Third Watch (1999–2005): Season 3, Episode 19 - The Greater Good - full transcript
Kim gets a new PDA, which she uses to work out why so many patients have come from the same area. Carlos makes a decision about Kylie.
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You're under arrest.
I warn you! I beg you
don't go for Chevchenko!
You don't listen!
We could have Kylie
placed in a matter of days.
You had interviews today, Carlos...
Six of them; six potential
sets of parents, here.
Oh, man, I totally spaced it.
You're blowing this thing on purpose.
This child of yours needs
a real home, all right?
A real home... which, unfortunately
you can't give her.
Who says I can't?
My foster parents were too busy to...
to be there.
I'm not going to let
that happen with Kylie.
How's she doing?
The medical term is
"appropriately combative."
In layman's terms, that means "just great."
You know, I'm a paramedic premed, too.
Oh. Well, then, the fontanelles are flat
There's no papilledema.
The petechia are gone
and the repeat tap shows
a few leuks, no polys.
She's much better.
I'm transferring to
the floor this afternoon.
Can I hold her?
Sure.
You want to see Daddy?
Okay.
Ooh.
Oh. She got heavy.
Hey.
Hey, Kylie.
Remember me?
Carlos?
Huh?
Charlie, let's go.
Mom!
Okay.
Now, remember to say thank you.
I will.
And be respectful.
When people are supporting your school
it's important that you're respectful.
I know, I know.
All right, have fun.
Why do I have to go?
Because your mother's going to work
and you're not staying here alone.
Fred, thank you
for taking her around, you know.
It's nice of you to be helping
her out with the chocolate.
Yeah. Well...
Someone has to. Right?
This thing is going to change my life.
No wonder I can't
ever find anybody... I got listings
under last names, first names.
I got you under "P" for "paramedic."
Why not "D"?
For "delightful"?
There's the squad.
Guy isn't talking anymore.
Okay.
You know, it's even got a calendar
so I can track Joey's whole schedule.
I can barely keep track of my own.
I can't imagine having to know
where somebody else has to be.
If I had to count on Jimmy...
We need you to check him out
before we lift it.
Where is he?
Trust me, you won't have
any problem finding him.
Guy's name's Miguel.
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Fell as far as it's going to
but we have supports underneath it.
Maybe room for one.
I'll go.
Miguel?
Miguel?
He's cyanotic.
Not breathing!
Can you ventilate from under there?
Hardly.
Is the car on his chest?
No.
Faint pulse, no head trauma.
No breath sounds on the left side.
His neck veins look distended.
Barrel-chested, heavy smoker...
You know, it could be he's got emphysema
and blew out a bleb.
You thinking tension pneumo?
Looks like it.
Trachea shifted?
I don't think so.
Jimmy, we need to get him out of there
in a hurry.
We're ready.
Guys.
That's far enough, that's far enough.
All right, let me try venting him.
I can feel the pressure.
It's not going in.
What's that do?
It acts as a field flutter valve.
It'll get the air to go out...
but it won't go back in.
You sure about this?
We've got no other choice.
All right, go for it.
There it is.
Good. He's venting easy.
Let's get a C-collar on
and get ready to transport.
Nice call.
They identified that little girl
that we found the other day.
Yeah, I heard.
Three days out and that junkie mother
never even reported her missing.
The first time the needle goes into the arm
they should have their
reproductive organs ripped out.
The ACLU would love that.
Hey, I don't see the ACLU
stepping up to take care of these kids.
People can have as many
ignored children as they want.
I'm sick of it.
I heard about this joint up on 98th Street.
They're selling fake IDs
out the back door.
IDs?
So what?
Pass it along to the squad.
It's a Russian outfit.
It's Vory V. Zacone.
Chevchenko.
Maybe we'll go up there
and make life difficult for them today?
I don't know, Faith... the last time
I dragged a partner after those people
it didn't turn out so good.
I got my eyes wide open.
98th and what?
52-year-old male trapped under a car.
BP 110/60, pulse 100.
Decompressed a tension pneumo on the scene.
Car landed on both tib/fibs.
Car was on his chest?
No, on his legs.
Then why would he have a pneumo?
He's a heavy smoker. I'm pretty sure
he's got emphysema and blew out a bleb.
You're pretty sure?
Well, that would explain the pneumo.
What-what is this?
It's a makeshift one-way valve.
Decreased breath sounds on the left.
They were absent
when we got there.
Maybe your darting gave him the pneumo.
What?
Two, three.
All right, I want to check tube placement.
I saw it go through the vocal cords.
Confirm it with a capnometer, Mary.
I'm sorry?
Confirm the tube placement
with the capnometer.
It's in the right place.
And tell the paramedics
we can take it from here.
Thank you, Sarge.
Hey, Sarge.
What have you got, Sully?
These mopes are running a fake ID racket
out of a deli on 98th.
And you're transporting for OCCB now?
No. This is our collar, boss.
It isn't really a sector-car assignment.
Well, we're branching out, Lou.
This thing even beeps reminders.
I can't forget my own birthday again.
Who does Peterson think
he is, talking to us like that?
Yeah, he used to get to me,
too, but that's just Peterson.
He's moody.
He checks tube placement
and then he wants it confirmed? I mean...
Yeah. If it was in the right place
what difference does it make?
I was right about that pneumo.
Of course he'll never admit it.
Yeah, well, he's got problems with women.
What else is new?
Boy 55-3, we have an unknown medical.
1069 second, third floor.
1069 second on three. Boy 55-3.
So you think Peterson second-guesses
Doc and Carlos like that?
Yes.
He does?
What? No, I just found the function menu.
Now I'm going to get organized.
Hey, Doc. Hey.
How's it going, girls?
Girls?
We didn't call for backup.
We got a job across the street.
Unknown medical.
You?
Threatened miscarriage.
Hey, Doc, you hungry?
What?
How about some meat on a stick?
Yo, how about we get
our patient to the hospital?
It's like his second meal today.
Ever think you'd miss Carlos?
Have fun!
Ugh!
Neighborhood's jumping today.
"Hey, how about some meat on a stick?"
Yum, yum.
Kylie, what's that?
It's a green kangaroo, huh?
I'm so happy she's doing better.
Hey. Yeah, me, too.
Hi, little angel.
I've got some
good news for you. Yeah, what's that?
I think we may have a family for Kylie.
He's a contractor and she's a stay-at-home
with a five-year-old
daughter, also adopted.
They have a single-family
house in Brooklyn.
Uh, no, thanks.
Excuse me?
No, thanks, I've changed my mind.
Oh.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Then you've decided to keep her?
Yeah.
Thanks.
Good.
Sure. Well... it was nice to meet you.
Yeah. You, too.
Rami, you left your, uh...
Pasen, pasen.
Es mi esposo.
El esta en el sofa.
Ahi esta.
El estuvo enfermo por tres dias.
El no me dejo
llamar al doctor.
Hope this guy has veins.
Diabetes.
El de pronto
se quedo inconsciente en el suelo.
Whoa, whoa, slow down, slow down.
Mas despacio.
¿Tiene diabetes?
He has diabetes?
Tiene diabetes.
Here, use the glucometer.
Si, si.
Yo le di su insulina.
Aw, this guy is burning up.
I'm going to call it in.
Mercy, this is Boy 55-3.
We have an elderly diabetic
with probable ketoacidosis
and septic shock.
B.P. is 70 over nothing.
Pulse 144, thready.
Glucose...
425.
Glucose, 425.
What?
A.M.S. protocol.
The last thing this guy needs is glucose.
Request an order for dopamine
after two large bores established.
Yeah, yeah.
Fine. E.T.A., ten minutes.
Saline's running wide open.
Telemetry wants us to
stick to A.M.S. protocols.
Scoop and run.
Why?
Screw protocol.
We're not giving a guy with a
glucose of 425 more glucose.
Hand me that tourniquet.
So none of you speak English?
Well, then we make 'em all John Doe.
And we let them sit in lockup
until we find out who they are
and that can take days.
I believe I can help.
Who are you?
Andrei Resnik.
I'm an attorney here to
represent these gentlemen.
Gentlemen?
Who called you?
I don't believe that's germane
to the situation, is it?
There is some paperwork
that needs completing?
Yeah. Soon as we find out who
the hell your "gentlemen" are.
Then allow me to translate.
Anything to facilitate the process
with our complete cooperation.
This the telemetry run?
78-year-old diabetic.
Fever and A.M.S.
B.P. is 80/40, sinus tach, 132.
Ten liters of O2, two
liters of saline are in.
How much glucose?
We held off on A.M.S. protocol.
What?
His glucose was 425.
Look, stop running a diagnostic lab
and follow the base station's orders.
We're not robots.
Well, you're certainly not doctors.
Ah, there it is.
Get a glucose
draw for a CBC
chem 20, blood cultures
times two.
On my count, ready?
One... two...
three.
And get me a fresh round of vitals.
You don't think we know
how to take a pulse?
I'm Kylie's dog.
He can put her to sleep.
Ruffy and ruff.
Ruffy and ruff.
Ruffy and ruff.
Ruffy and...
It was mine when I was a kid.
Yeah... you saved it?
No. No, I found it in... in storage.
Hmm.
Well, uh...
I still have my first baseball mitt, too.
So she's doing better?
Yeah.
They're discharging her tomorrow.
The Kenney's, huh?
They want Kylie?
Kylie Kenney.
Isn't that perfect?
Well, did you talk to them?
Why bother? They're white.
And...?
And what about Kylie's heritage?
Her Latina heritage.
I'm not about to let her lose that.
Uh-uh.
And she's going to get that from you?
Well, she's not going to
get it from the Kenneys.
Well, how do you know that?
Do they look particularly Latino to you?
Carlos, you barely speak Spanish yourself.
Maybe because I was in
seven different foster homes
before I was ten, none of which was Latino.
Well, her mother was white.
As long as you're
bringing up the heritage...
These people aren't right, okay?
Well, I take it you're
all set for child care
I mean, once they discharge her.
Yeah. I got child care... me.
You have a job.
Look, how would you feel
about switching me to days?
Well, don't you have school?
I might have to bag it for a while.
You're going to bag premed?
It's either that or I take
a leave of absence.
You won't get it.
The city is short on medics already.
Harris was with me today
but he was supposed to be
back at his house two days ago.
I need you at work tomorrow, Carlos.
ADAM 55-3, see a Dr. Peterson
Mercy Hospital ER.
Adam 5-5-3.10-4.
I don't mean to shoot you
down, but you need to...
Yeah. Thanks for coming by.
How's it going?
It's going...
now that this lawyer
shows up out of the blue.
Expensive suit.
Yeah, too expensive.
Is it a good caller?
Yeah.
Then who cares how expensive his suit is?
Question is, who's paying for him?
Fyodor Chevchenko.
Hey, I don't want any vendettas out there.
Look, boss, as long as
Chevchenko's little bastards
walk the straight and narrow,
everything's good with me.
Being this guy's personal
pain in the ass... not your job.
Oh, this connection is so slow.
Can't we get a DSL line up here?
Oh, yeah, that'll happen.
Since when did you get all techno?
Whoa, don't touch. It's downloading.
What's it do?
Everything. I got Joey's
class schedule in there.
Notes from his doctor
visits, dental appointments.
Oh, sounds complicated.
I think I'll stick
to good old paper and
pen; less aggravation.
Yeah, compared to some things.
Hey, Alex.
I just had a little sit-down
with your good friend Dr. Peterson.
What does that mean?
Well, I had to talk him out of
filing a complaint against you.
Against me? A complaint?
Did you ignore a telemetry order?
It was wrong.
Like it or not, he's the doctor.
Doesn't it ever piss you off
to be treated like a cab driver?
No one ever treats me like that.
Not even Dr. Peterson?
Look, I know he's a
little intense sometimes
but that doesn't make him a bad guy.
Mm-hmm. You see that?
It is about women.
Oh, come on.
He was kind of being a jerk.
Doc, he questions
everything we do.
He double-checks our vitals.
He checks positions on tubes and IVs.
And are they right?
Oh, you know they are.
So what if he checks?
That's what I said.
Whose side are you on?
Look, follow telemetry's orders.
Okay? The job's hard enough.
Don't give this guy a
reason to make it any harder.
Ooh, that's it.
Instant access to every city
phone number you could possibly need.
Ha, ha, ha! Look at that.
Good. You can call someone who cares.
Okay.
May I help you?
Yeah. Hi, I'm Carlos Nieto.
I got your name from the adoption people.
Nieto?
Yeah, my...
The... the baby is Kylie Sundstrom.
Oh. Yeah, gosh.
Come on in. Thanks.
Mike?
Why don't you make yourself at home
and I'll just see what he's...
Hello. I'm making cookies.
That's nice.
Mr. Nieto?
Hi. Mike Kenney.
I'm... at war with the sink.
I'm losing. You've met Moira?
Yeah, we met.
Me and Mommy are making cookies.
Why don't you go on upstairs
and check on those, and
I'll be right up with you, okay?
Okay. You want some?
Uh... sure.
Hope you like Play-Doh.
She's adopted?
I saw it in the booklet.
Her birth mom lives in Denver.
You know her?
Yeah. We're in touch.
Exchange Christmas cards,
phone calls occasionally.
Really?
Can I get you something, Mr. Nieto?
Carlos. No. I don't want to impose.
Rami told us that you'd
already reconsidered
releasing Kylie for adoption.
Yeah. That's why I came.
I didn't know if she'd
tell you or not, so...
Look, we understand.
It's a... really difficult
decision to make.
I didn't want you to hear
about it over the phone
and think that maybe it
was you or something.
Very considerate of you.
Can I ask...
did you have a room set
up for her and everything?
Yes.
Upstairs. It used to be Moira's room.
Would you like to see it?
I'm just... curious, you know.
Come on upstairs.
Wow.
It's really, um... wow.
Mom, I think they're done!
Excuse me.
Well, that sink's calling.
Yeah, thanks.
I'll just be, uh...
Take your time.
You're up early.
Yeah, well, I wanted to see
you guys before you took off.
How'd the candy bar delivery go?
Had to be a thousand bars
with Charlie whining every step of the way.
Emily must have set some kind of record.
Yeah, well, she did really
well last year too, right?
She must have some kind of knack for it.
Although her mother sold
a few candy bars in her day.
I'll be in the shower.
Are we okay?
Me and you, are we okay?
I don't know.
I'll be in the shower.
Hey, there. Look at that. Who's that?
We were so glad you called.
Hey, yeah.
So she's already been discharged?
Yeah, all set.
May I?
Sure.
She might make a stink.
She really doesn't like
being picked up much.
Oh, ooh, you are so beautiful.
So we're all clear, right?
It's only for the day.
Absolutely.
I think it's a wonderful idea, Mr. Nieto.
Like a test-drive for Kylie.
You need any diapers or anything?
Oh, no, we're all set.
Diapers, rash cream, wipes.
Any allergies we should know about?
Uh... no.
None that I know of.
We have a pediatrician
in case of emergency.
Unless you'd rather we use yours.
Um, yeah.
You know, you should probably
call Dr. Reed here at Mercy.
She's been her primary since she got sick.
Right, Dr. Reed it is.
Okay, then, we're all set.
Okay, then.
All right, well, we should see
you around 11:00, you said.
No. I get off work at
11:00; more like 11:30.
Great. We'll be waiting up.
Are you sure you
understand what you're doing?
Yeah. This clears me with you guys, right?
If this works out, we'll owe you one.
Thanks.
You're going to make some woman
one hell of a catch some day, Frankie.
I'm not really looking to settle down
you know what I'm saying?
Yeah, the good ones never are.
Don't forget... when
you get inside, don't stop.
Keep going all the way through the back.
Okay, I got it. Got it.
All right.
Go.
Whew!
5-5 Charlie...
We're in a foot pursuit
northbound, one-one and Green.
All right, stop right there!
All right, stop!
Sorry, folks.
Stop right there!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hey, get away from the table!
Get your hands up!
Get your hands up!
Get your hands up
against the wall right now.
Look at this, look at this!
It's a nice little operation, guys.
Flash paper?
Yeah, good-bye to these babies.
What about this junk?
Oh, yeah, take it.
No problem.
I love cleaning up other people's crap.
Hey, I got a surprise for you.
Does it involve trashing that thing?
Last night I downloaded
an emergency medicine database off the net.
It's like med school in a bottle.
Seriously?
You're going to love this thing.
Come on, ask me anything.
Okay. Why don't you
clean up after yourself?
Come on, something medical. One question.
All right.
What's the differential diagnosis of Ebola?
Hey, you asked.
All right, okay.
Got it. Ready?
Influenza, malaria,
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
typhoid fever, dengue fever
and any of the arboviral encephalopathies.
Arboviral encephalopathies?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah. That's going to do
us a lot of good out here.
You know, things were
pretty busy while you were off.
Mm-hmm.
Mostly routine. Nothing too big.
You should have...
you should have seen Harris eat.
One day he had four full
meals during just one shift.
So, who you got watching the baby?
What?
The baby... who's taking care of her?
Oh, she's with the Kenneys.
The couple from the folder?
Yeah. It's just a trial thing.
She stays with them for the
day, we see how it works out.
So you're considering adoption again?
Nope. It's called free baby-sitting.
What?
Pays to be creative.
You're kidding me, right?
You would do that to
people looking for a kid?
Hey, I had to do something.
Something, yeah, but I mean, not that.
I mean, it's unethical,
man, and it's cruel.
You're the one that said I
had to be at work today, right?
Yeah, but...
Yeah, so it buys me an extra day.
An extra day?
Yeah, an extra day.
What about the next
day and the day after that?
Come on, man, you can't go day-to-day.
You got to have some kind of plan. I know.
Long-term!
I know.
I'm doing the best that I can.
That's right. Your room is right this way.
Watch your step.
Come back here.
We'll get you out of your jewelry.
Yokas.
What's this?
Oh, it was a... a bookie joint at a bar
and we got most of the...
paper and the records
before they could destroy them.
How?
Element of surprise.
Did you have a warrant?
We didn't need one
because we were chasing a suspect
and he ran right into it.
Really?
A suspect for what?
Drug possession.
Uh-huh.
76-year-old.
Brought in her diabetic husband yesterday.
Complains of bilateral
eye-itching and discharge.
Vitals are normal.
Let's have a look.
She's got pinkeye.
Yeah.
Well, it'll be a while.
A long while.
So he's going to take it
out on the patients now?
Alex...
What's your problem with us?
Me? My problem?
Aside from yesterday's complete disregard
of a direct patient care
order from telemetry?
Or how about that invasive procedure
you performed on a patient
which may or may not have
caused a tension pneumo?
I told you, the tension
pneumo was already present.
Look, you are not a doctor!
I never said I was.
Then don't act like one.
Excuse me, I have bigger
problems to address.
Sorry I'm late. Busy night.
That's okay. She's upstairs.
So much for you crashing early.
I told you she'd keep you up.
No, she's been down since about 7:00.
Oh, who's up?
Hey. Hey, you ready to go home?
Can I give you a hand?
No, I got it. Thanks.
Listen...
I know it's short notice
but we're going up to
my folks' in Riverdale
for dinner tomorrow
and we wondered if we
might take Kylie along.
No.
It's just... I mean... you know?
I know. I'm sorry.
I don't mean to push.
Anyway, thanks again.
There we go.
There she is, clean as a whistle.
Clean as a whistle.
Hey.
Hey.
Ooh, who's that guy?
Who's that guy, Kylie?
Who's that guy? What's up?
Bath time, huh?
Yeah, that water's a little unpredictable.
It's hot one minute, cold the next.
Yeah?
We got it.
We had a good bath.
Well, how did the trial
run with that family go?
They were nice.
They have a nice house. Yeah?
The got a nice kids room.
Nice white rocking chair.
All right, so...
So nothing.
They were nice.
Okay. You working tonight?
I don't know.
You don't know?
I'm scheduled to
but I don't know.
You can't just go to work
when you feel like going to work.
I said I don't know, Ty
and I don't really want to talk about it.
It's nap time.
How's he doing?
B.P.'s coming up with a liter of saline.
110 over 60.
Don't you think this is weird?
Three really serious
calls on the same block?
Four, counting Doc's the other day.
Threatened miscarriage?
Think they're connected?
How?
I don't know.
Ask your machine.
All right, uh...
Diabetic with keto-acidosis...
and sepsis.
And his wife had that eye thing.
Conjunctivitis, right.
And Doc's threatened AB.
Oh, man.
What?
The differential on diabetic sepsis
is as long your arm.
Miscarriage, conjunctivitis... huh.
What?
Listeria.
Never heard of it.
Yeah, me neither.
Here it is: Listeria Monocytogenes.
Miscarriage, conjunctivitis,
bacteremic sepsis
and meningitis.
This guy have a stiff neck?
Okay, okay. Whoa, all right, sir.
Does that answer your question?
How do you get Listeria?
Food poisoning.
Uncooked meat, unwashed vegetables
and unpasteurized cheese.
Sir, what have you eaten lately?
Nothing, yo no como nada.
What, this guy doesn't eat?
No comida? Nothing?
Esperate...
El hombre con la carreta...
The guy on the cart...
The meat-on-a-stick guy.
They were nice, huh? Kenneys.
Did you like them?
Hmm?
Hey, they even come with grandparents.
Their job is to spoil you.
Or so I hear; I never had grandparents.
I wouldn't have them for you, either.
No, I wouldn't.
And you know what? You deserve that.
You deserve a real home
and a mom and a sister.
And me, too.
You'll always have me.
That'll never change, Kylie. Never.
You called us in, boss?
Yeah. You got a visitor.
Oh, look who's here.
Officer Sullivan. Officer Yokas.
You're early today, huh?
'Cause we haven't even gotten started yet.
Yeah, but I'm sure
you're going to be needed.
Could I possibly have a word with you
Officer Sullivan, alone?
Well, anything you got to say to me
you can say in front of my partner.
Come on.
What do you want?
I would like to make you a proposition.
What? Are you kidding me?
You talking to me about money?
I didn't think you were that stupid.
You misunderstand.
You're looking for someone
very important to you.
What?
Your wife.
You know where she is?
Sully... Of course not.
How do you know I'm looking for her?
Our community is not so
large. You've been everywhere.
We can go places you can't
ask questions you can't get answered.
Sully! Sully!
You listen to me, you son of a bitch!
You tell Chevchenko
that if he goes near my wife
there will be nowhere he can hide from me!
You hear me? You tell him that.
What's going on?
You son of a bitch.
As I was saying, I'm only
trying to be a facilitator.
Found him in pool of vomit and feces
high temp and shocky at 86/40.
It's now 110/60 with two liters of saline.
Terrific. Stick him in the back.
I'll get a temp.
I see him in about a week when he dries.
We think it's Listeria meningitis.
When you hear hoof beats,
think horses, not zebras.
You understand what that means?
See, he's doing it to you now.
You don't go for the rare diagnosis?
We learned that first year in med school.
We've had four runs... pretty serious ones
on the same block in the last three days.
So, I cross-referenced it
on my ER-MED program
and I came up with Listeria.
An ER-MED program? You serious?
Paramedics with PDAs.
Now, that is scary.
Diabetic sepsis, miscarriage, pinkeye
and now maybe meningitis.
Four runs in three days
on a street where a
vendor sells shish-kabob
which might just contain bad meat.
Maybe.
Yeah, maybe.
But what we learned in paramedic school
is that when the maybes
add up, you better watch it.
Look, I-I-I got a full plate here.
Listen, I know I'm not a doctor.
But I'm a really good
paramedic, and I'm asking you
to please value my
knowledge just a little bit
and rule out meningitis
before it costs this guy his life.
It's a procedure that
you can do that I can't.
I need your help here.
Well, he needs your help. Please.
Put that guy in Iso
and set me up with a spinal tap.
I need you.
He needs you.
Hey, it worked.
Oh, it brought tears to my eyes.
It's all for the greater good, right?
Mm-hmm, greater good.
I'll do the run sheet.
Oh, now, come on,
Alex, I want to. I need to.
You just...
Hey.
Hey.
Just checking out my gear.
I was cleared for duty today.
Yeah?
Yeah, I'm back tomorrow.
Well, that's great.
So, how's it been?
Oh, you know, just, uh...
seven hours of complete boredom
mixed with one hour of shear terror.
Yeah. I miss it.
How could you not?
So, uh, I talked to the boss.
He wanted to know if you
and I would be hooking back up.
Absolutely.
We'll work together tomorrow.
Good. Good, that's good.
That's, uh...
That's good.
'Cause, uh...
Yeah... me, too.
So, what? I'll see you tomorrow?
With bells on.
What the hell does that
mean, "With bells on"?
Oh, that's it.
That's everything.
Thank God.
Yeah, well... the spinal
fluid came out cloudy
packed with white cells.
So...?
So, good call.
I sent the health
department out to track down
the shish-kabob vendor
to test the stuff for Listeria.
Good idea.
This thing pointed you to Listeria?
Yeah. Could I see it?
Sure.
It's great. I don't know
how I lived without it.
It's got everything.
All my numbers, addresses, schedules
medical database.
What did you do?
Nothing.
Well, what is that?
I imagine it's in the manual.
It means it needs to
be charged in its cradle.
You did hot-synch it to
your desktop, didn't you?
Hot-synch?
Mine went dead once.
I lost everything
I put into it.
Alex, let's go.
Hot-synch, hot synch...
Oh, excuse... Just... excuse me!
Come on, Alex!
Out of my way!
Oh, no!
Oh, look at that! One-handed.
Good. Hot-synch, hot-synch, hot-synch.
Uh-oh, that doesn't sound too good.
How do you hot-synch this thing?
Oh, no, it's gone!
Everything is gone!
Four days of data entry.
Maybe you should just turn it off.
What?
Come on, enter... enter.
Okay, here we go.
It's okay.
Hey.
Hey.
I'm sorry, come on in.
It's Kylie!
Yes, it is, babe.
So, um, when you called
you didn't exactly say why you were coming.
Yeah. No. Well, I wasn't sure myself.
But I know I wanted to catch you
before you left for your folks.
Well, we're not leaving for about an hour.
Oh, my God.
You said that Moira's birth mom...
You're in touch with her.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, she's, uh, she's met her.
She knows all about her.
She got me Malibu Barbie last Christmas.
I'd like that.
Be a part of her life.
You will be.
Definitely.
Okay. I'll get the paperwork
going tomorrow with Rami.
Thanks.
That'll be great.
Okay, Kylie.
This is it.
Thank you so much.
We'll take good care of her.
I know. I know.
Hey, Kylie... Kylie... hey.
You be good.
Okay?
Isn't she pretty?
You're welcome to join us tonight.
No. I... I got work.
Just, um...
Drive safe.
Always.
Okay.
Bye-bye, Kylie.
Daddy loves you.
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Previously on Third Watch:
You're under arrest.
I warn you! I beg you
don't go for Chevchenko!
You don't listen!
We could have Kylie
placed in a matter of days.
You had interviews today, Carlos...
Six of them; six potential
sets of parents, here.
Oh, man, I totally spaced it.
You're blowing this thing on purpose.
This child of yours needs
a real home, all right?
A real home... which, unfortunately
you can't give her.
Who says I can't?
My foster parents were too busy to...
to be there.
I'm not going to let
that happen with Kylie.
How's she doing?
The medical term is
"appropriately combative."
In layman's terms, that means "just great."
You know, I'm a paramedic premed, too.
Oh. Well, then, the fontanelles are flat
There's no papilledema.
The petechia are gone
and the repeat tap shows
a few leuks, no polys.
She's much better.
I'm transferring to
the floor this afternoon.
Can I hold her?
Sure.
You want to see Daddy?
Okay.
Ooh.
Oh. She got heavy.
Hey.
Hey, Kylie.
Remember me?
Carlos?
Huh?
Charlie, let's go.
Mom!
Okay.
Now, remember to say thank you.
I will.
And be respectful.
When people are supporting your school
it's important that you're respectful.
I know, I know.
All right, have fun.
Why do I have to go?
Because your mother's going to work
and you're not staying here alone.
Fred, thank you
for taking her around, you know.
It's nice of you to be helping
her out with the chocolate.
Yeah. Well...
Someone has to. Right?
This thing is going to change my life.
No wonder I can't
ever find anybody... I got listings
under last names, first names.
I got you under "P" for "paramedic."
Why not "D"?
For "delightful"?
There's the squad.
Guy isn't talking anymore.
Okay.
You know, it's even got a calendar
so I can track Joey's whole schedule.
I can barely keep track of my own.
I can't imagine having to know
where somebody else has to be.
If I had to count on Jimmy...
We need you to check him out
before we lift it.
Where is he?
Trust me, you won't have
any problem finding him.
Guy's name's Miguel.
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Fell as far as it's going to
but we have supports underneath it.
Maybe room for one.
I'll go.
Miguel?
Miguel?
He's cyanotic.
Not breathing!
Can you ventilate from under there?
Hardly.
Is the car on his chest?
No.
Faint pulse, no head trauma.
No breath sounds on the left side.
His neck veins look distended.
Barrel-chested, heavy smoker...
You know, it could be he's got emphysema
and blew out a bleb.
You thinking tension pneumo?
Looks like it.
Trachea shifted?
I don't think so.
Jimmy, we need to get him out of there
in a hurry.
We're ready.
Guys.
That's far enough, that's far enough.
All right, let me try venting him.
I can feel the pressure.
It's not going in.
What's that do?
It acts as a field flutter valve.
It'll get the air to go out...
but it won't go back in.
You sure about this?
We've got no other choice.
All right, go for it.
There it is.
Good. He's venting easy.
Let's get a C-collar on
and get ready to transport.
Nice call.
They identified that little girl
that we found the other day.
Yeah, I heard.
Three days out and that junkie mother
never even reported her missing.
The first time the needle goes into the arm
they should have their
reproductive organs ripped out.
The ACLU would love that.
Hey, I don't see the ACLU
stepping up to take care of these kids.
People can have as many
ignored children as they want.
I'm sick of it.
I heard about this joint up on 98th Street.
They're selling fake IDs
out the back door.
IDs?
So what?
Pass it along to the squad.
It's a Russian outfit.
It's Vory V. Zacone.
Chevchenko.
Maybe we'll go up there
and make life difficult for them today?
I don't know, Faith... the last time
I dragged a partner after those people
it didn't turn out so good.
I got my eyes wide open.
98th and what?
52-year-old male trapped under a car.
BP 110/60, pulse 100.
Decompressed a tension pneumo on the scene.
Car landed on both tib/fibs.
Car was on his chest?
No, on his legs.
Then why would he have a pneumo?
He's a heavy smoker. I'm pretty sure
he's got emphysema and blew out a bleb.
You're pretty sure?
Well, that would explain the pneumo.
What-what is this?
It's a makeshift one-way valve.
Decreased breath sounds on the left.
They were absent
when we got there.
Maybe your darting gave him the pneumo.
What?
Two, three.
All right, I want to check tube placement.
I saw it go through the vocal cords.
Confirm it with a capnometer, Mary.
I'm sorry?
Confirm the tube placement
with the capnometer.
It's in the right place.
And tell the paramedics
we can take it from here.
Thank you, Sarge.
Hey, Sarge.
What have you got, Sully?
These mopes are running a fake ID racket
out of a deli on 98th.
And you're transporting for OCCB now?
No. This is our collar, boss.
It isn't really a sector-car assignment.
Well, we're branching out, Lou.
This thing even beeps reminders.
I can't forget my own birthday again.
Who does Peterson think
he is, talking to us like that?
Yeah, he used to get to me,
too, but that's just Peterson.
He's moody.
He checks tube placement
and then he wants it confirmed? I mean...
Yeah. If it was in the right place
what difference does it make?
I was right about that pneumo.
Of course he'll never admit it.
Yeah, well, he's got problems with women.
What else is new?
Boy 55-3, we have an unknown medical.
1069 second, third floor.
1069 second on three. Boy 55-3.
So you think Peterson second-guesses
Doc and Carlos like that?
Yes.
He does?
What? No, I just found the function menu.
Now I'm going to get organized.
Hey, Doc. Hey.
How's it going, girls?
Girls?
We didn't call for backup.
We got a job across the street.
Unknown medical.
You?
Threatened miscarriage.
Hey, Doc, you hungry?
What?
How about some meat on a stick?
Yo, how about we get
our patient to the hospital?
It's like his second meal today.
Ever think you'd miss Carlos?
Have fun!
Ugh!
Neighborhood's jumping today.
"Hey, how about some meat on a stick?"
Yum, yum.
Kylie, what's that?
It's a green kangaroo, huh?
I'm so happy she's doing better.
Hey. Yeah, me, too.
Hi, little angel.
I've got some
good news for you. Yeah, what's that?
I think we may have a family for Kylie.
He's a contractor and she's a stay-at-home
with a five-year-old
daughter, also adopted.
They have a single-family
house in Brooklyn.
Uh, no, thanks.
Excuse me?
No, thanks, I've changed my mind.
Oh.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Then you've decided to keep her?
Yeah.
Thanks.
Good.
Sure. Well... it was nice to meet you.
Yeah. You, too.
Rami, you left your, uh...
Pasen, pasen.
Es mi esposo.
El esta en el sofa.
Ahi esta.
El estuvo enfermo por tres dias.
El no me dejo
llamar al doctor.
Hope this guy has veins.
Diabetes.
El de pronto
se quedo inconsciente en el suelo.
Whoa, whoa, slow down, slow down.
Mas despacio.
¿Tiene diabetes?
He has diabetes?
Tiene diabetes.
Here, use the glucometer.
Si, si.
Yo le di su insulina.
Aw, this guy is burning up.
I'm going to call it in.
Mercy, this is Boy 55-3.
We have an elderly diabetic
with probable ketoacidosis
and septic shock.
B.P. is 70 over nothing.
Pulse 144, thready.
Glucose...
425.
Glucose, 425.
What?
A.M.S. protocol.
The last thing this guy needs is glucose.
Request an order for dopamine
after two large bores established.
Yeah, yeah.
Fine. E.T.A., ten minutes.
Saline's running wide open.
Telemetry wants us to
stick to A.M.S. protocols.
Scoop and run.
Why?
Screw protocol.
We're not giving a guy with a
glucose of 425 more glucose.
Hand me that tourniquet.
So none of you speak English?
Well, then we make 'em all John Doe.
And we let them sit in lockup
until we find out who they are
and that can take days.
I believe I can help.
Who are you?
Andrei Resnik.
I'm an attorney here to
represent these gentlemen.
Gentlemen?
Who called you?
I don't believe that's germane
to the situation, is it?
There is some paperwork
that needs completing?
Yeah. Soon as we find out who
the hell your "gentlemen" are.
Then allow me to translate.
Anything to facilitate the process
with our complete cooperation.
This the telemetry run?
78-year-old diabetic.
Fever and A.M.S.
B.P. is 80/40, sinus tach, 132.
Ten liters of O2, two
liters of saline are in.
How much glucose?
We held off on A.M.S. protocol.
What?
His glucose was 425.
Look, stop running a diagnostic lab
and follow the base station's orders.
We're not robots.
Well, you're certainly not doctors.
Ah, there it is.
Get a glucose
draw for a CBC
chem 20, blood cultures
times two.
On my count, ready?
One... two...
three.
And get me a fresh round of vitals.
You don't think we know
how to take a pulse?
I'm Kylie's dog.
He can put her to sleep.
Ruffy and ruff.
Ruffy and ruff.
Ruffy and ruff.
Ruffy and...
It was mine when I was a kid.
Yeah... you saved it?
No. No, I found it in... in storage.
Hmm.
Well, uh...
I still have my first baseball mitt, too.
So she's doing better?
Yeah.
They're discharging her tomorrow.
The Kenney's, huh?
They want Kylie?
Kylie Kenney.
Isn't that perfect?
Well, did you talk to them?
Why bother? They're white.
And...?
And what about Kylie's heritage?
Her Latina heritage.
I'm not about to let her lose that.
Uh-uh.
And she's going to get that from you?
Well, she's not going to
get it from the Kenneys.
Well, how do you know that?
Do they look particularly Latino to you?
Carlos, you barely speak Spanish yourself.
Maybe because I was in
seven different foster homes
before I was ten, none of which was Latino.
Well, her mother was white.
As long as you're
bringing up the heritage...
These people aren't right, okay?
Well, I take it you're
all set for child care
I mean, once they discharge her.
Yeah. I got child care... me.
You have a job.
Look, how would you feel
about switching me to days?
Well, don't you have school?
I might have to bag it for a while.
You're going to bag premed?
It's either that or I take
a leave of absence.
You won't get it.
The city is short on medics already.
Harris was with me today
but he was supposed to be
back at his house two days ago.
I need you at work tomorrow, Carlos.
ADAM 55-3, see a Dr. Peterson
Mercy Hospital ER.
Adam 5-5-3.10-4.
I don't mean to shoot you
down, but you need to...
Yeah. Thanks for coming by.
How's it going?
It's going...
now that this lawyer
shows up out of the blue.
Expensive suit.
Yeah, too expensive.
Is it a good caller?
Yeah.
Then who cares how expensive his suit is?
Question is, who's paying for him?
Fyodor Chevchenko.
Hey, I don't want any vendettas out there.
Look, boss, as long as
Chevchenko's little bastards
walk the straight and narrow,
everything's good with me.
Being this guy's personal
pain in the ass... not your job.
Oh, this connection is so slow.
Can't we get a DSL line up here?
Oh, yeah, that'll happen.
Since when did you get all techno?
Whoa, don't touch. It's downloading.
What's it do?
Everything. I got Joey's
class schedule in there.
Notes from his doctor
visits, dental appointments.
Oh, sounds complicated.
I think I'll stick
to good old paper and
pen; less aggravation.
Yeah, compared to some things.
Hey, Alex.
I just had a little sit-down
with your good friend Dr. Peterson.
What does that mean?
Well, I had to talk him out of
filing a complaint against you.
Against me? A complaint?
Did you ignore a telemetry order?
It was wrong.
Like it or not, he's the doctor.
Doesn't it ever piss you off
to be treated like a cab driver?
No one ever treats me like that.
Not even Dr. Peterson?
Look, I know he's a
little intense sometimes
but that doesn't make him a bad guy.
Mm-hmm. You see that?
It is about women.
Oh, come on.
He was kind of being a jerk.
Doc, he questions
everything we do.
He double-checks our vitals.
He checks positions on tubes and IVs.
And are they right?
Oh, you know they are.
So what if he checks?
That's what I said.
Whose side are you on?
Look, follow telemetry's orders.
Okay? The job's hard enough.
Don't give this guy a
reason to make it any harder.
Ooh, that's it.
Instant access to every city
phone number you could possibly need.
Ha, ha, ha! Look at that.
Good. You can call someone who cares.
Okay.
May I help you?
Yeah. Hi, I'm Carlos Nieto.
I got your name from the adoption people.
Nieto?
Yeah, my...
The... the baby is Kylie Sundstrom.
Oh. Yeah, gosh.
Come on in. Thanks.
Mike?
Why don't you make yourself at home
and I'll just see what he's...
Hello. I'm making cookies.
That's nice.
Mr. Nieto?
Hi. Mike Kenney.
I'm... at war with the sink.
I'm losing. You've met Moira?
Yeah, we met.
Me and Mommy are making cookies.
Why don't you go on upstairs
and check on those, and
I'll be right up with you, okay?
Okay. You want some?
Uh... sure.
Hope you like Play-Doh.
She's adopted?
I saw it in the booklet.
Her birth mom lives in Denver.
You know her?
Yeah. We're in touch.
Exchange Christmas cards,
phone calls occasionally.
Really?
Can I get you something, Mr. Nieto?
Carlos. No. I don't want to impose.
Rami told us that you'd
already reconsidered
releasing Kylie for adoption.
Yeah. That's why I came.
I didn't know if she'd
tell you or not, so...
Look, we understand.
It's a... really difficult
decision to make.
I didn't want you to hear
about it over the phone
and think that maybe it
was you or something.
Very considerate of you.
Can I ask...
did you have a room set
up for her and everything?
Yes.
Upstairs. It used to be Moira's room.
Would you like to see it?
I'm just... curious, you know.
Come on upstairs.
Wow.
It's really, um... wow.
Mom, I think they're done!
Excuse me.
Well, that sink's calling.
Yeah, thanks.
I'll just be, uh...
Take your time.
You're up early.
Yeah, well, I wanted to see
you guys before you took off.
How'd the candy bar delivery go?
Had to be a thousand bars
with Charlie whining every step of the way.
Emily must have set some kind of record.
Yeah, well, she did really
well last year too, right?
She must have some kind of knack for it.
Although her mother sold
a few candy bars in her day.
I'll be in the shower.
Are we okay?
Me and you, are we okay?
I don't know.
I'll be in the shower.
Hey, there. Look at that. Who's that?
We were so glad you called.
Hey, yeah.
So she's already been discharged?
Yeah, all set.
May I?
Sure.
She might make a stink.
She really doesn't like
being picked up much.
Oh, ooh, you are so beautiful.
So we're all clear, right?
It's only for the day.
Absolutely.
I think it's a wonderful idea, Mr. Nieto.
Like a test-drive for Kylie.
You need any diapers or anything?
Oh, no, we're all set.
Diapers, rash cream, wipes.
Any allergies we should know about?
Uh... no.
None that I know of.
We have a pediatrician
in case of emergency.
Unless you'd rather we use yours.
Um, yeah.
You know, you should probably
call Dr. Reed here at Mercy.
She's been her primary since she got sick.
Right, Dr. Reed it is.
Okay, then, we're all set.
Okay, then.
All right, well, we should see
you around 11:00, you said.
No. I get off work at
11:00; more like 11:30.
Great. We'll be waiting up.
Are you sure you
understand what you're doing?
Yeah. This clears me with you guys, right?
If this works out, we'll owe you one.
Thanks.
You're going to make some woman
one hell of a catch some day, Frankie.
I'm not really looking to settle down
you know what I'm saying?
Yeah, the good ones never are.
Don't forget... when
you get inside, don't stop.
Keep going all the way through the back.
Okay, I got it. Got it.
All right.
Go.
Whew!
5-5 Charlie...
We're in a foot pursuit
northbound, one-one and Green.
All right, stop right there!
All right, stop!
Sorry, folks.
Stop right there!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hey, get away from the table!
Get your hands up!
Get your hands up!
Get your hands up
against the wall right now.
Look at this, look at this!
It's a nice little operation, guys.
Flash paper?
Yeah, good-bye to these babies.
What about this junk?
Oh, yeah, take it.
No problem.
I love cleaning up other people's crap.
Hey, I got a surprise for you.
Does it involve trashing that thing?
Last night I downloaded
an emergency medicine database off the net.
It's like med school in a bottle.
Seriously?
You're going to love this thing.
Come on, ask me anything.
Okay. Why don't you
clean up after yourself?
Come on, something medical. One question.
All right.
What's the differential diagnosis of Ebola?
Hey, you asked.
All right, okay.
Got it. Ready?
Influenza, malaria,
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
typhoid fever, dengue fever
and any of the arboviral encephalopathies.
Arboviral encephalopathies?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah. That's going to do
us a lot of good out here.
You know, things were
pretty busy while you were off.
Mm-hmm.
Mostly routine. Nothing too big.
You should have...
you should have seen Harris eat.
One day he had four full
meals during just one shift.
So, who you got watching the baby?
What?
The baby... who's taking care of her?
Oh, she's with the Kenneys.
The couple from the folder?
Yeah. It's just a trial thing.
She stays with them for the
day, we see how it works out.
So you're considering adoption again?
Nope. It's called free baby-sitting.
What?
Pays to be creative.
You're kidding me, right?
You would do that to
people looking for a kid?
Hey, I had to do something.
Something, yeah, but I mean, not that.
I mean, it's unethical,
man, and it's cruel.
You're the one that said I
had to be at work today, right?
Yeah, but...
Yeah, so it buys me an extra day.
An extra day?
Yeah, an extra day.
What about the next
day and the day after that?
Come on, man, you can't go day-to-day.
You got to have some kind of plan. I know.
Long-term!
I know.
I'm doing the best that I can.
That's right. Your room is right this way.
Watch your step.
Come back here.
We'll get you out of your jewelry.
Yokas.
What's this?
Oh, it was a... a bookie joint at a bar
and we got most of the...
paper and the records
before they could destroy them.
How?
Element of surprise.
Did you have a warrant?
We didn't need one
because we were chasing a suspect
and he ran right into it.
Really?
A suspect for what?
Drug possession.
Uh-huh.
76-year-old.
Brought in her diabetic husband yesterday.
Complains of bilateral
eye-itching and discharge.
Vitals are normal.
Let's have a look.
She's got pinkeye.
Yeah.
Well, it'll be a while.
A long while.
So he's going to take it
out on the patients now?
Alex...
What's your problem with us?
Me? My problem?
Aside from yesterday's complete disregard
of a direct patient care
order from telemetry?
Or how about that invasive procedure
you performed on a patient
which may or may not have
caused a tension pneumo?
I told you, the tension
pneumo was already present.
Look, you are not a doctor!
I never said I was.
Then don't act like one.
Excuse me, I have bigger
problems to address.
Sorry I'm late. Busy night.
That's okay. She's upstairs.
So much for you crashing early.
I told you she'd keep you up.
No, she's been down since about 7:00.
Oh, who's up?
Hey. Hey, you ready to go home?
Can I give you a hand?
No, I got it. Thanks.
Listen...
I know it's short notice
but we're going up to
my folks' in Riverdale
for dinner tomorrow
and we wondered if we
might take Kylie along.
No.
It's just... I mean... you know?
I know. I'm sorry.
I don't mean to push.
Anyway, thanks again.
There we go.
There she is, clean as a whistle.
Clean as a whistle.
Hey.
Hey.
Ooh, who's that guy?
Who's that guy, Kylie?
Who's that guy? What's up?
Bath time, huh?
Yeah, that water's a little unpredictable.
It's hot one minute, cold the next.
Yeah?
We got it.
We had a good bath.
Well, how did the trial
run with that family go?
They were nice.
They have a nice house. Yeah?
The got a nice kids room.
Nice white rocking chair.
All right, so...
So nothing.
They were nice.
Okay. You working tonight?
I don't know.
You don't know?
I'm scheduled to
but I don't know.
You can't just go to work
when you feel like going to work.
I said I don't know, Ty
and I don't really want to talk about it.
It's nap time.
How's he doing?
B.P.'s coming up with a liter of saline.
110 over 60.
Don't you think this is weird?
Three really serious
calls on the same block?
Four, counting Doc's the other day.
Threatened miscarriage?
Think they're connected?
How?
I don't know.
Ask your machine.
All right, uh...
Diabetic with keto-acidosis...
and sepsis.
And his wife had that eye thing.
Conjunctivitis, right.
And Doc's threatened AB.
Oh, man.
What?
The differential on diabetic sepsis
is as long your arm.
Miscarriage, conjunctivitis... huh.
What?
Listeria.
Never heard of it.
Yeah, me neither.
Here it is: Listeria Monocytogenes.
Miscarriage, conjunctivitis,
bacteremic sepsis
and meningitis.
This guy have a stiff neck?
Okay, okay. Whoa, all right, sir.
Does that answer your question?
How do you get Listeria?
Food poisoning.
Uncooked meat, unwashed vegetables
and unpasteurized cheese.
Sir, what have you eaten lately?
Nothing, yo no como nada.
What, this guy doesn't eat?
No comida? Nothing?
Esperate...
El hombre con la carreta...
The guy on the cart...
The meat-on-a-stick guy.
They were nice, huh? Kenneys.
Did you like them?
Hmm?
Hey, they even come with grandparents.
Their job is to spoil you.
Or so I hear; I never had grandparents.
I wouldn't have them for you, either.
No, I wouldn't.
And you know what? You deserve that.
You deserve a real home
and a mom and a sister.
And me, too.
You'll always have me.
That'll never change, Kylie. Never.
You called us in, boss?
Yeah. You got a visitor.
Oh, look who's here.
Officer Sullivan. Officer Yokas.
You're early today, huh?
'Cause we haven't even gotten started yet.
Yeah, but I'm sure
you're going to be needed.
Could I possibly have a word with you
Officer Sullivan, alone?
Well, anything you got to say to me
you can say in front of my partner.
Come on.
What do you want?
I would like to make you a proposition.
What? Are you kidding me?
You talking to me about money?
I didn't think you were that stupid.
You misunderstand.
You're looking for someone
very important to you.
What?
Your wife.
You know where she is?
Sully... Of course not.
How do you know I'm looking for her?
Our community is not so
large. You've been everywhere.
We can go places you can't
ask questions you can't get answered.
Sully! Sully!
You listen to me, you son of a bitch!
You tell Chevchenko
that if he goes near my wife
there will be nowhere he can hide from me!
You hear me? You tell him that.
What's going on?
You son of a bitch.
As I was saying, I'm only
trying to be a facilitator.
Found him in pool of vomit and feces
high temp and shocky at 86/40.
It's now 110/60 with two liters of saline.
Terrific. Stick him in the back.
I'll get a temp.
I see him in about a week when he dries.
We think it's Listeria meningitis.
When you hear hoof beats,
think horses, not zebras.
You understand what that means?
See, he's doing it to you now.
You don't go for the rare diagnosis?
We learned that first year in med school.
We've had four runs... pretty serious ones
on the same block in the last three days.
So, I cross-referenced it
on my ER-MED program
and I came up with Listeria.
An ER-MED program? You serious?
Paramedics with PDAs.
Now, that is scary.
Diabetic sepsis, miscarriage, pinkeye
and now maybe meningitis.
Four runs in three days
on a street where a
vendor sells shish-kabob
which might just contain bad meat.
Maybe.
Yeah, maybe.
But what we learned in paramedic school
is that when the maybes
add up, you better watch it.
Look, I-I-I got a full plate here.
Listen, I know I'm not a doctor.
But I'm a really good
paramedic, and I'm asking you
to please value my
knowledge just a little bit
and rule out meningitis
before it costs this guy his life.
It's a procedure that
you can do that I can't.
I need your help here.
Well, he needs your help. Please.
Put that guy in Iso
and set me up with a spinal tap.
I need you.
He needs you.
Hey, it worked.
Oh, it brought tears to my eyes.
It's all for the greater good, right?
Mm-hmm, greater good.
I'll do the run sheet.
Oh, now, come on,
Alex, I want to. I need to.
You just...
Hey.
Hey.
Just checking out my gear.
I was cleared for duty today.
Yeah?
Yeah, I'm back tomorrow.
Well, that's great.
So, how's it been?
Oh, you know, just, uh...
seven hours of complete boredom
mixed with one hour of shear terror.
Yeah. I miss it.
How could you not?
So, uh, I talked to the boss.
He wanted to know if you
and I would be hooking back up.
Absolutely.
We'll work together tomorrow.
Good. Good, that's good.
That's, uh...
That's good.
'Cause, uh...
Yeah... me, too.
So, what? I'll see you tomorrow?
With bells on.
What the hell does that
mean, "With bells on"?
Oh, that's it.
That's everything.
Thank God.
Yeah, well... the spinal
fluid came out cloudy
packed with white cells.
So...?
So, good call.
I sent the health
department out to track down
the shish-kabob vendor
to test the stuff for Listeria.
Good idea.
This thing pointed you to Listeria?
Yeah. Could I see it?
Sure.
It's great. I don't know
how I lived without it.
It's got everything.
All my numbers, addresses, schedules
medical database.
What did you do?
Nothing.
Well, what is that?
I imagine it's in the manual.
It means it needs to
be charged in its cradle.
You did hot-synch it to
your desktop, didn't you?
Hot-synch?
Mine went dead once.
I lost everything
I put into it.
Alex, let's go.
Hot-synch, hot synch...
Oh, excuse... Just... excuse me!
Come on, Alex!
Out of my way!
Oh, no!
Oh, look at that! One-handed.
Good. Hot-synch, hot-synch, hot-synch.
Uh-oh, that doesn't sound too good.
How do you hot-synch this thing?
Oh, no, it's gone!
Everything is gone!
Four days of data entry.
Maybe you should just turn it off.
What?
Come on, enter... enter.
Okay, here we go.
It's okay.
Hey.
Hey.
I'm sorry, come on in.
It's Kylie!
Yes, it is, babe.
So, um, when you called
you didn't exactly say why you were coming.
Yeah. No. Well, I wasn't sure myself.
But I know I wanted to catch you
before you left for your folks.
Well, we're not leaving for about an hour.
Oh, my God.
You said that Moira's birth mom...
You're in touch with her.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, she's, uh, she's met her.
She knows all about her.
She got me Malibu Barbie last Christmas.
I'd like that.
Be a part of her life.
You will be.
Definitely.
Okay. I'll get the paperwork
going tomorrow with Rami.
Thanks.
That'll be great.
Okay, Kylie.
This is it.
Thank you so much.
We'll take good care of her.
I know. I know.
Hey, Kylie... Kylie... hey.
You be good.
Okay?
Isn't she pretty?
You're welcome to join us tonight.
No. I... I got work.
Just, um...
Drive safe.
Always.
Okay.
Bye-bye, Kylie.
Daddy loves you.
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