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Previously on "New Amsterdam"...

Isn't that why I'm here?

Because you feel guilty for ignoring your brother

for all those years.

You're here because you're my family.

That you ignored for your whole life!

I was the one who was ignored first!

My mother's raised three kids,

owns her own home,

prays harder than anyone I know for everyone else,

and now she needs full-time care.

- What are you doing? - I'm leaving.

No, come on. Don't do this.

Why not?

I'm transferring you to another therapist.

I'm sorry.

I had a tremendous breakthrough

with the new patient.

Is that his hat?

Thank God.

103 degree heat, suffocating exhaust fumes,

the sun reflecting off every glass tower.

As you can see, she took it with great dignity.

Oh, were you burning up out there?

Come here. I gotcha.

- Goodness gracious. - Oh, I gotcha.

I think somebody needs a little turbine cooldown.

- Max! - No, she's fine.

She likes it. God, it gets hotter every year.

I can't believe it's not even June.

What is the world gonna be like when you're a grown-up?

Because it is a slow moving train wreck right now,

and nobody is doing anything...

Could you speak up?

I can't hear you over the turbines

belching freon into the air.

Well, I make up for it, all right?

I turn on the low flow nozzle in the shower.

I compost.

I turn off the faucet whenever I'm brushing my teeth.

Okay? Every time.

I have like 60 of those reusable cloth shopping bags.

Yeah, so you won't mind if I turn this off?

No, no, no, just a second longer

'cause it's, you know, making her comfortable.

Yeah, which makes you comfortable.

Everyone talks a good game about sacrifice

right up until the second it threatens their comfort,

including you, Max.

Coming through.

Jerry, tell me this isn't how much trash

you throw out every day.

- Oh, no way. - Thank God.

That's how much we throw out by 7:00 a.m.

Hey, Jer, you dropped one.

- Eh, toss it. - Toss it?

- It's unopened. - Don't worry about it.

We got thousands of these things.

Most of the patients throw 'em in the garbage anyway.

You're cutting out the middle man.

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I can't believe you took a whole week off to be with me.

Well, I haven't taken a vacation day since 2009.

So was it worth it?

I'm pretty sure I answered that question several times.

Mm.

You're gonna be late.

I'm the boss. Bosses can be late.

Well, in that case...

Not that late,

but we can pick up right here when I get back later.

Mina!

Mina, the hospital is the other way.

Look, I know you're not thrilled

about the prospect of therapy, but it helps to have someone

to talk to who can see things that you might be missing.

- I'm not going to therapy. - Mina, will you listen to me?

I mean, one of those American therapists

with those questions:

How do you feel about this? How does this make you feel?

I'm not going back to that hospital.

You need someone to talk to.

I agree.

Islamic Center?

Don't look so surprised.

I grew up going to places like this.

Yeah, no, of course.

Mina, I'm not against you coming here.

It's just that I booked you an appointment.

So you take it

'cause I think you're the one who's missing something,

Ammeh Joon, and you don't even know it's gone.

Hey, Dr. Frome!

You need to take this.

Was that why you wanted to see me?

Man, I'm sorry. I could have just come by.

Yeah, I know.

I should have told you about Martin.

This needs to stop right now.

It was stupid.

I... I didn't mean to freak anybody out, I swear.

It's only 'cause you wouldn't see me.

You're not my patient anymore.

You're not my husband's patient.

Chance, you lied your way into my home.

But you could help me

when no one else could.

I was getting better.

You know it's true.

I need you.

Just take the hat, please.

Don't do this to me.

I'm not doing anything to you, Chance.

These are the consequences for your actions,

your choices.

And if you continue down this path,

I will get the police involved.

What?

For your safety and for mine,

you can no longer see me or my husband.

Is that clear?

This behavior is dangerous. It is obsessive.

And I don't want to do this, but if you don't stop,

I will be forced to file a restraining order against you.

Now show me that you understand.

There's the boss!

Thought you decided you were never gonna come back.

How was the week off?

It was fantastic, could not have been more relaxing.

I'm glad you're rested

because your ED is a total, complete train wreck right now.

Come on, we're always in shambles during a heat wave.

I'm sure it's nothing we can't handle.

You say that now.

Before you let it rip, I'm aware that we're not

supposed to use the hallways as overflow.

Casey, I appreciate you,

and I don't tell you that enough.

What?

Okay, where's Turan?

I know we're backed up. I'm working as fast as I can.

It's fine. You're fine.

It is? I am?

Yeah, whatcha got?

Got a patient brought in by a concerned family member

complaining of mild dehydration.

He doesn't look dehydrated.

That's because he's not the patient.

Hey, Javier.

Why don't you tell the doctor what you can do?

I can control the weather with my mind.

Okey dokey. I am gonna be right back.

Let's ask him to make it cooler,

and then get Iggy down here.

Dr. Bloom, I know you said only bother you

when absolutely necessary...

Especially on a day like today, but I...

- Hit me, my friend. - Oh, okay.

We got an interesting case.

Sister Edith Pursey, a cloistered nun

from the Monastery of the Precious Blood.

Let me guess, she's hot.

No, she's cold... freezing, actually.

We just can't seem to get her warm.

Could be anemia. She has a low hematocrit.

Okay, let's double up the warming blankets,

page Sharpe, and Dr. Walsh...

- And here it comes. - What?

No, no, I was just gonna suggest that you move her

from the nurse's station to a procedure room.

Geez, why does everyone think I'm gonna bite their head off?

Who says you can't run an ED and be nice to people?

You did. You said that last week.

Dr. Bloom, we are officially out of space,

at capacity, and it's not even lunch.

No problem, okay? I am gonna fix it.

It's easy-peasy, okay?

Great work, everybody! Great work.

Maybe I need a vacation.

The man knows Mama has diabetes, Courtney.

Every time I turn around, boyfriend is showing up

with poundcake or scrapple and eggs.

What can I say? They're in love.

Look, no one is taking this seriously.

I'm up three times a night every week checking her levels

'cause this guy's got her blood sugar all jacked up.

- I'm telling you... - Help, somebody help!

- He's trapped in the car! - I gotta go.

- Must be boiling in there. - What's going on?

- There's a kid in the car. - Let me see.

- How long? - Don't know.

I already called 911.

Anybody got a knife, a pocket knife?

Or a pen? Like, a heavy-duty pen?

I have a pen.

All right, stand back.

Okay.

Hey, man, there's a hospital...

I know, I know.

- Sorry, but we're at capacity. - We're not staying.

- What happened? - Kid was locked in a damn car.

He's got a core temp of 107. Out of the way!

I'm gonna get him up to the OR

for sedation, intubation, and cold water gastric lavage.

Your hand's bleeding.

Just a scratch.

Oh, Max!

- About this heat wave... - Yeah, tell me about it.

Did you know that sea level rise will nearly triple deaths

from contaminated drinking water

by the end of the century?

Oh, and my ED is already at capacity.

This is not sustainable.

Couldn't agree more, and we are part of the problem.

Don't get me started

on New Amsterdam's carbon footprint.

I wasn't planning on it.

So to my point, I need more staff, overflow beds,

and a second ambulance triage unit.

- I will do you one better. - Overtime pay?

I'm gonna fix global warming...

at New Amsterdam.

Melting polar ice caps, deforestation,

temperatures are expected to rise at least ten degrees

in the next century,

and the people in charge of solving this

can't even agree that it's real.

So now it's up to us.

The radiology department?

Because global warming is a healthcare emergency.

Who do you think's gonna bear the brunt

of unchecked wildfires, mass migration,

toxic algae blooms?

- The radiology department? - Hospitals.

So here, today, together, the people in this room

are gonna take up the fight against global warming.

Now, I would like to debut my new flagship program...

"The Gloves Are Off."

- Wait, literally? - Yeah, literally.

Single-use latex gloves account for 20% of our medical waste.

Do you know where that waste ends up, Mike?

We need to wear gloves, Dr. Goodwin.

Wrong answer. On a barge, Mike.

It ends up on a barge.

I also would have accepted "in our oceans."

So we are all gonna try something new.

We are only gonna get one box of gloves per day.

- Per person? - Wrong again.

For the entire department.

What about infectious patients?

Well, that's why I chose radiology.

Your patients are already diagnosed.

Nobody needs gloves to simply walk a patient into an MRI.

But gloves are how we protect ourselves

- from, you know, germs. - Uh-huh.

But handwashing is undeniably more effective,

which is why every scrubs station and bathroom

on this floor has been stocked with extra biodegradable soap.

Now, who's ready to save this planet?

Say it with me, guys. The gloves are...

The gloves are...

Off.

Thank you, Jerry.

I'm not crazy.

No one said you were.

I didn't say you were crazy.

I just... you know, it's rare to see someone

who can control the weather with their mind.

I knew it. You don't believe me.

No, wait, wait. No, no, no, no.

You know, it's my brother who is sick.

I just agreed to take him to the emergency room.

- I don't need any of this. - That's cool.

We're just... We're just talking here, okay?

Just me and you. Your brother, he's downstairs.

He's getting his fluids replenished, and...

Can I come clean with you?

Can we sit?

Confession time here.

The only reason I brought you up here

is because I'm kind of a weather nerd myself.

- You are? - Just a touch.

I named my first pet El Niño.

So yeah, you be the judge.

I just... I have to ask you a couple questions

about your, you know, your powers.

This brutal heat wave outside, is that...

is that you?

Yeah.

Whoa.

How do you... how do you do it?

I get this throbbing feeling.

Starts in my head.

Then it moves down through my whole body.

Then everything goes black,

and that's when it got hot.

That's it?

Are we done here?

Wait, um, look.

This is really exciting for me, like, beyond,

and I know it's a big ask, but, um,

Javier, can I get a scan of that brain of yours?

- A scan? - Yeah, I just...

I need to see what makes you so special.

I know that's a big ask, like I said,

and if you wanna say no, I will respect that and back away,

but I have to ask.

Sure.

- I guess. - Yeah?

- Yeah. - Awesome.

That's awesome.

I am so sorry

to cancel Mina's session last minute, Serena.

No, no, everything's fine,

except for the fact that she doesn't listen,

she's completely out of control,

and I don't know what more I have to give her.

Sorry?

Me?

No, I don't need therapy.

I have to go, Serena.

Sister Pursey. Hi, I'm Dr. Sharpe.

I hear you're the only person in the city

not melting from this heat wave.

It's not as promising as it sounds.

Don't tell me I got this virus.

- Oh, no, no, it's not COVID. - Okay.

Although your temperature is still only 94.5.

- Do you mind if I take a look? - No, please.

A little different from your usual day-to-day, I imagine.

It's my first day outside the convent in almost...

Oh, goodness... almost 30 years.

- Gosh! - Mm-hmm.

Well, I'm sorry this is where you have to spend it.

Will you excuse me a moment, please?

- No, of course. - Thank you.

Dr. Walsh.

I ordered four tests. Why did I just see one?

Oh, I just ordered the thyroid test.

And why would you do that?

Well, the ED was so jammed,

and hypothyroidism seemed like the obvious diagnosis.

So you thought that you'd just ignore me

and do whatever you wanted?

Sorry, what year of your residency are you in?

And let's all just lower the temperature.

A little heat joke to diffuse the tension.

When I order four tests, it's not a suggestion.

- It's an order. - Helen.

Walsh.

We're doing the best we can. What's going on with you?

With me?

What's going on with you?

Actually, do you know what? It's fine, it's fine!

I'll run the tests myself.

Fran, I need a full-body PET scan on my incoming patient...

Not a half body, not a quarter body,

a full-body PET scan, and you're out of gloves.

Yeah, we've already used up our daily allotment

of exam gloves.

There's a ladies' room with some biodegradable soap,

or you can wipe your hands on your pants.

Max is solving global warming.

BP's down to 90 over 40.

Hang a bag of normal saline at 15 degrees Celsius.

Run it wide open into his central line.

Repositioning the catheter. Inflating manual cuff.

Core temps still elevated.

Then push .2 milligrams of Ativan.

I need a syringe.

Drop the temp on the cooling blanket.

Give me tape and scissors.

Come on, we've got to make some headway here.

Much longer and his brain's gonna fry.

Get me four by fours.

Gauze.

Core temp down to 38.2.

All right, lighten up on the anesthesia.

Got it.

Oh, I didn't call for a consult.

- How's he doing? - Alive, barely.

Some idiot left him locked in a car.

In this weather, that's borderline criminal.

I'm sorry, why are you here?

He's my son.

Gretchen, what's with the gloves?

Gloves, gloves.

Are you kidding me?

- Who restocked the closet? - I did.

I'm sorry, let me get this knife out of my back.

Your heart's in the right place, Max.

It is, so why...

But your idealism is ridiculous.

You know what's not ridiculous?

Lung cancer, which is set to increase exponentially

from pollution unless we do something, anything,

about climate change, like limiting exam gloves.

During a global pandemic, Max?

- CDC recommends soap and... - Listen.

If you want to battle climate change,

then become a vegetarian,

buy an electric car, invest in solar panels.

There are any number of things that you could do

that we'd all be on board with, but not like this.

The gloves are back on.

Max Begley Jr., come on!

Joining the climate fight, I'm so proud.

Well, it's now or, quite literally, never.

Yeah, I'm in, I'm in. 110% in.

When I think about the Earth that our kids are inheriting,

it just... it breaks my heart, so I really hope

this little glove debacle doesn't slow you down any.

No, no way, I am committed to ending global warming

- at New Amsterdam... - Well, obviously.

Which by the way, did you know,

is causing massive upticks

in vector diseases like dengue fever, Zika, Lymes...

I'm already seeing increases in stress, anxiety,

sleep disorders in neighborhoods

- with poor air quality, right? - Yeah.

I mean, sacrifices need to be made.

Which is why I just came up with an even bigger idea.

Even bigger?

Max Thunberg, what have you done?

You eliminated red meat from all patient meals?

Every rib, patty, and sirloin.

But you can't do that.

I can, and I did

because New Amsterdam is getting ready

for "turning down the meat on global warming."

I'm not sure if that's a slogan or an HR violation,

but we are not complying.

Do you hear me?

New Amsterdam buys 7,384 pounds of red meat per week.

That is 13,291,000 gallons of water,

and do you want to guess how much methane

is produced by those cows?

No.

Good, 'cause that's the one statistic I did not memorize,

but it is a lot.

Dr. Goodwin, I don't think you quite understand

the effect this is going to have...

No red meat?

My patients are going to revolt.

- There will be violence. - Over this?

Come on. It's healthier.

Studies show that cutting out red meat reduces the risk

of heart disease as well as most cancers,

and we've been doing it in cardio for years.

Well, I don't work in cardio, Dr. Goodwin, I work in OB,

and when a patient's been sucking ice chips for two days,

squeezing a bowling ball out of their vagina

during an 18-hour labor, believe me, they want blood.

- They want steak. - Right, okay.

Well, if new mothers are craving iron post childbirth,

you can lovingly and instructively point them

toward legumes.

- You're gonna get me killed. - Dr. Goodwin!

Every single patient in post-op is complaining about our food.

Yeah.

How exactly is that any different from any other day?

But without any history of mental illness

and his delusions, it has to be one of two things:

One, neurological...

- My bet would be meningioma. - Yeah.

A small tumor impeding his limbic system

could explain his behavior.

Right, or two,

he's a Tempestarii.

- Just tell me. - I'm glad you asked, Dr. Kao.

Tempestarii were medieval magicians who believed

that they could control the weather with their minds.

- That's odd. - Well, not really.

People used to believe in giants back then, elves...

- No, no, no. - Wacky stuff.

- I meant his scan. - Oh, why?

- What do you see? - Nothing.

No meningioma, no tumors,

nothing that would explain his delusional state.

- Well, what does that mean? - It means you're right.

He must be a medieval weather magician.

He's doing much better now.

Thank you.

I had six surgeries yesterday,

one scheduled for early this morning.

The employee lot was full, so I had to park on the street.

Hey, look, I don't need to hear this.

I need you to understand.

So I'm raising him on my own,

and school's on, school's off.

Sometimes I drive him, sometimes I don't,

and so this morning,

I drove to the hospital instead of the school.

I got an emergency page, and so I just ran,

and hey, I forgot.

I... I forgot he was there.

He was asleep.

It was a mistake.

He's your son.

He should have been your priority.

He's m... he is.

He is.

Tell that to social services.

Maybe they'll understand.

- What happened? - She's in V-tach.

Heart rate shot up to 150.

Clear.

She's back.

Okay, let's get her on amiodarone,

150 milligram IV.

That happened because she has endocarditis.

What?

According to the test results I ordered initially,

she's fighting a raging infection.

Walsh, let's get her on triple antibiotic therapy,

amp, gent, and vanco.

On it.

If your staff had just done the work-up I asked them to

in the first place, we would have known this hours ago.

- Spared the woman a code... - On your left.

You need an overflow, Lauren. Your ED's a mess.

Yeah, well, I spoke to Max this morning.

- He says he's on it. - Ha!

By taking away gloves from radiology and meat from OB?

All right, I'll remind him.

Remind him? Remind him?

A week ago, you would have demanded it,

and he would've opened up a triage unit already.

Whatever the hell you did on vacation,

you need to shake it off.

You've gone soft, and it's putting our patients at risk.

Max, hey, hi. So, listen.

I just tried to order a hamburger in the cafeteria...

I know, you can't. Isn't that great?

Right.

I was under the impression this was more

of a patient-centered type program.

No, no, no. It's gotta be hospital-wide.

Otherwise patients would just have family members

go down to the cafeteria, and they'd grab a burger for them,

and then we'd be wasting

all those perfectly good vegetarian meals.

Right, yeah, uh-huh.

But do we really want to dictate what people can eat?

- Is that our thing? - Yeah.

I think that's exactly what we want to dictate.

Well, what if a doctor just wants a simple hamburger?

Then a doctor can go off campus

and get a simple hamburger.

What if a doctor has patients all afternoon,

and his 1:15 process meeting got pushed back by half an...

Iggy, I thought you were on board.

I am. I am... oh, I so am.

I just... you know, I'm on the keto diet,

and I'm not sure you know what that does to a man, right?

I'm giving up cake, and bread, and desserts, and French fries,

and every kind of sweet you can imagine, you know?

And I'm down to wrapping my burger patty in wilted lettuce,

and if we have it your way, I'll just have, uh...

I just have the lettuce.

So you need to reinstate the meat.

- Okay. - Okay?

- Yeah. - Really?

Sure, just answer me this:

How are we gonna make a difference

when nobody is willing to change a single thing?

No, no, no, no. I am all for change.

I'm all about change. You know that.

I'm here, I am down to change the planet with you.

I'm right by your side.

Just, um... just not like this.

How are we feeling, Sister?

B...

B...

B... mm.

Okay, just relax. Relax.

- Dr. Bloom! - Yeah?

It's okay.

- What's going on? - She's slurring her words.

- She's aphasic. - This isn't endocarditis.

How did I get it so wrong?

Whatever it is, it's moved up to her head.

- It's attacking her brain. - Autoimmune disease.

But I would've seen signs of inflammation.

What the...?

Excuse me. What are you doing?

Swapping out all the fluorescents in the hospital

with energy-efficient LEDs.

Why?

Because Dr. Goodwin's

"shedding light on global warming."

And you're doing this now, in the middle of the day,

when we're stuffed to the gills?

It's a big hospital. Lot of light bulbs.

And you're not supposed to be wearing those gloves anymore.

- Kevin! - That's it.

Get me Max down here now.

Mom is having a problem.

- What? What's up? - You were right.

Her blood sugar is off the charts.

See?

This is exactly what I was talking about.

Okay, listen to me. Go to the fridge.

Give her ten more units of insulin.

It should be the last of the bottle.

This bottle's full, Floyd.

It can't be.

Wait, there's another one in here.

Another one?

It's an old prescription.

Wait, what?

It's expired.

No.

No, no, no. That's not right.

Yeah, it's in front of the milk, right?

Expiration five weeks ago.

Oh...

That's what I've been giving her all week.

Are you serious?

The whole reason you're staying with her

is to monitor her meds... You could have killed her!

It was a mistake, I...

Okay, so first of all, let me thank you again

for letting me take a look at that brain of yours.

- What an honor. - So you believe me?

You have quite the gift, truly,

and your brother and I were actually hoping

that maybe you would consider staying on longer here

at the hospital with me, so I could study you further.

Um...

no.

Just hear me out.

Your power is unusual,

and I would really like to know what's actually happening here.

I'm fascinated.

I knew it.

I'm not making this up.

- We're trying to help you. - By tricking me?

Lying to me?

Trying to lock me away in some psych ward?

Because you're acting crazy!

Hey, now, we don't use that term.

Javi, you're sick. You need help.

We're trying to help.

There's nothing wrong with me.

Your brother is just concerned for you, okay?

He's worried. We all just want what's best.

You want proof?

Here's proof.

You want more proof?

- Javier. - How about this?

Oh, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. Grab him, grab him.

Gently, gently, gently. Get him on his side.

- Javi, open your eyes. - Gladys!

Javi.

Yeah?

I asked you for help this morning,

and you have done absolutely nothing.

I've been trying to make changes all day.

- To combat climate change. - Exactly.

I asked you for help in my ED, Max.

And my changes would significantly reduce

your patient load.

Years from now, not today.

My ED is coding today.

Okay, so when do we make changes?

You tell me. We run 24/7.

There's never gonna be a good time

to change the lightbulbs, or try a new policy,

or do anything of any consequence.

We all say that we wanna fight climate change,

just not like this.

Do you know what "not like this" means?

It means never,

and never means a lot of patients.

It means human suffering on a scale

that we can't even imagine.

- Max. - No, we can be a model

for other hospitals in New York,

for the country, the world

if we can cement one single change...

Enough!

I am running an emergency department,

not an environmental think tank.

I don't care about my carbon footprint,

or yours, or this hospital's.

I don't care how many gloves I use,

or how many syringes I toss, or my emissions.

I care about the patients in this ED

lining these hallways and waiting in ambulances

halfway around the damn block.

So stop making changes that are gonna help people

a hundred years in the future, and get me more staff,

more beds, and a second triage unit,

so we can start helping people right now.

Javier, the surgery was a success.

How'd you know how to fix him?

Do you guys know what barometric pressure is?

I heard of it,

but what's that got to do with my brother's brain?

Excellent question.

So barometric pressure is the weight of the atmosphere

all around us, and it can affect the human body

in many, many ways.

Like, for example, if the air pressure is lower,

it pushes against the body less,

allowing tissues to expand.

And when the storm started,

the drop in pressure opened a fistula in Javier's brain.

And that fistula was hiding a small benign tumor,

hiding it even from the MRI.

And that's what was causing Javier's delusions.

I know. It's been that kind of day.

So I wasn't controlling the weather?

No, no, the weather was controlling you, in fact,

which sadly is something I think we're all gonna have

to get used to.

- How are you feeling, Sister? - The same.

What's wrong with me?

We have run some more tests,

but at this stage, we just don't know.

I have faith.

I'm not gonna lie.

I could use some of that right about now.

Are there any spare rooms going at your convent?

I'm not sure that would be any help.

I found mine on a bender in Panama.

Oh, you're serious?

You found your faith on a bender in Central America?

Oh, yes.

At your age, I was what you'd call a raging alcoholic.

- Sister Edith. - It's true.

That summer backpacking... Partying, really.

I think it took about six weeks until I lost everything,

my backpack, my passport, friends.

I managed to push everyone and everything away.

I thought it would make me feel more safe,

but I was never so alone.

And then suddenly, I wasn't.

I had faith.

It was all that was left,

and what I was missing,

and I never lost it again.

- In... in Panama. - Yeah, that's right.

Will you excuse me a moment, please?

She has malaria.

What are you talking about? She's a cloistered nun.

Yeah, now, but 30 years ago, she was a party girl in Panama.

You can't be serious.

She had a whole life before joining the convent.

So, what, it's been dormant all this time?

And only now triggered due to the heat wave.

Look, her body temp, her blood smear.

Cerebral malaria.

Get her on intravenous artesunate.

I just couldn't see it

because I only saw one part of who she is.

Apology accepted.

Dr. Reynolds.

What's gonna happen to him?

There's a lot to unpack there,

but leaving a child locked in a car in New York City

can constitute endangerment.

He could go to jail, lose his son.

Is that...

is that too far?

The boy was five, Dr. Reynolds,

abandoned in a car.

You found him. You saw.

Right, right, right, right, but you didn't...

you didn't see the look on his face

when he came into my OR, he had the...

His eyes.

I'm sure he felt awful,

but our concern must be for the safety of the child.

Right, right, that's why I called, but...

But what?

It was a mistake.

He made a mistake.

Is this a recommendation for leniency?

It's a recommendation for forgiveness.

- Coming through. - Oop, sorry.

Hey, Jerry, you need some help with that?

I won't say no.

I'm going to eight.

Yeah, or, and I'm really gonna blow your mind

with this one, we could get off at the next floor

and take the elevator?

- No can do. - No?

Gotta get in my steps.

Heart issue, and I promised my kids I'd stick around

to see 'em get married, have kids of their own.

Well, that must feel good.

Don't get me wrong, man. The exercise sucks.

I hate it, every step,

but someone's gotta make sure the grandkids are Mets fans,

so I suck it up and get it done.

What's the smile for?

I owe you an apology.

I came in here this morning thinking

that I could make changes

without disrupting your lives.

Clearly, I was wrong.

So I'm gonna try something else.

I'm gonna disrupt your lives on purpose.

We're all in favor of change

right up until the moment it makes us uncomfortable.

So we're going King Solomon here.

Since I can't implement any changes

without upsetting someone,

I'm gonna implement all of my changes at once

and upset everyone.

I didn't think it could get any worse.

That's what they said about climate change.

I'm asking everyone to be annoyed,

inconvenienced, uncomfortable.

It will unquestionably suck,

but doing nothing is worse.

So we'll all put up with the lightbulbs

and the fewer gloves.

And the surgeons will say goodbye

to single-use scalpels,

and the anesthesiologists will account

for their greenhouse gasses.

We will all dig a little deeper,

and cope with a leafy salad

because if we want any chance

of a better future for our kids,

there is only one move left:

Suck it up and get it done.

The only thing I can promise

is that we'll all hate it together.

Annoying, but inspired.

You know, I get that a lot.

So what ridiculous name are we calling this program?

Our last chance.

Ah, Ignatius, you are needed.

Oh, somebody knows my core issues.

- Wine? - Uh, yes, please.

Thank you, and do we have children?

We do.

Saleem and Raffi are mainlining "Fortnite,"

Harper is on a clothing strike,

Sameera will be back from the park any minute,

and I chose the hottest day of the year to bake a chicken.

Oh, my gosh. I love my life.

I love you. This is amazing, thank you.

Papa, Papa!

- I hit a ball! - Ah, here's our slugger.

- I hit an overhand ball. - Yes, Sameera, that's...

Sweetheart, why don't you go tell your brothers and sisters?

Oh, hold on, kiddo.

- Where did you get the hat? - Your friend.

"It hadn't rained for ages, so the ground was very dry.

"He stamped his hooves, he reared, he bucked,

and made the biggest dust clouds ever."

"Just then, Mom called Gus.

"'Come along, dear, we're going on a long walk.'

'But I wanna make dust clouds, ' said Gus."

I hope you're hungry, boss.

How was the first day back?

We have to break up.

I...

I run the ED at a major hospital,

and I don't have the time, okay?

To be thinking about the...

smell of your hair or your lips.

You make me soft, okay?

And soft puts my patients' lives at risk.

I'm sorry.

But this is over.

I'm serious, okay? Can you not... can...

Stop laughing at me.

Haven't you ever heard of balance?

Give and take.

Hard and soft.

Be hard out there,

but in here,

with me...

So, I can't break up with you?

Not a chance.

I know. Got you.

Hot.

You hot?

- Yeah. - Yeah.