ER (1994–2009): Season 6, Episode 6 - The Peace of Wild Things - full transcript

[thundering]

Uh, can I give you
a hand with that?

Oh, thanks, John.

Paid a fortune for it
and the damn thing's stuck.

No problem as long as I can
sneak under a corner of it.

I left mine in the house
on my way out.

Oh, I hate coming into work
in the morning

when it's still dark.

(John)
'That doesn't look promising.'

Yeah, a perfect start to what's
bound to be a perfect day.

We got a 93‐year‐old woman
with COPD.



Increased wheezing
due to smoke inhalation

with no evidence
of facial burns.

BP is 134/92, pulse 96.

Give her five albuterol.
Get her on a pulse ox.

‐ And order chest films.
‐ What's going on?

Oh, there was a fire
in a nursing home.

There weren't enough people
there to get them out.

Carter, can you get
this last ambulance?

90 year old
with all left‐sided stroke.

Tachypnea
and altered mental status.

‐ BP's 95/60.
‐ No singed nasal hairs.

They're sending us two more.
One critical.

‐ Full thickness burns.
‐ Who's on the desk?

Nobody. Steve called in sick
and Randi left at 6:30.



She didn't wait
for her replacement?

I am not her keeper. You wanna
bitch at somebody, bitch at her.

Haleh, I need you.

Oh, and Jeanie called. She's not
coming in today either.

(Jackie)
'You have basketball practice
or you coming straight home?'

‐ 'I have practice.'
‐ 'You about ready?'

‐ Yeah.
‐ Morning.

Morning.
Where's your backpack?

Mm‐hmm, it's in the upstairs
bathroom, on top of the toilet

'and you dumped your basketball
stuff on the basement steps.'

You want it to end up
in the washer

you put it in the basket.

She can hit a 20‐foot
fadeaway jumper

but she can't get
within ten yards of the hamper.

Eesh! You got a minute?

Not really.

Yeah, uh..

Carla told me
that Reese might not be mine.

What are you gonna do?

I don't know.

I don't know that I believe her
with everything that's going on.

[laughing]
That bitch.

What the hell
is the matter with her?

‐ Jackie.
‐ Look, no, no.

Everything she's put you
through and she isn't even sure?

I'm sorry,
but I don't know what's worse?

That she's always known or
she's doing this to get Reese?

Yeah, well,
I got a paternity test.

‐ I, uh, I haven't taken it yet.
‐ 'How long does it take?'

I don't know. I don't know
that I'm gonna do it.

You have to.

What if I'm not his father, huh?

What are you going to do?
Wait till he gets older, Peter?

‐ He's bound to find out‐‐
‐ Yeah, I know all that‐‐

'Yeah, and then he's gonna know
that you've lied to him.'

[theme music]

‐ Hi.
‐ Hi. What do you want?

Well, I called
but the phone just kept ringing.

I don't always hear it.
It's down the hall.

I gotta get to work.

Are you still working
at the pharmacy?

The pay sucks,
but the hours are good.

Well, look, your tests came back
after you left.

You gotta come back
to the hospital

and get treated
for the bladder infection.

A bladder infection can be very
dangerous when you're pregnant.

I'll come by as soon as I can.

Have you given any more thought
to the detox program?

‐ Oh!
‐ You know you really have to.

Yeah, I stopped using
about, uh, five days ago.

‐ Oh, good for you.
‐ But thanks again.

Yeah, I don't give a damn
how many patients you've got.

‐ Excuse me?
‐ Hey, you know what?

We are drowning down here

and I need
some qualified bodies.

‐ Excuse me. I'm, uh, looking‐‐
‐ Go away.

I've got 11 fried old folks.

You wanna compare patient loads?

Uh‐uh. You need something,
talk to the boss lady.

Hey, you're in a nasty
car accident.

I hope you end up down here
so that I can personally

be of absolutely no damn help
to you whatsoever.

‐ Twerp.
‐ Excuse me.

Hi, uh, I'm Andrew.

‐ You've an MD behind your name?
‐ No, I‐‐

Okay, then have a seat. I'll get
to you when I get to you.

‐ Uh, Margaret Ramey sent me.
‐ You're a desk clerk?

‐ Yes, ma'am.
‐ Good.

Then get back here now.
Come on.

‐ Okay, so you want me to‐‐
‐ You're a clerk. Clerk.

Malik, get on the phone
to anybody who has the day off.

Tell them to get into work today

if they still wanna
work here tomorrow.

‐ Oh, God!
‐ Can I help you, ma'am?

Oh, I‐I've lost my husband.

‐ Were you in the fire?
‐ Barry is my husband's name.

And I was following him
down the hall, and..

‐ They went so fast.
‐ Uh‐huh.

‐ Your husband's name is Barry?
‐ Yes.

Let's go see
if we can find him for you.

Oh, my, thank you.

Sir, can you take
a deep breath for me?

Pulse ox 82 on four liters.

Hey, I just found your patient's
wife wandering in the hall.

‐ Can I bring her in?
‐ Absolutely. You free?

Yeah, I was just heading back
to the desk to grab another one.

Well, I got two.
You can have this one.

‐ No singed nasal hairs.
‐ Barry, I'm right here.

(Mark)
'Sir, I need you
to lean forward'

'so I can listen to your back.'

H‐he can't lift himself, I..

Wet crackles bilaterally.

Put him
on a non‐rebreather mask.

MS, CHF Coronary Artery Disease.

Alright. S4 gallop.
Let's get a nitro drip.

Titrate to a systolic of 100.

'Add another 80 of Lasix
and four of morphine.'

‐ You got it?
‐ Yeah. Yeah.

78‐year‐old woman
with rheumatoid arthritis

contusion to the right thigh.

BP's 155/88, pulse 96.

'Three centimeter vertical
laceration to the forehead.'

I knew I should have had that

third cup of coffee
this morning.

‐ What's going on?
‐ Nursing home fire.

Gabe, check the residents. Make
sure all the majors are covered.

And, Carol, can you
take over the desk?

They're stacking up
like cord wood.

No physical findings
of smoke inhalation

but she's still short
of breath and hypoxic.

Pulse ox is down to 84.

Crank her up to ten, alright?

What the hell's going on?
Her chest is clear, I mean.

‐ You wanna get Dr. Greene?
‐ Uh, no.

‐ What's her temp?
‐ 101.2.

You appreciate the coarse
rhonchi at the right base?

She's got pneumonia.

Not much gets by you,
does it, Dr. Dave?

CBC, blood cultures‐‐

Chest X‐ray, ceftriaxone.
Sign.

You know, uh,
Andy does imitations.

‐ Ask him.
‐ Imitations, huh?

Oh, I'm better at improv,
you know. "Second City."

‐ This is just my day job.
‐ Yo, man, do Keanu Reeves, man.

‐ No.
‐ Oh, come on.

Do something, man.
Go ahead.

(imitating Keanu Reeves)
Whoa!

So, you're a little pregnant,
huh? Alright.

You picked a name
for the little dude, yet?

‐ No, no, I haven't.
‐ Well, how about Leaf?

Or Bodhi, or Keanu?

‐ Keanu's a most excellent name.
‐ That's very good.

(Kerry)
Malik, did you get
a hold of Jeanie?

Yeah, she said
she couldn't make it in.

Oh, she hasn't made it in
all week.

Call her again.
Tell her to come in here.

If not to work, then to explain
to me why I shouldn't fire her.

‐ Just had a great pick‐up.
‐ Oh, yeah?

Elderly woman
who was in that fire

presented with rapid breathing
and altered mental status

tachypnic and hypoxic.

You're figuring
smoke inhalation, right?

Your Bunsen burner's on.

If that one sticks,
you gotta jiggle it.

Pulse ox was 84.
You with me?

I'm struggling to keep up
but I think I get the picture.

Well, I was tempted to just
write it up as inhalation

but I noticed a few
subtle physical findings.

Quiet crackles
in the right middle lobe

a slight dullness to percussion
and a low grade fever.

‐ Pneumonia.
‐ Right.

I figure I'm gonna
find some gram positive

diplococci in sputum.

She's lucky she had you
as her physician.

'Damn straight.'

Haleh told me she heard
the rhonchi on the patient

and told you.

[mumbling]

I‐I can't understand
what he's saying.

He's not getting
enough oxygen.

It can lead to confusion
and disorientation.

His lungs are very sick,
and right now, our only option

is to place a tube down
his throat to help him breathe.

But I don't know that
that will be helpful.

Well, is there a chance
he can get better?

There is a chance.

But in his declining health..

...I'm not optimistic.

But he could get better?

Yes, he could.

Then let's try it.

It could also be his heart.

Why don't we run
some more tests and, um

just make sure that we're
doing the right thing first?

'Lily, can we get Cardiology
down here?'

‐ To, uh, do an echo?
‐ 'Yeah.'

‐ 'Help me! Please.'
‐ How you doing?

Uh, 89‐year‐old woman, agitated,
delusional, vitals normal.

No signs of smoke inhalation
or injury.

What have you done so far?

Gave five of Haldol,
two of Ativan.

Lost my reading glasses
somewhere yesterday.

Why won't you help me?
Please help me.

(Cleo)
'These dementia cases
are so sad.'

I hated my geriatrics rotation.

It's one of the reasons
I chose pedes. Ma'am.

‐ Looks like you're doing fine.
‐ Help me. Help me.

‐ 'Ma'am.'
‐ 'Help me. Please help me.'

Please, please.

Help me. Help me.

‐ How's she doing?
‐ Fine.

Excuse me.

I think we're getting
on top of it.

Three have been admitted
to Medicine.

The broken hip went up
to Surgery.

One's in CICU and
five were treated and released.

‐ You smell gas?
‐ Yes, I do.

‐ Malik, smell that?
‐ Yeah.

Okay, I'll call Maintenance,
and, Malik

get everyone out of this hall.

(Mark)
'Definitely stronger in here.'

[explosion]

Ah!

[alarm blaring]

Both eardrums are intact.
How's the ringing? Still bad?

‐ Ringing still bad?
‐ What was it?

Fire Department thinks somebody
left a Bunsen burner on.

I was doing a stain earlier
but I'm sure I turned it off.

(Gabriel)
'You want me to set up
an Audiology appointment?'

No, I've had it worse, uh,
sitting too close

to the stage at a Clash concert.

Uh, I just wanna get out
of these wet clothes.

‐ A few scratches but that's it.
‐ Thanks, Gabe.

‐ Could this day get any worse?
‐ What the hell happened here?

We're not certain yet,
we think a small gas leak

may have ignited next door.

Small? I heard it up
on the fourth floor.

Fortunately, no one
was seriously injured.

Someone may have left
a Bunsen burner on.

(Robert)
'Really?'

When did the pain start?

Last night
before I went to bed.

Had you had anything to eat?

Uh, we shared a pizza
for dinner.

‐ Any vomiting?
‐ No.

Any pain?

Little bit
around my belly button.

‐ How old are you, Eddie?
‐ Twelve.

Married?
You're big for your age.

‐ You play football?
‐ Uh, he's not much into sports.

Uh, video games,
that's what kids do now.

Sit up for me, will you?

You have any pain back here?

‐ Yeah, a little.
‐ Mm‐hmm.

Carter? Dr. Kayson's here.

Thanks. I'll be right there.

Okay, I don't think
it's too serious, Mr. Bernero.

Maybe just a little touch
of the stomach flu.

Why don't you pee in the cup?
Give it to Malik.

It's what he lives for.

Mmm, pistachio almond
and peppermint.

‐ Yum, ice cream cake.
‐ Peppermint?

Just eat the pistachio then.

Oh, God, another birthday.

We should leave the decorations
up permanently.

It's Carol Hathaway's
baby shower.

‐ It's a surprise.
‐ Mmm.

Anybody missing a pair
of reading glasses?

Just found them in the freezer.

May I see those?

I've left mine
in some pretty weird places.

‐ In the dryer one time.
‐ Are they yours?

No, but I think
I know whose they are.

‐ Hey, you got a minute?
‐ Yeah, I wish I had.

We can talk
while I work if you like.

‐ Nice office.
‐ Yeah.

You have to admire
the method to his madness

no matter how sociopathic.

‐ Who?
‐ Romano.

This office. Sorry.
You wanted to talk?

Slumming amongst we simple
surgical folk, Dr. Benton?

We were just discussing
a patient.

Oh, nothing
that was taking Peter away

from the electrifying excitement
of Trauma Medicine, I hope?

'Lizzie, I've got a, uh, hernia
scheduled for tomorrow'

in the a. m.
and I was gonna be tied up

with a breakfast meeting
with the insurance people.

I was hoping you could take it
for me. It's a bit early.

‐ Six o'clock.
‐ In the morning?

Yeah, early bird
catches the worm.

Seems one of the more
advanced members

'of your ER Brain Trust
blew up the lab'

and the boys
from the insurance company

are rightly concerned
about hospital safety.

Did anyone get hurt?

Oh, your boyfriend
got his hair mussed a bit.

‐ Mark?
‐ Yeah.

But he, uh, bounced right back.

Have to hand it to him,
he is a scrapper.

He's deaf as a post,
I understand that's, uh

probably temporary.
Oh, oh, um, Lizzie.

How much would you pay
for my sperm?

‐ Ah, I beg your pardon?
‐ Oh, is that sexual harassment?

Oh, oh, my, oh, no,
I'm being, uh

recruited by the
Marshall‐Hillberg Sperm Bank.

'Its, uh, its donors
include Olympic athletes'

and Nobel Prize winners.
It's an elite gene pool.

‐ And they want you?
‐ Yeah.

It's a little embarrassing,
actually

uh, but it's for a good cause.

I mean, who knows what
the mother's side's gonna bring

to the party but as for my side
of the genetic divide

I can guarantee
a significant advantage

'over the rest
of the spermic competition.'

Can't have too many extra
Romanos running around

spicing up the gene pool,
can we?

Hey, what have we got?

Shattered femur.
Rock climbing.

Fifty five year old
trying to keep up

with his much younger wife.

‐ Wow, what a mess.
‐ Hmm.

Nothing like major orthopedic
surgery and four months

in a wheelchair to prove
your vitality to the fairer sex.

You still looking
for your reading glasses?

Yeah, I meant to stop by
a drugstore on the way in

to pick up one of those
$10 pairs.

Are these them?

That's great.
Where did you find them?

In the freezer,
in the lounge.

The freezer?

That's one place I didn't look.

Thanks.

Hey, Cleo, could you write me
a prescription for Keflex?

I've got a sometime patient
eight months pregnant.

She hasn't had prenatal care.
She's got a bladder infection.

‐ You want me to look at her?
‐ She's not in the hospital.

Don't ask, I just, I thought
I'd get her the prescription

and hope that she fills it.

Thank you.

It's probably the heart failure
that's making him sick.

‐ Oh!
‐ Not his lungs.

I think that we need to accept
that the time has come

to let nature take its course.

I don't know what to do.

Barry always made all
the important decisions.

Do you know what
a do not resuscitate order is?

Yes.

I think you need to sign one
for your husband.

Will you do that for me?

Yes.

Excuse me,
Dr. Spielman's office.

Yeah, uh, third floor
and make a left

past the MRI suite.

‐ Dr. Spielman.
‐ Kerry, my God.

‐ How are you?
‐ I'm fine, thanks.

Oh, still sacrificing yourself
at the altar

of the indigent down at County?

Battling windmills
is more like it.

‐ Please. Want some tea?
‐ No, thanks. No, thanks.

So you moved, uh, the office
around a little bit.

Yeah, when we put in
the MRI suite. What a mess.

So what brings you
to our humble digs?

Job hunting, I hope.

Uh, no. Gabe Lawrence.

You let him go
a couple of months ago?

He left the staff, yes.

I‐I heard it was politics,
a‐a bit of a palace coup.

[laughing]
With me cast as Iago,
I suspect.

I was wondering
if that's what really happened.

Gabe Lawrence
was my closest friend

my mentor, my teacher

and the finest doctor I've ever
had the privilege to work with.

His leaving was the most
trying experience of my career.

I hired him at County.

I hadn't heard that.

Renee, I need to know
should I be concerned

about the safety of my patients
with Dr. Lawrence on my staff?

Hey, have you seen Dr. Lawrence?

Check Trauma 2.
He's in with Malucci.

‐ What have they got?
‐ Stab wound to the chest.

(Gabriel)
'Rib spreader.'

‐ Suction.
‐ Still no pulse.

‐ Gabe, do you need a hand?
‐ No, we're fine.

You know what they say
about too many cooks.

Heart's still beating.

You notice how little blood
there is in the heart itself?

Oh, it's pulseless
electrical activity.

Alright, we need four
more units of O‐neg.

Stab wound
to the left ventricle.

Keep your finger on it.
I'll do internal compressions.

‐ How fast are you at sewing?
‐ Blink and you'll miss it.

We need two needle drivers,
load them with 2.0 silk.

I'm gonna put him
into ventricular fibrillation.

'Unless you wanna sew
a moving target.'

What am I gonna doing next,
Kerry?

Sauerbruch grip.

Ever tell you Dr. Weaver was
the finest student I ever had?

Hands down.
Scary, really.

She knew the answers before
you could ask the questions.

And what is a Sauerbruch grip,
Dr. Weaver?

Occlude the inflow from the
inferior and superior vena cava.

What did I tell you?
Alright.

When he arrests, you've got
30 seconds to fix this hole.

'Go in high
with a horizontal mattress.'

(Haleh)
V‐fib.

Charge the paddles to 20.

‐ Two more units are in.
‐ Keep them coming.

Don't tie that off too tight.

Paddles now.

Last knot.

Don't look at the monitor.
Look at the heart.

That, my young friend,
is what normal sinus rhythm

looks like inside the chest.

Damn.

She was the last one.
Nobody else used it.

God, are they gonna fire her?

‐ Who's going to get fired?
‐ Dr. Finch.

She was the last one
using the Bunsen burner.

You can get fired for that?

Honey, if you can get fired
for dress code violations

you can get fired for
blowing up half a hospital.

They can fire you
for dress code violations.

Hey, is anything open? I just
need it for a few minutes.

Do Christopher Walken again.

(imitating Christopher Walken)
Well, you see, you wanna room

the only room that's available..

...Exam 1.

Thanks.

Welcome.

Have fun storming the castle.

Alrighty.

Okay.

There you go.

Sit up.

Alright, man, let's get
this DNA stuff over with.

See?

See?

See how easy that was?
It didn't hurt.

Alright, yeah.

Good man.
There's my big man.

Okay.

[sighs]

[whispers]
I'm sorry.

Come here.

Excuse me,
is Meg Corwin working?

‐ Deb, where's Meg?
‐ On break.

She's probably out back

past the water fountain
and the bathrooms.

Thank you.

‐ I get paid today, really.
‐ Hey.

‐ Uh, catch you later, okay?
‐ I'm‐I'm off at 6:30.

Maybe.

What are you doing here?

Brought you your prescription
for your bladder infection.

‐ Thanks.
‐ Who was that guy?

‐ Um..
‐ Oh, Meg, you're pregnant.

No kidding.
I didn't ask to be.

Oh, you weren't there
when it happened?

This is none of your business.

Look, you wanna piss
your life away, fine

but your kid deserves a chance.

I think you're mixing me up

with someone who gives a damn.

‐ I didn't leave it on.
‐ I was there.

‐ I saw you.
‐ I turned it off.

You need to tell Dr. Weaver
it was you.

Why would I be stupid
enough to do that?

Because Dr. Finch
is going to get fired.

‐ Maybe she left it on.
‐ Dr. Dave?

Benton's in
with your broken arm.

I checked the charts.

Her patient came in
an hour before yours.

Dr. Finch would have been
in there long before we were.

I turned it off, Lucy, honest.

Hey, Cleo.

I got a 12‐year‐old boy.
His blood sugar's 278.

‐ Diabetes previously diagnosed?
‐ No, I just got the test back.

He overweight?
Crappy diet?

‐ Couch potato?
‐ All of the above.

Kids sit around eating junk food
and play video games all day.

‐ Bingo, they've got diabetes.
‐ How do I treat it?

Well, you want me to talk
to the family with you?

I've got some experience
with it.

‐ Sure, that'd be great.
‐ Okay.

I'd heard that Gabe
had lost a power struggle

with Renee Spielman over
some junior staff tenure issue.

And you never checked
when you hired him?

Hey, I have known Gabe Lawrence
my entire career.

He trained me. He's the reason
I became an ER doc.

When I heard that
he was forced out

I jumped at the chance
to hire him.

You jumped at the chance
to impress him.

Student hires teacher.

Okay.

Spielman suspected signs
of early Alzheimer's.

But when she asked him
to undergo neurological testing

he‐he blew up and he quit.

He hasn't spoken to her
ever since.

You have to fire him.

No, she wasn't sure.

His inability to cope
with stress.

Wandering around the halls
'cause he can't remember where‐‐

He's always been scattered.

He could endanger the patients.

Mark, I don't know
if I can do it.

I‐I‐I mean, I‐I love him
like a father.

I don't know
if I could fire him.

(Cleo)
'Is there a history
of diabetes in your family?

My mother has it.

I‐I thought this was somethin'
only old people get.

This type, primarily, yes.

But some children
are susceptible to it.

We need to get your son
into a diabetes clinic.

There's a new drug, Glucophage

that works well for kids,
but it is expensive.

'Does your insurance cover
prescription medications?'

I'm not insured right now.

‐ How expensive?
‐ Hundred dollars a month.

'Plus he'll need constant
monitoring and clinic visits.'

I can't afford that.

Look, your son needs
to lose weight

exercise and control his diet.

If he does all of those things

he might not need
the medication.

I'm starting a new job
next week.

It's got good benefits, but they
don't kick in for three months.

Can this..
Can it wait till then?

The longer your son walks around
with an elevated blood sugar

the more likely he is
to develop complications.

This will be a pre‐existing
condition, right?

On my new insurance, i‐if you
start treating him right now

then that's
a pre‐existing condition

and they won't cover him.

Oh, I don't know the specifics

of your new plan, uh,
but it's possible.

W‐what about I start him
on a diet

and get him workin' out?

'Uh, my mother's in an HMO.'

She gets diabetes pills
for free.

He could take those
for three months.

Your son needs the support of
a physician supervised program.

You can't change
his lifestyle overnight.

He needs a nutritionist

'an exercise specialist,
a diabetic educator.'

How much is all that gonna cost?
I‐it's only three months.

I‐I'll stay on him.
We weren't even here, alright?

No, your son needs
medical attention.

This is a very serious disease.
He could suffer kidney failure.

‐ Heart disease, go blind.
‐ Wait, hang on‐‐

No, there could be infections.
He could lose his limbs.

(John)
'Let me talk to Dr. Finch
for a minute.'

I think you're making it worse.

The man is seriously considering

waiting three months
to treat his son's diabetes.

Forget three months, if the
insurance company's not gonna

cover his son and he can't
afford the medication, what do

you think's gonna happen to the
kid over the next three years?

He can't take his grandmother's
glyburide.

He could drop his blood sugar,
eat more and gain more weight.

So, we start him off on half a
pill. Two and a half milligrams.

And the dad gets him
to take off some weight

and when the insurance kicks in,
the boy gets better care.

You asked me to help you
because you don't know

anything about type 2 diabetes
in children.

Sedentary kids don't change
their lifestyles

without professional
supervision.

Dad hasn't been able to get
the kid off the sofa and away

from the pizzas and potato chips
in the last 12 years.

What makes you think he's gonna
be able to do it now?

Carter, your CHF guy's
in V‐tach.

‐ Look, okay, be right there.
‐ He's your patient.

But if you let that kid
walk out of here

to accommodate
the father's financial problems

you're endangering
that boy's life.

[ECG monitor beeping]

Uh, what is it?

It's ventricular tachycardia.

It's an abnormal heart rhythm.

How much longer?

A few minutes.

[crying]
A few minutes.

A few minutes.

Oh!

Dr. Lawrence?

‐ Could I talk to you‐‐
‐ Yeah, what's up?

You told Mrs. Karis
to wait here in chairs

for a prescription
over four hours ago.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Sorry, Mrs. Karis, I, uh..

I‐I got tied up
with other patients

and I, I‐I completely
forgot about it.

And I'm very sorry,
uh, one pill every six hours

and elevate your ankle

and ice it three times a day,
okay?

Gabe, can I, uh, talk to you
in the lounge, please?

Yeah.

‐ Thanks, Brenda.
‐ That's it?

Yeah, appreciate it.

Hey, what's..
Wait‐wait a second.

What is she doing? What is this?
What's going on here?

‐ What the hell is going on‐‐
‐ Come on. Let's go in here‐‐

What is this? Why is she
taking off her ankle wrap?

Dr. Lawrence,
that's Brenda Brewer.

She works up in Accounting.

She doesn't have an ankle injury

and you've never
seen her before.

You tricked me?

Please, can we not
do this out here?

It's been very busy here today.

I had several ankle injuries.
I got them confused.

I went to see Renee Spielman.

Gabe. Gabe!

[whispers]
Time of death is 7:42.

Mrs. Connelly?

‐ Has he gone?
‐ Yes.

[instrumental music]

Barry, you, you're so sweet.

Yes, you are.

[whispers]
I'll miss you.

I, uh, I‐I need to call my son.

Is‐is there a phone
I could use nearby?

I'll show you.

Thank you.

Thank you, doctor.

(Reggie)
'You're sure you wanna go
through with this?'

I mean, jail
isn't exactly the best place

on the planet to have a baby.

At least she won't be high.

‐ 'There he is.'
‐ 'Got him.'

5320, got a white male with
a leather jacket at the alley.

(Carol)
'What happens now?'

Just wait to see
if it goes down.

Bingo.

[engine starts]

[sirens wailing]

(male #1)
'Pills, some weed.
What's this, Einstein? Crank?'

'Kid's a regular little
cash‐and‐carry pharmacy.'

You bitch!

How could you do this to me?

You, don't have
anything to say to me?

How could you do this to me?

Lucy, has Dr. Lawrence
come back?

No, not yet.

‐ Dr. Weaver?
‐ Yeah.

It's a possibility
that I was the last person

using the Bunsen burner before
the explosion this morning.

I understand it's been assumed
that Dr. Finch used it last

but I used it as well,
maybe after she did.

Probably after she did,
I‐I think I turned it off

but it's possible that I didn't
so it could have been my fault.

The fire investigator said
it was the gas line.

They found a ruptured pipe
in the wall.

Oh! Well, I, I guess
it wasn't me.

Dr. Malucci, safety
is our number one priority here.

It's not acceptable
for you to think

you left on a potentially
dangerous lab tool.

‐ Are we clear?
‐ Yes, ma'am.

Gabe, this is Kerry.

I'm at the hospital
and please call me back.

(Mr. Bernero)
'Dr. Carter, can I come in?'

Sure.

Um, this is my son's record,
right?

‐ It was on the end of his bed.
‐ Yes, it is.

But it says in here
that Eddie has diabetes.

‐ You put that in here?
‐ Yes.

‐ Tear it up. Please.
‐ I can't do that.

It's illegal.

I'm not a fool.
I love my son.

I wouldn't do anything
to hurt him but we're just

getting back on our feet here.

I don't have the kind of money
that other doctor was talking

about...for all those
specialists and things.

I'll have my new insurance
in three months

and it's good. I'll get Eddie
on a diet and exercising.

We can use my mom's pills,
and‐and she gets those

little kits that, uh,
check her blood.

‐ Glucose levels.
‐ Right, right, right.

We'll get those, and if he's not
improvin' right away

I‐I'll bring him back, I'll do
whatever you tell me to do but..

...if there's a chance
to do this any other way..

...please help us.

What are you doing?

Uh, I was doing chart review
in here this morning

and the sprinklers
soaked everything.

I just did something
and now I'm not so sure

it was the right thing to do.

Oh, yeah? Me too.

‐ Really?
‐ Yeah, about an hour ago.

‐ What?
‐ I just, uh..

Destroyed what little is left

of a good man's career.

What did you do?

Got a..

...pregnant junkie
arrested for possession

so she could get clean in jail
and give the baby a chance.

Wanna talk about it?

We could drown our sorrows

in a couple of ginger ales.

No, thanks,
the girls are throwing me

a surprise baby shower.

Thought that was supposed
to be a surprise.

I'll look surprised.

I miss Doug.

You call him?

'Has he called you?'

He leaves messages
on my machine.

I think he calls when he knows
I won't be there

so I don't have to talk to him
if I don't want to.

You don't want to?

[sighs]
I don't know what else
there is to say.

‐ Rain check on that ginger ale?
‐ Sure.

Okay.

‐ Hey, Malik.
‐ 'Yeah.'

You seen the T Sheet
on the Bernero kid's chart?

The diabetes kid?

Why is it so hard to keep
the T Sheets on the charts?

‐ It was there a while ago.
‐ Yeah, I hate this.

Now I gotta fill out
a whole new chart.

I don't have time
for this crap.

Randi, Bernero kid
in Curtain 3 can go home.

Just a little case
of the stomach flu.

Kick him out of there.
We need the bed.

Randi, have you seen Kerry?

‐ Um, Curtain 2.
‐ Thanks.

‐ Hey, how's the baby?
‐ Hi. He's doin' great.

We're having a baby shower for
Carol in a couple of minutes.

‐ You ought to stop by.
‐ Yeah, I'll try.

'Alright.'

Okay, hang a banana bag and try
to dress those abrasions.

I think he fell
on his face again.

Kerry, Malik called.
Said it was important I come in.

Yeah, you know,
I checked your time cards

and you've worked two days
in the last three weeks.

We depend on you down here

and when you call in
at the last minute

i‐it just makes it
tough on everybody else.

I'm not coming back.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean
to make it tough on everybody.

I‐I didn't intend to.

I should have come
to talk to you earlier.

Well, i‐is everything alright?

I've never been happier.

I have Reggie and the baby,
and every time I'm at work

I wanna be home with them.

That's great.

So, If you need me to work
a few shifts‐‐

No, no, no,
but as the baby gets older

and doesn't need you so much,
call me.

There will always be a job
for you here.

Thanks, Kerry.

‐ I'm gonna miss you.
‐ I'm gonna miss you too.

‐ Hey.
‐ Hello, baby.

Oh, Roger's gonna pick him
up at your place later.

Yeah, I know, I know.
Uh, actually, you know what?

I called him and told him I was
gonna drop Reese off myself.

‐ Roger.
‐ 'Yeah?'

Reese is here.

‐ 'Hey, I, um..'
‐ 'Come here, my man.'

I got this DNA kit
to test for paternity.

And?

And I'm not gonna use it.

I'm gonna throw it away.

‐ Why?
‐ Carla..

I put my hand on your stomach
when you were pregnant..

...and I felt him move.

I was there when he was born

and all those nights
in the NICU.

I wake up in the morning, that
little boy is the first thing

on my mind.

I go to sleep at night,
he's the last.

I love him.

He's my son.

I don't care about biology.

I don't need some damn DNA kit
to tell me that.

I don't have a whole lot
in my life, Carla.

My career..

...Jackie and her kids,
and that boy.

'He means more to me than all
the rest of them combined.'

I'd lay down
in front of a train for him.

That's how I love him.

So I'm asking you.
I am..

[clears throat]
I'm asking you..

...please..

...don't‐don't‐don't take
my son away from me.

Please.

Carol, Weaver needs you
at the desk.

‐ Something about overtime.
‐ Great. Okay.

(all)
Surprise!

Oh, my God, you guys.

‐ You didn't know?
‐ I had no idea.

‐ Good.
‐ We'll show you the bassinets.

We have no money anymore.

[laughing]

Oh, they're beautiful.

Dr. Weaver, Dr. Lawrence
is down in Trauma 2.

You were looking for him, right?

Where have you been?

Out walking by the lake.

I was worried about you.

"When despair for the world
grows in me

"I go and lie down
where the wood drake rests

"in his beauty on the water

"and the great heron feeds.

"I come into the peace
of wild things

"who do not tax their lives
with forethought of grief.

"I come into the presence
of still water

"and feel above me
the day‐blind stars

"waiting with their light.

"And for a time

"I rest in the peace..

...of the world
and am free."

How can I remember
a William Blake poem

I memorized over 30 years ago

and not remember

that I saw a woman with
a sprained ankle this afternoon?

I started to notice something
was wrong about a year ago.

'You know, um,
memory loss and..'

...not being able
to find the right word.

I went to Boston to see, uh,
an‐an old classmate of mine

a neurologist.

He did a PET scan and it‐it
showed bilateral hypoperfusion

'to the parietal areas.'

'He started me on Aricept.'

It's supposed to put the brakes
on‐on‐on the Alzheimer's

but I guess, I guess it, uh..

...it didn't help enough.

Roz Chow i‐is doing
great work upstairs

at the Comprehensive Dementia
Center. You should go see her.

What for? I have a progressive
neurologic disorder.

Well, they're working with
neurotropins and antioxidants.

Maybe you could get
into a clinical trial.

I was thinking
of committing suicide.

Oh, I don't..

I can't figure out
the best time to do it.

Too early and I'll‐I'll miss
what little life I have left.

If I wait too long,
I won't remember to do it.

[sobbing]

Please don't say that.

God, I'm gonna miss this,
you know?

You know, medicine
has been my whole life.

No, no, you could stay on

and you could lecture
the medical students

and the residents.

But not see patients,
right?

Gabe, you are a brilliant doctor

and you are a wonderful teacher.

Please, please don't give up
those gifts.

[sighs]

I saw a woman this morning.

Dementia. She had..

She had no idea where she was.
She‐she didn't know who she was.

Ten years, that will be me.

Bedridden..

...in diapers..

...locked away in some home.

Nobody coming to see me.

I'll come and see you.

Yeah, but I won't,
I won't know you're there.

[sobbing]

[sighs]

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[indistinct chattering]

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