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00:00I had a car accident lost a lot of my memory previously on doc. You have Sonia in line for
00:06chief resident
00:06And I run circles around her you will each have your own cases and you'll critique each other's work
00:12And you certainly can't maintain a high-stress job. Are you okay?
00:16She has an autoimmune disease and she's hiding. You weaponized my memory loss. I'm so sorry
00:21He turned down the Dixon settlement and demanded his job back. I suggest find a way to work with him
00:27because he starts tomorrow
00:30Jessica, come help get ready for dinner. The food's not even here yet. What the hell is taking so long?
00:36Hey, we don't speak that way in this house. Um, mom totally does. Where do you think I learned it?
00:42I'm giving this guy two stars if he doesn't get here in the next 30 seconds. Someday you'll have to
00:46get a job
00:47So be nice. You get what I might seriously die of starvation, right? The theatrics he gets from you
00:54Finally he's here. He's rolling up
00:58I'm very sorry. I'm late. I'm very very sorry
01:06You all right there pal? I'm okay and the food is still warm
01:11Please I still need five stars
01:14I think you might need a doctor. I already accepted another order
01:17But thank you. Are you sure because you don't look too good. Oh, okay. Listen, I think we need to
01:23call you an ambulance, okay?
01:24I'm fighting
01:25But I have another order and I need my bike. It's a lot. Okay, I'll get your bike. Okay
01:50Hey
01:52Once more onto the breach
01:55Just show the people who you really are
01:59I'll come back to you
02:19I'll come back to you
02:23I'll come back to you
02:27Let's just show the people who you are
02:29I'll come back to you
02:29Let's go
02:35Have fun
02:36Have fun
02:39Richard
02:42You sent all those texts after you left
02:46how sorry you were,
02:48how everything you did was out of desperation,
02:51how much you wanted to make it up to me
02:53if I ever gave you the chance.
02:56And then you walked in here and sold me out
03:00to get your job back.
03:05You never answered any of those texts.
03:08One mistake, and I am taking you down.
03:24Whoa, what is he doing?
03:26Don't you read your emails?
03:27No. I almost brought popcorn.
03:34Here's books.
03:37Dr. Miller, good morning.
03:40I hope you aren't too discouraged.
03:41There was no welcoming parade or balloons.
03:46I deserve that.
03:47That's gracious of you to acknowledge as much.
03:50Never thought I'd see you sitting in that chair.
03:53Or sitting anywhere, really.
03:55Even the restless spirit
03:56occasionally earns for tranquil waters.
03:59And what's the occasion?
04:00You failed so spectacularly,
04:02they offered me the moon.
04:05I made mistakes.
04:06I'm hoping for the chance to make up for them.
04:08Actually, you leveraged an incredibly painful situation
04:11to your advantage,
04:12so you'll forgive me if the humility rings a little false.
04:16But feel free to try it on with the rest of the staff.
04:19See if it plays.
04:21I've signed all the paperwork with HR.
04:25May I see patients?
04:26Your assignments are at the nurse's station.
04:33You went into her desk?
04:34We had no other choice.
04:35And if she needs to keep syringes in her drawer,
04:37that tells you how acute her condition must be.
04:39Okay, but hang on.
04:40She did an absolutely brilliant job
04:42with Dante and with Charlie.
04:43The hand trimmer was right after the surgery with Charlie.
04:46And it was bad.
04:50I thought Richard coming back was going to be the top story today.
04:53She's putting patients at risk, Jake.
04:58All right.
04:59Yeah, I'll talk to her.
05:00Before she performs another surgery.
05:02Yes, Sonia.
05:05You did the right thing bringing this to me.
05:07Now just get on with your days
05:08and keep this to yourselves, all right?
05:16Don't let one doctor's careless mistake ruin your life.
05:19If you suspect you've been the victim of malpractice,
05:21one click for your MD fix.
05:25Oh, my God.
05:26And Amy pulled him?
05:28No, you can relax.
05:30I requested you.
05:31Because I'm the only one here who doesn't hate you?
05:33Because you're the best,
05:34even with the head injury, so I'm told.
05:36So you and I never had any run-ins?
05:38No, I tried, but you always kept it tight.
05:41Morning.
05:42Looks like we're together today.
05:44Sounds like a migraine pattern.
05:45Yeah, but it's unusual for it to present so late in life.
05:48Maybe just to wait for my guilty conscience.
05:51Uh-oh.
05:51Looks like we got a hater.
05:53Well, he's not wrong.
05:54Your job is pretty stressful.
05:56I keep a pretty good lid on it.
05:58I spend a week every quarter,
06:00my time sharing the keys,
06:02my daily regimen of CBD gummies,
06:04and I soak at the naturopathic spa next door.
06:06It keeps me humming.
06:08Okay, well,
06:09we are going to treat the symptoms of your headache,
06:11and I'm going to order a CT and an MRI,
06:14just to be sure.
06:18One glick for your MD fix.
06:23No, he said he would be there.
06:25He works from home.
06:27Call the number he gave you,
06:28and he'll give it to you.
06:29Ah!
06:30Everything okay?
06:31It's my cousin.
06:32He's looking for my e-bike.
06:33I had to leave here when the ambulance came.
06:35It was pretty cold to be out riding last night.
06:37I deliver food.
06:39It's how I make money.
06:40If I don't have that bike,
06:42I have nothing.
06:43Dr. Miller?
06:44Looks like we're up.
06:46Okay.
06:49Your blood test indicates
06:50you have chronic kidney failure.
06:52This ultrasound will help us figure out the problem,
06:54and we'll go from there.
06:55Okay?
06:56Okay.
07:02How often do you urinate on an average day?
07:05I, uh, try not to.
07:07Uh, what do you mean?
07:08I don't understand.
07:09Most restaurants won't let us use their bathrooms,
07:12even though we're making half their business.
07:14I have to go out of my way to find one,
07:16and that means money out of my pocket.
07:17So you don't drink anything while you're working?
07:20Not water?
07:21Nothing?
07:21I drink a little,
07:23but I try not to take any breaks.
07:25Howdy got a public lunation ticket for $500,
07:28so now I do not risk it.
07:29I understand that, but...
07:31I barely make enough to leave here as it is,
07:33and everything else I send to my country
07:35to bring over my family.
07:38My, uh, wife and son.
07:41Beautiful.
07:42I'm a father, too,
07:43so I understand what we have to do for our families,
07:46but something has to change.
07:47You are dehydrating your body,
07:50and the urine you are making
07:51is pooling in your kidneys
07:52because you're not relieving yourself.
07:54So, we're going to need to...
07:57Did you get it?
08:00Okay, good, good.
08:01Uh, bring it here.
08:03No, I need it tonight, I'm home.
08:05Abe.
08:05Then have my heart, bring it.
08:07Abe.
08:08Oh, hold on.
08:09Forget about your bike for a second.
08:11You are very sick,
08:12and if you continue this way,
08:15you're going to kill yourself.
08:20Um, uh, Matt Damon's best friend.
08:22He just played Batman.
08:24Uh, Ben Affleck.
08:25Yep.
08:25Yeah!
08:28Oh, Michael, oh my God, this could only be you.
08:30Okay, it's Danny's favorite cartoon character.
08:33Uh, they're always looking around, there's a...
08:36Oh, uh, uh, Dor the Explorer.
08:37Yes.
08:38Uh, time, time, time.
08:41Oh, shh.
08:43Nice.
08:44Dor the Explorer is not a celebrity.
08:46No one more famous in our house.
08:48How many was that?
08:49Was it nine?
08:50I counted eight.
08:51Nine.
08:51Nine.
08:53Ouch.
08:53Killing us.
08:57Uh-oh.
08:58The hospital.
08:58I feel like there's some kind of telepathy going on over there.
09:01We never should have put the two most competitive people on a team together.
09:04We're not winning by that much.
09:05Oh.
09:06Yeah, we're winning by a lot, actually.
09:08Sorry to host and run, but I gotta head in.
09:11Mooney's got pleuritic pain and shortness of breath.
09:14He's my patient.
09:14I'll go.
09:15No, no, no.
09:15You did a double yesterday and I'm on call.
09:17What, are you running for office?
09:19Just an incredibly generous guy.
09:21I'll update you once I'm there.
09:22Well, now maybe the rest of us have a chance.
09:25Word.
09:25New teams.
09:26New teams.
09:26New teams.
09:27Oh, Betty.
09:31Did you forget that we had one of our sessions scheduled?
09:35Morning's just getting away from me.
09:37Nora's mom was going to take Simon today, but she's under the weather, so we won't be alone.
09:41I can forgive the intrusion as long as you hand me this handsome little man right this instant.
09:47Hey there, you sweet thing.
09:53I assume Amy told you about the big revelation.
09:57About Nora?
09:58Of course.
09:59You're not ready to string me up?
10:01Come on, Michael.
10:02I know what life was like in that house.
10:04Explains it.
10:05Doesn't excuse it.
10:09And how are things with Nora now?
10:11Over.
10:13Is that what you want?
10:16From the moment Amy looked at me after her accident, I think it was inevitable.
10:24I'm sorry.
10:27Yeah.
10:29And now she's with Jake.
10:32Isn't she?
10:33Well, Joan's forbidden it.
10:35Come on.
10:35I saw them at the funeral.
10:40You know, Wendy's out of town.
10:42I'm free for dinner.
10:43Maybe after you give this little guy back to his mama?
10:48Yeah.
10:49Yeah, that'd be great.
10:53I thought the pain meds were supposed to kick in right now.
10:56His head's pounding and he's burning up.
10:58I'm thinking it's a raging infection.
10:59We should start septuaxone and vancomycin.
11:01After a spinal tap.
11:02A spinal tap?
11:03I'm concerned that you may have bacterial meningitis.
11:06Yeah, but a tap could go seriously wrong.
11:08Anything could go seriously wrong.
11:10Look, we don't have to be so thorough.
11:13For sure.
11:14We could be more risk averse if it would make you feel more comfortable.
11:17Okay, I see your point.
11:19All right, do the tap.
11:27Sonia!
11:30What do you want, Dr. Miller?
11:33A fair shot at doing my job?
11:36With some measure of collegiality?
11:42Look, I know it must be brutal walking back in here,
11:45but you are radioactive and I have ambitions of my own.
11:50So, if you wouldn't mind.
11:57Right, and that was when?
11:59Okay.
12:03Yes, I need to be on that.
12:06And give me a text.
12:10Hey, I might need to schedule a patient for surgery later.
12:13I was wondering if Dr. Ridley was available.
12:17She's not on the board.
12:18You want to book her or ask her?
12:20Um, no, no, I can do it if it comes to that.
12:23Can you just let me know if anything changes?
12:35I was wondering how you feel you're lining up against Dr. Larson.
12:39In terms of the chief resident position?
12:41No, in terms of your taste in lingerie.
12:43Right, sorry.
12:44I had to leave early the day you were going to evaluate each other.
12:47Yeah, um, honestly...
12:49Oh, whenever anybody says honestly,
12:51it makes me wonder if they haven't been honest before.
12:56We both did very well that day,
12:59and it's always difficult judging an apple versus an orange.
13:03And subsequently?
13:05Well, you've been out.
13:06At conferences.
13:08Right.
13:10So I wasn't aware you wanted us to continue evaluating each other's work.
13:14Oh, I thought that was understood.
13:16I guess I'll have to talk to Dr. Larson as well.
13:18I'm willing to do whatever it takes.
13:19Well, that should go without saying.
13:21In the meantime, I see you still haven't completed all your vascular access for ultrafiltration procedures.
13:27Not yet.
13:28No, I haven't had the opportunity.
13:29Well, it's going to be a busy day for you, then.
13:32Dr. Miller will oversee.
13:36We can't always like everyone we work with.
13:39Thanks.
13:53All hail the chief.
13:59You spoken to him yet?
14:01We had words this morning.
14:03Don't plan to make it a habit.
14:05I snubbed him.
14:08I appreciate your loyalty, but he is an attending and you're a resident.
14:12You're still going to have to work under him.
14:13So no short-sheeting the beds next time he's on call?
14:16The tube runs from the patient's vascular access point and connects to the pump here.
14:23Okay, got it.
14:25This is a pump without valves.
14:28Exactly, yes.
14:30I studied chemical engineering in my country.
14:32We use something similar to handle chemicals like this.
14:36And let me guess, your engineering degree isn't valid here.
14:39I had an okay life when I was by myself.
14:42But now that I have a son, I want him to have a future more than me.
14:48You don't appreciate what you have in this country.
14:50I'm sure that's true, but if you want to take care of your family, you need to be healthy.
14:55You ready?
14:56Yeah.
15:01The local anesthetic should have taken effect by now.
15:04Can you feel it if I pinch you here?
15:07No, it's numb.
15:08Okay.
15:09I'm going to insert the needle into your vein now.
15:11Okay.
15:24What's happening?
15:25I think we may have a complication.
15:27Just try and stay calm, okay?
15:29O2 sats are dropping.
15:30Lung collapsed.
15:31We need a chest tube set up.
15:34Egg, it's going to be okay.
15:36We're going to fix this.
15:41All right.
15:42And how would you rate your pain level on a scale from one to ten?
15:47Oh, probably six.
15:49Okay.
15:50There's nothing compared to what Sylvia's been going through.
15:52I'm sorry, who's Sylvia?
15:54Oh, it's my wife.
15:55She's at home with the shingles.
15:58Dr. Larson.
16:00Mr. Mooney, good to see you.
16:02You can't play celebrity with five people.
16:06Oh, two sats and blood pressure dropping.
16:07I just ordered a CT angio.
16:09Yeah, absolutely.
16:11We've got to get you home to Sylvia.
16:13Ray, can you get him to radiology?
16:16Yeah, of course.
16:19Somehow I knew you were going to come in.
16:20Oh, I wouldn't have been able to sleep anyway.
16:22You may want to take a look at that.
16:24You think I care too much?
16:26I'm not sure that's a thing, but maybe too hard on yourself.
16:28That's my fuel, baby.
16:30As long as you don't blow yourself up.
16:32Yeah.
16:38It's okay.
16:39You've got this.
16:51Okay, I know you're scared, but we're going to take care of this.
16:54Now, I'm going to count to three, and I want you to give me a deep breath, okay?
17:01One, two, three.
17:04I can barely move my neck now.
17:06I thought you were supposed to be doing something.
17:07We are.
17:08What we're doing just is not working yet.
17:10You probably get off seeing me like this.
17:11No, we don't, Donnie.
17:13We want to make sick people better, even people who are hostile to us.
17:17Okay.
17:17Well, did you get the results of my spinal tap yet?
17:19Yes, it's clean, which rules out bacterial, viral, and parasitic meningitis.
17:24Okay, so now what?
17:25My best guess is autoimmune meningitis.
17:28What do you mean, best guess?
17:29After all your years trying malpractice cases, you must know that medicine is more probability
17:34and instinct than widgets.
17:36Okay, so let's say this is what I have.
17:38How do you treat it?
17:39It's autoimmune, which means...
17:41A heavy dose of steroids.
17:42That's right, but we're going to need your permission to proceed with that course of
17:45action.
17:46Well, what are the downsides?
17:49Could raise your blood pressure.
17:51Heart palpitations are quite possible.
17:53Hyperglycemia, hypokalemia, less likely, but have been reported.
17:56Swelling in the hands and feet, weight gain, mood alterations are all on the docket, and
18:00in rare cases, seizures and psychosis.
18:02So, it's up to you if you want to risk it.
18:04This can't really be your bedside manner.
18:06We think it's important to give you all the information.
18:09Psychosis is pretty rare.
18:11Okay, give me the steroids.
18:13I'll go get them.
18:17I thought I had a private room.
18:19Your PPO only gets you a two-banger.
18:21We spend a lot on malpractice insurance.
18:23It just bumps the rates up on everything.
18:28Okay.
18:30Easy.
18:30I'll see you.
18:32Leaking aneurysm in his kidneys.
18:34Probably his renal artery, damaged from urine backup.
18:37Yeah, yeah.
18:38Is this because of what happened before?
18:39No, no.
18:40It has nothing to do with that.
18:41Hey, what happened before?
18:43Call Dr. Ridley.
18:45Tell her to prep the OR.
18:48What are you waiting for?
18:49Call her.
18:52Okay.
18:53Easy, doesn't it?
19:04Oh, hey.
19:05Hey.
19:05Do you have a second?
19:06Yeah, I just got called into emergency surgery, so make it quick.
19:10Yeah, it's about that, actually.
19:11So I already talked to Swanson to see if he was available to take it instead.
19:16You mind telling me why?
19:19Um, yeah, so I'm afraid that you might be sick.
19:27And what would possibly make you say that?
19:30People have seen some troubling things.
19:33What people?
19:33What things?
19:34It's not important.
19:35Well, it might be to me if my chief resident is going to throw around these kinds of accusations.
19:39Not an accusation, just a concern.
19:42You think I would be a danger to my patients after what you have seen from me recently?
19:48I'm sorry, but I think that if you were in my shoes, you'd be taking the same precautions.
19:58Well, I happen to have a full plate today anyway, so if Swanson wants it, he can be my guest.
20:03Okay.
20:05Mm-hmm.
20:12Oh, no.
20:14Pulmonary embolism.
20:15I don't think he can survive a thrombectomy.
20:19You disagree?
20:20What would you do?
20:21Bomb him with heparin?
20:23And serial ultrasounds to monitor.
20:26If the clot hasn't resolved in 12 hours, we reassess?
20:31I'd probably be more aggressive than that, but it's a coin toss.
20:36It's your call.
20:40Finally starting to feel like my old self again.
20:42Dr. Larson has pretty good instincts.
20:44You are responding well to the steroids.
20:46Your inflammation's down, and your temperature's leveling up.
20:50Oh, hey.
20:51Too bad things didn't work out so well for my roommate.
20:53Can you just stick to being a patient for 10 minutes?
20:56I don't know, man.
20:56He said something was wrong.
20:58And then those docs, they got all squirrely about it.
21:00Uh, Dr. Coleman?
21:04What, are you guys going into cover-up mode?
21:06It's not nice to keep secrets.
21:17This has nothing to do with the collapse loan.
21:20And everyone's bungled a central line.
21:23Everyone.
21:23I know that.
21:24Okay, then stop blaming yourself.
21:31You weren't there a few weeks ago.
21:32I was sharing a patient with Amy.
21:37We fought about what to do.
21:39She was right.
21:40And I refused to listen.
21:44It killed him.
21:48He was 17.
21:52Well, she's not always right.
21:56And when we make a mistake, there's only one thing we can do.
22:00Lie about it and cover it up.
22:07Get back on the horse.
22:11Fight another day.
22:13Your patient's cousin's outside.
22:15Was it tough to you?
22:20What's happening?
22:21Will Abe be okay?
22:22He's in the operating room now.
22:24Surgeons are fixing an aneurysm in one of the arteries
22:27that feeds blood to his kidneys.
22:29Dr. Mitra.
22:33I checked your patient's chart.
22:35You collapsed his lung, placing his ultrafiltration access.
22:39So, Dr. Ridley got to you.
22:41What?
22:41What are you talking about?
22:42Wearing a steel cage death match for chief resident.
22:44Now you're looking at my patient's files.
22:46No.
22:46I'm here because my patient is a malpractice lawyer,
22:50and he somehow got wind of your mistake.
22:53And you're here to...
22:54To protect you and the hospital.
22:55And Richard will throw you under the bus.
22:58So tell me what happened.
23:09Dammit.
23:09There goes the ureter.
23:11Urene's flooding the field.
23:12I need suction now.
23:14What do you want to do?
23:15Well, the field's contaminated.
23:17I can't risk an infection with a synthetic graft.
23:21I brought his bike here.
23:22When do you think he can start working again?
23:24Dr. Miller.
23:26Uh, give me a minute.
23:30We had some complications.
23:32He's an issue with the surgery.
23:36I secured the aneurysm.
23:37He's stable for now.
23:38You can't just place the graft and pump him full of antibiotics?
23:41I told you.
23:42It makes more sense to leave the complex reconstruction until he's cooled down.
23:45For how long?
23:46A couple weeks.
23:47No, he can't be out of work that long.
23:49I leave for vacation tomorrow.
23:51So it'll have to be someone else if you want it done any sooner.
23:54So that's why you're punting the hard part.
23:56I stepped in at the last minute here.
23:57It was supposed to be Ridley.
23:58Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go close him up.
24:00It's your call how you want to handle it from here.
24:02Yeah.
24:04Is there a problem?
24:07Abe is stable, okay?
24:09There was a complication, and we are still trying to work out the next step.
24:13So if you could just wait over there and just give us a moment to talk this through, okay?
24:17Thanks, Mahat.
24:19Why did he say Dr. Ridley was supposed to do the surgery?
24:23I had nothing to do with that change.
24:25And Swanson is usually pretty reliable.
24:27Now, I'm not blaming you.
24:29I'm just trying to figure out what happened.
24:30That malpractice lawyer is sniffing around, he knows a mistake was made earlier, and now we have this to deal
24:37with.
24:39Okay.
24:39Well, look.
24:41That could have happened to anyone, and I was the one supervising.
24:44So no matter what happens, I've got your back.
24:56All right.
24:58Down we go.
25:03Oh, I didn't know you had company.
25:05I finally got him down, but you don't need to whisper.
25:07We want him to get used to voices.
25:09Do you remember how quiet we tried to be with Katie?
25:11We practically turned her into a Fabergé egg.
25:13Small kid, small problems, huh?
25:17I wanted to give you the heads up.
25:19There is a potential perfect storm brewing downstairs.
25:22Oh?
25:23Donnie Glick was admitted this morning.
25:25Oh, God.
25:26Don't tell me we misdiagnosed him.
25:28No, we're treating him for autoimmune meningitis, and he's stable, but his roommate's had some missteps, and I'm afraid Donnie's
25:35going to be sniffing around.
25:36I didn't want you to get blindsided.
25:37He's got max on speed dial, so I appreciate the heads up.
25:41Richard will give you the complete record when he's out of surgery.
25:43It's certainly good to have him back.
25:47How's that going?
25:47I told him that I would nail him to the wall the first mistake he makes.
25:51Perfect.
25:51I mean, that's the kind of camaraderie I've been trying to foster here.
25:56What was that?
25:5790 seconds?
25:58May I?
25:59Oh, sure.
26:03Hi.
26:06Hi.
26:06Oh, here.
26:07For the germs.
26:16Still got the touch.
26:19Yeah.
26:20Emile Franklin returned.
26:22You're 4 p.m.
26:22We'll be able to meet you here.
26:23Oh, great.
26:24Thanks, Paul.
26:27Emile Franklin the headhunter?
26:30You know how rocky things have been.
26:33Just keeping my options open.
26:35Yeah, I mean, can't blame you if you're not happy here.
26:39But I don't think the hospital could stand losing you right now.
26:43I appreciate that.
26:47You know, I think he's going to need some more rocking.
26:50Hello, Betty.
26:52Hey, what's going on?
26:54Donnie Glick just had a seizure.
26:56Okay, I will be right there.
26:58We're missing something.
27:01What if a sinus infection broke through to his brain?
27:04That would have shown in the spinal tap.
27:05Not if the bacteria hadn't reached his brain yet.
27:08You said his nose bled when he seized?
27:11Mm-hmm.
27:11It's possible that the steroid treatment weakened his immune system, and then the...
27:15And then the bacteria broke through.
27:16It could be staph.
27:18It could be strep.
27:18It could be H-fruit.
27:20You know, he is a regular at a naturopathic spa.
27:24Could be Negleria fowleri.
27:26A brain-eating amoeba?
27:28You know, sometimes when his hoof beats, it's actually a zebra.
27:30Don't tell me to tell you that.
27:34We should find out how they treat their water.
27:39Yes, it was the issue with his blood clot.
27:44We did everything we could.
27:48I'm...
27:50I'm so sorry, Sylvia.
27:58Okay, we'll be waiting for you when you get here.
28:05I never should have come in tonight.
28:07No.
28:09A thrombectomy could have killed him.
28:11Well, you thought he could handle it?
28:13Well, maybe I was wrong.
28:15If one more clot was enough to tip him over, then he was...
28:18He was so close to the edge.
28:20You're just saying that, Richard.
28:28It was a 50-50 call.
28:30And they were two bad choices.
28:32Sometimes we flip a coin and we lose.
28:35You know that?
28:41It doesn't get any easier.
28:45We just get stronger.
28:49Get back on the horse.
28:52Fight another day.
29:02We called that spa, and it turns out they don't use chlorine in their pools,
29:07which means that they can become a petri dish for bacteria and parasites.
29:11Who doesn't use chlorine in 2025?
29:12They called it a proprietary blend of natural cleansers.
29:16So, because they rely on sunshine and rainbows for their sanitation,
29:22I might have a parasite in my brain?
29:25Something in that water is infecting your brain.
29:28It might be bacterial or an amoeba.
29:30An amoeba?
29:31The nosebleed is why we think it's an amoeba.
29:33Look, if we're right, the steroids sped up what the amoeba would have done on its own,
29:37but it may have saved your life because it exposed it to us.
29:41Okay.
29:42And if you're wrong?
29:43We have two choices.
29:45We assume it's bacterial and start a very strong regimen of antibiotics.
29:51Or we can induce hypothermia to control the inflammation in your brain and kill the amoeba.
29:57You want to freeze me?
29:58Most doctors wouldn't even give you this option.
30:00They'd be so afraid of litigation.
30:03It is a risk, Donnie, for you and for us.
30:07But our instincts say this is it.
30:1293.2 and holding.
30:13Starting another chilled bag of saline now.
30:1892.8.
30:2192.6.
30:24EEG suppressed.
30:2691.6.
30:27He's within range.
30:34I'm really sorry, Abe, but there was a complication, and so we weren't able to complete the surgery.
30:40What does that mean?
30:41You're going to have to wear a urine bag until we can remove the urostomy stent and place a synthetic
30:47graft, and that will complete the procedure.
30:49But when would that be?
30:50I need to get back to work.
30:53You brought my bike, yeah?
30:55I brought it.
30:55It's outside the hospital.
30:57Okay.
30:58So when can they fix me?
31:00We have to do this right away.
31:02We understand that, Abe, but the surgeon who started it can't finish, so just give us some time to find
31:08another solution.
31:09This is happening because of the problem with my lung from before.
31:13No.
31:13These other problems are a separate issue, but unfortunately, many things have gone wrong today.
31:27Uh, sir?
31:29Ranjeet Reddy's here to see you?
31:30Oh, damn it.
31:32Um, one sec.
31:40Okay, send him in.
31:44Ranjeet, hey, it's great to see you again.
31:47How's life treating you in Rochester?
31:49Yeah, I can't complain.
31:50I was surprised you wanted to take this meeting here, but now I see why.
31:54Yeah, you're ahead of full plate, so I ended up with Simon today.
31:58Yeah.
31:59I heard you two separated.
32:01Right.
32:02Yeah.
32:04Still working that out.
32:05Yeah.
32:07So you're interested in joining the mail?
32:11Well, I'd at least like to hear about the opening.
32:13To be honest, Michael, I don't know if it would be a good fit.
32:19If that's the case, I'm sorry to drag you out here.
32:22I wanted to tell you myself.
32:24I appreciate that.
32:25Is it the issues with Yunos, or...?
32:27Obviously, that relationship is very important for us, but it's not just that.
32:32You've had the hostage crisis, the cyber attacks, Dixon lawsuit.
32:37Yeah.
32:37Had some bad breaks.
32:38Yeah, that's one way to look at it.
32:42So, you're saying I'm likely to run into this issue wherever I go?
32:46Well, I don't know what your level of urgency for change is, but...
32:49Well, it's pretty high, Ranjit.
32:50I mean, you know what Max is like.
32:51Yeah, well, suits are suits.
32:53Can't say our guy's much better.
32:55I get that, but I think a fresh start...
32:57Well, look, Michael, what I'm trying to say is I think you should lay low for a while.
33:02Give people a chance to put all this drama in the rear view.
33:09Sure.
33:11Makes sense.
33:12Thanks for the advice.
33:15Nancy Stable, respiration 18.
33:17Uh, we're getting consistent flow.
33:23Thanks for coming.
33:24I didn't want you to hear it from anyone else.
33:26I thought we had an understanding here.
33:27Dr. Swanson just tanked a surgery I could have done with my eyes closed,
33:31and that got me thinking,
33:32who is this resident walking into my office with these accusations?
33:35They're not accusations.
33:37Oh, they most certainly were accusations, Dr. Heller.
33:40Rumors and accusations from people who don't have the courage to step out of the shadows.
33:45Our only concern, Joan, is the patients.
33:47It's Dr. Ridley.
33:49And may I remind you,
33:50I have been far more generous with my colleagues than you were today.
33:54Remember?
33:54Remember that illegal shot from Mexico and then the ensuing cover-up between you and your paramour?
34:03You think I haven't seen you arriving every morning in perfect formation, ten minutes apart?
34:08Okay, so what, you've just been waiting for the chance to play that card?
34:10It's not a card.
34:11It's not a game.
34:13You make her happy.
34:14Everyone can see that.
34:15And she's my friend.
34:17But it is a bit rich, you walking in here and thinking you know what's ethical and what's right.
34:23So I will leave you with this.
34:25I would never endanger a patient.
34:28And my surgeries don't have complications.
34:44Uh, Dacron graft is in place.
34:49Ureter is fully repaired.
34:51He's still looking at about two weeks before he can be active, but no urine bag.
34:55Great work.
34:56Thank you, Dr. Ridley.
34:57I read his report.
34:59Sounds like you botched the central line and never even got to ultrafiltration.
35:03His lung collapsed, but I was...
35:04Well, the point is how she recovered.
35:06She immediately recognized the problem, kept the patient calm, and placed the chest tube flawlessly.
35:12And he was my procedure, so if you need to put it on someone, put it on me.
35:17No need to martyr yourself for points, Dr. Miller.
35:29That's just your style.
35:30I wouldn't worry.
35:32It's not that.
35:39What the hell happened?
35:42She pulled rank.
35:43She did her own thing.
35:44She basically dared me to go to Dr. Hamdar, the board.
35:46Sounds like that's what's called for.
35:48And drag you and TJ into this?
35:49No way.
35:50I'm not gonna do that.
35:51And I'm not letting either one of you do that behind my back, so just don't even think about it.
35:55I mean, she did operate on my patient today and did a good job again, so maybe we were wrong
36:02and we should wait.
36:04I don't... I don't know.
36:05I just... I don't... I don't know right now.
36:07Just get it out of your heads and let me deal with it.
36:09That doesn't feel good, man.
36:11Hey, hey, Liz, can you, um, just give us a minute?
36:18Hey, look, you did everything you could do.
36:20All right? I mean it.
36:22Well, sorry we got you into this.
36:23No.
36:25Do the right thing.
36:26Just let it go.
36:34Feeling better?
36:36My head still hurts, but nothing compared to before.
36:39Did you get it?
36:40We got it.
36:41Your brain is intact.
36:46So, listen, I know I'm not the guy you wanted to stick your neck out for and you think I'm
36:52kind of a scumbag.
36:53So I should probably tell you, uh, this is the second time I've almost died in a hospital.
37:01First time I was 26, back in law school, went in for a routine abdominal procedure, doctor nicked an artery,
37:11sewed me right up.
37:11For the next three days, I had so much stomach pain, I thought I was going to faint.
37:17They gave me pain meds, anti-nausea meds, kept telling me it was normal, even after I started throwing up
37:23like crazy.
37:24They made all kinds of excuses.
37:25Day four, I was in sepsis in the ICU, whole nine yards, my parents were there thinking they're going to
37:35lose me.
37:35The hospital never took responsibility.
37:40I didn't have any money to hire a lawyer, so that was that.
37:44No justice, no consequences for the doctors, everything just swept under the rug.
37:52So, that's why I do what I do.
37:55You don't tell that story in your commercials.
37:58I don't trade on my trauma, but this is personal for me.
38:03I'm sorry that happened to you.
38:05And I understand that what you do is necessary.
38:10But maybe you could look a little more closely at who you go after.
38:15I'll, uh, I'll leave Dr. Matra alone as a gesture.
38:19You wouldn't win that one, Donnie.
38:21It would just be frivolous and good people would get hurt. That's my point.
38:25I'll think about that.
38:26But you answer me this.
38:29You know any doctors who've gotten away with stuff they shouldn't have?
38:35We will figure something out.
38:37But what?
38:38I understand how hard it is to be separated from your family, but you need to find a way to
38:42take care of your health.
38:43I'm sorry to interrupt, but I might be able to help.
38:46What would you say to joining Westside Hospital as a porter?
38:51What is that?
38:52All these people that you see doing things like making beds, delivering meals, moving patients around.
38:57They're porters.
38:58And they would hire me.
39:01Just like that.
39:01I just got off the phone with the head of the department.
39:04If you want it, the job's yours as soon as you're recovered.
39:07They've got a union, benefits, and maybe once you get your family over here, you can go to night school
39:13and get that degree in chemical engineering.
39:16I bet you'd do it in half the time since you already studied in your home country.
39:20I don't know what to say, Dr. Amila.
39:25Thank you so much.
39:28I'll have someone come by with the paperwork in the next day or two.
39:37Jess.
39:38Hey.
39:41That was pretty amazing, what you just did.
39:45Sadly, it was pretty easy.
39:47You just had to end up here and come across somebody in a position to help.
39:53I also appreciate what you did for me today with Joan.
39:59I just hope you did it for the right reasons.
40:21I can catch the next one.
40:23It's fine.
40:39I heard you've been getting some of your memories back.
40:43I really do hope you get them all.
41:01So Richard's back, that's new.
41:03Please, don't get me started.
41:05It kind of seems like Max isn't valuing your opinion much these days.
41:08Oh, you think?
41:09Well, I mean, at least you get to take your paternity leave at the office now.
41:12One of the perks of being abandoned by your wife and disenfranchised by your boss?
41:18Plenty of nap time.
41:19I gotta say, he is really cute, though.
41:23I mean, it's almost enough to make a girl think twice about her life choices.
41:27Come on, really?
41:28I mean, that'd be a long shot.
41:29But it was really nice seeing you back in that mode.
41:33It always suited you.
41:36I don't know.
41:38What?
41:39It's something Amy said yesterday.
41:43She thinks I've changed, but I don't want to admit it.
41:46Of course you've changed.
41:47I mean, for the worse.
41:50I think you've become more vigilant and operating more from a place of fear.
41:54But that's to be expected, given everything you've been through.
41:58Well, I don't want that anymore.
42:00Is that why you had the guy from the mayo in your office today?
42:02You heard about that?
42:03With everything you've got going on, Katie going off to school,
42:05I'm pretty sure you're staring a midlife crisis squarely in the face right about now.
42:10Okay, maybe not a Porsche, but it feels like it's going to be time for a bachelor pad and a
42:16fresh start.
42:17Maybe I'll get back to my roots, start tending bar again.
42:20Oh, you'd have the ladies lining up to tell you their problems.
42:25That's all I need.
42:27Oh, Dr. Hamda.
42:31Listen, I say let it rip.
42:33The chips will fall where they may.
42:39To letting it rip.
42:40Hmm, and a Porsche.
42:58Are you staking out my doorway?
43:02We gotta talk about Joan.
43:33We gotta talk about Joan.
43:46We gotta talk about Joan.
43:46We gotta talk about Joan.
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