The Night Shift (2014–2017): Season 3, Episode 10 - Between a Rick and a Hard Place - full transcript

[ Helicopter blades whirring ]

Dr. Callahan!
It's good to see you.

You too, Bennett.
Meet Paul Cummings.

Hey.

Victim's over here.

Out of the way!
Hey, coming through!

What do we got?

Jalen Dawson, 17.
Wind knocked the crane over,

hit him on his head,
rolled over onto his leg.

Clayton: No luck reaching
his mom on her cell.

State patrol's heading
to their house now.



Pupils are fixed and dilated.

Stop bagging.

T.C.,
no corneal reflex.

Is that bad?

This is Clayton Timmons.
He owns the quarry.

This is Dr. Callahan
and Dr. Cummings.

The blow to his head
looks like it was too severe.

I'm sorry,
but he's brain-dead.

- He's not gonna make it.
- You got to do something.

- I don't believe it.
- Don't give up, man.

[ Groans ]
Ah, man.

Clayton: That's it?

You have to do something.
He's just a kid.

I-I-i understand that this
is hard to hear, all right?



But he suffered total and
irreversible loss of brain function.

T.C.: All we could do right now is
make him as comfortable as possible

before he passes, okay?

I'm sorry, again.

It's gonna be an hour,
maybe less.

He was leaving for Duke
in two weeks. Damn shame.

T.C., he's young and healthy,
major organs intact.

He could be a donor.

- Right, maybe... maybe Brianna.
- Yeah.

And if not her,
then somebody else.

Okay, Brianna.
There you go.

Now you don't have to be stuck
in that bed all day.

Thanks.
Does it go back all the way?

Of course it does.

Up, down... I don't know.
Press the buttons.

[ Whirring ]
There you go.

Look at that.

It's not quite
like a roller coaster,

but it will do for now.

I got more good news for you.

You got bumped up
on the lung transplant list,

so you are in the top five.

That just means my lungs
are getting worse.

I'm gonna have to go
on a ventilator soon, right?

We'll figure it out, okay?

Listen, you've had eight potential
donors in the past three weeks.

That's promising.

And none of them matched.

And the reason they didn't match
was because you...

Because I have to match not only
the blood type,

but six surface antigens.

It has to be perfect or they'll go
to someone else who is perfect...

Which is never me.

[ Sighs ]

You're too smart
for your own good sometimes.

You know that?

[ Cellphone vibrates ]
Oh.

You got this.

[ Ringtone plays ]

Hey.
Tee, what's going on?

I'm on scene with a brain-dead
trauma victim...

Healthy, young college kid.

Listen... his family hasn't
okayed him as a donor yet,

but Paul is drawing blood
to check for a match.

Really? So you're
bringing him in here?

Well, not yet.

He's pinned under a crane
at a quarry.

But we're gonna send the blood
over to you with a trooper.

Drew, don't get your hopes up.

It's a long shot.

They aren't.

Thanks.

So, it wasn't a rumor.

The hospital is really getting
sold to Hobart insurance?

Not necessarily.
They made a low-ball offer.

Hobart's ruthless.

They bought my cousin Cherion's
hospital in Tulsa.

They gutted the staff

and turned the ER
into a plastic surgery center.

[ Groans ]
We're screwed.

Not if we can get
the county to take us over.

We have a great argument...
Only ER for this community.

I'm banging on budgets to make
the numbers work and save our jobs.

Thanks, Toph.
I'm not holding my breath.

All right, let's get him set up
with ortho next week.

Yeah, you got it.
Hey, Jordan.

Where's the gallstone patient
you paged me about?

Trauma 3.

Hey, uh, I switched
and got Saturday off.

I was thinking brunch.

Uh... Can't, Jos.

Uh, I'm training clients all...
All day.

May... maybe Sunday?

Yeah. Okay.

[ Siren wails in distance ]

[ Chuckles ]
What?

That tone is the same tone

that I use on dates
when I'm not interested.

I-I was good
with netflix and chill,

but now it's all plans
and brunch and...

Mm-hmm.

Then be honest with her, okay?
End it.

Don't waste the woman's time.

It's not that simple, okay?

There's gonna be fallout in the workplace
if you know what I mean.

And I know that you do.

- That was mean!
- [ Shouting indistinctly ]

They just gonna ignore me
every step of the way, huh?!

- I told you I do not want to come here!
- Sara: And I explained to you...

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on.
What is going on? Sir!

18-year-old sent from dialysis
with a clotted fistula.

Dad wanted to go somewhere else.

No, no, no! Not somewhere else,
anywhere else!

Your doctor
is the one who hit him!

Mr. Martin, Malik,
my name is Dr. alexand...

He knows who you are,
all right?!

And so do I.

He's paralyzed.
He's not stupid.

Malik?

Hell... hell no!
No!

That bastard doesn't go
anywhere near my son!

Okay, Malik's fistula
is clotted.

He missed dialysis.

Well, then I need to put in
a temporary catheter.

No, no!
Anybody but him!

Mr. Martin, I'm sorry, but I'm
the only surgeon here right now.

Okay.
Dr. Clemmens is right.

Without dialysis,
his potassium levels will climb

and his heart could stop.

Let's get him to trauma 2.

Fine.
But she goes in there, too.

The name is Jordan,
and whatever you want.

T.C.: Okay, we'll keep you
updated on our end.

[ Cellphone beeps ]
Okay, transplant team is mobilizing now.

Let's hope the mom
gets here soon.

Yeah, his blood pressure's
dropping, and here's the blood.

Okay.

Get this to Dr. drew Alister,
San Antonio memorial asap!

He's expecting it.

Young man: Help!

Somebody help!

Please!
Ignore it.

Somebody! We need help!

Just the punk-ass kids from
the trailer park up the road,

always playing pranks.

We were doing jumps by the pit,

- then Robbie fell in a sinkhole!
- No, he...

Please! Come on!

Robbie: Help! Let's go! Help!
Get me out of here!

Help!

Hold on, buddy!

[ Grunts ] Help!

Help me, help me!
I'm sinking!

Please!
Hold on, hold on!

Okay.

Hurry!

Young man:
Hang on, Robbie!

- Please!
- We got you.

Hold on, Robbie!
Hold on, hold on. I got you.

We're gonna get you out!

Timmons, get Bennett!

I can't reach it!
Hold on.

[ Grunts, coughs ]
Grab the hose! Hold on!

Hang on!
Help is almost here!

T.C.: We're gonna get you
out of here, okay?

Hold on, buddy.

We got a ladder, doc!
Just try to pull yourself up.

- [ Grunts ]
- Here! Use these!

Bennett: Cut the hose in half
and have him breathe through it.

Go get a rope!

Grab it!
Use the hose to breathe!

T.C., he's going under!

I'm coming, Robbie!
Hold on!

Rope!

T.C., keep pulling.

[ Grunts ]
Don't let go. He's coming up.

T.C., keep pulling.

You got him!
[ Gasps ]

Pull!

- Let's go!
- Okay. Come on.

His breathing's getting labored.
He's lost consciousness!

We got to get him
out of here now! Let's go!

Here we go.
Come on, Robbie. Stay with me!

Brandon: Don't you dare try and make
me the asshole and you're his savior.

This is not good.

Now don't forget who
put Malik in that chair.

Oh, I remember,
every single day.

But I also saved Malik's life,
and if you would let me,

I could make his life
better now.

Better? Yeah?

- Well, we don't need your pity.
- Okay.

This isn't pity.
I'm trying to help.

Whoa. Whoa, whoa!
Stop, stop, stop.

Malik does not need the two of
you out here fighting.

What he does need is dialysis.

Fine. I'll suture in a line
and page nephrology.

[ Sighs ]
[ Dialing ]

Aah.

Mr. Martin,
are you okay?

Yeah.
I-i-I'm fine.

I'm calling a private ambulance,

and I'm taking us back
to the dialysis center.

There's no need to do that.

No, we're out of here.

Aah!

Okay.

Ugh.

Whoa! What's going on?

Um, it could be anything.
Let's get him into trauma 1.

- Okay. We got you.
- Will you sit down?

[ Grunting ]

Okay.

Okay, trooper brought
the blood in from the scene.

Maybe Brianna is... good.
No, no. Don't... don't even, okay?

Let's see if, uh,
the blood matches.

I'll be in the lab.

Bennett, get him
on high-flow o2.

[ Monitor beeping ]
Ah, dumb-ass had it coming.

Are you blaming
the victim now, Timmons?

"Victim"? Please.

Little bastards sneak
in here, tag my rigs,

mess with my machinery.
Okay, okay, okay.

[ Gasping ] There's
something blocking

his airway. He can't breathe.

Bennett, we need the
laryngoscope now. Come on.

Come on.
He's gonna code.

I'll put an I.V.
How's it looking?

There's gravel blocking
his airway. I can't intubate.

Okay. We need to crike him, now.
Come on.

- There's no kit in here, T.C.
- what?

[ Flatline ]

He's coding.

Starting cpr.

If we don't have a crike,
we're gonna make one ourselves.

[ Crowd groans ]
Okay.

Cut the chamber right here.

Okay, hand me the bag.

Wow. I have...
Never seen that before.

Yeah, well, sometimes
you got to wing it, right?

[ Monitor beeping erratically,
rhythmically ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

It's working.
I feel the pulse.

Watch out, watch out!
Coming through.

Man:
Give them room.

Okay. Bennett, you go help
Paul, all right?

Get him to the chopper
as fast as you can.

Let's go.
One, two, three.

[ Grunting ]
Got it.

Timmons,

there anybody
we can call for Robbie?

The sheriff?
Kid's a Travers.

He'll be in jail
by the time he turns 18,

just like his brothers.

Timmons, I got you're upset.

Yeah, I'm upset!
Damn right I'm upset!

There's a kid with a full ride to Duke
laying over there, brain-dead,

and that chucklehead
Travers kid survives?

No thanks to you.

Look... show some respect,

or I will put you in the ER
myself.

[ Helicopter blades whirring ]

T.C.'s headed out
on the chopper.

Okay.

Is that the mother?

Yeah.

You ask her yet?

I, uh...
I wanted to give her some time.

[ Cellphone chimes ]

[ Cellphone chimes ]

All right.
That's drew.

Brianna's first two antigens
matched,

so I guess we're
gonna need to know now.

Is he in any pain, doc?

He can't feel anything,
Mrs. Dawson.

Okay.

I-I'm sorry
to have to ask you this,

uh, but is your son
an organ donor?

A donor?

We... we have a sick little girl
at our hospital

that will die
if she doesn't get new lungs.

We... we thought Jalen
might be a match.

W-we don't have much time
in these situations.

You see it's...
It's, uh...

It's...
It's a way to salvage...

"salvage"?

You want to "salvage" him?

No, I'm...
Mrs. Dawson, I'm sorry. I...

No.
Get away from me.

Mrs. Dawson...
Get the hell away from me.

Get the hell away from me!

What do you want to do?

Come on. [ Sniffles ]

Let's keep them comfortable.
Come on.

Find a tent,
get them out of this wind.

Yeah, yeah.

That's just my ulcer acting up.
[ Clears throat ]

Okay, your blood pressure
is sky-high.

You are obviously
in a lot of pain.

When was the last time
you saw a doctor?

Not a lot of time to take care
of myself these days.

Had to quit my job
to take care of Malik.

Hmm.
[ Groans ]

That's a huge adjustment.

[ Monitor beeps ]

Well, Malik... he's lucky
to have a father's comm...

Hey, can you pause that, please?

[ Monitor beeps ]
What?

What is it, doc?

Your pain isn't from an ulcer.

You have an aneurysm.

Now, if you look right there,
your aorta...

[ monitor beeping rapidly ]
Aah!

- It's starting to tear. Page Dr. Clemmens!
- Aah!

Aah! Aah!
Let's go!

Get him prepped.
I'll scrub in.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I just...

I've been waiting a year to do something
for this family besides write a check,

and I finally have my shot,
and I... and I...

I-I don't know.
Okay, hey, hey, hey.

You're overthinking this.

I put Malik in a wheelchair.

I can't make him an orphan, too.

You won't.
Okay, I'll scrub in.

We can do this,
me and you... easy-peasy.

Okay. Let's do it.

Okay.

[ Monitor beeping ]

Toph, I got the blood work back,

and I told myself I wouldn't get
excited, but holy crap.

No, no!
Five of the six antigens match.

- We've never had more than three.
- Okay.

It's gonna happen.
She's gonna get her lungs.

Look... I-it's an
impossible situation.

You did your best.
Okay.

You hear what I said?
She's gonna get her lungs.

Drew, that was Paul.

Jalen's mother said no.

She can't say no.

Five of the six match.

Bri's so close.
Why did she say no?

I don't... I don't know.
She's... she's his mother.

That's not... I'm gonna
I-i got to go out there.

To do what, exactly?

To tell her that her son's lungs
can save Brianna's life!

The woman just lost
her only child, drew.

Just imagine what you're feeling
times a thousand.

I can change her mind.

Paul is out there.

He's doing everything
there is to do out there.

I need you here, okay?

Just take five, clear your head,
and get back to work.

Hi, handsome.

Hey, Jessica.

Uh, you're looking for T.C.,
he's out in the field...

Quarry accident.

No, actually,
I'm looking for you.

T.C. told me about
the Hobart sale.

I have an MBA.

He thought I could help,
said you hate paperwork.

Those the budgets?

Uh, yeah.
I've been, uh...

I've been trying
to look for cuts

so the county could take us
over, keep Hobart away.

That's smart.
I could help you crunch numbers.

I might see something
that you don't.

It'd be a shame to see the ER
end up in the wrong hands.

That's really generous.

Yeah, well,
it will help me get laid later.

I'm pretty sure you don't
need these to get that.

[ Chuckles ]
But, um, sure!

I mean, really?
Yeah!

Thanks.
Yeah.

I really could use the help.

Uh, break room's all yours.

Perfect.

- Want any help?
- I got it. You're good.

[ Helicopter blades whirring ]

Got all the gravel out.
Gonna pull the crike now.

[ Grunts ]

[ Coughs ]

Okay, okay.

Take it slow.
It'll hurt a little bit to talk.

You risked your life for me.

Yeah.

Couldn't let
a fellow rider down.

So, what happened out there?

I went up to video
the chopper on my phone.

The gravel shifted on me,
like a sinkhole.

That happens.

Your, uh, parents
know where you are?

My dad's
on a barstool somewhere,

and my mom bailed on us.

Timmons said you were a Travers,
like that meant something.

My brothers are wild.

Timmons hates us...
Whole town does.

Me and my brother
were like that...

The Callahan boys.

I tried to outdo him.
I stole a car.

The cops threw me in Baltimore
lockup for being a dumb-ass.

[ Coughs, chuckles ]

And now you save dumbasses.
Yeah.

I guess I just decided
to not listen to all the crap

people were saying about me.

I bet you could, too.

I'm not exactly
college material.

Neither was I until I decided
to do something about it.

I'll make you a deal, all right?

You get straight b's,
I'll buy you a bike.

Aah!

My legs...
They're burning up.

Aah!
What's happening?!

It burns! It burns!
It burns!

Aah!

I miss you, too, baby.

Oh, you're so dirty.

Oh, say it again.

With the pink panties?

Yeah.

[ Exhales sharply ]

Sorry, uh...

No one's ever in here.

I am, ray.

So take your booty call
somewhere else.

Yeah, I'll just, uh...

Oh. Hey, sorry.

- I didn't mean to bother you.
- Oh, no, please.

It's fine.

I just talked
to Kenny about Brianna.

So you heard the mother
wouldn't approve the donation.

Yeah.

That's why I'm here.

You never see doctors in here.

They'd rather play god
than talk to god.

Not me.

[ Sighs ]

I like it here,

feels like home.

I was raised in the church.

[ Scoffs ]
Literally.

Your dad a preacher?

He ran a bodega
in the lower ninth ward.

We lost everything in Katrina

and wound up
in a FEMA trailer here.

Waited two years
for the government to help.

Then a methodist church
took us in,

helped us get on our feet again.

Is that why
you're a social worker?

Kids are powerless
in the system.

And I...
I hated how that felt.

Anyway [Sighs]

We should probably do
what we came here for.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Dawson,
about earlier.

I can't imagine
what you must be going through.

His daddy
was never in the picture.

It was just me and him.

He was going to be the first
person in my family to go to college.

Sounds like an awesome kid.

Yeah.

[ Sniffles ]

He was my...

Golden boy.

I always thought he was
going to change the world.

Well, he still can.

Whatever you want to do is fine.

And I am totally on your side.

But I thought
you should know that

we found Jalen's wallet
in his locker.

He was a donor.

That's what that means?

That's what that means, yeah.

He never mentioned that.

The good ones rarely do.

I am so sorry for your loss.

[ Cellphone rings ]
Okay, uh, oh.

Uh, let's run the tests, okay?

[ Cellphone beeps ]

Hey.

No way.

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes!
No, thank you!

I... I'm gonna kiss you when you
get ba... yeah, no, I am.

There's nothing
you can do about it.

Okay. I will see you soon.
[ Cellphone beeps ]

Unbelievable!

Paul convinced the mom
to say yes.

Brianna's getting her lungs.

Oh, my god!
Yes, yes!

How'd he do that?!
I-i don't know!

He... I...
You got to believe!

Sometimes a hail Mary
just works.

Yeah, right?!

I mean... okay.

Uh, can somebody call
the transplant team?

I'm gonna book an or.

- Uh, Nina?
- Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[ Monitor beeping ]

Jordan:
BP's holding in the 90s.

Good.
Cutting the peritoneum now.

Okay, what can I do?

Uh, just retract

and make a window in the
mesentery, and we'll be there.

[ Rapid beeping ]

Damn it.
His aorta ruptured.

Pressure's down to 64 systolic.

Still falling.
43 over 22.

Dr. Clemmens, do we
tie off the proximal aorta

or use a clamp?

I always forget that part.

[ Beeping continues ]

Uh... A clamp.
A tie won't hold.

A debakey now.

[ Beeping stabilizes ]

The bleeding stopped.

BP's back up.

86 systolic.

Good.

Soon as we get distal control,
we'll fix the aorta.

Prep a three-centimeter
goretex graft.

Way to get him back,
Dr. Clemmens.

[ Beeping continues ]

Want some coffee?
Yeah.

How's it looking?

Ugh, like the Titanic.
[ Sighs ]

You have too many patients
who can't afford to pay

and you're
giving them elite care.

Well, that's how we roll...
Treat everybody like family.

Which is why your hospital
is broke and going to be sold.

Here.

What's that?

"Michael Fuller."

A headhunter I know.
Thank you.

Your name came up
in conversation.

He's been tracking you.

I think you should
give him a call.

Might have a better
gig for you...

More money, shorter commute.

Nice to be hunted.

Mm, yes, that.
[ Chuckles ]

You're taking care
of your mom, right?

You'll have
a kid in college soon.

Yeah, Lynn wants to be a doctor.

I told her to do something more
reliable, like be a poet.

[ Chuckles ]

Well, you'll have
a backup plan, then, right?

What about the hospital's plan?

I'm working on it.
Right.

But...

You should call Michael.

Yeah. Sure.
Thanks.

T.C.: Hey, Toph!
Hey, we're on, man.

What happened out there?

He developed chemical burns
in the chopper

and then
started runs of v-tach.

He's coding.

Tee, you got them, too, man.
What were you exposed to?

I don't know.
Hurts like a bastard.

Get drew to help you!
I'm going...

No, no. No time.
He's in respiratory distress.

Mollie, we need a bed in here!

Okay. We can't.
Just keep him on the gurney!

Let's go.
Take it, take it, take it!

We got you, we got you.

You paged me?
It's... 2:00 A.M.

Bri, you should be sleeping.

I heard the nurses talking.

They said
I'm gonna get the transplant.

Hmm.

Of course, you did.

I was...

Waiting to tell you.

But, yeah. The transplant team's
on the way.

Cool.

Bri...

It's okay to be scared.

It's normal.

It's weird.
[ Chuckles ]

Like, I want
the transplant to happen,

but I'm a little freaked out.

They'd be removing my lungs.

Hmm.

They're kind of attached to me.
[ Chuckles ]

Yeah, they are.

Hey, but you're gonna be asleep
the whole time.

But what if I don't wake up?

Hey.

These doctors, they perform
miracles every day.

It's what they do.

[ Coughs ]

I get it, I do,

but a lot of random things fell
in place for this to happen.

It's not a coincidence.

You really believe that?

Yes, or nothing we do matters.

And I can't live like that.

You?

No.

Thanks.

Hmm.

We're hooked up
to a power generator.

Should be enough power.

Let's get started.

I did a nerve block
and doubled the morphine.

He won't feel anything.

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Saw whirring ]

[ Beeping ]
And clear. Clear.

Refractory v-tach...
Third shock, no response.

Doesn't make any sense.
He's 14, young, and healthy.

Hand me 100 of lido.

[ Beeping continues ]

Wait, Toph.
Look at his qt intervals.

It's prolonged.

The calcium in his blood
is super low.

That's what's causing all this.

Okay, give me an amp
of calcium chloride. Thank you.

[ Exhales sharply ]

Sinus rhythm.
Good call.

- Strong pulse.
- Okay.

Now we just need to figure out

what's jacked up
his electrolytes.

And yours, too.

Uh, Mollie, can you run a full
chemistry on the both of them?

Yeah.

Toph, I'm good, I'm good.

W... just to be sure.

You were in the gravel with him.

Let's go, superman.
You're not coding, too.

After you get him to recovery,

I want crit checks
every 30 minutes.

See, you had that
the whole time.

You can stop
pretending now, Jordan.

It's just us.

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

Come on.
You saved my ass in there.

I would not have gotten through
that surgery without you.

Is that clear enough?

You would have done
the same thing for me.

[ "Child" plays ]
You know, I don't

blame you for being scared.

The family has changed your
life, you've changed theirs.

You're bound to each other.

I'm just glad
you were on tonight.

Me too.

* light floods the dark *

you know, Scott,

I really wasn't there for you
last year for the accident,

and I'm...

I'm sorry.

* grateful heart *

you've got your own stuff
going on.

* yearn * no, Scott, no.

* thirst for love *
you have always been there for me.

When I had a stalker...

* death, overcome *.
..You were the one

who made sure that
I got home safe.

And when I had a stroke, you're
the one who saved my life.

[ Voice breaking ]
And...

When I lost the baby...

* I was a child in my skin *
You never left my side.

And where else would I be?

* there is a man
somewhere within *

* somewhere within *

* I was a child in my skin *
[ Normal voice ]

You're the best person I
know, Scott Clemmens.

You're honest, you're loyal,

you're decent, and you mean
everything that you say.

* there is a man somewhere within *
and I know how rare that is.

* somewhere within *

I never knew you felt that way.

[ Sighs ]
Well, I do.

[ Vocalizing ]

I should go...

Check on him
before he gets into trouble.

Yeah. Yeah.

[ Door opens ]

[ Sighs ]

Kenny, this is Dr. angara.

She runs the transplant team
for this region.

Make sure she gets everything
she needs.

Just a free or. We can hit
the ground running.

The donation center said

you have a transplant
candidate here.

Yeah. She's 13.
She's got cystic fibrosis.

She's at the top of the list.

We'll do it tonight.
Good.

I'm gonna make some calls.

I don't normally get to share
good news at 2:00 A.M.

You know, Nina's been asking
about you.

She asked me about me.
That girl's not shy.

[ Chuckles ]
And you're a delicate flower?

Ask her out.

I like her. I do.

But...

What?

Right.

Jos is fun, man...
Nothing serious.

Oh, so you're
just gonna tread water

your whole life
so you don't get hurt again.

That ain't living, Kenny.
That's dying.

Paul: Incoming!

Hey, Dr. angara!
The donor's here!

He's posturing.
Gave him a shot of mannitol.

You don't have much time.

We'll take it from here.
All right, let's go.

Kenny: I'll take you up
to your transplant team.

Holy smokes!

- Look at you!
- It's good to see you.

How you doing?

Where you out there while
this guy was showing off,

doing a solo field amputation?
You kidding me?

All right.

Thank Bennett, all right?
He was a rock star.

Well, I wouldn't have been there
without you.

- Well, yeah.
- It's funny, huh?

Yeah, I know, you can't make
this stuff up, huh?

Hey! Yeah. Thank you for getting
her to say yes.

Of course, man.

Hey, hey.
That's Jalen's mom.

Hey.

Is there anything
that I could do for you?

Can I see him one more time?

Yeah, of course.

I-I'll take you
to him, okay?

[ Monitor beeping ]

Scott: We got in there
just in time, Mr. Martin.

If you'd have left, you would
have bled out on the freeway.

[ Groans ]

[ Weakly ] I'm grateful for you
saving my life, Dr. Clemmens.

Of course.

If you think I'm gonna forgive
you for what you did to my boy,

that ain't happening.

I'm not asking
for you to forgive me.

I'm asking for you
to let me help.

I forgive you.

All this hate...
It almost killed you.

Dad, just let it go.

Boy, you don't know
what you're talking about.

I'm not a boy!
I'm 18.

I can make my own decisions.

I want to explore
some of the treatments

that Dr. Clemmens
researched for me.

Well, that's great, Malik.

But how did you know?

I told him.

I...

Though Malik
needed to know his options.

You talked to my boy
without my consent?

Yes, I did.

Mr. Martin, this accident
has torn apart your lives.

But when are you going to start

putting them
back together again?

Now, Malik... he wants to,
but you need to.

You got a second chance.

Don't waste it.

[ Sighs ]

Excuse me.

Dad, please.

So...

tell me about
some of these treatments.

Okay.

There are a couple of therapies
that we should discuss...

T.C.
Huh? Oh.

They said you got burned.
Oh, my god.

Hey. Whoa.
Hey.

I got exposed
to something in the field...

Still waiting on the labs.

[ Scoffs ]
Uh...

By the way, thank you for helping
Toph out with the books tonight.

That was cool.

It's no big deal, really.

No, it is, to me.

It's his crusade,
and, uh, it means a lot, so...

Well. [ Chuckles ]
You okay?

- Hey, T.C.
- yeah.

Ah, evel knievel
is back out of CT.

I, uh, heard you
fractured a few ribs.

Yeah.
So, did my dad get here?

I spoke to the sheriff.

They checked his work,
but he never showed up today.

[ Scoffs ]

Yeah.
I'm sorry.

So, are you feeling better?

Uh, much better now.

[ Chuckles ]

All right.

Robbie, this is Jessica...
Hi.

My girlfriend.

"Your girlfriend"?
That's a first.

Yeah. You know, got to keep you guessing.
[ Chuckles ]

Right. We better go.
I'll catch you later?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Bye, Robbie.

Bye.

Hey, Jessica.
Here's that card.

If this ship's going down,
I'm going down with it.

That's a mistake.
You need to have a plan.

I-I have a plan.

What do you think about this?

It's an election year.

We pressure the county
supervisors to buy the hospital.

[ Sighs ]
That's not gonna happen.

We make it about local jobs.

That's not gonna happen because
Hobart already won the bid.

No.
Wh... where'd you hear that?

Hobart.

Why wou...

They hired me to run
their transition team.

Hired you?

You're a pharm rep.

With an MBA.

Wait a second.
You've seen all our books.

I trusted you!
[ Sighs ]

You've been playing us
all this time?

Look, Topher...

Spare me.
I get it.

I get that you're pissed, okay?

But there's one more thing
that you need to know.

What, that you're the devil?

You're the first one
that's gonna be fired.

Hobart wants their own ER chief.

You don't have to be a martyr.

Just take the damn card.

Jesus.
[ Scoffs ]

Those cops here for me?

T.C.: Yep.

Look...
Timmons filed a complaint.

Look... I know you think you
got no other option right now.

That story of your life's
already written...

It's not.

There's good people out there...

People you haven't even met yet

who are gonna change your life
for the better,

trust me.
Yeah, sure.

Okay.

Ugh, and the other kid...

Jalen.

The brainiac?

He's in my brother garret's
class.

Not anymore 'cause he's dead.

But you're still here,

so what are you gonna do
with that chance?

Don't screw it up, all right?

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Monitor beeping ]

* ooh * I didn't think we had

a prayer of making it back.

Sometimes, a prayer
is all you need.

* this house was broken *

- hey.
- Hey.

Hell of a night, huh?
Sitting court side.

* you fixed it up *
I'm not letting

Brianna's lungs out of my sight.

* rebuild the walls *

there's... there's no other way
to say this.

* and gave it hope *
her final lab came back.

Her last antigen
doesn't match Jalen's.

* and on that morning *

so she's not getting the lungs.

* you were taking from me *
well, run it again. That's a mistake.

* the angel said *
they did... twice.

Hold on,
she matched blood type...

* they set you free *
Five out of six antigens...

I-it all lined up.

When did you not get the sixth?

I don't know,

but there's a patient at
St. John's matching all six.

* the angel's saying *
so the... the

odds of rejection
are a lot less.

* I've heard before *
I'm sorry, drew.

* that time stands still *
it's not fair. It's...

* for now *
she's a kid. She doesn't deserve this.

You're right.
She doesn't.

* so I keep moving *

* not waste a grain *

* of precious sand *
hey, uh, Jos, um...

* where you wait for me * hey.

About Sunday... I, uh...
Um, yeah...

I wanted to talk to you
about that, Kenny.

Oh, you do?

Um, look,

I-I didn't want to do this
on our shift,

but I thought you should hear it
from me.

* if you look down here *
I got back with ray, my ex.

Ray?

* then you will see *
with that ray?

* I'll make you proud *
uh, yeah.

Um, you know,
we kept it on the dl.

* make you proud of me *
you know how it is dating someone at work.

Oh, ye... I do know.

* and on that morning *
and you're a great guy, Kenny.

And you're gonna
find someone awesome.

* when they set you free *

* the angels said *
grace: So, that little got her lungs.

* that you'd wait for me *
no, she, uh... she didn't.

So it was a waste?

No.
No, um...

* said you'd wait for me *
each one of these coolers contains

a match for Jalen's organs.

Here, look...

Edward curry... heart...

* said you'd wait for me *
Father of three in Houston.

Laurie Danario... liver,
single mom in little rock.

Serena Owens... a freshman,
Texas a&m, kidneys.

* said you'd wait for me *
Juan Alvarez... lungs,

music teacher, San Antonio.

[ Vehicle doors close ]

So, that's it.

Jalen's gone now.

Not to them, he's not.

See, you were right.

Your son did change the world.

We were emotional, okay,
with Malik, his dad's surgery.

We just...

Needed to clear the air,
you know?

It's what friends do.

Yeah.

So, do we need to do that now?

No.

Um... I'm good.

You?

I'm good.

Okay.

Good. Well, I'm glad
we cleared that up.

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Cool.

Uh, I got to get changed.
Annie's picking me up.

Yeah, I, um...

I've got charts...

That I have to do, so...

All right.

T.C.:
Topher told me everything.

Hobart offered me the job
weeks ago.

They wanted to know
more about the ER

and the people who worked here.

So, this is all lies...
You and me.

No. No, I did not lie to you,
T.C.

You lied to me every time
you didn't tell me.

Yeah, you're working for people

who want to destroy
everything I care about,

who see sick people
as profit centers.

I didn't know then that
I would feel the way I do now.

I-I-i-i mean...

Why do you think I told Topher?

That... that's why I told him,
to save him.

Mm.
After you saved the deal.

You used me
to get to my friends.

I know they're just numbers
on a ledger to you,

but to me, they're my family.

You mess with them,
and I'm done with you.

I am done with you.

T.C.

T.C., I made a mistake!

O-okay. You can punish me
or... or you can let me fix it.

No. There's nothing to fix,
Jessica,

'cause you're what's broken.

Not the hospital,
not the patients,

not the people who work here.

* yes, I understand * it's you.

* that every life must end *
wait, please.

Just listen to me
for one second.

I'm... I'm... I'm sorry,
but I...

I think I love you.

* as we sit alone *

* I know someday we must go *
[ Chuckles ]

* uh-huh *
yeah.

I was beginning to think
the same way about you, too.

* oh, I'm a lucky man *

* to count on both hands *
thanks for clearing that for me.

* the ones I love *

[ sighs ]

* some folks just have one *

* yeah, others, they've got none *

yeah, I know she's at
the top of the list.

It's just not a piece of cake.

Well, look, w-whatever I can do
to help, you tell me.

* stay with me *
all right. Will do.

* let's just breathe *
hey, uh...

Hey, look...
You know, uh,

if you want, we could talk about
this more over breakfast.

- What about your complicated thing?
- I...

I, uh...
Cleared that up.

I-I have to be up-front
with people.

It's just who I am.

* practiced on my sins *
mm, yeah.

Well, that and your nurse friend
got back with her boyfriend,

right, the brunette?

You know, it is amazing
what you can hear...

* under everything, just
another human being *

when you think
nobody's listening.

It's always the quiet ones.

Oh, you know what?
I'm not that quiet.

[ Chuckles ]

* yeah, I don't want to hurt *
see you at breakfast.

* there's so much in this world *
yes, you will.

* to make me believe *

Brianna:
It's not your fault.

I got ahead of myself,
and I let you down.

You didn't.

I always start off with the
worst-case scenario, anyway.

Okay.

How's this for a scenario?

How about after you get
your lung transplant,

you come stay with me and Rick?

Are you serious?

Yeah.

Would... I wouldn't ask you
if I wasn't...

I mean, it's up to you, but...

Are you kidding?
Nothing would make me happier.

You would have your own room
and yard and...

You'd have two wildly
overprotective parents.

You'd really let me stay
with you

till I found
a new foster family?

No.

Bri, we want you
to be a part of our family.

We want to adopt you.

If you'll have us.

Yes!

Thank you!
Yeah.

[ Strained ]
Too tight!

Hmm? Sorry.

How about you pass me
that remote?

Come on.

[ Sighs ]
You just...

I'm starting! [ Laughs ]
Just 'cause you know...

Yeah.

What are you doing?
What buttons

are you -
dad always...

* everything you gave *
[ Indistinct conversation ]

* hold me till I die *

* meet you on the other side *