00:45What the fuck?
00:57Oh, for God's sake.
01:05Oh, man.
01:14Who is that?
01:15Does that care?
01:17Hey, why am I in the RV?
01:18Everything you put in here for me is wrong.
01:21What's the matter?
01:22You're the one that wanted to see America.
01:25You stay in the RV.
01:30Oh, Carrie.
01:32Your face.
01:33No, no, no.
01:34Don't change the subject.
01:36When have you ever seen me wear this?
01:40You liked him at Christmas.
01:43I look like a deranged toddler.
01:47Anything you need?
01:49Yes.
01:50My own bed.
01:52What are you talking?
01:52That RV mattress is very comfortable.
01:55I sprung for the memory foam.
01:58Great.
01:58You sleep on it.
02:00Ah, stroke waffle.
02:04Fluffer nutter.
02:08Oh, Christ.
02:09You pee like an old man.
02:12Oh.
02:14And some of it in the toilet.
02:16Wait a minute.
02:17Where'd you go?
02:34Let me see if you know where this is.
02:38Here you are, you little son of a bitch.
02:40Just put that there.
02:47Where are you?
02:49I've been trying to track down the fucker that's eating my apocalypse kale.
02:53Everyone with the kale.
02:55Whatever happened to spinach?
02:58Oh.
03:00Oh.
03:02Oh, there you are.
03:04I'm better off at a hotel.
03:07No, got hotel rooms have more germs than the hospital.
03:11I just spent a week doing 10-hour shifts.
03:13Forgive me for not wanting to go camping.
03:16Did you get any sleep?
03:18Not really.
03:19But it gave me time to write up my findings for the board.
03:22Well, that's a plus.
03:24Which I could have done faster if I was at my writing desk,
03:26which we had made for this very reason.
03:29You know the transmission rates.
03:31Yeah, I do.
03:32I just spent half my night reviewing the data.
03:35I mean, Savannah General is extremely safe,
03:37and I've taken all the precautions.
03:38I mean, look at my hands, practically down to the bone from the washing.
03:42I know.
03:43I know it's not ideal, but what's the alternative?
03:47I let you in, and we both die of the COVID?
03:50Oh, you're so dramatic.
03:5380% of all deaths are people in our age group,
03:55and I keep reading about doctors exposed to peak viral loads.
03:59All right, now you are starting to spiral into Xander CAT scan territory.
04:05Well, if it had been up to me,
04:07he never would have had that skate ramp in the first place.
04:10It was a little bump on the head.
04:12I know you're not worried,
04:14because your Wonder Woman immune system can fight anything off,
04:18but I don't want you to have to watch this body fall apart.
04:24Please.
04:25I've been watching you fall apart for 40 long years.
04:30All the more reason we be careful, you know.
04:33I've got to keep these chesticles intact.
04:36Chesticles?
04:37Wait, six feet.
04:38Come on.
04:38Oh, Jesus Christ, we're outside.
04:40It's only 14 days,
04:42and then you can make this body fall apart all you want.
04:48What?
04:49Actually, I told the hospital I'd come back next week.
04:56All right, Neil.
05:00Talk to me.
05:01What is there to talk about?
05:03Clearly, you've made up your mind,
05:05like you did about the Waldorf school and the pine tree.
05:09Oh, it was dripping sap on my car.
05:12The hot tub.
05:13Please.
05:14You ended up using it more than I did.
05:16We agreed to one week.
05:17I am trying to save lives here.
05:21Once again,
05:23everybody else comes first.
05:25It is a goddamn global pandemic, Neil.
05:29Don't you feel any responsibility to help?
05:32Yeah, I feel a responsibility to be around for our grandchildren.
05:37And if you think sleeping in an RV is bad,
05:40try dying alone in a hospital bed
05:43while the nurse gives your ventilator
05:45to the 30-year-old in the next room.
05:47All right.
05:50What?
05:51Carolyn,
05:53we're not done here.
06:00You made those?
06:01Uh-huh.
06:02Wait, they're mud balls?
06:04Uh, no.
06:05The, um,
06:05the Japanese
06:07call it
06:09hikaru doradango,
06:10and it's incredibly meditative.
06:12I mean, look at these babies.
06:13Right?
06:14Total works of art.
06:15Are you smoking pot again?
06:18Sorry, weed.
06:20Some of us never stop, Neil.
06:23At first, it's hard to get them to hold together,
06:25but Linda's the mechanical engineer of the family.
06:29Right.
06:30I bet the mud over by their place is spectacular.
06:35Yeah, maybe so.
06:36But it's not worth getting lynched
06:37by a bunch of redneck vigilantes.
06:40Oh, God, wasn't that awful?
06:42It happened three months ago,
06:44and they still haven't made an arrest.
06:46I'd rather stay inside anyway
06:48and spend some quiet time
06:49with my number-one gal.
06:52His only gal.
06:54And his wee.
06:55And his gun smoke reruns.
06:58We've been doing that.
07:00Wish we could say the same,
07:02but, uh,
07:03someone has decided
07:05to rejoin the workforce.
07:09I thought it was only a week.
07:10So did I,
07:11but the hospital really needs me.
07:13Oh, well.
07:14Aren't you afraid of catching it?
07:16No, the ICU has extensive safety protocols.
07:20The most deadly virus
07:21that the world has ever seen,
07:23but, uh,
07:24we're all overreacting.
07:29Well,
07:29I, for one,
07:31am proud of you for volunteering.
07:33I'm sure that Neil is, too,
07:36underneath his worries.
07:37Right?
07:39Of course I am.
07:40See?
07:42What did Jess call it?
07:43The boomer-remover.
07:45Fucking millennials.
07:47Or that asshole in Texas
07:48said we all should, uh,
07:50sacrifice our lives
07:52for the sake of the economy.
07:54Well, you hit 65.
07:55The world thinks you're irrelevant.
07:57That's why Ken and Joanne
07:58moved to that place in Florida,
08:00so they could be around people our age.
08:02Yeah, but retirement village
08:04sounds like purgatory.
08:06Well, wait a minute.
08:07Kind of.
08:08Wait a minute.
08:08I thought your purgatory
08:09was the dude ranch.
08:12No, no.
08:13I loved the dude ranch.
08:15That was all Neil.
08:16Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
08:17There were no helmets.
08:18It was a guided beginner's trail ride.
08:21The horses didn't even break a trot.
08:23Everybody knows cowboys
08:24don't wear helmets.
08:25Well, at least the ones on Gunsmoke.
08:28Horses are dangerous.
08:30You never know
08:30when something's gonna spook them.
08:32They are specifically trained
08:33to follow the ass
08:34in front of them.
08:35You know, I told you,
08:37I believe,
08:38not to book that trip.
08:40But she barreled on ahead,
08:42did it anyway.
08:42It must be exhausting
08:43to be so terrified
08:45of everything.
08:52Thankfully,
08:53you guys have had
08:54many wonderful vacations
08:56since then, right?
08:57Plus, now you have the RV.
09:02A raccoon.
09:03A what?
09:04A raccoon is eating my kale.
09:06Told you it was a raccoon.
09:08You owe me 50 bucks.
09:09I've been putting up
09:10with this whole reason.
09:12I'll be right back.
09:14I gotta scare him off.
09:20Actually, I'm gonna call it a night.
09:22Aw, it's only 9.15.
09:24No, we should get going, too.
09:28So great to see you, Carrie.
09:29Please, please, stay safe.
09:36You brought up the dude ranch?
09:44Hey, I, uh,
09:48are you eating
09:50straight from the block?
09:51What, now I'm supposed to eat
09:54the way you want me to?
09:55God, I-I-I-I-I am so sick
09:59of rehashing all this shit.
10:00Well, then stop trying
10:02to control me.
10:03I'm trying to keep you safe.
10:05Am I cared?
10:07We're-we're finally hitting our groove
10:10on this retirement thing.
10:12I mean, we've reached Valhalla.
10:15Look at this place.
10:17Huh?
10:18I mean, this is what we spent
10:20our lives working for.
10:23Can't we sit back
10:25and enjoy it?
10:29The happiest I have been
10:30since I retired
10:31was the moment I walked back
10:33into the ICU.
10:45Don't kid yourself.
10:47This isn't about work,
10:48is it?
10:49It's me.
10:50I have never been enough for you.
10:53You-you think I'm boring
10:55and cautious.
10:56No, it's not about you.
10:58It's about sitting around
10:58doing nothing all day long.
11:00Some people would call that
11:01spending time together.
11:04Look, I-I know that this is
11:05what we talked about,
11:06but now that we're here,
11:07I feel like a cow
11:08that's been put out to pasture.
11:12Horse.
11:13What?
11:14They put horses out to pasture.
11:17Oh, right.
11:18I'm supposed to follow the ass
11:20in front of me.
11:22Wow.
11:26I didn't mean that, Neil.
11:28I love spending time with you,
11:30but I devoted my life
11:32to becoming an expert
11:33at what I do.
11:34I mean, I feel useful at work.
11:37I feel alive.
11:39You could feel that way, too.
11:41The hospital needs more radiologists.
11:43I don't want to work anymore.
11:47I did my time.
11:49What, are you trying to guilt-trip me
11:51because I'm not you?
11:55I'm sorry.
11:57I don't care.
11:59I always figured our retirement
12:01would be like that semester
12:02in med school
12:03when our Sundays finally lined up
12:06and sleep till noon,
12:09eat our weight in bacon,
12:11and then make love till dinner
12:14with that Steely Dan album
12:16on repeat.
12:21That was a long time ago.
12:28I guess it's selfish of me,
12:31but I want to be with you
12:34as much as possible.
12:39I know you got a
12:40the body of a 40-year-old,
12:43but technically,
12:45we're on the back nine, kid.
12:48And isn't this
12:48what it's all about,
12:50you and me?
12:52Sundays forever?
12:57That much bacon
12:58will get us before the COVID does.
13:00Yeah.
13:04No, I miss those Sundays, too.
13:07I do.
13:09I know.
13:12The hospital.
13:13I know.
13:15They need you right now.
13:18And, you know,
13:19if you want to go back,
13:21I'm not going to try
13:22and stop you.
13:32No, you're right.
13:34I've done my part.
13:35Why push my luck?
13:38Well, you serious?
13:40Yeah.
13:41Let the young people handle it,
13:43right?
13:44Hey, but promise me
13:45no mud ball polishing.
13:47My sanity and your well-being
13:49depend on it.
13:54Pinky schwer stroke waffle.
13:57Fluff or nutter.
14:02Woo!
14:03Trust me.
14:04You'll see when you taste it.
14:05It's not pie
14:06if it doesn't have a crust.
14:08The recipe
14:08is called
14:09crustless apple pie.
14:12Well,
14:13crustless apple pie
14:15is just warm apples.
14:17All right.
14:17Fine.
14:18More for me.
14:21Are you going to put down
14:22a word, slowpoke?
14:24You know,
14:25genius takes time.
14:26And I'm not going to let you
14:28beat me five days in a row.
14:30Oh.
14:31Neil, I got to take this.
14:33Uh-huh.
14:35Jordan, hi.
14:37Carolyn,
14:37so sorry to bug you at home,
14:38but Hogue is the only
14:39long guy on call,
14:40and if he tells me to wait
14:41and fucking see
14:42one more time,
14:43I, I, I will.
14:43I just can't.
14:44All right.
14:45Jordan, Jordan, Jordan.
14:46Take a breath.
14:47Huh?
14:47It's fine.
14:49Tell me what's going on.
14:50Okay.
14:51I got a patient
14:52on a ventilator,
14:53and I tried adjusting
14:54the FiO2,
14:55but his oxygen saturation
14:56is still dropping,
14:57so...
14:58Tidal volume?
14:59Nothing.
15:00Nothing.
15:01Peep.
15:02Yeah.
15:03Tried proning, too,
15:04after Hogue fucking
15:04mansplained it,
15:05but I, I,
15:06I can't keep his sats up.
15:08Okay.
15:08It's blood clots.
15:10Did you try giving TPA?
15:12Shit.
15:13No.
15:14And that's why I interrupted
15:16your perfectly good Sunday,
15:17Carolyn.
15:18I will try that.
15:19There you go.
15:20All right.
15:20Call any time, okay?
15:22Please call me.
15:23I will.
15:24I'll let you know how it goes.
15:25All right.
15:25Bye.
15:30So,
15:31what word did you put down?
15:33Uh,
15:35I'm still,
15:35I'm still thinking.
15:38Hey,
15:39I didn't tell you.
15:40The raccoon trap worked.
15:43Animal control is coming by
15:44to pick him up tomorrow.
15:46That's great.
15:47I sure hope Rocky likes
15:49his new home.
15:50Well,
15:51it turns out
15:52it's illegal
15:53to release raccoons
15:55into the wild
15:56because they don't,
15:57uh, relocate well.
15:59It's more humane
16:00to kill them.
16:02That doesn't sound
16:03very humane.
16:05What can I do?
16:06It's not up to me.
16:08Hold on here.
16:11C-M-A-M-A-H-A.
16:14Ah,
16:14take that.
16:15Wow.
16:1616 points.
16:18You know,
16:18only eight days
16:20until we're doing this
16:21in person
16:22on an actual
16:23Scrabble board.
16:24I picked up
16:26some nitrate-free
16:27turkey bacon
16:28that we can
16:29take to the bedroom
16:30for the rest of the day.
16:33And, uh,
16:34I found that
16:35Steely Dan album
16:36on Spotify.
16:40It's great.
17:04I saw you in the beach.
17:07You were very high.
17:09You were high.
17:12Surely we'll screen out the sorrow
17:15But where I am tomorrow
17:22I can't cry anymore
17:25I can't cry anymore
17:27I can't cry anymore
17:30I can't cry anymore
17:33Break away
17:34Just when it seems so clear
17:38That it's over now
17:40Drink your big black cow
17:43And get out of here
17:56I can't cry anymore
17:57I can't cry anymore
17:59I can't cry anymore
18:02I can't cry anymore
18:03I can't cry anymore
18:03I can't cry anymore
18:03I can't cry anymore
18:03I can't cry anymore
18:03I can't cry anymore
18:03I can't cry anymore
18:04I can't cry anymore
18:04I can't cry anymore
18:04I can't cry anymore
18:05I can't cry anymore
18:06I can't cry anymore
18:07I can't cry anymore
18:08I can't cry anymore
18:38We'll see you next time.
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