ER (1994–2009): Season 1, Episode 4 - Hit and Run - full transcript

'Carter.'

Oh, man, somebody
get a drool bucket.

‐ Carter.
‐ Yeah!

Up, up, up, let's go.
Where's your pager?

I've been beeping you
for five minutes.

It's around.

‐ It's right here.
‐ Hmph.

You take this
and keep it on your pillow.

That way you don't
sleep through a page.

Now, come on, let's go.
You got patients to see.

‐ 'Carter, let's go!'
‐ Coming.



'Come on.'

We've got an unwashed
and undomiciled male

with a laceration
to the forehead in Two.

Clean the wound
and stitch him, if need be.

What ever you do, please don't
take off his shoes or socks.

God knows what you'll find.
Now, heads up.

Coming through.

This, way, this way,
this way, come on.

When you finish with him
see a little old lady

with leg pain in six. Got it?

Yeah, you ever get used to this?

‐ Used to what?
‐ Going on three hours' sleep.

Anything more than three hours
and I'm sluggish all day.

Hey, chart's right there.



Mark, how was the big day off?

You know, the first
two hours was great.

Then Rachel and Jen
left for Detroit for five days.

‐ What's that all about?
‐ Job interview.

‐ Oh, really?
‐ Don't even start.

‐ Morning, guys.
‐ Morning.

Susan, can you work
Thursday night?

I am on Thursday night.

That is tough.

Wife so far away and other more
immediate temptations so close.

You haven't the faintest idea
what you're talking‐‐

I know exactly
what I'm talking about.

‐ Doug.
‐ Hey.

I need you in Three.

And good morning to you,
Nurse Hathaway.

Good morning.

'No, the price breaks
on the photocopiers'

start with five‐unit orders.

Be off in a jiff.

Tell you what,
Sam, if you're free

to sit down this afternoon
say around three

I'd like to lay out a package
that covers your phone

fax and e‐mail needs as well.

Alright, tomorrow then,
Sam, have I told you about our

all‐inclusive
five‐year service plan?

Okay, in broad strokes,
we guarantee every pinion

spindle, sprocket
for the life of the machine

including unlimited service
for the first five years.

Hmm, it started last week.

It...people would speak to
Ozzie but he wouldn't respond.

I thought maybe something
was wrong with his hearing.

Um‐hm, Ozzie, can you hear me?

Well, you wouldn't stick
things in your ears, would you?

That's good, 'cause
you know, my mom told me

that you never put
anything in your ears

smaller than your elbow.

Ozzie, can you hear me
whispering?

‐ Yes.
‐ Okay.

Alright, I tell you, Mrs. Schap,
um...there's no sign

of infection and no injury
and right now

Ozzie's hearing
seems to be fine.

Yeah, that's what is so
frustrating, um, he does hear

some things,
but he doesn't hear others.

What are some of the things
he doesn't hear?

Hmm, like my mother's
voice, for one.

She says really
terrible, terrible things.

She thinks
that I'm a bad mother.

And your mother
lives with you?

No. No‐no, no‐no,
no. She's dead.

Uh, but you still hear her?

Mm‐hmm.

What are some of the other
voices that Ozzie can't hear?

My ex‐husband's.

'The ice cream man's.'

‐ Diana.
‐ Um, uh, Diana?

The Princess of Wales!

Does that ring a bell?

Will you...can you
excuse us just for a second?

Call psych services,
tell them we need a consult.

Oh, yeah.

And get social services
down here for the boy.

Leave the door open
until he gets here.

‐ Hey.
‐ Doctor.

Yeah, what's up, kiddo?

Me and my mom..

...we can stay
together, right?

You bet you can...yeah.

Did you leave
the money there?

Oh, yeah, but...oh..

That's what you sound like.

Patient is experiencing
severe pain

in the right lower extremity.

Recent history
includes colon cancer

as well as
a four hour plane flight.

Upon examination patient's
calf was found to be tender

as well as four centimeters
larger than the unaffected side.

Differential diagnoses include
cellulitis injury, hematoma

Baker's cyst
and deep vein thrombosis.

Okay, so what would you do?

I'd suggest a CBC,
Chem‐7, coag study

and a duplex scan of the leg.

Alright. Bye, ma'am.

In addition, given that two
elements of Virchow's triad

are present I feel that
a venogram is indicated

if the scan is inconclusive.

Proceed.

So you concur with
my recommendations.

I said proceed.

Mr. Madsen gets a GI cocktail
and check with urology.

'Um, can I get
some help, please?'

‐ We need a doctor.
‐ Malik, get a wheel chair.

She came in with chest pains.

Hi, I'm Dr. Greene,
can you show me where it hurts?

‐ My heart.
‐ Uh‐huh.

Have you had heart problems?

She had two heart attacks
before they put

that machine in her chest.

‐ What a‐a pacemaker?
‐ No, a defibrillator.

Okay, well, just relax.
Take deep breaths, alright?

I want a 12‐lead, CBC, Chem‐7

cardiac enzymes
and a coag profile.

‐ What's your name, ma'am?
‐ Vilma.

Okay, Vilma, you just relax.
We're gonna take care of you.

Sir, sir, I need you
to go with the nurse.

You can go to the waiting room
and I'll come talk to you

as soon as I can, alright?

What the hell
is Virchow's triad, anyway?

That sounds like
a board exam question.

One that I'd skip.

Jerry, do me a favor.

Bring the fan over here.
I'm burning out.

The word on the vine
is that you and Langworthy

both put in
for the Starzl fellowship.

Yeah, well,
that's no big surprise.

Now, she's a year ahead of you.

So what?

So, heads up,
here comes the competition.

You get the results
on bed four?

‐ Ah, not yet.
‐ Um.

Hey, Sarah,
what's Virchow's triad?

Stasis, trauma
and hypercoagulability.

And, Jerry,
get this fan out of here.

It's blowing
right in my face.

Well, Dr. B wanted it there.

Code three, scoop and run.
Auto versus pedestrian.

‐ Just pulled up.
‐ I'll take it.

Come on, Peter, you can assist.

Come on, step on it, step on it.

Hit‐and‐run victim,
approximately 17.

Found him lying
in a crosswalk, in full arrest.

‐ 'Vitals.'
‐ Negative. Pupils are blown.

‐ How long was he there?
‐ Who knows?

‐ No one saw it.
‐ Anymore good news?

Come on get five units
of O‐neg to trauma one

and tell X‐ray we need
a cross‐lateral C‐spine.

Come on, grab that IV, Peter.

Step on it, folks,
coming through!

We need more blood
and give an amp of epi.

‐ Any heart sounds?
‐ Negative.

‐ Time?
‐ 18 minutes.

‐ X‐ray?
‐ Wait! Aprons!

Come on, people, move it.
Protect your gonads, Peter.

Yah, well, I always do when
you're around, Sarah.

Let's move, people.

'Come on,
move it, move it!'

‐ 'Fire in the hole.'
‐ 'Come on.'

‐ 'Move it, people.'
‐ 'Clear.'

‐ Well, come on, come on.
‐ What's going on?

Kid was DOA, they're
trying to bring him back.

His tube is loose. Carter, get
over here and hold his ET tube.

'Sarah, his left side
is full of blood.'

'Alright, auto‐transfuser.
Come on, Let me get in here.'

'Give me some help here.'

Come on, kid,
give me some help.

Come on! Come on,
you can do it.

Come on.

‐ BP?
‐ 150 over 105.

‐ How are you feeling, Vilma?
‐ I can't breathe.

Respiration is 28, pulse 120.

Let's give her
.4 nitro sublingually.

Please, doc..

...I feel like I'm dying.

Respiration's 32.

‐ She's hyper‐ventilating.
‐ No.

Try and control
your breath, Vilma.

‐ I can't.
‐ Slowly.

‐ It hurts.
‐ Let's get her some morphine.

Vilma?

‐ Oh.
‐ Oh.

Oh, my God.

Blood pressure's coming down.

Feeling better?

Better. Much better.

I think you guys
can take it from here.

Ah!

She says she's been taking
both Prolixin and Ativan.

‐ Schizophrenic?
‐ Ooh, floridly, yes.

Went off her meds,
now she's delusional.

Hearing voices.
I'm gonna have to admit her.

What about the boy?

The social worker's calling
the Presbyterian home.

Skull fracture,
C‐5 neck fracture

hemopneumothorax,
ruptured diaphragm.

Any heart activity?

Time?

31 minutes.

Sarah.

Time of death..

...10:06.

We loose them
all the time, Carter.

Does the pain move around?

It just sits there
like a bayonet to the gut.

Ah!

How long have you had this?

A year, off and on.
Never this bad.

Also, I get constipated
and sometimes

'there's blood in the bowl.'

You haven't seen a doctor?

Well, if he was open
nights and Sundays

I would have
but who's got the time.

No, that's me. Harry Stopak.

Bob Wellman! How are you?

You got the brochure
I sent over?

Sorry, I got to take this.

Yeah, so you like the EM‐250?

Why? It's a good copier, Bob.

But frankly,
I saw you more in an EM‐250R.

'Yeah.'

‐ You get any breakfast yet?
‐ No.

Well, get some
and be back in 15.

Carter, come here a minute.

He must have been
on his way to shoot buckets.

No ID, no name on the ball.

His gym shorts say
Von Stuben High.

Call the high school,
it's summer vacation

but maybe someone
can come and ID him.

Well, wait a minute,
who gave you permission

to assign duties to my students?

I didn't know
you owned Mr. Carter.

I thought he was assigned
to the surgical service.

Yeah, well, he isn't.

Are you saying
he's unavailable to me?

I'm saying,
next time, you ask.

Dr. Carter, identify the dead
boy for Dr. Langworthy here

and then you report back to me.

Um‐hmm. Doug Ross.

We've got a little girl
who may have a, a broken hand.

'Don't you,
you son of a bitch.'

'Get your hands
off of me, now!'

‐ 'Alright, okay.'
‐ 'Let go, now!'

You son of a bitch!
Get his hands off me!

‐ Hey‐hey, hey!
‐ Get him off of me.

No‐no, no‐no, no‐no,
no, you son of a bitch!

‐ Mrs. Schap, Mrs. Schap!
‐ Okay, hey, hey, hey.

‐'Now, get his hands off me!'
‐ 'Hey‐hey, hey‐hey.'

'Get him off of me, now!'

Thank you.

‐ No, no. No!
‐ No!

Ow, ow!

‐ Damn it! Damn it!
‐ 'No, no!'

No, no, no!
Where am I going?

Give her five Haldol IM
and get her upstairs.

Ah! No, it's dark in here!

'Why are you doing this?'

Ozzie?

'Get her outta here.'

Stop this, no!

‐ The kid's gone.
‐ Get off me.

Damn it!

You better get somebody
to look at your hand.

Thank you, doctor.

God!

Vilma, your lab tests
look fine

and your
heart rhythm's normal.

I'm gonna give you
the name of an anti‐gas tablet.

And I'd lay off
the kielbasas for breakfast.

Oh, thank you, doctor.
You saved her.

It's another attack!

Is she seizing?

Ah!

Alright, hold on,
hold on, hold on.

Just relax. Just relax.

No, her heart's fine.

Has this happened before?

Never.

What was it?

I definitely felt that.

'What's happening, doc?'

The defibrillator in
your wife's chest is going off.

Why is it shocking me?

Well, it's supposed to, but only
when you're having arrhythmia.

Which you are not.

‐ Must be malfunctioning.
‐ Can't you shut it off?

Well, that's what
we're going to try and do.

Call cardiology.

She really sank
her teeth into you.

Any‐any patient who's
even potentially psychotic

should be placed in four‐point
restraints and muzzled.

Spoken like a true healer.

Yeah, after 15 years..

...not one week
has gone by, not one week

without being bitten,
spat, puked or peed on.

You're a misanthropic old fart.

I'm not old.

'Is, uh, is this necessary?'

The human mouth literally
swims with bacteria.

Staph aureus, Eikenella.

The woman deserves a lobotomy.

A‐a hammer to the head.

Ow!

Sorry. Did that hurt?

Yeah.

‐ Dr. Langworthy?
‐ Yes?

The only one left over
the high school is the janitor

who left a message
for the principal

and he's gonna give me
a copy of the yearbook.

So, maybe I can find
the boy's picture.

Okay.

I just wish there was
something more I could do.

‐ Such as?
‐ I don't know.

So, for now, should I
go back to Dr. Benton or..

‐ Go.
‐ Okay.

My passing hand.

If Billy Fleishell hadn't piled
on it never would have happened.

Looks like he left some cleat
marks on your knuckles there.

It's from his teeth.

He speared me,
so I popped him one.

'Sounds like the game's
gotten a lot rougher'

'than when I used to play.'

So, I don't think it's broken,
but Carol gonna take Blair

up to X‐ray and also give
her something for pain, okay?

‐ I don't need anything.
‐ Well, come on. Let's go.

‐ Right this way.
‐ Take care.

‐ John, thanks for coming down.
‐ Hey, no problem.

Hey, listen, uh, I understand
you've been quite attentive

to Carol since she got back.

‐ Well, I didn't mean to be.
‐ No, no, it's okay.

I'm glad you guys
are still friends, really.

Okay?

‐ Call me anytime, okay?
‐ Okay.

Hi.

Mr. Stopak, you need
to see a specialist

for further tests
to rule out

ulcerative colitis,
which is very serious.

You think that's what I've got?

Based on your history
and what I've seen, no.

I think you have
irritable bowel syndrome

which can become serious
if untreated.

Assuming that's what I've got,
how do I get rid of it?

Increase the bran
in your diet and more important

decrease the stress
in your life.

I don't exactly control
the stress in my life.

Cut back your work hours.

Cut back?

Doctor, in my office,
there are two kinds of guys.

Those who sell more than ten
million to make the annual trip

to Palm Springs
and those who don't.

You know, how long it's been
since I missed the trip?

I have never missed the trip.

‐ I'm back.
‐ Good.

Fill out
these slips and take those

urine samples up to the lab.

It's good to be back.

‐ Hey, Walt, what's up, man?
‐ What's up?

Parked you in the first row
near the dumpsters.

Oh, yeah? So, it was
the transmission, huh?

That sucker was shot.

Hey, how are you getting back
to the, uh, station?

Oh, Peanut followed me
in the truck.

Jackie's excited about tonight?

Oh, yeah. I'm taking her to this
real fancy place she's been

dying to try ever since
she heard that Oprah owned it.

Yeah, I mean, it's steep,
but I figure hey, it's our

tenth anniversary, what the
hell, your sister's worth it.

And I appreciate
you coming to sit with your mom.

Yeah. How's she doing, man?

Well, no incidents this week.

But you can't leave her
alone for five minutes.

She'll be in the back yard
yelling at the neighbors.

But she's making Jackie
take her to the beauty parlor

so she can look pretty for you.

Yeah, look, man,
I gotta split.

‐ 8:30, right?
‐ Yeah, I'll be there.

Hi.

My name is Carol.

I like your sneakers.

They're not the good kind.

My mom got them
from the cheapo store.

Oh.

Where is she?

The doctors took her
upstairs. She's very sick.

They're gonna try
and make her better.

That doctor said
we can stay together.

Well, it looks like your mom may
have to stay her for a while.

Can I see her?

I don't know if she can have
visitors but I'll check.

You wanna hang out with me?

'I'm taking you
up to cardiology.'

And they're familiar
with this problem.

So, you don't have to
worry about anything.

You'll be okay, hold on,
let me grab your records.

‐ Dr. Lewis.
‐ 'Yeah?'

Listen, I appreciate
what you said.

My wife's been telling me
the same thing for 18 years.

You have the number
for the gastroenterologist?

Hey, do you happen
to know who's in charge

of business machine
procurement around here?

Hello.

'I'm sorry,
I can't hear you, who?'

Louise, yeah, did you get
the rate card I fax forwarded?

'I'm sorry, I‐I can't hear you,
it's quiet noisy here.'

'Hey, you want 'em
this week you got 'em.'

‐ Sir, hang up that phone.
‐ What?

Hang up the phone now!

Are you okay?

What kind of phone is that?

The most powerful hand‐held in
the market, it's got turbo‐dial

alphanumeric memory.
I'll get you half‐price.

No, I don't wanna buy one.

I want you to take
that phone out of this hospital.

Now. Now!

You're supposed
to screw the caps on.

Here. Von Stuben High yearbook.
A guy dropped it off.

Yeah, sure,
I'll‐I'll take care of it.

Find him?

Yeah, uh...Steven Tierney.

A junior.

A member of the marching band
and on the debate club.

He was kind of a nerd.

Kinda like me.

I, um...I gotta
get up to the OR

and do a hernia.

‐ You call his folks?
‐ Should I?

Just get them down here.
Let Langworthy break the news.

Change your clothes, huh?

You're telling me
that you haven't even

thought about it with Susan?

So what? I'm a married man.

Doesn't mean I'm not
allowed to even speculate.

Mm‐hmm, so you're saying that
you would never act on it, ever?

If your question is,
are there circumstances

in which I might
possibly, conceivably..

Commit adultery, yes.

Let's say Jen takes
a job out of town

in, oh, I don't know, Detroit
and she leaves you here.

No, no, there would
have to be more.

An affair, perhaps.

She goes out on you and you
could justifiably...you know..

‐ Even the score?
‐ So to speak, yes.

That's not
gonna happen though.

You just never know.

Maybe I could be of service.

Ow.

Mark, that chest pain

rule‐out MI just got here.

Oh, okay.

55‐year‐old
with substernal chest pains.

‐ Thank you.
‐ What about her?

‐ They lost the key.
‐ Uh‐huh.

Well, we're gonna need
bolt cutters for these cuffs

and, uh, cut off
these chaps, okay?

This is so embarrassing.

Exam room two, Jer?

Curtain three
and what's the patients name?

It's Neil Shearer.

Thank you.

'You're gonna hang out
with all the big people.'

Hey, Jerry, this is Ozzie.

Hi. How are you doing?

He's gonna hang out
with us for a while.

His mom's on the fifth floor.

Ah, okay. Okay.

I have to check
on some patients.

Can you watch him
for a while?

‐ Sure. No problem.
‐ I'll be right back.

So, you ever seen a picture

of a diseased gall bladder?

Check it out.

Excuse me, my neighbor
says that my husband

was brought here
in an ambulance.

‐ What's his name?
‐ Neil Shearer.

Uh...wait here one second.

His rhythm's off.
He's having multifocal PVCs.

Uh‐huh, give him
a hundred of lidocaine IV push

and start a drip.

‐ Okay?
‐ There you go.

Here you go, ma'am.
You can sit down right here.

‐ There you go.
‐ Thank you. Thank you.

‐ Excuse me.
‐ Ha, what is it?

Uh, Mr. Shearer's
wife is at the desk.

Oh, God!

Are you and Mrs. Shearer
acquainted?

I'm her secretary.

Uh, Jerry why don't you show

Mrs. Shearer
to the waiting room?

Behind you. Look out.

Ah, Malik,
you look like a surgeon.

Yeah. Excuse me.

‐ Oh, here.
‐ Come on, I can get this thing.

Come on.

Okay, does it hurt
anywhere in here?

N...not really.

Alright, just tell me
when it does, okay?

You did an abdominal
series and ultrasound?

They were negative.

CBC, UA, Chem‐7, amylase?

All negative,
but her sed rate's 50.

‐ Oh! Right there.
‐ O‐okay, okay, just sit tight.

You pulled me out of my
first pantaloon hernia

for an old lady with
arthritis in her back?

But her sed rate is‐‐

Her sed rate is high
due to chronic inflammation.

She's got no GI symptoms

no rectal mass,
guaiac negative stool.

So just what surgical problem
do you think she has?

Gall bladder,
appendix, mis‐inter‐‐

Based on what?

Based on what
the patient's telling me.

Okay, well, I'll leave you two
to chat a little bit more.

I'll be in the OR if you get
a real surgical candidate.

Mrs. Shearer?

Mrs. Shearer?

Ozzie.

Ozzie?

I'll find him, eh.

Hello, Mr. Tierney.

This is, um...my name
is John Carter

over at the emergency room
at Cook County General Hospital.

Your...your son Steven

h‐has been involved
in an accident..

...and, uh...well,
his condition is...is serious

and I think you should come
down here right away.

It's serious.

Very, very serious.

Thank you.

Carol, does the name
Joey Skarneckia ring a bell?

It's a pedes case, car accident
about three months ago.

Not a clue.

Well, this insurance company
wants some information.

Will you call
medical records for me?

Are your hands painted on?

What?

Pick up the phone and dial.

Now, out of curiosity is this
free‐flowing hostility aimed

at the world
in general or just me?

‐ You don't wanna know.
‐ What?

What?

You told that little boy
he could stay with his mother

when you knew she'd be put away,
probably for a long time.

Just who did you help
by lying to him?

‐ I didn't lie.
‐ Sure you did.

You told him what
he wanted to hear

because you didn't want
a big emotional scene.

Which is something you can't
handle and avoid at all costs.

Oh, boy! White count's 20,000.

Oh, God ! Call the OR.
Get Morgenstern down here now!

Hang in there.
Hang in there.

‐ Come on, come on!
‐ I'm trying, okay?

‐ Faster! You gotta...please!
‐ Relax.

We still got ST elevation
in the anterior leads.

Go to the left, go a little
bit to the left please!

There's a Mrs. Shearer outside.

Hurry, I've gotta go!

Patient's conscious.

‐ I'm trying to‐‐
‐ Let go.

God. Neil, what happened?

‐ Oh!
‐ Patient's unconscious.

Ah, he had a small heart attack,
but we were able to give him

medication
and he's stabilized now.

However, I'm gonna have to
ask you to wait outside.

Why do I have to
wait in the hallway

if you said he's stabilized?

It's hospital policy.
I'm sorry.

No, I'm sorry,
this is my husband

and I wanna be
wherever he is.

What's this?

‐ Do you have a pen?
‐ Oh, yeah.

Where are my husband's clothes?

Excuse me?

'The clothes that he was wearing
when he was brought in here.'

Where are his clothes?

'Uh, I‐I'm not sure.'

Well, they have to be here
somewhere, don't they?

Priscilla?

I suppose you all think
this is very, very funny.

Don't you?

Excuse me.

'Call the OR,
tell them we got'

'a retrocecal appendix
and we need a room!'

‐ She perfed?
‐ Yes, she did.

Thanks to Dr. Lewis.

A patient presents
with stabbing lower back pain

and you didn't even ask
for a surgical consult?

A medical student
would know better.

She consulted me.

I assessed that the patient
wasn't a surgical candidate.

‐ Do you need an assist?
‐ Yes, I do.

Come on, Sarah.

Watch it!

‐ Have you seen Dr. Langworthy?
‐ What do you want her for?

Well, the parents of the
high school kid, they're here.

What's his name?

‐ Steven Tierney.
‐ Alright, um...come on.

You gotta learn this anyway.

Mr. And Mrs. Tierney?
Hi. I'm Dr. Benton.

At around 9:30 this morning
your son Steven was brought in

at full cardiac
and respiratory arrest.

We tried to revive him
but with no success.

I'm sorry. Your son died.

No. No.

Can...can..

...can we see him?

Sure.

Oh, no.

Dear God.

Jack?

Doctor...this isn't our son.

Dr. Greene!

Dr. Greene!

Damn, it's good
to see you, man.

Bob Brickley.

One year ago today,
you saved my life.

Of course.

A small token
of my gratitude.

Frozen T‐bone steaks.
The real deal.

All the way from Texas.

From now on,
August 25 is gonna be

"Dr. Greene Day" in my book.

I'm gonna honor it every year
for the rest of my life.

Well, uh..

...I‐I don't know
what to say.

Thank you.

Hey, man,
a handshake won't do it.

Happy Dr. Greene Day.

I was embraced
by two men today.

‐ I find that highly unusual.
‐ Some guys have all the luck.

One of them gave me
a dozen steaks as a gifts.

How about a cookout
up on the roof?

Oh, that sounds nice,
but, uh, I've got a date.

Oh, yeah? Anyone I know?

Yeah, actually. Div Cvetic.

We've kinda been
together for a month or so.

Really?

Great. Div‐Div's a great guy.

What's with this patient?

Drug addict going
through withdrawal.

He sounds like a car alarm
that you can't shut off.

Mr. and Mrs. Fisher?

Hi, I'm John Carter.

Your son David was hit
by a car this morning..

...and, uh, he was brought here
by an ambulance in full arrest.

And, uh..

...we, uh, we tried to
resuscitate him for 31 minutes.

Um, we used
all of our capabilities

but his injuries were too severe

and, uh, uh, he died.

And I'm sorry.

How is she?

Fine. Grabbed the appendix,
in and out, 20 minutes.

Peter, listen, that was
a difficult diagnosis.

A lot of surgeons
would have missed it..

...because a lot of surgeons
don't take the time

to listen to their patients.

The good ones do.

I'm doing a whipple procedure.
Care to assist?

A whipple?
Are you kidding?

Patient's
a 62‐year‐old man

with a history
of pancreatic cancer.

First presented
four weeks ago with mid epi..

ER.

Dr. Ross, Dr. Taglieri
wants to see you

outside supplies,
about that missing kid.

And these squiggly tubes here,
these are the intestines. See?

And this blob,
that's the heart.

Where's the gallbladder?

What do you know?
Someone took it out.

Must have been diseased.

You know, you still got
yours, don't you?

Ah, it's down there somewhere.

‐ Hey, Ozzie.
‐ Hey.

Where are you
taking me this time?

A social worker
is going to take you

to the Presbyterian home.

I can't stay with my mom?

The truth is that
your mother is very sick.

'Uh, it's not her fault.'

'She hasn't done
anything wrong..'

'...but to help her
get better'

she's being sent
to the psychiatric hospital.

I hate her.

Oh, I don't think
that's true.

Listen, your mama
loves you very much.

Then why is this happening?

I wish I could tell you.
Come here.

I wish I knew.

How was the whipple?

No problem. In and out.

Who performed it?

I did.

‐ Walt, I'm sorry‐‐
‐ Our tenth anniversary.

I know, I, uh...you know
I got held up in the OR.

Oh, no, no, no, don't.
Don't hand me that OR crap!

I already know how
important your work is

compared to the small
events of my life.

Walter, I'm sorry.

We don't ask much.

Practically nothing.

Just that once in a while

you come over
and sit with your mother

so, your sister and I can
have a few hours together.

And you act like
you're doing us a damn favor!

O‐okay. Alright, Walter,
my next three nights off

I'll come, I'll sit
with her, I promise.

It's just...I forgot, man.

I swear. I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Funny how that happens..

...when it comes to your family.

Carter.

Ah..

...you off?

Yeah.

Me too.

12 whole hours.

When you back on?

Tomorrow.

If I come back.

You serious?

I can't remember even
why I'm doing this.

Well, you wanted
to be a doctor, right?

Benton told my adviser
that I was doing

a generally adequate job..

...and that was before today.

I don't, I don't belong here.

What kinda drugs
is that guy on?

Help! Help!

My wife is having a baby!

It's coming. I can feel it.

‐ That's the head.
‐ What do we do?

You take it.
I'll get help.

Okay, ma'am, you are gonna be
just fine. Your baby's coming.

All you have to do
is lie back and push.

‐ Okay, whenever you're ready.
‐ Here it comes.

That's it. Just push.

Push. Push.

That's it. Push.

Okay, one final push,
now, come on.

Come on, that's it.

You're doing great.
You're doing great.

Now, hang on, move
the cord back over the head.

Yeah, you got it.
That's it.

You're doing great.
You're doing great.

Okay, one final push. Come on.

Just push,
that's it, okay. Push.

Move the cord over the head.

‐ That's it. Yeah.
‐ That's it.

‐ That's it, that's it.
‐ Don't drop it.

Oh!

‐ Yes, yes.
‐ It's a girl.

'Oh, oh.'

'There you go.'

Oh.

You alright?

‐ You got her?
‐ Yeah, I got her.

You gotta undo the lock.

Okay, let's go.

Yes.

Yes.

‐ Hey, Doug.
‐ Hey, John.

Uh, you know..

...it's a bad idea.

'Who is it?'

Doug Ross.

‐ What are you doing?
‐ Nothing.

My, uh...you know,
car broke down

and the tow truck
was taking so long.

I thought I'd come
in here and use your phone.

I'm late for my date.

Eh, you know, I see
the tow truck right there..

...now.

I'm really sorry.

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

What were you thinking?

What could you possibly
have been thinking

would happen tonight?

That you would come to
my doorstep at midnight, drunk!

And I would find that some sort
of grand gesture of love?

Is that what you were thinking?

That you can just show up

and I'll invite you back
in my life, in my bed?

I that what you imagined
would happen tonight?

I don't know.

You have no right to even

think about doing this!

I'm sorry.

Do you think
that you love me? Huh?

For how long, Doug?

How long...till
you start wondering

if there isn't someone better
in the next room or next bar?

How long till that
little voice in your head

starts reminding you of all
the infinite 22‐year‐olds

you could be screwing tomorrow
or the next day or the next?

I will not let you
do this to me again.

I'm sorry.