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00:00I had a car accident.
00:02Lost a lot of my memory.
00:03Previously on Doc.
00:05You have Sonia in line for chief resident.
00:08And I run circles around her.
00:09You will each have your own cases and you'll critique each other's work.
00:13And you certainly can't maintain a high-stress job.
00:16Are you okay?
00:17She has an autoimmune disease and she's hiding it.
00:19You weaponized my memory loss.
00:21I'm so sorry.
00:22He turned down the Dixon settlement and demanded his job back.
00:26I suggest find a way to work with him because he starts tomorrow.
00:31Jessica, come help get ready for dinner.
00:34The food's not even here yet.
00:35What the hell is taking so long?
00:37Hey, we don't speak that way in this house.
00:39Um, mom totally does.
00:41Where do you think I learned it?
00:43I'm giving this guy two stars if he doesn't get here in the next 30 seconds.
00:46Someday you'll have to get a job, so be nice.
00:49You get that I might seriously die of starvation, right?
00:52The theatrics, he gets from you.
00:55Finally, he's here.
00:56He's rolling up.
01:00I'm very sorry.
01:01I'm late.
01:01I'm very, very sorry.
01:07You all right there, pal?
01:09I'm okay.
01:10And the food is still warm.
01:12Please, I still need five stars.
01:15I think you might need a doctor.
01:17I already accepted another order.
01:19But thank you.
01:20Are you sure?
01:20Because you don't look too good.
01:22Oh, she's okay.
01:22Listen, I think we need to call you an ambulance, okay?
01:25I'm fighting.
01:26Call an ambulance!
01:27But I have another order.
01:29And I need my bike.
01:30It's a lot.
01:31Hey, I'll get your bike.
01:32Okay, you need help.
01:51Hey.
01:53Once more, onto the breach.
01:56Just show the people who you really are.
02:00I'll come back to you.
02:28I'll come back to you.
02:36Have fun.
02:40Richard.
02:43You sent all those texts after you left.
02:47How sorry you were.
02:49How everything you did was out of desperation.
02:51How much you wanted to make it up to me if I ever gave you the chance.
02:57And then you walked in here and sold me out to get your job back.
03:06You never answered any of those texts.
03:09One mistake and I am taking you down.
03:25Whoa, what is he doing here?
03:27Don't you read your emails?
03:28No.
03:29I almost brought popcorn.
03:35Here's my book.
03:38Dr. Miller.
03:40Good morning.
03:41I hope you aren't too discouraged.
03:42There was no welcoming parade or balloons.
03:47I deserve that.
03:48That's gracious of you to acknowledge as much.
03:51Never thought I'd see you sitting in that chair.
03:54Or sitting anywhere, really.
03:56Even the restless spirit occasionally earns for tranquil waters.
04:00And what's the occasion?
04:01You failed so spectacularly, they offered me the moon.
04:06I made mistakes.
04:07I'm hoping for the chance to make up for them.
04:09Actually, you leveraged an incredibly painful situation to your advantage.
04:13So you'll forgive me if the humility rings a little false.
04:17But feel free to try it on with the rest of the staff.
04:20See if it plays.
04:22I've signed all the paperwork with HR.
04:26May I see patients?
04:27Your assignments are at the nurse's station.
04:34You went into her desk?
04:35We had no other choice.
04:36And if she needs to keep syringes in her drawer, that tells you how acute her condition must be.
04:40Okay, but hang on.
04:41She did an absolutely brilliant job with Dante and with Charlie.
04:44The hand trimmer was right after the surgery with Charlie.
04:47And it was bad.
04:51I thought Richard coming back was going to be the top story today.
04:54She's putting patients at risk, Jake.
04:59All right.
05:00Yeah, I'll talk to her.
05:01Before she performs another surgery.
05:03Yes, Sonia.
05:06You did the right thing bringing this to me.
05:08Now just get on with your days and keep this to yourselves.
05:10All right?
05:16Don't let one doctor's careless mistake ruin your life.
05:20If you suspect you've been the victim of malpractice, one click for your MD fix.
05:26Oh, my God.
05:27Oh, my God.
05:27And Amy pulled him?
05:29No, you can relax.
05:31I requested you.
05:32Because I'm the only one here who doesn't hate you?
05:34Because you're the best.
05:35Even with the head injury, so I'm told.
05:37So you and I never had any run-ins.
05:39Now I tried, but you always kept it tight.
05:42Morning.
05:43Looks like we're together today.
05:45Sounds like a migraine pattern.
05:46Yeah, but it's unusual for it to present so late in life.
05:49Maybe just to wait for my guilty conscience.
05:51Uh-oh.
05:52Looks like we got a hater.
05:54Well, he's not wrong.
05:55Your job is pretty stressful.
05:57I keep a pretty good lid on it.
05:59I spend a week every quarter, my time sharing the keys,
06:02my daily regimen of CBD gummies,
06:05and I soak at the naturopathic spa next door.
06:07It keeps me humming.
06:09Okay, well, we are going to treat the symptoms of your headache,
06:12and I'm going to order a CT and an MRI, just to be sure.
06:18One click for your MD fix.
06:24No, he said he would be there.
06:26He works from home.
06:28Call the number he gave you, and he'll give it to you.
06:31Everything okay?
06:32It's my cousin.
06:33He's looking for my e-bike.
06:34I had to leave here when the ambulance came.
06:36It was pretty cold to be out riding last night.
06:39Deliver food.
06:40That's how I make money.
06:41If I don't have that bike, I have nothing.
06:44Dr. Miller?
06:45Looks like we're up.
06:47Okay.
06:50Your blood test indicates you have chronic kidney failure.
06:53This ultrasound will help us figure out the problem,
06:55and we'll go from there, okay?
06:57Okay.
07:03How often do you urinate on an average day?
07:06I try not to.
07:08Uh, what do you mean?
07:09I don't understand.
07:10Most restaurants won't let us use their bathrooms,
07:13even though we're making half their business.
07:15I have to go out of my way to find one,
07:17and that means money out of my pocket.
07:18So you don't drink anything while you're working?
07:21Nothing, not water, nothing?
07:23I drink a little, but I try not to take any breaks.
07:26Howdy got a public lunation ticket for $500,
07:29so now I do not risk it.
07:30I understand that, but...
07:32I barely make enough to leave here as it is,
07:34and everything else I send to my country
07:36to bring over my family.
07:39My, uh, wife and son.
07:42Beautiful.
07:43I'm a father, too,
07:44so I understand what we have to do for our families,
07:47but something has to change.
07:49You are dehydrating your body,
07:51and the urine you are making is pooling in your kidneys
07:53because you're not relieving yourself.
07:55So, we're going to need to...
07:58Did you get it?
08:01Okay, good, good.
08:02Uh, bring it here.
08:04No, I need it tonight, Amu.
08:06Abe.
08:06Then have my heart, bring it.
08:07Abe.
08:09Oh, hold on.
08:10Forget about your bike for a second.
08:12You are very sick,
08:13and if you continue this way,
08:15you're going to kill yourself.
08:23Um, uh, Matt Damon's last friend,
08:25he just played Batman.
08:26Uh, Ben Affleck.
08:27Yep.
08:28Yeah!
08:31Oh, Michael, oh, my God, this could only be you.
08:33Okay, it's Danny's favorite cartoon character.
08:36Uh, they're always looking around,
08:38there's a...
08:39Oh, uh, uh, Dorothy Explorer.
08:40Yes.
08:41Let's go.
08:42Time, time, time.
08:45Nice.
08:47Dorothy Explorer is not a celebrity.
08:49No one more famous in our house.
08:51How many was that?
08:52Was it nine?
08:53I counted eight.
08:54Nine.
08:54Nine.
08:56Ouch.
08:56Killed us.
09:00Uh-oh.
09:01Hospital.
09:01I feel like there's some kind of telepathy going on over there.
09:04We never should have put the two most competitive people
09:06on a team together.
09:06We're not winning by that much.
09:08Oh.
09:09Yeah, we're winning by a lot, actually.
09:11Sorry to host and run, but I gotta head in.
09:14Mooney's got pleuritic pain and shortness of breath.
09:16He's my patient.
09:17I'll go.
09:18No, no, no.
09:18You did a double yesterday and I'm on call.
09:20What, are you running for office?
09:21Just an incredibly generous guy.
09:23Mm-hmm.
09:23I'll update you once from there.
09:25Well, now maybe the rest of us have a chance.
09:27My word.
09:28New teams.
09:29New teams.
09:29New teams.
09:30Go.
09:30Oh, Betty.
09:34Did you forget that we had one of our sessions scheduled?
09:38Morning's just getting away from me.
09:40Nora's mom was going to take Simon today, but she's under the weather,
09:42so we won't be alone.
09:44I can forgive the intrusion as long as you hand me this handsome little man right this instant.
09:50Hey there, you sweet thing.
09:56I assume Amy told you about the big revelation.
10:00About Nora?
10:01Of course.
10:02You're not ready to string me up?
10:04Come on, Michael.
10:05I know what life was like in that house.
10:07Explains it.
10:08Doesn't excuse it.
10:12And how are things with Nora now?
10:14Over.
10:16Is that what you want?
10:19From the moment Amy looked at me after her accident, I think it was inevitable.
10:27I'm sorry.
10:29Yeah.
10:32And now she's with Jake.
10:35Isn't she?
10:36Well, Joan's forbidden it.
10:38Come on.
10:38I saw them at the funeral.
10:43You know, Wendy's out of town.
10:45I'm free for dinner.
10:46Maybe after you give this little guy back to his mama?
10:51Yeah.
10:52Yeah, that'd be great.
10:56I thought the pain meds were supposed to kick in right now.
10:59His head's pounding and he's burning up.
11:00I'm thinking it's a raging infection.
11:02We should start septriaxone and vancomycin.
11:04After a spinal tap.
11:05A spinal tap?
11:06I'm concerned that you may have bacterial meningitis.
11:09Yeah, but a tap could go seriously wrong.
11:11Anything could go seriously wrong.
11:13Look, we don't have to be so thorough.
11:16For sure.
11:17We could be more risk averse if we make you feel more comfortable.
11:19Okay.
11:20I see your point.
11:22All right, do the tap.
11:29Sonia!
11:33What do you want, Dr. Miller?
11:36A fair shot at doing my job?
11:38With some measure of collegiality?
11:45Look, I know it must be brutal walking back in here, but you are radioactive and I have
11:51ambitions of my own, so if you wouldn't mind.
11:59Right, and that was when?
12:02Okay.
12:05Yes, I need to be on that.
12:08And give me a text.
12:13Hey, um, I might need to schedule a patient for a surgery later.
12:16I was wondering if Dr. Ridley was available.
12:20She's not on board.
12:21You want to book her or ask her?
12:23Um, no, no, I can do it if it comes to that.
12:26Can you just let me know if anything changes?
12:38I was wondering how you feel you're lining up against Dr. Larson.
12:42In terms of the chief resident position?
12:44No, in terms of your taste in lingerie.
12:46Right, sorry.
12:47I had to leave early the day you were going to evaluate each other.
12:50Yeah, um, honestly...
12:52Oh, whenever anybody says honestly, it makes me wonder if they haven't been honest before.
12:59We both did very well that day, and it's always difficult judging an apple versus an orange.
13:06And subsequently?
13:08Well, you've been out.
13:09At conferences.
13:10Right.
13:13So, I wasn't aware you wanted us to continue evaluating each other's work.
13:16Oh, I thought that was understood.
13:18I guess I'll have to talk to Dr. Larson as well.
13:21I'm willing to do whatever it takes.
13:22Well, that should go without saying.
13:24In the meantime, I see you still haven't completed all your vascular access for ultrafiltration procedures.
13:30Not yet, no.
13:31I haven't had the opportunity.
13:32Well, it's going to be a busy day for you then.
13:35Dr. Miller will oversee.
13:38We can't always like everyone we work with.
13:41Thanks.
13:56All hail the chief.
14:01You spoken to him yet?
14:03We had words this morning.
14:06Don't plan to make it a habit.
14:08I snubbed him.
14:11I appreciate your loyalty.
14:12But he is an attending and you're a resident.
14:15You're still going to have to work under him.
14:16So, no short-sheeting the beds next time he's on call?
14:19The tube runs from the patient's vascular access point and connects to the pump here.
14:26Okay.
14:27Got it.
14:28This is a pump without valves.
14:31Exactly.
14:32Yes.
14:33I studied chemical engineering in my country.
14:35We use something similar to handle chemicals like this.
14:38And let me guess, your engineering degree isn't valid here.
14:42I had an okay life when I was by myself.
14:45But now that I have a son, I want him to have a future more than me.
14:50You don't appreciate what you have in this country.
14:53I'm sure that's true.
14:54But if you want to take care of your family, you need to be healthy.
14:58You ready?
14:58Yeah.
14:59Mm-hmm.
15:00Okay.
15:04The local anesthetic should have taken effect by now.
15:07Can you feel it if I pinch you here?
15:09No.
15:10It's numb.
15:11Okay.
15:11I'm going to insert the needle into your vein now.
15:14Okay.
15:26What's happening?
15:28I think we may have a complication.
15:30Just try and stay calm, okay?
15:32O2 sets are dropping.
15:33Lung collapsed.
15:34We need a chest tube set up.
15:37Abe, it's going to be okay.
15:39We're going to fix this.
15:45All right.
15:47And how would you rate your pain level on a scale from one to ten?
15:52Oh, probably six.
15:54Okay.
15:54There's nothing compared to what Sylvia's been going through.
15:57I'm sorry, who's Sylvia?
15:58Oh, that's my wife.
15:59She's at home with the shingles.
16:03Dr. Larson.
16:04Um...
16:04Mr. Mooney, good to see you.
16:07You can't play celebrity with five people.
16:10O2 sets and blood pressure dropping.
16:12I just ordered a CT angio.
16:13Yeah, absolutely.
16:16We've got to get you home to Sylvia.
16:18Ray, can you get him to radiology?
16:20Yeah, of course.
16:23Somehow I knew you were going to come in.
16:25Oh, I wouldn't have been able to sleep anyway.
16:27You may want to take a look at that.
16:29You think I care too much?
16:30I'm not sure that's a thing, but maybe too hard on yourself?
16:33That's my fuel, baby.
16:35As long as you don't blow yourself up.
16:43It's okay.
16:44You've got us.
16:56Okay, I know you're scared, but we're going to take care of this.
16:59Now I'm going to count to three, and I want you to give me a deep breath, okay?
17:05One, two, three.
17:09You barely moved my neck now.
17:11I thought you were supposed to be doing something.
17:12We are.
17:13What we're doing just is not working yet.
17:14You probably get off seeing me like this.
17:16No, we don't, Donnie.
17:18We want to make sick people better, even people who are hostile to us.
17:21Okay, well, did you get the results of my spinal tap yet?
17:24Yes, it's clean, which rules out bacterial, viral, and parasitic meningitis.
17:29Okay, so now what?
17:30My best guess is autoimmune meningitis.
17:32What do you mean, best guess?
17:34After all your years trying malpractice cases, you must know that medicine is more probability
17:39and instinct than widgets.
17:41Okay, so let's say this is what I have.
17:43How do you treat it?
17:44It's autoimmune, which means...
17:45A heavy dose of steroids.
17:47That's right, but we're going to need your permission to proceed with that course of action.
17:51Well, what are the downsides?
17:54Could raise your blood pressure.
17:55Heart palpitations are quite possible.
17:58Hyperglycemia, hypokalemia, less likely, but have been reported.
18:01Swelling in the hands and feet, weight gain, mood alterations are all on the docket,
18:04and in rare cases, seizures and psychosis.
18:07So, it's up to you if you want to risk it.
18:09This can't really be your bedside manner.
18:11Oh, we think it's important to give you all the information.
18:14Psychosis is pretty rare.
18:16Okay, give me the steroids.
18:17I'll go get them.
18:22I thought I had a private room.
18:24Your PPO only gets you a two-banger.
18:26We spend a lot on malpractice insurance.
18:28It just bumps the rates up on everything.
18:33Okay.
18:35Easy.
18:37Leaking aneurysm in his kidneys.
18:39Probably his renal artery, damaged from urine backup.
18:42Is this because of what's happened before?
18:44No, no, it has nothing to do with that.
18:46Hey, what happened before?
18:48Call Dr. Ridley.
18:50Tell her to prep the OR.
18:53What are you waiting for?
18:54Call her.
18:57Okay.
18:58Easy, doesn't it?
19:04Oh, hey.
19:10Hey.
19:10Do you have a second?
19:11Yeah, well, I just got called into emergency surgery, so make it quick.
19:14Yeah, it's about that, actually, so I already talked to Swanson to see if he was available
19:18to take it instead.
19:21You mind telling me why?
19:23Um, yeah, so I'm afraid that you might be sick.
19:32And what would possibly make you say that?
19:35People have seen some troubling things.
19:37What people?
19:38What things?
19:38It's not important.
19:40Well, it might be to me if my chief resident is going to throw around these kinds of accusations.
19:44Not an accusation, just a concern.
19:47You think I would be a danger to my patients after what you have seen from me recently?
19:53I'm sorry, but I think that if you were in my shoes, you'd be taking the same precautions.
20:03Well, I happen to have a full plate today anyway, so if Swanson wants it, he can be my guest.
20:08Okay.
20:10Mm-hmm.
20:18Oh, no.
20:20Pulmonary embolism.
20:22I don't think he can survive a thrombectomy.
20:26You disagree?
20:27What would you do?
20:28Bomb him with heparin?
20:30And serial ultrasounds to monitor.
20:33If the clot hasn't resolved in 12 hours, we reassess?
20:38I'd probably be more aggressive than that, but it's a coin toss.
20:43It's your call.
20:47Finally starting to feel like my old self again.
20:48Dr. Larson has pretty good instincts.
20:51You are responding well to the steroids.
20:53Your inflammation's down, and your temperature's leveling up.
20:56Oh.
20:57Hey.
20:58Too bad things didn't work out so well for my roommate.
21:00Can you just stick to being a patient for 10 minutes?
21:02I don't know, man.
21:03He said something was wrong.
21:04And then those docs, they got all squirrely about it.
21:07Uh, Dr. Coleman?
21:11What, are you guys going into cover-up mode?
21:13It's not nice to keep secrets.
21:23This has nothing to do with the collapse loan.
21:27And everyone's bungled a central line.
21:29Everyone.
21:30I know that.
21:31Okay, then stop blaming yourself.
21:37You weren't there a few weeks ago.
21:39I was sharing a patient with Amy.
21:44We fought about what to do.
21:46She was right.
21:47And I refused to listen.
21:51It killed him.
21:55He was 17.
21:58Well, she's not always right.
22:02And when we make a mistake, there's only one thing we can do.
22:07Lie about it and cover it up?
22:14Get back on the horse.
22:17Fight another day.
22:20Your patient's cousin's outside.
22:22We'll also talk to you.
22:26What's happening?
22:27Will Abe be okay?
22:29He's in the operating room now.
22:30Surgeons are fixing an aneurysm in one of the arteries that feeds blood to his kidneys.
22:35Dr. Mitra.
22:40I checked your patient's chart.
22:42You collapsed his lung, placing his ultrafiltration access.
22:46So, Dr. Ridley got to you.
22:47What?
22:48What are you talking about?
22:49We're in a steel cage death match for chief resident.
22:51Now you're looking at my patient's files.
22:53No.
22:53I'm here because my patient is a malpractice lawyer.
22:57And he somehow got wind of your mistake.
22:59And you're here to...
23:01To protect you and the hospital.
23:02And Richard will throw you under the bus.
23:05So, tell me what happened.
23:15Damn it.
23:16There goes the ureter.
23:18Ureter's flooding the field.
23:19I need suction now.
23:20What do you want to do?
23:22Well, the field's contaminated.
23:23I can't risk an infection with a synthetic graft.
23:27I brought his bike here.
23:29When do you think he can start working again?
23:31Dr. Miller.
23:33Uh, give me a minute.
23:37We had some complications.
23:38There's an issue with the surgery.
23:42That's the current the aneurysm.
23:44He's stable for now.
23:45You can't just place the graft and pump him full of antibiotics.
23:48I told you.
23:48It makes more sense to leave the complex reconstruction until he's cooled down.
23:52For how long?
23:53A couple weeks.
23:53No.
23:54He can't be out of work that long.
23:56I leave for vacation tomorrow.
23:58So, it'll have to be someone else if you want it done any sooner.
24:00So, that's why you're punting the hard part.
24:02I stepped in at the last minute here.
24:04It was supposed to be Ridley.
24:05Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go close him up.
24:07It's your call how you want to handle it from here.
24:09Yeah.
24:10Is there a problem?
24:13Abe is stable.
24:15Okay?
24:16Uh, there was a complication.
24:17And we are still trying to work out the next step.
24:19So, if you could just wait over there and just give us a moment to talk this through.
24:22Okay?
24:23Thanks, Mahat.
24:26Why did he say Dr. Ridley was supposed to do the surgery?
24:30I had nothing to do with that change.
24:31And Swanson is usually pretty reliable.
24:34Now, I'm not blaming you.
24:35I'm just trying to figure out what happened.
24:37That malpractice lawyer is sniffing around.
24:39He knows a mistake was made earlier.
24:42And now we have this to deal with.
24:45Okay.
24:46Well, look.
24:47That could have happened to anyone.
24:49And I was the one supervising.
24:51So, no matter what happens, I've got your back.
25:03All right.
25:04Down we go.
25:10Oh, I didn't know you had company.
25:11Oh, finally got him down.
25:13But you don't need to whisper.
25:14We want him to get used to voices.
25:16Do you remember how quiet we tried to be with Katie?
25:18We practically turned her into a Fabergé egg.
25:20Small kids, small problems, huh?
25:23Uh, I wanted to give you the heads up.
25:26There is a potential perfect storm brewing downstairs.
25:29Oh?
25:29Donnie Glick was admitted this morning.
25:32Oh, God.
25:33Don't tell me we misdiagnosed him.
25:34No, we're treating him for autoimmune meningitis, and he's stable.
25:37But his roommate's had some missteps, and I'm afraid Donnie's going to be sniffing around.
25:42I didn't want you to get blindsided.
25:44He's got Max on speed dial, so I appreciate the heads up.
25:48Richard will give you the complete record when he's out of surgery.
25:50It's certainly good to have him back.
25:53How's that going?
25:54I told him that I would nail him to the wall the first mistake he makes.
25:57Perfect.
25:58I mean, that's the kind of camaraderie I've been trying to foster here.
26:02What was that, 90 seconds?
26:04May I?
26:06Oh, sure.
26:10Oh, here.
26:14For the germs.
26:23Still got the touch.
26:26Yeah.
26:27Emile Franklin returned.
26:28You're 4 p.m.
26:29We'll be able to meet you here.
26:30Oh, great.
26:31Thanks, Paul.
26:34Emile Franklin, the headhunter?
26:37You know how rocky things have been.
26:39Just keeping my options open.
26:42Yeah, I mean, can't blame you if you're not happy here.
26:45But I don't think the hospital could stand losing you right now.
26:50I appreciate that.
26:53You know, I think he's going to need some more rocking.
26:57Hey, Betty.
26:59Hey, what's going on?
27:00Donnie Glick just had a seizure.
27:02Okay.
27:03I will be right there.
27:05We're missing something.
27:07What if a sinus infection broke through to his brain?
27:10That would have shown in the spinal tap.
27:12Not if the bacteria hadn't reached his brain yet.
27:15You said his nose bled when he seized?
27:17Mm-hmm.
27:18It's possible that the steroid treatment weakened his immune system.
27:21And then the bacteria broke through.
27:23Could be staph.
27:24It could be strep.
27:25It could be H-fruit.
27:27You know, he is a regular at a naturopathic spa.
27:31Could be an aglera fowleri.
27:33A brain-eating amoeba?
27:34You know, sometimes when there's hoofbeats, it's actually a zebra.
27:37Don't tell me to tell you that.
27:40We should find out how they treat their water.
27:47Yes, it was the issue with his blood clot.
27:52We did everything we could.
27:57I'm...
27:58I'm so sorry, Sylvia.
28:06Okay, we'll be waiting for you when you get here.
28:13I never should have come in tonight.
28:16No.
28:18A thrombectomy could have killed him.
28:20Well, you thought he could handle it?
28:22Well, maybe I was wrong.
28:23If one more clot was enough to tip him over, then he was...
28:27He was so close to the edge.
28:28Are you just saying that, Richard?
28:36It was a 50-50 call, and they were two bad choices.
28:41Sometimes we flip a coin and we lose.
28:44You know that?
28:50When it doesn't get any easier, we just get stronger.
28:58Get back on the horse.
29:00Fight another day.
29:11We called that spa, and it turns out they don't use chlorine in their pools, which means that they can
29:16become a petri dish for bacteria and parasites.
29:19Who doesn't use chlorine in 2025?
29:21They called it a proprietary blend of natural cleansers.
29:25So, because they rely on sunshine and rainbows for their sanitation, I might have a parasite in my brain?
29:33Something in that water is infecting your brain.
29:36It might be bacterial or an amoeba.
29:39An amoeba?
29:40The nosebleed is why we think it's an amoeba.
29:42Look, if we're right, the steroids sped up what the amoeba would have done on its own, but it may
29:46have saved your life because it exposed it to us.
29:50Okay.
29:51And if you're wrong?
29:52We have two choices.
29:54We assume it's bacterial and start a very strong regimen of antibiotics.
29:59Or we can induce hypothermia to control the inflammation in your brain and kill the amoeba.
30:06You want to freeze me?
30:07Most doctors wouldn't even give you this option.
30:09They'd be so afraid of litigation.
30:12It is a risk, Donnie, for you and for us.
30:15But our instincts say, this is it.
30:2193.2 and holding.
30:23Starting another chilled bag of saline now.
30:2792.8.
30:3092.6.
30:32EEG suppressed.
30:3491.6.
30:35He's within range.
30:42I'm really sorry, Abe, but there was a complication, and so we weren't able to complete the surgery.
30:49What does that mean?
30:50You're going to have to wear a urine bag until we can remove the urostomy stent and place a synthetic
30:55graft, and that will complete the procedure.
30:57But when would that be?
30:59I need to get back to work.
31:02You brought my bag, yeah?
31:03I brought it.
31:04It's outside the hospital.
31:06Okay.
31:06Hey, so when can they fix me?
31:09Well, we have to do this right away.
31:11We understand that, Abe, but the surgeon who started it can't finish, so just give us some time to find
31:17another solution.
31:18This is happening because of the problem with my lung from before.
31:22No.
31:22These other problems are a separate issue, but unfortunately, many things have gone wrong today.
31:35Uh, sir?
31:37Ranjit Reddy's here to see you?
31:39Oh, damn it.
31:40Um, one sec.
31:49Okay, send him in.
31:53Ranjit.
31:54Hey.
31:54It's great to see you again.
31:55Me too.
31:56How's life treating you in Rochester?
31:57Yeah, I can't complain.
31:58I was surprised you wanted to take this meeting here, but now I see why.
32:03Yeah.
32:03Nora had a full plate, so I ended up with Simon today.
32:06Yeah.
32:07I heard you're two separated.
32:10Right.
32:11Yeah.
32:12Still working that out.
32:14Yeah.
32:15So you're interested in joining the mail?
32:19Well, I'd at least like to hear about the opening.
32:22To be honest, Michael, I don't know if it would be a good fit.
32:27If that's the case, I'm sorry to drag you out here.
32:31I wanted to tell you myself.
32:32I appreciate that.
32:33Is it the issues with Yunos, or?
32:36Obviously, that relationship is very important for us, but it's not just that.
32:41You've had the hostage crisis, the cyber attacks, Dixon lawsuit.
32:45Yeah.
32:46Had some bad breaks.
32:47Yeah, that's one way to look at it.
32:51So, you're saying I'm likely to run into this issue wherever I go?
32:54Well, I don't know what your level of urgency for change is, but-
32:57Well, it's pretty high, Ranjit.
32:59I mean, you know what Max is like.
33:00Yeah, well, suits are suits.
33:02Can't say our guy's much better.
33:03I get that, but I think a fresh start-
33:06Look, Michael, what I'm trying to say is, I think you should lay low for a while.
33:11Give people a chance to put all this drama in the rear view.
33:18Sure.
33:20Makes sense.
33:21Thanks for the advice.
33:23Latsy stable, respiration 18.
33:26We're getting consistent flow.
33:31Thanks for coming.
33:32I didn't want you to hear it from anyone else.
33:34I thought we had an understanding here.
33:35Dr. Swanson just tanked a surgery I could have done with my eyes closed, and that got
33:39me thinking, who is this resident walking into my office with these accusations?
33:44They're not accusations.
33:45Oh, they most certainly were accusations, Dr. Heller.
33:49Rumors and accusations from people who don't have the courage to step out of the shadows.
33:53Our only concern, Joan, is the patients.
33:56It's Dr. Ridley.
33:57And may I remind you, I have been far more generous with my colleagues than you were today.
34:03Remember?
34:03Remember that illegal shot from Mexico, and then the ensuing cover-up between you and
34:08your paramour?
34:11You think I haven't seen you arriving every morning in perfect formation, 10 minutes apart?
34:16Okay, so what?
34:17You've just been waiting for the chance to play that card?
34:18It's not a card.
34:20It's not a game.
34:22You make her happy.
34:23Everyone can see that.
34:24And she's my friend.
34:25But it is a bit rich, you walking in here and thinking you know what's ethical and what's
34:31right.
34:32So I will leave you with this.
34:34I would never endanger a patient, and my surgeries don't have complications.
34:55Uh, Dacron graft is in place.
34:59Ureter is fully repaired.
35:01He's still looking at about two weeks before he can be active, but we'll urine back.
35:06Great work.
35:07Thank you, Dr. Ridley.
35:08I read his report.
35:10Sounds like you botched the central line and never even got to ultrafiltration.
35:14His lung collapsed, but I was...
35:15The point is how she recovered.
35:16She immediately recognized the problem, kept the patient calm, and placed the chest tube
35:21flawlessly.
35:22And he was my procedure, so if you need to put it on someone, put it on me.
35:28No need to martyr yourself for points, Dr. Miller.
35:39That's just your style.
35:41I wouldn't worry.
35:42It's not that.
35:50What the hell happened?
35:52She pulled rank.
35:53She did her own thing.
35:54She basically dared me to go to Dr. Hamdar, the board.
35:56Well, it sounds like that's what's called for.
35:58And drag you and TJ into this?
35:59No way.
36:00I'm not going to do that.
36:01And I'm not letting either one of you do that behind my back, so just don't even think
36:04about it.
36:05I mean, she did operate on my patient today and did a good job.
36:10Again.
36:11So maybe we were wrong, and we should wait.
36:14I don't...
36:15I don't know.
36:15I just...
36:16I don't know right now.
36:17Just get out of your heads and let me deal with it.
36:19That doesn't feel good, man.
36:21Hey, hey, Liz, can you just give us a minute?
36:28Hey, look.
36:29You did everything you could do.
36:31All right?
36:31I mean it.
36:32Well, sorry we got you into this.
36:34No.
36:35Do the right thing.
36:37Just let it go.
36:44Feeling better?
36:46My head still hurts, but nothing compared to before.
36:50Did you get it?
36:51We got it.
36:52Your brain is intact.
36:56So listen, I know I'm not the guy you wanted to stick your neck out for, and you think I'm
37:03kind of a scumbag, so I should probably tell you, uh, this is the second time I've almost
37:09died in a hospital.
37:11First time I was 26, back in law school.
37:15Went in for a routine abdominal procedure.
37:18Doctor nicked an artery.
37:21Soed me right up.
37:22For the next three days, I had so much stomach pain, I thought I was going to faint.
37:27They gave me pain meds, anti-nausea meds, kept telling me it was normal, even after I started
37:33throwing up like crazy.
37:34They made all kinds of excuses.
37:36Day four, I was in sepsis, in the ICU, whole nine yards.
37:42My parents were there thinking they're going to lose me.
37:46The hospital never took responsibility.
37:50I didn't have any money to hire a lawyer, so that was that.
37:54No justice, no consequences for the doctors, everything just swept under the rug.
38:02So, that's why I do what I do.
38:06You don't tell that story in your commercials.
38:09I don't trade on my trauma, but this is personal for me.
38:13I'm sorry that happened to you.
38:16And I understand that what you do is necessary.
38:21But maybe you could look a little more closely at who you go after.
38:26I'll leave Dr. Matra alone, as a gesture.
38:29You wouldn't win that one, Donnie.
38:31It would just be frivolous and good people would get hurt.
38:34That's my point.
38:35I'll think about that.
38:37But you answer me this.
38:39You know any doctors who've gotten away with stuff they shouldn't have?
38:46We will figure something out.
38:47But what?
38:48I understand how hard it is to be separated from your family, but you need to find a way to
38:52take care of your health.
38:53I'm sorry to interrupt, but I might be able to help.
38:56What would you say to joining Westside Hospital as a porter?
39:01What is that?
39:02All these people that you see doing things like making beds, delivering meals, moving patients around, they're porters.
39:09And they would hire me just like that.
39:12I just got off the phone with the head of the department.
39:14If you want it, the job's yours as soon as you're recovered.
39:18They've got a union, benefits, and maybe once you get your family over here, you can go to night school
39:23and get that degree in chemical engineering.
39:26I bet you do it in half the time since you already studied in your home country.
39:30I don't know what to say, Dr. Amila.
39:35Thank you so much.
39:38I'll have someone come by with the paperwork in the next day or two.
39:48Jess.
39:48Hey.
39:51That was pretty amazing, what you just did.
39:55Sadly, it was pretty easy.
39:57He just had to end up here and come across somebody in a position to help.
40:04I also appreciate what you did for me today with Joan.
40:09I just hope you did it for the right reasons.
40:31I can catch the next one.
40:33It's fine.
40:36It's fine.
40:39It's fine.
40:40It's fine.
40:42It's fine.
40:50I heard you've been getting some of your memories back.
40:54I really do hope you get them all.
41:12So, Richard's back.
41:13That's new.
41:14Please, don't get me started.
41:15It kind of seems like Max isn't valuing your opinion much these days.
41:18Oh, you think?
41:20Well, I mean, at least you get to take your paternity leave at the office now.
41:23One of the perks of being abandoned by your wife and disenfranchised by your boss?
41:28Plenty of nap time.
41:30I gotta say, he is really cute, though.
41:33I mean, it's almost enough to make a girl think twice about her life choices.
41:37Come on.
41:38Really?
41:38I mean, that'd be a long shot.
41:39But it was really nice seeing you back in that mode.
41:43It always suited you.
41:46I don't know.
41:48What?
41:49It's something Amy said yesterday.
41:53She thinks I've changed, but I don't want to admit it.
41:57Of course you've changed.
41:58I mean, for the worse.
42:00I think you've become more vigilant and operating more from a place of fear.
42:05But that's to be expected, given everything you've been through.
42:08Well, I don't want that anymore.
42:10Is that why you had the guy from the mayo in your office today?
42:12You heard about that?
42:13With everything you've got going on, Katie going off to school,
42:15I'm pretty sure you're staring a midlife crisis squarely in the face right about now.
42:20Okay, maybe not a Porsche,
42:22but it feels like it's going to be time for a bachelor pad and a fresh start.
42:27Maybe I'll get back to my roots, start tending bar again.
42:32You'd have the ladies lining up to tell you their problems.
42:36That's all I need.
42:37Oh, Dr. Hamda.
42:41Listen, I say let her rip.
42:43The chips will fall where they may.
42:49To letting it rip.
42:51Hmm, and a Porsche.
43:09Are you sticking out my doorway?
43:13We gotta talk about Joan.
43:16Bye.
43:17Bye-bye.
43:18Bye-bye.
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