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Ladies and gentlemen of the board, I am sorry to report that I am conducting an

investigation into allegations of medical malfeasance involving three of

Claremont's physicians.

Dr. Howard Locke, Dr. Tyler Morgan, and Dr. Mark Sloan. Wait just a damn minute

there. I know Mark Sloan. He's been my doctor for over 20 years now. What the

hell are you investigating him for?

I'd prefer not to go into that at this moment.

After my investigation is complete, I will issue a full report.

You do that, Haviland.

And make damn sure that you got your facts straight.

Mark Sloan has done too much for this hospital to be slandered.

I do know he's a good friend of yours, Mr. McCabe.

Worst thing anybody could ever say about Mark Sloan is that he's, uh...

colorful?

Colorful!

Morning.

Good morning, sweetheart.

Yeah, I'm taking care of myself.

So, this is what we teach you.

In your practice, this is what you're going to see.

Try not to confuse the two, because if you do, you're going to be treating a

human being like a carcass full of giblets.

In order to treat the patient, we have to get to know him. We have to know who

he is. How do you do that?

Ask him.

Go find out for yourself.

Make house calls.

You want to be doctors?

Make house calls.

Meet his family.

Let him know he's important.

Tell the truth.

Always. But never take away hope. We're doctors. We're not gods. We don't know

how long anybody's going to live.

If you practice medicine, you're going to see tragedy.

But you'll also see miracles.

Amen.

All right. For the next hour, try not to think about your exam. Okay, have a

little bit of fun.

A little science before you go.

Now, Patricia here is not just a collection of femurs and clavicles

In order to appreciate this woman, we have to treat her as an entire skeleton.

And as you know,

the foot bone is connected to the ankle bone. The ankle bone is connected to the

shin bone. The shin bone is connected to the knee bone. Now hear the word of the

Lord. Yeah, go, go, go, then drive, go, go, go, then go, then drive, go, then

drive, go. Now hear the word of the Lord.

Dim, boom, dim, boom, dim, dry, boom, dim, boom, dim, boom, dim, dry.

Hello? Don't let me interrupt.

Petition?

This is Mr. Haviland, our hospital administrator.

Okay, kids, about 30 seconds till bell. See you tomorrow.

Bye.

Bye. Bye, Jesse.

Thanks, Doc.

Good luck on the exams, Rich.

Dr. Sloan, I'd like to talk to you, if you wouldn't mind.

Don't do that again.

What's that?

Interrupt my class.

This is my hospital, doctor.

I'll do as I please.

Oh, it's your hospital.

What a fool I've been. I thought I was here for the patients and the students.

I'll see you in my office around five.

Try not to be late.

Nurse, please.

I have an important appointment and I'm going to be late.

Give Mrs. Clark whatever she wants.

If her condition doesn't improve, I'll schedule an angiogram.

Hello, Sloan. Hey, Mike. I hear you're the guy to beat at your club's golf

tournament. Starts soon, doesn't it?

Yes.

Well, I gotta go.

Talk to you later, Carol.

Something wrong?

He's planning an angiogram and he never did a CBC.

Where's the patient?

In there, the best room in the house.

VIP? Yeah, check out the earring.

Miss Clark?

Hello. I'm Dr. Sloan.

You're going to examine me? No, no, Dr.

Summers is treating you. I just wanted to make sure you were comfortable.

Lovely room, isn't it?

I suppose.

What beautiful earrings.

Thank you.

My late husband gave them to me.

You didn't eat your lunch. We'll get something else. Oh, please, no.

I feel worse when I eat.

Oh? What does Dr. Summers say about that?

He said I was nervous.

I'll tell you what, Mrs. Clark. We're going to keep a very, very close eye on

you, and we're not going to let anything happen to you.

You're certain of that?

I promise.

I believe you.

Good. Now, if you want anything, just ring for Nurse Blair.

Tell anyone to borrow some of those detective books he keeps in her locker.

That'll surprise her. I will.

I love mysteries.

Me too.

Thank you. See you later.

Bad meeting.

Man is deluded and paranoid.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah, I thought he was just a jerk.

No, he's dangerous, Mark. The man is dangerous.

Dangerous? He knows nothing about pressures and stress.

He's got no idea what it would be like to practice medicine under these

conditions. Howard, are you feeling all right?

Evelyn is not going to be happy until he's ruined this hospital and us with

Look, if you feel that strongly about Evelyn, why don't you take her before

board?

I'd like to do more than that.

Hey, Howard, why don't you take in a movie, cry a comedy, laugh a little,

of oxygen go around your brain, lighten up. Yeah, thanks.

Come in.

I'll be right with you.

Have a seat.

Like living alone?

I certainly do.

How did you know that I lived alone?

Well, apart from no wedding ring, there's not one personal thing in this

not even a photograph.

And your cuffs are always frayed, and there's a button missing there on your

jacket sleeve.

My wife, when she was alive, had to police me.

You're a regular Sherlock Holmes, aren't you, Dr. Sloan?

Not quite.

Yes, well, I've been going over some reports here, and it says that you

100 units of gamma globulin from our pharmacy and neglected to dispense it to

our patient.

You don't have to respond to this if you'd prefer to have counsel present.

Why would I need counsel?

Because it would appear, Dr. Sloan, that you may have been selling this drug.

I interviewed a number of the staff.

None of them would talk about it.

I had the distinct impression that you had asked them not to. No, no, that's

true. I asked them not to because I give the gamma globulin to homeless people

who are at high risk for infectious disease.

And I didn't want it to appear that we were giving the stuff away.

Heaven forbid we give the impression that we're dispensing free medicine

You gave it away.

Goes against the grain, doesn't it?

May I borrow a piece of paper?

Thank you.

This is my resignation.

I'm leaving Claremont Hospital, and I plan to file formal charges against you

with the board of directors.

Ever since you came here, you've been looking to bottom line this place.

I can't stand by and watch you cut emergency care, free clinic, elderly

Social services we spent years building for this community.

I'm going to give you fight.

You know, you ought to put a little red meat back in your diet.

You're looking a little anemic.

You look awful, Tyler.

Too many midnight deliveries.

Why can't babies be delivered between breakfast and lunch?

What would be the fun on that?

If a baby's going to go to the trouble of being born, he wants to know he's got

everybody's attention.

What better way than to get everybody out of bed at 3 a .m.? Well, it's got my

attention.

You got any kids?

No. My wife and I wanted them. It just didn't happen.

That's too bad.

Well, we made our peace with it.

Yeah. Well, uh, how is he?

Incurable. Good luck.

Who's there?

Dr. Sloan.

She's dead.

Well, at least I know I didn't do it. That's the best part.

You had a motive. That's the worst part.

You were found kneeling over the body and your prints were found on the murder

weapon.

Haviland called my beeper.

What, I couldn't get him on the phone? I went up to his office.

He was already dead. You guys believe me, don't you?

Doesn't matter what we believe, Mark.

Matters to me.

Listen, my friend, officially, I have to remove myself from this case.

Unofficially, I'll do anything I can to help you.

Have you got a good lawyer?

On the way.

Good.

You better be on your way, too, Jay. No. No, I don't want to go now.

Damn it, we worked too hard to get that extradition. I don't want Jimmy Palama

to walk out through a crack in the paperwork.

I know, but look, I don't want to go now, okay? Can you have somebody else

him up?

I told him I'd send my best man.

And that was a compliment.

Couldn't be. You gave me one last summer.

Please go.

when I get there. Good luck.

Thanks, Jake. All right.

Would you call me and keep me informed on this, please?

Sure.

Seems like a nice guy.

He is.

That's just what I told him last summer.

Dale, what is this? A money belt? What happened? What happened to the diet I

gave you?

Oh, that.

Well, I read it every morning while I'm eating my eggs benedict.

See you later.

By now I'm sure you've all heard the news.

So you all know that I am local doctor arrested for murder of hospital

administrator.

Well, let me tell you what I know.

I didn't kill him.

I didn't like what he was doing to this hospital.

No, him personally for that matter.

But I didn't kill him.

I plan to continue with my responsibilities here, just as I've

If any of my students or my colleagues have any problem with that, I would like

to remind you that, according to the system that protects us all, I am

so proven guilty.

All right.

I'm going to go stand out in the hall.

Let's all give you a chance to talk about me.

Thank you.

Mark's chest pains have worsened and Dr. Summers has scheduled an angiogram.

Did Dr. Summers ever order a CBC?

Oh, well, I suggested that and he bit my head off, Mark. You know, an angiogram

is a tough procedure for a woman her age. It could be fatal.

And Summers is at the golf tournament.

Yeah, he must be winning his beepers off.

Give me your chart.

I'm ordering a CBC.

Oh, thank God.

I'll let you get the results.

Fine. I will.

You are a lovely man.

What are you two doing at Hadlam's office?

Well, I just leaned up against the door with a hairpin and it popped open.

Well, we thought a little sleuthing was in order, especially if we're going to

find out who really killed him.

Do you two want your careers to end before they even begin?

Get out of here. Now, that's an order.

You know, Doc, we knew you'd say that. So either you let us help you or we're

resigning from medical school.

With my resignation and Richard's resignation.

Come on, you can't quit medicine. What would you do?

Well, you know, I can get a job at a free clinic.

There's more than one way to work in the community, right, guys? Yeah. I mean,

I've always wanted to join the Peace Corps.

And I suppose you would. Dedicate yourself to squandering your parents'

I can be very dedicated.

What a guy.

You see, we can all make other plans.

Okay. Okay.

I don't know what to say.

Except thanks.

That should cover it, Doc.

Mind anything?

Yeah, it's interesting. Your file and the file of the other two doctors that

Havlund was investigating are missing.

Are you sure?

Yeah, we have looked everywhere.

That means if either Locke or Morgan killed him, then the one who did took

three files just to cover his track. Right, exactly.

What do you say we investigate the doctors ourselves, hmm?

I thought you'd be at Summer's golf tournament.

Too busy.

Excuse me, Dr. Sloan. Alice Williams just signed her adoption papers, and

Murphy will be here any moment to pick up the baby.

Aye. Oh, and Alice wants to see you. She's waiting in the examining room.

Tell her I'll be there as soon as I can.

Great nurse.

So efficient.

That's the idea.

Something I can do for you?

Well, I'm curious.

How did you get on Haviland's hit list?

I threatened to go to the newspapers.

Newspapers?

You see, for the last three years, I've obtained federal grants for obstetrical

care for poor unwed mothers.

Haviland diverted my funds into his building program.

He thought a new wing was more important than healthy mothers and babies.

Why the newspapers?

Why not the board of directors?

He threatened to fire me before the next board of directors meeting.

Sounds familiar.

Okay, thanks for your time.

Good luck.

I'm Mrs. Murphy.

Oh, I'll call the nurse and ask them to dress the baby.

See you, Bessie. Bye, Doctor.

Dr. Lannigan, report to emergency.

Dr. Lannigan, report to emergency. Dr. Sloan, Dr. Sloan.

You know, I not only like the movie, I'm good at it.

You got something?

Dr. Morgan, he's got a mistress, a blonde he keeps uptown in a duplex.

Other than that, the only odd thing about him is that a lot of the babies he

delivers free of charge end up being adopted.

I just saw his latest adoptive mother, Mrs. Murphy.

You know, the real mother is named Alice Williams.

She's in Dr.

Morgan's office right now.

I want you to talk to her.

Find out why she put her baby up for adoption.

You got it.

And I'm a medical student here.

You want to tell me what's wrong? I want my baby.

Okay, okay, all right.

I want you to calm down now, okay? Take a deep breath.

Good girl, good girl.

All right, now tell me what happened.

Dr. Morgan said that the best thing that I could do for my baby was to put it up

for adoption.

So I said...

him and I want him.

But when I told Dr. Morgan that I changed my mind, he said it was too

He said what?

He said that I couldn't change my mind.

My baby doesn't belong to me anymore.

Well, perhaps Dr. Morgan made a mistake. That can happen, you know. I tell you

what, I will go and talk to him, okay?

Would you?

Of course I would.

Oh,

Howard, have you seen my student?

Bad. He's got to be around here somewhere. Every time I turn around, I

him. Does he bother you?

Don't you think that surgery's high -pressure enough to where I don't have

babysit students?

Mark, I am sorry.

This Haviland business has just gotten me on edge.

I can't even imagine what your life must be like.

Well, I won't say it's easy.

By the way, Howard, how did you happen to get on Haviland's hit list?

Haviland's a money -grubber.

He wanted me to set up quotas for surgery. He said the more, the better.

I'm not about to do that. I'm not about to do it for him or anybody else.

I've got to get going. I've got patients to see.

Sloan, what's going on with Locke?

Dad, stay with him.

I think he has a drug problem.

You're kidding me.

Shaky hands, dilated pupils, clammy skin.

I can't believe I missed it.

I have seen junkies before.

You were looking.

Serge, it's not exactly your idea. The junkie?

No, I guess not. Okay, I'm going to go catch up with him.

How could you let this happen?

What's the problem?

The problem is my patient is missing.

Missing?

That's outrageous. Where is she?

Your guess is as good as mine, Doctor.

Well, don't worry about it, Doctor. I'll get into it right away.

Why don't you wait in the lounge? I'll call you as soon as I find Mrs. Clark.

We didn't mention the missing patient with Mrs. Clark.

We didn't have to.

That's what makes him such a good doctor.

Mr. Wilkins.

Mr. Wilkins.

Now, it's expected that within four hours, the patient's temperature will

here.

Right here.

Okay.

Oh, you want to grab the chart there I left on the bed? Thanks.

Sure, no problem, doctor.

I'm at Domico's Pizzeria. I just followed Mrs. Murphy and the baby here.

just went into the back room, so I don't know what's going on.

Hey!

Hey, what are you doing?

Josie's at Domico's.

Something is wrong.

Well, Domico's is only a couple blocks from here. Come on, guys. Let's go.

Mrs. Murphy.

Mr. Baker.

No. Use the kid.

That looks healthy enough.

$50 ,000.

Excuse me. The bartender asked me to bring this in. Who had the club soda?

Oh, are you a cute little rascal.

What do you think you're doing?

I came to pick up the baby.

Oh, what a honey.

Look at those hands. Those hands would make Larry Bird jealous.

The cops will be by to pick you up a little later.

What are you talking about?

I've adopted this baby.

I'm talking about swindling unwed mothers in collusion with Dr. Morgan.

He talks uninformed mothers into giving up their babies so that he and you can

sell them for profit.

And also there's the question of the kidnapping.

I better be going.

Stay where you are.

You're out of your mind.

We haven't kidnapped anyone.

Oh?

Love beepers. You can find anyone, anywhere.

Thank God.

Now, both of you are too smart for your own good.

Now, we're going.

You're not.

Give me the baby.

I don't think so.

Neither do they.

All right, come on in, you guys.

Your students here called me.

Lucky for me.

Don't be so sure.

You and the young lady are invited downtown.

Oh, it's all over now. We're going back to your mommy.

I take out appendices?

Of course not.

Do I remove tonsils?

Of course not.

And do you know why?

You don't know where they are. No.

Because I am a plain old district attorney.

I am not a celebrated doctor in the medical profession.

So how could you have sent this child to follow Mrs. Murphy?

Wait a minute. Dr. Sloan didn't make me do it. It was my idea.

You could have been killed.

Now, Mrs. Murphy's a pro, who's served two terms and is looking at life, so

she's rolled over.

She told us that she's the middleman, Dr.

Morgan supplied the babies, and the lawyer, Baker, supplied the clients.

Did you arrest Morgan?

Sure. And ten minutes later, his lawyer showed up with bail.

Well, he will go to trial. Yes, that's the good news.

The bad news is that Mrs. Murphy claims that Dr.

Morgan was with her the night Haviland was murdered.

She is his alibi.

Did you buy that?

He is not under arrest for Haviland's murder, Mark.

I'm no closer to proving that either he or Locke did it.

Well, let's go.

Now, wait a minute. I need her to give us a statement.

Sure, I'd love to stick around. I'm very curious about the criminal line.

Will you please tell this kid what curiosity did to the cat?

Hmm?

Ah, hello, Mrs. Rollins.

Son,

don't you ever sleep? You were here until two o 'clock this morning.

Yeah, well, so are you.

Look, let me ask you a little question.

Have you noticed any narcotics missing from your

medication card?

No. I'd be obliged to report that now, wouldn't I?

Yeah, you would.

What if you were afraid that you'd be accused of taking the drugs?

Or what if you were afraid that you were going to be arrested or even fired,

maybe?

If somebody was stealing narcotics, I'd report it.

Listen, I'm really not trying to make this tough for you.

But it's very important that I get a look at the files for the patients on

floor, please.

Yeah, did you see those files?

Mrs. Rollins, I saw narcotics being stolen and I know who did it.

I suspect that you do too.

I've got to make my rounds.

Takes about ten minutes.

Will you keep an eye on my patient files in cabinets one and two?

Dad?

Yeah? Well, Dr. Sloan, I was on my way to your office. I looked at the files.

Eight patients on three have been prescribed narcotics.

Good.

Good work.

Now, order the blood test.

We'll see if any of these have not got their medication.

So, what are these sugar pills? You know what to do with them?

Mrs. Clark's upper GI was inconclusive.

Okay, well, I was afraid of that.

Well, then we'll just look further.

I'll need an ultrasound.

She's going to have to drink two quarts of water. That'll take at least 40

minutes. Well, I've got to get to class.

That's okay.

Let's talk to her first.

X -ray technician on call. Please call the emergency room.

X -ray technician.

Call the emergency room.

How would you like to see my office?

It's very charming. You'll love it.

I'm not going in my room.

You need one more test.

And I'm late.

Well... I'll see you later. I'll bring you a copy of the Wall Street Chronicle.

That's a nice boy.

What's that?

This is for your test.

You are going to toast everyone you ever met.

Well, here's to my late husband, Joseph.

I forgot my office is being painted.

Pull, please.

Richard? You drink it, my eyeballs are swimming. Just a few more minutes,

feel much better.

Look what I brought you, sweetheart.

Guess what the thing about Clark Industries?

Tell me.

Well, for one, the stock is up.

You haven't finished your water. Doc.

Doc, listen.

It's all taken care of. I replaced the narcotics on Mrs. Rollins' floor with

placebo, and Dr. Locke took the bait.

Good, good. Now, he'll be in withdrawal.

Well, no, no, no. It's not so good.

He's in withdrawal, all right, but he's also in surgery. He's about to operate

on a patient with an abdominal aneurysm. Oh, no.

I'm going to surgery. Come with me.

Come on, what's the deal?

Are our feet stuck to the floor here? Can we get this going, please? Can you

hurry up? Yes, doctor. Dr.

Locke, we're still waiting for the assisting surgeon.

Oh, so you want this patient's aneurysm to burst while we sit and wait for some

third -rate cutter to come in here and watch me work?

But, Doctor, we're trying to follow the procedure here. Let me tell you

something. This is my operating room, and this happens to be my patient. And

what I say goes here. Do we understand this?

Do we understand this?

Now, hand me the voting pen.

Sorry I'm late.

What are you doing in here? I'm relieving you from surgery. Like hell

Like now.

Please take Doctor down to the chemical dependency unit. Don't touch me. What do

you think you're doing here? Please, Doctor. You're not going to get away

this. Please.

How's the patient?

Blood pressure down.

Respiration's shallow.

I can't keep him under much longer.

And we don't have another surgeon available, Doctor.

Pressure 60 over 40.

We're out of time.

Careful.

Kind of like defusing a bomb.

The army taught me. I can do it blindfolded.

What pressure?

One turn over.

Sixteen. Coming up.

He's coming along.

He's coming along.

All I have to do is clamp the right spot.

Ah.

There. Oh.

Oh, great. Thanks.

You're all terrific.

Needle?

Anybody know how to make a French knot?

They don't hold any better, but they're sure pretty.

Why do I have chest pains if I don't need an angiogram?

Uh, Dr. Simmons will explain that. I'll explain what?

Where have you been?

Dr. Sloan has been giving me a tour of the hospital.

If you'll just step outside.

What are you doing? Emergency consultation.

I want to show you something. I'm reporting you to the AMA and the Board

Directors. These are Mrs. Clark's stones. You stole my patient, and then

her from me. Don't deny it. Oh, I did, and I won't. How dare you?

You have the nerve. An angiogram could kill Mrs. Clark.

Look, elevated white count, normal EKG, inconclusive upper GI. Sloan, I don't

need the ultrasound.

Oh, my God.

Gallstones.

Give that your diagnosis, doctor.

I'm scheduling Mrs. Clark for gallbladder surgery.

Shrewd idea.

Good luck.

Sloan.

Stay away from my patients.

You're welcome, Doctor.

Oh, Doc, I wondered where you were.

Dad, where I am is nowhere.

I'm fresh out of ideas.

Well, listen, I can leave if you'd rather.

No, no, I could use some company.

You know, my grandmother used to do what she called keeping company.

She'd sit with sick relatives and neighbors, and they'd feel better.

I bet she sat with you when you were sick.

Yeah, she sure did.

And whenever I had a fever, my grandma, bless her soul, She would brew up some

of the most awful -tasting stuff.

But it worked.

Always.

You know, Dr. Sloan, I grew up watching my grandma taking care of sick people,

and... Well, I know this isn't exactly scientific, but it's sort of like you

said. There's got to be more to medicine than pills and tests and surgery.

There's something you can't see or explain or even measure.

Something spiritual.

I don't know. You probably think I'm crazy, right?

Oh, no.

You're talking about healing.

You're going to make a good doctor, Thad.

You're intelligent.

You're thoughtful.

You listen.

You learn.

Doctoring can be taught.

Healing is a gift.

You have that.

No matter where you go or what you do, you are a born healer, and that's what

you must do.

How we doing?

Hi. How do we discover why Haviland was having Locke and Morgan investigated,

but we're no closer to figuring out who killed them?

Well, we had a hard enough time just finding you.

Yeah, your beeper is off.

Oh, yeah, I was trying to think.

We're missing something.

I just know we are, but I don't know what.

Look, we're all tired.

And hungry.

Why don't we all go down to Tony's and have a bite to eat? Great.

Good idea.

Oh, don't forget your beeper.

Oh.

Wait, that's not my beeper.

I just picked up the wrong beeper.

I think that what we've been looking for has been right under our noses the

whole time.

Yeah, Morgan here. Oh Looking

for

this, what are you doing here waiting for you Tyler?

I don't know what kind of warped joke you're playing, but I'm not going to

around and find out.

It's no joke and you know it.

Just as we both know you killed Haviland.

You're going to play detective. You better have some proof.

The proof you killed Haviland is clipped to your belt.

Why?

See, the night I searched this office, I found this beeper.

And like everyone else, including the police, I assumed this was Haviland's

beeper.

Then tonight, I noticed the number on the screen.

It's the last number the owner called.

So what?

The number's 555 -6495.

That's your answering service.

This had to be your beeper, but I couldn't prove it.

Fortunately, you did it for me.

I dialed Haviland's number and you responded.

Not bad, huh?

I'm listening.

You didn't know you had Haviland's beeper.

Then they had to be switched by accident.

And the only way that could have happened was during the struggle the

Haviland died.

Both beepers must have fallen on the floor.

You picked up the wrong one.

And that's how I got you.

Looks long.

This is between you and me.

Nobody else knows about this.

I've got a lot of money put away. Maybe we could work something out.

Uh, I don't think so, Tyler.

But thanks anyway.

Get all that jail?

Every word.

Hand behind your back.

Good evening, Dr. Morgan.

As you can see, we make house calls.

Yeah, you're really very good, Mark. If you ever want to give up medicine, I

could use you in my office.

I'd love that. We could work together.

Yeah. Have coffee together.

Sure. Go jogging together.

With a spinach salad? On the other hand, I couldn't take you away from medicine,

Mark, because that's your calling. I mean, there's no doubt about that. Well,

I'm glad to hear that. I have scheduled your physical at 9 a .m. on Friday and

don't eat after midnight.

Yeah.

Unfortunately, I won't be here.

It's all right. I make courthouse calls.

All right, I'll be here.

But I won't like it.

Hmm.

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