Transplant (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 11 - Locked - full transcript

- Stop!
- Come on!

How is she doing?

Somewhere between didn't happen

and can't stop thinking about it.

My dad died...

Here, earlier today.
I was alone with him.

You can do your clinical hours here.

Become a nurse practitioner,
you'll get a raise,

you'll have seniority, I'll make sure.

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We're friends, Amira,

and she's still in both of our lives.

You're gonna do what? Sue me?

Oh, come on...

Well, in addition to
needing a place to stay,

apparently, I need a rehab nurse.

Don't forget, I'm leaving
right after work today.

It's the trip with Amira?

Yeah, I carved out 24 hours for it.

It's the first time I've ever done that.

To go to a dance meet in Peterborough?

You know how to live!

I think Amira wanted me to
let a friend's mom take her.

- Maybe I should have...
- It's good you go.



I...

I love that stuff.

You're gonna be okay here on your own?

Yeah, I should focus on my own mess.

Mags!

- Hey.
- You in emerg all day?

Up in cardiology. Paged for a consult.

Same, or I'm in the middle of one now.

Hey, did the funeral go okay?

Fine for me, I didn't go.

Really?

I mean, no, that's right.
That's good for you.

Totally healthy and not weird at all.

Yeah, I just didn't want to sit around

and listen to everyone
say nice things about him.

White blood cell count is up

and imaging is showing that
Mrs. Weiland has appendicitis.

Ms. Weiland, isn't that
who you called me down for?

Yeah. May have jumped the gun, Mags,

she complained of chest pain,

but it's definitely her appendix.

Okay, Nancy.

So, it looks like today, we are
going to be evicting an organ.

Any pre-existing conditions
we should know about?

I have incurable ovarian cancer.

Uh, you didn't mention that earlier.

It's not really something
I care to discuss.

Sorry for dragging you down here,

however now that you are...

Did you want me to look at
some patients? Yes, okay.

- Thank you.
- Given her hysterectomy,

we're not gonna want to
do this laparoscopically.

How long's the wait upstairs?

A while.

Is it true you've got the
approval for the trauma OR?

As a pilot program only,

but I do have a support team on loan

to make sure it gets a fair shake.

Right. Yeah I don't get
to do a lot of open appy's,

and I hear that the maiden voyage

is supposed to be a pretty big deal, so.

Meet you in there in 20?
I'll get everybody prepped.

I'll let the patient know she won't
have to wait all day in agony.

Public health flags the
contacts of people diagnosed

with certain highly contagious diseases.

How long do we have
to stay in quarantine?

At least until we know
what Evi was exposed to.

You also said her G-tube is blocked?

Has she taken any new medication?

Her GP called in a decongestant

and we thought it was water
soluble, but I guess not?

Last night, she started running a fever.

Okay. Did you try flushing the tube?

Yeah. And nothing's going in.

Well, we can unblock the tube

once we know if she's
caught something else.

Evelyn, can I listen to your breathing?

Up for yes, down for no.

Have you dealt with many
patients with Locked-in-Syndrome?

None, actually.

Evie was making dinner five years ago

when she had her brain stem stroke.

And she can think and she
can hear like anyone else,

but she can only move her eyes.

Your shorthand.
It's based on where she looks?

Yeah. We used to need
a letter-based board.

But we don't anymore.

She'd say I get it wrong
as often as I get it right,

but we've always been
one of those couples

that knows what each other's thinking.

And she wants me to stop rambling.

Is she going to be okay?

We're just running a few tests
right now, they should be...

Uh, excuse me a minute.

Hey.

I don't like it here either.

Did you hear back from Public Health?

We did. Unfortunately,
you've been exposed

to Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome.

It's a very serious and
contagious respiratory virus.

- Evie has MERS?
- We have to assume you both do.

Wow, that was not what I was expecting

when I heard about an ear pain.

- Pretty gruesome, eh?
- Okay, James,

well, I'm Dr. Leblanc,
and I'm sorry to tell you,

but I think you have a nail in your ear.

Jamie. And yeah, I kinda put it there.

Okay. Why, exactly?

I work at a machine shop.

We get bored, and my buddies
dared me to pierce my ear

with a nail gun.

Guess I was a little too game?

- Hm.
- The brain trust

tried digging the nail out themselves.

Yeah. Which just meant more blood.

I hate blood.

Yeah. Most people don't realize
that the ear is so prone to bleeding.

Can you move your neck for me, please?

Ah, kind of can't.

Okay.

Sorry. Here. Neck pain?

- Headache?
- Hmm-hmm.

Okay. We're gonna want
to rule out infection.

Open your mouth.

Okay. I might have to cut
through your ear to get this out.

Hm. There's not a less aggressive way?

Hm. I don't think so.

Oh!

Uh, Mags?

Hey. Hey.

Guess you really hate blood, Jamie.

- Can you give me a minute?
- Yeah.

Good idea with the water.

It helps, focus on something tactile.

I don't know what happened.

I know he was fainting, but I thought...

You were assaulted.

This is a completely normal reaction.

That was months ago.

And this guy? He wasn't threatening.

Just because your brain knows
that doesn't mean your body does.

He may have an infection from
the nail, or from before even, so.

He needs blood cultures
and CBC just to be safe.

And we need to page
plastics for the ear.

Okay, you need to take a second.

- Make space to process this.
- Yeah.

Retractor?

Dividing the fascia,
suspending the peritoneum.

Winston, protect the bowel.

She's full of adhesions from
when they removed her tumours.

Seems like her appendix is
fused to her abdominal wall.

Can you free it up?

We have to immobilize the bowel first.

Damn it, we have a bleed.

- Jed.
- It's okay, Wendy.

Bobby?

And cauterizing.

Pressure's dropping.

I need suction. This is a
bigger bleed than we thought.

- Arterial?
- It's hard to tell.

Maybe an artery was damaged
when we removed the appendix

from the abdominal wall,

it's a little easier to
tell with the lap cam.

You can do this here just as well.

You know the positioning,
June. Find it by feel.

June. Are you saying you need help?

Because we can drape
her and wait for OR.

Let's just give her a minute, Wendy.

- I can't find the source.
- Okay. I'm calling upstairs.

I'm sorry, sir, I know you
needed this to work down here.

Why don't you try widening the incision?

Scalpel?

- They can take her in five.
- Got it!

No need.

Tie it off now.

Good work, Dr. Curtis.

Let's crossover later. I want
us to learn everything we can

from the procedures that we do here.

Oh... There he is! Hey!

Dad? What are you doing here?

I know, I know we said
we were just gonna talk,

but the phone is... It's too impersonal.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- What'd you do to yourself?
- It's not a big deal.

You know, I really wish you'd
told me you were coming down.

Well, I figured you were
gonna try to talk me out of it.

We've been worried. You
know we almost never see you.

And the last time you asked to
borrow money you were still in school.

Yeah, no I'm just, uh,

I'm stretched thin with
the new house and Mel and...

She's worried too.

She called us to say so.

Bitter doesn't suit you, son.

Yeah, Dad. I'm not really interested

in a counselling session right now.

Well, how about a tour
of this fancy hospital

I've heard so much
about? And then lunch?

I'm at the Radisson
and that restaurant's

got a great club sandwich.

Yeah. This city, world
class food in every corner.

I can't do lunch, actually.

Well, look, uh, why don't you
just point me to the best place

to find some Jays merch and then
we can meet up for dinner later?

- Somewhere world class.
- I'm working late tonight.

Well, can you trade shifts?

Look, I'm sorry to be so direct,
but if you came all this way

just to tell me you
can't lend me the money,

can you just say so?

All I'm asking for is
a conversation, Theo.

Best Jays merch, uh... By the stadium.

That's down front and take a right.

Okay.

Evelyn had a home care nurse
who was exposed overseas.

Public Health has traced his
contacts and no one else is sick.

I won't get results to their
PCR tests until the morning,

but given her unique circumstances,
I wouldn't release her.

- And the husband?
- Currently asymptomatic,

but he's her primary caregiver,

so they've been in pretty close contact.

Your trauma OR, that's moving forward.

This is good news?

For the hospital, I hope so.

We'll see where it leads.

Of all the things we see in here,

locked-in unsettles me the most.

Trapped in your own mind like that?

- She is all prepped.
- Thank you, Claire.

My son is in town.
Join us for dinner tonight?

Oh, shoot, um,

I can't tonight, but
will you say hi for me?

Sure.

So, um, your bloodwork and
cultures came back clear.

We were thorough and you were
lucky there was no infection.

Uh, I do still have a headache though.

Because Jamie, there's a
second nail in your head.

There is?

What are you... Seriously?

You really didn't know?

Uh... I mean, there was a misfire,

but I didn't feel anything and...

I guess it went in clean?

Well, I'm just surprised
you didn't feel anything,

but I guess it's possible.

So, what happens now?

I need to examine the puncture wound.

Okay.

Okay.

Hey, can I keep the nail
when it's out? As a souvenir?

You need to stay still, sir, please.

Okay, sorry.

All good in here?

Yeah. There's a second
um, nail uh, puncture,

and I just can't find
the entry point so...

Would you like me to take a look?

Okay. Yeah.

Let me know if you can find it.

And we need to page
neurosurgery. He'll need the OR.

Did she just say I need brain surgery?

Oh, doctor! Doctor?

Hi, Mrs. Welland, nice
to see you up so soon.

How did I wind up getting in so fast?

Oh, well, we've started
doing certain procedures

in what we call a Trauma OR
and yours qualified, so...

Oh. So I'll get out of here soon?

I'm supposed to look after my grandson

to give my daughter
a couple of days of break.

Yeah, I think you'll
still need to take it easy.

I'm guessing you've spent enough
time in hospitals as it is.

Months of chemo, then a hysterectomy.

They got rid of most
of the active cancer,

but a couple of cells
reached a lymph node

and so, therefore, in the future...

It'll come back.

I may not look much
like a ticking time bomb,

but ooh, there it is.

Did you want me to call
your daughter, ask her to...

No, absolutely not.

It'll just put her back to
seeing me as a sick person

and I've decided that's
not how I want to live.

Okay.

Oh! Oh!

- Ms. Welland? Are you okay?
- They gave me the morphine,

- but I definitely felt that.
- I'm on it, ma'am.

Yeah, you know what, I think
I'm gonna do an ultrasound

to see what's going on.

Evelyn's G-tube is clean, and
her chest X-ray looks good.

No pneumonia. Her
symptoms are mild so far,

but we want to keep her for observation.

I read that some MERS patients
were barely symptomatic?

That can be true. The next
48 hours will be telling, but,

uh, Fitz...

No, I'm not leaving.

I can understand why you want to stay,

but you're really safer at home.

I've already been exposed!

Except, since you're not symptomatic,

our quarantine rules won't allow it.

I'm sorry, but you're under
a self-isolation order.

She needs me.

Look, we tried to make
it work with other people,

computer-assisted
devices, it's never enough.

I know her.

She'll be under vitals
monitoring all night, okay?

Anything that comes
up, we will look out.

They're saying I have to go.

I know. But they're
not giving us a choice.

There are five nurses
on this floor all night.

She won't be alone.

We're going to take good care of you,

you have nothing to worry about, Evelyn.

The best way to communicate
is to look her in the eye

and ask yes or no questions.

If it's anything more complicated...

We'll call you, you have my word.

I know, I promise I'll remember to eat.

I'll be fine.

I love you.

Ms. Weiland is fortunate
we were on that so quickly.

This is why you need to be
extra vigilant during closing.

We were vigilant, Dr. Singh.

We had a bleed, yes, but we handled it.

This one started after.

Your dissection
technique wasn't on point.

What kind of surgical lighting
does Bishop have in there?

Lighting's fine, you
say this to me every time

I do one of these.

Because I'm there to correct you.

It shouldn't be after the fact.

I was opposed to a trauma
OR for exactly this reason,

us having to clean up
another department's mess.

It's not a mess.

Bleeds are a normal
complication of abdo surgery.

And Dr. Bishop's giving me

an opportunity to expand my experience.

You're his lab rat, June.

If this goes south, it
could affect your reputation.

Is this you calling out landmines again?

Because this is an approved initiative

and I work for him too.

Let me handle it.

Yeah, I've read their
statement of claim, it's...

Dr. Bishop I need a word.

Yeah. Well, truth's
our best weapon, so...

If you think we should push back, good.

Let me now. Alright.

What's up, Wendy?

You specifically told me you
weren't hiring another chief,

that it was just lip service?

Why don't we have this
conversation in my office.

Then what I've heard
is true? You already have?

On an interim basis,

to help pilot the trauma OR
and share hands-on duties.

Were you ever seriously considering me?

Wendy, you are an excellent attending,

and of great value to this department.

- In other words, no.
- It's more complicated.

I really think we should
continue this in the office.

Wendy, you're acting
like this is a demotion.

If anything I am going to be
relying on you more in the...

To prop yourself up, you mean.

All I've done, this last 30 years,

is put the interests of this
department ahead of my own.

You held me back, Jed.

You kept me where you
needed me. Well, I'm done.

I'm finished. Good luck!

Wendy!

Dr. Hunter, can you supervise
non-pediatric patients today?

Dr. Leblanc can you swing a double?

- Sure.
- I need residents on the floor

that don't require constant supervision.

Dr. Atwater, hey!

I'm sorry you had to
see that, Dr. Curtis.

You're really gonna leave?

I've been considering
my options for 20 years.

Catering to other people,
waiting for my turn.

I'm done sucking it up, June.

- But what are you gonna do now?
- Oh! Whatever I want.

I was sorry to hear about your father.

Are you nervous?

I know you're going to be great.

It's gonna be you and a
bunch of moms sitting there.

I can handle it.

No gross blood and guts
talk. People don't like that.

- Okay.
- Also, we're wearing stage makeup.

- Don't say anything about it.
- Okay.

Or about the fact that this is
all getting filmed for YouTube.

Amira. Okay, okay, not a word.

There's Jameela and Sadie.

Rania? What is she doing here?

Uh, I invited her.

As a friend.

- Rania!
- Oh, Amira!

- I'm glad you're here!
- How could I miss this?

Hi, Bashir.

I'm sorry. I should've
called earlier than today.

Habibti, Sadie's mom says
there's a dressing room in the back.

Will you help with my hair?

Yeah. I'll find us seats.

- Yeah.
- Not at the front!

Not at the front.

What brings you guys in here tonight?

- Zeke?
- I fell off the fourth-floor

fire escape outside of my dorm.

The whole truth, bud.

I thought it might be a good
idea to make my own zipline.

- Turns out, it was not.
- Okay.

Why don't you toss that in there for me?

Have any blurred vision
or nausea? Headaches?

Headaches a bit. I told
Coach it was no big deal,

but he made me come. And
benched me for two weeks!

You break the rules, you
gotta suffer the consequences.

Are Mom or Dad looped in?

I called them, I left a message.

It won't be returned.

Hey, Zeke, why don't you tell Dr. Hunter

why you made the zipline.

Because I'm gonna die anyways.

And uh, what does that mean, exactly?

It's like, uh, I know
something bad is gonna happen

just not what or when.

Were you trying to hurt yourself?

No! I definitely don't
wanna die, it's just,

if it's gonna happen, might as
well live big. Enjoy the rush?

He's been talking like
this for a month now.

I mean, I thought it was a prank,

- but he really believes it.
- Because it's true!

Have you had any previous head injuries?

That's what I wondered too.
Zeke plays rugby.

He tackles pretty hard, but
he assures me after every game

that he's feeling okay.
I had the school nurse

check him out, but I
just wanted to make sure.

It could be a concussion. Yeah.

It's a good idea to do imaging, and, uh,

make sure it's nothing more serious.

Thank you. Appreciate it.

See? They're gonna
look after you, buddy.

Or they'll find something

and you'll have to admit that I'm right.

Hey, doc.

Should I keep benching him?
I'm not one of those coaches

that puts winning ahead of the kids,

I just... I want what's best for Zeke.

Let's just see what
the test results are.

Okay.

His parents, they don't
sound too involved?

No. Uh, they both travel a lot.

They're the corporate types.

He's lucky if he sees
them around Christmas.

It's a bit of a sore subject.

Do you know if he's spoken to anyone?

Just kids can exhibit
personality changes during puberty

and if the family
situation is difficult...

I mean, he had some trouble
adjusting when he first came to us.

I read about kids with brain injuries.

How it changes their whole
way of being, you know,

- I just want to make sure.
- The CT will be fast.

- Okay.
- It might take a little while

for the MRI. You're good to stay?

Yeah.

Impressive woman.

I crumbled with one weak arm.

Should I have talked
Wendy out of quitting?

I didn't say anything, Jed.

Or would she have resented me for that?

I know things have changed
since I asked you to stay.

Evie needs saline.

Hello, Evelyn.

Ah yay!

Amira, you were so brilliant.

Hey, you're gonna have to
teach me that move at the end.

Oh stop!

My friends are going for burgers.

- Can I go?
- Here.

Okay, keep your phone on,
I'll wait for you here, okay?

Okay.

Have fun.

That was the most positive feedback
I've gotten from her in months.

Thank you for being here.

She needs someone who gets all this.

Yeah.

I heard you got a job at a bookstore?

Part-time.

They let me host discussions
on my favourite authors.

Mostly just friends come,

but it makes me feel like myself.

I knew you'd adapt quickly.

Rania, I still want you in my life.

What life?

Tonight, with Amira. You were present.

And silly.

And fun. That's how I remember you,

don't tell me it's
because we were younger.

No, I... I try to be present.

I mean, I know I'm busy working, but...

Looks more like toiling
to me. All you do is survive.

What else is in your life?

- I don't say that to upset you.
- What's it supposed to do?

Help me?

You don't let anyone help you.

Or see you.

Does anyone really see you, Bashir?

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He's stuck in that cell
that they put him in

when they took him away from you!

And I don't know how to break him free.

I heard you did really well
last night, Evelyn.

Your temperature's down

and your oxygen
saturation's back to normal.

All good signs.

How are you feeling?

I know it was upsetting,

when I asked Fitz to leave yesterday...

Dr. Hamed?

Excuse me, Evelyn, I'll be right back.

You gonna have to put a new one on.

He just walked-in.

It came on suddenly last night.

I woke up drenched in sweat.
Now it's hard to breathe.

Is Evie okay?

She's doing really well.

What's that mean?

It means you're not getting enough
oxygen through your system.

Lay back for me please?

Fitz, do you have any
underlying health concerns?

MERS can hit hard if pre-existing

conditions weaken your immune system.

- Like what?
- Is there any reason

your liver could be impaired?
Your hands are shaking,

and I'm seeing some bruising.
Whatever it is, Fitz,

- I need to know.
- I drink, okay?

More than I should.

Is that why I'm this sick?

I'm seeing evidence of
cirrhosis on the ultrasound.

I, uh...

I understand it can be difficult
to manage your own well-being

when you're so focused on Evelyn's.

I'm her only connection
to the outside world.

She's adapted to so much,

I don't want her to
think she's a burden.

Does she know how much you drink?

I don't talk about it.

She can't know I'm here, Dr. Hamed.

She'll think it's her fault.

Hey, shouldn't they have
taken Jamie to surgery by now?

Claire realized the patient
was having absence seizures,

so we kept him in overnight to monitor.

He was?

After you left the room,
he zoned out again.

So I asked him if he felt an aura,

and he said he thought so.
It's why he was staring off.

We started him on anti-epileptics

and he'll need a constant
EEG during surgery,

since we don't know the
cause of the seizures.

It's probably the nail in the head.

This is something you
would normally catch.

Was there a reason you
didn't assess him yourself?

- Jed.
- No, he's right, I should have.

It won't happen again, Dr. Bishop.

- You didn't have to take that.
- I was supposed to tell my boss

that I'm missing things because
I can't be alone with patients?

No, but that's his job to support you.

I don't want support! I just
want to be able to do my job.

Hey, I need a patient on ECMO.

Rhoda tells me you can make that
call, now that Atwater isn't?

- It's for your MERS patient?
- The husband.

He's cirrhotic and desaturating quickly.

I'll get one sent down right away.

Thanks.

- Were you there when she quit?
- Yeah, we all were.

Bishop didn't put her up for co-chief.

It was a scene.

You know, this whole trauma OR thing,

the way he's so driven by it,

did you see how quickly he
just moved on from Atwater?

- Like she was never even here.
- He was trying to roll

with a bad situation the best he could.

One day he's yelling at me,

the next day he's promoting me.

Anyone know who he hired?

They don't tell me anything.

I'm perfectly capable of supervising
an emergency appendectomy.

I didn't call you up to
debate your qualifications.

So we're talking about June's?

Not her credentials, her bandwidth.

She's stretched thin as it is.

Chief Resident, working both units,

- she doesn't have the space.
- She's a confident physician.

If she had a problem handling this,

- I expect she'd tell me herself.
- She's my resident, Jed.

Poach a trauma surgeon
from somewhere else!

Sure. If you want her to miss
this opportunity, so be it.

Hi! I know I said to get
you out of here sooner.

Apparently, an organ that turns
out I didn't even really need

has got us both on the ropes.

Your white blood cell
count is still high,

but that makes sense
given your appendicitis.

That having been said, it
also corresponds with your

CA-25-antigens, so...

You checked for tumour markers?

We'll have the results
in a couple hours...

- I didn't ask you to do that!
- It's okay.

We were already doing bloods, and

you're supposed to check them regularly

to make sure your cancer
is not active again.

I don't care if the cancer is active!

I can't change anything that's coming,

so why would I even wanna know!

So you can plan.

You are not listening to me!

I don't want to live that way.

Is that... What's wrong with me?

Yeah, it's just, low pressure.
I'm on it.

We'll get this figured out, Nancy.

We've been here all night.

I know it's been a long wait,

but the senior radiologist
reviewed the MRI and agrees,

- everything looks fine.
- So no brain injury?

That's great news, buddy.

It is. But I spoke with
the psychiatry resident.

They think you might have ADHD.

You think I'm hyperactive?

Well, that's one manifestation,
but there are others.

Impulsive action, for example.

Like zip-lining off a fire escape.

Exactly.

So, what about the way that
Zeke's feeling or his fear?

People think ADHD means high energy,

but a sense of impending doom,

that can be associated
with the diagnosis.

It's a common condition
in kids your age,

even if yours is presenting differently.

So you're saying I'm not dying?

- Is there medication?
- Yes.

This is great!

He's saying that this is
a problem we can solve.

- I can help you.
- You shouldn't have to!

Zeke! It's...

Zeke!

Zeke!

Hey!

Open the car!

Not until we talk about this.

- I don't want to talk!
- Look, Zeke, just come inside.

Zeke, Zeke, what are you doing?

I wanna go!

My parents said I was the
problem when they sent me here!

This means they were right all along?

Man, screw your parents!

Okay?

If they can't see what
a great kid you are,

then they're assholes!

Language, Coach.

I'll put a dollar in the jar,

but only if you come back inside.

Why don't we get you inside

and clean you up a little bit, okay?

My blood goes through that
machine and then back inside me?

ECMO works by temporarily drawing

the blood out of
your body to oxygenate it.

It does the job of your
heart and your lungs.

You got me hooked up to this
thing, you must be pretty worried.

Um, we have every
reason to stay positive.

Okay?

Alright. To conserve energy,

I'm going to sedate
and intubate you now.

Fitz, I know you didn't want
me to say anything to Evelyn,

but if there's a message you
want to get across to her,

- now's the time.
- Because I might die?

No. She'll be terrified

and she won't be able to communicate it.

Just make me better.

I can't leave her alone.

I'll do my best. You're ready?

Yeah.

Thanks for coming.

I wasn't sure you'd call.

You're uh...

You were right, we need to talk.

I have a bet with your mother.

She says home repairs gone wrong.

And I have pre-mid life
crisis motorcycle accident.

I, uh... I punched a man.

Why, son?

Because...

Because I'm angry, Dad.

I just... I thought I could...

move on and build something. But then...

I'm a failure. And I
don't know what to do.

You have to forgive yourself.

I've tried and I know
it was all my choice,

- but if I knew it like...
- No, no, no.

I meant for wanting it.

Theo, it's okay that
you wanted this life.

Is this, uh, is this the
part where you tell me

you and Mom are...

- You're praying for me?
- Yeah, I hate it

when people say that.

As though you desperately need it.

But yeah, we are.

But, listen, about the loan.
You don't need money right now.

Oh, I thought, uh...

we kind of just established
how I messed up I am.

And you already have everything
you need to clean that up.

His O² stats aren't holding.

Vascular complications
can happen on ECMO.

Maybe the cannula isn't
functioning properly.

He's cold to the touch.

Something's not right
with his blood flow.

And it's pale too.
I'll get the ultrasound.

- Hey.
- Hi.

I wasn't sure if I'd see you again.

Uh, we wanted to talk
to you about the cause

of the seizures you've been
having. This is Dr. Curtis,

- chief surgical resident.
- Hi.

I'm guessing, if you're here,
it's not just about the nail?

Well, uh, when the team removed it,

we found an un-ruptured aneurysm.

A pretty big one.

Yeah, it's like a bubble
on your arterial wall,

and the kind of thing you only
find if you're looking for it.

If left unchecked, it could
burst and have killed you,

but fortunately, we had
our reason to look so...

So then shooting myself
with a nail was a good idea?

More like a stroke of dumb luck.

Hey, did I do something to offend you?

Because I can usually tell
when someone doesn't like me,

and you definitely do not.

It's not you, I'm...

I'm really glad things
worked out for you and I...

Hey, I heard you wanted to keep this.

Cool.

- Alright.
- Thank you.

Thanks for being in there with me.

Yeah, anytime.

Hi, Evelyn.

I need to talk to you
about your husband.

I thought you were upset because
you were afraid for yourself,

but now I realize that
you were worried about him.

Is that right?

Okay, hum.

Fitz is here, in the hospital.

He became very sick with the virus.

Much sicker than you last night.

I'm sorry to bring you tough news.

He wanted to protect you,
but he can't speak for himself

at the moment and we need your help.

Okay. We're trying to help
his body fight the virus,

but during the process he
developed a complication

called an arteriovenous fistula.

It's an abnormal connection
between an artery and a vein.

Are you with me so far?

Okay. We need to know
if you consent to this.

Okay. We will try to do it
as non-invasively as possible,

but if that doesn't
work, he may need surgery.

I'm sorry. I don't know what that means.

Do you have questions about
the procedures he might require?

Okay. I'll go through
all of the details,

and you stop me whenever you
have questions. Okay, Evelyn?

- Another bleed?
- Actually,

one of the clips we used
the second time dislodged.

But we reattached and triple checked.

She still won't let us
check her tumour markers,

but she'll be ready to get
on with her life tomorrow.

You called us both up
here to tell us that?

No, I called you both up

because my patient spent time
in both of your departments

and both times something went wrong.

Which means that nobody's
perfect. But each time we fixed it.

I fixed it, but that's
not the point. Look...

Dr. Singh, protecting me does not

mean holding me back from opportunities

just because you don't like them.
And if you really have my back,

I mean, I need to know that
when I say I'm overworked,

you're gonna hear me. Even if
your initiative takes a hit.

Understood, Dr. Curtis.

Coming in loud and clear.

Okay.

It's very good.

I taught her well.

I was about to say the same thing.

About myself.

Hey, I hear nail dude was
saved by his own stupidity?

I'm sorry about snapping earlier.

Mags, you don't have to apologize.

No, to you, I do.

Somehow, I ended up apologizing
to nail dude as well, but...

Well, that sounds about right.

Is this gonna keep happening?

These things can take time.

- I'm here if you need me.
- Okay.

You needed an intervention
to repair a circulatory problem.

But it's over now, and
your vitals are stabilizing.

Hey, uh...

Evelyn really came through.

She weighed in on every decision.

She's one hell of a mind.

When you beat this virus, and you will,

the cirrhosis can be treated.

But Fitz, you'll have to stop drinking.

And for what it's worth,

there's nothing wrong
with getting outside help.

Clearly, Evelyn can
take care of herself.

And you can stand to
live for yourself as well.

Okay.

Also...

You have a visitor.

If any couple deserved some
good luck it's those two, huh?

My lawyer.

He thinks we should go
aggressive against the lawsuit,

counterclaim with defamation.

I've asked him to speak to your lawyer.

I can do that.

We're in this together,
Bashir. Let me help you.

Sir, the temperature around here.

I'm guessing you're aware that...

Yeah, people aren't sure of
the recent changes, I know.

When the board approved
the pilot program,

they decided on a co-chief for me.

Sir?

I couldn't tell Wendy
in front of everyone.

You're going to be running
the department with Dr. Novak?

Things aren't cooling
down here quite yet.

Well, why did I bother
getting dressed up

if we weren't going
to wait for the table?

It was too loud anyway.

So you're selling the house?

Yeah, the pastor knows a
thing or two about drywall.

He's gonna help me fix it up.
Put it back on the market.

But I will need to stay
with you a little bit longer.

I already told you. You can
stay as long as you want.

Thank you.

My dad left me in charge of his estate.

Is that good?

It's more like a sick
joke from beyond the grave.

It's a mess.

I wanted to pay someone else

- to do it, but...
- Yeah.

Should I be talking
them out of doing that?

Uh... What's the point?

They're gonna wind up in
our emerg in about an hour

for some other stupid reason.

So you're saying life is
gonna bounce itself out here?

Wouldn't you like to be one
of those stupid happy people?

Just once. Just to see how it
feels like to live unburdened.

That's just not who we are.

How was that dance trip?

Look.

Hey. Thanks.

Wow, freedom.