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We have a seat opening up
on the board.

Are you familiar
with George Thomas?

I'm not trying to be
a part of your board

so I can be a mouthpiece for
some special interest groups.

I'm all ears.

I think that you got
a lot invested in 2.0.

I'm not gonna gamble with
a patient's life

just so I could show off
my shiny new toy.

The real-time data's
insufficient.

Imaging is inadequate.

What am I supposed
to do here?

The hospital is flying in
workers if we walk out.

They're flying in scabs?

I don't ever tell you
how to do your job.

And I'm not telling you
how to do yours.

I'm telling you
people are scared

'cause they can't afford
to miss a paycheck.

all: Dignity, respect,
more money in our checks.

Dignity, respect,
more money in our checks.

Dignity, respect,
more money in our...

Give me a second, OK?

Sharon.

Daniel.
You're striking?

No.

I'm--I'm just, you know,
showing solidarity,

which I believe I'm allowed
to do on my day off.

You are.

Look, I know that
this whole labor dispute

has been complicated for us.

It is.

I just want you to know
I support the service workers,

and it's very important
for me to feel

that Liliana feels like
I have her back.

- OK, Daniel.
- All right.

Just stay warm out here.

Thank you.
See you tomorrow.

OK.

all: Dignity, respect,
more money in our checks.

It means a lot to me, Daniel,

and my friends--

you being out here in the cold
with all of us.

Are you kidding me?

We get to hang out together,
and, I mean,

you are very attractive,
which is a bonus.

- Oh.
- It is.

Hey.

Hi. Sorry I'm late.

There's a little
foot traffic outside.

- Hard to navigate.
- I noticed.

- I already got your coffee.
- Oh, thanks.

- Thanks for meeting me.
- Yeah, of course.

What's going on?

Well, um, I'm working the
steps in NA with my sponsor,

and I'm up to step nine.

Oh, yeah?
OK, that's good.

Step nine is making amends
with the people you've harmed.

Oh, well,
you don't have to do that.

Yes, I do.

Anyway, I'm sorry
for not showing up

to that job interview
you arranged at O'Hare.

Oh, you're going way back,
aren't you?

And for that time I stole
Grandpa's pocket watch

and hocked it for cash.

- And, um...
- [chuckles]

This one really haunts me--

uh,

that time I said
Mom drinks because of you.

Yeah.
Water under the bridge.

Have you talked to her
at all?

- Do you know where she is?
- Uh...

Well, last I heard,
uh, she quit rehab.

But it's actually later
than I thought,

and, uh, I got to get--
get to work.

Maybe we can pick this up
another time, all right?

- OK.
- Thanks for the coffee.

[soft dramatic music]

- [alarm blares]
- Going to treatment six.

All the attendees are occupied,
so you've got me.

David Sullivan, 18 years old.

BP 118/77, heart rate 99.

His parents called 911.

David fainted,

probably because he hasn't
eaten anything in days.

But it's even worse
than that.

He's saying some
pretty horrible stuff.

OK. Hey, David.
I'm Dr. Asher.

Can you tell me
what's going on?

Go away.

All right, on my count.

1, 2, 3.

We came in with David
six months ago.

Dr. Charles and Dr. Cuevas
diagnosed him

with schizoaffective disorder.

Are they--are they here?

Uh, Dr. Charles isn't working
today, but Dr. Cuevas is.

Can you call Dr. Cuevas
for me, please?

L--Leave me alone!

[tense music]

David, we just want
to check you out.

It won't matter.

Nothing matters.

Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan.

- Hi.
- Hi.

David, hi.

Do you remember me?
Dr. Cuevas?

I don't need a doctor.

OK. Can you tell me
why you think that?

I know.

David, are the voices
talking to you?

Maybe if you tell me what
they're saying, we can help.

You can't.

Why is that?

Tell them, David.

Go ahead, honey.

♪ ♪

I'm dead.

What do you mean?

You can't help me
because I'm already dead.

♪ ♪

In the months since
we were last here,

David has been taking a
combination of risperidone,

aripiprazole, and clozapine.

Yeah.

Things were going OK for
a little while there,

but then there was
this new development.

So David, how did you come
to believe that you're dead?

David?

I could feel it.

And what did it feel like?

Like my organs
stopped working.

And did anything else
besides the feeling

lead you to believe this?

The voices.

The voices in your head?

And why do you think that
they're telling you the truth?

Stop trying to convince me
that I'm wrong.

I'm only trying
to understand.

♪ ♪

I remember now.

I remember you.

Yeah. I've treated you
before, more than once.

You were the first one
to make me take medicine.

I was just trying
to help you, David.

- You're the reason I'm dead!
- Hey, hey.

Hey, hey, hey, it's OK.

It's OK.

♪ ♪

It says here, Walter,
you're a type 1 diabetic?

Yeah. That's why
I'm in the Med more times

than I can count.

- Sorry about that.
- That's all right.

I mean, it's nice
to have a hospital

I trust for days like this.

And the Tylenol is not helping
with the fever, or the chills.

- 101.5.
- All right.

Let's have a listen.

And deep breath for me.

All right,
good breath sound.

Glands feel a bit swollen.

- You have a sore throat?
- A little, I guess.

- It's mild.
- OK.

Remove your glasses for me, please.

How long have you
been feeling this way?

Uh, three days.

I know because it
started just after a trip

I took to Yosemite for hiking.

I hear it's beautiful there.

It is spectacular.

I mean, the only
downside for me was--

I guess I should show you this.

[groans]

- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.

I slipped and fell
on some rocks.

- Ow.
- Sorry.

Yeah. It looks like
it could be infected.

Might explain your fever.

CBC, CMP, Accu-Chek, hemoglobin
A1C, and blood cultures.

Uh, let's swab for COVID too,
just to rule it out.

And add a tetanus booster if
it's been more than 10 years.

Very thorough.
I like it.

It's always been the MO here.

We try, Walter.
Hang in there.

All right. Thanks.

Maggie?

Yep?

Trash in three is
practically overflowing.

It looks like it hasn't
been emptied in days.

Oh, all right.

I'll talk to the guy
who's subbing.

Joe, right?

Did you turn over
treatment three?

Turn over?

Change the sheets, wipe down
the surfaces, clean the floor,

like we do after a patient
is discharged?

Yeah, I think so.

Then why is the
trashcan full?

I'll empty it.

Uh--

I cannot believe
it's come to this.

Hiring scabs?

[sighs]
Doris.

Look, the strike
has us in a bind.

I need your help in
turning over rooms today.

I thought we had
replacement janitors?

Yeah, but they're
slacking off.

Start with the empty rooms
and work your way

around the football as patients
are being discharged.

Please?

[sighs] That's just great.

Thank you.

- Ms. Goodwin?
- Yeah?

It's been seven days.

How long is this strike
supposed to go on?

All I know is, the board
and union are working

to come to an agreement.

Well, it's only
a matter of time

till this blows back on us.

I'm aware, Dr. Halstead.

Your concerns are noted.

[helicopter whirring]

OK, Jack.
I'll make it known.

Talk later.

Sharon Goodwin.

What a delightful way
to start the day.

George.

How are negotiations going?

They're going.

That's all I can tell you
at this point.

Well, look.

I'm not trying to insinuate
myself into the negotiations.

But I do need to share my
staff's concerns over how

patient care could be
affected if this strike

drags on much longer.

Hopefully we're not too
far from an agreement.

OK, well,
I'll keep my fingers crossed

and hope to hear
good news soon.

I promise you'll
be the first to know.

- All right.
- OK.

What do we got?

- Abby Hawkins, 11 years old.
- [groaning]

Sustained a pretty bad leg
injury on her family's farm.

BP and heart rate remained
stable the whole way here.

Hey, Abby.
I'm Dr. Marcel.

You're at Chicago Med.

We're going to take
good care of you, OK?

- Mm-hmm.
- Thanks for your help.

Look, I'm not leaving her.

I'm Abby's doctor,
Warren Johnson.

Dr. Charles?
all: [chant] We are essential!

Oh.
Give me a sec.

Sorry.

- I heard you were out here.
- That's OK.

What's up?

Do you remember
David Sullivan?

I do, yeah.

Well, his parents
brought him in.

His paranoid delusions have
given way to something else.

He now believes that he's dead.

Dead.

OK.

Crucial that you don't
push back on the delusion.

Well, I tried reinforcing it
to gain his trust,

but it didn't get me anywhere.

OK.
I'll be right back.

Liliana, there's a young man
that I've been treating.

He's back in the hospital,
and he's in trouble.

- I need to go check in on him.
- OK.

All right.

I'll be right back,
soon as I can.

all: We are essential!

Hang in there, Abby.
Maggie?

You're going to Baghdad.

She and her
family are patients

- at the clinic where I work.
- They brought her in?

Yeah. I gave her 50 mics
of fentanyl for the pain

- and put a splint on her leg.
- OK.

Here we go.
I got it.

Thank you.

You're also a pilot?

Yeah, I used to be a
flight paramedic in the army.

Those skills come
in handy when you're

out in the boonies like us.

Soon as I saw Abby's leg,
I knew I had to bring her here.

Luckily, the farm co-op
has a chopper.

Where are her parents now?

Following behind
in their truck.

They'll be a couple
of hours, but they've

given consent for any
treatment Abby may need.

- OK.
- [groans]

- Oh, man.
- [groaning]

How did this happen?

Abby works on
her family farm.

Her leg got caught in
the hydraulic bucket

of a skid steer.

What's that?

A machine used
to feed cattle.

My uncle has a farm.

And why was this
little girl allowed

anywhere near
dangerous machinery?

Look, her father was
working the skid steer.

Abby was trying to climb
aboard when her leg slipped.

[sighs]

OK. Um, get me X-rays
of the leg, chest, and pelvis.

After that, get me a CT
angiogram of the leg, please.

[groaning]

And another 50 mics
of fentanyl, please.

Got it.

Hang in there for me, Abby.

You're all right.

Seeing a laceration
on the crown.

Um, add a CT head,
abdomen, and pelvis.

You know what, let's just
plan on going to 2.0.

- Let's go.
- 2.0?

Surgical suite.

You still think
you can save her leg?

Well, I'm not sure yet.

We'll see.
Come on.

Let's go.

Breathe for me, Deanna.

[breathes deeply]

Again.

OK.
Clear on both sides.

When did you start throwing up?

Yesterday.

But I've--I've been really
nauseous for a couple of days.

Oh, yeah?
You weighed in today at 112.

You were 131 at
your last physical.

That's a pretty significant
decrease at your height.

I didn't realize
I'd lost that much.

I've had very little appetite
the last couple of months.

Oh, yeah? You want to tell me
why that might be?

Uh, my daughter Olivia,
she lives with me.

She's been going through
some health issues.

I'm pretty stressed out
about that.

Yeah, kids.
Tell me about it.

- I'm going to be sick.
- All right.

Basin.

[retching]

All right.
We're going to figure this out.

Uh, chest X-rays,
blood cultures,

and, uh, CT abdomen, pelvis.

[sighs]

[knocking]

Dr. Charles.

Oh, they told us that
you had the day off.

Dr. Cuevas told me you guys
were here, and so I just--

I thought I'd check in.

- Appreciate it.
- Thank you. Thank you.

David, how are you?

What's up?
How you, uh--how you feeling?

I, um--I took the liberty.

This is your--
your drink of choice, isn't it?

He's been refusing to
eat or drink anything.

Huh.

Why, uh--why is that?

There's no point.

You know,
Dr. Cuevas said that

you told her
that you were dead.

I'm really sorry to hear that.

Um, how's that feel?

What's--what's it like?

What do you think it's like?

Honestly, I have no idea.
That's why I'm asking.

It's like--
like my insides are rotting.

Wow.
That sounds awful.

It is awful.
I hate it.

Well, maybe there's
something we can do about that.

I'm not taking
anymore pills.

I hate the way
they make me feel.

David, please. We should
listen to Dr. Charles.

I won't do it.

You can't make me.

Hey, um, could we just step
outside for a quick second?

David, hang in there.
I'll be right back, all right?

Be right back, honey.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

You know, I was
looking at David's chart,

and he apparently
just had a birthday,

and that was 18, which means
he's legally an adult.

If he doesn't want to
take medication, then he--

he has the right to refuse it.

How is that possible?

You heard the things that
he was saying in there.

Well,
despite his delusion,

he made it very clear
that he doesn't like the way

- the pills make him feel.
- Now, look.

David can barely keep it
together with medication.

What's he going to be like
without it?

Dr. Charles,
he thinks he's dead.

Look, I understand
how frustrating this is.

But patients' rights
in this country

are extraordinarily robust,
even if the patient happens

to be having
a mental health crisis.

So you're saying that there's
absolutely nothing to be done?

What I'm saying is
that we, uh--

we have to reconsider
our tactics.

Hey.
Got your CT scans here, Deanna.

OK. So as you can see
right here,

there's a blockage of some kind
that's amassed in your stomach.

Cancer?

From the looks of it,
I would say that it is not, no.

Oh, thank God.

But, uh, whatever it is,
it does not belong in there,

and needs to come out immediately.

Does that mean surgery?

Yes, a laparotomy.

We have to open your
stomach to get it out.

It's scary,
but it's a procedure

I've done many times.

I guess if it
has to be done--

It does.

So I will call up
to the OR,

make sure they're ready for us.

And if you need,
I can contact your daughter.

No.

I'll call her myself.

She has her own health issues
to deal with.

I don't want her to be alarmed.

OK.

[machinery beeping]

No fractures on
the X-rays and CT.

Most of the leg muscles
are still intact.

Yeah.

She might have adequate
motor function.

That's OK.

Her sensory function,
that's almost gone.

2.0, show us the CT angiogram.

CT angio.

Sagittal subtraction roadmap.

What was that?

2.0's AI.

Wow.
That's amazing.

The SFA and pop look intact.

Yeah, but I'm not seeing
any blood flow

below the trifurcation.

2.0, can you confirm?

7% blood flow to the foot.

Only 7%?

Afraid so.

So you have to amputate.

Sadly, I'm not
seeing another option.

I'll call the parents.

♪ ♪

This never should
have happened.

Dr. Archer, I got your page.

Dr. Cuevas, are you
familiar with the term bezoar?

Bezoar?
Yes.

It's a mass of
foreign material

that accumulates
in the stomach.

Very good.

Behold, the bezoar I found
in my patient, Deanna.

It's a giant hairball.

Hair?

Yeah.

Obviously,
she's been snacking on it.

Oh, my God.

The question is, why has
she been eating her hair?

When I'm done here,
you can help figure that out,

'cause it's now a psych case.

OK.

Hey, Maggie.

How's Abby doing?

Well, Dr. Marcel said
he has to amputate.

Oh, that's awful.

Yeah. I just called her
parents to tell them.

They're still a ways away,

so I'm going to stick around
and be here for them

when they get here.

That's good.

Maybe it will help
to see a friendly face.

Yeah.

Hey, you mentioned
your uncle has a farm.

- Yeah, in Sheffield.
- Oh, yeah.

He raises chicken and cattle.

When I was growing up,
I'd love spending

the summers just working
alongside him and my cousins.

Yeah. It's a different world
out there in farm country.

Yeah.

I hate to see
what this is going to do

to Abby and her family.

Look, I can tell you this.

From what I know about Abby,
over the years

I've treated her,
she's got heart.

She'll overcome this.

Leg or no leg, nothing's
going to keep her down.

Well, that's good.

Madeline?

Uh, DCFS was notified of
a potential child abuse case.

I don't know anything
about that.

Dr. Marcel made the call.

Well, there must be
some sort of confusion.

[sighs]
Where's Dr. Marcel?

He's not here,
but I'll track him down

and get to the bottom of it.

You can go back to
your office,

and I'll call you
when I get something.

OK.
Let me know.

Yeah.

Child abuse?
This wasn't child abuse.

I know.

Why would Dr. Marcel do that?

I'm going to find out.

[machinery beeping]

- Crockett?
- Yeah?

I need to talk to you.

I'm about to operate, Maggie.

Why did you call DCFS?

Because it's
my legal obligation

as a mandated reporter, OK?

Come on.
It was an accident.

Yeah, well, there's
no reason a child

should have been anywhere
near a machine like that.

You don't know what
it's like on a family farm.

Kids work.
It's part of the culture.

Well, maybe it shouldn't be,
because this little girl

is about to lose her leg
as a result

of her parents' negligence.

Crockett, I know how these
DCFS investigations play out.

If Abby and her parents
get separated,

it could be impossible
to get them back together.

Please.
Call off Madeline Gastern.

[tense music]

Where are we?

Whenever you're ready, Doctor.

Crockett.

Maggie, I'd appreciate it
if you'd leave.

♪ ♪

OK.

That's odd.

Her foot color looks better.

Yes, it does.

I'm feeling a good pulse.

How's that possible,
given the lack of blood flow

on the CT angiogram?

Maybe the vessels in her leg
were spasming

due to the shock
of the accident.

2.0, what's your assessment?

Given change in exam,
three-vessel spasm likely.

Then this pulse means
the spasm must have broken.

All right, let's shoot
an on-table angiogram.

Maybe Abby doesn't have
to lose her leg after all.

Walter, what's going on?

Ugh, it's my back.

Itches like crazy.

Open that up a little.

Yeah, you've developed
a rash back here.

You've never had
an allergic reaction

to antibiotics before,
have you?

No, never.

Let's get a differential
to the CBC,

lymphocytes, and monocytes.

Could infection from
the cut have caused this?

I doubt it.

But, uh, this next set
of tests will tell us.

Go easy on that, OK?

[sighs] OK.

♪ ♪

Hair?
[chuckles]

- That is so strange.
- Yeah.

And quite a bit of it,
too, which is why

I asked Dr. Cuevas to join us.

- Psychiatry?
- Yes.

But there's no reason
to be alarmed.

We just want to help.

There is a condition
called trichophagia,

where a person compulsively
eats their hair.

OK. No. No.

Dr. Archer mentioned that
you've been under

a lot of stress recently.

And I ask because this
compulsion can be triggered

by feelings of anxiety.

I do not eat my hair.

It's actually
not that uncommon.

Over a million people
in the U.S.--

Well, I am not one of them.

I think this
conversation is over.

- Deanna--
- No.

Please leave.

- OK.
- And listen,

my daughter is on her way
in here soon.

I do not want you
mentioning this to her.

Of course.
We will respect your wishes.

That is the second patient
today I have struck out with.

Hey, you tried.

[knocking]

You mind if I, uh,
run something by you?

Whatever it is,
I won't do it.

That's completely up to you.

I'd just appreciate it if you'd
hear me out, 'cause it's--

I don't know,
it's conceivably something

that could get you
back on track.

I can't be fixed.

Nothing will change
the fact that I'm dead.

No argument there.

What?

Well, look.
My primary concern is your--

is your well-being,
you know, your--

your state of mind.

And you made it
very clear that you

did not at all like the way
that this made you feel.

So I'm just wondering if,

I don't know,
there might be something

that could move you on to
the next phase, you know, to--

to a new life,

a life after death,
if you will,

a different life.

Um,

David, have you ever heard
of something called ECT,

or electroconvulsive therapy?

Like, electricity?

Life after death?

What, you mean--

you mean, like Frankenstein?

Well, actually, yeah.

I mean,
kind of like Frankenstein.

I mean,
didn't Dr. Frankenstein

jolt electricity
into his creature

to, you know,
to reanimate it?

'Cause frankly,
that's kind of

what I'm hoping ECT
might do for you.

Is that something
that you might--

might think about?

I'd definitely consider it.

OK, good.

Excuse me,
I'm all turned around.

How do I get to the
intensive care unit?

My mom just got out of surgery.

- Name's Deanna Brooks.
- Oh.

Oh, hey.
No, I got this.

Hi, you must be
her daughter Olivia.

I'm Dr. Archer.
I treated your mother.

She's--she's doing well.

- Oh, I'm so glad to hear that.
- Yeah.

She's upstairs in the ICU,

and the elevator's
just around the corner.

Trini, can you do me a favor?

Could you please
take Miss Brooks

up to her mother in the ICU?

Of course.
Right this way.

- Thank you.
- Sure.

Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?

Yeah.

Dr. Halstead,
the lab just sent Walter

Crotty's latest results.

Thanks, Nancy.

[sighs]

Bad news?

I thought I had my
patient's diagnosis pegged.

But he got this weird rash,
and I can't figure out why.

You know, I created
a diagnostic search engine

optimized to take account
of irregular symptoms.

Why am I not surprised?

You have some time
to help me out?

Sure.

I'll run your patient's
charts and labs

and see what comes up.

Send them to me.

Great.

On their way.

Stick around.

Almost there.

OK.

Tularemia, streptococcus, lymphadenitis,

cat scratch fever, tuberculosis,

meningococcemia,

and then there's plague.

Plague?
Bubonic plague?

Yes, but the odds
are considerably

lower than for the others.

Wait.
Plague is flea-borne.

Walter's red bumps
could be flea bites, but...

when was the last case
of recorded plague?

Actually, just six weeks ago.

Sacramento.

Walter mentioned he just
got back from a hiking trip

in Yosemite.

Which is only a couple
of hours from Sacramento.

I'm going to have
the lab run a Gram stain

on Walter's blood.

I'm gonna reach out
to the CDC,

let them know we might have
an outbreak on our hands.

- Dr. Archer, hi.
- Hi.

This is my colleague,
Dr. Cuevas.

I got a page that you
wanted to talk to me?

I did.
My mom's still pretty tired.

Well,
that's normal after surgery.

- Right.
- Mm-hmm.

I guess I'm sort of rattled.

She won't say much
about her procedure,

only that you removed some sort
of blockage, but that's it.

Can you fill me in
on what happened?

Well, I'm sorry,
but it's up to your mother

to share those details
with you.

Every time I ask,
she just changes the subject.

Turns it back to me.

You know, your mom
mentioned that you have

some health issues.

Do you mind sharing
a little bit about that?

Sure.

I was diagnosed with
breast cancer six months ago.

Just finished
my fifth round of chemo.

The cancer hasn't spread,
and my oncologist

has been very positive
so far, so I'm hopeful.

Sounds like you have
every reason to be.

Thanks.

Sorry to make you come up here,
go out of your way.

No, not at all.

[sighs]

Thank you.

CDC says until we know
the results of Walter's labs,

we need to cordon him off
and limit contact

with anyone else.

I'll let the
nursing staff know.

Hey, Doris.
Have you seen Maggie?

We need to restrict all access
to treatment three.

- What's going on?
- Uh, potential contagion.

I'm waiting on the lab
to confirm it,

but steer clear
for the time being, OK?

OK. Yeah.
Um, I'll let the nurses know.

You OK?

Something on my neck
is driving me nuts.

Can I take a look?

Yeah.

[tense music]

Grace.

- Doris, let's get in the room.
- Oh, OK.

It's a rash, like my patient.

Couldn't be spreading
that quickly.

- Let me see.
- What is "it"?

And--and what does "it"
have to do with my neck?

Have you been in
treatment three today?

Have you had any interaction
with my patient, Walter?

No. I've--I've been turning
over rooms all day

because the replacement
janitors aren't doing squat.

- All right.
- What's happening to me, Will?

Incubation period for the
bubonic plague is two days, so...

Bubonic plague?

Uh, no. Can't be.

Yeah, no.

Wait.

What are you doing?

[scoffs] Unbelievable.

No, I know exactly
what this is.

[camera shutter clicks]

Hey, Sharon.

How great is this,
twice in one day?

I'm sorry, George.
We have a serious problem.

- Oh?
- Take a look.

OK.

I'm not understanding
what I'm looking at.

Eggs.

- Eggs?
- Eggs, George, from bedbugs.

One of my doctors just took
this picture in our ED.

It seems the re--
the replacement janitors

have not been properly
changing sheets,

or--or sanitizing the rooms.

Oh, no.

A patient has developed
a rash from a bug bite.

So has a nurse, and it remains
to be seen who's next.

This strike needs to end.

Jack's not going to give in
unless he gets

more concessions from the union.

He says we can't afford to.

What about liability
lawsuits from patients?

Can we afford those?

Yeah.

I hear you.

I'll make sure Jack understands
what's at stake.

Mom's awake
and feeling pretty good,

so I'm getting a coffee.

[soft music]

♪ ♪

My daughter just stepped out,
but she won't be long.

We actually spoke to Olivia.

I asked you not to.

We didn't tell her a thing
about your condition.

However,
she did mention that

she's been
undergoing chemotherapy

for the last six months.

It's been a very
difficult time.

I have no doubt,
and I'm very sorry.

But it seems like
around the time

Olivia started losing her hair
from the chemo,

you began having
stomach issues.

Deanna, we believe you

that you haven't been
eating your hair,

but you were eating
your daughter's hair,

weren't you?

Her hair started falling out.

It was on her pillowcase
and her sheets.

And seeing it there,

my baby's hair--

my heart would pound
in my chest.

My whole body would tremble.
It just--it was unbearable.

And eating her hair
made you feel better?

I put some in my mouth
and chewed it, and I felt--

I felt better.

When I swallowed it,
those awful feelings...

went away.

So as she kept losing it,
I kept eating it.

Mom, what's wrong?

Excuse us.

Mom.

Honey, I need to
tell you something.

♪ ♪

So we're going to send
a mild electrical current

through David's brain,
which is going

- to cause a brief seizure.
- Won't that hurt him?

He'll be under general
anesthetic the whole time.

- He won't feel a thing.
- Well, look.

We want to do whatever it takes
to help our son, but--

- but shock therapy?
- I don't know.

I don't know.
It just--it feels so extreme.

I completely understand
why you feel that way,

because of the way the procedure
has been portrayed in the media.

You know?
But the truth is--

is that modern ECT is safer
than ever before,

and has proven
to be very effective

against certain
treatment-resistant disorders,

schizophrenia among them.

You know, in many patients,
it seems to have the ability

to press a reset button
in the brain.

Anyway, going to get going,
and I'll check back.

- OK.
- All right.

How you doing, pal?
You ready?

OK.

I want you to count backwards
from 10 for me, all right?

both: 10, 9...

8, 7...

Tourniquet looking good.

Keep the paralytic
out of that leg.

[machinery beeping]

♪ ♪

Set.

OK.

[electricity whirring softly]

Here we go.

Abby!

You OK, pumpkin?

Dr. Marcel says I will be.

Yeah.

She'll need more
surgeries in the future,

but, uh,

I'm hopeful
Abby will eventually

make a full recovery.

Thank you for everything.

And thank you, Dr. Johnson,

for making sure
she got the best care.

Daddy?

What is it?

It's my fault.

What?

No, it--it was an accident.

You told me
to stay back, but I--

I didn't listen.

You're going to be OK.
That's all that matters.

But my leg, it's so bad.
I can't help.

Pumpkin, you don't need
to worry about that.

Your mom and I have
got the farm covered.

Honey, you just think
about getting better, OK?

You were supposed to
get back to me, Maggie.

Yeah, I'm sorry.
That was--that was my fault.

I misjudged the situation.

And how exactly
did that happen?

Well, I didn't have all
the information when I called.

I really don't like my time
being wasted, Dr. Marcel.

And I'm very sorry
about all that.

You need to get
your act together.

Indeed, we do.

I don't know.

I guess I had
blinders on today.

All I could see was another
kid suffering abuse, you know?

Mm, turned out OK.

You saved a leg,
and a family, too.

♪ ♪

Thank you.

[knocking]

David, how are you--

How are you doing?
How you feeling?

Um, don't know.
I feel kind of different.

OK.

Voices?
Any--any voices?

Actually, I--I can't
really hear them right now.

Huh.

[sobbing]

Mom?

I'm just--
I'm so happy, honey.

[sobbing]
I'm just really happy.

Hydrocortisone
should relieve

some of the itching
and swelling.

Whatever.

Hey, good news--
your white cell count is down,

and your blood sugar is back
where it should be.

Antibiotics and insulin
did their job.

That's a silver lining,
I guess.

You know, I used to be so
impressed with this hospital.

[scoffs]

Sorry, Walter.

I'll go put in
your discharge paperwork.

Mm-hmm.

How's it going down here?

Patient's upset,
and I can't say I blame him.

But he'll be OK.

Well, hopefully,
we can put this behind us.

The board and the union
just reached an agreement

on a new contract.

Housekeeping staff will
be back at work tomorrow.

I'm so proud of each of you.
We did it.

- Liliana!
- Oh.

- Just a minute.
- I'm so sorry.

I did not mean to desert you
for the entire day.

- I understand.
- You do?

He was your patient.
You had to help.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, my--congratulations!
New contract!

I'm going with my friends
to celebrate.

- Come!
- Oh, no.

Your victory, your party.

- Have a good time.
- No.

No, Daniel.
You have to come.

You're my boyfriend.

- I am?
- Yeah.

Oh.
Well, when you put it that way.

[chuckles]

I'd show you my room,
but we're not allowed

- to have visitors up there.
- Yeah.

This is where we usually
have our meetings.

Yeah.
It's, uh--

it's nice.

Thanks for letting me come by.

It's almost curfew, but,

I think we still have time
to make coffee.

Oh, no, no, no. It's fine.

It's, uh--
it won't take that long.

Uh, I don't like the way
I left things earlier.

Um, kind of ran out.

Oh, it's no big deal.

Yeah, it is.
It is to me.

It--it is.

Uh--all right.

[soft music]

♪ ♪

All right. Uh...

OK, so, uh--
so you mentioned your mother.

Uh...

all I ever wanted
when you were a kid

was to get her
to stop drinking.

But she wouldn't.

She couldn't.
She couldn't.

And, uh,
I didn't know what to do.

And, uh...

and then, you know,
you started having your--

your problems, and, uh...

guess I just
sort of checked out.

And, uh...
[sighs]

I wasn't there for you guys.

I just--I wasn't.

And, uh, I--
I should have tried harder.

And instead,
I just got angry, you know?

And I tried to just
push it all away.

And I ended up pushing you,
my own son, away.

And, uh, I don't know
if I'll ever be able

to say this to her, or when.

♪ ♪

But, Sean,
I wasn't there for you.

[voice breaking]

I wasn't there.

♪ ♪

I wasn't there.

Dad,

you're here now.

Am I?

[sobbing]

♪ ♪

[wolf howls]