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Chicago Med - Season 11 - Episode 16: The Book of Charles
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00:05After that little scare with Anna, I just got this knot in my chest every now and then.
00:11I have decided to step away from teaching because I already found the best possible replacement.
00:17Me?
00:17You must have some kind of protege who's ready to take the reins.
00:20What happened?
00:21I'm thinking about retiring.
00:23I haven't had a panic attack since medical school.
00:27I'm in the candle at both ends.
00:28I started to volunteer at a suicide hotline.
00:31Being the guy on the other end of the line, I don't know, it kind of helps.
01:19Greater Chicago Lifeline, this is Dan.
01:22What's going on tonight?
01:28Hello?
01:31Are you there?
01:32Did I lose you?
01:38I'm here.
01:39Oh, there you are.
01:41Tell me what's happening.
01:44I want to die.
01:48Thank you for your honesty.
01:51I also appreciate you saying that out loud because that's not easy to do.
01:58It's all I can think about.
02:00My brain just keeps, I don't know, running in circles.
02:05It always comes back to that.
02:07I can't eat.
02:08I can't sleep.
02:11Not sleeping absolutely sucks.
02:14Do you mind if I ask your name or at least, you know, what you'd like me to call you?
02:22It's Gio.
02:23Gio.
02:25Okay, Gio.
02:27It was an accident.
02:29It was my fault.
02:31What was?
02:32What was your fault?
02:36I killed my girlfriend.
02:40Okay.
02:42Think it might help to, um, tell me what happened?
02:47Why?
02:48Why?
02:48How would that help?
02:50Well, you know, you said that it was your fault and that it was an accident, which is interesting
02:55because, you know, I mean, accidents are, well, I mean, they're accidents, right?
02:59I mean, they're not on purpose.
03:03We went to a holiday party.
03:05By the end of the night, she was pretty hammered, but I only had a few beers, so I drove
03:11us home.
03:13She started feeling sick, so I was driving pretty fast.
03:18I didn't want her to puke in the car, you know what I mean?
03:20Oh, I sure do.
03:20That's the worst.
03:22Yeah.
03:25We were coming up on a big intersection when the light turned yellow, so I gunned it.
03:34And out of nowhere, a woman stepped into the crosswalk early.
03:40I slammed on my brakes.
03:42I tried to see around her, but the car spun out of control and slammed into a traffic pole on
03:51the passenger side.
03:57When I looked over at her, her eyes were open, but she was gone.
04:07Man, I'm just so sorry, Gio.
04:09That sounds awful.
04:11I mean, awful.
04:12It's like a tape loop in my brain.
04:15It hurts so much, and it never, ever stops.
04:18I need to make it stop.
04:21Okay.
04:21You know, there is a big difference, though, right, between being involved in an accident and intentionally causing someone's death,
04:30right?
04:31And I want you to trust me on this.
04:32Like, grief and guilt are really, really good at blurring the difference.
04:37It was my job to get her home safe.
04:41You want to know what the cruelest thing is about accidents that happen really quickly?
04:45It's that after the fact, we slow them way down, and then we start to play them over and over
04:52again in our head, which creates the illusion that we might have done something differently, right?
04:58That we could have somehow created a different outcome, when the truth is that that was just never, ever going
05:04to happen.
05:09Look, you're clearly a nice guy, but none of this stuff is going to bring her back.
05:15No, it's not.
05:16And I can't even imagine how difficult it must be to accept that.
05:22Gio, can I ask you, do you have anything with you that you might use to hurt yourself tonight?
05:29I couldn't.
05:31Got it.
05:32And, uh, where is the gun right now?
05:37Okay.
05:40Look, I'm going to ask you to do something for me, all right?
05:42And that is, I just want you to put it somewhere, just for now, put it somewhere where you can't
05:47see it.
05:52You still there, buddy?
06:00Sometimes it can actually help to talk about people that we've lost, right?
06:06You think that might help to talk about her a bit?
06:08I mean, there is no wrong answer to this question.
06:11I'm-I'm just asking.
06:15Her name is Darby.
06:20She's gone.
06:22Forever.
06:25You know what?
06:26This-this is a mistake.
06:28What is?
06:30What-
06:31Gio, look.
06:32It's so important that you feel this stuff.
06:35Look, you-
06:35It is.
06:36You can't possibly understand.
06:38It's torture.
06:39Buddy, listen.
06:40And I can't do it anymore.
06:41No, no, you look-
06:42No, no, I'm sorry.
06:44Gio, listen.
06:45Lost like this brings a kind of pain that-that can't be solved or explained away.
06:50You just got to talk about it.
06:51You just got to feel it, right?
06:52But just because you're feeling it doesn't mean you have to act on it.
06:55Feeling guilty doesn't mean you don't deserve-
06:59Gio.
07:23I don't know.
07:25I'm running in circles and it always comes back to that.
07:27I can't eat.
07:28I can't sleep.
07:30I can't sleep.
07:49Hi.
07:50Hi, honey.
07:51How are you doing?
07:52Good.
07:55Oh.
08:01Is everything okay, Dad?
08:03Yeah.
08:04Great.
08:05You're early.
08:07Yeah, the traffic from Evanston was super light.
08:09Okay.
08:10I want you to be honest with me.
08:11What do you miss more?
08:12Me?
08:13Or my state-of-the-art laundry facility?
08:16It's a dead heat.
08:18Oh, man.
08:18You are so adorable when you lie.
08:20I lie because I love Dad.
08:22You know what?
08:23I'm going to make some eggs.
08:24Sugar will only get you so far.
08:26Ugh.
08:27But they're magically delicious.
08:31Oh, whoops.
08:32Oh, sorry about that.
08:34Oh, no.
08:34Don't touch anything.
08:35Oh.
08:39Boxers.
08:41Uh, those are mine.
08:43You wearing men's boxers now?
08:46Uh, it's a thing now.
08:49Okay.
08:52What?
08:53Honey, nothing.
08:54It's none of my business, okay?
08:57Come on, Dad.
08:58I'm asking you to tell me what you were going to say.
08:59I'm just wondering if having a boyfriend is just the best idea right now.
09:03That's all.
09:03I cannot believe you just said that to me.
09:04Honey, you told me that that's what Dr. Drake told you.
09:07Okay.
09:07Note to self, don't tell Dad a goddamn thing about anything ever again.
09:10Quidi, I'm sorry.
09:11Really.
09:12I'm sorry.
09:12Dad, I don't have a boyfriend.
09:14Aren't you worried that a new relationship,
09:16I mean, even a sexual relationship?
09:18Okay, Dad.
09:19Good point.
09:20Fine.
09:21I like to get laid.
09:23Oh, man.
09:23I need to get laid.
09:24No, no, honey, sweetie.
09:25It's like the best antidepressant that I have found so far.
09:28Honey, come on.
09:29Dad, this doesn't have anything to do with me.
09:31This is about you.
09:32Whenever you start fixating on my life,
09:34it means something's going on with you.
09:36It's called projecting.
09:37Yeah, I'm familiar with the concept.
09:39How about deflection?
09:40You ever heard of that one?
09:42Okay, how about this?
09:44You go to work, I'll wash my clothes,
09:46and we'll pretend this conversation never took place.
09:48Okay?
09:52So, could your supervisor trace the call using his phone number?
09:56Only emergency services is allowed to do that.
09:59And get this.
10:00Once we make that move, right?
10:02Once we escalate it, that's it.
10:04No follow-up allowed whatsoever.
10:06It's a legal thing, right?
10:07We are not allowed to find out what happened
10:09in one way or the other.
10:10Damn, that's brutal.
10:12Tell me about it.
10:12Yeah, but look, you did everything you can,
10:14and you don't know what happened,
10:16and maybe that's a good thing.
10:18You also know what you signed up for, right?
10:21Of course I do.
10:22So, come on, Daniel.
10:23You can't save everybody.
10:27Why not?
10:33Oh, hey.
10:34Do you have a moment?
10:36I do.
10:36Uh, talk later?
10:38Maybe a little cocktail after work?
10:40Yes, please.
10:41All right.
10:42I have a patient that just came in.
10:44Travis Abbott says he fell and hit his head,
10:47but he's been knocked around pretty bad.
10:49Uh, there was blood and perineal lacerations
10:51near his rectum,
10:52and his tox screen came back positive for GHB.
10:55Oh, okay.
10:56You're thinking sexual assault?
10:57Yeah, but he won't go there.
10:59Lead the way.
11:02I don't know what the big deal is.
11:03All right?
11:04I had too much to drink.
11:05I tripped and smashed my head in the bathroom.
11:07I just came here to make sure
11:08I didn't have a concussion,
11:09and Dr. Ripley said I don't,
11:10so should I please go home now?
11:13Here's the thing.
11:14We do need to inform you
11:15that we are legally obligated
11:17to reach out to law enforcement
11:18and provide you access to counseling
11:20when we're confronted with evidence.
11:22I wasn't raped.
11:24I'm fine.
11:26Okay.
11:30You know, um,
11:31my dad,
11:32he wasn't around long,
11:34but, uh,
11:34he did teach me to handle pain with silence.
11:37Because that's what real men do, right?
11:40Someone kicks your ass,
11:41you suck it up.
11:42Someone makes you cry,
11:44you suck it up.
11:46But that crap
11:48eats you up inside.
11:51Trust me,
11:52it's not worth it.
11:54You gotta learn to
11:56ask for help.
12:03Oh.
12:04That was super moving,
12:05but none of it applies to me.
12:09Got it.
12:10I really just have one more question.
12:12Screw you.
12:16Go fuss over somebody else.
12:18Who do y'all think you are?
12:19My mama?
12:29Are you creeping on your daughter's Facebook page,
12:32Dr. Charles?
12:33I'm not creeping on anything.
12:35It's my,
12:35it's my daughter.
12:36And it's a public platform
12:38I last checked.
12:39How about you mind your own business?
12:41Sorry.
12:44But just for the record,
12:45she moved to Instagram
12:46a few years back.
12:49What do you mean?
12:50How do you know that?
12:51Well,
12:52because I follow her
12:53and you don't.
12:57Well,
12:58if you must know,
12:59I think she might have
13:00a new boyfriend
13:01and I'm just worried
13:01he's a little sketchy.
13:03Anna has a new boyfriend?
13:06What,
13:06she's got a new,
13:07new boyfriend?
13:07How many boyfriends
13:08does she have?
13:09Dr. Charles?
13:10You available for a consult?
13:13Yeah.
13:14Okay.
13:1532-year-old
13:16Sage Ellison.
13:18She claims she's
13:19in searing abdominal pain
13:20and is demanding
13:21I perform exploratory surgery
13:23and she
13:24put him in a real show, too.
13:26I ran every test
13:27under the sun
13:28and I didn't find anything.
13:29So what you're saying
13:30is you think
13:30we might have a
13:31big-time hypochondriac
13:33in there?
13:33Definitely.
13:38So,
13:39can you give me
13:39just a rough idea
13:41of when you first
13:41became aware
13:42of,
13:43of the pain?
13:44About two years ago.
13:45Okay.
13:47And always
13:48pretty much
13:49been concentrated
13:50in your digestive system?
13:52Yeah.
13:53It always starts
13:53off as minor
13:54but inevitably
13:55it always gets
13:56a lot worse.
13:57I keep losing weight
13:58because eating
13:59is torture.
14:00I mean,
14:01it sucks.
14:03Sounds like it.
14:05Anything,
14:05I don't know,
14:07stressful going on
14:08in your life
14:08at the time?
14:10There it is.
14:12What?
14:14Skepticism.
14:15You're a psychiatrist
14:16so you think
14:17I'm either drug-seeking
14:18or it's all in my head?
14:20Only thing I was thinking
14:21is that you didn't
14:21answer my question.
14:23Ooh.
14:24Oh!
14:24Oh!
14:25Oh!
14:26Are you okay?
14:27Sage?
14:29Do you really care?
14:31Actually,
14:32I do.
14:34No.
14:35Nothing emotionally
14:36stressful happened
14:37in my life
14:38that triggered me.
14:42But I get it.
14:44I'm a woman.
14:45I'm used to men
14:46discounting
14:47my physical pain.
14:49All right.
14:50I hear that.
14:52But what I was
14:54about to say was
14:54people tend to start
14:56making moral judgments,
14:57you know,
14:58when we can't
14:59identify traditional
15:00sources of pain
15:01and as far as I'm
15:02concerned,
15:02you know,
15:03like pain,
15:04it's pain.
15:05Do you know
15:06how many stories
15:07I've heard of doctors
15:08discounting a woman's
15:09pain only to later
15:10discover that she
15:11had cancer?
15:12And that by then
15:14it was terminal
15:15because too much time
15:16had been wasted.
15:17Are you worried
15:18that this could be cancer?
15:19That's my point.
15:20I don't know.
15:23But my stomach
15:24feels like it's being
15:25ripped apart
15:25by a chainsaw
15:26and nobody
15:27seems to care.
15:29So please,
15:31find someone who does
15:32or even better,
15:33just send someone
15:34down here
15:34to prep me
15:35for my surgery.
15:44It's like a table
15:45with my brain.
15:47Oh,
15:47it hurts so much
15:48and it never,
15:49ever stops.
15:50I need to make it
15:51stop.
15:52Make it stop.
15:53Make it stop.
16:00Oh, come on.
16:04What's the problem?
16:06Naomi just schooled me
16:07on Wordle again.
16:09What's the word?
16:10Lunar.
16:12I completely blanked
16:14on the sixth and final guess
16:15and she gets it in two.
16:17Oh, you okay?
16:20You seem a little sad.
16:21Don't, don't,
16:22don't even
16:22with me right now.
16:24Two guesses,
16:25Dr. Howard.
16:26I'm a lifelong
16:27astronomy buff,
16:28so the word came easy.
16:30One thing this small town
16:31girl doesn't love
16:32about the big city
16:32is you can't see the stars.
16:35I miss them.
16:37Wow, that is sad.
16:39Sure is.
16:41I gotta go.
16:42Oh, also,
16:45I rule.
16:49It's a good one.
16:52What's going on there?
16:55Absolutely nothing.
16:57Really?
16:59Sure, we've had
17:00our moments,
17:01okay,
17:01but we're
17:02strictly friends.
17:03Got it.
17:05She has a boyfriend.
17:07Really?
17:08Look,
17:10there's been a lot
17:10of bad timing
17:11between us,
17:12but I have a feeling
17:14that this new boyfriend
17:15is a short-timer.
17:16Next time,
17:17I won't miss my chance.
17:19Next time, huh?
17:22You are judging me,
17:24aren't you?
17:24Next times
17:25aren't guaranteed,
17:26you know?
17:27Gather ye rosebuds
17:28while ye may.
17:35Yeah?
17:38Hey, Daniel,
17:39I'm sorry
17:39for summoning you,
17:41but I just got
17:42a weird call
17:43from the provost
17:45of Porter University
17:47School of Medicine
17:48asking for a reference.
17:50Oh, my God.
17:51Okay, look,
17:52this is Howie,
17:54all right,
17:54who decided to retire.
17:56Now,
17:56that's a terrible idea
17:57in my opinion,
17:58but in his mind,
18:00I'm the only person
18:00in the entire universe
18:02who can replace him
18:03as a dean of psychiatry.
18:04I got it,
18:05as long as it's all
18:06in his head
18:07and not in yours.
18:08Oh, trust me,
18:09ain't going nowhere.
18:10And just for the record,
18:11I am flattered
18:13by your concern.
18:14Oh, and I ran
18:16into Dr. Lennox.
18:17She said you're
18:17consulting on a patient
18:19who's demanding
18:19a surgery she may not need?
18:21Yeah, Sage Ellison.
18:23Poor thing.
18:24She's a tough one,
18:26but really suffering,
18:28just not necessarily
18:29in the way
18:30she might have us believe.
18:31Okay.
18:32Oh, and, uh, Daniel,
18:35I'm glad you're
18:36sticking around.
18:38Me too.
18:46Travis.
18:48Travis, wait.
18:50Nope.
18:51I'm out.
18:57Well, Travis just
18:59checked himself out
19:00against medical advice.
19:02Sorry I couldn't help
19:03you move that needle, pal.
19:05Yeah, me too.
19:07But I couldn't help
19:08noticing that you
19:09almost did.
19:11So, look,
19:13none of my business,
19:15but I couldn't help
19:16wondering,
19:17I mean,
19:19are you in therapy?
19:21Good catch.
19:23But he was always
19:24such a hard no for you.
19:26I mean, what,
19:26what got you there?
19:28I'm just curious.
19:29I don't know,
19:30maybe, uh,
19:31Hannah and Sadie
19:32dumping me
19:32for the same reason.
19:34Oh, man,
19:34those personal hygiene issues,
19:36they finally caught up
19:37with you.
19:38That and, um,
19:39my savior complex.
19:41Oh, come on.
19:42Isn't that basically
19:43just, I don't know,
19:44being a doctor?
19:47My three exes
19:48all said to me
19:49in so many words,
19:50just do what you're
19:51going to do, Danny,
19:52because that's
19:52what you're best at.
19:54Ouch.
19:55Yeah.
19:56I don't know, man.
19:56you've just, uh,
19:58come a long way.
20:00And I hope you don't
20:01mind me telling you
20:02that, uh,
20:04I'm just
20:04really proud of you.
20:21Dr. Charles,
20:22can I talk to you
20:23in private?
20:25Jake Driscoll,
20:26theater major.
20:26He's a prick.
20:28He's not ugly.
20:29Turned 22
20:30on December 19.
20:31Any way to tell
20:32how long
20:32they've been dating?
20:33Oh,
20:33I have no clue.
20:34Dr. Charles,
20:35there's no hint
20:36of Anna here,
20:37no photos.
20:38As a matter of fact,
20:39he still has
20:40his dating profile
20:40set to single.
20:42She was horrified
20:43when I called
20:43him her boyfriend.
20:45Oh.
20:47Well, maybe
20:47they're not exclusive.
20:49Maybe this is, like,
20:50more of a casual thing.
20:52He does give me
20:53wild child Sagittarius vibes,
20:54and Miguel is also
20:55Sagittarius.
20:56That's great, that's great.
20:56Just show me the blog.
20:57Okay.
20:59Oh, he's been
21:00in and out of rehab
21:01three times.
21:03Hmm, well,
21:04he hasn't posted
21:04in, like, a month and a half.
21:05I hope he's okay.
21:06What do you mean?
21:08Do you think
21:09he relapsed?
21:12Alara,
21:13I am very well aware
21:14of how busy you are,
21:15and so I just wanted
21:16to, uh,
21:18thank you again
21:19for taking the time
21:19to come in
21:20and talk to me
21:20about your sister.
21:21I really appreciate it.
21:22Just understand,
21:23I don't want to see Sage,
21:24and she can't know
21:25I was here.
21:26You have my word.
21:30So,
21:30sounds to me like
21:31maybe you guys
21:32aren't really
21:33in touch right now.
21:34Not for the last five years.
21:36You mind if I ask why?
21:41Let me guess
21:42why I'm here.
21:44Sage is in
21:45unbearable pain,
21:46and she wants
21:47emergency surgery
21:48to fix it.
21:49But you can't seem
21:50to find anything wrong.
21:52Okay, so
21:54this has happened before.
21:58Sage is my kid sister.
22:00We grew up
22:01in the foster system.
22:03Musical families.
22:06Some nice.
22:07Some not so nice.
22:10But when they weren't nice,
22:11I was always there
22:12to protect her.
22:13But when I aged
22:14out of the foster system,
22:16one kid cracked her skull
22:18with a bat,
22:18and she had
22:19emergency surgery.
22:21The doctors and nurses
22:22knew her situation,
22:23so they showered her
22:24with attention
22:25to make up for it.
22:27She's been chasing
22:28that high ever since.
22:31Did it ever occur
22:32to you
22:32the possibility
22:33that Sage's pain
22:35might be real to her?
22:37You're giving her
22:38too much credit.
22:39The mind can be
22:40extraordinarily adept
22:41at creating physical pain,
22:43Alara.
22:43It can.
22:44She's not in any pain.
22:47She's just a liar.
22:48Well,
22:49the attention-seeking behavior
22:51you're describing
22:52is at the core
22:52of a very serious condition
22:54called factitious disorder
22:55or,
22:57as it's more commonly known,
22:58you know,
22:58Munchausen syndrome.
23:00I don't care
23:00what it's called.
23:02I just know
23:02I can't deal with it anymore.
23:04I blamed myself
23:05for a long time.
23:07Maybe if I'd taken her
23:08with me when I turned 18,
23:10she'd be normal.
23:14Sage kept me
23:15on the hook
23:15with that guilt.
23:16Well, she kind of
23:16weaponized it,
23:17didn't she?
23:18You're damn right.
23:19I believed her lies.
23:22Enabled her.
23:24Defended her to doctors
23:25who knew better.
23:27Until I realized
23:28I had to cut her
23:29out of my life
23:30if I was ever
23:31going to actually have one.
23:39It was my fault.
23:43I killed my girlfriend.
23:46Hi.
23:47I'm Dr. Charles.
23:48Dr. Frost asked me
23:49to stop by.
23:50Lee Holloway.
23:51But I'm not the patient.
23:53Oh?
23:54He is.
24:03Well, hello there.
24:05What is, uh,
24:06what is your name?
24:08You know cats
24:09don't talk,
24:09Dr. Charles.
24:11Excellent point.
24:12What is this, uh,
24:13this kitty's name?
24:15Slater.
24:19But I'd call him
24:20Adelaide
24:21for your own safety.
24:22Adelaide it is.
24:24Uh, Lee brought him
24:25in with chronic vomiting.
24:26He's been eating cat food.
24:28Uh-huh.
24:29And, um,
24:30how long has Adelaide
24:31been doing that for?
24:32Three days.
24:33Since our cat died.
24:35Oh.
24:36Well, I'm so sorry.
24:39Adelaide was my
24:40partner in crime
24:41for 18 years.
24:43I adopted her
24:44my freshman year
24:44at DePaul.
24:45Pre-husband,
24:46pre-motherhood.
24:48She got me through
24:49many breakups.
24:51But it's a pretty
24:52extreme way
24:53of trying to make
24:53me feel better,
24:54isn't it?
24:55Lee, would you mind
24:55if I just had
24:57a moment alone
24:57with Adelaide?
24:58Would that be
24:59all right?
25:00Of course.
25:01Just follow me
25:02this way.
25:07Adelaide,
25:08why don't you just,
25:08um,
25:09want me to jump
25:10up on the bed?
25:10There's a lot
25:11of fleas
25:11on the floor.
25:16Wow.
25:17So, look,
25:19I am gonna ask
25:20you a few questions,
25:23okay?
25:23And how about
25:24if the answer
25:25is yes,
25:27you meow,
25:28and if the answer
25:29is no,
25:31you just don't
25:32say anything.
25:33Sound good?
25:35Okay.
25:36Maybe the reason
25:38that you turned
25:38into a cat
25:39was because
25:40your mom was
25:41so sad
25:42and you wanted
25:43to make her
25:43feel better?
25:46Okay.
25:47Well, look,
25:48I think it's
25:48so wonderful
25:49how hard you're
25:50working to make
25:51your mom feel
25:52better.
25:52but I want
25:53to let you
25:53in on a little
25:53secret.
25:54Moms
25:55actually left
25:56their kids
25:57more than anything,
25:58anything in the
25:59whole wide world,
26:00even their
26:01favorite pet.
26:03So,
26:04what I think
26:05is that who
26:06mom actually
26:07misses the most
26:09is Slater.
26:18it was my fault.
26:20What was your fault?
26:22Mommy had
26:22Jersey chocolates
26:23on the top shelf
26:25of the pantry.
26:26I'm not supposed
26:27to know
26:28because she doesn't
26:29want me eating
26:30too much sugar.
26:32Hmm.
26:33so I snuck
26:34in the pantry
26:35after she went
26:37to bed one night
26:38and ate
26:39with you.
26:39But I forgot
26:40to put the chocolates
26:42back on the shelf.
26:44I left them
26:45on the floor.
26:47Oh,
26:48I see.
26:49And Adelaide
26:50found them.
26:52Mommy found
26:53her dad
26:53in the morning.
26:56She'll never
26:57forgive me.
26:58Yes,
26:59she will.
27:00I promise
27:01you that.
27:02But
27:03first we have
27:04to tell her
27:04what happened.
27:05I know that
27:06that sounds scary,
27:07but I'm gonna
27:08help you,
27:08okay?
27:09And after we do,
27:11trust me,
27:13everybody's gonna
27:14feel so much
27:15better,
27:15especially you.
27:23What kind
27:23of doctor
27:24are you?
27:25Why do you ask?
27:26I thought
27:27I was gonna
27:28have to be
27:28a cat forever.
27:30Oh.
27:30Well,
27:31I'm really glad
27:31that I could help.
27:34Should we talk
27:34to Mom?
27:35Okay.
27:50Any luck?
27:51Any leads
27:52that she else
27:52from?
27:53Don't worry,
27:53Dad.
27:54I kept
27:54her name
27:55often.
27:55Since
27:56her life
27:56was at
27:57an imminent
27:57risk,
27:58I was able
27:58to use
27:58accident
27:59circumstances
27:59to trap
28:00the phone.
28:01Fantastic.
28:02And?
28:03And
28:04it was purchased
28:05at a 7-Eleven.
28:06Pay as you go.
28:08No database
28:08can ever hit
28:09the number,
28:09so I got up
28:10quick on a
28:10trap and trace
28:11ping order,
28:12but it was
28:13turned off
28:14right after
28:14your hotline.
28:15Oh.
28:17Phone did ping.
28:18Got an area
28:18downtown,
28:19but it's so dense
28:20with high rises,
28:21and the ping
28:22has a 1,000-meter
28:23range of error.
28:24So it's like
28:25kind of a needle
28:27in a haystack thing.
28:28I did my best.
28:29I tried to track
28:29every Gio,
28:30every Giovanni.
28:31Nothing.
28:32So what are you
28:33thinking?
28:33Kind of a dead end?
28:35Wish I had
28:36more for you.
28:37Look, buddy,
28:38I knew this was
28:38a long shot.
28:40I just really
28:41appreciate you
28:42looking into it
28:43for me.
28:43Really, I do.
28:44Okay?
28:45At least I can do,
28:45Doc.
28:46So you're calling
28:47me a liar.
28:48No.
28:49You just told me
28:50my pain isn't real.
28:51That's not what
28:51I said at all.
28:52What I said was
28:53just because there
28:53could be a psychological
28:55element at play here
28:56doesn't mean that
28:57this is any less
28:58real to you.
29:00Okay, yeah,
29:00Great Mother Teresa,
29:02but...
29:02But our nervous
29:03systems can learn
29:05to express
29:06emotional pain
29:07in the form
29:08of physical symptoms.
29:10There it is again.
29:12What did I tell you?
29:13It's all in my head.
29:14I know what I'm saying.
29:14What I'm saying
29:15is that your body
29:16and your mind
29:17could be colluding
29:18in ways you're not
29:19even aware of
29:20because it's not
29:20voluntary.
29:21Stop hiding behind
29:22all your fancy
29:22double talk
29:23and send me someone
29:24who will actually
29:24listen.
29:25Sage,
29:26trust me I'm listening.
29:27You're so full of it.
29:28I mean,
29:29do you actually know
29:30how full of it you are?
29:31I understand
29:32the power of attention.
29:34Trust me.
29:35Medical attention
29:36included for people
29:38who feel lonely
29:39and abandoned.
29:41Oh,
29:42I'm lonely
29:43and abandoned,
29:45am I?
29:46Well,
29:47you're a human being.
29:48Okay.
29:49Well,
29:50if I need medical attention
29:52to feel whole,
29:54do you know
29:55what that makes you?
29:56I don't know.
29:58What does that make me?
29:59The freak
30:00who needs sick people
30:02like me
30:03to feel whole
30:04because fixing us
30:05is how you feel important.
30:09You should see your face.
30:12I nailed it,
30:13didn't I?
30:15You need me.
30:17I'm the damn drug
30:19you're strung out on.
30:20You need us
30:21so that you can feel useful,
30:23so you can BS yourself
30:24into believing
30:25you're actually helping.
30:30Come on,
30:31Dr. Charles.
30:32Hit me with some more
30:33of your fancy crap
30:34so you can feel better
30:35about yourself
30:35and feed your delusion
30:39because the truth is
30:41you're a useless fraud
30:44and you want to know
30:45what's really sad?
30:47Everybody knows it
30:49but you.
30:59Look,
30:59you're clearly a nice guy.
31:01None of this times
31:01are gonna bring her back.
31:03Oh, sorry.
31:04I'm sorry.
31:05Head it out.
31:06Uh, yeah,
31:06my boyfriend and I
31:07are grabbing deep dish
31:08at Pequot's.
31:09Oh.
31:10Well, you're not gonna
31:10regret that.
31:11Yeah, I can't wait.
31:18Incoming.
31:23Doris,
31:24I noticed your friend
31:24requested my new boyfriend today.
31:29Oh.
31:31Yeah.
31:32I don't know.
31:34She was snooping
31:34on my behalf.
31:35I put her up to it.
31:37Yeah.
31:37I put that part together
31:39all by myself.
31:40You said he wasn't
31:41your boyfriend.
31:42I think we should talk.
31:44Yeah.
31:44Let's talk.
31:53You are many things
31:54but internet sleuth
31:55is not one of them.
31:56Honey, maybe I
31:57overstepped a little bit.
31:58Oh, maybe?
31:59Honestly, I was freaked out
32:00by our conversation
32:01this morning.
32:02Of course,
32:02you were entitled
32:03to a private life.
32:04Oh, thanks so much
32:05for getting that, Dad.
32:06But I mean,
32:06just so you know,
32:07the program of
32:08Alcoholics Anonymous
32:09actively discourages
32:11relationships
32:11in the first year
32:12of sobriety, okay?
32:13Because it's just
32:14a very risky proposition.
32:17Wow.
32:18This from the man
32:19who spent years
32:19preaching non-judgment
32:20of recovering addicts.
32:22I'm not judging anybody.
32:22I'm trying to protect you.
32:23You know, bad idea for you,
32:25terrible idea for him.
32:26Dr. Drake would have
32:27said the same thing
32:27about Johnny.
32:29Jake?
32:29Because after all,
32:31didn't the poor fella
32:31just relapse?
32:32Dad, he had a couple
32:33of drinks.
32:34That's called a relapse.
32:35He's fine.
32:35He's going to meetings again.
32:37Great.
32:37Does he know
32:38about your situations?
32:39Does he know
32:39about your history?
32:40About, you know...
32:41My suicide attempt?
32:42Yes, Dad, he does.
32:44Good.
32:46Honey, I'm just...
32:47You gotta...
32:48Oh, let me guess.
32:50Dealing with such
32:50complex emotions
32:51and attachment
32:52could lead to a relapse
32:53of depression
32:53or worse,
32:55suicidal ideation?
32:57Is that what
32:58you were gonna say?
32:58I almost lost you.
33:00Okay?
33:03Sharon called me
33:04and told me
33:04you'd been in an accident
33:05and that you were
33:06in critical condition.
33:07So Robin and I,
33:08we got in the car
33:09and we drove here.
33:11And it was the longest
33:1215 minutes of my life
33:13because I was terrified
33:14that I would get here
33:16and find you dead!
33:17So you just be careful
33:19around this topic
33:20and you cut me some slack.
33:24Please.
33:25few days.
33:42Stop.
33:44Stop.
33:46Stop.
33:48Hi, Dr. Charles.
33:52Are you okay?
33:53I'm fine.
33:56And clearly not as good as you two, but thank you for asking.
34:21Dr. Charles?
34:23What are you doing? Looking for the Big Dipper?
34:26No, it's a surprise for Naomi.
34:31Wow.
34:32Yeah, but her shift ends any minute, and she's gonna walk in here, so...
34:38Buddy, I think I might have just seen her leaving the hospital.
34:41Wait, really?
34:42Yeah.
34:43Do you have any idea where she went?
34:45Mm-mm.
34:47Damn it.
34:49Okay.
34:50If you must know, I was taking your advice.
34:54I know it's kind of corny, but I was trying to, I don't know, make her day.
35:02Well, if it's any consolation, um...
35:06I think you might have just made mine.
35:09Thanks.
35:13Excuse me.
35:14Go ahead.
35:21Hi, Sharon.
35:22Where are you, Daniel?
35:24I am right behind the doctor's lounge.
35:27Listen, I need you to come up to my office right away.
35:32Something wrong?
35:33We have a situation, so don't talk to anyone.
35:36Just come straight up here.
35:38I'm on my way.
35:47It's torture.
35:48I can't do it anymore.
35:50You know what?
35:51This is a mistake.
35:52This thing...
35:53I have some distressing news.
35:56St. Ellison just filed an official complaint against you.
36:02Daniel?
36:05Daniel?
36:07What?
36:08Are you okay?
36:10Yeah.
36:10I'm fine.
36:11What's going on?
36:12Sorry, what were you saying?
36:13Sage Ellison just filed an official complaint against you.
36:18On what grounds?
36:19Well, she claims you verbally abused her a few hours ago.
36:23That is a steaming load of crap.
36:25Well, she also claims you accused her of faking her abdominal pain for attention.
36:31I promise you, the only person who got abused in that room was me.
36:35You do know I have to go through the motions of processing this complaint.
36:41Why?
36:43Sharon, nothing happened.
36:45Do you not believe me when I tell you that?
36:46Yes, of course I believe you, but this is about optics.
36:51Come on, you dismiss this kind of stuff all the time.
36:54Daniel, it's a little different when the accused is your best friend.
36:59Now, wouldn't you say?
37:00Come on.
37:01This is unbelievable.
37:02This is unbelievable.
37:04Okay, what is wrong with you?
37:05What are you not telling me?
37:09What's that supposed to mean?
37:10Not telling you what?
37:14You don't believe me.
37:15You don't believe me.
37:16No, no.
37:17You don't believe me.
37:18Daniel, wait a minute.
37:19Just slow down.
37:21I'm worried about you.
37:23This is not like my friend.
37:24Yeah, well, right back at you.
37:26Maybe your friend doesn't like being called a liar.
37:27Okay, you know what?
37:28Maybe you need some more personal time.
37:31How about that?
37:31No, what I need is maybe take Howie's offer more seriously.
37:35That's what I need.
37:36Okay, so you were considering it?
37:38You were just lying to me this morning?
37:39I have never lied to you.
37:41Never!
37:44And I was not considering it, not for a second.
37:48But I sure as hell am now.
37:59Hey, yo, right here.
38:00Can you all stand by one second?
38:02Yeah, thank you.
38:03OR3's ready for her?
38:05What happened?
38:06Uh, Sage just swallowed some drain cleaner.
38:08What?
38:09Cleaners were here earlier.
38:10She must have stolen it off the cart.
38:12She was screaming at the top of her lungs when I came in.
38:15On exam, she had significant erythema and ulceration in her mouth.
38:18Who knows what her esophagus looks like?
38:20What was she screaming about?
38:21Crazy stuff.
38:22Something about her dad, I think.
38:23Am I sick enough for you now, Pop?
38:27Does that mean something to you?
38:30Is, um, she could make it.
38:33Uh, if she didn't just put a huge hole into her esophagus or stomach
38:36and she doesn't start to hemorrhage in the next ten minutes, maybe.
38:38Let's get her upstairs to surgery.
39:06Pleaseurer.
39:07Pick her up.
39:11Leave a button.
39:11No, no, no...
39:23Cuando no, no.
39:25Oh, my God.
39:41I'm ready.
39:43I'm ready.
39:43I'm ready.
39:46Say that again.
39:48OK.
39:48Listen, what again?
39:49It's a start.
39:51Is that ready?
39:53You're in it.
39:54I loaded sacks before the man's gonna get home in time to start workin' in Trevor'n.
40:16Well, I don't know.
40:18There's no way I can set a price on something I've never done before.
40:32Danny?
40:35Is that you?
40:37Oh, hi, Mom.
40:39What are you doing here?
40:41You tell me.
40:45I don't know.
40:47I'm gonna assume that I'm dreaming.
40:50You sure it's not a nightmare?
40:59Help!
41:03Help!
41:04Oh!
41:06Oh!
41:07Oh!
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