ER (1994–2009): Season 2, Episode 10 - A Miracle Happens Here - full transcript
Mark has to deal with the fact he can't see Rachel during the holidays and takes care of a Holocaust survivor whose grandchild is missing.
[theme music]
[upbeat music]
[alarm beeping]
[beeping stops]
It's freezing out there, babe.
[door opening]
Carol?
[breathing heavily]
What are you doing?
Oh, the furnace
went out in the night.
I tried to start the pilot,
but I think it's shot.
It's below zero in here.
It's not so bad
when you start moving.
There's frost on the blankets.
[door slams open]
I thought you said we weren't
gonna use that fireplace
until the chimney sweep
checked it out.
No, look.
I just have to pull this thing.
[clanging]
Oh!
[laughing]
Come on.
Alright let's just go out
and get some breakfast.
Uh!
I'll never get
someone to come here
and open it
before Christmas.
Well, let's just have
Christmas at my place.
At least I have heat
and plumbing.
I've got plumbing...almost.
I wanted to wake up here
on Christmas morning.
You know the tree was
gonna look so beautiful.
So it's a little chilly.
We'll put something
under the door
you know
to stop the draft.
That's not a draft,
that's a gale‐force wind.
We're gonna get pneumonia.
Put on some socks.
Look, old houses
are chilly.
Some..
Some houses need snow shovels
in the parlor?
♪ Hark how the bells
sweet silver bells ♪
♪ All seem to say
throw cares away ♪
♪ Christmas is here
bringing good cheer ♪
♪ To young and old
meek and the bold ♪
♪ Ding, dong, ding, dong
That is their song ♪
♪ With joyful ring
all caroling ♪
♪ One seems to hear
words of good cheer ♪
♪ From everywhere
filling the air ♪
♪ Oh how they pound
raising the sound ♪
♪ O'er hill and dale
telling their tale ♪
♪ Gaily they ring
while people sing ♪
♪ Songs of good cheer
Christmas is here ♪
♪ Merry merry merry
merry Christmas ♪
♪ Merry merry merry
merry Christmas ♪
♪ On on they send
on without end ♪
♪ Their joyful tone
to every home ♪
♪ On on they send
on without end ♪
♪ Their joyful tone
to every home ♪
♪ Ding dong ding dong ♪
♪ Boom ♪
Ladies and gentlemen
straight from the fourth floor
The Recovery Room Choraliers.
[applauding]
Recovery has way too much
time on their hands.
Well, thanks again.
You guys are great.
We can't wait
to hear you folks.
Us folks?
4 o'clock
up on our floor.
‐ You promised.
‐ Who promised?
Carol Hathaway,
see you then.
Oh, I'm sorry I'm gonna
miss Carol's solo.
You ever heard her sing?
She's gonna need your help.
Uh‐huh, I'm off at three and got
all the kids still to buy for.
I can't carry a tune.
Who's representing the docs?
‐ You need a consult, right?
‐ Uh, yeah.
I believe the dulcet baritones
of Mark Greene
would be a fine addition
to any ensemble.
That's what he gets
for being late.
He's at the attorney's
this morning.
Not letting any grass
grow under that split‐up.
Couldn't he and Jen wait
till after the holidays?
Uh, no,
the hospital attorneys.
His deposition on the
O'Brien wrongful‐death suit.
The pregnant woman
last winter?
Oh. Oh! Ugh.
In case his holidays
weren't cheerful enough.
The important thing
is to stay calm
and stick to the facts.
I am calm.
Well, then, maybe
you should take off your coat.
Sure.
Mark, this will be
a long process.
It could be another year
before we reach a settlement.
Or go to trial.
We'll try to avoid that.
And why is that again?
If there's no obvious
breach of standard.
But in a case where
the injuries are inflammatory
like leaving
a newborn motherless
we'd still prefer
to settle.
And if we settle, it goes
on my record permanently?
Looks better than losing
a million five
judgment at trial.
Uh, I gotta use
the men's room.
Back there.
[babbling]
Whoa!
Hey, whoa, little guy.
Mr. O'Brien.
Dr. Greene.
He's doing well.
Yes, he is.
Come on, Mark.
They're ready to begin.
What is this?
"Living Nativity on Ice"
vs. Zamboni.
First Korean Baptist
Youth Group waiting
to rehearse at
the skate on state.
Zamboni driver plowed right
into the manger, six injured.
‐ I think.
‐ What's the bullet on this one?
Multiple trauma,
complaint of pain
in legs, ribs, head.
Vitals stable.
LOC for approximately
two minutes, GCS 15.
Moves extremities
times four now, IV, Saline.
Get a x‐ray done
and do a CT on her head.
‐ Who's next?
‐ Uh, check out the lamb.
Put the Virgin Mary in 3.
Oh, careful looks like
partial thickness burns
to forearms and hands.
I didn't even
wanna be a lamb!
Let's get some
cool saline dressing.
How'd she get burned?
The Zamboni shoots out
hot water.
Lucky she landed
flat on the ice.
‐ Ow! It hurts!
‐ 75 Demerol, 25 Vistaril.
I'll be right back.
(female #2)
'Somebody help my son?'
Can you feel this?
Wiggle your fingers.
Ma'am did he lose
consciousness?
No? Alright come here.
What's your name?
I'm a wise man.
Did they have names?
‐ Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
‐ Right you are.
‐ There you go.
‐ 'Okay take a seat.'
Please tell me you weren't
using a real infant.
Jesus was a doll.
‐ Thank you. Who's this?
‐ Zamboni driver.
Fell five feet
from the driver's
seat on to the ice.
LOC on the scene.
Ooh!
Smell that breath.
Merry Christmas.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[theme music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
So you're asking to observe
this mornings clamp and run?
Yep, 'cause I missed
your last two.
And at the same
time you're telling me
you didn't finish last
night's discharge summaries?
I'll catch you up right after
surgery, plus I kinda
implied to Macy I'd be there.
‐ Macy?
‐ The patient's wife.
They were really
nervous last night.
He's got a history
of thoracic aneurysm
but he thought his
backache was a sprain
from putting up
Christmas lights.
Alright what you chatted
about last night
instead of finishing
your charts.
Well, I don't see
anything wrong.
So this morning
you're gonna do
what you were supposed
to do last night.
Yeah but the patient‐‐
No the patient will not
notice that you're not there.
Carter, this is
not a social hour.
This is surgery.
"This is surgery."
The star of the east
is heading up
for a tooth re‐implantation.
You're overreacting.
It's just a couple
of Christmas carols.
I don't know any.
Everybody knows
"Jingle bells."
Never heard of it.
‐ And...I can't sing in public.
‐ Why?
I hate it when
people stare at me.
Oh, I can tell.
Oh, things were pretty wild
around here for a while.
Yeah? It seems to be
under control now.
Yeah? How about with you?
How'd your deposition go?
♪ Fa la la la la.. ♪
Hey, Mark, that's the spirit.
How about 4 o'clock?
4 o'clock?
I...I can't make it.
It's a miracle none of those
kids were critically hurt.
You know the cops are
charging that driver right now.
They can charge him with
a DUI on a Zamboni?
No. A "ZUI"
Last year, I gave her
a T‐bond for Christmas.
She accuses me of
not being romantic.
But thinking long‐term.
That's exactly what I said.
You know I mean
a diamond may be forever
but, hey, a ten‐year
maturity at six percent
is not chopped liver.
[laughing]
This year, I had a brain..
Uh, damn.
Bender, could you, uh...
do me a favor and open me up
a new brush, thanks.
This year,
on Christmas morning
I'm getting her
ten shares of AT&T.
‐ It's Benton.
‐ Right.
Next day she gets 20 shares
of General Electric.
On the third day, 30 shares
of DuPont, right?
On the fourth day
I mean..
Wait, wait, wait.
You gotta repeat
this for Carl.
Later, please.
I'm here to tell you
we can all relax.
It seems that our patient
had second thoughts
and he's withdrawn his
consent for the procedure.
Doesn't he realize that
he was our last chance
to beat the clock
before the new year?
Can't we change
his mind back?
Well actually,
Dr. Benton and I
are gonna find that
out right now.
If you care to join me?
Sure.
That's a pretty nasty cut
you got there, Mr. Calaus.
[chuckling]
Stan, and it's my own fault.
I've been carving the toys
by hand for a million years
but business has
gotten so hectic
I went to a power
jig and router
for some of the
more popular items
like the, like
a rolling ducks on a stick.
Oh, I love those.
What a great job,
making toys.
Got rich and fat without
even asking for it.
Sometimes, though,
I miss the old days.
Just me and my old
lady packing up the VW
and hitting
the craft fairs.
[chuckling]
Now I've got
a whole crew
working for me
'round the clock.
Still can't keep up
with the back orders.
Well, this hand's
going to slow you down.
Ah, lucky we're down
to shipping and handling.
Hate to disappoint
any kids.
When was last time
you had a tetanus shot?
Oh, ho.
It's been ages.
Well, the doctor's probably
gonna want you to have one.
You would make a great Santa.
Ah!
I bet you hear
that pretty often, huh?
[chuckling]
Eh, this time of year.
So it goes with
the territory, Peter.
I mean if you're going to
develop cutting‐edge techniques
you better learn how to
sell it to the masses.
I mean, I know it's
a pain in the ass
but if you find the simple
metaphor for people
you could help define
the procedure for yourself.
Hmm.
I can imagine, yeah.
We had the same problem
with endarterectomies.
Nobody knew of them,
nobody wanted one.
At first, I shied away from
the Roto‐Rooter metaphor.
I thought it was
a bit too crass.
But in the long run
that's what people
can understand.
Now, why don't you
see if you
can get the Chamberlains
to understand?
‐ I'll do my best.
‐ Alright here we go.
Mr. Chamberlain, I'd like
you to meet Dr. Benton.
'He works with me.'
Pleased to meet you.
Elderly victim of
a carjacking coming in.
Head trauma with ALOC.
How nice.
‐ Here you go.
‐ Is this my Christmas bonus?
A hearty handshake
and a "Job well done?"
No, that's a check for my share
of tonight's Christmas party.
I love it when the docs pay.
Yeah, especially
when we guilt them
into booking
the Knickerbocker.
Hey is everybody
dressing up?
Gonna wash behind my ears.
Hey, they're pulling up now.
Listen, I noticed
that you signed up
for Christmas Eve
and Christmas day.
I don't mind working then.
Oh, me, either.
Kerry Weaver made
the same offer
but Jen has got
Rachel in Dayton
and I won't get her back
until Christmas night.
‐ So I'd just as soon work.
‐ Okay, if you change your mind.
Thanks.
‐ Carjack victim?
‐ Unidentified female.
Pulled from her car at the
corner of Roosevelt and Ashland.
Some salvation army, bell‐ringer
saw the whole thing.
Said she hit her head
on the curb pretty hard.
BP's 160/120.
She was awake en route
but disoriented.
We got two IV's
of normal saline
O2, 15 liters by mask.
Alright let's do it
on my count, gently.
One, two, three.
Cross‐table C‐spine
and, uh, get a head CT
Gonna be a sore little
lady at Christmas mass.
I don't think this little
old lady goes to mass.
(Malik)
'What's that?'
(Mark)
'She's a survivor.
Of what?
Concentration camp.
[sighs]
Alright, let's get a CBC,
type and hold.
Spin a crit,
dip the urine for heme.
update her tetanus
and hang a gram of Ancef.
The technique that you
gave consent to is..
I don't know techniques.
Macy said she wants to wait
and that's fine by me.
‐ Macy is your wife?
‐ Yes.
Well maybe we should
talk to Macy.
‐ Be my guest.
‐ I don't blame you one bit.
I mean you have every right
to have cold feet.
‐ Carter.
‐ Dr. Benton, Dr. Vucelich.
I was just..
I bumped into Macy
in the cafeteria
having coffee.
I was just explaining
to her that she's not
the first spouse
to have second thoughts
on the day
of major surgery.
‐ I feel like a fool.
‐ Well you're not.
Flip‐flopping
this way and that.
I guess I'm pretty
much scared to death.
Hope you don't think
I'm crazy, honey.
but after talking
to Dr. Carter.
'I know, you're
not a doctor yet'
'but I feel so much better.'
So if it's not too late..
...can we get on
with the surgery?
Yes.
Yes, ma'am, we certainly can.
Is Mr. Carter
free to join us?
Yes, I am.
Do you know
where you are?
Good news for her
the police just called.
They found a car matching
the eyewitness' description
off the 290 in
a snow bank near Berkeley.
If she's Hanna Steiner
she's got her car back.
Hanna? Are you
Hanna Steiner?
‐ Uh...yeah.
‐ You're in a hospital.
You were pulled from
your car at a stoplight.
Oh.
We're just gonna
check you out here
and make sure
everything's alright.
‐ Oh, no.
‐ You need to stay calm.
'Cause you've gotta..
You've been hit in the head.
‐ Tirzah, what about Tirzah?
‐ Tirzah?
The baby.
Oh, my god.
'The baby.
The baby.'
‐ What baby?
‐ My grand daughter.
She was in the car.
'She was in the car seat.
Is she okay?'
They didn't say
anything about a baby.
‐ 'Is she..'
‐ Call the police.
Oh, no, Tirzah!
Miss Steiner,
Miss Steiner
try and stay calm
and lie still, okay?
The police are gonna
do everything they can.
No! No!
Get me back that police
dispatcher again.
Just try and relax.
Try and relax.
It's about
the carjack incident.
Breathe easy.
[dramatic music]
She's refused the Ativan
and doesn't wanna
go for a CT.
I think she's still hoping
to hear some good news.
Mmm, me too.
‐ Any news?
‐ Not yet.
We're still trying
to reach your son.
Oh, that won't do any good,
they live too far.
Mrs. Steiner are you sure
you don't want Ativan?
It'll calm you down.
I never should
have driven with her.
We need to finish
your evaluation.
If you go for a CT
I promise I'll come find you
as soon as we hear anything.
You really need
a cat scan.
Like a loch in kop.
No, to make
sure you don't
have a loch in kop.
Hole in her head.
Okay.
I'll go.
Mark, your wife's
on the phone.
I'll take it
in the lounge.
But, please..
...find me if
you hear anything.
I will.
(male #2)
'You think they're okay?'
She'll love them.
You're sure?
I mean they're 22 karat.
They're beautiful.
Ah, I mean they're not like
real rubies or anything.
Yeah, but..
they're really,
really lovely.
‐ You still here?
‐ Ah, I'm leaving right now.
They're perfect for her.
‐ Red is her color.
‐ Mmm.
No, Jen, no,
I'm not gonna let you
walk all over me
on this one.
You should've
thought of it before
you started screwing
your co‐worker.
Hey.
Oh, man, Jen had the
nerve to suggest
that Rachel
stay with her
in Dayton for
two more days.
What for?
Some skating party
Rachel's cousins
are having.
Jen is really
pushing it.
She's the one
having an affair
and I'm supposed to give up
my daughter at Christmas.
She really has
great timing, huh?
Mid‐December
kamikaze strike.
Maximize pain
and suffering.
I know you don't want to
take it out on Rachel.
Course not.
I'm taking Susie over
to Cookie and
Henry's tomorrow.
It's dreadful
family fare and..
...we'd love you
to join us.
‐ Thanks, but‐‐
‐ Dr. Greene.
Uh, Randi has Mrs. Steiner's son
on the phone from Glen Ellyn.
I'm on my way.
Later.
Somebody hit fast forward?
Carl, you're at warp speed.
Well, you should see
my mother darn a sock.
Time?
You're at 55 minutes
and 30 seconds.
Well, gentlemen, we're
about to make a run
for beating the clock.
Personal best
still stands at 57:07.
‐ Peter, you're a lucky man.
‐ Am I?
Yeah, you have a student
who talks to patients.
Must save you a
lot of headaches.
Sometimes.
(Carl)
'How many of these
have you assisted on?'
‐ 'This is my fifth.'
‐ 'Really?'
You ready to finish
this one?
Yeah.
Oh, and still have
us break the record?
Now don't say yes
unless you can be sure.
I'm sure.
Alright. Carter,
do the suctioning.
Simon, watch the clock.
‐ Come on.
‐ 56:14 and counting.
Alright now go inside‐out on the
aorta, outside‐in on the graft.
That's right.
Long bites.
Move it along.
Pick up the pace.
Come on, find your stroke.
‐ 56:30.
‐ That's it.
Don't twist the Gore‐tex.
‐ Go, go, go.
‐ Pull up the slack.
57 on the nose.
‐ Okay. Ready to tie off.
‐ Do it, Carter.
Cut it at
three millimeters.
(male #3)
'57:06.'
‐ Did it.
‐ No, not yet.
We still have
to check for leakage.
(Carl)
'Release the distal Satinsky.'
'Good.
Proximal clamp.'
Looks very good.
‐ Time?
‐ '57:16'
‐ It's not too bad.
‐ We didn't break the record.
Would have been a nice way
to ring out the year, hmm?
[laughing]
Randi, Mrs. Steiner
come back from CT Yet?
On her way.
Any news on her
granddaughter?
Must be 20 miles
of highway between
here and where
they found the car.
People are sick.
Well, the parents are on
their way from Glen Ellyn.
In this weather,
it's gonna take 'em a while.
Oh, my poor roof.
Mlungisi.
Kerry!
(Kerry)
'Mlungisi.'
[foreign language]
(Mlungisi)
'I came straight
from the airport.'
[speaking in foreign language]
If you'll have me?
(Kerry)
'I was‐I was just
about to go on a break.'
Uh... everyone.
This is Mlungisi.
‐ Hi.
‐ Hi.
My pleasure.
I'll be back
in half an hour.
Fine.
Mark, Mrs. Steiner's back.
No?
Not yet.
They're still searching.
My son and I could
use some help here!
‐ 'We need a doctor!'
‐ Uh.
Dr. Ross!
Dr. Ross.
‐ Right this way.
‐ Took a bullet in his shoulder.
Okay, are you alright?
Can you walk on your own?
‐ Yeah, yeah.
‐ Hang tough, kiddo.
Trauma one!
She's only been
missing a short time.
Now, don't give up.
I guess I don't have
to tell you that.
Mm‐hmm.
It's easier when
you're young.
You know nothing else.
They call you, uh..
..."Dirty Jew" in school.
You've seen the
worst of people.
And the best.
This little baby.
She's so sweet.
Th‐they just
wanted the car.
I don't think
they would hurt her.
But they would.
No.
You go on
after you have seen evil.
Oh, you laugh you‐you work,
you have‐have children.
You don't let it own you.
'That's your revenge.'
To live.
And then..
...something like this..
...and you know
that it can all be taken away.
We still hope
for the best.
Yeah.
You hope.
You know what I was
thinking when I was upstairs
here in this‐this machine.
Lying so still
I did something
that I stopped doing
50 years ago.
I prayed to God.
You‐you know Yiddish,
Dr. Greene?
A little,
from my grandmother.
But you are
a religious man?
I'm the son of
an agnostic Jew
and a lapsed catholic.
[snorts]
You're no good at all.
I‐I can't ask you, you..
...to pray for my family.
Well, I can try.
Yeah.
[sighs]
Dreaming of
a white Christmas?
Oh, I'm hoping the tarp
stays tied on my roof.
Mm, I hope the
party's not history.
The drive's already
at a standstill.
All the more reason
to celebrate, right?
So I was thinking,
4 o'clock, up in recovery.
You've heard me sing.
Poor Susie hears the first
line of "Rock‐a‐Bye Baby"
and goes to sleep
as a defense mechanism.
Well, you just
mouth the words.
‐ That's what I do.
‐ While who sings?
‐ Well, I'm working on that.
‐ Sorry.
‐ Carter?
‐ No, no..
Chronic tone deafness
and acute stage fright.
Do you have time now?
Oh, yeah.
Find me in‐in radiology.
Carol, Mr. Calaus is ready
for sterile dressing.
Mark, who's in there
with him?
‐ 'It's his family.'
‐ 'Don't you think..'
Doesn't he remind
you of somebody?
Are you kidding?
He's the spitting image.
I mean, I know it's
ridiculous, but still..
No, he looks just
like him, yeah he does
like you know, when he was old,
right before he died.
‐ Before who died?
‐ Jerry Garcia.
That's who we're
talking about, isn't it?
[telephone ringing]
(Susan)
'Oh, Carter,
she'll love them.'
You think?
Yeah, they look just like her.
‐ They're not too much?
‐ No, they're fine.
I know Harper and I haven't been
seeing each other that long.
They're great.
I saw them,
and I just thought..
Well, you‐you sure
they're not too much?
Carter..
Are you telling me these..
Are these real?
‐ They're too much.
‐ No!
No, I mean,
they're beautiful.
‐ She‐she'll love them.
‐ No, I went overboard.
No, of course not.
You thought of her,
she'll be touched.
‐ Yeah?
‐ Yeah.
Susan, we need
a doctor out here.
Somebody help us!
Our priest has been shot.
Here, here.
Put him here.
You alright, B‐pop?
You'll be alright now.
‐ You're at the hospital.
‐ What happened?
We found him
at the church.
LG shot him up
like a dog.
(Dr. Susan)
'How much blood did he lose?'
A lot, man.
911 didn't even show up.
We drove him
in ourselves.
Okay, we'll take
care of him now.
‐ Va estar bien, B‐pop.
‐ Jeanie, you're on.
You're gonna be okay, man.
They shot a priest?
I am out of here.
Bet I beat you
out the door.
See y'all at the party.
Careful on the roads.
Mark, I hope it's not
too late for me to withdraw
my offer to work
the holidays.
No, no.
Looks like you have a visitor.
Yeah. I think
I, uh, may skip the party.
I'll be right there,
Mlungisi.
Kerry, you didn't expect him?
Uh‐uh.
A complete surprise.
I love surprises.
Mlungisi's full of them.
So, how do you,
um, know him?
I, uh..
I had a farm...in Africa.
(Jeanie)
'Sinus tach.'
Good bilateral
breath sounds.
No tracheal shift.
Doctor, please..
Father, please
try to relax.
‐ Pulse ox?
‐ '96.'
Good, he's not hypoxic.
Where the hell's the x‐ray?
‐ On their way.
‐ Here you go.
I have to speak to...Diablo,
the boy outside.
‐ Father, not now.
‐ Please..
I need to talk to him..
...before I die.
You're not going to die.
‐ Please.
‐ I'm gonna find that kid.
‐ Okay, okay.
‐ Please.
Squad car's on its way in
with an infant that fits
the description of
Hanna Steiner's grandchild.
‐ Do we need warming blankets?
‐ I don't think so.
They found her in this
triple‐x theater on Ashland.
Police aren't sure of
her condition except that
she's screaming
her head off.
That's a good sign.
[baby crying loudly]
I got her.
Lungs are working.
Tell the grandmother.
No, let's check
her condition first.
‐ Take her to T‐1.
‐ Let's get to the warmer.
It's already done.
[crying continues]
‐ No signs of trauma.
‐ Good one. Here.
She's alert and interactive,
making eye contact.
Good breath sounds.
‐ Let's get a core..
‐ What?
A core temperature.
[baby screaming]
No apparent injury.
Mad as hell.
‐ Tirzah!
‐ Mrs. Steiner.
'Tirzah!'
I knew it was you.
Please.
[baby continues crying]
Alright. Okay.
‐ Go ahead.
‐ Yes, yes, yes.
Yes, my darling.
Oh, sweetheart,
bless you.
Oh, sweetheart.
Yeah, shush, shush, shush.
She's...she's hungry,
is all.
I don't believe you, B‐pop.
No...listen to me.
Escuchame.
Shooting.
‐ We have to step away.
‐ No.
Come on, man, you're
trying to protect the LG.
Man, I know you were.
I know they did
this to you, Big Pop.
I saw him.
I saw him.
He wasn't from the hood.
You're trying to keep the truth,
B‐pop. I know, man.
Father, you need to
stop talking.
Shooting again.
[groaning]
Diablo..
...it wasn't the LG.
I swear to God.
You need to go now.
Malik.
‐ 'Let's go.'
‐ No, man. No.
Come on.
‐ B‐pop, man.
‐ Let's go.
For him.
For Diablo.
I need a wet read
on those top priority.
Give them to me.
Thanks.
Sorry I left you with
all the last‐minute deliveries.
Oh, no problem.
I like to drive.
You call that
driving or flying?
It's nice that you're all
willing to help out your dad.
The whole brood will
be charging me overtime.
See you back
at the homestead.
Got your maps?
The naughty and the nice.
Okay, Mr. Calaus,
I will be right back
with your tetanus shot.
And I would just like to say
how much I've enjoyed
taking care of you today.
Well, that's awfully
nice to hear.
I've been surrounded
by bah‐humbuggers all day.
No one's in the spirit.
They won't sing a few
Christmas carols.
But...you have
been the exception.
Well, you can't count on
other people to give it to you.
Know what I mean?
The spirit...it's in you.
You're right.
You are absolutely right.
Thank you.
I'm going to sing
some Christmas carols.
Anybody care to join me?
It's 4 o'clock.
I'm going up to recovery.
[humming]
Last chance to spread
some holiday cheer.
What?
And God bless us, everyone.
[chuckling]
‐ Pressure's still falling.
‐ Alright.
‐ Let's get him up.
‐ What about x‐rays?
Can't wait.
Father, cannot wait.
Watch it.
Coming through.
Diablo...Diablo..
Move! Move.
‐ Watch it!
‐ Look out!
‐ Get out of the way.
‐ Alright, in here.
Get him up.
What's wrong, man?
What's going on?
‐ Damn. He's bradying down.
‐ Uh, we're losing his pulse.
Get him back.
What's going on?
Alright, bag him.
I'll start compressions.
‐ Malik?
‐ I got you.
‐ 'Is he okay?'
‐ Back to trauma.
(Diablo)
Man, B‐pop!
‐ 'Hey, where you taking him?'
‐ Hurry up!
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
No room at the end.
Pulse is gone.
Damn it, he's bleeding out.
Curtain two.
Mark...Mark, two.
Out of the way.
Move out of the way.
Run the IV's wide open.
'Rapid infuser,
thoracotomy tray.'
'Scalpel.'
Rib spreader.
(Diablo)
'Man. what's going on, man?
What's wrong?'
Suction.
Malik, hold the retractor.
Suction!
Come on!
Goddamn it.
Cross clamp him now.
(Mark)
'Alright. Statinsky.'
[priest groaning]
Bullet severed the aorta.
(Susan)
'Start internal compressions.'
[slamming door]
Come on, hurry up in there.
Damn.
Thank you!
Damn.
Hey. Watch out.
Where's the priest?
Curtain two.
Widened mediastinum..
Time of death, 4:17.
(Diablo)
'Oh, man.'
Oh, man, no.
Oh, man.
Do something.
Do something else.
'Like, try and do
something, man.'
It won't help.
I'm sorry.
(Diablo)
'Oh, man.'
Well, get...get him a priest.
You guys can do that, right,
you guys can get him a priest.
Lydia, can you, uh..
...run upstairs and try
to find the chaplain?
I mean, he'd want a priest.
[sighs]
♪ Four calling birds
three French hens ♪
♪ Two turtle doves ♪
♪ And a partridge
in a pear tree ♪
♪ On the twelfth
day of Christmas ♪
♪ My true love gave to me ♪
Uh..
♪ Twelve tone‐deaf doctors ♪
♪ Eleven lords a‐lording ♪
♪ Ten drummers drumming ♪
♪ Nine something something ♪
♪ Eight maids a‐milking ♪
♪ Seven swans a‐swatting ♪
♪ Six geese a‐gagging ♪
♪ Five golden rings! ♪
♪ Four calling birds,
three French hens ♪
♪ Two turtle doves ♪
♪ And a partridge
in a pear tree ♪
Thank you.
♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy New Year ♪
And suddenly,
there was with the angel
a multitude
of the heavenly host
praising God and saying,
"Glory to the God
"in the highest
and on Earth
peace and goodwill
toward men."
LOL with sudden back pain.
She's diaphoretic,
short of breath.
What's her history?
Hypertension.
She's 220 over 140 right now.
Call Mark.
Get Carter down here now.
Aye, sir.
My back.
It's ripping apart.
‐ Doctor, help her.
‐ When did this pain start?
Twenty minutes ago.
We were shopping.
Loss of pulses.
Aortic regurge.
Let's get a chest film,
an angiogram.
Propranolol,
one milligram IV Bolus.
Set up an art line.
Is it a heart attack?
No, sir.
Your wife's EKG is normal.
'I'm ordering some
tests now to see'
'if she has
a dissecting aneurysm.'
Pressure's coming down.
Start sodium nitroprusside.
'50 micrograms
per minute.'
'Titrate to a
diastolic of a 100.'
'Alert the OR.'
Sorry, what have we got?
Acute aortic dissection.
Want me to talk to the OR?
Done. I need you
to talk to mister, uh..
‐ Rubadoux.
‐ 'Okay.'
Explain the procedure
and get her consented
for the clamp‐and‐run,
you understand?
Does‐does my wife
need an operation?
Uh, she might, sir.
If you'll just come with me
I'll be able
explain it to you.
Okay, I got to go with
the doctor, sweetheart.
I'll be right back.
Just down this way.
Were we as bad
as we thought we'd be?
It was worse.
‐ Mmm.
‐ It was great.
Mr. Calaus,
I'm so sorry..
Oh...Mark, have
you seen Mr. Calaus?
Yeah, he was
just in there.
[window creaking]
[bells jingling]
This shows what
Dr. Benton feared is true.
Your wife has
a dissecting aneurysm.
The wall of the aorta...
is tearing.
And with your wife's age
and her history
of hypertension‐‐
But...she's very active.
Still, surgery's a risk.
‐ What are the odds?
‐ About 50/50.
But if your wife's
aorta continues ripping
then she has no odds at all.
Well, that sounds like
we‐we have no choice here.
Okay, I'll sign.
Well, you have a choice...
of a new surgical technique
the clamp and run procedure.
This has the benefit
of being completed
in a fraction of the time
the standard surgery takes.
Why is that better?
You always run a risk
of heart attack
or paralysis
with this operation.
‐ It's new?
‐ Mm‐hmm.
Developed by one of the
top vascular surgeons
in the country
and he works here.
Newer is better?
I don't know.
I don't know.
It's up to you.
But..
You...you'd go
with the new thing?
I would.
[whispers]
You would.
Okay...alright,
where do I sign?
See if the church wants
to stop by to pick these up.
Don't want to hand them
over to the parishioners?
(Diablo)
'El esta muerto.'
But he's dead.
Oh, man, they
did it, man, alright?
Those guys are gonna pay.
He said it wasn't them.
He was just trying
to keep the truce.
I know those
cabrones killed him.
No.
He said they didn't.
Did he ever lie to you?
Did he?
Man, B‐pop..
...see, he thought
one man can change things.
He was wrong.
So you shoot them
and they shoot you
and that's what
the father died for?
You're right, Diablo.
One man couldn't do it.
Help him now.
Please, will you
tell them to go on?
'They won't listen to me.'
Your mother does have
to stay for observation.
Well, that's why
we're staying too.
But you will spoil
the children's Hanukkah, please.
No, we brought
Hanukkah here..
...if that's
alright, doctor.
‐ We brought a menorah..
‐ 'A menorah?'
Okay, okay.
I think I can find a place.
James, I haven't seen
you in a long time.
'How are you?'
Alright, she's
definitely a candidate.
Obviously,
she's high risk.
Has she consented?
She's being prepped
right now.
Well, unfortunately,
I've had one of these
so Simon will assist and you
will have a second chance
at breaking
the record, Peter.
‐ I'm ready.
‐ We'll see.
Shall we, gentlemen?
‐ Aww.
‐ Aww.
‐ I am so disappointed.
‐ What's wrong?
We're canceled.
The Gold Coast area's snowed in.
‐ No Christmas party?
‐ The roads are pretty bad.
Are they still going
to bill us?
Oh, I wish my house was ready,
I'm only a few stops away.
So what's not ready?
Uh, no furniture,
no walls and no roof.
‐ I got the fireplace working.
‐ You did?
Yeah, I figured
I'd surprise you with it.
Sounds perfect,
what should we bring?
‐ Well‐‐
‐ Hey, Mark, hey.
Party at Carol's.
Oh yeah?
I'll try and make it later.
Oh hang on, I'll go get
little Susie, hang on.
‐ What's your address again?
‐ Better call the others.
I guess it's
BYO everything.
Oh, we'll stop
at the market.
I'll see you there.
♪ Barukh atah
adonai eloheinu ♪
♪ Melekh ha‐olam ♪
♪ Asher kideshanu b'mitzvotav ♪
♪ Vtzivanu lehadlik ner ♪
♪ Shel hanukkah ♪
♪ Amen ♪
And now what do
we play, Sammie?
Dreidel.
And what do those
letters mean?
A miracle happened there.
Yeah...today,
we had our own miracle.
Tirzah came back
to us safe and sound.
And also, Dr. Greene
and I said our prayers
'and that's a miracle too.'
Yeah...you know
I thought that..
...God and I had
forsaken each other.
And then, I found out..
...that he was
always with me
in each of you.
'Bless you.'
And now...who goes first?
(all shouting)
Me!
Oh, ha‐ha,
look at you.
What did you get?
What'd you get?
(female #1)
'Wait.
What's that again?'
♪ Deck the halls
with boughs of holly ♪
You see that?
Don't you ever
dance like that.
♪ Don we now our gay apparel ♪
Hey, it's the champion.
Everybody, the man
who broke the 1995 record
for the clamp
and run procedure
and saved a life.
Carter..
'Hey, where can I put this?'
(Carol)
'In the back room.'
Oh, they're outrageous.
I like yours.
You think they'd notice
if we switched?
No! I mean..
I think they would.
Hey, look who's drunk.
[laughing]
You leaving?
Oh, no, no,
I just, uh, needed my coat.
Yeah.
It's chilly in here.
I thought about
you today, Peter.
Your first Christmas
without your mother.
I hope it's not too hard.
She had her favorite
bible verse in Luke.
Had me memorize it
before I could even read.
'On Christmas,
she liked to hear it.'
"Keeping watch over
their flocks by night."
Yeah.
That's the one.
So, I, uh..
I guess it's your first
Christmas alone, too, huh?
Well, uh..
...have a good one.
You too.
♪ Christ the savior
is born ♪
Wait for the toast now.
I know I've got
more cups up here.
Hey, will this do?
What?
Uh..
...I love you.
Oh!
Uh, I‐I do.
I said it, I do.
I‐I‐I want you to
have my babies.
‐ Shep‐‐
‐ No, no. I mean..
I think that we would
have really good ones.
I think they would
look nice, you know.
I think that we should spend
every Christmas together.
You know, forever.
I mean..
Don't‐don't think about it.
Just say yes.
‐ Shep, stop.
‐ I know this is sudden.
I know it‐it's out
of the blue, but, uh..
I said it and I‐I
don't take it back.
You know,
I‐I think this...you..
This is the best, I, uh..
And you don't have to say
anything back, okay?
You just..
Just stay...
just the way you are.
Don't move.
Find any more..
Whoops.
Say the first part again.
‐ I love you?
‐ Mm‐hmm.
No, honey, mommy's right.
If you hang your stocking at
grandpa's, Santa will find it.
So, I hear your cousins
are having a skating party.
You want to stay for that?
Okay. Well then, I'll
see you in a couple of days
and you and I
are going to celebrate
our biggest, most
special day of the year.
Well, it's the first annual,
Rachel and dad
post‐Christmas, post‐Hanukkah,
pre‐New Year's day celebration.
Well, that's the good part.
'Cause you and I
are going to make it up.
[crowd cheering]
♪ Say Halleluiah ♪
♪ Oh hear 'em say ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[theme music]
[music continues]
[upbeat music]
[alarm beeping]
[beeping stops]
It's freezing out there, babe.
[door opening]
Carol?
[breathing heavily]
What are you doing?
Oh, the furnace
went out in the night.
I tried to start the pilot,
but I think it's shot.
It's below zero in here.
It's not so bad
when you start moving.
There's frost on the blankets.
[door slams open]
I thought you said we weren't
gonna use that fireplace
until the chimney sweep
checked it out.
No, look.
I just have to pull this thing.
[clanging]
Oh!
[laughing]
Come on.
Alright let's just go out
and get some breakfast.
Uh!
I'll never get
someone to come here
and open it
before Christmas.
Well, let's just have
Christmas at my place.
At least I have heat
and plumbing.
I've got plumbing...almost.
I wanted to wake up here
on Christmas morning.
You know the tree was
gonna look so beautiful.
So it's a little chilly.
We'll put something
under the door
you know
to stop the draft.
That's not a draft,
that's a gale‐force wind.
We're gonna get pneumonia.
Put on some socks.
Look, old houses
are chilly.
Some..
Some houses need snow shovels
in the parlor?
♪ Hark how the bells
sweet silver bells ♪
♪ All seem to say
throw cares away ♪
♪ Christmas is here
bringing good cheer ♪
♪ To young and old
meek and the bold ♪
♪ Ding, dong, ding, dong
That is their song ♪
♪ With joyful ring
all caroling ♪
♪ One seems to hear
words of good cheer ♪
♪ From everywhere
filling the air ♪
♪ Oh how they pound
raising the sound ♪
♪ O'er hill and dale
telling their tale ♪
♪ Gaily they ring
while people sing ♪
♪ Songs of good cheer
Christmas is here ♪
♪ Merry merry merry
merry Christmas ♪
♪ Merry merry merry
merry Christmas ♪
♪ On on they send
on without end ♪
♪ Their joyful tone
to every home ♪
♪ On on they send
on without end ♪
♪ Their joyful tone
to every home ♪
♪ Ding dong ding dong ♪
♪ Boom ♪
Ladies and gentlemen
straight from the fourth floor
The Recovery Room Choraliers.
[applauding]
Recovery has way too much
time on their hands.
Well, thanks again.
You guys are great.
We can't wait
to hear you folks.
Us folks?
4 o'clock
up on our floor.
‐ You promised.
‐ Who promised?
Carol Hathaway,
see you then.
Oh, I'm sorry I'm gonna
miss Carol's solo.
You ever heard her sing?
She's gonna need your help.
Uh‐huh, I'm off at three and got
all the kids still to buy for.
I can't carry a tune.
Who's representing the docs?
‐ You need a consult, right?
‐ Uh, yeah.
I believe the dulcet baritones
of Mark Greene
would be a fine addition
to any ensemble.
That's what he gets
for being late.
He's at the attorney's
this morning.
Not letting any grass
grow under that split‐up.
Couldn't he and Jen wait
till after the holidays?
Uh, no,
the hospital attorneys.
His deposition on the
O'Brien wrongful‐death suit.
The pregnant woman
last winter?
Oh. Oh! Ugh.
In case his holidays
weren't cheerful enough.
The important thing
is to stay calm
and stick to the facts.
I am calm.
Well, then, maybe
you should take off your coat.
Sure.
Mark, this will be
a long process.
It could be another year
before we reach a settlement.
Or go to trial.
We'll try to avoid that.
And why is that again?
If there's no obvious
breach of standard.
But in a case where
the injuries are inflammatory
like leaving
a newborn motherless
we'd still prefer
to settle.
And if we settle, it goes
on my record permanently?
Looks better than losing
a million five
judgment at trial.
Uh, I gotta use
the men's room.
Back there.
[babbling]
Whoa!
Hey, whoa, little guy.
Mr. O'Brien.
Dr. Greene.
He's doing well.
Yes, he is.
Come on, Mark.
They're ready to begin.
What is this?
"Living Nativity on Ice"
vs. Zamboni.
First Korean Baptist
Youth Group waiting
to rehearse at
the skate on state.
Zamboni driver plowed right
into the manger, six injured.
‐ I think.
‐ What's the bullet on this one?
Multiple trauma,
complaint of pain
in legs, ribs, head.
Vitals stable.
LOC for approximately
two minutes, GCS 15.
Moves extremities
times four now, IV, Saline.
Get a x‐ray done
and do a CT on her head.
‐ Who's next?
‐ Uh, check out the lamb.
Put the Virgin Mary in 3.
Oh, careful looks like
partial thickness burns
to forearms and hands.
I didn't even
wanna be a lamb!
Let's get some
cool saline dressing.
How'd she get burned?
The Zamboni shoots out
hot water.
Lucky she landed
flat on the ice.
‐ Ow! It hurts!
‐ 75 Demerol, 25 Vistaril.
I'll be right back.
(female #2)
'Somebody help my son?'
Can you feel this?
Wiggle your fingers.
Ma'am did he lose
consciousness?
No? Alright come here.
What's your name?
I'm a wise man.
Did they have names?
‐ Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
‐ Right you are.
‐ There you go.
‐ 'Okay take a seat.'
Please tell me you weren't
using a real infant.
Jesus was a doll.
‐ Thank you. Who's this?
‐ Zamboni driver.
Fell five feet
from the driver's
seat on to the ice.
LOC on the scene.
Ooh!
Smell that breath.
Merry Christmas.
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[theme music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
So you're asking to observe
this mornings clamp and run?
Yep, 'cause I missed
your last two.
And at the same
time you're telling me
you didn't finish last
night's discharge summaries?
I'll catch you up right after
surgery, plus I kinda
implied to Macy I'd be there.
‐ Macy?
‐ The patient's wife.
They were really
nervous last night.
He's got a history
of thoracic aneurysm
but he thought his
backache was a sprain
from putting up
Christmas lights.
Alright what you chatted
about last night
instead of finishing
your charts.
Well, I don't see
anything wrong.
So this morning
you're gonna do
what you were supposed
to do last night.
Yeah but the patient‐‐
No the patient will not
notice that you're not there.
Carter, this is
not a social hour.
This is surgery.
"This is surgery."
The star of the east
is heading up
for a tooth re‐implantation.
You're overreacting.
It's just a couple
of Christmas carols.
I don't know any.
Everybody knows
"Jingle bells."
Never heard of it.
‐ And...I can't sing in public.
‐ Why?
I hate it when
people stare at me.
Oh, I can tell.
Oh, things were pretty wild
around here for a while.
Yeah? It seems to be
under control now.
Yeah? How about with you?
How'd your deposition go?
♪ Fa la la la la.. ♪
Hey, Mark, that's the spirit.
How about 4 o'clock?
4 o'clock?
I...I can't make it.
It's a miracle none of those
kids were critically hurt.
You know the cops are
charging that driver right now.
They can charge him with
a DUI on a Zamboni?
No. A "ZUI"
Last year, I gave her
a T‐bond for Christmas.
She accuses me of
not being romantic.
But thinking long‐term.
That's exactly what I said.
You know I mean
a diamond may be forever
but, hey, a ten‐year
maturity at six percent
is not chopped liver.
[laughing]
This year, I had a brain..
Uh, damn.
Bender, could you, uh...
do me a favor and open me up
a new brush, thanks.
This year,
on Christmas morning
I'm getting her
ten shares of AT&T.
‐ It's Benton.
‐ Right.
Next day she gets 20 shares
of General Electric.
On the third day, 30 shares
of DuPont, right?
On the fourth day
I mean..
Wait, wait, wait.
You gotta repeat
this for Carl.
Later, please.
I'm here to tell you
we can all relax.
It seems that our patient
had second thoughts
and he's withdrawn his
consent for the procedure.
Doesn't he realize that
he was our last chance
to beat the clock
before the new year?
Can't we change
his mind back?
Well actually,
Dr. Benton and I
are gonna find that
out right now.
If you care to join me?
Sure.
That's a pretty nasty cut
you got there, Mr. Calaus.
[chuckling]
Stan, and it's my own fault.
I've been carving the toys
by hand for a million years
but business has
gotten so hectic
I went to a power
jig and router
for some of the
more popular items
like the, like
a rolling ducks on a stick.
Oh, I love those.
What a great job,
making toys.
Got rich and fat without
even asking for it.
Sometimes, though,
I miss the old days.
Just me and my old
lady packing up the VW
and hitting
the craft fairs.
[chuckling]
Now I've got
a whole crew
working for me
'round the clock.
Still can't keep up
with the back orders.
Well, this hand's
going to slow you down.
Ah, lucky we're down
to shipping and handling.
Hate to disappoint
any kids.
When was last time
you had a tetanus shot?
Oh, ho.
It's been ages.
Well, the doctor's probably
gonna want you to have one.
You would make a great Santa.
Ah!
I bet you hear
that pretty often, huh?
[chuckling]
Eh, this time of year.
So it goes with
the territory, Peter.
I mean if you're going to
develop cutting‐edge techniques
you better learn how to
sell it to the masses.
I mean, I know it's
a pain in the ass
but if you find the simple
metaphor for people
you could help define
the procedure for yourself.
Hmm.
I can imagine, yeah.
We had the same problem
with endarterectomies.
Nobody knew of them,
nobody wanted one.
At first, I shied away from
the Roto‐Rooter metaphor.
I thought it was
a bit too crass.
But in the long run
that's what people
can understand.
Now, why don't you
see if you
can get the Chamberlains
to understand?
‐ I'll do my best.
‐ Alright here we go.
Mr. Chamberlain, I'd like
you to meet Dr. Benton.
'He works with me.'
Pleased to meet you.
Elderly victim of
a carjacking coming in.
Head trauma with ALOC.
How nice.
‐ Here you go.
‐ Is this my Christmas bonus?
A hearty handshake
and a "Job well done?"
No, that's a check for my share
of tonight's Christmas party.
I love it when the docs pay.
Yeah, especially
when we guilt them
into booking
the Knickerbocker.
Hey is everybody
dressing up?
Gonna wash behind my ears.
Hey, they're pulling up now.
Listen, I noticed
that you signed up
for Christmas Eve
and Christmas day.
I don't mind working then.
Oh, me, either.
Kerry Weaver made
the same offer
but Jen has got
Rachel in Dayton
and I won't get her back
until Christmas night.
‐ So I'd just as soon work.
‐ Okay, if you change your mind.
Thanks.
‐ Carjack victim?
‐ Unidentified female.
Pulled from her car at the
corner of Roosevelt and Ashland.
Some salvation army, bell‐ringer
saw the whole thing.
Said she hit her head
on the curb pretty hard.
BP's 160/120.
She was awake en route
but disoriented.
We got two IV's
of normal saline
O2, 15 liters by mask.
Alright let's do it
on my count, gently.
One, two, three.
Cross‐table C‐spine
and, uh, get a head CT
Gonna be a sore little
lady at Christmas mass.
I don't think this little
old lady goes to mass.
(Malik)
'What's that?'
(Mark)
'She's a survivor.
Of what?
Concentration camp.
[sighs]
Alright, let's get a CBC,
type and hold.
Spin a crit,
dip the urine for heme.
update her tetanus
and hang a gram of Ancef.
The technique that you
gave consent to is..
I don't know techniques.
Macy said she wants to wait
and that's fine by me.
‐ Macy is your wife?
‐ Yes.
Well maybe we should
talk to Macy.
‐ Be my guest.
‐ I don't blame you one bit.
I mean you have every right
to have cold feet.
‐ Carter.
‐ Dr. Benton, Dr. Vucelich.
I was just..
I bumped into Macy
in the cafeteria
having coffee.
I was just explaining
to her that she's not
the first spouse
to have second thoughts
on the day
of major surgery.
‐ I feel like a fool.
‐ Well you're not.
Flip‐flopping
this way and that.
I guess I'm pretty
much scared to death.
Hope you don't think
I'm crazy, honey.
but after talking
to Dr. Carter.
'I know, you're
not a doctor yet'
'but I feel so much better.'
So if it's not too late..
...can we get on
with the surgery?
Yes.
Yes, ma'am, we certainly can.
Is Mr. Carter
free to join us?
Yes, I am.
Do you know
where you are?
Good news for her
the police just called.
They found a car matching
the eyewitness' description
off the 290 in
a snow bank near Berkeley.
If she's Hanna Steiner
she's got her car back.
Hanna? Are you
Hanna Steiner?
‐ Uh...yeah.
‐ You're in a hospital.
You were pulled from
your car at a stoplight.
Oh.
We're just gonna
check you out here
and make sure
everything's alright.
‐ Oh, no.
‐ You need to stay calm.
'Cause you've gotta..
You've been hit in the head.
‐ Tirzah, what about Tirzah?
‐ Tirzah?
The baby.
Oh, my god.
'The baby.
The baby.'
‐ What baby?
‐ My grand daughter.
She was in the car.
'She was in the car seat.
Is she okay?'
They didn't say
anything about a baby.
‐ 'Is she..'
‐ Call the police.
Oh, no, Tirzah!
Miss Steiner,
Miss Steiner
try and stay calm
and lie still, okay?
The police are gonna
do everything they can.
No! No!
Get me back that police
dispatcher again.
Just try and relax.
Try and relax.
It's about
the carjack incident.
Breathe easy.
[dramatic music]
She's refused the Ativan
and doesn't wanna
go for a CT.
I think she's still hoping
to hear some good news.
Mmm, me too.
‐ Any news?
‐ Not yet.
We're still trying
to reach your son.
Oh, that won't do any good,
they live too far.
Mrs. Steiner are you sure
you don't want Ativan?
It'll calm you down.
I never should
have driven with her.
We need to finish
your evaluation.
If you go for a CT
I promise I'll come find you
as soon as we hear anything.
You really need
a cat scan.
Like a loch in kop.
No, to make
sure you don't
have a loch in kop.
Hole in her head.
Okay.
I'll go.
Mark, your wife's
on the phone.
I'll take it
in the lounge.
But, please..
...find me if
you hear anything.
I will.
(male #2)
'You think they're okay?'
She'll love them.
You're sure?
I mean they're 22 karat.
They're beautiful.
Ah, I mean they're not like
real rubies or anything.
Yeah, but..
they're really,
really lovely.
‐ You still here?
‐ Ah, I'm leaving right now.
They're perfect for her.
‐ Red is her color.
‐ Mmm.
No, Jen, no,
I'm not gonna let you
walk all over me
on this one.
You should've
thought of it before
you started screwing
your co‐worker.
Hey.
Oh, man, Jen had the
nerve to suggest
that Rachel
stay with her
in Dayton for
two more days.
What for?
Some skating party
Rachel's cousins
are having.
Jen is really
pushing it.
She's the one
having an affair
and I'm supposed to give up
my daughter at Christmas.
She really has
great timing, huh?
Mid‐December
kamikaze strike.
Maximize pain
and suffering.
I know you don't want to
take it out on Rachel.
Course not.
I'm taking Susie over
to Cookie and
Henry's tomorrow.
It's dreadful
family fare and..
...we'd love you
to join us.
‐ Thanks, but‐‐
‐ Dr. Greene.
Uh, Randi has Mrs. Steiner's son
on the phone from Glen Ellyn.
I'm on my way.
Later.
Somebody hit fast forward?
Carl, you're at warp speed.
Well, you should see
my mother darn a sock.
Time?
You're at 55 minutes
and 30 seconds.
Well, gentlemen, we're
about to make a run
for beating the clock.
Personal best
still stands at 57:07.
‐ Peter, you're a lucky man.
‐ Am I?
Yeah, you have a student
who talks to patients.
Must save you a
lot of headaches.
Sometimes.
(Carl)
'How many of these
have you assisted on?'
‐ 'This is my fifth.'
‐ 'Really?'
You ready to finish
this one?
Yeah.
Oh, and still have
us break the record?
Now don't say yes
unless you can be sure.
I'm sure.
Alright. Carter,
do the suctioning.
Simon, watch the clock.
‐ Come on.
‐ 56:14 and counting.
Alright now go inside‐out on the
aorta, outside‐in on the graft.
That's right.
Long bites.
Move it along.
Pick up the pace.
Come on, find your stroke.
‐ 56:30.
‐ That's it.
Don't twist the Gore‐tex.
‐ Go, go, go.
‐ Pull up the slack.
57 on the nose.
‐ Okay. Ready to tie off.
‐ Do it, Carter.
Cut it at
three millimeters.
(male #3)
'57:06.'
‐ Did it.
‐ No, not yet.
We still have
to check for leakage.
(Carl)
'Release the distal Satinsky.'
'Good.
Proximal clamp.'
Looks very good.
‐ Time?
‐ '57:16'
‐ It's not too bad.
‐ We didn't break the record.
Would have been a nice way
to ring out the year, hmm?
[laughing]
Randi, Mrs. Steiner
come back from CT Yet?
On her way.
Any news on her
granddaughter?
Must be 20 miles
of highway between
here and where
they found the car.
People are sick.
Well, the parents are on
their way from Glen Ellyn.
In this weather,
it's gonna take 'em a while.
Oh, my poor roof.
Mlungisi.
Kerry!
(Kerry)
'Mlungisi.'
[foreign language]
(Mlungisi)
'I came straight
from the airport.'
[speaking in foreign language]
If you'll have me?
(Kerry)
'I was‐I was just
about to go on a break.'
Uh... everyone.
This is Mlungisi.
‐ Hi.
‐ Hi.
My pleasure.
I'll be back
in half an hour.
Fine.
Mark, Mrs. Steiner's back.
No?
Not yet.
They're still searching.
My son and I could
use some help here!
‐ 'We need a doctor!'
‐ Uh.
Dr. Ross!
Dr. Ross.
‐ Right this way.
‐ Took a bullet in his shoulder.
Okay, are you alright?
Can you walk on your own?
‐ Yeah, yeah.
‐ Hang tough, kiddo.
Trauma one!
She's only been
missing a short time.
Now, don't give up.
I guess I don't have
to tell you that.
Mm‐hmm.
It's easier when
you're young.
You know nothing else.
They call you, uh..
..."Dirty Jew" in school.
You've seen the
worst of people.
And the best.
This little baby.
She's so sweet.
Th‐they just
wanted the car.
I don't think
they would hurt her.
But they would.
No.
You go on
after you have seen evil.
Oh, you laugh you‐you work,
you have‐have children.
You don't let it own you.
'That's your revenge.'
To live.
And then..
...something like this..
...and you know
that it can all be taken away.
We still hope
for the best.
Yeah.
You hope.
You know what I was
thinking when I was upstairs
here in this‐this machine.
Lying so still
I did something
that I stopped doing
50 years ago.
I prayed to God.
You‐you know Yiddish,
Dr. Greene?
A little,
from my grandmother.
But you are
a religious man?
I'm the son of
an agnostic Jew
and a lapsed catholic.
[snorts]
You're no good at all.
I‐I can't ask you, you..
...to pray for my family.
Well, I can try.
Yeah.
[sighs]
Dreaming of
a white Christmas?
Oh, I'm hoping the tarp
stays tied on my roof.
Mm, I hope the
party's not history.
The drive's already
at a standstill.
All the more reason
to celebrate, right?
So I was thinking,
4 o'clock, up in recovery.
You've heard me sing.
Poor Susie hears the first
line of "Rock‐a‐Bye Baby"
and goes to sleep
as a defense mechanism.
Well, you just
mouth the words.
‐ That's what I do.
‐ While who sings?
‐ Well, I'm working on that.
‐ Sorry.
‐ Carter?
‐ No, no..
Chronic tone deafness
and acute stage fright.
Do you have time now?
Oh, yeah.
Find me in‐in radiology.
Carol, Mr. Calaus is ready
for sterile dressing.
Mark, who's in there
with him?
‐ 'It's his family.'
‐ 'Don't you think..'
Doesn't he remind
you of somebody?
Are you kidding?
He's the spitting image.
I mean, I know it's
ridiculous, but still..
No, he looks just
like him, yeah he does
like you know, when he was old,
right before he died.
‐ Before who died?
‐ Jerry Garcia.
That's who we're
talking about, isn't it?
[telephone ringing]
(Susan)
'Oh, Carter,
she'll love them.'
You think?
Yeah, they look just like her.
‐ They're not too much?
‐ No, they're fine.
I know Harper and I haven't been
seeing each other that long.
They're great.
I saw them,
and I just thought..
Well, you‐you sure
they're not too much?
Carter..
Are you telling me these..
Are these real?
‐ They're too much.
‐ No!
No, I mean,
they're beautiful.
‐ She‐she'll love them.
‐ No, I went overboard.
No, of course not.
You thought of her,
she'll be touched.
‐ Yeah?
‐ Yeah.
Susan, we need
a doctor out here.
Somebody help us!
Our priest has been shot.
Here, here.
Put him here.
You alright, B‐pop?
You'll be alright now.
‐ You're at the hospital.
‐ What happened?
We found him
at the church.
LG shot him up
like a dog.
(Dr. Susan)
'How much blood did he lose?'
A lot, man.
911 didn't even show up.
We drove him
in ourselves.
Okay, we'll take
care of him now.
‐ Va estar bien, B‐pop.
‐ Jeanie, you're on.
You're gonna be okay, man.
They shot a priest?
I am out of here.
Bet I beat you
out the door.
See y'all at the party.
Careful on the roads.
Mark, I hope it's not
too late for me to withdraw
my offer to work
the holidays.
No, no.
Looks like you have a visitor.
Yeah. I think
I, uh, may skip the party.
I'll be right there,
Mlungisi.
Kerry, you didn't expect him?
Uh‐uh.
A complete surprise.
I love surprises.
Mlungisi's full of them.
So, how do you,
um, know him?
I, uh..
I had a farm...in Africa.
(Jeanie)
'Sinus tach.'
Good bilateral
breath sounds.
No tracheal shift.
Doctor, please..
Father, please
try to relax.
‐ Pulse ox?
‐ '96.'
Good, he's not hypoxic.
Where the hell's the x‐ray?
‐ On their way.
‐ Here you go.
I have to speak to...Diablo,
the boy outside.
‐ Father, not now.
‐ Please..
I need to talk to him..
...before I die.
You're not going to die.
‐ Please.
‐ I'm gonna find that kid.
‐ Okay, okay.
‐ Please.
Squad car's on its way in
with an infant that fits
the description of
Hanna Steiner's grandchild.
‐ Do we need warming blankets?
‐ I don't think so.
They found her in this
triple‐x theater on Ashland.
Police aren't sure of
her condition except that
she's screaming
her head off.
That's a good sign.
[baby crying loudly]
I got her.
Lungs are working.
Tell the grandmother.
No, let's check
her condition first.
‐ Take her to T‐1.
‐ Let's get to the warmer.
It's already done.
[crying continues]
‐ No signs of trauma.
‐ Good one. Here.
She's alert and interactive,
making eye contact.
Good breath sounds.
‐ Let's get a core..
‐ What?
A core temperature.
[baby screaming]
No apparent injury.
Mad as hell.
‐ Tirzah!
‐ Mrs. Steiner.
'Tirzah!'
I knew it was you.
Please.
[baby continues crying]
Alright. Okay.
‐ Go ahead.
‐ Yes, yes, yes.
Yes, my darling.
Oh, sweetheart,
bless you.
Oh, sweetheart.
Yeah, shush, shush, shush.
She's...she's hungry,
is all.
I don't believe you, B‐pop.
No...listen to me.
Escuchame.
Shooting.
‐ We have to step away.
‐ No.
Come on, man, you're
trying to protect the LG.
Man, I know you were.
I know they did
this to you, Big Pop.
I saw him.
I saw him.
He wasn't from the hood.
You're trying to keep the truth,
B‐pop. I know, man.
Father, you need to
stop talking.
Shooting again.
[groaning]
Diablo..
...it wasn't the LG.
I swear to God.
You need to go now.
Malik.
‐ 'Let's go.'
‐ No, man. No.
Come on.
‐ B‐pop, man.
‐ Let's go.
For him.
For Diablo.
I need a wet read
on those top priority.
Give them to me.
Thanks.
Sorry I left you with
all the last‐minute deliveries.
Oh, no problem.
I like to drive.
You call that
driving or flying?
It's nice that you're all
willing to help out your dad.
The whole brood will
be charging me overtime.
See you back
at the homestead.
Got your maps?
The naughty and the nice.
Okay, Mr. Calaus,
I will be right back
with your tetanus shot.
And I would just like to say
how much I've enjoyed
taking care of you today.
Well, that's awfully
nice to hear.
I've been surrounded
by bah‐humbuggers all day.
No one's in the spirit.
They won't sing a few
Christmas carols.
But...you have
been the exception.
Well, you can't count on
other people to give it to you.
Know what I mean?
The spirit...it's in you.
You're right.
You are absolutely right.
Thank you.
I'm going to sing
some Christmas carols.
Anybody care to join me?
It's 4 o'clock.
I'm going up to recovery.
[humming]
Last chance to spread
some holiday cheer.
What?
And God bless us, everyone.
[chuckling]
‐ Pressure's still falling.
‐ Alright.
‐ Let's get him up.
‐ What about x‐rays?
Can't wait.
Father, cannot wait.
Watch it.
Coming through.
Diablo...Diablo..
Move! Move.
‐ Watch it!
‐ Look out!
‐ Get out of the way.
‐ Alright, in here.
Get him up.
What's wrong, man?
What's going on?
‐ Damn. He's bradying down.
‐ Uh, we're losing his pulse.
Get him back.
What's going on?
Alright, bag him.
I'll start compressions.
‐ Malik?
‐ I got you.
‐ 'Is he okay?'
‐ Back to trauma.
(Diablo)
Man, B‐pop!
‐ 'Hey, where you taking him?'
‐ Hurry up!
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
No room at the end.
Pulse is gone.
Damn it, he's bleeding out.
Curtain two.
Mark...Mark, two.
Out of the way.
Move out of the way.
Run the IV's wide open.
'Rapid infuser,
thoracotomy tray.'
'Scalpel.'
Rib spreader.
(Diablo)
'Man. what's going on, man?
What's wrong?'
Suction.
Malik, hold the retractor.
Suction!
Come on!
Goddamn it.
Cross clamp him now.
(Mark)
'Alright. Statinsky.'
[priest groaning]
Bullet severed the aorta.
(Susan)
'Start internal compressions.'
[slamming door]
Come on, hurry up in there.
Damn.
Thank you!
Damn.
Hey. Watch out.
Where's the priest?
Curtain two.
Widened mediastinum..
Time of death, 4:17.
(Diablo)
'Oh, man.'
Oh, man, no.
Oh, man.
Do something.
Do something else.
'Like, try and do
something, man.'
It won't help.
I'm sorry.
(Diablo)
'Oh, man.'
Well, get...get him a priest.
You guys can do that, right,
you guys can get him a priest.
Lydia, can you, uh..
...run upstairs and try
to find the chaplain?
I mean, he'd want a priest.
[sighs]
♪ Four calling birds
three French hens ♪
♪ Two turtle doves ♪
♪ And a partridge
in a pear tree ♪
♪ On the twelfth
day of Christmas ♪
♪ My true love gave to me ♪
Uh..
♪ Twelve tone‐deaf doctors ♪
♪ Eleven lords a‐lording ♪
♪ Ten drummers drumming ♪
♪ Nine something something ♪
♪ Eight maids a‐milking ♪
♪ Seven swans a‐swatting ♪
♪ Six geese a‐gagging ♪
♪ Five golden rings! ♪
♪ Four calling birds,
three French hens ♪
♪ Two turtle doves ♪
♪ And a partridge
in a pear tree ♪
Thank you.
♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ We wish you
a merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy New Year ♪
And suddenly,
there was with the angel
a multitude
of the heavenly host
praising God and saying,
"Glory to the God
"in the highest
and on Earth
peace and goodwill
toward men."
LOL with sudden back pain.
She's diaphoretic,
short of breath.
What's her history?
Hypertension.
She's 220 over 140 right now.
Call Mark.
Get Carter down here now.
Aye, sir.
My back.
It's ripping apart.
‐ Doctor, help her.
‐ When did this pain start?
Twenty minutes ago.
We were shopping.
Loss of pulses.
Aortic regurge.
Let's get a chest film,
an angiogram.
Propranolol,
one milligram IV Bolus.
Set up an art line.
Is it a heart attack?
No, sir.
Your wife's EKG is normal.
'I'm ordering some
tests now to see'
'if she has
a dissecting aneurysm.'
Pressure's coming down.
Start sodium nitroprusside.
'50 micrograms
per minute.'
'Titrate to a
diastolic of a 100.'
'Alert the OR.'
Sorry, what have we got?
Acute aortic dissection.
Want me to talk to the OR?
Done. I need you
to talk to mister, uh..
‐ Rubadoux.
‐ 'Okay.'
Explain the procedure
and get her consented
for the clamp‐and‐run,
you understand?
Does‐does my wife
need an operation?
Uh, she might, sir.
If you'll just come with me
I'll be able
explain it to you.
Okay, I got to go with
the doctor, sweetheart.
I'll be right back.
Just down this way.
Were we as bad
as we thought we'd be?
It was worse.
‐ Mmm.
‐ It was great.
Mr. Calaus,
I'm so sorry..
Oh...Mark, have
you seen Mr. Calaus?
Yeah, he was
just in there.
[window creaking]
[bells jingling]
This shows what
Dr. Benton feared is true.
Your wife has
a dissecting aneurysm.
The wall of the aorta...
is tearing.
And with your wife's age
and her history
of hypertension‐‐
But...she's very active.
Still, surgery's a risk.
‐ What are the odds?
‐ About 50/50.
But if your wife's
aorta continues ripping
then she has no odds at all.
Well, that sounds like
we‐we have no choice here.
Okay, I'll sign.
Well, you have a choice...
of a new surgical technique
the clamp and run procedure.
This has the benefit
of being completed
in a fraction of the time
the standard surgery takes.
Why is that better?
You always run a risk
of heart attack
or paralysis
with this operation.
‐ It's new?
‐ Mm‐hmm.
Developed by one of the
top vascular surgeons
in the country
and he works here.
Newer is better?
I don't know.
I don't know.
It's up to you.
But..
You...you'd go
with the new thing?
I would.
[whispers]
You would.
Okay...alright,
where do I sign?
See if the church wants
to stop by to pick these up.
Don't want to hand them
over to the parishioners?
(Diablo)
'El esta muerto.'
But he's dead.
Oh, man, they
did it, man, alright?
Those guys are gonna pay.
He said it wasn't them.
He was just trying
to keep the truce.
I know those
cabrones killed him.
No.
He said they didn't.
Did he ever lie to you?
Did he?
Man, B‐pop..
...see, he thought
one man can change things.
He was wrong.
So you shoot them
and they shoot you
and that's what
the father died for?
You're right, Diablo.
One man couldn't do it.
Help him now.
Please, will you
tell them to go on?
'They won't listen to me.'
Your mother does have
to stay for observation.
Well, that's why
we're staying too.
But you will spoil
the children's Hanukkah, please.
No, we brought
Hanukkah here..
...if that's
alright, doctor.
‐ We brought a menorah..
‐ 'A menorah?'
Okay, okay.
I think I can find a place.
James, I haven't seen
you in a long time.
'How are you?'
Alright, she's
definitely a candidate.
Obviously,
she's high risk.
Has she consented?
She's being prepped
right now.
Well, unfortunately,
I've had one of these
so Simon will assist and you
will have a second chance
at breaking
the record, Peter.
‐ I'm ready.
‐ We'll see.
Shall we, gentlemen?
‐ Aww.
‐ Aww.
‐ I am so disappointed.
‐ What's wrong?
We're canceled.
The Gold Coast area's snowed in.
‐ No Christmas party?
‐ The roads are pretty bad.
Are they still going
to bill us?
Oh, I wish my house was ready,
I'm only a few stops away.
So what's not ready?
Uh, no furniture,
no walls and no roof.
‐ I got the fireplace working.
‐ You did?
Yeah, I figured
I'd surprise you with it.
Sounds perfect,
what should we bring?
‐ Well‐‐
‐ Hey, Mark, hey.
Party at Carol's.
Oh yeah?
I'll try and make it later.
Oh hang on, I'll go get
little Susie, hang on.
‐ What's your address again?
‐ Better call the others.
I guess it's
BYO everything.
Oh, we'll stop
at the market.
I'll see you there.
♪ Barukh atah
adonai eloheinu ♪
♪ Melekh ha‐olam ♪
♪ Asher kideshanu b'mitzvotav ♪
♪ Vtzivanu lehadlik ner ♪
♪ Shel hanukkah ♪
♪ Amen ♪
And now what do
we play, Sammie?
Dreidel.
And what do those
letters mean?
A miracle happened there.
Yeah...today,
we had our own miracle.
Tirzah came back
to us safe and sound.
And also, Dr. Greene
and I said our prayers
'and that's a miracle too.'
Yeah...you know
I thought that..
...God and I had
forsaken each other.
And then, I found out..
...that he was
always with me
in each of you.
'Bless you.'
And now...who goes first?
(all shouting)
Me!
Oh, ha‐ha,
look at you.
What did you get?
What'd you get?
(female #1)
'Wait.
What's that again?'
♪ Deck the halls
with boughs of holly ♪
You see that?
Don't you ever
dance like that.
♪ Don we now our gay apparel ♪
Hey, it's the champion.
Everybody, the man
who broke the 1995 record
for the clamp
and run procedure
and saved a life.
Carter..
'Hey, where can I put this?'
(Carol)
'In the back room.'
Oh, they're outrageous.
I like yours.
You think they'd notice
if we switched?
No! I mean..
I think they would.
Hey, look who's drunk.
[laughing]
You leaving?
Oh, no, no,
I just, uh, needed my coat.
Yeah.
It's chilly in here.
I thought about
you today, Peter.
Your first Christmas
without your mother.
I hope it's not too hard.
She had her favorite
bible verse in Luke.
Had me memorize it
before I could even read.
'On Christmas,
she liked to hear it.'
"Keeping watch over
their flocks by night."
Yeah.
That's the one.
So, I, uh..
I guess it's your first
Christmas alone, too, huh?
Well, uh..
...have a good one.
You too.
♪ Christ the savior
is born ♪
Wait for the toast now.
I know I've got
more cups up here.
Hey, will this do?
What?
Uh..
...I love you.
Oh!
Uh, I‐I do.
I said it, I do.
I‐I‐I want you to
have my babies.
‐ Shep‐‐
‐ No, no. I mean..
I think that we would
have really good ones.
I think they would
look nice, you know.
I think that we should spend
every Christmas together.
You know, forever.
I mean..
Don't‐don't think about it.
Just say yes.
‐ Shep, stop.
‐ I know this is sudden.
I know it‐it's out
of the blue, but, uh..
I said it and I‐I
don't take it back.
You know,
I‐I think this...you..
This is the best, I, uh..
And you don't have to say
anything back, okay?
You just..
Just stay...
just the way you are.
Don't move.
Find any more..
Whoops.
Say the first part again.
‐ I love you?
‐ Mm‐hmm.
No, honey, mommy's right.
If you hang your stocking at
grandpa's, Santa will find it.
So, I hear your cousins
are having a skating party.
You want to stay for that?
Okay. Well then, I'll
see you in a couple of days
and you and I
are going to celebrate
our biggest, most
special day of the year.
Well, it's the first annual,
Rachel and dad
post‐Christmas, post‐Hanukkah,
pre‐New Year's day celebration.
Well, that's the good part.
'Cause you and I
are going to make it up.
[crowd cheering]
♪ Say Halleluiah ♪
♪ Oh hear 'em say ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[theme music]
[music continues]