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00:01Previously on Doc, I had a car accident.
00:03Lost a lot of my memory.
00:05This is too far.
00:06I'll retire the cape.
00:07I would settle for you committing to a therapist.
00:09I've been having memory seizures.
00:11She prescribed something?
00:12One milligram of lorazepam.
00:13I need you to change it to ten.
00:14Something wrong?
00:15She screwed up a dosage yesterday.
00:17I can't even practice.
00:18For how long?
00:19Jones assigning me a new neurologist.
00:21He'll be the one to assess.
00:22This one's from Liz.
00:23And she's definitely flirting.
00:25We have surgery scheduled with the vascular team for you.
00:27I'm not doing it, Dr. Heller.
00:29Who the hell is now with Ruby gone?
00:46Good morning, my dear.
00:51You've reached the home of Ruby and Dante.
00:54Please leave a message after the call.
00:57Hey, Pops.
00:58Just checking in.
00:59Not surprised you're not watching Mom's soap operas,
01:01but hoping maybe you're getting out of it.
01:04Anyway, I spoke to Bobby and Erica,
01:06and we were thinking,
01:07maybe we'll all come up there in a few weeks.
01:09Little family reunion.
01:11Everybody really misses you.
01:13Call when you can.
01:14Okay, Pops?
01:15Will.
01:16There.
01:17In the medial prefrontal cortex, that's a new locus of activity.
01:37Hm.
01:38And that's what's causing my memory seizures.
01:40It's certainly suggestive, but real-time data
01:43will allow us to correlate this area of brain activity
01:46with your symptoms.
01:47You understand that I need to keep pursuing my memories.
01:51I just want to stop the seizures
01:53and the side effects from the treatments.
01:55I do, Dr. Larson.
01:57Let's just be patient.
02:06Still looking for something to nail her.
02:09Keep scrolling.
02:12Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
02:13That one.
02:14What?
02:15It's an email from Dr. Walker.
02:16That's her shrink.
02:19To a Dr. Marks.
02:21Our girl's just CC'd.
02:25Those are her memory recovery sessions.
02:28This is gonna be fun.
02:30We knew he'd be back here like this.
02:32Yeah.
02:33And you knew it too.
02:34I just wish you had more fight in him.
02:36Hey, Dante.
02:38You're having a heart attack.
02:40That's why you're in so much pain.
02:42But we're starting meds to ease that.
02:44I know you have a DNR,
02:45and you want comfort measures only.
02:47I promise we're gonna make this as painless as possible.
02:50Who would you like us to call?
02:51I have your son, Will, and your daughter, Erica,
02:53as your emergency contacts now.
02:59Re-reunion.
03:02Reunion?
03:04Reunion.
03:06Okay, what does that, what does that mean?
03:17Going home?
03:20That's a good sign.
03:21Hospitals are lots of fun,
03:23unless you're the patient.
03:24Well, it's the doctor part I want to talk about.
03:26I got a new therapist,
03:28and I'm on the books three times a week.
03:31Plus, we're transitioning Amy's care to Dr. Marks,
03:33and I'm planning on spending more time with my wife.
03:35You're not in the hot seat, Gina.
03:36And why do I feel like you just came back from Max's office?
03:38Dealing with other people suffering all day, every day,
03:41can wear anyone down.
03:43Even a superhero can end up doing something self-destructive,
03:47like confronting a violent abuser in their apartment.
03:50That's what I told him.
03:52So compassion fatigue,
03:53as opposed to me being crazy and out of control.
03:55I've known you for 24 years.
03:57I believe it's an accurate diagnosis.
04:00So my plans sound okay?
04:03Sounds fine.
04:05In addition to a weekly debrief with me.
04:11You look fairly miserable.
04:13What's going on, buddy?
04:14Spare me your faint compassion,
04:16and just give me some pills.
04:18Okay, for what?
04:19Kidney stones.
04:20Flank pain started this morning.
04:21It's coming in waves.
04:23Yep.
04:24I went out last night.
04:25A couple of puffs.
04:26A bit dehydrated.
04:27That's what brought it on.
04:28I can hydrate.
04:29Flush these out at home.
04:31Just be a sport.
04:32Write me some Vicodin.
04:34Out of curiosity,
04:36have you run a diagnostic urinalysis?
04:38No.
04:39There you go.
04:40I'm not wasting my time with this.
04:41And I am not prescribing a schedule one narcotic
04:44without a proper workup.
04:45Just get Jake.
04:46He'll do it.
04:47Dr. Heller's busy with a case,
04:48and I'm sure he wouldn't do it.
04:49I'm a doctor?
04:50I know my own body.
04:51Right now you're a patient.
04:52So shut up and pee in the damn cup.
04:59Hey, why aren't you in school?
05:01Second semester senior who already got into college.
05:04I figured you could use the company.
05:07Well that's very sweet, but you really don't need to worry.
05:11Did I say I'm worried?
05:12I'm just here to support you.
05:14Are you going to use one hertz or two?
05:17I find one hertz works best for temporal interference,
05:20deep brain stimulation.
05:21And you can reach the medial prefrontal cortex.
05:23Easily.
05:24Most patients experience only mild tingling.
05:27Starting now.
05:31You notice anything?
05:32Nope.
05:35Now?
05:36Still nothing.
05:38Oh, yeah.
05:40That's something.
05:41Danny.
05:57I saw Danny.
05:58I'm sorry, who's that?
05:59He's my son.
06:02That's the first time I've seen him.
06:04Interesting.
06:05And other things too.
06:07So, so many.
06:09All from that missing period.
06:12Well we have confirmation then.
06:13The area that we saw in the fMRI is definitely active
06:15and contributing to your latest episodes.
06:18Ah.
06:19Ah.
06:20You alright?
06:21Yeah.
06:22Yeah.
06:23I just...
06:24Oh.
06:25This is not what usually happens.
06:27I'm shutting this down.
06:28Yeah, we could start again in a minute.
06:31No.
06:32We need to avoid further stimulation.
06:34Phenobarbital will calm the area.
06:36And stop the memory recovery.
06:38For now.
06:39No.
06:40No, you don't understand.
06:41I, uh...
06:44I lost my son.
06:46And these were new memories.
06:49From the last year of his life.
06:51And I'm sure that that's...
06:52Please, I can take the pain.
06:53What did we say before?
06:54About being patient?
06:56Pill.
06:57Uh...
07:05Now?
07:22Hey, is this Will?
07:23Yes?
07:24Hi, this is Dr. Heller over at Westside Hospital.
07:26Um...
07:27We have your father here.
07:28Oh, God.
07:29How bad is it?
07:30He's having a heart attack and...
07:32I'm sorry to say the situation's dire.
07:34I'll be on the next plane.
07:35Listen.
07:36Your father's heavily medicated and he's barely verbal,
07:39but he did say one thing to us.
07:41What's that?
07:42The word reunion.
07:43Um...
07:44That's all he could get out.
07:46Yeah, I, uh...
07:48I left a message for him this morning.
07:50Me and my sisters are planning a family reunion.
07:52I'm sure you know this, but...
07:54He did refuse surgery a few months ago,
07:56and he has a DNR, so I'm just trying to figure out
07:58if maybe he'd change his mind about things.
08:01Is surgery even possible now?
08:03I'm not sure, to be honest.
08:05It was very risky then,
08:06and the situation is much more acute now, so...
08:08Well, if there's any chance, please...
08:10Please do what you can.
08:12Rachel's here. She says it's urgent.
08:15Listen, I'm very sorry about this.
08:18We'll just get here when you can,
08:19and I'll stay in touch about the options, okay?
08:21Thanks, Doc.
08:27Hey, is me okay?
08:28She's fine.
08:30It's your dad.
08:32Our home phone number is still listed
08:34on his healthcare proxy form.
08:36He had a stroke on the golf course.
08:40Okay, well, um...
08:42Where's he at? Which hospital?
08:44I didn't want you to hear from a random person on the phone,
08:46so I came here.
08:48I am so sorry, Jake.
08:51He's gone.
08:53My dad's in town tonight.
08:58Oh, that's okay.
08:59We can make other plans for dinner.
09:00Why don't you just join us?
09:02Um, yeah.
09:03It's been a while since I met the parents.
09:06Well, he lives in Arizona,
09:07and I don't know when he's gonna be back,
09:08so I don't know.
09:09I just...
09:10I thought it was time for him to, you know,
09:12be my boss.
09:13You ready to go?
09:14I can drive.
09:15I'm gonna stay here.
09:16What do you mean?
09:17I gotta take care of a patient.
09:18Can't someone cover?
09:19I gotta take care of a patient.
09:20Can't someone cover?
09:21It's gonna...
09:22It's...
09:24It's...
09:25It's a...
09:26It's a...
09:27I'm glad he's gone to Arizona.
09:28And I don't know when he's gonna be back,
09:30so I don't know, I just...
09:32Are you ready to go?
09:38I can drive.
09:40I'm going to stay here.
09:43What do you mean?
09:44I've got to take care of a patient.
09:46Can't someone cover?
09:50It's important.
09:52Look, I'll be fine.
09:54Do you want me to call the cemetery?
09:56Or I could ask Allie to do it.
09:57No, no.
09:58My sister, she can't.
10:00I'll handle it.
10:02Um, and can you not say anything to Mia?
10:08I want to talk to myself.
10:11Of course.
10:12Yeah.
10:16Is everything all right?
10:18Yeah, that was a family thing.
10:20Nothing to do about it now.
10:21We need to get Dante to the cath lab.
10:23What for?
10:24I spoke with his son, Will.
10:25He said his family's planning a reunion for this summer,
10:28so clearly Dante wants to be there for that.
10:29He was so medicated, he was barely even conscious.
10:33Let's get him in a better shape and we can find out for sure.
10:35He has a triple A.
10:37Okay.
10:38Radio lottery approach.
10:38We just bypass it.
10:39This will be his fifth surgery in six years.
10:43There's no way his body can take it.
10:45And he told us a few months ago that he didn't want it.
10:47Obviously things can change.
10:49I love him too, Jake, but you know it won't work.
10:51We should just keep him alive long enough for his kids to get here and say goodbye.
10:54He can die any minute, one way or the other.
10:56We're doctors.
10:57This isn't palliative care.
10:59This is his daughter.
11:00Oh, I just, I...
11:01Erica, can you just hold on one minute?
11:03I think that we should talk to Dr. Ridley.
11:06No, no.
11:06I'm chief resident.
11:07This is my patient.
11:08I'm ordering the procedure.
11:09So call Dr. Patel and you tell him it's urgent.
11:11He's the head of the department.
11:12Yeah, I know who he is.
11:13Just see if he's available.
11:20Erica, I, um...
11:23This is Dr. Heller.
11:25I already spoke with Will.
11:26Not sure if he told you what's going on.
11:29Dad!
11:30Katie, something wrong?
11:31It's about mom.
11:33She has a full day of neurotests and it's not going well at all.
11:35Okay, slow down.
11:36Tell me what's going on.
11:37I don't know, but she came out of the lab with a nosebleed.
11:40Well, that can happen with all the stimulation, but Dr. Marks is excellent.
11:44Trust me, she's in really good hands.
11:46I don't want her to be alone today.
11:49Will you come, please?
11:51We're her only family.
11:52Is watching me do this everything you hoped it would be?
12:03And then some.
12:05Okay, you're done.
12:06You all right?
12:12I had a memory of Danny.
12:15Just now?
12:16I thought you took the medication.
12:19No, this morning, during the temporal interference.
12:22It was his seventh birthday, and I could see the cake and the candle.
12:29He was blowing it out.
12:31Whoa.
12:32If I could just get back that last year with him, I mean, that's one of the things that's
12:38been torturing me.
12:39Yeah, of course.
12:40I mean, it's just a lot, right?
12:57I just don't know how I'm supposed to shake off Michael.
13:01So, this Michael guy is a CMO, and she was married to him, and then after the divorce,
13:10she started dating a different doctor at Westside.
13:13Dr. Heller, and she dated him twice, before and after her accident, and she was his boss.
13:19They must have kept it hidden.
13:21This woman's a mess.
13:23This is how we're going to get her.
13:24I've never seen the left and right medial prefrontal cortex so reactive.
13:31Is that new damage from the TMS treatments?
13:34Or her brain's trying to regenerate circuitry on its own.
13:38Causation is always elusive.
13:40But the meds should be shutting down the reactivity.
13:42At this locus, I need to finish Full Connection's brain mapping to know for sure.
13:45Well, one thing we know for sure, she's on the road to losing her ability to practice
13:49medicine if she keeps pushing herself the way she was.
13:52At some point, she might have to choose what's more important to her.
13:54Oh, I've got to take this.
14:00Hi, Dr. Rose.
14:02Yeah, thanks for getting back to me.
14:03I...
14:04Yeah, I have been feeling a bit fatigued, but my hand is steady, and I just want to make
14:11sure it's okay for me to operate.
14:15You rang?
14:17I am looking for a reasonable doctor who will give me pain meds for the kidney stone that
14:21I very obviously have.
14:22Will you just prescribe me a narcotic and let me go home?
14:26His urinalysis shows no red cells.
14:28No more pH, no crystals, stones, or bacteria.
14:31Did you repeat the test?
14:33Three times.
14:34All negative.
14:35And I tried to explain to him that it could be negative with an obstructing stone.
14:39Sure, but then try a CT scan.
14:41Have you discussed that?
14:42Naturally.
14:43You are getting the scan, and you're going to have to wait like everybody else because
14:47radiology's backed up today.
14:48Thanks, Sonia.
14:49I knew I could count on you.
14:51Oh!
14:52I'm having his body flown in now from Arizona.
14:56I want him in the plot next to my mother.
15:02No, I can come in in the morning and pick out a casket.
15:08Yeah.
15:10Thanks.
15:10I'll call you back in a few.
15:12His artery's open, and there's a reasonable flow.
15:14Okay, great.
15:16His troponins are flat, so that's good.
15:18There's no muscle damage, but Dr. Patel still won't support a triple A.
15:23What, did you talk to him about it?
15:24He's the cardiologist.
15:25Well, that was for me to advocate.
15:27It's not a question of who advocates.
15:29He doesn't believe Dante will survive it, and you'll never find a surgeon.
15:33And I'm sure he felt your opinion in there.
15:35I didn't sway him, Jake.
15:38I'm going to ask you to step aside.
15:39What is going on with you today?
15:41Did you hear me?
15:42You're not part of the solution.
15:43You're part of the problem.
15:44So you owned a sporting goods store?
15:58Yeah, took it over from my father.
15:59Would have passed it on to Jake, but he had other plans.
16:02You know, I think you're the only Jewish dad in America who's disappointed his son became a doctor.
16:06If hospitals had jerseys, I may have felt differently.
16:09He had plenty of years of me wearing jerseys, Dad.
16:11What an athlete he was.
16:13Three sports.
16:14Captain of all of them.
16:15Nope.
16:16That's not true.
16:17I was captain of baseball and lacrosse.
16:18That's it.
16:19Batted 400.
16:20Senior year.
16:20Nope.
16:21Also a lie.
16:21398.
16:22Ah, I'm rounding up.
16:23Yeah, let him bask in your glory.
16:25He would have played in college, but then he got caught up with Rachel.
16:30Dad.
16:31Okay, okay.
16:32He's never been a fan of my ex.
16:34Why not?
16:34Shh, shh, shh.
16:35I can see the smoke coming out of his ears now.
16:37Oh, that's not fair.
16:39Fathers always think they know best.
16:41Let's just leave it at that.
16:44Ouch.
16:44It's an ER.
16:52Ida Lincoln's back in with congestive heart failure.
16:55Levine's on call.
16:56She can handle it.
16:57Yeah, but you know, Ida, she's demanding and complicated.
17:00It's better for everybody if I'm there.
17:01But he's leaving in the morning.
17:04You know, I know.
17:06I'm sorry, Dad.
17:07I'll be back as soon as I can.
17:08You don't go stealing my girl now, you hear me?
17:16We'll see.
17:22Dante, can you hear me?
17:25I spoke to Will.
17:27He told me about your family's plans for that reunion.
17:31I feel like maybe that's what you were trying to tell me.
17:34That you want me to do whatever I can to get you there.
17:38If I'm right, I want you to squeeze my hand.
17:52Okay, that means surgery.
17:53It's a very risky surgery, but you want to live, right, Dante?
18:00His AAA is infernal.
18:02It's not seven centimeters.
18:03It's grown a centimeter and a half in the past six months.
18:05And you believe that qualifies as operable?
18:08I do, yeah.
18:09That's why you're not a surgeon.
18:11His aorta is going to explode on the table.
18:13Yeah, probably, but if it doesn't, we get him years.
18:15I'm not going to be his executioner, Dr. Heller.
18:17His family will sign off on this if that's what you're worried about.
18:20I'm not worried.
18:21Okay, I would think that you'd welcome the challenge then.
18:23Just make him comfortable.
18:25Give him all the time he has left.
18:27Do you know about Danny?
18:41Who?
18:41I don't...
18:42I just heard on one of the tapes that when Amy was married to the CMO,
18:46they had a seven-year-old son,
18:47and he died on a school field trip from heart issues.
18:50So?
18:51Charlie, she lost a kid.
18:53Anna, don't get mushy on me.
18:54No, I'm just saying the punishment should fit the crime.
18:56The crime is that our dad is dead,
18:58and we are a long way from an eye for an eye.
19:03Mapping visual cortex now.
19:07I saw that one.
19:09And that one.
19:11And that one.
19:12You can indicate by just raising your right index finger.
19:15Okay.
19:17Like that?
19:19I saw your finger move.
19:20No need to confirm.
19:21Are you okay, kiddo?
19:40I'm seeing increased brain activity here.
19:43Are you experiencing anything?
19:46No.
19:46Headaches?
19:48Seizures?
19:49Not at all.
19:50No.
19:50Dr. McClain.
20:13Hey, I was hoping I could talk to you.
20:14You badgered everyone in the department,
20:16and you came to me last.
20:17Not a good start to a sales pitch.
20:19Come on, Walt.
20:19Look, he's fully recovered from his cardiac event.
20:21I already looked at the scan, Jake.
20:23If Becky Coolidge is gonna turn it down,
20:25you can count me out.
20:26I swear, what is it with you guys?
20:27You're just worried about protecting your numbers,
20:28aren't you?
20:29I'd watch your mouth.
20:30Right.
20:30Yeah.
20:31While you're killing him with your cowardice.
20:33You must be tired.
20:44I didn't tell you this before, but one of the things I keep seeing,
20:47it overtakes my memories of Danny.
20:49That man in the Christmas market,
20:52now I'm seeing him in a white coat.
20:56He's a doctor at Westside,
20:58and he's arguing with me in my office.
21:02When you were chief?
21:04Yeah, he had a mask dangling around his neck,
21:07so it must have been during COVID.
21:09Do you have any idea who that could be?
21:11No.
21:12I mean, I think you had conflicts with a lot of people.
21:16But these flashes are so insistent and repetitive.
21:20I know my brain is trying to warn me about something.
21:22I'm sorry.
21:23I just don't know.
21:25During COVID?
21:26I was living with Dad, and we weren't talking much.
21:31Oh.
21:31You guys must be starving.
21:40Why don't you go get something to eat?
21:42I think I will lie down for a bit.
21:50Everything's looking good to go for the surgery.
21:51We're just working on lining up the surgeon now.
21:55Thank you so much for everything you're doing.
21:57Of course.
21:58You know, my father speaks so highly of you.
22:00It's just...
22:02Are you sure this is what he really wanted?
22:08Because this is what Will has been pushing for.
22:10No, I completely understand,
22:12but Will did not push your father into this.
22:15He wants to live for all of you.
22:25What around town is you've been accosting surgeons left and right.
22:29I call it advocating for my patients.
22:30And you fully dressed down McLean.
22:32Yeah, well, all any of them care about is just covering their asses.
22:35I am disappointed in you, Dr. Heller.
22:40You should have just come to me.
22:44You'll do it.
22:44Images are coming up now.
23:05Great.
23:06Let me know when you see him.
23:07Oh, my God.
23:08Peter, I just heard.
23:09Are you okay?
23:10Yeah, I'm fine.
23:11It's just a kidney stone.
23:12You poor thing.
23:14Is there anything I can do?
23:16Uh, not at the moment.
23:18Can I hit you back later?
23:20Can I hit you back later?
23:21Sure.
23:22Sorry.
23:23Uh, text me, okay?
23:25Okay.
23:26Sorry.
23:27A little young, no?
23:31She went after me, ma'am.
23:32Sure.
23:33Of course.
23:34Peter, can't help crapping where he eats.
23:37Fourteen hours a day, six days a week.
23:39I guess this is where everybody hooks up.
23:41Speaking of, uh, what's going on with Liz?
23:44Huh.
23:45Both kidneys and ureters clear.
23:47No dilation.
23:49Definitely not a kidney stone.
23:51Just saying.
23:52She's not gonna wait around forever.
23:53Switching to bone windows.
23:55And I think we've been over this, Sonya.
23:58I know you guys are talking about me in there, but it was a mistake, okay?
24:03So much pressure to perform, and she may not look it, but she was wild.
24:08I mean, like, up was down, forward was backwards.
24:11Okay, can we just turn off his mic?
24:13It was like being on a roller coaster with no safety bar.
24:16And, of course, I couldn't have her coming back to work saying that I wasn't up to the task, so...
24:20Gladly.
24:21Wait, wait, wait.
24:22Uh, Pierre.
24:23That all sounds really exciting, but, uh, did you say it's like a marathon session?
24:28Oh, gosh, yeah.
24:29It must have been, like, three hours.
24:31I thought I was gonna pass out.
24:33Testicular torsion.
24:34Mmm.
24:35Explains everything, and a simple exam will clinch a diagnosis.
24:39One of us has to go in there and, uh, handle them.
24:43And if you're right, this is gonna hurt like nothing he's ever felt before, isn't it?
24:47Oh, yeah.
24:48I'll spill you the trauma.
24:50Good work, baby.
24:51Oh, my God.
24:52Mm-hmm.
24:53Okay.
24:54I'm going to pass out for you.
24:55Yeah, no, no, no.
24:56Oh.
24:57Oh.
24:58Mom!
24:59Amy?
25:00Oh, my God.
25:01Amy!
25:02Oh, my God.
25:03Amy.
25:04What's happening to her?
25:05Amy.
25:07She's still breathing.
25:08Oh, my God.
25:09Oh, my God.
25:10Amy!
25:11What's happening to her?
25:12Amy!
25:13She's still breathing.
25:16Oh, my God.
25:17No.
25:18Amy!
25:19I'm not.
25:20Get a crash car.
25:25I mean, I lost my wife at a young age, but a child.
25:31It is unimaginable.
25:33And your marriage couldn't survive it?
25:36No.
25:38But I still have a daughter.
25:41She's, uh, well, she lives with her dad.
25:46I screwed that up.
25:47I haven't, uh, figured out how to fix it yet.
25:50Will there be anything else for you two?
25:54We're practically shutting the place down.
25:57We'll just take the check, please.
25:57Oh, your son already took care of it on his way out.
26:00Oh.
26:01Right.
26:04Thanks.
26:08Sometimes he overdoes it.
26:10I mean, you gotta let your old man pick up a check when he's in town.
26:14I'm sure he's just trying to thank you for everything you've done for him.
26:19No, no, he's just always been so damn self-sufficient.
26:23Even at 14.
26:25When his mother died?
26:27Never missed a school assignment.
26:30Got himself to all his practices.
26:32Took care of his younger sister.
26:33I put a roof over their heads and food on the table, but I didn't really do the other, the part of the job, the being there part.
26:45And so by the time he went off to school, you know, sort of like that song, Cats in the Cradle.
26:52Well, I know how much he loves you.
26:59Yeah, sure, but love's the minimum, right?
27:04End of the line, you kind of hope for something more, don't you?
27:07You know where you are?
27:15Westside Hospital.
27:16And I am?
27:18Dr. Marks.
27:20What happened?
27:21You collapsed.
27:21You remember any of it?
27:22I was scrolling through the physician directory.
27:25Looking for that doctor.
27:27I thought if he's still at Westside, I...
27:30I'm sorry, what doctor?
27:32There's someone that I keep remembering, a doctor who is angry at me, and I just, I thought if he was in the directory, then I could match his face to, to the image that I have in my mind.
27:45I tested your phenobarb level.
27:46It's at zero, which means you cheeked the pill.
27:49So you could track this doctor?
27:51No, I told you that I saw my son, and that's, that's why.
27:58It was for him, but then I didn't get any more memories of him.
28:01I, I just keep seeing this man.
28:05Well, the IVS man's in it now, so the seizures will dissipate, for sure.
28:08But I, I need to figure out who he is.
28:10The fact that you collapsed tells me that you could be headed for cerebral edema, hemorrhages, or even a stroke, if you continue with this noncompliance.
28:18Are you hearing me?
28:20Mom.
28:23Yes.
28:24Yes, I understand.
28:25The loading dose will sustain you for the rest of the day.
28:27Going forward, you need to take an oral dose daily.
28:31I'll be checking your levels to make sure you stay on track.
28:33I will take it, I swear.
28:42Enough is enough, kiddo.
28:44I know.
28:51I went too far.
28:53No, it's not too far, Mom.
28:54It's in the wrong direction.
28:56You're looking backwards when you need to move forward.
28:59I promise, I, I'll let it go.
29:08I know you can hear me.
29:09I just want to thank you for being the best, Dad, that a kid could ever want.
29:14I'm here, too, Dad.
29:16With all of your grandkids.
29:20And Will's on his way from St. Louis.
29:25His BP's dropping.
29:26We gotta get him to the OR now.
29:28Well, Will isn't here yet.
29:29I'm really sorry.
29:29We just can't wait any longer.
29:32Daddy, we love you, Daddy.
29:33We love you so much, Pops.
29:35Wait, wait.
29:35Daddy.
29:36Do you want to write something?
29:38Get some paper.
29:39We need paper and a pen.
29:40Here.
29:43Here, Daddy.
29:55For Will?
29:55Dr. Ridley's one of the best surgeons in the country.
30:23If this was my father, this is who I'd want in there.
30:26I'll come out and give you an update as soon as I know anything.
30:29Sorry, I'm late.
30:30Flight got delayed.
30:31Can I see Dad now?
30:32We waited as long as we could, but he just went under.
30:34But under what?
30:36He's anesthetized.
30:38Surgery started.
30:43Oh.
30:44Oh.
30:44Dad knew you were coming, Will.
30:50He wrote this for you.
30:56He knew how much you loved him, Will.
30:59He knew.
30:59The urologist will take you to the OR soon to untwist you.
31:05Then you should be fine.
31:06Don't give me that Pollyanna crap.
31:09If the twist crimps off the artery, it's all over.
31:12Dead testicle.
31:14No sperm.
31:14No kids.
31:16Kids?
31:17Why not?
31:19Don't seem the type.
31:20Who the hell's the type?
31:22Every man's got to be a dad.
31:25Optimal oxygenation.
31:31Scalpel.
31:42Hemodynamically stable.
31:50Open.
31:56Ready?
32:00Moment of truth.
32:02Yep.
32:09Cooley clamp.
32:18Start the clock.
32:20I think even if he was down to his last dollar,
32:44he wouldn't want you picking up the check.
32:47I was trying to show my appreciation
32:48for everything he's done for me.
32:50You should tell him that.
32:52I think he knows.
32:55He doesn't, Jake.
32:57He kind of thinks he failed you.
33:00What?
33:01Just that he wasn't around enough
33:03when you were a kid.
33:06And...
33:07Oh, he really misses you.
33:09Okay, well, he's the one that moved to Arizona.
33:12Yeah, Minnesota's cold.
33:13He wants to spend more time with you.
33:17He wants to spend more time with you.
33:18Talk more.
33:22He mentioned that song,
33:24Cats in the Cradle.
33:27When are you coming home, son?
33:30I don't know when.
33:32We'll get together then, Dad.
33:34So just don't wait for then, Jake.
33:55Please tell me I've given this.
33:56The surgery went well.
33:57Oh, my God.
33:59It was extremely complicated.
34:01His aorta, it was like tissue paper,
34:03but Dr. Ridley stitched it together masterfully.
34:05Oh, incredible.
34:06Can I see him now?
34:08He hasn't woken up yet.
34:11But he will, right?
34:12So the operation required more anesthesia
34:15than we had planned,
34:15so he is slow to regain consciousness.
34:18And we're not going to know for sure
34:20that he's out of the woods
34:20until he does wake up.
34:21So he might not wake up at all?
34:26That's correct.
34:27Okay, well, when we know,
34:29two to three hours.
34:34Well, Casanova,
34:35surgery was a success.
34:37Yep, looks like some unlucky kid
34:39will be calling you Daddy someday.
34:42Peter Jr., baby, let's go!
34:45Peter, thank God.
34:46I was so worried.
34:47Oh, oh, okay, okay.
34:50Okay, then.
34:51We'll leave you two alone.
34:59Is it me, or was that just too much fun?
35:02No, no, no, no.
35:02That was as good as it gets.
35:05Hey.
35:08If the hospital gossip is true,
35:09I want to hear everything.
35:10Yeah, it doesn't get much better than that,
35:12but I think I'm still bound by HIPAA.
35:15Damn.
35:17Listen, I've been wanting to talk to you.
35:20Here I am.
35:21I like you, Liz.
35:24You are beautiful, smart,
35:26and you seem like the kind of woman
35:28any guy in his right mind would want to go out with.
35:32Just not you.
35:35Let's just say a workplace relationship
35:37can really twist things up.
35:40And I would hate for things to get weird between us.
35:44So, friends?
35:47Yeah, friends.
35:52Of course.
35:53Cool.
35:54Hey.
36:01How's he doing?
36:03Um, well, no change since he'll war.
36:06There's still time.
36:09Fingers and toes crossed.
36:11Well, whatever happens,
36:13whether he makes it or not,
36:14thank you.
36:15You were a rock star in there,
36:17and you gave him a shot.
36:20Who is he to you?
36:22A father.
36:25Those kids want more time with him.
36:26I'm still here.
36:44You're still here.
36:51And you're going to be here for a while now.
36:54Reunion.
36:55I love you, Pops.
37:14I love you so much.
37:25So, you pulled it off.
37:28Yeah, well, I think I had some help
37:30from the man upstairs on this one.
37:32The man?
37:35Look, um, about earlier.
37:38I'm sorry.
37:39I think this just got a little personal.
37:40No.
37:41But if there is something going on,
37:44you know I'm here, right?
37:45Yeah, yeah.
37:46Of course.
37:55You've got to hear this.
38:00Got something good?
38:20You realize we can blow up
38:21all of our relationships with this?
38:25She barely touched her food.
38:35I think this is all too much for her.
38:40That's how this day started.
38:42She came to me because she was overwhelmed.
38:45She shouldn't have to worry
38:46about taking care of her mother,
38:48especially not after everything
38:49she's been through.
38:51Yeah, she's had to grow up fast,
38:52but sometimes she thinks
38:55she can handle too much.
38:58Maybe she needs to go home with you.
39:01Just for a bit.
39:05But the last thing I want
39:06is for her to feel like
39:08I'm pushing her away.
39:09She's 18.
39:11And pretty damn smart.
39:13Why don't we just talk to her
39:15about it honestly
39:16and let her decide?
39:17Yeah, that'd be great.
39:23Thank you, Michael.
39:25I'll go get her.
39:26So, it means they're gone
39:37and we won't be able
39:38to see them again.
39:39Not ever?
39:41No, not ever.
39:43But we will try
39:44and keep them in our hearts.
39:47That we can do
39:47for as long as we live.
39:48And then it's kind of like
39:50they're still here with us,
39:51but they're just inside of us.
39:53Give me one more day
39:53Another chance to say goodbye
39:59Say goodbye
40:03Give me one more day
40:09Another chance to say goodbye
40:14Hello?
40:19Hey.
40:20It's, uh, Jake.
40:23I know.
40:25Call her ID.
40:26Oh, yeah.
40:27Um,
40:28I heard you had a rough day today.
40:32Intense.
40:34But I'm okay.
40:35I saw Katie and Michael
40:36there with you.
40:37Yeah, Katie kind of
40:39dragged him into it.
40:41She was worried.
40:42And then I had
40:45some memories of Danny.
40:46Wow.
40:47Wow.
40:47Was that the
40:48first time?
40:50Yeah.
40:51Well, I can see
40:53why you'd want to chase those.
40:54The whole thing
40:55kind of freaked Katie out.
40:56So, she went back
40:57to Michael's for a bit.
41:00I'm sorry.
41:01That must be really tough.
41:04Are you okay?
41:05You sound...
41:06I don't know.
41:07My dad died
41:15this morning.
41:17Oh.
41:18I'm so sorry, Jake.
41:20Yeah.
41:21Yeah, it was a, uh,
41:22stroke.
41:24He wasn't even sick.
41:25I don't suppose I ever met him?
41:28Uh,
41:28he did.
41:29Yeah.
41:30Yeah, once.
41:31Oh.
41:32I wish I could remember that.
41:34We, uh,
41:37we all went out
41:38to dinner one time.
41:39And I guess he
41:40kind of opened up to you
41:42because you told me
41:42there were
41:43some things I needed
41:44to tell him.
41:46And did you?
41:47Uh, no.
41:50Nope.
41:51Um,
41:51and that was, uh,
41:52that was the last time
41:53I saw him.
41:55I just
41:55always thought
41:56I had more time,
41:57you know?
41:58Yeah, we always do.
42:01Until we don't.
42:02I really missed you today.
42:14I miss you
42:15every day.
42:20Do you think
42:21you could be there
42:21at the, uh,
42:23funeral?
42:24Of course.
42:27You know,
42:27even though he only met you
42:28that one time
42:28at daddy,
42:29he really loved you.
42:31Well,
42:33if he's
42:33anything like his son,
42:36I'm sure
42:36I loved him.
42:38He was done,
42:41I love you.
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