Third Watch (1999–2005): Season 2, Episode 5 - Kim's Hope Chest - full transcript
With her son getting into trouble at school and her husband preparing to remarry, Kim nonetheless becomes determined to bring her family together again.
NARRATOR:
Previously on Third Watch:
- Why did we ever break up?
- You slept with my sister.
I'd be a fool to get back together with him.
What kind of relationship is that?
Half the time you wanna stab him...
...the other half you can't
keep your hands off of him.
- Brooke?
- No, Kim.
BOBBY: Going to see another woman's
fiancees in the hospital every single day?
I'm over him.
Shut up.
Let the games begin.
KIM: They say if you've got more than one
of something, you're a collector.
I guess that makes me a professional.
I don't know when it happened.
Woke up one morning...
...16 leatherjackets, vintage.
I just don't seem to be able
to throw anything away.
I guess I'm not that comfortable
with change.
I moved around so much
when I was a kid.
New apartments,
new schools, new dads.
Got to where I hung on to stuff.
I realize I should clean house...
...but it's hard figuring out
what's important.
JOEY:
Hey, Mom. Watch this.
- Mom, watch.
- Okay. Joey, what? What?
Hi-ya!
Stop it. what are you doing? Come here.
What's on your back?
- Joey, I told you not to play with my stuff.
- You never wear it.
How would you feel if I cut off
Mr. Whompy's nose?
You don't play with him anymore. Yeah.
This is Mommy's Mr. Whompy.
We camped out for Springsteen tickets.
Your daddy bought me this.
Look what you did to it, Joey.
Sorry. Maybe we can sew it?
No. Forget it. Look, don't touch, okay?
Don't touch any of this. Got it?
[CAR HORN HONKS]
All right, grab your bag. Let's go.
JIMMY:
Hey. How you doing, big man?
Hm? Good.
KIM:
Hey, I was going through my stuff.
- You're not gonna believe what he found.
- The Boss.
Man, I can't believe
you still have that. Get in.
- Hey, Brooke.
- Morning.
JIMMY: So you have him tonight?
- Not if it's wednesday I don't.
Yeah, well, I have physical therapy.
- We have plans later.
KIM: So do I.
Didn't you say you'd
take him to your mom's?
Can you?
You know, I'd just as soon hang
With Joey.
So, I mean, it's really no problem, Kim.
- We'll pick him up.
- We'll pick him up.
All right. Let's go.
Put your seat belt on.
- Watch your fingers.
BROOKE: All set?
[JOEY GROWLS]
[KIM GROWLS]
- Not you too.
- Whoa, what'd I do?
- Where's your stuff?
- We're scolded for not bringing junk...
- ...to dump on poor people.
- I brought mine.
CARLOS:
Big surprise, Mother Teresa.
I'm still going through my closet.
Look at this jacket I found.
- In the bin.
- Yeah, forget about it. I love this jacket.
All right, Carlos,
you got dinner on Thursday.
- Oh, God.
- I was just up.
BOBBY: A month ago.
KIM: we almost died.
Remind me to pick up
some Pepto-Bismol.
That salmonella was not my fault.
The chicken was old.
People usually check the expiration date
before they cook the meal.
Nobody gives a damn.
Why do I keep doing this
charity clothing drive every year?
- Because it's a good thing.
- Yeah, well, you run it next year.
DISPATCHER [OVER PA]: Boy 553,
man unconscious, difficulty breathing.
1476 Martin Luther King Boulevard.
- That's Loretta's. Let me grab my gear.
- Yep.
Man, that guy won't die.
Hey, is Loretta still
handing out baked goods?
Oh, you know it, baby.
Cobbler last week, brownies yesterday.
- We'll take it if you want.
- Oh, okay. No.
[DOC CHUCKLES]
BOBBY:
Who let the dogs out?
[KIM LAUGHS]
KIM:
Oh, my God.
That's, um, sexy.
Pressure's better today.
Feeling any pain now?
Just the usual afternoon cramp.
I told her it's a good day.
Oh, Jackson, eat your oatmeal.
- I want what he's got.
- Nope.
- No sugar, Loretta.
LORETTA: Mm-mm.
Only sugar I get is on my lips.
I'm sorry I brought you guys
out here for nothing...
...but I just got scared.
Call us anytime.
We're not giving up on you.
- You'll be on that golf course in no time.
- Tiger woods ain't got nothing on me.
KIM: Bye.
BOBBY: Thank you.
LORETTA: Goodbye. You're welcome.
KIM: Bye.
[WHISPERS]
The guy keeps going and going.
KIM: That's for you, Bobby,
so you can get your weekly cobbler fix.
BOBBY: Man, I really admire Loretta
taking care of Jackson like that.
It must be hard.
- That's what family's for.
- Yeah, I don't think I could do it.
- How's Jimmy feeling?
- He's okay.
He picked up Joey this morning.
He's back in physical therapy.
I think his ego's doing
most of the recovery.
Ah, came back too soon. wasn't ready.
- Just like what happened with Terrell Davis.
- Who's Terrell Davis?
DISPATCHER [OVER RADIO]:
Squad 57, Ladder 100, Adam and Boy 553.
Fire reported at Saint Mary,s.
East 1 18th Street and Pleasant.
- Damn it.
- What?
- That's Joey's school.
- Boy 553, Saint Mary's, 122 and Pleasant.
TEACHER: Down on the right.
It's in the bathroom.
Not enough we search kids for guns.
Now we search for flamethrowers?
KIM:
Are all the kids safe outside?
They should be by now.
They know the drill.
[ALARM RINGING]
- Kids playing around.
TY: Ah, fire in the hole.
BOBBY: You get the same results
pulling the fire alarm.
- Do we write up a report on this?
- We?
You're the one who wanted to come in
and find out what was going on.
TY:
Bye-bye.
Ms. Zambrano,
We've been trying to reach you.
- Joey, are you okay?
PRINCIPAL: He's not hurt.
How come you're all wet?
- Oh, no.
PRINCIPAL: He was just watching it burn.
No, you did not do this. No way.
His father's a fireman.
Was this Adam's idea?
Who else was with you?
Joey, answer me.
It's really not so unusual.
A family breaks up...
...that's hard on a kid
Who has weekends, holidays--
I'm sorry. We thought he was adjusting.
- You and Joey's father are amicable?
- Yeah, we're great.
He's recovering from a serious injury
so maybe a little off.
Getting back consistency will help,
but if Joey's gonna stay here...
...We need assurance
that he's getting the support he needs.
Joey. what happened?
- Mr. Doherty?
JIMMY: Yeah, hi.
This is Brooke Kennedy, my fiancee.
What'd you do?
Hey, Joey. How about giving me
a minute with your parents?
You know what?
I'll just.... I'll go wait in the car.
There's a chair just outside, okay?
It's okay, wait outside. I'll be right there.
You stay right out there, okay?
Don't go anywhere.
PRINCIPAL: I'd like to recommend
some child therapists.
Well, is that really necessary?
It wouldn't hurt for him to have someone
he can talk to about his feelings.
- You'll need to take him home today.
- Absolutely.
Let me just make you a copy of this list.
JIMMY: Something happen
before we picked him up?
- Before? You blaming me?
- He seemed fine this morning.
You got him in the car for five minutes.
- He was doing pretty well.
- Obviously, he's not.
All right, look, calm down.
I'll take him to physical therapy
With me and we'll talk.
KIM: we need to talk to him together.
- Okay, well, let's have a family meeting.
A family meeting. That's ironic, isn't it?
I'm gonna take him to my mom's now.
- Well, I'll take him.
- We'll all meet tonight.
How's 8:00, my place?
- Fine.
- Good.
KIM: Sorry you had to wait.
- Forget about it. Joey comes first.
- Thanks. Joey.
- Are we having lasagna tonight?
Was this one of those double dares?
What's the kind of cheese
you sprinkle on top?
BOBBY:
Parmesan.
Joey, you hear your mom
ask you a question?
Yeah. When are we gonna
get our Christmas tree?
Joey, we're not talking
about Christmas right now.
Were you melting your army men
or something?
I used to do that.
Yeah, you get a magnifying glass
and some sun.
I'm trying to get him to talk.
How about you answer me, Joey?
I'm gonna eat you up.
CATHERINE:
It's all those candles at your house.
Where do you think
he got those matches from?
BOBBY:
Hey, who's this?
- Grandpa Ron.
KIM: That's right. My stepdad.
That night he threw me a party
for winning first prize in the science fair.
- Sprinkles all over the place. Remember?
KIM: Yeah.
- Kim.
- Best thing that ever happened to you.
BOBBY: See you, buddy.
KIM: Bye.
I'm glad I could rearrange
my schedule today.
Mom, I wouldn't have called
if it wasn't an emergency.
Joey also has an aunt
Who loves him very much.
Is it all right, or not?
You gotta be kidding me.
- Come here, you little firebug.
- Mom, it's not funny. He's in trouble.
Come here, quick, quick. I gotta go.
You behave, all right?
Otherwise you're dead meat.
- You hear me? Bye. Thank you.
CATHERINE: Bye.
Oh, he's not moving. He's not moving.
Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God.
He's arrested.
- How long's he been like this?
- I don't know.
He wouldn't wake up, so I called you.
Let's get an airway and bag him.
- He's gonna be all right, isn't he?
- There's lividity.
What's that?
- You're not gonna let my baby die.
- Come on.
- Don't let him die.
- Just do it.
- Loretta, his heart stopped.
- No.
No.
No.
- I know.
- No.
He was in such a lot of pain, you know?
But he can have some peace now.
Yeah. You can let him go.
We gotta let go.
- How's Joey?
- Oh!
Hey. He's fine.
- Yeah. He's with your mom?
- Yeah.
Is he really okay?
Yeah.
He's a kid.
It's not that unusual. We'll work it out.
You came over to ask about Joey?
Yeah. And to pick up Jimmy's check.
It's payday.
He's trying to get in
a little extra time at the gym.
- Yeah. That's Jimmy.
- Yeah.
- When's he coming back?
- A couple of weeks probably.
Pushed it too hard last time.
He can't wait to get in there
and be the hero again.
Yeah. He's gotta really make sure
that he's ready next time.
You know, actually, I wanted to talk to you
because Joey's going through a lot.
I thought it would be nice
if we could keep a balance...
...between your house and our house.
And I'm not his mom
and I'm not planning on pretending to be...
...but I'm around, so I wanted to make sure
that we're raising him...
...the way you want him to be raised.
- Well, you know, Jimmy--
- Jimmy's not all that great with that stuff.
Yeah.
So, you know,
if Joey's got any allergies...
...if he's got a certain amount of time
he's allowed to watch TV...
- ...play on the PlayStation....
- I could maybe make a list.
Great. Yeah. That'd be great.
Okay.
You know, it doesn't have
to be weird between us.
BOBBY:
God, I hate that smell.
Reminds me of my sister's.
Just fixing a little repair here.
Perfect.
So Powell's coming in early
to cover for me.
Right. The family meeting.
Ever think about putting Joey
in another school?
New environment, new friends.
But Catholic school's the only place
that Jimmy's folks will foot the bill for.
Private's like my entire salary.
You learn the same things
at public school.
Difference is you're having sex
on the subway instead of at the waldorf.
You had sex in the subway?
Stand clear of the closing doors, baby.
You know,
P.S. 249's supposed to be good.
That's by Jimmy.
You could use his address.
I don't know how much longer
he's gonna be there.
Joey'll talk to me. It just takes
a little while to get it out of him.
He and Brooke are going
to premarriage counseling at my church.
Yeah, he's just treading Water.
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
Easier ways to tread water
than with Father Richards.
That guy must be drunk.
MAN:
Hey, watch out!
- Oh, damn.
- Whoa, whoa!
Oh, my--! Go, Bobby, go, go, go.
Holy smokes.
Boy 553. We're at the scene of an MVA,
multiple injuries.
We're at Fulton Street
and the Brooklyn Bridge.
- We need fire, P.D. and EMS backup now.
BOBBY: I'll triage, you grab the car.
KIM:
You okay?
I was just--
I was just changing my CDs and--
- Whoa, look at the car.
KIM: All right. Let me get in there.
Hello. Can you hear me?
- Oh, that's my wife.
- Okay, sir. Stand back.
No. Mary, get out of the car.
- All right, sir. Stand back, please.
- I'll get her out.
Look, move. Let me do my job, sir.
- We need help over here.
KIM: This guy is drunk. Get him out.
CARLOS: Sir.
DAN: Mary? Hey, Mary. Wake up.
DOC: Back up. You all right?
Kim, what do you got?
Pupils are blown,
she's got a step deformity at C3.
- I just lost her pulse.
- Sir, you need to step back.
We're doing everything
We possibly can.
DOC: We've got other people
We can do something for.
- No, no, no.
- Sir.
- What about the baby?
- There's a kid?
DOC:
There's a kid?
- Nothing in the back seat.
- Carlos.
- Oh, my God, Doc, she's pregnant.
- How pregnant? How pregnant is she?
Hey, how pregnant is she?
Eight months.
- Doc, you good?
DOC: I'm good.
As long as we're doing CPR
the baby's still alive.
Yeah, it may be a viable fetus.
Let's get her out now.
- Big girl. We can't pull her out?
- Already tried. She's wedged in.
Her leg is stuck.
She's dead, but the baby's alive.
D.K., go get the Hurst tool and the ram.
BOBBY:
Damn it, he was breathing a minute ago.
CARLOS:
Hold on. Hold on.
- We got a flail chest.
BOBBY: Intubate, yeah?
We gotta move this dash.
This baby has less than 10 minutes.
We started CPR right away.
We're perfusing her well.
- Guys, we need her out.
DOC: Let's go, let's go.
- She's pinned in.
- So unpin her.
It's gonna take time.
Call the EMS surgeon
for a field amputation.
- Get her to ER for a crash C-section.
- It's gonna take 15 minutes...
...for him to get here.
We're not gonna try and save this baby?
- Look, cut it off.
- What?
Ho, ho, ho, wait, wait. Hold on a minute.
We're not gonna do that.
- Look, amputate the damn leg.
- Kim, you can't just cut off her leg.
- Hey, that's not our call.
KIM: Not our call?
You're talking to me about protocol.
Screw that. I'm not giving up.
Get the damn saw.
She's dead anyway.
It's a baby, man. I'll do it.
DOC:
I'm senior here and we follow protocol.
- Look, you're gonna get nailed for this, Kim.
- Give me a tourniquet.
Bobby.
- Think I got a choice?
CARLOS: Yeah.
- Get the husband into the bus.
KIM: Let him Watch. It's his fault.
- Kim, we don't know what we're doing.
- Help me or get out of my way, Doc.
- Bobby.
- Yeah?
Get in here.
KIM:
Get the tourniquet on above the knee.
BOBBY:
Let's get two large-bore IVs going.
This is Adam 553. I need an ER doctor's
permission for a field amputation.
We have a pregnant woman
With a viable fetus. She's dead.
We need to cut the leg to get her out.
No, we don't have time for that.
- We don't have time.
KIM: we'll need that backboard.
Hello?
Hello?
I can't hear you.
Look, I'm sorry. I can't hear you.
Hello?
BOBBY:
Permission denied?
Yeah, bad signal. We got disconnected.
D.K., get in here.
Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go.
[SAW WHIRRING]
Traumatic full arrest, female,
34 weeks pregnant.
CPR started right when she arrested,
good pulse with CPR.
She's had three rounds of meds,
still asystole.
Both pupils are fixed and dilated,
she's got a step deformity at C3.
- I did not give permission for this.
- We had to get her out.
MONTVILLE: who gave authority?
- Wasn't time.
- You cut her leg off?
- She was dead, the baby's not. Focus.
On my count. One, two, three.
You two out. Out.
Set up for postmortem section.
NURSE 1: Pulse ox is 86.
NURSE 2: Pulse with compressions.
MONTVILLE:
Ten blade. Splash some Betadine.
DOCTOR:
Give me some four-by-fours.
MONTVILLE:
I'm at the uterus. Is the warmer ready?
Good bilateral breath sounds.
Here we go.
NURSE 1: Here's the suction.
- Umbilical clamp.
NURSE 1: ABD pads.
MONTVILLE: Clear the mucus and bag her.
DOCTOR:
I'll retract.
Bulb syringe.
Suction her airway.
I got a pulse. Take her to NICU.
Get her out of here.
BOBBY: we could all get nailed for this.
- No, she was my patient.
- We saved the baby.
- Yeah, I know.
Hey. How's that construction worker?
- Don't think he's gonna make it.
- He's a father of two.
Well, they got that baby out.
On the way up to NICU now.
DOC:
Coffee's cold.
I'll check the cafeteria.
The police are in with the husband.
He had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18.
Two people dead.
I hope he does some serious prison time.
This morning she was
getting ready to join a family.
Now she's all alone.
Who?
That baby.
Her father's a drunk.
- Maybe she'll end up someplace better.
- Maybe she'll end up somewhere worse.
Hey, guys.
It's an old man, lives upstairs. Hasn't
been buying papers since his wife died.
I buzz him every once in a while,
see how he's doing.
When's the last time you saw him?
- A couple of weeks, maybe three.
- Police already up there?
MATT:
Yeah. Yeah.
MAN [ON TV]:
No, I gave the application....
BOBBY:
Hey.
KIM:
Hey. what do we got?
I don't know. I got a call for a
Well-being check and I walked into hell.
BOSCO:
Perfect middle-class neighborhood.
I got 10 crackheads
passed out in the kitchen.
BOBBY: How'd these people get in here?
- Meet the son.
Crackhead turned Pop's place
into a smelly-ass purgatory.
- Let me go, huh? This is my place.
BOBBY: That's his son?
KIM: Hey, sir.
Can you tell me what your name is?
1976, pink bunnies everywhere.
Jimmy Carter picked them out.
BOSCO:
He's a nut.
BOBBY:
Pulse is weak and thready.
BP, 80/50.
He's severely dehydrated. Skin is tenting.
Poor cap refill. Let's get him on an IV.
1976, wildly, Bobby's booby.
Boobies? Now you're talking.
You have any idea how long your son's
been selling crack out of your house?
He's unaware, Bosco.
It's probably better that way.
All right, sir,
you're gonna feel a little stick.
Needle's like mosquitoes.
BOBBY:
Let's go.
MAN [ON TV]: That's my wife.
Oh, but not like that though.
WOMAN:
No.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING ON TV]
KIM: Bet things were different
When your wife was around.
Had all your war medals hanging up,
everything just where it needed to be.
Is he gonna be okay?
Won't know
till we get him to the hospital.
Mr. Gublo, I was worried about you.
I missed seeing you around.
- Okay, sir.
MATT: I'll hold your papers for you.
Watch your head. There you go.
- How about I call later, see how he's doing?
- Call Angel of Mercy.
How about I just call you?
You've gotta be kidding.
[KNOCKING]
ALEX: Coming up.
- It's okay, Alex. It's me.
- You're headed out early.
- Yeah. Powell's gonna cover for me.
Everything okay?
Yeah. I got a family thing tonight.
Lucky you.
- What, you got a birthday?
- Nope.
I hate getting together with my family.
What? An anniversary?
No, it's kind of like a family reunion.
We had one of those last summer.
The boathouse in the park.
Cost a fortune.
It was my uncle's idea.
What are you doing?
Something I should've done
a long time ago.
Keep cooking like this, we're gonna have
to have family meetings more often.
Nice, huh?
JOEY:
You like lasagna. Your favorite, right?
How do you know? Last time your mom
made lasagna was almost three years ago.
At Christmas you dressed up like Santa
and the sauce got all over your beard.
Joey, you, um....
You remember the conversations
We had about fire safety?
Stop, drop and roll.
- I can do it.
- That's right.
Joey, come sit. We're talking.
Joey, we did that because why?
Fire's dangerous. I know, I know, I know.
Yeah. You could have hurt somebody,
you know. Like Adam.
Or yourself.
- I hate Adam.
- But you spent the night there last week.
- You said it was great.
- What happened with Adam?
He told everybody I made out
With Wendy Lapidus and I didn't.
Made out? You're 6.
Joey, so you set the fire
because Adam hurt your feelings?
Did you wanna hurt him?
KIM: Did he wake up?
- No, he's sound asleep.
- Kim.
- God, I missed you.
Kimmy.
[BOTH MOANING]
- Aah.
- Oh! You all right?
- Yeah.
- Sorry.
Whoa. Wait. Kim. Wait up.
Kim, stop.
What?
You tired?
Yeah.
Okay.
We got plenty of time.
You all right?
I love you.
Thought you moved on, Kimmy.
You know, Brooke was with me
at the hospital every day, every night.
I know. I'm sorry it took me
so long to come around.
Yeah.
There's no way these are all-natural
and taste the way they do.
- How did it go?
- What?
- The family meeting.
- Went well.
- That's it?
- Hey, Doc. I got your root beer.
You get called in for review yet?
KIM: Baby lived.
- Yeah? Lucky for you.
What's that supposed to mean?
Next time you start hacking limbs off,
make sure I'm nowhere near.
You'd better stay clear then
because I'd do it again.
Well, you do it around me again
and I'll write you up myself.
- I was doing my job.
- Is that what that was?
- Making your own rules?
- It was a judgment call.
The woman was dead.
You would've done the same thing.
Maybe, maybe not.
The point is you did it the wrong Way.
And I don't appreciate
being forced into backing you up.
Doc, I saved that baby.
It went well for you. Great.
I'm getting major grief from Morales
and from our district supervisor.
You're not putting me
in that position again.
- I don't wanna hear any more about it.
- Fine.
Hey, forget that, okay?
You did a good thing.
So? Were you able to get
into the mind of Joey Doherty?
No mystery.
He just wants his family back.
He set the fire for attention,
trying to get mom and dad back.
How'd you get around that?
Oh, no.
- What?
- Nothing.
- I already know.
- What do you already know?
- You slept with him.
- Absolutely not.
BOBBY:
Really?
- Didn't happen.
- Okay.
I told Jimmy I loved him.
- What?
KIM: We're making another go of it.
Kim, your son tried to burn his school down.
Did you talk at all about that?
- We're working it out.
- You're supposed to help Joey understand...
...that his life is okay
even though his parents aren't.
Meaning what? You know,
Joey's my son, I know what he needs.
- It's really not all that complicated.
- Kim, you told him you love him.
- Yeah. I do.
- You don't.
You know what?
I don't need your help right now.
Hey.
Are you and the loony tune...?
What?
You know:
[ALARM BUZZES]
DISPATCHER [OVER PA]:
Boy 553, Adam 553...
...we got a call for a cardiac condition
and a minor injury...
- ...at Marcus Garvey park.
- Doc.
It's messed up, is what I'm saying.
DOC:
Lot of people here for a soccer game.
- Don't change the subject.
- What?
He's a little upset that he didn't get
invited to Jimmy's bachelor party.
- Bachelor party?
- I worked on him When he got shot.
Well, firemen only, I guess.
So Ryan cleated Justin
and Ryan's father got so pissed...
...his kid got kicked out,
he started having chest pains.
He didn't cleat him. Your bony-assed kid
got in the way of Ryan's foot.
CARLOS: Move your hand, sir.
- How you doing?
- It hurts.
- It's okay. I'm right here.
- Looks worse than it really is.
- Here you go.
I got it.
What are you trying to teach if he plays
aggressively and you throw him out?
21 0/120. Pretty high.
You feeling any pain?
- Second time you've thrown my kid out.
- This is recreational.
- No need to get aggressive.
- Under your tongue.
Yeah. Try telling them that
When they get out in the real world.
They're 12.
My stepdad used to get that excited
at my games.
Okay, you're all set.
You put my kid back in?
Fine.
Go get them, Ryan.
- Can I go back in too?
- If you're feeling up to it.
All right, champ. You go get them.
BOBBY:
I'll get this.
Kim.
KIM:
I'll load that for you.
Hey, you mind if we stop by
my apartment?
I gotta pick up some stuff
for that Camelot Outreach thing.
- You got your stuff together yet?
- Nope.
Come on. what is this? Seventh grade?
- I don't think you have the right--
- Kim, I know you.
I know you love Joey more than anything,
but you're not thinking through...
...What he needs right now. You're not.
I just wanna give him something normal.
A family.
He's got a family, Kim.
A screwed-up family.
If you think that's gonna change...
...on the off chance you remarry Jimmy,
then you're crazy.
- I'm not crazy.
- He needs you to be stable, okay?
He needs you to do things with him,
that's what he needs.
Take him to a ball game.
He needs a father. He's got a collection
of his dad's stuff buried under his bed.
He wakes up with nightmares screaming,
asks me every day when's he coming home.
- It's not as simple as a game.
DOC: Hey!
BOBBY: What's his problem?
- You've got our lidocaine.
KIM: what?
- Where's our bag?
Oh, my God. Stop the bus.
- Why? What's wrong?
KIM: Stop, stop, stop.
I forgot to load their bag.
- Carlos.
CARLOS: Come on. Give me the bag.
[SIREN WAILING]
- It was a mistake. A simple mistake.
- He's getting married.
- Get on with your life.
- I want my life back.
He screwed your sister,
you chased after him.
- He gets engaged and there you are again.
- Yeah, we belong together.
We would've been fine
if it wasn't for her.
Who? Melanie?
No wonder you can't explain this divorce
to Joey. You don't understand it yourself.
You think you're doing this
for your son, Kim?
You're dead wrong. This is all about you.
You don't get it.
Wake up.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON JUKEBOX]
Gimlet up.
Hey.
- Mom all right?
- Yeah, Mom's fine.
Look, I wanna ask you something.
Okay.
When'd you get the idea going?
Those weeks you spent at our house
When you couldn't find an apartment?
Was it when you asked to babysit
When I was working nights?
Are you gonna punish me forever?
You slept with my husband.
- I am so sorry.
- In my bed, Melanie. You're my sister.
It was a mistake.
After a year and a half,
that's all you could come up with?
Is this what you came here to talk about?
I need to know
how did you seduce Jimmy?
You think I seduced him?
I need to know what it is that I did wrong.
Did I invite you over too often?
Should I have put you in a cab
instead of making Jimmy take you home?
- Is that it?
- Look...
...I don't know what you want me to say.
If I knew, I'd say it.
I wanna know how to keep Women like you
away from my husband.
Oh, my God.
You're back together again?
Wasn't I enough?
Kim, please.
God, you know what, Melanie?
Just forget it.
What are you doing here?
Hey. I just came by so we could talk.
About Joey?
No. Just talk.
He at your mom's?
Come on. Sit down.
About what?
Whatever.
There's a lot going on.
It's kind of mind-boggling.
Yeah.
Can we just do this in the morning?
Why? Brooke's working nights, right?
You knew that or you wouldn't be here.
So relax. What's the problem?
You're not working.
It's a great time of night.
The stars are bright.
It's crisp, cool, tranquil.
Reminds me of the sky that time
that we went up to the Cape.
What was that?
Fourth of July? Labor Day?
Whatever.
You know, why don't we
have lunch this weekend?
Great.
You have any wine inside?
I'm tired.
Good night.
What are you gonna do?
Leave me out here?
JIMMY:
Hmm.
This is the Kim I remember.
Come on. Let's just sit here
and enjoy the night.
I wanna go to bed.
If you have something to say, say it.
Just go home. I'm really not up for this.
Jimmy, please.
Jimmy, just stay here and talk, and we can--
Jimmy, don't do this.
Can you please just stay here and talk?
What are you doing? Jimmy,
this is ridiculous. Will you open the door?
Jimmy, open the door.
BROOKE [ON MESSAGE]:
Hi, this is Brooke and Jimmy.
Please leave a message after the tone.
Jimmy, can you pick up
the phone, please?
Will you pick up the phone?
Jimmy, open the door.
Jimmy, pick up the phone. Damn it.
Damn it.
Hey.
- Hey, how's the old man?
- He's good.
- What time do you get off?
- In 10, 15 minutes.
Can you do it any sooner?
- You look horrible.
- Thanks.
CATHERINE: I tried to move him upstairs,
but he wanted to stay there.
He set up a tent.
Said he wanted to camp out
all night like you and Jimmy.
Like me and Jimmy?
Oh, God.
Hey, baby.
- Melanie called.
- Don't start.
Kim, I'm sick of splitting Christmas.
Running you out after dinner...
...so she can come for dessert.
She's your sister.
When I left this house, I swore
I was never gonna be a single parent.
If I ever met a guy who was good to me,
I was gonna stick by him no matter what.
But I didn't. I let her destroy it.
He doesn't deserve you.
Let it go, Kimmy.
Joey needs his father. I'm not gonna
let him Walk away just like Ron did.
- That's not fair.
- Mom, you blew it.
If I could find a guy who took care
of my kids, I would've made it work.
What are you talking about?
He was never here.
Yes, he was. For me, he was.
The only events of yours that he came to
Were the ones that I dragged him to.
We had ice cream
after your science fair...
...because your stepdad paid off a bet with
the money I saved to give you a pizza party.
That's not true. We had pizza too.
Honey, you've gotta stop putting color
on things that are black and white.
- He went to all my softball games.
- When he hit on the other moms.
So what if he wasn't there?
He wanted to be there.
No, you are not doing this.
I went down this road.
Chasing after a man that wasn't worthy.
We followed him to Jersey, Rhode Island.
He didn't change.
I'm not spending the next five years
having Joey listen to his mom...
...audition husbands
on the other side of the wall.
I would've loved to have met a man
Who was worthy of you girls.
But I didn't.
And you know what?
I think we did okay.
WOMAN [OVER PA]:
--to ICU. Dr. Steven Martinez to ICU.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Kind of early for you to be here.
Well, breakfast with Sarah.
Figured I'd put up a few posters.
Yeah, I just came by to see
Jimmy in physical therapy.
Good.
See you at the station.
[JIMMY GROANING]
BROOKE: Three, two-- Three, two, one.
JIMMY: Oh, no. No.
- Okay, I'm done.
- Good job, good job.
No more. All right. Let's go home.
Okay.
Good job. You're doing good.
Thank you.
I'm sorry. I shouldn't be here.
Miss Chainsaw. You're not done
hearing from me, you know that.
I've written a letter for your file.
You have to justify cause...
...before a medical review
if I have anything to say about it.
Kim. Kim.
- I'm sorry. I--
- You are bold as hell, aren't you?
It all makes sense with the phone calls,
the hang ups and the lurking around.
- What?
- We have caller ID, Kim.
You were calling us all night.
- Jimmy already told me everything.
- I gotta go.
He told me that you screwed him
before he got shot.
We will deal with that, but you sticking
that stupid grin in my face...
...like we're gonna be friends?
But that must just run in the family.
Yeah, he told me he slept
With your sister too.
You took a very easy situation
and you made it difficult.
And it didn't have to be.
[BABIES CRYING]
That the baby from the accident?
Mm-hm.
Nice-looking kid.
She may end up disabled from the time
she didn't get oxygen in the womb.
They won't know for a couple months,
maybe a couple years.
You okay?
I keep screwing up.
Wonder why that is.
Seems to be a constant in my life.
DOC: Sometimes things
are supposed to be a certain way.
And we gotta be careful
about doing too much.
I'm ashamed of a lot of things
that I've done in my life, but not this.
I'm glad I didn't give up.
We're not God.
Sometimes things happen
the way they're supposed to...
...even if we don't want them to,
and sometimes...
...We're just supposed to give up.
No matter how hard it might be.
Best thing to do is just to let it go.
[SIGHS]
[MUSIC PLAYING ON JUKEBOX]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Look, I was wondering what time
you get off tomorrow. Maybe....
Maybe you wanted to have dinner?
Yeah.
Hey. I know it's late. You got a second?
You can't pop by like this.
JOEY: Hi, Mom.
- Hey, what are you doing up so late?
Daddy got Star wars,
the anniversary edition.
Star wars? That's so cool.
Do I have to leave now?
No. I'm gonna pick you up tomorrow.
Give us a second so we can talk.
I wanna talk to both of you.
I'm sorry, Jimmy. It never really
Worked out very well between us, did it?
I mean, not now. Not then.
But we really got a great kid out of it.
You know, I wanted Joey
to have a normal family.
But what I really want for him is to be
around people that love each other.
That's what he needs.
I've been trying to hold on
to everything I care about.
I thought that was the right thing to do.
I, uh....
I put together that list
that we talked about.
It's got Joey's medical history,
rules, regulations and things that he likes.
If you have any questions, call me.
Melanie?
- Hey, Bobby.
- Hey, little girl. You look good.
- Hi.
MELANIE: How's it going?
- You know.
KIM: Hey, gang.
This is my sister, Melanie.
- Hey, how are you?
MELANIE: Hi.
- This is my family.
- Hey.
BOBBY:
Doc, extra plate, please.
DOC: Yes, sir.
- Dinner's served.
Listen, I hope your health insurance
hasn't lapsed.
[ALL LAUGHING]
CARLOS:
Very funny. There you go.
[ALL CHATTERING]
Previously on Third Watch:
- Why did we ever break up?
- You slept with my sister.
I'd be a fool to get back together with him.
What kind of relationship is that?
Half the time you wanna stab him...
...the other half you can't
keep your hands off of him.
- Brooke?
- No, Kim.
BOBBY: Going to see another woman's
fiancees in the hospital every single day?
I'm over him.
Shut up.
Let the games begin.
KIM: They say if you've got more than one
of something, you're a collector.
I guess that makes me a professional.
I don't know when it happened.
Woke up one morning...
...16 leatherjackets, vintage.
I just don't seem to be able
to throw anything away.
I guess I'm not that comfortable
with change.
I moved around so much
when I was a kid.
New apartments,
new schools, new dads.
Got to where I hung on to stuff.
I realize I should clean house...
...but it's hard figuring out
what's important.
JOEY:
Hey, Mom. Watch this.
- Mom, watch.
- Okay. Joey, what? What?
Hi-ya!
Stop it. what are you doing? Come here.
What's on your back?
- Joey, I told you not to play with my stuff.
- You never wear it.
How would you feel if I cut off
Mr. Whompy's nose?
You don't play with him anymore. Yeah.
This is Mommy's Mr. Whompy.
We camped out for Springsteen tickets.
Your daddy bought me this.
Look what you did to it, Joey.
Sorry. Maybe we can sew it?
No. Forget it. Look, don't touch, okay?
Don't touch any of this. Got it?
[CAR HORN HONKS]
All right, grab your bag. Let's go.
JIMMY:
Hey. How you doing, big man?
Hm? Good.
KIM:
Hey, I was going through my stuff.
- You're not gonna believe what he found.
- The Boss.
Man, I can't believe
you still have that. Get in.
- Hey, Brooke.
- Morning.
JIMMY: So you have him tonight?
- Not if it's wednesday I don't.
Yeah, well, I have physical therapy.
- We have plans later.
KIM: So do I.
Didn't you say you'd
take him to your mom's?
Can you?
You know, I'd just as soon hang
With Joey.
So, I mean, it's really no problem, Kim.
- We'll pick him up.
- We'll pick him up.
All right. Let's go.
Put your seat belt on.
- Watch your fingers.
BROOKE: All set?
[JOEY GROWLS]
[KIM GROWLS]
- Not you too.
- Whoa, what'd I do?
- Where's your stuff?
- We're scolded for not bringing junk...
- ...to dump on poor people.
- I brought mine.
CARLOS:
Big surprise, Mother Teresa.
I'm still going through my closet.
Look at this jacket I found.
- In the bin.
- Yeah, forget about it. I love this jacket.
All right, Carlos,
you got dinner on Thursday.
- Oh, God.
- I was just up.
BOBBY: A month ago.
KIM: we almost died.
Remind me to pick up
some Pepto-Bismol.
That salmonella was not my fault.
The chicken was old.
People usually check the expiration date
before they cook the meal.
Nobody gives a damn.
Why do I keep doing this
charity clothing drive every year?
- Because it's a good thing.
- Yeah, well, you run it next year.
DISPATCHER [OVER PA]: Boy 553,
man unconscious, difficulty breathing.
1476 Martin Luther King Boulevard.
- That's Loretta's. Let me grab my gear.
- Yep.
Man, that guy won't die.
Hey, is Loretta still
handing out baked goods?
Oh, you know it, baby.
Cobbler last week, brownies yesterday.
- We'll take it if you want.
- Oh, okay. No.
[DOC CHUCKLES]
BOBBY:
Who let the dogs out?
[KIM LAUGHS]
KIM:
Oh, my God.
That's, um, sexy.
Pressure's better today.
Feeling any pain now?
Just the usual afternoon cramp.
I told her it's a good day.
Oh, Jackson, eat your oatmeal.
- I want what he's got.
- Nope.
- No sugar, Loretta.
LORETTA: Mm-mm.
Only sugar I get is on my lips.
I'm sorry I brought you guys
out here for nothing...
...but I just got scared.
Call us anytime.
We're not giving up on you.
- You'll be on that golf course in no time.
- Tiger woods ain't got nothing on me.
KIM: Bye.
BOBBY: Thank you.
LORETTA: Goodbye. You're welcome.
KIM: Bye.
[WHISPERS]
The guy keeps going and going.
KIM: That's for you, Bobby,
so you can get your weekly cobbler fix.
BOBBY: Man, I really admire Loretta
taking care of Jackson like that.
It must be hard.
- That's what family's for.
- Yeah, I don't think I could do it.
- How's Jimmy feeling?
- He's okay.
He picked up Joey this morning.
He's back in physical therapy.
I think his ego's doing
most of the recovery.
Ah, came back too soon. wasn't ready.
- Just like what happened with Terrell Davis.
- Who's Terrell Davis?
DISPATCHER [OVER RADIO]:
Squad 57, Ladder 100, Adam and Boy 553.
Fire reported at Saint Mary,s.
East 1 18th Street and Pleasant.
- Damn it.
- What?
- That's Joey's school.
- Boy 553, Saint Mary's, 122 and Pleasant.
TEACHER: Down on the right.
It's in the bathroom.
Not enough we search kids for guns.
Now we search for flamethrowers?
KIM:
Are all the kids safe outside?
They should be by now.
They know the drill.
[ALARM RINGING]
- Kids playing around.
TY: Ah, fire in the hole.
BOBBY: You get the same results
pulling the fire alarm.
- Do we write up a report on this?
- We?
You're the one who wanted to come in
and find out what was going on.
TY:
Bye-bye.
Ms. Zambrano,
We've been trying to reach you.
- Joey, are you okay?
PRINCIPAL: He's not hurt.
How come you're all wet?
- Oh, no.
PRINCIPAL: He was just watching it burn.
No, you did not do this. No way.
His father's a fireman.
Was this Adam's idea?
Who else was with you?
Joey, answer me.
It's really not so unusual.
A family breaks up...
...that's hard on a kid
Who has weekends, holidays--
I'm sorry. We thought he was adjusting.
- You and Joey's father are amicable?
- Yeah, we're great.
He's recovering from a serious injury
so maybe a little off.
Getting back consistency will help,
but if Joey's gonna stay here...
...We need assurance
that he's getting the support he needs.
Joey. what happened?
- Mr. Doherty?
JIMMY: Yeah, hi.
This is Brooke Kennedy, my fiancee.
What'd you do?
Hey, Joey. How about giving me
a minute with your parents?
You know what?
I'll just.... I'll go wait in the car.
There's a chair just outside, okay?
It's okay, wait outside. I'll be right there.
You stay right out there, okay?
Don't go anywhere.
PRINCIPAL: I'd like to recommend
some child therapists.
Well, is that really necessary?
It wouldn't hurt for him to have someone
he can talk to about his feelings.
- You'll need to take him home today.
- Absolutely.
Let me just make you a copy of this list.
JIMMY: Something happen
before we picked him up?
- Before? You blaming me?
- He seemed fine this morning.
You got him in the car for five minutes.
- He was doing pretty well.
- Obviously, he's not.
All right, look, calm down.
I'll take him to physical therapy
With me and we'll talk.
KIM: we need to talk to him together.
- Okay, well, let's have a family meeting.
A family meeting. That's ironic, isn't it?
I'm gonna take him to my mom's now.
- Well, I'll take him.
- We'll all meet tonight.
How's 8:00, my place?
- Fine.
- Good.
KIM: Sorry you had to wait.
- Forget about it. Joey comes first.
- Thanks. Joey.
- Are we having lasagna tonight?
Was this one of those double dares?
What's the kind of cheese
you sprinkle on top?
BOBBY:
Parmesan.
Joey, you hear your mom
ask you a question?
Yeah. When are we gonna
get our Christmas tree?
Joey, we're not talking
about Christmas right now.
Were you melting your army men
or something?
I used to do that.
Yeah, you get a magnifying glass
and some sun.
I'm trying to get him to talk.
How about you answer me, Joey?
I'm gonna eat you up.
CATHERINE:
It's all those candles at your house.
Where do you think
he got those matches from?
BOBBY:
Hey, who's this?
- Grandpa Ron.
KIM: That's right. My stepdad.
That night he threw me a party
for winning first prize in the science fair.
- Sprinkles all over the place. Remember?
KIM: Yeah.
- Kim.
- Best thing that ever happened to you.
BOBBY: See you, buddy.
KIM: Bye.
I'm glad I could rearrange
my schedule today.
Mom, I wouldn't have called
if it wasn't an emergency.
Joey also has an aunt
Who loves him very much.
Is it all right, or not?
You gotta be kidding me.
- Come here, you little firebug.
- Mom, it's not funny. He's in trouble.
Come here, quick, quick. I gotta go.
You behave, all right?
Otherwise you're dead meat.
- You hear me? Bye. Thank you.
CATHERINE: Bye.
Oh, he's not moving. He's not moving.
Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God.
He's arrested.
- How long's he been like this?
- I don't know.
He wouldn't wake up, so I called you.
Let's get an airway and bag him.
- He's gonna be all right, isn't he?
- There's lividity.
What's that?
- You're not gonna let my baby die.
- Come on.
- Don't let him die.
- Just do it.
- Loretta, his heart stopped.
- No.
No.
No.
- I know.
- No.
He was in such a lot of pain, you know?
But he can have some peace now.
Yeah. You can let him go.
We gotta let go.
- How's Joey?
- Oh!
Hey. He's fine.
- Yeah. He's with your mom?
- Yeah.
Is he really okay?
Yeah.
He's a kid.
It's not that unusual. We'll work it out.
You came over to ask about Joey?
Yeah. And to pick up Jimmy's check.
It's payday.
He's trying to get in
a little extra time at the gym.
- Yeah. That's Jimmy.
- Yeah.
- When's he coming back?
- A couple of weeks probably.
Pushed it too hard last time.
He can't wait to get in there
and be the hero again.
Yeah. He's gotta really make sure
that he's ready next time.
You know, actually, I wanted to talk to you
because Joey's going through a lot.
I thought it would be nice
if we could keep a balance...
...between your house and our house.
And I'm not his mom
and I'm not planning on pretending to be...
...but I'm around, so I wanted to make sure
that we're raising him...
...the way you want him to be raised.
- Well, you know, Jimmy--
- Jimmy's not all that great with that stuff.
Yeah.
So, you know,
if Joey's got any allergies...
...if he's got a certain amount of time
he's allowed to watch TV...
- ...play on the PlayStation....
- I could maybe make a list.
Great. Yeah. That'd be great.
Okay.
You know, it doesn't have
to be weird between us.
BOBBY:
God, I hate that smell.
Reminds me of my sister's.
Just fixing a little repair here.
Perfect.
So Powell's coming in early
to cover for me.
Right. The family meeting.
Ever think about putting Joey
in another school?
New environment, new friends.
But Catholic school's the only place
that Jimmy's folks will foot the bill for.
Private's like my entire salary.
You learn the same things
at public school.
Difference is you're having sex
on the subway instead of at the waldorf.
You had sex in the subway?
Stand clear of the closing doors, baby.
You know,
P.S. 249's supposed to be good.
That's by Jimmy.
You could use his address.
I don't know how much longer
he's gonna be there.
Joey'll talk to me. It just takes
a little while to get it out of him.
He and Brooke are going
to premarriage counseling at my church.
Yeah, he's just treading Water.
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
Easier ways to tread water
than with Father Richards.
That guy must be drunk.
MAN:
Hey, watch out!
- Oh, damn.
- Whoa, whoa!
Oh, my--! Go, Bobby, go, go, go.
Holy smokes.
Boy 553. We're at the scene of an MVA,
multiple injuries.
We're at Fulton Street
and the Brooklyn Bridge.
- We need fire, P.D. and EMS backup now.
BOBBY: I'll triage, you grab the car.
KIM:
You okay?
I was just--
I was just changing my CDs and--
- Whoa, look at the car.
KIM: All right. Let me get in there.
Hello. Can you hear me?
- Oh, that's my wife.
- Okay, sir. Stand back.
No. Mary, get out of the car.
- All right, sir. Stand back, please.
- I'll get her out.
Look, move. Let me do my job, sir.
- We need help over here.
KIM: This guy is drunk. Get him out.
CARLOS: Sir.
DAN: Mary? Hey, Mary. Wake up.
DOC: Back up. You all right?
Kim, what do you got?
Pupils are blown,
she's got a step deformity at C3.
- I just lost her pulse.
- Sir, you need to step back.
We're doing everything
We possibly can.
DOC: We've got other people
We can do something for.
- No, no, no.
- Sir.
- What about the baby?
- There's a kid?
DOC:
There's a kid?
- Nothing in the back seat.
- Carlos.
- Oh, my God, Doc, she's pregnant.
- How pregnant? How pregnant is she?
Hey, how pregnant is she?
Eight months.
- Doc, you good?
DOC: I'm good.
As long as we're doing CPR
the baby's still alive.
Yeah, it may be a viable fetus.
Let's get her out now.
- Big girl. We can't pull her out?
- Already tried. She's wedged in.
Her leg is stuck.
She's dead, but the baby's alive.
D.K., go get the Hurst tool and the ram.
BOBBY:
Damn it, he was breathing a minute ago.
CARLOS:
Hold on. Hold on.
- We got a flail chest.
BOBBY: Intubate, yeah?
We gotta move this dash.
This baby has less than 10 minutes.
We started CPR right away.
We're perfusing her well.
- Guys, we need her out.
DOC: Let's go, let's go.
- She's pinned in.
- So unpin her.
It's gonna take time.
Call the EMS surgeon
for a field amputation.
- Get her to ER for a crash C-section.
- It's gonna take 15 minutes...
...for him to get here.
We're not gonna try and save this baby?
- Look, cut it off.
- What?
Ho, ho, ho, wait, wait. Hold on a minute.
We're not gonna do that.
- Look, amputate the damn leg.
- Kim, you can't just cut off her leg.
- Hey, that's not our call.
KIM: Not our call?
You're talking to me about protocol.
Screw that. I'm not giving up.
Get the damn saw.
She's dead anyway.
It's a baby, man. I'll do it.
DOC:
I'm senior here and we follow protocol.
- Look, you're gonna get nailed for this, Kim.
- Give me a tourniquet.
Bobby.
- Think I got a choice?
CARLOS: Yeah.
- Get the husband into the bus.
KIM: Let him Watch. It's his fault.
- Kim, we don't know what we're doing.
- Help me or get out of my way, Doc.
- Bobby.
- Yeah?
Get in here.
KIM:
Get the tourniquet on above the knee.
BOBBY:
Let's get two large-bore IVs going.
This is Adam 553. I need an ER doctor's
permission for a field amputation.
We have a pregnant woman
With a viable fetus. She's dead.
We need to cut the leg to get her out.
No, we don't have time for that.
- We don't have time.
KIM: we'll need that backboard.
Hello?
Hello?
I can't hear you.
Look, I'm sorry. I can't hear you.
Hello?
BOBBY:
Permission denied?
Yeah, bad signal. We got disconnected.
D.K., get in here.
Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go.
[SAW WHIRRING]
Traumatic full arrest, female,
34 weeks pregnant.
CPR started right when she arrested,
good pulse with CPR.
She's had three rounds of meds,
still asystole.
Both pupils are fixed and dilated,
she's got a step deformity at C3.
- I did not give permission for this.
- We had to get her out.
MONTVILLE: who gave authority?
- Wasn't time.
- You cut her leg off?
- She was dead, the baby's not. Focus.
On my count. One, two, three.
You two out. Out.
Set up for postmortem section.
NURSE 1: Pulse ox is 86.
NURSE 2: Pulse with compressions.
MONTVILLE:
Ten blade. Splash some Betadine.
DOCTOR:
Give me some four-by-fours.
MONTVILLE:
I'm at the uterus. Is the warmer ready?
Good bilateral breath sounds.
Here we go.
NURSE 1: Here's the suction.
- Umbilical clamp.
NURSE 1: ABD pads.
MONTVILLE: Clear the mucus and bag her.
DOCTOR:
I'll retract.
Bulb syringe.
Suction her airway.
I got a pulse. Take her to NICU.
Get her out of here.
BOBBY: we could all get nailed for this.
- No, she was my patient.
- We saved the baby.
- Yeah, I know.
Hey. How's that construction worker?
- Don't think he's gonna make it.
- He's a father of two.
Well, they got that baby out.
On the way up to NICU now.
DOC:
Coffee's cold.
I'll check the cafeteria.
The police are in with the husband.
He had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18.
Two people dead.
I hope he does some serious prison time.
This morning she was
getting ready to join a family.
Now she's all alone.
Who?
That baby.
Her father's a drunk.
- Maybe she'll end up someplace better.
- Maybe she'll end up somewhere worse.
Hey, guys.
It's an old man, lives upstairs. Hasn't
been buying papers since his wife died.
I buzz him every once in a while,
see how he's doing.
When's the last time you saw him?
- A couple of weeks, maybe three.
- Police already up there?
MATT:
Yeah. Yeah.
MAN [ON TV]:
No, I gave the application....
BOBBY:
Hey.
KIM:
Hey. what do we got?
I don't know. I got a call for a
Well-being check and I walked into hell.
BOSCO:
Perfect middle-class neighborhood.
I got 10 crackheads
passed out in the kitchen.
BOBBY: How'd these people get in here?
- Meet the son.
Crackhead turned Pop's place
into a smelly-ass purgatory.
- Let me go, huh? This is my place.
BOBBY: That's his son?
KIM: Hey, sir.
Can you tell me what your name is?
1976, pink bunnies everywhere.
Jimmy Carter picked them out.
BOSCO:
He's a nut.
BOBBY:
Pulse is weak and thready.
BP, 80/50.
He's severely dehydrated. Skin is tenting.
Poor cap refill. Let's get him on an IV.
1976, wildly, Bobby's booby.
Boobies? Now you're talking.
You have any idea how long your son's
been selling crack out of your house?
He's unaware, Bosco.
It's probably better that way.
All right, sir,
you're gonna feel a little stick.
Needle's like mosquitoes.
BOBBY:
Let's go.
MAN [ON TV]: That's my wife.
Oh, but not like that though.
WOMAN:
No.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING ON TV]
KIM: Bet things were different
When your wife was around.
Had all your war medals hanging up,
everything just where it needed to be.
Is he gonna be okay?
Won't know
till we get him to the hospital.
Mr. Gublo, I was worried about you.
I missed seeing you around.
- Okay, sir.
MATT: I'll hold your papers for you.
Watch your head. There you go.
- How about I call later, see how he's doing?
- Call Angel of Mercy.
How about I just call you?
You've gotta be kidding.
[KNOCKING]
ALEX: Coming up.
- It's okay, Alex. It's me.
- You're headed out early.
- Yeah. Powell's gonna cover for me.
Everything okay?
Yeah. I got a family thing tonight.
Lucky you.
- What, you got a birthday?
- Nope.
I hate getting together with my family.
What? An anniversary?
No, it's kind of like a family reunion.
We had one of those last summer.
The boathouse in the park.
Cost a fortune.
It was my uncle's idea.
What are you doing?
Something I should've done
a long time ago.
Keep cooking like this, we're gonna have
to have family meetings more often.
Nice, huh?
JOEY:
You like lasagna. Your favorite, right?
How do you know? Last time your mom
made lasagna was almost three years ago.
At Christmas you dressed up like Santa
and the sauce got all over your beard.
Joey, you, um....
You remember the conversations
We had about fire safety?
Stop, drop and roll.
- I can do it.
- That's right.
Joey, come sit. We're talking.
Joey, we did that because why?
Fire's dangerous. I know, I know, I know.
Yeah. You could have hurt somebody,
you know. Like Adam.
Or yourself.
- I hate Adam.
- But you spent the night there last week.
- You said it was great.
- What happened with Adam?
He told everybody I made out
With Wendy Lapidus and I didn't.
Made out? You're 6.
Joey, so you set the fire
because Adam hurt your feelings?
Did you wanna hurt him?
KIM: Did he wake up?
- No, he's sound asleep.
- Kim.
- God, I missed you.
Kimmy.
[BOTH MOANING]
- Aah.
- Oh! You all right?
- Yeah.
- Sorry.
Whoa. Wait. Kim. Wait up.
Kim, stop.
What?
You tired?
Yeah.
Okay.
We got plenty of time.
You all right?
I love you.
Thought you moved on, Kimmy.
You know, Brooke was with me
at the hospital every day, every night.
I know. I'm sorry it took me
so long to come around.
Yeah.
There's no way these are all-natural
and taste the way they do.
- How did it go?
- What?
- The family meeting.
- Went well.
- That's it?
- Hey, Doc. I got your root beer.
You get called in for review yet?
KIM: Baby lived.
- Yeah? Lucky for you.
What's that supposed to mean?
Next time you start hacking limbs off,
make sure I'm nowhere near.
You'd better stay clear then
because I'd do it again.
Well, you do it around me again
and I'll write you up myself.
- I was doing my job.
- Is that what that was?
- Making your own rules?
- It was a judgment call.
The woman was dead.
You would've done the same thing.
Maybe, maybe not.
The point is you did it the wrong Way.
And I don't appreciate
being forced into backing you up.
Doc, I saved that baby.
It went well for you. Great.
I'm getting major grief from Morales
and from our district supervisor.
You're not putting me
in that position again.
- I don't wanna hear any more about it.
- Fine.
Hey, forget that, okay?
You did a good thing.
So? Were you able to get
into the mind of Joey Doherty?
No mystery.
He just wants his family back.
He set the fire for attention,
trying to get mom and dad back.
How'd you get around that?
Oh, no.
- What?
- Nothing.
- I already know.
- What do you already know?
- You slept with him.
- Absolutely not.
BOBBY:
Really?
- Didn't happen.
- Okay.
I told Jimmy I loved him.
- What?
KIM: We're making another go of it.
Kim, your son tried to burn his school down.
Did you talk at all about that?
- We're working it out.
- You're supposed to help Joey understand...
...that his life is okay
even though his parents aren't.
Meaning what? You know,
Joey's my son, I know what he needs.
- It's really not all that complicated.
- Kim, you told him you love him.
- Yeah. I do.
- You don't.
You know what?
I don't need your help right now.
Hey.
Are you and the loony tune...?
What?
You know:
[ALARM BUZZES]
DISPATCHER [OVER PA]:
Boy 553, Adam 553...
...we got a call for a cardiac condition
and a minor injury...
- ...at Marcus Garvey park.
- Doc.
It's messed up, is what I'm saying.
DOC:
Lot of people here for a soccer game.
- Don't change the subject.
- What?
He's a little upset that he didn't get
invited to Jimmy's bachelor party.
- Bachelor party?
- I worked on him When he got shot.
Well, firemen only, I guess.
So Ryan cleated Justin
and Ryan's father got so pissed...
...his kid got kicked out,
he started having chest pains.
He didn't cleat him. Your bony-assed kid
got in the way of Ryan's foot.
CARLOS: Move your hand, sir.
- How you doing?
- It hurts.
- It's okay. I'm right here.
- Looks worse than it really is.
- Here you go.
I got it.
What are you trying to teach if he plays
aggressively and you throw him out?
21 0/120. Pretty high.
You feeling any pain?
- Second time you've thrown my kid out.
- This is recreational.
- No need to get aggressive.
- Under your tongue.
Yeah. Try telling them that
When they get out in the real world.
They're 12.
My stepdad used to get that excited
at my games.
Okay, you're all set.
You put my kid back in?
Fine.
Go get them, Ryan.
- Can I go back in too?
- If you're feeling up to it.
All right, champ. You go get them.
BOBBY:
I'll get this.
Kim.
KIM:
I'll load that for you.
Hey, you mind if we stop by
my apartment?
I gotta pick up some stuff
for that Camelot Outreach thing.
- You got your stuff together yet?
- Nope.
Come on. what is this? Seventh grade?
- I don't think you have the right--
- Kim, I know you.
I know you love Joey more than anything,
but you're not thinking through...
...What he needs right now. You're not.
I just wanna give him something normal.
A family.
He's got a family, Kim.
A screwed-up family.
If you think that's gonna change...
...on the off chance you remarry Jimmy,
then you're crazy.
- I'm not crazy.
- He needs you to be stable, okay?
He needs you to do things with him,
that's what he needs.
Take him to a ball game.
He needs a father. He's got a collection
of his dad's stuff buried under his bed.
He wakes up with nightmares screaming,
asks me every day when's he coming home.
- It's not as simple as a game.
DOC: Hey!
BOBBY: What's his problem?
- You've got our lidocaine.
KIM: what?
- Where's our bag?
Oh, my God. Stop the bus.
- Why? What's wrong?
KIM: Stop, stop, stop.
I forgot to load their bag.
- Carlos.
CARLOS: Come on. Give me the bag.
[SIREN WAILING]
- It was a mistake. A simple mistake.
- He's getting married.
- Get on with your life.
- I want my life back.
He screwed your sister,
you chased after him.
- He gets engaged and there you are again.
- Yeah, we belong together.
We would've been fine
if it wasn't for her.
Who? Melanie?
No wonder you can't explain this divorce
to Joey. You don't understand it yourself.
You think you're doing this
for your son, Kim?
You're dead wrong. This is all about you.
You don't get it.
Wake up.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON JUKEBOX]
Gimlet up.
Hey.
- Mom all right?
- Yeah, Mom's fine.
Look, I wanna ask you something.
Okay.
When'd you get the idea going?
Those weeks you spent at our house
When you couldn't find an apartment?
Was it when you asked to babysit
When I was working nights?
Are you gonna punish me forever?
You slept with my husband.
- I am so sorry.
- In my bed, Melanie. You're my sister.
It was a mistake.
After a year and a half,
that's all you could come up with?
Is this what you came here to talk about?
I need to know
how did you seduce Jimmy?
You think I seduced him?
I need to know what it is that I did wrong.
Did I invite you over too often?
Should I have put you in a cab
instead of making Jimmy take you home?
- Is that it?
- Look...
...I don't know what you want me to say.
If I knew, I'd say it.
I wanna know how to keep Women like you
away from my husband.
Oh, my God.
You're back together again?
Wasn't I enough?
Kim, please.
God, you know what, Melanie?
Just forget it.
What are you doing here?
Hey. I just came by so we could talk.
About Joey?
No. Just talk.
He at your mom's?
Come on. Sit down.
About what?
Whatever.
There's a lot going on.
It's kind of mind-boggling.
Yeah.
Can we just do this in the morning?
Why? Brooke's working nights, right?
You knew that or you wouldn't be here.
So relax. What's the problem?
You're not working.
It's a great time of night.
The stars are bright.
It's crisp, cool, tranquil.
Reminds me of the sky that time
that we went up to the Cape.
What was that?
Fourth of July? Labor Day?
Whatever.
You know, why don't we
have lunch this weekend?
Great.
You have any wine inside?
I'm tired.
Good night.
What are you gonna do?
Leave me out here?
JIMMY:
Hmm.
This is the Kim I remember.
Come on. Let's just sit here
and enjoy the night.
I wanna go to bed.
If you have something to say, say it.
Just go home. I'm really not up for this.
Jimmy, please.
Jimmy, just stay here and talk, and we can--
Jimmy, don't do this.
Can you please just stay here and talk?
What are you doing? Jimmy,
this is ridiculous. Will you open the door?
Jimmy, open the door.
BROOKE [ON MESSAGE]:
Hi, this is Brooke and Jimmy.
Please leave a message after the tone.
Jimmy, can you pick up
the phone, please?
Will you pick up the phone?
Jimmy, open the door.
Jimmy, pick up the phone. Damn it.
Damn it.
Hey.
- Hey, how's the old man?
- He's good.
- What time do you get off?
- In 10, 15 minutes.
Can you do it any sooner?
- You look horrible.
- Thanks.
CATHERINE: I tried to move him upstairs,
but he wanted to stay there.
He set up a tent.
Said he wanted to camp out
all night like you and Jimmy.
Like me and Jimmy?
Oh, God.
Hey, baby.
- Melanie called.
- Don't start.
Kim, I'm sick of splitting Christmas.
Running you out after dinner...
...so she can come for dessert.
She's your sister.
When I left this house, I swore
I was never gonna be a single parent.
If I ever met a guy who was good to me,
I was gonna stick by him no matter what.
But I didn't. I let her destroy it.
He doesn't deserve you.
Let it go, Kimmy.
Joey needs his father. I'm not gonna
let him Walk away just like Ron did.
- That's not fair.
- Mom, you blew it.
If I could find a guy who took care
of my kids, I would've made it work.
What are you talking about?
He was never here.
Yes, he was. For me, he was.
The only events of yours that he came to
Were the ones that I dragged him to.
We had ice cream
after your science fair...
...because your stepdad paid off a bet with
the money I saved to give you a pizza party.
That's not true. We had pizza too.
Honey, you've gotta stop putting color
on things that are black and white.
- He went to all my softball games.
- When he hit on the other moms.
So what if he wasn't there?
He wanted to be there.
No, you are not doing this.
I went down this road.
Chasing after a man that wasn't worthy.
We followed him to Jersey, Rhode Island.
He didn't change.
I'm not spending the next five years
having Joey listen to his mom...
...audition husbands
on the other side of the wall.
I would've loved to have met a man
Who was worthy of you girls.
But I didn't.
And you know what?
I think we did okay.
WOMAN [OVER PA]:
--to ICU. Dr. Steven Martinez to ICU.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Kind of early for you to be here.
Well, breakfast with Sarah.
Figured I'd put up a few posters.
Yeah, I just came by to see
Jimmy in physical therapy.
Good.
See you at the station.
[JIMMY GROANING]
BROOKE: Three, two-- Three, two, one.
JIMMY: Oh, no. No.
- Okay, I'm done.
- Good job, good job.
No more. All right. Let's go home.
Okay.
Good job. You're doing good.
Thank you.
I'm sorry. I shouldn't be here.
Miss Chainsaw. You're not done
hearing from me, you know that.
I've written a letter for your file.
You have to justify cause...
...before a medical review
if I have anything to say about it.
Kim. Kim.
- I'm sorry. I--
- You are bold as hell, aren't you?
It all makes sense with the phone calls,
the hang ups and the lurking around.
- What?
- We have caller ID, Kim.
You were calling us all night.
- Jimmy already told me everything.
- I gotta go.
He told me that you screwed him
before he got shot.
We will deal with that, but you sticking
that stupid grin in my face...
...like we're gonna be friends?
But that must just run in the family.
Yeah, he told me he slept
With your sister too.
You took a very easy situation
and you made it difficult.
And it didn't have to be.
[BABIES CRYING]
That the baby from the accident?
Mm-hm.
Nice-looking kid.
She may end up disabled from the time
she didn't get oxygen in the womb.
They won't know for a couple months,
maybe a couple years.
You okay?
I keep screwing up.
Wonder why that is.
Seems to be a constant in my life.
DOC: Sometimes things
are supposed to be a certain way.
And we gotta be careful
about doing too much.
I'm ashamed of a lot of things
that I've done in my life, but not this.
I'm glad I didn't give up.
We're not God.
Sometimes things happen
the way they're supposed to...
...even if we don't want them to,
and sometimes...
...We're just supposed to give up.
No matter how hard it might be.
Best thing to do is just to let it go.
[SIGHS]
[MUSIC PLAYING ON JUKEBOX]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Look, I was wondering what time
you get off tomorrow. Maybe....
Maybe you wanted to have dinner?
Yeah.
Hey. I know it's late. You got a second?
You can't pop by like this.
JOEY: Hi, Mom.
- Hey, what are you doing up so late?
Daddy got Star wars,
the anniversary edition.
Star wars? That's so cool.
Do I have to leave now?
No. I'm gonna pick you up tomorrow.
Give us a second so we can talk.
I wanna talk to both of you.
I'm sorry, Jimmy. It never really
Worked out very well between us, did it?
I mean, not now. Not then.
But we really got a great kid out of it.
You know, I wanted Joey
to have a normal family.
But what I really want for him is to be
around people that love each other.
That's what he needs.
I've been trying to hold on
to everything I care about.
I thought that was the right thing to do.
I, uh....
I put together that list
that we talked about.
It's got Joey's medical history,
rules, regulations and things that he likes.
If you have any questions, call me.
Melanie?
- Hey, Bobby.
- Hey, little girl. You look good.
- Hi.
MELANIE: How's it going?
- You know.
KIM: Hey, gang.
This is my sister, Melanie.
- Hey, how are you?
MELANIE: Hi.
- This is my family.
- Hey.
BOBBY:
Doc, extra plate, please.
DOC: Yes, sir.
- Dinner's served.
Listen, I hope your health insurance
hasn't lapsed.
[ALL LAUGHING]
CARLOS:
Very funny. There you go.
[ALL CHATTERING]