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00:29We made great things in this city. We made steel. We sent it down the river to become buildings and hulls for boats and 747s. And all the while, here at Sydney's Jazz Lounge, we made music. My father played on this stage with Lena Horne. We had culture. We made legends. And tonight on this stage, there's a legend to be made.
00:58Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen them all, but I have never seen anything like Annabelle Lee.
01:06Cheers.
01:08Okay?
01:10Yeah.
01:12Cheers.
01:14Cheers.
01:18Cheers.
01:20Cheers.
01:22That's how it was, you know, that's really how it was.
01:45You play like that at 11 o'clock, and that talent scout from Atlantic won't know what hit him.
01:50You'll have no choice but to sign you.
01:53Scout?
01:54Signer, what you talking about, man?
01:56What is this, 1975?
01:58You still got record, Scout.
01:59I got one coming on down to Pittsburgh.
02:02High five, sorry, son, a little bit CMU.
02:06But the point is that he's gonna be here tonight.
02:10Annabelle, you all right?
02:12Yeah.
02:13Yeah, I'm just gonna go, um, splash some water on my face.
02:17I wish you could go splash some water on the shower.
02:20So she could run around and try to find a few.
02:24No, no, you're going to the hospital.
02:30No, no, no, no.
02:31I'm fine, I'm fine.
02:32I'm not gonna miss my shot just to sit in the ER for hours.
02:35You don't have to sit there.
02:36You can go in through the VIP, though.
02:38Hamish got a kid that went...
02:39Not John, not my son.
02:41I know the medical director over there.
02:42Mary will get you back...
02:44on time.
02:45Shinwa, take that to pathology.
02:50Hmm.
02:52Is there an issue?
02:53Usually when I take delivery of fingers in a bag,
02:56there are no doctors present.
02:58Not licensed ones, anyway.
03:00I see.
03:02I still don't get why the patient wanted them gone.
03:04There are obvious benefits to having six fingers on each hand.
03:07Well, I once had a competitive bowler tell me
03:09it was the secret to his topspin.
03:11Exactly.
03:12He had a leg up on his rivals.
03:13I think you've got your anatomy wrong there.
03:15I'm gonna skip the amputated fingers banter
03:16if it's all the same to y'all.
03:18Do you mind if I go home?
03:19I have a video call with Uncle June to plan his visit.
03:22Uncle June.
03:24I can hear those scare quotes.
03:26How's he related to you again?
03:27He was married to my birth mother's younger sister.
03:29So not a blood relative.
03:31Convenient.
03:32I'm just saying it's harder to verify.
03:34Otherwise you could steal a hair and run his DNA.
03:36Hypothetically, of course.
03:38His wife died of leukemia early this year.
03:40I'm his only other family member in the States.
03:43But it's been nice.
03:44June's gonna give me cooking lessons.
03:46He used to run his own Chinese place in New York.
03:48Has he mentioned other Sashas?
03:50June says that my birth mother's still in China,
03:52but he's just following my lead.
03:54So I figured I'd get to know him first,
03:56see what goes from there.
03:57Okay, Sasha, you can go home.
03:58Shinwell, deliver those fingers.
04:00If anyone needs me, I'll be down in the ER.
04:02Is everything good?
04:03I hope so.
04:04My father just showed up there.
04:08He has a father?
04:10Hamish is fine.
04:11He's not the patient.
04:12It's his protege.
04:13He wanted me to bump them to the front of the line.
04:16I've already made arrangements,
04:17but I wanted to loop you in.
04:19Yeah, but why didn't he just call me?
04:21We have a good relationship.
04:23What?
04:24You both say that a lot.
04:26When's the last time you talked?
04:28Last Sunday, when I called my mother, he told me...
04:31All right, fine, fine.
04:33He told me that he wanted to invite me
04:35to a late-night set at the club.
04:36Layla and I are gonna try to make it.
04:38Well, thankfully, I am no longer
04:40the designated interpreter for the two of you.
04:42Look, he's in with the patient.
04:44If you want to know why he didn't call you,
04:46why don't you ask him yourself?
04:48How are you, Hamish?
04:52Hamish?
04:55What happened to Dad?
04:57A divorce judge happened.
04:59Forget about all that.
05:00Come give me a hug.
05:07Hey, Dad.
05:08John!
05:09Oh, good of you to come.
05:11It's... it's, uh...
05:13Yeah.
05:14It's good to see you.
05:15I didn't want to pull you away from your research.
05:17Your mother's always talking about how busy you are.
05:19I'm seeing mostly patients now.
05:21So...
05:22Yeah.
05:23So...
05:24Yeah.
05:25Hey, Annabelle.
05:26Have the ER doctors been in here to see you yet?
05:28Uh, a resident came in and said she would be back soon.
05:31That was 30 minutes ago.
05:33Ooh.
05:34Someone needs to talk to management about that.
05:36Well, I can examine you now.
05:38Save you additional weight.
05:40How about I take you on a tour of you, Hop?
05:45Give you the lay of the land.
05:46Queen in her domain.
05:48More like an overworked administrator.
05:50He brags about you.
05:54To everybody.
05:55My son is the greatest geneticist in the world.
05:59He just can't tell you that.
06:01You gotta have something to work for after all.
06:04Yeah, you got that right.
06:06Well, anyway, it's good to see you again.
06:08I think the last time I saw you was at a recital,
06:11when you were, like, happy about 12 years old.
06:14Oh.
06:15Yeah.
06:16Don't remind me.
06:17Uh, I think 12 is when I peaked.
06:19It's all been downhill from there.
06:21Tell me what happened tonight.
06:23Uh, I-I just got a little lightheaded
06:25and took a spill after the show, but I'm fine now.
06:27Mm-hmm.
06:28Did this happen when you fell?
06:30Uh, no.
06:31That was earlier.
06:32I tripped over a stand.
06:36Has there been anything else
06:37that's been bothering you recently?
06:39No.
06:40No?
06:42Not even the intermittent numbness in your right foot?
06:48The wear pattern on the soles are uneven.
06:53I'd say this has been going on for, I don't know,
06:55maybe three, four months now.
06:58That's why you stumbled twice tonight.
07:02It went away.
07:03I mean, it always goes away after, like, a minute or two.
07:06But numbness and weakness could be signs
07:08of something more serious.
07:10Why would you hide those kinds of symptoms?
07:13There's a record scout coming to the show tonight.
07:15Hamish made it happen.
07:16I-I really have to get back on stage.
07:18I'm sorry, Annabelle.
07:19I need to run some more tests.
07:20I will come back right after my performance,
07:23and you can run whatever tests you want.
07:25Yes.
07:26You've gotta be careful.
07:27I'm admitting her to the hospital for an expedited workup.
07:30This has been going on for months,
07:31and it's just getting more severe.
07:33Tonight was evidence of that.
07:34That's why I didn't come to you first.
07:36Mary doesn't make mountains out of molehills.
07:39And neither do I.
07:40Annabelle passed out because she's dehydrated and tired.
07:44And I've seen it happen with musicians before.
07:47Once the show is over, she'll be fine.
07:50Can you help me here?
07:52No, I'm Switzerland.
07:53Post-divorce version of Switzerland.
07:55I don't take sides.
07:56No, no, no.
07:57Listen to me.
07:58Annabelle's talent is not going anywhere.
08:00Yes, you might know musicians, but I'm her doctor now.
08:03Worsening numbness and weakness means this isn't just fainting.
08:07And I'm not just gonna let her walk out the door
08:09and risk her life because you want her to play music.
08:29Why would a 22-year-old musical prodigy develop recurrent numbness,
08:33weakness, and blackouts seemingly out of nowhere?
08:37Is the musical prodigy part relevant?
08:39Maybe yes, maybe no.
08:41You tell me.
08:47This is the part where we all trade ideas.
08:49We've all Googled you.
08:51Aggressively and extensively.
08:54Everybody knows that your father is a local legend.
08:57Why haven't you said anything?
08:58Why would I say anything?
08:59Hamish Watson is a renowned tenor saxophonist and jazz educator.
09:03Wikipedia says that he was mentored by John Coltrane.
09:06Is that why they named you John?
09:09You're not a musician, though.
09:11I played the alto saxophone.
09:13Same as Annabelle.
09:14But you don't play it now.
09:15Otherwise, he'd be invested in your career instead of hers.
09:19Is Hamish Watson disappointed in you?
09:22Let's focus on the patient.
09:24Not only is she suffering from physical decline,
09:27she's dealing with immense stress from her career.
09:30She has a major label behind her.
09:33She has a hard-driving mentor with some very unrelenting expectations.
09:37I can't imagine what that's like.
09:39Yes, it'd be too much for any one person to bear,
09:41but to deal with that at that young of an age, it's crushing.
09:45Sure we're still talking about Annabelle?
09:47Stop!
09:48We have a good relationship.
09:51The differential, please.
09:52Could still be a stroke.
09:54Overnight CT is negative.
09:56But the definitive study for diagnosis is an MRI.
09:59An MRI could also help evaluate for multiple sclerosis.
10:02A young woman in her 20s with episodic weakness?
10:06It's practically textbook.
10:07MS is also worsened by emotional and physical stress.
10:10Excellent point, Dr. Lubbock.
10:12The pressure from auditioning could have triggered that attack.
10:15Ingrid and Stevens, get an MRI.
10:18Check for stroke and multiple sclerosis.
10:20Sasha and Adam, go to Annabelle's apartment.
10:23See how she's been dealing with all this stress.
10:26Where are you going?
10:27I'm taking Shinwell to my father's club.
10:30Maybe we can find some clues.
10:39Woman, you are a lifesaver.
10:42You know you didn't have to sleep here overnight.
10:44John would have let you stay at his place.
10:46I promised Annabelle's parents I'd stay with her in the hospital.
10:50They're visiting her sister down in Australia.
10:53This is my guy from Atlantic.
11:00He's going to be in town for a couple of days.
11:02Says he wants to come back to the club to see Annabelle.
11:04Ah, she must be special if he's willing to go through all that trouble.
11:08She ain't just special.
11:09She is it.
11:11When that child plays, she forces people to pay attention.
11:15It's like she's saying things for them that they can't say for themselves.
11:22You really think they'll sign her?
11:24Hmm.
11:25The label knows she can break through.
11:28She's a kid.
11:30A kid who wants to play jazz in 2025.
11:34She ain't no fossil with double hip replacements.
11:44Last night I thought I was going to sign my first record deal.
11:46Now I might have MS.
11:47How can I play the saxophone if I can't even lift my hands?
11:55I just thought I had more time.
11:59I thought I was just getting started.
12:01So, um, how does women become a musical prodigy anyway?
12:06Did your parents start you young?
12:09No, Tiger Mom's here.
12:11My parents were too busy making ends meet.
12:13They didn't have time to think about our hobbies.
12:19It was Hamish.
12:20I was six.
12:21Mom got a second job as a receptionist at a music school.
12:24And I would sit on the benches and wait for her to finish work.
12:27I could hear Hamish giving lessons in his office and I would memorize the melodies he'd play.
12:37And then I would sing them back to myself and pretend I was playing too.
12:41He heard me one day.
12:45And he told my mom I had a great year.
12:49And he offered to teach me for free.
12:53He's been my teacher ever since.
12:55He helped me get a scholarship to Pitt and gave me a spot in his band after graduation.
13:00Doesn't sound like he gave you anything.
13:03You're wrong.
13:09If he hadn't heard me that day, I never would have known.
13:12I would just be singing in the shower.
13:17Hamish changed my life.
13:19This whole scene.
13:24My dad's club.
13:26Oh.
13:28If I can keep the club open for another six weeks and I can get Annabelle set up, it'll all be worth it.
13:38You're going under?
13:39Does John know?
13:40No, no, no, no.
13:41We're good.
13:42It's the club that's sick.
13:44Same as Annabelle.
13:47Is she going to be okay?
13:50John won't stop until he finds an answer.
13:59I mean, I get Sasha's excited.
14:02But this guy comes out of the woodwork claiming to be a relative and now she's inviting him into her home.
14:07She's done her homework on Uncle June.
14:09He doesn't have a criminal record.
14:11Everything he's told her so far checks out with the adoption paperwork.
14:14Yeah, there are other ways he could have found that information.
14:17Look, I'm her boyfriend.
14:20I'll be her bodyguard, but only if she wants that.
14:25I've got my eye on the situation.
14:28But she's happy.
14:30I'm not getting in the way.
14:33Annabelle's MRI is done.
14:37There's no evidence of a mess or a stroke.
14:40What?
14:41It's completely negative.
14:43We're no closer to figuring out what's wrong with her.
14:45Oh, my God.
14:54Jay Hamish Watson.
14:55The genius of the human genome.
14:58Eddie Hines.
14:59This is the master of the 88 keys.
15:02Yeah, right.
15:03Look how far that got me.
15:04I'm back here polishing stemware for the night shift.
15:06Shemuel Johnson.
15:07I'm Dr. Watson's assistant.
15:10A side man.
15:12Eddie Hines.
15:13Hamish's piano player and club manager.
15:16I've known your man since we were both 12.
15:18Yeah.
15:19You and Dr. Watson play music together.
15:21Oh, no, no.
15:22Hamish would never let me play with Eddie.
15:24This man has got some real talent.
15:26Talent which led me to polish your next stemware.
15:29Eddie, you mind if I look around?
15:31That would be my guest, man.
15:33So, listen, Eddie, did you notice anything strange
15:35about when Annabelle fell yesterday?
15:37Any type of abnormal movements that could be a seizure?
15:40I don't think so.
15:41What about when she was performing?
15:43Did you notice anything?
15:44I was just trying to remember the changes, man,
15:46so Hamish didn't have my heart.
15:47You know how he gets it.
15:48Oh, don't I know it.
15:50Would it help for you to see a video?
15:53You recorded the performance?
15:54Hamish wanted it for the website.
15:56I will get it now.
15:57Oh, definitely.
15:58Long time, boy.
15:59Good to see you, man.
16:00Always good to see you.
16:01Always good to see you.
16:07A lot of history here.
16:09Yes, man.
16:10Grandfather Sidney right there,
16:11he opened up this place
16:12after he stopped touring with Coltrane.
16:14That's my father and my grandfather in the same picture.
16:17You don't talk about him much.
16:19Your dad.
16:22Heard all about your mom and the museum.
16:25Imagine it must have been difficult being...
16:28You with a family like this.
16:31I was good at something.
16:34It took me a while to find it, but...
16:36It's more than most people can get.
16:43Annabelle's apartment is so cool.
16:45Wow.
16:47There's nothing in this place that isn't geared towards music.
16:50It's like her sole mission in life.
16:53Stevens ever tell you about our junior high rock band?
16:57No.
16:58I asked it half the summer.
17:01I couldn't decide on a musical direction.
17:03I wanted to be Fish.
17:04He wanted to be The Strokes.
17:06And now you're back.
17:09Side by side at the Holmes Clinic.
17:11We made better doctors than musicians.
17:13What about you?
17:14Did you ever play anything as a kid?
17:16Hmm.
17:17I begged my mom for singing lessons.
17:18Thought I'd be Leanne Rimes.
17:20Then I switched the next thing that caught my fancy.
17:25Dang.
17:26This girl makes residency look like vacation.
17:28Eight hours of practice on top of rehearsals.
17:32Even I couldn't handle that at 22.
17:34Screws on this outlet cover are stripped,
17:39and there's wear on the plate.
17:42Looks like someone tried to open it.
17:44With a coin or maybe a butter knife.
17:49An outlet box is a good hiding place.
17:51I hear about them all the time in meetings.
17:53You bring nothing everywhere you go?
17:55Before Watson, I used to think doctors only carried stethoscopes.
18:04Oh, Adam, you good?
18:09I don't want to touch that.
18:19I think I know how Annabelle's been handling the pressure.
18:27Did you know about this?
18:30Don't be such a prude.
18:32A prude.
18:34Cocaine-induced TIA explains all of Annabelle's symptoms.
18:38The numbness, the weakness, the blackouts,
18:40many strokes caused by drug use
18:42could even explain her negative MRI.
18:44Well, that's not what happened.
18:46You're a music teacher, not a doctor.
18:49You know, I have worked with dozens of strung-out players.
18:57This is how they deal with the stress,
19:00the travel, the haunting.
19:02What's the haunting?
19:04There's the art form.
19:06There's standards.
19:08Then there's you.
19:09The haunting is that feeling of not being able to measure up.
19:14I confronted Annabelle about this months ago.
19:16She stopped then and there.
19:18Oh, so that's like your professional opinion.
19:20You're confronted.
19:22Did you give her a drug test?
19:23This is so much fun.
19:24You two have a good relationship.
19:26Who wouldn't want to spend as much time as possible around that?
19:30John, if you're worried that Annabelle is still using cocaine,
19:33why don't you talk to her directly?
19:35What were you hoping cocaine would do for you?
19:39I wanted to play the way I'm supposed to play.
19:42If there's a powder or a syringe that can help me do that, I'll try all of it.
19:47Am I looking at me like that?
19:49Run your tests. I quit.
19:51And for the record, the numbness and the weakness,
19:56that all started before I got high.
19:58I was worried that my symptoms would start affecting my playing,
20:03and it was distracting me during shows.
20:05Everyone said, Coke helps you focus.
20:08So I tried it.
20:10Like I said, I'll try anything.
20:12You've been spending too much time around my father.
20:14Hamish?
20:16No, he turned his back on his talent.
20:19He gave up everything for you.
20:21What?
20:23Hamish could have been a legend.
20:27Instead, he's in Pittsburgh.
20:31Man, I don't blame my father for this.
20:34We're doing fine.
20:36What's with the face?
20:38This is a perfectly neutral expression.
20:41I'm not mad at him.
20:42I'm not. I'm telling you, I'm not, okay?
20:44It's not my father.
20:46It's who?
20:48It's kind of silly.
20:54My problem is with the universe.
20:57Well, that's always a productive stance.
20:59I mean, look, he didn't do anything wrong.
21:01I just want to know when I can finally stand there with my father
21:05and feel like me.
21:07Who do you feel like now?
21:09Like an eight-year-old kid who knows he needs to get better at the auto sex.
21:18Annabelle's talk stream came back negative.
21:20She can't have done cocaine in the past five days.
21:25We're at a bit of a dead end.
21:27Figure we hit a fresh tomorrow.
21:28Mm-hmm.
21:31You good?
21:32I'm fine, Dr. Darian.
21:33Just spend some time with my patient.
21:35I'm fine.
21:36I'm fine.
21:37I'm fine.
21:38I'm fine.
21:39I'm fine.
21:40I'm fine.
21:41You're good.
21:42Be sure you didn't start.
21:43I'm fine.
21:44I'm fine.
21:45I'm fine.
21:46You're fine.
21:47I'm fine.
21:48I'm fine.
21:49I want to know your wife as well, guys.
21:50I refuse to ask for water.
22:12I take a young eating many who don't need food before.
22:18I'm fine.
22:19I'm fine.
22:19You know, spicy food runs in your blood.
22:23That's why our region produced so many revolutionaries.
22:27The Chairman Mao Zedong was from Hunan, too.
22:29Wow.
22:30No wonder I could never win an argument with you.
22:32It's been special to share this time with you, Sasha.
22:38I've really enjoyed it, too.
22:40Thank you so much for coming all this way to see me.
22:43I want to give you this gift to mark this occasion.
22:48Is that her?
22:57Is that my mom?
23:02Yes.
23:03You look remarkably like her.
23:07Oh.
23:08Oh.
23:09Oh, dear.
23:10Okay.
23:11Okay.
23:12Okay.
23:13Okay.
23:14You all right?
23:15Oh, those guys look familiar.
23:22Where are they from?
23:23Oh.
23:24Oh, I got a few moles removed to medical school.
23:27My physical exam lab partner, she pointed them out.
23:30Good thing she did, too.
23:31Good thing she did, too.
23:32Doctor said I must have run my family.
23:34I remember your mother had something like that.
23:39I stopped touring after John was born.
23:44My dad asked if I wanted to take over the club.
23:48Seemed like a good idea at the time.
23:52Sometimes I wonder.
23:57Hey, John, come join us.
23:59Shinwell and I pilfered your finest whiskey.
24:01No, it's no use.
24:02I know that face.
24:03Dr. Watson is in work mode.
24:04How does she do it?
24:05I mean, how does she physically do it?
24:08Well, she's playing in the altissimo register, the highest on the saxophone.
24:22Those notes, they require time to develop.
24:27It needs an increase in air and intensity.
24:34Why?
24:35What is it?
24:36It's music, her ambition.
24:38It's you.
24:40If I'm right, Annabelle's jazz career is killing her.
24:52Puff-a-smoke.
24:53Or as the Japanese would call it...
24:55Moyamoya.
24:56She has Moyamoya disease.
24:58Very good, Dr. Darian.
24:59Now, would you care to explain what that is?
25:01Moyamoya is a rare disorder that results in the narrowing of a major blood vessel in her brain,
25:06which limits blood flow.
25:07The body forms abnormal collateral vessels to compensate.
25:11Like finding an alternate route home when there's traffic on the Fort Pitt Bridge.
25:14The puff-a-smoke sign can only be seen on an angiogram, not an MRI,
25:19which is why it escaped our notice at first.
25:21How did you know to look for it?
25:22That video of her playing.
25:25Annabelle started getting dizzy at the end of her solo.
25:28There was something about how she was playing music that caused Annabelle to black out.
25:33She went to your desk to help?
25:35Yes, he explained that in order for her to hit the high notes,
25:37Annabelle had to increase the speed of air that she was sending to the saxophone.
25:41She blew up all her CO2.
25:42She was basically hyperventilating.
25:44Which decreased the flow to her already blood-starved brain.
25:49Yes, Annabelle is having many strokes, just not due to the drugs.
25:53Every time she pushes herself while playing, she puts herself at risk for another one.
25:58If this is moyamoy, it's not just TIAs we need to be afraid of.
26:02We're lucky she hasn't had a major stroke by now.
26:04You're right.
26:05But the good news is, moyamoy is one of the rare causes of stroke that is actually treatable.
26:12You want me to have brain surgery?
26:15You and I have different definitions of good news.
26:18A neurosurgeon can take part of the blood vessel from your scalp and reconnect it inside your brain.
26:24It will bypass the blockage from your moyamoy.
26:27With a consistent blood supply, you shouldn't have any more numbness, weakness from the mini strokes.
26:33And you'll also significantly reduce the risk of having a full-blown stroke.
26:37Isn't there something, like, less invasive we could try first? Medications, maybe?
26:41I don't recommend that.
26:42Worsening neurologic symptoms means that your brain is already being impacted.
26:47But I feel fine outside of these episodes. I'm playing better than I ever have.
26:51I mean, I'll just take a break from high notes.
26:53That's not a fix, Annabelle.
26:55Plus, knowing you, that's not sustainable.
26:58If you mess with my brain, will it affect my musical abilities?
27:05The surgery would be on the left side of the brain.
27:09Music is mostly controlled by the right.
27:11Mostly.
27:13But not entirely.
27:18We think that musicality...
27:22...resides in the left brain.
27:25You want to remove the soul from my music?
27:28Okay, Annabelle, any effects from the surgery should be temporary.
27:31A stroke could result in permanent disability or even death.
27:34But you can't even say for sure that I'll have one.
27:37And if I do, it could be in five, ten years from now.
27:40I wouldn't take that bad if I were you.
27:42But can you guarantee that this surgery won't affect my talent?
27:44Because being a musician is so much more than just playing notes.
27:48It's about making people... peel them.
27:51I'm sorry.
27:54I can't promise you that.
27:56It's brain surgery, Annabelle.
27:58Then I don't want it.
28:03Annabelle.
28:08You...
28:09...have your entire life ahead of you.
28:12You're more than just a musical prodigy.
28:15This is about staying alive.
28:22Haven't you ever wanted to change the world, Dr. Watson?
28:26Make your mark and leave this place better than you found it.
28:33I have.
28:34I can't save lives like you.
28:36But I can impact them with my music.
28:41I can bring people joy.
28:43I can bring them to tears just with the way that I play.
28:48But all of that goes away if you cut my talent out of my head.
28:51You okay?
29:01You've been distracted ever since dinner.
29:04I'm fine.
29:05I just...
29:07I can't stop thinking about my birth, Mom.
29:09What did your father say?
29:10That he wished I were still that baby he carried back to Dallas 35 years ago.
29:15That photo brought back all his memories.
29:18So it's definitely you, huh?
29:21Which means it's definitely her.
29:23There's just something else that Uncle June said that...
29:25I'm just saying.
29:26People can have a second calling.
29:27Look at Shinwell.
29:29Look at me.
29:30I thought my life was over after my diving injury.
29:33Do not equate your situation to hers.
29:35You are a moderately talented collegiate athlete.
29:38She is a jazz virtuoso at 22.
29:40She could be the next Charlie Parker.
29:42I get it.
29:43She don't want to look back and wonder what might have been.
29:45I don't blame her.
29:46We all want our chance at greatness.
29:48That's why we work for Watson.
29:50Would you risk your intelligence even if it meant saving your life?
29:53You guys are all wasting your time.
29:55Are we?
29:56Trying to convince Annabelle to get the surgery.
29:59It's not her that we need to convince.
30:01It's him.
30:03Do you even realize the power that you have?
30:06What are you talking about?
30:08I own a failing jazz club and I'm living off your mother's savings.
30:12But none of that matters.
30:13Not to Annabelle.
30:15To someone who wants your approval, you are like music itself.
30:21Your opinion means everything to her.
30:24If you told her to have the more and more of surgery, she'd do it.
30:29Dad, this is her life.
30:38Music is her life.
30:41I know that that's important to her.
30:44But it's not the same thing.
30:46Okay?
30:47It can't be the same thing.
30:48She's afraid of losing something that is as vital to her as breathing.
30:54That's why she won't risk it.
30:58I'm sorry, John.
31:00I'm not gonna pressure her into making that kind of decision.
31:03That's hers and hers alone.
31:05She's not making this decision for herself.
31:08She's making that decision for you.
31:12You wanted her to be this prodigy.
31:15You wanted her to uphold your legacy.
31:18And she wanted so badly to please you,
31:22she wouldn't put herself aside if it meant making you happy.
31:27If you care about her,
31:29if you really care about her,
31:32stop putting that burden on her and let her live her life.
31:35I told Annabelle what she could do, who she could be.
31:40She does not want to have the surgery, John.
31:45Oh.
31:47You know, if you were a musician, you'd understand that.
31:50I was so happy when you wanted to have lunch before I took the bus back.
32:01You did it!
32:03Oh, shouts.
32:05Something wrong, Sasha?
32:10I used to wonder what my birth mom looked like when I was a kid.
32:13Thanks to you.
32:16Now I know.
32:18It's good to know family.
32:20That's how you know yourself.
32:28The skin condition I have, F-A-M-M,
32:31it's autosomal dominant.
32:32That means you only need one effective parent to inherit it.
32:35The other night, you said that she had it.
32:37But when I look at this picture again,
32:39I noticed that my mother's shoulders were clear.
32:41That means she couldn't have given it to me.
32:44Which means you lied.
32:46Just like you lied about being my uncle.
32:49Why'd you do it?
32:51You found out my family had money,
32:53planned to ask for a little bit here and a little bit there,
32:56and the next thing I know, I'm out 50 grand.
32:58I can explain.
32:59I already have an explanation.
33:05Do not contact me again.
33:07Ross will call the police.
33:10I'm not your uncle.
33:13But I don't want the money.
33:15I have enough.
33:16Aren't you wondering how I got that photo of you and your birth mom?
33:21I know I can find her identity.
33:30I'm lonely, Sasha.
33:33I'm alone.
33:35That's why I did this.
33:37If you ever want to see her,
33:40I can help.
33:45Good. Thank you.
33:49What did I say?
33:51Does he still want to come hear me play?
33:53Yeah, he's coming to the club tomorrow evening
33:55on his way to the train station.
33:56Okay, I think I should start with Misty.
33:58He's gonna be expecting a burner,
33:59so a ballad will really take him by surprise.
34:01It'll be like an homage to the hill.
34:07Annabelle, about this surgery.
34:13Maybe...
34:15Maybe you should do it.
34:20Yeah, I mean, I'll think about it later.
34:23I'm...
34:24I might not get another chance.
34:25It's gonna be okay.
34:28It's okay.
34:30I'm gonna get some help.
34:32John?
34:35There's something wrong with Annabelle.
34:44What happened?
34:45She wanted to play.
34:46Annabelle, you have to slow your breathing.
34:48Can you do that for me?
34:49All right, here we go.
34:50In...
34:52And...
34:53Good job.
34:56Very good.
35:00Annabelle? Annabelle.
35:01What's wrong?
35:02John, John, John, what's wrong with her?
35:03She must have triggered a stroke.
35:04Get that crash car.
35:0722-year-old female with more and more disease.
35:08Symptoms are concerning for an acute stroke.
35:09Steven, where are we with the bolus?
35:10I'm giving it now.
35:11Very good.
35:12We need to raise her blood pressure to promote the blood flow to her brain.
35:13If this is a stroke, it'll prevent it from spreading.
35:14Radiology knows we're coming.
35:15They've got the scanner ready for her.
35:16Everybody get ready to move.
35:17John, where are you taking her?
35:18Because I really...
35:19I need you to step back.
35:20I can upbitch you later, but right now, we need to save Annabelle's life.
35:33Yes, yes.
35:34I've been looking for you.
35:36I'm looking for you.
35:47I'm looking for you.
35:48i've been looking for you john and his team were able to treat annabelle four-stroke
35:56she's sleeping in the icu you can see her if you like thank you thank you
36:06john was right i should have just said it do the surgery there's still time call that damn pressure
36:18i almost killed her with my selfishness oh
36:31annabelle is special hamish she knows that because of you don't try to make me feel better you see the
36:39potential in people every kid needs to know that someone believes in them and that's who you were
36:46for annabelle wherever she goes from here she'll have you to thank for that what am i going to tell her
36:56parents tell her parents that your boy john watson saved their daughter's life
37:06oh no stay stay
37:18you know when you were a kid i used to close my eyes during our lessons just to hear you play
37:36sometimes i forget that i was supposed to be teaching you
37:39all right tell myself this girl was touched by god with talent and i was humbled humbled to see
37:52someone so bright who loved the music that meant so much to me you made me believe that everything was
38:02possible again
38:12i was wrong to do that
38:16i was wrong because i made you think that was all that i cared about
38:21and your music and your music wasn't the gift annabelle
38:31the gift was always you
38:35i'll have the surgery
38:48we are not going to study mucus adam it's a waste of valuable clinic resources
39:04the mucinome's already being used to develop experimental treatments that could one day
39:08replace antibiotics or is that what you're afraid of i'm obviously a patient on a follow-up visit
39:13tell annabelle i'll break a leg my father's saving seats at the front for all of you
39:17we wouldn't miss it unless these two keep us hostage all night to argue about snot
39:21watson one more thing father's wikipedia page someone updated it
39:28hey miss watson is the father of noted geneticist john watson thank you it was sasha's idea
39:36the internet should be accurate thank you now squeeze these fingers hard as you can all right
39:48i'm doing okay i'm gonna be okay you're doing better than okay you're doing amazing
39:53go get what's yours you've earned it
40:02oh
40:06you think the scouts gonna show up tonight yeah i do i do annabelle's life is gonna change after
40:13tonight
40:13hmm
40:17you're gonna watch the show yeah i'm coming with layla mary's bringing a date the fellows are coming too
40:26listen can i um
40:30son do you really have to ask
40:36that was pretty good kid
41:01not bad not bad not bad should i try again dad absolutely go on john
41:10just make it easier on my ears
41:12yeah i can hear them
41:14i wouldn't mind my having a real amazing
41:16okay we're just gonna blow it
41:18i see you son
41:25i stood in that room when annabelle was dying
41:30watched you tell everyone what had to happen
41:34watched you save the life of a 22 year old
41:37so annabelle wouldn't be playing tonight if you weren't there
41:44it's taken way too long
41:46but i see you now
41:51i brag on you i know what it means to have a kid as a doctor at u-hop
41:57but i see you now
42:02yeah but i am a horrible musician
42:04thank god for small mercies
42:08the world saved you for something bigger
42:11i'm gonna go take on annabelle
42:21yeah
42:41a
42:52the
42:53the
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