ER (1994–2009): Season 15, Episode 15 - The Family Man - full transcript

Previously:

How about your husband?

I'm not married.

Boyfriend?

I don't have one.

Anything changes
with Jody, call me.

Or just call me.

I will.

It's not over with Sam.
Not for me, anyway.

Did you realise that

before or after
you had sex with Daria?



It was a mistake.

You still love him?

And at some level, The faculty will
always see you as "Little Neela".

You go somewhere new,
you'll be taken seriously

in a way that will not happen
if you stay.

Food's here!

I have never had so much
takeout in my life.

Well, I thought
you liked Vietnamese.
Yeah, I like it,

but there are places in Chicago

with chairs and tables
and food on plates.

Ah, but no bed.

That's an excellent point. Yes.

Now we're not on
for another two hours,

so we should ride in together.



Unless someone
might see you.

Mm, being covert
is more exciting, isn't it?

Yeah.

(phone rings)

Oh, wait.

No-no-no-no,
leave it, leave it. Ah!

Hello?

Yeah.

Really?

Yeah, that's great.

Can I... can I take
a number?

Yep, thank you.

That was Duke. The department
chair wants to meet me.

What, uh, about
the attending position?

Yeah, I can't
believe it.

I thought I'd sunk myself
in the interview.

Well, Dr Corday
must have been very impressed.

When is it?

This weekend.

This...?

Wow, that's soon.

That's... that's great.

Can you actually imagine me
being in North Carolina?

I mean, I only took
the interview

to get the banker
off my back.

I didn't consider moving there.

Well, that is the risk
of being a brilliant surgeon.

Are you leaving?

Yeah, I should, um...

I should get back
to my apartment

and grab some clothes
before my shift.

But I thought we were gonna...

You save me a spring roll, yeah?

(door closes)

No fractures of
the alveolar ridge.

I knew better than to play
that shady-ass club last night.

Belly's soft,
no obstruction.

Lost my health insurance.
401k's in the gutter. Now look?

Two teeth in the
small intestine.

Thank God.
Can you get 'em out?

They should pass on their own
in a day or two.

Um... here.

Flush discriminately.

Poor guy.

That's disgusting.

I gotta call
my accountant.

Tooth guy's going home.

Botox lady's up in psych,

and Mr Lam's sleeping it off in 2.

You talking to me?

No. Where's Brenner?

Break room, suiting up.

Oh, come on. Come on!
I gotta go!

So what did you decide on?

Gibson's or Divina Cucina?

None of the above.
Claudia made the plans.

I like the sound of that.

Yeah, meeting her
at some address in Elmhurst.

I'll bet it's
something romantic.

A river walk
under the stars.

Ooh, or wine-tasting?

I bet it's hot cop fantasy
role-play stuff.

Handcuffs and whatnot.

No! Grady!

I'll let you know.

What kind of operation
you run around here, doc?

My back's killing me.

I'm so sorry.

We're still waiting on HMO
approval for your MRI.

Someone should be down soon.
Well, hurry it up.

If I'm gonna rot,
I'd rather do it
in my lazyboy.

That's the last
of the marcaine.

All right, thanks, Cecilia.

Dilantin level on your
seizure guy came back low.

All right.
Push 500 milligrams,

I'll get him
ready to go.

That's it?
For now.

All right, you know,
this is still weird for me.

What are you
talking about?

Us. We've broken up.

We're working together.
It's weird.

We said we weren't gonna
screw up our schedules.

Some awkwardness
while we're finding
our bearings is...

Weird?
It's expected.

That's what you say.

Guys, listen up.

Banfield is out sick,
but she left instructions

to get patient satisfaction
scores up.

Tony, congratulations.
Yours are the worst
in the department.

She's had me
on geriatrics study for weeks.

They're not the most
enthusiastic bunch.

Just rub their feet,
work a jigsaw puzzle.

78-year-old male passed out
at home, combative in the rig.

Ten minutes out.

Bingo.

Oh, come on. Banfield's not
here. Give me someone

a little less salty?

I got a kid mixing X
and valerian root.

Dawn, you get
Dr Gates' numbers up this shift,

it's dinner at Gibson's.

I'll foot the bill.

Don't blow this for me.
Sam, you're with me.

Hey, you know
department policy

about switching weekend
shifts at short notice?

Depends on Banfield's mood.

You going out of town?

No. Well, maybe.

North Carolina, maybe.

Hey, Dr Brenner,
my delivery was short.

You mind if I steal some Kerlix
from your supply room?

Yeah, sure, you go ahead.
I'll grab it for you. Here.

What's in North Carolina? Uh, n-not,

not sure, really, nothing,
no-nothing definite...

(laughs)

What?

Nothing.

All right.

I get it.
Secret getaway.

Well, whoever it is,
my advice: keep it casual, fun.

You think?

Believe me,
it's a long way down.

Is that the rig?

They said it was
ten minutes out.

Stop, stop!

(tyres squealing)

(alarm blaring)

Girl:
Mom!

What happened?
Check on Zadro!

I'm Dr Brenner.
Joanie.

OK, Joanie,
any trouble breathing?

Um, Lucy,
are you OK?

I think so.
Honey... ow, ow, ow.

Ow, ow.
Oh, Mom.
What is it?

My hip, my hip, my hip.
Don't move, Joanie.

That goes for you, too.
I want you

to take a big,
deep breath.

Pulse rate 120.

I'm OK.

I can get out.

Lucy, Lucy, you stay there.

Let us check you first, OK?

I need a collar!

Ugh, hit my head.

We got to get you
on a backboard.

Are you serious?

Look at this rig.
You're lucky to be alive, man.

C-spine, chest and pelvis.

Clear bilaterally,
sternal contusion.

Yeah, the seatbelt hurt
your chest.

Ouch.

Right hip tender
with internal rotation.

Mom!
Your daughter's here.

Are you OK?
We cleared her neck outside.

Listen to what the doctors say.
She just has

a minor forearm burn
from the car's airbag.

Put her in sutures;
I think mom has a broken hip.

Could have an
intra-abdominal bleed.

They were separated outside.

Just give 'em a minute, OK?

OK, fine, we need a hemocue.

I want to go home.
You got this.

Frank has my sign-outs.
Make sure the back pain

gets an MRI;
his HMO won't approve it.

So, what do you want
me to do about it?

Talk them into it.
No, Archie, no, not today.

Look, you stay if you feel
that strongly about it.

But I can't.
I'm sorry.

Pulse ox 97 on two litres.

Set up for a fast.

All right, your neck is fine.

I just need
to sew up your forehead.

What about steri-strips?

Ah, it's well into the sub-Q.

Well, how about that super glue?

You'll have much better
results with sutures.

You should listen
to your doctor.

Hey, Sam,
drunk driver?

Mom and daughter. Not sure why.

Huh. Well, I hope they're OK.

Dr Gates, that old guy
with syncope is here.

Go. Someone else
can stitch me up.

OK, I'll come back
to check you out.

(siren wailing)

I need a signature
for Dr Gates

on this patient satisfaction
form before you go.

It's already filled out.

Just sign it.

This is Leo Malcolm,
found down at home,

unconscious
on the scene,

Woke up in the rig
after a litre.

I'm Dr Gates.
Do you know where you are?

Some fleabag hospital,
looks like.

Tachy at 118.
BP: 98/40. Sats 97.

Heart's beating pretty fast.
Does anything hurt?

I'm fine.

Man can't take a nap without big
brother knocking at the door.

Family installed
some kind of motion detector

in the house;
no movement for an hour,

paramedics get a call
from the monitoring company.

All right, let's
go, Mr Malcolm.

May as well get it over with.

I feel
the same way.

Dr Gates.

I mean, welcome
to County, sir.

We're so glad
you're here.

Acetabular fracture.

That's bad?

You broke the socket
of your hip joint.

We can reconstruct
it surgically,

but you'll need to stay at
the hospital while it mends.

How long will that take?

A week, another month of rehab.

No, I can't. I have Lucy.

If the pelvis
doesn't heal properly,

you'll develop arthritis,
chronic pain.

You could need a total
hip replacement.

All set.

I got a tetanus shot, Mom.

Your daughter
was very brave.

She's my angel.

I don't know what happened.

I mean, one minute we were driving
along, singing with the radio,

and the next,
my car won't stop.

You're lucky it happened
in front of the hospital.

Yeah. God's plan, right?

Right, right, Mom.

Excuse me.
Dr Fazzio is on the phone.

Is he approving the MRI?

Fork over the four grand,

he says you can do
anything you want.

Unbelievable.

I'm ordering it.

Be careful, let's not
stick a patient

with a huge bill for an
unauthorized procedure.

Hey, Lucy,

have you ever seen a
newborn baby close up?

Come on.

I'll take you
to where they're sleeping.

It's OK.
OK.

I'll be right back.

I've been looking after her
alone for so long.

You never expect something
like this to happen.

Well, we can hold off on surgery

while you find someone
to take her home.

Do you have any
family nearby?

Uh, my mom died
when I was in college.

Do you have any friends
that can take her, uh, siblings?

I have a brother Stuart, but
we haven't talked in a while.

Last I heard,
he works a bar on Cicero.

I can call him
if you want.

If he's reachable,
we need to try.

Look, Lucy was three
the last time we saw him.

He shows up late one night,

and he says he's
in trouble; he needs

a place to stay,
regroup, whatever.

When we woke up,
he was long gone.

He'd stolen a bunch of cash

from my wallet
and my mom's wedding ring.

My family's gotten
pretty small since then.

I have a neighbour that looks
after her sometimes.

We, we can just ask her.

OK.

What labs
do you want?

CBC, BMP,
and a blood culture.

Oh!

All right,
mid-epigastric tenderness.

Yeah, your stomach would hurt
like this, too,

if I pushed you like that.

There's nothing
wrong with me.
(beeping)

Systolic only 88.

So this doesn't hurt?
Don't be so disappointed.

Little stick here.

That's it. That's it.
I'm out of here.

Where are you going?
I'm going home.

No, no, come on.
Get out of my way, kid.

No, you're not going
anywhere.

Do you want me to
call Dr Brenner?
I got this.

Yeah, that's it. Goodbye.
Leo, put this back.

The paramedics would not
have brought you in here

if they thought
nothing was wrong with you.

Your heart's beating
way too fast.

Your blood pressure
is very low.

Let me help you.

I'm fine, you know. I'm fine.

Finger?

Now, doctor... Everybody
wants to help me.

Draw some blood,
will you?

What?! Wait, hold it.
Wait a minute, man.

My, my daughter, you know?

She had these computers
all over my house.

Couldn't even go to the can
without this little...

light blinking at me.

She's probably just
worried about you.

Yeah, but she should have let me
go to the assisted-living place.

At least there I wouldn't
be bothering nobody.

All right, let's order
an abdominal series.

What's that?
Take x rays of your belly.

I'm fine.

Now, come on.
Look, if it's clear,

I'll call you a cab. Deal?

Ah... um...

Deal.

No fever,
no neuro deficit.

That it's an epidural abscess
is a long throw.

Worsening pain for weeks,
not relieved with Vicodin.

Think we should image him
before he's paralyzed?

Of course I do,
but it's not our call.

Dr Brenner, someone called
this guy about his sister.

You're Stuart Moore?

You're the one said
Joanie was asking about me?

Yeah, I called you, yeah.

Must be bad, man.

I'm the last person
she'd call.

OK, she's back here.
Uh, Dr Brenner!

Frank, his sister...

His sister's in Trauma 1.
Would you mind?

I'll be with you in a minute.

Look. Dr Fazzio promised
he'd be down in the next hour.

If he doesn't approve it,

call my cell.
I'll deal with it.

Fine.
Really? I can go?

Hallelujah. Thank you.

Hey, Sam!

I, uh, talked to Dubenko
about the roux-en-y

with the robotic surgery
system next week.

Cool. Thanks.

We've seen you upstairs
quite a bit lately.

Yeah, I'm taking
as many OR shifts as I can.

I'm not really having
a great time down here.

Tony. Breakup.

Oh. You seem
to be managing.

For the most part.

You know him.

Yeah.
We had coffee.

He apologised.
I yelled.

Then we both decided we didn't
want it to affect our jobs.

So... that's that.

I'm sorry.

It's OK. For now,
I'm keeping my work life

out of my life life.

Well, sounds like a plan.

I figured you were done
loaning me money.

So you rob me?

My car was
in the shop, Joanie.

How was I supposed to get to work?
Guys, we need
to calm down in here.

I am talking
about what you did to me.

You want
your half of Mom's ring?

What is he doing here?

I told you that I did not want
him called.

All right, I'm sorry,

but we called your neighbours;
they're out of town.

Stuart's the only
family Lucy has.

It's him or
foster care.

She'd be better off
with strangers.

We're fine.

CT can take her.

Everything OK?

OK.
My brother here needs to leave.

Call CT. We're
going to take
her upstairs.
Wait. Wait.

If something's happening
with Lucy, I should know.

Why?

Why should you know?

You don't deserve anything!

OK. You know what?

Your problem.

Have a nice life.
Get out!

Stuart, look.

I'm sorry about all this.
I didn't realise...

Yeah, look, it was
my mistake to come.

Look, your sister's sick.

Now someone needs to take
care of Lucy for a while.

That ain't me.
Sam, he's not interested.

I'm leaving, all right?
Hey.

Just leave me alone.
Just gonna walk away?

Believe me,
it's what she wants.

It's not what your niece wants.

What do you know about it?
She needs someone.

Stuart?

Lucy's not my niece.

She's my daughter.

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So Joanie's not her mother?

I don't know
where her mom is.

She took off when,
uh, Lucy was three.

And Lucy has no idea?

I haven't exactly
been around.

Yeah, I know.

Look, I didn't know
what I was doing.

I wasn't supposed
to have a kid.

I figured leaving
her with Joanie

was the best I could do.

(sighs)

Asking your sister
to raise your child--

That's a pretty
big favour.

Guess that's why
I didn't ask.

Joanie's in trouble.

She needs your help now.

I got a tiny apartment.

I-I play guitar at a bar.

Hey, maybe you'll...
maybe you'll surprise yourself.

I doubt it.

Yeah, look, I got to go.

So, uh,

Tell Joanie
I had to go to work.

Uh, maybe I'll come visit later.

Sure.

So?

He's not going to do it.

Call foster care
when you're done with the CT.

It's been
over an hour.

You said you were going
to call me a cab.

The results are
on their way.
Huh.

Hey, look, I got light-headed,
and I fainted.

It's no big deal.

Why can't you
understand that?

Whatever you have, Leo,
let us try to fix it.
Ah.

I'm sure you will.

Hi, I'm Dr Rasgotra.

Sorry to keep you waiting.
Got tied up.

I've got the OR
standing by.

Free air under the diaphragm.

Yeah, it's most likely
a perfed ulcer.

He's been taking
large doses

of Ibuprofen
for his arthritis.

Do you have
any belly pain?

No.

Well, the nsaids could
be masking the symptoms.

Mr Malcolm, air in the abdomen
is not normal.

We need to go in,
find the perforation,
and repair it.

Go in? Lady, I'm 78 years old.

It's true there's some
increased risk associated

with surgery at your age, but there
should be a good outcome.

If you don't do
this operation,

you could die.

What are we waiting for?

Cancer?

I've seen that.

No, thank you.

You sure this is
your decision?

Yes. No, thank you.

His daughter's here.

All right, have 'em
hold on a second.

Look, Leo, this is one relatively
routine operation.

You could be home in a few days.

Oh, yeah, that's what
they told my wife.

Two years later she was still
in the hospital

tied to... to the hoses
and machines.

I can't do that, ma'am.

You get to stay here
and watch all the action.

We're going to see
inside my mom?

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

I can do a 3-D
reconstruction.

Wow.

Taggart:
How are you doing?

A little dizzy.

It's probably
the morphine.

Will I be able to meet
the foster family

before she goes?
Of course.

And she can
visit me here?

Yeah.

Every day.

Two weeks are going
to fly by. You'll see.

She deserves better than Stuart.

Does she remember him at all?

She knows that she has an uncle.

She knows she met him once.

That he lives in the city.

My brother...

he wasn't always like this.

But I'm worried
that if I'm stuck here,

he'll use it against me.

He could use custody

to blackmail me for money.

It's what he does.

But you're her mom now.

Not legally.

I always thought adoption
was just a formality.

I never thought
that I could ever really...

lose her.

You won't.

Joanie, he's not coming back.

So what happens now?

Well, he's refusing
treatment.

There's nothing
we can do.

Nothing?

This is a hospital.
You can't just let someone die.

It's his choice.

It's been one battle
after another

since my mom died.

Trying to move him out
of his house, give up his car.

Feels like I should know
how to do this.

Well, you know,
sometimes people

make this kind of decision
when they're depressed.

Maybe we can have him
talk to somebody.

Like a psychiatrist?

Yeah, they can offer
counselling, medication.

I know he's not ready
to say goodbye.

(music playing)

Hi, Archie.

I'm late. I'm sorry.
Don't worry about it.

Come on in.

Nice place.

Here, these
are for you.
Oh.

I have a surprise for you.

Oh, yeah?
What kind of surprise?

Hey, are those cupcakes?
Yes.

And balloons.

I like balloons,
I guess.

Archie, this is
my mom, Olga.

My sister,
Lorraine.

My cousins Bianca, Javier,
Gabriella, Jose.

And these are
my grandmothers,

Carmen and Alicia.

Hi.

(elevator bell rings)

Hey, I'm having
Psych see Leo.
What? Why?

Well, if we can have him
declared incompetent,

then we can have
power of attorney
transferred to his daughter

and have the operation.
But he's not incompetent.

He simply doesn't
want treatment.

Well, if not incompetent,
then depressed.

It's natural at his age.

Part of the process
of letting go.
You know what?

If a 25-year-old kid came in
and refused surgery,

you'd get Psych involved
just like that.

He's not 25. And it's his right
to decide

whether he wants
his last years spent

in and out
of hospital beds.

You have to respect
his wishes.

Frank, isn't it
a bit ridiculous

to file four different copies
of the base station report?

Gee, that thought has
never occurred to me.

Neela, um... look,

just put the rest of them
in the break room.

Also, your father-of-the-year
is out there in waiting.

Stuart Moore?
He came back?

Yeah, I'm watching my wallet.

I suggest you do the same.

Car crash in the
ambulance bay.

Dysfunctional
family drama--

a little bit
of everything.
Yeah.

Well, listen, I was...
about Duke...

Yeah, I'm sorry
about that.

I don't know
why I was going on.

I guess I got caught
off guard.

Well, it's a big move.

You're probably right
to be a little hesitant.

Listen, I was thinking
maybe we could...

I booked my flight.

You did?
Yeah, Lucien switched my schedule.

He said if I couldn't come up
with a better reason

than nerves...
Of course.

That's... that's good.

Well, it's just
an interview, right?

No need to make any
big life decisions.

I'll see you later.
All right. Bye.

Need some help here!

Mom!

I need some help!
Mom, wake up!

I need a doc.
Dr Brenner!

Mom? Mom...
She needs to rest
now, honey.

Dropped her pressure in CT;
dropped her sats; lungs are wet.
What are you guys doing?

Pink, frothy sputum,
pulmonary edema.

What is that?!
Congestive heart failure?

OK, we're helping
her breathe, Lucy.

She might have bruised
her heart in the crash.

Mommy! Mommy,
are you OK? Mom!
Bipap, 40 of Lasix.

I got the airway!
Mom, tell me you're OK!

You need to calm down, OK?
But what are you guys doing?

30 on 15, Tony.

Let's see if we
can avoid intubation.

Multifocal PVCs.

Hundred of Lidocaine.

Mommy, please
talk to me! Mommy!

She's sleeping, Lucy,
because her oxygen level's low.

Sometimes when the heart
isn't pumping well,

the lungs fill with fluid.

Damn. Diffuse hypokinesis.
Ejection fraction 20%.

Looks like a dilated
cardiomyopathy.

That can't be from the crash.

What's happening?
Your mom's heart
isn't doing its job.

We're trying
to find out why.

Run of six on the monitor.

Did she present
in failure?

No, she was
compensating.

She couldn't handle
the two litres

of saline
we gave her.
Mommy!

Mommy!
V-tach.

Charge to 300.

Stop!

We're charged.
All right, clear!

Can someone get her
out of here, please?!

All right, clear.
Stop!

No change.

No, no! Mommy! Mommy!

I want to stay!

(screaming):
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Yeah, OK, that sounds good.
You call me when you're ready.

Was that cardiology?

Fulminant myocarditis.

A heart biopsy is gonna tell us
if it's treatable with steroids.

What about the hip surgery?

We'll keep her in traction
for a couple of days,

give her lungs
a chance to dry out

before we subject her
to general anaesthesia.

Hey, uh, I put the little girl
in the break room.

Social Service
is on their way down.

Geez, poor kid. Two weeks is scary
enough, but a month?

And then if the biopsy
shows scarring...

Well, the brother's
out in waiting.

I'm going to speak to him.
Maybe he'll reconsider.

Whoa, we're not sending her home
with that guy.

Sam, he's the father.

He deserves to know if his
child's going to be sent off

to live with strangers.
He didn't mind

abandoning her in the
middle of the night.

That was six years ago.
Sam, this is different.

You think?

Hey, it was a slow night.
How'd the surgery go?

She hasn't had it yet.

We discovered Joanie
was in heart failure.

I don't... from the car crash?

No, it's something else,
I think.

We're running a test now
to assess the damage.

Stuart, your daughter
was with Joanie

when she needed CPR.

She's scared.

She needs a place
to stay tonight.

Yeah.

Well, all right.

Is my mom OK?

Uh, she might be upstairs
for a little while.

Lucy, there's someone
here to see you.

This...

This is, uh, Stuart.

Your, uh, mom's told you
about me, I think.

A little.

You're my uncle?

You probably don't remember,
but we met when you were little.

Yeah, it was a long time ago.

Uh, I've been busy.

Yeah, I, uh...

Stuart here is a musician.

Really?

That's cool.

What kind of music?

Um, rock mostly.

You like music?

I like the Police.

What? Come on.
The Police? Really?

My mom and I like the song
about dinosaurs.

You ever, uh, you ever
listen to the Clash?

They're all right.

Liz Dade's here.
OK, um, Lucy,

do you mind if I, um,

leave you guys alone
for a minute?

No, it's OK.
OK.

You know, your mom
and I used to listen

to the Police
when we were kids.

We had it on a cassette tape.

You know what that is?

We used blast it so loud,
it drove your grandma crazy.

(giggling)

That's Stuart Moore?

Yeah, he's the father.

Technically.

That's what
the birth certificate says.

He has no criminal record,
no history of violence,

no record of abuse.

So, given the gravity
of Joanie's condition,

he's a candidate
for temporary custody.

If he wants it.
I think he will.

What? You can't just show up
after six years

and act like nothing's happened.

I'll try to get a sense
if he can handle it.

But yeah, he's the father.

What about Joanie?
She knows Lucy best.

She'll need to sign off.

We are not gonna add
to the stress of her illness.

I think it's a mistake.

# Won't you send it southbound?

# Give it
a cool bluesman name? #

Like Lucy.

Check this out.

Here it comes.

All right, you ready?

# But on the southside
of heaven

# Won't you take me home?

# Cos I been broke down
for so long

# Lord, it's getting cold... #

Sing that part with me.

# But on the southside
of heaven

# Won't you take me home?

That's it!

# Cos I been broke down
for so long

# Lord, it's getting cold... #

(party music playing)

So, uh, her nephew's
seventh birthday party.

Seven years.

Boy, what a fun age, huh?

Just running around
with other seven-year-olds.

Disculpenme, abuelitas.

Le voy a ensenar la casa
a Archie antes de irnos.

Come on.

Come on!

They don't speak English.

Kinda wish
I knew that.
Yeah, why?

You speak Spanish?
No, not really.

Ay, Rogelio.
I'm fine!

I'm fine!

That's my cousin, Rogelio.
He always does this.

Lorraine, don't worry. It'll be
fine. We'll just serve the cake.

No. Superhero Gary is like
Philip's favourite TV character.

If he sees this, he'll freak.

What can we do?

I don't know.

(chanting):
Superhero Gary! Superhero Gary!

Greetings, small children!

You're not...
Gary?

Nice tights.

It's, uh, a beautiful day
in the neighbourhood.

A beautiful day for...

Uh... a birthday! It's somebody's
birthday, right?

It's Philip's birthday.

It's somebody's birthday!
Philip! Yes!

What a rip-off.

Uh, how old are you, Philip?

You're not Superhero Gary.

Of course I am.

Yeah, I'm Superhero Gary.

I'm the strongest
man in Chicago.

With, uh, behold

my biceps of superness!

Ooh, those are fake.

Your hair looks different.

And his legs.
Yeah!

Superhero Gary has man legs.
These are my bionic legs!

Yes, for leaping buildings
in a single bound.

What's a bound?
It's...

Oh, nice shot!
Don't throw that.

Hit him!
Get him!

OK, Phillip, seriously.

You guys, come on.

Get him! Whoo!
Yeah, yeah!

How are you feeling, Joanie?

Better.

Setting well on Bipap.

Switching her
to ten litres by mask.

I felt like I was drowning.

Over a litre of urine
output with the Lasix.

You get the results?

Joanie... most
of your heart muscle

has been replaced
by scar tissue.

I don't understand.

A virus attacked your heart.

A virus?
What kind of virus?

Well, it could have
been a cold or flu.

Something in the last 12 months,
perhaps.

How does something
like this happen?

It's extremely rare.

Now, unfortunately,
the damage is irreversible.

Now, we'll wait to see
if your heart

Responds to IV medication,

but if it doesn't,

we may have to put you
on the transplant list.

Mom. Mom. Mom.

What about Lucy?

I'm gonna take her, Joan.

No.

Just for a couple of weeks
till you're better.

It's a lot of responsibility.
Every day.

He knows that.

It's more than
just watching her.

There's an old woman
who lives in my building.

She baby-sits. She can
help out if I need it.

Is that cool, kiddo?

It's cool.

We'll catch up for lost time.

Stuart...

Hey...

I can do this.

Let me prove it to you.

You don't have to
if you don't want to.

I want to.

Here we go again.

What did
the psychiatrist say?

He says you're not suicidal,

you're not
clinically depressed,

and you have the right
to refuse treatment.

Finally, a doctor
around here who listens.

But refusing treatment
is just the first step.

We need to walk you
through the rest.

The rest of what?
He means the hospice.

If that's the path
you're choosing.

Yeah, it is.

You know, contents of your bowel
could spill into your abdomen

and cause a massive infection,

get through your bloodstream,
infect your lungs.

Which we will treat
with antibiotics.

Fine.

Your blood pressure could drop so low
that fluid could get in your lungs.

We'll give you medication to keep
you comfortable.

If you have to.
Morphine.

Which will make you out of it.

You won't be able to see.
You can't talk.

Your daughter will be there
watching you lose

the ability to breathe.
You want that? You want

to put your daughter
through that?

Your granddaughters through that?
Tony.

Can you step outside, please?

What the hell was that?
He's making a mistake.

So you think scaring him into it
is the best solution?

What other choice do I have?
Let it go.

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Hey.

What is it?

I want to apologise
for earlier.

I watched my wife...

turn into a corpse
before my very eyes.

What makes you think

I can't handle a little, uh,
shortness of breath?

Hey, you, uh...

you religious or something?

Uh, you afraid that
God's gonna get mad at me?

It's not about that.

Huh. Well, why-why can't I, uh,

show my family
that I'm still strong?

That, uh, I can, uh,

leave this world
with some kind of dignity?

You want to protect your family;
I get it.

You know, I sat with my wife...

for two years...

waiting, watching her...

disappear.

I did that so that
my family didn't have to.

Two years.

And then when it was over, sh...
(chuckles)

She didn't even
remember who I was.

What kind of cruel joke is that?

Leo, you don't have cancer.

We could fix this, man.

Ah, you did
what you need to do.

Now you just... let me do mine.

(sighs)

I was talking to your
granddaughter Alyssa.

Yep.

She's going to, uh, Wisconsin
in the fall, huh?

Civil engineering.

Building cities.

Must be a tough field
to get into, huh?

Yeah.

She said she
talked about it,

when she was
a kid with you,

that you wanted to
do the same thing.

They never had
anything like that

when I was in the Navy.

(coughs)

She's got more opportunities
than I ever had.

(breathes deeply)

You must be proud.

Oh.

I'm proud
of all my grandchildren.

They always remember
what they come from.

You know, I have a daughter.

Oh, yeah?

Haven't always done
the right thing.

That's for sure.

Seeing you with your family,
meeting them

and the way they look up to you,

all that you've
accomplished, it's...

You figure it out as you go.

Yeah.

The college,
the classes, the career.

You-you've talked to her about
that your whole life. That's cool.

And she's doing it.
Mm-hmm.

She's doing it,
and she's doing it

not just for herself,
but for you.

She's gonna graduate,

and she's gonna look out there,
and you're not gonna be there.

That how you want it to be?

(door buzzes)

You're buying me dinner.

Holy Moses!

Morris?

Dislocation of
the left elbow.

Needs postreduction films and
an ortho consult. Come on, kids.

I'll show you where they
reattached Evil Staxx's arm

after I threw him
off the Sears Tower.

These are from the county, state
and DCFS saying that you agree

to the terms of the four-week
custody arrangement.

There's a lot of forms.

Here's a map and directions
to Lucy's school.

You're responsible for getting
her to and from every day.

And her paediatrician's office.

She's got an annual physical
scheduled in two weeks.

Can't some of this
wait until Joanie's better?

No, it's important
to keep her routine stable

during the
transition.

Now, you need to bring
her here every day.

Contact with Joanie is vital.
How am I supposed to work?

You'll figure it out. Call me
if you have any questions.

You OK?

Yeah.

Now, this is nothing
you can't handle.

Listen, uh, Lucy's
with your sister

until we take her upstairs.

Why don't you go down the, uh,
street and pick up some food?

Ike Ryan's is a block down;
shouldn't take you too long.

Grab yourselves some, uh,
dinner, maybe a couple of sodas.

All right.
You need some money?

No, man, I got money.

(chuckles) I'll see you
in half an hour.

And, um, this is

a bench, yeah,
where-where people wait

to hear matters
of life and death.

Oh, oh!

And this, this is one
of Superhero Gary's

favourite nurses,
Sam Taggart.

Sam, this is Claudia
and her whole family.

Hi.

Superhero Gary?

Kid's birthday party.
Morris.

Gates has got neurosurgery
coming down on your patient.

What patient? I'm not on.
Your back pain guy.

His BP dropped and he can't move
his legs. He's still here?!

Excuse me.

Two litres of saline wide open.

Temp spiked to 103.
BP: 85/50.

Oh, good,
here he comes.

(monitors beeping)

What the hell?

Can you feel this?

No. I can't move my legs.

Spinal shock.
Probably septic, too.

I'll throw in a central line.
Why can't I move my legs?

You have an infection
that's pressing

on your spinal cord.
Costume party?

Seventh birthday.

Sats are down 87%.

100% nonrebreather.

Mix Levophed,
four migs in 500ccs.

Vanco and Ceftriaxone
are hanging.

Introducer
and guidewire.

Neurosurge will meet us in MRI.

Holding an OR.

We need to take you up
to surgery

to prevent permanent paralysis.

God! I'm going to be paralyzed?
No, we hope not.

Don't worry. I've got you.

OK, let's roll.
The clock is ticking.

(whispering):
You're our hero.

Coming through!

Lucy, Luce...
Yeah? Yeah, Mom?

Listen, do you have your
backpack and your sweatshirt?

Yeah. Don't worry, Mom.
OK.

Here, listen.

You be a good
girl, OK?

(elevator bell dings)
All right?

I'll see you tomorrow.

(chuckles)

OK.

I love you.
I love you more.

Come on.

Good night, guys.

Bye, Dr Morris.
Happy birthday, Philip.

You know, impersonating
a superhero's a misdemeanour? It is?

And resisting arrest
will only make it worse.

I guess I'm in big trouble.

I guess you are.

# When I die, Lord

# Won't you put my soul
up on a train?

# Won't you send it southbound

# Give it
a cool bluesman name?

# Cos I've been lost
on them back roads

# So many times
I've gone blind

# Losing faith in my family

# Had put me
out of my damn mind

# On the southside of heaven,
won't you take me home?

# Cos I've been broke down
for so long

# Lord, it's getting cold

# I've been a desperado
in West Texas for so long

# Lord, I need a change

# Ten long years
this old place ain't

# Seen a drop of rain

# Now the wind blows
every day, Lord

# Oh, like a desert snow

# Like a lostbound train

# Running on cocaine
and out of control

# But on the southside
of heaven

# Won't you take me home?

# Cos I've been broke
for so long

# Lord, it's getting cold. #

He probably went to get
his place ready for you.

We can wait out here
for a few minutes, if you like.

He's not coming.

How do you know that?

I could tell.

It's kind of cold out here.

I'm OK.

How long is she
going to be here?

It's hard to say.

I hope it's not too long.

Me, too.

# On the southside of heaven,
won't you take me home?

Let's do something good tonight.

Just me and you.

Dinner for two.

We'll have Scottish salmon fillets,

responsibly sourced,

with baby new potatoes,
some fine green beans

and a cuddle on the sofa for afters.

Dinner for two, for:

Sorted.

Good with food.

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That weakened enamel on your teeth
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It's very difficult
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very healthy

but have
acid damage.

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always would be to go
and see a dental professional.

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Replace your
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You're leaving town?

For one day. I'm not moving.

Why?

There is a facility providing
housing for cancer patients.

I'm going to take a tour,
get some ideas.

This has nothing
to do with Roger?

Roger who?

You know,
the architect with the wife.

It's OK if you want to be
upset that you broke up with him.