St. Elsewhere (1982–1988): Season 2, Episode 20 - Cramming - full transcript

Victor's spacey aunt comes to visit and has her eyes set on Dr. Westphall. White goes on trial for rape. Armstrong makes a fatal misdiagnosis. Everyone prepares for the National Boards.

Now, don't let that spoil
your dinner, OK, Tanya?

OK.

OK.

Look out, coming through!

Put her in number three.

Jenny, where is Dr Morrison?

Across the hall.

Jack, we need you!

BP is falling. She must've
swallowed the whole bottle.

OK, I'll be right with you. Jack,
wake up! Drug overdose. Come on!

When am I supposed to study?



You got two days until the boards,
right now we have to pump her out.

What do I do when I flunk
and get dropped from residency?

Come on, you won't flunk. Besides,
that's only one part of evaluations.

They're just cutting five residents.

One could be me.

You know, Dr Craig, with all
this uncertainty in the air

with the Board exams coming up,
I'm wondering...

Pacemaker.

We all know the residency programme
calls for a big cut at the end

of the first year.

And since you and I have probably
worked together more closely

than any other...

Two oral prolene, please.

I was just wondering if,
you know, off the record,



you might have some unofficial idea
of what my chances might be.

I hear you have been obnoxious
in surgery when I'm not around.

Obnoxious?

Insensitive comments, raunchy jokes,

offending the nurses
with your personality.

That's a good capture there.

I think you'll find as you go along,
that you'll never do really well

in surgery without the respect
of your colleagues in OR.

Wait, as I go along,
what do you mean?

Into the second year residency?

Not necessarily.

I mean, as you get older,

as you have different
professional experiences.

What do you mean?
At different hospitals?

Dr Craig, are you saying
I might not make the cut?

Don't do this to me, I've got
a lot of studying tomorrow.

Not to worry, Victor.

In my opinion, the Department Of
Surgery is critically understaffed.

Your opinion only counts
when we talk chutney.

Irrigation.

What I'm getting at is,
if I'm to make other plans,

it might be nice to have
a little advanced warning.

The life of a resident wasn't
designed to be nice, Ehrlich.

< It was designed to make sure
that you know

what you're doing
and that you respond under pressure.

I'm not complaining,
I'm was just hoping.

Stitch.

You realise, Victor? >

Dr Craig is just trying
to give you the business.

Kochar, keep your nose out
of the nitrous. And, Ehrlich,

I can't do your studying for you.

I can't write
a recommendation for you.

And I am only one
vote on the committee.

What you're saying is,
I'm not out of the woods.

Right.

Right.

Right.

You sure you want to do this?

If there's a chance it'll get me
off, I'll do anything.

Just remember,
the trial starts tomorrow.

The results of this test
automatically go to the jury,

whether you pass it or not.

I'm ready.

I'll be watching to make sure
he doesn't throw you any curves.

Please take a seat, Dr .

Please remain as still as possible.

Tell me a lie, Dr ,
don't answer truthfully.

Are you wearing a watch?

No. >

Now answer truthfully this time.
Are you wearing a watch?

Yes. >

Tell me a lie,
don't answer truthfully.

Did you graduate
from college in 1976?

No. >

Now, answer truthfully, did you
graduate from college in 1976?

Yes.

< Tell me a lie, don't answer
truthfully, have you taken pills,

< medication or narcotic
for the purpose of passing this test?

Yes.

Now, answer truthfully,
have you taken any pills,

medication or narcotic
for the purpose of passing this test?

No.

< Tell me a lie,
don't answer truthfully.

< Are you the one who raped
Cathy Martin?

Yes.

I've just taken over this case from
Dr Helfmann, who's away in New York.

All right, go ahead.

Well, Dr Helfmann suspected
pulmonary embolism.

Started him on heparin, IV.

How long ago was that?

72 hours. >

Mr Kremmins subsequently developed
in large abdominal hematoma

with associated nausea and vomiting.

For which Dr Helfmann
prescribed Compazine,

25 mg every six hours.

What about the twitching?

He's now experiencing
an oculogyric crisis,

origin unknown.

Indicating?

Central nervous system defect.

Metabolic?

Possible stroke in evolution.

Right.

I want you to order a CAT scan.

I have him down
for 11:30 this morning.

Mm-hm.

And get a cerebral arteriogram.

Yes, sir.

The next time you see signs
of a central nervous system defect,

I suggest you move a hell
of a lot faster, Doctor.

Yes, sir.

Mortality conference at six.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Oh, no thanks. I'm on the wagon.

Excuse me.

This is St Eligius, isn't it?

You said it.

It's hard to tell in the rain.

Listen, Cheryl, I am looking
for a doctor Victor Ehrlich.

You're Victor's aunt, right?

Right.

He's upstairs.
Should I page him for you?

That's a lot of trouble.

No, nothing to it.

Yeah, Lisa, this is Shirley.

Could you page Dr Ehrlich
and tell him his aunt is down in ER?

Right.

Thanks. He'll be here...

..in a jiffy.

(WHISPERS)

You said the man in the ski mask
knocked you down.

Yes.

Mm-hm. Had you pulled
the mask from his face by then?

I must have by then.

You don't remember?

You knew the exact time of day,
the colour of the mask, the kind

of coat he was wearing, yet you
don't remember what happened when.

I was terrified.

Uh-huh.

Hadn't you lost your temper
at Peter White that same morning?

Oh, he had ruined
some valuable slides.

That you had been working
on for a long time.

Yes.

In other words, you resented him
being reassigned to the morgue?

Not really. In fact,
I was glad to have more help.

Oh, I see, with all those handsome
doctors around St Eligius,

you were happy to finally have one
at your beck and call.

What? Objection.

He's putting words
in the witness's mouth.

Leading the witness, Mr Ashman.
Sustained.

Your Honour,
I am just trying to reconstruct.

Now he's baiting the witness.

Not at all. I'll allow it.

< Go on.

No.

How many other times have you had
sexual relations at the morgue?

That's none of your damn business!

Objection. This entire line
of questioning violates...

Sustained.

You're a little late, Mr Ashman.

Jury will disregard
Dr Martin's answer.

Why did you wait three weeks
to report it?

He said...

he'd kill me.

How come you changed your mind
and decided to accuse Dr White?

Because...

..I didn't want other women
to suffer...

..the way I have.

I have no further questions.

Have you been having
these fevers mostly at night?

Headaches, nausea.

Yeah, I have been feeling
awfully tired.

Have you had problems
with your eyes?

Any blurring or double vision?

Only when my kids start acting up.

I bet they're excited
about the baby.

Yeah, that's all they talk about.

OK, let me just listen here.

Can I see your hands, please?

We were moving some keypunch
equipment at work last week.

Patty, see if you can get her chart
from the prenatal clinic, OK?

Sure. Thanks.

Take her right over there.

Mrs Chambers?

Yes.

Wayne, could I talk to you
for a moment, please?

Sure. Excuse me.

Look, I've seen her a couple
of times in the prenatal clinic.

She is always coming up
with some new complaint.

She's your patient?

She's a clinic patient.

I happened to be on last week
when she came in for a check-up.

Did you see the splinter
haemorrhages under her nails?

No. Look,

she is mildly anaemic,

she probably hasn't taken
the iron pills they gave her.

What about the murmur
in the tricuspid valve?

I didn't hear it.

And the spots on her retina?

Look, we're getting stacked
up out there.

Take my word for it,
she's as healthy as you are.

You're probably right, but I'd like
to admit her for observation.

I'd appreciate it
if you'd get a consult.

Wendy, I realise your antsy
about testifying...

Yeah, wouldn't you be?

I haven't heard from the DA,
will they call me?

How am I supposed to know?
I'm no legal expert!

OK.

But I do know medicine.

OK.

What's the problem?

Nothing we can't handle.

Good, just cut out the bickering.

Look, she is a moaner, groaner and
there is no reason to tie up a bed.

Chronic hypochondriasis?

That's my diagnosis.

Fine, you covered your rear end,

that's always been
your greatest strength.

Aunt Charise?

Hello?

Leaving town before the boards?

I wish. Have you seen
my aunt Charise?

What does she look like?

She, um... You didn't see her,
you'd remember.

Ehrlich.

E-H-R-L-I-C-H.

Now, he's a wonderful doctor.

Do you know that when he was eight
he would take frogs apart

and sew them back together?

Do you know that once I took him
to this farm in Sonoma.

Well, there was this pig...

You should call a code.

Aunt Charise!

Victor!

Hi. I've been looking everywhere
for you. What's all this?

Mr Kopeski couldn't take
the excitement.

He's OK, he just fainted.

Get an ammonium capsule.

OK.

I was just telling him about your
childhood, about the frogs and all.

Victor, we should schedule
a session about the pig.

You told them about the pig?

Victor, it is so good to see you.

Yeah.

You are looking for me, Phil?

Yes, I'm just trying
to get on top of this case

I inherited from Dr Helfmann.

Frankly, I don't see
anything unusual.

But then you would know a lot
more about him than I do.

Have you had much experience
with iatrogenic diseases?

Unfortunately.

Doctor-caused illness
is far too common.

Well, I was going over all the lab
reports Dr Helfmann ordered.

It suddenly occurred to me that
every one of Mr Kremmins' symptoms

could also be a side effect
of the medication he was given.

Including the neurological problem?

He was given an awful lot
of Compazine.

100 mg over the past three days.

So, you could take him
off everything.

Yes. And run the risk that he could
easily kick into a stroke.

It is a tricky thing, Phil, but
no-one can do the thinking for you.

I'm afraid it's the kind of choice
you'll have to get used to making.

'Nurse Rowe, ER.
Nurse Helen Rowe, ER.'

What? It can't be that bad.

I've got Westphall and Auschlander
contradicting each other.

Both of them looking
over my shoulder.

Catch-22.

There's no way I can avoid
not looking bad to someone.

Relax, Phil,
you can always get a job running...

a carwash.

Have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honour.

Will the defendant please rise?

How do you find as to the defendant,
Peter ?

On the first count of rape,
we find the defendant not guilty.

On the second count of rape,
we find the defendant not guilty.

On the third count of rape,
we find the defendant not guilty.

On a single count of assault,
we find the defendant not guilty.

Case dismissed.

One for the books.

How did you do it?

Do what?

Criminal justice is a lot
like Donkey Kong, Dr White.

How come you didn't get hit
with the bricks?

Why do you think I wanted you
on my side this time after the way

you chopped me up in
the entrapment hearing?

I'm not saying I did
a lousy job here,

although the DA certainly did, not
even calling Fiscus to the stand.

The jury knew what it was doing.

They were also impressed
with the fact that you passed

the lie detector test.

How did you pull that off?

I read in a book somewhere that
it's the questions that set off

the involuntary response,
not the answers.

So, I just sat there and listened
to the questions very carefully...

..and then I told the truth.

Congratulations.

I wonder how you are going
to live with it.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Wendy, turn that thing off. >

I lost my appetite after
I testified, so I skipped lunch.

At least,
I'm not smoking or drinking.

Sugar fix.

Don't overdo it.

It was awful being on the stand.

Yeah.

That DA was pathetic.

He didn't even have
the medical records there.

Now that it's over,
I feel like a different person,

as if I'd been through
some sort of catharsis.

I'm glad I testified.

That's how I would like to feel,
different.

When I was a kid,
I had one thought in my head -

to get out of my hometown.

You see, medicine was going
to be my magic carpet.

Where did you grow up?

Tallahassee.

Not too many Asians there,
or girls with a lot of ambition.

I guess I didn't have
as many choices as other kids.

That's a dumb excuse, isn't it?

Wendy, take it easy on yourself.

I mean, I turned out great, right?

Yeah.

So, how come I don't feel so great?

If it's not one thing, it's another.

It is not rounds, it's ER

or some cry-baby patient
or tests or getting beat up.

Where does my satisfaction come in?

Stupid...stupid waste
of eight years. I'm fed up.

Did you ever want to be
anything else?

Don't laugh.

A dancer.

What happened?

'Dr Armstrong, 5542.
Dr Wendy Armstrong, 5542.'

I wasn't good enough.

How come?

Too fat.

And the kids called me tutu face.

Armstrong.

When?

No, I will be right there.

Watch that for me, would you?

Sure.

Hiya, Wendy.

Come on, come on!

Five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.

Let's get a better seal on the mask.
Suction.

Nine, ten, ll, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.

One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten, 11,

12, 13, 14, 15, 16.

Still blue, no response.

Annie, what happened?

Five, six, seven, eight.

Mrs Chambers went into spontaneous
labour 20 minutes ago.

You did a C-section?
What about the baby?

The baby is dead.

What if I call
Neonatal Intensive Care?

Wendy, we never even heard a cry.

Let's re-gown and glove,
get ready to close.

Why defend such a dumb mistake
when you're so obviously wrong?

Armstrong is a perfectionist.

I get it,
that's why she stonewalled me

after overlooking
half of Mrs Chambers' history.

Don't tell me
you never tried to cover your tracks.

I'm sick of Wendy. I mean, she is
more trouble than she's worth.

She's probably saying
the same thing about you.

'Mr Klein, utility room, 4 West.'

So, when Victor and I came
into the cafeteria,

and then I saw you across the room,
I nearly dropped my tray.

Do you remember our talk
at Victor's wedding?

How could I forget it?

I told Aunt Charise
about Roberta and I breaking up.

She came all this way
just to console me.

Some consolation(!)

Excuse me, you'll be
at the mortality conference?

Six sharp. That sounds awful.

Dr Westphall, this is
my aunt Charise from California.

Oh, nice to meet you.

Oh, please, join us.

Oh, boy. Thank you.

I don't remember you
from the wedding.

No, I'm afraid I couldn't make it,
I was stuck here at the hospital.

Oh. You know, they ended up getting
married in the emergency room.

You could have just come downstairs.

Are you married?

Aunt Charise, come on.

No, that's OK.
My wife died some time ago.

Oh, I am so sorry.

Well, listen, Aunt Charise
didn't get to see much

of the city last time.

With your schedule, she won't see
much of it this time either.

You know, I've lived in Boston most
of my life, it still surprises me.

I love surprises.

Well, I'm sure Dr Westphall
will be delighted to show you

some of the sights.

Really?

That would be wonderful.
You mean, like tonight?

Unfortunately, I won't be out
of here until 8:00 at least.

Oh.

I can wait.

Well, maybe if you had shown up
for the preliminary hearing,

they wouldn't have cut White's bail.

If there's one thing
I don't need right now

it's another cross-examination.

You'd think, with all the women
Peter had...

I know.

He's one of the last guys
I would've picked for a rapist.

You wouldn't defend him
if he hadn't done you a favour.

Such as?

Perjuring himself
in the entrapment case.

You came out of that all right.

Look, the cafeteria is
not a great place to discuss this.

Maybe White picked up
on your signals, Cathy -

body language, reputation.

You saying I led him on?

That's ridiculous.

You made it
with half the men here.

Including Wayne Fiscus.
Sorry I came between the two of you.

Cathy, take it easy.

No, I won't take it easy.

I wonder what you would've said
had Peter White asked you

to sleep with him.

I'd have said no.

No.

The autopsy results showed end-stage
cirrhosis with fibrotic regeneration

throughout the liver.

The cause of death -

massive haemorrhaging
from oesophageal varices.

Restricted to dietary sodium
and fluids?

Yes.

Why did Dr Penning
recommend vasopressin?

Because the Blakemore tube
didn't work.

The patient also suffered
from jandis, pleural effusion

and intermittent obstruction
of the bowel.

Questions?

Did you consider a cervical shunt?

The patient was 83 years old.

The risk of surgical mortality
was totally unacceptable.

I think that's very clear.

Anything else?
All right, thank you, Dr Wade.

Get the lights for us, please.

It never lets up, does it?

Uh-uh.

One more case to go.

This is our last mortality conference
before the National Boards.

It has been a long day,

I know it, and I know you all
want to get home and study.

Amen.

But I just wanted to wish you all
the very best of luck.

And I'm sure you're going to be
surprised at how much you now.

Dr Fiscus.

Chambers, baby boy,
delivered three months premature.

Apgar score, zero out of ten.

Infant succumbed
well before parturition.

Your initial diagnosis
on the mother was anaemia?

Well, not exactly.

It says so right here.

That was my diagnosis.

I saw Mrs Chambers
originally in the prenatal clinic.

Then Dr Fiscus dealt with her
for the first time yesterday?

That's right.

Well, when he picked up
on the tricuspid murmur in ER,

you didn't rethink?

I didn't hear the murmur.

You overlooked a history
of rheumatic fever and you

referred Mrs Chambers to a dental
clinic for chronic gingivitis.

It didn't seem that severe.

Oh, boy.

Something to contribute,
Dr Chandler?

No, sir.

Then, in short, Dr Armstrong, you
never acknowledged the possibility

of a genuine heart condition,

in this case,
infective endocarditus,

which crossed the placenta
and triggered premature labour.

I...

I...

To be honest, Mrs Chambers'
valve murmur was almost inaudible.

I must have big ears.

It hardly seems the time
for wisecracks.

I'm sorry.

I'm having trouble concentrating.
I was in court earlier today...

I think we all understand that,
Wendy.

The point is had you spotted her
condition earlier in the clinic,

she could have been put
on IV antibiotics.

And probably she'd still be
carrying that child.

Yeah.

(SOBS)

That's all.

That was fun(!)

I'm just glad none of my patients
died this week.

I'm telling you.
Let me ask you something.

If you had an instinct about a case,

even though you knew there was
nothing to back it up medically,

which way would you go?

I'd go by the book.

You're the last person
I ever thought would say that.

I know, me, too.

I don't like what this pressure
is doing to me.

I don't like what
it's doing to any of us.

Desperate to impress.

I know I would do anything
to be asked back next year,

especially after screwing up
all year long.

But what the...?

I'm going to go home
and take care of Pete. Good night.

Good night.

I am changing Mr Kremmins'
medication order.

I want neuro checks every half hour.

And I am taking him off everything,
starting right now.

I tell you what, give me A through H,
you take I through P.

And we'll leave the rest for Daniel.

Fine.

That way he gets
Peter 's folder.

Mm. We'll trade around
over the weekend

and make the cut decisions
on Monday.

KNOCKING

Yes, come in.

Well, hello again.

Hi. Boston At Night.

I thought you might be able to give
me a few pointers on where to go.

I have the perfect suggestion(!)

I just mean that Victor, you know,
is busy, you're busy...

I'm busy.

Yeah, so I thought I might just try
a night on the town by myself.

Well, I would love to show
you around,

but I'm going to be home
with my kids.

Come on, Donald,
what's the big deal?

Put another TV dinner in the oven.

That's funny cos, you now,

I love TV dinners. What time?

8:30.

Oh, 8:30 is perfect.
That's just perfect. OK.

8:30, yeah.

I'm so excited! I'm so excited!

Bye.

One suggestion,

lock the liquor cabinet.

Hi. You look terrific.

Why, thanks, I feel terrific.

No more regrets about having
a breast implant?

Yeah, there are some. But do you
want to know something, Michael?

After everything
I've been through,

I feel like I can get through
anything else blindfolded.

Well, it's good to have you back
at your battle station.

Thanks.

See you later. Yeah.

Yeah, can I help you?

Hi, Helen.

Have you seen Jack Morrison?

I think he went to Oncol.

Peter.

They acquitted me.

Are you serious?

Even heard it on the radio.

The assault charge, too?

The whole shooting match.

Now, there's still some creep
running around out in the city

that deserves to be shot,
but it's a big city.

In other words,
Wendy and Cathy are both...

Don't expect me
to forgive those two.

I mean, somebody raped them,
all right, but it wasn't me.

Well, I don't know what to say,
Peter.

I mean, I'm glad.
You had a really rough time.

It has been one raw deal
after another.

But finally, finally something
has turned out all right.

Well, I got to get cracking.

I've got boards tomorrow
just like everybody.

Yeah.

Be happy for me, man. Come on.

I'll see you later.

OK.

Donald.

What's up?

I want you to see something.

Do you recall a case in rounds this
morning, a patient of Chandler's.

Mr Kremmins, some sort
of central nervous system defect.

It's quite remarkable.

So it was the Compazine.

And the heparin before that.

What about the chest pain?

Chandler had some new films taken.

Apparently,
he cracked rib in a fall last week.

Keeps you humble, doesn't it?

Sure does.

This morning I chewed
Phil out over Mr Kremmins' treatment

look how it turned out.

The man could have been patched up
with adhesive tape

and he damn near has a stroke.

Good thing Phil Chandler
saw it for what it was.

At times a young doctor
can show us the way.

Thank heaven, three faces looking
forward to their evening.

Vijay has convinced us,

we're going to try a new Indian
restaurant in Braintree he swears by.

Shrimp vindaloo,
the best in New England.

That's not saying much, is it?

I guess everyone else
is hitting the books tonight.

Count your blessings.

Uh-huh. Good night.

Have a good time.

When I was a resident, there were
fewer than 1,500 diagnostic tests,

now there are more than 15,000.

Uh-huh. Some of them invaluable.

Like the one that could have saved
Dora Chambers' baby.

I'm just saying, there's a tendency
to rely too much on technology.

To misuse it, I do it myself.

Our residency programme reflects
that bias, don't you think?

Of course it does, and frankly,
we don't have any choice.

I was looking for you.

Why?

Well, I know you both thought
I was guilty.

Now the trial is over,

I wanted to let you know
there are no hard feelings.

That's big of you(!)

Well, with evaluations coming up,

I just wanted to make sure
I got a clean shot.

I mean, I'm innocent.

And it's only fair.

You are entitled to
the benefit of the doubt.

That's what I wanted to hear.

Good night.

Cut the crap, Jack!

I mean, you're his real good buddy,
aren't you?

You probably welcomed him
back with a big kiss.

'..shortly after midnight

'and reportedly blew out
windows as far as two blocks away.

'Tensions have been high
in this neighbourhood

'and it's likely a curfew
will once again be enforced.

'In an effort to prevent
those incidents of violence,

'senior officials said plans
call for disengagement.'

Hey, Dad, don't do that,
I'll get it later.

All right.

She sure talks a lot, doesn't she?

Yeah.

Hi. >

So, where was I?

Ah...um...

Could I have just a touch more wine?
Just a touch.

Sure.

Oh, perfect.

OK...

So, my advice to Victor

every time he wrote
or called was...

shop around.

Right.

Look before you leap.

Absolutely.

But he didn't listen.

No.

No wonder the marriage was a bust.

Right?

Coffee, Dad?

Yes, thank you. How about you?

Oh, no. This is just fine.

Really just fine, really.

Besides, I'm not driving
or anything like that.

Oh, Lizzie.

Oh, Lizzie, dinner was fantastic.

Thanks.

Thank God for that one.

She really holds down the fort.
For the next few months, anyway.

Then what?

Oh, I start Vassar in the fall.

Oh, Lizzie!

How good!

What happens to the fort?

I guess I manage by myself.

Tommy is asleep, is he?

Yeah.

I'm all alone in California.

Well, if I had my way,
I'd hang onto everything I have,

keep my life just the way it is.

But I have no choice,
kids grow up and they leave,

and that's the way
it's supposed to be.

So, I guess we just enjoy them
while we can.

Does that mean I have to go
do the dishes now?

Uh-huh.

No.

That's lovely.

That's really lovely.

Could you excuse me
for a few minutes, please?

Sure.

You know I change my mind, Dad?

About what, pal?

I know I said you should date more,

maybe that's not such
a good idea after all.

All right.

Let's see.
Budd-Chiari syndrome.

Budd Chiari,
lousy knuckleballer for the Mets.

Shh. Signs are jaundice,
splenomegaly, ascites.

Clinical signs may include
a prominent caudate lobe.

Perfect. You get the Cy Young award.

My turn.

Your turn.

All right, get this one right
and you make MVP.

Paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia,
please.

Thanks, Victor.

OK. Heart rate, 160 up to 240.

Occurs after mild cardio infarction.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
or mitral valve prolapse.

Preventative drugs are quinidine,
lidocaine and, um...

Try disopyramide.

And don't forget digitalis.

Dr Craig. We're doing a little
last-minute cramming.

Well, if you don't know it now,
Ehrlich, you never will.

I guess we figured you can always
pick something up last-minute.

Well, you can never tell
about the National Boards.

When I went in for mine in '63,
I was edgy as hell.

When I came out, I was positive that
I accidentally skipped one box

and filled in every answer wrong.

No! Did you?

No, no. In fact, I missed only one
question on the entire test.

Do you remember the subject?

How could I forget? Amnesia.

Well, don't stay up too late.

You are due in 8:30 sharp.

Good night.

Good night.

That was nice. I feel better.

I don't.

Amnesia...

'This concludes the broadcast day...'

TOILET FLUSHING

I wish I could have driven you.

Victor, it's nearly 9 o'clock,
you've got a test to take.

I worry about you in airports.

I've got it all worked out.

Hey, Victor. Oh, I loved
seeing you so much again.

I love you, too,
I just wish I had more time.

For once, Victor, will you
please shut up. Now come here.

What?

Come here!
I have a confession to make.

What, now?

Victor, remember when
your mother and father died

and you came to live with me
in Sonoma?

Sure.

Think back to the morning

when the man in the white suit
woke you up.

The guy with the skinny moustache?

Yeah, Ramon.

And later on when you
asked me who he was?

You said the milkman. Wasn't he?

In a way.

Ramon wasn't the only milkman.

That's who all those guys were
coming in and out?

I thought you had bad luck
with appliances.

Why lay this on me now?

Victor, look,
last night taught me a big lesson.

I mean, there I was having
dinner at Dr Westphall's house

and I broke my promise to myself,
I got drunk.

And I acted as if he were just
another good-looking guy.

And then when I got back to
the hotel, I said to myself,

"Oh, my God, I've wrecked
Victor's chances."

Aunt Charise, please don't say any
more, I'm teetering on the brink.

So, I apologise.

I don't want to spoil
your future at St Eligius,

that's why I'm going home.

But you'll come again soon?

We have to live our own lives,
Victor.

I mean, meeting once a year
maybe is bad enough.

Oh, Aunt Charise, come on.

Now you listen to me,
you must stop thinking of me

as the person who just tucks
you in and makes you cocoa.

And one more thing,
you quit moping around.

And you just whoop it up!

Meaning what?

Meaning Roberta.

Roberta was great for a while,

but there are a lot of other
wonderful girls out there.

So, stop feeling sorry for yourself.

OK, OK, bye-bye.

And Victor,
you just remember one more thing.

As we speak,
your life is nearly half over.

Now get moving.

I will.

You, too!

Bye.

Bye.

You will have exactly four hours
for the morning section

of the exam, with a 20 minute break
at 10:15.

Books down there, please.

Name?

Victor Ehrlich.

Seat 23.

23.

On this separate answer sheet
provided, you will note that

each question number is followed
by five small rectangles.

Using any standard number two pencil,

blacken the rectangles
that correspond to the answer

or answers you have chosen.

Please be sure that you
totally fill the rectangles

and that your erasures
are clean and complete.

Do not break the seal
until I give the signal.

Any questions?

Begin.