St. Elsewhere (1982–1988): Season 3, Episode 14 - Whistle, Wyler Works - full transcript

HIP-HOP BREAKBEAT PLAYS LOUDLY

Bobbity-Boo?

Can someone turn that music down?

MUSIC VOLUME REDUCES

Is there a Mr Bobbity-Boo here?

Hey, man. You can call me Bibbity.

How do you break dancers
come up with these names?

Disney, man, Disney.

OK, so what's the problem?

Well, I didn't warm up properly.

Then I locked when I
should have popped.



All right, follow me.

So, I feel lousy!

It's the flu, I'll get over it.

It's not that simple, Mr Brachman.

Your test results indicate
you have pneumonia.

We want to make sure
that the infection

doesn't get
into the bloodstream.

You going to do a gram stain?

Ah, no, Elliot, you are
going to do a gram stain.

And I want procaine
penicillin, 0.69 units, IMBID.

I'll be a lot better off at home.

Don't worry, we haven't
lost a patient all week.

So, how was your vacation?

Gram stain, Elliott.



Excuse me. We do not buy
blood at this hospital.

Eliott!

Some sick woman needs to speak
to a doctor. Do know you any?

Er, my husband's still in there.

Mrs Brachman.

I promise you, when a
doctor's available,

they'll be with you shortly.

That music's driving me crazy.

The shunt provided easier
access for dialysis,

but it was clogged.

So this time we've put an AV
fistula into his forearm.

His creatinine is 14.9.

VUN is 92.
Potassium...

Who do you think Craig will
pick for the transplant team?

I know where the
smart money will be.

On me, of course.

Dr Auschlander.

Yes, Tshalla.

Have you seen Dr Wyler?

He's gone to Boston General on
business. He'll be back shortly.

Is there anything I can do for you?

Could you bring me some
postcards of Old Ironsides?

I think that can be arranged.

I'd like to send them
to my friends back home.

In case I don't
get to see the ship myself.

We're doing everything we can.

I am most grateful.

I'm exhausted. I got to get
to on call and get some sleep.

So, Jacqueline, how was your
rotation of the loony bin?

Very interesting, actually.
You'd fit right in.

Welcome back to the
world of real medicine.

Do you think you're
going to get the nod?

You can count on it, pal.

Over the heart transplant,

my solo on the colon ulcer
during the nurses' strike,

how can Craig ignore a
track record like that?

What competition do I have?

Urine output is less
than 100cc a day.

If we don't find a donor fast,
we're going to lose that boy.

I've been badgering the organ
procurement programme,

but we haven't been able to get an
HOA match that's even close.

Mark, who's going to be
assisting me in surgery?

Well, I'd like
Dr Wade to back you up, Donald.

Assuming of course she's
interested in the assignment?

Of course.
I'd be delighted.

Good.

So now all we have to do is wait
and hope for a donor.

HIP-HOP BREAKBEAT MUSIC PLAYS

Are you Mrs Brachman?

Mary. Yes.

I'm Dr Chandler.

I admitted your husband.
He probably has bacterial pneumonia.

Do you mind if we go outside?

Er, watch your brother.

HEART MONITOR BEEPS

Nothing more you can do for her?
Nothing at all?

No, her EEG's been
flatlined for days.

The machines are more for her
parents' benefit than hers.

Gives them time to
prepare for the inevitable.

I wonder....

Does the soul depart
when the will flickers out?

Can we trick it into
staying a while with these machines?

Or does it matter?

You're a ghoul, you
know that, Wyler!

You're like a
vulture circling overhead

waiting for my little girl to die.
What's he doing in here?!

I came to see if there was anything
I could do for Nancy or for you.

Yeah?

Well, I'm not going to pull the plug
on my little girl

to save that African kid
of yours, do you understand?

That's not why I'm here.

Look at her, all you
can see is spare parts.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Please understand I'm not here to
make things more difficult for you.

I don't need your sympathy.
Get him out of here.

Mr Kemp.

My wife and I were never
blessed with children.

That's why my hope
and dreams for the future

are in everyone else's children.

I'm sorry about your daughter.

Oh, thank you.
Thank you very much. There we go.

Hey, Boomer,

wake up.
Boomer, wake up, wake up.

There you go.

Boy, no wonder your
girlfriend moved out,

you look terrible when you get up.

What are you doing in here?

The nurse told me
this is where you hang out.

Is something wrong?

No, just wanted to make sure you told
that plastics guy I wanted to see him

and I brought this back for you.

Where was that?
I've been looking all over.

Well, you parked it
in my room yesterday.

Thank you.

Who's Gill? Your sister?

What?

Well, the letter in there from
Gill somebody or other.

Two kids and a jerk husband named Ned

who's maybe having an
affair with his boss.

Now, you take my advice, you
dump the chump like a hot rabbit.

You went through my things?

Big deal.

Clean socks, boxer shorts, baby junk,

a couple of MTA tokens,
the letter was the good part.

You had no right.

Well, I was bored, I can't get
Wink Martindale on my TV.

What is wrong with you?

Hiatal hernia, you said so yourself.

That letter was private.

Oh, easy, I was curious.

Yeah, you're also rude
and inconsiderate.

You've done nothing but
complain and make fun of me.

Oh, come on.

(SOBBING)

Look, you don't care
about anybody but yourself.

You're a patient, I have to take
care of you, I don't like you.

Morning, Marc. Marcy?

I thought I actually saw my mother

standing at the stove cooking
breakfast. That's impossible, right?

Very funny. How many slices of
bacon do you want?

Never touch it, ingesting nitrates
is slow suicide, Nurse Rosenthal.

Hi, darling. Scrambled eggs OK?

I'll just have cereal.
Marcy, that's my bowl!

Bye, Mom.

Where do you think you're going?

I'm late for work.

No, no, no, no, come on, sit down.

You can sit with the rest of
us just for a minute, come on.

Darren! Jimmy!

Isn't this nice?

So, what's the occasion?

Can't we enjoy each other's company?

I'm late.

Mom, why the family summit?

I thought it would be nice if we all
went to Nantucket for the weekend.

Mom!

I thought you kids liked Nantucket?

In the summer, yeah. But they roll
up the sidewalks after Labor Day.

You can't get a tan in this weather.

Maybe freezer burn.

Jimmy's hogging the bathroom
again as usual.

Mum's making us go to
Nantucket this weekend.

No way, I've got a date
with Lou Robinson.

Cancel it, you're too young to
date anyway. Have some bacon.

Mum, doing a big family number
isn't going to bring Ira back.

He's moved out for good.

I know that. We're a family,
damn it,

and it's about time we
all started acting like one.

Even if it kills us, right?

Marcy, you are not helping.

Can I go now before I get fired?

Can you give me a ride to school?

OK, we've got to hurry.

Drive carefully. Goodbye, darling.

Give us a kiss.

Got to run.

Young lady, you are going
to meet me at the hospital.

What for?

I think we should have
a little chat over lunch.

I just lost my appetite.

Morning.

What's for breakfast? I'm starving.

Two dozen, scrambled.

They're all yours.

Great!

I got down here
as soon as I could, Chuck,

there was a lot of construction
at the state line.

You didn't have to come down here,

I'll be getting out of here
tomorrow.

I was so worried when you didn't
call, I called the dispatchers...

I didn't want to upset you,
that's all. Where's Donny?

At school.
My mother's taking care of him.

Good.

What happened? You look terrible.

Just a touch of the flu,
it's nothing serious.

Flu? My husband has a history
of denying illness.

He had mono for two months,
he never told me.

Dr Chandler, this is my wife.

Your wife?

Heidi.

Heidi.

Hi, my name's Dennis Coller,

I'm looking for a gentleman
I believe works on this floor,

his name is Luther Hawkins.

Oh, thanks very much. Mr Hawkins?
Luther Hawkins?

Yeah, yeah.

I'm Dennis Coller.
I got your name

from the paramedics training
programme that you've attended.

I've been trying to
find you ever since.

It's a shame
you missed my office hours.

Yeah. I've heard good things about
you from some key employees here

and your teachers at
the night school.

Well...

Maybe you'll let me tell
you something about myself.

No, let me guess. You were
born in a log cabin so small

that your dog had to wag
his tail up and down.

And your daddy had to spit reels
to put you through prep school.

No, actually I'm an admissions
officer for Carrollton University.

You see, at Carrollton
we believe

that some people
in the healthcare field

know as much as the
MDs that they work for.

And we also believe that
just because a guy like you

didn't have all the opportunities,
that's no reason

to keep you from being a doctor.

Wait a minute, wait a minute,
how do you get an MD after your name

without going to med school?

Well, you don't have to go to
law school to become a lawyer.

All you have to do
is pass the bar exam.

Oh, and your trying to tell me that
medicine's the same way?

Exactly. By using the knowledge that
you've picked up in the field

you can skip those first two
years of basic science,

move right into your
two years of clinical studies.

Where is this place?

Our campus is located on
St Andrew's Island in the Caribbean.

And this is all legal?

Yeah. 100%.

You think it over.

I could be a doctor?

I'll be in touch.

Luther Hawkins MD.

Morning, Dr Westphall.

Morning, Dr Hawkins.

Dr Wyler.

I didn't want you to
think that my husband was...

I know what you must have thought.

Well, he was angry and rightfully so.

I would be too if I thought someone
was waiting for my child to die.

Well, you must understand,
it's just been difficult

for my husband, for both of us.

The doctors tell us
that Nancy's dead

and then I can see her chest moving
up and down when she's asleep,

and it's just hard to believe
she's never going to wake up.

I would like to see the boy,
if that'd be all right?

Sure.

The machine cleans his blood
because his kidneys can't.

Oh, wow. Tshalla.

That's a pretty name.

Thank you, ma'am.

And you're a handsome boy.

They say I look like my father.

He must be very worried about you?

I told my parents
not to be concerned.

Dr Wyler takes very good care of me.

Well, you get your rest.

Yes, ma'am.

There's no-one else?

No. Time is running out.

Take the kidney.

Do whatever you have to.

No, no, I can't do it
against your husband's wishes.

No, I'll make him understand.

Our daughter's dead.

Mr Brachman, your
test results indicate

you have an abscess cavity
in your right lung.

Now what I want to do,
I want to perform a bronchoscopy

to maintain drainage
from the infected lobe.

Be firm with him, doctor,
he's impossible when he gets sick.

Chuck, I drove all the way
down here without eating,

is there a snack bar in this place?

First floor.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

No, Heidi.
You go back to Manchester,

I'll let him do whatever
he's got to do.

Don't worry, I'm going to be fine.

Do you want anything while I'm
downstairs?

No.
Doctor?

No. Thank you.

How did you wind up with two wives?

Because of my work, I was spending
a lot of time up in Manchester.

That's where I met Heidi.

She was playing duck pins in the
lane next to me. It was true love.

You and Mary had tied the knot?

Five wonderful years
of nuptial bliss.

I proposed to Heidi on
Mary's and my wedding anniversary.

Why did you marry Heidi?
Why didn't you have an affair?

I happen to believe in
marriage, Dr Chandler,

and I wanted Heidi to be my wife.

Why didn't you get
a divorce from Mary?

And ruin a beautiful relationship?

Besides, what God had
joined together...

No man put asunder.

Mr Brachman, what you're
doing is against the law.

Monogamy is cruel and inhumane.
Brings out the worst in people.

If Henry VIII had been allowed to
have more than one wife

he wouldn't have had to
execute the old wives.

I think you're crazy.

You got any brothers and sisters?
Yeah.

Does your mother
love each one of you?

Then why can't you believe

I could love both of those
women with all of my heart?

Yeah.

OK.

Dr Auschlander, can I
talk to you for a moment?

Certainly.

There's a guy around here
that's been handing these out.

This looks like it's
for a medical school.

He says it's some
kind of rush programme.

Most foreign medical schools
are perfectly legitimate.

Others are little more
than diploma mills.

Well, you see, I've been
taking courses at night

and I have a year towards my
paramedic licence already.

Yes but, Luther, for med school

you'd certainly need
a college degree first.

He says that they have some kind of
special credit for life experience.

Unfortunately, it
doesn't work that way.

The field of medicine
has endless checks and tests.

There are no shortcuts
to becoming a doctor.

Let me know the next time you
see this guy, I want to talk to him.

I want to check out his story.

This whole thing sounds fishy to me.

That's what I was afraid of.

You're early.

Listening for echoes.

I beg your pardon?

Every room carries the
spirit of everyone who ever lived,

worked or died there.

You believe that?

No.

But some of my patients do.

Actually, I'm
terrified of the operation.

I thought maybe if
I could get familiar

with every corner of this room
I'd feel more comfortable.

Dr Wyler, I've been involved
in dozens of kidney transplants.

The technology's been honed down
to a fairly routine procedure.

Oh, not for me.

At this point I'd be much more
at home with tribal ritual.

Well, I'm sure if I was in your
clinic, I'd feel out of place.

From what I've seen, the way you
run St Eligius, you'd fit right in.

We're both understaffed
and underfinanced.

But what you've accomplished is
truly remarkable.

That's much overblown to the press.

There's no master plan,
there can't be.

I do it one day at a time.

I guess we aren't
much different, are we?

Because no matter
what continent we're on,

the force of life
remains inexplicable.

Of course, your technology is
far superior than mine.

It's one of the reasons I'm here,
to learn everything I can,

take the knowledge back with me.

I don't see what I could possibly...

I've never used halothane

or an arterial monitor
during surgery.

No, I understand that.

This equipment's very expensive.

At this point in my life,

raising money is much easier than
overcoming my ignorance.

You can help an
old country doctor out.

How?

Teach me.

The university I represent
is totally on the level.

Not to me. Medical degrees
shouldn't be given away

like dolls at a county fair,
they must be earned.

Yes, but why should the
medical profession mandate

a certain course of study if our
students can pass the med boards?

Doctors have to do more than
be able to pass a test.

Medical school's a preparation.

Teaches the use of instinct,
operating under stress,

rapport with patients, all
qualities that cannot be measured.

I respect your opinion,
Dr Auschlander,

but you see, we also offer
underprivileged people,

who can't afford
a four-year programme,

the opportunity
to join the medical profession.

Medicine exists to heal the sick,
not provide job opportunities.

Still, we are doing nothing wrong.

I intend to do everything I can

to see that your
accreditation is withdrawn.

Now, get out of this hospital.

Before you get too carried away,
Dr Auschlander,

you'd better look around you.

One of your residents is
an alumnus of our school.

Who?

So long, Doctor.

He's a fighter, isn't he?

Amazing he's lasted this long.

Tshalla's been through a lot when
you consider the malnutrition,

those bouts with malaria
and diarrhoea.

This is one of those times

where an eye can tell us
as much as a machine.

If the new kidney
is properly attached,

you'll see it turn pink as the
blood is allowed to move through it.

Pink, nice colour.

I've never seen a clamp like that.

Big, isn't it? Satinsky clamp.

we're using it for
better vascular control.

How long have these clamps been on?

15 minutes.

We try to keep the ischemia
time down to a minimum.

Don't want the vessels
clamped off for more than an hour.

His blood pressure's going down.

I know, I'm pressing
on the vena cava.

It's rising.

His fingernails are pale.

Believe me, I don't want
to step on any toes

but, to me, that's always been
an indication of a lack of oxygen.

More oxygen, Vijay.

Has there been any progress
in combating malaria, Dr Wyler?

Almost none. A million Africans
die of it every year.

I understood that
some researchers at NYU

had come close to
synthesising a vaccine.

Even if they succeed,
the cost of producing the vaccine

would be in the billions,
who's going to pay for it?

Certainly not the African Nations

where even a mosquito net
is a luxury.

Is this the last connection?

Hathaway.

This is the third and last
anastomisis,

artery to artery, vein to vein,
urethra to bladder.

We're not out of the woods yet,

but we are approaching
the moment of truth.

Pink.

Pink.

Pink as a damn sunrise.

Chuck looks worse, Doc.

Well, he's not responding
to the antibiotics.

I've changed his medication.

Dr Chandler, how's Charles?
He's not any better, is he?

Hi.

Hello.

Are you here for a consult?

Yes, what can you tell me?

Oh, you first, you're the doctor.

No, I'm not.

Do you know what's going on here?

No, no, it's none of my business.

What's not?

Mrs Brachman?

BOTH: Yes.

I don't know how
to tell this to you.

Mrs Brachman, I want you
to meet Mrs Brachman.

Your husband's
married to both of you.

Poor Chuck.

You poor dear.

Goodbye.

Mrs...!

She's killing my husband.

Mrs Brachman, will you
please step outside, please.

What am I going to do?

Craig left me off the team
for the kidney transplant.

Relax, you're still
the surgical resident.

Wanna bet? He picked
Jacqueline Wade over me -

a woman who was banished to
the sixth floor last month

because he said she was cut happy.

There's nothing Craig enjoys
more than a repentant sinner.

It's cos you've got the jitters
over that exploding bullet.

I should never have
told him I was nervous.

You actually told Craig
you were nervous?

Craig isn't exactly the kind of guy
you want to pour your heart out to.

My goose is cooked.

That's it! Dinner.

I haven't even had lunch yet.

No, invite Craig for dinner.
After drinks

and a gourmet meal, he'll
be your best friend.

What a great idea.

And splurge, ask Mrs Craig
to come along, too.

You think?
I don't want to be too pushy.

For someone who's got
the mind of a corporate monkey,

you really have no idea
on how to climb the tree.

Mrs Hufnagel.

What is it now? They just
got done checking under the hood.

Who are you anyway?
Another med student?

Dr Caldwell. Hello.

You look kinda young.

I've got a message from Dr Morrison
about a little plastic surgery.

Oh, you're the tuck and lift man.

Yep. What can I
do for you, Mrs Hufnagel?

Florence. Well, since I'm in here

I thought maybe I could have
a little work done on my face.

You know, like Phyllis Diller,

take away the luggage under
the eyes and reduce the chin.

What for? I think you
have a very nice face.

You do?

Well, when I was in skirts
I was quite a hit.

I can imagine.

Yeah, during WW2 I had about
a dozen guys sending me v-mail,

including Mr Hufnagel -
may he boil in St Petersburg.

But anyway, see I met this man,
Murray, and he's an entertainer.

You know there are a lot of
babes in show business

and I'd kinda like to
keep him interested.

How old are you, Florence?

61. I add a little in the rinse.

I'll tell you something,

things like time,
experience, wisdom,

they all leave their
imprint on the face.

Give you character.
A special kind of beauty

you don't see much of
in those fashion magazines.

I can erase the slate, sure,

but I'd also be taking
away some of that beauty.

You mean, you think I
shouldn't redesign the package?

No.

I'd bet Murray doesn't, either.

Remember it's not the box that
counts, it's the cornflakes.

I like the way you talk.

You think it over and
let me know, all right?

But, for me,
I wouldn't change a thing.

Now you get well, Florence.

Thank you.

Bye, now.

Hey. Why's everybody
so upset at Florence?

Florence?

Mrs Hufnagel.

She's got the soul
of a motorcycle gang.

I thought she was pleasant.

Pleasant?

Maybe she's really sick.

Hello, Mrs Hufnagel.

Hi!

Amscray!

She's not sick.

This must stir up a lot of memories
for you being back in Boston?

It was so long ago,
I'm not sure my memories are real.

My wife, she's buried here, you know?

Danny and I are going out
to the cemetery later on.

One thing I remember for sure

and that's strapping on skates,

and carving up the ice on Frog Pond.

Ice is often on my
mind in the jungle.

You can still skate on Frog Pond.

Dr Westphall.

Yes, I'm right here.

Tshalla's BP's bottoming out.

Damn it!
Blood in at the drain and catheter.

Back on the table right now.

What is it?

He's haemorrhaging.

Dr Craig, have I ever really
told you how much I appreciated...?

Yes.

..the wedding reception
you and Mrs Craig gave us?

It was a high point of mind marriage,
food poisoning and all.

I hope there's a point to all this.

You two are so wonderful, you
deserve an evening of fine cuisine,

romantic atmosphere, soft music.

Believe it or not, we've had a few

in the six months
since your wedding.

I'd like you to take you out
to dinner. To say thanks.

Hey, how about next week?

You're out of your mind.

More suction.

Donald, could Tshalla be bleeding
from his arterial anastomosis?

That's entirely possible, Doctor,

but we have to have adequate
distal and proximal control

before we start
throwing sutures in there.

Retractor.

Doctor.

We'll have to pass the
anastomosis with impra graft.

What's that?

It's a synthetic grafting
material used in arterial bypass.

Suction.

Are you going to release
the Satinsky clamp?

As soon as haemostasis is achieved.

Doctor, I'll answer all your
questions later on

but right now you're in my way.

All right. Here it is.

Rupture on the suture line between
the donor's renal artery

and Tshalla's hypogastric artery.

It looks repairable.
The kidney still appears functional.

No, I don't trust the man.

So I heard this clown, Coller,

got caught giving out degrees
and suntan oil.

Is this that med school
in the Bahamas?

University of Snorkelling.
What's in a degree anyway?

I spent two years at Berkeley
trying to figure the connection

between drinking 12 beers
and throwing up.

I never got sick,
I'm never hung over.

That's because you don't drink,
quarterback.

I hear Auschlander's on the warpath.

Maybe I shouldn't ask his advice.

I've got this patient
with two wives.

Hey, that's big-o'-me.

And that's a very old joke, Doctor.

Do the two women
know about each other?

Yeah, they do now,
I had to tell them.

You blew the man's cover?

Phil's not the kind
of guy that kisses and tells.

That's not what I hear.

They're nice people, too.

I just feel sorry for them.

I feel sorry for me.

Got problems?

Nothing unusual. My career's
circling the drain. Gotta go.

See you later.

Do you think there'll be an inquiry?

No, I didn't tell the police.

No, I mean about this
suspect medical school?

I hope so. How would
you like to find out

the guy taking out your spleen got
his degree from the Post Office?

Mail order?

Send in the box tops.

Can't believe
anyone would be that stupid.

I'd better go and check
on Mr Brachman and wives.

You really think it's wrong?

Jack, you're a doctor,
what do you think?

It's how I got my degree.

How's Tshalla doing?

He's got a tough recovery
in front him.

Doctor, I'm sorry I snapped at you.

No apology necessary.

I'd be glad to discuss
the procedure with you now.

Later. I'd like to stay with
Tshalla for a bit, if it's all right?

Sure.

Dr Westphall, I wanted to
be the one to tell you.

Tell me what?

Carrollton University Medical
School used to be in Mexico.

Jack, excuse me,
I've been in surgery all day,

would you mind filling
in on what you're talking about?

I didn't get accepted to a med
school here in the States

so I took a job doing research
for pharmaceutical training.

Carrollton offered a
two-year programme

but when I got there
I found I could accelerate.

So since I had other training,
I took the test...

How long were you at this place?

Six months.

You got two years' credit
in six months?

I had to take the test and the
boards, I had the background.

Doesn't make you a doctor, Jack.

Dr Westphall, I didn't realise...

Could you excuse us
for a minute, please? Thank you.

I didn't realise what
I was doing was wrong.

Jack, if it were practical
to train a doctor

in that amount of time,
don't you think we'd do it?

Why the hell didn't you tell me?

You owe me that much at least

for fighting to keep you
here for a second year.

I wasn't... I was afraid you'd
be disappointed in me.

Yes, I'm disappointed,
what the hell do you think?

Well, there must be some way
to straighten this out,

I mean something you can do?

The mistakes you made here.

The misdiagnoses.

I believed it was because
you were doing your best

to function under tremendous
personal pressure.

Now it seems
all the errors you made

were the result of a grossly
inadequate medical education.

If I had the power, I'd
suspend you, you know that?

Well, I'd like to continue with the
educational part of my residency

but I'll take myself off cases.

That's a damn good idea.

'Just because a patient
has cable TV in his room

'doesn't mean you can hang out
and watch movies till all hours.

'Do keep the number of visitors
down to two people at a time.

'And don't expect the patient...'

Nurse tells me you're
refusing your antibiotics.

Mr Brachman,

now listen to me, please.

You're going to
have to keep this on.

No.

Look, we're finally starting
to get your infection...

I said "no". I don't care any more.

I'm sorry about what's
going on with your wives.

Now, I had no other choice.

I didn't owe you an explanation.
But I took you into my confidence.

And I was wrong.

Well, you hurt a lot of people.

Your self righteous attitude has
cost me my children and my wives.

Look, at least you're
getting your health back.

Oh, my family means
everything to me.

I love each one of them
and if I can't be with them

then I don't care about being alive.

Besides, when I die, Heidi and Mary
could split the insurance money.

'Mary Elizabeth Swinton 6162.

'Mary Elizabeth Swinton 6162.'

Mom, who's the chubby guy
with the big peepers?

Doctor Axelrod, he's a first year.

He's kinda cute.

Is he?

So, about this morning.

Marcy, I really need your help
getting the family through this.

You're the oldest and the rest
of the kids look up to you.

I've had the most
experience with divorce.

Ira called today. Wanted to know
which laundry I take his shirts to.

Ira never was a brain trust, was he?

Did you ever like any of my
husbands after your father?

Sullivan was OK,
except for his jokes.

Seinfeld was at a little
too orthodox for my taste.

And the only thing Ira and I
had in common was being primates.

I loved each of them
in their own way

but I never seemed to get it
together all at the same time.

What about this new guy?

Richard Clarendon?

He smokes a pipe.

Strike one.

He's intelligent.

Has a sense of humour.

Wise.

Bald.

Toupe?

No.

Well, it evens the score.

If he's good in bed,
he's got it all. Is he?

I'm not going to answer that.

Why not? Don't get
all tweaked about this,

I'm not asking for
seedy details, I was...

What is it, Elliot?

Have you given Mrs Sugretty
her four o'clock medication?

No.

Why not?

Maybe cos it's 2.30.

That's right. Thanks.

Sure.

It was certainly nice meeting you.

Yeah.

Marcy?

Two years ago when
you were living with Ben

and things started to fall apart,

did I ask you a lot of questions,
or did I just welcome you back home?

Mom, I just want to know if this
guy Clarendon makes you happy.

He does.

Well, then don't worry
about the home front,

I'll give you all the help you need.

Thanks.

How are you doing, Victor?

Mrs Craig.

Actually, I'm a little down.
Thought it was just a sugar low

but it's my third Baby Ruth
and I'm still in a rut.

I'm a little early to pick up
Mark, do you mind if I join you?

Not at all, please do.

No, no, thanks,
I'll just have a cigarette.

I don't mean to busy body but doesn't
your smoking drive Dr Craig...

Absolutely berserk.

I know when Mark is screaming at me

that he's really telling
me that he loves me,

he's concerned for my health.

Dr Craig can be very
hard on people sometimes.

He demands a lot of
himself,

so he tends to demand
a lot of others as well.

Now, I think my dad was the same way.

I don't really remember
though, he died when I was seven.

I'm sorry.

It's OK. One of the last things
we did together though

was sign me up for Little League.

Rabellato's Pizza -
they sponsored my team.

Anyway, never got seen me play

but when I'd ride my bicycle home
after the game, I'd talk with him.

I know it sounds insane but
I'd make up these conversations

where we'd talk about how I played.

Only problem was though,

I usually heard him say, "Victor,
you played OK but you can do better.

"Come on, boy, you've gotta
give 110%." Isn't that crazy?

I understand. I'm always trying to
live up to Mark's expectations.

Just between you and me,

he can be a lot nicer to the
people he really cares about.

Yes. You don't have to kick
a dog to get its attention.

By that I didn't mean you're a dog.

Actually, on the contrary
you're quite attractive.

I mean, I've never stared at you or
anything but, you know what I mean.

I'll see you later.

Bye.

So, what's this big
mystery about anyway?

Just hold on for another
minute or two, please.

Oh, this is the right room.

What's she doing here?

I want to talk to both of you.

I don't want to be in the
same room as that home wrecker.

I was married to him first.

Look, ladies, ladies, please.

I know this is a difficult
situation for both of you

but right now my primary concern is
Mr Brachman's medical condition.

How is he?

The infection is finally
responding to the antibiotics.

Thank God.

Now she's concerned!

Before you were the one
who tried to kill him.

He thinks he's
lost both you and your children.

He's refusing medical
treatment,

he doesn't want go on living.

That's Chuck, stubborn to the end.

Pig-headed is more like it.

All right, right now
he has two wives

but unless we do something,
he's going to leave two widows.

Are you saying one of us
should get a divorce?

Well, it's not going to be me, I
still love him, even if he is a jerk.

Don't look at me.

Obviously the three of you are going
to have to work this thing out

and I suggest you get counselling.

But right now, if
either one of you leave,

I don't think he's going to
be able to handle the loss.

You're not suggesting
that we share him, are you?

No way!

You were happy with Charles before
you knew about each other, right?

Yeah.

So, that means this arrangement's
been working for years.

The only difference now is
that all the cards are on the table.

I mean, your husband's
life is at stake.

I'm not asking you to buy a big shoe

and everybody move in
together but...

Look, you're gonna have to talk.

I'll be outside.

Thank you.

Are you Dr Chandler?

Muriel Brachman, I got here
as soon as I could.

Is my husband going to be all right?

Ah, there you are.

Right on time.

I was a few minutes early.

Good.

What if I'd been late, Mark?
Would you have yelled and hollered

and lectured to me on punctuality?

Did you stop off on the way here
and have a drink?

You're too tough on Victor Ehrlich.

Oh, for Pete's sake,

has he been crying on your shoulder?!
I mean, that would really tear it.

No, Mark, he hasn't been
crying on my shoulder.

You know, I can't believe it
but all he's concerned about

is being the kind of surgeon
that you want him to be.

If you don't back off,

you're going to strip him of every
bit of self-esteem he's got left,

and I for one am not
going to let you do that.

OK.

Things have got to change
between you two.

And to help get you started,
the three of us are having dinner,

Thursday night, at the Kahuna Room.

I refuse to go to a restaurant

where they serve Martinis
with pineapple spears in them!

You know, Mark,

you're the father he never had.

You're buying a shovel
full of malarkey, Ellen.

Augusta, my love, goodbye.

My brother, Eddie - you old rat.

Eventually, me.

Boston is still a beautiful city.

Some of the people leave a lot to be
desired but it is a beautiful city.

How wonderful at my age
to be home where I spent my youth.

The beginnings of the symphony
of my life resound in the finale.

I've been thinking about it, Danny,

I've decided to stay.

That's wonderful.
What made you decide?

Standing there, watching Tshama
bleeding to death,

everyone knowing what to do,
how to do it.

I stood there helpless,

overwhelmed at the technology.

Perhaps, it's too much
for me to learn.

If I stay here
maybe I can convince

some young, vital doctor
to take my place.

Besides, it would give me a chance
to spend some time with you.

I don't have that much time left.

Nonsense.

I have cancer.

Where?

Liver.

Why didn't you tell me before?

I didn't want your sympathy.

Danny, don't be an ass.

I've got a cure.