Emergency! (1972–1979): Season 2, Episode 4 - Virus - full transcript

[Siren Blaring]

[Radio Chatter]

This is Engine 60.
Respond an ambulance to us.

She's back here. It's a real mystery.
She's got all the symptoms of a flu.

But I've never seen
it as bad before.

She's hot, about 102 or 103.

What's her name? Jenny.

[Muttering] Well, she's drowsy.

Diaphoretic.

Heart rate's about 90.

It's an infection of some kind.



Jenny, can you hear me?

Do you have any pain
anywhere or headache?

My—My head hurts.

My chest hurts too.

When did this happen?

About an hour ago. No warning.

She just collapsed into
her chair and started shaking

She vomited quite a bit
before you got here, DeSoto.

Thanks, Duntley.

B.P.'s 110 over 82.
Her respiration's okay.

You know what it is?

Well, we ought to be able
to find out soon enough.

— It's gotta be the Asian flu.
— Rampart, this is Rescue 51.

Rampart, this is Rescue 51.



Go ahead, 51.

Rampart, we have a girl, 24 years old,
suffering from fever, chills and nausea.

Also head and chest pains.
She's somewhat drowsy.

The vital signs are
SP. 110 over 82.

Pulse 90. Pupils,
sluggish. She is diaphoretic.

Temperature is— Hold
on, Rampart. Coming up.

Temperature is 105.

Temperature is 105.

51, how long has she
been like this? A little

less than an hour.
It hit her all at once.

She's had no unusual diet
or accident. [Siren Wailing]

Also, she's had no history of
ailment other than an occasional cold.

Start cooling measures and
bring her in when you can. 70-4,

Let's transport.

[Early] Rescue 51,
a word of caution.

Just in case whatever
it is is contagious,

keep contact with the patient
to an absolute minimum.

10—4.

[Chitters]

I guess I'd rather stick to working
fires than being a paramedic.

We'd better be going, Duntley. Sure
would make a good pet, wouldn't he?

Yeah.

[Siren Blaring]

— What do you got, me?
— Infection of some kind.

Fever, chills, nausea.
Head and chest pains,

The spinal tap shows a
slight elevation of pressure too.

Besides the run—up,

get Virology to begin a cross check
against positive serum. All right.

Temperature's 105. Sudden onset

She was just fine at breakfast.

Have you ruled out
malaria, encephalitis?

Brucellosis? Symptoms
are more similar to Asian flu,

possibly Rickettsial fevers.

What about polio?
She's had the vaccine.

What's her history?
Clean, except I'm not sure

where she's been the
past couple of months.

A“ over Southeast
Ash, 30.5.0. tour.

Jenny? a dancer:
Got back a moat/7 ago.

She also spent a weekend camping
since she got home, Big Bear.

So we're stuck with three possibilities:
a strain of Asian flu, A-2 or worse,

or some kind of tropical
fever, typhus, malaria, “Q' fever,

or a local Rickettsial infection,
like Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

What kind of protection
did she have for her tour?

See if you can
get her shot card.

With the U.S.O., she'd
have had a military series.

All we can do is monitor
until we hear from the lab.

Better get a blood
smear for malaria.

If it is as straightforward
as malaria,

or Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
we could begin treatment right now.

And if it isn't?

Did you get a hold of Dixie?

Yeah, Jenny still
has a high fever.

She's drowsy.

The lab's been working 48
hours straight, can't find the virus.

They got USC working on it.

They figure she's
going downhill.

Poor kid. I mean, it must be bad
to be sick and not know what from.

Well, they'll figure it
out at Rampart. In time?

[Alarm Blaring]

[Dispatcher] Squad
51, person trapped.

336 Courtleigh Boulevard.
336 Courtleigh Boulevard.

Cross street Bathurst.
Time out 7775.

[Stanley] Squad 51,10—4.

[ Engine Starts]

[Siren Blaring]

What do you got, Roy?
Don't know anything yet.

Over here. Over here, please.

It's my son Mickey. He suffers Meniere's
syndrome. Disease of the inner ear?

Right. That's what's wrong
now. Mickey gets frequent attacks.

My husband tends to
keep him close to home.

And Mickey doesn't like
being treated like an invalid.

Well, as a result, well,
you can see for yourself.

He's— He's up there.

He ran away again last
night, and I only discovered

it this morning when
he called out for help.

He's been silent now for a half
hour. I think it must be a severe attack.

Oh, please help him. Yes, ma'am.

Johnny, you better call for an
engine. We're gonna need a stokes.

Bob, can you give
him a hand? Sure thing.

He'll be terribly
sick to his stomach.

Even the slightest movement
is extremely irritating

I don't know how you're gonna
get him down without aggravating it.

Oh, don't worry, ma'am.
We'll get him down.

Oh, Mickey, please stay
away from that trap door.

— Please. — [ Labored Breathing]

Hi, Mickey. How are you doing?

I can't hear you.

You're gonna be okay.

Now you better turn
on your side here.

Keep your eyes closed.

And make as little movement
as possible, all right?

Johnny, I'm gonna need a sedation and
an I.V. before we can move him out of here.

Also, get a line up here, and make
fast the drug box on the end of it.

Okay.

Excuse me, ma'am. He's only
needed an I.V. once before.

It's only a precaution. Plus, it's a
good way to administer a sedative.

Dilatation of the endolymphatic
channels in the cochlea, correct?

See, I've been studying
up on it. All right, step back.

Roy!

All right, Roy. It's coming up.

Can you take this
over for me? Sure.

Thanks, Bob.

Rampart, this is Rescue 51.

Rampart, this is Rescue 51.

Go ahead, 51. Rampart,
we have a 14—year—old

boy suffering from
acute vertigo...

due to Méniére's syndrome.

He is presently 30 feet off
the ground in a tree house.

Roy's up there with him now
requesting I.V. and sedation. Over.

Rescue 51, stand by.

Sally, track down
Dr. Early or Dr. Morton.

We've got a field emergency.
Right away, Miss McCall.

Rescue 51, we'|| have a
doctor here in just a minute.

Stand by. 10—4.

Johnny, I'm gonna
need you up here!

Bob, can you monitor the
radio for me? Sure, Johnny.

Thanks. Okay.

Rescue 51, this is Rampart
I understand you've got a

14—year—old with Méniere's
syndrome suffering vertigo.

— That's affirmative, Rampart.
— Who is this transmitting?

This is Deputy Pauling from the
LA. County Sheriff's Department.

Your two paramedics
are up a tree.

I'll relay your
transmissions. Over.

10—4. Can they start an
I.V. in their present situation?

Also, is there a relative present
who knows the boy's history?

Affirmative on both, Rampart. They've
got the drug box up there right now.

And the boy's mother is
standing right here next to me.

Okay, tell DeSoto to
start an I.V. with D5W.

Make sure he uses a
plastic bag instead of a bottle.

And administer one
ampule of diazepam,

half of it I.M. and
the rest of it I.V.

Over. 10—4.

Hey, Roy! Rampart says you
should start an I.V. using D5W.

And you should use a
plastic bag, not a bottle

Also, you should administer
one ampule of, uh...

Of What? Phenobarb?

No, it starts with a “D.“

Rampart, say again on last drug.

One ampule of diazepam,
half of it intramuscular,

and the rest W. 10—4.

Diazepam. One ampule.

Half of it intramuscular, the
rest I.V, got it? Yeah, got it.

They give him faster service
here than they do at the clinic.

Yeah, well, those two guys are
the best team in the business.

[Siren Blaring]

Oh. Well, I'm sure glad the
Gigliottis are on vacation.

They wouldn't appreciate
all this in their backyard.

They say vertigo has a psychological
effect. It makes you angry.

Well, he's pretty calm now. I
guess this is old stuff to him.

Got a kid up if? the tree
fort. Bad case of vertigo.

Gage and DeSoto are up there now.
They're gonna have to carry him down.

Will, I need a ladder, and
we can use their stokes.

DeSoto, you got a
line up there? Yo!

I'd just like to get a few facts,
ma'am. What is your son's full name?

Mickey— I mean, Michael Brydon.

B-R-Y-D-O-N.

And his date of birth?
March 28th, 1958.

And your full name is?

Mrs. Jean Brydon.

And this is 336 Courtieigh
Boulevard, is that correct?

Yes.

All right. I want you to
keep your arms in here.

I don't need to remind you to
keep your eyes closed. No, sir.

All right, take it easy.
You'll be down in

no time. You won't
even know you're moving.

[Siren Blaring]

Oh, Mickey.

Mickey, I promise. I'll speak to
your father about the operation.

You know, there's an acoustic nerve
division that's sometimes successful.

They get to the vestibular
portion intracranially. They do?

I thought you studied it.

Yeah, well, I guess I
didn't study it well enough.

E.M.T., McCall in Emergency.

We have a vertigo patient in 4.

Can you send someone
down? All right. Thanks.

Oh, Kel,

we just had a call from the lab
at USC repeating the same thing—

That Jenny's virus has no
known counterpart anywhere.

— How are they doing with
their cultures? — Nothing yet.

The lab found an elevated
white—cell count in the spinal fluid.

I've got a call into the Communicable
Disease Center in Atlanta.

The lab's preparing Jenny's
blood samples to send off.

I've just been to see her.
She's going downhill fast.

Her father would sure
like something definite.

So would her doctors.

[ Woman On RA, ]
Mrs. Smith, 65, please,

Tim said something about a
new super—strain of Asian flu.

Whatever It is, he didn't
have it at lunchtime.

— Are you his wife? —
Yes, I'm Mrs. Tim Duntley.

My husband's a fireman.

Whatever he has, it's
nothing to worry about, is it?

Well, we're not sure, Mrs. Duntley. And
worrying never does any good anyway.

Better get him to Isolation.

Joe, if he responded on the Jenny Hollister
case, we could be in for real trouble.

Whatever we've got, it's contagious.
Only nobody knows how contagious.

Better get on the phone
to Atlanta, bring them

up to date. I'll get Martin
working on samples.

104. Up a half a
degree in five minutes.

The same, exactly the
same, even to the speed.

Onset, two to three hours. Symptoms,
confusing. Antidote, unknown.

You're leaving
out the worst part.

I wish I could.

Okay, Dix, time to hit
the limited panic button.

I want everyone who
came in contact with

Jenny in the past three
days in for a checkup.

Everyone? No choice. And,
Dix, do it as smoothly as you can.

And whatever happens, don't let
the press get it, not yet, anyway.

I especially want to
see Gage and DeSoto...

And any other firemen who
came in contact with Jenny.

Also her father, the deputy on
the case and the ambulance people.

Okay. And in the meantime, order
a code—two quarantine for Jenny.

Let's keep her down here. No
need to spread it throughout Rampart.

Right away, Kel.

Atlanta needs more time.

They've brought in Yale's
arbovirus research team.

All they can say so
far is that it's similar

to the virus that
causes Bolivian fever.

Did you check their
opinion on “idouroxidine”?

Effect unknown
against a virus like ours.

They advise waiting.

Maybe they can convince
him to stick around long enough.

Up another half.
It's 104 and a half.

[Early] He isn't going to wait.

Maybe it's time we
took our own advice.

Isolation procedures
from now on.

[Siren Blaring]

[Gage] Squad 51 at the scene.

[Dispatcher] Squad 51, LA

Squad 51. Squad 51, we have
a request from Rampart Hospital.

They want you in for
a checkup It's urgent.

Uh, 10—4.

It's a little girl. Swallowed a
package of birth—control pills.

Figured it would bring
her a baby like her mother.

[Chuckles] She must've
misread the label.

But anyway, the family
doctor just arrived,

and everything's under
control. She's okay now.

[Dispatcher] Squad
51, what is your status?

L.A., Squad 51. Put
us 10—8 to Rampart.

[Dispatcher] Squad 514

See you later, Vince. See you.

I wonder what this is all about.

Could be about two paramedics
who might have the plague.

I know that you've been exposed
the same length of time as Duntley,

and I believe
that you feel okay.

I'm only doing what
Brackett ordered.

I want blood samples.
Wait a minute.

What about you, now? You're
just as vulnerable as we are.

Well, now, that's where
you're wrong, Gage.

Aside from the occasional tsetse fly,
nothing like this ever bothers my people.

You know, if they
want to check us out,

whatever Jenny's got
must really be contagious.

Yeah, well, they'll probably
have to go through...

everybody she's been in
contact with for the past month.

Including her monkey. I
wonder where she got him.

Probably the same place
where she got her fever.

Hold on. You might have
something. [ Woman On

[RA, ] Stat, [dent doctor
in Treatment Room 3,

Dr. Early, it's DeSoto with 51.

Apparently Jenny Hollister
brought back a pet monkey.

And Tim Duntley was playing
with it the day they brought her in.

That's our first break. Get someone to
the Hollisters' right away and bring it in.

Mr. Hollister's in the cafeteria
waiting for news of Jenny.

Then find him. Take him along. Only
isolate the monkey as much as possible.

I'll tell Dr. Brackett
and alert the lab. Okay.

We're gonna have the little guy
picked up, and thanks for the tip.

Doctor, is Tim
Duntley any better?

No. I'm sorry to say that Duntley's
been placed on the danger list.

— Sorry to hear that. — No
more than we are. Take care.

What did they say
about Tim Duntley?

He's just been put
on the critical list.

You know,

I kind of played
with that monkey too.

[ Brackett] No
apparent pathology.

[Early] He could
still be the carrier.

The question is how does Koki
transmit whatever it is he's got?

Well, apparently, Tim
Duntley touched him.

Could be saliva borne. Well, you can't
rule out fleas. He's got a pound of them.

I'm gonna see what
Jenny can tell us.

Better keep Koki sealed
off down here for now.

Nurse. Don't try
and talk now, Jenny.

But I need to know.
How's the fireman?

Sharon, why aren't you wearing your
mask? Oh, I'm sorry, Doctor. It was...

You're taking an
unnecessary chance.

Not just for your protection. You
could be carrying something out of here.

How you doing, Jenny.7

We've got Koki down in the lab.

I wanted to ask you
if he'd ever been sick.

Yes, just after I bought him.

Roger and I, that's
the choreographer,

found him in a marketplace
in Kuala Lumpur.

He was an orphan.

Then two days later, he got a
terrible cold. It lasted a week.

Do you remember if
he had a temperature?

I think so. And
he threw up a lot.

— He's all right
now, isn't he? —Yes.

But we might have to...

There's a possibility we
might have to put him away...

in order to do an autopsy.

You couldn't.

I don't know what
I'd do without Koki.

Jenny, Tim Duntley won't make it
unless we find a cure for his fever fast.

Koki might be our only chance.

If... If it'll save his life,

then you take Koki.

It could help you too, Jenny.

I know.

You do what's
best, Dr. Brackett.

Just got the latest lab report.

They've finally isolated the
virus, a totally new strain...

akin to Asian A—3 flu.

— How are you feeling,
Jenny? — Pretty good. Thanks.

Trouble is they've never
seen anything like it before...

either here or Atlanta.

They've warned us to
take every precaution.

They're hoping the newer
anti—tumor drugs will work.

In the meantime, did they
recommend idouroxidine?

Sorry, Kel.

Kel, you wanna take a look at this? A
runaway power mower. It's a hell of a mess.

He's gonna need surgery
immediately. Will you

handle it, Mike? I've got
a patient who's critical.

Dr. Brackett, I know you have
a lot on your mind. No, not a lot.

Just one lousy little virus.

I can't find anyone to
tell me how Tim's doing.

Not very well, I'm afraid.
We've isolated the virus,

but we can't find
anything that will stop it.

If you can't, he— He'll die?

Don't worry about me, Doctor.
I'm a fireman's wife, remember?

[Woman P.A, ] ldent in 1, Can
I have a doctor in Treatment 1?

Downhill.

I think we should
start treatment.

I wish we knew of a treatment.

I know of one: idouroxidine.

Too much of a gamble. Any
more of a gamble than he's taking?

He's got one foot in
the morgue already.

“Idouroxi” might put his
other foot down there too, Kel.

Or save his life.

You know Atlanta's gonna
recommend a newer drug sooner or later.

They'll have no alternative. Krasna
agrees, so do the people at the Med Center.

The trouble is poor Duntley might
not be around to play guinea pig.

I think we ought to wait for something
more definite from the lab, Kel.

Give them another hour.

Ask him to do that, Joe, not me.

There is an alternative. We could put
him on 200 milligrams of amantadine.

That might have worked
when he was first exposed.

Now he'd be better
off with a candy aspirin.

You watch.

They'll come through
when it's too late.

They're doing their best,
Kel. Well, it's not good enough.

I'm glad to see you've
still got the energy to eat.

Barely.

Any news? Jenny's stable.

What about that young fireman?

I've seen patients
in worse condition,

and they've been dead.

Doctor, what's the matter?

I don't know. A little dizzy.

I always get a headache
when I work too hard.

I think you deserve a night off.

There are some school kids
coming in for a tour, Gage.

Aw, Cap, I'm bushed. Roy's
better with the kids. Let him do it.

Roy's filling out
the log. Let's go.

[Siren Blaring]

[Dispatcher] Station 51, Truck
210. Man trapped on a scaffold.

Number 35,
Roxborough Street West.

Number 35,
Roxborough Street West.

Cross street Young.
Time out 1531

Station 51,10—4.

[ Engine Starts]

[Siren Blaring]

Want some coffee?

Idouroxidine. Pardon?

I'm gonna use it, Dix, whether
Atlanta approves or not.

I know Dr. Krasna will
understand. He might even agree.

Never happen, Kel.

The staff of the Med Center
are against it. Yale says no.

A flan ta knows more than we
do. Nobody's dying in Atlanta.

[Phone Ringing]

Miss McCall. Yeah, Sally.

— Would you say that again?
— It just came in on the wire.

“Amantadine dangerous and non-effective
in doses above 100 milligrams.

“Urgently suggest
you stop treatment.

“Our findings indicate
idouroxidine 50 milligrams to start,

increase at two—hour
intervals, most effective."

Thanks. Atlanta
says you're right.

Idouroxidine, They say to
discontinue everything else.

— How much? How soon can we
begin? — Right away. 50 milligrams.

All right, Start with
Duntley then jenny.

And I want precautionary
shots for... every...

Kel!

Gus was just starting to
let himself down, and all

of a sudden he just let
out a yell and collapsed.

If the block hadn't jammed,
he'd have gone all the way down.

Slow it up a bit, will you? What's
holding the scaffold up now?

— Well, the line on the high
side is okay, but the strain on it

has gotta be terrible. — Sounds
like a cardiac. We better move.

Hey, listen, the ladder isn't gonna
make it. We're gonna have to go over.

How about swinging him over
and bringing him through a window?

No, we couldn't move
that scaffold safely.

Hey, let me go. He's my friend.

We're paid for it.
Come on, Johnny, let's...

Let's rig a bowline on a bight. Wait
a minute. Rappelling would be faster.

No, no, by the time
we get an anchorman

down there, it wouldn't.
Yeah, you're right.

You guys may be trained for a
lot of things, but let me tell you.

I've walked up and
down the outside of more

buildings than you've
ridden the elevators of.

I can understand you
wanting to help your friend.

Come on, Johnny. Let's go.

You wanna take
this line over to him?

Uh, no, send that down. Okay.

Okay.

Slack!

[Panting]

Hey, Johnny, are you okay?

Yeah.

— Looks like he passed out.
Ease him up a bit. — Engine 51,

have the ambulance send
another stretcher. Gage is in trouble.

[Man On Radio] 70—4, It won't
work. Now he's tangled too.

I'm gonna go over after him.

Make his line fast. I'm
gonna need you on mine.

— You guys ought to leave
this kind of work to people

who do it every day. —
Sometimes I wish we could.

More slack!

He's in full cardiac arrest.

Give me more slack.

All right. Take up the
slack. Let's move him out.

Okay. Pull him up a bit!

All right. Take him up slow.

Okay.

[Sighs]

Hey, Roy.

Man, I think I got...

Yeah. Yeah, take it easy.

[Panting]

It's 103 and climbing.

I'm going to increase
to 100 milligrams.

I know it's been less than two hours,
but he seems to be getting worse

We've got to do something
to keep his temperature down.

Well, I'm with you, Joe, but I think you
should have started at 150 milligrams.

Joe. —Yeah.

— How are Jenny and Duntley
doing? —Jenny's stable but still serious.

Duntley's slipping.

I knew we...

I knew I should've
started treatment sooner.

My hesitation might kill them.

Hi, Dix.

I never thought I'd be
looking up at you from here.

Oh, that's only temporary.

This place would fall apart at
the seams without you on the job.

I wouldn't say that.

Dix, has anybody else been...

Yes, Kel.

John Gage is on his way in with
a hundred and four temperature.

[ Woman On P.A, ]
Dr. Hoffman, 64, please,

Oh, Miss McCall. Yeah?

Can you tell me how Tim is? Well,
I'm on my way to see him now, Mattie.

Dr. Morton said
that he, uh— that he...

No, he isn't responding
to the drugs yet.

But the Hollister girl
isn't going downhill.

We think she's built up some immunity
being exposed to Koki for so long.

Some people have all the luck.

Mattie.

Mattie, listen to me,

Your husband is still alive.
And the doctors here...

and three other labs across the country
are doing all they can to find an answer

You won't do him any
good by blaming it on luck.

What chance has he got?

If we got a little of that
on our side, he'll be okay

All my married life, I've been
preparing for Tim to get burned to death,

or choked,
crushed, not for this.

I didn't bargain on
some lousy virus.

— None of us do. — [
Woman On RA, ] Dr. Allen, 63.

Mrs. Smith, 65, please.

What happened to
your cardiac arrest?

He didn't make it. How's Johnny?

Not so good.

Dr. Brackett?

Worse. 104 and climbing.

Well, what about the others?

Jenny's stabilized.

Duntley's on his
way out, I think.

Has anybody else got it?

Not yet.

Let's run 50
milligrams to start.

Does anybody
know what causes it?

They've isolated the
virus. Something quite new.

But nobody knows
how it's communicated.

Something to do with the monkey.

— What was his
temperature? — 104, steady.

Not anymore. It's
up a full degree.

Increase the dosage to 100.

[ Phone Buzzes]

Uh, Fireman Roy DeSoto.

Yeah, I'll pass that on.

Tim Duntley just died.

[Early] Let's go.

Get Morton for
me, will you, Roy?

Come on, Mattie.
Let it out. Let it out.

Not today.

Maybe tomorrow, the day after.

Mattie, I'm sorry.

Me too, Roy.

Just don't let
anyone else die, huh?

Dr. Morton, Dr. Early wants to
see you. Gage is getting worse.

Thank you.

Sharon. Yes, Doctor.

If— If Jenny Hollister's...

been carrying the virus for over a
month and it hasn't killed her yet...

Yes?

Then she's built up a certain
immunity to it, hasn't she?

Well, she's pretty
sick herself, Doctor.

Yes, yes, but... the
least sick of all of us.

Sharon, I need Dr. Early,

as fast as you can.

He mumbled something
about Jenny having immunity.

She will have, but only if
she's luckier than Tim Duntley.

Yes, Kel? Joe, listen.

Why can't we use Jenny's
serum? It won't work, Kel.

Sure, it will Only
when she's better.

She's still running 101.

Sure, her blood serum
is developing antibodies

against the virus,
but they're still living.

[ Woman On RA, ] Dr. Allen, 63.

Stat, idem' doctor
in Treatment Room 3.

Dr. Allen, 63.

Oh, I was hoping I'd see
you. Oh, sit down, please.

I just wanted to tell you
that Mickey's doing fine...

and that the doctors say there's a
good chance the operation will cure him.

I really just wanted
to thank you.

And thank your partner for me.

Yes, ma'am.

[ Woman On RA, ] Stat, [dent
doctor, Treatment Room 3,

If he's okay enough to listen.

Now, that kind of talk's
not going to help him

Yeah.

Yeah, you're right.

Is—Is he okay, Johnny.7

Fading. Dr. Brackett too.

Only your daughter seems to be
showing some signs of recovery.

[ Woman On PA ]
MissJones, receptionist please,

Your partner's waiting
for you out in the squad.

My temporary partner.

Has Atlanta found
out anything more yet?

Only a new name for the
virus, in honor of your monkey

friend. Officially, it's
the “Koki fever virus.“

That's fitting enough.

Poor little Koki was the
only one to get it before I did.

— Except for Roger, I
guess. — What did you say?

— She said, “Except for
Roger." — Who's Roger?

He's the choreographer
with our dance troupe.

He's the one who
helped me buy Koki.

Was he sick, Jenny,
like you've been?

But he got better so
quickly, I'd forgotten about it.

Kel, you hit it. Jenny's still too
sick, but her choreographer isn't.

And he had the same
bug, We can use his serum.

He can't hear you, Doctor.

He will soon enough.

Roger, the fact that you've had a mild
case of the infection and recovered...

means you've built
up an immunity,

and we can transfer
that immunity.

Yes, Rampart
General will cover that.

You just call in.
We'll meet you.

As fast as you can. The lives of
two good friends of mine are at stake.

[Line Clicks] He's on his way.

[Siren Blaring]

So, anyway, there I was...

500 feet straight up
in the air on this crane.

We're just inching across,
hand over hand— [Door Opens]

Hey, Johnny.

— How you feeling? —
Oh, not bad, not bad.

[Clears Throat] Of course,
I'm still awfully weak.

— Boy, it was rough. — I'll
tell you what's really mug/7.

And that's having young
Romeo here as a roommate.

You know, maybe l
shouldn't say this, but...

He was sure a lot easier to live
with when he was still in a coma.