ER (1994–2009): Season 1, Episode 17 - The Birthday Party - full transcript
It's a day of birthdays. Peter Benton's mother is celebrating a birthday and he tries desperately to find someone to cover his shift. He makes a choice however when Dr. Hicks suggests that he's been absent too often and may wish t...
Oh, God, what time is it?
It's late.
Go back to sleep, Natalie.
‐ What?
‐ I said go back to sleep.
You...you
just called me Natalie.
‐ It's not Natalie?
‐ Mm‐mm.
‐ Sorry.
‐ 'It's okay.'
I‐I forgot your name too.
‐ Don?
‐ Doug.
Doug.
Pamela.
‐ Hi, Pamela.
‐ Hi.
'Are you going someplace?'
‐ Work.
‐ At 4:00 a. m.?
Man's got to eat.
'I'll call you.'
No, you won't.
Hey...don't let the cat out.
Huh. Huh.
Oh, damn.
It's cold out.
Slow night?
Calm before the storm.
In a little early, aren't you?
Actually, I am a
dedicated pediatric resident
struggling to
fulfill the promise
of a brilliant early career.
Have you been drinking?
I wish.
Nobody's in
Four if you want to get
a few winks before your shift.
Nah, I'll catch
up on paper work. Thanks.
Uh, huh.
‐ You're in early.
‐ You're in late.
Yeah, I'm still waiting for
someone to pick up Tatiana.
Family and Children's Services
said they'd be here by midnight.
'Did they say what year?'
Nice shirt. Sleep in it?
Uh, something like that.
You working today?
Yep. On at 7:00.
Why don't you
get a couple hours.
‐ I'll keep an eye on Tatiana.
‐ Really?
Yeah, I can
practice up on my Russian.
She's in Three.
Thanks, Doug.
What are friends for?
I know, I'm early.
Hey.
Hi!
Hi.
Oh God!
Hi, yourself, kid.
Jesse...baby,
leave Uncle Peter alone.
Now go on upstairs. Go.
'Put some clothes on.'
I'm sorry, honey. I was trying
to let you get some sleep.
‐ What time is it?
‐ It's about 6:30.
I was going to make
you go home last night
but you were
snoring to wake the dead.
I do not snore.
Worse than daddy used to.
Oh, man.
Look what
the cat dragged in.
Any juice?
Is that
blood on your shoes?
‐ Probably.
‐ Damn!
She give
you any trouble last night?
No, she went to bed early.
Hey! How was the movie?
‐ Wack.
‐ Jesse liked it.
Jesse's four.
You going to make it
back in time for dinner?
Today's Thursday.
I don't watch ma on Thursdays.
'It's the 16th, Peter.'
Mommy's birthday?
Oh, yeah. Today.
Yeah, for the last 76 years.
Come on, kids.
The dad bus is leaving.
Steven, I want you come straight
home from basketball practice.
Don't make me have to
send your father after you.
Here.
Hey. Where you going
without your books?
I don't know what
this lipstick is about
but we're going
to talk about this.
So you're not coming?
No, no, no. I'm coming.
I just got to figure
something out, that's all.
Lamb?
Standing rib roast.
Right. The American Heart
Association diet, right?
Hey, it's what she likes
and it won't kill you.
It might.
Peter, please
don't disappoint her.
You're the only one she
really remembers anymore.
Jackie, I'll be here.
I'll be here.
I've been
on for 24 hours, Peter.
I'll take your Christmas
shift, New Year's, Thanksgiving
Fourth of July,
Flag Day, you name it.
You owe
me three days already.
All your
hemorrhoid cases for a year
half my future practice,
my first born Mort.
Hey, man, it's my mother.
She's sick.
I‐I‐I need to be there.
Not this time, Peter.
I can't. Sorry.
Lily, get
Psych down here now.
Jerry, what the
hell is happening?
Carter's got a
guy down here who's poured
gasoline all
over himself says
he's going to drop a match.
Is he serious?
‐ 'Stop right there.'
‐ Who knows?
But I'm playing it safe
and looking for marshmallows.
'Get any closer and I'll do it.'
You don't want to do this,
Mr. Halgren. Really you don't.
‐ Yes, I do.
‐ No, you don't.
‐ Yes, I do.
‐ No, you don't.
‐ Yes, I do!
‐ No, you don't.
What are we, arguing? I do.
Back up. Back up.
I'm backing up.
You know
if you do this you're going
to set off the sprinkler system
'and then all you're gonna be'
'is a bald guy with no facial'
hair and a really bad sunburn.
You don't
have a sprinkler system.
We...we don't have
a sprinkler system?
'Alright.'
Alright, look, we can
talk about this, right?
We can because
I don't want to see you
hurt yourself
and I don't want
you hurting anybody else.
So let me be
your friend here, okay?
'I can be your friend.'
Please? Come on.
When you're finished
making new friends, Dr. Freud
Sparky there will need
an eyewash and a shower.
Daddy?
There's something you
don't see every day.
'Ow!'
He climbed up
on a chair in our den
and stuck his head in
and started screaming.
Uh, he's
bleeding a little bit.
It hurts.
Teeth are
jammed into his neck.
‐ Ow.
‐ Ow? Hang in there, buddy.
We're going
to get you out of there.
I‐I took him to see,
"The Lion King"
again for
the ninth time last night.
This is the thanks I get.
No more
"Lion King", Gus, you hear me.
‐ 'No more.'
‐ 'Daddy?'
Did you bag this?
Great‐grandfather
was a roughrider.
He bagged it in India
with Teddy Roosevelt.
‐ Mmm‐hmm.
‐ Ow!
Sorry. When did it happen?
Ah, 1910. They were
in the Punjab, I think.
No, I mean, when did this
get stuck on Gus's head?
Oh, uh, gee.
A half an hour ago.
I might have made it a little
worse trying to pull it off.
Oh, he's going
to need some stitches.
Malik, why don't you go up
to ortho, get a bone saw.
Whoa! Ho‐ho‐hold it.
You...you're going to
cut into my kid's neck?
We're going to saw
the jaw off the tiger.
It's been in
my family for 90 years!
I mean...it's
historical, for God's sake.
I mean...gee.
Teddy Roosevelt.
17‐year‐old female,
BP's 90/60, pulse 108.
Empty bottles
of vodka and brandy
Valium, Flexural, Darvon..
Father thinks she may have
others stashed away somewhere.
‐ No note.
‐ Okay.
Okay, ready? On three.
One, two, three.
Alright, let's get a CBC,
Chem 7, Cath, urine for RUDS
a tox screen
and a blood alcohol.
'What have you got?'
One of your
old favorites, Rene.
Whoa, Rene,
it's been a long time.
‐ What? A couple of weeks?
‐ Give me saline.
Rene? Rene?
What are you on, Rene?
I got a headache.
I bet
you do have a headache.
Give me something.
Something? What were you
thinking, ah, aspirin?
‐ 'No.'
‐ Ah.
You're not getting
Demerol, Rene, so forget it.
Lavage?
Ewald tube
saline, three liters.
'I'll get the charcoal.'
It's stomach pump time, Rene.
‐ Oh, no. No!
‐ Rene, Rene.
Calm down or this is
going down your nose
and you know how
much you hate that.
So who brought
her in this time?
‐ Her dad, or the creep?
‐ Her dad.
You know, if we
gave out green stamps
Rene'd have a car by now.
People over at Sunshine House
have agreed to take her in.
And they're
set up to handle AIDS kids?
That's all we do.
What are her chances
of adoption?
With advanced AIDS, zero.
There's foster care.
So she goes there to die?
The people
at the Hospice are great.
She'll be with other kids
there's full‐time
nursing care, teachers.
She's fortunate
there is a Sunshine House.
Yeah, it's her lucky day.
‐ She's in here?
‐ Uh‐huh.
Tatiana, eta Mrs. Brown.
What's she saying?
She doesn't want to go.
Hi, Tatiana.
I like your doll.
What's her name?
‐ Anna.
‐ Anna?
That's a very pretty name.
Tatiana, you
need to come with me.
Please?
'Start an IV,
five milligrams morphine.'
How'd this
happen, Mr. Kazuo?
Boning fish.
Alright, let's get a CBC.
Ancef IV and a DT.
‐ 'X‐ray?'
‐ Whoa, yeah.
Where's your finger?
I couldn't find it.
It hurt too much.
'Well, if we can find it,
we may be able to reattach it.'
The guys
brought the crate in.
‐ 'Dr. Benton?'
‐ Yeah?
Alright. Carter, Chen.
Let's go.
Alright, while the good
news is the finger's on ice
the bad
news is it's in here.
Alright, dig in.
Let's get the
replantation team up here.
'Carter, Chen, move,
If that tissue freezes'
you might as well
serve it as sushi.
Rene's going to be okay.
We pumped
your daughter's stomach.
Tox screen showed
Cannabis, Opiates
Benzodiazepines.
Her blood alcohol
level was .375.
She had a fight
with her boyfriend.
Said she wanted
to kill herself.
You want me to get
Psych down here again?
What for?
They'll just let her out
in a couple of days.
Have you thought
about any in‐patient
treatment centers for Rene?
We did that.
She cut her wrists.
What am I going to do?
Oh, God.
Have you decided
what you're going to do
in your Sub‐I next year?
‐ My elective?
‐ Uh‐huh.
I don't know.
We've still got a couple
months to make up our minds.
Oh, sure, but the good ones
are going to be long gone.
I thought
we just had to sign up?
Uh, no.
It's really competitive.
Oh.
I was thinking
about just staying here.
Trauma placement?
They've already got
12 requests for the one spot.
‐ In the ER?
‐ Mm‐hmm.
I mean, we're here,
so we have the inside track
but...it's
the resident's decision.
‐ Benton?
‐ Uh‐huh.
It's not supposed
to be, but they always go
with who the resident wants.
So have you already applied?
Are you kidding?
As soon as I got here.
I didn't want Ben to think
I wasn't interested and..
I got it!
He already told you?
One missing digit.
Six‐year‐old male,
gunshot wound to the back.
C‐7, T‐1 region,
no exit wound.
BP 70/50, pulse 112.
Oxygen, 15 liters by mask,
two large‐bore IV's wide open.
Alright, let's get
him on my count.
Nice and gentle.
One, two, three.
Good bilateral breath sounds.
Cap refill's poor.
Alright, blood coming up?
‐ 'GCS 201.'
‐ IV's wide open.
CBC, type and cross four units
packed cells. Four units O‐neg.
'Let's move.'
‐ 'Start a flow sheet.'
‐ Okay.
A C‐spine and chest film.
Get him up here, now.
I think
we've got a cord injury.
‐ 'Okay, start a flow sheet.'
‐ 'O‐neg.'
He's going
to need a Foley.
Alright.
'Good bilateral breath sounds.'
Alright, blood coming up.
‐ Pass the trauma scissors.
‐ Hold it. Hey.
Hey. Are you hurt?
Are you hurt too?
I killed him.
I killed Drew.
Connie, let's get
another gurney in here.
Okay. Switch him
over to a dinamap.
'Where's that O‐neg?'
‐ I killed him.
‐ He's in shock.
I killed Drew.
Here we go.
I shot my little brother.
Let's get him on mask,
start an IV of saline.
I shot my little brother.
Got them.
Damn.
C‐7, T‐1 vertebrae.
‐ Gardner‐Wells?
‐ Yeah.
Alright, Bolus 600 migs.
Methylprednisolone
over 15 now.
'Start a Foley
catheter and an NG tube.'
‐ Kid's father's here.
‐ 'I'll take him.'
Call neuro and book an OR.
He was okay
a couple of days ago.
Now he's confused.
He's agitated.
Dick. Dick?
Mr. Thornberg,
do you know where you are?
'Do you
know what day it is?'
Would you scratch
that for me, Dick?
It itches like crazy.
Do you know where you are?
Dick, dammit,
I'm telling you.
Has he been sick
on any medications?
'He has lung cancer.'
Chemo, radiation?
They gave up
a couple of months ago.
Come on, Dick.
Come on.
Let's get a CBC,
lytes, calcium level.
Want an EKG?
‐ Yeah.
‐ Yeah.
I'll get somebody.
Are you Mrs. Thornberg?
Uh...no.
Just‐just a friend.
Have you contacted
anyone in his family?
He's got a daughter somewhere,
but they're not in touch.
Uh, can I please stay with him?
Oh, sure, sure.
Hey, Mark, Susan,
we've got end‐stage lung cancer
with altered
mental status in One.
One, two, three.
Don't let the screen door hit
you on your butt on the way out.
What is that smell?
Halibut.
It's the same thing, alright?
Dr. Benton?
Walt, come on, man.
You know
how I feel about birthdays.
Alright, alright, look, I gave
my word, right. I'll be there.
Do me a favor tell Jackie
don't make a big deal out of it.
Okay. 7:00.
Today your birthday?
Carter,
my personal life's my own
and don't eavesdrop
on my phone calls, okay.
Sure. Sorry.
Uh...I had a question
about next year's trauma Sub‐I.
‐ What about it?
‐ Well, I understand that, uh..
12 students have already
applied and I was wondering
if I was interested,
uh, if you could tell me
what what my chances would be.
12 people have
applied, right?
Right, yeah.
With me it would be 13.
Well, then I would say
your chances are one in 13.
‐ You walked into that one.
‐ Yeah.
The creep is here.
He's in the waiting room
with dad.
Great. My day is complete.
It's Dr. Benton's birthday.
Really, it's my
daughter's birthday too.
‐ Think we should do something?
‐ Like what?
I don't know.
Throw a party?
Party? That's a good one.
He would hate it.
You talk to Lydia,
she can pull
those things
together pretty quickly.
Mr. Thomas?
I'm Dr. Ross.
The bullet
entered your son's back.
It smashed his vertebrae.
We need to do
some exploratory surgery
to determine
the extent of the injuries.
He does have reflex activity
and anal sphincter tone
both of which
are hopeful signs.
Kyle, stop it.
Will my boy live?
Uh, well...we don't know.
It‐it‐it'll be a few hours.
Doesn't look good.
Kyle, stop it.
I said shut up.
I'm sorry, son.
It's okay, son.
It's okay.
I'm sorry, Kyle.
It's going to be alright.
I always keep
my guns locked up.
'I must have forgot.'
I told them to
stay out of my room.
I told them a million times
but I must have forgot.
Good Lord.
I must have forgot.
Hypercalcemia.
Normal saline 300cc's per hour.
And Diurese
with 40 migs Lasix IV.
There's too much calcium
in your friend's system.
‐ We're gonna get it out.
‐ Is it from the cancer?
'Mm‐hmm. It's not uncommon.'
But he needs to see his
oncologist for long‐term
drug treatment to prevent
this from happening again.
Just gets
worse and worse.
He'll feel better
in a couple of hours.
His calcium level
wasn't that high.
Mike's too stubborn to die.
‐ Have you known him long?
‐ 'Not really.'
About a year.
We met at church.
'He's a real character.'
He's fun to live with.
‐ You two live together?
‐ Oh, no, no.
It's not romantic
or, or anything.
I liked him.
Thought maybe
I could help out.
'He's a sweet guy.'
He's got no one,
no family.
It just seemed like
the right thing to do.
Huh?
I was trying
to get rid of a headache.
Maybe you should just
stay in the hospital.
You don't know what I want!
So, Rene,
your father said
you were threatening
to kill yourself?
I was just upset, you know.
TJ and I had
a fight. That's all.
Hey, this IV's
hurtin' her.
Can't you give her something
for the pain?
So you weren't
considering suicide?
Hey, she just told you
what happened.
TJ, shut up.
You're not part of this family.
Hey, don't you tell me to
shut up. Why don't you shut up?
‐ Get outta my face?
‐ Leave him alone!
Why don't you all
shut up, okay?
So, Rene.
You weren't trying to kill
yourself this morning?
I just wanted to go to sleep.
Why don't you check yourself in
voluntarily, get cleaned up?
I wanna go home.
I gotta get to work.
Mr. Franks.
Sure. Whatever.
Let her go.
Dr. Benton.
I understand
you're anxious
to change
your shift tonight.
Not anxious, but I was hoping
to find somebody
to cover for me, yeah.
Well, it's happened
a lot lately.
‐ A couple of times, yeah.
‐ Four times. I checked.
Peter, it's not forbidden
to swap shifts
but we don't
want to encourage it.
‐ Look, Dr. Hicks, I‐‐
‐ Now let me finish.
Dr. Morgenstern and I have spent
a great deal of time
with the schedule and we try
to provide every resident
with a well‐rounded
work experience.
Swap shifts.
You upset the balance.
Uh, Peter,
you've got two women
with abdominal pain
in Curtain Two.
Um..
My, uh..
...my mother's been ill.
It's always difficult.
But if your mother's
declining health
becomes an impediment in your
completing your residency
you may wanna consider
taking a hiatus.
‐ Peter.
‐ He'll be right there.
It's not uncommon.
You're an excellent doctor.
These things happen.
You can rejoin
the program next year.
That won't be necessary.
So we understand
each other then?
‐ Yeah. Yeah.
‐ Good.
Some time this century, Peter.
'They're sisters.'
Got some sort of abdominal
seizure from something they ate.
BP's 50 over nothin'.
I think they're crashin'.
'What the hell
is wrong with them?'
I can't stop twitching.
Her BP's racing.
'Oh, my God.'
‐ Doctor, I can't stop.
‐ Okay. Okay.
Okay.
Carter, hold her down.
Doctor, please help me.
‐ Carter, I said hold her down!
‐ 'Doctor!'
Happy birthday, Peter.
'Happy birthday, Dr. B.'
Paramedics
brought in a baby
fell out of
a second‐story window.
I need you.
'Pulse 160, BP 65 palp.'
Four years old,
fell out of a window.
Father says she's been
unresponsive ever since.
Skin's warm and dry.
Couldn't get an IV going.
'Cross‐table
and C‐spine to the neck.'
We have any beds at PICU?
Cross two units
and get a head CT.
‐ You the father?
‐ Yeah.
How'd this happen?
She, uh...fell off
our balcony.
'Twenty?'
‐ 'Make it 22.'
‐ How far?
How far did she fall?
M‐maybe 15 feet
onto the driveway.
Pulse is strong.
I've got no bowel sounds.
Let's get an abdominal CT.
Get Benton in here.
Moves all extremities
to pain.
Abdominals soft,
pelvis is stable.
Tough day to be a kid.
'Hey, hey.'
‐ Hey!
‐ I hate it!
That is a
beautiful church.
It's a mausoleum.
My family's been
coming here for years.
Why don't we just
rent "Soldier Field?"
We could invite
fewer guests.
We don't have
to fill it up.
Look. Hey, Beth got married
there and it was lovely.
Oh, yeah?
Your sister. Great!
Maybe I could
borrow her wedding dress too.
Look, Tag, you know what?
I hate it, okay?
Isn't that enough?
Sure! Fine!
I'm sorry.
I'm tired. I was up
all night with Tatiana.
I'm worried
about her. I..
I was thinking
that maybe I could
do more to help her.
I was thinking..
...maybe we could
adopt her.
You wanna adopt
a kid with AIDS?
Yeah.
She doesn't have anybody.
She doesn't speak
the language.
She's completely alone.
How advanced is the virus?
She doesn't have
a lot of time.
‐ What? A month, a year, five?
‐ What difference does it make?
We could be watching
a child die for years.
Why‐why do you have
to do this now?
Three months before
the wedding, why?
Because she needs us now.
So, if I don't want to do this,
does that make me a bad person?
No.
I have to get back
to the hospital.
Carter, I keep telling you.
It isn't my birthday, alright?
No, no, no. I heard
you on the phone.
I was talking about
my mother's birthday.
‐ Uh, uh, uh.
‐ Hey.
Happy birthday,
Dr. B.
Mary.
Hey, Mark,
what happened with Rene?
Uh, gone home.
Her dad signed her out.
I've got this rule out,
MI in One today.
It's his 60th
wedding anniversary.
Sixty?
My record's 60 weeks.
I don't think
I'll ever get married.
‐ Yes, you will.
‐ I don't know.
All the marriages I know
are pretty rocky.
Well, thank you
very much.
Jerry, I need
the Olan chart.
Where the hell are the lab
results from the MVA in Four?
‐ I ate 'em.
‐ Yeah, well, I need 'em.
Your sister
called...twice.
Peter, another
MVA coming in.
How long?
Six minutes.
Sounds pretty bad.
ER.
Sure.
‐ Excuse me.
‐ Hang on.
Is Dr. Ross working today?
Uh, he's with a patient.
Could you please tell him
I'm looking for him?
‐ Diane Leeds.
‐ Yeah, sorry.
Yeah, it's gonna be
a little bit later than that.
'Dr. Benton.'
The‐the check
didn't bounce, did it?
It isn't going
to, is it?
No. I‐I just haven't
had time to make a deposit.
I'll take care of it first thing
in the morning, alright?
Tomorrow's fine, look,
I was hoping to catch a ride
to the birthday
party tonight.
She invited me,
and I'd like to go.
If you can
give me a lift.
Where's your car?
In the shop.
My husband can pick
me up afterwards.
I didn't know
you were married.
Well...I take it off
when I work with patients.
Happy birthday, Peter.
You and your mother
have the same birthday?
No. It's...it's a long story.
So, can you give
me a ride or not?
You know what? I don't even know
if I'm gonna be able to make it.
So, maybe you'd better catch
another ride somewhere else.
'So how long has
he had this cold?'
Uh, couple of weeks.
He keeps getting sick
this winter and his school
'says he's falling asleep
in class.'
Dr. Ross, woman at the front
desk looking for you.
Says her name is Leeds.
'Tell her I'll be there
as soon as I can.'
Alright, kiddo.
Open up for me.
Let's take a look.
When was the last time
Billy saw a dentist?
Uh, I don't know.
Um...last year.
Alright, kiddo.
Let's put your shirt back on.
It's cold in here, okay.
Alright. I think
he's anemic, Mrs. Larson
It's probably because
he's not getting enough iron.
So he needs some vitamins?
No, no. What he really
needs is a better diet.
Some vegetables,
some grain, meat, milk.
He's malnourished.
I‐I try to get him
some meat every week.
'You're gonna have
to do more than that.'
'Are you on food stamps?'
‐ 'Mm‐hmm.'
‐ How many kids do you have?
Four and in the winter,
you know, after I pay
for the heat, there is not much
left to go around.
Dr. Ross, that kid who fell
outta the window? I need you.
You're gonna have to get more
food for your children to eat.
Lydia here is gonna give you
the name of several food banks
and some local church groups
who feed families.
Shelter?
I won't go to a shelter.
You don't have to live there.
Just go there for the food.
‐ I can feed my kids.
‐ Mrs. Larson.
Your son's teeth are rotting
out of his mouth.
Get the food wherever
you can, okay?
Thank you, Lydia.
Kid's starving to death
in downtown Chicago.
‐ What?
‐ We got those X‐rays.
Neck film was fine, so..
...we undid the backboard
and cervical restraint
and we rolled her over
to check her back.
Yeah, and?
I think you should
see for yourself.
Mm‐hmm.
Hey, honey.
Right over here.
‐ Son of a bitch!
‐ Doug!
Dr. Ross! Damn!
‐ What is that?
‐ 'Doug!'
Footprint.
Dr. Ross!
Thanks for coming.
Let me see your foot.
‐ What? Hey!
‐ Son of a bitch!
Ow!
‐ Doug!
‐ 'Son of a..'
Son of a..
Hey, Doug, Doug!
Back off!
I'm alright!
I'm alright.
I'm alright.
Uh, I really screwed
up this time, huh?
Yeah, you did.
Is he going
to press charges?
I doubt it.
I don't think he wants
his friends to know
that he let
a pediatrician beat him up.
He's got other problems.
A couple of detectives
from domestic violence
talking to him
in the lounge right now.
God, it's freezing out here!
I won't say I'm sorry,
'cause I'm not.
Then don't.
So, what happens now?
I had to tell Morgenstern
what happened.
‐ What did he say?
‐ He wasn't very happy.
I think you're looking
at ink blots, couch time..
...probably resident
review committee.
Your friend's still here.
‐ What?
‐ The brunette.
She's waiting for you
at admitting.
I'm headin' home.
Tell Rachel happy birthday.
It's her birthday, right?
Uh, yeah, I was supposed
to be there an hour ago.
Jennifer's gonna kill me.
‐ Tell her it's my fault.
‐ I always do.
Mr. Thornberg, you can't smoke
inside the hospital.
What are you gonna do?
Arrest me?
You could blow yourself up.
Well, it hasn't
happened yet.
Mr. Thornberg,
you have lung cancer.
One more won't make
any difference now.
There, you see?
Now you don't have
to arrest me.
'BP's 110/70, pulse 108
resp 24, GCS 15.'
'Defensive wounds on
hands and forearms.'
He sounds stable.
What is he doing in trauma?
Oh, except for that knife
sticking out of his chest
yeah, he's fine.
He's had 15 liters of oxygen
by mask and he's high as a kite
'so we had to
restrain him.'
Alright, I think
it's in his heart.
Lookie here.
"Swastika."
I got a, "Die nigger die" here.
How do you feel about Asians?
He took a crowbar
to a black kid on West Adams.
Another brother
jumped him with a knife.
Maybe somebody ought
to drive the knife
all the way through.
Alright, people.
Let's do your damn jobs
Get a CBC, type
and cross‐match eight units
'packed cells, give him
point eight Narcan'
check the glucose and get
a portable X‐ray down here
and I mean now, move.
Hey.
Are you alright?
I'm fine. I, uh, hurt
my hand a little bit.
Uh, y‐you wanted to talk
to me about..
Yeah, it was about Jake,
but it can wait.
I'll come back tomorrow
if you promise
not to beat
anyone else up.
That's not a daily event.
I just wanted to make sure
you were okay.
Have someone take
a look at that.
It might be broken.
Lydia, como estas?
Muy bien. I'm going home.
Alright, Rolando, my man.
Ha ha.
‐ What's up?
‐ What's up, Jerry?
Easy day, huh, esse?
Yeah, when Benton
comes down from the OR
let him know his sister's
been calling every five minutes
for, like, the last
two hours, will you?
Rolando, make sure Mr. Thornberg
in Two gets moved upstairs.
And also, there's a rule out
MI in One waiting on labs.
‐ Can you call, please?
‐ Ah...yeah.
Goodnight, all.
‐ Goodnight.
‐ Goodnight.
‐ Who's on tonight?
‐ Me and Benton.
'Goodnight, everybody.'
'Goodnight, Carol.'
I don't think we lost
a single patient today.
No kidding. Really?
Benton's still got
that knife wound up in the OR.
Uh, close enough.
‐ Goodnight.
‐ Alright, Jerry.
ER.
Uh‐huh.
'The muscles of
the left ventricle'
must be holding
the knife in place.
We'll begin with a
Median sternotomy
to expose the structures
around the knife.
Then we'll open
the pericardial sac
extract the knife, tamponading
the wound with your finger
as you make horizontal
mattress sutures
to avoid
the coronary arteries.
We'll be out of
there in no time.
Dr. Benton.
Your sister's on line two.
I'll, uh, I'll have
to call her back.
You cut, I'll watch.
We don't accept children
over ten years old
so she'll have plenty
of kids to play with.
We're full right now, so we put
Tatiana in the infant room.
We'll move her
into her own age group
as soon as there is an opening.
Hi, Tatiana.
Anna.
Oh, that's right.
She's very pretty.
You speak Russian?
Oh, just a little.
Just a little.
Uh‐oh.
‐ Hey.
‐ Daddy.
Oh! Happy birthday.
Thanks. Bye.
Bye? Kiss first.
Thanks for getting home
in time to help.
I couldn't get away.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Craig helped.
'Craig?'
You know, the other clerk.
'Ring around the..'
So..
‐ Where is young Craig?
‐ 'At the store.'
'We ran out
of ice cream.'
‐ Rachel loved her gift.
‐ 'What did we get her?'
"Super NES."
Thought we weren't
gonna to do that.
Well, she asked five times
a day for three months
so I gave in.
So you found time.
Oh, that's from Susan Lewis.
Oh.
Don't start.
Judge Franklin asked me to clerk
for him again next year.
‐ And?
‐ I am going to do it.
No running in the house!
That's it?
You just decided?
Well, you made
your decision unilaterally.
Now I've made mine.
Did I miss it?
Is the party over?
‐ About an hour ago.
‐ Ah, damn.
Is she still up?
No.
She's asleep.
Uh, Jackie, I'm sorry.
I wanted to be here but this man
came into the hospital
with a knife..
Jackie, I'm talking to you.
Jackie!
She's at that
"not talking" stage.
Now, trust me on
this one, okay?
Why don't you just
finish cleaning up
give it a couple of days,
and I'll talk to her.
Got stuck in surgery, huh?
I couldn't be
at my mother's birthday party..
...because I had to save a man
with "Die, nigger, die"
tattooed on his forearm.
That's my husband.
Goodnight.
'Susan, Susan!
Dr. Lewis.'
‐ Huh?
‐ 'Rene's back.'
Pulse 50, BP 80/60,
respiration's 14.
Rene? Rene,
what are you on?
Mr. Franks,
what did she take?
‐ What did she take, Mr. Franks?
‐ I don't know. Pills maybe.
I heard a noise. I found
her in the bathroom.
‐ Where's her boyfriend?
‐ I don't know.
Alright, on three,
bring it up.
One, two, three.
Repeat a tox screen,
and BA.
No gag.
Let's intubate, come on.
Rene, we haven't
lost anyone today.
We are not
starting with you.
Prep for lavage.
Rene, you are not going
to die tonight, you hear me?
Not tonight.
Get the charcoal.
It's late.
Go back to sleep, Natalie.
‐ What?
‐ I said go back to sleep.
You...you
just called me Natalie.
‐ It's not Natalie?
‐ Mm‐mm.
‐ Sorry.
‐ 'It's okay.'
I‐I forgot your name too.
‐ Don?
‐ Doug.
Doug.
Pamela.
‐ Hi, Pamela.
‐ Hi.
'Are you going someplace?'
‐ Work.
‐ At 4:00 a. m.?
Man's got to eat.
'I'll call you.'
No, you won't.
Hey...don't let the cat out.
Huh. Huh.
Oh, damn.
It's cold out.
Slow night?
Calm before the storm.
In a little early, aren't you?
Actually, I am a
dedicated pediatric resident
struggling to
fulfill the promise
of a brilliant early career.
Have you been drinking?
I wish.
Nobody's in
Four if you want to get
a few winks before your shift.
Nah, I'll catch
up on paper work. Thanks.
Uh, huh.
‐ You're in early.
‐ You're in late.
Yeah, I'm still waiting for
someone to pick up Tatiana.
Family and Children's Services
said they'd be here by midnight.
'Did they say what year?'
Nice shirt. Sleep in it?
Uh, something like that.
You working today?
Yep. On at 7:00.
Why don't you
get a couple hours.
‐ I'll keep an eye on Tatiana.
‐ Really?
Yeah, I can
practice up on my Russian.
She's in Three.
Thanks, Doug.
What are friends for?
I know, I'm early.
Hey.
Hi!
Hi.
Oh God!
Hi, yourself, kid.
Jesse...baby,
leave Uncle Peter alone.
Now go on upstairs. Go.
'Put some clothes on.'
I'm sorry, honey. I was trying
to let you get some sleep.
‐ What time is it?
‐ It's about 6:30.
I was going to make
you go home last night
but you were
snoring to wake the dead.
I do not snore.
Worse than daddy used to.
Oh, man.
Look what
the cat dragged in.
Any juice?
Is that
blood on your shoes?
‐ Probably.
‐ Damn!
She give
you any trouble last night?
No, she went to bed early.
Hey! How was the movie?
‐ Wack.
‐ Jesse liked it.
Jesse's four.
You going to make it
back in time for dinner?
Today's Thursday.
I don't watch ma on Thursdays.
'It's the 16th, Peter.'
Mommy's birthday?
Oh, yeah. Today.
Yeah, for the last 76 years.
Come on, kids.
The dad bus is leaving.
Steven, I want you come straight
home from basketball practice.
Don't make me have to
send your father after you.
Here.
Hey. Where you going
without your books?
I don't know what
this lipstick is about
but we're going
to talk about this.
So you're not coming?
No, no, no. I'm coming.
I just got to figure
something out, that's all.
Lamb?
Standing rib roast.
Right. The American Heart
Association diet, right?
Hey, it's what she likes
and it won't kill you.
It might.
Peter, please
don't disappoint her.
You're the only one she
really remembers anymore.
Jackie, I'll be here.
I'll be here.
I've been
on for 24 hours, Peter.
I'll take your Christmas
shift, New Year's, Thanksgiving
Fourth of July,
Flag Day, you name it.
You owe
me three days already.
All your
hemorrhoid cases for a year
half my future practice,
my first born Mort.
Hey, man, it's my mother.
She's sick.
I‐I‐I need to be there.
Not this time, Peter.
I can't. Sorry.
Lily, get
Psych down here now.
Jerry, what the
hell is happening?
Carter's got a
guy down here who's poured
gasoline all
over himself says
he's going to drop a match.
Is he serious?
‐ 'Stop right there.'
‐ Who knows?
But I'm playing it safe
and looking for marshmallows.
'Get any closer and I'll do it.'
You don't want to do this,
Mr. Halgren. Really you don't.
‐ Yes, I do.
‐ No, you don't.
‐ Yes, I do.
‐ No, you don't.
‐ Yes, I do!
‐ No, you don't.
What are we, arguing? I do.
Back up. Back up.
I'm backing up.
You know
if you do this you're going
to set off the sprinkler system
'and then all you're gonna be'
'is a bald guy with no facial'
hair and a really bad sunburn.
You don't
have a sprinkler system.
We...we don't have
a sprinkler system?
'Alright.'
Alright, look, we can
talk about this, right?
We can because
I don't want to see you
hurt yourself
and I don't want
you hurting anybody else.
So let me be
your friend here, okay?
'I can be your friend.'
Please? Come on.
When you're finished
making new friends, Dr. Freud
Sparky there will need
an eyewash and a shower.
Daddy?
There's something you
don't see every day.
'Ow!'
He climbed up
on a chair in our den
and stuck his head in
and started screaming.
Uh, he's
bleeding a little bit.
It hurts.
Teeth are
jammed into his neck.
‐ Ow.
‐ Ow? Hang in there, buddy.
We're going
to get you out of there.
I‐I took him to see,
"The Lion King"
again for
the ninth time last night.
This is the thanks I get.
No more
"Lion King", Gus, you hear me.
‐ 'No more.'
‐ 'Daddy?'
Did you bag this?
Great‐grandfather
was a roughrider.
He bagged it in India
with Teddy Roosevelt.
‐ Mmm‐hmm.
‐ Ow!
Sorry. When did it happen?
Ah, 1910. They were
in the Punjab, I think.
No, I mean, when did this
get stuck on Gus's head?
Oh, uh, gee.
A half an hour ago.
I might have made it a little
worse trying to pull it off.
Oh, he's going
to need some stitches.
Malik, why don't you go up
to ortho, get a bone saw.
Whoa! Ho‐ho‐hold it.
You...you're going to
cut into my kid's neck?
We're going to saw
the jaw off the tiger.
It's been in
my family for 90 years!
I mean...it's
historical, for God's sake.
I mean...gee.
Teddy Roosevelt.
17‐year‐old female,
BP's 90/60, pulse 108.
Empty bottles
of vodka and brandy
Valium, Flexural, Darvon..
Father thinks she may have
others stashed away somewhere.
‐ No note.
‐ Okay.
Okay, ready? On three.
One, two, three.
Alright, let's get a CBC,
Chem 7, Cath, urine for RUDS
a tox screen
and a blood alcohol.
'What have you got?'
One of your
old favorites, Rene.
Whoa, Rene,
it's been a long time.
‐ What? A couple of weeks?
‐ Give me saline.
Rene? Rene?
What are you on, Rene?
I got a headache.
I bet
you do have a headache.
Give me something.
Something? What were you
thinking, ah, aspirin?
‐ 'No.'
‐ Ah.
You're not getting
Demerol, Rene, so forget it.
Lavage?
Ewald tube
saline, three liters.
'I'll get the charcoal.'
It's stomach pump time, Rene.
‐ Oh, no. No!
‐ Rene, Rene.
Calm down or this is
going down your nose
and you know how
much you hate that.
So who brought
her in this time?
‐ Her dad, or the creep?
‐ Her dad.
You know, if we
gave out green stamps
Rene'd have a car by now.
People over at Sunshine House
have agreed to take her in.
And they're
set up to handle AIDS kids?
That's all we do.
What are her chances
of adoption?
With advanced AIDS, zero.
There's foster care.
So she goes there to die?
The people
at the Hospice are great.
She'll be with other kids
there's full‐time
nursing care, teachers.
She's fortunate
there is a Sunshine House.
Yeah, it's her lucky day.
‐ She's in here?
‐ Uh‐huh.
Tatiana, eta Mrs. Brown.
What's she saying?
She doesn't want to go.
Hi, Tatiana.
I like your doll.
What's her name?
‐ Anna.
‐ Anna?
That's a very pretty name.
Tatiana, you
need to come with me.
Please?
'Start an IV,
five milligrams morphine.'
How'd this
happen, Mr. Kazuo?
Boning fish.
Alright, let's get a CBC.
Ancef IV and a DT.
‐ 'X‐ray?'
‐ Whoa, yeah.
Where's your finger?
I couldn't find it.
It hurt too much.
'Well, if we can find it,
we may be able to reattach it.'
The guys
brought the crate in.
‐ 'Dr. Benton?'
‐ Yeah?
Alright. Carter, Chen.
Let's go.
Alright, while the good
news is the finger's on ice
the bad
news is it's in here.
Alright, dig in.
Let's get the
replantation team up here.
'Carter, Chen, move,
If that tissue freezes'
you might as well
serve it as sushi.
Rene's going to be okay.
We pumped
your daughter's stomach.
Tox screen showed
Cannabis, Opiates
Benzodiazepines.
Her blood alcohol
level was .375.
She had a fight
with her boyfriend.
Said she wanted
to kill herself.
You want me to get
Psych down here again?
What for?
They'll just let her out
in a couple of days.
Have you thought
about any in‐patient
treatment centers for Rene?
We did that.
She cut her wrists.
What am I going to do?
Oh, God.
Have you decided
what you're going to do
in your Sub‐I next year?
‐ My elective?
‐ Uh‐huh.
I don't know.
We've still got a couple
months to make up our minds.
Oh, sure, but the good ones
are going to be long gone.
I thought
we just had to sign up?
Uh, no.
It's really competitive.
Oh.
I was thinking
about just staying here.
Trauma placement?
They've already got
12 requests for the one spot.
‐ In the ER?
‐ Mm‐hmm.
I mean, we're here,
so we have the inside track
but...it's
the resident's decision.
‐ Benton?
‐ Uh‐huh.
It's not supposed
to be, but they always go
with who the resident wants.
So have you already applied?
Are you kidding?
As soon as I got here.
I didn't want Ben to think
I wasn't interested and..
I got it!
He already told you?
One missing digit.
Six‐year‐old male,
gunshot wound to the back.
C‐7, T‐1 region,
no exit wound.
BP 70/50, pulse 112.
Oxygen, 15 liters by mask,
two large‐bore IV's wide open.
Alright, let's get
him on my count.
Nice and gentle.
One, two, three.
Good bilateral breath sounds.
Cap refill's poor.
Alright, blood coming up?
‐ 'GCS 201.'
‐ IV's wide open.
CBC, type and cross four units
packed cells. Four units O‐neg.
'Let's move.'
‐ 'Start a flow sheet.'
‐ Okay.
A C‐spine and chest film.
Get him up here, now.
I think
we've got a cord injury.
‐ 'Okay, start a flow sheet.'
‐ 'O‐neg.'
He's going
to need a Foley.
Alright.
'Good bilateral breath sounds.'
Alright, blood coming up.
‐ Pass the trauma scissors.
‐ Hold it. Hey.
Hey. Are you hurt?
Are you hurt too?
I killed him.
I killed Drew.
Connie, let's get
another gurney in here.
Okay. Switch him
over to a dinamap.
'Where's that O‐neg?'
‐ I killed him.
‐ He's in shock.
I killed Drew.
Here we go.
I shot my little brother.
Let's get him on mask,
start an IV of saline.
I shot my little brother.
Got them.
Damn.
C‐7, T‐1 vertebrae.
‐ Gardner‐Wells?
‐ Yeah.
Alright, Bolus 600 migs.
Methylprednisolone
over 15 now.
'Start a Foley
catheter and an NG tube.'
‐ Kid's father's here.
‐ 'I'll take him.'
Call neuro and book an OR.
He was okay
a couple of days ago.
Now he's confused.
He's agitated.
Dick. Dick?
Mr. Thornberg,
do you know where you are?
'Do you
know what day it is?'
Would you scratch
that for me, Dick?
It itches like crazy.
Do you know where you are?
Dick, dammit,
I'm telling you.
Has he been sick
on any medications?
'He has lung cancer.'
Chemo, radiation?
They gave up
a couple of months ago.
Come on, Dick.
Come on.
Let's get a CBC,
lytes, calcium level.
Want an EKG?
‐ Yeah.
‐ Yeah.
I'll get somebody.
Are you Mrs. Thornberg?
Uh...no.
Just‐just a friend.
Have you contacted
anyone in his family?
He's got a daughter somewhere,
but they're not in touch.
Uh, can I please stay with him?
Oh, sure, sure.
Hey, Mark, Susan,
we've got end‐stage lung cancer
with altered
mental status in One.
One, two, three.
Don't let the screen door hit
you on your butt on the way out.
What is that smell?
Halibut.
It's the same thing, alright?
Dr. Benton?
Walt, come on, man.
You know
how I feel about birthdays.
Alright, alright, look, I gave
my word, right. I'll be there.
Do me a favor tell Jackie
don't make a big deal out of it.
Okay. 7:00.
Today your birthday?
Carter,
my personal life's my own
and don't eavesdrop
on my phone calls, okay.
Sure. Sorry.
Uh...I had a question
about next year's trauma Sub‐I.
‐ What about it?
‐ Well, I understand that, uh..
12 students have already
applied and I was wondering
if I was interested,
uh, if you could tell me
what what my chances would be.
12 people have
applied, right?
Right, yeah.
With me it would be 13.
Well, then I would say
your chances are one in 13.
‐ You walked into that one.
‐ Yeah.
The creep is here.
He's in the waiting room
with dad.
Great. My day is complete.
It's Dr. Benton's birthday.
Really, it's my
daughter's birthday too.
‐ Think we should do something?
‐ Like what?
I don't know.
Throw a party?
Party? That's a good one.
He would hate it.
You talk to Lydia,
she can pull
those things
together pretty quickly.
Mr. Thomas?
I'm Dr. Ross.
The bullet
entered your son's back.
It smashed his vertebrae.
We need to do
some exploratory surgery
to determine
the extent of the injuries.
He does have reflex activity
and anal sphincter tone
both of which
are hopeful signs.
Kyle, stop it.
Will my boy live?
Uh, well...we don't know.
It‐it‐it'll be a few hours.
Doesn't look good.
Kyle, stop it.
I said shut up.
I'm sorry, son.
It's okay, son.
It's okay.
I'm sorry, Kyle.
It's going to be alright.
I always keep
my guns locked up.
'I must have forgot.'
I told them to
stay out of my room.
I told them a million times
but I must have forgot.
Good Lord.
I must have forgot.
Hypercalcemia.
Normal saline 300cc's per hour.
And Diurese
with 40 migs Lasix IV.
There's too much calcium
in your friend's system.
‐ We're gonna get it out.
‐ Is it from the cancer?
'Mm‐hmm. It's not uncommon.'
But he needs to see his
oncologist for long‐term
drug treatment to prevent
this from happening again.
Just gets
worse and worse.
He'll feel better
in a couple of hours.
His calcium level
wasn't that high.
Mike's too stubborn to die.
‐ Have you known him long?
‐ 'Not really.'
About a year.
We met at church.
'He's a real character.'
He's fun to live with.
‐ You two live together?
‐ Oh, no, no.
It's not romantic
or, or anything.
I liked him.
Thought maybe
I could help out.
'He's a sweet guy.'
He's got no one,
no family.
It just seemed like
the right thing to do.
Huh?
I was trying
to get rid of a headache.
Maybe you should just
stay in the hospital.
You don't know what I want!
So, Rene,
your father said
you were threatening
to kill yourself?
I was just upset, you know.
TJ and I had
a fight. That's all.
Hey, this IV's
hurtin' her.
Can't you give her something
for the pain?
So you weren't
considering suicide?
Hey, she just told you
what happened.
TJ, shut up.
You're not part of this family.
Hey, don't you tell me to
shut up. Why don't you shut up?
‐ Get outta my face?
‐ Leave him alone!
Why don't you all
shut up, okay?
So, Rene.
You weren't trying to kill
yourself this morning?
I just wanted to go to sleep.
Why don't you check yourself in
voluntarily, get cleaned up?
I wanna go home.
I gotta get to work.
Mr. Franks.
Sure. Whatever.
Let her go.
Dr. Benton.
I understand
you're anxious
to change
your shift tonight.
Not anxious, but I was hoping
to find somebody
to cover for me, yeah.
Well, it's happened
a lot lately.
‐ A couple of times, yeah.
‐ Four times. I checked.
Peter, it's not forbidden
to swap shifts
but we don't
want to encourage it.
‐ Look, Dr. Hicks, I‐‐
‐ Now let me finish.
Dr. Morgenstern and I have spent
a great deal of time
with the schedule and we try
to provide every resident
with a well‐rounded
work experience.
Swap shifts.
You upset the balance.
Uh, Peter,
you've got two women
with abdominal pain
in Curtain Two.
Um..
My, uh..
...my mother's been ill.
It's always difficult.
But if your mother's
declining health
becomes an impediment in your
completing your residency
you may wanna consider
taking a hiatus.
‐ Peter.
‐ He'll be right there.
It's not uncommon.
You're an excellent doctor.
These things happen.
You can rejoin
the program next year.
That won't be necessary.
So we understand
each other then?
‐ Yeah. Yeah.
‐ Good.
Some time this century, Peter.
'They're sisters.'
Got some sort of abdominal
seizure from something they ate.
BP's 50 over nothin'.
I think they're crashin'.
'What the hell
is wrong with them?'
I can't stop twitching.
Her BP's racing.
'Oh, my God.'
‐ Doctor, I can't stop.
‐ Okay. Okay.
Okay.
Carter, hold her down.
Doctor, please help me.
‐ Carter, I said hold her down!
‐ 'Doctor!'
Happy birthday, Peter.
'Happy birthday, Dr. B.'
Paramedics
brought in a baby
fell out of
a second‐story window.
I need you.
'Pulse 160, BP 65 palp.'
Four years old,
fell out of a window.
Father says she's been
unresponsive ever since.
Skin's warm and dry.
Couldn't get an IV going.
'Cross‐table
and C‐spine to the neck.'
We have any beds at PICU?
Cross two units
and get a head CT.
‐ You the father?
‐ Yeah.
How'd this happen?
She, uh...fell off
our balcony.
'Twenty?'
‐ 'Make it 22.'
‐ How far?
How far did she fall?
M‐maybe 15 feet
onto the driveway.
Pulse is strong.
I've got no bowel sounds.
Let's get an abdominal CT.
Get Benton in here.
Moves all extremities
to pain.
Abdominals soft,
pelvis is stable.
Tough day to be a kid.
'Hey, hey.'
‐ Hey!
‐ I hate it!
That is a
beautiful church.
It's a mausoleum.
My family's been
coming here for years.
Why don't we just
rent "Soldier Field?"
We could invite
fewer guests.
We don't have
to fill it up.
Look. Hey, Beth got married
there and it was lovely.
Oh, yeah?
Your sister. Great!
Maybe I could
borrow her wedding dress too.
Look, Tag, you know what?
I hate it, okay?
Isn't that enough?
Sure! Fine!
I'm sorry.
I'm tired. I was up
all night with Tatiana.
I'm worried
about her. I..
I was thinking
that maybe I could
do more to help her.
I was thinking..
...maybe we could
adopt her.
You wanna adopt
a kid with AIDS?
Yeah.
She doesn't have anybody.
She doesn't speak
the language.
She's completely alone.
How advanced is the virus?
She doesn't have
a lot of time.
‐ What? A month, a year, five?
‐ What difference does it make?
We could be watching
a child die for years.
Why‐why do you have
to do this now?
Three months before
the wedding, why?
Because she needs us now.
So, if I don't want to do this,
does that make me a bad person?
No.
I have to get back
to the hospital.
Carter, I keep telling you.
It isn't my birthday, alright?
No, no, no. I heard
you on the phone.
I was talking about
my mother's birthday.
‐ Uh, uh, uh.
‐ Hey.
Happy birthday,
Dr. B.
Mary.
Hey, Mark,
what happened with Rene?
Uh, gone home.
Her dad signed her out.
I've got this rule out,
MI in One today.
It's his 60th
wedding anniversary.
Sixty?
My record's 60 weeks.
I don't think
I'll ever get married.
‐ Yes, you will.
‐ I don't know.
All the marriages I know
are pretty rocky.
Well, thank you
very much.
Jerry, I need
the Olan chart.
Where the hell are the lab
results from the MVA in Four?
‐ I ate 'em.
‐ Yeah, well, I need 'em.
Your sister
called...twice.
Peter, another
MVA coming in.
How long?
Six minutes.
Sounds pretty bad.
ER.
Sure.
‐ Excuse me.
‐ Hang on.
Is Dr. Ross working today?
Uh, he's with a patient.
Could you please tell him
I'm looking for him?
‐ Diane Leeds.
‐ Yeah, sorry.
Yeah, it's gonna be
a little bit later than that.
'Dr. Benton.'
The‐the check
didn't bounce, did it?
It isn't going
to, is it?
No. I‐I just haven't
had time to make a deposit.
I'll take care of it first thing
in the morning, alright?
Tomorrow's fine, look,
I was hoping to catch a ride
to the birthday
party tonight.
She invited me,
and I'd like to go.
If you can
give me a lift.
Where's your car?
In the shop.
My husband can pick
me up afterwards.
I didn't know
you were married.
Well...I take it off
when I work with patients.
Happy birthday, Peter.
You and your mother
have the same birthday?
No. It's...it's a long story.
So, can you give
me a ride or not?
You know what? I don't even know
if I'm gonna be able to make it.
So, maybe you'd better catch
another ride somewhere else.
'So how long has
he had this cold?'
Uh, couple of weeks.
He keeps getting sick
this winter and his school
'says he's falling asleep
in class.'
Dr. Ross, woman at the front
desk looking for you.
Says her name is Leeds.
'Tell her I'll be there
as soon as I can.'
Alright, kiddo.
Open up for me.
Let's take a look.
When was the last time
Billy saw a dentist?
Uh, I don't know.
Um...last year.
Alright, kiddo.
Let's put your shirt back on.
It's cold in here, okay.
Alright. I think
he's anemic, Mrs. Larson
It's probably because
he's not getting enough iron.
So he needs some vitamins?
No, no. What he really
needs is a better diet.
Some vegetables,
some grain, meat, milk.
He's malnourished.
I‐I try to get him
some meat every week.
'You're gonna have
to do more than that.'
'Are you on food stamps?'
‐ 'Mm‐hmm.'
‐ How many kids do you have?
Four and in the winter,
you know, after I pay
for the heat, there is not much
left to go around.
Dr. Ross, that kid who fell
outta the window? I need you.
You're gonna have to get more
food for your children to eat.
Lydia here is gonna give you
the name of several food banks
and some local church groups
who feed families.
Shelter?
I won't go to a shelter.
You don't have to live there.
Just go there for the food.
‐ I can feed my kids.
‐ Mrs. Larson.
Your son's teeth are rotting
out of his mouth.
Get the food wherever
you can, okay?
Thank you, Lydia.
Kid's starving to death
in downtown Chicago.
‐ What?
‐ We got those X‐rays.
Neck film was fine, so..
...we undid the backboard
and cervical restraint
and we rolled her over
to check her back.
Yeah, and?
I think you should
see for yourself.
Mm‐hmm.
Hey, honey.
Right over here.
‐ Son of a bitch!
‐ Doug!
Dr. Ross! Damn!
‐ What is that?
‐ 'Doug!'
Footprint.
Dr. Ross!
Thanks for coming.
Let me see your foot.
‐ What? Hey!
‐ Son of a bitch!
Ow!
‐ Doug!
‐ 'Son of a..'
Son of a..
Hey, Doug, Doug!
Back off!
I'm alright!
I'm alright.
I'm alright.
Uh, I really screwed
up this time, huh?
Yeah, you did.
Is he going
to press charges?
I doubt it.
I don't think he wants
his friends to know
that he let
a pediatrician beat him up.
He's got other problems.
A couple of detectives
from domestic violence
talking to him
in the lounge right now.
God, it's freezing out here!
I won't say I'm sorry,
'cause I'm not.
Then don't.
So, what happens now?
I had to tell Morgenstern
what happened.
‐ What did he say?
‐ He wasn't very happy.
I think you're looking
at ink blots, couch time..
...probably resident
review committee.
Your friend's still here.
‐ What?
‐ The brunette.
She's waiting for you
at admitting.
I'm headin' home.
Tell Rachel happy birthday.
It's her birthday, right?
Uh, yeah, I was supposed
to be there an hour ago.
Jennifer's gonna kill me.
‐ Tell her it's my fault.
‐ I always do.
Mr. Thornberg, you can't smoke
inside the hospital.
What are you gonna do?
Arrest me?
You could blow yourself up.
Well, it hasn't
happened yet.
Mr. Thornberg,
you have lung cancer.
One more won't make
any difference now.
There, you see?
Now you don't have
to arrest me.
'BP's 110/70, pulse 108
resp 24, GCS 15.'
'Defensive wounds on
hands and forearms.'
He sounds stable.
What is he doing in trauma?
Oh, except for that knife
sticking out of his chest
yeah, he's fine.
He's had 15 liters of oxygen
by mask and he's high as a kite
'so we had to
restrain him.'
Alright, I think
it's in his heart.
Lookie here.
"Swastika."
I got a, "Die nigger die" here.
How do you feel about Asians?
He took a crowbar
to a black kid on West Adams.
Another brother
jumped him with a knife.
Maybe somebody ought
to drive the knife
all the way through.
Alright, people.
Let's do your damn jobs
Get a CBC, type
and cross‐match eight units
'packed cells, give him
point eight Narcan'
check the glucose and get
a portable X‐ray down here
and I mean now, move.
Hey.
Are you alright?
I'm fine. I, uh, hurt
my hand a little bit.
Uh, y‐you wanted to talk
to me about..
Yeah, it was about Jake,
but it can wait.
I'll come back tomorrow
if you promise
not to beat
anyone else up.
That's not a daily event.
I just wanted to make sure
you were okay.
Have someone take
a look at that.
It might be broken.
Lydia, como estas?
Muy bien. I'm going home.
Alright, Rolando, my man.
Ha ha.
‐ What's up?
‐ What's up, Jerry?
Easy day, huh, esse?
Yeah, when Benton
comes down from the OR
let him know his sister's
been calling every five minutes
for, like, the last
two hours, will you?
Rolando, make sure Mr. Thornberg
in Two gets moved upstairs.
And also, there's a rule out
MI in One waiting on labs.
‐ Can you call, please?
‐ Ah...yeah.
Goodnight, all.
‐ Goodnight.
‐ Goodnight.
‐ Who's on tonight?
‐ Me and Benton.
'Goodnight, everybody.'
'Goodnight, Carol.'
I don't think we lost
a single patient today.
No kidding. Really?
Benton's still got
that knife wound up in the OR.
Uh, close enough.
‐ Goodnight.
‐ Alright, Jerry.
ER.
Uh‐huh.
'The muscles of
the left ventricle'
must be holding
the knife in place.
We'll begin with a
Median sternotomy
to expose the structures
around the knife.
Then we'll open
the pericardial sac
extract the knife, tamponading
the wound with your finger
as you make horizontal
mattress sutures
to avoid
the coronary arteries.
We'll be out of
there in no time.
Dr. Benton.
Your sister's on line two.
I'll, uh, I'll have
to call her back.
You cut, I'll watch.
We don't accept children
over ten years old
so she'll have plenty
of kids to play with.
We're full right now, so we put
Tatiana in the infant room.
We'll move her
into her own age group
as soon as there is an opening.
Hi, Tatiana.
Anna.
Oh, that's right.
She's very pretty.
You speak Russian?
Oh, just a little.
Just a little.
Uh‐oh.
‐ Hey.
‐ Daddy.
Oh! Happy birthday.
Thanks. Bye.
Bye? Kiss first.
Thanks for getting home
in time to help.
I couldn't get away.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Craig helped.
'Craig?'
You know, the other clerk.
'Ring around the..'
So..
‐ Where is young Craig?
‐ 'At the store.'
'We ran out
of ice cream.'
‐ Rachel loved her gift.
‐ 'What did we get her?'
"Super NES."
Thought we weren't
gonna to do that.
Well, she asked five times
a day for three months
so I gave in.
So you found time.
Oh, that's from Susan Lewis.
Oh.
Don't start.
Judge Franklin asked me to clerk
for him again next year.
‐ And?
‐ I am going to do it.
No running in the house!
That's it?
You just decided?
Well, you made
your decision unilaterally.
Now I've made mine.
Did I miss it?
Is the party over?
‐ About an hour ago.
‐ Ah, damn.
Is she still up?
No.
She's asleep.
Uh, Jackie, I'm sorry.
I wanted to be here but this man
came into the hospital
with a knife..
Jackie, I'm talking to you.
Jackie!
She's at that
"not talking" stage.
Now, trust me on
this one, okay?
Why don't you just
finish cleaning up
give it a couple of days,
and I'll talk to her.
Got stuck in surgery, huh?
I couldn't be
at my mother's birthday party..
...because I had to save a man
with "Die, nigger, die"
tattooed on his forearm.
That's my husband.
Goodnight.
'Susan, Susan!
Dr. Lewis.'
‐ Huh?
‐ 'Rene's back.'
Pulse 50, BP 80/60,
respiration's 14.
Rene? Rene,
what are you on?
Mr. Franks,
what did she take?
‐ What did she take, Mr. Franks?
‐ I don't know. Pills maybe.
I heard a noise. I found
her in the bathroom.
‐ Where's her boyfriend?
‐ I don't know.
Alright, on three,
bring it up.
One, two, three.
Repeat a tox screen,
and BA.
No gag.
Let's intubate, come on.
Rene, we haven't
lost anyone today.
We are not
starting with you.
Prep for lavage.
Rene, you are not going
to die tonight, you hear me?
Not tonight.
Get the charcoal.