Off the Map (2011): Season 1, Episode 8 - It's a Leaf - full transcript
Lily and Dr. Cole rescue three brothers trapped in an abandoned gold mine, while Mina learns a life changing lesson during a native birth ritual.
Previously on Off The Map:
Yeah, he's smooth, he's hot.
He's also a wanted criminal.
We probably shouldn't be seen together.
I've caused you enough trouble already.
I miss you in my bed.
- We can still be amigos.
- I don't know how to do that.
I need your help.
- How bad is it?
- You're in heart failure.
Lily, you shouldn't have come.
Your crop, what is it?
Coca, cocaine.
- It's an illegal drug.
- It's a leaf.
- That gets made into an illegal drug.
- Used to treat altitude sickness.
- And snorted off hookers.
- Herbal teas.
Oh, come on.
That's where you make your profits?
The herbal tea business?
- Big in South America, huge.
- Would you just let me explain?
Everything makes perfect
sense right now.
Why you lied.
Why the police came after you.
- I mean your family grows cocaine.
- It's a leaf.
Yep, she's a fish.
How has no one ever seen this--?
Mi familia, they've farmed this land
for over 50 years,
and the polic?a is trying to
take it from them.
Let the polic?a have it.
They can grow something else.
You think exactly like an American.
What does that mean?
You think that if the polic?a took this land,
that they'd grow something else on it?
No, they'd pocket the profits
for themselves.
Madison.
Look, she had to go back
into the ocean, okay?
They're from two different worlds.
Okay, okay.
It's not gonna work.
I grew up on Nancy Reagan
and Just Say No, so...
So it's not gonna work?
What is it with the rainy season?
I've got five madres in labor already.
Need help?
Enjoy your breakfast.
Sorry. I would've brought you one, but I--
Never mind. I didn't like them anyway.
Always threw them away
when you weren't looking.
Cole, need you to head up
to Cresta Urcaguary.
Couple of trespassers got injured
down in the mines.
That's the second time this year.
Must be the Incan curse.
Curse, my ass. Bunch of fools
still think there's gold down there.
How come you aren't going,
Indiana Jones?
- Indiana Jones? Really?
- Yeah.
- Dude, you're the one with the hat.
- Yeah, but you got the stubble.
I'm gonna stick around here today.
She get that echo yet?
She needs a heart transplant.
So then Keeton tells me to follow
my awesome jungle instincts,
and I end up at a cocaine farm.
- Thought I had a bad date.
- Problems with Alma?
It's not going anywhere.
I don't understand that girl.
- She won't let you touch her boob?
- No, I literally--
I literally don't understand her.
She speaks Spanish.
Fuller, you're in the ER.
Brenner, you're gonna go with Cole.
Bring your talisman.
We're in a cursed Incan mine.
Bring it on. I'm already cursed.
Oh, Dr. Minard. Providing ob- gyn services
to the community
is a big part of what we do here.
You haven't delivered any babies yet.
There's a reason for that.
I don't like babies.
You don't have to like them.
You just gotta catch them. You're with Zee.
I really would prefer the cursed mine.
Legend says that any thief foolish enough
to enter gets punished by Urcaguary,
the Incan god of buried treasure,
and eventually goes mad.
Or gets poisoned. Pockets of toxic gas
are common underground here, right?
Hydrogen sulfide.
You do your homework, Brenner.
Prolonged exposure can
cause hypoxia...
...altered mental status, delirium.
- That's why the government sealed it up.
Check on the one who got out. I'll get
the lowdown from the rescue workers.
Hi. I'm Dr. Brenner.
Now, you climbed out by hand?
S?, my brothers needed help.
Our rope broke. Edgar fell and hurt his leg.
Our brother Poni wouldn't leave him.
What were you doing in
a sealed- off mine?
I was on the crew who sealed it.
I know my way around down there,
so my est?pido brothers come to me
and say, "Hey, hermano,
let's go look for gold."
There's no gold down there, man.
Got cleaned out years ago.
I know that.
Still I let them talk me into it.
I'm the oldest. I am supposed to be
the responsable one.
We all make a bad call now and then.
My brothers and I,
we've made them all our lives.
So the rescue guy went down,
but they've had spotty contact,
probably because of the depth.
It's what, veinte metros?
I'll drop in, check the leg,
and we'll get them out.
Hey, Brenner, hold my hat.
- We'll work on that.
- Yeah.
- All right, thanks, man.
- Okay.
Bring me up.
Take me down.
Please, help.
Soy doctor. Dr. Cole. You Edgar?
Here you go, Edgar.
All right, Edgar,
you have an open fracture.
Have to splint it
before we get you in this harness.
No, no, no. Don't worry about me,
The rescue worker there, he's hurt.
- Who did this to him?
- My brother Poni.
The curse. It's real.
Just keep holding it really steady.
When the rescue worker came down,
Poni went crazy.
He kept yelling.
And I tried to tell him these people
were here to help. He wouldn't listen.
There's gases peligrosos down here.
They're making him paranoid.
And he ran away, deeper into the mine.
What if he doesn't come back?
Brenner, I got an auxiliary penetration
from a pickaxe.
The rescue worker got stabbed.
Oh, my God. How bad is it?
No pulse in his wrist.
He could lose the arm.
Copy that.
I'll be ready when he comes up.
What about Poni?
We can't just leave him down here.
- I can hear him digging.
- No one's leaving anyone.
What is with Birth du Soleil?
They're Quechua,
a Native Andean culture.
The women don't normally
give birth in hospitals.
I can see why.
To encourage them to come here
and deliver in the presence of a doctor,
we allow them to do it their way.
It's a public health initiative
to reduce maternal mortality rates.
- It's a very good idea.
- This is ubos leaf powder.
Use it as a poultice
to help progress labor.
Babassu oil for the baby's scalp,
and that is their godmother knife.
They tell me it's been in their family
for generations.
Tica is the midwife
and the patient's sister.
She is also the godmother- to- be.
She will use it to cut the umbilical cord.
- Okay, well, where do I come in?
- You don't.
You only assist in an emergency.
Otherwise stay out of the way.
You want me to stand here
and just do nothing?
Can you handle it? Because I've got my
hands full of laboring mothers right now.
Well, there is an old lady
playing an armadillo.
So, yeah, I think I can sit this one out.
Heart rate's up to 120.
Better get on that stat, Dr. Fuller.
You're like the youngest doctor
I've ever seen.
I'm super smart.
Temperature's up to 103, Mr. Cooper.
That kind of concerns me.
That's nothing, doc. Come on.
You wouldn't even think twice about it...
...if it wasn't for that stupid little ALS thing.
- ALS is not a little thing.
Listen, just give me a couple aspirin
and we'll be out of here, okay?
- We've got birds to watch, right, KK?
- The dumb birds can wait, Dad.
You need to rest.
- Pretty peppy for a guy under the weather.
- Oh, he's gotta be peppy,
He talks to a million commuters
every morning.
- Do the voice, honey.
- All right.
This is Morris in the Morning keeping
you alive on your Monday morning drive,
a double shot of espresso for your ears.
I'm sorry, Morris, but I'm gonna have to
keep you at least overnight.
We gotta check for bacteria, parasites.
All right, you guys go without me, okay?
I don't wanna ruin your day too.
And listen, KK, 100 bucks
for a photo of a black tinamou.
Hey, put your thermometer away, doctor.
I'm not sticking around.
I got an appointment
with a medical miracle.
What?
Down here getting a stem cell transplant.
A jungle doctor's curing my ALS.
What's all that?
Enalapril, metoprolol, Lasix, CoQ- 10.
I spoke to a cardiologist in San Miguel.
He's had Chagas' patients stave off heart
transplants for years on this regimen.
I know a top transplant surgeon
at Columbia.
I put in a call this morning.
You'll go next week for an eval,
and then you're on the list.
I didn't ask you to do that.
- No, I know you didn't.
- I don't need one yet.
And when I do, I'll get a transplant here,
in Lima or Rio.
You got a better shot of finding
a donor in the States. You know that.
- Come on, you're going to New York.
- No, I'm not.
My entire life is here.
I'm not ready to just be put in some cage.
- Yeah, I'm trying to be your doctor.
- I don't need you to be my doctor.
I don't need you to be anything.
I just need you to let me--
I need a consult.
- On what?
- I have no idea.
Poni did that?
He must be out of his mind.
Send the line back down
for the next patient now.
His blood's dark. Deoxygenated.
That means he only injured a vein and
the hematoma is compressing the artery.
Are you sure?
He has a pulse. We just saved his arm.
Okay, pressure dressing
and back to the clinic now.
Dr. Cole, we just restored blood flow
to the arm. The guy's gonna be fine.
Copy that. Now, Edgar's open tibia
fracture requires morphine and reduction.
I'm on it.
Younger brother's still down here.
- How much line is on this winch?
- About 100 meters.
I'm going to catch the lead,
so I won't get lost.
- I'm going after Poni.
- What?
I don't think that's a good idea.
I'm sure there's lots of tunnels.
He could be anywhere.
Dr. Cole? Hello?
Radio contact fades the deeper you get.
He's already gone.
Excuse me, perd?n.
No need to stop the party.
I'm just checking in.
My sister and her family
only speak Quechua.
Of course, I'm sorry.
I'm just concerned that your sister's
labor isn't progressing.
With respect, doctora, I was trained
in Lima as a licensed partera.
I know what I'm doing.
Chart says she's been laboring
since yesterday.
And to be safe,
I would like to check the fetal heart tones,
because if they're low,
we should consider a C- section.
You want to cut the baby out
so you can get to your hot date?
- What?
- American doctoras,
I hear you're all the same,
not one bit of patience.
A C- section is a procedure that
protects both the mother and the child.
It's not just cutting someone open,
and believe me, I don't have a hot date.
It is important my sister give birth
exactly like this,
close to Pachamama, Mother Earth.
We believe the longer we labor, the longer
our child's patience and understanding.
I didn't realize that.
You must have been born by C- section.
I have never seen a catheter
quite like this.
Oh, yeah, Dr. Cameron designed it
especially for the stem cell treatment.
Well, it's badly infected,
which is the source of your fever.
We're gonna have to remove that
immediately and put you on antibiotics.
No, no. Dr. Cameron said I gotta keep it in.
I got one more round of treatment.
Morris, if this infection spreads
to your bloodstream,
it could cause your blood pressure
to drop, even cause death.
Well, guess what. So can ALS.
Morris, con artists pop up all the time
in the jungle.
These guys with barely any medical
experience, calling themselves doctors.
Cameron's no quack. He's helping me.
I'm already feeling stronger.
It's difficult to accept,
but there's no cure for ALS.
Even stem cell research
hasn't proven anything.
- You guys don't birdwatch, do you?
- Birdwatch?
- Birdwatch, yeah.
- Not so much.
No, can't say I do.
Well, these birds we're looking for,
the tinamous,
they're these big dumb jungle birds
that can hardly fly.
I mean, they're barely holding on
to the one thing that makes them a bird.
- Imagine being a bird and you can't fly.
- Nature's humor.
Yeah. Now, I'm a big dumb guy.
I don't got much to give.
I talk, people listen.
I'm the voice
that makes them feel a little better
when they're driving
to their terrible jobs.
I give them a laugh,
distract them from their road rage.
It's not just a wheelchair.
It's not just my arms and my legs gone.
ALS,
it's gonna take my voice.
It's gonna take the one thing
that makes me me.
Now, if that was your future,
wouldn't you go to the ends of the earth
to change it?
- We don't have to remove the catheter.
- What?
We can use topical Mupirocin in concert
with IV treatment through the catheter,
blast the infection site directly.
And let this guy go on thinking
that hack cured his ALS?
We'll get the infection under control,
then deal with the disease.
I don't think it's the ideal time
to take away his hope.
No, it's not hope, it's denial.
If it gets that man through one more day of
a horrible diagnosis, what's the difference?
We get the first sign of sepsis,
that thing's coming out.
Head is out.
What's wrong? What is it?
- The baby's shoulder is caught.
- It's shoulder dystocia.
What are you doing?
Quechua technique,
moves the baby into the right position.
It's not enough. I have to rotate
the baby shoulders inward, okay?
You do your way, I'll do mine.
Okay, I see the head.
If I could just get the shoulder...
Got it.
I'll get the...
What?
Oh, crap.
You just became the godmother.
I mean, can't we just do a do- over?
You could cut the cord again and you're it.
That's not how it works.
Severing the connection from baby
to mother is a sacred irreversible act.
What were you thinking?
I told you what the knife was for.
I was not thinking.
I was saving the kid's life.
What are the duties
of a Quechuan madrina?
What?
She is a member of the family
and role model to the child for life.
She comes to the unuchakuy
ceremony tonight and names the baby.
Come on, that is so all you, Tica.
It's too late for me now.
- There's gotta be some way out of this.
- Not without insulting their culture.
I can live with that.
No child wants me as a role model.
This is a remote, closed culture.
These women need to feel respected
or they're going to deliver their babies
in their homes.
Now, if that would have happened today,
that baby could have died.
So you're telling me
that in the name of public health--
You need to take one
for the team, doctora.
Poni?
Soy doctor.
I'm here to help.
We gotta get you out of here, amigo.
You're breathing too much gas.
You're not in your right mind.
Come on, Poni. Work with me here.
Now we're getting somewhere.
It's Poni, always Poni.
Remember when he entered us
in motocross so he could fix the betting?
You cracked your skull open.
You crashed into me.
You cracked my skull open.
Edgar, you have an open tibia fracture,
so I need to set it now.
Even with the morphine,
it's gonna hurt. Okay?
Look at me, hermano.
- You should've told him no this time.
- Me?
- You should've told him no.
- You're oldest.
- I shouldn't have to take care--
- Okay, stay still.
You knew the mine,
knew it like the back of your hand--
- This is not my fault--
- Hey, stop it, both of you.
My colleague's down there right now
risking his life for your little brother.
And for that, I blame the whole damn
family, so stay still. Got it?
Well, I'm a godmother.
I feel like I just got knocked up, but I didn't
even get to have the unprotected sex.
What's wrong with you?
My patient is being treated
by some con artist jungle doctor
and he thinks it's curing his ALS.
- That's evil.
- Yeah.
My plastics practice back in Chicago
was between a corn dog shop
and a tanning salon in a strip mall.
I was selling snake oil to people,
just things they didn't need.
Silicone to women who were
already beautiful, nose jobs to girls
whose noses weren't even
fully developed yet.
Your patients weren't terminally ill.
And you weren't giving them false hope.
You were giving them fake boobs.
Thanks.
So now that you owe me...
Wait, wait, what?
I have to go to this
Quechuan naming party tonight,
- and I'm gonna need a wing man.
- Yeah, no. I'm sorry.
- It will be fun.
- No.
There will be drinking and music.
Mina, Mina, Mina.
There are not enough pesos
in the jungle--
I will be wearing a traditional dress
to respect the local culture
and you have full permission
to laugh at me.
I will be there.
Great.
Hey, Poni.
I'm Dr. Cole.
I couldn't let him have my gold.
I know, but there's no gold, amigo.
There's no gold.
Now, the gas, the gas is very
thick here, so we got to get out.
Hold it, Poni, stop. Stop.
Look, look, look,
you really don't want to do that.
Don't swing that axe, all right?
You're digging into a gas pocket.
Poni.
Don't move.
Don't--!
Pull him up now. Go, go, go.
Come on, come on, come on.
Dr. Cole?
- Dr. Cole?
- It was a gas explosion.
Cole, can you hear me?
We're coming down after you, okay?
There might not be anyone to go after.
Why isn't anybody moving?
After a gas explosion, it's not safe.
They're just civilian volunteers.
Come on, my colleague's down there.
Your bro--
Okay, fine, I'll just go alone. Whatever.
No, you won't.
I know this mine better than anyone.
- Tried Ancef and vancomycin.
- No.
No, it didn't work.
Your BP is dropping
and this infection is progressing to sepsis.
I'm going. I have an appointment.
Morris, this thing is coming out
of your leg now.
What thing?
Morris, what is that?
It's a cure, honey, for the ALS.
It's a new treatment with stem cells.
No, no, no.
You promised no more cures.
It's working.
Look, I couldn't do that yesterday.
Just like the magic spring water
in India worked
or that crazy chelation therapy
in China.
You were feeling great after that too.
Dr. Cameron says I'll be walking
by the time we get home.
Don't you want me to walk again, KK?
Practice soccer with you?
I just have to get the last course
of the stem cell treatment.
- So bring me my chair. I'm leaving.
- No.
Mrs. Cooper.
Honey, bring me my chair, KK.
- Sir.
- Dad.
- I'll do it myself.
- Can you just stop?
- Oh, my God. Morris?
- Hey. It's all right.
I don't understand. It was working.
I know it was.
Can I help you?
I'm looking for Dr. Brenner.
Going incognito now, mate?
Last time I came here,
I caused algunos problemas.
Yeah, I remember.
She's out in the field.
Hey, if you wanna write her a note,
I'll make sure she gets it.
Thank you.
We had an argument last night.
I'm not exactly
her favorite person right now.
So you're the curse.
- I'm sorry?
- Hey, look, it's none of my business,
but all the sneaking around,
I don't think it's helping your cause, man.
Would you please ask her to meet me
at the cantina tonight?
Just to hear me out.
- Sure.
- Thank you.
You look out for her, don't you?
Hey, I look after all my employees.
Dr. Cole. Hang on, we're coming.
Please, please, please, be okay.
Poni's harder to kill than a cucaracha.
If your friend was with him,
he'll be okay.
Which way do we go?
Oh, the feedback.
We'll be able to hear it, right?
Dr. Cole, can you hear me?
Thank you. I'm glad you came in.
Hey, are you okay?
Fine. It's just a little acid reflux.
- Please.
- The doctors at home say I'm stressed.
Are you?
My husband's got ALS,
so I guess I am.
I'm sorry.
It's a hard diagnosis.
It can take time to accept.
It's been three years now.
I've accepted it.
His sister's accepted it.
Our daughter's only 14
and she's accepted it.
Everyone's accepted it except Morris.
And to watch him search the world
for these faith healers, crooks...
My husband's going to die.
And I know it sounds horrible,
but I wish to God
he'd just stop fighting it.
So we could all live again.
Dr. Cole?
Oh, thank God.
Hey, check the kid,
He was thrown by the blast.
Might have internal injuries.
Good breath sounds, tender abdomen.
- Are you okay?
- Fine, I'm fine. Just--
You got a flashlight, though?
My headlamp went out.
No, it's on.
Then why can't I see a damn thing?
Possible intra- abdominal hemorrhage
from a gas explosion.
- We're gonna need an ultrasound.
- Go prep the OR.
Open tibia fracture,
status post reduction.
- Might need internal fixation.
- But where is Otis?
- Where is Otis?
- Extensive corneal burns from the blast.
He can't even count fingers.
How you holding up, Dr. Jones?
Been better.
Managed to save this guy, though.
- Hey, loca.
- Can you see me?
No, just knew you'd be here.
Okay. Let's get you inside, mate.
Come on, let's go.
Go.
Good news, Morris.
Infection's clearing up,
your BP is up, your temperature's--
- Who are you?
- I'm Dr. Cameron, Morris's physician.
I understand we had a complication
with the catheter.
Yeah, if by "complication" you mean it was
contaminated and inserted incorrectly.
He got septic and almost died.
I feel terrible about that,
but our treatment did get interrupted.
You were making incredible progress,
Morris. Best I've seen yet.
Excuse me.
What exactly were you giving him?
High- dose steroids
or was it just dirty saline?
It's a novel experimental technique.
Not everyone's familiar with the science.
I know who you are and
I know what you do and you need to leave.
I'd be happy to offer another course
of treatment.
If I had the strength to hit you
right now, I would.
I'll stop back when you're feeling better.
Think about it, Morris.
Time with your family.
The ability to walk again.
Okay, you heard my patient.
Time to leave.
The ability to speak. It's priceless.
And I'd be happy to offer
another treatment at cost, 50 grand.
- What the hell are you doing?
- I'm following my patient's orders.
Now get the hell out.
If I ever see your face in here again,
I will mess it up way worse than that.
Get out.
- Was that him?
- Yeah, but he's not coming back.
- Morris.
- I'm so sorry.
- I know. It's okay.
- I'm sorry.
Morris, you were wrong about
your voice making you who you are.
It's them.
And they're not going anywhere.
I love you.
I just heard. How is he?
I started two liters of irrigation and
then I'll check his sight in a few hours.
I'm sure he'll be fine.
How are you holding up?
I'm great.
I can see, too,
because I'm not a machista idiota
who risks his life
trying to be some kind of hero.
Do you know he just went down
after that kid without thinking,
- without even stopping to--?
- Tell you?
Mira, we're not together anymore,
so he doesn't owe me anything.
I just wish that he could see
how his decisions affect other people.
Keeton wants me to go to New York.
For a transplant?
- You hate New York.
- It's not just up to me, is it?
No, cari?o. Not anymore.
Don't.
Come on, it's the only reason I came.
You promised.
Fine.
- You look like a pi?ata.
- I got it in town.
I'm trying to be culturally sensitive.
Hey, best part,
you'll get to wear it again.
- To a quincea?era.
- You are...
- How do you say "blue" in Spanish?
- It's not that bad.
No, it's great. I love it.
I came from another party
and I didn't have time to change.
Cute. No? Oh, sorry.
You gotta try this.
- What is it?
- It's called chicha.
It literally is fermented old- lady spit.
It's delicious.
- It's tasty.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Tasty.
Oh, you tasty, huh?
- Hold this.
- What? Okay.
Just do it.
Cute kid.
I'm sorry.
I know that you wanted the job.
I really just wished
someone had stopped me.
When you picked up the knife,
I knew what you were going to do.
I could have stopped you, doctora.
So then why didn't you?
I shouldn't be a role model either.
But you're--
She's your sister.
You're a partera, you're a midwife.
I deliver babies because I'm good at it.
It doesn't mean
I want to shepherd one through life.
Oh, man, I am so screwed.
I'll help you, okay?
Maybe we can share
the responsibilities.
It won't be that bad.
So, what do we do now?
We have to name her.
Pilpintu. Quechua for butterfly.
It's perfect.
She looks like a little butterfly
in a cocoon.
But it's kind of scratchy material.
Are you sure that this is good?
These are traditional Quechua blankets
passed down many generations.
Love it. Done and done.
So, what exactly are we looking for?
Ultrasound showed some kind of mass,
but I couldn't identify it from the image.
Oh, your friend stopped by.
Wants you to meet him at the cantina.
Mateo came here?
- In the middle of the day?
- High noon, bright and sunny.
Was he wearing a disguise
like a fake beard and a funny hat?
Close, yeah.
You sure know how to pick them,
Brenner.
- I got something right here.
- Fifteen blade.
Looks like some kind of ingestion.
Something he swallowed?
It's definitely an ingestion.
- Is that--?
- Gold.
Guess Urcaguary
had some buried treasure after all, huh?
Over 90 percent corneal burn
on this side too.
You should be able to see in a week,
no problem.
I got hit by that curse pretty bad.
- You don't believe in curses.
- Not the supernatural kind.
Just the ones I brought on myself
by being a dumbass.
Look, I know you've moved on,
it's too late,
but you should know,
not a day goes by
that I don't curse myself
for letting you go, loca.
Salty.
Are you crying, loca?
- Are you crying?
- No, no.
I'm sweaty. It's hot as hell in here.
All right, shut up, okay?
Stop imagining things.
And sit up and open your eyes.
Okay, I need you to read this chart.
You might only be able to make out
the first line tonight, but that's okay.
Something's strange, doctora.
I only have eyes for you.
- Read the chart.
- All right, all right.
Z,
Z,
- Z.
- Fine.
Z.
I really can read the first line.
"E, L, T, T." See that?
Gracias, doctora,
for saving my brothers' life.
Both of them.
This is what we found inside of Poni.
He swallowed all of those pieces?
He kept telling me he couldn't find any gold
and all along he was hiding it,
keeping it for himself,
after all I've done for him.
The two of them.
So much for la familia primero.
The police are coming.
Probably gonna charge all of you
with trespassing.
But maybe if you explain
that you're a smart guy
who got dragged into doing
something really stupid--
And sell out my brothers?
Look, I know they're your family
and that you'd do anything for them,
but maybe it's time
you did something for yourself.
I hate New York.
I hate bagels.
I hate the smell in the subway.
I hate that there's hardly anything green.
And please give me a jungle rat
over a city rat any day.
No, no, no. See, there you're wrong.
A rat is a rat.
I hate it, but I'll go.
It's my best shot. I wanna take it.
When I get a heart,
I'll be on immunosuppressants.
I know.
Jungle's no place for the weak.
You just keep ditching us, don't you?
Flower is legal, I swear.
Too soon?
They're your family.
No matter what trouble they get you into,
you're always gonna have their back.
You have to.
It's possible.
But right now
they're playing a really great song.
In espa?ol, when we say "to love,"
we say querer, "to want."
To want something more, because
nothing is ever perfect for us, or easy.
This place is filled with things
nobody can change.
And they cause enough damage
for enough people.
So why should they also be able to
tell us who we should be with?
Who can make us happy?
I don't care anymore.
They can arrest me right here
in the middle of this dance floor,
because this is a really great song
and you're worth the risk.
The song.
It's over.
Lily.
It really is just a leaf.
Is this it?
There are patients asleep.
I need something strong for the hangover
I'm gonna have tomorrow.
- Old lady spit is dangerous, right?
- Yeah.
It's deadly.
Eat that.
- What is it?
- It's like aspirin.
Whatever.
Where are we right now?
- I know, right?
- I'm a godmother.
You know, I punched a dude today.
That's a-- This is a bad idea.
It's very bad.
Very ba--
Yeah, he's smooth, he's hot.
He's also a wanted criminal.
We probably shouldn't be seen together.
I've caused you enough trouble already.
I miss you in my bed.
- We can still be amigos.
- I don't know how to do that.
I need your help.
- How bad is it?
- You're in heart failure.
Lily, you shouldn't have come.
Your crop, what is it?
Coca, cocaine.
- It's an illegal drug.
- It's a leaf.
- That gets made into an illegal drug.
- Used to treat altitude sickness.
- And snorted off hookers.
- Herbal teas.
Oh, come on.
That's where you make your profits?
The herbal tea business?
- Big in South America, huge.
- Would you just let me explain?
Everything makes perfect
sense right now.
Why you lied.
Why the police came after you.
- I mean your family grows cocaine.
- It's a leaf.
Yep, she's a fish.
How has no one ever seen this--?
Mi familia, they've farmed this land
for over 50 years,
and the polic?a is trying to
take it from them.
Let the polic?a have it.
They can grow something else.
You think exactly like an American.
What does that mean?
You think that if the polic?a took this land,
that they'd grow something else on it?
No, they'd pocket the profits
for themselves.
Madison.
Look, she had to go back
into the ocean, okay?
They're from two different worlds.
Okay, okay.
It's not gonna work.
I grew up on Nancy Reagan
and Just Say No, so...
So it's not gonna work?
What is it with the rainy season?
I've got five madres in labor already.
Need help?
Enjoy your breakfast.
Sorry. I would've brought you one, but I--
Never mind. I didn't like them anyway.
Always threw them away
when you weren't looking.
Cole, need you to head up
to Cresta Urcaguary.
Couple of trespassers got injured
down in the mines.
That's the second time this year.
Must be the Incan curse.
Curse, my ass. Bunch of fools
still think there's gold down there.
How come you aren't going,
Indiana Jones?
- Indiana Jones? Really?
- Yeah.
- Dude, you're the one with the hat.
- Yeah, but you got the stubble.
I'm gonna stick around here today.
She get that echo yet?
She needs a heart transplant.
So then Keeton tells me to follow
my awesome jungle instincts,
and I end up at a cocaine farm.
- Thought I had a bad date.
- Problems with Alma?
It's not going anywhere.
I don't understand that girl.
- She won't let you touch her boob?
- No, I literally--
I literally don't understand her.
She speaks Spanish.
Fuller, you're in the ER.
Brenner, you're gonna go with Cole.
Bring your talisman.
We're in a cursed Incan mine.
Bring it on. I'm already cursed.
Oh, Dr. Minard. Providing ob- gyn services
to the community
is a big part of what we do here.
You haven't delivered any babies yet.
There's a reason for that.
I don't like babies.
You don't have to like them.
You just gotta catch them. You're with Zee.
I really would prefer the cursed mine.
Legend says that any thief foolish enough
to enter gets punished by Urcaguary,
the Incan god of buried treasure,
and eventually goes mad.
Or gets poisoned. Pockets of toxic gas
are common underground here, right?
Hydrogen sulfide.
You do your homework, Brenner.
Prolonged exposure can
cause hypoxia...
...altered mental status, delirium.
- That's why the government sealed it up.
Check on the one who got out. I'll get
the lowdown from the rescue workers.
Hi. I'm Dr. Brenner.
Now, you climbed out by hand?
S?, my brothers needed help.
Our rope broke. Edgar fell and hurt his leg.
Our brother Poni wouldn't leave him.
What were you doing in
a sealed- off mine?
I was on the crew who sealed it.
I know my way around down there,
so my est?pido brothers come to me
and say, "Hey, hermano,
let's go look for gold."
There's no gold down there, man.
Got cleaned out years ago.
I know that.
Still I let them talk me into it.
I'm the oldest. I am supposed to be
the responsable one.
We all make a bad call now and then.
My brothers and I,
we've made them all our lives.
So the rescue guy went down,
but they've had spotty contact,
probably because of the depth.
It's what, veinte metros?
I'll drop in, check the leg,
and we'll get them out.
Hey, Brenner, hold my hat.
- We'll work on that.
- Yeah.
- All right, thanks, man.
- Okay.
Bring me up.
Take me down.
Please, help.
Soy doctor. Dr. Cole. You Edgar?
Here you go, Edgar.
All right, Edgar,
you have an open fracture.
Have to splint it
before we get you in this harness.
No, no, no. Don't worry about me,
The rescue worker there, he's hurt.
- Who did this to him?
- My brother Poni.
The curse. It's real.
Just keep holding it really steady.
When the rescue worker came down,
Poni went crazy.
He kept yelling.
And I tried to tell him these people
were here to help. He wouldn't listen.
There's gases peligrosos down here.
They're making him paranoid.
And he ran away, deeper into the mine.
What if he doesn't come back?
Brenner, I got an auxiliary penetration
from a pickaxe.
The rescue worker got stabbed.
Oh, my God. How bad is it?
No pulse in his wrist.
He could lose the arm.
Copy that.
I'll be ready when he comes up.
What about Poni?
We can't just leave him down here.
- I can hear him digging.
- No one's leaving anyone.
What is with Birth du Soleil?
They're Quechua,
a Native Andean culture.
The women don't normally
give birth in hospitals.
I can see why.
To encourage them to come here
and deliver in the presence of a doctor,
we allow them to do it their way.
It's a public health initiative
to reduce maternal mortality rates.
- It's a very good idea.
- This is ubos leaf powder.
Use it as a poultice
to help progress labor.
Babassu oil for the baby's scalp,
and that is their godmother knife.
They tell me it's been in their family
for generations.
Tica is the midwife
and the patient's sister.
She is also the godmother- to- be.
She will use it to cut the umbilical cord.
- Okay, well, where do I come in?
- You don't.
You only assist in an emergency.
Otherwise stay out of the way.
You want me to stand here
and just do nothing?
Can you handle it? Because I've got my
hands full of laboring mothers right now.
Well, there is an old lady
playing an armadillo.
So, yeah, I think I can sit this one out.
Heart rate's up to 120.
Better get on that stat, Dr. Fuller.
You're like the youngest doctor
I've ever seen.
I'm super smart.
Temperature's up to 103, Mr. Cooper.
That kind of concerns me.
That's nothing, doc. Come on.
You wouldn't even think twice about it...
...if it wasn't for that stupid little ALS thing.
- ALS is not a little thing.
Listen, just give me a couple aspirin
and we'll be out of here, okay?
- We've got birds to watch, right, KK?
- The dumb birds can wait, Dad.
You need to rest.
- Pretty peppy for a guy under the weather.
- Oh, he's gotta be peppy,
He talks to a million commuters
every morning.
- Do the voice, honey.
- All right.
This is Morris in the Morning keeping
you alive on your Monday morning drive,
a double shot of espresso for your ears.
I'm sorry, Morris, but I'm gonna have to
keep you at least overnight.
We gotta check for bacteria, parasites.
All right, you guys go without me, okay?
I don't wanna ruin your day too.
And listen, KK, 100 bucks
for a photo of a black tinamou.
Hey, put your thermometer away, doctor.
I'm not sticking around.
I got an appointment
with a medical miracle.
What?
Down here getting a stem cell transplant.
A jungle doctor's curing my ALS.
What's all that?
Enalapril, metoprolol, Lasix, CoQ- 10.
I spoke to a cardiologist in San Miguel.
He's had Chagas' patients stave off heart
transplants for years on this regimen.
I know a top transplant surgeon
at Columbia.
I put in a call this morning.
You'll go next week for an eval,
and then you're on the list.
I didn't ask you to do that.
- No, I know you didn't.
- I don't need one yet.
And when I do, I'll get a transplant here,
in Lima or Rio.
You got a better shot of finding
a donor in the States. You know that.
- Come on, you're going to New York.
- No, I'm not.
My entire life is here.
I'm not ready to just be put in some cage.
- Yeah, I'm trying to be your doctor.
- I don't need you to be my doctor.
I don't need you to be anything.
I just need you to let me--
I need a consult.
- On what?
- I have no idea.
Poni did that?
He must be out of his mind.
Send the line back down
for the next patient now.
His blood's dark. Deoxygenated.
That means he only injured a vein and
the hematoma is compressing the artery.
Are you sure?
He has a pulse. We just saved his arm.
Okay, pressure dressing
and back to the clinic now.
Dr. Cole, we just restored blood flow
to the arm. The guy's gonna be fine.
Copy that. Now, Edgar's open tibia
fracture requires morphine and reduction.
I'm on it.
Younger brother's still down here.
- How much line is on this winch?
- About 100 meters.
I'm going to catch the lead,
so I won't get lost.
- I'm going after Poni.
- What?
I don't think that's a good idea.
I'm sure there's lots of tunnels.
He could be anywhere.
Dr. Cole? Hello?
Radio contact fades the deeper you get.
He's already gone.
Excuse me, perd?n.
No need to stop the party.
I'm just checking in.
My sister and her family
only speak Quechua.
Of course, I'm sorry.
I'm just concerned that your sister's
labor isn't progressing.
With respect, doctora, I was trained
in Lima as a licensed partera.
I know what I'm doing.
Chart says she's been laboring
since yesterday.
And to be safe,
I would like to check the fetal heart tones,
because if they're low,
we should consider a C- section.
You want to cut the baby out
so you can get to your hot date?
- What?
- American doctoras,
I hear you're all the same,
not one bit of patience.
A C- section is a procedure that
protects both the mother and the child.
It's not just cutting someone open,
and believe me, I don't have a hot date.
It is important my sister give birth
exactly like this,
close to Pachamama, Mother Earth.
We believe the longer we labor, the longer
our child's patience and understanding.
I didn't realize that.
You must have been born by C- section.
I have never seen a catheter
quite like this.
Oh, yeah, Dr. Cameron designed it
especially for the stem cell treatment.
Well, it's badly infected,
which is the source of your fever.
We're gonna have to remove that
immediately and put you on antibiotics.
No, no. Dr. Cameron said I gotta keep it in.
I got one more round of treatment.
Morris, if this infection spreads
to your bloodstream,
it could cause your blood pressure
to drop, even cause death.
Well, guess what. So can ALS.
Morris, con artists pop up all the time
in the jungle.
These guys with barely any medical
experience, calling themselves doctors.
Cameron's no quack. He's helping me.
I'm already feeling stronger.
It's difficult to accept,
but there's no cure for ALS.
Even stem cell research
hasn't proven anything.
- You guys don't birdwatch, do you?
- Birdwatch?
- Birdwatch, yeah.
- Not so much.
No, can't say I do.
Well, these birds we're looking for,
the tinamous,
they're these big dumb jungle birds
that can hardly fly.
I mean, they're barely holding on
to the one thing that makes them a bird.
- Imagine being a bird and you can't fly.
- Nature's humor.
Yeah. Now, I'm a big dumb guy.
I don't got much to give.
I talk, people listen.
I'm the voice
that makes them feel a little better
when they're driving
to their terrible jobs.
I give them a laugh,
distract them from their road rage.
It's not just a wheelchair.
It's not just my arms and my legs gone.
ALS,
it's gonna take my voice.
It's gonna take the one thing
that makes me me.
Now, if that was your future,
wouldn't you go to the ends of the earth
to change it?
- We don't have to remove the catheter.
- What?
We can use topical Mupirocin in concert
with IV treatment through the catheter,
blast the infection site directly.
And let this guy go on thinking
that hack cured his ALS?
We'll get the infection under control,
then deal with the disease.
I don't think it's the ideal time
to take away his hope.
No, it's not hope, it's denial.
If it gets that man through one more day of
a horrible diagnosis, what's the difference?
We get the first sign of sepsis,
that thing's coming out.
Head is out.
What's wrong? What is it?
- The baby's shoulder is caught.
- It's shoulder dystocia.
What are you doing?
Quechua technique,
moves the baby into the right position.
It's not enough. I have to rotate
the baby shoulders inward, okay?
You do your way, I'll do mine.
Okay, I see the head.
If I could just get the shoulder...
Got it.
I'll get the...
What?
Oh, crap.
You just became the godmother.
I mean, can't we just do a do- over?
You could cut the cord again and you're it.
That's not how it works.
Severing the connection from baby
to mother is a sacred irreversible act.
What were you thinking?
I told you what the knife was for.
I was not thinking.
I was saving the kid's life.
What are the duties
of a Quechuan madrina?
What?
She is a member of the family
and role model to the child for life.
She comes to the unuchakuy
ceremony tonight and names the baby.
Come on, that is so all you, Tica.
It's too late for me now.
- There's gotta be some way out of this.
- Not without insulting their culture.
I can live with that.
No child wants me as a role model.
This is a remote, closed culture.
These women need to feel respected
or they're going to deliver their babies
in their homes.
Now, if that would have happened today,
that baby could have died.
So you're telling me
that in the name of public health--
You need to take one
for the team, doctora.
Poni?
Soy doctor.
I'm here to help.
We gotta get you out of here, amigo.
You're breathing too much gas.
You're not in your right mind.
Come on, Poni. Work with me here.
Now we're getting somewhere.
It's Poni, always Poni.
Remember when he entered us
in motocross so he could fix the betting?
You cracked your skull open.
You crashed into me.
You cracked my skull open.
Edgar, you have an open tibia fracture,
so I need to set it now.
Even with the morphine,
it's gonna hurt. Okay?
Look at me, hermano.
- You should've told him no this time.
- Me?
- You should've told him no.
- You're oldest.
- I shouldn't have to take care--
- Okay, stay still.
You knew the mine,
knew it like the back of your hand--
- This is not my fault--
- Hey, stop it, both of you.
My colleague's down there right now
risking his life for your little brother.
And for that, I blame the whole damn
family, so stay still. Got it?
Well, I'm a godmother.
I feel like I just got knocked up, but I didn't
even get to have the unprotected sex.
What's wrong with you?
My patient is being treated
by some con artist jungle doctor
and he thinks it's curing his ALS.
- That's evil.
- Yeah.
My plastics practice back in Chicago
was between a corn dog shop
and a tanning salon in a strip mall.
I was selling snake oil to people,
just things they didn't need.
Silicone to women who were
already beautiful, nose jobs to girls
whose noses weren't even
fully developed yet.
Your patients weren't terminally ill.
And you weren't giving them false hope.
You were giving them fake boobs.
Thanks.
So now that you owe me...
Wait, wait, what?
I have to go to this
Quechuan naming party tonight,
- and I'm gonna need a wing man.
- Yeah, no. I'm sorry.
- It will be fun.
- No.
There will be drinking and music.
Mina, Mina, Mina.
There are not enough pesos
in the jungle--
I will be wearing a traditional dress
to respect the local culture
and you have full permission
to laugh at me.
I will be there.
Great.
Hey, Poni.
I'm Dr. Cole.
I couldn't let him have my gold.
I know, but there's no gold, amigo.
There's no gold.
Now, the gas, the gas is very
thick here, so we got to get out.
Hold it, Poni, stop. Stop.
Look, look, look,
you really don't want to do that.
Don't swing that axe, all right?
You're digging into a gas pocket.
Poni.
Don't move.
Don't--!
Pull him up now. Go, go, go.
Come on, come on, come on.
Dr. Cole?
- Dr. Cole?
- It was a gas explosion.
Cole, can you hear me?
We're coming down after you, okay?
There might not be anyone to go after.
Why isn't anybody moving?
After a gas explosion, it's not safe.
They're just civilian volunteers.
Come on, my colleague's down there.
Your bro--
Okay, fine, I'll just go alone. Whatever.
No, you won't.
I know this mine better than anyone.
- Tried Ancef and vancomycin.
- No.
No, it didn't work.
Your BP is dropping
and this infection is progressing to sepsis.
I'm going. I have an appointment.
Morris, this thing is coming out
of your leg now.
What thing?
Morris, what is that?
It's a cure, honey, for the ALS.
It's a new treatment with stem cells.
No, no, no.
You promised no more cures.
It's working.
Look, I couldn't do that yesterday.
Just like the magic spring water
in India worked
or that crazy chelation therapy
in China.
You were feeling great after that too.
Dr. Cameron says I'll be walking
by the time we get home.
Don't you want me to walk again, KK?
Practice soccer with you?
I just have to get the last course
of the stem cell treatment.
- So bring me my chair. I'm leaving.
- No.
Mrs. Cooper.
Honey, bring me my chair, KK.
- Sir.
- Dad.
- I'll do it myself.
- Can you just stop?
- Oh, my God. Morris?
- Hey. It's all right.
I don't understand. It was working.
I know it was.
Can I help you?
I'm looking for Dr. Brenner.
Going incognito now, mate?
Last time I came here,
I caused algunos problemas.
Yeah, I remember.
She's out in the field.
Hey, if you wanna write her a note,
I'll make sure she gets it.
Thank you.
We had an argument last night.
I'm not exactly
her favorite person right now.
So you're the curse.
- I'm sorry?
- Hey, look, it's none of my business,
but all the sneaking around,
I don't think it's helping your cause, man.
Would you please ask her to meet me
at the cantina tonight?
Just to hear me out.
- Sure.
- Thank you.
You look out for her, don't you?
Hey, I look after all my employees.
Dr. Cole. Hang on, we're coming.
Please, please, please, be okay.
Poni's harder to kill than a cucaracha.
If your friend was with him,
he'll be okay.
Which way do we go?
Oh, the feedback.
We'll be able to hear it, right?
Dr. Cole, can you hear me?
Thank you. I'm glad you came in.
Hey, are you okay?
Fine. It's just a little acid reflux.
- Please.
- The doctors at home say I'm stressed.
Are you?
My husband's got ALS,
so I guess I am.
I'm sorry.
It's a hard diagnosis.
It can take time to accept.
It's been three years now.
I've accepted it.
His sister's accepted it.
Our daughter's only 14
and she's accepted it.
Everyone's accepted it except Morris.
And to watch him search the world
for these faith healers, crooks...
My husband's going to die.
And I know it sounds horrible,
but I wish to God
he'd just stop fighting it.
So we could all live again.
Dr. Cole?
Oh, thank God.
Hey, check the kid,
He was thrown by the blast.
Might have internal injuries.
Good breath sounds, tender abdomen.
- Are you okay?
- Fine, I'm fine. Just--
You got a flashlight, though?
My headlamp went out.
No, it's on.
Then why can't I see a damn thing?
Possible intra- abdominal hemorrhage
from a gas explosion.
- We're gonna need an ultrasound.
- Go prep the OR.
Open tibia fracture,
status post reduction.
- Might need internal fixation.
- But where is Otis?
- Where is Otis?
- Extensive corneal burns from the blast.
He can't even count fingers.
How you holding up, Dr. Jones?
Been better.
Managed to save this guy, though.
- Hey, loca.
- Can you see me?
No, just knew you'd be here.
Okay. Let's get you inside, mate.
Come on, let's go.
Go.
Good news, Morris.
Infection's clearing up,
your BP is up, your temperature's--
- Who are you?
- I'm Dr. Cameron, Morris's physician.
I understand we had a complication
with the catheter.
Yeah, if by "complication" you mean it was
contaminated and inserted incorrectly.
He got septic and almost died.
I feel terrible about that,
but our treatment did get interrupted.
You were making incredible progress,
Morris. Best I've seen yet.
Excuse me.
What exactly were you giving him?
High- dose steroids
or was it just dirty saline?
It's a novel experimental technique.
Not everyone's familiar with the science.
I know who you are and
I know what you do and you need to leave.
I'd be happy to offer another course
of treatment.
If I had the strength to hit you
right now, I would.
I'll stop back when you're feeling better.
Think about it, Morris.
Time with your family.
The ability to walk again.
Okay, you heard my patient.
Time to leave.
The ability to speak. It's priceless.
And I'd be happy to offer
another treatment at cost, 50 grand.
- What the hell are you doing?
- I'm following my patient's orders.
Now get the hell out.
If I ever see your face in here again,
I will mess it up way worse than that.
Get out.
- Was that him?
- Yeah, but he's not coming back.
- Morris.
- I'm so sorry.
- I know. It's okay.
- I'm sorry.
Morris, you were wrong about
your voice making you who you are.
It's them.
And they're not going anywhere.
I love you.
I just heard. How is he?
I started two liters of irrigation and
then I'll check his sight in a few hours.
I'm sure he'll be fine.
How are you holding up?
I'm great.
I can see, too,
because I'm not a machista idiota
who risks his life
trying to be some kind of hero.
Do you know he just went down
after that kid without thinking,
- without even stopping to--?
- Tell you?
Mira, we're not together anymore,
so he doesn't owe me anything.
I just wish that he could see
how his decisions affect other people.
Keeton wants me to go to New York.
For a transplant?
- You hate New York.
- It's not just up to me, is it?
No, cari?o. Not anymore.
Don't.
Come on, it's the only reason I came.
You promised.
Fine.
- You look like a pi?ata.
- I got it in town.
I'm trying to be culturally sensitive.
Hey, best part,
you'll get to wear it again.
- To a quincea?era.
- You are...
- How do you say "blue" in Spanish?
- It's not that bad.
No, it's great. I love it.
I came from another party
and I didn't have time to change.
Cute. No? Oh, sorry.
You gotta try this.
- What is it?
- It's called chicha.
It literally is fermented old- lady spit.
It's delicious.
- It's tasty.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Tasty.
Oh, you tasty, huh?
- Hold this.
- What? Okay.
Just do it.
Cute kid.
I'm sorry.
I know that you wanted the job.
I really just wished
someone had stopped me.
When you picked up the knife,
I knew what you were going to do.
I could have stopped you, doctora.
So then why didn't you?
I shouldn't be a role model either.
But you're--
She's your sister.
You're a partera, you're a midwife.
I deliver babies because I'm good at it.
It doesn't mean
I want to shepherd one through life.
Oh, man, I am so screwed.
I'll help you, okay?
Maybe we can share
the responsibilities.
It won't be that bad.
So, what do we do now?
We have to name her.
Pilpintu. Quechua for butterfly.
It's perfect.
She looks like a little butterfly
in a cocoon.
But it's kind of scratchy material.
Are you sure that this is good?
These are traditional Quechua blankets
passed down many generations.
Love it. Done and done.
So, what exactly are we looking for?
Ultrasound showed some kind of mass,
but I couldn't identify it from the image.
Oh, your friend stopped by.
Wants you to meet him at the cantina.
Mateo came here?
- In the middle of the day?
- High noon, bright and sunny.
Was he wearing a disguise
like a fake beard and a funny hat?
Close, yeah.
You sure know how to pick them,
Brenner.
- I got something right here.
- Fifteen blade.
Looks like some kind of ingestion.
Something he swallowed?
It's definitely an ingestion.
- Is that--?
- Gold.
Guess Urcaguary
had some buried treasure after all, huh?
Over 90 percent corneal burn
on this side too.
You should be able to see in a week,
no problem.
I got hit by that curse pretty bad.
- You don't believe in curses.
- Not the supernatural kind.
Just the ones I brought on myself
by being a dumbass.
Look, I know you've moved on,
it's too late,
but you should know,
not a day goes by
that I don't curse myself
for letting you go, loca.
Salty.
Are you crying, loca?
- Are you crying?
- No, no.
I'm sweaty. It's hot as hell in here.
All right, shut up, okay?
Stop imagining things.
And sit up and open your eyes.
Okay, I need you to read this chart.
You might only be able to make out
the first line tonight, but that's okay.
Something's strange, doctora.
I only have eyes for you.
- Read the chart.
- All right, all right.
Z,
Z,
- Z.
- Fine.
Z.
I really can read the first line.
"E, L, T, T." See that?
Gracias, doctora,
for saving my brothers' life.
Both of them.
This is what we found inside of Poni.
He swallowed all of those pieces?
He kept telling me he couldn't find any gold
and all along he was hiding it,
keeping it for himself,
after all I've done for him.
The two of them.
So much for la familia primero.
The police are coming.
Probably gonna charge all of you
with trespassing.
But maybe if you explain
that you're a smart guy
who got dragged into doing
something really stupid--
And sell out my brothers?
Look, I know they're your family
and that you'd do anything for them,
but maybe it's time
you did something for yourself.
I hate New York.
I hate bagels.
I hate the smell in the subway.
I hate that there's hardly anything green.
And please give me a jungle rat
over a city rat any day.
No, no, no. See, there you're wrong.
A rat is a rat.
I hate it, but I'll go.
It's my best shot. I wanna take it.
When I get a heart,
I'll be on immunosuppressants.
I know.
Jungle's no place for the weak.
You just keep ditching us, don't you?
Flower is legal, I swear.
Too soon?
They're your family.
No matter what trouble they get you into,
you're always gonna have their back.
You have to.
It's possible.
But right now
they're playing a really great song.
In espa?ol, when we say "to love,"
we say querer, "to want."
To want something more, because
nothing is ever perfect for us, or easy.
This place is filled with things
nobody can change.
And they cause enough damage
for enough people.
So why should they also be able to
tell us who we should be with?
Who can make us happy?
I don't care anymore.
They can arrest me right here
in the middle of this dance floor,
because this is a really great song
and you're worth the risk.
The song.
It's over.
Lily.
It really is just a leaf.
Is this it?
There are patients asleep.
I need something strong for the hangover
I'm gonna have tomorrow.
- Old lady spit is dangerous, right?
- Yeah.
It's deadly.
Eat that.
- What is it?
- It's like aspirin.
Whatever.
Where are we right now?
- I know, right?
- I'm a godmother.
You know, I punched a dude today.
That's a-- This is a bad idea.
It's very bad.
Very ba--