All language subtitles for ER.S15E17.T-Minus-6

(male narrator)
Previously on "ER."

I'm John Carter.

I was thinking about picking up
some shifts while I'm here.

I know there's a lot
of relearning required

and if you're not
fully invested--

But I do know procedures
and I do know the patients

that come through those doors.

(Neela)
'Your mom is on
a cardiac bypass machine.'

She needs to stay on it
until we find her a new heart.

I want to move her
to Chicago.

No, don't.

You know, even after everything,
she's still your mother.

Who I haven't spoken
to since I was 15.

- You can't just bury this--
- I am the new guy.

I follow orders.

It doesn't have to be
through IVF.

So you're back
to adoption, then.

[locker door clangs]

[instrumental music]

'Well, the heat is
still not working'

but the stove is just fine.

Yeah, I can smell that.

We've got eggs poached,
English muffins

rashers, juice, coffee.

You're catering
to my every need.

Every?

All the ones
I can think of.

I'll try and come up
with some more.

You know, my mum used to bring
me breakfast

in bed every
Saturday morning

when I was a kid.

Got no money really,
barely scraped by

but, the one luxury
I could always expect.

That sounds nice.

You?

Me what?

What was it like
when you were a kid?

You never talk
about that stuff.

I was barely living
before I met you.

What about your parents?

Do you have
brothers and sisters?

I don't know
anything about you.

Aliens dropped me
from a spaceship

just outside of Perth

as a fully-formed adult
in 2007.

I'm two, in Earth years, but
I-I-I really love this planet.

Uh, raised by my mother,
only child.

Tell me more.

Eat.

Oh, come on.

[scoffs]

Now, why does every conversation
with you have to end in sex?

Well, that sounds
like a complaint.

No.

I mean..

[laughing]
No.

How do I look?

Y-You look fine.

Turtleneck's
not too severe?

No. What..

- You're nervous.
- Well, yeah.

I hear the director's
really tough.

I wanna be sure when she looks
at me she sees a mom. You know?

Yes, she does, baby.

Oh, excuse me.

You'd think with all
the money we're spending

we'd get some sushi
or something.

Chicago Connection
Adoption Agency.

For 10,000 bucks,
you get cold coffee

a stale bagel,
and a baby.

[whispering]
You stop.

[whispering]
Did you..?

Come on,
that was a little funny.

Come on.

Burt Mulligan,
knee and shoulder pain

drove his car
into Lake Michigan.

- He did what?
-I never had a moving violation.

- It wasn't his fault.
- Were you the one driving?

No, no, he was, but we were
only following directions.

Someone told you to drive
through Lake Michigan?

- Kathy did.
- Who's Kathy?

Our GPS system.

Your GPS said to
drive into the water?

Not exactly.

It just turned out
that way.

Multicultural adoptions
have been on the rise

in the last ten years.

'Shorter wait times
and reduced fees'

'have all played
a key role.'

Reduced fees?

Why wait a year
for a white baby

when you can pick up
a six-pack of black kids

'on the way home
from work?'

You think this
is funny, huh?

The devaluing of
black children?

Calm down.
It was a joke.

I mean, why are
you guys here?

It's obvious that
you're not serious.

I'm sure you're all feeling some
stress from this process.

Cate, they're just
blowing off steam.

They need to shut up and pay
attention to what's going on.

You need to get that
stick up out of your ass.

Okay, let's get
out of here.

I feel bad for the kid
who ends up with you.

The GPS system said go straight.

Kathy has this kind
of authority.

But guys, Kathy
was telling you

to drive off
an embankment.

We asked
for an alternate route,

but she kept saying
go straight.

So you knowingly
crashed into the lake

because a computer voice
in your car told you to?

Well, she's got
satellite data.

And you don't think there's
anything wrong with that?

Of course there is.

Kathy's broken.

Okay.

I'll be back to
sew up the cut.

Okay, well, I'm sure
they can get her back

to baseline if
they just give..

Okay, alright,
I'll be there.

See you then, thanks.

That your mom?

Yeah, she got a little
loopy on the plane.

Well, the altitude
could have dropped her sats.

That's what I thought.

They'll buff her up
in the nursing home.

It'll be fine. I'm gonna head
over there after my shift.

How long has it been
since you've seen your mom?

[sighs]
I don't know.

It's a...a while.

[telephone beeping]

Better get that.

Frank, Keflex for
the cellulitic mime in three

and duct tape girl needs
a note for her parole officer.

I forgot how much
I love it here.

You can't
discharge a patient

without a med
reconciliation form.

What?

New requirement from
the joint commission.

We have to be sure all meds
are current in our records.

I see.

(Tony)
'And we pretty much stopped'

'using Keflex a few years ago'

you know, with all
the MRSA around.

Right.

Explosion in an apartment
building in Dearborn.

Six coming in, five minutes out.

Gates, Sam, outside.
Somebody find Morris.

We need another
attending down here.

Um...hello?

Oh, I thought you might wanna
lay low, sit out your first one.

- It's not my first one.
- You know what I mean.

You've been
out of the loop.

I spent the
last five years

running a refugee
hospital in Darfur.

That's more loop than anyone
should see in a lifetime.

Alright then, you do what
you feel comfortable with.

Alright, get
Brenner down here!

[telephone ringing]

It's been
over a week.

You said she could only
live like that a month.

Well, they'll find
another heart.

I heard it can take
a year sometimes.

Yeah, but she's
on the top of the list.

Can I stay here today
instead of going to school?

[chuckles]
What do you think?

- No.
- No, no.

Now, how's your, um,
how's your foster family?

Elaine's okay.

She's the mom.

Stan's..

...a-a little weird.

He's...weird?

He's, like, all
flirty and silly.

Makes dumb jokes and walks
around without his clothes on.

He does what?

He's a freak.

He acts more like a kid
than an adult sometimes.

It creeps
us all out.

[mobile ringing]

I've got to go down
to the ER now, Lucy.

I want you to wait here
with your mom

until it's time
for school, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

12-year-old, minor burns
and a radial deformity.

GCS is 15,
vitals are good.

Curtain three,
IV morphine, X-ray.

- Got it.
- Mom!

We'll see her
as soon as we can, okay?

Annie Dixon, 37.

Complaining of
abdominal pain and headache.

Tachy and hypotensive,
sats 92.

Trauma one's open.
I'm Dr. Banfield.

- My kids.
- They're doing okay, Mrs. D.

They're just more
scared than anything.

This is Norman, the good
Samaritan of the neighborhood.

They're in 3A, I'm in 4B.

Heard the explosion, ran
in to get the kids out.

I live alone. She likes to cook
for me. She says cereal is--

Hypoxic eight-year-old
with a crush injury to the leg.

Alright, Curtain Three,
get Dawn to help you.

Breena, honey?

They are in good hands,
Mrs. D.

...the cast room,
picked up five more beds.

(Cate)
'Good. This is Norman.'

He needs access, fluids,
and pain meds.

Oh, no, no, take Mrs. Dixon,
she's much sicker than me.

- Yeah?
- No, I got her.

Uh, you help Gates.

Maybe you can benefit
from having

'an experienced
resident in the room.'

- 'Just in case.'
- Just in case what?

I got your back, Johnny.

First you can't trust
a GPS system.

- Then it's your parents.
- Then it's the government.

- It's a slippery slope.
- You're losing me.

We're not ashamed of it.

If more people in the world
were like us

the world would be
a better place.

Maybe, there would
definitely be a lot more cars

at the bottom
of Lake Michigan.

What are you,
some kind of rebel

'breaking
all the rules?'

Some defiant
bad boy

riding around
in a leather jacket

on his unlicensed,
un-carbureted hog?

- Uh, Tildie..
- That's our Dr. Morris.

Is that what you are?

Knee's all done. I'll go
check on their X-rays.

We pay our taxes.

We-We don't jaywalk.

I change our air filter
every six months.

- What's so wrong with that?
- Nothing.

But, you know,
being a little free-spirited

can be healthy at times.

Might even save your life.

We're free-spirited.

You ever go skinny-dipping?

Built a bonfire
on the beach?

Question authority of any kind?

Who'd you vote for?

We were afraid of change.

Okay, well, it's obviously time
for you two to live a little.

Here.

See this?

Cut it off.

- What?
- Wait.

That's against the law.

Guys, guys, you're missing
the whole point.

Sometimes you just gotta...
cut the tag off.

[telephone ringing]

[scissors snipping]

[sighs]
Yeah.

(Simon)
'Archie?'

I've got a kid here with
an open radial fracture

another in danger
of losing her airway.

Be right there.

Lots of mattresses
around here, guys.

Go to town.

You know how Peter Parker
gets bit by the spider

and becomes Spider-Man?

That's kinda what
happened to me.

- You were bit by a spider?
- No.

It's just ever since
that ambulance

blew up last year,
it's like I'm fearless.

Its like I got
a whole other sense.

A "sense"?

I can feel when someone
around me is in distress.

Like how Superman always knew
Lois Lane was in trouble.

I don't know. Whatever it is,
it's a gift.

I'm supposed to use it for good.

Tachy to 110, sats 99.

(John)
Let's get some
Silvadene down here.

Oh, you mean Aquacel?

'That's what we use now.'

It's, uh, it's better.

Big improvement.
You'll like it.

A little fluid on Morrison's.

You have any pain?

No. And that's
the strange part.

'I never get hurt.'

'Fire, car crashes, storms.'

'If someone's in danger,
I just go. And I'm fine.'

Well, that fluid on the
ultrasound, that could be blood.

We need a special
X-ray called a CAT scan.

Well, hurry up.
I want to go see her kids.

PO contrast and
send him down--

Oh, we don't use contrast
for belly CTs anymore.

- Oh, no?
- Mm-mm, no.

Not since we got
the 64-slice scanner.

How long you had that?

I don't know,
couple of years.

I'm gonna go
get the Aquacel.

[woman wheezing]

Whoa. Must have
ruptured her TM.

(Cate)
From the blast. Ear drum's the
first thing to go.

Please, my kids.
My kids..

We'll get them in to
see you as soon as we can.

How's it going
with the hero guy?

Fluid on the fast.
We're taking him to CT.

- How's Dr. Carter doing?
- He's cool.

A little rusty.

It was only for
a little while.

My mom's been trying to get some
money. Pay the electric company.

Sats 89 on a 100%
nonrebreather.

She hooked up
the gas grill for heat?

I told her it wasn't safe.

- Hemo-pneumo on the left.
- What's that mean?

She's bleeding in her
lung from the explosion.

We have to drain it.
Chest tube, 20 French.

I'm gonna go check
on Clay, okay?

(Simon)
'I'm calling for
Stan Griswold.'

I'm the doctor on
Joanie Lipson, Lucy's mom.

- We were talking today..
- Is Breena alright?

I don't know.
Doesn't that hurt?

I just want to make sure
that everything's alright

with her living there with you.
Can you call me, please?

Uh, at County as soon
as you get this. Thank you.

'Is his arm
gonna be okay?'

Yeah, I gave him a nerve block.
He can't feel a thing.

Now, you're gonna need
surgery on that wrist.

For real?

You weren't at home
when this happened?

I was up on the roof.

I got a pigeon coop up there.

Well, that's a good time
to have a hobby.

I'll go check on mom
and be back, okay?

Archie, ortho knows
about this guy, right?

Yeah, but bug 'em again.
They're slow.

7-O and an
intubation tray.

Annie, we're gonna put you a
tube down to help you breathe.

- Oh, please don't.
- We'll take it out as soon..

Doctor, let me see
my kids first, please?

Alright, someone
find her son.

Does it strike anyone else
as strange that she can

hardly breathe, but her sats
are a hundred percent?

Grady, put her
on a hundred percent O2.

Sam, good call.

[laughing]
I eat fire.
I wrestle lions.

Sinus tach with PVCs.

Alright, Dr. Carter, get your
patient on a hundred percent O2.

- He has carbon monoxide--
- Carbon monoxide poisoning.

Confabulating,
the hallucinations, it fits.

Did you send for
a carbon monoxide level?

- Doing it right now.
- Alright.

Would you feel better if
Dr. Morris took over in here?

- 'Alright, lift your leg.'
- What?

You've been out a long time
and I know how that is.

- This patient is sick and--
- I know what he needs.

Alright, I want you
to be comfortable.

- 'Norman, wiggle your toes.'
- I'm comfortable.

- Norman?
- They won't.

(Tony)
'What won't?'

I can't move my legs.

- Subluxation, fracture of T-10.
- Oh, my God, you're pretty.

Hey, you have
to keep this on.

(John)
Norman Chapman.
C-H-A-P-M-A-N.

He has no sensation
in his feet.

- They're gonna regenerate!
- Attending is John Carter.

Carter.

Well, I'm new, sort of.

Systolic only 92.

Spinal shock
or blood loss or both.

Let's pack him up
and get him up to the OR.

We're going to
the hyperbaric chamber.

We have to get some
oxygen to his brain.

Neurosurge needs
to get in there now.

I'd rather be paralyzed than
brain damaged, how about you?

His crit's dropping,
could bleed out in the chamber.

- OR's ready.
- Okay.

Tell them we'll be right there
after the decompression.

Transfuse and load with
Solu-Medrol before we take him.

- No, Solu-Medrol is--
- Shut up, Gates.

- I know the debate.
- Dr. Carter.

With all due respect,
the decision whether

a patient needs surgery
or not needs to be

left up to the surgeon.

Neela, with equal due respect

I remember what it
was like to be you.

To be me?

'When you're
a surgical intern'

you feel like
surgeons are the only

real doctors
in the hospital.

But that approach to a patient
can be a little narrow.

I am notan intern.

Protecting his brain is our
highest priority, doctor.

You'll thank me later.

Marisol, can you get
Lucien on the phone, now?

How long has it
been stuck here?

It's hasn't moved
in five minutes.

Alright, Frank,
call maintenance.

Already did, they were
eager to tell us

they'll get to it
when they get to it.

It's an old
infrastructure.

Try to be patient.

[sighs]

Shoulder films
on your GPS drone.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

Just ran all the way
down from radiology

on account
of the elevators.

(Brian)
Mary Taggart,
end-stage emphysema.

Decompensated on a flight.

Hey, I'm sorry.

The home wouldn't
take her without

getting checked out
first, so..

- Who's this?
- Sam's mother.

(Brian)
'She's tachypnic in the 30s
and has a left hemiparesis.'

Yeah, that's her baseline. She
had a stroke a few months ago.

Alright, I'll take this.
Exam Two.

Ready for the Thora-seal?

Another unit, type specific.
FFP and platelets.

'And let surgery know we
have a potential customer.'

Okay, duly noted.

Grade-two liver lac and
pulmonary contusions.

We're going to try to stay ahead
of the blood loss

so she can avoid OR.

Sounds like a good plan.

How is her carbon
monoxide level?

29 percent, but she's not
stable enough for hyperbaric.

Exactly.
Neither is Carter's patient.

So can you please
explain to me

why he won't
listen to reason?

[alarms sounding]

400cc's out of the chest tube.

Alright,
get the rapid infuser.

Sometimes reason
doesn't get you anywhere.

Excuse me?

We have four kids who
could be orphaned

despite all
reasonable efforts.

You know, it's part of the deal.

Doesn't mean we can
start abandoning protocol.

Dr. Carter was out in the field.

'Without all
that technology'

you learn to listen
to your gut.

Systolic's down to 82.

Can't say I blame him. Looks
like reason's having a bad day.

He's hypoventilating.

Are you sure you
don't want to tube him?

No, he'll wake up
in the chamber.

Why did you roll
over on this?

Oh, something about
"reason having a bad day."

But this robs him
of any meaningful

chance of walking again.

You're being very dramatic.

Well, ask any neurosurgeon.
We're making a mistake.

Okay, neurosurgeons are biased.

And by the way, so are we.

We see every case
through the haze

of our own experience,
our own expertise.

Sometimes a fresh set
of eyes is a valuable thing.

This is crap.

- Hey. You okay?
- No, I'm having a horrible day.

- And we're totally blowing--
- Frank, any messages for me?

Nothing.

- You were saying?
- Oh, never mind.

No, I'm-I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.

- I'm listening, really.
- No, it's alright.

- Hi, Neela.
- Hey.

- Hi, Simon.
- Hey.

- Time to go.
- Okay. I'll walk her out.

Okay, I'll see you later.

- Bye.
- Bye.

When can I live
with my mom again?

Well, that depends
on a lot of stuff.

I don't like
living there.

I don't feel comfortable.

Well, it's not gonna be
for much longer, okay?

Hey, Lucy.
How's she doing today?

The same.

Hi.

Mrs. Griswold,
can I have a word?

- Uh, i-it's Dr. Brenner, right?
- Yeah.

Well, I gotta get her to school

and drop off my little one
at her grandma's

then be at work by 11.

I'm, uh, curious.
How it's going?

Excuse me?

At home with Lucy?

Did she say something?

She seems a little
uncomfortable.

With Stan.

- 'I tried ringing, but--'
- Oh, oh.

Everyone's uncomfortable
with Stan.

Look, he's my husband and
I love him but he's weird, okay?

"Weird" is not
a qualification for being

'a foster parent.'

We got two of our own

and three foster
kids in our apartment.

He's great with them.

It's me he's not
so great with.

Laid off in October
and he still

won't get off his ass
and find a job.

Look, I really gotta get going.

(Kelly)
'You know, she was
fine at first.'

Then she started having
trouble breathing

and not making any sense.

I wouldn't even
recognize her.

Yeah, well, it's
been a really long time.

Yeah, it's hard to believe

how easy it can be
just to shut stuff off.

Looks like your mom has
right middle lobe pneumonia.

IV antibiotics?

Yeah, but her sats
aren't too bad, though.

What does that mean?

It means, uh, we can
probably buff her up

and she'll be back in the
nursing home in a few hours.

That's good.

She's gonna be more
comfortable there.

[sighs]

(Kelly)
'I've gotta go
change my flight.'

'Can I use the phone
at the desk?'

Use the break room.
You remember where that is?

Yes.

[Mary coughs]

Looks like the O2 is working.

Yeah, she'll be
coming around.

I don't even know
what to say to her.

Oh, I'm sure you'll
figure it out.

Yeah, I just hope
it's not something like

"Why did you have
to be such a crappy mom?"

Or "Why couldn't you
just stay in Dallas and die?"

Oh, I'm guessing you'll come up
with something better.

Where is my..

What's going on?

What's...going on?

Hi, mom.

It's me, Sammy.

You're in Chicago.

Where?

At the hospital,
where I work.

You're a nurse?

Yeah. Sammy.

Sammy.

Sammy.

Sammy. Sammy?

I'm sorry that
it's been so long.

[panting]
Do I...do I know you?

Have we met before?

[coughing]

[heavy breathing]

[moans]

[train chugging]

Thanks for waiting.

You know, we can do this inside.

I need my nicotine fix anyway,
and the baby's sleeping.

Gotta take
the trash out.

I left a, uh, message for you
on your answering machine.

Yeah, I don't know
how to work that thing.

My wife's the one
who checks it.

Right, well, I was just,
uh, wondering

how it's all going
with-with Lucy.

She's a good kid.

Been through a lot.

Well, she, um..

She says she feels
uncomfortable here.

That's natural,
right?

I mean, new place,
new people.

And she is a little bit
of an odd duck.

They're always
my favorites.

Not the most adaptable,
but in the end--

She says you make her feel,
uh, uncomfortable.

What the hell
is that supposed to mean?

Look...I got
a really narrow tolerance

for the way
people treat kids.

That's a personal
foible of mine.

What the hell
is a foible?

Are you crossing
the line with her?

Did you come here
for this?

My wife and I love
these kids. All of them.

You're gonna stand there
and accuse me of some--

Shut it up. Shut up,
shut up!

Just stop...
stop talking!

Listen, I don't know
what's wrong with you

if-if you're nuts or you just
got the wrong idea somehow.

- You walk around naked.
- What?

Oh, is she lying,
is she?

Is she lying?

She came home
early one day.

I got out of the shower
in my towel.

I'm not some
pervert, man.

I'm not some freak.

[sobbing]
What, you think
I get off on kids?

Is that what
you think?

I'm sorry.

- Look--
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

- We don't have a lot of dough.
- I'm sorry.

And maybe I look
like a loser to you

'but I don't need some
rich doctor coming in here'

accusing me
of terrible things

that I would
never, neverdo.

They spikedyour soda?

It was like a diuretic
or something.

And nailed up a stuffed animal
by your desk?

It's hazing.
It'll stop eventually.

You don't think
this has anything

to do with what happened?

Same difference. Either way,
I'm gonna ride it out.

- If this goes on too long--
- Yeah, I know.

I got to stop it, but this time
I'll deal with it.

- Okay?
- Okay.

I can take care of myself,
Archie, really.

I know.

I got to admit, I do like
that you worry about me.

And here's my partner
to pick me up.

Archie, this is my new partner
Ed Bernstein.

- Archie Morris.
- Nice to meet you.

I hear you're looking
out for her.

She looks out for herself.

I'll be right back.
I left my phone inside.

You're the doctor friend, huh?

Yup. The outfit
gives me away every time.

[ambulance siren]

How long you've
been on the job?

Been in HGS
almost 15 years.

Oh, you can show her
the ropes.

You know, back her up.

Cops take care
of each other, doc.

You know that.

- Let's get out of here.
- Sure thing.

- See you later, Archie.
- Bye.

Thanks for the coffee.

[engine starts]

(Burt)
'Oh, no. I'm not.
It's still blinking.'

Come on, Burt.
Live a little.

[sighs]

- Come on, come on, come on!
- Guys!

- Guys!
- Burt, watch out!

[loud crash]
O-oh!

Brenner called,
said he's not feeling well

gave his
pass-ons to Gates.

I just lovehow this place
runs itself.

[Burt screaming]

It's okay, Burt.

I got hit by a moped,
Tildie.

But it was exciting,
risky, daring.

I'll take them into three
and call an ortho consult.

- Please do.
- He'll be alright, won't he?

Yes, but you two really have
to get control of yourselves.

You're the one who said
to tear the mattress tag.

- What?
- Tear the what?

No, it was,
it was a metaphor

for living fully,
taking chances.

A metaphor?

Why didn't you tell me
she was so altered?

Well, she's not always
like this, you know, when..

When she's home and
everything's okay

she's pretty
clear, but..

...the plane just really...
tipped her over.

Alright, well, she
can stay here tonight

and then we'll
move her tomorrow.

You can stay with me
if you want.

Uh, actually, I-I can't

but I-I'll check in with
you when I get to Tokyo.

What?
You're going?

Sammy, I haveto. I..

No, you said
you were gonna stay

until we got her settled
into the nursing home.

I can't, Sammy.

[sighs]

Look, this is..

This is hard and--

[smirks]

I know it's probably more
than she deserves.

Yup.
Thank you.

FFPs in.

Order more
from the blood bank.

- 360.
- Clear!

I heard you could
use a little help in here.

- Nah, we're good.
- You sure?

(Cate)
'Clear!'

- 'Still in V-tach.'
- Resuming compressions.

Another unit,
type specific.

'Liver lac must've
opened up.'

She needs the OR.

Well, yeah,
that's a good idea

but she goes into V-tach

'every time
we try to move her.'

James, you do understand
what's going on?

Is she gonna die?

What are you doing?

If we find the source
of the bleeding,

she's got a shot.

What, are you gonna do
an ex-lap right here?

No, he's not.

Surgeons come to camp
once a week

the rest of the time,
we're on our own.

Ten blade.

I don't understand.
You're gonna cut her open?

I'm gonna pack off the liver
and try and control

some of this bleeding
and buy us a little bit of time.

Tell me about your mom.
Tell me something she likes.

The beach. She likes
to go swimming.

Okay, hold her hand.

'And pretend that's
where you are.'

- Thirteenth unit's up.
- Lucky 13.

Gates, switch out, get sterile.
I'm gonna need an assistant.

You heard him.
Come on.

'You think
we should tell..'

...surgery we're doing
this at least?

No.

Hey, how is Mrs. D
and the kids doing?

I'll try and get
an update for you.

Hang in there, Norman.

You know, when you're an
attending...you'll get it.

Get what?

How the subtle administrative

politicalnuances become a big
part of your job.

I don't get how you
can let that trump

the care of
an actual patient.

You know, the right
course of action

was frankly,
a little unclear.

He has a spinal
fracture and paralysis.

It seems prettyclear
he needs the OR.

We'll see.

You-you never take
my opinion seriously.

- That's not true.
- You don't view me as an equal.

I have 15 years
of experience on you

so actually,
no, I don't.

And how's that ever
gonna change?

You know, Neela, you..

...you might want
to call neurosurge.

He is moving his toes.

[stretcher rolling]

[bell ringing]

What you did in there--

Had a really
good chance of working.

It did. So, spare me.

It was smart and gutsy.

I thought she was gonna
make it.

Almost doesn't
really count, does it?

Your guy in the hyperbaric
chamber is moving his legs.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

Neurosurgery's
up there now.

Alright, would you
tell her I'm upstairs

if she's looking for me?
Thank you.

You know, this has been
one incredibly weird day.

[sighs]

Well, I read in the paper
that Mars

is transitioning
from Capricorn to Aquarius.

- That must be it.
- Yeah.

Blast injuries
can force air

from the lungs
into the bloodstream.

An embolus
is likely lodged

in his spinal cord
causing transient paralysis.

And the chamber
shrank the embolus?

Well, it forced
it into solution

where it was carried
back to the lungs.

So you all think
the spinal fracture

is stable, no chance
of cord injury?

No. It's too soon
to know for sure.

We need
to have a look.

Call me when you
get to the unit.

You got it.

Yes! Yes, yes!

- Am I done?
- Ready to come out of there?

Yes, yes, yes.
Please...man.

This is like the pod
from the"Planet Of The Apes."

'The original one.'

You're a very lucky man,
Mr. Chapman.

That's what I've been
trying to tell you!

'I am indestructible.'

Hey, how is Mrs. D
and the kids doing?

The kids are stable.

They've all been admitted,
but Mrs. Dixon

had very serious injuries
to her liver and spleen.

- She died.
- What?

We did everything
that we possibly could

but we couldn't control
the bleeding.

Oh, no, no, no.
I don't believe it.

Mrs. D can't be dead.
That doesn't make any sense.

You saved those children,
Norman. Don't forget that.

We, uh, have to take
you to the OR now

make sure you're
not bleeding internally.

Oh, my God!

This last year was like

being under a magic spell
or something.

I guess I got
kind of hooked on it.

But I guess
it's pretty much over now.

What's over?

The era where everything
works out.

Make sure to tap
the pseudotumor grobe.

Brenner was supposed
to do it before he left

and never got to it.

What happened
to him anyway?

- Went home sick.
- Seemed fine this morning.

Hello, everybody.

You're here already?

- I don't get off till seven.
- I know.

But my hand's feeling
a little worse for wear.

I thought someone
could take a look at it.

Yeah, let me see.

Please. Ignore
my advice.

Okay, you were doing
fine without me.

Just don't rely too much
on the GPS system.

- Okay?
- Okay.

So no more running
with scissors?

- I think not.
- No more sex on the--

- Definitely not.
- Oh..

Well, it was fun
while it lasted.

Wow. I feel like
I just drowned their puppy.

That's what you get
for telling them

to tear the tags
off mattresses.

Grady, would you set
my husband up in curtain two?

We might have to do
a hand series.

- Oh, sure thing, Dr. Banfield.
- Here.

After you're done
with that, make sure

you get to the other stuff

'cause I'm leaving soon.

Right this way,
Mr. Banfield.

Russell's fine.
I'm not an old man.

So, uh, how's it going
with the cop?

Good. Very good.

In fact, I kind of want things
to move forward.

But I'm not sure how.

You know what I just did
for the old lady

as a romantic gesture?

Adjoining burial sites.

She cried and cried.

I'll keep that in mind,
Frank.

How does, uh, Claudia
feel about things?

I'm not sure.
I can't tell.

So it's making me
a little nervous.

You know..

...I don't like to get into
all this personal stuff

you people drag around here,
but, uh..

...I'm going to offer
you a bit of wisdom I heard

on the street,
Dr. Morris.

Sometimes, you've just got
to cut the mattress tag.

Mattress tags?

I'm telling you,
Dan and Rose's shared plots

and cremation urns.

I got the number
in my phone.

Well...I suppose
I could tell you

that I cut myself
with a scalpel.

Or that I slipped
in the snow.

Or make up some other stupid
excuse, but why bother?

- A shunt.
- Yeah. It's for dialysis.

I had it revised
yesterday

but it seems to be
oozing a bit.

I'd call that
more than a bit.

Why are you
on dialysis?

Oh...bad luck, really.

Some years ago
I lost function

in my left kidney,
after an incident here.

I, uh..

...I got stabbed
by a patient.

'And a-a med student
was killed.'

And then when
I was in Africa

I developed
amyloidosis

secondary to
schistosomiasis

which took care
of the other one.

Wow. Well,
that is bad luck.

Yeah. For a while,
I kind of had this idea

that it would all
magically disappear

but...a week in a Nairobi
hospital cured me of that.

- Mm-hmm.
- So, I need a kidney.

And I came back to the States
to get on the list.

[sighs]

I'll, uh...keep
my fingers crossed.

Well, actually,
as it turns out

you and I have
the same blood type.

And...minor
antigens group.

Really?

In fact, the truth
is that I wanted to work here

so that I could meet you.

And try to convince you

to...donate one
of your kidneys to me.

What do you say?

I'm just kidding. I have no idea
what blood type you are.

[laughing]

- Oh, so serious, Cate.
- Hm.

You gonna wanna do
a resection or a primary repair?

I don't know. Depends on what
we find when we get in there.

Right.

Neela...you know the main reason
that you and I fight

is that...you're one of the
only people around here

that I actually find
worthyof arguing with.

I don't like
these new brushes.

Which is another way
of saying that I respect you

and look forward to working
together as colleagues.

The, uh, committee's
announcing appointments

at the end
of the week, I think

you're gonna
be very happy.

Lucien, I've, um...
withdrawn my application.

I'm not staying
at County.

- 'Hey.'
- Hey.

This morning
at the agency

I was acting crazy.

[takes deep breath]
Yeah, you and me both.

No.

You were just defending
my honor.

Still..

[laughs]
When was the last time
I hit a guy?

[laughs]

Do you think our
erratic behavior

was some sort
of sign?

Sign of what?

Maybe adoption isn't
the right thing for us.

I don't know.

Mm-hmm. Me, either.

[sighs]

Being there, thinking
about being a-a father again

what that would mean..

Mm-hmm.

It was harder
than I thought.

Well..

Still...it-it doesn't mean
that we shouldn't do it.

It doesn't?

Let's just sit
with it a while.

See how we feel
down the line.

[sighs]

Mm-hmm.

Can I get you
anything?

Uh, still waiting
on your X-ray.

Soup.

I need soup.

[laughs]

[knocking on the door]

(Simon)
'Neela?'

- Simon?
- Oh!

Baby,
I have missed you.

- Are you drunk?
- Yeah.

No, no.
Just-just a little bit.

Well...where have you been?
I've been calling.

Yeah, well, I had the ringer
on my phone turned down. So..

Well, I bet my day
was worse than yours.

Want to play
the who's-more-miserable game?

Boy, that sounds fun.

I completely
went out on a limb

against the ER
all by myself

and Dubenko
wouldn't back me up.

I mean,
I knewI was right.

I absolutely knew it!
But you know what?

Turns out, I wasn't.

Neela, just...let it go.

- That's it?
- Yeah.

Look, uh,
you were wrong.

So, there's no point

'in getting upset
about it.'

Well, how can you
say that?

Okay, how about,
how about you..

...take your
aggression out on me?

What?

Simon, please.

Uh, why do you do
this every time..

...I try to talk
about something that matters?

Okay.

Neela,
what-what do you..

You shoot away.
What do you want to talk about?

'I don't know.'

I don't know.
Stuff. You.

The-the things you think about,
the things you want.

I mean, talk about
the real stuff.

The hard stuff, I mean

that's what
being together is.

I had a bad day, too, Neela.

'I did something stupid.'

I did something reallystupid,
really messed up.

But I don't have a neurotic
urge to come over here

and-and-and burdenyou,
bore you

with some ridiculous
little tale of woe!

[phone ringing]

Do you need to get that?

I don't know.
I-I mean, no. I..

[phone ring continues]

You go ahead.

[door closes]

Ray?

Yeah, hi.

- 'Hey.'
- Hey.

Sorry, I left the, uh,
frostbite guy in curtain three.

There's a homeless shelter
that's supposed

to come by and talk to him.

It's okay.

When's your shift over?

Uh, T-minus-six.

Hours or minutes?

Minutes. But I'm gonna stay
until my mom gets a bed.

It's hard seeing
your parents age.

Mm-hmm.

Seems like yesterday
she was a tough broad

and now, she's a terrified
old lady.

How do you get
from there to here?

[sighs]
That's the million
dollar question.

It's nice
to have you back.

[sighs]

[machine beeping]

[door opens]

Brought you
something to eat.

Why won't they let me go?

I don't know anything.

Well, we got
to get you healthy first.

They're lying to you.

I don't belong here.

You're confused.

Things'll be clearer soon.
You just got to eat something.

I don't know
that I can trust you.

Can I?

Can I trust you?

Are you scared?

I understand.

[coughing]

You know, when
I was really little..

...I used to have trouble
sleeping.

My mom...used to..

...sing to me
to calm me down.

[hums "Hush Little Baby"]

* Hush little baby
don't say a word *

* Mama's gonna buy you
a mockingbird *

It's okay.

* And if that mockingbird
don't sing *

[breathing heavily]

* Mama's gonna buy you
a diamond ring *

* Hush...little baby *

* Don't say a word *

[both]
* Mama's gonna buy you
a mockingbird *

* And if that mockingbird
don't sing *

* Mama's gonna buy you
a diamond ring *

* And if that diamond *

* Ring don't *

* Shine *

* Mama's gonna buy you
a valentine **

I wish I had a daughter
like you.

(male #1)
'See you next time,
Dr. Carter.'

- See you then.
- Good job today.

It's like
you never left.

Yeah, almost.

[ambulance honks]

[serene music]

[theme music]