is a contraction of the coronary arteries.

Get some nitroglycerine.

Mr. Son, we have your medication.

Keep it under your tongue
and let it melt slowly.

Cha Yo-han?

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER

How do you feel?

Much better.

So, earlier on...

Pardon?

Never mind.

If you feel the same symptoms again,
come right in.

Okay.

What do you think is the role of doctors?

I'm sure she wants to see you too.
Let's go to Mom.

We need people who determine
what is most beneficial to patients.

I believe that's a doctor's duty.

A righteous decision on life?

Is euthanasia a part of it?

Of course.

Death isn't always the righteous option.

-All that I'm doing...
-Mom.

is striving to determine what's best
for the patient until the end,

when the decision between
life and death must be made.

MEMENTO MORI:
LATIN FOR "TO REMEMBER DEATH"

GYEONGSEO
UNIVERSITY

-Lieutenant Kim.
-Sir.

National Forensic Service
finished analyzing the video.

Okay, I'll be right there.

WOULD YOU LIKE COFFEE

13 iced Americanos

and one iced mocha.

-Thank you.
-Goodbye.

-Chungil Penitentiary?
-Yes.

One of my sources was there.

I met him yesterday after his release.

And?

He knew Cha Yo-han very well.

Chungil Penitentiary's Inmate 6238?

I watched him very carefully.

He's weird. Very peculiar.

If this gets out, no hospital

will want to hire him.

What were you told?

-Hello.
-You have an emergency.

Come this way.

-What's this? Over there.
-What's this?

-One, two, three.
-One, two, three.

Welcome back!

Congratulations on your return, Dr. Cha.

Isn't this too much for someone
who just got disciplined?

That was uncalled for.

You deserve to be welcomed back.

I brought coffee.

-Thank you!
-Thank you.

She drew this herself.

It looks just like you.

This is yours.

Thank you, doctor.

Gi-seok.

Gi-seok, open your eyes.

Gi-seok. Wake up. Gi-seok.

Gi-seok.

-Gi-seok. Gi-seok.
-Doctor.

He collapsed in the gym.
He's breathing but is unconscious.

Temperature 40,5 degrees, pulse 125.

BP 92 over 50.

-Let's move him.
-Gi-seok.

One, two, three.

Doctor! It's Gi-seok. Save him.

-Doctor.
-Ma'am.

Let me have a look first.

-Take her to the side.
-Calm down and come with me.

Gi-seok. Gi-seok.

-Are you okay?
-Gi-seok.

He has CIPA.

He doesn't respond to pain.

Get me a stethoscope.

There's a bruise on his side.

Did it happen
before his fall or due to it?

Gi-seok.

One ampule of Ativan.

Gi-seok.

Gi-seok.

Gi-seok.

The brain CT shows no abnormalities.

He still has a fever
despite the medication.

Couldn't the seizures just be
a febrile fit due to the fever?

-Other test results?
-At 9,2, his CRP is high,

and ANC is 615.

-Infection focus?
-Infiltration of the right lung.

Could it be pneumonia?

Put him on antibiotics.
Piperacillin and tazobactam.

-Okay.
-Okay.

This is the part you mentioned.

I enlarged it as much as I could,

but I don't see anything.

A white gown and short, black hair.

A man who doesn't wear glasses.
That's all we can tell.

That's right.

-Hello?
-Prosecutor Son.

Do you know they're airing Dr. Cha's
episode of Our Famous Doctors?

I'm busy right now. Let's talk later.

You must watch it.

Watch it.

There's something I must tell you.

After antibiotics and fever reducers,
he's still unconscious with a fever.

He's breathing on his own,
but the pneumonia's advancing,

so we took the usual precautions.

Saturation percentage is in the low 90s.

We might have to put him on a ventilator.

Where's his mother?

Ma'am.

Did he show any symptoms
after he left our hospital?

No.

Then was he hurt recently,

or did he go on a trip?

He didn't do anything special.

Or go traveling.

What could it be?

The antibiotics and
fever reducers didn't work.

Is this his?

I guess so.

Ma'am, is this Gi-seok's phone?

Can we take a look?

Yes.

We might find something useful.

Like notes or photos.

There could be texts
he exchanged with friends.

Okay. Go ahead.

GALLERY

He collapsed at the gym, right?

-Yes.
-Was he exercising?

He didn't before,

but once his vacation started,
he said he wanted to train.

Every day, he measured
his weight, body fat,

and muscle mass.

He's thin and his muscle mass
and body fat are below average.

He couldn't be on a diet.
Did he want to gain muscle?

It's possible.

Steroids.

Could that be it?

You know how some people

inject steroids illegally to bulk up?

A side effect is the suppression
of the immune--

Those aren't the same steroids.

-Won-hee, please.
-Unlike the usual steroids,

anabolic steroids that are said to
increase muscle mass

don't suppress the immune system.

That's right. I got confused. Sorry.

What if Gi-seok was too?

You mean what if he mistakenly
injected the wrong steroids?

Yes.

Shall I call his mother

and ask her to check
his gym locker and belongings?

Say we'd like to take a look.

-Okay.
-Okay.

The patient you'll be meeting today

has a disorder where his body
doesn't tell him what's wrong.

He cannot feel pain.

He's a patient who's suffering from CIPA.

CIPA PATIENTS CAN'T FEEL PAIN,
HEAT, OR COLD

This is the ANI which shows us
his level of pain through the changes

of his heart rate.

When a normal person feels pain,
his or her heart rate changes

and the ANI figure
suddenly goes down like this.

But this patient shows

-a steady graph...
-Are you watching?

-He doesn't feel the cold.
-Yes.

What is it you wanted to tell me?

The patient can't feel the cold.

I met a reporter I know today.

One of his sources

stayed at the same penitentiary
as Cha Yo-han.

So what?

From what he saw, Cha Yo-han

was weird, very peculiar.

-He sutured himself without anesthesia?
-Yes.

But other than that,
there were many other oddities.

CHA YO-HAN

Doctor.

This is what was in his gym locker.

-This is his book bag from home.
-Open it.

There's nothing here.

I found it.

Ordinary steroids.

Run a galactomannan test.

If the steroids suppressed his immune
system, he could have aspergillosis.

ASPERGILLOSIS: INFECTION OF
ASPERGILLUS FUNGI

Ask Dr. Kim of Infectious Diseases
for a consultation right now.

-Okay.
-Okay.

To maintain our body temperature,

we must secrete sweat.

Peculiar?

They worked outdoors one summer day.

-It's so hot.
-Can't you do it properly?

It's hot. Let's finish up quickly.

Faster.

-My gosh.
-I'm exhausted.

Patients don't sweat,

so it's hard for them
to regulate their temperature.

Anhidrosis or the lack of sweat
is another characteristic of CIPA.

Cha Yo-han didn't sweat a drop.

-Bring some over here.
-Gosh.

It's so hot.

Don't you have manners?

Hey, pull yourself together.

-I feel much better.
-Nice and cold.

I feel so much better now.

KANG SI-YOUNG

What did the results say?

Gi-seok has respiratory failure.

Ambu bag.

Succinylcholine, one ampule.

SUCCINYLCHOLINE: A MUSCLE RELAXANT

We'll intubate.

He doesn't even know when he's hurt.

-Gi-seok.
-He gets hurt often.

He breaks bones.

PATIENT'S GUARDIAN

His skin too.

Even if it's infected,

we don't know unless there are signs
at the surface.

He has to be really careful.

So in the hospital...

CALL LOG

...I always asked the doctor
to prescribe antibiotics

so that he wouldn't get infected.

What did you say earlier?

Cha Yo-han often took antibiotics?

Yes. The source was a drug dealer

who knew his stuff.

But he noticed something very odd.

Like what?

If he took antibiotics that often,

that means he got hurt or infected often.

If that's true, the antibiotics
must be taken with something else.

Dr. Cha took nothing else.

He has never required any painkillers.

PATIENT'S GUARDIAN

He didn't need any.

He didn't feel any pain anyway.

-Do you mean...?
-Yes.

Painkillers.

Cha Yo-han's a patient.

He has what that boy has.

I have CIPA.

Congenital insensitivity
to pain with anhidrosis.

He put on a show thus far.

How can someone

who has CIPA treat patients?

I will report him myself.

RESTRICTED AREA

Put him on the ventilator.

Doctor.

Doctor. I can't move.

Gi-seok. Gi-seok.

I hear you.

But I can't speak.

AS SOON AS YOU FIND THIS PATIENT,
CALL AN AMBULANCE

DOCTOR IN CHARGE: CHA YO-HAN

Just like you.

Yes. Just like me.

Save me.

I want to live, doctor.

Save me.

Save me.

Doctor.

I want to live.

Doctor. I want to live.

Save me.

Director Kang, I have bad news.

What on earth...?

Dr. Kang, is it true?

What?

Dr. Cha.

Why did you do it without telling me?

In case you didn't do it.

Were you influenced by him?

Is the post that was recently
uploaded on our website true?

The post that you're a CIPA patient
who can't feel pain.

Dr. Cha's here.

I've wanted to meet you.