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00:10Can I get you a drink?
00:16Whoa.
00:20Where's your couch?
00:33What's so funny?
00:35Nothing.
00:36You just take it forever.
00:45You sure you're okay?
00:47I can handle two martinis.
00:49Besides, I'm older than you.
00:53Sit.
01:09Are you laughing at me?
01:15Do you like watching me?
01:20Oh.
01:22You do like watching.
01:31Hey.
01:33For real?
01:35Are you okay?
01:36I'm just having fun.
01:39So are you.
01:54Hey, Dr. Croft, Tony Sykes again.
01:56Listen, I wanted to follow up on my invite for you to appear on the Monty Morrison podcast.
02:01And if you agree to endorse our line of supplements, we'd like to...
02:04Message deleted.
02:06No new messages.
02:08And apparently no life since I'm the first one here on a Saturday night.
02:16Where are you two coming from?
02:19Just...
02:20Out.
02:21It's almost four in the morning.
02:23Pittsburgh actually has a pretty decent after-hour scene.
02:25I didn't know until...
02:27Well, we started at Thunderbird, then hit up Hot Mess and Cabo.
02:32Velvedeers.
02:32When do you two sleep?
02:33Don't answer that.
02:35I've reached my quota of personal information from these two.
02:38Are you wearing guyliner?
02:41You're too old to shop at Hot Topic.
02:42Oh, you're just jealous.
02:44Where's Watson anyways? Even here?
02:46Apologies, I got swept up reading about Abu Al Qasim Azarawi.
02:51Can anyone tell me why?
02:53You have even less of a life than Adam.
02:55Man, I am right here.
02:57Azarawi is one of your heroes.
02:5910th century physician also known as the father of modern surgery.
03:03Nice memory, Dr. Lubbock, but that's not why I called you here.
03:06Your text said that you were invoking the 1% rule.
03:09Our standing agreement to come in, regardless of time of day, to observe any procedure at UHA performed, with a
03:16rate of incidence less than 1%.
03:18And what are you here to observe?
03:23Azarawi was the first doctor to record his treatments of dozens of conditions.
03:27Watson wants us to think of the rarest of them and then guess.
03:33But I need caffeine, Adam is half asleep, and the club kids are downshifting out of party mode, so just
03:39tell us.
03:42A rupture of the corpus cavernosum.
03:46Oh, penis fracture.
03:49Okay, glad I didn't Google it.
03:51Penile fractures occur in 0.29 cases and 100,000.
03:55An hour ago, Peter Johns was admitted with that exact, incredibly rare injury.
04:00Peter Johns.
04:02So close to Peter Johnson.
04:04Let me guess, you called in the 1% rule?
04:07Saturday night, isn't that date night?
04:10You're here too.
04:12It's a precaution.
04:13There's a liability issue.
04:15The patient was understandably worried about his future prospects.
04:21He mentioned his father as a plaintiff's attorney.
04:24How did you deal with that?
04:26Morphine.
04:27He settled right down.
04:30Anyway, he should make a full recovery.
04:33Ingrid?
04:34You're not watching?
04:35You're missing the most important part of the whole procedure.
04:37I actually think I just found something more important.
04:39Dr. Morrison, I need to talk to the nurse who wrote up this patient file.
04:42I think there might be a problem.
04:43With the patient?
04:45Not the patient.
04:46The woman who brought him here.
04:50And I've been making rounds of every hotel, motel, hostel, bar, brothel.
04:55I walked the streets rousing the young house just in case one of them's in.
05:02Gov, the man's vanished.
05:04And at the risk of stating the obvious of all the people I've ever known.
05:08If Sherlock Holmes doesn't want you to find him, then good luck.
05:12The man definitely likes his solitude.
05:14So much so that he faked his own death.
05:18But, by doing so, he denied himself the ability to draw from his assets.
05:23Which means, he's short on resources.
05:27Meaning what?
05:29You think he'll stay in the area?
05:32Perhaps.
05:33In the vicinity of those that he knows he can count on.
05:37See, that's the rub right there.
05:38So what he does and does not know may be affected by his condition.
05:41If his thinking is impaired, this whole disappearance may not even be intentional.
05:47Right, all right.
05:49All the more reason to triple our efforts, I'll get right back at it.
05:55Shin-Wil.
05:59I should have told you sooner.
06:00Ah, come on, go.
06:02I understand why you kept Holmes' secret.
06:05He's your friend.
06:07He's mine, sir.
06:08So I won't stop until we find him.
06:12Thanks, Shin-Wil.
06:15I don't get it.
06:16It's actually very simple.
06:18The nurse woke me up and said it was urgent that I talk to a doctor.
06:21You.
06:23But you're not my doctor.
06:24And you're not interested in my condition.
06:26I'm interested in the accident that put you here.
06:29Specifically this woman you described to the admit nurse, Nicole.
06:31Nicole.
06:34She's the one who broke me.
06:35You noted Nicole's eyes flickered.
06:37Throughout your date?
06:38It wasn't a date, it was just drinks.
06:40Okay, her eyes?
06:42Off and on, yeah.
06:43I thought it was some tick.
06:44It's actually called nystagmus.
06:46Also, according to you, she was nodding her head strangely.
06:49Could be titubation.
06:51When she fell on top of you, that sounds like ataxia.
06:53Did she display other instances where she seemed off-balance?
06:55I guess so, yeah.
06:56Sorry, what does this have to do with fixing my penis?
06:58You said Nicole kept bursting out laughing.
07:00Before she got to your apartment or after?
07:02Both.
07:05She was laughing a lot, actually.
07:07Okay, well, that pseudobulber effect.
07:09She has that along with all the other symptoms you described.
07:11I'm gonna need you to write down Nicole's name, phone number, everything.
07:15No, wait, wait.
07:15I don't know her.
07:18But she's just some baddie that I met on Tinder.
07:22Hold up, hey, why do you need to find her anyway?
07:25Because if I don't, and soon, that baddie, she's gonna die.
07:45In my opinion, this woman's life is in danger.
07:48A quixotic quest to find someone who's not even our patient.
07:51Sounds like Watson's territory.
07:52Quixotic?
07:53Do you even have a penis?
07:54Oh, he definitely has a penis.
07:56How about futile?
07:57Possibly pointless.
07:58Let's not debate vocabulary.
08:00I wanna hear Ingrid's reasoning.
08:03Nystagmus, titubation, ataxia, pseudobulbar effect, all these symptoms manifesting simultaneously.
08:08It'd be a miracle if there wasn't something wrong with her.
08:11Which could be?
08:12I think it's an untreated neurological condition, possibly a tumor.
08:17I agree.
08:18Anyway, you could be looking at, uh, moduloblastoma.
08:22Patient Nicole is in dire jeopardy.
08:25She needs a hospital.
08:26If it's not a tumor, she could suffer a stroke, a hemorrhage, an aneurysm.
08:30So let's find her.
08:31Any leads?
08:32Ingrid and I combed through her dating profile.
08:33Seems like Nicole is just an alias she uses for hookups.
08:37Knowing that, I went to speak to our friend, the convalescing Mr. Johnson.
08:41Johns.
08:42He wasn't much help when I spoke to him.
08:44Me neither.
08:44But he did direct me to this.
08:46This is the hoodie that Nicole tied around his crotch.
08:49Was there anything in the pockets?
08:50Just some crumpled up seats, gas station, grocery store.
08:55Is this maybe kind of quixotic?
08:58Thank you for your support.
09:00I also printed up some photos from her dating profile.
09:04Okay, good.
09:05Take one of those photos and ask around the Monoka Technical Center.
09:08She works as a welder there.
09:10She's on the night shift, so they pull overtime on the weekends.
09:14With any luck, you can catch her as she's clocking in.
09:17And keep an eye out for that Harley.
09:21Explain the magic trick.
09:22Oh, it's just right there.
09:24The paint smear on the hoodie isn't just blue, it's Monoka blue.
09:27Company trademarked in 2016.
09:30Tiny burn holes there are from weld splatter.
09:33Droplets of molten metal ejected from the heat by a welding arc.
09:38He's right.
09:39The grocery store receipt is from midday, so she works evenings.
09:43This gas station receipt is consistent with the motorcycle tank size.
09:47And the locations are approximate to the Monoka site on the upper north side.
09:54I'll head there now.
09:55Shin Wells is in the area. I'll call him and help him meet you.
09:57What's he doing all the way up there?
09:58The same as you.
10:00Solving mysteries.
10:16Excuse me.
10:18Excuse me, the site manager said this is you.
10:21Brad Booker?
10:23You sometimes go by Nicole?
10:25So, what are you, the name players?
10:27I'm Ingridarian. I'm a doctor at U-Hop.
10:30I have credentials if you need to see them.
10:31I'm a nurse in training.
10:32The name's Shimel Johnson, and I am at your service.
10:44Dr. Ingrid and Nurse Shimel? What is this, a joke?
10:47You were at the hospital last night, dropped off with Peter Johns?
10:49Yeah, and like I said, when I checked him in, what happened was an accident.
10:53How do you even track me down?
10:55Well, you figured it out from the hoodie you left behind.
10:58More importantly, I need to ask you about the symptoms that led to your collapse.
11:01I didn't collapse. It was an accident.
11:03Friend, I'm a neurologist.
11:05Peter said you displayed eye flickering, loss of balance, incessant head nodding, and incongruous laughter, which I believe I just
11:11heard.
11:12Those are signs of neurological disease.
11:20I'm laughing because that is absurd.
11:23Peter's apartment was dark, my eyes were adjusting, and if I nodded, it was because I was giving consent.
11:28And yeah, I was clumsy. I had a few drinks. It was hardly brain damage.
11:33Now, if you excuse me, I gotta get to work before I lose my overtime.
11:36Cash. How about I give you some?
11:39Right now, uh, $500 to come down and have a test.
11:46Compensates you for your time, and you'll know what's what up in your bumps.
11:51Shh.
11:55Guess I'm taking a sick day.
12:04Here we are.
12:06Don't be shy.
12:09Oh my god.
12:11That's a teeny tiny person.
12:14Did you see it?
12:16Is that a face?
12:18Yep. One of them.
12:20The doctor will be in soon, but your babies look great.
12:24Babies?
12:26As in, like, plural? More than one?
12:29We're gonna have twins?
12:32Twins.
12:34Huh.
12:36Triplets?
12:37Wow.
12:40I'm... that's...
12:42I'm...
12:44Wow.
12:45I think the words are congratulations.
12:47Lauren, this is amazing.
12:48I am so happy for you.
12:50Triples on all baby gifts.
12:51Duly noted.
12:52I am on it.
12:54Yeah, I, uh, kind of feel like I'm on another planet right now.
12:57Uh, don't know how we're gonna do this.
13:01Yeah.
13:01Now, I am so happy for you both.
13:03It's wonderful news.
13:04Thank you, Watson. Thank you.
13:05Cheers, loves.
13:06I always thought three's a crowd was bollocks anyway.
13:09Yep. Amazing.
13:10Exactly what the world needs.
13:12More people.
13:13I have a patient to check on.
13:18Wow.
13:28I came in for one test.
13:30You paid me for one test.
13:32Then I'm told, I need to be admitted.
13:34I need constant supervision.
13:35Your symptoms are concerning.
13:37I mean, yes, the MRI scan doesn't show any sign of a brain tumor.
13:40So let me go home.
13:41You're still showing neurological symptoms.
13:44Do you have a family history of degenerative neurological disease?
13:47ALS?
13:48Alzheimer's?
13:49Uh, I don't know.
13:50None of my grandparents died from anything like that.
13:52And your parents?
13:54They died in an accident when I was 12.
13:56I'm sorry to hear that.
14:03Do you have any siblings?
14:05I'm on my own.
14:06That's the way I like it.
14:09Polar privacy.
14:11It's still limited to itself.
14:14Finite infinity.
14:16Emily Dickinson.
14:17Emily Dickinson.
14:17I see you.
14:18But we're going to hold off on the polar privacy for now.
14:20You need me and my team to figure out what's going on here, so...
14:23Dr. Watson?
14:24A word?
14:25Excuse me.
14:27Without a diagnosis, we can't keep her here against her will.
14:31What are you thinking?
14:32Her symptoms are serious.
14:34Could be any number of pathological causes.
14:35She has all the telltale signs of extensive self-harm.
14:39Her arms are covered in self-infected scars.
14:41She's also suffering from nightmares.
14:43The night nurse said she was crying out about freezing to death.
14:46But unless she is a danger to herself or others, I can't justify and admit.
14:54Ren?
14:55Ren?
14:57Calm down.
14:59She's hyperventilating.
15:01She can't breathe.
15:03I need an oxygen mask and two milligrams of erizopam.
15:06Hey, Ren?
15:06Ren?
15:07We're going to give you something to help you relax.
15:08Right now, I just need you to calm down.
15:11You're going to be okay.
15:12Breathe.
15:13Just calm down and breathe.
15:15You're going to be okay.
15:25Sedation's keeping her stable for now.
15:27At least we know her tumor is off the list.
15:28Her EMG results are back.
15:30They're not consistent with ALS and she has no known family history of MS or Huntington's.
15:33Her parents died relatively young, so we can't know for sure.
15:36We should order genetic testing.
15:38How about Kreuzfeld-Jakob?
15:39Given her advanced physical symptoms, her brain would be mush.
15:42She's way too lucid.
15:44Lucid enough to quote Emily Dickinson.
15:48Ooh, Watson!
15:49This press-on is no blood.
15:52Nailbed is completely empty.
15:54Congenital endicure?
15:55This tissue damage indicates trauma decades old.
15:59The scarring is very unique.
16:01Blunt force or burn?
16:03No.
16:05It's frostbite.
16:07I know what Wren's been hiding from us.
16:10A breaking news update on the story that's drawn international attention.
16:15A plane carrying a family of seven vanished into the Arctic three months ago.
16:19All were presumed dead.
16:21Today, a twelve-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother were rescued,
16:25the only survivors of that fateful flight.
16:28We prayed for that family at my church.
16:31The two of them surviving was an absolute miracle.
16:34Are we sure that's Wren?
16:36Evidence of extreme exposure, nightmares about the cold,
16:39family members that all died in 2003,
16:42self-harm that points to deep emotional trauma.
16:45But Wren never mentioned a brother when you asked for her family history.
16:48It's because she didn't want us to know.
16:49We've been looking at this case all wrong.
16:52Wren's present won't give us the answer we need.
16:54It's time to investigate her past.
16:57You think we could survive an Arctic plane crash?
17:00We?
17:02I don't mean to be immodest here,
17:04but I would absolutely thrive in an Arctic plane crash.
17:07You, on the other hand, I have questions.
17:10No, I'd survive.
17:12No choice, basically.
17:14There's too many mouths to feed.
17:18You okay?
17:21It was a good performance, announcing the triplets.
17:25I almost believed it.
17:28Clear the universe heard that I didn't want one kid,
17:31and gave me three.
17:32That's it.
17:34Am I shocked?
17:35Yeah.
17:38Twins obviously running the family, but man,
17:41nobody's prepared for triplets.
17:44Lauren's on the partner track of their firm.
17:46We're both bringing in decent money.
17:48We have a great condo.
17:50We're very fortunate.
17:51So, for now, I'm just going to focus on all the positives.
17:56Well...
17:57Dare I say I'm proud of you?
18:00Boy's becoming a man.
18:03Any word on the genetic testing?
18:11She doesn't have Huntington's.
18:13I hate it when good news feels like bad news.
18:19Robin Booker.
18:21Nice to meet you.
18:22Dr. Watson.
18:23Impressed you found me.
18:25Well, it's surprisingly easy once we discovered
18:27all your siblings were named after birds.
18:29The media was able to publish their names
18:31because they died.
18:35Sorry for your loss.
18:37Daddy?
18:38Hey.
18:39It's okay, little duck.
18:40I'll be in soon.
18:43So, you said this is about my sister?
18:45Yes.
18:47Wren is ill.
18:48We're trying to find out what's wrong with her,
18:50but unfortunately she won't share anything
18:51about her time in the Arctic.
18:52Sorry to make you relive that trauma,
18:55but that story could hold some crucial clues
18:57about her diagnosis.
19:01I'd lost so much blood
19:02that I was in and out of consciousness for...
19:05I don't know.
19:08And then there was warmth.
19:11Wren had managed to make a shelter
19:13out of what was left of the fuselage,
19:15and somehow she made a fire.
19:18Did Wren suffer any injuries?
19:20Cuts and bruises.
19:21Yeah, she was the lucky one.
19:25Our parents and two other siblings died on impact.
19:28Dove, our older sister, was still alive,
19:32but in pieces.
19:36And then when she died, Wren dragged her out of the plane
19:38and buried her in the snow with the others.
19:43Wren's the only reason I'm alive.
19:45She treated my wounds, melted snow for water.
19:49When we ran out of food, she ventured out and hunted.
19:53We lived off Arctic Fox too.
19:56She was only 12?
19:57Wow, I sure couldn't have done that.
19:59We were outdoorsy kids.
20:01We were raised that way.
20:02Our parents were anthropologists.
20:04They actually met while studying the indigenous peoples of Papua New Guinea.
20:07We were en route to visit a remote Inuit group when the plane crashed.
20:12But the funny thing is, if you were to ask me who I would want as a survival companion,
20:18I would not have picked Wren.
20:21Wren was just about vibes.
20:25You know, making people laugh.
20:28Our mom used to call her walking sunshine.
20:32Which, hard to believe, I know.
20:35I don't know what's more to blame for taking that away.
20:39The Arctic or foster care.
20:42Sounds like you traded one trauma for another.
20:44I mean, I adjusted okay.
20:47I had an extended hospital stay.
20:54Frostbite.
20:55But I got adopted and she just bounced from one foster home to another until she aged out of the
21:02system.
21:03Became completely unreliable.
21:05I mean, she didn't go to my wedding.
21:07And the last time I saw her was six years ago.
21:10What happened six years ago?
21:13A Christmas disaster.
21:16Which I don't want to go into it.
21:19But Wren can be volatile.
21:21And I have my own family now.
21:24You know, I have to protect them.
21:26I haven't felt comfortable bringing Wren around my daughter.
21:29She still hasn't met her.
21:31I love my sister.
21:33But...
21:34You're scared of her.
21:35And you know what? I'm mad.
21:38I'm mad that she let what happened to us destroy her soul.
21:43I mean, we got another chance at life.
21:47But Wren...
21:50Wren's still trapped out there in the Arctic.
21:55They look happy enough.
21:57But how could two siblings survive such a traumatic experience only to become estranged?
22:02Your psychological toll of an experience like that has to be profound.
22:06Was there anything else you learned that could explain her symptoms?
22:09Prolonged malnutrition could cause B12 deficiency.
22:12Though according to Robin, they were eating regularly.
22:14Yeah, this photo seems to back that up.
22:16They don't appear malnourished.
22:19Thank God for those Arctic foxes.
22:21Maybe that's it.
22:23The fox meat.
22:24Arctic foxes can carry echinococosis.
22:27It has a long incubation period.
22:29And if Wren ate infected meat, the larval cysts could have spread from her intestines to her brain.
22:34We would have seen them on imaging.
22:35Yeah, but we weren't looking for them.
22:37We need to reevaluate those scans.
22:39Have any of you ever seen an Arctic fox?
22:42In the winter, their coats turn white to match the snow, making them almost impossible to hunt.
22:48Now, how does a young girl with no trapping experience, in the midst of near-constant blizzards,
22:55catch enough foxes to keep her and her brother at healthy weights?
23:02Luck?
23:03No.
23:04Wren wasn't catching foxes.
23:06But she did have access to a trove of frozen, nutritious, easily accessible meat.
23:15Meat that didn't need to be trapped or hunted.
23:19Meat that was always available to her right outside the fuselage.
23:24Wren lied to her brother.
23:26They were eating meat.
23:28It just wasn't animal meat.
23:41How are you feeling?
23:43Had another laughing fit, but the human mountain nurse, Kelly, tranquilized me to submission.
23:50And don't listen to her if she says that I assaulted her.
23:53That was a tremor.
23:55So I met your brother.
24:00What?
24:00Yes, and he shared something.
24:04Something that I think could be the missing piece here.
24:07He thinks I'm a total psycho?
24:09No.
24:12Wren, the meat that you ate to stay alive, your brother said it was fox meat, but I'm not so
24:21sure.
24:22You were alone.
24:24You were dying of starvation.
24:26You were desperate.
24:28Now, given those circumstances, anybody would have done whatever it took to survive.
24:34You can be honest with me, Wren.
24:36I promise you, I won't judge.
24:39But I need to know.
24:42The meat that you consumed in the Arctic...
24:48was human.
25:00There's a solitude of space.
25:03A solitude of sea.
25:06A solitude of death.
25:07But these...
25:10society shall be.
25:13Compared with that profounder sight.
25:16That polar privacy.
25:19A sol admitted to itself.
25:22Finite.
25:24Infinity.
25:29Kuru?
25:30Also known as the laughing disease by the 4A people of Papua New Guinea, where the illness originated.
25:36From ritualistic cannibalism.
25:37Ritual endocannibalism.
25:39The 4A ate their own loved ones, not their enemies. That's exocannibalism.
25:43You think about cannibalism a lot?
25:44Kuru is the white whale of neurodegenerative prion diseases.
25:50The 4A people first believed that Kuru was a curse until scientists prove it spread from eating people who carry
25:57the disease.
25:58The 4A people then stopped their cannibalistic funeral practices and the disease practically died out.
26:04The last case was diagnosed in 2007.
26:08But we know from Robin that the Booker parents were in Papua New Guinea in the 70s while Kuru was
26:13still raging.
26:13Exactly.
26:14So are you saying Mr. and Mrs. Booker are also cannibals?
26:18Not necessarily. I mean the Bookers probably came into contact with infected tissue through open sores or cuts maybe.
26:24The diagnosis fits. Kuru has an incubation period of up to 50 years. It explains all of Ren's symptoms.
26:30But you still haven't told her yet.
26:32I want to rule everything else out.
26:33Because it's a death sentence.
26:35Yes. It's a horrible diagnosis.
26:38It's one of the reasons I want to make sure we're right.
26:42The other reason is because she's not the only potential victim.
26:45A friend contracted Kuru from eating her parents.
26:49That means that Robin may have contracted it too.
26:59You wanted to see me, Gav?
27:03I saw your request.
27:08An official leave of absence, huh?
27:11So you want to stop your nursing studies to look for Sherlock?
27:16Reality is, Gav, Sherlock could be anywhere in the world.
27:22I can't find him from here.
27:25Now, I'd never dream of suggesting that you back off from your duties, but I can volunteer myself for the
27:30task.
27:31Yeah, but you're not a task man anymore, Sherlock.
27:33Well, you've put down roots here. You've had the makings of a meaningful career.
27:38Friendships.
27:40Your... your situation with Nurse Carlin.
27:47This life that I would be afraid of losing, I wouldn't have it if it wasn't for Holmes.
27:52So I can't see myself just sitting idly by it without at least trying to return the favor.
27:59I respect that.
28:01But how about you do me a favor, Shinwa?
28:04Give it a few days and give me one last chance to try to convince you.
28:18Rin's final test results, Rin.
28:24Kuru is a difficult disease. There's no cure.
28:28Of course, we'll help you manage the symptoms.
28:31We'll make you as comfortable as possible, but they won't progress.
28:34We can talk later about what to expect, but...
28:38I'm sorry, Rin.
28:41Do you have any questions?
28:46We'll have to talk about notifying your brother about...
28:49No!
28:53Rin, I would not mention this if it weren't a matter of life or death.
28:57Yeah, and how do you imagine that conversation would go?
29:00Oh, hey, remember when we ate fox meat in the Arctic?
29:04Oh, that was actually mom's brains you were slurping down.
29:06Good luck living with that for the rest of your life.
29:11No, no, no.
29:13Please.
29:16Robin can't know.
29:19They couldn't live with it.
29:21There has been some promising epigenetic research that could lead to a treatment in the future.
29:28If Robin has this too, he has a right to know, and he has a daughter.
29:31No, you don't either.
29:32You don't get it!
29:34That is exactly why he shouldn't know.
29:35He has people who love him, who think that he's a good person.
29:39Look at him, and then look at me.
29:43You want to know why we're so different?
29:48Because he doesn't know the truth.
29:49Okay, but I would have to say...
29:51Get out!
29:52Just get out now!
29:59Adam, following up again on that endorsement.
30:03Got a couple of TikTok docs interested, so offer is going to expire soon.
30:13You look...
30:14Pregnant with triplets?
30:16Absolutely amazing.
30:20Well, I'm glad you think so, because I'm about to undergo a significant expansion.
30:28How are you? How's it work?
30:30More stomach-churning than you can imagine.
30:33A night at the opera will be a good palate cleanser.
30:36How are you? How's your day?
30:39Busy.
30:41Glad we're getting a last hurrah in the company's seats before I quit my job.
30:47We buy a house in the burbs.
30:49Wait, what?
30:51Is your mind not totally spiraling out on this too?
30:54Babe, the math of parenthood is totally different now.
30:57I get it, but your job...
30:59I just...
31:01I don't think we can nanny our way out of triplets.
31:04I don't want to be at home thinking about work and then be at work thinking about my babies.
31:08I just...
31:11I think I want to focus my attention on the job of being a parent.
31:15At least for now.
31:18Okay.
31:20I'm still going to be me.
31:22Okay?
31:23I'm not going to suddenly start wearing prairie dresses and churning butter.
31:27Good, because that's more my thing.
31:28Stop.
31:32This does mean you need to be okay being the sole breadwinner, though.
31:38Are you?
31:44Working late, Dr. Morstan?
31:45Well, there's been a sudden uptick in incident reports requiring my attention.
31:50But those might actually be coming to an end soon.
31:55From Wren.
31:56She's going to accept your medical advice.
31:59And I don't know what this means exactly, but she's also giving you permission to speak to her brother.
32:05Well done, John.
32:07Both of you.
32:14Wren's in danger.
32:21She's not on the roof.
32:23Her room is empty, too.
32:26Guards say she hasn't been seen leaving the building. No emergency exits have been tripped.
32:31What was the poem she quoted in the note? Emily Dickinson?
32:34A solitude of space, a solitude of sea, a solitude of death, that polar privacy.
32:39I know where she is.
32:44I'm getting you out of here.
32:46No!
32:48Wren, Wren, put the blade down.
32:50Close the door.
32:50Walk away and pretend you never saw me.
32:52No, no. We're not leaving you here.
32:53Please.
32:55Please just let me fade away into the cold.
32:57This isn't who you are, okay? We're not afraid of you.
32:59You should be.
33:01Here.
33:01One more step and I will sever my karate.
33:04Don't test my knowledge of human anatomy.
33:06Wren, what you're feeling right now is not gonna last forever.
33:08It's lasted 20 years. That's not enough. What do you want from me?
33:12You figured out why I'm sick. You can go tell my brother my secret. Just...
33:20Just leave me alone and go save his life.
33:23Let us save you first.
33:25The first time I cut into my mother, I fainted. I woke up with my face in the snow.
33:31But by the second day, I didn't even flinch.
33:35It's not just that I did it. It's how easy it became.
33:39I'm not human. I'm a monster.
33:44Wren, you're not a monster.
33:46Monsters don't feel guilt. They don't feel shame.
33:49Monsters don't spend their whole lives punishing themselves until they end up in a walk-in freezer ready to end
33:53it all.
33:54Trust me. I know about monsters.
33:58You did something you hate.
34:00But you did it so you and your brother could survive.
34:04Think about the little girl who had to make that decision.
34:10She deserves to be forgiven.
34:14Forgive her.
34:18Thanks.
34:20No, I know.
34:28I'm sorry.
34:49How is she?
34:51Stable.
34:51She's safe for now.
34:53Her issues are much deeper than a diagnosis.
34:56What she's fighting goes back the better part of two decades.
35:00It's shame, revulsion, self-loathing.
35:06So how do you treat someone for that?
35:14Thanks for coming on such short notice.
35:17You said you had some important news this year?
35:19Yes, it'd be better to speak privately in my office.
35:22Mind if Dr. Lovie keeps your daughter company down here?
35:24It's nice to see you again.
35:26Want to work on some coloring books with me?
35:28Okay, come on.
35:31So, private chat with the doctor.
35:34It's never a good sign.
35:37I can't even imagine what you're feeling right now.
35:40I am...
35:41Oh, God, I'm such a bastard.
35:44All this time I've been judging her.
35:46Angry she couldn't just be okay.
35:49Like me.
35:49I've kept her from my family.
35:51I've kicked her out of my house.
35:52I've kicked her out of my house on Christmas.
35:54We can only act on the information that we have.
35:58Now you know everything.
36:04There's no reversing the damage Kru has already done to Rens Bray.
36:09Her ongoing care will be a battle.
36:11But to face that battle, she'll need support.
36:15She'll need you.
36:17You're the only person that truly understands what she's endured.
36:22Now, we'll also need to monitor you for Kru's symptoms.
36:26I mean, there's a lot to discuss.
36:27But the important thing is, is that we're getting ahead of it.
36:34Do you have any questions?
36:38Can you take me to my sister?
36:51I'll give you two some privacy.
36:56So now you know.
36:58Go ahead.
36:58Let me have it.
37:00You hate me.
37:03I hate you?
37:05Wren, you saved my life.
37:12I never wanted you to know.
37:15I'm so sorry you had to find out.
37:33You suffered with this for so long on your own.
37:40I'm the one who's sorry.
37:43Hey, I need you to know.
37:44All I feel for you is love and gratitude.
37:49And mom and dad, they would have wanted us to stay alive.
37:53Trust me.
37:55I'm a parent now.
37:57And I would do anything.
38:00Sacrifice anything a hundred times over for my little girl.
38:05Look at you.
38:08My little baby bird.
38:12But dad.
38:15Do you want to meet her?
38:27This is Gwendolyn.
38:32Hi.
38:34Hi, Gwendolyn.
38:36You call her Wren.
38:40This is Daddy's big sister.
38:43We're going to be seeing a lot more of her.
38:45They're going to take care of her.
38:48Just like she always took care of me.
38:53What do you got there?
39:02Can you draw this?
39:04Yeah.
39:05It's really good.
39:09You want to get me a dear friend and a hug?
39:30Thank you for sending it so quickly.
39:33I'd be glad to speak to the benefits of meal replacement shakes on your podcast.
39:37Of course, I'd love for you to endorse my book.
39:40And we can discuss my joining you more regularly.
39:44Assuming the fee you offered is...
39:46Adam, seriously?
39:49Okay, then.
39:50See you Thursday bright and early.
39:53Take care.
39:57Thought you left.
39:58I forgot my tablet.
39:59But are you seriously endorsing this garbage?
40:02Aspartame, sucralose, maltodextrin, plus more soy than a PETA convention.
40:06It's not that bad.
40:07You're the one who taught me that excess animal protein can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.
40:12Well, technically anything in excess is bad.
40:14Adam, what is this?
40:18I'm going to go on a podcast and hawk some random protein powder.
40:21Why?
40:22Because I want to?
40:23No, but because my soon-to-be unemployed fiancé is pregnant with triplets.
40:27I'm about to be the sole earner for a family of five, and I need to grow up.
40:32You should at least consider the possibility that subverting your reputation in order to chase fast money
40:38might just be a good way to lose both.
40:45You don't have to like what I'm doing here.
40:49I don't.
40:51It's not like I have a choice.
41:02So, what are your thoughts, Dr. Deary?
41:04Ren's emotional state is much improved.
41:06A care plan is in place.
41:07It won't save her, but it'll help her manage the worst of her symptoms.
41:11I suppose it's the best prognosis we could hope for.
41:14Thanks in no small part to you.
41:17I mean, without your eye, she could have gone undiagnosed, and she never would have reconnected with her brother.
41:24Not to mention what you did for her in that freezer.
41:27I just told her what she needed to hear.
41:30You said that she couldn't be a monster because she has feelings and monsters don't have feelings.
41:35One could argue that it's very similar to your own diagnosis.
41:39I hope that you don't think of yourself as a monster, Dr. Deary, because you're not.
41:44Like I said, I just told her what she needed to hear.
41:49As for me, I'm fine with who I am.
42:17I'm fine with who I am.
43:02I'm fine with who I am.
43:08I'm fine with who I am.
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