ER (1994–2009): Season 8, Episode 1 - Four Corners - full transcript

Previously on E.R.:

You're Chief of
Emergency Medicine

not the county's
lesbian advocate.

That's where you're wrong,
Robert, because I am both.

I am the Chief
of Emergency Medicine,
and I am a lesbian.

Jesse? Come on, man.

HALEH:
It's his nephew.

( screaming ):
No!

Some guy opened fired in
a foster care facility.

GREENE:
Derrick Fossen.

WEAVER:
14 shots, six deaths.



HALEH:
Adele Newman.
That maniac shot at her house.

You took his kid away
from him, right?

There were police in the house.
The front door's been kicked in.

WOMAN:
Psych?

My daughter doesn't need
a psychiatrist.

The doctors want
to make sure.

I just need
to talk to her.

That's all.

CARTER:
No, can you get him
on the phone now?

When did he die?
It's Dr. Carter in the ER.

WOMAN:
How long does
a CAT scan take?

ABBY:
...or if you want to get
coffee or something...?

I really need to talk
to my daughter.

There's coffee there,
isn't there?



I wouldn't ask you
to subject yourself to that.

Dr. Wiseman?
This is Dr. Carter.

You have a patient down here,
Holly Evans

who was supposed to be
admitted last night.

CORDAY:
Delaying surgery
could kill him.

Say he doesn't die
on the table
or in post-op.

You ship him back to his
convenience store alley

but this time, instead
of getting beaten up

he gets eaten by dogs
because he's too weak to move.

Eaten by dogs?
It happens.

In Chicago?
A lot.
A cop told me.

Dr. Greene, Dr. Romano needs

to speak to you
in his office immediately.

Did he say why?

Something about the Fossen case.
He says it's important.

Something wrong?

I don't know.

BENTON:
Hey, Mark?

Yeah?

You got a second?
No.

What?
She said
she was nauseated.

...'cause she's alone
and afraid

and has now been waiting
for almost 20 hours.

Well, put your thumb out,
get down here,
and admit your patient.

Give her another gram
of cefoxitin and order
a clear liquid diet.

"Pull your
thumb out"...?

And call me
in a half an hour

if someone from pedes
doesn't get here, okay?

No, I won't bother...
No, no, no.
Call me.

Exactly what don't you want me
to subject myself to?

Oh.

Dr. Weaver.

Abby, John.

Things are a
little tense.

I can imagine.

So, I'll see you later.

Queen Elizabeth wants
me to meet her boy.

Abby, you got room for
a Haldol deficiency?

Park her
over there.

Because we are
compatible.

Who? You and
Prince Charles?

He likes coffee,
and so do I.

I could be princess.

He is mine, honey.

Abby, MVA with PSI
rolling up.

Coming.

Now you stay
away from him.

I promise.

There's an apartment listed
in that building.

What building?

The one you like on Clarke.

Two bedrooms, big
closets, wood floors.

You went there?

Yeah, I called
the manager.

She already had
two people interested.

Are you seriously
considering it?

I thought you liked
that area.

Oh, I can't afford
that kind of rent.

Don't worry about it.

And I'm pretty
happy where I am.

Oh, I...

You know, it's...

( crashing )

( rhythmic drumming )

How much is this?

For you? $20.

Is it real?

Of course.

No, I mean authentic.

Direct from Kenya,
pretty lady.

Imported with my
own two hands.

All right.
I'll take it.

( sighs )

Don't bother.
It's not a gift.

MAN ( over radio ):
Come on. At some point,
we have to have standards.

WOMAN:
Who gets to decide? You?

They did, when they chose
to participate

in that kind of behavior.

So you judge character based on
what one does in one's bedroom?

I have no problem with
alternative lifestyles

or whatever you call it

but you're talking
about role models here.

Then you would oppose
gay teachers, for example?

I oppose any homosexual
in a job where they...

( turns radio off )

Okay.

What don't you want me
to subject myself to?

Oh, no, it...

Dr. Weaver.

Abby, John.

Hey, Chief.
Back in the saddle so soon?

Yeah, we weren't
expecting you...

Queen Elizabeth wants me
to meet her boy.

It's been
three weeks.

Already? Man, time
really flies when...

Because we
are compatible.

Who? You and
Prince Charles?

Malik, you got that X-ray going?

What X-ray?

With the kid.

Yeah.

He is mine.

Abby, MVA with PSI rolling up.

I love your hair color.
It's perfect on you.

Oh, thank you.

It's strong.
It's very...

What building?
The one you
like on Clarke.

That bracelet's awesome.
Where'd you get it?

A place in Nairobi.

Was it totally
amazing?

What?

Africa.

It was exactly
as I remembered it.

( crashing )

ABBY:
Bradying
down to 50.

P.E.A., starting compressions.

Two of O neg on the infuser.
Get some saline.

How did she get upstairs?

She's an ER patient?

Came in with a
facial fracture

abdominal pain and
a broken wrist.

She was waiting
for a psych consult

pregnant with her
brother's baby.

Why wasn't anyone
monitoring her?

They're shorthanded
with Legaspi gone.

Another two cc's
in the cuff.

Give me a vascular clamp.

They haven't
replaced Legaspi?

Someone said she got a job
in California.

We should
be so lucky.

Is that true?

Dr. Weaver, have you
heard from Dr. Legaspi?

Oh!

Probably a tension pneumo.

What happened?

KOVAC:
Four-story fall.
GCS of three, now in PEA.

How did she fall?

ABBY:
She jumped.

HALEH:
Pulse ox 74 on 100%.

Did she ever
have a pulse?

No.

Try for a
central line.

No, open up
another tray.

We got this, Kerry.
Go get cleaned up.

Prep for a
subclavian.

I want a second
chest tube first.

Ten blade.
Let's move.

Really, Kerry.

We've got it.

Set up a thoraseal.

KOVAC:
Holding compressions.

ABBY:
Looks pretty agonal.
You want atropine?

Yeah, push
a milligram.

All right, let's set up
for a pericardiocentesis.

What did you say to her?
I didn't say
anything.

KOVAC:
How long are we going?

Dr. Weaver?
How was your trip?

Hot. It was hot.

Hey, I never got a chance
to thank you.

For what?

I got my Chief Resident
confirmation.

I won't let
you down.
I'm sure you won't.

WOMAN ( screaming ):
No!

No!

No! No! No!

We should sue
that Scottish bastard.

What?

Sleazebag host
will say anything

to get you
on his show.

Mr. Peterson started a brawl
at a talk show taping.

Somebody smacked me
with a microphone.
I killed her...

Carl...?

Stay the hell
away from me,
you queer.

( woman sobbing )

I don't dig
penises, okay?

I have only one more
operation...

Touch me,
I swear.

Hey, you need to calm down.

Calm down?

This thing makes
me look like

some twisted fairy!

You knew. Part
of you knew.

You see this, huh?

Man? Woman.
That's what I know.

That's normal.

It's still love, Carl.
Love is love.

It's perverted,
you faggot.

It's sick. You disgust me.

Calm down, sir.

You're a freak.

Sir, please, calm down.

Damn homo.

You all right?

The M & M's started.

You going to the M & M?

What?

On Fossen.
The M & M's started.

Luka, has there been
any talk about me?

Kerry, people always
talk about their bosses.

No, I-I mean personally.

Personally?

Well, Dr. Weaver.

I thought maybe
you fell under the spell

of some Masai warrior
and were never coming back.

Coming in?

ZOGOIBY:
Why wasn't lidocaine given
for a stable V tach?

I didn't have
the ACLS drug box with me.

When transferring
a critical patient?

The trauma nurse ran out
to get it

but then the doors closed
unexpectedly.

Leaving you alone
with the patient?
Right.

ZOGOIBY:
You cardioverted the patient
without sedation?

ROMANO:
Dr. Legaspi's a lesbian,
am I right?

Isn't that a little barbaric?

GREENE:
Under the circumstances...

LEGASPI:
I've never hidden
that fact from...

Was there any delay
in OR accepting...?

Don't worry, Kerry.
Your secret's safe with me.

WEAVER:
That's not what I meant.

...any delay
in admitting him to the OR?

...compromised at all?

GREENE:
Compromised? No.

LEGASPI:
...then deal with
the stigma of being gay.

Do you care to comment on that?

Dr. Weaver?

In your opinion,
was the patient's care

at all compromised?

Compromised?

Did the ER accept too many
trauma patients that day?

Uh, I don't believe so.

We were busy,
but we handled it.

Watch your back.

Kerry, you under the weather?

Excuse me?

You're a little slow
on the uptake.

Jet lag.

Oh, oh, yes.

Your trip to, uh,
Africa, was it?

Spontaneous decision
doesn't seem like you.

Half of my accrued personal days
were about to expire.

Well, it still doesn't
justify you going MIA

for three weeks
with no real warning.

You know what?
I took a vacation.

I may take another.
I still have 19 days banked.

Aha. I see. You might want
to try Papua New Guinea

for your next big adventure.

I hear they put gourds
on their penises.

Give us some notice
next time.

Wait! Robert?

Careful, Kerry,
you okay?

Yeah. Hold on.

You know, you can
just call my office.

You don't have to go
beating up the elevator.

You, uh, who
have you told?

Told who what?

About what we discussed
before I left.

Oh, ah, yes, Legaspi.
As ordered, I backed off.

But she was determined
to leave, decided she
didn't like us anymore

and was going
to move and work

in San Francisco,
I understand.

Go figure.

Have you told
anyone about me?

I don't know
what you're talking about.

I think you do.

Have you told anyone
that I'm a lesbian?

Oh, uh, no.

Kerry, I-I assumed that
that was confidential.

Was I wrong to assume that?
I mean, if you want

to tell everyone,
that's your business.

But I don't see how
a person's sexual affairs

are appropriate
subject matter

for a workplace conversation,
do you, Kerry?

No.

Then we're on
the same page.

Joanie, we got aluminum rotors
in stock?

I doubt it.
You want me to order some?

If it's not too
much trouble.

Pads, too?

I'm sure your father

will give me a deal.

If I ever need an operation

Peter, you better not charge me.

Just for
parts.
Uh-huh.

Oh, what's this?
Summer session?

Chem II.

Look, if you can pay him,
you should pay him.

Mom got fired.

What happened?

You can only take a leave
of absence for just so long.

Hey, you know what?
You should bring Cleo over.

We haven't seen you guys
in a while.

We're taking a little break
right now.

What did you do?

Nothing. She's going through

some rough stuff right now.

She needed a little room.
I'm respecting that.

HOLLY:
Did you reach him?

No, not yet, but I'm
going to try him again

in a few minutes.

He said he'd come by
to check on me...

I know.

Nine years I've been
hosting a talk show

I've never gotten bit.

I thought those fights
were all staged.

Not exactly.

Zofran...
People usually
don't get hurt...

My liver enzymes
were up...

We use lightweight
furniture in case.

We'll know in
one more week.

When their lover
tells them

he used to be
a man...

Can you catch AIDS
from a she-male biting you?

What?
One of the
transsexuals bit me.

Uh, excuse me.

She broke the skin.

Claire?

Hey...
you all right?
Yeah.

I heard you got sick.

A little nauseous.

Trouble with
your meds?

I'm fine.

You're still
taking them,
though, right?

Do you want
to help out?

Sure.

A 20-year-old girl
fell down

and broke
her left wrist.

That doesn't
sound surgical.

Then smacked repeatedly
with a folding chair

to the face
and abdomen.

Talk show brawl, huh?

She's a little worked up.

Just found out her boyfriend
is also her half-brother.

Right, up...

down.

Okay.

You might have
a facial fracture.

I need to see
some X-rays.

Is this tender?

How about here?

I need to use an
ultrasound machine

on your belly

to rule out any internal
bleeding, okay?

Alice?

Get out!

Now...
Get out!

Just let me
explain to you.

You tell me on TV.
You keep this from me.

You let me date him!

And y-you knew
we were having sex

and you tell me on TV!

The producers
begged me...
Mrs. Jenkins.

Get out!

I can explain...
Mrs. Jenkins, sit.

Let us monitor you

I need to talk to Alice!

Get away from me!

Listen, I can explain this.

Get out!

I can explain this...
Get... out!

Get out!

Can you tell
if I'm pregnant with that?

Do you think you are?

I might be.

Looks like about ten weeks.

I was going to keep it.

This can't be happening.

This can't be true.
I love him so much.

( sobbing ):
It's so unfair.

There's no
intra-abdominal bleeding

but I'm going to get
a CT scan of your face, okay?

Would you close the curtain?

Sure.

Dr. Benton, can I
discharge Molton?

As soon as he's done
with his IV.

Also this girl
needs a facial CT
and a psych consult.

Last night...
Weaver's here!
Weaver's here.

Why didn't someone say
she was working today?

She's on
the schedule.

I know I know you
from somewhere.

I wouldn't forget
that smile.

Put Neosporin on the wound
three times a day.

Keep your head dry.
Don't wash your hair

for two days.

No way. I'm a bridesmaid
on Saturday.

I have to wash my hair.

I want
to look good.
Dr. Greene?

Dr. Romano needs you in
his office immediately.

Did he say why?

Something about
the Fossen case.

Sounded important.

Something wrong?
I don't know.

Hey, Mark?
Yeah?

You got a minute?
No.

Listen, is Cleo
having trouble with
the triple cocktail?

MAN:
She's alone and afraid

and has now been waiting
for almost 20 hours.

...should ask
her yourself.

I just want
to make sure

they're following
her LFTs.

Peter, you should
talk to her.

JOANIE:
Uncle Peter?

Joanie?
KIT:
There he is.

What's wrong?
Can I talk
to you?

Your parathyroidectomy
is ready to go in three.

All right, put his film
on a view box

I'll be right back.

What's up?

I think they're
going to break up.

Who?
My mom and my dad.

I didn't notice it

until I came home
for the summer

but it's really bad,
Uncle Peter.

I mean, one minute
Mom seems okay

the next she's crying

and locks herself
in the bedroom

and Dad won't even
say anything.

He just gets all quiet
and stares into space.

Look, they lost their son.
It's normal.

No, it is not
normal.

They fight all the time
about her job

about Jesse's room.

Dad washed a shirt
that had his scent on it

and Mom went nuts.

And then Dad stayed
out all night...

I don't know.
It's messed up.

Somebody's got
to talk to her.

There's nothing I can say

that'll make your mom
feel better.

There's nothing you can do
but give it time.

It's almost been
a year, Uncle Peter.

Joanie, I know, but it...

( beeping )

Trauma one?

Yeah, it's your
patient.
My patient?

The girl from the talk show
waiting for psych.

What?

WEAVER:
Whoa.

Probably
a tension pneumo.

What happened?

Four-story fall

GSC of three, now in PEA.

How did she fall?

She jumped.

Pulse ox 74
on 100%.

Did she ever
have a pulse?
No.

Try for a central line.

No, let's open up
another tray first.

We've got this, Kerry.
Go get cleaned up.

Prep for a
subclavian.

I want a second
chest tube first.

Ten blade.
Let's move.

Really, Kerry,
we've got it.

Set up a thoraseal.
Holding compressions.

Pretty agonal.
You want atropine?

Yeah, push a milligram.

All right, let's set up
a pericardiocentesis.

What did you
say to her?

I didn't say anything to her.

KOVAC:
How long are we going?

I'm in.

Check for tamponade.

Give her eight units,
packed cells.

KOVAC:
Can't feel a pulse.

Injury current
on the monitor.

Ah... blood in the pericardium.

120cc's out.

Rate is 29.

Still no
pulse.

All right, resuming
compressions.

Another amp of epi!

Mother's outside.

Keep her out!

I'll tell her.

I'm not ready to call it yet.

You will be.

Let it circulate.

Mix up isoprel!

ABBY:
Didn't she tear off her aorta?

Dr. Benton?

HALEH:
Asystole.

MRS. JENKINS:
No! No!

No! No, no!

No, no!

( sobbing ):
No!

Time of death: 12:17.

Peter?

Hey.

Hi.

What, are you
spring-cleaning?

Getting rid
of some crap.

It's not too dark
out here for that?

I wanted to finish.
Salvation Army comes tomorrow.

Let me give you a hand.

I'm almost done.

Want a hamster
cage? No?

You okay?

What'd you
need, Peter?

I... what?

I just came by for a,
uh... a snow shovel.

All right, I came
to check on you.

I heard you lost your job.

We'll just have to wait
to expand that porch.

What's wrong
with the porch?

I don't know.

I thought it was time
for a change.

Walt took some pictures
of the backyard

that we could Xerox
and draw on, make plans.

When I went to pick up
the prints...

( voice breaking ):
I found three pictures of Jesse
left on the roll.

( sighs )

I fell apart
right in the store.

I realized... that's it.

There'll never be
any more pictures of him.

15 years old...

and he's never
going to change.

( sighs )

You think every day you're
getting a little better

getting through it

and then you're right back
to the day it happened.

He's still my baby, Peter.

I'm supposed
to take care of him.

I feel like...

somewhere, sometime...

He's going to be sad
or cold or scared.

Who's taking care of him?

Who's being his mother?

MINISTER:
I am the resurrection
and the life

saith the Lord.

He that believeth in me

though he were dead,
yet shall he live

and whosoever
liveth and believeth in me

shall never die.

We brought nothing
into this world

and it is certain

we carry nothing out.

Wherefore my heart is glad
and my spirit rejoiceth

( cell phone ringing )
my flesh also shall rest
in hope.

The Lord gave
and the Lord hath taken away.

Blessed be the name of the Lord.

In sure and certain hope

of the resurrection
to eternal life

through our Lord, Jesus Christ

we commend to Almighty God,
our brother, John

and we commit his body
to the ground

earth to earth

ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Dad did a nice job
with the eulogy.

He worked on it
for a while.

Grandpa would
have liked it.

Yes.

Gamma seems to
be holding up.

I expect she would.

( cell phone vibrates )

Is it for your convenience
or someone else's?

Hello?

Yeah, kind of busy. Why?

Wait, wait, she's
not on the ward?

No, Wiseman was supposed
to admit her last night.

What's her hemoglobin?

Okay, yeah, no.

I'll be right there.

Fifteen minutes.

We need to make a stop at
County General Hospital.

Just get off
on Division.

This, uh, shouldn't
take long.

Do you mind?

Pow!

Could someone please
shut him up?

Why don't you both shut up?

I've got a right to
be here, same as you.

Pow, pow, pow.

You left
without saying good-bye.

You were asleep.

For about ten minutes.

I'm sorry.

I had someplace to be.

I don't like it here.

I know,
but we're going to make sure

that you get your
own bed and your
own room upstairs.

You said that last night.

Well, they're still working
on it

but I'm going
to go hurry them up, okay?

Okay.

Any more pain
in your stomach?
A little.

I'll take care of that.

And Abby here's going

to hang out with you

until they
bring you up.

Tell her to call me again

if you want to talk to me.

Thanks for coming back.

You're welcome.

What was
her last crit?

Thirty-six

after two doses
of solumedrol.

Give her four more
MS, then Q2 PRN.

When are her parents
getting here?

Around 3:00. They missed
their connecting flight.

Dr. Wiseman, please.

That's a nice suit.
Who died?

My grandfather.

I'm sorry. I didn't know.

Ah, no, no.
Can you get him
on the phone now?

When did he die?

It's Dr. Carter
in the ER.

Monday.

Wow. You okay?

I'm off at 4:00 if you want
to go get a coffee or something.

I got 200 people
back at the house.

There's coffee there,
isn't there?

I wouldn't ask you
to subject yourself to that.

Dr. Wiseman?

This is Dr. Carter.
You have a patient
down here, Holly Evans

who was supposed to have
been admitted last night.

Wait.

Thank you.

Did the driver get lost?

John had something
more pressing.

It was trouble
with a patient.

Decent turnout.

Well, it'll do.

Where's Gamma?

Lying down;
said she was tired.

Where are you staying?

The Drake.

The Ritz-Carlton was booked.

Did you think
about staying here?

Oh, there's Peter Harkins.

I should say hello.

Who's Peter Harkins?

Uh, he's handling
the probate.

I think I'm going
to check on Gamma.

I did. She's fine.
Yeah, still...

John, do you want to
help your grandmother?

Be a good host.
Introduce yourself

to Senator
Herrero's daughter.

Arthur?

ARTHUR:
Jack, I'm
so sorry.

Thank you.

Dr. Carter?

Your friend is here.

Holly got her bed.

Yeah? Did Wiseman
come down?

Yeah, a few minutes
after you called.

It's amazing what a little
"pull your thumb out" will do.

Did you eat something?

No. I couldn't decide

between the smoked tongue pate
and the whitefish mousse.

We must have run out of
the pigs in a blanket.

Well, somebody should really
talk to your caterer.

You're going to have
some dirty birds.

Grandpa liked to drive
the power lawnmower around.

Did he drive it
into the birdbath?

Not on purpose.

He was having a
fatal MI at the time.

( stifled laughter )

Oh, God.

I'm-I'm sorry.

Got to die somehow.

Mm-hmm.

It's not a bad
way to go.

Sunny day...

get on the mower...

Don't... don't...
don't laugh.

I'm sorry.

Don't laugh.

Well, stop it.

Oh, God.

I hope it's all right
that I came here.

I'm not usually
a funeral crasher.

Figured this would be
a good one?

And I felt bad...

that something
like your grandfather dying

could have happened

and you didn't even talk
about it.

ELEANOR:
John, have you seen Millicent?

No.

Mom, this is
my friend, Abby.

Abby, this is my
mother, Eleanor.

Hello.

Hi.

Things are winding down.

She really needs to make
an appearance.

I will go and look
for her in a minute.

Please do.

Sorry.

It's okay.

No, it's my parents.

They don't... they
don't handle loss well.

Who does?

It's been a while

since we've had to deal
with this sort of thing.

Since your brother died?

Mm-hmm.

You better go.

TV reporter:
...64. That was back in July.

It's been a rather quick fall
Oh, come on.

from grace for the NASDAQ.

John?

Dad, is everything okay?

Yeah, I just took a hit
on Parning.

Biotech's in the basement again.

You want a drink?

No, thank you.
Have you seen Gamma?

Haven't given up
that quest, huh?

Oh, Mom thinks she
might be hiding out.

I don't blame her.

That room can get insufferable.

Dad, I really think that
you should stay here tonight.

Don't worry. We have a driver.

No, I meant for Gamma.

You know how your mother feels
about it.

Well, then, stand up
to her this time.

Thanks for the counsel.

I'll take it
under advisement.

She buried her husband today.

Yes, I know. My father.

Then don't run away again.

Drop it, John.

Leave it alone.

I've left it... alone.

Bobby's not coming back.

If Mom wants
to walk around
in a bubble

for the rest of her life,
then fine

but don't... don't let her
keep holding you inside of it.

TV reporter:
...is buying Union Carbide
for $11.6 billion

and word of the deal
sent Union Carbide shares...

You might want to try
the garage.

( engine revving, then dies )

MILLICENT:
Damn it to hell.

Gamma?

I can't get this
stupid thing started.

( engine revving, then dies )

Well, it sounds
like it's flooded.

You need to let it sit.

Your mother sent you?

Yeah.

People want to pay
their respects.

Well, they can wait.

I'm the widow.

I hope you weren't thinking
about drinking and driving.

We were saving that bottle
for our 60th anniversary.

Missed it by a year.

Open it.

Nah, you can still wait.

Let's drink to your grandfather.

It's a very nice vintage.

You sure you wouldn't rather
share this with...?

Oh!

( both laughing )

We don't have
any glasses.

You can drink
from the bottle.

To John Truman Carter:

entrepreneur...

philanthropist...

family man.

And friend.

We going to take this old girl
out for a spin or what?

Damn right.

Okay, that's it.

How did it look?

We have to wait for the
radiologist to read it.

You saw it.

I'm just a tech.

Do you see anything bad?

KOVAC:
You want to take on Fossen?

What?
The shooter.

He coded in the elevator.

I thought maybe you should
present him at M & M.

Yeah, sure,
whatever.

Did you give nitro?

Two sprays,
no relief.

Can you see if they brought
my daughter here?

I think she broke her arm.

Is this from the talk show?

HALEH:
How did
you guess?

They're stacked up
in the waiting room.

How did it start?

How do any of
them start?

I heard somebody bit
the host this time.

So I only present the cab
driver, that's it, yeah?

Luka, relax, okay?

Just stick to the facts.

You'll be fine.

Cleo, check a 12 lead and a...

The meds.

Third time today.

You tried
compazine?

Yeah.
We can get you
some Zofran.

I can live with the nausea.

My liver enzymes
were up last week.

Meds might be giving you
hepatitis.

Only one more week.

Three out of four
might be enough.

Maybe.

You don't want to
hurt your liver.

I want to be safe.

Malucci, need something to do?

Uh, no, I'm swamped, actually.

Want my opinion?

I guess so.

Reduce your dose
and monitor your LFTs.

Talk show?

No, Casey Square.

Bunch of teenagers beat him up
for his coin cup.

Okay, Trauma Two.

Multiple contusions to the face

chest, abdomen, arms, legs,
everything.

Didn't anybody see this
happening?

The whole plaza saw it happen.

All right, uh,
get surgical consult and X-ray.

I'll be right there.

LOCKHART:
Nobody did anything?

Hi, Adele.

Hi.

How's physical therapy?

It's hard.

I hear you got up on crutches?

Yeah, with leg braces, yeah.

That's a good sign.

Well, I'm trying.

But I'm also realistic.

Romano wanted me to go
to the Morbidity and Mortality

as a show-and-tell.

Are you presenting Fossen?

Yeah.

Well, have fun.

CORDAY:
I need an ultrasound.

LOCKHART:
Coming.

MARQUEZ:
C-spine's ready.

Did you get his pressure up?

90/60 after a liter.

What's his crit?

Hi, it's Abby calling

about your colitis patient,
Holly.

32. Tender in both quadrants.

She keeps asking for you.

Does your neck hurt,
Mr. Skapinski?

Could you call
me? Thanks.

Everything hurts.

( coughing )

Okay, we can take
the collar off now.

How did it go?

What?

Oh, right, uh,
good, yeah.

I still have a brain.

Mark.

Everything's normal.

I still can't believe

people would just stand there

and watch someone get beaten
like this.

How are you holding up?

Six weeks of maternity leave--
not enough.

We have fluid
in Morrison's pouch.

Call the OR.

GREENE:
Where?

There. Sir,
it appears

you're bleeding
internally, and we...

Hold on. It could be ascites
from cirrhosis.

I can't assume that.

What's his blood alcohol?

315.

When was your last drink

Mr. Skapinski?

They took my last drink.

He's hypotensive
with a low crit.

Could be septic from pneumonia.

High risk for surgery.

Even riskier if he bleeds out.

Let's take a deep breath

and do a peritoneal lavage.

CORDAY:
He's a surgical
candidate.

He's a homeless alcoholic
with pneumonia.

And therefore
not worth saving?

He's about as healthy as
he's going to get right now.

I'm trying to
keep him that way.

Surgery could kill him.

Delaying surgery could kill him.

Say he doesn't die on
the table or in post-Op.

You ship him back to his
convenience store alley

but this time, instead
of getting beaten up

he gets eaten by dogs
because he's too weak to move.

Eaten by dogs?

It happens.

In Chicago?

A lot. A cop
told me.

Dr. Greene, Dr. Romano needs
to speak to you

in his office immediately.

Did he say why?

Something about the Fossen case.

Says it's important.

Something wrong?

I don't know.

M & M's.

They serve their purpose

in the practice of medicine,
I guess

but they can be a real pain
in the ass.

You needed something, Robert?

I hear you're presenting
this serial killer.

Mass murderer?

Right, right, this Fossen guy.

You don't want me to?

No, it's just that
legal flagged something

that might be asked

and I wanted you
to be prepared for the question.

Sure, go ahead.

It's no big deal.

It's their job to be anal.

Yeah, what is it?

Well, uh, the nurses' notes show

that you left the trauma room
at 16:25.

And the code blue notes
from pre-op begin at 16:42.

Why did it take you
17 minutes

to transfer a patient
up four floors?

Well, I, uh...

Dr. Romano?

There's an incident
in Ambulance Bay.

I'm in a meeting, Brenda.

An ER patient jumped out
a fourth floor window.

That's great news, Brenda.

Thank you.

Are they dead?

I don't know.

They're working on her.

ROMANO:
Keep the press away.

No statements
from anyone to anyone

and get risk management
down there.

Why I wanted this job,
I will never know.

All right, Greene, let's go.

As you can see,
I've got bigger fish to fry.

Doors open
on the surgical floor.

I was alone doing
chest compressions.

Ran down the defib battery.

It took time to get help.

Transfer the patient to pre-op.

Okeydokey. Brenda

get PR on the line.

Is that it?

Yeah.

I don't think anyone's going

to be crying
over this guy, do you?

GREENE:
Autopsy also revealed

injuries to the spleen
and superior mesenteric artery.

Cause of death: sanguination
from multiple vascular injuries.

Why wasn't lidocaine
given for stable V-tach?

I didn't have the ACLS drug box
with me.

When transferring
a critical patient?

The trauma nurse ran out
to get it

but then the doors closed
unexpectedly.

Leaving you alone
with the patient?

Yes.

I don't know

if it would have changed
the outcome.

I'm sorry, did you say

the original dysrhythmia
was stable V-tach?

Yes.

He had a pulse?

That's correct.

So the patient was conscious?

Yes.

I didn't realize that.

ANSPAUGH:
Were you involved
with this case, Dr. Corday?

No, no.

ZOGOIBY:
Wait a minute.

You cardioverted a patient
without sedation?

Yes.

Isn't that
a little barbaric?

Under the circumstances,
it's what I felt I needed to do.

ROMANO:
Was there any
delay in the OR

accepting
the patient?

ROMANO:
Dr. Greene?

No.

Did you know him?

Who?

His grandfather?

Yeah, I met him
at that charity event.

Charity event?

Abby, where's my patient?

Dr. Corday took him up
to surgery.

I thought you okayed it.

Yeah.

KOVAC:
So you're going?

LOCKHART:
Uh, yeah.

Mrs. Jenkins?

Could you take this tube out?

They wouldn't take
this tube out.

This is a
coroner's case.

I'm sorry we
have to wait.

They flew us to Chicago
and put us up in the Hilton.

Gave me money
to go shopping with.

They even took me
to a dentist.

The producers said
not to tell her

until after the taping.

Then it would be more real

if she didn't know
what I was going to say.

It was a lie.

It was all a lie.

All that stuff about them
having the same daddies--

I just-just said that
to get them on the show.

I used to say

"Alice, you must always
tell the truth"

and she'd go,
"Well, why, Mommy?"

And I'd say

"Because when you don't,
God gets very angry."

( keys jangling )

How is she?

Catherine said she slept
for three hours this afternoon.

Has she fed?

Just now.

How's our patient?

Extubated in recovery
when I left.

I repaired a little
omental oozing

but it might have
stopped on its own.

It's hard to say.

Judgment call.

You do what you
think is right, Mark.

Elizabeth, in the elevator,
with Fossen...

I think we've talked enough
about Fossen today, don't you?

I'm going to bed.

Are you coming?

I'll just wait a few minutes,
make sure she's down.

Okay.

Good night.

Good night.

Night-night, sweetheart.

( baby cooing )

Mark?

I'll get up with her.

Okay.