Third Watch (1999–2005): Season 3, Episode 5 - Adam 55-3 - full transcript
Previously on "Third Watch."
'Kim's been off. She needs help.'
I'm the senior guy, she's
gonna ride with me for a while.
- Custody? You want custody?
- You tried to kill yourself.
It was an accident.
If you think that justifies
taking away my son..
You're out of your mind.
Take it easy. The procedure is a week away.
It's surgery, Fred.
And I'll take it easy afterwards.
I'll see you tomorrow.
What's wrong with her?
I don't know.
I had dreams
although hard to remember them now.
They were always vague at best.
Can't say I ever really
did much of anything
to make them happen though.
So after high school
and four years at City College
in business administration
I got a job, selling stereos.
Two years of that and I
moved into office supplies
but I was bored.
Now, let's be honest, I was bored to death.
Even went to an Air
Force Recruiting Center'
to see what it'd take to be a pilot.
Turns out it take better, I suck.
So, I'm walking down the street
and I see these medics
pulling some poor old
lady out from under a bus.
They were yelling and covered
in blood and for some reason
I thought it looked like fun.
Reminded me of when my grandmother was sick
and these paramedics saved her life.
I'm thinking I should check
that out and you know what..
It has been fun. I got lucky.
I found something I was really good at
and lots of people never do.
So 16 years later,
here I am, still doing it.
You start something you're just learning'
and then before you know it
you've been there half your life.'
It's who you are.
But that doesn't mean this
is all I ever wanted to be.
It doesn't mean... I
still don't have dreams.
Where's company going?
Gas leak.
Day shift's left the bus a mess again, huh?
Yep.
- How's Kim doing? - Okay.
Back up to speed.
Taylor wants her back on the squad.
That's up to lieutenant.
Look, she's driving me crazy.
I think she's permanently
premenstrual or something.
Hey, she just lost her father, okay?
Come on, doc
- Kim's fine, you said it. - No.
'Can I at least ride with Kim?'
She maybe all whacked up
but at least she's not a ball buster.
- Hey. - Hey.
How you doin'?
Fine.
Hey, doc.
Beautiful day, huh?
Yeah.
See, the woman hates me.
Let me talk to Kim. She's
cool with us riding together.
No.
Well, the only way your
ex-husband can insure
in the event of his death..
If you don't get custody of your son..
Would be for him to obtain
full legal and physical custody himself.
But what about my accident?
Now, he's gonna try and
say that was a suicide attempt.
Well, he'll have to prove..
That you are an unfit parent.
A suicide attempt, doesn't make you unfit.
I didn't try to kill myself.
Okay.
'Are you gettin' any psychiatric help?'
Seein' a shrink? Like getting medications?
'Antipsychotics? Antidepressants?'
No.
You been in AA, NA, any other program?
'No?'
How many pills you take?
- What? - 'The accident.'
With the wine.
How many pills?
I'm not sure.
Your son in the apartment at that time?
Yeah.
So, how often do you get drunk
and take sedatives to one wine?
'Once a month, once a week, once a day?'
I'm not an alcoholic or an addict
if that's what you're implying.
Well, his attorney's gonna be playing
a hell of a lot more than that.
I'd rather defend a mother
who attempted suicide
than a pill-head with a drinking
problem she won't admit.
So, um... what's the next step?
Yo, Keb, wait up.
'Wait up!'
'Wait up.'
Yo, Keb, wait up
Still no Kim?
No.
Hey, how you doin'?
Fine.
Everything, uh, everything
working out with Carlos?
- Guy is a moron. - Yeah.
Yeah, he is definitely
an acquired taste but..
Otherwise... doing okay?
Yeah.
Thank you.
Sure.
- Company's pulling in. - You're late.
I know, I'm sorry.
You know, shifts starts
at 2:30 not 10 after 3:00.
I had an appointment, it ran over.
Yeah, what if we hadn't called?
Look, I said I'm sorry.
Not now.
How you doing, Kim?
Walsh.
'You got a Dr. Pepper, Jim?'
Dr. Pepper?
- Lou, what you need? - No, thanks.
Kim, hold up.
Doc, the mayor's office
wants recommendation for best
paramedic in the city.
Some kind of contest.
Each house is suppose to nominate somebody.
'Is there money involved?'
Not with City Hall sponsoring it.
Just a handshake from
the mayor and a photo-op.
It's a moral thing.
I-I guess.
You want me to hand out
ballots or something to the shifts?
Don't waste the paper.
Best paramedic in the
city is gotta be the old man.
Happy?
'It's gotta be you, doc.'
I think it's unanimous.
You're a shoe-in, gramps.
Start working on that acceptance speech.
Gramps?
'Adam 5-5-3, auto versus
bicycle, 107 between... '
Kim, hold on, hold on.
107, 2 to 3, Adam 5-5-3.
I already cleaned the
bus, signed out our drugs.
- Your gear in the bag? - Yeah.
Change in the bus.
I'm, 39.
What?
An old man crap.
I'm only 39.
I respect you. You got that
authority thing going, you know.
Just like the lieutenant.
Johnson's gotta be in his 50's.
Don't be so sensitive.
I don't hear anybody calling you, granny.
That's because they
know that I'll kick their ass.
You gotta show up
for the shift all the time.
Yeah, sorry.
Kim, I mean it.
I don't wanna have to tell you again.
You okay today?
You seem little off or something.
Yeah. I'm fine.
Kid didn't make it through
on his bike before this SUV
jumped the light doing at least 50.
Dragged across the intersection.
- The light was green... - Hey, shut up.
- It was green. - Shut up!
His name is Kacey. This
is his brother right here.
Alright.
Get him flat.
'Come on.'
- Okay? - Yeah.
Kacey?
Kacey, can you hear me?
I didn't know he was behind us.
Kacey?
He's not responding.
Give me the blade.
Blood's coming out of right ear.
'Yeah.'
- 'Okay.' - 'He's barely breathing.'
'Lot of blood in his mouth.'
There's too much blood.
I can't see what I'm doing.
Give me the four by fours.
I should take a photo and show it to Joey
'next time he argues me
about wearing his helmet.'
Get the bulb suction.
- Baby bulb? - Yeah.
'Got it.'
'Suck out as much and as deep as you can.'
'Alright.'
'Yeah, deep.'
It just keeps coming, we should trach him.
I know.
- Alright, let's bag him. - Alright.
Here.
Okay, take it off.
- Alright, press his chest. - What?
- Come press his lungs.
- What are you looking for?
'Bubbles.'
Okay, there, I'm in. I got it.
Huh, good. Nice going, doc.
Nice.
He's good.
Bosco, get the board in here, will you?
- Done. - Hey, get the C-collar.
Open fracture of the left femur,
deglove right down to the bone.
Deformation of left arm.
I'll start splintin' his leg.
No, no. We can do that in the bus.
We gotta scoop and run.
His leg is all jammed up in that bike.
Ah, well, let's pull it out.
Hey, you, come here. I need an extra hand.
'Get your ass over
here. Let's go. Come on.'
- You ever bag anyone? - No.
Okay, listen. you hold this right here.
One, two, three, squeeze.
One, two, three, squeeze. Okay?
- One, two, three squeeze?
- One, two, three squeeze. Yeah.
Yeah, let's pull him out, okay?
'Get over here. Over here.'
- Okay, let's roll him. - Okay.
Yokas took couple of personal days
and go down to the Atlantic City
with her husband, so
Christopher sticks with the new kid.
Okay, here we go.
One, two, three, go!
'Keep baggin' him, man.'
Okay.
Hold on.
Keep baggin'.
I got it.
- He gonna make it? - I doubt it.
Hey, the got HBO in here, babe.
I can't get this stupid thing tied.
"Perfect Storm's" on,
we never saw that one.
Will you turn that off, please?
George Clooney's in it.
I thought he was your guy.
Not with that scraggly beard.
Guess, our HMO doesn't cover the view, huh?
You want any magazines? I
can run down to the gift shop.
I want it gone, Fred.
- All of it.
- It's a lump. Don't get it off.
- What if it's not just a lump?
- But it'll be.
'What if it's not?'
What if they get in there
and it's more than that?
Or it's bigger or it's spread?
See now, why do you even go there?
' "There?"'
There is here, Fred.
We're here now.
Where else is there to go?
I need some coffee.
- Can I get you one? - No, thanks.
What do you feel like for lunch?
We've only been off for two hours.
Italian?
I don't care.
- Chinese? - Sure.
You like Thai?
You need to eat before you come in to work.
Excuse me?
Did you see anyone on the ground?
We got a call someone was unconscious.
It was a homeless guy down
over there but he got up a while ago.
- Sam, great. - Thank you.
Sam?
I thought he died last month.
Sam?
Sam?
Sam!
Are you okay?
'Hey?'
- Is his head bleeding? - Yeah.
- Hey. - How you doin'?
Good, how are you?
- Any pain back here? - Do you smell him?
He's got no pain anywhere. Believe me.
- How about here? - I'm good.
Good? Alright, I'm gonna sit you up, okay?
- Oh. - Oh.
He's alright, let's dump him on that bench
and go get something to eat.
- We'll take him. - To the hospital?
No, I don't wanna go to the hospital.
He doesn't wanna go to the hospital.
He's intoxicated, he hit his
head, he could have a subdural.
There's no way of knowing it.
He's always altered, he's a drunk.
Sam, you gonna stand up.
'1, 2, 3'
- Aah. - Here we go.
- I don't wanna go to the...
- I know, but you're going.
- Let's go. - Oh.
Come on, Sam.
Can we eat now?
There's an hour till lunch.
We'll stop by the candy bar.
I don't want a candy bar.
- You met his wife and kids?
- Whose wife and kids?
Sam?
They look for him once in a while.
He's got kids?
Nice guy when he's sober.
Does little magic tricks.
Magic tricks? No kidding.
Yeah, you know with the coins
and handkerchiefs and stuff.
I've had dinner with him a few times.
- Dinner? - Yeah, when he's sober.
Brought him something to eat.
'Adam 5-5-3, respiratory
distress, 8-9-6 East 9-9'
'Apartment 4 David.'
8-9-6 East 9-9, Apartment
4 David RD, Adam 5-5-3.
He got, uh... two daughters
and a wife. Nice lady.
He just can't seem to beat the drinking.
Doesn't seem like he's trying very hard?
Oh, thank God, it's my mother.
She can't seem to catch her breath.
It hurts, but she'll never admit it.
She's so damn stoic.
- She's been sick? - Yes.
She's had heart problem for years.
- What's your mother's name? - Estelle.
Mommy, the paramedics are here.
Hi, Estelle.
Mind if I call you Estelle? Hmm?
Hey, I'm Monte and this is Kim.
- Hi. - Having trouble breathing?
- No. - Oh, any chest pain?
- No. - Okay. Alright.
I'll give you little oxygen, Okay?
Here you go.
You have a history of heart problems?
She had a heart attack two years
ago and another one last month.
Alright, we have, uh, crackles,
two thirds of the way up
on both sides.
Alright. Have you had heart failure before?
'Yes, she has.'
Pulse 100 regular pressure 170 over 90.
Let's give her a 40 mgs of Lasix.
The Lasix is gonna help
your breathing, okay?
I'm gonna give you some
nitroglycerin, too, okay?
It'll make your heart feel
better. You've had that before?
Alright.
Have to slip it right under
your tongue, there you go.
Alright, you gonna start
to feel better real soon.
Okay.
'Get her on the monitor.
Put in the head block.'
CDC, kemp 7, should be in it. CKMB.
Chest X-ray, EKG times 2Q 20 minutes.
Put it in a Foley.
Give another 40 of Lasix
and an inch of nitro paste.
Hold off on the drip now.
Okay, hon, we're gonna move you over.
Nice and easy.
There we you go.
- Little more. - Good.
- Good. - 'Ma'am..'
Can you step out for a minute
while they get her settled.
Mummy, I'll be right outside, okay?
- Excuse me? From the ambulance.
- 'Isabelle, page the CCU team.'
Thank you.
She was so scared and you were wonderful.
Your welcome.
They have some paper work
for you to sign at the desk.
Nice people.
Yeah, for a change.
- That kids still hangin' in. - Okay.
'The one you brought in
earlier, got hit by a car.'
How the hell did you get him intubated?
- 'His airway was a mess.' - That was Doc.
- Good work. - Let's go.
I thought that kid was dead for sure?
How long will the surgery take?
No more than an hour or two.
Unless you get in and it's
worse than you think, right?
No, I don't anticipate any complications.
- Sign this. - What is it?
- It's what we discussed.
- Whoa! Whoa, whoa.
- "What we discussed?" - It's the consent.
If they find it's bad they'll
take the whole breast.
Both, if they think it's necessary.
Oh, I'll come see you in the recovery room.
It's my body, I want it out. All of it.
And if they do the whole thing..
A double mastectomy.
I'll deal with it?
You're not gonna have to.
But, if they do. I'll be okay.
Will you be okay?
'You sure?'
'But they're not gonna have to, you know?'
You're going to be fine.
Why don't you want to enter this contest?
I don't know why everything's
gotta be a competition.
Why is everyone so worried
about who's best all the time?
Or best movie star, best quarterback
best baseball team of all times.
- Stupid. - Julia Roberts.
- What about Julia Roberts?
- She's the best movie star.
'Said on the cover of Time.'
See, that's what I mean.
She's better than Meryl Streep?
She was great in Erin Brockovich.
'Yes, so what? It's all subjective.'
The best paramedic? What
the hell is that suppose to mean?
'There are great
paramedics all over the city.'
You afraid you're gonna lose?
There shouldn't be a contest.
After everything that's happened.
You don't think you're better than us?
I think it's beside the point.
Who's best at anything?
'It changes depending on the day.'
Was Lincoln our best president
or did circumstances make him great?
Maybe Millard Fillmore
was our best president.
But he never had a civil war to prove it.
Was so obsessed with being
better than everyone else.
It's a waste of time.
'Adam, 5-5-3, 80 down the
park. 106 entrance by the town.'
106 by the fountain, Adam, 5-5-3.
We had a president name Millard?
Guy's out walking his
dog with his daughter and
grabbed his chest and falls over.
This little girl and his dog.
- Breathing? - Does it look like it?
Wasn't there a..
I heard that little girl
screaming, "call 911".
How long has he been down?
- Five minutes maybe.
- Is he going to be okay?
Everything will be okay.
Can you get that dog out of here?
- Honey, what's your name? - Rachel.
- Can you take your dog here?
- I want to stay.
I know, but they gotta help your dad.
Let's give him some room.
- What are they doing to him?
- Making him better, honey.
Clear?
300.
Stop it, stop it, you're hurting my daddy.
- 'Stop!' - Clear.
Stop it, you're hurting my daddy.
- Come on, honey. - 'Rachel! Come, Rachel.'
- What are they doing?
- They're making him better.
- 'Clear, clear.' - 'Stop it! Daddy!'
Let me get a line.
No, no, one more, one more.
Make them stop.
Clear.
Let's, uh, let's get him on the bus.
Oh, let's go.
Davis, give me a hand.
Stay right with me.
I'm gonna take your
daddy to the hospital, okay?
- He's better, now? - Yeah.
Listen, you got a number for the family?
Her mother's? She lives nearby.
The policemen will take you
to your mom and then they'll
bring you both to the hospital, alright?
They'll take care of him?
Yeah, we will.
Woo!
I feel I could eat the menu.
Yeah, Adam 5-5-3, 1063.
Hey, Doc, come and join us.
Yeah, it's fine by me.
- Hey.. - Would you like orange beef?
- Busy shift? - Well, not particularly.
Hey, where's you new partner?
In the car, we doing
the 61 for the fourth time.
I don't know what the hell
they teach in the academy.
Does he do all your reports. She likes it.
What do you want?
Mm, two egg rolls, kung-pao
chicken, sweet and sour pork
and some sweet and sour soup
and add some steam pops in that.
Wow.
What? I'm hungry.
- Yeah. - Uh, you?
Uh, I'll just have some of
hers and a coke, very little ice.
Yes.
Give the girl to her mother?
Yeah, nice place too, right
on the edge of the park.
Wood paneled elevators..
All the money in the world,
he's still stone cold dead.
Hey, hey, looks like an emergency vehicle
parking lot out front.
You guys got room?
You guys already eating,
we'll just, uh, get another table.
Uh, there's room, move
over. Anyone using this?
- Here, Alex, I'm-I'm done.
- No, I-I can just...
No, no, no. Sit, sit. Come on, I'm done.
- You don't have to. - Come on.
'Hey, did y'all hear Doc's big news?'
Mayor's office is looking for
the best paramedic in the city.
We're putting Doc up.
I'd vote for him.
When did this happen?
Doc is the best paramedic. Just ask him.
- Congratulations, Doc.
- You should've a parade float.
'Well, maybe, they'll make a
big Doc film, like Spiderman.'
Finished the report, Gusler?
Uh, are we sitting there?
Um, hmm, no, you are not.
So, you guys hear about this
lady in Queens Plaza yesterday?
'Two kids in a car before sunlight'
'two year old and an infant..'
Hey, I'm sorry I was late today.
Timmy went to a lawyer,
wants to change his will.
- If he dies, I won't get Joey.
- Is he sick?
No, but after 911 everybody's
thinking about it. Aren't you?
Yeah, sure.
Anyway, I had to go get my own lawyer.
What did your lawyer say?
It's gonna be expensive.
Jimmy thinks I'm an unfit mother
cause of my accident with the pills.
Thanks for disagreeing with him.
You really want to know what I think?
Unless you think he's wrong.
Paramedics, someone called 911?
Uh, five floods, plus there's nobody home.
- Perfect. - Dispatch.
This is Adam 553, we're at
the location, there's no answer
There's loud music, did they
leave a phone for a call back?
'Roger that 553, I'll try it now.'
'Bobby, turn that music down.'
- 'Don't be yelling at me.'
- 'Turn it down, damn it.'
We can always leave.
'What are you doin' with my music?'
Yeah, they are right here.
Why the hell didn't you knock?
We got a call about a sick baby.
Oh, yeah.
'You don't turn off my music.'
It's mine and I'll turn
off what ever I want to.
And I don't yell at you.
Excuse me.
What about the sick baby?
Oh, yes, yes.
She's so sick.
What's the matter with the baby, ma'am?
She's so sick.
'How old is the baby?'
She's just little, she's so little.
Is the baby in the crib?
Oh... where did she go?
Oh, Doc, let's get out of here.
Where's my baby?
I'll play my music as loud as I want.
How-how old is the baby, ma'am?
She's a pretty baby.
- She's a pretty baby.
- Doc, I mean it, now.
What if she really does have a baby?
'Ma'am?'
Have you been drinking or taking drugs?
'Where is my baby?'
Oh, let's call the cops and wait outside.
Hang on.
- 'Sir?' - Where's my baby?
'Sir, you know where's the baby?'
She ain't got no baby. She's crazy.
You took my baby.
- Oh, Doc. - Why did you do that?
Hold on, ma'am. We're paramedics.
- Give me my baby back.
- We're just trying to help.
She's crazy!
You're crazy, you know that.
- Give me my baby. - No, ma'am, ma'am.
Freeze now.
Bring back my baby.
Let's go.
- Go, go. - Give me my baby back.
Come on, come on. Let's go, let's go.
- Jeez! - Give me my baby back.
She's right there.
Bring me my baby back.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Bring me my baby.
- Doc. - Adam 553.
We got a crazy lady at this location
chasing us with a knife.
We need police assistance now.
What did hell was that? A machete?
A butcher's cleaver, I think.
I don't think she's coming.
Well, no.
- And here we go. Here we go. - Yeah.
My, music.
Crazy, crazy, crazy.
Whoo!
- Great. A human speed bump.
- He won't get out of the road.
I thought he was hurt, so I
called 911 but now he's singing.
- Singing. - Sam?
Well, our last trip to the ER
was taxpayer money well spent.
Sam, what are you doing in the street?
You know this guy?
Oh, yeah. My partner and Sam
are regular dinner companions.
Thank you for calling.
We've-we've got it from here.
Sam?
Hey, did you fall down or did you lay down?
'Let's get you up, alright?'
'Back to the hospital?'
You think he can walk or
should I get the stretcher.
Come on, let's get up. Here we go.
Who is that? Sam?
- Let's sit you up. - Yeah.
Thought he was dead. Hey,
Sammy. I heard you were dead.
- What happened? - He drunk?
Sam, let's get you up.
Here we go. One, two, three.
Alright, alright.
Make sure he pukes
before he gets in your rig.
- 'Come on.' - Sam's a big puker, right?
Come on.
Come on, Gusler.
Waste of oxygen. Glad
somebody didn't hit him.
He get your shoes?
Yeah.
'You got another pair back at the house?'
Yeah.
Well, we'll swing by later.
Aye, we only have an
hour in the shift. I'm fine.
Hey, I'm not thinking about you.
I don't wanna ride around with that stink.
What the hell is this?
Young female in a bathtub.
Lit a bunch of candles, slit her wrist.
- We've a patient in the back. - Critical?
- No. - Should call for another bus?
Yeah, you're the first to respond.
Oh, we're not responding.
- We're just driving by. - We'll take it.
- We've a patient in the back. - Yeah.
We can, we can let him sleep it off. Okay?
She's in pretty bad shape.
A candle set a tissue
box and a towel on fire.
Triggered the smoke alarm.
Alarm wakes her brother so he calls us.
Parents are out, the
older sister was supposed
to be babysittin'. Her
wrists are a real mess.
There's pressure on her
wrists, but they're still bleeding.
I don't think she's breathing.
Okay, give us some room guys.
- 'Got it.' - 'Got it.'
'Alright. Let's get in it.'
'Guess she cut up along the vein.'
Give me a-a towel or somethin'.
'She got a name?'
- Elizabeth. - Elizabeth, Elizabeth.
- Can you hear me? - No pulse.
Alright, let's cut two lines wide open.
She cuts both the wrists
so let's get some pressure dressing.
I'm missing a tourniquet.
Hand me the BP cup.
I got it.
She's blue. How could she be breathing?
'Guys, uh, get her legs up.'
Higher, higher. All the way, all the way.
- 'Okay.' - I'm in.
Thank goodness! Squeeze
in everything you got.
Walsh, can you hand me the leads.
Keep her legs up. Jimmy,
squeeze this bag hard.
'Here we go.'
Hey, D.K., I need you to bag her.
- Done. - Come on.
'Jimmy, squeeze it faster.'
This one's empty.
Okay, give him yours and hang another.
God, she bled out.
No.
Walsh, the kid.
Hey, come on, pal.
Let's go in the other room.
Okay, that's it. That's it.
- Hang another.
- I've to go back to the bus.
Then run back to the bus.
We need more volume.
Connelly, run to the bus, get more saline.
Got a pulse?
Check.
Yeah.
Not much of a pulse, but it's something.
I got it. I got it.
Let's get some more fluids going.
Okay.
'Please report to the NYPF.'
I'll be damned.
'Told you he's pretty good.'
Think we should get Sam
away from that little boy?
He's a drunk not a pedophile.
'I thought she was dead.'
Had it just been me, she would be.
'You know what, Doc.'
You probably are the
best paramedic in the city.
Hey, hey.
Hi.
Um, shh, shh, shh.
They are still there.
- Both of 'em? - Yeah.
Where's Dr. Case?
He'll be back. It's late.
What time is it?
Almost 11.
Did they get all of it?
Dr. Case said, the margins were clear.
Good.
That's good.
What?
Nothing.
You're a terrible liar.
They took a couple of lymph nodes
to test just to be safe
but he said what they found
was encouraging. Encouraging!
That's his word, not mine.
Encouraging.
That sounds good.
Very good.
- 'You off tomorrow.' - Yeah.
Got any plans?
Um, probably watch some college football.
Michigan's playing.
Oh, yeah? You gone to Michigan?
No, my dad did.
He always used to... watch the games..
I'm kind of carrying on a family tradition.
'Today was his birthday.'
He'd have been 72.
That's what you've been
thinking about today?
Uh..
What the hell am I doing with my life?
Single, no kids.
I'll be 40 in a couple of months.
I've been at this job so
long, people call me gramps.
I had dreams you know.
Well, this isn't all I ever wanted to be.
Oh, yeah? What kind of dreams?
Of flying combat jets for the Air force.
Sail a boat around the world you know.
I wanted to be a Broadway dancer.
Only thing is..
Uh, I can't dance.
I took a couple of lessons
which were just too damn hard.
When my dad died, that was it.
There is no one else left, but me.
And when I go... that'd really be it.
Nobody else knows what I know.
'Of my dad, my mom, our family history..'
my history.
You'll find someone,
have some kids, tell them.
You still got plenty of time.
-'Your mom's gone too, huh?' - Yeah.
I wish my mom weren't around.
She's siding with Jimmy
on this custody thing.
That suicide in the bathtub..
I tried to kill myself.
Pills and the alcohol.
'It wasn't an accident.'
You knew that, right?
Guess everybody does.
Lawyer says I have to
testify that I tried to kill myself
if I wanna keep Joey. How weird, huh?
'I thought they'd take him
away from me, if I told the truth.'
'Turns out, they might if I don't.'
Anything you wanna ask me about it?
You're gonna try it again?
No.
Good.
You're not wasting your life out here.
You make a difference.
'Adam 553. Read it down.'
'Men on a bench. Second between 9899.'
Oh, what time is it?
It's 9.56.
We're off in four minutes.
Yeah, that means we're still on.
Oh, man.
Second between 98-99. Adam 553.
'Kim's been off. She needs help.'
I'm the senior guy, she's
gonna ride with me for a while.
- Custody? You want custody?
- You tried to kill yourself.
It was an accident.
If you think that justifies
taking away my son..
You're out of your mind.
Take it easy. The procedure is a week away.
It's surgery, Fred.
And I'll take it easy afterwards.
I'll see you tomorrow.
What's wrong with her?
I don't know.
I had dreams
although hard to remember them now.
They were always vague at best.
Can't say I ever really
did much of anything
to make them happen though.
So after high school
and four years at City College
in business administration
I got a job, selling stereos.
Two years of that and I
moved into office supplies
but I was bored.
Now, let's be honest, I was bored to death.
Even went to an Air
Force Recruiting Center'
to see what it'd take to be a pilot.
Turns out it take better, I suck.
So, I'm walking down the street
and I see these medics
pulling some poor old
lady out from under a bus.
They were yelling and covered
in blood and for some reason
I thought it looked like fun.
Reminded me of when my grandmother was sick
and these paramedics saved her life.
I'm thinking I should check
that out and you know what..
It has been fun. I got lucky.
I found something I was really good at
and lots of people never do.
So 16 years later,
here I am, still doing it.
You start something you're just learning'
and then before you know it
you've been there half your life.'
It's who you are.
But that doesn't mean this
is all I ever wanted to be.
It doesn't mean... I
still don't have dreams.
Where's company going?
Gas leak.
Day shift's left the bus a mess again, huh?
Yep.
- How's Kim doing? - Okay.
Back up to speed.
Taylor wants her back on the squad.
That's up to lieutenant.
Look, she's driving me crazy.
I think she's permanently
premenstrual or something.
Hey, she just lost her father, okay?
Come on, doc
- Kim's fine, you said it. - No.
'Can I at least ride with Kim?'
She maybe all whacked up
but at least she's not a ball buster.
- Hey. - Hey.
How you doin'?
Fine.
Hey, doc.
Beautiful day, huh?
Yeah.
See, the woman hates me.
Let me talk to Kim. She's
cool with us riding together.
No.
Well, the only way your
ex-husband can insure
in the event of his death..
If you don't get custody of your son..
Would be for him to obtain
full legal and physical custody himself.
But what about my accident?
Now, he's gonna try and
say that was a suicide attempt.
Well, he'll have to prove..
That you are an unfit parent.
A suicide attempt, doesn't make you unfit.
I didn't try to kill myself.
Okay.
'Are you gettin' any psychiatric help?'
Seein' a shrink? Like getting medications?
'Antipsychotics? Antidepressants?'
No.
You been in AA, NA, any other program?
'No?'
How many pills you take?
- What? - 'The accident.'
With the wine.
How many pills?
I'm not sure.
Your son in the apartment at that time?
Yeah.
So, how often do you get drunk
and take sedatives to one wine?
'Once a month, once a week, once a day?'
I'm not an alcoholic or an addict
if that's what you're implying.
Well, his attorney's gonna be playing
a hell of a lot more than that.
I'd rather defend a mother
who attempted suicide
than a pill-head with a drinking
problem she won't admit.
So, um... what's the next step?
Yo, Keb, wait up.
'Wait up!'
'Wait up.'
Yo, Keb, wait up
Still no Kim?
No.
Hey, how you doin'?
Fine.
Everything, uh, everything
working out with Carlos?
- Guy is a moron. - Yeah.
Yeah, he is definitely
an acquired taste but..
Otherwise... doing okay?
Yeah.
Thank you.
Sure.
- Company's pulling in. - You're late.
I know, I'm sorry.
You know, shifts starts
at 2:30 not 10 after 3:00.
I had an appointment, it ran over.
Yeah, what if we hadn't called?
Look, I said I'm sorry.
Not now.
How you doing, Kim?
Walsh.
'You got a Dr. Pepper, Jim?'
Dr. Pepper?
- Lou, what you need? - No, thanks.
Kim, hold up.
Doc, the mayor's office
wants recommendation for best
paramedic in the city.
Some kind of contest.
Each house is suppose to nominate somebody.
'Is there money involved?'
Not with City Hall sponsoring it.
Just a handshake from
the mayor and a photo-op.
It's a moral thing.
I-I guess.
You want me to hand out
ballots or something to the shifts?
Don't waste the paper.
Best paramedic in the
city is gotta be the old man.
Happy?
'It's gotta be you, doc.'
I think it's unanimous.
You're a shoe-in, gramps.
Start working on that acceptance speech.
Gramps?
'Adam 5-5-3, auto versus
bicycle, 107 between... '
Kim, hold on, hold on.
107, 2 to 3, Adam 5-5-3.
I already cleaned the
bus, signed out our drugs.
- Your gear in the bag? - Yeah.
Change in the bus.
I'm, 39.
What?
An old man crap.
I'm only 39.
I respect you. You got that
authority thing going, you know.
Just like the lieutenant.
Johnson's gotta be in his 50's.
Don't be so sensitive.
I don't hear anybody calling you, granny.
That's because they
know that I'll kick their ass.
You gotta show up
for the shift all the time.
Yeah, sorry.
Kim, I mean it.
I don't wanna have to tell you again.
You okay today?
You seem little off or something.
Yeah. I'm fine.
Kid didn't make it through
on his bike before this SUV
jumped the light doing at least 50.
Dragged across the intersection.
- The light was green... - Hey, shut up.
- It was green. - Shut up!
His name is Kacey. This
is his brother right here.
Alright.
Get him flat.
'Come on.'
- Okay? - Yeah.
Kacey?
Kacey, can you hear me?
I didn't know he was behind us.
Kacey?
He's not responding.
Give me the blade.
Blood's coming out of right ear.
'Yeah.'
- 'Okay.' - 'He's barely breathing.'
'Lot of blood in his mouth.'
There's too much blood.
I can't see what I'm doing.
Give me the four by fours.
I should take a photo and show it to Joey
'next time he argues me
about wearing his helmet.'
Get the bulb suction.
- Baby bulb? - Yeah.
'Got it.'
'Suck out as much and as deep as you can.'
'Alright.'
'Yeah, deep.'
It just keeps coming, we should trach him.
I know.
- Alright, let's bag him. - Alright.
Here.
Okay, take it off.
- Alright, press his chest. - What?
- Come press his lungs.
- What are you looking for?
'Bubbles.'
Okay, there, I'm in. I got it.
Huh, good. Nice going, doc.
Nice.
He's good.
Bosco, get the board in here, will you?
- Done. - Hey, get the C-collar.
Open fracture of the left femur,
deglove right down to the bone.
Deformation of left arm.
I'll start splintin' his leg.
No, no. We can do that in the bus.
We gotta scoop and run.
His leg is all jammed up in that bike.
Ah, well, let's pull it out.
Hey, you, come here. I need an extra hand.
'Get your ass over
here. Let's go. Come on.'
- You ever bag anyone? - No.
Okay, listen. you hold this right here.
One, two, three, squeeze.
One, two, three, squeeze. Okay?
- One, two, three squeeze?
- One, two, three squeeze. Yeah.
Yeah, let's pull him out, okay?
'Get over here. Over here.'
- Okay, let's roll him. - Okay.
Yokas took couple of personal days
and go down to the Atlantic City
with her husband, so
Christopher sticks with the new kid.
Okay, here we go.
One, two, three, go!
'Keep baggin' him, man.'
Okay.
Hold on.
Keep baggin'.
I got it.
- He gonna make it? - I doubt it.
Hey, the got HBO in here, babe.
I can't get this stupid thing tied.
"Perfect Storm's" on,
we never saw that one.
Will you turn that off, please?
George Clooney's in it.
I thought he was your guy.
Not with that scraggly beard.
Guess, our HMO doesn't cover the view, huh?
You want any magazines? I
can run down to the gift shop.
I want it gone, Fred.
- All of it.
- It's a lump. Don't get it off.
- What if it's not just a lump?
- But it'll be.
'What if it's not?'
What if they get in there
and it's more than that?
Or it's bigger or it's spread?
See now, why do you even go there?
' "There?"'
There is here, Fred.
We're here now.
Where else is there to go?
I need some coffee.
- Can I get you one? - No, thanks.
What do you feel like for lunch?
We've only been off for two hours.
Italian?
I don't care.
- Chinese? - Sure.
You like Thai?
You need to eat before you come in to work.
Excuse me?
Did you see anyone on the ground?
We got a call someone was unconscious.
It was a homeless guy down
over there but he got up a while ago.
- Sam, great. - Thank you.
Sam?
I thought he died last month.
Sam?
Sam?
Sam!
Are you okay?
'Hey?'
- Is his head bleeding? - Yeah.
- Hey. - How you doin'?
Good, how are you?
- Any pain back here? - Do you smell him?
He's got no pain anywhere. Believe me.
- How about here? - I'm good.
Good? Alright, I'm gonna sit you up, okay?
- Oh. - Oh.
He's alright, let's dump him on that bench
and go get something to eat.
- We'll take him. - To the hospital?
No, I don't wanna go to the hospital.
He doesn't wanna go to the hospital.
He's intoxicated, he hit his
head, he could have a subdural.
There's no way of knowing it.
He's always altered, he's a drunk.
Sam, you gonna stand up.
'1, 2, 3'
- Aah. - Here we go.
- I don't wanna go to the...
- I know, but you're going.
- Let's go. - Oh.
Come on, Sam.
Can we eat now?
There's an hour till lunch.
We'll stop by the candy bar.
I don't want a candy bar.
- You met his wife and kids?
- Whose wife and kids?
Sam?
They look for him once in a while.
He's got kids?
Nice guy when he's sober.
Does little magic tricks.
Magic tricks? No kidding.
Yeah, you know with the coins
and handkerchiefs and stuff.
I've had dinner with him a few times.
- Dinner? - Yeah, when he's sober.
Brought him something to eat.
'Adam 5-5-3, respiratory
distress, 8-9-6 East 9-9'
'Apartment 4 David.'
8-9-6 East 9-9, Apartment
4 David RD, Adam 5-5-3.
He got, uh... two daughters
and a wife. Nice lady.
He just can't seem to beat the drinking.
Doesn't seem like he's trying very hard?
Oh, thank God, it's my mother.
She can't seem to catch her breath.
It hurts, but she'll never admit it.
She's so damn stoic.
- She's been sick? - Yes.
She's had heart problem for years.
- What's your mother's name? - Estelle.
Mommy, the paramedics are here.
Hi, Estelle.
Mind if I call you Estelle? Hmm?
Hey, I'm Monte and this is Kim.
- Hi. - Having trouble breathing?
- No. - Oh, any chest pain?
- No. - Okay. Alright.
I'll give you little oxygen, Okay?
Here you go.
You have a history of heart problems?
She had a heart attack two years
ago and another one last month.
Alright, we have, uh, crackles,
two thirds of the way up
on both sides.
Alright. Have you had heart failure before?
'Yes, she has.'
Pulse 100 regular pressure 170 over 90.
Let's give her a 40 mgs of Lasix.
The Lasix is gonna help
your breathing, okay?
I'm gonna give you some
nitroglycerin, too, okay?
It'll make your heart feel
better. You've had that before?
Alright.
Have to slip it right under
your tongue, there you go.
Alright, you gonna start
to feel better real soon.
Okay.
'Get her on the monitor.
Put in the head block.'
CDC, kemp 7, should be in it. CKMB.
Chest X-ray, EKG times 2Q 20 minutes.
Put it in a Foley.
Give another 40 of Lasix
and an inch of nitro paste.
Hold off on the drip now.
Okay, hon, we're gonna move you over.
Nice and easy.
There we you go.
- Little more. - Good.
- Good. - 'Ma'am..'
Can you step out for a minute
while they get her settled.
Mummy, I'll be right outside, okay?
- Excuse me? From the ambulance.
- 'Isabelle, page the CCU team.'
Thank you.
She was so scared and you were wonderful.
Your welcome.
They have some paper work
for you to sign at the desk.
Nice people.
Yeah, for a change.
- That kids still hangin' in. - Okay.
'The one you brought in
earlier, got hit by a car.'
How the hell did you get him intubated?
- 'His airway was a mess.' - That was Doc.
- Good work. - Let's go.
I thought that kid was dead for sure?
How long will the surgery take?
No more than an hour or two.
Unless you get in and it's
worse than you think, right?
No, I don't anticipate any complications.
- Sign this. - What is it?
- It's what we discussed.
- Whoa! Whoa, whoa.
- "What we discussed?" - It's the consent.
If they find it's bad they'll
take the whole breast.
Both, if they think it's necessary.
Oh, I'll come see you in the recovery room.
It's my body, I want it out. All of it.
And if they do the whole thing..
A double mastectomy.
I'll deal with it?
You're not gonna have to.
But, if they do. I'll be okay.
Will you be okay?
'You sure?'
'But they're not gonna have to, you know?'
You're going to be fine.
Why don't you want to enter this contest?
I don't know why everything's
gotta be a competition.
Why is everyone so worried
about who's best all the time?
Or best movie star, best quarterback
best baseball team of all times.
- Stupid. - Julia Roberts.
- What about Julia Roberts?
- She's the best movie star.
'Said on the cover of Time.'
See, that's what I mean.
She's better than Meryl Streep?
She was great in Erin Brockovich.
'Yes, so what? It's all subjective.'
The best paramedic? What
the hell is that suppose to mean?
'There are great
paramedics all over the city.'
You afraid you're gonna lose?
There shouldn't be a contest.
After everything that's happened.
You don't think you're better than us?
I think it's beside the point.
Who's best at anything?
'It changes depending on the day.'
Was Lincoln our best president
or did circumstances make him great?
Maybe Millard Fillmore
was our best president.
But he never had a civil war to prove it.
Was so obsessed with being
better than everyone else.
It's a waste of time.
'Adam, 5-5-3, 80 down the
park. 106 entrance by the town.'
106 by the fountain, Adam, 5-5-3.
We had a president name Millard?
Guy's out walking his
dog with his daughter and
grabbed his chest and falls over.
This little girl and his dog.
- Breathing? - Does it look like it?
Wasn't there a..
I heard that little girl
screaming, "call 911".
How long has he been down?
- Five minutes maybe.
- Is he going to be okay?
Everything will be okay.
Can you get that dog out of here?
- Honey, what's your name? - Rachel.
- Can you take your dog here?
- I want to stay.
I know, but they gotta help your dad.
Let's give him some room.
- What are they doing to him?
- Making him better, honey.
Clear?
300.
Stop it, stop it, you're hurting my daddy.
- 'Stop!' - Clear.
Stop it, you're hurting my daddy.
- Come on, honey. - 'Rachel! Come, Rachel.'
- What are they doing?
- They're making him better.
- 'Clear, clear.' - 'Stop it! Daddy!'
Let me get a line.
No, no, one more, one more.
Make them stop.
Clear.
Let's, uh, let's get him on the bus.
Oh, let's go.
Davis, give me a hand.
Stay right with me.
I'm gonna take your
daddy to the hospital, okay?
- He's better, now? - Yeah.
Listen, you got a number for the family?
Her mother's? She lives nearby.
The policemen will take you
to your mom and then they'll
bring you both to the hospital, alright?
They'll take care of him?
Yeah, we will.
Woo!
I feel I could eat the menu.
Yeah, Adam 5-5-3, 1063.
Hey, Doc, come and join us.
Yeah, it's fine by me.
- Hey.. - Would you like orange beef?
- Busy shift? - Well, not particularly.
Hey, where's you new partner?
In the car, we doing
the 61 for the fourth time.
I don't know what the hell
they teach in the academy.
Does he do all your reports. She likes it.
What do you want?
Mm, two egg rolls, kung-pao
chicken, sweet and sour pork
and some sweet and sour soup
and add some steam pops in that.
Wow.
What? I'm hungry.
- Yeah. - Uh, you?
Uh, I'll just have some of
hers and a coke, very little ice.
Yes.
Give the girl to her mother?
Yeah, nice place too, right
on the edge of the park.
Wood paneled elevators..
All the money in the world,
he's still stone cold dead.
Hey, hey, looks like an emergency vehicle
parking lot out front.
You guys got room?
You guys already eating,
we'll just, uh, get another table.
Uh, there's room, move
over. Anyone using this?
- Here, Alex, I'm-I'm done.
- No, I-I can just...
No, no, no. Sit, sit. Come on, I'm done.
- You don't have to. - Come on.
'Hey, did y'all hear Doc's big news?'
Mayor's office is looking for
the best paramedic in the city.
We're putting Doc up.
I'd vote for him.
When did this happen?
Doc is the best paramedic. Just ask him.
- Congratulations, Doc.
- You should've a parade float.
'Well, maybe, they'll make a
big Doc film, like Spiderman.'
Finished the report, Gusler?
Uh, are we sitting there?
Um, hmm, no, you are not.
So, you guys hear about this
lady in Queens Plaza yesterday?
'Two kids in a car before sunlight'
'two year old and an infant..'
Hey, I'm sorry I was late today.
Timmy went to a lawyer,
wants to change his will.
- If he dies, I won't get Joey.
- Is he sick?
No, but after 911 everybody's
thinking about it. Aren't you?
Yeah, sure.
Anyway, I had to go get my own lawyer.
What did your lawyer say?
It's gonna be expensive.
Jimmy thinks I'm an unfit mother
cause of my accident with the pills.
Thanks for disagreeing with him.
You really want to know what I think?
Unless you think he's wrong.
Paramedics, someone called 911?
Uh, five floods, plus there's nobody home.
- Perfect. - Dispatch.
This is Adam 553, we're at
the location, there's no answer
There's loud music, did they
leave a phone for a call back?
'Roger that 553, I'll try it now.'
'Bobby, turn that music down.'
- 'Don't be yelling at me.'
- 'Turn it down, damn it.'
We can always leave.
'What are you doin' with my music?'
Yeah, they are right here.
Why the hell didn't you knock?
We got a call about a sick baby.
Oh, yeah.
'You don't turn off my music.'
It's mine and I'll turn
off what ever I want to.
And I don't yell at you.
Excuse me.
What about the sick baby?
Oh, yes, yes.
She's so sick.
What's the matter with the baby, ma'am?
She's so sick.
'How old is the baby?'
She's just little, she's so little.
Is the baby in the crib?
Oh... where did she go?
Oh, Doc, let's get out of here.
Where's my baby?
I'll play my music as loud as I want.
How-how old is the baby, ma'am?
She's a pretty baby.
- She's a pretty baby.
- Doc, I mean it, now.
What if she really does have a baby?
'Ma'am?'
Have you been drinking or taking drugs?
'Where is my baby?'
Oh, let's call the cops and wait outside.
Hang on.
- 'Sir?' - Where's my baby?
'Sir, you know where's the baby?'
She ain't got no baby. She's crazy.
You took my baby.
- Oh, Doc. - Why did you do that?
Hold on, ma'am. We're paramedics.
- Give me my baby back.
- We're just trying to help.
She's crazy!
You're crazy, you know that.
- Give me my baby. - No, ma'am, ma'am.
Freeze now.
Bring back my baby.
Let's go.
- Go, go. - Give me my baby back.
Come on, come on. Let's go, let's go.
- Jeez! - Give me my baby back.
She's right there.
Bring me my baby back.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Bring me my baby.
- Doc. - Adam 553.
We got a crazy lady at this location
chasing us with a knife.
We need police assistance now.
What did hell was that? A machete?
A butcher's cleaver, I think.
I don't think she's coming.
Well, no.
- And here we go. Here we go. - Yeah.
My, music.
Crazy, crazy, crazy.
Whoo!
- Great. A human speed bump.
- He won't get out of the road.
I thought he was hurt, so I
called 911 but now he's singing.
- Singing. - Sam?
Well, our last trip to the ER
was taxpayer money well spent.
Sam, what are you doing in the street?
You know this guy?
Oh, yeah. My partner and Sam
are regular dinner companions.
Thank you for calling.
We've-we've got it from here.
Sam?
Hey, did you fall down or did you lay down?
'Let's get you up, alright?'
'Back to the hospital?'
You think he can walk or
should I get the stretcher.
Come on, let's get up. Here we go.
Who is that? Sam?
- Let's sit you up. - Yeah.
Thought he was dead. Hey,
Sammy. I heard you were dead.
- What happened? - He drunk?
Sam, let's get you up.
Here we go. One, two, three.
Alright, alright.
Make sure he pukes
before he gets in your rig.
- 'Come on.' - Sam's a big puker, right?
Come on.
Come on, Gusler.
Waste of oxygen. Glad
somebody didn't hit him.
He get your shoes?
Yeah.
'You got another pair back at the house?'
Yeah.
Well, we'll swing by later.
Aye, we only have an
hour in the shift. I'm fine.
Hey, I'm not thinking about you.
I don't wanna ride around with that stink.
What the hell is this?
Young female in a bathtub.
Lit a bunch of candles, slit her wrist.
- We've a patient in the back. - Critical?
- No. - Should call for another bus?
Yeah, you're the first to respond.
Oh, we're not responding.
- We're just driving by. - We'll take it.
- We've a patient in the back. - Yeah.
We can, we can let him sleep it off. Okay?
She's in pretty bad shape.
A candle set a tissue
box and a towel on fire.
Triggered the smoke alarm.
Alarm wakes her brother so he calls us.
Parents are out, the
older sister was supposed
to be babysittin'. Her
wrists are a real mess.
There's pressure on her
wrists, but they're still bleeding.
I don't think she's breathing.
Okay, give us some room guys.
- 'Got it.' - 'Got it.'
'Alright. Let's get in it.'
'Guess she cut up along the vein.'
Give me a-a towel or somethin'.
'She got a name?'
- Elizabeth. - Elizabeth, Elizabeth.
- Can you hear me? - No pulse.
Alright, let's cut two lines wide open.
She cuts both the wrists
so let's get some pressure dressing.
I'm missing a tourniquet.
Hand me the BP cup.
I got it.
She's blue. How could she be breathing?
'Guys, uh, get her legs up.'
Higher, higher. All the way, all the way.
- 'Okay.' - I'm in.
Thank goodness! Squeeze
in everything you got.
Walsh, can you hand me the leads.
Keep her legs up. Jimmy,
squeeze this bag hard.
'Here we go.'
Hey, D.K., I need you to bag her.
- Done. - Come on.
'Jimmy, squeeze it faster.'
This one's empty.
Okay, give him yours and hang another.
God, she bled out.
No.
Walsh, the kid.
Hey, come on, pal.
Let's go in the other room.
Okay, that's it. That's it.
- Hang another.
- I've to go back to the bus.
Then run back to the bus.
We need more volume.
Connelly, run to the bus, get more saline.
Got a pulse?
Check.
Yeah.
Not much of a pulse, but it's something.
I got it. I got it.
Let's get some more fluids going.
Okay.
'Please report to the NYPF.'
I'll be damned.
'Told you he's pretty good.'
Think we should get Sam
away from that little boy?
He's a drunk not a pedophile.
'I thought she was dead.'
Had it just been me, she would be.
'You know what, Doc.'
You probably are the
best paramedic in the city.
Hey, hey.
Hi.
Um, shh, shh, shh.
They are still there.
- Both of 'em? - Yeah.
Where's Dr. Case?
He'll be back. It's late.
What time is it?
Almost 11.
Did they get all of it?
Dr. Case said, the margins were clear.
Good.
That's good.
What?
Nothing.
You're a terrible liar.
They took a couple of lymph nodes
to test just to be safe
but he said what they found
was encouraging. Encouraging!
That's his word, not mine.
Encouraging.
That sounds good.
Very good.
- 'You off tomorrow.' - Yeah.
Got any plans?
Um, probably watch some college football.
Michigan's playing.
Oh, yeah? You gone to Michigan?
No, my dad did.
He always used to... watch the games..
I'm kind of carrying on a family tradition.
'Today was his birthday.'
He'd have been 72.
That's what you've been
thinking about today?
Uh..
What the hell am I doing with my life?
Single, no kids.
I'll be 40 in a couple of months.
I've been at this job so
long, people call me gramps.
I had dreams you know.
Well, this isn't all I ever wanted to be.
Oh, yeah? What kind of dreams?
Of flying combat jets for the Air force.
Sail a boat around the world you know.
I wanted to be a Broadway dancer.
Only thing is..
Uh, I can't dance.
I took a couple of lessons
which were just too damn hard.
When my dad died, that was it.
There is no one else left, but me.
And when I go... that'd really be it.
Nobody else knows what I know.
'Of my dad, my mom, our family history..'
my history.
You'll find someone,
have some kids, tell them.
You still got plenty of time.
-'Your mom's gone too, huh?' - Yeah.
I wish my mom weren't around.
She's siding with Jimmy
on this custody thing.
That suicide in the bathtub..
I tried to kill myself.
Pills and the alcohol.
'It wasn't an accident.'
You knew that, right?
Guess everybody does.
Lawyer says I have to
testify that I tried to kill myself
if I wanna keep Joey. How weird, huh?
'I thought they'd take him
away from me, if I told the truth.'
'Turns out, they might if I don't.'
Anything you wanna ask me about it?
You're gonna try it again?
No.
Good.
You're not wasting your life out here.
You make a difference.
'Adam 553. Read it down.'
'Men on a bench. Second between 9899.'
Oh, what time is it?
It's 9.56.
We're off in four minutes.
Yeah, that means we're still on.
Oh, man.
Second between 98-99. Adam 553.