ER (1994–2009): Season 2, Episode 12 - True Lies - full transcript

Benton has to attend a banquet at Vucelich's home and asks Jeanie to go with him. Mark hesitates to tell Rachel about the divorce.

'Rach, Rachel.'

'Come on, honey,
time get up.'

Rachel.

Uppy, uppy squeezer.

‐ Daddy, I'm not a squeezer.
‐ Oh, yeah.

Well, I made you
eggs in the window.

come on.

Hello.

Hey, Jen.

She slept great.

She read "Winnie‐the‐Pooh"
and did her homework.



Okay, 2 o'clock will be fine.

Look, I am not signing anything
until my lawyer comes..

Uh, there she is, she's up.

Uh. Hey, Rach.

Mom wants to talk to you.

Hello.

Okay.

'I guess.'

No.

Here's daddy.

Yep.

Uhm, nothing, she just got up.

Look, I am not
bad‐mouthing you.

Her breakfast is getting cold.



I'll see you at 2.

Your mom's gonna come
pick you up later, okay?

How long are you
gonna stay here?

A while, so it
would be great

if you could draw some
pictures for the walls.

Window's too big.

Aah, it still tastes good.

It's okay.

I don't like eggs.

Since when?

If mommy said
she was sorry

would you stop
being mad at her?

Oh, I'm not mad at mommy.

Are you gonna move
back to Milwaukee?

Uhm...maybe.

We‐we'll have to see.

When you move back home

can we put the fish
tank in my room?

Yeah. Sure, we can.

And you'll help me take
care of it every day?

Let's go to Lou Mitchell's
and get pancakes.

And, uh, after I drop
some stuff off at work

we can go ice‐skating.

You don't know how to skate
very well, daddy.

Well, then you
can teach me.

Easy, easy.

That's precious cargo.

Honey, it's okay.

‐ 'Sign here.'
‐ 'Yeah.'

'And here.'

And here.

‐ BP is great.
‐ Hmm.

So you finally got
a normal reading?

‐ Yep. Three.
‐ 'Here, we go.'

Good for you.

She's just going
to decompensate.

Maybe, but not here.

The nursing home is all
the way up in Evanston.

Alright, let's go.

So, Tompkins
is the next patient

and if you remember last time‐‐

Well, you're looking
much better, I see.

Says who?

Why don't you pull Tompkins'
EVP line, please.

Doctor, when is she
gonna be able to walk?

Mr. Carter is going to accompany
you downstairs, and you can

address any further concerns you
have with him, please, Carter.

Peter, may I see you
for a minute, please?

Oh, and Carter, Dr. Benton
needs some coded data sheets

for the investigation
review board.

Peter, I want you to come to a
dinner party I'm having tonight

with some colleagues,
it's 8:30 sharp.

We have Dean Adelstein Fields
from Johns Hopkins.

Gaylord Fields?

Sorry, about such late
notice, but you see..

What is it, Carter?

Just the transfer authorization.

Bye, Carter.

So that's you, and a
guest, and, Peter, please..

...don't be late.

'Well, Mrs. Tompkins.'

Hey, we thought
we'd lost you, doc.

‐ No, I'm here. Hey, Jeanie.
‐ Good morning.

She just doesn't seem to have
much of an appetite yet.

‐ Well, Mr. Rubadoux‐‐
‐ Please. Ruby, Ruby.

Ruby, she just had
a major surgery.

It takes time to recover.

Stop pestering
the young man.

'Who's pestering?'

He's the only doctor
worth a damn in my book.

'Ah‐huh, coughing still,
you know.'

I think the pneumonia is back.

She's on powerful broad‐spectrum
antibiotics, she's fine.

The convalescent home is
too far from the hospital.

Ruby, we've been all over this,
she looks good

she's responded well
to the medication

it's time for her to go.

You spoke to Dr. Chung
at the convalescent home

and he concurs.

Uhm, Dr. Chung.

Egg rolls they know,
but medicine?

Jules, enough.

She just won't have
to stay in bed, will she?

Oh, she'll be back on her
feet in no time, I promise.

Are you sure she shouldn't
have stayed a few more days?

Ruby, she looks great.

She's doing great.

Goodbye, Mrs. Rubadoux.

Well, God bless, Dr. Carter.

What a boy! What a boy!

Yes.

February's residents' schedule.

ACI is done, just needs
a fever control sheet.

'Thanks.'

Hi, Rach. I love your outfit.

Carol's talking
to you, honey.

Aunt Bubble Butt
gave it to me.

‐ Rach.
‐ That's what you call her.

That's nice, Mark,
"Aunt Bubble Butt."

‐ Hey.
‐ Hey.

‐ Suzy!
‐ Hi.

Can I hold her?

Oh, yeah, if you're
really, really careful, though.

Use both hands,
honey, okay?

Oh.

Hey, suzy‐woozie‐woozie.

That's the first smile
I've seen all morning.

‐ 'Hmm, rough couple of days?'
‐ 'You have no idea.'

Aren't you supposed
to be on a swing shift?

Yeah, I just came by
to catch up on dictations.

I think you should
go skating instead.

'I have so much paper work.'

Suzy, she'd love it

and, uh...you know,
it'd help me out.

I'm really behind.

'Oh, what the hell, okay.'

Excellent.

Guess who's coming
skating with us?

Suzy! Suzy's coming.

Yes, as soon as I get
her all bundled up.

‐ Thank you.
‐ Her too?

‐ Yes, of course, her too.
‐ Yeah.

She's a really good skater.

Yeah, I'll teach you
how to do a spin.

I know how to do a spin.

Do you wanna put
little suzy's cap on?

‐ She'll be fine.
‐ Okay.

Just say no to colic.

Doug, your dad's called
three times since last night.

If you don't call him back,
he's gonna keep bugging us.

I don't have anything
I wanna say to him.

Well, his number's right there.

He's staying at
the Hotel Dupree.

One step up from
a refrigerator box.

Carter, where you been?

'I've been seeing patients.'

‐ Vucelich's data sheets.
‐ Haa.

Tomorrow morning before rounds.

‐ Right.
‐ Rubadoux's discharge summary?

Oh, that is in your box.

I finally, finally turfed her.

Husband drove you nuts, huh?

You've no idea.

‐ So who are you taking tonight?
‐ What?

To Vucelich's big dinner party?

‐ Nobody.
‐ Nobody?

‐ You got to take somebody.
‐ No, I don't.

Yeah, you do.
He said bring a guest.

And that sounded
like an order.

I don't know, I was thinking
maybe Jackie.

Your sister?

You're kidding, right?

‐ You can't take your sister.
‐ Why not?

Well, it just seems kind of..

Kind of what?

Pathetic.

What about, uh..

Carter, I can find
my own damn dates.

Okay, fine.

It's gonna be a bunch
of surgeons

and their trophy
wives, and you..

...with your sister.

The boy with inguinal hernia
repair was discharged yesterday.

Kids recover fast.

Yeah.

They seem to be keeping
you pretty busy down here.

Aerobic medicine.

You should see me
crawl home every night.

Yeah, well, um.

If you're not
too tired tonight

Dr. Vucelich, this vascular
surgeon I've been assisting‐‐

I know who Dr. Vucelich is.

Anyway, he's having
some colleagues

over to his house
for dinner.

It's not a social thing.

It's mostly surgeons.

Peter, are you
asking me to dinner?

It's a hospital function.

As opposed to a date.

What time do we
need to be there?

It starts at 8:00.

He lives on North Lake Shore.

I can pick you up at 7:30.

I'll meet you there.

It's not a date.

We need some help lifting.

Wow! What the hell is that?

Guardrail, pinned him
to the car seat.

Alright, page Benton and call
engineering for a metal saw.

These seats are
from a '67 GTO, right?

‐ Car's toast.
‐ Damn! What a waste.

'Roll‐over TC on the ike,
two fatalities.'

'Guy's car flipped and
hit the pipe guardrail.'

'Came through the
windshield and nailed him.'

Good cap refill.

Absent breath
sounds on the left.

Chest tube tray.

BP is a 100 over 60, pulse 120.

O‐2 at ten liters.
1500cc's saline in.

How do I‐‐

C‐spine, the best we could.

A hell of an extrication.

'BP 110, palp.'

CBC, type and cross
ten units.

Get four units O‐neg,
just in case.

How the hell am I
supposed to tube him?

Somebody call
for a metal saw?

‐ Just..
‐ Eww.

Yeah, I want you
to get up here

and cut between
the chair and his back now.

‐ 'Gown him!'
‐ Me?

‐ 'Wow!'
‐ Aah!

Whoa, whoa, that's a nice one.

Yeah. I'm gettin' sick.

Hey, you want to show
me your spin?

No.

Sorry.

That's how's she taking
you two getting divorced?

We haven't told her yet.

She's still getting
used to the separation.

Yeah, why don't you let me take
Suzy so you can skate with her.

You kidding? This is
what's holding me up.

Yes!

Come on, Miss Munchkin.

Oh, you are so funny.

Are you ready?

Here comes dad! Whoo!

Don't stick your
butt out so far.

Or, I just gotta
tuck it in here.

Is that..
Whoa!

'Oh‐ho! Nice!'

Half a grundoolie.

I give it a 6.5.

Oh, hey, Rachel,
you want me to show you

a special way to tie
your skates really tight

so your ankles
stay straight?

I wanna tie my skates
like mommy does.

Rachel.

I don't want her
touching my skates.

‐ Sorry.
‐ Maybe this was a bad idea.

Yeah, ah..

Rach.

Rach!

Rachel.

Gown me!

My first medical consult.

‐ 'OR's ready.'
‐ Alright, Carter.

Vucelich's chart's been
done for those data sheets?

Uh...almost.

What do you want me to do?

Throw in a left chest
tube, 36 French.

BP's fallen,
50 systolic.

Uh..

‐ Ten blade.
‐ Okay.

Crank up the saline
two more units

packed cells on the infuser.

‐ Bullet?
‐ High speed impalement injury.

Hypovolemic shock,
widened mediastinum.

Maybe a traumatic
rupture of the aorta.

'Somebody call Vucelich.'

‐ Thora‐Seal's filling.
‐ Let's get him upstairs.

We'll do a trans‐esophageal
echo before we prep.

‐ Carter, where you going?
‐ The OR.

Ah, now you have work to do.

Stop the van, Benton,
you gotta see this case.

There he is. Dr. Carter.

She said her chest hurt,
then passed out.

Then tried to go
to another hospital

but I insisted that they bring
her back here to you.

'Okay, people let's move.'

'Carter, tend to your patient.'

‐ I'm going to the OR with you.
‐ Not anymore, you're not.

Don't make a career of her,
you've got things to do. Move!

Dr. Carter, please!

Take your time.

Say goodbye to Rachel.

‐ Bye‐bye, Rachel.
‐ Say bye, Rach.

Dr. Greene, your wife called.

Her doctor's appointment
got changed.

Ahem, why you working
behind the counter, E‐Ray?

Jerry got the flu,
I thought I might

supplement my meager
nurse trainee stipend

with an occasional
clerking shift.

Does personnel
know about this?

Oh, yes, I'm over‐qualified,
actually.

120 words per minute
shorthand, IBM, Mac

four kinds of word
processing, spreadsheets.

Yeah, did she say when
she was gonna get here?

‐ As soon as she can.
‐ Right, okay.

Rachel, let's get you
set up in the lounge.

Mark, we need you
in trauma two.

Uh, I'll take her.

Licensed Illinois
day care worker.

Alright, easy now.

Tie that bleeder off.

Alright.
We have exposure.

Finally, we can do some work.

The arch has been
grazed, it could blow.

We gonna have to bypass him.

Let's take this nice and slow.

Set up the roller pump
and call in the tech.

Uh, we should clamp and run.

No, there's more damage
than the echo showed in pre‐op.

He's unstable, and his
aorta could blow any second.

If we bypass him,
we've got a safety net.

By the time we set up
for a bypass

we could clamp proximally

and distally pull out the
rail, and sew in a graft.

How long will that take?

I'll be out in 35 minutes.

Get me an ETA on Vucelich.

'At least half an hour.'

I could be closing
when he gets here.

It's too risky.

I've assisted on five of these
things, I've done two myself.

I can do this.

You heard the man.
Let's do it.

Statinsky.

Found at Louie's Ribs,
passed out drunk.

Acute respiratory distress.

She won't give us her name.

Is that bourbon or scotch?

BP 70/50, pulse 120,
GCS eight.

I gave her glucose,
Narcan and 40 of Lasix.

‐ Okay, let's move her.
‐ Watch the line.

Ready, set, go.

She's really cyanotic.

Pulse ox, 72.

She's in pulmonary edema.

Intubation tray,
ET tube 7.0.

I'm gonna have to put a
tube down your windpipe

to allow you to breathe, okay?

So, just try, try
to relax, okay?

Rapid sequence induction?

Ugh, definitely bourbon.

Let's try two
of versed first

'get a blood gas,
CBC, chem‐7.'

Enzymes, portable chest,
check for ID.

BP's 80/50.

Dopamine drip?

Yeah.
Alright, I'm in.

'Inflate the cuff.'

V‐fib.

Charging to 200.

Everybody off.

'Amp of epi.'

Just a sec.

‐ Okay.
‐ Clear.

Sinus tach.
Faint pulse.

Lidocaine, 100 IV push.

'Hang a drip, two
milligrams a minute.'

Shoot a chest, get a gas
and call respiratory.

Lidocaine, two grams‐‐

Name's Barbara Dean.

‐ Wow.
‐ Wow what?

Today's her 50th birthday.

‐ No kidding.
‐ Nope.

She looks pretty old for 50.

Looks like she did all
her partying up front.

‐ Sylvie.
‐ We're getting good returns.

‐ Sylvie?
‐ 'She needs a phone.'

Come on, honey.
I'm right here, sweetheart.

Sylvie, please.

She's not responding.

She may have had
a small stroke.

Stroke?

Can you careful
of the sterile field.

She had a stroke?

It's really too early
to tell that.

She was fine until I took
her to the nursing home.

Ruby, please give us
room to work, okay.

What happened, Dr. Carter?

Did she leave the
hospital too soon?

I'll be back in a minute.

'Pulse ox, 96..

Stroke?

We are going to take
very good care of her.

'CP's backed up.'

Ew!

E‐Ray, what is that?

Skin lesions.

This is nightmare material.

On the contrary, Dr. Greene.

Children greatly benefit
from confronting their fears

in a supportive and
nurturing environment.

It's cool, daddy.

We're gonna go finish
"The Little Mermaid", okay?

Mrs. Hardy, we need you
to sign some papers.

Yes. She was.

Well, she's extremely ill.

I understand, but your
mother's in grave condition.

Old records on Barbara Dean.

'She hung up.'

"Detox twice, DT's,
fractured wrist

"collarbone, seizures,
end‐stage liver disease

and cardiomyopathy."

Well, her daughter
won't come in.

Said she's had enough.

Mrs. Dean seems to
have had enough too.

Dr. Ross, it's
your father again.

Tell him I died.

Beautiful funeral,
everybody cried.

You are not gonna
believe this one.

Oh, yeah?
Try us.

Guess who's in
the suture room.

‐ Come on, guess.
‐ We don't want to guess.

He's wearing a catholic
school girl's outfit

plaid skirt

ballet slippers,
frilly blouse.

David Morgenstern ring a bell?

‐ Our David Morgenstern?
‐ Knee socks too.

Somebody get a camera.

Let's go.

This aorta's shredded, it's
not holding the sutures. Damn!

He's had 14 units of blood, two
of FFP, and six of platelets.

He's gotta be chewing
up clotting factors.

Retract this way.
I can't see.

Where is Vucelich?

He's scrubbing in.

‐ BP's crashing.
‐ If only I could..

If I could just..
Uh, damn!

Suction! Suction. Let's move.

I've got an angle on it.
Give it here.

Gown me.

Traumatic dissection
of the aorta.

We elected to clamp and run
rather than bypass.

What have you been debriding
with, Benton? Garden shears?

Alright, get the cryo. It's hard
to appreciate the degree‐‐

I went the wrong
way with this.

Alright, let me in there,
Benton, get out of the way.

‐ Side clamp.
‐ Can I..

The dissection's high
in the arch and posterior.

2‐0 Prolene, 24 inches,
retract caudally.

Shall we go on bypass?

'No.'

No. I think we're
okay now, huh?

It's my fault,
I allowed Benton's enthusiasm

to cloud my judgment.

'Alright, tie it off here.'

No, no. It's too long.

Yes. Yes.

Adson.

Bovie there.

Hmm. Good.

Got it.

Lap pad.

Get Bovie that.

‐ 'Sponge stick.'
‐ 'Mosquito.'

'No, tie that off.'

'Okay, let's dissect these two.'

Hey, Jeanie, uh, is he
still hanging around?

‐ Yeah.
‐ Dr. Carter.

‐ She's not responding.
‐ Hi, Ruby.

H‐how long is she
gonna stay down here?

Believe me, nobody wants to get
her admitted more than I do.

Carter, I need you.

Her heart monitor beeped.

Yeah, that's what
it's supposed to do.

Ruby, I got
another patient.

Hey, Ruby, let's
go take a look

make sure
everything's okay.

Yeah, another adolescent
fantasy shot to hell.

'Nice knees.'

Hey, you guys,
we get an 8/10 glossy

none of us will ever
work holidays again.

Doug, two boys playing in
the street, hit by a car.

Paramedics are
two minutes out.

Oh, man, I miss
all the fun stuff.

‐ Come on, Carol.
‐ Why me?

I don't get to see,
you don't get to see.

That's not fair.

Care to join me, Dr. Lewis?

Oh, I'd be delighted,
Dr. Greene.

Mark, Susan, thank God.

I'm feeling a bit foolish.

‐ No doubt.
‐ What seems to be the problem?

Oh, showing off
tossing the caber.

I clunked myself
the buffet table

and my great‐aunt
Jean Fergusen.

The caber?

Big telephone pole thing.

You pick it up, and you

and it's not light,
mind you, and you..

...flip it upside down,
or you, you try to.

A highland games.

Burns supper.

My leg's killing me.

So..

...that's a kilt?

Well, of course, it's a..

What else would it..

I see what you're saying.

Well, that would
be embarrassing.

'Russian Jew on
my father's side.'

Full‐blooded Highland Scot
on me mother's.

Ow, ow, ow, ow.

Oh, yeah, it's
probably broken.

Oh, damn.

'Hey, Jeanie.'

Look, I, uh, hope you
haven't gone through

a lot of trouble tonight
but dinner's off.

Really?
They canceled this late?

No, no, no, no, I, um, I
got a post‐op with a lot

of complications, I'm gonna be
hung up here all night, sorry.

Guess I'll cancel my makeover.

That was a joke.

‐ Some other time.
‐ Yeah.

Twofer. Brothers.
Noah's nine, Kenny's seven.

Skitching behind a bus,
Kenny fell off

Noah let go,
and a car hit them.

'Kenny's hurt real bad.'

Alright, hang in there,
Noah, I'll take care of it.

Skitching?

When you grab the
bumper of a moving car

and it drags
you along the ice.

Seven‐year‐old's
dinged pretty badly.

Head trauma, ALOC, GCS 10,
BP 60/40, pulse 144

probably femur fracture,
and he's got

a tire track
across his abdomen.

‐ What about Noah?
‐ Stable.

Good vitals, couple of cuts,
maybe a fractured wrist.

Okay, on my count.
One, two, three.

Alright, let's
get x‐ray in here.

Portable C‐spine, CBC

type and cross six units.

Babinski's downgoing.

BP's down 50 palp.
Pulse 150.

Get two of O‐negative
down here, stat.

Absent bowl sounds,
belly's rigid.

Intubation tray.
Excuse me.

Uncuffed number five
ET tube.

‐ Stabilize his neck for me.
‐ Good peripheral pulse.

‐ Head CT, non‐contrast.
‐ Here we go.

I'll order a C‐spine,
chest, pelvis, right femur.

Set up for a peritoneal
lavage, please.

Uh‐huh.
I'll be next door.

Who's on pediatric surgery?

'Kenny. Kenny.'

Calm down, Noah,
you're gonna be fine.

What about Kenny?
Is he gonna be okay?

‐ Is he gonna die?
‐ Taking care of it, Noah.

‐ It's my fault.
‐ How is he?

He's lucky. Just couple
lacerations, road rash.

'Left wrist fracture.'

Kenny! Kenny!

Noah, you gonna
have to calm down.

Kenny, is gonna
have that surgery.

'We need to know
where your parents are.'

He is going to die, isn't he?

Where are your parents?

I don't know where my mom is.

And my dad's not around.

I recognize this kid.

Noah, you've been in
here before, right?

Don't let him die, please, okay?

We're prepped for the DPL.

Listen, Noah,
you need to calm down

and try to remember
where your dad is, okay?

Grab me some 4 by 4s.

'Parents are nowhere
to be found.'

'We got to do this
without their consent.'

Alright, notify OR,
and the pediatric surgeon

on call, please.

O‐neg at 20 per kilogram.
I figured 500cc's.

Sounds about right.

Mm‐hmm.

Tap's positive.

Dr. Carter, could you
explain what's going on

with my Sylvie
to Dr. Goldstein?

‐ Dr. Goldstein?
‐ 'Carter? '

He's the upstairs neighbor
of my sister in Miami.

‐ 'Carter.'
‐ Uh, uh.

Just get a number for me,
and I'll call back.

'Carter!'

Where are Vucelich's
data sheets?

Uh, I'm not quite
done with them yet.

Carter, what the hell
have you been doing?

I've been trying to get
Mrs. Rubadoux readmitted.

Cardiology won't take her
'cause there's no confirmed MI.

Renal won't take her
'cause she's in failure‐‐

Carter, she's
one patient, one.

Get her admitted and finish
Vucelich's data sheets, okay?

Okay.

'Mrs. Dean?'

I'm Dr. Lewis.

Lily tells me you took
your intubation tube out.

We don't usually
encourage that here

but I'll take it as a sign
that you're feeling better.

Like a million bucks.

In your records there's a
"Do not resuscitate" order.

I'd like to remove it.

No.

Leave it.

You're in impending
respiratory failure.

It's treatable

but we need to put
you on a respirator.

Mrs. Dean, you're
only 50 years old.

Leave it.

Leave it.

Well, it's not
an emergency.

I‐I just wanted to tell
'em that I'm not

coming to the
dinner tonight.

Dr. Benton, are you ill?

And by that, I mean do you
have a terminal disease

to which you will succumb
before 11 o'clock tonight?

Then I suggest you
arrive promptly at 8:00

and enjoy your evening.

Well, I'm not sure
he wants me to come.

Of course, he wants you.

You're filling in for a
last‐minute cancellation.

Marian doesn't like empty
chairs at her dinner parties.

Think of it this way

his dinners are
like his surgeries.

When your presence
is requested

you don't decline.

Any word from my wife yet?

On her way.

Is someone poking out
a cat's eye in there?

I told him it was
okay to practice.

It looks like you have
a non‐displaced fracture

of the distal fibula.

‐ Damn!
‐ And you're gonna need a cast.

I'm gonna miss the haggis.

Boys'll be disappointed.

Uh‐huh. I'll call ortho.

I was supposed to cut it.

Great honor.

Nephews were gonna pipe
me in and everything.

Even memorized
Robbie Burns' "To a Haggis."

Uh‐huh.

"His knife see
rustic labour dight

and cut you up
with ready sight."

Yeah, this is Greene..

"Burde, like
a distant hill

"your pin wad help
to mend a mill in time of need

"while through your pores
the dews distill

'like amber bead."'

‐ Dinner's back on.
‐ Excuse me?

Well, I‐I can make it after all
if it's cool with you.

Uh, sure. Yeah.
I'll see you later.

Hey, Rach.
How's it going?

Okay.

Your mom's gonna be here
real soon to pick you up.

So, who's winning?

She is. Good too.

Thanks for watching her, Malik.

Hey, no problem.

I have four sisters.

Mark, could I steal
you for a consult?

Sure. I'll be
back in a sec.

No, you won't.

I'll be back
as soon as I can.

I finally remembered him.

The father was in last fall

with respiratory
and liver problems.

Passed out in
his own vomit.

Noah called 911
and saved him.

‐ Father of the year candidate.
‐ Yup.

He's been in six times
in the past two years.

He's a real mess,
the DCFS guy's here.

Dad's a drunk, kids are
playing in the street

in the middle
of a school day.

Who says the American
family's in decline?

How you doin'? So, what's
wrong with you guys?

How long is it gonna
take for you to get

these kids out of the home?

Dave Donovan,
nice to meet you too.

Got a long history with
the Krawcyzk family.

Mother's MIA, dad on a
bender for three years.

He's cleaned up pretty
well now, AA, job.

How's Kenny?

Uh, ruptured spleen concussion,
fracture of the thigh.

He's up in surgery.
He's going to be okay.

And Noah?

Oh, we're gonna admit him
until you find him a placement.

‐ Come on.
‐ Not looking for one.

‐ Father's on his way in.
‐ So what?

Father lets his kids run wild.

They're boys, screwed up.
They played hooky.

No, no, no.
The father screwed up.

Yeah, maybe, maybe not.

So that's it, that's
all you're gonna do?

Look, let's just
wait and see.

Okay.

‐ John, hold on.
‐ I'm in a hurry.

‐ This will only take a sec.
‐ Okay.

Rubadoux,
you haven't told him

how serious his wife's
condition is.

Yeah, I tried to but I couldn't
get a word in edgewise.

He needs to know
so he can say goodbye.

‐ Get her affairs in order.
‐ Why does it have to be me?

‐ He trusts you.
‐ I have to go.

‐ Just do it?
‐ 'Yeah.'

'Karen Hardy, she's been
there for about 20 minutes.'

Her mother signed a DNR order.

She hasn't budged
from that spot.

I'm afraid she may
challenge the order.

Mrs. Hardy,
this is Dr. Greene.

Hi.

She's been in and out
all afternoon.

So, this would be a good
time to go in and see her.

No, thanks. This glass
between us is just fine.

Your mother's condition
is very grave.

We can't be sure that she's
going to pull through.

Did she ask to see me?

No.

'No, the only thing she's
ever really wanted to see'

is the bottom of
a bottle of booze.

Your mother's dying,
and she's asked

that no heroic measures be
taken to save her life.

You understand the
implications of her request?

She wants to die.

She can't face the truth
that she's an alcoholic.

'Never admit that.'

I don't know why parents
lie to their kids.

'Children know.'

Always.

If there's a chance to make
peace, you should talk to her.

I don't want to see her.

I believe you..

...but you have been
standing here for 20 minutes.

You said there were some
papers that I should sign?

Yeah. They're at the desk.

Rheumatology, no.

‐ Orthopedics, no.
‐ What are you doing?

Oh, I'm trying to find a study
that'll take Mrs. Rubadoux.

Neurology...bingo.

‐ Dr. Carter?
‐ Yes, this is Carter in the ER.

I've got a patient for your
nerve stimulation study.

Post‐op ischemic myelopathy.

You'll see her.

You're gonna have
to hurry

'cause cardiology's
interested too.

Alright, I'll save
her for you, okay.

She's admitted,
Ruby, neurology.

They're on their way
down to see her now.

You‐you'll still be
her doctor, too, right?

Oh, I'll visit, but, uh

I'm assigned to the
surgical service.

B‐but the neurology people

they're the ones to help her,
right?

That's right.

And, and sh‐she's
going to be okay?

They're the people to see.

‐ Neuro. Bye now.
‐ Yeah.

God bless.

A‐ha‐ha.

‐ Thanks, Malik.
‐ I've got a couple minutes.

Hey, no problem.

Rach, you and I,
we need to talk.

You know..

...that you will always
have a mom and a dad

who love you very much.

See my fish?

When you move back home,
can we get

another angel fish
to keep Moby company?

Yes. Moby can have
a new friend..

...but daddy's not
moving back home.

The truth is you are
gonna have two homes

from now on,
one with mommy, one with me.

Mommy and daddy aren't gonna
live together anymore.

I know you're sad..

...and angry..

...but I want you to talk
to me about anything, okay?

Believe me, daddy wishes

it could be any other
way than this.

It's just..

Hey, Jen.

Rach and I, we were
just having a talk.

That's good, Mark.

Hey, banana fish,
I'm sorry I'm late.

Mommy got her
cast off today.

Come on, let's start
packing up your stuff.

‐ We're gonna go.
‐ No!

‐ Come on, honey.
‐ Come on.

You can do lanyards
in the car.

‐ Stop it!
‐ Put your knapsack on.

‐ 'Get away.'
‐ Oh, no, no, no, no.

‐ That's enough. Come on.
‐ Don't talk to mom like that.

No way. I don't
want to go! No!

There you go.

'I don't want to go.'

Get away!
Get away!

I don't want
to go, no!

Let me alone!

Get away!

I don't wanna go!

No!

Get away!

'No!'

Good evening.
You must be Dr. Benton..

Hello.

Hi, I'm Peter Benton.

Peter, I'm Marian Vucelich.

Nice to meet you.

My guest should
be arriving soon.

She is already here.

Will you excuse
me for a moment?

Oh, sure.

Thought your plans
changed again.

Yeah. Traffic was bad.

‐ You look nice.
‐ So do you.

'Ladies and gentlemen'

it looks like everyone's
finally arrived, uh.

So...dinner is served.

‐ Mr. Krawcyzk, I'm Dr. Ross.
‐ How's Kenny?

‐ When can I see him?
‐ He's still in surgery.

But he's gonna be alright.

Yes, yes , can we have..

Can I talk to
you out here?

Yeah, sure.

Excuse us.

Why aren't these
kids in school?

I already talked to the
social worker about that.

Indulge me,
indulge me.

Well, I usually drop them off,
but I got a new job this week

and they're supposed
to take the bus.

And how did you lose
your old job?

I quit my old job
when they switched me

to nights,
nothing of your damn bus‐‐

It's my business when these
boys are brought to the ER.

‐ My business.
‐ They'll be punished.

I believe that they've been
punished enough already.

‐ What's that suppose to mean?
‐ Doug.

I don't know what your game is
that but me, and my boys‐‐

How many times have you
been in here drunk?

How many times have you
been in here drunk?

Doug, what the hell
are you doing?

My job.

The last time this guy was in
here, he was circling the drain.

‐ I think he's trying.
‐ People don't change.

Sure, they do.

You wanna beat up on a
father, call your own.

This guy's doing
the best, he can. Alright

‐ How are you feeling?
‐ Disappointed.

They'll be cutting
the haggis about now.

Do you hear that?

Yeah, I hear that.

My boys!

My nephews!

This is great!

Those are his nephews?

A Scotsman loves a man
who never gives up.

"A man's a man for all that"
says Robbie Burns.

‐ Here's to you, Uncle Davey.
‐ The haggis!

Oh‐ho!

We couldn't do it
without you, Uncle Davey

You do the cutting.

"His knife see
rustic‐labor dight

"and cut you up
with ready sight.

"Trenching your gushing

"Entrails bright like onie ditch

"And then, oh,
what a glorious sight.

Warm, reeking, rich."

Let's eat.

Oh, bless you.

‐ Hi.
‐ Hi.

What is this?

Sheep's blood, intestines,
and testicles

mixed in a gruel.

L'Chaim!

Mrs. Hardy?

Hi.

Are you alright?

I used to watch her like
this when I was little.

Passed out
on the sofa

kitchen floor,
front steps.

I never waited
around long enough

for her to wake up.

Too afraid when
I was a child.

Too angry later on.

Just don't seem
to have the energy

for fear or anger.

Can't decide if that's
a good sign or not.

Well, here's
to arteriosclerosis

without which I could not
be offering you this exquisite

'85 Corton‐Charlemagne.

Beware.

The last time Carl
uncorked a bottle

I bought five percent of his
miracle drug Lazerol

'by the end of
the evening.'

‐ 'To Lazerol.'
‐ 'Lazerol then.'

I'm Anne Adelstein,
I don't believe we've met.

I'm Peter Benton.

I've read your
work on dialysis.

It was very impressive.

My husband Martin.

Troffle d'Or?

'Yes.'

Are you the visiting
ortho fellow?

No, darling.

He's Carl's
newly anointed.

Ah, yes.

The chosen one.

The heir apparent.

'Carl has an eye
for talent.'

To the heir apparent.

‐ Not after this afternoon.
‐ Why, what happened?

I made a fool out of
myself in surgery.

'Vucelich was too
polite to kick me'

'off the team
before dinner.'

Ooh, I'm sorry.

‐ Jeanie?
‐ Hmm?

Where's the truffle?

You got me.
Maybe there.

Thanks again for a
lovely evening.

Our pleasure.

‐ Bye.
‐ Thank you.

Thanks.

‐ Thank you.
‐ Quite the evening.

Yeah, yeah.
I had a good time.

Yeah. Me too.

Well, um..

'Peter?'

Peter, do you have a moment?

Of course.

‐ Good.
‐ Goodnight.

‐ Goodnight.
‐ Goodnight.

Dr. Lewis, please.

There's something wrong.

On 100% O‐2,
her pulse ox is down to 70.

She's in respiratory failure.

‐ What's wrong?
‐ Heart rate's down to 40.

Dobutamine, dopamine, levophed,
they're all maxed.

Do something.

Your mother signed a
"Do not resuscitate" order.

You have to help her!

Her breathing's agonal,
no BP, pulse down to 30.

Aren't you going
to do anything?

We have to respect her wishes.
She was very clear.

Brandy, or should we
have some port?

Uh, no, I don't drink.

Don't drink?

Well, how in the world are you
going to enjoy your Cohiba?

Castro's favorite.

Rolled on the
thighs of virgins.

Um...I don't know,
I don't smoke, either.

Please, Peter,
you're contributing

to the appalling demise
of social ritual.

I'll tell you what.

Let me just put
this beside you.

It will make me feel
oh, so much better.

I'm sorry about this
afternoon's surgery, I..

I know it was
disappointing for you.

‐ It was for me.
‐ It was?

Dr. Hicks was absolutely right.

I did overstep
my bounds.

You did.

That's exactly
what I expect of you.

Angela Hicks is a
superb surgeon.

I've never known her to make
a significant error.

But the physician
that is useful to me

is the one who has the vision
to keep one eye on the details

'while the other eye
roams the horizons.'

Peter, to me,
medicine is a challenge.

It's full of highly
skilled drudgery.

There are plenty of talented
surgeons out there

man and woman alike

who simply want
to perfect the practice

'of what's already
been accomplished.'

My interest lies in
what's beyond that

the puzzles,
the impossibles, the risks.

That's why it's been
an honor to work with you.

Is it? Really?

Hmm. To tell you the truth,
Peter, I really haven't

been able to tell
whether you like it or not.

No, no, believe me it's been
the best and hardest work

I've ever done.

Good. Good.

That's music to my ears.

'I was beginning
to fear that I saw'

something in you
that you didn't see in yourself.

I want to see it.

I'll drink to that.

'Hello?'

'Hello?'

'Who is it?'

Hey, what are you doing
sitting here in the dark?

Ahem, don't ask.

Mind if I join you?

Tough day, guys?

‐ Don't ask.
‐ Don't ask.

Will a little single
malt Glendronac help?

I don't know. We have to do
a linear regression analysis.

Well, the regression
part's guaranteed.

Do you have
anything to eat?

I think there's some
haggis left over.

What's that?

Don't ask.

Cheers.

'Dr. Carter.'

I'm buried, Ruby.

I've got all this
data to tabulate

I've got two pre‐op
histories to dictate

I've got AM labs
to order.

‐ You lied to me.
‐ What?

The neurologist told me,
she'll never leave the hospital.

Well, uh..

...he's her doctor now

you should respect his opinion.

You knew all along,
didn't you?

I gotta get
back to work.

You were our doctor
and our friend!

I was a fourth‐year
medical student

who took care of your wife when
she was on the surgical service.

You gave me hope
because I thought you cared.

You should've
told me the truth.

‐ I tried.
‐ I'm not a kid.

You should've told me.

Did her leaving the hospital
today make her worse?

I don't know.

I‐I trusted you.

I spent two weeks treating her
multiple medical problems.

'I dealt with social services'

'I arranged
for her convalescent care'

I fought with cardiology,
renal and neuro

to get her admitted here,
I did everything that I could.

We're not just old people.

'We have lives.'

'You look at my wife and all
you see is her problems.'

I see a 20‐year‐old dancer.

27‐year‐old bride.

‐ 30‐year‐old mother.
‐ What do you want from me?

‐ The truth!
‐ She's dying, Ruby!

Is that‐is that what you
want to hear?

She's dying, and she's never
gonna leave this hospital.

Thank you!

I'm sorry, Ruby.

Call me Mr. Rubadoux.